I am a bit sad to realize how cynical I am because I too LOVE Cory Booker and I am overwhelmed with sadness anticipation what I am sure is some scandal that will come out about him soon. mistresses, drugs, kicked puppies, embezzelment, something.
You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
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.
msbelle - Apr 13, 2012 6:01:00 am PDT #777 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
sumi - Apr 13, 2012 6:19:08 am PDT #778 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Check out these cool images of people porting gigantic amounts of stuff with bikes.
Lee - Apr 13, 2012 6:40:38 am PDT #779 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
No Lee, we cannot.
Hmph.
So I've discovered two things that may not have survived last night's storm: one of the Japanese Maples in my front yard, and the remote entry/locking system on my car.
I am hoping that letting them both dry out will bring them back to life, because I like the tree and I really really don't want to think about how much fixing the car will cost.
Scrappy - Apr 13, 2012 6:49:39 am PDT #780 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Amazing photos, sumi!
Jesse - Apr 13, 2012 6:50:51 am PDT #781 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I did my one thing! Woot!!
I am hoping that letting them both dry out will bring them back to life, because I like the tree and I really really don't want to think about how much fixing the car will cost.
I bet they'll be fine.
DavidS - Apr 13, 2012 6:51:36 am PDT #782 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So that really was an unusual thunderstorm last night:
The violent thunderstorm that blew through the Bay Area Thursday night was one for the record books - it shattered rain fall records in four cities and produced more lightning strikes than any other storm in recent history.
The National Weather Service counted a whopping 750 lightning strikes across the Bay Area, said Chris Stumpf, a forecaster.
Jesse - Apr 13, 2012 6:53:19 am PDT #783 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yikes.
le nubian - Apr 13, 2012 6:54:40 am PDT #784 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Booker ain't married, so mistresses aren't going to be his problem.
Consuela - Apr 13, 2012 6:55:42 am PDT #785 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I am all about little rewards, except I don't have any rewards in my office. Except for some Luna bars, which get a bit boring after a while, even the white chocolate-macadamia one.
I overslept this morning and yet when I got in, the office was mostly empty anyway. Apparently a whole bunch of staff are going offsite for some project that I'm not involved in, so I suspect it's going to be a quiet, boring day.
The thunderstorm last night was pretty impressive, especially since I was at dinner in the city and had to walk in it.
Consuela - Apr 13, 2012 6:57:34 am PDT #786 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The National Weather Service counted a whopping 750 lightning strikes across the Bay Area, said Chris Stumpf, a forecaster.
Holy cow! That's impressive.
Happily, TNG doesn't appear to mind about thunderstorms: nothing was destroyed when I got home, not even the expensive dog bed she started chewing on the other night. $70 for an extra-sturdy dog bed from LL Bean, and she decided she was bored at 2 AM and tore out one of the seams. I dunno what I'm going to do about that: I think I can stitch it back together, but it's not worth if it I can't stop her from chewing.