Bad DB Server! Bad!

re: #1 Iron Fist

Bad DB Server! Bad!

I'm not leaving a tip.

Whew. I was going through serious LGF withdrawal.

This too, shall pass.

I like open threads.

Perhaps hamsters aren't the way to power a server. Perhaps ferrets, or frisky kittens.

Sorry to hear there are problems. I just about went into convulsions when I couldn't access the site for 15 minutes. :D

Aaaaaaah. Much better.

We're BAAAAAAACK.

I had a cranky Chili's server once.

the hamsters have unionized?

I thought the hamsters were getting groomed while Charles got a haircut.

re: #8 Mardukhai

Too much mischief. Besides, can you imagine when the kittens decided it was time to sleep? No warning, just a sudden crash.

Remember, lizards.

In case of emergency, click here.

Maybe we need to tip the server more?

Updated for the Obama seal clubbing:
Don Obama clubs a seal in Chicago

We can all share our strategies for coping without LGF!

I tried doing some 'work', and while the time didn't exactly fly by, eventually LGF was back, and I could put that behind me!
/
In all seriousness, I found out that both my boss and our supervisor were laid off today. Gonna be time to update the ol' resume tonight, that's for sure.

^_WHEW!

re: #22 Stinky Beaumont

Just a quick test here...

Reading you five by five, Mr. Beaumont.

Whew, I was starting to show withdrawal symptoms there.

MYSql is a very good dbms; ever give postgresql a try though? Both are great for the price but considering the traffic and data served up from your site, I wonder how performance would compare? From what I understand, Postgresql handles concurrency better. But I am unfamiliar with PHP support with it. For what that is worth. :)

re: #21 nikis-knight
Yes, unfortunately when mgmt goes- staff are often next. Not always, but...

re: #26 Nemo

MYSql is a very good dbms; ever give postgresql a try though? Both are great for the price but considering the traffic and data served up from your site, I wonder how performance would compare? From what I understand, Postgresql handles concurrency better. But I am unfamiliar with PHP support with it. For what that is worth. :)

What? EOM

That didn't last long.

While we don't have full details, someone at Obama's press center, when asked if the seal would be used going forward said simply, "No."

Uh, oh, I quoted a deleted post!

re: #30 Dar ul Harb

You're f*cked now.

It had to be said!

re: #29 razorbacker

That didn't last long.

I saw this!

Obama dumpa da possumus.

What did I miss?! What got deleted?

Man I'm starting to rely on this place too much...

Whew...I thought you'd never be back..
Look Basketball season is over.. I need you!
Don't let that server crash again!
/The hoopster pacing back and forth eyeing another bottle of Merlot..should I or shouldn't I...?
If I do..i'm blaming you.

Whew, finally back up.

Those hamsters don't realize the power they hold in their little furry feet.

Thank goodness though, I had to resort to reading the DKos to pass the time.

Oh for what it's worth, Kos is going to be on Olbermann tonight.

Talk about adding insult to injury ...

re: #36 Stinky Beaumont

That monkey wrench gives me the creeps.

re: #36 Stinky Beaumont

Love the avatar. Is that the banning stick or the server repair tool?

Somebody's a sloooooooow learner.

re: #38 turn

Whew, finally back up.

Those hamsters don't realize the power they hold in their little furry feet.

Thank goodness though, I had to resort to reading the DKos to pass the time.

Oh for what it's worth, Kos is going to be on Olbermann tonight.

Talk about adding insult to injury ...

Oh thank god. I thought I was the only one who did that.

It has not been a pleasant afternoon...

re: #29 razorbacker

I'm glad it's gone. But it should never have been used at all!

re: #34 theparson

What did I miss?! What got deleted?

The database hamsters got too close to Obama's ego and were crushed by tidal forces.

re: #42 BGOH

Yeah, got to keep an eye on the dark side once in a while.

Stinky deleted himself?

re: #44 Dar ul Harb

Unh uh! You stay away from me. You're the reposter.

Workin in a coal mine, goin down down down...

re: #23 littleoldlady

^_WHEW!

Indeed! :)

These aren't the hamsters that I once knew.

re: #33 OldLineTexan

I saw this!

Obama dumpa da possumus.

All possums eventually end up under a bus.

re: #46 The Other Les

Stinky deleted himself?

Inverse exhibitionist.

re: #39 Roentgen

That monkey wrench gives me the creeps.

That is a pipe wrench.

re: #45 turn

Yeah, got to keep an eye on the dark side once in a while.

Agreed, but I'm trying to quit drinking. Those little excursions certainly don't help.

re: #1 Iron Fist

Bad DB Server! Bad!

No treat for it!

re: #44 Dar ul Harb

The database hamsters got too close to Obama's ego and were crushed by tidal forces.

Of course Obama appears to be as mentally dense as a neutron star...

What was Kate Moss thinking?

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

re: #54 BGOH

Agreed, but I'm trying to quit drinking. Those little excursions certainly don't help.

Drink! oh wait ...

I'm pretty sure that he's kidding. But I don't speak for Frank.

My Vision for America
Posted by Frank J. at 11:10 AM

I'm afraid conservatives aren't very engaged in politics right now as it doesn't look like we'll have any candidates to fight for in the near future. Still, we need to have our own vision for the future to continue to work towards. With all the second guessing about Iraq, it's starting to look like we'll never be able to assert ourselves confidentially overseas again. That won't do. I envision and continue to envision an America that knows to do what is right and doesn't care about popularity on the world stage. In short, I envision an America that's confident enough in itself to be an asshole.

MY VISION FOR AMERICA

I want an America with foreign policy like the Incredible Hulk: You make us angry, we smash the crap out of everything.

I want an America that will take a crap on some other nation's lawn, and then that nation will thank us just for acknowledging their existence.

I want an America that causes contiguous countries to build their own walls on our border in a vain attempt to protect themselves.

I want an America that will invite itself into other nation's houses, drink all their beer, piss on their furniture, and the only thing we worry about afterwards is where to get more booze.

I want an America that's always looking for cool new things to nuke.

I want an America that declares war on Saturn and bullies all the other nations into joining us on the declaration.

I want an America that shows up drunk and looking for a fight to every U.N. meeting.

I want an America that invades the next Islamic country that pisses us off and then forcefully converts everyone there to Wiccan just because we think that would be funny.

I want an America that is all for passing tons of international laws and regulations with the running assumption that none of them, of course, applies to us.

I want an America that other nations are less concerned about receiving foreign aid from than not receiving our foreign detriment.

I want an America that surprises other countries by busting right through the wall yelling, "Oh yeah!" just like the Kool-Aid guy.

I want an America that announces there should only be six continents and it has a sentimental attachment to Antarctica.

I want an America that causes other countries to pay Rand McNally to get themselves delisted.

It's not the one with the nipples.

re: #53 GeeWiz

That is a pipe wrench.

Shoot. And here I am needing to loosen up a monkey. Guess I'll go get my toolbox.

Main page is still down, but was able to get in thru Fallback.

Of course I see this right after I post there.

re: #56 The Other Les

Of course Obama appears to be as mentally dense as a neutron star...

Well, it would be impolitic to refer to him as an African-American Hole.

Charles and Stinky have been whacking each other for days now.

I dig in deeper when the nukes start flying.

MASSIVE
OVERKILL,
R

Well we're up. And I was actually getting some work done. /Gotta stop doing that...

re: #59 razorbacker

I want an America that will take a crap on some other nation's lawn, and then that nation will thank us just for acknowledging their existence.

re: #57 MandyManners

What was Kate Moss thinking?

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

Channeling MM's .... who gives a shit!

/

re: #57 MandyManners

What was Kate Moss thinking?

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

Lordy. K. Richards lives and Carlin is dead.
K. Richards looks like he died in May.

re: #68 rawmuse

Lordy. K. Richards lives and Carlin is dead.
K. Richards looks like he died in May.

1978.

re: #59 razorbacker

Actually converting everyone in Pukistan to Wicca would be a step up.

re: #66 MandyManners

I want an America that will take a crap on some other nation's lawn, and then that nation will thank us just for acknowledging their existence.

A little harsh, but I'm down with it.

re: #69 buzzsawmonkey

chaaaa ching!

Though the "O" does look like a cipher.

re: #5 rawmuse

This too, shall pass.

I said that about my brother's kidney stone. He didn't find it funny.

Charles - When you get the chance, please check your DNS. It seems as if the Ads from vizu.com and other places are slowing down the hamsters.

I knew someone who worked in ammunition storage at Fort Benning who thought George Carlin had already died in 1985.

re: #60 MandyManners

It's not the one with the nipples.

DAMN!

re: #59 razorbacker

I'm pretty sure that he's kidding. But I don't speak for Frank.

Now that's funny right there.

re: #67 turn

She needs a clue-by-four upside her head.

re: #68 rawmuse

Lordy. K. Richards lives and Carlin is dead.
K. Richards looks like he died in May.

He forgot to iron his face.

re: #75 Hard Right

I said that about my brother's kidney stone. He didn't find it funny.

Nothing funny about kidney stones. They're proof that Stan exists.

re: #82 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

I hate that freakin Stan!

re: #69 buzzsawmonkey

I'm surprised she showed up at all. Everyone knows a Rolling Stone gathers no Moss.

ROFLMAO!

If we could get you in front of a mic, you'd be the next Carlin.

re: #72 GeeWiz

A little harsh, but I'm down with it.

I want an America that will invite itself into other nation's houses, drink all their beer, piss on their furniture, and the only thing we worry about afterwards is where to get more booze.

I was having withdrawal symptoms while the server was down. I actually had to look elsewhere for the news.
It is Charles Johnson appreciation time again.

re: #78 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

DAMN!

Someone photoshopped Jerry Hall's legs.

I want an America that shows up drunk and looking for a fight to every U.N. meeting.

re: #88 buzzsawmonkey

BIG PHOTOSHOP IS RIPPING US OFF!

Wood's daughter is a cutie.

re: #68 rawmuse

Lordy. K. Richards lives and Carlin is dead.
K. Richards looks like he died in May.

May...1996

I want the kind of America where everyone holds hands and drinks a Coke together, where little cartoon bluebirds sing sweetly and land on your shoulder, where Tom catches Jerry and gives him a big kiss and a hug!

Braaaack---sounds a bit bodily functiony

re: #82 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Nothing funny about kidney stones. They're proof that Stan exists.

So I hear...and fear. I don't want kidney stones.

Did you hear the server is young.
It's inexperienced.
It has a funny name
It's black.

It has a fiesty hard drive

re: #57 MandyManners

What was Kate Moss thinking?

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

Aren't there any laws in Britain prohibiting the desecration of a corpse?

I'm pretty sure that Ron Woods is dead, and you'll never convince me that Keith Richards is alive. I mean, Patti's obviously got her hand up his behind working him like a ventriloquist's dummy. Look at the pictures for Pete's sake.

re: #96 buzzsawmonkey

Kid Kneestones was a pretty good welterweight in his day.

You're thinking of Kid Minneapolis, out of Philadelphia.

re: #96 buzzsawmonkey

Kid Kneestones was a pretty good welterweight in his day.

Dropped many a man I hear.
(arrrrrrg)

re: #40 GeeWiz

Love the avatar. Is that the banning stick or the server repair tool?

Both. ;-)

re: #38 turn

Whew, finally back up.

Those hamsters don't realize the power they hold in their little furry feet.

Thank goodness though, I had to resort to reading the DKos to pass the time.

Oh for what it's worth, Kos is going to be on Olbermann tonight.

Talk about adding insult to injury stupidity ...

Fixed it

re: #92 theparson

I want the kind of America where everyone holds hands and drinks a Coke together, where little cartoon bluebirds sing sweetly and land on your shoulder, where Tom catches Jerry and gives him a big kiss and a hug!

I want an America that causes other countries to pay Rand McNally to get themselves delisted.

re: #89 MandyManners

I want an America that shows up drunk and looking for a fight to every U.N. meeting.

That was me in 2001.

re: #92 theparson

I want the kind of America where everyone holds hands and drinks a Coke together, where little cartoon bluebirds sing sweetly and land on your shoulder, where Tom catches Jerry and gives him a big kiss and a hug!

We tried that back in the '70's, and it was quickly followed by the Iran hostage crisis.

re: #98 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

You're thinking of Kid Minneapolis, out of Philadelphia.

+1 for the Naked Gun ref!

re: #97 razorbacker

Aren't there any laws in Britain prohibiting the desecration of a corpse?

I'm pretty sure that Ron Woods is dead, and you'll never convince me that Keith Richards is alive. I mean, Patti's obviously got her hand up his behind working him like a ventriloquist's dummy. Look at the pictures for Pete's sake.

What's up with that ratty bandana?! I know he can afford to have the suit pressed.

re: #106 MandyManners

What's up with that ratty bandana?! I know he can afford to have the suit pressed.

Keeps the head attatched to the body.

re: #38 turn

Whew, finally back up.

Those hamsters don't realize the power they hold in their little furry feet.

Thank goodness though, I had to resort to reading the DKos to pass the time.

Oh for what it's worth, Kos is going to be on Olbermann tonight.

Talk about adding insult to injury ...

How can any building contain that much flaming ignorance?

Afternoon guys, I had jury duty today, boring, but it was interesting to note all the trial cases ended up pleading guilty to lesser charges than going to trial. We had no lunch but they let us go at 13:30, could have been worse by a long shot...

re: #108 MandyManners

How can any building contain that much flaming ignorance?

re: #108 MandyManners

How can any building contain that much flaming ignorance?

Moonbat China syndrome?

re: #107 Hard Right

Keeps the head attatched to the body.

I wonder how much money he's spent on drugs in his life.

re: #110 Hard Right

Moonbat China syndrome?

Won't viewers glow?

re: #111 MandyManners

I wonder how much money he's spent on drugs in his life.

More than the GDP of some countries I would imagine.

re: #111 MandyManners

I wonder how much money he's spent on drugs in his life.

LOL. So does he.
You'd think he would have stopped when he realized he snorted his dad's ashes.
After Iran nukes evrything it will cockroaches and K Richards left.

re: #111 MandyManners

I wonder how much money he's spent on drugs in his life.

I suspect enough to finance my retirement and then some!

re: #53 GeeWiz

You have no idea how embarrassing that was for me. I'm going to go out and pound some nails, hoping I start to feel better about myself.

re: #112 MandyManners

Won't viewers glow?

Nope. They're too dull (rimshot) Sorry.

re: #113 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

More than the GDP of some countries I would imagine.

I wouldn't doubt it. I wonder if he's still doing any.

re: #108 MandyManners

How can any building contain that much flaming ignorance?

I'm really going to have to take a peek tonight, hell I can't understand a single thing Olbermann says. I just need to verify Kos is in the same groove and see how they play off one another.

re: #85 MandyManners

I want an America that will invite itself into other nation's houses, drink all their beer, piss on their furniture, and the only thing we worry about afterwards is where to get more booze.

Can we start with the French? We'll be nice and drink their Armagnac, Cognac and Bordeaux before switching to beer. (Ow. My head's throbbing.)

While I appreciate good diplomacy and good toiletpaper, sometimes you need to fall back on the Greco-Roman roots of civilization: "Might makes right."

I keep expecting to wake up and find that the US has decided to redo our Flag in pastels...

re: #114 Hard Right

LOL. So does he.
You'd think he would have stopped when he realized he snorted his dad's ashes.
After Iran nukes evrything it will cockroaches and K Richards left.

Didn't he say it was a joke?

re: #109 loflyer

Afternoon guys, I had jury duty today, boring, but it was interesting to note all the trial cases ended up pleading guilty to lesser charges than going to trial. We had no lunch but they let us go at 13:30, could have been worse by a long shot...

I've never been called for jury duty. Was it interesting?

I was experiencing blog withdrawl so I went to Powerline, Michelle Malkin, Hugh Hewitt. They're good but LGF is better. They don't have the pithy comments over there the way we do here. I love pithy.

Wow, I got tons of work done this afternoon. I wonder why?

/

Anyway, via NRO's The Corner, here are The World's 5 Strangest Holidays.

I think we should raise money to send Iron Fist (and a cameraperson) to next year's Tinku Festival in Bolivia.

re: #115 GeeWiz

I suspect enough to finance my retirement and then some!

Isn't there a country that has banned him?

re: #122 angst

I've never been called for jury duty. Was it interesting?

I know you said it was boring, but wondered if the cases had any potential.

re: #117 Hard Right

Nope. They're too dull (rimshot) Sorry.

LOL!

re: #121 MandyManners

Didn't he say it was a joke?

After he caught a lot of flak, yes.
Then again, he may actually have thought he did. The man is living proof of zobies existing.

re: #119 turn

I'm really going to have to take a peek tonight, hell I can't understand a single thing Olbermann says. I just need to verify Kos is in the same groove and see how they play off one another.

Will they tingle for each other?

re: #123 redheadredstate

I was experiencing blog withdrawl so I went to Powerline, Michelle Malkin, Hugh Hewitt. They're good but LGF is better. They don't have the pithy comments over there the way we do here. I love pithy.

Tim Blair, Sweetness-light always act as methadone to LGF's crank....

re: #116 Roentgen

LOL! Common mistake. Don't be so hard (as nails) on yourself. One of many tools of my trade, my reason for knowing the difference.

re: #128 Hard Right

After he caught a lot of flak, yes.
Then again, he may actually have thought he did. The man is living proof of zobies existing.

Zobies?

I hate Zobies!

re: #130 taxfreekiller

So, mad enough yet?

need more?

[Link: www.DiarioLibre.com...]
June 19,

MCCain promete reforma migratioria

ya, Juan goes to them in Spanish

"I will work for "immigration reform" aka amnesty my first day in office

translate that

have sent this to
realwest for translation

And Obama wont?

re: #133 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Zobies?

Zombies. Sorry, I'm off balance without my tail.

re: #133 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Zobies?

Perhaps Doobies?

re: #120 David IV of Georgia

Can we start with the French? We'll be nice and drink their Armagnac, Cognac and Bordeaux before switching to beer. (Ow. My head's throbbing.)

While I appreciate good diplomacy and good toiletpaper, sometimes you need to fall back on the Greco-Roman roots of civilization: "Might makes right."

I keep expecting to wake up and find that the US has decided to redo our Flag in pastels...

And Winnie the Pooh instead of the bald eagle.

re: #129 MandyManners

Will they tingle for each other?

I said Olbermann, not Mathews. Get him on Olbermann and they orgasm together.

re: #139 turn

I said Olbermann, not Mathews. Get him on Olbermann and they orgasm together.

Gah! My brain!

re: #128 Hard Right

After he caught a lot of flak, yes.
Then again, he may actually have thought he did. The man is living proof of zobies existing.

Sheryl Crow said her one-sheet thingy was a joke.

re: #139 turn

I said Olbermann, not Mathews. Get him on Olbermann and they orgasm together.

Eww now there's a visual I didn't need. Brain bleach, I need brain bleach!

re: #139 turn

I said Olbermann, not Mathews. Get him on Olbermann and they orgasm together.

We'll get to see their O face.

OH OH OH OH!

You know what I'm talking about.

OH!

re: #141 MandyManners

Sheryl Crow said her one-sheet thingy was a joke.

Possible. It's hard to tell sometimes with some of these moonbats.

Priceless HRC quote. (4/5ths of the way down).

I'm going to be looking for people who respect that the constitution is an organic, growing, evolving set of principles that have stood the test of time.

'kay, how does something stand the "test of time" yet evolve as times change?

And BHO is left of HRC. YIKES!

re: #139 turn

I said Olbermann, not Mathews. Get him on Olbermann and they orgasm together.

BRAIN BLEACH! BRAIN BLEACH! BRAIN BLEACH! BRAIN BLEACH! BRAIN BLEACH!

re: #139 turn

I said Olbermann, not Mathews. Get him on Olbermann and they orgasm together.

I knew it was Matthews. I thought the entire staff at MSNBC had gone tingly for moonbats.

re: #122 angst

I've never been called for jury duty. Was it interesting?

Move here to DC, and register to vote. Guaranteed, you'll be called every two years, like clockwork.

re: #122 angst

I've never been called for jury duty. Was it interesting?

Boring as hell! The only saving grace was an interesting book and friendly jurors and deputies. They kept us under tight control per the judge, but allowed us access an outside smoking area. I have seen better but it could of been a lot worse. I appreciate the deputies giving us every break they could....

Hurk...still dry....heaving.

re: #150 loflyer

Boring as hell! The only saving grace was an interesting book and friendly jurors and deputies. They kept us under tight control per the judge, but allowed us access an outside smoking area. I have seen better but it could of been a lot worse. I appreciate the deputies giving us every break they could....

The jury rooms in Seattle had WIFI.

re: #145 Hard Right

Possible. It's hard to tell sometimes with some of these moonbats.

For some reason I think of Mellencamp when I hear her name, and then I think of corn husks.

re: #141 MandyManners

Sheryl Crow said her one-sheet thingy was a joke.

It's called an attempt to change the laughing at them into a laughing with them kinda thing. It may work with the MSM, but it won't fly here. One of many reasons I like to hang out here, good people and good material. Thanks Charles for the venue.

re: #144 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

We'll get to see their O face.

OH OH OH OH!

You know what I'm talking about.

OH!

LOL.

I was really serious when I said I don't understand a single thing Olbermann says. It's like it's one big idiotic conspiracy theory after another. You could say a multiple orgasm of conspiracy theory.

/sorry, couldn't resist

Later all, time to go walk the black lab along the American river.

re: #146 JCM

Priceless HRC quote. (4/5ths of the way down).

'kay, how does something stand the "test of time" yet evolve as times change?

And BHO is left of HRC. YIKES!

I'd also like to know what the hell she means by "organic", as used in tha sentence. (The word is either entirely redundant, or completely silly, depending on what she meant.)

re: #146 JCM

Priceless HRC quote. (4/5ths of the way down).

'kay, how does something stand the "test of time" yet evolve as times change?

And BHO is left of HRC. YIKES!

I remember reading that. And I thought- she's a lawyer?
We are so lucky to have a constitution. Pity the poor souls who have to live in countries where they make it up as they go.
Not that we can't here- it's just a hell of a lot harder.

re: #53 GeeWiz

That is a pipe wrench.

Nay, nay that is a Stillson wrench

re: #154 MandyManners

For some reason I think of Mellencamp when I hear her name, and then I think of corn husks.

I think of Heckle and Jeckel...even though they are magpies and not crows. Too many cartoons as a child.

re: #158 Occasional Reader

I'd also like to know what the hell she means by "organic", as used in tha sentence. (The word is either entirely redundant, or completely silly, depending on what she meant.)

Ain't good what ever she means. In this case I think growing, adapting to new situations. In other words if she doesn't like it, it's gonna change.

Good afternoon, lizards. Glenn Reynolds has a suggestive sentence here:

HE TELEGRAPH: Extremists are winning the battle for the hearts and minds of Britain's young Muslims, a disturbing police report warns. Well, they're trying to inspire loyalty. Liberal secular society isn't trying, and acts vaguely ashamed of itself to boot.

I think this is exactly right. If you fail to ask for loyalty, or fail continuously to link advantages to loyalty over time, you'll create a loyalty gap even if you don't attack loyalty per se. Rivals rush into the vacuum, and then you have a serious problem.

re: #144 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Upding for the Office Space reference.

re: #154 MandyManners

For some reason I think of Mellencamp when I hear her name, and then I think of corn husks.

Maybe that's some of that "natrual TP" the bats talk about?

I saw LFG was down and feared the worst for a sec...glad to see the lizard-nation back up!

re: #160 HDrepub

Nay, nay that is a Stillson wrench

Um that should be Stilson PIMF

re: #153 JCM

The jury rooms in Seattle had WIFI.

They made me return my cell phone to my vehicle. I had turned it off. but that made no difference. The presiding judge had picked up on the truly awesome capibilities of an average cell phone..

re: #165 Hard Right

Maybe that's some of that "natural TP" the bats talk about?

Well, it's time to go run over pedestrians again. BBL.

re: #168 loflyer

They made me return my cell phone to my vehicle. I had turned it off. but that made no difference. The presiding judge had picked up on the truly awesome capibilities of an average cell phone..

The rules might have changed if I got seated, both times I was the first one tossed by the attorneys on a peremptory challenge.

re: #93 Atweber

Braaaack---sounds a bit bodily functiony

Back in the day and in some circles, it was a competition to who could belch the loudest... the term they used was "Braaaaking".

In other news, according to the Wall Street Journal "A Knight's Tale: Modern Jousting Sees Renaissance".

LIÈGE, Belgium -- Fred Piraux has been grooming his horse Thorgal three hours a day, polishing replica 15th-century armor and taking lessons in medieval dancing.

Next month, the 38-year-old Belgian police instructor will level his lance at a fearsome opponent, Frenchman Tino Lombardi, in a bid for the top spot with the International Jousting League.

"It's not about the prize you win. It's about hearing your rivals' wives weep," says Mr. Piraux. A squire helps the chevalier squeeze into a metal breastplate. Mr. Piraux hoists himself onto his chocolate-brown steed and gallops through the fields on the outskirts of this industrial Belgian town.

The advent of firearms ended the medieval sport of jousting in the 17th century. But the Internet has resurrected it and, today, mounted men in full armor charge at each other for glory and global rank.

About 1,000 people world-wide take part in this sport, estimates the International Jousting Association, though only 200 have the equipment and expertise to joust competitively. The International Jousting League, a separate organization, has 47 jousters from San Diego to Paris who compete at castles and fields around the world.

Does this count as "Weird"?

re: #138 MandyManners

And Winnie the Pooh instead of the bald eagle.

I like Winnie the Pooh. He's stuffed with fluff, didntja know?
but there is a dark underside...

re: #150 loflyer

Boring as hell! The only saving grace was an interesting book and friendly jurors and deputies. They kept us under tight control per the judge, but allowed us access an outside smoking area. I have seen better but it could of been a lot worse. I appreciate the deputies giving us every break they could....

So I guess they never told you what kind of cases were on the dock? I suppose too much potential for chitchatting amongst the jurors. I haven't ever been called, and its not like there's a huge pool of jurors here. Although maybe the crime rate just isn't high enough. I'd like to go at least once.

re: #154 MandyManners

For some reason I think of Mellencamp when I hear her name, and then I think of corn husks.

No, no Mandy, you feed the husks to the cattle and use the cobs for TP.

Today I've been getting pissed off emails, and emails from people saying they'll pray for me, and emails demanding that I immediately delete their accounts. The tone ranges from "angry caveman" (a recently banned YEC) to people who seem honestly disappointed in me for not living up to their image. All because I think science should be taught in science classrooms.

Oh well. All in a day's grind.

re: #171 JCM

The rules might have changed if I got seated, both times I was the first one tossed by the attorneys on a peremptory challenge.

Was it your "Celebrate Diversity" T-shirt?

re: #144 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

We'll get to see their O face.

OH OH OH OH!

You know what I'm talking about.

OH!

Taking one of them over to Tom Smykowski's party, eh?

Archbishop of Canterbury's control over Anglicans 'is ending'

The Archbishop of Canterbury's control over the worldwide Anglican Communion is ending as the balance of power shifts to developing countries, according to a leading conservative.

The Rt Rev Robert Duncan, the Bishop of Pittsburgh, echoed the words of other traditionalists who have warned this week that the church is "disintegrating" and faces a historic split over homosexuality and same-sex unions.

Speaking at a breakaway summit in Jerusalem, he said all Anglicans face the choice of remaining true to Scripture or following liberals on a road to "disunity and destruction".

Bishop Duncan claimed the "crisis" over sexuality called for a new settlement of Anglicanism similar to that which formed the current church in the Reformation.

A quick look at the conservative leaders also show they are also some of the more vocal church leaders in the fight against Islamization.

re: #143 taxfreekiller
Paraphrasing:
From an interview w/ La Opinion, a Spanish-language newspaper in Los Angeles.
McCain vehemently denies that he has turned his back on immigration reform.
It will be a high priority and first thing on the agenda.
He will advocate basically the same thing as in the McCain-Kennedy bill.
He says it did not pass the Senate because Americans want to ensure border control before passing amnesty.
In order to get the reform through, the borders will have to be secured.
That is the political reality.

To the interviewer's question about whether Obama is right in calling McCain simply a "continuation" of Bush, McCain answers that it is obviously not so since he has sometimes opposed Bush's policies. McCain adds that it would be far, far more accurate to say that Obama wants to be a continuation of Jimmy Carter.

re: #176 Charles

And they're still at it in the last ID Teacher thead from yesterday.

/Ding, Ding goes the Trolley.

re: #176 Charles

Today I've been getting pissed off emails, and emails from people saying they'll pray for me, and emails demanding that I immediately delete their accounts. The tone ranges from "angry caveman" (a recently banned YEC) to people who seem honestly disappointed in me for not living up to their image. All because I think science should be taught in science classrooms.

Oh well. All in a day's grind.

Charles

Science and science only should be taught in the classroom the rest is for there home or there church to teach them!

re: #177 Occasional Reader

Was it your "Celebrate Diversity" T-shirt?

That and asking if it was okay to clean 'em in jury room.
;-).

My mistakes... I dressed professionally, I paid attention, didn't ask stupid questions, and said I would judge on the merits and evidence. I think the attorneys decided I wasn't one to be BS'ed.

re: #171 JCM

The rules might have changed if I got seated, both times I was the first one tossed by the attorneys on a peremptory challenge.

Two things bugged me about jury duty, We were not allowed to ask any questions, And no public filming of the trial was allowed. If it is a public trial why not broadcast the events?

re: #172 Conservative in Liberal Hands

If you have the money, I guess you can live in whatever time period you want. In some places, if you fancy the 18th century, you could probably walk around, nose full of snuff, in powdered wig and tights. Or maybe you like the gaslight era and call yourself a steampunk. The possibilities are endle... er, timeless.

re: #176 Charles

Today I've been getting pissed off emails, and emails from people saying they'll pray for me,

I wonder when praying for someone became an insult. I get it all the time too.

I propose a compromise solution; they can teach ID in public schools, but only in Phys. Ed., during Dodge Ball games.

re: #173 David IV of Georgia

I like Winnie the Pooh. He's stuffed with fluff, didntja know?
but there is a dark underside...

*sniff*

re: #176 Charles

Oh well. All in a day's grind.

And balky DB servers and code too... I guess this counts as one of those "Interest Times" the Ancient Oriental Gentleman was talking about - as in "May you live in Interesting Times." HANG IN THERE!

re: #176 Charles

Science in a science classroom? What's next, religion in Church?

re: #186 Killgore Trout

I wonder when praying for someone became an insult. I get it all the time too.

No idea, but I used to see this stuff on talk.origins a lot. For some reason the YECs loved to crosspost it to alt.atheism as well.

re: #175 HDrepub

No, no Mandy, you feed the husks to the cattle and use the cobs for TP.

Oh, gross.

re: #172 Conservative in Liberal Hands

Jousting is actually the official state sport of Maryland, I think!
I have seen jousting tournaments in the northern Shenandoah Valley of VA....near Harrisonburg.
If you ever get a chance to see one, by all means go. Fascinating.
You have everyone from preppy horse-people (ugh) to rednecks(yay!) competing.

Anyone remember the video game, Joust?

re: #192 MandyManners

Oh, gross.

You'll get calluses on your butt after awhile, then it's better than Charmin.
/

re: #186 Killgore Trout

I wonder when praying for someone became an insult. I get it all the time too.

I the inverse: "Get some professional help" :)

re: #194 godfrey

Anyone remember the video game, Joust?

Yup, flying ostriches over lava = win

re: #194 godfrey

Anyone remember the video game, Joust?

Played on my HP48 in Differential Equations and Linear Alegbra classes, with the IR port we'd have tournaments.

I get the inverse

PIMF

re: #193 wolfie

Cool! I knew that there was something called the "Society for Creative Anarchy" or something like that, where they used to "joust". I'll try see it.

re: #158 Occasional Reader

I'd also like to know what the hell she means by "organic", as used in tha sentence. (The word is either entirely redundant, or completely silly, depending on what she meant.)

It means growing via 'natural' fertilizer. Crap, in plain language.

re: #188 MandyManners

I wasn't my usual careful self and didn't look at the whole site I linked to. The pictures developed in a way that demented junior high boys appreciate, but few others.

re: #176 Charles

Why not suggest that French grammar should not be taught in civics classes and see what kind of hate mail you get?!

re: #198 JCM

Heh, for me it was after junior high football games, when we all walked down the hill to the arcade next to McDonald's. ... We were there for the whole video arcade era, weren't we?

re: #186 Killgore Trout

I wonder when praying for someone became an insult. I get it all the time too.

It's okay to pray for someone but, it crosses some serious boundaries if you tell her you're doing it after she's told you not to do it.

re: #179 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Archbishop of Canterbury's control over Anglicans 'is ending'

A quick look at the conservative leaders also show they are also some of the more vocal church leaders in the fight against Islamization.

A mere coincidence?
I think not.

re: #179 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Archbishop of Canterbury's control over Anglicans 'is ending'

A quick look at the conservative leaders also show they are also some of the more vocal church leaders in the fight against Islamization.

This article misses the mark by not mentioning how unhappy many American Anglicans are over all of this. Several Episcopalian Churches have broken with Canterbury to follow an African Archbishop. Falls Church (the city in Virginia is named after it) is one of the most prominent examples, and they're being taken to court over it.

re: #206 godfrey

Heh, for me it was after junior high football games, when we all walked down the hill to the arcade next to McDonald's. ... We were there for the whole video arcade era, weren't we?

I was never much good at 'em. Didn't have enough quarters to get good.

re: #204 taxfreekiller

My legislative betters sold a big chunk of our toll road to a Mexican firm, IIRC.

re: #205 buzzsawmonkey

Gotcha! ;)

re: #202 David IV of Georgia

I wasn't my usual careful self and didn't look at the whole site I linked to. The pictures developed in a way that demented junior high boys appreciate, but few others.

I laughed my butt off.

re: #187 Occasional Reader

I propose a compromise solution; they can teach ID in public schools, but only in Phys. Ed., during Dodge Ball games.

WE HAVE A SOLUTION !

Charles; I know you wont let the e-mails bring you down. Probably 99 percent of us back you 100 percent. Keep up the great work, (and lay off on ID). Most of us agree with evolution, and the rest are not changing thier minds...

re: #205 buzzsawmonkey

Middle Kingdom, I presume?

re: #185 godfrey

I read a science fiction story several years ago that had an interesting premise. (Can't recall the name at the moment.) It centers around an insurance company statistician, in the near future, after we've gone through a "limited", but horrible, World War III. Much to his surprise, he finds that the populations of certain nuked US cities have actually started growing strongly. Eventually, he finds out that these areas are being populated by time travelers from the future, who consider his own, ghastly era to be romantic. Someone from the Time Travel control board (or whatever) catches up to him and explains that now that he's discovered this, he'll have to be dispatched himself... either to the future or the past, his choice. But, the controller explains, everyone who makes this one-way journey winds up miserable. The truth is, you're only cut out to live in your own time period. The conceit of the story winds up being that most of the bums you meet on the street are down-on-their-luck time travelers, unable to hack it in our own time.

re: #181 Honorary Yooper

And they're still at it in the last ID Teacher thead from yesterday.

/Ding, Ding goes the Trolley.

They never stop. I'll give creationists that, they're very persistent.

re: #176 Charles

Hang in there Charles. I know I don't need to remind you that your supporters FAR exceed the detractors. I totally understand the "grind" you speak of. On a daily basis, I deal with "lunch ladies" over the phone placing their service calls for problems that consist of nothing more than "the nut behind the wheel". Gets very tedious very quick, but it's a living. Oh, well life goes on.

re: #200 Conservative in Liberal Hands

Cool! I knew that there was something called the "Society for Creative Anarchy" or something like that, where they used to "joust". I'll try see it.

Yes, I 've heard of that too.

But jousting is a serious sport. Technically it's not jousting, but tilting at the ring.
But it's a real sports competition. Some of the competitors dress archaically, but most don't. They do have (simple) medievalish opening & closing ceremonies, tho.

re: #219 Charles

They never stop. I'll give creationists that, they're very persistent.

Can you put them on a treadmill and let the hamsters have a breather?

re: #220 buzzsawmonkey

It's the Teenaged Earth Creationists

In the beginning, all was empty and void... a veritable Teenage Wasteland, whoa yeah, it's only Teenage Wasteland...

re: #223 wolfie

But jousting is a serious sport. Technically it's not jousting, but tilting at the ring.

Can I bring a shotgun? (Just seems that it would make the whole thing a lot easier.)

re: #219 Charles

They never stop. I'll give creationists that, they're very persistent.

That's been my experience with them as well. And they'll keep bringing up the same references and documents several times after you have already debunked them and proven them wrong several times. It's the definition of insanity, IMHO. They keep up with the same old tired arguments and keep expecting a different result each time.

I don't know how many times I've explained how Flood Geology is full of holes and doesn't fit what we see in geomorphology.

Interesting to see how Mysql does now that Sun bought them. Charles, was it a hardware issue or a DB/software issue.

re: #226 Occasional Reader

In the beginning, all was empty and void... a veritable Teenage Wasteland, whoa yeah, it's only Teenage Wasteland...

Teenagers make me look positively sanguine.

re: #227 buzzsawmonkey

I wonder if any creationists ever evolve into people who understand the distinction between science and religion?

I've heard of a few. One has written a book recently.

re: #219 Charles

I think that the creationists are actually scary, and that they display some of the same irrationality as the fundamentalist islamics.

Just sayin'.

Sally, take my hand
we'll travel south cross land
put out the fire,
and don't look past my shoulder

(Some of the best rock lyrics ever written, IMHO; compare/contrast to "Westron Wind")

re: #209 angst

This article misses the mark by not mentioning how unhappy many American Anglicans are over all of this. Several Episcopalian Churches have broken with Canterbury to follow an African Archbishop. Falls Church (the city in Virginia is named after it) is one of the most prominent examples, and they're being taken to court over it.

I'm just so f--king happy that it started here in NH with Rev Gene Robinson. What the hell is happening to New Hampshire?

re: #233 Ojoe

I think that the creationists are actually scary, and that they display some of the same irrationality as the fundamentalist islamics.

Just sayin'.

I mentioned that to a YEC in the Lounge, about the similarities in irrationality. He wound up getting very pissed off with me, and ignited a Lizard Lounge Flame War for the evening.

Creation only helps explain what science cannot. Scientific evidence and creation are beautiful partners.

That's not hard to understand is it? We keep trying to help you.

re: #229 Honorary Yooper

That's been my experience with them as well. And they'll keep bringing up the same references and documents several times after you have already debunked them and proven them wrong several times. It's the definition of insanity, IMHO. They keep up with the same old tired arguments and keep expecting a different result each time.

I don't know how many times I've explained how Flood Geology is full of holes and doesn't fit what we see in geomorphology.

My next door neighbor is a computer engineer and creationist. You should see the literature he gave me to read. Full of footnotes, and references and very scientific-looking. I could see how it could fool someone who wasn't terribly sophisticated regarding the quality of evidence. I'm still not sure what his excuse is, though, because I think he should know better, but maybe not.

re: #176 Charles

I teach astronomy in an online university, and I tell my students they can believe what they want, but they have to understand the science. If they want to, they can say "Scientists believe...." and put in something that scientists believe, but they don't. I've had only one student actually do that.

In my current class, I'm trying to convince a student the other way - that science doesn't mean religion is wrong; they are separate fields and can be reconciled, each describing its own area. Science doesn't say whether religion is correct or not, just some interpretations. He doesn't have to believe in a Creator if he doesn't want to, but he shouldn't say that science says that there is no creator.

re: #228 Occasional Reader

Can I bring a shotgun? (Just seems that it would make the whole thing a lot easier.)

Now, listen here you cotton pickin' low life! This is a FINESSE sport! :D

In the 3 or 4 competitions we've been to, BTW, some of the winners look like they spend their free time blowing squirrels off the back porch w/ a shotgun. And some of the wives look like they've spent a lifetime cleaning up the yard afterwards. (But that's another story.)

re: #230 chukardog

Interesting to see how Mysql does now that Sun bought them. Charles, was it a hardware issue or a DB/software issue.

It looks like it might have been just some huge system logs that needed zapping, dragging down the system. Not a MySQL problem -- an overall server problem. I believe we have it sorted now.

re: #229 Honorary Yooper

The flood story might come from a real though not worldwide event, the over-topping of Mediterranean waters at a former land bridge between the med and the black sea, some think.

At the rising of the sea after the last ice age.

re: #236 Honorary Yooper

I mentioned that to a YEC in the Lounge, about the similarities in irrationality. He wound up getting very pissed off with me, and ignited a Lizard Lounge Flame War for the evening.

How do you follow anything in there. I went into check it out once and got a head ache

re: #227 buzzsawmonkey

It seems there are some confused atheists out there too...
New Pew survey: 21% of atheists believe in God

re: #239 angst

My next door neighbor is a computer engineer and creationist. You should see the literature he gave me to read. Full of footnotes, and references and very scientific-looking. I could see how it could fool someone who wasn't terribly sophisticated regarding the quality of evidence. I'm still not sure what his excuse is, though, because I think he should know better, but maybe not.

That's something I did notice while I was at college. The computer people, CS majors and the like, tended to be YECs more often than anyone else on campus.

The geologists and geological engineers on the other hand, had not a YEC among them. Every other major was a mixed bag.

re: #234 Occasional Reader

Babba O'Reilly is one of my all time favorite songs. I also think that Roger Daltry was never in better voice than on Who's Next.

re: #246 Killgore Trout

I decided long ago that perception was the way to go, not belief.

And that faith was OK too, since it is something you can have, whereas belief was something you had to do, and it wore you out.

re: #247 Honorary Yooper

That's something I did notice while I was at college. The computer people, CS majors and the like, tended to be YECs more often than anyone else on campus.

The geologists and geological engineers on the other hand, had not a YEC among them. Every other major was a mixed bag.

They probably thought CS stood for Creationist Science.

re: #246 Killgore Trout

But who is their "God"?

If the junior sentator from Illinois counts, the percentage would be closer to 89%.

re: #235 BBev

I'm just so f--king happy that it started here in NH with Rev Gene Robinson. What the hell is happening to New Hampshire?

NH is a study in contrasts, for sure.
I'm guessing you have an influx of yuppies fleeing the city for a quieter way of life, only to bring their crappy values with them. After they reach a critical mass, they re-make their new home into the old one.
Then whine about the traffic and the cost of a latte.
It's happening out here in the Wild West, for sure.

re: #233 Ojoe

I think that the creationists are actually scary, and that they display some of the same irrationality as the fundamentalist islamics.

Just sayin'.

I'll say this in my defense (being a creationist). A lot of my fellow Christians have mistakenly decided the gospel is a bludgeon. Some to be applied frequently and with great fervor.

So I do apologize for any angst these, misaiming overly zealous folks are causing you.

Speaking for my self and to them. KNOCK IT OFF! You are causing more damage than good. You can't not use force, arguments or logic. It's the wrong realm! All you do with these tactics is cause people to erect barriers.

re: #243 Ojoe

It was origianly a Babylonian myth involving Gilgamesh. IIRC he floated into the Persian gulf and landed on an island.

re: #243 Ojoe

The flood story might come from a real though not worldwide event, the over-topping of Mediterranean waters at a former land bridge between the med and the black sea, some think.

At the rising of the sea after the last ice age.

Yeah, but when I hear the YECs attempting to explain the Grand Canyon or the Appalachian coal seams by using Noah's Flood, it's rediculous.

There's a few alternatives for a possible Middle Eastern flood inspiring the story (Noah and Gilgamesh), your senario above between the Med and and Black Sea, a huge Tigris and Euphrates flood, and a tsumani in the Indian Ocean.

re: #246 Killgore Trout

I like that!

_{(I'm glad a couple of those nuts were flushed out of their shells, by the way.)}

re: #172 Conservative in Liberal Hands

Does this count as "Weird"?

No. That counts as frickin' cool.

re: #246 Killgore Trout

It seems there are some confused atheists out there too...
New Pew survey: 21% of atheists believe in God

ROLFMAO! Boy have they got some 'splaining to do.

re: #249 Ojoe

But would you consider yourself an atheist who believes in god? I think there's something odd going on with that survey.

re: #252 angst

Latte what the hell is a latte?
sarc/

re: #253 JCM

True. Someone once told me that you spread the Gospel by the touch of the soul, not the end of the sword.

(not that anyone is using a sword, buy you understand...)

re: #56 The Other Les

Of course Obama appears to be as mentally dense as a neutron star...

i was thinking higgs field but neutron star will do

re: #255 Honorary Yooper

They've discovered ancient shorelines and drowned settlements under the Black Sea & they think the whole place filled up very quickly.

re: #254 Killgore Trout

It was origianly a Babylonian myth involving Gilgamesh. IIRC he floated into the Persian gulf and landed on an island.

With Gilgamesh
The Skipper, too
The Millionaire
and his wife
The Moooovie Star...
and the rest*

________________________________________
*the older version, this being Babylonian and all

re: #258 Charles

_{(I'm glad a couple of those nuts were flushed out of their shells, by the way.)}

Speaking of people being flushed out...

[Link: www.tmz.com...]

re: #261 Killgore Trout

Yes, weird survey.

re: #256 buzzsawmonkey

Technicians may often be incredibly adept at certain tasks without grasping a larger picture. If they pass themselves off as "scientists" to the even less sophisticated they can do a lot of damage.

I wonder if it doesn't have to do with actually designing experiments and following the scientific method. There would be very little need for that in computer science- maybe the term "computer science" is a little loose?

re: #258 Charles

_{(I'm glad a couple of those nuts were flushed out of their shells, by the way.)}

ok no one asked who were they?

Coffee mug empty, back to work, BBL.

re: #258 Charles

_{(I'm glad a couple of those nuts were flushed out of their shells, by the way.)}

... flushed out of their shells ...
If you're going after the turtles, that my be a problem!
It's turtles all the way down, and I'm sticking to it!
/ ;-P