It's open, and I'm here.

Sort of.

It's like looking down a row of mirrors...

In college, I was "the scruffy blonde." Now I'm one of the "scruffy no-names".

Is this an improvement?

re: #1 Dianna

It's open, and I'm here.

Sort of.

Same here. Mr. Sandman is elusive tonight.

Dang, it is hot tonight.

What happened to the scruffy bunch of no names?

Some of us are even nobody to this day.

The dogs are walked, the garbage is out, but it's still too hot to sleep.

re: #7 Sharmuta

You're here, aren't you?

Therefore, you are definitely somebody.

It's Thursday, and i am open. Hey Dianna, looking for action? ;)

re: #5 rawmuse

It is nasty, isn't it?

There's a halo around the moon, so there may be rain in the offing.

Everyone have fun tonight.

re: #10 pat

Always.

What sort are you proposing?

re: #11 Dianna

I take my physical on Saturday. I hope they let me take it early before the temps get high. Got to run 2 miles.

What's this "heat" y'all are talking about?

I have freaks in my woodwork and bats in my belfry.

re: #12 The Other Les

No wang chunging! Eeep!

I keep thinking I'd forgotten that band, but it keeps recurring, sort of like those really weird dreams about falling.

I never forgot or forgave that line about "and in her mouth an amethyst".

I was out running today with the dog, and he fell out. He is an all black dog. It occurred to me he was like a solar collector with hair.

re: #9 Dianna

You're nobody unless somebody loves you.

re: #14 rawmuse

In SF? If it's above 80, people faint in the streets! San Franciscans cannot be expected to run 2 miles in this heat!

So, after we nuked Mecca, the Muzzlims there mutated and evolved to become gay men. One said to the other, "I demand the right to get married!" The other replied, "But then I won't be able to exercise my God-given right to an abortion!" So instead they sat down and watched a DVD of The Passion of the Christ and were inspired by it to uplug their sister from the life-support system.

re: #16 stymie

I have freaks in my woodwork and bats in my belfry.

As long as you don't have fleas in your hair, you're doing okay.

re: #15 MandyManners

What's this "heat" y'all are talking about?

83 degrees right now in SF. All my fans are on. We have no air conditioning. You usually don't need it here.

re: #19 Sharmuta

I like you. Is that good enough?

re: #5 rawmuse

You're breaking my heart here in dreary, frosty Erie, PA.

re: #24 Dianna

Works for me, Dianna- thanks! :)

Did I leave something out?

Finally, I'm on an open thread that's not "early morning!" 8D

re: #23 rawmuse

83 degrees right now in SF. All my fans are on. We have no air conditioning. You usually don't need it here.

In SF?! Wow.

re: #25 sngnsgt

You're breaking my heart here in dreary, frosty Erie, PA.

Ah, land of my ancestors. We got the heck out. :)

re: #21 zombie

Ah...you're collaborating on a dystopian novel with Tom Kratman?

re: #29 laZardo

Finally, I'm on an open thread that's not "early morning!" 8D

You've finally arrived! ;)

Oh yeah. Amend that final sentence to read

"...and were inspired by it to uplug their neo-Nazi sister from the life-support system.

re: #28 zombie

Did I leave something out?

No. You pretty much covered all of it.

Yay! An open thread of open-ey goodness....

re: #28 zombie

Did I leave something out?

Hmm.....How about the War of Northern Aggression?!

re: #28 zombie

....If only we'd followed Ron Paul's domestic policy we wouldn't have this problem.

"... in which the freaks are coming out of the woodwork..."

Well those ARE freaks we are seeing but that's NOT woodwork they are coming out of. I grew up on a farm. We raised cattle. That soft smelly stuff behind the cow isn't called "woodwork".

re: #30 MandyManners

It's 88 here in San Jose; my Male tells me it was up around 101 earlier.

re: #34 zombie

Oh yeah. Amend that final sentence to read

"...and were inspired by it to uplug their neo-Nazi sister from the life-support system.

Ah- there you got them all.

re: #27 Sharmuta

You're always welcome.

re: #40 Dianna

It's 88 here in San Jose; my Male tells me it was up around 101 earlier.

Maybe Gore was right!

It's too cold here in the hills of VA....40's right now. Is this May or March?

re: #21 zombie

So, after we nuked Mecca, the Muzzlims there mutated and evolved to become gay men. One said to the other, "I demand the right to get married!" The other replied, "But then I won't be able to exercise my God-given right to an abortion!" So instead they sat down and watched a DVD of The Passion of the Christ and were inspired by it to uplug their sister from the life-support system.

I think that about covers it -- except for "and then Charles deleted my post and lied about it because he's a big poopy head."

re: #28 zombie

Only that their sister's medial bills were paid by everyone and someone else.

re: #38 Killgore Trout

OK here's the new version:

---------

After we nuked Mecca, the Muzzlims there mutated and evolved to become gay men. One said to the other, "I demand the right to get married!" The other replied, "But then I won't be able to exercise my God-given right to an abortion!" So instead they sat down with Ron Paul and watched a DVD of The Passion of the Christ and were inspired by it to uplug their neo-Nazi sister from the life-support system.

Is it considered sucking up to up-ding Charles?

Usually when it gets real hot in the valley (around Sacramento) it creates a hot air updraft, and the fog comes in from the ocean.

I could use a little of that. Please.

re: #43 MandyManners

Nah.

Back in 2005, we had a few 90 degree days in February. We were all dreading the summer, and it turned out to be rather cool.

On the other hand, the weekend of July 20-22 in 2006 was utterly ghastly. I know; I was moving that weekend. It lives in my memory.

re: #49 rawmuse

Usually when it gets real hot in the valley (around Sacramento) it creates a hot air updraft, and the fog comes in from the ocean.

I could use a little of that. Please.

Wouldn't that cause humidity?

re: #45 Charles

Truly a dystopia, then.

re: #47 zombie

Mad-libbing mecca?

re: #47 zombie

OK here's the new version:

---------

After we nuked Mecca, the Muzzlims there mutated and evolved to become gay men. One said to the other, "I demand the right to get married!" The other replied, "But then I won't be able to exercise my God-given right to an abortion!" So instead they sat down with Ron Paul and watched a DVD of The Passion of the Christ and were inspired by it to uplug their neo-Nazi sister from the life-support system.

Who said "You're oppressing me!"

re: #47 zombie

Perfect!

I'm eating an In-N-Out Burger.

re: #48 MandyManners

Do you really care about the opinion of those who might?

If one leaves the "c" out of "medial" one does not think of Medicalifornia, or Medicanada...

re: #50 Dianna

I'm dreading this summer 'cause I think some nasty shit is gonna' happen in the Middle East.

re: #51 MandyManners

No, it causes the temp to fall about 30-40 degrees.

re: #28 zombie

Did I leave something out?

You didn't answer my question from a few threads back...

What was your strangest parade/march/bike run/statement you've ever photo'd?

re: #57 Sharmuta

Do you really care about the opinion of those who might?

Sometimes, yes. Sometimes, no.

re: #48 MandyManners

Is it considered sucking up to up-ding Charles?

No,and since I had just finished up-dinging Charles when I read this,I up-dinged your post just to prove I'm right.

re: #60 rawmuse

No, it causes the temp to fall about 30-40 degrees.

Cool ocean waters?

re: #21 zombie

Sorry?

re: #28 zombie

Did I leave something out?

They adopt Socialism and there's a sudden sand shortage.

re: #64 MandyManners

Straight from Alaska.

re: #63 WayDownSouthInBama

No,and since I had just finished up-dinging Charles when I read this,I up-dinged your post just to prove I'm right.

I got a ding?!

Nite all. Must rest.{ Dianna }

re: #59 MandyManners

Oof.

re: #67 rawmuse

Straight from Alaska.

Now I'm cold.

BABY ATE MY DINGO!

/no, wait . . .

re: #56 DesertSage

Can I have a sip of your tasty beverage?

re: #68 MandyManners

Honey- you get lots-o-dings.

Good Evening Lizards! It was coolish and seemed to threaten rain all day today in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland.

I thanked a Soldier today.

How are you-all and what are we discussing?

re: #70 Dianna

Oof.

Or, maybe it'll wait until ShortShit gets his nuke going.

re: #64 MandyManners

Very! The continental shelf here falls off abruptly, and there's deep, cold current along the coast.

I took oceanography, and loved it.

Again, the kind of change we need

re: #62 MandyManners

Sometimes, yes. Sometimes, no.

I say ding as you see fit. Don't worry about the other dingers.

re: #74 Sharmuta

Honey- you get lots-o-dings.

I swear, I never see them.

re: #73 Killgore Trout

Can I have a sip of your tasty beverage?

That's one of my favorite scenes.

... I think Zombie got overheated today...

/

re: #69 pat

Night, Pat!

re: #45 Charles

I think that about covers it -- except for "and then Charles deleted my post and lied about it because he's a big poopy head."

If you look like a big poopy head then you really need to send your holographic encounter suit back to the manufacturer for adjustment or replacement.

Gonna' go back to bed.

Nighty-night!

re: #61 Intrepid

You didn't answer my question from a few threads back...

What was your strangest parade/march/bike run/statement you've ever photo'd?

Hmmm. That' a matter of taste. As for strangest "statement," lot of people are partial to this video.

re: #56 DesertSage

I'm eating an In-N-Out Burger.

I'm jealous, yet grateful that I can't, since it would probably add a pound or two to the count.

....feelings of hatred toward DesertSage, yet feelings of envy......

Good evening folks. I just came back from meeting up with savage nation at the Flying J travel plaza. Interesting to put a face with the name.

re: #76 MandyManners

Just for tonight, I'm going to put that thought aside. I'd like to sleep sometime tonight, since I had a really bad night last night.

re: #85 MandyManners

Sleep well!

re: #21 zombie

So, after we nuked Mecca, the Muzzlims there mutated and evolved to become gay men. One said to the other, "I demand the right to get married!" The other replied, "But then I won't be able to exercise my God-given right to an abortion!" So instead they sat down and watched a DVD of The Passion of the Christ and were inspired by it to uplug their sister from the life-support system.

"Then we all went down and voted for Obama! THE END"

re: #86 zombie

ok, I couldn't watch more than 3 words of that one.

Zombie, how do you stand it?

re: #88 jaunte

He just mentioned that on the last thread! :) Sounds nice, glad you got to meet up.

re: #69 pat

Nite all. Must rest.{ Dianna }

Goodnight, pat !

re: #86 zombie

Hey, do I need to paypal you money for the pdf of The Trumpet?

good evening every one

re: #93 gop_patriot

Oh, I see I haven't caught up. Just got in from the drive.

They've mostly given up, but sometimes I wish the Islamists were still trying to register here and troll LGF. It would be easier to deal with than long-time posters who turn vicious.

re: #86 zombie

I could feel myself getting stupider the longer I looked at that one. The IQ was just leaking out of my eyeballs...

re: #21 zombie

I had to borrow a pick up truck the other day from someone very close to me to run an errand. Have you ever sat at a red light in a vehicle adorned with Ron Paul bumper stickers? OMG I felt like, well I felt like a Lizard trapped in a Paulbot's pckup truck. Ha ! Did I mention the "Get US out of the United Nations!" bumper sticker? Or the "Down with Dingell!" bumper sticker.

I have always preached that the number of bumper stickers on a vehicle is directly proportional to how nutty the driver is. But I forgot to consider it might be a borrowed vehicle.

re: #32 Dianna

Ah...you're collaborating on a dystopian novel with Tom Kratman?

Meow.

;)

re: #92 ggt

ok, I couldn't watch more than 3 words of that one.

Zombie, how do you stand it?

Oh, you gotta watch the whole thing. It's only a minute of your time. It will forever solidify in your mind the exact definition of "moonbat."

re: #34 zombie

Oh yeah. Amend that final sentence to read

"...and were inspired by it to uplug their neo-Nazi sister from the life-support system.

You forgot THE BASIS.

EVOLUTUION!

/Drink!

And before anyone asks, 'storagemanager' is no longer welcome here.

I should have banned him a year ago.

also EVOLUTION sounds nice lol

re: #95 Dianna

Hey, do I need to paypal you money for the pdf of The Trumpet?

Thanks for the offer, but I just don't have the time to deal with it. Money I'm OK with -- but no one can give me the free time required to cope with all that work.

re: #104 Charles

And before anyone asks, 'storagemanager' is no longer welcome here.

I should have banned him a year ago.

Wow.

Ok.

re: #86 zombie

Hmmm. That' a matter of taste. As for strangest "statement," lot of people are partial to this video.

The lady was oriented to place and time, but he flight of ideas was definitely emerging. Dx: Iraqaphrenia.

(No offense to those with family members suffering from real mental illness; that is a real burden and you have my sympathy.) This lady was just politicolooney.

re: #98 Charles

Time for some music to cheer us up.

re: #86 zombie

Hmmm. That' a matter of taste. As for strangest "statement," lot of people are partial to this video.

We had a neighbor who sounded just like that.
We moved.

re: #98 Charles

People get weird, and this is on-line, so you can't possibly see it happening. If we could constantly take everyone's emotional temperature, maybe we could tell, and head off trouble at the pass, but I have no idea how you could possibly be expected to do so as things stand.

If it's any comfort, I deeply appreciate this place, and all your work.

The only thing I'd ever ask for is perhaps an occasional longer essay from you on a subject that's not over my non-technical head.

I can see there's a lot I've missed lately.

re: #104 Charles

Yikes. Guess I missed something!

/I was going to ask "someone turned vicious"?

Senate panel retains oil-shale moratorium

The Senate Appropriations Committee today narrowly defeated Sen. Wayne Allard's attempt to end a moratorium related to oil shale development in Colorado.

It was a big day for Colorado energy issues on Capitol Hill as Gov. Bill Ritter testified before a senate committee asking lawmakers to move cautiously on oil-shale development until more is known about the environmental impact and other issues.

Oil exploration?

/I don't think so!

re: #101 Tom Kratman

Not at all!

I've thought that, were you to let yourself go, you could do something marvellously surreal.

re: #114 Killian Bundy

They've been talking about oil shale since the 1970's when we only had "10 years" of oil left.....awful pricey to extract usable oil from that stuff.....it would probably be better than extracting it out of corn though :-)

re: #104 Charles

I thought he was in his depressive phase again; about two years ago, he got awfully unpleasant for a while, and downright strange. Then he evened out. I haven't been around when he's been on for quite some time, so I didn't know he'd been deteriorating again.

It's too bad that he was nasty.

{Charles}

re: #98 Charles

They've mostly given up, but sometimes I wish the Islamists were still trying to register here and troll LGF. It would be easier to deal with than long-time posters who turn vicious.

The light of reason hurts some folks.

re: #115 Dianna

Not at all!

I've thought that, were you to let yourself go, you could do something marvellously surreal.

Let myself _go_?!?!? What do I have to do; tear the still beating hearts out of children on Rome's Altar of Peace...oh.....wait a minute. Scratch that. Wrote that last month...

All this recent tension and strife makes me, raised in the land o' fruits & nuts, long for something more out of the Age of Aquarius... it was a simpler time.

Here's some Yellow Flower Power to counter the negativeness.

Taken while standing in my garden yesterday (no, I was not wet & naked).

re: #114 Killian Bundy

The Democrats are determined to make sure that we don't drill for our own oil, so we don't become energy self-sufficient, so we are constantly forced to get our hands dirty in the Middle East, so they can constantly whine about how were engaging in Imperialism for Oil.

It's part of their strategy for eventual revolution.

re: #106 zombie

Ahem? I can take two years off your hands, if you like. I'm sure there are others who can also do that sort of work.

re: #101 Tom Kratman

Tom, there you are.

I was wondering around Borders a couple of days a go and while looking on the Sci-Fi shelf, I found exactly 1 copy of your book, Caliphate. Because of the dedication, I bought it.

I don't normally pay full-price, but Orianna is worth it.

re: #86 zombie

Hmmm. That' a matter of taste. As for strangest "statement," lot of people are partial to this video.

Heh - I watched her three times, and I can't figure out where she's at! Is she condemning Dick Cheney? Or Diane Feinstein and her husband?

What ever it is she is concerned about, it's NOWHERE! Regardless of the toothlessness, IT'S NOWHERE!

Yikes. How do you keep from laughing in their faces? Come down south - we'll give you some hick stuff to cover.

Hey gang...Thank God tomorrow's Friday.

re: #116 Desert Dog

They've been talking about oil shale since the 1970's when we only had "10 years" of oil left.....awful pricey to extract usable oil from that stuff.....it would probably be better than extracting it out of corn though :-)

Drill ANWR. Only idiots would use their food source for fuel when oil is laying untouched in the ground...in their own country!

re: #120 Tom Kratman

I read that three weeks ago, didn't I? And since it's been done, historically, it's not surreal. Revolting and upsetting, but not surreal.

re: #122 zombie

It's part of their strategy for eventual revolution.

Yes. The sign of a true extremist is abandoning the cause and working for permanent turmoil instead.

re: #121 slokat

All this recent tension and strife makes me, raised in the land o' fruits & nuts, long for something more out of the Age of Aquarius... it was a simpler time.

Here's some Yellow Flower Power to counter the negativeness.

Taken while standing in my garden yesterday (no, I was not wet & naked).

Peace and Love, brother!

/Flower child here...

re: #122 zombie

Well, it is working. I filled up today for just under $60. For my new job, I have to practice putting my large car in to a spin at high speed and coming out of it again. Backwards. No rear view mirror, looking over my shoulder. So I have to drive to a distant area to practice.

But I got it down, now.

re: #114 Killian Bundy

Senate panel retains oil-shale moratorium

Oil exploration?

/I don't think so!

A thought occured to me involving a giant hamster wheel and some legislators.

Naaaaaaah!

re: #123 Dianna

Ahem? I can take two years off your hands, if you like. I'm sure there are others who can also do that sort of work.

I'm kinda hoping that more and more people jump into the game and get pro-active on the Dem's asses. There are no bystanders in this election! I would like everyone to say, "I hope someone does that...Wait a minute...why don't I do that?" (In regards to swiftboating Obama, that is.)

re: #124 ggt

Tom, there you are.

I was wondering around Borders a couple of days a go and while looking on the Sci-Fi shelf, I found exactly 1 copy of your book, Caliphate. Because of the dedication, I bought it.

I don't normally pay full-price, but Orianna is worth it.

And we thank you for your support.

re: #122 zombie

The Democrats are determined to make sure that we don't drill for our own oil, so we don't become energy self-sufficient, so we are constantly forced to get our hands dirty in the Middle East, so they can constantly whine about how were engaging in Imperialism for Oil.

It's part of their strategy for eventual revolution.

Same here zombie. Right now the left is engaged in a gigantic effort to hurt Pemex as much as they can.

Another piece in the same strategy.

re: #117 Dianna

I thought he was in his depressive phase again; about two years ago, he got awfully unpleasant for a while, and downright strange. Then he evened out. I haven't been around when he's been on for quite some time, so I didn't know he'd been deteriorating again.

It's too bad that he was nasty.

The creep has posted more than 1500 links here, and thousands of comments, and every single one of them is about the horror of Islam. When I would post on other subjects, he made disparaging comments. If I posted something humorous, he would post, "How can you laugh, when Islam is the most horrible thing that ever happened to mankind?"

I think it's pretty obvious that I have my own criticisms of Islam, but I should have listened to that inner voice that was telling me for years: "this guy is deranged."

re: #132 The Other Les

Can I please hold the whip? I promise I won't ever touch them, just crack it over their heads if they seem to be flagging.

re: #125 Intrepid

Shee-it !

re: #134 Tom Kratman

Did my Male tell you I nearly caused a moonbat's head to explode just by letting her read the afterward to Caliphate? It really enlivened my Friday train ride.

re: #127 WayDownSouthInBama

What about the [insert random cuddly yet somehow endangered species here]. THINK OF THE [insert random cuddly yet somehow endangered species here]!

re: #56 DesertSage

I'm eating an In-N-Out Burger.

bastard.

you gonna share or what?!?

re: #127 WayDownSouthInBama

Drill ANWR. Only idiots would use their food source for fuel when oil is laying untouched in the ground...in their own country!

I agree, ANWAR, offshore, any place we can find it.....build more refineries. We should be looking for oil everywhere....the more we get here, the less some rich-ass oil sheik (and/or Tin Pot Dictator) can sell to us and send off the profits to god only knows where....

re: #128 Dianna

I read that three weeks ago, didn't I? And since it's been done, historically, it's not surreal. Revolting and upsetting, but not surreal.

When it's done by Tranzis?

And besides, you want surreal? How about the head of Amnesty, Interplanetary being a vicious, twisted, sadistic Domme who tortures her slaves to death? Wasn't that surreal.

Sniff...where have I failed...sniff

re: #21 zombie

So, after we nuked Mecca, the Muzzlims there mutated and evolved to become gay men. One said to the other, "I demand the right to get married!" The other replied, "But then I won't be able to exercise my God-given right to an abortion!" So instead they sat down and watched a DVD of The Passion of the Christ and were inspired by it to uplug their sister from the life-support system.

And then the Albanians expelled all the Serbs from Serbia while the Serbs expelled all the Albanians from Kosovo. Nick Griffin of the BNP, when reporters reached him for a comment, admitted that he was, in fact, a very short man with an undersized penis.

re: #141 blue_like_jazz

As we say here...

Don't hide it. Divide it!

I tried to get me one of those big Cheney contracts in Iraq. Me and my team were going to capture the "militants," re-configure their parts, and turn Jihadists into "Yee-Hawdists!"

There really are too many deranged people. Makes it hard on the rest of us. And that is the truth.

re: #136 Charles

You were right. You can't let this stuff consume you. Life has to go on.

re: #140 laZardo

What about the [insert random cuddly yet somehow endangered species here]. THINK OF THE [insert random cuddly yet somehow endangered species here]!

Yes, and with a little salt, pepper and BBQ sauce, those cute little critters are YUMMY!

re: #137 Dianna

Can I please hold the whip? I promise I won't ever touch them, just crack it over their heads if they seem to be flagging.

But that's violence!

I find [this entire thread] to be yet another false attack on Barack Obama.

/Just fill in whatever you like in the square brackets to get a preview of what we can expect for the next 6 months.

re: #144 Zimriel

Wasn't there a South Park episode to that effect? Oh wait, that was the Japanese or the Chinese. . . .

re: #131 rawmuse

Ooh, sounds like body guard/driver stuff?

I used to read the instructions from Bondurant (sp?) driving courses and go out and practice.

re: #136 Charles

Wow!

Well, you have always been pretty tolerant. I'm certainly not going to question your judgment.

re: #141 blue_like_jazz

bastard.

you gonna share or what?!?

I'm sorry blue, I've already finished it.
It was a Double-Double also. Animal style :')

Wierd week, for sure. A tough week. Makes it hard, living in the positive.

Charles
I have the impression that a substantial number of people are getting unhinged by whatever reasons.
Like if there was something in the air.

And you have to deal with thousands of lizards...

/Be thankfull they are not kosaks lol

re: #157 MigueldowninMexico

I blame it on Spring-time and high gas prices.

re: #139 Dianna

Did my Male tell you I nearly caused a moonbat's head to explode just by letting her read the afterward to Caliphate? It really enlivened my Friday train ride.

Bless you, child.

Hmmm...next time bring TWO afterwords. That should push it past "nearly."

re: #151 karmic_inquisitor

I find [this entire thread] to be yet another false attack on Barack Obama.

/Just fill in whatever you like in the square brackets to get a preview of what we can expect for the next 6 months.

Pure racism.
Of course.

re: #155 DesertSage

I'm sorry blue, I've already finished it.
It was a Double-Double also. Animal style :')

double double bastard, you!

// desperately wishing in-n-out burger wasn't only on the west coast

re: #152 ggt

Wasn't there a South Park episode to that effect? Oh wait, that was the Japanese or the Chinese. . . .

I didn't consciously steal it if that's what you mean. Can't I just eat my waffle? Hope! Change! Faith! - but not in a Wright sort of way.

Waffle? Please?

re: #15 MandyManners

What's this "heat" y'all are talking about?

Geez, it's 27 degrees F here. The "heat" ain't here.

Charles, don't listen to that Miguel guy.

He's the Devil.

re: #56 DesertSage

I'm eating an In-N-Out Burger.

Animal Style?

re: #158 ggt

I blame it on Spring-time and high gas prices.

You now? That can be part of the explanation.

re: #148 rawmuse

You were right. You can't let this stuff consume you. Life has to go on.

It's not consuming me at all -- I'm continuing to do what I think needs to be done.

But I will say that I'm going to be a lot less patient with obsessed weirdos from now on.

A LOT less patient.

re: #143 Tom Kratman

I read you, John Ringo, David Drake, (among others) and history. And I study witch trials. And I read grimoires. Heck, I read Stirling back when he wrote the Draka books. I did draw the line at Peter Hamilton.

You're not going to manage to shock me.

re: #164 DesertSage

Charles, don't listen to that Miguel guy.

He's the Devil.

Oh yeah, Miguel is Eeeeviiiiillllll

/s

re: #162 Zimriel

Ain't got no stinkin' waffles here!

Pancake?

re: #153 slokat

The hard part will come when/if I have to do it for real, and not kill myself or a bystander. That is why I practice it.

re: #164 DesertSage

Charles, don't listen to that Miguel guy.

He's the Devil.

Miguel is the Hidden Imam? :O

re: #138 wolfie

Shee-it !

We can cuss with multiple syllables, doncha know!

re: #164 DesertSage

Charles, don't listen to that Miguel guy.

He's the Devil.

In disguise?

Talking about Graceland :p

re: #165 Maximu§

Animal Style?

See #155

re: #168 Dianna

I read you, John Ringo, David Drake, (among others) and history. And I study witch trials. And I read grimoires. Heck, I read Stirling back when he wrote the Draka books. I did draw the line at Peter Hamilton.

You're not going to manage to shock me.

Peter Hamilton?

re: #157 MigueldowninMexico

I have the impression that a substantial number of people are getting unhinged by whatever reasons.

It's the Fear.

/of what might become reality in November

re: #150 The Other Les

Nope, it's role-playing.

Some of them will like it!

re: #169 Maximu?

Oh yeah, Miguel is Eeeeviiiiillllll

/s

I'm creating fame...
LOL

170 ggt -
Mmm. Honey. grarglglgarh ::drool::

re: #172 wolfie

Miguel is the Hidden Imam? :O

The Hidden Mexican Jumping Bean!

re: #166 MigueldowninMexico

I just notice people get a little weird every Spring.

re: #182 ggt

I just notice people get a little weird every Spring.

It's the heat.

re: #159 Tom Kratman

Tomorrow, I'll bring Cassius Dio, just in case.

Anyway, I am summoned to bed, so I'll chat with all you lovely lizards tomorrow.

Good night!

re: #177 Killian Bundy

It's the Fear.

/of what might become reality in November

I buy that.
Yes, and also in other countries.
The world is in quite a turmoil all over.

Ding up.

re: #182 ggt

Lots of weird stuff happens in April and May, it seems.

"something wicked this way comes" springs to mind...

re: #178 Dianna

Nope, it's role-playing.

Some of them will like it!

With the full leather outfit I presume?

re: #181 MigueldowninMexico

The Hidden Mexican Jumping Bean!

Oh no! Not that! Salvame Dios!

re: #174 MigueldowninMexico

In disguise?

Talking about Graceland :p

Now there is a subversive idea: Elvis was the hidden Imam.

The US needs a cold-war esque psyops campaign to convince the Mullahs that Elvis was the hidden imam and restored universal justice through pant suits.

re: #98 Charles

They've mostly given up, but sometimes I wish the Islamists were still trying to register here and troll LGF. It would be easier to deal with than long-time posters who turn vicious.

That's a very interesting admission. A sense of betrayal perhaps? Your split with fascists and racists did create shockwaves around the blogosphere. How are things looking from the higher ground?

#136 Charles

We have pretend names.
We could have pretend views.
We could have pretend lives.
We could be pretend people.

This is your blog. I don't question what you choose to do here.

re: #181 MigueldowninMexico

How do you hide a jumping bean?

re: #184 Dianna

Goodnight, Dianna! Scaly dreams!

re: #49 rawmuse

Usually when it gets real hot in the valley (around Sacramento) it creates a hot air updraft, and the fog comes in from the ocean. Please.

Is BHO in town, maybe?

re: #182 ggt

I just notice people get a little weird every Spring.

Yes, I've heard and read that.
It's true that Spring has an influence on behavior.

Is Spring the banning time? ;)

re: #175 DesertSage

See #155

OK, now your killing me.

re: #152 ggt

Chinpokomon?

/Oh!

re: #186 rawmuse

Lots of weird stuff happens in April and May, it seems.

i notice that lots of bad stuff happens in july/august, especially where israel is concerned. some people say that it is historically and prophetically a bad month for them over there.

think it's going to spill over into america this year...

re: #183 DesertSage

I think it's a primordial urge to propogate. Of course, we've diverted that natural energy into activies more becoming of a civilized society. Thus creating the horrible situation of today. The only thing that will help is a massive campaign for hope and change.

In other words, it's Bush's fault.

///

re: #191 Boogberg

That's a very interesting admission. A sense of betrayal perhaps? Your split with fascists and racists did create shockwaves around the blogosphere. How are things looking from the higher ground?

Would you care to explain what you mean by that?

re: #176 The Other Les

Don't bother. Gratuitous evil disgusting violence. I actually threw his first book away.

Good night, for real, this time.

re: #189 wolfie

Oh no! Not that! Salvame Dios!

Hahahaha...

re: #167 Charles

But I will say that I'm going to be a lot less patient with obsessed weirdos from now on.

A LOT less patient.

Test...

*cowers*

Just checking to see if you meant me, Charles.

re: #193 Bordm

How do you hide a jumping bean?

In the fridge...

Never mind. The end of patience starts now.

re: #142 Desert Dog

I agree. That's why I think the ultra left eco-freaks are worse than OPEC. At least OPEC is willing to get the stuff out of the ground and sell it on the world market. The eco-freaks would stop all of our oil use tomorrow if they could do it. I happen to believe that the welfare of the human population is of greater importance than that of the animal and plant population. I'm all for development of alternative modes of transportation and even alternative fuels that don't involve starving people to death to supply. But I say let the free market system determine the pace at which those technologies come about instead of using the government to cram it down our throats.

re: #196 MigueldowninMexico

Yes, I've heard and read that.
It's true that Spring has an influence on behavior.

Is Spring the banning time? ;)

I thought it was the full moon that brought the hidden personalities to the forefront.
WOOF WOOF

re: #202 Dianna

Don't bother. Gratuitous evil disgusting violence. I actually threw his first book away.

Good night, for real, this time.

Good night Dianna :)

re: #208 wee fury

I thought it was the full moon that brought the hidden personalities to the forefront.
WOOF WOOF

Apparently so.

re: #198 laZardo

I don't remember the exact episode --I just remember that the Bill Clinton character was placated because the Asian guy said his was smaller than Bill's.

I'm zonked....I'll cya all tomorrow.

re: #176 The Other Les

Peter Hamilton?

He's the only science fiction writer I ever stopped reading in the middle of a book, which is saying something. (I even finished reading Battlefield Earth.)
I think the man is pretty sick.

re: #208 wee fury

I thought it was the full moon that brought the hidden personalities to the forefront.
WOOF WOOF

Add that too. A few days a month lol

But, really, I see people more unhinged than before. I think it is a combination of many factors.

re: #208 wee fury

I thought it was the full moon that brought the hidden personalities to the forefront.
WOOF WOOF

heh heh heh howooooooooooooooooooooooool !

re: 159 Tom Kratman

Books that make moonbats heads explode...this has possibilties ; )
Joking aside though sounds like a must read (counting days til next check).

re: 168 Dianna

I've mostly read Ringo's 'Ghost' series, along with some of the Posleen War stuff. Out of curiousity, have you read the Sister Time novel yet? Was wondering if I should buy now or wait for the paperback.

re: #206 Charles

Good Choice.

re: #157 MigueldowninMexico

Sometimes you can "feel" the thunderstorms approach, feel it in the air, even taste it, before the lightning lights up the sky and the booms rumble through the night.

re: #171 rawmuse

once you've got it down it works every time...

one of my buddies used to make fun of me practicing all sorts of maneuvers in parking lots and on vacant roads, so one night while coming home on the empty freeway I showed him how to do a 360 at 65 mph while staying in my lane.... never questioned me again.

Also never bummed a ride with me anywhere.

re: #214 MigueldowninMexico

Add that too. A few days a month lol

But, really, I see people more unhinged than before. I think it is a combination of many factors.

And they all come in bottles :)

re: #211 ggt

Yeah, that was Chinpokomon. The IRL flight stewardess chick who popped up in the commercials was hilarious.

re: #218 Syrah

Sometimes you can "feel" the thunderstorms approach, feel it in the air, even taste it, before the lightning lights up the sky and the booms rumble through the night.

I've felt it at times, yes!
Electricity influences our brains, by all means.

/That's when I disconnect my modem lol

re: #218 Syrah

I always figured that I could smell when it was raining.

/looks outside the window, and it is indeed...

re: #218 Syrah

I actually like that feeling.

:O

re: #205 MigueldowninMexico

In the fridge...

I tried that, the damn fridge bounced all over the house.

/maybe I should not have stored a 10 pound bag of them in there.

How are you my friend? Long time no see.

re: #210 Charles

Jazz night at Marmalade tomorrow night. Code word is Steadman.

re: #208 wee fury

I thought it was the full moon that brought the hidden personalities to the forefront.
WOOF WOOF

It's almost here, isn't it? The 20th?

re: #220 rawmuse

And they all come in bottles :)

Now they are coming in a different presentation.
You just remove the dirt a little bit and they volunteer to attack! Even when they were not aluded to.
Self-ejecting mechanism.

re: #218 Syrah

Sometimes you can "feel" the thunderstorms approach, feel it in the air, even taste it, before the lightning lights up the sky and the booms rumble through the night.

And sometimes you can just look up in the sky and see green clouds and know right then to run for cover.

re: #225 Bordm

I tried that, the damn fridge bounced all over the house.

/maybe I should not have stored a 10 pound bag of them in there.

How are you my friend? Long time no see.

Hahahahaha.
Hello Bordm! LOL

re: #206 Charles

Never mind. The end of patience starts now.

Good! Do what you have to do. It's your house.

re: #213 jaunte

He's the only science fiction writer I ever stopped reading in the middle of a book, which is saying something. (I even finished reading Battlefield Earth.)
I think the man is pretty sick.

I literally threw S.M. Sterling's MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA across the room at page 17. I just wasn't about to buy a high tech. high productivity, slave society. Even in a Alt-History novel.

Of Course I was a Ron Paul supporter back then.

Bordm
I'm ok, thanks!
How about you, my friend?

What about them Crazy Strawberry Ants?

re: #216 Suihei Deloi

I should be in bed, and really, I'm going, but: I hated Cally's War, and won't bother with Sister Time at all.

I feel really guilty about that, but I though Cally's War was just awful.

Shania Twain is back on the market.
Here's your chance Miguel, I'm pulling for ya.

re: #223 laZardo

...ah the smell of ozone!

night, lizardia! it's late here in NC.

may tomorrow bring better news! =)

re: #113 gop_patriot

Yikes. Guess I missed something!

/I was going to ask "someone turned vicious"?

Yep.

/Sid

see you-all upstairs

re: #236 DesertSage

Shania Twain is back on the market.
Here's your chance Miguel, I'm pulling for ya.

Is she pretty? ;)

re: #238 slokat

Is that what it is? No wonder I've seemed to have developed an allergy against aerosols.

re: #240 Bob in Breckenridge

Yep.

/Sid

LOL

Hey Sage
You have good taste ;)

re: #242 MigueldowninMexico

Is she pretty? ;)

I think she is.

re: #246 DesertSage

I think she is.

Yes, she is :)

We always know when a thunderstorm is coming because one of our Goldens hides under the table. He's afraid of thunder and of course hears it long before we do.

re: 235 Dianna

Thought you'd already gone. Think I'll wait for the cheap paperback then. Good night Dianna.

Let's jump to the latest thread ;)

re: #229 Mich-again

Yes.

The green clouds.

St. Elmos fire?

re: #232 The Other Les

I hadn't heard of that one. I liked his Nantucket series, and the Change novels, though.

re: #243 laZardo

It's the main thing I smell, second would be the wave of damp earth & other damp organic things that seems to get pushed ahead a storm.

re: #236 DesertSage

She is pretty, but I think she moved to Switzerland because of her politics, etc.

I can give her credit.

She moved because of her principles.

If only Alec were so courageous.

re: #242 MigueldowninMexico

Pretty, rich, talented...

re: #219 slokat

You did that forwards, yes?
I am practicing the one where you start in reverse and end up forward.
Bug out tactic.

re: #254 formercorpsman

She is pretty, but I think she moved to Switzerland because of her politics, etc.

I can give her credit.

She moved because of her principles.

If only Alec were so courageous.

That doesn't make sense, she's Canadian after all.

re: #208 wee fury

I thought it was the full moon that brought the hidden personalities to the forefront.
WOOF WOOF

Actually,it's the pollen. We are having a beautiful and exceptionally green Spring this year. If they ever figure out how to run our cars on pollen,the South is going to make OPEC look like a mud puddle compared to the ocean. Pollen will do crazy things to you. Think of Kenny at the end of a recent South park show. It's a one way ticket to midnight......

re: #257 DesertSage

I thought she moved to Switzerland because she wanted her family to be removed from the media spotlight.

re: #259 taxfreekiller

Sorry to hear that. I used to like him.

re: #233 MigueldowninMexico

Fine as blond frog hair my friend. I’ve been bearding the lions in their den for awhile. Troll bashing and educating indoctrinated sheep is a lot more fun then I realized. I stopped by for a sanity break. Great to see you, I glad all is well with you also.

re: #259 taxfreekiller

Ya should have asked for your money back and told them why.

re: #256 rawmuse

Yes, forward. I'm not sure if I could do it in a car with anti-lock brakes. (Now I'll have to go look that up).

I used to practice the backwards 180 on tractors, it helps to see all of the wheels, and remember what route they take during the spin.

Its kinda like how a wagon steers, or a cart that has one set of fixed wheels...

FWIW, here is what i have learned on the whole "marriage as a right" thing ...

Marriage is recognized as a right under the US Constitution and was pretty much delineated in Loving v. Virginia when inter racial marriage bans were ruled unconstitutional.

The subsequent Universal Declaration of Human Rights also places marriage as a human right.

Just the same, states place some constraints on marriage based on consent/capacity (are the people of sound mind and willingly entering the marriage), age, and blood relationship of the parties being married.

So my prior concern (expressed on the Gay Marriage thread) that the State of California had created a right out of a privilege is wrong.

They did give the right more "space" by asserting the broader concept that one is free to establish family relationships, and that marriage falls under that right.

I was also wrong on the issue of the California Supreme Court over turning an amendment - prop 22 was not proposed or passed as a constitutional amendment (which is odd as many propositions in California are so that the judiciary cannot overturn them).

Anyway - the issue will now smolder as a new proposition is put together to amend the constitution and reverse the effect of today's ruling. I am against judicial activism but will vote against the proposition because (as stated before) I don't have a problem with gay marriage, just the judicial fiat that brought it about.

It’s the traditional Thursday evening thread, for a week in which the freaks are coming out of the woodwork...

In my defense I should say that I've never hidden in any woodwork. This freak has always been out in the open.

Freaked!