Here's an interesting article on the Obama tabloid strategy--how they're using People, Star, Us, etc., magazines to make the Obama family more approachable to the voter.
You all gonna be here when I wake up?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
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.
Kathy A - Jul 28, 2008 1:26:30 pm PDT #46 of 10003
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
msbelle - Jul 28, 2008 1:27:36 pm PDT #47 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I'm not sure I want NF in eyeliner. What I was contemplated earlier today was NF having a guest spot on FNL and I nearly LOST MY SHIT.
Kathy A - Jul 28, 2008 1:28:07 pm PDT #48 of 10003
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I remember having to show a dorm-mate how to fold a contour sheet the first week of school freshman year. Her mom had shown her how to do the actual laundry (complete with written instructions), but she was clueless when it came to folding.
beth b - Jul 28, 2008 1:28:42 pm PDT #49 of 10003
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I just known Nannies in worse situations. Sadly,from China where they had to flee from there.Lot less money, all nanny/mommy duties and no full days off. Of course I've also known nannies in much better positions.
laundry mail - intriguing
msbelle - Jul 28, 2008 1:30:22 pm PDT #50 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
We started doing our own laundry at 4th grade for the express purpose of my mom "was not going to have kids who went off to college not knowing how to do their own laundry."
Someone chided me today for expecting mac to get himself ready in the mornings (dress, school bag, brush teeth). hell yes he will, 2nd grade is plenty old to do all that without multiple proddings.
Scrappy - Jul 28, 2008 1:30:56 pm PDT #51 of 10003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
she was clueless when it came to folding.
I still am. Terrible folder, me.
Daisy Jane - Jul 28, 2008 1:32:57 pm PDT #52 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I'm not sure I want NF in eyeliner. What I was contemplated earlier today was NF having a guest spot on FNL and I nearly LOST MY SHIT.
Not NF, just men in eyeliner, like the wet men, men in glasses and men in skirts. (Note that I will not actually request this, for ita is benevolent and I totally appreciate all the pretty she's already provided).
To the last part: YES!
Toddson - Jul 28, 2008 1:33:14 pm PDT #53 of 10003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
A local county has passed regulations requiring decent treatment for live-in nannies, etc. There have been some truly horrendous cases of women, usually brought from another country, being held in virtual slavery.
§ ita § - Jul 28, 2008 1:35:44 pm PDT #54 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah, I didn't have to make my own bed weekdays until I was 12. I'm not sure when I'd have had to start if we hadn't left Jamaica. And I've still never done my laundry on the island. The arrangement confuses me. Besides, the lady gets paid.
Toddson - Jul 28, 2008 1:39:07 pm PDT #55 of 10003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
msbelle, I don't think what you're asking mac to do is unreasonable, but my upbringing wasn't exactly the norm. But getting dressed, etc., isn't exactly child abuse.
Ironically, since my mother truly hated housework, I was pretty much running the house by the time I was 14 (laundry, ironing, dusting, vacuuming, cleaning up, setting and clearing the table, washing and drying dishes). When I went to college at 17, I didn't have any of that, except for my own room ... and we had maids who would dust and vacuum once a week (it was heaven).