I'm affected in two ways by the shutdown: as a VA workstudy, I'm locked out of the office so I can't earn money (half my income) or put hundreds of veterans' paperwork in order for them to complete college degrees and/or job training. I'm also a participant in the VA's Voc Rehab program, so if the shutdown lasts through the end of October, I get no stipend (the other half of my income) and my program may come to a halt.

A government shutdown doesn't hit everyone immediately, but it if stretches out, you'll feel a hit at some point. Sort of a trickle down thing.

No morphine drip? I'm surprised.

Oh noes! Grumpy Cat ate a unicorn...

"Shh... What's that?" Truly adorable. I hope this video gets passed around a lot.

So you can't yell "fire" in a theater, because it will cause panic, but you can yell "gun" which will cause panic? Got it.

Most of the 20-somethings I know only use email if they need to send an attachment to each other. Phones are primarily for texting, and they see nothing weird in having a conversation via text with somebody who's sitting right next to them.

Seeing this amazing piece of mechanical design really makes me miss the pre-CGI days. Creating "puppets" like this and automated miniatures is a dying art.

One of the best things about having a "dumb phone" (it doesn't do texts) is that it weeds out a lot of frivolous communication. ["Hey gurl. watz up?" "Hi. Shall I give you a call so we can actually converse?" "LOL No. Jus wntd to say hey." "Well, bye." "CYA"]

These are hilarious! I'm just dying to hear the follow-up story from #20.

"Asteroids", as in this clip from "Girls Will Be Girls," aka the funniest movie I've ever seen?

So the lesson is basically "Y'all don't know sh*t, do ya?"