I kind of love Cashmere.
ION, gronk. woke up with a headache/neckache. it appears to be subsiding thanks to some Excedrin, thank goodness.
Don't let the space bugs bite!
Kaylee ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
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.
tiggy - Sep 28, 2010 3:50:26 am PDT #26418 of 30001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Hil R. - Sep 28, 2010 3:58:22 am PDT #26419 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Those disposable shoes would have been useful for bar and bat mitzvah parties. A bunch of 12- and 13-year-old girls wearing heels, we'd usually all take our shoes off by the second song. The well-prepared parents always had a big bag of white athletic socks for us to put on so that we wouldn't get splinters.
Jesse - Sep 28, 2010 4:02:30 am PDT #26420 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
At my cousin's wedding over the weekend, there wasn't even a ton of dancing, but after dinner, I noticed my other cousin was barefoot and the friend she was talking to was back in her flip-flops. Heh.
Jesse - Sep 28, 2010 4:06:51 am PDT #26421 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hey, David Simon won a MacArthur "genius" grant! [link] There are a couple of funny bits at the end of the article:
MacArthur winner Amir Abo-Shaeer, a public high school physics teacher in California, said he was expecting a call from a college student named Liz Brooks who was interested in his work when the foundation called to tell him about the grant.
There was no Liz Brooks. She was a creation of the foundation to get the busy teacher on the phone. "I am prepared to lie like a rug," admitted Gallucci, who notified Abo-Shaeer of the grant.
and:
Simon, the HBO producer, said his wife would like to thank the foundation for "five years of fresh material." The morning after she heard the news, Simon's wife, best-selling novelist Laura Lippman, told him, "Hey Genius, you forgot to take the trash out last night."
Sparky1 - Sep 28, 2010 4:19:20 am PDT #26422 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
The MacArthur Foundation also gave my DH's non-profit $500,000 last week w/ no strings attached to the money. Not a genius grant, but still awesome.
§ ita § - Sep 28, 2010 4:20:00 am PDT #26423 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
All of her "We've had no summer" stuff is just wrong.
I was right! I was just a little early with the heat wave, is all. But it was bound to happen.
Have been up for four hours now. I really REALLY hope the assistant is in today. Heat wave days are brutal on migraines.
sarameg - Sep 28, 2010 4:23:51 am PDT #26424 of 30001
The Baltimore Sun reported that Simon was told to contact a DC lawyer on a personal matter, and he was afraid he was getting sued or something.
Jesse - Sep 28, 2010 4:25:49 am PDT #26425 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The MacArthur Foundation also gave my DH's non-profit $500,000 last week w/ no strings attached to the money. Not a genius grant, but still awesome.
Congrats to them!
smonster - Sep 28, 2010 4:27:04 am PDT #26426 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
The MacArthur Foundation also gave my DH's non-profit $500,000 last week w/ no strings attached to the money. Not a genius grant, but still awesome.
Woo hoo!
Calli - Sep 28, 2010 4:39:18 am PDT #26427 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The MacArthur Foundation also gave my DH's non-profit $500,000 last week w/ no strings attached to the money.
That's great!