...or their local affiliate, did to the Zimmerman (not a 911) call was every bit as dishonest and misleading as what the media did with the "Dean Scream".

Seeing your sig, I was about to reply that Kath was certainly mindblowingly talented until I realized what an unfortunate phrase that would be in specific relation to him.

But man could those fingers fly.

Wish the outcome had been better, glad it wasn't worse.

...with the GOP, you have an even better chance of getting screwed.

Totally off-topic, but weren't you the one having eye problems?

How did that turn out?

"I think next winter will be:" when we sit around muttering "Write faster, George" and wonder if book 6 will actually get published in '15.

Of course if he'd set the series in eastern NC, where we're down to summer, winter, and one other season, book 7 would be entitled "A Dream of Pollen".

...that most of the right wing had secret hard-ons for Putin.

Speaking of whom...remember when Bush the younger talked about looking into Putin's eyes and seeing his soul?

Imagine my surprise to find myself in agreement with, of all people, Pat Buchanan, who said "Know what I see when I look into Putin's eyes? KGB!"

...that the only thing that stirs more outrage than a nipple on TV is the chance that one will have to deal with a slow connection when downloading a picture of it.

It's just that all the many many other times I've had problems, I could see that at least one of the lights that were supposed to be on wasn't on. This was the first time nothing "looked wrong".

Did you actually believe someone was serious in stating that "Mobs of people are the most rational..."?

Couldn't even ping 8.8.8.8, so I suspect it was more than just a problem turning URLs into numerical addresses.

It was so weird to have problems and still have all the lights on the modem lit up (except standby).

Unfortunately there's no novelty factor in having problems with it in general.

Tell us exactly what model phone and exactly what brand and model battery.

That way you have a better chance of catching the attention of someone with experience with what you need.

Otherwise I wave you in the vague direction of Batteries+

I've got a stack of 4 close enough to grab with my left hand and soon it'll be a stack of 5.

2 are BEFSR41s, and only one of the 54s has the wireless part turned on, I just need all of the places to plug in Ethernet cables.