Ow. George was my father's age. He will be missed.
Cool fixture in a cool store.
Tomorrow is Monday. You guys have until 6 am to make it not a work day without in any way jeopardising my ability to pay my rent.
I like books. I just don't want to take on too much. Do they have an introduction to the modern blurb?
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Natter 59: Dominate Your Face!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jun 22, 2008 9:36:20 pm PDT #4370 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Susan W. - Jun 22, 2008 9:43:22 pm PDT #4371 of 10003
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
28 out of 30. I missed the year the last amendment was ratified and the president born in Texas.
DavidS - Jun 22, 2008 10:12:34 pm PDT #4372 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This is from way back but I wanted to say that Emmett's baseball tournament story was awesome - very proud of him. That's the kind of baseball story I like.
Thanks, Stephanie. He's been extra good at the big brother gig all weekend too. Which is good because it does let me see him away from baseball where so much of our time together is.
He had a practice game today and every time he came to bat his front foot would step out as the pitcher released the ball. It's something I'll have to UnTeach his body, because now his body wans to get away. But he wasn't having a panic attack up there either.
I love George Carlin. I've been watching since he was on the Flip Wilson show. That's a hard one for me to take. He stayed funny for a much longer time than any of his peers.
Nilly - Jun 22, 2008 10:38:03 pm PDT #4373 of 10003
Swouncing
Skipping (yeah, even the few Sunday-of-a-F2F posts, sigh) to post that, according to the Buffista Calendar, today is Steph L's birthday.
Happy birthday, Teppy! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!
Theodosia - Jun 23, 2008 1:27:19 am PDT #4374 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Hippo Birdies, Steph!
Too bad about George Carlin, who secured a prominent place in media history without ever starring in a movie or having his own TV show that I know of, and did so much to provoke discussion about the First Amendment while being truly, truly funny.
hippocampus - Jun 23, 2008 1:54:46 am PDT #4375 of 10003
not your mom's socks.
sarameg - not lisah but how about: holy frijoles, goldenwest, henningers (a little pricey), or downtown some of the Indian places are great and the afghan restaurant The Helmand has the best pumpkin appetizer on the planet (some dishes are cheap some not), donnas has good entrees for not much money. We also like one eyed mikes a lot but you need to enter through the bar and some of the entrees are expensive.
Jesse - Jun 23, 2008 2:00:52 am PDT #4376 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Happy birthday, Steph!
Oh, Kat -- I saw a kid the other day who looked just like Noah, except 3 or 4. Maybe it was just the hair, but I don't think so.
Also, I got 27/30 on that quiz. Not bad.
Tom Scola - Jun 23, 2008 3:33:02 am PDT #4377 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEPH!!!!
Frankenbuddha - Jun 23, 2008 3:37:08 am PDT #4378 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I love George Carlin. I've been watching since he was on the Flip Wilson show. That's a hard one for me to take. He stayed funny for a much longer time than any of his peers.
I caught his last special for HBO, and he was still funny as shit. I will miss those semi-annual events for sure.
I remember him doing the Hippy Dippy Weatherman (was that Wilson, or was that all the way back to the Smothers Brothers?) as the first time I saw him. Then my sister played a record of his for me (when my parents were out). It was the one with "7 words you can't say on television". Hilarious.
Jessica - Jun 23, 2008 3:55:57 am PDT #4379 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The experts all said to let the baby put one handful of sand in her mouth, and she'll spit it out and not try it again.
Uh-huh. Spoken like a group of "experts" with no children of their own.
I'm not sure about sand, but I was eating dirt in the backyard up until I was at least 9 or 10. I just liked the taste.