There's lots of Paterno memorial stuff going on. Listening to people around campus and reading comments in the local papers, I really don't understand why people have so much trouble saying that he did a lot of good things, and also did certain bad things. It seems like everybody's taking one of the sides, that either the good things or the bad things are SO good or bad that the other ones don't matter at all, and shouldn't even be mentioned. I don't get it.
Harrow: You didn't have to wound that man. Mal: Yeah, I know, it was just funny.
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Hil R. - Jan 24, 2012 2:14:13 pm PST #6177 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Cass - Jan 24, 2012 3:58:34 pm PST #6178 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
People are not allowed to be complicated, flawed, make mistakes and yet still have done good things as well. Or, at least, we aren't allowed to acknowledge it.
And then I left the damn thing on the counter when I went to pay.
I do this so often. I sometimes think of the to go box as a coffin for my leftovers.
I'm ready to turn in my company car and ask for a car allowance instead.
Is that something worth looking into? Ugh also. Sorry you have such a stress.
Cass - Jan 24, 2012 4:04:07 pm PST #6179 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I am Jillifonting this whole thing.
If you ever consider killing a spider without a barrier of some kind in place, don't. Even for a small spider. Ewww, gross. I am so wishing I could go back in time and use a tissue or something. It was squishy.
Maria - Jan 24, 2012 4:20:30 pm PST #6180 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Oy, people. You're supposed to be having a better day than I am.
Cass, if I planned on being there for a while, yes. I'm hoping not to be.
Vortex - Jan 24, 2012 4:20:31 pm PST #6181 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
People are not allowed to be complicated, flawed, make mistakes and yet still have done good things as well. Or, at least, we aren't allowed to acknowledge it.
Oh, I acknowledge that he did good things. It's just that the bad thing he did outweighed it.
It's kind of like that show Brimstone - cop that does good his whole life, but kills the man who raped his wife and goes to hell.
Atropa - Jan 24, 2012 4:48:44 pm PST #6182 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
WHYYYY did I read the Jillifont? Whyyyyy? I know better.
For feeling awful, I was semi-productive. Two loads of laundry, made lunch, posted the new GCS article, and signed ALL the books for the My Summer As A Goth movie peeps. Still feel wretched, tho'.
Steph L. - Jan 24, 2012 4:56:46 pm PST #6183 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The Jillifont reminds me that we keep getting stinkbugs in the kitchen (well, we've gotten 2 in the past 6 weeks). They only freak me out in the sense that, when I nab them with a handful of paper towels, I don't want to squoosh them because of the stink. Otherwise, I think they actually look super-cool. Too bad they're bugs and need to be immediately flushed.
Atropa - Jan 24, 2012 5:08:01 pm PST #6184 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Steph! I have a clueless medication question for you! I am about to add Zithromax to the abx "pulsing" routine (2 doses a day, 3 days a week of Rifampin, Doxycycline, and now Zithromax.) Is it okay for me to have an occasional Adult Beverage? The pharmacist was kind of asscaps about NO ALCOHOL OMG.
billytea - Jan 24, 2012 5:08:19 pm PST #6185 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
The Jillifont reminds me that we keep getting stinkbugs in the kitchen (well, we've gotten 2 in the past 6 weeks). They only freak me out in the sense that, when I nab them with a handful of paper towels, I don't want to squoosh them because of the stink. Otherwise, I think they actually look super-cool. Too bad they're bugs and need to be immediately flushed.
I used to get them in my Philly apartment. They lived in the kitchen fan (opened through an outside wall). For reasons that still defy explanation, Bec decided they were cute and thus they were permitted to stay.
Cass - Jan 24, 2012 5:11:29 pm PST #6186 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
WHYYYY did I read the Jillifont? Whyyyyy? I know better.
Are you kidding me? It was right there on the tin NOT to read it, Jilli. Sweetie, Jillifont does not mean "of interest to Jilli especially."
Sorry. It was really gross.
Oh, I acknowledge that he did good things. It's just that the bad thing he did outweighed it.
Oh, I totally agree in this case.