An open Thread! Yeah!
I don't have to maintain my usual laser-like focus on topic.

Oh. Crap. I don't do that anyway.
Damn.

Hurrah! The LNDT!

New avatar ideas for Iron Fist

Nuclear Explosions

I awake and a new thread appears!

re: #2 Fenway_Nation

Hurrah! The LNDT!

Thank goodness... = )

re: #2 Fenway_Nation

Hurrah! The LNDT!

As if we needed affirmation...

Back to the Mickey's! (it's never been the same since they changed the design of the 'guaranteed spill' Big Mouth pull tab)

Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

True of too many.

Am I the only one who's disturbed at how little the White House and MSM have been acknowledged the shooting death of Pvt. William Long in Little Rock by an overseas-trained jihadi?

re: #8 Fenway_Nation

M. Malkin seems perturbed... and some of her commenters added some disturbing comments of their own, which I brought up in the last thread.

re: #8 Fenway_Nation

No, you're not the only one...

re: #8 Fenway_Nation

Am I the only one who's disturbed at how little the White House and MSM have been acknowledged the shooting death of Pvt. William Long in Little Rock by an overseas-trained jihadi?

acknowledged? the scum have ignored it...

i was hoping that trend would be thread here.

re: #8 Fenway_Nation

Am I the only one who's disturbed at how little the White House and MSM have been acknowledged the shooting death of Pvt. William Long in Little Rock by an overseas-trained jihadi?

I finally saw quite a bit about it on my local ABC channel tonight but the print article they had online didn't have as much info. Apparently he was already being watched by the FBI. He has also pleaded not guilty. I'll see if I can find more now.

re: #11 redc1c4

You and me both...

And I wouldn't have even known the soldier's name if it weren't for talk-radio.

re: #3 Desert Dog

New avatar ideas for Iron Fist

Nuclear Explosions

It appears that my avatar must have been crafted using this photo.

Drudge is really pushing the Obama-Muslim theme... this should feed the need to post links about it on the blog-o-sphere.

The association of the Presidents non-comment on the AR shooting to his comments today (in France) really is feeding the sekrit-Muslim conspiracy talk.

re: #8 Fenway_Nation

Am I the only one who's disturbed at how little the White House and MSM have been acknowledged the shooting death of Pvt. William Long in Little Rock by an overseas-trained jihadi?

No.
Pan-galactic comment on the death of Tiller - nada (ok, no CinC level statement) on the death of the soldier.

Can't even...

re: #12 Pvt Bin Jammin

Apparently he was already being watched by the FBI. He has also pleaded not guilty. I'll see if I can find more now.

Is that a fact?

Wonder what DHS Briefing Abdul-Hakim/Bledsoe was the poster boy for?

re: #13 Fenway_Nation

You and me both...

And I wouldn't have even known the soldier's name if it weren't for talk-radio.

Google has some news hits, plus a comparison of the coverage - Tale of Two Terrorists

re: #17 Fenway_Nation
Islamic Rage-Boy Youtube Video target="_blank"> and Reza were offended.

re: #17 Fenway_Nation

Is that a fact?

Wonder what DHS Briefing Abdul-Hakim/Bledsoe was the poster boy for?

My initial gut feeling was that he was recruited in prison but I saw or read somewhere that he converted as a teenager. Here is the written report. I can't find the video that I saw earlier.

V[Link: abclocal.go.com...]

re: #17 Fenway_Nation

Is that a fact?

Wonder what DHS Briefing Abdul-Hakim/Bledsoe was the poster boy for?

FBI said more targets were listed

Anyone watching Conan with the clip of Brian Williams and Obama?

"And uh...Conan"

Yes, that's how Obama speaks, Conan!

weet dreams all!

re: #21 slokat

FBI said more targets were listed

Thanks. I knew I had seen that too but couldn't remember what the source was.

re: #23 ggt

weet dreams all!

You too! Good to see you, if only for a minute. Have a great day tomorrow.

Am I also the only one who's disturbed that after a foreign-trained Muslim convert kills a U.S. Soldier here in the United States of America, the president is going to give a speech the MSM claims will 'salvage America's reputation with the [apparently monolithic] Muslim world'?

I mean even being the self-centered fuckwit that he is, 0bama could defend his earlier position on not releasing those additional prisoner-abuse photos by saying that the Little Rock shootings were exactly what he was hoping to avoid.

Instead, nothing but silence on the matter...which to me is just as bad as him stepping in it big-time.

Posts #13 and #17 again...way to take one for the team, me.

re: #27 Fenway_Nation

Posts #13 and #17 again...way to take one for the team, me.

That's like winning the lottery isn't it? too lucky = )

re: #28 srb1976

Couldn't get this lucky at the Indian casinos up the road...

re: #29 Fenway_Nation

Maybe you should try Vegas? Or maybe it's just a different kind of lucky...

re: #30 srb1976

Maybe you should try Vegas? Or maybe it's just a different kind of lucky...

He could play "video posting"...

re: #31 slokat

Nice! Didn't even think of that...

re: #12 Pvt Bin Jammin

I finally saw quite a bit about it on my local ABC channel tonight but the print article they had online didn't have as much info. Apparently he was already being watched by the FBI. He has also pleaded not guilty. I'll see if I can find more now.

Same here. I saw it on the ABC site.

You've probably already seen Sarah Palin's comment, but maybe others haven't.

I wonder where "gmsc" is? Did he show up last night?

What...the...

re: #33 Silvergirl

I imagine that his particularly close to home for Sarah Palin.

hit

/PMIF

re: #33 Silvergirl

Same here. I saw it on the ABC site.

You've probably already seen Sarah Palin's comment, but maybe others haven't.

I freakin' LOVE her.

re: #33 Silvergirl

Same here. I saw it on the ABC site.

You've probably already seen Sarah Palin's comment, but maybe others haven't.

I did see that. Timely response, I might add.

re: #38 TheMatrix31

I freakin' LOVE her.

Thanks, I thought I was the only one... = )

re: #37 Fenway_Nation

hit

/PMIF

Rough night for typing huh?

re: #35 TheMatrix31

What...the...

That is just plain scary.

Craig needs a friend

re: #35 TheMatrix31

What...the...

Reads like a serious stupid, but may not be all that bad.
I've been told (and have seen) that some documents with security stamps are stamped so because no one in the command chain wants to be responsible for document destruction or disappearance.

Cant believe my eyes.

re: #35 TheMatrix31

What...the...

Wow, redefining "asleep at the switch"

I love the rest of the Langston Hughes poem too

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

Another of his on the subject of dreams is another favorite

What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?

I just thought of Susan Boyle when I read it over again. I feel bad for her. You know that whole crazy media build up followed by the let down. Enough to drive anyone batty. One of the news sites had a poll asking if you could handle the spotlight of reality show fame. A heavy majority said no.

re: #38 TheMatrix31

I freakin' LOVE her.

She seems very grounded. I don't consider her a religious nut. She has her beliefs but she calls a fanatic when it's fanatical.

re: #47 Silvergirl

Poor gal. The second runner up usually gets something good out of it too. She must not have realized that.

I couldn't take that spotlight.

Well, I'm officially shocked. I've been listening to the classic rock station on cox cable and they are playing FZ 'Slime on the video'.
I may be vile and pernicious...
Zappa. Love it.

My dream is that Palin and/or L. Cheney can unseat the Cømmunisty Ørganizer in '12.

re: #50 Van Helsing

FZ 'Slime on the video'.
I may be vile and pernicious...
Zappa. Love it.

I'm The Slime

Goodnight, lizards, I am out. Have a great day tomorrow.

It doesn't look like gmsc has posted since the 30th. If you see him, tell him hello from this former Nevadan.

re: #53 Pvt Bin Jammin

Goodnight, lizards, I am out. Have a great day tomorrow.

It doesn't look like gmsc has posted since the 30th. If you see him, tell him hello from this former Nevadan.

Okay, if he shows up while I'm awake.

G'night, PBJ!

re: #54 Silvergirl

Tx.

re: #53 Pvt Bin Jammin

G'nite PBJ!

A stodgy old biology professor was giving a lecture on male anatomy to a freshman class. When he got to the part about which glands contribute the various constituents of semen, an innocent girl raised her hand and asked, "But aren't the testicles and the prostate gland basically the same thing?"

"No," said the professor. "There is a vas deferens between the two."

---

I've been wanting to make that joke since 1912.

re: #57 zombie

Maybe it should've stayed on the shelf 'til 2112. ;-)

re: #57 zombie

I thought it was funny...

re: #59 srb1976

Thought it was a bit nutty...

re: #59 srb1976

I thought it was funny...

Now my work is done on this planet. Thank you.

re: #57 zombie

hmmm 100 year old zombie?

re: #60 freetoken

No need to get testes...

re: #51 Abu Al-Poopypants

My dream is that Palin and/or L. Cheney can unseat the Cømmunisty Ørganizer in '12.

I'm down for Cheney/Palin, but I don't know how that'd rub all the people who are brainwashed about Cheney.

What about our list of events in history that gmsc posts? I'm not here every night, but I like to stop by and see those. Now I'll have to go find them online myself. Now that he's hooked me, that history pusher.

I didn't say it was a realistic dream.

re: #3 Desert Dog

New avatar ideas for Iron Fist

Nuclear Explosions

...and you've just had some kind of mushroom, and your mind is moving on...

/a shroom we can all live without

re: #65 Silvergirl

The first century's free...after that, it'll cost ya.

/MUWA-HA-HA

re: #43 Racer X

Craig needs a friend

I love random, nonsensical humor. Your link reminds me of this "missing pet" bill posted on a telephone poll.

re: #64 TheMatrix31

I'm down for Cheney/Palin, but I don't know how that'd rub all the people who are brainwashed about Cheney.

Especially all the ageists who predicted McCain's sure and sudden demise. Cheney's health issues and age will keep him from being a contender.

Ahahahaha @ that joke.

re: #65 Silvergirl

What about our list of events in history that gmsc posts? I'm not here every night, but I like to stop by and see those. Now I'll have to go find them online myself. Now that he's hooked me, that history pusher.

Today in History, June 3rd:

Highlights of this day in history: Ed White is the first American to walk in space; Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini and Pope John XXIII die; Britain's Duke of Windsor weds Wallis Simpson; Poet Allen Ginsberg and entertainer Josephine Baker born.

Other notable June 3rd events include:

1800 – U.S. President John Adams takes up residence in Washington, D.C. (in a tavern – the White House was not yet completed).

1888 – The poem "Casey at the Bat", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner.

1965 – Launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Crew-member Ed White performs the first American spacewalk (EVA).

2006 – The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.

Um, the Cheney that I had in mind was Liz Cheney.

re: #72 gmsc

Jeez- where ya been, PiGuy?

By the way- the PiSignal? Worthless...

re: #12 Pvt Bin Jammin

I finally saw quite a bit about it on my local ABC channel tonight but the print article they had online didn't have as much info. Apparently he was already being watched by the FBI. He has also pleaded not guilty. I'll see if I can find more now.

Interesting. I hadn't heard about prior FBI involvement. It raises the question: what else might be going on?

As far as the "not guilty" plea, that's required in murder cases, at least around here. If you try to plead otherwise, the judge will override and enter "not guilty" for you, in an effort to ensure that this most serious of crimes is given all the legal scrutiny it deserves.

re: #74 Fenway_Nation

Jeez- where ya been, PiGuy?

By the way- the PiSignal? Worthless...

The PiSignal?!?

I've had a few major problems in real life to deal with, and honestly, I wasn't honestly sure if I'd ever be able to get back to LGF.

It's nothing I want to go into detail about, but the major hurdles are done with, and little hurdles could still screw things up (so don't be suprised if I disappear again).

For now, though, everything should be OK.

Looking back through the archives, it seems I've missed some interesting events, though.

re: #72 gmsc

Well done! I just got back from looking around and read that June 3rd in '89 was the start of the crackdown at Tiananmen.

With protests for democratic reforms entering their seventh week, the Chinese government authorizes its soldiers and tanks to reclaim Beijing's Tiananmen Square at all costs. By nightfall on June 4, Chinese troops had forcibly cleared the square, killing hundreds and arresting thousands of demonstrators and suspected dissidents.

Pvt Bin Jammin says hello at #53.

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

— Langston Hughes

My Dear Mr. Langston,

Don't be so rigid and unimaginative. Many of us have learned to fly despite our broken wings.

re: #77 Silvergirl

Well done! I just got back from looking around and read that June 3rd in '89 was the start of the crackdown at Tiananmen.

Pvt Bin Jammin says hello at #53.

I was just reading that (OK, I have an ego, I searched through the page for "gmsc")!

Tell PBJ hello for me, unless I see her first!

re: #74 Fenway_Nation

Jeez- where ya been, PiGuy?

By the way- the PiSignal? Worthless...

PiGuy. Yeah, so I guess he's heard the one about the roundest knight at King Arthur's round table. Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi. Go ahead, it's worth a down ding.

re: #73 Abu Al-Poopypants

Um, the Cheney that I had in mind was Liz Cheney.

Okay then, yeah!

re: #80 Silvergirl

PiGuy. Yeah, so I guess he's heard the one about the roundest knight at King Arthur's round table. Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi. Go ahead, it's worth a down ding.

You think your Sir Cumference jokes are bad? I'm guessing you're not familiar with all the books in the Sir Cumference series, then . . .

re: #76 gmsc

welcome back... hope you are able to resolve the "little" issues.

re: #57 zombie

A stodgy old biology professor was giving a lecture on male anatomy to a freshman class. When he got to the part about which glands contribute the various constituents of semen, an innocent girl raised her hand and asked, "But aren't the testicles and the prostate gland basically the same thing?"

"No," said the professor. "There is a vas deferens between the two."

---

I've been wanting to make that joke since 1912.

a seminal joke if there ever was one...

re: #83 freetoken

welcome back... hope you are able to resolve the "little" issues.

After the big issues, the little ones should be a breeze (if this were a movie, this is when the character who says this starts finding the little problems are bigger than he thought).

re: #82 gmsc

You think your Sir Cumference jokes are bad? I'm guessing you're not familiar with all the books in the Sir Cumference series, then . . .

Those are news to me. It's smart to make learning math as intriguing as possible for kids, and knights are always a draw.

as a non sequiter, LeePro says hello.

we chatted on FaceBook today, and she asked that i say hello to the LNDT for her.

Jeez- Central Manitoba Rail has had the same SD40-2 for sale for awhile now.

It's probably in good working order, but if you're in the market for a locomotive with the horsepower and tractive effort of an SD40-2, you'd probably want to buy more than one at a time. In which case, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Canadian Pacific, Union Pacific, Canadian National, Kansas City Southern or the other class 1 railway operators would be more than willing to part with some of their now idle SD40-2s.

The attack of the heavy eyelids.
Good-night lizards.

re: #89 Silvergirl

The attack of the heavy eyelids.
Good-night lizards.

G'nite, Silvergirl!

re: #72 gmsc

Today in History, June 3rd:

1888 – The poem "Casey at the Bat", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner.

As it happened, this week in 1888, a vaudevillian by the name of William De Wolf Hopper, happened to be taking some time off from his show in New York, and was visiting San Francisco.

He read "Casey at the Bat" when it was first published, and it amused him enough that he clipped it out, and kept it with him.

It was either later that same year (1888), or early the following year, that the manager of the vaudeville show mentioned that in 1 week, the Brooklyn Dodgers (yes, Brooklyn) would be attending the show, and asked if all the acts could work in something about baseball for their acts that night.

It was then that Hopper first found a use for "Casey at the Bat", and he memorized it and recited it in a comedic way. It brought the house down that night!

It was just as successful when he tried it on regular audiences, and it became the feature of his act, as well as what he was largely known for! As a matter of fact, if it wasn't for Hopper, a vaudevillian most people have never heard of, you probably wouldn't know about "Casey at the Bat" today!

Hopper died in 1936, but did manage to record his version of "Casey at the Bat" in 1911. The video below is a rare 78 RPM recording of Hopper's 1911 performance. Sure, it seems "overperformed" by today's standards, but it is fascinating to listen to it nonetheless:

And as a side note, shame on Central Manitoba Railway management for stealing the Buffalo Sabres logo.

/THATS where I saw it before!

Speaking of the Tianamen Square square anniversary; China Blocks Twitter, Hotmail Access in Advance of Tianamen Anniversary.

"This is so frustrating. Now I feel China is exactly the same as Iran," said a financial professional and avid Twitter user in Shanghai, referring to Iran's May ban of popular social networking site Facebook.

re: #87 redc1c4

Give 'er a hug from me.

gmsc! gmsc! gmsc!

re: #95 littleoldlady

gmsc! gmsc! gmsc!

littleoldlady! littleoldlady! littleoldlady!

Where did you disappear to, my magician friend?

re: #97 littleoldlady

Where did you disappear to, my magician friend?

Basically . . .

re: #76 gmsc

I've had a few major problems in real life to deal with, and honestly, I wasn't honestly sure if I'd ever be able to get back to LGF.

It's nothing I want to go into detail about, but the major hurdles are done with, and little hurdles could still screw things up (so don't be suprised if I disappear again).

For now, though, everything should be OK.

Looking back through the archives, it seems I've missed some interesting events, though.

Dayum! :-( Do you need a hug?

{[{[{[{gmsc!}]}]}]}

re: #91 gmsc

It was then that Hopper first found a use for "Casey at the Bat", and he memorized it and recited it in a comedic way. It brought the house down that night!

It was just as successful when he tried it on regular audiences, and it became the feature of his act, as well as what he was largely known for! As a matter of fact, if it wasn't for Hopper, a vaudevillian most people have never heard of, you probably wouldn't know about "Casey at the Bat" today!

Hopper died in 1936, but did manage to record his version of "Casey at the Bat" in 1911. The video below is a rare 78 RPM recording of Hopper's 1911 performance. Sure, it seems "overperformed" by today's standards, but it is fascinating to listen to it nonetheless:

How would "Casey at the Bat" be treated by the modern-day equivalent of vaudevillians? Well, let's ask Penn & Teller . . .

re: #99 littleoldlady

Dayum! :-( Do you need a hug?

{[{[{[{gmsc!}]}]}]}

Thanks – that helps very much!

Hi, gmsc. Hope everything works out well. Welcome back!

re: #102 BatGuano

Hi, gmsc. Hope everything works out well. Welcome back!

Howdy, BatGuano!

We'll see, but everything seems fine for now.

re: #98 gmsc

Sorry to hear you've been having troubles...hope everything gets better

It helps? Really? Hmmm...

re: #103 gmsc

Good. I hailed you few mornings ago.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Hope you're alright, GM.

At least, I hope you're better than the other GM!

re: #107 TheMatrix31

Hope you're alright, GM.

At least, I hope you're better than the other GM!

Until 72.5% of me is given away to the UAW, I'm definitely better off than the other GM (fewer debts, too!).

Heck! Even I have fewer debts than Government Motors!

/wow. there it is! the silver lining! I found it!

;-)

re: #103 gmsc

Hope it stays that way, too.

re: #110 Fenway_Nation

Hope it stays that way, too.

Me, too.

Well I'm very glad you are back, gmsc! The place ain't the same without you.

/who would do our math if you went away?

;-)

re: #112 littleoldlady

Well I'm very glad you are back, gmsc! The place ain't the same without you.

/who would do our math if you went away?

;-)

Texas Instruments?

re: #72 gmsc

I was ten years old when Ed White's spacewalk took place. I cut out the picture from the newspaper and pasted it in a scrapbook I kept until it was destroyed in a house fire in 1971.
There were giants in those days.

BignJames! :-)

Batteries not included.

re: #112 littleoldlady

Well I'm very glad you are back, gmsc! The place ain't the same without you.

/who would do our math if you went away?

;-)

Did I miss that much math while I was gone?

re: #113 BignJames

Funny you should mention Texas Instruments. I was waxing nostalgic on my TI 1750 (circa 1982) on some thread recently.

Now this GP9 that Central Manitoba Railway has put up for sale is much more ideally suited for short-haul railways, despite being about 25 years older than the SD40-2 they have up for sale.

re: #116 gmsc

I dunno. I missed a coupla days myself.

/there's always math
//Math is Forever

re: #117 BatGuano

Funny you should mention Texas Instruments. I was waxing nostalgic on my TI 1750 (circa 1982) on some thread recently.

My first was a Nat. Semiconductor 5 function LED...those things ate 9v batteries.

re: #120 BignJames

My first was a Nat. Semiconductor 5 function LED...those things ate 9v batteries.

I don't remember what batteries mine used but it was stolen ( they took the calculator but left my jacket) and I bought another 1750.

Somebody stole a calculator?

/wow. math thief!

Help! I need a cosign fix!

Got functions?

Gimme some pi!

re: #122 littleoldlady

Somebody stole a calculator?

/wow. math thief!

Nearly as hot as cell phones...back in the day.

Take, these broken wings
and learn to fly again
learn to live so free

When we hear
the voices sing
the book of love will open up
for us and let us in

yeah!

re: #122 littleoldlady

Somebody stole a calculator?

/wow. math thief!

Back when electronic calculators were first relieving math students of their slide rules, stealing an electronic calculator was akin to stealing an iPhone today.

Is Indonesia one of the 57 states?

If you guys say so, I believe you.

/I did math with an abacus, after all...

I remember something I haven't enjoyed since I was lat here . . . fruitcup!

re: #123 littleoldlady

Help! I need a cosign fix!

Got functions?

Gimme some pi!

No pi (sigh)

The calculator was $14.00, the Levi jacket was 20.

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

re: #128 littleoldlady

Did the Muslims discover the concept of 0bama Zero yet when you were young, LoL?

re: #131 littleoldlady

Thanks!

Thank you littleoldlady!

re: #131 littleoldlady

Thanks

/Better late than never :P

re: #131 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

Thank you! Absence makes the fruitcup yummier!

:18 seconds. Tsk, tsk.

I hope they're working on an 'Incredibles' sequel. I want to see more Edna.

Fenway! :-)

Be careful sonny, or I'll trot out my Two Thousand Year Old Man Woman routine! ;-)

Sharmuta! :-)

BatGuano! :-)

gmsc! :-)

re: #131 littleoldlady

Fruitcup is on the buffet --->

Mighty colorful of you this morning, LoL!

Reminds me of the parrot in Wild Women of Wongo.

/The "Film Crew" version is done by the folks who did MST3K.

re: #136 gmsc

Thank you! Absence makes the fruitcup yummier!

You put absinthe in it? no wonder it's yummy.

re: #138 Sharmuta

I hope they're working on an 'Incredibles' sequel. I want to see more Edna.

Edna Mode was hilarious! They took Edith Head's attitude, and gave it to an Ayn Rand caricature!

(Ayn Rand and Edith Head actually worked together quite a bit on costumes.)

“Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady.”
-Edith Head

re: #140 freetoken

Mighty colorful of you this morning, LoL!

Reminds me of the parrot in Wild Women of Wongo.

/The "Film Crew" version is done by the folks who did MST3K.

Uh oh! Chongo! It's Danger Island!

re: #140 freetoken

freetoken! :-)

Photoshop 'R Us!™

re: #142 gmsc

Where have you been, Dahling?

re: #142 gmsc

You came up with that in three seconds. What deal did you make with who? Could it be...SATAN?

re: #145 Sharmuta

Where have you been, Dahling?

I may have to keep the link to post #76 handy over the next few days . . .
;)

re: #76 gmsc

The PiSignal?!?

I've had a few major problems in real life to deal with, and honestly, I wasn't honestly sure if I'd ever be able to get back to LGF.

It's nothing I want to go into detail about, but the major hurdles are done with, and little hurdles could still screw things up (so don't be suprised if I disappear again).

For now, though, everything should be OK.

Looking back through the archives, it seems I've missed some interesting events, though.

re: #146 BatGuano

You came up with that in three seconds. What deal did you make with who? Could it be...SATAN?

What can I say? I not only read Ayn Rand, I also read about Ayn Rand.

Plus, when I first saw Edna, I had to check if the resemblance was more than just a coincidence.

I shoulda been in bed about an hour ago, but I stumbled across some new job openings posted on the state unemployment webiste.

BTW...job opening in another window in Mobile, AL. Briefly chatted with Jake Peavy about dining out in Southern Alabama a few years ago. Wonder if any lizards might be able to give me some informed opinions about that part of the country aside from the dining.

re: #148 gmsc

'The Incredibles' is just a great film. It's funny, it's action packed, exciting, heart warming- something for everyone. Very charming, and so much material for a sequel, I can't believe there isn't one planned.

re: #149 Fenway_Nation

Let me know if you run across anything for an online fruitcup server.

It's HOT in Alabama. And they have kudzu there.

...and now, some rather bizarre entertainment to watch while you enjoy your fruitcup!

re: #148 gmsc

I've never seen " The Incredibles" so I don't know who Edna is. I am surprised that anyone remembers Edith Head. Despite all her literary faults, I love Ayn Rand.

“Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady.”

Kinda sums up the appeal of vintage pin-ups for me.

re: #152 gmsc

How about some Pixar entertainment with fruitcup?

re: #120 BignJames

Yashica Pickey c1969. Four function and ate AA batteries.

re: #151 littleoldlady

Kudzu's a fruit?

re: #150 Sharmuta

'The Incredibles' is just a great film. It's funny, it's action packed, exciting, heart warming- something for everyone. Very charming, and so much material for a sequel, I can't believe there isn't one planned.

Do you think it could warm my heart? I didn't cry when Old Yeller died. ;)

Monsters Inc:

re: #155 Sharmuta

How about some Pixar entertainment with fruitcup?

Good idea. However, I have one slight adjustment, to help with this:
re: #153 BatGuano

I've never seen " The Incredibles" so I don't know who Edna is. I am surprised that anyone remembers Edith Head. Despite all her literary faults, I love Ayn Rand.

Edna Mode scene 1

Edna Mode scene 2

(Sorry - embedding disabled on both videos)

re: #157 Fenway_Nation

Kudzu's a fruit?

Salad!

re: #149 Fenway_Nation

I shoulda been in bed about an hour ago, but I stumbled across some new job openings posted on the state unemployment webiste.

BTW...job opening in another window in Mobile, AL. Briefly chatted with Jake Peavy about dining out in Southern Alabama a few years ago. Wonder if any lizards might be able to give me some informed opinions about that part of the country aside from the dining.

I am on the other end of the state, but it's gorgeous country, and don't believe everything you hear about the south

re: #150 Sharmuta

Better than the Wild Women of Wongo, no doubt... but the "Film Crew" version WWoW does get pretty funny at times.

Strangely, The Incredibles reminded me of Bob Newhart for some reason.

re: #143 gmsc

love the music

re: #155 Sharmuta

Mmm. fruitcup and Mozart!

re: #160 gmsc

Next time put them in two separate comments so I can ding it twice. ;)

re: #162 srb1976

I've been to Georgia a couple of times before I was even stationed there. I remember this lasy who worked at the headquarters of one small railway in Western Georgia allowing me to climb up and take a look at some sidelined locomotives if I'd buy a candy bar for her daughter's school band fundraiser.

Columbus, Augusta, Savannah and to a lesser extent, Atlanta, are somewhat familiar to me. As for Alabama, I hadn't ventured too far off of I-10.

lady...

PIMF

Thanks, LoL. I hope the Fruitcup comes with a special time travel device today. A DeLorean, perhaps?

re: #167 Fenway_Nation

For what it's worth, the Mobile/Gulf Shores area is a pretty popular vacation spot for folks in my neck of the woods... More expensive to live there than here (beachfront and all) and hurricane prone but nice area

re: #160 gmsc

Those aren't even the best parts. I love her phone call with Elastagirl and then at the end of their visit when she hits her with the newspaper. lol

Mater and the Ghostlight:

Matrix! :-)

For all nighters I recommend ...

...well, nevermind what I recommend!

/my kid reads this site! ;-)

Hey cool late night people! Hope everyone is well today.

Embarrassing video of the day:

Q. Imagine, if you will, 2 clueless white guys from Dartmouth making a rap video. How could that get worse?
A. They could be rapping tea party talking points.

Meet the Young Cons!

Sample lyric:

"Three things taught me conservative love:
Jesus, Ronald Reagan, plus Atlas Shrugged
Saving our nation from inflation devastation
On my hands and my knees praying for salvation”

It's too painful to watch all the way through. I mean that. I had to look away.

re: #160 gmsc

I seere: #148 gmsc

I see what you mean.

Image: edithhead.jpg

re: #170 srb1976

For these job postings in Mobile, I'm a little curious as to why they haven't been filled yet. Or maybe they have been filled and they haven't had a chance to removing the notice yet.

/I'm old enough to remember Morrison's Cafeteria. Does that date me too badly?

re: #173 littleoldlady

Matrix! :-)

For all nighters I recommend ...

...well, nevermind what I recommend!

/my kid reads this site! ;-)

Eh, not an all-nighter. I just have to read a stupid book (one of two, plus an annoying article) for an essay to write on Friday. I also have a Final in my "Israeli Identity" class (I've learned more about Israel on LGF than that class, btw) on Thursday, so I want to get some of that reading out of the way.

The first line of the book I'm reading right now, called "I'Jaam, An Iraqi Rhapsody"?

---"Two clouds kissed silently in the Baghdad sky."

Ridiculous.

re: #166 Sharmuta

Next time put them in two separate comments so I can ding it twice. ;)

OK!

Edna Mode scene 3

re: #174 iceweasel

Hi, iceweasel!

re: #177 TheMatrix31

I know! I've learned more about Israel here than being Jewish all my life.

;-)

re: #176 Fenway_Nation

Without any idea when they were posted or what kind of work, I wouldn't even hazard a guess...

We've only been down that way a couple of times, and not at all since the last round of bad hurricanes, so I guess that should serve as a disclaimer...

Spent more time in Orange Beach than Mobile proper, although better half went through the big tunnel every chance he got = )

re: #177 TheMatrix31

"If you could be an IED, what kind of IED would you be?"

/Baba Wawa

Howdy, iceweasel! :-)

re: #174 iceweasel

You probably lasted longer than I did. :)

re: #181 srb1976

Warehousing and transportation, mostly...a couple with the Port of Mobile/Alabama State Docks.

There's near double-digit inflation where I'm at right now, so I tend to think it's just as bad elsewhere when that may not be the case.

inflation

unemployment

/PIMF is my long-lost friend.

re: #174 iceweasel

All those other Slim Shadys are just imitating.

re: #185 Fenway_Nation

I couldn't say about Mobile, but to be perfectly honest, the only real difference I've noticed personally (economy-wise) is that work is slower paced, and my grocery bill is a little higher...so I really have nothing to offer on that front (and used WAY to many words to tell you that )

re: #183 littleoldlady
Can I have some Fruitcup and claim it on expenses ?

( The current long running story in the British Media : How our MPs have been claiming all manner of frivolous stuff like a Duck Shelter on their garden pond as 'essential parliamentary expenses'.)

Oh NO they di'n't:

re: #186 Fenway_Nation

That makes a difference...I'm fairly certain (but can't check since job related searches are blocked at work) that AL unemployment is lower than the nat'l average...just can't give you numbers

Pass The Moonbaticide! :-)

Sure, why not? I do! ;-)

Yeah, that story made the news here, too.

OK lizards, I churned out a few more photocopies of my DMV printout to take with me tomorrow.

Need to will myself to sleep for my once-a-week gig later on today.

Weet dreams!

re: #182 Fenway_Nation

"If you could be an IED, what kind of IED would you be?"

/Baba Wawa

I'd like to rocket propel my ass to the middle of next week!

re: #193 Fenway_Nation

Nite...and good luck with the search!

'Night, Fenway, and good luck! :-)

/let's see if he means it... ;-)

re: #192 littleoldlady
Incidentally, the Duck Pond thingy was claimed by my OWN MP , Peter Viggers (Conservative) representing Gosport !

For Sharmuta:

Lifted

re: #187 Sharmuta

All those other Slim Shadys are just imitating.

They could be workin' at Burger King, spittin' on your onion rings...

re: #183 littleoldlady

Hey littleoldlady! I hope you're well today.

re: #179 BatGuano

hiya, BatGuano. Always a pleasure to see you.

I couldn't watch that video for long!--it's so mock-worthy that the laughter crosses over into sheer pity and embarrassment very quickly. As much as you start out laughing at them, you wind up crying on the inside for them. Ouch.

For littleoldlady, Sharmuta and FOR THE BIRDS:

re: #197 Pass The Moonbaticide

Gooseport? ;-)

re: #193 Fenway_Nation

So long Fenway! (loved your baba wawa crack, btw)

re: #193 Fenway_Nation

OK lizards, I churned out a few more photocopies of my DMV printout to take with me tomorrow.

Need to will myself to sleep for my once-a-week gig later on today.

Weet dreams!

Good night and good luck, Fenway!

re: #193 Fenway_Nation

Good luck Fenway.

re: #202 littleoldlady
Locals debate whether it is short for 'Gooseport", as there are loads of Geese indigenous to the area. , or whether it comes from our town's motto : "God's Port , Our Haven". I think I prefer the latter.

Good night, all!

Good to see you all again!

re: #207 gmsc

Good night.

re: #207 gmsc

Good night, all!

Good to see you all again!

Good night, gmsc! Y'all come back now, ya' hear?

Sharmuta , You still here ?

re: #209 BatGuano

Good night, gmsc! Y'all come back now, ya' hear?

I'll definitely try!

re: #206 Pass The Moonbaticide

Don't blame you! Canadian geese congregate in a cemetery a few blocks from here. The smell of goosepoop can really permeate a neighborhood even that far away...

/P.U.!

re: #207 gmsc

Good night, all!

Good to see you all again!

Watch for the Bat signal. :)

'Night, gmsc! :-)

Glad you're back!

Good night, GM!

re: #213 BatGuano
I see the Bat Signal every time I post !

re: #210 Pass The Moonbaticide

Sharmuta , You still here ?

Yes

re: #217 Sharmuta
I had a peep on the stalker blog recently.
They've got a high opinion of you , don't they ?
Esp. one there called Speranza !
I wonder why you get particular hate postings ?

Steve Doocey is talking on Fox. I turned the TV off. Whew!

re: #218 Pass The Moonbaticide

You would think people had a better use for their time. That they don't is pathetic.

Morning Lizards.

re: #221 rightside

Morning Lizards.

Good morning rightside!

rightside! :-)

re: #220 Sharmuta
I tried to register for comments. I am thoroughly fed up of their calling of Charles as "Chuckles". Are they schoolground infants ? I wanted to tell them to grow up and discuss issues like adults. However, their Registration page refused me Ten times on the 'Verification Code' thingy, even when the code was all-numbers and as clear as day.
It's as if they know in advance who the ones likely to challenge them are.

re: #221 rightside

Mornin' rightside!

re: #222 BatGuano

re: #223 littleoldlady

re: #225 srb1976

BG!

lol!

srb!

re: #224 Pass The Moonbaticide

It's a waste of your time anyways.

re: #227 Sharmuta
Every site needs a Troll for the Loyalists to circle around like vultures.
I thought I coulkd provide this service for them to fell united about.
... And we'd see how long their 'We never ban anyone' BS lasted.

re: #221 rightside

Morning Lizards.

Hey rightside. What part of the world are you in?

re: #228 Pass The Moonbaticide

SOmeone was trolling over there a week or two ago. It was kind of funny.

re: #3 Desert Dog

New avatar ideas for Iron Fist

Nuclear Explosions

Those are the pictures that Lil' Kim, and Dinner Jacket pleasure themselves to.

re: #228 Pass The Moonbaticide
Whoops ... I'll repost that.

Every site needs a Troll for the Loyalists to circle around like vultures.
I thought I could provide this service for them to feel united about.
... And we'd see how long their 'We never ban anyone' BS lasted.

re: #219 BatGuano

Steve and Brian... How did they find two equally dense guys? To me, they are the same guy.

re: #229 BatGuano

I'm in Virginia, and you?

re: #233 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

You're right. I don't understand the TV business.

re: #234 rightside

I'm in Virginia, and you?

(Why did I guess Virginia?). I'm in Santa Clara, California.

re: #234 rightside

I love your 90,000 tons of diplomacy!

re: #237 BatGuano

I love your 90,000 tons of diplomacy!

I have to chime in just to echo that sentiment...gorgeous

re: #237 BatGuano

The first question usually asked by a president, when an international crisis breaks out it, "Where is the nearest carrier?"

re: #239 rightside

"Usually" appears to be a thing of the past. :-( :-( :-(

re: #187 Sharmuta

All those other Slim Shadys are just imitating.

I should have worded it differently.

re: #239 rightside

The first question usually asked by a president, when an international crisis breaks out it, "Where is the nearest carrier?"

Abso'friggin' lutely! (pardon my Anglo-Saxon). An Aircraft Carrier can strike swiftly at a moments notice. God bless 'em.

re: #240 littleoldlady

I chose my words carefully.

Unfortunately, I didn't type them carefully... it=is

re: #239 rightside

The first question usually asked by a president, when an international crisis breaks out it, "Where is the nearest carrier?"

The current President is more apt to ask where is the closest mosque.

re: #239 rightside

The first question usually asked by a president, when an international crisis breaks out it, "Where is the nearest carrier?"

Excuse me if I'm being to political, but I'm afraid Obama might ask, "Where is the nearest diplomat?".

re: #236 BatGuano
You might be interested that California are advertising on British TV at the moment. I think it's for tourism, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was to recruit further inhabitants to replace those leaving because of the confiscatory Taxes, Moonbat infestations, etc.
You probably know the commercial : Eg A Surfer holds his Surfboard and says "We have Board Meetings ... Lots of Board Meetings" as though he were a businessman. No wonder that State's in a mess, if it's all Fun, Fun, Fun and no Work, Work, Work.

re: #246 Pass The Moonbaticide

You might be interested that California are advertising on British TV at the moment. I think it's for tourism, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was to recruit further inhabitants to replace those leaving because of the confiscatory Taxes, Moonbat infestations, etc.
You probably know the commercial : Eg A Surfer holds his Surfboard and says "We have Board Meetings ... Lots of Board Meetings" as though he were a businessman. No wonder that State's in a mess, if it's all Fun, Fun, Fun and no Work, Work, Work.

What they forget to say on those ads is we don't care if you're here legally or not.

re: #246 Pass The Moonbaticide

I know the commercial. It reminds of a Beach Boys song, " She'll have fun. fun fun, 'till her Daddy took the T-Bird Away".

At some point, all the years of diplomacy used on N Korea, one will have to ask, what method now?

Diplomacy has failed. Clinton tried it. Bush tried it. barry tried it. Something else must be employed.

re: #249 rightside

Something else must be demployed.

re: #249 rightside

How about, Ohhh... I don't know... 90, 000 tons of Diplomacy!

re: #251 BatGuano

It would take several of those, unfortunately.

re: #248 BatGuano
She'll have fun. fun fun, 'till her Daddy took the T-Bird Away Government takes the Stimcash away".
Sorted that .

re: #250 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

or launched...

Good morning Lizards!
This is just a drive by comment. Hope you are all doin' fine.
Did last nights thread: ABC: The Emergence of Obama's Muslim Roots lead to any ban-sticks?
I certainly hope not. It was a controversial (or better ;-) heatable) subject.

re: #240 littleoldlady

any fruit cup left?

re: #256 yochanan

any fruit cup left?

Nope. I was all peckish. : )

yochanan! :-)

Vus machta?

re: #255 callahan23
I didn't see any bans. But wait till Charles posts the next Obama in Saudi Arabia thread. I believe he's there at this moment. Will he apologise for all things American again ? Will he bow to King Abdullah this time ?
Watch this space ...

re: #258 littleoldlady

wish me a 'refuah slamaha'