Hee--the story of Sniper Kitty!
Don't you have an elsewhere to be?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
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.
Kathy A - Aug 22, 2008 12:32:40 pm PDT #4928 of 10003
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Burrell - Aug 22, 2008 12:45:24 pm PDT #4929 of 10003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
My weekend: Saturday is a certain 5 yo's birthday, also the day for a kindergarten play date to meet future classmates. Sunday is the party. Monday is the first day of the semester. Last night a bunch of DH's relatives came to town to visit my MiL. I may have a breakdown between now and Monday, but so far I'm just numb with denial.
amych - Aug 22, 2008 12:48:33 pm PDT #4930 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
5?
5?!?!
whoa.
Tom Scola - Aug 22, 2008 12:55:03 pm PDT #4931 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
msbelle - Aug 22, 2008 1:07:13 pm PDT #4932 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I was reading today how the McCain campaign altered their adoption story to glam it up for this election. Throw up in my mouth.
Kathy A - Aug 22, 2008 1:14:34 pm PDT #4933 of 10003
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
That Cubs/Nationals game was just painful to follow. Cubs were up 4-0 at the end of 5 innings, and end up losing 13-5. To the freakin' Nationals!!! Ouch.
Tom Scola - Aug 22, 2008 1:21:31 pm PDT #4934 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The Mets have won nine of their last ten games, including a sweep of the Nationals. The Nats also beat the Phillies last night, so now the Mets are 2½ games up.
aurelia - Aug 22, 2008 2:38:27 pm PDT #4935 of 10003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Why is it so sticky here? Ugh. 80°F is fine, but I'd like to be able to dry off after a shower.
Beverly - Aug 22, 2008 2:42:33 pm PDT #4936 of 10003
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh Barb, thanks for that link. Wylie always skated to such heroic music, and his performances were so passionate. Boitano had him beat for power, I think, and rivaled him on line, but I think Paul was a master at interpreting the music into edge and line and form.
The best thing about that video, though? Was listening to Scotty Hamilton. I think he's probably my Olympic hero--not for his Olympic performance, but for a lifetime of overcoming adversity--his own and others'--and persistent good humor.
Runner up would be Petrenko, for his aid to the female pairs skater who had such a ghastly head injury in practice. They were in an Iron Curtain country, hospitals were deathtraps, and she was too ill to transport. He came to the hospital and brought his entire stock of medicines, bandages, sutures, instruments, which he traveled with in case of personal injury, to be used on her. He kept informed and helped arrange transport as soon as she was stable enough to an adequate hospital in her home country.
Plus? He was a damn good skater and he had a sense of humor about himself.
Lots of prima donas and ne'erdowells among Olympic skaters, but some are solid folk.
Jessica - Aug 22, 2008 2:59:37 pm PDT #4937 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Late last year, the AFA also went after the movie “Shark Tale,” because the group believed the movie was designed to brainwash children into accepting gay rights.
I don't remember there being gayness in Shark Tale, but it's possible I was distracted by how much the movie sucked...
(Wait, was there cross-dressing? There might have been some shark transvestitism, now that I think about it.)