Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


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.


Connie Neil - Jan 20, 2009 10:41:57 am PST #2517 of 30000
brillig

So did anyone else notice how Cheney looked *just* like Mr. Potter in that wheelchair?

I saw that picture and, wow, that's one evil looking dude. "I would have done it, too, if it weren't for that interfering kid!"


Jesse - Jan 20, 2009 10:43:23 am PST #2518 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Who is Mr. Potter?


quester - Jan 20, 2009 10:44:45 am PST #2519 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

Hee - Bush Street renamed Obama Street in SF : [link]

Haha! I was living on Bush St. during the '88 election and someone did the same think with Dukakis' name, too!


amych - Jan 20, 2009 10:45:15 am PST #2520 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Mr. Potter?

From It's a Wonderful Life.


msbelle - Jan 20, 2009 10:46:05 am PST #2521 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Confirmations to the cabinet, coming in. 7 so far.


Jesse - Jan 20, 2009 10:46:26 am PST #2522 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh, huh. Yeah, I don't think I've ever seen It's A Wonderful Life.


Connie Neil - Jan 20, 2009 10:48:51 am PST #2523 of 30000
brillig

re: Mr. Potter

I like the reference to the German interrogator in Raiders of the Lost Ark myself. (The bit with the multi-part coat hanger was too perfect.)

"What shall we talk about?"


SuziQ - Jan 20, 2009 10:49:15 am PST #2524 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Bush Street renamed Obama Street in SF

LOVE IT. It would be too much to hope it is still renamed when I'm out there in a few weeks.


quester - Jan 20, 2009 10:49:39 am PST #2525 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

NYT Caucus blog says that attendees at the luncheon were sure Kennedy had had a siezure, but that he was smiling and talking as he was wheeled out.


Hil R. - Jan 20, 2009 10:50:23 am PST #2526 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

They're saying that Kennedy is at Washington Hospital Center in stable condition.