The left/center thing is funny right now with one of the people running for Ted Kennedy's seat -- my parents' congressman, also their former mayor any my father's former boss. Anyway, in the greater Boston area, he's fairly conservative, and definitely had that kind of reputation. When he got to Washington, he realized he's a raging liberal in the rest of the country, and is now running for Senate as the "real liberal." Good times.
There are cockroaches in Mexico big enough to own property.
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Jesse - Oct 23, 2009 1:47:00 pm PDT #15054 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hil R. - Oct 23, 2009 1:49:23 pm PDT #15055 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I have to admit that it softened me a wee, tiny bit toward GHWB to find out that (a) he was actually named for the poet Herbert Walker, and (b) he's at least vaguely familiar with Walker's work. Not quite enough for me to forgive him all his horrid offspring, but just a wee, tiny bit.
I'm pretty sure he was named for his mother's father, George Herbert Walker. [link]
smonster - Oct 23, 2009 2:02:29 pm PDT #15056 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
That was Dubya.
I know. I was riffing on HIS lack of foreign policy.
Another fan of the Judgment Day soundtrack here.
Steph L. - Oct 23, 2009 2:15:23 pm PDT #15057 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Now The Boy is in the shower, and I keep hearing "Woo hoo! Woo hoo!"
He's so entertaining.
JZ - Oct 23, 2009 2:19:40 pm PDT #15058 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Totally my brain fart, Hil. I meant George Herbert, and I'm pretty sure (though I can't dig up a link right now) that the poet's name is a family tradition (not an ancestor, just beloved by someone way back, and tradition maintained until Sr. named Jr. and dropped the "Herbert").
javachik - Oct 23, 2009 2:24:12 pm PDT #15059 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
JZ, you are/were correct.
JZ - Oct 23, 2009 2:26:58 pm PDT #15060 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Good God, the things I remember, and yet I STILL don't know the names of half my coworkers (not for lack of trying, either...maybe if they were all named after poets I'd be marginally less awful at it?).
javachik - Oct 23, 2009 2:29:41 pm PDT #15061 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
We could just totally rename them all after poets. For instance, anyone you really loathe could be called McGonagall.
tommyrot - Oct 23, 2009 2:33:18 pm PDT #15062 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Huh. Most of these I didn't know: Internet rules and laws: the top 10, from Godwin to Poe
Amy - Oct 23, 2009 2:38:20 pm PDT #15063 of 30001
Because books.
Internet rules and laws: the top 10, from Godwin to Poe
I like the Law of Exclamation!!!!!