Does this mean LGF's habitat is standing water?

re: #1 laZardo

Nope, but it might explain dailyKos and such like.

/I think the quote would work better using pond scum.

re: #1 laZardo

Does this mean LGF's habitat is standing water?

No- we're reptiles of the interweb.

how will the upcoming threads help the children of the ongoing lizard baby boom?

re: #2 BlueCanuck

re: #3 Sharmuta

Points made.

re: #1 laZardo

Does this mean LGF's habitat is standing water?

We alter our opinions all the time :) Just not about Obama. And a few other things.

re: #4 redc1c4

how will the upcoming threads help the children of the ongoing lizard baby boom?

More to the point, what things will they include that simply must not be discussed because of Barrack Hussein Obama's children?

re: #4 redc1c4

how will the upcoming threads help the children of the ongoing lizard baby boom?

I have never in my adult life been proud to be a Lizard until that comment.

re: #1 laZardo

Does this mean LGF's habitat is standing water?

I'd also like to point out that standing water is stagnant- that's far from LGF.

re: #7 galloping granny

More to the point, what things will they include that simply must not be discussed because of Barrack Hussein Obama's children?

i'm more concerned with your triplets...... and how we're going to w*rk them into the story line.

/damn writers strike

re: #10 redc1c4

i'm more concerned with your triplets...... and how we're going to w*rk them into the story line.

/damn writers strike

Triplets? I thought they were Quads?

/flexible plotlines.

re: #10 redc1c4

i'm more concerned with your triplets...... and how we're going to w*rk them into the story line.

/damn writers strike

ROFL!

Lots of interesting quotes attributed to William Blake. One to ponder, especially while eating your waffles, is:

Every harlot was a virgin once.

re: #13 freetoken

Lots of interesting quotes attributed to William Blake. One to ponder, especially while eating your waffles, is:

every Blake was a black magician once.
And an idiot.

re: #13 freetoken

Your icon is great! lol
Superbama!

Good morning, LGF!

Every harlot was a virgin once.

Do I hear quintuplets?

/going once....going twice...

re: #10 redc1c4

i'm more concerned with your triplets...... and how we're going to w*rk them into the story line.

/damn writers strike

I refuse to have triplets unless I get a nanny for each of them

re: #17 littleoldlady

Do I hear quintuplets?

/going once....going twice...

Hahahahaha.

/Can't count pass five.
Fortunately!

re: #15 MigueldowninMexico

Hey, you noticed.

re: #17 littleoldlady

Do I hear quintuplets?

/going once....going twice...

Hahahaha
Christy's!

So this is what the early morning thread looks like...good morning all.

re: #9 Sharmuta

I'd also like to point out that standing water is stagnant- that's far from LGF.

yup: i've never seen any skeeters here, but we can sure keep up the skeer.

re: #17 littleoldlady

Do I hear quintuplets?

/going once....going twice...

going for broke?

re: #22 gibsonz

You just happened to hit on a good unusual day! ;-)

gibsonz! :-)

re: #18 galloping granny

I refuse to have triplets unless I get a nanny for each of them

would they have to be galloping nannys?

re: #20 freetoken

Hey, you noticed.

It's the new wave
For a 60 year old, feels like deja vu.

The Age of Obamaurus is here!
Crystal Blue Persuasion and the Moon is in the 7th house and all the bi BS reloaded.

Brace yourselves from here to Nov.

re: #18 galloping granny

I refuse to have triplets unless I get a nanny for each of them

You're smart! LOL

re: #9 Sharmuta

I'd also like to point out that standing water is stagnant- that's far from LGF.

Anyway, "lizards" is just what the natives called us. The truth is far stranger.

re: #25 littleoldlady

We call it the silly hour where I come from.

/sometimes lasts longer then that.

re: #22 gibsonz

So this is what the early morning thread looks like...good morning all.

Hey gibsonz. Welcome to the morning after.

It takes a Dead thread to raise a village...

/tips coffee cup & hat to Hillary

re: #25 littleoldlady

Wonder what`s gonna fall out of Obama`s closet today and wind up under the bus.

re: #25 littleoldlady

You just happened to hit on a good unusual day! ;-)

gibsonz! :-)

yup: the fruit cup was evidently contaminated with a powerful fertility drug, and the subsequent pregnancies are causing some confusion....

/blame LoL

re: #27 MigueldowninMexico

The Age of Obamaurus is here!
Crystal Blue Persuasion and the Moon is in the 7th house and all the bi BS reloaded.

Hey! How can you do a astrological chart on The Obama?
(You've got his birth certificate, haven't you?)

re: #34 redc1c4

"Go ahead. Blame the Jew."

_{© MeanNastyTeenager}

re: #31 AmeriDan

Hey gibsonz. Welcome to the morning after.
-------
Thank you!

Time to head home from internship. z_z

In the meantime, have a Little Green Footballer.

/bbl today, hopefully.

re: #31 AmeriDan

Hey gibsonz. Welcome to the morning after.

one tin soldier rides away......

re: #32 littleoldlady

It takes a Dead thread to raise a village...

/tips coffee cup & hat to Hillary

Hey, they new trend is; "It takes a commune to raise a child"

re: #33 gibsonz

Wonder what`s gonna fall out of Obama`s closet today and wind up under the bus.

He's starting to need a really BIG bus. Do they come in 18-wheeler versions?

re: #27 MigueldowninMexico

It's the new wave
For a 60 year old, feels like deja vu.

The Age of Obamaurus is here!

re: #35 Dar ul Harb

Hey! How can you do a astrological chart on The Obama?
(You've got his birth certificate, haven't you?)

The astrologers are all having fits because they cannot do an astrological chart because they don't know what time he was born.

/And then there is the question of where. . . . .

re: #42 freetoken

That's exactly it! Reloaded.

re: #41 galloping granny

He's starting to need a really BIG bus. Do they come in 18-wheeler versions?

Hahaha. That's right!

re: #36 littleoldlady

"Go ahead. Blame the Jew."

_{© MeanNastyTeenager}

i read a novel one time where a main character wore the Star, even though he was goyim.... when asked why, he told the other character (more or less) "we're all Jewish, it's just that most of our parents figured we had enough problems without telling us that too."

/blame it on the bosa nova

re: #41 galloping granny

He's starting to need a really BIG bus. Do they come in 18-wheeler versions?
--------
He is going to have to call Ray Nagin,he has plenty of unused busses.

re: #41 galloping granny

Nope, I think he has one ordered special for his campaign.

/with keelhauling winches as a special upgrade.

re: #47 gibsonz

He's starting to need a really BIG bus. Do they come in 18-wheeler versions?
--------
He is going to have to call Ray Nagin,he has plenty of unused busses.

Good idea!

The chocolate buses!
Throw dead weight under them.

re: #32 littleoldlady

It takes a Dead thread to raise a village...

/tips coffee cup & hat to Hillary

did someone say "Dead Thread"?

re: #48 BlueCanuck

Nope, I think he has one ordered special for his campaign.

/with keelhauling wenches as a special upgrade.

/Clinton version

re: #46 redc1c4

I didn't realize you were that OLD!

Talking about LA.

McCain/Jindal 08!

re: #51 redc1c4

Well it depends on which Clinton is driving.

/I don't think slick willy would be doing any keel hauling.
//would be doing a different kinda hauling.

And here it is...my 500th post...about as informative as the other 499!

Did someone say CHOCOLATE?!

Just found this over at HotAir (sometimes I wonder if he supports Obama) -

Presumably, the schools that Obama attended in Hawaii and later in the US would have seen his birth certificate during the enrollment process,

Nope, I bet they would not have done. I transferred schools a lot as a kid, mine have all been to several and the only thing the new school ever asks for or gets is a copy of the previous school records. Had to produce a birth certificate only for kindergarten. For that matter, we didn't have my granddaughter's handy for kindergarten and the school took our notarized statement re her birthday.

re: #47 gibsonz

He's starting to need a really BIG bus. Do they come in 18-wheeler versions?
--------
He is going to have to call Ray Nagin,he has plenty of unused busses.

i was thinking he might need to get the folks that made Bigfoot to make his campaign bus.

re: #56 littleoldlady

Did someone say CHOCOLATE?!

Hahahaha!
Me.

What a song LoL, bringing me back in time!

re: #59 MigueldowninMexico

/drooling!

THANKS! :-)

re: #39 redc1c4

I'll sleep in peace today.

re: #52 littleoldlady

The irony of course with that song is that the rhythm is hardly bossa nova... Nevertheless, Eydie had such as beautiful voice - I like many of her later recordings.

re: #52 littleoldlady

I didn't realize you were that OLD!

i'm not..... besides: i'm immature for my age.

/parts of me, however, are ancient. %-)

re: #60 littleoldlady

/drooling!

THANKS! :-)

Sure! ;)

re: #41 galloping granny

He's starting to need a really BIG bus. Do they come in 18-wheeler versions?

Will this help?

re: #66 Dar ul Harb

Will this help?

And wait. He's picking Ron Paul as VP...

reptiles of the mind

I bet Bear Grylls would eat it.

re: #62 AmeriDan

I'll sleep in peace today.

where the Stars & Stripes, and the eagle flies......... only in America.

re: #41 galloping granny

He's starting to need a really BIG bus. Do they come in 18-wheeler versions?

Well, here you go!

Problem solved!

Paulian, Obamanians, Pelosis, Clintonians,
They're all waiting for a sign ($) that goes with their own sign ($) of the Zoodiac (politics.

re: #63 freetoken

You're old, too?

re: #13 freetoken

Every harlot was a virgin once.

Once is all it takes.

re: #70 Dar ul Harb

Well, here you go!

Problem solved!

I think I found his bus. ;)

/just remembered watching this movie on late night cable.

Morning Lizards!

I'm on the brink of bailing out.

In 10 minutes my train leaves the station.
I plan to be under it.

re: #70 Dar ul Harb

Well, here you go!

Problem solved!

That might do - for now.

re: #75 rightside

Morning Lizards!

Good morning, rightside!

re: #72 littleoldlady

Ah... such a classic tune... but no, I don't date from the era of the gramophone!

re: #75 rightside

Morning Lizards!

You're late rightside!

re: #73 vbspurs

Once is all it takes.

Unless you visit Mexico. I hear that hopping over the border to have your virginity restored has become all the rage. And vital if you're muslim.

re: #75 rightside

Morning rightside. Starting the caffination process?

Two questions for English speakers.
I thanks answers in advance.
1.- The plural of life is "lives" or lifes"?

"In the brink" or "on the brink"?

Heh.

re: #80 galloping granny

I am working midnight shift, and arrive home about now, so, that's my story, and I'm sticking to it!

re: #76 MigueldowninMexico

Choo choo?

Well, I too
must bid adieu
Just give me,
tea for two....

re: #83 MigueldowninMexico

You're not an English speaker?!

/since when?

re: #85 freetoken

Choo choo?

Well, I too
must bid adieu
Just give me,
tea for two....

Well you do!

re: #83 MigueldowninMexico

plural of life is lives, and it's on the brink.

/in the brink might be a slurring of in the drink though. ;)

re: #86 littleoldlady

You're not an English speaker?!

/since when?

Since I was born ;)

campaign slogan that just came to mind, listening to Brooks & Dunn:

"If you really believed in America, you could never believe Obama."

/obviously time for me to hit it.....

L8r

re: #83 MigueldowninMexico

Two questions for English speakers.
I thanks answers in advance.
1.- The plural of life is "lives" or lifes"?

"In the brink" or "on the brink"?

Heh.

The plural of life is lives. Usually on the brink. Brink means edge.

re: #89 MigueldowninMexico

FABULOUS! I finally understand Spanish!

re: #88 BlueCanuck

plural of life is lives, and it's on the brink.

/in the brink might be a slurring of in the drink though. ;)

Haha.
Thanks, Blue! :)

re: #84 rightside

I am working midnight shift, and arrive home about now, so, that's my story, and I'm sticking to it!

I guess you're excused then :) I kinda miss your "first" on this thread though.

re: #83 MigueldowninMexico

Two questions for English speakers.
I thanks answers in advance.
1.- The plural of life is "lives" or lifes"?

"In the brink" or "on the brink"?

Heh.

no habla

re: #91 galloping granny

The plural of life is lives. Usually on the brink. Brink means edge.

Thanks, Granny! :)

re: #90 redc1c4

I like it.

re: #81 galloping granny

Unless you visit Mexico. I hear that hopping over the border to have your virginity restored has become all the rage. And vital if you're muslim.

I believe the Brazilian plastic surgeon, Dr. 90210 Rey, did them for his E! show.

/sad, but happy I'm not part of such a culture

re: #91 galloping granny

However, there is the phrase "in the clink", where "clink" is a synonym for prison. Perhaps that is something Miguel has heard before.

Good night everybody....

Work.

/feh. :-/

Good day, ALL!™

re: #92 littleoldlady

FABULOUS! I finally understand Spanish!

Sí, pequeña dama viejita.

re: #69 redc1c4

where the Stars & Stripes, and the eagle flies......... only in America.

You are a redneck! Will you please bear my child?

/Heh, that will confuse all of the "sleepers of the night" whom should be assured that it's not a brokeback Lizard type thing.

/ya had to be there

re: #99 freetoken

However, there is the phrase "in the clink", where "clink" is a synonym for prison. Perhaps that is something Miguel has heard before.

Good night everybody....

Very true. Night freetoken!

re: #99 freetoken

I think I have, but I wasn't there...yet lol

Thanks :)

Well see you all next time red, freetoken, and littleoldlady.

/*sigh* an hour to go in the salt mines.

re: #101 MigueldowninMexico

pequeña dama viejita.

Or, PetiteVieuxDame?

/Sock Puppets 'R Us

*p00f!*

re: #102 AmeriDan

You are a redneck! Will you please bear my child?

This is one of my favourite songs. :)

/is far from being a redneck girl.

re: #100 littleoldlady

Work.

/feh. :-/

Good day, ALL!™

Four-letter word!

Feh.
Bye LoL, have a great day!

re: #106 littleoldlady

Or, PetiteVieuxDame?

/Sock Puppets 'R Us

*p00f!*

Oui! ;)

re: #106 littleoldlady

Or, PetiteVieuxDame?

Vieille.

/siren, language police, please pull over ma'am.

re: #108 MigueldowninMexico

Bye LOL!

Hope to see you tomorrow!

re: #110 vbspurs

Vieille.

/siren, language police, please pull over ma'am.

Hahahaha

re: #107 vbspurs

This is one of my favourite songs. :)

/is far from being a redneck girl.

Oh heck yeah! Now we're jammin.

re: #110 vbspurs

Vieille.

/siren, language police, please pull over ma'am.

Honestly officer, we thought bad grammar was the proper way to speak. ;)

re: #28 MigueldowninMexico

twins were hard enough esp since we also had a son who was 2 years old when the twins were born. so almost triplets

re: #115 yochanan

twins were hard enough esp since we also had a son who was 2 years old when the twins were born. so almost triplets

When was this, yoch?

re: #113 AmeriDan

Oh heck yeah! Now we're jammin.

Cause I'm a redneck woman
And I ain't no high class broad
I'm just a product of my raisin'
And I say "hey y'all" and "Yee Haw"
And I keep my Christmas lights on, on my front porch all year long
And I know all the words to every Charlie Daniels song
So here's to all my sisters out there keepin' it country
Let me get a big "Hell Yeah" from the redneck girls like me
Hell Yeah
Hell Yeah

/swings from side to side

Gotta go now.
Hope to see all the great lizards tomorrow ;)

Night Miguel, drop by sooner next time for all the shenanigans.

/might get a walk on for the telenovella.

Bombshell -

But according to a passing reference in a profile in The New Republic last year, Pastor Wright was himself a Muslim convert to Christianity. He seems to have moved from being a Muslim black power fanatic to a Christian black power fanatic – which might go some way to explaining his close affinity to the Muslim black power ideologue Louis Farrakhan.

[Link: www.spectator.co.uk...]

for some reason I have this in my head at the moment:
Nancy Griffith

re: #90 redc1c4

campaign slogan that just came to mind, listening to Brooks & Dunn:

"If you really believed in America, you could never believe Obama."

/obviously time for me to hit it.....

L8r

G'nite Red, I am jumping out too.

But before I go, can I tweak that quote just a little (or a lot)?

"If you really LOVE America, why would you want to CHANGE America?

re: #117 vbspurs

/swings from side to side

*swoons*

*drinks beer*

*swoons again*

You may deny your redneck side... but I bet you're a cowgirl.

re: #120 galloping granny

Bombshell -

[Link: www.spectator.co.uk...]

GOOD GRIEF! Thank God for Mel Phillips.

Steve in San Diego (sounds like a wonderful member of this community) rebuts about the LGF slurs in the Blogosphere:

It wasn't mere comments that are the real problem with the Obama web site; comments can be left by anyone. Rather, the problem is the *blogs* that were created there. The Obama site states that blogs will be reviewed, and only put up after they are approved by administrators. Either that's simply not true (problem) or site administrtors thought the nasty blogs were just fine (bigger problem).

Note also that this crap has been posted there for months.

FYI, mislabeling the blogs in question as just "comments" is a damage-control falsehood currently being used by Obama supporters. It was a lot more than just some comments.

Thank you for your time.

re: #123 AmeriDan

but I bet you're a cowgirl.

Ooh! I love George Strait too. ;)

/redneck boys are lovely.

re: #125 vbspurs

Ooh! I love George Strait too. ;)

/redneck boys are lovely.

I'm lost in this moment.

re: #124 vbspurs

GOOD GRIEF! Thank God for Mel Phillips.

Sure does explain that statement from Trinity to someone a while back that there are "lots of muslims here" doesn't it?

re: #69 redc1c4

where the Stars & Stripes, and the eagle flies......... only in America.

thanks for the links red, I was that boy by the fence when his daddy went off to serve his country.

re: #128 galloping granny

Sure does explain that statement from Trinity to someone a while back that there are "lots of muslims here" doesn't it?

Oh I didn't hear about that one. Let me Google after my shower. Thanks GG!

/waves goodbye to AmeriDan shyly

re: #116 MigueldowninMexico

23 years ago

In the category of "How's that workin' out for ya?", here's a fond look back to October 2004 with the Kerry/Bush election campaign in its final stages:

"Your security is not in the hands of Kerry or Bush or al Qaeda. Your security is in your own hands, and any U.S. state that does not toy with our security automatically guarantees its own security."--OBL

God bless the troops and the STFU smackdown they've been laying on the bad guys. All volunteers. The best the planet has ever seen.

re: #130 vbspurs

Oh I didn't hear about that one. Let me Google after my shower. Thanks GG!

/waves goodbye to AmeriDan shyly

Enjoy your shower vbspurs. I'll talk to you later, I hope. Have a wonderful day.

/trying not to think about vbspurs in the shower.

re: #134 AmeriDan

Enjoy your shower vbspurs. I'll talk to you later, I hope. Have a wonderful day.

/trying not to think about vbspurs in the shower.

Not working, I may lose my Southern Gentleman accreditation over this.

re: #135 AmeriDan

May I suggest a cold shower yourself? :)

/does wonders for me when I need it.
//if unable to shower I recommend an ice pack.

re: #136 BlueCanuck

May I suggest a cold shower yourself? :)

/does wonders for me when I need it.
//if unable to shower I recommend an ice pack.

Heh.

Well, I've had my two cups of coffee and can't put it off any longer. Time to go hoe. Later - have a good one.

Good morning lizards, 62 degrees and sunny along the Lake Michigan shoreline.

Hows' everyone?

re: #138 galloping granny

Well, I've had my two cups of coffee and can't put it off any longer. Time to go hoe. Later - have a good one.

Goodbye Granny, have a great day.

Time for me to hit the shower. Good Morning Lizards!

re: #139 Irish Rose

Good morning lizards, 62 degrees and sunny along the Lake Michigan shoreline.

Hows' everyone?

Hey what part of the shoreline. I "hailed" from South Haven, MI when I was growing up...the getaway spot for lots of Chicagoans!

Irish insight?

The Irish are such clear thinkers.

An e-mail forwarded by somebody who received it from
kin in the olde sod:

'We, in Ireland, can't figure out why you in the US
are even bothering to hold an election.

On one side, you have a bitch who is a lawyer, married
to a lawyer, running against a lawyer who is married
to a bitch who is a lawyer.

On the other side, you have a war hero married to a
good looking woman who owns a beer distributorship.

re: #139 Irish Rose

Good morning lizards, 62 degrees and sunny along the Lake Michigan shoreline.

Hows' everyone?

Morning Rose. You're just in time for the shift change.

Sorry about the mess we left.

/off to a cold shower

re: #142 Macker

Hey what part of the shoreline. I "hailed" from South Haven, MI when I was growing up...the getaway spot for lots of Chicagoans!

Grand Haven.

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75
> year old Texas rancher, whose hand was caught in a gate while working
> cattle, the doctor struck up a
>
> conversation with the old man.
> Eventually the topic got around to Obama and his bid to be our
> President.
>
>
> The old rancher said,
>
> 'Well, ya know, Obama is a 'post
> turtle'.'
>
> Not being familiar with the term, the
> doctor asked him what a 'post turtle' was. The old rancher said,
>
>
> 'When you're driving down a country road
> and you
>
> come across a fence post with a turtle
> balanced on top, that's a 'post turtle'.'
>
> The old rancher saw a puzzled look on
> the doctor's face, so he continued to explain.
>
> 'You know he didn't get up there by
> himself, he doesn't belong up there, he doesn't know what to do while he
> is up there, and you just wonder what kind of a dumb ass put him up; there to begin with.'
>

Night granny, have fun in the garden.

And it's time for me to ride into the sunrise as well. Night/morning all that's left.

Ahhhh. Sip my first cup 'o joe, check the mail, log into LGF (now that I finally have an account after trying for a year!)...and check the morning thread.

Almost down to 30 days before the plane leaves for the dry, dusty place between the Tigris and Euphrates. What to do with my remaining time? Excepting for the following planned activities:
1. Scuba trip for 2 days diving with my son in NC.
2. Whitewater weekend in WV with the whole family (Averybadmama, Averybadgirl, and Averybadboy).
3. Leave detailed computer maintenance instructions for Averybadmama -- the self-proclaimed "techno-Neanderthal."
4. Wash, wax and tune up all cars.
5. Set nefarious plans in motion to piss off Averybadcat while I'm gone. Mean b_____d, he is!

I'm taking suggestions. Good morning all.

JamesTKirk has a hidden agenda...

Good morning all Y'all - from a very warm (74 degrees, going up to 91 degrees) muggy and overcast Charlotte!
*Yawn* (excuse me!) - not used to being up and on LGF at this hour but have appoitments and chores to do early today!
How is everyone this fine morning?

re: #150 realwest

Good morning all Y'all - from a very warm (74 degrees, going up to 91 degrees) muggy and overcast Charlotte!
*Yawn* (excuse me!) - not used to being up and on LGF at this hour but have appoitments and chores to do early today!
How is everyone this fine morning?

Fine as frog hair, Real. Howbotchaownself?

Holy cats! I just looked at the time/date stamp of this thread and Charles put it up at like 3:12 AM his time!
Does Sir Charles EVER sleep?!

re: #151 razorbacker
Well, other than not really being awake, I guess I'm as fine as fresh spun cotton candy (h/t Mandy Manners)!
Glad to hear you're doing well today.

Morning Lizards, I'm waiting for my coffee... half way through a long stretch... day 9 of working 18 in a row (ack).

It's hot, damn hot... 77 at 7am here in NW FL and thank God for air conditioning.

re: #152 realwest

I think it's a bot. The alternative is too mind wobbling. ^{he knows when you've been sleeping, he knows when you're awake, he knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake}

re: #148 Averybadman

It took me two years before I caught an open registration and was able to open an account. Welcome.

re: #154 The Albatross
Hey there - good morning to you! 77 degrees already in NW Florida?!? And how come you're working 18 days in a row?

Good morning, Lizards!

FYI, BHO's campaign is operating a Push-Poll in Georgia--telephone poll last night (example "question"):

Q: What do you think about Barak Obama's position on abortion? You know, John McCain is Pro-Life and he will work to stop all abortions. Barak Obama is leaving the choice up to the woman...

re: #155 razorbacker
ROFL! Yes, I reckon it might be a bot - that or, and I hope this is the answer, Charles gets to nap for a couple hours everyday!

Aggggh - I gotta go get started on those appoitments and what not.
I hope you all have a great day and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!

Mornin' all. So the obamamaniacs have woke up to the fact their messiahs web site is full of vile shit and it isn't the VRWC doing it. Buncha loons.

re: #157 realwest

Took a dive and had to step down from management at the Y... picked up to private clients, and am working part time at the front desk (I'm allergic to the building and immunotherapy is making it much worse before it gets better)... plus I'm still the certified pool operator for that pool and private swim lessons.

I need 70 hours a week to pay for the difference in my medical.

But hey, life's an adventure!

I have a 9 to 3 today... that's as close as I get to a day off.

I'm not going anywhere until I get my first cup of coffee.

Have a great day Realwest!

Haven't altered my opinion that Islamic Fundamentalist Terrorism must be destroyed. Does that make me a Lizard?

re: #161 pingjockey

Met a moonbat at the Y... going on about universal healthcare and how Obama was going to change everything. I am ashamed to say that I was speechless. Since I was on the job I just let her go with a quiet nod and tight lipped grin.... thinking "not if I can help it".

Good Lord! Can't anybody on tv or congress read a frackin' dictionary and look up the definition of "windfall profits".

I was wandering about these intranut tubes this morning and realized that in at least one way, this virtual world is far superior than the 'real' world.

If something offends you on the intranut, *click* and it's gone.

That pesky old World V.1.0 requires you to actually deal with the problem.

I'm going off to deal with a leaky window. 'Cause if it leaks a mite in the winter you can always throw another log on the fire, but if it leaks in the summer you're burning precious air conditioning, and that there electricity is expensive.

re: #167 razorbacker

Hey, I sell windows. Can I give ya a hand?

re: #158 slartybartfast

Good morning, Lizards!

FYI, BHO's campaign is operating a Push-Poll in Georgia--telephone poll last night (example "question"):

Q: What do you think about Barak Obama's position on abortion? You know, John McCain is Pro-Life and he will work to stop all abortions. Barak Obama is leaving the choice up to the woman...

Hell, you can't go lettin' them uppity wimmin' make choices about their own bodies now can you? Whatatheythink they own them things?

McCain going to hunt down all them wimmins who has ever had abortions and send them to prison, is he, none of this foolin' around with them doctors? Then think about how grateful their families will be.

Millions of families.

Go ahead. It's the only "right thing to do" if you believe it's "murder". Be consistent. If all those women are "murderers", jail them.

I may have to vote for him but nothing says I can't be sarcastic about it.

Uh oh! Chuck Norris is calling for folks to sign petitions to drill in the US now. Maybe he can smack some sense into some congress critters. Haha! I have this absurd image of a kung fu flick, bad sound and all with Chuck in the House chamber delivering Moe like slaps to foreheads of Chucky Schumer, Pelosi, etc...

I have to share an interesting tidbit with the lizards this morning.

I've been sorting through the last of the boxes that I have from my mothers' estate, and came across a stack of old magazines last week. Mom was an old-school Democrat, and she had a blind spot for the Kennedy family like most people did in those days. Among her belongings I found the original Life, Saturday Evening Post, and Newsweek Kennedy assassination editions and my mothers' scrapbook containing every single news clip about JFKs' assassination and the Johnson transition that she could find.

Also something really amazing, the inaugural edition of Newsweek magazine dated Feb 17, 1933 in near perfect condition.

Flipping through this magazine is like taking a walk back in history. This was printed during the great depression. It has a number of fascinating news reports pertaining to pre-war Nazi Germany and Hitlers' rise to power. Also newsclips about Roosevelts' election, the Lindbergh family, and Joseph Stalin. Photos of Hitler as a child and Vincent Astor holding a pair of "pet" penguins, and some discussion also about depression-era culture and the entertainment industry.

Also a long article about the depression-era mortgage crisis that looks uneasily familiar.

Accompanying a photo of a bunch of men in hats standing around a noose smiling, this:

The spectre of the auctioneer stalks throughout the land, haunting debtors in the city, town and country.

Next to life itself, a home is mans' most prized possession. To save it, rugged individualism has grown gregarious, and harried citizens are banding against foreclosure.

Some are violent, grimly taking the law into their own hands. This was the case last week in many Mid-west States, where fulminating farmers have for two months been staging minor insurrections. Near auction blocks, they hung threatening nooses, rolled foreclosure agents in the snow or forcibly rushed them from the scene.

Then they held a "penny sale", bidding in foreclosed property worth $2,000 and more for only 2$ and some odd cents.

Neighbors helping neighbors.

Pretty amazing look at history.

re: #167 razorbacker

Yup. If someone criticizes my anti-Jew, anti-American blogpost, I just DELete it, and those Rethuglicans and 'patriots' will get off my back...

/works for Kos and Obama

re: #168 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Yeah, run down to the hardware store and pick up a tube of clear silicone caulk.

And kindly explain to my dear wife the difference between 'good enough' and 'perfect'.

You'd think after all these years dealing with me, she'd be able to bear any slight problem with aplomb. But hope springs eternal, or so I've heard.

re: #159 realwest

ROFL! Yes, I reckon it might be a bot - that or, and I hope this is the answer, Charles gets to nap for a couple hours everyday!

It's the LGF autopilot.

re: #171 Irish Rose

Hiya Rose!

Farmers threatening to string up auctioneers...how sweet. Newsweek hasn't changed much, has it?

re: #174 Dar ul Harb

Surely you can't be serious.

re: #173 razorbacker

Eventually, she'll come around.

Not really.

re: #176 Gharqad

Surely you can't be serious.

I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.

Karridine...
Are you still there?

Turns out I'm in your neighborhood (50 miles away) right now

re: #173 razorbacker

Heh. Tell your wife that at least you didn't lay a tile floor last week with two different lots of the same tile without mixing them up. I've got a sunroom with a diagonal pattern across the room, with half the tile lighter than the other. All I can do is accept it or bust it out and have the old man do it again.

He was so stiff and sore by the time he finished, I didn't have the heart to tell him it really pissed me off and is bothering the heck out of me. Sheepishly (when he saw the look on my face) he told me the furniture would cover most of it up. I saw how tired he was, I just told him "stuff happens" and told him to go have a long hot shower.

The problem? I got no furniture for that room.... yet.

re: #171 Irish Rose
Finding stuff like that is pretty cool. We had a table from great grandma, and underneath the oil cloth cover was a canvas Standard Oil banner from the 30s and under that a buncha newspapers from the same era. One was a years retrospective in pictures. Dillinger killed, a buncha pics of Hollywood folks. Just fantastic stuff.

Irish Rose, my husbands grandmother collected Life magazines for all her children's birthdays, my husband has his June 1965 and it's in great condition as well.

re: #180 The Albatross

That's the kind of thing that you make a contractor tear out and re-do. When it's family, you look at it fondly. At least that's the way it should be.

My wife'd make me tear it out and re-do it.

But I'm not bitter.

Good morning Lizards..............

DG!

re: #185 pingjockey

DG!

Morning ping...........

re: #183 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

That's the kind of thing that you make a contractor tear out and re-do. When it's family, you look at it fondly. At least that's the way it should be.

My wife'd make me tear it out and re-do it.

But I'm not bitter.

Sure you're not...............ROTFLMAO................

re: #183 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Heh, my husband IS a contractor. But he works so hard at work, when he needs to do for our home... things mess up. This time he laid the floor in the late afternoon and evening without turning the light on.

Ah, well.

Hey Dorian! What's Shakin?

(All four cheeks and a couple'a chins. Norm Peterson, Cheers)

re: #186 doriangrey
We might get to 75 degrees today and maybe 80 by the weekend. Crazy damn weather. There was 2 ft, yes 2ft of snow in some parts of the Cascades in the last 2 days.

re: #190 pingjockey

Hotter than a 5.00 pistol here.

re: #189 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"It's a dog eat dog world and I'm wearing a Milk Bone suit."

re: #192 pingjockey

Gosh I loved Norm.

re: #180 The Albatross

Don't get me started. Finally finished the first bath. Got the tile all nice and pretty in the shower, tasteful coordinating but subtle contrast (or so it's been described for me, looks like the factory goofed to me) transition to the floor.

Walls skim coated and painted, trim up, every leak hunted down and eradicated like it was the last remaining smallpox carrier.

So she looks at it and says, "Pretty".
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"I think I'll paint stripes on the wall. That'll be different."

re: #191 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
The east side of the Rockies to the Atlantic has been getting slammed. If it ain't heat it's floods, if it ain't floods it's tornados. We are pretty good up here in the NW. Occasional volcano, forest fire.

re: #195 pingjockey

Just laughed out loud too hard for tawdry initials.

re: #193 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
TV Guide or somebody did Norms bar tab and beer consuption based on an average of beers consumed during an episode. The tab looked like a small nations debt and the beer intake would've took the output of a medium sized brewery!

re: #189 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hey Dorian! What's Shakin?

(All four cheeks and a couple'a chins. Norm Peterson, Cheers)

re: #190 pingjockey

We might get to 75 degrees today and maybe 80 by the weekend. Crazy damn weather. There was 2 ft, yes 2ft of snow in some parts of the Cascades in the last 2 days.

Heh heh heh what can I say, it's damned tough living in paradise. Been a lovely 74 degree's pretty much all month, rained a couple of times....

re: #198 doriangrey
Glad ya got some rain. Wasn't it really dry down there?

re: #197 pingjockey

TV Guide or somebody did Norms bar tab and beer consuption based on an average of beers consumed during an episode. The tab looked like a small nations debt and the beer intake would've took the output of a medium sized brewery!

Hey... I resemble that..........................

I miss the Cascades... haven't been back since 2001. That's the longest I've been away. I used to go at least every other year. Got no family there now though (big sigh).

re: #201 The Albatross
Well, crap.

re: #169 infidelia

Hell, you can't go lettin' them uppity wimmin' make choices about their own bodies now can you? Whatatheythink they own them things?

McCain going to hunt down all them wimmins who has ever had abortions and send them to prison, is he, none of this foolin' around with them doctors? Then think about how grateful their families will be.

Millions of families.

Go ahead. It's the only "right thing to do" if you believe it's "murder". Be consistent. If all those women are "murderers", jail them.

I may have to vote for him but nothing says I can't be sarcastic about it.

This pretty much sums up BHO's views on abortion (political humor at Townhall.com).

re: #199 pingjockey

Glad ya got some rain. Wasn't it really dry down there?

Yup.... Been really dry for the last 25 years or so. But then again we have a 60 year weather cycle, 30 years dry, 30 years wet. Just starting to go into the 30 year wet cycle.

re: #198 doriangrey

Heh heh heh what can I say, it's damned tough living in paradise. Been a lovely 74 degree's pretty much all month, rained a couple of times....

Lewis Black:

Easiest job in the world? Weatherman, San Diego...

Bill: Now to Jim with the weather, Jim?
Jim: (Pause) Nice! Back to you, Bill.

Stayed at the Del once. Was REALLY nice.

re: #202 pingjockey

I miss homemade rasberry ice cream, the Dory Boat Festival, Crater Lake, and Mill City.

FBV,

You know the old saying.. the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Found this article regarding the state of Islam in Turkey in the religious section, all the way in the back.

"Kemal" refers to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk... leader of the Turkish National Movement, President of Turkey and founder of the Republic of Turkey.

ISLAM: Muezzins Talk Turkish Now Instead of Arabic

When the muezzin called from the minaret outside of the great, green mosque at Broussa, Turkey, last week, he summond the faithful to prayer... not in the name of Allah, but in the Turkish name of Tanri.

Kemals' official banning of Arabic, used in religious services in his country since the death of Mohammed in 632, was another revolutionary step in line with the Presidents' attempts to modernize Turkey. For the orthodox, its' effects were the same as though Latin were to be abandoned in Roman Catholic church services.

Kemal has proved himself implacable in his insistence upon the adoption of his reforms. In the past, he has hanged a number of rebel ring-leaders. He took the fez away from the men, telling them to wear felt hats and derbies. He commanded women to put aside their veils. He separated church and State and replaced old Islamic laws by new codes.

Talk about balls of steel... Kemal was an amazing man. He modernized all of Turkey from the ground up and abolished the Caliphate.

re: #201 The Albatross

I miss the Cascades... haven't been back since 2001. That's the longest I've been away. I used to go at least every other year. Got no family there now though (big sigh).

Meh...........I was born in Yakima Washington, havent been back in like 38 years. Dont miss the frigging snow one single bit..............

BBL.

Hardware store should be open by the time I get there.

re: #204 doriangrey
I remember once in the mid 80s we had one of those Pacific storms hit, was living in Chula Juana and it was thunder and lightening and it started snowing! We were making jokes about the end of the world.

&#9836 TA-DA! &#9836

Good morning {lizards!}

Averybadman - welcome. The new kid always brings donuts and fresh coffee. :D

{realwest} Morning, luv *smooochy-smooch-SMOOOOOOOOOCH*

Monster storms rumbled through the valley last night sweeping away the sticky humidity and today it's bright and clean with plenty of sinshine.

Thank you G*d for another beautiful day.

re: #205 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Lewis Black:

Easiest job in the world? Weatherman, San Diego...

Bill: Now to Jim with the weather, Jim?
Jim: (Pause) Nice! Back to you, Bill.

Stayed at the Del once. Was REALLY nice.

Fuck Lewis Black...........well that said that is a funny routine, and yea the Hotel Del really is something... Plus..... It's haunted...........

Good morning all. 76 degrees in the greater metropolitan Doraville area, going up into the low 90s. We need rain -- popcorn thunderstorms are the norm these days, but we've missed them the last few days. Off to Alabama in a bit to pick up oldest boy after his first sleep-away camp.

I love the Cascades -- when I was kid, for about five years running, we'd drive from Chicago to Seattle for a business meeting my dad always had out there. We'd always take a couple of weeks and travel around the area, usually heading over to Victoria, sometimes going up to Prince Rupert and across through Banff and Jasper on the way home. Some of my favorite memories of childhood were those trips through the Pacific Northwest.

How's everyone this fine morning?

re: #208 doriangrey

Meh back at you (grin) I grew up in San Diego... and loved the change of pace. I still am scratching my head at why I ever settled here on the Gulf of Mexico... "high" ground is 360 ft above sea level and it's about 60 miles from here.

I miss the mountains.

re: #210 pingjockey

I remember once in the mid 80s we had one of those Pacific storms hit, was living in Chula Juana and it was thunder and lightening and it started snowing! We were making jokes about the end of the world.

ROTFLMAO............I remember that...............Damn storm nearly washed away the Crystal Pier........

re: #207 Irish Rose

My sister was stationed in Turkey in the 80's. Brought a sheik outfit (I mean the full regalia) home to me as a gift. Was Cotton and Silk. Most comfortable thing I ever wore. Three Halloweens in a row! (I think my family threw it away, I can get to be a pretty embarrassing person to be around).

re: #213 Lucius Septimius

Good morning all. 76 degrees in the greater metropolitan Doraville area, going up into the low 90s. We need rain -- popcorn thunderstorms are the norm these days, but we've missed them the last few days. Off to Alabama in a bit to pick up oldest boy after his first sleep-away camp.

I love the Cascades -- when I was kid, for about five years running, we'd drive from Chicago to Seattle for a business meeting my dad always had out there. We'd always take a couple of weeks and travel around the area, usually heading over to Victoria, sometimes going up to Prince Rupert and across through Banff and Jasper on the way home. Some of my favorite memories of childhood were those trips through the Pacific Northwest.

How's everyone this fine morning?

Good morning Lucius, feeling great down here on the Left coast, looking to be another wonderful San Diego day, fricking shame I have to work and cant spend the day crusin my Vette around the beaches.....

ON TOPIC!

Coach: How's life treating you, Norm?
Norm: Like it caught me in bed with its wife.

Coach: How's life, Norm?
Norm: Not for the squeamish, Coach.

Coach: How's it going, Norm?
Norm: Daddy's rich and Momma's good lookin'.

Sam: What's up, Norm?
Norm: My nipples. It's freezing out there.

Coach: What's the story, Norm?
Norm: Thirsty guy walks into a bar. You finish it.

Sam: What's new, Norm?
Norm: Most of my wife.

Coach: Beer, Norm?
Norm: Naah, I'd probably just drink it.

Coach: What's doing, Norm?
Norm: Well, science is seeking a cure for thirst. I happen to be the guinea pig.

Coach: Can I draw you a beer, Norm?
Norm: No, I know what they look like. Just pour me one.

Coach: How about a beer, Norm?
Norm: Hey I'm high on life, Coach. Of course, beer is my life.

Coach: How's a beer sound, Norm?
Norm: I dunno. I usually finish them before they get a word in.

Coach: What's up, Norm? N
orm: Corners of my mouth, Coach.

Coach: What's shaking, Norm?
Norm: All four cheeks and a couple of chins, Coach.

Coach: Beer, Normie?
Norm: Uh, Coach, I dunno, I had one this week. Eh, why not, I'm still young.

[Norm comes in with an attractive woman.] Coach: Normie, Normie, could this be Vera?
Norm: With a lot of expensive surgery, maybe.

[Norm returns from the hospital.] Coach: What's up, Norm?
Norm: Everything that's supposed to be.

Sam: What's new, Normie?
Norm: Terrorists, Sam. They've taken over my stomach. They're demanding beer.

Coach: What'll it be, Normie?
Norm: Just the usual, Coach. I'll have a froth of beer and a snorkel.

Coach: What would you say to a beer, Normie?
Norm: Daddy wuvs you.

Sam: What'd you like, Normie?
Norm: A reason to live. Gimme another beer.

Norm: Afternoon, everybody.
All: Norm!
Cliff: Afternoon, everybody.
All: [silence]

Sam: What will you have, Norm?
Norm: Well, I'm in a gambling mood, Sammy. I'll take a glass of whatever comes out of that tap.
Sam: Oh, looks like beer, Norm.
Norm: Call me Mister Lucky.

Sam: What do you say, Norm?
Norm: Any cheap, tawdry thing that'll get me a beer.

re: #212 doriangrey

Yeah, but give credit where credit is due.

re: #217 doriangrey

Good morning Lucius, feeling great down here on the Left coast, looking to be another wonderful San Diego day, fricking shame I have to work and cant spend the day crusin my Vette around the beaches.....

"Work is the curse of the drinking class" --- Oscar Wilde

re: #220 Lucius Septimius

"Work is the curse of the drinking class" --- Oscar Wilde

And so right he was...................

re: #208 doriangrey
Ha. You have to be bilingual to live in Yakima now! Folks in Chelan just got their new property assesments....Some property values have quintupled! Working class people are having to sell out and move cause property taxes have went through the roof! 1100sq. ft. house on the lake, 2 bedrooms over 1 mill. All the westsiders with bucks are buying everything and all the city fathers are seeing nothing but dollar signs. Here in the Wenatchee valley, they just closed a trailer park to make way for $650k condos. Fuck the people who lived there. The vacancy rate for rental properties is 1.5%! And, there is a little thing Olympia dreamed up. The growth management act. If you subdivide your property the parcels can be no smaller than 5 acres. So the working class folks are being zapped big time.

Whole bunch of Norm quotes here.

[Link: members.aol.com...]

re: #222 pingjockey

Bilingual? Which languages?

Hey Lucius! That is a nice trip to do. The ferry ride from Seattle to Victoria is awesome.

re: #224 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Se habla espanol.

re: #189 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hey Dorian! What's Shakin?

(All four cheeks and a couple'a chins. Norm Peterson, Cheers)

LOL! That guy's got more chins than a Hong Kong telephone directory ... :P

re: #226 pingjockey

Oh, and what other language?

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re: #222 pingjockey

It was tough to get a toe hold even in the late 70's and early 80's unless you were bankrolled. I wanted to live outside of Salem, but was afraid I wouldn't be able to make a go of it. No chance of living there now. If I have to move from here, I'll be heading to SE Oklahoma.

re: #228 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
That is about it. A couple of the school districts here have over 60% Hispanic students. Just had a buddy get hit by a car on his 2 week old HD. Hispanic driver, no insurance(state law requires it) no DL. He's okay, bike trashed.

My family was all farm folk, 4th and 6th sons... no way they could inherit the family farm in Nebraska. We've been blue collar ever since.

re: #229 The Albatross
Yep all the wonderful tree huggers are buying all the woods they can and putting up Keep the Fuck out signs.

Good morning, Lizards.

I put this on the previous Obama thread, but I think everyone has left it!

Obama keeps going because competent people are still stuck on the stupid MSM. Even with a link from Rush Limbaugh, the visit count here hovers at or below 100K. It needs to be 100M. That's why the candidates can say different opposite things, etc. with a straight face and not have to worry about it. People will feel a mild confusion, but not enough to actually go out to the blogs to get more info (since we know the MSM will construct the news to fit their narrative). The MSM has done their best to discredit blogs, unfortunately somewhat successfully among people who consider the MSM as the traditional standard. I've gotten a die-hard LA Times reader to read the Investor's Business Daily editorials because they already read the IBD business stuff. It looks like the IBD editorial people are reading LGF, Powerline, Instapundit, milblogs, etc. and are providing somewhat of an infusion into a group of voters who could potentially influence larger numbers of voters. The Wall Street Journal sometimes does a good job of it also, but I've seen some incomplete pieces there (relevant facts left out to maintain some narrative)... which is really too bad.

re: #232 pingjockey

Yep all the wonderful tree huggers are buying all the woods they can and putting up Keep the Fuck out signs.

There is an irony there that the commie bastards probably just dont have the intelligence to grasp....

re: #233 goddessoftheclassroom

Mornin' Goddess -- all moved in?

re: #233 goddessoftheclassroom

Good morning, Lizards.

Good morning Goddess................May the lord bless you this day.......

re: #235 doriangrey
Oh yeah. There were a couple of assholes that bought some property up the valley from my parents and tried to gate a Forest Service road. That didn't last long. Between the locals putting rounds through their mailbox and No anything signs, ripping out the gateposts with 4x4s they got the message.

Well it's time once again for me and that old vette of mine to go putting on down the road...(heh heh heh lucky me...)

re: #239 doriangrey
Have a good day.
Mornin' goddess.

We're getting a lot of that here on the coast in NW Florida... big money coming in, putting up condos and even buying up the public access right of ways to the beach. They've been fighting for years here to determine whether or not property stops at the water line.

I've pulled away from the beaches and got a little patch of dirt inland where I may be able to retire when I sell out of the coast. One thing I like here, is that there are many locals who are in the same boat I am... they had to move off from GA and AL to try to find land of their own because they were farmers who were 2nd, 3rd, .... 7th sons and had to move off the farm to find something of their own.

Hard working, easy to please folk, with little education (like me)... makes for good neighbors.

re: #241 The Albatross
Yeppers. Same here. A lot of the orchards have been sold off cuase the kids didn't want the hassle of all the state and federal bullshit about hiring workers, pesticides, etc...Just a rats nest of regulations.

re: #238 pingjockey

Oh yeah. There were a couple of assholes that bought some property up the valley from my parents and tried to gate a Forest Service road. That didn't last long. Between the locals putting rounds through their mailbox and No anything signs, ripping out the gateposts with 4x4s they got the message.

Amazing..........That they ever got the message that is. Those fucking insane socialist/commie/liberal tree hugging bastards really arent very bright. The classic definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over and over expecting different results each time. Socialism/communism has failed miserably ever single place and time it has been tried, yet in keeping with the definition of insanity, they insist on trying the same thing again and again insisting that everyone who tried it did it wrong, but somehow they will get it right. Fucking lunatics.....

re: #158 slartybartfast

Good morning, Lizards!

FYI, BHO's campaign is operating a Push-Poll in Georgia--telephone poll last night (example "question"):

Q: What do you think about Barak Obama's position on abortion? You know, John McCain is Pro-Life and he will work to stop all abortions. Barak Obama is leaving the choice up to the woman...

That is a poll? Odd definition of poll, when you give the respondent the answers, LOL. Not to mention biased beyond all belief.

Well, it's been grand, but gotta run. Busy day ahead.

Have a great day, ya'll.

re: #236 Lucius Septimius

Mornin' Goddess -- all moved in?

Well, I moved OUT--I still have tons to sort through in the new room, but that's the fun part.

My goal now is to establish more structure in the household in order to keep it up better. As much as I loved Animal House, I don't want to live there.

We had a good meeting with Lizard-in-Training's counselor. Before the meeting, I told LIT that regardless of the pain of the past year, we've learned that there some things over which we simply have no control, nor can we change. We have to deal with situations as the occur, not hide from them so that they get worse. We have a plan to make up the courses he needs to as well as a possible schedule for the year after that.

re: #243 doriangrey
You have to remember their mindset, rules are for others, not the elites. The Ivy League edumicated, the Kennedys and their ilk, the hollyweird leftists, etc...

re: #237 doriangrey

Good morning Goddess................May the lord bless you this day.......

And you, {doriangrey}. Of course, He always does; it's up to us to open our hearts to see it!

SAN FRANCISCO — An American military supercomputer, assembled from components originally designed for video game machines, has reached a long-sought-after computing milestone by processing more than 1.026 quadrillion calculations per second.
The Roadrunner supercomputer costs $133 million and will be used to study nuclear weapons.
The new machine is more than twice as fast as the previous fastest supercomputer, the I.B.M. BlueGene/L, which is based at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.

The new $133 million supercomputer, called Roadrunner in a reference to the state bird of New Mexico, was devised and built by engineers and scientists at I.B.M. and Los Alamos National Laboratory, based in Los Alamos, N.M. It will be used principally to solve classified military problems to ensure that the nation’s stockpile of nuclear weapons will continue to work correctly as they age. The Roadrunner will simulate the behavior of the weapons in the first fraction of a second during an explosion.

SNIP

Good morning Goddess. Thank you for keeping up the list. You can pull the Father in law off for now.

I got a blessing though... got enough clients to cover my medical expenses and that's a big relief. Just happened yesterday. I was doing respite care for a couple of weeks, and the family called the office and want's me on permanently. That gives me 39 hours private in home care, and 15 hours front desk at the Y, 10 hours pool maintenance and 4-8 hour private swim lessons.

It will cover my expenses, I only have to drive 2 miles max, and I can wait it out through the summer while I'm getting these durn shots... I hit the 6 month mark in August. Hopefully I can be back full tilt by then.

Good day all, off to the salt mines.

Greets and saluts from the much more comfortable NYC metro area as a result of those storms coming through last night. Then again, if you're without power or had issues with your commute because of those storms, you might quibble with the aforementioned comfort.

First, you get reports that Israel is considering major operations against Hamas and the terrorists in Gaza. Israel rules out a military operation against Hamas in Gaza for the time being. Right. Good show. The terrorists can continue their bombing campaign against Southern Israel and Israel's leadership thinks that taking the fight to the terrorist infrastructure in its entirety is not quite appropriate at this time. How many more Israelis have to die or be injured before Olmert and his cronies take action? They're engaging in limited airstrikes against terror cells after they fire on Israelis, but that does little to prevent attacks.

The Knesset might call for new elections next week, but I'm not convinced they'll actually go through with it.

re: #249 MandyManners

Nix the second sentence.

re: #251 pingjockey

Have a good day pingjockey... nice visiting with ya.

re: #252 lawhawk

The Knesset might call for new elections next week, but I'm not convinced they'll actually go through with it.

This would be very good news.

re: #255 MandyManners

It would, and while Olmert is giving his blessing to Kadima, the Knesset hasn't managed to get the votes to go through with dissolving the government four times already. That's despite the Gaza rocket war, the Hizbullah war and Winograd report findings, and Olmert's legal troubles.

The Israeli polity is a mess.

"Reptile of the mind"

What a great nic that would be. I hope some hatchling picks it up.

re: #256 lawhawk

It sounds like a true Charley Foxtrot.

re: #256 lawhawk

It would, and while Olmert is giving his blessing to Kadima, the Knesset hasn't managed to get the votes to go through with dissolving the government four times already. That's despite the Gaza rocket war, the Hizbullah war and Winograd report findings, and Olmert's legal troubles.

The Israeli polity is a mess.

I look at the mess in Israel and Olmert still running the government while rockets fall daily and unabated on Sderot and I can only shake my head. There simply are no words.