What will the new week bring?

My favorite mythical creature? The honest politician.

And I still want my unicorn!

Am I the only one who noticed Ben Rothlisberger looked like he's taken too many cruises on the gravy boat?

re: #2 Sharmuta

My favorite mythical creature? The honest politician.

I heard about that beast. I think there's more chances of finding the Loch Ness monster than one of those.

My favorite link of the day was posted earlier by jcm: Obama's going to make all of us rich!

That's too funny! She reminds me of the now-infamous Peggy Joseph:

MMMMMMMMMMM

I love that new topic smell.

re: #6 gmsc

My favorite link of the day was posted earlier by jcm: Obama's going to make all of us rich!

That's too funny! She reminds me of the now-infamous Peggy Joseph:

Youtube Video

A local talk show host in Seattle has been playing that one. That woman is in for some kind of rude awakening. I hope she's not running up her credit cards on top of it.

"Morality has nothing in common with politics." Bob Zimmerman

Well, I guess that's why I choose to support, study and advance a system of collective decision-making that DOES have a lot of moral, decent and rational components in it. :D

If Chris Dodd sees his shadow today, it means 6 more weeks of him not releasing his Countrywide documents.

Steelers win....again.
*SIGH*
Well, we can't blame the referees this time, I guess.
The Seahawks got SCREWED in 2006!

re: #2 Sharmuta

My favorite mythical creature? The honest politician.

Hi Sharm,

I have just spent the evening with a most amazing little wine. A 1995 Woodbridge Portacinco.

Wonderful.

A very happy taste of paradise. Strongly suggestive of plums. A delight.

Contentment.

It goes very well with chocolate too.

If I could, I would share it all around.

It is a blessing to be alive.

re: #8 capitalist piglet

"Obama's gonna help me pay my mortgage..."

Wow! You... and me, and her and them and all us Americans... Obama's gonna help us ALL...

/uhm, where's he gonna find the MONEY to help us all?

Speaking of Bob Dylan, here's one of his lyrics, which I dedicate to the fellow whose desk is currently in the Oval Office.

Nothing Was Delivered

Nothing was delivered
And I tell this truth to you,
Not out of spite or anger
But simply because it's true.
Now, I hope you won't object to this,
Giving back all of what you owe,
The fewer words you have to waste on this,
The sooner you can go.

Nothing is better, nothing is best,
Take heed of this and get plenty of rest.

Nothing was delivered
But I can't say I sympathize
With what your fate is going to be,
Yes, for telling all those lies.
Now you must provide some answers
For what you sell has not been received,
And the sooner you come up with them,
The sooner you can leave.

Nothing is better, nothing is best,
Take heed of this and get plenty rest.

Nothing was delivered
And it's up to you to say
Just what you had in mind
When you made ev'rybody pay.
No, nothing was delivered,
Yes, 'n' someone must explain
That as long as it takes to do this
Then that's how long that you'll remain.

Nothing is better, nothing is best,
Take heed of this and get plenty rest.

I didn't have a dog in this hunt, but I thought that a lot of the penalties against the Cardinals were pretty iffy.

re: #12 Syrah

If there is some left, then have a glass for me. I was blessed with some very good news tonight, and had none to toast my fortune.

re: #16 Sharmuta

If there is some left, then have a glass for me. I was blessed with some very good news tonight, and had none to toast my fortune.

So what's your good news?

re: #13 Karridine

Wow! You... and me, and her and them and all us Americans... Obama's gonna help us ALL...

/uhm, where's he gonna find the MONEY to help us all?

That's the trillion-dollar question.

Another cool thing they're doing around here - we pay nearly 10% on the dollar in sales tax, because we don't have a state income tax. So guess what. Times are tough, so they're talking in Olympia about imposing one.

Another thing they're talking about is toll roads everywhere, because apparently, the nine-cents per gallon additional gas tax they recently imposed (for road projects) isn't enough.

Oh, and they're talking about a bailout for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (the extreme left newspaper), too. That's right - government money, taxpayer money, to fund a leftist newspaper.

It's beautiful here, but I'm about done.

re: #17 Cygnus

It's not complete yet, and I'd rather not say and jinx it. But a very positive development.

re: #16 Sharmuta

If there is some left, then have a glass for me. I was blessed with some very good news tonight, and had none to toast my fortune.

Then lets all raise a glass to Sharmuta!

May The Good Lord bless her and keep her whole.

May The Good Lord bless all of us and keep us safe.

To Sharm and her good fortune!

_{Clinks of goblets and tankards around the halls of Lizard Valhalla.}

Huzza!

re: #20 Syrah

And break a leg if I did that wrong, . . .

Bottled water just doesn't clink. More like a thud.

Another cool thing they're doing around here - we pay nearly 10% on the dollar in sales tax, because we don't have a state income tax. So guess what. Times are tough, so they're talking in Olympia about imposing one.

I live in WA as well, what do you think the chances that this will pass? I know in OR a sales tax is proposed every so often and it gets shot down.

re: #19 Sharmuta

Outstanding! Its always great to hear about good things happening to good people.

re: #16 Sharmuta

The best sparkling wine I've ever tasted.

Raise a glass for me.
(I exceeded my quota decades ago..........)

re: #20 Syrah

{Syrah} Thank you, that's so kind.

re: #13 Karridine

Wow! You... and me, and her and them and all us Americans... Obama's gonna help us ALL...

/uhm, where's he gonna find the MONEY to help us all?

Well, the only truly effective way to create wealth is via capitalism, so all 0bama has to do is . . .

. . . oh, yeah, I see the problem now.

re: #24 MrPaulRevere

Thanks!

re: #19 Sharmuta

Hey good news is always welcome around here. May it all pan out.

/raises coffee mug in a toast.

re: #28 Sharmuta

Thanks!

Updings just for having even potential good news!

re: #19 Sharmuta

It's not complete yet, and I'd rather not say and jinx it. But a very positive development.

0bama made you rich?

/////

Good evening, lizards. Just ending a great day and two superbowl parties. I just feel blessed to have great friends. The second party was just a couple of friends who have been depressed and having serious health problems and picked us as the ones to cheer them up. We had a great time.

re: #29 BlueCanuck

re: #30 gmsc

Thanks, Gents.

re: #32 Pvt Bin Jammin

I'm glad you had a nice evening.

I went to the dealer today, looked at a brand new Dodge Challenger. Almost $55K- that included a 10K dealer "just cause we can" markup. What really shocked me was the $1300 fuel guzzler tax listed on the factory sticker.

re: #33 Sharmuta

Glad to hear that you might have something good coming."Break a leg."

re: #23 BakaRanger

I live in WA as well, what do you think the chances that this will pass? I know in OR a sales tax is proposed every so often and it gets shot down.

I can't say. I just don't know. Maybe they would realize how it would play when people are struggling, but Democrats just seem to think their need for cash trumps ours. Layoffs everywhere, businesses failing - but this is no crisis, for them...it's an opportunity.

Are you in the metro area, or out where people are sane? (Please don't feel obligated to say if that's more than you want to disclose.)

I heard someone say the other day that they will deliberately put priority funding on non-essential services, so that when they come to the public for more money, they'll say we have to give it up if we want police, for example.

Have I mentioned I hate Democrats?

For those who missed it the first time around: Here's the 3-D Super Bowl tribute to Lizards (link goes to much higher quality version):

re: #11 Cygnus

Steelers win....again.
*SIGH*
Well, we can't blame the referees this time, I guess.
The Seahawks got SCREWED in 2006!

you must have watched a different game than we did.....

crap officiating: the Stupor Bowl is right up there with 'rasslin from now on in our house.

and since we can get the commercials on line, next year we're gonna go enjoy the day with no people out.

/bite me NFL.

You know what's weird about February 2?

The sun sets in the same place on the horizon on that day as it does on November 11.

11/11 = 2/2

1+1+1+1 = 4
2+2=4

I noticed that long ago as a kid when I saw that the sun set directly behind a distinctive landmark as seen from my window one year on November 11; and then I noticed it did the same thing on February 2 the following year.

I thought it numerically bizarre that 11/11 and 2/2 were arithmetic mirror images of each other on our solar calendar, but as far as I've ever been able to figure, its just a bizarre random coincidence. A fluke.

It you don't believe me, and have a year to spare, you can check it out yourself next time: stand in a memorable unique spot on Nov. 11, and note carefully where the sun sets. Then make sure to stand in the exact same place the following Feb. 2. The sun will set precisely in the same spot.

It would make more sense if November 11 was exactly as far from the solstice as was February 2, but Nov. 11 is 41 days before Dec. 21, and Feb. 2 is 43 days after Dec. 21.

Strange. It should be 42 days/42 days. Not sure why there is an offset -- perhaps something to do with the solstice falling on the night of the 21nd or something? Or maybe an astronomer can explain why the location of the sun 41 days before the solstice is the same as 43 days after.

Heh. Timed that one pretty good.

re: #35 Pvt Bin Jammin

Thanks!

re: #39 zombie

Darn, going to have to wait a year to check this out here up north. But I think it may have something to do with the elliptical orbit we follow around the sun.

re: #32 Pvt Bin Jammin

Good evening, lizards. Just ending a great day and two superbowl parties. I just feel blessed to have great friends. The second party was just a couple of friends who have been depressed and having serious health problems and picked us as the ones to cheer them up. We had a great time.

The Superbowl was today? Wow, I totally didn't even know that. Shows how disconnected from mainstream culture I really am. In retrospect, I thought I heard out-of-the-ordinary merry-making from a neighbor's place, but didn't make the connection until just now that it must have been a football party.

Well, I presume a team won. Good for them. Whoever they were.

re: #43 zombie

Well, I presume a team won.

Actually, no. This was the most unusual Super Bowl in history . . .
;)

re: #42 BlueCanuck

Darn, going to have to wait a year to check this out here up north. But I think it may have something to do with the elliptical orbit we follow around the sun.

yup.... it's not an even path, so the match ups will not be symmetric.

re: #44 gmsc

Actually, no. This was the most unusual Super Bowl in history . . .
;)

Don't make me go check an MSM news site. That would be torture. I'll just presume there's a "/sarc" tag on that.

Having no knowledge of current affairs (outside of what is posted on LGF) is nirvana.

re: #39 zombie

I know where the sun sets in mid July. Right now thats all I care about.

//I'm gonna kick Al Gore's global warming little ass.

re: #45 redc1c4

yup.... it's not an even path, so the match ups will not be symmetric.

Ah, there ya go. Been scratching my head over that one since I was about 10 years old.

re: #46 zombie

Don't make me go check an MSM news site. That would be torture. I'll just presume there's a "/sarc" tag on that.

Having no knowledge of current affairs (outside of what is posted on LGF) is nirvana.

Yes on the /sarc tag. For that matter, no current afair knowledge outside of LGF must indeed be nirvana.

re: #43 zombie

The Superbowl was today? Wow, I totally didn't even know that. Shows how disconnected from mainstream culture I really am. In retrospect, I thought I heard out-of-the-ordinary merry-making from a neighbor's place, but didn't make the connection until just now that it must have been a football party.

Well, I presume a team won. Good for them. Whoever they were.

If it were not for invitations we would have probably forgotten as well. LOL Boring game until the very end but we had the good friends.

Last night was a different story. We were in a sea of liberals and I told somebody what I thought about the gal with the 14 artificially inseminated offspring and they were so all over us I thought we'd have to run for our lives. LOL

re: #23 BakaRanger

I live in WA as well, what do you think the chances that this will pass? I know in OR a sales tax is proposed every so often and it gets shot down.

I can't say. I just don't know. Maybe they would realize how it would play when people are struggling, but Democrats just seem to think their need for cash trumps ours. Layoffs everywhere, businesses failing - but this is no crisis, for them...it's an opportunity.

Are you in the metro area, or out where people are sane? (Please don't feel obligated to say if that's more than you want to disclose.)

I heard someone say the other day that they will deliberately put priority funding on non-essential services, so that when they come to the public for more money, they'll say we have to give it up if we want police, for example.

Have I mentioned I hate Democrats?

I am down in the Vancouver area, you know, the funding conduit for Seattle projects.

Threatening funding for essential services is the oldest trick in the book, but it seem to work well. They want to put up a new bridge on the I-5 corridor, six lanes coming and going. You know property taxes will no doubt go up. I pulled this off the Clark County news website.

"Hot on the heels of Governor Gregoire’s campaign promise of “she” wouldn’t raise taxes, Sen. Rosa Franklin, (D-Tacoma) has introduced Senate Joint Resolution 8205, Amending the Constitution to allow an income tax.

It is a companion Bill to SB 5104, deceptively described as “Providing fiscal reform.”

Text of both bills SB 5104 and SJR 8205

Although we were assured throughout the 2008 campaign that Governor Gregoire is against an Income Tax, looking at her words from the past shows that she is merely opposed to it “at this time,” when she was making the comment."

Yeah, I really hate Democrats as well...

re: #46 zombie

Don't make me go check an MSM news site. That would be torture. I'll just presume there's a "/sarc" tag on that.

Having no knowledge of current affairs (outside of what is posted on LGF) is nirvana.

As I person who has been through that for more than a year straight (deployment), I can assure you the celebration is bitter sweet. I still find myself being confronted with news happenings/world events that I do not recall, only to find out they happened when I was gone. Its hard to play catch-up when you miss out on everything.

re: #14 Edouard

I'm not familiar with that. My all-time favorite Dylan line is "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows". The name "Weatherman", inspired by Dylan,and corrupted, lead to the terrorist group the weather underground, and Bill Ayers and Bernadette Dorn. The One is unfamiliar with Dylan.

re: #39 zombie

Analemma.

I have had far too much wine tonight to think very deeply about this, but I think that what you are describing is explained by the Analemma.

re: #39 zombie

Round here the sun rises in the SSE, barely gets above the horizon, and sets in the SSW in December and rises in the NNE, makes a big circle in the sky, then sets in the NNW in June.

In the summer it's hard to figure where North is in the middle of the day.

re: #52 logboy

Bin der, don that. About the only news I was up to date on was international. For some reason when I was deployed to Cyprus, the only American newspaper we would get was "Stars and Stripes". The strange part about that was there were no American soldiers in our area or on deployment there.

re: #52 logboy

As I person who has been through that for more than a year straight (deployment), I can assure you the celebration is bitter sweet. I still find myself being confronted with news happenings/world events that I do not recall, only to find out they happened when I was gone. Its hard to play catch-up when you miss out on everything.

That's pretty much how I feel about the entire decade of the '90s. The whole thing was a blank to me, and remains so.

I didn't really start paying attention to the news until 9/11.

I went through a "devour the news" phase for several years after that, but I have now retreated to my original anti-MSM stance.

re: #48 zombie

Ah, there ya go. Been scratching my head over that one since I was about 10 years old.

to make it even better, as i understand it, the match ups will vary depending where you are on the globe......

re: #50 Pvt Bin Jammin

If it were not for invitations we would have probably forgotten as well. LOL Boring game until the very end but we had the good friends.

Last night was a different story. We were in a sea of liberals and I told somebody what I thought about the gal with the 14 artificially inseminated offspring and they were so all over us I thought we'd have to run for our lives. LOL

i never have that problem........

/the resident busybodies invited a cop to this weeks meeting, just to intimidate me..... FAIL!

Now up for sale on eBay: Jenny's phone number in the 201 area code!

That's right, for just thousands of dollars, you too can be annoyed day and night by people calling for Jenny!

The Stealers steal another one.

I am from Bellingham, WA - for all you other WA people here - it is the worst. Hippies and college students, all full of hopenchange, abound.

re: #56 BlueCanuck

Bin der, don that. About the only news I was up to date on was international. For some reason when I was deployed to Cyprus, the only American newspaper we would get was "Stars and Stripes". The strange part about that was there were no American soldiers in our area or on deployment there.

S&S isn't too bad, considering. We didn't get that though. Apparently Achmed the paper boy got lost in the desert somewhere between Nasiriyah and Basrah.

Machiavelli lives!

re: #54 Syrah

Analemma.

I have had far too much wine tonight to think very deeply about this, but I think that what you are describing is explained by the Analemma.

Nice! Great explanation.

And I thought the dictionary was out of new words for me to learn.

Thanks. Now I'll add that one to the ol' memory banks.

To make room for it, I shall now forget the meaning of "crepuscular."

re: #63 RightKlik

Machiavelli lives!

If you understand Machiavelli, then you have to understand the folly of blaming Hitler and the (spit) Eugenicist on Darwin.

re: #57 zombie

That's pretty much how I feel about the entire decade of the '90s. The whole thing was a blank to me, and remains so.

I didn't really start paying attention to the news until 9/11.

I went through a "devour the news" phase for several years after that, but I have now retreated to my original anti-MSM stance.

and either way, you have no real idea what's going on......

/fuck the MSM

re: #59 redc1c4

i never have that problem........

/the resident busybodies invited a cop to this weeks meeting, just to intimidate me..... FAIL!

That's hilarious. I love when cops or military guys just happen to get in the middle of discussions like that. LOL We didn't have any backers last night, unfortunately. I'm still not clear what their beef was, whether they thought we disapproved of single mothers, welfare recipients or just having that many babies. It was just kinda like how dare we judge this woman.

re: #57 zombie

That's pretty much how I feel about the entire decade of the '90s. The whole thing was a blank to me, and remains so.

I didn't really start paying attention to the news until 9/11.

I went through a "devour the news" phase for several years after that, but I have now retreated to my original anti-MSM stance.

I get a lot of news from blogs nowadays. I refuse to watch the MSM. You didn't miss much in the 90s. Saddam invaded Kuwait and Clinton got a blowjob in the Oval office. Thats about it.

re: #68 logboy

I get a lot of news from blogs nowadays. I refuse to watch the MSM. You didn't miss much in the 90s. Saddam invaded Kuwait and Clinton got a blowjob in the Oval office. Thats about it.

Don't forget the Republican Stampede in the 1994 Congressional election!

this one's for the Citizens of Kentucky.

re: #18 capitalist piglet

I should introduce you to my Washington friend, Captain Steubin... he hates the cold and the Post-Intelligencer and all those who would subvert market justice by using artificial, tax-paid means to prolong the life of that rag!

Washington USED to be beautiful, but the leftists have a way of waving their Wretched Wand, and making shrivel up in a storm of taxes, Political Correctness and Dumbth, Piglet!

re: #70 redc1c4

this one's for the Citizens of Kentucky.

I'm kind of surprised it wasn't a picture of the ice man, with a caption saying, "Iz in Kentooky. I can has FEMA?"

re: #69 gmsc

Yeah, where did those republicans go? I can't find a single republican anywhere.

Obama will make it up to Kentucky for ignoring them during this crises.

He'll put the GITMO detainees there next week!

re: #73 BatGuano

Yeah, where did those republicans conservatives go? I can't find a single republican conservative anywhere.

re: #74 sattv4u2

Obama will make it up to Kentucky for ignoring them during this crises.

He'll put the GITMO detainees there next week!

How many BTUs in a nice plump terrorist?

re: #39 zombie

These are both in the range for cross quarter days- the days half way between the solstice and equinox. Because the actual time of the solstice or equinox can fall anywhere around the 24 hour day we usually associate with the equinox/solstice (a few hours before, sometime during the day, or a few hours after) could account for this discrepancy. Additionally, if you would average them from the actual time of the solstice/equinox, you would probably come out with 42 days and a few extra hours, which would make them fit fairly well as equal.

Nice job of sky watching.

re: #68 logboy

I turned on my TV for the 1st time in two weeks to watch the super bowl. Apparently I'd been watching CBS when I last shut it off, and the 60 minutes Obama love fest was on. I watched it for 20 minutes just to observe their level of slavishness. They might as well be on the DNC payroll.

re: #68 logboy

You didn't miss much in the 90s. Saddam invaded Kuwait and Clinton got a blowjob in the Oval office. Thats about it.

That's pretty much what I figured. I chose a good decade to miss.

re: #75 sattv4u2

Yup, thanks for the edit.

re: #74 sattv4u2

Obama will make it up to Kentucky for ignoring them during this crises.

He'll put the GITMO detainees there next week!

"Wait, Kentucky is a state?!? That makes 58!"
-Barack 0bama

re: #65 Syrah

If you understand Machiavelli, then you have to understand the folly of blaming Hitler and the (spit) Eugenicist on Darwin.

Oh yeah! I'll never again say anything that might be construed to suggest any such thing. You guys have corrected me in the error of my ways. No more B*n St*in movies for me.

re: #82 RightKlik

Oh yeah! I'll never again say anything that might be construed to suggest any such thing. You guys have corrected me in the error of my ways. No more B*n St*in movies for me.

Including "The Mask" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"?

re: #81 gmsc

"Wait, Kentucky is a state?!? That makes 58!"
-Barack 0bama

"That means we get to appoint 2 more senators!"

No more B*n St*in movies for me.

Why am I not surprised.

re: #82 RightKlik

Oh yeah! I'll never again say anything that might be construed to suggest any such thing. You guys have corrected me in the error of my ways. No more B*n St*in movies for me.

Oh I don't know about that. Not all of his movies need be ignored. Ferris Bueller's Day Off was OK.

re: #72 gmsc

I'm kind of surprised it wasn't a picture of the ice man, with a caption saying, "Iz in Kentooky. I can has FEMA?"

Ice Ice Baby!

re: #85 Sharmuta

Why am I not surprised.

I know that B*n St*in was over the top with that movie, but he's usually funny. Didn't you like ferris bueller?

Happy Hugo Chavez Day everybody.

re: #88 RightKlik

I thought you were leaving for the night.

re: #89 abaleh

Happy Hugo Chavez Day everybody.

Can we use his melon as a Pinata' ?

re: #84 sattv4u2

"That means we get to appoint 2 more senators!"

I had a friend from Kentucky, and whenever he traveled around the US, he delighted in challenging people with the following question:

"How do you pronounce the capital of Kentucky? Is it pronouced 'Lewis-ville', 'Lew-ee-ville' or 'Lew-vull'?"

People would offer their various guesses. If he were before a large enough group, he would get a vote going to see who could get the proper pronunciation.

For those who don't already know, the capital of Kentucky is both spelled and pronounced "Frankfort".

re: #87 redc1c4

Ice Ice Baby!

OK, that seems more "Red". You didn't let me down.
;)

re: #89 abaleh

Happy Hugo Chavez Day everybody.

Headline: Venezuela names Feb. 2 Chavez holiday

That's funny. I thought Feb. 2nd was already named after him!

re: #92 gmsc

I had a friend from Kentucky, and whenever he traveled around the US, he delighted in challenging people with the following question:

"How do you pronounce the capital of Kentucky? Is it pronouced 'Lewis-ville', 'Lew-ee-ville' or 'Lew-vull'?"

People would offer their various guesses. If he were before a large enough group, he would get a vote going to see who could get the proper pronunciation.

For those who don't already know, the capital of Kentucky is both spelled and pronounced "Frankfort".

It's that way with lots of states. Thanks to lack of civics/ geography in grade schools, I'd be willing to bet half the populace less than 30 years of age thinks New York City is the capital of New York

re: #89 abaleh

I propose that on April1, 2009 we celebrate Obama day.

re: #95 sattv4u2

It's that way with lots of states. Thanks to lack of civics/ geography in grade schools, I'd be willing to bet half the populace less than 30 years of age thinks New York City is the capital of New York

Interviewer: What's the capital of New York?

Interviewee: "N"?

re: #96 BatGuano

I propose that on April1, 2009 we celebrate Obama day.

He already has December 25th!

//doe eyed moonbat

re: #95 sattv4u2

It's that way with lots of states. Thanks to lack of civics/ geography in grade schools, I'd be willing to bet half the populace less than 30 years of age thinks New York City is the capital of New York

i thought it was Puerto Rico?

re: #96 BatGuano

I propose that on April1, 2009 we celebrate Obama day.

That's funny. I thought Apr. 1st was already named after him!

re: #96 BatGuano

I propose that on April1, 2009 we celebrate Obama day.

Maybe Obama Voter Day ?

re: #89 abaleh

Happy Hugo Chavez Day everybody.

Headline: Venezuela names Feb. 2 Chavez holiday

That's funny. I thought Feb. 2nd was already named after him!

// I wonder if Sean Penn will wear his blue dress for Hugo?

re: #98 sattv4u2

He already has December 25th!

//doe cow eyed moonbat

FTFY :)

re: #96 BatGuano

I propose that on April1, 2009 we celebrate Obama day.

i was thinking February 30th....... %-)

Goodnight lizards.

Rejoice in each others blessings.

Play nice.

Till tomorrow . . .

OMg Hugo Chavez day! On that note I'll bid you adios. Take care, lizards.

Night Syrah.

re: #77 Moonbat Serenade

Nice job of sky watching.

I pay attention.

Because I know that the little things which seem "wrong" or "weird" in some way can lead to major discoveries.

For example, the famous observation by Le Verrier that the orbit of Mercury was off-kilter by a few almost-imperceptible degrees turned out to be the first direct measurement of what was later called The General Theory of Relativity -- many years before Einstein was even born!

If only Verrier has realized what he was seeing, he'd be the most famous scientist in history!

Studying the History of Science has given me a great appreciation for things.

re: #105 Syrah

Good night, Kind Heart.

re: #95 sattv4u2

It's that way with lots of states. Thanks to lack of civics/ geography in grade schools, I'd be willing to bet half the populace less than 30 years of age thinks New York City is the capital of New York

Let's start correcting this right now:
How many USA States can you name in 10 minutes?

How many USA State Capitals can you name in 10 minutes?

Here's some help to study before you take the quizzes:

(I'd bet more people learned the states and state capitals from this video than from their respective public schools.)

re: #98 sattv4u2

Right!
/ slaps forehead

re: #105 Syrah

Goodnight lizards.

Rejoice in each others blessings.

Play nice.

Till tomorrow . . .

Goodnight, Syrah!

re: #108 zombie

In science, a few seconds of arc is monumental!

re: #104 redc1c4

But that would mean no Obama ...Oh, I see what you mean.

re: #108 zombie

I've been a sky watcher for many years. It's amazing what you can see if you just look.

Years ago, I helped design a henge/ampitheater at the local state park. It marks the sunrise/set of the first day of each season. The sun rise/set is viewed through a set of wall notches and sits directly on the top of a pole as soon as it clears the horizon only on solstice/equinox days.

It was the perfect monument to state government...it only works 4 days a year- the rest of the time it just sits there.

re: #77 Moonbat Serenade

At Griffith Observatory there are a few lined in the concrete marking all of these various days.....they point to where the sun will rise and set at in that place.
Really makes you feel small.
The people in this photo are close to where the lines are:
Image: 55_griffith_observatory.jpg
That's the new bust of James Dean in honor of Rebel Without a Cause being filmed there.

re: #114 BatGuano

But that would mean no Obama ...Oh, I see what you mean.

like Charlie said: "I may look dumb, but it's just a disguise....."

/white smoke

re: #115 Moonbat Serenade

I've been a sky watcher for many years. It's amazing what you can see if you just look.

That works better in some places than in others. For example, ever notice that there aren't a plethora of observatories in Las Vegas? Yeah, there's a reason for that . . .

re: #102 BakaRanger

re: #89 abaleh

Happy Hugo Chavez Day everybody.

Headline: Venezuela names Feb. 2 Chavez holiday

That's funny. I thought Feb. 2nd was already named after him!

A new portrait of El Gran Raton has just been released for this auspicious occasion.

re: #110 gmsc

Let's start correcting this right now:
How many USA States can you name in 10 minutes?

How many USA State Capitals can you name in 10 minutes?

OK, I named (and typed) all 50 states in 3:11 (with 6:49 left on the clock). That was easy.

Now I'll try the capitals. That will be a great deal harder!

re: #120 zombie

OK, I named (and typed) all 50 states in 3:11 (with 6:49 left on the clock). That was easy.

Now I'll try the capitals. That will be a great deal harder!

You're a faster typer than I

All 50 with just over 3;00 left on the clock. Its been decades since i've been in school, so I think i'll quit while i'm ahead and skip the capitals!

re: #119 Edouard

That's hillarious. Maybe Disney should sue him for copyright theft.

/

re: #118 gmsc

Yeah....and it's getting worse. I have to travel about an hour to get to really dark skies for good observing. Fortunately, there's still lots to see from just about anywhere if you just look around.

I'm waiting till about 5 AM to check out a new comet, clouds permitting.

re: #116 mean Gene

At Griffith Observatory there are a few lined in the concrete marking all of these various days.....they point to where the sun will rise and set at in that place.
Really makes you feel small.
The people in this photo are close to where the lines are:
[Link: www.kthread.com...]
That's the new bust of James Dean in honor of Rebel Without a Cause being filmed there.

and then there's always the James Dean Memorial

Zombie, have you ever seen the analemma sundial at the Coral Castle in Florida?

re: #123 Moonbat Serenade

Tonight?

The analemma I see is upside down. duh! I live in the Southern Hemisphere.

re: #120 zombie

OK, I named (and typed) all 50 states in 3:11 (with 6:49 left on the clock). That was easy.

Now I'll try the capitals. That will be a great deal harder!

re: #121 sattv4u2

You're a faster typer than I

All 50 with just over 3;00 left on the clock. Its been decades since i've been in school, so I think i'll quit while i'm ahead and skip the capitals!

For me:

States: 2:25 (7:35 left on the clock), all 50
Capitals: 2:59 (7:01 left on the clock), all 50

A good way to remember the states, the capitals, and their locations, is by practicing with the technique at the 50 States of Mind website. It's fun and cool.

re: #127 Crux Australis

I have a great photo of it but it is in a book: No link.

re: #126 stevieray

Yes. Comet Lulin. Should be visible in binoculars without too much trouble. It will move into the night sky in a couple weeks, but now it's a pre-dawn object.

Image: skymap_north_lulin.gif

re: #110 gmsc

Let's start correcting this right now:
How many USA States can you name in 10 minutes?

How many USA State Capitals can you name in 10 minutes?

Aghhh! I only got 38 state capitals in 10 minutes! I am so ashamed.

I should have gotten three more correct, but I kept misspelling Annapolis as Anapolis, Montpelier as Montpellier, and Bismarck as Bismark. Totally threw me off -- I wasted many minutes trying to think up the real capitals of Maryland, Vermont and North Dakota, when I already had the right answers, but spelled wrong!

But I admit defeat on 9 of them -- I should have remembered them, but my brain froze under the pressure. Tne only one I flat-out didn't know was Jefferson City, Missouri.

re: #129 BatGuano

I've found one online pic, but it's not very good, and my browser needs to go for a walk, so I can't search with ease at the moment.

re: #128 gmsc

re: #131 zombie

My imitation of Obama naming the states from east to west

New York ,mumble mumbel mumble mumble mumble , Illinois, mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble California, Hawaii

re: #128 gmsc

For me:

States: 2:25 (7:35 left on the clock), all 50
Capitals: 2:59 (7:01 left on the clock), all 50

A good way to remember the states, the capitals, and their locations, is by practicing with the technique at the 50 States of Mind website. It's fun and cool.

Ah, you studied. I hadn't given the slightest thought to state capitals since elementary school. "Rusty" hardly begins to describe my level of knowledge on the subject.

OK, astronomy, state capitals, learned a new word -- my midnight break is complete. Now back to work!

re: #131 zombie

Impressive. All I know is that Columbia is the the Capital of America and that America was discovered by Columbus in 1942.

re: #136 BatGuano

Impressive. All I know is that Columbia is the the Capital of America and that America was discovered by Columbus in 1942.

Was that before or after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

in the words of Pink Floyd, " Is there anybody out there"?

re: #131 zombie

Aghhh! I only got 38 state capitals in 10 minutes! I am so ashamed.

I should have gotten three more correct, but I kept misspelling Annapolis as Anapolis, Montpelier as Montpellier, and Bismarck as Bismark. Totally threw me off -- I wasted many minutes trying to think up the real capitals of Maryland, Vermont and North Dakota, when I already had the right answers, but spelled wrong!

But I admit defeat on 9 of them -- I should have remembered them, but my brain froze under the pressure. Tne only one I flat-out didn't know was Jefferson City, Missouri.

All in all, I'd say the LGF group here does well above average!

Fun state and state capital trivia questions:

1) There are 4 U.S. state capitals whose names end in the word "City". How many of them can you name? (Answer: Jefferson City, Missouri, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Salt Lake City, Utah and Carson City, Nevada.)

2) What's the only U.S. state capital whose name doesn't have any letters in common with it's state? (Answer: Pierre, South Dakota,)

3) What is the only letter of the alphabet that doesn't appear in any state names? (Answer: Q.)

4) There are 4 U.S. state capitals whose names begin with the same letter as their respective states. What are they? (Dover, Delaware, Honolulu, Hawaii, Indianapolis, Indiana, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

5) What are the only 5 states that ratified the U.S. Constitution in the 20th century? (Answer: Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, New Mexico and Oklahoma.)

6) The names of what two PAIRS of U.S. state capitals end in the same seven letters? (Answer: Annapolis & Indianapolis and Carson City & Jefferson City.)

re: #134 zombie

Ah, you studied. I hadn't given the slightest thought to state capitals since elementary school. "Rusty" hardly begins to describe my level of knowledge on the subject.

I'd be glad if we could just get most elementary school students up to your level of "rusty" before they go on to Junior High!

re: #125 golly_wog

Zombie, have you ever seen the analemma sundial at the Coral Castle in Florida?

Not only have I not seen it, I have never been within 1000 miles of Florida!

re: #137 sattv4u2

Hello? The Japs nuked Pearl Harbor. Guyyyy!

re: #137 sattv4u2

Was that before or after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

Geez, do you people have to pick so much? After all, even 0bama knows they only dropped one bomb on Pearl Harbor!

/////

Sorry folks got distracted by TED T.V. . I found this talk really fascinating and lots of pretty pictures. Is it just me, or does the image map of the universe look like a map of a neural network?

/my god, the universe IS the brain of god.

re: #143 gmsc

Geez, do you people have to pick so much? After all, even 0bama knows they only dropped one bomb on Pearl Harbor!

/////

hey ,, what can I say. Only one of those planes had a pilot with good aim!

re: #143 gmsc

I am reporting you to the Obama Central Committee of Subversive Truths!

re: #140 gmsc

I'd be glad if we could just get most elementary school students up to your level of "rusty" before they go on to Junior High!

Well, after the end of 3rd grade, my school system went "The Full PC" and we stopped learning normal knowledge. So, I learned a lot of useful stuff in K-3, but 4 through 12 was a total washout.

At least I can now count in Base-12 and recite all of Malcolm X's speeches by heart! So, school was good for something.

re: #135 zombie

OK, astronomy, state capitals, learned a new word -- my midnight break is complete. Now back to work!

Take care, and hurry back!

re: #147 zombie

Well, after the end of 3rd grade, my school system went "The Full PC" and we stopped learning normal knowledge. So, I learned a lot of useful stuff in K-3, but 4 through 12 was a total washout.

At least I can now count in Base-12 and recite all of Malcolm X's speeches by heart! So, school was good for something.

For Zombie:

re: #144 BlueCanuck

Smoot is good but there is so much he tries to sqeeze into a few minutes... so everything goes by so quickly.

re: #146 BatGuano

I am reporting you to the Obama Central Committee of Subversive Truths!

Does that mean the Civilian Security Force is coming to get me?

How's Bob Dylan's lung problem going?

No Morality begets anarchy, Bob. *sigh

..................and screw what you believe politally, btw....

re: #149 gmsc

For Zombie:

[Video]

Exactly!

I was a victim of dozenalism:

Advocacy and "dozenalism"

The case for the duodecimal system was put forth at length in F. Emerson Andrews' 1935 book New Numbers: How Acceptance of a Duodecimal Base Would Simplify Mathematics. Emerson noted that, due to the prevalence of factors of twelve in many traditional units of weight and measure, many of the computational advantages claimed for the metric system could be realized either by the adoption of ten-based weights and measure or by the adoption of the duodecimal number system.
Rather than the symbols 'A' for ten and 'B' for eleven as used in hexadecimal notation and vigesimal notation (or 'T' and 'E' for ten and eleven), he suggested in his book and used a script X and a script E, and , to represent the digits ten and eleven respectively, because, at least on a page of Roman script, these characters were distinct from any existing letters or numerals, yet were readily available in printers' fonts. He chose for its resemblance to the Roman numeral X, and as the first letter of the word "eleven".

re: #147 zombie

Oooh, I must be a lot older than you. My high school days were spent learning the history of the USA, World history,math, physics, general science, literature, communism (got an A on that).But no Malcom X.

re: #144 BlueCanuck

Sorry folks got distracted by TED T.V. . I found this talk really fascinating and lots of pretty pictures. Is it just me, or does the image map of the universe look like a map of a neural network?

/my god, the universe IS the brain of god.

Turning to astronomy, here are some good sites to learn just about the scale of the universe as we know it:

Proportional Representation of the Solar System (Just keep scrolling to the right to get an idea of the relative sizes and distances of the planets as compared to the sun!)

Awesome & Humbling (Size of planets and stars compared)

UniverScale (The scale of just about everything!)

...and of course, the classic "Powers of 10" (In English with Japanese subtitles):

re: #151 gmsc

The One is organizing it as we speak and you, you son of a bitch, are #3 on the list Not that I'm against it, my Chosen Overlord!

re: #131 zombie

I didn't know how to spell Connecticut.

Morning Lizards. I am working to damn hard for a Monday. Dealing with other peoples fuck ups.

A man was leaving a cafe when he noticed an unusual funeral. A funeral
Coffin was followed by a second one. Behind the second coffin was a solitary
man walking with a black dog. Behind him was a queue of 200 men walking in
single line.

The man couldn't stand his curiosity. He approached the man walking with the
dog, "I am so sorry to disturb you, but I've never seen a funeral like this
with so many of you walking in single line. Whose funeral is it?" The man
replied, "That first coffin is for my wife." "What happened to her?"

"My dog attacked and killed her." "Well, who is in the second coffin?"
My mother-in-law. She was trying to help my wife when the dog attacked and
killed her also." A thoughtful moment of silence passes between the two men.

Then the first one asks in excitement, "Can I borrow the dog?" The man
replied, "Join the queue."

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

re: #153 zombie

Exactly!

I was a victim of dozenalism:

I remember the first time I saw that "Little Twelvetoes". The first question that popped into my mind after hearing about "dec" and "el" was why did the name of "10" change to "do"? Couldn't it still be called "ten", even if, to us earthlings it meant "12"?

Strange semi-related thought: Here's a math problem that works in both numbers AND words -

2 + 11 - 1 = 12
(Proof: 2 + 11 = 13,
13 - 1 = 12)

TWO + ELEVEN - ONE = TWELVE
(Proof: TWO + ELEVEN = TWOELEVEN,
TWOELEVEN - ONE = TWELVE)

Three girls all worked in the same office with the same female boss. Each
day, they noticed the boss left work early.
One day the girls decided that when the boss left, they would leave right
behind her. After all, she never called or came back to work, so how would
she know they went home early? The brunette was thrilled to be home early.
She did a little gardening, spent playtime with her son, and went to bed
early. The redhead was elated to be able to get in a quick workout at the
spa before meeting a dinner date.

The blonde was happy to get home early and surprise her husband, but when
she got to her bedroom, she heard a muffled noise from inside.
Slowly and quietly, she cracked open the door and was mortified to see her
husband in bed with her lady boss!
Gently, she closed the door and crept out of her house.

The next day, at their coffee break, the brunette and redhead planned to
leave early again, and they asked the blonde if she was going to go with
them.

"No way", the blonde exclaimed. "I almost got caught yesterday.".

re: #159 littleoldlady

Yo.... something to go with my midnight burrito!

re: #159 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

Good morning!

What a great treat during math and astronomy class!
;)

re: #159 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

Morning {lol} Thanks for fruitcup

Fruitcup! It's what's for......somewhere between midnight snack and breakfast.

freetoken! :-)

gmsc! :-)

Erik! :-)

Question: Can circuit breakers break?

/not having a very good day so far... :-(

re: #159 littleoldlady

Thank you littleoldlady, I needs me some fruit.

Fenway! :-)

It's what's for...fruitcup! ;-)

BatGuano! :-)

re: #154 BatGuano

Oooh, I must be a lot older than you. My high school days were spent learning the history of the USA, World history,math, physics, general science, literature, communism (got an A on that).But no Malcom X.

Oh man, you were lucky. The only thing I ever learned about the USA was that it sucks and that we once allowed slavery. That's about it. The three Greatest Americans were Crispus Attucks, Harriet Tubman and Malcolm X.

Basically, all knowledge that I have, I learned on my own time and own initiative. In college I had a specialty major so didn't learn much "normal stuff" there either.

re: #166 littleoldlady

Yes.

BignJames! :-)

:-(

re: #170 zombie

Oh man, you were lucky. The only thing I ever learned about the USA was that it sucks and that we once allowed slavery. That's about it. The three Greatest Americans were Crispus Attucks, Harriet Tubman and Malcolm X.

Basically, all knowledge that I have, I learned on my own time and own initiative. In college I had a specialty major so didn't learn much "normal stuff" there either.

Crispus Attucks? The black teen who brought snowballs to a gun fight in 1773?

Good morning littleoldlady. Sorry I am late for fruitcup. I blame gmsc and his links. :)

BlueCanuck! :-)

Can you do electrical work?

re: #170 zombie

I learned about Crispus Attucs in junior in high school .He was a rioter as were all of the "Boston Massacre", participants.

re: #173 gmsc

Actually, I didn't learn that Crispus Attucks was black until fairly recently.

re: #175 littleoldlady

BlueCanuck! :-)

Can you do electrical work?

Me and electricity have an understanding. It stays in it's circuits, and I don't open them.

/me and tamed lightning have a history, I have no luck sometimes. ;)

re: #170 zombie

Luckily they threw me out of school before all that started.

I should thank them one day for that.

=

Zombie: I hope you don't mind being on my little blogroll. Mom loves you and said I'd better link you or she wouldn't read me.

I almost didn't after that...

GOOD
SON,
R

re: #157 BignJames

I didn't know how to spell Connecticut.

It's right next to ROAD Island, ya know!

re: #178 BlueCanuck

I can change a switch in the wall or rewire a lamp (as long as I've checked to make sure the life insurance has been paid) but I won't touch the Big Box in the Basement.

/crap. BIG MONEY! BIG MONEY!
//Wheel of Fortune mode off...

re: #180 sattv4u2

Does that mean you have to be a Rhodes scholar to figure out how to spell it?

re: #178 BlueCanuck

Me and electricity have an understanding. It stays in it's circuits, and I don't open them.

/me and tamed lightning have a history, I have no luck sometimes. ;)

BlueCanuck's advice is valuable. When dealing with electricity, especially large amounts, don't fool around. Make sure you let an expert handle it!

For littleoldlady and BlueCanuck:

re: #182 Fenway_Nation

Does that mean you have to be a Rhodes scholar to figure out how to spell it?

I think just about anyone can combine an "I" and a "T" to spell "IT"!

Geeezzzzz!

re: #173 gmsc

And oyster shells and rocks, and anything else available

re: #183 gmsc

Let's send that to Obama...

re: #170 zombie

Curiously, despite growing up in a blue state flanked by some moonbat-infested college communities, I don't remember the public schools cramming anything resembling today's overbearing PC dogma down our throats.

The hot-button issues back then seemed to be Apartheid and Tianamen Square and its aftermath....

re: #186 littleoldlady

Let's send that to Obama...

*snicker*

re: #187 Fenway_Nation

Back in my day it was energy conservation, and multiculturalism. And something called new math.

re: #187 Fenway_Nation
The hot-button issues back then seemed to be Apartheid and Tianamen Square and its aftermath....

Geeezzzz ,,, i'm old. The 'Hot-Button' issues when I was in school was trying to find out which neighbors had a fallout shelter because Khrushchev was going to nuke us!

re: #170 zombie

Most of what I know now, I learned on my own. I will continue to learn until I sprout mushrooms.

re: #159 littleoldlady

Thanks!

re: #187 Fenway_Nation

Curiously, despite growing up in a blue state flanked by some moonbat-infested college communities, I don't remember the public schools cramming anything resembling today's overbearing PC dogma down our throats.

The hot-button issues back then seemed to be Apartheid and Tianamen Square and its aftermath....

Geez, I feel old in this crowd now.

The big thing when I was in elementary school was the metric system, which we'd all be using in a few years! And they were right - to this day, I regularly use 2 liter bottles.

My favorite teacher was a 6th grade teacher who assigned us to write an essay on the life of the artist we were assigned. We had to write the essay in first person ("My name is Leonardo da Vinci. I was born . . ."), and give the report verbally in front of the class, dressed as that artist. We also had to recreate one of that artists' works as best as we could. That was fun, and we all learned so much about the various artists.

re: #190 sattv4u2

I'm as old as you are.

/maybe even older

;-)

re: #174 BlueCanuck

Good morning littleoldlady. Sorry I am late for fruitcup. I blame gmsc and his links. :)

I blame Frodo.

Sharmuta! :-)

re: #196 littleoldlady

{lol}

re: #189 BlueCanuck

Heh...back then my hometown's idea of multiculturalism was the kids with the Italian-sounding last names getting along with the kids with the Polish-sounding last names.

/Us kids with the Irish-sounding last names were marginalized

re: #194 littleoldlady

I'm as old as you are.

/maybe even older

;-)

The hell with fruitcup ,,, GERITOL !

re: #198 Fenway_Nation

I lived in a small city in the boondocks, so most multiculturalism for the class was theoretical. I had previously lived in Toronto. My best friend was of Japanese descent, my cousins was Chinese, and one of my brothers friends was Jamacian. Really bizarre thinking about it now, getting taught to get along with other "Nationalities". Oh yeah, another big bugaboo being taught about growing up, the evils of nuclear energy, and the push for nuclear disarmanment.

re: #198 Fenway_Nation

For me it was the korean siblings adopted by the swedes.

re: #199 sattv4u2

You remember Geritol?

re: #202 BatGuano

You remember Geritol?

REMEMBER IT !?!?!?! It's at the base of my food pyramid!

re: #202 BatGuano

You remember Geritol?

Ted Mack, too.

How about Serutan?

re: #204 BignJames

Ted Mack, too.

sitting for hours in front of my uncles TV (the only one in the neighborhood) just to see the test pattern

re: #205 BatGuano

How about Serutan?

It's NATURES, spelled backwards !

re: #202 BatGuano

It does not taste good like the commercial said.

re: #204 BignJames

Ted Macks Amateur hour?

re: #209 BatGuano

Ted Macks Amateur hour?

The one and only.

Gooood Moooorning LGF!

The Living End - Wake Up

BURIED
IN
SAND,
R

LGF on youtube...Betty Nguyen talks to Charles Johnson

re: #198 Fenway_Nation

Heh...back then my hometown's idea of multiculturalism was the kids with the Italian-sounding last names getting along with the kids with the Polish-sounding last names.

/Us kids with the Irish-sounding last names were marginalized

That sounds like a great excuse to play the Irish folk song, "The Black Velvet Band":

(I like "All For Me Grog", too!)

re: #210 BignJames

My people! Remembering these things!

re: #193 gmsc

My favorite teacher was a 6th grade teacher who assigned us to write an essay on the life of the artist we were assigned. We had to write the essay in first person ("My name is Leonardo da Vinci. I was born . . ."), and give the report verbally in front of the class, dressed as that artist. We also had to recreate one of that artists' works as best as we could. That was fun, and we all learned so much about the various artists.

Typical rethugliKKKan brainwashing and worship of dead white males! Although nowadays, you could probably pull that off if you decided to do a report about the life and times of those great Palestinian artist with all those famous works.........you know....like the one who's best-known works are on display in that museum

/wait a sec...

re: #201 Sharmuta

For me it was the korean siblings adopted by the swedes.

Actually, 'the girl next door' (which was about 3/4 of mile away) was black/Puerto Rican adopted by an Irish family. She and I fought like cats and dogs (spurred by my smarminess and her short temper) yet when she'd finish shrieking some pretty nasty, petty, mean-spirited things at me, she would compliment me on my eyes (or turn to one of her friends and discuss my eyes while I was standing right there). Apparently that was her twisted, backhanded way of saying she liked me....

re: #175 littleoldlady

BlueCanuck! :-)

Can you do electrical work?

LOL, are you gonna try to re-wire the innards of your new computer?
.

re: #217 Tamron

BITE YOUR TONGUE!

Actually, the old computer needs to go to the PCFixerGuy, if not to be fixed at least so I can get the stuff that's in there outta there. My coffeemaker leaks. talloldman broke yet another vacuum cleaner, and the dog hair is about ankle deep now. And it appears I'm going to have to hire an electrician to replace one (maybe two - this might explain why my outside lights don't work) circuit breakers.

/Joe Bxflxt (sp?) mode
//but wait! You also get the ginsu knives!

It's gonna schnoe again - just when we've managed to get most of the ice from the last storm under control. :-(

Tamron! :-)

Police: Gunmen kidnap American in Pakistan
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

How can this be? ,,, I thought now that George Bush is gone, the world loves us !

Good night, all!

Night gmsc, see you tomorrow.

'Night, gmsc! :-)

Night gmsc! Don't let the prostitutes/undercover cops bite!

re: #222 littleoldlady

I'm an idiot. You have changed your avatar thingy.

re: #219 sattv4u2

An American UN employee no less...

The UN to blame the US in 30 seconds or less.

IF
NOT
SOONER,
R

Good morning, Lizards!

Good morning Godess

{BatGuano}

I've had my Sgt. Alvin York avatar for almost ten years.

Brought it with me from an old forum.

ANGRY
OLD
MAN,
R

re: #224 BatGuano

Isn't it cool? It's got CHOCOLATE! Freetoken gave it to me.

/actually, I stole it ;-)

'Morning, goddess! :-)

MAZEL TOV! :-)

So is Spike Lee going to start filming a documentary about infamous Kentucky ice storms of 2009 and how it was a conspiracy to drive people from their homes?

Maybe Hollywood will put on a benefit concert for those in Kentucky and Toby Keith will start to blubber and declare that President 0bama hates white people...

re: #229 Render

Hey, Render did you know that Alvin York... yeah you know.

Morning {goddess}.

re: #232 BatGuano

Yup.

THAT'S
OK,
R

re: #230 littleoldlady

Isn't it cool? It's got CHOCOLATE! Freetoken gave it to me.

/actually, I stole it ;-)

'Morning, goddess! :-)

MAZEL TOV! :-)

{littleoldlady}

Thank you! I only watched the first quarter and a half. I'm convinced I'm a jinx, and I can't stand suspense. I'm THRILLED that the Steelers won, but now I hope to find someone who's taped the game so that I can watch it.

re: #230 littleoldlady

I don't see the chocolate, but more power to ya, :)

I detest Obama.

re: #235 goddessoftheclassroom

I caught most of the game on the radio today (with the notable exception of the last 5 minutes of regulation). Any noteworthy commercials?

re: #230 littleoldlady

Isn't it cool? It's got CHOCOLATE! Freetoken gave it to me.

Hey... you're worth it!

re: #238 Fenway_Nation

I caught most of the game on the radio today (with the notable exception of the last 5 minutes of regulation). Any noteworthy commercials?

I'm going to have to watch them on the internet--I was really too tense to take them in!

Well it's my birthday and we all know what that means.

That's right, this is the day Punxsutawney Phil leaves his burrow on Gobblers Knob to check for his shadow and tell us whether we can expect six more weeks of winter.

Sunrise is less than an hour away.

re: #241 Geepers

Well it's my birthday and we all know what that means.

That's right, this is the day Punxsutawney Phil leaves his burrow on Gobblers Knob to check for his shadow and tell us whether we can expect six more weeks of winter.

Sunrise is less than an hour away.

Happy birthday!

freetoken! :-)

Sup mah peeps?

Happy Groundhog Day

Happy Birthday, Geepers! :-) :-) :-)

re: #241 Geepers

Well it's my birthday and we all know what that means.

That's right, this is the day Punxsutawney Phil leaves his burrow on Gobblers Knob to check for his shadow and tell us whether we can expect six more weeks of winter.

Sunrise is less than an hour away.

Happy Birthday Geepers

Ok I've gotten around to ordering my digital converter boxes. Although I'm not entirely certain why I ordered two. The only time my TV has been turned on over the last four years was for football and the occasional taped movie.

[The only other TV in the house sees a fair amount of usage as its owner is a House fan.]

Most of the time my TV sits facing the wall, covered in dust and random computer parts.

COUPON
THIS,
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Got to get ready for school. I don't know whether the students will be wired because Pittsburgh won or zombies because they stayed up so late...

re: #236 BatGuano

The cup is chocolate. Hey, LoL, sounds like you need a REAL vacation.

By the way LoL, I have coffeemakers all over the place. I could send you one.

re: #250 tappin52

HA. :-(

tappin! :-)