The most recent 20 comments posted to Making Light by Kristin B:

I'd just like to state that, as I was reading this thread, one of my co-workers was talking about a particular kind of food he's eating for weight-loss purposes. I asked if he had tried another kind.

"Yeah," he said, "but that kind is so good, I usually end up having the whole box."

I don't know how I managed to keep a straight face, but I'm quite proud of myself for it.

Fashionably late to this party, but I'll dive in with camping, singing, and weather:

I spent a week as an assistant at a Girl Scout camp one summer in my late teens; mainly, this was to be available to my little sister, five years younger than me and born with Downs, during her camp week. I got to see firsthand what her life with her peers was like, as certain girls insisted that they didn't want to be in her group for various activities.

On our last day, a massive thunderstorm struck. We gathered in the dining hall, where the thin walls and high ceilings made the storm even louder. My sister got scared, started crying hysterically. Nothing I said would calm her.

I don't know who started the singing, me or someone nearby. It didn't matter, because soon everyone was singing, their voices rising up to drown out the storm. My sister calmed down, and by the storm's end, she was singing too.

Me @ #8: Oops--just went and read the LJ this came from, and someone there noted that, too. Damn, I can never be first.

But here's an interesting link regarding the DST change's effect on our gasoline consumption.

And wasn't the DST change passed under a Republican-controlled Congress? I'm almost certain it was, in 2005.

long time lurker, delurking (and a little nervous about it--you people are so damn smart, you intimidate the hell outta me...) to share a song...

Could be construed as anti-war or anti-recruiting, I like to think of it as a little of both.

There was a decorated General with a heart of gold
That likened him to all the stories he told,
Of past battles won and lost
And legends of old
A seasoned veteran in his own time

On the battlefield he gained respectful fame
With many medals of bravery and stripes to his name
He grew a beard as soon as he could to cover the scars on his face
And always urged his men on

But on the eve of great battle with the infantry in dream
The Old General tossed in his sleep and wrestled with its meaning
He awoke from the night to tell what he had seen
And walked slowly out of his tent

All the men held tall with their chests in the air
With courage in their blood and a fire in their stare
It was a gray morning and they were all wondering how they would fare
Till the old general told them to go home

He said: I have seen the others
And I have discovered
That this fight is not worth fighting
And I have seen their mothers
And I will no other to follow me where I'm going
So

Take a shower, shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men, you must be living so
Take a shower, shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men, you must be living
Go now you are forgiven

But the men stood fast with their guns on their shoulders
Not knowing what to do with the contradicting orders
The General said he would do his own duty but he would extend it no further
The men could go as they please

Not a man moved, their eyes gazed straight ahead,
Till one by one they stepped back and not a word was said
And the old general was left with his own words echoing in his head
He then prepared to fight

He said: I have seen the others
And I have discovered
That this fight is not worth fighting
No, and I see their mothers
And I will no other
to follow me where I'm going
So
Take a shower shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
So
Take a shower shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
Go now you are forgiven.

-Dispatch

Also, my brother was stalked for quite a long time by an Army recruiter. He (my brother) had once expressed interest, but after he eventually decided to go another way...the man was everywhere he went. He was literally followed down the street by the man. And I can cite several instances of people I know being allowed to "cheat" to get into the armed services (didn't pass your piss test? You had the flu. Come back in a month, etc.).

Sorry my first post was such a long one.

/lurking back to my happy place

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