Take that up with "them."
Does anybody mind if I pass out?
Willow ,'Beneath You'
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.
Barb - Aug 18, 2009 5:25:49 pm PDT #4474 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
Jesse - Aug 18, 2009 5:25:53 pm PDT #4475 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Children who grow up performing their own dental work may never enjoy the artistry of a skilled dentist; instead they'll have to endure Pointy Elbow Syndrome, a medical condition associated with misusing consumer-grade dental hammers.
Hee!
I've heard "brown" to mean generic non-black people of color -- for a unity thing.
sarameg - Aug 18, 2009 5:26:02 pm PDT #4476 of 30001
Well, by the same token, I tend to get my dander up when other Latinos/Hispanics use the term "brown" to universally mean Latino/Hispanic and as some standard of measure where others don't measure up. I mean, it's such a self-limiting term to start with.
Oh god, the gradations of spanish vs mexican vs indio vs what degree of immigration vs other things I can't recall in my hometown.
Barb - Aug 18, 2009 5:27:05 pm PDT #4477 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
It makes my head hurt, I swear.
sarameg - Aug 18, 2009 5:27:46 pm PDT #4478 of 30001
And we didn't even have Cubans or Puerto Ricans !
brenda m - Aug 18, 2009 5:28:46 pm PDT #4479 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I signed up.
The source of the discount, by the way, was this site: [link] . They're in a lot of other cities besides Chicago. The basic deal is you sign up and get not-quite-daily emails (which was almost a dealbreaker for me, to be honest) with a daily discount on something or other. As long as at least 100 people sign up, the deal is valid. (CC is charged at the end of the day if it passes that mark.) I got into it as a source for rooftop Cubs tix, but I've gotten crazy deals on local restaurants a smidge more high end than I can usually justify ($20 for a $50 coupon is typical), dry cleaning ($15 for a $35 credit at a "green" dry cleaner that happens to be right on my route home from work) and last week $30 for a year membership to the Art Institute and a couple of their singles/young professionals groups. It seriously rocks.
Barb - Aug 18, 2009 5:31:00 pm PDT #4480 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
And we didn't even have Cubans or Puerto Ricans !
Which is another headache unto itself.
Jesse - Aug 18, 2009 5:31:46 pm PDT #4481 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ooh, that Groupon looks great! And today's NYC deal was for a restaurant I like, but which is a little pricey -- too bad it sold out.
Hil R. - Aug 18, 2009 5:33:48 pm PDT #4482 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Groupon does look very cool. I just signed up for the DC emails.
P.M. Marc - Aug 18, 2009 5:36:57 pm PDT #4483 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
This Groupon gets new-to-Lillian customers an x-ray and cleaning from Dr. Lillian Obucina, a former Northwestern University dental professor who lectures for the American Dental Association and Comic Con.
THAT IS AWESOME.
That is all.