Amusing headline of the morning

[beowabbit]

Amusing headline of the morning, from the Boston Metro: Dems hold breath, nation turns blue.

Comments

[mattlistener.livejournal.com]

Gah! You beat me to it by 21 minutes. :-P

[beowabbit]

Good thing I was still aboveground when I saw it, then!

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Squeeee! I wish I'd thought to wear blue today. :-)

Probably you've answered this elsewhere, but what's the story behind the Emperor Norton gravestone in your icon?

[beowabbit]

Probably you've answered this elsewhere, but what's the story behind the Emperor Norton gravestone in your icon?

If you mean “who was Emperor Norton”, he was a 19th-century San Francisco eccentric who proclaimed himself emperor, issued decrees (and often got annoyed when they weren’t carried out), corresponded with presidents and royalty, wandered around the streets in a uniform with ceremonial sword, and printed his own money, which local businesses honoured. He was kind of a San Francisco mascot.

If you mean, why am I using it, I needed an Emperor Norton userpic for a comment on somebody else’s journal recently, and I thought it would be useful for whimsical politics-related posts.

*Kiss.*