Am I a bad Mommy if my response was "well, no duh, you were in the sprinklers"?
I think it's the only rational reply. Cause --> effect. If he doesn't like it, it's self-correcting.
I'm not on the ship. I'm in the ship. I am the ship.
River ,'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.
Cass - May 20, 2010 12:15:32 pm PDT #713 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Sheryl - May 20, 2010 12:27:17 pm PDT #714 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I've never worked in an office. Therefore all this jargon is gibberish to me. (Not that there isn't jargon in my job, but it's more science-y)
Dana - May 20, 2010 12:27:44 pm PDT #715 of 30001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Someone please make my plane start boarding.
Gudanov - May 20, 2010 12:33:26 pm PDT #716 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
So, I don't know much about Rand Paul except what I've heard over the past few days, but he's a fuckhead, right?
I think he's just a very idealogical libertarian. Government should not regulate how a private business conducts its business even when it does something like blatantly discriminate, or, presumably, pollute or endanger workers.
Tom Scola - May 20, 2010 12:34:26 pm PDT #717 of 30001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Wow. I really don't work in an office anymore, do I?
I am intrigued by your ideas, and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
meara - May 20, 2010 12:50:31 pm PDT #718 of 30001
Yeah, honestly, I can totally see where Paul is coming from. That...doesn't mean I agree with him. But I can see where he's coming from. I don't know his other positions, so I suspect from what other people say he's not taking the libertarian thing across all venues, which makes me LESS sympathetic to his position on this one. If he were hardcore, and that was why....
Hil R. - May 20, 2010 12:54:03 pm PDT #719 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah, honestly, I can totally see where Paul is coming from. That...doesn't mean I agree with him. But I can see where he's coming from.
Where do you see him coming from? The only defenses of him that I've read have been from totally out-there irrational positions, so I'm interested in what some of the actual reasoning that can support his statements is. (Do I have the right subject/verb agreement there? Something sounds wrong.)
Gudanov - May 20, 2010 1:02:26 pm PDT #720 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I don't think reasoning is where he's coming from, it's ideology.
smonster - May 20, 2010 1:08:31 pm PDT #721 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
In the Charlotte airport, and I'd pay someone twenty bucks if they gave me a cot and half an hour for a nap.
CLT has rocking chairs! But no cots, afaik. ::waves SW at Dana::
I giggled all the way home reading the business speak. We don't get much of that, but we do have some bs backronyms. And we do have a serious knowledge silo problem.
Calli - May 20, 2010 1:09:26 pm PDT #722 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
NGOs seem to looooooove business-like obfuscatory language. I guess there's only so many times you can say, "We helped them build a hospital. Then there was a civil war and it burned down and all the staff were shot. Now were helping the new government build and staff another hospital," without diving into a whiskey bottle and refusing to come out.