ION, look at the Neiman Marcus + Target holiday collections!!! [link] They apparently come out 12/1, which is a Saturday, which probably means I can order online at midnight, as opposed to trying to go to the store when it opens.
But if the world doesn't end, I'm gonna need a note.
Cordelia ,'Potential'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Oct 18, 2012 9:38:51 am PDT #26208 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Kate P. - Oct 18, 2012 9:40:23 am PDT #26209 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
If the electoral college goes away, so does the concept of a swing state, and so any vote for a nonviable candidate is effectively a vote for (in my case) the GOP, which I refuse to do.
True, true. So first we establish a viable third party, and THEN we abolish the electoral college. And then we install fact-checkers at all debates and overturn Citizens United. Who's with me??
Jessica - Oct 18, 2012 9:41:35 am PDT #26210 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And then we install fact-checkers at all debates and overturn Citizens United. Who's with me??
VIVA LA REVOLUTIOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!
Lee - Oct 18, 2012 9:45:21 am PDT #26211 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Just to round out the morning, during the 25 minute cab ride it took to get me here, the cab driver told me the story of how he went from being a grad student in theoretical physics to driving a cab for 10 years, complete with a cheating girlfriend, a car destroyed by a tree, and (my hand to god) photos he pulled up on his macbook.
Connie Neil - Oct 18, 2012 9:46:49 am PDT #26212 of 30001
brillig
Hubby and I have so many in jokes that we have entire conversations that people don't understand. Triple-language puns, quotes from bad movies, things from TV shows we saw 20 years ago--it's like that Star Trek TNG episode with the people who speak in metaphors.
That's what I would miss most if we ever divorced (or whatever), the ongoing conversation of nearly 30 years.
Connie Neil - Oct 18, 2012 9:48:16 am PDT #26213 of 30001
brillig
Just to round out the morning,
It's a Harry Chapin song!
le nubian - Oct 18, 2012 9:54:15 am PDT #26214 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Lee,
holy shit.
Do you have a copy of "No Exit" in your purse or something?
Burrell - Oct 18, 2012 10:00:06 am PDT #26215 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
the cab driver told me the story of how he went from being a grad student in theoretical physics to driving a cab for 10 years, complete with a cheating girlfriend, a car destroyed by a tree, and (my hand to god) photos he pulled up on his macbook.
That sounds like someone I went to college with, complete with the oversharing, except that in his case 1) he's gay, and 2) he did it the other way around. He drove a cab for 10 years and then got a law degree.
Uh, not that I'd want to see you stuck in cab with him.
Cass - Oct 18, 2012 10:08:02 am PDT #26216 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Do people normally (I guess I should say--practically, or ideally) vote on all the propositions? I mean, are you expected to be informed and care and take action on all of them? It's not that there are a lot of propositions up for vote, but there's always a lot of contentious background information.
I think they do but it's why yard signs work. People will vote for things that seem vaguely familiar even if they don't actually understand what they are voting on. I've probably been guilty of it too.
Now I mark up my voter guide and vote with that in hand.
Speaking of, I haven't received my voter guide or acknowledgement that I am now registered here. Damn. Have to call.
I know this is not the way you guys work, what with wanting your candidates to possibly win, and all, but I really believe that you have to keep voting who you actually want to win. That the eventual success of third parties, and therefore the nation (because the polarizing nature of a two party system is seriously destructive at this point) depends on people voting third party when they agree with that candidate, regardless of "chances to win." But I'm an idealist, and I understand that.
I'm disillusioned to the point where I just want people to vote. With some knowledge on who (or what) they are voting to elect. But vote. It's how change happens.
I need to go get my driver license but I slept poorly and have a headache. I should do my makeup and see if I am willing for that to be my picture. It seems dumb to put it off until tomorrow but it's going to be my picture for a while. I would prefer to like it.
Connie Neil - Oct 18, 2012 10:13:02 am PDT #26217 of 30001
brillig
I didn't get a card saying where my voting place is, then I heard that several thousand people had been removed from the voting registers, so I decided to pop into the voter office last week. No big deal, I was registered. Surprisingly efficient dealings with the government.
Also, at Margaret and Helen, Helen has a lovely rant about the election. Margaret's coda is wonderful:
Good lord. I remember when Mitt’s father ran for President. Could we maybe find someone whose father is just a simple man who hopes his daughter might one day grow up to be President?
Love those old ladies.