My gut instinct says "He's frightened and looking for an excuse to stay in the hospital overnight.
My gut went there too.
Slap my hand now!
Anya ,'Empty Places'
Spike's Bitches 42: Which question do you want me to answer first?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Laga - Oct 23, 2008 9:39:54 am PDT #9017 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
DavidS - Oct 23, 2008 9:41:14 am PDT #9018 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Mostly because, why would I have the phone numbers of my parents' friends?
So you don't have to play your Dad's dysfunction game by his rules? So you can handle these things on your terms?
I think you have to start setting some boundaries and terms to handle this. It's not up to him to just dump everything on you. You find it burdensome and stressful. So go ahead and set up the phone tree and parcel out the responsibility among those who can take it.
Vortex - Oct 23, 2008 10:32:08 am PDT #9019 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
okay, so apparently Sarah Palin was interviewed by People, and was asked
Has [Bristol's pregnancy] changed how you talk about sex with your other children?
Her response?
SP: I've always been a proponent of making sure kids understand – even in schools – they'd better take preventative measures so that they don't find themselves in these less than ideal circumstances. Perhaps Bristol could be a good example to other young women that life happens and preventative measures are, first and foremost, the option that should be considered –
"preventative measures"? WTF? I don't think that abstinence is a preventative measure. Sounds a hell of a lot like she's advocating birth control, or is it just me?
SailAweigh - Oct 23, 2008 10:35:16 am PDT #9020 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I'm with you. Sure sounds like birth control to me, not abstinence.
Laga - Oct 23, 2008 10:36:04 am PDT #9021 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
unless she thinks keeping your legs crossed is a preventative measure.
SailAweigh - Oct 23, 2008 10:38:26 am PDT #9022 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Or keeping your clothes on.
Laga - Oct 23, 2008 10:40:52 am PDT #9023 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I like doin' it with my clothes on.
Laga - Oct 23, 2008 10:43:51 am PDT #9024 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
actually I think I've done it with my legs crossed too. But then, I'm on the pill.
Emily - Oct 23, 2008 10:50:08 am PDT #9025 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
The part of the Pledge that I have a problem with (besides the fact that it's a, you know, PLEDGE of ALLEGIANCE, Heil Amerika) is the "with liberty and justice for ALL" part. Because it's been my experience that not everyone is lucky enough to receive the same level of liberty and/or justice.
Oh, see, I read it not as pledging allegiance to the republic which has liberty and justice for all, but rather as pledging allegiance to the republic and to its ideal of liberty and justice for all. Which I can totally get behind. I've got allegiance to that ideal.
Laga - Oct 23, 2008 10:53:03 am PDT #9026 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I went to some event with my Mom where we recited the pledge. I was pleasantly surprised to find Mom skipped the "under god" part too.
When I was little I thought "Witchit Stands" was a place, like "Witchita Falls."