Giulani popping up to talk about how it's unprecedented and a terrible security risk.

Can you really blame him? He has to pop up because it involves 9/11 and talking about 9/11 is what he does. He's like the high school quarterback who became a loser after graduation, he talks about the glory days back when people were impressed by his leadership on the field. Yeah, it's more awkward because of all the horror and death, but the principle is the same.

Also it has to be wrong and dangerous because it's the Obama administration. If it was the Bush administration then it would demonstrating the greatness of America. You see, conservatives are real American patriots, and liberals are wine-drinking intellectual whiners who hate America. Therefore, if conservatives are beind the it then it's pro-American, and if liberals are behind it it's anti-American. The actual 'it' is totally irrelevant.

Or, you know, he's just an opportunist.

I agree. If the seat is really disgusting, I'll pick another stall. If it's just a few droplets, I'll wipe it off with TP before I sit down.

I am Jessica. (Heh. Not really.) In general, I figure (a) how nasty can the back of people's thighs be, and (b) am I going to touch the backs of my thighs? Probably not.

You know what? I am not getting in a semantics pissing contest. 3 things occurred on two different dates. I do not care which occurred on what dates. Point is, it happened, it doesn't matter any more. Let.it.go.

am I going to touch the backs of my thighs?

You are the backs of your thighs.

I dunno. I just figure there's potential ick but I really want to sit down. So I shield.

A funny variation on those Christian fish thingies that people put on their cars: [link]

I dunno. I just figure there's potential ick but I really want to sit down. So I shield.

Yeah, I don't worry so much about ick in general. I also open doors with my bare hands!

With swine flu, I've gotten paranoid about banisters, but I figure falling down the stairs will probably hurt me more than swine flu.

Oh, I've seen a new anti-Obama (I guess) sticker. It's a christian fish eating an Obama 'O' symbol.

Is pecan allergy as common as peanut allergy?

Tree nut allergies are pretty common in kids, yeah.

I also open doors with my bare hands!

I notice that just about every woman I've seen in the washroom here opens the washroom door with a paper towel instead of her bare hands, which makes me feel okay with using my bare hands--it's when I notice a persistent non-washer that I start to get creeped out. I used to work at a healthcare-tangential place where the orientation included hand-washing instructions, and there was this one woman that never washed her hands. I don't work there anymore, but I see her around town, and it's all I think, there she goes with the ick on her hands.

With swine flu, I've gotten paranoid about banisters

The other ick I think about is shopping cart handles, for some reason. My hands just feel filthy after I've done grocery shopping. I must wash. But I don't think that's a swine flu thing.