LOVED the robot novels..

"Violence is the last resort of the incompetent."

Depends on the context, of course.

I second that

I'm still partial to Heinlein myself, but can't discount Asimov!

re: #1 joecitizen

LOVED the robot novels..

Foundation Series, too!

...that ended with the robot novels having been apart of it all along.

Robin Williams always entertains...

Science hurts my feelings!
/

re: #5 slokat

Foundation Series, too!

...that ended with the robot novels having been apart of it all along.

yes!

Oughta get him and Will Smith together, yes?
What kind of movie would that be?

Hey who wants to drill in ANWR?

re: #4 SaigoDon

agreed, was my "teeth cutter" & led me elswhere...

There's a light.

Stephanie Meyer has a new science fiction book out based on a type of invasion of the body snatchers scenario. The protagonist is the invader who has taken over the body and mind of a human, but the human personality won't completely bug out like she is supposed to. The alien finds herself strangely attracted to other humans.

The Host

re: #10 Mathew1977

Will there be robots involved?

re: #7 Killgore Trout

Science hurts my feelings!
/

feelings

Artki hates Overnight Open Threads.

Drink!

re: #12 swamprat

There's a light.

Susan Sarandon's greatest role, IMAO. If you ever happen to run into her, ask her about it.

/be prepared to duck

The Game: Secrets of a Pick Up Artist

Does anyone remember this book 3 years ago on the New York Times best sellers list? Well the author, who was a regular feature writer for Rolling Stone Magazine is in Mr. DT's Urban Survival class this week in Oklahoma and is going to write about the class.

re: #14 SaigoDon

Will there be robots involved?

Yes, but only militant ones, like on T2 to slaughter any existing caribou that may get in the way.

Science, and especially engineering, is the opposite of politics.

The stuff has to be repeatable (science).

And it has to work (engineering).

re: #16 Noam Sayin'

Artki hates Overnight Open Threads.

Drink!

You call this an overnight thread?!

It's barely 8:30pm here in Honolulu...

Asimov wrote mostly boring scifi books, except to the uneducated masses without imagination (commercial choice there, I used his math books in High Schoo, which were good), but he was the subject of a really good book: The Flying Sorcerers by Niven and Gerrold (i believe).

[Link: hotair.com...]

Wow is this guy full of balls!

re: #22 pat

Asimov wrote mostly boring scifi books, except to the uneducated masses without imagination (commercial choice there, I used his math books in High Schoo, which were good), but he was the subject of a really good book: The Flying Sorcerers by Niven and Gerrold (i believe).

pshaw.

AMC has The Omen on.

This is for the Russian Spa thread I didn't see it posted, how could Lizardim have missed it? It is safe, and silly.

Boy did I scare myself tonight.
I saw a light at the end of the tunnel and figured that this was it. Only to discover that as I walked to it that it turned out tho be the light in the bathroom that I had left on.

Time for some more tea.

re: #22 pat

His short stories were very good. And yes, I'll second the rcommendation for "The Flying Sorcerers". "As a color, shade of purple grey"

re: #17 Slumbering Behemoth

do I remember right - are you the bollywood lover? Kareena

I have all of "The Lensmen" series... anyone else read those?

re: #24 joecitizen

pshaw.

pshaw! exactly!

re: #30 slokat
yep

A List of Isaac Asimov's Books

re: #30 slokat

I have all of "The Lensmen" series... anyone else read those?

I mentally spar with the Arisians to keep my skills sharp!

re: #13 DistantThunder

Stephanie Meyer has a new science fiction book out based on a type of invasion of the body snatchers scenario. The protagonist is the invader who has taken over the body and mind of a human, but the human personality won't completely bug out like she is supposed to. The alien finds herself strangely attracted to other humans.

The Host

Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away.

Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact and continue their lives apparently unchanged. Most of humanity has succumbed.

When Melanie, one of the few remaining "wild" humans is captured, she is certain it is her end. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, was warned about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the glut of senses, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.

Wanderer probes Melanie's thoughts, hoping to discover the whereabouts of the remaining human resistance. Instead, Melanie fills Wanderer's mind with visions of the man Melanie loves—Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she has been tasked with exposing. When outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off on a dangerous and uncertain search for the man they both love.

"Stephenie Meyer is an amazing phenomenon—out of the brightness of her mind and spirit comes the illuminated darkness of her stories. For no matter how much pain her characters suffer, Meyer infuses the tales with light and hope." —Orson Scott Card, author of the Ender Saga

re: #29 slokat

do I remember right - are you the bollywood lover? Kareena

Goodness gracious, Bollywood is growing up.... Time for some Nipple Nipple?

re: #20 Ojoe

Science, and especially engineering, is the opposite of politics.

The stuff has to be repeatable (science).

And it has to work (engineering).

Yet the attempt to substitute "scientific" ideology for political philosophy, and "social engineering" for law, will produce a government that is efficient only in tyranny.

re: #29 slokat

do I remember right - are you the bollywood lover? Kareena

Tunak will only make you think its an acid flashback....

Another quote attributed to Asimov:

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.

Politics is now officially depressing. The only good news is the war.

re: #29 slokat

Yup, and yowza!

To be perfectly honest, though, I don't really know squat about Indian culture/movies/music. I just find I like some of the music (tabla players fascinate me), the hip-shaking videos (they look like they're having an awful lot of fun), and this AWG* has a thing for Indian women (self explanatory).

*in this case that would mean "Atypical White Guy", not "American Wire Gauge"

re: #39 freetoken

Another quote attributed to Asimov:

Are you sure that wasn't Thomas Jefferson?

re: #2 The Other Les

I thunk it was "Violence is the last resort of the inarticulate," Les

I really enjoyed Clifford Simak ("They walked like men", "All Flesh is Grass", numerous others) and also Roger Zelazney (sp?). Zelazney's "Amber Series" was highly enjoyable. F. Paul Wilson's LaNague federation books: "Enemy of the State", "Wheels within Wheels", and "Healer" were an interesting conservative read.

re: #1 joecitizen

LOVED the robot novels..

Same here.

I've got a few by David A. Kyle that follow some of the different Lensman also...

Still, wish I could have lived in setting of "The Glory Road" by RAH....

Best sci fi movie after 2001-the movie./

I love sci fi. I actually started reading sci fi because of a free Larry Niven short story (used as bait) that led me to Fictionwise (ebook store) and tons more sci fi (read all of Mr. Niven's stuff first).

That's a question?

Well, if any [expletive deleted] goes down in Minneapolis/St. Paul and surrounding counties, I'm hearing it, logging it, and have the capability to record it.

/steep learning curve, probably going to take a few weeks to figure out exactly what the hell I'm actually doing

There is no place for "social engineering" in a free society.

just my 2¢

re: #50 Killian Bundy

Well, if any [expletive deleted] goes down in Minneapolis/St. Paul and surrounding counties, I'm hearing it, logging it, and have the capability to record it.

/steep learning curve, probably going to take a few weeks to figure out exactly what the hell I'm actually doing

Are you expecting the Huckabeans to go nuts?

re: #50 Killian Bundy

So, you received your new toy?

Also, are you planning to deploy Bill at point should you encounter any roaming groups?

Here's an obscure one: At the Narrow Passage by Meridith....

re: #50 Killian Bundy

Well, if any [expletive deleted] goes down in Minneapolis/St. Paul and surrounding counties, I'm hearing it, logging it, and have the capability to record it.

/steep learning curve, probably going to take a few weeks to figure out exactly what the hell I'm actually doing

You do realize the Ronulians will be speaking in a secret ring code?

re: #2 The Other Les

"Violence is the last resort of the incompetent."

Depends on the context, of course.

Hmmm. Could someone who carries out a violent plan of some sophistication be considered incompetent? As for the "inarticulate" version, it could be because they are beyond trying to talk to those who will never listen or stop what they are doing. Not because they can't say what they mean.
Not justifying violence, just poking holes in poorly thought out sayings.

re: #48 Catttt

I love sci fi. I actually started reading sci fi because of a free
Larry Niven short story (used as bait) that led me to Fictionwise
(ebook store) and tons more sci fi (read all of Mr. Niven's stuff
first).

Niven shorts are the perfect bait to hook non SF readers. I've gotten several with them.

re: #40 DistantThunder

Politics is now officially depressing. The only good news is the war.

Hey, it looks like some on our side have started growing a pair and a spine are and pushing drilling, nuclear plants, and new refineries. That's something to really take heart from. We haven't seen that in a while

re: #58 AZfederalist

Hey, it looks like some on our side have started growing a pair and a spine are and pushing drilling, nuclear plants, and new refineries. That's something to really take heart from. We haven't seen that in a while

Sadly, the second the support wanes even slightly they'll run for the hills. >:(

Here I am, sitting here and erasing shitloads of floppies I haven't used in almost ten years!

re: #60 Macker

Here I am, sitting here and erasing shitloads of floppies I haven't used in almost ten years!

Your cave has electricity?
/

re: #52 DistantThunder

Are you expecting the Huckabeans to go nuts?

I'm hoping to get radio proficient enough to be able to thoroughly monitor the Republican National Convention, less than two miles away. I'm picking up transmissions from over 20 miles away.

/it's all about effectively identifying and programming the pertinent radio systems, hence the learning curve

re: #57 HypnoToad

I hear you... I spent a happy 3 decades in SF short-stories, before I read my first novel... can't recall the name of the 5-book series about fighting with steam weapons against 'savages'...

re: #38 coquimbojoe

Tunak can't hold a candle to Kareena, sorry... nice try.
/

re: #61 Hard Right

More like Secrets of the Ancients....

re: #57 HypnoToad

Niven shorts are the perfect bait to hook non SF readers. I've gotten several with them.

My only conquest is a guy at work who thought he was too good for sci fi. I finally hooked him with Philip K. Dick.

re: #25 snowcrash

AMC has The Omen on.

sci fi has sg-1 on

re: #66 Catttt

My only conquest is a guy at work who thought he was too good for sci fi. I finally hooked him with Philip K. Dick.

There's a bad joke in there I won't touch.

re: #67 JimmyTheClaw

Going through chamalla withdrawal!

If you put it in Rosie O'Donell's fridge, would it brighten the world?

re: #40 DistantThunder

Politics is now officially depressing. The only good news is the war.

dont mention the war

/basil fawlty

re: #71 JimmyTheClaw

dont mention the war

/basil fawlty

Here comes the goose stepping scene.

re: #72 Hard Right

Absolutely hysterical.

re: #53 freetoken

Also, are you planning to deploy Bill at point should you encounter any roaming groups?

He's sleeping. PLEASE DON'T [EXPLETIVE DELETED] WAKE HIM UP!

/I finally had to tape down the switch on the computer system power strip after he turned it off for the fifth time in three days

re: #60 Macker

For security reason? a good magnet is faster....

re: #73 Tarkus289

Absolutely hysterical.

I wonder if they'd be as funny if they weren't so self repressed?

cant remember a series but all roads lead to amber a friend years ago had the whole series

re: #75 slokat

For lack of funds, using Disk Utility (OS X) and zeroing-out data.....

re: #71 JimmyTheClaw

dont mention the war

/basil fawlty

One of my favorite scenes.

re: #60 Macker

Here I am, sitting here and erasing shitloads of floppies I haven't used in almost ten years!

floppies? ? ?

No you started it, you invaded Poland.

Maybe I'm just a pig, but there is a reason why I dig the Bollywood videos so much. The music is cool, also.

re: #80 Catttt

floppies? ? ?

Hence my cave comment. I used those when I was in my teens!

Speaking of Asimov... how many of you have read the trilogy written by Baer, Brinn, and Benford and set in the FOundation Trilogy universe? Or read the short-story collection ASIMOV'S FRIENDS (I think that was the title)?

re: #80 Catttt

floppies? ? ?

It was a comment on disks right? Not breastesses?

re: #82 Slumbering Behemoth

I like the culture blend, myself.

re: #80 Catttt

floppies? ? ?

Gee... You know, you can still buy new, blank floppies in stores! :D Mind you, not all over the place like you used to, but they're still around if you know where to look.

re: #87 NomadOfNorad

Gee... You know, you can still buy new, blank floppies in stores! :D Mind you, not all over the place like you used to, but they're still around if you know where to look.

Why am I thinking of viagra now? I must need more alcohol.

I have to say the silence from one of my favorite websites, frontpagemag, about Pat Buchanan's new stinker of a book is deafening, the are usually all over him.

re: #78 Macker

For lack of funds, using Disk Utility (OS X) and zeroing-out data.....

I folded, spindled, mutilated my last floppies beyond recognition....

re: #88 Hard Right

NomadOfNorad slaps Hard Right around a bit with a large trout.

Baby bird is dead. The dog got into the cage and killed it. We just found it.

re: #92 DistantThunder

Ouch. That must have been a shocker.

re: #91 NomadOfNorad

NomadOfNorad slaps Hard Right around a bit with a large trout.

As long as you don't belt me around the mouth and mouth me around the belt.

re: #64 slokat

Tunak can't hold a candle to Kareena, sorry... nice try.
/

Oh, I totally agree, but hey for silly obnoxiousness, he is off the charts!

re: #84 NomadOfNorad

Titles, or do I have to go find them in my library?

re: #87 NomadOfNorad

Gee... You know, you can still buy new, blank floppies in stores!

Can ya buy new eight track tapes too ?

re: #92 DistantThunder

Baby bird is dead. The dog got into the cage and killed it. We just found it.

Awwww, poor baby. Damn dog. (I looove dogs BTW).

re: #97 BuddyG

Can ya buy new eight track tapes too ?

i have an 8 track recorder

re: #99 JimmyTheClaw

i have an 8 track recorder

You're a musician? Guitar player?

re: #99 JimmyTheClaw

Son of beeetch! Sheeet!

re: #100 BuddyG

You're a musician? Guitar player?

Dinosaur?
/

re: #96 slokat

Chiayya works too.....

[Link: thmb.inkfrog.com...]

re: #96 slokat

Titles, or do I have to go find them in my library?

FOUNDATIONS FEAR, by Gregory Benford
FOUNDATION AND CHAOS, by Greg Baer
FOUNDATION'S TRIUMPH, by David Brin

re: #104 BuddyG

[Link: thmb.inkfrog.com...]

Early childhood flashback...

re: #74 Killian Bundy

/I finally had to tape down the switch on the computer system power strip after he turned it off for the fifth time in three days

UR not on yer innernetz... anymore.

re: #74 Killian Bundy

He's sleeping. PLEASE DON'T [EXPLETIVE DELETED] WAKE HIM UP!

/I finally had to tape down the switch on the computer system power strip after he turned it off for the fifth time in three days

Maybe you're taping down the wrong thing....hint, hint.

re: #95 coquimbojoe

true! the fun & comedy & laughter come through

Ah! Amtrack Wars!

I just couldn't find the 4th and 5th books of the 5-book series, here in Thailand... So I still don't know how it ended... :D

How many of you have read E. E. "Doc" Smith's SKYLARK series?

re: #89 MrArchieBunker

I have to say the silence from one of my favorite websites, frontpagemag, about Pat Buchanan's new stinker of a book is deafening, the are usually all over him.

I've been wondering the same thing.

re: #106 Hard Right

Early childhood flashback...

It's seems every 8-track tape collection included the Beatles 1962-1966,
Beach Boys Endless Summer, and Eagles Greatest Hits.

I underestimated the dog. Just like Barak Hussein underestimates the terrorists.

re: #100 BuddyG

You're a musician? Guitar player?

no i have an old 8-track am fm component that i listen to talk radio on

re: #113 BuddyG

Nancy Sinatra's Greatest Hits

/short tape

How can we have just executed Hussein for crimes against humanity, and now be willing to elect another Hussein. That's insane.

re: #92 DistantThunder

sorry, noble actions by you & yours, don't blame the dog for being a dog, though....

g'night ye Lizards..may all yer dreams be scaley...

re: #118 slokat

sorry, noble actions by you & yours, don't blame the dog for being a dog, though....

No, I set the terrarium on the bottom step. The dog managed to tip it over, and the top slid off. I know it was just instict but the 9 year old will be heartbroken. Maybe I could tell him that it flew away.

re: #105 NomadOfNorad

Thanks, liked liked Benford & Brin more than Bear. Don't know why, but he leaves my cold.

(Bear or Baer?)

re: #116 BignJames

Nancy Sinatra's Greatest Hits

/short tape

Under Barack's Bus

/crowded space

re: #112 wolfie

I've been wondering the same thing.

Perhaps they are not going to blast this slime before it's time.

re: #113 BuddyG

It's seems every 8-track tape collection included the Beatles 1962-1966,
Beach Boys Endless Summer, and Eagles Greatest Hits.

I recall that my parents had a James bond tape. My dad hated the Beatles due to their druggie hippie lifestyle so nothing from them that I can recall.

re: #112 wolfie

Maybe its just taking some time Wolfie. Frontpage was an all purpose clearinghouse for Buchanan bashers. I'm actually tempted to e-mail David Horowitz over this. The book has been out for some time now. Very odd.

re: #120 DistantThunder

No, I set the terrarium on the bottom step. The dog managed to tip it over, and the top slid off. I know it was just instict but the 9 year old will be heartbroken. Maybe I could tell him that it flew away.

That may be the way to go. You don't want him to look at the dog differently.

re: #103 coquimbojoe

She kills me.

re: #124 Hard Right

...My dad hated the Beatles...

I know I'm gettin' old 'cause I freakin' hate the music my daughter listens to. Arrrrghhhh!

The "Threat" of Creationism

The following essay was published in Science and Creationism (1984).

by Isaac Asimov

Scientists thought it was settled. The universe, they had decided, is about 20 billion years old, and Earth itself is 4.5 billion years old. Simple forms of life came into being more than three billion years ago, having formed spontaneously from nonliving matter. They grew more complex through slow evolutionary processes and the first hominid ancestors of humanity appeared more than four million years ago. Homo sapians itself—the present human species, people like you and me—has walked the earth for at least 50,000 years.

But apparently it isn't settled. There are Americans who believe that the earth is only about 6,000 years old; that human beings and all other species were brought into existence by a divine Creator as eternally separate variations of beings; and that there has been no evolutionary process.

...

We will inevitably recede into the backwater of civilization, and those nations that retain opened scientific thought will take over the leadership of the world and the cutting edge of human advancement. I don't suppose that the creationists really plan the decline of the United States, but their loudly expressed patriotism is as simpleminded as their "science." If they succeed, they will, in their folly, achieve the opposite of what they say they wish.

[Link: www.stephenjaygould.org...]

Kristine Smith has written a great five-book series. I highly recommend them. First in the series is called Code of Conduct.

Karin Lowachee wrote a great three-book series - Warchild, Burndive, and Cagebird. Very highly recommended.

re: #113 BuddyG

It's seems every 8-track tape collection included the Beatles 1962-1966,
Beach Boys Endless Summer, and Eagles Greatest Hits.

Guilty.

re: #121 slokat

Baer, definately Baer.

re: #103 coquimbojoe

I posted a link to that same song, with a whole village dancing to it a couple of months ago... might have been the same male actor, too. Maybe it has some meaning that we all are missing?

re: #28 HypnoToad

His short stories were very good. And yes, I'll second the rcommendation for "The Flying Sorcerers". "As a color, shade of purple grey"

LOL

re: #131 The Other Les

Guilty.

This one too ?

re: #111 NomadOfNorad

ME! they all are on the shelf above my desk... Skylark Duquesne?

How about Galactic Patrol?

re: #130 Catttt

Kristine Smith has written a great five-book series. I highly recommend them. First in the series is called Code of Conduct.

Karin Lowachee wrote a great three-book series - Warchild, Burndive, and Cagebird. Very highly recommended.

I've read the first one of that trilogy. Haven't gotten my hands on the other two books yet.

Yeah, I highly recommend it, too.

The book that hooked me on SF was Clarke's "The City and the Stars". My other sense of wonder faves are:

2001 Clarke again
Ringworld Niven
Mote in Gods Eye Niven & Pournelle
Benford's Galactic center series
Varley's "Titan" series
Brin's "Startide" books
Chalker's Well World books

There have been hundreds of others, but these fed my hope for a more facinating future than the one we will probably get.

re: #128 BuddyG

I know I'm gettin' old 'cause I freakin' hate the music my daughter listens to. Arrrrghhhh!

I feel your pain. I don't have kids, but I hear a lot of what they listen to. I wonder how they can listen to such crap....and hear my dad's laugh inside my head.
Hell, I go into a store and I see the date you have to have been born before to buy alcohol...and remember that was my freshman year in highschool.

Floppies.

Viagra.

Snicker.

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.

The science of anthropogenic global warming makes that statement look pretty friggin silly.....

re: #135 BuddyG

This one too ?

No.

re: #103 coquimbojoe

Chiayya works too.....

I dig that one. First heard it in this Dissident Frogman vid where he schools the AFP. Good and funny.

re: #140 Catttt

Floppies.

Viagra.

Snicker.

Oh sure. Just lay back and make others do the work. LOL

re: #140 Catttt

Floppies.

Viagra.

Snicker.

No hard feelings.

re: #139 Hard Right

I wonder how they can listen to such crap....and hear my dad's laugh inside my head.

(nodding in agreement)
Yeah, I drive around with my daughter & her friends in the car with
that sh*t blaring from the radio. Now I know how ol' dad felt.

re: #142 The Other Les

You weren't a 70s disco guy, were ya ?

re: #123 The Other Les

Perhaps they are not going to blast this slime before it's time.

re: #125 MrArchieBunker

Maybe its just taking some time Wolfie. Frontpage was an all purpose clearinghouse for Buchanan bashers. I'm actually tempted to e-mail David Horowitz over this. The book has been out for some time now. Very odd.

Maybe e-mailing them is a good idea.
I might do that too and just ask what the story is.
It could be that they are working on something like one of their symposiums, i.e., a major story on WWII revisionism.
It's odd.

re: #146 BuddyG

(nodding in agreement)
Yeah, I drive around with my daughter & her friends in the car with
that sh*t blaring from the radio. Now I know how ol' dad felt.

I'm a radio tyrant. My car and I'm driving? MY radio stations.
I don't think I can have kids. My mom put the mother's curse on me. Said she hopes I have kids just like me.

re: #143 Slumbering Behemoth

Shooty/no shooty

David Weber, of course.

Mr. Weber and John Ringo's Prince Roger series are enjoyable.

re: #138 HypnoToad

Ah yes, the Wellworld novels. Now those were a really interesting set. He was really thinking outside the box on that one. I remember a review printed on the back cover of MIDNIGHT AT THE WELL OF SOULS that described it was "...taking traditional science fiction and turning it upside down." No kidding! :D

I'd tend to describe the WELLWORD books as what you'd get if you converted NEVERENDING STORY into space opera, only weirder! :^D

(And yeah, I liked NEVERENDING STORY, too. There's a new set of novels, by different authors, set in that universe coming out now... but they've not been translated into English yet, and there aren't any plans to yet, either.... damnit!)

re: #145 Hard Right

No hard feelings.

That's easy for you to say.

:D

re: #139 Hard Right

[snip]

Hell, I go into a store and I see the date you have to have been born before to buy alcohol...and remember that was my freshman year in highschool.

OMG! ! !
1987.
Second — the only real — marriage.
Kids graduated 8th grade and high school year before.
Just purchased 4th home.

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrggghhhhhhhhh!

So nobody else has read "At the Narrow Passage" ? (or the other two books in the trilogy)

It's German, it has reptilian overlords & parallel universes and alternate histories...

/and maybe was believed by the Paulians

re: #153 Catttt

That's easy for you to say.

:D

Trying to get a rise out of me?
/

re: #149 Hard Right

Ah yes, kids. If you're planning on having 'em, then have all the "go out whenever I want kinda" fun you can now.

re: #152 NomadOfNorad

Oh yeah, and the UPLIFT books were pretty good, too...

re: #147 BuddyG

You weren't a 70s disco guy, were ya ?

When I grew up in the 70s, I couldn't stand disco. Now I'm finding it's much more enjoyable than, say, Britney Spears moaning and groaning in tempo!

re: #154 LeePro

[snip]

OMG! ! !
1987.
Second — the only real — marriage.
Kids graduated 8th grade and high school year before.
Just purchased 4th home.

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrggghhhhhhhhh!

So I'm at the age of one of your kids. Wow. You are old. (sooooo kidding)

re: #154 LeePro

[snip]

OMG! ! !
1987.
Second — the only real — marriage.
Kids graduated 8th grade and high school year before.
Just purchased 4th home.

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrggghhhhhhhhh!

Memmmmmmmmmories......
All allllonne in the mooooonnnnlight....... Hee hee.

Those little "born before" dates to buy cigarettes get me. I have shoes older than that.

re: #152 NomadOfNorad

Ah
yes, the Wellworld novels. Now those were a really interesting set. He
was really thinking outside the box on that one.

Did you read one of his first efforts, " And the Devil Will Drag You Under"? You can see a bit of the genesis of the Well in it.

re: #157 BuddyG

Ah yes, kids. If you're planning on having 'em, then have all the "go out whenever I want kinda" fun you can now.

I tell my parents they'll have to buy their own grandkids.

I actually saw Buchanan's book and leafed through it last Sunday at Borders while looking for a father day gift... Churchill was the devil, Hitler was a misunderstood statesman, blah, blah, blah. I felt like taking a shower immediately.

re: #159 Macker

good point

re: #161 Catttt

Memmmmmmmmmories......
All allllonne in the mooooonnnnlight....... Hee hee.

Those little "born before" dates to buy cigarettes get me. I have shoes older than that.

I have underwear older than that. ;)

re: #162 HypnoToad

Nope. Haven't seen that one. Is that a novel or is that a short story? If it's a short story, can you point me to a book it's in?

re: #150 Killgore Trout

Shooty/no shooty

Savvy?

That video cracks me up, and it's very well done. It's also just one of the many reasons why this American is not quite willing to throw Europeans under the islamic bus, so to speak.

re: #162 HypnoToad

Oh, wait, here it is.

re: #163 Hard Right

Raising children is very rewarding. Except for dealing with milk puke.

re: #160 Hard Right

So I'm at the age of one of your kids. Wow. You are old. (sooooo kidding)

Just for you, you disrespectful young punk!

;D

OK. The cats are getting ready to knock me in the head with a brick and drag me to bed. For some reason, they can't go in the bedroom and sleep until I do.

Goodnight.

re: #167 NomadOfNorad

Nope.
Haven't seen that one. Is that a novel or is that a short story? If
it's a short story, can you point me to a book it's in?

Its a novel, although I may not have gotten the title quite right. (memory and all)

anti idiotarian sci-fi writer

[Link: www.dansimmons.com...]

heres an excellent short story bookmark and read

[Link: www.dansimmons.com...]

re: #170 BuddyG

Raising children is very rewarding. Except for dealing with milk puke.

1) I smell vomit....I'm adding to it.
2) Remember Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes comics? I was that type of child.
3) I really do understand why some animals eat their young.

While I'm starting to run out time before me and any kids I have are in diapers at the same time, I still haven't met the right woman. Perhaps it's not in the cards for me.

hmmm how about Ensign Flandry? or A Circus of Hells?

re: #172 Catttt

OK. The cats are getting ready to knock me in the head with a brick and drag me to bed. For some reason, they can't go in the bedroom and sleep until I do.

Goodnight.

Awww. Goodnight. Don't let the kitties bite.

re: #174 JimmyTheClaw

Eeeek! Thanks. I'd forgotten the Hyperion series. He also has a good short collection called "Worlds Enough and Time".

I'm approaching empty nest with hope & longing!

re: #175 Hard Right

I still haven't met the right woman. Perhaps it's not in the cards for me.

Take it from me, It's a lot easier to breakup than get divorced.
So, take your time and enjoy yourself.

re: #178 ploome hineni

is this only the vomit thread, or can we continue the scatalogic discussion here?

Spew or poo away.

re: #171 LeePro

Just for you, you disrespectful young punk!

;D

Speaking of age... we are a mere 22 hours and 5 minutes from my birthday.

Hey LeePro.

re: #171 LeePro

Just for you, you disrespectful young punk!

;D

Ha! :O :)

re: #183 Hard Right

Spew or poo away.

This is the thread for fluid splatter.

...

re: #177 slokat

hmmm how about Ensign Flandry? or A Circus of Hells?

I've got both Flandry books on my shelf. Those go way back. (but not as far as "Doc" Smith)

re: #188 HypnoToad

Early Anderson

re: #185 AmeriDan

[Link: ericsanpablo.files.wordpress.com...]

re: #182 BuddyG

Take it from me, It's a lot easier to breakup than get divorced.
So, take your time and enjoy yourself.

re: #182 BuddyG

Take it from me, It's a lot easier to breakup than get divorced.
So, take your time and enjoy yourself.

I hear you. I would just hate to be the guy at the old folks home looking for love still.

"Say baby, even the legs on your walker are sexy"

re: #187 Pawn of the Oppressor

This is the thread for fluid splatter.

...

INCOMING!

I used to read the Tom Swift books when I was a kid. The ones that were written through the 60s and into the early 70s. Got my hands on one or two of the original Tom Swift series, from much earlier in the last century, and got hold of the first in a new, rebooted version set in a starfaring future universe...

re: #185 AmeriDan

Speaking of age... we are a mere 22 hours and 5 minutes from my birthday.

Hey LeePro.

What? Sunday?
Well, then, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, young'un! Hope you have many more! ! !

:D

"Say baby, even the legs on your walker are sexy"

Damn, I'm going to remember that and use it at the wrong time...

re: #190 BuddyG

[Link: ericsanpablo.files.wordpress.com...]

Very funny and cute. A keeper, so I have saved it.

Thank You.

re: #191 Hard Right

Hey, take a look at some of Zombie's boobie protest photo collections.
Breasts not Bombs!

re: #196 AmeriDan

Hehe! Yeah, that one's a keeper! :D :D :D :D

re: #195 slokat

Damn, I'm going to remember that and use it at the wrong time...

Zohan, is that you?

I have images of my generation in the old foks home playing "guess what my tattoo used to be".

[Link: www.cooperhewittshop.org...]

re: #197 BuddyG

Hey, take a look at some of Zombie's boobie protest photo collections.
Breasts not Bombs!

I have. Gahhh! There goes the mental block!
Quick, give me an CAT scan so I can find where the memory is stored. Then hand me a power drill...

Time to pass through "The Door into Summer"

Goodnight!

re: #199 Hard Right

I dunno... maybe we'll all get lucky and they'll have a rejuve system like the one in Niven's BUYING TIME or like the one Doc Brown had done to himself in the "Back to the Future" future.

re: #175 Hard Right

1) I smell vomit....I'm adding to it.
2) Remember Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes comics? I was that type of child.
3) I really do understand why some animals eat their young.

While I'm starting to run out time before me and any kids I have are in diapers at the same time, I still haven't met the right woman. Perhaps it's not in the cards for me.

Lance, is that you?

re: #194 LeePro

What? Sunday?
Well, then, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, young'un! Hope you have many more! ! !

:D

Thank You.

I get off work Saturday night at midnight, and have to work Monday morning. So early Sunday morning is Par-tay Time.

You may want to give a heads up to Beale Street, to order more beer and Security personnel, cause AmeriDan comin to the city!

Well, it's after 3am for me here, so I'm heading off to bed shortly...

re: #203 NomadOfNorad

I dunno... maybe we'll all get lucky and they'll have a rejuve system like the one in Niven's BUYING TIME or like the one Doc Brown had done to himself in the "Back to the Future" future.

That would be great.
Renew! Renew!

re: #206 NomadOfNorad

Well, it's after 3am for me here, so I'm heading off to bed shortly...

Who's Shortly? Never heard of 'em. :P

re: #204 MajorPribluda

Lance, is that you?

Nuts. You lost me. Not that it takes much to do so.

re: #208 Hard Right

Who's Shortly? Never heard of 'em. :P

Zing!

re: #210 AmeriDan

Zing!

Happy birthday and try not to stare too luridly at people's daughters.

re: #205 AmeriDan

Thank You.

I get off work Saturday night at midnight, and have to work Monday morning. So early Sunday morning is Par-tay Time.

You may want to give a heads up to Beale Street, to order more beer and Security personnel, cause AmeriDan comin to the city!

Play nice, Dan!. And take care of yourself.

You gotta be in good shape for our first Memphis "River Lizards" meet-up (whenever that is!).

^{_{/ Note that I said not ONE WORD about behaving! Heh.}}

re: #202 HypnoToad

"The Door into Summer"

My cat's favorite book....

re: #199 Hard Right
Tattoos for the geriatric crowd.

I never watch Chris Matthews nor do I favor his positions BUT he certainly nailed this one

Want to see a politician choke on national TV?.....watch this....
Chris was surprised when the Obama campaign's own surrogates are left utterly stumped when asked to list his legislative accomplishments as a Senator.
This dummy used to be mayor of Austin .

re: #211 Hard Right

Happy birthday and try not to stare too luridly at people's daughters.

Thank You. But please don't remind me that all women are someone's daughter. I'm going to Coyote Ugly and planning on much lurid staring.

Don't harsh my leering mellow!

/just kidding ladies, I never stare

//heh, yes, I do

re: #174 JimmyTheClaw

anti idiotarian sci-fi writer

[Link: www.dansimmons.com...]

heres an excellent short story bookmark and read

[Link: www.dansimmons.com...]

i never figured out the three words at the end of the story

re: #214 metal man

Tattoos for the geriatric crowd.

ROTFLMAO! ! ! ...on crutches!

re: #216 AmeriDan

Thank You. But please don't remind me that all women are someone's daughter. I'm going to Coyote Ugly and planning on much lurid staring.

Don't harsh my leering mellow!

/just kidding ladies, I never stare

//heh, yes, I do

Remember, there is a fine line between a flirtatious look, and the piercing stare of a psychopath. Master that grasshopper......and you still have a hell of a long way to go.

My clock's tryin' to tell me it's really late...

My eyes are believin' it!

'Nite, {Beloved Lizards}!

Vehicle in the water!

/Friday night in Minnesota

re: #30 slokat

yup.....

/long ago. %-)

re: #220 LeePro

My clock's tryin' to tell me it's really late...

My eyes are believin' it!

'Nite, {Beloved Lizards}!

G'night. I'll eat a few bugs for ya.

re: #19 Mathew1977

Yes, but only militant ones, like on T2 to slaughter any existing caribou that may get in the way.

Now that was a Robot...:)

[Link: www.cmu.edu...]

re: #211 Hard Right

Happy birthday and try not to stare too luridly at people's daughters.

"how much for the women? how much for the little girl?...."

/Blues Brothers

re: #226 redc1c4

"how much for the women? how much for the little girl?...."

/Blues Brothers

I say that line only around those familiar with the movie. Sometimes not even then.

From the sidebar, if you haven't seen it:

JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said on Friday he expects Republicans to highlight the fact that he is black as part of an effort to make voters afraid of him.

Read the whole thing, it's atrocious. Obama's a race-baiting, fear-mongering, pandering POS.

Gag.

re: #212 LeePro

Play nice, Dan!. And take care of yourself.

You gotta be in good shape for our first Memphis "River Lizards" meet-up (whenever that is!).

^{_{/ Note that I said not ONE WORD about behaving! Heh.}}

Could you please record the the news Sunday? I always enjoy seeing my latest mugshot on TV. No, I'll be good. I've lived within a trolley ride from Beale for about 8 years, and will be staying with my brother who lives by AutoZone Park.

Would July 5th work for you and gop_patriot?

re: #228 gop_patriot

From the sidebar, if you haven't seen it:

Read the whole thing, it's atrocious. Obama's a race-baiting, fear-mongering, pandering POS.

Gag.

Yup. He's a dem alright.
Funny/sad thing is, the Dems have been the ones doing it almost exclusively.

re: #226 redc1c4

Jake, izzat you? Listen, man, I am tired of plain toast. Howseabout you share some of that chicken?

re: #228 gop_patriot

gop_patriot! Greetings please see my #229.

re: #227 Hard Right

I say that line only around those familiar with the movie. Sometimes not even then.

and i, OTOH, living in the belly of the beast, don't really care.

/i just tell them my name is Jake Ellwood, and that i'm on a mission from G*d.

and i, OTOH, living in the belly of the beast, don't really care.

/i just tell them my name is Jake Ellwood, and that i'm on a mission from G*d.

And that you hate Illinois nazis.

Well, the cockroaches are demanding I turn off the lights so they can go to work. So Goodnight lizards and don't get too close to the porch light. It's very hot. re: #233 redc1c4

re: #219 Hard Right

Remember, there is a fine line between a flirtatious look, and the piercing stare of a psychopath. Master that grasshopper......and you still have a hell of a long way to go.

Hmmm, maybe that would explain all the restraining orders.

:)

re: #231 Slumbering Behemoth

Jake, izzat you? Listen, man, I am tired of plain toast. Howseabout you share some of that chicken?

i eat more chicken than most men ever seen......

/you want seconds? %-)

re: #229 AmeriDan

Hiya, Dan. :)

I'll check, but if we can't make it on that date, don't wait for me. My husband's work schedule changes constantly, there's no telling when he'll be off work. :p Plan away, and I'll let you or Lee know if I can be there or not. :)

re: #232 AmeriDan

Got it. ;)

re: #233 redc1c4

/i just tell them my name is Jake Ellwood, and that i'm on a mission from G*d.

I am certain you meant "Joliet" Jake Blues, not Jake Elwood. I'll let it slide, this time.

/I am Elwood!

re: #234 Hard Right

And that you hate Illinois nazis.

Well, the cockroaches are demanding I turn off the lights so they can go to work. So Goodnight lizards and don't get too close to the porch light. It's very hot.

*especially* Illinois nazis....., and SoCal Libtards, self absorbed "entertainment types", and the rest of the clogged grease trap that is Lost Angels "society".....

re: #238 Slumbering Behemoth

I am certain you meant "Joliet" Jake Blues, not Jake Elwood. I'll let it slide, this time.

/I am Elwood!

this was a test, and it was only a test.

had it been the real thing, you would have recieved awards, promotions and other tokens of appreciation......

/too s*ber to post.... BIAB!

two things....

1: this heat wave schisse can just go away now..... maybe help dry up the midwest instead.

2, did y'all see where the alleged republican Hegel said he'd like to be the Obamanation's VP?

/off for more booze

Radio call says, suicide in progress!

/outside in the front yard

for 14 worst songs to play in a bar

[Link: www.holytaco.com...]

hat tip to red eye on fox also check out their front page

[Link: www.holytaco.com...]

re: #242 Killian Bundy

A car is in the water, someone trying to kill themselves, in your YARD?

re: #237 gop_patriot

Rodger that, ma'am. Think of it as "tentative". I'll talk to LeePro tomorrow.

And give my best birthday wishes to your child on the 23td.

BuddyG gave me this wonderful birthday pic earlier... and now I give it to your child.

re: #244 gop_patriot

A car is in the water, someone trying to kill themselves, in your YARD?

/Friday night in the metro area neighborhood, via public safety radio calls

In case anyone was wondering...

***LOOKING AT YOU REDC***

I'd like this lady for my birthday.

/Just sayin

re: #240 redc1c4

Bummer, I was shooting for the "Beer Prize". *sigh* Guess I'll just have to get my own.

246 255

/whatever that means

re: #247 AmeriDan

In case anyone was wondering...

***LOOKING AT YOU REDC***

I'd like this lady for my birthday.

/Just sayin

what if she just wants to be mad for awhile?

/like i have any pull.

(still amazed every day i have mine, but *damn* glad. %-)

re: #246 Killian Bundy

Ohhhh, police radio?

/thought you meant YOUR front yard, I suppose it was the front yard of the person trying to harm themselves...

re: #245 AmeriDan

Sweet! I'll show it to the kids tomorrow. :)

re: #247 AmeriDan

Dang!

Its NOT available in Thailand, AmeriDan... brief 3-word synopsis?

re: #247 AmeriDan

In case anyone was wondering...

***LOOKING AT YOU REDC***

I'd like this lady for my birthday.

/Just sayin

Not something a little dirtier?

re: #253 Karridine

Dang!

Its NOT available in Thailand, AmeriDan... brief 3-word synopsis?

more than three:

pneumatically attractive female country western singer video filmed in the 4 corners area with liberal use of motorcycles, etc.....

/*really* need that extra drink now, and it's still hot as hell.

/the Valley sucks

re: #251 gop_patriot

Ohhhh, police radio?

Yep, my new toy.

/trying to gear radio up for the Republican National Convention, less than two miles away

re: #253 Karridine

Sara Evans, singing "A Real Fine Place to Start". :)

re: #256 Killian Bundy

Oh cool, you'll be able to single-handedly live-blog the Democrat Convention. Ha!

/no pressure

re: #253 Karridine

Dang!

Its NOT available in Thailand, AmeriDan... brief 3-word synopsis?

re: #257 gop_patriot

Sara Evans, singing "A Real Fine Place to Start". :)

She. Is. Fine.

re: #259 AmeriDan

I'm not a huge country fan, but I did buy her song "Born to Fly", it's my favorite by her.

re: #257 gop_patriot

Thanks Guys... because all other explanatory links are hitting a Grim Filter here... pneumatic, attractive... that clues me in, thanks!

re: #258 gop_patriot

Oh cool, you'll be able to single-handedly live-blog the Democrat Convention. Ha!

/no pressure

I'd have to be within 30 miles.

/if I'm headed west, I'm going to Las Vegas