Those are all great. Looking at #43--they are so totally my OTP, though the Bidens come close.
Man, just ascend already.
Willow ,'Chosen'
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.
Lee - Jan 21, 2009 8:24:56 am PST #2850 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Jesse - Jan 21, 2009 8:26:59 am PST #2851 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Picture 42 is kind of incredible, in its own way.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 21, 2009 8:31:23 am PST #2852 of 30000
What is even happening?
Ack. Black Wednesday here. A whole bunch of layoffs are taking place. Because of the kind of data we work with, people are getting pulled to HR individually and escorted out after they clean up their desks. This is bad. I think I'm OK in terms of not being cut, but the atmosphere around here is going to be awful (and the volume of work is about to go up considerably).
Oh Frank, that's so tough. I'm sorry you and your co-workers are facing this. The survivor's guilt can be tough, too.
What I've read says Bush, Sr. moved to TX in 1948, that puts W at 2 years old.
That sounds right to me. Walker's Point is the family's summer place and as far as I know -- it has been since Dorothy (GHWB) inherited it from her father. GHWB (like his father before him) was a Senator from CT, but W was raised in Texas.
Calli - Jan 21, 2009 8:35:56 am PST #2853 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Good luck, Frank. I'm sorry you have to go through the work drama.
Hil R. - Jan 21, 2009 8:36:26 am PST #2854 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah, no one really lived at Walker Point year-round until Bush Sr. and Barbara started living there a few years ago. W went to prep school in New England, where I'm sure that accent would have been mocked, but until then, he lived in Texas.
flea - Jan 21, 2009 8:36:41 am PST #2855 of 30000
information libertarian
Yeah, Cindy is right. W was born in New Haven, moved to Midland at age 2 and attended public school there through middle school. He went to prep school in New England (Exeter, I think, which is in NH or maybe Andover in MA) and then Yale, but spent ages 2-13 in Midland (except possibly for summers in Kennebunkport, I guess!)
Topic!Cindy - Jan 21, 2009 8:46:23 am PST #2856 of 30000
What is even happening?
Phillips (in Andover, which gets confusing because there is a Phillips-Exeter, in Exeter N.H.).
megan walker - Jan 21, 2009 8:49:28 am PST #2857 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I know I'm an enormous cheeser, but I love the picture of Maya's wedding attached to this article.
And it also shows that the coordinated-daughter thing is not new. Love it.
(Exeter, I think, which is in NH or maybe Andover in MA)
Andover, I think.
Most importantly, stay strong Frank.
lori - Jan 21, 2009 8:51:22 am PST #2858 of 30000
I know I'm an enormous cheeser, but I love the picture of Maya's wedding attached to this article.
And that is some rockin' Hawaii-style diversity. Great link, Jesse.
Jesse - Jan 21, 2009 8:58:37 am PST #2859 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I also loved the quote from Michelle's brother who's like, it's not cool enough that there's a black president, but it's my brother-in-law???