Here’s another nice track from Jimmy Wahlsteen, playing a steel string acoustic guitar called a “concert” model, which has a smaller body than the more common “dreadnought” style. Jimmy’s new album, “181st Songs” is now available at Amazon and the iTunes Store.
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cliffster Sat, Oct 31, 2009 1:17:41pm |
Dang, YouTube is slow. But that guy's fingers are FAST.
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Sharmuta Sat, Oct 31, 2009 1:18:42pm |
I love the song, and I like the look of this little video too- reminds me of a time gone by.
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bosforus Sat, Oct 31, 2009 1:25:57pm |
Very lovely. Any ideas on the type of wood that guitar is made of? I don't recognize the symbol on the headstock either.
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arethusa Sat, Oct 31, 2009 1:27:54pm |
Tranquility is just what I need after the NY-23 news. Thanks!
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The Sanity Inspector Sat, Oct 31, 2009 1:44:46pm |
I'll look forward to enjoying this once I bring the kiddiwinks back from trick-or-treating. In the meantime, here's a nice tutorial--if you can keep up with him!
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 1:55:03pm |
I like those small bodied parlor guitars.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 1:57:09pm |
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:01:13pm |
GGAAAHHH!!
Frakkin San Antonio Spurs
Here I am at work all set up for their game tonight, and they change EVERYTHING
Theres' an hours worth of set up down the drain PLUS another hour to re-set everything!!
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The Sanity Inspector Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:04:46pm |
re: #8 sattv4u2
We're counting on you to make the magic happen!
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:04:47pm |
re: #8 sattv4u2
I'm battening down the hatches for Halloween. No candy this year so all shades are drawn, all lights are off. I even raked leaves onto my walkway so the house doesn't even look inviting to trick-or-treaters.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:06:30pm |
This looks interesting...
Scozzafava's Supporters Like Obama, Dislike Hoffman and Owens
Consider the Siena poll out this morning, which has all sorts of useful cross-tabs. Scozzafava's supporters in this poll:
-- Have a favorable view of Barack Obama by a 64-31 margin.
-- Have an unfavorable view of Hoffman 15-57.
-- Have an unfavorable view of Democrat Bill Owens, 19-50.It's not quite so clear how Hoffman stands to benefit from this. Although a majority of Scozzafava's supporters are Republican (about 62 percent, by my reckoning), it is safe to assume that they are mostly rather moderate Republicans, because almost all the conservative Republicans had already gone over to Hoffman. To wit, two-thirds of Scozzafava's supporters say they like Barack Obama. While moderate Republicans are an endangered species elsewhere in the country, that is not true in upstate New York, where a lot of voters are registered as Republicans and vote that way in statewide races but often vote Democratic in federal races. (NY-23 supported Barack Obama 52-47 last November.)
The reality is that a lot of Scozzafava's ex-supporters, many of whom don't like either Hoffman or Owens, simply won't vote
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The Sanity Inspector Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:07:46pm |
Melanie Phillips' take on the BNP Nick Griffin's appearance on British TV, as parsed by an expat professor at Ewha Womans University in South Korea.
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_RememberTonyC Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:14:19pm |
re: #8 sattv4u2
GGAAAHHH!!
Frakkin San Antonio Spurs
Here I am at work all set up for their game tonight, and they change EVERYTHING
Theres' an hours worth of set up down the drain PLUS another hour to re-set everything!!
FOX Sports SW giving you problems, pal?
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Bloodnok Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:14:38pm |
re: #10 Killgore Trout
I'm battening down the hatches for Halloween. No candy this year so all shades are drawn, all lights are off. I even raked leaves onto my walkway so the house doesn't even look inviting to trick-or-treaters.
So am I. I'm visiting my mother this weekend and she's not into it. The lights are off and it's getting too dark to type. Move along, kids.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:15:26pm |
re: #13 _RememberTonyC
FOX Sports SW giving you problems, pal?
Client is actually the team themselves
((we do direct "local" broadcasts for several of the NBA teams)))
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:16:48pm |
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:16:48pm |
re: #14 Bloodnok
It's still light here but some of these kids started at 3 or 4 o'clock.
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_RememberTonyC Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:17:07pm |
re: #15 sattv4u2
Client is actually the team themselves
((we do direct "local" broadcasts for several of the NBA teams)))
Some of my best friends are former Spurs ... Avery Johnson and Sean Elliott. And a new friend (starting Nov 10th) is another former Spur ... Bruce Bowen. All great folks!
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Bloodnok Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:19:34pm |
re: #16 sattv4u2
re: #14 Bloodnok
I'll thrid that
decorated the house 2 weeks ago as usual, but I'm at work and don't get home till around midnight, 15 year old son is going to a house party, and wife is going to the movies with a friend
Not home you say?
/heads down to Atlanta area with 3 dozen Jumbo grade-As.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:20:31pm |
re: #18 _RememberTonyC
Some of my best friends are former Spurs ... Avery Johnson and Sean Elliott. And a new friend (starting Nov 10th) is another former Spur ... Bruce Bowen. All great folks!
Cool
Bruce was a great player. Never got due credit because he didn't light up the scoreboard, but what a defender!
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:21:35pm |
re: #19 Bloodnok
Not home you say?
/heads down to Atlanta area with 3 dozen Jumbo grade-As.
hehehe
Left the house for work at 8 a.m and someone(s) had already TP'd the trees out front
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_RememberTonyC Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:23:21pm |
re: #20 sattv4u2
Cool
Bruce was a great player. Never got due credit because he didn't light up the scoreboard, but what a defender!
And he was a former Celtic also ... so I am inclined to like him even more. I've been following him on Twitter and he says people thank him for the miracle shot in 1999 all the time ... but it's credit he doesn't deserve because it was Sean Elliott who hit the shot.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:25:29pm |
re: #22 _RememberTonyC
And he was a former Celtic also ... so I am inclined to like him even more. I've been following him on Twitter and he says people thank him for the miracle shot in 1999 all the time ... but it's credit he doesn't deserve because it was Sean Elliott who hit the shot.
Speaking of which ,, pretty impressive so far
I know it's only 3 games in, but winning IN Cleveland and waxing Chicago last night, considering the playoff war they had
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_RememberTonyC Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:28:19pm |
re: #23 sattv4u2
Speaking of which ,, pretty impressive so far
I know it's only 3 games in, but winning IN Cleveland and waxing Chicago last night, considering the playoff war they had
I predicted them to win it all before the season, and I see a team capable of 65+ wins.
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Bloodnok Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:36:40pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:38:00pm |
re: #10 Killgore Trout
I'm battening down the hatches for Halloween. No candy this year so all shades are drawn, all lights are off. I even raked leaves onto my walkway so the house doesn't even look inviting to trick-or-treaters.
LOL!
Doing something like that here too!
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:39:20pm |
re: #13 _RememberTonyC
FOX Sports SW giving you problems, pal?
AND ,,, btw ,,, Erik T has already bugged me today, interrupting my LGF time !!
Dern those ESPN guys!!
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:40:20pm |
This guy doesn't have to worry about trick-or-treaters...
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SixDegrees Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:41:16pm |
re: #11 Killgore Trout
This looks interesting...
Scozzafava's Supporters Like Obama, Dislike Hoffman and Owens
Sitting out the election is certainly an option. Unfortunately, it tends to favor the extremists, whose spittle-spewing supporters will rabidly walk barefoot across shattered glass to cast their votes.
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SteveC Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:41:17pm |
Looks like I need to Fly commercial on or around Valentine's Day. Anybody know if it is any busier than the average day?
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_RememberTonyC Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:42:11pm |
re: #28 sattv4u2
AND ,,, btw ,,, Erik T has already bugged me today, interrupting my LGF time !!
Dern those ESPN guys!!
I didn't think Tez worked on the weekends ... I guess he's not such a big shot after all
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_RememberTonyC Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:43:21pm |
re: #28 sattv4u2
AND ,,, btw ,,, Erik T has already bugged me today, interrupting my LGF time !!
Dern those ESPN guys!!
by the way, that Clippers clip from Onion News that Charles put up was hilarious.
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MandyManners Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:44:59pm |
re: #10 Killgore Trout
I'm battening down the hatches for Halloween. No candy this year so all shades are drawn, all lights are off. I even raked leaves onto my walkway so the house doesn't even look inviting to trick-or-treaters.
You need to go to Rent-A-Pit for the finishing touch. Nothing like a snarling beast with locking jaws to say, "GET THE HELL AWAY"!
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:45:16pm |
re: #29 Killgore Trout
This guy doesn't have to worry about trick-or-treaters...
I've actually been by there
it's way cool
In Maine, there's also a very small island off the coast of Portland between Portland itself and Peaks Isalnd (an island thats part of Portland and has about 2,000 year round residents,,, 6,000 in the summer)
The small island is "House Island" and has two buildings on it. One is an occupied house, and the other is a house converted into a function hall. People rent it for weddings, family reunions, etc
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MandyManners Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:46:51pm |
re: #34 MandyManners
You need to go to Rent-A-Pit for the finishing touch. Nothing like a snarling beast with locking jaws to say, "GET THE HELL AWAY"!
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:47:11pm |
re: #30 SixDegrees
If I had to guess I'd think that most of Scozzafava's voters will stay home. Since she's still technically on the ballot a few will still vote for her anyways or vote Dem. Hoffman might pick up a few converts but not many. Also don't underestimate the Dems motivation to pick up what has previously been a solid Republican seat.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:48:39pm |
re: #35 sattv4u2
I'd love to live there, I'll bet you could pull lobster pots from your kitchen window.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:48:44pm |
re: #32 _RememberTonyC
I didn't think Tez worked on the weekends ... I guess he's not such a big shot after all
Only important people work on weekends
(((this, form the guy sitting at work from 8 this morning till 10 tonight!!! )))
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_RememberTonyC Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:48:54pm |
re: #34 MandyManners
You need to go to Rent-A-Pit for the finishing touch. Nothing like a snarling beast with locking jaws to say, "GET THE HELL AWAY"!
Malkin ?
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MandyManners Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:49:16pm |
re: #29 Killgore Trout
This guy doesn't have to worry about trick-or-treaters...
I bet getting a pizza delivered is a bitch.
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_RememberTonyC Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:49:20pm |
re: #39 sattv4u2
Only important people work on weekends
(((this, form the guy sitting at work from 8 this morning till 10 tonight!!! )))
I was there until 4:30pm today, Dawg!
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Taqyia2Me Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:49:29pm |
Cute dog video:
[Link: www.stumbleupon.com...]
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Stuart Leviton Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:52:30pm |
Wahlsteen. Fun.
A spirited version of Funeral March of a Marionette Happy Halloween lizards. love ya!
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:52:42pm |
re: #38 Killgore Trout
I'd love to live there, I'll bet you could pull lobster pots from your kitchen window.
Close enough!
When I lived in Boston I had a summer cottage (read ,,SHACK) on Peaks island
As stated, there are year round homes there, but most of the "cottages" were not winterized. It's changed a lot since then. People who had cottages winterized and added on to them and have retired there.
Not a set of traffic lights on the island
one small grocer
3 small restaurants
an ice cream/ candy store
volunteer Fire Dept
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lurking faith Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:53:29pm |
Aw, shoot. I forgot to buy candy today.
*turning lights off*
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:53:35pm |
re: #42 MandyManners
I bet getting a pizza delivered is a bitch.
Ya need a delivery person with a great arm and frisbee toss!
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Varek Raith Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:53:55pm |
re: #42 MandyManners
I bet getting a pizza delivered is a bitch.
Me - It's past 30 minutes. My pizza's free.
Pizza delivery - Oh, come on! I had to rent a freaking boat just to get here!
/:)
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:54:23pm |
re: #43 _RememberTonyC
I was there until 4:30pm today, Dawg!
Sure ,, leave before it gets REALLY busy, WIMP!!
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Stuart Leviton Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:55:15pm |
Ooops. I accidentally posted a 1928 Rubenstein recording of Chopin's Bacarolle.
Here's the Funeral March of a Marionette (or so I hope)
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_RememberTonyC Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:56:13pm |
re: #50 sattv4u2
Sure ,, leave before it gets REALLY busy, WIMP!!
i needed time to get to "The 404" so I could egg your house :)
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:56:51pm |
re: #49 Varek Raith
Me - It's past 30 minutes. My pizza's free.
Pizza delivery - Oh, come on! I had to rent a freaking boat just to get here!
/:)
heheheh ,,, GREAT line from the TV show The Mentalist
Big Shot suspect being interviewed by the cops
"I can make one phone call and have you fired in 20 minutes"
Detective
"Wow ,, thats impressive. The best I can do with one phone call in 20 minutes is have a pizza delivered"
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Racer X Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:57:37pm |
re: #47 lurking faith
Aw, shoot. I forgot to buy candy today.
*turning lights off*
NO!
C'mon man, it's halloween! No candy? Make some Kool-aid or Tang or something. Give them little kids a drink of water at least. Trick-or-Treating makes you thirsty.
I'm gonna offer a handful of mini candy bars, or a small bottle of water. Pick one. Last year many kids picked the water.
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SteveC Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:58:02pm |
re: #47 lurking faith
Aw, shoot. I forgot to buy candy today.
*turning lights off*
Got a new candy (for me!) because it was pretty inexpensive. Soda Poppers hard candy made by Brach's. Candy tastes like either A&W Root Beer, Dr. Pepper, 7Up, or Orange Crush. VERY good candy, grab a bag or six to keep ibn your desk, candy jar, pocket, etc.!!!
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MandyManners Sat, Oct 31, 2009 2:59:44pm |
It's gonna' be difficult to ensure that The Kid has recieved good chocolate this year but, someone's gotta' do it. Man, being a mom is not just kissing boo-boos and wiping snotty noses.
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wee fury Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:01:54pm |
Since I have a deadly fear of the dental chair . . . along with the candy I give out -- each little visitor will get a new toothbrush.
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_RememberTonyC Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:02:39pm |
re: #58 MandyManners
It's gonna' be difficult to ensure that The Kid has recieved good chocolate this year but, someone's gotta' do it. Man, being a mom is not just kissing boo-boos and wiping snotty noses.
Moms are the best ...
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Stuart Leviton Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:03:08pm |
re: #59 wee furyIsn't there some sort of Sarah Palin comment about dentists: "drill baby. Drill."
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Racer X Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:03:29pm |
re: #59 wee fury
Since I have a deadly fear of the dental chair . . . along with the candy I give out -- each little visitor will get a new toothbrush.
A toothbrush? A toothbrush?
Might as well give out cough drops.
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wee fury Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:04:24pm |
re: #63 Racer X
A toothbrush? A toothbrush?
Might as well give out cough drops.
They get candy too. The parents will like me. :-)
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lurking faith Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:04:52pm |
re: #55 Racer X
Seriously, I've got nothing. Not even bottled water.
Look, the most trick-or-treaters we've ever had in one year at this location is eight. Last year we only got one group of girls who were really too old to be trick-or-treating (and only one had tried to make a costume). It's not like I'm disappointing a small army of wee tykes here.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:05:31pm |
re: #33 _RememberTonyC
by the way, that Clippers clip from Onion News that Charles put up was hilarious.
LOL Did you see the post from somebody from another country asking if the Clippers were an American sports team?
I said no...
*bows*
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MandyManners Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:06:38pm |
re: #59 wee fury
Since I have a deadly fear of the dental chair . . . along with the candy I give out -- each little visitor will get a new toothbrush.
You rock.
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_RememberTonyC Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:07:19pm |
re: #67 HoosierHoops
LOL Did you see the post from somebody from another country asking if the Clippers were an American sports team?
I said no...
*bows*
I did see that ... you're an evil man! BTW ... I'm about 70 pages into Bill Simmons' book ... it's awesome ... and did you see the Lakers lose to Dallas last night?
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SteveC Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:07:33pm |
re: #54 sattv4u2
heheheh ,,, GREAT line from the TV show The Mentalist
"Why does HE always get to kiss Amanda Righetti?"
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Racer X Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:07:34pm |
re: #66 lurking faith
Seriously, I've got nothing. Not even bottled water.
Look, the most trick-or-treaters we've ever had in one year at this location is eight. Last year we only got one group of girls who were really too old to be trick-or-treating (and only one had tried to make a costume). It's not like I'm disappointing a small army of wee tykes here.
Thats cool. We get about 50 here. Many kids come from out of the area.
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reloadingisnotahobby Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:08:22pm |
Happy...er...glad...ah...Frightening Halloween
everyone!!!
...Boo!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:09:28pm |
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reloadingisnotahobby Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:09:49pm |
re: #73 Stuart Leviton
That's to be followed with candy!!! Right?
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reloadingisnotahobby Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:10:38pm |
re: #74 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Never sit with your back to the door...
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SteveC Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:14:02pm |
re: #79 reloadingisnotahobby
Never sit with your back to the door...
That's how they play cards in Chicago. Wise Guy gets killed, the police show up to find four people who all claim they were playing cards. "What did you see?" "I didn't see anything, officer; I had my back to the door." Every one of them say that.
Apparently there's some kind of card game that's popular in Chicago that makes all the players sit on the same side of the table.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:14:13pm |
re: #69 _RememberTonyC
I did see that ... you're an evil man! BTW ... I'm about 70 pages into Bill Simmons' book ... it's awesome ... and did you see the Lakers lose to Dallas last night?
No way! I saw Bill last night on the tube...He is coming to Indy for a book signing but no date yet...He is my favorite ESPN blogger..I wrote last night that Charles should do mailbag once a month...It would be great...
End it like Bill..
Yup those are my readers...
How is the Book?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:14:29pm |
Roomie has broken foot... I just got home, stopped at the store and got candy. Hope I got enough. Neighborhood has a Trick or Treat parade (police car, fire engine) and the kids.
When I drove by there were a trillion kids.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:17:37pm |
Just in time for Halloween, the cutest baby bats you have ever seen.
one baby bat...
Image: 35__320x240_bootsana.jpg
Lotta baby bats...
Image: babybats.jpg
[hat tip to FU Penguin for the cuteness.] [Link: www.fupenguin.com...]
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:17:39pm |
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SteveC Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:19:34pm |
re: #84 HoosierHoops
Whoops
I wouldn't know; I don't even walk through that neighborhood on a well lit afternoon, much less Halloween!
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lawhawk Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:20:51pm |
So, we bought a bunch of candy for the expected army of kiddies in costumes we thought would come because it was the weekend... and so far... just a few kids. The weather hasn't exactly cooperated in these parts with drizzle on and off all day, but still.. who is going to eat all this candy?
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SteveC Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:21:43pm |
re: #86 lawhawk
So, we bought a bunch of candy for the expected army of kiddies in costumes we thought would come because it was the weekend... and so far... just a few kids. The weather hasn't exactly cooperated in these parts with drizzle on and off all day, but still.. who is going to eat all this candy?
Did you bring enough for everyone?
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Pepper Fox Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:21:51pm |
I looove this music and I want the physical CD, but damn Amazon, 1-2 months to ship?? It's not at B&N either.
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wrenchwench Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:22:29pm |
re: #86 lawhawk
So, we bought a bunch of candy for the expected army of kiddies in costumes we thought would come because it was the weekend... and so far... just a few kids. The weather hasn't exactly cooperated in these parts with drizzle on and off all day, but still.. who is going to eat all this candy?
That's why you should only buy stuff you like.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:23:06pm |
re: #86 lawhawk
So, we bought a bunch of candy for the expected army of kiddies in costumes we thought would come because it was the weekend... and so far... just a few kids. The weather hasn't exactly cooperated in these parts with drizzle on and off all day, but still.. who is going to eat all this candy?
Nobody comes out here...And if they did nobody walks up the long dark driveway...I learned my lesson last year...
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:24:32pm |
Snickers, 3 Muskateers, Peanut M&Ms, Hershey Toasted Almond thingys. Always go to a fat man's house for trick or treat.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:24:38pm |
re: #88 Pepper Fox
I looove this music and I want the physical CD, but damn Amazon, 1-2 months to ship?? It's not at B&N either.
I heard the Shaw-Blades CD influences...It is simply awesome..
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:25:26pm |
re: #86 lawhawk
but still.. who is going to eat all this candy?
All the world wonders...
/are those chocolate smudges on your face?
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_RememberTonyC Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:27:20pm |
re: #81 HoosierHoops
No way! I saw Bill last night on the tube...He is coming to Indy for a book signing but no date yet...He is my favorite ESPN blogger..I wrote last night that Charles should do mailbag once a month...It would be great...
End it like Bill..
Yup those are my readers...
How is the Book?
Book is great ... I emailed him the link to the Clippers thing from the Onion ... I know he will enjoy it! Gotta run to pick up dinner ... see ya later!
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TedStriker Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:28:15pm |
re: #86 lawhawk
So, we bought a bunch of candy for the expected army of kiddies in costumes we thought would come because it was the weekend... and so far... just a few kids. The weather hasn't exactly cooperated in these parts with drizzle on and off all day, but still.. who is going to eat all this candy?
It'll be a tough job, but I'll volunteer for this hazardous duty...
NOM NOM NOM
;-P
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Political Atheist Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:33:28pm |
Got my balloon boy costume all set. Big cardboard box marked attacj storage and a bunch of helium balloons. Building partyyy!
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lawhawk Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:33:53pm |
re: #90 wrenchwench
Oh, that's the problem... :)
Lots of chocolate. Is there any other kind of candy?
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Political Atheist Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:34:12pm |
re: #98 Rightwingconspirator
Uh PIMF !
Attic storage!
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freetoken Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:43:14pm |
I see that the Global-Warming-is-a-hoax crowd are still going at it... the latest being comments in the links...
Some decade they will stop, but it won't be any time soon.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:45:12pm |
Ohh, this is scary...err...sort of...
The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:45:40pm |
re: #101 freetoken
I see that the Global-Warming-is-a-hoax crowd are still going at it... the latest being comments in the links...
Some decade they will stop, but it won't be any time soon.
Or worse ,, they'll be RIGHT
Then where will we be !?!?!?!
//
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:46:28pm |
My Battletech game ended early (my side got crushed) and still have one of my candy bags unused. Hopefully kids and parents show up wanting some of it, because I don't want to be tempted with it.
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TedStriker Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:48:16pm |
re: #104 Dark_Falcon
My Battletech game ended early (my side got crushed) and still have one of my candy bags unused. Hopefully kids and parents show up wanting some of it, because I don't want to be tempted with it.
Oh, you know you want it...
NOM NOM NOM
;-P
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freetoken Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:49:08pm |
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webevintage Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:50:03pm |
So is every one taking part in the training of the next generation to accept gov't handouts i.e trick or treating?
What a bunch of Commies.
///
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:50:45pm |
re: #107 webevintage
So is every one taking part in the training of the next generation to accept gov't handouts i.e trick or treating?
What a bunch of Commies.
///
ObamaCandy!
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:51:15pm |
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webevintage Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:51:54pm |
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Political Atheist Sat, Oct 31, 2009 3:59:23pm |
re: #108 HoosierHoops
That would be a sucker, right?
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freetoken Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:00:15pm |
re: #110 webevintage
I can haz ObamaCandy?
Individually wrapped, as required by modern Halloween standards:
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:01:46pm |
Code Pink assholes: Yahoo pic
Members of the protest group Code Pink taunt local school children with chants about the war in Afghanistan as the children and their families arrive for a Halloween reception by U.S. President Barack Obama and his family at the White House in Washington, October 31, 2009.
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Mauser Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:03:40pm |
I typically get over a hundred kids. I make sure I give out Snickers, Milky Way, and 3 Musketeers. The Good Stuff, because I remember how disappointed I was with rolls of "Smarties" and those puny Dum-dum pops.
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Political Atheist Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:03:43pm |
re: #114 Killgore Trout
It's fortunate this stuff happens where i read about it later. i'm sure I'd step up and bitch these idiots out if my kid was there. I'd have a "joe the plumber" moment with blue language.
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freetoken Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:04:02pm |
re: #114 Killgore Trout
Heh... at least no one can claim that Code Pink are partisan.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:04:18pm |
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freetoken Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:04:58pm |
re: #115 Mauser
I always liked the "Tarts" packages, though.
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webevintage Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:05:25pm |
re: #114 Killgore Trout
Members of the protest group Code Pink taunt local school children with chants about the war in Afghanistan as the children and their families arrive for a Halloween reception by U.S. President Barack Obama and his family at the White House in Washington, October 31, 2009.
Jesus.
Please just.go.away.
Now.
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Political Atheist Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:06:03pm |
re: #115 Mauser
Same here but we get few kids. This year the whole apartment building is done up with lights and stuff. Hopefully lots of kids. Later its the cocktail party for the rest of us.
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webevintage Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:08:01pm |
re: #115 Mauser
I typically get over a hundred kids. I make sure I give out Snickers, Milky Way, and 3 Musketeers. The Good Stuff, because I remember how disappointed I was with rolls of "Smarties" and those puny Dum-dum pops.
The worst are those black and orange "peanut butter" flavored candy. I hated to get those when I was a kid.
I have a mix of Dum Dums, Snickers, Twix and Milky Way to give out and eat when only 10 kids come by.
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lastlaugh Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:08:04pm |
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:08:32pm |
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Mauser Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:08:39pm |
re: #121 Rightwingconspirator
Apartment buildings were always hard to visit. Usually because they're locked down to outsiders.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:08:47pm |
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:09:13pm |
re: #123 lastlaugh
Click next I DID
and you'll forget all about code pink
I DIDN"T.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:10:22pm |
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:11:16pm |
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Political Atheist Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:11:37pm |
re: #126 Mauser
Yeah we decided since it fell on the best night (Saturday) we would open up and have some fun. We put flyers out in the neighborhood and all that. Its still early (PST) here so we'll see.
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webevintage Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:12:24pm |
re: #123 lastlaugh
Click next and you'll forget all about code pink.
But if you click in the other direction you can make all the bad feelings go away with pictures of kids having fun at the White House.
I want one of those WH Halloween cookies...
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:14:37pm |
re: #132 webevintage
But if you click in the other direction you can make all the bad feelings go away with pictures of kids having fun at the White House.
I want one of those WH HalloweencookiesINTERNS...
//channeling Bill Clinton!
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lastlaugh Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:14:41pm |
re: #128 sattv4u2
Should've included a YMMV disclaimer. I went from :rolleyes: to :sickinmygut: for an instant -- if I may express my emotions in terms of emoticons.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:16:11pm |
re: #134 lastlaugh
Should've included a YMMV disclaimer. I went from :rolleyes: to :sickinmygut: for an instant -- if I may express my emotions in terms of emoticons.
oh ,, don't get me wrong. Those two photos (23 and 24) are disgusting, but for the Code Pinkers to do that at a CHILDRENS event is vile
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Decatur Deb Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:16:55pm |
re: #122 webevintage
The worst are those black and orange "peanut butter" flavored candy. I hated to get those when I was a kid.
I have a mix of Dum Dums, Snickers, Twix and Milky Way to give out and eat when only 10 kids come by.
Worst were apples. Don't like them, and a couple would take city blocks
off your range.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:17:14pm |
re: #131 Rightwingconspirator
Yeah we decided since it fell on the best night (Saturday) we would open up and have some fun. We put flyers out in the neighborhood and all that. Its still early (PST) here so we'll see.
I grew up exactly 1 1/2 miles outside of the tiny town of Yountville in Napa Valley..completely in the Country in the middle of nowhere...
We didn't trick or treat until we were teenagers...I still feel kind of bad about the crap we did then to the people of Napa...I may never be forgiven..Never got caught..Haha...
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:18:28pm |
re: #137 HoosierHoops
We lived on a big hill.
Late night pumpkin bowling...
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:21:04pm |
re: #122 webevintage
The worst are those black and orange "peanut butter" flavored candy. I hated to get those when I was a kid.
I have a mix of Dum Dums, Snickers, Twix and Milky Way to give out and eat when only 10 kids come by.
I love those black & orange peanut butter ones. I can't wait each year for Halloween so I can get some - can't find them the rest of the year!
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:21:35pm |
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:21:58pm |
re: #138 Floral Giraffe
We lived on a big hill.
Late night pumpkin bowling...
Why does that not surprise me?
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:22:43pm |
re: #141 reine.de.tout
We started with our own pumpkins...
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:23:33pm |
I'm waiting for some genius to buy up the excess inventory of unsold pumpkins post-haloween and then re-sell them in front of the driveway to an outdoor shooting range.
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Sharmuta Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:24:24pm |
The best jack-o-lantern I ever made was a puking face and pumpkin innards for vomit. It was awesome and all the little boys in the neighborhood loved it.
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avanti Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:24:32pm |
re: #129 Killgore Trout
How much tax money was forcing a pagan celebrations on innocent kids ? /s Only kidding a little, wait for the American Family Organization to hear about it.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:25:47pm |
re: #138 Floral Giraffe
We lived on a big hill.
Late night pumpkin bowling...
LOL I guess it's too late to call the police and send us to jail at this point..
We lived by a Christmas tree farm outside of Yountville...
Yes it was us that cut down Christmas Trees in the middle of the night..
I'm surprised the Sheriffs never caught us cause we were laughing so hard hard and making so much noise...
Come and get me Napa police! :)
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:26:38pm |
Code Pinkos, Tea Partiers, and Westboro Baptist thugs should show up at the same fucking thing and just fight it out once and for all.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:26:43pm |
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Sharmuta Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:26:58pm |
re: #145 Sharmuta
The best jack-o-lantern I ever made was a puking face and pumpkin innards for vomit. It was awesome and all the little boys in the neighborhood loved it.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:27:52pm |
re: #150 Sharmuta
"Calvin and Hobbes" always had great pumpkin carving ideas.
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:27:54pm |
re: #114 Killgore Trout
I remember during the 2006 Israeli campaign one of my coworkers bitching about the poor Lebanese minding their own business and being attacked by the war-mongering Israelis...
I looked at her incredulously and asked 'Really? It takes a special kind of asshole to looks at the situation over there and say 'Yep- this is all the Jews' fault'...'
The phrase 'special kind of asshole' sprang to mind once again when I clicked that link.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:27:59pm |
re: #150 Sharmuta
I found this one...
[Link: www.extremepumpkins.com...]
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:28:17pm |
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Decatur Deb Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:28:40pm |
re: #146 avanti
How much tax money was forcing a pagan celebrations on innocent kids ? /s Only kidding a little, wait for the American Family Organization to hear about it.
Like to see a lizard historian correlate US presidents' historical
"standing" and the presence of young children in the WH.
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Sharmuta Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:28:54pm |
re: #155 Floral Giraffe
I found this one...
[Link: www.extremepumpkins.com...]
I tried to mimic the Mr. Yuck eyes for mine.
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Sharmuta Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:29:28pm |
re: #156 reine.de.tout
That's interesting!
I bet the kids loved it.
The boys loved it. The girls said it was gross.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:30:04pm |
re: #155 Floral Giraffe
I found this one...
[Link: www.extremepumpkins.com...]
From your link:
Also, Halloween has become a great drinking holiday. Adults get dressed up in strange ways that reveal way too much about their personalities.
Where I live, it always was. The adults would grab their beer or hi-balls to bring with them while they walked us around the neighborhood.
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:30:28pm |
I did 'head trauma pumpkin' one year...had X's for the eyes and was titled on its side with pumpkin innards spilling out of the top of its head.
Had to improvise with the lighting when I stuck a candle in.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:30:36pm |
re: #159 Sharmuta
The boys loved it. The girls said it was gross.
Wow ,, when I was a child, the neighborhood kids said the same things about me!
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:31:10pm |
re: #163 sattv4u2
Wow ,, when I was a child, the neighborhood kids said the same things about me!
What do they say now?
Has anything changed?
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TedStriker Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:31:29pm |
re: #137 HoosierHoops
I grew up exactly 1 1/2 miles outside of the tiny town of Yountville in Napa Valley..completely in the Country in the middle of nowhere...
We didn't trick or treat until we were teenagers...I still feel kind of bad about the crap we did then to the people of Napa...I may never be forgiven..Never got caught..Haha...
A regular hellion, were you?
///
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lastlaugh Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:31:52pm |
So Obama's brain-washing back to school message didn't work and he's just bribing kids straight up with candy -- Chicago-style?
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Decatur Deb Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:32:11pm |
re: #156 reine.de.tout
That's interesting!
I bet the kids loved it.
This year I stuck with my 24v drill/holesaw method. No imagination.
But I did use the rear-access candle hatch a lizard recommended,
so it's "incremental improvement"
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:32:12pm |
re: #153 Fenway_Nation
I remember during the 2006 Israeli campaign one of my coworkers bitching about the poor Lebanese minding their own business and being attacked by the war-mongering Israelis...
I looked at her incredulously and asked 'Really? It takes a special kind of asshole to looks at the situation over there and say 'Yep- this is all the Jews' fault'...'
The phrase 'special kind of asshole' sprang to mind once again when I clicked that link.
That and the next two pics. There are many things I am glad America exports. The KKK is not one of them. To see that kind of open hate welling up in Ukraine was depressing.
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:32:36pm |
re: #163 sattv4u2
re: #159 Sharmuta
The boys loved it. The girls said it was gross.
Wow ,, when I was a child, the neighborhood kids said the same things about me!
I'm not touching that one with a week-old jack o'lantern
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:32:48pm |
re: #164 reine.de.tout
What do they say now?
Has anything changed?
They don't say much
((Ever since then, I do, however, wear a paper bag over my head when out in public!!))
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bratwurst Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:37:41pm |
re: #168 Dark_Falcon
That and the next two pics. There are many things I am glad America exports. The KKK is not one of them. To see that kind of open hate welling up in Ukraine was depressing.
To be fair, hating Jews in the Ukraine is nothing new at all. My family left there just over 100 years ago for this very reason.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:37:58pm |
re: #166 lastlaugh
So Obama's brain-washing back to school message didn't work and he's just bribing kids straight up with candy -- Chicago-style?
Handouts! They're being deceived by the sweetness of socialism, unaware of the rot that will set into their teeth! Entitlements!
/
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Cheechako Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:38:20pm |
Here’s a funny (but true) Halloween story.
Years ago I was elk hunting in central Oregon. Stopped by to visit some friends at a remote Forest Service Ranger Station on Halloween night. So remote the black top began 50 miles down the gravel road. About 15 families lived at this station. The traditional Halloween custom at the station was for the wives to take the kids trick or treating around the houses while the husbands stayed home to pass out the goodies. Another part of the custom was for the wives to carry a martini class. So at each house the kids got candy and the wives a martini. Of course the husbands at each house had to have a drink along with each trick or treater. By 9 PM not a creature was stirring.
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wrenchwench Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:38:23pm |
My favorite Halloween costumes have all been made from cardboard boxes. One year I was a pay phone. (You youngsters can google that.) The parts came from a vandalized pay phone (I didn't do it, I swear!) and I attached them to a box I wore with my head sticking out the top. I would make a ringing noise, answer it, and say, "It's for you" and hand it to whoever was near, and they took it from there. Some people were really good at improvising one side of a conversation.
This was before anyone had a cell phone. I wonder how it would work now.
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:38:38pm |
re: #168 Dark_Falcon
I remember seeing some pictures in National Geographic of some Catholic Holy Day procession in Spain where the marchers were wearing brown robes with hoods that looked like they were styled after the KKK's. Only thing was, the festival (and by implication, the robes) pre-dated the klan by some 500 years.
I thought maybe that was the same thing happening in the Ukraine photos until I saw the confederate flag.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:39:17pm |
re: #174 wrenchwench
That was clever!
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:39:43pm |
re: #165 talon_262
A regular hellion, were you?
///
Yup.. Ever read my stories about being in College in Napa?
We drove out to the fields at night and stole grapes to make homemade wine?
All it takes is a couple of 55 gallon trash cans and somebody with a pickup truck...Ahhh the good old days...Sorry about your luck Mondavi Winery.. :)
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:40:37pm |
re: #174 wrenchwench
My favorite Halloween costumes have all been made from cardboard boxes. One year I was a pay phone. (You youngsters can google that.) The parts came from a vandalized pay phone (I didn't do it, I swear!) and I attached them to a box I wore with my head sticking out the top. I would make a ringing noise, answer it, and say, "It's for you" and hand it to whoever was near, and they took it from there. Some people were really good at improvising one side of a conversation.
This was before anyone had a cell phone. I wonder how it would work now.
I don't even see pay phones anywhere anymore.
I bet there are kids who have no clue what a pay phone is.
I'm frankly not sorry to see 'em go - the ones I used were always sticky and yucky and . . .ew.
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The Sanity Inspector Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:40:45pm |
I see that the Robert Plant / Alison Krause album is in the sidebar. That prompts me to check YT, and...yess!! There's finally a HQ version on "In The Mood" up!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:41:48pm |
re: #179 The Sanity Inspector
It the Raising Sand album is my favorite of the last ten years.
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Sharmuta Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:41:54pm |
re: #174 wrenchwench
My favorite Halloween costumes have all been made from cardboard boxes. One year I was a pay phone. (You youngsters can google that.) The parts came from a vandalized pay phone (I didn't do it, I swear!) and I attached them to a box I wore with my head sticking out the top. I would make a ringing noise, answer it, and say, "It's for you" and hand it to whoever was near, and they took it from there. Some people were really good at improvising one side of a conversation.
This was before anyone had a cell phone. I wonder how it would work now.
My cousin was a cell phone a few years ago.
He was calling Jenny at 867-5309. :D
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wrenchwench Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:42:43pm |
re: #178 reine.de.tout
I don't even see pay phones anywhere anymore.
I bet there are kids who have no clue what a pay phone is.
I'm frankly not sorry to see 'em go - the ones I used were always sticky and yucky and . . .ew.
The last few around here were taken out because they were only used for drug deals.
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:43:04pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:44:04pm |
re: #184 Gang of One
Is it made of Gingerbread?
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freetoken Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:44:06pm |
re: #184 Gang of One
/Whaddamy doin' rong?
Perhaps it's the growling bulldogs you have chained up in the front yard?
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wrenchwench Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:44:25pm |
re: #184 Gang of One
Hah! I just moved into a new place, a tiny little house near my school, and I bought lots of candy -- but nobody has come to ring the bell.
/Whaddamy doin' rong?
Any idea who lived there before you?
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:44:46pm |
re: #184 Gang of One
re: #14 Bloodnok
re: #16 sattv4u2
Hah! I just moved into a new place, a tiny little house near my school, and I bought lots of candy -- but nobody has come to ring the bell.
/Whaddamy doin' rong?
Got your front light on?
Got a pumpkin by the door?
Got your door decorated?
Does it look like you're home?
Dress up in a costume and go sit outside on a chair with your bowl of candy.
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:45:20pm |
re: #178 reine.de.tout
I was getting my car repaired earlier this year and while I was waiting, I struck up a conversation with an older gentleman who turned out to be from my hometown. He was retired now, but he was working for the phone company back then. His job was to go to the various payphones throughout the Pioneer Valley and Berkshire hilltowns and collect the coins as well as repair any problems he might come across. He said when it was time for his retirement, the phone company didn't even bother with a replacement...
Told me he was basically living off of his stock options and living well.
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Political Atheist Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:45:44pm |
re: #174 wrenchwench
Those are the best!
Cardboard box! One year I went in a box as a Christmas present. This hottie wanted to open it... Alas I'm married. When I was little, as a robot-cardboard boxes and foil. Tonight balloon boy in the box.
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:45:44pm |
re: #174 wrenchwench
My favorite Halloween costumes have all been made from cardboard boxes. One year I was a pay phone. (You youngsters can google that.) The parts came from a vandalized pay phone (I didn't do it, I swear!) and I attached them to a box I wore with my head sticking out the top. I would make a ringing noise, answer it, and say, "It's for you" and hand it to whoever was near, and they took it from there. Some people were really good at improvising one side of a conversation.
This was before anyone had a cell phone. I wonder how it would work now.
Was a kid in school yesterday wearing a box decorated as a very expensive gift. In the upper left-hand corner, on the FROM label: GOD.
In the middle, on the TO label: ALL WOMEN.
I thought that was kinda clever.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:46:21pm |
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:47:04pm |
re: #184 Gang of One
In a lot of places kids really don't trick-or-treat anymore. Parents take their kids to sopping centers for "safer" trick or treating. The holiday has been pretty much been taken over by adults anyways. It's not really for kids anymore.
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:47:25pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:47:37pm |
re: #195 Killgore Trout
yeah. But the wemmens dress up sessy! woo hoo!
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TedStriker Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:47:52pm |
re: #148 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Code Pinkos, Tea Partiers, and Westboro Baptist thugs should show up at the same fucking thing and just fight it out once and for all.
Where's Tina Turner and her Thunderdome when you need them?
/many morons enter, no one leaves
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wrenchwench Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:48:07pm |
My brother and five of his friends went as a six pack of Coors once. The o's in Coors had black screen over them to see through. After their arrival at the party, they slipped out of the 6 pack and were individual cans.
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The Sanity Inspector Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:48:12pm |
re: #174 wrenchwench
My favorite Halloween costumes have all been made from cardboard boxes. One year I was a pay phone. (You youngsters can google that.) The parts came from a vandalized pay phone (I didn't do it, I swear!) and I attached them to a box I wore with my head sticking out the top. I would make a ringing noise, answer it, and say, "It's for you" and hand it to whoever was near, and they took it from there. Some people were really good at improvising one side of a conversation.
This was before anyone had a cell phone. I wonder how it would work now.
The most twisted costume I ever saw was in the early 80s, someone dressed up as a bottle of Tylenol.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:48:42pm |
Oh no.
The folks at Hot Air are going to have fun with this one.
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:48:54pm |
re: #189 wrenchwench
Any idea who lived there before you?
Yeah. Some old curmudgeon, in fact.
re: #190 reine.de.tout
Got your front light on?
Got a pumpkin by the door?
Got your door decorated?
Does it look like you're home?Dress up in a costume and go sit outside on a chair with your bowl of candy.
Yes.
No.
No.
Yes, lights are on, front door open. It's about 68 degrees up here in Bergen County, NJ.
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Political Atheist Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:49:02pm |
re: #201 The Sanity Inspector
Right after the Tylenol poisonings? Yeow.
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Racer X Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:49:22pm |
re: #195 Killgore Trout
In a lot of places kids really don't trick-or-treat anymore. Parents take their kids to sopping centers for "safer" trick or treating. The holiday has been pretty much been taken over by adults anyways. It's not really for kids anymore.
The police station down the street had a halloween night last night. The whole parking lot was decked out with booths. Everyone was wearing costumes. The kids got lots of candy, and it was all very safe.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:49:43pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:49:46pm |
I went as Elvis one year. Carried around a pill bottle with candy in it saying things like, "C'mon baby, take uh one of these when you're feelin' low.'
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:49:49pm |
re: #195 Killgore Trout
In a lot of places kids really don't trick-or-treat anymore. Parents take their kids to sopping centers for "safer" trick or treating. The holiday has been pretty much been taken over by adults anyways. It's not really for kids anymore.
This is true. The few kids I saw were with a contingent of adults. And my three closest neighbors are LEOs. Go figgah ...
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:50:11pm |
re: #202 Killgore Trout
Is Barry dressed up as Mr Rogers?
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The Sanity Inspector Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:50:17pm |
re: #195 Killgore Trout
In a lot of places kids really don't trick-or-treat anymore. Parents take their kids to sopping centers for "safer" trick or treating. The holiday has been pretty much been taken over by adults anyways. It's not really for kids anymore.
Oh, I'll take mine trick or treating, okay. But I'm one of the rat bastard dads who mooches their candy when they're not looking.
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:50:30pm |
One of the better costumes I was over the past few years was a football referee accompanied by a jailbird...offsetting b&w stripes.
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:51:12pm |
re: #190 reine.de.tout
Dress up in a costume and go sit outside on a chair with your bowl of candy.
I am wearing my Ninja® costume, but mebbe I should take the mast off and sit at outside.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:51:18pm |
re: #205 Racer X
The police station down the street had a halloween night last night. The whole parking lot was decked out with booths. Everyone was wearing costumes. The kids got lots of candy, and it was all very safe.
In Indiana all Sex offenders have to go to a meeting between 6 and 9pm or else go to jail.. I think it should be a national policy.
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The Sanity Inspector Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:51:21pm |
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Sharmuta Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:51:49pm |
re: #200 wrenchwench
My brother and five of his friends went as a six pack of Coors once. The o's in Coors had black screen over them to see through. After their arrival at the party, they slipped out of the 6 pack and were individual cans.
Once I had a friend cut holes in a lawn bag, put it on and filled it with bunched up newspapers and he went as white trash.
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avanti Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:52:01pm |
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freetoken Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:52:08pm |
re: #202 Killgore Trout
Dude... you really are a trouble maker...
...and we wouldn't want you any other way
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:53:28pm |
re: #201 The Sanity Inspector
The most twisted costume I ever saw was in the early 80s, someone dressed up as a bottle of Tylenol.
1981 -- saw some girl dressed up as a bloodied, toxic shock tampoon.
/Oy. Vey.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:54:15pm |
re: #204 Rightwingconspirator
Right after the Tylenol poisonings? Yeow.
That is sick. Wasn't in Chicago, cause anyone who did that here would have gotten pulped. My family actually shopped at the Walgreens where the bad bottles were placed. We didn't go there for a while, but after a few months it was back to normal for the store and for us. The Walgreens in question is still in operation and is located on the northeast corner of the intersection of North Avenue and Wells Street.
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wrenchwench Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:54:24pm |
re: #216 Sharmuta
Once I had a friend cut holes in a lawn bag, put it on and filled it with bunched up newspapers and he went as white trash.
I tried to be a cloud once. I wore big white clothes stuffed with paper and put a lot of cornstarch in my hair, which turned out to be particularly disgusting in combination with the hangover the next morning.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:54:29pm |
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TedStriker Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:54:38pm |
re: #221 Gang of One
1981 -- saw some girl dressed up as a bloodied, toxic shock tampoon.
/Oy. Vey.
Ain't that just sweet?
///
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:54:41pm |
re: #202 Killgore Trout
Did Bush do this stuff? Or did it just get zero coverage.
This is jammin' fun!
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:54:51pm |
re: #213 Gang of One
I am wearing my Ninja® costume, but mebbe I should take the
mastmask off and sitatoutside.
/I hate when that happens.
//Too much sake?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:55:36pm |
Tennessee is in black jerseys tonight.
Crazy.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:56:44pm |
Halloween party time. Bye, y'all.
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TedStriker Sat, Oct 31, 2009 4:59:03pm |
re: #229 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Tennessee is in black jerseys tonight.
Crazy.
Vols are at least looking good, but can they match the snazzy uniforms with some snazzy play?
/I'm looking at you, Lane Kiffin and Jonathan Crumpton...
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The Sanity Inspector Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:00:01pm |
In college I went to a political-themed Halloween party. I went as a Rhodesian mercenary. Someone else came with a puncture wound in his temple, with fake blood trickling down the side of his head. Trotsky.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:00:22pm |
re: #229 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Tennessee is in black jerseys tonight.
Crazy.
Thumbintheeye to USC?
((doesn;t USC sometimes wear black??))
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The Sanity Inspector Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:00:52pm |
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:00:55pm |
re: #229 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Tennessee is in black jerseys tonight.
Crazy.
Isn't that because they were the Oilers before? I've seen team wear their old franchise jerseys for, like, old time's sake?
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TedStriker Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:03:00pm |
re: #236 Gang of One
Isn't that because they were the Oilers before? I've seen team wear their old franchise jerseys for, like, old time's sake?
We're talking about the UT Vols, not the Tennessee Titans (although they've also been wearing their throwback Oilers uniforms some games this season, like all of the other NFL teams).
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:03:10pm |
re: #227 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Did Bush do this stuff? Or did it just get zero coverage.
This is jammin' fun!
He probably did and it was probably covered but nobody really paid much attention. It's kinda like Obama's speeches. Bush gave1-2 speeches a week but nobody really paid attention. People pay very close attention to Obama's speeches. Conservatives even count the words looking for secret meanings.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:03:19pm |
re: #233 The Sanity Inspector
In college I went to a political-themed Halloween party. I went as a Rhodesian mercenary. Someone else came with a puncture wound in his temple, with fake blood trickling down the side of his head. Trotsky.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:03:20pm |
re: #236 Gang of One
Isn't that because they were the Oilers before? I've seen team wear their old franchise jerseys for, like, old time's sake?
Tennessee VOLUNTEERS (college ,, University of Tenn)
Not the Tennessee Titans (pro) formerly the Houston Oilers
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Sharmuta Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:03:41pm |
re: #224 wrenchwench
I tried to be a cloud once. I wore big white clothes stuffed with paper and put a lot of cornstarch in my hair, which turned out to be particularly disgusting in combination with the hangover the next morning.
One year I wore a pair of hospital scrubs and told people I was Dr Dre.
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:04:00pm |
re: #233 The Sanity Inspector
In college I went to a political-themed Halloween party. I went as a Rhodesian mercenary. Someone else came with a puncture wound in his temple, with fake blood trickling down the side of his head. Trotsky.
I went to a perty thrown by the campus hippies as Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the Enola Gay. Wore my dad's AF khakis, my bomber jacket and dad's cap. Even the AF did not exist as such in '45, it was lost upon the Mellow Cherries and the Elbow Parsleys and the looks on their faces when I 'splained to them who Paul Tibbets is was priceless.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:04:31pm |
re: #221 Gang of One
1981 -- saw some girl dressed up as a bloodied, toxic shock tampoon.
/Oy. Vey.
JFK and Jackie -- after the assassination.
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:04:38pm |
re: #238 talon_262
We're talking about the UT Vols, not the Tennessee Titans (although they've also been wearing their throwback Oilers uniforms some games this season, like all of the other NFL teams).
Oh. I'll shut up now.
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:05:18pm |
re: #244 iceweasel
JFK and Jackie -- after the assassination.
I think I love you, Ice.
/In a platonic, LGF sorta way. :>)
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:05:31pm |
re: #238 talon_262
We're talking about the UT Vols, not the Tennessee Titans (although they've also been wearing their throwback Oilers uniforms some games this season, like all of the other NFL teams).
I think the only legal throwbacks this year has been the original AFL teams.
And I think only twice during the season...
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wrenchwench Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:05:57pm |
I knew a guy who dressed up as a fetus. Lots of saran wrap and a little yogurt. "Fetus" was his nickname for the next four years.
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TedStriker Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:06:55pm |
re: #244 iceweasel
JFK and Jackie -- after the assassination.
Hell, I'd take Zombie JFK (or Zombie Reagan) over President Obama (or anyone else over on Capital Hill) right now, but I digress...
///
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:08:40pm |
re: #246 Gang of One
I think I love you, Ice.
/In a platonic, LGF sorta way. :>)
I did look kinda fetching in the pink pillbox, if I do say so myself.
re: #248 wrenchwench
I knew a guy who dressed up as a fetus. Lots of saran wrap and a little yogurt. "Fetus" was his nickname for the next four years.
I feel less ashamed now. Phew.
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TedStriker Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:08:50pm |
re: #247 HoosierHoops
I think the only legal throwbacks this year has been the original AFL teams.
And I think only twice during the season...
I'll be honest, I thought it was a league-wide thing...knew it was only a limited number of games that the Titans were wearing the throwback uniforms though (twice this year already that I know of).
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:09:28pm |
re: #248 wrenchwench
I met a girl in a bar one year she was dressed all in blue, had three arm and six or eight eyes all around her head. There were blue tampons all over her suit. I asked what she was supposed to be and she answered, "Picasso's blue period."
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:09:34pm |
YAY! My next door neighbor LEO came by with his wife and two li'l ones.
/Now I am complete
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:10:53pm |
re: #252 Killgore Trout
I met a girl in a bar one year she was dressed all in blue, had three arm and six or eight eyes all around her head. There were blue tampons all over her suit. I asked what she was supposed to be and she answered, "Picasso's blue period."
LOL!
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Political Atheist Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:11:33pm |
Lets not forget the minimalist classic- A couple as Adam and Eve. Fig leaf please!
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:12:08pm |
re: #253 Gang of One
YAY! My next door neighbor LEO came by with his wife and two li'l ones.
/Now I am complete
Well, thank goodness!
Seriously - I think kids don't go trick-or-treating like they used to. I don't know what the deal is. I loved Halloween. Just loved it - everybody was out after dark, going from house to house, visiting - I just loved it.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:12:15pm |
re: #252 Killgore Trout
I met a girl in a bar one year she was dressed all in blue, had three arm and six or eight eyes all around her head. There were blue tampons all over her suit. I asked what she was supposed to be and she answered, "Picasso's blue period."
Brilliant.
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Wishbone Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:12:58pm |
I'm currently posting from HMP Altcourse.
Sticking a spud on my lash and wandering the streets as 'The Great Dick Tater' doesn't seem to cut the humerous mustard with the constabulary, it would seem...
:)
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Achilles Tang Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:13:01pm |
re: #248 wrenchwench
I knew a guy who dressed up as a fetus. Lots of saran wrap and a little yogurt. "Fetus" was his nickname for the next four years.
Yeew. Parents think of that?
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wrenchwench Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:13:46pm |
re: #255 Rightwingconspirator
Lets not forget the minimalist classic- A couple as Adam and Eve. Fig leaf please!
Dang, too cold around here for that. I've seen a lot of really cute princesses with sweatshirts over their finery.
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avanti Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:13:48pm |
re: #227 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Did Bush do this stuff? Or did it just get zero coverage.
This is jammin' fun!
Bush's dad did something:
"The Obamas are not the first, though, to show Halloween spirit.
President George HW Bush and first lady Barbara Bush hosted 500 children on Halloween in 1989, loading them up with fun loot but also teaching them about the dangers of drugs. The kids came decked out in costumes; some Secret Service agents came dressed as clowns."
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:14:07pm |
USC / Oregon
Texas/ Oklahoma State
Tennessee/ South Carolina
World Series/ Game 3
all in High Def
It's an embarrassment of riches!
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:14:16pm |
The one year I was away, two ofmy room-mates went as an Easter Island head, using my college graduation robe and a papier-mache head, and the other wore my tails tux and went as one of those eyeballs that the Residents [S.F. alternative band] always used on their album covers.
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Political Atheist Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:14:23pm |
re: #260 wrenchwench
When its cold Adam only needs a small fig leaf.
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:14:59pm |
re: #256 reine.de.tout
Well, thank goodness!
Seriously - I think kids don't go trick-or-treating like they used to. I don't know what the deal is. I loved Halloween. Just loved it - everybody was out after dark, going from house to house, visiting - I just loved it.
Simpler, less dangerous times?
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wrenchwench Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:15:24pm |
re: #259 Naso Tang
Yeew. Parents think of that?
I'm guessing he didn't tell his parents. This was in college. But I think his sister perpetuated the nickname.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:15:24pm |
re: #264 Rightwingconspirator
When its cold Adam only needs a small fig leaf.
Shrinkage
"I was in the pool,,, I was in the pool"
//George Costanza
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:15:25pm |
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Sharmuta Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:16:29pm |
My favorite Halloween memory is when my little brother got his Superman costume. He tried it on, came running out into the living room, got up on the couch, jumped off and hit the floor.
Priceless.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:17:18pm |
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Political Atheist Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:17:24pm |
re: #269 Sharmuta
Now that's what I missed as an only child!
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:17:30pm |
re: #269 Sharmuta
My favorite Halloween memory is when my little brother got his Superman costume. He tried it on, came running out into the living room, got up on the couch, jumped off and hit the floor.
Priceless.
Tights will do that to a boy.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:17:46pm |
re: #256 reine.de.tout
re: #265 Gang of One
Simpler, less dangerous times?
BINGO
Back about 15-20 years ago there was a spate of razor blades in the apples/ tainted candy/ etc that put a damper on Halloween door to door. It's morphed more into church/ school Trunk or Treats where you know everyone or small house parties or just going to relatives houses
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Achilles Tang Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:19:00pm |
re: #266 wrenchwench
I'm guessing he didn't tell his parents. This was in college. But I think his sister perpetuated the nickname.
Oh.
Honestly, I am never comfortable when teenagers come to the door at Halloween. If I was them I would be up to no good.
College party I suppose, but not ringing doorbells.
Come to think of it, the traffic has been slow this year and the young uns with parents have been fewer still.
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:19:45pm |
re: #273 sattv4u2
re: #265 Gang of One
BINGO
Back about 15-20 years ago there was a spate of razor blades in the apples/ tainted candy/ etc that put a damper on Halloween door to door. It's morphed more into church/ school Trunk or Treats where you know everyone or small house parties or just going to relatives houses
As I kid in the 60s, we always heard about the apples/razor blade thing -- thought it was an urban myth. But we went out, got candy and came sick but happy. Sometimes, when you think about it, there were "good, old days".
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avanti Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:20:09pm |
At Naval base in Gitmo, the adults without kids went door to door with a shot glass, good times.
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The Sanity Inspector Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:20:25pm |
re: #262 sattv4u2
USC / Oregon
Texas/ Oklahoma State
Tennessee/ South Carolina
World Series/ Game 3all in High Def
It's an embarrassment of riches!
Florida pounded Georgia like a piece of cheap veal, once again.
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:20:55pm |
re: #276 avanti
At Naval base in Gitmo, the adults without kids went door to door with a shot glass, good times.
So, how many shots did you do?
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avanti Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:22:12pm |
re: #278 Gang of One
So, how many shots did you do?
I lost count after a few, no one stepped on my hands, so I made it home fine.:)
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wrenchwench Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:22:40pm |
'Night, lizards! Gotta get the tootsie rolls home before dark!
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Achilles Tang Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:22:43pm |
re: #278 Gang of One
So, how many shots did you do?
I would guess that if one remembers, one did poorly.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:26:19pm |
re: #277 The Sanity Inspector
Florida pounded Georgia like a piece of cheap veal, once again.
Saw that. Growing up in Boston we weren't big college football followers. On Sundays we could see the previous days Notre Dame game without huddles, timeouts, halftimes etc do the entire game lasted an hour and being a Catholic I kinda rooted for them. For some reason on Saturdays we got Oklahoma a lot and I kinda rooted for them too
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:28:21pm |
It's funny. Sometimes we here disagree and really get on one another on some of the political or social threads, but look at this thread, reminiscing about our Halloweens and our fond memories, and we really are a family. I really appreciate that. Says a lot about the Lizard Army, neh?
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:29:48pm |
re: #283 Gang of One
It's funny. Sometimes we here disagree and really get on one another on some of the political or social threads, but look at this thread, reminiscing about our Halloweens and our fond memories, and we really are a family. I really appreciate that. Says a lot about the Lizard Army, neh?
shut the hell up. What do you know, anyway, ya moron!
//
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:30:59pm |
re: #284 sattv4u2
shut the hell up. What do you know, anyway, ya moron!
//
You got something in yer eye, I know ...
/here, take this tissue.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:31:01pm |
re: #283 Gang of One
It's funny. Sometimes we here disagree and really get on one another on some of the political or social threads, but look at this thread, reminiscing about our Halloweens and our fond memories, and we really are a family. I really appreciate that. Says a lot about the Lizard Army, neh?
BTW ,, that is THE worse flounce EVAH!
//
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:31:05pm |
re: #283 Gang of One
It's funny. Sometimes we here disagree and really get on one another on some of the political or social threads, but look at this thread, reminiscing about our Halloweens and our fond memories, and we really are a family. I really appreciate that. Says a lot about the Lizard Army, neh?
It helps if one's memory is so poor (like mine) that one can't recall from one thread to the next one who it was that pissed you off about something.
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:31:41pm |
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:31:43pm |
re: #287 reine.de.tout
It helps if one's memory is so poor (like mine) that one can't recall from one thread to the next one who it was that pissed you off about something.
You have CRS too, huh??
(Can't Remember Shit)
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:32:30pm |
OT ,, NEVER buy the "cilantro vegetables" from Whole Foods
THEY SSSUUUCCCKKK!!
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:33:49pm |
re: #290 sattv4u2
OT ,, NEVER buy the "cilantro vegetables" from Whole Foods
THEY SSSUUUCCCKKK!!
What, pray tell, is a "cilantro vegetable"? Is that some kinda Mandelian hybrid of coriander and carrots, like?
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Decatur Deb Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:33:57pm |
re: #290 sattv4u2
OT ,, NEVER buy the "cilantro vegetables" from Whole Foods
THEY SSSUUUCCCKKK!!
Give them to Trick/Treaters. (Running out of the good stuff here.)
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funky chicken Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:36:01pm |
re: #290 sattv4u2
OT ,, NEVER buy the "cilantro vegetables" from Whole Foods
THEY SSSUUUCCCKKK!!
I wish I had the opportunity to buy anything at Whole Foods. Oklahoma City is grocery hell.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:37:36pm |
re: #293 funky chicken
I wish I had the opportunity to buy anything at Whole Foods. Oklahoma City is grocery hell.
We have one here, and I've been underwhelmed.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:37:36pm |
re: #291 Gang of One
What, pray tell, is a "cilantro vegetable"? Is that some kinda Mandelian hybrid of coriander and carrots, like?
Carrots, broccolli, squash, a couple of other veggies in a cilantro seasoning of some sort
I had some nice beef tips in gravy and mashed taters from home, so on my way to work I stopped at Whole Foods to get a side veggie. They looked good in the display case so I got some along with a nice soup
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Political Atheist Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:38:05pm |
I just got invited to a round of "blacklight" beer pong. Hmmm.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:38:32pm |
re: #293 funky chicken
I wish I had the opportunity to buy anything at Whole Foods. Oklahoma City is grocery hell.
I love going in there, but i'm usually disappointed when I eat the prepared stuff,, EXCEPT for the soups and stews
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:38:59pm |
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:39:02pm |
re: #295 sattv4u2
Carrots, broccolli, squash, a couple of other veggies in a cilantro seasoning of some sort
I had some nice beef tips in gravy and mashed taters from home, so on my way to work I stopped at Whole Foods to get a side veggie. They looked good in the display case so I got some along with a nice soup
Ahhh. Not a big fan of cilantro, but I love curry, and there's a whole lot of that in there.
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Bear Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:39:13pm |
Once many years ago a couple small kids came to the door. Dad opened it and the kids called Trick or Treat. Dad paused a minute and said he would take the treat - What was it?
Talk about flustered kids. Of course Dad gave them something.
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:39:27pm |
re: #296 Rightwingconspirator
I just got invited to a round of "blacklight" beer pong. Hmmm.
Where fluorescent stuff.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:39:30pm |
re: #297 sattv4u2
I love going in there, but i'm usually disappointed when I eat the prepared stuff,, EXCEPT for the soups and stews
That's been my experience, too.
and as for the other stuff - I can get most of it at lower cost elsewhere.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:39:40pm |
re: #294 reine.de.tout
We have then here too. I can't afford to shop there but probably wouldn't bother even if I had the money.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:40:41pm |
re: #294 reine.de.tout
We have one here, and I've been underwhelmed.
I like to read the message boards, where the "progressives" complain about stuff that is or isn't in there
Said it before, but I also like to go to the seafood counter and ask for tuna free dolphin!
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funky chicken Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:41:14pm |
re: #297 sattv4u2
their soups are great, and so are the bakery items. and the ones in Atlanta and Birmingham have great pizza too. One of the suburban Atlanta stores (Duluth) has an amazing Italian bar and a seafood bar where they prepare your meal right in front of you. Great stuff. And a great gelato bar.
The Whole Foods in the Las Vegas area were not nearly as good as the Atlanta ones, which I found odd.
sniffle.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:41:25pm |
re: #273 sattv4u2
re: #265 Gang of One
BINGO
Back about 15-20 years ago there was a spate of razor blades in the apples/ tainted candy/ etc that put a damper on Halloween door to door. It's morphed more into church/ school Trunk or Treats where you know everyone or small house parties or just going to relatives houses
20 years ago is also when the panic over child molestation and stranger danger really set in. The McMartin preschool case, and many others. (Also the repressed memory syndrome panic, and all these people 'recovering' false memories of incest and satanic ritual abuse. ) Culturally there were about 5 years there where after decades of no one paying attention to incest and sexual abuse, suddenly it was every where and people were seeing it everywhere. These factors are all interconnected.
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:43:00pm |
re: #308 iceweasel
20 years ago is also when the panic over child molestation and stranger danger really set in. The McMartin preschool case, and many others. (Also the repressed memory syndrome panic, and all these people 'recovering' false memories of incest and satanic ritual abuse. ) Culturally there were about 5 years there where after decades of no one paying attention to incest and sexual abuse, suddenly it was every where and people were seeing it everywhere. These factors are all interconnected.
Aye. I recall as much. You are right, Ice.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:44:14pm |
re: #307 funky chicken
their soups are great, and so are the bakery items. and the ones in Atlanta and Birmingham have great pizza too. One of the suburban Atlanta stores (Duluth) has an amazing Italian bar and a seafood bar where they prepare your meal right in front of you. Great stuff. And a great gelato bar.
The Whole Foods in the Las Vegas area were not nearly as good as the Atlanta ones, which I found odd.
I've been there a couple of times. The one on Roswell Raod is good too
The one near work is at the intersection of Braircliff and LaVista and is okay, at best
sniffle.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:44:32pm |
re: #308 iceweasel
20 years ago is also when the panic over child molestation and stranger danger really set in. The McMartin preschool case, and many others. (Also the repressed memory syndrome panic, and all these people 'recovering' false memories of incest and satanic ritual abuse. ) Culturally there were about 5 years there where after decades of no one paying attention to incest and sexual abuse, suddenly it was every where and people were seeing it everywhere. These factors are all interconnected.
And to close the seasonal circle: witchcraft trials.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:46:09pm |
re: #307 funky chicken
their soups are great, and so are the bakery items. and the ones in Atlanta and Birmingham have great pizza too. One of the suburban Atlanta stores (Duluth) has an amazing Italian bar and a seafood bar where they prepare your meal right in front of you. Great stuff. And a great gelato bar.
The Whole Foods in the Las Vegas area were not nearly as good as the Atlanta ones, which I found odd.
sniffle.
I've been there a couple of times. The one on Roswell Raod is good too
The one near work is at the intersection of Braircliff and LaVista and is okay, at best
pimf
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:46:42pm |
re: #308 iceweasel
20 years ago is also when the panic over child molestation and stranger danger really set in. The McMartin preschool case, and many others. (Also the repressed memory syndrome panic, and all these people 'recovering' false memories of incest and satanic ritual abuse. ) Culturally there were about 5 years there where after decades of no one paying attention to incest and sexual abuse, suddenly it was every where and people were seeing it everywhere. These factors are all interconnected.
Concur. I'm too young to remember that (it was more like 25 years ago), but it had a mixed legacy. It did alert the public to a real threat, but it also resulted in a number of people being imprisoned, some until recently, for crimes they did not commit.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:47:51pm |
re: #273 sattv4u2
re: #265 Gang of One
BINGOBack about 15-20 years ago there was a spate of razor blades in the apples/ tainted candy/ etc that put a damper on Halloween door to door. It's morphed more into church/ school Trunk or Treats where you know everyone or small house parties or just going to relatives houses
Most of that was just urban legend stuff, records only show about 80 cases of tampering (pins, razors) and none of poisoning. Only 80 cases over how many years, in a country with a population our size? Your kid has much more chance of being struck by lightening while trick or treating than getting tampered candy I would think.
Snopes backs me up...
[Link: search.atomz.com...]
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Achilles Tang Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:49:36pm |
re: #307 funky chicken
their soups are great, and so are the bakery items. and the ones in Atlanta and Birmingham have great pizza too. One of the suburban Atlanta stores (Duluth) has an amazing Italian bar and a seafood bar where they prepare your meal right in front of you. Great stuff. And a great gelato bar.
The Whole Foods in the Las Vegas area were not nearly as good as the Atlanta ones, which I found odd.
sniffle.
Visited the one in Atlanta recently, but just to look. I thought there was a lot of stuff I would like to try, but then went to Trader Joe's and had to buy a case of their labelled wine at $2.75 per bottle. Damned good value and I don't want to hear from no wine snobs either.
However, the real fun food shopping experience in Atlanta is the Dekalb Market.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:49:37pm |
re: #303 Killgore Trout
We have then here too. I can't afford to shop there but probably wouldn't bother even if I had the money.
It's not worth it.
We have a Whole Foods and a Fresh Market, and I've been disappointed in both of them, after hearing about them for so long.
We have a fairly large international community here, probably because LSU and Southern University both draw a large number of international students. So the regular stores here, even Wal-Mart, carry a very good selection of items that might not normally be found.
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funky chicken Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:50:23pm |
re: #312 sattv4u2
Dang. Lucky dog. We used to go to the Duluth one every time we were in ATL. People thought we were nuts, but the Italian and seafood counters are really good food at a great price.
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:50:28pm |
re: #314 ausador
Most of that was just urban legend stuff, records only show about 80 cases of tampering (pins, razors) and none of poisoning. Only 80 cases over how many years, in a country with a population our size? Your kid has much more chance of being struck by lightening while trick or treating than getting tampered candy I would think.
Snopes backs me up...
[Link: search.atomz.com...]
I recall hearing that as a little child, as far back as 1964 when we still lived in the Bronx.
/dating myself.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:53:43pm |
re: #314 ausador
Most of that was just urban legend stuff, records only show about 80 cases of tampering (pins, razors) and none of poisoning. Only 80 cases over how many years, in a country with a population our size? Your kid has much more chance of being struck by lightening while trick or treating than getting tampered candy I would think.
Snopes backs me up...
[Link: search.atomz.com...]
Didn't (doesn't) matter. In that it happened, people took the necessary precautions for their children, THE most important job as a parent. If the "tradition" could be replaced as I described (church/ school trunk or treats, etc) and the kids have a great time, why not?
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lastlaugh Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:54:16pm |
re: #315 Naso Tang
Visited the one in Atlanta recently, but just to look. I thought there was a lot of stuff I would like to try, but then went to Trader Joe's and had to buy a case of their labelled wine at $2.75 per bottle. Damned good value and I don't want to hear from no wine snobs either.
However, the real fun food shopping experience in Atlanta is the Dekalb Market.
$2.75 What a rip. It's two-buck chuck for a reason.
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funky chicken Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:54:26pm |
re: #315 Naso Tang
We never made it there. It looks great. We were always up in the northern suburbs for kid sports stuff.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:55:00pm |
re: #315 Naso Tang
However, the real fun food shopping experience in Atlanta is the Dekalb Market.
It's like going to the UN without having to go to New York!
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Sharmuta Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:55:00pm |
re: #316 reine.de.tout
It's not worth it.
We have a Whole Foods and a Fresh Market, and I've been disappointed in both of them, after hearing about them for so long.We have a fairly large international community here, probably because LSU and Southern University both draw a large number of international students. So the regular stores here, even Wal-Mart, carry a very good selection of items that might not normally be found.
This is the sort of thing you and Killgore should work on together and do something at the cookbook blog. KT is always finding such great garden or cooking links. Other lizards piping up with stuff for the Foodies... More exposure to the cookbook blog might sell more cookbooks too. Personally- I like locally owned grocers.
People- BUY A COOKBOOK. Thanks.
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lastlaugh Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:56:07pm |
re: #319 sattv4u2
Didn't (doesn't) matter. In that it happened, people took the necessary precautions for their children, THE most important job as a parent. If the "tradition" could be replaced as I described (church/ school trunk or treats, etc) and the kids have a great time, why not?
Ah but the time honored tradition (at least where I grew up) was to tailgate into a gated community, where legend says they give WHOLE candy bars.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:56:30pm |
re: #309 Gang of One
Aye. I recall as much. You are right, Ice.
Actually I think it was more like 25 years ago...mid 80's at the peak. You also had fake books like Michelle Remembers scaring people. Fake Multiple Personality Disorder and claims that it was caused by repressed memories of incest or satanic abuse. Stuff like the book When Rabbit Howls. Oprah and others earnestly interviewing many women who were the victim of poorly trained or unscrupulous psychotherapists, claiming that in their childhood they were forced to be high priestesses of satanic cults and subjected to gruesome abuse.
And of course, many people went to prison falsely as a result. Not to mention the women themselves, who falsely believed these implanted memories, and lost their health, their lives, their marriages, and their sanity for a while.
Collectively there was this backlash where we saw danger everywhere and had heightened fears about strangers and even neighbours around children. throw in the beginnings of the 24 hour news cycle and a few actual highly publicised cases of child abduction and murder and/or rape, and voila. All these years later and people take their kids to shopping centers or tightl supervised areas to trick or treat, and won't let them ride their bike down the block.
There's no doubt that there is real danger out there, and more than in decades past, but we're also still suffering from massive over-protectiveness regarding children -- and frightened by the 24/7 news cycle's sensationalism.
Excellent books on false memory syndrome and the satanic panic here, btw.
[Link: www.amazon.com...]
[Link: www.amazon.com...]
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Political Atheist Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:56:48pm |
re: #306 Gang of One
Gloves... Fluorescent gloves to fake out the opposition!
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:57:08pm |
re: #324 Sharmuta
This is the sort of thing you and Killgore should work on together and do something at the cookbook blog. KT is always finding such great garden or cooking links. Other lizards piping up with stuff for the Foodies... More exposure to the cookbook blog might sell more cookbooks too. Personally- I like locally owned grocers.
People- BUY A COOKBOOK. Thanks.
You've suggested that before, and you're right.
KILLGORE - Interested?
Shouldn't be too time consuming.
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Achilles Tang Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:57:54pm |
re: #320 lastlaugh
$2.75 What a rip. It's two-buck chuck for a reason.
I've had worse wines at many times more. Those are the rip. This wine is reasonable and palatable. Try it before you know your reasons.
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goddamnedfrank Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:58:21pm |
re: #319 sattv4u2
Didn't (doesn't) matter. In that it happened, people took the necessary precautions for their children, THE most important job as a parent. If the "tradition" could be replaced as I described (church/ school trunk or treats, etc) and the kids have a great time, why not?
Because it is fear based social engineering masquerading as a public safety crisis that does not exist? Putting "tradition" in quotation marks doesn't make it less of one.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:58:45pm |
re: #311 Decatur Deb
And to close the seasonal circle: witchcraft trials.
Most definitely, one of the books I just linked has the subtitle:the making of a modern american witch hunt.
The satanic panic even saw the return of the blood libel.
This book is also excellent:
Making Monsters: False Memories, Psychotherapy, And Sexual Hysteria
Sexual hysteria was a huge component of the witchcraft trials as well.
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Souliren Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:58:46pm |
We just finished up Halloween here (Dartmouth, NS, Canada)... very few kids. This year. Nice night too.
There was a lot of talk about H1N1 on the radio. "Don't allow children to reach into your candy dish. Place the candy in their bag so they don't contaminate the candy in your dish." Never mind the fact that I never heard of anyone allowing trick or treaters to take their own treats.
Crime, kidnappings, people doing bad things to kids and probably even messing with Halloween treats are lower than when I was a kid yet most folks are "more careful" with their kids than I was with mine or my parents with me... because of the perceived increase in danger.
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lastlaugh Sat, Oct 31, 2009 5:59:58pm |
re: #329 Naso Tang
I've had worse wines at many times more. Those are the rip. This wine is reasonable and palatable. Try it before you know your reasons.
Its quite good (the Shiraz anyway) but part of why I like it is the novelty of paying two dollars for a bottle of wine. 2.75 and it becomes slightly less tasty.
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Political Atheist Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:00:44pm |
I'm out and off to the party. Have a great night all!!!
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:02:03pm |
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:02:36pm |
re: #330 goddamnedfrank
Because it is fear based social engineering masquerading as a public safety crisis that does not exist? Putting "tradition" in quotation marks doesn't make it less of one.
I'm sure the parents of the 80 +/- children that had it happen to them will be comforted by your words
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Gang of One Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:02:52pm |
re: #334 Rightwingconspirator
I'm out and off to the party. Have a great night all!!!
Me too! Gonna go make a little mischief of my own. Stay safe, everyone, and have fun!
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:04:59pm |
re: #325 lastlaugh
Ah but the time honored tradition (at least where I grew up) was to tailgate into a gated community, where legend says they give WHOLE candy bars.
I live in a not-gated, but very family oriented community. The park across the street is parked SOLID with visitors from out of the area, here to trick or treat. The year I moved here, we had over 200 trick or treaters.
I'm in hiding.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:05:25pm |
Urchin activity has just about stopped in this part of the Central Time Zone.
Over to you, Mountain Time.
The action was better than usual tonight. Perhaps the kids didn't get
their demongrams from Rev. Robertson.
'Nite, all
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:06:08pm |
re: #330 goddamnedfrank
re: #336 sattv4u2
I'm sure the parents of the 80 +/- children that had it happen to them will be comforted by your words
fear based social engineering masquerading as a public safety
What words do you have for the 3,000 families from 9/11 and the changes we've made because of that event?
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:06:34pm |
re: #328 reine.de.tout
You've suggested that before, and you're right.
KILLGORE - Interested?
Shouldn't be too time consuming.
Yeah, I think we could try something. Most Garden/Food blogs only put up one or two posts a week. It should be pretty easy. I think we could work something out.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:07:30pm |
re: #328 reine.de.tout
I have favorited a couple of KT's food and gardening links, if you'd like them?
Gardening one:
[Link: www.homegrownevolution.com...]
Killer Food one:
[Link: www.2stews.com...]
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:07:44pm |
re: #330 goddamnedfrank
Because it is fear based social engineering masquerading as a public safety crisis that does not exist? Putting "tradition" in quotation marks doesn't make it less of one.
Absolutely. Spot-on. Favourited. It's moral panic.
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Stanghazi Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:08:07pm |
Waiting for the spooks here on the west coast.
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Achilles Tang Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:08:45pm |
re: #331 iceweasel
Was that also about the Fells Acres Day-care case?
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Sharmuta Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:09:50pm |
re: #341 Killgore Trout
Yeah, I think we could try something. Most Garden/Food blogs only put up one or two posts a week. It should be pretty easy. I think we could work something out.
Cool! I will even help pimp you guys. And who cares what other blogs do? Post when you guys have time. I thought it might be fun for both of you and other lizard foodies/gardeners too. Let me know if I can help.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:11:38pm |
re: #342 Floral Giraffe
I have favorited a couple of KT's food and gardening links, if you'd like them?
Gardening one:
[Link: www.homegrownevolution.com...]Killer Food one:
[Link: www.2stews.com...]
great!
I'll get these up at the blog.
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Stanghazi Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:11:40pm |
Iceweasel - know about the Dale Akiki case in San Diego?
[Link: boyinthemachine.blogspot.com...]
This is just one website found. It was interesting because it has a link to the West Memphis 3 - I've heard someone mention them on LGF before.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:11:54pm |
re: #346 Sharmuta
Cool! I will even help pimp you guys. And who cares what other blogs do? Post when you guys have time. I thought it might be fun for both of you and other lizard foodies/gardeners too. Let me know if I can help.
You can be the official taste tester/ critic
Try it and report unbiasedly !
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Achilles Tang Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:12:12pm |
re: #346 Sharmuta
Cool! I will even help pimp you guys.
No offense, but I hate it when I see words being bastardized to respectable meanings. Language should evolve by growth, not ...whatever this is.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:12:45pm |
I used to rent a little apartment in a subdivided house, in a very chichi little area of San Francisco. (Lake Street and the Avenues, dont'cha know). We got kids from OUTSIDE the City to trick-or-treat on our chichi culs-de-sacs. It was kind of fun.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:12:55pm |
re: #345 Naso Tang
Was that also about the Fells Acres Day-care case?
Yes, absolutely.
One of the authors of the books I've linked has done many newspaper articles as well. Let me see if I can find any for you.
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Sharmuta Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:13:38pm |
re: #350 Naso Tang
No offense, but I hate it when I see words being bastardized to respectable meanings. Language should evolve by growth, not ...whatever this is.
I shall endeavor to promote new gardening and cooking articles at the LGF Cookbook blog.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:16:49pm |
re: #348 Stanley Sea
Iceweasel - know about the Dale Akiki case in San Diego?
[Link: boyinthemachine.blogspot.com...]
This is just one website found. It was interesting because it has a link to the West Memphis 3 - I've heard someone mention them on LGF before.
oh wow-- I hadn't heard about that at all. Reading now. Yeah, the West Memphis 3 looks like a serious miscarriage of justice and another example of moral panic (and satanic panic) from what I've read on it, but I'm not an expert on it or up to speed on the status of the current legal situation on it. thanks
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Achilles Tang Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:17:01pm |
re: #352 iceweasel
Yes, absolutely.
One of the authors of the books I've linked has done many newspaper articles as well. Let me see if I can find any for you.
I remember that one, and I think there was a TV movie made of it also, and the so called "profession" of interviewing children about supposed abuse has been more or less discredited as a result.
Strangely however one of the people involved was still in prison when I last saw something, even though everything about the prosecution was discredited. One of the prosecutors even resigned in protest I think.
Witch trial for sure.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:19:09pm |
re: #342 Floral Giraffe
That link inspired me to grow Daikon's. They grow really quick and you can clip the greens for soups and stir fries. A very useful plant.
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Achilles Tang Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:20:30pm |
re: #353 Sharmuta
I shall endeavor to promote new gardening and cooking articles at the LGF Cookbook blog.
My that was a fast switcheroo. I didn't feel a thing. However it does make me think of a simple and good recipe that I will email reine about.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:20:42pm |
re: #347 reine.de.tout
It might be a good idea to not put my name on anything there if you're going to leave comments open. My "fan club" can be a problem.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:21:48pm |
re: #355 Naso Tang
I remember that one, and I think there was a TV movie made of it also, and the so called "profession" of interviewing children about supposed abuse has been more or less discredited as a result.
Strangely however one of the people involved was still in prison when I last saw something, even though everything about the prosecution was discredited. One of the prosecutors even resigned in protest I think.
Witch trial for sure.
That also reminds me-- have people seen Capturing the Friedmans? Excellent documentary, although the filmmaker seems to have basically chosen to stress ambiguity as a marketing strategy (paraphrasing the Debbie Nathan point from the bottom of the article)
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:33:56pm |
Entenmanns' Golden Fudge cake with a big glass of ice cold milk!
/just sayin!
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:41:39pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:42:33pm |
re: #354 iceweasel
oh wow-- I hadn't heard about that at all. Reading now. Yeah, the West Memphis 3 looks like a serious miscarriage of justice and another example of moral panic (and satanic panic) from what I've read on it, but I'm not an expert on it or up to speed on the status of the current legal situation on it. thanks
Those cases are almost impossible to stop once they get rolling. Still, Dale Akiki was fortunate enough to have been accused after the flaws in such cases had become known. Had his case happened 7-10 years earlier, he would have almost certainly been convicted.
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Bagua Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:42:36pm |
re: #355 Naso Tang
I remember that one, and I think there was a TV movie made of it also, and the so called "profession" of interviewing children about supposed abuse has been more or less discredited as a result.
Strangely however one of the people involved was still in prison when I last saw something, even though everything about the prosecution was discredited. One of the prosecutors even resigned in protest I think.
Witch trial for sure.
Well, it was the next town over from Salem after all.
There was other evidence against Uncle Tookie, which is why he served out his full sentence.
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Jimmah Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:43:34pm |
re: #347 reine.de.tout
Do you still need anymore recipes, Reine? You've got my special sundae recipe of course (can't wait to see it published!) I'll be glad to add another if you have room (another Scottish themed dish of course). :)
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:44:47pm |
re: #346 Sharmuta
Cool! I will even help pimp you guys. And who cares what other blogs do? Post when you guys have time. I thought it might be fun for both of you and other lizard foodies/gardeners too. Let me know if I can help.
OK. I could not find a way to do tabbed pages at blogspot.
So all of Killgore's tips will be labelled, and any post with that label will show up at a link in the upper right column, so anyone wanting to see just Killgore's contributions (rather than trying to find them mixed in with the cookbook stuff) can click that link.
The links FloralGiraffe kept are up there now.
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Stanghazi Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:45:40pm |
There's trouble in our house. I'm eating all the candy. No spooks yet.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:45:41pm |
re: #364 Bagua
Well, it was the next town over from Salem after all.
There was other evidence against Uncle Tookie, which is why he served out his full sentence.
Malden Mass does not abut Salem Mass
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Sharmuta Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:46:22pm |
re: #366 reine.de.tout
OK. I could not find a way to do tabbed pages at blogspot.
So all of Killgore's tips will be labelled, and any post with that label will show up at a link in the upper right column, so anyone wanting to see just Killgore's contributions (rather than trying to find them mixed in with the cookbook stuff) can click that link.The links FloralGiraffe kept are up there now.
Awesome! I think this will be fun!
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Bagua Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:47:00pm |
re: #331 iceweasel
Sexual hysteria was a huge component of the witchcraft trials as well.
Absolutely.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:47:14pm |
re: #365 Jimmah
Do you still need anymore recipes, Reine? You've got my special sundae recipe of course (can't wait to see it published!) I'll be glad to add another if you have room (another Scottish themed dish of course). :)
Would LOVE to have Scottish-themed dishes!
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:47:22pm |
re: #367 Stanley Sea
There's trouble in our house. I'm eating all the candy. No spooks yet.
That happened to me too. Nobody showed up. I'll save my candy bag for my next game though. I don't need any more sugar today.
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Bagua Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:50:00pm |
re: #368 sattv4u2
Malden Mass does not abut Salem Mass
Surely one doesn't count Saugus as a town?
Ok, ok, two towns over.
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Gus Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:50:54pm |
re: #372 Dark_Falcon
That happened to me too. Nobody showed up. I'll save my candy bag for my next game though. I don't need any more sugar today.
How about an automatic candy dispense machine. That way you can sit in the comfort of your home during those Halloween nights without having to answer the door.
I remember when we lived in South Jersey and we would take out the storm window from the screen door just so we could dispense the candy without having to open the screen door all the time. Plus if kept the house felines at bay.
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Jack Burton Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:51:20pm |
re: #354 iceweasel
oh wow-- I hadn't heard about that at all. Reading now. Yeah, the West Memphis 3 looks like a serious miscarriage of justice and another example of moral panic (and satanic panic) from what I've read on it, but I'm not an expert on it or up to speed on the status of the current legal situation on it. thanks
The Dale Akiki case was such a farce that everyone involved with charging and prosecuting him should have been up on charges themselves. It was a fucking travesty. It happened when I was in college (the first time) back then I remember debating in one of my classes that I thought he was being made a scapegoat because he looked strange and people were finding bogus "satanic cults" around every corner. Turned out I was right.
This right here should have been a red flag for a judge to throw it out of court:
The cases against him included no physical evidence, but allegations of satanic ritual abuse including testimony that he killed a giraffe and an elephant in front of the children, drank human blood in satanic rituals, and had abducted the children away from the church despite being unable to drive.
Where the fuck in San Diego, CA is someone going to get a giraffe and an elephant? I'm sure the zoo or the Wild Animal Park would have noticed them missing.
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MandyManners Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:51:46pm |
Have you ever seen a zombie with ADHD on a sugar high?
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:52:00pm |
re: #373 Bagua
Surely one doesn't count Saugus as a town?
Ok, ok, two towns over.
Swingandamiss
Strike two!
(sorry ,,, was born and raised in the area)
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:52:52pm |
re: #363 Dark_Falcon
Those cases are almost impossible to stop once they get rolling. Still, Dale Akiki was fortunate enough to have been accused after the flaws in such cases had become known. Had his case happened 7-10 years earlier, he would have almost certainly been convicted.
I never even heard of this one-- how awful. It does often seem like once the machinery of the state is engaged, it's all over. Even if you have a case where it's obvious the person was innocent, you'll get prosecutors who won't back down (possibly partly because DAs often make the really sensational cases an election issue, using it to show how tough on crime they are). They don't want to admit they were wrong.
Semi-OT but this is the reason why I am in the final analysis opposed to the death penalty. No matter how hard the system tries, there is always the possibilty of an innocent person being executed. And it's not worth the risk to society for me, even though there are so many who certainly do deserve it in a moral sense.
(I make an exception for the military though.)
Reminder about Rick Perry, btw, who increasingly seems engaged in a coverup over the execution of an innocent man.
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:52:58pm |
re: #358 Killgore Trout
It might be a good idea to not put my name on anything there if you're going to leave comments open. My "fan club" can be a problem.
True.
I've seen mentions of the cookbook at other places.
I'll turn "moderation" on.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:53:29pm |
re: #368 sattv4u2
Malden Mass does not abut Salem Mass
One modern feature of Salem that bears note is that she has her namesake ship there as a museum. The USS Salem is the sole remaining member of the three-ship Des Moines-class, the third of which was avanti's own USS Newport News.
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Jimmah Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:54:40pm |
re: #371 reine.de.tout
Would LOVE to have Scottish-themed dishes!
You've still got my sundae recipe? If you need me to resend it let me know! (That one is as Scottish as they come btw.) My next one is a kind of Scottish/Indian hybrid - I'll post it here for you in the next couple of days (just need to test the spices - make sure I have it just right).
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:54:42pm |
re: #376 MandyManners
Have you ever seen a zombie with ADHD on a sugar high?
Are we talking the kid here?
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:55:03pm |
re: #376 MandyManners
Have you ever seen a zombie with ADHD on a sugar high?
No, but I've seen me on a major sugar high, and I have ADHD. So I know first hand what The Kid is going through.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:55:20pm |
re: #381 Jimmah
You've still got my sundae recipe? If you need me to resend it let me know! (That one is as Scottish as they come btw.) My next one is a kind of Scottish/Indian hybrid - I'll post it here for you in the next couple of days (just need to test the spices - make sure I have it just right).
Yes, that one is already in the works to be included.
Looking forward to your next one!
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Gus Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:55:29pm |
United Airlines Breaks Guitars - Song II
Also see LA Times article: United breaks guitars … and loses bags too: The saga continues
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Bagua Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:57:18pm |
re: #376 MandyManners
Have you ever seen a zombie with ADHD on a sugar high?
Why yes, now that you mention it...
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MandyManners Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:57:40pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:57:41pm |
re: #378 iceweasel
I never even heard of this one-- how awful. It does often seem like once the machinery of the state is engaged, it's all over. Even if you have a case where it's obvious the person was innocent, you'll get prosecutors who won't back down (possibly partly because DAs often make the really sensational cases an election issue, using it to show how tough on crime they are). They don't want to admit they were wrong.
Semi-OT but this is the reason why I am in the final analysis opposed to the death penalty. No matter how hard the system tries, there is always the possibilty of an innocent person being executed. And it's not worth the risk to society for me, even though there are so many who certainly do deserve it in a moral sense.
(I make an exception for the military though.)Reminder about Rick Perry, btw, who increasingly seems engaged in a coverup over the execution of an innocent man.
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
It is the best argument against the Death Penalty, but it does not fully sway me. I'm not in favor of wide use of the death penalty, but there are some cases where it should be used, especially with extremely violent criminals and terrorist leaders. Those sorts should be put to death because they are a danger to others until they die.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:57:48pm |
re: #381 Jimmah
You've still got my sundae recipe? If you need me to resend it let me know! (That one is as Scottish as they come btw.) My next one is a kind of Scottish/Indian hybrid - I'll post it here for you in the next couple of days (just need to test the spices - make sure I have it just right).
Does it include haggis? I'm afraid of haggis. :(
Indian = yay though.
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Jimmah Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:58:25pm |
re: #326 iceweasel
Excellent books on false memory syndrome and the satanic panic here, btw.
[Link: www.amazon.com...]
[Link: www.amazon.com...]
Ah - Elizabeth Loftus - author of "Eyewitness Testimony" - lots of great stuff in there. Very useful for debunkers of conspiracy theories etc.
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MandyManners Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:59:17pm |
re: #383 Dark_Falcon
No, but I've seen me on a major sugar high, and I have ADHD. So I know first hand what The Kid is going through.
He has no boundaries (other than safety) right now so he's having a blast. He and his buddies are having a blast. In about an hour they'll go home and he'll flake out.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 6:59:22pm |
re: #390 MandyManners
How's your daughter?
Thanks for asking!
Safe and sound, OF COURSE.
All that wacky worrying I put myself through . . .
I guess it will always be that way
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:00:26pm |
re: #389 iceweasel
Does it include haggis? I'm afraid of haggis. :(
Indian = yay though.
ew.
No haggis.
We will take Spotted Dick, though.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:00:58pm |
re: #391 Jimmah
Excellent books on false memory syndrome and the satanic panic here, btw.
[Link: www.amazon.com...]
[Link: www.amazon.com...]Ah - Elizabeth Loftus - author of "Eyewitness Testimony" - lots of great stuff in there. Very useful for debunkers of conspiracy theories etc.
I haven't read that book by her, but I have read several of her journal articles and various other things by her or drawing on her work. She rocks!
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MandyManners Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:01:08pm |
re: #386 Bagua
Why yes, now that you mention it...
[Video]
Increase the speed and force by a factor of ten.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:02:30pm |
re: #394 reine.de.tout
ew.
No haggis.
We will take Spotted Dick, though.
I always thought Bubble and Squeak would be great names for a pair of kittens.
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MandyManners Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:02:34pm |
re: #393 reine.de.tout
Thanks for asking!
Safe and sound, OF COURSE.
All that wacky worrying I put myself through . . .
I guess it will always be that way
No matter how old they get, they always will be our babies.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:03:04pm |
re: #392 MandyManners
He has no boundaries (other than safety) right now so he's having a blast. He and his buddies are having a blast. In about an hour they'll go home and he'll flake out.
He's lucky he has friends, I was never good at making them. You do very well for you son, Mandy.
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Bagua Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:06:22pm |
Some new details have emerged about the objectives of the radical group I posted about last night.
The Schroedinger’s Cat Liberation Front carries out direct action against abuse on cats in physics laboratories in the form of rescuing animals and causing financial loss to animal exploiters, usually through the damage and destruction of property.The SCLF’s short-term aim is to save as many felines as possible and directly disrupt the practice of cat abuse. Their long term aim is to end all animal suffering by forcing animal abuse research departmens out of business.
It is a nonviolent campaign, activists taking all precautions not to harm any animal (human or otherwise).
Because SCLF actions may be against the law, activists work anonymously, either in small groups or individually, and do not have any centralized organization or coordination.
One hopes the FBI is on the ball and this time around, the POTUS doesn't ignore the intelligence and takes the threat seriously!!!
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:07:35pm |
re: #400 Bagua
Some new details have emerged about the objectives of the radical group I posted about last night.
The Schroedinger’s Cat Liberation Front carries out direct action against abuse on cats in physics laboratories in the form of rescuing animals and causing financial loss to animal exploiters, usually through the damage and destruction of property.The SCLF’s short-term aim is to save as many felines as possible and directly disrupt the practice of cat abuse. Their long term aim is to end all animal suffering by forcing animal abuse research departmens out of business.
It is a nonviolent campaign, activists taking all precautions not to harm any animal (human or otherwise).
Because SCLF actions may be against the law, activists work anonymously, either in small groups or individually, and do not have any centralized organization or coordination.
One hopes the FBI is on the ball and this time around, the POTUS doesn't ignore the intelligence and takes the threat seriously!!!
That one sounds like a prank.
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Bagua Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:07:52pm |
re: #396 MandyManners
Increase the speed and force by a factor of ten.
That is alarming to contemplate, bon courage mon ami.
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Jimmah Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:08:25pm |
re: #389 iceweasel
Does it include haggis? I'm afraid of haggis. :(
Indian = yay though.
You have to remember that most Scottish food was invented as a dare! Fear is one of the main ingredients in this cuisine, ice-ski :)
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brookly red Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:09:11pm |
re: #388 Dark_Falcon
It is the best argument against the Death Penalty, but it does not fully sway me. I'm not in favor of wide use of the death penalty, but there are some cases where it should be used, especially with extremely violent criminals and terrorist leaders. Those sorts should be put to death because they are a danger to others until they die.
I am still on the fence concerning the death penalty. I just can't decide, so I guess it's good I don't have to.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:09:11pm |
re: #360 sattv4u2
Walking thru Kroger today... just happened to walk down the frozen deserts isle (totally by accident) and saw ... gasp! ... Pepperidge Farm Coconut Cake... 1.99.
I only bought it because it was such a bargain.
They're nummy little things.
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Bagua Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:09:13pm |
re: #401 Dark_Falcon
That one sounds like a prank.
Oh it's scary,
Look at their mission statement.
The Schroedinger Cat Liberation Front aims to save cats from cruel experiments carried out in all theoretical physics labs in the planet. As you may know there is a (thought, they say!)experimant that was devised by the Nazi scientist, Erwin Schrödinger, that occurres in the death of the cat 50% of the time. We cannot afford a loss of felines so high, we will take any action to liberate the cats by opening their little black boxes!
| 407 |
Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:10:00pm |
Wow, no trick or treaters at all in my neighborhood tonight. Maybe the pig flu is keeping everyone at home tonight.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:11:06pm |
re: #375 ArchangelMichael
Where the fuck in San Diego, CA is someone going to get a giraffe and an elephant? I'm sure the zoo or the Wild Animal Park would have noticed them missing.
That is absolutely insane.
This does seem to be a common theme in the interviewing of child witnesses then-- the kids were so young and the interviewers seemed to not grasp how children react, nor did the interviewers understand how memory works. The kids would typically make up wild stories eventually, and yet the obviously imaginary bits would be overlooked or squashed in the rush to make a case. So fucked up.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:11:15pm |
Anybody gone to Yahoo today. They're animation at the top is great.
Monsters doing the "Thriller" dance.
Just found out that my town had a thriller dance... trying to set a record... most people... etc.
Monks (was it Monks?) probably beat them tho.
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Bagua Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:11:20pm |
re: #407 Killgore Trout
Wow, no trick or treaters at all in my neighborhood tonight. Maybe the pig flu is keeping everyone at home tonight.
Perhaps the kids have clocked on to your Grinch ways?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:12:00pm |
re: #407 Killgore Trout
Maybe it was the mean old man who didn't buy any candy, turned off his porch light, and closed the blinds...
That might be a reason...
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Jack Burton Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:12:29pm |
re: #407 Killgore Trout
Wow, no trick or treaters at all in my neighborhood tonight. Maybe the pig flu is keeping everyone at home tonight.
It wouldn't surprise me if people are afraid of Manbirdpig, at least when it comes to their kids.
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MandyManners Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:13:02pm |
re: #399 Dark_Falcon
He's lucky he has friends, I was never good at making them. You do very well for you son, Mandy.
Oh, thank you, Falcon. Honestly, sometimes I don't know how I make it from one minute to the next. Again, thank you.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:13:58pm |
re: #411 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I skipped giving out candy last year too. Usually there are still groups of kids wandering around. There's nothing this year.
| 415 |
sngnsgt Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:14:42pm |
re: #407 Killgore Trout
Here either and we went all out and bought the mini candy bars too. Guess I'll have to rid of them somehow...
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MandyManners Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:15:03pm |
re: #402 Bagua
That is alarming to contemplate, bon courage mon ami.
It's proof that the human mind can grow accustomed to just about anything!
Merci beaucoups.
| 417 |
albusteve Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:15:25pm |
re: #414 Killgore Trout
I skipped giving out candy last year too. Usually there are still groups of kids wandering around. There's nothing this year.
they know you don't like them...kids are very perceptive like that...spooky eh?
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Bagua Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:16:17pm |
re: #414 Killgore Trout
I skipped giving out candy last year too. Usually there are still groups of kids wandering around. There's nothing this year.
By now your reputation has spread through the middle schools like a wildfire. They're not just avoiding your house, but your whole street.
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BARACK THE VOTE Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:16:33pm |
re: #403 Jimmah
You have to remember that most Scottish food was invented as a dare! Fear is one of the main ingredients in this cuisine, ice-ski :)
Our four main ingredients are fear, surprise, and...no wait. Three. Our three main ingredients are...Fear, surprise, and blood pudding.
(I love that line; scottish food invented on a dare! Mike Myers marrying a sociopath, lol. A great movie with a happy ending, Jim-ski.)
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:18:13pm |
re: #417 albusteve
Yeah, I'm not a fan of kids. They give me the creeps.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:19:59pm |
re: #405 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
You bought it because it WAS CAKE!
Not because it was on sale...
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Bagua Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:20:13pm |
re: #421 Killgore Trout
Boycott!
Boycott and Girlcott in this instance.
/oh yea, and transgendered and all that.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:20:55pm |
re: #419 iceweasel
Our four main ingredients are fear, surprise, and...no wait. Three. Our three main ingredients are...Fear, surprise, and blood pudding.
(I love that line; scottish food invented on a dare! Mike Myers marrying a sociopath, lol. A great movie with a happy ending, Jim-ski.)
Bring out... The Comfy Chair!
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MandyManners Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:21:13pm |
re: #407 Killgore Trout
Wow, no trick or treaters at all in my neighborhood tonight. Maybe the pig flu is keeping everyone at home tonight.
It was kinda' slow in the village but, the folks in this neck of the woods once again had a fantastic time. I declare, Sasha (the one who lives next door to Mr. Horse Breeder, erstwhile potential paramour of yrs trly) is the most amazing woman I know when it comes to throwing a party. I would be, too, if I had a personal fucking assistant but, I digress.
You're probably on target with the H1N1 observation. Folks are spooked about it.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:21:54pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:22:40pm |
re: #411 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Maybe it was the mean old man who didn't buy any candy, turned off his porch light, and closed the blinds...
That might be a reason...
I sorta resemble that remark!
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albusteve Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:25:05pm |
re: #426 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Our administration seem to getting the message that some people can't be negotiated with...
"What the prime minister has offered in specifics on restraints on a policy of settlements ... is unprecedented," she said.
that's a flat out lie...
| 429 |
Jack Burton Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:26:13pm |
re: #425 MandyManners
I would be, too, if I had a personal fucking assistant but, I digress.
A personal assistant: Someone you pay far less than half your salary to do more than half your work.
| 430 |
MandyManners Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:27:18pm |
re: #426 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Our administration seem to getting the message that some people can't be negotiated with...
Oh, boo fucking hoo. She should take her "The View" format to GAZA!
“Frankly, it was a waste of my time,” said one assistant professor from the Fatima Jinnah Women’s University (FJWU) in Rawalpindi, who asked not to be named. “[Clinton] wasn’t interested in hearing the about the layman’s problems or the reality of our daily lives.”
That caused many, such as Shazia Marri, the information minister of the Sindh province, to leave the meeting frustrated that their concerns were not heard. “Emancipated women in Pakistan have a clear point of view that did not come across,” she said.
SNIP
It didn’t help that many women objected to the format of the discussion, which was moderated by five female news anchors. Before Clinton arrived, one State Department representative explained that the format aimed to imitate the popular talk show, ‘The View.’
But it seems the women were not all convinced that the show is what the meeting most closely mirrored. “This meeting was as micromanaged as our country’s internal affairs,” quipped the FJWU professor. “[The Americans] were trying to retain the upper-hand in the conversation.”
SNIP
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:27:32pm |
Holy Cow..My poor little Doggie...He has never set with me during the World Series..I scream at every pitch.. I am a very loud guy..
He keeps jumping up and running across the room in fear...
I go..It's OK Winston...He walks back just in time for me to scream.. You call that a F*cking pitch! And of course he runs away as fast as he can...
It's ok Winston..I'm just yelling at the big screen..
He slowly walks back looking at me with deep suspicion...Damn it!
He runs away again... Poor little Winston...He has never lived here during basketball season either.. I may need to drug him just to save his life..Poor baby. *wink*
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Jimmah Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:27:42pm |
re: #424 Dark_Falcon
Bring out... The Comfy Chair!
I'm not kidding, that boy's head is like Sputnik; spherical but quite pointy at parts! Now that was offside, wasn't it? He'll be crying himself to sleep tonight, on his huge pillow.
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MandyManners Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:29:33pm |
re: #429 ArchangelMichael
A personal assistant: Someone you pay far less than half your salary to do more than half your work.
Well, she doesn't get a "salary" 'cause she doesn't "work" but, she sits on a few boards of directors and wields a mean whip when in comes to raising bucks for charities.
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Jimmah Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:31:48pm |
re: #419 iceweasel
Our four main ingredients are fear, surprise, and...no wait. Three. Our three main ingredients are...Fear, surprise, and blood pudding.
(I love that line; scottish food invented on a dare! Mike Myers marrying a sociopath, lol. A great movie with a happy ending, Jim-ski.)
Great movie indeed, ice-ski. Many great quotes...lol :
You know, Scotland has its own martial arts. Yeah, it's called Fuck You. It's mostly just head butting and then kicking people when they're on the ground.
| 436 |
Dancing along the light of day Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:31:53pm |
re: #431 HoosierHoops
LOL!
You better watch what that little doggie slips into your beer
;)
| 438 |
A Man for all Seasons Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:37:29pm |
re: #437 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
That was a homer.
It sure was! Winston is hiding under the covers!
It's ok Winston...He is unsure...I don't think he is coming out...
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:39:11pm |
re: #438 HoosierHoops
I watch sports "ninja style". Occasional fist raised... quiet as a mouse.
And I love watching sports.
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Jack Burton Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:49:13pm |
re: #439 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I watch sports "ninja style". Occasional fist raised... quiet as a mouse.
And I love watching sports.
Me too. The only sport where I cross the isle and go pirate instead of ninja is hockey and thats only when I'm actually at a game, not watching it on TV.
| 441 |
A Man for all Seasons Sat, Oct 31, 2009 7:50:53pm |
re: #439 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I watch sports "ninja style". Occasional fist raised... quiet as a mouse.
And I love watching sports.
My problem is I can't keep my mouth shut.. I got kicked out of a game once by my own coach...How embarrassing...I'm the loudest person you have ever met..
Yup..I suck..But it is so much fun...That is why Charles had to delete a post of mine last night.. You want a piece of me? I'm so sorry Charles...
| 442 |
Achilles Tang Sat, Oct 31, 2009 9:12:52pm |
re: #406 Bagua
Oh it's scary,
Look at their mission statement.
The Schroedinger Cat Liberation Front aims to save cats from cruel experiments carried out in all theoretical physics labs in the planet. As you may know there is a (thought, they say!)experimant that was devised by the Nazi scientist, Erwin Schrödinger, that occurres in the death of the cat 50% of the time. We cannot afford a loss of felines so high, we will take any action to liberate the cats by opening their little black boxes!
But they must realize that half the cats don't die until they open the boxes?
They are cat killers in disguise.
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