Its Friday and I have not seen a Car-b-que or a seethe fest lately. What gives?

A nice new Friday thread...great

Lunch time on the west coast.

I am eating all I want.

Later I may not be able to,

but I will enjoy hearing the chorus of OKs from Other Countries.

/ sarc sarc sarc

maybe I'll get to stay on this one for a while...

re: #1 Creeping Eruption

Its Friday and I have not seen a Car-b-que or a seethe fest lately. What gives?

they are too busy counting their billions I guess. The Gaza strip will soon be gleaming like the Vegas strip...

re: #3 Ojoe

Lunch time on the west coast.

I am eating all I want.

Later I may not be able to,

but I will enjoy hearing the chorus of OKs from Other Countries.

/ sarc sarc sarc

And turn the air conditioner way up.

re: #5 ziggyelman

they are too busy counting their billions I guess. The Gaza strip will soon be gleaming like the Vegas strip...

Assuming they can pry the cash out of Abass' hands.

His tiny lunch.

The OKs are deafening.

analog metareality

is that like, the meat world?

re: #4 vxbush

maybe I'll get to stay on this one for a while...

Howdy, VX!

Okay, this looks just damned cool

[Link: www.apple.com...]

re: #9 sandspur

On friday that would be fish world.

O joy, o joy. Snow for the weekend.

/ can I just call my warranty expired and get it over with?

The Problem With Metareality

Metareality is a word I made up to describe a layer more abstract than reality. In a game of poker, reality is the cards that your opponents are actually holding. Metareality is the cards that they could be holding based on the cards visible and the bets placed.

As obscure as the introduction to this post may sound, I think many readers of this blog will be familiar with what I am talking about. I find reality pretty boring. It’s so dimensionless. Metareality allows us to make logical leaps between what is real, and what could be real. It also allows us to lock ourselves away and play dungeons and dragons for 12 hours a day, entirely detached from reality.

A few months ago, I started looking at how I spent my time in reality, and in metareality. Reality for me was associated with things like driving, talking to people, pouring cereal. The bulk of my day, spent behind the computer designing and developing, was metareality time - 12+ hours a day. No wonder I felt increasingly detached.

Strangely, keyword research services are what brought me back to reality. Sure, I could speculate about what people are searching for in search engines, orrr, I could just find out what keywords people are really searching for by indirectly mining real life logged data. What the hell was I doing? Reality is where the game is played. You can scribble on whiteboards and run over possible plays all you like, but until you step in to reality you’re not even in the game.

These days I follow the trail of reality, and then make logical leaps based on that. A year ago I worked the other way around, I followed logical trails, and then back fit to reality. That’s an extremely subtle, but very important difference.

Tribute to Paul Harvey turns into squabble

To honor Harvey, the chair of the Port of Shelton Commission ordered their flag to be lowered to half-staff. A day later, that ruling was overturned.

"To stand here today and have this special meeting is an utter embarrassment," said Miles.

The two opposing commissioners were Paul Harvey fans, but they did not think the commission chair had the authority to lower the flag.

"We are not just bulls in a China shop, running through, doing whatever I want. It has to follow protocol," said Rick Byrd, Port of Shelton Commissioner.

Official U.S. flag etiquette states only the president or a governor can decide to lower a flag.

The Commission voted to keep it that way.

OK, so open thread question: I just heard something crawling around & squeaking inside my wall (like a tiny voice saying yes we can, yes we can)
any solutions that do not require the use of firearms or explosives would be appreciated.

it's fixed!/

re: #16 brookly red

OK, so open thread question: I just heard something crawling around & squeaking inside my wall (like a tiny voice saying yes we can, yes we can)
any solutions that do not require the use of firearms or explosives would be appreciated.

Mouse traps are about $1.35.

re: #1 Creeping Eruption

Its Friday and I have not seen a Car-b-que or a seethe fest lately. What gives?

Rage Boy was laid off.

re: #16 brookly red

OK, so open thread question: I just heard something crawling around & squeaking inside my wall (like a tiny voice saying yes we can, yes we can)
any solutions that do not require the use of firearms or explosives would be appreciated.

I doubt you would consider Zyklon B to be an equitable solution either.

Hope everyone has a GREAT WEEKEND! It's been a tough week watching the country descend like the Titanic...

re: #12 Ojoe

On friday that would be fish world.

Lol, right you are

re: #16 brookly red

OK, so open thread question: I just heard something crawling around & squeaking inside my wall (like a tiny voice saying yes we can, yes we can)
any solutions that do not require the use of firearms or explosives would be appreciated.

Don't hire McCain.

re: #16 brookly red

OK, so open thread question: I just heard something crawling around & squeaking inside my wall (like a tiny voice saying yes we can, yes we can)
any solutions that do not require the use of firearms or explosives would be appreciated.

Stay away from the brown acid?

re: #16 brookly red

I would say get an orange tomcat.

re: #3 Ojoe

Lunch time on the west coast.

I am eating all I want.

Later I may not be able to,

but I will enjoy hearing the chorus of OKs from Other Countries.

/ sarc sarc sarc

I have in front of me a Bento box AND a 4 pc crunchy roll! F/U Obama!

re: #18 Creeping Eruption

Mouse traps are about $1.35.

thank you but I said inside the wall...

re: #26 Russkilitlover

What is a Bento box?

re: #25 Ojoe

I would say get an orange tomcat.

Seems like overkill to me... but what the hay.

re: #27 brookly red

thank you but I said inside the wall...

Realize from their perspective it is you that are inside the walls. ;)

re: #16 brookly red

OK, so open thread question: I just heard something crawling around & squeaking inside my wall (like a tiny voice saying yes we can, yes we can)
any solutions that do not require the use of firearms or explosives would be appreciated.

Have you tried luring it out with TARP money?

re: #19 debutaunt

Rage Boy was laid off.

Man, this recession is just hitting everyone! Petrol too expensive. . . can't afford cardboard to make "Die all Juice" signs to tear and burn. U.S. and Israeli flags to desecrate are hard to come by . . .Do they have unemployment for out-of-work professional protesters?

re: #20 FurryOldGuyJeans

I doubt you would consider Zyklon B to be an equitable solution either.

it seems that there is a shortage lately, the back order is long.

re: #28 Ojoe

What is a Bento box?

A tray of a bunch of sushi yummies, salad, and Cali roll.

Actually, people in other countries should be able to eat as much as they want also, for this you must believe in & work toward abundance. Not that I hear much of that tune from the current batch of politicians.

BBL

re: #28 Ojoe

What is a Bento box?

Mixed Japanese "lunch box" (which I believe is the literal translation), containing usually some sushi, some tempura, and a cold teriyaki item.

re: #24 Occasional Reader

Stay away from the brown acid?

THAT is one suggestion I won't ignore again - even if it comes from a big guy in a clown suit.

Oppose The Stimulus & Fly Commuter Jet

Mr. Obama invited some of the Democratic members of the Ohio Congressional delegation to fly aboard Air Force One.

Senator George Voinovich, the state’s senior Republican who opposed the administration’s economic stimulus bill, took a different route to Columbus on Friday. He was seated in Row 10 of a US Airways commuter jet.

[Link: mypetjawa.mu.nu...]

re: #28 Ojoe

What is a Bento box?

about 8 or 9 bucks & worth it!

re: #36 Occasional Reader

Mixed Japanese "lunch box" (which I believe is the literal translation), containing usually some sushi, some tempura, and a cold teriyaki item.

Damn, but that sounds tasty. :)

re: #28 Ojoe

What is a Bento box?

Traditional Japanese Lunchables

re: #27 brookly red

thank you but I said inside the wall...

Either take your shotgun, or a small wad of C4 . . .

re: #29 Occasional Reader

That swing wing craft is called the tom turkey in some quarters LOL.

Later!

Furry Guy -

"Government ministers must declare any gift valued at more than $280, and either buy them or hand them over to their department for display or storage before leaving office"

re: #12 Ojoe

On friday that would be fish world.

Yup. Having a tuna sandwich here.

re: #20 FurryOldGuyJeans

I doubt you would consider Zyklon B to be an equitable solution either.

Tasteless...

re: #36 Occasional Reader

YUM !

re: #34 Russkilitlover

A tray of a bunch of sushi yummies, salad, and Cali roll.

I fear the day that salmon sashimi becomes illegal.

re: #1 Creeping Eruption

Its Friday and I have not seen a Car-b-que or a seethe fest lately. What gives?

They gave it up for lent?

re: #8 Ojoe

His tiny lunch.

The OKs are deafening.

What's with the toilet paper roll?

re: #44 Summersong

Furry Guy -

"Government ministers must declare any gift valued at more than $280, and either buy them or hand them over to their department for display or storage before leaving office"

[Link: www.msnbc.msn.com...]

And politicians are required to pay their taxes just like us regular folks, but we all know how often that gets ignored.

re: #48 debutaunt

I fear the day that salmon sashimi becomes illegal.

I like the Albacore tuna, but I can't eat too much of it or Al Gore tries to plug me into a light socket.

re: #24 Occasional Reader

Stay away from the brown acid?

waaay too late for that...

re: #37 Creeping Eruption

THAT is one suggestion I won't ignore again - even if it comes from a big guy in a clown suit.

"There's nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight."

-Lon Chaney, Jr. (I think)

re: #54 Occasional Reader

"There's nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight."

-Lon Chaney, Jr. (I think)

or in the Treasury Department

If J.D. pops over from the other thread, I kept getting the spinning wheel of death when I tried to post a comment there, so thought I'd try here before taking off.

Yep, my list of films Obama gave Brown were all Revolutionary War films, and I was kidding.

Kind of a cool thought though.

;-)

I have nothing meaningful to contribute, but since it's an open thread, this is cool.

re: #54 Occasional Reader

"There's nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight."

-Lon Chaney, Jr. (I think)

Close, it was attributed to Lon Chaney, Sr.

re: #42 Creeping Eruption

Either take your shotgun, or a small wad of C4 . . .

the lady next door specifically requested that I do not go that way again...

re: #55 Zimriel

or in the Treasury Department

I was thinking White House, but then really we are chock full of clowns in the Federal Government at the moment. Too bad there is no legal limit.

This is just baffling with BS. How much will the Iraq withdrawal cost the US. First they run through the costs to date, as though liberating 25 million Iraqis and denying terrorists a safe haven in the heart of the Middle East is something to be scoffed at. They derisively note the Americans killed fighting for our nation and to defend Iraqis against the scum of the earth - let alone that most of those Iraqis killed were at the hands of that very scum- al Qaeda and insurgents backed by Syria and Iran.

Then they talk about the costs of maintaining troops in Iraq, as though creating new bases of operation aren't a benefit to the nation for dealing with emerging threats in that region. After all, we have bases in the UK, Germany and Japan to this day - 60+ years after WWII, and maintain bases in South Korea as well. If those forces weren't in Iraq, they'd be stationed somewhere else in the world, and those costs would still exist. The only way that those costs would be wiped from the tally is if those forces are eliminated altogether. Is that what the next step is? Obama will hem and haw, but that's clearly the direction he's going.

re: #56 subsailor68

Oh what a relief!

re: #56 subsailor68

If J.D. pops over from the other thread, I kept getting the spinning wheel of death when I tried to post a comment there, so thought I'd try here before taking off.

Yep, my list of films Obama gave Brown were all Revolutionary War films, and I was kidding.

Kind of a cool thought though.

;-)

Brown could have countered with the Michael Caine film, Zulu.

re: #59 brookly red

the lady next door specifically requested that I do not go that way again...

Okay . . .I'm out of suggestions.

re: #59 brookly red

the lady next door specifically requested that I do not go that way again...

You could always pipe Rush Limbaugh on a continuous tape loop into the spaces between the walls.

re: #26 Russkilitlover

I have in front of me a Bento box AND a 4 pc crunchy roll! F/U Obama!

I just finished an In-N-Out Cheeseburger. F/U PETA.

re: #59 brookly red

the lady next door specifically requested that I do not go that way again...

Some people are sooo picky...

Reusable Toilet Wipes - What Fun/

Here's how to use them:

"Using cloth wipes for urine-only visits to the bathroom is so simple it's hardly worth mentioning. Go, wipe, and then toss the wipe into whatever container you prefer.

Using cloth wipes for other toilet visits is not any more difficult, but there is a certain ick factor involved. Consider how much waste you're willing to leave on your children's diapers or wipes when you toss them in the pail. Use the same standards for yourself. Shake, scrape, swish, or squirt off anything you don't want in your laundry, and then toss the wipe into the pail or container. (Personally speaking, we just wipe and toss in the pail.

. . . I recommend washing wipes separately from the rest of your laundry." I would never have thought of that./

I'll stick with paper, thank you.

re: #59 brookly red

the lady next door specifically requested that I do not go that way again...

Actually, and seriously - get these gadgets which one plugs into a power socket. They give out noises which the rodents hate, and they vanish to more comfortable houses. These noises do not bother dogs or cats, humans can't hear them.
I've had infestations - and ever since I've put these trusty things in, not a squeak, not one dropping, not even during this cold winter, where they usually try to come indoors.
Highly recommended!

This was just sent to me and I thought it was worth sharing:

Friday Funny

Want to start out each day with a positive outlook?

1. Open a new file in your computer.
2. Name it 'Barack Obama'.
3. Send it to the Recycle Bin.
4. Empty the Recycle Bin.
5. Your PC will ask you: 'Do you really want to get rid of 'Barack
Obama?'
6. Firmly Click 'Yes.'
7. Feel better?
GOOD! - Tomorrow we'll do Nancy Pelosi.

re: #30 FurryOldGuyJeans

and just to get back to you, yes that is true... but I have thumbs & they must err, go away (not getting deleted over a rodent).

re: #66 CyanSnowHawk

I just finished an In-N-Out Cheeseburger. F/U PETA.

I agree completely but in Delaware (near where I work) we have the Charcoal Pit (or the The Pit as we call it) Great burgers. We also have Five Guys. More good burgers! and fresh cut fries too...

re: #68 midwestgak

Reusable Toilet Wipes - What Fun/

Here's how to use them:

"Using cloth wipes for urine-only visits to the bathroom is so simple it's hardly worth mentioning. Go, wipe, and then toss the wipe into whatever container you prefer.

Using cloth wipes for other toilet visits is not any more difficult, but there is a certain ick factor involved. Consider how much waste you're willing to leave on your children's diapers or wipes when you toss them in the pail. Use the same standards for yourself. Shake, scrape, swish, or squirt off anything you don't want in your laundry, and then toss the wipe into the pail or container. (Personally speaking, we just wipe and toss in the pail.

. . . I recommend washing wipes separately from the rest of your laundry." I would never have thought of that./

I'll stick with paper, thank you.

Send 'em to Sheryl Crow to launder...

re: #70 Amer-I-Can

It's so therapeutic!
LOL!

re: #68 midwestgak

You've got that right!

re: #67 jcm

Some people are sooo picky...

I know, but she said it was for the her chiiilderen.

re: #71 brookly red

and just to get back to you, yes that is true... but I have thumbs & they must err, go away (not getting deleted over a rodent).

I am all for getting rid of uninvited house guests, be they political campaigners or rodents.

/ now explain the difference between the two to me again, please?

re: #68 midwestgak

Reusable Toilet Wipes - What Fun/

Here's how to use them:

"Using cloth wipes for urine-only visits to the bathroom is so simple it's hardly worth mentioning. Go, wipe, and then toss the wipe into whatever container you prefer.

Using cloth wipes for other toilet visits is not any more difficult, but there is a certain ick factor involved. Consider how much waste you're willing to leave on your children's diapers or wipes when you toss them in the pail. Use the same standards for yourself. Shake, scrape, swish, or squirt off anything you don't want in your laundry, and then toss the wipe into the pail or container. (Personally speaking, we just wipe and toss in the pail.

. . . I recommend washing wipes separately from the rest of your laundry." I would never have thought of that./

I'll stick with paper, thank you.

/The shit people come up with. . .

re: #70 Amer-I-Can
I love that idea.

re: #72 MikeAlv77

We also have Five Guys. More good burgers!

I like Five Guys burgers just fine, but think they're a little overrated.

re: #57 UFO TOFU

I have nothing meaningful to contribute...www.sandfantasy.com...] target="_blank">

Doesn't stop congress from their two cents in.

re: #10 reine.de.tout

Howdy, VX!

And I finally am back at the computer--for all of two seconds, I fear. Hey, doll.

re: #68 midwestgak

Reusable Toilet Wipes - What Fun/

Here's how to use them:

"Using cloth wipes for urine-only visits to the bathroom is so simple it's hardly worth mentioning. Go, wipe, and then toss the wipe into whatever container you prefer.

Using cloth wipes for other toilet visits is not any more difficult, but there is a certain ick factor involved. Consider how much waste you're willing to leave on your children's diapers or wipes when you toss them in the pail. Use the same standards for yourself. Shake, scrape, swish, or squirt off anything you don't want in your laundry, and then toss the wipe into the pail or container. (Personally speaking, we just wipe and toss in the pail.

. . . I recommend washing wipes separately from the rest of your laundry." I would never have thought of that./

I'll stick with paper, thank you.

Unless these idiots wash these items by hand, in cold water, the carbon footprint for washing and drying them, never mind the washing power, would far outrun that of the trusty paper.

re: #70 Amer-I-Can

GOOD! - Tomorrow we'll do Nancy Pelosi.

Not Me. No thanks. Looking at her causes shrinkage.

re: #70 Amer-I-Can

GOOD! - Tomorrow we'll do Nancy Pelosi.

You first.

re: #83 yma o hyd

Unless these idiots wash these items by hand, in cold water, the carbon footprint for washing and drying them, never mind the washing power, would far outrun that of the trusty paper.

All that matters is they think and FEEL they are doing something good. Forget the facts that they are actually not.

re: #80 Occasional Reader

I like Five Guys burgers just fine, but think they're a little overrated.

They are good for a chain. Nothing beats the local little burger joint though.

re: #77 FurryOldGuyJeans

I am all for getting rid of uninvited house guests, be they political campaigners or rodents.

/ now explain the difference between the two to me again, please?

one is inside the wall & one is inside the circle...

re: #70 Amer-I-Can

Tomorrow we'll do Nancy Pelosi.

NAGH! No, thanks! I will be having nightmares for weeks now!

*BARF*

re: #87 MikeAlv77

They are good for a chain. Nothing beats the local little burger joint though.

Agreed. Best burger I've had in DC is actually at a moderately pricey restaurant called the Occidental Grill (near the Willard Hotel). Best fries... okay, I have to admit, are at a French restaurant called Bistrot du Coin.

re: #77 FurryOldGuyJeans

I am all for getting rid of uninvited house guests, be they political campaigners or rodents.

/ now explain the difference between the two to me again, please?

rats eat garbage and Politicians are garbage?

re: #86 FurryOldGuyJeans

All that matters is they think and FEEL they are doing something good. Forget the facts that they are actually not.

I wonder why they don't go and dig little latrines in their back gardens, for each 'event'? And use leaves?
So much more natural!

Qatar Cleric Quickly Overcomes An Emotional Interview.

Take your Dramamine, new high rpm of spin attained.

Ah - Madame is sighing - gotta go, Lizards!

Seeya tomorrow, all being well!

re: #68 midwestgak

. . . I recommend washing wipes separately from the rest of your laundry."

/and which leaves a bigger carbon footprint, toilet paper or all the extra laundry loads?

re: #91 Texas Heathen

rats eat garbage and Politicians are garbage?

Even a rat won't touch a politician.

re: #86 FurryOldGuyJeans

All that matters is they think and FEEL they are doing something good. Forget the facts that they are actually not.

With our disabled son, we compromise: we use disposable briefs but the mats underneath him we re-use. All we have to deal with is wetness on the mats, and bleach along with the usual detergent takes care of the sanitary and smell issues.

re: #87 MikeAlv77

They are good for a chain. Nothing beats the local little burger joint though.

I miss being close to a Kidd Valley, their deep-fried 'shrooms are to die for.

FLASH: Policy: Obama to Sign Embryonic Stem Cell Executive Order Monday

Here goes.

Wonder of wonders: The Dow actually ended up 32.50.

re: #68 midwestgak

Reusable Toilet Wipes

/plan on ever having house guests?

re: #83 yma o hyd

Unless these idiots wash these items by hand, in cold water, the carbon footprint for washing and drying them, never mind the washing power, would far outrun that of the trusty paper.

Plus, the paper is made of carbon and sequesters all that carbon in a landfill.
You're being green using paper!

re: #100 neocon hippie

Wonder of wonders: The Dow actually ended up 32.50.

I cry at the Dow. No country deserved to be circumcised like this.

Best burger I ever had was at Red Robin.

re: #93 jcm

Qatar Cleric Quickly Overcomes An Emotional Interview.

Take your Dramamine, new high rpm of spin attained.

A kindler, gentler Jihadi?

re: #100 neocon hippie

Wonder of wonders: The Dow actually ended up 32.50.

Obama/Geithner must have shut up for 5 minutes.

Japanese food thread?
I'm marinating a big pork chop in rice, wine soy sauce, ginger. I'm going to grill it and make homemade udon noodles. slice some shitakes, green onion, niori in chicken stock and make Udon soup. I think I can make that pork chop last all week.

re: #97 vxbush

With our disabled son, we compromise: we use disposable briefs but the mats underneath him we re-use. All we have to deal with is wetness on the mats, and bleach along with the usual detergent takes care of the sanitary and smell issues.

You are making a a difference. :)

re: #99 faraway

Hooray!

re: #100 neocon hippie

Wonder of wonders: The Dow actually ended up 32.50.

I told you Obama would get us out of this. Only 5,000 to go!

re: #31 gearhead

Have you tried luring it out with TARP money?

Or some "ACORNS?"

re: #104 Texas Heathen

Best burger I ever had was at Red Robin.

Finally they are building one close by, within 3 miles! I hope they still have the peanut butter and jelly burger.

re: #77 FurryOldGuyJeans

I am all for getting rid of uninvited house guests, be they political campaigners or rodents.

/ now explain the difference between the two to me again, please?

I've met some smart rats.

re: #112 FurryOldGuyJeans

Finally they are building one close by, within 3 miles! I hope they still have the peanut butter and jelly burger.

The *what*?

re: #112 FurryOldGuyJeans

Finally they are building one close by, within 3 miles! I hope they still have the peanut butter and jelly burger.

That sounds like something Scooby Doo would eat.

re: #111 tommygum

Or some "ACORNS?"

ACORNS? lemmie git back to you on that.

re: #112 FurryOldGuyJeans

Finally they are building one close by, within 3 miles! I hope they still have the peanut butter and jelly burger.

I've had a "Good Morning" burger, inspired by Homer Simpson - A cheeseburger, topped with pork roll, a fried egg & maple syrup. Wild, wild stuff.

re: #28 Ojoe

What is a Bento box?

A bento box is a Japanese lunch box made from lacquered wood. There's an outside box that holds a bunch of small boxes, and each box is supposed to hold a different goodie. It's pretty much an example of typical Japanese overkill in the packaging and presentation of stuff. The little boxes take up so much room in the outer box that there's only room for a bite or so of each food.

re: #112 FurryOldGuyJeans

Finally they are building one close by, within 3 miles! I hope they still have the peanut butter and jelly burger.

What? Why?

re: #117 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

I've had a "Good Morning" burger, inspired by Homer Simpson - A cheeseburger, topped with pork roll, a fried egg & maple syrup. Wild, wild stuff.

Gah. I think I'll pass.

re: #113 MrSilverDragon

I've met some smart rats.

You met Algernon?

OK, I'm out of here. Going to go visit my Mom, then see Watchmen. Have a great weekend, Lizards.

re: #119 debutaunt

What? Why?

Why? Because it was TASTY! ;)

re: #107 Killgore Trout

Japanese food thread?
I'm marinating a big pork chop in rice, wine soy sauce, ginger. I'm going to grill it and make homemade udon noodles. slice some shitakes, green onion, niori in chicken stock and make Udon soup. I think I can make that pork chop last all week.

Are udon ramen your point of view into this thread?

Sorry, sorry... I lost my tempura there for a moment.

re: #115 Texas Heathen

That sounds like something Scooby Doo would eat.

Well, he and Shaggy WERE always stoned.

re: #112 FurryOldGuyJeans

Finally they are building one close by, within 3 miles! I hope they still have the peanut butter and jelly burger.

Local joint. Sunni's

The Blue Bacon is to die for... and they serve BEER!

GGAAAHHH!

$$$
Just got a call from the soccer association my son plays out of. He has been selected for the district select travel team. Up until now he's been on our associations travel team, which means all day Saturday mostly. NOW ,,, leave home Friday night and don;t get back till Sunday night (Monday night if it's a Holiday weekend)

There goes my golf game !

re: #121 Kosh's Shadow

You met Algernon?

Or the Rats of NIMH?

re: #106 Russkilitlover

Obama must have shut up for 5 minutes.

Hey, he created 25 jobs today.

/and then he spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars and wasted tens of thousands of gallons of jet fuel traveling cross country so he could get on the TV, brag about the 25 jobs, bad mouth the economy some more, and send the DJIA into negative territory

re: #80 Occasional Reader

I like Five Guys burgers just fine, but think they're a little overrated.

I haven't had the pleasure, but I will have to give them a try if I get into an area where they are available.

There are a number of good FF burgers that I've had, and some that I crave when they're not available to me.
Wendy's Big Bacon Classic - Available anywhere and one of my favorites. Not listed on the menu board anymore, replaced with the oversized Baconator. I won't buy oversized double patty burgers anymore.
In-N-Out Cheeseburger w/Onions - Classic and nearly unbeatable taste treat.
Whataburger Whataburger w/Cheese - I lived on these when I lived in TX. Still crave them and have to have one when I visit the folks in Amarillo.
Jack in the Box Jumbo Jack w/Cheese - The best of the bargain burgers. Can always make me enjoy the meal.
McDonald's QuarterPounder - the only one I feel guilty about including because frankly, it hardly qualifies as a burger, let alone a good one.

gotta go. C ya later.

re: #124 Occasional Reader

Are udon ramen your point of view into this thread?

Sorry, sorry... I lost my tempura there for a moment.

Now I'm getting hungry.

/no pun handy

re: #125 Creeping Eruption

Well, he and Shaggy WERE always stoned.

There has been speculation that the Scoobie snacks are really just some pot brownies.

re: #126 jcm

Local joint. Sunni's

I dunno... a Sunni burger joint? Won't the burgers be loaded with saturated fatwa?

re: #126 jcm

Local joint. Sunni's

The Blue Bacon is to die for... and they serve BEER!

You had me right up until you mentioned beer.

re: #133 FurryOldGuyJeans

There has been speculation that the Scoobie snacks are really just some pot brownies.

In college, people I knew would go to their dealers for "Scoobie snacks."

re: #130 CyanSnowHawk

And, alas, all off the menu for me. *sniff* Wheat allergies suck, big time.

re: #126 jcm

Local joint. Sunni's

The Blue Bacon is to die for... and they serve BEER!

no burritos amigo...not good

Any last words for the "wall kitten" before I flush?

re: #121 Kosh's Shadow

You met Algernon?

Who can forget Master Splinter?

/comic book nerd off

re: #134 Occasional Reader

I dunno... a Sunni burger joint? Won't the burgers be loaded with saturated fatwa?

HAAHHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHHAAA

re: #126 jcm

Local joint. Sunni's

The Blue Bacon is to die for... and they serve BEER!

That there is local for you, not me. I want something in the South Sound area, south of Tacoma, thank you very much. ;)

re: #72 MikeAlv77

I agree completely but in Delaware (near where I work) we have the Charcoal Pit (or the The Pit as we call it) Great burgers. We also have Five Guys. More good burgers! and fresh cut fries too...

Hey, another Delaware Lizard! Where are you, Mike? I'm a bit west of Harrington, off 14.

re: #126 jcm

The Blue Bacon is to die for... and they serve BEER!

Great thing about fast food joints (including Mickey D's and Burger King) throughout Latin America; they almost always serve beer.

re: #139 brookly red

Any last words for the "wall kitten" before I flush?

He has to be getting into the wall somehow. If you can find the hole, try the traps. Otherwise, find the worst server in the building that makes the worst whining sound, and put it in your office. The mouse will never show up again. But then, you may have trouble working.

re: #124 Occasional Reader

Are udon ramen your point of view into this thread?

Sorry, sorry... I lost my tempura there for a moment.

Wasabi with you?

re: #137 vxbush

And, alas, all off the menu for me. *sniff* Wheat allergies suck, big time.

Don't eat the bread. Use more lettuce. Um good.

I didn't have the nerve to follow the Dow today but hearing that it is up 32.50 is probably lucky beyond wonders. This crash can go on all year long. But as long as Barry doesn't care -- why worry!

re: #117 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

I've had a "Good Morning" burger, inspired by Homer Simpson - A cheeseburger, topped with pork roll, a fried egg & maple syrup. Wild, wild stuff.

LOL, I'd be all over that at least once... just to say I did. I'll bet it was pretty good.

re: #128 Occasional Reader

Or the Rats of NIMH?

Nope, "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keys.
Made into the movie Charly (which was partially filmed at Kasanoff's bakery in Dorchester (part of Boston), and I saw some of it being filmed)

re: #68 midwestgak

Reusable Toilet Wipes - What Fun/

Here's how to use them:

"Using cloth wipes for urine-only visits to the bathroom is so simple it's hardly worth mentioning. Go, wipe, and then toss the wipe into whatever container you prefer.

Using cloth wipes for other toilet visits is not any more difficult, but there is a certain ick factor involved. Consider how much waste you're willing to leave on your children's diapers or wipes when you toss them in the pail. Use the same standards for yourself. Shake, scrape, swish, or squirt off anything you don't want in your laundry, and then toss the wipe into the pail or container. (Personally speaking, we just wipe and toss in the pail.

. . . I recommend washing wipes separately from the rest of your laundry." I would never have thought of that./

I'll stick with paper, thank you.

Ditto.

re: #146 Kosh's Shadow

Wasabi with you?

Miso sorry. If you must kill me for this, donburi me without benefit of clergy.

re: #69 yma o hyd

Actually, and seriously - get these gadgets which one plugs into a power socket. They give out noises which the rodents hate, and they vanish to more comfortable houses. These noises do not bother dogs or cats, humans can't hear them.
I've had infestations - and ever since I've put these trusty things in, not a squeak, not one dropping, not even during this cold winter, where they usually try to come indoors.
Highly recommended!

I was about to suggest Obama speeches but sadly 52% of people heard them...

re: #150 Kosh's Shadow

Nope, "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keys.
Made into the movie Charly (which was partially filmed at Kasanoff's bakery in Dorchester (part of Boston), and I saw some of it being filmed)

Yes, I know, I was referring to the children's book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Which is lesser-known, but a great kids' book.

re: #152 Iron Fist

Has anyone tried the Bushmaster retrofit for an AR-15/M-4 that converts it to gas-piston operation?

I haven't, but my grandma has one.

/

re: #142 FurryOldGuyJeans

That there is local for you, not me. I want something in the South Sound area, south of Tacoma, thank you very much. ;)

No Dicks's either down south...

*no wise cracks about the name now lizards*

re: #157 Occasional Reader

I haven't, but my grandma has one.

/

Mine did. No sarc.

re: #160 Iron Fist

John Kerry's from Massa Twoshits...

Kerry and Kennedy...

re: #96 jcm

Even a rat won't touch a politician.

That would be cannabalism.

re: #162 tommygum

That would be cannabalism.

or incest

re: #159 Creeping Eruption

Mine did. No sarc.

I bet you really DID "sit up straight" at Thanksgiving dinner when she told you to!

Howdy Honcos - TGIF!

Brookly ~ we had a mystery critter in the wall a few years ago, Mr. Bunny used a sawtooth bit and drilled a small hole in the wall, turns out it was a baby squirrel. We "directed" it back outside using boxes. The then teenage son, took a look and informed us there were two of them. The second little guy was not as anxious to be freed as his adventurous counter-part and it required equal parts patience and peanuts to coax him/her out of hiding.

Mr. Bunny grumbled about the repair job to fix the wall but it was worth it! Good Luck to you! : )

re: #124 Occasional Reader

Are udon ramen your point of view into this thread?

Sorry, sorry... I lost my tempura there for a moment.

RICIST

Driveby:
Does anyone really think Twitter and the White House are meeting about getting advice from Twitter on the economy and how to fix it?

Plain and simple: Twitter and the White House are meeting because the White House needs Twitter's advice on how to Organize the Community, so to speak, when the economy does exactly as planned by Obama, or Cloward-Piven, or Soros, or some Soviet f**k in the Kremlin, or whoever the hell is operating this puppet.

Twitter would be a great source of advice for organizing the Religious Democrat base for instant protests, watchers, goons, and "Good Germans".

Sorry, here's the link to the Twitter Conspiring With White House story, whose naive author thinks this happenstance, serendipitous meeting was all about economic advice and on the up-and-up. History starts this morning for the average commenter, reporter, writer, and editor with the MSM.

Is Businessinsider MSM? Sure are dense, missing that angle.

re: #155 Occasional Reader

Yes, I know, I was referring to the children's book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Which is lesser-known, but a great kids' book.

I thought the Rats of NIMH was better known, that's why I pointed it out.
I remember a few years ago when they genetically engineered a smart lab rat. They called it Doogie, after Doogie Houser, MD. I thought they should have called Algernon.

re: #167 Taqiyyotomist

Driveby:
Does anyone really think Twitter and the White House are meeting about getting advice from Twitter on the economy and how to fix it?

Plain and simple: Twitter and the White House are meeting because the White House needs Twitter's advice on how to Organize the Community, so to speak, when the economy does exactly as planned by Obama, or Cloward-Piven, or Soros, or some Soviet f**k in the Kremlin, or whoever the hell is operating this puppet.

Twitter would be a great source of advice for organizing the Religious Democrat base for instant protests, watchers, goons, and "Good Germans".

And finding conservatives by scanning twitter posts. Spy on Americans?

I just had an idea.

Instead of having a tea party on April 15th, our annual tax day, let us instead have a Grape Kool-Aid party. Firstly to acknowledge the intimate connection between the ruling Democratic Party and the People's Temple. Secondly to acknowledge that the ruling Democratic Party and the Federal Government is now headed by a messianic socialist who is now leading his party and our nation to destruction. And thirdly as an open invitation to the ruling Democratic Party to simply GO AWAY! PERMANENTLY!

Grape Kool-Aid can be served at Tax Day demonstrations. Alternatively, packets of Grape Kool-Aid can anonymously slipped under the windshield wipers of cars displaying Obama stickers or into the mail slots and mailboxes of homes that still display Obama yard signs. (I live next door to one.) Again as an invitation to go away.

May 4 Dick Morris article about the following inflation that will follow:

. . . all this pain is entirely preventable. It will be caused by Obama’s excessive spending and trillion-dollar-plus deficits. This spending, of questionable utility in overcoming the current recession/depression, is so far out of line with what the economy can handle that it will do more harm than good when the inflation hits.

(Now look again at the Cloward-Piven Strategy)

None of this should come as any news to Obama. He likely knows all this. But he is determined to pass his agenda of bigger government, nationalized healthcare and vastly greater spending even at the price of inflation and subsequent recession. He puts ideology first and the economy a distant second.

Folks, we have elected a communist ideologue to the Presidential Office of the United States. Obama is in the process of dismantling - demolishing - our country - WHY? Because free market capitalism is an obstacle to the establishment of a global socialist regime. Who balks at the UN? America! Because we will not submit to an outside consensus governmental authority. We are already an interdependant global economy and America is the foundation, that is now being 'changed'; let me just say what I believe many of you are thinking - Obama is creating and positioning his supporters in a New World Order. The rules are being changed, the very definition of America is being changed, look at the language he uses - look at the "new relationships" he is developing with countries like Iran, Russia. Will we realy be having "fair" elections to maintain a balance of power in 2010? There is a definite agenda at work here - this is no more haphazard inexperience and stupid 'liberal' decision making than Bill Ayers was just some guy in the neighborhood. It seems so fantastic that this is actually occurring, I feel as though we're in a TV episode, but people have got to WAKE UP.

Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis

re: #173 kafir lover

May 4 Dick Morris article about the following inflation that will follow:

Folks, we have elected a communist ideologue to the Presidential Office of the United States. Obama is in the process of dismantling - demolishing - our country - WHY? Because free market capitalism is an obstacle to the establishment of a global socialist regime. Who balks at the UN? America! Because we will not submit to an outside consensus governmental authority. We are already an interdependant global economy and America is the foundation, that is now being 'changed'; let me just say what I believe many of you are thinking - Obama is creating and positioning his supporters in a New World Order. The rules are being changed, the very definition of America is being changed, look at the language he uses - look at the "new relationships" he is developing with countries like Iran, Russia. Will we realy be having "fair" elections to maintain a balance of power in 2010? There is a definite agenda at work here - this is no more haphazard inexperience and stupid 'liberal' decision making than Bill Ayers was just some guy in the neighborhood. It seems so fantastic that this is actually occurring, I feel as though we're in a TV episode, but people have got to WAKE UP.

Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis

We're all awake here, as are you. Just read some of my rants...
The issue is not us. It is waking up the great mass of half asleep sheep out there. The one's that can be reached, I mean. The rest are hopeless. There is a sizable percentage that, even though probably too stupid to really analyze the ramifications, are approving of what's going on regardless.

re: #172 The Other Les

I think you have no clear idea of exactly how racist that tactic would appear.

Unfortunately, the citizens of the USA are, by and large, not history buffs. To understate tremendously. They would not equate the image of grape kool-aid to Jim Jones and the cult-follower image that "kool-aid drinkers" is meant to convey by most Lizards, commenters, chatterers, and other close followers of politics. No, unfortunately our culture forms associations based not on history, but on popular culture, comedians, movies, and the music industry. You would be beset immediately and thoroughly with accusations of racism, as surely as if you had passed out "Obama watermelons".

Sad, but true.

re: #175 Taqiyyotomist

I think you have no clear idea of exactly how racist that tactic would appear.

Unfortunately, the citizens of the USA are, by and large, not history buffs. To understate tremendously. They would not equate the image of grape kool-aid to Jim Jones and the cult-follower image that "kool-aid drinkers" is meant to convey by most Lizards, commenters, chatterers, and other close followers of politics. No, unfortunately our culture forms associations based not on history, but on popular culture, comedians, movies, and the music industry. You would be beset immediately and thoroughly with accusations of racism, as surely as if you had passed out "Obama watermelons".

Sad, but true.

I've been called worse things than "racist." I've actually been called "satanic" by a socialist pretending to be a Methodist minister, and "the embodiment of all evil on Earth" by a socialist troll who wasn't the slightest bit bothered by the Waco Massacre. What the other side feels is in effect a denial of reality and is therefore irrelevant to me. Frak 'em.

re: #175 Taqiyyotomist

I have to agree with that one. I see it all the time. It particularly grates when some highly elected official misquotes history.

re: #158 jcm

No Dicks's either down south...

*no wise cracks about the name now lizards*

Hey I know that place. I've eaten there many times. Division Street!

re: #38 Dustyvet

Oppose The Stimulus & Fly Commuter Jet

Mr. Obama invited some of the Democratic members of the Ohio Congressional delegation to fly aboard Air Force One.

Senator George Voinovich, the state’s senior Republican who opposed the administration’s economic stimulus bill, took a different route to Columbus on Friday. He was seated in Row 10 of a US Airways commuter jet.

[Link: mypetjawa.mu.nu...]

Wouldn't put it beyond Dear Leader to "punish" Voinovich for not toeing his line on the stimulus, but to me, it looks better on Voinovich for not getting an AF1 invite. To me, the Dems who accepted "Kool Kid" Obama's plane ride are like the butt-kissing, brown-nosing hangers-on of the "cool" kids in school and are just as insufferable.

re: #86 FurryOldGuyJeans

All that matters is they think and FEEL they are doing something good. Forget the facts that they are actually not.

It's a wonder that environut libs can feel anything at all, since there's no quantifiable activity going on above the neck...

;-P

Hey, is that Robbie the Robot from The Forbidden Planet?

re: #181 snowcrash
OOPs wrong thread. sorry

[Link: thisiswhyyourefat.com...]

Great website! Gotten some good ideas from this - some of this really looks tasty! PETA be damned!

Abdul the taxi driver says: What was in that sandwich you just ate before entering my taxi? Was it PORK? Get out of my cab! I cannot have any pork or alcohol in my cab! Hmmm.
What part of ADVANCING JIHADIC ARMY do we not understand?