Reavers ain't men. Or they forgot how to be. Now they're just nothing. They got out to the edge of the galaxy, to that place of nothing, and that's what they became.

Mal ,'Bushwhacked'


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.


erikaj - Feb 17, 2011 10:52:39 am PST #23465 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!

wrod. I like the ones with cherries in them.


Kathy A - Feb 17, 2011 10:54:11 am PST #23466 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Another tweet says 20,000 people outside the Capitol building, 5,000 more inside, and nine arrests (so far).


msbelle - Feb 17, 2011 11:19:41 am PST #23467 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

oh, while semi on the topic of babysitting. I am thinking of offering free room for the summer for some childcare/household help. If any of y'all know of anyone who might be interested - college student/teacher -let me know.


§ ita § - Feb 17, 2011 11:21:48 am PST #23468 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think I forgive Natalie Portman for the shitty rom com (NSFW, audio). But I still want my money back.


Daisy Jane - Feb 17, 2011 11:21:57 am PST #23469 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I can ask around. In fact, if you want to write up a description of what you're looking for, I can post it on fb for my DFW people.


Liese S. - Feb 17, 2011 11:26:47 am PST #23470 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, write it up. I have DFW people too.


megan walker - Feb 17, 2011 11:26:59 am PST #23471 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I started babysitting at 10, for a hemophiliac no less! I was probably more paranoid and concerned about it than anyone else.


Liese S. - Feb 17, 2011 11:31:48 am PST #23472 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

I babysat, but didn`t really like it. I didn`t like people or kids particularly (how I got to be a teacher I`ll never know). I got paid more successively for babysitting two rowdy boys, one demure girl, a cat, and an empty house. So, I preferred the empty house, where I laid on the carpet in front of the fire and read CS Lewis and got paid the most. My sister was seven years older than me, so I never really remember being babysat either. It was mostly just the two of us hanging out. I`m sure she was taking care of me, but to my kiddo brain "we" were just mature enough to be left alone.


quester - Feb 17, 2011 11:53:53 am PST #23473 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

Go Wisconsin! I have a Facebook friend from KC who is from Milwaukee. He's following it all with great interest. When I was in grad school at UW-Madison, I lived 2 blocks from the Capital and was up there all the time! I used to use the bathrooms during the Farmers' Market each Saturday.

Do they still do that?


brenda m - Feb 17, 2011 11:57:19 am PST #23474 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

So you're the reason for the budget crisis that prompted all this. All that excess water usage and all. Thanks.

Oh no wait. Walker apparently made it all up afterall (those parts of it he didn't cause, anyway). You're off the hook!

In its Jan. 31 memo to legislators on the condition of the state's budget, the Fiscal Bureau determined that the state will end the year with a balance of $121.4 million.
To the extent that there is an imbalance -- Walker claims there is a $137 million deficit -- it is not because of a drop in revenues or increases in the cost of state employee contracts, benefits or pensions. It is because Walker and his allies pushed through $140 million in new spending for special-interest groups in January.

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