George the W does his best “what, me worry?” in Wisconsin as the Dow flirts with -300.
CHANTILLY, VA - OCTOBER 07: U.S. President George W. Bush speaks at Guernsey Office Products Inc. October 7, 2008 in Chantilly, Virginia. Bush delivered his remarks following a meeting with business leaders on the “Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
The patient was deemed “likely” in the newspaper parlance.
A man (R) is taken in an ambulance for unknown reasons as traders (L) smoke outside of the New York Stock Exchange at the end of the trading day in New York, New York, USA, on 06 October 2008. EPA/JUSTIN LANE
John McCain will cure what ails you.
Republican presidential nominee, Arizona Senator John McCain, reaches out to hug Patricia Varco October 2, 2008 during a women’s town hall meeting at a hotel in Denver, CO. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN
O God please tell me they are rehearsing for their post-Hills careers!
Heidi and Spencer serve up Taco Bell fare to customers visiting the Taco Bell restaurant and invite customers to join in the effort to help alleviate world hunger by making a donation. Jen Lowery/Startraksphoto.com
Maybe it’s a good thing that folks aren’t so crazy about football/soccer here in the States…
Politehnica Temisoara’s soccer fans light torches during their UEFA Cup soccer match against Partizan in Belgrade October 2, 2008. REUTERS/Ivan Milutinovic (SERBIA)
Look out! He’s right behind you!!!!
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) walks with his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow October 2, 2008. Russia and Ukraine agreed on Thursday to set a step-by-step, three-year period for Ukraine’s transition to purchases of Russian natural gas at market prices, Tymoshenko said. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
hi mom!
A labourer covers an idol of Hindu Goddess Durga with a polythene sheet outside a workshop in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata October 1, 2008. The idol will be used during the Durga Puja festival, a popular religious event for Hindu Bengalis, which will be celebrated from October 5 to 9. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal
(Japanese cooks, however, consider toasted rice overcooked and highly undesirable. The unwanted crust left stuck to the bottom of the rice cooker is called okoge — the same word used as slang for a single woman who spends a lot of time with gay men.)
Thank you, Julia Moskin. Just … thank you.
I can only add that 1) okoge is my new screen name, and 2) in persian countries, the rice crust is so desirable that new wives are routinely judged by their mothers-in-law on their ability to create the perfect crust.
who can make the sun rise….?
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally at the University of Nevada in Reno, September 30, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed