Comments on: So, what’s bugging you today?

By: tigtog

tigtog — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:27:03 +0000

I was very bugged by the decision to have Rick Warren give the invocation at Obama's inauguration, but am a little less bugged now that I know it wasn't his idea.

This time, though, the decision to get involved with Saddleback was actually not Obama's. The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, run by the House and Senate, put together the program for the swearing-in ceremony. Congress, not Obama, invited Warren (as well as scheduling a musical performance by Aretha Franklin; here's hoping she doesn't reprise the 2005 inaugural performance of John Ashcroft's "Let the Eagle Soar").

The compulsion that the Dems in office seem to have to cosy up to the conservatives every single time gives me the 'ump though.

By: Hedgepig

Hedgepig — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:43:10 +0000

I’m not going to be able to listen to any speeches Obama makes now without thinking “these may well be the words of a halfwitted cock-headed frat boy”.
Oh well, better to be disillusioned sooner rather than later.

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:06:05 +0000

Mindy, I sympathise with your school situation, I’m the same.

S.O. has changed our energy company without discussing with me. This bugs me. What sort of person does that?

By: geekanachronism

geekanachronism — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:58:02 +0000

Now, to top it all off, my housemate’s stalker is acting up again. But since she’s never had any fucking support about it, tomorrow will be the first time she’s talked to cops about it, even though he’s been at it, with varying levels of violence and threats, for FIVE FUCKING YEARS.

The pindicked loser studied law as well, so he tends to keep most of the actions vague enough that the cops can’t come out because of the threat and he relies on her not getting good advice or support on how to deal with it. He also didn’t realise she is now living with me, and I’m a whole different kettle of fish to the women who have come before, and the men.

Doesn’t stop me freaking out at odd noises though.

By: fuckpoliteness

fuckpoliteness — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:13:36 +0000

Ah. I see. I googled John Favreau, actor, rather than Jon Favreau, toolbag extraordinaire. Never made me think ‘Oscar’ but never made me think ‘Fire him immediately’ either…but now I get it.

By: tigtog

tigtog — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:11:03 +0000

@ Deus Ex Macintosh: I never heard that particular von Ribbentrop anecdote before. That's marvellously Prussian, isn't it?

By: Deus Ex Macintosh

Deus Ex Macintosh — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:33:39 +0000

Von Ribbentrop is pretty well known in the UK because he was made ambassador to the court of St James during the war. So bad they called him Von Brickendroppen. For example, diplomatic correspondence/invitations are traditionally written in French so everyone can read them but Brickendroppen sent his out in German... so all the other embassies replied in their own language, causing absolute chaos. Deus Ex Macintosh's last blog post..Forced Marriage GP returns to UK

By: orlando

orlando — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:07:37 +0000

Sorry to disappear offline without answering your question, Fuckpoliteness. (Moment to enjoy the ironic flavour of apologising to someone called Fuckpoliteness.) Here is the lowdown on the vile Favreau:
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/12/favreaus-sexist-photo-is-no-laughing-matter.html
(Sorry I don’t know how to do links properly, tigtog. I resolve to learn in the new year.)

By: geekanachronism

geekanachronism — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:11:07 +0000

The nausea spiked pretty bad last week, but seems to have settled now (week 12). I went over 24 hours without vomiting! I heaved a bit, but no vomit! Sadly, that ended last night, but I’m hoping this is the end of the nausea rather than just a lull. I’m mostly worried about getting dehydrated because nothing induces puking more than drinking too much water – not that I can predict how much is too much, but the puking will tell me.

It’s amazing how many doctors forget you might be there for a reason other than them exhibiting their psychic intelligence – you know, you might have symptoms they don’t know about.

The crankiness for today is a Dr Who fantwit talking about how she’s so ‘boy-like’ because she hasn’t had the female experiences of rape/DV/pregnancy AND she likes plot AND hates makeup/skirts/annoying girls. I’m not even into Dr Who and I can see she’s awful for the fandom/my intelligence levels.

By: Pavlov's Cat

Pavlov's Cat — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:40:05 +0000

Okay so I cheated — one of the novels I had to read last week was about the Munich crisis of 1938 and von Ribbentrop was there. I wouldn’t have remembered him otherwise. (Knew the others though.)

As for Teh Dwarves, let me think: Sleepy, Grumpy, Dopey, Happy, Sneezy, Bashful and Doc.

Heh.