It's a winter solstice moonbat convergence!

He could've picked a better day for his pronouncements on what the supreme being will or will not do!

God - if there is one - does not work on this level. This is human stuff.

Merry Christmas!

Dear Reverend Drake: Check your Bible. Only prophets get to announce God's punishment on people. Are you now claiming to be a prophet?

Just asking.

Jesus didn't have a birth certificate.

"God will punish Rick Warren"

That begs the question, what the hell did Pastor Wiley Drake do to be made such an idiot.

The punishment that seems sufficient is taking away Warren's donuts and making him do some sit ups......And to you, Mich-again.

How does that joke about Southern Baptists in Heaven go? Something about a dark room and believing they're the only ones up there...

Now This is somewhat comical to me....
Two pastors, both scheming One is bashing and criticizing
the other with the punishment of God. Priceless and audacious of Drake!
And when and where did you get your powers Drake?

I mean just in those two people, we have dino-human walk-together young earth creationists, hate-the-sin-not-the-sinner homophobes, meet-with-unindited-jihadi-fundraising-coconspirat ors useful idiots, Illegal Aliobama nirth certifikat truthers, and calling-divine-wrath-down-from-God holy cursers!

The corucopia has cracked wide open! It's an idiotarian smorgasbord!

A real nutball buffet. And they're eating their own.

re: #1 Salamantis

It's a winter solstice moonbat convergence!

And they left their guano all over the floor.

re: #11 Salamantis

I mean just in those two people, we have dino-human walk-together young earth creationists, hate-the-sin-not-the-sinner homophobes, meet-with-unindited-jihadi-fundraising-coconspirat ors useful idiots, Illegal Aliobama nirth certifikat truthers, and calling-divine-wrath-down-from-God holy cursers!

The corucopia has cracked wide open! It's an idiotarian smorgasbord!

A real nutball buffet. And they're eating their own.

LMAO! Concise, well-written, and very funny. Thank you, Sal, and Merry Christmas!

re: #10 notutopia

Now This is somewhat comical to me....
Two pastors, both scheming One is bashing and criticizing
the other with the punishment of God. Priceless and audacious of Drake!
And when and where did you get your powers Drake?

Follow the money.

re: #11 Salamantis

Most Excellent Sal !

Idiot fight!

re: #6 Mich-again

Virgin Nirth!

re: #11 Salamantis

I mean just in those two people, we have dino-human walk-together young earth creationists, hate-the-sin-not-the-sinner homophobes, meet-with-unindited-jihadi-fundraising-coconspirat ors useful idiots, Illegal Aliobama nirth certifikat truthers, and calling-divine-wrath-down-from-God holy cursers!

The corucopia has cracked wide open! It's an idiotarian smorgasbord!

A real nutball buffet. And they're eating their own.

ROFLMAO!

ding fries are done

Pastor Wiley Drake has an on-line radio show. You can call in or email your questions.

re: #11 Salamantis

I mean just in those two people, we have dino-human walk-together young earth creationists, hate-the-sin-not-the-sinner homophobes, meet-with-unindited-jihadi-fundraising-coconspirat ors useful idiots, Illegal Aliobama nirth certifikat truthers, and calling-divine-wrath-down-from-God holy cursers!

The corucopia has cracked wide open! It's an idiotarian smorgasbord!

A real nutball buffet. And they're eating their own.

That's...quite a description of Warren and Drake! Heh heh!

re: #20 HelloDare

Pastor Wiley Drake has an on-line radio show. You can call in or email your questions.

First question: Who made you God's primary spokesman? Wouldn't God have chosen someone who isn't an asshat?

re: #19 Killgore Trout

Sounds like Barney Frank...re: #19 Killgore Trout

ding fries are done

Talking with God.....

re: #23 notutopia

Heh, it's oneof those clips that have been so circulated I'm not sure anyone knows where it came from.

[Link: www.noradsanta.org...]
Santa just passed over my house!....Damn!

Hey Charles - wasn't on LGF most of the day so I don't know when you put up the Christmas tree, but thank you!

Hey, Drakkkkkkkkkkkkke?

re: #27 realwest
Real, Santa just flew over Charlotte!

re: #26 notutopia
Uh, y'all live in Northern Canada?!

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LOL Rick Warren - wonder how many Rick Warrens there are . As if there aren't some truly evil humans ahead in the line. lolol and the pastor thinking he knows what's on the priority list. Hysterical. I think my neighbor is worse than this dude, but his name is not easily as pronounceable.

re: #6 Mich-again

Jesus didn't have a birth certificate.

Are we going to start that again? Whoops sorry...that's Hopey-Changie...

re: #24 jcm

"I thought about it for 5 days and did the job in 1."
/Heh

re: #11 Salamantis

hate-the-sin-not-the-sinner homophobes

Um...no.

You may be a homophobe, or you may hate the sin but not the sinner.

Your remark is unjust.

re: #33 Dustyvet

Changey Hopemas!

What a freaking unbiblical moron this twit is. Jesus hung out with hookers and tax collectors who were good of heart. What's this nozzle's problem?

re: #28 MandyManners

Link broken.

re: #34 Killgore Trout

"I thought about it for 5 days and did the job in 1."
/Heh

He really thought about it for 6 days and did it in one...:)

I'm a Southern Baptist, and I don't remember seeing this man at any of the staff meetings....!

/Seriously, Rev, just chill. You're making the rest of us look bad

re: #37 Quilly Mammoth

What a freaking unbiblical moron this twit is. Jesus hung out with hookers and tax collectors who were good of heart. What's this nozzle's problem?

Hubris.

And I thank God that it won't be Wiley Drake's judgment I face on that day of reckoning.

re: #35 Dianna

Um...no.

You may be a homophobe, or you may hate the sin but not the sinner.

Your remark is unjust.

Saying you hate homosexuality but not homosexualis is like saying you hate femininity but not women, or blackness but not blacks.

what god?

re: #39 Dustyvet

It's an interesting scene to watch. Burns is sharp, Denver is out of his league.

re: #29 notutopia
Well actually he flew over it about 20 minutes or so ago - sure didn't stay long and stayed even less in NYC! LOL!

re: #34 Killgore Trout

"I thought about it for 5 days and did the job in 1."
/Heh

Earth is only 1000 years old!

Merry (EST) Christmas!

re: #31 HelloDare

Pastor Drake is looking for sponsors.

Maybe Wiley Drake Coyote can get the Acme Company to sponsor him! Though that might make Barack Obama the Roadrunner. That might work however: since Wiley Coyote often ends up under the bus.

of God's mad at Warren, I can only guess how much trouble the Reverend Fred Phelps of Westboro baptist Church is in...:)

I ever got my "nirth" hat tip..... hmmmmm

MERRY CHRISTMAS! From the East Coast- first in the US! Ho Ho Ho!

re: #43 Salamantis

Saying you hate homosexuality but not homosexualis is like saying you hate femininity but not women, or blackness but not blacks.

Don't be an ass.

I know any number of christians who disapprove, whole-heartedly, of homosexuality. They would never dream, however, of being even mildly unkind to the homosexuals of their acquaintance.

I know it's really comforting to see the world in simple, black and white terms, but that isn't how it is.

At times like this, it just seems that being an atheist makes a lot of sense.

BOGIE!

Six miles out, closing fast. Radar reads as flying deer pulling sleigh. All Children report to your bedrooms, this is not a drill!

and I've been patient.

Hre: #46 realwest

He's in Greenland now....slow warp speed... The reindeer are getting a little tired.

re: #37 Quilly Mammoth

He didn't really "hang out" with them; He entered their lives with the intention of changing them. He wasn't "cool," but more like a bucket of ice-cold water over their heads.

Oh, and by the way, Chappy Channukah.

Merry Christmas.

Well, I've been driving around, to the country hospital to get my BP medications, and to blockbuster to get a box set for my girlfriends and I LOST marathon.

Gee, those drivers are so fucking nice, trying to help me move over to the shoulder, or getting right up on my rear end so I they can help use thier lights so I can see better.

And the guy at blockbuster, where I was PURCHASING a 50 dollar box set, asked me for my Blockbuster card, and when I told him I didn't have it on me, then he wanted my drivers liceinse. Gosh, you thought I was purchasing a car.

How's all of you in Lizard land?

Walter in Thorton Colorado at his girlfriends, waiting fer her to get home from work.

Like I'm sure this guy knows what brand of mayonnaise God uses too.

re: #53 Dianna

Don't be an ass.

I know any number of christians who disapprove, whole-heartedly, of homosexuality. They would never dream, however, of being even mildly unkind to the homosexuals of their acquaintance.

I know it's really comforting to see the world in simple, black and white terms, but that isn't how it is.

I guess compartmentalization can be a blessing; it sure avoids the curse of cognitive dissonance...

re: #38 notutopia

Link broken.

[Link: www.joe-ks.com...]

He continued: “God will deal with you on this ... God will not wink at this.”

I got 20 bucks that says God winks.

on second thought I'm gonna have another drink and wait for Gods op/ed on this one....

re: #48 little boomer
HEY, INDEED - Merry Christmas to you and all Eastern Time Zone Lizards!

re: #62 Salamantis

I guess compartmentalization can be a blessing; it sure avoids the curse of cognitive dissonance...

You must have to compartmentalize madly, then! (this is a joke)

Sal, give it a rest, will you? Your determination to demonize views you don't agree with tires me.

re: #54 SFGoth

At times like this, it just seems that being an atheist makes a lot of sense.

ho ho ho...best line of the week!....nooo shit amigo...

Hey Mandy.
got a great christmas book for the kid
santa's twin
it is about two girls who save christmas from santa's evil twin Bob
did not know there was a part 2 but I am getting it asap for next year

re: #43 Salamantis

Saying you hate homosexuality but not homosexualis is like saying you hate femininity but not women, or blackness but not blacks.

Ditto Dianna's response above, and I will also add that I despise the victimhood, white-laws-don't-apply-to-us culture that way too many blacks have adopted. Likewise the fake "feminism" that Phyllis Chesler opposes at every turn.

re: #62 Salamantis

I guess compartmentalization can be a blessing; it sure avoids the curse of cognitive dissonance...

Can you not separate an action from an actor?

"And this just in to the newsroom, a rash of thefts were reported during the night. Glasses of milk and plates of cookies were reported missing from several locations, we'll have a live report at 7:00 PM."

Have a great Christmas everyone!

re: #53 Dianna

I know it's really comforting to see the world in simple, black and white terms, but that isn't how it is.

Good points Diana, but be careful; That last sentence came across as sniping and Salamantis deserves better than that. You don't want get into it with him, his wit is fairly sharp.

re: #71 MandyManners

Oh, interesting!

The very thing I wish to do...

re: #66 realwest

HEY, INDEED - Merry Christmas to you and all Eastern Time Zone Lizards!

Santa may have a problem in Illinois, Blogo wants a $100,000 for the fly over.

re: #74 Dark_Falcon

Good points Diana, but be careful; That last sentence came across as sniping and Salamantis deserves better than that. You don't want get into it with him, his wit is fairly sharp.

It's joshing, not sniping. To say nothing of ironic commentary.

I've driven by that church more than once, when I lived in OC and when I've visited the area (my parents moved to the west end of Fullerton when I was 10). It's a fairly nice church.

Too bad they have such a loon as that for a pastor.

Of course, sunny SoCal has had more than its share of fruitcake religious leaders. Garner Ted Armstrong, Gene Scott, and Robert Schuller are or were from here. So is the Trinity Broadcasting Network.

re: #72 SteveC Uh oh - run for it Mandy! LOL!
I actually think the "chewed up" carrot sticks you left were a really nice touch! Your kid is lucky to have you for a mom and I hope he knows it.

re: #60 Walter L. Newton

I had traditional Jewish Christmas cuisine (Chinese takeout). Cats ate leftover rockfish. Fireplace lit, snowing outside. Wine, violent video games, LGF, did some varnish work earlier and replaced some purfling on an 18th century Swedish cello earlier.

re: #76 Dustyvet

Santa may have a problem in Illinois, Blogo wants a $100,000 for the fly over.

Anything for the kids! I've got $5, anyone else got a little they can add?

re: #58 victor_yugo

He didn't really "hang out" with them; He entered their lives with the intention of changing them. He wasn't "cool," but more like a bucket of ice-cold water over their heads.

Yes, he did hang with them. The two lowest forms of life were those who deliberately broke the commandments (hookers) and those who collected money(tax collectors) that wasn't tithe. These were damned people, who in that age were "not to be associated with". This was true, even if the scales fell off their eyes, to the majority of the populace. Once a whore always a whore, eh?

But Jesus saved them and took them under his arm showing that even the most reviled of us are worthy of saving.

You ought to get a grip on Biblical reality before you show your ignorance.

re: #78 Steffan

Good heavens! Gene Scott's still around?

He was my grandmother's favorite insomniac entertainment, back in the 70's and early 80's.

re: #81 SteveC

I should have a rusty old pair of legirons around here someplace.

re: #76 Dustyvet
No Sweat - Santa can drop LUMPS of coal from 50,00 feet with surprising accuracy! Blago better hide under his bed.....in his house.....in the basement of his house....long as there's no water leak, I mean!

re: #62 Salamantis

I guess compartmentalization can be a blessing; it sure avoids the curse of cognitive dissonance...

Nice try, but the freedom to disagree without resorting to violence or even deadly force to resolve the differences is the beginning of a civilized, law-based society. Ever heard of "I do not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to say what you will"?

So, Salamantis, if you want to be part of the movement to marginalize Republicans into irrelevance, be my guest. You'll only succeed in marginalizing yourself and a few of your echo-chamber cadre.

re: #80 Killgore Trout

I had traditional Jewish Christmas cuisine (Chinese takeout). Cats ate leftover rockfish. Fireplace lit, snowing outside. Wine, violent video games, LGF, did some varnish work earlier and replaced some purfling on an 18th century Swedish cello earlier.

So you're a fan of Christmas Story? Fa ra ra ra...

re: #80 Killgore Trout

....replaced some purfling on an 18th century Swedish cello earlier.

I have a friend who would be your friend forever if you allowed her to play that cello!

/Yes she knows how!

re: #74 Dark_Falcon Gee, I didn't think it came across as sniping.
Just as part of a discussion.

re: #67 Dianna

You must have to compartmentalize madly, then! (this is a joke)

Sal, give it a rest, will you? Your determination to demonize views you don't agree with tires me.

When those views are views that demonize others whom the demonizers have never met or who have never harmed them, they deserve my disapproval.

It was the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur who said that the one thing that truly tolerant people could not in all good conscience tolerate and remain tolerant people is the coercive intolerance of others. From there, it is only a few slippery slope steps to first defending those others' intolerance, and then embracing it oneself.

re: #54 SFGoth

At times like this, it just seems that being an atheist makes a lot of sense.

Sometimes atheism becomes a sect all its own and jumps into the fight. And then poor agnostics like me get shot at from all sides for not being resolute in our religious beliefs!
/oh, boo hoo, yeah right. By the way, someone a few threads back thought I was a goth, apparently.

re: #76 Dustyvet

Santa may have a problem in Illinois, Blogo wants a $100,000 for the fly over.

re: #81 SteveC

Anything for the kids! I've got $5, anyone else got a little they can add?

Don't worry guys. I hear Santa actually has spent thousands at a coal mine downstate. He needed extra coal in order have enough to put in Blago's stocking.

re: #55 SteveC

BOGIE!

Six miles out, closing fast. Radar reads as flying deer pulling sleigh. All Children report to your bedrooms, this is not a drill!

Just don't stand underneath them as they fly over.....

re: #93 Steffan

Just don't stand underneath them as they fly over.....

Grandma got run over by a reindeer...walking home from our house Christmas Eve...

re: #86 victor_yugo

Gee, the Taliban had a very polite society. Not much domestic viol;ence ...unless you count the women toted off to the soccer field for their last goal.

You really don't know much about anything, do you?

re: #80 Killgore Trout

I had traditional Jewish Christmas cuisine (Chinese takeout). Cats ate leftover rockfish. Fireplace lit, snowing outside. Wine, violent video games, LGF, did some varnish work earlier and replaced some purfling on an 18th century Swedish cello earlier.

I spent the whole after noon folding clothes. This woman has more clothes than RuPaul and she washes it an then it get piled up on the floor. I actually filled 9 laundry baskets. The are now neatly stacked along a wall, since she had no where to store that many items of clothing.

This includes a 4 sided walk in closet. And I swear, if she doesn't won over 200 bottles of cosmetics, she owns none.

It's almost frighting. Between the cosmetics and the colthing, I'm not sure what this woman really looks like.

Scary.

I know it's been said many times, many ways, but can you say it enough these days?
MERRY CHRISTMAS !

re: #86 victor_yugo

Nice try, but the freedom to disagree without resorting to violence or even deadly force to resolve the differences is the beginning of a civilized, law-based society. Ever heard of "I do not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to say what you will"?

So, Salamantis, if you want to be part of the movement to marginalize Republicans into irrelevance, be my guest. You'll only succeed in marginalizing yourself and a few of your echo-chamber cadre.

Since when did Republicanism and homophobia become synonymous?

People have the right to hold their opinions. And I have the right to have opinions about those opinions.

re: #93 Steffan
ROTFL!

re: #91 davinvalkri

Sometimes atheism becomes a sect all its own and jumps into the fight. And then poor agnostics like me get shot at from all sides for not being resolute in our religious beliefs!
/oh, boo hoo, yeah right. By the way, someone a few threads back thought I was a goth, apparently.

I'm a druid, reformed I can pray to small bushes.

Tuttles the name, Capt. Tuttle...

Tonight, 40 years ago: "For all the people on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message we would like to send you."

re: #90 Salamantis

Let me give this a try: Christians believe we are all sinners. Every single one of us, except Jesus Christ. There are also sins, and we are not supposed to embrace sin.

Therefore, we can either learn to love a person while hating an action, and setting aside that kind of judgment that belongs to God*, or we can hate everyone, ourselves and our own children included.

You don't love people because they are good. You are supposed to love people because you are emulating Christ, and He is good.

*As opposed to common sense judgment, like not letting child molesters babysit.

Hello Night Lizards! It's above Zero in Near Iowa tonite.

Everyone ready for tomorrow morning? Do you leave milk and cookies for Santa. I hear he likes Cheese. I'd think he'd like something a little, er, more adult?

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

re: #83 Dianna

Good heavens! Gene Scott's still around?

He was my grandmother's favorite insomniac entertainment, back in the 70's and early 80's.

He died a few years ago, but his widow is running the church now.

I used to love the monkey band.

Minneapolis alert
santa just entered your airspace

re: #94 davinvalkri

Grandma got run over by a reindeer...walking home from our house Christmas Eve...

But as for me and Grandpa, we believe.

re: #101 SteveC

Tonight, 40 years ago: "For all the people on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message we would like to send you."

Thanks! That one got sent to my email list.

re: #96 Walter L. Newton

Walter, this is a client? Or love interest? If a Love Interest...RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

re: #105 rain of lead

Minneapolis alert
santa just entered your airspace

Coal Frankin!

Hey Killgore, nice evening. (BTW, what's your name in reference to? There's one like you on the S.F. Comical site.) I just finally replaced my home computer, which had utterly crapped out on me, with something way more powerful than I need (and to be honest, I don't like movie-screen format screens; I prefer the 4:3 tv size) but at least I can surf and not have the damn thing slow to a crawl after 10 minutes - fan burned out and CPU fried up. Anyway, managed to get connected and here I am. Now to finish loading some software, including Hearts of Iron II (love playing the Wehrmacht) and Civ IV, etwas Deutsch lerne, etwas Wein trinke, und mit dem Katte spiele. Later on I'll pour some Johnnie Walker Gold and plan out tomorrow's Hash House Harriers trail - I always set the run that's closest to Xmas. I'm a Xmas pag (sort of like a Shabbos goy). Then it's head over to the goth club in my new 18th century upper crust outfit - black coat and breeches with a swirl pattern, black and purple waistcoat (sort of a fleur de lys pattern). I really do like being oggled and mentally undressed by women. :->

re: #103 ggt

Hello Night Lizards! It's above Zero in Near Iowa tonite.

Everyone ready for tomorrow morning? Do you leave milk and cookies for Santa. I hear he likes Cheese. I'd think he'd like something a little, er, more adult?

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

Our chimney has been blocked by debris since forever, the windows are locked, and I don't think Santa is in good enough shape to break down doors.

And we're talking about some Southern Baptist preacher/idiot who thinks Rick Warren is going to hell.

re: #90 Salamantis

When those views are views that demonize others whom the demonizers have never met or who have never harmed them, they deserve my disapproval.

It was the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur who said that the one thing that truly tolerant people could not in all good conscience tolerate and remain tolerant people is the coercive intolerance of others. From there, it is only a few slippery slope steps to first defending those others' intolerance, and then embracing it oneself.

Sal...look, you're quite blind to what you do. I figured that out a long time ago; it's like describing water to a rabid creature. But I feel I must try, one more time.

You're wrong about who's intolerant anb demonizing. I think you need to start taking a deep breath and recognizing that, while others may disagree with you about the principles and indeed what constitutes a principle, most civilized human beings (which - shock and outrage! - includes evangelical and even - gasp! - pentecostal Christians) actually focus on the person, first. That is, they love the sinner, whatever they think of the sin.

You are more in danger of falling into the unacceptable category than all too many of the people you dismiss with such disdain.

Merry Christmas and Happy Cinco de Hanukkah!

re: #88 SteveC

Your friend would be my friend forever if they bought it. It's not going to be cheap. I've promised it to a dealer in Minnesota but other arrangements can be made. It should be done in about 6-9 months.

re: #100 Dustyvet
"Will Capt Tuttle please report to the Chaplain's tent?"
I repeat, will Capt Tuttle please report to the Chaplain's tent"!

re: #96 Walter L. Newton

Chicks are weird about folding clothes, making beds and putting the toilet seat down. I just don't get it.

re: #91 davinvalkri

I fear that someone was using "goth" to be polite; he didn't want to say "emo."

(Again, this is a joke, a mild poke and mockery, gentle).

re: #91 davinvalkri

Sometimes atheism becomes a sect all its own and jumps into the fight. And then poor agnostics like me get shot at from all sides for not being resolute in our religious beliefs!
/oh, boo hoo, yeah right. By the way, someone a few threads back thought I was a goth, apparently.

If you like girls in dark make up and tight corsets, you might be.

re: #111 davinvalkri

Our chimney has been blocked by debris since forever, the windows are locked, and I don't think Santa is in good enough shape to break down doors.

And we're talking about some Southern Baptist preacher/idiot who thinks Rick Warren is going to hell.

Santa will find a way!

I don't know about the preacher or Rick Warren, I'm not G-d.

It just reminds me of folks who deny they hate the Jews, while attacking the very existence of the Jewish state of Israel.

re: #110 SFGoth

Off topic:
Civilization IV eh? Do the spearmen still kill tanks?

re: #103 ggt

Hello Night Lizards! It's above Zero in Near Iowa tonite.

Everyone ready for tomorrow morning? Do you leave milk and cookies for Santa. I hear he likes Cheese. I'd think he'd like something a little, er, more adult?

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

He likes Romana Sambuca at the Boomer household- and cookies.

re: #110 SFGoth

My nic is a misspelling of Kurt Vonnegut's alter ego.

re: #82 Quilly Mammoth

Yes, he did hang with them.

You are projecting western social practices on the Middle East of 2,000 years ago. In that, you are being very ethnocentric.

You ought to get a grip on Biblical reality before you show your ignorance.

'Scuse me? You really need to take a look into church history before you start defaming a fellow believer with that kind of libel.

And your #95 shows how selectively you are reading comments:

Gee, the Taliban had a very polite society. Not much domestic viol;ence ...unless you count the women toted off to the soccer field for their last goal.

You really don't know much about anything, do you?

You completely ignore my quote in #86, about disagreeing and affirming the right to disagree, something the Taliban completely oppose (but that doesn't server your purpose to defame me). I think that's called a "straw man argument," and you are showing yourself quite adept at using it.

re: #108 Quilly Mammoth

Walter, this is a client? Or love interest? If a Love Interest...RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

What do you mean by client? Someone I have to play romantic with? No, she is my girlfriend. I known her for two months, and yes, I'm beginning to see some habits that are a little inmature for a 58 year ol woman, but, I'm midly OCD, so picking up after her is actually fun.

How's that for tap dancing. Hey, I'm 56 and frisky. Do you know how hard it is to find a woman my age that hasn't turned into a cat lady or cut her hair shorter than Rosie McDonald?

re: #118 SFGoth

If you like girls in dark make up and tight corsets, you might be.

Nah, it's because I was saying something about how all the carolling and cries for "peace on earth" won't stop Iran, the Saudis, North Korea, or anything like that.

re: #115 realwest

"Will Capt Tuttle please report to the Chaplain's tent?"
I repeat, will Capt Tuttle please report to the Chaplain's tent"!

After this, things get out of hand. Pierce and McIntyre, "realizing" Tuttle hasn't been paid in fourteen months, have all his finances transferred to Sister Theresa's orphanage. General Clayton was so impressed with this act that he proceeds to personally award Tuttle by placing his picture in the newspaper.

When Clayton arrives, Pierce explains how Tuttle accidentally jumped off a helicopter without a parachute. Pierce delivers Tuttle's eulogy, including the cheeky line "There's a little bit of Tuttle left in all of us--in fact, you might say that all of us together made up Tuttle."

When Radar asks Pierce and McIntyre where they came up with Tuttle's dog tags and parachute, McIntyre claimed they were from Major Murdock. When asked who Major Murdock was, McIntyre replied he was Tuttle's replacement, to which Pierce chimed in, "Oh yeah, I had breakfast with him this morning."

re: #100 Dustyvet

I'm a druid, reformed I can pray to small bushes.

Tuttles the name, Capt. Tuttle...

I just think arguing religious doctrine and theology is an exercise in futility...what's the point?...to make yourself heard?...seems a little self serving to me but OTOH I can understand one's interest to defend their point of view...pass the Red Stripe

re: #116 Killgore Trout

Chicks are weird about folding clothes, making beds and putting the toilet seat down. I just don't get it.

Thou shalt make the bed and keep the toilet seat down. If not, many deaths to follow. The living shall envy the dead.

re: #103 ggt
Hi ggt! Well I'm really chilly here in North Carolina, we're down to 62 degrees!
And we're talking about Christmas Spirit!

Lizards,
Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah and belated Solstice Greetings. There is a Higher Power...you just have to look. The mere act of looking makes you a better person, for it informs yourself that there is more than just _you_ in this world we share.

Good Night, Be Safe and Manyana!

re: #96 Walter L. Newton

Walter? This lady never reads over your shoulder, right?

Because I guarantee that she will not be associating with you if she ever realizes you told all of us those details!

re: #127 Dustyvet

You sure that wasn't Frank who then claimed to have had breakfast with him?

re: #129 rawmuse

Yeah, that's a problem for me.

re: #105 rain of lead

Minneapolis alert
santa just entered your airspace

if he visits the zoo Rudolph wont wanna leave I bet....

re: #123 Killgore Trout

My nic is a misspelling of Kurt Vonnegut's alter ego.

God bless you, Mr. Rosewater.

About the article: "Sigh"
About the day: "Merry Christmas!"
Also: "Happy Hanukkah!"

re: #116 Killgore Trout

Chicks are weird about folding clothes, making beds and putting the toilet seat down. I just don't get it.

I don't understand why guys (and I am one) leave the seat up. I don't want to walk into my bathroom seeing and smelling a dirty toilet bowl. Hell, a girl I knew would leave it up b/c she assumed I did as a guy. No, I put it down. It's gross.

re: #130 realwest

Hi ggt! Well I'm really chilly here in North Carolina, we're down to 62 degrees!
And we're talking about Christmas Spirit!

oh, RW, cold?

I've got cold!

other than that, how you doin' tonite?

re: #125 Walter L. Newton
How's that for tap dancing. Hey, I'm 56 and frisky. Do you know how hard it is to find a woman my age that hasn't turned into a cat lady or cut her hair shorter than Rosie McDonald?

LOL! Have fun then. I wish you my best.

re: #113 transient
LOL! Same back atcha!

re: #117 Dianna

I fear that someone was using "goth" to be polite; he didn't want to say "emo."

(Again, this is a joke, a mild poke and mockery, gentle).

LOL, emo's fightin' words!

re: #134 Killgore Trout

Yeah, that's a problem for me.

2 bedrooms, 2 baths. Problem solved.

I think Santa is coming very soon. Good night.

re: #114 Killgore Trout

Your friend would be my friend forever if they bought it. It's not going to be cheap. I've promised it to a dealer in Minnesota but other arrangements can be made. It should be done in about 6-9 months.

She's a recent college graduate with an entry level job, so it's probably a good idea to hang on to that dealer's phone number. :(

re: #136 Dark_Falcon

After all these years my favorite Vonnegut book has ended up being Mother Night. Intentions and results aren't always the same thing. A very underrated book.

I thought you left the toilet seat up if you had a dog.

/could explain a few things in my life

re: #100 Dustyvet

I'm a druid, reformed I can pray to small bushes.

What if the bush is on fire, and you're not wearing your new Birkenstocks?

eep!

This, you have to see!

Vulgar, but funny.

I Believe in Father Christmas

/just don't listen to the lyrics too closely

re: #116 Killgore Trout

Chicks are weird about folding clothes, making beds and putting the toilet seat down. I just don't get it.

The most interesting thing is her whole life changed about three years ago (like mine did). Her husband died and she went from making 80 thousand plus a year to now making 10.50 an hour retail. Long story how it came to that.

But, bottom line, she doesn't want to accept that she is poorer. She never has any money, is behind in all her bills, will probably loose a 1/2 million dollar house that she only has a 1500 month mortgage etc.

BBut she hasn't accepted that her life has changed. She will still purchase a 50 bottle of skin lotion, and then wonder (and I really mean she has no clue), she will wonder where all her money goes.

I like her, but at the same time, I realize that she will have to learn for herself. I certainly don't have the finances to "rescue" her. So, my best bet is to let her reach "bottom" and when it finally hit's her that things have certainly changed, she hopefully will start coming around.

re: #116 Killgore Trout

Uh, I don't give a tinkers damn about folded clothes or made beds, but if I stumble into the bathroom half asleep in the middle of the night and make a splash into the toilet, there will be hell to pay....

re: #127 Dustyvet
ROFL! I can't believe you know all that dialogue by heart, but the Captain Tuttle was one of my favorite MASH shows!

re: #150 Killian Bundy

I Believe in Father Christmas

/just don't listen to the lyrics too closely

Too late. But remember, it's kind of in line with that post-Vietnam era fatalism of the 70's.

re: #149 Dianna

eep!

This, you have to see!

Vulgar, but funny.

Looks like somebody didn't want to hang up all the lights.

re: #118 SFGoth

If you like girls in dark make up and tight corsets, you might be.

Hon, they all like girls in dark make-up and tight corsets. It's sort of encoded on the Y chromosome.

The problem is getting them to admit to it.

re: #142 SFGoth

I know.

I just couldn't resist.

re: #153 realwest

ROFL! I can't believe you know all that dialogue by heart, but the Captain Tuttle was one of my favorite MASH shows!

Hawkeye: "Frank's gone! He took his gun and his toothbrush."

B.J.: "Shooting his mouth off again, huh?"

re: #132 Dianna

Walter? This lady never reads over your shoulder, right?

Because I guarantee that she will not be associating with you if she ever realizes you told all of us those details!

Well, no she doesn't. but she is very honest, and she know that her situation is what I related. She admists to finding it very hard to adjust to her changes in life.

I am not the kind of person to say anything to friends (which I consider Lizards) which I would not say face to face to others. I've discussed this with her.

It's going to be a growing process. We'll make it. And I always like advice from you all.

re: #145 SteveC

The Swedish National Museum has also expressed some interest in this one. There are only a handful of cellos left by this guy. I've never negotiated with a museum before but they have some stuff I'd love to take on trade.

re: #125 Walter L. Newton
Hi Walter! Hey - if those are her "worst" habits, you are a lucky guy if you like her and she likes you - and yes indeed I do know how difficult it is for someone your age........or older!

re: #120 Salamantis

It just reminds me of folks who deny they hate the Jews, while attacking the very existence of the Jewish state of Israel.

The PC name for that is "anti-Zionism." Spewed by those who refuse to acknowledge that Israeli Arabs have far more freedom than Saudi or Pali Christians.

I think GLBT couples should qualify for Federal survivor benefits. I don't think they should redefine marriage, but that's just my opinion. I also don't think they've thought it through.... gay marriages would have to be dissolved in divorce court, an expensive proposition.

What's the Bar Association's stance on gay marriage, hmmmm?

re: #156 Dianna

Hon, they all like girls in dark make-up and tight corsets. It's sort of encoded on the Y chromosome.

The problem is getting them to admit to it.

Well, I guess that depends on how tight the corset is...
/Not really, corsets went out of fashion in the 19th century, right?

I'm pretty sure you're right Dianna, the guy who thought I wore "goth black makeup" probably thought I was emo and/or needed to get laid. And I guess I do need to get laid sometime...

Excuse my typing. I'm on a strange keyboard and I'm not use to it. It's very hard, long keystrokes.

re: #110 SFGoth

On on.

/not a HHH myself, just know a few.

re: #139 ggt
I'm doing ok, thanks - it turned Christmas here about a half-hour or so ago, so I'm actually feeling quite well!
How's about yourself?

re: #150 Killian Bundy

That's the piece I was quoting earlier, wasn't it?

The Christmas we get, we deserve.

re: #151 Walter L. Newton

That's a tough situation. I've always been poor my entire adult life so I'm used to it, I know how to do it and it doesn't bother me. If I had money I wouldn't know what to do with it. However, I do understand that not everybody knows how to live on the cheap. It's an acquired skill and a lost art. Not everybody can do it. Good luck.

re: #131 Quilly Mammoth

Lizards,
Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah and belated Solstice Greetings. There is a Higher Power...you just have to look. The mere act of looking makes you a better person, for it informs yourself that there is more than just _you_ in this world we share.

Good Night, Be Safe and Manyana!

Quilly, be well and have a happy.

re: #158 SteveC

Hawkeye: "Frank's gone! He took his gun and his toothbrush."

B.J.: "Shooting his mouth off again, huh?"

Hawkeye- Igor whats for dinner? dont tell me it's liver or fish...

Igor- it's liver or fish sir

Hawkeye- I've eaten a river of liver and an ocean of fish! I cant make love unless I'm smothered in onions and I'm not gonna take it anymore!

re: #162 Steffan

What's the Bar Association's stance on gay marriage, hmmmm?

My guess is that most attorneys are in favor of same-sex marriage. It would increase their pool of potential clients in matters of divorce.

re: #163 davinvalkri

Well, I guess that depends on how tight the corset is...
/Not really, corsets went out of fashion in the 19th century, right?

I met a woman a few years ago who makes her own corsets, including shaping the bones. There was no mistaking that she was wearing a corset, but she actually looked like she could be on the street and not violate any public indecency laws. Yes, it looked that good on her.

Madonna, eat your heart out!

re: #166 realwest

I'm doing ok, thanks - it turned Christmas here about a half-hour or so ago, so I'm actually feeling quite well!
How's about yourself?

hangin' in there. Warm on my couch with puppies next to me.

Another 1/2 hour so until Christmas is officially here in Near Iowa.

re: #167 Dianna

That's the piece I was quoting earlier, wasn't it?

The Christmas we get, we deserve.

Ah, that's where that line came from!

re: #149 Dianna
ROTFLMAO! That's hilarious! Hey, how are you doing tonight Dianna?

re: #168 Killgore Trout

In some ways, money is like electricity. It is useful in the proper amounts, and harmful when you increase the voltage past what your circuits can handle.

re: #163 davinvalkri

We all need to get laid, properly, by the right person, as frequently as possible!

re: #176 rawmuse

In some ways, money is like electricity. It is useful in the proper amounts, and harmful when you increase the voltage past what your circuits can handle.

"May God smite me with it!" -- Tevye (speaking of money, not electricity, couldn't afford that)

re: #101 SteveC

Tonight, 40 years ago: "For all the people on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message we would like to send you."

Madalyn Murray O'Hair later sued NASA over the crew's reading from Genesis that night, wanting the courts to ban astronauts from public prayer since they were government employees.

re: #168 Killgore Trout

That's a tough situation. I've always been poor my entire adult life so I'm used to it, I know how to do it and it doesn't bother me. If I had money I wouldn't know what to do with it. However, I do understand that not everybody knows how to live on the cheap. It's an acquired skill and a lost art. Not everybody can do it. Good luck.

Thanks. She'll work it out, with my help. But as I say, she's going to have to come to some realizations on her own, or else it's not going to really become part of her way of thinking. It took me almost 5 years to work out the details. I was living high on the hog for over 25 years.

Never was wanting for anything. Wife and I go out to an ancient coin club meeting, see a nice ancient Greek silve coin we wanted, drop a grand like we were buying something at McDonalds.

Life a real fun ride.

How are you doing tonight, rawmuse?

I have a special treat for you.

re: #160 Killgore Trout

The Swedish National Museum has also expressed some interest in this one. There are only a handful of cellos left by this guy. I've never negotiated with a museum before but they have some stuff I'd love to take on trade.

I've worked in a (small) museum. If the "stuff" you're interested in is already logged into their records ("assessioned") it will be a major task to claim it; most museums have pretty strict guidelines about items coming in and going out. Once it's in the system, there has to be a good reason for it to leave and there has to be paperwork associated with it. A lot of the organizations that fund grants like for the paperwork to be in order, so they have proof their investments are not being squandered.

re: #177 Dianna

We all need to get laid, properly, by the right person, as frequently as possible!

Haiku Orgasm

Syneaesthesia
A symphony of textures
Technicolor moans

re: #162 Steffan
"What's the Bar Association's stance on gay marriage, hmmmm?"
I don't know, but I bet the Divorce Lawyers are all in favor of Gay Marriage - just more business for them!

re: #175 realwest

ROTFLMAO! That's hilarious! Hey, how are you doing tonight Dianna?

Very well, thank you!

I see, from above, how yours is. I'm glad you're having a good evening.

re: #170 albusteve

Hawkeye- Igor whats for dinner? dont tell me it's liver or fish...

Igor- it's liver or fish sir

Hawkeye- I've eaten a river of liver and an ocean of fish! I cant make love unless I'm smothered in onions and I'm not gonna take it anymore!

WE WANT SOMETHING ELSE! :)

re: #177 Dianna

We all need to get laid, properly, by the right person, as frequently as possible!

You looking for volunteers? ;)

re: #162 Steffan

What's the Bar Association's stance on gay marriage, hmmmm?

Not sure about them, but I'm sure the Gay Bar Association is all for it!

/ducks

re: #183 Salamantis

Haiku Orgasm

Syneaesthesia
A symphony of textures
Technicolor moans

I quite like that!

re: #168 Killgore Trout
"If I had money I wouldn't know what to do with it."
Um, well, I wouldn't mind if you threw some my way!
Just a suggestion, ya unnerstand?!
:)

re: #183 Salamantis

I'm hearing images,
I'm seeing sounds
No poet has ever painted...

realwest? you still there?

re: #188 victor_yugo

Not sure about them, but I'm sure the Gay Bar Association is all for it!

/ducks

Ah the Gay Bars! Where "happy hour" is from opening time to closing time--and sometimes after! Where the talk flows free and the booze flows freer...I'm using the wrong definition of "gay", aren't I?

re: #187 FurryOldGuyJeans

You looking for volunteers? ;)

Got my very own already. Thanks, though.

re: #188 victor_yugo

Not sure about them, but I'm sure the Gay Bar Association is all for it!

/ducks

re: #186 SteveC

WE WANT SOMETHING ELSE! :)

I used to watch a little MASH here and there...just enough

re: #149 Dianna

/Are you trying to steal Mandy's avatar? ;)

re: #179 FurryOldGuyJeans

Madalyn Murray O'Hair later sued NASA over the crew's reading from Genesis that night, wanting the courts to ban astronauts from public prayer since they were government employees.

What happened?

re: #198 MandyManners

What happened?

She died.

heh.

re: #5 EmmmieG

Dear Reverend Drake: Check your Bible. Only prophets get to announce God's punishment on people. Are you now claiming to be a prophet?

Just asking.

That'll piss off the Muslims too....

re: #198 MandyManners

What happened?

No more "prayers" in space.

re: #197 NY Nana

/Are you trying to steal Mandy's avatar? ;)

No! I wouldn't dream of it!

The woman grates carrots to convince her son Santa and his reindeer visited; I'm not getting in the way of that sort of dedication!

re: #185 Dianna
Thank you, so am I!

Rev. Drake, for your information, Jesus hung out with the prostitutes and the tax collectors.

re: #192 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Mooooooooooooo.

Good evening Lizards...Dinner is over, The presents all unwrapped, Everyone has gone home and mama is in bed...
I'm glad it's done...it's always a wonderful time but exhausting..
Great Basketball games on tomorrow!

It's a crazy wild world; Madelyn Murray O-Hair's son is a Christian, and Fred Phelps' son is an atheist...

re: #201 rawmuse

No more "prayers" in space.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiight.

re: #205 MandyManners

Orphan Annie sez Mooooooooooooo.

Fixed it for ya! Merry Christmas Mandy!

realwest? You there?

Ms. rawmuse is asleep in the chair by the christmas tree, blanket over her legs, cat on her lap, tv remote in one hand. I just took the cutest couple of pics.

Merry Christmas to all the Christian lizards!

re: #202 Dianna

No! I wouldn't dream of it!

The woman grates carrots to convince her son Santa and his reindeer visited; I'm not getting in the way of that sort of dedication!

I draw the line at scat.

re: #210 rawmuse

Wait til she starts drooling... take some more!

re: #192 Fat Bastard Vegetarian Yes I am FBV - how are you tonight?

re: #149 Dianna

eep!

This, you have to see!

Vulgar, but funny.

That's a good one. Just about the fanciest shed I've ever seen, too.

re: #182 SteveC

I figure that some of their holdings have been gifted or granted to them with strings attached. It will be complicated but business is business, money is money. It will depend on currency exchange rates, red tape, etc. I just hope I finish before my contacts die or retire.

It's time to hit the hay.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

re: #201 rawmuse

No more "prayers" in space.

Believe me, as long a we ask men and women to take off on five gazillion gallons of explosive liquid and oxygen, there will be prayers in space.

re: #207 Salamantis

It's a crazy wild world; Madelyn Murray O-Hair's son is a Christian, and Fred Phelps' son is an atheist...

I think the term you're looking for is "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World."

Or maybe it's a marshmallow world. But I'm pretty sure it's a mad world.

re: #211 israellycool

Thanks Cool!

re: #198 MandyManners

What happened?

The SCOTUS threw out the case based on lack of jurisdiction, but the suit scared NASA witless about any religious expression for the rest of the Apollo program.

re: #214 realwest

Yes I am FBV - how are you tonight?

I am great. Check yer karma!

re: #190 realwest

I'll keep you in mind if I find myself with more money than I can use.

re: #199 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

She died.

heh.

Actually, she was murdered.

re: #201 rawmuse
Or at least not out loud.

re: #199 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

She died.

heh.

She was murdered, and her remains stuffed in a barrel. Yuck.

re: #218 unclassifiable

Believe me, as long a we ask men and women to take off on five gazillion gallons of explosive liquid and oxygen, there will be prayers in space.

Hence the quotation marks.

Have a very merry Christmas, Lizards, may God bless us every one.

re: #221 FurryOldGuyJeans

The SCOTUS threw out the case based on lack of jurisdiction, but the suit scared NASA witless about any religious expression for the rest of the Apollo program.

You mean SCOTUS doesn't have jurisdiction over outer space?
Finally a problem Congress can handle.

re: #217 MandyManners

It's time to hit the hay.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Merry Christmas to you too, Mandy.

re: #202 Dianna

Mandy is a great mother, and Kiddo is very lucky...don't tell her I said anything!

Whoops, uh, hi, Mandy.

I just realized! A very merry Christmas to all Lizards on the East Coast!

re: #206 HoosierHoops
Hey Hoops - the presents are all unwrapped already?!

re: #207 Salamantis

It's a crazy wild world; Madelyn Murray O-Hair's son is a Christian, and Fred Phelps' son is an atheist...

Serves both parents right.

re: #207 Salamantis

It's a crazy wild world; Madelyn Murray O-Hair's son is a Christian, and Fred Phelps' son is an atheist...

It is indeed a crazy world.

re: #217 MandyManners
Merry Christmas Mandy!

Hey Dianna; since you liked that one, here's another!

Honest Proposition

Let us embark on courtship's dance
Begin romance

And let us kindle passion's fire
Enflame desire

Then let us ride the rising tide
A-rage inside

And precious ecstasy purloin:
Let us conjoin.

Let your thighs squeeze my stone caress
Feel my thickness

Let my tongue tease your buds to bloom
Taste your perfume

And let us shudder with delight
Exalt the night

Then let us slumber till the morn
Renewed, reborn.

A crazed Southern Baptist pastor...
Christmas wishes....
Goths....
MASH....
Sexual activity....
and Madelyn Murray O-Hair.

It's been quite a thread already!

re: #226 Ward Cleaver

She was murdered, and her remains stuffed in a barrel. Yuck.

A shame too. She seemed swell.

re: #20 HelloDare

Pastor Wiley Drake has an on-line radio show. You can call in or email your questions.

The streaming internet channel he's on has a "New World Order" show every Sunday...

had a good day went to lacal bars/clubs a friend of mine who was bartending was dressed up with green face paint and a santa suit so i went and had Mr Grinch draw me a few drafts and pour a few healthy shots oh and MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone next on comedy central will be the cencored version of dennis leary's merry fucken christmas

re: #237 SteveC

A crazed Southern Baptist pastor...
Christmas wishes....
Goths....
MASH....
Sexual activity....
and Madelyn Murray O-Hair.

It's been quite a thread already!

But no boobies yet. Just a bunch of boobs.

[Link: www.hulu.com...]

Two Brothers
Feature Film|1:45:02|
Two tiger brothers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity. Years later, the brothers find themselves reunited, but as forced enemies pitted against each other.

Free and worthwhile.

re: #212 MandyManners

I draw the line at scat.

Good. I quail at the thought of your kid and scat.

Mostly because I remember, all too well, what I was like.

Consider Skippy Rule #87, and that my mother wishes she'd thought of it.

re: #232 realwest

Hey Hoops - the presents are all unwrapped already?!

We have always done Christmas Eve..
It's a tradition with us...

Merry Christmas all.

Now that the day is actually here I can enjoy it. The "Christmas Season" is always unmitigated hell, but the day itself is a day of joy.

re: #222 Fat Bastard Vegetarian Huh! How the hell did that happen- Santa Claus?!
:)
Thankew for you campaign and support!

Merry Christmas to all the lizards this fine Christmas Day!

I got ms. rawmuse the coolest thing for christmas. It is a hand made, fired ceramic serving platter with the image of her face on it. She is smiling and looking over the piano music stand at me, playing the bass. I snapped it one night, and I got a local artist to transfer the image on to the platter, lacquer it. It kind of looks like those high contrast dot images like what the Wall St. Journal uses for their head shots. It is cobalt blue on off white. It is amazing.

When we are not using it, it goes over the fireplace mantle.

I like it so much, I may get one done of myself, so we can have His & Hers.

re: #237 SteveC

A crazed Southern Baptist pastor...
Christmas wishes....
Goths....
MASH....
Sexual activity....
and Madelyn Murray O-Hair.

It's been quite a thread already!

I'm a bad influence for #3, I'm sorry.

re: #229 HoosierHoops

You mean SCOTUS doesn't have jurisdiction over outer space?
Finally a problem Congress can handle.

Hard to say really since I ain't a lawyer and the exact reason is:

U.S. Supreme Court
O'HAIR v. PAINE , 397 U.S. 531 (1970)

397 U.S. 531

Madalyn Murray O'HAIR et al.
v.
Thomas O. PAINE et al.
No. 1190.

Supreme Court of the United States

April 6, 1970

James H. Anderson, Jr., for appellants Society of Separationists, Inc ., and others.

Solicitor General Griswold, for appellees.

PER CURIAM.

The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.[ O'Hair v. Paine 397 U.S. 531 (1970) ]

Any of our legal lizards care to enlighten us here?

re: #225 realwest

Or at least not out loud.

"Oh, Lord, please don't let me screw the pooch."

re: #248 rawmuse

What a great idea Raw!

re: #198 MandyManners

What happened?

re: #221 FurryOldGuyJeans

The SCOTUS threw out the case based on lack of jurisdiction, but the suit scared NASA witless about any religious expression for the rest of the Apollo program.

On Apollo 13, they prayed to G-d, Buddha, the Dali Lama, Isis, Pharaoh, Mohammad, and they even made up a few! They even contemplated just shifting the capsule into park, getting out, and walking home!

re: #242 Bobibutu

Have you yet seen Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning?

re: #236 Salamantis

Careful - I may start quoting Prufrock!

Dinner done, stockings stuffed, gifts wrapped, except for the one or two we probably bought in July and forgot about... I tuckered out and I"m going to hit the hay.

We have to get up early, make breakfast, unwrap gifts, then we are all hitting the movies. Think we are seeing "The Spirit" but I'm trying to talk the kids into Defiance instead, doubt I'll win that one though... [but me talking about it so much guarantees they will watch it on cable when it pops up...]

Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah; sleep well and wake with joy.

I'm going to bed. Real quick though...Left my church's candlelight service tonight at Midnight. They still had another 20 minutes left (supposed to end at midnight).

Don't these people who plan these things own stopwatches? Geez. Organist is determined to play ever verse of every song. Even the obscure verses only written because the author did not understand brevity.

Hey soloists! (especially Soprano soloists) just because you can hit a note, does not mean you should hit a note. There were some shrieks tonight. You know where I'm talking about... Oh Night, Oh (stomp yourself on the foot) HOOOOOOOOLY NIGHT.

SHEESH.

But, I love my church folks. And I'm not as bitter as I sound.

re: #255 Dianna

Careful - I may start quoting Prufrock!

I'm quoting Salamantis...;~)

re: #224 victor_yugo
Whoa - from your link

"Despite pleas from O'Hair's son, William J. Murray, several briefings from federal agents, and solid leads developed by members of the press, the Austin Police Department (APD) sat on the sidelines of the O'Hair investigation...Meanwhile, investigators from the Internal Revenue Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the Dallas County Sheriff's Office are working together on the case....a federal agent was asked to discuss APD's actions in the O'Hair case. His only response was to roll his eyes in amazement."[18]

Can you say "unprofessional" and
neglient? And perhaps even - depending on what the APD knew and when - accessories after the fact? I knew you could.

re: #156 Dianna

Hon, they all like girls in dark make-up and tight corsets. It's sort of encoded on the Y chromosome.

The problem is getting them to admit to it.

Some guys really are clueless. As for me, I like 'em with dark purple hair, a silky black corset with real boning, and some kind of dark jewel-toned bustle dress ala 1870's. To me, that's porn. And if they can lead, all the better. Excuse me....