Kindle for iPhone Review

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When Amazon announced the Kindle 2 in early February they dropped hints about reading Kindle books on an iPhone, and here’s the reason for the hints: Kindle for iPhone. (iTunes App Store link.)

Once you install this free application, all you have to do is enter your Amazon account’s email address and password and you have access to all your books, because Kindle purchases are automatically backed up at Amazon and can always be downloaded at no charge. But there’s a caveat; this version of the iPhone app doesn’t support subscriptions to newspapers, magazines, blogs, etc. (Which could mean Apple has something else planned in that area.)

To read a previously purchased book on the iPhone, select ‘Archived Items’ and you see a list of all your Kindle books, which can be downloaded to the iPhone. Even if you delete an item from the Kindle or iPhone, it’s always available under ‘Archived Items’ on any registered Kindle-reading device (as long as you can get connected to Amazon’s Whispernet system). The Whispersync feature even keeps track of the furthest page you’ve read in each book, across all your devices.

After registering, your iPhone shows up in the download menu on Amazon pages for Kindle books, so you can buy stuff and have it automatically sent straight to the iPhone if you like.

The Kindle app has an iPhone-style interface, and shows book covers and interior illustrations in color. As with the Kindle, you can set the text size as you read, and you can save bookmarks to specific sections. Paging back and forth is done with iPhone-style finger gestures.

If you have an iPhone, you want this application. It’s great.

At TiDBITS, Glenn Fleishman writes: “Kindle for iPhone is a bit of a game changer.”

Overnight, 240,000 books are suddenly available for the iPhone through a free application’s conduit. This might also signal that Apple has no plans to enter the electronic book reader market - otherwise, why allow Amazon to set up a beachhead?

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839 comments
1 ThinkRight  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:28:22am

So the new kindle has evolved already huh ?

2 jorline  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:28:43am

You can get anything on an iPhone.
*drink*

3 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:28:53am

I wish they’d do this for a Blackberry.
I’m not getting any touchscreen phone until the local cell phone traffic reports have a voice interface. I can feel the physical buttons, but I’d have to look at a touchscreen to enter the route numbers, thus causing something else for the traffic report to report.

4 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:29:16am
Overnight, 240,000 books are suddenly available for the iPhone through a free application’s conduit. This might also signal that Apple has no plans to enter the electronic book reader market - otherwise, why allow Amazon to set up a beachhead?

Times are tough- I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple just didn’t have the means to launch a new device at this time, or otherwise didn’t see the ability to dominate the market with one. If you can’t beat them, join them.

5 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:29:18am

I’ve watched this 10 times already and its funnier every time

6 Bloodnok  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:30:36am

An improvement already? Wow. They sure are burning the Kindle at both ends. It’s an EpiPhony

7 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:32:19am

re: #6 Bloodnok

An improvement already? Wow. They sure are burning the Kindle at both ends. It’s an EpiPhony

It’s change you can believe in.

8 mattm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:32:31am

I bet Apple dies have some blog reader up their sleeves. Newspapers and magazines, well assuming they last, maybe.

9 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:32:34am

I’m getting impatient. How much longer until I can just have all of Jane Austen implanted into my brain? For that matter, how much longer until I can just have my reality electronically changed to put me IN Jane Austen?

/Can’t wait to hear what my husband will sound like.

10 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:32:58am

Sinful!

If God had intended us to read books on our telephones, he’d have given us, er, Dewey Decimal Dialing Digits.

11 MandyManners  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:33:20am

I’d not be surprised if the Class of 2027 had several students named Kindle.

12 calvin coolidge  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:34:04am

It was a free application briefly, but the government got wind of it and now it’s taxed. Moving along.

13 joncelli  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:34:12am

Gah! And I can’t afford either one! [Gnashes teeth menacingly]

14 jorline  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:34:21am

re: #5 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I’ve watched this 10 times already and its funnier every time


1-10…let’s dance…lol

15 bloodnok  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:34:29am

re: #11 MandyManners

I’d not be surprised if the Class of 2027 had several students named Kindle.

That’s better than “Barack” for boys and “Hope” for girls.

16 joncelli  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:34:39am

re: #11 MandyManners

Because of naughty librarians?

17 astronmr20  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:34:46am

While this is great, I understand the advantages to a kindle over an Iphone.

Reading late at night on a screen like the iphone’s can get mighty tiresome for the eyes, depending on how they set the color and contrast for this app.

While I love the Iphone’s display, I wouldn’t use it for reading a novel. The kindle’s display is suited more to long-term reading, and is much easier to hold on one’s lap and read in bed or elsewhere, while the iphone has to be held up, much closer to your face.

When the kindle first came out I decided I’d wait until an Amazon iphone app came out, but after reading other content/blogs on the iphone for a few months, I realize I don’t want to use it for reading books.

18 Cygnus  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:34:54am

re: #5 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I’ve watched this 10 times already and its funnier every time



I’d like to see somebody try that in the end zone. He’d have the crap beaten out of him after the game, along with being penalized.

19 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:34:57am

re: #14 jorline

1-10…let’s dance…lol

The kid can dance, I’ll give him that.

20 astronmr20  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:35:21am

re: #8 mattm

I bet Apple dies have some blog reader up their sleeves. Newspapers and magazines, well assuming they last, maybe.

You can already do that on an iphone.

21 ThinkRight  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:36:00am

re: #16 joncelli

Because of naughty librarians?


Woohoo !

22 Cygnus  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:36:02am

re: #15 bloodnok

That’s better than “Barack” for boys and “Hope” for girls.

“Hope” was a good name until Barack came along.

23 bloodnok  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:36:12am

re: #7 Sharmuta

It’s change you can believe in.

I suddenly have the urge to vote. For something…anything.

I vote that THIS pen is the best pen on the desk.

/pheeewwwww

24 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:36:34am

Buy an iPhone… help me keep my job!

25 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:37:22am

re: #4 Sharmuta

Times are tough- I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple just didn’t have the means to launch a new device at this time, or otherwise didn’t see the ability to dominate the market with one. If you can’t beat them, join them.

Times are tough, but not for Apple. Not at the moment, anyway.

26 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:37:33am

re: #18 Cygnus

I’d like to see somebody try that in the end zone. He’d have the crap beaten out of him after the game, along with being penalized.

Imagine what the dance would have looked like if he had won.

27 ThinkRight  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:37:50am

re: #24 jcm

Buy an iPhone… help me keep my job!


Only if it comes with XM

28 OldLineTexan  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:37:57am

re: #22 Cygnus

“Hope” was a good name until Barack came along.

In a few years, it will be “Esperanza”.

29 bloodnok  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:38:17am

re: #24 jcm

Buy an iPhone… help me keep my job!

I bought an iTouch -you can work part-time.

///

30 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:38:25am

re: #5 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

My children love you for that.

31 OldLineTexan  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:38:38am

re: #26 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Imagine what the dance would have looked like if he had won.

I think the patient winner (loser in your scenario) would be justified in kicking him sqwar in da nutz.

32 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:38:39am

re: #27 ThinkRight

Only if it comes with XM

And a phaser.

33 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:38:49am

re: #23 bloodnok

I suddenly have the urge to vote. For something…anything.

I vote that THIS pen is the best pen on the desk.

/pheeewwwww

I love lamp.

34 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:39:26am

re: #32 Occasional Reader

And a Six.

35 OldLineTexan  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:39:26am

re: #24 jcm

Buy an iPhone… help me keep my job!

What, you want a JOB?

/behind the times

36 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:39:49am

re: #29 bloodnok

I bought an iTouch -you can work part-time.

///

It works, we’ve got something in just about every Apple product!

Or buy any touch screen cell phone, we own that market segment.

37 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:40:40am

re: #35 OldLineTexan

What, you want a JOB?

/behind the times

D’oh! I forgot! I’ll volunteer! I can clean up unicorn droppings!

38 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:40:44am

re: #31 OldLineTexan

I think the patient winner (loser in your scenario) would be justified in kicking him sqwar in da nutz.

Oh, I agree. I was expecting the other guy to deck him when I first saw the video. The 1-10 score at the end got me rolling.

39 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:40:50am

re: #24 jcm

Buy an iPhone… help me keep my job!

I already did. You owe me.

In return, some day - and that day may never come - I’ll call upon you to do a service for me. But, until that day, accept this justice as a gift on my daughter’s wedding day.

40 astronmr20  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:40:57am

re: #36 jcm

Who is we?

41 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:41:27am

re: #40 astronmr20

Who is we?

I thought he had a mouse in his pocket

42 OldLineTexan  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:42:11am

re: #38 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Oh, I agree. I was expecting the other guy to deck him when I first saw the video. The 1-10 score at the end got me rolling.

Me, too. What a nimrod. But not a bad dancer, as someone already pointed out.

I would have kicked him, personally.

But I guess he had already been spanked!

43 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:42:22am

re: #34 lawhawk

And a Six.

I’m kinda partial to Eight, too.

Hell, one of each.

44 OldLineTexan  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:42:36am

re: #40 astronmr20

Who is we?

Us?

45 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:42:52am

re: #25 Occasional Reader

I disagree. I think this app shows Apple is either not able or willing to develop their own iReader (and I highly doubt it’s because they’re not willing). It’s quite possible it’s just too expensive to develop at this time for them based on what they’re seeing with their overall sales. Just think of all the Apple lovers going crazy for an iReader. It would all be “Kindle what?”. No- they made a calculated decision not pursue a similar device (for now) and I’d wager the economy was a factor.

46 OldLineTexan  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:43:08am

re: #43 Occasional Reader

I’m kinda partial to Eight, too.

Hell, one of each.

I’ll stick with a six-pack. You have a ball with eight.

47 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:43:08am

re: #15 bloodnok

That’s better than “Barack” for boys and “Hope” for girls.

I always had some “hope” for some girls i went to school with, but more often than not, I was let “down”. So to speak?

48 LynnfromNZ  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:43:14am

I got this app this morning and put it on my iPod Touch. Works perfectly — even here in New Zealand. I’ll get a Kindle one day, but now it’s not quite so pressing.

49 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:43:57am

re: #33 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I love lamp.

All I need is this ashtray. And this lamp. And that’s all I need!

50 LynnfromNZ  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:44:25am

re: #34 lawhawk

Glad your cruise went well and you’re back to blogging.

51 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:44:34am

re: #40 astronmr20

Who is we?

An semiconductor manufacturer.

52 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:44:35am

re: #45 Sharmuta

I disagree.

They’ve been reporting pretty healthy profits even in the most recent quarters, IIRC.

53 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:44:44am

1:11 U.S. rejoins UN Human Rights Council as active observer (AP)

NO good can of this. NONE what so ever!

54 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:45:19am
55 OldLineTexan  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:45:30am

re: #41 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I thought he had a mouse in his pocket

They prefer to be called Rodent-Americans now, thankywverymuch.

And he’s jcm’s personal Obama Volunteer Engagement Reinforcement Supervisor, Enlightener, and Ego Reducer (OVERSEER).

Everyone with no unicorn gets one.

56 bloodnok  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:45:37am

re: #52 Occasional Reader

They’ve been reporting pretty healthy profits even in the most recent quarters, IIRC.

Perhaps they have a touch of Obamoptimism and foresee grim quarters ahead?

57 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:46:16am

re: #49 Sharmuta

All I need is this ashtray. And this lamp. And that’s all I need!

Cat juggling! I’ve heard about this!

58 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:46:18am

re: #52 Occasional Reader

Product development is expensive. They may want to keep those profits for something else.

59 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:46:35am

re: #45 Sharmuta

and I’d wager the economy was a factor.

That part, I agree might be the case - they don’t see people buying the thing in sufficient numbers. But I don’t agree that Apple “doesn’t have the means” to develop the product, if they wanted to.

60 joncelli  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:46:38am

re: #53 Nevergiveup

“Active observer”? Are they serving jumbo shrimp for lunch?

61 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:46:38am

re: #53 Nevergiveup

1:11 U.S. rejoins UN Human Rights Council as active observer (AP)

NO good can of this. NONE what so ever!

The 0bama administration wanted to be with people they could bitch about Israel and the Jews with, and who wouldn’t leak it to the press.

62 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:46:46am

Clinton criticises Israeli breach of ‘road map’

[Link: www.alertnet.org…]

I wish I could say this is unexpected?

63 karmic_inquisitor  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:46:54am

I have Jindle on my idPhone.

I use it pull up pictures of eyeballs and other irreducibly complex organs to show my friends who are infected with evolutionist ideology. It comes in handy for mobile exorcisms as well.

/

64 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:47:14am

re: #53 Nevergiveup

1:11 U.S. rejoins UN Human Rights Council as active observer (AP)

NO good can of this. NONE what so ever!

Perhaps this will restore our moral authority to that enjoyed by other prominent UNHRC members, like Iran and Libya.

/spit

65 Harry Tuttle  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:47:32am

LISTER: (Singing) …our love I tried to kindle, like firelight it…
dwindled, now I wonder when this… wind’ll ever… stop——-.
CONFIDENCE: (Incredulously) You wrote that?
LISTER: Yeah, but that was ages ago, you know.
CONFIDENCE: That is the greatest love song ever.
LISTER: Come on!
CONFIDENCE: Ever! It’s so deep! All the images! The dwindling, the
kindling, all the -indling! I love all that stuff! When I think
there’s fast buck merchants like Bee-toven and Mozart out there
grabbing all the publicity and here’s you, writing pieces of that
caLEEber, it makes me feel weak.

66 OldLineTexan  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:47:39am

re: #60 joncelli

“Active observer”? Are they serving jumbo shrimp for lunch?

“Active observers” kvetch from the sidelines, and yell advice to the coach.

67 Ford_Prefect  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:47:44am

re: #49 Sharmuta

All I need is this ashtray. And this lamp. And that’s all I need!

“I was born a poor black child.” Ha! I love that movie.

68 bloodnok  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:47:56am

re: #63 karmic_inquisitor

I have Jindle on my idPhone.

I use it pull up pictures of eyeballs and other irreducibly complex organs to show my friends who are infected with evolutionist ideology. It comes in handy for mobile exorcisms as well.

/

Books on volcanology are not supported by the Jindle.

69 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:48:13am

re: #59 Occasional Reader

That part, I agree might be the case - they don’t see people buying the thing in sufficient numbers. But I don’t agree that Apple “doesn’t have the means” to develop the product, if they wanted to.

It isn’t just the reader, but the ebook format, and convincing publishers to use it. If they want to use the Kindle format, it is probably a lot easier to get Amazon to supply the app.

70 OldLineTexan  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:49:10am

re: #68 bloodnok

Books on volcanology are not supported by the Jindle.

Can I get Bollywood shows on it? Butterhead?

71 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:49:13am

re: #62 Nevergiveup

Clinton criticises Israeli breach of ‘road map’

[Link: www.alertnet.org…]

I wish I could say this is unexpected?

And she will criticize the Palis failure to take the first step on the road in 3. 2…………1………… still waiting. I think I’ll go and make a 1000 year old egg while I wait.

72 Ford_Prefect  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:50:05am

re: #68 bloodnok

Books on volcanology are not supported by the Jindle.

What do they have against Spok?

73 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:50:24am

re: #59 Occasional Reader

That part, I agree might be the case - they don’t see people buying the thing in sufficient numbers. But I don’t agree that Apple “doesn’t have the means” to develop the product, if they wanted to.

I said I doubted it was because they weren’t willing. There’s something else going on. Perhaps it’s the capital put in at this time would not see the payoff as quickly as they would like. It’s not as if they couldn’t develop and market an iReader at a later point, it’s just at this point Apple doesn’t see the profitability of such a product.

74 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:50:34am

re: #68 bloodnok

Books on volcanology are not supported by the Jindle.

On the other hand, the Jindle is all too happy to “tell you a story”. Unfortunately, it’s usually at a 4th-grade reading level.

75 OldLineTexan  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:51:04am

re: #72 Ford_Prefect

What do they have against Spok?

The needs of the One outweigh the needs of the money …

/Sparack Obama

76 bloodnok  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:51:25am

re: #70 OldLineTexan

Can I get Bollywood shows on it? Butterhead?

They need a comic book Kindle, and a Kindle for those wacky childrens pup-up books.

77 OldLineTexan  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:51:55am

re: #74 Occasional Reader

On the other hand, the Jindle is all too happy to “tell you a story”. Unfortunately, it’s usually at a 4th-grade reading level.

Good. That’s almost appropriate for those moderate voters out there that didn’t understand Obama was a Socialist.

No sarc tag.

78 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:52:01am

re: #73 Sharmuta

I said I doubted it was because they weren’t willing.

You said “I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple just didn’t have the means to launch a new device at this time”. You’re a lying liar who’s lyingly telling lying lies!

//

79 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:52:14am

re: #62 Nevergiveup

Clinton criticises Israeli breach of ‘road map’

[Link: www.alertnet.org…]

I wish I could say this is unexpected?

Just once I’d like to hear something like that, from one, just one Foreign Secretary or Head of State, about the daily missile attacks by the hamasthugs.
Just once.

/Ok, I’ll dream on …

80 OldLineTexan  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:52:53am

re: #76 bloodnok

They need a comic book Kindle, and a Kindle for those wacky childrens pup-up books.

A skin mag Kindle! Or just an easy-clean cover …

/ewwww, sorry

81 astronmr20  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:53:10am

re: #45 Sharmuta

I disagree. I think this app shows Apple is either not able or willing to develop their own iReader (and I highly doubt it’s because they’re not willing). It’s quite possible it’s just too expensive to develop at this time for them based on what they’re seeing with their overall sales. Just think of all the Apple lovers going crazy for an iReader. It would all be “Kindle what?”. No- they made a calculated decision not pursue a similar device (for now) and I’d wager the economy was a factor.

Their devices are already set up as readers. The hardware, OS, and development is already there in iphone/ ipod touch. No need to develop, manufacture, and market some separate device that only shows text.

This is another selling point for people to pick up an iphone or ipod touch, and makes the iphone/ipod a natural accessory to people who already own a kindle but don’t want to take it on the road, since it syncs with your existing kindle account. Thus- it becomes a “kindle-pod.”

This is what was envisioned when Apple conceived the iphone/ OS and 3rd party app development process.

82 bloodnok  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:53:23am

re: #80 OldLineTexan

A skin mag Kindle! Or just an easy-clean cover …

/ewwww, sorry

They have that. It’s called “The Internet”.

83 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:53:25am

Sen. Ted Kennedy says Britain’s decision to award him an honorary knighthood is “moving and personal.”

[Link: www.foxnews.com…]

I understand Senator Kennedy is in his last days, and that Gordan Brown wants Obama to also bail out the UK, but can someone remind me what Kennedy ever did for Great Britain? I mean I know his father tried to sell our Allie down the river.

84 Ford_Prefect  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:53:44am

re: #78 Occasional Reader

You said “I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple just didn’t have the means to launch a new device at this time”. You’re a lying liar who’s lyingly telling lying lies!

//

Isn’t that a double negative? Or a triple… uh…quadru…Oh, never mind.

85 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:53:56am

re: #80 OldLineTexan

A skin mag Kindle!

You know it’s inevitable.

86 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:54:06am
87 Creeping Eruption  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:54:24am

Wow, this kindle thing sure has created quite a firestorm.

88 doppelganglander  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:54:29am

re: #9 EmmmieG

I’m getting impatient. How much longer until I can just have all of Jane Austen implanted into my brain? For that matter, how much longer until I can just have my reality electronically changed to put me IN Jane Austen?

/Can’t wait to hear what my husband will sound like.

Are you familiar with “The Eyre Affair” and its sequels by Jasper Fforde? Essentially, the main character discovers she has the ability to enter a novel as you’d enter a room. Hilarity, confusion, and literary allusions ensue. I recommend all the books highly, but they’re best read in order.

89 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:54:48am
90 subsailor68  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:54:56am

re: #83 Nevergiveup

Sen. Ted Kennedy says Britain’s decision to award him an honorary knighthood is “moving and personal.”

[Link: www.foxnews.com…]

I understand Senator Kennedy is in his last days, and that Gordan Brown wants Obama to also bail out the UK, but can someone remind me what Kennedy ever did for Great Britain? I mean I know his father tried to sell our Allie down the river.

Well, I don’t think he drove into any of their rivers. Guess that’s a plus.

;-)

91 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:54:56am

re: #83 Nevergiveup

Sen. Ted Kennedy says Britain’s decision to award him an honorary knighthood is “moving and personal.”

[Link: www.foxnews.com…]

I understand Senator Kennedy is in his last days, and that Gordan Brown wants Obama to also bail out the UK, but can someone remind me what Kennedy ever did for Great Britain? I mean I know his father tried to sell our Allie down the river.

Well, Joseph Kennedy was the only US importer of Scotch after Prohibition, so he helped Scotland, anyway. (He bought the rights cheap during Prohibition.)

92 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:55:05am

I got my Kindles and Jindals all confused.

93 Ford_Prefect  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:55:13am

re: #87 Creeping Eruption

Wow, this kindle thing sure has created quite a firestorm.

Yes, it has caused quite a spark.

94 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:55:19am

re: #81 astronmr20

Their devices are already set up as readers.

Yes. but.

Backlit “readers” are hard on the eyes for extended periods. I’ve actually loaded Moby Dick onto my iPhone, just because… well, it was there… but it would never occur to me to attempt to read the whole thing on my iPhone.

95 bloodnok  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:55:36am

re: #83 Nevergiveup

Sen. Ted Kennedy says Britain’s decision to award him an honorary knighthood is “moving and personal.”

[Link: www.foxnews.com…]

I understand Senator Kennedy is in his last days, and that Gordan Brown wants Obama to also bail out the UK, but can someone remind me what Kennedy ever did for Great Britain? I mean I know his father tried to sell our Allie down the river.

I don’t think this is what a Kennedy means when they say they want the Order of the Garter.

96 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:55:47am

re: #88 doppelganglander

I love those books. My husband says that’s because a world in which books and literature were as popular as movies and rock music and so on would be my ideal world.

He’s right.

97 astronmr20  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:55:54am

re: #73 Sharmuta

Apple has absolutely no reason to develop a piece of hardware that only downloads and reads text. They already have the iphone/ipod touch which does that, plus videdeo and music and gaming.

For larger format multi-media, they have the appleTV.

You won’t see apple release a bulky piece of hardware that only downloads and displays text. The Iphone kindle app is meant to compliment the kindle concept.

98 Miss Molly  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:56:16am

The Iphones are very small and some books are very long. I just can never see myself reading a long book on phone. I’ll just get the real book instead.

99 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:56:30am

re: #92 Peacekeeper

I got my Kindles and Jindals all confused.

Put ‘em on a spindle, you can be confused and dizzy!

100 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:56:35am

re: #94 Occasional Backlit Reader

Yes. but.

Backlit “readers” are hard on the eyes for extended periods. I’ve actually loaded Moby Dick onto my iPhone, just because… well, it was there… but it would never occur to me to attempt to read the whole thing on my iPhone.


NERD!

101 joncelli  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:56:45am

re: #87 Creeping Eruption

Yes, Amazon just had to provide the spark.

102 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:57:00am

re: #78 Occasional Reader

Because it’s expensive. Maybe they want to keep some money in the bank at this time. I would.

103 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:57:14am

re: #50 LynnfromNZ

Thanks…. it was one hell of a trip. Actually, the return flight was a hellish encounter with Delta, but the rest was pretty damned good.

104 OldLineTexan  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:57:35am

re: #83 Nevergiveup

Sen. Ted Kennedy says Britain’s decision to award him an honorary knighthood is “moving and personal.”

[Link: www.foxnews.com…]

I understand Senator Kennedy is in his last days, and that Gordan Brown wants Obama to also bail out the UK, but can someone remind me what Kennedy ever did for Great Britain? I mean I know his father tried to sell our Allie down the river.

The Order of Byrhtnoth is proper for Teddy.

105 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:57:37am

re: #87 Creeping Eruption

Wow, this kindle thing sure has created quite a firestorm.

Kindling is for faggots, if you ask me.

/IT’S A PUN, PEOPLE

106 bloodnok  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:57:41am

re: #94 Occasional Reader

Yes. but.

Backlit “readers” are hard on the eyes for extended periods. I’ve actually loaded Moby Dick onto my iPhone, just because… well, it was there… but it would never occur to me to attempt to read the whole thing on my iPhone.

I’m trying to read a bunch of Sherlock Holmes books on the Touch. It’s not easy.

107 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:57:43am

re: #43 Occasional Reader

I’m kinda partial to Eight, too.

Hell, one of each.

Throw in a Three for good measure.

108 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:57:45am

re: #98 Miss Molly

The Iphones are very small and some books are very long. I just can never see myself reading a long book on phone. I’ll just get the real book instead.

Luddite!

// ;-P

109 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:57:58am

NEW YORK — Yankees manager Joe Girardi said the team is being cautious with Alex Rodriguez’s ailing right hip because he had some problems with it last year.

[Link: sports.espn.go.com…]

You kinda get the feeling that this season is going to be a disaster when the excuses start coming before the first pitch?

110 Ford_Prefect  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:58:00am

re: #101 joncelli

Yes, Amazon just had to provide the spark.

You almost matched my #93.

111 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:58:01am

re: #83 Nevergiveup

Sen. Ted Kennedy says Britain’s decision to award him an honorary knighthood is “moving and personal.”

[Link: www.foxnews.com…]

I understand Senator Kennedy is in his last days, and that Gordan Brown wants Obama to also bail out the UK, but can someone remind me what Kennedy ever did for Great Britain? I mean I know his father tried to sell our Allie down the river.

Kennedy is a LLL - Gord is a NuLab neostalinist: birds of a feather give each other rewards …

112 OldLineTexan  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:58:10am

re: #85 Occasional Reader

You know it’s inevitable.

/self-deleted

113 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:58:22am

re: #98 Miss Molly

The Iphones are very small and some books are very long. I just can never see myself reading a long book on phone. I’ll just get the real book instead.

I use my PDA to read books, but largely because I hate being bored; I always have my PDA or smartphone with me; and thus I always have something to read with me.
Well, I will once I buy some books for Mobi Reader. Anyone know of a reader for the BlackBerry that has some free ebooks? Or that will handle html? (The BlackBerry browser doesn’t work with local files)

114 Ford_Prefect  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:59:18am

re: #105 Occasional Reader

Kindling is for faggots, if you ask me.

/IT’S A PUN, PEOPLE

That kind of pun could get you put onto the ash heap.

115 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:59:18am

re: #88 doppelganglander

Are you familiar with “The Eyre Affair” and its sequels by Jasper Fforde? Essentially, the main character discovers she has the ability to enter a novel as you’d enter a room. Hilarity, confusion, and literary allusions ensue. I recommend all the books highly, but they’re best read in order.

(And there always is a nifty Welsh connection in them books …)

116 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:59:28am

re: #105 Occasional Reader

Kindling is for faggots, if you ask me.

/IT’S A PUN, PEOPLE

If you bundle your faggots you are a facist!

117 subsailor68  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 11:59:49am

re: #106 bloodnok

I’m trying to read a bunch of Sherlock Holmes books on the Touch. It’s not easy.

A Holmes fan! Very cool. Have you ever read “The Boer Conspiracy”?

118 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:00:04pm

Can you download bankrupt, or soon to be bankrupt newspapers on a kindle?

119 Creeping Eruption  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:00:16pm

re: #105 Occasional Reader

Kindling is for faggots, if you ask me.

/IT’S A PUN, PEOPLE

And a good one. Too bad you need a disclaimer.

120 astronmr20  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:00:33pm

re: #118 Peacekeeper

Yup.

121 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:00:40pm

re: #118 Peacekeeper

Can you download bankrupt, or soon to be bankrupt newspapers on a kindle?

Who cares?

122 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:01:10pm

Sorry.

That may have been a bit harsh.

123 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:01:12pm

re: #107 lawhawk

Throw in a Three for good measure.

She looks like she’d run up a huge bill on your credit card for fancy martinis.

Now Eight, she’s sexy, good maternal instincts, can fly a Raptor, what’s not to like?

124 doppelganglander  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:01:19pm

re: #96 EmmmieG

I love those books. My husband says that’s because a world in which books and literature were as popular as movies and rock music and so on would be my ideal world.

He’s right.

I would happily move there with you. I still like movies and music, of course, but it’s darn hard to find people who care about books outside of an English department.

125 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:01:28pm
126 Killian Bundy  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:01:29pm

CAIR Sex, Drugs and Profanity

CAIR-California’s Affad Shaikh is a rebel Islamist. While he performs the normal extremist activities, like obsess over Israel, rail against American troops, and defend militant Islamic groups overseas, he also does many things that could be considered unbecoming of a CAIR leader, at least by CAIR’s disjointed standards of conduct. Yet the group still keeps him on board. Could it be that CAIR has warmed to Shaikh’s offensive disposition?

Affad Shaikh is the Civil Rights Coordinator of CAIR-Los Angeles, the main office of CAIR-California, one of the main offices of CAIR itself. Although, he has another role as well, which seems to take up more of his time, and that is as an internet blogger.

Since October 2005, Shaikh has posted his almost daily thoughts on a weblog he runs called This American Muslim and another blog he contributes to named Muslamics. When he was stopped with others at the US-Mexico border, suspected of plotting to murder President Bush, he blogged about it. When he wanted to express his anger about what he thought was the Pope’s “extremism,” he blogged about it. And when he felt the need to tell his fellow Muslims that they should end their full participation in interfaith gatherings with Jews, calling the gatherings a “façade,” he blogged about that too.

These postings, of course, are little more than typical behavior for radical Muslims. Yet some of Shaikh’s more recent writings can be seen as even too risqué for his jihadi colleagues.

/he’s a naughty, naughty jihadi

127 joncelli  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:01:31pm

re: #110 Ford_Prefect

I can’t help it if you read, think, and type faster than me! [Flounces off]

128 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:01:38pm

re: #121 J.D.

Who cares?

I car because I believe in a kindle, gentler form of conservativism.

129 doppelganglander  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:01:54pm

re: #115 yma o hyd

(And there always is a nifty Welsh connection in them books …)

Yes, the People’s Republic of Wales! I’m sure you’d never let that happen in real life.

130 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:02:00pm

re: #114 Ford_Prefect

That kind of pun could get you put onto the ash heap.

Oh, spare me the torch song.

131 Ford_Prefect  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:02:58pm

re: #127 joncelli

I can’t help it if you read, think, and type faster than me! [Flounces off]

No no. I wasn’t being critical. “Match” …get it?

132 Miss Molly  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:03:09pm

Ted Kennedy might get an honorary knighthood? And Mary Joe’s family is OK with this?

133 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:03:12pm

Anyone…

How do you find out if the Whispernet access is available in your neighborhood.

134 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:03:15pm

re: #107 lawhawk

Throw in a Three for good measure.

I’ll take a dozen threes

135 Ford_Prefect  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:03:26pm

re: #130 Occasional Reader

Oh, spare me the torch song.

You’re such a flamer.

136 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:03:29pm

re: #114 Ford_Prefect

That kind of pun could get you put onto the ash heap.

Or kicked off of Kindler’s list.

137 astronmr20  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:03:39pm

re: #133 Walter L. Newton

Ask your question very quietly.

138 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:03:48pm

21:54 Clinton says U.S. may consult Iran on Afghanistan (Reuters)

Every day in Every way I want to scream.

139 joncelli  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:04:09pm

re: #131 Ford_Prefect

[Bangs head on desk] I get it. And I’m going to stay out of the punstakes for a while.

140 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:04:13pm

re: #133 Walter L. Newton

Anyone…

How do you find out if the Whispernet access is available in your neighborhood.

SHHHH! It’s a secret!

141 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:04:30pm

re: #137 astronmr20

Ask your question very quietly.

Why? What the fuck did I say now? Ok, I’m sorry, stupid question I guess. Fine.

142 Kenneth  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:04:52pm

I clicked the link and got this message:

“Kindle for iPhone not available in Canada.”

Sadness.

143 joncelli  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:05:31pm

re: #141 Walter L. Newton

Psst! Whispernet! It’s a pun thread!

144 Cognito  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:05:31pm

I’ll abstain from saying much on this subject. I’ve got… problems… with the context of the discussion.

Ah, well.

146 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:05:55pm

re: #142 Kenneth

I clicked the link and got this message:

“Kindle for iPhone not available in Canada.”

Sadness.

YOU ESS AY! YOU ESS AY! YOU ESS AY!

147 astronmr20  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:06:01pm

re: #141 Walter L. Newton

Why? What the fuck did I say now? Ok, I’m sorry, stupid question I guess. Fine.

Whisper.

Quiet.

It was a joke. I was being a smartass.

148 Semper Gumbi  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:06:04pm

re: #111 yma o hyd

Kennedy is a LLL - Gord is a NuLab neostalinist: birds of a feather give each other rewards …

True that. But I thought that the Queen made offers of Knighthood, not the plebian government?

149 subsailor68  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:06:13pm

re: #137 astronmr20

Ask your question very quietly.

Now that’s actually very funny! Well done.

:-)

150 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:06:14pm

re: #143 joncelli

Psst! Whispernet! It’s a pun thread!

I thought Whispernet was the “access” for the Kindle. Never mind.

151 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:06:22pm

re: #128 Peacekeeper

I car because I believe in a kindle, gentler form of conservativism.

So do I, but if when the NYTimes ceases to exist, in my book it’s cause for celebration.

Drink!

152 astronmr20  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:06:37pm

re: #145 FurryOldGuyJeans

Microsoft boss Bill Gates bans his children from using Apple products… but his wife admits she’d like an iPhone

That pretty much describes their business model. Lock people out of choices.

153 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:06:39pm

re: #129 doppelganglander

Yes, the People’s Republic of Wales! I’m sure you’d never let that happen in real life.

Heh.
This is the country where the raving LLL come from …
This is the country of which it is said that if you put a Labour rosette on a sheep, people in the valeys would vote for it.
This is the country where the Nationalist Party is to the left of Labour.

I could go on - but the Tories, thanks to inbreeding, are unfortunately discredited ( brave attempts at revival notwithstanding) and the only opposition are the Liberals - thats, as a Lizard pointed out, the Whigs.
And of course, being Welsh, they’re left of the main liberal party …

Good thing everybody here is more into singing, drinking, rugby and talking than into serious politics.

154 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:06:49pm

re: #142 Kenneth

I clicked the link and got this message:

“Kindle for iPhone not available in Canada.”

Sadness.

It’s too cold for Kindle up there. You need the Tinder model.

155 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:06:54pm

re: #144 Cognito

I’ll abstain from saying much on this subject. I’ve got… problems… with the context of the discussion.

Ah, well.

Um… you have some sort of religious objection to electronic readers? Or what?

156 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:07:29pm
157 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:07:33pm

re: #138 Nevergiveup

21:54 Clinton says U.S. may consult Iran on Afghanistan (Reuters)

Every day in Every way I want to scream.

Oh, that’s bound to help.

Thanks again, Bill.

158 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:08:03pm

re: #152 astronmr20

That pretty much describes their business model. Lock people out of choices.

Yet MS owns a good chunk of Apple.

159 Ford_Prefect  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:08:10pm

re: #154 DaddyG

It’s too cold for Kindle up there. You need the Tinder model.

Maybe they just have trouble logging in.

160 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:08:25pm
161 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:08:27pm

re: #158 FurryOldGuyJeans

Yet MS owns a good chunk of Apple.

I did not know that.

162 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:08:29pm

re: #157 J.D.

Oh, that’s bound to help.

Thanks again, Bill.

I think that’s the hilliary type clinton

163 MandyManners  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:08:34pm

re: #127 joncelli

I can’t help it if you read, think, and type faster than me! [Flounces off]

W00t. It’s spreading.

164 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:08:41pm
165 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:09:29pm

re: #162 Nevergiveup

I think that’s the hilliary type clinton

And aside from the obvious, the difference being?

166 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:09:30pm

re: #144 Cognito

I’ve got… problems… with the context of the discussion.

What? It’s not centering around you?

167 Semper Gumbi  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:09:35pm

re: #113 Kosh’s Shadow

… Anyone know of a reader for the BlackBerry that has some free ebooks? Or that will handle html? (The BlackBerry browser doesn’t work with local files)


If you like SciFi, Baen has an extensive library of free ebooks offered in several formats, including html. Go to baen.com and look for the library.

168 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:09:41pm

re: #164 DaddyG

She’s the vista of his eye.

I’d rather have a “leopard” in bed with me at night.

169 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:09:41pm

re: #160 buzzsawmonkey

People might think Gates is Winesap to do that, but I’m sure that his kids have a Gala of Microsoft products that they can use—and, after all, there are all sorts of ways to Rome the internet. I bet everyone in his family, from the youngest child to his Granny Smith, gets whatever they want for free.

Indeed, the irony is Delicious.

170 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:09:48pm

re: #161 J.D.

I did not know that.

It was purchased at a time when MS was fighting the government over monopoly issues and Apple was about to declare bankruptcy. With a solvent Apple it made a monopoly charge hard to apply.

171 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:09:51pm

It’s ironic that I, who no longer lives in Massachusetts can download/access the Boston Globe anywhere, but if I want to watch a Boston TV station that is forbidden by FCC rules unless I actually live in the broadcast area.

172 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:10:05pm

re: #165 J.D.

And aside from the obvious, the difference being?

One has a set of balls. Which I am not sure?

173 astronmr20  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:10:48pm

re: #168 Nevergiveup

I’d rather have a “leopard” in bed with me at night.

A “Tiger” works, too.

174 phoenixgirl  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:10:54pm

hi cog!

175 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:10:57pm

re: #148 Semper Gumbi

True that. But I thought that the Queen made offers of Knighthood, not the plebian government?

Not quite.
She has only a few honours in her personal gift - like the Knights of the Garter - the rest are always on the ‘advice’ of the current government.
Thats why we have these juicy scandals, the last one under Tony Blair, called ‘cash for Honours’, where multimillionaires gave cash gifts o the Labour Party and were given a Lordship in return.
Totally illegal, big stink, some were stricken form the list, others took themselves off voluntarily.

The Queen only gets to dub the recipients, or stick the medals on their lapels.

176 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:11:00pm

re: #133 Walter L. Newton

Anyone…

How do you find out if the Whispernet access is available in your neighborhood.

Whispernet Coverage Map.

177 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:11:16pm

re: #160 buzzsawmonkey

People might think Gates is Winesap to do that, but I’m sure that his kids have a Gala of Microsoft products that they can use—and, after all, there are all sorts of ways to Rome the internet. I bet everyone in his family, from the youngest child to his Granny Smith, gets whatever they want for free.


A delicious post.

178 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:11:20pm

re: #169 Occasional Reader

Indeed, the irony is Delicious.

The irony is not delicious! Irony is a dish best served cold.

179 Cognito  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:11:22pm

re: #174 phoenixgirl

hi cog!

Hey hey.

180 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:11:28pm

re: #170 FurryOldGuyJeans

It was purchased at a time when MS was fighting the government over monopoly issues and Apple was about to declare bankruptcy. With a solvent Apple it made a monopoly charge hard to apply.

Smart.

181 subsailor68  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:11:39pm

re: #168 Nevergiveup

I’d rather have a “leopard” in bed with me at night.

Phew. At least ya didn’t say “cougar”.

;-)

182 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:11:53pm

The biggest downside to electronic media is that it is darn near useless when you run out of toilet paper. The outhouse got tough enough once Sears stopped sending the catalogue.

183 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:12:14pm
184 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:12:15pm

re: #176 jcm

Whispernet Coverage Map.

Thanks.

185 astronmr20  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:12:25pm

re: #175 yma o hyd

Screw that.

If I ever do anything they feel I should be knighted for, I demand the whole sword on the shoulders thing. That’s the only way.

186 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:13:05pm

re: #182 DaddyG

The biggest downside to electronic media is that it is darn near useless when you run out of toilet paper. The outhouse got tough enough once Sears stopped sending the catalogue.


Make sure you have GFCI installed.

187 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:13:06pm

re: #167 Semper Gumbi

If you like SciFi, Baen has an extensive library of free ebooks offered in several formats, including html. Go to baen.com and look for the library.

Yes, but I can’t read the html on the BlackBerry, unless I read it while connected to the internet. That means I have to remember where I left off, navigate to the site, and wait for each part.
I have a pdf reader, but it takes too long to go from page to page to use for reading.

188 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:13:50pm

re: #186 Peacekeeper

Make sure you have GFCI installed.

Yeah - wouldn’t want to get caught short.

189 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:14:04pm

re: #182 DaddyG

You could print out some Moveon or DailyKos…

190 Ford_Prefect  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:14:24pm

re: #169 Occasional Reader

Indeed, the irony is Delicious.

It does get to the core of the problem.

191 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:14:33pm

re: #123 Occasional Reader

She looks like she’d run up a huge bill on your credit card for fancy martinis.

Now Eight, she’s sexy, good maternal instincts, can fly a Raptor, what’s not to like?

Excellent point.

192 Last Mohican  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:14:49pm

re: #145 FurryOldGuyJeans

Microsoft boss Bill Gates bans his children from using Apple products… but his wife admits she’d like an iPhone

I guess he’s try to avoid having something like this happen again.

193 Semper Gumbi  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:14:59pm

re: #175 yma o hyd

Not quite.
She has only a few honours in her personal gift - like the Knights of the Garter - the rest are always on the ‘advice’ of the current government.
Thats why we have these juicy scandals, the last one under Tony Blair, called ‘cash for Honours’, where multimillionaires gave cash gifts o the Labour Party and were given a Lordship in return.
Totally illegal, big stink, some were stricken form the list, others took themselves off voluntarily.

The Queen only gets to dub the recipients, or stick the medals on their lapels.


Ahh, thanks for the education!

194 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:15:04pm

re: #189 EmmmieG

You could print out some Moveon or DailyKos…

I’m afraid it would rub off, and the last thing the world needs is another leftist sphincter.

195 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:15:11pm

Afghan tech boom: Mullah embraces iPhone

KABUL - Mullah Abdul Salaam Zaeef is a former Taliban ambassador to Pakistan. He spent almost four years in Guantanamo. He wears a black turban, has a thick beard — and is never without his Apple iPhone.

The ultra-conservative Taliban banned modern technology like the Internet and TV during its harsh 1996-2001 rule, but those items have boomed in Afghanistan since the regime’s 2001 ouster, helping to bring the country into the 21st century.

Zaeef, who reconciled with the Afghan government after being released from U.S. custody, says he uses his iPhone to surf the Internet and find difficult locations, employing the built-in GPS. He even checks his bank account balance online.

“It’s easy and modern and I love it,” Zaeef said as he pinched and pulled his fingers across the iPhone’s touch screen last week. “This is necessary in the world today. People want to progress.”

196 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:15:27pm

re: #183 FurryOldGuyJeans

August 6, 1997 - Microsoft buys $150M of Apple stock

Very interesting.
Thank you!

197 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:15:33pm

re: #185 astronmr20

Screw that.

If I ever do anything they feel I should be knighted for, I demand the whole sword on the shoulders thing. That’s the only way.

Thats what you get when you’re made a ‘Sir’.
The full monty - complete with walking backwards!

198 HoosierHoops  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:15:53pm

re: #166 Sharmuta

What? It’s not centering around you?

I hurt my butt falling out of my chair laughing Sharm..
ouch..ouch!

199 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:16:06pm

These puns are killing my karma - but I just can’t help myself.

200 Creeping Eruption  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:16:07pm

re: #160 buzzsawmonkey

People might think Gates is Winesap to do that, but I’m sure that his kids have a Gala of Microsoft products that they can use—and, after all, there are all sorts of ways to Rome the internet. I bet everyone in his family, from the youngest child to his Granny Smith, gets whatever they want for free.

Idared say, with that Empire, they can Cameo any products they want and pick and choose as they please.

201 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:16:32pm

re: #193 Semper Gumbi

Ahh, thanks for the education!

You’re very welcome!

:-)))

202 Semper Gumbi  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:16:34pm

re: #187 Kosh’s Shadow


Oh, sorry, I misunderstood your question, I thought you were looking for free ebooks in html format.

203 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:16:48pm

re: #155 Occasional Reader

Um… you have some sort of religious objection to electronic readers? Or what?

Cognito harbors an odd conviction that there is something immoral or unethical about me writing about things that interest me, and linking to Amazon so people can buy stuff if it sounds interesting to them too. So he drops little snarky comments like that.

What really irks him is the 6% cut I get on sales referred through LGF, via the Amazon Associates program which is, of course, explicitly designed for just this purpose.

People don’t pay any more for the Amazon items, they always have the best deals or close to it, and the small referral fees help keep LGF running. There’s nothing unethical about these posts.

204 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:16:49pm

re: #188 DaddyG

Yeah - wouldn’t want to get caught short.


People could get wiped out.

205 ThinkRight  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:17:18pm

The Obama Report Card: What’s your grade?

Michael Kraskin of AOL’s Political Machine has a handy way to express your approval or disapproval of Barack Obama after six weeks on the job. Give Obama an overall grade as well as assessments on individual subjects, such as National Security and Health Care:


The Obama Report Card: What’s your grade?

206 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:17:21pm

The Real Revo has put up a video showing the difference between the reactions of the Marines at Camp Lejeune to George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama.

[Link: www.blackfive.net…]

207 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:17:28pm

re: #191 lawhawk

Excellent point.

Hide the wrenches.

208 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:17:36pm

re: #195 NJDhockeyfan

That is truly a study in contradictions.

209 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:17:41pm

re: #195 NJDhockeyfan

Afghan tech boom: Mullah embraces iPhone

I am now officially weirded out.

210 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:17:58pm

re: #195 NJDhockeyfan

Afghan tech boom: Mullah embraces iPhone

I hope he introduces that to his Taleban friends - makes it easier for the USAF to locate them …

:-)

211 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:18:29pm

re: #203 Charles

Cognito harbors an odd conviction that there is something immoral or unethical about me writing about things that interest me, and linking to Amazon so people can buy stuff if it sounds interesting to them too. What really irks him is the 6% cut I get on sales referred through LGF, via the Amazon Associates program which is, of course, explicitly designed for just this purpose.

People don’t pay any more for the Amazon items, they always have the best deals or close to it, and the small referral fees help keep LGF running. There’s nothing unethical about these posts.

I’ll you a 6% cut on all dental patients you refer over. Just saying.

212 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:19:28pm

re: #176 jcm

Whispernet Coverage Map.

Thanks. I live in an area with coverage, but with big holes nearby. That means that I might get decent access, or I might not.

213 Ford_Prefect  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:19:35pm

re: #203 Charles

Hmmm. Now I have another reason to buy one. Can anyone tell me how the Kindle compares to the ones they sell at Borders, I think they are Sonys.

214 Ford_Prefect  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:20:07pm

re: #211 Nevergiveup

I’ll you a 6% cut on all dental patients you refer over. Just saying.

I would bite at that chance if I were you, Charles.

215 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:20:12pm

re: #203 Charles

What really irks him is the 6% cut I get on sales referred through LGF

You capitalist pig! Hoarder! Wrecker! Running dog lackey of greedy international financiers!

216 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:20:16pm

re: #203 Charles

Cognito harbors an odd conviction that there is something immoral or unethical about me writing about things that interest me, and linking to Amazon so people can buy stuff if it sounds interesting to them too. What really irks him is the 6% cut I get on sales referred through LGF, via the Amazon Associates program which is, of course, explicitly designed for just this purpose.

People don’t pay any more for the Amazon items, they always have the best deals or close to it, and the small referral fees help keep LGF running. There’s nothing unethical about these posts.

Capitalist new media pig! You have been reassigned to the peoples industrial cooperative where you will be productively engaged in making paper for glorious peoples newspaper.

/

217 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:20:22pm

re: #203 Charles

But…I was under the impression this is your deal.

And of course Cog could have his own deal.


Is this a great country or what?

218 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:20:39pm

re: #203 Charles

Yet where is the media outrage over this:

Google pays seven-figure bonuses to 4 top execs

219 HoosierHoops  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:21:01pm

re: #203 Charles
I read a review about the Kindle 2 and they complained of no backlight option..It would be a cool feature to read books in low light..

220 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:21:03pm

re: #205 ThinkRight

The Obama Report Card: What’s your grade?


The Obama Report Card: What’s your grade?

F—-

221 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:21:09pm

re: #197 yma o hyd

Thats what you get when you’re made a ‘Sir’.
The full monty - complete with walking backwards!

As I noted before… no offense, yma, but as an American, I’d feel compelled to decline a knighthood, if offered one. I find the idea kind of odd, at least for us.

222 NCusTranshumanist  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:21:16pm

So do you have to own a Kindle to use this? If so, it’s not that great.

223 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:21:38pm

re: #203 Charles

You’re entitled to make a living. Why is it leftists expect everything to be free?

224 opnion  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:21:52pm

re: #185 astronmr20

Screw that.

If I ever do anything they feel I should be knighted for, I demand the whole sword on the shoulders thing. That’s the only way.

You can get the whole treatment at Medieval Times. then your serving wench brings chicken & royal Meade (Pepsi)

225 Afrocity  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:22:02pm

re: #145 FurryOldGuyJeans

Microsoft boss Bill Gates bans his children from using Apple products… but his wife admits she’d like an iPhone

I see a “Daddy Dearest” book in the Gates’ future.

226 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:22:14pm

So, our old manager who has been an incompetent for the last 6 months is out the door, and as his parting shot, he tells us all he only took the position so he could have it on his resume, dumps a shit sandwich of a project he was supposed to be doing completely untouched and tells us they expect it next week.

What a c***sucker.

227 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:22:23pm

re: #200 Creeping Eruption

Idared say, with that Empire, they can Cameo any products they want and pick and choose as they please.

If that’s what you believe, you don’t know Apple, Jack. Whose cider you on, anyway?

228 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:22:25pm

re: #222 NCusTranshumanist

So do you have to own a Kindle to use this? If so, it’s not that great.

I’m not sure — but I think you don’t even need to be a Kindle owner. Just have an Amazon account, and register the app on your iPhone.

229 paul sorene  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:22:31pm

Forget for a moment the Islamofascists and look at the BNP - Britain’s homegrown goons. They’re writing the Poles out of WW2:

[Link: www.anorak.co.uk…]

230 ConservatismNow!  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:22:39pm

re: #203 Charles

Because, y’know, heaven forbid you try to make money to keep the site up and running.

231 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:22:47pm

re: #205 ThinkRight

The Obama Report Card: What’s your grade?


The Obama Report Card: What’s your grade?

That was fffffun.

232 ThinkRight  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:22:54pm

re: #225 Afrocity

I see a “Daddy Dearest” book in the Gates’ future.


Not with the money and fame that the kids have already

233 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:22:55pm

re: #221 Occasional Reader

As I noted before… no offense, yma, but as an American, I’d feel compelled to decline a knighthood, if offered one. I find the idea kind of odd, at least for us.

I could understand Eisenhower getting Knighted ( he did, didn’t he? ), but what did Kennedy ever do for the UK. Wasn’t he a big IRA supporter?

234 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:23:12pm

re: #226 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

That upding was just an expression of my sympathy and/or congratulations.

235 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:23:22pm

re: #225 Afrocity

I see a “Daddy Dearest” book in the Gates’ future.

The Cult of Bill would suppress it.

236 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:23:24pm

re: #214 Ford_Prefect

I would bite at that chance if I were you, Charles.

We need a cap on these puns.

237 HoosierHoops  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:23:53pm

re: #221 Occasional Reader

As I noted before… no offense, yma, but as an American, I’d feel compelled to decline a knighthood, if offered one. I find the idea kind of odd, at least for us.

I know one guy that would jump on it..A certain Senator from Illinios called Roland Burris.. His ego knows no bounds.

238 Cognito  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:23:55pm

If you’re going to make my argument for me, Charles, I’d at least expect you to follow through and answer the people who misunderstand it.

No?

239 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:23:56pm

re: #218 FurryOldGuyJeans

Yet where is the media outrage over this:

Google pays seven-figure bonuses to 4 top execs

What’s outrageous about it? It’s a successful company, and has paid its top people accordingly. It’s not like they’ve gotten “bailout” money.

240 Kenneth  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:23:59pm

re: #203 Charles

Eegads! How dare you do anything that would earn you a living, Charles! That’s simply not acceptable anymore in the Obama Era.

241 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:24:10pm

re: #221 Occasional Reader

As I noted before… no offense, yma, but as an American, I’d feel compelled to decline a knighthood, if offered one. I find the idea kind of odd, at least for us.

Oh absolutely!
There are also quite a few people here who find this all a bit odd.

But it is a tradition, and as long as people enjoy this sort of fun, why not.

242 Ford_Prefect  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:24:30pm

re: #230 ConservatismNow!

Because, y’know, heaven forbid you try to make money to keep the site up and running.

Or just make money to, you know, make money.

243 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:24:52pm

re: #203 Charles

Holy shit, blog man. You mean you have a blog that you charge not a single penny for, and you have spent hours developing one of the most interactive and user friendly blog software in the world, and you spend hours monitoring the blog so all the users and yourself have a credibility barely seen on public internet sites and…

COGNITO

Who doesn’t have a single penny invested in this site is bothered that you have found a capital way to help support this venture.

Tough shit Cog.

Geeeessshhh.

244 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:25:02pm

re: #211 Nevergiveup

I’ll you a 6% cut on all dental patients you refer over. Just saying.

I’ll take you up on that!

Hold still, Peacekeeper. POW

245 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:25:13pm

re: #218 FurryOldGuyJeans

Yet where is the media outrage over this:

Google pays seven-figure bonuses to 4 top execs

How many Yuan is that?

246 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:25:22pm

*grabs popcorn*

247 doppelganglander  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:25:23pm

re: #153 yma o hyd

Sounds awful. I’d like to visit someday to see the sights associated with Dylan Thomas. Perhaps I can meet you and Miss Dog, too.

248 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:25:26pm

re: #238 Cognito

If you’re going to make my argument for me, Charles, I’d at least expect you to follow through and answer the people who misunderstand it.

No?


Didn’t you promise to shut up?

249 Semper Gumbi  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:25:57pm

re: #233 Nevergiveup

I could understand Eisenhower getting Knighted ( he did, didn’t he? ), but what did Kennedy ever do for the UK. Wasn’t he a big IRA supporter?


Actually, On the radio this morning they reported that one of the things he was being honored for was fostering peace in Northern Ireland.

250 Ford_Prefect  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:25:58pm

re: #236 Kosh’s Shadow

We need a cap on these puns.

I like puns. I hope we get molar these.

251 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:26:03pm

re: #234 J.D.

That upding was just an expression of my sympathy and/or congratulations.

Thanks. The bastard actually went around bragging about his new job, how much of a raise he was getting going there and about how it sucked we were still working here. Complete asshole.

252 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:26:05pm

re: #239 Occasional Reader

What’s outrageous about it? It’s a successful company, and has paid its top people accordingly. It’s not like they’ve gotten “bailout” money.

The media has been blasting companies for years for paying what they perceived as outrageous CEO salaries. Yet Google never got even a whisper. And I see that because Google makes no bones about their ideological bias.

253 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:26:13pm

re: #229 paul sorene

Forget for a moment the Islamofascists and look at the BNP - Britain’s homegrown goons. They’re writing the Poles out of WW2:

[Link: www.anorak.co.uk…]

It just goes to show that natural cleverness and neo-fascist politics just don’t mix at all!

254 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:26:45pm

re: #244 Occasional Reader

I’ll take you up on that!

Hold still, Peacekeeper. POW

You hit like a girl.

255 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:26:56pm

re: #243 Walter L. Newton

You mean you have a blog that you charge not a single penny for,

It’s successful, and used by a lot of people, therefore now it’s a “public good”, and Charles no longer really owns it.

Sheesh, haven’t you taken Lefty Economics 101?

256 joncelli  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:27:01pm

re: #238 Cognito

You need to learn when to walk away from an argument.

257 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:27:13pm

re: #238 Cognito

If you’re going to make my argument for me, Charles, I’d at least expect you to follow through and answer the people who misunderstand it.

No?

That’s a strange shut up? Dishonest jerk.

258 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:27:50pm

re: #238 Cognito

If you’re going to make my argument for me, Charles, I’d at least expect you to follow through and answer the people who misunderstand it.

No?

No. We’ve been through this already. I just thought I would take the opportunity you provided to completely put everything on the table. The previous Kindle review mentioned very explicitly that LGF gets a small cut from any Amazon purchases. Always good to say it again, though.

259 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:27:58pm

re: #233 Nevergiveup

I could understand Eisenhower getting Knighted ( he did, didn’t he? ), but what did Kennedy ever do for the UK. Wasn’t he a big IRA supporter?

He was - thast why some folk here are a bit p*ssed off about this.

/He may have given some fund to the cash-starved ‘Labour’ Party. Lots of people who want to be called ‘Lord’ did this … and Labour is nearly bankrupt.

260 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:27:59pm

re: #255 Occasional Reader

It’s successful, and used by a lot of people, therefore now it’s a “public good”, and Charles no longer really owns it.

Sheesh, haven’t you taken Lefty Economics 101?

I shit on Lefty Economics.

261 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:28:08pm

re: #251 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

It sounds as though he is aware that he isn’t going to be missed.

262 Ford_Prefect  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:28:18pm

re: #254 Peacekeeper

You hit like a girl.

Umm, is that MandyManners behind you?

263 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:28:24pm

re: #205 ThinkRight

The Obama Report Card: What’s your grade?


The Obama Report Card: What’s your grade?

How can I grade him when he hasn’t turned in a single assignment yet and skipped class most of the time? He even got Pelosi and Reed to do his term paper for him.

264 Afrocity  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:28:57pm

re: #232 ThinkRight

Not with the money and fame that the kids have already

Oh, he will definitely leave them put of the will and donate all of his money towards eradicating Malaria.

265 HoosierHoops  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:28:58pm

re: #243 Walter L. Newton

Holy shit, blog man. You mean you have a blog that you charge not a single penny for, and you have spent hours developing one of the most interactive and user friendly blog software in the world, and you spend hours monitoring the blog so all the users and yourself have a credibility barely seen on public internet sites and…

COGNITO

Who doesn’t have a single penny invested in this site is bothered that you have found a capital way to help support this venture.

Tough shit Cog.

Geeeessshhh.


Sometimes i think Cog is as dense as lead…Is it on purpose?

266 doppelganglander  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:29:18pm

re: #251 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Thanks. The bastard actually went around bragging about his new job, how much of a raise he was getting going there and about how it sucked we were still working here. Complete asshole.

A well-placed phone call to his new employers might make you feel much better.

267 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:29:19pm

re: #264 Afrocity

Hi, Afro! Feeling better, Hon?

268 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:29:37pm

re: #261 J.D.

It sounds as though he is aware that he isn’t going to be missed.

I missed him. Bastard was able to get behind cover while I reloaded.

269 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:29:42pm

re: #265 HoosierHoops

Sometimes i think Cog is as dense as lead…Is it on purpose?

Well- he is msm.

270 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:29:50pm

re: #247 doppelganglander

Sounds awful. I’d like to visit someday to see the sights associated with Dylan Thomas. Perhaps I can meet you and Miss Dog, too.

That would be huge fun!
The natives are very friendly!

271 Last Mohican  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:29:53pm

re: #205 ThinkRight


The Obama Report Card: What’s your grade?

Computers can be so helpful, yet so restrictive at the same time. I mean, I appreciated the opportunity to express my opinion, but no matter how much I displayed my middle finger and screamed at the top of my lungs, the “report card” didn’t seem to register it.

272 ConservatismNow!  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:29:56pm

re: #263 DaddyG

How can I grade him when he hasn’t turned in a single assignment yet and skipped class most of the time? He even got Pelosi and Reed to do his term paper for him.

“And Daniel Day…has no grade point average. All classes incomplete.”

273 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:30:07pm

re: #262 Ford_Prefect

Umm, is that MandyManners behind you?


You gonna tattle?

274 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:30:36pm

re: #266 doppelganglander

A well-placed phone call to his new employers might make you feel much better.

He was very careful in not saying where he was going, just mentioning the perks. I think its a Gov job in Virginia.

275 Ford_Prefect  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:30:45pm

re: #273 Peacekeeper

You gonna tattle?

No, I just thought you might want to duck.

276 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:30:59pm

re: #264 Afrocity

Oh, he will definitely leave them put of the will and donate all of his money towards eradicating Malaria.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has done a lot of good with the man’s money.

He reportedly started it so Melinda would have something to do other than nag him.

277 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:31:12pm

re: #254 Peacekeeper

You hit like a girl.

Bollocks. I float like a trilobite, and sting like a coelacanth.

278 Cognito  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:31:13pm

re: #258 Charles

No. We’ve been through this already. I just thought I would take the opportunity you provided to completely put everything on the table. The previous Kindle review mentioned very explicitly that LGF gets a small cut from any Amazon purchases. Always good to say it again, though.

Yep. And I’m glad you took that opportunity — I think it’s the honest thing.

Please do note, though, the fantastic and varied ways in which people misunderstood your comment, though. They think it’s about leftism, of all things.

279 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:31:19pm

re: #254 Peacekeeper

You hit like a girl.

It was a fight to the Finnish.

280 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:31:19pm

re: #249 Semper Gumbi

Actually, On the radio this morning they reported that one of the things he was being honored for was fostering peace in Northern Ireland.

Piffle.
He supported the IRA.
The IRA and assorted other NI terrorist groups only stopped after 9/11 - for obvious reasons.

281 opnion  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:31:25pm

If you are in DC this evening, you should stop by the White House.
The Obama’s are hosting their regular Wednesday Night, Recession era gala.
It apparently is quite lavish with Michelle always wearing a brand new designer gown.

282 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:31:25pm

re: #275 Ford_Prefect

No, I just thought you might want to duck.

What Mandy doesn’t know can’t hurt me.

283 HoosierHoops  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:31:27pm

re: #264 Afrocity

Oh, he will definitely leave them put of the will and donate all of his money towards eradicating Malaria.

No Afro..Each child gets 10 million dollars..The rest all goes to Charities..

284 Ford_Prefect  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:31:39pm

re: #274 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

He was very careful in not saying where he was going, just mentioning the perks. I think its a Gov job in Virginia.

Sounds like he has just the right temperament to be a public servant.

285 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:31:59pm

re: #269 Sharmuta

Well- he is msm.

If it can’t be about Media Boy, all the time, he ain’t interested.

286 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:32:08pm

re: #277 Occasional Reader

Bollocks. I float like a trilobite, and sting like a coelacanth.

You do whatever’s Nessiesary.

287 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:32:21pm

re: #277 Occasional Reader

Bollocks. I float like a trilobite, and sting like a coelacanth.

Is that some kind of pun?

288 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:32:26pm
289 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:32:55pm

re: #269 Sharmuta

Well- he is msm.

Who the hell says he’s anything? What damn proof do we have that he is anything but a lonely jerk who wants everyone to love him and he has no real foundational morals.

All we ever do is let him jerk us around and we accept everything is tells us about himself.

Personally, from what I can tell, nothing he has shown me here would even indicate that he know shit about writing, about the media or about conveying ideas to a public.

He’s another Belbo.

290 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:33:35pm

re: #203 Charles

Cognito harbors an odd conviction that there is something immoral or unethical about me writing about things that interest me, and linking to Amazon so people can buy stuff if it sounds interesting to them too. So he drops little snarky comments like that.

What really irks him is the 6% cut I get on sales referred through LGF, via the Amazon Associates program which is, of course, explicitly designed for just this purpose.

People don’t pay any more for the Amazon items, they always have the best deals or close to it, and the small referral fees help keep LGF running. There’s nothing unethical about these posts.

Capitalist! The horror of it, entering in a contract that makes you money!
/////

291 Afrocity  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:33:45pm

re: #267 Sharmuta

I am hanging in there {Sharmuta}. I bought lemons and chicken soup just like you told me to.

My grandma passed away in 1988, so Grandma Campbell’s soup will have to do ;-)

292 subsailor68  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:33:47pm

re: #274 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

He was very careful in not saying where he was going, just mentioning the perks. I think its a Gov job in Virginia.

Well, I think you ought to do a little detective work, then put the call in to the new employer. Perhaps something like:

“Yeah, this is Officer Johnson. Please ask your new employee to remember the terms of his restraining order. No closer than 300 feet from any playground.”

293 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:33:58pm

re: #283 HoosierHoops

No Afro..Each child gets 10 million dollars..The rest all goes to Charities..

Ooops, forget The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation linkie.

294 HoosierHoops  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:33:59pm

re: #264 Afrocity

Oh, he will definitely leave them put of the will and donate all of his money towards eradicating Malaria.

Are you feeling better? You’ve been sick? springtime is almost here

295 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:34:04pm

re: #290 jcm

Capitalist! The horror of it, entering in a contract that makes you money!
/////

I get it.

It’s one of those “profit” deals.

296 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:34:05pm

re: #289 Walter L. Newton

Who the hell says he’s anything? What damn proof do we have that he is anything but a lonely jerk who wants everyone to love him and he has no real foundational morals.

All we ever do is let him jerk us around and we accept everything is tells us about himself.

Personally, from what I can tell, nothing he has shown me here would even indicate that he know shit about writing, about the media or about conveying ideas to a public.

He’s another Belbo.

OK I’ll bite. What is or who is Belbo? Bilbo I know.

297 Creeping Eruption  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:34:12pm

re: #274 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

He was very careful in not saying where he was going, just mentioning the perks. I think its a Gov job in Virginia.

/Well, that has got to instill a lot of confidence.

298 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:34:12pm

re: #289 Walter L. Newton

Personally, from what I can tell, nothing he has shown me here would even indicate that he know shit about writing, about the media or about conveying ideas to a public.

And that’s different from the msm how?

299 Ford_Prefect  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:34:45pm

Well I have my towel and my electronic thumb and I am off to the pub for a pangalactic gargleblaster. I wish all of you a good night (or day or morning, whatever applies). Later Lizards!

300 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:35:15pm

re: #291 Afrocity

I am hanging in there {Sharmuta}. I bought lemons and chicken soup just like you told me to.

My grandma passed away in 1988, so Grandma Campbell’s soup will have to do ;-)

I would be a little careful of eating soup that was made in 1988. It may have outlived it’s shelf life.

301 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:35:21pm

re: #287 Peacekeeper

Is that some kind of pun?

This this some kind of bust?

302 KansasMom  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:35:55pm

I love my Blackberry, I love my blackberry, I love my blackberry…..

/can’t afford to upgrade to an iphone

303 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:35:56pm

re: #297 Creeping Eruption

/Well, that has got to instill a lot of confidence.

I figure we got about a week to 10 days before the upper management realizes how badly this shitstain screwed them over. That will be fun to watch

304 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:36:02pm

re: #298 Sharmuta

And that’s different from the msm how?

Touché. ;)

305 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:36:06pm

re: #296 Nevergiveup

OK I’ll bite. What is or who is Belbo? Bilbo I know.

Foucault’s Pendulum

306 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:36:25pm

re: #278 Cognito

Yep. And I’m glad you took that opportunity — I think it’s the honest thing.

Please do note, though, the fantastic and varied ways in which people misunderstood your comment, though. They think it’s about leftism, of all things.

Just curious, what percentage of your company’s profits are generated by ad revenue and for bonus points if your company owns periodicals how many of the ads there are masquerading as special supplements?

307 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:36:29pm
308 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:36:41pm

Let us bury Cognito in a wave of ritualistic abuse.

309 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:36:57pm

re: #301 Occasional Reader

This this some kind of bust?

Oh well.

Or this?

310 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:36:59pm

re: #307 yma o hyd

Trilobite

What are they good for?

311 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:37:00pm

re: #305 Walter L. Newton

Foucault’s Pendulum

Thanks.

312 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:37:11pm

re: #290 jcm

Capitalist! The horror of it, entering in a contract that makes you money!
/////

Heh … I once worked for an OEM which, so the sarc puts it, was clean and pure as the driven snow. So did a lot of us. I survived until the 4th layoff.

/it was fun
… now how do I add a sarc to a sarc ?

313 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:37:19pm

re: #306 DaddyG

Just curious, what percentage of your company’s profits are generated by ad revenue and for bonus points if your company owns periodicals how many of the ads there are masquerading as special supplements?

Don’t waste your time asking, Cognito doesn’t work for the MSM or any medium of that sort.

314 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:37:19pm

re: #303 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I figure we got about a week to 10 days before the upper management realizes how badly this shitstain screwed them over. That will be fun to watch

Sounds like so many managers I have run across over the years, in and out of the military.

315 Kenneth  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:37:23pm

Charles,

Does LGF get a cut if I click to Amazon.com though the link on LGF whenever I buy from them?

316 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:37:30pm
317 Semper Gumbi  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:37:41pm

re: #280 yma o hyd

Piffle.
He supported the IRA.
The IRA and assorted other NI terrorist groups only stopped after 9/11 - for obvious reasons.

I was figuratively scratching my head during the drive in trying to figure out how he supported peace in Northern Ireland. All I remember is him raising money for the IRA.

318 capitalist piglet  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:37:57pm

re: #225 Afrocity

I see a “Daddy Dearest” book in the Gates’ future.

: )

You know, I think he’s mostly just sort of a nice, geeky guy. I occasionally take my dogs to a drive-in where he’s been known to go, and one of the carhops there told me he’s had to float a loan before because he didn’t have any money with him.

Also, he plays trombone. That’s practically spelled G-E-E-K.

319 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:38:11pm

re: #278 Cognito

Yep. And I’m glad you took that opportunity — I think it’s the honest thing.

Please do note, though, the fantastic and varied ways in which people misunderstood your comment, though. They think it’s about leftism, of all things.

You’re making sweeping assumptions or poor use of language- perhaps both. IIRC- you think it’s more an ethical issue, right? Which, coming from an msm is richly ironic.

320 Creeping Eruption  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:38:17pm

re: #307 yma o hyd

Trilobite

You go and Trilobite it. I’m not touching that thing with a ten-foot pole.

321 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:38:36pm

re: #315 Kenneth

Charles,

Does LGF get a cut if I click to Amazon.com though the link on LGF whenever I buy from them?

Yep.

322 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:38:38pm

re: #310 J.D.

What are they good for?

“I can make a hat… a brooch…”

-“Johnny”

323 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:38:45pm

re: #291 Afrocity

I am hanging in there {Sharmuta}. I bought lemons and chicken soup just like you told me to.

My grandma passed away in 1988, so Grandma Campbell’s soup will have to do ;-)

I knew Campbell’s made tomato and CHicken n’ stars but I don’t remember a Grandmas soup? (Soylent green flavor?)

324 doppelganglander  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:38:53pm

re: #274 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

He was very careful in not saying where he was going, just mentioning the perks. I think its a Gov job in Virginia.

Too bad. I guess all that’s left is sugar in the gas tank.

/backs away, whistling and looking innocent.

325 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:38:53pm

re: #315 Kenneth

Charles,

Does LGF get a cut if I click to Amazon.com though the link on LGF whenever I buy from them?

Yes, hence the hyperventilating some people have about Charles talking tech.

326 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:39:03pm

re: #317 Semper Gumbi

I was figuratively scratching my head during the drive in trying to figure out how he supported peace in Northern Ireland. All I remember is him raising money for the IRA.

Remember the “new math” , well this is the “new” history.

327 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:39:27pm

re: #310 J.D.

What are they good for?

Keeping palaeontologists in employment and torturing students, I think …

328 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:40:14pm

re: #291 Afrocity

When you’re feeling better, you should look up how to make your own soup so you can have that Grandma loves me feeling. With the economy- I’m going to be working in my kitchen more myself. Get an LGF cookbook- there are soups in there including Chicken!

329 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:40:20pm

re: #310 J.D.

What are they good for?

Trivia questions.

330 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:40:26pm

re: #313 Walter L. Newton

Don’t waste your time asking, Cognito doesn’t work for the MSM or any medium of that sort.

Really? I’ve been suffering from delusions of informed.

331 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:40:30pm

re: #314 FurryOldGuyJeans

Sounds like so many managers I have run across over the years, in and out of the military.

I’m protected from most of it. He would call me up and direct me to do all kinds of jobs that weren’t part of my job, and I always asked him to put it in via email so I’d have something in writing, so he backed off and quit trying it with me. Our team back east was in the same office and he would task them in the office and they don’t have anywhere near the experience I do. They agreed to all kinds of crap to get him off their backs and now they are paying for it.

332 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:40:36pm

re: #319 Sharmuta

You’re making sweeping assumptions or poor use of language- perhaps both. IIRC- you think it’s more an ethical issue, right? Which, coming from an msm is richly ironic.

Would you stop pushing the myth. Cognito does not work for the MSM, at least not as a writer, reporter, journalist, copy editor, editor or any position like that.

333 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:40:55pm

re: #302 KansasMom

I love my Blackberry, I love my blackberry, I love my blackberry…..

/can’t afford to upgrade to an iphone

If it’s any consolation, most of the heavy hitters in the finance world use Blackberries. At least, to the extent there are any heavy hitters left in the finance world.

334 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:41:22pm

re: #330 DaddyG

Really? I’ve been suffering from delusions of informed.

We only know what he claims. I don’t believe it, unless he works in the mail room.

335 HoosierHoops  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:41:24pm

re: #332 Walter L. Newton

Would you stop pushing the myth. Cognito does not work for the MSM, at least not as a writer, reporter, journalist, copy editor, editor or any position like that.


Mailroom.. Hey..It’s a start…

336 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:41:25pm

re: #320 Creeping Eruption

You go and Trilobite it. I’m not touching that thing with a ten-foot pole.

Go on - it won’t bite!
Its been dead for hundreds of millions of years.

337 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:42:04pm

re: #332 Walter L. Newton

Would you stop pushing the myth. Cognito does not work for the MSM, at least not as a writer, reporter, journalist, copy editor, editor or any position like that.

Paperboy?

338 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:42:08pm

re: #331 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I’m protected from most of it. He would call me up and direct me to do all kinds of jobs that weren’t part of my job, and I always asked him to put it in via email so I’d have something in writing, so he backed off and quit trying it with me. Our team back east was in the same office and he would task them in the office and they don’t have anywhere near the experience I do. They agreed to all kinds of crap to get him off their backs and now they are paying for it.

Protected from most, but you will most likely still suffer some blowback. I don’t envy you for any of that.

339 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:42:24pm

re: #316 buzzsawmonkey

Is that the breast you can do?

She puts the “bella” in “Bellucci”. Well, in the first four letters of it, I guess.

340 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:42:30pm

re: #327 yma o hyd

Keeping palaeontologists in employment and torturing students, I think …

Sort of a stimulus package?

They’re big these days … really BIG!

341 debutaunt  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:42:58pm

re: #5 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I’ve watched this 10 times already and its funnier every time



Funny score.

342 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:43:02pm

re: #335 HoosierHoops

Mailroom.. Hey..It’s a start…

This guy has been playing a “role” here. He’s hiding behind a screen name and a on line personality.

This person is not in any way employed in a meaningful position for the MSM or some branch of it.

343 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:43:16pm

re: #334 Walter L. Newton

We only know what he claims.

A couple of the guys on my SEAL Team are pretty good at spotting liars, hang on while I ask them.

344 Russkilitlover  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:43:42pm

re: #289 Walter L. Newton

Who the hell says he’s anything? What damn proof do we have that he is anything but a lonely jerk who wants everyone to love him and he has no real foundational morals.

All we ever do is let him jerk us around and we accept everything is tells us about himself.

Personally, from what I can tell, nothing he has shown me here would even indicate that he know shit about writing, about the media or about conveying ideas to a public.

He’s another Belbo.

Nice grammar, spelling, and punctuation, though.

345 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:43:42pm

re: #332 Walter L. Newton

Would you stop pushing the myth. Cognito does not work for the MSM, at least not as a writer, reporter, journalist, copy editor, editor or any position like that.

What’s left?

346 subsailor68  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:43:50pm

re: #332 Walter L. Newton

Would you stop pushing the myth. Cognito does not work for the MSM, at least not as a writer, reporter, journalist, copy editor, editor or any position like that.

Now, now. It’s a dedicated man who can hit the streets looking for that elusive scoop, and never drop his bucket or mop.

347 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:43:56pm

re: #340 J.D.

Sort of a stimulus package?

They’re big these days … really BIG!

Not if Jindal has his way, sigh …

348 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:44:02pm

re: #339 Occasional Reader

She puts the “bella” in “Bellucci”. Well, in the first four letters of it, I guess.

Ok, I found nipples. Very healthy lady.

349 Creeping Eruption  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:44:39pm

re: #331 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I’m protected from most of it. He would call me up and direct me to do all kinds of jobs that weren’t part of my job, and I always asked him to put it in via email so I’d have something in writing, so he backed off and quit trying it with me. Our team back east was in the same office and he would task them in the office and they don’t have anywhere near the experience I do. They agreed to all kinds of crap to get him off their backs and now they are paying for it.

LOL. Paper trail does it every time. I had a guy this week who tried to get me to agree to cancel a meeting this week. I told him no can do, but he could cancel (the effect of which would have been an utter shit-storm for him and his client) if he wanted to … by drafting a letter and sending it to me. The meeting is on.

350 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:45:06pm

re: #342 Walter L. Newton

This guy has been playing a “role” here. He’s hiding behind a screen name and a on line personality.

This person is not in any way employed in a meaningful position for the MSM or some branch of it.


Playing a horse’s ass is done well and to near perfection.

351 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:45:11pm

re: #312 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Heh … I once worked for an OEM which, so the sarc puts it, was clean and pure as the driven snow. So did a lot of us. I survived until the 4th layoff.

/it was fun
… now how do I add a sarc to a sarc ?



Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money by Rabbi Daniel Lapin

“…beginning with the notion that “business is moral, noble and worthy,…”
352 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:45:26pm

re: #347 yma o hyd

Not if Jindal has his way, sigh …

Pay no attention to him.

Seriously.

353 MandyManners  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:45:47pm

re: #332 Walter L. Newton

Would you stop pushing the myth. Cognito does not work for the MSM, at least not as a writer, reporter, journalist, copy editor, editor or any position like that.

PR flak?

354 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:46:20pm

re: #353 MandyManners

PR flak?

Photographer?

355 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:46:22pm

re: #353 MandyManners

PR flak?

STOP!

356 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:46:33pm

re: #342 Walter L. Newton

This guy has been playing a “role” here. He’s hiding behind a screen name and a on line personality.

This person is not in any way employed in a meaningful position for the MSM or some branch of it.

I thought Cog was Pinch! Damn….
/////////

357 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:46:49pm

re: #356 jcm

I thought Cog was Pinch! Damn….
/////////

He’s not?

358 Kenneth  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:46:54pm

re: #321 Charles

I wish I knew that earlier! To be sure, from now on all my Amazon purchases are being run through LGF.

Lord knows, somebody in California had better start making money again!

359 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:47:05pm

re: #332 Walter L. Newton

Would you stop pushing the myth. Cognito does not work for the MSM, at least not as a writer, reporter, journalist, copy editor, editor or any position like that.

He’s probably the weatherman.

360 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:47:18pm

re: #355 Walter L. Newton

STOP!

Hee Hee. Found a way to torture Walter and Cog at the same time. Bi-Partisanship!

361 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:47:27pm

re: #237 HoosierHoops

I know one guy that would jump on it..A certain Senator from Illinios called Roland Burris.. His ego knows no bounds.

It’d look good on Burris’s masoleum.
/The thing reads like his fricking resume.

362 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:48:15pm

re: #348 Walter L. Newton

Ok, I found nipples. Very healthy lady.

Try to maintain you concentration, Walter. Think about, say, baseball. Like the Baltimore Aureoles, for instance.

363 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:48:27pm

re: #358 Kenneth

I wish I knew that earlier! To be sure, from now on all my Amazon purchases are being run through LGF.

Lord knows, somebody in California had better start making money again!

Washington, our deficit is per capita just as big as CA, well take our cut…..
;-P

364 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:48:31pm

re: #351 jcm

Sounds interesting!
Thanks.

365 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:48:37pm

re: #345 J.D.

What’s left?

He’s Pinch Sulzberg? /

366 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:48:47pm

re: #360 DaddyG

Hee Hee. Found a way to torture Walter and Cog at the same time. Bi-Partisanship!

It does seem to shut the latter up real quick. ;)

367 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:48:52pm

re: #332 Walter L. Newton

Would you stop pushing the myth. Cognito does not work for the MSM, at least not as a writer, reporter, journalist, copy editor, editor or any position like that.

paper boy….

368 Afrocity  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:48:54pm

Aren’t Avanti and Cognito both name brands for condoms? Just askin’

369 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:48:54pm

re: #362 Occasional Reader

Try to maintain you concentration, Walter. Think about, say, baseball. Like the Baltimore Aureoles, for instance.

ROFL!

370 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:49:02pm

re: #362 Occasional Reader

Try to maintain you concentration, Walter. Think about, say, baseball. Like the Baltimore Aureoles, for instance.


Snort. Titter titter.

371 opnion  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:49:07pm

re: #361 Honorary Yooper

It’d look good on Burris’s masoleum.
/The thing reads like his fricking resume.

Yeah, & he has benches installed so one can sit and gaze at his accomplishments.

372 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:49:12pm

re: #338 FurryOldGuyJeans

Protected from most, but you will most likely still suffer some blowback. I don’t envy you for any of that.

Oh, its going to be nasty, no doubt about it, but at least I’m not on the line for anything specific

373 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:49:13pm

re: #368 Afrocity

Aren’t Avanti and Cognito both name brands for condoms? Just askin’

LOL

374 jorline  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:49:14pm

re: #295 J.D.

I get it.

It’s one of those “profit” deals.

The tax man cometh.

375 turn  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:49:44pm

re: #362 Occasional Reader

Try to maintain you concentration, Walter. Think about, say, baseball. Like the Baltimore Aureoles, for instance.

Thinking about food also works, like beef ta ta.

376 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:49:48pm

re: #362 Occasional Reader

Try to maintain you concentration, Walter. Think about, say, baseball. Like the Baltimore Aureoles, for instance.

I don’t even pay attention to baseball. I didn’t know Baltimore has a team. Unusual name.

377 Cognito  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:49:55pm

re: #368 Afrocity

Aren’t Avanti and Cognito both name brands for condoms? Just askin’

You surprise me, Afrocity.

I’m curious: Why did you make that comment?

378 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:50:03pm

re: #368 Afrocity

Aren’t Avanti and Cognito both name brands for condoms? Just askin’

You’re implying that these posters are Trojan horses?

379 Kenneth  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:50:34pm

re: #348 Walter L. Newton

Ok, I found nipples. Very healthy lady.

Nipple thread!

380 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:50:38pm

re: #364 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Sounds interesting!
Thanks.

Lapin is a good guy, I’ve talked to him a couple times on the when he’s hosted a radio show.

381 JacksonTn  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:50:39pm

re: #378 Occasional Reader

You’re implying that these posters are Trojan horses?

Good one OR …

382 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:50:45pm

re: #368 Afrocity

Aren’t Avanti and Cognito both name brands for condoms? Just askin’

ROFLMHWAO!

Thanks, I needed a laugh to help ignore this virus I have rampaging.

{Afrocity}

383 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:51:04pm

Avanti needs a new avatar.

384 MandyManners  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:51:25pm

re: #354 J.D.

Photographer?

Dark room attendant?

385 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:51:31pm

re: #265 HoosierHoops

Sometimes i think Cog is as dense as lead…Is it on purpose?

He’s still only half as dense as Avanti. Sometimes I think Avanti is the Nodrog with a new nic.

386 Creeping Eruption  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:51:36pm

re: #382 FurryOldGuyJeans

ROFLMHWAO!

Thanks, I needed a laugh to help ignore this virus I have rampaging.

{Afrocity}

Is it that stomach thing? I had it three times in four weeks. Godspeed.

387 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:51:39pm

re: #352 J.D.

Pay no attention to him.

Seriously.

He’s just the public symptom of a whole lot of people o both sides of the Big Pond, who think that basic science, which does not lead to a commercial product after three years, is unaffordable and not worth the money.

COntrast this with the attitude of the Victorians, who thought working in Natural Sciences and doing research was one of the best callings someone could have.

This modern attitude to science - either treating it as a sort of investment which needs to show a profit in three years time, or using it as a sort of pseudo-religion - is deeply regrettable, and to all our detriment.

/Rant over

388 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:51:51pm

re: #384 MandyManners

Dark room attendant?

Weatherman.

389 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:52:00pm
390 MandyManners  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:52:03pm

re: #383 Sharmuta

Avanti needs a new avatar.

Oh, my stars!

391 MandyManners  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:52:15pm

re: #355 Walter L. Newton

STOP!

WHAT?

392 Kenneth  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:52:25pm

re: #378 Occasional Reader

You’re implying that these posters are Trojan horses?

Well I hope they’re using condoms instead of sock puppets!

393 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:52:32pm

re: #389 Iron Fist

Cousin Fist- I’m glad you liked it.

394 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:52:43pm

re: #383 Sharmuta

Avanti needs a new avatar.

*snort*
*choke*
*spew*

Thanks………. eating lunch here… one more keyboard dies……..

395 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:52:57pm

re: #383 Sharmuta

Avanti needs a new avatar.

ooof…too funny!

396 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:53:08pm

re: #377 Cognito

You surprise me, Afrocity.

I’m curious: Why did you make that comment?

C’mon Cog. You should let stuff like that bounce off of you. Be a little more elastic. You ought to be able to contain a little harmless spewing now and then.

397 MandyManners  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:53:08pm

re: #370 DaddyG

Snort. Titter titter.

You said “tit” twice.

398 Creeping Eruption  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:53:19pm

re: #383 Sharmuta

Avanti needs a new avatar.

HEY! this is no laughing matter. Some people have latex allergies!

399 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:53:22pm

re: #386 Creeping Eruption

Is it that stomach thing? I had it three times in four weeks. Godspeed.

Egads.

Well, I suppose it’s a fantastically effective, if inadvertent, weight loss plan, anyway.

400 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:53:24pm

re: #383 Sharmuta

Avanti needs a new avatar.

That’s so wrong, but so damn funny.

401 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:53:30pm

Time to relax some

402 Kenneth  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:53:30pm

re: #383 Sharmuta

That certainly explains the dick-head.

403 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:53:38pm

re: #397 MandyManners

You said “tit” twice.

They do come in pairs…..

*ducks*

404 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:53:43pm

re: #387 yma o hyd

I understand completely.

Don’t mind him. We have smarter ones on the way!
:-D

405 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:53:49pm

re: #388 Sharmuta

Weatherman.

No, that was Ed the Backstabber.

406 Creeping Eruption  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:54:10pm

re: #399 Occasional Reader

Egads.

Well, I suppose it’s a fantastically effective, if inadvertent, weight loss plan, anyway.

That is one way to look at it.

407 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:54:25pm

re: #405 Honorary Yooper

No, that was Ed the Backstabber.

of Big Colorful fonts.

408 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:54:27pm

re: #392 Kenneth

Well I hope they’re using condoms instead of sock puppets!

Well, Avanti can be a dick at times.

409 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:54:30pm

re: #398 Creeping Eruption

HEY! this is no laughing matter. Some people have latex allergies!

I know! That’s why these are “revolutionary non-latex condoms.”

410 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:54:42pm

re: #405 Honorary Yooper

No, that was Ed the Backstabber.

he got drunk eveywhere…including here

411 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:54:49pm

re: #386 Creeping Eruption

Is it that stomach thing? I had it three times in four weeks. Godspeed.

More like a nasty flu strain. It started off a few days ago with a severe sinus attack bad enough to make my teeth ache, and now has settled into a chest congestion bad enough to make me gasp for breath at times. And cough rough enough to have one heck of a sore throat.

Afrocity, wish I could share with you some of my homemade soups and stews I have in the freezer.

412 MandyManners  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:54:54pm

re: #388 Sharmuta

Weatherman.

The guy who hands the weatherman the yellow rain coat and umbrella on rainy days?

413 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:54:56pm

re: #397 MandyManners

You said “tit” twice.

Only for my bosom friends.

414 subsailor68  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:55:12pm

re: #405 Honorary Yooper

No, that was Ed the Backstabber.

Whoa. Blast from the past. Whatever happened to him anyway? Banned?

415 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:55:12pm

re: #409 Sharmuta

I know! That’s why these are “revolutionary non-latex condoms.”

A free bonus with every stimulus package!

416 MandyManners  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:55:21pm

re: #398 Creeping Eruption

HEY! this is no laughing matter. Some people have latex allergies!

Too baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.

417 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:55:37pm

re: #383 Sharmuta

Avanti needs a new avatar.

LOL!
You know, I quickly searched for Avanti…

418 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:55:39pm

re: #398 Creeping Eruption

HEY! this is no laughing matter. Some people have latex allergies!

Bad place to get an itch.

419 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:55:42pm

re: #413 DaddyG

Only for my bosom friends.

I’m tellin your mammary

420 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:55:57pm

Avanti Condoms:

Revolutionary non-latex condoms.
Thinner and more sensitive than regular latex condoms.
For latex sensitive condom users.
Natural feeling unique non-latex material.
If you are not allergic to latex, you should use a latex condom.
Unique non-latex material that is sensitive, clear, odorless, and safe with oil based lubricants.
Each condom is individually tested for maximum reliability.
From Durex, the world’s most loved condom brand, with over 70 years of quality experience.
Durex Avanti is the world’s first polyurethane male condom.
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This material can be made thinner than latex, providing enhanced sensitivity and comfort.
Durex Avanti condoms can be used with oil-based lubricants - unlike latex.
Made in UK.

421 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:55:57pm

re: #409 Sharmuta

I know! That’s why these are “revolutionary non-latex condoms.”


I asked my wife if we could try those but she was a bit sheepish. No guts.

422 MandyManners  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:56:07pm

re: #403 jcm

They do come in pairs…..

*ducks*

There was an actor on ER who had an extra one.

423 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:56:10pm

re: #410 albusteve

he got drunk eveywhere…including here

He failed to observe the Iron Fist Rule.

424 CynicalConservative  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:56:20pm

re: #411 FurryOldGuyJeans

More like a nasty flu strain. It started off a few days ago with a severe sinus attack bad enough to make my teeth ache, and now has settled into a chest congestion bad enough to make me gasp for breath at times. And cough rough enough to have one heck of a sore throat.

Afrocity, wish I could share with you some of my homemade soups and stews I have in the freezer.

Ugh, that sounds like what’s creeping up on me.

425 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:56:41pm

re: #416 MandyManners GMTA and so do twisted ones.

426 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:56:52pm

re: #421 DaddyG

I asked my wife if we could try those but she was a bit sheepish. No guts.

*groan*

427 MandyManners  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:56:52pm

re: #413 DaddyG

Only for my bosom friends.

Let’s not bring Adriana Lima into this. OR might flounce out of the room again.

428 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:56:54pm

re: #263 DaddyG

How can I grade him when he hasn’t turned in a single assignment yet and skipped class most of the time? He even got Pelosi and Reed to do his term paper for him.

Well, in my online course, if they don’t turn anything in, there is a time limit, with declining grades, and then they get a 0. Plagiarism also results in significantly lower grades.
And in his classroom discussion, he has shown that he completely misunderstands the material. Thus, all F’s, which he’ll probably erroneously think mean “Fantastic”.

429 subsailor68  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:57:00pm

re: #398 Creeping Eruption

HEY! this is no laughing matter. Some people have latex allergies!

Well, I guess it’s okay if it only causes some swelling.

430 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:57:07pm

re: #420 Sharmuta

Avanti Condoms:

Made in the UK

Wahey - we do still make some things!

431 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:57:12pm
432 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:57:30pm

re: #411 FurryOldGuyJeans

and now has settled into a chest congestion bad enough to make me gasp for breath at times

If you haven’t, you should see a doc, pronto. No reason to let that go on.

Drink LOTS AND LOTS of fluids in the meantime. Overhydrate. Fill a liter bottle of water in the morning with the goal of finishing it by midday at the latest, then fill again with the goal of finishing again by 5 pm, then again with goal of “before bedtime”. It really helps thin the cough.

And, Mucinex… good stuff.

433 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:57:41pm

re: #397 MandyManners

You said “tit” twice.

Why have one when two is twice as nice.

434 Creeping Eruption  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:57:47pm

re: #415 jcm

A free bonus with every stimulus package!

So they can fuck you safely?

435 jorline  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:57:48pm

re: #398 Creeping Eruption

HEY! this is no laughing matter. Some people have latex allergies!

Man with latex allergies…blessed with a lot of kids.

436 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:57:50pm

re: #414 subsailor68

Whoa. Blast from the past. Whatever happened to him anyway? Banned?

He was talking out of two sides of his keyboard. Being nice here, and reposting and making fun of Charles’s posts at another site. Basically a backstabber who became a bigger jerk than anyone thought possible.

437 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:57:58pm

re: #422 MandyManners

There was an actor on ER who had an extra one.

An actor with three tits?

Blimey!

438 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:58:05pm

re: #429 subsailor68

Well, I guess it’s okay if it only causes some swelling.

Lasting no longer than 4 hours….

439 Afrocity  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:58:07pm

re: #377 Cognito

You surprise me, Afrocity.

I’m curious: Why did you make that comment?

I meant no harm. If it make you feel any better my throat feels like someone just poured hydrochloric acid down it and I am bedridden on the first 60 degree day in Chicago after a month of temps in the teens.

It is fitting to say that my penance is being served.

440 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:58:12pm

re: #424 CynicalConservative

Ugh, that sounds like what’s creeping up on me.

It is no fun, let me tell you. I wouldn’t wish this on anyone.

441 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:58:23pm

re: #409 Sharmuta

I know! That’s why these are “revolutionary non-latex condoms.”

Revolutionary Condoms? I’ve heard of “George Washington ‘slept’ here”, but that seems to be taking things a little too far.

442 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:58:39pm

re: #423 Honorary Yooper

He failed to observe the Iron Fist Rule.

I think so…I liked him and don’t recall what went down myself…can’t be everywhere at once you know…

443 MandyManners  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:58:49pm

There goes that blasted dryer buzzer again. bbiaw

444 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:58:53pm
445 JacksonTn  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:59:19pm

re: #439 Afrocity

I meant no harm. If it make you feel any better my throat feels like someone just poured hydrochloric acid down it and I am bedridden on the first 60 degree day in Chicago after a month of temps in the teens.

It is fitting to say that my penance is being served.

Afrocity … you don’t need any penance …Cognito dishes it out but good her/himself …

446 subsailor68  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:59:19pm

re: #438 jcm

Lasting no longer than 4 hours….

LOL! Who was it who saw that on an add and said, “shoot if that happens I’m gonna call every girl I ever dated.”?

447 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 12:59:49pm

re: #431 Iron Fist

Man, I still want my bailout. I’m still offering generous terms, but I’m up to ten million dollars in gold boullion and a truck of automatic weapons. M-4s, M-249s, M-240s, and most of anything by H&K are acceptible. They’d better give me my bailout soon, or, like, the whole world will end, man. It’ll all just end.

Okay, who let Iron Fist onto Level 7 Room 233? You know the end of world button is in there! Come on people THINK!

;-P

448 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:00:07pm

re: #437 yma o hyd

An actor with three tits?

Blimey!

I take it you’ve never seen Total Recall on cable TV.

449 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:00:08pm

re: #432 Occasional Reader

If you haven’t, you should see a doc, pronto. No reason to let that go on.

Drink LOTS AND LOTS of fluids in the meantime. Overhydrate. Fill a liter bottle of water in the morning with the goal of finishing it by midday at the latest, then fill again with the goal of finishing again by 5 pm, then again with goal of “before bedtime”. It really helps thin the cough.

And, Mucinex… good stuff.

I have overhydrated, big time. I have been drinking a liter every 90 minutes.

450 subsailor68  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:00:26pm

PIMF: add = ad

Rats.

451 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:00:34pm

Britain says open to Hezbollah talks

[Link: www.ynetnews.com…]

Maybe they want to “Knight” someone in Hezbollah?

452 Creeping Eruption  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:00:37pm

re: #424 CynicalConservative

Ugh, that sounds like what’s creeping up on me.

I had nothing to do with it [holding up hands and backing away]

453 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:00:45pm

re: #448 Honorary Yooper

I take it you’ve never seen Total Recall on cable TV.

Nope.
Don’t do TV, especially not the cable sort.

454 Russkilitlover  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:01:04pm

re: #432 Occasional Reader

If you haven’t, you should see a doc, pronto. No reason to let that go on.

Drink LOTS AND LOTS of fluids in the meantime. Overhydrate. Fill a liter bottle of water in the morning with the goal of finishing it by midday at the latest, then fill again with the goal of finishing again by 5 pm, then again with goal of “before bedtime”. It really helps thin the cough.

And, Mucinex… good stuff.

Brandy, honey, and lemon juice warmed in the microwave and knocked back. It’s a twofer - helps the congestion and helps you sleep. Also, sleep with your head and shoulders a bit elevated, not flat.

455 joncelli  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:01:09pm

re: #396 DaddyG

C’mon Cog. You should let stuff like that bounce off of you. Be a little more elastic. You ought to be able to contain a little harmless spewing now and then.

Well, these outbursts of his come in spurts.

456 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:01:18pm

re: #439 Afrocity

I meant no harm. If it make you feel any better my throat feels like someone just poured hydrochloric acid down it and I am bedridden on the first 60 degree day in Chicago after a month of temps in the teens.

It is fitting to say that my penance is being served.

No need for you to do penance. He can dish it out real good yet hyperventilates when even a smidgeon gets tossed his way.

457 Creeping Eruption  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:01:40pm

re: #429 subsailor68

Well, I guess it’s okay if it only causes some swelling.

Its the hives I hear are the problem.

458 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:02:03pm

re: #449 FurryOldGuyJeans

I have overhydrated, big time. I have been drinking a liter every 90 minutes.

good…now switch to beer for 4 hrs….there is a plan

459 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:02:31pm

re: #451 Nevergiveup

Britain says open to Hezbollah talks

[Link: www.ynetnews.com…]

Maybe they want to “Knight” someone in Hezbollah?

NuLab won’t be in office long enough to get a knighthood for any of those thugs.

460 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:02:32pm

re: #439 Afrocity

Don’t let him play his little passive-aggressive game with you.

461 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:02:59pm

re: #455 joncelli

Well, these outbursts of his come in spurts.

The last one seemed premature.

462 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:03:08pm

re: #458 albusteve

good…now switch to beer for 4 hrs….there is a plan

If I were going that route I would switch to the distilled stuff. Beer and I do not get along. The taste and smell make me retch.

463 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:03:14pm

re: #431 Iron Fist

and most of anything by H&K are acceptible

We’ve come up with a compromise: We got you a couple of Hecklers, and an autographed photo of Koch.

464 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:04:01pm

re: #453 yma o hyd

Nope.
Don’t do TV, especially not the cable sort.

en.wikipedia.org...]>en.wikipedia.org…]>It’s not too bad. A Schwarzenegger movie from 1990 set on Mars in the future. One of the mutants is a lady with three breasts.

465 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:04:37pm

Whites Told to “Go Home” at Detroit City Council Meeting

[Link: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com…]

Great city. And their football team is good also?

466 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:04:43pm

re: #462 FurryOldGuyJeans

If I were going that route I would switch to the distilled stuff. Beer and I do not get along. The taste and smell make me retch.

what a curse!…I’m sorry to hear that amigo

467 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:05:09pm
Dear IRS,

I am sorry to inform you that I will not be able to pay taxes owed April 15, but all is not lost.

I have paid these taxes: accounts receivable tax, building permit tax, CDL tax, cigarette tax, corporate income tax, dog license tax, federal income tax, unemployment tax, gasoline tax, hunting license tax, fishing license tax, waterfowl stamp tax, inheritance tax, inventory tax, liquor tax, luxury tax, Medicare tax, city, school and county property tax (up 33 percent last 4 years), real estate tax, social security tax, road usage tax, toll road tax, state and city sales tax, recreational vehicle tax, state franchise tax, state unemployment tax, telephone federal excise tax, telephone federal state and local surcharge tax, telephone minimum usage surcharge tax, telephone state and local tax, utility tax, vehicle license registration tax, capitol gains tax, lease severance tax, oil and gas assessment tax, Colorado property tax, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma and New Mexico sales tax, and many more that I can’t recall but I have run out of space and money.

When you do not receive my check April 15, just know that it is an honest mistake. Please treat me the same way you treated Congressmen Charles Rangle, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank and ex-Congressman Tom Daschle and, of course, your boss Timothy Geithner.

No penalties and no interest.


Sincerely,

J.D.

468 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:05:10pm
469 subsailor68  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:05:12pm

re: #461 Sharmuta

The last one seemed premature.

Silly me. When you said he ejaculated, I thought that meant he was merely pontificating!

470 yma o hyd  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:05:30pm

Well, Madame wants to play a bit - she deserves a reward, she’s been so good when we had a visitor, in the form of a huge black lab … I better go and indulge her!

Seeya tomorrow, all being well

471 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:05:40pm

re: #466 albusteve

what a curse!…I’m sorry to hear that amigo

Not a curse for me….just makes it easier to save money for my other vices.

472 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:05:50pm

re: #469 subsailor68

Silly me. When you said he ejaculated, I thought that meant he was merely pontificating!

There’s a difference?

473 Afrocity  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:06:00pm

Speaking of Trojans, it seems as though we lizards are all getting sick with some strange virus that impedes our ability to function. Hate to sound tinfoil-ish but did anyone notice any white powder in their LGF cookbook shipments? You never know with the guvment post office being run by Obamatrons.

474 subsailor68  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:06:34pm

re: #472 Sharmuta

There’s a difference?

LOL! Good point!

475 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:07:12pm

re: #471 FurryOldGuyJeans

Not a curse for me….just makes it easier to save money for my other vices.

ha…good thinking

476 Wishing  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:07:15pm

I have to attend a class for 4 days for NCIC training and need a good book to read in downtime. Any suggestions?

477 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:07:24pm
478 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:07:30pm

re: #441 Occasional Reader

Revolutionary Condoms? I’ve heard of “George Washington ‘slept’ here”, but that seems to be taking things a little too far.

George Washington slept so many places. That’s why he’s known as the “father of our country”.

479 Afrocity  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:07:55pm

re: #467 J.D.

ROTFL, stop you are making my throat hurt.

480 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:08:14pm

re: #465 Nevergiveup

Whites Told to “Go Home” at Detroit City Council Meeting

[Link: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com…]

Great city. And their football team is good also?

If by good you mean that they field an NFL team, yeah. If by good you mean an NFL team that knows how to play, that’s a completely different story.

Oh, but here’s one thing to be bullish on. If you have a million dollars, you could probably buy up most of the city. The median value of a home there is now $7,500. That’s right - it’s cheaper to buy a home in Detroit than to buy one of the cars that Detroit is so fond of producing.

481 victor_yugo  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:08:24pm

Kindle + iPhone = iPhondle

482 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:08:26pm

re: #469 subsailor68

Silly me. When you said he ejaculated, I thought that meant he was merely pontificating!

I thought the Pontif gave that sort of thing up when he joined the order?

483 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:08:51pm

re: #468 Iron Fist

Beer looks and smells like horse-piss. I don’t particularly miss beer (although it does make a good breakfast food.). High tension whiskey? That is a horse of a different color…

The way I am feeling I might even consider resurrecting my “favorite” poison of choice when I was in the Navy: Southern Comfort and Squirt.

Called it Diseased Horse Piss. The only thing to recommend it was it was cheap and the Navy package store always had both in stock.

484 capitalist piglet  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:09:08pm

re: #377 Cognito

You surprise me, Afrocity.

I’m curious: Why did you make that comment?

Maybe she did it because you implied that Charles is doing something unethical by participating in a legitimate partnership with Amazon, and daring [GASP] to say that he likes his Kindle.

485 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:09:19pm

re: #451 Nevergiveup

Britain says open to Hezbollah talks

[Link: www.ynetnews.com…]

Maybe they want to “Knight” someone in Hezbollah?

Well, having a ceremony with a sword and some Hezbollassholes seems like fun. But they wouldn’t be walking around being called “Sir” afterwards, if I had my way.

486 DaddyG  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:09:28pm

re: #481 victor_yugo

Kindle + iPhone = iPhondle


That’ll get your hard drive confiscated! =8-o

487 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:09:43pm

re: #481 victor_yugo

Kindle + iPhone = iPhondle

I don’t say this often, but: ROFL

488 Bloodnok  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:09:52pm

re: #117 subsailor68

A Holmes fan! Very cool. Have you ever read “The Boer Conspiracy”?

Not yet. I am just becoming hooked. I can’t believe I’ve never read these before.

489 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:09:53pm

re: #476 Wishing

Lullaby

490 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:10:02pm

re: #476 Wishing

I have to attend a class for 4 days for NCIC training and need a good book to read in downtime. Any suggestions?

Fun or current events?
Fun, Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp series.

491 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:10:15pm

re: #473 Afrocity

Speaking of Trojans, it seems as though we lizards are all getting sick with some strange virus that impedes our ability to function. Hate to sound tinfoil-ish but did anyone notice any white powder in their LGF cookbook shipments? You never know with the guvment post office being run by Obamatrons.

I haven’t even ordered one of the cookbooks yet.

I know, I need to do massive quantities of penance. ;)

492 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:10:18pm
493 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:10:30pm

re: #481 victor_yugo

Kindle + iPhone = iPhondle

*SLAP* Get you filthy hands off of me!
/;-P

494 unreconstructed rebel  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:10:37pm

re: #483 FurryOldGuyJeans

The way I am feeling I might even consider resurrecting my “favorite” poison of choice when I was in the Navy: Southern Comfort and Squirt.

Called it Diseased Horse Piss. The only thing to recommend it was it was cheap and the Navy package store always had both in stock.

What a terrible thing to do to the human brain.

495 jorline  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:10:50pm

When was the last time, if any, you remember the President or his Press Secretary go after the media and talking heads? Everything is personal.

Gibbs Takes Off Gloves to Challenge Reporters, Hosts Who Cross Obama

Donald Rieck, executive director at the Center for Media and Public Affairs, said the Obama team, which studies have shown received far more favorable press treatment during the campaign than its rivals, is apparently having trouble acclimating to a more critical press post-Inauguration Day.

“If they’re going to do this, to jump like that every time someone says something provocative about them, it’s going to be an awfully long tenure for Gibbs, because there’s a way to let this roll off your shoulders,” he said.

496 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:11:08pm
497 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:11:10pm

re: #479 Afrocity

ROTFL, stop you are making my throat hurt.

Oh, sorry!

Feel better soon.

I had it and am over it now. Bless your heart.

498 subsailor68  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:11:24pm

re: #488 Bloodnok

Not yet. I am just becoming hooked. I can’t believe I’ve never read these before.

You’ll be really hooked in a short period of time.

BTW, my question was a shameless plug: I wrote it.

499 victor_yugo  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:11:36pm

re: #494 unreconstructed rebel

What a terrible thing to do to the human brain.

But for lizard brains it’s OK.

500 pavel49  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:12:04pm

Every time I read something like this I want to shrug and say “‘bout time”. I have been reading most of my books on the Treo’s for the better part of a decade. (started on a Treo 150 and have a Treo 800w now. Will buy a Pre as soon as they release.) Mobipocket and Ereader, free apps, with my Palm OS have done me just fine. I read 10-12 books a month on my phone. I find it much easier to read than a book now as I can backlight it and set it to a 18pt font for my old eyes.

Now a Kindle might do the same thing as my Treo, at a $300+ cost, but I couldn’t wear the Kindle on my hip and pull it out anything I have a few moments. (bathroom, waiting for a install to finish, in the doc office.)

E-libraries are all over the place. Mobipocket, Webscription, and good ol’ Amazon Kindle store being my favs. I can purchase and download books over the air with all three of these sites.

501 Wishing  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:12:28pm

re: #489 Killgore Trout

Lullaby

Well, that won’t be lite reading…but thank you!

502 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:12:35pm

re: #492 buzzsawmonkey

When do we get the open thread?

It’s too far down this thread to post the new song.

No, go ahead.
We’re ready.

503 unreconstructed rebel  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:12:36pm

re: #499 victor_yugo

But for lizard brains it’s OK.

To each his own.

504 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:12:39pm
505 Creeping Eruption  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:12:48pm

re: #488 Bloodnok

Not yet. I am just becoming hooked. I can’t believe I’ve never read these before.

They are the best. I have a “complete works” and it is dog-eared. Doyle also wrote :The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard which is pretty entertaining, though not a holmes book.

506 capitalist piglet  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:13:05pm

re: #495 jorline

When was the last time, if any, you remember the President or his Press Secretary go after the media and talking heads? Everything is personal.

Gibbs Takes Off Gloves to Challenge Reporters, Hosts Who Cross Obama

Even plumbers are a threat to be targeted. That should have been a tipoff to American voters.

507 Piglet-U93  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:13:17pm
508 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:13:30pm
509 Wishing  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:13:31pm

re: #490 jcm

Fun or current events?
Fun, Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp series.

Sounds great!

510 joncelli  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:13:51pm

re: #495 jorline

They never had to before this, because the media was on their side (Clinton) or had them cowed (both Bushes).

511 Sharmuta  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:14:04pm

re: #491 FurryOldGuyJeans

I haven’t even ordered one of the cookbooks yet.

I know, I need to do massive quantities of penance. ;)

Click Reine’s nic, get a cookbook, and contribute to Volume 2!


*The following was a Lizard Service Announcement from the LGF Cookbook Volume 2 Brute Squad*

512 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:14:42pm

re: #508 buzzsawmonkey

Pass the Prozac, buzz.

513 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:14:46pm

re: #508 buzzsawmonkey
Now do “The Man from Nantucket”.

514 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:15:14pm

re: #508 buzzsawmonkey

excellent…I’ve memorized my part already!

515 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:15:33pm
516 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:15:39pm
517 jorline  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:15:46pm

re: #506 capitalist piglet

Even plumbers are a threat to be targeted. That should have been a tipoff to American voters.

lmao I’m buying PBO a carton of cigarettes for Christmas.

518 debutaunt  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:16:21pm

re: #345 J.D.

What’s left?

Oh geez - delivery?

519 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:16:38pm

Ha…

Maisey the Parrot loves latkes. I have some left over from our opening night reception and I give her some in her bowl. Went crazy over them.

520 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:16:47pm

re: #517 jorline

lmao I’m buying PBO a carton of cigarettes for Christmas.

toss them at him at his presser

521 Spare O'Lake  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:17:08pm
522 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:17:16pm

re: #516 buzzsawmonkey

Is that good?

No!

No one wants to need Prozac.

Do they?

523 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:17:19pm

re: #519 Walter L. Newton

Ha…

Maisey the Parrot loves latkes. I have some left over from our opening night reception and I give her some in her bowl. Went crazy over them.

Smart bird.

524 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:17:33pm
525 Creeping Eruption  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:17:41pm

re: #521 Spare O’Lake

Bingo!

More like ‘Bullseye.”

526 joncelli  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:17:59pm

re: #522 J.D.

Only if they want to suppress their sex drive.

527 Bloodnok  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:18:19pm

re: #291 Afrocity

I am hanging in there {Sharmuta}. I bought lemons and chicken soup just like you told me to.

My grandma passed away in 1988, so Grandma Campbell’s soup will have to do ;-)

Lemons? I never heard that one before. We need a Lizard Home Remedy guide. Oh Reine! Glad you feel better!

528 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:18:20pm

re: #515 Iron Fist

We used to do what we called “Snowshoes”. You put an ounce of southern comfort and an ounce of the 100-proof pepermint schnaps in a tumbler. Light it on fire, and drink it before it all goes out. It wasn’t so much for the alcohol thing as it was to drink fire.

So that’s what happened to your eyebrows.

529 Bob Dillon  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:19:45pm

re: #343 Occasional Reader

A couple of the guys on my SEAL Team are pretty good at spotting liars, hang on while I ask them.

The guy is so full of weasel words and innuendo it is obvious.

530 jorline  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:19:53pm

re: #520 albusteve

toss them at him at his presser

Good Idea…being from Texas, I’ll buy him two cartons and put them in my boots.

BTW…I saw you comment about Texans the other day, but you’re still my friend albusteve.

531 HoosierHoops  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:20:10pm

re: #473 Afrocity

Speaking of Trojans, it seems as though we lizards are all getting sick with some strange virus that impedes our ability to function. Hate to sound tinfoil-ish but did anyone notice any white powder in their LGF cookbook shipments? You never know with the guvment post office being run by Obamatrons.


I thought it a bit strange when I came home and found the FED-EX man dead on the porch..
/

532 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:21:09pm

re: #530 jorline

Good Idea…being from Texas, I’ll buy him two cartons and put them in my boots.

BTW…I saw you comment about Texans the other day, but you’re still my friend albusteve.

I never speak harshly about Texan…what comment?

533 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:21:19pm

re: #529 Bobibutu

The guy is so full of weasel words and innuendo it is obvious.

Ooh that darn cat OR!

534 SummerSong  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:21:53pm

re: #524 Iron Fist

I was never impressed by prozac. But I’m allergic to elavil. That shit damn near killed me.

Different animal, but I’m on a course of Prednisone and I feel like dying…

No sleep. 30 hrs of uninterrupted consciousness. Ugh…

535 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:22:23pm

re: #529 Bobibutu

The guy is so full of weasel words and innuendo it is obvious.

I still say in-you-end-OH! is the dirtiest word in the english language

536 Spare O'Lake  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:22:45pm

re: #519 Walter L. Newton

Ha…

Maisey the Parrot loves latkes. I have some left over from our opening night reception and I give her some in her bowl. Went crazy over them.

About birds I have no clue.
But leftover latkes are dead to me.

537 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:23:20pm

re: #535 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I still say in-you-end-OH! is the dirtiest word in the english language

It sounds like an Italian suppository.

538 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:23:35pm

re: #533 Peacekeeper

Ooh that darn cat OR!

It’s incredibly insensitive of you to joke about me and anything related to weasels. My uncle was killed by a weasel.

He was walking down the railroad tracks listening to his iPod, and didn’t hear the weasel.


/stolen from Chico Marx, I think, ‘cept of course for the iPod part

539 Kenneth  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:23:40pm

re: #490 jcm

Fun or current events?
Fun, Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp series.

If you don’t mind poorly written action novels with 1 dimensional characters and major factual errors all over the place.

540 lawhawk  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:23:45pm

OT:
Democrats again demanding a “Truth Commission” into Bush Administration.

Yeah, it’s about the “truth”. Right. They want scalps. It’s about vengeance. It’s about the totality of power going to the heads of Democrats who think that they’ve got a mandate to run roughshod over all Americans.

541 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:24:17pm

It was a pleasure to erase….

- Guy Montag

542 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:24:27pm

Well, I finally swallowed a huge chunk of pride and sent an email to an ex-boss looking for work. I’m pretty glad now that I never told him to go fuck himself.

543 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:24:32pm

re: #537 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

It sounds like an Italian suppository.

I already did the obligatory Bellucci link, upthread.

544 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:24:41pm

re: #538 Occasional Reader

It’s incredibly insensitive of you to joke about me and anything related to weasels. My uncle was killed by a weasel.

He was walking down the railroad tracks listening to his iPod, and didn’t hear the weasel.

My sister was bitten by a moose.

545 Russkilitlover  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:24:55pm

re: #495 jorline

When was the last time, if any, you remember the President or his Press Secretary go after the media and talking heads? Everything is personal.

Gibbs Takes Off Gloves to Challenge Reporters, Hosts Who Cross Obama

the Obama team, which studies have shown received far more favorable press treatment during the campaign than its rivals

File this as Understatement of the Millenium.

546 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:26:04pm
547 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:26:14pm

re: #540 lawhawk

OT:
Democrats again demanding a “Truth Commission” into Bush Administration.

Yeah, it’s about the “truth”. Right. They want scalps. It’s about vengeance. It’s about the totality of power going to the heads of Democrats who think that they’ve got a mandate to run roughshod over all Americans.

And the men who stirred us on
Sit in judgment of our wrongs
They decide, and the shotgun sings the song.

I just hope we won’t get fooled again.

548 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:26:24pm

re: #544 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

My sister was bitten by a moose.

I know about you and your elk, with your Monty Python fixations.

549 Spare O'Lake  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:26:33pm

re: #540 lawhawk

OT:
Democrats again demanding a “Truth Commission” into Bush Administration.

Yeah, it’s about the “truth”. Right. They want scalps. It’s about vengeance. It’s about the totality of power going to the heads of Democrats who think that they’ve got a mandate to run roughshod over all Americans.

Isn’t a “truth commission” where folks admit that they are the scum of the earth, and in exchange they don’t get charged with any crimes?

550 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:26:40pm

re: #540 lawhawk

OT:
Democrats again demanding a “Truth Commission” into Bush Administration.

Yeah, it’s about the “truth”. Right. They want scalps. It’s about vengeance. It’s about the totality of power going to the heads of Democrats who think that they’ve got a mandate to run roughshod over all Americans.

I say bring it on…they will suffocate in their own shit if they do…it smacks of Marxism and Americans won’t stand for it

551 jorline  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:26:42pm

re: #532 albusteve

I never speak harshly about Texan…what comment?

It wasn’t harsh. May not have been you. Someone from NM made a wise crack about people in the state east of NM. Nothing bad, probably the same comments people in TX make about NM.

552 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:26:55pm

re: #546 Iron Fist
Man I get that 4AM shit too.

553 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:26:59pm

re: #540 lawhawk

OT:
Democrats again demanding a “Truth Commission” into Bush Administration.

Yeah, it’s about the “truth”. Right. They want scalps. It’s about vengeance. It’s about the totality of power going to the heads of Democrats who think that they’ve got a mandate to run roughshod over all Americans.

Joy. And we’re supposed to be the fascists!?!

554 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:27:02pm

re: #542 Killgore Trout

A great moment when you realize the bridge is still standing, un-burned.

555 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:27:14pm

re: #544 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

My sister was bitten by a moose.

my sister is a moose

556 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:27:30pm

re: #526 joncelli

Only if they want to suppress their sex drive.

Want to?

Hmmmm…….

557 HoosierHoops  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:27:57pm

re: #539 Kenneth

If you don’t mind poorly written action novels with 1 dimensional characters and major factual errors all over the place.

I met Vince Flynn a couple of years ago..He gave a talk in Minneapolis for this one software company..Then we got a free signed hardbound of his latest book..Hell of a nice guy..He talked at one point about meeting Bush and how exciting it was for him.

558 jorline  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:28:00pm

re: #545 Russkilitlover

File this as Understatement of the Millenium.

Gibbs should keep the gloves on…helps soften the blows he’s receiving.

559 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:28:04pm

re: #546 Iron Fist

I’m on Ambien, and it helps.

Does that glowy butterfly thing actually come in through your bedroom window and land on your forehead?


(Yeah, I get insomnia from time to time, too, but the OTC stuff is more than sufficient usually)

560 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:29:15pm

re: #555 albusteve

my sister is a moose

Not touching that with a 10 foot antler.

561 Peacekeeper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:29:36pm

re: #559 Occasional Reader

Does that glowy butterfly thing actually come in through your bedroom window and land on your forehead?


blockquote>


If it did, I’m pretty sure the dogs would get it.

562 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:29:47pm

re: #558 jorline

Gibbs should keep the gloves on…helps soften the blows he’s receiving.

Only if he keeps his hands in front of his face.

563 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:30:02pm

re: #540 lawhawk

OT:
Democrats again demanding a “Truth Commission” into Bush Administration.

Yeah, it’s about the “truth”. Right. They want scalps. It’s about vengeance. It’s about the totality of power going to the heads of Democrats who think that they’ve got a mandate to run roughshod over all Americans.

Oh…that’s rich. Leaky wants a “truth commission”.
What a putz.

564 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:30:09pm

re: #552 Peacekeeper

Man I get that 4AM shit too.

I’m usually just getting in at 4 AM.

Wooo-hooo! Par-tay!

565 Afrocity  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:30:23pm

I have OT question. I get my movies via Blockbuster online. I have had this plan for 2 years now. Recently they continue to change the plan that I signed up for. Originally I get 3 movies at a time, plus unlimited in store trade ins. So I return 3 movies, and get 3 more from the store while waiting for my movies to arrive in the mail. Now they have changed it so I can only have 3 movies period. I have two mail movies and one in store movie and they did not send the next movie in my queue (Frozen River). When I inquired about the delay, they said they changed my plan and now the in store movie counts towards my “3”. This seems strange.

566 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:30:24pm

re: #551 jorline

It wasn’t harsh. May not have been you. Someone from NM made a wise crack about people in the state east of NM. Nothing bad, probably the same comments people in TX make about NM.

we are cousins in spirit….there were New Mexicans who died at the Alamo bro…

567 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:30:25pm

re: #536 Spare O’Lake

About birds I have no clue.
But leftover latkes are dead to me.

What? I don’t understand?

568 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:30:26pm

re: #559 Occasional Reader

Does that glowy butterfly thing actually come in through your bedroom window and land on your forehead?


(Yeah, I get insomnia from time to time, too, but the OTC stuff is more than sufficient usually)

I’ve been on the 4 hours of sleep a night for 5 days and crash for 12 hours of sleep for 2 days plan.

Hasn’t been working out that great actually

569 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:30:35pm

re: #555 albusteve

my sister is a moose

Oh, deer.

570 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:31:07pm

re: #559 Occasional Reader

Does that glowy butterfly thing actually come in through your bedroom window and land on your forehead?

Is that anything like the absinthe fairy?

571 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:31:13pm

re: #565 Afrocity

I have OT question. I get my movies via Blockbuster online. I have had this plan for 2 years now. Recently they continue to change the plan that I signed up for. Originally I get 3 movies at a time, plus unlimited in store trade ins. So I return 3 movies, and get 3 more from the store while waiting for my movies to arrive in the mail. Now they have changed it so I can only have 3 movies period. I have two mail movies and one in store movie and they did not send the next movie in my queue (Frozen River). When I inquired about the delay, they said they changed my plan and now the in store movie counts towards my “3”. This seems strange.

Call 911! It works for McNuggets, so why not?

572 Kenneth  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:31:33pm

It must be time for She Demons!

573 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:31:43pm

re: #559 Occasional Reader

Does that glowy butterfly thing actually come in through your bedroom window and land on your forehead?

(Yeah, I get insomnia from time to time, too, but the OTC stuff is more than sufficient usually)

I love Ambien, but not for sleeping. Good buzz for me.

574 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:31:45pm

re: #526 joncelli

Only if they want to suppress their sex drive.

I still had the “drive”, just had no “engine” to do any traveling.

575 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:31:56pm

re: #570 Honorary Yooper

Is that anything like the absinthe fairy?


The Oscar Wilde thread was yesterday, man.

576 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:32:12pm

re: #569 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Oh, deer.

Buck up, lad. And stop fawning.

577 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:33:16pm

re: #565 Afrocity

I have OT question. I get my movies via Blockbuster online. I have had this plan for 2 years now. Recently they continue to change the plan that I signed up for. Originally I get 3 movies at a time, plus unlimited in store trade ins. So I return 3 movies, and get 3 more from the store while waiting for my movies to arrive in the mail. Now they have changed it so I can only have 3 movies period. I have two mail movies and one in store movie and they did not send the next movie in my queue (Frozen River). When I inquired about the delay, they said they changed my plan and now the in store movie counts towards my “3”. This seems strange.

They don’t want to have as many movies out when they go bankrupt; the liquidator would prefer to be able to sell more of them.
Seriously, there is talk that Blockbuster will declare bankruptcy if they cannot get a load restructured. (Too bad they didn’t just buy houses they can’t afford.)
This change is probably because of their more limited finances.

578 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:33:23pm

[Insert cleft hoofed mammal pun here]

579 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:33:46pm

re: #573 Walter L. Newton

I love Ambien, but not for sleeping. Good buzz for me.

The distant ships smoke on the horizon?

580 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:34:00pm

re: #569 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Oh, deer.

good woman tho…always elkful when I need it

581 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:34:02pm

re: #576 Occasional Reader

Buck up, lad. And stop fawning.

Doe you know what you’ve started?

582 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:34:05pm

re: #554 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

The bridge might still be burnt. I’ve been doing business with his competitors for the past few years. We’ll see if he responds.

583 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:34:42pm

re: #578 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

[Insert cleft hoofed mammal pun here]

We’re already past that. You’d have to spring bok to earlier in the thread for that to be relevant.

584 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:34:58pm

re: #579 Occasional Reader

The distant ships smoke on the horizon?

Another reference that escapes me, sorry.

585 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:35:17pm

Russian general says U.S. may have planned satellite collision

[Link: en.rian.ru…]

The February collision could be an indication that the U.S. has successfully developed such technology and is capable of manipulating ‘hostile satellites,’ including their destruction, with a single command from a ground control center, the general said.

Well I hope so, but then again Obama would probably kill the project?

586 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:35:44pm

re: #584 Walter L. Newton

Another reference that escapes me, sorry.

“Comfortably Numb”, Pink Floyd.

587 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:35:52pm

re: #575 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

The Oscar Wilde thread was yesterday, man.

Shoot.

Well, Oscar may have been wild, but Felix sure as heck wasn’t.

588 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:36:02pm

re: #585 Nevergiveup

Well I should hope we can!

589 SummerSong  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:36:11pm

re: #546 Iron Fist

Thanks for the thoughtful reply! While I do have regular sleep problems, this time I think it’s the high dose of prednisone keeping me up.

I will talk to my Dr. about Ambien…by the way, I think Ambien means “good AM or good morning” in Spanish! Just a theory.

Thanks again.

590 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:36:16pm

re: #542 Killgore Trout

Well, I finally swallowed a huge chunk of pride and sent an email to an ex-boss looking for work. I’m pretty glad now that I never told him to go fuck himself.

Why is you ex-boss looking for work?

591 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:36:20pm

re: #583 Occasional Reader

We’re already past that. You’d have to spring bok to earlier in the thread for that to be relevant.

Yak yak yak, thats all I hear out of you

592 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:36:30pm

re: #585 Nevergiveup

Russian general says U.S. may have planned satellite collision

[Link: en.rian.ru…]

The February collision could be an indication that the U.S. has successfully developed such technology and is capable of manipulating ‘hostile satellites,’ including their destruction, with a single command from a ground control center, the general said.

Well I hope so, but then again Obama would probably kill the project?

old Soviet paranoia….some things never change…but then again?

593 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:36:57pm

re: #575 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

The Oscar Wilde thread was yesterday, man.

… he said, Earnestly.

594 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:36:57pm

re: #586 Occasional Reader

“Comfortably Numb”, Pink Floyd.

Never really listened to Dr. Floyd.

595 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:37:36pm

re: #588 J.D.

Well I should hope we can!

re: #592 albusteve

old Soviet paranoia….some things never change…but then again?

Heh. Hope and change in reply to the same article.

596 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:37:59pm
597 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:38:03pm

re: #594 Walter L. Newton

Never really listened to Dr. Floyd.

So you’re not just another brick in the wall?

598 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:38:11pm

re: #594 Walter L. Newton

Never really listened to Dr. Floyd.

Could never really listen to them. Not my thing.

599 subsailor68  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:38:27pm

re: #591 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Yak yak yak, thats all I hear out of you

“Do not waste your time talking to the yak. Because yakkity yak don’t talk back.”
Mongolian Proverb

courtesy Iowahawk

600 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:38:28pm

re: #589 SummerSong

by the way, I think Ambien means “good AM or good morning” in Spanish!

Ah, no.

601 SummerSong  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:38:40pm

re: #559 Occasional Reader

Does that glowy butterfly thing actually come in through your bedroom window and land on your forehead?

(Yeah, I get insomnia from time to time, too, but the OTC stuff is more than sufficient usually)

Nah, that “Lunesta”. I always figured it was one of the cooler side effects.

602 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:38:40pm

re: #594 Walter L. Newton

Never really listened to Dr. Floyd.


here you go…

603 Spare O'Lake  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:38:46pm

re: #567 Walter L. Newton

What? I don’t understand?

Call me a latke snob, but latkes are edible for no more than 20 minutes out of the frying pan. Hot and crispy.

604 Afrocity  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:39:04pm

re: #577 Kosh’s Shadow

They don’t want to have as many movies out when they go bankrupt; the liquidator would prefer to be able to sell more of them.
Seriously, there is talk that Blockbuster will declare bankruptcy if they cannot get a load restructured. (Too bad they didn’t just buy houses they can’t afford.)
This change is probably because of their more limited finances.

Thanks for explaning it to me. I was going to write a snippy letter to them but now I feel bad so I will just accept it.

605 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:39:05pm

re: #597 Honorary Yooper

So you’re not just another brick in the wall?

I missed most of the rock and roll stuff, I’ve mentioned it before, I was taking accordion lessons.

606 Silvergirl  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:39:13pm

re: #587 Honorary Yooper

Shoot.

Well, Oscar may have been wild, but Felix sure as heck wasn’t.

But he was funny. He left all those F.U. notes all over the house for Oscar. It took Oscar a while to figure out Felix Unger.

607 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:39:15pm

re: #585 Nevergiveup

Russian general says U.S. may have planned satellite collision

[Link: en.rian.ru…]

The February collision could be an indication that the U.S. has successfully developed such technology and is capable of manipulating ‘hostile satellites,’ including their destruction, with a single command from a ground control center, the general said.

Well I hope so, but then again Obama would probably kill the project?

Unless the US was manipulating the Iridium satellite, which I doubt, this wasn’t planned. The Russians couldn’t even control theirs; if we could have controlled it, sending it into another Russian one would make far more sense.

608 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:39:15pm

re: #565 Afrocity

I have OT question. I get my movies via Blockbuster online. I have had this plan for 2 years now. Recently they continue to change the plan that I signed up for. Originally I get 3 movies at a time, plus unlimited in store trade ins. So I return 3 movies, and get 3 more from the store while waiting for my movies to arrive in the mail. Now they have changed it so I can only have 3 movies period. I have two mail movies and one in store movie and they did not send the next movie in my queue (Frozen River). When I inquired about the delay, they said they changed my plan and now the in store movie counts towards my “3”. This seems strange.

They changed the policy so now there are no late fees or return dates for in-store exchanges. They did that by now including the store exchanges as part of your plan instead of being a “free” movie.

Blockbuster Eliminating Due Dates on In-Store Exchanges; Counting In-Store Exchanges as Part of Plan

Blockbuster is now a penny stock, fending off rumors they are preparing to declare bankruptcy.

I use both BB Online Access and Netflix, and have found in the 2 years I have been a member of both that Netflix is constantly getting better and better and a more equitable value while BB gets nothing but worse and a bigger hassle with each “new ” change, with less value.

609 ConservatismNow!  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:39:28pm

re: #547 Kosh’s Shadow

GOD I love the Who.

610 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:39:32pm

re: #590 Walter L. Newton

Sorry, bad sentence structure (I stink). I’m the one looking for work, not the boss. I picked up an application today at Home Depot and a grocery store and the reality hit me of how dismal working in those places is going to be. I spent my teens and 20’s doing that crap and I really don’t want to go back.

611 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:39:37pm

re: #595 Honorary Yooper

Heh. Hope and change in reply to the same article.

Just learning to get with the “program”.

612 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:40:07pm

re: #596 Iron Fist

The glowing butterfly thing is for Lunesta.

Ah. Well, all those sleep aid commercials, I find incredibly relaxing. Maybe you should watch the ads, on a continuous loop, at bedtime?

(Also, get Iron Girlfriend to give you a massage)

613 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:40:30pm

re: #603 Spare O’Lake

Call me a latke snob, but latkes are edible for no more than 20 minutes out of the frying pan. Hot and crispy.

Well, ok, call me a goyem, I just toss them into a fry pan and recrisp them up a bit.

614 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:40:40pm

re: #605 Walter L. Newton

I missed most of the rock and roll stuff, I’ve mentioned it before, I was taking accordion lessons.

So you’re a Weird Al wannabe.
/Sorry, too good to resist.

615 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:41:02pm

re: #598 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Could never really listen to them. Not my thing.

mine either, but they were very good at what they did…very good

616 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:41:19pm

Koskidz: Obama is an imperialist warmonger……
Clinton’s press conference supports Israel and demonizes Iran

The people of the world should not support U.S. imperialism, just because it involves other imperialist powers in achieving its goals. Would the second invasion of Iraq been more legitimate if George W. Bush had mobilized the coalition that his dad had used in the first Gulf War?

We will undoubtedly see other departures from the Bush regime tactics as Obama conducts foreign policy as the new president and commander-in-chief of U.S. imperialism. But it would be foolish to expect Obama to abandon strategic U.S. goals. He knows who he serves. He is not where he is to serve the interests of the vast majority of the people of the world or even of the U.S. This will become clearer with every move he makes on both the domestic and foreign front.

617 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:41:20pm

re: #577 Kosh’s Shadow

They don’t want to have as many movies out when they go bankrupt; the liquidator would prefer to be able to sell more of them.
Seriously, there is talk that Blockbuster will declare bankruptcy if they cannot get a load restructured. (Too bad they didn’t just buy houses they can’t afford.)
This change is probably because of their more limited finances.

Yet they keep denying the bankruptcy rumors.

618 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:41:48pm

re: #589 SummerSong

Thanks for the thoughtful reply! While I do have regular sleep problems, this time I think it’s the high dose of prednisone keeping me up.

I will talk to my Dr. about Ambien…by the way, I think Ambien means “good AM or good morning” in Spanish! Just a theory.

Thanks again.

Just be careful. Ambien can result in sleep-driving, especially if your last name is “Kennedy.”

619 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:42:37pm

re: #618 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Just be careful. Ambien can result in sleep-driving, especially if your last name is “Kennedy.”

If it is, just avoid driving any Oldsmobiles over bridges.

620 ConservatismNow!  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:42:41pm

re: #592 albusteve

That’s not exactly a soviet paranoia. The Russians as a country and peoples have always been standoffish and a bit xenophobic, no matter who is in power. It’s usually because anyone who looks their way is planning to invade.

621 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:42:57pm
622 Dianna  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:43:27pm

re: #476 Wishing

I have to attend a class for 4 days for NCIC training and need a good book to read in downtime. Any suggestions?

Dozens, of course.

What are your reading preferences?

623 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:43:39pm

re: #616 Killgore Trout

These people really aren’t sane enough to be walking around free amongst the innocent.

624 Russkilitlover  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:43:40pm

re: #610 Killgore Trout

Sorry, bad sentence structure (I stink). I’m the one looking for work, not the boss. I picked up an application today at Home Depot and a grocery store and the reality hit me of how dismal working in those places is going to be. I spent my teens and 20’s doing that crap and I really don’t want to go back.

You could have a lot of fun at a HD store it’s all about helping people solve problems.

625 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:43:44pm

re: #610 Killgore Trout

Sorry, bad sentence structure (I stink). I’m the one looking for work, not the boss. I picked up an application today at Home Depot and a grocery store and the reality hit me of how dismal working in those places is going to be. I spent my teens and 20’s doing that crap and I really don’t want to go back.

Well, hell, I’m 56 and I’m working as a “starving” artist in theatre. You know, you do what you have to. I’ve tried getting work in those type of places and they tell me I’m too qualified. Which is silly, I like to work, and I do excellent no matter what I’m doing.

As soon as I tell them honesty is my best trait, they shut up. A friend of mine says that’s because my job is to make my boos look good and too much honesty won’t fly.

Too fucking bad.

626 SummerSong  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:43:59pm

re: #618 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Just be careful. Ambien can result in sleep-driving, especially if your last name is “Kennedy.”

Ha! My sister, who takes Ambien regularly, says she eats in her sleep!

627 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:44:37pm
628 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:44:40pm

re: #541 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Damn. Tough room…

629 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:45:05pm

re: #616 Killgore Trout

For you…

[Link: www.ew.com…]

630 Silvergirl  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:45:15pm

re: #608 FurryOldGuyJeans

They changed the policy so now there are no late fees or return dates for in-store exchanges. They did that by now including the store exchanges as part of your plan instead of being a “free” movie.

Blockbuster Eliminating Due Dates on In-Store Exchanges; Counting In-Store Exchanges as Part of Plan

Blockbuster is now a penny stock, fending off rumors they are preparing to declare bankruptcy.

I use both BB Online Access and Netflix, and have found in the 2 years I have been a member of both that Netflix is constantly getting better and better and a more equitable value while BB gets nothing but worse and a bigger hassle with each “new ” change, with less value.

I can believe it. A higher up in one of the brick and mortar video chains sent my husband an email with his resume attached, saying that though he has a job, he is definitely looking around.

Agreed on Netflix. No hassle, quick, perfect site. I’m a BB dropout.

631 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:45:33pm

re: #609 ConservatismNow!

GOD I love the Who.

I would nominate the following for the most perfect rock lyrics in the English language:

Sally, take my hand
We’ll travel south, cross land
put out the fire, and don’t look past my shoulder

Reminds me of “Westron Wind”; it’s got enormous themes packed into a dozen and a half words. Love, freedom, travel, distance, renunciation.

632 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:45:35pm

re: #624 Russkilitlover

I’m not much of a people person.

633 jorline  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:46:05pm

re: #562 Honorary Yooper

Only if he keeps his hands in front of his face.

What? Leaving his genitals exposed?

634 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:46:09pm

re: #628 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Damn. Tough room…

LGF is also a nice house and it should stay that way.

/Declear the crudase and be unite!

635 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:46:18pm

re: #610 Killgore Trout

Sorry, bad sentence structure (I stink). I’m the one looking for work, not the boss. I picked up an application today at Home Depot and a grocery store and the reality hit me of how dismal working in those places is going to be. I spent my teens and 20’s doing that crap and I really don’t want to go back.

“Even this shall pass away”. It’s a rough patch, you’ll get through it, and be stronger on the other side.

636 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:46:22pm

re: #621 buzzsawmonkey

You must not be making them right. They’re good not only fresh out of the pan, but cold the next day or two as a snack.

Yum.

FOOD FIGHT!

637 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:46:34pm

re: #565 Afrocity

Well…they seem to be on the way out. Question may be pretty moot.

638 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:46:50pm

re: #633 jorline

What? Leaving his genitals exposed?

Gibbs has nads?
News at 10!

639 bulwrk  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:46:51pm

re: #605 Walter L. Newton

I missed most of the rock and roll stuff, I’ve mentioned it before, I was taking accordion lessons.

Does “momma’s got a squeeze box” mean anything to you?

640 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:46:54pm

re: #629 Walter L. Newton

I got to the warning about teasers and stopped. Bookmarked for reading later tonight.

641 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:47:49pm

Attention, Reaganites - it’s Reagan Night on TCM! They’re showing a bunch of his Secret Service & other crime dramas - not Knute Rockney or Kingfisher Row, but still fun to see the Gipper on screen.

642 Spare O'Lake  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:47:57pm

re: #613 Walter L. Newton

Well, ok, call me a goyem, I just toss them into a fry pan and recrisp them up a bit.

Enjoy…but keep the antacid closeby.

643 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:48:19pm

re: #639 bulwrk

Does “momma’s got a squeeze box” mean anything to you?

Yes it does, and it’s too early for a boob thread.

644 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:48:36pm

re: #640 Killgore Trout

I got to the warning about teasers and stopped. Bookmarked for reading later tonight.

Teasers are only in the video at the bottom of first page. There are five pages of articles.

645 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:48:45pm

re: #639 bulwrk

Does “momma’s got a squeeze box” mean anything to you?

And when Iron Fist gets home, he never gets no rest.

646 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:49:04pm

re: #627 Iron Fist

I did that kind of shit for a while. It is miserable. I couldn’t cut it, these days. Things are rough enough at work with where my health is anyway. That kind of sleep patteren would kill my job. The Ambien does help me. Sometimes, I’ll take two, but that can cause problems. You wind up doing things and having no memory of it. Alcohol intensifies it. That’s how I wrecked a car about this time last year.

But it can be a life saver, too. When I run out early, there’s no withdrawal effect that I can see. I don’t get the shakes or anything like that. I just can’t sleep.

There are reasons why sleep-deprivation is considered torture. But, hey, at least no one’s putting panties on your head :-)

I dont drink anymore, haven’t in years after a string of embarrasing incidents (nothing permanent thank god). I’m going into the Doc tomorrow, hopefully they’ll get something for me. For me, its mostly anxiety. I stay up late basically keeping busy till I drop and get up when the alarm goes off.

647 ConservatismNow!  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:49:09pm

re: #631 Occasional Reader

She goes in and out
in and out
in and out
in and out.

She plays all night
and the music’s all right
Mama’s got a squeezebox
daddy never sleeps at night.

648 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:49:23pm

re: #641 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Attention, Reaganites - it’s Reagan Night on TCM! They’re showing a bunch of his Secret Service & other crime dramas - not Knute Rockney or Kingfisher Row, but still fun to see the Gipper on screen.

It’s also LOST night. So that cancels out everything else out.

649 jorline  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:49:30pm

re: #566 albusteve

we are cousins in spirit….there were New Mexicans who died at the Alamo bro…

yea…and a lot of Old Mexicans were there too. ;)

650 Silvergirl  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:49:31pm

re: #641 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Attention, Reaganites - it’s Reagan Night on TCM! They’re showing a bunch of his Secret Service & other crime dramas - not Knute Rockney or Kingfisher Row, but still fun to see the Gipper on screen.

I have a VHS of Bedtime for Bonzo. Not so PC these days, since they shot the chimp.

651 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:49:46pm

re: #643 Honorary Yooper

Yes it does, and it’s too early for a boob thread.

Uh, “box” means something different. Do we need to have “the talk?”

652 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:49:46pm

re: #630 Silvergirl

I will stay with both since BB has some DVDs that Netflix doesn’t, such as the Star Trek Original Series as full season sets instead of smatterings on individual volume sets.

653 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:49:53pm

re: #639 bulwrk

Does “momma’s got a squeeze box” mean anything to you?

Yea, but I like to keep my sex life out of these threads.

654 WriterMom  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:49:56pm

re: #613 Walter L. Newton

LOL. GOY ALERT YIDDISH LESSON:

Goy-singular, goyim-plural.

655 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:49:56pm

re: #634 Honorary Yooper

Whu-hu-hut?

656 avanti  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:50:11pm

re: #577 Kosh’s Shadow

They don’t want to have as many movies out when they go bankrupt; the liquidator would prefer to be able to sell more of them.
Seriously, there is talk that Blockbuster will declare bankruptcy if they cannot get a load restructured. (Too bad they didn’t just buy houses they can’t afford.)
This change is probably because of their more limited finances.

Switch to Netflix, better deal, more movies and lots of bells and whistles to help you pick movies you’ll like. They’ll suggest a movie based on other movies you’ve reviewed and are often dead on. You don’t have to use the feature if you feel it’s intrusive.

657 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:51:18pm

re: #655 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Whu-hu-hut?

A couple of LGF rotating titles.

658 WriterMom  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:51:22pm

re: #561 Peacekeeper

YOU AGAIN!

659 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:51:31pm
660 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:51:38pm

re: #621 buzzsawmonkey

You must not be making them right. They’re good not only fresh out of the pan, but cold the next day or two as a snack.

Yum.

You’d better ask yourself just one, simple question: “Do I feel latke?”

Well, do ya?

PUNK?

661 Russkilitlover  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:51:46pm

re: #632 Killgore Trout

I’m not much of a people person.

Neither am I and my profession is customer service! But I love problem solving.

662 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:52:18pm

re: #649 jorline

yea…and a lot of Old Mexicans were there too. ;)

ha!…good point…they did not fare so well in old Tejas did they?

663 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:52:28pm

re: #656 avanti

Yet there are a couple of DVDs that BB has which Netflix doesn’t carry, so I keep BB for those. If you have to make a choice, though, Netflix is better.

I just went below 100 on BB queue, and below 300 on my Netflix queue.

664 WriterMom  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:52:49pm

re: #564 Occasional Reader

Yah right! The idea of going out to a late night activity nowadays pretty much reduces me to tears. Sleep..my kingdom for sleep…mind you, my days start so early.

665 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:53:19pm

re: #651 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Uh, “box” means something different. Do we need to have “the talk?”

You mean… babies aren’t brought to us by the Lunesta butterfly?

666 WriterMom  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:53:23pm

re: #660 Occasional Reader

If you feel latke, you could get latke.

667 kansas  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:53:26pm

re: #539 Kenneth

If you don’t mind poorly written action novels with 1 dimensional characters and major factual errors all over the place.

Or you could read a Tom Clancy novel. Or simply download technical specifications for several major weapons systems and study them if you don’t like poorly written action novels with one dimensional characters who swill vodka and have lots of sex.

668 Silvergirl  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:53:52pm

re: #476 Wishing

I have to attend a class for 4 days for NCIC training and need a good book to read in downtime. Any suggestions?

I just finished two I liked and can recommend. The Life Before Her Eyes by Laura Kasischke (also a movie which I haven’t seen yet) and Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos. I’m just started an Ingrid Bergman bio called Ingrid by Charlotte Chandler.

669 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:53:54pm

re: #660 Occasional Reader

You’d better ask yourself just one, simple question: “Do I feel latke?”

Well, do ya?

PUNK?

Hey! I gots to know.

670 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:54:02pm

re: #609 ConservatismNow!

GOD I love the Who.

Have you seen the movie Quadrophenia?
Great movie, if a bit depressing.
I still haven’t figured out what drug “blues” are. (Also called “leapers”) Mentioned in the album -
“I clean my room and my shoes,
but Momma found a box of blues
And it doesn’t seem they’ll let me stay

Zoot suit, wide jacket with side vents five inches long
I’m out on the street again, and I’m leaping along

671 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:54:39pm

re: #632 Killgore Trout

I’m not much of a people person.

With a few exceptions, I don’t think LGF is populated with “people people”.

Have you met Walter?

672 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:54:41pm
673 WriterMom  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:55:00pm

Anyone who is really having trouble sleeping is welcome to a copy of my workplace report on diversity.

674 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:55:03pm
675 Afrocity  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:55:16pm

re: #652 FurryOldGuyJeans

I will stay with both since BB has some DVDs that Netflix doesn’t, such as the Star Trek Original Series as full season sets instead of smatterings on individual volume sets.

I guess I had better get on Netflix. I like BB because I can get movies in store while i am waiting, but if they count the instore movies towards my three then than I may as well be on netflix.

676 Russkilitlover  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:55:26pm

re: #476 Wishing

I have to attend a class for 4 days for NCIC training and need a good book to read in downtime. Any suggestions?

Anything by Christopher Moore. That is, if you don’t mind spontaneous laughter that will burst forth from you whether you will it or no.

677 WriterMom  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:55:31pm

re: #671 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I disagree.

678 ConservatismNow!  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:55:32pm

re: #670 Kosh’s Shadow

I have not seen quadrophenia. I want to though. I need to watch Tommy again. I haven’t seen it in forever.

679 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:55:35pm
680 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:55:38pm
681 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:55:40pm

re: #664 WriterMom

Yah right! The idea of going out to a late night activity nowadays pretty much reduces me to tears. Sleep..my kingdom for sleep…mind you, my days start so early.

When we visit my wife’s Undisclosed Country of Origin Somewhere To The South of Here, I have to utterly reset my internal clock. I cannot believe the hours these people keep; they’re completely insane. A couple years back I went to a New Year’s Eve party at my inlaws’ house. My wife’s 84-year old grandma left the party at 4:30 a.m. The party itself ended around 8 am (at which point my brother in law asked if I wanted to go to an afterparty). Oy.

682 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:56:07pm

re: #677 WriterMom

Joking, silly goose.

683 avanti  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:56:25pm

re: #663 FurryOldGuyJeans

Yet there are a couple of DVDs that BB has which Netflix doesn’t carry, so I keep BB for those. If you have to make a choice, though, Netflix is better.

I just went below 100 on BB queue, and below 300 on my Netflix queue.

I just upgrades to Blu Ray on Netflex, and download a few movies now and then. BTW, that is one hell of a queue, I usually run a dozen or so.:)

684 jorline  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:56:26pm

re: #662 albusteve

ha!…good point…they did not fare so well in old Tejas did they?

They were kicking butt until they got to San Jacinto. General Antonio López de Santa Anna had a wardrobe malfunction there.

685 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:56:51pm

re: #673 WriterMom

Anyone who is really having trouble sleeping is welcome to a copy of my workplace report on diversity.

In English or French?

686 doppelganglander  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:56:55pm

re: #465 Nevergiveup

Whites Told to “Go Home” at Detroit City Council Meeting

[Link: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com…]

Great city. And their football team is good also?


Sure, run off people who are willing to invest in redevelopment. That’s a great plan.

687 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:57:01pm

re: #666 WriterMom

If you feel latke, you could get latke.

My father was in WWII. At some point, the cook had too much of the dehydrated potatoes. My father suggested making latkes from them.
He did, and they were well liked - all eaten up quickly.
No, I don’t know how he made them from dehydrated potatoes.

688 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:57:02pm

re: #671 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

With a few exceptions, I don’t think LGF is populated with “people people”.

Have you met Walter?

Fuck you (oh shit, I made your point).

689 UFO TOFU  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:57:18pm

re: #476 Wishing

Donald E. Westlake.

690 Nevergiveup  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:57:33pm

re: #686 doppelganglander

Sure, run off people who are willing to invest in redevelopment. That’s a great plan.

It is working out so well for them ain’t it?

691 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:57:44pm

re: #661 Russkilitlover

Neither am I and my profession is customer service! But I love problem solving.

Sounds like Randal from Clerks

Dante Hicks: You hate people!
Randal Graves: But I love gatherings. Isn’t it ironic?

692 WriterMom  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:57:51pm

re: #681 Occasional Reader

I know. When I was in my “yooot”, those were pretty much the party hours in Israel. People never went out for dinner before 8:00 or 9:00 p.m and you were a total loser if you went to a club or bar before midnight. The party usually went strong till about 4:00 a.m or so, an then people went out for coffee and breakfast. Oy is right. I can’t believe I used to do that.

693 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:57:52pm

re: #684 jorline

They were kicking butt until they got to San Jacinto. General Antonio López de Santa Anna had a wardrobe malfunction there.

I just watched that HBO thing the other day….I never get tired of it

694 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:58:09pm

re: #684 jorline

They were kicking butt until they got to San Jacinto. General Antonio López de Santa Anna had a wardrobe malfunction there.

When his leg fell off?

695 WriterMom  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:58:20pm

re: #682 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Heh.

696 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:58:24pm

re: #678 ConservatismNow!

I have not seen quadrophenia. I want to though. I need to watch Tommy again. I haven’t seen it in forever.

Ann Margret.
Oh, it is too early for the boob thread. Sorry.

I do like the Tommy logo, that looks like a cross but is a pinball ball on top of a T.

697 WriterMom  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:58:44pm

re: #685 Honorary Yooper

In Bullshitese-do you speak it?

698 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:58:44pm

re: #675 Afrocity

I guess I had better get on Netflix. I like BB because I can get movies in store while i am waiting, but if they count the instore movies towards my three then than I may as well be on netflix.

I would bet good money you get more movies with Netflix in a month than you get with BB, and don’t have the hassle of exchanging one at a store. I would have changed my BB account to mail-only but I already paid for March and don’t want to lose my 5 exchanges while not getting a refund. Come end of March and I will drop the total access.

699 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:59:01pm

re: #688 Walter L. Newton

hahahahahahahaha!

700 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:59:14pm

re: #691 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Sounds like Randal from Clerks

Dante Hicks: You hate people!
Randal Graves: But I love gatherings. Isn’t it ironic?

Randal was a blast in that movie.

“This job would be great if it wasn’t for the fucking customers.”

701 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:59:28pm
702 pink freud  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:59:46pm

re: #671 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

With a few exceptions, I don’t think LGF is populated with “people people”.
blockquote>

I used to think introversion meant shy.

703 WriterMom  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:59:47pm

I thought that was funny. I’m glad that at least I amuse myself.

704 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 1:59:54pm
705 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:00:36pm

re: #700 Honorary Yooper

Randal was a blast in that movie.

“This job would be great if it wasn’t for the fucking customers.”

“I don’t appreciate your ruse, ma’am.”

706 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:00:45pm

re: #703 WriterMom

I thought that was funny. I’m glad that at least I amuse myself.

otherwise you’d be totally insufferable…..


jus kidding

707 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:01:01pm

re: #691 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Sounds like Randal from Clerks

Dante Hicks: You hate people!
Randal Graves: But I love gatherings. Isn’t it ironic?

Or the one guy from Office Space, defending his job to “The Bobs”

708 WriterMom  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:01:17pm

re: #704 buzzsawmonkey

“Handout Whores”. I like it. Both also cheer on Jew-killing.

709 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:01:21pm

re: #683 avanti

I found out there is a limit to the number of DVDs you can have in your queue with either service.

The tech support people are a bit amazed I have so many in my queues. Most people have less than a dozen and constantly bitch about turn around.

710 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:01:25pm
711 jorline  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:01:35pm

re: #693 albusteve

I just watched that HBO thing the other day….I never get tired of it

San Antonio is home. The Alamo is small, I was amazed when I moved there and saw it for the first time.

712 ConservatismNow!  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:01:58pm

re: #707 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

I have people skills! I talk to the customers so the goddamned engineers don’t have to! What the hell is wrong with you people!

713 WriterMom  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:02:07pm

re: #706 albusteve

I talk to myself, too. I always give myself very sage advice.

Yes you do, WriterMom!

/qutting time

714 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:02:10pm

re: #692 WriterMom

I know. When I was in my “yooot”, those were pretty much the party hours in Israel. People never went out for dinner before 8:00 or 9:00 p.m and you were a total loser if you went to a club or bar before midnight. The party usually went strong till about 4:00 a.m or so, an then people went out for coffee and breakfast. Oy is right. I can’t believe I used to do that.

8 pm dinner? My inlaws would laugh at the concept.

715 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:02:28pm

re: #707 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Or the one guy from Office Space, defending his job to “The Bobs”

I’M A PEOPLE PERSON! I’M GOOD WITH PEOPLE! WHY CAN’T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?!

716 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:02:35pm

re: #703 WriterMom

Like I said…tough room.

717 WriterMom  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:02:38pm

re: #714 Occasional Reader

Too early? Are 8:00 p.m dinners for wimps?

718 jorline  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:02:55pm

re: #694 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

When his leg fell off?

lol…when he swapped clothes with a private to avoid capture.

719 ConservatismNow!  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:03:04pm

re: #714 Occasional Reader

8 pm dinner? My inlaws would laugh at the concept.

My stepdad is asleep by then.

720 WriterMom  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:03:05pm

re: #716 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I’m up for it.

721 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:03:15pm

re: #710 ploome hineni

FRIED POTATO CAKES

2 c. leftover mashed potatoes
1 egg, beaten
1/4 c. flour

Stir beaten egg and flour into potatoes. Form into patties. Dip both sides into additional flour and brown in a little shortening. A good variation is to add some chopped or ground ham to the mixture. Makes 4-8 servings.

Ooooh, now that sound positively decadent and fattening! Yummers! ;)

722 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:03:17pm
723 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:03:45pm

Just heard back from my ex-boss. No work, he’s actually cutting back hours for some of his employees. I guess it’s Home Depot for me.

724 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:04:10pm

re: #710 ploome hineni

FRIED POTATO CAKES

2 c. leftover mashed potatoes
1 egg, beaten
1/4 c. flour

Stir beaten egg and flour into potatoes. Form into patties. Dip both sides into additional flour and brown in a little shortening. A good variation is to add some chopped or ground ham to the mixture. Makes 4-8 servings.

Did you send this to Reine for the cookbook vol 2?

725 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:04:36pm

re: #717 WriterMom

Too early? Are 8:00 p.m dinners for wimps?

They’re not even thinking about dinner yet at 8 pm.

726 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:04:38pm

I just prepared a feast for wife and daughter. Pinto beans, au graten potatoes, cornbread and slaw.

It was so freakin’ good.

727 UFO TOFU  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:04:38pm

re: #723 Killgore Trout

Good luck!

728 Silvergirl  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:04:52pm

OT: Link on front page by SavannahWinslow to an article in the WSJ by Evan Bayh. A Democratic senator says no to a huge federal spending bill.

Like a basketful of newborn kitties their eyes are beginning to open.

729 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:05:06pm
730 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:05:12pm

re: #722 buzzsawmonkey

What are you implying about my wife?!

///

731 avanti  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:05:19pm

re: #673 WriterMom

Anyone who is really having trouble sleeping is welcome to a copy of my workplace report on diversity.

Once flew on a military hop and asked if they had anything to read and a crew member handed me the airframe manual for the plane, only slightly more entertaining then a phone book.

732 aggieann  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:05:22pm

re: #565 Afrocity

I have OT question. I get my movies via Blockbuster online. I have had this plan for 2 years now. Recently they continue to change the plan that I signed up for. Originally I get 3 movies at a time, plus unlimited in store trade ins. So I return 3 movies, and get 3 more from the store while waiting for my movies to arrive in the mail. Now they have changed it so I can only have 3 movies period. I have two mail movies and one in store movie and they did not send the next movie in my queue (Frozen River). When I inquired about the delay, they said they changed my plan and now the in store movie counts towards my “3”. This seems strange.

Answer: Netflix.com

733 funky chicken  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:05:27pm

re: #676 Russkilitlover

Anything by Christopher Moore. That is, if you don’t mind spontaneous laughter that will burst forth from you whether you will it or no.

Anything except the Island of the Love Nun (or something similar)…that one was extremely offensive sexism and slam on religion…and I’m not religious

I love Practical Demonkeeping and Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove though.

734 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:05:37pm

re: #728 Silvergirl

I just finished reading that.

Good grief.

735 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:05:53pm

re: #728 Silvergirl

You go Evan!

736 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:06:00pm

re: #729 ploome hineni

the leftover mashed potatoes, and be potato flakes, reconstituted with a little water to the texture of mashed

these are called latkes (no ham)

:)

I just call ‘em FOOD! ;)

737 ConservatismNow!  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:06:09pm

re: #728 Silvergirl

OT: Link on front page by SavannahWinslow to an article in the WSJ by Evan Bayh. A Democratic senator says no to a huge federal spending bill.

Like a basketful of newborn kitties their eyes are beginning to open.

And yet they are still going to be stuck on their mother’s teat for at least 2 months.

738 UFO TOFU  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:06:25pm

re: #726 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I just prepared a feast for wife and daughter. Pinto beans, au graten potatoes, cornbread and slaw.

It was so freakin’ good.

That sounds pretty good. Where’s the entree?
/

739 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:06:37pm
740 WriterMom  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:06:50pm

re: #725 Occasional Reader

By 8:00 p.m I am usually sending mind-control vibes to my children: SLEEEEEEEP LEETTLE ONES SLEEEEEEEEP. When we go to Israel, people are just starting their evening, coming over for coffee etc…like you said-total reset of body clock. I love though that everything starts early in Israel. By 6:00 a.m, you can get fresh bread at the little corner stores, you can get anywhere by bus, most workplaces start at 7:30 or 8:00, school starts early too.

741 Spare O'Lake  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:06:50pm

re: #621 buzzsawmonkey

You must not be making them right. They’re good not only fresh out of the pan, but cold the next day or two as a snack.
Yum.

So can I call you buzzard?
Around my house my wife always assumes I will eat the leftovers.
My late father was the designated leftover guy, and since he died I guess I inherited his position.
Sort of like batting cleanup.
But at cold latkes I draw the line.

742 SummerSong  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:06:55pm

re: #723 Killgore Trout

Just heard back from my ex-boss. No work, he’s actually cutting back hours for some of his employees. I guess it’s Home Depot for me.

You could see if any of their suppliers need merchandisers. Minimal people contact…

743 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:07:32pm

re: #697 WriterMom

In Bullshitese-do you speak it?

Unfortuantely, yes. I have to so that I can do my job. It requires me to understand it.

744 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:07:36pm

re: #711 jorline

San Antonio is home. The Alamo is small, I was amazed when I moved there and saw it for the first time.

I have seen it once….I was deeply moved and my Texas friends understood completely…and I nearly wept seeing he big stone box at the Cathedral of San fernando with the remains of Bowie, Travis and Crockett….those days were some of the most stirring events of the history of this continent

745 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:07:39pm

re: #739 ploome hineni

I’ve got one.

Maker’s Mark and 7-Up.

Well, and ice…

746 Dianna  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:07:54pm

re: #714 Occasional Reader

8 pm dinner? My inlaws would laugh at the concept.

I got so sick of hearing, from my Argentinian semi-mother-in-law, about how unsophisticated and gauche Americans were. That was one of the things she always went on about - how we roll up the sidewalks at 10 pm.

In esta pais… became a signal that it was time to discover something to do - urgently - at the other end of the house.

747 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:07:55pm
748 jorline  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:07:59pm

Whacked out liberal warning!

Professor Takes Heat for Calling Cops on Student Who Discussed Guns in Class

A professor in Connecticut reported one of her students to the police after he gave a class presentation on why students and teachers should be allowed to carry concealed weapons on campus. Now, free speech activists say the professor’s actions are what really need to be investigated.

/sleeping with my guns.

749 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:08:02pm

re: #741 Spare O’Lake

But at cold latkes I draw the line.

All the more for the rest of us who love ‘em! ;)

750 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:08:29pm

re: #731 avanti

Once flew on a military hop and asked if they had anything to read and a crew member handed me the airframe manual for the plane, only slightly more entertaining then a phone book.

I have a book on the B-36, and it reproduces a couple of pictures from the maintenance manual. In those non-PC days, they put in women’s pictures in the drawings to help the crews pay attention.

751 Russkilitlover  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:08:39pm

re: #733 funky chicken

Anything except the Island of the Love Nun (or something similar)…that one was extremely offensive sexism and slam on religion…and I’m not religious

I love Practical Demonkeeping and Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove though.

Island of the Sequined Love Nun is my least favorite, except for Roberto the talking fruit bat.

Reading his new one “Fool” right now. King Lear as told by Christopher Moore. It’s all good……

752 MandyManners  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:09:21pm

re: #728 Silvergirl

OT: Link on front page by SavannahWinslow to an article in the WSJ by Evan Bayh. A Democratic senator says no to a huge federal spending bill.

Like a basketful of newborn kitties their eyes are beginning to open.

Isn’t Fienstein backing Bayh?

753 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:09:23pm
754 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:10:16pm

re: #738 UFO TOFU

That sounds pretty good. Where’s the entree?
/

Everything is an entree to a vegetarian. We’re just glad we were able to forage.

755 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:10:26pm

re: #745 J.D.

I’ve got one.

Maker’s Mark and 7-Up.

Well, and ice…

Lemon Lime gatorade, drink down the top bell portion of the bottle, refill with Citron Vodka.

Plus you can wander the barracks with a pleasant buzz going and all they see if the gatorade bottle.

756 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:10:35pm

re: #739 ploome hineni

no..you can do it

I hve an idea…..this cookbook

no more than 6 ingredients?

let us keep the ingredients really low, so it will be fast, easy and tasty, for us to do

I’ll point Reine to your post; I don’t want to take credit for it, but I will also give the comment about my father and the cook making latkes.

757 Spare O'Lake  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:10:36pm

re: #710 ploome hineni

FRIED POTATO CAKES

2 c. leftover mashed potatoes
1 egg, beaten
1/4 c. flour

Stir beaten egg and flour into potatoes. Form into patties. Dip both sides into additional flour and brown in a little shortening. A good variation is to add some chopped or ground ham to the mixture. Makes 4-8 servings.

That may be fried potato cakes but it sure as heck ain’t latkes.
Can I please have one?

758 avanti  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:10:38pm

re: #728 Silvergirl

OT: Link on front page by SavannahWinslow to an article in the WSJ by Evan Bayh. A Democratic senator says no to a huge federal spending bill.

Like a basketful of newborn kitties their eyes are beginning to open.

McCain and Findgold (sp?) are working on a line item veto plan that might pass court muster.

759 opnion  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:10:39pm

A guy named Sam Webb, a proud member of the American Communist Party for Forty years is on Glenn Beck right now.
He is lauding Obama as a leader, but will not characterize Barry as a Marxist.

760 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:11:10pm

re: #753 buzzsawmonkey

Cold latkes are ambrosial; I always make enough to be able to have a couple of snacks the next day or two.

The secret is to use olive oil—don’t believe those fools who tell you it “doesn’t cook hot enough.”

Ooooh, just thinking about the added flavoring olive oil would contribute made me gain a few pounds. ;)

761 aggieann  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:11:28pm

re: #728 Silvergirl

OT: Link on front page by SavannahWinslow to an article in the WSJ by Evan Bayh. A Democratic senator says no to a huge federal spending bill.

Like a basketful of newborn kitties their eyes are beginning to open.

The problem with
a kitten is that
eventually
it becomes a cat
—Ogden Nash (I think—or maybe James Thurber)

762 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:11:42pm

re: #731 avanti

Once flew on a military hop and asked if they had anything to read and a crew member handed me the airframe manual for the plane, only slightly more entertaining then a phone book.

My more pleasant story kinda sorta almost along the same lines: I was returning from Providence, RI from a business trip back in the early 90s. Short hop flight, small plane to LaGuardia. About 1/3 of the plane was occupied with… models, who were apparently returning from some photo shoot.

At one point, I asked the flight attendant if she had any newspapers, since all I had was work material to read, and was bored with it. She said, sorry, no, on planes this small we don’t stock newspapers. A minute later, she tapped me on the shoulder, and said “the young lady behind you overheard, and said you can have her newspaper”. I look back, and there, giving me a little wave and smile, was then-Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Roshumba Williams.

I Love New York.

763 Jack Burton  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:11:43pm

re: #748 jorline

must inform thinkpol on unpersons for doubleplusungood crimethink.

764 lobo91  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:12:20pm

re: #738 UFO TOFU

That sounds pretty good. Where’s the entree?
/

That would be good with ribs…

765 JacksonTn  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:12:24pm

re: #758 avanti

McCain and Findgold (sp?) are working on a line item veto plan that might pass court muster.

Yeah … well, the last thing they worked on turned out real well didn’t it ….


///////////////

766 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:12:55pm

re: #755 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Lemon Lime gatorade, drink down the top bell portion of the bottle, refill with Citron Vodka.

Plus you can wander the barracks with a pleasant buzz going and all they see if the gatorade bottle.

I find those Dixie travel coffee cups are handy for keeping whatever cold and … all.

767 UFO TOFU  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:13:06pm

re: #762 Occasional Reader

That’s just not right.

768 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:13:07pm

re: #747 buzzsawmonkey

I was speaking of your in-laws, not your own good lady.

Yes, I know, but the “…is a tramp” line was just too good to pass up.

769 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:13:09pm

re: #762 Occasional Reader

So, who is this Roshumba Williams, I why should I care about him?

770 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:13:34pm

re: #758 avanti

Oh gee, more assaults on the Constitution from those two we do not need.

771 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:13:45pm

re: #748 jorline

What a whack job that professor is. She should’ve been charged with making a false report. She never would’ve made it at my alma mater with the weapons storage lockers in the dorms on campus.

772 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:13:49pm

re: #769 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

So, who is this Roshumba Williams, I why should I care about him?

good one

773 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:14:13pm

re: #764 lobo91

Saw a bumper sticker once, picture of a little pig…word balloon says, “Why, no. I don’t have any spare ribs.”

774 pink freud  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:14:20pm

Kennedy to Receive Honorary Knighthood From Queen Elizabeth II

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) has been chosen to receive an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II, the British Foreign Office said.

The honor was formally announced in Washington Wednesday by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, during his address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress. With Vice President Biden and House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca.) looking on from the podium, Brown praised Kennedy’s role in bringing peace to Northern Ireland after generations of civil strife, and his decades of work to strengthen health care and education opportunities in the United States and around the globe.

Unbelievable.

775 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:14:57pm

re: #774 pink freud

Kennedy to Receive Honorary Knighthood From Queen Elizabeth II

Unbelievable.

Not any more unbelievable than Al Gore winning a Nobel.

776 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:14:57pm

re: #769 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

So, who is this Roshumba Williams, I why should I care about him?

Whom do you prefer, Roshumba or Roshlimbaugh?

777 avanti  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:15:11pm

re: #750 Kosh’s Shadow

I have a book on the B-36, and it reproduces a couple of pictures from the maintenance manual. In those non-PC days, they put in women’s pictures in the drawings to help the crews pay attention.

My ex midshipman, now in flight school tells me they use a female voice recording in the cockpit for critical warnings. “low fuel sweetie ” ?

778 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:15:16pm

re: #774 pink freud

Kennedy to Receive Honorary Knighthood From Queen Elizabeth II

He’d be knighted “Sir Swimmer”.

779 UFO TOFU  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:15:36pm

re: #764 lobo91

Yes, very good with ribs.
Now, to start a firefight: dry rubbed or sauced?

780 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:15:42pm

re: #775 J.D.

Not any more unbelievable than Al Gore winning a Nobel.

Shows how low the standards for a Nobel have become.

781 jorline  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:15:44pm

re: #744 albusteve

I have seen it once….I was deeply moved and my Texas friends understood completely…and I nearly wept seeing he big stone box at the Cathedral of San fernando with the remains of Bowie, Travis and Crockett….those days were some of the most stirring events of the history of this continent

Agree

We are going to Goliad in a couple weeks. They have a two day reenactment of the Battle of Goliad each spring…attendance was a requirement at my children’s school here in south Texas…we still attend. The last day is the massacre of Fanning and his troops.

Battle of Goliad.

782 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:16:11pm

re: #779 UFO TOFU

I’ll jump in here…SAUCED!

783 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:16:22pm

re: #779 UFO TOFU

Yes, very good with ribs.
Now, to start a firefight: dry rubbed or sauced?

Dry rub while cooking, add sauce afterward.

784 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:16:36pm
785 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:16:39pm

re: #777 avanti

My ex midshipman, now in flight school tells me they use a female voice recording in the cockpit for critical warnings. “low fuel sweetie ” ?

That reminds me of an old Star Trek episode where the computer was talking like that to Kirk.

A woman’s voice will really cut through and get a guy’s attention.
Do they allow changing the gender for female pilots?

786 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:17:09pm

re: #781 jorline

Watch out for that kid with the slingshot.

787 Beach Lover  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:17:15pm

re: #759 opnion
this is great! Beck is trying to get him to answer his question…”name me a socialist party that worked”
He can’t.
and I love the “comrade music” he opened with

788 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:17:19pm

re: #785 Kosh’s Shadow

I think for the most part female pilots are expected to remain female.

789 pink freud  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:17:20pm

re: #780 Honorary Yooper

Shows how low the standards for a Nobel have become.

/not to mention knighthood

790 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:18:35pm

re: #774 pink freud

Kennedy to Receive Honorary Knighthood From Queen Elizabeth II

Unbelievable.

Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.

/someone had to do it

791 ConservatismNow!  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:18:52pm

re: #759 opnion

Because that would be admitting to the truth, which is incredibly hard to do for a professional liar.

792 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:18:55pm

re: #785 Kosh’s Shadow

That reminds me of an old Star Trek episode where the computer was talking like that to Kirk.

“Mirror, Mirror”.

[“Geek”? Moi?]

And let’s face it, the Mirror, Mirror universe looked like a helluva lot of fun. Certainly the female crewmembers’ uniforms were much better. Kind of like Pottersville beats Bedford Falls, hands down.

793 Silvergirl  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:18:57pm

re: #734 J.D.

I just finished reading that.

Good grief.

Which one?

794 Piglet-U93  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:18:57pm

re: #778 Honorary Yooper

He’d be knighted “Sir Swimmer”.

I suggest: Sir Negligent Swim Coach

795 UFO TOFU  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:19:23pm

re: #783 Honorary Yooper

Dry rub while cooking, add sauce afterward.


I believe a statement like that can get you crucified in some places (Memphis?).

796 Kragar  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:19:56pm

re: #794 Piglet-U93

I suggest: Sir Negligent Swim Coach

Sir Teddy of Chappaquiddick

797 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:19:58pm

re: #785 Kosh’s Shadow

That reminds me of an old Star Trek episode where the computer was talking like that to Kirk.

A woman’s voice will really cut through and get a guy’s attention.
Do they allow changing the gender for female pilots?

The same studies that showed a female voice commanded more attention from male pilots showed women respond just as favorably to a female voice than male. IIRC one of the studies was done by Ma Bell for the automated operator voices.

798 opnion  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:20:10pm

re: #758 avanti

McCain and Findgold (sp?) are working on a line item veto plan that might pass court muster.

McCain speds so much time sleeping with the enemy, he better watch out that he doesn’t contract an STD.

799 Spare O'Lake  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:20:38pm

re: #788 J.D.

I think for the most part female pilots are expected to remain female.

Even when they lower the undercarriage?

800 Beach Lover  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:20:41pm

re: #774 pink freud

For What? !

801 lobo91  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:20:43pm

re: #779 UFO TOFU

Yes, very good with ribs.
Now, to start a firefight: dry rubbed or sauced?

Sauced.

802 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:20:55pm

re: #798 opnion

McCain speds so much time sleeping with the enemy, he better watch out that he doesn’t contract an STD.

You sure he didn’t already?

803 ConservatismNow!  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:21:01pm

re: #779 UFO TOFU

Yes, very good with ribs.
Now, to start a firefight: dry rubbed or sauced?

Both. I usually do a slab of dry rubbed spare ribs and a slab of sauced baby-backs.

804 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:21:09pm

re: #793 Silvergirl

The Bayh thing.

805 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:21:51pm
806 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:21:54pm

re: #799 Spare O’Lake

Even when they lower the undercarriage?

Especially then.

807 UFO TOFU  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:22:02pm

re: #803 ConservatismNow!

Both. I usually do a slab of dry rubbed spare ribs and a slab of sauced baby-backs.

I could work with that!

808 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:22:21pm

re: #792 Occasional Reader

“Mirror, Mirror”.

[“Geek”? Moi?]

And let’s face it, the Mirror, Mirror universe looked like a helluva lot of fun. Certainly the female crewmembers’ uniforms were much better. Kind of like Pottersville beats Bedford Falls, hands down.

Mirror, Mirror had a male computer voice in the Mirror Universe. The computer voice, btw, was done by Gene Roddenberry’s wife, Majel Barrett in nearly all the Star Trek incarnations.

809 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:22:37pm

re: #795 UFO TOFU

I am of the opinion that the meat and the sauce should both be good enough to eat on their own. When mixed together, it should be irresistible.

810 opnion  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:22:37pm

re: #791 ConservatismNow!

Because that would be admitting to the truth, which is incredibly hard to do for a professional liar.

That was really obvious in the interview. This member of the Communist Party clearly sees Barry as a kindred spirit, but feared to label him as a Marixist. He does not want to be quoted & hurt the Dear Leader.

811 avanti  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:22:40pm

re: #762 Occasional Reader

A minute later, she tapped me on the shoulder, and said “the young lady behind you overheard, and said you can have her newspaper”. I look back, and there, giving me a little wave and smile, was then-Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Roshumba Williams.

I Love New York.

Great story. BTW, that military hop took me into Key West in the middle of the air traffic controllers strike where passengers were backed up for days. They told me to check in for a long wait in standby. The guy at the gate told me to stay nearby and when the next flight came in, he got on the PA and asked “Where is the military priority sailor ?” I looked around for a second, sheepishly pointed at my chest and was motioned right on. Bet he was ex military.

812 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:23:04pm

re: #748 jorline

Whacked out liberal warning!

Professor Takes Heat for Calling Cops on Student Who Discussed Guns in Class

It’s terrible that she called the police for such a thing. It could seriously cut into their McNugget-shortchange response time.

813 Russkilitlover  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:23:53pm

re: #808 FurryOldGuyJeans

Mirror, Mirror had a male computer voice in the Mirror Universe. The computer voice, btw, was done by Gene Roddenberry’s wife, Majel Barrett in nearly all the Star Trek incarnations.

Lwaxana Troi! (I think I read that she just recently passed away….sad).

814 bulwrk  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:24:37pm

re: #794 Piglet-U93

His coat of arms should be interesting, maybe in the shape of a bridge out sign.

815 Occasional Reader  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:24:43pm

re: #808 FurryOldGuyJeans

Mirror, Mirror had a male computer voice in the Mirror Universe.

Huh. Are you sure? I thought I recalled Kirk being pleasantly surprised by that aspect of the alternate universe. (That, and the sexy mistress waiting in his quarters, of course.)

816 J.D.  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:25:11pm

Mouse batteries going down quickly.
Must go out now.

817 opnion  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:25:29pm

re: #802 Honorary Yooper

You sure he didn’t already?

Might have. McCain just can’t seem to help himself. He craves approval from the Media & Democrats, Republicans not so much.

818 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:26:35pm

re: #813 Russkilitlover

Lwaxana Troi! (I think I read that she just recently passed away….sad).

No, Troi was from ST: The Next Generation.
Majel Barret was Nurse Chapel.

819 UFO TOFU  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:26:41pm

re: #809 Honorary Yooper

I’ll bet you could submit a good rib recipe for the cookbook. I have a killer recipe for chili, but it violates just about anyone’s definition of what “chili” should be, so I keep it to myself.

820 turn  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:27:24pm

re: #816 J.D.

Mouse batteries going down quickly.
Must go out now.

I posted “Wireless mouse died, bbl” once here.

I immediately got a “Damn wireless cats” response back.

LOL

821 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:28:00pm

Obama’s Katrina?
The new president seems dangerously out of touch.
By JAMES TARANTO

Today is Wednesday, which means it’s party time at the White House! The Associated Press explains:
Cocktails were sipped during at least three such receptions to date, all held on Wednesdays.

[snip]

But there is a dissonance here that is rather hard to miss. The same president who last month lectured private-sector executives, “You can’t get corporate jets, you can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayer’s dime,” is living large in the Executive Mansion that we taxpayers have generously provided him.

[snip]

In those three weeks, something else happened: Obama gave an address to Congress in which he made clear that he has no intention of curtailing his appetite for higher taxes and bigger government. With the president greedily eyeing the shrinking private economy, and Congress showing little sign so far that it will be an effective check on his ambitions, it’s little wonder investors are fearful.
822 lobo91  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:28:17pm

re: #818 Kosh’s Shadow

No, Troi was from ST: The Next Generation.
Majel Barret was Nurse Chapel.

Majel Barrett Roddenberry played both characters.

823 Spare O'Lake  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:29:12pm

re: #813 Russkilitlover

Lwaxana Troi! (I think I read that she just recently passed away….sad).

Pardon my ignorance, but isn’t that a suburb of Buffalo where they have a lot of fires?
(- channeling the old Eyewitness News with Irv Weinstein)

824 Silvergirl  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:29:22pm

re: #819 UFO TOFU

I’ll bet you could submit a good rib recipe for the cookbook. I have a killer recipe for chili, but it violates just about anyone’s definition of what “chili” should be, so I keep it to myself.

With the word tofu in your name, I have my suspicions. :-)

825 jcm  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:29:50pm

Now is the time to win back the confidence and trust of the American people. Congress should vote “no” on this omnibus and show working families across the country that we are as committed to living within our means as they are.

EVAN BAYH Once on Obama’s veep list.

826 ConservatismNow!  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:30:16pm

re: #807 UFO TOFU

I could work with that!

Get in line. I’ve usually got a crowd when I mention I’m smoking ribs. I generally use a combination of hickory, mesquite, and applewood.

827 albusteve  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:32:32pm

re: #781 jorline

Agree

We are going to Goliad in a couple weeks. They have a two day reenactment of the Battle of Goliad each spring…attendance was a requirement at my children’s school here in south Texas…we still attend. The last day is the massacre of Fanning and his troops.

Battle of Goliad.

thanks for that…I would love to se the Presidio some day….my driving tour of Texas is on permanent hold right now….bummer

828 jorline  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:32:51pm

bbl

829 debutaunt  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:35:34pm

re: #726 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I just prepared a feast for wife and daughter. Pinto beans, au graten potatoes, cornbread and slaw.

It was so freakin’ good.

Nice side-dishes.

830 UFO TOFU  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:36:10pm

re: #824 Silvergirl

With the word tofu in your name, I have my suspicions. :-)

It’s not wise to mock extra-terrestrial bean curd!
Full disclosure: I have no use for tofu whatsoever, I just liked the album.

831 Silvergirl  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:37:26pm

re: #752 MandyManners

Isn’t Fienstein backing Bayh?

I don’t know. You may be right. Bayh and Feinstein were in the news together when Feinstein was surprised by the Panetta for CIA thing, and Bayh was backing the appointment.

832 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:42:49pm

re: #815 Occasional Reader

Huh. Are you sure? I thought I recalled Kirk being pleasantly surprised by that aspect of the alternate universe. (That, and the sexy mistress waiting in his quarters, of course.)

Absolutely positive since I just watched the episode this morning on DVD. ;)

There really wasn’t a whole lot of pleasant things about the mirror universe, especially the Captain’s Mistress and her use of stolen Alien Technology to disappear Mirror Kirk’s enemies.

833 funky chicken  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:48:15pm

re: #825 jcm

Now is the time to win back the confidence and trust of the American people. Congress should vote “no” on this omnibus and show working families across the country that we are as committed to living within our means as they are.

EVAN BAYH Once on Obama’s veep list.

I said at the time that folks like Bayh likely turned Obama down when he offered them the job. How the hell else could he have ended up with Biden?

Unfortunately, McCain listened to people like Laura Ingraham who demanded that he nominate a hard core social con as his VP. Rudy would have been a much better choice, IMHO, and would really have highlighted the weakness of the Obama/Biden ticket.

oh well

834 lobo91  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:50:32pm

re: #832 FurryOldGuyJeans

Absolutely positive since I just watched the episode this morning on DVD. ;)

There really wasn’t a whole lot of pleasant things about the mirror universe, especially the Captain’s Mistress and her use of stolen Alien Technology to disappear Mirror Kirk’s enemies.

I can’t recall the episode right off, but it was one where they’d done some sort of “upgrade” on the Enterprise’s computer. One of the side effects was that it developed a crush on Kirk.

835 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 2:56:08pm
836 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 4:23:16pm

re: #834 lobo91

I can’t recall the episode right off, but it was one where they’d done some sort of “upgrade” on the Enterprise’s computer. One of the side effects was that it developed a crush on Kirk.

That was an entirely different episode from “Mirror, Mirror”.

837 FurryOldGuyJeans  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 4:34:54pm

re: #818 Kosh’s Shadow

No, Troi was from ST: The Next Generation.
Majel Barret was Nurse Chapel.

Lwaxana Troi was Deanna Troi’s very man-hungry mother, also played by Majel Barrett.

838 [deleted]  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 6:35:57pm
839 swamprat  Wed, Mar 4, 2009 7:47:05pm

re: #144 Cognito

I’ll abstain from saying much on this subject. I’ve got… problems… with the context of the discussion.

Ah, well.



Hilarious!

YOU objecting to someone promoting an issue where a vested interest is at stake!
…. Alrighty, then!


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