(You did get that I was just giving you shit, right?)
Sweet lumpy minion, you're the only one that understands. Probably 'cause I haven't sucked the brain out of you yet.
Glory ,'Potential'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
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.
Aims - Dec 06, 2006 1:30:51 pm PST #4846 of 10007
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Typo Boy - Dec 06, 2006 1:33:01 pm PST #4847 of 10007
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
But during the Vietnam era, so close after WW II , and Korea, with China closed, and the cold war with the USSR, I'm not so sure that was the case, then.
A lot people at the time did not think Vietnam strategically important. The whole "Domino" theory was a rationalization for why it was worth fighting over an otherwise unimportant nation. Oh I'm sure the people who advanced it were sincere, but they also had all these theories about how to win wars with airpower, and minimal numbers of ground troops that they wanted to test.
megan walker - Dec 06, 2006 1:33:47 pm PST #4848 of 10007
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Just to warn you in advance, there's a strip joint next door.
Well, if I have trouble paying for the room it's nice to know there are options...
tommyrot - Dec 06, 2006 1:38:55 pm PST #4849 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A lot people at the time did not think Vietnam strategically important. The whole "Domino" theory was a rationalization for why it was worth fighting over an otherwise unimportant nation. Oh I'm sure the people who advanced it were sincere, but they also had all these theories about how to win wars with airpower, and minimal numbers of ground troops that they wanted to test.
I've read that the Vietnam war wasn't so much about "communism taking over" as Vietnamese nationalism asserting itself, and as a result of our obsession with fighting communism we missed this fact.
Connie Neil - Dec 06, 2006 1:44:25 pm PST #4850 of 10007
brillig
Today's Unshelved comic strip (and, yes, it's the strip for Saturday, but they're a little behind).
edit: OK, it may just be amusing to library geeks.
Hil R. - Dec 06, 2006 1:49:32 pm PST #4851 of 10007
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
OMG. That Fiddler/Avenue Q thing is hysterical. What's it from? (Judging by the ribbons, I'd guess some sort of AIDS benefit.)
Jessica - Dec 06, 2006 1:55:53 pm PST #4852 of 10007
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Avenue Q meets Fiddler on the Roof to become...Avenue Jew
Bwah! Must share link!
Hayden - Dec 06, 2006 1:57:33 pm PST #4853 of 10007
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
(You did get that I was just giving you shit, right?)
(Aw yeah, but this is an Internet message board. I figured if I didn't give up an apology, I'd be worse than Hitler within seconds.)
amych - Dec 06, 2006 1:58:52 pm PST #4854 of 10007
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Nah, but you'd be just like that mean kid in High School.
Dana - Dec 06, 2006 2:00:14 pm PST #4855 of 10007
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.