Everybody gets a turn!

I claim this thread for Kragaristan

re: #2 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

I claim this thread for Kragaristan

Splitter!

A Bier and a bratwurst sounds real good right now.

re: #3 CyanSnowHawk

Splitter!

MUTINY!

A periodic reminder: I am hosting a Lizard meet up in the fine city of San Francisco, this Friday at 5pm until 7. Interested parties drop me an email.

re: #6 rawmuse

A periodic reminder: I am hosting a Lizard meet up in the fine city of San Francisco, this Friday at 5pm until 7. Interested parties drop me an email.

Speaking of which, anyone interested in a San Diego meet up in the near future?

Is it Friday yet?

History doesn't repeat itself, it stutters. Now where did I read that?

re: #6 rawmuse

A periodic reminder: I am hosting a Lizard meet up in the fine city of San Francisco, this Friday at 5pm until 7. Interested parties drop me an email.

re: #7 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Speaking of which, anyone interested in a San Diego meet up in the near future?

Lets split the difference and meet in LA

re: #10 Maximu§

A periodic reminder: I am hosting a Lizard meet up in the fine city of San Francisco, this Friday at 5pm until 7. Interested parties drop me an email.

re: #7 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Lets split the difference and meet in LA

Too much driving

Tueeeeeesssssddaaaaay Affffffttttttteeeeerrrrnnnnnoooonnnnn.
Ahhhh those Moody Blues.

good afternoon from a hot, humid and left wing Toronto

re: #10 Maximu§

A periodic reminder: I am hosting a Lizard meet up in the fine city of San Francisco, this Friday at 5pm until 7. Interested parties drop me an email.

re: #7 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Lets split the difference and meet in LA

I Love LA!

Ahhhh, music for the soul.

re: #14 rawmuse

I Love LA!

Grew up in Pasadena. You can keep LA.

Suffering from Obama fatigue...BIG TIME!

Is there a federal subsidy I can receive for this? Perhaps McCain can propose legislation.

re: #17 P. Aaron

Suffering from Obama fatigue...BIG TIME!

Is there a federal subsidy I can receive for this? Perhaps McCain can propose legislation.

That is akin to saying I tire of food and drink. BLASPHEMER!

/

re: #6 rawmuse

A periodic reminder: I am hosting a Lizard meet up in the fine city of San Francisco, this Friday at 5pm until 7. Interested parties drop me an email.

I would love to come, but the commute would be costly.

Have a drink on me :)

re: #17 P. Aaron

Suffering from Obama fatigue...BIG TIME!

Is there a federal subsidy I can receive for this? Perhaps McCain can propose legislation.

Well, if you can find a sympathetic psych professional, maybe you can go on disability through the election?

re: #19 marjoriemoon

OK, but we'll miss you. What if I promise, no utilikilt?

re: #12 LEGION

Tueeeeeesssssddaaaaay Affffffttttttteeeeerrrrnnnnnoooonnnnn.
Ahhhh those Moody Blues.

Excellent album.

/days of future passed

re: #21 rawmuse

Please promise no utilikilt! I'm sure you have fine legs and all that, but they are for your wife to admire, not the rest of us!

re: #16 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Famous south pasadena ostrich farm around 1910.

The solar engine at the ostrich farm.

Solar engine ca 1900.

These solar ideas have been waiting for development for a long time. Google Eneas solar motor.

re: #21 rawmuse

OK, but we'll miss you. What if I promise, no utilikilt?

LOL Man skirts are a necessity! (esp in SF heh)

The Utilikilt. A manly article of clothing.

LGF or nap?

*tosses coin*

re: #17 P. Aaron

What a bozo.

"Let's go to Germany and have a big rally in front of Germans"

What does that remind you of?

Man they take me for a fool.

re: #26 rawmuse

The Black Watch. Ladies from Hell.

re: #23 Dianna
My Utilikilt is for work days. Not for par-tay. :)

re: #6 rawmuse

A periodic reminder: I am hosting a Lizard meet up in the fine city of San Francisco, this Friday at 5pm until 7. Interested parties drop me an email.

Are "Code Pink" invited?

Somehow I don't think the Utiltkilt will be a big item in
the rural south.

re: #30 rawmuse

Thank you!

Anyway, I'm off!

You may even get some of the BnB brigade turning up, just tell'm to bring their own beer.

Here is some good news.. Olympic panel ends ban, says Iraq can go to games

Of course its only two athletes who will attend the games, but the symbolism goes far beyond the medal count. Obama's 300 have to consider this a small defeat.

re: #26 rawmuse

The Utilikilt. A manly article of clothing.

I love em. So does Mr. Moon.... now he wants one. What a troublemaker you are!

(p.s. he looks like the guy in the camoflauge one btw)

Obama: Odds of winning are very good

re: #26 rawmuse

I so want one, time to google and see if they deliver. :)

re: #32 Mike in Georgia

The man I know who wears a utilikilt most often lives in Chattanooga, TN. He writes military SF.

He is most certainly not gay, so stop smirking.

re: #37 FurryOldGuyJeans

Obama: Odds of winning are very good

If he doesn't say so himself.

McCain tries to show independence and conservatism

re: #26 rawmuse

The Utilikilt. A manly article of clothing.

Where's bebes when you need her!

re: #34 A Kiwi Infidel

MIND BLEACH STAT

/starts looking for a spoon to gouge eyes out.

//BTW NSFW on linky next time please.

re: #17 P. Aaron

Suffering from Obama fatigue...BIG TIME!

The only redeeming feature of the impending coronation of clown prince Obama is that Bill and Hilary have dropped out of sight. And that's a big relief.

I think Levine just nailed it when he said of McCain - He's a temporary political figure while we get back our country.

re: #30 rawmuse

My Utilikilt is for work days. Not for par-tay. :)

You will meet Zombie, she will bring her friend, Dougie.

Sorry, Z, poached off your site.

re: #28 Ojoe

I am still reminded of the old "sprockets" skit mike meyers used to do on snl. Does anyone remember when he had Chris Rock as a guest? "From ze Bavaryan Kanal Eins Program.. Black Man wiss a Gun" hehehehe.

re: #40 Bobblehead

I won't click on that. I can't even stand to see his grinning face anymore.

re: #44 Son of the Black Dog

The only redeeming feature of the impending coronation of clown prince Obama is that Bill and Hilary have dropped out of sight. And that's a big relief.

For the time being. I expect them to be back big time at the convention.

re: #46 A Kiwi Infidel

You will meet Zombie, she will bring her friend, Dougie.

Sorry, Z, poached off your site.

Whoops,, warning, if you still have eyes left.

re: #40 Bobblehead

If he doesn't say so himself.

The comments are a real hoot.

re: #47 baconeatingkaffir

I missed that one. Did it have a ring of searchlights shining straight up?

re: #49 Bobblehead

For the time being. I expect them to be back big time at the convention.

Yeah, they'll probably be trying to elbow BHO out of the way in every camera shot.

Utilikilt? C'mon. If any of you ever see me walking down the street wearing a skirt, please, just shoot me.

Nuts the only store that sells utilikilts in my city is in the heart of the gay village.

/hmmm, how brave can I be.
//might need back up and support.

re: #52 Ojoe

Ithinkso. hehee. Germans just have a distorted sense of humor. One of my German roommates failed to see the humor of"Hogans Heros". After my dutch roommate told him it wasbeasue his country lost the war... it definitely was something lost on him.
Germans want to be americans so bad but they can't cut loose of the government apron strings like we have. They want to have their cake and eat it too.

re: #39 Dianna

The man I know who wears a utilikilt most often lives in Chattanooga, TN. He writes military SF.

He is most certainly not gay, so stop smirking.

There was some guy up on charges and there was a press conference where he was represented by a Texan in a kilt. When asked "whats with the kilt" he responded without batting an eye, deadpan serious, "Its to do with the genetalia, a kilt is more comfortable when size is involved" (something to that effect)

re: #54 Mich-again

Utilikilt? C'mon. If any of you ever see me walking down the street wearing a skirt, please, just shoot me.

There is a distinct difference between a kilt and a skirt. Well, I can see it, anyway.

re: #56 baconeatingkaffir

i heard that alot of german humor is based on math, where as British Humor is based on suffering.

For those of you Utah lizards about to drive home. Watch out for northbound on the I-15 if you're going to the Bountiful area. Cranes are removing an "oversized load crash" and it'll be a few HOURS before extra lanes are open. Check it out at Utah Commuter Link. The north Redwood camera next to the W in redwood.
Here's the e-mail I got from UDOT.

ALL TRAFFIC ENTERING DAVIS COUNTY FROM SALT LAKE COUNTY WILL EXPECT TO BE DELAYED A COUPLE HOURS.

NB I-15 in Davis County/North Salt Lake City at Center Street is restricted to one lane (of four) due to an oversize load crashing. Cranes are being used to lift the load and clear

It will be a couple hours to open additional lanes. Expect major delays. US 89 and Redwood Road are alternates, but those are also severely congested.

NB traffic on I-215 W is exiting the freeway at the Redwood Exit.

Good luck!

re: #57 A Kiwi Infidel

"Judge can we have a break so I can get a new lawyer?"

I'm sure anyone went to see the new Batman movie saw the trailer for Watchmen. I'm not familiar with the storyline but the blue dude..well what can i say..that's one sexy CGI.

re: #44 Son of the Black Dog

The only redeeming feature of the impending coronation of clown prince Obama is that Bill and Hilary have dropped out of sight. And that's a big relief.

He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day. Retrench, regroup, let Obambi destroy himself.

Insert who between anyone and went. PIMF

Intrade looking good for McCain. For the third day, his "stock" is going up -- went up a half-a-tick today.

Nice. And Obama went down.

re: #56 baconeatingkaffir

Ithinkso. hehee. Germans just have a distorted sense of humor. One of my German roommates failed to see the humor of"Hogans Heros". After my dutch roommate told him it wasbeasue his country lost the war... it definitely was something lost on him.
Germans want to be americans so bad but they can't cut loose of the government apron strings like we have. They want to have their cake and eat it too.

Last month, I think, Comedy Central did a Mike Myers special. What a brilliant comedian. Sprockets was awesome. Touch my monkey! Kiss him! Love him!

Hogan's Heros was a staple at my house. You know that Colonel Klink and Sargent Schultz were Jewish actors! There were a few I think. One of which was a Holocaust survivor, not sure if it was Schultz.

re: #63 Eowyn2

He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day. Retrench, regroup, let Obambi destroy himself.

What's the quote about not bothering your enemy when he's making a mistake?

re: #62 Bobblehead

It's a what if, Nixon wins the cold war with the help of superheros

re: #62 Bobblehead

I'm sure anyone went to see the new Batman movie saw the trailer for Watchmen. I'm not familiar with the storyline but the blue dude..well what can i say..that's one sexy CGI.

Dr. Manhattan.

Remember... Obamassieh is only the prospective nominee until after the convention... still not putting it past the Clintons to at least try to steal the nomination out from under him at the convention...

Ojoe, Your solar links are fascinating. I never thought that Americans more than a century ago had focussed solar energy.

But I don't want it in my yard.

re: #67 Son of the Black Dog

What's the quote about not bothering your enemy when he's making a mistake?

halibut, I dont know. makes perfect sense though.

re: #69 CyanSnowHawk

He looks like a one man surge.

Instapundit and Panda's Thumb have linked the latest evolution thread. People are starting to take notice.

re: #58 A Kiwi Infidel

Yes there is a slight difference there. /

re: #66 marjoriemoon

Yes, I had read that. The guy who played Klink agreed as long as Klink was bumbling baffoon.

re: #72 hermeneutics

Ojoe, Your solar links are fascinating. I never thought that Americans more than a century ago had focussed solar energy.

But I don't want it in my yard.

More than 100 years. They used to call the solar collectors "sun porches"

re: #25 marjoriemoon

a shame they wear kilts in san fran
KILTS WERE FOR REAL MEN it was a military uniform

Rawmuse, where did you buy your Utilikilt?

re: #66 marjoriemoon

I think Schultz survived the concentration camps as well as did Robert Clary the actor who played the frenchman. I love the germans and their anti americanism yet they love the whole hip hop scene and levis jeans. :) hehehe Ich bin einer Rapper..yo!

Update: Israeli paper now says Obama camp did not approve prayer for publication

Presumably yesterday’s spin that Obama had put them up to it was someone’s panicky attempt to defuse the scandal, which only ended up drawing more heat. Exit question recycled from my last post about this: Ma’ariv initially claimed the note was approved by Team Barry even before he placed it in the wall. If so, did he give them an exclusive on it? Because no other Israeli paper ran it. And if it was an exclusive, why wasn’t that noted prominently in Ma’ariv’s original story?

re: #78 Eowyn2

More than 100 years. They used to call the solar collectors "sun porches"

What did they power with these collectors?

re: #79 yochanan

a shame they wear kilts in san fran
KILTS WERE FOR REAL MEN it was a military uniform

Or one could say they are trendsetters.

Maybe explains why I've always had a thing for Scots.

re: #81 baconeatingkaffir

the krauts were the real fascists frankly i can't say what i really think about them.

re: #66 marjoriemoon

Last month, I think, Comedy Central did a Mike Myers special. What a brilliant comedian. Sprockets was awesome. Touch my monkey! Kiss him! Love him!

Hogan's Heros was a staple at my house. You know that Colonel Klink and Sargent Schultz were Jewish actors! There were a few I think. One of which was a Holocaust survivor, not sure if it was Schultz.

Col. Klink was played by Werner Klemperer, son of the great conductor Otto Klemperer

re: #80 marjoriemoon

Rawmuse, where did you buy your Utilikilt?

See #26, but be warned, he plays an accordian.........ahhhhhhhhhhhh

re: #56 baconeatingkaffir

Ithinkso. hehee. Germans just have a distorted sense of humor. One of my German roommates failed to see the humor of"Hogans Heros". After my dutch roommate told him it wasbeasue his country lost the war... it definitely was something lost on him.
Germans want to be americans so bad but they can't cut loose of the government apron strings like we have. They want to have their cake and eat it too.

Would that be German Chocolate cake?

re: #81 baconeatingkaffir

I think Schultz survived the concentration camps as well as did Robert Clary the actor who played the frenchman. I love the germans and their anti americanism yet they love the whole hip hop scene and levis jeans. :) hehehe Ich bin einer Rapper..yo!

I just read the Wiki on them:

Some of the actors, including Werner Klemperer (Klink), John Banner (Schultz), Robert Clary (LeBeau), and Leon Askin (Burkhalter), were Jews who had fled the Nazis during World War II. Clary says in the recorded commentary on the DVD version of episode “Art for Hogan’s Sake” that he spent three years in a concentration camp, that his parents and other family members were killed there, and that he has an identity tattoo from the camp on his arm. Likewise John Banner was in a (pre-war) concentration camp and his family was exterminated during the war. Leon Askin was also in a pre-war French internment camp and his parents were killed at Treblinka. Howard Caine (Hochstetter) was also Jewish (his birth name was Cohen), and Jewish actors Harold Gould and Harold J. Stone played German generals.

As a teenager, Werner Klemperer (Klink) (son of the great conductor Otto Klemperer) fled Hitler’s Germany with his family in 1933. During the show’s production, he insisted that Hogan always win over his Nazi captors. He defended his playing a Nazi by claiming, “I am an actor. If I can play Richard III, I can play a Nazi.” Banner attempted to sum up the paradox of his role by saying, “Who can play Nazis better than us Jews?” Ironically, although Klemperer, Banner, and Askin play typecast World War II German types, all had actually served in the US Armed Forces during World War II—Banner [1] and Askin in the US Army Air Corps and Klemperer in a US Army Entertainment Unit.

Btw, I'm fine if the Germans want to be like us. I think we're pretty groovy heh, but it's certainly better than other choices they may have.

re: #86 Bobblehead

Col. Klink was played by Werner Klemperer, son of the great conductor Otto Klemperer

Before he took the part, he insisted that Col. Klink ALWAYS lose.

PPP -- Democratic polling firm has NC, July 23-27, likely voters

McCain 47 ... Obama 44

Nice!

Killgore Trout

Killgore...

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re: #87 A Kiwi Infidel

See #26, but be warned, he plays an accordian.........ahhhhhhhhhhhh

He bought it online? I'm serious, my husband is looking at them now, but he says they're a bit pricey. Upwards of $140.

re: #74 Bobblehead

He looks like a one man surge.

Watchmen is a great story. I was reminded above to look up my compilation book to read it before the movie comes out, and I can't find it in the bookshelf, it must be in the books that are still packed in the garage from our move, 2 years ago.

re: #85 yochanan

Were? They still are in alotta ways. I recall an incident I had about 5 years ago. I had some of my friends who were still in the military and we hooked up in Germany. Me and my coworkers and my former roommate (a black guy who is now an E-6 in the airforce) and some of his friends. Anyhow he was dancing and a German guy who I worked with at the time said something like "What a crazy -nword-". I really lit into him. I asked him if he'd like me to translate for him and what he thought the reaction would be. In a way I was surprised at what he said but in a way I wasnt. HOwever it was worth watching him squirm and hum and haw. Iwish I had gotten my friend and his friends in on it. It would have been worth some reparatory beers . hehehe

That Obama is popular among 18-30 year-olds is proof positive of the utter failure of US public schools and their union-led teachers.

There are about 90 days remaining to expose this tool for what he is. A phenomenal nobody.

You guys certainly know your Hogan's Heros trivia! I'm impressed!

re: #96 Quintus_Arius

Has anyone ever counted how many times Obummer says "uh" in say a 5 minute time? My students put together more meaningful and better constructed sentences than he does .. and they're ESL students!

re: #92 Walter L. Newton

Heh. I was a big fan of Lost for a while but I kinda gave up on it. They do a few shows and then take 5 months off. I have no idea when the show comes back.

re: #99 buzzsawmonkey

At the risk of being a real wet blanket, I have to say that I am damned tired of CGI and comic-book movies.

I would like to see some films which actually dealt reasonably honestly with history; that dealt reasonably honestly with traditional Western myths/stories (can somebody do a modern version of Robin Hood, say, which is not rotten with revisionism, or a pirate film which dealt with Blackbeard and Captain Kidd instead of supernatural nonsense?); that celebrated an actual traditional family with ordinary angsts instead of postmodern writhing (Andy Hardy meets the new century); that showed someone grappling with the genuine anxieties of a real job without taking a complete leap into fantasy.

In short, it would be nice if movies actually related to real people instead of being escapes into magic, comic books, infantilism, or hate-America polemicizing.

I ain't holdin' my breath.

If that's what I wanted to see, then I would fly out to your house and watch you. 24 hours a day.

That's why it won't sell. (No diss intended.)

Farkies are at it again...

[Link: forums.fark.com...]

re: #99 buzzsawmonkey

At the risk of being a real wet blanket, I have to say that I am damned tired of CGI and comic-book movies.

I would like to see some films which actually dealt reasonably honestly with history; that dealt reasonably honestly with traditional Western myths/stories (can somebody do a modern version of Robin Hood, say, which is not rotten with revisionism, or a pirate film which dealt with Blackbeard and Captain Kidd instead of supernatural nonsense?); that celebrated an actual traditional family with ordinary angsts instead of postmodern writhing (Andy Hardy meets the new century); that showed someone grappling with the genuine anxieties of a real job without taking a complete leap into fantasy.

In short, it would be nice if movies actually related to real people instead of being escapes into magic, comic books, infantilism, or hate-America polemicizing.

I ain't holdin' my breath.

Good thing. I did read that Ridley Scott's revisionist version of Robin Hood was put on the back burner. Hope it stays there. That crusader thing he directed a couple of years ago was simply awful.

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.--Ronald Wilson Reagan

re: #92 Walter L. Newton

Killgore Trout

Killgore...

Dharma wants you... go sign up. Website may be very busy, but keep trying if you want to participate.

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I passed so what does that mean?

re: #99 buzzsawmonkey

Why take the trouble and effort to actually write a literate script when it is much easier to just cut and paste past bilge while making it look good with massive amounts of CGI that just hide any acting going on? You want quality from Hollywood? HA!

What are Farkies?

re: #100 Killgore Trout

Heh. I was a big fan of Lost for a while but I kinda gave up on it. They do a few shows and then take 5 months off. I have no idea when the show comes back.

Too bad. ABC has ALL episodes online, HD and regular. Show comes back on in Feb. 2009 for 16 episodes and then 16 more in 2010 to end it. The writers strike this past year screwed them up a bit.

Quick update.

1) Six 815 victims got off the island. Jack, Kate, Sun-Hwa, Hurley, Sayid and Claires baby Aaron

2) Desmond got off, Penny found him. Ben is off Island.

3) Locke stayed as new leader, got off Island, died (but not for good) dead is relitive in this show.

4) Island has vanished, moved in time.

Come back, we need you.

re: #108 Walter L. Newton

I don't understand Lost. I'm lost.

More Obamania amongst the MSM. Disgusting. I, for one, am sick and tired of the idea that we have to apologize for this country's past mistakes.

re: #102 Charles

LGF is an Israeli publcation? Who knew.

re: #99 buzzsawmonkey

I hear ya, but LOTR was still unbelievably cool.

re: #104 DistantThunder

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.--Ronald Wilson Reagan

the first give a better ROI

re: #112 marjoriemoon

I hear ya, but LOTR was still unbelievably cool.

Good source material translated by a true fan of the work. Doesn't happen very often, but when it does, it can be magic.

re: #105 BBev

I passed so what does that mean?

Wait for weekly emails. Follow the instructions. Carefully watch what happens on website. If you know how to view the page source, check that occasionally, there may be clues there. This is an online alternate reality game for the off-season. It will give you clues to more of the backstory of the series and clues to what to expect in Season 5.

Also see my article at Doc Arzt

[Link: www.docarzt.com...]

(website is uploading some video, so you may not be able to access it at the moment)

And for everthing Lost, see Lostpedia, over 4200 pages of information.

[Link: lostpedia.com...]

Just uploaded a new zombietime mini-report:

McCain in San Francisco: Fundraiser Protest
San Francisco, July 28, 2008

(Because this was timely, I moved it ahead of the upcoming Miller Beer/sextravaganza report in the zombietime queue [which won't be done for at least two more days].)

Nothing really remarkable happened, but (as usual) I got some memorable and funny pictures, and recorded some bizarre and intriguing vignettes.

I particularly like this amazingly allegorical photo of MoveOn's "Bush Legacy" bus behind an actual illustration of the Bush legacy: an old-fashioned Muslim women in traditional garb sadly turning away as if defeated, while a young westernized woman walks in to take her place. A perfect illustration of how Bush's real legacy is the beginning of the westernization of the Islamic world!

hi guys--OT on an OT thread--tonight will prob be my last post for a while! good news-our oldest son is getting married fri night! we've been in a frenzy of preps and parties--sat night was bachorlette thingy--yes with penis shaped drinking straws--sigh--tomorrow night is rehearsal and dinner--wedding fri nite in lyons, co with spectacular views of mtns--sat here is a par-tay for 30 out of towners and relatives and friends-many new to co--we went to worlds largest booze store in thorton, co today--spent $400 on booze, wine and asst goodies--what a fun time the next 5 days are going to be! we love our new d-n-l--shes starting her student teaching in the fall-elem art ed--and is just sooo wonderful!

re: #109 DistantThunder

I don't understand Lost. I'm lost.

See my summary (only a theory based on information given on the show) at...

[Link: lostpedia.com...]

re: #104 DistantThunder

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.--Ronald Wilson Reagan

I'm going to risk looking stupid and ask -- what is the first?

re: #108 Walter L. Newton

Locke stayed as new leader, got off Island, died (but not for good) dead is relitive in this show.

Yeah, I still laugh thinking about Linus loading file cabinets and chairs into the chamber. That guy is perfect for the part. I still like the show but it's so long between these breaks that there's a good chance I'll miss it when shows come back.

re: #113 yochanan

the first give a better ROI

Unless you are talking about Le Roi Obama, then the second definitely applies.

Hehehehe, love it. Shows human nature like nothing else does :D .

re: #117 mikeymom

Have fun and congratulations to your son.

re: #24 Ojoe

Famous south pasadena ostrich farm around 1910.

The solar engine at the ostrich farm.

Solar engine ca 1900.

These solar ideas have been waiting for development for a long time. Google Eneas solar motor.

Very nice.
[Link: freeenergy.ca...]

Our materials and engineering are much better now. Surviving wind, rain, (earthquake,) hail, and all are important, of course. Wish we were moving a lot faster to build a bunch of trough or tower sites. Certainly not the whole solution, but could make a big contribution to power consumption in the southwest - note that it would be most efficient exactly when the most power is needed for air-conditioning!

Don't mind an ostrich-burger now and again, either!

Goddess --

If you're around, could you please add me to the prayer list? I just got out of the hospital and am recovering from a stroke; I'd really appreciate any prayers for a complete recovery, to go along with the meds and any therapy I may get.

Thanks!

re: #121 Killgore Trout

Yeah, I still laugh thinking about Linus loading file cabinets and chairs into the chamber. That guy is perfect for the part. I still like the show but it's so long between these breaks that there's a good chance I'll miss it when shows come back.

Emerson is one of the best. Look at his eyes. he is Ben Linus, 100 percent into the character.

I can't link you to my article at Doc Arzt's right now (webiste is uploading videos), but I have a long article on a theory that Locke is NOT really the new leader, just a place holder until Ben gets back.

Locke has been everymans patsy his whole like, and I don't think he has learned what he needs to learn.

re: #117 mikeymom

hi guys--OT on an OT thread--tonight will prob be my last post for a while! good news-our oldest son is getting married fri night! we've been in a frenzy of preps and parties

Congratulations!

re: #126 Empire1

Goddess --

If you're around, could you please add me to the prayer list? I just got out of the hospital and am recovering from a stroke

Condolences and best wishes!

Many life-changes here in the LGF community!

re: #121 Killgore Trout

Yeah, I still laugh thinking about Linus loading file cabinets and chairs into the chamber. That guy is perfect for the part. I still like the show but it's so long between these breaks that there's a good chance I'll miss it when shows come back.

Save this link until the website comes up.

[Link: www.docarzt.com...]

re: #124 Pvt Bin Jammin

tyvm--we've given him a good example--mikeydad and just had our 40th-lol

re: #99 buzzsawmonkey

At the risk of being a real wet blanket, I have to say that I am damned tired of CGI and comic-book movies.

I agree, and yet, I would love to see a dozen or so of my favorite sf books made into movies - Larry Niven, David Brin, Roger Zelazny. Have to think these are multi-billion dollar franchises, just waiting their time.

re: #116 zombie

I'm surprised by all the Asian supporters. Go figure.

re: #31 A Kiwi Infidel

No, and neither are you.

re: #114 CyanSnowHawk

Good source material translated by a true fan of the work. Doesn't happen very often, but when it does, it can be magic.

I know! I hear the Hobbit's in the works.

re: #126 Empire1

Prayers for ya!

re: #132 itellu3times

I agree, and yet, I would love to see a dozen or so of my favorite sf books made into movies - Larry Niven, David Brin, Roger Zelazny. Have to think these are multi-billion dollar franchises, just waiting their time.

How about Simon R Green "Nightside" series?

I just did a count of the number of images of women (I'm not counting Hillary) with specific hair color on my blog. There are 11 brunettes, 10 redheads, 18 blonds, and 1 actress in a purple wig from the series UFO.

re: #135 marjoriemoon

I know! I hear the Hobbit's in the works.

Quick, the Flit!

re: #126 Empire1

I'll sure be keeping you in my prayers. Take care.

re: #126 Empire1

There's a lot of that going around. Miguel Down in Mexico just has a stroke too. He seems to have lost some motor function and has a hard time typing. Maybe realwest could put you in touch with him. Hang in there buddy.

re: #133 Killgore Trout

I'm surprised by all the Asian supporters. Go figure.

Well, SF is about 30% Asian. So it makes sense. Furthermore, the least left-wing members of the SF City Council are always the two from the main Asian voting districts. If there are any Republicans in SF, they're likely to be Asian.

re: #135 marjoriemoon

I know! I hear the Hobbit's in the works.

Directed by Guillermo del Toro I think.

re: #130 mikeymom

That's so great! We'll have our 40th next year......and they thought it wouldn't last. LOL

re: #135 marjoriemoon

I know! I hear the Hobbit's in the works.

It is.

re: #80 marjoriemoon

Rawmuse, where did you buy your Utilikilt?

I walked in the store last time I was in Seattle. But they have on line sales as well.

re: #131 buzzsawmonkey

I don't mind the occasional fantasy film, by any means--I'm just sick to death of a steady diet of it, along with infantilism, fart jokes and CGI explosions.

Well LOTR stuck to the books in great detail and took only few artistic liberties, which IMO didn't need to, but didn't harm the story. And it's a great story anyway.

I think comedy has been dumbed down in general, along with everything else.

On the other hand, I do watch Southpark, Family Guy etc... so I guess I'm a drone.

re: #120 Fat Jolly Penguin

I'm going to risk looking stupid and ask -- what is the first?

You've never heard a reference to "The Oldest Profession"?

Prostitution.

re: #126 Empire1

25 YEARS AGO i used solar to heat water in israel. nothing wrong with it but it will always be marginal and not the main sourse of power like the donks green wing want.

re: #128 zombie

Condolences and best wishes!

Thanks, Zombie! It was a minor one -- none of the classical symptoms, just blurry vision and elevated BP, but still a bit scary. I was in the hospital for 5 days, though, interspersed between tests boredom, and interrupted sleep. I hate hospitals!

re: #70 anotherindyfilmguy

Remember... Obamassieh is only the prospective nominee until after the convention... still not putting it past the Clintons to at least try to steal the nomination out from under him at the convention...

I agree completly and have been saying as much to anyone who would listen. I don't count HRC out of it until she releases her delegates. I expect a floor fight at the convention. I shall watch with plenty of popcorn and wine.

re: #141 Killgore Trout

There's a lot of that going around. Miguel Down in Mexico just has a stroke too. He seems to have lost some motor function and has a hard time typing. Maybe realwest could put you in touch with him. Hang in there buddy.

Oh no! Please give him my regards. Poor Miguel!

re: #118 buzzsawmonkey

What is popularly regarded as the Golden Age of Hollywood produced films exactly like those I described. Yes, the films starring Bing Crosby as a priest, or Mickey Rooney playing Andy Hardy, or even the Dead End Kids, were fantasy--but they were fantasies with one foot in the lives of real people.

Filmmakers of that era--writers and directors and actors--were able to do such things because they had actually held jobs in the world before going to work in the dream factory. Clark Gable had been an oilfield roustabout; Gary Cooper had been an actual cowboy for a while, as well as trying his hand, unsuccessfully, at being a newspaper cartoonist. Ben Hecht had been a reporter (watch the first filming of The Front Page for a wonderfully cynical inside glimpse into the world of the media); Wyler, Ford, Wilder, etc., had all knocked around a bit before they landed in Hollywood to become Famous Directors.

Today films are made by snotnoses out of film school, just as reporters today derive their journalistic expertise from journalism schools. The quality of films, like the quality of reportage, has suffered accordingly. Films today are made by people who have been raised in a bell jar; who have no sense of life, of history, of literature, or anything else. If a bizarre disease were to erase all comic books and all vintage TV shows from the earth overnight, tumbleweeds would be blowing through the gulches of Hollywood.

It's pathetic.

I could never get into the movies of the 40's-50's, mostly because the direction was so different then as compared to now. I think, however, in about another ten years I'll reach a point where I want to watch those old movies.

I agree that many films today are centered on body humor, and not in a good way--not like Danny Kaye, who could make you laugh just by looking at his nose a certain way. Unfortunately the material that seems easiest and cheapest to adapt to screen is based in the comic book/graphic novel genre.

There are a lot of great books from the past fifty years that have never been considered for movie material that should be. But it requires someone to spend the time to come up with the screenplay. That is often a lot of hard work.

I have been impressed with the adaptations of Jane Austen's work, especially the whimsical Emma.

re: #116 zombie

Nice report, Zombie. The old hippies were the funniest.

re: #112 marjoriemoon

I hear ya, but LOTR was still unbelievably cool.

The Belgariad, if done with as much care as LOTR, might be good also.

re: #142 zombie

refuges and others from commie countries tend to be anti commie just like russian jews also tend to vote gop.

re: #148 CyanSnowHawk

You've never heard a reference to "The Oldest Profession"?

Prostitution.

Sorry, I'm young... But thanks. Now I get the joke -- and it's all the funnier for being true.

re: #145 Fat Jolly Penguin

It is.

Right. I thought I saw a link to a website, but I may have been mistaken.

Didn't Jackson do King Kong?

Queen Elizabeth II Announces She's Pregnant Again

Calling All Lizards, Calling all Lizards -

Sounds like Winchell said - "SAME POOP, DIFFERENT LOO." Discussion?

I was married on a Tuesday morning, so of course, Tuesday Afternoon is "our song."

Another great Moody Blues classics: Wildest Dreams - video is retro charming - and check out the British clown cars that the Democrats wish for all of us clingy people to drive.

re: #158 marjoriemoon

Right. I thought I saw a link to a website, but I may have been mistaken.

Didn't Jackson do King Kong?

Yep! (I haven't seen that one yet. Is it good?)

re: #136 itellu3times

Prayers for ya!

And many thanks to you! :)

re: #162 Fat Jolly Penguin

Are you in the AF now or... ? How can one be in the military and not exposed to the world's oldest profession in one way or another? hehe.

re: #55 BlueCanuck

Nuts the only store that sells utilikilts in my city is in the heart of the gay village.

/hmmm, how brave can I be.
//might need back up and support.

Someone to cover your 6? LOL!

re: #155 FurryOldGuyJeans

The Belgariad, if done with as much care as LOTR, might be good also.

That series was derivative of LOTR. One author I have given up on because each series seems to be a rehash of the previous ones.

re: #140 Pvt Bin Jammin

I'll sure be keeping you in my prayers. Take care.

Thank you very much! :) I was sure I could count on my fellow Lizards for support.

re: #156 yochanan

refuges and others from commie countries tend to be anti commie just like russian jews also tend to vote gop.

"Yo" -

Let's say RECENT RUSSIAN JEWISH IMMIGRANTS. The ones that remember Ronald Reagan. The earlier ones, my family included, are still voting, by and large, for FDR! I am the first to register "R" - and only this year - to vote for Mitt Romney in the "R" primary.

-S-

re: #116 zombie

Well done, as usual!

re: #138 The Other Les

I just did a count of the number of images of women (I'm not counting Hillary) with specific hair color on my blog. There are 11 brunettes, 10 redheads, 18 blonds, and 1 actress in a purple wig from the series UFO.

In the 7th grade I had a terrible case of the hots for Wanda Ventham.
And now she's a sweet little English granny.

Tempus fugit.

re: #167 Empire1

You bet.

Seriously, you and Miguel down in Mexico might be interested in giving each other moral support. He's a heck of a nice guy. You can often find him on LGF late in the evening.

re: #113 yochanan

Tell that to Ted Stevens.

re: #164 baconeatingkaffir

Are you in the AF now or... ? How can one be in the military and not exposed to the world's oldest profession in one way or another? hehe.

High school, actually, but take a wild guess at what I'm planning on doing later on.

re: #141 Killgore Trout

There's a lot of that going around. Miguel Down in Mexico just has a stroke too. He seems to have lost some motor function and has a hard time typing. Maybe realwest could put you in touch with him. Hang in there buddy.

Thanks, Killgore. Yes, I've been following Miguel's progress (and praying for him, of course). He and I need to get together; apparently his vision's still clear, and I can still type at regular speed. I'm told my vision will clear up, but slowly, so I have to be patient.

re: #171 Colonel Panik

In the 7th grade I had a terrible case of the hots for Wanda Ventham.
And now she's a sweet little English granny.

Tempus fugit.

She's on the list, twice.

re: #174 Fat Jolly Penguin

Good career plan. I spent 4 years active and 3 years army national guard. The NG time gave me a definite appreciation for Air Force life.

re: #118 buzzsawmonkey

What is popularly regarded as the Golden Age of Hollywood produced films exactly like those I described. Yes, the films starring Bing Crosby as a priest, or Mickey Rooney playing Andy Hardy, or even the Dead End Kids, were fantasy--but they were fantasies with one foot in the lives of real people.

Filmmakers of that era--writers and directors and actors--were able to do such things because they had actually held jobs in the world before going to work in the dream factory. Clark Gable had been an oilfield roustabout; Gary Cooper had been an actual cowboy for a while, as well as trying his hand, unsuccessfully, at being a newspaper cartoonist. Ben Hecht had been a reporter (watch the first filming of The Front Page for a wonderfully cynical inside glimpse into the world of the media); Wyler, Ford, Wilder, etc., had all knocked around a bit before they landed in Hollywood to become Famous Directors.

Today films are made by snotnoses out of film school, just as reporters today derive their journalistic expertise from journalism schools. The quality of films, like the quality of reportage, has suffered accordingly. Films today are made by people who have been raised in a bell jar; who have no sense of life, of history, of literature, or anything else. If a bizarre disease were to erase all comic books and all vintage TV shows from the earth overnight, tumbleweeds would be blowing through the gulches of Hollywood.

It's pathetic.

You are so damn right, it makes me cry! I really miss the good old days!

I think I've green-♥'d more of your comments than anyone else's!

re: #153 vxbush

I could never get into the movies of the 40's-50's, mostly because the direction was so different then as compared to now. I think, however, in about another ten years I'll reach a point where I want to watch those old movies.

I agree that many films today are centered on body humor, and not in a good way--not like Danny Kaye, who could make you laugh just by looking at his nose a certain way. Unfortunately the material that seems easiest and cheapest to adapt to screen is based in the comic book/graphic novel genre.

There are a lot of great books from the past fifty years that have never been considered for movie material that should be. But it requires someone to spend the time to come up with the screenplay. That is often a lot of hard work.

I have been impressed with the adaptations of Jane Austen's work, especially the whimsical Emma.

Hollywood is all about the money now. If you can't guarantee a good return, then no one is interested in financing. That's why so many of the good stories seem to come out of the independent market.

re: #120 Fat Jolly Penguin

I'm going to risk looking stupid and ask -- what is the first?

Prostitution.

btw: are you a native resident of this planet?

Firefox 3.0 for Mac...anyone know how to disable the dialog box that comes up every launch, "this is software downloaded from the internet, do you really really really want to launch it? Yes/No"?

re: #155 FurryOldGuyJeans

Yes sir.

re: #155 FurryOldGuyJeans

The Belgariad, if done with as much care as LOTR, might be good also.

I hadn't seen that. Kinda reminded me of Alice in Wonderland. Maybe the chess thing.

BTW, there was an Alice movie done in the 70's that was very cool. That may be a good one for Tim Burton.

re: #155 FurryOldGuyJeans

The Belgariad, if done with as much care as LOTR, might be good also.

YES! I would love to see that one done properly on film! ::drool::

re: #166 BlueCanuck

That series was derivative of LOTR. One author I have given up on because each series seems to be a rehash of the previous ones.

No more than the Chronicles of Narnia would be considered derivative. And the "rehash" (The Mallorean) you complain about was a central plot point across the whole series; time itself was "stuck" and kept repeating until fixed.

re: #162 Fat Jolly Penguin

Yep! (I haven't seen that one yet. Is it good?)

Never saw it myself.

re: #171 Colonel Panik

In the 7th grade I had a terrible case of the hots for Wanda Ventham.
And now she's a sweet little English granny.

Tempus fugit.

"C-P" -

Seems we are discussing the various merits of hair coloring amongst Caucasian Females. My theoretic favorite is NATURAL "Redhead." My S.O. is a Brunette. I am "Gray-Blond." Proves to me that the person is more important than the image in the "Real World."

-S-

re: #144 Pvt Bin Jammin

same here--he was 20, i was 18--no, not pregnant--things just worked fine--congrats to you, too

re: #175 Empire1

Prayers on the way! Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

re: #72 hermeneutics

You might like a solar water heater panel on your roof however. They pay for themselves quickly.

Rooftop hot water heating by the sun

re: #188 mikeymom

We were young too....and I was the eldest.LOL

Wouldn't have wanted our daughter to do that but it worked out for us.

re: #134 rawmuse

No, and neither are you.

Well!, I say, Well!

All my pink fat ladies, they are belong to you, they sitta on your face!

Cool, Bruce Hornsby & The Range playing. I saw them in concert for "The Way It Is" tour. My favorites by them are "Mandolin Rain," "On the Western Skyline," and "The Old Valley Road."

re: #192 A Kiwi Infidel

piss off, worm.

re: #169 Dr. Shalit

"Yo" -

Let's say RECENT RUSSIAN JEWISH IMMIGRANTS. The ones that remember Ronald Reagan.

In the late '90s for a couple of years I took Russian language lessons from a Russian Jewish man who had come to the U.S. in the late '80s. Reagan was a big hero of his. Stalin had still been around when he was a boy, he remembered having had to recite things like, "Thank you great Stalin for my happy childhood."

re: #117 mikeymom

hi guys--OT on an OT thread--tonight will prob be my last post for a while! good news-our oldest son is getting married fri night! we've been in a frenzy of preps and parties--sat night was bachorlette thingy--yes with penis shaped drinking straws--sigh--tomorrow night is rehearsal and dinner--wedding fri nite in lyons, co with spectacular views of mtns--sat here is a par-tay for 30 out of towners and relatives and friends-many new to co--we went to worlds largest booze store in thorton, co today--spent $400 on booze, wine and asst goodies--what a fun time the next 5 days are going to be! we love our new d-n-l--shes starting her student teaching in the fall-elem art ed--and is just sooo wonderful!

Mazel Tov! Congratulations... weddings are always a blast. I wish your son and his new bride well in the future!

re: #180 LeePro

Prostitution.

btw: are you a native resident of this planet?

Ha! Thanks!

re: #194 Tigger2005

Cool, Bruce Hornsby & The Range playing. I saw them in concert for "The Way It Is" tour. My favorites by them are "Mandolin Rain," "On the Western Skyline," and "The Old Valley Road."

Hornsby's version of "Jacob's Ladder" is good too...more bluesy and less rock than the Huey Lewis & the News version.

re: #188 mikeymom

Kinda neat to add a member to the family without being personally involved huh? I have already added one and then some (grandchildren) and will add another come September (DIL).

re: #172 Pvt Bin Jammin

You bet.

Seriously, you and Miguel down in Mexico might be interested in giving each other moral support. He's a heck of a nice guy. You can often find him on LGF late in the evening.

Love to, but I gather he comes on about the time I'm getting ready for bed, or leaves before I get up. I really enjoy leading what he has to say, but I seldom get a chance to chat with him directly.

Huh, hey y'all - sorta drive by here - but I decided to try IE instead of my usual Maxthon browser and I got a yellow line at the top saying "This Web page could be a scam. Proceed with caution."
Anyone know why?

re: #201 Empire1

He also used to post on Sunday afternoon.

I am going to e-mail realwest. He can e-mail Miguel and let him know to be on the lookout for your posts.

re: #202 realwest
It was general advice for weenies not applicable to a smart person like you.

Like the building code requiring handrails and guardrails everywhere.

I think that the movie version of Mamma Mia! would've benefitted from more CGI explosions. In fact, if it'd been up to me, I would've substantially rewritten the plot so that Meryl Streep's character turns out to be a cyborg who goes on a killing spree in the final half hour.

(Plus, I would've added a musical number based around "When I Kissed the Teacher" from ABBA's Arrival album -- it's kinda bubblegum, but still a classic.)

re: #183 marjoriemoon

I hadn't seen that. Kinda reminded me of Alice in Wonderland. Maybe the chess thing.

BTW, there was an Alice movie done in the 70's that was very cool. That may be a good one for Tim Burton.

The chess imagery from the Belgariad is used to illustrate the struggle of free will vs. predestination that runs as a subtext throughout the entire single story told in The Belgariad, The Mallorean, Belgarath the Sorcerer, and Polgara the Sorceress; 12 books to tell a single story across a huge swath of time. You can thank Eddings' editor at Del Rey for the imagery.

re: #189 GeeWiz

Prayers on the way! Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

Thank you very much! :)

re: #196 wannabuyaduck

In the late '90s for a couple of years I took Russian language lessons from a Russian Jewish man who had come to the U.S. in the late '80s. Reagan was a big hero of his. Stalin had still been around when he was a boy, he remembered having had to recite things like, "Thank you great Stalin for my happy childhood."

I can see it now, school children across Americastan reciting, "Thank you great Obama for my happy childhood."

re: #195 rawmuse

piss off, worm.

Thank you, and let me know when you grow up and can a joke for pete's sake, stop being a dick.

re: #202 realwest

I just gave up my IE yesterday...on firefox now. I got that warning the other night while I was on with my IP! LOL Note my #203. I am sending you an e-mail.

re: #205 Throbert McGee

I think that the movie version of Mamma Mia! would've benefitted from more CGI explosions. In fact, if it'd been up to me, I would've substantially rewritten the plot so that Meryl Streep's character turns out to be a cyborg who goes on a killing spree in the final half hour.

(Plus, I would've added a musical number based around "When I Kissed the Teacher" from ABBA's Arrival album -- it's kinda bubblegum, but still a classic.)

LOL My mom just saw it and said it was great. I think we'll go this weekend. I'm not a Streep fan really. I've always liked her comedy best, just not enough of it.

re: #209 A Kiwi Infidel

Thank you, and let me know when you grow up and can a joke for pete's sake, stop being a dick.

Wait a second, you ask me if I am inviting Code Pink (no sarc tag) and you call ME a dick?
piss off and soon

re: #212 rawmuse

Wait a second, you ask me if I am inviting Code Pink (no sarc tag) and you call ME a dick?
piss off and soon

Boy, you are a dick. If that comment needed a sarc tag you are way too emotively sensitive. Grow up.

re: #190 Ojoe

You might like a solar water heater panel on your roof however. They pay for themselves quickly.

Rooftop hot water heating by the sun

There were a couple of low- cost photovoltaic start-ups recently that each claim $1/watt panels- which makes them economically feasible. Great thing about photovoltaics is that their maximum output is precisely when the grid needs it most during peak demand.

Could be a ruse, however.

re: #181 Mongerel

Firefox 3.0 for Mac...anyone know how to disable the dialog box that comes up every launch, "this is software downloaded from the internet, do you really really really want to launch it? Yes/No"?

Hmmmmm. Never got that myself.

After downloading, did you actually install it? Or are you just running it from within the original folder (is that even possible?)?

To install, drag and drop it into your Applications folder.

re: #213 A Kiwi Infidel

I get my share of detractors. Learn to distinguish yourself from them please.
I'm sorry, there.

re: #202 realwest

Huh, hey y'all - sorta drive by here - but I decided to try IE instead of my usual Maxthon browser and I got a yellow line at the top saying "This Web page could be a scam. Proceed with caution."
Anyone know why?

Because it could be a scam.

Examples of good movies that did not get much attention: Sweet Land , Dear Frankie, The Proposition, an Austraiian 'western", Saving Grace and the list can go on and on. They're out there.

re: #203 Pvt Bin Jammin

He also used to post on Sunday afternoon.

I am going to e-mail realwest. He can e-mail Miguel and let him know to be on the lookout for your posts.

Thank you -- that would be most kind! :)

re: #37 FurryOldGuyJeans

Obama: Odds of winning are very good

This goes to yet another thing that bugs me about Obama: he talks publicly way too much about his pure impressions of how he's doing poll-wise, at the expense of elaborating on real-world implications and policy consequences of all his happy-talk. He seems just a tad too impressed by and fixated upon where he leads in the polls, how he thinks he'll do in certain states, etc etc etc.

He thinks we need to know his substance-less observations about the yield he's getting from this campaign tactic or that, but to me it's extraordinarily irritating -- all that stuff is mere window dressing to what we all really need to know.

We don't really need to hear all his BS about his hopes for X percentage of the vote of demographic Y. We need to hear details about how he thinks he will truly hack it on a day-to-day basis when he sits in the executive chair of the world's most important job.

I know his scheming brain is preoccupied inordinately much about how this catch-phrase or that slogan will "play" with constituency Z. But to me it shows that he's just feeding us all a bunch of rhetorical junk-food merely for its strategic polling effect, rather than to demonstrate any depth of understanding of the topics he launches into.

re: #218 Bobblehead

Examples of good movies that did not get much attention: Sweet Land , Dear Frankie, The Proposition, an Austraiian 'western", Saving Grace and the list can go on and on. They're out there.

Yes they are. Thank you emule.

re: #215 LeePro
Re: Firefox 3/Mac

Hmmmmm. Never got that myself.

After downloading, did you actually install it? Or are you just running it from within the original folder (is that even possible?)?

To install, drag and drop it into your Applications folder.

Thanks, I was pretty sure I installed it. To confirm, I just quit FF, opened the apps folder, and relaunched it from there. Same message came up.

It's a minor annoyance, like a mosquito in the room. I appreciate your help to try to swat it.

re: #219 Empire1

You're most welcome. The e-mail has already been sent.

re: #222 Capitalist Tool

Yes they are. Thank you emule.

Sweet Land is a favorite. Lovingly directed and acted.

re: #214 Capitalist Tool

It will all be solar power eventually.

Good thing the sun will shine forever in human terms, and for free too.

re: #193 buzzsawmonkey

Aw, shucks. And thanks.

I confess I still haven't figured out the green-heart thing.

;D

OK. Here ya go...

See the little red ♥ in upper right of the title bar of every comment? If you click on that, it places that comment in your LGF "Favorites" and the little heart turns green. To access your favorites see "My Favorites" in the log-in box at the upper left of the main page. Looks like this:

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Just had to state my opinion, really like that utilikilt. My husband is more of a khaki cargo shorts kinda guy though.

Just as soy milk takes off amongst the in crowd...soy reduces sperm count.

Those who ate the most soy had 41 million sperm per mm less than men who did not eat soy.

An average man has between 80 million and 120 million sperm per mm.

re: #229 buzzsawmonkey

So the point of the green-heart is to be able to re-access particular faves without struggling through the posting thickets?

Bingo!

;D

Try it. Then go there to see it — you can also delete from within your own faves (doesn't delete the original, just your reference to it!)

Just another of Charles's brilliant spoiling tactics!

re: #218 Bobblehead

Examples of good movies that did not get much attention: Sweet Land , Dear Frankie, The Proposition, an Austraiian 'western", Saving Grace and the list can go on and on. They're out there.

Thanks for those. I saw "Sweet Land". Great flick. The others I will look for.

re: #198 Fat Jolly Penguin

Ha! Thanks!

Yer welcome, but, geez, I shoulna been so harsh. Just saw that you're just a young headful of mush (a little Rush lingo there — no harm intended).

BTW, you are apparently a very intelligent and well-read/informed young headful of mush. Your comments are excellent and most often right on target! You've fooled some of the best of us!

Glad you're here! ! !

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

fighting the internet jihad one anti semite at a time.

"Today is yesterday's tomorrow".

re: #220 buzzsawmonkey

there could be Gypsy Rose Hips tea.

re: #234 yochanan

I liked this part;
"Ultimately, it was a result of our enemies' stupidity and our timing, persistence and determination more than anything else," David said.

I guess I've missed the bus.

re: #162 Fat Jolly Penguin

Yep! (I haven't seen that one yet. Is it good?)

Jackson's King Kong suffered from some interminably long CGI "thrill ride / videogame" sequences in which the human characters have to dodge giant prehistoric creatures of one kind or another.

On the other hand, the relationship between the Blonde Beauty and King Kong is really well developed by Jackson, and in my opinion his plucky heroine (played by Naomi Watts) improves on both the Fay Wray and Jessica Lange versions. There's a funny, charming scene where Watts -- who's still not 100% sure if Kong intends to eat her or not -- basically takes a gamble that the ape is more a creature of intelligence and curiosity than of bloodthirstiness. Which, of course, turns out to be the correct assumption.

re: #220 buzzsawmonkey

I would like to see Meryl Streep bring out her own line of herbal beverages.

Who wouldn't line up to buy Streep Teas?

Negative one million dings for that!

Excuse me if it was mentioned earlier and I missed it, but the House is about to apologize for slavery!

Next up: Reparations for all!

re: #141 Killgore Trout

Killgore -re: conversation last night about Myers, you asked me to let you know . . .I have not heard from reporter, however, I did dig around Myers site some, and found this page
which includes this paragraph, in which he appear to solicit "donations" from his readers:

So, what to do. I have an idea. Can anyone out there score me some consecrated communion wafers? There's no way I can personally get them — my local churches have stakes prepared for me, I'm sure — but if any of you would be willing to do what it takes to get me some, or even one, and mail it to me, I'll show you sacrilege, gladly, and with much fanfare. I won't be tempted to hold it hostage (no, not even if I have a choice between returning the Eucharist and watching Bill Donohue kick the pope in the balls, which would apparently be a more humane act than desecrating a goddamned cracker), but will instead treat it with profound disrespect and heinous cracker abuse, all photographed and presented here on the web. I shall do so joyfully and with laughter in my heart. If you can smuggle some out from under the armed guards and grim nuns hovering over your local communion ceremony, just write to me and I'll send you my home address

re: #216 rawmuse

I get my share of detractors. Learn to distinguish yourself from them please.
I'm sorry, there.

Apology accepted as long as you accept mine. I apologise for letting the situ get out of hand.

Just a shame I cant be there, I would take you up that beer, and shout one back.

Hope it has a good response.

PIMF, take ypu up ON that beer.

Assuming you would let me in.........

re: #244 A Kiwi Infidel

I give up....ypu=you

Have you guys tried the new search engine? cuil.com?

I did a search on LGF. A lot of links to similar sites came up which is much different than Google. (Not sure what the bloodied woman is about....)

They do list the site as "Alternative Journalism". I think that's a pretty good moniker, no?

re: #242 reine.de.tout

Interesting. I skimmed the comments and didn't see anyone saying that they'd send them in. The Information from yesterday was pretty specific so it might be true but I'm also think that these cases lead to exaggeration. The whole inspiration from the Eucharist desecration in the middle ages were made up stories to demonize the Jews. The Danish cartoon riots were instigated my the imams traveling around with added cartoons to inflame the masses. I'm suspicious of the report but it is plausible.

re: #208 The Other Les

I can see it now, school children across Americastan reciting, "Thank you great Obama for my happy childhood."

To go along with those comrade posters his followers are so fond of.

re: #247 marjoriemoon

Have you guys tried the new search engine? cuil.com?

I did a search on LGF. A lot of links to similar sites came up which is much different than Google. (Not sure what the bloodied woman is about....)

They do list the site as "Alternative Journalism". I think that's a pretty good moniker, no?

I tried it. I put my name in and nothing came up if I use Google and I put my name in there are many links.

Ooh, History Channel has Jurassic Fight Club on. I love the artistic interpretation of how dino's fight. LOL

re: #244 A Kiwi Infidel

PIMF, take ypu up ON that beer.

Assuming you would let me in.........

You are off the shit list. Come on in. Just use the sarc tags. Never assume I have my shit together...

I shall bring up a point that a long time poster here, that has since been banned, who stated that nothing would be done about our ability to be self-sufficent about our dependance on foreign oil until gas reached $4.00 a gallon. His prediction has been proven true but his banning has also been proven correct. It seems that his prediction may well become the "bat" the right beats the left with!

According to this link, Jon Voight will never work in Hollywood again.

"And he's obviously entitled to say and write whatever he wants. But it's only natural that industry-based Obama supporters will henceforth regard him askance. Honestly? If I were a producer and I had to make a casting decision about hiring Voight or some older actor who hadn't pissed me off with an idiotic Washington Times op-ed piece, I might very well say to myself, "Voight? Let him eat cake." "

Voight would have been better off promoting Stalinism.

[Link: hollywood-elsewhere.com...]

re: #254 LesLein

But when country music fans said they no longer wanted anything to do with the Dixie Chicks, that was Eveeeel Censorship!

A chill wind blowing?

Anyone watching Jurassic Fight Club? The History Channel just put up a black screen warning that we are about to see a violent depiction of a fight. How dramatic! LOL

There's a movement afoot to pay reparations to al Qaeda.

Finally, in the years ahead our country must still come to grips with our national acquiescence to the politics of fear, which has led to the detention and abuse of hundreds of individuals. Among the necessary steps will be restoration of freedom to innocent detainees, accompanied by public apology and some monetary restitution for the years they lost to incarceration.

[Link: www.spectator.org...]

re: #254 LesLein

It is soo EEEEVIIL when conservatives talk, but the liberals can preach from the mountains and everyone "Amens!"

/sarc

Gah, I need a cocktail.

re: #253 GeeWiz

Who was this?

Check out the "Hothouse" album. A little more jazzy and guest players including Jerry Garcia.
re: #199 Tigger2005

Hornsby's version of "Jacob's Ladder" is good too...more bluesy and less rock than the Huey Lewis & the News version.

Just found this link today, Evidence of a young earth? Or perhaps a chance that the creationist are right? You be the judge....

[Link: www.mineralwellsindex.com...]

re: #261 Marvo76

Maybe you should bring that up to the Darwin thread.