The Off Topic Topic

[mongers]

...So. Alain de Botton's now writing slash fiction about himself and Jennifer Lawrence...
http://www.philosophersmail.com/relationships/jennifer-lawrence-is-my-girlfriend/

That's a consolation. 

[Valmy]

"American"?

Scotch-Irish descendants usually ID themselves that way.

[Valmy]

Puerto Rican and Mexican could also hide a non-American continent ancestry...

And distinguishing between Mexican and Hispanic in New Mexico of all places also seems to be a bit strange.

The really old Spanish speaking families of New Mexico do not like being called Mexicans since it implies recent immigrants while they have been living in New Mexico for hundreds of years.

[CountDeMoney]

Mu uncle out in California is your typical conservative Mexihater, constantly bitching about how many Latinos there are out there.  Never quite seemed to grasp the concept that they were there first.

[Sheilbh]

"American"?

Scotch-Irish descendants usually ID themselves that way.

Yeah. Jim Webb's written whole books about them.

[garbon]

I left a bag of reese's minis in my car. Now it is an amorphous mess of chocolate and peanut butter.

[Ed Anger]

That attracts Ide's.

[Ed Anger]

Speaking of melting black things, I placed the black cat that visits us under temporary protection due to the heat. Poor thing was acting like it was going to drop dead. A bowl of ice water, some tuna and A/C perked him back up.

Last I checked, he was stretched out on the furniture in the sun room.

[FunkMonk]

Good man Ed. 

[Ed Anger]

I'd let the neighbor's dog drop dead. Hate that thing.

[Ideologue]

That attracts Ide's.

I hate it when they're melted.

Speaking of melting black things, I placed the black cat that visits us under temporary protection due to the heat. Poor thing was acting like it was going to drop dead. A bowl of ice water, some tuna and A/C perked him back up.

Last I checked, he was stretched out on the furniture in the sun room.

I'd let the neighbor's dog drop dead. Hate that thing.

[Josquius]

Dogs>humans>cats

[Eddie Teach]

cats > dogs > dog owners

Keep your pooch the fuck off my lawn.

[Josquius]

Wow. For the first time in years I've discovered an actual new band that I like. Not just an old band I've never really listened before. But a current one I actually like.
And to think the first time I heard one of their songs my reaction was mocking of the ridiculous high pitched vocals. Which now I can see as complimentary

[Liep]

Don't keep us in suspense, tell which.