I did not watch any of the RNC convention, but the quotes from speeches (accurate quotes, I might add) nearly made me stomp a hole in the floor.

I'm assuming you heard about the peanuts, right?

Did anyone see the Raging Grannies "Legitimate Rape?"

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Maybe it's an Abyssinian.

bt, BWAH! That should totally stay in COMM, because I LOLd.

the peanuts thrown at the CNN cameraperson? has there been any statement about eho the person was who threw them?

Still raining. Still have power. Watching Archer season 3. Feeling trapped.

What she said, except sub napping for Archer. I think my neighbor may slosh over to play Scrabble and drink.

That Charlie Pierce bit is great. My favorite part is: "Did Artur Davis, the newly minted Republican turncoat from Alabama, just cite Jack Kennedy, Bill Clinton, and Lyndon Fking Johnson as examples of "leaders" who "reached across the aisle"? Lyndon reached across the aisle? Yeah, he did, and he grabbed their peckers and put them in his pocket, and he didn't give them back until the skinflint bastards coughed up Medicare."

Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, is answering questions on Reddit.

Truly, we live in a golden age.

I have no idea when I turned it on, or for who, but apparently when my sister calls, my phone plays the Banana Splits theme music while it says her name (pronounced very well) over and over.

Soooooo embarrassing at work, though.

She called to tell me Megan's on TV, and also to scream, and then to say "That wasn't a car accident--I'm fine."

Excuse me, I've got to go slack on company time.

Isn't it Cass who will eat avocado despite being allergic to it, and just takes Benadryl with it? (I'm not necessarily advocating that, but I'm just saying.)

Yep.

Though, to be fair, it's oral allergy syndrome and is contained to the mouth, lips and throat without leading to a systemic type reaction, which includes hives, stomach upset and anaphylaxis among other symptoms. Though oral allergy syndrome can be quite uncomfortable, it isn’t life threatening on its own.

And I am allergic to nearly everything in the air, so I'm usually taking Benadryl anyway. But I do have a little pill case in my purse at all times with extra.

(I massively threadsucked and laughed when I got to the avocado discussion. I will admit, they taste best in California. Even in Oregon, I could pass them up. But nearer where they grow? Delicious. And should be Haas or Fuerte.)

All the gardens are nice this time of year but not spectacular, the roses are mostly spent.

I just sent uncles to the Japanese Garden which they loved but they also said that the Rose Garden is really amazing right now. I was surprised.

I tried to stay informed about the RNC but first I need to clear any breakables and possibly stock up on liquor. It's not that we have legitimate differences of opinion, it's that I cannot understand how humans actually think this is a direction America will be improved by following. A woman running for Congress who immigrated from Mexico saying that the only thing anyone from the Middle East brings to the US is, "the trash that they leave behind, the drug smuggling, the killings, the beheadings. I mean, you are seeing stuff. It’s a war out there." and so we should not even allow legal immigration? The platform that was approved? The idea that every single person has built every item they have by their own hands and nothing more? Because I think roads and police and fire departments and agencies making sure the water won't kill us are awesome. The throwing peanuts at the black camerawoman? I am disgusted. To be fair, I am disgusted by some Democrats too. But that's not the convention currently happening. Ugh.