Fred: It's the pictures in my mind that are getting me. It's like being stuck in a really bad movie with those Clockwork Orange clampy things on my eyeballs. Wesley: Why imagine? Reality's disturbing enough.

'Shells'


Natter 61*  

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.


Gudanov - Oct 02, 2008 5:15:27 am PDT #1834 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

I've got old pictures now!

Me, about age three

Me and my Dad age 4 or 5 probably

Me and my Mom, not sure about the age

Me, unsure of the age, showing off my huge teeth

Me, must be age four, with cool sunglasses

I like this one of my Dad because written on the slide was "I wasn't drunk"


hippocampus - Oct 02, 2008 5:17:08 am PDT #1835 of 10001
not your mom's socks.

is anyone else bothered by the fact that there's been no discussion of the actual issues that might/should come up in tonight's debate... except by Katie Couric? I am increasingly troubled that the focus is all on form, not on substance.


JZ - Oct 02, 2008 5:21:57 am PDT #1836 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

That picture of you at 3 looks so much like both Leif and Emaryn it's amazing. They're just wee, adorable carbon copies of you!


Kat - Oct 02, 2008 5:24:25 am PDT #1837 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

An interesting blog post on how when you are doing something creative, what's important is how much you do, rather than obsessing over whether something is perfect. The clip of Ira Glass is, as ever, excellent. I wish I could get youtube at school because my students need to see this.


Gudanov - Oct 02, 2008 5:24:28 am PDT #1838 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

That picture of you at 3 looks so much like both Leif and Emaryn it's amazing.

I don't see that as much with Emaryn, but I do see it with Leif. My wife thinks Emaryn really looks like my Mom.


flea - Oct 02, 2008 5:27:23 am PDT #1839 of 10001
information libertarian

Gwen Ifill is moderating, right? I have faith she'll ask good questions. The NYT has an editorial today with suggested questions.


hippocampus - Oct 02, 2008 5:31:01 am PDT #1840 of 10001
not your mom's socks.

The NYT has an editorial today with suggested questions.

ah good.

I spent too much time reading the Post's "How they'll win" piece.


Gudanov - Oct 02, 2008 5:32:45 am PDT #1841 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

I am increasingly troubled that the focus is all on form, not on substance.

I think the polls usually show that form is more influential than substance. It's hard to avoid talking about form when you have one candidate who is a gaffe machine and another who has had trouble forming coherent answers in interviews.


hippocampus - Oct 02, 2008 5:35:30 am PDT #1842 of 10001
not your mom's socks.

It's hard to avoid talking about form when you have one candidate who is a gaffe machine and another who has had trouble forming coherent answers in interviews.

True. But I feel like a political zombie right now - wandering around shouting: "I want Brains!!! BRAIIIINNNNNNSSS!!"


brenda m - Oct 02, 2008 5:39:46 am PDT #1843 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Gwen Ifill is moderating, right? I have faith she'll ask good questions. The NYT has an editorial today with suggested questions.

You may but the right is already getting hysterical about the fact that she has a book in progress about the impact/historical significance of Obama's candidacy. The idea being that she has a conflict of interest since her book will be much more successful if he is.