It seems to be a rainy day in puppy land.
Oooh, another jailbreak!
Who among us can ignore the allure of really funny math puns?
Willow ,'Empty Places'
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.
aurelia - Oct 30, 2008 2:08:29 pm PDT #7524 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
sarameg - Oct 30, 2008 2:23:59 pm PDT #7525 of 10001
Sounds like things are progressing well, Sue.
Watkins brought her a 105-year-old great aunt, Juanita Dent Hopkins, to the polling place with her a few days prior. "We were going to let her sit in the car but she said, 'I'm walking in.' She really is in good health and her mind is alert and she knew what was going on."
Think for a moment about what was going on in North Carolina in 1903 and you begin to get a sense of just how historic this moment is. Emancipation came in 1863. African-Americans were nominally granted the right to vote in 1870; women, in 1920. But Hopkins would not have had a genuinely guaranteed opportunity to cast a ballot until after the Voting Rights Act of 1965—when she was 62 years old.
"They let her go to the front of the line," Watkins said. "She said, 'This is a day in history that I hope to be able to see come to fruition, that we'll have a change, and that Obama will be our next president."
Watkins carries with her another generation's history. She was among five teenage girls who desegregated Wake Forest High School 40 years ago—one of only two to graduate. "One of my white friends called me yesterday. He was protective of me, he saw what we were going through. He said, 'Theresa, did you ever think we would see this happen?' And I thought, No. But it's here."
billytea - Oct 30, 2008 2:31:38 pm PDT #7526 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.
A piece of trivia: The Economist has never endorsed the candidate of the party currently in the White House. (In 1996, they even endorsed Dole.) So you'd figure they would be endorsing Obama this time around, and they have. With IMO the most enthusiastic endorsement they've yet given. [link]
aurelia - Oct 30, 2008 2:36:14 pm PDT #7527 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Ha! [link]
quester - Oct 30, 2008 2:48:27 pm PDT #7528 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Which puppy is making all the noise? and I feel bad for the one who is curled up by himself.
Nora Deirdre - Oct 30, 2008 2:51:41 pm PDT #7529 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
weren't there 6 before? Did one break out?
Nora Deirdre - Oct 30, 2008 2:55:30 pm PDT #7530 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
ok, he has returned.
juliana - Oct 30, 2008 2:56:13 pm PDT #7531 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
6th puppy got put back in. And looked very Put Out about it for a bit. He's now pawing at/nomming on his littermate's face.
Dana - Oct 30, 2008 2:56:39 pm PDT #7532 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
My god, did that same puppy make a break for it again? You think he'd have learned the first time.
Gadget_Girl - Oct 30, 2008 3:00:39 pm PDT #7533 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
Puppy cam won't work on this computer, this is not fair!