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.)
Wash: I mean, I'm the one she swore to love, honor and obey. Mal: Listen... She swore to obey? Wash: Well, no, not...
'War Stories'
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.
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
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.
Dana - Jan 20, 2009 7:36:11 am PST #2296 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
"inclusion, not exclusion; tolerance, not intolerance."
javachik - Jan 20, 2009 7:36:20 am PST #2297 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I know, Sail.
hippocampus - Jan 20, 2009 7:36:35 am PST #2298 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
I liked the poem , but like many poets she can't read her own work
I liked the start of the poem a lot - the idea of words and power and shape and form. Got hooked on a line that ended in 'of' and couldn't rebound.
Makes me want to go play my CD with Yeats on it.
Jessica - Jan 20, 2009 7:36:40 am PST #2299 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"Non-believers" includes both atheists and agnostics, so it's also more inclusive even if it does lacks teeth. And like others have said - I'm just so happy to be acknowledged as a citizen that I truly don't care what word he used. It's a good day to be a godless heathen in America!
javachik - Jan 20, 2009 7:37:16 am PST #2300 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
"When tanks will be beaten into tractors."
Wow. Just. Wow.
Hil R. - Jan 20, 2009 7:37:19 am PST #2301 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I like the update. "Tanks beaten into tractors."