Beautiful family and beautiful speech.
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
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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.
Pix - Nov 04, 2008 7:21:54 pm PST #9220 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Kat - Nov 04, 2008 7:22:24 pm PST #9221 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
What a kickass speech. That was fantastic. Gotta find the full text.
Atropa - Nov 04, 2008 7:23:03 pm PST #9222 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
A smart president. A well-spoken president. A president who inspires hope instead of fear. I am weeping.
Oh God, yes. That was a wonderful speech.
Ginger - Nov 04, 2008 7:23:08 pm PST #9223 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Today's Mike Luckovich cartoon: [link]
SailAweigh - Nov 04, 2008 7:23:23 pm PST #9224 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
It's so nice to be filled with hope, rather than rage. I don't know if I recognize myself anymore.
Hil R. - Nov 04, 2008 7:23:31 pm PST #9225 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
That speech was great. For once, a President who's talking to everybody, not just the "We're going to use this mandate" of W.
Theresa - Nov 04, 2008 7:23:59 pm PST #9226 of 10001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
You know what is so strange. I live in a red state. But he made me feel like my vote counted today. President Elect Barack Obama. That sounds really good.
Strix - Nov 04, 2008 7:24:19 pm PST #9227 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I am so thankful for the opportunity to listen to a speech by a leader who can make me tear up with joy and hope instead of cringing in dread or seething in contempt.
Yes. Yes. A million times, yes.
I am a language girl. Hyperbole, sweeping generalizations, symbolism, timing, pacing....yeah, I know it.
I don't CARE. I do NOT care. I wept, I clasped my hands, I said amen. I felt hope instead of defeat.
beekaytee - Nov 04, 2008 7:24:33 pm PST #9228 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
My jaded heart has broken...open.
I can't help but sob and sob with the realization that the thing I've struggled for my entire adult life may have actually come to pass.
I find it almost impossible to believe that there is a chance I can now be the one thing denied me over and over.
I can be proud to be an American.
Kate P. - Nov 04, 2008 7:24:55 pm PST #9229 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
What an incredible speech. I broke down crying around the time he talked about people listening huddled around radios in forgotten corners of the world. I see in him a president who respects and understands the role that America plays in the world, not as the bully we have too often been, but truly as the beacon we can be.
President-Elect Obama, thank you for making me feel, almost for the first time in my adult life, proud to be an American.