I had kind of hoped that kind of racism was on its way out. When we were in Indianapolis for Lego Brickworld a couple of weeks ago, DH was sitting up late on the balcony overlooking the pool at the hotel watching security roust some teenagers. They moved from the pool to their own balconies and two groups of young teens, one boys and one girls, were flirting and joking and yelling back and forth from their balconies to each other when DH heard someone scream from their own room, "WILL YOU N*****S SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

Good reason for us not to move back to Indiana.

As society shakes the nastiness off, it's the concentrated spots that are left. Their protective coatings are flaking off, revealing the truth, and they're trying to stand there all proud of themselves while they realize that they're becoming nakeder and nakeder and more and more isolated. The internet, which has opened a lot of minds, actually gives them the means to find each other and survive.

t sigh No, person on my FB page, Robert Frost is not a reasonable suggestion when I say that I'm looking for a poem like x and y, but not written by a White British guy. White dude from New England isn't particularly better.

Beyond which, the poem you suggested is nothing at all like the ones I listed.

Thanks for playing, though.

Is there a place to discuss Legend of Korra here? I'm all burbly. (www.korranation.com for the first 2 episodes)

ION the kids are being indoctrinated into 90s rock today. Breeders' Cannonball, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Radiohead Creep...

flea, I think maybe, spoiler-fonted, in Boxed Set? Because it hasn't actually aired yet.

I haven't seen it yet--saving it for tonight, maybe.

Got to hold my friends' newborn today. I find newborns so fascinating. They live just around the corner, so I've told them to call if they need anything.

Another of their friends did some errand running for them, and he was there too. He's from India and when he gets excited (or bossy, it turns out) he talks faster and his accent thickens. The whole time, he's reminding T to take her meds and stop going up and down the stairs and has she eaten today? Oh & he picked up some soup from that place we like and even tried to tell me how to hold the baby and I just had to give him the Look(everyone laughed at that one, because everyone else knows how I am with babies.) He was even bossing M (her husband) around.

After he left, I turned to T and said "When did Abi turn into an Indian jewish grandmother?" and we both just lost it. They've known each other since undergrad and she says that while he's always been one to pitch in, they've never seen this side of him. So adorably BOSSY.

FYI, the site says the episodes will only be up through the weekend - so don't procrastinate!

Two episodes? I'm only seeing one.

Crap, flea, where do you see that?

Man, either my blood pressure pill was a placebo this morning or there is an unusual amount of idiocy afoot in the retail world.