Mercy is the mark of a great man. Guess I'm just a good man. Well, I'm all right.

Mal ,'Shindig'


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.


tommyrot - Nov 03, 2008 11:50:04 am PST #8204 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.

I have NONE OF THESE.

What kind of zero-Starbucks town do you live in?


Emily - Nov 03, 2008 11:50:36 am PST #8205 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

That kind! I think Starbucks is too Blue-state Elite for half the population, and too Corporate Evil for the other half. So we've got two local coffee shops for some, and McDonald's for others. Oh, plus the gas stations.


sumi - Nov 03, 2008 11:50:49 am PST #8206 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

One of the less American parts of the country?


Gudanov - Nov 03, 2008 11:51:21 am PST #8207 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

I pass by three Starbucks on my 15 mile commute.


Kristen - Nov 03, 2008 11:51:40 am PST #8208 of 10001

One of the less American parts of the country?

I think it's the other way around. The fewer the Starbucks, the more "real American" your town is.


Steph L. - Nov 03, 2008 11:52:17 am PST #8209 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Oh, man. I knew when he went home that Toot wasn't going to live long, but I'm sure I wasn't the only one hoping for just two more days.

Jesus. Wow, that's really, really sad.

Relatedly, I heard on NPR that Studs Terkel had said he hoped to live long enough to see the results of the election, and he got his absentee ballot in the mail the day he died.


Burrell - Nov 03, 2008 11:55:11 am PST #8210 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

That's so sad.


Kathy A - Nov 03, 2008 12:00:00 pm PST #8211 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Damn. I'm so sad to hear that she didn't get to see tomorrow night.

IOelectionN, Aussies Volunteer for Obama.


lisah - Nov 03, 2008 12:02:24 pm PST #8212 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

so sad about Obama's grandmother. I was really hoping she'd make it through tomorrow. At least he got to see her last week.


Jesse - Nov 03, 2008 12:04:19 pm PST #8213 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

so sad about Obama's grandmother. I was really hoping she'd make it through tomorrow. At least he got to see her last week.

All of this.

My boyfriend Nate Silver does the Starbucks:Wal-Mart ratio when he's looking at states for tendencies. Edit: Sorry, those are the Sean Quinn posts on fivethiryeight, not the Nate Silver posts.