The tune is called “PercusienFa,” an excellent showpiece for Canadian guitarist Erik Mongrain’s unique percussive style. It’s from Erik’s album Fates.External Image (Here it is at the iTunes Store.)
An Amazon widget with more clips from this excellent album:
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darthstar Fri, Jan 29, 2010 4:55:54pm |
Good stuff. Kind of like an acoustic Robert Fripp.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 4:57:45pm |
wow...not too many people do that stuff, sort of a lost and forgotten art...very tasty
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darthstar Fri, Jan 29, 2010 4:59:25pm |
Here's some Fripp, by the way...onlyh he's not throwing shit at his guitar in this one...
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:00:15pm |
Damn, that guy's technicuq is nuts. Loving all the harmonics.
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Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:01:51pm |
*sigh* Just when I thought the Edwards story couldn't get more bizarre...
N.C. sheriff releases Edwards' 'domestic' problem report
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:03:14pm |
re: #4 darthstar
Here's some Fripp, by the way...onlyh he's not throwing shit at his guitar in this one...
[Video]
sorry...nothing special there
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:03:21pm |
Like this too...
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:05:09pm |
re: #8 PT Barnum
Like this too...
[Video]
bummer, thought it was gonna cover Hendrix...pretty good tho
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:06:23pm |
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:08:33pm |
Combo Fried rice and LGF...best way to spend a Friday evening..
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tradewind Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:09:07pm |
re: #6 JasonA
Just when I thought the Edwards story couldn't get any more
bizarre
pathetic.
FTFY.
It makes me so very, very sad.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:09:57pm |
re: #6 JasonA
*sigh* Just when I thought the Edwards story couldn't get more bizarre...
N.C. sheriff releases Edwards' 'domestic' problem report
Dems really dodged a bullet with that guy. All kinds of recklessness and horndog nastiness and he could have been the candidate. and all of it would have come out.
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Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:11:14pm |
re: #14 windupbird
Dems really dodged a bullet with that guy. All kinds of recklessness and horndog nastiness and he could have been the candidate. and all of it would have come out.
I never thought he had much of a chance in the first place, to be honest.How often do losing VP candidates make for winning POTUS candidates?
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:11:15pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:12:19pm |
re: #15 JasonA
I never thought he had much of a chance in the first place, to be honest.How often do losing VP candidates make for winning POTUS candidates?
he didn't have a good chance, no. But he was still in the race, with all his faults, and he apparently thought he could keep it all secret forever?
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tradewind Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:12:33pm |
re: #14 windupbird
All kinds of recklessness and horndog nastiness
...... Well, Bubba muddled through.
But with Edwards... it's the total disconnect from reality that makes us lucky he lost the primary. I wouldn't even have wished him on the Dems.//
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:13:12pm |
re: #17 windupbird
If you think you're above your marriage vows it doesn't take much to think you're above everything else...
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TampaKnight Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:13:35pm |
Just found out that Ally Bank has a 2 year CD yielding 2.3%....moved my money there for savings. I was earning 1% with my BOA CD. Feels good!
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Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:13:43pm |
re: #17 windupbird
he didn't have a good chance, no. But he was still in the race, with all his faults, and he apparently thought he could keep it all secret forever?
I don't even think Slick Willy had anything on Edwards in the arrogance department.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:13:47pm |
re: #16 windsagio
re: #14 windupbird
Yeah, I was behind him for the first half of the campaign.
I forgot 'never trust southern politicians' ;)
ahaha you are so going to get dinged down for that
My thing is I'm just sick to death of the constant meme that 'the heartland" or "small towns" are the real America. Just more bullshit othering. The real America is small towns, and it's also LA. it's Kansas, and it's New York
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tradewind Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:15:24pm |
re: #23 windupbird
ahaha you are so going to get dinged down for that
..... I'm thinking I showed masterful restraint by not.//
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jaunte Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:15:25pm |
re: #21 TampaKnight
Just found out that Ally Bank has a 2 year CD yielding 2.3%...moved my money there for savings. I was earning 1% with my BOA CD. Feels good!
I moved my accounts out of BoA just so I could get a person on the phone.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:15:26pm |
re: #23 windupbird
Well Jason beat me to it, but look at Mr. Clinton, or Thurmond's extra dughter :p
Something about those guys makes it TOTALLY impossible for them to keep their pants on!
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:15:39pm |
re: #22 JasonA
I don't even think Slick Willy had anything on Edwards in the arrogance department.
Agree! I think Clinton has a good heart when it comes to some stuff, but he cheats. Edwards...I don't know, there's something dark about that guy. Maybe from because his kid died? Tragedy changes people, ruins families, puts everything through a lens.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:15:44pm |
re: #19 PT Barnum
If you think you're above your marriage vows it doesn't take much to think you're above everything else...
no shit...that's what it is, right there
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:16:22pm |
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:16:39pm |
re: #29 albusteve
And if you are constantly bleating about family values, it probably means you have none. See Ensign, Vitter, etc etc.
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TampaKnight Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:16:54pm |
The President's Budget requests come out next week.....I'm going to be one busy, busy man for a while at work!
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:17:24pm |
re: #28 windupbird
Agree! I think Clinton has a good heart when it comes to some stuff, but he cheats. Edwards...I don't know, there's something dark about that guy. Maybe from because his kid died? Tragedy changes people, ruins families, puts everything through a lens.
the Clintons are pure old American hillbilly trailer trash
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:18:21pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:18:25pm |
re: #24 tradewind
... I'm thinking I showed masterful restraint by not.//
I'll resist flailing about the south, because Mastodon and Baroness come from Georgia. Georgia is becoming the new hotbed of metal, the talent in that community is mindblowing.
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tradewind Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:18:42pm |
re: #27 windsagio
Hey..... I'm in a weather situation here, and I really want the power to stay on.... not going to tempt karma.
:)
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:18:52pm |
re: #30 Aceofwhat?
FTFY!
What qualifies as an ambulance chaser? My father is a workplace injury lawyer.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:18:55pm |
re: #22 JasonA
I don't even think Slick Willy had anything on Edwards in the arrogance department.
To Edwards' misfortune, unlike Bubba he was not "an unusually good liar."
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:18:55pm |
re: #23 windupbird
The whole rural america is real america is just blowback for the self important assholes on both coasts that refer to us as fly over country
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:18:57pm |
re: #31 PT Barnum
I'm actually looking at wikipedia's list of sex scandals right now. Pretty brutal. I guess power really is the greatest aphrodesiac >>
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:19:11pm |
re: #31 PT Barnum
And if you are constantly bleating about family values, it probably means you have none. See Ensign, Vitter, etc etc.
the Silk Pony...what a bust...I hope he ends up in a soupline with head lice
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:19:24pm |
re: #33 albusteve
the Clintons are pure old American hillbilly trailer trash
We know you think this, you say it every single time anyone brings up the Clintons :)
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tradewind Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:19:47pm |
re: #35 windupbird
Ummm,
Okey - doke.
I guess we should be grateful for our.... assets.//
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:20:03pm |
re: #39 PT Barnum
Which, having lived on the coast is massively overblown. Its one of those cool things they came up with to stoke the populist rage (tm).
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:20:46pm |
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:20:52pm |
re: #23 windupbird
ahaha you are so going to get dinged down for that
My thing is I'm just sick to death of the constant meme that 'the heartland" or "small towns" are the real America. Just more bullshit othering. The real America is small towns, and it's also LA. it's Kansas, and it's New York
Difference is, we're never allowed to forget that L.A. and New York are out there. The tallest building in South Dakota could collapse tomorrow, but if someone set off some firecrackers in the lobby of CBS News at the same time, the firecrackers would be the lead story.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:20:53pm |
re: #39 PT Barnum
The whole rural america is real america is just blowback for the self important assholes on both coasts that refer to us as fly over country
Exactly.
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TampaKnight Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:21:02pm |
Who else is enjoying a stiff drink right now?
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tradewind Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:21:27pm |
re: #28 windupbird
It's simpler than that. Grab Websters', see 'Ambulance chasing Shyster ', definition of.
(And I come from a family of lawyers, so I can say that).
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:21:28pm |
re: #46 The Sanity Inspector
the thing is, the rest of the coasts hate LA and NY too :P its not a heartland thing :)
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:21:31pm |
re: #43 tradewind
Ummm,
Okey - doke.
I guess we should be grateful for our... assets.//
After about every music magazine on earth puts a rock album in their top ten of the year, I'd say it qualifies as important culture. :)
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:21:41pm |
re: #44 windsagio
I like living in flyover country...and I've met the east and west coasters...I'll stay here where all the sane, nice, honest people live.
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:21:49pm |
re: #44 windsagio
Which, having lived on the coast is massively overblown. Its one of those cool things they came up with to stoke the populist rage (tm).
The New Yorkers I know don't think badly of the trans-Hudson. They hardly think of it at all.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:22:21pm |
re: #49 tradewind
It's simpler than that. Grab Websters', see 'Ambulance chasing Shyster ', definition of.
(And I come from a family of lawyers, so I can say that).
I know the term, it's just some people use it to refer to any attorney who represents injured people.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:22:34pm |
re: #53 Decatur Deb
lol there is that. I try not to rant about New York tho, there are some people on here that won't put up with it ;)
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Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:22:50pm |
re: #33 albusteve
the Clintons are pure old American hillbilly trailer trash
Trailer trash, huh? Yeah, nothing offensive about that, I guess. /
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:23:22pm |
Wow, What an afternoon I've had. I just got back from talking to a real estate agent about selling my house. She seemed very optimistic about price and making a quick sale. When I got home I learned that all my financial concerns are gone. For the time being I have access to more liquid cash than I have ever had my entire life! Wow. Too good to be true.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:23:43pm |
re: #42 windupbird
We know you think this, you say it every single time anyone brings up the Clintons :)
it's their Apex...it's what defines them
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TampaKnight Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:23:45pm |
I appreciate all of America, really. I love cities like NYC, Chicago, LA, Boston, etc. because they have so much culture, things to do, etc. I also love the heartland because it's such a testament to middle America and the values they hold.
Love the south for their cooking and tremendous hunting! And there may not be anything more amazing than Big Sky country out west.....Montana is the most scenic place I've ever seen.
Of course here in Florida we have our beaches...and old people ;)
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jaunte Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:23:46pm |
re: #53 Decatur Deb
The New Yorkers I know don't think badly of the trans-Hudson. They hardly think of it at all.
Like this?
Image: steinberg-newyorker.jpg
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:23:46pm |
Guitarists like this always make me miss Michael Hedges more and more.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:23:59pm |
re: #58 Killgore Trout
It doesn't involve Russians or Nigerians, does it?
Because if it does, I have some bad news....
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reine.de.tout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:24:14pm |
re: #52 PT Barnum
I like living in flyover country...and I've met the east and west coasters...I'll stay here where all the sane, nice, honest people live.
And I'm quite happy in Louisiana, which surprisingly, comes in FIRST on this list.
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:24:27pm |
re: #55 windsagio
lol there is that. I try not to rant about New York tho, there are some people on here that won't put up with it ;)
Where y'from?
Pittsburgh.
Oh. Out West.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:24:30pm |
re: #56 JasonA
Trailer trash, huh? Yeah, nothing offensive about that, I guess. /
they are offensive people...what's the big deal?
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reine.de.tout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:24:53pm |
re: #58 Killgore Trout
Wow, What an afternoon I've had. I just got back from talking to a real estate agent about selling my house. She seemed very optimistic about price and making a quick sale. When I got home I learned that all my financial concerns are gone. For the time being I have access to more liquid cash than I have ever had my entire life! Wow. Too good to be true.
Good news!
All in one day, eh?
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:25:02pm |
re: #57 windsagio
Not really...I'm just practicing being provocative..
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Racer X Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:25:03pm |
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:25:13pm |
re: #37 windupbird
What qualifies as an ambulance chaser? My father is a workplace injury lawyer.
Pursuing a claim against a physician by attempting to persuade a jury that you're right despite scientific consensus to the contrary.
Good for your father. Safe working conditions, imho, lag behind other priorities too often at too many companies. No one should be forced to perform unsafe actions at work.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:25:14pm |
re: #65 Decatur Deb
Yeah, I'm *from* Seattle, live in Portland now, its like a more liveable Seattle :P
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:25:17pm |
re: #52 PT Barnum
I like living in flyover country...and I've met the east and west coasters...I'll stay here where all the sane, nice, honest people live.
I'm in Portland where all the awesome music, amazing beer and freaky artistic weirdos are. Being a freaky artistic weirdo myself, it helps to be around peers! But you have to be okay with the occasional guy riding a Penny-Farthing down the street, the occasional procession of people wearing fairy-wings, and hordes of Santa Clauses being drunk in public.
No disrespect to the middle of the country, I could probably live in Austin or Madison. Living in the suburbs would drain my soul.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:25:38pm |
re: #68 PT Barnum
haha fair enough, I have to constantly rein in my raging regionalism :D
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:25:51pm |
re: #58 Killgore Trout
Wow, What an afternoon I've had. I just got back from talking to a real estate agent about selling my house. She seemed very optimistic about price and making a quick sale. When I got home I learned that all my financial concerns are gone. For the time being I have access to more liquid cash than I have ever had my entire life! Wow. Too good to be true.
drink!...(before the next house eats up your liquid money)
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:26:07pm |
re: #57 windsagio
Oh c'mon, do you really believe that?
I'll gleefully admit Portland is a little nuts. it's not for everyone! I can never live anywhere else.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:26:28pm |
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tradewind Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:26:40pm |
re: #54 windupbird
I have no problem with representing injured people.
It's the conning juries into bankrupting practices that bothers me. Notice that Edwards never took cases in which the victim lived..... he didn't want any rebuttal to his creative montages.
If practices such as his are not reigned in through tort reform, there's no point in health care reform.
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:26:47pm |
re: #45 albusteve
hahaha!...trailer trash is the perfect description of those two imo
unnecessary and unhelpful. repeating it only lessens your efficacy in other discussions, imho. but that's my last two cents on it, so we can move along...
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Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:27:00pm |
re: #66 albusteve
they are offensive people...what's the big deal?
What's offensive about "hillbilly trailer trash?" Are you fucking kidding me?
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:27:00pm |
re: #75 windupbird
PFF you could live in Seattle again. Or even #(*&@$ Vancouver (the BC one, the other one doesn't count).
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:27:17pm |
re: #70 Aceofwhat?
Pursuing a claim against a physician by attempting to persuade a jury that you're right despite scientific consensus to the contrary.
Good for your father. Safe working conditions, imho, lag behind other priorities too often at too many companies. No one should be forced to perform unsafe actions at work.
fair enough, cheers :) I've worked in health care, so I have witnessed the burn of being accused of things in the field unfairly.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:27:35pm |
re: #75 windupbird
I'll gleefully admit Portland is a little nuts. it's not for everyone! I can never live anywhere else.
many people can say that...I'd rather die than be stuck in Portland...NM is heaven on earth
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:28:06pm |
re: #80 windsagio
I'd rather go visit places like that so I could go back to saneville when I've had too much crazytown.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:28:20pm |
re: #79 JasonA
What's offensive about "hillbilly trailer trash?" Are you fucking kidding me?
I didn't say it wasn't offensive...what's your reading problem have to do with my statement?
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:28:21pm |
re: #82 albusteve
can't handle the rain? We had a 100+ degree summer last year, a southwesterner would feel right at home!
... actually, you might find the green stuff a bit creepy >>
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:29:00pm |
re: #83 TampaKnight
well its all relative. In Portland, we talk about the crazy liberals in Eugene.
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The Shadow Do Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:29:08pm |
re: #26 windsagio
Well Jason beat me to it, but look at Mr. Clinton, or Thurmond's extra dughter :p
Something about those guys makes it TOTALLY impossible for them to keep their pants on!
I believe that 'something' is called scruples. Lack of seems more and more acceptable these days - certainly quite common.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:29:12pm |
re: #67 reine.de.tout
Good news!
All in one day, eh?
Yeah, it all happened in the past couple of hours. I'm in shock.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:29:47pm |
re: #77 tradewind
I have no problem with representing injured people.
It's the conning juries into bankrupting practices that bothers me. Notice that Edwards never took cases in which the victim lived... he didn't want any rebuttal to his creative montages.
If practices such as his are not reigned in through tort reform, there's no point in health care reform.
Tort reform is not a large enough percentage of health costs for it to matter much, but I do agree that it would help. But if a physician truly ruins someone's life, bankrupting a practice is something I wouldn't blink an eye at. I'd like to see a more efficient system of malpractice insurance, myself.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:29:48pm |
re: #88 The Shadow Do
...
...
Wait, having scruples makes you want to sleep around?
Either you missed something or I did.
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TampaKnight Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:30:08pm |
Speaking of guitarists, I just got done trying to play "For the Love of God" by Steve Vai.
I failed.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:30:23pm |
re: #90 windupbird
its much more satisfying to blame the lawyers than it is to blame the insurance companies :P
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reine.de.tout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:30:32pm |
re: #89 Killgore Trout
Yeah, it all happened in the past couple of hours. I'm in shock.
You have a new place picked out?
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:30:39pm |
re: #78 Aceofwhat?
unnecessary and unhelpful. repeating it only lessens your efficacy in other discussions, imho. but that's my last two cents on it, so we can move along...
oh geez, not this again...I don't give a hoot...dingdong me all you want, laugh at and ignore me...don't really care if your offended by my opinion of the Clintons...would you want to hang out with these people?...good lord
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:30:44pm |
re: #82 albusteve
many people can say that...I'd rather die than be stuck in Portland...NM is heaven on earth
Guess we won't cross paths, and I'll happily enjoy all 300+ varieties of our awesome beer by myself.
(then again, a bunch of our stuff makes it out to NM, world class beers have a habit of doing that)
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:31:16pm |
re: #95 albusteve
lol steve, you really enjoy being the class oscar, don't ya? >>
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:31:41pm |
re: #92 TampaKnight
Speaking of guitarists, I just got done trying to play "For the Love of God" by Steve Vai.
I failed.
Great song, and what were you thinking? :D
I knew a guy in high school who could play Satriani's Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing note for note. When my friend (who is also a guitarist) saw him do it, he screamed and ran out of the room :D
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tradewind Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:31:41pm |
re: #37 windupbird
Oh please..... you know there's a difference. Workplace injuries happen, and the people need representation.
Soliciting to initiate litigation by people who had less than perfect medical outcomes , even when their doctors followed accepted medical practice, is an entirely different thing.
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jaunte Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:31:45pm |
re: #92 TampaKnight
Speaking of guitarists, I just got done trying to play "For the Love of God" by Steve Vai.
I failed.
You might enjoy this, if you haven't seen it before:
Steve Vai On His Audition for Frank Zappa's Band
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Charles Johnson Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:31:50pm |
re: #58 Killgore Trout
Wow, What an afternoon I've had. I just got back from talking to a real estate agent about selling my house. She seemed very optimistic about price and making a quick sale. When I got home I learned that all my financial concerns are gone. For the time being I have access to more liquid cash than I have ever had my entire life! Wow. Too good to be true.
Sounds great! Congratulations!
Can I have a loan?
/kidding! I kid!
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The Shadow Do Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:31:52pm |
re: #91 windsagio
...
...
Wait, having scruples makes you want to sleep around?
Either you missed something or I did.
"lack of"...
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:32:11pm |
re: #97 windsagio
lol steve, you really enjoy being the class oscar, don't ya? >>
Updinging him for the term "dingdong"
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reine.de.tout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:32:12pm |
I don't care for Albusteve's description of the Clintons.
But some of you laugh the loudest when SpaceJesus makes disparaging remarks about "the south" and those of us here.
Get a grip.
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Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:32:21pm |
re: #101 Charles
Sounds great! Congratulations!
Can I have a loan?
/kidding! I kid!
Hey! Your dingers are back!
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:32:26pm |
re: #86 windsagio
can't handle the rain? We had a 100+ degree summer last year, a southwesterner would feel right at home!
... actually, you might find the green stuff a bit creepy >>
we could use more rain down here...30-40 year drought has taken it's toll and NYorkers and Californians are flocking here...not good resource wise
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:32:31pm |
An Iowan, an Oregonian, a Atlantan and a New Yorker were riding around in a van one day. The Iowan found an ear of corn under his seat, rolled down the window, and flung it out.
"Why did you do that?" asked the others.
"Oh," said the Iowan, "Everywhere I look in Iowa, it's nothing but corn, corn, corn! Sometimes I think the houses are tiled with it. I'm sick to death of it.!"
So they rode on. Presently the Oregonian found a potato under his seat, rolled down the window, and flung it out.
"Why did you do that?" asked the others.
"Man!" exclaimed the Oregonian. "You can't turn around in Oregon without having potatoes in your face at every turn. There's no getting away from them?"
So they rode on. Presently, the Atlantan opened the sliding door, and flung out the New Yorker.
/
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TampaKnight Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:33:47pm |
re: #100 jaunte
You might enjoy this, if you haven't seen it before:
Steve Vai On His Audition for Frank Zappa's Band
Oh yea I've seen it. Vai is one of my favorite shred guitarists. Being a guitarist myself, I've come to love nearly every genre of guitar playing.
I've tricked my Ibanez out but it's still nowhere near Vai's.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:34:02pm |
re: #99 tradewind
Oh please... you know there's a difference. Workplace injuries happen, and the people need representation.
Soliciting to initiate litigation by people who had less than perfect medical outcomes , even when their doctors followed accepted medical practice, is an entirely different thing.
less than perfect medical outcomes
*cough*
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recusancy Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:34:05pm |
re: #58 Killgore Trout
Wow, What an afternoon I've had. I just got back from talking to a real estate agent about selling my house. She seemed very optimistic about price and making a quick sale. When I got home I learned that all my financial concerns are gone. For the time being I have access to more liquid cash than I have ever had my entire life! Wow. Too good to be true.
What region do you live in? I've been hearing stuff like this a lot lately. About demand finally catching up to supply in real estate.
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:34:06pm |
re: #104 reine.de.tout
I don't care for Albusteve's description of the Clintons.
But some of you laugh the loudest when SpaceJesus makes disparaging remarks about "the south" and those of us here.
Get a grip.
I tend to laugh at just about everything!
/Muhahahaha!
:D
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:34:06pm |
re: #96 windupbird
Guess we won't cross paths, and I'll happily enjoy all 300+ varieties of our awesome beer by myself.
(then again, a bunch of our stuff makes it out to NM, world class beers have a habit of doing that)
you can have your pretentious beers...Budweiser works fine down here...something tells me you are not rugged enough for this country
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:34:10pm |
re: #90 windupbird
Tort reform is not a large enough percentage of health costs for it to matter much, but I do agree that it would help. But if a physician truly ruins someone's life, bankrupting a practice is something I wouldn't blink an eye at. I'd like to see a more efficient system of malpractice insurance, myself.
i've argued (and will) for tort reform all across these pages for the purposes of avoiding Dr. flight, as opposed to cost reduction.
However, I'll also offer that doctors could do a damn sight better at policing their own...tort reform should be combined with a much stronger slap-down policy. Without having to worry that yanking a license will cost bazillions (because of a damages cap), institutions all over the country should be liberated, even required, to be far less tolerant of physicians with unacceptable safety records.
How's that for compromise?
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:34:15pm |
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wrenchwench Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:34:28pm |
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:34:39pm |
re: #83 TampaKnight
Portland is extreme liberal land.
I paid a visit to the hipster end of Seattle one time, and went into an internet cafe. I went to the restroom, but was brought up short--over one door was a circular saw blade, and I forget what over the other one. I asked the counter guy which was the men's room. He looked at me like I had two heads, and said, "They're unisex!"
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The Shadow Do Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:35:10pm |
re: #58 Killgore Trout
Wow, What an afternoon I've had. I just got back from talking to a real estate agent about selling my house. She seemed very optimistic about price and making a quick sale. When I got home I learned that all my financial concerns are gone. For the time being I have access to more liquid cash than I have ever had my entire life! Wow. Too good to be true.
If your realtor is that enthused, mark the price up. Do not leave money on the table. And the realtor may be painting a pretty picture for the listing?
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TampaKnight Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:35:15pm |
re: #117 The Sanity Inspector
I paid a visit to the hipster end of Seattle one time, and went into an internet cafe. I went to the restroom, but was brought up short--over one door was a circular saw blade, and I forget what over the other one. I asked the counter guy which was the men's room. He looked at me like I had two heads, and said, "They're unisex!"
LMAO.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:35:35pm |
re: #113 albusteve
Now *thats* the american way. Making something bad (low quality beer) into something good (toughness!)
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:35:45pm |
re: #94 reine.de.tout
You have a new place picked out?
I do have a listing that I'm very interested in but I need to go down and actually look at it in person. I could be making an offer in two weeks.
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:36:04pm |
re: #116 wrenchwench
Must not make comment...
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TampaKnight Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:36:07pm |
I'm so freaking excited- I get to do training for work in WILLIAMSBURG, VA. Such a historic city.
Anyone been there?
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:36:20pm |
re: #83 TampaKnight
Portland is extreme liberal land.
And I'm an exxxtereme liberal!
You know what extreme liberalness gets you? The best biking city in America, awesome pubs, world class microbrews, the best new/used bookstore in the country, an awesome music scene...
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Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:36:31pm |
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:36:44pm |
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recusancy Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:36:51pm |
re: #113 albusteve
you can have your pretentious beers...Budweiser works fine down here...something tells me you are not rugged enough for this country
Yeah. It's real rugged to drink carbonated slightly alcoholic water.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:37:05pm |
re: #117 The Sanity Inspector
I paid a visit to the hipster end of Seattle one time, and went into an internet cafe. I went to the restroom, but was brought up short--over one door was a circular saw blade, and I forget what over the other one. I asked the counter guy which was the men's room. He looked at me like I had two heads, and said, "They're unisex!"
You've never been to a club or restuarant where they only had one bathroom?
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:37:13pm |
re: #123 TampaKnight
Oh I used to visit there almost every summer (My dad was in the senior command at the naval supply base there, and I'd go when he did sometimes), amazing place. W&M is imo the most beautiful college in the country :)
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:37:30pm |
re: #111 recusancy
What region do you live in? I've been hearing stuff like this a lot lately. About demand finally catching up to supply in real estate.
I'm in the left coast Portland. The housing market here wasn't hit as bad as other markets.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:37:32pm |
re: #120 windsagio
Now *thats* the american way. Making something bad (low quality beer) into something good (toughness!)
just spoofing the city slickers...we don't have enough nail salons for all of them
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reine.de.tout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:37:59pm |
re: #121 Killgore Trout
I do have a listing that I'm very interested in but I need to go down and actually look at it in person. I could be making an offer in two weeks.
Killgore - happy for you!
Good luck with everything.
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TampaKnight Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:37:59pm |
re: #129 windsagio
Oh I used to visit there almost every summer (My dad was in the senior command at the naval supply base there, and I'd go when he did sometimes), amazing place. W&M is imo the most beautiful college in the country :)
I can't wait. After my classes are done each day I'm going to head out and explore the city. It was there or LA....easy choice for me ;)
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:38:12pm |
re: #113 albusteve
you can have your pretentious beers..
I'm inspired...feel a new poem coming on...
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:38:13pm |
re: #133 reine.de.tout
How's your cold?
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Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:38:14pm |
re: #107 The Sanity Inspector
I've heard that joke before, only it involved an Italian, a Russian, an American and a Mexican. I won't be retelling it here...
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:38:22pm |
re: #132 albusteve
its fun; because (in)advertantly, you hit on a common theme. People really think that way, alot.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:38:36pm |
By the way, anyone know anything about comic book collecting? I recently learned that my mom preserved my brother's and my entire comic book collection from the 1960s, including many first editions of popular Marvel comics (X-Men, Fantastic Four, Spiderman, Avengers, Daredevil, I had 'em all), Creepy, Eerie, Cracked, MAD Magazine, Richie Rich, Archie, etc. They're all in really good shape, probably not mint condition because they weren't in airtight bags and the paper has yellowed, but definitely excellent condition. They've been in a sealed wooden crate for decades.
There are probably more than 500 comics total. I haven't cataloged them yet, but if anyone has experience in this let me know.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:38:52pm |
re: #136 Killgore Trout
How's your cold?
Better - much better, less coughing, I can see light at the end of the tunnel! Finally!
thanks.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:39:01pm |
re: #124 WindUpBird
And I'm an exxxtereme liberal!
You know what extreme liberalness gets you? The best biking city in America, awesome pubs, world class microbrews, the best new/used bookstore in the country, an awesome music scene...
all of which will be closed down if the GOP doesn't get this economy going
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:39:30pm |
re: #134 TampaKnight
Man, I got accepted to William and Mary, and didn't go due to money concerns. I should have done it >>
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:39:32pm |
re: #113 albusteve
you can have your pretentious beers...Budweiser works fine down here...something tells me you are not rugged enough for this country
Nope, I'm not. i'm a fair haired queer little twig, and I love eating good food and drinking good beer.
I'm pretty sure Bud isn't even American anymore. I believe it's owned by Belgians now. I'll support American companies with my food and drink purchases.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:39:46pm |
re: #58 Killgore Trout
Wow, What an afternoon I've had. I just got back from talking to a real estate agent about selling my house. She seemed very optimistic about price and making a quick sale. When I got home I learned that all my financial concerns are gone. For the time being I have access to more liquid cash than I have ever had my entire life! Wow. Too good to be true.
Congratulations to you & your family! Please consider my advice from the other week: Keep paying that mortgage, even though it's gone! Put it into savings, money market, index funds, growth funds, or whatever mixture of those that makes sense for you. Have fun, & buy some big boy toys, but be aware of the power you now hold to change your whole family tree, as Dave Ramsey says.
Congratulations once again!
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TampaKnight Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:39:55pm |
re: #142 windsagio
Man, I got accepted to William and Mary, and didn't go due to money concerns. I should have done it >>
My buddy went there and said it was an amazing experience.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:40:02pm |
re: #131 Killgore Trout
I'm in the left coast Portland. The housing market here wasn't hit as bad as other markets.
We didn't expand into exurb hell like Vegas and Arizona did, that helped.
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:40:30pm |
re: #58 Killgore Trout
Congratulations!
What fun for you!
Wheeeee
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:40:50pm |
re: #116 wrenchwench
They're phony dingers.
I love you guys and all, but you can have my dinger when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.
(too much?)
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:40:57pm |
re: #143 WindUpBird
Nope, I'm not. i'm a fair haired queer little twig, and I love eating good food and drinking good beer.
I'm pretty sure Bud isn't even American anymore. I believe it's owned by Belgians now. I'll support American companies with my food and drink purchases.
We could talk food all night
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:41:05pm |
re: #139 Charles
By the way, anyone know anything about comic book collecting? I recently learned that my mom preserved my brother's and my entire comic book collection from the 1960s, including many first editions of popular Marvel comics (X-Men, Fantastic Four, Spiderman, Avengers, Daredevil, I had 'em all), Creepy, Eerie, Cracked, MAD Magazine, Richie Rich, Archie, etc. They're all in really good shape, probably not mint condition because they weren't in airtight bags and the paper has yellowed, but definitely excellent condition. They've been in a sealed wooden crate for decades.
There are probably more than 500 comics total. I haven't cataloged them yet, but if anyone has experience in this let me know.
good 'ol mom...taking care of business for the kids...how cool is that?....I'm a huge mom fan
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The Shadow Do Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:41:10pm |
re: #143 WindUpBird
Nope, I'm not. i'm a fair haired queer little twig, and I love eating good food and drinking good beer.
I'm pretty sure Bud isn't even American anymore. I believe it's owned by Belgians now. I'll support American companies with my food and drink purchases.
Twinkies and Old Milwaukee?
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Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:41:27pm |
re: #139 Charles
By the way, anyone know anything about comic book collecting? I recently learned that my mom preserved my brother's and my entire comic book collection from the 1960s, including many first editions of popular Marvel comics (X-Men, Fantastic Four, Spiderman, Avengers, Daredevil, I had 'em all), Creepy, Eerie, Cracked, MAD Magazine, Richie Rich, Archie, etc. They're all in really good shape, probably not mint condition because they weren't in airtight bags and the paper has yellowed, but definitely excellent condition. They've been in a sealed wooden crate for decades.
There are probably more than 500 comics total. I haven't cataloged them yet, but if anyone has experience in this let me know.
Look them up on ebay under completed listings and try to get an idea of what they're worth. If they're in pretty good condition and worth, oh at least a couple of hundred of bucks, let's say, then send them in to be graded.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:41:38pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:41:56pm |
re: #139 Charles
By the way, anyone know anything about comic book collecting? I recently learned that my mom preserved my brother's and my entire comic book collection from the 1960s, including many first editions of popular Marvel comics (X-Men, Fantastic Four, Spiderman, Avengers, Daredevil, I had 'em all), Creepy, Eerie, Cracked, MAD Magazine, Richie Rich, Archie, etc. They're all in really good shape, probably not mint condition because they weren't in airtight bags and the paper has yellowed, but definitely excellent condition. They've been in a sealed wooden crate for decades.
There are probably more than 500 comics total. I haven't cataloged them yet, but if anyone has experience in this let me know.
Go to a comics store and get a collector's guide, and then start adding up all the $$$ :D
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reine.de.tout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:42:20pm |
re: #112 Varek Raith
I tend to laugh at just about everything!
/Muhahahaha!
:D
Actually, I laugh too.
'cept right now - this cough medicine with codeine - I think it makes me really cranky. I've been trying to keep quiet, and I think I shall go back to keeping quiet for a bit more.
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:42:29pm |
Well I'm off to play Torchlight for an hour or two...have a good night all..
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reine.de.tout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:42:54pm |
re: #147 Floral Giraffe
Congratulations!
What fun for you!
Wheee
Flo!
you're so cute- I can just picture you jumping up and down for joy.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:43:06pm |
re: #151 The Shadow Do
Twinkies and Old Milwaukee?
If I have to have snack food and bad beer, it's doritos and Icehouse. Of all the macro swill, Icehouse is the best. Reminds me of going to Sonics games with my dad.
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:43:10pm |
re: #155 reine.de.tout
Actually, I laugh too.
'cept right now - this cough medicine with codeine - I think it makes me really cranky. I've been trying to keep quiet, and I think I shall go back to keeping quiet for a bit more.
Get well soon!
:)
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TampaKnight Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:43:12pm |
Question to the board/CHARLES:
I belong to a bi-weekly local Young Republicans group. Can I use blog entries from this site in discussion?
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:43:14pm |
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Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:43:20pm |
re: #154 WindUpBird
Go to a comics store and get a collector's guide, and then start adding up all the $$$ :D
I don't think it's worth it to buy a price guide. No one pays those prices any more.
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:43:23pm |
This might have been posted already. It's a very cool XKCD.
[Link: xkcd.com...]
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:43:30pm |
re: #156 PT Barnum
Well I'm off to play Torchlight for an hour or two...have a good night all..
GREAT GAME. The good devs from Diablo.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:43:49pm |
re: #152 JasonA
makes me think of the first episode of Venture Bros' Season 4. One of the key plots is about a comic books grading going down.
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:43:51pm |
re: #155 reine.de.tout
Actually, I laugh too.
'cept right now - this cough medicine with codeine - I think it makes me really cranky. I've been trying to keep quiet, and I think I shall go back to keeping quiet for a bit more.
that just means you're not taking enough///
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tradewind Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:44:03pm |
re: #96 windupbird
Since I have to get to PDX occasionally, here's my take: Portland is not quite as awesome as Portlanders believe, but the great beer and wonderful caffeine allow the illusion to persist .
:)
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:44:15pm |
re: #156 PT Barnum
+ for torchlight. "What Diablo 3 should be!"
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brookly red Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:44:20pm |
re: #139 Charles
By the way, anyone know anything about comic book collecting? I recently learned that my mom preserved my brother's and my entire comic book collection from the 1960s, including many first editions of popular Marvel comics (X-Men, Fantastic Four, Spiderman, Avengers, Daredevil, I had 'em all), Creepy, Eerie, Cracked, MAD Magazine, Richie Rich, Archie, etc. They're all in really good shape, probably not mint condition because they weren't in airtight bags and the paper has yellowed, but definitely excellent condition. They've been in a sealed wooden crate for decades.
There are probably more than 500 comics total. I haven't cataloged them yet, but if anyone has experience in this let me know.
(I worked for one of the big 2 for many years ) Comics are like coins most of them are like face value but you may have a gem in the mix... seek professional appraising & don't sell in a bad market.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:44:22pm |
re: #151 The Shadow Do
Twinkies and Old Milwaukee?
heh...progs in reverse...gimme a PBR! (how cool am I?)
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Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:44:22pm |
re: #163 Decatur Deb
This might have been posted already. It's a very cool XKCD.
[Link: xkcd.com...]
Okay, now I feel bad for our lil rovers :(
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:44:37pm |
re: #162 JasonA
I don't think it's worth it to buy a price guide. No one pays those prices any more.
See, i'm out of the comics loop. I guess it's probably all ebay these dsys, huh? The only comics I collect these days are artsy bound stuff like Dave McKean books and the Flight anthologies.
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Kragar Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:46:02pm |
re: #139 Charles
My brother probably could point you in the right direction.
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Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:46:10pm |
re: #172 WindUpBird
See, i'm out of the comics loop. I guess it's probably all ebay these dsys, huh? The only comics I collect these days are artsy bound stuff like Dave McKean books and the Flight anthologies.
It might be the only option for a lot of people. There were a lot more stores back in the boom era of the 90s. Now, not so much.
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:46:10pm |
re: #171 JasonA
Okay, now I feel bad for our lil rovers :(
Maybe someday we'll go pick the little sucker up.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:46:22pm |
re: #172 WindUpBird
Only comics I ever had that were worth a damn were my first printing Albedos, and they were worth almost nothing by comic collecting standards.
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:46:54pm |
re: #139 Charles
another benefit of running a blog - lots of free advice from your readers. only a benefit if your readers are not morons.
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:47:02pm |
re: #175 Decatur Deb
Maybe someday we'll go pick the little sucker up.
...or it'll become sentient and seek out revenge against us for leaving it there...
:P
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:47:57pm |
re: #167 tradewind
Since I have to get to PDX occasionally, here's my take: Portland is not quite as awesome as Portlanders believe, but the great beer and wonderful caffeine allow the illusion to persist .
:)
You're free to be incorrect! But you're also not liberal, so the culture of our town might sometimes grate. The freak-friendlier you are, the more fun you'll have here. The more art you make, the more resources you'll be able to avil yourself of. And the poorer you are, the more you're learn just how much further your dolla goes here than it does in California or Seattle.
I warn everyone who wants to move here of Portland's drawbacks: our economy sucks. The city is great, but you had better either have a source of income that comes from elsewhere, or get used to not making the mad money that you did in San Jose or Seattle.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:48:22pm |
e-bay has a whole section on comics.
Might be a place to get a quick idea of what's what.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:48:41pm |
ABQ has tried to get a pro team down here for decades...we're to stupid to appreciate and support one they say...I love it....hahaha!...bigger cities are for tourists to enjoy...there is no inherent value to them otherwise...there is steep culture everywhere
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The Shadow Do Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:48:55pm |
re: #158 WindUpBird
If I have to have snack food and bad beer, it's doritos and Icehouse. Of all the macro swill, Icehouse is the best. Reminds me of going to Sonics games with my dad.
That there is good livin'. Damn wrong about the Sonics though. Now in OKC. I loved me some Jack Sikma
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:49:32pm |
re: #177 cliffster
another benefit of running a blog - lots of free advice from your readers. only a benefit if your readers are not morons.
Present company excluded from said moronhood.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:49:55pm |
re: #182 The Shadow Do
I used to watch some Pro basketball, but that crap put me off the sport forever.
Also offa Oklahoma City :P
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brookly red Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:50:29pm |
re: #181 albusteve
ABQ has tried to get a pro team down here for decades...we're to stupid to appreciate and support one they say...I love it...hahaha!...bigger cities are for tourists to enjoy...there is no inherent value to them otherwise...there is steep culture everywhere
we got the Nets moving in about 12 blocks from here... I would love it if you could make them a better offer...
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:50:41pm |
re: #139 Charles
Hire someone to make a list of them & go onto *cough* Ebay & advance search "completed listings" & record the price. You could also take the list w/o prices to an auction house. Although, as in many vintage items, condition is 80% of the value. The exception being something really rare.
I have a trusted & respected LA auctioneer, who could refer you to a "comics specialist". LAmodernauctions dot com. Email, if you want to use my name.
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The Shadow Do Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:50:45pm |
re: #170 albusteve
heh...progs in reverse...gimme a PBR! (how cool am I?)
the coolest! Pabst is good shit. Always a case in my dad's or uncle's garage. Then came Friday night fights on TV
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:50:52pm |
re: #182 The Shadow Do
That there is good livin'. Damn wrong about the Sonics though. Now in OKC. I loved me some Jack Sikma
When the Sonics left Seattle, i stopped watching basketball. :(
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:51:41pm |
re: #123 TampaKnight
I'm so freaking excited- I get to do training for work in WILLIAMSBURG, VA. Such a historic city.
Anyone been there?
Once when I was a small child.
You remember the Letterman (or maybe Leno) bit on Williamsburg from the Clinton years? The president of China visited the U.S. and was shown around Williamsburg. Clinton said that, if not for Williamsburg, there would be no United States. The Chinese president replied that, if not for China, there would be no Williamsburg gift shop.
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Kragar Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:52:25pm |
Ah, 6 pm on a Friday night and I'm looking at another 4 hours here at work.
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What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:52:42pm |
Charles, check out this site. They have an e-book for $25. Not a terribly large amount of money.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:53:28pm |
re: #182 The Shadow Do
That there is good livin'. Damn wrong about the Sonics though. Now in OKC. I loved me some Jack Sikma
I still remember how when he was with the Bucks he beat the Hawks on a last second basket one time.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:53:36pm |
re: #187 The Shadow Do
the coolest! Pabst is good shit. Always a case in my dad's or uncle's garage. Then came Friday night fights on TV
The new Pabst brewed under contract or the old stuff?
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:53:36pm |
re: #189 The Sanity Inspector
bs, That never happened, I don't believe it. But I still really like the story
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:53:58pm |
re: #188 WindUpBird
When the Sonics left Seattle, i stopped watching basketball. :(
LeBron is fun. I still lived in cleveland when he was in HS, got to see him there. Highly underrated passer.
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The Shadow Do Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:53:59pm |
re: #188 WindUpBird
When the Sonics left Seattle, i stopped watching basketball. :(
I weep for you, I do
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Charles Johnson Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:54:22pm |
re: #186 Floral Giraffe
Thanks - I saved your comment to my Favorites, for when I have a better idea of what's in the collection.
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The Shadow Do Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:55:14pm |
re: #192 The Sanity Inspector
I still remember how when he was with the Bucks he beat the Hawks on a last second basket one time.
Nowitzike prototype
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abolitionist Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:55:46pm |
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:55:58pm |
re: #190 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Ah, 6 pm on a Friday night and I'm looking at another 4 hours here at work.
What about the weenie?
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The Shadow Do Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:56:06pm |
re: #193 WindUpBird
The new Pabst brewed under contract or the old stuff?
The real deal, as was Friday Night Fights.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:56:08pm |
re: #170 albusteve
heh...progs in reverse...gimme a PBR! (how cool am I?)
Actually, PBR in Portland is what the skinny-women's-jeans hipsters drink in the trendy music venues. People with families in the cities drink micros, I often see them in the grocery stores, three kids in tow, dragging two cases of Widmer to the checkout line. We have like five beer festivals a year, all ages, family affairs, I've seen 80-year-old women going up for imperial IPAs.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:56:34pm |
re: #196 The Shadow Do
I weep for you, I do
And the Blazers! The blazers went from being all criminals, to being all injured! Can't win.
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brookly red Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:56:55pm |
re: #199 abolitionist
9/11 trials to be moved from NYC
White House abandons plans to try alleged mastermind in Manhattan
Chuckie Shooomer saw the writing on the wall...
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The Shadow Do Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:56:57pm |
re: #195 Aceofwhat?
LeBron is fun. I still lived in cleveland when he was in HS, got to see him there. Highly underrated passer.
Yup, could not shoot for shit till he hit the pros and learned how.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:56:58pm |
re: #162 JasonA
I don't think it's worth it to buy a price guide. No one pays those prices any more.
If there is a comics equivalent of bookfinder.com it'd be possible to get some real-time asking prices for those comic books. But, I don't immediately see one, sorry.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:57:15pm |
re: #201 The Shadow Do
The real deal, as was Friday Night Fights.
I don't think they make it anymore. Sucks, I wanted to know what the reall PBR tasted like. I'm not really into lagers, but I'm curious.
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tradewind Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:57:18pm |
re: #202 WindUpBird
/Like I said.... you gotta do what you can to survive.//
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:57:49pm |
re: #203 WindUpBird
And the Blazers! The blazers went from being all criminals, to being all injured! Can't win.
the blazers were a blast to watch...last year.
sorry bout that
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:57:53pm |
re: #194 cliffster
bs, That never happened, I don't believe it. But I still really like the story
Erm, did you catch the part where I said it was a Letterman or Leno bit?
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:57:55pm |
re: #199 abolitionist
9/11 trials to be moved from NYC
White House abandons plans to try alleged mastermind in Manhattan
They should try him on the space station.
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TampaKnight Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:57:56pm |
re: #202 WindUpBird
Actually, PBR in Portland is what the skinny-women's-jeans hipsters drink in the trendy music venues. People with families in the cities drink micros, I often see them in the grocery stores, three kids in tow, dragging two cases of Widmer to the checkout line. We have like five beer festivals a year, all ages, family affairs, I've seen 80-year-old women going up for imperial IPAs.
I'll have you know that our local brewery, Cigar City, took home a gold medal at this year's GABF.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:58:35pm |
re: #208 tradewind
/Like I said... you gotta do what you can to survive.//
it's hard work, drinking all these heavy ales. i'll try to press on through the dark times.
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:59:31pm |
re: #205 The Shadow Do
Yup, could not shoot for shit till he hit the pros and learned how.
LeBron should not be allowed to play in the NBA - logic being that he is not a human. They have to start a new league for people like him. It'd be a boring league though. One guy playing with himself. Who'd watch that? Well, some people pay money for that I guess.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:59:33pm |
Gotta go, here's some Spinners:
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tradewind Fri, Jan 29, 2010 5:59:39pm |
re: #204 brookly red
Don't ya' just love it when liberals do the right thing for the wrong reasons?//
Whatever.... if it means that NYC won't have to pay 200 million bucks (for starters) to get the bullseye painted on with an even broader brush, it's a good thing.
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:00:34pm |
re: #212 TampaKnight
I'll have you know that our local brewery, Cigar City, took home a gold medal at this year's GABF.
You have a Yeungling plant down there. They bottle a decent Black and Tan.
(For when I can't like Guinness as much as I should.)
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:00:38pm |
re: #210 The Sanity Inspector
Erm, did you catch the part where I said it was a Letterman or Leno bit?
Fuck me, no. But, that gives a lot of credibility to my accusation that it never happened.
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brookly red Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:01:23pm |
re: #216 tradewind
Don't ya' just love it when liberals do the right thing for the wrong reasons?//
Whatever... if it means that NYC won't have to pay 200 million bucks (for starters) to get the bullseye painted on with an even broader brush, it's a good thing.
it is what it is... now make it go away.
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:01:24pm |
re: #214 cliffster
LeBron should not be allowed to play in the NBA - logic being that he is not a human. They have to start a new league for people like him. It'd be a boring league though. One guy playing with himself. Who'd watch that? Well, some people pay money for that I guess.
agree. no one that size should be able to move that fast. in person, it's practically inhuman.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:01:40pm |
re: #216 tradewind
I thought it wasn't 'cuz they were afraid of terrorists >>
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:01:55pm |
re: #212 TampaKnight
I'll have you know that our local brewery, Cigar City, took home a gold medal at this year's GABF.
I think I had that AT the GABF! I remember lurking around the Floriday and southern tables because I can't fucking get any southern beers distributed here. I had many many many beers at the GABF. *_*
If I listed all the Portland beers that have won awards at the GABF, I'd be here all night. But it's the culture here, it's just all these brewmasters all cross-pollinating, all opening restaurants. We used to have laws against brewpubs, then the McMenamin brothers lobbied to change them, then the brewpub became the symbol of Portland.
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Kragar Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:02:18pm |
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Charles Johnson Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:02:20pm |
Apparently I've reached the coveted right wing plateau of being equated with both Al Gore and Osama bin Laden -- Robert Stacy McCain's latest post says, "Charles Johnson, Al Gore and Osama bin Laden Agree on Climate Change!"
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prairiefire Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:02:29pm |
re: #139 Charles
What a smart mother! You can do item searches on Ebay to see how the market is. Type in title and year in the search window. Click on "completed auctions" to see how much things are going for. Many times, things in groups or sets will get a higher price than individually.
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The Shadow Do Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:02:37pm |
re: #207 WindUpBird
I don't think they make it anymore. Sucks, I wanted to know what the reall PBR tasted like. I'm not really into lagers, but I'm curious.
There's a reason they held a big chunk of the market back in the day. Pretty good, no ... real good
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:02:48pm |
re: #217 Decatur Deb
You have a Yeungling plant down there. They bottle a decent Black and Tan.
(For when I can't like Guinness as much as I should.)
I've had a lot of Yeunglign when I visit the east coast for conventions. it doesn't blow me away, but it's good stuff, it's reliably tasty.
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What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:02:57pm |
Anyone watching Caprica?
I told Mr. Moon, "Are you recording 'Cap-reek-a'?" He said, "Paprika? It's not a spice!"
So now we call it Paprika.
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:03:21pm |
re: #211 WindUpBird
They should try him on the space station.
Why move him from whereever it's decided that he should be held during the trial? One word: teleconferencing.
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brookly red Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:03:24pm |
re: #221 windsagio
I thought it wasn't 'cuz they were afraid of terrorists >>
the point of the original attack was to disrupt business, why pray tell do it again for them?
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:03:33pm |
re: #224 Charles
Apparently I've reached the coveted right wing plateau of being equated with both Al Gore and Osama bin Laden -- Robert Stacy McCain's latest post says, "Charles Johnson, Al Gore and Osama bin Laden Agree on Climate Change!"
The hyperbole gets better and better. next you'll be equated with Pol Pot, Megatron, and Hans Gruber from Die Hard.
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TampaKnight Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:04:02pm |
re: #224 Charles
Apparently I've reached the coveted right wing plateau of being equated with both Al Gore and Osama bin Laden -- Robert Stacy McCain's latest post says, "Charles Johnson, Al Gore and Osama bin Laden Agree on Climate Change!"
It all makes sense now....
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:04:31pm |
re: #228 marjoriemoon
Anyone watching Caprica?
I told Mr. Moon, "Are you recording 'Cap-reek-a'?" He said, "Paprika? It's not a spice!"
So now we call it Paprika.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:04:43pm |
re: #229 Aceofwhat?
Why move him from whereever it's decided that he should be held during the trial? One word: teleconferencing.
That'd work! Just leave him in lockup and there could be a big ball of cameras and televisions hovering around him delivering the trial and recording his testimony like in the movie Twelve Monkeys.
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tradewind Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:04:58pm |
re: #221 windsagio
They're making it go away for one reason: They know it's very, very unpopular with the citizens( read voters).
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Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:05:19pm |
re: #228 marjoriemoon
Anyone watching Caprica?
I told Mr. Moon, "Are you recording 'Cap-reek-a'?" He said, "Paprika? It's not a spice!"
So now we call it Paprika.
I'll be catching the 11 o'clock showing.
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The Shadow Do Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:05:35pm |
re: #214 cliffster
LeBron should not be allowed to play in the NBA - logic being that he is not a human. They have to start a new league for people like him. It'd be a boring league though. One guy playing with himself. Who'd watch that? Well, some people pay money for that I guess.
I associate Lebron with those robot cartoon creations in the Monday Night Football lead in. Ain't really human.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:05:42pm |
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brookly red Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:05:45pm |
re: #224 Charles
Apparently I've reached the coveted right wing plateau of being equated with both Al Gore and Osama bin Laden -- Robert Stacy McCain's latest post says, "Charles Johnson, Al Gore and Osama bin Laden Agree on Climate Change!"
/Well if you don't try to blow me up or sell me carbon credits I guess I could get over it...
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:05:52pm |
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TampaKnight Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:06:02pm |
re: #237 The Shadow Do
I associate Lebron with those robot cartoon creations in the Monday Night Football lead in. Ain't really human.
My boys in Orlando beat him last year!!!
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:06:03pm |
re: #224 Charles
Ace: But I am yet to attain omnipresent supergalactic oneness.
Ashram Monk: No. Wait. THERE it is!
[smiles]
Ashram Monk: You've just attained it.
Ace: I have?
Ashram Monk: Yes! Just now! You are one! I can see it in your eyes. You're more one than anyone!
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What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:06:09pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:06:17pm |
re: #221 windsagio
I thought it wasn't 'cuz they were afraid of terrorists >>
yeah, i thought it was Bloomberg put his foot down and said fuck off, we don't want here, just NIMBY stuff.
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tradewind Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:06:42pm |
re: #232 TampaKnight
Just more proof that UBL bin laden the ground for years now.
As If he wouldn't be an AGW denier...//
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:07:07pm |
re: #234 WindUpBird
That'd work! Just leave him in lockup and there could be a big ball of cameras and televisions hovering around him delivering the trial and recording his testimony like in the movie Twelve Monkeys.
updinged for fantastic movie reference
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:07:43pm |
re: #246 Aceofwhat?
updinged for fantastic movie reference
I celebrate Gilliam's entire catalog. The soundtrack to that film is also great.
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:08:10pm |
re: #197 Charles
You really want to hire someone ( Lots of good people out of work) to do the legwork of listing, the magazine & the articles, probably the characters too. VERY tedious. Ebaying them yourself, is a time eater.
Plus, a big collection is frequently more valuable than the individual pieces.
(I sold a dear freinds estate through LA Modern., he's good....)
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The Shadow Do Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:08:11pm |
re: #224 Charles
Apparently I've reached the coveted right wing plateau of being equated with both Al Gore and Osama bin Laden -- Robert Stacy McCain's latest post says, "Charles Johnson, Al Gore and Osama bin Laden Agree on Climate Change!"
Rarefied atmosphere for sure. The reward of living in that nitrogen filled chamber I suppose.
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Racer X Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:08:17pm |
An older, white-haired man walked into a jewelry store one Friday evening with a beautiful young gal at his side.
He told the jeweler he was looking for a special ring for his new girlfriend. The jeweler looked through his stock and brought out a $5,000 ring. The old man said, 'No, I'd like to see something more special.'
At that statement, the jeweler went to his special stock and brought another ring over.. 'Here's a stunning ring at only $40,000,' the jeweler said.
The young lady's eyes sparkled and her whole body trembled with excitement. The old man seeing this said, 'We'll take it.'
The jeweler asked how payment would be made and the old man stated, 'by check. I know you need to make sure my check is good, so I'll write it now and you can call the bank Monday to verify the funds and I'll pick the ring up Monday afternoon,' he said.
Monday morning, the jeweler phoned the old man.
'There's no money in that account.'
'I know,' said the old man, 'But let me tell you about my weekend!'
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:09:19pm |
re: #224 Charles
Apparently I've reached the coveted right wing plateau of being equated with both Al Gore and Osama bin Laden -- Robert Stacy McCain's latest post says, "Charles Johnson, Al Gore and Osama bin Laden Agree on Climate Change!"
So, RSM doesn't mind being on the same side as the Saudis?
/See, RSM, I can play this game, too!
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What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:09:32pm |
re: #233 Varek Raith
My niece is heavy into the anime thing. She's 19 now. She goes to all the ComicCons, dresses up. Her costumes, I must say, are awesome. I know nothing about it but she looks exactly like her characters. Makes everything. She's studying stage design, camerawork in school. I think she'll do well.
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TampaKnight Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:09:56pm |
I still don't believe than Bin Laden is alive.
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brookly red Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:10:37pm |
re: #253 TampaKnight
I still don't believe than Bin Laden is alive.
He is in Iran & he is just fine...
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:10:41pm |
re: #253 TampaKnight
I still don't believe than Bin Laden is alive.
Yeah, I'm with you on that assessment.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:10:43pm |
re: #252 marjoriemoon
My niece is heavy into the anime thing. She's 19 now. She goes to all the ComicCons, dresses up. Her costumes, I must say, are awesome. I know nothing about it but she looks exactly like her characters. Makes everything. She's studying stage design, camerawork in school. I think she'll do well.
I know a looooooot of people like your neice, though they're in their 30's. The scene you're referring to is called "cosplay".
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jaunte Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:10:56pm |
re: #224 Charles
Apparently I've reached the coveted right wing plateau of being equated with both Al Gore and Osama bin Laden -- Robert Stacy McCain's latest post says, "Charles Johnson, Al Gore and Osama bin Laden Agree on Climate Change!"
I was wondering how long it would take someone to get to that.
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The Shadow Do Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:11:41pm |
re: #241 TampaKnight
My boys in Orlando beat him last year!!!
I want that robot on my team. Bet you do too.
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brookly red Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:11:42pm |
re: #257 jaunte
I was wondering how long it would take someone to get to that.
the weird part is I don't think it really was OBL...
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:11:55pm |
re: #252 marjoriemoon
My niece is heavy into the anime thing. She's 19 now. She goes to all the ComicCons, dresses up. Her costumes, I must say, are awesome. I know nothing about it but she looks exactly like her characters. Makes everything. She's studying stage design, camerawork in school. I think she'll do well.
Cool. I never got into the cosplay aspect. But, I am heavily into anime in general.
:)
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:12:28pm |
re: #224 Charles
Apparently I've reached the coveted right wing plateau of being equated with both Al Gore and Osama bin Laden -- Robert Stacy McCain's latest post says, "Charles Johnson, Al Gore and Osama bin Laden Agree on Climate Change!"
I disagree, you are worse than that. You are evil like Harry Potter.
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Kragar Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:13:02pm |
re: #238 MandyManners
How old is he?
Mid 40s. I get to scan 400 servers, one at a time, so he can mark them off a check list as his team fixes them, because he couldn't read a fucking spreadsheet for the last 2 weeks.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:13:16pm |
re: #260 Varek Raith
To really be into it, I think you have to be female :p
Anime is my secret vice, thats the other thing I do to stay awake at work.
(well not so secret now :P)
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:13:39pm |
re: #262 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Mid 40s. I get to scan 400 servers, one at a time, so he can mark them off a check list as his team fixes them, because he couldn't read a fucking spreadsheet for the last 2 weeks.
Oh my, sorry to hear that.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:13:48pm |
re: #263 windsagio
To really be into it, I think you have to be female :p
Anime is my secret vice, thats the other thing I do to stay awake at work.
(well not so secret now :P)
There are plenty of male cosplayers!
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:14:31pm |
Off to get some work done!
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:14:47pm |
re: #228 marjoriemoon
Anyone watching Caprica?
I told Mr. Moon, "Are you recording 'Cap-reek-a'?" He said, "Paprika? It's not a spice!"
So now we call it Paprika.
Nope, Kitchen Nightmares in the background. Ramsey gets to say all of the things I say in my head at work but can't. Talk about living vicariously...
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:14:57pm |
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:15:45pm |
re: #265 WindUpBird
There are plenty of male cosplayers!
I'm not up to this. Just wearing a hardhat and toolbelt at a Habitat site makes me feel like one of the Village People.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:16:05pm |
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:17:09pm |
re: #270 windsagio
sure, but the great majority is female.
I'm sorry, you're going to have to remind me why that would be an impediment again...
//
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TampaKnight Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:17:49pm |
Now this is cool! Scale of the universe....in flash.
[Link: www.newgrounds.com...]
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What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:18:10pm |
re: #256 WindUpBird
I know a looot of people like your neice, though they're in their 30's. The scene you're referring to is called "cosplay".
Oh yes, you're the artistic person! I was reading over that thread the other night. Neat stuff!
There's an artistic streak that runs through my mother's family. Painters and sculptors, mostly. My aunt was very Matise-like. Bright colors, a bit distorted. Mom and cousins painted. All the artwork in my aunt's home was from the family! I did a lot of beadwork, jewelry, clothing. Stitching, crocheting. Always wanted to paint. I started to, but didn't get far!
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Donna Ballard Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:19:10pm |
Hey Lizards, were home and RWC's gonna want to log in so I'm gonna log out. Have a great evening, a great weekend, have fun and Keep Laughing!
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:20:11pm |
re: #275 Dragon_Lady
Hey Lizards, were home and RWC's gonna want to log in so I'm gonna log out. Have a great evening, a great weekend, have fun and Keep Laughing!
Have a great weekend dragon. Here's an idea.. TWO computers. Think about it..
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:20:32pm |
re: #275 Dragon_Lady
Hey Lizards, were home and RWC's gonna want to log in so I'm gonna log out. Have a great evening, a great weekend, have fun and Keep Laughing!
You're not doing some Bates Motel thing, are you?
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tradewind Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:20:48pm |
re: #254 brookly red
There's no way that someone with such an outsized ego, who had such a penchant for the theatrical in his pre-911 videos, would restrain himself to tacky little audio casettes. And if you notice, State always comments this way : ' There is no reason for us to douby the authenticity of the tape'.
Which says nothing.
There's no upside to admitting we know he's dead. We probably don't have any way to show proof, or any DNA, and besides.... why provide yet another excuse for all hell to break loose?
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:21:04pm |
re: #273 TampaKnight
Now this is cool! Scale of the universe...in flash.
[Link: www.newgrounds.com...]
Neat.
This is pretty cool, too.
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:22:17pm |
re: #275 Dragon_Lady
Hey Lizards, were home and RWC's gonna want to log in so I'm gonna log out. Have a great evening, a great weekend, have fun and Keep Laughing!
As always a joy to speak to you...Be well and take care of RWC..
Good evening
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:23:13pm |
re: #262 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Mid 40s. I get to scan 400 servers, one at a time, so he can mark them off a check list as his team fixes them, because he couldn't read a fucking spreadsheet for the last 2 weeks.
(((Kragar)))
If you don't mind my asking, how old are you?
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What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:24:43pm |
re: #263 windsagio
To really be into it, I think you have to be female :p
Anime is my secret vice, thats the other thing I do to stay awake at work.
(well not so secret now :P)
hehe Well she has Apergers syndrome. It's like ADHD. She's never had a lot of friends, really no friends until her last year in high school. She's very intense. There are some guys in her group, but mostly girls yea. She's a neat kid and I'm glad she's able to channel that energy.
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:26:31pm |
Having little kids is awesome. No matter how much of a jackass you are, they think you kick ass.
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Kragar Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:26:54pm |
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:27:27pm |
re: #282 marjoriemoon
ooh Asperger is tough. Its cool she's found an outlet indeed :D
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:28:46pm |
Kragar is one of those extra galactic oids that's just passing through our star chain on his way to some million light year festival where they are neutralizing pods of resistance on the fringes of some wy beyond solar system...in other words just a tourist
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Racer X Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:29:27pm |
Guyanese Duck Hunter
A Guyanese went hunting one day in Ontario and bagged three ducks. He put them in the bed of his pickup truck and was about to drive home when he was confronted by an ornery game warden who didn't like Guyanese.
The game warden ordered the Guyanese to show his hunting license, and the Guyanese pulled out a valid Ontario hunting license.
The game warden looked at the license, then reached over and picked up one of the ducks, sniffed its butt, and said, "This duck ain't from Ontario. This is a Quebec duck. You got a Quebec huntin' license, boy?" The Guyanese reached into his wallet and produced a Quebec hunting license.
The game warden looked at it, then reached over and grabbed the second duck, sniffed its butt, and said "This ain't no Quebec duck. This duck's from Manitoba. You got a Manitoba license?" The Guyanese reached into wallet and produced a Manitoba hunting license.
The warden then reached over and picked up the third duck, sniffed its butt, and said, "This ain't no Manitoba duck. This here duck's from Nova Scotia. You got a Nova Scotia huntin' license?" Again the Guyanese reached into his wallet and brought out a Nova Scotia hunting license.
The game warden was extremely frustrated at this point, and he yelled at the Guyenese "Just where the hell are you from???!!!"
The Guyanese turned around, dropped his pants, bent over, and said, "You tell me, you're the expert."
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:31:15pm |
Ahhhh
Happy Friday. Got LGF, got my beer...
And nailed a new video gig. 2 takes. Editing tomorrow.
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:31:45pm |
re: #290 Rightwingconspirator
Ahhh
Happy Friday. Got LGF, got my beer...
And nailed a new video gig. 2 takes. Editing tomorrow.
pretty good night, all told...
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:34:14pm |
re: #290 Rightwingconspirator
Ahhh
Happy Friday. Got LGF, got my beer...
And nailed a new video gig. 2 takes. Editing tomorrow.
Video gig?
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:36:13pm |
re: #292 Varek Raith
I do videos for the jewelry biz. Usually product demonstrations like casting platinum. Today I shot and narrated video for gold testing equipment for jewelers to test scrap gold and buy from the public.
Next is a much longer video on how to buy gold top to bottom.
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:37:41pm |
re: #293 Rightwingconspirator
I do videos for the jewelry biz. Usually product demonstrations like casting platinum. Today I shot and narrated video for gold testing equipment for jewelers to test scrap gold and buy from the public.
Next is a much longer video on how to buy gold top to bottom.
Do you get to go to VicenzaOro?
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Kragar Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:38:00pm |
Next time I get stuck here, I got to make sure I bring some Warhammer stuff in.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:38:49pm |
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:40:38pm |
re: #295 Decatur Deb
No! Darn it. International rules about selling raw gold hurt my prospects. So I do not get to go. But I do go to JCK Vegas, (3 billion $$ under one roof!), and usually the Tucson gem show, but not in this economy. Us jewelry workers are hurting. No $$ for hardly anything marketing wise. By workers I mean makers and technicians, not retailers.
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:41:13pm |
re: #299 Rightwingconspirator
No! Darn it. International rules about selling raw gold hurt my prospects. So I do not get to go. But I do go to JCK Vegas, (3 billion $$ under one roof!), and usually the Tucson gem show, but not in this economy. Us jewelry workers are hurting. No $$ for hardly anything marketing wise. By workers I mean makers and technicians, not retailers.
GOLD!
:)
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:42:39pm |
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:42:56pm |
re: #300 Varek Raith
Yes.
Gold is for wearing. Beautify your lover!
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:43:12pm |
re: #299 Rightwingconspirator
A big chunk of the Vicenza show is about small highly-automated producers. It's twice a year, I think.
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:43:41pm |
re: #299 Rightwingconspirator
You gotta learn to make gold foil hats...it's like tinfoil, with the investment as an upside//
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:44:14pm |
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:44:33pm |
re: #304 Aceofwhat?
You gotta learn to make gold foil hats...it's like tinfoil, with the investment as an upside//
Should be a hit w/ the RP crowd.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:44:45pm |
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:45:12pm |
re: #303 Decatur Deb
Sounds like you go. I would love to go. Someday maybe I'll be asked to speak on some technical topic like 950 palladium jewelry alloys or something.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:45:18pm |
re: #262 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Mid 40s. I get to scan 400 servers, one at a time, so he can mark them off a check list as his team fixes them, because he couldn't read a fucking spreadsheet for the last 2 weeks.
Is he willfully ignorant or lazy or management? All of the above?
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:46:59pm |
re: #308 Rightwingconspirator
Nah. I was stationed there for 3 yrs. Sometimes I want to go back and live in a cardboard box under a bridge.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:47:01pm |
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:47:17pm |
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:47:24pm |
re: #305 albusteve
Your Krugs are 1 tro ounce of pure, with a bit of copper for durability as a coin. Today? 2nd London-$1078
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:47:44pm |
re: #296 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Next time I get stuck here, I got to make sure I bring some Warhammer stuff in.
Is this what you mean? I Googled for ya'.
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:47:45pm |
re: #306 Decatur Deb
No way. Too cheap.
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:49:08pm |
re: #314 MandyManners
Is this what you mean? I Googled for ya'.
[Video]
It's also a table top game.
:)
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:49:40pm |
re: #306 Decatur Deb
Re thinking-Tinfoil for alien signals. Goldfoil hat to block the Dem supermajority signals.
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Kragar Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:49:43pm |
re: #309 MandyManners
Is he willfully ignorant or lazy or management? All of the above?
Management. He took it because he thought it would look good on his resume and he had the certs, but no real experience and is in way over his head.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:50:51pm |
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:51:35pm |
re: #313 Rightwingconspirator
Your Krugs are 1 tro ounce of pure, with a bit of copper for durability as a coin. Today? 2nd London-$1078
I have 80 of them...heh...buried treasure
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:51:48pm |
re: #317 Rightwingconspirator
snip Goldfoil hat to block the Dem supermajority signals.
I think that transmitter will be down for a while.
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Kragar Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:52:04pm |
re: #314 MandyManners
Is this what you mean? I Googled for ya'.
[Video]
Same game setting, but I meant the model wargamming aspect. I got some models I was planning on working on tonight sitting at home I could be painting while sitting here reading off data.
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:53:02pm |
re: #321 albusteve
Keep that link. And never mention them again on a public site. :)
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:53:07pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:53:16pm |
re: #319 albusteve
I saw him a few years ago at a medium sized club. Just Tony Joe and a drummer. Great show.
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:53:24pm |
re: #321 albusteve
I have 80 of them...heh...buried treasure
Hey, Steve, buddy, can I borrow a few???
/:)
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:54:07pm |
re: #325 Rightwingconspirator
Keep that link. And never mention them again on a public site. :)
Or, in front of your relatives!
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:55:36pm |
re: #322 cliffster
Wasn't that a Bugs Henderson original?
hell I don't know...here's my other favorite...Texas!
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:56:44pm |
re: #328 Varek Raith
Hey, Steve, buddy, can I borrow a few???
/:)
they are down in Jamaica...I don't know what to do with them, or how to off them...there is cash down there, US dollars....it's my fallback
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:57:46pm |
re: #327 Mad Al-Jaffee
I saw him a few years ago at a medium sized club. Just Tony Joe and a drummer. Great show.
very under rated guy...terrific performer, as you say...never have seen him
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William of Orange Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:59:03pm |
I guarantee you'll repeat this track after the first play! From the Netherlands, Caro Emerald. Very uplifting on a dull day.
Boy, did she hit it big time. This song was chosen by Martini Bianco as their new worldwide tune.
Another hit track from last year.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:59:08pm |
re: #325 Rightwingconspirator
Keep that link. And never mention them again on a public site. :)
heh...got it
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Jan 29, 2010 6:59:36pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:00:14pm |
re: #332 albusteve
very under rated guy...terrific performer, as you say...never have seen him
He's probably known more for the songs he's written than as a performer. But he's a great singer and musician.
I noticed for the first time tonight that he plays harp upsidedown (high notes to the left.)
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Racer X Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:00:20pm |
NewseumThe Newseum displays these daily newspaper front pages in their original, unedited form. Some front pages may contain material that is objectionable to some visitors. Viewer discretion is advised.
Cool.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:01:33pm |
re: #336 Mad Al-Jaffee
He's probably known more for the songs he's written than as a performer. But he's a great singer and musician.
I noticed for the first time tonight that he plays harp upsidedown (high notes to the left.)
ha! didn't notice...good eye
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:01:48pm |
re: #330 albusteve
hell I don't know...here's my other favorite...Texas!
I've worn the ridges off some Delbert mp3's. Here's one a lot of people around here can relate to..
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:02:02pm |
Some New Orleans Funk-(y Meters):
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jaunte Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:02:48pm |
re: #337 Racer X
Hey, new word from Amarillo:
[Link: www.newseum.org...]
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:03:00pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:04:54pm |
re: #337 Racer X
I once had a temp job with the organization that owns the Newseum. They had an amazing library.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:05:27pm |
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:05:37pm |
re: #339 cliffster
I've worn the ridges off some Delbert mp3's. Here's one a lot of people around here can relate to..
[Video]
Delbert's an old club head...really fun to see in some saloon or dance hall....pretty much my whole gig for the last 20 years
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:06:44pm |
re: #345 albusteve
Delbert's an old club head...really fun to see in some saloon or dance hall...pretty much my whole gig for the last 20 years
I still have never seen him live and I don't have any of his records. Guess I should get some and see him one of these days.
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:07:58pm |
re: #342 albusteve
Makes sense to me to have a fallback.
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:08:36pm |
re: #347 Mad Al-Jaffee
I still have never seen him live and I don't have any of his records. Guess I should get some and see him one of these days.
Yes you should
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:09:01pm |
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:09:09pm |
re: #340 Mad Al-Jaffee
Some New Orleans Funk-(y Meters):
[Video]
love me some funk...big time...I'm a huge Nevilles fan...repost
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:10:03pm |
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:10:39pm |
re: #224 Charles
Apparently I've reached the coveted right wing plateau of being equated with both Al Gore and Osama bin Laden -- Robert Stacy McCain's latest post says, "Charles Johnson, Al Gore and Osama bin Laden Agree on Climate Change!"
I'd ask if there was no depth to which RSM would stoop (seeing as how bad that line is) but I already know the answer. That man's willingness to be an asshole knows no bounds.
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:11:07pm |
re: #353 Mad Al-Jaffee
Or get a gig playing on one of his blues cruises. :)
Even better. Never been on his cruise. I love Delbert McClinton, but not go-on-a-cruise-with-him kinda love.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:11:24pm |
re: #348 Rightwingconspirator
Makes sense to me to have a fallback.
I'm single...no debt, nothing....I come and go as I please, I'm very satisfied and if I'm wiped out here I have that...and I'm well connected in Jamaica for the long haul if needed
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:11:42pm |
re: #352 albusteve
love me some funk...big time...I'm a huge Nevilles fan...repost
[Video]
You'll probably like this, Walter "Wolfman" Washington:
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:13:01pm |
re: #355 cliffster
Even better. Never been on his cruise. I love Delbert McClinton, but not go-on-a-cruise-with-him kinda love.
I think Taj Mahal has a cruise, and you can also go deep sea fishing with him. That would be fun.
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:14:16pm |
re: #356 albusteve
I'm single...no debt, nothing...I come and go as I please, I'm very satisfied and if I'm wiped out here I have that...and I'm well connected in Jamaica for the long haul if needed
Good for you man. Someday I'm going there. Anyway BBL its dinnertime.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:14:55pm |
re: #358 Mad Al-Jaffee
I think Taj Mahal has a cruise, and you can also go deep sea fishing with him. That would be fun.
Taj is the Man!...I'd kill to meet him
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:15:13pm |
re: #356 albusteve
"well connected in Jamaica" sounds kinda shady. :)
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:15:51pm |
re: #360 albusteve
Taj is the Man!...I'd kill to meet him
Loved his cover of Little Feat's Feets Don't Fail Me Now
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:16:22pm |
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:16:56pm |
re: #356 albusteve
I'm single...no debt, nothing...I come and go as I please, I'm very satisfied and if I'm wiped out here I have that...and I'm well connected in Jamaica for the long haul if needed
I just tried to post Jimmy Buffett's Jamaica Mistaica for you. Thank God I opened the file instead of just lifting the url. Now I'll go run the hard drive on "pots and pans".
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:17:14pm |
re: #361 Mad Al-Jaffee
"well connected in Jamaica" sounds kinda shady. :)
most of it was...felonious even, what can i say?....I made alot of money at one point in my life...what I have down there is all that's left of it...plenty tho for island living
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:17:36pm |
Kim Wilson (T-Birds, one of the best living blues harp players) did a show last night, about fifteen minutes from my home last night. I Missed it. Maybe next time. I've jammed with the piano player and one of the guitarists a few times:
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:18:03pm |
re: #362 cliffster
Loved his cover of Little Feat's Feets Don't Fail Me Now
from the Lowell George Tribute...very nice
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:18:48pm |
re: #367 Mad Al-Jaffee
What does Al-Jaffee play? Any band I would have heard of?
And why is he so mad?
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:19:10pm |
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:19:22pm |
re: #363 cliffster
don't fuck with steve
it's not like that...but I have enough stories for a book...other than that I'm just an irregular guy
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:20:26pm |
re: #369 cliffster
What does Al-Jaffee play? Any band I would have heard of?
And why is he so mad?
Harmonica, mostly blues and roots.
Shameless self-promotion time:
The handle comes from Mad Magazine's Al Jaffee.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:21:13pm |
re: #369 cliffster
What does Al-Jaffee play? Any band I would have heard of?
And why is he so mad?
plays a bad ass harp...he got mojo...you have no clue who you're hangin here with
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:22:36pm |
re: #372 Mad Al-Jaffee
My favorite Al Jaffee stuff was his "snappy answers to stupid questions".
Used to laugh my ass off at them.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:23:47pm |
re: #374 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
My favorite Al Jaffee stuff was his "snappy answers to stupid questions".
Used to laugh my ass off at them.
I love those. But he never wrote any "ass kickings to snappy answers," which I'm sure would occur a lot if you used lots of the snappy answers.
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Aye Pod Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:25:33pm |
re: #370 HoosierHoops
What's Kicking chicken?
:)
Just talking to iceweasel, chilling here for a bit. Hows it going yourself, Hoops - when is your move east?
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:25:55pm |
re: #375 Mad Al-Jaffee
I love those. But he never wrote any "ass kickings to snappy answers," which I'm sure would occur a lot if you used lots of the snappy answers.
Mad Magazine was a staple in my youth...and at 57 I still don't give a fuck....darn them!
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:26:25pm |
re: #372 Mad Al-Jaffee
Sweet! Listening. I started playing the harp years back. Got pretty good. Then I met my current wife. Her dog would howl insanely when I played. End of my harmonica career. You can't play harp unless you're free to sit on the couch in your own house, one leg over the arm, and dick around.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:26:54pm |
re: #375 Mad Al-Jaffee
I love those. But he never wrote any "ass kickings to snappy answers," which I'm sure would occur a lot if you used lots of the snappy answers.
Actually, in one of his books he had comebacks for snappy answers to stupid questions. Seriously. I remember on in particular...
Man comes into barber shop, obviously a barber is cutting someone's hair, man asks, "Hey. Do you cut hair here?"
Barber says, "No. I don't cut it. I bend it back and forth until it breaks off."
Man (punching the barber repeatedly in the face) says, "Funny, I do the same thing with noses." (On the back of his jacket is 'US Olympic Boxing Team')
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:27:22pm |
re: #374 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
My favorite Al Jaffee stuff was his "snappy answers to stupid questions".
Used to laugh my ass off at them.
:D I used to own a few of those snappy answer books. I filled 'em in too, I should try to find them someday.
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:27:33pm |
re: #376 Jimmah
Just talking to iceweasel, chilling here for a bit. Hows it going yourself, Hoops - when is your move east?
What up? Tell Ice I said hello..My move is in Oct.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:27:49pm |
Ok, this is pretty damn awesome.
Can you stump Akinator, the Web Genius?
Think of a person, real or fictional, and answer the questions to the best of your knowledge. It's took me several tries to think of a character that stumped the Akinator.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:28:03pm |
re: #378 Mad Al-Jaffee
You're too kind! Thanks!
once you get a taste for the inside, you can't go back...I see alot of gigs, but I'm happiest backstage when those opportunities come up...music and musicians are just too cool
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:29:05pm |
re: #383 HoosierHoops
What up? Tell Ice I said hello..My move is in Oct.
are you practicing using chop sticks?
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:29:37pm |
re: #372 Mad Al-Jaffee
Shit, dude, that's bad ass. Your (-) ding is forever erased from my LGF screen. Thanks for posting. If you ever play in Austin, let me know.. I'll come heckle you (but then leave a big tip in the jar).
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:30:15pm |
re: #380 PT Barnum
evening all..
Glad to see you back. I had kind of a mixed day. Sales were very good but I got a bad customer service survey that cost me a lot in my rankings. I'm not in last place, but I've got to make a maximum effort this weekend to get my ranking back up.
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:31:16pm |
re: #388 Dark_Falcon
What do you sell?
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:31:17pm |
re: #388 Dark_Falcon
Glad to see you back. I had kind of a mixed day. Sales were very good but I got a bad customer service survey that cost me a lot in my rankings. I'm not in last place, but I've got to make a maximum effort this weekend to get my ranking back up.
off to the ReEd camps for you...and work on that smile
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:31:36pm |
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:32:09pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:32:14pm |
re: #379 cliffster
Sweet! Listening. I started playing the harp years back. Got pretty good. Then I met my current wife. Her dog would howl insanely when I played. End of my harmonica career. You can't play harp unless you're free to sit on the couch in your own house, one leg over the arm, and dick around.
I pretty much had to practice/learn in my room with the door shut in high school. If I played it anywhere near my brother her would threaten to put the harp somewhere I definitely didn't want it. But he learned to appreciate it and has been very supportive. He filmed the video I posted.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:32:25pm |
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:33:26pm |
re: #395 Dark_Falcon
Ah.....I sold electronics for a few years (Radio Hovel and Gateway)...glad I don't do that anymore...customers suck ass...at least a lot of em do.
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prairiefire Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:33:31pm |
When I saw Delbert it was at a blues club. Great show. He had a gorgeous blonde gal backing him up on the keyboard.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:34:01pm |
re: #392 Aceofwhat?
friggin customers...
Actually, i don't even know if it was the customer or one of us. The transaction type is one that I did not run the day the customer came in, so it might not even be me that goofed. I won't know more till Monday, but if it was really bad I'd know already.
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:34:01pm |
re: #397 prairiefire
When I saw Delbert it was at a blues club. Great show. He had a gorgeous blonde gal backing him up on the keyboard.
Is that what you kids call it these days..
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:34:15pm |
re: #388 Dark_Falcon
Hey DF, happy Friday to you. Customers are jackasses.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:34:46pm |
re: #381 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I don't remember that one, but it's hilarious. I had a HUGE stack of Mad magazines when I was a kid. Didn't get half the humor in them, but still loved it.
My father told me he had most of the original Mad comic books, but of course, they were thrown out when he left for college.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:34:47pm |
re: #397 prairiefire
When I saw Delbert it was at a blues club. Great show. He had a gorgeous blonde gal backing him up on the keyboard.
If I was Delbert, I'd have a gorgeous blond gal backing me up.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:34:50pm |
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:35:06pm |
re: #400 cliffster
Worst thing that ever happened to me with a customer was when I told him he had a scsi (scuzzy) drive and he complained to my manager..
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:35:09pm |
re: #367 Mad Al-Jaffee
Kim Wilson (T-Birds, one of the best living blues harp players) did a show last night, about fifteen minutes from my home last night. I Missed it. Maybe next time. I've jammed with the piano player and one of the guitarists a few times:
[Video]
I wish "How Do You Spell Love" would get reposted on YouTube. It was on for about a day back in '07, I think.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:35:50pm |
re: #401 Mad Al-Jaffee
Sometimes it was funny because you knew that people (who were far cooler than you would ever dream to be) thought they were funny.
Am I right?
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:35:51pm |
re: #396 PT Barnum
Ah...I sold electronics for a few years (Radio Hovel and Gateway)...glad I don't do that anymore...customers suck ass...at least a lot of em do.
I get both kinds at work. The bad news is that I work at a store that does phone repairs so most of the people who work there get a bad shop during the month. Provided you don't get too many (and I have two good ones also this month) it's not too bad.
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:36:09pm |
re: #398 Dark_Falcon
that, and wouldn't you remember if there was a particularly crappy interaction? or do you just get cheap shots sometimes?
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:36:25pm |
re: #401 Mad Al-Jaffee
I don't remember that one, but it's hilarious. I had a HUGE stack of Mad magazines when I was a kid. Didn't get half the humor in them, but still loved it.
My father told me he had most of the original Mad comic books, but of course, they were thrown out when he left for college.
I love the really old ones..much more subversive...superduper man, batboy and rubin, whatever the wonder woman parady was...
The current stuff is kinda milquetoast to me.
I really miss Don Martin though..he was the best...
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:36:29pm |
re: #397 prairiefire
When I saw Delbert it was at a blues club. Great show. He had a gorgeous blonde gal backing him up on the keyboard.
clubs are where it's at...small, intimate, and most of all fans that did what you're doing
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:36:29pm |
re: #404 PT Barnum
Worst thing that ever happened to me with a customer was when I told him he had a scsi (scuzzy) drive and he complained to my manager..
Probably pissed him off when you told him his dip switches were screwed up
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:38:07pm |
re: #387 cliffster
Shit, dude, that's bad ass. Your (-) ding is forever erased from my LGF screen. Thanks for posting. If you ever play in Austin, let me know.. I'll come heckle you (but then leave a big tip in the jar).
I would love to play in Austin someday. The band is working on getting some of the big festival gigs. The problem is you don't get those gigs unless you have a great agent, and you can't get a great agent unless you're getting those great gigs. Kind of a Catch 22. But we're on XM and we get airplay on blues shows here and abroad.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:38:33pm |
re: #410 albusteve
I don't see enough small club music, and there is a great live music small club less than two miles from here....
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:39:09pm |
re: #412 Mad Al-Jaffee
I would love to play in Austin someday. The band is working on getting some of the big festival gigs. The problem is you don't get those gigs unless you have a great agent, and you can't get a great agent unless you're getting those great gigs. Kind of a Catch 22. But we're on XM and we get airplay on blues shows here and abroad.
hang in there...never give up, it only takes one gig, one guy
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:39:25pm |
re: #411 cliffster
Had one customer call to get some help figuring out why her satellite dish wasn't getting a signal (this was back when they were HUGE). Spent an hour with her on the phone going through fundamental tests. And had to let her go after a bit.
She called back the next day to my District Manager wanting me fired because she had spent 65 for a tv repairman to come and tell her that the reason it wasn't working was because she didn't have a cable between the receiver and the TV.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:39:56pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:40:37pm |
re: #415 PT Barnum
Reminds me of the old tech support story, "Sir, please package it up and send it back for a full refund. You are obviously to stupid to own one."
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:40:46pm |
re: #406 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Sometimes it was funny because you knew that people (who were far cooler than you would ever dream to be) thought they were funny.
Am I right?
No, it was more like not knowing what some of the more adult-oriented humor meant, and not seeing half of the movies and tv shows they parodied. But there was always stuff I got, like Spy Vs. Spy, Don Martin cartoons, etc.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:40:49pm |
re: #408 Aceofwhat?
that, and wouldn't you remember if there was a particularly crappy interaction? or do you just get cheap shots sometimes?
The thing is that with repairs I'm not the only person helping the customer, so it might not be me they're mad at. We also got a bad shop from a customer because we hadn't mopped the floor, so yes some of the shops are chickenshit.
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:41:00pm |
re: #413 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I don't see enough small club music, and there is a great live music small club less than two miles from here...
you ever been to Sweet Carolines in Winchester?...great place
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prairiefire Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:41:27pm |
My town has always had great live music, going back to the gangster days. This club is good:[Link: www.knuckleheadskc.com...]
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:42:05pm |
re: #414 albusteve
hang in there...never give up, it only takes one gig, one guy
Oh, believe me, we're not. I was told a couple of years ago to make sure I had an up to date passport because we WILL be going to Europe one of these days. I think mine expires next year.
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:42:17pm |
re: #415 PT Barnum
gotta start with the basics, dude. is it plugged in?
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:43:00pm |
re: #421 prairiefire
My town has always had great live music, going back to the gangster days. This club is good:[Link: www.knuckleheadskc.com...]
KC is a great town...need to get back there to know it better...I will one of these days
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:43:01pm |
re: #384 Slumbering Behemoth
Ok, this is pretty damn awesome.
Can you stump Akinator, the Web Genius?
Think of a person, real or fictional, and answer the questions to the best of your knowledge. It's took me several tries to think of a character that stumped the Akinator.
That is an amazing gadget! It guessed wrong two times on my character, but it guessed the correct novel. I thought of Feyd-Rautha from Dune, and it guessed two other Dune characters instead.
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:43:09pm |
re: #425 cliffster
Yeah..learned that the hard way....One of the things I check first now...
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:43:37pm |
re: #427 The Sanity Inspector
There's a toy called 20 questions that does the same thing...
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:43:42pm |
re: #424 Mad Al-Jaffee
Oh, believe me, we're not. I was told a couple of years ago to make sure I had an up to date passport because we WILL be going to Europe one of these days. I think mine expires next year.
that's what they told Hendrix
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:45:00pm |
re: #403 albusteve
I should have known...probably some say shwan noodle head eh?
I learned chop sticks as a kid..It's so easy and people just don't get it..It's so easy.. The 2 sticks are not flexiable..No.. One stick is always the solid point..Thou shalt never move..The other stick is moveable and pins the food against the other stick...To practice..Put a dime on a table.. One stick solid against one edge of the dime and other stick that clasps it to the other side...then lift the dime...You do that a few times and there is no food in the world you can't eat with chopsticks. One Stick solid and the other like using a pen in school...
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Mr. Crankypants Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:45:13pm |
re: #429 PT Barnum
I'm off to bed...have a big day tomorrow...got paid today and the ever lovin want's to go out of town... Oh Boy...uh bouy....bleah....I don't wanna go anywhere!
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prairiefire Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:46:05pm |
The downtown area has finally had a Renaissance. There's the Sprint center and KC Power and light district. Lots of good restaurants. My hubby and I took full advantage of the nightlife. We're cool with being suburbanites w/ kids now.
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Aye Pod Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:46:18pm |
re: #383 HoosierHoops
What up? Tell Ice I said hello..My move is in Oct.
Ice says 'Hi' back :) Hope everything goes well for you in the preparation for your big move, Hoops.
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:46:57pm |
re: #432 PT Barnum
I'm off to bed...have a big day tomorrow...got paid today and the ever lovin want's to go out of town... Oh Boy...uh bouy...bleah...I don't wanna go anywhere!
Just got paid today
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albusteve Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:49:03pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:50:36pm |
re: #436 albusteve
some smash mouth Texas rock and roll there!
From two guys with beards, and a guy without a beard named Beard.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:51:04pm |
re: #384 Slumbering Behemoth
Ok, this is pretty damn awesome.
Can you stump Akinator, the Web Genius?
Think of a person, real or fictional, and answer the questions to the best of your knowledge. It's took me several tries to think of a character that stumped the Akinator.
Damn, now I'm hooked! I stumped it on Shannon Tweed, but it got Jimmy Page.
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:51:32pm |
re: #436 albusteve
some smash mouth Texas rock and roll there!
Three dudes, a lot of facial hair, and an assload of fuck yeah
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:51:37pm |
re: #434 Jimmah
Ice says 'Hi' back :) Hope everything goes well for you in the preparation for your big move, Hoops.
[Video]
Thanks! I'm excited..I'm going to learn Chinese
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William of Orange Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:52:42pm |
Had to laugh at this!
Obama presents the iPad!
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:53:20pm |
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Racer X Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:53:33pm |
A man goes out golfing.
He is on the second hole when he notices a frog sitting next to
the green. He thinks nothing of it and is about to shoot when he hears, "Ribbit 9 Iron." The man looks around and doesn't see anyone. Again, he hears, "Ribbit 9 Iron." He looks at the frog and decides to prove the frog wrong, puts the club away, and grabs a 9 iron.
Boom!
He hits it 10 inches from the cup. He is shocked. He says to the frog, "Wow that's amazing. You must be a lucky frog!" The frog replies, "Ribbit Lucky frog." The man decides to take the frog with him to the next hole. "What do you think frog?" the man asks. "Ribbit 3 wood." The guy takes out a 3 wood and Boom! Hole in one.
The man is befuddled and doesn't know what to say. By the end of the day, the man golfed the best game of golf in his life and asks the frog, "OK where to next?" The frog replies, "Ribbit Las Vegas ."
They go to Las Vegas and the guy says, "OK frog, now what?" The frog says, "Ribbit Roulette." Upon approaching the roulette table, The man asks, "What do you think I should bet?" The frog replies, "Ribbit $3000, black 6." Now, this is a 38-to-one shot to win, but after the golf game the man figures what the heck.
Boom! Tons of cash comes sliding back across the table.
The man takes his winnings and buys the best room in the hotel. He sits the frog down and says, "Frog, I don't know how to repay you. You've won me all this money and I am forever grateful." The frog replies, "Ribbit Kiss Me." He figures why not, since after all the frog did for him, he deserves it. With a kiss, the frog turns into a gorgeous girl.
"And that is how the girl ended up in my room, Elin. So help me God or my name is not Tiger Woods."
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:53:48pm |
cliffster's swear-o-meter is redlining tonight. Sorry, guys, I've been taking care of kids for a few hours. Need an outlet
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:54:36pm |
re: #427 The Sanity Inspector
Ooh, good job. That one is somewhat obscure. I've only able to stump it with two video game characters so far: Richard Grey a.k.a. The Master (Fallout), and Groove Champion (Interstate '76).
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:58:17pm |
re: #418 Mad Al-Jaffee
No, it was more like not knowing what some of the more adult-oriented humor meant, and not seeing half of the movies and tv shows they parodied. But there was always stuff I got, like Spy Vs. Spy, Don Martin cartoons, etc.
All I needed to know about the recently concluded Sixties I learned from old copies of MAD magazine.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 7:59:09pm |
re: #444 cliffster
cliffster's swear-o-meter is redlining tonight. Sorry, guys, I've been taking care of kids for a few hours. Need an outlet
Better us than the kiddiwinks!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:00:25pm |
re: #444 cliffster
cliffster's swear-o-meter is redlining tonight. Sorry, guys, I've been taking care of kids for a few hours. Need an outlet
Go ahead and swear at me if you like. If you can manage to do it while sounding like a Japanese girl, I may even pay you for it.
/
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:00:43pm |
re: #448 The Sanity Inspector
All I needed to know about the recently concluded Sixties I learned from old copies of MAD magazine.
There have been a couple of writers who realized that Mad was actually a mirror for a decent morality. The nuns were cool with it.
[Link: www.hccentral.com...]
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Aye Pod Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:00:55pm |
re: #436 albusteve
some smash mouth Texas rock and roll there!
Some more real rock 'n' roll for ya steve, if you can handle it (warning: lyrics may disturb, NSFW etc)
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Kragar Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:02:38pm |
re: #450 Slumbering Behemoth
Go ahead and swear at me if you like. If you can manage to do it while sounding like a Japanese girl, I may even pay you for it.
/
bakuroshite yaru, baka gaijin.
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:03:13pm |
Yo, Killgore!
I asked Charles to forward an email from my friend in Bandon to you.
Now, PLEASE do not forget that the "best" time to sell a house, is the end of the school year. Folks with kids, want to move over the summer.
That being said, I hope you "hook up" with my friend in Bandon.
Your both nice, decent, people, as far as I can tell.
*smoochies*
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:03:23pm |
re: #443 Racer X
A man goes out golfing.
He is on the second hole when he notices a frog sitting next to
the green. He thinks nothing of it and is about to shoot when he hears, "Ribbit 9 Iron." The man looks around and doesn't see anyone. Again, he hears, "Ribbit 9 Iron." He looks at the frog and decides to prove the frog wrong, puts the club away, and grabs a 9 iron.Boom!
He hits it 10 inches from the cup. He is shocked. He says to the frog, "Wow that's amazing. You must be a lucky frog!" The frog replies, "Ribbit Lucky frog." The man decides to take the frog with him to the next hole. "What do you think frog?" the man asks. "Ribbit 3 wood." The guy takes out a 3 wood and Boom! Hole in one.
The man is befuddled and doesn't know what to say. By the end of the day, the man golfed the best game of golf in his life and asks the frog, "OK where to next?" The frog replies, "Ribbit Las Vegas ."
They go to Las Vegas and the guy says, "OK frog, now what?" The frog says, "Ribbit Roulette." Upon approaching the roulette table, The man asks, "What do you think I should bet?" The frog replies, "Ribbit $3000, black 6." Now, this is a 38-to-one shot to win, but after the golf game the man figures what the heck.
Boom! Tons of cash comes sliding back across the table.
The man takes his winnings and buys the best room in the hotel. He sits the frog down and says, "Frog, I don't know how to repay you. You've won me all this money and I am forever grateful." The frog replies, "Ribbit Kiss Me." He figures why not, since after all the frog did for him, he deserves it. With a kiss, the frog turns into a gorgeous girl.
"And that is how the girl ended up in my room, Elin. So help me God or my name is not Tiger Woods."
Oh, that's evil. I love it!
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:04:39pm |
re: #448 The Sanity Inspector
All I needed to know about the recently concluded Sixties I learned from old copies of MAD magazine.
There are probably dozens of great 70s and early 80s movies that I read the parodies of in MAD but didn't see the actual movies until years later. The Godfather and Serpico are two that stand out.
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:05:39pm |
re: #456 Mad Al-Jaffee
Jaffee was good, but it was all Don Martin for me.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:06:06pm |
re: #450 Slumbering Behemoth
weird thing; I know how to swear in alot of languages, but I can't think of any serious expletives like we have in Japanese. I mean I know things you can't say, but thats different :P
*always wondered why that is
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:06:39pm |
geez, FNDT my ass. we need to have us an election, kick things up a notch
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:07:24pm |
re: #454 Floral Giraffe
Yo, Killgore!
I asked Charles to forward an email from my friend in Bandon to you.
Now, PLEASE do not forget that the "best" time to sell a house, is the end of the school year. Folks with kids, want to move over the summer.
That being said, I hope you "hook up" with my friend in Bandon.
Your both nice, decent, people, as far as I can tell.
*smoochies*
Thanks. I'm still kinda shocked that I have all my finances in order much sooner than I thought. Let's just hope I can buy a place with a decent internet connection. I'd go into withdrawals if I had to give up LGF.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:08:20pm |
re: #457 Decatur Deb
Jaffee was good, but it was all Don Martin for me.
He was one of my favorites, with those weird rubbery limbed people. That might be why I like Peter Bagge's style so much now.
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Silvergirl Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:10:07pm |
re: #460 Killgore Trout
Thanks. I'm still kinda shocked that I have all my finances in order much sooner than I thought. Let's just hope I can buy a place with a decent internet connection. I'd go into withdrawals if I had to give up LGF.
Don't forget to invite us for a housewarming.
Or help packing/unpacking . . . all that.
I'm not too horribly far.
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:11:02pm |
re: #461 Mad Al-Jaffee
There is a story that the Usual Gang of Idiots took trips together every year. Mad had ONE subscriber in apartheid South Africa. The year he failed to renew, they all dropped in on him.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:11:44pm |
re: #453 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
bakuroshite yaru, baka gaijin.
More college girl, less sumo wrestler. No money for you!
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:12:48pm |
re: #450 Slumbering Behemoth
Go ahead and swear at me if you like. If you can manage to do it while sounding like a Japanese girl, I may even pay you for it.
/
Japanese girls are hot. But then, that was your point, wasn't it?
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:13:02pm |
re: #463 Decatur Deb
There is a story that the Usual Gang of Idiots took trips together every year. Mad had ONE subscriber in apartheid South Africa. The year he failed to renew, they all dropped in on him.
I love the Simpsons episode when they go to NYC because it's a classic episode and it was back when the show used to still be funny. One of my favorite scenes is when Bart visits the MAD office. I think it's the only time Alferd E. Neuman has spoken.
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:14:35pm |
re: #460 Killgore Trout
I sent Charles an email that I asked him to forward to you.
My friend in Bandon, would be pleased to help you.
I made SURE that he would enjoy it, and being the generous person that he is, he said it'd be fun. So. you can look for the email.,
You also might think about taking a "vacation" from decisions, and planning the rest of your life. BEFORE the woodwork belches al of the soingers who want help.
Be well.
Have fun.
Feel free to ask for help.
From those who you KNOW are friends.
Cool beans, on your situation!
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Silvergirl Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:14:46pm |
re: #431 HoosierHoops
I learned chop sticks as a kid..It's so easy and people just don't get it..It's so easy.. The 2 sticks are not flexiable..No.. One stick is always the solid point..Thou shalt never move..The other stick is moveable and pins the food against the other stick...To practice..Put a dime on a table.. One stick solid against one edge of the dime and other stick that clasps it to the other side...then lift the dime...You do that a few times and there is no food in the world you can't eat with chopsticks. One Stick solid and the other like using a pen in school...
Careful with the chopsticks, you hear me?
*shudder*
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:15:54pm |
re: #451 Decatur Deb
There have been a couple of writers who realized that Mad was actually a mirror for a decent morality. The nuns were cool with it.
[Link: www.hccentral.com...]
*guffaw* I used to own that book!
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Kragar Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:16:15pm |
re: #464 Slumbering Behemoth
More college girl, less sumo wrestler. No money for you!
Ever spend much time in Roppongi or Shinjuku?
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:17:46pm |
re: #466 Mad Al-Jaffee
I love the Simpsons episode when they go to NYC because it's a classic episode and it was back when the show used to still be funny. One of my favorite scenes is when Bart visits the MAD office. I think it's the only time Alferd E. Neuman has spoken.
Mad was in dime comic book format when I started. I didn't have the first 25 cent issue, but one of the first--It had the Thomas Nast cartoon cover: "Mad exposes the Tweed Ring".
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:17:48pm |
re: #457 Decatur Deb
Jaffee was good, but it was all Don Martin for me.
I thought the funniest artist was Paul Coker, Jr.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:17:49pm |
re: #462 Silvergirl
Thanks but my move is going to be pretty easy. I'm taking my inventory of cellos, tools and cats. Pretty much everything else is going in the dumpster.
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:19:18pm |
Good night all.
May your road be the one less travelled.
And may your hearts desire find you & be happy.
And all other good things that life has to offer, take you up on your lowball offer.
Sleep tight!
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:20:10pm |
re: #431 HoosierHoops
I learned chop sticks as a kid..It's so easy and people just don't get it..It's so easy.. The 2 sticks are not flexiable..No.. One stick is always the solid point..Thou shalt never move..The other stick is moveable and pins the food against the other stick...To practice..Put a dime on a table.. One stick solid against one edge of the dime and other stick that clasps it to the other side...then lift the dime...You do that a few times and there is no food in the world you can't eat with chopsticks. One Stick solid and the other like using a pen in school...
I learned chopsticks 12 years ago, because I got embarrassed always asking for a fork while I was in Asia.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:20:58pm |
Some dinosaur action for you...
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Silvergirl Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:21:15pm |
re: #473 Killgore Trout
Thanks but my move is going to be pretty easy. I'm taking my inventory of cellos, tools and cats. Pretty much everything else is going in the dumpster.
Keeping it simple.
Moving in three easy steps by Killgore Trout
1) music and tools into the van
2) pets into the carriers
3) remainder into the dumpster
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:22:12pm |
re: #472 The Sanity Inspector
I thought the funniest artist was Paul Coker, Jr.
Either don't remember him, or he was after grew away from it. Note am minimizing use of " ".
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:22:43pm |
re: #475 Floral Giraffe
Good night all.
May your road be the one less travelled.
And may your hearts desire find you & be happy.
And all other good things that life has to offer, take you up on your lowball offer.
Sleep tight!
Good night FG.
May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
The rain fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:23:59pm |
re: #473 Killgore Trout
Thanks but my move is going to be pretty easy. I'm taking my inventory of cellos, tools and cats. Pretty much everything else is going in the dumpster.
If they're not smelly and spider-webby, drop off your books and National Geographics at the public library. They don't need them, but they can sell them at their book fair, & plow the scarce $$$ back into the system that way.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:24:21pm |
Benjamin Netanyahyu at Auschwitz.
“From the cursed ground at Auschwitz, Birkenau and other camps rise the voices of our brothers and sisters, our people who choked to death and were burned and murdered,” said the prime minister, in English, wishing “decency, truth and hope ... for all mankind” before switching to Hebrew, “the language the Nazis sought to exterminate.”
“Remember what Amalek did to you,” cautioned Netanyahu, quoting a particularly ominous passage from Deuteronomy. “I have come here today from Jerusalem to tell you: We will never forget. We will not allow the Holocaust deniers or those who desecrate [Jewish] graves and signs to erase or distort [our] memory.”
The prime minister also warned that though the “Nazi Amalek” was almost entirely a ghost of the past, “a new Amalek is appearing and once again threatening to annihilate the Jews. We will not allow it ... We will never forget and always stand guard,” he said.
“Murderous hatred must be stopped in its tracks, stopped right from the beginning. All countries in the world must learn this lesson, just as we did after losing a third of our people in blood-soaked Europe. We learned that the only guarantee for the protection of our people is the State of Israel and its army, the IDF,” Netanyahu declared, warning that never again would the existence of Israel and the Jewish people be threatened.
SNIP
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Olsonist Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:25:30pm |
This was on TalkingPointsMemo. Too much fun:
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:25:34pm |
| 485 |
The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:25:43pm |
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:26:11pm |
Lightning storm here. Gonna scram. 'Nite, all.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:27:05pm |
re: #482 MandyManners
Benjamin Netanyahyu at Auschwitz.
SNIP
Obama to Netanuahyu: "Unclench your fist."
/I wish I was kidding.
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Decatur Deb Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:27:09pm |
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:28:13pm |
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prairiefire Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:30:19pm |
re: #484 Slumbering Behemoth
This website is for you:[Link: www.angrylittleasiangirl.com...]
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:30:54pm |
re: #488 Dark_Falcon
Obama to Netanuahyu: "Unclench your fist."
/I wish I was kidding.
Netanyahu to BHO:
Shut the fuck up.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:31:23pm |
re: #490 Olsonist
Perhaps you can explain.
Obama may well criticize Netanyahyu for riling up Muslims by asserting Israel right to self defense. My line was a variation on the "Obama is a weakling" theme.
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:31:28pm |
re: #483 Olsonist
Uhh..very interesting...err...political ad?
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Aye Pod Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:31:51pm |
re: #440 HoosierHoops
Thanks! I'm excited..I'm going to learn Chinese
Is that a requirement for your work over there? I don't envy you that task. But it would be a very cool thing to have under your belt.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:32:43pm |
re: #493 MandyManners
Netanyahu to BHO:
Shut the fuck up.
I hope he does say something like that. Obama needs to be clearly and sanely told that he's wrong by someone who is not a crazy.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:35:39pm |
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:36:31pm |
re: #498 Dark_Falcon
I hope he does say something like that. Obama needs to be clearly and sanely told that he's wrong by someone who is not a crazy.
Clowns to the right of me.. worshipers to the left..
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:37:06pm |
re: #497 Jimmah
Is that a requirement for your work over there? I don't envy you that task. But it would be a very cool thing to have under your belt.
Singapore is mostly English language with Chinese 50/50.. That's what I'm Told.. I work for a Global Japanese Company...So you enjoy and adapt...
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:39:01pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:40:00pm |
re: #473 Killgore Trout
My friend is looking forward to assisting you.
I hope Charles forwards the email.
And, you find the palace of your dreams!
Regards.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:40:52pm |
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Olsonist Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:41:46pm |
re: #506 MandyManners
Did I invite your judgment?
You received it. I wasn't looking for your invitation.
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Digital Display Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:41:57pm |
re: #503 Mad Al-Jaffee
Good night all. Stay warm this weekend!
Thanks for that..
/Spending all last week chipping ice of the car..Shoveling the driveway before the sun comes up..Following a Salt truck to work?
I'd Love to stay warm!
/
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Buck Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:46:38pm |
Obama does an about face, admits that it was stupid idea to hold 9/11 trial in NY...
OK I am paraphrasing.... (grin) U.S. Drops Plan for a 9/11 Trial in New York City-NY Times
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Aye Pod Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:46:39pm |
Heh - just reading about the GOP reaction to Obama's performance - made me think of this:
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The Left Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:51:37pm |
re: #510 Jimmah
Heh - just reading about the GOP reaction to Obama's performance - made me think of this:
[Video]
Filed under LOL:
One Republican said to me, off the record, behind closed doors: “It was a mistake that we allowed the cameras to roll like that. We should not have done that.
Whoops!
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:52:56pm |
re: #509 Buck
Obama does an about face, admits that it was stupid idea to hold 9/11 trial in NY...
OK I am paraphrasing... (grin) U.S. Drops Plan for a 9/11 Trial in New York City-NY Times
That's good news. Securing that courthouse would have been far too disruptive and things still could be gone wrong. I like the idea of holding the trial of Governor's Island. It would allow for much better security.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:53:52pm |
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Olsonist Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:56:11pm |
The next day, the mayor, who back in November had hailed the idea of trying Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other accused Sept. 11 plotters in the heart of downtown Manhattan, made clear he’d changed his mind.
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:56:39pm |
Based on the thousands of links today, I would have thought Democrats won something today. Then I realized they all link to the same quote by the same guy. Good news though. Obama didn't suck for once - score one for the left. Obama actually reached out to Republicans - score one for America.
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MandyManners Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:56:46pm |
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:58:04pm |
O'Reilly rerun no has Glen Beck calling Obama an Alinskyite again. I don't like Beck but I can endure him when on O'Reilly, because the crazy is dialed back to an 8. I watch his segment in the same spirit as I monitor stalker blogs: Know your enemy.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 8:59:41pm |
re: #518 Jimmah
Downding for the crappy song that I've come to hate. I updinged your 510 to compensate. My quarrel was with the song, not with you for posting it.
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The Left Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:00:03pm |
re: #519 Olsonist
The next day, the mayor, who back in November had hailed the idea of trying Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other accused Sept. 11 plotters in the heart of downtown Manhattan, made clear he’d changed his mind.
LOL again:
Giuliani reportedly praised Moussaoui's 2006 trial as evidence "we can give people a fair trial." After Moussaoui's trial resulted in a sentence of life in prison without parole, Giuliani reportedly praised the legal process as demonstrating "that we can give people a fair trial, that we are exactly what we say we are. We are a nation of law." He added that Moussaoui will "be a symbol of American justice." He also reportedly said he was "in awe of our system." [New York Daily News, 5/4/2006]
Following trial, Giuliani reportedly said: "America won tonight." Agence France Presse reported: " 'America won tonight,' [Giuliani] said, arguing that the United States had upheld the worth of its legal system in the eyes of the world." AFP also quoted him saying, "The greater value I think would have been if he was executed. But the greater value is demonstrating what America is like." [AFP, 05/04/2006]
Giuliani testified in Moussaoui's trial. Giuliani testified during the "sentencing trial" for Moussaoui. According to The New York Times, Giuliani was the Justice Department's "star witness." He "described ... the horrors and lasting grief caused by the Sept. 11 attacks," "alternating between his minute-by-minute personal thoughts and his assessment of the damage and disruption caused by the terrorist attacks." [The New York Times, 4/7/2006]
Why, you'd almost think "America's Mayor" was motivated by partisan considerations or something. /
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:00:03pm |
Hey, DF. Regarding the WWII discussion the other night.
My grandfather was a cook on a Haskell-class attack transport named the USS Sibley, APA-206. That's all I could get from my dad.
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Olsonist Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:03:17pm |
re: #524 iceweasel
Yeah, the conservatives are more into the fear and politics of it. Unimpressed.
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:03:30pm |
re: #523 Dark_Falcon
Downding for the crappy song that I've come to hate. I updinged your 510 to compensate. My quarrel was with the song, not with you for posting it.
Agreed. Responding to Dylan with Macarena is playing fast and loose with musical law
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:03:30pm |
"Swofford, do you wonder why I look old enough to be your
grandpop but I'm still a ####### staff sergeant?"
"No, Staff Sergeant."
"Because in Vietnam I beat a lieutenant over the head with my
E-tool. He wanted to send my platoon into a gook valley, and I told
him to #### himself, to which he told me he'd send me to the brig, to
which I pulled out my E-tool and split open his ####### head before
calling in a medevac for his dumb ###. I didn't go to the brig but I
lost my stripes. An hour later another platoon went up that valley
and got carved to ####. Poof, the sorry ####### were dead and gone.
My platoon mates still send me birthday cards, did you know that?"
"I didn't know that, Staff Sergeant."
"Well, now you do. And stop calling me staff sergeant. Was
your old man in the war?"
"He was in the air force. He built hot runways."
"The ####### air farce. He ever tell you about it? Did he
live?"
"Yes, he lived. He spoke once about Vietnam."
"If he only spoke once, he wasn't lying."
-- Anthony Swofford, _Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the
Gulf War and Other Battles_, 2003
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Aye Pod Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:07:45pm |
re: #523 Dark_Falcon
Downding for the crappy song that I've come to hate. I updinged your 510 to compensate. My quarrel was with the song, not with you for posting it.
How can anyone hate 'macarena'? Nevermind- here's a favourite of ice and I's I think you will like:
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:08:42pm |
Hey Night Lizards!
How's life?
What did Obama say today, I missed it entirely.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:11:24pm |
re: #525 Varek Raith
Hey, DF. Regarding the WWII discussion the other night.
My grandfather was a cook on a Haskell-class attack transport named the USS Sibley, APA-206. That's all I could get from my dad.
I'll go check and see if I have anything on it.
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:12:05pm |
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Buck Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:12:26pm |
re: #524 iceweasel
LOL again:
Are you saying you don't see the difference between Moussaoui and KSM?
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:13:05pm |
We really don't have much snow on the ground, but it is FREAKIN' cold in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland.
I'd wear long underwear, but I'm already tired of it and have acclamated. No one is wearing hats or gloves anymore.
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:13:24pm |
re: #530 ggt
Hey Night Lizards!
How's life?
What did Obama say today, I missed it entirely.
Hey ggt! It's not so much what he said, it's what he did. He sat with the republicans and talked to them. Shit might get done now. Probably not, but you never know.
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The Left Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:14:22pm |
re: #533 Buck
Are you saying you don't see the difference between Moussaoui and KSM?
I'm saying Rudy changed his tune big time, (compare his earlier statements about trying KSM) and it's purely because of who's in the White House.
BTW, we've successfully tried and convicted something like 195 terrorists in the federal system, including under Bush and Clinton.
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tradewind Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:17:58pm |
re: #535 cliffster
More like he stood in front of Republicans and lectured them.
Complete with finger-shakes.
' I am not an idealogue'.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:18:52pm |
I just got in... and I noticed an earlier thread...
Ongoing Outrageous Outrage: Word Counting. One of the silliest in a long list of silly wingnut obsessions: word counting.
Well, I guess it's a silly moonbat obsession too... TIME magazine says...
It must be a popular pastime, everyones doing it.
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Buck Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:18:55pm |
re: #536 iceweasel
I'm saying Rudy changed his tune big time, (compare his earlier statements about trying KSM) and it's purely because of who's in the White House.
BTW, we've successfully tried and convicted something like 195 terrorists in the federal system, including under Bush and Clinton.
Can you please list any that were captured by Americans in another country, and held for any serious length of time with out miranda?
Moussaoui was arrested in the USA. I think that is a serious enough difference to mean these are not the same.... I think one could have a different opinion about the two cases based on that difference alone.
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Olsonist Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:20:19pm |
re: #536 iceweasel
Including Ramzi Yousef in New York City.
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Silvergirl Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:21:03pm |
re: #530 ggt
Hey Night Lizards!
How's life?
What did Obama say today, I missed it entirely.
I mostly missed politics today and used my free time for an awesome old movie that Gus recommended. Dodsworth. Superb!
I did catch Peggy Noonan's article. Here's one part:
The president did not speak of health care until a half hour in. "As temperatures cool, I want everyone to take another look at the plan we've proposed." Then, "If anyone has a better idea, let me know." Those bland little sentences hidden in plain sight heralded an epic fact: The battle over the president's health-care plan is over, and the plan will not be imposed on the country. Waxing boring on the virtues of the bill was a rhetorical way to obscure the fact that it is dead. To say, "I'm licked and it's done" would have been damagingly memorable. Instead he blithely vowed to move forward, and moved on. The bill will now get lost in the mists and disappear. It is a collapsed soufflé in an unused kitchen in the back of an empty house. Now and then the president will speak of it to rouse his base and remind them of his efforts.
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The Left Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:22:21pm |
re: #539 Buck
Can you please list any
Sorry. Friday night means I'm not in the mood to do your research for you.
There's zero reason to think KSM et al can't be handled in a criminal court.
Moreover, since Obama has retained the two-tier system for prosecuting terrorists, as well as retained indefinite detention without trial for some, you can be certain that these cases wouldn't be tried in a criminal court unless they knew they could be convicted.
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Olsonist Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:22:51pm |
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:23:47pm |
re: #537 tradewind
More like he stood in front of Republicans and lectured them.
Complete with finger-shakes.
' I am not an idealogue'.
Though I agree that he was a bit sarcastic and condescending at times, I think the takeaway is that he met with Republicans. The yipping and yapping on both sides takes away from that fact. It's a shame that in the midst of this, people are thumping their chest saying "Obama showed those Republicans!" or "Obama talked down to the Republicans!"
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Bagua Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:24:46pm |
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:25:55pm |
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:27:03pm |
re: #545 Bagua
Bagua...
I suspect you already saw this... Scientists broke the law by hiding climate change data ?
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:27:38pm |
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:30:31pm |
re: #544 cliffster
Though I agree that he was a bit sarcastic and condescending at times, I think the takeaway is that he met with Republicans. The yipping and yapping on both sides takes away from that fact. It's a shame that in the midst of this, people are thumping their chest saying "Obama showed those Republicans!" or "Obama talked down to the Republicans!"
That's politics. Even if Obama sincerely wants a deal and is willing to make substantive concessions, there will be moonbats and wingnuts who will attack any deal. They will do so because they prefer to fight the other side rather than do anything. The conflict fulfills emotional needs of theirs.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:31:32pm |
re: #538 Walter L. Newton
Three "I"s in less than five sentences, Walter. I hate to say it, but I think you might be an narcissist.
/Oh shit, I've got three in two sentences.
//Damn, I did it again.
///ARGH! Run away everybody, it's contagious.
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Olsonist Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:32:19pm |
re: #549 Dark_Falcon
Unfortunately we are rewarding them with their ability to fight cultural proxy wars rather than solve problems in governance.
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Bagua Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:32:50pm |
re: #547 Walter L. Newton
Bagua...
I suspect you already saw this... Scientists broke the law by hiding climate change data ?
Yes I did, looks like there are criminals on both sides of the CRU hack. I expect Prof Phil Jones will be forced to resign soon, as will Dr Pachauri.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:33:02pm |
re: #549 Dark_Falcon
I agree with your theory, but I don't agree with your equivalence. One side is waaaay worse right now.
(and to pre-empt the snark, its the right :P)
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:34:57pm |
re: #505 Floral Giraffe
Thanks, got it. I'm already nervous. What if I move and hate it there? What if I suddenly become allergic to fish? What if I eat a poison mushroom? Will I be scared living in the woods? Nerves!
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:35:52pm |
re: #554 Killgore Trout
Thanks, got it. I'm already nervous. What if I move and hate it there? What if I suddenly become allergic to fish? What if I eat a poison mushroom? Will I be scared living in the woods? Nerves!
*slaps KT*
Get it together, man!!!111!
/:)
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:36:00pm |
re: #547 Walter L. Newton
Not adressing the issue directly, but point of law question. In the US would the 'evidence' of the leaked emails be admissable, being illegally obtained?
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:36:13pm |
re: #554 Killgore Trout
Eat mushrooms only from the grocery store or a well-trusted dealer.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:36:25pm |
re: #550 Slumbering Behemoth
Three "I"s in less than five sentences, Walter. I hate to say it, but I think you might be an narcissist.
/Oh shit, I've got three in two sentences.
//Damn, I did it again.
///ARGH! Run away everybody, it's contagious.
Well, the wingnuts are obviously not the only ones counting words... and I think this obsession with obsessing about word counters is obsessive.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:37:06pm |
re: #554 Killgore Trout
Thanks, got it. I'm already nervous. What if I move and hate it there? What if I suddenly become allergic to fish? What if I eat a poison mushroom? Will I be scared living in the woods? Nerves!
What if you fall from Bandon's lighthouse?
What if you get sick of tourists?
What if you step on seaweed and die of acute disgustedness.
(Yes, I'm aware the lighthouse isn't all that tall. I'm kidding.)
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Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:37:36pm |
re: #556 windsagio
Yeah. It has to be, if you think about it: otherwise all you'd have to do to make evidence inadmissible would be to have someone steal it.
Not that people don't steal evidence, rather regularly.
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Olsonist Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:37:55pm |
re: #556 windsagio
Not adressing the issue directly, but point of law question. In the US would the 'evidence' of the leaked emails be admissable, being illegally obtained?
There is something called the Unclean Hands doctrine.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:38:29pm |
re: #544 cliffster
Though I agree that he was a bit sarcastic and condescending at times, I think the takeaway is that he met with Republicans. The yipping and yapping on both sides takes away from that fact. It's a shame that in the midst of this, people are thumping their chest saying "Obama showed those Republicans!" or "Obama talked down to the Republicans!"
I think it might be an important step towards elevating the political debate in this country. We'll see if it takes hold but I don't see anything wrong with being condescending towards some of the stupid crap the GOP has been trying to get away with (death panels, fascism, Cloward Piven). This crap shouldn't be tolerated in adult conversations.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:38:30pm |
re: #551 Olsonist
Unfortunately we are rewarding them with their ability to fight cultural proxy wars rather than solve problems in governance.
Quite Concur. Any ideas on how to flush the turds who do this sort of thing?
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:39:08pm |
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:39:46pm |
re: #556 windsagio
Not adressing the issue directly, but point of law question. In the US would the 'evidence' of the leaked emails be admissable, being illegally obtained?
This was not about whether they were leaked legally or not... it has nothing to do with status or validity of the emails at all... this ruling has to do with temperature data and other related information that CRU refused to release even though they were order to by the British FOIA department.
Evidently you are not addressing the issue directly, or at all. Did you even read the article?
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:39:55pm |
re: #559 EmmmieG
Yeah, I'm a little worked up but I think it'll be easier than buying my first house. I was an emotional wreck for months.
| 567 |
Olsonist Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:40:20pm |
re: #563 Dark_Falcon
Quite Concur. Any ideas on how to flush the turds who do this sort of thing?
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:40:36pm |
re: #560 Obdicut
Yeah. It has to be, if you think about it: otherwise all you'd have to do to make evidence inadmissible would be to have someone steal it.
Not that people don't steal evidence, rather regularly.
I'll just repeat myself...
This was not about whether they were leaked legally or not... it has nothing to do with status or validity of the emails at all... this ruling has to do with temperature data and other related information that CRU refused to release even though they were order to by the British FOIA department.
Evidently you are not addressing the issue directly, or at all. Did you even read the article?
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Aye Pod Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:40:41pm |
re: #554 Killgore Trout
Thanks, got it. I'm already nervous. What if I move and hate it there? What if I suddenly become allergic to fish? What if I eat a poison mushroom? Will I be scared living in the woods? Nerves!
Ahh...now I'm beginning to understand why you've been watching Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall.
| 570 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:42:05pm |
re: #565 Walter L. Newton
I'm not adressing the issue, intentionally :P
I did read it, just was wondering. My impression is they wouldn't know the FOIA had been violated if it hadn't been for the hack.
No need to be mad at me :P
PS: cliffy, was there something upsetting about my 553? I'm lost.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:42:19pm |
re: #566 Killgore Trout
Yeah, I'm a little worked up but I think it'll be easier than buying my first house. I was an emotional wreck for months.
Moving to a new town is a big deal. I did like Bandon during the week we were there.
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Bagua Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:42:40pm |
re: #556 windsagio
Not adressing the issue directly, but point of law question. In the US would the 'evidence' of the leaked emails be admissable, being illegally obtained?
That is a fair question. When evidence is illegally acquired it can be challenged on that basis and thrown out of court. Often this will be the case if it was a public official such as a Police Officer, but when it is a private citizen, they are generally more lenient in allowing the evidence.
Of course in this case, the UEA will not be charged at all as it is beyond the time limitations, rather the IC is giving public opinion, which is quite damaging in itself.
| 573 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:43:09pm |
re: #568 Walter L. Newton
That's great, Walter. I was answering his question.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:43:31pm |
re: #572 Bagua
yeah, the real harm is in the court of public opinion. It'll be interested if anyone is forced to resign or not, altho' I suspect 'not'.
| 575 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:43:53pm |
re: #573 Obdicut
/waiting for walter to snap at bagua too >>
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:44:13pm |
re: #554 Killgore Trout
Thanks, got it. I'm already nervous. What if I move and hate it there? What if I suddenly become allergic to fish? What if I eat a poison mushroom? Will I be scared living in the woods? Nerves!
You left off hillfolk, werewolves, and vampires from your list of possible dangers.
Though you could probably discount vampires as a credible threat. They're are sparkley and emo now. You could probably kill one with a small ferret or a heart-felt poem.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:44:14pm |
re: #554 Killgore Trout
Thanks, got it. I'm already nervous. What if I move and hate it there? What if I suddenly become allergic to fish? What if I eat a poison mushroom? Will I be scared living in the woods? Nerves!
Killgore - too funny.
one word
Paxil.
| 580 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:44:58pm |
... wait, is KT moving into a lighthouse?
That'd be mad cool!
/if not, carry on ;)
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Silvergirl Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:45:24pm |
re: #571 EmmmieG
Moving to a new town is a big deal. I did like Bandon during the week we were there.
Hoops is leaving Indiana and going to Singapore, if I got it right! There's a change.
| 582 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:45:32pm |
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:45:34pm |
re: #570 windsagio
I'm not adressing the issue, intentionally :P
I did read it, just was wondering. My impression is they wouldn't know the FOIA had been violated if it hadn't been for the hack.
No need to be mad at me :P
Your timeline is skewed. This "lawsuit" was brought about because CRU refused to release any information... the email hack came LATER, and the email hack simply confirmed that the CRU was purposely trying to avoid releasing the information. This would have been ruled this way even if the emails never became public. The emails were simply the icing on the cake.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:46:59pm |
re: #558 Walter L. Newton
Well, the wingnuts are obviously not the only ones counting words... and I think this obsession with obsessing about word counters is obsessive.
Perhaps your obsession with those who obsess over obsessive word counters is also a bit...
... damn, what's the word I'm looking for?
| 585 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:47:22pm |
This house of cards is coming apart...
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Silvergirl Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:47:25pm |
re: #580 windsagio
... wait, is KT moving into a lighthouse?
That'd be mad cool!
/if not, carry on ;)
And he has an invisible dragon named Elliott.
Pete's Dragon! I love that silly movie.
| 587 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:47:50pm |
re: #569 Jimmah
Ahh...now I'm beginning to understand why you've been watching Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall.
Yup, that's it. I think I'll probably forgo the livestock. I might do a little hunting eventually but I want to grow food, fish and forage.
| 588 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:47:50pm |
re: #585 Walter L. Newton
This house of cards is coming apart...
Rajendra Pachauri was told that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment that the glaciers would disappear by 2035 was wrong, but he waited two months to correct it. He failed to act despite learning that the claim had been refuted by several leading glaciologists.
[Link: www.timesonline.co.uk...]
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:47:56pm |
re: #580 windsagio
... wait, is KT moving into a lighthouse?
That'd be mad cool!
/if not, carry on ;)
He is moving into a town with the lighthouse.
Which is missing its lens.
So, KT, your challenge is to solve the decades-old riddles, and find the secret passage way that will uncover the mystery of the stolen Bandon lighthouse lens!
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Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:47:58pm |
re: #584 Slumbering Behemoth
Perhaps your obsession with those who obsess over obsessive word counters is also a bit...
... damn, what's the word I'm looking for?
Boring?
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:48:25pm |
re: #585 Walter L. Newton
... which of course invalidates all the science.
just raising concerns, right?
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:48:46pm |
re: #589 Obdicut
What house of cards, Walter?
Stop playing dumb like you always do, the act is getting stale and old. Grow up.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:48:50pm |
re: #585 Walter L. Newton
This house of cards is coming apart...
I'm not sure that undermines the AGW case. That said, I hope Ludwig gets whatever grant application he's working done and comes back to address this issue.
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Bagua Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:49:08pm |
re: #574 windsagio
yeah, the real harm is in the court of public opinion. It'll be interested if anyone is forced to resign or not, altho' I suspect 'not'.
Jones has already been forced to step aside, but I doubt it will stop there. The CRU is a big peach for the UEA and they will be keen to restore its credibility so they can continue to seek funding through grants. They were otherwise just a backwater University.
Pachauri has already publicly declared that he will not resign, despite the various calls for his resignation from leading supporters of AGW theory. After this weekend the pressure may be impossible for him to deflect.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:49:32pm |
re: #590 EmmmieG
oh damn, that the one that just got vandalized?
*no its not.
Hehe I kept thinking Bandon was a person. I'm caught up now, thanks!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:49:39pm |
re: #591 JasonA
No... it was right on the tip of my tongue. Damnit.
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Mich-again Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:49:50pm |
Obama could really stir things up with the word counters if instead of saying "I", he would refer to himself in the third person in his speeches.
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Girth Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:49:57pm |
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:50:19pm |
re: #592 windsagio
... which of course invalidates all the science.
just raising concerns, right?
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Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:50:40pm |
re: #598 Slumbering Behemoth
No... it was right on the tip of my tongue. Damnit.
I find that when I obsess over trying to remember something it just keeps slipping away...
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Bagua Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:50:44pm |
re: #588 Walter L. Newton
Just the tip of the iceberg, as they say. :)
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:50:49pm |
re: #570 windsagio
I would think it was "the right is wayyy worse" part of your post.
Kinda like saying "sure we're killers, but those guys over there have killed a lot more people than we did."
Tu quoque, dontcha know? (wink)
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:50:50pm |
re: #599 Mich-again
best idea along that line: He refer to himself as "Bob Dole". (I think PT Barnum came up with that, credit where its due)
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:51:05pm |
re: #511 iceweasel
Whoops!
GOP: "We don't like the truth that Obama is competent and trying to be bipartisan to get out" :D
| 607 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:51:32pm |
re: #602 JasonA
Dude! Be quiet... I almost had it.
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Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:51:34pm |
re: #594 Dark_Falcon
It doesn't in the least bit undermine the AGW case.
re: #593 Walter L. Newton
Walter, are you really incapable of having a civil discussion?
What do you mean when you say that the house of cards is collapsing? Do you mean the IPCC? I honestly can't understand what you think this is going to cause.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:52:27pm |
re: #541 Silvergirl
Shorter: If Obama's explaining, he's losing.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:52:39pm |
re: #604 ausador
lol; Almost got a + for the tu quoque jab that was good :D
No, the right is worse. Calling a false equivalence is appropriate I think.
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Mich-again Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:52:48pm |
re: #605 windsagio
best idea along that line: He refer to himself as "Bob Dole". (I think PT Barnum came up with that, credit where its due)
I know it, You know it, the American people know it, Bob Dole knows it.
| 612 |
Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:53:00pm |
re: #609 The Sanity Inspector
Shorter: If Obama's explaining, he's losing.
Is it like when you have to spell out a joke for someone?
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Bagua Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:53:14pm |
re: #594 Dark_Falcon
I'm not sure that undermines the AGW case. That said, I hope Ludwig gets whatever grant application he's working done and comes back to address this issue.
It doesn't undermine AGW, it undermines the IPCC AR4 and the hype built up around the theory.
In the fullness of time this will be very healthy for science.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:54:27pm |
re: #520 cliffster
Based on the thousands of links today, I would have thought Democrats won something today. Then I realized they all link to the same quote by the same guy. Good news though. Obama didn't suck for once - score one for the left. Obama actually reached out to Republicans - score one for America.
I recall him trying to invite Judd Greg into his cabinet.
| 615 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:54:46pm |
re: #594 Dark_Falcon
I'm not sure that undermines the AGW case. That said, I hope Ludwig gets whatever grant application he's working done and comes back to address this issue.
And where did I say it does? Over and over, I have stated here that my concern is with the process, procedure and protocol of these scientist, whether or not they are following best practice. Whether or not the software they write and use is valid or sloppy. Whether they are actually using peer-reviewed material, or using just anything that will prove their point. Whether they are telling the truth when they make this public statement or that.
That's my only concern, the PPP deniers, the ones that deny that correct process, procedure and protocol is necessary to good science.
| 616 |
cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:54:50pm |
It's interesting, watching AGW debated the same as any other political topic. We're not going to vote on global temperatures, guys. Well, we might, but the supreme court has certainly not ruled that the electoral colleges have any authority over global temperatures.
| 617 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:56:07pm |
re: #616 cliffster
Didn't some state vote to change a mathematical constant? Or was that a parody?
It's so hard to tell these days.
| 618 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:56:16pm |
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:57:15pm |
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cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:57:26pm |
re: #617 Obdicut
Didn't some state vote to change a mathematical constant? Or was that a parody?
It's so hard to tell these days.
I think G is testifying before the Senate next week. Hope it does better than Barry Bonds.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:57:32pm |
re: #615 Walter L. Newton
Walter, I linked this up-thread. Considering your background in the theater, you likely know enough obscure characters to be able to stump this thing much quicker than I did.
| 622 |
Silvergirl Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:58:05pm |
re: #605 windsagio
best idea along that line: He refer to himself as "Bob Dole". (I think PT Barnum came up with that, credit where its due)
I'll have you know I was the fifth comment in the thread and the first to mention Bob Dole.
Thank you.
*Bows, takes rose bouquet, exits to a smattering of applause*
| 623 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:58:33pm |
re: #616 cliffster
its more amazing that we can argue about it when we all claim to agree :p
/altho I suspect sometimes that there are a few people on here that don't really agree at all ;)
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Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:59:02pm |
| 625 |
Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:59:28pm |
re: #554 Killgore Trout
Thanks, got it. I'm already nervous. What if I move and hate it there? What if I suddenly become allergic to fish? What if I eat a poison mushroom? Will I be scared living in the woods? Nerves!
Ahem...
| 626 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 9:59:55pm |
re: #624 Obdicut
And it successfully guessed Crow T. Robot in 21 guesses, but with historical figures pre-1900, it tends to miss if they're not hugely important.
It's bad at the natural philosophers, for example.
| 627 |
The Sanity Inspector Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:00:08pm |
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:00:09pm |
re: #621 Slumbering Behemoth
Walter, I linked this up-thread. Considering your background in the theater, you likely know enough obscure characters to be able to stump this thing much quicker than I did.
I don't even understand what it is doing. It asked for my user name and before I could even type something in, it went on to another screen and acting funny. I'm not sure if my Safari browser likes that page.
| 630 |
Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:01:06pm |
re: #619 windsagio
short answer: Almost.
It's amazing what our elected officials waste their time on.
| 631 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:01:18pm |
re: #628 Walter L. Newton
Try the 20q one I linked. It plays fine with Chrome, so hopefully it'll treat Safari well too.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:01:49pm |
re: #616 cliffster
It's interesting, watching AGW debated the same as any other political topic. We're not going to vote on global temperatures, guys. Well, we might, but the supreme court has certainly not ruled that the electoral colleges have any authority over global temperatures.
Good point. The problem is that this is a critical issue, so we need to get the science right to know what actions we need to take. We can't be advancing job killing 'carbon tax' bills when we don't really know that they'll do any good.
| 633 |
blueraven Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:01:49pm |
re: #538 Walter L. Newton
I just got in... and I noticed an earlier thread...
Well, I guess it's a silly moonbat obsession too... TIME magazine says...It must be a popular pastime, everyones doing it.
Surely you are not suggesting Michael Scherer is a lefty?
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Aye Pod Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:02:01pm |
re: #587 Killgore Trout
Yup, that's it. I think I'll probably forgo the livestock. I might do a little hunting eventually but I want to grow food, fish and forage.
Sounds great, KT - I'm sure you are in for some i nteresting adventures. I've never done the self sufficiency in food thing, but I lived in a little 'bothy' in the countryside for a couple of years after university, back in the 90's. I used to love going out into the woods to collect firewood every other day (every day in winter). Loved it. We're looking into renting somewhere like that for a couple of months each year when ice-ski gets here.
| 635 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:02:33pm |
re: #633 blueraven
Surely you are not suggesting Michael Scherer is a lefty?
I'm talking about TIME magazine in general.
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Girth Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:02:39pm |
re: #617 Obdicut
Didn't some state vote to change a mathematical constant? Or was that a parody?
It's so hard to tell these days.
In a shocking development, the Senate has overridden the President's veto of the bill to round pi down to 3, henceforth making all circles into hexagons.
| 637 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:02:56pm |
re: #631 Obdicut
Try the 20q one I linked. It plays fine with Chrome, so hopefully it'll treat Safari well too.
Don't try to be nice to me, it's not working.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:03:26pm |
re: #628 Walter L. Newton
Safari might be the problem, it works fine on my Firefox.
Anyhow, it's just a diversion. You think of a character, real or fictional, and answer the questions posed. It's ability to guess correctly is rather uncanny.
| 639 |
Olsonist Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:04:03pm |
re: #635 Walter L. Newton
I'm talking about TIME magazine in general.
Time Magazine is left of you. That doesn't make it a leftist magazine.
| 640 |
Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:04:15pm |
re: #576 Slumbering Behemoth
You left off hillfolk, werewolves, and vampires from your list of possible dangers.
Though you could probably discount vampires as a credible threat. They're are sparkley and emo now. You could probably kill one with a small ferret or a heart-felt poem.
LOL, yep.
Vampires are no longer a threat, apparently they now spend all their time "stalking" (romantically?) high school girls.
| 641 |
cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:04:18pm |
re: #623 windsagio
its more amazing that we can argue about it when we all claim to agree :p
/altho I suspect sometimes that there are a few people on here that don't really agree at all ;)
I'm not even talk about agreeing or disagreeing. I'm talking about the ridiculous form the discussion takes. One side trying to discredit the other with this or that. Misses the point of science. Molecules bounce off each other. They don't check with anybody before doing so. Reputations of those that believe, or disbelieve, in man-caused global warming, is irrelevant.
| 642 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:04:20pm |
re: #635 Walter L. Newton
Man if TIME is a leftwing magazine, the Luces' are rolling over in Hell.
| 643 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:04:47pm |
re: #637 Walter L. Newton
Well, I'm successfully being nice to you. You're just failing to accept it.
And I'm fairly sure that akinator is a neural net of the same flavor of 20q. I like neural nets. They're such an awesome way of solving some problems.
| 644 |
Bagua Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:05:38pm |
re: #632 Dark_Falcon
Good point. The problem is that this is a critical issue, so we need to get the science right to know what actions we need to take. We can't be advancing job killing 'carbon tax' bills when we don't really know that they'll do any good.
We also need to get beyond the current state, where any examination of the data or theory revolves around the question "Do you believe in AGW?"
The problem is the belief system, and the media hype and the resulting political hype has gotten way ahead of the actual science.
Putting the cart before the horse, as they say, always ends unpleasantly for both the horse and the cart.
| 645 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:05:50pm |
re: #643 Obdicut
Well, I'm successfully being nice to you. You're just failing to accept it.
First thing I have agree with you on in months.
| 646 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:06:41pm |
re: #639 Olsonist
Time Magazine is left of you. That doesn't make it a leftist magazine.
Well I'd say that TIME is a liberal magazine, but there not leftist in the way that The Nation is.
| 647 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:06:47pm |
re: #643 Obdicut
Shhh... He's flirting with you. Let him buy you a drink or something.
| 648 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:06:53pm |
re: #619 windsagio
My favorite quote from that article:
Bill #246 was initially sent to the Committee on Swamp Lands.
Because that's who's in charge of Pi.
| 650 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:07:38pm |
re: #644 Bagua
We also need to get beyond the current state, where any examination of the data or theory revolves around the question "Do you believe in AGW?"
The problem is the belief system, and the media hype and the resulting political hype has gotten way ahead of the actual science.
Putting the cart before the horse, as they say, always ends unpleasantly for both the horse and the cart.
Quite concur. That's a post we can all agree on.
| 651 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:07:53pm |
| 652 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:07:55pm |
re: #648 Obdicut
The Straight Dope is one of the best things, EVER.
| 653 |
blueraven Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:07:59pm |
re: #635 Walter L. Newton
I'm talking about TIME magazine in general.
Ok I see. I would agree they may have a slight left slant
but they also balance that with writers like Scherer.
| 654 |
Olsonist Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:08:30pm |
re: #646 Dark_Falcon
Well I'd say that TIME is a liberal magazine, but there not leftist in the way that The Nation is.
No, not liberal either. Just less conservative than you are. I'd say Time and Newsweek are like the Newshour and NPR pretty darned mainstream centrist.
| 655 |
Silvergirl Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:08:39pm |
| 656 |
Mich-again Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:09:20pm |
Is it a language gap or a Freudian slip
.."We bear responsibility for his assassination and we will retaliate," Khaled Meshaal, the exiled leader of Hamas politburo, said during al-Mabhouh's funeral in Damascus.
So if you guys bear responsibility, who are you going to retaliate against?
| 657 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:09:31pm |
re: #654 Olsonist
I secretly agree with you, but good luck with that argument :p
| 658 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:09:32pm |
re: #644 Bagua
We also need to get beyond the current state, where any examination of the data or theory revolves around the question "Do you believe in AGW?"
The problem is the belief system, and the media hype and the resulting political hype has gotten way ahead of the actual science.
Putting the cart before the horse, as they say, always ends unpleasantly for both the horse and the cart.
Nope... it's just like religion... you can't just profess a belief in G-d... you have to answer... "do you accept Christ as your Lord and Savior."
Just because I agree that there is a global warming trend is not good enough. I have to believe that CRU and all the others are perfect beings, incapable of actually trying to deceive in the most, or in the least, some very sloppy scientists.
Nope, unless you believe that the IPCC and CRU and Etal are your lords and saviors, you are simply a non-believer.
Bullshit.
| 659 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:09:54pm |
re: #654 Olsonist
I'd say that Time and Newsweek just suck, and to check any story you read in either of them, especially if it has to do with science.
| 662 |
Girth Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:11:16pm |
re: #648 Obdicut
My favorite quote from that article:
Because that's who's in charge of Pi.
I like the letter from H.K.S. in Springfield, VA. I think it would be an interesting exercise to try to explain significant digits to such a person.
| 663 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:11:57pm |
re: #658 Walter L. Newton
I think that the guy at CRU was attempting to screw over the climate change deniers by improperly denying their legitimate requests for information, and that he's a naughty boy for having done so.
Things aren't as black and white as you're painting them.
But it's definitely more dramatic your way!
| 664 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:12:49pm |
| 665 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:12:56pm |
re: #663 Obdicut
I think that the guy at CRU was attempting to screw over the climate change deniers by improperly denying their legitimate requests for information, and that he's a naughty boy for having done so.
Things aren't as black and white as you're painting them.
But it's definitely more dramatic your way!
I don't understand what you are saying.
| 666 |
Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:13:38pm |
re: #646 Dark_Falcon
Well I'd say that TIME is a liberal magazine, but there not leftist in the way that The Nation is.
Time has never been a liberal magazine from it's first inception, it still is not today. Look at who they have in their writers stable and read the editorial comment, they are still very much right, just in a mainstream way rather than blatantly enough to make the wingnuts happy.
| 667 |
Bagua Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:14:26pm |
re: #658 Walter L. Newton
Exactly. This is not science, rather it is the corruption of science. Once the religion has been crushed, and we are seeing the start of that now, the politicians and the Media will lose interest and the circus show will stop. The scientists will stop with the jet setting and public awards shows and go back to what they do, science, which requires nerds, not media stars.
No one "believes" in gravity for example, and particle physics is not hotly debated in the media.
| 668 |
Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:14:37pm |
re: #624 Obdicut
Oooh, nifty, is that a neural net?
This one is:
[Link: www.20q.net...]
Precious minutes are being siphoned off of my life thanks to you!!
| 669 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:14:57pm |
re: #665 Walter L. Newton
You made a hyperbolic claim, that one had to
"believe that CRU and all the others are perfect beings, incapable of actually trying to deceive in the most, or in the least, some very sloppy scientists.
Nope, unless you believe that the IPCC and CRU and Etal are your lords and saviors, you are simply a non-believer."
But it's rather far from the truth.
| 670 |
cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:15:08pm |
re: #666 ausador
The scary thing is, people actually believe this is true, absurd as it may be.
| 671 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:15:12pm |
re: #666 ausador
Well really, its part of the tactic: Move the left fringe as far to the right as possible, because then everything under the new border can be ignored.
The left does it occasionally, but for some reason they don't tend to be as blatant about it :P
| 672 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:15:48pm |
re: #667 Bagua
Difference being that we don't actually have to do anything about gravity. We do have to do something about AGW.
| 673 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:15:59pm |
re: #599 Mich-again
Obama could really stir things up with the word counters if instead of saying "I", he would refer to himself in the third person in his speeches.
As long as he doesn't start talking like the Queen of England in the 2nd person, I think we're going to be OK.
| 674 |
cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:16:37pm |
It's frustrating, the mainstream media is such a sellout to the right.
| 675 |
cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:17:02pm |
re: #672 Obdicut
Difference being that we don't actually have to do anything about gravity. We do have to do something about AGW.
I look in the mirror every day. I need to do something about gravity.
| 676 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:17:19pm |
re: #667 Bagua
heh, you are so deeply wrong about that. Once the religion has been crushed, the same forces behind it will go on and work on crushing the science.
You're assuming the opponents of AGW are working in good faith, and thats a big mistake.
| 677 |
Bagua Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:17:19pm |
re: #672 Obdicut
Difference being that we don't actually have to do anything about gravity. We do have to do something about AGW.
Who is this "we" paleface?
| 678 |
Girth Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:17:23pm |
FFS why did James Hetfield have to go and try to learn how to sing?
Metallica sounds like they have some douchebag frat boy for a front man now.
| 679 |
Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:18:03pm |
Okay, 20q is stupid
You are Stringer Bell.
Were you killed off? You said Yes, 20Q was taught by other players that the answer is No.
Or at least the people using it are. Got it in only 17 questions, though. Impressive.
| 680 |
Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:18:16pm |
Anyone see this? Looks like Bill O'Reilly's "no spin" poll got punked
94% say Obama rates A first year..
Oh, and good evening.
| 681 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:18:22pm |
re: #674 cliffster
I'd say they're more sellouts to hysteria. They like reporting in a hysterical tone. Nothing can just be reported on anymore, there have to be sudden reversals, surprising developments. More and more, the reporters try to give the impression that things are changing every minute... even when they're just standing outside a courthouse and nothing is going to happen for hours.
I don't know how they do their jobs. It must be really boring.
| 683 |
Bagua Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:19:27pm |
re: #676 windsagio
heh, you are so deeply wrong about that. Once the religion has been crushed, the same forces behind it will go on and work on crushing the science.
You're assuming the opponents of AGW are working in good faith, and thats a big mistake.
Perhaps, perhaps not. Time will tell. I certainly know I'm working in good faith. Can't speak for everyone though, and there are certainly people with agendas on both sides. My assertion is that the science will mature better without the hype and agenda, the pressure is quite distorting.
| 684 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:19:58pm |
re: #676 windsagio
heh, you are so deeply wrong about that. Once the religion has been crushed, the same forces behind it will go on and work on crushing the science.
You're assuming the opponents of AGW are working in good faith, and thats a big mistake.
Well, you assume that all the scientist were working in good fiath, and it is quite evident at this point, that a good number of the major players were not.
And that's not my opinion, it's facts... it's the British governments facts, the Indian governments facts and other scientists facts.
| 685 |
cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:20:20pm |
re: #681 Obdicut
Yeah, watch live coverage of a high-speed car chase. "He's driving really fast! Still driving really fast! He had to go around that truck! He's driving really fast!"
| 686 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:20:35pm |
re: #679 JasonA
It's a neural net-- it can only be as 'smart' as an algorithmic interpretation of the answers of those answering. If you look into the theory of neural nets, it's really damn interesting. I encourage it.
| 687 |
What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:20:40pm |
re: #678 Girth
FFS why did James Hetfield have to go and try to learn how to sing?
Metallica sounds like they have some douchebag frat boy for a front man now.
They didn't before? :p
| 689 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:21:29pm |
| 690 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:21:42pm |
re: #683 Bagua
Its more that the tactic is foolish :p The lesson of the ICPP thing is 'don't try any funny stuff, you won't get away with it'. I guess that's the internet age for ya ;)
And, just to be clear, I'm not accusing you of acting in bad faith. I definitely believe that there are plenty of actors that are tho (ie the exxon-mobil types and the Inhofe's of the world)
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Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:21:49pm |
re: #686 Obdicut
It's a neural net-- it can only be as 'smart' as an algorithmic interpretation of the answers of those answering. If you look into the theory of neural nets, it's really damn interesting. I encourage it.
Is this damn thing going to come to life and kill us all?
| 693 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:22:17pm |
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Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:22:17pm |
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:23:03pm |
re: #693 windsagio
sorry varek, I'll stop.
Concern trolling just pisses me off :P
Oh, don't mind me! Just being snarky!
Carry on!
;)
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:23:59pm |
re: #696 Varek Raith
Eeh, you have a point. Its one of those things that nobody's gonna get through on. It just goes on and on until someone has to leave their computer for some reason :P
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:24:16pm |
re: #695 windsagio
Who brought up &#@$#@ AGW anyways?
I did. Since there seemed to be a lack of any mention of the current developments among us. Just thought that I would liven up the evening. Besides, I haven't had anyone to argue with for hours. My day is not complete unless I get a chance to disagree with someone.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:24:51pm |
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Girth Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:25:03pm |
re: #687 marjoriemoon
They didn't before? :p
Black album and after, yes, they did, but I don't listen to that stuff.
I still love to listen to Master of Puppets front to back from time to time.
| 701 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:25:29pm |
re: #699 windsagio
hah good show!
You made me smile :)
Wanna argue about Apple or Lost?
What do you want to say about LOST (careful Ranger).
| 702 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:25:33pm |
Hah! I've stumped the Akinator, and added a (fictional) character to it's list that it had never heard of. Elijah C. Skuggs.
| 703 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:25:43pm |
I'm so confused, My neural net is going to kill me or the AGW scientists?
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Bagua Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:26:00pm |
re: #690 windsagio
Its more that the tactic is foolish :p The lesson of the ICPP thing is 'don't try any funny stuff, you won't get away with it'. I guess that's the internet age for ya ;)
And, just to be clear, I'm not accusing you of acting in bad faith. I definitely believe that there are plenty of actors that are tho (ie the exxon-mobil types and the Inhofe's of the world)
Yes, I know you are not pointing the finger at me.
It will be a sign of progress on this forum, IMHO, when we can discuss such emotive topics as AGW without all the personal attacks and calls to and questions of beliefs and faith. We can not "win" or decide this issue on this forum, we are not qualified. But we can exchange ideas, test our ideas and learn from each other. I look forward to that eventuality, though perhaps I'm a dreamer.
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Olsonist Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:26:14pm |
re: #693 windsagio
... Concern trolling just pisses me off :P
It is very tedious. The denialists never quote actual data and arguments. It's always something peripheral. The more obscure, the smaller, the more conspiratorial. Never the blitheringly obvious.
They did the same thing with Rachel Carson. DDT is good for you. Let's spray the neighborhood.
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:26:17pm |
re: #703 ggt
I'm so confused, My neural net is going to kill me or the AGW scientists?
Skynet....or perhaps SHODAN...hard to tell.
| 708 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:26:37pm |
re: #698 Walter L. Newton
My day is not complete unless I get a chance to disagree with someone.
Yes it is.
| 709 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:26:38pm |
re: #701 Walter L. Newton
What do you want to say about LOST (careful Ranger).
Walter, I can't remember and sorry I've asked this before, did your read Ecco's Foucault's Pendulum? I know we talked about it at some point.
| 710 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:27:12pm |
re: #701 Walter L. Newton
OK, Apple it is!
Its wrong that a $300 PC notebook is just about as powerful as a $1100 macbook
| 711 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:27:39pm |
re: #709 ggt
Great, great book.
Have you read Sewer, Gas, Electric, by Matt Ruff? People who like Eco usually love it. A very weird book. One of the subplots revolves around Howard Hughes golden submarine.
| 713 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:27:43pm |
re: #709 ggt
love that book, and germaine to Lost in the tendency of people to seek patterns where there are none ;:)
| 715 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:29:11pm |
re: #711 Obdicut
Great, great book.
Have you read Sewer, Gas, Electric, by Matt Ruff? People who like Eco usually love it. A very weird book. One of the subplots revolves around Howard Hughes golden submarine.
Thanks, I like wierd. It's in the wish list.
| 716 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:30:04pm |
Umberto Eco seriously fries my brain. The Island of the Day Before still makes me wince.
| 717 |
Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:30:47pm |
re: #687 marjoriemoon
They didn't before? :p
Of course not, thats heresy...
Why, I could listen to that for hours, days even...
/not. (honestly wtf?)
| 718 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:31:05pm |
re: #709 ggt
Walter, I can't remember and sorry I've asked this before, did your read Ecco's Foucault's Pendulum? I know we talked about it at some point.
Yep... a number of internal references to it on LOST. Of course, LOST is actually using a concept of Eco's, that of linking fiction to existing fiction and myth in order to build a meta story, interconnecting, overlapping and so on. Just as "Pendulum" is a story of self-fulfilling concepts, so is LOST and LOST also has built multiple connections to existng myths and factual historical figures.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:31:27pm |
re: #716 ggt
That book is a serious pain in the ass.
If you like Eco, Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities is great too.
Not as erudite or complex as Eco, but the numerolgy and wordplay in it is simply stunning.
| 720 |
cliffster Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:32:06pm |
looks like people are showing up and there's interesting conversation stirring up. hate to duck out now since I've been holding out all evening, but it's late, and late is what it is. So I hope everyone has a peaceful and purposeful weekend. Talk at ya later
| 721 |
Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:32:11pm |
Mr Eko, by the Oceanic Six. I still don't get it. It makes me laugh, but I'm not sure it's supposed to, know what I mean?
| 722 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:33:40pm |
re: #699 windsagio
hah good show!
You made me smile :)
Wanna argue about Apple or Lost?
Wait... you're just trying to trick me into shutting up about AGW and the scientists... ha, ha... it took me a while, but I finally caught up with your little scheme... and you thought you had me there for a moment.
| 724 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:33:59pm |
re: #719 windsagio
Calvino is great.
And I'm assuming everyone is acknowledging that Borges is the absolute master of that style of surreal, conspiratorial writing.
Man, that cat had some strange stuff in his head.
| 725 |
What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:34:00pm |
re: #700 Girth
Black album and after, yes, they did, but I don't listen to that stuff.
I still love to listen to Master of Puppets front to back from time to time.
heh I really do love metal, but I've never been a Metallica fan. My thought about them is they only have one song. But you could probably say that about a lot of groups lol
| 726 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:34:08pm |
re: #722 Walter L. Newton
Lol, no. Varek just shamed me into shutting up :P
| 727 |
Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:34:49pm |
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blueraven Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:34:58pm |
re: #680 Stanley Sea
Anyone see this? Looks like Bill O'Reilly's "no spin" poll got punked
94% say Obama rates A first year..
Oh, and good evening.
LOL. No kidding!
Thanks for the chuckle. Good night.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:35:10pm |
re: #721 JasonA
That's fan based content. It's not "official" LOST...
| 730 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:35:13pm |
re: #724 Obdicut
Man, did you ever read Gore Vidal's reviews of Borges? He turned me off on the stuff permanently... Before I even read any.
Thats probably bad tho >>
| 731 |
Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:36:07pm |
| 732 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:36:12pm |
re: #678 Girth
FFS why did James Hetfield have to go and try to learn how to sing?
Metallica sounds like they have some douchebag frat boy for a front man now.
YOU'RE HAVING A METAL DISCUSSION WITHOUT ME :(
And agreed totally. Hetfield can't sing harsh vocals anymore, now he sounds like Scott Stapp from Creed. Yuck.
| 734 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:36:31pm |
re: #730 windsagio
Man, did you ever read Gore Vidal's reviews of Borges? He turned me off on the stuff permanently... Before I even read any.
Thats probably bad tho >>
Gore Vidal turns me off. I've seen him interviewed and thought he was an arrogant *&^%. I don't think I could contribute a dime to his income by buying anything he wrote.
| 735 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:36:55pm |
re: #729 Walter L. Newton
since you asked, and nobody would come at me on Apple, I'll invite destruction :p
I have issues with Lost because I think its a big scam (or if you want to be more educated sounding/nice, its an exercise in making people see a plot where there are just random elements :p)
| 736 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:37:33pm |
re: #725 marjoriemoon
heh I really do love metal, but I've never been a Metallica fan. My thought about them is they only have one song. But you could probably say that about a lot of groups lol
Puppets is a flawless record, but it's really the only one I return to. I've moved on.
| 737 |
Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:37:33pm |
re: #732 WindUpBird
YOU'RE HAVING A METAL DISCUSSION WITHOUT ME :(
And agreed totally. Hetfield can't sing harsh vocals anymore, now he sounds like Scott Stapp from Creed. Yuck.
The Black Album was Metallica's last.
For me, anyways.
| 738 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:37:50pm |
re: #735 windsagio
since you asked, and nobody would come at me on Apple, I'll invite destruction :p
I have issues with Lost because I think its a big scam (or if you want to be more educated sounding/nice, its an exercise in making people see a plot where there are just random elements :p)
It's all about the DRAMA. And, in that sense, it is very good. Drives me up the wall.
| 739 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:38:19pm |
re: #734 ggt
hah, he's worth it for calling Bill Buckley a "crypto-nazi".
That aside, his litcrit is totally brilliant. The guy really makes you love or hate a book, and buy it if you haven't.
| 740 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:38:36pm |
re: #700 Girth
I still love to listen to Master of Puppets front to back from time to time.
There is nothing after Master of Puppets. The band broke up after Cliff Burton's death.
/lalalala.. not listenting.. lalalala
| 741 |
Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:38:37pm |
re: #735 windsagio
since you asked, and nobody would come at me on Apple, I'll invite destruction :p
I have issues with Lost because I think its a big scam (or if you want to be more educated sounding/nice, its an exercise in making people see a plot where there are just random elements :p)
Twin Peaks, take two? Seriously though, storytelling is a journey, not a destination.
| 742 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:38:50pm |
re: #734 ggt
Gore Vidal turns me off. I've seen him interviewed and thought he was an arrogant *&^%. I don't think I could contribute a dime to his income by buying anything he wrote.
He is an arrogant shit, and that's why I like him. I also like Chris Hitchens for the same reason. They call people out and just don't give a shit. Chris Hitchens dissing Falwell after his death was one of my favorite things I have ever heard.
| 744 |
blueraven Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:39:12pm |
re: #735 windsagio
since you asked, and nobody would come at me on Apple, I'll invite destruction :p
I have issues with Lost because I think its a big scam (or if you want to be more educated sounding/nice, its an exercise in making people see a plot where there are just random elements :p)
Sounds a lot like Glenn Beck.
| 745 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:39:48pm |
re: #730 windsagio
Gore Vidal is not fit to edit the memo line of a check written by Borges.
Some of my favorite Borges lines:
Mir Bahadur Ali is, as we have seen, incapable of evading the most vulgar of art's temptations: that of being a genius.
And this one answers Vidal very well:
Like every writer, he measured the virtues of other writers by their performance, and asked that they measure him by what he conjectured or planned.
| 746 |
What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:39:50pm |
re: #736 WindUpBird
Puppets is a flawless record, but it's really the only one I return to. I've moved on.
I've always been an AC/DC fan from back when Bon was singing. I'm crazy for Angus Young.
| 747 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:40:03pm |
re: #739 windsagio
hah, he's worth it for calling Bill Buckley a "crypto-nazi".
That aside, his litcrit is totally brilliant. The guy really makes you love or hate a book, and buy it if you haven't.
Admit it, what he said about Buckley was way out of line. You can disagree with his beliefs, but William F Buckley was not a totalitarian in any way, and Vidal was an ass for saying he was.
| 748 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:40:18pm |
12 more days until my Audible membership is due to allot another 2 books. I've been making due on actual books and fiction podcasts. There is some wacky stuff out there, and I like it. Wormwood--silly, but I can't wait for the next episode.
For some reason it seems like a cross between DR Who, Lost and A Series of Unfortunate Events.
| 749 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:41:17pm |
| 750 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:41:26pm |
re: #740 Slumbering Behemoth
There is nothing after Master of Puppets. The band broke up after Cliff Burton's death.
/lalalala.. not listenting.. lalalala
Ya know, I would have argued against you on this ten years ago, now I'm starting to come around. I still like some stuff on Black album and Justice, but Justice has such horrible production that I can barely stand it anymore. One and Harvester are the only song off it I return to. How the fuck they had the warmest, fattest guitar tones on Master and traded it in for that tin can shit that Justice sounds like, I'll never understand.
I don't want to hear anything bad about Newsted though. Newsted is a fabulous bassist, and his other bands (chiefly Flotsam and Jetsam and Voivod) are brilliant.
| 751 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:41:56pm |
re: #747 Dark_Falcon
Admit it, what he said about Buckley was way out of line. You can disagree with his beliefs, but William F Buckley was not a totalitarian in any way, and Vidal was an ass for saying he was.
I get the idea that he HATES women.
| 752 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:42:15pm |
re: #746 marjoriemoon
I've always been an AC/DC fan from back when Bon was singing. I'm crazy for Angus Young.
I can get with the AC.DC! Talk about a band that only has one song, though. 8-) I still love them. Maximum Overdrive soundtrack forever!
| 753 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:42:21pm |
re: #735 windsagio
since you asked, and nobody would come at me on Apple, I'll invite destruction :p
I have issues with Lost because I think its a big scam (or if you want to be more educated sounding/nice, its an exercise in making people see a plot where there are just random elements :p)
Nope. I've done this little tap dance many times before. First off, this was the first evening serialized show that had a promise from a network for a certain number of years, in this case six. The producers had the basic plot arcs, beginning, middle and end all worked out before they even filmed the pilot. Of course, it's a TV show, they had wiggle room to modify how they accomplished the plot arcs, but all the key plot points and elements were created before the show began.
The last season, season five, was proof of how they producers had the complex elements worked out, there was so many moments of "That's why so-and-so happened in season [pick a number]."
LOST has been a very successful experiment in creating a evening serialized TV show in a brand new way, and 16 million viewers an episode is proof of that fact.
| 754 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:42:42pm |
re: #749 windsagio
I like Vidal too, but he's a... I don't know how to put it, a technical writer, a craft-writer. I don't get the feeling from him that his writing is very personal, or inspired; it all feels calculated.
To me, Vidal is a minor writer who knows he's a minor writer, which is a painful thing, I think.
| 755 |
Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:42:43pm |
re: #750 WindUpBird
Blackened. Don't be dissing Blackened.
| 756 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:43:18pm |
re: #751 ggt
I get the idea that he HATES women.
Maybe! He had a terrible, abusive mother, and he's gay.
he's also a tremendous fiction writer and a tremendous essayist. I don't get caugh up in the foibles of artists I like. Otherwise I would have to throw out most of my albums, most of my art book collection, etc etc
| 757 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:43:22pm |
| 758 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:43:48pm |
re: #749 windsagio
Get Ficciones, and start with the best. It'll help you figure out the rest.
| 759 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:44:10pm |
re: #754 Obdicut
I like Vidal too, but he's a... I don't know how to put it, a technical writer, a craft-writer. I don't get the feeling from him that his writing is very personal, or inspired; it all feels calculated.
To me, Vidal is a minor writer who knows he's a minor writer, which is a painful thing, I think.
I liked Live from Golgotha a lot, it didn't feel uninspired. it is very cerebral and snarky though. Dude is like a snark golem.
| 760 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:45:03pm |
re: #753 Walter L. Newton
Ehh, I won't deny it was successful.
Did you ever read David Brin's thing on Lost?
Brutal!
| 761 |
Aye Pod Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:45:06pm |
re: #724 Obdicut
Calvino is great.
And I'm assuming everyone is acknowledging that Borges is the absolute master of that style of surreal, conspiratorial writing.
Man, that cat had some strange stuff in his head.
I tend to think of Borges stories as the Twilight Zone with a brain. Definitely one of my favourite writers.
[Link: jubal.westnet.com...]
| 762 |
What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:45:28pm |
re: #752 WindUpBird
I can get with the AC.DC! Talk about a band that only has one song, though. 8-) I still love them. Maximum Overdrive soundtrack forever!
I try arguing that point with Mr. Moon, but it doesn't go over well.
| 763 |
Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:45:51pm |
re: #752 WindUpBird
I can get with the AC.DC! Talk about a band that only has one song, though. 8-)
You can't talk about Molly Hatchet like that! Oh, nevermind, AC-DC? Carry on with the bashing...
/
| 764 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:46:03pm |
re: #759 WindUpBird
I think thats kind of the thing about it. His POV is so bizarrely different from the rest of the US (old-school upper-class). It makes reading it weird sometimes.
I really love him for his essays tho'
| 765 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:46:08pm |
re: #759 WindUpBird
I like his books just fine. I just don't feel blown away by them in the same way I do from Borges, or Bulgakov, or Babel, or Baldwin. And that's just the B's.
| 766 |
Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:46:26pm |
| 767 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:46:43pm |
re: #755 JasonA
Blackened. Don't be dissing Blackened.
I AM DISSING BLACKENED
I dislike that song. The drums are all clicky and reedy, it just feels like it doesn't hold together. I just ugh, don't like it.
My idea of perfect Metallica is Thing That Should Not Be, Orion, Call of Ktulu, Puppets, Creeping Death... maybe One.
| 768 |
Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:46:54pm |
| 770 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:47:23pm |
re: #762 marjoriemoon
I try arguing that point with Mr. Moon, but it doesn't go over well.
I will say that stuff like She's Got the Jack doesn't sound like normal AC/DC.
You know who has one song? MOTORHEAD.
| 772 |
What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:48:22pm |
re: #763 ausador
You can't talk about Molly Hatchet like that! Oh, nevermind, AC-DC? Carry on with the bashing...
/
lol another!! But oh... Southern Rock.
I like Neil Young too, so I don't know what to think.
| 773 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:48:50pm |
re: #769 windsagio
Lol, metallica song names.
They're not as wild as Voivod song names!
KORGULL THE EXTERMINATOR
| 774 |
Aye Pod Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:49:05pm |
re: #742 WindUpBird
He is an arrogant shit, and that's why I like him. I also like Chris Hitchens for the same reason. They call people out and just don't give a shit. Chris Hitchens dissing Falwell after his death was one of my favorite things I have ever heard.
Heh. The following words are forever etched into my brain:
"If you gave him an enema, you could have buried him in a matchbox"
| 775 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:49:05pm |
re: #772 marjoriemoon
lol another!! But oh... Southern Rock.
I like Neil Young too, so I don't know what to think.
DUDE DUDE
You know of the band Clutch, right?
| 776 |
Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:49:27pm |
re: #773 WindUpBird
They're not as wild as Voivod song names!
KORGULL THE EXTERMINATOR
HATREDCOPTER.
;)
:P
| 777 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:50:05pm |
re: #747 Dark_Falcon
Buckley was a superior intellect, and an excellent debater. A true asset to conservatism. I will always hold him in high regard for his work in pushing elements like the Birchers out of the GOP.
| 778 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:50:32pm |
re: #771 JasonA
Harumph!
keep in mind I am into stoner doom metal. So I have massive conformation bias towards the mid tempo grindy Sabbath stuff :D
| 779 |
What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:51:27pm |
re: #770 WindUpBird
I will say that stuff like She's Got the Jack doesn't sound like normal AC/DC.
LOL Dude, that's my ringtone. There are others, unfortunately, if you listen to the radio, they've only made maybe 3 songs.
Rock is dead.
You know who has one song? MOTORHEAD.
Indeed lol
| 780 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:51:34pm |
| 781 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:51:34pm |
re: #765 Obdicut
I like his books just fine. I just don't feel blown away by them in the same way I do from Borges, or Bulgakov, or Babel, or Baldwin. And that's just the B's.
You are out of my league, I'm not enough of a reader :D
| 782 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:51:50pm |
re: #761 Jimmah
I tend to think of Borges stories as the Twilight Zone with a brain. Definitely one of my favourite writers.
[Link: jubal.westnet.com...]
I found it on podcast--audio version, it is episode 1. For those that like audio.
| 783 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:51:55pm |
re: #777 Slumbering Behemoth
Buckley was a superior intellect, and an excellent debater. A true asset to conservatism. I will always hold him in high regard for his work in pushing elements like the Birchers out of the GOP.
Me too. His threat to use main force to shut Gore Vidal up was bad, but unlike people like Glen Beck it was a one-off, never to be repeated. Vidal simply goaded Buckley beyond endurance.
| 785 |
What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:52:08pm |
| 786 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:52:26pm |
re: #760 windsagio
Ehh, I won't deny it was successful.
Did you ever read David Brin's thing on Lost?
Brutal!
I've read this before. I don't agree with much of what he says. And I don't have the leisure time tonight to address him point by point. Suffice to say, a number of elements were introduced in Season Five that enable the viewer to answer a lot of Brin's questions themselves. This is a six year long movie, certain things about the "world" that these characters are moving in self-explains themselves. The two characters, Jacob and his Nemesis are enough for any viewer to realize that these two capricious "beings" are capable of creating any sort of "problem" for the characters.
| 787 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:52:27pm |
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:53:20pm |
re: #786 Walter L. Newton
I don't know enough to really debate you, so I'm just carrying on :p
thats why I have no content to throw at you >>
Its fun to hear people that truly love something speak tho :)
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:54:12pm |
re: #785 marjoriemoon
lol NO!! Inspire me!
Consider yourself gleefully initiated into the world of Clutch :D
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:54:29pm |
re: #772 marjoriemoon
lol another!! But oh... Southern Rock.
I like Neil Young too, so I don't know what to think.
I would literally go for days without pulling my 8-track of the "Flirtin with diaster" album out of the player in my old Mach-I. Ahh, the good old days?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:54:48pm |
re: #767 WindUpBird
My idea of perfect Metallica is Thing That Should Not Be, Orion, Call of Ktulu, Puppets, Creeping Death... maybe One.
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Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:55:12pm |
re: #781 WindUpBird
Nobody believes how fast I read.
I've read about a book a day every day since I was about eight. I reread books all the time, too. I've read some of my favorites, like Cryptonomicon or The Master and Margarita, more than twenty times.
I work at a company that makes educational toys for children. I wish like hell I understood how I was reading so fast. My parents, when I was young, didn't believe I really was reading that fast-- thought I was just showing off-- and they used to take the books away and quiz me on them. I think that provoked me into developing an excellent textual memory. But I have no clue what I do differently than anyone else, and I wish we could figure it out.
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:55:13pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:55:13pm |
re: #786 Walter L. Newton
Lost is one of those shows that I sorta missed when it started, but I want to just get on DVD and mainline. Same with the show Fringe.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:55:39pm |
re: #789 WindUpBird
I like Clutch okay (not my style really) but "Profits of Doom" is a FREAKING GENIUS song name!
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Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:56:09pm |
re: #786 Walter L. Newton
It's a case of dual-deus-ex-machina, much like Carnival was.
I liked that show a lot.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:56:14pm |
re: #786 Walter L. Newton
I've read this before. I don't agree with much of what he says. And I don't have the leisure time tonight to address him point by point. Suffice to say, a number of elements were introduced in Season Five that enable the viewer to answer a lot of Brin's questions themselves. This is a six year long movie, certain things about the "world" that these characters are moving in self-explains themselves. The two characters, Jacob and his Nemesis are enough for any viewer to realize that these two capricious "beings" are capable of creating any sort of "problem" for the characters.
Call Jacob the ultimate "god in the machine" device, except for the fact that he was not introduced suddenly as some way to simply explain a lot of what happened. he was a know but unseen character 4 years ago, and an integral part of the story all along. We are only now partly understanding the complex game that is being played, and our plane crash survivors are pieces in a cosmic game of one-up-manship.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:56:21pm |
re: #791 Slumbering Behemoth
Dude, so true! I got into ARGUMENTS with friends over how Cthulhu was spelled in high school, Metallica versus Lovecraft versus the CoC game, etc etc. Like real arguments, heated and everything!
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Aye Pod Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:56:27pm |
The Book of Sand, arranged as "an interactive hypertext puzzle" :
[Link: artificeeternity.com...]
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:57:09pm |
re: #792 Obdicut
Nobody believes how fast I read.
I've read about a book a day every day since I was about eight. I reread books all the time, too. I've read some of my favorites, like Cryptonomicon or The Master and Margarita, more than twenty times.
I work at a company that makes educational toys for children. I wish like hell I understood how I was reading so fast. My parents, when I was young, didn't believe I really was reading that fast-- thought I was just showing off-- and they used to take the books away and quiz me on them. I think that provoked me into developing an excellent textual memory. But I have no clue what I do differently than anyone else, and I wish we could figure it out.
You probably has a brain that can capture many words at once, unlike most of us who have to read word by word, line by line. I ready very fast for a word by word reader, but I can't compare to your type of reading. Supposedly you can learn it, I've tried, but I can't get the same comprehension level--they say I takes practice.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:57:12pm |
re: #792 Obdicut
You're the Iain Banks fan, right? I don't read a lot, but he (along with Gibson) is my favorite sci-fi author. CULTURE NOVELS RULE
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:57:43pm |
re: #780 windsagio
Speaking of rolling in his grave...
Poor Bill :(
Mr. Buckley does not roll in his grave. He stares out from it ominously, with slightly clenched fists.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:58:03pm |
re: #790 ausador
I would literally go for days without pulling my 8-track of the "Flirtin with diaster" album out of the player in my old Mach-I. Ahh, the good old days?
You had a Mach-1 mustang? OH DO TELL, I'm jealous. I had a dirtbag yellow firebird in high school. :D
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:58:14pm |
re: #801 WindUpBird
I still like Classic Clarke and Asimov better. Caves of Steel is the best detective novel ever!
/well not really. Probably the best scifi-detective novel >>
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Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:58:16pm |
Clutch - Mob Goes Wild
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:58:31pm |
re: #802 Slumbering Behemoth
Mr. Buckley does not roll in his grave. He stares out from it ominously, with slightly clenched fists.
No, he doesn't clench his fists. He has a content smile because he knows he was right all a long.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:58:41pm |
re: #802 Slumbering Behemoth
Mr. Buckley does not roll in his grave. He stares out from it ominously, with slightly clenched fists.
William F Buckley waits, dead but dreaming.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:58:55pm |
re: #796 Obdicut
It's a case of dual-deus-ex-machina, much like Carnival was.
I liked that show a lot.
Except for the fact that Jacob was a know entity from season two onward. So, we were not just handed a deus-ex-machina in some sort of effort to clean things up. In some sense, this deus-ex-machina was used in just the opposite way then as usually used.
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:59:01pm |
re: #802 Slumbering Behemoth
Mr. Buckley does not roll in his grave. He stares out from it ominously, with slightly clenched fists.
If I were him, I'd be messing with those 'Ghost Hunter' people.
/Boo! :D
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:59:30pm |
re: #805 JasonA
Also genius. That song is about Bush, IIRC!
Clutch live is something to behold. I have never seen crazier fucking fans at a show. I saw Sepultura. Clutch fans were more nuts. And at our show, they played "Oregon". I was so happy.
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Kragar Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:59:32pm |
re: #801 WindUpBird
You're the Iain Banks fan, right? I don't read a lot, but he (along with Gibson) is my favorite sci-fi author. CULTURE NOVELS RULE
I wish I had either some of my Gaunt's Ghosts or Ciaphis Cain books here at work right now
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Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 10:59:54pm |
re: #813 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I wish I had either some of my Gaunt's Ghosts or Ciaphis Cain books here at work right now
Still at work?
:(
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Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:00:28pm |
re: #812 WindUpBird
Also genius. That song is about Bush, IIRC!
Clutch live is something to behold. I have never seen crazier fucking fans at a show. I saw Sepultura. Clutch fans were more nuts. And at our show, they played "Oregon". I was so happy.
Condoleeza Rice is nice
But I prefer a-Roni...
:D
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:00:47pm |
re: #809 marjoriemoon
I should get out more!
There is a revival of stripped down hard rock and metal. it's coming back!
| 817 |
What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:00:53pm |
re: #790 ausador
I would literally go for days without pulling my 8-track of the "Flirtin with diaster" album out of the player in my old Mach-I. Ahh, the good old days?
All available for your iPod or MP3 player :)
| 818 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:01:11pm |
New thread, my cue to go to sleep.
in bed.
Have a great evening all!
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Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:01:16pm |
re: #800 ggt
But everybody really reads many words at a time, not one word at a time. If you take an average reader, show them two paragraphs, tell them to read just the top one, and then quiz them, they'll have information from the second paragraph. It's pretty cool. You're definitely right that that's what I do, and I'm highly conscious of doing so-- maybe it's just that, obstinate mistruster that I am, when they tried to teach me one word at a time I didn't listen, and I'm reading in a more 'natural' way. I don't know.
Here's another fun fact about learning: children conceive of numbers logarithmically before they're taught counting numbers.
re: #801 WindUpBird
Yes, Culture novels rule. I'm actually reading one of his 'straight' fiction books right now, and it's funny to see the same style approaching such a vastly different topic.
| 820 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:01:20pm |
re: #815 JasonA
Condoleeza Rice is nice
But I prefer a-Roni...:D
YOU SIR
ARE AWESOME
(10001110101 periodic table with a centerpiece of mind)
| 821 |
What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:01:20pm |
re: #789 WindUpBird
Consider yourself gleefully initiated into the world of Clutch :D
[Video]
That I like. It's more bluesy.
| 822 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:01:58pm |
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:02:17pm |
To bed... got to get caught up on my sleep so I am wide awake on Tuesday for the season six LOST opener.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:02:38pm |
re: #819 Obdicut
I was in Scotland when I first heard of Iain Banks, which was rad. Devoured Consider Phlebas, Player of Games, got home and read Wasp Factory, got Excession after it came out. I fucking love that guy, he's so smart and so twisted.
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windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:02:45pm |
re: #823 Walter L. Newton
'nite sir, thanks for not destroying me on Lost, you totally could have :)
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Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:02:50pm |
re: #810 Walter L. Newton
Everyone in the Greek plays knew that the Deus existed, too. It was the standard.
I don't have any opinion on whether the writers intended the whole arc or didn't. I've only watched part way through season two, and then lost interest.
Did you watch Carnival?
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Kragar Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:02:55pm |
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Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:03:14pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:03:45pm |
re: #821 marjoriemoon
That I like. It's more bluesy.
Clutch has a very rootsey vibe to them, and intensely nerdy and brainy lyrics. They have a semi-concept album about an alternate-universe Civil War where elephants are the preferred cavalry mount. :D
| 830 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:03:52pm |
re: #824 WindUpBird
Cool. I want him to live a long, happy life-- and write about thirty more books.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:03:52pm |
re: #826 Obdicut
Everyone in the Greek plays knew that the Deus existed, too. It was the standard.
I don't have any opinion on whether the writers intended the whole arc or didn't. I've only watched part way through season two, and then lost interest.
Did you watch Carnival?
I don't watch any TV... except LOST. I don't find much on TV to be very interesting... except LOST.
| 832 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:03:59pm |
re: #826 Obdicut
Everyone in the Greek plays knew that the Deus existed, too. It was the standard.
I don't have any opinion on whether the writers intended the whole arc or didn't. I've only watched part way through season two, and then lost interest.
Did you watch Carnival?
Carnivale, the HBO show?
| 833 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:04:07pm |
re: #831 Walter L. Newton
I don't watch any TV... except LOST. I don't find much on TV to be very interesting... except LOST.
I promised... to bed.
| 834 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:04:21pm |
re: #831 Walter L. Newton
I don't watch any TV... except LOST. I don't find much on TV to be very interesting... except LOST.
You're like me, except instead of LOST it's the Venture Bros. :D
| 835 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:04:21pm |
re: #831 Walter L. Newton
Well, Carnival is a lot like lost, so it might interest you.
| 836 |
Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:04:36pm |
Huh, is it me, or does Walter, I don't know, like LOST?
/
| 838 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:05:05pm |
re: #834 WindUpBird
now that's a show I'll defend to the death!
| 839 |
Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:06:16pm |
| 840 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:06:19pm |
re: #837 Obdicut
Yeah, forgot my 'e'. Thanks.
Are you looking forward to Game of Thrones, the HBO series? I predict it will be son gnarly it will break peoples' TVs in half.
| 841 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:06:40pm |
| 842 |
What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:07:08pm |
re: #816 WindUpBird
There is a revival of stripped down hard rock and metal. it's coming back!
The stoner doom rock isn't much my thang. I like a heavier bass and/or blues flavor. But I'm glad to hear it coming back. I hear nothing worth listening to on the radio.
| 843 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:07:32pm |
re: #841 windsagio
Yes, Yes it is.
Easily the best thing on Television.
and to bring it home, the Venture Bros reference to Lost was one of the best moments in the show :D
| 844 |
Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:07:39pm |
re: #840 WindUpBird
Are you looking forward to Game of Thrones, the HBO series? I predict it will be son gnarly it will break peoples' TVs in half.
Ugh. That and The Pacific are really going to make me miss having cable :(
| 845 |
Varek Raith Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:07:41pm |
| 846 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:08:01pm |
re: #843 WindUpBird
Ehh? I missed that. Probably because I don't know jack for lost :p
| 847 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:08:13pm |
re: #783 Dark_Falcon
Me too. His threat to use main force to shut Gore Vidal up was bad, but unlike people like Glen Beck it was a one-off, never to be repeated. Vidal simply goaded Buckley beyond endurance.
More than that, Buckley deeply regretted having done so, and openly admitted that it was very poor form on his part.
I swear, with JBS at the CPAC, Beck pimping JBS propaganda on his show, Buchanan and the like being lauded on right wing outlets...
... this current trend in the GOP/"conservative" movement is pissing all over his grave. Goldwater's as well. I am a republican that is quite angry with his party's silence on these matters.
| 848 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:08:42pm |
re: #840 WindUpBird
I don't have a TV, so I watch stuff that friends lend me or on Hulu. So short answer, no, I'm not looking forwards to it, but it may wander its way into my purview at some point.
I'll keep an eye out.
Wait... it's not based on Robert Jordan's stuff, is it?
| 849 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:09:43pm |
re: #848 Obdicut
George Martin.
Its a very different kind of fantasy than the standard "High Fantasy spellslinging" fare.
| 850 |
Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:09:55pm |
| 851 |
Aye Pod Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:10:12pm |
re: #819 Obdicut
Yes, Culture novels rule. I'm actually reading one of his 'straight' fiction books right now, and it's funny to see the same style approaching such a vastly different topic.
I'm currently reading "Espedair Street" - (which happens to be within a couple of miles of where I live...lol). I know most of the places he mentions well. Other than that, it's a tad ordinary as Banks goes. I get the feeling he had a TV adaptation in mind when he wrote it.
| 852 |
What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:10:42pm |
re: #829 WindUpBird
Clutch has a very rootsey vibe to them, and intensely nerdy and brainy lyrics. They have a semi-concept album about an alternate-universe Civil War where elephants are the preferred cavalry mount. :D
Interesting. Hubby will dig that. He's 4 years younger than me :) you'd be surprised what a big spread 4 years is musically.
| 853 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:10:44pm |
re: #842 marjoriemoon
The stoner doom rock isn't much my thang. I like a heavier bass and/or blues flavor. But I'm glad to hear it coming back. I hear nothing worth listening to on the radio.
The only thing I listen to on the radio is the satirical talk show host Phil Hendrie. I get all my music through ceaseless hunting and experimenting on the internet. I bought an eMusic account, and found a bunch of great electronic music (it seems I like downtempo, triphop, dubstep, dark progressive house) that way, I scour metal blogs and amazon lists to discover new stuff along my tastes, pandora, that sort of thing. Radio for music is pretty much worthless.
| 854 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:10:45pm |
re: #798 WindUpBird
Yes, but did you ever get into arguments over how to properly pronounce the name?
| 855 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:10:58pm |
| 856 |
Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:11:03pm |
re: #849 windsagio
George Martin.
Its a very different kind of fantasy than the standard "High Fantasy spellslinging" fare.
Those books have some real surprises in them. The wedding still gives me a chill when I think about it...
| 857 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:11:24pm |
| 858 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:11:34pm |
re: #854 Slumbering Behemoth
Yes, but did you ever get into arguments over how to properly pronounce the name?
That was part of the argument, actually. One of the cores of it. Ka-TOOL-hoo, versus Ka-THOOLE-hoo.
| 859 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:11:51pm |
| 860 |
Obdicut Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:12:32pm |
re: #849 windsagio
Thank god. Robert Jordan I can't stand.
re: #851 Jimmah
I honestly find his sci-fi more impressive than his 'normal' fiction, in almost every way. He's correctly recognized the biggest possible problem in a post-scarcity society-- ennui and and endless re-examination of the ethics of interference-- and his Culture novels play out wonderfully against that background. And his Minds-- I don't know anyone else who has created such convincing AI personalities.
Meatfucker, I salute you.
| 861 |
Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:12:46pm |
re: #858 WindUpBird
That was part of the argument, actually. One of the cores of it. Ka-TOOL-hoo, versus Ka-THOOLE-hoo.
Everyone knows it's the first one. Jeez.
| 862 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:12:56pm |
| 864 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:13:46pm |
re: #860 Obdicut
Robert Jordan is exhibit A of "What went wrong with Sci-Fi/Fantasy"?
| 865 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:13:49pm |
re: #852 marjoriemoon
Interesting. Hubby will dig that. He's 4 years younger than me :) you'd be surprised what a big spread 4 years is musically.
The album's called Elephant Riders, it's the first thing from Clutch I hard that got me really into them, and it made me think, "This band is incredibly special and it's astonishing that such a strange band that defies categorization has a following." Nowadays, I still believe the former, and I don't believe the latter. Now it's just OBVIOUS that they have a following. They're just so much fun.
| 867 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:14:30pm |
re: #860 Obdicut
Thank god. Robert Jordan I can't stand.
re: #851 JimmahI honestly find his sci-fi more impressive than his 'normal' fiction, in almost every way. He's correctly recognized the biggest possible problem in a post-scarcity society-- ennui and and endless re-examination of the ethics of interference-- and his Culture novels play out wonderfully against that background. And his Minds-- I don't know anyone else who has created such convincing AI personalities.
Meatfucker, I salute you.
The ship Minds all have the best names :D
| 868 |
Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:14:45pm |
re: #865 WindUpBird
The album's called Elephant Riders, it's the first thing from Clutch I hard that got me really into them, and it made me think, "This band is incredibly special and it's astonishing that such a strange band that defies categorization has a following." Nowadays, I still believe the former, and I don't believe the latter. Now it's just OBVIOUS that they have a following. They're just so much fun.
And they are fantastic live.
| 869 |
What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:15:04pm |
re: #853 WindUpBird
The only thing I listen to on the radio is the satirical talk show host Phil Hendrie. I get all my music through ceaseless hunting and experimenting on the internet. I bought an eMusic account, and found a bunch of great electronic music (it seems I like downtempo, triphop, dubstep, dark progressive house) that way, I scour metal blogs and amazon lists to discover new stuff along my tastes, pandora, that sort of thing. Radio for music is pretty much worthless.
Indeed and I've noticed they bleep stuff, like bitch and damn which is odd because you hear it on TV all the time. I guess that's a Clear Channel deal. Someone posted an article awhile back here, San Fran article about the loss of good rock on the radio and the Clear Channel takeover.
| 870 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:15:11pm |
re: #863 windsagio
die.
Windupbird has stayed out of this argument for 17 years, he's not getting into it now!
| 871 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:15:51pm |
re: #847 Slumbering Behemoth
More than that, Buckley deeply regretted having done so, and openly admitted that it was very poor form on his part.
I swear, with JBS at the CPAC, Beck pimping JBS propaganda on his show, Buchanan and the like being lauded on right wing outlets...
... this current trend in the GOP/"conservative" movement is pissing all over his grave. Goldwater's as well. I am a republican that is quite angry with his party's silence on these matters.
Buckley was a learned man who assiduously cultivated good manners. The anti-urban, anti-intellectual, in-your-face, strains of the Tea Party movement stand in direct opposition to how Buckley lived and thought. Those attitudes were present in conservatism for some time, but they did not come to the fore until after Buckley's death, so great was his influence and skill.
| 872 |
Mocking Jay Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:16:04pm |
re: #870 WindUpBird
Windupbird has stayed out of this argument for 17 years, he's not getting into it now!
And you thought healthcare reform could get thorny...
| 874 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:18:12pm |
re: #869 marjoriemoon
Indeed and I've noticed they bleep stuff, like bitch and damn which is odd because you hear it on TV all the time. I guess that's a Clear Channel deal. Someone posted an article awhile back here, San Fran article about the loss of good rock on the radio and the Clear Channel takeover.
Clear Channel :(
Homogenous radio = death of radio. They get rid of DJs and automate stations, make it so there's no local programming. it's the Wal-Martization of broadcast radio. There's a sort of effects processor CC uses sometimes that automatically lessens the vocal pauses from radio hosts, so they all sound like they're coked up when they talk. with nod ead air. So the syndicated show is sped up, so they can sell more ads.
| 875 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:18:26pm |
| 876 |
What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:19:00pm |
re: #865 WindUpBird
The album's called Elephant Riders, it's the first thing from Clutch I hard that got me really into them, and it made me think, "This band is incredibly special and it's astonishing that such a strange band that defies categorization has a following." Nowadays, I still believe the former, and I don't believe the latter. Now it's just OBVIOUS that they have a following. They're just so much fun.
Will definitely look for them!
| 877 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:19:11pm |
re: #873 windsagio
it is funny how you never forget ;)
He was one of my best friends, and also one of the most opinionated pricks on earth :D
| 878 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:19:44pm |
re: #877 WindUpBird
haha, I more meant me, it still annoys me all these years later >>
| 879 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:19:56pm |
re: #871 Dark_Falcon
Could not agree more!
| 880 |
Aye Pod Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:20:28pm |
re: #860 Obdicut
Thank god. Robert Jordan I can't stand.
re: #851 JimmahI honestly find his sci-fi more impressive than his 'normal' fiction, in almost every way. He's correctly recognized the biggest possible problem in a post-scarcity society-- ennui and and endless re-examination of the ethics of interference-- and his Culture novels play out wonderfully against that background. And his Minds-- I don't know anyone else who has created such convincing AI personalities.
Meatfucker, I salute you.
Sounds very interesting - I'll have to start reading his sci-fi.
| 881 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:21:05pm |
re: #868 JasonA
And they are fantastic live.
I've seen them twice. Saw them when I was just out of high school, 1994? 1995? They toured with Drown and Prong. I didn't really know who they were at the time, but they impressed me. And I saw them a year or so ago touring for Beale Street to Oblivion.
| 882 |
What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:21:13pm |
re: #874 WindUpBird
Clear Channel :(
Homogenous radio = death of radio. They get rid of DJs and automate stations, make it so there's no local programming. it's the Wal-Martization of broadcast radio. There's a sort of effects processor CC uses sometimes that automatically lessens the vocal pauses from radio hosts, so they all sound like they're coked up when they talk. with nod ead air. So the syndicated show is sped up, so they can sell more ads.
hehe Wal-Martization of broadcast radio. That be it! Horrifying.
| 883 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:21:51pm |
re: #880 Jimmah
Sounds very interesting - I'll have to start reading his sci-fi.
I could not recommend Banks' Culture novels more highly. I wish I had more time to read just so I could plow through all the ones I haven't read yet.
| 884 |
Aye Pod Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:21:54pm |
re: #862 windsagio
The only modern fantasy I can really read are George R. Martin, and Tad Williams. I've grown crotchety or something :p
I can't even enjoy Tolkien anymore, and thats heresy
Let's face it, folks - Tolkien is shite.
| 885 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:22:37pm |
| 886 |
What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:22:43pm |
| 887 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:22:43pm |
| 888 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:23:40pm |
re: #885 WindUpBird
Ok, I can read a Crapton of Michael Moorcock.
4 men merged back-to-back waving swords and guns from their 8 arms trying to defeat a wizard in his dimension-travelling tower!!!
| 889 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:23:49pm |
Clutch lyrics:
Pan-amoebic algebra, breed bizarre bacteria, what to do, oh what to do
Africanized killer bees, alabastar dieties, milk from spoons, sip milk from spoons
Within the ruins against the firth
The salamander has given birth
Only red horse rainbows can save us
Let them run wild and asunder
Call the royal guard to let the people in
Flaming arrows by hundreds
Pull the bog man from the peat, stand him up on both his feet
He jigs and reels, he jigs and reels
Infiltrating silver crabs, carry a most scented flag, to their front lines, to their
front lines
Within the ruins
Against the firth
The salamander has given birth
Only red horse rainbows can save us
Let them run wild and asunder
Call the royal guard to let the people in
Flaming arrows by hundreds
And now the salamander
Run to the tower and call up the magus
If he has caused this, we'll tear out his pages
Throw 'im in shackles
And remove his hands
| 890 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:23:53pm |
re: #858 WindUpBird
It's kind of like "tsunami", where the "t" and the "s" are pronounced somewhat separately, but slammed into each other as to sound like one letter.
Cthulhu... The "c" and "t" slammed together as one letter (like saying "cut" without the letter "u"), with a "th" sound slammed right into the back of that.
That's the proper way. Otherwise, no cosmic portals for you.
| 891 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:24:51pm |
| 892 |
What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:25:06pm |
re: #890 Slumbering Behemoth
It's kind of like "tsunami", where the "t" and the "s" are pronounced somewhat separately, but slammed into each other as to sound like one letter.
Cthulhu... The "c" and "t" slammed together as one letter (like saying "cut" without the letter "u"), with a "th" sound slammed right into the back of that.
That's the proper way. Otherwise, no cosmic portals for you.
LOL I have no idea about this conversation but I loved that!
I have to go. Ya'll sleep well.
| 893 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:25:20pm |
re: #890 Slumbering Behemoth
It's kind of like "tsunami", where the "t" and the "s" are pronounced somewhat separately, but slammed into each other as to sound like one letter.
Cthulhu... The "c" and "t" slammed together as one letter (like saying "cut" without the letter "u"), with a "th" sound slammed right into the back of that.
That's the proper way. Otherwise, no cosmic portals for you.
It's probably best I don't blow the dust off the forbidden tomes, yes. I only have so many sanity points left, I'd like to spend them on hallucinogens.
| 894 |
What, me worry? Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:25:23pm |
| 895 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:25:39pm |
re: #889 WindUpBird
[Draws sword and backs away from WindUpBird slowly.]
| 896 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:25:52pm |
re: #891 windsagio
Also, "Don't call me shirley".
/somebody had to do it >>
I just want to say...good luck.
We're all counting on you.
| 897 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:26:33pm |
re: #895 Dark_Falcon
[Draws sword and backs away from WindUpBird slowly.]
Maryland apparently breeds awesome bands :D
| 898 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:28:11pm |
re: #871 Dark_Falcon
Amen, DF, amen. If I could ding you up more than once, I would.
:SB pours a bit of his forty out on the sidewalk for W.F. Buckley:
| 899 |
windsagio Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:28:35pm |
Ok, I'm out for a while, gotta take a shower and go to the store.
Peaces!
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Aye Pod Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:30:40pm |
re: #886 marjoriemoon
Say wha??? Shirley you jest.
Sort of...lol I think the problem I have with his stuff is that it isn't actually about anything much at the end of the day. Having said that, he did give us a memorable character in Gollum. Oh yes, precious...
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Jan 29, 2010 11:31:02pm |
re: #893 WindUpBird
You have sanity points left? Show them to me.
:drools:
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RogueOne Sat, Jan 30, 2010 4:04:55am |
re: #853 WindUpBird
The only thing I listen to on the radio is the satirical talk show host Phil Hendrie. I get all my music through ceaseless hunting and experimenting on the internet. I bought an eMusic account, and found a bunch of great electronic music (it seems I like downtempo, triphop, dubstep, dark progressive house) that way, I scour metal blogs and amazon lists to discover new stuff along my tastes, pandora, that sort of thing. Radio for music is pretty much worthless.
I've always hated the radio so I jumped on the satellite radio bandwagon real early. I barely listen to it anymore either. Thank god for MP3 players.
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