Judiciary committee hearing?

re: #1 rightside

Judiciary committee hearing?

I thought it might be the NY State Senate?

I spent a very pleasant day speaking with Nazis.

(Before you downding, this is part I)

re: #2 Nevergiveup

Prolly 9th circuit.

Sonia? Is that you?

re: #3 EmmmieG

I spent a very pleasant day speaking with Nazis.

(Before you downding, this is part I)

What's part 2 a day with hamas?
/

The Simpsons where Homer goes to clown college is one of the classics.

The US has had this show for many years. Here it's called C-SPAN.

A day at the UN.

That's just creepy. Clowns never bothered me until it came out that Gacy was a clown -- after that I never looked at a clown the same way again.

re: #3 EmmmieG

I spent a very pleasant day speaking with Nazis.

(Before you downding, this is part I)

I'm listening...

that was a very clever vid...thanks Charles....I loved it

Clowns. Scary.

re: #1 rightside

Judiciary committee hearing?

Last week's Meet the Press.

I swear I saw Pelosi at around the 1:00 mark.

When the clown wakes up at the end it gets really scary.

Part II--

We went out to Fort Stevens today for the WWII reenactment. It was fun, but over quickly. The Allies won. (Actually, a true Fort Stevens reenactment would be to have a Japanese sub surface off-short and launch artillary at the base, but I doubt there are any reenactors wealthy enough to own surplus Japanese subs.)

We walked around afterwards and looked at all of their stuff. The Germans had taken over one of the old concrete bunker and set up shop. It was quite impressive. They had cooked a mess and were going to eat on tableclothes. Somebody had brought in some old posters (nothing too offensive). A very nice gentlemen with a replica of a German army motorbike let my boys climb all over it, making them very happy.

The allies were in a tent village below. They were eating rations from a can (however, as the granddaughter of an American soldier, I must root for them.) One reenactor had collected every or close to every rifle or handgun issued to the soldiers. Another had the entire kit of a paratrooper. Lots of jeeps (no touchy, though.)

The Germans did have a sign up explaining that they had taken to portray Germans because someone had to, or there would be no reenactment. They had been an Allied group, but switched because there weren't enough Germans to have reenactments. They also made it very clear they disavowed all Nazi philosophy.

Fun day.

re: #10 Pianobuff

That's just creepy. Clowns never bothered me until it came out that Gacy was a clown -- after that I never looked at a clown the same way again.

ARGH! That needed an alert! EWWW How do I UN-THINK an image!

The joys of Sharia.

The biggest clown of all, and the joke's on us.

Squeaker of the Louse.

That seemed to work.

re: #20 jcm

Holy shit! I am going to have nightmares now!

re: #17 EmmmieG

Love it at Ft. Stevens, was camping there a year ago with my sister and her family.

re: #13 Thanos

loved your last entry on your blog...waiting for more

re: #20 jcm

The biggest clown of all, and the joke's on us.

Squeaker of the Louse.

An improvement.

re: #22 rightside

Holy shit! I am going to have nightmares now!

Two heart beats from the Presidency.....

I'm having night terrors!

re: #20 jcm

The biggest clown of all, and the joke's on us.

Squeaker of the Louse.

NICE!

What is your phone number so I can call you in the middle of the night when I can't sleep?!?

re: #20 jcm

The biggest clown of all, and the joke's on us.

Squeaker of the Louse.

good lord....where's your respect!

clowns............can only handle certain ones..........

i think the photo of soto on the side bar fits right in the video--AAARRGGHHH

re: #29 IslandLibertarian

clowns............can only handle certain ones..........

That tickles my funny bone......

re: #19 Killgore Trout

The joys of Sharia.

LOL!

re: #31 jcm

Is that what they're calling them these days?

well, my two clown cents.

re: #31 jcm

That tickles my funny bone......

only your funny bone???? no other bone??

clown music....

re: #32 Sharmuta

I actually did a quick google to see if the RoP was seething over the episode. I wouldn't have been surprised but nobody seems to have complained.

In a better world, I would have been a clown. Road not taken and all.
Or a shepherd.

I had some practical career desires.

re: #16 Charles

When the clown wakes up at the end it gets really scary.

The old shaving cream trick, tickling the nose thing probably wouldn't have gone over well.

I recommend "He, Who Gets Slapped" to anyone who likes films.

The pinnacle of clown/science fusion films.

re: #38 jones

In a better world, I would have been a clown. Road not taken and all.
Or a shepherd.

I had some practical career desires.

i always wanted to be a drummer in a rock band, since now that is not possible, i want to be a tamborine player for the rolling stones. i still have hope.

re: #41 mikeymom

i always wanted to be a drummer in a rock band, since now that is not possible, i want to be a tamborine player for the rolling stones. i still have hope.

Reminds me of the Steven Wright bit where he introduces himself as a Jewish cowboy..... Bucky Goldstein.

re: #41 mikeymom

i always wanted to be a drummer in a rock band, since now that is not possible, i want to be a tamborine player for the rolling stones. i still have hope.

I wanted to play cowbell for BOC.

/not gonna happen

I'm rooting for you.

re: #41 mikeymom

i always wanted to be a drummer in a rock band, since now that is not possible, i want to be a tamborine player for the rolling stones. i still have hope.

re: #42 Pianobuff

Reminds me of the Steven Wright bit where he introduces himself as a Jewish cowboy..... Bucky Goldstein.

heh--

my last wife...every Halloween she would drag out her clown stuff from her childrens theater years...spend a couple hours getting ready and mime her way (mostly) through the evening....we has a lot of kids come by where we lived...she would go out in front and perform while handing out candy...parents and kids would pile up to watch her and take pictures and vids...twenty thirty people...man, I love that woman

Creepy dancing clown

again:

clown. scary.

littlegreenfootballs.com...] target="_blank">

i am of the woodstock generation--we lived 50 miles from there-hubby would not take me-i still hold it against him after 42 yrs of marriage--(and sometimes he still rubs back!)

re: #41 mikeymom

i always wanted to be a drummer in a rock band, since now that is not possible, i want to be a tamborine player for the rolling stones. i still have hope.

don't hold your breath...(I've had a similar fantasy)

re: #37 Killgore Trout

I actually did a quick google to see if the RoP was seething over the episode. I wouldn't have been surprised but nobody seems to have complained.

Why would the RoPers be upset?

re: #49 mikeymom

i am of the woodstock generation--we lived 50 miles from there-hubby would not take me-i still hold it against him after 42 yrs of marriage--(and sometimes he still rubs back!)

the movie was better....

When my sisters and I were kids - 40s - G'ma would hire a puppeteer who did Punch and Judy shows at our birthday parties.

What a flashback - Punch was the puppet with the axe in the video.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

Quite a deep psych punch.

re: #50 albusteve

don't hold your breath...(I've had a similar fantasy)

you dream killer you!!! im still hot and sexy--oh wait-nver mind

re: #48 jcm

Try again...

Thread back #95

re: #37 Killgore Trout

I actually did a quick google to see if the RoP was seething over the episode. I wouldn't have been surprised but nobody seems to have complained.

You might be the only one who has noticed the similarity. The creepy clowns really work at distracting from the metaphor.

/Coulrophobia

re: #52 albusteve

the movie was better....

i still have the 3 vinyl set--sigh

re: #37 Killgore Trout

I guess they don't think of themselves as clowns.

re: #57 Killian Bundy

thats just scaryyyyyyyy ........................

Creeping sharia is creepier.

re: #60 Gella

clowns are not scary-spiders are-hubby just replaced the sticky traps in basement today-OMG

Well, I think this song is obligatory:

re: #62 mikeymom

clowns are not scary-spiders are-hubby just replaced the sticky traps in basement today-OMG

spiders are grossing me out :(

I hear Wakko Warner has some serious clownophobia

/coild be worse

re: #51 VegasRick

Why would the RoPers be upset?

I'm pretty sure it's a commentary on Sharia: A nightmarish farcical proceeding where they cut off your hand for stealing. Note that the puppet accuses the clown of stealing his act and they cut off his hand as punishment. That's sharia.

re: #37 Killgore Trout

I actually did a quick google to see if the RoP was seething over the episode. I wouldn't have been surprised but nobody seems to have complained.

If one of the clown has a red beard, maybe they would have made the connection.

re: #66 Killian Bundy

here is the list pick one
[Link: www.phobialist.com...]

Clothing- Vestiphobia.

re: #64 Gella

spiders are grossing me out :(

Combine the two....
Spider Clown....

re: #69 Gella

here is the list pick one
[Link: www.phobialist.com...]

Clothing- Vestiphobia.

No thanks. I have a fear of lists.

re: #70 jcm

Combine the two....
Spider Clown....

i refuse to click on that--you will burn

Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world

Gorgeous

phobia of Work- Ergophobia or Ponophobia.

re: #54 mikeymom

you dream killer you!!! im still hot and sexy--oh wait-nver mind

I know millionaires who have road tripped with the Stones....getting anywhere near the stage is strictly forbidden (especially?) even if you are a major star....Mick Jagger is ferociously protective of his space, even back into the darkest shadows...**but there I was...trading licks with Kieth and Woody!**

re: #73 SasquatchOnSteroids

Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world

Gorgeous

Watch in HD and full screen people, it's worth it.

re: #72 mikeymom

i refuse to click on that--you will burn

*innocent look*

*whistling*

Huh? Who? Me?

re: #67 Killgore Trout

I'm pretty sure it's a commentary on Sharia: A nightmarish farcical proceeding where they cut off your hand for stealing. Note that the puppet accuses the clown of stealing his act and they cut off his hand as punishment. That's sharia.

Very good! I did not make the connection. I do see it now.

re: #75 albusteve

I know millionaires who have road tripped with the Stones....getting anywhere near the stage is strictly forbidden (especially?) even if you are a major star....Mick Jagger is ferociously protective of his space, even back into the darkest shadows...**but there I was...trading licks with Kieth and Woody!**

yeah but- one look at me and he will swoon-you dont know me-

re: #70 jcm

Combine the two....
Spider Clown....

Then of course there is the clown spider.

A bit of HE

re: #76 jcm

Watch in HD and full screen people, it's worth it.

As one of the divers, it would be creepy to get pooped on in there. At least there are no flying birds as big as a whale out here in the woods.

re: #76 jcm

oooh, that is cool. It does remind me that I'm pretty sure Mr. Goldfish has finally been eated after 8 or 9 years. He was one of those fancy goldfish you buy in pet stores and he survived freezing winters, countless raccoon and heron raids and water quality problems that no other fish could survive. Had a raccoon raid last week and haven't seen him since. I hope he was delicious.

re: #80 Thanos

Then of course there is the clown spider.

AAARRRRGGGHHHHHH!

*Throws laptop out the window*

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re: #79 mikeymom

yeah but- one look at me and he will swoon-you dont know me-

well that it right there...of course you know his sexual perversions were bibical...any woman seen or associated with him is considered complicit...go for it!

re: #80 Thanos

daamn you! i clicked--if any mentiones a wolf spider, i will well-not like you. STOP mow with the spiders.

re: #85 albusteve

well that it right there...of course you know his sexual perversions were bibical...any woman seen or associated with him is considered complicit...go for it!

wtf does that mean?

These clowns should be eaten slowly by a thousand wolf spiders. This is not freaking human.....and Obama wants to chat??
[Link: www.jpost.com...]

re: #86 mikeymom

daamn you! i clicked--if any mentiones a wolf spider, i will well-not like you. STOP mow with the spiders.

I am going to Recluse myself from comment.

If those clowns didn't scare you enough, here's a real San Francisco Treat: Ouchy the S&M Clown!

re: #67 Killgore Trout

I'm pretty sure it's a commentary on Sharia: A nightmarish farcical proceeding where they cut off your hand for stealing. Note that the puppet accuses the clown of stealing his act and they cut off his hand as punishment. That's sharia.

I'm telling you- the clowns are effective masks to hide the metaphor. The endless possibilities for social commentary by effectively using theatre to conceal parables has been known for centuries. The Greeks knew this to be true...

re: #88 tradewind

These clowns should be eaten slowly by a thousand wolf spiders. This is not freaking human.....and Obama wants to chat??
[Link: www.jpost.com...]

i will not open that and i dont think i like you

re: #76 jcm
I just want to sit in front of it and watch for hours!

re: #76 jcm

Watch in HD and full screen people, it's worth it.

Holly Crap. Imagine how big that little box of fish food must be.

re: #87 mikeymom

wtf does that mean?

exactly what it says....altho I'm sure he has cooled off over the years

re: #84 jcm

AAARRRRGGGHHHHHH!

*Throws laptop out the window*

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They jump.

re: #89 VegasRick

I am going to Recluse myself from comment.

Trying to Funnel this into a pun thread?

re: #92 mikeymom

Whatev.....

re: #97 jcm

Trying to Funnel this into a pun thread?

Never!
/

re: #91 Sharmuta

It's effective disguise for social commentary. No one thinks the clown act is about them. "Those other guys are some clowns, huh."

Common North American Spiders.

Lot's of beautiful images of spiders.

re: #94 HelloDare

Holly Crap. Imagine how big that little box of fish food must be.

lol
Did you notice the divers wandering around on the aquarium floor?

re: #98 tradewind

you KNOW that was a joke son

BBIAB hubby has dinner ready

re: #91 Sharmuta

I'm telling you- the clowns are effective masks to hide the metaphor. The endless possibilities for social commentary by effectively using theatre to conceal parables has been known for centuries. The Greeks knew this to be true...

I think you're right. This kind of commentary, especially in the UK, is very tricky. The clowns made a nice distraction for the metaphor.

re: #101 jcm

Actually, I like spiders and never kill them. If I find one in my flat, I just capture him in a cup, and take him outside.

A guy doing some repairs under my house got bit by a recluse spider. Major ouch. Never goes anywhere without bug spray.

re: #102 lurking faith

lol
Did you notice the divers wandering around on the aquarium floor?

I like all the tourist taking flash pictures. The tank is well lighted, they are in the dark, a flash they're going to get reflections.

re: #106 mikalm

Actually, I like spiders and never kill them. If I find one in my flat, I just capture him in a cup, and take him outside.

I do the same thing............and then I STOMP ON THE DAMN THING!

re: #108 jcm

I like all the tourist taking flash pictures. The tank is well lighted, they are in the dark, a flash they're going to get reflections.

That might very well get added to my "to do" list.
Absolutely stunning.

After Sotomayor and about two or three more Obama appointments, that is what a session of the Supreme Court is going to look like.

re: #109 VegasRick

I do the same thing............and then I STOMP ON THE DAMN THING!

Not me. The arachnids & I have a common enemy/prey: flies and insects.

The only good video containing a clown is the one where the little baby on the e-trade commercial lipsyncs about hiring a clown with all his profit and adds... ' I kind of underestimated the creep factor'........

re: #112 mikalm

You might want to check for a fiddle-shaped marking on the abdomen next time before showing all that mercy......

re: #106 mikalm

Actually, I like spiders and never kill them. If I find one in my flat, I just capture him in a cup, and take him outside.

I do the same thing, they keep other bugs down.

turn that clown upside down

re: #111 zombie

I figure Soto for Souter is a wash.
It's who's on deck that creeps me out.

re: #111 zombie

After Sotomayor and about two or three more Obama appointments, that is what a session of the Supreme Court is going to look like.

Congress already looks like a clown convention.

re: #114 tradewind

You might want to check for a fiddle-shaped marking on the abdomen next time before showing all that mercy......

I suppose I could make an exception for violin spiders and black widows, but I've never seen one inside my dwelling space. They tend to hang out more in garages, basements, crawlspaces, etc.

re: #115 jcm

I do the same thing, they keep other bugs down.

Repression man!

re: #106 mikalm
Would you do the same for a scorpion? If yes I will send some to you. I have plenty around my house along with torantulas. What is your addresssssss?

re: #120 VegasRick

Repression man!

Yeah, I'll admit it.

I'm a bugist.

re: #115 jcm

I do the same thing, they keep other bugs down.

I have all kinds of critters coming and going...spiders too, I don't pay much attention

If a fear of the moon is selenophobia and a fear of bats is chiroptophobia, then I guess a fear of moonbats is selenochiroptophobia.

re: #81 jones

his gaze as she prepares to sew on the heart..........how many of us guys know exactly how he feels?

/can't we just be friends? (where would you like the bullet to the brain? right or left temple?)

Oh dear. It certainly is very...European.

So, here's a video of a Canadian:

Truly, it is not easy being green...

re: #121 Cathypop

Scorpions also can be excepted. Although I'd feel bad about killing one since that's my astrological symbol.

As for tarantulas: I've always heard that the U.S. species aren't poisonous -- just incredibly ugly and creepy.

re: #124 HelloDare

Another term for fear of moonbats is common sense.

Who here hates arachnids yet enjoys eating lobster & crab -- the spiders of the ocean?

Another creepy clown photo:
[Link: www.flickr.com...]

re: #124 HelloDare

For me, "fear" isn't the word. "Contempt" and "disgust" are far closer.

Don't have a phobia about clowns, but some of them are definitely creepy, and I can certainly understand people who do have a phobia about them.

re: #127 mikalm
Keep your fingers crossed that you never get stung by your astrological symbol. Tarantulas I don't mind but they make my grand son scream like a little girl.

re: #131 mikalm

For me, "fear" isn't the word. "Contempt" and "disgust" are far closer.

I fear what they will do. In that sense, I'm selenochiroptophobic.

re: #128 tradewind

Another term for fear of moonbats is common sense.

From The Bible, Proverbs, Chapter 1, Verse 7:" The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline".

any fear of bugs is ridiculous...take drugs or whatever and get over it

re: #129 mikalm

Who here hates arachnids yet enjoys eating lobster & crab -- the spiders of the ocean?

Well, the crab may be the spider of the ocean, I'll grant you that. The lobster, on the other clawhand, is the scorpion of the sea, just without a stinger, and the tail curls the wrong way.
/Next topic, teh sea kittehs!

I heard the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Clown College gave Joe Biden an honorary red nose.

I didn't know this until just recently, but when she was a kid, my daughter had a huge fear of clowns, thought they were very creepy. She had a clown in her stuffed-toy collection that I would always put at the top of the pile, only to find it buried at the bottom later, and so I'd move it to the top, etc. It was just recently that she told me that she was trying to get the thing out of her sight.

re: #138 HelloDare

I heard the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Clown College gave Joe Biden an honorary red nose.

So that's where Slick Willy got his... /

re: #133 Cathypop

Yes, I've heard their venom is very nasty.

I have a pendant made of a real scorpion encased in lucite, and backed with glow-in-the-dark material. It definitely creeps people out at parties!

re: #73 SasquatchOnSteroids

Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world

Gorgeous

Wow..that was beautiful

re: #138 HelloDare

I heard the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Clown College gave Joe Biden an honorary red nose.

After three Washington DC cocktail parties, he develops his own.
Now, don't any of you Lizards get on me for starting a sentence with a PREPOSITION!

Can't sleep. Clowns'll eat me.
Can't sleep. Clowns'll eat me.
Can't sleep. Clowns'll eat me.
Can't sleep. Clowns'll eat me.

re: #84 jcm

AAARRRRGGGHHHHHH!

*Throws laptop out the window*

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I do not understand that spider thing. WTF?

re: #137 NelsFree

Well, the crab may be the spider of the ocean, I'll grant you that. The lobster, on the other clawhand, is the scorpion of the sea, just without a stinger, and the tail curls the wrong way.
/Next topic, teh sea kittehs!

And of course shrimp are sea worms!

re: #140 sngnsgt

So that's where Slick Willy got his... /

No he got the coveted Seltzer Down The Pants Award.

re: #146 mikalm

And of course shrimp are sea worms!

Think about this.
If lobster and crab lived on dry land, would you eat them?

re: #138 HelloDare

I heard the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Clown College gave Joe Biden an honorary red nose.

He earned that red nose!
*Think - "The Villages".

I don't like clowns..or puppets. Maybe I liked LambChop, a little...

re: #148 IslandLibertarian

Think about this.
If lobster and crab lived on dry land, would you eat them?

vast herds of giant lobster, grazing on the endless prairie...delicious

re: #150 SummerSong

I don't like clowns..or puppets. Maybe I liked LambChop, a little...

I liked Homey the Clown on In Living Color.

My kind of clown.

re: #148 IslandLibertarian

Think about this.
If lobster and crab lived on dry land, would you eat them?

Or fish, for that matter.

re: #139 reine.de.tout

I didn't know this until just recently, but when she was a kid, my daughter had a huge fear of clowns, thought they were very creepy. She had a clown in her stuffed-toy collection that I would always put at the top of the pile, only to find it buried at the bottom later, and so I'd move it to the top, etc. It was just recently that she told me that she was trying to get the thing out of her sight.

This is what did it for me:

[Link: www.prairieghosts.com...]

I was a teenager and I was hitchhiking during the time he was picking up his victims. shiver

re: #148 IslandLibertarian

Think about this.
If lobster and crab lived on dry land, would you eat them?

IL ... yes ...

re: #1 rightside

Judiciary committee hearing?

Nope, just family and friends of another group of clowns, the insane clown posse.

re: #151 albusteve

vast herds of giant lobster, grazing on the endless prairie...delicious

What about Rocky Mountain Oysters?

re: #150 SummerSong

I don't like clowns..or puppets. Maybe I liked LambChop, a little...

Here's one that hates you, too.

re: #148 IslandLibertarian

Think about this.
If lobster and crab lived on dry land, would you eat them?

Hell

Yeah.

re: #144 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Can't sleep. Clowns'll eat me.
Can't sleep. Clowns'll eat me.
Can't sleep. Clowns'll eat me.
Can't sleep. Clowns'll eat me.

Clowns scare the ever lovin' horsesqueeze out of me. I will now be up all night.

Shitty product updates

I just tore 10 sets of nearly new venetian blinds out of my newly purchased rent house and threw them in the dumpster. The reason? There is no apparent way to make them come down once they are up. If you pull on one little cord, they go up. Pull on the other one, they go up. Pull on both at the same time, they go up. The previous owner said you just have to jiggle with them for a while, the key to all technical operations in Lubbock. I don't think that is good enough. This junk was made by "Beautiful Window Enterprises" of Tangsha Taiwan and is sold by Wally World and unscrupulous retailers throughout the land.

The other garbage that has hit the can is the infamous Firefox browser, which can take as long as 20 minutes to re-start after an unexpected shutdown (and up to five minutes normally) and which has the slowest scroll rate known to man. It apparently re-loads everything that was on it when it shut down, and only then does it ask you if you want to return to the previous configuration. Monopolosoft Internet Exploder actually loads faster, which is the most damning criticism I could imagine. I suppose I'll give Safari another try. I like the Opera browser but it is unacceptable because of an unbelievably stupid oversight by the designers: the scroll bar is nearly invisible and no possible combination of graphics will make it any better.

I was hoping for 10,000 -- but I've already exceeded it!

A current Google Blog Search for "Holdren" AND "abortion" -- which should bring up every (but only those) posts related to his "Ecoscience" statements -- now returns 14,159 results.

Which means that about 14,000 blogs have covered the story. However, only about half of them link to me or mention me directly. Still, not bad. Though aside from several mentions on Fox and radio shows like Rush and Beck, it still hasn't penetrated the MSM too much.

re: #160 Truck Monkey

Clowns scare the ever lovin' horsesqueeze out of me. I will now be up all night.

TM ... lol ... I have never ever heard of horsesqueeze ... what is it? ...

Oh yeah, get the hell off of my lawn while you're at it!
/

re: #154 David Simon

This is what did it for me:

[Link: www.prairieghosts.com...]

I was a teenager and I was hitchhiking during the time he was picking up his victims. shiver

That just really gave me the creeps.

re: #160 Truck Monkey

Clowns scare the ever lovin' horsesqueeze out of me. I will now be up all night.

Big upding for Horsesqueeze.

LMAO.

re: #127 mikalm

As for tarantulas: I've always heard that the U.S. species aren't poisonous -- just incredibly ugly and creepy.

I think they're venomous, just not deadly. To an adult-sized person, anyway. But you would still want to seek medical help if one bit you.

At least, that's what I was taught.

re: #157 mikalm

What about Rocky Mountain Oysters?

I've eaten my share...much like gizzards or any other organ...I love calves liver

IT was probably one of the most frightening books I've read in a long time. Sort of made me want to look under the bed...

re: #161 shiplord kirel

Shitty product updates

I just tore 10 sets of nearly new venetian blinds out of my newly purchased rent house and threw them in the dumpster. The reason? There is no apparent way to make them come down once they are up. If you pull on one little cord, they go up. Pull on the other one, they go up. Pull on both at the same time, they go up. The previous owner said you just have to jiggle with them for a while, the key to all technical operations in Lubbock. I don't think that is good enough. This junk was made by "Beautiful Window Enterprises" of Tangsha Taiwan and is sold by Wally World and unscrupulous retailers throughout the land.

The other garbage that has hit the can is the infamous Firefox browser, which can take as long as 20 minutes to re-start after an unexpected shutdown (and up to five minutes normally) and which has the slowest scroll rate known to man. It apparently re-loads everything that was on it when it shut down, and only then does it ask you if you want to return to the previous configuration. Monopolosoft Internet Exploder actually loads faster, which is the most damning criticism I could imagine. I suppose I'll give Safari another try. I like the Opera browser but it is unacceptable because of an unbelievably stupid oversight by the designers: the scroll bar is nearly invisible and no possible combination of graphics will make it any better.

I've been using Google Chrome for quite some time and like it.
I will never again put firefox on a computer I own.

re: #161 shiplord kirel

Shitty product updates

I just tore 10 sets of nearly new venetian blinds out of my newly purchased rent house and threw them in the dumpster. The reason? There is no apparent way to make them come down once they are up. If you pull on one little cord, they go up. Pull on the other one, they go up. Pull on both at the same time, they go up. The previous owner said you just have to jiggle with them for a while, the key to all technical operations in Lubbock. I don't think that is good enough. This junk was made by "Beautiful Window Enterprises" of Tangsha Taiwan and is sold by Wally World and unscrupulous retailers throughout the land.

The other garbage that has hit the can is the infamous Firefox browser, which can take as long as 20 minutes to re-start after an unexpected shutdown (and up to five minutes normally) and which has the slowest scroll rate known to man. It apparently re-loads everything that was on it when it shut down, and only then does it ask you if you want to return to the previous configuration. Monopolosoft Internet Exploder actually loads faster, which is the most damning criticism I could imagine. I suppose I'll give Safari another try. I like the Opera browser but it is unacceptable because of an unbelievably stupid oversight by the designers: the scroll bar is nearly invisible and no possible combination of graphics will make it any better.

Ain't neither. I can see it just fine. Pick another skin fer pete's sake.

re: #167 lurking faith

I think they're venomous, just not deadly. To an adult-sized person, anyway. But you would still want to seek medical help if one bit you.

At least, that's what I was taught.

Sort of like how you'd need to see a doctor if you got bit by a non-poisonous snake, since there's still all sorts of crap in their mouths that could cause bad infections.

re: #161 shiplord kirel

have a beer amigo

Meet the birthers

re: #173 albusteve

have a beer amigo

Got a nice one this evening.....
Raison D'Etre

*passes one down*

re: #161 shiplord kirel

Give Safari another try. I've tried them all but always come back to Safari. It's not perfect, but it's currently the best.

(My original favorite was Mosaic, back when I first learned of the Web, but they don't make that any more. Mosaic, probably more than any other piece of software, totally blew my mind. You could connect to other computers! Unbelievable! Plus, it was fast as hell, in 1993 terms.)

re: #149 VegasRick

Joe Biden has a brown nose.

re: #168 albusteve

I've eaten my share...much like gizzards or any other organ...I love calves liver

Never had 'em myself. I suppose one of these years I'll need to visit The Testicle Festival in Montana and try a pair as part of that whole Cowboy-Mardi-Gras experience....

JacksonTn SasquatchOnSteroids albusteve
so if and when the shit hits the fan, you'll have no problem surviving on bugs?.......I've figured that would be an acceptable source of protein.

re: #170 reine.de.tout

I've been using Google Chrome for quite some time and like it.
I will never again put firefox on a computer I own.

But but Google is evil! Oh, well, so are the Chi-Com slave labor factories but I'll bet their venetian blinds work better than the free Taiwanese versions I just dumped. I can get both and have a whole set of diabolical but competently produced products.

re: #179 IslandLibertarian

JacksonTn SasquatchOnSteroids albusteve
so if and when the shit hits the fan, you'll have no problem surviving on bugs?.......I've figured that would be an acceptable source of protein.

IL ... no ... no problem at all ... hey you gotta eat ...

re: #179 IslandLibertarian

....crickets......

re: #179 IslandLibertarian

JacksonTn SasquatchOnSteroids albusteve
so if and when the shit hits the fan, you'll have no problem surviving on bugs?.......I've figured that would be an acceptable source of protein.

Nope. Stocking up on Hersheys Chocolate Syrup for dessert.

re: #152 SasquatchOnSteroids

I liked Homey the Clown on In Living Color.

My kind of clown.

"Homey don't play that!"

re: #175 jcm

Got a nice one this evening.....
Raison D'Etre

*passes one down*

too expensive...I drink for effect...but I have cool hair!

Gotta run, Lizards. See y'all later.

Send in the Clowns...

...don't bother, they're here.

re: #183 SasquatchOnSteroids

Nope. Stocking up on Hersheys Chocolate Syrup for dessert.

Chocolate covered bugs!

re: #186 mikalm

Gotta run, Lizards. See y'all later.

Caio.

re: #184 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"Homey don't play that!"

Chez Whitey.

I mean Ciao.

re: #178 mikalm

Never had 'em myself. I suppose one of these years I'll need to visit The Testicle Festival in Montana and try a pair as part of that whole Cowboy-Mardi-Gras experience....

it's no big deal, if you've lived in Texas, CO, NE, or Kansas...places like that

Well that was creepy.

re: #188 jcm

Chocolate covered bugs!

Face your fear.

Eat some grub.

re: #179 IslandLibertarian

JacksonTn SasquatchOnSteroids albusteve
so if and when the shit hits the fan, you'll have no problem surviving on bugs?.......I've figured that would be an acceptable source of protein.

Will there be a pot of molten chocolate?

re: #188 jcm

Chocolate covered bugs!

humans eating insects is disgusting...chocolate, strawberry, whatever....it'd not cool it's barbaric

re: #173 albusteve

have a beer amigo

I can't. Spent all my money on Chi-com venetian blinds.
/

MADISON, Wis. — A massive tortoise who left the circus and took his show on the road for six days has been found and is expected to be back with his circus family soon.
When asked why he left, all Mr Tortoise could mumble was, "Those fuckin' clowns, creepy fuckin; clowns........"

film @ 11:00

re: #197 shiplord kirel

I can't. Spent all my money on Chi-com venetian blinds.
/

lesson #258

re: #161 shiplord kirel

I just tore 10 sets of nearly new venetian blinds out of my newly purchased rent house and threw them in the dumpster. The reason? There is no apparent way to make them come down once they are up. If you pull on one little cord, they go up. Pull on the other one, they go up. Pull on both at the same time, they go up. The previous owner said you just have to jiggle with them for a while, the key to all technical operations in Lubbock. I don't think that is good enough. This junk was made by "Beautiful Window Enterprises" of Tangsha Taiwan and is sold by Wally World and unscrupulous retailers throughout the land.

I'd advise anyone considering the purchase of blinds not to skimp. They all look basically the same, but the quality isn't the same.

re: #14 Pianobuff

Last week's Meet the DePressed.

There, fixed that for ya!

re: #161 shiplord kirel

Shitty product updates

The other garbage that has hit the can is the infamous Firefox browser, which can take as long as 20 minutes to re-start after an unexpected shutdown (and up to five minutes normally) and which has the slowest scroll rate known to man. It apparently re-loads everything that was on it when it shut down, and only then does it ask you if you want to return to the previous configuration.

I have no issues with Firefox 3.5, it works great for me.

re: #76 jcm

Watch in HD and full screen people, it's worth it.

jcm ... that was beautiful ... thanks ...

re: #195 MandyManners

Will there be a pot of molten chocolate?

mmm...chocolate.

suddenly I'm hungry.

eeeeeekkkkkkkk!

re: #200 David Simon

I'd advise anyone considering the purchase of blinds not to skimp. They all look basically the same, but the quality isn't the same.

$1100 for an 11ft and 9ft window.........Hunter Douglas.
ALWAYS buy quality. Cheap means CHEAP.

re: #203 JacksonTn

jcm ... that was beautiful ... thanks ...

re: #161 shiplord kirel

Two nuns are painting in the convent. Not wanting to ruin their habits, and being along anyway they decided to paint in the nude.

Knock on the door, they panicked and said, "Who's there."

Voice says..."Blind man!"

They were relieved and let him in. He came into the room... stood there for a minute and said, "Nice tits Sisters. Where do you want the blinds?"

re: #206 IslandLibertarian

$1100 for an 11ft and 9ft window.........Hunter Douglas.
ALWAYS buy quality. Cheap means CHEAP.

no window is worth that much money...two words
bamboo

re: #206 IslandLibertarian

$1100 for an 11ft and 9ft window.........Hunter Douglas.
ALWAYS buy quality. Cheap means CHEAP.

Oy gevalt, it was over ten years ago so maybe I'm not remembering correctly, but I swear I did my whole house ten years ago in Hunter Douglas for that price!

re: #208 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

6 months in Purgatory for that!

re: #208 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

(being alone... not being along. shit.)

re: #211 IslandLibertarian

6 months in Purgatory for that!

Only joke about blinds that I know.

re: #208 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Bookmarked. Very very nice.

On that note, I think it's time for me to log off, tend to my fine feathered friends, and make sure I drink my appropriate share of that $457 a year average.

Good wine or decent wine? That's the question.

night, all

re: #213 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Only joke about blinds that I know.

Last guy I paid to put them in ripped me off. Had this gut feeling he was shady....

/downdings are acceptable

re: #216 SasquatchOnSteroids

I got nuthin...

re: #216 SasquatchOnSteroids

Last guy I paid to put them in ripped me off. Had this gut feeling he was shady....

/downdings are acceptable

I shudder when I think of the cost

Someone mentioned yesterday that I'd know what a Survivor car is. I dug up some photo's of a 18,000 mile 1958 Studebaker I bought, detailed and sold last year. Over 50 years old, and still a cream
puff.

Bert and Ernie....

out.

re: #217 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I got nuthin...

blinds, shady ?

groan.

re: #219 avanti

Someone mentioned yesterday that I'd know what a Survivor car is. I dug up some photo's of a 18,000 mile 1958 Studebaker I bought, detailed and sold last year. Over 50 years old, and still a cream
puff.

Damn, that's ugly.

re: #73 SasquatchOnSteroids

Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world

Gorgeous

Awesome!

I've been to the Georgia Aquarium and it is truly amazing. If you get a chance - go!

re: #224 Racer X

sushi anyone?

re: #223 BignJames

Damn, that's ugly.

Apparently you've forgotten that 1958 was the jukebox era of auto styling, check out the 58

Dodge, also ugly.

re: #224 Racer X

Awesome!

I've been to the Georgia Aquarium and it is truly amazing. If you get a chance - go!

I've had that on my mind for a while now

re: #224 Racer X

Awesome!

I've been to the Georgia Aquarium and it is truly amazing. If you get a chance - go!

Haven't been to that one. Baltimore, Myrtle, and Charleston in the last couple of years.
Thx for the tip.

Planets, Great Wall, and Solar Eclipse

Wow!

re: #17 EmmmieG

The Germans did have a sign up explaining that they had taken to portray Germans because someone had to, or there would be no reenactment. They had been an Allied group, but switched because there weren't enough Germans to have reenactments. They also made it very clear they disavowed all Nazi philosophy.

I've been to Civil War reenactments and the Confederates don't have those disclaimers.

re: #227 albusteve

I've had that on my mind for a while now

I stood in front of the great big glass wall there for about an hour just watching.

YOU HAVE TWO WEEKS TO REFORM HEALTHCARE OR WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!

/sorry, thought I was TOTUs for a second there

re: #213 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Only joke about blinds that I know.

Better than avanti's blind man joke.

re: #226 avanti

Apparently you've forgotten that 1958 was the jukebox era of auto styling, check out the 58

Dodge, also ugly.

Purty '58

re: #232 Killian Bundy

YOU HAVE TWO WEEKS TO REFORM HEALTHCARE OR WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!

/sorry, thought I was TOTUs for a second there

LOL!

re: #226 avanti

Apparently you've forgotten that 1958 was the jukebox era of auto styling, check out the 58

Dodge, also ugly.

a fine looking '58...you have to look in the right place

[Link: www.my58chevy.com...]

re: #229 Racer X

Planets, Great Wall, and Solar Eclipse

Wow!

I wonder if you gave that picture to one of today's high school students and captioned it "5 planets and a solar eclipse", how many would realize that one of them isn't a planet ?

Just thinking.

re: #231 Racer X

I stood in front of the great big glass wall there for about an hour just watching.

that's some serious concentration...I see food

re: #196 albusteve

The survival training for downed pilots is to catch insects for food - they're easy to catch and a protein source. I guess they'd start looking good after a couple of days...

The guys who made this are geniuses IMO. Their best known previous work "The League of Gentlemen" included a whole range of disturbing but hilarious characters and stories. One of my favourites was Papa Lazarou, who ran the travelling carnival that passed through town, trapping women and forcing them into becoming his wives:

Jimmy Cliff ... Many Rivers To Cross ...

re: #240 Jimmah

Embedding disabled on that video, but if you double click it, it'll open up in a new window.

re: #237 SasquatchOnSteroids

I wonder if you gave that picture to one some of today's high school students and captioned it "5 planets and a solar eclipse", how many would realize that one of them isn't a planet ?

Just thinking.

Idiot !

my uncle had a 56 t-bird dnot ugly at all.

re: #219 avanti

Someone mentioned yesterday that I'd know what a Survivor car is. I dug up some photo's of a 18,000 mile 1958 Studebaker I bought, detailed and sold last year. Over 50 years old, and still a cream
puff.

Wow - it looks even better than it did when driven off the show room floor! Would love to own one, but have no idea what something like this would be worth...

re: #17 EmmmieG

The Germans did have a sign up explaining that they had taken to portray Germans because someone had to, or there would be no reenactment. They had been an Allied group, but switched because there weren't enough Germans to have reenactments. They also made it very clear they disavowed all Nazi philosophy.

Overheard at a Civil War re-enactment:

"Damn it, Do we have to be the Yankees again?"

re: #232 Killian Bundy

YOU HAVE TWO WEEKS TO REFORM HEALTHCARE OR WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!

/sorry, thought I was TOTUs for a second there

Much like...

YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE BANKS AND AIG ALL THIS MONEY OR IT WILL BE ARMAGEDDON!
_{and if you do, everything will be just fine}

or...

YOU HAVE TO VOTE FOR THIS COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH NO REAL WORLD WORK EXPERIENCE TO BE PRESIDENT OR EVERYONE IN THE WORLD WILL HATE US AND WE WILL ALL BE UNEMPLOYED!

These are all working out so well aren't they. Also: remember kids, it's only the republicans who use "the politics of fear" to push political agendas. ////

Some more from the 'League of Gentlemen':

Papa Lararou speaks to the dead:

re: #244 yochanan

my uncle had a 56 t-bird dnot ugly at all.

here she is...a two seater...priceless

[Link: www.johnsimpson.ca...]

re: #247 ArchangelMichael

Also: remember kids, it's only the republicans who use "the politics of fear" to push political agendas. ////

To quote that useless SOB Dr. Phil: "So how's that working out for ya?"

re: #247 ArchangelMichael

Much like...

YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE BANKS AND AIG ALL THIS MONEY OR IT WILL BE ARMAGEDDON!
_{and if you do, everything will be just fine}

or...

YOU HAVE TO VOTE FOR THIS COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH NO REAL WORLD WORK EXPERIENCE TO BE PRESIDENT OR EVERYONE IN THE WORLD WILL HATE US AND WE WILL ALL BE UNEMPLOYED!

These are all working out so well aren't they. Also: remember kids, it's only the republicans who use "the politics of fear" to push political agendas. ////

Ding!

Reformers' Claims Just Don't Add Up

Decide for yourselves.

/in January 1945, the Germans were desperate to take Bastogne and the surrounding terrain, we won

re: #237 SasquatchOnSteroids

I wonder if you gave that picture to one of today's high school students and captioned it "5 planets and a solar eclipse", how many would realize that one of them isn't a planet ?

Just thinking.

Regulus isn't a planet?!?! They said it was on Star Trek: Enterprise!

/public school educated student

re: #245 Arby Dwiar

Wow - it looks even better than it did when driven off the show room floor! Would love to own one, but have no idea what something like this would be worth...

The 58's were by far the least attractive, but the roof line on the hardtop was pretty at least. Oddly, I made more money on that car then the prettier versions. As I recall, I paid $5000 or so, put about 2K in it and lots of detailing work, put it on ebay hoping for 10K, but she was bid to 16 and change.
All you need are two bidders that just have to have the car.

re: #254 avanti

Absolutely gorgeous condition; thanks for the info!

(Maybe someday...)

re: #241 JacksonTn

Jimmy Cliff ... Many Rivers To Cross ...

[Video]

the Emerald Island....

re: #219 avanti

That someone was me, Avanti. Nice looking Stude,btw.

real car...speed, power, and sex

[Link: www.firewheelclassics.com...]

re: #255 Arby Dwiar

Absolutely gorgeous condition; thanks for the info!

(Maybe someday...)

I've been buying and selling collector cars for over 40 years, and they always increase in value faster then inflation. Buy the right car when there is a temporary soft market, and it's money in the bank that you can have fun with.