I am losing my brain cells... does that mean I am losing me?

It's late and time to turn in to bed...

re: #2 boiledwombat

Nite, weet dreams...

I Love L.A.!

H/T Ojoe

Which statement seems more true: (1) I have a brain. (2) I am a brain.

— Douglas Hofstadter

I go with (3) Brain, brain, brain! What is brain?

Hiya, Late Night Lizards!
Are we geckos?

re: #6 Floral Giraffe

Hiya, Late Night Lizards!
Are we geckos?

I can't be, I'm still sober.

re: #4 Racer X

That's a great shot!
Thank you!

re: #4 Racer X

I Love L.A.!

H/T Ojoe

I can see my house. :-)

re: #7 FurryOldGuyJeans

Well, don't you know how to fix that?
Or, don't you want to.....

re: #4 Racer X

I Love L.A.!

H/T Ojoe

Ooooohh.....cap and trade....lots of money to be bilked made there.

re: #9 Pvt Bin Jammin

I can see my area.
But, do we REALLY need all those lights on at night?
I mean do we need street lights if our cars have headlights?
If we're going to really reduce energy consumption.
Just asking!

LA is the cultural capital of the world....J'lem is the spiritual capital of course...

re: #10 Floral Giraffe

Well, don't you know how to fix that?
Or, don't you want to.....

I'm busy working on it!

re: #12 Floral Giraffe

I can see my area.
But, do we REALLY need all those lights on at night?
I mean do we need street lights if our cars have headlights?
If we're going to really reduce energy consumption.
Just asking!

Start cutting back on the lights and watch the crime rate soar.

re: #12 Floral Giraffe

I can see my area.
But, do we REALLY need all those lights on at night?
I mean do we need street lights if our cars have headlights?
If we're going to really reduce energy consumption.
Just asking!

At my age I need all the light I can get to see. LOL

Rats! Looks like a missed the best troll slaughter we've had here in months. I hope you greedy lizards are satisfied, lounging around digesting those gamy buttocks while I went cold and hungry.

re: #15 FurryOldGuyJeans

Start cutting back on the lights and watch the crime rate soar.

That's true too.

Al Franken is a U.S. Senator? You've got to be fucking kidding me. I guess that trip to Bizarro World is now complete.

re: #17 Shiplord Kirel

Rats! Looks like a missed the best troll slaughter we've had here in months. I hope you greedy lizards are satisfied, lounging around digesting those gamy buttocks while I went cold and hungry.

I think it's still alive. No roast troll here tonight.
Might get one back on the Pat Boone thread, though!
:D

re: #16 Pvt Bin Jammin

At my age I need all the light I can get to see. LOL

Too many women (and a lot of men) want lots less light so as to hide what they consider is a defect. I'm not so easily fooled.

/ well, I am, but not with someone who is natural. ;)

re: #17 Shiplord Kirel

Rats! Looks like a missed the best troll slaughter we've had here in months. I hope you greedy lizards are satisfied, lounging around digesting those gamy buttocks while I went cold and hungry.

How did I miss it? I was on that sekret thread & last I saw unamerican was not banned. Was there another?

re: #20 Floral Giraffe

RETRACT, maybe....

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re: #22 Pvt Bin Jammin

How did I miss it? I was on that sekret thread & last I saw unamerican was not banned. Was there another?

That thing wasn't around long enough to get really sneery and primed for a bootin'.

re: #23 Floral Giraffe

Zero karma? PFFFFFFFT! That is a boil, not a troll.

re: #17 Shiplord Kirel

Rats! Looks like a missed the best troll slaughter we've had here in months. I hope you greedy lizards are satisfied, lounging around digesting those gamy buttocks while I went cold and hungry.

We saved you some brains.

re: #26 Sharmuta

We saved you some brains.

Where was this butchering? Sure wasn't in the last thread.

re: #24 FurryOldGuyJeans

That thing wasn't around long enough to get really sneery and primed for a bootin'.

Let's save it up for a big fourth of July BBQ.

re: #28 Pvt Bin Jammin

Let's save it up for a big fourth of July BBQ.

Gonna need some real putrid buns if I'm gonna BBQ up them gamy buttocks.

As usual, I have little to say. But much to sleep.

re: #30 pat

As usual, I have little to say. But much to sleep.

Good to see you anyway.

re: #30 pat

As usual, I have little to say. But much to sleep.

And here I can say more than enough for a whole troop of lizards. ;)

Braaaaaainz!

OK, that'll do. G'nite all.

re: #32 FurryOldGuyJeans

Is it just me, or have you been AWOL these last few days?

Nice seeing you on the LNDT's.

re: #34 pink freud

Is it just me, or have you been AWOL these last few days?

Nice seeing you on the LNDT's.

A really nasty thing called real life kidnapped me and held me hostage for a time.

Hello everyone :-)

re: #35 FurryOldGuyJeans

A really nasty thing called real life kidnapped me and held me hostage for a time.

Glad you escaped.

re: #36 pink freud

Hiya, Pink!

re: #17 Shiplord Kirel

It looks like it wasn't very sporting, though. Sometimes things are too easy.

However, the earlier flounce-off of Zimriel came as a surprise to many.

re: #38 BignJames

Howdy Bign!

re: #35 FurryOldGuyJeans

A really nasty thing called real life kidnapped me and held me hostage for a time.

Who paid the ransom?

re: #39 freetoken

That was stunning.

re: #41 freetoken

Who paid the ransom?

The beans did.

Pat! Nice to see you.

re: #39 freetoken

It was deleted by the time I saw it. Really surprised, though.

re: #39 freetoken

It looks like it wasn't very sporting, though. Sometimes things are too easy.

However, the earlier flounce-off of Zimriel came as a surprise to many.

Ummm, may I be so bold as to inquire exactly where this occurred?

re: #37 pink freud

Glad you escaped.

I didn't. ;)

re: #46 FurryOldGuyJeans

I think it was in the Tapscott thread.

Third option: "I eat brains "--the Living Dead

re: #35 FurryOldGuyJeans

A really nasty thing called real life kidnapped me and held me hostage for a time.

Well, that was just gosh darn rude of it. Did the same to me, too.

re: #49 calcajun

Hi!
Nice to "see" you on a late night!
I enjoy your posts.

re: #44 pink freud

Hi Pink!
*waves*

re: #52 Floral Giraffe

Hi sweetpea!

/Ditto on seeing Calcajun.

You guys realize today's the last day (well ...yesterday, actually) to send in recipes to Reine for Volume II?

re: #54 pink freud

Hey! I actually did it this time! Osso Bucco Canollini.

re: #45 Pvt Bin Jammin

It was a curious mix of Charles and Killgore Derangement.

re: #55 pat

Yum! Sharm, do you have any idea what the artwork will be for this one? I haven't heard a word about it.

re: #54 pink freud

I sent in classic paella and BBQ lamb roast. We'll see if it makes the cut, or the cutting room floor.

re: #54 pink freud

You guys realize today's the last day (well ...yesterday, actually) to send in recipes to Reine for Volume II?

Um, no, didn't know that.

/then again, skills in microwaving frozen burritos probably are not in high demand...

Nite all. Off to my book.

Check that - besides knowing how to use a microwave, I'm pretty good with the melon scoop.

re: #56 Sharmuta

It was a curious mix of Charles and Killgore Derangement.

Enough is retained in a couple of replies that it really was one nasty flounce.

re: #61 freetoken

That will not cool down the planet. Sorry. lol

re: #58 BigPapa

Those both sound divine. Paella ....awesome! I have a friend here who had a visitor from Spain ......they made a "cajun" paella, of all things .....shrimp and crawfish and more things than I can name ....it was incredible.

re: #54 pink freud

You guys realize today's the last day (well ...yesterday, actually) to send in recipes to Reine for Volume II?

You folks really don't need any of my uninspired recipes, really you don't.

re: #56 Sharmuta

It was a curious mix of Charles and Killgore Derangement.

Wow, really? I was kinda lurking while doing my paper work & saw Charles bye bye post.

re: #60 pat

Nite, Pat. Sleep well.

re: #59 freetoken

...then again, skills in microwaving frozen burritos probably are not in high demand...

Microwave the burrito till it's unfrozen but not really hot yet. Melt a bunch of Crisco (or even lard) in a shallow pan till it's 3/8" deep (one fat finger), fry that bugger on medium till it's brown, set in plate to cool down with cheese on it, put fresh salsa over the cheese, then, this is most important... nom nom nom.

re: #57 pink freud

I don't know, but I'm sure Jaunte will deliver another amazing piece of art.

I know I've sent in some good stuff, and one recipe that's not only tasty, but funny too.

re: #66 Pvt Bin Jammin

Wow, really? I was kinda lurking while doing my paper work & saw Charles bye bye post.

There are enough fragments still preserved to give quite a gist of what it was all about.

re: #64 pink freud

cajun paella... the mind reels. I want to master a Hawaiian paella. I think it's time to get my pan clean and oiled up.

re: #54 pink freud

You guys realize today's the last day (well ...yesterday, actually) to send in recipes to Reine for Volume II?

I never did get anything together, darn. Cooking isn't my thing these days. I suppose I will just have to enjoy trying recipes from the rest of you. There were a few good ones in the first book.

re: #68 BigPapa

It might need to be medium high if it's not a hot stove. If it's too cold too much oil/lard will soak into the burrito. It should be a vigorous bubble/fry but not splattering.

re: #69 Sharmuta

I'm so pleased with how the cookbook has taken off ....and the artwork itself is worth the purchase of the book

I hope tonight finds you well, Sharm .... I really did enjoy your bookthreads with Syrah on Sowell's book. Haven't read it yet, but just from your posts I learned quite a bit.

re: #70 FurryOldGuyJeans

There are enough fragments still preserved to give quite a gist of what it was all about.

I'll have to take a look at that thread again tomorrow if I have time, thanks.

re: #72 Pvt Bin Jammin

I requested the Limerick thread to be in the posting section.
That was awesome.
Amazing what some lizards can do.
I like to read it, can't do it at all.

re: #66 Pvt Bin Jammin

The flounce was more eloquent wordy than many, but it was still pissing on the carpet. I remember it now ... frankly, I would not have guessed Zimriel to have done it.

re: #76 Floral Giraffe

I saw a few of those go by but didn't see them all. That'll be great!

re: #77 freetoken

The flounce was more eloquent wordy than many, but it was still pissing on the carpet. I remember it now ... frankly, I would not have guessed Zimriel to have done it.

It seems to have just come out of nowhere, but then that is usually the way of things with established lizards going off the rails.

re: #74 pink freud

Thank you, Dear. I'm fine and hope you are too. I'm glad the book threads were helpful- they certainly helped me, but I have to give credit to Syrah. She has such a wonderful way of putting things, and she really helped. I'm so glad we read the book together. I'd love to see more Lizards do something like that with other books. (And I of course can't recommend Conflict enough.)

re: #77 freetoken

Word. I was a little shocked, but it's clear there was some long building latent issues bubbling over. The kicker was 'LGF is a non-conservative website' and essentially Charles non-response about Honduras (aside from posting threads) meant some tacit approval or disproval of it.
What ya gonna do?

They're Pinky and the Brain

re: #77 freetoken

The flounce was more eloquent wordy than many, but it was still pissing on the carpet. I remember it now ... frankly, I would not have guessed Zimriel to have done it.

I have to say, I was truly surprised. Always seemed like a good poster.

re: #82 wiffersnapper

They're Pinky and the Brain

Narf!

re: #79 FurryOldGuyJeans

It seems to have just come out of nowhere, but then that is usually the way of things with established lizards going off the rails.

No- usually there are tells. Zim was really out of left field.

Today in History, July 1st:
Click here for History Channel's July 1st video.

Highlights of this day in history: Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders go up San Juan Hill. Prince Charles officially becomes heir to the throne of England. Yassir Arafat returns to the Gaza Strip after 27 years in exile. Hong Long is returned to China from Britain.

Other notable July 1st events include:

1858 – The joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society.

1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.

1870 – The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.

1881 – The world's first international telephone call takes place between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.

1921 – The Communist Party of China is founded.

1931 – United Airlines began service (as Boeing Air Transport).

1963 – ZIP Codes are introduced for United States mail.

1980 – O Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.

1984 – The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.

2007 – Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces. With the ban already in force in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, this means it is illegal to smoke in indoor public places anywhere in the UK. The ban is also put into effect in Australia.

Hey Night Lizards! To tell the truth, I don't remember what it was like yesterday in Near Iowa. Right now, it's dark and cool.

Well, we made it thru another day in the Twilight Zone.

How are you-all and what are we talking about?

re: #1 freetoken

I am losing my brain cells... does that mean I am losing me?

re: #36 pink freud

Hello everyone :-)

Hi, pink!

re: #51 Floral Giraffe

Thanks--getting close to bedtime, though. C'Yall later.

More News from The Twilight Zone. Swedish Parents raising their child Gender-less. Link is to Dr. Sanity's post about it.

re: #90 calcajun

Thanks--getting close to bedtime, though. C'Yall later.

G'Nite, calcajun.

re: #80 Sharmuta

More or less ok, Sharm. Damned heat has been up near 103-105 every day for nearly two weeks. I hibernate inside as much as I can. This is very unusual for around here, especially in June/July. Sept and October is usually when we really swelter. I can't wait for December. LOL (that's when it will be comfortable, next)

re: #80 Sharmuta

I have been recommending the book to people I work with.

re: #80 Sharmuta

Hi Sharmuta!
I bought the Conflict book, and am hoping to get to read it in the next couple of weeks. And, maybe share it with my BIL. I'll search the spin offs for the threads on it. I agree, it is much more pleasant to discuss a book with friends, reading at the same time!

re: #90 calcajun

Sweet dreams.

re: #95 Floral Giraffe

Hi Sharmuta!
I bought the Conflict book, and am hoping to get to read it in the next couple of weeks. And, maybe share it with my BIL. I'll search the spin offs for the threads on it. I agree, it is much more pleasant to discuss a book with friends, reading at the same time!

It is also a big help when the book is a difficult read. This book benefits greatly from being read and discussed in groups.

re: #93 pink freud

More or less ok, Sharm. Damned heat has been up near 103-105 every day for nearly two weeks. I hibernate inside as much as I can. This is very unusual for around here, especially in June/July. Sept and October is usually when we really swelter. I can't wait for December. LOL (that's when it will be comfortable, next)

Yikes! Even Vegas won't get up to 102 this week (although it wouldn't be unusual if it did).

re: #89 gmsc

Hi Pi guy! Good to see you!

re: #99 pink freud

Hi Pi guy! Good to see you!

Howdy, PInk!
;)

Good to see you, as well.

re: #83 Pvt Bin Jammin

I have to say, I was truly surprised. Always seemed like a good poster.

Maybe we need to define a new disease - Sudden Flounce Syndrome (SFS)?

re: #100 gmsc

Howdy, PInk!
;)

Good to see you, as well.

If you had any idea how I struggled through my algebra and statistics classes, you would NOT associate me with Pi. LOL

/just not a math kinda girl

re: #102 pink freud

If you had any idea how I struggled through my algebra and statistics classes, you would NOT associate me with Pi. LOL

/just not a math kinda girl

Yeah, but calling you nk freud just sounds wrong.

re: #101 freetoken

Maybe we need to define a new disease - Sudden Flounce Syndrome (SFS)?

LOL I like it.

re: #103 gmsc

Yeah, but calling you nk freud just sounds wrong.

...the biggest problem being that it makes you sound like "North Korea" Freud.
;)

Evening folks...just dropping in while I wind down for bed....Hope y'all are havin' fun = )

File under, YOU are all Chicagoans Now:

(translate, corporations are only evil if they won't pay us off)

secondcitycop.blogspot.com

"Money for MillerCoors
Let's check the recent headlines:
Chicago Schools Cutting 550 Workers

City Council Approves Furlough Days

Union Workers Protest Layoffs at City Hall
And you can choose any of the recent headlines regarding Daley's nephew making money hand over fist and the Olympic Parade of dollars.

Then there's this story slipping under the radar:
MillerCoors LLC officially opened its headquarters in Chicago Friday in a project estimated by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's office to cost $21.8 million.

The new headquarters, at 250 S. Wacker Drive, for the joint venture that combines Milwaukee's Miller Brewing Co. and Colorado's Coors Brewing Co. will bring 325 jobs to Chicago, according to a Daley press release.

The city of Chicago agreed to provide $6 million in tax incremental financing funds for redevelopment of the property. In addition, the state of Illinois pledged an economic package of roughly $18 million to lure MillerCoors to Chicago over Dallas.
$6 million for MillerCoors. And our contract is two years and a day late so far. But hey, let's just lay off police and fire fighters to cover for our own ineptitude."

From here in Vegas, I bring you a treat from the Bellagio:

re: #105 gmsc

...the biggest problem being that it makes you sound like "North Korea" Freud.
;)

Yep. What a field day he could have with that regime, eh? Someone posted the history of goosestepping earlier .....very interesting.

re: #106 srb1976

Evening folks...just dropping in while I wind down for bed....Hope y'all are havin' fun = )

Evenin', srb!

Having fun as always!

re: #80 Sharmuta

Thank you, Dear. I'm fine and hope you are too. I'm glad the book threads were helpful- they certainly helped me, but I have to give credit to Syrah. She has such a wonderful way of putting things, and she really helped. I'm so glad we read the book together. I'd love to see more Lizards do something like that with other books. (And I of course can't recommend Conflict enough.)

You are a good lead.

re: #106 srb1976

Hi srb! How's the thumb? Better, I hope.

secondcity cop ALWAYS is an interesting read.

re: #106 srb1976

Evening folks...just dropping in while I wind down for bed....Hope y'all are havin' fun = )

Hey, good to see you. Winding down here myself.

re: #86 gmsc

thank god for PG 13.

re: #112 pink freud

Hi srb! How's the thumb? Better, I hope.

Some better, still a bit sore, but not all the time (Yay!)
Thanks for asking!

re: #111 Syrah

You are a good lead.

I'm still afraid to listen to that book. Still not totally over Jonah Goldberg's and still reeling over the Robert Caro trilogy about LBJ. I have it purchased and in my library.

I'm catching up on some history. Just finished the Thomas Paine biography by Christopher Hitchens --which gives a more European viewpoint on Paine.

I'm currently listening to the biography about Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles. Amazing man. Ruthless with a capital "r", but born to make money. No real education, functionally illiterate, but instinctively understood the possibilities of the corporate structure and acted.

We've had both kids out in the hot tub (with the heater turned WAY down...lukewarm) pretty much all week so far. Too much fun, and way easier then pools as Little Man will not do swim trunks (hates wet clothes of any kind)

re: #106 srb1976

Evening folks...just dropping in while I wind down for bed....Hope y'all are havin' fun = )

I can't sleep and am doing laundry. Does that sound like fun.

Glad you-all are here tho!

:)

re: #108 gmsc

What part of town are you in? I'm in North Las Vegas.

re: #115 mrshankly01

thank god for PG 13.

Scary thought for the day: X-rated movies ended before this year's college freshmen were born (NC-17 replaced X in 1990).

re: #120 sngnsgt

What part of town are you in? I'm in North Las Vegas.

I'm about as far east as you can go without living in Lake Mead.

re: #119 ggt

I can't sleep and am doing laundry. Does that sound like fun.

Glad you-all are here tho!

:)

Laundry, the reason procrastination was invented....yep sounds like a blast
//

Here is an intersting book site (linked from Dr. Sanity). I'm afraid to read it.

Hubby and I found a used book store while on vacation. The owner had died and the store was in transition. No great deals, but Lordy, I could have lived there. The man had been in the business for years and had a real knack for it. I just HAD to purchase some.

I could read for years just from my own stacks.

re: #123 srb1976

Laundry, the reason procrastination was invented....yep sounds like a blast
//

Just back from vacation. If I want clean underwear, I have to do laundry.

Some things can't be avoided.

re: #121 gmsc

i feel old.

of course, i wasn't old enough to see them in 1990.

re: #117 ggt

I don't think you need to be afraid to "Listen" to the book if you bought the audio version. Much like any audio book, you may find your self listening to it in parts and in the whole several times through.

Reading the book is more difficult because it is so rich in ideas and implications that it is very easy to stop reading and just sit and think about what you just read. The Audio version pushes you along, not giving the time or leeway to let you thoughts wonder off and chew and fret an idea over. In the same way, the trouble with the audio version is that you may wander off in thought about something you have just heard, and lose your place, having to backtrack the audio to a earlier point. (I did a lot of this.)

If I haven't lately, I want to THANK YOU for all the updings over the years. There are days when seeing Positive Karma really helps. I've been having more and more of those days lately. I blame it on the media.

So am I the only one who gets a not small amount of satisfaction from the Supremes' ruling that leaves Sotomayor tainted even though she will more than likely be confirmed for SCOTUS?

re: #125 ggt

Just back from vacation. If I want clean underwear, I have to do laundry.

Some things can't be avoided.

Oh, I understand (we still have one in the 6 clothing changes a day stage), I just don't envy you....fortunately for me, our washing machine has sprung a leak, and I am not allowed to laundry until better half gets it fixed. He has pnuemonia (that's not so fortunate) and it might be awhile...

re: #126 mrshankly01

i feel old.

of course, i wasn't old enough to see them in 1990.

Those same college freshmen also aren't old enough to have been alive when the Berlin Wall came down.

Blame the Beloit College Mindset List.

re: #129 pink freud

So am I the only one who gets a not small amount of satisfaction from the Supremes' ruling that leaves Sotomayor tainted even though she will more than likely be confirmed for SCOTUS?

I've been out of touch for a while. What happened?

re: #122 gmsc

i won fifty bucks on three pulls on the slots in Mccarran Airport today. Connecting flight.
Love those slot machines, always win.

re: #124 ggt

I'm the same way, ggt. I doubt I will ever own a Kindle. I could lose an entire day in a dusty old bookshop.

re: #131 gmsc

great link. that should occupy some time.

re: #133 mrshankly01

i won fifty bucks on three pulls on the slots in Mccarran Airport today. Connecting flight.
Love those slot machines, always win.

That's one airport where they never want you to be bored. McCarran also has some of the best free wifi anywhere in the world!

re: #127 Syrah

I don't think you need to be afraid to "Listen" to the book if you bought the audio version. Much like any audio book, you may find your self listening to it in parts and in the whole several times through.

Reading the book is more difficult because it is so rich in ideas and implications that it is very easy to stop reading and just sit and think about what you just read. The Audio version pushes you along, not giving the time or leeway to let you thoughts wonder off and chew and fret an idea over. In the same way, the trouble with the audio version is that you may wander off in thought about something you have just heard, and lose your place, having to backtrack the audio to a earlier point. (I did a lot of this.)

Syrah, it's not listening vs. reading that scares me. It's the content. I don't know how much more I can handle of "reality" right now. I do understand about ruminating over read passages in a book. I have a couple regarding reconstruction I can only read a chapter at a time. I tend to get upset that we have so much to learn and that society seems ignore the opportunity to learn from lessons of the past.

I've been trying to take a break (hide) in fiction and more straight-forward non-fiction (history). I find fiction especially healthy for the brain.

re: #130 srb1976

Oh, I understand (we still have one in the 6 clothing changes a day stage), I just don't envy you....fortunately for me, our washing machine has sprung a leak, and I am not allowed to laundry until better half gets it fixed. He has pnuemonia (that's not so fortunate) and it might be awhile...

oh dear, I hope you are enjoying the break.

Hope your better half feels better soon!

re: #132 gmsc

I've been out of touch for a while. What happened?

The second circuit court of appeals -- on which she sits -- ruled against Ricci, the white firefighter, basically saying that the test discriminated against racial minorities. The Supremes overturned her (2nd circ court) ruling.

re: #132 gmsc

I've been out of touch for a while. What happened?

JUSTICE

re: #139 pink freud

The second circuit court of appeals -- on which she sits -- ruled against Ricci, the white firefighter, basically saying that the test discriminated against racial minorities. The Supremes overturned her (2nd circ court) ruling.

re: #140 ggt

JUSTICE

Thanks! Good to hear on both counts.

re: #118 srb1976

Aren't the kids funny when they hate wet clothes?
My niece was a screamer, before she had words.
It took some doing to figure out the problem!
LOL!
Sounds like you have your kiddos figured out!

re: #136 gmsc

yea, the time passed quickly. i have given enough to Vegas n the past, I didn't feel bad about cashing out right away.

re: #140 ggt

the messiah came.

re: #140 ggt

JUSTICE

YES. That which seems to be in short supply in this PC world in which we live.

re: #131 gmsc

Those same college freshmen also aren't old enough to have been alive when the Berlin Wall came down.

Blame the Beloit College Mindset List.

"The Green Bay Packers (almost) always had the same starting quarterback."

the HORROR!

re: #130 srb1976

Hope your better half is feeling better soon.
Bag the laundry, it sucks to be sick!

re: #142 Floral Giraffe

Aren't the kids funny when they hate wet clothes?
My niece was a screamer, before she had words.
It took some doing to figure out the problem!
LOL!
Sounds like you have your kiddos figured out!

Ever since he quit peeing his pants, even one drop of something like moisture has been enough to set him "It's wet mommy, it's wet"
It doesn't even have to be wet, he just has to think he saw a drop fall on it.....too funny....except when it's not = )

Sleepy time, here.
Good night, lizards of the evening!
Sleep well.
Tomorrow is another day, another fight.

re: #149 Floral Giraffe

Night FG...

re: #149 Floral Giraffe

G'nite FG! Sleep well, nice to see you.

re: #149 Floral Giraffe

Good night...take care = )

re: #144 Mardukhai

the messiah came.

and I missed it!

re: #149 Floral Giraffe

Sleepy time, here.
Good night, lizards of the evening!
Sleep well.
Tomorrow is another day, another fight.

Good night, o long-necked lizard.

re: #137 ggt

The escape into fiction. I know it well. It is a path i have traveled often, much for the same reason that you have mentioned.

Douglass Addams' Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul are a lot of fun.

These are two fun books. (I confess that I know far more about the problem with the refrigerator in the first book than a person should.)

re: #131 gmsc

"IBM has never made typewriters"

How about --"What is a typewriter"?

freaky thought

re: #155 Syrah

The escape into fiction. I know it well. It is a path i have traveled often, much for the same reason that you have mentioned.

Douglass Addams' Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul are a lot of fun.

These are two fun books. (I confess that I know far more about the problem with the refrigerator in the first book than a person should.)

I also heartily reccomend Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett....

and I believe I was far more confused by the sofa in (i think) the second book = )

re: #157 srb1976

Yes, and America Gods by Gaiman. As good as Omens.

re: #156 ggt

"IBM has never made typewriters"

How about --"What is a typewriter"?

freaky thought

My mom was just musing the other day that she's gone from the days in which you had to rung up an operator to get another party on the phone (she had one of those phones in her house while growing up!) to the days of the iPhone.

re: #155 Syrah

The escape into fiction. I know it well. It is a path i have traveled often, much for the same reason that you have mentioned.

Douglass Addams' Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul are a lot of fun.

These are two fun books. (I confess that I know far more about the problem with the refrigerator in the first book than a person should.)

I read the first one a long time ago, I'll check-out the second.

Have you read "Water for Elephants"? Gosh, it was good. I'm still smiling, weeks after reading it.

I enjoy some of the young adult fiction for escape as well. The Artemis Fowl series makes me laugh.

re: #158 mrshankly01

AmericaN Gods that is

re: #158 mrshankly01

Does your nic refer to your golf game?

re: #122 gmsc

I'm about as far east as you can go without living in Lake Mead.

I'm here simply because I love the weather, and the Neurologists here than where I came from, NW PA. I lived here before for 11 years but went back east due to a family illness. I'll never do that again. I'm here for good, the only place I ever want to see s**w again is up on Mt Charleston. I don't gamble much, only when friends or relatives I care about visit.

re: #157 srb1976

I also heartily reccomend Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett....

and I believe I was far more confused by the sofa in (i think) the second book = )

I read a lot of Neil Gaimen years ago and found him so totally weird. I hear Stardust isn't as wierd as his usual stuff.

re: #161 mrshankly01

AmericaN Gods that is

Haven't read it, but if it's as good as good omens...I will definitely take a look = )

re: #162 BignJames

Haha, no. Maybe my years of soccer playing...It is a reference to an old Smiths song.

re: #161 mrshankly01

AmericaN Gods that is

One of the most Bizarre books I've ever read.

re: #165 srb1976

It made me wonder what Pratchett contributed to Omens.

re: #164 ggt

Me too. Quit cold right in the middle of American Gods.

re: #167 ggt

loved it.

re: #157 srb1976

I also heartily reccomend Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett....

and I believe I was far more confused by the sofa in (i think) the second book = )

THE SOFA! I forgot. teehee

re: #163 sngnsgt

I'm here simply because I love the weather, and the Neurologists here than where I came from, NW PA. I lived here before for 11 years but went back east due to a family illness. I'll never do that again. I'm here for good, the only place I ever want to see s**w again is up on Mt Charleston. I don't gamble much, only when friends or relatives I care about visit.

I always tell people that one of the best ways to quit a gambling habit is to move to Las Vegas. Living here, you get so bored with it, you don't even think about it!

re: #164 ggt

I read a lot of Neil Gaimen years ago and found him so totally weird. I hear Stardust isn't as wierd as his usual stuff.

He's a bit out there, but this book in particular reads a bit like...Douglas Adams does the apocalypse....sort of...very funny, lots of footnotes....funny footnotes....

But for a real break from reality, I like reading Kiplings Just So Stories out loud to Little Man (he doesn't really GET the stories yet, but he loves to listen to them....the sound of it is fun)

have to switch laundry --bbiab

re: #160 ggt

I read the first one a long time ago, I'll check-out the second.

Have you read "Water for Elephants"? Gosh, it was good. I'm still smiling, weeks after reading it.

I enjoy some of the young adult fiction for escape as well. The Artemis Fowl series makes me laugh.

So much to read, so little time. Sigh.

Bookmarked and added to the list.

re: #157 srb1976

I also heartily reccomend Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett....

and I believe I was far more confused by the sofa in (i think) the second book = )

The sofa was impossible. The Chainsaw was the only rational solution.

2 great ideas for new constitutional amendments:

The Brevity Act:

No law, bill, resolution or any act of Congress shall exceed 2000 words, including all footnotes, amendments and signatures. Congress shall not vote on any item longer than that. Each item requiring a vote shall be read aloud in its entirety in session to a majority of members. Those not in attendance may not vote on the item.

The Truth-In-Legislation Act:

Congress shall pass no bill, and no bill shall become law, which embraces more than one subject, that subject being clearly expressed in the title.

Bonus from the first link: A ready-made speech for those campaigning against Democrats in the 2010 election:

My opponent voted for a Bill he/she never read. Only an idiot would do that. Would you walk into a voting booth with a blindfold on and just push some buttons? Or would you read and consider what you’re voting on before you vote? I promise I will not vote for anything I haven’t read in its entirety.

re: #168 mrshankly01

It made me wonder what Pratchett contributed to Omens.

He must have something, I read somewhere that he is the most shoplifted author in the UK....anything worth stealing can't be all bad (Plus my dad raves about the discworld stuff...I haven't read it yet though)

re: #149 Floral Giraffe

Sweet dreams.

re: #176 Syrah

The sofa was impossible. The Chainsaw was the only rational solution.

But the real question, left for the reader, is how did it get there in the first place....the only answer...it didn't (I think)...it's been a long time = )

re: #175 Syrah

So much to read, so little time. Sigh.

Bookmarked and added to the list.

teehee!

re: #178 srb1976

I need to check it out, then. Thanks.

re: #178 srb1976

He must have something, I read somewhere that he is the most shoplifted author in the UK....anything worth stealing can't be all bad (Plus my dad raves about the discworld stuff...I haven't read it yet though)

I enjoyed the first Discworld. The only one I've read so far.

Good night lizards and thanks for the good company. I am fading fast.

re: #183 ggt

I enjoyed the first Discworld. The only one I've read so far.

I keep meaning to check them out, but never have time....
I like a little pure silliness every now and then...it keeps me sane(ish)

I actually knew Douglass Adams...

re: #184 Pvt Bin Jammin

Night PBJ.

re: #184 Pvt Bin Jammin

Good night lizards and thanks for the good company. I am fading fast.

G'Nite, PBJ!

'weet dreams!

re: #160 ggt

Artemis Fowl sounds like fun. (Bookmarked and added to the list.)

It reminded me of another series that sounds like it might be of similar vein.

The Stainless Steal Rat series by Harry Harrison.

re: #184 Pvt Bin Jammin

Good night = )

re: #172 gmsc

LOL, ain't that the truth! I only gambled once or twice a month when I'd get a decent bonus from work or out of town friends came to visit. I hit a Royal on a quarter machine @ Arizona Charlie's on Decatur once and I don't think I've dropped a quarter since.

re: #191 sngnsgt

LOL, ain't that the truth! I only gambled once or twice a month when I'd get a decent bonus from work or out of town friends came to visit. I hit a Royal on a quarter machine @ Arizona Charlie's on Decatur once and I don't think I've dropped a quarter since.

I've even tried gambling while waiting for someone in a casino, but it usually winds up with statements like, "Do I have to pull the handle again? I've already pulled it 3 whole times!"

re: #189 Syrah

Artemis Fowl sounds like fun. (Bookmarked and added to the list.)

It reminded me of another series that sounds like it might be of similar vein.

The Stainless Steal Rat series by Harry Harrison.

added to the wish list . . .

I also ennjoyed the Gideon Trilogy --although the 3rd isnt available on audio yet, so I haven't listened to it.

Artemis Fowl, BTW, is a mandatory Audio listen. At least the first book. Very well done.

re: #191 sngnsgt

LOL, ain't that the truth! I only gambled once or twice a month when I'd get a decent bonus from work or out of town friends came to visit. I hit a Royal on a quarter machine @ Arizona Charlie's on Decatur once and I don't think I've dropped a quarter since.

Better half and I always liked Boulder station when we went (once a month or so) but more for the strawberry shortcake than the poker machines

re: #186 Mardukhai

I actually knew Douglass Adams...

I would only want to hear that he was as fun to pal-around with as his books are to read.

Night everyone.

Ack! I have to get the kids up for daycare in like 4 hours.....off to bed with me!

Night folks = )

re: #192 gmsc

I've even tried gambling while waiting for someone in a casino, but it usually winds up with statements like, "Do I have to pull the handle again? I've already pulled it 3 whole times!"

Yep, they don't make these machines just to give away money. People don't understand the odds even on slots.

re: #194 srb1976

Better half and I always liked Boulder station when we went (once a month or so) but more for the strawberry shortcake than the poker machines

It's funny, but the off-strip casinos are beating the strip casinos in terms of percentage of hotel guests that play in the casino.

While 87% of people spend more than 4 hours a day gambling while they visit Vegas, most strip casinos can't even get near 10% of their hotel guests gambling in their casinos. Most of them average around 2-3%!

A 20-year study has found that all those open areas and distractions actually deter people from playing there. People who want to gamble actually feel more comfortable when they can focus on the machines and lose themselves in the gambling.

Ever notice the casinos never advertise in terms of casino odds anymore? "We pay off more than casino X . . ." No, they put all their money into advertising their shows, restaurants and stores because that's what's paying the strip hotel's bill, not their casinos.

re: #196 mrshankly01

Night everyone.

Good night, Mrshankly!

re: #200 gmsc

Night GMSC. Thanks.

re: #193 ggt

added to the wish list . . .

I also ennjoyed the Gideon Trilogy --although the 3rd isnt available on audio yet, so I haven't listened to it.

Artemis Fowl, BTW, is a mandatory Audio listen. At least the first book. Very well done.

So another is added to the growing list.

As for good audio books, Treasure Island, read by Neil Hunt is very good.

re: #194 srb1976

Better half and I always liked Boulder station when we went (once a month or so) but more for the strawberry shortcake than the poker machines

The eating is good and cheap here in Vegas, they don't want your money in the restaurants, they want it on the tables and in the slots.

re: #198 sngnsgt

Yep, they don't make these machines just to give away money. People don't understand the odds even on slots.

I remember a friend of mine proposing a bet. He said, "I'll fill 3 football fields with M&M's, spread evenly across the field, and stacking them 10 deep. Somewhere, among all those M&M's will be 1 (and only one) silver M&M. For $1, I'll blindfold you, you can go into anyone of the 3 fields, and pick out an M&M at random. If you pick out the one silver M&M, I'll give you $20 million dollars."

The person to whom he was talking said, "That's silly - ludicrous, even! Who would pay to make such a stupid bet?"

His reply? "Everyone who buys a lottery ticket. The odds and conditions are almost identical."

Its is late friends.

This Lizard is beginning to drift.

I have a rough day at the office scheduled for tomorrow.

Must get some sleep.

Goodnight.

Play nice and don't fight over the fruit cup.

re: #205 Syrah

Its is late friends.

This Lizard is beginning to drift.

I have a rough day at the office scheduled for tomorrow.

Must get some sleep.

Goodnight.

Play nice and don't fight over the fruit cup.

Good night, Syrah!

re: #204 gmsc

Yet inevitably, we will see the news stories of the shy cowboy or the group of factory workers who *will* win that lottery.

/ever seen a silver M&M? ;-)

re: #204 gmsc

Exactly. If you live here, I don't know about you, but I can't afford to gamble. It ain't cheap to live out here, but to me, the weather makes it worth it.

re: #205 Syrah

G'nite Syrah. Sleep well!

I remember leaving last night about 1 a.m. (local time).

When I looked at the thread the next morning, there were only about 4 posts between my last post and littleoldlady's fruitcup post an hour later!

re: #207 pink freud

Yet inevitably, we will see the news stories of the shy cowboy or the group of factory workers who *will* win that lottery.

/ever seen a silver M&M? ;-)

Yep - several times in fact. Here in Las Vegas, we have M&M's world, with M&M colors that aren't available anywhere else.

re: #211 gmsc

Well I've never seen one! :P

M&M world ....cool

Been to Vegas once and that was enough. I think that was where I really realized that masses of humanity really aren't my thing.

re: #212 pink freud

Well I've never seen one! :P

M&M world ....cool

Been to Vegas once and that was enough. I think that was where I really realized that masses of humanity really aren't my thing.

It's right next to Coca-Cola World, funnily enough.

We'll have to get you to M&M's World somehow. They not only have unique colors, but you can personalize them with your own words and even pictures now (how's that for a wedding reception desert – M&M's with pictures of the happy couple!).

re: #202 Syrah

So another is added to the growing list.

As for good audio books, Treasure Island, read by Neil Hunt is very good.

thanks!

re: #189 Syrah

I really enjoyed the Stainless Steel Rat books. Great fun!

re: #213 gmsc

I was there ten years ago ....a skiing trip to Tahoe with an overnite in Vegas. I was in a relatively new relationship at the time. The guy became unrecognizable once he hit the casinos ...just went nuts. He won 12 grand in a hot streak on the poker tables and bought a thousand dollar bottle of something or the other to celebrate.

Once we got back here he insisted we make a trip out to one of the local Indian reservation casinos. He lost 6 grand in half an hour and would NOT leave. I left him there and came home alone. That was about the end of that.

It was like he was possessed. I can't do possessed.

/Although I do like a friendly poker game every now and then.

The 21st century version of Bill Gates' "640K out to be enough for anybody" quote:

"We’ve learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone. PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They’re not going to just walk in."
–Palm CEO Ed Colligan in 2006, after first hearing about Apple's plans to release the iPhone

3 hot dogs + tater tots = awesome

re: #218 TheMatrix31

Matrix! Good morning!

/yep, agreed

re: #216 pink freud

I was there ten years ago ....a skiing trip to Tahoe with an overnite in Vegas. I was in a relatively new relationship at the time. The guy became unrecognizable once he hit the casinos ...just went nuts. He won 12 grand in a hot streak on the poker tables and bought a thousand dollar bottle of something or the other to celebrate.

Once we got back here he insisted we make a trip out to one of the local Indian reservation casinos. He lost 6 grand in half an hour and would NOT leave. I left him there and came home alone. That was about the end of that.

It was like he was possessed. I can't do possessed.

/Although I do like a friendly poker game every now and then.

{ { { { pink freud } } } }

We'll have to get you here and create some positive Vegas memories for you.

re: #220 gmsc

No gambling! ;-)

re: #219 pink freud

Matrix! Good morning!

/yep, agreed

Good morning! I havent eaten anything all day!

re: #221 pink freud

No gambling! ;-)

No problem! There's plenty more to do here.

Want to avoid crowds? We'll take you off the strip (Most people never leave it the entire time).

Want to avoid everybody? We'll take you to Red Rock Canyon.

Want to take in a free Fashion Show that appears out of nowhere? Relax at the Bellagio fountains? Eat some silver M&M's? We can do that.

I still havent been to Vegas since turning 21...

I think pink freud is off packing already . . .

<G>

re: #224 TheMatrix31

I still havent been to Vegas since turning 21...

Come back, then! It's time.

re: #216 pink freud

He won 12 grand in a hot streak on the poker tables and bought a thousand dollar bottle of something or the other to celebrate.

To squander big money on sparkling fermented grape juice is a sin. I use to buy this stuff less then $8.00 a bottle.

re: #222 TheMatrix31

Go eat, mon cher!

re: #223 gmsc

That all sounds very nice. :-)

re: #228 pink freud

Go eat, mon cher!

Just before fruitcup?

re: #225 gmsc

Haha! I did leave for a bit! (Why does my 19 year old decide that he needs to put up a shelf in his room at 4 am?)

re: #227 Ateam

The whole thing was rather ridiculous. Just not my thing, at all ....

re: #231 pink freud

Haha! I did leave for a bit! (Why does my 19 year old decide that he needs to put up a shelf in his room at 4 am?)

He's not think of other.

Maybe he's just shelfish!
*RIMSHOT*

re: #233 gmsc

He's not thinking of others.

Maybe he's just shelfish!
*RIMSHOT*

re: #233 gmsc

LOL! My night-owl blood runs in his veins, methinks.

re: #226 gmsc

Come back, then! It's time.

I'd be there if I had some cash!

I just wanna come eat and play poker. Most of my friends are into that club nonsense.

weet dreams all!

re: #237 ggt

weet dreams all!

GN, GGT!

re: #237 ggt

g'nite ggt. sleep well.

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

PINK! :-)

re: #240 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

Good morning, littleoldlady. Or, as my mom would say, "Good morning, fruitcup!"

Thanks! Yummy!

re: #232 pink freud

re: #227 Ateam

The whole thing was rather ridiculous. Just not my thing, at all ....

:

re: #241 littleoldlady

Hi CUTIE! And here I was about to fall asleep!

re: #240 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

morning lady (here is noon)

gmsc! :-)

/think twice about clicking the link
//may be THE WORST movie ever made

;-)

re: #240 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

I wonder how fruitcup goes with tater tots and ketchup.....

re: #245 Ateam

morning lady (here is noon)

Ateam! :-)

I would add "noon" to my repertoire but I'm old, and that would be a new trick. ;-)

re: #244 pink freud

Hi CUTIE! And here I was about to fall asleep!

Sleep is for WUSSES!

How the hell ARE YOU?

re: #247 TheMatrix31

Matrix! :-)

I'm thinking BLECH.

re: #240 littleoldlady

Oinky little me, I snuck in for fruitcup.

theheat! :-)

That's what 5 am is for!

/bon appetit!

re: #249 littleoldlady

I am TIRED! LOL

/And I still have to go put squirrel-o's breakfast out there on his feeder before I can sleep. (I am in the camp that doesn't think of them as rats with fur and a long tail. Or something.)

/How the heck are you?

re: #249 littleoldlady

re: #246 littleoldlady

gmsc! :-)

/think twice about clicking the link
//may be THE WORST movie ever made

;-)

I don't care for the movie, but I actually enjoy the music.

As for "Good Morning Starshine"? Leonard Nimoy did it best.
;)