Timelies all!
I am trapped under a cat, once again. (It's a good thing Nova's so cute, or she'd be mittens...)
Wait. People? She eats people? 'To Serve Man.' It's 'To Serve Man' all over again.
Gunn ,'Power Play'
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.
Sheryl - Oct 07, 2008 1:22:14 pm PDT #3074 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
billytea - Oct 07, 2008 1:27:25 pm PDT #3075 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Of course, that didn't prevent the Economist from being one of Bush's most enthusiastic apologists during most of his presidency. Wankers.
No they weren't. They supported the invasion of Iraq long after it was seemly to do so, but that isn't the same thing. Especially compared to US news sources, they've been very critical of the Bush presidency including the conduct of the Iraqi occupation, and they endorsed Kerry in 2004. In any case, I know of few serious publications that would start an article with "Few readers of The Economist, one would imagine, have seen a one-eyed dwarf with bat-like wings, pointed ears and sharpened talons. Even fewer are likely to have been sodomised by one." If that had been an actual comment on the Bush Presidency, it would have been perfect.
electoral-vote.com has Obama up 20 points since yesterday - I don't see how the debate tonight will change anything, unless the McCain camp thinks it has nothing to lose and takes some big risks.
I think the McCain camp has been running on that strategy for a while. There was that whole "I'm dropping everything to solve the financial crisis!" Hail Mary pass, the "I'm appointing the only person I could find who would be a worse President than the incumbent". But even before then, he was apparently putting his campaign's resources into the ads comparing Obama to Paris Hilton instead of (i.e. didn't have the money for both) building a network of offices to compete in the ground game. Now he's treating going negative in the same fashion. I really get the impression he has no patience for an incremental strategy. He thinks there's one big roll of the dice that will win this for him.
Gudanov - Oct 07, 2008 1:39:45 pm PDT #3076 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
I really get the impression he has no patience for an incremental strategy. He thinks there's one big roll of the dice that will win this for him.
Sometimes you gotta roll the hard six.
Connie Neil - Oct 07, 2008 1:52:51 pm PDT #3077 of 10001
brillig
Farewell, Opus
I'ma gonna go home and hug my stuffed Opus.
Kathy A - Oct 07, 2008 1:59:20 pm PDT #3078 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I've still got my Xmas Opus somewhere (he has reindeer horns strapped to his head!).
Steph L. - Oct 07, 2008 2:27:43 pm PDT #3079 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Farewell, Opus: [link]
The Sunday strip had been implying for a while now that Opus was not long for this (comic) world. I was worried. Poor li'l penguin.
Dana - Oct 07, 2008 2:30:50 pm PDT #3080 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I have two and a half hours before rehearsal. Should I take a nap or paint my nails?
Strega - Oct 07, 2008 2:32:17 pm PDT #3081 of 10001
Yeah, I assumed the end of the strip had been announced because that's what it's been about for weeks now. I figured I'd just missed the news bulletin there. Odd.
I have just discovered that I kinda like oatmeal. Which is exciting since I didn't years ago. But after half a serving I was like, "This still tastes good, but I don't want to swallow it anymore." Still, progress.
Lee - Oct 07, 2008 2:43:15 pm PDT #3082 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Lee - Oct 07, 2008 2:45:09 pm PDT #3083 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.