Back at a real computer - Halloween cutie link.
But if the world doesn't end, I'm gonna need a note.
Cordelia ,'Potential'
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.
Jessica - Oct 31, 2008 3:21:10 pm PDT #7772 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
askye - Oct 31, 2008 3:21:57 pm PDT #7773 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Mom voted early and she's gotten a lot of last minute campgain stuff from the Republicans (she's one, voted for Obama). Including a plea for money from Palin. There was a reply letter and an envelope, she talked about returning it with the statement --- Not just No but Hell No!
The Republicans are going to have do some major changing to win her back for Presidential elections.
sarameg - Oct 31, 2008 3:34:46 pm PDT #7774 of 10001
Wee little raaawr lion!
My dad gets really cranky about the DNC (he has Issues with them) asking him for money, so whenever they do, he sends back a screed explaining why he'll give money to individual candidates, but not to the party. Probably doesn't do anything but maybe give someone something different to read and give him some satisfaction.
I swear, he's going to end up the cranky old man at city council meetings...or running them. My mom is trying to get him to run for an opening on the local water board. The guy who is stepping down wants him too as well.
sarameg - Oct 31, 2008 3:36:44 pm PDT #7775 of 10001
Oh jesus. Getting GOP fearmongering campaign ads. I guess I'm technically close enough to PA, because Md is blue and B'more is REALLY blue.
Jessica - Oct 31, 2008 3:43:16 pm PDT #7776 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh man. I just rolled out 8 bagels for tomorrow morning and my arms ache. I forgot just how stiff bagel dough is.
I am thankful EVERY DAY that I live in a blue state surrounded by blue states and have Tivo. The only political ads I've seen are ones that have been linked on LJ or mocked by Jon Stewart.
Burrell - Oct 31, 2008 3:45:32 pm PDT #7777 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Happy Halloween everyone! So sorry I haven't been around today. Been busy, will post pictures, um, eventually. Franny's school had a costume parade, SUPER cuteness! Isaac has been boycotting his astronaut costume today. He was Belle this morning, now he's Dorothy. I assume he's don the astronaut suit for the actual trick-or-treating.
Happy B-day Daniel and Happy Anniversary to the Reasons!
Jessica - Oct 31, 2008 3:51:47 pm PDT #7778 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
When officials asked for the Welsh translation of a road sign, they thought the reply was what they needed.
Unfortunately, the e-mail response to Swansea council said in Welsh: "I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated".
So that was what went up under the English version which barred lorries from a road near a supermarket.
aurelia - Oct 31, 2008 3:53:26 pm PDT #7779 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Happy Birthday Daniel!
Happy Anniversary to the House of Reason!
Half the electricians at today's focus were dressed as pirates. If I'd known, I would've brought my hook!
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 31, 2008 3:53:32 pm PDT #7780 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I did the early voting thing today before work. On a paper ballot so as to avoid having my vote disappear into the ether if any improprieties occur.
Of the two main mayoral candidates, the Republican has been publicly kneeling in prayer for a win at fundraisers and press events, while the Democrat is pulling in money and staff from outside the state and running ads with exclusively WASPish pinched-face people telling me that he supports OUR values (the implication being not those of those other people with their unsightly melanin or dangerous not-being-married-with-kids-that-go-to-Sunday-school ways). So I probably wasted my vote by casting it for the other candidate with city council experience who didn't put me off with his campaigning.
Barb - Oct 31, 2008 3:58:35 pm PDT #7781 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
::waves tiredly::
Trick or Treating has been accomplished with the help of a travel mug of Shiraz.
This is just simply the most painful holiday for me since it incorporates two things that leave me wanting to curl up in a teeny little ball in the corner: walking in the dark and knocking on strangers' doors. Luckily, I don't have to knock any more and I'm not such a loser parent that I've infected my kids with my phobias, so they have absolutely no reservations over the door knocking thing.
But much candy was achieved as was much cuteness. Abby was a witch and Nate was a gladiator-- in sneakers. But there was a Big Sword which was his main objective anyway.
You can't tell from the photograph, but Abby's tights looked like spiderwebs. She was quite pleased.