Steph, I watched your mayor and he was great. I always cry at the sappy stories, but man...he really seems to care. Then I got mad thinking that other mayors or governors would probably NEVER even consider doing what he did. Hello, Wisconsin...
That's the thrill of living in the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage ... Pardon me for finding the glass half-full.
Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
SuziQ - Mar 06, 2011 5:57:06 pm PST #26663 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Steph L. - Mar 06, 2011 6:32:02 pm PST #26664 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Steph, I watched your mayor and he was great. I always cry at the sappy stories, but man...he really seems to care.
I sometimes forget I have people friended on Facebook who I know from high school but haven't really seen in 20 years, who don't share my worldview, nor do their friends. So I'm a bit appalled to see some of the comments on my FB feed about the Undercover Boss episode. Shit like, "He should spend more time fixing the city and less time trying to be famous on TV!" and "So the whole point is to lie about who he is? Typical politician, just like Obama!"
The part that made me roll my eyes forever was that half the comments are from one woman who lives in a rural county that's not even the county that Cincinnati is in. She's entitled to her opinion, but if she doesn't even live here, I'm not sure her opinion about what a "hellhole" Cincinnati's neighborhoods are is exactly based in fact, or even personal experience. And that annoys the shit out of me, since I *do* live in one of those neighborhoods (the ready-to-work job program that the woman from the recreation center was talking about? that's my neighborhood, and that program is really popular and really successful).
DavidS - Mar 06, 2011 6:38:16 pm PST #26665 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
She's entitled to her opinion, but if she doesn't even live here, I'm not sure her opinion about what a "hellhole" Cincinnati's neighborhoods are is exactly based in fact, or even personal experience.
We get a lot of that in the comments on the SFGate website from outlying suburbanites. Yeah, San Francisco's a total hellhole. A miserable piss-stained, stabinatin', freak factory.
Steph L. - Mar 06, 2011 6:45:36 pm PST #26666 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
A miserable piss-stained, stabinatin', freak factory.
I live in the neighborhood with Teh Gayz and the hippies (and the hipsters) AND an honest-to-god scary-ass gang, all of which makes for an awesome confluence of people. Oh, wait, not awesome confluence. I meant hellhole. I always confuse those.
Strix - Mar 06, 2011 6:45:37 pm PST #26667 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
So, IOW, any modern American city?
DavidS - Mar 06, 2011 6:47:12 pm PST #26668 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So, IOW, any modern American city?
I'm sure they'd consider Paris a cesspool as well.
sarameg - Mar 06, 2011 6:48:06 pm PST #26669 of 30001
My neighborhood so took care of me this weekend. I love Baltimore.
Strix - Mar 06, 2011 6:54:25 pm PST #26670 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I still can't believe I live in a HOUSE in the burbs. And on the dge of the richy neighborhood, too. SO WEIRD. Of course, we have the ghetto house of the neighborhood, but my neighbors will have to EAT IT this summer, because I have a job, the number of a teenage boy who mows lawns and a rake.
And the hivemind, some seed packets AND A ROOT.
WindSparrow - Mar 06, 2011 6:55:41 pm PST #26671 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
And the hivemind, some seed packets AND A ROOT.
Not to mention that whole husband thing.
javachik - Mar 06, 2011 6:57:29 pm PST #26672 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
We get a lot of that in the comments on the SFGate website from outlying suburbanites. Yeah, San Francisco's a total hellhole. A miserable piss-stained, stabinatin', freak factory.
I see this and raise you Oakland. Every single damned article about my city draws in 1,000+ trolls who just shit on my city. It's a real pisser. It's why I don't read the comments anymore, and I think SFGATE and other "news" sites should just get rid of commenting. It's so rare that comments add anything.