We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!

Anya ,'Bring On The Night'


Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

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.


Kathy A - Jan 17, 2009 11:32:18 am PST #1736 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Oh, Shir, I was hoping they'd get a decent cease fire agreement. It's too bad it's so one-sided.

ImememeN, I'm debating if I want to go out tonight. Another board (Shakesville) is having a Bye-Bye Bush party in Evanston, and I'm fighting my normal winter tendency to want to cocoon on the weekends and get things done around here. The party might be fun, but I'd have to shlep a good hour away to get there, and I'd have to start getting ready soon if I want to make it in time. But I'm cold and just want to stay in and clean my apartment and play with my cat and finish downloading my music into iTunes.

I guess I'm just not in a social mood right now.

I am going to an Inauguration Day breakfast that'll be much less stressful (people I know, daytime event, not so tired as I am now), so I'm thinking that that could be my social event of the week.


msbelle - Jan 17, 2009 12:06:05 pm PST #1737 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

ita - it is required with the type of Visa he came in on, usually people do it 6 mos after they arrive, but I, well life.

sara - glad they finally arrived.


Frankenbuddha - Jan 17, 2009 12:12:52 pm PST #1738 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Grrr. We're supposed to get (possibly) 3-5 inches of snow during the overnight into tomorrow, and temps are supposed to get above freezing on Sunday. Nevertheless, Salem is issuing a snow emergency (aka parking ban).

What the FUCKING FUCK???!??!? I have driveway I can park in, but still, this is overreaction taken to the Nth degree in my opinion. Am I wrong? Is this not unreasonable (i.e. the parking ban)? I feel really bad for people who DON'T have a driveway they can park in.


Nora Deirdre - Jan 17, 2009 12:20:52 pm PST #1739 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Yeah, we're moving my mom's car in our driveway but our neighbors (who do not have a driveway) are out of town and their car is on the street. So... hopefully they won't get towed or anything!

I think the snow emergency call is totally lame.


SailAweigh - Jan 17, 2009 12:22:25 pm PST #1740 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

A total parking ban is pretty drastic. Do they do alternate side of the street parking at all, Frank? That's what Madison does in the winter. Everyone parks on one side one day and the other the next. That way they can plow to one curb at least and leave enough room for two lanes of traffic.


msbelle - Jan 17, 2009 12:24:38 pm PST #1741 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

What does a parking bnan mean? Where are the cars supposed togo?

Man, do I love having a nail place less than a block away. Pedi ahoy.


Nora Deirdre - Jan 17, 2009 12:27:32 pm PST #1742 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Salem has teeny tiny winding streets from the 16th century, so when they need to get plows through they need all the space they can get. So that's why they have the draconian snow parking ban... but in this case I think they are being pretty cavalier to the disruption this causes to many people for a pretty low amount of snow. On a weekend. When it will get warmer.


beth b - Jan 17, 2009 12:31:18 pm PST #1743 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

seems overly harsh to me


beth b - Jan 17, 2009 12:38:13 pm PST #1744 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

when is he leaving?

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I don't care how you feel about offshore drilling, we need to move away from non renewable sources of energy


Frankenbuddha - Jan 17, 2009 1:04:44 pm PST #1745 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Salem has teeny tiny winding streets from the 16th century, so when they need to get plows through they need all the space they can get. So that's why they have the draconian snow parking ban... but in this case I think they are being pretty cavalier to the disruption this causes to many people for a pretty low amount of snow. On a weekend. When it will get warmer.

Indeed. And I live in a part of Salem where the streets aren't so teeny tiny, so doubly annoying. I already pulled the car in (the ban starts at MIDNIGHT! Fuckers!) because I suspect my landlord won't be going anywhere tonight, and if he is, I'll be up until then, but still. Total FUCKING ANNOYANCE. I sent an email to the city of Salem website to express just how annoyed I was (and mentioned I wanted to use much harsher language than I used).