'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
RAAAAAAAAAAGE.
I wish I had something more coherent to say than this, but I'm all about the primal scream right now.
Perhaps Ted Cruz will carry on with this tantrum until he actually does hold his breath until he passes out, at which point the grown-ups can move in and take over?
I suppose I should apologize for Ted Cruz, but Texas is a really big state, and that's a slippery slope.
I suppose I should apologize for Ted Cruz, but Texas is a really big state, and that's a slippery slope.
Like.
Timelies all!
I'm a "non-essential" federal employee.
Fuckers.
I'm soothing myself with a little Charlie Pierce.
In the year of our Lord 2010, the voters of the United States elected the worst Congress in the history of the Republic. There have been Congresses more dilatory. There have been Congresses more irresponsible, though not many of them. There have been lazier Congresses, more vicious Congresses, and Congresses less capable of seeing forests for trees. But there has never been in a single Congress -- or, more precisely, in a single House of the Congress -- a more lethal combination of political ambition, political stupidity, and political vainglory than exists in this one, which has arranged to shut down the federal government because it disapproves of a law passed by a previous Congress, signed by the president, and upheld by the Supreme Court, a law that does nothing more than extend the possibility of health insurance to the millions of Americans who do not presently have it, a law based on a proposal from a conservative think-tank and taken out on the test track in Massachusetts by a Republican governor who also happens to have been the party's 2012 nominee for president of the United States.
But, on an important tip, is Jennifer Aniston sincerely not married yet? I thought she was supposed to be both pregnant and getting surprise married any upcoming weekend, but that doesn't seem to have either happened or changed yet...
What is the appeal of Jennifer Aniston? She's a moderately pleasant looking person, and I suppose she's as talented as any other successful comedic actress. Why are the tabloids so breathlessly interested in her?
She has a really good publicist?
Customer was just told he'll have to redo several hours of work because his file crashed. "I don't have time to make copies and backups of things! Make your programs reliable!" I'm afraid I said, "well, unfortunately, you'll now need to take the time to time to recreate the work." I know better than engaging like that, but, damn, dude.
He was quite annoyed that I suggested his predicament might be in any way his fault.
This at least gives me some hope that the public knows who to blame in this shutdown SNAFU, and may do so come the midterm elections: [link]