Me, too, Jess.
See, Vera? Dress yourself up; you get taken out somewhere fun.
Jayne ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
javachik - Jan 20, 2009 7:31:16 am PST #2286 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Dana - Jan 20, 2009 7:31:27 am PST #2287 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Whoa, Natter was at -1 new messages for a second.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 20, 2009 7:31:52 am PST #2288 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
OMG- my department is still crazy with the Hussein thing? WTF is wrong with these people!
beth b - Jan 20, 2009 7:32:54 am PST #2289 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I liked the poem , but like many poets she can't read her own work
JenP - Jan 20, 2009 7:33:45 am PST #2290 of 30000
Yeah, but there's got to be a better word than non-believers.
Well, atheist is perfectly cromulent, but so many people heap so much ugly on it... you can see where he chose a word that didn't come pre-loaded in that way. Or does it? I don't know. I was just happy to hear the shout-out.
Calli - Jan 20, 2009 7:34:03 am PST #2291 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
OMG- my department is still crazy with the Hussein thing?
Perfectly understandable. My middle name is "Rae" and I'm always zapping people into oblivion. My first name isn't "death" but still, what else can you expect from someone with the middle name "Rae"?
Jessica - Jan 20, 2009 7:34:04 am PST #2292 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm amused that John Hodgman, Stephen Fry, and I have almost identical Twitter streams today. (And about a billion other people, I'm sure, but I'm tickled to be in the company of those two in particular.)
javachik - Jan 20, 2009 7:34:33 am PST #2293 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Someone upthread commented on how sober Hillary looks. I don't think it was Jill Biden's slip on Oprah.
SailAweigh - Jan 20, 2009 7:35:02 am PST #2294 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Now here, is someone who really believes in what he's saying. Why couldn't they have had him give the opening benediction?
Theresa - Jan 20, 2009 7:35:52 am PST #2295 of 30000
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Speech teachers really should have their students study that speech.