I am tentatively hopeful that the weather is going to stay above 45 from here on out. This means I am renewing my commitment to not wearing pants.

(I wear skirts and dresses. Get your minds out of the gutter.)

I'm with MFN on the photo. Never saw the movie either and haven't watched the PBS version.

drizzly by 60s here, just want to curl in bed, but mac has 2 friends coming over for playdate today so I need to clean the house up a bit.

Holy freaking RDJ NOM.

Waking up to that almost makes up for the three hours of sleep I got last night. (And then she has the gall to look like this at 8 am. WTF BABIES.)

I've mostly not worn pants through all of our twenty degree days. My most exciting find is these fleece-lined tights from Target -- I'm just sad I only bought one pair!

WTF BABIES.

That's why they look like that! So you don't decide fuck it, it's not worth the hassle....

I couldn't figure out how to work comfortably in my room, so I came down to the "library" of the hotel, which is actually perfect. It's kind of out of the way off the lobby, so people aren't really walking by, except for the catering manager or whoever she was who was giving a prospective client a tour. So far, so good!

Ha ha!

Ind. official who urged 'Use live ammunition' on Wis. protesters loses job

An Indiana state official who tweeted that riot police in neighboring Wisconsin should "use live ammunition" to clear out pro-union demonstrators has lost his job but says his comments were meant as satire.

The Indiana Attorney General’s Office said Wednesday that Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Cox "is no longer employed by this agency."

The office made the announcement after reviewing statements Cox purportedly made in tweets and blog posts, including one in which he said he advocated "deadly force" against "thugs" who threatened state elected officials in Wisconsin.

but says his comments were meant as satire

Ohhhhhhhh, I get it now! No wait, that's still really not funny.

I'm looking for drain-cleaning bacteria on Amazon (my parents swear by the stuff), and the produce description on this one [link] is cracking me up:

Product Features

* 100% All Natural Bacteria Enzymes

* Geniune Product!!

It's a genuine product! Not just an empty box!

Jesse, fleece-lined tights sound BRILLIANT. I am going to have to look for some.

but says his comments were meant as satire

You keep using that word, conservatives. I do not think it means what you think it means.

I am so sick of threats of violence by some conservatives in this country. From the same article:

On Monday, Ann Althouse, a blogger, University of Wisconsin law professor and state employee, said she received a threatening comment after posting a YouTube video of salt trucks blowing their horns, apparently in support of the protesters at the Wisconsin Capitol.

"Whoever video taped this has no life and needs to be shot in the head," the commenter wrote.

And in Atlanta, Tea Party backers urged "freedom-oriented folks" to show up — armed or otherwise — at a Wednesday afternoon rally at the Georgia State Capitol to counter planned rallies by public employee union members.

The post on the conservative Free Republic website said members of the "RTC will be there, with the usual accoutrements." RTC stands for "Right to Carry" firearms.

115-year record should fall

Ever since I lived in a place that that went through a stretch of being the hottest place in the country, I have not wanted to be near weather records of any kind.