Loyalty to petrified opinion ...

Twain be talking about the US Senate?

Good Morning Lizards!
Hope today finds you well...Watching F1 debriefing on some Hi-Def Channel..
Mega cool..

Mark Twain, H.L. Mencken, Kurt Vonnegut.

My patron saints.

Teddy Roosevelt: Speak softly, but carry a big stick
Barack Obama: Apologize a lot, and don't carry a stick at all

Hmmm...Apple Store being updated now.

no comment

Hope this evening finds you all well. Cooler today in Austin with a high of 96 Degrees. Heaven!

re: #7 austin_blue

Hope this evening finds you all well. Cooler today in Austin with a high of 96 Degrees. Heaven!

Send more Global warming! It's been a cool summer here

re: #3 Cato the Elder

Mark Twain, H.L. Mencken, Kurt Vonnegut.

My patron saints.

Cynic, cynicler and cyniclerer. Fine choices!

re: #8 HoosierHoops

You just need to go West, young man.
Hotter'n a pistol out here!

re: #9 austin_blue

Cynic, cynicler and cyniclerer. Fine choices!

Make your own. We live in the land of the free.

re: #8 HoosierHoops

Send more Global warming! It's been a cool summer here

I'll send you some of mine. It's been consistently in the hundreds since June here. Fuck.

re: #9 austin_blue

Cynic, cynicler and cyniclerer. Fine choices!

Oh, and it's "cyniclest". Just sayin'.

re: #4 right_wing2

Teddy Roosevelt: Speak softly, but carry a big stick

Yosemite Sam: Oh yeah? Well I speak LOUD! And I carry a bigger stick! …And I use it, too!!

*hits Bugs on the head*

re: #10 Floral Giraffe

You just need to go West, young man.
Hotter'n a pistol out here!

It's been a lousy summer here..Mostly cool, overcast and rain...
Hi Floral!

Congress has monopoly on making law...and when they make a monopoly; it's the law!

Charles:

Twice the "new comments" button said "new comments (5)", but nothing appeared when I clicked on it. The "(5)" just went away.

Watch me blow Cato's mind with one little link!

A Basis Is Seen for Some Health Plan Fears Among the Elderly

From the New York Times of all places! Who would have guessed they were in the pocket of our favorite ex-Governor?

This time I'm going to bed for real. The last thread was epic, I don't need to get tangled up in another one. Good night, all.

re: #19 JamesTKirk

Sleep well, and dream of green women.

re: #20 Slumbering Behemoth

Sleep well, and dream of green Blue women.

re: #8 HoosierHoops

Send more Global warming! It's been a cool summer here

Yes. The upper midwest, especially, has had an abnormally cool summer. Good for crop yields! The rest of the planet? Eh, not so much. Damn hot, with the highest sea surface temperatures for any July on record.

[Link: climatesight.org...]

re: #21 HoosierHoops

re: #20 Slumbering Behemoth

Sleep well, and dream of green Blue women.

re: #13 Cato the Elder

Oh, and it's "cyniclest". Just sayin'.

And so it goes...

re: #4 right_wing2

Teddy Roosevelt: "Speak softly, but carry a big stick."
Barack Obama: "Apologize a lot, and don't carry a stick at all."
Mandy Manners: "Stick it!"

re: #17 JamesTKirk

That has happened for me now for several days. Javascript not working quite right, perhaps?

re: #22 austin_blue

Yes. The upper midwest, especially, has had an abnormally cool summer. Good for crop yields! The rest of the planet? Eh, not so much. Damn hot, with the highest sea surface temperatures for any July on record.

[Link: climatesight.org...]

Or maybe not...?

Spencer: NOAA’s official sea surface temperature product ERSST has spurious warming error, July 2009 SST likely not a record after all.

Japan is currently voting in an election that many say will be "historic". It looks like the LDP (which has ruled Japan for nearly all the postwar period) will get its butt kicked. We'll know in the morning, but one thing that is likely once the DPJ is in power is a slow change in the US-Japan relationship.

In the meantime... terminal cuteness from Japan:

re: #21 HoosierHoops

Sleep well, and dream of green Blue women.

You got it wrong. Kirk dreams of green women, I dream of blue women.

Actually, I dream of purple women, but blue is close enough.

re: #18 NukeAtomrod

Watch me blow Cato's mind with one little link!

A Basis Is Seen for Some Health Plan Fears Among the Elderly

From the New York Times of all places! Who would have guessed they were in the pocket of our favorite ex-Governor?

Complexity a new concept for you?

Try again.

re: #27 NukeAtomrod

FWIW, Roy Spencer is an ID advocate. Secondly, he has a checkered past (thought the nuts on WUWT would be loathe to admit it.)

re: #29 Slumbering Behemoth

You got it wrong. Kirk dreams of green women, I dream of blue women.

Actually, I dream of purple women, but blue is close enough.

That's one ugly woman
*wink*

re: #27 NukeAtomrod

Or maybe not...?

Spencer: NOAA’s official sea surface temperature product ERSST has spurious warming error, July 2009 SST likely not a record after all.

Oh, dear. Please consider the source. NOAA hasn't responded because they don't have to. The data is the data. Every time this happens, someone starts a bad data/conspiracy theory on the Net. People without any kind of verifiable and reproducible proof, it should be noted, unlike NOAA's hard facts. That's not science.

re: #32 HoosierHoops

How about this one?

re: #34 Slumbering Behemoth

How about this one?

Elf maidens! With weapons!

re: #34 Slumbering Behemoth

How about this one?

That works! Hahaha

re: #35 austin_blue

Drow. I'm not a real life D&D nerd, but I can play one on the internets.

re: #33 austin_blue

Oh, dear. Please consider the source. NOAA hasn't responded because they don't have to. The data is the data. Every time this happens, someone starts a bad data/conspiracy theory on the Net. People without any kind of verifiable and reproducible proof, it should be noted, unlike NOAA's hard facts. That's not science.

Apart from his ID stance, he has a pretty good resume overall. Especially in climate science.

Maybe you're comfortable dismissing his argument out of hand, but I have to keep him in the Maybe category myself.

re: #37 Slumbering Behemoth

- real life D&D, Star Trek, B5, Farscape, Firefly etc nerd

re: #38 NukeAtomrod

Apart from his ID stance, he has a pretty good resume overall. Especially in climate science.

Maybe you're comfortable dismissing his argument out of hand, but I have to keep him in the Maybe category myself.

Please do so, but keep in mind that his argument is based on vapor, not fact. NOAA is rock solid and has no axe to grind. They report the data, without spin.

Unless you believe in some conspiracy theory that NOAA is cooking the books for some nefarious plan. In which case...

Refer to Nirthers, Troofers, &c.

re: #36 HoosierHoops

So, did you just embarrass your son, or his whole platoon?
What was your favorite sign?

re: #34 Slumbering Behemoth

Looks like Kara.

The fire is getting very close to the observatory.

You can see the flames on the right hand side of the image.

re: #40 right_wing2

I like many of those things, but only casually. Never enough to be considered an authority on any of them.

re: #42 Floral Giraffe

So, did you just embarrass your son, or his whole platoon?
What was your favorite sign?

My favorite sign was all of them at Camp P when the 3/5th came back from Fallujah...The slogan of the 3/5th is 'Get Some'
There were hundreds of signs that said ' You gonna get some tonight Marine'

I wouldn't be a real authority on most of 'em, but I'm a bit more than just 'casual'.

It's nice to see pics of these conventions and know that there are people that make me look normal though!

it's 2am here. Must get at least a little sleep tonight.

Later, lizards.

re: #45 Syrah

The fire is getting very close to the observatory.

You can see the flames on the right hand side of the image.

Damn. Australia had one of its research observatories burned over a couple of years ago in a major bush fire. Lots of damage. Nasty.

re: #45 Syrah

Won't be the first time, or the last time!
I bet they have VERY GOOD fire breaks up there.
As good as they know they might need.
There is a lot of equiptment up there.
Fires, here and everywhere SUCK!
( I'm an LA born & raised Lizard)

re: #47 HoosierHoops

I tell you, I was LOOKING for them, as I passed Pendelton yesterday.
Didn't see a one.
But, I knew you had made some for your boy. Well, he's a man, but you know what I mean!

re: #51 Floral Giraffe

Won't be the first time, or the last time!
I bet they have VERY GOOD fire breaks up there.
As good as they know they might need.
There is a lot of equiptment up there.
Fires, here and everywhere SUCK!
( I'm an LA born & raised Lizard)

Charles is a LA boy also..I'm a Napa Valley boy...It's the law that we hate LA...
It's not my fault...I don't make the rules..
*wink*

re: #50 austin_blue

Damn. Australia had one of its research observatories burned over a couple of years ago in a major bush fire. Lots of damage. Nasty.

Eucalyptus brush and trees are very oily. It has a tendency to burn explosively. Australian wildfires can be very bad.

re: #52 Floral Giraffe

I tell you, I was LOOKING for them, as I passed Pendelton yesterday.
Didn't see a one.
But, I knew you had made some for your boy. Well, he's a man, but you know what I mean!

The signs are on Base...I didn't know you commuted on I5. What a sucky highway...
Be well my friend...
I want beach house in Oceanside...On Cleveland Street..My dream house

re: #54 Syrah

And oily trees can put up a lot of gaseous interference. But those Aussies are damn good scientists.

A rather insightful documentary on giraffes, from the students at Staten Island Technical High School.

re: #54 Syrah

Eucalyptus brush and trees are very oily. It has a tendency to burn explosively. Australian wildfires can be very bad.

No shit. Those things go up like tiki torches. But the pines in the Cali mountains are similar. When it's dry they get explosive in the advance of a firewall. And don't forget that lots of folks in S. Cali have planted eucalyptus as "ornamentals", though probably not (thank God) in the fire areas.

re: #58 austin_blue

The really big problem in the Laguna fire, was the Palm fronds caught fire & blew several blocks, to start a new fire. The burned house pattern was able to be traced to specific Palm trees. It was random, until you looked at the wind pattern & the Palm locations.

re: #58 austin_blue

In the suburban areas, during recent fires here the eucalyptus trees, as expected, were a disaster waiting to happen. They are beautiful trees, especially to photograph, but they are not what I would plant.

re: #55 HoosierHoops

You can come visit! I'll teach you to surf & you can teach me about wine!
Kinda like when a dog & cat are friends! LOL!

It is a shame i am not allowed to link here in the topical Spinoff section. This seems a worthy article.

Obama's Court Jews; the Rise of J Street

[Link: www.americanthinker.com...]

The talented Mr Ripley 3 1/2 stars matt Damon) one young man begins to assume th idenity of another ( Jude Law) (drama)
Awesome movie Who the hell is the foxy girl in this movie? I'll need to check..Smoking hot...Fun movie

re: #62 pat

It is a shame i am not allowed to link here in the topical Spinoff section.

Not allowed? How so?

re: #61 Floral Giraffe

You can come visit! I'll teach you to surf & you can teach me about wine!
Kinda like when a dog & cat are friends! LOL!

Hey you! I lived for 3 years in Hawaii...We could surf together...
Hope you are well tonight

re: #65 HoosierHoops

I just heard from PBJ, they are OK for now.
Fire is less than a mile away.
Keep PBJ in your prayers tonight, Lizards!

Also, Ojoe's mountain is in the fire zone.
Keep him in mind too!

Hoops, I know you would enjoy 8 foot woodies at Doheney beach!
;)

Evenin' / Mornin' folks!

re: #66 Floral Giraffe

I just heard from PBJ, they are OK for now.
Fire is less than a mile away.
Keep PBJ in your prayers tonight, Lizards!

Also, Ojoe's mountain is in the fire zone.
Keep him in mind too!

Hoops, I know you would enjoy 8 foot woodies at Doheney beach!
;)

I remember when I was a kid that the Valley would burn every year...Arsonists would set the hills on fire every year. Atlas Peak road fire was the worst I ever seen...Our house was souranded by fire...

Frankly, when it comes to climatological data I don't know what I'm looking at. However, the data is available from NOAA for anyone to view:

State of the Climate - Global Analysis - July 2009

Here we find the statement cited by the news regarding global ocean surface temperature for July 2009:

The global ocean surface temperature for July 2009 was the warmest on record, 0.59°C (1.06°F) above the 20th century average of 16.4°C (61.5°F). This broke the previous July record set in 1998. The July ocean surface temperature departure from the long-term average equals June 2009 value, which was also a record.

If you scroll down you'll find "Temperature Rankings and Graphics" which shows the increase in the average from the record in 1998:

Ocean

July 2009 was +0.59°C or +1.06°F 1st Warmest
July 1998 was +0.58° or 1.04°F Previous Record

The record was set by an increase of 1/100th C. or 2/100th F. It is interesting to note that they show that northern and southern hemisphere ocean temps rank as 2nd warmest. Increasing Pacific equatorial temps are "indicative of a developing El Niño."
___

Global land temperatures +0.51°C (+0.92°F) or 9th warmest so there was not record increase there.

Nationally for July of 2009 has the following temperatue highlights:

For the contiguous United States the average July temperature of 73.5°F was 0.8°F below the 20th century average and ranked as the 27th coolest July on record, based on preliminary data.

An abnormally strong and persistent upper-level pattern during the month helped produce a large number of record low temperatures east of the Rockies, while warmth was focused west of the Rockies.

while

Three western states recorded an average temperature that was much above normal for the month of July: Arizona experienced its third warmest, while New Mexico and Washington each had its ninth warmest July on record.

Looking at the ice cap data does not make one optimistic. The ocean temp increase was basically by 1/100th C. above the previous record in 1998 of 20th century average of 16.4°C so perhaps it was overstated by the media.

In the end I'll leave this to the experts at NOAA and the National Climatic Data Center.

re: #64 Slumbering Behemoth

SB, apparently my links, primarily scientific, are too controversial. To be more concise, I believe that AGW is entirely unproven. And likely to be considered as likely as Copernicus' theory of the mathematical certitude of planetary orbits.

re: #67 srb1976

Evenin' / Mornin' folks!

Good morning! it's 3:30 am in Indiana..

re: #70 pat

SB, apparently my links, primarily scientific, are too controversial. To be more concise, I believe that AGW is entirely unproven. And likely to be considered as likely as Copernicus' theory of the mathematical certitude of planetary orbits.

That does not answer my question. You alleged that:

i am not allowed to link here in the topical Spinoff section

I ask again, how are you not being allowed to link in the spinoffs?

re: #71 HoosierHoops

And...
LOL!
*smoochies*

re: #71 HoosierHoops

Good morning! it's 3:30 am in Indiana..

2:30 here...I love waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to go back to sleep = )

re: #10 Floral Giraffe

You just need to go West, young man.
Hotter'n a pistol out here!

smoky as hell in some parts too...

re: #74 srb1976

Well, I am always looking forward to "her royal stoutness" stories.
What did she do today?

re: #74 srb1976

2:30 here...I love waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to go back to sleep = )

I wish I could sleep sometimes...I don't sleep much on the weekends..

re: #77 HoosierHoops

I wish I could sleep sometimes...I don't sleep much on the weekends..

drink more!

re: #75 redc1c4

I'd send you a beer, but I would likely be boiled 'fore it got there.

How you fairing, Red?

re: #66 Floral Giraffe

I just heard from PBJ, they are OK for now.
Fire is less than a mile away.
Keep PBJ in your prayers tonight, Lizards!

Also, Ojoe's mountain is in the fire zone.
Keep him in mind too!

Hoops, I know you would enjoy 8 foot woodies at Doheney beach!
;)

I wish I had an 8-foot woodie...

Well, actually, no, I guess I don't. She Who Must Be Obeyed would send me to the guest house!

You know that Cialis commercial?

"If you have an erection lasting longer than four hours, call you doctor immediately."

Hell, I'd alert the media.

re: #76 Floral Giraffe

Well, I am always looking forward to "her royal stoutness" stories.
What did she do today?

Her Royal Stoutness actually managed to convince her brother (and her hero) to play with her for awhile...in between baths. For some reason she is a little obsessed with baths...3 today!

re: #79 Slumbering Behemoth

I'd send you a beer, but I would likely be boiled 'fore it got there.

How you fairing, Red?

school is a PITA, spent the day trying to get to the inlaws and back... it's hot as hell and we don't have AC.

all in all, things are great!

/white smoke

re: #63 HoosierHoops

The talented Mr Ripley 3 1/2 stars matt Damon) one young man begins to assume th idenity of another ( Jude Law) (drama)
Awesome movie Who the hell is the foxy girl in this movie? I'll need to check..Smoking hot...Fun movie

Have you seen "In The Loop?" Hilarious.

re: #83 austin_blue

Have you seen "In The Loop?" Hilarious.

No...I need to see it

re: #82 redc1c4

How hot is "hot as hell"? And no AC, bummer.

re: #70 pat

C'mon Pat, spill the beans. How is it that you are not allowed to post links in the spinoffs.

re: #83 austin_blue

Have you seen "In The Loop?" Hilarious.

i wanna see Hurt Locker

re: #87 redc1c4

i wanna see Hurt Locker

Great movie, truly outstanding.

re: #86 Slumbering Behemoth

C'mon Pat, spill the beans. How is it that you are not allowed to post links in the spinoffs.

I have never posted a link in the spin offs..Why would anyone do that? I never understood the links..
so yes...The hoopster is dumb

re: #89 HoosierHoops

I have never posted a link in the spin offs..Why would anyone do that? I never understood the links..
so yes...The hoopster is dumb

Now, now...

The Hoopster may be ignorant of the *process*, but the Hoopster is most definitely not dumb. You are one of the most reasonable voices on this board!

re: #85 Slumbering Behemoth

How hot is "hot as hell"? And no AC, bummer.

you'd have to ask Swimmer about the temps there... as for the AC, our house in 1940's construction, with nice thick walls. we installed two atic fans to keep it at ambient, and with the new double windows, the house stays relatively cool all day, as we power vent in the cool evening air all night, sealing everything up in the early morning...

it's kinda like living in an igloo cooler, but it gets the j*b done. our house is cooler than the neighbors, and they've got AC. %-)

re: #89 HoosierHoops

I have never posted a link in the spin offs..Why would anyone do that? I never understood the links..
so yes...The hoopster is dumb

The Hoopster isn't dumb!
(For what's worth I've never posted a spinoff link either...)

re: #92 srb1976

The Hoopster isn't dumb!
(For what's worth I've never posted a spinoff link either...)

i have, but it's been awhile... think i'm gonna go enjoy a cold beer or two in the pool and call it a night.

hasta y'all...

L8r!

re: #93 redc1c4

Nite Red!

re: #93 redc1c4

i have, but it's been awhile... think i'm gonna go enjoy a cold beer or two in the pool and call it a night.

hasta y'all...

L8r!

I don't have the balls to jump in the pool at 4am...Give me a couple of hours.
LOL

re: #89 HoosierHoops

I have never posted a link in the spin offs..Why would anyone do that?

Most people don't have time to read an entire thread of comments, and find the links therein. Linking in the spinoffs gives casual readers, or those who find they don't have enough time to sift through the threads for links, to see links to other important stories. Or, the goofy humor links I post.

Anyway, Pat has claimed that he is not allowed to post links in the spinoffs. I am trying to get him to tell exactly how that is. How is it that Pat is not allowed the same privilege that the rest of us enjoy here?

I suspect that Pat is lying in an attempt to cravenly libel our host while playing the role of the victim. I wait for him to prove me wrong.

re: #91 redc1c4

you'd have to ask Swimmer about the temps there... as for the AC, our house in 1940's construction, with nice thick walls. we installed two atic fans to keep it at ambient, and with the new double windows, the house stays relatively cool all day, as we power vent in the cool evening air all night, sealing everything up in the early morning...

it's kinda like living in an igloo cooler, but it gets the j*b done. our house is cooler than the neighbors, and they've got AC. %-)

The smartest thing we ever did was put on a galvalum metal roof after a huge hailstorm burgerized our 'hood in 1999. We paid the difference between the replacement cost of the compound roof vs. the metal (about $1,800), but it dropped our electric costs by 40% in the summer (it is its own radiant barrier) and we got a 10% discount on the homeowner's insurance. An absolute win-win. It has already paid for itself, and then some.

re: #80 austin_blue

It's a SURF BOARD, silly!
;)

re: #81 srb1976

And a Happy Birthday to her royal stoutness.
3 is a biggie!
Heck it's 1/3 of her life!
Did she eat lotsa cake? Or just the frosting?

re: #99 Floral Giraffe

And a Happy Birthday to her royal stoutness.
3 is a biggie!
Heck it's 1/3 of her life!
Did she eat lotsa cake? Or just the frosting?

Sorry...lousy typing skills...her birthday is next month...she'll be 2...the 3 was how many baths she insisted on having...my bad!

re: #98 Floral Giraffe

It's a SURF BOARD, silly!
;)

Oh, well, that's completely different, isn't it?

Never mind.

(Channeling Emily Litella here...)

re: #96 Slumbering Behemoth

Most people don't have time to read an entire thread of comments, and find the links therein. Linking in the spinoffs gives casual readers, or those who find they don't have enough time to sift through the threads for links, to see links to other important stories. Or, the goofy humor links I post.

Anyway, Pat has claimed that he is not allowed to post links in the spinoffs. I am trying to get him to tell exactly how that is. How is it that Pat is not allowed the same privilege that the rest of us enjoy here?

I suspect that Pat is lying in an attempt to cravenly libel our host while playing the role of the victim. I wait for him to prove me wrong.

Hello SB!

Earlier Charles mentioned he was thinking of putting a limit on spinoff links, or limiting just certain users. Perhaps he has implemented this?

Someday I want to be in Italy watching an opera...
in a tux
Really

re: #102 Racer X

Earlier Charles mentioned he was thinking of putting a limit on spinoff links, or limiting just certain users. Perhaps he has implemented this?

The idea he was tossing around was putting a limit on spinoffs from certain IP address, those that usually get "blog pimped", and not a limit on the links themselves or certain users.

If he finally decided to implement this, I am sure he would have made some kind of announcement. Of course, I could have easily missed such an announcement had it been made, so who knows?

re: #103 HoosierHoops

Someday I want to be in Italy watching an opera...
in a tux
Really

ok...what's stopping you?

re: #98 Floral Giraffe

It's a SURF BOARD, silly!
;)

This is a woody.

[Link: www.classiccarsglobal.com...]

re: #101 austin_blue

Oh, well, that's completely different, isn't it?

Never mind.

(Channeling Emily Litella here...)

And just for fun...

[Link: www.hulu.com...]

re: #105 srb1976

Hi, srb.

re: #99 Floral Giraffe

Hi, Floral.

re: #108 BatGuano

Hi, srb.

Hiya Bat...good morning!

re: #105 srb1976

ok...what's stopping you?

Nothing at all.. I'm a dreamer...I may not see all my wishes in life..
But being at an Opera in Italy dressed in a Tux would be pretty fucking cool..
It's 4am..I'm just dreaming friend

re: #103 HoosierHoops

At Teatro Alla Scala, no less! :)

re: #111 HoosierHoops

Nothing at all.. I'm a dreamer...I may not see all my wishes in life..
But being at an Opera in Italy dressed in a Tux would be pretty fucking cool..
It's 4am..I'm just dreaming friend

La Scala...Carmen...

Not a bad dream, eh?

re: #111 HoosierHoops

Nothing at all.. I'm a dreamer...I may not see all my wishes in life..
But being at an Opera in Italy dressed in a Tux would be pretty fucking cool..
It's 4am..I'm just dreaming friend

You'll need one of these for the drive to the opera house.

re: #106 BatGuano

I would look REALLY GOOD in that car!
You can be the passenger, if'n you buy it! ;)

Freind just bought an unrestored, VGC 1965 VB Bug in red, for his son.
$4500

re: #114 Gus 802

You'll need one of these for the drive to the opera house.

Oh hell yes!
God has been very kind to me..
what kind of car is that?

re: #110 srb1976

good morning, srb.The kids giving you a break, now? :)

re: #116 HoosierHoops

Oh hell yes!
God has been very kind to me..
what kind of car is that?

Ferrari Enzo

re: #114 Gus 802

You'll need one of these for the drive to the opera house.

Lamborghini?

re: #117 BatGuano

good morning, srb.The kids giving you a break, now? :)

Both still asleep so far...and actually, both were remarkably well behaved today...Her Royal Stoutness spent most of the day in the bathtub, and the Little Man was especially nice to his sister, most of the day...

re: #116 HoosierHoops

Do you see the little yellow patch on the side? It's a dancing horse, AKA a Ferrari. You would look good in one. Everyone does. Can you double clutch a stick? It's a requirement. NOT to be muffed...

re: #118 Gus 802

Which model, Gus?

re: #115 Floral Giraffe

You would probably look good in anything. My first car was a '67 Bug on a '66 chassis my dad put together. Oh, yeah, she was a sweet ride.

re: #122 Floral Giraffe

Which model, Gus?

Just Enzo.

Specs here:

[Link: www.ferrari.com...]

I admit to being a car geek.
THIS is my dream car.
[Link: www.supercars.net...]
Yes, I have driven one.
Dude was kind enough to let me drive, to high school, once upon a time...
I was hitch hiking...

re: #124 Gus 802

Just Enzo.

Specs here:

[Link: www.ferrari.com...]

Good God! $643,000 and all pre-sold.

re: #126 austin_blue

Good God! $643,000 and all pre-sold.

Yeah, they're expensive. Then there's maintenance, fuel, and car insurance. One can only dream. ;)

re: #125 Floral Giraffe

I admit to being a car geek.
THIS is my dream car.
[Link: www.supercars.net...]
Yes, I have driven one.
Dude was kind enough to let me drive, to high school, once upon a time...
I was hitch hiking...

Nice. I don't think Ferrari ever made an ugly car.

re: #121 Floral Giraffe

Do you see the little yellow patch on the side? It's a dancing horse, AKA a Ferrari. You would look good in one. Everyone does. Can you double clutch a stick? It's a requirement. NOT to be muffed...

OK...Trash me..*wink*
If it's not a bright yellow Beemer Convertible...Who gives a shit..That's how I roll...I have some pics of me driving a 1956 pink Cadillac with an Elvis wig on last summer... It was a crazy day...Maybe the coolest car I have ever drove

re: #41 austin_blue

Please do so, but keep in mind that his argument is based on vapor, not fact. NOAA is rock solid and has no axe to grind. They report the data, without spin.

Unless you believe in some conspiracy theory that NOAA is cooking the books for some nefarious plan. In which case...

Refer to Nirthers, Troofers, &c.

The scientists at NOAA and NASA certainly deserve respect for the work that they do, and are working with the best data that they have and the best models that they've made, but they are as human and fallible as the rest of us.

My Vulcanology professor at Penn State told me a story about a lecture in the 1950's where fist fight broke out because one scientist that supported the well-established Cooling Earth Theory felt the need to physically defend the facts that were being challenged by a young upstart that was explaining the new Plate Tectonics Theory. The elder scientist insisted it was just warmed up Continental Drift Theory and shouldn't even have been considered.

Maybe Dr. Roy Spencer, who is a former NASA climatologist specializing in satellite data, did really find an anomaly. Or maybe he didn't. And maybe the NOAA scientists believe the data is in the expected range and don't see the need to check their equipment. Maybe they're right. Maybe not. Either way, Dr. Spencer doesn't seem to be a complete crackpot. He's obviously got a problem with evolution and would probably make a lousy biologist, but I think he's worth recognizing in his field of expertise.

As much as Al Gore and many others may whole-heartedly insist that Man-made Global Warming Theory is settled science because of a consensus, it simply isn't true. There is still quite a lot of doubt and some good alternate theories. One of which, we may have the opportunity to observe over the next few decades. It seems that our sun is going through an unusually quiet period of activity. It won't be confirmed for another year or two if we are actually in an extended solar minimum, but if we are, historically such events have coincided with cooler than average global temperatures.

Maybe in a few years, we'll have better evidence for a Solar Cycle Global Climate Change Theory than a the Human Emitted CO₂ one. Or maybe not. But I'm looking forward to finding out, one way or the other.

re: #127 Gus 802

Yeah, they're expensive. Then there's maintenance, fuel, and car insurance. One can only dream. ;)

Dude, if you can afford the purchase price...

And on Ferrari note!
Good night, dear Lizards.
May you have a great day, tomorrow!
And dream of it tonight.
Weet dreams!

re: #131 austin_blue

Dude, if you can afford the purchase price...

Yep. Then one wouldn't worry about the operating costs.

re: #125 Floral Giraffe

Along came a Spyder and picked up a rider
And took him down the road to eternity.
-James Dean

re: #132 Floral Giraffe

G'night, Floral.

re: #132 Floral Giraffe

And on Ferrari note!
Good night, dear Lizards.
May you have a great day, tomorrow!
And dream of it tonight.
Weet dreams!

Nite FG...= )

re: #130 NukeAtomrod

The scientists at NOAA and NASA certainly deserve respect for the work that they do, and are working with the best data that they have and the best models that they've made, but they are as human and fallible as the rest of us.

My Vulcanology professor at Penn State told me a story about a lecture in the 1950's where fist fight broke out because one scientist that supported the well-established Cooling Earth Theory felt the need to physically defend the facts that were being challenged by a young upstart that was explaining the new Plate Tectonics Theory. The elder scientist insisted it was just warmed up Continental Drift Theory and shouldn't even have been considered.

Maybe Dr. Roy Spencer, who is a former NASA climatologist specializing in satellite data, did really find an anomaly. Or maybe he didn't. And maybe the NOAA scientists believe the data is in the expected range and don't see the need to check their equipment. Maybe they're right. Maybe not. Either way, Dr. Spencer doesn't seem to be a complete crackpot. He's obviously got a problem with evolution and would probably make a lousy biologist, but I think he's worth recognizing in his field of expertise.

As much as Al Gore and many others may whole-heartedly insist that Man-made Global Warming Theory is settled science because of a consensus, it simply isn't true. There is still quite a lot of doubt and some good alternate theories. One of which, we may have the opportunity to observe over the next few decades. It seems that our sun is going through an unusually quiet period of activity. It won't be confirmed for another year or two if we are actually in an extended solar minimum, but if we are, historically such events have coincided with cooler than average global temperatures.

Maybe in a few years, we'll have better evidence for a Solar Cycle Global Climate Change Theory than a the Human Emitted CO₂ one. Or maybe not. But I'm looking forward to finding out, one way or the other.

Well, that is reaching. Pure conjecture without a shred of proof.

re: #132 Floral Giraffe

And on Ferrari note!
Good night, dear Lizards.
May you have a great day, tomorrow!
And dream of it tonight.
Weet dreams!

Nighty night dear lizard

There's always the Ferrari "Prancing Horse" tie which goes for $83.76 minus VAT.

//

re: #139 Gus 802

There's always the Ferrari "Prancing Horse" tie which goes for $83.76 minus VAT.

//

Look at me! I'm a wannabe dork!

re: #140 austin_blue

Look at me! I'm a wannabe dork!

Yeah. If you wear one of those and don't own a Ferrari you would have to remove the wannabe aspect.

The insurance for cars is stupid...It's like healthcare but worse

re: #137 austin_blue

Well, that is reaching. Pure conjecture without a shred of proof.

Which part? The Solar Minimum part? Here's a 2001 report from NASA. And a record of the sun's recent activity.

Or that there really isn't a consensus? Note: there are some well known scientists listed on the petition, Freeman Dyson for example.

Well, time for some more shut eye. Good "night" folks.

re: #70 pat

SB, apparently my links, primarily scientific, are too controversial. To be more concise, I believe that AGW is entirely unproven. And likely to be considered as likely as Copernicus' theory of the mathematical certitude of planetary orbits.

Pat, a couple of people have mentioned over the last week that they temporarily couldn't seem to post in the spinoffs, IIRC. It's a little burp in the matrix that goes away soon. I really wouldn't freak out or feel like it's personal. Charles did mention an idea about limiting blogpimping, but AFAIK his last word on it was something like "There are a lot of different issues that I need to think about here to make it work correctly". (paraphrase, not quote)

And btw, also AFAIK, Copernican theory didn't propose anything about the 'mathematical certitude of planetary orbits". The strange thing about the acceptance of Copernican theory is that at the time, it couldn't easily account for retrograde motion of the planets or their orbits in general-- that had to wait for Johannes Kepler. (Copernican theory was more compact than the Ptolemaic, hence its adoption)

Thomas Kuhn has an excellent book that illustrates this as a classic example of paradigm shift:
The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought.

Also, hello cool LNDT lizards!

re: #145 iceweasel

Morning Ice...how's the world treating you today?

re: #145 iceweasel

Good Morning Ice...Hope today finds you well...I reviewed the talented Mr.Ripley upthread

My favorite Mark Twain story:

A woman goes to her doctor for some complaint and the doctor says," You must stop drinking, smoking and keeping late hours."
The woman said, "But Doctor, I don't do any of those things!"
The Doctor replied, "That's your problem.You are neglecting your habits! You're a sinking ship with nothing to through overboard."

re: #145 iceweasel

The strange thing about the acceptance of Copernican theory is that at the time, it couldn't easily account for retrograde motion of the planets or their orbits in general-- that had to wait for Johannes Kepler. (Copernican theory was more compact than the Ptolemaic, hence its adoption)

Sorry, was a bit sloppy there: the Copernican theory DID make for a much tidier, more compact explanation of the phenomena of retrograde motion than did the Ptolemaic theory -- but it didn't add predictive power; in fact it lost predictive power. It wasn't until Kepler and the discovery that the planets' orbits were elliptical that the Copernican theory gained that predictive power-- but it was already preferred over the Ptolemaic because of its explanatory compactness and comparative simplicity. Hence why it's of interest regarding the structure of scientific revolutions and paradigm shifts.

Ok. the drugs are kicking in, maybe I can get some sleep now = )

Later folks, have a great night!

re: #144 Gus 802

Goodnight, gus.

re: #150 srb1976

Hi srb! :)
Bye srb! :(

re: #150 srb1976

Ok. the drugs are kicking in, maybe I can get some sleep now = )

Later folks, have a great night!

weet dreams...

re: #150 srb1976

G' night srb!

re: #143 NukeAtomrod

Which part? The Solar Minimum part? Here's a 2001 report from NASA. And a record of the sun's recent activity.

Or that there really isn't a consensus? Note: there are some well known scientists listed on the petition, Freeman Dyson for example.

Referring to your previous post (130), the paragraph I highlighted in my 137 includes the words "may", "seems", and "if". When making a scientific argument, I might suggest that it is best not to use those words.

But hey, I could be wrong! We could base environmental and energy policy on may, seem, and if! That would be outstanding! We'll just wing it!

///

re: #149 iceweasel

Sorry, was a bit sloppy there: the Copernican theory DID make for a much tidier, more compact explanation of the phenomena of retrograde motion than did the Ptolemaic theory -- but it didn't add predictive power; in fact it lost predictive power. It wasn't until Kepler and the discovery that the planets' orbits were elliptical that the Copernican theory gained that predictive power-- but it was already preferred over the Ptolemaic because of its explanatory compactness and comparative simplicity. Hence why it's of interest regarding the structure of scientific revolutions and paradigm shifts.

Talking science at 5am...Bad girl
*wink*

re: #155 austin_blue

But hey, I could be wrong! We could base environmental and energy policy on may, seem, and if! That would be outstanding! We'll just rightwing it!

FTFY.

So, you're suggesting a return to Bush era scientific policies, I take it. ;) Heh.

re: #156 HoosierHoops

Howdy handsome. ;) Looking forward to checking out your Ripley review! I love Patricia Highsmith!

re: #157 iceweasel

FTFY.

So, you're suggesting a return to Bush era scientific policies, I take it. ;) Heh.

Nice! And with that, ladies and gentlemen, I am off to them land of somnos, of slumber, of sweet repose.

Adios from the beautiful environs of South Austin.

Where we can only water our grass once a week because we are in a drought that a cat can't scratch.

re: #158 iceweasel

Howdy handsome. ;) Looking forward to checking out your Ripley review! I love Patricia Highsmith!

Howdy Beautiful... In about an hour I'm going either swimming or sitting in the hot tub...Hope you are well...F1 racing later today on TV.. We have the moto GP at Indy in a few hours 20 minutes away but I'm not going...Lots of bikers around..oh say about 30000 of them...crazy weekend

re: #149 iceweasel

It took Einstein to account for Mercury's 8 degrees discrepancy predicted by Newton.

re: #161 BatGuano

It took Einstein to account for Mercury's 8 degrees discrepancy predicted by Newton.

And that I did not know, beloved Bat. ;) Thank you.

Woody for you:

I'm back...looks like sleep just isn't in the cards...oh well, at least it's not a work day = )

Meanwhile, over in Japan the turnout in the election, as of 4PM, is running slightly behind the previous election (41.83% vs 42.57%), which is curious.

There was, supposedly, wide discontentment with the current gov't, more due to the economy than anything else. Japan's economy has taken quite a hit, being export driven.

One concern is that the electorate has turned too cynical. Sound familiar?

re: #145 iceweasel

Pat, a couple of people have mentioned over the last week that they temporarily couldn't seem to post in the spinoffs, IIRC.

If that is the kind of thing Pat is referring to, the he should have said so, or framed it as such. I asked for clarification when he posted this, emphasis mine:

re: #62 pat

It is a shame i am not allowed to link here in the topical Spinoff section. This seems a worthy article.

Obama's Court Jews; the Rise of J Street[Link: www.americanthinker.com...]

He responded with a typical, political non-answer, answer here:

re: #70 pat

SB, apparently my links, primarily scientific, are too controversial. To be more concise, I believe that AGW is entirely unproven. And likely to be considered as likely as Copernicus' theory of the mathematical certitude of planetary orbits.

Not presenting any evidence as to how he was being prevented from linking, but why he thought he was being prevented from linking. Not a declarative statement about who is preventing him from the privilege of linking in the spinoffs, but rather an odd sort of unsubstantiated guess as to why.

Which, considering his choice of words, sounds much like someone with a persecution complex. Like he has some kind of truth to tell, and someone is stopping him from telling it.

I've asked further questions, hoping Pat would clarify what he meant, and received no answer, despite the fact that this thread is moving very slow, and he was still logged in until just recently.

With all that in mind, I am left to conclude that...

Pat is lying in an attempt to cravenly libel our host while playing the role of the victim. I wait for him to prove me wrong.

I still would like for Pat to prove me wrong.

re: #163 srb1976

I'm back...looks like sleep just isn't in the cards...oh well, at least it's not a work day = )

Welcome back...The early news is that there are approx.30,000 bikers in Indy for the Moto GP today...
Hope today finds you well

re: #162 iceweasel

Ice, I cued up Charlie the Unicorn for my wife and she laughed like I did. :)

re: #166 HoosierHoops

Welcome back...The early news is that there are approx.30,000 bikers in Indy for the Moto GP today...
Hope today finds you well

Cool...is that a big turnout? (not a sport I usually follow)

re: #63 HoosierHoops

The talented Mr Ripley 3 1/2 stars matt Damon) one young man begins to assume th idenity of another ( Jude Law) (drama)
Awesome movie Who the hell is the foxy girl in this movie? I'll need to check..Smoking hot...Fun movie

Oh hoops--great review! If you liked it, I highly recommend the novel it was based on, (published in like 54 or something) which is hella more creepy. A LOT of interesting subtext was left out! LOTS.

I'd also recommend Ripley's Game, starring John Malkovitch as Ripley. Patricia Highsmith did a number of Ripley novels over the years. Ripley's Game is a much older Ripley, still scheming, still devastating.

re: #168 srb1976

Cool...is that a big turnout? (not a sport I usually follow)

This is our 2nd year doing Moto GP... I'm not into it yet...I always go to the Indy 500 and Brickyard 400...Fast cars ..Beautiful women..What's not to like?
I'm sure guys on bikes going around the track at 200mph will catch on soon..
They are freaking nuts...

re: #165 Slumbering Behemoth

SB-- I completely agree with everything you've said and your assessment of the situation. I thought I'd try to point out to pat in a lowkey nonconfrontational way that he appears to be having a hissy fit and a martyr complex to boot-- by mentioning that there's been this small glitch in the matrix that has affected others. Doesn't justify some histrionic fit about "My links aren't good enough!"

re: #170 HoosierHoops

This is our 2nd year doing Moto GP... I'm not into it yet...I always go to the Indy 500 and Brickyard 400...Fast cars ..Beautiful women..What's not to like?
I'm sure guys on bikes going around the track at 200mph will catch on soon..
They are freaking nuts...

Yep, we all love to watch crazy people don't we? = )

" Use the phone, Luke"

re: #167 BatGuano

Ice, I cued up Charlie the Unicorn for my wife and she laughed like I did. :)

Yay! Charlie! ;)
So glad you liked it. I love it. I plan to post it here whenever "SHUN THE NONBELIEVER! SHUUUN!" is appropriate. ;)

re: #174 iceweasel

I aprrove, you cheeky monkey!

re: #172 srb1976

Yep, we all love to watch crazy people don't we? = )

Crazy is right...These bikers come here running at 200 mph having fun..
A lot of people have lost their lives at Indy racing...
They were in cars...These folks have nothing around them in a crash...
Trust me...Some day there is some bad shit going down with Bikers at Indy...

The most horrific thing I ever witnessed at Indy.

re: #177 BatGuano

The most horrific thing I ever witnessed at Indy.

Oh my god, how horrible! This is why I can't watch it...

re: #176 HoosierHoops

Crazy is right...These bikers come here running at 200 mph having fun..
A lot of people have lost their lives at Indy racing...
They were in cars...These folks have nothing around them in a crash...
Trust me...Some day there is some bad shit going down with Bikers at Indy...

Some folks just really like taking their death wish for a walk on occasion...I don't get it, but that's what makes some people tick, I guess

re: #178 iceweasel

There is a life lesson there but for the life of me,I don't know what it is. I love racing. cognitive dissonance? I don't know.

re: #171 iceweasel

If I was wrong in my assessment of Pat's intentions with his original post, he could have easily clarified his intentions. He chose not to do so, even though he was still here for at least an hour and a half after I pressed him for clarity.

Normally, I tend to let things go. But when I see someone that I perceive to be lying about our host or about our community, I can become something of an asshole. When they dodge questions with political non-answers, I can become a bulldog with a bone. And twice the asshole I already am.

If Pat was experiencing technical difficulties with posting spinoff links, he could have asked someone about it, or sent Charles an email about it. Instead, it would seem that he chose to go with the "I'm not allowed post links" line.

re: #43 pat

Speaking of Petrified Opinion, a liberal never left a metaphor on the table if it smeared America.
[Link: www.americanthinker.com...]

WTF? Downding. First you smear all liberals. Then you link to American Thinker, which really now should be called American Stinker, given its willingness to publish Atlas Shrieks and that moron Jack Cashill who thinks Bill Ayers ghostwrote Obama's autobiographies.

And then you link an article BY the throroughly discredited Cashill which claims that Michiko Kakutani, the extremely well-read, extremely influential, book reviewer for the NYT-- plagiarised Cashill when she made some allusions to the Odyssey in reviewing Obama's books.

Yeah. Because no one ever in the history of the world, or literature, would ever think to reference Homer, especially when reviewing a man's autobiography describing a journey or a quest, involving fathers and sons

Sure. Kakutani had to be plagiarisng the brilliant Jack Cashill, who believes that Ayers had to have written Obama's books because "they use the word ballast in a metaphorical sense, and I'm so illiterate that I've never heard that before!"

EPIC AVALANCHE OF FAIL

re: #181 Slumbering Behemoth

If Pat was experiencing technical difficulties with posting spinoff links, he could have asked someone about it, or sent Charles an email about it. Instead, it would seem that he chose to go with the "I'm not allowed post links" line.

Again, total agreement. And now that I've read that one particular link he wanted to post, I'm completely done with being nice and giving the benefit of the doubt and being diplomatic. He's not just going with the histrionic whining and the unfounded accusations against our host, but also seeking to post purest fucking crap.

No sympathy now.

re: #183 iceweasel

Again, total agreement. And now that I've read that one particular link he wanted to post, I'm completely done with being nice and giving the benefit of the doubt and being diplomatic. He's not just going with the histrionic whining and the unfounded accusations against our host, but also seeking to post purest fucking crap.

No sympathy now.

Besides, as my little brother so likes to tell me "if you want sympathy, you'll find it in the dictionary...somewhere between shit and syphilis"

(Sorry, I always found that very funny, not sure why)

Good night, everyone. May Charlie the Unicorn have a good day,

re: #184 srb1976

Besides, as my little brother so likes to tell me "if you want sympathy, you'll find it in the dictionary...somewhere between shit and syphilis"

(Sorry, I always found that very funny, not sure why)

That's hilarious!

re: #185 BatGuano

Good night, everyone. May Charlie the Unicorn have a good day,

Night, Bat. ;) My fave nocturnal creature.

re: #186 iceweasel

You'd have to know my brother...he's really funny, but kind of an odd duck = )

re: #185 BatGuano

Good night, everyone. May Charlie the Unicorn have a good day,

Nite Bat, pleasant dreams = )

re: #184 srb1976

Besides, as my little brother so likes to tell me "if you want sympathy, you'll find it in the dictionary...somewhere between shit and syphilis"

Did he also mention that the word "gullible" is not listed in the dictionary?

re: #189 Slumbering Behemoth

I don't think I've heard that one (but I'm not looking it up right now either) = )

Because Jack Cashill's attempt at 'literary analysis' pisses me off so much, I have to post this. Behold the genius of his perception!

Obama [describes in Dreams a]"yellow dog with a baleful howl." In [Ayers'] Fugitive Days [...] he uses the word "baleful" to describe an "eye". For the record, "baleful" means "threatening harm." I had to look it up.

Here is Cashill's 'literary analysis' in a nutshell:

1. Hey, Ayers and Obama both used a word I didn't know!
2. That proves Ayers wrote Obama's books! BLARGH YARGH SCREECH LIBERALS ANARCHISTS TERRORISTS CONSPIRACY GAAAHH Ph'nglui mglw'nafh OBAMA R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! [sound of yakkety sax] [sound of tripping, falling, breaking].

re: #191 iceweasel

Good morning Ice!

re: #192 flyers1974

Good morning Ice!

hey flyers! Welcome back! How was the Dominican Republic?

re: #193 iceweasel

hey flyers! Welcome back! How was the Dominican Republic?

Very hot and humid. I've been to Caribbean Islands a couple times before, but didn't remember the heat being so oppressive. Very fun and relaxing otherwise. Also very few Americans. Mostly Europeans, Russians, etc...

So what's been going on around here?

re: #191 iceweasel

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh OBAMA R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

Hey now, don't go startin' something you can't finish. I will dance your soul off.

re: #195 Slumbering Behemoth

Hey now, don't go startin' something you can't finish. I will dance your soul off.

Love that!!

re: #195 Slumbering Behemoth

Hey now, don't go startin' something you can't finish. I will dance your soul off.

In his house at R'lyeh dread Behemoth waits slumbering? ;)

Yes, Virginia, there is a Cthulhu...

The only really annoying thing about having a cat who is part siamese, is that the yowling really carries in a dark house full of sleeping people...
And she yowls all the time!

re: #194 flyers1974

Very hot and humid. I've been to Caribbean Islands a couple times before, but didn't remember the heat being so oppressive. Very fun and relaxing otherwise. Also very few Americans. Mostly Europeans, Russians, etc...

So what's been going on around here?

Sounds good!

Not so much happening here...the usual.
keith G collated all questions on health care into a document; most still haven't been answered.
We have cool new buttons, as you will have noticed.

A few memes have been born, a few posters have died (many meltdowns on the Glenn Back threads! weird). So you didn't miss much! ;)

re: #197 iceweasel

The search engine that man was not meant to know. The cyclopean tomb where you can search for nameless tomes.

Cthuugle

re: #200 Slumbering Behemoth

The search engine that man was not meant to know. The cyclopean tomb where you can search for nameless tomes.

Cthuugle

I think Cthulu ate the commenters on this thread...

re: #201 srb1976

Not all of them, I see you are still here.

Say, I've come across the most soothing and rejuvenating moisturizer ever to be released on the market. I would like to hear your opinion of it. Please, try some.

re: #202 Slumbering Behemoth

Not all of them, I see you are still here.

Say, I've come across the most soothing and rejuvenating moisturizer ever to be released on the market. I would like to hear your opinion of it. Please, try some.

You must be a very clever monster...very slick my friend = )

re: #200 Slumbering Behemoth

The search engine that man was not meant to know. The cyclopean tomb where you can search for nameless tomes.

Cthuugle

Purest awesome. ! LOVE!

LOLTHULHU: CTHULHU FHATGN CHEEZBURGR!

re: #203 srb1976

You must be a very clever monster...very slick my friend = )

Too clever by half, it would seem, as I still hunger.

Just put the lotion on the skin!

re: #205 Slumbering Behemoth

Good song...

Although I'm not sure if I should be offended that you seem to think I need sauce
= )

re: #26 freetoken

That has happened for me now for several days. Javascript not working quite right, perhaps?

It's happened to me before as well, but I forgot to mention it.

Greetings & Salutations, How ya doin?

re: #90 austin_blue

The Hoopster may be ignorant of the *process*, but the Hoopster is most definitely not dumb. You are one of the most reasonable voices on this board!

...in bed!

//thus establishing exactly where I stand on the "reasonable voice" spectrum...

re: #206 srb1976

Even the finest cut of meat can gain something from the subtlest hint of seasoning.

It is not so much that the dish needs the sauce, but that the dish is properly accentuated by the sauce.

/waitaminute... what the hell are we talking about here? we're still on the topic of me devouring souls, right?

At Md. State Fair, the running of the pigs

Winners include Kevin Bacon, Sarah Jessica Porker, Arnold Schwarzenhogger

I've been up three hours working on a study guide for The Kid's exam on the Bible: the Twelve Tribes of Isreal and a map thereof, a list of the books of both testaments and the type of each book (law, history, poetry, major prophets, minor prophets, the Gospel, Acts, Pauls' letters and the general letters) and a few other things. I'm on my third page.

He also has a major exam in science, covering the first four chapters and there are some words and concepts I didn't learn until the eighth grade, high school and college. The completed study guide is six pages long. Six!

Then, there is a comprehensive exam over the first three chapters in math and ditto for English--predicates, prepositions, et bloody cet.

In addition to the regular vocabulary and spelling tests, every day this week but one has an exam.

I've done the study guides this time so he'll have an example of how to do them the rest of the year.

re: #210 Slumbering Behemoth

Even the finest cut of meat can gain something from the subtlest hint of seasoning.

It is not so much that the dish needs the sauce, but that the dish is properly accentuated by the sauce.

/waitaminute... what the hell are we talking about here? we're still on the topic of me devouring souls, right?

Something like that...get your mind out of the sewer and back up in the gutter with the rest of us
= )

Updings for all the Lovecraft references!

[Link: www.metmuseum.org...]

this monster predates yours by 500 years and I wonder how albrect durer would know what the speaker of the house would look like.

re: #212 MandyManners

G'morning, Mandy! You missed a lot of fun in the last thread!

re: #205 Slumbering Behemoth

Just put the lotion on the skin!

A song from the Silence of the Lambs musical (yes, really) enacted by Legos:

re: #212 MandyManners

I was able to help my daughter with math until half way through the 6th grade.
It's not that I forgot it, It's that I had never seen It & I had lots of math.

re: #216 JamesTKirk

G'morning, Mandy! You missed a lot of fun in the last thread!

In bed?

re: #219 MandyManners

In bed?

I'm not prepared to assume that you were not having fun in bed.

re: #218 opnion

I was able to help my daughter with math until half way through the 6th grade.
It's not that I forgot it, It's that I had never seen It & I had lots of math.

I figure I'll hire a tutor maybe in the fifth grade. One thing already threw me for a loop last year: benchmarks.

re: #220 JamesTKirk

I'm not prepared to assume that you were not having fun in bed.

Sleep is always fun.

Back to what you wrote, are you talking about the thread about Roeder? I could tell there was the potential for flames before I checked out.

Good morning. It looks like all is set up for the very big Indian funeral next door.

re: #222 MandyManners

Sleep is always fun.

Back to what you wrote, are you talking about the thread about Roeder? I could tell there was the potential for flames before I checked out.

It could have been a dark and painful thread, full of flames and recriminations.

Until I moved in.

Just at random, here's a link as part of one off-tangent discussion:
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

re: #221 MandyManners

I figure I'll hire a tutor maybe in the fifth grade. One thing already threw me for a loop last year: benchmarks.

.
The Subject matters in grade school have gotten very sophisticated.
I like how they get a foreign language before entering high school.

One thing about doing the homeschooling is that I'm re-learning math according to a curriculum that actually makes sense, as opposed to the inchoate pulsating mass of nonsense that was most of my elementary school math education.

Doing the science is great fun. Our frogs for dissection round three arrived yesterday. So far in this term we've done a Lamprey, a shark, and a trout.

re: #212 MandyManners

What grade is he in now?

re: #213 srb1976

get your mind out of the sewer and back up in the gutter with the rest of us

I like that. I may even use that. But no, I think I'll stay in the sewer for a bit longer, if it's all the same to you.

re: #214 JamesTKirk

Not seen that one before, thanks for linking.

/PS, Elder Sign totally works. My minions couldn't possibly come near you when you're on it. You're totally safe. Sleep well, I know I will..

Geez, we're not even going to break out of the mid-60s today; I had a sweater on last night. Looks like the rest of the week will remain in the low 70s, at best. We're normally well into the 80s this time of year.

This can't be good for the corn and wheat crops. I wonder if they'll get a full harvest in before frost.

re: #222 MandyManners

Sleep is always fun.

That 1/3 of my life I spend horizontal and unconscious is precious to me.

re: #228 Slumbering Behemoth

I like that. I may even use that. But no, I think I'll stay in the sewer for a bit longer, if it's all the same to you.

re: #214 JamesTKirk

Not seen that one before, thanks for linking.

/PS, Elder Sign totally works. My minions couldn't possibly come near you when you're on it. You're totally safe. Sleep well, I know I will..

I'm never without an Elder Sign, and so far I'm safAAAIAIIIEEE!!!

re: #230 Lucius Septimius

That 1/3 of my life I spend horizontal and unconscious is precious to me.

It's no fun adding "in bed" when it's literally accurate.

re: #224 JamesTKirk

It could have been a dark and painful thread, full of flames and recriminations.

Until I moved in.

Just at random, here's a link as part of one off-tangent discussion:
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Good to see you and the Tribbles saved the day.

re: #225 opnion

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The Subject matters in grade school have gotten very sophisticated.
I like how they get a foreign language before entering high school.

So far, he's taken Spanish (two years) and French (one year) and is taking Spanish again.

re: #233 MandyManners

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

re: #226 Lucius Septimius

One thing about doing the homeschooling is that I'm re-learning math according to a curriculum that actually makes sense, as opposed to the inchoate pulsating mass of nonsense that was most of my elementary school math education.

Doing the science is great fun. Our frogs for dissection round three arrived yesterday. So far in this term we've done a Lamprey, a shark, and a trout.

Poor fwoggies.

re: #227 Lucius Septimius

What grade is he in now?

Fourth.

re: #234 MandyManners

So far, he's taken Spanish (two years) and French (one year) and is taking Spanish again.

What about Latin? Wouldn't want him scrawling "The People called the Romans, they go the house" all over the village square...

re: #229 SixDegrees

Geez, we're not even going to break out of the mid-60s today; I had a sweater on last night. Looks like the rest of the week will remain in the low 70s, at best. We're normally well into the 80s this time of year.

This can't be good for the corn and wheat crops. I wonder if they'll get a full harvest in before frost.

I'm wearing socks! On the 30th of August, I'm wearing socks!

re: #239 MandyManners

I'm wearing socks! On the 30th of August, I'm wearing socks!

I'm not even wearing pants.

re: #230 Lucius Septimius

That 1/3 of my life I spend horizontal and unconscious is precious to me.

During the summer months, I'm a lot more "up" than I am during the rest of the year and often sleep about five hours and I have a lot more energy.

re: #241 MandyManners

During the summer months, I'm a lot more "up" than I am during the rest of the year and often sleep about five hours and I have a lot more energy.

Just the opposite here. The heat saps my energy and will to live.

re: #234 MandyManners

So far, he's taken Spanish (two years) and French (one year) and is taking Spanish again.

Nothing but good can come from that. Bueno!

re: #239 MandyManners

I'm wearing socks! On the 30th of August, I'm wearing socks!

It occurs to me that being as short as I am means not having to wear socks with pajama pants...(since I stole them from better half it would be bad form to hem them to fit)

re: #164 freetoken

Meanwhile, over in Japan the turnout in the election, as of 4PM, is running slightly behind the previous election (41.83% vs 42.57%), which is curious.

There was, supposedly, wide discontentment with the current gov't, more due to the economy than anything else. Japan's economy has taken quite a hit, being export driven.

One concern is that the electorate has turned too cynical. Sound familiar?

Polling is about to shut down here or just has, and the results will continue to be collected and certified. Meanwhile, they might as well stop counting now. It is a slaughter. The leftist DPJ has enjoyed a four or five to one victory over the center-rightist LDP, counting seats in the new parliament.

Japan is a country with five leftist parties and one centrist (with occasional right-leaning tendency) party, measured on an American scale. There is now only one leftist party which matters, the DPJ, and the LDP will be forced to rely upon a mix of gratitude, charity, and solemn promises conditional upon elections for continued influence.
The LDP will remain popular in fly-over country, but that's about it. And right now, that's not enough.

Ironically, one of the reasons for the growing popularity of the leftist DPJ was the perception that Japan too often simply did whatever America did, under the somewhat rightist leadership of the LDP.

Stand by for the unravelling of the Pacific system. China will not refrain from their own pursuits while the Pacific system re-cycles. They will do whatever they can to return to an Asia-centered regional system. The North Korean regime has just been given a new lease on life, one might say at the direct expense of Taiwan.

re: #229 SixDegrees

Geez, we're not even going to break out of the mid-60s today; I had a sweater on last night. Looks like the rest of the week will remain in the low 70s, at best. We're normally well into the 80s this time of year.

I've been in the 80s for over twenty years, and I have to tell you--you were wearing the sweater wrong.

re: #245 haakondahl

Japan has all those huge combat mechs, and they'll never use them under a leftist government. I can't want to see how the new leaders try to appease G-dzilla.

re: #246 haakondahl

I've been in the 80s for over twenty years, and I have to tell you--you were wearing the sweater wrong.

I was in the 80s for ten years, then I was in the 90s for ten years, now I'm in whatever this decade is called.

The 80s had more fun music.

re: #238 JamesTKirk

What about Latin? Wouldn't want him scrawling "The People called the Romans, they go the house" all over the village square...

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