People later told me they thought I might have been pregnant when we got married, because there wasn't a super-long engagement. I think we got started talking about getting married in November, and got married in May, but I don't think people outside of us knew about it until maybe February or so. We actually got married in May because I was going to Greece for a year in the fall. I was sort of boggled that people would assume that since we didn't plan a wedding for 18 months and get married in a cathedral that I must be pregnant. Really, we are just low-key people!
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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.
flea - Sep 01, 2008 10:20:56 am PDT #6491 of 10003
information libertarian
Sparky1 - Sep 01, 2008 10:39:47 am PDT #6492 of 10003
Librarian Warlord
Obama speaks:
Mr. Obama said the pregnancy “has no relevance to Governor Palin’s performance as a governor or her potential performance as a vice president.” He added that, “my mother had me when she was 18. How family deals with issues and teen-age children – that shouldn’t be the topic of our politics.”
“So,” he added, “I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories.”
sumi, Track Palin is in the Army National Guard and is scheduled to go to Iraq on September 11.
amych - Sep 01, 2008 10:41:23 am PDT #6493 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
How family deals with issues and teen-age children – that shouldn’t be the topic of our politics.
I will proudly wear the t-shirt that this man has promised to send me.
Allyson - Sep 01, 2008 10:51:42 am PDT #6494 of 10003
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
That's so unwise. Puts his whole unit at risk. I understand that the kid signed up and all, but now that his mom is tapped as a VP candidate, they really ought to think twice about the deployment and put the kid on duty stateside. And no one should give the kid or his family any shit about it.
DebetEsse - Sep 01, 2008 10:59:21 am PDT #6495 of 10003
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Prince Harry was able to serve in Afghanistan with a press embargo on his location etc until someone (Drudge, maybe?) broke the embargo, and then they pulled him out immediately.
Stephanie - Sep 01, 2008 11:01:03 am PDT #6496 of 10003
Trust my rage
I love Obama. I like that he not only told people to shut up, but he kind of stood up for Bristol as well.
Consuela - Sep 01, 2008 11:04:14 am PDT #6497 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Go Obama. That was classy.
ION, I suck at home-computer repair. So tempted to just buy a new laptop and be done with it.
flea - Sep 01, 2008 11:13:27 am PDT #6498 of 10003
information libertarian
John McCain's younger son was in Iraq for a long stretch last year and this; the NYT deliberately didn't publish a photo or details, but he was there in Feb. when McCain clinched the nomination.
Sparky1 - Sep 01, 2008 11:17:54 am PDT #6499 of 10003
Librarian Warlord
Also, Beau Biden is scheduled to go to Iraq on Oct 3rd.
Allyson - Sep 01, 2008 11:22:23 am PDT #6500 of 10003
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
It all worries me. It just takes a jackass with a scoop and no brains to do some serious damage to a bunch of kids.