but does the "8" look upside down to anyone else?
Well now it does...
Book: Captain, you mind if I say grace? Mal: Only if you say it out loud.
'Serenity'
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.
JenP - Aug 27, 2008 5:44:20 pm PDT #5789 of 10003
Steph L. - Aug 27, 2008 5:54:40 pm PDT #5790 of 10003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Biden was pretty damned good; he's definitely more than the token Old White Dude on the ticket.
JenP - Aug 27, 2008 5:54:47 pm PDT #5791 of 10003
Alrighty. Good speech, Joe.
Heh. Michelle Obama looks like a proud mom. (Er, WRT Joe's successful speech, that is.)
dcp - Aug 27, 2008 5:58:34 pm PDT #5792 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
When my grandmother was sick,
When the nephrologist came in to my grandmother's hospital room early one morning to discuss treatment options, he asked her some standard general orientation questions -- "Do you know where you are? Do you know what day it is?" That sort of thing. The fourth or fifth question was "Who's the President?"
She looked him straight in the eye and replied, "Abraham Lincoln."
Steph L. - Aug 27, 2008 5:59:08 pm PDT #5793 of 10003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
God, I thought Obama was going to say "President Clinton reminded us what it's like to have a president who actually has a grasp of the English language."
Also? You guys, I hate to even say this out loud, because it feels like saying it will jinx it, but -- I think Obama's going to win. I don't think it's going to be easy or pretty, but I think he's going to do it.
Please Vishnu.
brenda m - Aug 27, 2008 6:03:39 pm PDT #5794 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Joe rocked that. God, to hear someone talking foreign policy with intelligence and nuance. (I was a little surprised at the Georgia stuff, but I'll trust his take on it over most people.) And I hadn't expected how effective he was on the economic stuff - I was struck by how softly he spoke and how real that made it seem when he's talking about people grappling with reality.
amych - Aug 27, 2008 6:04:37 pm PDT #5795 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Please Vishnu!
(And I agree. And when he wins North Carolina, I might just have to go dance drunkenly on the in-laws' lawn.)
JenP - Aug 27, 2008 6:07:20 pm PDT #5796 of 10003
God, I thought Obama was going to say "President Clinton reminded us what it's like to have a president who actually has a grasp of the English language."
Dude, right? I was all, "Uh, how is he going to finish that sentence..." Heh.
From your posting box to Vishnu's screen, Steph.
Theresa - Aug 27, 2008 6:36:51 pm PDT #5797 of 10003
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
For just a moment there when Obama was saying how they picked Mile High Stadium so anyone who wanted to come to the convention tomorrow night could be there--yeah, it crossed my mind.
If I'm not careful Barack and Joe are going to break my heart if they don't win. They moved me.
sarameg - Aug 27, 2008 6:49:43 pm PDT #5798 of 10003
So I'm making the mistake of watching Frontline's thing on abortion from a couple years ago. I swear to the god I don't believe in, it makes me want to go have an abortion I don't need, just to flip off the pro-lifers. And that is bad.