Xander ,'First Date'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Today in Ukrainian Parliament: [link]
Lawmakers pelted the podium with eggs and catcalls before stalking across the aisle, putting their colleagues in headlocks and engaging in other tactics not exactly covered by Robert’s Rules of Order. Smoke bombs were set off in the chamber. Glue was poured into voting machines. The legislative leader directed the session behind umbrellas held by his aides, to protect him from projectiles.
Some great action photos.
NPR had a story this morning about Noriega, and mentioned that among the pop songs blasted to drive Noriega out of his compound, "Never Gonna Give You Up" was included.
Welcome to the Jungle was also very popular. Why, yes, I was in Panama during the "incursion"
Waah, why does the internet get so slow at this time of day? And don't give me any stupid "facts" about it being quitting time for people in other time zones.
But it seems like it's slow across all time zones.
And my crisis has been averted, so I may be able to leave as long as someone is here to "push the button."
What an up and down last hour of work!
I may be able to leave as long as someone is here to "push the button."
I assume they also have to enter in a sequence of six numbers first.
No...there is a timer though!
This Craigslist ad (for a chair) made me laugh. William?
The government may set the Gulf of Mexico on fire.
Feds may set Gulf oil slick ablaze
From what I understand that leak is 5,000 feet under. That is seriously deep. I think that's deeper than the crush depth of even Russian military subs.
Sometimes I wonder if people can hear themselves.
They can't.
Man, I hope they can't. Because if they can actually hear themselves being so stupid, I will cry for our species.
I am on my last nerve. I am not engaging the child tonight, no I am not. Instead, I am listing things for sale and packing boxes.
ION, anyone here read Alice Munro? I am taking my second try at a book of her stories and not loving it. I have another of her books that I haven't opened and I am wondering if I should keep at it.