Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!

Xander ,'Chosen'


Natter 62: The 62nd Natter  

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.


Jesse - Nov 13, 2008 2:52:58 am PST #963 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Happy birthday, Hil!!

Am I crazy, or is Hugh Laurie a brunet and Boris Becker a redhead?

I got out of bed a couple of minutes earlier than usual because the people on the radio were making me INSANE. It was a woman from Salon bitching about the image of Michelle Obama as primarily a mother. I mean, it is semi-crap, because of course she's had an important career, but she is putting it on hold right now. I wonder if/when we'll have a First Spouse who keeps their own job, and wonder if it will even be an issue until we have a female president. I just don't think it's tenable for the spouse to have their own life.

AND I think it was legitimate for people to be annoyed at how Hilary Clinton went into the White House -- it's one thing to make a case for the spouse to have expertise and a role, but I do think they played it wrong.

Anyway, I apparently woke up ranting.


Anne W. - Nov 13, 2008 3:04:26 am PST #964 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

I wonder if/when we'll have a First Spouse who keeps their own job, and wonder if it will even be an issue until we have a female president. I just don't think it's tenable for the spouse to have their own life.

I think security issues would make it very difficult for a First Spouse to remain in and be effective at certain jobs, regardless of said spouse's gender. Can you imagine the disruption to, say, a high school if the FS wanted to continue teaching AP History?

On the other hand, I think if the FS were (for example) a top pediatric neurosurgeon, it would be a public relations disaster for that person to put his/her job aside.


Sue - Nov 13, 2008 3:34:43 am PST #965 of 10002
hip deep in pie

Happy Birthday Hil!

So one of my best friend's has a cat who was just diagnose with a tumor in her jaw, which is where Pico's tumor was. How weird is that?


Tom Scola - Nov 13, 2008 3:57:59 am PST #966 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Your morning dose of TEH CUTE: [link]


amych - Nov 13, 2008 4:04:21 am PST #967 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Happy birthday, Hil!


Daisy Jane - Nov 13, 2008 4:07:14 am PST #968 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HIL!

Oddly, just yesterday I realized my gay boyfriend looks like a skinnier Daniel Craig with bluer eyes.


Jessica - Nov 13, 2008 4:09:41 am PST #969 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HIL!!

DH and I saw QoS last night. He says Craig "just doesn't have that sex appeal Bond is supposed to have." I say he is a heterosexual male and therefore unentitled to an opinion on this matter. Also, YUM.

QoS was fun, but forgettable. Not as good as CR. Too many CGI-assisted chase scenes, not enough nekkid Bond walking out of the ocean.

Hugh Laurie was never a true blond, but it's not naturally as dark as House's either.


Jesse - Nov 13, 2008 4:11:05 am PST #970 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I think security issues would make it very difficult for a First Spouse to remain in and be effective at certain jobs, regardless of said spouse's gender.

Absolutely. I'm just afraid it will be a dude who will first make it a real conversation.

Hugh Laurie was never a true blond, but it's not naturally as dark as House's either.

Ah -- I did not know that.


Sophia Brooks - Nov 13, 2008 4:34:10 am PST #971 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Happy Birthday Hil!


juliana - Nov 13, 2008 4:41:54 am PST #972 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, JESSICA!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HIL!!!

He says Craig "just doesn't have that sex appeal Bond is supposed to have."

Your husband is officially crazypants. M went on at length about how awesomesexy DC was in the first one, and M is quite het.