The pursuit of the many.....

Heading to bed now. Night, all.

Man I miss golf. I need to go get my game back.

"Golf is a good walk spoiled."

Mark Twain

Dr. Greenthumb

and for the Country Blues fans...

I Will Turn Your Money Green

Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Green Onions - Booker T & the MGs

Green Hornet - Al Hirt

how dare charles play golf while neglecting his blog duties

How green was my golf course
Grass in the desert
lies humans make to pretend
they are not in the desert.

3 more days till the New Green Year:

/bbking?

On Green Dolphin Street - John Coltrane

Status Quo: My Green Tambourine

Its Good to be the King

Looks like a fairway, not a green. Just sayin'.

What's behind the Green Door?

(Some of you old-timers doubtlessly know the answer)

Lights out!

I found a paycheck from September yesterday. Sweet.

re: #18 Cannadian Club Akbar

I found a paycheck from September yesterday. Sweet.

Enough to pay for a ride back to the 70s in a big yellow taxi?

re: #19 ryannon

Enough to pay for a ride back to the 70s in a big yellow taxi?

[Video]

We had a radio station in Tampa that was all '70's. Saturday night was disco night. The station was great. But they changed formats. Now, they don't even have on air personalities. Bummer.

Super green.

re: #18 Cannadian Club Akbar

I found a paycheck from September yesterday. Sweet.

Need my address?

re: #22 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Need my address?

You'll just blow it all on vegetables.

So I got to see a drunk fratboy take a swing at a server (female) at my karaoke bar and then hurl a full pint glass at the bartender (also female) that whizzed by my head, missing me by about half an inch. Cops called, the karaoke jock and I walking around the block to get the guy's license plate, the whole bit.

How was your guys' evening?

re: #24 WindUpBird

Well, boring compared to that story.

Good Morning Lizards!

re: #24 WindUpBird

As in YOUR Karaoke bar? The one you own? Or the one you frequent?

I'm a huge (no pun intended) Karaoke nerd!

A drunk chick bit a cop at the one I frequent a few weeks ago.

re: #23 Cannadian Club Akbar

Not true. The Bastard hasn't spent a single penny on me since I've known him, the cheap, er, Bastard!

re: #24 WindUpBird

Those were ladies? Sorry, my bad.

Had a girl ask to be my friend on FB. Then she asked if I remembered her. Had to tell her no. Wonder how this is gonna shake out.

re: #27 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

As in YOUR Karaoke bar? The one you own? Or the one you frequent?

I'm a huge (no pun intended) Karaoke nerd!

A drunk chick bit a cop at the one I frequent a few weeks ago.

The one I frequent. I don't have the willpower to run a bar! But I am also a huge karaoke nerd, I have a book full of my own CDGs :D

Bit a cop! Okay, I want to hear more!

re: #28 Slumbering Behemoth

Not true. The Bastard hasn't spent a single penny on me since I've known him, the cheap, er, Bastard!

re: #24 WindUpBird

Those were ladies? Sorry, my bad.

That was no lady, that was my mother! *rimshot*

re: #30 WindUpBird

Bit a cop! Okay, I want to hear more!

Okay, so, she was drunk. Cop was carrying her out. She bit him.

My storytelling skills are legendary.

re: #32 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Okay, so, she was drunk. Cop was carrying her out. She bit him.

My storytelling skills are legendary.

See Jane drink! Drink, Jane, drink!

re: #32 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Okay, so, she was drunk. Cop was carrying her out. She bit him.

My storytelling skills are legendary.

You're practically Charles Kuralt.
/

re: #30 WindUpBird

Ever heard this... The Five Levels of Drinking, by Larry Miller

LEVEL 1

It's 11;00 on a weeknight, you've had a few beers. You get up to leave because you have work the next day and one of your friends buys another round. One of your UNEMPLOYED friends. Here at level one you think to yourself, "Oh come on, this is silly, why as long as I get seven hours of sleep (snap fingers), I'm cool".

LEVEL 2

It's midnight. You've had a few more beers. You've just spent 20 minutes arguing against artificial turf. You get up to leave again, but at level two, a little devil appears on your shoulder. And now you're thinking, "Hey! I'm out with my friends! What am I working for anyway? These are the good times! Besides, as long as I get five hours sleep (snaps fingers) I'm cool".

LEVEL 3

One in the morning. You've abandoned beer for tequila. You've just spent 20 minutes arguing FOR artificial turf. And now you're thinking, "Our waitress is the most beautiful woman I've ever seen!" At level three, you love the world. On the way to the bathroom you buy a drink for the stranger at the end of the bar just because you like his face. You get drinking fantasies. (like,"Hey fellas, if we bought our own bar, we could live together forever. We could do it. Tommy, you could cook.") But at level three, that devil is a little bit bigger....and he's buying. And you're thinking "Oh, come on, come on now. As long as I get three hours sleep...and a complete change of blood (snaps fingers), I'm cool".

LEVEL 4

Two in the morning. And the devil is bartending. For last call, you ordered a bottle of rum and a Coke. You ARE artificial turf! This time on your way to the bathroom, you punch the stranger at the end of the bar. Just because you don't like his face! And now you're thinking, "Our busboy is the best looking man I've ever seen." You and your friends decide to leave, right after you get thrown out, and one of you knows an....after hours bar. And here, at level four, you actually think to yourself, "Well....as long as I'm only going to get a few hours sleep anyway, I may as well....STAY UP ALL NIGHT!!!! Yeah! That'd be good for me. I don't mind going to that board meeting looking like Keith Richards. Yeah, I'll turn that around, make it work for me. And besides, as long as I get 31 hours sleep tomorrow.................cool.

LEVEL 5

Five in the morning. After unsuccessfully trying to get your money back at the tattoo parlor ("But I don't even know anybody named Ruby!!!"), you and your friends wind up across the state line in a bar with guys who have been in prison as recently as...that morning. It's the kind of place where even the devil is going, "Uh, I gotta turn in. I gotta be in Hell at nine. I've got that brunch with Hitler, I can't miss that." At this point, you're all drinking some kind of thick blue liquor, like something from a Klingon wedding. A waitress with fresh stitches comes over, and you think to yourself, "Someday I'm gonna marry that girl!!" One of your friends stands up and screams, "WE'RE DRIVIN' TO FLORIDA!!!!!" - and passes out. You crawl outside for air, and then you hit the worst part of level five - the sun. You weren't expecting that were you? You never do. You walk out of a bar in daylight, and you see people on their way to work, or jogging. And they look at you - and they know. And they say..."Who's Ruby?" Let's be honest, if you're 19 and you stay up all night, it's like a victory like you've beat the night, but if you're over 30, then that sun is like God's flashlight. We all say the same prayer then, "I swear, I will never do this again (how long?) as long as I live!" And some of us have that little addition, "and this time, I mean it!"

re: #29 Cannadian Club Akbar

Had a girl ask to be my friend on FB. Then she asked if I remembered her. Had to tell her no. Wonder how this is gonna shake out.

Dude... I've had that happen. Do what I do... They ask to be your friend, you can't remember them? Don't do it.

But take a few days before you take it out...

re: #36 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I kinda remember the name, but I graduated HS with over 600 others. Besides, she's hot!!

re: #37 Cannadian Club Akbar

I kinda remember the name, but I graduated HS with over 600 others. Besides, she's hot!!

"Hello? McFly!? Add her!"

re: #38 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"Hello? McFly!? Add her!"

Go to my page and check her out.

re: #39 Cannadian Club Akbar

RAWR.

re: #40 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

RAWR.

I also added the hot traffic girl from a local TV station I have spoken about.:)

re: #37 Cannadian Club Akbar

I kinda remember the name, but I graduated HS with over 600 others. Besides, she's hot!!

I gotta get on that Facebook thingee...

re: #42 bloodnok

I gotta get on that Facebook thingee...

I got on after friends and family sent me emails trying to get me to join so we could keep in touch. See the irony?

re: #42 bloodnok

I've enjoyed it. I've found many old friends that I was curious about, and am hot on the trail of many others that I have looked for.

re: #35 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

7,756 days ago I tried to beat up a frat house. They were fairly good sports about it. They let me live as long as I fixed the damage. So far, so good, but every once in a while I find myself just staring at the little bubbles in a beer, or I walk in front of a bar and smell that smell and I wonder, just this once? Fortunately, along with those stimuli comes the memory that I just could not handle myself and somebody was bound to get hurt. So I got that going for me. I put all that money I saved on beer into golf balls. I don't know about any of you but I think I've lost just about every golf ball I've ever owned. I wonder what my urethane footprint is.

re: #45 SteveMcG

I bought a new set of clubs once (cheap ones) and within 2 hours my 4 iron was in a lake.

Ghostbusters is on AMC.

"Shhh! Listen. Do you smell something?"
-Ray Egon

re: #47 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Ghostbusters is on AMC.

"Shhh! Listen. Do you smell something?"
-Ray Stantz

Oh, gosh! I can't believe I messed that up.

re: #48 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oh, gosh! I can't believe I messed that up.

Buzzkill.
/

re: #49 Cannadian Club Akbar

dig

There's a blue moon this Thursday.

re: #51 SixDegrees

Ain't that cool? The last day of a decade and there's a blue moon.

re: #51 SixDegrees

There's a blue moon this Thursday.

Ding-a-dang-dong Blue Moon

A woman who is Islamic is on my radio saying that all the lawyers for the Gitmo detainees are Jewish. Holy shit. She is anti-Islamic, FWIW.

re: #54 Cannadian Club Akbar

Should have been anti-radical Islam. My bad.

re: #54 Cannadian Club Akbar

A woman who is Islamic is on my radio saying that all the lawyers for the Gitmo detainees are Jewish. Holy shit. She is anti-Islamic, FWIW.

Here in Detroit, I just heard that the lawyer for Flaming Underwear Man is trying to come up with a justification for blocking the government's request for a DNA sample.

Good luck with that.

I wonder if Islam will suddenly grow a prohibition against withdrawal of bodily fluids?

re: #56 SixDegrees

He should have some DNA in his underwear, I would guess. (Sorry about ruining everyones breakfast.)

re: #57 Cannadian Club Akbar

He should have some DNA in his underwear, I would guess. (Sorry about ruining everyones breakfast.)

There's a picture of his underwear on Drudge.

I kind of expected to see a really big skidmark... Not that I wanted to see one, mind you...

re: #54 Cannadian Club Akbar

Brigette Gabriel is her name.

re: #58 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

There's a picture of his underwear on Drudge.

I kind of expected to see a really big skidmark... Not that I wanted to see one, mind you...

If I had just lit my schlong on fire, I'd leave a big one.

re: #60 SixDegrees

S'what I'm sayin...

Mornin', all - what's new this a.m.?

re: #57 Cannadian Club Akbar

I thought that was a very delicate way to put it.

re: #62 SasyMomaCat

Nuthin... talkin' about poopy underwear. What's up with you?

Dr. Egon Spengler: I'm worried, Ray. It's getting crowded in there and all my data points to something big on the horizon.
Winston Zeddemore: What do you mean, big?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Well, let's say this Twinkie represents the normal amount of psychokinetic energy in the New York area. Based on this morning's sample, it would be a Twinkie... thirty-five feet long, weighing approximately six hundred pounds.

Trying to get motivated to work.

Re the skivvies, I saw a pic this morning on one of the news outlet websites of the Christmas day bomber's tighty whities. First thought was "Who wants to see that?" Sometimes visuals are really not necessary.

re: #65 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

That's one big twinkie.

Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!

re: #67 SasyMomaCat

That's one big twinkie.

Don't encourage him.

re: #69 Cannadian Club Akbar

Ah, but it's such a quotable movie! Right up there with Princess Bride . . .

re: #68 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Annie Potts was so hot in that movie.

re: #71 Cannadian Club Akbar

Annie Potts was so hot in that movie.

"I've quit better jobs than this. Ghostbusters, whaddya want!"

"Do you want this body?" - Dana
"Is this a trick question?" - Peter

I wonder where everyone is this morning? Isn't there a way to see who all is online? It looks like it just you two (FBV & CCA) and me . . . based on this thread, anyhoo

re: #74 SasyMomaCat

I wonder where everyone is this morning? Isn't there a way to see who all is online? It looks like it just you two (FBV & CCA) and me . . . based on this thread, anyhoo

Go to the bottom. There is a "show users" button.

re: #75 Cannadian Club Akbar

Go to the bottom. There is a "show users" button.

...and keep in mind that some folks don't log out...

Ahhhh, so that's where it is! Thx! (I looked in tools, spy, etc. Never thought to go to the bottom of the page)

re: #74 SasyMomaCat

I wonder where everyone is this morning? Isn't there a way to see who all is online? It looks like it just you two (FBV & CCA) and me . . . based on this thread, anyhoo

SSSHHHH. I need more coffee.

re: #78 Cathypop

I feel ya - going for cup #2 myself . . .

Hey, with this, I'm only 6 comments away from breaking 100! (I'm easily enthused - can you tell?) I guess it's about time :)

re: #80 SasyMomaCat

The first 2 years I was here I barely commented because of my work and home duties. Plus there were always 500 comments on a story when I would log in.

re: #80 SasyMomaCat

Wow! You really do lurk alot.

re: #81 Cannadian Club Akbar

Ya, I'm usually on at work and mostly just lurk. Rarely do I get the chance to get on at home. But, being tied to a desk/computer at work has allowed me to at least follow the threads. Until recently, the morning threads would be 2 - 300 comments deep and, by the time I finished reading through and catching up, a new one would be posted and about that far along.

Decided about a week ago that I would risk the wrath of Big Brother and start posting more. I hate not being involved in the discussions. Here's hoping it doesn't bite me in the rear-end.

re: #82 Cathypop

LOL, ya, I actually have been around since some time in '02 or '03. It took me a while to get registered after registration was set up. I never could catch the window open at the right time.

re: #84 SasyMomaCat
Just 4 more comments and you hit the 100 mark.

re: #84 SasyMomaCat

LOL, ya, I actually have been around since some time in '02 or '03. It took me a while to get registered after registration was set up. I never could catch the window open at the right time.

It took me over a year, maybe more. I was so geeked when the door opened, I spelled my nic wrong.

re: #85 Cathypop

Getting there! Might make it today! :)

re: #86 Cannadian Club Akbar

What's it supposed to be?

Morning Lizards!

What's up?

re: #86 Cannadian Club Akbar

LOL - so, that's where the other "N" came from! When I finally got it, I was so jazzed! Of course, nobody else around me in meat-space seemed impressed :) They just don't know what's important!

Heard about LGF on the Tammy Bruce radio show. Looked it up that evening, saw an open registration very soon thereafter... have been talking nonstop to you guys since then.

I have the distinction of the dumbest most frequent poster.

I like it that way.

re: #88 Cathypop

What's it supposed to be?

The same, I just spelled Canadian wrong.

re: #92 Cannadian Club Akbar

The same, I just spelled Canadian wrong.

DUH! I need more coffee.

Mornin' ggt! - working on cup #2 here. What's up in your neck of the woods?

re: #91 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I disagree - I've always enjoyed reading your posts ('specially the cake pron)

re: #91 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
You may think they are dumb comments but they make me laugh.
Thanks FBV

Morning, Lizards. Are we being more civil today?

Finally saw the Star Trek movie last night. Watched it twice --loved it so much. Kinda kool how they used time travel to create an alternate universe to create a new way to continue the franchise. Really thought the actors did a great job.

How do I feel about a Spock who is in touch with his feeling? Well, I'm trying to be part of this brave new world.

Seems *everything* is juxtaposed these days.

re: #96 thedopefishlives

Morning, Lizards. Are we being more civil today?

Were we not civil yesterday?

re: #96 thedopefishlives

Morning, Lizards. Are we being more civil today?

PISS OFF!!!
//someone had to say it!

re: #96 thedopefishlives

ooh, did I miss a lot of incivility yesterday (besides the recently emerged issues between Sharm & IW)? (glad to have missed it, if I did)

Good morning, btw!

re: #98 ggt

Were we not civil yesterday?

Some weren't.

re: #99 Cannadian Club Akbar

PISS OFF!!!
//someone had to say it!

DING-WHORE!

/

re: #94 SasyMomaCat

Mornin' ggt! - working on cup #2 here. What's up in your neck of the woods?

Cat Overlord hasn't set the agenda for today. Just about to pour #2.

re: #100 SasyMomaCat

ooh, did I miss a lot of incivility yesterday (besides the recently emerged issues between Sharm & IW)? (glad to have missed it, if I did)

Good morning, btw!

IW?

re: #104 ggt

IW?

Iceweasel. When I walked out yesterday, her and Shar were in an epic pissing match.

Heh, what's the chances - my 100th post was post #100 on this thread . . .

re: #104 ggt

IW?

Ice Weasel.

re: #106 SasyMomaCat

Quick go buy a lotto ticket!

re: #103 ggt

Ah, then, it probably involves lots of napping and finding a nice, sunny window

re: #108 Cathypop

LOL - I should!

re: #105 thedopefishlives

Iceweasel. When I walked out yesterday, her and Shar were in an epic pissing match.

over what?

re: #105 thedopefishlives

Iceweasel. When I walked out yesterday, her and Shar were in an epic pissing match.

Such bright people. Sometimes you just got to walk away, no one wins the Internet.

Ahhhhh, can't wait for the snow and cold to go away now that Christmas is over......too me, it looks like a nice little cut 5 iron

Looks like Greek mythology is making a comeback at the cinema:

The LIghtning Thief opens in February, and a remake of the classic Clash of the Titans opens in March.

re: #111 ggt

Lately, all you have to do is have them in the same thread and it starts. Don't know what's up with that ... hate to see it, honestly.

re: #111 ggt

over what?

There was some argument over dinging habits of lesser-known lizards that evolved into a catfight over some stupid video someone posted and whether the dings were about the video or the associated comment.

re: #111 ggt

over what?

Something about dinging or not dinging and the appropriateness of cat's fucking..or not fucking. I'd like to come out in support of vids of cat's fucking as a metaphor for true love, but I'm a perv.

BTW, can you ding in spy mode? I'm giving it a test drive, since I got in on this one earlier, but miss the ding buttons . . .

re: #115 SasyMomaCat

Lately, all you have to do is have them in the same thread and it starts. Don't know what's up with that ... hate to see it, honestly.

Hadn't noticed, but then again, I've been in a Science-Fiction escapist mode. Haven't been on-line a lot.

re: #118 SasyMomaCat

BTW, can you ding in spy mode? I'm giving it a test drive, since I got in on this one earlier, but miss the ding buttons . . .

Click on the post number and it'll take you to the comment, where you can ding away.

re: #120 thedopefishlives

thanks!

re: #116 thedopefishlives

There was some argument over dinging habits of lesser-known lizards that evolved into a catfight over some stupid video someone posted and whether the dings were about the video or the associated comment.

re: #117 Jeff In Ohio

Something about dinging or not dinging and the appropriateness of cat's fucking..or not fucking. I'd like to come out in support of vids of cat's fucking as a metaphor for true love, but I'm a perv.

Well, as long as it's over important things. . . .

re: #116 thedopefishlives

actually, it goes back quite a way further than that. Something about Sharm calling Jimmah by his name (which, coincidentally, is Jim) and her knowing that was his real name, etc. I figure it goes deeper than that, but they haven't seen fit to actually grace us with the backstory of the hostilities, just with the hostilities.

re: #123 SasyMomaCat

actually, it goes back quite a way further than that. Something about Sharm calling Jimmah by his name (which, coincidentally, is Jim) and her knowing that was his real name, etc. I figure it goes deeper than that, but they haven't seen fit to actually grace us with the backstory of the hostilities, just with the hostilities.

Sounds like they need to get a room.

re: #123 SasyMomaCat

actually, it goes back quite a way further than that. Something about Sharm calling Jimmah by his name (which, coincidentally, is Jim) and her knowing that was his real name, etc. I figure it goes deeper than that, but they haven't seen fit to actually grace us with the backstory of the hostilities, just with the hostilities.

My real name is Can.
/

re: #123 SasyMomaCat

actually, it goes back quite a way further than that. Something about Sharm calling Jimmah by his name (which, coincidentally, is Jim) and her knowing that was his real name, etc. I figure it goes deeper than that, but they haven't seen fit to actually grace us with the backstory of the hostilities, just with the hostilities.

Well, it was what sparked yesterday's fight, anyway. I can't speak to much lizard history; even though I've been here for a long time, I also took a long vacation from LGF a while back.

re: #124 ggt

Ya, it's really sad - they can't seem to have a civil exchange anymore since whatever happened outside of LGF happened. They used to have pretty well reasoned exchanges. Now, all I see is vitrol between them. I wish they would simply ignore one another's posts.

My name is not Jeff and I do not live in Ohio. That is not a picture of me. I do not love the poetry of Walt Whitman.

re: #127 SasyMomaCat

Well, I am a sassy momma, but am not a cat . . .

re: #128 Jeff In Ohio

My name is not Jeff and I do not live in Ohio. That is not a picture of me. I do not love the poetry of Walt Whitman.

That Whitman guy makes really good chocolates.
/

re: #128 Jeff In Ohio

And for the record, I have nothing to do with either dope or fish. So stop calling me asking for me to "hook you up, dawg".

re: #106 SasyMomaCat

Heh, what's the chances - my 100th post was post #100 on this thread . . .

Slim... and cool.

re: #130 Cannadian Club Akbar

That Whitman guy makes really good chocolates.
/

It's the creamy filling. :)

re: #133 Jeff In Ohio

It's the creamy filling. :)

in bed...

mmmm . . . . chocolate :)

re: #134 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

in bed...

Pervert!

re: #134 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

in bed...

*WHACK!*

/Hey, if Mandy's not here to wield the cluebat, someone's gotta do it

re: #136 Cathypop

par for the course :)

I believe I can say with 99.99% confidence that the photo,
(The Green) ,was NOT taken in Central Utah recently!!
Just sayin............
Hope ya'll have a happy New Year!!

re: #139 reloadingisnotahobby

Nor in SE TN

re: #139 reloadingisnotahobby

And it's definitely not my back yard.

re: #139 reloadingisnotahobby

Oh, and hope you have a happy new year, too!

.....and How cold is it???
I crossed a frozen creek yesterday in my truck and did not break through!!
The high was 17dig....

re: #143 reloadingisnotahobby

...and How cold is it???
I crossed a frozen creek yesterday in my truck and did not break through!!
The high was 17dig...

It was 2 degrees F (-17 degrees C) when I went to work this morning.

re: #143 reloadingisnotahobby

...and How cold is it???
I crossed a frozen creek yesterday in my truck and did not break through!!
The high was 17dig...

Was cold this AM. 40. Only going up to 63. Brr.

re: #144 thedopefishlives

eek - colder both places than I'm interested in . . .

re: #145 Cannadian Club Akbar

Was cold this AM. 40. Only going up to 63. Brr.

Oh Shut Up!///////

re: #144 thedopefishlives

That's ridicules!!!!
I mean the going to work part!!;-)

re: #145 Cannadian Club Akbar

LOL!! I hate you!!!;-)
Don't get frost bit!

re: #148 reloadingisnotahobby

That's ridicules!!!
I mean the going to work part!!;-)

I have a short week this week. I get Thursday and Friday off. So since I'm here, I may as well take advantage of the free company heat, rather than suffering in my current domicile with a 20 mph, -20 degree F wind.

re: #127 SasyMomaCat

Ya, it's really sad - they can't seem to have a civil exchange anymore since whatever happened outside of LGF happened. They used to have pretty well reasoned exchanges. Now, all I see is vitrol between them. I wish they would simply ignore one another's posts.

Well, that's the plan. I reckon it's got to be at least as boring for you all to read as it is for me. Sorry about that.

re: #151 iceweasel

Well, that's the plan. I reckon it's got to be at least as boring for you all to read as it is for me. Sorry about that.

Good morning, {ice}. I wouldn't say boring, but it's hard for me to watch two good people gnaw each other to death.

re: #149 reloadingisnotahobby
I'm on vac....yet I come in to make sure the building are warm and the walks are clear!
I'll be R/Ring a fuel pump later in the soninlaws truck!Yea!

re: #119 ggt

Hadn't noticed, but then again, I've been in a Science-Fiction escapist mode.

What have you been reading?
(not that I really need suggestions/temptations -- my 'to read' pile is about 2' tall!)

re: #151 iceweasel

Sometimes easier said than done, eh? I wish you well in that . . .

BTW, belated congrats to you and Jimmah - may you find all happiness in your new journey together!

re: #153 reloadingisnotahobby

I'm on vac...yet I come in to make sure the building are warm and the walks are clear!
I'll be R/Ring a fuel pump later in the soninlaws truck!Yea!

Inside or outside the tank?

Day-yum!
Woke up this morning and it was 28 degrees - beautiful and sunny, but 28 degrees! That's rare. But it feels good!

Good morning, all!

re: #156 Cannadian Club Akbar

Outside on the frame.
Will have to warmup the shop ...then turn it off...deisel salamander
with open FIRE!!!
Not a good idea when working with GAS!!
LOL

re: #155 SasyMomaCat

(just to clarify, didn't mean that first part snippy - I honestly meant that sometimes it's hard not to respond when someone throws jabs in your direction)

re: #127 SasyMomaCat

I wish they would simply ignore one another's posts.

I basically do. BTW- it's not me that gets into pissing contests every time I log into a morning thread...

re: #157 reine.de.tout

Day-yum!
Woke up this morning and it was 28 degrees - beautiful and sunny, but 28 degrees! That's rare. But it feels good!
Good morning, all!

So you're
still"inside"!!!

re: #160 Sharmuta

I basically do. BTW- it's not me that gets into pissing contests every time I log into a morning thread...

Good morning, {Shar}.

re: #160 Sharmuta

Like I said earlier to Ice, I wish you well in that effort - not always easy.

Egypt cracks down on foreign protesters heading to Gaza Strip

American and European activists attempting to go to the Gaza Strip from Egypt to protest Israel's actions during last year's Gaza war have been blocked from doing so – and say they have been harshly treated by Egyptian authorities.

Time for "foreign protesters" to get a clue.

Well so much for my idea of meeting a friend for lunch. Sleet is coming down the temp is dropping. *&^*&%$

re: #161 reloadingisnotahobby

So you're
still"inside"!!!

heheh.
Of course!

I'm not completely stupid.

Just pathetic.

re: #166 reine.de.tout

heheh.
Of course!

I'm not completely stupid.

Just pathetic.

I mean, here's how pathetic:
It's so cold outside, I don't want to go outside.
So I hooked together a long piece of rope to the dog's leash; wrapped it around the door handle, and let him outside on the leash hooked to the door. While I stay inside nice and cozy.

re: #155 SasyMomaCat

Sometimes easier said than done, eh? I wish you well in that . . .

BTW, belated congrats to you and Jimmah - may you find all happiness in your new journey together!

Thanks!

re: #151 iceweasel

Congrats on the wedding. Did I understand you all are moving to Scotland?

re: #167 reine.de.tout
Pathetic.....yet clever!!
Well done!

re: #167 reine.de.tout

That is pathetic. You better hope he is not mad at you when he comes in.

re: #159 SasyMomaCat

(just to clarify, didn't mean that first part snippy - I honestly meant that sometimes it's hard not to respond when someone throws jabs in your direction)

Yep.

re: #167 reine.de.tout

LOL - smart! This is one reason I prefer cats ... low maintenance :)

re: #173 SasyMomaCat

LOL - smart! This is one reason I prefer cats ... low maintenance :)

Yes, I also have 4 cats.
They stick around.
The poor dog is not nearly as smart as the cats.

re: #174 reine.de.tout

Ya, that's why it's easier to train a dog. A cat just looks at you like you're crazy and walks off.

re: #154 charlz

What have you been reading?
(not that I really need suggestions/temptations -- my 'to read' pile is about 2' tall!)

oooh, I've discovered sci-fi/fiction podcasting. Been catching-up on past episodes of Escapepod, StarshipSofa, Classic Tales Podcast and am going to start Forgotten Classics.

Been immersed in StarShipSofa lately --almost caught up. Lots of silliness and some very good short fiction. I've really enjoyed listening.

I'm and audiophile and a biblophile. I usually post the books I've read and enjoyed in the Book Category of the Spin-off links, but am probably behind.

I did thoroughly enjoy Neal Stephenson's Anathem, on audio. It is one that will have to be re-read in a couple of years.

re: #174 reine.de.tout

Yes, I also have 4 cats.
They stick around.
The poor dog is not nearly as smart as the cats.

We have 2 cats. Lately, they're not doing their job (killing small critters). This is a problem for me.

Which reminds me:
[Link: www.cracked.com...]

re: #175 SasyMomaCat

Ya, that's why it's easier to train a dog. A cat just looks at you like you're crazy and walks off.

My wife managed to train my cat using catnip as an incentive. He will sit and beg.

Green Green - The New Christy Minstrels

re: #177 Jeff In Ohio

We have 2 cats. Lately, they're not doing their job (killing small critters). This is a problem for me.

Which reminds me:
[Link: www.cracked.com...]

My cats do do their job.
Yesterday one was playing with something; when I looked at it I thought it was a dead lizard. So I got out the vacuum cleaner to vacuum it up.

Just as the vacuum started to suck up the tail - IT MOVED. It was still alive.
EWWWWW.

re: #178 thedopefishlives

I've been toying with the idea of trying to train our three to use the toilet instead of the box. Litter gets expensive~ But our oldest (somewhere between 16 & 17 yrs.) won't be trainable, so I figure it will be near impossible to convince the other two to use something besides the box while the box is still there . . .

re: #178 thedopefishlives

My wife managed to train my cat using catnip as an incentive. He will sit and beg.

Ha..I read that as shit and beg. Pretty much all our dog does. She's not killing anything either....someones going to be loading up the 22 and ground hog hunting in the spring.

re: #178 thedopefishlives

You have to train a cat to beg???
Pmfft! Dogs have that covered in the womb!

My Cat Overlord has me thoroughly trained.

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Iran's mullahs and Ahmadinejad are trying to quash the demonstrations by continuing to arrest those who stand in their way. That includes the sister of a Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi and others associated with opposition leaders.

Meanwhile, demonstrations around the world continue protesting Iran's mullahs and Ahmadinejad for their brutality and violence against the Iranian people.

New images from inside Iran are hard to come by, particularly as the Iranian regime keeps trying to prevent those images and videos from getting distributed.

Gotta run!
Play nice!

re: #183 reloadingisnotahobby

Oh, cats will beg - you better believe it. And ours seem to have an innate ability to tell when I'm reaching for the milk carton. If I'm going for anything else in the fridge, they don't pay me any attention. But if I so much as grab the handle of the milk carton, here they all come, begging for a drink . . .

re: #187 SasyMomaCat

Oh, cats will beg - you better believe it. And ours seem to have an innate ability to tell when I'm reaching for the milk carton. If I'm going for anything else in the fridge, they don't pay me any attention. But if I so much as grab the handle of the milk carton, here they all come, begging for a drink . . .

They are not begging. They are reminding you of your duty.

re: #185 lawhawk

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Iran's mullahs and Ahmadinejad are trying to quash the demonstrations by continuing to arrest those who stand in their way. That includes the sister of a Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi and others associated with opposition leaders.

Meanwhile, demonstrations around the world continue protesting Iran's mullahs and Ahmadinejad for their brutality and violence against the Iranian people.

New images from inside Iran are hard to come by, particularly as the Iranian regime keeps trying to prevent those images and videos from getting distributed.

I can't get anything from twitter, which was such a rich source of information the last time. Everything is re-tweeted old stuff.

re: #175 SasyMomaCat

Ya, that's why it's easier to train a dog. A cat just looks at you like you're crazy and walks off.

They tend to learn on their own. My two cats love the little foam ball cat toys so we bought a six pack tube of them and tossed one on the floor. The next day we found the opened empty tube on the floor, and little foam balls all around the house.

Interesting-- the online life of exploding underpants guy:

In online posts apparently by Detroit suspect, religious ideals collide

"I have no one to speak too [sic]," read a posting from January 2005, when Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was attending boarding school. "No one to consult, no one to support me and I feel depressed and lonely. I do not know what to do. And then I think this loneliness leads me to other problems."

I think I like Attackerman's take on this guy so far:

I was on TV with Pat Buchanan today and Pat talked about this guy like he was a supersoldier. But he’s a pathetic and weak-willed manchild, the Little Lord Fauntelroy of attempted murder.

Now of course it doesn’t do much good to just sneer at Abdulmutallab. I think it was Lionel Tiger who diagnosed al-Qaeda after as demonstrating classic “pro-social” behavior to prey on outcasts and invest their lives with meaning. Once Abdulmutallab was what you might call an at-risk youth. On the one hand, the challenge is to figure out how to break the recruiting message that al-Qaeda sends to such youth so they can find their identities through homicidal impulses. On the other, if sniveling failures like Abdulmutallab is who al-Qaeda is whittled down to attracting, then that bodes well for us.

re: #185 lawhawk

Which reminds me - I asked twice yesterday, but didn't get any response - who is good/reliable to follow on Twitter re Iran? I'm following oxfordgirl, iranbaan, Stop Ahmadi, and WAS following persiankiwi before he went silent on 6/24 . . . (I've also got Winston80, but am not sure about him since he got the banstick)

re: #188 ggt

True, that . . .

re: #192 SasyMomaCat

Which reminds me - I asked twice yesterday, but didn't get any response - who is good/reliable to follow on Twitter re Iran? I'm following oxfordgirl, iranbaan, Stop Ahmadi, and WAS following persiankiwi before he went silent on 6/24 . . . (I've also got Winston80, but am not sure about him since he got the banstick)

If you use #iranelection and/or #ashura, you will get all the tweets with those tags, so you don't have to figure out which twitterers to follow.

The underpants bomber says he was lonely: (from MSNBC)

"‘Loneliness leads me to other problems’

AP
Suspect in jet attack wrote online about depression and the “dilemma between liberalism and extremism” as a Muslim."

O Boo Hoo

I volunteer a long pike for his head

It would send a much needed message

you have to use the right language

re: #189 reine.de.tout

Try oxfordgirl - she's tweeting original . . . (some retweets, too, but lots of her own stuff)

re: #194 reine.de.tout

Trouble is figuring out which ones are reliable . . . there's also folks out there purposefully tweeting misinformation . . .

re: #197 SasyMomaCat

Trouble is figuring out which ones are reliable . . . there's also folks out there purposefully tweeting misinformation . . .

True.
Iran09 is one I follow, and
tehranbureau is very good.

re: #198 reine.de.tout

thanks for the tips . . .

Orly Taitz Ally Breaks Away, Says He Fell in Love With Her

The word for this is “strange.” For much of 2009, a disbarred attorney named Charles Lincoln played key roles in Orly Taitz’s multiple “birther” lawsuits against President Obama. Lincoln claimed to be a “law clerk” for Taitz, and he showed up again and again to file documents or assist her in court.

Last week, Lincoln went on his personal blog and filed a lengthy, emotional post confessing that he had fallen in love with Taitz — who is married — and been used by a “disloyal and treacherous person.”

snip

I had wrapped my life around Orly’s and I guess I honestly believed she had wrapped hers around mine and she said over and over again how much she was committed to me and how she never wanted us to separate. Three weeks later she had abandoned me, and yet some people have the nerve to call ME mentally unstable!

Lol at the nirthers.

re: #195 Ojoe

I've got a pike...

re: #199 SasyMomaCat

thanks for the tips . . .

Tehran Bureau is also on the web.

Ghostbusters II is coming on AMC...

Nuthin' quotable there, as far as I'm concerned....

re: #191 iceweasel

Wait, Ackerman was on TV? Damn, maybe I'll start watching something besides Family Guy and Law and Order CI reruns.

re: #200 iceweasel

Lol at the nirthers.

Like sands though the hourglass, these are the days of our bat-shit insane lives.

re: #200 iceweasel

Orly Taitz Ally Breaks Away, Says He Fell in Love With Her

Lol at the nirthers.

Twoofers to the left of me, nirthers to the right...

re: #206 thedopefishlives

Here I am, stuck in the middle with you . . .

re: #205 baier

Like sands though the hourglass, these are the days of our bat-shit insane lives.

It's not the Young and the Restless, it's the Old and the Stupid?

re: #208 reine.de.tout

It's not the Young and the Restless, it's the Old and the Stupid?

The Days of our Lives.

gotta go folks,

Have a great day!

Me and the 11 year old went to see Avatar in 3D yesterday. That was a visual feast. I felt sorry for the guy behind me, pontificating during the trailers about all this 'Global Warming" bullshit, then he sat through 3 hours of liberal eco-idealist orgasmic fantasy of sticking it to the corporatists and their militarist allies. All they needed was some evil dominionist pulling the strings to cap that fancy sundae.

Anyway:
11 year old girl says AWESOME!!
50 year old man says AWESOME pacing and effects, horribly rehashed story line.

re: #210 ggt

you, too!

re: #191 iceweasel

Interesting-- the online life of exploding underpants guy:

In online posts apparently by Detroit suspect, religious ideals collide

I heard this was his favourite song:

re: #211 Jeff In Ohio

Me and the 11 year old went to see Avatar in 3D yesterday. That was a visual feast. I felt sorry for the guy behind me, pontificating during the trailers about all this 'Global Warming" bullshit, then he sat through 3 hours of liberal eco-idealist orgasmic fantasy of sticking it to the corporatists and their militarist allies. All they needed was some evil dominionist pulling the strings to cap that fancy sundae.

Anyway:
11 year old girl says AWESOME!!
50 year old man says AWESOME pacing and effects, horribly rehashed story line.

They really advanced the state of the art of computer graphics with that movie. Even I was impressed.

re: #214 thedopefishlives

I heard that if you miss this movie on the big screen, then you missed the movie, period.

re: #215 SasyMomaCat

I heard that if you miss this movie on the big screen, then you missed the movie, period.

Pretty much. My wife and I went to see it on the local IMAX screen in 3D. I was totally blown away by the amazing job they did with the computer constructions and the seamless way they integrated live action and CG. It clearly took every penny of the $300 million production costs.

CNN report on Iran; seems to describe Iranian gov't propaganda

re: #211 Jeff In Ohio

Gonna see it... gonna put some effort into ignoring the fact that I am an evil human bean...

re: #191 iceweasel

Interesting-- the online life of exploding underpants guy:

In online posts apparently by Detroit suspect, religious ideals collide

re: #195 Ojoe

The underpants bomber says he was lonely: (from MSNBC)

"‘Loneliness leads me to other problems’

AP
Suspect in jet attack wrote online about depression and the “dilemma between liberalism and extremism” as a Muslim."

O Boo Hoo

I volunteer a long pike for his head

It would send a much needed message

you have to use the right language

loneliness..a certain Ft Hood killer said he was lonely also....instead of reading the Kuran..I think all 14 to 40 year old muslim men need " How to pick up chicks"
but seriously this is the root of the problem...why aren't TV psychologists having a field day with this?? I guess they're too scared of ramifications of pointing out the 800 lb gorilla in the room.

re: #205 baier

Like sands though the hourglass, these are the days of our bat-shit insane lives.

Tell me about it. Here is the google cache of the blog where batshit nirther spills his tale of love denied:

And all the while I see now that Orly, while constantly flattering me about my “intelligence,” and “scholarship” and “intellectual capacity”, avoided as much as possible any use of my brains which might have cautioned hesitancy or restraint of any kind. This is how she has gotten herself into so much trouble.

Right-- Orly's real problems are that she just didn't listen enough to her rejected nirther suitor. Heh.
Quite the festival of dysfunction!

re: #204 Jeff In Ohio

Wait, Ackerman was on TV? Damn, maybe I'll start watching something besides Family Guy and Law and Order CI reruns.

I know, right? That may even be a reason to get cable again....seriously, I would have loved seeing him and Buchanan.

re: #219 Spider Mensch

loneliness..a certain Ft Hood killer said he was lonely also...instead of reading the Kuran..I think all 14 to 40 year old muslim men need " How to pick up chicks"
but seriously this is the root of the problem...why aren't TV psychologists having a field day with this?? I guess they're too scared of ramifications of pointing out the 800 lb gorilla in the room.

I'm ronrey, I'm so ronrey

re: #219 Spider Mensch

loneliness..a certain Ft Hood killer said he was lonely also...instead of reading the Kuran..I think all 14 to 40 year old muslim men need " How to pick up chicks"
but seriously this is the root of the problem...why aren't TV psychologists having a field day with this??

I'm sure it's included in the psychological profiles of young men likely to be recruited by terrorist organisations, at least the religious ones. I don't think it's a coincidence that so many of the people recruited by the Army of God are also men, who pretend to care about children when they're in the womb, but don't care about actual women or children at all.

Check out the video on the AoG CJ linked a while ago. The men switch from talking about how much they love women (and that's why they oppose abortion) to how they can't find any women to be involved with, and how most women are bitches, sluts, and whores without batting an eye.

Definitely material for a psych dissertation.

Re Iran, oxfordgirl has tweeted several times about someone she's referring to as "the Shark." Anybody know who she's talking about?

re: #224 SasyMomaCat

nm - just found a name to go with it ... Rafsanjani

re: #114 SixDegrees

Looks like Greek mythology is making a comeback at the cinema:

The LIghtning Thief opens in February, and a remake of the classic Clash of the Titans opens in March.

That is from a series of books for younger readers based on the character of Percy Jackson. Percy is a demi-god as his mother is human and his dad is Poseidon. My gal has devoured the whole series. Older readers would enjoy them as well. There is lots of action. I appreciate how they have re-introduced Greek mythology to her age group.
My daughter is quite concerned that the movie will do justice to the book.

Meanwhile, Yemen is throwing up their hands and saying they need help in dealing with AQ. They say that there's 300 AQ terrorists running around and that they're helpless to do anything without additional help (like Saudi and/or US airstrikes against AQ havens).

Oh, and we're supposed to ship off 95 Gitmo detainees there when they've got a history of revolving door jihad?

Watched "The Green Mile" this morning on the DVR with my wife.... well, I think I need to get more tissue at the store now for her (ignore the tear in my eye)

Great cast.

re: #228 Ericus58

Awesome movie ... on my list of favorites

Also meanwhile, at Amnesty International:

Amnesty International has condemned the “wholly avoidable” deaths of up to 15 people in Iran during the ‘Ashoura religious commemorations.

The organization called on the authorities to ensure that those attending funerals and commemorations in the coming days and weeks are guaranteed the right to assemble peacefully and to express their opposition to the current government.

"The spiral of violence is growing in Iran and the excessive force by the security forces appears to be meeting unprecedented resistance from protestors,” said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa.

They recognize the excessive force used by the security forces, but are they also saying the protesters are as much to blame for the violence as the security forces?

re: #230 reine.de.tout

I think it's just a matter of recognizing that the resistance does, naturally, contribute to the increase in excessive force. I don't think it's a matter of "blame" as much as an acknowledgement of the reality. (of course, I could just be naive) It's aptly described as a spiral of violence. I fear it will get worse before it gets better.

re: #230 reine.de.tout

I didn't take it that way, but with AI, you never know.

re: #232 _RememberTonyC

true

re: #231 SasyMomaCat

I just hope that we are doing SOMETHING to help the protesters in iran. We can't send them weapons, but we can funnel money, computers, and possibly some types of software to those fighting to take back their country from the islamothugs.

re: #234 _RememberTonyC

Agreed - and here's hoping that we are doing it in such a way that it will never be revealed. If anyone in that region gets a whiff of US involvement (or Western involvement, period), it could undermine the whole thing.

re: #230 reine.de.tout

I read that as him warning Iran that they're being watched, that they know that repression is occurring, and it'll be harder and harder to deny that unrest is widespread if they keep cracking down.

re: #180 reine.de.tout

My cats do do their job.
Yesterday one was playing with something; when I looked at it I thought it was a dead lizard. So I got out the vacuum cleaner to vacuum it up.

Just as the vacuum started to suck up the tail - IT MOVED. It was still alive.
EWWW.

Ewww, indeed!

They've been frantically trying to warn America for the past six years: Aviation security is a joke, and it's only a matter of time before terrorists destroy another airplane full of innocent passengers.

[Link: www.washingtonexaminer.com...]

re: #219 Spider Mensch

loneliness..a certain Ft Hood killer said he was lonely also...instead of reading the Kuran..I think all 14 to 40 year old muslim men need " How to pick up chicks"
but seriously this is the root of the problem...why aren't TV psychologists having a field day with this?? I guess they're too scared of ramifications of pointing out the 800 lb gorilla in the room.

Less rote learning and more and work in early learning? I'm not a TV psychologist, but I play one at home.

re: #232 _RememberTonyC

I didn't take it that way, but with AI, you never know.

I'm not an AI fan - but I think you're right in this case, they did not mean it tht way. Good to see them acknowledging the gov't role in this, imo.

re: #237 prairiefire

No small lizards where I lived with two cats. But one of them was very good at finding and catching garter snakes. I think they thought of them as some sort of self-propelled shoelace toy. More than once found the two of them in the garage with a 18-24" snake that they'd watch and paw at. I'd just cover the snake with a bucket or something and then come back and let it go once the cats had lost interest and gone elsewhere.

re: #234 _RememberTonyC

I just hope that we are doing SOMETHING to help the protesters in iran. We can't send them weapons, but we can funnel money, computers, and possibly some types of software to those fighting to take back their country from the islamothugs.

I think the key is how long will security forces put up with getting pounded...when the front line weakens, that could be the beginning of the end for the Mullahs...and for that to happen just takes courage and bravery for the people to stand their ground....imo

re: #241 oaktree

caught a garter snake in the house once as a teen. I was going to let it go, but Mom freaked and had my brother kill it.

re: #242 albusteve

. . . for that to happen just takes courage and bravery for the people to stand their ground...imo

That and a whole lot of long-term persistence. Which, I believe, they have.

re: #211 Jeff In Ohio

Me and the 11 year old went to see Avatar in 3D yesterday. That was a visual feast. I felt sorry for the guy behind me, pontificating during the trailers about all this 'Global Warming" bullshit, then he sat through 3 hours of liberal eco-idealist orgasmic fantasy of sticking it to the corporatists and their militarist allies. All they needed was some evil dominionist pulling the strings to cap that fancy sundae.

Anyway:
11 year old girl says AWESOME!!
50 year old man says AWESOME pacing and effects, horribly rehashed story line.

Pretty much my take as well - definitely worth seeing, and one of the rare films I would go back to the theater to see again because of the excellent 3D and visuals. Comparisons with Dances With Wolves are spot on, too, but now with heart-pounding alien action!

Actually, the film it reminded me most of was another Cameron effort, Aliens. In both cases, the action kicks in almost immediately, and never, ever lets up for the duration. I was physically exhausted coming out of both films.

Character development, actual plot, dialog and back story are similar to other Cameron films - painted with a broad brush, a mile wide and an inch deep. Doesn't keep it from being immensely entertaining, though.

re: #241 oaktree

No small lizards where I lived with two cats. But one of them was very good at finding and catching garter snakes. I think they thought of them as some sort of self-propelled shoelace toy. More than once found the two of them in the garage with a 18-24" snake that they'd watch and paw at. I'd just cover the snake with a bucket or something and then come back and let it go once the cats had lost interest and gone elsewhere.

My cats have a habit of leaving the snakes by the front door, when they catch one. What's interesting is that the snakes will "play 'possum", and be very very still, deathlike, until the cats are gone, and then they'll move.

Breaking news on BBC: "Casualties reported as Afghan soldier opens fire on US and Italian forces - military officials"

Canada is immediately limiting carry-on items for flights to the United States in the aftermath of a failed terror attack on a Northwest Airlines flight.

"Effective immediately, U.S.-bound passengers are not allowed to bring carry-on bags into the cabin of the aircraft, with some exceptions," said a statement from Transport Canada.

In the recent incident, the guy has the bomb sewn into his underwear. How is limiting carry-on luggage going to stop that?

re: #241 oaktree

Good for you and the snake.

re: #248 reine.de.tout

In the recent incident, the guy has the bomb sewn into his underwear. How is limiting carry-on luggage going to stop that?

No one ever credited airline security personnel with an abundance of wisdom.

re: #248 reine.de.tout

I'm all for the "invasive" scanning technology. It would improve accuracy, speed the process, and eliminate profiling all at the same time. TSA should implement it immediately. And, any country that doesn't use it doesn't get to fly into the US.

re: #226 prairiefire

That is from a series of books for younger readers based on the character of Percy Jackson. Percy is a demi-god as his mother is human and his dad is Poseidon. My gal has devoured the whole series. Older readers would enjoy them as well. There is lots of action. I appreciate how they have re-introduced Greek mythology to her age group.
My daughter is quite concerned that the movie will do justice to the book.

Yeah, The Lightning Thief looks like an interesting series. I hadn't heard about it until I saw the film's preview. My kids are probably too old for such right now, but would have lapped it up a few years ago.

I have mixed feeling about the Clash of the Titans re-do. I'm a huge fan of Harryhausen, and revisits definitely lean toward suckitude. Of course, everything is being handled with CGI this time around, but I'm wary.

re: #250 thedopefishlives

No one ever credited airline security personnel with an abundance of wisdom.

They should make everyone go commando.

re: #250 thedopefishlives

No one ever credited airline security personnel with an abundance of wisdom.

I think everyone is just very confused as to how to keep passengers safe.
I just finished reading this: Confusion fills skies after attempted bombing

What a year it was....
The 12 Weirdest Right-Wing Conspiracies Of 2009

re: #245 SixDegrees

I remember an interview with Cameron after the success of "Titanic". He said he had in mind a great movie, but he would have to wait for the CGI effects to catch up before he could make it. Now I see what he meant.
I still think that "Terminator" is his best script.

re: #251 SasyMomaCat

I'm all for the "invasive" scanning technology. It would improve accuracy, speed the process, and eliminate profiling all at the same time. TSA should implement it immediately. And, any country that doesn't use it doesn't get to fly into the US.

Yeah, I'm headed that way in my thinking, too.

re: #253 Jeff In Ohio

They should make everyone go commando.

Gives new meaning to the term "flying blind".

re: #254 reine.de.tout

I think everyone is just very confused as to how to keep passengers safe.
I just finished reading this: Confusion fills skies after attempted bombing

That's pretty much what I meant by my comment. People just don't know any better, yet. We'll figure it out eventually... Hopefully before it's too late.