Leadership spill is over. Australia has a new PM: Julia Gillard, first woman in the role, elected unopposed. The incumbent, Kevin Rudd, didn't contest the ballot.
Yeah, we're building a race of frog-people. It's a good time
Xander ,'Selfless'
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.
billytea - Jun 23, 2010 2:42:49 pm PDT #8633 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2010 2:47:50 pm PDT #8634 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Glad all that politics shenaniganning is over, bt. Now you'll be able to pay proper attention to the tennis tomorrow.
It pretty much has to be anticlimactic at this point. I mean, there's no way they can get back into that groove. But staring at the scoreboard today was pretty fun. For watching numbers tick over.
Also, texting furiously with my sister. And falling in love with the Guardian guy. Such a busy day.
aurelia - Jun 23, 2010 2:48:55 pm PDT #8635 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Kathy, is that the one that interrupted prom?
billytea, excitement all around!
smonster - Jun 23, 2010 2:49:57 pm PDT #8636 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I'm eating my vaguely irish dish and 'tis the nom. I'm also watching Avatar - Nicktoons played a bunch of eps last night. And Xusa didn't need any extractions during her teeth cleaning today, so yay on that.
Kathy A - Jun 23, 2010 2:52:27 pm PDT #8637 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Kathy, is that the one that interrupted prom?
No, the Plainfield one hit the day before school was supposed to start in August, 1990. The principal and teacher who were killed in the Catholic church school were there getting ready for the start of term.
billytea - Jun 23, 2010 2:54:27 pm PDT #8638 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
billytea, excitement all around!
It really is! What with the World Cup and Wimbledon and the local politics, my expectations for the daily news have been well exceeded.
msbelle - Jun 23, 2010 3:03:54 pm PDT #8639 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
and electricity is canceled also. WHEW! Productive day.
I got mac's first appt with the Texas counselor scheduled also. I am so ready for the weekend I cannot even tell you.
aurelia - Jun 23, 2010 3:13:11 pm PDT #8640 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
This is what a tornado did to my high school in 1957. [link]
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Kathy A - Jun 23, 2010 3:16:34 pm PDT #8641 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Ouch. I hope no one was in there when the twister hit.
My K-2 school (which had just opened a few months earlier) had its roof torn off by a tornado. I remember that storm, because my parents were out seeing Cabaret, and we had our cousin babysitting us when the sirens went off. We all hauled ass for the basement when the lights went out. About ten minutes later, her dad came over and stayed with us until the all-clear.
tommyrot - Jun 23, 2010 3:18:12 pm PDT #8642 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.
Wow, it's only 71 outside now. It's ten degrees warmer in my apartment - time to open the windows and turn on the fan....
eta: and opening the windows brings the strong odor of popcorn. Huh?