Apparently they locked down part of USC and evacuated a library because of a bomb threat. Seems to be a hoax, though. People==tossers.

Ooh, Erin, those are super cute. And I've been wanting brown and black shoes! Hmmmm.

Where should I go for dinner before the theatre? Amanda's Feel Good Fresh Food (healthy fast food), Crepes A Go Go (crepes), or the Pakistani taqueria (burritos or Indian/Pakistani food, but not Pakistani burritos)?

Did I mention "very comfortable?"

Adorable Erin, they look slightly Fluevog-ish.

I am having a beer and trying to decide what to do for dinner. I kinda want to go out, but a school night for mac and the need to use up kitchen stuff won't let me. hmmm

We love it when newspapers put the wrong picture with a headline. But this one is just ridiculous. It's the President. You may have seen him before. You know who he's not? Malcolm X. And while it would certainly be newsworthy if the deceased civil rights activist was interested in Iowa's wind energy, our bet is he's got other things on his mind.

See, I'm usually all about going "How dare they!" except, there was another story about Malcolm X's killer or somesuch...it was actually just that the rotating pictures and the rotating stories on their front page got out of synch. NOT actually that they randomly picked a photo of Malcolm X instead of Obama.

Sure, but if I were the lone voice of disagreement and you and twenty other people were giving me links and cites and facts, I think I'd be a lot less likely to really engage. Look, I'm not saying I think Shari had a great argument; her responses did seem sort of dismissive to me. But I think it's a huge leap from there to "troll," that's all.

What Kate P said. And I do wish Shari would engage on other topics than just the occasional "hey, don't forget there's a Republican lurker out there!" cause I do recall it sounds like she's got some interesting life going on (though heck, for all I know she's all up in, like, the Music thread or something)

And I really agree that I found erika's saying "we" and "go find a bridge" offensive, too. But I'm not telling her to go away.

...and now I'm late and the conversation has totally moved on and blah blah blah I'm totally bringing it up again...just ignore me. :)

Crepes. The answer is always crepes.

Burrito

Shari has talked about things other than politics. Sure, none of it as hot a topic, perhaps, but I've engaged with her on other things.

Can we drop the "worthy method/topic of engaging" now? If you don't want to talk to Shari about, say, Jamaican Jewry or what she mentions about her home life, that's not her fault. That's your choice.

Kudos to you, Erika, for the apology. Apologizing ain't easy and you did it well.