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.
Timelies all!
Rain, rain and more rain here. A little wind, too, but I guess that's to be expected.
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.
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.
Speaking only for myself here, I would have preferred the barbecue. Mmm...vinegary...
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).
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.
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.
Dear psychos,
Just to be safe, don't have sex with ANY Ethopian babies.
No love,
Me
