My mother called me today to tell be about the bombs in Boston. Holy crap. I went to look up news clips and came across video titles like "Amazing Visuals!" for amateur videos. Dude, gross.
Xander: Look who's got a bad case of Dark Prince envy. Dracula: Leave us. Xander: No, we're not going to "Leabbb you." And where'd you get that accent, Sesame Street? "One, Two, Three - three victims! Maw ha ha!"
'Lessons'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
Juliebird - Apr 15, 2013 2:19:04 pm PDT #18923 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Laga - Apr 15, 2013 2:24:15 pm PDT #18924 of 30001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
ew. I'm getting all my news from the BBC.
DavidS - Apr 15, 2013 2:32:38 pm PDT #18925 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Guh. This bomb was designed to maim.
Roupen Bastajian, a 35-year-old state trooper from Smithfield, R.I., had just finished the race when they put the heat blanket wrap on him and he heard the blasts.
"I started running toward the blast. And there were people all over the floor," he said. "We started grabbing tourniquets and started tying legs. A lot of people amputated. ... At least 25 to 30 people have at least one leg missing, or an ankle missing, or two legs missing."
Burrell - Apr 15, 2013 2:47:20 pm PDT #18926 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ah, it's so awful!
So my kids are home and they know nothing of what happened in Boston, and I'm not planning on turning on the tv to any of it. One of those hard parenting decisions given their ages, tell them what happened or not? The part of the decision that isn't hard, however, is deciding they don't need to see any of it.
Cass - Apr 15, 2013 2:56:52 pm PDT #18927 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.
The part of the decision that isn't hard, however, is deciding they don't need to see any of it.
No, they don't. The people that revel in the torture porn-ishness of all this are just creepy.
msbelle - Apr 15, 2013 3:00:53 pm PDT #18928 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
So my kids are home and they know nothing of what happened in Boston, and I'm not planning on turning on the tv to any of it. One of those hard parenting decisions given their ages, tell them what happened or not? The part of the decision that isn't hard, however, is deciding they don't need to see any of it.
yep, same here. It would send E to a bad place to even mention it. I am so thankful that we have two living space for just this reason. I can tear up and get myself back together in this room and he can watch Avenger cartoons in the other. Happily oblivious.
§ ita § - Apr 15, 2013 3:01:05 pm PDT #18929 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The people that revel in the torture porn-ishness of all this are just creepy.
Hey, Gawker!
Consuela - Apr 15, 2013 3:01:50 pm PDT #18930 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, jeez. My dad forgot the doctor's instructions for the sore on Mom's foot and now it's a full-blown bed sore and I'm taking the morning off to take her to a specialty clinic thirty miles away.
How on earth am I going to start a new job when every single week I have to go run them somewhere?
Steph L. - Apr 15, 2013 3:13:15 pm PDT #18931 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
he can watch Avenger cartoons in the other.
At this point, I think E has the right idea. We have tiny cupcakes (tasting for the wedding) and might watch something mindless.
msbelle - Apr 15, 2013 3:15:40 pm PDT #18932 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am about to turn on The Voice. My first attempt at distraction was to EAT ALL THE CHEESE.