I said I'm sorry. I've made mistakes, but fear was never one of them.

Lilah ,'Conviction (1)'


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.


lisah - Feb 23, 2011 11:31:33 am PST #24538 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

I can see where that would be worrisome, Fred. I hope everything works out alright for your household.

Seriously. I wonder what affect it would have on the agency we work for. And my company. huh.

Best wishes for your mom, Consuela. I hope they can figure out what is up with her quickly.


flea - Feb 23, 2011 11:32:35 am PST #24539 of 30001
information libertarian

Yeah, mr. flea is a fed and would be furloughed if the govmint shuts down. He makes 2/3 of our household income. On the plus side, if it happens I am making him do a TON of home improvement projects, the kind that are really cheap supply-wise but take a lot of labor (like, gravelling the driveway and building a retaining wall).


beth b - Feb 23, 2011 11:33:22 am PST #24540 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

feels like? I actually believe that is the case . which means I've slid over into the conspiracy theorist camp. However after reading what Walker did, it may be more possible than I thought it was


aurelia - Feb 23, 2011 11:39:59 am PST #24541 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

You mean Fox News?

No, their efforts are towards creating an uneducated underclass who can't question the Republican Party.

Fox News and the Republican Party are just the henchmen.


-t - Feb 23, 2011 11:41:59 am PST #24542 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Already, my fence is finished, and looks great. I can definitely recommend the Borg for anyone's fencing needs. That don't involve fighting with pointy things, I don't know how they are with that.

And there was apparently a mermaid weather vane in the stash of scrap metal behind the secondary shed. Score!


Calli - Feb 23, 2011 11:45:16 am PST #24543 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

And there was apparently a mermaid weather vane in the stash of scrap metal behind the secondary shed. Score!

Sweet! Are you putting her on your roof?


DavidS - Feb 23, 2011 11:45:50 am PST #24544 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

And there was apparently a mermaid weather vane in the stash of scrap metal behind the secondary shed. Score!

Nice! I've been compiling a mental list of These Are the Weather Vanes In My Neighborhood. #1 is the Egret on Carl on the way to Matilda's school.


hippocampus - Feb 23, 2011 11:46:34 am PST #24545 of 30001
not your mom's socks.

So taping was boring but I did it anyway and now the trim and windows in my office are all painted, and the hall downstairs is too except for really close to the top, plus I walked to the paint store twice to get them to match the chip. I'm looking forward to having my house back and the plastic gone, and I'm really excited to have an office that isn't horrifically ugly in about six different ways.

I still need to do q bunch of other things.


beth b - Feb 23, 2011 11:47:00 am PST #24546 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

Very cool find , -t!

I am not getting off the couch. I have stuff to do. But I forgot to get elbow macaroni for my mac and cheese. If there is none in cupboard , it is time to walk to the neighborhood store.

I am resolved.

unless I get distracted


Gudanov - Feb 23, 2011 11:53:41 am PST #24547 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Sometimes it really feels like there is a concerted effort to create an uneducated underclass who can't question those in power.

I have a theory that this is the horrible legacy of the Reagan years. Regardless of the other pros and cons of that administration, I think there was a switch from policy to narrative. Cutting taxes increases revenue, welfare queens, the star wars defense shield is practical, government regulation is always bad. Governing on narrative alone ignores actual facts so we have stuff like people going apeshit about a 3% increase in the top tax rate while wealth is rapidly redistributing toward the top. Or people thinking because some guy on the radio says global warming isn't happening that 99.5% of climatologists must have gotten it wrong or want to destroy western civilization for some reason.