Yeash, ita! I'm sorry—hope you heal up quickly and with as little pain as possible.

I'm afraid that all the Palin stuff that makes us go "WTF?!?!!" makes Republicans and undecideds go, "Fuck yeah!"

That's my fear.

Mine, too. Building a political movement out of xenophobia and ramping up people's fears (good god, last night's video) is contemptible. Encouraging people to hate and fear those who follow different religions is contemptible. Putting everyone from a geographic area, a similar skin color, or a religious tradition into a box labeled "bomb here" is appalling. The Republican's aren't only playing on people's fear and hate, they're nurturing it like a fucking hothouse flower, and I'm sick of it.

Ugh, ita--

Oh, and also Cold Case fan here-- I love the theme song (E.S. Posthumus) and while the general structure is predictable, they do a better job than most shows at throwing in unexpected twists.

Do it for Crash Davis - after 19 years in the minors, Scott McClain hits his first major league home run.

Coooooooool.

Ouch! ita, I hope the wounds surprise you with the quick healing.

eta: I also hope that the voting public surprises me this fall. I live in hope.

Jesus God. I just watched (okay, fast-forwarded mostly) through the video they presented last night at the RNC-- mostly so I could get to Olbermann's reaction. Brokaw looked stunned. Keith looked like he could cheerfully strangle a few people and I absolutely loved what he had to say.

The story about Palin and her not knowing if she could accept the baby in her heart, but going ahead with the pregnancy ... for some reason I kept hearing a voice screaming "dingoes ate my baby" (I'm going to hell, aren't I?)

He's going to be a fearsome pimp dog.

You could almost say he'd be the Mack Doggy!

Much healing-ma for ita.

Saw both the video (mostly I rolled my eyes - it was kinda inevitiable we'd get a piece of propaganda like that, I thought), and most of McCain's speech. Mostly I was surprised at A) how poorly his speech started, and B) even after it "improved", at least delivery-wise, how boring it was.

Management issue: My minion just asked if she is dressed up enough today -- we have a Thing for work, and our boss said to just step it up a level from regular work clothes. Frankly, I think she could be more dressed up, but it's too late now, so I just said she was fine. All I can do is be more explicit for next time, right? I hate telling people what to wear.

Ach , ita. healing ma~~~~

Oh, ita, I hope that heals quickly and doesn't give you too much pain.

Still, those are some pretty impressive wounds.

I'm so tired. I went to bed at midnight and Liv woke up at 3 and wouldn't go back to sleep until 5. Then Owen got up at 7. I'm busy overcaffeinating and eating a piece of sugar cream pie for breakfast.

I was leery of the Pioneer Woman's pie crust recipe which included white vinegar but it is made of win. I also didn't realize that sugar cream pie is so easy but rare. It's apparently an old, regional recipe in Indiana.

All I can do is be more explicit for next time, right? I hate telling people what to wear.

It sounds like she grokked the instructions she got from the boss (or she wouldn't be asking at all), but didn't have an actual sense of the target to aim for. Be more clear, but maybe also ask the boss to try to do the same?