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Wednesday, December 1st, 2010 19:38![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sofiavioletI say: what none of these horse-race analyses take into consideration is Sarah Palin's superpower. She has charisma, the genuine article (not available in stores, much less online). In our household, we call it "charisma buckets" -- where the person is so charismatic that it overflows, so they have to carry figurative buckets everywhere to hold the excess. If US electoral politics were a role-playing game (and are you going to argue that it's not?), her Charisma would be +4: a perfect 18 out of 18.
pinesandmaples: I can't hear you. Headphones like that--you know, the really big sort that fit over someone's ears--are not standard for any modern media player. People who want them have to seek them out and purchase them separately, often at great expense. I know a lot of folks who have big obvious headphones, and most people bought them for better sound and more listening pleasure. Which means that they want to be listening to what is coming out of the headphones, not what is coming out of your mouth. If I sound overly defensive on this point, there is a good reason. I've spent more time than I should pausing podcasts, missing moments, steeling my soul, and removing my headphones so some creep or bored passenger aboard whatever sort of transit I am currently taking can make a one-liner that results in me being insulted. I got along very well with my earbuds, but I was tired of people not seeing them and starting up conversations that I am not interested in having so I bought bigger headphones. I thought maybe people would take the hint and back off.
cluegirl: Reducing Your Risk of Being Accused of Rape * If your date is not conscious and you engage in sexual behaviors it is against the law, and she could very well accuse you of rape. If you don't want to be accused of rape, then do not have sex with anybody who is not, in order, a) conscious, b) sober, and c) enthusiastically consenting to your proposition for sex.
I made this change to Diaspora so that I won’t alienate anyone I love before they finish signing up.
I made this change because gender is a beautiful and multifaceted thing that can’t be contained by a list.
I know a lot of people aren’t there with me yet. So I also made this change to give them one momentary chance to consider other possibilities.
I made it to start a conversation.
I made it because I can.
And, of course, I made it so you can be a smartass.
helens78: All You Want, All You'll Ever Want Fraser likes Ray's hands--likes them a lot. When Ray figures out how much, he gets determined to give Fraser everything he's looking for down to the very last inch, if that's what Fraser wants.
oursin: Question requiring the answer 'ummmmm....' A question I sometimes get asked as an archivist is 'what is the most exciting/important/valuable thing you've found in an archive/catalogued/got in your collection?'
There’s something that keeps happening to me. Maybe it keeps happening to you too. I use a website. I get attached to it. I start relying on it for the services it provides. And then, there’s a redesign or they roll out a new feature, and suddenly I can’t use it anymore. Because the site has been rendered effectively inaccessible to me.
Tired of playing cruise director? What Shall We... lets your friends suggest options and vote them up or down. Seeing others respond in real time helps everyone reach consensus fast. Just send out a link and watch the results!
rydra_wong: And I'm going to get better anyway And I remain lastingly proud of the moment last year when I screamed, "IF I COULD FUCKING 'THINK POSITIVE' I WOULDN'T FUCKING HAVE SEVERE DEPRESSION WOULD I."
