Chilling words.

Then, having reached the heights, this all-but-divine race disappeared in a single night, and nothing was preserved above ground.

"Movin' on Up!
To a dee-luxe apartment in the sky, We're movin' on up!"

Dang, I gotta watch that movie again sometime.

It's industrial espionage, you've come to steal our great ideas. You've been foiled; we have none!

Billy Quizboy- The Venture Brothers

Pepperidge Farm has now captured that flavor with their Krell pop-overs!

This calls for...

Dramatic Kiteh!

Is this the animation with the little Oms and the big blue people?

Damn Utopians.

Best Sci-fi movie EVAR!

re: #9 ArchangelMichael

You mean it's not "Santa Claus vs The Martians"?

Anne & Robbie

re: #10 calcajun

You mean it's not "Santa Claus vs The Martians"?

Worst Sci-fi movie EVAR!

re: #9 ArchangelMichael

Best Sci-fi movie EVAR!

Absolutely! Classic!

I heard they were remaking it though, which makes me unhappy.

the tacky jokes have started about today's events...

re: #14 redc1c4

the tacky jokes have started about today's events...

And ... ?

re: #14 redc1c4

They started 30 seconds after the news hit the airwaves.

re: #10 calcajun

Or The Prince of Space?

re: #15 Bobibutu

And ... ?

is that a request?

re: #13 iceweasel

I heard that JMS (Babylon 5) is supposed to be involved, so I'm not absolutely horrified, but I'm still concerned they are going to fuck it up...

And make me very angry.

re: #14 redc1c4

You mean about Micheal Jackson?

He died as he lived...adored by some, ridiculed by others for the creepy shit he did with kids.

re: #19 redc1c4

is that a request?

Shamefully ... YES

Please don't with the jokes.

Can we give him 24 hours?

re: #20 ArchangelMichael

I heard that JMS (Babylon 5) is supposed to be involved, so I'm not absolutely horrified, but I'm still concerned they are going to fuck it up...

And make me very angry.

Unless the reviews say it's the best thing EVAR! I don't think I can go see it, because I love the original too much. The odds just say I'll find too much to nitpick and criticise in any remake of it.

I'm not normally such a purist, but Forbidden Planet is special.

I hated that robot.

re: #25 iceweasel

Unless the reviews say it's the best thing EVAR! I don't think I can go see it, because I love the original too much. The odds just say I'll find too much to nitpick and criticise in any remake of it.

I'm not normally such a purist, but Forbidden Planet is special.

Totally agree. For 1956, the movie was amazing. Aside from a couple of hokey outdated visual effects, it's better than any sci-fi movie Hollywood puts out now. If they ruin it I will be devastated. I wanted to send Tim Burton a steaming dog turd in a box after the way he ruined Planet of the Apes. I hope JMS doesn't make me hate him.

Testing new avatar.

re: #24 Sharmuta

Can we give him 24 hours?

Ah - at a dinner meeting tonight (seniors) we all toasted FF, MJ and Ed for the enjoyment they gave us. And then moved on. The subject was never brought up again. For what it's worth.

re: #14 redc1c4

the tacky jokes have started about today's events...

Most of the tacky jokes started looong before today's events. They're just being recycled.

re: #28 cheechako

Testing new avatar.

Slumbering Behemoth may want a word with you.
;)

re: #31 gmsc

Slumbering Behemoth may want a word with you.
;)

Yah, I'm just tyring to keep up.

re: #26 pat

I hated that robot.

He has the 2 best lines.

Robby where have you been? I beamed and beamed.
"Sorry Miss. I was giving myself an oil job."

"Yes, relatively simple alcohol molecules with traces of fusil oil. Would 60 gallons be sufficient?"
60 GALLONS!

re: #22 Bobibutu

Shamefully ... YES

go here

i'll be good, for once. %-)

re: #28 cheechako

Yep, it looks like an avatar to me. /

But, I'm pure. This wasn't photo-shopped. It was taken on September 4th over central Oregon.

re: #36 cheechako

But, I'm pure. This wasn't photo-shopped. It was taken on September 4th 2003 over central Oregon.

PIMF

re: #30 gmsc

Most of the tacky jokes started looong before today's events. They're just being recycled.

not this one... trust me.

re: #36 cheechako

But, I'm pure. This wasn't photo-shopped. It was taken on September 4th over central Oregon.

sure it was...

re: #29 Bobibutu

I have mixed feelings. Troubled person, and hopefully he'll be at peace now is about as much as I can say. Listened to some Jackson 5 earlier, and I'd like to remember him like that.

Dig those funky striped pants!

re: #34 redc1c4

Danka.

re: #7 iLikeCandy

Is this the animation with the little Oms and the big blue people?

That was "Fantastic Planet" iirc.

Worst thing about this Michael Jackson thing is that it has shoved all the news about Farrah Faucett out of the news.

I think This Island Earth was better. Great concepts. i love the mini Dyson sphere.

Hell- adults have a hard time dealing with celebrity, and this guy had it his whole life. Messes people up.

So if a civilization is so advanced that it can leave a planet overnight and leave no trace of itself, how is it that a guy can later tell a story about it?

Which reminds me of Uri Geller, who happens to have been a close friend/associate of Michael Jackson.

re: #27 ArchangelMichael

Totally agree. For 1956, the movie was amazing. Aside from a couple of hokey outdated visual effects, it's better than any sci-fi movie Hollywood puts out now. If they ruin it I will be devastated. I wanted to send Tim Burton a steaming dog turd in a box after the way he ruined Planet of the Apes. I hope JMS doesn't make me hate him.

Even the (few) hokey visual effects have a certain charm for me. I was realising while watching your clip that I don't even want them to change any of the audio effects-- the sounds of the ship landing, nothing.

And I almost mentioned Planet of the Apes in my earlier comment! I think that experience is why I can't stand the idea of seeing Forbidden Planet remade. *shudder*

But, if the reviews are overwhelmingly positive, I'll have to do it. Dammit.

re: #40 Sharmuta

RGR - I kinda missed all that stuff. Knew he was out there but not my bag.

re: #42 Mauser

That was "Fantastic Planet" iirc.

Worst thing about this Michael Jackson thing is that it has shoved all the news about Farrah Faucett out of the news.

well, that and it was kinda hard on him too...

re: #44 Sharmuta

Hell- adults have a hard time dealing with celebrity, and this guy had it his whole life. Messes people up.

his dad didn't help matters either.

re: #16 ArchangelMichael

Forbidden Planet drove me crazy. The Doctor put me on Theramin, but it made me all "WoooOOOooo".

re: #49 redc1c4

his dad didn't help matters either.

That's one reason why I feel sorry for him. If only part of that is true, it would mess anyone up for a long time.

re: #42 Mauser

That was "Fantastic Planet" iirc.

Worst thing about this Michael Jackson thing is that it has shoved all the news about Farrah Faucett out of the news.

If you want- here's the Charlie's Angels pilot in its entirety.

/Jaclyn Smith was always my favorite tho

re: #50 Mauser

Forbidden Planet drove me crazy. The Doctor put me on Theramin, but it made me all "WoooOOOooo".

we'll put a note in your chart

re: #45 karmic_inquisitor

So if a civilization is so advanced that it can leave a planet overnight and leave no trace of itself, how is it that a guy can later tell a story about it?

Which reminds me of Uri Geller, who happens to have been a close friend/associate of Michael Jackson.

They didn't leave. They destroyed themselves and their whole planet except for "The Great Machine" which was the instrument of that destruction. Everything known about them was from that machine and it's control room.

Today in History, June 26th:

Highlights of this day in history: President John F. Kennedy rallies West Berlin during the Cold War; The U.N. Charter signed; Scientists complete first rough map of the human genetic code; Charlie Chaplin's 'The Gold Rush' premieres.

Other notable June 26th events include:

1870 – The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.

1909 – The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.

1927 – The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.

1934 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.

1948 – Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.

1974 – The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.

1976 – The CN Tower, the world's tallest free-standing structure on land, is opened to general public.

1997 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment.

2003 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.

2008 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. Heller that the ban on handguns in the District of Columbia is unconstitutional.

re: #51 iceweasel

That's one reason why I feel sorry for him. If only part of that is true, it would mess anyone up for a long time.

RUMINT was that dad had him on hormones to retard puberty, so that his voice wouldn't change. if true, that would explain lots of things.

re: #56 redc1c4

RUMINT was that dad had him on hormones to retard puberty, so that his voice wouldn't change. if true, that would explain lots of things.

That wouldn't surprise me one bit either.

re: #55 gmsc

2008 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. Heller that the ban on handguns in the District of Columbia is unconstitutional, and that the 2nd Amendment codifies an individual right to keep and bear arms for self defense.

re: #58 redc1c4

FTFY!

re: #56 redc1c4

RUMINT was that dad had him on hormones to retard puberty, so that his voice wouldn't change. if true, that would explain lots of things.

I had also heard that, years ago, way before he got in any trouble. And yes, I think it would explain an awful lot.
I ran across a comment elsewhere today that excerpted some claims about the way his father treated him. I had never heard those details, and as I said, if even part of it is true...anyone would be messed up.

I believe the story about the hormones.

re: #43 pat

I think This Island Earth was better. Great concepts. i love the mini Dyson sphere.

Never saw that one so I have no basis for comparison.

re: #55 gmsc

Today in History

I remember the slow creepy feeling of reading Shirley Jackson's story and realizing what it was. The Lottery.

In all the coverage of Michael Jackson's death today, not once did I see the name of his group spelled correctly -- the way it was originally intended to be spelled:

The Jackson 5ive.

Every single article spells it either The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5. Strange how so many reporters and editors can all universally not know the same basic fact.

(Of course, no one ever could spell it right in the late '60s or early '70s either, so Motown eventually stopped spelling it that way on the official records and so forth, caving in to the popular insistence on the misspelled version.)

re: #53 redc1c4

we'll put a note in your chart

More of a waveform...

re: #34 redc1c4

go here

i'll be good, for once. %-)

Naughty - that popped me into an old GF on facebook.

re: #64 Mauser

More of a waveform...

there's no way we're going to waive the forms: they are a requirement to receive Obamacare

re: #65 Bobibutu

Naughty - that popped me into an old GF on facebook.

did you see the text a posts down on the same subject?

In case anyone needs proof -- here are actual artifacts from the era:

The Jackson 5ive

The Jackson 5ive

The official band "greatest hits" collection:
The Jackson 5ive

The Jackson 5ive

re: #66 redc1c4

there's no way we're going to waive the forms: they are a requirement to receive Obamacare

In old America, you fill out forms. In Obamamerica, forms fill you out!

re: #66 redc1c4

there's no way we're going to waive the forms: they are a requirement to receive Obamacare

It is past time to outlaw unions - especially in CA. Jeese!

re: #50 Mauser

Forbidden Planet drove me crazy. The Doctor put me on Theramin, but it made me all "WoooOOOooo".

If you just made up that joke on the spot, a million updings.

If you're merely repeating an old pre-exiting joke I had never heard before, you still get 10,000 updings, simply because it's such a classic.

re: #67 redc1c4

did you see the text a posts down on the same subject?

Gotta go back and look.

Tomorrow's the pivotal day for cap & trade (or as I heard various lizrds or talk-show hosts refer to it; kneecap and trade or crap and tirade)...

How fucked are we going to be if that passes at all?

/How many 0bama policy proposals can I ask that about in less than 6 months anyway?

re: #55 gmsc

Today in History, June 26th

You need to add one:

2009: Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson die within a few miles of each other just a couple hours apart, in Los Angeles.

re: #67 redc1c4

did you see the text a posts down on the same subject?

Very strange - now there is a different page.

Dorothy only fell asleep in the poppy field.

Australian wallabies are eating opium poppies and creating crop circles as they hop around "as high as a kite", a government official has said.

re: #73 Fenway_Nation

Tomorrow's the pivotal day for cap & trade (or as I heard various lizrds or talk-show hosts refer to it; kneecap and trade or crap and tirade)...

How fucked are we going to be if that passes at all?

/How many 0bama policy proposals can I ask that about in less than 6 months anyway?

Unlike CommieCare™, I believe that Kneecap and trade can probably be "un-done" in the future at some point without it being a herculean task to do so. So worst case scenario, we deal with it on election day 2010 and 2012.

re: #74 zombie

You need to add one:

2009: Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson die within a few miles of each other just a couple hours apart, in Los Angeles.

Light years apart.

re: #64 Mauser

re: #53 redc1c4

we'll put a note in your chart

More of a waveform...

Sounds like a slur!

/ runs out the side door

Tommy Lee Jones was in the Charlie's Angels pilot- I didn't know that.

re: #80 Sharmuta

Tommy Lee Jones was in the Charlie's Angels pilot- I didn't know that.

Too cool - I would like to watch that.

Any links?

re: #77 ArchangelMichael

But how much damage will be done before it can be reversed?

And Card Check? As a recently-unemployed person who's looking for a career in transportation, Card Check and kneecap and trade are the ones that keep me up at night...

I'll worry about things like company provided health insurance or union dues and benefits when I get a job.

re: #81 Bobibutu

Yes

re: #82 Fenway_Nation

But how much damage will be done before it can be reversed?

And Card Check? As a recently-unemployed person who's looking for a career in transportation, Card Check and kneecap and trade are the ones that keep me up at night...

I'll worry about things like company provided health insurance or union dues and benefits when I get a job.

the LNDT keeps me up at night...

whereas beer is the reason i get up every afternoon. %-)

The worst exploitation of Michael Jackson's name:

In-Memory-of-The-King-com

re: #75 Bobibutu

Very strange - now there is a different page.

just search for Red Seewun

re: #83 Sharmuta

Yes

Major overload ;-) - THX

re: #31 gmsc

Nah, I'm cool. It's similar, but very different. It's not like Cheech was avatar jacking.

busy day coming up, much local excitrement and w*rk to do...

hasta y'all.

L8r!

re: #85 sngnsgt

Oh damn...I totally fell asleep at the switch on my domain-name registration ideas this week.

tehranisburning.com/.net/.cc
&
youquierocokecero.co.ve (something Venezuela specific, at least)

re: #85 sngnsgt

The worst exploitation of Michael Jackson's name:

In-Memory-of-The-King-com

$999,999,999.00? Yeah... good luck with that one.

re: #89 redc1c4

Hasta la pasta, red!

Man, this has been a ridiculous day.

re: #89 redc1c4

Why do I even bother staying up when you're just gonna ditch without making the Tainted Fruitcup? I mean, how else will I get to see fire-breathing polar bears with giraffe legs battle cyborg, lesbian midgets wielding radioactive balloon animals?

How, I ask you?

/nite Red.

re: #74 zombie

You need to add one:

2009: Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson die within a few miles of each other just a couple hours apart, in Los Angeles.

If they hadn't have died on June 25th, I would've added it.
;)

re: #93 TheMatrix31

Man, this has been a ridiculous day.

Fruitcup will help make it better. But I can't make it, so good-night.

Say a prayer or think good thoughts for Mandy and family.

re: #94 Slumbering Behemoth

Umm...click your heels together three times and say 'There's no place like home'?

re: #91 Wendya

$999,999,999.00? Yeah... good luck with that one.

"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."
-P.T. Barnum

re: #97 Fenway_Nation

Umm...click your heels together three times and say 'There's no place like home'?

So, you have seen Michael Bay's "Wizard of Oz".
/

re: #96 Silvergirl

Fruitcup will help make it better. But I can't make it, so good-night.

Say a prayer or think good thoughts for Mandy and family.

What happened with her? :-/

re: #94 Slumbering Behemoth

Why do I even bother staying up when you're just gonna ditch without making the Tainted Fruitcup? I mean, how else will I get to see fire-breathing polar bears with giraffe legs battle cyborg, lesbian midgets wielding radioactive balloon animals?

How, I ask you?

/nite Red.

I'm noticing a running theme from you lately involving midget pron. This might be the first mention of lesbian midgets, though.

I'm not judging!
/

re: #96 Silvergirl

G'nite, silver...

Hm, silver- that reminds me. ...this is probably as good a time as any for Fenway's Overnight Precious Metlas Update:

Gold- $945.40 an ounce (up 0.69%)
Silver- $14.19 an ounce (up 1.4%)
Palladium- $246 an ounce (up 1.2%)
Platinum- $1203 an ounce (up 1.5%)
Rhodium- $1275 an ounce (up 1.9%)

re: #97 Fenway_Nation

[Link: mlb.mlb.com...]

Just a snarky experiment...

Don-Las-Vegas, I see your link in the spin-offs above. That link was posted by Charles on the front page just a day or so ago.

Not hard to understand how you would be unaware of that since you seem to only use LGF as a vehicle to pimp your blog.

Registered since: Mar 21, 2007 at 7:05 pm
No. of comments posted: 3
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re: #101 iceweasel

Two things:

1) That post was not about pr0n, but about an epic battle between two fanatical factions.

2) Pr0n or not, you seem to be perversely fixated on the midget and or lesbian angle while completely ignoring the most important aspect. They're cyborgs. Freaking cyborgs, man!

Sheesh, where are your priorities!
///

I have to get some sleep for work tomorrow. Good night, all!

re: #106 gmsc

'Gnite, party pi people!

What happened to Mandy?

Hope everything's OK with her.

re: #108 elevenbravo1969

Her Mom is in bad health. Nice avatar by the way.

re: #71 zombie

It is an original joke of mine. I came up with it a month or so ago. I fill up my kitchen Whiteboard with such things then periodically make liveJournal entries of them. My day job keeps me very busy with my hands, so my mind wanders. Alas, some of the best stuff gets lost.

One of today's jems was "Perez Hilton is a popularity tapeworm with delusions of being a Major Organ." God that little sh*t whining about his well-deserved pop in the eye pisses me off. Were I not exhausted from a 12-hour work order, I'd REALLY go off on him.

Mandy's mother is quite ill.

re: #108 elevenbravo1969

What happened to Mandy?

Link.

Sorry to hear that. I'll say a prayer.

Fenway's (semi)nightly Overseas Market update:

New Zealand's NZSE50- unchanged

Shanghai Composite- up 0.11%

KOSPI Seoul composite- up 0.13%

Johannesburg's JSE Limited- up 2.17%

Singapore's Straits Times- up 1.13%

Australia's All Ordinaries- up 1.25%

Taiwan Weighted- up 0.09%

Nikkei- up 0.83%

Mumbai's SENSEX- up 1.60%

Hang Seng- up 1.77%

re: #102 Fenway_Nation

G'nite, silver...

Hm, silver- that reminds me. ...this is probably as good a time as any for Fenway's Overnight Precious Metlas Update:

Gold- $945.40 an ounce (up 0.69%)
Silver- $14.19 an ounce (up 1.4%)
Palladium- $246 an ounce (up 1.2%)
Platinum- $1203 an ounce (up 1.5%)
Rhodium- $1275 an ounce (up 1.9%)

Read some were that against Gold, Silver is used in many ways practically. is it true?

re: #110 soxfan4life

Thanks for the avatar compliment. And likewise to you.

..."If you ain't Cav, you ain't sh!t"

Did I get that right?

re: #116 Ateam

Yes...besides jewelry, they're also highly conductive and I think circutry is one of their main industrial applications.

Palladium and Platinum are typically used as catalysts in engines.

re: #117 elevenbravo1969

Thanks for the avatar compliment. And likewise to you.

..."If you ain't Cav, you ain't sh!t"

Did I get that right?

You sure did.

Damn, I'm disappointed to hear that...

And Roadies are made of Rhodium, which is refined from Rhododendrons.

re: #112 Sharmuta

Mandy's mother is quite ill.

My thoughts and prayers are with Mandy and her family.

OK...soxfan & elevenbravo- is my new avatar showing up?

re: #118 Fenway_Nation

Yes...besides jewelry, they're also highly conductive and I think circutry is one of their main industrial applications.

Palladium and Platinum are typically used as catalysts in engines.

Thanks 4 re:. Also my on line translator didn't find the term 'circutry'.

I hope everyone has called and roared at their congressman about Waxman-Markey and this socialized medicine thingy they're about to try to ram through...

re: #123 Fenway_Nation

Still got the sox B, but when you click it it comes up 3ID is it?

re: #126 soxfan4life

Ayuh...the broken TV set.

/Would I be dating myself too badly if I said I also served in the 24th Infantry division?

re: #125 elevenbravo1969

I hope everyone has called and roared at their congressman about Waxman-Markey and this socialized medicine thingy they're about to try to ram through...

Given that my Congresscritters are Kerry, Kennedy and Nikki Tsongas it would be a waste of my time and only serve to piss me off.

I see Third Infantry,I think.

There we go...nice symmetry between the 101st, 1st Cav and 3Rd ID there...

re: #130 Fenway_Nation

There we go...nice symmetry between the 101st, 1st Cav and 3Rd ID there...

Seemed like every time we rotated into the NTC 3ID was on their way out.

re: #130 Fenway_Nation

What year was the Third Infantry formed? I don't remember it from '68/'69.

But then there's much about '68/'69 that has slid into the ditch of my memory...so to speak.

The Fall 2009 Political Science class selection @ UCLA is fucking terrible...

Heh...i suppose the fact that we were training extensively in a desert environment with a dedicated OPFOR that was using Soviet-bloc military hardware could be held up as proof positive by the moonbats that the eeevil BusHitlerCheneyHalliburton regime always had designs on occupying Iraq...

/'cept Clinton was in office when I was in.

re: #127 Fenway_Nation

I got to wear this patch too.

[Link: www-2id.korea.army.mil...]

re: #134 Fenway_Nation

Me too. At least for part of it.

re: #133 TheMatrix31

The Fall 2009 Political Science class selection @ UCLA is fucking terrible...

Post us some examples! If you don't mind...

re: #132 elevenbravo1969

re: #130 Fenway_Nation

What year was the Third Infantry formed? I don't remember it from '68/'69.

But then there's much about '68/'69 that has slid into the ditch of my memory...so to speak.

It dates back to at least WWI- the Division's nickname is 'Rock of the Marne' after holding their position along the Marne river in France.

I think the 3RD Infantry division's most famous alumni is Audie Murphy.

re: #133 TheMatrix31

The Fall 2009 Political Science class selection @ UCLA is fucking terrible...

Let me guess- Bush is An Evil Monster That Devours Infants 101 and Advanced 0bama Will Lead Us To The Promised Land studies.

re: #133 TheMatrix31

The Fall 2009 Political Science class selection @ UCLA is fucking terrible...

What do you want to be when you grow up again?

re: #139 Fenway_Nation

Let me guess- Bush is An Evil Monster That Devours Infants 101 and Advanced 0bama Will Lead Us To The Promised Land studies.

Heh. Bush: Threat or Menace?

Obama: Good or Great?

re: #135 soxfan4life

Oh...when I was stationed @ Ft. Stewart, one of the Armour battalions had a bi-lingual Arabic and English highway sign from the Kuwait/Iraq border. I think it was less than 350km to Baghdad and I wouldn't be surproised if they had a chance to add to their collection...

Why Communism Will Work Next Time

re: #142 Fenway_Nation

Oh...when I was stationed @ Ft. Stewart, one of the Armour battalions had a bi-lingual Arabic and English highway sign from the Kuwait/Iraq border. I think it was less than 350km to Baghdad and I wouldn't be surproised if they had a chance to add to their collection...

When I was in Warrior Country we used to cross the 38th parallel to go to the field. All the signs from the Korean War were still there, it was something I can still picture today.

What other lizards use their current/former division insignias as their avatars?

re: #143 Sharmuta

Why Communism Will Work Next Time

With 0bama in office wouldn't it be Why Communism Will Work This Time

Why The White Man's Penis is Evil, And How It Must Be Beaten Every Day

/wait, what?

re: #140 Sharmuta

What do you want to be when you grow up again?

Not really sure actually. I don't think I want to go to law school. I've realized lawyers make things as complicated as possible, and I've realized that I have to make things as simple as possible. I'll get too irritated, too quickly. I think I'm going to (hopefully) get some work experience, then apply to a business school and get an MBA in Management, Marketing, or something of that sort.

Anyway, here are some examples. It seems like they've cut down the selections and the times for the discussion sections (which really sucks, because the lecture times could be compatible but they've cut out so many discussion times that it ends up interfering with other stuff).

They cut out "National Institutions: The Presidency", but instead, they decide to keep "Cultural Pluralism in Africa". They have "Black Experience in Latin America", they have "Continential Political Thought".

It sucks, there are a lot of otherwise decent classes to take, but the professors for those are awful. One professor is a self-admitted gay-Canadian-Socialist, the other one has a rating on BruinWalk (rating site just for UCLA Professors) as "Don't take, socialist indoctrination.", the other is "most liberal professor possible".

Just a jumbled, terrible mess.

[Link: www.registrar.ucla.edu...]

re: #145 Fenway_Nation

What other lizards use their current/former division insignias as their avatars?

I don't know, it was brought up for Memorial Day and I remember quite a few. Probably see alot for Veterans Day too.

Science fiction, double feature
Doctor X will build a creature.
See androids fighting Brad and Janet
Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet
Wuh uh uh oh o-o-oh
At the late night, double feature, picture show.

re: #127 Fenway_Nation

Ayuh...the broken TV set.

/Would I be dating myself too badly if I said I also served in the 24th Infantry division?

I don't think so.

What's the group that's guaranteed to screw you all the way?
M - I- C - K - E - Y - U- S - A - S - A !

re: #150 soxfan4life

I usually just rotate between the Red Sox, Bruins, Pats and BC Eagles (I figure remembertonyc has the monopoly on the Celts avatar) depending on what time of year it is...

Good Morning LGF.
I'm up extra early, going up this morning with some friends for a long weekend of fishing.
Life is good.

re: #152 Fenway_Nation

I'll probably go back to a Sox one one of these days and then the Pats and Bruins. Of course once I get moved down to TX I'll never put a Cowboys logo up. First time I got there it was October and everyone got together on Sunday to watch the Cowboys. So not being a Cowboy fan and also being a Dale Earnhardt fan caused some awkward moments.

re: #151 Steffan

I thought those lyrics sounded familiar.

In times long past, this planet was the home of a mighty, noble race of beings who called themselves the Krell. Ethically and technologically they were a million years ahead of humankind, for in unlocking the meaning of nature they had conquered even their baser selves, and when in the course of eons they had abolished sickness and insanity, crime and all injustice, they turned, still in high benevolence, upwards towards space. Then, having reached the heights, this all-but-divine race disappeared in a single night, and nothing was preserved above ground.

— Dr. Morbius, Forbidden Planet

Except Helen Thomas

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re: #153 Spare O'Lake

Good Morning LGF.
I'm up extra early, going up this morning with some friends for a long weekend of fishing.
Life is good.

What are you going after? Probably go after some lake trout this weekend, the local reservoir has some pretty big ones, got to use shiners to get them.

re: #135 soxfan4life

I got to wear this patch too.

[Link: www-2id.korea.army.mil...]

During the course of my misspent youth, I wore three patches on my left shoulder.

The first was the lightning- fast chicken-(plucker) of the Army Security Agency.

The second was the flaming sword of the Berlin Brigade.

The third was the axehead of the Intelligence and Security Command.

Of the three patches I wore, I greatly preferred that of the ASA.

"In God We Trust -- All Others We Monitor."

We, Sons of Anarchy, the mad dogs known as IDF's 32th Armour devision, prefer tanks.
especially Merkava Mark IV [Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

re: #156 ryannon

Not particularly well preserved, I'd say.

re: #148 TheMatrix31

Then take some economic classes instead

re: #153 Spare O'Lake

You suck!
/jealousy

Enjoy the fishing.

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

re: #163 littleoldlady

Thanks, lol!

re: #132 elevenbravo1969

What year was the Third Infantry formed? I don't remember it from '68/'69.

But then there's much about '68/'69 that has slid into the ditch of my memory...so to speak.

Had to have been at least 1917 -- "Rock of the Marne" took place *in* 1917.

re: #163 littleoldlady

Yay! Thanks LoL!

re: #161 Sharmuta

Then take some economic classes instead

I just might, the only thing is that I have three more quarters left, and I need quite a bit of Poli Sci classes. The major consists of 10 upper division classes and four "allied fields", meaning any "related" field to Poli Sci like Comm, History, Psych, etc. My allied fields are filled, so I just need to complete the Poli Sci upper divs and pick up a couple of random classes to fill out my units.

Hey, I'm looking!

re: #158 Steffan

Of the two I liked the Cav patch, but both the 1st Cav and 2nd Infantry have alot of history. The 2ID was originally comprised of both Army and Marines, and is the only Army unit to be commanded by a Marine Corps. General.

[Link: www-2id.korea.army.mil...]

re: #160 Fenway_Nation

Not particularly well preserved, I'd say.

Ron Paul!

re: #163 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

Gracias.

/California

Sharmuta! :-)

Good advice...let me change that to GREAT advice to Matrix!

Fenway! :-)

Matrix! :-)

re: #157 soxfan4life

What are you going after? Probably go after some lake trout this weekend, the local reservoir has some pretty big ones, got to use shiners to get them.

Walleye, smallmouth bass and northern pike will be our targets. Based on past experience, the highlight of the trip will be the shore lunches of fresh walleye prepared by the guide. I am SO looking forward to this.

re: #148 TheMatrix31

Any professors there in poli sci that you like and have a working relationship with?

If so, you could probably arrange for an independent study. Draw up your own syllabus, have an outline for what you're planning, and suggest writing a paper at the end. You can arrange to meet with the prof every week (if they like you) for discussion, or even once a month to check progress. Grade to be given based on your paper.

Or if there's a class being given at another uni that you want to take, arrange for an 'independent study' at UCLA which you'll fulfill by taking that class.

It's really amazing how much flexibility professors and departments are willing to give you if you have a plan and you're known to them. They're generally delighted to have someone who's interested for a change. The key is to complete avoid the administration and the bureaucrats and work it out with your professors directly.
Good luck!

(You do have to have a good relationship with at least one willing to go to bat for you though, and you have to know your shit.)

re: #163 littleoldlady

Morning littleoldlady. Thanks for the fruitcup.

FamHistoryGuy! :-)

HEY! Long time...

re: #173 Spare O'Lake

Walleye, smallmouth bass and northern pike will be our targets. Based on past experience, the highlight of the trip will be the shore lunches of fresh walleye prepared by the guide. I am SO looking forward to this.

Never have caught a walleye, heard about it plenty but never got one. Good luck and have fun. A bad day of fishing still beats a good day at work.

re: #163 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

Thankz
[from Tel-Aviv]

re: #162 Slumbering Behemoth

You suck!
/jealousy

Enjoy the fishing.

Thanks very much.
It's tough work these fishing trips, but someone's got to do it!

re: #173 Spare O'Lake

The more you post about this, the less I like you.
///

Seriously though, have a great time, and I hope you catch your fill.

Ateam! :-)

Any chance I get to say GO IDF! I take. ;-)

re: #176 littleoldlady

Been lurking. By the time I get to a post I don't have anything to say of interest.

re: #171 littleoldlady

Sharmuta! :-)

Good advice...let me change that to GREAT advice to Matrix!

I try

re: #182 FamHistoryGuy

Been lurking. By the time I get to a post I don't have anything to say of interest.

Bah- that's what you think. Say something anyways and let the lizards decide.

re: #182 FamHistoryGuy

You could always try and throw out random and nonsensical quotes every now and then...

re: #174 iceweasel

Any professors there in poli sci that you like and have a working relationship with?

If so, you could probably arrange for an independent study. Draw up your own syllabus, have an outline for what you're planning, and suggest writing a paper at the end. You can arrange to meet with the prof every week (if they like you) for discussion, or even once a month to check progress. Grade to be given based on your paper.

Or if there's a class being given at another uni that you want to take, arrange for an 'independent study' at UCLA which you'll fulfill by taking that class.

It's really amazing how much flexibility professors and departments are willing to give you if you have a plan and you're known to them. They're generally delighted to have someone who's interested for a change. The key is to complete avoid the administration and the bureaucrats and work it out with your professors directly.
Good luck!

(You do have to have a good relationship with at least one willing to go to bat for you though, and you have to know your shit.)

Nah, I don't have much of a relationship with my professors. This past year was my first at UCLA (transferred from community college), and I'm not one to get too involved when it comes to academics and professors. Since I usually don't agree with them on much, I usually just take care of business and head home.

That's an interesting concept though, maybe I'll try it over the course of this next year...

re: #182 FamHistoryGuy

Been lurking. By the time I get to a post I don't have anything to say of interest.

That never stops ME...

;-)

re: #181 littleoldlady

Ateam! :-)

Any chance I get to say GO IDF! I take. ;-)

HA!
(old soldiers don't get dead - just fade away...)

re: #186 TheMatrix31

Face it Kiddo- you'll learn more once you're out of there. Just tell the bastards what they want to hear, get your expensive piece of paper, and move on.

re: #183 Sharmuta

Political science (not to mention HISTORY) is changing as we speak. No sense in learning old stuff now.

Economics, on the other hand, is at least SOMEWHAT of a science. And we are learning lessons right now that will have repercussions for decades.

You know what would be an interesting course? The Economic History of the United States.

re: #168 soxfan4life

Of the two I liked the Cav patch, but both the 1st Cav and 2nd Infantry have alot of history. The 2ID was originally comprised of both Army and Marines, and is the only Army unit to be commanded by a Marine Corps. General.

[Link: www-2id.korea.army.mil...]

I have nothing but respect for the 1st Cav and the Big Red One and 2nd Inf. They have proved what they have hanging -- big brass ones -- time and time again.

:)

What the 1st and 29th Inf. did on Omaha Beach, IMNSHO, some of the most outstanding actions the US military has ever encountered.

Morning folks...
Better half got the hot tub working last night (Yay!) Coffee's almost done, aside from a few extra hours of sleep, what more could a person ask for? (well...maybe a day off, or to win the lottery...)

srb! :-)

POWERBALL!

/I can't believe I forgot to play Weds. night! :-(

re: #190 littleoldlady

Political science (not to mention HISTORY) is changing as we speak. No sense in learning old stuff now.

Economics, on the other hand, is at least SOMEWHAT of a science. And we are learning lessons right now that will have repercussions for decades.

You know what would be an interesting course? The Economic History of the United States.

Would have been good if it were on the Harvard curriculum. It seems as though our current President doesn't have much of an economic background for such a genius he is made out to be.

re: #186 TheMatrix31

Nah, I don't have much of a relationship with my professors. This past year was my first at UCLA (transferred from community college), and I'm not one to get too involved when it comes to academics and professors. Since I usually don't agree with them on much, I usually just take care of business and head home.

That's an interesting concept though, maybe I'll try it over the course of this next year...

I hear you. It's harder too when you transfer in, and even more so if you're in a lot of huge classes where they never get to know anyone's name.

Think about the independent study concept though, especially now that you're upper-level. And not every professor will take it as a personal affront if you disagree with them. Some even really like it.

re: #194 soxfan4life

I'm not so sure he has much of a law background either. He certainly was absent the day they taught the Constitution!

re: #187 littleoldlady

Little humor for me since Nov.

I did get some news last evening though. Learned my old man died back in Jan. I had talked to him right after Christmas. Got to reconcile with him.

He was in the Marines in WWII and an Army Combat MP in Korea.

re: #177 soxfan4life

Never have caught a walleye, heard about it plenty but never got one. Good luck and have fun. A bad day of fishing still beats a good day at work.

Walleye are not the greatest fighters - that distinction goes to the smallmouth bass - but they are feisty, beautiful, easy to fillet, and their firm white flesh makes the walleye just about the best fresh-water eating fish.
Of course, we only keep enough to eat and live-release the rest.
Well, gotta go get ready now - have a great weekend folks, and have a heated argument or two for me.

re: #193 littleoldlady

srb! :-)

POWERBALL!

/I can't believe I forgot to play Weds. night! :-(

Sorry about Weds. better half tells me he had a dream we won the powerball...funny, because we don't play = ).
(The church people keep voting down a lottery here, because a lottery is gambling, but bingo is not...or something like that)

re: #196 littleoldlady

I'm not so sure he has much of a law background either. He certainly was absent the day they taught the Constitution!

There must have been a community in real need of organizing that day.

re: #188 Ateam

HA!
(old soldiers don't get dead - just fade away...)

Don't fade away on us, okay? ;-) The news from Israel is always needed/welcome here.

re: #199 srb1976

Sorry about Weds. better half tells me he had a dream we won the powerball...funny, because we don't play = ).
(The church people keep voting down a lottery here, because a lottery is gambling, but bingo is not...or something like that)

Here in MA they keep voting down casino gambling because the state lottery doesn't like competition.

re: #197 FamHistoryGuy

Oh, dear. :-( I'm sorry! {[{FamHistoryGuy}]}

(At least you got the reconciliation.)

re: #189 Sharmuta

Face it Kiddo- you'll learn more once you're out of there. Just tell the bastards what they want to hear, get your expensive piece of paper, and move on.

Well, I agree with the statement that you'll learn more once you're out of there...but given that it IS an expensive piece of paper, I say take advantage of everything on offer. Including pestering professors to provide you with the education you want and you don't feel you're getting.

It's their job, and they'll generally be happy to provide an interested student with outside reading, etc.

re: #204 iceweasel

Including pestering professors to provide you with the education you want and you don't feel you're getting.

Bwahahaha! That's funny!

'Morning, iceweasel. :-)

re: #205 littleoldlady

Bwahahaha! That's funny!

'Morning, iceweasel. :-)

Hi LoL! Hope you're well today! :)

re: #189 Sharmuta

Face it Kiddo- you'll learn more once you're out of there. Just tell the bastards what they want to hear, get your expensive piece of paper, and move on.

I've learned more on Little Green Footballs than I have in all the time I've been in college. You could probably even through high school in there too.

G' morning
ice, sox, littleoldolady:-)

re: #203 littleoldlady

I had enough time to get to that point. Still did not change what kind of person he was or how he had behaved. But we settled our differences.

Wish now I had recorded his memories of Pearl and the USS Northampton. And his trip to Australia.

re: #206 iceweasel

Not enough coffee in me to make a determination yet... ;-)

UncleRancher! :-)

re: #207 TheMatrix31

I'm also at university. What are you studying?

re: #208 UncleRancher

Good mornig to you too.

Time to go babysit. Y'all have a good morning.

re: #213 FamHistoryGuy

You too, famhistory guy!

Just woke up from a crazy dream series where I was running around doing really off the wall stuff. Makes me tired.

re: #209 FamHistoryGuy

Not the same thing because my father and I were very close, but...

It kind of figures that I got interested in genealogy AFTER he died. :-(

re: #207 TheMatrix31

I've learned more on Little Green Footballs than I have in all the time I've been in college. You could probably even through high school in there too.

throw*

/guess I didn't learn the difference between throw and through ;)

Fenway ! :-)

re: #211 schnapp

I'm also at university. What are you studying?

Studying Political Science, how about you?

re: #217 TheMatrix31

throw*

/guess I didn't learn the difference between throw and through ;)

S'okay. We don't teach grammar here. ;-)

The other great thing about this time of year (besides having the temperature and humidity be so close to the same = ) ) is our fresh new group of engineering students = )

Always fun! Summer interns ( I joke, mostly we get pretty good ones, that don't take themselves TOO seriously)

re: #219 TheMatrix31

Commerce. First year.
What do you want to be?

A luau on the South Lawn and several Dems under investigation for Caribbean trips. Charlie Rangel one of them, what do you bet nothing happens.

re: #201 littleoldlady

Don't fade away on us, okay? ;-) The news from Israel is always needed/welcome here.

Well, no news is a good news. Of course we loved to hear about your beloved disappearing governor coming back from Argentina...

re: #222 schnapp

Commerce? Where are you studying, schnapp?

/here we call it "economics" or "business"

re: #218 UncleRancher

Hey there UncleRancher!

Momentarily distracted by my favorite sourse of nonsensical over-the-top quotes, The Venutre Brothers...

re: #224 Ateam

You just can't make this stuff up, can you?

re: #223 soxfan4life

A luau on the South Lawn and several Dems under investigation for Caribbean trips. Charlie Rangel one of them, what do you bet nothing happens.

Have to say, I wish I had been there just to get a chance to dunk Charlie Gibbs.

Although more seriously, this story did irritate me. It's hard not to get pissed off at a luau on the south lawn when so many people are losing homes, jobs, and life savings.

re: #225 littleoldlady

The University of Western Australia.
But I want to do an MBA one day. Maybe in America. We'll see . . .

re: #223 soxfan4life

A luau on the South Lawn and several Dems under investigation for Caribbean trips. Charlie Rangel one of them, what do you bet nothing happens.

B...but the GOP bought Sarah Palin a bunch of blouses!

//

re: #226 Fenway_Nation

My kids do that quote thing. Sometimes I look them in the eye and say 'What does that mean to you"? Mostly I get blank stares.

re: #229 schnapp

The University of Western Australia.
But I want to do an MBA one day. Maybe in America. We'll see . . .

Good! You'll come to Philadelphia. You'll stay with us. We'll feed you...

/Jewish mother mode

;-)

re: #230 Fenway_Nation

B...but the GOP bought Sarah Palin a bunch of blouses!

//

Well that was Sarah Palin and she is not to be trusted. Maybe more evil than even Dick Cheney.///

re: #232 littleoldlady

Good! You'll come to Philadelphia. You'll stay with us. We'll feed you...

/Jewish mother mode

;-)

I already have a Jewish mother. I know your tricks (guilt trips)!

re: #232 littleoldlady

Good! You'll come to Philadelphia. You'll stay with us. We'll feed you...

/Jewish mother mode

;-)

You know, except for the part about Philadelphia, that sounds remarkably like "southern grandma" mode...
"When did ya'll eat last...never mind let me fix ya somethin' "

re: #227 littleoldlady

You just can't make this stuff up, can you?

So the guy goes all the way to Argentina ("they" say you should get out of town for this kind of thing or somebody will find out",) and then you hold a news conference and TELL everyone about it. She must of been somethin'!

re: #228 iceweasel

Have to say, I wish I had been there just to get a chance to dunk Charlie Gibbs.

whoops. Pimf

re: #232 littleoldlady

And that's where Pennsylvania Uni is. And it's a nice city.

re: #234 schnapp

I already have a Jewish mother. I know your tricks (guilt trips)!

Yeah, but you get BRISKET with it!

re: #235 srb1976

Jewish mother mode: "You look AWFUL! Did you gain weight?...Here, have some stuffed cabbage and buttery coffee cake!"

/there's a difference, you see? ;-)

re: #229 schnapp

The University of Western Australia.
But I want to do an MBA one day. Maybe in America. We'll see . . .

That somewhere around Perth? Haven't been there yet. Been to SA, Victoria, and over to East Island.

re: #238 schnapp

We have some world-class colleges here with fabulous MBA programs. (Yes, the University of Pennsylvania is the best.) Plus it's a very livable city, and great for college kids.

re: #236 UncleRancher

*Sighs wistfully*

I have to say this whole SC Governer fiasco opens the door for yet another totally gratuitous opportunity for me to work in 'When I was nailing this hot Argentine chick...' into the conversation and still have it be [sort of] relevant.

/Have any politicians flown to Chile for an extramarital affair? I can't say enough good things about the Chilean women I encountered

re: #239 littleoldlady

Only an Italian or someone who watches everybody loves raymond can relate to how a Jewish family works.

re: #239 littleoldlady

Yeah, but you get BRISKET with it!

re: #235 srb1976

Jewish mother mode: "You look AWFUL! Did you gain weight?...Here, have some stuffed cabbage and buttery coffee cake!"

/there's a difference, you see? ;-)

Aahh I see now...around here even if you gained 30lbs it's always "you look thin, are you sure you're eating ok?" followed by "I was just fixin lunch (or dinner, or something) here, you should have some"

re: #227 littleoldlady

You just can't make this stuff up, can you?

It's so fucked up (literally). I don't understand it. Like an imbecile child

re: #163 littleoldlady

Been working like a fiend - real work and home improvement. Thought 'd drop by for some fruitcup, before I check to see if my last coat of paint has dried.

re: #242 Fenway_Nation

Fenway...I have to say, I'm diggin' the stripes, but nearly missed you without that big red "B" to point you out. = )

re: #222 schnapp

Commerce. First year.
What do you want to be?

I'm not sure. I wanted to do law but I don't know if that's for me. Ideally, I'd love to become a Sports Agent, but again, that needs strong law background I'd assume. I'm probably going to go the business route, even if I WILL be punished by President Zero.

re: #236 UncleRancher

The Argentine bartender that saw them both playing suckface said she had a bangin' bod. Super hot.

theheat! :-)

HIYA! :-) When you are done come here, okay?

/WAY behind in the home improvement dept!
//and my garden looks like hell, too :-(

re: #240 UncleRancher

That somewhere around Perth? Haven't been there yet. Been to SA, Victoria, and over to East Island.

UWA is in Perth. Right near the CBD and on the river. It's a great place to study.
What do you think of "Down Under"?

I already have a touch of Micheal Jackson Fatigue.

re: #236 UncleRancher

It wasn't about where he went, or even where he put his pud.

The controversy began when he abandoned his job for five days without so much as a peep to anyone.

Try that turd move working at a fast food place, and you'll come back to find someone else doing your job. Sanford pulled that turd move while having been entrusted by "the people" to run their state.

His job abandonment, in my mind, is a much bigger problem than his extra-marital affair.

re: #250 littleoldlady

Paint, paint, pull weeds, build stuff, put in pavers... plus my real job. I'm beginning to feel like I should be advertising as a handywoman.

Put in some pretty cool plants this year, though. Going more for container gardens than in-the-dirt kinds.

It's building the containers that sucks.

re: #247 srb1976

Ah...about that. Soxfanforlife and elevenbravo had their respective division patches up as their avatars earlier, so I figured I'd display my old colors while I was thinking about it...

/3RD Infantry Division; Rock of the Marne

re: #253 Slumbering Behemoth

No shit. Take off without telling a soul to another country to have your chrome polished? C'mon. He's a freaking governor. It's inexcusable.

re: #253 Slumbering Behemoth

While it's true that the walking off the job thing is the more serious problem...I can't be the only one who was loving that his wife kicked him out of the house...can I?

re: #253 Slumbering Behemoth

His job abandonment, in my mind, is a much bigger problem than his extra-marital affair.

Same here.

He had a ticket for a ten-day trip, and no one seemed to know where he was or how to reach him.

Also, I may be wrong about this-- but isn't it hurricane season in SC?