This must be what going mad feels like.

Simon ,'Jaynestown'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


JenP - Aug 20, 2024 1:58:53 pm PDT #2202 of 3468

They could have used another term and lost nothing from the message. I felt gross every time it was said. That said, I loved last night so much.

Same. (The Texas rep.'s speech included something similar -- but her story about Harris and the photo op was awesome.)

DH's vocally anti-marriage aunt

I read that as anti-mirangue and was SO intrigued!


erikaj - Aug 20, 2024 2:15:04 pm PDT #2203 of 3468
Always Anti-fascist!

Last time I needed one, we noticed my mother never signed it(Too busy almost dying and all.) I used it for 40 years without anyone noticing.


flea - Aug 20, 2024 4:20:38 pm PDT #2204 of 3468
information libertarian

When I was working as a passport acceptance agent a dude handed me a birth certificate that listed his first name as Rfank. Apparently it had never been an issue before but I warned him he should consider getting it fixed.


dcp - Aug 20, 2024 4:53:03 pm PDT #2205 of 3468
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

In my genealogical explorations I've come across anecdotes of people who had to invent middle names (or at least middle initials) in order to enlist in the Army. It gets really awkward when birth records, military records, and Social Security records don't match up.


-t - Aug 20, 2024 4:58:45 pm PDT #2206 of 3468
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

My dad legally added a middle name when he was 18, I know he had been using it informally before that but I don't know if it was on any official paperwork. Probably was. He had been working, so social security is likely. And I think I've mentioned before that my mom filed their joint tax returns using her married name for years (maybe decades) before someone noticed that it didn't match her social security records which she had never changed from her maiden name. She was so tickled to have an alias.


Pix - Aug 20, 2024 5:08:37 pm PDT #2207 of 3468
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

All, if you're not watching the live roll call of states at the DNC, it's a PARTY! I'm loving all the women of color acting as spokespeople, too.


quester - Aug 20, 2024 5:14:20 pm PDT #2208 of 3468
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

it totally is a party!


quester - Aug 20, 2024 5:16:05 pm PDT #2209 of 3468
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

music is good too! so many women of color!


Pix - Aug 20, 2024 6:19:13 pm PDT #2210 of 3468
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Yes! It was such a celebration. Excited to see the Obamas speak later.


Calli - Aug 21, 2024 4:03:20 am PDT #2211 of 3468
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I watched as late as I could. Sadly, I couldn’t stay up for Obama, but I’m sure it’ll be posted somewhere.

I know where my birth certificate is because I needed it to get “real ID” the last time my drivers license expired. So now it’s in a plastic bag, along with my passport and social security card, in my important papers space, along with euros and Canadian money from my travels. It’s not quite a to-go bag, but if a tornado was heading my way it would be easy enough to grab and stuff in my bra as I headed for the one windowless room in the apartment.