I think every state gets a float. I only remember one band and tumblers from Illinois, but I may be misremembering.
I thought the pipers were from Ohio.
Does anybody else miss the Mayor? 'I just want to be a big snake.'
Xander ,'End of Days'
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.
quester - Jan 20, 2009 12:37:20 pm PST #2617 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
tommyrot - Jan 20, 2009 12:38:09 pm PST #2618 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Meters/second, not miles?
Yeah, meters/second would make sense in that context. Miles/Second, not so much....
quester - Jan 20, 2009 12:40:19 pm PST #2619 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Aww, band is playing "we shall overcome".
Dana - Jan 20, 2009 12:40:46 pm PST #2620 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Now there's a giant foam George Washington.
megan walker - Jan 20, 2009 12:42:18 pm PST #2621 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Anyone notice anything wrong with this paragraph?
There should be a comma after hard.
tommyrot - Jan 20, 2009 12:42:27 pm PST #2622 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Now there's a giant foam George Washington.
To pay homage to Washington's crossing soaking up the Delaware?
askye - Jan 20, 2009 12:45:19 pm PST #2623 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I liked the speech, although I missed parts of it.
Warren's invocation was....boring preacher. The kind of preacher you have to sit through in church (you being very general here) and wish he'd be briefer.
Although he could have mentioned Jesus and God a lot more. I don't know about Warren's particular style, but there is a style of praying where the one praying (a deacon or preacher) pretty much ends each sentence with Jesus or God.
I liked the second guy, he seemed way more sinceere and also more eloquent.
I'm not sure what channel Mom had the tv on (I went over there for part of it) but the anchors were listing out various parts of either Obama's speech or the Benediction guy's prayer that were references to civil rights. Which, given his history makes sense.
Also the justice botched the oath (at least that's what was reported when I was listening) and Obama paused because the Justice said the wrong thing.
Although I'm not surprised to hear that someone wants to sue over that.
And finally, msn.com has a little ticker of people's comments and thoughts. While some ofthem are postiive and uplifting some are along the lines of "the saddest day ever. " and "If you though tBush was bad just wait."
Oh and if Rush and others want to say that they hope Obama fails. Then fine. I was very vocal about my dislike for Bush and gripped about the suppression of dissent by Bush and I don't want Obama to follow in those footsteps.
Sue - Jan 20, 2009 12:48:14 pm PST #2624 of 30000
hip deep in pie
What I found striking about watching the motorcade earlier was that the people along the route were not predominantly white. It was really a sea of faces of many different colours.
Connie Neil - Jan 20, 2009 12:49:24 pm PST #2625 of 30000
brillig
OK, I'm working on chats, and my customer said, "When I put my moose over that item . . ." Most amusing typo in a while.
Sue - Jan 20, 2009 12:49:44 pm PST #2626 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Okay, was that the Final Countdown?