Buffy: Where are the burgers? Riley: Yeah man, I'm starving. Cow me. Xander: I'd love to make with the moo but the fire's not cooperating.

'Lessons'


Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.  

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


flea - Aug 31, 2010 6:35:21 am PDT #21347 of 30001
information libertarian

Is it New Jersey?


brenda m - Aug 31, 2010 6:38:39 am PDT #21348 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

God, do I love Lift Every Voice.

I know most teachers don't have a problem with kids who abstain

This may be [mostly] the case now but it certainly wasn't when I was in elementary/middle school. In fact, I think there was an entire Judy Bloom book about it.

At camp we sang God Save the Queen and my brother and I would sing My Country instead. We were just doing it to be pills though.


Zenkitty - Aug 31, 2010 6:58:47 am PDT #21349 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

So would I, but there is definitely a part of our society who believes health insurance and health care is something you work for and don't just get. That segment tends to get really angry about having to fund other people's "free stuff." These are also, generally, privileged people who have been very lucky and have had jobs, money, and health insurance.

These folks also tend to get very indignant when you say they've been "lucky"; they see themselves as having worked hard for everything they've gotten. They don't seem to see that even though they may have worked hard, the element of luck has been on their side, and many people work very very hard and never get good jobs/money/healthcare.

It's just realistically, most people can't afford insurance without an employer helping out.

Especially since, the sicker you are, the more money you must spend on your healthcare, and the more your private insurance costs.

what do you all think of saying the Pledge of Allegiance?

We said it every morning in elementary school. I seem to recall that a couple kids would stand but not say it, and no one gave them any shit over it. We used to sing after, too. I said it, but I stayed silent for the God part.


Frankenbuddha - Aug 31, 2010 6:58:57 am PDT #21350 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Oh, I almost forgot - YAY Perkins!!!


juliana - Aug 31, 2010 7:04:23 am PDT #21351 of 30001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I vaguely remember saying the Pledge in elementary school, but not in middle or high school. I would have abstained in H.S. anyway,

Ha for hockey anthem crosspost. I do, in fact, know all the words to the Canadian national anthem too, but only in English. We don`t watch enough Montreal games to know the French one.

It will surprise no one, I am sure, that I know all the words to "O, Canada" in English and the first verse in French. Thank you, semi-pro hockey teams!!

(I will also note that the French version of "O, Canada" is more bloodthirsty than the English.)


Jessica - Aug 31, 2010 7:20:29 am PDT #21352 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Can someone come to my office real quick and punch Outlook in the face for me? I'd really like to be able to SEND A FUCKING EMAIL without it crashing. Thanks!


Aims - Aug 31, 2010 7:21:53 am PDT #21353 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Can anyone tell me any other reason that a vice-presidential candidate's daughter would get on Dancing With the Stars if it isn't because she happened to get knocked up at age 17 during her mother's campaign?

I already work under the assumption that FOX is pushing for Palin 2012, but wow. That's pretty fucking blatant.


-t - Aug 31, 2010 7:23:17 am PDT #21354 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Dancing With the Stars doesn't need a reason. The frothy inanity of DWtS is above such petty concerns as what the "stars" are famous for.

Eta: I haven't watched it in a couple-three seasons, but Kurt Warner may get me back. That's just so bizarre.


amyth - Aug 31, 2010 7:26:16 am PDT #21355 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Yay Perkins!

Yay msbelle!

Trudy, I'm right there with you. No word from NY yet, and I'm nervous. {{hugs to you}}

I admire all of you who were politically conscious enough to question saying the Pledge of Allegiance at such a young age. We said it every morning in elementary school, and I never gave it a second thought.

In eighth grade, our teacher had us say the Act of Contrition ("Oh my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my since because of Thy just punishment, etc...) before we left for the day, in case (in her words) we died on the bus on the way home, so that we wouldn't have mortal sins on our souls. I thought it was hilariously morbid and creepy, and I'm not actually sure it was entirely dogmatically sound, if you believe in all that jazz.


Jessica - Aug 31, 2010 7:26:19 am PDT #21356 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

She's been in the news two or three times. Apparently that counts as "celebrity" now?