when is he leaving?
I don't care how you feel about offshore drilling, we need to move away from non renewable sources of energy
Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books!
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
beth b - Jan 17, 2009 12:38:13 pm PST #1744 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
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).
Cashmere - Jan 17, 2009 1:33:48 pm PST #1746 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
My niece sent her kids over to my sister's house knowing they had head lice and didn't say ANYTHING to my sister. My sister found out when she took the kids to get their hair cut.
WTF? Who does that to someone?
megan walker - Jan 17, 2009 1:45:42 pm PST #1747 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
That is why I hate people.
Cashmere - Jan 17, 2009 1:47:47 pm PST #1748 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I KNOW!
Pix - Jan 17, 2009 2:15:02 pm PST #1749 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Holy shit, Cash. That's awful!
One if my students emailed me to say she's home getting treated for head lice a few days ago, and I haven't been able to stop scratching my head since.
Cashmere - Jan 17, 2009 2:29:24 pm PST #1750 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
My sister called me half insane. She's so mad at my niece (and who could blame her). The kids have it at least once or twice a year because they keep getting infected by their cousins. My sister had to deal with it once when her stepson got it at preschool but finding out that my niece knew they had it (and had treated the kids the day they left) and still sent them over there was just too much for her.
Niece is going to get an earful when my sister takes the kids home and they won't be welcome back until my niece can assure her they've been treated and are completely lice-free.
Ugh. My head's itching just thinking about it.
beth b - Jan 17, 2009 2:59:54 pm PST #1751 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I do not understand that behavior. I mean, I didn't go back east with Matt partly because I didn't want to bring my germs to my MIL. Lice -- that is a pretty obvious choice.
§ ita § - Jan 17, 2009 3:19:36 pm PST #1752 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Head lice are a good reason to be black. They don't like our heads as much.
sarameg - Jan 17, 2009 3:38:34 pm PST #1753 of 30000
My brother and I never got lice, which is a freaking miracle considering the elementary school came down with it almost every year.
Someone else at the party is also going to the Inaug. They got MARC tickets, leaving at 6:30 and not heading back until 8:30. Yikes. I'm researching alternate driving routes because already the highway boards are predicting doom and gloom on 495....
Radio just played an excerpt of the "I Have a Dream" speech.