Looks like Matt Brubeck on cello (son of Dave).

Tragic news from Alaska.

(Via my dad.)

Never fail I post and a new thread opens, its a gift.

It looks like he is playing an old/antique guitar.

cool one! How are you every body?

re: #3 Fat Jolly Penguin

Tragic news from Alaska.

(Via my dad.)

Not amused

re: #7 lifeofthemind

Not amused

Oh. Well, I thought it was funny.

I always wonder whether people who like Tom Waits music are just joking. He sounds awful and if there is a song or melody lost in that phlegmatic drivel, I miss it every time. John Prine, yes. Tom Waits, get someone to sing your songs so we can hear if they don't suck. They do when he sings them.

Cordially,

Uncle J

Very funny interview. The dump he speaks of, I know where it is, if it is the one nearest to his home.

Real men know where the dumps are.

Good interview by Waits

I dig the marimba, too.

I always preferred Benjamin Smoke to Tom Waits. Too bad his songs are impossible to find nowadays =(

re: #9 Uncle Jimbo

I always wonder whether people who like Tom Waits music are just joking. He sounds awful and if there is a song or melody lost in that phlegmatic drivel, I miss it every time. John Prine, yes. Tom Waits, get someone to sing your songs so we can hear if they don't suck. They do when he sings them.

Cordially,

Uncle J

I like Tom Wait's because every time I listen to him I realize that hey, I'm actually pretty damned good... ;)

re: #3 Fat Jolly Penguin

Tragic news from Alaska.

(Via my dad.)

Smack!

FNDT? (Festivus Night Drinking Thread)

re: #15 Dark_Falcon

Hey Falcon...where did you get the avatar? A smilie with a FAL...way too cool. :)

re: #17 fclass308

Hey Falcon...where did you get the avatar? A smilie with a FAL...way too cool. :)

I found it here.

Tom Waits is definitely an acquired taste, like a smokey single malt scotch (Laphroaig or Lagavulin, ferinstance). I like some of both on occasion.

Fellow musicians consistently seem to adore him, though.

re: #10 rawmuse

Very funny interview. The dump he speaks of, I know where it is, if it is the one nearest to his home.

Real men know where the dumps bodies are.

This may be my best chance to wish everyone a wonderful Holiday season.

re: #14 doriangrey

Umm Heh. Maybe you could sing some Waits for me.

Cordially,

Uncle J

The last verse sounds like something out of a Gaia's Warriors hymn book or something. "When all the world is green"; heh heh.

Pretend that you owe me nothing

Said the White House to the Big 3

re: #22 Uncle Jimbo

Umm Heh. Maybe you could sing some Waits for me.

Cordially,

Uncle J

Not going to happen EVAR... Click my nic if you want to hear me croaking out my own stuff though... ;p

Agree with everyone else; excellent interview! Very funny.

re: #26 buzzsawmonkey

I knew a muscular thief in a music store who lifted Waits.

That fellow's sister was a credit manager, IIRC. If you need credit, you go to Helen Waits.

re: #18 Dark_Falcon

Thank you too much. :)

re: #26 buzzsawmonkey

ARRRGH!

I'm struggling with his singing.

He skips a few verses from the posted lyrics.

Love Waits. Love the cello. And I can relate to the dump.

re: #9 Uncle Jimbo

I always wonder whether people who like Tom Waits music are just joking. He sounds awful and if there is a song or melody lost in that phlegmatic drivel, I miss it every time. John Prine, yes. Tom Waits, get someone to sing your songs so we can hear if they don't suck. They do when he sings them.

Cordially,

Uncle J

This reminds me of Leonard Cohen. I can't put my finger on why, but I like them.

re: #33 buzzsawmonkey

So is he.

Funny!

re: #26 buzzsawmonkey

I knew a muscular thief in a music store who lifted Waits.

Ba-dum-bum!

re: #26 buzzsawmonkey

I knew a muscular thief in a music store who lifted Waits.

After the two finished drinks at the local pub, who paid the barbell?

It was in the reign of George the III that the above named personages lived and quarreled; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor, they are all equal now"

My favorite quote from a movie. ( epilogue from Kubrick's Barry Lyndon )

day to day matters seem so trivial when you place them into the big picture

Great interview.

re: #33 buzzsawmonkey

So is he.

Funny guy, though.

re: #39 Shug

My favorite quote from a movie. ( epilogue from Kubrick's Barry Lyndon )

day to day matters seem so trivial when you place them into the big picture

I liked Barry Lyndon, one of the best uses of color in a film ever.

re: #3 Fat Jolly Penguin

Tragic news from Alaska.

(Via my dad.)

OMG!

i love tom waits. he's a maniac. i saw him in the 80's at the beacon theater.
it was such a great show. he played the piano and had a bubble machine going.
great lighting.
it was magical.

I checked Tom's website and he doesn't have concert listing anymore. I tried to get tickets a few years ago but I was too late. It doesn't look like he's performing much anymore.

re: #45 nyc redneck

I hear he puts on a great show.

re: #3 Fat Jolly Penguin

Tragic news from Alaska.

(Via my dad.)

On Fox News radio this morning, an "expert" was maintaining that all of Santa's reindeer were female. His theory was that since both male and female reindeer have antlers (unlike most deer-type ruminants), this made it reasonable that they all had to be female, since "they never asked directions". And Rudolph's nose was a "stunning fashion accessory".

I'd always heard that it was males who never stopped to ask for directions, even when lost.

I'll buy Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, and Comet as being of the fair sex. But Dasher, Cupid, Donder and Blitzen have to be guys, just on their names alone. Especially the last two, as their names mean "Thunder" and "Lightning" in German, which means they came down from the original Germanic myth of Saint Nicholas and the Scandinavian "Sinter Klaas" story. As for Rudolph, come on, folks, give the kid a break. He's got everything from strapdown inertial guidance to (by now) GPS packed into that snoot- the red is probably an overheat warning.

cheers

eon

re: #48 eon

LOL!

re: #44 ggt

OMG!

He shouldn't have come into her field of fire, simple as that.

re: #48 eon

On Fox News radio this morning, an "expert" was maintaining that all of Santa's reindeer were female. His theory was that since both male and female reindeer have antlers (unlike most deer-type ruminants), this made it reasonable that they all had to be female, since "they never asked directions". And Rudolph's nose was a "stunning fashion accessory".

I'd always heard that it was males who never stopped to ask for directions, even when lost.

I'll buy Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, and Comet as being of the fair sex. But Dasher, Cupid, Donder and Blitzen have to be guys, just on their names alone. Especially the last two, as their names mean "Thunder" and "Lightning" in German, which means they came down from the original Germanic myth of Saint Nicholas and the Scandinavian "Sinter Klaas" story. As for Rudolph, come on, folks, give the kid a break. He's got everything from strapdown inertial guidance to (by now) GPS packed into that snoot- the red is probably an overheat warning.

cheers

eon

Prancer is actually male, a little fem but officially a male.

re: #48 eon

I'd always heard that it was males who never stopped to ask for directions, even when lost.

Only a total loser would ever stop to ask for directions.

re: #47 Killgore Trout

I hear he puts on a great show.

the show we saw was fabulous. he had on a little stingy brim fedora and a great suit. he sang the early 80's stuff. and confetti. i remember confetti floating down around him. it was delightful.
i haven't listened to him in yrs. tho.

re: #52 Spare O'Lake

Only a total loser would ever stop to ask for directions.

Only a total loser would put himself in that situation to begin with. ;)

/I was training as recce patrolman. We didn't get lost, just geographically embarrassed.

re: #54 buzzsawmonkey

That kind of attitude is what gets people into chainsaw massacre situations.

Anybody who cannot use a map and compass had best make careful note of all available gas stations, sheriff's stations, etc., and refrain from getting off main roads.

/especially in SE Ohio between October and March

cheers

eon

I have a cat named Matilda. I do my best Waits impression and sing this to her all the time...
Waltzing Matilda

This morning on Fox they are interviewing a survivor from the Denver plane crash. He says this:

"... we heard a BOOM! and then the plane started rattling, the right engine caught fire and I thought we were sliding sideways. The guy next to me said `I think we've got a problem!'"

That other guy is either a master of understatement or an idiot, I'm not sure which!

re: #57 Killgore Trout

I have a cat named Matilda. I do my best Waits impression and sing this to her all the time...
Waltzing Matilda

Tom Traubert's Blues? I love that song.

re: #51 VegasRick

OMG! Satan's reindeer are *gasp* LESBIAN!

*carry over from last thread*

re: #57 Killgore Trout

Strange to see that old voice coming from that young face.

re: #60 jcm

OMG! Satan's reindeer are *gasp* LESBIAN!

*carry over from last thread*

Smack!

My pjm and instapundit bookmarks aren't working (first time in history). Anyone else having problems with that?

re: #57 Killgore Trout

I have a cat named Matilda. I do my best Waits impression and sing this to her all the time...
Waltzing Matilda

That is a terribly sad song. Aussies at Gallipoli . WWI version here.

re: #58 SteveC

This morning on Fox they are interviewing a survivor from the Denver plane crash. He says this:

"... we heard a BOOM! and then the plane started rattling, the right engine caught fire and I thought we were sliding sideways. The guy next to me said `I think we've got a problem!'"

That other guy is either a master of understatement or an idiot, I'm not sure which!

If he were halfway down the cliff Kirk fell off of at the beginning of Star Trek V and still accelerating, he'd probably say "so far, so good."

If NBC News animation is to be believed (I know, I know), that was about two seconds after the 737 started lifting its nose wheel after only about 1000 feet of takeoff run. That's a little early for rotation, IIRC, even for a 737 in light load, which makes me tend to suspect that the airplane was doing something by itself as opposed to what the pilots wanted it to do. (I'm thinking ice on the runway as the trigger.) After which, as the old riverboat pilot's saying goes, the "music was playin' faster than they could dance to."

I'm just glad nobody got killed.

cheers

eon

re: #53 nyc redneck

Hi nyc redneck!

Kinda quiet in here tonight.

re: #42 buzzsawmonkey

Hi buzz, Chag Sameach!

re: #58 SteveC

This morning on Fox they are interviewing a survivor from the Denver plane crash. He says this:

"... we heard a BOOM! and then the plane started rattling, the right engine caught fire and I thought we were sliding sideways. The guy next to me said `I think we've got a problem!'"

That other guy is either a master of understatement or an idiot, I'm not sure which!

or he works for FEMA

re: #67 VegasRick

WHAT CAN'T HEAR YOU TOO QUIET

shoccka - media doesn't understand that we understand that the media is in the tank with the left.
[Link: pajamasmedia.com...]

re: #70 WriterMom

WHAT CAN'T HEAR YOU TOO QUIET

Made me jump! Whoaaa!

Tom is an interesting fellow and interesting style.

re: #61 jaunte

Tom Waits has always been an old soul...
Tom Waits on Fernwood Tonight

Hey all, check this out, very interesting:
Climate czar left no electronic trail
Deposition shows Browning refused to use e-mail to keep public in dark...
[Link: www.washingtontimes.com...]

I came for the tree lighting.
Is it tonight?

re: #10 rawmuse

Very funny interview. The dump he speaks of, I know where it is, if it is the one nearest to his home.

Real men know where the dumps are.

I ripped out the tile and sheet-rock around my bathtub and pulled up the vinyl floor in the bathroom last Thursday and took it to the dump Saturday.
Prep'd the bathroom for new stone floor and tub surround.
ALL. BY. MYSELF!
Feelin' really MACHO!

re: #75 CapeCoddah

Yea, but just think of the cyber climate impact all of those saved e-mails would have had.

My all time favorite Waits song...
Nighthawks at the Diner

Eggs and sausage and a side of toast
Coffee and a roll, hash browns over easy
Chile in a bowl with burgers and fries
What kind of pie?

re: #78 sngnsgt

Yea, but just think of the cyber climate impact all of those saved e-mails would have had.

LOL, don't give them any ideas.

re: #77 IslandLibertarian

I ripped out the tile and sheet-rock around my bathtub and pulled up the vinyl floor in the bathroom last Thursday and took it to the dump Saturday.
Prep'd the bathroom for new stone floor and tub surround.
ALL. BY. MYSELF!
Feelin' really MACHO!

We have to tackle the exact same project - and I have been very intimidated. Good for you.

re: #75 CapeCoddah

Hey all, check this out, very interesting:
Climate czar left no electronic trail
Deposition shows Browning refused to use e-mail to keep public in dark...
[Link: www.washingtontimes.com...]

We're going to have a Car Tsar, and a Climate Tsar.

Does that mean that The One will be the Tsar Tsar?

/His wife apparently already thinks she's the Tsarina

As for Browner's obsession with secrecy, isn't that about par for the course with the soon-to-be-returning-to-power Clintonistas The One is hiring?

/Notably our soon-to-be SecState

cheers

eon

re: #48 eon

On Fox News radio this morning, an "expert" was maintaining that all of Santa's reindeer were female. His theory was that since both male and female reindeer have antlers (unlike most deer-type ruminants), this made it reasonable that they all had to be female, since "they never asked directions". And Rudolph's nose was a "stunning fashion accessory".

I'd always heard that it was males who never stopped to ask for directions, even when lost.

I'll buy Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, and Comet as being of the fair sex. But Dasher, Cupid, Donder and Blitzen have to be guys, just on their names alone. Especially the last two, as their names mean "Thunder" and "Lightning" in German, which means they came down from the original Germanic myth of Saint Nicholas and the Scandinavian "Sinter Klaas" story. As for Rudolph, come on, folks, give the kid a break. He's got everything from strapdown inertial guidance to (by now) GPS packed into that snoot- the red is probably an overheat warning.

cheers

eon

...and all this time I thought it was Donner.
Live and learn.

re: #79 Killgore Trout

One night in 1976 my boss invited me to dinner and I brought along a Tom Waits album, which he liked, and his wife hated. That was my last dinner invite to their house.

re: #84 jaunte

One night in 1976 my boss invited me to dinner and I brought along a Tom Waits album, which he liked, and his wife hated. That was my last dinner invite to their house.

You still have the same boss?

re: #54 buzzsawmonkey

That kind of attitude is what gets people into chainsaw massacre situations.

LOL. As a child riding in the back seat on family driving trips, some of my very fondest memories are the ones of my late mother nagging and haranguing my late father to stop and ask for directions, while he would ask her to please be quiet and then proceed to keep driving around and around, who knows where, until eventually by some miracle we would arrive at our destination.

re: #76 J.D.

I think there's a few lit here. /

re: #82 eon

Yeah, someone needs to teach 0 how to do it in the big leagues.

re: #85 Wishing

No; many bosses since...

Trying to cause a rip in the blog-space continuum.

re: #89 jaunte

No; many bosses since...

Well I thought surely, since 1976, you MUST have been to his house again! LOL

re: #84 jaunte

One night in 1976 my boss invited me to dinner and I brought along a Tom Waits album, which he liked, and his wife hated. That was my last dinner invite to their house.

Looks like your boss is not the boss

Well this is a bunch of bull...
The Price of Their Security

WASHINGTON -- Understanding isn't the same as forgiving. The history-be-my-judge interviews that President Bush and Vice President Cheney have been giving recently help me understand why they acted with such contempt for our Constitution and our values -- but also reinforce my confident belief, and my fervent hope, that history will throw the book at them. ...

re: #85 Wishing

Although current one is a Jimmy Buffet fan, so he may have the same opinion of Waits.

re: #87 sngnsgt

I think there's a few lit here. /

Well that's the norm, isn't it?

re: #91 Wishing

I've misplaced him. Barry Landsman, where are you?

from wiki:
The common names given for Santa's reindeer in modern culture are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner/Donder, Blitzen, and Rudolph.

I am GREATLY relieved!

re: #7 lifeofthemind

Not amused

No, I think that was Rudolph.

Sarah wrecked a great song when she ended Rudolph's career.

re: #99 Wishing

Sarah wrecked a great song when she ended Rudolph's career.

I saw that.
Shocked I was...

Ho Ho Ho* by Tom Waits.

*Double entendre fer shure.

re: #83 Wishing

...and all this time I thought it was Donner.
Live and learn.

Actually, it's both. 'Donder' and 'Donner' are two different regional pronunciations of the same word. The second 'd' sound is generally missing when it's being said by someone from southern Germany or Austria. The word gets even further into linguistic drift the further west you go. It's also the root word of the term "Blunderbuss", the name of a short-barreled (usually flintlock) muzzle-loading musket with a belled muzzle to facilitate fast reloading (it works like a funnel)- the ancestor of the modern fighting shotgun, or riot gun. The original name was "donderbusche" or "donnerbusche", literally "thunder gun" in German. "Blunderbus" is an English bowdlerization by way of Dutch.

cheers

eon

re: #3 Fat Jolly Penguin

Tragic news from Alaska.

(Via my dad.)

Where are our wordsmiths?

Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer,
Got his ass shot by Sarah...

re: #90 Noam Sayin'

Trying to cause a rip in the blog-space continuum.

/who did that?

re: #66 WriterMom

Hi nyc redneck!

hey there {WriterMom}
how are you?

Hello?

Waits is brilliant...

I'm so ronery. I'm skeered.

re: #101 MandyManners

That was good. Thanks.

My kids saw the Fat Jolly Penguin photo and laughed.

Warped sense of humor, generation four coming up.

re: #109 jaunte

That was good. Thanks.

One of the most bizarre Christmas songs I've ever heard.

re: #79 Killgore Trout

My all time favorite Waits song...
Nighthawks at the Diner

The Original Painting

The one some buy at poster stores

Waits is excellent, although very much an acquired taste; the lyrics are often heart-wrenching. OTOH, Letterman is a no-talent POS, and I can't understand why he has any audience at all. But that's just me, I guess.

BTW, for whatever reason, I find that I can write my best code when I'm half-listening to familiar songs from Tom Waits. Wonder what Charles listens to when he's writing code?

re: #104 Killian Bundy

/who did that?

Wasn't me. It was broke when I got here.

Seriously, though. I think he's some dude from Chicago. He's a rather prolific poster, and seems to have some serious deep knowledge about a lot of stuff.

re: #111 MandyManners

Made me think of this one from the Pogues:

To all the parents out there, EmmmieG posted this Norad link today.

Don't know if this has been posted yet...

The 2012 Pelosi GTxi SS/RT Sport Edition

Got this from iowahawk today on YouTube. Someone plagiarized his post on the subject, another guy read it on the radio, so iowahawk used the radio bit as a voice-over for this video.

Most of you have seen the post but the video is new. It's worth it just to watch the dancing guy at the beginning. ;)

re: #113 bofh

Simon's a lizard?

re: #116 MandyManners

To all the parents out there, EmmmieG posted this Norad link today.

Cool, thanks! :)

I was looking for the nice, clean, high-quality studio version.

But this'll do...Chicken Fried

re: #115 jaunte

Made me think of this one from the Pogues:
[Link: www.youtube.com...]

For a bit of a departure, I teared up listening to this today while driving back with The Kid from the Heap-Big City.

re: #93 J.D.

Well this is a bunch of bull...
The Price of Their Security

Professional horsecrap. It concludes:

This misadventure... grievously damaged our strategic position in the Middle East.

Our hardened army is assisting a democratic Iraq. It is the among the most strategically important grounds on the planet. Must we define strategy?

Tom's a really funny guy- his sit down with Letterman's hilarious.

re: #108 MandyManners

I'm so ronery. I'm skeered.

Don't be!

I just ordered a pizza, online, which just kills me.

I'm wondering if they can find my house.

re: #110 EmmmieG

There you are! Thanks for posting the NORAD link. My dad was the official tracker-person-thingy many, many years ago, and your link brought back some memories.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

re: #115 jaunte

Made me think of this one from the Pogues:
[Link: www.youtube.com...]

I can't listen, but I must ask: the one about spending Christmas in jail?

re: #124 Dianna

Don't be!

I just ordered a pizza, online, which just kills me.

I'm wondering if they can find my house.

If they can't, is it free?!

re: #115 jaunte

I'm in dial-up hell, so I can't look, but it's got to be Fairytale of New York. What an awesome, awesome song...

re: #127 MandyManners

If they can't, is it free?!

Yeah, but it's a pizza I'll never see.

re: #126 Dianna

Yes, that's the one: Fairytale of New York

re: #124 Dianna

Don't be!

I just ordered a pizza, online, which just kills me.

I'm wondering if they can find my house.

in a few years no doubt apple will have downloadable iPizzas

re: #125 MandyManners

There you are! Thanks for posting the NORAD link. My dad was the official tracker-person-thingy many, many years ago, and your link brought back some memories.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

That's totally cool!

Every so often our government gets something absolutely right. This is one of them. My kids keep checking the countdown. It gives them something to do, other than climb the walls and run up and down beserk because it's so close.

re: #124 Dianna

Don't be!

I just ordered a pizza, online, which just kills me.

I'm wondering if they can find my house.

Yes.
I ordered pizza online a week or so ago, first time.
They found me more quickly than if I had called the store!
Have faith. Your pizza will arrive.

re: #124 Dianna

Don't be!

I just ordered a pizza, online, which just kills me.

I'm wondering if they can find my house.

Wait a sec.

Remember when our cars were filled up by a young man who washed our windows and checked our oil? Then, he was replaced by self-service and we had to go in and pay for it ourselves. Nowadays, we don't have to deal with a human directly as we swipe our credit cards at the pump.

Same thing.

re: #124 Dianna

Don't be!

I just ordered a pizza, online, which just kills me.

I'm wondering if they can find my house.

Sure they can, they have your IP address.

re: #120 razorbacker

I was looking for the nice, clean, high-quality studio version.

But this'll do...Chicken Fried

Great song!

re: #124 Dianna

Don't be!

I just ordered a pizza, online, which just kills me.

I'm wondering if they can find my house.

The problem with that is they try to deliver it through your phonelines. Very messy, not to mention it clogs up the phonelines, all that sauce and cheese, not to mention the pepperonni

re: #129 Dianna

Yeah, but it's a pizza I'll never see.

There's a poem in there somewhere.

re: #124 Dianna

In keeping with the science fiction theme of an earlier thread, is the pizza delivery guaranteed by Uncle Enzo?

re: #130 jaunte

Yes, that's the one: Fairytale of New York

Great song!

Of course, I love the Pogues.

re: #138 MandyManners

There's a poem in there somewhere.

or a Tom Waits song

re: #133 reine.de.tout

Yes.
I ordered pizza online a week or so ago, first time.
They found me more quickly than if I had called the store!
Have faith. Your pizza will arrive.

That's good; we're in a new-ish area, so I have crossed all my fingers and toes.

FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK

It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me, won't see another one
And then he sang a song
The Rare Old Mountain Dew
I turned my face away
And dreamed about you

Got on a lucky one
Came in eighteen to one
I've got a feeling
This year's for me and you
So happy Christmas
I love you baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true

They've got cars big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It's no place for the old
When you first took my hand
On a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me
Broadway was waiting for me

You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of New York City
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging,
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night

The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day

You're a bum
You're a punk
You're an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas your arse
I pray God it's our last

I could have been someone
Well so could anyone
You took my dreams from me
When I first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can't make it all alone
I've built my dreams around you

Q: How do you get an Ohio State grad off your front porch?

A : pay him for the pizza

re: #142 Dianna

That's good; we're in a new-ish area, so I have crossed all my fingers and toes.

thats gonna make it tough to walk to the door when the deliverryman shows up, no?

re: #139 jaunte

In keeping with the science fiction theme of an earlier thread, is the pizza delivery guaranteed by Uncle Enzo?

No, but if necessary, I'll start saying it is.

re: #138 MandyManners

There's a poem in there somewhere.

There is. And it's one of those ironic, modern ones, too.

Maybe we should ask TFK?

re: #146 Dianna

You might enjoy reading the book that's from: Snowcrash.

Diana can you pay for the pizza on-line too when you order it?

PIMF
sorry Dianna

re: #149 Shug

Diana can you pay for the pizza on-line too when you order it?

I'm guessing you have to enter a debit or credit card # to "finish" the order

re: #148 jaunte

You might enjoy reading the book that's from: Snowcrash.

I have - very fond of it. I liked Snowcrash better than anything Stephenson has done since.

re: #149 Shug

Diana can you pay for the pizza on-line too when you order it?

Yes. But I prefer to pay cash for pizza. It's traditional.

re: #132 EmmmieG

That's totally cool!

Every so often our government gets something absolutely right. This is one of them. My kids keep checking the countdown. It gives them something to do, other than climb the walls and run up and down beserk because it's so close.

I kept The Kid calm this evening by making and baking doggie bones. I got this bone-cutter and recipe booklet from the Compleat Gourmet in Denver ages ago. Whole wheat flour. Dried milk. Beef stock. Butter. Salt.

Between the oven and the kneading, I opened up some windows and turned off the heat. But, I love doing cooking/baking with him 'cause it slows him down and makes him DO WHAT HE'S TOLD TO DO by someone other than lil' ole' me. Plus, he's learning fractions.

Me: Kid, you need three cups but, you need to add them 1/2-cup at a time. How many 1/2 cups will you need?
Kid: 3/6.
Me: How many?
Kid: Six.

re: #152 Dianna

That would be another very tough movie script.

re: #141 sattv4u2

or a Tom Waits song

Ooooh. You could be right.

re: #154 MandyManners

Throw some cranberries in next time, dogs love them.

re: #147 Dianna

There is. And it's one of those ironic, modern ones, too.

Maybe we should ask TFK?

Has he been around today? Sharmuta channeled him earlier.

re: #155 jaunte

That would be another very tough movie script.

Nearly impossible, I should think, though very interesting if it could be done.

re: #158 MandyManners

Has he been around today? Sharmuta channeled him earlier.

I think I saw him, briefly, on a thread around mid-day. But he's not on this one.

Hello Lizards! It's still icing in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland.

It seems like a slow night here on LGF. I left a about an hour ago and not much has happened. Is everyone out shopping?

How are you-all and what are we talking about?

re: #161 ggt

Hello Lizards! It's still icing in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland.

It seems like a slow night here on LGF. I left a about an hour ago and not much has happened. Is everyone out shopping?

How are you-all and what are we talking about?

YOU ,, now that you're here we;ll have to change the subject though!

re: #161 ggt

Hello Lizards! It's still icing in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland.

It seems like a slow night here on LGF. I left a about an hour ago and not much has happened. Is everyone out shopping?

How are you-all and what are we talking about?

Pizza, the Pogues, and Neal Stephenson. And baking dog biscuits.

re: #162 sattv4u2

YOU ,, now that you're here we;ll have to change the subject though!

Oh, did I do something worth talking about?

:0

re: #164 ggt

Oh, did I do something worth talking about?

:0

no,, and thats the problem! Dianna and Mandy were saying what a waste of Lixard you are !

re: #154 MandyManners

Does smelling the biscuits baking make you want to sample them?
I think I would be testing them, just to make sure they were ok for the dog.

re: #7 lifeofthemind

Not amused

Oh, come on! It's not mocking Sarah Palin; it's mocking the leftards' view of her as a redneck. I'll bet she has seen this and laughed her a** off.

re: #163 Dianna

Pizza, the Pogues, and Neal Stephenson. And baking dog biscuits.

I've never baked dog bisquits. It's easier to tear-off a piece of string cheese when it's time for treats.

re: #161 ggt

Watching "It's a Wonderful Life" on DVD and wrapping presents.

re: #165 sattv4u2

no,, and thats the problem! Dianna and Mandy were saying what a waste of Lixard you are !

Well, what do you think we say about you when you aren't here?

re: #170 ggt

Well, what do you think we say about you when you aren't here?

why do you think I never LEAVE !

re: #166 jaunte

Does smelling the biscuits baking make you want to sample them?
I think I would be testing them, just to make sure they were ok for the dog.

I remember being thoroughly shocked when a friend of mine sampled the dog biscuits.

re: #171 sattv4u2

why do you think I never LEAVE !

LOL!

re: #170 ggt

Well, what do you think we say about you when you aren't here?

Now you know, the beauty of the innernuts is that one can lurk around and actually be "here" while not being seen!

re: #172 Dianna

It is sometimes surprising when friends get down on the floor and stick their heads in the dog bowl. I used to just call it 'Saturday night.'

re: #168 ggt

I've never baked dog bisquits. It's easier to tear-off a piece of string cheese when it's time for treats.

After my black mutt demonstrated that giving her treats turned her into a total chow-hound, and encouraged begging, I stopped giving treats.

I've witnessed a remarkable improvement in her behavior. The corgi, of course, remains incorrigible.

And what was the Government of Australia thinking when they dispatched infantry to the Second Boer War?

re: #172 Dianna

I remember being thoroughly shocked when a friend of mine sampled the dog biscuits.

Whats more shocking is that you have freinds that WOULD! Shows you how YOUR judgement is!

re: #174 reine.de.tout

Now you know, the beauty of the innernuts is that one can lurk around and actually be "here" while not being seen!

how true!

re: #172 Dianna

I remember being thoroughly shocked when a friend of mine sampled the dog biscuits.

Why?
The dog biscuits don't have anything in them toxic to humans.

re: #126 Dianna

I can't listen, but I must ask: the one about spending Christmas in jail?

he only spends christmas eve in jail.

re: #128 Palandine

I'm in dial-up hell, so I can't look, but it's got to be Fairytale of New York. What an awesome, awesome song...

i love it.

re: #105 nyc redneck

I'm OK. Chanukah has been great so far, but unfortunately, my step-mom's mom passed away today. She was a Holocaust survivor, and I was very fond of her. It's weird and sad.

re: #176 Dianna

After my black mutt demonstrated that giving her treats turned her into a total chow-hound, and encouraged begging, I stopped giving treats.

I've witnessed a remarkable improvement in her behavior. The corgi, of course, remains incorrigible.

In my house, treats are accompanied by some sort of training. So, they only happen when I have the energy.

re: #154 MandyManners

We cook with Mom here, too. We also cook without Mom. Then we leave the cookie dough in the fridge. Mom is getting fat.

I do wish she would learn to cook something involving vegetables.

re: #183 WriterMom

I'm OK. Chanukah has been great so far, but unfortunately, my step-mom's mom passed away today. She was a Holocaust survivor, and I was very fond of her. It's weird and sad.

How awful, I'm so sorry for your loss.

re: #183 WriterMom

I'm OK. Chanukah has been great so far, but unfortunately, my step-mom's mom passed away today. She was a Holocaust survivor, and I was very fond of her. It's weird and sad.

WriterMom- so sorry to hear this!

re: #183 WriterMom

So Sorry to hear that.

Going to be kind of busy the next couple of days, so Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.

re: #79 Killgore Trout

My all time favorite Waits song...
Nighthawks at the Diner

I'm partial to Frank's Wild Years myself. Tom Waits has a wicked, if slightly black, sense of humor.

I remember seeing him on TV doing a duet with Crystal Gayle. That was very cool, too.

re: #189 Naso Tang

Going to be kind of busy the next couple of days, so Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.

And the same to you, Naso!

Thanks, guys and gals. I feel bad for my step-mother. They were so close. But she had a very good life, miraculous considering her past-surviving two concentration camps..really miraculous.

re: #183 WriterMom

I am so sorry for your loss. God be with you and your family during his difficult time. You will be in my prayers.

re: #101 MandyManners

A classic.
/Cheers!

re: #144 Shug

Q: How do you get an Ohio State grad off your front porch?

A : pay him for the pizza

LOL!

re: #183 WriterMom

My condolences.

So, if I'm not around much-mostly because of the kids being off-I'd like to wish all the Christian lizards a very Merry Christmas-blessings to you and yours during this holiday season.

re: #175 jaunte

It is sometimes surprising when friends get down on the floor and stick their heads in the dog bowl. I used to just call it 'Saturday night.'

My oldest nephew is autistic, and one of his issues is food. He likes crunchy food.

After I took the black mutt, he suddenly lost weight.

I speculate that he was snagging Chelsea's food.

re: #157 Thanos

Throw some cranberries in next time, dogs love them.

Really? I did not know that.

re: #197 WriterMom

Thank you and a Happy Hannukah to you!

re: #166 jaunte

Does smelling the biscuits baking make you want to sample them?
I think I would be testing them, just to make sure they were ok for the dog.

Ummm...no. Not at all. But, that didn't stop The Kid from eating a few.

re: #183 WriterMom

I'm OK. Chanukah has been great so far, but unfortunately, my step-mom's mom passed away today. She was a Holocaust survivor, and I was very fond of her. It's weird and sad.

oh no, so sorry to hear this. did she talk abt. her life. i am thinking these few people we have left should be interviewed. soon we will lose the last one and their stories are so important. i am sorry for your loss.

re: #200 EmmmieG

Thank you. We made latkest from scratch and have been singing every night, bringing lots of light into the house and hopefully the world. I love Chanukah-Jewish warriors ROCK!

re: #198 Dianna

re: #201 MandyManners

It may be a guy thing. ;-)

re: #106 MandyManners

Hello?

Why hello Mandy... ;)

re: #183 WriterMom

I'm sorry you lost her; I hope you can keep her in memory for a long time.

re: #183 WriterMom

I'm OK. Chanukah has been great so far, but unfortunately, my step-mom's mom passed away today. She was a Holocaust survivor, and I was very fond of her. It's weird and sad.

My most sincere condolences mom...

Bollywood Christmas
/Namaste, Y'all

re: #172 Dianna

I remember being thoroughly shocked when a friend of mine sampled the dog biscuits.

Looking back through the years of photograpsh of The Kid to find good ones to use in the calendars for my sister's present, I came across a short series of photographs I took of The Kid (when he was about three) pouring water into our Jack Russell's bowl, pusing her aside, bending over and drinking out of the bowl.

re: #203 WriterMom

I did a thing for my cub scouts, and on Lynn B's recommendation made latkes. I did not know they were also known to gentiles as potato pancakes. I married a boy from Idaho.

I was loading them up to take and he stood there, this look on his face. "You're taking them all?"

I took all but one. Then, later, we made more, and he was happy.

re: #183 WriterMom

(((WriterMom)))

re: #202 nyc redneck

We know the basic details, but she couldn't talk about it. Not ever. But, I've read quite a lot of primary sources regarding her particular experience and it's unimagineable horror and terror.

re: #192 WriterMom

Thanks, guys and gals. I feel bad for my step-mother. They were so close. But she had a very good life, miraculous considering her past-surviving two concentration camps..really miraculous.

Please accept my condolences for the loss of such a rare person close to your family.

re: #192 WriterMom

Thanks, guys and gals. I feel bad for my step-mother. They were so close. But she had a very good life, miraculous considering her past-surviving two concentration camps..really miraculous.

Love Wins.

Santa Claus Father Christmas Is He Really Indian Punjabi Sikh Hindu !

Thank you all very much. Personally, the thing that I think that is important to do to honour her memory and others is to never forget, listen to the stories of survivors while they are still alive and read about the Holocaust, too.

I love Wait's NIGHTHAWKS AT THE DINER release, a live set with him on piano and guitar, bass player, piano, sax and drums. The losers he describes (often himself) and the pictures that he paints with words still stands up after all these years. Every time I hear this one, I wanna go out in the middle of the night, find a Denny's and load up on greasy breakfast foods and strong black coffee. Need to find me a monkey-s#it brown Oldsmobile first...

And hey, he did do "A Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis" so there is one for the season... Starts off with "Charlie, I'm pregnant..." and just gets bleaker from there...

And as far as his voice is concerned, I hear Satchmo every time Waits growls (and that ain't a bad thing...)

NP: "In Shades" from HEART ATTACK & VINE (it's an instrumental, BTW, jazzy-cool-Jimmy Smith organ-groove... yeah...)

re: #205 doriangrey

Why hello Mandy... ;)

Hi, Dorian!

re: #124 Dianna

Don't be!

I just ordered a pizza, online, which just kills me.

I'm wondering if they can find my house.

They can if they have GPS.

re: #209 MandyManners

Looking back through the years of photograpsh of The Kid...

Uh oh, Mandy's had a little too much of the holiday cheer.

re: #216 WriterMom

I had the opportunity to listen to a Holocaust survivor as a teen, and my daughter recently had the same experience. It's a very sobering and very important experience.

re: #215 Killgore Trout

Santa Claus Father Christmas Is He Really Indian Punjabi Sikh Hindu !

They do have dancing elves...

re: #220 CyanSnowHawk

Uh oh, Mandy's had a little too much of the holiday cheer.

Not yet.

re: #221 EmmmieG

Yes, one never forgets the words, the personal experiences. It's often life-changing.

re: #224 WriterMom

Yes, it was. My daughter needed to talk about it for several days, just to process what she had heard.

re: #221 EmmmieG

I had the opportunity to listen to a Holocaust survivor as a teen, and my daughter recently had the same experience. It's a very sobering and very important experience.

Is there an organized effort to record accounts from the survivors while they are still with us?

re: #79 Killgore Trout

My all time favorite Waits song...
Nighthawks at the Diner

See my #217, I'm with you on this one!

re: #222 mich-again

They do have dancing elves...

Oh, for goodness' sake. But for that last scene, I was cheering.

bbiab

Oh, tidings of comfort and joy.

re: #212 WriterMom

We know the basic details, but she couldn't talk about it. Not ever. But, I've read quite a lot of primary sources regarding her particular experience and it's unimagineable horror and terror.

several yrs. ago there was a little old gal who worked at a bakery in the neighborhood. she had the numbers on her arm. i knew immediately what it was.
she was so industrious. always at the bakery. i always thought she kept so busy so she wouldn't have to think abt. what she had endured. she wore make up and died her hair yellow tho i think she was in her 70's then.
and short sleeve blouses. she never tried to hide the numbers.

re: #226 CyanSnowHawk

The Steven Spielberg foundation has done this. Local Jewish Federations also can put you in touch with survivors who tell their stories.

re: #226 CyanSnowHawk

I thought Spielberg was on it.

Ah, used google. He is:

[Link: college.usc.edu...]

This is good, but it's still quite an impact to meet a survivor face to face.

re: #231 nyc redneck

several yrs. ago there was a little old gal who worked at a bakery in the neighborhood. she had the numbers on her arm. i knew immediately what it was.
she was so industrious. always at the bakery. i always thought she kept so busy so she wouldn't have to think abt. what she had endured. she wore make up and died her hair yellow tho i think she was in her 70's then.
and short sleeve blouses. she never tried to hide the numbers.

I used to go to a barber with the camp numbers tattooed on his arm.
(Another barber I went to was Leonard Nimoy's father, but that is a different matter)

Contrary to Leftist nonsense, Mary was not a homeless, single mother.

re: #231 nyc redneck

several yrs. ago there was a little old gal who worked at a bakery in the neighborhood. she had the numbers on her arm. i knew immediately what it was.
she was so industrious. always at the bakery. i always thought she kept so busy so she wouldn't have to think abt. what she had endured. she wore make up and died her hair yellow tho i think she was in her 70's then.
and short sleeve blouses. she never tried to hide the numbers.

We had a next door neighbor and an across the street neighbor who were survivors. Even though they were not religious, we told our kids to honor them the same way they would honor a rabbi. So my kids grew up hearing stories about the holocaust from these neighbors.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
Tom Waits Bio
I've listened to his gravel-gritty voice for many years and I never tire of it.
He really is very witty and has a marvelous sense of humor!

Good Night All! The cats are pointing at the stairs...

re: #79 Killgore Trout

My all time favorite Waits song...
Nighthawks at the Diner

I've always held out for the right song with Tom Waits. I know he is a great songwriter and I can live with the voice if the song is right. I didn't want to ruin my impression of his music with a bad first song, but the one you linked to was very good. Thanks.

re: #217 Caboose

I like him more as a songwriter than as a singer. I just don't get it. But thats his niche so more power.

Night all.

WriterMom, my condolences, but I am glad you had this woman in your life.

re: #236 Alouette

We had a next door neighbor and an across the street neighbor who were survivors. Even though they were not religious, we told our kids to honor them the same way they would honor a rabbi. So my kids grew up hearing stories about the holocaust from these neighbors.

i regret that i never talked this woman beyond a hello.

How to contact the NORAD men and women.

re: #235 MandyManners

Mandy, Do you still have your Jack Russell? (mine is snoring away on the floor...enjoying the Tom Waits).

I hope santa stays clear of the toolbag

Boy, what a night. Had to deal with a friend's security company for the last hour.

These biscuits for anyone?

good night good folks.
happy hanukah and merry christmas.

No. She hangs out at Rainbow Bridge.

W.W.T.W.D ?

re: #245 Noam Sayin'

...yeah, have a biscuit... there's some cold beer over yonder in that tub.

Back from checking out the lights on Candy Cane Lane.
Fun!
Hows everyone?

re: #247 MandyManners

me sad.

re: #245 Noam Sayin'

Boy, what a night. Had to deal with a friend's security company for the last hour.

These biscuits for anyone?

Wheat-flour. Powdered milk. Beef stock. Butter. Salt. Baked for 50 minutes at 325.

Can you dig it?

re: #244 Shug

I hope santa stays clear of the toolbag

I've wondered about that.

re: #251 WindHorse

me sad.

Not for long.

re: #249 WindHorse

Did someone say beer?

Hey everybody hows tricks, and what are we talking about?

CAMELROT. just read that in a comment from sweetness & light. just wanted to post it here for kicks.

... I think its a keeper.

re: #254 MandyManners

I know... but it is always tough to lose a good friend... 'specially a widdle gurl Jackie... (okay, I admit it - I baby talk to her)

(and, no - I don't wax my chest)

I really dislike Letterman. He is a fumbling idiot. Humorless, bitter, untalented, and stalked by losers. Not to mention he is a piss pants.

re: #258 WindHorse

(and, no - I don't wax my chest)

Rotating title?