I did not know that the actor who plays Lafayette on True Blood was on The Inside! Whoa!
Wash: Captain, didn't you know kissin' girls makes you sleepy? Mal: Well sometimes I just can't help myself.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Sue - Aug 29, 2009 7:17:27 am PDT #6063 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Polter-Cow - Aug 29, 2009 7:20:57 am PDT #6064 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
He was also in an episode of Veronica Mars.
JZ - Aug 29, 2009 7:24:08 am PDT #6065 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.
Aims, yeah, personal choice, plus RFK died very early in the post Vatican II era, and there were a lot of women who just didn't feel comfortable unveiled, even though they knew it was okay -- it was still just too new. I don't think I've seen anyone with a veil in at least the last five years, maybe ten, even at churches with large nun and little old lady contingents, but it took a long time for some people to adjust.
Aims - Aug 29, 2009 7:24:54 am PDT #6066 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
My friend Heather's family was very, very traditional Catholics and ignored a lot of the Vatican II stuff, such as covering your head. More than once I gave her crap for wearing a doily on her head.
aurelia - Aug 29, 2009 8:04:20 am PDT #6067 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Hooray, Grace!
Msbelle, I hope this is a big turning point for you and Mac.
I just caught up after a week of vacation! I've been working in northern Michigan for 15 summers and never had time to be a tourist, so I spent the past week doing just that. I have some photos up on FB, and some on Flickr. I'll link once I get more on Flickr.
Theodosia - Aug 29, 2009 8:15:59 am PDT #6068 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Zen, if there is a Heaven, I hope that the first person to greet Teddy is Mary Jo K. Because she's the one with the most right to judge whether he's conducted the rest of his life in a manner that satisfies the wrong done her.
(My money is on her being satisfied, if you look at how much he cleaned up his act and went on to really work for matters of the general good of the country with political skill and influence.)
sj - Aug 29, 2009 8:21:55 am PDT #6069 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yay, Grace!
I thought the funeral was quite beautiful, and I think Ted more than made up for the mistakes of his youth, even as awful as they were.
Typo Boy - Aug 29, 2009 8:26:05 am PDT #6070 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I think it is the wrong way to look at it. The good he did is the good he did. The bad he did is the bad he did. If there is an afterlife then I hope there is forgiveness, but I doubt it is some sort of netting. I don't believe in an afterlife at all, but I especially don't believe in Anubis weighing your heart against a feather - even if he has been turned into St. Peter. If there is some sort of grace, I suspect it is more mysterious and beautiful than that.
sj - Aug 29, 2009 8:35:41 am PDT #6071 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I do believe in an afterlife, and I also believe that being truly sorry for your sins or mistakes is what truly matters.
DavidS - Aug 29, 2009 8:38:37 am PDT #6072 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Now that August is almost over, San Francisco is allowing us some summery weather. It's hot!
I'm remembering that when we got to the tail end of summer in Florida there were nights when my Mom just didn't feel like cooking and she'd go to the deli counter and get a huge array of delicious meats and cheeses and breads and we'd have a huge sandwich bar set up on the dining room table for dinner.
And, of course, we'd also have meals towards the end of summer that featured sweet corn and big beefsteak tomatoes.
What are you memories of traditional family meals late in summer? Gazpacho? Lark's tongue in aspic?
Happy birthday to meara and Jen! That's a damn good double whammy.
::sips Arnold Palmer and watches dragonflies flitting around in the mid morning sun::