I was babysitting outside the home at 10 or 11, and watching my own sibs while my parents went out by 12 or 13.
I can beat up demons until the cows come home, and then I can beat up the cows.
Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Feb 17, 2011 8:40:52 am PST #23439 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
lisah - Feb 17, 2011 8:52:21 am PST #23440 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Dear lord! We have to leave in about 40 minutes, at the latest, and two of the reports are not completed. STRESS BALL ARGH!
smonster - Feb 17, 2011 8:52:27 am PST #23441 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Skimmy skimming to post this link to a fascinating article about the "Crying Indian" commercial. [link]
And I kind of like this one, that NC made a few years ago. [link]
Cashmere - Feb 17, 2011 9:04:32 am PST #23442 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I went to pick up the van at the dealership. They didn't even ask my name--they just handed me my keys when I walked in. They said they were expecting me--the tow truck driver told them to look for the lady with purple hair.
Then the service desk guy told me he actually said, "I've never seen someone that old with purple hair!" But the service desk guy said the tow truck driver was ridiculously young.
Ouch.
Kathy A - Feb 17, 2011 9:27:24 am PST #23443 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Woohoo, state Senators from Wisconsin!!
All 14 Democrats in the state Senate have left the Capitol building, thereby denying a quorum and preventing a vote on the Republican plan to cut salaries, health insurance, pensions and bargaining rights for state employees...
Update--Senate Democrats leave the state: State police are searching for the Democratic Senators, but local news says the Dems left the state. As such, Wisconsin state police no longer have jurisdiction. A standoff has begun.
Burrell - Feb 17, 2011 9:41:23 am PST #23444 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I babysat the neighbor down the street starting when I was 10, but oh the irony for I wouldn't hire a 10 year old to babysit my kids. But if I had a 14 year old I'd let him/her watch a 3 year old sibling.
Also crazy news day in Wisconsin. I fear tho' it cannot last.
DavidS - Feb 17, 2011 10:01:01 am PST #23445 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Go State Senate Dems of Wisconsin! On the run, baby!
erikaj - Feb 17, 2011 10:05:54 am PST #23446 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
If they could do that, maybe ours should too.
SailAweigh - Feb 17, 2011 10:10:21 am PST #23447 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I heard rumor a couple of the Republicans have gone on the lam, too. I haven't seen anything like this since the days of the antiwar protests in the early 70s.
Kathy A - Feb 17, 2011 10:11:24 am PST #23448 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I just got this Tweet emailed to me by one of my coworkers, who covers a Marquette labor law prof for one of our products:
Senate chamber doors are barricaded. GOP wants to get lunch, but the police refuse to escort them.