Xander ,'Touched'
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.
ugh Palin in NY
this is the kicker:
The party — which arrived without a reservation, according to Michael's Manager Danny DiVella — requested a table in the front of the restaurant, as a crowd gathered to catch a glimpse of the group.
She loves the attention so much. She has no discipline.
me too
man that burns my toast
I don't blame isolation or the internets, goodness knows. But I do think that we as a society need to do much much more to reinforce the recognition that other people exist. And not just the other people you like, or are related to, or know personally. That the stranger sitting across from you on the bus is as tangibly present and real as you are. Same with the people half way across the world that you've never seen. That even without your contemplating their existence, others exist.
I know y'all know that others are real, I am not complaining of anyone here. But I feel like there's a pervasive denial in this culture of the reality that what we do and what we say touches on other people.
wow, I'm devastatingly late for my crime spree then. Although I have been occasionally disturbed by my surface similarities to, say, Robert Bardo. We're both from Arizona, iffy job and romantic histories, and we both have a stable of famous strangers we love SO MUCH. Only I'm not the angry kind of crazy, and my parents didn't beat me up. And I think everyone here could take me, too, of course.
Why do Craigslist people suck so much?
what is it Dana, not getting back to you? not showing up for soemthing?
Not getting back, usually. This guy called and left a message. I called him back. He asked if he could call me back around 1 or 1:30. Here I sit.
I do think that we as a society need to do much much more to reinforce the recognition that other people exist.
I agree with this in an overall way.
But w/r/t the dude who shot up the gym -- he had problems that were so severe and so entrenched that being recognized in a friendly interpersonal way would not have helped. At all.
t edit And I realize that you weren't prescribing that as what could have fixed this dude. I totally get that.
Ok, the city didn't take my recycling. WTF? Is it just because I don't have a yellow bucket? The hell? I haven't had a chance to get one yet!!!1