inquiry and bloodlust

RIP, Maurice Sendak. Where the Wild Things Are and The Nutshell Library brought more joy to my childhood then just about any other books. Heck, I sang Alligators All Around for my very first audition. So, thank you, Mr. Sendak.

So... what do you guys know about Alexandria, Virginia?

So my step-sister is apparently addicted to pain pills and doing heroin. Huh.

So I'm considering getting something radically different for my next hair cut. Right now, I have a curl bob going, but I kind of want to ditch it in favor of Melanie's cut. What say you guys? Am I insane? I mean, it's just hair, right? If it doesn't suit my fat little face, I'll have a good excuse to wear lots of awesome hats until it grows out. Win/win?

Oh, and this is too cool for school.

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She passed away sometime during the night between yesterday and the day before. I found out yesterday afternoon. There is so much to say, and yet I have no words.

If you missed Keith Olbermann's extended special comment on health care reform last night, get it now before tonight's episode becomes the available podcast. Very much worth your time - I don't think he's ever made a better show.

I come from Caltech, the land of "They don't take attendance - just get someone else to turn in your set for you and you're good," so I'm not sure how this stuff works in reasonable places and with grad students. But. What's the standard policy for missing class? How much advance notice do you give? Is it totally unreasonable to want to take three days off (not now, obviously, but about seven months from now) to go to a crazy awesome convention? Actually, looking at flight possibilities again, it would only be two days - the Friday and Monday surrounding a weekend. Is that a completely boneheaded thing to want, or am I entitled to a bit of personal indulgence? Augh, the conscience! It weighs!

Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Mr. Speaker, trouble, oh, we got trouble right here in Capital City. With a capital T, and it rhymes with B and that stands for Broke. Right here in Capital City, right here, we've gotta figure out a way to help the Americans we're about to choke.

You've got trouble right here in Capital City. With a capital T, and that rhymes with D and that stands for debt. Right here in Capital City we've got trouble. Remember the millions, the billions, the trillions. And don't you forget, we've got trouble. We're in terrible, terrible trouble. The game of some 256 Members is a devil's bet. Oh, yes, we've got trouble, trouble. Trouble with a T. It rhymes with D, and it stands for Democrat.

Ms. ALEX YVETTE of Florida. Mr. Lungren, you do realize that the song you are emulating is performed by a conman using empty rhetoric to convince the masses to go along with a plan that responds to false danger and will ultimately damage them and benefit only the conman himself, don't you?

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None. Every advance has benefits and drawbacks, and a multitude of discoveries branch off of every concept. I think it's impossible to single out one invention and say everything would be better had it never been invented. The repercussions of eliminating an innovation, especially one that's notable enough that you would think, "I wish that didn't exist," are guaranteed to be bigger than you can conceive of at first. I wouldn't change a thing.