Comments on: Soapbox 2010

By: gorillabuns

gorillabuns — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:45:48 +0000

this post makes me think about andi mcdowell in sex,lies and videotape.

“what about all this trash? where are we going to put it? what about the starving children? how are they going to get fed?”

i pretty much spend my life in this constant state of worry all the while carefully wiping my sink in the most precise manner.

By: foundinidaho

foundinidaho — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:46:36 +0000

Good points all Kris, though I have been worried about my friends in teh interwebs/twitterverse just because that is a LOT of snow.

I have been a sad, sad human being when it comes to helping those in my back yard. But that is going to change.

Oh, and I’m glad you came on Twitter anyway. There’s just a void when you aren’t around.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:34:30 +0000

Only you can address homelessness and Prosecco in the same post. Thanks for the reminder that there are always others in worse straits. No matter how bad, we have it pretty good.

Hope you’re doing okay in your Winterwonderland. Cheers.

By: Sarah and the Goon Squad » Snowpocalypse Now

Sarah and the Goon Squad » Snowpocalypse Now — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:00:06 +0000

[...] know Kris, #firstworldproblems right? I am stir crazy but I really can’t complain too much. We [...]

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:38:32 +0000

It’s the Diet Coke Running Low emergencies on Twitter that have me going.

Nothing against you Diet Coke people.

By: Gwen

Gwen — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:30:35 +0000

Maybe we’re a little too Pat Robertson about the person on the grate. And he’s a little too close to home. I think in lots of ways it’s easier to care about people in theory and a lot harder when they’re breathing onion dip in your face. One of the conundrums of the internet, no?

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:49:04 +0000

I just think it’s insane what the media sensationalizes. It’s bad weather. Bad weather that will pass. When the power comes back on and the sun shines again and the snow melts, people will still be sleeping on grates. Haiti will still be a wreck. Will we go back to caring about those people, handing out our selective good will? Ugh.

By: kris

kris — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:10:53 +0000

9:11 am — Just heard update on NBC4 that Pepco is keeping crews out of the field due to safety concerns in the whiteout. I hope people without power have no access to that information.

By: kris

kris — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:27:24 +0000

Jodi — I speak from experience in knowing that what you went through can be maddening. Although I didn’t do it with a wee one who I’m sure that was extra hard for, so maybe I should write your experience as MADDENING.

I was hardly roughing it this week (see also Prosecco, watching multiple eps of Say Yes to the Dress while eating bonbons). Even more reason for me to get some perspective.

By: jodifur

jodifur — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:49:25 +0000

Well, I now feel bad for whining for going 72 hours w/out power.

By: OldBAM

OldBAM — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:44:07 +0000

I live near Bawlmawr, and I have been SHOCKED, SHOCKED, I TELL YOU!!! at the number of people out buying toilet paper, milk and bread. I’m a work at home, so I shop usually in the middle of the week in the early afternoon (just to avoid those idiots). Today (and last Friday) was HORRIBLE!! I have never seen grocery store shelves naked. I am traumatized for life!!

Kris, I love your ruminations. Keep on writing, PLEASE.

Cindy

By: emma

emma — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:35:55 +0000

This post has me laughing and reflective. The comments have me snorting in unladylike glee. And I’ve been complaining on twitter all day about how freezing it is here in normally sunny SoCal because of a thunderstorm. I would clearly be a disgrace in a true disaster, or even a few feet of snow. Carry on!

By: Finn

Finn — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:08:41 +0000

Crap. I never stop thinking of these things. It’s probably why I’m medicated.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:01:41 +0000

I’ve been thinking about this, too. Living in a city like DC, you gotta wonder how we would cope if a REAL disaster hit.

Also, I just finished The Help last night – I thought it was super impressive for a first novel. Let me know what you think of it!