Timelies, all. Hanna's currently over my area, which translates into a slightly emphatic rainstorm. It pushed a lot of lovely cool air this way, so I have all my protected windows open and my apartment smells like rain (and coffee). Lovely!
Spike: Lots of fuss over one girl. Other things to do around here--important things. Angel: You know that whoosh thing you do when you're suddenly not there anymore? I love that.
'Unleashed'
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.
Calli - Sep 06, 2008 3:41:06 am PDT #7503 of 10003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Barb - Sep 06, 2008 3:54:47 am PDT #7504 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
Timelies everyone. Glad the earthquake wasn't too bad and am laughing at K-Bug's not figuring out how Suzi knew so fast.
Stand up for Cancer made me cry.
Ditto. Especially during "Imagine." When Forest Whittaker read the story of the mother who heard her son's first heartbeat and felt his last, I totally lost it.
It pushed a lot of lovely cool air this way, so I have all my protected windows open and my apartment smells like rain (and coffee). Lovely!
Hurricanes never do this down here-- perhaps NC is really the way to go. Although Maine's been looking mighty tempting. It's as far north as I can get on Useless 1.
Sheryl - Sep 06, 2008 4:15:56 am PDT #7505 of 10003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Rain, rain and more rain here. A little wind, too, but I guess that's to be expected.
Theodosia - Sep 06, 2008 4:51:06 am PDT #7506 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
We've got rain on and off here, too. If you look at a current weather map, you can see that it's part of the Hanna system, which should give you an idea how freakin' big it is.
And will only keep raining, on and off, all weekend. Which, goodness knows, we can use, since it's been more like 2 weeks since the last major rainfall.
amych - Sep 06, 2008 4:53:37 am PDT #7507 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
which should give you an idea how freakin' big it is.
Think of it as a lovely gift from its current location in the Carolinas. We were going to send barbecue instead, but we eated it.
Barb - Sep 06, 2008 5:04:49 am PDT #7508 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
We were going to send barbecue instead, but we eated it.
Mmmm... barbeque...
Jesse - Sep 06, 2008 5:26:47 am PDT #7509 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Speaking only for myself here, I would have preferred the barbecue. Mmm...vinegary...
Frankenbuddha - Sep 06, 2008 5:27:51 am PDT #7510 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And will only keep raining, on and off, all weekend.
I've heard it's pretty much just today, because Hanna is not only freakin' big, she's moving like a bat out o' hell too. Tomorrow is supposed to end up nice after some morning hangover (which may be my condition as well).
Allyson - Sep 06, 2008 6:01:21 am PDT #7511 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
If anyone else can think of a particularly good article about recent immigration, biased perception of US history, or the current economic situation most Americans are struggling with right now, PLEASE post them or send me links. I would be eternally grateful.
I have no articles. When I was at JPL, a goodly portion of my job was dealing with immigration issues. Visas, greencards, citizenship.
Science has a special need for immigrants, and because the US funds the shit out of science (comparatively) I have a lot of folks from Russia and China who lived in hellish circumstances embracing the American Dream.
We throw parties for new citizens and new greencard holders. It's pretty amazing to watch someone work so hard to become a citizen, I mean, I was just born here.
The Director of JPL was an immigrant, my current boss was an immigrant, one third of my coworkers are immigrants. So I currently have Iran, China, Russia, and Israel represented. At JPL I had Iran, Russia, China, Turkey, South Africa, Italy, France, Mexico, and Holland represented in my group, in various stages of visas and greencards.
msbelle - Sep 06, 2008 6:08:08 am PDT #7512 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Kristin - USAToday had an article about HIV positive babies from Ethiopia being adopted by US families - the comments are full of hateful comments about infecting the US with these children which will undoubtablly just spread AIDS everywhere. I will see if I can find the link - it is not straight immigration in the same sense, but some of the same issues.