I got one robo call from Jan Schakowsky that was all "I love you and kittens and flowers and Barack Obama and unicorns and rainbows..." which was all very nice but far too long. So I hung up.
I just said that you're pretty. Even when you're covered in...engine grease, you're... No, especially, especially when you're covered in engine grease.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
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 - Nov 01, 2008 8:19:53 am PDT #7838 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Jesse - Nov 01, 2008 8:20:51 am PDT #7839 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Happy birthday, Ginger!
I seriously need to get a move-on. And yet? NSM.
Barb - Nov 01, 2008 8:36:10 am PDT #7840 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
Happy Birthday, Ginger!!
Kalshane - Nov 01, 2008 8:36:56 am PDT #7841 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Oh, can I express how absolutely annoyed I am with people about this whole Khalidi tape "scandal"?
1. The dude is a respected scholar. Yes, he's Palestinian, but Palestinian != terrorist. Yes, he's pro-Palestine, but from what I can tell he condemns the violence on both sides.
2. The LA Times is not releasing the tape because their source requested they not do so. They're not doing it to protect Obama, they're doing it because they have Journalistic Intergrity!
3. The only reason anyone knows about the tape is because the Times reported on it themselves, six months ago! If they were really trying to cover things up, they wouldn't have printed a story about it in their frickin' paper in the first place!
Yeesh!
I feel better now.
Consuela - Nov 01, 2008 8:40:00 am PDT #7842 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Kalshane, re: #1, he's not even Palestinian, except in the sense that I'm Irish. He's a natural-born American of Palestinian descent.
To the rest of your post, ITA.
msbelle - Nov 01, 2008 8:51:56 am PDT #7843 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Man was I crashed - mac up at 6:30 and I went back to bed, not fully up until 11.
Kalshane - Nov 01, 2008 8:54:09 am PDT #7844 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Suela,
Thank you for that. I hadn't heard of the man before the "scandal" broke and the half-dozen or so articles I read about him didn't mention the American-born aspect. (I could have checked Wikipedia, I suppose, but I tend to be a bit distrustful of it whenever there's big news about something that could inspire folks to start frantically adding their own personal spin to the related articles.)
Theodosia - Nov 01, 2008 8:55:53 am PDT #7845 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I read an entire Scott Westerfeld book today, so I can't say I haven't accomplished something today. Still, there's enough time to actually Do Something, I hope.
Barb - Nov 01, 2008 8:58:49 am PDT #7846 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
In between writing on the NaNo project, I've been procrastinating playing on Photoshop.
I'm not done with it-- it's just a first try and I'm not nuts about the font proportions. But I was especially happy with how removing the ad text came out.
Nora Deirdre - Nov 01, 2008 9:07:55 am PDT #7847 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
HMOG, Terry Tate has returned! There IS a benevolent deity!
In other excellent news of the day, HAPPY BIRTHDAY GINGER!!!