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Book Group Reminder: NIXONLAND, chapter 4 & 5, “Ronald Reagan” and “Long Hot Summer”, Sunday afternoon at 4pm EST. New voices always welcome — link goes to the downloadable version for quicker access.
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Apart from that, what’s going on this weekend in your life?
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Edit: Reloading called up the glitch where the embedded YouTubes re-arrange themselves & don’t go back where they belong until I go back behind the curtain. I think at least one commentor complained about this problem earlier — any techie got an idea why, beyond the usual FYWP?
Garbo
Waiting to see the freakout at GOS re: DKos 4. Also, have we gotten a Rosie update? Is she wearing an eyepatch like the pirate she is?
BGinCHI
What, no post on Ron Paul’s speech at CPAC today?
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/02/ron-paul-asks-the-youth-to-opt-out-of-america-video.php?ref=fpb
It’s just so ready to receive the snarky wisdom of the B-J jackals I almost can’t stand it.
JPL
I also want to know about Rosie…
Also,too..Beck was way off the rails tonight and he is now blaming google for the caliphate…
SiubhanDuinne
Am I crazy (quite possible) or did I simply miss it (also possible), but was there a Thursday Night Menu Open Thread from TaMara last night? I’ve been so busy, I know I’m missing a lot, or catching up hours if not days later, but the TNMOT is a time-trusted way I keep track of the calendar.
BGinCHI
And here’s the fuckedupness for today:
1. Egypt, driven in part by organized labor trying to get people a fair deal, overthrows their dictator.
2. Wisconsin’s new Governor, Scott “Mubarak” Walker, announces a massive rollback of worker’s rights. Yep, no more collective bargaining for any public worker.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/02/new-wisc-gop-governor-pushes-hard-for-rolling-back-workers-rights-by-decades.php?ref=fpa
Nicole
So… ABC is doing a new version of “Charlie’s Angels” and has cast some hottie guy as Bosley. Now, I like a hottie as much as the next girl who likes hotties, but somehow this seems like an affront to the ghost of David Doyle.
Corner Stone
I’m about to indulge in a life threatening amount of sushi.
Comrade Mary
Moar cycling for me! It’s a titch warmer now (we’ll actually be above freezing on Sunday) and the pools of slush/rutted snow intrude less far into the road. But man, I’m slow. I need to get fit and drop the winter weight, or else spring will kill me.
Corner Stone
And by the end of the night I may or may not make a head shot from more than 1800 yards.
frosty
Hey, this weekend I’m not going in to work! Instead, I have a funfilled couple of days ahead wrestling with Turbotax and FAFSA.
Good times.
gbear
@Garbo:
Baarghk! Baarghk!
BGinCHI
@Comrade Mary: Same with me and my peeps. Sunday getting in the upper 30s. Gonna be crappy roads though. Cross bikes.
BGinCHI
@Corner Stone: Wow. You are really rolling tonight.
Corner Stone
@BGinCHI: Just call me Marky Mark Wahlberg in TNT’s exclusive showing of “Shooter”.
Garbo
@gbear: At the risk of pissing off Louis CK! Hilarious.
Corner Stone
I haven’t actually shot at a biped in a while, but I mos def am gonna buy the shit outta some sushi et al come 45 minutes from now.
merrinc
I’m sitting in a cheap motel room, two miles down the road from the hospital where I spent 10 hours today. It seems likely that my mother has stage 4 breast cancer (possibly with a side of ovarian cancer) and it’s metastasized to her spine, ribs, and pelvis. But we won’t know for sure because hey, guess what, pathologists don’t work on weekends in this town so we get to wait until Wednesday to find out for sure.
I’m in my jammies, copy of Nixonland in my bag, and I think I am going to start drinking.
Svensker
@merrinc:
So sorry to hear that. So so sorry. Went through that exact scenario with my mom a while back. Big hugs. Don’t forget to take care of yourself.
In other news, we no longer have shit all over the floor, the sewer has been fixed, the rugs have been cleaned, and we aren’t living in a hotel any more. This is good.
Also, too, Bill Withers gives me the right kind of shivers.
Corner Stone
@Svensker:
Good God. Can I just say I agree?
Garbo
@merrinc: Oh damn. I’m sorry. I’m glad you posted so we can be thinking of you. Be present with your Mom and kind with yourself.
DFS
My favorite Bill Withers tune by a mile.
She’s better off without me, and I’m better off…
Phoebe
I thought it was 2 chapters. Just Ronald Reagan?
Another Commenter at Balloon Juice (fka Bella Q)
@JPL: Was he worse than last night’s rant, excerpted at mmtv? I think the psychosis is getting more frank, but I am not a shrink. He can, however, DIAF.
Ailuridae
@merrinc:
That’s awful and I am sorry to hear it. Take care of yourself.
suzanne
@merrinc: Wow, I’m so sorry. Hugs to you and your mom.
@Svensker: Um… WOW. Shit on the floor is never a good thing. Good Lord.
As for me, I am feeling lowercase-S shitty today; my sinuses are aching but not congested. My ENT wants to do surgery, and days like today make me think that might be a reeeeeeeally good idea. Probably going to take it easy at home tonight. I did just make a fabulous vegetable frittata for dinner. Damn, I am good.
Another Commenter at Balloon Juice (fka Bella Q)
@merrinc: Gosh, I’m sorry to hear that. Do remember to take care of you – it’s easy to forget at times like this.
Anne Laurie
@merrinc: So sorry to hear this. I’ll keep you and your mother in my positive thougts; hope the news is, well, no worse than you fear.
Anne Laurie
@Phoebe: You’re right, two chapters. I went back & corrected that.
@SiubhanDuinne: No Thursday Night Menu this week — TaMara’s travelling. I should’ve mentioned it last night, but… I forgot what day it was!
Yutsano
@Anne Laurie: She put up a post on her blog to cover her absence there, but she did say it more than likely wouldn’t get cross-posted here.
And just to brag: I make damn good chicken quesadillas.
DougJ®
@DFS:
God damn that is a great song.
DougJ®
@merrinc:
Good luck, I am sorry to hear that.