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The Rapping Flight Attendant Goes Viral

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Posted on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 10:27:43 AM EST
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Via Ryan Secrest (the things you find on Twitter.)

Ok, you can all go back to the Geithner hearing now. this is an open thread, all topics welcome.

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    Happy birthday plus one! (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by Steve M on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 10:38:36 AM EST
    Thanks to all for the good wishes on yesterday's open thread.  The little guy and mommy are doing great.  Daddy is getting exhausted chasing a toddler around the house while mommy rests up :)

    Chosen a name yet? (none / 0) (#2)
    by andgarden on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 10:44:30 AM EST


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    Desmond! (none / 0) (#8)
    by Steve M on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 12:00:46 PM EST
    8 lbs 8 oz.  A little bundle of joy :)

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    awesome (none / 0) (#11)
    by andgarden on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 12:09:02 PM EST


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    Very strong name (none / 0) (#20)
    by Inspector Gadget on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 01:45:58 PM EST
    Is there a family connection to it?

    You will link us all to a photo when you can, right?

    Desmond is my favorite stranded member of the group on "Lost" :)

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    And one of my fav. ska singers.... (none / 0) (#22)
    by kdog on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 01:54:35 PM EST
    Desmond Dekker

    Good company Steve!

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    Dont forget saxophonist (none / 0) (#29)
    by jondee on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 03:09:27 PM EST
    extrodinaire, Paul Desmond.

    Congratulations, Steve!

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    No particular connection (none / 0) (#25)
    by Steve M on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 02:22:57 PM EST
    Like his big sister Audrey, it's just a name we liked.  My wife watches Lost but she swears that had nothing to do with it!  Both the kids have family names for a middle name, though.

    We have lots of pictures, but my wife is generally in charge of uploading... I'm afraid the camera will break if I touch it ;)  She did manage to upload one photo of the sleepy little guy you can see here.

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    OMG!!! (none / 0) (#27)
    by jbindc on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 02:53:47 PM EST
    What a cutie!  Poor thing - birth is so hard.  He's plum tuckered out.

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    Aww, Steve (none / 0) (#28)
    by caseyOR on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 02:59:51 PM EST
    What a sweet little guy. Desmond is a good name. If not a subliminal suggestion from watching Lost, perhaps it comes from an old, deep memory of Desmond Tutu and the fight against apartheid in South Africa.

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    Well actually (none / 0) (#30)
    by Steve M on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 03:16:05 PM EST
    There is a little story there.  We had quite a hard time coming up with a name we both liked, we have more girl names than we know what to do with, but boy names are hard!  My wife liked Desmond, most other people seemed to like it a lot, but I wasn't 100% sold.

    Then a couple weeks ago, I'm up late watching the Craig Ferguson show, and his guest turns out to be none other than Archbishop Desmond Tutu.  I mean, seriously, Desmond Tutu on a late-night talk show that no one even watches?  What are the odds?!  The next morning, I told my wife that I took it as a sign.

    By popular demand, here is another photo for my friends at TL.

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    Great stuff, Steve. (none / 0) (#31)
    by sarcastic unnamed one on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 03:19:03 PM EST


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    Two cuties in the family. (none / 0) (#32)
    by caseyOR on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 03:53:14 PM EST
    What a sweet picture, Steve.

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    Both photos are fantastic!! (none / 0) (#33)
    by Inspector Gadget on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 06:58:06 PM EST
    Thanks so much for sharing those, Steve. Audrey looks like she's quite awestruck by him :)

    This is a special and spectacular time for all of you....I'll share something you probably don't know about parenting. Mine are now 26 and 30 and I still love watching them sleep. I think that will never change.


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    Ohhhh...what a sweetheart... (none / 0) (#34)
    by Anne on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 09:25:02 PM EST
    I swear, looking at that beautiful sleeping baby, bliss all over his face, lowers my blood pressure by at least 10 points...

    I am definitely ready for grandchildren... :-)

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    Belated good wishes (none / 0) (#3)
    by Radiowalla on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 11:21:34 AM EST
    I missed the announcement yesterday.

    There is nothing like a freshly issued baby to light up one's life!
    Congrats.

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    Happy Birthday +1 Desmond. (none / 0) (#16)
    by vml68 on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 12:59:12 PM EST
    and Congratulations to mom, dad and little sis.

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    Missed it yesterday - Congrats!!! (none / 0) (#35)
    by ruffian on Wed Mar 25, 2009 at 09:21:06 AM EST
    Love those names - Audrey and Desmond. Sounds like a lovely family you have there.

    Enjoy!

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    From Ken Silverstein (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by lilburro on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 11:21:54 AM EST
    he quotes the WSJ:

    "The Obama administration, after months of criticizing Wall Street, has been scrambling to woo top bankers and financiers to back its latest bailout plan," the Wall Street Journal reported today. "In recent days, in spite of public furor over huge bonuses paid at American International Group Inc., the administration has concluded that it needs the private sector to play a central role in fixing the economy. So over the weekend, the White House worked to tone down its Wall Street bashing and to win support from top bankers for the bailout plan announced Monday, which will rely on public-private investments to soak up toxic assets."

    The story continued:

    The stock market continued to drop, causing some unease inside the White House. At one morning meeting of the senior staff in the Roosevelt Room, an official turned over in dismay a newspaper with a headline that blared: "Obama Bear Market."

    White House aides returned to some key Wall Street fund-raisers who had helped give credibility to Mr. Obama's presidential campaign. Some had complained about lack of access in the early days of his White House, according to several of them. Among those called were Robert Wolf, president of UBS AG's investment bank, and Mark Gallogly, co-founder of Centerbridge Partners, a New York private-investment firm. Both of them are plugged into the financial world and could support the policy on Wall Street...

    Yes, Wall Street just does not have enough access to the WH right now.

    Interesting little article... (none / 0) (#5)
    by kdog on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 11:27:53 AM EST
    on Salon on NY's underground poker scene.

    Why the state and city refuse to legalize and tax is beyond me...could definitely help with the budget crunches, and maybe they could stop milking smokers and hassling the Native American tribes over tobacco taxes.  Not to mention free NY'ers would no longer be subject to legal theft of their rolls by the state.

    Wall St. could take a lesson from the author too....

    If you can't afford to lose your stack on any given hand, then you shouldn't be playing.

    It's all gambling...lets stop discriminating against the blue collar varieties.

    The DEA is literally insane.... (none / 0) (#6)
    by kdog on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 11:37:31 AM EST
    Can you believe they are trying to chase down the citizens of San Diego who were lucky enough to receive some of the drug-dealer funded bailout of taxpayers I mentioned a few days ago in an O.T.?

    I sh*t you not. They're even talking about money laundering charges...the bastards.

    Where is oculus...in your prosecuting experience, the money laundering threat is a bunch of bunk right?  They couldn't possibly get away with charging a motorist who has a c-note land on his windshield with money laundering, can they?

    The DEA is welcome to (none / 0) (#15)
    by oculus on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 12:57:19 PM EST
    Flap it's collective gums but I'd be really surprised if the US Attorney"s office issued any such case. Failure of proof.

    PS. Oculus is loading up on culture in NY.

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    Cool Oc.... (none / 0) (#17)
    by kdog on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 01:12:08 PM EST
    where we partying tonight?...:)

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    will you be near Lincoln (none / 0) (#18)
    by oculus on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 01:23:24 PM EST
    Center?  I'm there @ 8pm for more Gergiev/LSO/Prokofiev w/Repin as tonight's violin soloist. Lucky me for sure.

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    Enjoy it kid.... (none / 0) (#19)
    by kdog on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 01:35:59 PM EST
    but I'll have to pass, the city on weeknights is tough with work and all.

    You've been quite the travelin' fool lately...good for you.

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    KID!!!!! (none / 0) (#24)
    by oculus on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 02:10:45 PM EST
    Love it.

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    How Was Feltsman (none / 0) (#21)
    by squeaky on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 01:46:14 PM EST
    Not my fave by a longshot. But banging out prokofiev may be ok for him.

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    fabulous (none / 0) (#23)
    by oculus on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 02:08:37 PM EST


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    Sad news from the world of sports (none / 0) (#7)
    by jbindc on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 11:52:27 AM EST
    Third Base Hall of Famer, George Kell has died at age 86.

    He was also a Detroit Tigers' TV broadcaster for years and it was really terrific to listen to his soft Arkansas drawl on a lazy hot summer day.

    He will be missed.

    Awww (none / 0) (#9)
    by Steve M on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 12:01:23 PM EST
    That is sad.  I loved his broadcasts.

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    Yup (none / 0) (#10)
    by jbindc on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 12:07:22 PM EST
    He and Al Kaline on Channel 4....next best thing to listening to Ernie Harwell.

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    I've flown Southwest (none / 0) (#12)
    by talesoftwokitties on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 12:16:02 PM EST
    quite a few times where the flight attendants gave funny and entertaining preflight instructions.  Very loose, yet professional!

    Of two minds (5.00 / 1) (#13)
    by Spamlet on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 12:34:11 PM EST
    One, that was great.

    Two, good f^cking god, passengers are already sealed in an airtight metal tube, so flight attendants should keep their intrusions into personal aural space to an absolute minimum.

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    China taking aim at the dollar? (none / 0) (#14)
    by vml68 on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 12:54:10 PM EST
    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123780272456212885.html

    Speaking of raps.... (none / 0) (#26)
    by kdog on Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 02:38:31 PM EST
    if you've never had the pleasure of the rap stylings of Jon Lajoie out of Montreal, you're in for a treat.  He's got lots of other funny bits too.

    Warning...includes profanity.

    Speaking of twitter (none / 0) (#36)
    by ruffian on Wed Mar 25, 2009 at 09:23:17 AM EST
    I just signed up last week when I was out of town and bored in the hotel room. Christopher Walken is a steady tweeter and is very funny. Check that out if you are on twitter. cwalken.

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