I don't know how much a compromise can do. If we are discussing lunch, and I want Italian, and you want Mexican we can probably work something out. But If you want Mexican, and I suggest tire rims and anthrax, at that point you might reconsider who you want to eat lunch with - and certainly would not try to find a compromise.
If we're talking lunch and you suggest tire rims and anthrax? The voters ought to never voted you into office but since they did, damn well better vote you out. Otherwise? We deserve the people we elect. I would be horrified to be a Republican and hear people from my party say their only goal was not letting the President of the United States accomplish anything. I'd be horrified if Democrats said it as well. It's petty and it cripples our country. It's not, but it should be criminal to be elected to office and your only goal is to make sure nothing happens just because you or your party is having a toddler meltdown that they can't control all of the toys all of the time.
Edit: Or what Jesse said, "People are literally the worst."
Oh, speaking of literally, on the menu where I had dinner last night was "literally fried octopus." We couldn't figure out if they meant it was literally fried, or literally octopus. Or if they meant something else entirely, of course.
You didn't order it to find out? Or did that not clarify matters?
I did not order it to find out.
Walking home from the bus tonight I saw an actual bulldog riding an actual skateboard.
It was very cool.
This is why I end up napping on the couch: [link] (I'd just gotten up after wresting myself from their hypnotic sleep vibes.)
Loki looks like such a good cushion!
More evidence that (some) people are no damn good. Friends had their computers burglarized in Brooklyn. They had a theory as to who the burglar was that did not interest the police because (the cop pretty much said this) the person they suspected was white. OK, thanks to some help from the Buffistas they actually found one of the computers - erased the data when the thief went on line. The cops still were not interested, when given the address where the stolen property was. Meanwhile the NYPD has funding for this huge demographics unit that infiltrates Mosques and Muslim groups that extends its reach to New Jersey and to Boston. And the NYPD now has an office or precinct in Israel. I guess cause there are no law enforcement or intelligence agents in Israel who have any interest in terrorism aimed at NYC. I can see how tracking down burglars is dull in comparison.
He's a giant ball of smoosh. I'd like to get him a little less so (Pumpkin's helped, some), but he'll always be plush and squishable.
My mother confuses me. She just emailed me that my passport had the year of birth wrong. Uh, no? It says '75, not '76. I go look at the last time I sent them a scan and...it's high enough quality that it clearly is '75. BESIDES, I have travelled through 4 countries on this passport in the past 7 years, YOU WOULD THINK SOMEONE'D NOTICE!
