Very nice. Thanks, Charles!

The man has more fingers than I do.

It's not fair!

First class.

Don't know about the title but, the song is good.

Way better than McNutt on O'Reilly.

Thanks for the vid.

I love his Art of Motion.

Good evening, all...

Very nice pickin'...

Andy McKee is amazing. I have always admired guitarists who can accompany themselves, finger pick and.never.miss.a.note. I saw Joe Bonamassa last week and he was amazing also. Izzy, I'm with you...not fair.

I feel as if I'm in a buggy bumping over a country road, rolling along a babbling brook.

Sigh..... ): --every time Charles posts one of these, I send the link on to my youngest son, the musician......and get word back he enjoyed it so much he went searching for more, to the detriment of the college homework he was supposed to be doing.....

/ :)

Ebon coast is the first "whole album" that I've bought since about 2000. The whole thing is great.

Honestly now, he should be taxed & equal portions of his ability & technique should be distributed to those that are less gifted...

/

re: #14 slokat

Honestly now, he should be taxed & equal portions of his ability & technique should be distributed to those that are less gifted...

/

Hillary? Is that you?

Good stuff...

The Gnome (Pink Floyd)

Very nice music, Charles, thanks.

Good evening everyone.

re: #15 maddogg

my ankles are smaller....

With all that's happening in the world, it's seems oddly righteous to post one of the few things--maybe the only thing--that can be found on Earth that we may also expect to find in Heaven: music.

re: #8 christheprofessor
Hi there. How is your pup doing?

re: #14 slokat

Perfect analogy. While I would love to able to play like Andy, if that kind of ability was just handed to me, I would not appreciate it. Half the fun of playing guitar is progressing from stage to stage.

Kind of a metaphor for life eh?

The Gnome (ELP)

re: #23 Reno911

life, politics, what's fair.....

re: #25 song_and_dance_man

It's what's above the ankles that is troubling.

Eeeeeewwwww! PLEASE! A warning when you're posting that kind of pr0n!

re: #25 song_and_dance_man

It's what's above the ankles that is troubling.

*hurls dinner*

re: #22 Pvt Bin Jammin

Hi there. How is your pup doing?

Howdy! Spectabulous, thanks for asking. On the couch beside me, just chewin' on a huge rawhide...

re: #29 christheprofessor

Howdy! Spectabulous, thanks for asking. On the couch beside me, just chewin' on a huge rawhide...

All together now....Aaawww!

/she's so darned cute!

re: #20 slokat

my ankles are smaller....

So are mine:)

Thanks I needed that.

Someone hacked my and my wife's Warcraft accounts and cleared out everything we had. Complete loss of everything we've worked up for 2 years. We had been looking forward to some raiding with some friends this weekend.

/sorry needed to vent.

re: #26 slokat

I think equality of opportunity is all that is required. That's why politicians are so corrosive. This country has equality of opportunity. Success at something is just a function of how hard you are willing to work. Alas, like playing the guitar.

re: #24 bloodnok

Toccata.

re: #32 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Thanks I needed that.

Someone hacked my and my wife's Warcraft accounts and cleared out everything we had. Complete loss of everything we've worked up for 2 years. We had been looking forward to some raiding with some friends this weekend.

/sorry needed to vent.

Sorry to hear that, truly.

I got your pickin right hear y'all! Guit-steel! With Hendrix homage.

re: #30 Grammy Cracker

On my shit list, though. While I let a an out-of-town friend's dog out, she chewed my ceiling-lining in my car (it had started to sag)....

re: #33 Reno911

100% in agreement!

hence the initial sarc tag ----> /

re: #34 lawhawk

Toccata.

Whoa-live. Never seen that. Thanks!

re: #37 song_and_dance_man

B. Hussein with a Cackle do.

look how thrilled he is w/ that cackle do. he looks great. LOL

The perfect music to wine down with after a tough week. Thanks.

re: #38 christheprofessor

On my shit list, though. While I let a an out-of-town friend's dog out, she chewed my ceiling-lining in my car (it had started to sag)....

I tell all of mine, all the time, that if they weren't so cute, I'd kick 'em to the curb (or sell them to the gypsies). My especially sassy bitch, Cocoa Chanel, thinks her given name is Cocoa Dammit!

/every minute of frustration, anger, work, heartbreak and pain is countered with an hour of joy.

re: #29 christheprofessor
Better than chewing on a carseat. LOL I still don't trust my dog not to do that.

re: #41 song_and_dance_man

I was there. Cal Jam 1974.

How thoroughly cool. I would love to have seen them in that era.

re: #43 Phil N Blanx

The perfect music to wine down with after a tough week. Thanks.

I prefer to wine down every evening.... LOL

well, the rain stopped long enough this afternoon for me to go out w/ a fishing pole and get the bag worms out of the apple tress. i hate those things. they are horrible. they can strip a tree in a wk.

re: #38 christheprofessor

On my shit list, though. While I let a an out-of-town friend's dog out, she chewed my ceiling-lining in my car (it had started to sag)....

Well now you can do that hand tooled leather one you've always dreamed of making...

re: #19 song_and_dance_man

Looks like McCain really put a damper on the evening.

That might be disturbingly prophetic...

My pup's been chasing stick all evening, and playing keep away. She's sleeping now.

re: #52 Thanos

My pup's been chasing stick all evening, and playing keep away. She's sleeping now.

mine's sleeping too. drying his coat by the fire place.

re: #32 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Hate that. Some people have no class at all. I will pass along the warning.

re: #54 Perry

Hate that. Some people have no class at all. I will pass along the warning.

What pisses me off more than anything is we just got geared up for a new zone and tonight was going to be our first run thru it. Now we got to wait till we can see what we can recover and the raid got canced since we couldn't make it

re: #56 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

He says he knew someone whose soon-to-be ex cleaned him out and gave the gold away. Did your character get killed?

re: #49 nyc redneck

well, the rain stopped long enough this afternoon for me to go out w/ a fishing pole and get the bag worms out of the apple tress. i hate those things. they are horrible. they can strip a tree in a wk.

You missed one.

(I don't know from bag worms, but I know tomato worms, and these little bastids on the roses ...)

re: #38 christheprofessor

On my shit list, though. While I let a an out-of-town friend's dog out, she chewed my ceiling-lining in my car (it had started to sag)....

Had a dog that ate my car............from the inside out.

Best damn dog I ever had. Miss her. forgave her even though I had to drive that car for two years with gloves on to keep from tearing up my hands on the well chewed steering wheel.

George Harrison sits in the garden of gnomeria

re: #57 Perry

He says he knew someone whose soon-to-be ex cleaned him out and gave the gold away. Did your character get killed?

No, it doesnt work like that if you die in game. Plus it was me and the wife, we both got cleaned out.

re: #61 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

No, it doesnt work like that if you die in game. Plus it was me and the wife, we both got cleaned out.

Color me clueless! I thought someone had stolen your bank account....

/THAT happened to me. Really sucks, too.

re: #59 The Shadow Do
OMG I thought having my loveseat chewed up was bad.

re: #61 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

is there recompense? some way to show you were hacked & be restored?

I'm a gamer for many years, but not online since my connection is in the middle of nowhere, webwise.

Hence, no clue what the solutions might be...

re: #61 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Crap. Sorry.

Although,

Color me clueless! I thought someone had stolen your bank account....

that takes a little of the sting out.

re: #62 Grammy Cracker

Color me clueless! I thought someone had stolen your bank account....

/THAT happened to me. Really sucks, too.

I had to check all that too. Went thru all my accounts and anything I access thru either of our PCs to see if anything else got hacked. Just our game accounts, but that was a big hit for us. We basically gave up on TV years ago, but put in a few hours a night on our game, chatting with friends and doing stuff.

Life lessons thread.

Hhmmm, just thinking so far we've gone from picking to pickpockets... (in several ways)...

re: #58 itellu3times

You missed one.

(I don't know from bag worms, but I know tomato worms, and these little bastids on the roses ...)

oh, i missed quite afew. they will regroup and respin their hideous cocoon, but i will do another 'sweep' tomorrow. and then the next day. i will win. i used to use a lighted torch and burn them out but my friend said the fire might scare the trees. lol and not wanting to frighten a tree i went to the fishing pole technique.

re: CtP

Heh. I can't stay mad at her -- she's happily chewing a huge rawhide.... And, being the FNDT, I'm happily drinking...

re: #64 slokat

is there recompense? some way to show you were hacked & be restored?

I'm a gamer for many years, but not online since my connection is in the middle of nowhere, webwise.

Hence, no clue what the solutions might be...

We just started that process. We had to make sure we secure and only put in the recovery request in about an hour ago. It usually takes them a few days to restore you since they do an investigation to see what happens and prevent scammers getting free stuff.

re: #68 Perry

Life lessons thread.

Some are more expensive than others...

Good evening, Lizards.

Had an old dog that was a junk collector, I mean he dragged everything into the yard. The one that had me really scared was the day he came with a warm baby bottle with milk. Never found out or heard a complaint.

re: #70 nyc redneck

Yes! never scare a tree! They are slow to respond, but you'll never know what to expect.

/

re: #62 Grammy Cracker

Color me clueless! I thought someone had stolen your bank account....

/THAT happened to me. Really sucks, too.

that's what i thought too.

re: #63 Pvt Bin Jammin

OMG I thought having my loveseat chewed up was bad.

Custom-made Tony Lama boots... He only ate the uh, ahem, well, uh... lizard skin portion.

/suddenly I feel so....cannibalistic.

TV really stinks on Friday night. Gives me even more reason to sympathise with Kragar and his WoW acct.

re: #74 jainphx

We have a fairly young pup that has found and chewed on every old piece of trash hidden in the far recesses of the yard.... wish we could harness that talent.

re: #67 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

I had to check all that too. Went thru all my accounts and anything I access thru either of our PCs to see if anything else got hacked. Just our game accounts, but that was a big hit for us. We basically gave up on TV years ago, but put in a few hours a night on our game, chatting with friends and doing stuff.

It's still such a violation! I hope you can recover what you've lost. I did.

I check every bank account and credit card Grandpa Cracker and I have, online, every day. That way, if there is any funny business, I can shut it down immediately. Don't think that helps much in your situation, though....

Previously unseen posters are still showing up in the Expelled thread. They seem to be working in shifts.

Here's that sleepy puppy I was talking about, just took a photo, click on the thumbnail here.

re: #74 jainphx

Had an old dog that was a junk collector, I mean he dragged everything into the yard. The one that had me really scared was the day he came with a warm baby bottle with milk. Never found out or heard a complaint.

My neighbor has a dog kind of like that. She keeps digging through my garden and stealing my radishes, of all things.

re: #79 slokat

Loved that old dog, I know that he couldn't have harmed anyone he was so gentle, still he had to have taken that bottle right from the baby.

Good (yawn) night, Lizards. Sleep well.

re: #63 Pvt Bin Jammin

OMG I thought having my loveseat chewed up was bad.

Well, not so much bad as maybe uncomfortable? I really made an impression when dating back in the day with that car. Hey, at least my dog liked me!

Best damn dog I ever had. What was she thinking at the time? This car tastes good?

re: #72 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

We just started that process. We had to make sure we secure and only put in the recovery request in about an hour ago. It usually takes them a few days to restore you since they do an investigation to see what happens and prevent scammers getting free stuff.

Welcome to BuyMMOAccounts.com

/in case you don't get them back

re: #81 Charles

Previously unseen posters are still showing up in the Expelled thread. They seem to be working in shifts.

Omigosh they are worse than VB/GoV supporters in persistence. Are we sure that's not part of the crowd?

re: #82 Thanos

Here's that sleepy puppy I was talking about, just took a photo, click on the thumbnail here.

is that cute pup an australian cattle dog?

re: #77 Grammy Cracker

Custom-made Tony Lama boots...

Llamas are dangerous, so if you see one where people are swimming, you shout:

Cuidado cuidado cuidado Llamas
Cuidado cuidado cuidado Llamas
Ole!
(Look out, there are llamas!)

re: #77 Grammy Cracker
Oh noes! Just the lizard part?

I forgot to mention the pocket flap on my husband's leather jacket, etc, etc.

I love my little guy but he is pretty bad that way and he is over two years old already.

re: #82 Thanos

Here's that sleepy puppy I was talking about, just took a photo, click on the thumbnail here.

Awwwww! Is she an Australian Cattle Dog?

re: #89 nyc redneck

Looks Ausie Shep...

re: #82 Thanos

No disrespect to Cat loving Lizards, but dogs rock. That dog of yours looks so peaceful, as if he had no cares.

re: #89 nyc redneck

is that cute pup an australian cattle dog?

Yes, she's a blue merle Austrailian shepherd. ( so called because they are really from the US Southwest, but were originally used to herd Australian sheep) It's in the blood, she tries to herd us going up and downstairs and will run circles around the other dogs until they are backed into a corner of the yard. Zero training in herding.

re: #49 nyc redneck

well, the rain stopped long enough this afternoon for me to go out w/ a fishing pole and get the bag worms out of the apple tress. i hate those things. they are horrible. they can strip a tree in a wk.

How's the fishing pole used?

re: #88 Thanos

Omigosh they are worse than VB/GoV supporters in persistence. Are we sure that's not part of the crowd?

The way they keep bringing up hitler- you have to wonder.

re: #87 Killian Bundy

Welcome to BuyMMOAccounts.com

/in case you don't get them back

Its the gold services like that which are behind a lot of the hacking.

re: #81 Charles

Previously unseen posters are still showing up in the Expelled thread. They seem to be working in shifts.

You cannot run to that music.

Well heck I might as well head down there.

re: #94 jainphx

No disrespect to Cat loving Lizards, but dogs rock. That dog of yours looks so peaceful, as if he had no cares.

Or dead?

*runs away*

re: #81 Charles

Previously unseen posters are still showing up in the Expelled thread. They seem to be working in shifts.

I saw where tfk went in for a second kill. lol

re: #101 Thanos

Well heck I might as well head down there.

No! Don't go down there! Nothing good can come of it!

/LOL, but in a kinda sad, ironic sort of way...

re: #82 Thanos

Nice lookin' dog. I think the orange is contajus.

re: #102 The Shadow Do

LOLOLOLOL, that made me laugh out loud.

re: #100 pat

You cannot run to that music.

lol

re: #105 Noam Sayin'

Nice lookin' dog. I think the orange is contajus.

LOL! I confess...I just don't *get* most cats. But that is damn funny, as are most of the lolcat pictures.

re: #86 The Shadow Do
Well, not so much bad as maybe uncomfortable? I really made an impression when dating back in the day with that car. Hey, at least my dog liked me!

LOL When we were young and really poor we bought a used car that already had the driver's seat all chewed up. Thank God I was married and not dating. The funny story about that car was that my sister in law borrowed it for a couple of days and as a thank you she restuffed the seat with something she found in our garage and kind of fixed it up for me. After getting the itchies for a week I finally found out she had used fiberglass insulation.

re: #81 Charles

Previously unseen posters are still showing up in the Expelled thread. They seem to be working in shifts.

Sounds like CSI, where you can tell the age of the corpse by inspecting the maggots.

re: #100 pat

You cannot run to that music.

Well that would depend entirely on how you run

re: #109 Pvt Bin Jammin

Oh shit!

re: #95 Thanos

Yes, she's a blue merle Austrailian shepherd. ( so called because they are really from the US Southwest, but were originally used to herd Australian sheep) It's in the blood, she tries to herd us going up and downstairs and will run circles around the other dogs until they are backed into a corner of the yard. Zero training in herding.

it is in the blood w/ the herders. it's incredible. my friend was visiting w/ his 4mo. old border collie ( the kind in the movie 'babe') and that little pup was running us all. his 4 daughters were getting nipped and pushed along. we were a bunch of sheep. it was fun.
your pup is adorable. i love that coat on the blue merles

And the hits just keep on comin'!

New at zomblog:

Another ridiculous day with the Code Pink witches in Berkeley

Please, God, make it stop!

Or should that be “Goddess” instead?

On Friday, May 9, Code Pink dressed up as “witches and crones” in front of the Marine Recruiting Office in Berkeley — though how this differed from their normal appearance was not explained. Seeking to “invoke the Foremothers” in their ongoing attempt to use any means — physical, magical, self-defeating — to win their metaphorical war against the United States Marine Corps, Code Pink posed for the cameras as they always do, and (as they also always do) achieved absolutely nothing other than to discredit themselves.

Fortunately, I missed most of the action, swinging by later in the day to find this incomprehensible scene of a virgin bride holding a bloody baby. Tell me again what this has to do with witchcraft and cronery?

Note, also, the sign on the right: after four years of dedicating themselves to the “peace movement,” Code Pink has still yet to master the impossibly convoluted intricacies of the peace sign, and often as not will produce a Mercedes Benz logo instead.

re: #81 Charles

Can you lock threads? Not that you should, just curious.

re: #115 zombie

Thanks Z, I was hoping for this

I've bred and raised Australian Cattle Dogs - AKA Queensland Heelers...

Here's the difference:

Shepherds

Cattle Dogs

+ there's the difference in how aggressive...

re: #116 markx

Can you lock threads? Not that you should, just curious.

I have been in a collapsing thread. It was like The Matrix.

re: #115 zombie

Note, also, the sign on the right: after four years of dedicating themselves to the “peace movement,” Code Pink has still yet to master the impossibly convoluted intricacies of the peace sign, and often as not will produce a Mercedes Benz logo instead.

Okay, now that's funny. And so apropos!

re: #96 Noam Sayin'

How's the fishing pole used?

you take the fishing pole and poke it up in their web/cocoon in the trees and twirl it around and pull down what you can of a awful glob of bag worms. and then stomp them. yes, gardening can make a person mean. but they are horrible pests and quite destructive.

re: #115 zombie

Nice.

re: #100 pat

**(See Jeremiah Wright's explanation in his famous speech to the NPC last month. You just don't have the right internal metronome).

re: #118 slokat

I've bred and raised Australian Cattle Dogs - AKA Queensland Heelers...

Here's the difference:

Shepherds

Cattle Dogs

+ there's the difference in how aggressive...

that's quite a bit of difference. both really adorable tho.

re: #82 Thanos
Hey Thanos, Aren't ACD's the best? I have an 8 year old red girl, Chansey. We call her Moo. And I can back up that herded up and down the stairs thing, and herded to the
kitchen for a glass of water thing. But we would not trade her for the world, even if she is a bed/pillow hog who snores like a drunken lumberjack. [Link: s212.photobucket.com...]

re: #115 zombie

The makeshift magical witches’ shrine ?

WTF?

re: #114 nyc redneck

Even funnier is watching a couple of Corgis herd toddlers.....
The stubbies chasing the stubbies.

re: #123 tradewind

**(See Jeremiah Wright's explanation in his famous speech to the NPC last month. You just don't have the right internal metronome).

Maybe not, but dimes to dollars I can outrun, swim, or paddle Rev Wright. :)

If the King loves music, it is well with the land.

A great ACD site is: [Link: www.cattledog.com...]
lots of good stuff there.

re: #128 pat

Hopefully, you read the unwritten sarc tag I had attached there.
:)

re: #124 nyc redneck

I've also owned shepherds, they are one family dogs but mellow, heelers are one person dogs & territorially aggressive.

Subject: Monument Committee

>
>
> Dear Friends and Relatives:
>
>
> We have the distinguished honor of being on the committee to raise
> $5,000,000.00 for a monument of Hillary Clinton's heroic stand
under
> Bosnian sniper fire.
>
> We originally wanted to put her on Mt. Rushmore until we discovered
> there was not enough room for two more faces.
> We then decided to erect a statue of Hillary Clinton in the
> Washington, DC Hall Of Fame. We are having a bit of difficulty as
> to where the statue should be placed. It was not proper to place
> it beside the statue of George Washington, who never told a lie, or
> beside Jesse Jackson & Barack Obama, who never told the truth, since
> Hillary Clinton could never tell the difference.
> We finally decided to place it beside Christopher Columbus, the
> greatest Democrat of them all. He left not knowing where he was
> going, and when he got there he did not know where he was. He
> returned not knowing where he had been, and did it all on someone
> else's money.
> If you are one of the fortunate people who have anything left after
> taxes, we expect a generous contribution to this worthwhile project.
> Thank you,
> Hillary Clinton Monument Committee
> P.S. The Committee has raised $1.35 so far.
> P.P.S And another thing... Now let me get this straight. Bill
> Clinton is getting $12 Million for his memoirs. His wife Hillary
> got $8 million for hers. That's $20 million for memories from two
> people, who for eight years repeatedly testified, under oath, that
> they couldn't remember anything.
> God Bless America !

re: #125 CapeCoddah

Proud looking Red!

Debka article says Syria is stepping into Lebanon, too, and it's even worse than ever.

re: #136 slokat
She is the best girl in the world! Smarter than most people I know, and does stick to my 2 year old granddaughter like glue when they are outside.Will not let her anywhere the road, and does herd her to keep her where she wants her. We broke her out of the nipping thing when she was a pup, so she moves the baby by tapping her with her nose.

re: #138 CapeCoddah

Maggie who only visits my mom a few times a year, is here protector when we are there.

re: #139 slokat
They are without a doubt the best breed out there, but I am so in love with our Bullmastiff, too, such a sweet guy.

ARRRGGGHHH!

Moonbats *spit*

In Costco picking up a bunch of stuff. Husband and wife are looking for salt. She decides Costco is out of salt and then says, "What happened, did Bush screw up the salt too?" I burst out laughing.

These people are so freaking helpless, if Costco doesn't have salt gov't should fix it. I think we should go back to 40 acres and mule. If you want something, grow, make, hunt, or trade for it. Develop a little self reliance.

re: #115 zombie

As always, you got some awesome pictures. Those crones are pathetic-especially their latest "Hey, let's bake some sugar cookies to represent war victims" stunt. WTF!?!?

Dog instincts are amazing. I had a sheltie years ago that I thought was just an apartment sized collie and just a generally agreeable pooch which she was.

One Sunday morning I looked out in my small back yard to see her zigging and zagging around a group of 5 or 6 young kids who had come into my yard. Before I could run out to intervene the kids all huddled up in a corner of the yard, and the sheltie simply sat down and watched them.

I Called the dog in. Told the kids it was OK to leave.

Amazing.

I did. lol
And what are those hand motions Rev Wright does. I mean I have heard of air guitars, but this guy has an air piano and an air harp. And I am sure he hears music the rest of us don't. But then preaching to his choir was easy as picking the pocket of the blind. And he did that also.

re: #143 The Shadow Do

Dog instincts are amazing. I had a sheltie years ago that I thought was just an apartment sized collie and just a generally agreeable pooch which she was.

One Sunday morning I looked out in my small back yard to see her zigging and zagging around a group of 5 or 6 young kids who had come into my yard. Before I could run out to intervene the kids all huddled up in a corner of the yard, and the sheltie simply sat down and watched them.

I Called the dog in. Told the kids it was OK to leave.

Amazing.

They've used Border and Australian sheep dog in the Seattle area for scaring Canadian Geese out of parks. The geese make a g-d awful mess. The dog naturally try to herd the geese. The geese hate being herded.

re: #143 The Shadow Do
LOL, Luckily, my moo never got hold of a group of kids, but she does regularly "rescue" our neighbors from their bikes and lawnmowers. Thank god they all love her too!
I had a collie growing up, and he was an awesome guy too, but he never herded, he also did not like being tied to bikes and used as a sled dog. I still have that scar!

re: #115 zombie

The shrine is...um...in magical terms? A mess. If one is trying to evoke - never mind invoke - a Power, the symbols need to harmonize, and be centered. If one is going to use a rectangle...criminy. Rectangles do not work - they set the elements at angles, and therefore at conflict. The lines don't match, so the power's out of balance.

Magic doesn't work, period. But if you're going to try to use it, it depends on harmony and tension within a rather hard framework. That ... mess ... doesn't work.

In normal aesthetic terms, a freakin' disaster.

re: #147 Dianna

Reflective of the essence of Code Pink, Dianna! :D

Hey, everybody! What's the magic word tonight?

re: #143 The Shadow Do

Herding breeds always do that to kids. It's hysterical. I know of a corgi who used to, at her owner's annual Christmas party, put the kids in a corner and not let them out without a parent.

re: #115 zombie

This Thursday at around 5pm, Code Pink was in San Francisco at the usual spot for troublemakers: Market St & New Montgomery. The put up a sign titled 'Impeach' - pink on black, of course. Very stylish.

re: #115 zombie

I was wondering how long before you put that up!

re: #147 Dianna

The shrine is...um...in magical terms? A mess. If one is trying to evoke - never mind invoke - a Power, the symbols need to harmonize, and be centered. If one is going to use a rectangle...criminy. Rectangles do not work - they set the elements at angles, and therefore at conflict. The lines don't match, so the power's out of balance.

Magic doesn't work, period. But if you're going to try to use it, it depends on harmony and tension within a rather hard framework. That ... mess ... doesn't work.

In normal aesthetic terms, a freakin' disaster.

Their feng shui a little funged up?

re: #150 savage_nation

hi kids. me back

SAVAGE!

re: #153 eclectic infidel

Wait. That was Wednesday. I'm tired, and I've got a big day ahead of me tomorrow.

re: #148 Karridine

It's pretty bad, and not even vaguely thought-out.

How are you? I haven't been on when you've been around, lately, just seen you quoted.

He must have studied Michael Hedges, with that tuning. Very nice!

re: #153 eclectic infidel

I missed that!

Of course, if I'm not out of the office by 3:30, I miss my train, MUNI being what it is.

re: #152 savage_nation

What's the drinking word?

Where are you, savage? More importantly, how are you?

re: #145 jcm

They've used Border and Australian sheep dog in the Seattle area for scaring Canadian Geese out of parks. The geese make a g-d awful mess. The dog naturally try to herd the geese. The geese hate being herded.

I think there is an awful lot of useful/practical knowledge that is being lost with modernity. Animals were bred for a purpose. Respect it! Today's PC is a horrible blanket over millenia of effort to actually achieve something. Or so think I.

re: #155 jcm

Feng shui, in so far as I understand it, is a little more fluid than ritual magic. But I think anyone who knows feng shui would have been pretty appalled, too.

re: #149 Sarge1984

Hey, everybody! What's the magic word tonight?

/flying witches

re: #163 The Shadow Do

I think there is an awful lot of useful/practical knowledge that is being lost with modernity. Animals were bred for a purpose. Respect it! Today's PC is a horrible blanket over millenia of effort to actually achieve something. Or so think I.

There some folks down in Roy, WA. They've got sheep on a farm, they make money on the side letting city folks bring their herding dogs out to herd for a while. What I've heard, is the dogs are much calmer and relaxed if they get to work at what they've been bred for.

Tonight's episode of BSG:

A gut twister.

When the organic central processor of the guidance system on your massive starship says, "I'll be dead in a thousand light years", you should ask how?

Found out tonight.

re: #167 savage_nation

Good news! Glad to hear the baby's okay.

Sorry you're waiting on your wife, though...

zombie--my favorite pic (FWIW) is the one of the shrine, with the Marine Corps poster in the background that says, "Superior Thinking has Always Overwhelmed Superior Force."

Classic!

re: #165 Killian Bundy

And the fellow running along the hillside not ten paces behind the "witch"? Did no one note him?

It's a kite, I think.

re: #146 CapeCoddah

LOL, Luckily, my moo never got hold of a group of kids, but she does regularly "rescue" our neighbors from their bikes and lawnmowers. Thank god they all love her too!
I had a collie growing up, and he was an awesome guy too, but he never herded, he also did not like being tied to bikes and used as a sled dog. I still have that scar!

The collie dog I had as a kid, Wendy, is still the standard of quality of dogs for me. God, I did love that dog. Gorgeous, protective, loyal beyond belief. What is it with dogs? Better than people most of the time.

re: #166 jcm

There some folks down in Roy, WA. They've got sheep on a farm, they make money on the side letting city folks bring their herding dogs out to herd for a while. What I've heard, is the dogs are much calmer and relaxed if they get to work at what they've been bred for.

Wonderful

WOW!

Tornado in a parking lot.

I don't get it. Technically, it's impeccable. But, shorn of the video, it's nothing more than background music for the waiting room in a doctor's office. How about some footage of Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery, or Django Reinhardt? You could FEEL that stuff. (Actually, Wes veered into the elevator realm toward the end of his brief career, but that stuff he played on "Live at Tsubo" with the Miles Davis Quintet is the real jihad, as in "armed conquest," and not some watered-down jihad, as in "internal struggle.")

re: #146 CapeCoddah
My connection to LGF suddenly evaported...
Back again....

From 2002 but shows how pretty she was (maybe not how exactly I am....) katdog

/ ;)

re: #167 savage_nation

I'm waiting at the truck stop for my wife to pick me up. I'm not parking on the street with $200,000 worth of pure magnesium ingots, no way.

I'm good. My daughters baby is doing well, the bloodwork checks out ok.

Glad to hear you're getting some family time.
Been busy, mostly hit and run posting if at all. Whazzup?

re: #177 savage_nation

Dogs are loyalty with no strings attached.

Just so, Savage

Folks, in general, do nothing without the strings. A shame really.

re: #170 savage_nation

It's on the DVR, waiting for the Male to get home from practice.

re: #178 Zooty Zoot

Technically, it's impeccable. But, short of the video, it's nothing more than background music for the waiting room in a doctor's office.

Ha. Technically impeccable Muzak!

What is this? Where is every body? It's Friday night - does everyone have a date or something?

Sorry if this has already been talked about...Obama has visited 57 states...or so he says. Seriously.

[Link: www.stoptheaclu.com...]

re: #186 Dianna

What is this? Where is every body? It's Friday night - does everyone have a date or something?

That would be nice.

re: #187 savage_nation

I haven't a clue. So far as I know, there are a number of episodes left; though it's gotten so unrelentingly grim that I'm past caring.

When everybody - cylon and human - dies, it will be a relief.

They've turned Starbuck into a quivering mass of emotional jelly. Who cares?

re: #186 Dianna

Ouch. That hurts.

re: #188 kevinmumaw

Cool what are the other seven states named?

It's like new brothers/sisters and we don't know who they are?

/

re: #188 kevinmumaw

Sorry if this has already been talked about...Obama has visited 57 states...or so he says. Seriously.

[Link: www.stoptheaclu.com...]

Well theres the usual 50 and then there are Guam, Puerto Rico, Mexico, denial, confusion, shock, and disbelief.

re: #189 The Other Les

Dates?

Over-rated. I'm happier doing the whole "committed relationship." Usually, anyway.

I will admit it would be more fun if we were ten years younger and a lot richer, but, hey, you can't have everything.

re: #192 slokat

Let's see...Syria, Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, Cuba, Myanmar, and...Berkeley?

re: #182 savage_nation

I've been running the wheels off the rig. I'm trying to get 12K miles a month so I can get the 500 dollar bonus.

That takes about 21 days on hte road if I did the math right.

re: #191 Sarge1984

Sorry. Picture me showing major contrition.

re: #186 Dianna

What is this? Where is every body? It's Friday night - does everyone have a date or something?

My wife is at work. If I had a date or something, I would be in big heap of.............

How you Dianna, gotta date?

re: #186 Dianna

I usually have a band practice or gig in a bar on Friday nights. This week its on Saturday so I'm hanging out here on the FNDT while watching the Lakers Jazz game.

re: #182 savage_nation

I've been running the wheels off the rig. I'm trying to get 12K miles a month so I can get the 500 dollar bonus.

Your carbon footprint is HUGE!

re: #198 The Shadow Do

Waiting for my Male. He's at martial arts; I got hung up at work.

re: #197 Dianna

re: #198 The Shadow Do

I'm in the same boat, Shadow Do. Momma's working away from the house. This is a lot safer.

And more enjoyable, too.

re: #199 Mich-again

Cool.

re: #201 Dianna

Waiting for my Male. He's at martial arts; I got hung up at work.

Well give him hell when he gets home! It's only right you know.

re: #202 Sarge1984

I keep hitting "new comments" and not getting any.

re: #176 jcm

Caught this one from your link. Awesome video of a huge tornado.

Three or four minutes worth of video.

re: #206 The Shadow Do

Nah - I want him to be happy to be home.

re: #207 Dianna

I keep hitting "new comments" and not getting any.

Me, too.

It's a slow night for the FNDT...

Thinking I might hit the lounge for a wake-up call...

re: #210 Dianna

Nah - I want him to be happy to be home.

You're a peach Dianna. I mean that.

re: #211 Sarge1984

I don't type fast enough for the lounge.

re: #212 The Shadow Do

Ta, much.

re: #207 Dianna

something is not working right... I keep having to leave LGF and come back. My browser tells me that a script is not scripting... or whatever it is supposed to be doing...

re: #214 savage_nation

Good night!

re: #158 Dianna

We're fine, family well, finances looking up, gratitude is our attitude...

...but after going to Haifa, Israel and electing the Universal House of Justice for the next 5 years of service to humankind, the Burmese delegates came back to find scenes of appalling disaster, compounded by the Burmese 'government' and characterized by 15,000 unburied corpses, now 6 days old... pungent is not the word, health threats starts to convey it, but we are hard-wired to be assaulted by the stench of rotting corpses...

...and some of THEM were friends, children, fellow Baha'is among the carnage, Dianna...

Leftists and taxes.....
Records show Sharpton owes overdue taxes, other penalties

: Government records obtained by The Associated Press indicate that Sharpton and his business entities owe nearly $1.5 million in overdue taxes and associated penalties.

$1.5 million would pay for a lot of social programs.

re: #216 slokat

Oh, that doesn't sound good. And I'm the worst possible person to relate the problem to, as technical matters somehow escape my abilities.

re: #219 Killgore Trout

Leftists and taxes.....
Records show Sharpton owes overdue taxes, other penalties

$1.5 million would pay for a lot of social programs.

Nice jail term as well.

re: #220 Dianna

just letting you know it wasn't just you....

re: #218 Karridine

I'm very sorry. The last bit of news I saw said that the Burmese government would only let the US land one cargo plane of supplies. Is that all? Is there anything anyone can do from the US?

re: #203 Dianna

We always learn some new songs at practice. Next Friday we're gonna play Creep and Hash Pipe for the first time live. As for the finger picking stuff, not so much. We'd need chicken wire if we played that kind of music at the dives we play at.

re: #222 slokat

Here I figured that somehow I'd intimidated people who've never been intimidated by an internet persona in their lives...it did wonders for my ego.

/ok, yes, I'm being very silly.

Went to the lounge, got signed out here...dang!

re: #224 Mich-again

The art of ducking a well-thrown bottle while not missing a note is for the young, I think. My hands have gotten so stiff and weak that I'm lucky to chord my way through a song without disgrace anymore.

re: #219 Killgore Trout

Leftists and taxes.....
Records show Sharpton owes overdue taxes, other penalties

Political celebrity, getting a pass from the IRS that the common folks don't get.
I wonder if he'll get a sentence as severe as Wesley Snipes'.

re: #226 Sarge1984

Did you get the word of the night while you were there?

re: #228 jaunte

He precedes his name with "Reverend", so, no.

re: #226 Sarge1984

Went to the lounge, got signed out here...dang!

Going to the lounge is like getting dropped into a bar by a time machine. You don't know whats been going on before you got there. 20 people are talking at once about 10 different things. It exacerbates my ADHD issues.

re: #223 Dianna

Unfortunately it is in the hands of the Burmese Overlords now...they won't accept much in the way of outside help, and when they do, they just take the aid for themselves anyway. They are one step shy of Somalia.

re: #227 Dianna

The art of ducking a well-thrown bottle while not missing a note is for the young, I think.

LOL! And there is guaranteed to be someone screaming BLACK SABBATH! in the bar. And it doesn't help to play one or two from Sabbath. Thats all they want to hear so they'll keep yelling it all night.

re: #232 kevinmumaw

Somalia has one (dis)advantage: because of their clan structure, power has never managed to really centralize.

Good points and bad points to that. Mostly, for Somalia, bad.

re: #228 jaunte

I hope he gets the maximum punishment, but that's just wishful thinking.

re: #223 Dianna

The situation is dire because food and fuel supplies have been
destroyed and the port is damaged preventing international assistance.
Items requested are medicines. Not so much for injuries but for illness.
Fevers, rashes, etc from the contaminated water. Food that is easy to ship.

Instant ramen noodles, dry beans, salt, tuna fish, crackers, and mosqitio
nets nd repellent. I will solicite local assist for other criticl items
such as candles, clothing, blankets, etc. Also school has been cancelled so
items for kids would be great too. It is going to be a long recovery. If
you would like you can also send money.

and

"Believers wishing to donate money for disaster relief which will be hand-carried to the Bahá'ís of Myanmar can deposit contributions in the following account..." I have access to channels, but as you can read, they're for believers... and it MUST be hand-carried, due to Junta-socialist restrictions... and the damage to infrastructure, which was in shabby shape BEFORE the tidal surge...

I thought I saw an online link earlier for non-Baha'is to contribute to the relief efforts through American Burmese, who ALSO must & will hand-carry the relief aid...

Its a mess, Dianna, and we hear about it every 2 hours on Thai TV news...

re: #232 kevinmumaw

Looks like Bush is going to enlist the Chinese to lean on the junta to accept more aid:
[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]

So how come nobody commented on my dog... ?
bad timing?

Regarding Burma - I posted this last night as an example of how frustrated even the church relief agencies are... but some aid is getting in. ELCA Press Release

Hey Y'all - what have I missed?!

re: #233 Mich-again

Oh, my, really? Even now?

There used to always - no matter what bar I was in, no matter for what purpose - some girl who either played Free Bird six times in a row on the juke box, or kept yowling for it like a cat in heat.

The first thing we should do for Burmese cyclone relief is drop some cruise missiles on the junta HQ.

Bah%uFFFD'%uFFFDs = Baha'is = Follower of the Glory of God

re: #223 Dianna

I'm very sorry. The last bit of news I saw said that the Burmese government would only let the US land one cargo plane of supplies. Is that all? Is there anything anyone can do from the US?

For the Junta, a few hundred thousand dead are just eggs. Allowing in foreign aid threatens the grasp they have on their omelet. What's a few eggs when the might lose the whole thing?

re: #239 realwest

Not much, pretty slow night here. I'm getting ready to sign off and have some dinner. Hope all is well.

re: #235 bosforus
Re Sharpton:

"Donors have included Protection money has been paid by beer giant Anheuser-Busch, which gave more than $100,000 last year, and Forest City Ratner, a real estate development company that courted black leaders for support of a plan to build an NBA arena in Brooklyn. PepsiCo, for several years, gave Sharpton a compensated position on one of its advisory boards.

The group also enjoys financial support from the state's top politicians.

New York Gov. David Paterson has transferred at least $28,000 from his own re-election committee to the National Action Network since 2001. Rep. Charles Rangel, a top Democrat in Congress, has been another major backer, giving at least $83,000. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has given $10,000.

re: #243 jcm

The Junta is worried that UN or USA will gain control...

re: #241 Mich-again
Hey Mich - ya know someone suggested that on an earlier thread and I said then what I'll say now: I think we ought to send some US Army Special Forces or Navy Seals in to do the job properly, avoid any collateral damage and the like.

re: #240 Dianna

Oh, my, really? Even now?

I have observed a very high correlation to soldiers coming back from Iraq wanting to hear Black Sabbath. I love talking to those guys at breaks and telling them how much I admire them for their service. But there is a real connection there. Can any military folks shed some light on that?

re: #236 Karridine

One of the charities I work with is requesting that we hold our donations until they have a secure way to convey relief. They're really concerned about getting to the people who need help, and they're being denied the usual access.

Someone much earlier today had a reply from the Samaritan's Purse people, I don't remember who. It looks like everyone's having a hard time doing anything.

re: #243 jcm

They WILL lose the whole thing, the only question is WHEN, so they do all they can to answer, 'Not now...' and continue with their boot on the Burmese throat...

re: #241 Mich-again

It's a thought I've had a few times. Unfortunately, at this exact juncture, I don't think that would be all that helpful.

Dianna, hi

re: #247 realwest

Hey Mich - ya know someone suggested that on an earlier thread and I said then what I'll say now: I think we ought to send some US Army Special Forces or Navy Seals in to do the job properly, avoid any collateral damage and the like.

That's probably one of the reasons the junta doesn't want any US Military assets coming in. Their craping their pants worried a SEAL will get off and coming looking for 'em.

re: #227 Dianna

The art of ducking a well-thrown bottle while not missing a note is for the young, I think. My hands have gotten so stiff and weak that I'm lucky to chord my way through a song without disgrace anymore.

Even the young don't handle it well.

Years ago, my daughter convinced me to take her to a free Green Day concert on the Esplenade in Boston. Where we were was fine; everyone had a good time, although I probably was the oldest person there, and acting like a jerk by trying to be overprotective of my daughter.
Anyway, the concert got cut short because people were throwing things at the stage. We went home; my daughter disappointed that the concert was short, but we still had a good time.

re: #247 realwest

Hey Mich - ya know someone suggested that on an earlier thread and I said then what I'll say now: I think we ought to send some US Army Special Forces or Navy Seals in to do the job properly, avoid any collateral damage and the like.

Only if they have permission to "neutralize" any idiots who want to check visas of aid workers before allowing any humanitarian aid to come in.

re: #250 Karridine

They WILL lose the whole thing, the only question is WHEN, so they do all they can to answer, 'Not now...' and continue with their boot on the Burmese throat...

They always end up losing. I hope and pray sooner. The people of Burma, and many other places deserve better.

re: #229 jaunte

Did you get the word of the night while you were there?

No. It's dead there, too.

Did the Zionists checks come in today or something?

re: #248 Mich-again

"Iron Man"

Has he lost his mind?
Can he see or is he blind?
Can he walk at all,
Or if he moves will he fall?
Is he alive or dead?
Has he thoughts within his head?
We'll just pass him there
why should we even care?

He was turned to steel
in the great magnetic field
When he travelled time
for the future of mankind

Nobody wants him
He just stares at the world
Planning his vengeance
that he will soon unfurl

Now the time is here
for Iron Man to spread fear
Vengeance from the grave
Kills the people he once saved

Nobody wants him
They just turn their heads
Nobody helps him
Now he has his revenge

Heavy boots of lead
fills his victims full of dread
Running as fast as they can
Iron Man lives again!

I have always been uncomfortable with the resonance that has to some of my darker moods. Is that an answer?

re: #249 Dianna

Hand-carry or feed the tyrants... BAD situation, Dianna

And as JCM notes, the govt doesn't care a whit for the Burmese people, alive, and even LESS for Burmese dead, even though the corpses threaten public health... bad water, no food, no gas, no transport, no housing (thatched roofs WENT in the blasting wind), no meds...

re: #252 pat

Hi, pat.

How's things?

re: #255 Mich-again

Only if they have permission to "neutralize" any idiots who want to check visas of aid workers before allowing any humanitarian aid to come in.

A SEAL displaying his visa.

just as an exercise: How many people died from Katrina?

re: #255 Mich-again Um, well, if they neutralize the Junta, won't that have the same effect?!

re: #259 Karridine

I know.

This is the sort of situation I just hate.

Re the disaster in Burma:

You know, if they could blame Jews, the UN would be making a big stink about this. But the junta has no Jews, so they don't even make strongly worded letters.

There might be way more than 100,000 dead in Burma before its over especially if the junta keeps holding up relief efforts. I wouldn't be shocked if the number grew to a million.

But the scoundrels aren't just the Burmese junta. The USA has Al Gore trying to exploit it all for his own political gain, blaming the cyclone and the deaths on global warming which is code for BlameBush.org.

Oh, good. I've wandered back in while the conversation's on Myanmar.

Help me out here, folks. I realize I may not be thinking clearly, and may be going off of knee-jerk reaction, but...the government there is anti-American, but we're all twisted up about getting aid to them anyway. Why? Why are we trying to force them to accept our help? Why not just offer, and, when they decline, be done with them?

re: #253 jcm Hey there my friend - guess what - we could drop off a seal team or a Special Forces team without them even knowing about it until it's too late (we've specially modified/built nuke subs to do just that!)!

re: #257 Sarge1984

Don't know where everyone is; I just got back from a 23rd anniversary dinner, and now me and my best girl are glazing out over our computers and having a glass of wine.

re: #262 slokat

1599 at highest count, direct & indirect

/What's your point?

re: #262 slokat

just as an exercise: How many people died from Katrina?

Total direct and indirect, less that 2k. IIRC.

re: #261 jcm

A SEAL displaying his visa.

Yeah I got your visa right here!

re: #262 slokat

Wikipedia - sourced, for once - says 1,836.

I saw an article that says over 4,000....

re: #244 Killgore Trout
Hey thanks my friend - yeah, everything is ok here!
Kinda late to be eating dinner, isn't it?!
Well in any event I hope you're doing well too!