Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.

Host ,'Why We Fight'


Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!  

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 - May 19, 2008 8:41:38 am PDT #7694 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

appt.

I have a 2 hour lunch tomorrow - travel/appt/travel back. Granted I am not a receptionist or I would have someone cover for me. I get in 45 min. early and will leave 20 min. late to counteract. I leave it unexplained thus far though.


Kathy A - May 19, 2008 9:23:18 am PDT #7695 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Over the weekend, Obama drew 75,000 people to a speech in Portland, OR.


megan walker - May 19, 2008 9:29:05 am PDT #7696 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

My co-worker was there! She was just telling us about it.


§ ita § - May 19, 2008 9:33:27 am PDT #7697 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm back on wheat!

Not all the wheat in the world, all at once, but I can have wheat again. I think I'm having a burger for lunch, then.


Sophia Brooks - May 19, 2008 10:00:20 am PDT #7698 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

A wheat burger?????


Kat - May 19, 2008 10:01:09 am PDT #7699 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

YAY Burgers! We should meet for lunch at the Apple Pan!


beth b - May 19, 2008 10:29:59 am PDT #7700 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

very nice, Allyson.

so I was listening to NPR. The topic : What is wrong with republican party and how can we fix it.

1st caller: The republican party used to support the vets - now they are cutting the budget ( even though we have more vets) , suicide rates are up, etc.

answer( former rep. congressman, now lobbyist) : sometimes you have to cut popular programs and BTW, that isn't really a problem,the current new just make things look worse than they are , things are just the same.

2nd caller: I am a prolife guy - not just anti abortion but also anti death penalty and anti unjust war. I'd like an honest republican to admit Iraq was a mistake.

answer: Well, maybe last summer, but things are better and moving forward, so the war is no longer an issue.

umm, telling registered party members that what they think is a problem is not really a problem, the number one problem .


§ ita § - May 19, 2008 10:37:59 am PDT #7701 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

We should meet for lunch at the Apple Pan!

Oh, only a lame burger from the place downstairs. Bought an hour ago, about half finished as I work through lunch trying to reconcile conflicting data. I spent the morning running around on medical stuff, so I'm trying to be an extra good girl. But time never flies when I do that.

Still, with the data reconciliation it does look like we're right. That's some consolation. Question is, do I call out the people who are wrong, and if so, how wide an audience?


tommyrot - May 19, 2008 10:41:05 am PDT #7702 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Question is, do I call out the people who are wrong, and if so, how wide an audience?

I would hire a clown to come tell them. (Balloon animals might make them feel better.)


sarameg - May 19, 2008 10:44:24 am PDT #7703 of 10001

Wheee. I now have people who want to fly me out to Arizona. Seriously.

I'd say today has gone pretty well.