ION, I have a purring cat on my lap and don't know what to do. I've tried everything I can think of... petting her, scratching behind her ears, rubbing her tummy, but she won't leave....
Stand up?
So there is something I can do, besides scream like a woman?
Wesley ,'Chosen'
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.
Juliebird - Oct 24, 2008 4:51:57 pm PDT #6371 of 10001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Jesse - Oct 24, 2008 4:54:25 pm PDT #6372 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
2)Helping to teach diversity (i.e.-that different people have different experiences).
That does seem like the key missing piece in some of these stories.
megan walker - Oct 24, 2008 4:57:42 pm PDT #6373 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I must say I really try to notice this in our textbooks and make things more inclusive. But it's not always easy.
tommyrot - Oct 24, 2008 5:01:14 pm PDT #6374 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
OK, kitty just ran to the door to investigate doggie-like sounds coming from the hall....
Jesse - Oct 24, 2008 5:31:03 pm PDT #6375 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ooh! I just saw something on the Daily Show that made me think maybe my Work Nemesis will lose her job! t /oblique
And I realize it's terrible to hope for that for anyone, but she's just so incompetent, she should have been fired for cause years ago.
Trudy Booth - Oct 24, 2008 6:18:54 pm PDT #6376 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Family Tree Trauma can happen in even the most traditional of environments.
My Father's youngest sibling was the eighth child. When she had to bring in a baby picture of herself they couldn't FIND ONE. She was in plenty of group shots, but they coulnd't find any of just her. She took in a picture of her older sister.
§ ita § - Oct 24, 2008 6:26:33 pm PDT #6377 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, my. They're re-releasing a CD with Butterfly Kisses on it. Why would you want to do that.
Trudy, it's not that traditional to be the 8th kid, surely?
Huh. Tonight's Criminal Minds repeat is set in Jamaica. I'm currently listening to an appalling accent. How could they not find better ones?
Trudy Booth - Oct 24, 2008 6:30:52 pm PDT #6378 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Trudy, it's not that traditional to be the 8th kid, surely?
It's OLD SKOOL, Roman Catholic, Man! What could be more traditional?
(Though I mostly meant "traditional" in the "Mom & Dad & Full Siblings All in One House" way.)
billytea - Oct 24, 2008 6:37:44 pm PDT #6379 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.
Sure, it's shantung silk, but... it's not made of butterfly wings, you know?
True, but it is made from baby butterfly butt-bunting. That's pretty special.
Here in NYC, we have term limits -- except the City Council just voted that the limit is three terms, not two LIKE THE PEOPLE VOTED FOR, because Bloomberg wants to run again. I don't even believe in term limits and this pisses me off.
That's quite odd, though I'll note that if it pissess off enough New Yorkers, then the right to run again won't mean that much. Mostly, though, I'm happy this wasn't the reaction when Giuliani was talking about a third term.
Do your self-eval Kathy!! Do it for America!!
Damn straight! Is America shirking from its self-evaluation? Can you do any less?
Hil R. - Oct 24, 2008 6:37:45 pm PDT #6380 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I had a classmate who was the child of her father's second marriage. She had three or four half-brothers who were all much older than her -- I think the youngest was about 15 or so when we were in first grade. Her father died when she was a baby. In first grade, we were learning about bar graphs and making a graph showing how many of us in the class were the oldest in the family, the youngest, in the middle, or an only child. She got all flustered because she didn't know whether to say she was the youngest or an only child.