I had a whole section about civic pride.

Mayor ,'Chosen'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

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.


tommyrot - Jan 11, 2010 7:18:13 am PST #701 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

More conservative attacks on Palin:

Authors: McCain aides worried that Palin was ‘mentally unstable’

According to an advance copy thoroughly dog-ear'd by The New York Times, some McCain staffers who worked directly with Palin began to worry that she could be "mentally unstable."

After her misstatements and outright lies repeatedly caused the campaign to stumble and backpedal, a discussion began to emerge: Were McCain to win, how best could they relegate her "to the largely ceremonial role that premodern vice presidents inhabited"?

After all, "it was inconceivable," they wrote, "if McCain fell ill or died, the country be left in the hands of a President Palin," according to the Times.

The book also claims she almost completely neglected preparing for her debate with Vice President Joe Biden, and couldn't even pronounce his name correctly, calling him "O'Biden" repeatedly.

They instead encouraged her to ask, "Can I just call you Joe?"

The former lawmaker is also being targeted by McCain's top political strategist, who gave a tell-all interview to "60 Minutes".

"There were numerous instances that she said things that were – that were not accurate that ultimately, the campaign had to deal with,” said Steve Schmidt. "And that opened the door to criticism that she was being untruthful and inaccurate. And I think that is something that continues to this day."


msbelle - Jan 11, 2010 7:20:08 am PST #702 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

AND I got a third reservation. YAY. Project eat a nice places before you move is going better than planned (given that I cancelled all ideas of lunches and brunches this coming weekend).


Jesse - Jan 11, 2010 7:20:46 am PST #703 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I don't know if I should mention it to his teacher at our IEP meeting this afternoon or if it will make me look like a nervous mom. Or worse, just a mean person.

I don't think so -- both of those sound like specific out-of-line things for the kid to do, and the teacher should know.


ChiKat - Jan 11, 2010 7:21:11 am PST #704 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

Is it wrong that I can't stand one of Owen's classmates?

No. Unfortunately, some kids are just unlikable.

I don't know if I should mention it to his teacher at our IEP meeting this afternoon

Yes, you should. Let her know about the behavior you're seeing and that you're concerned about Owen. That's totally fair. And, she needs to know because if there is a pattern of behavior, and it sounds like there is, he may be in need of some interventions.


Amy - Jan 11, 2010 7:24:20 am PST #705 of 30001
Because books.

I'm willing to bet these aren't the only incidents with that kid, either, Cash. Behavior like that tends to be across the board.


ChiKat - Jan 11, 2010 7:27:52 am PST #706 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

Behavior like that tends to be across the board.

Yep yep yep.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 11, 2010 7:41:51 am PST #707 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Okay, even freakier is that she looks like a sexed-up Julie Kavner.

Can they program it to giggle in the voice Marge Simpson uses when Homer gets frisky?


Kathy A - Jan 11, 2010 7:45:11 am PST #708 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

A cool map of Chicago's faded advertising, old ads painted on the sides of buildings. Just click on a section of the map and then click on the red dots of the map close-up.


DavidS - Jan 11, 2010 7:46:01 am PST #709 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Can they program it to giggle in the voice Marge Simpson uses when Homer gets frisky?

Marge is totally hot. Especially when she was a policewoman.

I am riding the cholesterol express this morning. Just had a fried egg sandwich with bacon on crunchy, whole grain toast.

It was good!


Lee - Jan 11, 2010 7:49:02 am PST #710 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I agree with Amy and ChiKat, Cash.

I think I need a do-over for this morning. Several things aren't working right, plus my boots aren't right with this dress.