My high school colors.

Oh noes... I'm ... I'm ... not going to say it.

Oh thats a Yellow Rose, I think ?

What glorious beauty!

Religion of Education.....
Afghan girls scarred in acid attack

Five Afghan schoolgirls have been attacked with battery acid by suspected Taliban fighters in the southern city of Kandahar.

The attack on Wednesday occurred when two men on motorbikes confronted the students outside the Mirwais Nika Girls High School.

Two girls were seriously injured by what was discovered to be battery acid.

Wow. That pic just wakes up the page. O_O

Lovely.

Sweden? Did somebody way sweden?

Pretty flower. My HS colors were Crimson and Gold, and the same colors are also used by my old Robert Morris College.

Even tho everything looks bleak, the sky is still blue and life goes on.

Beautiful

re: #7 unreconstructed rebel

Sweden? Did somebody wsay sweden?

Must ... not ... type ... hurridly.

A rose in November?!

I was expecting the Navy.

re: #12 MandyManners

A rose in November?!

Photoshopped

And that blue sky looks nice too, especially since it is cloudy and grey here.

re: #12 MandyManners

A rose in November?!

Smells as sweet?

lovely picture

Yellow Rose of Texas?

re: #6 kynna

Wow. That pic just wakes up the page. O_O

Lovely.

It ties the room together.

The colors of the momentarily hapless Michigan Wolverines.

I know where that is!
/

re: #5 Killgore Trout

Religion of Education.....
Afghan girls scarred in acid attack

Real tough guys.

re: #20 P. Aaron

The colors of the momentarily hapless Michigan Wolverines.

GO 'Bama. Roll TIDE!

So beautiful and calming. Thank you Charles. And folks, roses do bloom in November. They were very evident in film of Bush's meeting with er, um, Sen. Obama.

Nice to see those two colors in this fashion. On college sports uniforms those two colors do not belong together.

/What is it now for Rodriguez? 3 and 7 now with Ohio State and Northwestern to go.

re: #20 P. Aaron

The colors of the momentarily hapless Michigan Wolverines.

When my son was little I tried to get him to say "Go Blue" but he kept saying "Go Blue's Clues."

re: #26 Who Watches the Watchmen?

When my son was little I tried to get him to say "Go Blue" but he kept saying "Go Blue's Clues."

I'd rather that than "Go Blue".

/Go Green.

re: #25 Honorary Yooper

Nice to see those two colors in this fashion. On college sports uniforms those two colors do not belong together.

/What is it now for Rodriguez? 3 and 7 now with Ohio State and Northwestern to go.

I'll bet he's thrilled to be away from WV...

Yellow flowers always seem happy.

re: #22 Rednek

Real tough guys.

Anybody real surprised by this? This is the same bunch who chased a bunch of females back into a burning school in Riyadh a few years ago because the girls were improperly dressed.

Beautiful photo Charles - nice and calming. Thanks.

As I look outside..there is no blue sky..pretty flowers or warm weather.
Springtime will come..just not for awhile...
Meanwhile Merry Christmas!
Well the man was playing Christmas music at Walmart so I figured we were close..no?

What kind of society is afraid of the influence of women?

Poppies, I see poppies...

re: #20 P. Aaron

The colors of the momentarily hapless Michigan Wolverines.

WOLVERINES!

Chase that sunshine, flower!

re: #12 MandyManners

A rose in November?!

My roses (actually, they are Mr. Russkilitlover's, he's the fanatic) are still quite in bloom. I live in so. Calif and the alternating cool nights, and dry hot days are candy for roses.

On the lighter side:

Fleeing cops? Don't give them your ID first

So rivalries aside, from a purely aesthetic viewpoint, what is the least attractive combination of school colors?

Major colleges only.

re: #14 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Photoshopped

Times like this, I could see living in Southern California.

re: #34 Walter L. Newton

Poppies, I see poppies...

That was yesterday. ;-)

re: #34 Walter L. Newton

Poppies, I see poppies...

Don't go towards the light Walter!
/

re: #33 father_of_10

What kind of society is afraid of the influence of women?

The type of society that doesn't modernize much anymore

re: #16 Sharmuta

Smells as sweet?

I've always thought yellow roses smell nicer than red roses.

re: #32 HoosierHoops

As I look outside..there is no blue sky..pretty flowers or warm weather. Springtime will come..just not for awhile... Meanwhile Merry Christmas! Well the man was playing Christmas music at Walmart so I figured we were close..no?

Oh, we're not close, but you would think so. Shit, we started our Christmas show at the theatre LAST WEEKEND. The whole place is decorated like a Santa Land. We run until Dec. 21st. By that time, I won't want to see ANYTHING related to Christmas.

So, Lizards, you can send me Valentine cards around Dec. 21st.

WOW, how absolutely gorgeous!

re: #1 The Other Les

My high school colors.

Mine too ..

A little OT: heard the morning conservative host going on and on this morning on the radio about Barak having been in touch w/Hamas, etc., before the election and asking them to keep it secret until the election (old news for the lizard army, true).  While listening it occurred to me that if Barak had somehow postphoned the end of the war by postphoning his part in it until he was officially the president elect, shouldn't it now be Barak's War, not Bush's War?

}:)     [Makes sense, is logical, moonbats can't gripe to me now ... ]

re: #33 father_of_10

What kind of society is afraid of the influence of women?

A misogynistic and paternalistic society.

re: #44 MandyManners
Huh, I thought all roses smelled the same?!

re: #44 MandyManners

I've always thought yellow roses smell nicer than red roses.

Nearly anything would be better than standing downwind of a French Parfume factory.

Will Obama make criminals out of currently law-abiding citizens?

Gun Sales

My currently legal FN-FAL will most likely become illegal, along with a few other toys I may or may not have.

National Enquirer: Cindy McCain Having Affair

re: #37 Russkilitlover

My roses (actually, they are Mr. Russkilitlover's, he's the fanatic) are still quite in bloom. I live in so. Calif and the alternating cool nights, and dry hot days are candy for roses.

Not even when I lived in Tennessee growing up do I recall roses in November.

re: #34 Walter L. Newton

Poppies, I see poppies...

Sleep, my pretty.... sleep... sleeep.
--Wicked Witch of the West

re: #42 HoosierHoops

Don't go towards the light Walter!
/

Sometimes it feels like it. After the first show on Sunday, I wondered if anyone was going to go "party."

Hell, what a bunch of old rockers, tired, burned out, everyone headed for their hotel rooms or home.

Part poopers.

re: #47 kulhwch

Mine too ..

A little OT: heard the morning conservative host going on and on this morning on the radio about Barak having been in touch w/Hamas, etc., before the election and asking them to keep it secret until the election (old news for the lizard army, true).  While listening it occurred to me that if Barak had somehow postphoned the end of the war by postphoning his part in it until he was officially the president elect, shouldn't it now be Barak's War, not Bush's War?

}:)     [Makes sense, is logical, moonbats can't gripe to me now ... ]

Sense, Logic, and Moonbats....what three things never go together?

re: #53 MandyManners

Not even when I lived in Tennessee growing up do I recall roses in November.

I have some roses blooming right now (Louisiana).

Not sure they'll keep blooming, but I have a few.

It would appear that the macro lens is getting a workout these days.

re: #50 FurryOldGuyJeans

Nearly anything would be better than standing downwind of a French Parfume factory.

What about being downwind of a Palestinian ghetto?

My "Mister Lincoln" rose bush still has one last bud attempting to bloom.

re: #52 Killgore Trout

National Enquirer: Cindy McCain Having Affair

Shit. Her driver said no one followed her to my apartment!

re: #53 MandyManners

Not even when I lived in Tennessee growing up do I recall roses in November.

*SIGH* And all we get up here in the PNW is rain, rain, rain, and more rain.

re: #39 Silhouette

So rivalries aside, from a purely aesthetic viewpoint, what is the least attractive combination of school colors?

Major colleges only.

Ain't nothing finer than BIG ORANGE!

re: #33 father_of_10
One filled with divorced men?!

re: #45 Walter L. Newton

Oh, we're not close, but you would think so. Shit, we started our Christmas show at the theatre LAST WEEKEND. The whole place is decorated like a Santa Land. We run until Dec. 21st. By that time, I won't want to see ANYTHING related to Christmas.

So, Lizards, you can send me Valentine cards around Dec. 21st.

I asked the cashier at walmarts if they had any rope while we were checking out..She said yes..in hardware.
I said i just wondered if you and others were going to hang themselves from the music soon. mrs. hoopster kicked me in the shins.
Sometimes I don't think she thinks I'm funny.

Speaking of roses in the winter, isn't Feb 14th about the worst day one could pick on the calendar from a climate-point-of-view to hold a festival requiring millions of flowers?

/hello hothouses and international flights

re: #49 realwest

Huh, I thought all roses smelled the same?!

They don't. I'm not talking about the ones you get at the florist but, the ones you grow in your yard.

re: #50 FurryOldGuyJeans

Nearly anything would be better than standing downwind of a French Parfume factory.

Even the Chanel factory? Guerlain?

re: #34 Walter L. Newton

Poppies, I see poppies...

"Poppies will put you to sleep."

re: #52 Killgore Trout

National Enquirer: Cindy McCain Having Affair

If you had a direct quote from the Enquirer then I might find it worthy of being considered for a 24 hour hold. You decided to link from HuffPo and blew any credibility out of the water.

re: #57 reine.de.tout

I have some roses blooming right now (Louisiana).

Not sure they'll keep blooming, but I have a few.

Get rid of the hurricanes and I'd consider living there.

re: #68 MandyManners

Even the Chanel factory? Guerlain?

A factory is not the product. A parfume factory makes a slaughterhouse smell sweet.

re: #62 FurryOldGuyJeans

*SIGH* And all we get up here in the PNW is rain, rain, rain, and more rain.

And green stuff that grows on the roof.

Oh I see the last thread is done, you guys beat that one to death it seems.

Nice pic! What kind of flower is that? The petals look like rose but they seem too loosely packed.

I have a dirty little secret, I watch Hardball just about every night. I know, I know .. why I resort to self-flagellation is beyond me. I think I get a kick out of yelling at the TV. Ha!

At any rate I think I'm going to have to stop, Chrissy is really raising my blood pressure with his non-stop attacks on Palin, and they take up what seems to be half of his show! I'll bet you he dedicates a portion of his show to a daily swipe at Palin for the next four years. WTF aren't they talking about BIDEN? (don't waste your time answering that question)

What I think this all boils down to is Palin has the left wing talking heads, and the MSM for that matter, running SCARED! She is clinging to her guns and religion and pro-life viewpoints.

re: #39 Silhouette

I'm going with the Oregon Ducks

re: #66 Silhouette

Speaking of roses in the winter, isn't Feb 14th about the worst day one could pick on the calendar from a climate-point-of-view to hold a festival requiring millions of flowers?

/hello hothouses and international flights

I wonder if CBBHO and WAB celebrate it.

re: #70 FurryOldGuyJeans

If you had a direct quote from the Enquirer then I might find it worthy of being considered for a 24 hour hold. You decided to link from HuffPo and blew any credibility out of the water.

Heh, heh. Right on. (However, I - to my everlasting shame - did click the link. When I first saw that grainy, crappy picture I thought it was Al and Tipper Gore.)

:-)

re: #70 FurryOldGuyJeans

Did you read the HuffPo link? Maybe you should.....

A reader notes that this story is particularly dubious because Cindy McCain was on a trip to Kosovo at the time of the festival where the photos were supposedly taken.

One grainy photo accompanies the online article -- more are promised in the print edition. The National Enquirer was recently vindicated in its coverage of a different campaign scandal when John Edwards confessed to having an affair. During the election they pushed the story that Sarah Palin was having an affair with her husband's business partner.

re: #72 FurryOldGuyJeans

A factory is not the product. A parfume factory makes a slaughterhouse smell sweet.

I had no idea.

re: #73 MandyManners

And green stuff that grows on the roof.

Ain't just on roofs. The fence has a few two-inch thick patches on top.

re: #67 MandyManners
The roses I grow in my yard? Oh ya mean those black things?!?
;')

Oh, lookee. A new thread.

hey, this place is full of morning people!

re: #78 Killgore Trout

Did you read the HuffPo link? Maybe you should.....

I read the link, and it didn't reduce my disdain for HuffPo one whit.

Sunlight - If you're lurking check out my #707 in the dead thread below.

re: #83 apachegunner

hey, this place is full of morning people!

You seeing morning people again?

re: #12 MandyManners

A rose in November?!

Nothing wrong with that - one of mine is still flowering ...
Well - there's one acidic-looking flower on the bush, nothing as striking as that one here ...

re: #14 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Photoshopped

haHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

re: #24 sealizard

So beautiful and calming. Thank you Charles. And folks, roses do bloom in November. They were very evident in film of Bush's meeting with er, um, Sen. Obama.

Guess it depends where you are. Here in Coastal Georgia my Roses are blooming, some of my Brugmansias are blooming, Pansies/Carnations/ Chrysanthemums/ Nasturtiums and Verbenas are all blooming. Also the Confederate Roses and Hibiscus are all full out.
I'm sure Charles neck of the woods has many more types blooming than where I am.

Purty. :)

What a great shot! It's so full of life.

Obama said he would meet with allot of bad folk but said he would not have talks with Hamas untill they renounced terrorism and recognized Israel's right to exist. May be he meant after the election.

Reported Obama-Hamas Contacts Bode Ill

In an interview published Tuesday in the London-based Al-Hayat, Dr. Ahmad Yousef, political adviser to Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, said senior Hamas figures had held a secret meeting with advisers to Barack Obama in Gaza before the U.S. elections.

Man I can't catch a break. I posted that and found Charles has a thread on it with over 150 comments already. Refresh before you post.

Is it too "right wing" of me to say that the thread title "Blue and Gold" reminds me of the year end banquet during my Cub Scout days?

There's a great dive bar in lower Manhattan called "Blue and Gold". Or at least there used to be.

re: #96 fish

Is it too "right wing" of me to say that the thread title "Blue and Gold" reminds me of the year end banquet during my Cub Scout days?

That was my first thought. I remember my mom, the den mother, making a blue and gold cake. As den sister, I got to go to the banquet, too.
:-)

Any AKPsi Brother Lizards? This is the Fraternity's Flower!

Give me silver, blue and gold...the colors of the sky I'm told...

My rain-ain-ain bow is overdue!

Bad Company, 1976.