Xander ,'Get It Done'
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.
as a follow-up to tommyrot's link, all I can say is, huh?
And as a follow-up to Kathy A's story, I was in the bookstore the other day and a young couple was in line behind me with their daughter, perhaps two. Her father was holding her and he pointed to a book with Obama on the cover and said "who's that?". The little girl looked hard for a minute and then said "Obama!", very proud of recognizing him.
All right, wish me luck-- off to pick up Abby's cake and various and sundry for her school festivities tomorrow. I haven't driven since I hurt my ankle, so this ought to be interesting.
And lovely-- it's raining.
I love my daughter... I love my daughter... I love my daughter...
Good lord:
Jörg Haider, the leader of Austria's far-right Alliance for Austria's Future party, died this month in a high-speed car crash. He was drunk. Why was he drunk? Because, of course, he'd just had a terrible fight with his gay lover, who was also his 27-year-old protege and party deputy. After the fight, Haider went to a gay club and drank heavily with male escorts. Did we mention he was the leader of the far-right party? The one that's anti-immigrant and anti-European Union and pro-traditional family values? And that Haider was married with children?
Since D's going to go with E to vote (on their way into daycare & work respectively), I've been trying to teach him to say "Obama" in response to "Who's Daddy voting for?" just in case they get on local TV like they did for the primaries.
Wow. Fires are the closest to me since I moved out here. I'm not in any danger but it must have fucked with commutes something awful.
I think maybe I slept. You know when it feels mostly like you've just been lying down with your eyes closed? That.
This blog has become one my wife's favorite political blogs.
Margaret and Helen Best Friends for Sixty Years and Counting…
She just E-mailed me the text of the last blog entry which was a pretty good one.
Yeah, I sent that link in my "working from home" email this morning.
ETA: That's ita's link I'm talking about.
Yeah, ita, I just got to school two hours after I left home. Not. Fun.
The UCLA BruinAlert system gave me a heads up on the situation via email this morning or I'd have been smack dab in the middle of the Sepulveda Pass. Glad my money's being put to good use!
Yikes, you guys -- stay safe!