Will someone please wake me up when this thread becomes active?

re: #1 Moe Katz

Will someone please wake me up when this thread becomes active?

Wake up.

'Morning!

We could ridicule those still on the Nashville thread...

We own this thread!

Whose picture is that you have for an avatar?

Beat this thread like a drum!

Herr Ludwig Van Beethoven. (I'm a piano player)

Noam is going to Spain to walk on dangerous pathways.

Myself? I've never been to Spain.

They're whining about what they're paying for gas in the southern US and here in Canada I'm paying 4.60 per US gal today

And here I am hanging out on the last thread like a sucker.

re: #8 little boomer

Herr Ludwig Van Beethoven. (I'm a piano player)

Classical piano?

re: #6 Moe Katz

That would be Beethoven the Master.

/yeah I know I said I was done, had to jump in for one last comment.

I recognize your avatar- my young boys love him.

Is he still popular?

Mainly classical, but I'll fake any gig!

And mine is an original. Only find it on three places of the net. And I have them all. :)

Funny I didn't recognize that Beethoven image. I'm a fan, too.

re: #17 BlueCanuck

And mine is an original. Only find it on three places of the net. And I have them all. :)

Where is that?

The Undefended City

[snip]

I sit with others in darkened rooms, watching films like Redacted, Stop-Loss, and In the Valley of Elah, and see our brave young soldiers depicted as murderers, rapists, broken psychotics or ignorant dupes –visions foisted upon me by bitter and isolated millionaires such as Brian de Palma and Paul Haggis and all the rest.

I’ve been told this story in some form or another, every day of every week of the past 30 years of my life. It wasn’t always so.

But it is certainly so today. And standing against all this hypnotic power — the power of the mythmakers in Hollywood, the power of the information peddlers in the media, the corrosive power of America-hating professors on every campus in America… against all that we find an old warrior — a paladin if ever there was one — an old, beat-up warhorse standing up in defense of his city one last time. And beside him: a wonder. A common person… just a regular mom who goes to work, does a difficult job with intelligence and energy and grace and every-day competence and then puts it away to go home and have dinner with the family.

[snip]

When all is said and done, Civilizations do not fall because of the barbarians at the gates. Nor does a great city fall from the death wish of bored and morally bankrupt stewards presumably sworn to its defense. Civilizations fall only because each citizen of the city comes to accept that nothing can be done to rally and rebuild broken walls; that ground lost may never be recovered; and that greatness lived in our grandparents but not our grandchildren. Yes, our betters tell us these things daily. But that doesn’t mean we have to believe it.

- Bill Wittle

re: #19 little boomer

Here's the main picture that I took. It's also my avatar right now on facebook as well as here. So three places. :)

Alfred Brendel is retiring in December. If anyone makes a good case that the Beethoven sonatas work on modern piano it's him. Generally, though, I'm adjusted to fortepiano.

re: #20 RTLM

The opening paragraph is excellent.

And here I thought I was going to bed.

Dammit, Whittle!

Possible negative ad about Obama school program j/k

Okay, NOW I am off to bed. 6:30 comes too damn early.

Goodnight, BC!

re: #21 BlueCanuck

Here's the main picture that I took. It's also my avatar right now on facebook as well as here. So three places. :)

Toronto, I see.

Moe K- Alfred Brendel-boyhood hero.

re: #1 Moe Katz

Dude,

we're live.

re: #27 little boomer

Toronto, I see.

Moe K- Alfred Brendel-boyhood hero.

You chose a fine model. Do you play any B sonatas?

re: #28 nightwatch

Dude,

we're live.

What took you so long?

re: #29 Moe Katz

You chose a fine model. Do you play any B sonatas?

A bunch before marriage, kids and getting into church organ gigging.
I'll play them again when the kids go to college!

re: #31 little boomer

A bunch before marriage, kids and getting into church organ gigging.
I'll play them again when the kids go to college!

No room for the Boesendorfer at home, huh?

Can't help but keep beating this drum...

Susan Atkins - Manson Family member and multiple murderer, most specifically, murderer of eight month pregnant Sharon Tate who wanted to "cut the baby out, but I didn't have time."

She's now enjoying art classes in prison and seems to be having a quite jolly time.

In 1999, Susan attended a watercolor class and enjoyed the medium. She has been studying art ever since, availing herself of art classes offered at the prison, reading art books and magazines, and practicing as often as possible. She works in watercolor, acrylic, pastel, graphite, pen & ink, and colored pencil. Susan realizes that her interest and her talent are gifts from God, as is the simple fact that the California Prison System allows her the opportunity to enjoy them. This is something Susan does not take for granted. As such she has dedicated her work to serving those in the community./blockquote>

I'm not sure if anyone saw it, but [Link: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com...] has a piece on the Palin e-mail hack.

It's looking like the culprit may be connected to Obama's campaign manager.

This is getting worrying...Obama's campaign tactics are becoming more and more reminiscent of Germany in the early 1930s. Not so much campaigning as thuggish intimidation.

re: #32 Moe Katz

No room for the Boesendorfer at home, huh?

With luck I could trade the home for a Bosendorfer!
Bosendorfer is a cool computer wall paler though,

And now, we would like to announce that this week's winner of the move in poorest taste is . . .

Hurricane Ike victims being kicked out of hotels . . . to accomodate Miami Hurricanes Fans

#20 - RTLM

Whittle's finest work yet!

Late in the east coast-over and out kids...

What, a new thread? No one announced it downstairs.

And, to top it off, I have to sleep.

weet dreams all!

re: #35 little boomer

With luck I could trade the home for a Bosendorfer!
Bosendorfer is a cool computer wall paler though,

Nice meeting you, but I'm falling asleep. We'll have to continue this musical discussion another time, though. Anyone that plays B sonatas has my highest respect. Now I want to listen to Brendel's Hammerklavier, but I need the sleep.

Bye for now.

I'm not naturally conspiracy-minded, but I have to wonder if somehow there are Democrats involved in the fact that this financial meltdown just happens to be happening in the run-up to the election, in order to create difficulty among the populace and rouse the clamor for "change", as Zombie noted in the last thread.

[Link: www.animeyume.com...]

re: #42 Steffan

where the hell is Inuyasha?

re: #20 RTLM

The Undefended City

- Bill Wittle

Stern now was Eomer's mood, and his mind clear again. He let blow the horns to rally all men to his banner that could come thither; for he thought to make a great shield-wall at the last, and stand, and fight there on foot until all fell, and do deeds of song on the fields of Pelennor, though no man should be left in the West to remember the last King of the Mark. So he rode to a green hillock and there set his banner, and the White Horse ran rippling in the wind.

Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising
I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking:
Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!

These staves he spoke, yet he laughed as he said them. For once more lust of battle was on him; and he was still unscathed, and he was young, and he was king: the lord of a fell people. And lo! even as he laughed in despair he looked out again on the black ships, and he lifted up his sword to defy them.

And then wonder took him, and a great joy; and he cast his sword up in the sunlight and sang as he caught it. And all eyes followed his gaze, and behold! upon the foremost ship a great standard broke, and the wind displayed it as she turned towards the Harlond. There flowered a White Tree, and that was for Gondor; but Seven Stars were about it, and a high crown above it, the signs of Elendil that no lord had borne for years beyond count. And the stars flamed in the sunlight, for they were wrought of gems by Arwen daughter of Elrond; and the crown was bright in the morning, for it was wrought of mithril and gold.

Thus came Aragorn son of Arathorn, Elessar, Isildur's heir, out of the Paths of the Dead, borne upon a wind from the Sea to the kingdom of Gondor; and the mirth of the Rohirrim was a torrent of laughter and a flashing of swords, and the joy and wonder of the City was a music of trumpets and a ringing of bells. But the hosts of Mordor were seized with bewilderment, and a great wizardry it seemed to them that their own ships should be filled with their foes; and a black dread fell upon them, knowing that the tides of fate had turned against them and their doom was at hand.

East rode the knights of Dol Amroth driving the enemy before them: troll-men and Variags and orcs that hated the sunlight. South strode Eomer and men fled before his face, and they were caught between the hammer and the anvil. For now men leaped from the ships to the quays of the Harlond and swept north like a storm ...

re: #20 RTLM

My son now sits, far way from the "Green Zone" hunched in the top turret of an MRAP, with the lethal solace of a twin 50 to ward away the evil spirits of desert gee-haad who he sees always just over the next dune, hiding within cars in the next city traffic circle, mingled within the children of a school gate, or the care-free shoppers of the market place.

The younger men look up to him for knowledge and the protection of his wisdom from his last 3 deployments. He is the grizzled vet who landed on Normandy who is now in Germany, he is the physical life-line for those who have never seen combat, who wish they could just be close enough to him to absorb just some sort of life saving nugget. It is the way with warriors, he has been there and DONE that. He has the special secret and we must learn it from him they think.

But he is barely 25, yet he is ancient to them

My little letter to the sponsors of the Stop Iran Rally.

To: 'malcolm@conferenceofpresidents.org'; 'howard.rieger@ujc.org'; 'rubinm@ujafedny.org'; 'millerm@jcrcny.org'; 'sgutow@thejcpa.org'

Sirs and Madam:

As a Masorti Jew (a member of [Congregation] in [California]), I am deeply ashamed that respected Jewish organizations succumbed to partisan pressure and rescinded their invitation to Gov. Sarah Palin to address the rally against Ahmadinejad’s appearance at the United Nations. Why would you allow partisan organizations to dictate policy to you?

Gov. Palin’s appearance at the event would have ensured a far higher profile and far more extensive media coverage of the event, leading to many more American citizens learning about the grave danger Ahmadinejad’s regime poses to the USA as well as our ally Israel. Given the misperception many Americans have that America engaged in the Iraq War only at Israel’s bidding, it’s essential that the American public understand the threat Iran’s regime poses to the USA and American interests, and not regard it simply as a parochial concern of Israel and American Jews. Disinviting Gov. Palin was a major blunder and failure to advance the agenda against Iran.

Best regards,

[stuiec]

Heh - Whittle does indeed bring out the rapier wisdom.

salute -

re: #33 Russkilitlover

Political Piggy done in blood.

re: #34 Mike McDaniel

From your link:

Terry Frank Blog on it

Sharon Cobb blog on it

Technorati search

Charles?

Ya killed the icons?

It took me months to whittle down me crest to the required 32 bits!
Had to take a skill-saw to it in the end and the blisters on me fingers required a doctors care and weeks in bed for the love of Mike!

Ya have no mercy man!

AAAHHH CHARLES,

I see the ICONS now,

A lovely man ya are.

Obama an Elitist?

Sharon Cobb is worried that it is racism. But his grandmother that raised him was a banking vice president. He went to the best elite school

I do think Sarah Palin is the only regular person in the campaign. Everyone else has rich connections along the line.

Lately I've been thinking about what the media would try to uncover about me if I ran for President in 2024.

whats the heart for?

re: #53 TheMatrix31

Lately I've been thinking about what the media would try to uncover about me if I ran for President in 2024.

We're already working on it...go back to s(h)leep...

/...

Recently saw an article that detailed how much Johnson or Raines overstated Fannie's profits in order to get the bonuses, no idea where that was. Anyone have links to the details?
Or links to details to the $$$ they both walked off w/ in a few short years?
I need ammo to convince some fuzzyheaded friends. TIA

re: #56 thefarmer

It was more than $800,000 for Raines... try Googling "$800,000 raines"...

re: #56 thefarmer
Go way back to 2003 when President Bush wanted to put over-sight on these two institutions and you will have not only a time line but a MAJOR Pooh trail (very foul) of just who blocked efforts to have this done.

FOLLOW DA M O N E Y...

re: #54 Maximu§

whats the heart for?

That saves the particular comment or story in your Favorites collection.

The exclamation mark lets you either recommend or report the comment to Charles or his sidekick Stinky Beaumont.

OH,

after midnight,
Morning Goddess.

re: #59 victor_yugo

That saves the particular comment or story in your Favorites collection.

The exclamation mark lets you either recommend or report the comment to Charles or his sidekick Stinky Beaumont.

So we've got:
a BOO button,
a YAY! tab,
a Heart-On and
a snitch-switch.

/I'm really bored...

re: #20 RTLM

Heh, one of my favorite lines in LOTR is said by Denethor in Return of the King(I'm trying to paraphrase from memory): "Though our vigilance may have been thankless, it was not fruitless"

Thought it was the perfect allegory for the defense of the West by the US and the inability of socialist nations to recognize they exist only through our protection. I'm surprised the author of that article didn't mention it.

These new graphics still remind me of square gumdrops.

Any golfers here?. I'm an American, but no Sergio, no Lee Westwood in the mix at Ryder Cup in the morning. Is Nick sandbagging us?

re: #34 Mike McDaniel

I'm not sure if anyone saw it, but [Link: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com...] has a piece on the Palin e-mail hack.

This article says LGF was hacked! (?)

Joe Biden... what a washed up lost cause...

Heads up people!

Bill O'Reilly's site also hacked

They posted a screenshot of the names, emails, passwords, addresses of his Premium members. :((

So if you have a registration there, CHANGE IT NOW.

These kids are dumb. This only makes us Conservatives get angrier, and angrier and angrier. We vote. You don't. Go on, give us more reasons to wipe the floor with you in this election.

re: #67 vbspurs

Is this part of Moveon.orgs implied threat to 'out' prominent conservatives?

re: #65 infopimp

This article says LGF was hacked! (?)

No, it says Bill O'Reilly's site was hacked. Premium memberships' info is compromised.

re: #62 MisterCookie

Heh, one of my favorite lines in LOTR is said by Denethor in Return of the King(I'm trying to paraphrase from memory): "Though our vigilance may have been thankless, it was not fruitless"

Thought it was the perfect allegory for the defense of the West by the US and the inability of socialist nations to recognize they exist only through our protection. I'm surprised the author of that article didn't mention it.

You should Eject! Eject! Eject!

More often.

re: #68 Fenway_Nation

Is this part of Moveon.orgs implied threat to 'out' prominent conservatives?

How dreadful, if true.

This is the kind of stuff they wouldn't blink twice simply to imagine Bush/Rove doing, but they love, when they actually DO it.

The Left is currently under attack -- by their extremists. I worry about Islamic fundamentalists, big time. But it's time to start worrying about the extreme Left in America.

Wow, not too sure I dig the new up/down ding icons.

re: #72 vbspurs

I dig the avatar!

Good morning Lizards, fellow hatchlings and trolls!
Looks like Govenor Palin will be getting a speaking slot anyway. I'm sure she will take the chance to scold the Dems for being once again selfishly putting their own agenda over the world safety.
[Link: atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com...]
Sic 'em Sarah!

re: #73 WindHorse

I dig the avatar!

Hehe. The Sarah Palin wig works even on arrogant elitists. ;)

re: #73 WindHorse

From downstairs...

[drive-by post]

Windhorse!
Did you ever make that visit to Memphis? You missed our meet-up!

Well, since it's slow right now:

As promised my photoblog of you know who, you know where yesterday. He flabbergasted me by referencing "lipsticks and pigs" again. And incredibly, some black people were protesting him. It's apparently some kind of cult.

Anyway, good night, Lizards! :)

I'm sure some of y'all saw this earlier:

Obama's lead bounces as U.S. economy turns gloomy

A latest poll by CBS News and the New York Times showed that Illinois Senator Obama led McCain by 48 percent to 43 percent, and those who surveyed believed Obama was more likely than McCain to bring needed change to Washington by a margin of 65 percent to 37 percent.

"Hello, this is an automated election year poll by the New York Times and CBS News. Please listen carefully to the following questions:

If you are an educated, nuanced, sensitive person who supports peace, prosperity, and change, and who will therefore vote for Obama/Biden, please press 'one' (because he is the ONE).

If you are a backward, ignorant, gun-clinging racist Neanderthal who has not heard the disastrous economic news and who therefore still intends to vote for McCain and his lipstick-wearing side-kick, please press Two, assuming of course that you can read numbers.

Para Espanol y Obama/Biden, oprima el tres."

Just watched Frailty for the first time in a long while. Thats a damn fine movie.

Let the Cyber Wars begin. Me thinks I'm on the good side of the firewall/

re: #80 Mel Lono

You think my son,

Pray, how GOOD is the GOOD on this side your on?
I'll stand with you and say this side is the good.
I only hope this side is worth the fight we will be up against!

I'll drink my glass and say GOODnight.

I am declaring this thread as mine...

re: #81 nightwatch

Standing with me is all that i could ask. It is when good men stand by and do nothing that evil prevails.

Did any of you guys read this?
[Link: www.denverpost.com...]

Lots of scientific jargon, then they reach their scholarly opinion that,
"Compared with staunch liberals, people with strongly conservative views were three times more fearful after factoring out the effects of gender, age, income and education, all of which can affect political attitudes. "

What a steamy crock!

re: #82 WindHorse

I am declaring this thread as mine...

re: #82 WindHorse

Dead link

It's not dead until Jerry sings.

re: #85 Mel Lono

egggsellent!

_{^{I'm going to sleep right through fruitcup if you folks don't liven this thread up...}}

re: #87 littleoldlady

What would you like to discuss, LoL?

The Conference of Presidents, perhaps? Would that keep your eyes open?

/

Temujin! :-)

You're so bad!

/yeah. that did it...

re: #89 littleoldlady

I'm so bad?

/I think you're confusing me with Malcolm Hoenlein . . .

You're bad in that you're going to get me started again.

/I was cursing a blue streak yesterday
//back to my days as a waitress...

;-)

Actually, we were having a discussion of good v. evil but the devil didn't know I already made it home.

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet --->
Help yourselves!

Thank you maam!

Mel! :-)

re: #93 littleoldlady

Thank you so much, LoL!

Right on time, too!

re: #88 Temujin

What would you like to discuss, LoL?

The Conference of Presidents, perhaps? Would that keep your eyes open?

/

Here -- let Monte keep your eyes open!

Howdy littleoldlady!

Almost right on time. ;-)

I clicked the gumdrop with the little '+' to show my approval of the fruitcup.

re: #98 littleoldlady

As we used to say, close enough for State work . . .

Fenway! :-)

Aren't those cute? Same colors as I did my daughter's room a few years back.

/designer buttons!

re: #101 littleoldlady

LoL : we know how to press your buttons . . .

/(Heh. Heh. Muwahahahaha!)

Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.

;-)

Please, send this to all your undecided friends, relatives, colleagues.

It may have already been posted, but it is worth repeating: a non-conservative undecided economics professor analyzed both candidates for The Atlantic and decided for McCAIN.

His conclusion? OBAMA would mean more of the wrong kind of economic policies... I kid you not: great article.

re: #97 Fearless Fred

almost original.
Closed my eyes and heard the real thing.

re: #105 Mel Lono

almost original.
Closed my eyes and heard the real thing.

Hah hah ... yeah . . .
But you're bein' a little mean, aren't you?

re: #98 littleoldlady

Almost right on time. ;-)

*Now* I know what's been missing from my life lately!

Hmm, good! Thanks littleoldlady.

re: #101 littleoldlady

Fenway! :-)

Aren't those cute? Same colors as I did my daughter's room a few years back.

/designer buttons!

I think another lizard refered to these as '70's appliance' colored buttons.

Going out tonight for our 1st anniversary.(me and wifey)
I'm gonna miss being here.
Hold the place down.

re: #107 Fearless Fred

FRED! :-)

Howdy!

re: #108 Fenway_Nation

That's the problem with color matching on computers. On my monitor they look like lime green and rose - as opposed to avocado and harvest orange.

re: #106 Fearless Fred

not at all. you would know if i was. it comes with scars.

re: #84 HD Woman

No details on controls used in the "study". Extremely small sample and lots of preconceived attitudes on what the tests measure.

&#9834 &#9836 Good morning {lizards!} &#9836 &#9834

*yawwwn*

*blink*blink*

Miss Trixie! :-) :-) :-)

re: #114 Miss Trixie

Good Morning, Miss Trixie!

re: #115 littleoldlady

littleoldlady--- Thanks for the fruitcup. Makes a splendid suppliment to the MREs.

Hiya, toots!

:D

Why I'm up at this hour, I have no idea. Just couldn't sleep past 4:30 then when Lil Miss discovered I was awak, she decided it was time to get up. So she yelled at me, we went downstairs and she yelled at me again and she's happily scarfing down some scribbled eggs with a little cheese.

/Who runs this house anyway?

:D

re: #116 FamHistoryGuy

Good Morning, Miss Trixie!

Good morning! I'm not usually here at this hour but I am one of the DT brats later in the day. :D

The stories I could tell!

re: #119 Miss Trixie

Ahh Yes the DT. They can get interesting at times.

G'day from Down Under to [everyone}

Thought I'd ease back into posting here after being a slacker lurker for months

It's a warm Saturday evening here in Sydney and it's footy finals time - so I'm ready to watch the game and be entertained here as well!

FamHistoryGuy! :-)

re: #118 Miss Trixie

Well, the dog does, naturally.

/unless you have a cat

re: #121 aussiemagpie

G'day, magpie.

It's Spring down your way, - right?

aussiemagpie! :-) :-) :-)

re: #123 Temujin

G'day, magpie.

It's Spring down your way, - right?

Hi, and yes! it's Spring and about time after a long winter - so sick of wearing bedsocks!

Lil OLd - *snicker* I love that site.

{aussie} Darls! haven't talked to you in a while. We're headed toward autumn, the maples are blushing scarlet and this is the last official weekend of summer.

Drat.

re: #121 aussiemagpie

Good evening.

Hope you are enjoying the evening and the games.

I do have some vague links there. Some very distant kin by the name of Cudd. Have not found a link back to GB yet from the US so don't know the exact relationship. My old man was a Marine on a heavy cruiser that escorted a carrier there about 1940. I need to see if I can find the pictures of his that I scanned. I was at Phan Rang AB in RVN in 69/70 when there were some Canbera's there.

re: #124 littleoldlady

aussiemagpie! :-) :-) :-)

Hi {littleoldlady}

When do you pick up your award for feeding the night shift every night?

You're a marvel - rain hail or shine you're here with the famous fruitcup!

re: #125 aussiemagpie

Enjoy it!

Up here everything's turning yellow and brown - and stiff . . .

Award? I'm still waiting for my Zionist check!

;-)

re: #130 littleoldlady

Checks? We get checks? Nobody mentioned checks.

re: #126 Miss Trixie

Hi darls! I keep missing you :-(

Summer is just around the corner - today was just gorgeous - 30C and without the humidity

Time for you to get those boots out of the wardrobe!

I have a hard time picturing anywhere in Australia being cold enough to bundle up with winter clothing.

Then agian, I've only been to Sydney around springtime. I imagine Tasmiania and the South Island of NZ share a similar climate.

re: #132 aussiemagpie

Hi darls! I keep missing you :-(

Summer is just around the corner - today was just gorgeous - 30C and without the humidity

Time for you to get those boots out of the wardrobe!

Ack. Don't remind me. :P

re: #131 FamHistoryGuy

Checks? We get checks? Nobody mentioned checks.

We're all Israeli / Republican / VastRightWingConspiratacy Operators (take your pick).

/didn't you get the memo?

And some of us can't spell.

_{^{/must explain my lack of checks...}}

re: #135 littleoldlady

Memo, memo. Nope, no memo here. Perhaps it is a performance based thing. Hope I did not confuse it with one of those Nigerian bank letter thingies.

re: #135 littleoldlady

Dang!

All I got was a lousy stimulus check!

Where do we go to submit a complaint?

re: #127 FamHistoryGuy

Hi, the game is just about to start and it will be a ripper for sure

Wouldn't it be wonderful to trace that connection?

I visited Vietnam a few years back - saw the American Embassy just before it was demolished

re: #129 Temujin

Enjoy it!

Up here everything's turning yellow and brown - and stiff . . .

LOL!

Here i'm anxiously waiting for the first little green sprout on my lovely frangipani tree (my first sign of summer)

Well I'm jonesing for a nice long soak in the tub with loads of bubblies so I'm out for a while.

Yikes! It's just past 6:00 and the sun isn't even up yet.

re: #139 aussiemagpie

With that name they have to be kin of some sort. I can only get back to mid 1750's in Virginia. Of course that may not be the real name. He may have had his passage paid for by the Crown in one way or another. Some of my ancestors were reputed to be of less than gentle birth and to have associated with base and low companions.

re: #133 Fenway_Nation

I have a hard time picturing anywhere in Australia being cold enough to bundle up with winter clothing.

Then agian, I've only been to Sydney around springtime. I imagine Tasmiania and the South Island of NZ share a similar climate.

Hi, it was cold here this winter - we even had a bit of that strange white stuff fall in a few suburbs of Sydney in July

Just a sprinkling but it was white and soft :-)

re: #140 aussiemagpie

The bright spot is, the weeds are dying as well!

You can always find something positive, if you look real hard -

re: #143 aussiemagpie

AL GORE LIED!

re: #143 aussiemagpie

More of that global warming I assume.

re: #141 Miss Trixie

See ya luv and have a wonderful Saturday

re: #142 FamHistoryGuy

With that name they have to be kin of some sort. I can only get back to mid 1750's in Virginia. Of course that may not be the real name. He may have had his passage paid for by the Crown in one way or another. Some of my ancestors were reputed to be of less than gentle birth and to have associated with base and low companions.

My ancestors were kicked out of Ireland for drunken disorderliness and uttering obscenities against the Queen.

Growing up, we just called that Christmas. :P

/really out

re: #145 Fenway_Nation

Wait, Fenway!

I hear grim predictions about the coming winter!

/You ain't seen nothin' yet!

re: #142 FamHistoryGuy

With that name they have to be kin of some sort. I can only get back to mid 1750's in Virginia. Of course that may not be the real name. He may have had his passage paid for by the Crown in one way or another. Some of my ancestors were reputed to be of less than gentle birth and to have associated with base and low companions.

Our first white settlers all had their passages paid by the Crown - of course most of them didn't want to be here to start this prison colony!

re: #144 Temujin

The bright spot is, the weeds are dying as well!

You can always find something positive, if you look real hard -

Yes, my bright spot during winter was - no flies! no mossies!

re: #111 littleoldlady

That's the problem with color matching on computers. On my monitor they look like lime green and rose - as opposed to avocado and harvest orange.

You can't really fix the color-mismatch problem unless you get a monitor calibrator, which range in price somewhere between $100. and $5,000. The calibrator basically consists of an optical sensor with a cord that plugs into one of your computer's USB ports.

You hang the optical sensor directly in front of your monitor and then run a program which displays known values of Reds, Greens, and Blues on the screen, meanwhile the optical sensor reads the values of what your monitor is actually displaying. When the program finishes, it automatically adjusts your video system and calibrates it so that the monitor puts out true color values.

The higher-priced calibrators will calibrate your monitor, printer, scanner, and digital camera, while the bottom-line ones only do the monitor.
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re: #151 aussiemagpie

I've taken to adopting the local spiders as pets - I'm not fast enough to whack the flies these days!

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

re: #150 aussiemagpie

Our first white settlers all had their passages paid by the Crown - of course most of them didn't want to be here to start this prison colony!

We might all be in the same boat!

"Earth is an Insane Asylum, to which the other planets deport their lunatics." Voltaire (Memnon the Philosopher).

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re: #152 Tamron

Tamron! :-)

The higher-priced calibrators will calibrate your monitor, printer, scanner, and digital camera, while the bottom-line ones only do the monitor.

Do they have calibrators to compensate for the differences in human eyesight and perception?

/I'll stick with the Pantone matching System. ;-)

Whats this with Fidel Castro having slept with 35,000 women in his time in the job?

I mean .. thats a hard boiled egg for breakfast ... every day .. stirred AND shaken ...

does he have stamina .. ego or is it just communist-ish BS as usual?

/he's WHUPPED my annual record .. dammit !

re: #150 aussiemagpie

Tended to be a one way trip for the guards as well if I remember my history correctly.

News from Indonesia, our northern neighbour

Wearing bikinis in Bali soon to be banned?

FIRST it was the Bali bombers, now it is law-makers in faraway Jakarta that threaten to drive Aussies from the resort island.

Bikini-clad tourists may have to cover up if a law is passed across Indonesia.

The Bill is designed to define pornography and set a moral tone across the vast, mainly Muslim archipelago.

Bali, which is mainly Hindu, is up in arms, fearing for its easy-going lifestyle and sensual charms.

The Bill, which could be passed in weeks, criminalises all public acts and material capable of raising sexual desires or violating "community morality", including poetry and music.

It has won the support of Golkar, the country's largest party, but is opposed by the Democratic Party of Struggle, backed by the former president Megawati Sukarnoputri. Democratic spokesman Made Arjaya said the Bill could hurt Bali's tourism industry, which was still recovering from the terrorist bombings in 2002 and 2005.

"I can't imagine the impact on all the hotels and the tourists we have here if the Government insists on issuing the porn law," he said.

"Everyone will probably be afraid to come to Bali."

I've not been to Bali and don't want to go there but it's a favourite place for lots of Aussies to go on holidays - even after the Bali bombings so this is rather sad for the Balinese Hindus

re: #156 Buster Bunny

Wonder what kind of choices they were given.

re: #153 Temujin

I've taken to adopting the local spiders as pets - I'm not fast enough to whack the flies these days!

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Those spiders do a wonderful job clearing out other insects from the house :-)

Except we have some really nasty ones like redbacks which take up residence in the letterbox each summer

re: #158 aussiemagpie

There is no joy in islam. Khoumini

Looking at his picture you saw a life of evil and hatred and how what it did to the soul affected the body.

re: #154 Tamron

"Earth is an Insane Asylum, to which the other planets deport their lunatics." Voltaire (Memnon the Philosopher).

Love this quote! Thanks

re: #160 aussiemagpie

Tried to clean up the backyard at my Mom's house this past few months. Never knew Kansas had so many different kinds of spiders.

re: #127 FamHistoryGuy

Good evening.

Hope you are enjoying the evening and the games.

I do have some vague links there. Some very distant kin by the name of Cudd. Have not found a link back to GB yet from the US so don't know the exact relationship.

In 1930 there was a Cudd living in Iowa who immigrated from England in 1872, as well as another in New York who immigrated from England in 1918. Care to share a first name and any possible dates/locations?
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re: #157 FamHistoryGuy

Tended to be a one way trip for the guards as well if I remember my history correctly.

Yes it was a bit hard to just duck back home for a bit I reckon!

*staggers over to buffet grabs fruitcup*
*takes sip of caffeine laced beverage*

Ahhh, I am alive. Good morning all. How goes the war?

re: #166 BlueCanuck

Good morning Blue. Must have been a really long night for most everyone else. This place is deserted.

re: #166 BlueCanuck

*staggers over to buffet grabs fruitcup*
*takes sip of caffeine laced beverage*

Ahhh, I am alive. Good morning all. How goes the war?

G'night, Blue. Fading out.

Zzzz...

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re: #167 NC State of Mind

Deserted? I think I am seeing comatose lizards more like it. Those that aren't trying to sneak out the door.

/read the thread, wasn't even a troll to bounce.

re: #166 BlueCanuck

Don't mention the war!

Night Tamron sleep well.

re: #163 FamHistoryGuy

Tried to clean up the backyard at my Mom's house this past few months. Never knew Kansas had so many different kinds of spiders.

Hope you had gardening gloves on - last summer we had a family of redbacks living just outside the back door underneath the kitty water bowl

Had to break up that family

MOSCOW, September 20 (Itar-Tass) -- The orbital block, made up of the Briz-M booster block and the Canadian Nimiq-4 communication satellite, got separated from the Proton-M carrier rocket, which was launched off the Baikonur cosmodrome at 01.48 on Saturday, Alexander Bobrenyov, press secretary of the Khrunichev Research and Production Centre, told Itar-Tass.

“The orbital block continues a space flight by the suborbital trajectory, which ensures the 51.5-degree inclination of the orbit,” he specified.

According to the information of the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), “in the coming five hours the march engine of the booster block will be turned on five times, as a result of which the orbital block will move from the suborbital trajectory to the final orbit, where the satellite will be separated from it.”

The time from the launching of the rocket to the separation of the space vehicle from the booster block will be 09 hours 11 minutes 20 seconds. The satellite will stay on the geostationary orbit at 82 degrees of western longitude.

The Nimiq-4 telecommunication satellite was created by the EADS Astrum Company of Europe on the order of the Telesat Canada Company, which is the Canadian operation of satellite communication. It ensures the transmission of information and TV and radio broadcasting in North America. The satellite will function for 15 years. Its mass (together with fuel) is 4,850 kilograms.

re: #167 NC State of Mind

Good morning Blue. Must have been a really long night for most everyone else. This place is deserted.

Hi, the night is but young here in Sydney - lovely warm evening here

Gah, got to get moving. See you folks all later.

/littleoldlady needs to put some caffeine in the fruitcup some mornings. ;)

re: #84 HD Woman

Did any of you guys read this?
[Link: www.denverpost.com...]

Lots of scientific jargon, then they reach their scholarly opinion that,
"Compared with staunch liberals, people with strongly conservative views were three times more fearful after factoring out the effects of gender, age, income and education, all of which can affect political attitudes. "

What a steamy crock!

I guess that's why the majority of the brave men and women fighting in our military are conservatives. 'Fraidy cats.

re: #176 NC State of Mind

I guess that's why the majority of the brave men and women fighting in our military are conservatives. 'Fraidy cats.

Yeah, their afraid of what would happen if no one fought for freedom.

/now I am gone.

re: #76 LeePro

Did you ever make that visit to Memphis? You missed our meet-up!

I did too. :(

re: #174 aussiemagpie

Hi, the night is but young here in Sydney - lovely warm evening here

Ah your comment struck a nerve. Last night was the first chilly night here in NC. How I envy you and your climate!

re: #164 Tamron

Mine was a Jonathan Cud who was listed in Virginia in 1750's on a tax roll. Then what became Union Co., SC. From there to Spartanburg Co., SC then Christian Co., Ky where he died about 1815. The records are fuzzy but he seems to have had at least three families. Or perhaps it was a case of son named after father. My line is Jonathan, Jonathan Carter then Carter C. Cudd. I have done census extracts for all of the census records thru 1920 and part of 1930. The Christian Co. Cudd group went west and north while most went the southern route thru NC, SC, Ga, Al, Ms, La and Texas and up to Ok, Ar and Mo.

Yaaar, morning guys! I am about to start on some errands and chores. Have a good day...

re: #99 Fenway_Nation

I clicked the gumdrop with the little '+' to show my approval of the fruitcup.

That's such a good idea! I approved your approval.

re: #179 NC State of Mind

Ah your comment struck a nerve. Last night was the first chilly night here in NC. How I envy you and your climate!

Tonight will be the first bedsockfree night for me for a few months!

re: #156 Buster Bunny

Whats this with Fidel Castro having slept with 35,000 women in his time in the job?

I mean .. thats a hard boiled egg for breakfast ... every day .. stirred AND shaken ...

does he have stamina .. ego or is it just communist-ish BS as usual?

/he's WHUPPED my annual record .. dammit !

Oh, yeah, well Dear Leader does that every day, and hits several hole-in-ones in every round of golf.

*cough buhhshet cough*

Herro?

*tap*tap*tap*

Is this thing on?

Good Morning Lizards...
hey..Blue..you usually sign off before i get here..good morning

Goit to go for now. BBL

good morning miss trixie..

re: #45 nightwatch

My son now sits, far way from the "Green Zone" hunched in the top turret of an MRAP, with the lethal solace of a twin 50 to ward away the evil spirits of desert gee-haad who he sees always just over the next dune, hiding within cars in the next city traffic circle, mingled within the children of a school gate, or the care-free shoppers of the market place.

The younger men look up to him for knowledge and the protection of his wisdom from his last 3 deployments. He is the grizzled vet who landed on Normandy who is now in Germany, he is the physical life-line for those who have never seen combat, who wish they could just be close enough to him to absorb just some sort of life saving nugget. It is the way with warriors, he has been there and DONE that. He has the special secret and we must learn it from him they think.

But he is barely 25, yet he is ancient to them

{nightwatch}

God bless him, and all those around him.

Nebraska plant fires (86) Muslims amid prayer dispute! change!

Good morning, HH!

How's by you today?

re: #190 akak

Link?

{mamawinger}? Is that really you?

Where HAVE you been young lady - I've missed you!

The Messiah without his telepromter! Pretty Scary! Watch how he points to his eyes to indicate to his handlers that the prompter is down.

re: #192 Dar ul Harb

Link?

[Link: www.statesman.com...]

I doing great miss trixie..It's a beautiful day..all is good...
how goes it your way?

re: #193 Miss Trixie

{mamawinger}? Is that really you?

Where HAVE you been young lady - I've missed you!

Hello there Miss Trixie! How are you? Thanks sweets - it's nice to be back :)

BTW..I have one bitch..apparently Indiana for the first time since JFK is 'in play' Obama must have got the memo..
Now it's wall to wall tv ads...
I wish to gawd he'd play more than one..the same one..over and over..
I've got it memorized..please help me..I'm watching ESPN and it's like every 10 minutes..'Hi I'm Barak Obama' HELP!
/

re: #196 HoosierHoops

I doing great miss trixie..It's a beautiful day..all is good...
how goes it your way?

We've a loverly late summer day though a tad on the cool side and it's all downhill from here.

Been up since 4:30, wanted to soak in the tub but didn't realize I didn't have a stopper so took an extended shower instead. I've a date with a friend for late brekkie in a couple hours then I have to see if I can buy a pair of closed-toe shoes before winter sets in.

re: #195 akak

Thanks.

Not that I didn't believe you, but one should never be putting up a headline without a link, unless the story is breaking...

re: #194 polo02332

Like the Ch0sen 0ne, next time I start talking gibberish, I'll just point to my eyes and keep nattering on about nothing. Seems to be one of those dark side mind trick things.

re: #197 mama winger

Hello there Miss Trixie! How are you? Thanks sweets - it's nice to be back :)

You're returned to the fold - good news, luv. How's your son and more importantly, how are you? Anything interesting going on in your neck of the woods?

Good Morning LGF.
Looks like the boat's been pretty much bailed out but the hard (and expensive) part is next - replacing the rotten boards and fixing the leaks.

re: #84 HD Woman

Did any of you guys read this?
[Link: www.denverpost.com...]

Lots of scientific jargon, then they reach their scholarly opinion that,
"Compared with staunch liberals, people with strongly conservative views were three times more fearful after factoring out the effects of gender, age, income and education, all of which can affect political attitudes*. "

What a steamy crock!

*In other words, after cooking the data to produce the demographics the researcher wanted. Reading more deeply, what the researcher failed to realize is that conservative people can recognize evil when they see it, whereas as liberals & leftists look at a Che poster and think he's "Kewl!"

Unintentionally, this study explains how liberals & leftists excuse the crimes of Stalin, Mao, Castro, Pol Pot, Saddam, Kim Jong Il and the Iranian mullahs. They just don't recognize evil when it's staring at them.

re: #199 Miss Trixie

We've a loverly late summer day though a tad on the cool side and it's all downhill from here.

Been up since 4:30, wanted to soak in the tub but didn't realize I didn't have a stopper so took an extended shower instead. I've a date with a friend for late brekkie in a couple hours then I have to see if I can buy a pair of closed-toe shoes before winter sets in.

We are going shopping later for food and booze..It's my birthday Sunday and everybody is coming over..Mrs. Hoopster is cooking and she will put up with the cigar smoke and loud mouthed buddies while we watch the football game..

Morning everyone. Thanks for the fruit, LoL. I feel healthier already.

re: #194 polo02332

The Messiah without his telepromter! Pretty Scary! Watch how he points to his eyes to indicate to his handlers that the prompter is down.

[Link: www.southernappeal.org...]

Heh. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! The great and powerful OZ has spoken!

re: #189 mama winger

Welcome back, we missed you! I hope all is well in your neck of the woods. How's your brave son doing?

polo02332 (#194),

That was a while ago. I don't think he was using a TelePrompTer. And that pointing is him attempting to imitate some kid using a breathalyser inhalator.

Regardless, the "great orator" moniker the press has gifted Obama with is one of the most ridiculous things they ever done. He 'um's, 'ah's, 'er's, and gaffs he way through all his unscripted responses.

The Hudsucker Proxy - a fantastic and underrated picture. You know, for kids.

re: #202 Miss Trixie

You're returned to the fold - good news, luv. How's your son and more importantly, how are you? Anything interesting going on in your neck of the woods?

Little Winger is great ! He's at seminary until he gets re-deployed to Iraq in January. I'm just fine - actually I am just leaving for work. Got to keep those puppies healthy and happy :)

See you later Little Missy, and give my hugs to the wee doggie. :)

re: #204 Kenneth

The study doesn't seem to explain how people can change their beliefs. Typical academic mindset.

I've come to the conclusion that an attractive woman who keeps herself in shape after five children, and lives a good, honest life with her decent family, stirs up a lot of guilt in those who have cheated, have been lazy, and have not accomplished what they had the potential to do.

re: #195 akak

[Link: www.statesman.com...]

From your link:

Mohamed Rage, who leads the Omaha Somali-American Community Organization, said 80 workers were thrown out after an altercation late Thursday.

Get a load of the Muslim spokeperson's name!

Todd: new
Sarah: new
Todd: clear
Sarah: clear
Todd: new clear
Sarah: new clear
Todd: nuclear
Sarah: nucular
Todd: ...G'night, dear.
Sarah: G'night, hun.

&#9834 &#9836 Happy Birthday to You &#9836 &#9834
&#9834 &#9836 Happy Birthday to You &#9836 &#9834
&#9834 &#9836 Happy Birthday Dear Hoosier &#9836 &#9834
&#9834 &#9836 Happy Birthday to You! &#9836 &#9834

And many mooore!

:D

Great to see you mama and have a great day. I'll be sure to give Lil Miss your cuddles.

re: #211 mama winger

Mama Winger! Nice to see you.

Let the whining begin.

"Poll: Racial views steer some white Dems away from Obama"

Pay no attention to the fact that the candidate is an empty suit with George Soros' hand up his ass.

re: #216 Miss Trixie

♪ ♬ Happy Birthday to You ♬ ♪
♪ ♬ Happy Birthday to You ♬ ♪
♪ ♬ Happy Birthday Dear Hoosier ♬ ♪
♪ ♬ Happy Birthday to You! ♬ ♪

And many mooore!

:D

Thank you Miss Trixie.. I printed that picture out..
that is funny.. :)

Good morning, all.

Looks like somebody actually found lipstick on a pig...

re: #219 The Other Les

Let the whining begin.

"Poll: Racial views steer some white Dems away from Obama"

Pay no attention to the fact that the candidate is an empty suit with George Soros' hand up his ass.

What about "Racial views steer 99% of blacks to support Obama"
Would it be racist to print that instead?

re: #220 ploome hineni

I am getting anxious just looking at those dangerous pathways

Whoa..me too..what a kewl video

HOOSIER! Try this trick at your birthday dinner for fits and giggles!

:D

re: #225 Miss Trixie

HOOSIER! Try this trick at your birthday dinner for fits and giggles!

:D

LOL
that is great!

re: #222 christheprofessor

Good morning, all.

Looks like somebody actually found lipstick on a pig...

Perfect! LOL.

Kenneth (#204),

Lots of scientific jargon, then they reach their scholarly opinion that,
"Compared with staunch liberals, people with strongly conservative views were three times more fearful after factoring out the effects of gender, age, income and education, all of which can affect political attitudes*. "

More on this from NewsBusted:

Anatomy of a Biased Headline

Let's start with a recent study funded by the National Science Foundation, in which researchers lay claim to this finding:

Some Political Views May be Related to Physiology

Science Magazine's actual headline was similarly non-insulting:

Political Attitudes Vary with Physiological Traits

Seems pretty neutral right? Let's see how the media took that headline and ran with it...

The Toronto Star took words from the very same study, placed then in a hat along with a few other descriptors, shook it up, and out came:

Liberals flinch less, conservatives more, study finds

National Geographic took up the conservatives = cowards theme with their headline:

Conservatives Have Stronger Startle Reflexes?

The Daily Mail went with this gem:

Right-wingers more startled by sudden noises and spiders than liberals, study finds

Sky News decided this would be fair and balanced:

Nervy? You're Probably Right-Wing

ABC News had this to say:

Easily Startled? It Could Reflect Your Politics

Those Who Startle Easily More Likely to Favor Iraq War, New Study Says

Wired Science decided to dispense with the theatrics, and just cut to the heart of their biased viewpoint, flat-out referring to conservatives as ‘scared.'

Conservatives Scare More Easily Than Liberals, Say Scientists

Basically just the "press" making shit up to suport their views.

Morning ploome.

That dangerous pathway is great. From 5:46 onwards is the fun part.

*sigh*

Life is so great.

re: #219 The Other Les

Let the whining begin.

"Poll: Racial views steer some white Dems away from Obama"

Pay no attention to the fact that the candidate is an empty suit with George Soros' hand up his ass.

George Soreass. BWAHAHAHAHAHA

re: #53 TheMatrix31

Lately I've been thinking about what the media would try to uncover about me if I ran for President in 2024.

That would depend on your party affliation. If a Democrat they would uncover your patriotic service, your helping old ladies cross streets, your philanthropic gestures, and your over all God like qualities while not mentioning God.

If a Republican they would just throw shit in every direction, you child molestor.

re: #233 sparrowlake

George Soreass. BWAHAHAHAHAHA

Woulnd't Obama be the one with a sore--never mind.

Good morning, Lizards!

{Goddess}
Good Morning..

re: #236 HoosierHoops

{Goddess}
Good Morning..

{HoosierHoops}!

Happy birthday! I hope it's a wonderful day for you.

re: #104 SouthAmericanWay

Please, send this to all your undecided friends, relatives, colleagues.

It may have already been posted, but it is worth repeating: a non-conservative undecided economics professor analyzed both candidates for The Atlantic and decided for McCAIN.

His conclusion? OBAMA would mean more of the wrong kind of economic policies... I kid you not: great article.

Unfortunately it won't be on BET or Telemundo, or MSBNC or ABC for that matter.

re: #222 christheprofessor

Good morning, all.

Looks like somebody actually found lipstick on a pig...

Hi {CTP}

Luckily that 'pig" lives over there and not here - thankfully!

re: #235 goddessoftheclassroom

Woulnd't Obama be the one with a sore--never mind.

Good morning, Lizards!

Good morning, teach!
And nah, after the first thousand times...never mind.

re: #225 Miss Trixie

HOOSIER! Try this trick at your birthday dinner for fits and giggles!

:D

HAHA! Miss Trixie, might steal that one and try it at work :-)

re: #242 ploome hineni

Murdoch raises a point I hadn't considered: the "rest of the world" can gripe all it wants about us, but if the dollar gets into serious, long-term trouble, the world will REALLY be ticked.

It is better to be feared than loved...

This, however, is just plain crazy.

re: #238 ploome hineni

A ridiculous spectacle. Biden, meet cliff.

re: #242 ploome hineni

Preachin to the choir. Hey, I was thinkin since Bill Clinton left us with that imaginary surplus, that the minute Obama is elected maybe he's right, the seas will part, the global temp will go down, the economy will improve and the war will end. What he means is, the media will stop slinging shit and just print only positives. Can you even imagine the next 4 years of Palin bashing? Depressing actually.

re: #22 Moe Katz

You play an antique? Does it have ivory keys?

re: #244 goddessoftheclassroom

Murdoch raises a point I hadn't considered: the "rest of the world" can gripe all it wants about us, but if the dollar gets into serious, long-term trouble, the world will REALLY be ticked.

It is better to be feared than loved...

Hi there!

Agree totally - just about everything hinges on the value of your $

re: #233 sparrowlake

Is that something like being 'fisked'?

re: #244 goddessoftheclassroom

Murdoch raises a point I hadn't considered: the "rest of the world" can gripe all it wants about us, but if the dollar gets into serious, long-term trouble, the world will REALLY be ticked.

It is better to be feared thand loved...

/first time I've ever corrected a teachers paper.. :)

re: #249 ploome hineni

Used to be, attempted guilt-tripping like that was part of the schtick.

re: #252 HoosierHoops

/first time I've ever corrected a teachers paper.. :)

Machiavelli would not be pleased!

re: #235 goddessoftheclassroom

thump thump thump thump thump

I like Sen. Obama very much. I have met him. He is a very intelligent man.

Oh, bullshit.

So put forward the arguments and demonstrations, Simplicio - either yours or Aristotle's - but not just texts and bare authorities, because our discourses must relate to the sensible world and not to one on paper.

Galileo, The Dialogue

re: #255 pre-Boomer's SockPuppy

thump thump thump thump thump

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

MWAH!

re: #260 ploome hineni

or doI have to go downstairs and make it myself?

(wahhh)

There is a pot of Sumatra on..Cream and sugar?

re: #259 ploome hineni

anyone making coffee?

I've got some right here!

Cup of nice, strong dark roast!

May I serve you?

Arrr, maties, finished my morning chores. I am grooving to Pandora now. If you are into music give it a shot. I ran into it about a year ago while tracking down streaming audio users. Very cool...

re: #257 ploome hineni

Cf. Acton.

Keep the tar and feathers handy. The good people don't make headlines. When they do, they shine and make the roaches run for cover. We hear the usual shrieking from the damned, whose very nature it is to project.