Good lord how I love Arendt.
Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.
Oz ,'Beneath You'
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.
Daisy Jane - Aug 26, 2008 10:32:33 am PDT #5474 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Jessica - Aug 26, 2008 10:33:32 am PDT #5475 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
But then he drew the audience's attention to the work of Martin Luther King Jr. in the early 1960s - those same years leading up to Loving v. Virginia - on issues such as voting rights, employment discrimination and education.
Er, is he aware that gay people already have the vote?
Because I see his point, but I'm really not sure what other issues he thinks are in line ahead of marriage on the gay rights front.
megan walker - Aug 26, 2008 10:34:49 am PDT #5476 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
That always bugs me. I mean, not to take a THING away from Phelps or any other swimmer, but you are up for a whole lot of medals there. There are plenty of sports where you've got just one shot. I'm sure if you had, say, ten individual decathlon medals along with the "all around" we have now Spitz's record could have been broken that way. Is it even possible for a non-swimmer to get that many medals in one Olympics? I suppose a male gymnast could.
Juliana and I were talking about this last night. A male gymnast could get 8 medals but I think it would be harder to be competitive in all six different apparatus than the events that Phelps swims in (having no idea what these are).
What surprised me looking at the medals is how many there are in certain categories due to divisions and classes (weightlifting, boxing, wrestling, etc.). Cuba has 24 medals, but 14 are in boxing (8) and judo (6).
§ ita § - Aug 26, 2008 10:39:54 am PDT #5477 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I took the top 12 in each ranking (total and golds), the only difference being Cuba on one list and The Netherlands on the other.
We might be 13th in "real" golds, but in your Olympics we have 5--I mean, all of ours are objective sports. Take that, neighbours!
Tom Scola - Aug 26, 2008 10:41:38 am PDT #5478 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I'm still way more impressed with Eric Heiden's five gold medals, than I am with Phelps. He won every speed skating event, from 500m to 10,000m. That's kind of like Usain Bolt winning the 100m sprint, and also a 5K run.
megan walker - Aug 26, 2008 10:42:48 am PDT #5479 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Well, ideally I would have done every country, but I wasn't that bored.
ETA: I just checked, Jamaica has 6 golds.
§ ita § - Aug 26, 2008 10:45:13 am PDT #5480 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just checked, Jamaica has 6 golds.
I am out of touch with how much we rock.
DavidS - Aug 26, 2008 10:45:54 am PDT #5481 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Heiden was a beast. Manliest thighs ever.
Trudy Booth - Aug 26, 2008 10:48:23 am PDT #5482 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I am out of touch with how much we rock.
So you don't get to marry the Jamaican relay team?
tommyrot - Aug 26, 2008 10:48:44 am PDT #5483 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I felt kinda' sorry for Beth Heiden. She went early in one event and set a world record. But it turned out to not be good enough to get a medal.