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Fri, May 30, 2008 at 4:46:10 pm PDT

A change came o’er the spirit of my dream.

— Lord Byron

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1 somecallmetim  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:47:14pm

ha

2 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:47:26pm
3 Shug  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:47:38pm

What's Green and Flies over Germany?

The Snotzis

4 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:48:56pm

Change!

5 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:48:57pm

Lord Byron: mad, bad, and dangerous to know.

Just ask Lady Caroline Lamb.

6 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:49:15pm
7 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:49:25pm

re: #2 song_and_dance_man

I haven't seen Babba in a while. Is she ok?

8 VegasRick  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:49:46pm

re: #3 Shug

What's Green and Flies over Germany?

The Snotzis

LOL!

9 freetoken  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:50:31pm

Perhaps a relevant quote, attributed to Lord Byron:

A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins.

10 zmdavid  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:50:39pm

[Link: www.americansolutions.com...]
The Spanish language version of the Drill Now! petition has 12 signatures so far. The English version is over 200,000. Shouldn't they have a combined count?

11 NoSubmission  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:50:45pm

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
--Groucho Marx

12 VegasRick  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:51:01pm

re: #6 song_and_dance_man

What's the difference between fish and meat?

If you beat your fish it will die.

I am only going to beat my fish until it goes blind.

13 DistantThunder  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:51:08pm

Finally - BeBe can crush Hezbollah, there will be a friendly government in Italy, and in England and France - and soon Israel.

14 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:51:11pm
15 Nevergiveup  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:51:16pm

re: #6 song_and_dance_man

What's the difference between fish and meat?

If you beat your fish it will die.

But I was told when I was a little tyke that if I beat my meat my hand would fall off or grow hair? Shit I can't even grow a decent mustache.

16 zmdavid  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:51:34pm

re: #7 Killgore Trout

I haven't seen Babba in a while. Is she ok?

I think she's concentrating on her own site.

17 Charles  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:51:39pm

Just another test... yep!

How about linefeeds?

Groovy.

18 MigueldowninMexico  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:51:50pm

An open thread!
I can go OT all the time!

/As I always do...

19 Shug  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:52:06pm

re: #6 song_and_dance_man

If you beat your fish it will die.


Battered Cod?

20 Nevergiveup  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:52:34pm

re: #19 Shug

Battered Cod?

Whale away.

21 Bosch Fawstin  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:52:40pm

If you had super powers, would you take the war into your own hands?

22 Soccer Fan  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:52:41pm

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

MLK 1963

Change!

BHO 2008

23 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:52:45pm

re: #19 Shug

Battered Cod?

Battered Codpiece?

24 MacGregor  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:52:49pm
If ya swing at curve balls, that's all you're gonna get.

Yogi Berra

25 Render  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:52:57pm

Bars open!

===

Saw a strange tattoo today. In the outer web (between the thumb and pointer) of a young woman was a blue and gold star of David with the word "Meccah" written in a strange font underneath.

The artistry and coloring were of striking quality, not your usual biker/prison shop class style at all and the owner/wearer was in a very well paid professional job.

What does that mean?

===

SEES
THINGS,
R

26 Bloodnok  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:53:18pm

re: #3 Shug

What's Green and Flies over Germany?

The Snotzis

Luftganja?

27 VegasRick  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:53:28pm

re: #19 Shug

Battered Cod?

Did you hear about the gal that went fishing with 4 guys and 6 cases of beer? She came home with a big red snapper.

28 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:53:36pm
29 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:53:49pm

re: #16 zmdavid

Ah, I always get a little worried when our lizards with health problems disappear for while.

30 least  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:54:22pm

An Open Thread so early? Charles must have a dinner date or somethin'.

It's a quarter to five -- shouldn't this be the Late Afternoon or Early Evening Open Thread?

31 Render  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:54:57pm

re: #30 least

It's happy hour on happy day.

NEW
YEAR?,
R

32 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:55:08pm
33 mikeinmd  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:55:46pm

islam - the religion of extortion.

THAT being said, Mt Gay rum, ice, and a splash of coke (liquid) here.
Cheers.

34 freetoken  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:55:48pm

re: #18 MigueldowninMexico

Hey, not only can you go OT, but now you can go Å⅂⅃ out...

35 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:56:10pm

No fun in Islam....
Saudi Wahabi Pranks!

36 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:56:17pm

re: #25 Render

Bar tender - I would like a nice, tall, cool dark one with a lot of bite.

Oh, and a beer please.

37 Shay4l  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:56:19pm

A change came o’er the spirit of my dream.

and I was filled with hope for the future

*sneaks two drinks for the quote and the reply*

38 Former SSG  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:57:16pm

re: #5 goddessoftheclassroom

39 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:57:37pm

re: #3 Shug

What's Green and Flies over Germany?

The Snotzis

"Schnotzis = Booger Boys" More than 'nuff said.

-S-

40 Ojoe  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:57:50pm

Hey Obama

What about that 6 months in the Attic story?

Are ya makin' it up?

(crickets)

41 Former SSG  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:58:09pm

re: #38 Former SSG

OOPs, my joke was deleted...

42 Shug  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:58:14pm

re: #39 Dr. Shalit

"Schnotzis = Booger Boys" More than 'nuff said.

-S-


Wasn't that the name of Marge Schott's dog?

43 Former SSG  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:58:58pm

Deep fried artichokes:

Battered hearts?

I oughta choke ya!

44 Nevergiveup  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:59:06pm

re: #42 Shug

Wasn't that the name of Marge Schott's dog?


I thought her dog's name was "Jew Boy"?

45 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:59:13pm

Supernatural Graffiti....
'Jesus' Image Appears In Tree At Nights, Then Vanishes

An apparent image of Jesus that appears and then vanishes in the bark of a tree has grabbed the attention of a Central Florida neighborhood.

The mysterious image in the trunk of a tree only appears after dark at Joe Lewis' home located on Saragoza Court in the Dr. Phillips area.

46 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 4:59:40pm

re: #5 goddessoftheclassroom

Goddess!
Hi there!
(arf, or something like that)

47 DistantThunder  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:00:00pm

This time last week I was off salsa dancing with Mr DT - tonight he's out of town - and I'm here with y'all.

48 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:00:10pm
49 Soccer Fan  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:00:14pm

re: #36 Intrepid

Bar tender - I would like a nice, tall, cool dark one with a lot of bite.

Oh, and a beer please.


I hope this isnt over the top for an open thread (or a closed one for that matter) but I think Michelle Obama fits your request...

50 freetoken  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:00:43pm

Saudi bourse surpasses London in IPO activity


LONDON, May 30 (Reuters) - The Saudi Stock Exchange surpassed London to be the world's second busiest market for initial public offerings in the first five months, Thomson Reuters data showed.
[

...]

Seems like they've got lots of money over there...

51 Bat Boy  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:01:20pm

re: #7 Killgore Trout

I haven't seen Babba in a while. Is she ok?

She's posting like a fiend at her site. Fun Stuff.

Bat Boy lays out his plan for the weekend.

Bat Boy out!

52 debutaunt  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:02:19pm

re: #48 song_and_dance_man

The Tree of Turin?

HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAA

53 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:02:31pm

re: #49 Soccer Fan

I hope this isnt over the top for an open thread (or a closed one for that matter) but I think Michelle Obama fits your request...

Nah - I happen to like the male persuasion, thank you, as I am not of the Y club.

Regardless - if I happened to swing that way, I'd twist myself around the tree before asking that one about her zodiac sign. Yeesh.

54 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:02:36pm
55 Bat Boy  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:02:41pm

re: #45 Killgore Trout

Supernatural Graffiti....
'Jesus' Image Appears In Tree At Nights, Then Vanishes

This changes everything for you? Are you a believer now?

BB, Out?

56 freetoken  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:03:18pm

re: #47 DistantThunder

Well, go out dancing anyway! Some of us guys aren't afraid of dancing with married women...

57 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:03:35pm

re: #42 Shug

Wasn't that the name of Marge Schott's dog?

Shug -

Guess it wasn't "SHTARKER", eh, wot.

-S-

58 Yankee Division Son  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:03:53pm

re: #17 Charles

Just another test...

Why do I suddenly feel like a guinea pig...

/

59 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:04:25pm

re: #55 Bat Boy

Are you a believer now?


I've never doubted trees.
/Thanks for the Little Feet.

60 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:04:46pm

re: #46 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Goddess!
Hi there!
(arf, or something like that)

MWAH! I've missed you!

/I need to improve my aim...

61 VegasRick  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:04:49pm

re: #58 Yankee Division Son

Why do I suddenly feel like a guinea pig...

/

Your avatar is cool.

62 MigueldowninMexico  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:05:17pm

re: #34 freetoken

Hey, not only can you go OT, but now you can go Å⅂⅃ out...

LOL!

63 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:05:27pm

re: #56 freetoken

Well, go out dancing anyway! Some of us guys aren't afraid of dancing with married women...

"free-t" -

SOME of us are NOT AFRAID of WOMEN - PERIOD (FULL STOP).

-S-

64 Bat Boy  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:06:15pm

re: #59 Killgore Trout

I've never doubted trees.
/Thanks for the Little Feet.

So you are a Druid? ;-) As for Little Feat, I have come to the conclusions that the 80's diverted our attention from some of the great music of the 70's....

BB, Out!

65 Yankee Division Son  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:06:37pm

re: #61 VegasRick

Your avatar is cool.

Why thank you! Photo from my pa's album..

66 MigueldowninMexico  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:07:13pm

I enjoyed this very much.
I link it here because there maight be another lizard that enjoys it too.

67 mikeinmd  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:07:22pm

A.Q. Khan regrets ‘confession’

When asked if he had been involved in leaking nuclear secrets to any other country, Dr Khan said he was not a part of any illegal or unauthorised deal in any way

Yeah, OK. Even the IAEA warned Pakistan he was leaking secrets.

68 Render  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:07:28pm

re: #49 Soccer Fan

Did you just name a new drink?

o_0
===

I ain't the bartender! This is a self service bar.

I'm just back here...uh...checking the plumbing...uh...and my crazy uncle from the Soviet Army.

*kicks the jukebox*

===

Hawkwind...

LOST JOHNNY,
R

69 Shay4l  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:08:05pm

Meh, I just checked the whole poem "The Dream" by Lord Byron, and he didn't have hope in there at all.

*sneaks another drink for sneaking hope in again*

70 debutaunt  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:08:23pm

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is on tonight. Earlier today, a girl from California asked that her word be said with a California pronunciation. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAA

71 BBev  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:08:25pm

re: #56 freetoken

Well, go out dancing anyway! Some of us guys aren't afraid of dancing with married women...

I'm not going to say much about that "flash backs"

72 Former SSG  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:08:46pm

re: #69 Shay4l

Not an Obama fan?

73 VegasRick  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:09:13pm

re: #65 Yankee Division Son

Why thank you! Photo from my pa's album..

I have been going through a lot of my fathers old (Korea) war photos recently as I am making a tribute to him (he passed away earlier this month). I miss him so.

74 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:09:47pm

re: #60 goddessoftheclassroom

A new job, which keeps me busy. Don't get in here very often.

How did the Cinderella Ball go (many weeks ago)?

75 nyc redneck  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:10:41pm

today, i talked to a scottish welder and his wife, visiting from northern england. they and their friends and family are getting sick of getting squeezed for being british in their own country.
this couple made no effort to mumble pc. niceties. they are done w/ the liberal approach selling them down the river.
it was very heartening to talk to regular hard working people who still have pride in their heritage. they don't think being liked by jihadis is the most important thing. (i hope the tide is turning).

76 Bat Boy  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:10:47pm

re: #66 MigueldowninMexico

I enjoyed this very much.
I link it here because there maight be another lizard that enjoys it too.

We easily forget how well Sammie D Jr. sung.

77 The Other Les  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:10:47pm

re: #2 song_and_dance_man

The ganja thread is now open for business.

Unfortunately the kind of job I'm looking for requires testing for drug use.

78 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:10:47pm

re: #64 Bat Boy

"Bats" -

In every time there is GREAT MUSIC. Guess that is why I goto "Foxy-Tunes" in FF2 and listen/watch to stuff from the 1930's. When I can get it in FF3 - I will.

-S-

79 Racer X  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:10:53pm

re: #70 debutaunt

Righteous Dude!

80 Shug  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:11:30pm

re: #70 debutaunt

There will never be another Rebecca Sealfon

81 Noam Sayin'  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:11:31pm

re: #35 Killgore Trout

No fun in Islam....
Saudi Wahabi Pranks!

Found a good one off of that link.

This is most certainly haram.

82 Yankee Division Son  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:11:46pm

re: #73 VegasRick

I have been going through a lot of my fathers old (Korea) war photos recently as I am making a tribute to him (he passed away earlier this month). I miss him so.

Very, very sorry to hear, many years later I still miss mine.

83 DesertSage  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:12:04pm

U.S. Cites Big Gains Against Al-Qaeda

Not good news for Democrats.

84 MigueldowninMexico  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:12:06pm

re: #76 Bat Boy

We easily forget how well Sammie D Jr. sung.

That's right.

85 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:12:50pm
86 Bat Boy  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:13:12pm

re: #77 The Other Les

This explains the consequences.

87 obageegee  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:13:59pm

SUSAN SARANDON, who appeared in three films last year and won kudos for her TV movie "Bernard and Doris," is still not a contented soul. She says if John McCain gets elected, she will move to Italy or Canada. She adds, "It's a critical time, but I have faith in the American people."

Anybody have any spare luggage?

88 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:14:09pm

re: #81 Noam Sayin'

nice!

89 Nevergiveup  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:14:19pm

All the worlds nations decide to to put and end to war:
[Link: www.jpost.com...]
And in a related story, gun powder to be outlawed. And Obama promises to gut defense budget.
[Link: www.dakotavoice.com...]

90 debutaunt  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:14:24pm

re: #80 Shug

There will never be another Rebecca Sealfon

The Bee is so educational and absolutely hilarious. It's fun to see previous contestants as well as new each year.

91 Noam Sayin'  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:14:35pm

re: #87 obageegee

Anybody have any spare luggage?

I'll help carry it.

92 The Other Les  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:14:37pm

re: #75 nyc redneck

Our political and cultural elites have failed us. Time to dump and replace them.

93 WhiteRasta  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:14:39pm

re: #25 Render

It means she is an idiot!

94 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:15:07pm
95 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:15:14pm

re: #73 VegasRick

I have been going through a lot of my fathers old (Korea) war photos recently as I am making a tribute to him (he passed away earlier this month). I miss him so.

{VegasRick}

I'm so sorry.

This week was my Baby Lizard's last elementary band concert, 6th grade farewell program, and 6th grade brunch for students, teachers, and parents at the country club.

It's been an emotionally wrenching week because of our immediate family's circumstances, but my dad's absence was the most noticeable. He would have been so proud of the Baby Lizard.

It made me even more aware of how much of a fool my EH is for walking away from his kids. He has not made any effort to follow up on arranging supervised visitation, and he has had NO word of them (nor they of him) for nine months.

96 Ojoe  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:15:26pm

re: #92 The Other Les

A massive dump

97 Attaboid  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:15:45pm

re: #25 Render

How did you get so close, so much time to see it?

98 The Other Les  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:15:56pm

re: #87 obageegee

SUSAN SARANDON, who appeared in three films last year and won kudos for her TV movie "Bernard and Doris," is still not a contented soul. She says if John McCain gets elected, she will move to Italy or Canada. She adds, "It's a critical time, but I have faith in the American people."

Anybody have any spare luggage?

"SLUT!"

/RHPS

99 Racer X  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:16:18pm

re: #81 Noam Sayin'

Found a good one off of that link.

This is most certainly haram.

Uh, she looks to be about 15.

100 winston06  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:16:22pm

good afternoon

101 Shug  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:16:29pm

re: #90 debutaunt


It's also humbling to see just how far below them I am on the spelling food chain.

Another thing that always strikes me are the children of Immigrants. The parents came from India, etc speaking broken English, yet their kids are winning Spelling bees.

Hard work pays off in America

102 VegasRick  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:16:34pm

re: #82 Yankee Division Son

Very, very sorry to hear, many years later I still miss mine.

Thanks.

103 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:16:34pm

re: #75 nyc redneck

When I was in the UK a few months ago I noticed that more people were interested in business and lower taxes than government benefits. Many were talking about Immigrating to Australia or the US.

104 Ojoe  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:16:40pm

re: #94 song_and_dance_man

Freak Bro Comix:

"Do you have any problems with Alcohol?"

"No, I can drink 36 cans of beer without barfing."

105 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:16:55pm

re: #81 Noam Sayin'

"Noam" -

In '68 my Aunt accidentally poured Morning Coffee on my Uncle. He "cussed" her out for doing it. By the evening, the "rubber band" of a long term happy marriage snapped back, and they.... With these guys - what?

-S-

106 Soccer Fan  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:17:17pm

re: #68 Render

Did you just name a new drink?

o_0
===


R

Lets think about this... the Michelle Obama cocktail would have to have Russian Vodka, sour grape juice, bitters, and lots of ice. Did I forget anything?

107 Former SSG  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:17:21pm

re: #82 Yankee Division Son

My sweetest prayers for you.

108 chicagodudewhotrades  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:17:25pm

Regarding the quote that Charles posted at the top, is this the Lord Byron who was married to Mary Shelley?

109 VegasRick  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:17:31pm

re: #83 DesertSage

U.S. Cites Big Gains Against Al-Qaeda

Not good news for Democrats.

Great news! Thanks for posting that!

110 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:17:32pm
111 WhiteRasta  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:18:05pm

re: #103 Killgore Trout

All the smart Europeans and Brits moved to North America, long ago......

112 The Other Les  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:18:09pm

re: #106 Soccer Fan

Cyanide?

113 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:18:09pm

re: #95 goddessoftheclassroom

(butting in) Sorry to hear how bad the EH problem is. Must be h*ll on the kids.

114 Bat Boy  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:18:26pm

re: #81 Noam Sayin'

Found a good one off of that link.

This is most certainly haram.

Risking death for some some fun, life must suck for them....

115 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:18:47pm
116 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:18:57pm

re: #74 pre-Boomer Marine brat

A new job, which keeps me busy. Don't get in here very often.

How did the Cinderella Ball go (many weeks ago)?

How sweet of you to remember!

Getting ready for it was actually more fun that the event itself. The dinner was great, but there wasn't dancing after all, and that was the whole point of going as far as I was concerned.

Still. the friend I went with, who has never paid me a compliment on my appearance as long as we've know each other, did say I looked "amazing," so that was some solace!

117 Racer X  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:19:24pm

re: #87 obageegee

SUSAN SARANDON, who appeared in three films last year and won kudos for her TV movie "Bernard and Doris," is still not a contented soul. She says if John McCain gets elected, she will move to Italy or Canada. She adds, "It's a critical time, but I have faith in the American people."

Anybody have any spare luggage?

I've heard those promises before. How many swore they would leave if Bush got re-elected? Lefty says shit they have no intention of doing.

118 Nevergiveup  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:19:40pm

re: #106 Soccer Fan

Lets think about this... the Michelle Obama cocktail would have to have Russian Vodka, sour grape juice, bitters, and lots of ice. Did I forget anything?

You would have say a short pray over it before serving.

119 Noam Sayin'  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:20:01pm

re: #105 Dr. Shalit

Um... what?

Out to track and kill some wine and groceries. BIAW...

120 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:20:42pm
121 GeeWiz  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:20:49pm

re: #29 Killgore Trout

Killgore, I share your concern about her well-being.

122 watookal  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:21:02pm

They say a man in a uniform attract girls like flies.
Who wants girls that looks like flies though?

123 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:21:12pm

re: #116 goddessoftheclassroom

Of course I remember. You were positively floating, getting ready for it.

124 rightymouse  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:21:19pm

re: #106 Soccer Fan

Lets think about this... the Michelle Obama cocktail would have to have Russian Vodka, sour grape juice, bitters, and lots of ice. Did I forget anything?

Anchovies?

125 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:21:26pm

re: #121 GeeWiz

I think she's doing fine, just spending time working on her own blog.

126 VegasRick  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:21:30pm

re: #95 goddessoftheclassroom

{VegasRick}

I'm so sorry.

This week was my Baby Lizard's last elementary band concert, 6th grade farewell program, and 6th grade brunch for students, teachers, and parents at the country club.

It's been an emotionally wrenching week because of our immediate family's circumstances, but my dad's absence was the most noticeable. He would have been so proud of the Baby Lizard.

It made me even more aware of how much of a fool my EH is for walking away from his kids. He has not made any effort to follow up on arranging supervised visitation, and he has had NO word of them (nor they of him) for nine months.

I was a single parent for 5 years (1 girl 20 months, 1 boy 6 months) and then I met my wife, she is the most amazing person in the world. We have twin boys that just turned 12, life is so great. I am truly blessed.

127 WhiteRasta  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:21:50pm

re: #117 Racer X

Keep that loony out of Canada, please.

We have enough of her type here, thanks.

Move to North Korea or Cuba..... They have free health care....

128 jcm  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:22:10pm

re: #113 pre-Boomer Marine brat

(butting in) Sorry to hear how bad the EH problem is. Must be h*ll on the kids.

How ya' been? Haven't seen you in here for awhile. Pull up a chair and I'll buy a round.

129 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:22:36pm
130 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:23:18pm

re: #87 obageegee

"oba" -

The "SUZE" comes from Edison, NJ, a Township that surrounds The "Boro"of Metuchen. Robert Hegyes a/k/a "Juan Epstein" of Welcome Back, Kotter comes from Metuchen. Which/Who would all 'y'all rather? Ba-Ba-Ba- Ba-Ba-Barino! 'Nuff Said.

-S-

131 NGrove  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:23:20pm

re: #87 obageegee

SUSAN SARANDON, who appeared in three films last year and won kudos for her TV movie "Bernard and Doris," is still not a contented soul. She says if John McCain gets elected, she will move to Italy or Canada. She adds, "It's a critical time, but I have faith in the American people."

Anybody have any spare luggage?

No spare luggage, but I will volunteer to drive her to Canada. Just to make sure she gets there. I'll even hold on to her passport so she won't be tempted to come back.

132 Yankee Division Son  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:23:22pm

re: #107 Former SSG

Thank you. VegasRick could use a few too..

133 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:24:39pm

re: #108 chicagodudewhotrades

Regarding the quote that Charles posted at the top, is this the Lord Byron who was married to Mary Shelley?

No; Percy Bysshe Shelley married Mary Wollstonecraft. Lord Byron was Percy's buddy and was hanging out with them when she wrote Frankenstein.

134 Soccer Fan  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:25:18pm

re: #129 song_and_dance_man

Old Rye, bitters and a used cherry.

But isn't Rye from Kentucky, or Tennessee or one of those states that the Obama's know little about...

135 Former SSG  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:25:31pm

Then to Vegas Rick, more of the same.

136 VegasRick  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:25:45pm

re: #135 Former SSG

Then to Vegas Rick, more of the same.

Thank you!

137 Racer X  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:26:06pm

"if ___ ___ gets elected I'm moving to ___ ___".

I hear that from both sides and frankly I find the comment amusing. No one is going anywhere. Even if ___ ___ gets elected, America is still the best country in the world.

IMHO

138 jcm  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:26:13pm

re: #129 song_and_dance_man

Old Rye, bitters and a used cherry.

MD 20/20 was the first thing that came to mind.

139 LeePro  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:26:29pm

re: #129 song_and_dance_man

Ah, shit, s&dm! ! !

Too far, too far!

140 VegasRick  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:26:50pm

re: #129 song_and_dance_man

Old Rye, bitters and a used cherry.

snickering.

141 Former SSG  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:26:52pm

re: #136 VegasRick

Sweetheart, I am so lucky, and God has been good to me, I am pleased to be able to pray for others.

142 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:26:53pm

re: #127 WhiteRasta

"W-R" -

We were glad to get "THE SUZE" out of "Met-Edison" wherever she goes - I offer the "Prayer for the Czar" - May G-d Bless and Keep Her - FAR AWAY FROM US!

-S-

143 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:26:59pm
144 Shug  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:27:02pm

Michelle Obama drinks lots of Whine

145 chicagodudewhotrades  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:27:30pm

re: #133 goddessoftheclassroom


Thank you for the clarification

146 VegasRick  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:27:49pm

re: #141 Former SSG

Sweetheart, I am so lucky, and God has been good to me, I am pleased to be able to pray for others.

Me too.

147 debutaunt  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:27:50pm

re: #133 goddessoftheclassroom

No; Percy Bysshe Shelley married Mary Wollstonecraft. Lord Byron was Percy's buddy and was hanging out with them when she wrote Frankenstein.

I know it's true, but it really sounds like you just made it up!

148 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:28:32pm

re: #128 jcm

Hi ya! Been busy putting in O.T. Money's nice, but WHEW!

(to goddess, too) I'm setting supper beside the computer -- a now-steaming Marie Calendar's frozen lasagna with two thick slices of Velveeta melted on top. Bachelor food. Exciting, huh?

149 Guy_Montag  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:28:44pm

Important News Flash!

Now there's a real reason to vote for McCain!

SUSAN SARANDON, who appeared in three films last year and won kudos for her TV movie "Bernard and Doris," is still not a contented soul. She says if John McCain gets elected, she will move to Italy or Canada. She adds, "It's a critical time, but I have faith in the American people." -- LZ

150 Former SSG  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:29:16pm

re: #146 VegasRick

Easier when you have the good life, like me, I mean. On my best days, my mind is on others. On my worst, it's on me. Thank God for the good days.

151 Soccer Fan  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:29:17pm

re: #144 Shug

Michelle Obama drinks lots of Whine


I'm sure it isn't WHITE wine...

152 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:29:36pm
153 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:30:15pm

re: #143 savage_nation

savage -

Didn't know about that. Will Look Up. Will tell you that "JUAN" is among the most GENUINE Human Beings I have known.

-S-

154 Racer X  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:30:20pm

Pardon me, but do you mind if I be white?

155 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:30:37pm
156 Yankee Division Son  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:31:07pm

re: #135 Former SSG

Nice avatar, btw.. Former Airborne I take it? SSG.. Staff Sargent? (forgive me if I'm clueless..)

157 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:31:11pm
158 VegasRick  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:31:15pm

re: #154 Racer X

Pardon me, but do you mind if I be white?

Only if you give up your 401k.
/

159 Bat Boy  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:31:53pm

re: #154 Racer X

Pardon me, but do you mind if I be white?

No. I'm albino-ish.

160 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:31:57pm

Savage!
Hi there!
I assume you're free of Salinas KS. Where now? Home?

161 GeeWiz  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:33:20pm

re: #125 Killgore Trout

Oh, Ok. I haven't seen her around lately, and like you, I became worried about her well-being. I know she was put off by a deleted comment of her's a few days back and thought she would cool off and be back by now. Babba, you are sorely missed here. Love ya & miss ya Babba. Take Care!

162 jcm  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:33:40pm

re: #148 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Hi ya! Been busy putting in O.T. Money's nice, but WHEW!

(to goddess, too) I'm setting supper beside the computer -- a now-steaming Marie Calendar's frozen lasagna with two thick slices of Velveeta melted on top. Bachelor food. Exciting, huh?

The OT keeps you out of trouble.

Did you get the pics a few weeks back. Got yours.

163 Guy_Montag  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:34:00pm

I see someone beat me to the Sarandon News Flash, darn it. That's Big News in my house! lol. Damn, it could add another 5 million to McCain's popular vote number easily.

164 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:34:40pm

re: #113 pre-Boomer Marine brat

{pre-Boomer Marine brat}

Thanks. All three of us are working through the issues, and we are getting better.

We live in a fairly small university town (he's a professor, and his girlfriend is a former student, half is age, who just graduated). He has lost the respect of most of our friends and acquaintances.

His girlfriend (and I'm assuming they're still together) will be going to grad school in Ohio.

She has a man who chose her over his commitment to his wife and children. He has a girl (practically--she's six years older than the Lizard in Training) who willingly slept with a married man and actively sought to break up his family.

May they be happy in the life they have chosen. They deserve each other.

165 doriangrey  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:35:00pm

Oh dear god, Lord Byron is shilling for the Obamanation........

166 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:35:20pm
167 tradewind  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:35:24pm

re: #144 Shug
....and cheese.

168 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:35:28pm

re: #162 jcm

Yes! Got the pics of the kids! (-:

169 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:35:29pm
170 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:35:36pm

re: #144 Shug

Michelle Obama drinks lots of Whine

Shug -

If she drank a lot of WINE - she would be better. As it is, she appears to be sober - AND - unfortunately for OBAMA - is speaking her mind as she understands it. Seems to me that a 2009 trip to the Betty Ford Clinic of MICHELLE would be less costly to OBAMA than what she is doing now.

-S-

171 Former SSG  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:36:22pm

re: #156 Yankee Division Son

Yup, Most fun you can have with your clothes on. The Army gave me much more than I ever expected, more than I deserve. Glad you like it.

172 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:36:59pm
173 Edouard  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:37:07pm

Since I see the inimitable Byron at the top of the thread ... here's a great sonnet by Byron's contemporary Keats, sure to win the heart of any literate lady with its "give me love or give me death" intensity ... (notice also how this is all one single sentence ... Keats was a wizard with words) ...

Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art--
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night
And watching, with eternal lids apart,
Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite,
The moving waters at their priestlike task
Of pure ablution round earth's human shores,
Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors--
No--yet still stedfast, still unchangeable,
Pillow'd upon my fair love's ripening breast,
To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,
Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,
Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,
And so live ever--or else swoon to death.

174 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:37:26pm

re: #155 savage_nation

savage -

"HE IS - That Is ALL!"

-S-

175 Yankee Division Son  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:37:39pm

re: #171 Former SSG

Thank You for your service.

176 Shay4l  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:37:51pm

re: #72 Former SSG

Not an Obama fan?

Either that, or interested in sneaking drinks. I report, you decide.

177 gettinby  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:37:56pm

re: #166 song_and_dance_man

Not good enough. You must feel remorse since your ancestors are perpetuating victimhood to those whose own people assisted in their plight.

What if one doesn't actually HAVE any ancestors?

//that I know of.
//colorless?

178 tradewind  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:38:08pm

re: #49 Soccer Fan

With some editing.
Scratch nice, scratch cool, substitute bark for bite.

179 Former SSG  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:39:14pm

re: #164 goddessoftheclassroom

Goddess, as fr as I'm concerned, he's th loser. Many hugs to you, and good job on the kids. I know several women in your position. One had 4 kids and only $200 per month in support. (10 years ago). Now 2 qre out of college, and 2 are in. You CAN DO IT.

180 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:39:14pm
181 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:39:17pm

re: #164 goddessoftheclassroom

(as a man who's been 'round more than a few blocks, good and bad...)

I shall Bite My Tongue before writing my evaluation of his behavior. One, I haven't the right. Two, this is a public place.

182 DesertSage  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:39:48pm

Marijuana is important...
...to some people.

Susan Sarandon is not important...
...to anyone.

183 WhiteRasta  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:40:08pm

I gotta go and eat that surf and turf I have been promising myself all week.

Too bad I don't have some female company......

184 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:40:27pm

re: #169 savage_nation

At home in Lincoln getting drunk on Gallo White Zinfandel with the wife and the older son. bwhaha

(-:
ENJOY!

185 mikeinmd  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:40:28pm

Ah, what the hell. Just in the mood for it.

Astronomy

186 Former SSG  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:41:09pm

re: #175 Yankee Division Son

Like I said, I got more out of it than I can say, so no need for thanks. Something not said often enough, "Thank you for being a good citizen."

187 gettinby  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:41:15pm

re: #182 DesertSage

Marijuana is important...
...to some people.

Susan Sarandon is not important...
...to anyone.

Amen

and

Amen

/Where's the beef talent?

188 Nevergiveup  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:41:28pm

re: #183 WhiteRasta

I gotta go and eat that surf and turf I have been promising myself all week.

Too bad I don't have some female company......

Shit for surf and turf, I'd put on a wig and smile!

189 DesertSage  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:41:35pm

Obama used party rules to foil Clinton

Change!

190 WhiteRasta  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:42:01pm

re: #188 Nevergiveup

Marry me, big boy!

191 Former SSG  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:42:25pm

re: #176 Shay4l

Just thiught you were quoting "hope' against Obama... lol

192 Nevergiveup  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:42:43pm

re: #190 WhiteRasta

Marry me, big boy!

You are picking up the check,right?

193 wolfie  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:42:53pm

re: #164 goddessoftheclassroom

re: #181 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Yes, good manners precludes us describing either the ex or the chick with precision.
It would not be vulgar, however, to note that the girl is an IDIOT.

194 Killian Bundy  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:42:53pm

re: #161 GeeWiz

Oh, Ok. I haven't seen her around lately, and like you, I became worried about her well-being. I know she was put off by a deleted comment of her's a few days back and thought she would cool off and be back by now. Babba, you are sorely missed here. Love ya & miss ya Babba. Take Care!

It's my understanding she's not planning on coming back.

/you'll have to ask her yourself as to why

195 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:43:19pm
196 The Other Les  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:43:28pm

re: #182 DesertSage

Marijuana is important...
...to some people.

Susan Sarandon is not important...
...to anyone.

Except recently assembled muscular boy-toys.

/RHPS

197 Sharmuta  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:43:31pm

re: #173 Edouard

That was beautiful- thank you for sharing it.

198 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:43:39pm

OK Everyone -

Let's giveitbacktothem - If OBAMA wins - where do the productive people of the USA go? - COSTA RICA, quizas?

-S-

199 WhiteRasta  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:43:42pm

LOL. Goodnight for real...

Peace and love..

200 DesertSage  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:44:03pm

Bosforus got married today.

I would like to wish him a long, happy and healthy marriage!

201 Render  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:44:13pm

re: #97 Attaboid

Over the counter transaction. The tattoo was fairly large for the location, the star alone being larger than a Zippo lighter.

re: #93 WhiteRasta

How so bro? I admit to being clueless on this one. For all I know it could be some kind of Kahane/Kach deal. Or it could be nothing at all.

===

When she handed me back my credit card I noticed it and said, "That's some interesting art you have there."

She smiled and replied, "Thank you."

I left as mystified as I am now.

END OF
TRANSACTION,
R

202 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:44:14pm
203 Nevergiveup  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:44:20pm

re: #198 Dr. Shalit

OK Everyone -

Let's giveitbacktothem - If OBAMA wins - where do the productive people of the USA go? - COSTA RICA, quizas?

-S-

We go back to work and try to limit the damage.

204 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:44:27pm

re: #193 wolfie

Amen. She's obviously too young (in whatever sense) to know that what comes around can just as easily go around.

205 ted  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:45:18pm

re: #188 Nevergiveup

Shit for surf and turf, I'd put on a wig and smile!

Forget him...I'll put on a skirt and heels.

206 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:45:23pm

re: #195 savage_nation

Give us a *hick* every once in a while.

207 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:46:03pm

re: #173 Edouard

He's such a Romantic!

Very sad life, though...

Please allow me to share a sonnet story.

Two years ago, in my American lit class, we read Longfellow's "Cross of Snow," [[Link: www.hwlongfellow.org...] about how much he missed his late wife (it was published posthumously). I challenged my students to write a sonnet in the same style: Petrarchan, some connection to nature, and three labeled examples of figurative language. To earn all the bonus points, they also had to read it to the class.

One of the goofy sophomore guys desperately needed the points. He got up to read his. I was so amazed and had chills--his sonnet was beyond reasonable expectations. It had all this lovely imagery about walking in the woods at dawn and seeing a deer,

Then he said, "BANG BANG BANG."

It was SUCH an abrupt change of mood that I just stared at him. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well, I had to get in onomatopoeia for my third example of figurative language."

I think I laughed until I could barely breathe.

208 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:46:29pm
209 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:46:49pm

re: #200 DesertSage

Bosforus got married today.

I would like to wish him a long, happy and healthy marriage!

Congratulations Bosforus!
*Wishes for an eternity together*

210 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:46:52pm

re: #200 DesertSage

Bosforus got married today.

I would like to wish him a long, happy and healthy marriage!

Darn, I forgot about that! Congrats to Bosforus on his new marriage!

I'll buy a round in honor of Bosforus and the new Mrs Bosforus.

What'll it be?

211 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:47:04pm

re: #196 The Other Les

Les -

The SUZE has to PAY for Them at this point. How much $ has SHE at this point?

-S-

212 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:47:19pm

re: #183 WhiteRasta

I gotta go and eat that surf and turf I have been promising myself all week.

Too bad I don't have some female company......

How far are you from the Pittsburgh area? I can be ready remarkably quickly... :)

213 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:47:20pm
214 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:47:52pm

re: #210 Intrepid

Darn, I forgot about that! Congrats to Bosforus on his new marriage!

I'll buy a round in honor of Bosforus and the new Mrs Bosforus.

What'll it be?

Frozen strawberry daiquiri, please!

215 Sharmuta  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:48:04pm

re: #213 savage_nation

white zinfandel!

That's insulting.

216 Sharmuta  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:48:39pm

re: #215 Sharmuta

What I mean is- there are much, MUCH better wines out there savage.

217 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:48:41pm

re: #208 savage_nation

*belch!*
howzat?

Gag! Cough!
I think I left the AromaJet applet running!

218 lawhawk  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:49:04pm

So, I was listening to Mark Levin on the way to Lowe's, and he brought up a story I hadn't seen on Obama and his advisers. In specific, we're talking about one guy. His nuclear adviser.

Interesting chap.

He thinks that Israel should give up its nuclear weapons so that Iran would no longer have an incentive to develop nukes of its own.

Welcome to Obama's advisers.

219 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:49:42pm
220 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:50:24pm

re: #203 Nevergiveup

"Never G-Up" -

DING, DING, DING! - Which is Why, and the ONLY REASON Why I amvoting for John McCain for President in November 2008 - "DAMAGE CONTROL!"

-S-

221 lawhawk  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:50:43pm

re: #213 savage_nation

white zinfandel!

You could do better than that. A nice pinot noir, old vines zinfandel, or even a pinot grigio, riesling or gewurztraminer if you want a white.

222 Nevergiveup  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:50:55pm

re: #218 lawhawk

Scary shit.

223 lawhawk  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:51:08pm

re: #219 savage_nation

Just remember the Iron Fist rule....

224 really grumpy big dog Johnson  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:51:29pm

The blogs that have been credentialed to cover the Democratic National Convention to date:

2008 Democratic Convention Watch, 43rdStateBlues.com, AFL-CIO NOW Blog, African American Political Pundit, AMERICAblog.com, Asian American Action Fund Blog, Badlands Blue, Bagnews Notes, Beliefnet, Bitch Ph.D., Blogger News Network, Blogging For Michigan, BlogHer, Blue Hampshire, Blue Indiana, Blue Jersey, Blue Mass. Group, BlueGrassRoots, BlueNC.com, BlueOregon, Buckeye State Blog, Burnt Orange Report, Calitics, Campus Progress, Celtic Diva's Blue Oasis, Change to Win, Colorado Confidential, Cotton Mouth Blog, CracktheBell.com, Crooks and Liars, culturekitchen, Daily Kingfish, Daily Kos, Dallas South Blog, DCist.com, Democracy Arsenal, Democracy for New Mexico, Democratic Party of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Democratic Underground, Democrats Abroad Argentina, DemoOkie, Digby's Hullabaloo, Disaboom.com, Doc's Political Parlor, DoubleSpeak, Eschaton, EverydayCitizen.com, Fired Up!, Firedoglake, Florida Progressive Coalition, Future Majority, Georgia Politics Unfiltered, Green Mountain Daily, Grist Magazine, Group News Blog, HispanicTips.com, HorsesAss.org, HummingbirdMinds Blog, iLind.net, Indianz.com, Jack and Jill Politics, Jusiper, Keystone Politics, KnoxViews, Las Vegas Gleaner, Left In Alabama, Left in the West, Michigan Liberal, Minnesota Monitor, MOMocrats, My Left Nutmeg, MyDD, New Nebraska Network, NewsOne.com, No Rest for the Awake, NorthDecoder.com, Obsidian Wings, Ohio Daily Blog, OliverWillis.com, Open Left, Pam's House Blend, Political Base, Political Wire, PoliticalLunch.com, PolitickerNJ.com, PoliticsOnline, Pop and Politics, Prairie State Blue, RaceWire, Raising Kaine, Raw Story, Rhode Island's Future, Room 8, Rum, Romanism and Rebellion, RuralVotes, Scholars & Rogues, Seeing the Forest, Sepia Mutiny, SquareState.net, Talking Points Memo, TalkLeft, Taylor Marsh, The Albany Project, The Center for Emerging Media, The Iowa Independent, The Natchez Blog, The Seminal, The UpTake, The Utah Amicus, The Washington Independent, Think Youth, Thought Theater, TommyWonk, Tondee's Tavern, Towleroad, Turn Maine Blue, Under The Dome.com, Uppity Wisconsin, USAmerica Vota '08, VivirLatino.com, West Virginia Blue, What About Our Daughters? Blog, Working Life, Zennie's Zeitgeist.

Is it just me, or does it seem that the dems plan to control the horizontal, the vertical, and in general turn the DNC into a grand national unity lovefest?

It ain't gonna happen. And apparently, righty blogs need not apply. The media whitewash will be complete.

225 abolitionist  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:51:47pm

re: #40 Ojoe

Hey Obama

What about that 6 months in the Attic story?

Are ya makin' it up?

(crickets)

BHO said his uncle went to the attic immediately on returning home, and didn't leave the house (not attic) for 6 months.

/ Not that it matters to me; this heretic doesn't believe a word of it.

226 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:51:49pm
227 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:51:50pm

re: #213 savage_nation

white zinfandel!

Hee - you already got a bottle or two under your belt, Savage! But hey, I'll pour a nice Zin for ya.

228 Sharmuta  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:51:52pm

re: #221 lawhawk

You could do better than that. A nice pinot noir, old vines zinfandel, or even a pinot grigio, riesling or gewurztraminer if you want a white.

Yeah- I'm thinking he has a sweet tooth- he should go with a riesling or a gewurtz.

229 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:52:02pm
230 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:52:37pm
231 Dahveed  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:52:57pm

Did anyone see the photographs of the "uncontacted" tribe in the Amazon? These people look like they really have no understanding of an airplane.

I was thinking about this and imagine all of the things that has been accomplished just in the last 40 years that these people have no concept of. Man has landed on the moon, the invention of the microchip, all of the advances in medicine. Think of the wonders of the world, the metropolises that have been built, or the countless other things we have seen pictures of or have been lucky to have seen up close.

232 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:53:35pm

re: #213 savage_nation

white zinfandel!

savage -

In my world "White - Z" is "LOW OCTANE!"

-S-

233 wolfie  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:53:48pm

re: #218 lawhawk

I read about that clown.
Sounds like the same old leftist Cold War strategy.
If we would just disarm, the Soviets would do it too.
They only had nuclear weapons because we did. Yep.
And now Iran only wants them because Israel has them.

Same old idiocy repeating itself as farce.

234 GeeWiz  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:53:57pm

re: #194 Killian Bundy

It's my understanding she's not planning on coming back.

/you'll have to ask her yourself as to why

Babbazee, I have touted you as a treasure of this site to people who were not aware of this site. Please do not fail me now! I post this in rememberance of your advice when I went thru my divorce. I remember, do you?

235 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:54:10pm
236 Sharmuta  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:54:23pm

re: #232 Dr. Shalit

savage -

In my world "White - Z" is "LOW OCTANE!"

-S-

In my world- it's undrinkable.

237 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:54:33pm

re: #214 goddessoftheclassroom

Frozen strawberry daiquiri, please!

You want real strawberries or the frozen ones? Any rum preference?

238 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:54:46pm
239 The Other Les  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:54:53pm

re: #211 Dr. Shalit

Les -

The SUZE has to PAY for Them at this point. How much $ has SHE at this point?

-S-

May I suggest that every post referring to the SUZE be answered with the appropriate Rocky Horror callback?

"SLUT!"

240 lawhawk  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:55:00pm

re: #226 savage_nation

Not my first 100th choice, but to each their own :)

241 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:55:13pm
242 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:56:56pm

re: #235 savage_nation

savage -

Depends on WHO gets there FIRST! - Even "LuLa" would bring them to the West.

-S-

243 Sharmuta  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:57:03pm

re: #241 savage_nation

Who is taking advantage of who?

244 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:57:35pm
245 beachkatie  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:57:41pm

re: #185 mikeinmdThanks mikeinmd, I always love Metallica!

246 Nevergiveup  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:57:50pm

re: #231 Dahveed

By the By, what's up with them Cubs? Sizzling!

247 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:58:07pm

re: #241 savage_nation

Now WHY had I already guessed that?

248 Dahveed  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:58:13pm

re: #235 savage_nation

My first reaction actually was that someone will contact them and the first thing the first words they utter to the world is "Death To Israel".

249 jaunte  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:58:19pm

Ok, I'm going to have a glass of cheap wine too.

250 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:58:51pm
251 stuiec  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:59:17pm

re: #203 Nevergiveup

We go back to work and try to limit the damage.

Moreover, these types of politicians don't hurt the most productive types (who are the kind that find ways to work the new system) nearly as much as they hurt the least productive... especially by making sure they never get the tools they need to join the ranks of the most productive. Obama may make my life more expensive and may take away many of my incentives relating to my ordinary employment, but the people he will actually harm are the poor and ignorant, because his power derives from there being more of them.

252 wolfie  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:59:32pm

My 12 yr old and 13 yr old are in the next room exchanging "yo mama" insults.
Should I spoil their fun by telling them how ridiculous it is for siblings to do this?

253 really grumpy big dog Johnson  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:59:48pm

re: #237 Intrepid

You want real strawberries or the frozen ones? Any rum preference?

You want a real rum daquiri, you need a real rum.

254 Dahveed  Fri, May 30, 2008 5:59:50pm

re: #246 Nevergiveup

Came back from 8-0 today to win! I haven't seen any highlights yet, but they are playing incredible ball right now. But I can just see the bottom falling out. It just seems that they are peaking too early.

255 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:00:19pm

re: #237 Intrepid

You want real strawberries or the frozen ones? Any rum preference?

Real strawberries, Bacardi, no whipped cream.

256 mikeinmd  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:00:28pm

re: #245 beachkatie

;-)

257 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:00:46pm
258 Shug  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:01:08pm

re: #254 Dahveed

Came back from 8-0 today to win! I haven't seen any highlights yet, but they are playing incredible ball right now. But I can just see the bottom falling out. It just seems that they are peaking too early.


You can thank the Tigers for sending Jason Grilli to Colorado

259 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:01:45pm

re: #252 wolfie

My 12 yr old and 13 yr old are in the next room exchanging "yo mama" insults.
Should I spoil their fun by telling them how ridiculous it is for siblings to do this?

How could you resist not doing so? TOO FUNNY!

260 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:01:59pm

re: #250 savage_nation

LOL
Careful, you may be getting close to the Iron Fist if your lady reads over your shoulder

261 republic  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:02:04pm

re: #83 DesertSage

U.S. Cites Big Gains Against Al-Qaeda

Not good news for Democrats.

According to Nancy Pelosi, the only reason there is progress in Iraq is because "Iran is helping".

As Iran is actively helping kill and wound our brave soldiers, Nancy Pelosi commends Iran as being "helpful".

Can Nancy Pelosi spit any harder on the blood and sacrifice of our brave military?

This is the woman who is third in line to the POTUS!

spit!

262 The Other Les  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:02:05pm

re: #252 wolfie

My 12 yr old and 13 yr old are in the next room exchanging "yo mama" insults.
Should I spoil their fun by telling them how ridiculous it is for siblings to do this?

Could you laugh at the tell and tell them to figure it out?

263 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:02:41pm
264 nyc redneck  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:02:56pm

re: #218 lawhawk

So, I was listening to Mark Levin on the way to Lowe's, and he brought up a story I hadn't seen on Obama and his advisers. In specific, we're talking about one guy. His nuclear adviser.

Interesting chap.

He thinks that Israel should give up its nuclear weapons so that Iran would no longer have an incentive to develop nukes of its own.

Welcome to Obama's advisers.

and that will also make it more convenient for b.o. to use our military to invade israel and subdue them. (based on samantha power's great plan)

265 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:03:25pm

It's 8 pm CDT, and for the next 30 minutes, we're running a special* on shots of Tennessee Sippin' Whiskey...

*meaning if you can sip the whole thing without exploding, the drink's on us!

266 The Other Les  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:03:40pm

re: #261 republic

According to Nancy Pelosi, the only reason there is progress in Iraq is because "Iran is helping".

As Iran is actively helping kill and wound our brave soldiers, Nancy Pelosi commends Iran as being "helpful".

Can Nancy Pelosi spit any harder on the blood and sacrifice of our brave military?

This is the woman who is third in line to the POTUS!

spit!

Didn't this daft individual once refer to the 9/11 attacks as aviation accidents?

267 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:04:10pm

re: #239 The Other Les

Les -

Only, at about 58 years old, Most Women are not considered HOT anymore. There are exceptions. I do NOT think that "THE SUZE" is one of them. She might be very intelligent/savvy - See: Margaret Thatcher and Golda Meir. I do NOT think the "SUZE" is anywhere NEAR the same league.

-S-

268 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:04:32pm
269 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:04:38pm
270 ted  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:04:39pm

Obama's Pathetic Advice to Grads

" FOR all his soaring, hopeful rhetoric, Barack Obama chose an odd message this week to send Wesleyan's graduating seniors.
Face it, kids - he basically said - Americans are losers. Pathetic, needy dependents who can't make it without help. So forget your dreams, dear graduates. Go forth and aid your fellow deadbeats.
Never mind "The Audacity of Hope." Obama was trumpeting "The Ubiquity of Failure." "The Equality of Need." "The Endlessness of the Dole."
OK, I exaggerate - a little. Here are his actual words: "Our collective service can shape the destiny of this generation . . . Individual salvation depends on collective salvation."
That is, unless we come together and fix America's myriad flaws (like poverty, which never disappears), we're all doomed.
This went well past the standard graduation calls for community service and voluntarism. The senator chided those who seek life's material rewards: "Fulfilling your immediate wants and needs," he insisted, "betrays a poverty of ambition."
In fact, Obama himself was betraying a poverty of understanding US history.
After all, it's not too many Americans pursuing their dreams that threatens the nation's greatness - it's too few.
Obama's America has two groups: those in need - and those who care for them. Missing are the folks who produce real wealth - the goods and services all Americans enjoy.
Sure, helping others is a noble pursuit. And Obama's GOP rival, John McCain, certainly honors public service. But America's success owes much to its high regard for individualism - personal rights and responsibilities, and individual self-advancement. If Obama truly appreciated that, he might have challenged the students to dream big. And to pursue those dreams with gusto....

[Link: www.nypost.com...]

271 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:04:49pm

re: #249 jaunte

Ok, I'm going to have a glass of cheap wine too.

You want Zinfandel - like Savage - or will some twist-off Boones' Farm do?

We do have a nice box wine, as well.

272 nyc redneck  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:05:01pm

re: #252 wolfie

My 12 yr old and 13 yr old are in the next room exchanging "yo mama" insults.
Should I spoil their fun by telling them how ridiculous it is for siblings to do this?

that's cute and funny,

273 Dahveed  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:05:09pm

re: #258 Shug

Whatever helps the Tigers beat up on the White Sox is alright in my book.

274 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:05:14pm

re: #263 savage_nation

illl b careful

Yo ur getn tu durnk t poost, sun!
(-:

275 republic  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:05:26pm

re: #266 The Other Les

Didn't this daft individual once refer to the 9/11 attacks as aviation accidents?


/hangs head in hands

I guess some people don't take the voting process seriously.

276 lawhawk  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:05:38pm

I'm busy quaffing a McSorley's Black and Tan here... which I think isn't bad, but beer advocate only rates a C+. Hmmm.. maybe has something to do with who owns it perhaps (PBR).

277 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:05:58pm
278 jaunte  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:06:33pm

re: #264 nyc redneck

Cirincione doesn't believe that a missile defense is technically possible:
[Link: www.pbs.org...]

279 beachkatie  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:06:48pm

re: #264 nyc redneck Hey nyc redneck! I hope you were far away from the crane accident?:O

280 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:07:18pm

re: #253 really grumpy big dog Johnson

Oooh, rum with a theme song!

281 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:07:58pm

re: #267 Dr. Shalit

OK Reply to Self -

AND - Must Say this - SIMI keeps me straight, even when I get a bit "WOBBLY" - works for me!

282 The Other Les  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:08:03pm

And over at the People's Cube:

Obama's Crazy Uncle Surfaces In Moscow.


Also see this.

283 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:08:15pm
284 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:08:20pm
285 jaunte  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:08:23pm

re: #271 Intrepid

I have some nice $8 Rex Goliath Cabernet...

286 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:09:28pm

re: #255 goddessoftheclassroom

Real strawberries, Bacardi, no whipped cream.

For you, Goddess - Enjoy!

287 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:09:29pm

re: #271 Intrepid

You want Zinfandel - like Savage - or will some twist-off Boones' Farm do?

We do have a nice box wine, as well.

To avoid making Sharmuta barf, I will lie like a rug and pretend that the box wine in the door of my fridge is a Chateau Mouton Rothschild.

288 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:09:58pm

re: #286 Intrepid

For you, Goddess - Enjoy!

You darling! YUM!

289 hermeneutics  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:10:19pm

A diet coke for me. I'm a coke addict.

Today was stunningly beautiful ... and still is. Not a cloud hovers in the intensely blue sky. I hiked along a stream looking for trout (didn't see any) and discovered a duck nest in the reeds with thirteen eggs. Trees are just beginning to get leaves among patches of snow that remain.

Days like today make me forget the days that were not like today.

290 Sharmuta  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:10:24pm

re: #287 pre-Boomer Marine brat

LMAO!

291 stevieray  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:10:28pm

A good weekend song:

Three Strange Days

go ahead... take Monday off. Tell the boss stevieray sez, "Its cool..."

292 republic  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:11:20pm

Barack Hussein Obama,

"I will strip the U.S. of all things military, I will negotiate the same with Russia and Iran, it will be unicorns in fields of cotton candy, baskets full of puppies and kittens."

"Vote for change, vote for me"

293 Rich7041  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:11:58pm

I've had a very trying week & needed a good laugh. Ergo, my favorite Family Guy clip: Family Guy - Upside Down Face
Stewie's slow turn is priceless.

294 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:12:30pm

re: #283 savage_nation

savage -

Cirincione - IS A STOOGE - MOE, LARRY or CURLEY - You Make the Call! 'Nuff said!

-S-

295 jaunte  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:12:48pm

re: #283 savage_nation

Here's the way he puts it:

"The president cannot soon deploy a system that has a significant military capability."
296 hermeneutics  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:13:46pm

Laughing here.

My son just asked me if the word that means "really fat" is obese or obeast.

297 really grumpy big dog Johnson  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:13:48pm

re: #280 Intrepid

Oooh, rum with a theme song!

And don't believe those who tout Bacardi. Bacardi stinks in comparison to Don Q. It's like comparing Gilbey's to Tanquerey, Kristal to Stolychnaya, Glenlivet to Glenfiddich, although perhaps in the final case the comparison is considerably closer.

298 mikeinmd  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:13:50pm

Take a wild guess who "won the week" at DKomatose.

Oh, and DK turned 6 on Monday according to that poll they have.

Kids these days.

299 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:13:57pm
300 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:14:04pm

re: #295 jaunte

"jaunte" -

IN WHAT LIFE?

-S-

301 nyc redneck  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:14:05pm

re: #270 ted

b.o. is a hand wringing misery monger, not inspirational at all.
just an incessant focus on the negative.
he isn't even a half cup empty guy. he is a not a drop in the cup guy.
what a toxic personality. all the students he addressed walked out into the world w/ their heads hanging down.

302 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:14:43pm

re: #290 Sharmuta

LMAO!

*bashful grin*
Thanks.

I rarely drink, and 3/4 of a bottle of something I'd REALLY like would spoil. The box wine lasts, and is ... well ... oh well, given the alternatives ....

303 republic  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:15:09pm

re: #298 mikeinmd

Take a wild guess who "won the week" at DKomatose.

Oh, and DK turned 6 on Monday according to that poll they have.

Kids these days.

Take a wild guess who "won the week" at DKomatose.

Kestrel?

304 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:15:24pm

re: #299 savage_nation

savage -

"ROTFLMAO!"

-S-

305 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:15:30pm

re: #285 jaunte

I have some nice $8 Rex Goliath Cabernet...

By the way, it's on sale for $6.99 here.

306 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:16:00pm

GOOD EVENING, LIZARDS! I see this is the FNDT, and I have a very adequate California Merlot up...

Does anyone need their drink refreshed?

307 really grumpy big dog Johnson  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:16:15pm

re: #284 song_and_dance_man

Disco Rum?

The website stinks, the rum definitely does not. Trust me on this.

308 jaunte  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:16:48pm

re: #300 Dr. Shalit

I think Cirincione has missed a few news stories.

309 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:17:10pm

re: #296 hermeneutics

Laughing here.

My son just asked me if the word that means "really fat" is obese or obeast.

How precious!

310 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:17:15pm

re: #306 Grammy Cracker

GOOD EVENING, LIZARDS! I see this is the FNDT, and I have a very adequate California Merlot up...

Does anyone need their drink refreshed?

Don't offer it to savage. He has a ... er ... another agenda.

311 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:17:17pm
312 beachkatie  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:17:31pm

re: #235 savage_nationLooked like a seen from lost!HE HE!:)

313 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:17:37pm

Hey, Savage! You doing all right after the big 'blow' last night?

/I know...it sounds salacious...that's why I wrote it that way!

314 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:17:41pm
315 nyc redneck  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:19:00pm

re: #279 beachkatie

Hey nyc redneck! I hope you were far away from the crane accident?:O

it's at 91st and 1st. i'm not near that site but it was very depressing to turn on the radio this morning and hear this bad news. so many people in the city have these mega-cranes in their neighborhoods and the mishaps just keep happening. there's one on my block and i always look up when i walk out the door.

316 jaunte  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:19:00pm

re: #305 Intrepid

Sometimes if I plan ahead I can skip Kroger and go here:
[Link: www.specsonline.com...]

317 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:19:06pm

re: #287 pre-Boomer Marine brat

To avoid making Sharmuta barf, I will lie like a rug and pretend that the box wine in the door of my fridge is a Chateau Mouton Rothschild.

I have a lovely '93 right here...

318 hermeneutics  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:19:06pm

re: #309 goddessoftheclassroom

Goddess,
After reading about your life situation upthread I admire you still more.

319 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:20:43pm

OK Everyone -

Since 1945, Japan, WHO has seen or experienced what the US MILITARY actually CAN DO? - Answer - NOBODY, thank G-d.

-S-

320 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:20:50pm
321 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:20:53pm
322 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:21:23pm

re: #318 hermeneutics

Goddess,
After reading about your life situation upthread I admire you still more.

{hermeneutics)

You are very kind.

323 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:21:36pm

re: #314 savage_nation

ROFLMAO!

324 beachkatie  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:22:32pm

re: #315 nyc redneck Please be carefull! Keep an eye were those cranes are ! stay away!:(

325 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:22:36pm
326 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:22:42pm

re: #289 hermeneutics

A Diet Coke to top off a lovely day....

327 nyc redneck  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:22:49pm

re: #306 Grammy Cracker

GOOD EVENING, LIZARDS! I see this is the FNDT, and I have a very adequate California Merlot up...

Does anyone need their drink refreshed?

i have something for you to try.
'anjou' (pur breton)2004. it's a delicate french red.

328 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:23:54pm
329 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:24:05pm

re: #320 savage_nation

Yeah, its ok. But I was supposed to pick up a load in Kearney and a tornado flattened the factory.

Yikes...hope no one was hurt! Well, physically. I suppose several someones were hurt financially if your run had to be canceled due to...destruction.

Still, I'm glad to hear you're safe and sound and here with us on drinkin' night!

330 cybermonk  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:24:19pm

re: #45 Killgore Trout

Question, if no one knows what Jesus looked like, how do these people know that the face is that of Jesus? Is it just like the one on the velvet painting? Do the eyes follow you?

just saying

331 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:24:48pm
332 hermeneutics  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:25:10pm

re: #326 Intrepid

Gosh, that looks perfectly chilled -- thanks! Much better than the warm, dead coke in my warm, live hand.

333 beachkatie  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:25:23pm

re: #327 nyc redneckSounds like it's worth a try!

334 mikalm  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:25:26pm

re: #294 Dr. Shalit

savage -

Cirincione - IS A STOOGE - MOE, LARRY or CURLEY - You Make the Call! 'Nuff said!

-S-

What about Shemp?

335 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:25:46pm

re: #314 savage_nation

savage -

"Graucho and John" -

If this is the "Marxist-Lennonist" Future -

I am all for it.

-S-

336 mikeinmd  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:26:15pm

re: #314 savage_nation

That's hilarious, not bad t'all.

337 really grumpy big dog Johnson  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:26:36pm

re: #321 song_and_dance_man

I trust you on this. For rum I've always chosen Myers because it's delicious for it's price.

Myers would be my second choice. Their dark has a smokey overtone unlike any other rum, but I just want my rum smooth and pleasant.

338 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:27:05pm
339 Kosh's Shadow  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:27:32pm

re: #330 cybermonk

Question, if no one knows what Jesus looked like, how do these people know that the face is that of Jesus? Is it just like the one on the velvet painting? Do the eyes follow you?

just saying

Jesus would have looked Jewish - but they never show him that way.

340 Kosh's Shadow  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:27:49pm

Anyone else watching Dr. Who?
With its pacifistic message?
And its green bullshit.
Gettting tired of this British stuff.

341 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:27:54pm

re: #334 mikalm

"mik" -

"SHEMP" is the RESERVE STOOGE!

-S-

342 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:28:29pm
343 JeremyR  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:28:50pm

re: #317 Intrepid

I have a lovely '93 right here...

I've got the perfect stuff right here.

344 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:29:14pm

re: #330 cybermonk

Question, if no one knows what Jesus looked like, how do these people know that the face is that of Jesus? Is it just like the one on the velvet painting? Do the eyes follow you?

just saying

I'm always creeped out by any 'pictures' of Jesus...Why is he usually a sandy-haired, blue-eyed, 70's hippy guy?

News flash: Jesus was a Jewish man! I know! But it's true!

345 hermeneutics  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:29:17pm

re: #339 Kosh's Shadow

I was told Jesus looked Armenian. Since I've never met an Armenian, I have no idea what he looked like.

Now, if they said Jesus looked Norwegian, I'd have a clear visual image!

346 Kosh's Shadow  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:29:36pm

re: #335 Dr. Shalit

savage -

"Graucho and John" -

If this is the "Marxist-Lennonist" Future -

I am all for it.

-S-

You mean like this?

347 Sharmuta  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:29:43pm

I've finally decided on my wine, Intrepid. I'll take a Côtes du Rhône, please.

348 beachkatie  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:29:56pm

re: #339 Kosh's Shadow
We all know he was Jewish, and THAT MAKES HIM VERY SPECIAL!:)

349 katemaclaren  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:29:58pm

re: #5 goddessoftheclassroom

Lord Byron: mad, bad, and dangerous to know.

Just ask Lady Caroline Lamb.

Did you know his daughter (and his wife) were mathematical geniuses and that his daughter (ADA), is credited with helping to lay the groundwork for the eventual invention of the computer? Isn't that interesting? A film about her, called ADA, starring Tilda Swinton, was made a few years ago.

350 republic  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:30:03pm

John F. Kennedy:

"Ask not what your country can do for you...but what you can do for your country."

Barack Hussein Obama:

"Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country can do for you."

Keep them poor, you'll own them forever.

351 hermeneutics  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:30:15pm

re: #344 Grammy Cracker

I've met sandy haird, blue-eyed Jews.

352 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:30:22pm
353 Geepers  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:30:31pm

Quotes from Lord Byron?

How the hell are we to maintain our racist knuckle-dragging image acting thusly?

354 hermeneutics  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:31:08pm

GTG ... be back.

355 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:31:15pm

re: #349 katemaclaren

Did you know his daughter (and his wife) were mathematical geniuses and that his daughter (ADA), is credited with helping to lay the groundwork for the eventual invention of the computer? Isn't that interesting? A film about her, called ADA, starring Tilda Swinton, was made a few years ago.

I remember reading that. Byron's is a fascinating biography.

356 nyc redneck  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:31:22pm

re: #325 ploome hineni

I think I lose 10 IQ points every thime I try to make sense of the shit Alan Colmes tries to pile onto the audience

/I lothe Colmes

lol,
you probably get smarter listening to that fool.

357 mikalm  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:31:25pm

re: #339 Kosh's Shadow

Actually, the Eastern Church's Christ Pantocrator icon usually portrays him with distinctive Semitic features. He also looks rather stern -- no Smiling Blond Jesus here.

358 Sharmuta  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:31:32pm

re: #353 Geepers

LOL! I'm a Byron readin', Côtes du Rhône drinkin' knuckle dragger.

359 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:31:34pm
360 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:31:48pm

re: #328 savage_nation

I remember watching "You Bet Your Life" live on a regular basis.

I did NOT see the one with the lady with up-teen kids, and Groucho's comment about his cigar. Was probably too young to have gotten it.

361 DesertSage  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:32:11pm

re: #344 Grammy Cracker

Hi Cracker!

Somewhere in the bible, I don't remember where, it says that Jesus has woolly hair.

362 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:32:13pm

re: #353 Geepers

Quotes from Lord Byron?

How the hell are we to maintain our racist knuckle-dragging image acting thusly?

I just here to add a little class to the place...

363 Kosh's Shadow  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:32:32pm

re: #352 savage_nation

link not working, oops

Weird. Works for me

[Link: www.marx-brothers.org...]

364 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:33:04pm
365 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:33:33pm

re: #347 Sharmuta

I've finally decided on my wine, Intrepid. I'll take a Côtes du Rhône, please.

Do you want the 2005? or the 2006?

366 DesertSage  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:33:43pm

re: #353 Geepers

Quotes from Lord Byron?

How the hell are we to maintain our racist knuckle-dragging image acting thusly?

We quote Shakespeare here also. We're doomed :')

367 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:33:43pm

re: #347 Sharmuta

I've finally decided on my wine, Intrepid. I'll take a Côtes du Rhône, please.

I prefer Côte du Rhône, but I like saying Châteauneuf du Pape...

368 The Other Les  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:33:51pm

re: #362 goddessoftheclassroom

I just here to add a little class to the place...

So much for the classless society...

369 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:33:54pm

re: #346 Kosh's Shadow

"kosh" -

BAD Linky - AND - if it is "Graucho & John" - Do You NOT Think Humanity MIGHT Be Better?

-S-

370 ethanxxx  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:34:14pm

re: #359 song_and_dance_man

True... but... God I love the Family Guy! I'd love to hang with Brian for a weekend.

371 Kosh's Shadow  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:34:26pm

re: #368 The Other Les

So much for the classless society...

Damn the middle class!
/Irrev. Wrong mode off

372 really grumpy big dog Johnson  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:34:53pm

re: #345 hermeneutics

I was told Jesus looked Armenian. Since I've never met an Armenian, I have no idea what he looked like.

Now, if they said Jesus looked Norwegian, I'd have a clear visual image!

I've met an Armenian. I fact, he could have been Jesus! How the hell would I know?

Armenia, the world's oldest Christian republic.

373 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:35:04pm
374 Sharmuta  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:35:24pm

re: #365 Intrepid

Oooo! The '05!

375 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:35:44pm
376 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:36:04pm

re: #351 hermeneutics

I've met sandy haird, blue-eyed Jews.

From Israel? Well, I guess anything is possible.... I just always imagined He would look more Mediterranean / Middle Eastern; dark hair and eyes, olive-y skin, etc.

377 Ojoe  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:36:06pm

Wilson Towercam in the late afternoon, great definiion on the canyons in the distance.

Grunt. (obligatory knuckle-dragging comment)

378 Ojoe  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:36:59pm

re: #377 Ojoe

They just dimmed it down for some reason.

379 Kosh's Shadow  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:37:19pm

re: #369 Dr. Shalit

"kosh" -

BAD Linky - AND - if it is "Graucho & John" - Do You NOT Think Humanity MIGHT Be Better?

-S-

I haven't figured out why the link isn't working. I can cut and paste it into Win XP under Parallels, and see the image.
In any case, it is the cover image for the Firesign Theatre Album, "How Can You Be In Two Places At Once If You're Nowhere At All", so you can google it yourself.

380 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:37:20pm

re: #361 DesertSage

Hi Cracker!

Somewhere in the bible, I don't remember where, it says that Jesus has woolly hair.

That's what I'm thinkin'...

Oh, and....Hey, Sage! How are ya tonight?

381 Sharmuta  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:37:21pm

re: #367 Grammy Cracker

It is fun to say.

382 Ojoe  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:37:34pm

re: #361 DesertSage

Isn't that Jeremiah?

383 Macker  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:37:45pm

Hello. I updated to 10.5.3 last night, and it seems ever since then, things just aren't working right here; I can't quote (I click the link and it boots me back to the main page); scripts take forever and a day to load, sometimes they time out.

Has any other Mac user here experienced similar issues? Charles and Stinky, if you could chime in too I'd appreciate it.

384 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:38:00pm

re: #367 Grammy Cracker

I prefer Côte du Rhône, but I like saying Châteauneuf du Pape...

For you, Grammy C, because it's the end of the week, and you deserve a fun treat! (even if it's just in the pronunciation)

385 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:38:01pm

re: #370 ethanxxx

"eth" -

The real difference between the JEWS and CHRISTIANS is how far cheek turning can go. Take it from there.

-S-

386 DesertSage  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:38:13pm

re: #372 really grumpy big dog Johnson

I've met an Armenian. I fact, he could have been Jesus! How the hell would I know?

Armenia, the world's oldest Christian republic.

You can't be Jesus...I met Jesus today. He and his cousin Juan worked on my car.

387 JeremyR  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:38:41pm

re: #362 goddessoftheclassroom

I just here to add a little class to the place...

This is no place for children, send your class out to the playground.

388 Geepers  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:39:07pm

Sharmuta (#358),

I'm a Byron readin', Côtes du Rhône drinkin' knuckle dragger.

"She entered the room with a sophisticated air of barbarism. The twinkle in her eye mimicked the candlelight on the Waterford crystal. Catching my eye, the lady tipped her glass, and belched."

389 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:39:22pm

re: #387 JeremyR

This is no place for children, send your class out to the playground.

I was SO hoping the pun would come across! :)

390 katemaclaren  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:39:48pm

re: #372 really grumpy big dog Johnson

Hi Big Dog. Thanks for the encouragement last night--I don't usually snap at these peskies, so it helps to know I was not alone in my opinion (scarf thread).

391 DesertSage  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:40:00pm

re: #377 Ojoe

Wilson Towercam in the late afternoon, great definiion on the canyons in the distance.

Grunt. (obligatory knuckle-dragging comment)

That's one of the best towercam pictures we've had. It was a beautiful day here today.

392 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:40:16pm
393 JeremyR  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:40:29pm

re: #389 goddessoftheclassroom

I was SO hoping the pun would come across! :)

OK, I bit, now gimme my teeth back. ;-)

394 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:40:39pm

re: #362 goddessoftheclassroom

I just here to add a little class to the place...

Goddess and Mandy are at opposite ends of the seesaw.

(can't *duck* because I don't know which direction it might come from)

395 Sharmuta  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:41:00pm

Geepers- LMAO!

396 DesertSage  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:41:00pm

re: #380 Grammy Cracker

That's what I'm thinkin'...

Oh, and....Hey, Sage! How are ya tonight?

I'm doin' good. Really good. How 'bout you?

397 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:41:08pm

re: #384 Intrepid

For you, Grammy C, because it's the end of the week, and you deserve a fun treat! (even if it's just in the pronunciation)

Merci, mon ami!

398 Charles  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:41:47pm

re: #383 Macker

Hello. I updated to 10.5.3 last night, and it seems ever since then, things just aren't working right here; I can't quote (I click the link and it boots me back to the main page); scripts take forever and a day to load, sometimes they time out.

Has any other Mac user here experienced similar issues? Charles and Stinky, if you could chime in too I'd appreciate it.

I did that update yesterday, and haven't had any problems. You may be experiencing some kind of caching issue; there are utilities that will let you clear all the system caches, you might want to try one of those.

399 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:41:48pm
400 Geepers  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:42:10pm

goddessoftheclassroom (#362),

I just here to add a little class to the place...

And well you do goddess.

401 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:42:49pm

re: #386 DesertSage

LOL!

402 sadhu  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:43:12pm

T-19 hours and 20 minutes.

I'm going up to Titusville to watch the Shuttle launch! It goes off at @5pm local. Saw one at night from Vero Beach a few years ago and it was amazing from that distance.

Here's the link: [Link: www.nasa.gov...]

God bless America!

403 JeremyR  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:43:27pm

re: #399 song_and_dance_man

I truly hope we will see B. Hussein's three preachers back to back in a political ad soon. And then a word from Bill Ayers.

Get them each a Kaffiyeh so they can sit in solidarity with their benefactors.

404 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:43:29pm

re: #374 Sharmuta

Oooo! The '05!

Voila! Enjoy.

405 really grumpy big dog Johnson  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:43:36pm

re: #390 katemaclaren

Hi Big Dog. Thanks for the encouragement last night--I don't usually snap at these peskies, so it helps to know I was not alone in my opinion (scarf thread).

You are most welcome. Some of us are actually observant, fewer still dilligent. I figure I'm somewhere in between.

406 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:43:48pm

re: #400 Geepers

goddessoftheclassroom (#362),

And well you do goddess.

Aw, how sweet!

As soon as I pressed "post this comment," I realized that I should have added a sarc tag!

407 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:43:57pm

re: #386 DesertSage

You can't be Jesus...I met Jesus today. He and his cousin Juan worked on my car.

A couple of years ago I walked into our Personnel Manager's office and saw a note on his desk that he was to interview 'Jesus' at 4:30 p.m. Well....

I acted all excited and said if Jesus is coming in for an interview, I'm staying to meet him....

/lots of Mexican immigrants in our line of work....

408 JeremyR  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:44:50pm

re: #402 sadhu

My Uncle lives in Rock Ledge. he can watch the whole show from his back yard.

409 katemaclaren  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:45:00pm

re: #402 sadhu

T-19 hours and 20 minutes.

I'm going up to Titusville to watch the Shuttle launch! It goes off at @5pm local. Saw one at night from Vero Beach a few years ago and it was amazing from that distance.

Here's the link: [Link: www.nasa.gov...]

God bless America!

I am SO jealous! I saw the last Gemini launch so many years ago--I was a very young intern at NASA-MSC Houston. Before the sad sad day when the fire occurred killing some very fine men with, for sure, the right stuff.

410 katemaclaren  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:45:40pm

re: #405 really grumpy big dog Johnson

;-)

411 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:46:06pm

re: #407 Grammy Cracker

A couple of years ago I walked into our Personnel Manager's office and saw a note on his desk that he was to interview 'Jesus' at 4:30 p.m. Well....

I acted all excited and said if Jesus is coming in for an interview, I'm staying to meet him....

/lots of Mexican immigrants in our line of work....

The first time I heard someone speaking to a person named "Jesus," I thought he was saying, "Hey, Zeus" and wondered why anyone would name his or her child that.

412 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:46:25pm

re: #379 Kosh's Shadow

kosh -

My new Machinery IS VISTA - the '58 Chevy, 348, Turbo-Glide - OS. "Stupidly - I continue with it." WE ARE ALL BOZO'S ON THIS BUS! Firesign Theatre - +/- 1969.

-S-

413 Geepers  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:46:49pm

DesertSage (#366)

We quote Shakespeare here also. We're doomed :')

Sage advice my friend.

We need to work in some some local colloquialisms so as not to sand out.

"So how about that local sports team eh?"

414 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:47:54pm

re: #399 song_and_dance_man

I truly hope we will see B. Hussein's three preachers back to back in a political ad soon. And then a word from Bill Ayers.

We have a racist Muslim (Farrakhan), a racist Protestant (Wright) and a racist Catholic (Pfleger)....when do we get the racist Rabbi?

/Pssst....Barry? Keep 'em coming, buddy....at least until the nomination thingy has been settled. Bwaaahhhhh!

415 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:48:32pm

re: #386 DesertSage

"Sage"-

Was Jesus's Cousin - Geraldo, there as well?

-S-

416 savage_nation[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:48:45pm
417 Karridine  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:48:50pm

re: #412 Dr. Shalit

In that case, please remove your shoes and follow the inflated yellow line!

418 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:49:20pm
419 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:49:36pm

re: #416 savage_nation

Have fun yourself.

420 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:50:33pm

re: #411 goddessoftheclassroom

The first time I heard someone speaking to a person named "Jesus," I thought he was saying, "Hey, Zeus" and wondered why anyone would name his or her child that.

LOL! It's changed a bit in our plant now, but for awhile if you yelled "Hey, Jose!", 15 guys came running....

421 Winslow  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:50:36pm

Oh sing, ye merry lizardim:

The Blog Goes On

Action just keeps throbbing on the screen;
Mighty Lizard King creates the scene!
TurboHamsters charge the blog machine;
No one mentions comment 17!

And the blog goes on...
The blog goes on...

Zombie’s on the prowl again, tonight;
Leftist loons had best keep out of sight!
Cornered troll takes one last frightened gulp,
Then Sharmuta shreds it to a pulp!

La de da de dee...
La de da de daa...

Shiplord Kirel scans the ether vast;
Buzzsawmonkey’s teeth spin sharp and fast!
Thanos cultivates noblesse oblige;
Render’s locked and loaded for the siege!

And the blog goes on...
The blog goes on...

Killgore Trout swims hard against the stream;
MandyManners just let loose a scream!
Song_and_dance_man’s Mr. Tambourine;
BabbaZee still vents her outraged spleen!

La de da de dee...
La de da de daa...

Fruit cup’s being served on the buffet;
Lizard Lounge is open night and day!
Trolls and mobies still get shown the door;
Nodrog doesn’t live here anymore!

And the blog goes on...
The blog goes on...

Killian Bundy legally consults;
Taxfreekiller slams the money-cults!
Puppet tries to post with sneaky nic;
Stinky Beaumont swings the whacking stick!

La de da de dee...
La de da de daa...

Karridine calls BS from the East;
Geepers serves the Midwest lizard feast!
Zulubaby watches from afar;
LGF’s Mid-Eastern guiding star!

And the blog goes on...
The blog goes on...

Aisha plays the droll Islamist froll;
Callow hatchlings swallow her posts, whole!
Hapless troll takes one last living breath,
Then Nekama hammers it to death!

La de da de dee...
La de da de daa...

Threads are now a thousand comments long;
Can’t fit everybody in one song!
Lizard Army’s twenty thousand strong;
Nothing stops the vast reptilian throng!

And the blog goes on...
The blog goes on...

422 Shug  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:51:24pm

re: #402 sadhu

I saw the last one from the NASA causeway.
It was the coolest thing I have ever seen, and really made me proud to be an American.


Perhaps Michelle Obama ought to view a launch

423 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:51:40pm

re: #413 Geepers

DesertSage (#366)

Sage advice my friend.

We need to work in some some local colloquialisms so as not to sand out.

"So how about that local sports team eh?"

Well....of course it was 'Sage' advice.... duh...

/LOLOL

424 DesertSage  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:52:18pm

re: #412 Dr. Shalit

kosh -

My new Machinery IS VISTA - the '58 Chevy, 348, Turbo-Glide - OS. "Stupidly - I continue with it." WE ARE ALL BOZO'S ON THIS BUS! Firesign Theatre - +/- 1969.

-S-

My first car was a '58 Chevy Bel air 4 door....with a 348!
Great motor, very powerful. 409 predecessor.

425 Geepers  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:52:26pm

goddessoftheclassroom (#406),

Never use a sarc tag myself, better to keep 'em guessing sometimes.

426 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:52:35pm

re: #421 Winslow

BRAVO!

427 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:54:10pm

Oh my! The angels are bowling again... Might have to sign off soon......

428 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:54:27pm

re: #421 Winslow

First Rate!

429 CIA Reject  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:54:28pm

re: #402 sadhu

T-19 hours and 20 minutes.

I'm going up to Titusville to watch the Shuttle launch! It goes off at @5pm local. Saw one at night from Vero Beach a few years ago and it was amazing from that distance.

Here's the link: [Link: www.nasa.gov...]

God bless America!

Shuttle launches are impressive albeit somewhat tame. When I lived down that way a few years ago I made acquaintance with some old timers who were veterans of the Apollo days. They said that back then NASA had a whole group of people whose jobs were to go around the area after a Saturn V launch and write checks for broken windows.

/Now THAT's Impressive!
//and yes- G*d Bless America!

430 Sharmuta  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:54:34pm

re: #421 Winslow

Aww- thanks for squeezing me in! That was great all around.

431 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:54:51pm

re: #417 Karridine

In that case, please remove your shoes and follow the inflated yellow line!

Karridine -

Kudos to Sir Elton - Follow It, Follow It, Follow It - Just FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD...

-S-

432 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:55:07pm
433 MandyManners  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:55:35pm

re: #394 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Goddess and Mandy are at opposite ends of the seesaw.

(can't *duck* because I don't know which direction it might come from)

I'll have you know that I swill my Basil bourbon out of a Baccarat Beluga tumbler. But, if I were to swill it on a seesaw, I'd foresake the fragile glass in favor of a flask.

*harrumph*

434 Kosh's Shadow  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:55:38pm

re: #398 Charles

I did that update yesterday, and haven't had any problems. You may be experiencing some kind of caching issue; there are utilities that will let you clear all the system caches, you might want to try one of those.

No problems for me, either. Or several people I work with. (The developers where I work largely use Macs)

435 snowcrash  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:55:48pm

re: #421 Winslow
Well done!

436 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:56:43pm

re: #433 MandyManners

I'll have you know that I swill my Basil bourbon out of a Baccarat Beluga tumbler. But, if I were to swill it on a seesaw, I'd foresake the fragile glass in favor of a flask.

*harrumph*

{MandyManners}

437 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:56:55pm

re: #432 song_and_dance_man


Who's next and left?

We don't normally think like that so I really must put on my oft neglected tin hat to figure it out. (No it's not the Amish)

Yeah, I know....maybe it's those damned Quakers...

/LOVE the song!

438 MandyManners  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:57:22pm

re: #429 CIA Reject

Shuttle launches are impressive albeit somewhat tame. When I lived down that way a few years ago I made acquaintance with some old timers who were veterans of the Apollo days. They said that back then NASA had a whole group of people whose jobs were to go around the area after a Saturn V launch and write checks for broken windows.

/Now THAT's Impressive!
//and yes- G*d Bless America!

Glaziers musta' loved the old days.

439 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:57:36pm

re: #433 MandyManners

LOL!
Wonderful comeback!
I was wondering if you were around, decided to go trolling.

440 DesertSage  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:57:46pm

re: #420 Grammy Cracker

LOL! It's changed a bit in our plant now, but for awhile if you yelled "Hey, Jose!", 15 guys came running....

My father took me to a Dodger game when I was a little kid. He told me that Jose, the second baseman, just had eye surgery and that all the fans were concerned about him and would all be asking him how he was doing before the game started.
Sure as shit, everybody stood up and started saying "Jose can you see........"

My father was a real joker.

441 nyc redneck  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:57:55pm

re: #399 song_and_dance_man

I truly hope we will see B. Hussein's three preachers back to back in a political ad soon. And then a word from Bill Ayers.

i hope he gets the nomination. i think he's toast w/ just what we have. and imagine what will come out in the general election.

442 Geepers  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:58:10pm

Winslow (#421),

N i c e. You da master

443 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:58:13pm

re: #433 MandyManners

I'll have you know that I swill my Basil bourbon out of a Baccarat Beluga tumbler. But, if I were to swill it on a seesaw, I'd foresake the fragile glass in favor of a flask.

*harrumph*

Mandy, you are one classy broad! LOL

/I'd pay to see you on the seesaw after a couple of Basil pops!

444 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:58:18pm

re: #424 DesertSage

Sage -

And - DAD - for a short time owned a 1966 Impala, 396, Turbo-Hydra-Matic. Most DIRTY FUN CAR - he ever had.

-S-

445 MandyManners  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:59:20pm

re: #436 goddessoftheclassroom

How'd you like my alliteration?

((goddessoftheclassrom))

Why can't we ding ourselves up once in a while?

446 pingjockey  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:59:39pm

Ya know these crazy preachers obamarama keeps having pop up? I only went to one sermon that was as crazy as those guys. A for real Southern Baptist guy in Mississippi. He had the whole hell fire damnation, brimstone thing down. Very entertaining. Not racist, not mad just mad at sin and the debbil.

447 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 6:59:57pm

re: #397 Grammy Cracker

Merci, mon ami!

Avec plaisir, Madam Grammy!

448 Yankee Division Son  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:00:58pm

Ace has a new Pfleger post up...

Obama's Jesuit Buddy Praises Farrakhan, Peddles Goverment-Put-Drugs-Into-Black-Community Conspiracy

AND.. here's [Pfleger] the talking about America needing to "pay the price" for "raping people of color:"

449 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:00:58pm

re: #445 MandyManners

How'd you like my alliteration?

((goddessoftheclassrom))

Why can't we ding ourselves up once in a while?

I just dinged you up for proper use and spelling of 'alliteration'!

/Loves me the English language....yes I do!

450 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:01:43pm
451 mikeinmd  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:01:48pm

Homeless Japanese woman evicted from closet

TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A homeless woman who sneaked into a man's house and lived undetected in his closet for a year was arrested in Japan after he became suspicious when food began disappearing.

Nippon on the bubbly?

452 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:01:49pm

re: #421 Winslow
Ha!

453 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:01:51pm

re: #447 Intrepid

Le fleur-de-lis c'est un poulet derrière!

454 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:02:22pm

re: #445 MandyManners

How'd you like my alliteration?

((goddessoftheclassrom))

Why can't we ding ourselves up once in a while?

Of course, it's all in your name!

455 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:03:00pm

re: #421 Winslow

Heh, I recommended even before I noticed I got a mention. Thanks.

456 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:03:15pm

re: #451 mikeinmd

Saw that earlier. She even took showers. Police said, I think, she was neat and clean.

457 Killian Bundy  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:03:16pm

re: #427 Grammy Cracker

Oh my! The angels are bowling again... Might have to sign off soon......

That's why you should pay the extra money for the heavy duty surge strips. Why bother turning it off?

/unless it's unplugged, a direct hit or near miss lightening strike will fry your equipment whether it's turned on or not

458 MandyManners  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:03:24pm

re: #439 pre-Boomer Marine brat

LOL!
Wonderful comeback!
I was wondering if you were around, decided to go trolling.

Why, thank you!

I've been bussier than a one-legged woman in an ass-kicking contest today. I capped the day with an inch-think sirloin, baked potato, a salad, fresh green onions from my garden and garlic bread. I followed up with a lazy bubble bath and a tot of Basil.

I LOVE SUMMER!

459 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:03:38pm

re: #453 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Le fleur-de-lis c'est un poulet derrière!

I do not think that means what you think that means...

I mean, I think I know what you meant to write, but if I'm right, it didn't come out right,

460 Winslow  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:03:48pm

re: #450 song_and_dance_man

Have you committed that to music yet?

Follow the link for the music. Lizards must sing it themselves.

461 Shug  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:04:00pm

re: #429 CIA Reject

Let's hope they do another moon shot and we can get our chance to see that big rocket liftoff

462 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:04:30pm

re: #453 pre-Boomer Marine brat

p-B-M-b -

the BUTT of a Chicken? are all 'y'all sure?

-s-

463 MandyManners  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:04:52pm

re: #443 Grammy Cracker

Mandy, you are one classy broad! LOL

/I'd pay to see you on the seesaw after a couple of Basil pops!

*hic*

Why, thank you, Grammy!

464 Clutch  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:04:56pm

The Piano Has Been Drinking

The piano has been drinking, my necktie is asleep
And the combo went back to New York, the jukebox has to take a leak
And the carpet needs a haircut, and the spotlight looks like a prison break
And the telephone's out of cigarettes, and the balcony is on the make
And the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking...

And the menus are all freezing, and the light man's blind in one eye
And he can't see out of the other
And the piano-tuner's got a hearing aid, and he showed up with his mother
And the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking
As the bouncer is a sumo wrestler cream-puff casper milktoast
And the owner is a mental midget with the IQ of a fence post
'cause the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking...

And you can't find your waitress with a Geiger counter
And she hates you and your friends and you just can't get served without
her
And the box-office is drooling, and the bar stools are on fire
And the newspapers were fooling, and the ash-trays have retired
because the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking
The piano has been drinking, not me, not me, not me, not me, not me...

-- Tom Waits

(from the excellent 1976 release Small Change)

465 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:05:02pm

re: #446 pingjockey

Ya know these crazy preachers obamarama keeps having pop up? I only went to one sermon that was as crazy as those guys. A for real Southern Baptist guy in Mississippi. He had the whole hell fire damnation, brimstone thing down. Very entertaining. Not racist, not mad just mad at sin and the debbil.

I posted this earlier today, but I feel like doing it again....

I grew up in a Baptist church, and we heard messages about race in Sunday School. They went like this:

Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world.
Red and Yellow, Black and White,
They are precious in His sight.
Jesus loves the little children
Of the world.

We are all gifts from God. He just uses assorted wrapping paper....

466 Kosh's Shadow  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:05:10pm

kosh -

My new Machinery IS VISTA - the '58 Chevy, 348, Turbo-Glide - OS. "Stupidly - I continue with it." WE ARE ALL BOZO'S ON THIS BUS! Firesign Theatre - +/- 1969.

-S-


He's no fun, he fell right over.
BTW, the computer running the future Bozos was a DecSystem 10.
Systat was the program that described the current status of the system, jobs, etc. It started with "Uptime: hours, minutes seconds"
There was a sort of psychiatrist program, called Doctor. It was written in LISP and "Worker" was its main function.

Do you remember the past, Doctor?
Do you remember the future?
Forget it.

The first piece of hacker comedy.

467 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:05:10pm

re: #458 MandyManners

/jealousy sets in!

468 katemaclaren  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:05:34pm

re: #440 DesertSage

My father took me to a Dodger game when I was a little kid. He told me that Jose, the second baseman, just had eye surgery and that all the fans were concerned about him and would all be asking him how he was doing before the game started.
Sure as shit, everybody stood up and started saying "Jose can you see........"

My father was a real joker.

I promise this isn't too far off--fathers being jokers and all. One day we drove over some railroad tracks and my dad told me that he could tell that a train had just gone through. How can you tell, I asked him. "I see the tracks," he replied. I've been pulling that on kids ever since. It's still good for a laugh.

469 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:06:05pm

re: #421 Winslow

This one needs a special...whatsit! Absolutely marvelous.

I regret that I have but one upding to give to this one!

470 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:06:32pm

re: #457 Killian Bundy

That's why you should pay the extra money for the heavy duty surge strips. Why bother turning it off?

/unless it's unplugged, a direct hit or near miss lightening strike will fry your equipment whether it's turned on or not

I run everything through a very nice UPS, but I still worry...

471 katemaclaren  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:06:53pm

re: #453 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Le fleur-de-lis c'est un poulet derrière!

I can't read French. Does that say that the the (symbol of France) is a chicken's butt?
;-)

472 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:07:55pm

re: #459 goddessoftheclassroom

I don't know French. I figure it's like what would come out of a Babelfish translation -- i.e., yuck!

If you guess that it's not meant to be complimentary, you guess right.

473 CIA Reject  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:08:07pm

re: #438 MandyManners

Glaziers musta' loved the old days.

Yes, but the shock waves played hell with the bric-a-brac

474 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:08:36pm
475 MandyManners  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:09:09pm

re: #449 Grammy Cracker

W00t! I gots' me a ding-up!

476 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:09:55pm
477 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:09:57pm

re: #466 Kosh's Shadow

"kosh" -

I AM a computer semi-literate. All I know I learned from the great Ira Keeperman, the real Red-head, way back when.

-S-

478 Killian Bundy  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:10:10pm

re: #470 Grammy Cracker

I run everything through a very nice UPS, but I still worry...

Well, then you need to disconnect (unplug) it from the building wiring.

/just "turning it off" gives you zero extra protection

479 Bob in Breckenridge  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:10:13pm

Since this is a drinking thread, check out what I just bought! And it's good shit! Check out the bottle. Too damn cool!

480 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:10:17pm

re: #462 Dr. Shalit

(Fractured French aside) ... if you look at the fleur-de-lis, then look at a stern view of a scraggly-tailed chicken ....

481 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:10:27pm

re: #433 MandyManners

I'll have you know that I swill my Basil bourbon out of a Baccarat Beluga tumbler. But, if I were to swill it on a seesaw, I'd foresake the fragile glass in favor of a flask.

*harrumph*

For you, Mandy - your choice (or all, if you're in the mood for 'em)

482 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:10:57pm

re: #471 katemaclaren

I can't read French. Does that say that the the (symbol of France) is a chicken's butt?
;-)

Oui. C'est vrai...

483 Fredlike  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:10:59pm

re: #470 Grammy Cracker

I run everything through a very nice UPS, but I still worry...

Use to unplug the TV and computer every storm, now that they are old I leave them plugged in. The only way I get a new TV or computer is when the old one bites the dust. Thunder forecast for tomorrow maybe I can do some shopping Monday.

484 GeeWiz  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:11:06pm

re: #234 GeeWiz

I'm sorry to say that I have to respond to my own post, but I am very dis-appointed in the lack of response in your support. I guess your reluctance of posting here has some validity. I understand and I am disturbed by the result. May you find peace as you have helped me find mine. Out!

485 MandyManners  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:11:18pm

re: #454 goddessoftheclassroom

Alliteration is my favorite poetic device. I won a poetry contest a life-time ago using it.

486 Ayatollah Ghilmeini  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:11:59pm

VERY interesting article in Haarezt from a very disillusioned leftist:

For my Palestinian friends, with sadness:

I understand why you long ago came to believe that time was on your side. I understand the many factors, demographic, cultural, historic, geo-political, which have served to reinforce that belief, the strong conviction that Palestinian statehood was inevitable, inalienable - in every sense, a matter of time.


I understand why you have come to believe that the state of Israel is merely the latest in a long series of fleeting colonial episodes, that its roots are elsewhere, its strength is illusory, its endurance eroded, its spirit broken, its future dim. I understand that you believe you can wait these people out, wear them down, outfight them and out-believe them and out-populate them and, in the end, take them over.


I understand that you believe that rockets and mortars from the north, south, east, and, eventually, west, can depopulate and peel back and obliterate the borders of pre-1967 Israel until there will be no need to agree to a Jewish state on those borders, no need to compromise on refugees, Jerusalem, settlements, no need to talk, no need for self-scrutiny and reconsideration, no need to bend.

I understand that you believe that this is your right, religiously, morally, politically. I understand why you believe that you can wait.

But this month, three generations since 1948, since your Nakba, this is what I ask you to consider:

Your time is running out.

The letter is extraordinary in how clearly it places the blame on the Palestinians and how the efforts for peace on the part of the left were never matched by the PA.

When Oslo began, a friend asked me my thoughts. I told him I had tremendous misgivings and did not trust Arafat. But I also told him that for Israel to be true to her mission to seek her rightful place amongst the Nations, that we would have to take risks and the political climate of 1993 was the right time to try.

Each breach of Oslo by the Palestinians has led those on the right like me to be miserable for the terrible cost of a trust broken. For the left, those whose religion was Oslo, the emergence of a Palestinian failed terror state is a far more bitter pill. With the brief exception of the Netanyahu government (and even he went on and signed the Wye accords!) every Israeli government was pro-peace. The left beat up every Israeli government and institution, every history and every fact to try and convince Palestinians of Israeli sincerity.

It did not work because there was no reciprocal effort from the other side. When you are doing all the work, and the other guy,your supposed partner, is yelling at you and calling you names while threatening your family with violence, if what you are doing is important you will tolerate it for a while but eventually you will say 'enough.'

The left can be excoriated for hanging on to their delusions long after it made any sense to hang on to them but the goal was worthwhile and, if it had succeeded, would have changed the world. Because Israel is a strong successful society and the Palestinians weak failures, the price of failure will land where it truly belongs- on those who did not keep their end of the deal.

The lesson is that the next time around (and one day there will be another effort), the keys to success are reciprocity and societal transformation. But this is many, many years off and the Palestinians will be far worse off then.

487 jaunte  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:12:33pm

Byron on the FNDT

Few things surpass old wine;
and they may preach Who please,
the more because they preach in vain,
-- Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter,
Sermons and soda-water the day after.
--Lord Byron
488 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:12:37pm

re: #479 Bob in Breckenridge

Since this is a drinking thread, check out what I just bought! And it's good shit! Check out the bottle. Too damn cool!

I seriously hope it's better that 'Marilyn Merlot'!

/MM has really cool label art, though.

489 Macker  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:12:43pm

Charles: My roommate did a quick troubleshoot on our network connection and he's determined that we're experiencing a 30% packet loss.

Ugh. Thanks for your help!

490 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:12:47pm

re: #472 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I don't know French. I figure it's like what would come out of a Babelfish translation -- i.e., yuck!

If you guess that it's not meant to be complimentary, you guess right.

J'ai etudie francais depuis six ans.

"Derriere" does mean "behind," but as a preposition, not a noun.

I think what you meant to say is:

Le fleur-de-lis est le meme chose que le cul d'un poule.

(I've omitted accent marks.)

491 MandyManners  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:12:51pm

re: #465 Grammy Cracker

I posted this earlier today, but I feel like doing it again....

I grew up in a Baptist church, and we heard messages about race in Sunday School. They went like this:

Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world.
Red and Yellow, Black and White,
They are precious in His sight.
Jesus loves the little children
Of the world.

We are all gifts from God. He just uses assorted wrapping paper....

Amen!

I'm teaching The Kid that we're all the same color, just different shades.

492 PloniAlmoni  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:13:00pm

'No one is above the law in Israel'

Arabs finally realize that their governments are corrupt and find something to praise Israel about, referring to Olmert being questioned by police about taking bribes. Pretty interesting story. What they don't realize is that if their governments weren't so corrupt, they wouldn't hate Israel, because they wouldn't be getting brainwashed by gov't propaganda!

"Despite my strong hatred for the Zionist regime, I have a lot of admiration and respect for this entity because there is no one above the law. In the Arab world, laws are broken every day and no one seems to care."

"I don't think we will live to see the day when the police interrogate an Arab leader for sexually harassing his secretary or receiving bribes," he wrote. "Nor will our children and grandchildren live to see that day. What happened in Israel can never happen in any Arab country."

493 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:13:05pm

re: #479 Bob in Breckenridge

"BiB" -

Love It - The ONLY Problem is that the "Cad" SHOULD HAVE BEEN a 1931 V-16!

-S-

494 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:13:26pm

re: #471 katemaclaren

That's what I tried to say (not knowing French).

495 newsjunkie_ky  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:13:42pm

re: #457 Killian Bundy
There is a new system that will protect your computer, appliances, and HVAC system if hit by lightning.

496 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:14:36pm

re: #482 Grammy Cracker

Oui. C'est vrai...

Merci, Madam.
(-:

497 katemaclaren  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:15:01pm

re: #482 Grammy Cracker

Oui. C'est vrai...

Wow, I'm glad I didn't order THAT on my last vacation.

498 MandyManners  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:15:16pm

re: #467 pre-Boomer Marine brat

/jealousy sets in!

Trust me, I earned it all. Have you ever tried to keep a contact lens in an active seven-year-old child? We've been wrestling with it for a week, and today was another appointment with the opthamologist. Vision therapy starts next week. My widdle boy ain't perfect any more.

499 JeremyR[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:15:36pm
500 Winslow  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:15:44pm

re: #476 song_and_dance_man

Knock yourself out, S&D man!
(In other words, feel free.)

501 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:15:47pm

re: #453 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Le fleur-de-lis c'est un poulet derrière!

Hey now, I didn't say anything about anybody's rear end.....

(my French class in college was taught by a stoner, and I enjoyed it, but learned only a few rudimentary phrases)

502 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:15:53pm

re: #490 goddessoftheclassroom

Or

Le fleur-de-lis resemble le cul d'un poule.

503 CIA Reject  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:16:01pm

re: #461 Shug

Let's hope they do another moon shot and we can get our chance to see that big rocket liftoff

Emotionally I couldn't agree more, but practically I can't see it happening- we've lost too much knowledge that was in the heads of folks who have passed on. There is an incredible amount of stuff that we would have to re-learn and it would cost too much and take too long for our "instant gratification" culture to support it.

504 MandyManners  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:16:36pm

re: #473 CIA Reject

Yes, but the shock waves played hell with the bric-a-brac

I'd have given up the bric-a-brac, taken it down on scheduled days or nailed it down.

505 Kosh's Shadow  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:17:16pm

re: #477 Dr. Shalit

"kosh" -

I AM a computer semi-literate. All I know I learned from the great Ira Keeperman, the real Red-head, way back when.

-S-

But do you undestand Fudd's Law?
How about Teslacle's deviant to Fudd's Law?

(Answers: If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.
And "If it comes in, it must go out")

One of my favorite lines from Bozos:
"Animals without backbones hid from each other, or fell down"

506 Bob in Breckenridge  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:17:34pm

re: #493 Dr. Shalit

"BiB" -

Love It - The ONLY Problem is that the "Cad" SHOULD HAVE BEEN a 1931 V-16!

-S-

They also have an agave tequila in the same type of bottle that I bought. Haven't tried it yet.

507 jaunte  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:17:44pm

re: #492 PloniAlmoni

Interesting. Hope springs eternal.

508 itellu3times  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:17:59pm

A cedilla It softens the k sound of the letter c to the s sound, in words as façade, garçon, soupçon.

509 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:18:26pm

For those who haven't read this one yet: Time to return to the first principles of conservatism?

What is the first principle of conservatism? Limited government. Our founders understood this, which is why they tightly constrained the jurisdiction of the federal government in the Constitution. Henry David Thoreau famously wrote “That government is best which governs least”, and that encapsulates what has been the overarching philosophy of conservatism as applied to governance. Furthermore, it exists in opposition to and as a counterbalance for the competing philosophy of socialism, which postulates that government improves as it governs more.
....
How did conservatives lose their way? They focused on everything but the core principle of limited government. Issues like gay marriage and mottos on coins took precedence.


Is it time for conservatives to embrace atheist hippie gurus like Thoreau? I say yes.

510 right wing zephyr  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:18:38pm

re: #484 GeeWiz

I'm sorry to say that I have to respond to my own post, but I am very dis-appointed in the lack of response in your support. I guess your reluctance of posting here has some validity. I understand and I am disturbed by the result. May you find peace as you have helped me find mine. Out!

Yeah. Let's chase off BabbaZee so we can have more room for the LeePro's.

Too fukkin bad, I say.

If BabbaZee is gone for some reason that is good enough for me too.

511 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:18:45pm

re: #508 itellu3times

A cedilla It softens the k sound of the letter c to the s sound, in words as façade, garçon, soupçon.

How do I do that on my keyboard for this blog?

512 MandyManners  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:19:09pm

re: #481 Intrepid

For you, Mandy - your choice (or all, if you're in the mood for 'em)

Good stuff! Basil, then Maker's. Not at once, though. They must both be indulged in separately in order to appreciate their qualities.

513 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:19:38pm

re: #490 goddessoftheclassroom

*sprawled wide-eyed on the floor -- stunned -- spittle dribbling from mouth -- overwhelmed*

(-:

514 itellu3times  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:19:59pm

re: #505 Kosh's Shadow

One of my favorite lines from Bozos:
"Animals without backbones hid from each other, or fell down"

Why does the porridge bird lay its eggs in the air?

515 jaunte  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:20:07pm

re: #508 itellu3times
çipping Basil on a çeeçaw?

516 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:20:51pm

re: #491 MandyManners

Amen!

I'm teaching The Kid that we're all the same color, just different shades.

That's wonderful, Mandy! Grandpa Cracker and I were just discussing Obamessiah's racists reverends earlier when a scary thought hit me.... We're worried (rightly so) about the hate being taught in Muslim schools the world over, but...what about the children in the classrooms and Sunday Schools of these hate-filled 'preachers'? What havoc will they wreck on this country based on their indoctrination? Truly frightening!

517 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:20:56pm

re: #513 pre-Boomer Marine brat

*sprawled wide-eyed on the floor -- stunned -- spittle dribbling from mouth -- overwhelmed*

(-:

That's the same effect I have on my students...

518 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:20:59pm

re: #501 Intrepid

(-:
I was just tagging a joke onto the general subject of "French".

519 Killian Bundy  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:21:41pm

re: #495 newsjunkie_ky

There is a new system that will protect your computer, appliances, and HVAC system if hit by lightning.

What, they've got a new variation of the "circuit breaker" concept?

/I have good, old fashioned, tried and true fuses and heavy duty Belkin power strip/surge protectors that come with a guarantee to replace 10K in electronic equipment if they fail

520 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:21:59pm

re: #498 MandyManners

I never have, but you have my sympathy!

521 MandyManners  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:22:34pm

re: #492 PloniAlmoni

'No one is above the law in Israel'

Arabs finally realize that their governments are corrupt and find something to praise Israel about, referring to Olmert being questioned by police about taking bribes. Pretty interesting story. What they don't realize is that if their governments weren't so corrupt, they wouldn't hate Israel, because they wouldn't be getting brainwashed by gov't propaganda!

"Despite my strong hatred for the Zionist regime, I have a lot of admiration and respect for this entity because there is no one above the law. In the Arab world, laws are broken every day and no one seems to care."

"I don't think we will live to see the day when the police interrogate an Arab leader for sexually harassing his secretary or receiving bribes," he wrote. "Nor will our children and grandchildren live to see that day. What happened in Israel can never happen in any Arab country."

Sounds like someone is slowly getting it.

522 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:22:45pm

Reject science at your own peril.....

"TEAM UTOPIA," the winners of NASA's space settlement design competition. They're from a boys' high school in India.
523 CIA Reject  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:22:52pm

re: #465 Grammy Cracker

I posted this earlier today, but I feel like doing it again....

I grew up in a Baptist church, and we heard messages about race in Sunday School. They went like this:

Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world.
Red and Yellow, Black and White,
They are precious in His sight.
Jesus loves the little children
Of the world.

We are all gifts from God. He just uses assorted wrapping paper....

OK, this may be delete fodder but to show the contrast between Christianity and Islam here is an alternate version of that little favorite:

Allah loves the little children,
All the little children of the world.
Red and Yellow, Black and White,
Loaded down with Dynamite.
Allah loves the little children of the world!

/Not to be offensive, just to make a point.

524 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:22:56pm

re: #492 PloniAlmoni

"P-A" -

1. Thought all 'y'all would NOT like this characterization of your 'nic.

2. IF and WHEN - the "Arab-Street" attitude is as stated above, the Arab is MORE than WELCOME into the 20th/21st Century "Zeitgeist."

-S-

525 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:23:18pm

re: #497 katemaclaren

Wow, I'm glad I didn't order THAT on my last vacation.

LOL! Je voudrais un poulet derriere, sil vous plait....

/very rusty Fwench...I left out the accent marks, but hope I spelled it all correctly!

526 MandyManners  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:23:20pm

re: #499 JeremyR

The Army taught me something similar, fry em with naphalm and they all look the same.

Tthhhppppppppppppttttttttttttttt.

527 CIA Reject  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:23:41pm

re: #504 MandyManners

I'd have given up the bric-a-brac, taken it down on scheduled days or nailed it down.

People did!

528 jaunte  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:24:00pm

re: #522 Killgore Trout

Looks like my alma mater in Houston.

529 Sharmuta  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:24:02pm

re: #509 Killgore Trout

Too many on the right have been swayed by progressive ideology. It's dangerous, to say the least. We must stick with the basic tenant of less government, or we risk socialism or worse.

530 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:24:51pm

re: #509 Killgore Trout

Yes!
*drink*

531 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:25:12pm

re: #505 Kosh's Shadow

But do you undestand Fudd's Law?
How about Teslacle's deviant to Fudd's Law?

(Answers: If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.
And "If it comes in, it must go out")

One of my favorite lines from Bozos:
"Animals without backbones hid from each other, or fell down"

All the animals without backbones are in the Michigan legislature and Governor's mansion......

532 MandyManners  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:25:38pm

re: #503 CIA Reject

Emotionally I couldn't agree more, but practically I can't see it happening- we've lost too much knowledge that was in the heads of folks who have passed on. There is an incredible amount of stuff that we would have to re-learn and it would cost too much and take too long for our "instant gratification" culture to support it.

Didn't they leave notes? Teach their junior engineers?

533 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:25:42pm

re: #499 JeremyR

Sorry, but that was repulsive. Actually, I'm not sorry. That was astoundingly repulsive.

534 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:25:50pm

re: #516 Grammy Cracker

That's wonderful, Mandy! Grandpa Cracker and I were just discussing Obamessiah's racists reverends earlier when a scary thought hit me.... We're worried (rightly so) about the hate being taught in Muslim schools the world over, but...what about the children in the classrooms and Sunday Schools of these hate-filled 'preachers'? What havoc will they wreck on this country based on their indoctrination? Truly frightening!

So true.

I thinks kids do tend to judge people in groups, not individuals. My job as a parent and teacher is to get kids to judge a person on his or her choices and actions.

They parrot, "You shouldn't judge people" because that's what they've heard since kindergarten, but in junior high it's time for them to realize that OF COURSE everyone judges everyone else--it's how we ascertain our environment. PREJUDICE and bigotry are the problems.

Conversely, I point out that if they choose to dress in certain ways and pierce everything, they can't complain about the conclusions others reach.

535 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:26:01pm

re: #517 goddessoftheclassroom

That's the same effect I have on my students...

ROLFL!

536 itellu3times  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:26:01pm

re: #511 goddessoftheclassroom

A cedilla It softens the k sound of the letter c to the s sound, in words as façade, garçon, soupçon.

How do I do that on my keyboard for this blog?

I don't know, it seems to depend on your browser, your OS, your distance from the magnetic north pole, ... I tried to cut and paste it from a word doc earlier, that DIDN'T work. There should be an alt-code, but I can't seem to get them to work here. ç oh there it is, you must use the keypad digits!

[Link: www.forlang.wsu.edu...]

537 Killian Bundy  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:26:16pm

re: #498 MandyManners

Trust me, I earned it all. Have you ever tried to keep a contact lens in an active seven-year-old child? We've been wrestling with it for a week, and today was another appointment with the opthamologist. Vision therapy starts next week. My widdle boy ain't perfect any more.

Um, why is a seven year old seven year old wearing contacts?

/that's what glasses are for, he's going to have more eye problems when he inserts an improperly cleaned lens and picks up an infection

538 Killgore Trout  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:26:16pm

re: #530 pre-Boomer Marine brat

*drink*


Done!

539 newsjunkie_ky  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:26:17pm

re: #519 Killian Bundy
yep!

540 JeremyR  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:26:27pm

re: #517 goddessoftheclassroom

That's the same effect I have on my students...

Left hook, or an uppercut? Big sis prefered the old cast iron frying pan between the ears.

541 katemaclaren  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:27:26pm

re: #517 goddessoftheclassroom

That's the same effect I have on my students...

This IS the effect I want to have on my students. Giving lessons?

542 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:28:13pm

re: #505 Kosh's Shadow

kosh -

Do the Rules of Fudd have anything to do with the "other" Natural Laws?
I am - of Course - thinking of Kelly's Law and Finnegan's Corrolary.

-S-

543 CIA Reject  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:28:41pm

re: #532 MandyManners

Didn't they leave notes? Teach their junior engineers?

The things they knew they learned by DOING. They tried to pass along what they could to the next generation (of which I was a member) but we only had the stories, not the experiences, and now even the stories are fading.

544 Killian Bundy  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:28:52pm

re: #539 newsjunkie_ky

yep!

/linky?

545 MandyManners  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:29:14pm

re: #510 right wing zephyr

Yeah. Let's chase off BabbaZee so we can have more room for the LeePro's.

Too fukkin bad, I say.

If BabbaZee is gone for some reason that is good enough for me too.

Why are you attacking LeePro? Babba's absence has nothing to do with her. Nothing. Zip. Zilch. Nada.

546 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:30:27pm

re: #529 Sharmuta

Too many on the right have been swayed by progressive ideology. It's dangerous, to say the least. We must stick with the basic tenant of less government, or we risk socialism or worse.

I'm reading C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man--it's brilliant. He raises the question regarding education, "Progressing towards what? It applies to politics, too. Progressivism for its own sake is nonsense.

547 Dr. Shalit  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:30:32pm

OK Everyone -

NYTOL!

-s-

548 MandyManners  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:30:37pm

re: #516 Grammy Cracker

That's wonderful, Mandy! Grandpa Cracker and I were just discussing Obamessiah's racists reverends earlier when a scary thought hit me.... We're worried (rightly so) about the hate being taught in Muslim schools the world over, but...what about the children in the classrooms and Sunday Schools of these hate-filled 'preachers'? What havoc will they wreck on this country based on their indoctrination? Truly frightening!

Sad to say but, I sometimes see immense distrust and even hostility in the eyes of young African-American kids when they come to shop with their parents.

549 JeremyR  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:30:43pm

re: #526 MandyManners

Tthhhppppppppppppttttttttttttttt.

What? they don't? Darn Drill Instructor lied to me again.

550 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:31:41pm

re: #518 pre-Boomer Marine brat

(-:
I was just tagging a joke onto the general subject of "French".

Hey, I didn't even get the whole "chicken" thing! But I sure knew the derriere thing, as mine is a constant source of disappointment.

Plus, I have no idea how to do the "other languages marks" thingies.

551 Kosh's Shadow  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:33:18pm

re: #514 itellu3times

Why does the porridge bird lay its eggs in the air?

I always thought that maybe they really weren't eggs...
Yuk.

552 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:33:26pm

re: #550 Intrepid

Hey, I didn't even get the whole "chicken" thing! But I sure knew the derriere thing, as mine is a constant source of disappointment.

Plus, I have no idea how to do the "other languages marks" thingies.

Under the 'posting box' is a link for 'How to enter special characters'. All the European accented letters are there, as well as some other useful and fun stuff.

553 MandyManners  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:33:30pm

re: #537 Killian Bundy

Um, why is a seven year old seven year old wearing contacts?

/that's what glasses are for, he's going to have more eye problems when he inserts an improperly cleaned lens and picks up an infection

Glasses are not appropriate. He wears only one lens. As for the infection thing, he's getting properly schooled by me, the opthamologist, the clinical staff and the Internet.

554 mikeinmd  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:33:30pm

U.S. emissions bill a "first step": U.N. climate chief

OSLO (Reuters) - A bill going to the U.S. Senate next week seeking deep cuts in U.S. greenhouse gases by 2050 is a "first step" but not enough to avert damaging climate change, the head of the U.N. Climate Panel said on Friday.

This maroon, Rajendra Pachauri, yeah, get a clue.

Wiki -

On December 10, 2007, Dr. Pachauri accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the IPCC, along with co-recipient Al Gore.

I hope you both end up livin' in a van down by the river.

555 Kosh's Shadow  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:34:40pm

re: #531 Grammy Cracker

All the animals without backbones are in the Michigan legislature and Governor's mansion......

And a presidential candidate who wants to talk to our enemies without preconditions.

556 MandyManners  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:35:19pm

re: #543 CIA Reject

The things they knew they learned by DOING. They tried to pass along what they could to the next generation (of which I was a member) but we only had the stories, not the experiences, and now even the stories are fading.


Make sure you don't do the same. Record your experiences on video. Film sessions with your juniors. Treat it as if you're leaving a record of your family's legends. (Betcha' do that any way.)

557 MandyManners  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:36:11pm

A new thread?

558 Bob in Breckenridge  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:36:28pm

re: #309 goddessoftheclassroom

Laughing here. My son just asked me if the word that means "really fat" is obese or obeast.

/That depends on if you're going bed drunk or just woke up sober.

559 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:36:36pm
560 Kosh's Shadow  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:36:48pm

re: #542 Dr. Shalit

kosh -

Do the Rules of Fudd have anything to do with the "other" Natural Laws?
I am - of Course - thinking of Kelly's Law and Finnegan's Corrolary.

-S-

Didn't find these in a quick search.

561 nyc redneck  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:37:27pm

re: #529 Sharmuta

Too many on the right have been swayed by progressive ideology. It's dangerous, to say the least. We must stick with the basic tenant of less government, or we risk socialism or worse.

i agree,
something very disturbing to me was how early on in the primary races, all the republican candidates seemed to lose their center and latch onto the word 'change'.
they began to spout that word like it was the pass word to success. they fell for the msm hype abt. how obama was the messiah and our guys lost their footing and confidence and turned to look at the empty suit as though he knew something.
all the republican candidates did this. spouting the stupid meaningless word change. that was disappointing. we really need to turn and move away from false hollow liberal progressive ideas and not be swayed by the lies of the msm.

562 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:37:30pm

re: #546 goddessoftheclassroom

OT: Have you seen "Shadowlands", specifically the Anthony Hopkins/Debra Winger version?

563 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:38:18pm

re: #553 MandyManners

Glasses are not appropriate. He wears only one lens. As for the infection thing, he's getting properly schooled by me, the opthamologist, the clinical staff and the Internet.

FWIW (and kids, don't try this at home), I started wearing contacts (the rigid kind) when I was 12. As gross as this sounds, there were many times I had something on one, popped it out, licked it (yes, I know, EWWWWW), and popped it back in, and I never had an infection.

I am NOT recommending that technique, but I share this hoping to put the infection risk in a kind of perspective.

I can't speak to the risk with soft lenses.

Oh, remind him to wash his hands often; cold viruses can enter the system from the hands to the eyes.

564 TrollBot PrtoType Six  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:39:33pm

Try this one on for size.

TrollBot's corollary to the Iron Fist Rule:
If you can't remember what the hell the Iron Fist Rule is;
Stop Posting!

For those who still remember;
-= DRINK =-

565 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:39:42pm

re: #562 pre-Boomer Marine brat

OT: Have you seen "Shadowlands", specifically the Anthony Hopkins/Debra Winger version?

Yes--it's so poignant.

566 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:40:43pm

re: #563 goddessoftheclassroom

FWIW (and kids, don't try this at home), I started wearing contacts (the rigid kind) when I was 12. As gross as this sounds, there were many times I had something on one, popped it out, licked it (yes, I know, EWWWWW), and popped it back in, and I never had an infection.

I am NOT recommending that technique, but I share this hoping to put the infection risk in a kind of perspective.

I can't speak to the risk with soft lenses.

Oh, remind him to wash his hands often; cold viruses can enter the system from the hands to the eyes.

I didn't start at 12, but I did the same thing with my hard lenses. Put them in my mouth, ran them under tap water....everything you are NOT supposed to do. No infections. Guess I was lucky.

The soft ones I just tore in half a dozen times.... Then I had Lasik....

567 CIA Reject  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:40:55pm

re: #556 MandyManners

Make sure you don't do the same. Record your experiences on video. Film sessions with your juniors. Treat it as if you're leaving a record of your family's legends. (Betcha' do that any way.)

Actually I'm in a completely different field now, not my choice but the collapse of the aerospace industry forced it. The one good thing is that I can DO things with the junior people now and SHOW them how it's done- not just TELL them. Pity about the manned space program though - so many missed opportunities...

568 Intrepid  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:41:14pm

re: #552 Grammy Cracker

Under the 'posting box' is a link for 'How to enter special characters'. All the European accented letters are there, as well as some other useful and fun stuff.

Thanks Grammy C! I'll check it out....

..and probably make a fool of myself in the process! Hee.

569 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:42:02pm

re: #565 goddessoftheclassroom

It's one of my all-time favorites (as is CSL.) I don't know why my VHS tape of it hasn't expired by now.

570 Killian Bundy  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:42:07pm

re: #553 MandyManners

Glasses are not appropriate. He wears only one lens. As for the infection thing, he's getting properly schooled by me, the opthamologist, the clinical staff and the Internet.

So, one lens is plain glass. I just don't see how a seven year old can be trusted to properly wear contacts. All it takes is once to catch very evil and life changing bacteria. And yes, I know ophthalmologists, there's pictures of my retinas in a textbook somewhere, literally.

/look up intraocular injection, I've had a few of them, hold still!

571 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:42:30pm

re: #568 Intrepid

Thanks Grammy C! I'll check it out....

..and probably make a fool of myself in the process! Hee.

Not to worry! We all enjoy 'playing' with the accented characters! Now if I could just figure out the HTML commands for upside-down.....

572 GeeWiz  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:43:42pm

re: #510 right wing zephyr

Too fukkin bad, I say. If BabbaZee is gone for some reason that is good enough for me too.

Like I've said before, Babba is a treasure of this site and you sir are a stain on this site if you fail to recognize the value of Babbazee's contributions.

573 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:43:53pm

re: #570 Killian Bundy

So, one lens is plain glass. I just don't see how a seven year old can be trusted to properly wear contacts. All it takes is once to catch very evil and life changing bacteria. And yes, I know ophthalmologists, there's pictures of my retinas in a textbook somewhere, literally.

/look up intraocular injection, I've had a few of them, hold still!

My eyes are watering. I know enough Latin prefixes and roots to know what "intraocular" means...

574 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:45:45pm

re: #567 CIA Reject

Actually I'm in a completely different field now, not my choice but the collapse of the aerospace industry forced it. The one good thing is that I can DO things with the junior people now and SHOW them how it's done- not just TELL them. Pity about the manned space program though - so many missed opportunities...

If NASA called tomorrow and said "Grammy, we need you for the upcoming space mission", I'd be on the launch pad before they could hang up the phone......

/Sigh. I still have the Detroit News edition with Neil Armstrong's walk on the front page...

575 Killian Bundy  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:45:58pm

re: #559 ploome hineni

I think Babba is occupado, as they say

and is around

she loves LGF and we all love her

You think, wanna bet? Have you talked to her lately?

/I had a recent unsolicited e-mail exchange

576 JeremyR  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:45:58pm

re: #533 Intrepid

Sorry if I offended you. I'm a hard biting old man. Many years ago I lost a soldier in a car crash. The next morning all my Platoon were walking arround like zombies. I got ripped for reminding them we still had a job to do.
"Do not Go Gently" was a book written by a man who battled cancer. Today its a diffrent type of cancer that we battle. Be prepared for a hard fight.

577 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:48:59pm

re: #572 GeeWiz

Like I've said before, Babba is a treasure of this site and you sir are a stain on this site if you fail to recognize the value of Babbazee's contributions.

Babba can best do 'her thing' on her own site, I think....and she's doing it wonderfully well. Let's just wish her all the best, and drop by to say 'hi' now and then....

/I will REALLY miss my daily WLGF, though!

578 GeeWiz  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:51:01pm

re: #575 Killian Bundy

Why do I get a sinking feeling from your post? Does she not know that she is revered here by many posters?

579 goddessoftheclassroom  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:51:18pm

Good night, dear Lizards.

580 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:52:13pm

re: #579 goddessoftheclassroom

Good night, dear Lizards.

Good night, dear Goddess....sleep well!

581 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:53:09pm

re: #579 goddessoftheclassroom

Good night, dear Lizards.

Goodnight, goddess

582 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:53:24pm

re: #578 GeeWiz

Why do I get a sinking feeling from your post? Does she not know that she is revered here by many posters?

Maybe those of us who admired her and appreciated her should TELL HER. Just a thought.....

583 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:53:31pm

Goodnight, everyone.
I'm outta here too.

584 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:54:23pm

re: #583 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Goodnight, everyone.
I'm outta here too.

G'night, Brat....

/gee, that sound hostile, but I didn't mean it that way! LOL

585 Killian Bundy  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:56:24pm

re: #578 GeeWiz

Why do I get a sinking feeling from your post? Does she not know that she is revered here by many posters?

/why don't you tell her yourself, it's not like she's disappeared off the face of the earth just, apparently, decided to move on

586 GeeWiz  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:57:09pm

re: #577 Grammy Cracker

Thanks for the "heads up". Maybe it's for the best but at my age, change is something I don't look forwad to. Godspeed Babba!

587 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:59:12pm

re: #586 GeeWiz

Thanks for the "heads up". Maybe it's for the best but at my age, change is something I don't look forwad to. Godspeed Babba!

Indeed. And I see some very familiar 'faces' around, if you get my drift..... we are not alone in our fondness for the Z girl.

588 CIA Reject  Fri, May 30, 2008 7:59:41pm

re: #574 Grammy Cracker

If NASA called tomorrow and said "Grammy, we need you for the upcoming space mission", I'd be on the launch pad before they could hang up the phone......

/Sigh. I still have the Detroit News edition with Neil Armstrong's walk on the front page...

I recently went back to the building that housed the lab I worked in for ten years testing aircraft/spacecraft systems. The company had sold it and it is now a Korean Presbyterian Church. Talk about surreal - the test cells are now offices, the equipment room is the sanctuary and the hangar (with a 50 foot high ceiling) is now the gym. Every time I recall that visit all I can think of is that line from the old song:

/...turn the page...

589 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 8:02:06pm

re: #588 CIA Reject

I recently went back to the building that housed the lab I worked in for ten years testing aircraft/spacecraft systems. The company had sold it and it is now a Korean Presbyterian Church. Talk about surreal - the test cells are now offices, the equipment room is the sanctuary and the hangar (with a 50 foot high ceiling) is now the gym. Every time I recall that visit all I can think of is that line from the old song:

/...turn the page...

Wow....turn the page...

/such sweet sax!

590 GeeWiz  Fri, May 30, 2008 8:05:42pm

re: #587 Grammy Cracker

I get your drift and understand. Once again, thank you!

591 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 8:06:53pm

re: #590 GeeWiz

I get your drift and understand. Once again, thank you!

You're welcome. See ya 'round!

592 CIA Reject  Fri, May 30, 2008 8:07:20pm

re: #589 Grammy Cracker

Wow....turn the page...

/such sweet sax!

Thank you so much for that- I think I better turn in now, I'm starting to get a little misty with all of this...

593 Grammy Cracker  Fri, May 30, 2008 8:12:20pm

re: #592 CIA Reject

Thank you so much for that- I think I better turn in now, I'm starting to get a little misty with all of this...

G'night!

594 joecitizen  Fri, May 30, 2008 8:15:27pm

re: #572 GeeWiz

Like I've said before, Babba is a treasure of this site and you sir are a stain on this site if you fail to recognize the value of Babbazee's contributions.

I think you misunderstood..he was attacking leepro,not babbazee..

595 GeeWiz  Fri, May 30, 2008 8:26:45pm

re: #594 joecitizen

If I aimed my guns in the wrong direction, I apologize. Sorry!

596 tradewind  Fri, May 30, 2008 8:30:02pm

Just in case there's any doubt that global warming theorists have some true nutjobs carrying their water...

[Link: www.news.com.au...]

597 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 8:34:45pm
598 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, May 30, 2008 8:40:31pm
599 Killian Bundy  Fri, May 30, 2008 8:43:55pm

re: #597 ploome hineni

since you feel so comfortable discussing private correspondance with Babba

why not post her email here so we can all see it

/remind me never to tell you anything private

I said we had an email exchange. For those concerned, she's over at her blog, take it up there.

/didn't post anything private about it

600 GeeWiz  Fri, May 30, 2008 8:57:46pm

re: #599 Killian Bundy

Please provide this internet idiot a link to Babba's site so I may contact her. I owe her more than the interweb can ever achieve. I just want to let her know that! Thanks!

601 stevieray  Fri, May 30, 2008 9:09:37pm

re: #600 GeeWiz

The Outraged Spleen of Zion

602 katemaclaren  Fri, May 30, 2008 9:16:46pm

re: #600 GeeWiz

Please provide this internet idiot a link to Babba's site so I may contact her. I owe her more than the interweb can ever achieve. I just want to let her know that! Thanks!

You don't have to have someone tell you how to contact Babba, you can look at Charles' comments and see that he himself put in a link for her site.

603 really grumpy big dog Johnson  Fri, May 30, 2008 9:19:28pm

re: #451 mikeinmd

Homeless Japanese woman evicted from closet


Nippon on the bubbly?

OMG. That is too weird for words.

604 katemaclaren  Fri, May 30, 2008 9:21:09pm

re: #601 stevieray

The Outraged Spleen of Zion

Is THIS it? I think I misspoke, Gee.

605 really grumpy big dog Johnson  Fri, May 30, 2008 9:25:09pm

re: #495 newsjunkie_ky

There is a new system that will protect your computer, appliances, and HVAC system if hit by lightning.

Yeah, it's called the 19th century.

606 GeeWiz  Fri, May 30, 2008 9:25:14pm

Thanks all! Once again I profess a total ignorance of the inter-workings of the intenet thingys.

607 really grumpy big dog Johnson  Fri, May 30, 2008 9:28:41pm

re: #537 Killian Bundy

Um, why is a seven year old seven year old wearing contacts?

/that's what glasses are for, he's going to have more eye problems when he inserts an improperly cleaned lens and picks up an infection

It's not as bad as the socially retarded "parents" who start progressive breast implants for their little girls at age 9 or 10.

608 katemaclaren  Fri, May 30, 2008 9:30:24pm

'night all.


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