05/02/2024 5:47:43 AM PDT
· 34 of 48 mairdie
to nickcarraway
Not at all the same, but I DID attend the induction of the Star Trek main crew into the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Hall of Fame. Lined up an hour early. Totally alone. No one else seemed to think it was any big deal. Got a great table for husband and a good friend. Spent the whole time videotaping the stars chewing. But I loved every minute of it. Attending that and SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) were the highlights of my year.
Don Rickles and Larry King were being inducted at the same time.
05/01/2024 1:21:35 PM PDT
· 15 of 23 mairdie
to Col Frank Slade
I remember the mid 1960’s at U of Chicago. They redid the lawns in the main quad and pitched little signs everywhere reading “I vant to be a lawn,” ala Garbo.
So the scared dog had diarrhea and the uncaring idiot pretending to be a human being didn’t stop the car periodically to walk the dog. Hope it splashed back on him.
The story pointed to when he was a young student doing research. I used to drive a lot between states and in MA. NEVER have I seen a dog carrier on a car roof. Hire a driver and let Romney sit in a cage on the roof. Then I’d vote for his compassion.
05/01/2024 8:41:21 AM PDT
· 21 of 51 mairdie
to ChicagoConservative27
I vote Republican. That year I DIDN’T vote for Mitt Romney for MA governor because of that dog story and the stories about him getting animals from shelters that he lied about wanting personally and then using them for research. People who injure animals are lower than dirt. What he’s done to Trump is indicative of the same bad character he’s had all along.
I took in a rescue dog with a bite history. Bit my husband, bit me twice. I was extremely stupid. I tried to dominate it by going nose to nose. First stitches ever. But after a while the dog calmed. It was still terrified to be left alone and was the first dog I had to take literally everywhere I went. But, in the end, the vet said that he had become a happy dog and I was thrilled. I had always thought that Toby was dependent on me. When we finally lost him, I learned that, instead, I had become completely dependent on him.
I assume you also remember the passage in Symposium of how original humans were cut in two and forced to search the world for their other half and, when the two would meet, they would attempt to remeld themselves together. Straight or gay, it’s a beautiful way to explain the joy of being in the arms of your “other half.”
It was a stupid thing to do, a stupid thing to say and if she gets on the ticket, I might have to vote for Trump and work hard against her. But I won’t let someone like that near the Oval Office without letting everyone I know know that she’s a bust as a human being. Biden’s humanity is already well known.