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1 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 5:57:35pm

Heh, well thats pretty far from the music we were discussing last thread.


Very, Very far.

2 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 5:58:33pm

Going to need to pause a bit before listening, the local public radio channel has on Exploring Music and he just played Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů composed his Memorial to Lidice Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů's "Memorial to Lidice". Intense music and I need to wait a moment before anything else.

I'll hit later though as I can always be sure of the music posted here.

WIlliam

3 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 5:59:56pm

PIMF - that last is all messed up - just remember

Bohuslav Martinů
and
"Memorial to Lidice"

William

4 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:04:13pm

re: #3 wlewisiii

PIMF - that last is all messed up - just remember

Bohuslav Martinů
and
"Memorial to Lidice"

William

On a side issue... William, where are you from... you're screen name "wlewisiii" certainly has a Eastern European "sound" to it, but there are too many vowels... way to many vowels.

The first time I was in Eastern Europe, I was looking at a newspaper thinking... "Wow, playing 'Wheel of Fortune' in this country must be really expensive... vowels must cost a whole lot of money... 'cuase there isn't any in this language."

5 TampaKnight  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:07:11pm

Drink check- what'cha drinkin?

6 Unakite  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:09:11pm

re: #5 TampaKnight

Drink check- what'cha drinkin?

Cheap whine (brought it up from the last thread) :)

7 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:09:39pm

re: #5 TampaKnight

Drink check- what'cha drinkin?

Bombay, tonic, lime

8 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:09:57pm

re: #1 windsagio

Heh, well thats pretty far from the music we were discussing last thread.

Very, Very far.

I'm liking it... replaying again.

9 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:13:27pm

If you happen to be a music theory nerd (it's only a theory)! or are interested in the problems associated with designing and building musical instruments, or are interested in the symbiotic relationship between music and math, this very cool article is for you.

10 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:15:32pm

Ok I thought I recognized that voice... he's from Crowded house. I just picked up three songs from Itunes, thanks for the pointer here Charles.

11 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:17:31pm

re: #4 Walter L. Newton

Think "William Lewis III" concatenated Walter. :)

Have you been huffing the scenery glue again friend?

12 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:18:03pm

re: #5 TampaKnight

Drink check- what'cha drinkin?

Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi. I've been getting some paperwork in order.

13 macondo5  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:18:48pm

Try Whistling This - Neil Finn's BEST work. Waiting impatiently for the next solo album.

14 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:18:50pm

And... a boulder just fell and has blocked south bound traffic in the canyon that feeds up to this mountain neighborhood, which, if you are clever enough, a clue, the real South Park Colorado.

Not cool... we have 5 inches of snow right now, more snow coming down, and all the "South Park" high school kids are downhill in Denver for their prom.

If they don't get the canyon cleared, it's going to take them 2 hours to get home on smaller and snowier mountain roads. Not good.

15 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:19:28pm

re: #4 Walter L. Newton

On a side issue... William, where are you from... you're screen name "wlewisiii" certainly has a Eastern European "sound" to it, but there are too many vowels... way to many vowels.

The first time I was in Eastern Europe, I was looking at a newspaper thinking... "Wow, playing 'Wheel of Fortune' in this country must be really expensive... vowels must cost a whole lot of money... 'cuase there isn't any in this language."

Old old screen name from the old days of the usenet.

My name is William (A. Barnett-) Lewis III (aka the third). Hence an early vax-vms user name became wlewis. I used it 99.99% of the time since - then gmail said it was was taken but wlewisiii was available. Hence, that's what I use now.

My ancestry is mostly celt not eastern european, sorry.

We hyphenated our names when we married. These day's you can find me best that way.

William

16 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:20:27pm

re: #5 TampaKnight

Drink check- what'cha drinkin?

Cheap ale & even cheaper whiskey.

I fear the gas I'll pass in the morning... ;)

William

17 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:21:00pm

re: #11 Thanos

Think "William Lewis III" concatenated Walter. :)

Have you been huffing the scenery glue again friend?

No... it was an honest question, the part about the name.

The other part about "buying a vowel" what just a little humor. The first time I was in Poland, I was watching some local European version of Wheel of Fortune on the hotel TV (I think the Italian version) and that thought about "lack of vowels" in Polish crossed my mind.

18 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:21:08pm

oop, should go retrieve some foodstuffs; bbiab >

19 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:21:13pm

Somehow, when I see the words Neil Finn, Sinner, I think of Sinn Fein.

Weird.

20 Linden Arden  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:21:18pm

re: #6 Unakite

Cheap whine (brought it up from the last thread) :)

1- A dry dirty martini
2- a good single malt
3- a perfect summer mojito

but I cannot lie - I am slumming it with beer tonight.

I will watch Real Time sober (if he has a new cast on)

21 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:21:34pm

re: #15 wlewisiii

Old old screen name from the old days of the usenet.

My name is William (A. Barnett-) Lewis III (aka the third). Hence an early vax-vms user name became wlewis. I used it 99.99% of the time since - then gmail said it was was taken but wlewisiii was available. Hence, that's what I use now.

My ancestry is mostly celt not eastern european, sorry.

We hyphenated our names when we married. These day's you can find me best that way.

William

Thanks.

22 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:21:58pm

re: #14 Walter L. Newton

And... a boulder just fell and has blocked south bound traffic in the canyon that feeds up to this mountain neighborhood, which, if you are clever enough, a clue, the real South Park Colorado.

Not cool... we have 5 inches of snow right now, more snow coming down, and all the "South Park" high school kids are downhill in Denver for their prom.

If they don't get the canyon cleared, it's going to take them 2 hours to get home on smaller and snowier mountain roads. Not good.

Interesting. Odd that Parker and Stone have never used a boulder to kill Kenny. :D

23 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:22:19pm

re: #18 windsagio

oop, should go retrieve some foodstuffs; bbiab >

Same here... supper is ready... sit at the table and watch the snow as the sun slowly fades over the west.

24 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:22:39pm

re: #19 Cato the Elder

Somehow, when I see the words Neil Finn, Sinner, I think of Sinn Fein.

Weird.

Me too. Great minds think alike.

25 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:22:45pm

re: #5 TampaKnight

Drink check- what'cha drinkin?

Spiced rum and coke.

I mean Coke.

26 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:22:57pm

Too hot for American audiences? Well, this Lane Bryant advertisement was banned by several stations for being "too hot."

More news here.

I don't get it. Doesn't seem hot in the sense of causing arousal. We lead the world in porn production in all media including leading the world in porn users. Then this same society turns around and bans commercials like this.

27 TampaKnight  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:24:38pm

re: #26 Gus 802

Too hot for American audiences? Well, this Lane Bryant advertisement was banned by several stations for being "too hot."

More news here.

I don't get it. Doesn't seem hot in the sense of causing arousal. We lead the world in porn production in all media including leading the world in porn users. Then this same society turns around and bans commercials like this.


[Video]

I find it just perfect.....

28 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:24:57pm

re: #19 Cato the Elder

Somehow, when I see the words Neil Finn, Sinner, I think of Sinn Fein.

Weird.

Oddly enough, I thought of Neil Schon. There's no reason to ever think of Neil Schon. I have no idea what the problem might be.

29 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:25:25pm

re: #22 Dark_Falcon

Interesting. Odd that Parker and Stone have never used a boulder to kill Kenny. :D

We get them enough. The road up here (at 8000 plus feet) is a 4 lane, divided highway, but 15 miles east of here, at about 6000 feet, closer to Denver, the highway narrows into a canyon, still four lanes, but narrow and not really much of a shoulder.

That's where the boulder has blocked the highway, on the south bound, up hill lanes.

Do you know what town I live in by using my South Park clue?

BBIAB... supper.

30 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:25:26pm

re: #14 Walter L. Newton

And... a boulder just fell and has blocked south bound traffic in the canyon that feeds up to this mountain neighborhood, which, if you are clever enough, a clue, the real South Park Colorado.

Not cool... we have 5 inches of snow right now, more snow coming down, and all the "South Park" high school kids are downhill in Denver for their prom.

If they don't get the canyon cleared, it's going to take them 2 hours to get home on smaller and snowier mountain roads. Not good.

Crap.

You didn't warn me 'bout the fucking boulders before I came to visit.

Locals driving on smaller roads = probably no problem. Me, after a 750+ day's drive, just coming up the regular canyon route to your house was enough. And there was no snow.

You gotz snow shoez?

31 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:25:34pm

re: #26 Gus 802

They hate on it because it's for plus sizes. Can't show fat chicks on TV you know!

Feh.

William

32 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:26:07pm

re: #16 wlewisiii

Cheap ale & even cheaper whiskey.

I fear the gas I'll pass in the morning... ;)

William

Every man loves the smell of his own farts.

33 TampaKnight  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:26:14pm

I was just out in Denver...fun city!

34 Stanghazi  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:26:28pm

re: #5 TampaKnight

Drink check- what'cha drinkin?

Just got back from the run. Wine.

35 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:26:49pm

re: #27 TampaKnight

I find it just perfect...

In a Rubenesque way. I don't mind the advert. Then again I wish we had more commercials like they have in Europe.

36 Linden Arden  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:27:24pm

Many people don't like Bill Maher but get a load of his guests tonight -

Susan Eisenhower
Richard Clarke
Alan Grayson
Jack Kervorkian

Controversy anyone?

37 TampaKnight  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:27:58pm

re: #36 Linden Arden

Many people don't like Bill Maher but get a load of his guests tonight -

Susan Eisenhower
Richard Clarke
Alan Grayson
Jack Kervorkian

Controversy anyone?

I unfortunately have to live within proximity of Alan Grayson.

38 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:28:05pm

re: #15 wlewisiii

Old old screen name from the old days of the usenet.

My name is William (A. Barnett-) Lewis III (aka the third). Hence an early vax-vms user name became wlewis. I used it 99.99% of the time since - then gmail said it was was taken but wlewisiii was available. Hence, that's what I use now.

My ancestry is mostly celt not eastern european, sorry.

We hyphenated our names when we married. These day's you can find me best that way.

William

You do know that the correct form, if your grandfather was William Lewis and your father William Lewis Jr., is to call yourself William Lewis II, right?

39 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:29:08pm

re: #26 Gus 802

This is the sort of schizophrenic stuff you start to see when a nation no longer has a semblance singular atomic culture.

There was an upside to there being only CBS, NBC, and ABC for decades, along with a handful of major newspapers and radio stations that really only played music. There was much more of a unifying basis in media. It was also boring as hell.

Culture wars vs. the cold war... i'm not sure which is worse.

40 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:29:16pm

Charles, can I suggest a category for the linkage?
Obituaries.
There are some amazing stories in peoples lives, that should be celebrated.
Love the new linkage!

41 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:29:32pm

re: #26 Gus 802

Too hot for American audiences? Well, this Lane Bryant advertisement was banned by several stations for being "too hot."

More news here.

I don't get it. Doesn't seem hot in the sense of causing arousal. We lead the world in porn production in all media including leading the world in porn users. Then this same society turns around and bans commercials like this.

Oh, mama.

42 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:30:20pm

re: #17 Walter L. Newton

No... it was an honest question, the part about the name.

The other part about "buying a vowel" what just a little humor. The first time I was in Poland, I was watching some local European version of Wheel of Fortune on the hotel TV (I think the Italian version) and that thought about "lack of vowels" in Polish crossed my mind.

Well there you go, I'm part Prussian, I have only one vowel in my last name...

43 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:30:31pm

re: #39 Fozzie Bear

PIMF -...semblance OF A singular...q

44 Stanghazi  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:31:19pm

I read this today - would like some input from those who know more.

Ron Paul had this 'remember remember the 5th of Nov' thing right?

Well the Republican Governors have released a video called "Remember November" with Guy Fawkes references.

What's your take?

Time Mag

45 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:31:20pm

re: #36 Linden Arden

Many people don't like Bill Maher but get a load of his guests tonight -

Susan Eisenhower
Richard Clarke
Alan Grayson
Jack Kervorkian

Controversy anyone?

There's a new movie about Kevorkian coming out, Pacino plays him.

46 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:31:21pm

re: #36 Linden Arden

Many people don't like Bill Maher but get a load of his guests tonight -

Susan Eisenhower
Richard Clarke
Alan Grayson
Jack Kervorkian

Controversy anyone?

eh. he's not funny or trenchant. the remaining category is 'grating'.

but to each their own...the NBA playoffs are treating me just fine...

47 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:31:38pm

Curious - For all the lizards who care to answer...

What is your absolute single favorite musician/band/performer? Any style of music? Here's a count down to get things started... ;)

5) Duke Ellington
4) The Replacements
3) The Clash
2) Husker Du
1) The Who

Just for fun on a Friday & in a music thread :D

William

48 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:32:14pm

re: #47 wlewisiii

Mozart.

49 Linden Arden  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:32:19pm

re: #37 TampaKnight

I unfortunately have to live within proximity of Alan Grayson.

I love Tampa more than any Eastern Time Zone city.


I dated a hot LA chick who won a "spa trip" to Safety Harbor and I bet her we would have more fun in Tampa than Los Angeles.

I won hands down.

50 Unakite  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:32:27pm

re: #20 Linden Arden

1- A dry dirty martini
2- a good single malt
3- a perfect summer mojito

but I cannot lie - I am slumming it with beer tonight.

I will watch Real Time sober (if he has a new cast on)

Making Margaritas for dinner tomorrow, though.

51 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:32:30pm

re: #31 wlewisiii

They hate on it because it's for plus sizes. Can't show fat chicks on TV you know!

Feh.

William

those women are gorgeous. and i'm a picky dude.

52 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:32:53pm

re: #47 wlewisiii

Curious - For all the lizards who care to answer...

What is your absolute single favorite musician/band/performer? Any style of music? Here's a count down to get things started... ;)

5) Duke Ellington
4) The Replacements
3) The Clash
2) Husker Du
1) The Who

Just for fun on a Friday & in a music thread :D

William

Led Zeppelin

53 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:33:18pm

re: #44 Stanley Sea

I read this today - would like some input from those who know more.

Ron Paul had this 'remember remember the 5th of Nov' thing right?

Well the Republican Governors have released a video called "Remember November" with Guy Fawkes references.

What's your take?

Time Mag

They are celebrating and adulating a fucking terrorist, and applying it to Obama.

54 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:33:27pm

re: #36 Linden Arden

Many people don't like Bill Maher but get a load of his guests tonight -

Susan Eisenhower
Richard Clarke
Alan Grayson
Jack Kevorkian

Controversy anyone?

I don't know about Susan Eisenhower, but those other three are assholes of the first order. Clarke has some usefulness, but Grayson and Kevorkian are wastes of space.

55 Unakite  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:33:27pm

re: #22 Dark_Falcon

Interesting. Odd that Parker and Stone have never used a boulder to kill Kenny. :D

You sure you didn't just miss that one? :0

56 TampaKnight  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:33:47pm

re: #49 Linden Arden

I love Tampa more than any Eastern Time Zone city.

I dated a hot LA chick who won a "spa trip" to Safety Harbor and I bet her we would have more fun in Tampa than Los Angeles.

I won hands down.

Tampa is definitely a good area- the beauty and beaches of south Florida without the attitude and giant stick up the ass. Good sports town too!

57 Linden Arden  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:33:54pm

re: #44 Stanley Sea

I read this today - would like some input from those who know more.

Ron Paul had this 'remember remember the 5th of Nov' thing right?

Well the Republican Governors have released a video called "Remember November" with Guy Fawkes references.

What's your take?

Time Mag

You don't know about Guy Fawkes?

Ron Paul is fucking loopy.

58 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:34:31pm

re: #47 wlewisiii

Handel

59 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:35:20pm

re: #38 Cato the Elder

My great-grandfather was William. I have his 1904 Elgin watch in my pocket.
My grandfather was William Jr.
He and my grandmother had a child who was still born about 11 months before my father was born. His gravestone says William.

I am William III.

Nothing personal, but it really is who I am.

William

60 Racer X  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:35:50pm

Cool tune, Charles. I dig it.

Trippy video.

61 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:36:10pm

re: #47 wlewisiii

I really can;t just pick five bands, it changes so often *_* But here goes!

1) Mastodon
2) Skinny Puppy
3) Course of Empire
4) Monster Magnet
5) OSI (side project of current and former Fates Warning and Dream Theater members)

62 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:36:27pm

Woot! Just ordered Chinese food. Been a while. Can't wait.

63 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:36:30pm

re: #37 TampaKnight

I unfortunately have to live within proximity of Alan Grayson.

The photo on his wikipedia page reminds me of the trollface...

64 joecitizen  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:36:32pm

re: #47 wlewisiii

Curious - For all the lizards who care to answer...

What is your absolute single favorite musician/band/performer? Any style of music? Here's a count down to get things started... ;)

5) Duke Ellington
4) The Replacements
3) The Clash
2) Husker Du
1) The Who

Just for fun on a Friday & in a music thread :D

William

There is no Bob but Dylan.

65 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:36:33pm

re: #44 Stanley Sea

I read this today - would like some input from those who know more.

Ron Paul had this 'remember remember the 5th of Nov' thing right?

Well the Republican Governors have released a video called "Remember November" with Guy Fawkes references.

What's your take?

Time Mag

I understand why Fawkes tried to blow up Parliament, but I find lionizing him impossible. Had he succeeded and had Protestantism in England been overthrown, the result simply would have been a different wave of religious repression led by the Office of the Holy Inquisition.

66 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:36:42pm

re: #57 Linden Arden

You don't know about Guy Fawkes?

Ron Paul is fucking loopy.

They are of course going to pretend they were just referencing the election month and not Guy Fawkes if pressed.

67 brookly red  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:37:05pm

what just happened? I was on the other thread???

68 Unakite  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:37:44pm

re: #39 Fozzie Bear

This is the sort of schizophrenic stuff you start to see when a nation no longer has a semblance singular atomic culture.

There was an upside to there being only CBS, NBC, and ABC for decades, along with a handful of major newspapers and radio stations that really only played music. There was much more of a unifying basis in media. It was also boring as hell.

Culture wars vs. the cold war... i'm not sure which is worse.

Culture wars. In the cold war, we were fighting someone else. In the culture wars, we are fighting each other (my two cents).

69 Linden Arden  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:38:56pm

re: #56 TampaKnight

Berns is magnificent.

Especially after you take an LA chick to the Mons Venus.

70 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:39:29pm

re: #44 Stanley Sea

If I were to say what I really think about that SOB, Charles would ban me. Make of that as you will.

William

71 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:39:52pm

re: #44 Stanley Sea

I read this today - would like some input from those who know more.

Ron Paul had this 'remember remember the 5th of Nov' thing right?

Well the Republican Governors have released a video called "Remember November" with Guy Fawkes references.

What's your take?

Time Mag

This is extremely fucked up on many levels. This is getting out of hand, fast.

72 Decatur Deb  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:40:14pm

re: #67 brookly red

what just happened? I was on the other thread???

New "Rapture" feature.

73 TampaKnight  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:40:14pm

re: #69 Linden Arden

Berns is magnificent.

Especially after you take an LA chick to the Mons Venus.

I have absolutely no idea what happens at Mons Venus.

:lie:

74 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:40:32pm

re: #47 wlewisiii

Curious - For all the lizards who care to answer...

What is your absolute single favorite musician/band/performer? Any style of music? Here's a count down to get things started... ;)

5) Duke Ellington
4) The Replacements
3) The Clash
2) Husker Du
1) The Who

Just for fun on a Friday & in a music thread :D

William


On any given day it still depends on the mood I am in, or the mood I am wanting to be in...

[e.g. at bedtime I listen to slow, sad, extremely depressing tunes if I want to wake up happy in the am.]

75 Unakite  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:40:46pm

re: #52 Aceofwhat?

Led Zeppelin

Heh, beat me to it.

76 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:41:05pm

re: #71 Fozzie Bear

This is extremely fucked up on many levels. This is getting out of hand, fast.

It's going to be one hell of an election cycle!

77 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:41:19pm

re: #72 Decatur Deb

New "Rapture" feature.

Whoosh!

78 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:41:26pm

re: #75 Unakite

Heh, beat me to it.

I like Zep, prefer Sabbath 8-)

79 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:42:37pm

re: #76 Windupbird

It's going to be one hell of an election cycle!

Like 1969, but without the hippies or cool rock concerts!

80 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:42:50pm

re: #78 Windupbird

I like Zep, prefer Sabbath 8-)

Meh. One band never did 8 different styles so well as LZ. That's the beauty. One band, a song for every mood...

81 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:42:52pm

re: #47 wlewisiii

Curious - For all the lizards who care to answer...

What is your absolute single favorite musician/band/performer? Any style of music? Here's a count down to get things started... ;)

OK, I'll bite, but I can't be limited to just one. You'll accept 10, and you'll be happy about it!

In no particular order (though they are definitely NOT all equals):

* Black Sabbath
* Igor Stravinsky
* Frank Zappa
* DEVO
* Raymond Scott
* King Crimson
* Philip Glass
* Allan Holdsworth
* Aphex Twin
* Gary Numan

This time tomorrow, the list might look a little different.

82 brookly red  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:43:05pm

re: #68 Unakite

Culture wars. In the cold war, we were fighting someone else. In the culture wars, we are fighting each other (my two cents).

In the cold war we had respect as opponents... now there is no respect, only missions.

83 Linden Arden  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:43:07pm

re: #73 TampaKnight

I have absolutely no idea what happens at Mons Venus.

:lie:

But Berns is the fucking bomb. We lived in LA and couldn't believe it.

Have you been there?

oh - and Columbia in Ygor is worth it.

This LA Woman (think Doors) was ready to move to Tampa.

84 A Man for all Seasons  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:43:23pm

re: #78 Windupbird

I like Zep, prefer Sabbath 8-)

My Daughter is a Led head..I am very proud...
/Is this too loud pops? never

85 TampaKnight  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:44:14pm

re: #83 Linden Arden

But Berns is the fucking bomb. We lived in LA and couldn't believe it.

Have you been there?

oh - and Columbia in Ygor is worth it.

This LA Woman (think Doors) was ready to move to Tampa.

I've done it all my man- Bern's is a staple of my monthly eating budget, and I've been to every Columbia in the Tampa area.

86 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:44:21pm

re: #79 Fozzie Bear

Like 1969, but without the hippies or cool rock concerts!

We have the internet instead O_O

87 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:44:47pm

re: #84 HoosierHoops

My Daughter is a Led head..I am very proud...
/Is this too loud pops? never

You raised her right! :D

/Kashmir, one of the greatest riffs of all time

88 brookly red  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:44:50pm

re: #72 Decatur Deb

New "Rapture" feature.

not so fast skippy... I got a contract with a coupla eons left...

89 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:44:51pm

re: #66 Thanos

They are of course going to pretend they were just referencing the election month and not Guy Fawkes if pressed.

The reference is also to the graphic novel and movie V for Vendetta. They seem to miss the point that the Neo-Fascist organization of the story (NorseFire) is far more analogous to the "Counter-Jihad Movement" than anything to be found on the left.

90 Stanghazi  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:45:08pm

re: #70 wlewisiii

If I were to say what I really think about that SOB, Charles would ban me. Make of that as you will.

William

Oh I get you. I was just wondering how he had been rehabilitated by some parts, ie. the Paulians, and further the RGA.

91 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:45:15pm

re: #53 Thanos

They are celebrating and adulating a fucking terrorist, and applying it to Obama.

A penny for the old Guy.

92 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:45:27pm

re: #44 Stanley Sea

I read this today - would like some input from those who know more.

Ron Paul had this 'remember remember the 5th of Nov' thing right?

Well the Republican Governors have released a video called "Remember November" with Guy Fawkes references.

What's your take?

Time Mag

They've lost their minds.

93 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:45:51pm

re: #59 wlewisiii

My great-grandfather was William. I have his 1904 Elgin watch in my pocket.
My grandfather was William Jr.
He and my grandmother had a child who was still born about 11 months before my father was born. His gravestone says William.

I am William III.

Nothing personal, but it really is who I am.

William

And you're doin' it right!

94 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:45:52pm

re: #81 negativ

I like the cut of your jib, sir

/Are friends in fact electirc?

95 Unakite  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:46:02pm

re: #82 brookly red

In the cold war we had respect as opponents... now there is no respect, only missions.

Yes, and our opponents had (grudging) respect for us.

96 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:46:34pm

And our opponents were conveniently located on another continent.

97 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:47:15pm

re: #73 TampaKnight

I have absolutely no idea what happens at Mons Venus.

:lie:

What happens at Mons Venus doesn't stay at Mons Venus.

98 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:47:48pm

re: #73 TampaKnight

I have absolutely no idea what happens at Mons Venus.

:lie:

And by the way, the real term is Mons Veneris.

99 Decatur Deb  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:48:10pm

re: #88 brookly red

Sea Org?

100 Racer X  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:48:25pm

re: #80 Aceofwhat?

Meh. One band never did 8 different styles so well as LZ. That's the beauty. One band, a song for every mood...

I love Zep - this song in particular, although here is covered by Joe Bonamassa:

Joe Bonamassa-Tea For One

Just because Joe totally shreds this one to pieces.

101 Unakite  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:49:31pm

re: #96 Fozzie Bear

And our opponents were conveniently located on another continent.

Yes, but with nuclear technology (got it in!!) and launch capabilities, the other continent was no longer that far away.

102 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:49:33pm

re: #96 Fozzie Bear

And our opponents were conveniently located on another continent.

Not entirely. We did have to deal of Communist regimes in Cuba and Nicaragua, and we removed such regimes in the Dominican Republic and Grenada.

103 brookly red  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:50:44pm

re: #99 Decatur Deb

Sea Org?

/look we have done this before... send your whatever to my lawyer, Louis Cypher & have a nice day...

104 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:50:53pm
105 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:52:05pm

Oh crap I should have linked that using cache

self-reporting link....

106 Decatur Deb  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:52:53pm

re: #103 brookly red

/look we have done this before... send your whatever to my lawyer, Louis Cypher & have a nice day...

I use Dewey, Cheetam, and Howe.

107 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:53:00pm
108 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:53:27pm

re: #104 Fozzie Bear

Look, more dangerously clownshit insane well-armed fanatics!

That group has a member who sells M-14 stocks and gear in Shotgun News. It should be noted, though, that the rhetoric in those ads has actually gone down in recent times. He once actually wrote up and armed confrontation between American militiamen and a UN force in Iowa.

109 Linden Arden  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:53:36pm

re: #97 Cato the Elder

What happens at Mons Venus doesn't stay at Mons Venus.

I 've left some trace evidence at the Mons.

110 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:54:17pm

re: #104 Fozzie Bear

Look, more dangerously clownshit insane well-armed fanatics!

Actually I see nothing particularly eeevil about that site, unless you think knowing how to shoot is bad in itself.

111 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:54:17pm

re: #104 Fozzie Bear

That group has a member who sells M-14 stocks and gear in Shotgun News. It should be noted, though, that the rhetoric in those ads has actually gone down in recent times. He once actually wrote up and armed confrontation between American militiamen and a UN force in Iowa.

Post repeated to avoid possible deletion.

112 brookly red  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:54:17pm

re: #106 Decatur Deb

I use Dewey, Cheetam, and Howe.

small time...

113 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:55:09pm

re: #109 Linden Arden

I 've left some trace evidence at the Mons.

You seedy bastard.

114 Lidane  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:55:32pm
115 jamesfirecat  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:55:58pm

re: #106 Decatur Deb

I use Dewey, Cheetam, and Howe.

I've moved onto the bigger firm of Robbem, Blinde, and Runne.

116 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:56:42pm

re: #110 Cato the Elder

Actually I see nothing particularly eeevil about that site, unless you think knowing how to shoot is bad in itself.

Scroll to the bottom of the front page, click "please see this", and read it all.

It's truly insane.

117 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:56:45pm

re: #114 Lidane

*sigh*

What?

Eeevil Americans with guns?

[waves hand]

These are not the wingnuts you're looking for.

118 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:58:32pm

re: #116 Fozzie Bear

Scroll to the bottom of the front page, click "please see this", and read it all.

It's truly insane.

Sounds like a slightly over-the-top gun club.

Big fucking deal.

119 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:59:19pm

re: #100 Racer X

nice

120 Racer X  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:01:17pm

Who here loves Creed? I don't.

Creed Shreds 4: A Thousand Yasseahs!

Funny as hell!

121 Lidane  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:02:16pm

re: #117 Cato the Elder

The guns don't bother me. It's the revolutionary feel of that website that bugs me, largely in context of the batshit insanity in Arizona today.

It's hard for me not to be wary of sites like that, even if they mean well. It's nothing personal, just my own unease in light of all these teabaggers and wannabe revolutionaries running around right now.

122 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:02:18pm

re: #104 Fozzie Bear

Look, more dangerously clownshit insane well-armed fanatics!

eh, the Appleseed boys aren't that bad overall. I hang out with gun nuts so I see some really scary shit. These folks do over rate the ability of a rifle to do anything in the real world but they are well within what our (really!) founding fathers believed in.

Never mind that the whole militia thing failed miserably in the Revolution and even worse in 1812, they really firmly believed that a standing army was the single most dangerous thing possible (they never met the CIA or NSA...!!!) and thought we could defend these United States with militia forces.

I'll probably go to one eventually with my antique Spanish Mauser (7x57! Hoo-Ah!) just to see how nuts they really are, but really they aren't one of the groups to worry about.

William

123 Stanghazi  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:02:53pm

re: #116 Fozzie Bear

Scroll to the bottom of the front page, click "please see this", and read it all.

It's truly insane.

Did something change? You need to re-read it, looks like it might have changed.

124 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:02:56pm

Fresh Snappage -- Tonight's moon

Image: moon-04-24-10.jpg

125 prairiefire  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:03:15pm

My brother shot two wild turkeys this week. He used a rifle.

126 Racer X  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:03:19pm
127 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:03:30pm

It's essentially a delivery vehicle for extremist propaganda.

You don't see how teaching people how to drop a man at 100 yards while simultaneously feeding them revolutionary propaganda is dangerous?

A snip from the loony page:

What you'll find an Appleseed is:

*A gathering of your fellow Americans interested in learning how to shoot a rifle. Most will show up with that, and only that, on their minds. Before the Appleseed is over, they will, most of them, discover to their suprise that Appleseed is about far more than that. And many, maybe most, will go home shaken up a bit, inspired even, to learn the shinning facts surrounding the first day of their country's drive toward liberty.

*The first step of a journey toward not only becoming a rifleman, but an awakening to your history and heritage and the slow understanding that Appleseed is about far more than marksmanship.

*Finding out, to your surprise, that there are a lot of fellow Americans just like you. Uncertain about the future, slightly depressed in believing there's not much they can do about it, and feeling pretty lonely and helpless. And, suddenly, you don't feel so lonely any more. Nor quite so powerless to deal with the future. In fact, you'll find HOPE.

Depressed about the state of the country? There's something you can do! You too can learn to be a sniper!

History is the facts of April 19, 1775, some of which as you hear them will raise the hairs on the back on your neck; others will make your chest swell with pride, even two hundred-plus years later. Still others will sadden you - not only because of the price paid for liberty on that first day, but the shameful fact that most Americans have completely forgotten that price.

Heritage is what we make of those facts, and how we appreciate them. What kind of people were we, on April 19th, 1775? What kind of people are we, today? Do we still care about that first day? About what happened?

Most Americans don't, and that may be why this country, without its anchor to the founders, has lost its way, and is now adrift, in danger of grounding against the rocks. In danger of sinking.

And who's gonna stop the drift?

Are the people in Washington going to put us back on the right track? (Doubtful - they are the ones partly responsible for our ship of state being adrift...)

Is the media going to put us on the right track? (Doubtful - they are partly responsible for where we are...)

Is the educational system going to do it? (Very doubtful - they bear a lot of responsibility for failing to acquaint Americans with their history and heritage of April 19th, 1775.)

So, who's going to do it? If none of the traditional leaders of the country are going to?

How about, we do it? Us, the American people.

Why not? Who better to do it?

Wake the American people to their history and heritage, and enough of them will respond (we hope) and absorb what they learn - and will have a determination to make sure it doesn't die "on our watch".

Of course, there are no guarantees.

There were none that long-ago April morn, and there are none, today.

If Americans want to save their country; if they want to preserve, even strengthen, their liberty - they will do it.

If they don't, if no one really cares any more - they won't.

The jury is out. Just as it was, for 8 years of the Revolutionary War.

Yet, we did it once before. We can do it again. The example's been set.

Like them, we can only try. Try with all our might. With all our dedication. With all our effort.

Understanding, as you'll find out, the American Revolution was a revolution in hearts and minds, a change in the way of people thinking about things.

So, you don't like the way the country is heading? And you don't think you or anyone else can do anything about it?

We need to change that attitude, and that way of thinking. Because we can do it.

It's pretty obvious what they are doing here, and it's dangerous as hell.

128 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:03:58pm

re: #120 Racer X

Who here loves Creed? I don't.

Creed Shreds 4: A Thousand Yasseahs!


[Video]Funny as hell!

they're so bad i can't tell if that's them or someone dubbing over them...

129 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:03:59pm

re: #121 Lidane

The guns don't bother me. It's the revolutionary feel of that website that bugs me, largely in context of the batshit insanity in Arizona today.

It's hard for me not to be wary of sites like that, even if they mean well. It's nothing personal, just my own unease in light of all these teabaggers and wannabe revolutionaries running around right now.

You'd probably feel extremely uncomfortable in my home. I have a replica of Aragorn's elf-blade on my bedroom wall.

Never mind what's in the safe.

130 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:05:11pm

re: #125 prairiefire

My brother shot two wild turkeys this week. He used a rifle.

As long as he did the right thing and drank them when he was done.

131 brookly red  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:05:26pm

re: #125 prairiefire

My brother shot two wild turkeys this week. He used a rifle.

D turkeys or R turkeys... it could make a big difference.

132 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:05:31pm

People having guns because they like guns doesn't bother me. People who are getting ready for the revolution.... yeah, that bothers me.

133 prairiefire  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:05:51pm

re: #131 brookly red

D turkeys or R turkeys... it could make a big difference.

Toms.

134 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:06:24pm

re: #127 Fozzie Bear

I'm so frightened.

Not.

135 brookly red  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:07:04pm

re: #133 prairiefire

Toms.

whigs? oh somebody is gonna be pissed.

136 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:07:10pm

re: #127 Fozzie Bear

bah. revolution by changing hearts and minds? yawn.

call me when they declare revolution through superior firepower. i can't find that anywhere on this site.

137 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:07:56pm

re: #122 wlewisiii

eh, the Appleseed boys aren't that bad overall. I hang out with gun nuts so I see some really scary shit. These folks do over rate the ability of a rifle to do anything in the real world but they are well within what our (really!) founding fathers believed in.

Never mind that the whole militia thing failed miserably in the Revolution and even worse in 1812, they really firmly believed that a standing army was the single most dangerous thing possible (they never met the CIA or NSA...!!!) and thought we could defend these United States with militia forces.

I'll probably go to one eventually with my antique Spanish Mauser (7x57! Hoo-Ah!) just to see how nuts they really are, but really they aren't one of the groups to worry about.

William

Agreed. The Appleseed folks have problems, but they put a premium on "winning the soft war" (ie stopping the left without violence) and do not show the eagerness to fight seen in many militia groups. Their advocacy of marksmanship is more in line with this phrase: Se vis pacem, para bellum (If you want peace, prepare for war).

Cato may correct my spelling and translation as he sees fit.

138 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:08:02pm

re: #136 Aceofwhat?

It probably just says something about me, but in general when I hear people talking about 'heritage' like that quote does, its a bit of a red flag.

139 Racer X  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:08:37pm
140 Lidane  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:08:53pm

re: #129 Cato the Elder

You'd probably feel extremely uncomfortable in my home. I have a replica of Aragorn's elf-blade on my bedroom wall.

Never mind what's in the safe.

Guns don't bother me. I grew up around them since I've got hunters, sportsmen and cops in my family. Knives and swords don't bother me either, since I happen to like them, too. What bothers me is all this rhetoric of revolution, whether it's the tea parties, the militia resurgence, and all that. Toss in the law that just got signed in Arizona and the wingnuts arming themselves at the border, and it makes me nervous.

None of this shit would be happening if McCain had won the election. It's as simple as that.

141 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:09:19pm

re: #139 Racer X

Top 10 douchiest MUSIC VIDEOS of ALL TIME!

Skinny Puppy... ASSIMILATE...

142 brookly red  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:09:23pm

re: #136 Aceofwhat?

bah. revolution by changing hearts and minds? yawn.

call me when they declare revolution through superior firepower. i can't find that anywhere on this site.

hey you promised to help me install these warheads...

143 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:09:50pm

re: #138 windsagio

It probably just says something about me, but in general when I hear people talking about 'heritage' like that quote does, its a bit of a red flag.

no sweat! when i hear people talking about 'taxes', it's a bit of a red flag for me.

i keep reading, though, because not all taxes are bad.

(get it?)

144 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:10:17pm

re: #142 brookly red

hey you promised to help me install these warheads...

Meet me at the corner of Senator Street and 4th Ave in Brooklyn.

145 Racer X  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:10:48pm
146 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:11:20pm

re: #127 Fozzie Bear

Dude, I've downdinged you because you really need to get over your irrational (and yes, I chose that word intentionally) fear of guns. From what you quoted you need to:

1) read a bit about the origins of the 2nd amendment and why it's as important to America as the 1st.

and

2) visit a range and bust a few caps. Seriously. Where do you live? If you are anywhere within a day's drive of Madison WI I'll bring my guns & ammo and let you see what it's really like at a range near your house. I'll bet you'll have more fun this side of a bed than you want to admit... ;)

William

147 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:11:36pm

re: #142 brookly red

hey you promised to help me install these warheads...

that's different...you said it was just to keep the brooklyn undesirables out...

148 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:11:37pm

re: #142 brookly red

re: #144 Walter L. Newton

Meet me at the corner of Senator Street and 4th Ave in Brooklyn.

Don't know how he'll recognize you
You won';t be the only one in that neighborhood standing on a corner naked save for the silk bathrobe!

149 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:11:41pm

re: #140 Lidane

None of this shit would be happening if McCain had won the election. It's as simple as that.

No, if McCain had won, Bible Spice would now be president, after putting some snake venom in Sick Grandpa's mashed potatoes. Then we'd be truly fucked.

150 brookly red  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:11:47pm

re: #144 Walter L. Newton

Meet me at the corner of Senator Street and 4th Ave in Brooklyn.

Ehhh, plutonium, screwtonyium I am on my break!

151 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:11:49pm

Yep... the damn boulder is still blocking Turkey Creek Canyon. All the "South Park" kids are going to have a hell of a time getting up from Denver after their prom. Plus we have a half a foot of snow.

152 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:12:17pm

re: #141 Walter L. Newton

Lol, douche >>

153 Linden Arden  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:12:32pm

Jack Kevorkian angry about Sarah Palin's "Death Panels" on HBO's Real Time!


Oh, the irony!!!!

154 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:13:10pm

re: #151 Walter L. Newton

So is there literally no other way out save through that boulder?

155 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:13:14pm

re: #137 Dark_Falcon

Agreed. The Appleseed folks have problems, but they put a premium on "winning the soft war" (ie stopping the left without violence) and do not show the eagerness to fight seen in many militia groups. Their advocacy of marksmanship is more in line with this phrase: Se vis pacem, para bellum (If you want peace, prepare for war).

Cato may correct my spelling and translation as he sees fit.

Para Bellum. Exactly. This old leftist marched in many peach rallies. I also did 16 years in Uncle Sam's geen because - Para Bellum. In the end, it's the truth.

William

156 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:13:35pm

re: #146 wlewisiii

Dude, I've downdinged you because you really need to get over your irrational (and yes, I chose that word intentionally) fear of guns. From what you quoted you need to:

1) read a bit about the origins of the 2nd amendment and why it's as important to America as the 1st.

and

2) visit a range and bust a few caps. Seriously. Where do you live? If you are anywhere within a day's drive of Madison WI I'll bring my guns & ammo and let you see what it's really like at a range near your house. I'll bet you'll have more fun this side of a bed than you want to admit... ;)

William

Fozzie Bear is not afraid of guns per se; he's afraid of gangs of armed furries taking him unawares in a dark alley.

157 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:14:01pm

re: #143 Aceofwhat?

yeah yeah, loud and clear. :p

And you have a point, its just a visceral reaction.

Part of it also is that I love guns, but people that are really REALLY into guns are creepy. The more they're into it, the creepier it is.

158 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:14:14pm

re: #44 Stanley Sea

I read this today - would like some input from those who know more.

Ron Paul had this 'remember remember the 5th of Nov' thing right?

Well the Republican Governors have released a video called "Remember November" with Guy Fawkes references.

What's your take?

Time Mag

Interesting. DNS Stuff puts administrative contact for Remember November as Lucas Baiano. The address there is located in Niagara on the Lake.

That would Lucas Baiano of Lumiere Films. They must have created the video for this production.

More here:

…It starts in December 2007, when Baiano managed to make it into a Toronto book tour function of former U.S. president Bill Clinton.
Baiano told Clinton he wanted to make a promotional video for his wife, Hillary Clinton, who was campaigning as the Democratic nominee president.

His pitch got the thumbs up in 2008 and Baiano was sent raw campaign footage that he turned into a dynamic 2 1/2 minute video.
It was adopted by the Clinton campaign youth faction and went viral on YouTube.

…When Clinton's campaign folded and Barack Obama prevailed, all seemed lost.

That's when Baiano, who disagreed with some of Obama's policies, threw his support behind Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

After McCain was defeated by Obama in 2008, Republicans took notice.

In January, Baiano was hired as director of visual media for the Republican Governors Association.

He's currently working to help them with November's mid-term gubernatorial elections.

Baiano, who now calls Washington home, hopes to eventually make a longer feature film…

159 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:14:15pm

re: #148 sattv4u2

re: #144 Walter L. Newton

Don't know how he'll recognize you
You won';t be the only one in that neighborhood standing on a corner naked save for the silk bathrobe!

Evening... did you see my comment above? We have a half of foot of snow up here tonight, and it's not going to stop before morning. And a boulder fell down into the canyon and is blocking the up hill bound lanes about 15 miles east of here, so no one is getting up hill for now unless they take some really back mountain roads... cozy up here tonight.

160 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:14:25pm

re: #149 Cato the Elder

No, if McCain had won, Bible Spice would now be president, after putting some snake venom in Sick Grandpa's mashed potatoes. Then we'd be truly fucked.

That's evil, Cato. Sarah Palin is not a very good person to those outside her family, but she's not a black-hearted poisoner.

161 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:15:18pm

re: #156 Cato the Elder

Fozzie Bear is not afraid of guns per se; he's afraid of gangs of armed furries taking him unawares in a dark alley.

Then he must be terrified of WindUpBird.

//

162 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:15:38pm

re: #158 Gus 802

Good catch there Gus.

163 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:15:46pm

re: #120 Racer X

Cheat on your wife and mother of your child, hundreds of times? Tawdry stories from mistresses near and far? Curse like a sailor?

Therapy and apologies.

But there is NO EXCUSE for this!!

164 brookly red  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:15:48pm

re: #160 Dark_Falcon

That's evil, Cato. Sarah Palin is not a very good person to those outside her family, but she's not a black-hearted poisoner.

are you gonna help me get the screwtonyium on the truck or what?

165 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:15:54pm

re: #156 Cato the Elder

Fozzie Bear is not afraid of guns per se; he's afraid of gangs of armed furries taking him unawares in a dark alley.

Whether that would be frightening or exciting depends, I suppose, on how much I have had to drink when the furries came around.

166 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:16:01pm

re: #160 Dark_Falcon

That's evil, Cato. Sarah Palin is not a very good person to those outside her family, but she's not a black-hearted poisoner.

She's not a very good person to those inside her family, either.

And I happen to believe she'd sell her soul and theirs for power.

167 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:16:17pm

re: #155 wlewisiii

PIMF - PEACH = PEACE??? Hehe!

William

168 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:16:53pm

re: #159 Walter L. Newton

Evening... did you see my comment above? We have a half of foot of snow up here tonight, and it's not going to stop before morning. And a boulder fell down into the canyon and is blocking the up hill bound lanes about 15 miles east of here, so no one is getting up hill for now unless they take some really back mountain roads... cozy up here tonight.

And here, I was out in shorts doing yard work!!

G'Luck ,,, hope you have provisions and don;'t need to be anywhere within the next 24 (or so) hours

169 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:17:21pm

re: #165 Fozzie Bear

I should warn you, they tend to come with a TON of baggage (WUB is like super sane, especially compared to them). I dont think I'd date a furry at gunpoint.

170 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:17:30pm

re: #167 wlewisiii

PIMF - PEACH = PEACE??? Hehe!

William

Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity.

For once: /

171 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:17:41pm

re: #154 Fozzie Bear

So is there literally no other way out save through that boulder?

Out, yes, the east bound lanes of the highway, from up here down hill to the Denver area is open... but the up hill lanes, West, from the Denver area is blocked by a boulder. You could go up Bear Creek Canyon to the north, or up Deer Creek Canyon south of here and drive one of the peak to peak roads back into our area, but those are two lanes roads, narrow, steeper than the main highway and we have a half a foot of snow right now, and it's going to be snowing all night.

Not good for the kids down hill at the prom. I hope Kenny doesn't get killed again.

172 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:17:55pm

re: #170 Cato the Elder

Up the ass?

173 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:18:18pm

re: #164 brookly red

are you gonna help me get the screwtonyium on the truck or what?

No thanks, I don't swing that way. :D

174 TampaKnight  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:18:35pm

re: #171 Walter L. Newton

Out, yes, the east bound lanes of the highway, from up here down hill to the Denver area is open... but the up hill lanes, West, from the Denver area is blocked by a boulder. You could go up Bear Creek Canyon to the north, or up Deer Creek Canyon south of here and drive one of the peak to peak roads back into our area, but those are two lanes roads, narrow, steeper than the main highway and we have a half a foot of snow right now, and it's going to be snowing all night.

Not good for the kids down hill at the prom. I hope Kenny doesn't get killed again.

There are Air Force bases near by....call in a precision airstrike and the boulder is history.

175 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:18:42pm

re: #172 windsagio

which makes me think of a random gaming story. I once knew (briefly) a person in a MMO named 'upthebutt'.

I still think its funny that they got away with it.

176 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:18:45pm

re: #168 sattv4u2

And here, I was out in shorts doing yard work!!

G'Luck ,,, hope you have provisions and don;'t need to be anywhere within the next 24 (or so) hours

Work... tomorrow at 1:20, but that is 5 miles from here, up here, that's why I took this new job, I don't have to really worry about driving down hill to the Denver area.

177 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:18:56pm

Like causes without rebels......

178 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:19:44pm

re: #174 TampaKnight

There are Air Force bases near by...call in a precision airstrike and the boulder is history.

I'll call the Academy in Colorado Springs.

179 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:19:51pm

re: #176 Walter L. Newton

That'd be a great excuse tho', if it were applicable.

"Sorry boss, Boulder in road!"

180 Killgore Trout  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:20:05pm

I have a million little cuts on my hands from pulling weeds all day. Just rubbed a marinade on my chicken with lemon juice and salt. Iyeeeeee!

181 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:20:10pm

re: #127 Fozzie Bear

It's essentially a delivery vehicle for extremist propaganda.

By Canadian standards, maybe.

You don't see how teaching people how to drop a man at 100 yards while simultaneously feeding them revolutionary propaganda is dangerous?

Hitting a human-sized target at 100 yards with almost any rifle not made of 100% rust is trivially easy for anyone with a few days' worth of experience with said rifle.

As for revolutionary propaganda, the stuff on their website is quite milquetoast when compared to The Real Thing (which is readily available, just use your googlez). That said, I can't really tell whether their "Plan to Save America" page is supposed to be a joke or not. I invoke Poe's Law on that one.

The people who are actually worthy of your worry tend not to tip-toe and tap-dance around their ideology. Many of their tacit supporters do, but that's another story.

These Appleseed guys just seem like slightly-sad hobbyists.

182 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:20:11pm

re: #175 windsagio

which makes me think of a random gaming story. I once knew (briefly) a person in a MMO named 'upthebutt'.

I still think its funny that they got away with it.

eh, if i was a moderator i'd think they were making themselves a target, and i'd let them...

183 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:20:29pm

re: #180 Killgore Trout

I have a million little cuts on my hands from pulling weeds all day. Just rubbed a marinade on my chicken with lemon juice and salt. Iyeee!

dude. gloves.

184 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:20:32pm

re: #176 Walter L. Newton

Work... tomorrow at 1:20, but that is 5 miles from here, up here, that's why I took this new job, I don't have to really worry about driving down hill to the Denver area.

How's that going, btw? Training finally done with?

185 brookly red  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:21:01pm

re: #173 Dark_Falcon

No thanks, I don't swing that way. :D

fine. it's been beeping for almost 10 minutes now... sheesh.

186 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:21:18pm

re: #183 Aceofwhat?

dude. gloves.

dude, illegal aliens!

187 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:21:27pm

re: #179 windsagio

That'd be a great excuse tho', if it were applicable.

"Sorry boss, Boulder in road!"

Nope... the store is just 5 miles from here. And this snow is suppose to stop around 9:00am Sat. And typical of a spring snow, the roads will be clear in hours, the stuff melts really fast, though right now the roads are snow packed... I was out earlier.

188 Killgore Trout  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:22:21pm

re: #183 Aceofwhat?

dude. gloves.

Gloves are worse than shoes: The shackles of civilization stink and I will not submit!

189 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:22:36pm

re: #184 sattv4u2

How's that going, btw? Training finally done with?

I have one more training session, Monday, 8 hours in a store down hill, in Littleton... cashier training... of course, that's what I have been doing for a month now.

190 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:22:50pm

re: #146 wlewisiii

I'm honestly not uncomfortable at all with guns. I've been to the range, and it really is rather fun. I'm uncomfortable with the narrative that people should arm themselves because "we may need them" because of [insert vague paranoid delusion here].

a random quote from their forums:

First, don't give up on the family. But don't come on too strong with them either.

Far better to skip prognostications, and get them to a place you can shoot, and put a .22 in their hands, and cool the rhetoric about the coming Apocalypse. Get them to an Appleseed, and everything will be OK when and if the A comes.

Second, look 15 years (or 30, or whatever) down the road, but plan your actions for the next twelve months.

Thoughts and concerns are one thing - but they don't exist in reality as they are mere speculations about the future. Actions are real and take place in the next 24 hours and mean something and make a difference that all the worry in the world cannot.

There's alot of that sort of thing on their forums.

I guess you guys are probably right, and it's not quite as creepy as I am taking it to be, but it strikes me as not good.

191 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:22:53pm

re: #180 Killgore Trout

I have a million little cuts on my hands from pulling weeds all day. Just rubbed a marinade on my chicken with lemon juice and salt. Iyeee!

Way to pickle those cuts... you should pay more attention... for some life is just a game...

192 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:23:02pm

re: #188 Killgore Trout

Gloves are worse than shoes: The shackles of civilization stink and I will not submit!

You can't submit if the gloves don't fit!

/

193 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:24:21pm

re: #190 Fozzie Bear

I'm honestly not uncomfortable at all with guns. I've been to the range, and it really is rather fun. I'm uncomfortable with the narrative that people should arm themselves because "we may need them" because of [insert vague paranoid delusion here].

I do have guns because I may need them.

Nothing paranoid about it.

194 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:24:37pm

This just came in...

"Platte Canyon FD is on scene of a chimney fire in Shawnee. At first report flames were visable from the chimney."

195 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:25:22pm

re: #189 Walter L. Newton

I have one more training session, Monday, 8 hours in a store down hill, in Littleton... cashier training... of course, that's what I have been doing for a month now.

Hell. I've been "here" (work) going on 12 years now and we have a training session each and every month!

196 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:25:57pm

re: #193 Cato the Elder

I have guns because they're damn fun >>

197 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:26:15pm

re: #188 Killgore Trout

Gloves are worse than shoes: The shackles of civilization stink and I will not submit!

You deserve a better end than Ling Chi...

198 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:26:16pm
199 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:26:29pm

re: #193 Cato the Elder

True, but I imagine your proximate motivation had more to do with home invasions or criminals than with fear of the government rounding people up in camps.

200 A Man for all Seasons  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:26:40pm

re: #195 sattv4u2

Hell. I've been "here" (work) going on 12 years now and we have a training session each and every month!


Hi Satt
Are you at work?

201 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:26:52pm

Or just because they are fun.

202 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:26:57pm

re: #193 Cato the Elder

re: #196 windsagio

I have guns because they're damn fun >>

I have guns because I have valuables, both material and organic!

203 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:27:22pm

re: #200 HoosierHoops

Hi Satt
Are you at work?

Yup,,, got here about an hour ago. Only 11 1/2 to go ,, YIPPEE!!!

204 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:27:30pm

re: #198 windsagio

More music that I think Walter will love!


[Video]

Wrong.

205 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:28:02pm

for others life is the mystery

206 Renaissance_Man  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:28:06pm

re: #157 windsagio

yeah yeah, loud and clear. :p

And you have a point, its just a visceral reaction.

Part of it also is that I love guns, but people that are really REALLY into guns are creepy. The more they're into it, the creepier it is.

I've always found the US gun culture varying degrees of fascinating and ugly.

I grew up in a culture where guns are rare. It's not because people are afraid of them, as many think - they just don't have a cultural place. They're a tool. It'd be like getting passionate about toasters. And when I talk to people who are passionate about guns, that's still how I feel - 'why are you so excited about this appliance?'

In the end, though, I'm with you - gun fetishism is creepy. I remember when I thought guns were the COOLEST THINGS EVAR - when I was 12 or so. And while I'm all for grown men indulging the little boy inside, as I happily do all the time, gun fetishism still looks a lot like toaster fetishism to me.

207 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:28:19pm

re: #44 Stanley Sea

I read this today - would like some input from those who know more.

Ron Paul had this 'remember remember the 5th of Nov' thing right?

Well the Republican Governors have released a video called "Remember November" with Guy Fawkes references.

What's your take?

Time Mag

Looks like, with their "Eleven Two" logo, they're talking about Election Day, November 2nd.

/Bummer, I was so hoping for a Fawkes News Channel...

208 A Man for all Seasons  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:28:45pm

re: #203 sattv4u2

Yup,,, got here about an hour ago. Only 11 1/2 to go ,, YIPPEE!!!

So you missed the draft feed..But the NBA play-offs are on..I'm in Heaven on a Friday night.....
Hope you are well Satt

209 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:28:49pm

re: #199 Fozzie Bear

True, but I imagine your proximate motivation had more to do with home invasions or criminals than with fear of the government rounding people up in camps.

Yes, but if that did happen, I would have guns.

Same with riots. Same with natcherul dissassters.

I have fire extinguishers because I may need them. It makes no odds to me whatsoever who or what starts the fucking fire.

210 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:29:09pm

re: #190 Fozzie Bear

I'm honestly not uncomfortable at all with guns. I've been to the range, and it really is rather fun. I'm uncomfortable with the narrative that people should arm themselves because "we may need them" because of [insert vague paranoid delusion here].

a random quote from their forums:

There's alot of that sort of thing on their forums.

I guess you guys are probably right, and it's not quite as creepy as I am taking it to be, but it strikes me as not good.

No, its not good. But its not actively dangerous, either. The Appleseed group doesn't want to fight, and that places them way down the concern list.

211 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:29:36pm

re: #180 Killgore Trout

I have a million little cuts on my hands from pulling weeds all day. Just rubbed a marinade on my chicken with lemon juice and salt. Iyeee!

You've never heard of gloves?
Google showed me the best ones!
[Link: www.westcountygardener.com...]

212 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:30:17pm

re: #206 Renaissance_Man

I've always found the US gun culture varying degrees of fascinating and ugly.

I grew up in a culture where guns are rare. It's not because people are afraid of them, as many think - they just don't have a cultural place. They're a tool. It'd be like getting passionate about toasters. And when I talk to people who are passionate about guns, that's still how I feel - 'why are you so excited about this appliance?'

In the end, though, I'm with you - gun fetishism is creepy. I remember when I thought guns were the COOLEST THINGS EVAR - when I was 12 or so. And while I'm all for grown men indulging the little boy inside, as I happily do all the time, gun fetishism still looks a lot like toaster fetishism to me.

Have you ever tried to hunt a deer or hold off an angry crowd with a toaster?

213 Renaissance_Man  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:31:15pm

re: #212 Cato the Elder

Have you ever tried to hunt a deer or hold off an angry crowd with a toaster?

Have you ever tried to make breakfast with a gun?

214 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:31:21pm

re: #212 Cato the Elder

Or for that matter, hunt a crowd or hold off an angry deer?

215 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:31:22pm

re: #208 HoosierHoops

So you missed the draft feed..But the NBA play-offs are on..I'm in Heaven on a Friday night...
Hope you are well Satt

Watched most of the draft at home while getting ready for work. Switching back and forth between that and the Celtics. Got "here" in time to see the C's last second win

We're doing the Spurs/ Mavs game now and I just put the Jazz Nuggets game up in both standard and hi def.

216 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:31:41pm

re: #188 Killgore Trout

Gloves are worse than shoes: The shackles of civilization stink and I will not submit!

MmmK. Please don't discuss pants!

217 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:31:55pm

re: #213 Renaissance_Man

Have you ever tried to make breakfast with a gun?

Yes. First you shoot the breakfast, then you make the toast.

Silly man.

218 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:32:20pm

and sometimes in life people just fall hard

219 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:32:36pm

re: #212 Cato the Elder

Holding off an angry crowd is still on my 'to-do' list, unfortunately.

220 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:32:42pm

re: #212 Cato the Elder

Have you ever tried to hunt a deer or hold off an angry crowd with a toaster?

STOP ,, OR I'LL AUTO POP-UP!

221 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:33:16pm

re: #206 Renaissance_Man

I've always found the US gun culture varying degrees of fascinating and ugly.

I grew up in a culture where guns are rare. It's not because people are afraid of them, as many think - they just don't have a cultural place. They're a tool. It'd be like getting passionate about toasters. And when I talk to people who are passionate about guns, that's still how I feel - 'why are you so excited about this appliance?'

In the end, though, I'm with you - gun fetishism is creepy. I remember when I thought guns were the COOLEST THINGS EVAR - when I was 12 or so. And while I'm all for grown men indulging the little boy inside, as I happily do all the time, gun fetishism still looks a lot like toaster fetishism to me.

it's because you have the wrong analogy.

a gun is an instrument. i think they're fine...mine is at my father's cabin...but i'm not really an "enthusiast".

now my tennis racquet...there's an instrument. Babolat...perfect weight and balance for me...when i behave correctly, it sings.

why is my fascination with my instrument of choice more or less creepy than another man's fascination with his instrument of choice?

222 A Man for all Seasons  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:33:22pm

re: #215 sattv4u2

Watched most of the draft at home while getting ready for work. Switching back and forth between that and the Celtics. Got "here" in time to see the C's last second win

We're doing the Spurs/ Mavs game now and I just put the Jazz Nuggets game up in both standard and hi def.

Watching the Mavs/SA game...

223 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:33:27pm

re: #220 sattv4u2

STOP ,, OR I'LL AUTO POP-UP!

Stop... or you're toast.

224 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:33:48pm

re: #219 windsagio

Holding off an angry crowd is still on my 'to-do' list, unfortunately.

Atticus is that you?

/but it was really Scout who turned them...

225 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:34:01pm

re: #209 Cato the Elder

Yes, but if that did happen, I would have guns.

Same with riots. Same with natcherul dissassters.

I have fire extinguishers because I may need them. It makes no odds to me whatsoever who or what starts the fucking fire.

You have a fire extinguisher, ergo you must be planning to go somewhere and start a fire...

226 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:34:32pm

re: #209 Cato the Elder

Yes, but if that did happen, I would have guns.

Same with riots. Same with natcherul dissassters.

I have fire extinguishers because I may need them. It makes no odds to me whatsoever who or what starts the fucking fire.

Repeated for truth.

My Smith & Wesson 64 is not really any different than the fire extinguisher next to the stove.

William

227 simoom  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:34:36pm

Here's the launch yesterday, from Cape Canaveral, of that Air Force space shuttle drone, which I suppose is presently orbiting the Earth:

228 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:34:39pm

re: #219 windsagio

Holding off an angry crowd is still on my 'to-do' list, unfortunately.

You could accomplish that here if you make the right statements.

229 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:34:49pm

re: #225 Aceofwhat?

That being said, thinking with a gun 'I think I may need this!' is kinda paranoid.

230 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:35:13pm

re: #228 Fozzie Bear

You could accomplish that here if you make the right statements.

"HERE'S MY PIN NUMBER" !?!?!

231 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:35:14pm

re: #228 Fozzie Bear

Oh lord in that sense, I'm all over it. 'Net shouldn't count tho'.

232 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:35:33pm

Walter: What kind of music do you like? I'm gonna find something we can agree on!

233 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:35:36pm

Just in... a picture of the boulder blocking the canyon on the up hill side of the highway that leads to where I live...

Image: 100423093810_04-23-10-us285-boulder.jpg

[Link: www.9news.com...]

234 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:35:50pm

re: #213 Renaissance_Man

Have you ever tried to make breakfast with a gun?

"You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who make breakfast. You cook."
-Blondie

235 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:36:11pm

re: #232 windsagio

Walter: What kind of music do you like? I'm gonna find something we can agree on!

You already know... Bowie, Kinks, most glam, glitter stuff.

236 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:36:38pm

re: #216 Floral Giraffe

MmmK. Please don't discuss pants!

What's to discuss? Mine are long gone.

237 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:36:52pm

re: #233 Walter L. Newton

Wow that's not going to be easy to move.

238 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:37:12pm

re: #229 windsagio

That being said, thinking with a gun 'I think I may need this!' is kinda paranoid.

when i was single, i lived in parts of cleveland which made me think i needed to keep my gun at my place.

paranoid or realistic?

239 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:37:13pm

re: #235 Walter L. Newton

You already know... Bowie, Kinks, most glam, glitter stuff.

And Lady GaGa ,,,, don't forget the GaGa

240 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:37:19pm

re: #235 Walter L. Newton

Ooh I didn't know that! This is easy then >

I'm trying to get WUB to learn this one for Kareoke.

241 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:37:28pm

re: #233 Walter L. Newton

Just in... a picture of the boulder blocking the canyon on the up hill side of the highway that leads to where I live...

(image link didn't work, try the news article)

[Link: www.9news.com...]

242 Stanghazi  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:37:51pm

re: #204 Walter L. Newton

Wrong.

It's good!

243 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:38:04pm

re: #238 Aceofwhat?

Hah, maybe I"m spoiled. Even in the most awful parts of the PNW I've lived in, never felt that way. Even the place wehre we heard fairly regular gunshots from our Apt.

244 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:38:14pm

re: #238 Aceofwhat?

when i was single, i lived in parts of cleveland which made me think i needed to keep my gun at my place.

paranoid or realistic?

you called that living !?!?!
./

245 darthstar  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:38:46pm

My wife is a total Crowded House head...she'll loves the Finn brothers.

246 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:39:01pm

re: #243 windsagio

You guys always give me the impressoin that those east coast cities are like apocalyptic wastelands, complete with roving armed mutant gangs.

247 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:39:17pm

re: #221 Aceofwhat?

why is my fascination with my instrument of choice more or less creepy than another man's fascination with his instrument of choice?

Too... many... straight... lines... head.... asploding...
:POP:

248 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:39:58pm

re: #233 Walter L. Newton

Just in... a picture of the boulder blocking the canyon on the up hill side of the highway that leads to where I live...

Image: 100423093810_04-23-10-us285-boulder.jpg

[Link: www.9news.com...]

That's a big chunk of rock!

249 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:40:03pm

re: #238 Aceofwhat?

Depends. Was it because you were afraid the government was going to come and take away your blue face paint and kilt, your signed John Wayne poster, your Charleton Heston commemorative socks, and your Guy Fawkes mask, or for some other reason?

250 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:40:21pm

re: #240 windsagio

Ooh I didn't know that! This is easy then >

I'm trying to get WUB to learn this one for Kareoke.

[Video]

No kidding... that would be good... at about 1:30am, the lights are getting low, only a few people left in the club... both of you have been nursing the same drinks for the last hours, not sure who should make the first move, and then that song comes on, and you sing a duet... sends chills up my spine.

251 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:40:36pm

re: #233 Walter L. Newton

Just in... a picture of the boulder blocking the canyon on the up hill side of the highway that leads to where I live...

Image: 100423093810_04-23-10-us285-boulder.jpg

[Link: www.9news.com...]

"Gee, wouldn't it be nice if we had some grenades dynamite right now?"

--Jayne, "Serenity"

252 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:40:46pm

re: #242 Stanley Sea

It is!

Ooh thought of another one!

Freakin' hilarious german metal/industrial cover of a hair song.

253 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:40:46pm

re: #246 windsagio

You guys always give me the impressoin that those east coast cities are like apocalyptic wastelands, complete with roving armed mutant gangs.

nah. if i lived in PNW and heard gunshots, i'd be cohabiting with my firearm.

254 A Man for all Seasons  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:40:48pm

re: #232 windsagio

Walter: What kind of music do you like? I'm gonna find something we can agree on!

Don't let Walter fool you.. He has often been filmed going down mountain trails at 80MPH singing..Clang Clang Clang goes the trolley
I can't explain it...
Hi Walter! I'm teasing you..

255 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:41:27pm

re: #250 Walter L. Newton

haha awesome! I don't sing tho', got burned by a KJ havne't recovered yet >>

256 Renaissance_Man  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:41:56pm

re: #221 Aceofwhat?

it's because you have the wrong analogy.

a gun is an instrument. i think they're fine...mine is at my father's cabin...but i'm not really an "enthusiast".

now my tennis racquet...there's an instrument. Babolat...perfect weight and balance for me...when i behave correctly, it sings.

why is my fascination with my instrument of choice more or less creepy than another man's fascination with his instrument of choice?

As with many things, it's a question of degree. I am, if anything, even more precise and exacting with my own sporting equipment as you are with your racquet. A craftsman should know his tools, and a certain affection for them is only natural.

A detailed knowledge of your tools is one thing. Elevating your tools to a mythological level somewhere between Excalibur and the Holy Grail, and creating an entire culture and worldview around their symbolism, is something else. It's as creepy as any other fetishism, in the end. In this case, it's just a more popularly accepted one.

257 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:42:01pm

re: #249 Fozzie Bear

Depends. Was it because you were afraid the government was going to come and take away your blue face paint and kilt, your signed John Wayne poster, your Charleton Heston commemorative socks, and your Guy Fawkes mask, or for some other reason?

it doesn't really depend all that much.

protection ≠ revolution

goalposts!!

258 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:42:13pm

Django / Races are Run [ look at that hair... ]

259 Locker  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:43:14pm

re: #229 windsagio

That being said, thinking with a gun 'I think I may need this!' is kinda paranoid.

As a gun owner and also a gun control advocate (also ex military) I'd say the problem with the "self defense" arguments and horror stories is this... most people don't carry a gun in the manner in which it would provide help in a "self defense" situation.

Your gun needs to be on you, in your hand and locked/loaded to be of any use. A gun in your night stand, your glove box, your closet, etc doesn't really do dick. The chances of you even getting into a situation where you'd need a gun, a the ready, are slim. The odds that you'd actually get to a gun and use it in a situation if it's not already on you are even slimmer.

It's an interesting argument I have with myself as far as carrying laws. What good is a gun if I can't carry it at the ready? vs Whack jobs walking around with loaded guns all the time is a guaranteed recipe for trouble.

260 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:43:22pm

re: #257 Aceofwhat?

it doesn't really depend all that much.

protection ≠ revolution

goalposts!!

You make good points. I don't have to like it, it's their right.

grumble

261 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:44:03pm

re: #258 Thanos

I thought that was going to be Django Reinhardt.

262 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:44:59pm

re: #261 Walter L. Newton

I thought that was going to be Django Reinhardt.

Nope, tribute to him

263 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:45:18pm

re: #249 Fozzie Bear

Depends. Was it because you were afraid the government was going to come and take away your blue face paint and kilt, your signed John Wayne poster, your Charleton Heston commemorative socks, and your Guy Fawkes mask, or for some other reason?

I've never been afraid of the government stealing my freedom. But I have always kept guns handy because I do think there are too many seriously far right wing groups that would steal my freedom in a heartbeat. I've also always feared Republican presidents more when it comes to gun control laws (Nixon/China, etc)

I will always be able to defend my family against any theocrat that tries to take us...

William

264 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:45:30pm

re: #249 Fozzie Bear

Depends. Was it because you were afraid the government was going to come and take away your blue face paint and kilt, your signed John Wayne poster, your Charleton Heston commemorative socks, and your Guy Fawkes mask, or for some other reason?

Lets say I have my gun for several reaons

A) it's my right
B) for safety for family and self
Now,,, lets say some despot wrestles control somehow of the gov't. Whats wrong with me already having that gun instead of trying to obtain one post!?!?!

265 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:45:32pm

Introducing the USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26).

100423-N-5025C-001 WASHINGTON (April 23, 2010) An artist concept of the amphibious tranport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26). The future USS John Murtha will be the tenth San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship. (U.S. Navy photo illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jay M. Chu/Released)

266 reine.de.tout  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:46:50pm

re: #140 Lidane

Guns don't bother me. I grew up around them since I've got hunters, sportsmen and cops in my family. Knives and swords don't bother me either, since I happen to like them, too. What bothers me is all this rhetoric of revolution, whether it's the tea parties, the militia resurgence, and all that. Toss in the law that just got signed in Arizona and the wingnuts arming themselves at the border, and it makes me nervous.

None of this shit would be happening if McCain had won the election. It's as simple as that.

They started their "project" in 2005, with their first event in 2006, while Bush was still President.

267 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:46:53pm

re: #256 Renaissance_Man

As with many things, it's a question of degree. I am, if anything, even more precise and exacting with my own sporting equipment as you are with your racquet. A craftsman should know his tools, and a certain affection for them is only natural.

A detailed knowledge of your tools is one thing. Elevating your tools to a mythological level somewhere between Excalibur and the Holy Grail, and creating an entire culture and worldview around their symbolism, is something else. It's as creepy as any other fetishism, in the end. In this case, it's just a more popularly accepted one.

*shrug*

I figure we all have our fetishes, and everyone's fetish is creepy except mine...funny how that works!

As long as it doesn't involve active conquering (thus excluding Radical Islam, Hutterites and Pinky&The Brain), i like living in a country where we don't begrudge each other our creepy fetishes...

268 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:46:57pm

re: #229 windsagio

That being said, thinking with a gun 'I think I may need this!' is kinda paranoid.

Bull puckey.

The same would go for health insurance, home insurance, a last will and testament, fire extinguishers, a supply of canned food and grains in your basement, mouse traps, knives, axes, tools of any kind, shovels in particular, savings in the bank and cash under the mattress, or any other "think ahead, son" item you might care to name.

Of course, when the shit hits the fan, you can come and ask to borrow a cup of sugar.

You may not get it, though.

269 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:47:07pm

re: #259 Locker

Yes, those are the questions to answer. Given Wisconsin's current laws, i won't say what I've decided on them, ok?

William

270 simoom  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:47:11pm

re: #227 simoom

I missed this bit earlier. Sounds like an hour before they launched the X-37B into space some sort of test hypersonic glider went up first (part of Prompt Global Strike?).

From Popular Science:
[Link: www.popsci.com...]

DARPA's HTV-2 was first into the air, around 7 pm EDT. The hypersonic vehicle is designed to glide through the Earth's atmosphere at speeds 20 times greater than the speed of sound. The Santa Maria Times notes that several maneuvers were scheduled to test how HTV-2 handles during the hypersonic glide stage, before hurtling into the Pacific Ocean at more than 13,000 mph for a planned demise.

A future hypersonic platform could theoretically deliver precision strikes to targets around the world with "little or no advanced warning," as DARPA puts it. A second test is planned for 2011, based on the success of yesterday's sortie.

271 darthstar  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:47:35pm

re: #265 Gus 802

Introducing the USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26).

If I was a Somali pirate, I'd totally take that ship. /

Seriously, that's a nice looking boat.

272 Mr Pancakes  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:47:39pm

re: #252 windsagio

It is!

Ooh thought of another one!

Freakin' hilarious german metal/industrial cover of a hair song.


[Video]

An off the wall re-make like that made me think of this cheesy re-make...... I'll be nice, the lead singer died a few days ago.

273 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:47:55pm

re: #268 Cato the Elder

Of course, when the shit hits the fan, you can come and ask to borrow a cup of sugar.

You may not get it, though.

I'd have a better chance if I showed up with a gun!

274 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:48:03pm

re: #268 Cato the Elder

I'd be lucky because even tho I don't get it I own guns anyways :D


I think that's the thing, I just really don't get it. Doesn't mean you guys are wrong, of course.

275 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:48:16pm

re: #260 Fozzie Bear

You make good points. I don't have to like it, it's their right.

grumble

you're a good sport...drink up!

276 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:48:23pm

I got my guns in preparation for the zombie apocalypse. And I've named all 56 of them, and kiss them all goodnight before I go to bed.

277 Decatur Deb  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:48:31pm

re: #47 wlewisiii

Raising a house tomorrow. 'Nite, all.
Best music? The answer is in the bach of my mind:

278 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:48:37pm

re: #271 darthstar

If I was a Somali pirate, I'd totally take that ship. /

Seriously, that's a nice looking boat.

Yeah. Has enough of a conventional look to make it nice to look at.

279 reine.de.tout  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:49:32pm

re: #180 Killgore Trout

I have a million little cuts on my hands from pulling weeds all day. Just rubbed a marinade on my chicken with lemon juice and salt. Iyeee!

Maybe that's a tip for Killgore's section of the cookbook blog?

Or maybe not, maybe most folks will know not to rub lemon juice and salt into cuts?

280 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:49:45pm

re: #256 Renaissance_Man

As with many things, it's a question of degree. I am, if anything, even more precise and exacting with my own sporting equipment as you are with your racquet. A craftsman should know his tools, and a certain affection for them is only natural.

A detailed knowledge of your tools is one thing. Elevating your tools to a mythological level somewhere between Excalibur and the Holy Grail, and creating an entire culture and worldview around their symbolism, is something else. It's as creepy as any other fetishism, in the end. In this case, it's just a more popularly accepted one.

We likes our phallic symbols. Big cars, big guns, big swords.

Big time

(Actually, I'm probably the furthest thing from a gun nut you'd ever find. I own a gun, but I've never fired one. Now, I once was a pretty good at archery! Won a few trophys even!)

281 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:50:05pm

re: #273 sattv4u2

Of course, when the shit hits the fan, you can come and ask to borrow a cup of sugar.

You may not get it, though.

I'd have a better chance if I showed up with a gun!

Now that's comedy!

282 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:50:14pm

re: #259 Locker

As a gun owner and also a gun control advocate (also ex military) I'd say the problem with the "self defense" arguments and horror stories is this... most people don't carry a gun in the manner in which it would provide help in a "self defense" situation.

Your gun needs to be on you, in your hand and locked/loaded to be of any use. A gun in your night stand, your glove box, your closet, etc doesn't really do dick. The chances of you even getting into a situation where you'd need a gun, a the ready, are slim. The odds that you'd actually get to a gun and use it in a situation if it's not already on you are even slimmer.

It's an interesting argument I have with myself as far as carrying laws. What good is a gun if I can't carry it at the ready? vs Whack jobs walking around with loaded guns all the time is a guaranteed recipe for trouble.

That's why I keep my H&K P7M8 under my pillow.

Used it more than once to scare off sad-ass burglars here in Baltimore. I probably could have scared them off with my hulking presence and deep, manly voice alone, but still.

When and if I move to a carry state, I will carry.

283 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:50:20pm

re: #276 Slumbering Behemoth

I got my guns in preparation for the zombie apocalypse. And I've named all 56 of them, and kiss them all goodnight before I go to bed.

But, do you name and kiss goodnight all your ammo?

284 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:50:21pm

re: #252 windsagio

It is!

Ooh thought of another one!

Freakin' hilarious german metal/industrial cover of a hair song.


[Video]

You asked for it:

285 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:50:32pm

re: #279 reine.de.tout

Well, somebody was wiping spices into his eye here the other day, so you know, we're a 'touched' bunch.

286 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:50:50pm

re: #281 marjoriemoon

Now that's comedy!

here every night, folks,, two shows in Sunday

Please tip your waitress

287 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:51:17pm

Thanos, and others, so Lizard Google-fu, help?
A flower forum I'm on, had a couple of interesting threads earlier today, that the moderator has now deleted. Is there any way to Google cache, or otherwise recover them?

Yes, Flower people piss at each other too!

288 Locker  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:51:20pm

re: #269 wlewisiii

Yes, those are the questions to answer. Given Wisconsin's current laws, i won't say what I've decided on them, ok?

William

Your constant post signing is causing a weird fictional overlay in my head. Some sort of Renaissance romance piece. Guy is writing to his woman and narrating in his head...

Dear Elizabeth,

I miss and desire you but my pending marriage to your second cousin weighs heavily on my heart. Meet me near the stables at midnight and we shall steal away.

All my love....

William

289 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:51:30pm

re: #279 reine.de.tout

Maybe that's a tip for Killgore's section of the cookbook blog?

Or maybe not, maybe most folks will know not to rub lemon juice and salt into cuts?

Nah...we bourgeois pigs don gloves prior to the ritual slaughter of unwanted vegetation!

290 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:51:35pm

re: #284 negativ

I was mistaken by the way, Laibach is Slovenian, not German.

291 jaunte  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:51:37pm

re: #279 reine.de.tout

Maybe that's a tip for Killgore's section of the cookbook blog?

Or maybe not, maybe most folks will know not to rub lemon juice and salt into cuts?

We'll have a habanero pepper-based recipe for that.

292 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:51:49pm

re: #279 reine.de.tout

Maybe that's a tip for Killgore's section of the cookbook blog?

Or maybe not, maybe most folks will know not to rub lemon juice and salt into cuts?

Well, I've been known to reach into a pot of boiling water to adjust the linguine.

293 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:51:57pm

re: #282 Cato the Elder

That's why I keep my H&K P7M8 under my pillow.

Used it more than once to scare off sad-ass burglars here in Baltimore. I probably could have scared them off with my hulking presence and deep, manly voice alone, but still.

When and if I move to a carry state, I will carry.

Come on over... you can open carry without a special permit... and even bring it into Starbucks... a triple espresso and a gun...

294 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:52:04pm

re: #267 Aceofwhat?

Some folks like to fetishize their weapons.

I like to weaponize my fetishes.

295 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:52:04pm

re: #283 MandyManners

But, do you name and kiss goodnight all your ammo?

is that what the kids call it/

296 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:52:26pm

re: #270 simoom

I missed this bit earlier. Sounds like an hour before they launched the X-37B into space some sort of test hypersonic glider went up first (part of Prompt Global Strike?).

From Popular Science:
[Link: www.popsci.com...]

Kind of looks like Alien.

297 Lidane  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:52:26pm

re: #266 reine.de.tout

They started their "project" in 2005, with their first event in 2006, while Bush was still President.

That might be true of the Appleseed folks. That's not so true for the teabaggers, the nutbars arming themselves at the border, and all the current rhetoric of revolution.

Like I said-- it's not the Appleseed folks themselves that bug me. It's not the guns. It's the violent, revolutionary rhetoric and all the gun waving and all that which has me concerned.

298 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:52:52pm

re: #287 Floral Giraffe

Thanos, and others, so Lizard Google-fu, help?
A flower forum I'm on, had a couple of interesting threads earlier today, that the moderator has now deleted. Is there any way to Google cache, or otherwise recover them?

Yes, Flower people piss at each other too!

oooh...salacious!

;)

299 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:53:05pm

re: #280 marjoriemoon

We likes our phallic symbols. Big cars, big guns, big swords.

Big time

[Video]

(Actually, I'm probably the furthest thing from a gun nut you'd ever find. I own a gun, but I've never fired one. Now, I once was a pretty good at archery! Won a few trophys even!)

You own a gun but are not familiar with it? Is it secured? Do you ever think of using it to defend yourself?

300 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:53:10pm
301 reine.de.tout  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:53:12pm

re: #292 MandyManners

Well, I've been known to reach into a pot of boiling water to adjust the linguine.

geez, Mandy, I have too.
And I've also been known to use a potholder to take a pan out of the oven, then grab the pan with my bare hands to hold it still while I rearrange what's on it. OUCH.

302 Cannadian Club Akbar  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:53:13pm

Evening honcos.

303 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:53:16pm

re: #270 simoom

I missed this bit earlier. Sounds like an hour before they launched the X-37B into space some sort of test hypersonic glider went up first (part of Prompt Global Strike?).

From Popular Science:
[Link: www.popsci.com...]

For those not understanding the hints above, google "rods from god".

304 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:53:42pm

re: #287 Floral Giraffe

Thanos, and others, so Lizard Google-fu, help?
A flower forum I'm on, had a couple of interesting threads earlier today, that the moderator has now deleted. Is there any way to Google cache, or otherwise recover them?

Yes, Flower people piss at each other too!

It's all those pricks.

305 reine.de.tout  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:53:59pm

re: #291 jaunte

We'll have a habanero pepper-based recipe for that.

btw- have you gotten all my e-mails? I think the proofing is finished. I haven't heard from Killgore about his section so I assume it's picture perfect.

306 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:53:59pm

re: #283 MandyManners

But, do you name and kiss goodnight all your ammo?

No way! What do you take me for, some kind of loon? ;)

307 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:54:15pm

re: #295 Aceofwhat?

is that what the kids call it/

*rimshot*

308 Athens Runaway  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:54:31pm

re: #263 wlewisiii

I've also always feared Republican presidents more when it comes to gun control laws (Nixon/China, etc)

You were afraid of Nixon starting the process of normalizing relations with China? What does that have to do with being afraid of Republicans doing.. something... to gun control laws?

309 Locker  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:54:35pm

re: #282 Cato the Elder

That's why I keep my H&K P7M8 under my pillow.

Used it more than once to scare off sad-ass burglars here in Baltimore. I probably could have scared them off with my hulking presence and deep, manly voice alone, but still.

When and if I move to a carry state, I will carry.

We use piano keyed type boxes for our personal firearms (Kimber Ultra Carry II for me). That way I can keep the firearm loaded and cocked with the safety off and I don't really have to worry about an accidental discharge.

It's a slight delay vs the pillow method but I've drilled it enough to put the weapon in my hand in less than 3 seconds so I'm comfortable with that window.

310 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:54:54pm

re: #288 Locker

Heh, I just got in the habit of signing posts nearly 30 years ago, that's all.

William

311 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:55:05pm

re: #301 reine.de.tout

geez, Mandy, I have too.
And I've also been known to use a potholder to take a pan out of the oven, then grab the pan with my bare hands to hold it still while I rearrange what's on it. OUCH.

Cold water is a good thing.

312 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:55:36pm

re: #292 MandyManners

That's hot.

313 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:55:40pm

re: #94 Windupbird

I like the cut of your jib, sir

/Are friends in fact electirc?

some can shine
some can fly
some are glorious
some are ancient

some are wise
some are strong
some are everything
you could dream of

some are clouds
some are rain
float like angels wings
on an ocean

some can sing
songs of gods
words so beautiful
they fall like raindrops

but none are like me
all i know is you're not with me
like me

some will cry
cry for you
take your pain away
while you're sleeping

some will die
in your name
give their soul to you
for safe keeping

but none are like me
all i know is you're not with me
like me

woo, intra-thread time travel!

314 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:55:46pm

re: #306 Slumbering Behemoth

No way! What do you take me for, some kind of loon? ;)

Garden-variety? No. Extra-special? Yes!

315 jaunte  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:55:52pm

re: #305 reine.de.tout

Yes, I've received everything, George is on the case, we should be able to send you the final Monday.

316 reine.de.tout  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:56:23pm

re: #311 MandyManners

Cold water is a good thing.

Oh, my yes.
And ice (and I KNOW you're not supposed to use ice, but really, my cold water isn't really cold except during the month of January).

317 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:56:36pm

re: #297 Lidane

That might be true of the Appleseed folks. That's not so true for the teabaggers, the nutbars arming themselves at the border, and all the current rhetoric of revolution.

Like I said-- it's not the Appleseed folks themselves that bug me. It's not the guns. It's the violent, revolutionary rhetoric and all the gun waving and all that which has me concerned.

Yeah.

But if the wingnuts take to the streets, trying to kill gays and libruls and minorities and people who don't know the password, this librul is armed.

318 reine.de.tout  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:56:42pm

re: #315 jaunte

Yes, I've received everything, George is on the case, we should be able to send you the final Monday.

yippee!

319 Decatur Deb  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:56:47pm

re: #267 Aceofwhat?

*shrug*

I figure we all have our fetishes, and everyone's fetish is creepy except mine...funny how that works!

As long as it doesn't involve active conquering (thus excluding Radical Islam, Hutterites and Pinky&The Brain), i like living in a country where we don't begrudge each other our creepy fetishes...

Ace--I think you want "Huttarees". These are Hutterites:
[Link: www.hutterites.org...]

320 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:57:17pm

re: #312 Slumbering Behemoth

That's hot.

That, plus a few random expletives, is what I usually holler when I perform a Darwinian Kitchen Maneuver.

321 The Shadow Do  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:57:38pm

Watching my Mavs getting handled by the hated Spurs. Following along on a live blog of the game.
Here is a beaut of a comment:

[Comment From shuggs shuggs: ]
Barea likes to play at a "home" crowd in San Antonio. We should trade him there where Tex-Mex rules.


J.J. is Puerto Rican and subject of a lot of contempt from some circles. Sad.

322 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:57:39pm

re: #287 Floral Giraffe

Thanos, and others, so Lizard Google-fu, help?
A flower forum I'm on, had a couple of interesting threads earlier today, that the moderator has now deleted. Is there any way to Google cache, or otherwise recover them?

Yes, Flower people piss at each other too!

You might look to see if it's still in the google cache link if you remember a significant length quote you can google on that and see if it's in cache somewhere. Otherwise it's the Wayback machine and it might not be there.

[Link: www.archive.org...]

323 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:58:04pm

re: #287 Floral Giraffe

Yes, Flower people piss at each other too!

Too... many... straight... lines... head... asploding...
:POP:

324 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:59:08pm

re: #316 reine.de.tout

Oh, my yes.
And ice (and I KNOW you're not supposed to use ice, but really, my cold water isn't really cold except during the month of January).

Ah, the joys of living in the South.

325 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:59:12pm

re: #321 The Shadow Do

Watching my Mavs getting handled by the hated Spurs. Following along on a live blog of the game.
Here is a beaut of a comment:


J.J. is Puerto Rican and subject of a lot of contempt from some circles. Sad.

It's a 3 point game at halftime!
Giving up !?!?!

326 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:59:26pm

re: #287 Floral Giraffe

Thanos, and others, so Lizard Google-fu, help?
A flower forum I'm on, had a couple of interesting threads earlier today, that the moderator has now deleted. Is there any way to Google cache, or otherwise recover them?

Yes, Flower people piss at each other too!

Are you intending on "stalking" someone?

327 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:59:34pm

re: #299 MandyManners

You own a gun but are not familiar with it? Is it secured? Do you ever think of using it to defend yourself?

Ya mean I'm not supposed to twirl it around? Throw it in the air? Yeesh! What a buzzkill.

My husband was an armorer in the service. He tends to its needs.

328 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 7:59:52pm

re: #267 Aceofwhat?

*shrug*

I figure we all have our fetishes, and everyone's fetish is creepy except mine...funny how that works!

No, Ace, Japanese tentacle porn is still creepy.

329 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:00:07pm

re: #320 MandyManners

Lingerie and dirty talk. I may have to take a cold shower here.

330 The Shadow Do  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:00:10pm

re: #325 sattv4u2

It's a 3 point game at halftime!
Giving up !?!?!

Yes. No D. None at all. Dirk will need at least 60 to win this game.

331 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:00:28pm

re: #326 Walter L. Newton

Are you intending on "stalking" someone?

I think we should just nip the puns in the bud...

332 Killgore Trout  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:00:37pm

re: #305 reine.de.tout

btw- have you gotten all my e-mails? I think the proofing is finished. I haven't heard from Killgore about his section so I assume it's picture perfect.

Actually I've been inflicted with nice gardening weather so I haven't done any proofreading. We are in for a day or two of rain so I can focus on the last half of the cookbook(I figure most proofers will neglect the latter part more) this weekend if it's not too late.
I'm still impressed with Juante's illustration for Sharm's recipe. For my money it's the best one in the book.

333 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:01:00pm

re: #326 Walter L. Newton

Are you intending on "stalking" someone?

If so, we better nip that in the bud.

334 jaunte  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:01:20pm

re: #332 Killgore Trout

I think we all have a childhood memory of that scene.

335 Locker  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:01:21pm

re: #316 reine.de.tout

Oh, my yes.
And ice (and I KNOW you're not supposed to use ice, but really, my cold water isn't really cold except during the month of January).

I prefer ice of the weasel variety. Great at any time of the year. ;-)

336 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:01:42pm

re: #330 The Shadow Do

Yes. No D. None at all. Dirk will need at least 60 to win this game.

Wow ,,, fair weather much !?!?

337 Killgore Trout  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:01:50pm

re: #334 jaunte

I think we all have a childhood memory of that scene.

Indeed.

338 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:01:58pm

re: #331 Thanos

THA-NOS!!! Curse your quick wit, and even quicker typing!

339 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:02:46pm

X-37B Historic Footage of Space Plane Test Flight [VIDEO] - 2006

Being released from a Scaled Composite White Knight.

340 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:02:55pm

re: #327 marjoriemoon

Ya mean I'm not supposed to twirl it around? Throw it in the air? Yeesh! What a buzzkill.

My husband was an armorer in the service. He tends to its needs.

What if he's not there when you need defense? What if

Oh, shit. I'll stop right here. Dickhead was in Special Forces but, I knew how to operate any weapon in our home.

Never mind. I'm crossing a boundary here.

341 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:03:09pm

re: #322 Thanos

Thank you! I couldn't remember the name of the wayback machine.
It's not there, but I tried!

342 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:03:16pm

re: #338 Slumbering Behemoth

THA-NOS!!! Curse your quick wit, and even quicker typing!

It's like you are on a trike and can't petal fast enough...

343 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:03:38pm

re: #329 Slumbering Behemoth

Lingerie and dirty talk. I may have to take a cold shower here.

Does it flick your Bic?

344 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:03:38pm

re: #309 Locker

We use piano keyed type boxes for our personal firearms (Kimber Ultra Carry II for me). That way I can keep the firearm loaded and cocked with the safety off and I don't really have to worry about an accidental discharge.

It's a slight delay vs the pillow method but I've drilled it enough to put the weapon in my hand in less than 3 seconds so I'm comfortable with that window.

The nice part about the H&K P7M8 is the unique squeeze-cocker.

[dirty jokes coming up in 3...2...1...]

There is no possible scenario for an accidental discharge. Hence, it's loaded and ready with a round in the chamber at all times.

Even in the unlikely event that the perp gets it away from you, there's virtually no chance he'll know how to fire it, unless he's a retired member of the old German police force.

That's my baby.

If nine rounds aren't enough, there's the P7M13. 13 + 1 chambered = 14.

And yes, each round has a name and I kiss them goodnight.

345 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:04:01pm

re: #326 Walter L. Newton

Are you intending on "stalking" someone?

LOL!
You should here them call each other "pollen thieves!"

346 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:04:05pm

re: #342 Thanos

It's like you are on a trike and can't petal fast enough...

MKore like the Perils Of Pollen !

347 reine.de.tout  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:04:22pm

re: #332 Killgore Trout

Actually I've been inflicted with nice gardening weather so I haven't done any proofreading. We are in for a day or two of rain so I can focus on the last half of the cookbook(I figure most proofers will neglect the latter part more) this weekend if it's not too late.
I'm still impressed with Juante's illustration for Sharm's recipe. For my money it's the best one in the book.

I thought so too!
The rest of the book has been proofed, I had a lot of volunteers who helped!

348 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:04:27pm

re: #319 Decatur Deb

Ace--I think you want "Huttarees". These are Hutterites:
[Link: www.hutterites.org...]

yep. thanks-

349 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:04:28pm

re: #333 Slumbering Behemoth

If so, we better nip that in the bud.

Why? We can all be blooming idiots!

350 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:05:04pm

re: #344 Cato the Elder

The nice part about the H&K P7M8 is the unique squeeze-cocker.

[dirty jokes coming up in 3...2...1...]

There is no possible scenario for an accidental discharge. Hence, it's loaded and ready with a round in the chamber at all times.

Even in the unlikely event that the perp gets it away from you, there's virtually no chance he'll know how to fire it, unless he's a retired member of the old German police force.

That's my baby.

If nine rounds aren't enough, there's the P7M13. 13 + 1 chambered = 14.

And yes, each round has a name and I kiss them goodnight.

Oh yeah!

Here's my baby.

351 The Shadow Do  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:05:14pm

re: #336 sattv4u2

Wow ,,, fair weather much !?!?


Nah, cold eyed realist. Love the Mavs. They suck.

352 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:05:40pm

re: #328 JasonA

No, Ace, Japanese tentacle porn is still creepy.

Be nice to Winsagio...he can't help it...

353 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:06:10pm

re: #340 MandyManners

What if he's not there when you need defense? What if

Oh, shit. I'll stop right here. Dickhead was in Special Forces but, I knew how to operate any weapon in our home.

Never mind. I'm crossing a boundary here.

No you aren't. It's not that I don't want to learn. It's just not on the top list of priorities.

I spent a lot of time as a single woman in a big city. I learned how to avoid situations where I would need a gun. Worked pretty well.

354 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:06:14pm

re: #309 Locker

We use piano keyed type boxes for our personal firearms (Kimber Ultra Carry II for me). That way I can keep the firearm loaded and cocked with the safety off and I don't really have to worry about an accidental discharge.

It's a slight delay vs the pillow method but I've drilled it enough to put the weapon in my hand in less than 3 seconds so I'm comfortable with that window.

.45 ACP. Excellent caliber choice. Hard to believe that the basic M1911 design is 99 years old.

355 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:06:39pm

re: #351 The Shadow Do

Nah, cold eyed realist. Love the Mavs. They suck.

I'll take them in this series
I give them even odds if they meet the Lakers later

356 jaunte  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:06:42pm

re: #350 Gus 802

But if you're toasting an angry crowd, you'll need six slots at least.
[Link: www.google.com...]

357 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:07:33pm

re: #343 MandyManners

Right about now, a stiff breeze would flick my bic. Not to worry, though. I have matters well in hand.

358 Locker  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:07:50pm

re: #344 Cato the Elder

The nice part about the H&K P7M8 is the unique squeeze-cocker.

[dirty jokes coming up in 3...2...1...]

There is no possible scenario for an accidental discharge. Hence, it's loaded and ready with a round in the chamber at all times.

Even in the unlikely event that the perp gets it away from you, there's virtually no chance he'll know how to fire it, unless he's a retired member of the old German police force.

That's my baby.

If nine rounds aren't enough, there's the P7M13. 13 + 1 chambered = 14.

And yes, each round has a name and I kiss them goodnight.

Nice piece of weaponry. I'm still waiting for workable palm print technology so the gun will ONLY fire for me or authorized prints, etc. That will be a very, very exciting development.

Additionally, in response to your post above... I am MUCH more concerned with harm by political extremists than I am by say a home invasion. These gun toting whack jobs do not provide a feeling of security where this liberal is involved. THIS liberal is also armed and experienced.

359 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:08:00pm

This is pretty wild...

Printing New Skin: Saving Lives with Ink Jet Printers [VIDEO]

By modifying an ink jet printer and growing skin cells from a patient’s body, an Army research lab has developed an amazing treatment for severe burns: printing new skin.

Once the patient’s skin cells are in a sterile ink cartridge, a computer uses a three dimensional map of the wound to guide the printing.

“The bio-printer drops each type of cell precisely where it needs to go,” explains Kyle Binder, a biomedical scientist at the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine’s Wake Forest lab. “The wound gets filled in and then those cells become new skin.”

360 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:08:05pm

re: #344 Cato the Elder

The nice part about the H&K P7M8 is the unique squeeze-cocker.

[dirty jokes coming up in 3...2...1...]

There is no possible scenario for an accidental discharge. Hence, it's loaded and ready with a round in the chamber at all times.

Even in the unlikely event that the perp gets it away from you, there's virtually no chance he'll know how to fire it, unless he's a retired member of the old German police force.

That's my baby.

If nine rounds aren't enough, there's the P7M13. 13 + 1 chambered = 14.

And yes, each round has a name and I kiss them goodnight.

H&K's are wonderfully made and superbly accurate.

361 The Shadow Do  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:08:19pm

re: #355 sattv4u2

I'll take them in this series
I give them even odds if they meet the Lakers later

That's the spirit!

362 Ojoe  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:08:21pm

re: #339 Gus 802

That thing glides a bit better than a brick.

363 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:09:05pm

re: #357 Slumbering Behemoth

Right about now, a stiff breeze would flick my bic. Not to worry, though. I have matters well in hand.

I didn't know you worked for the SEC...

364 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:09:05pm

re: #353 marjoriemoon

No you aren't. It's not that I don't want to learn. It's just not on the top list of priorities.

I spent a lot of time as a single woman in a big city. I learned how to avoid situations where I would need a gun. Worked pretty well.

How can you avoid someone breaking into your home?

Some say victims choose themselves. Some say victims are chosen by criminals. Some say the truth is somewhere in between.

365 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:09:13pm

re: #349 MandyManners

Why? We can all be blooming idiots!

Oh Mandy, you're such a pistil.

366 Locker  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:09:44pm

re: #354 Dark_Falcon

.45 ACP. Excellent caliber choice. Hard to believe that the basic M1911 design is 99 years old.

Yea I was just going to throw up pictures...

Me
[Link: www.kimberamerica.com...]

Wifey
[Link: www.smith-wesson.com...]

367 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:09:45pm

re: #322 Thanos

Tried my browsers history, but the pages have been deleted.
Thank you for the help!

368 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:09:50pm

Night all... and Windy... get a room :)

369 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:10:04pm

re: #359 Gus 802

This is pretty wild...

Printing New Skin: Saving Lives with Ink Jet Printers [VIDEO]


[Video]

Hurrah for the US Army! It not only protects innocent lives, it actively works on new ways to save lives.

370 reine.de.tout  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:10:18pm

re: #350 Gus 802

Oh yeah!

Here's my baby.

And here's mine.

371 cliffster  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:10:27pm

Spurs up in Game 3 vs the Mavs. But it got a lot closer at the end of the first half due to a flurry of sick shooting by Mav's Barea. Screw that guy. Go Spurs Go!

372 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:10:41pm

If I only had more stamena I could stem this tide, but instead I will just root for some surcease from this toil.

373 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:10:59pm

re: #357 Slumbering Behemoth

Right about now, a stiff breeze would flick my bic. Not to worry, though. I have matters well in hand.

I'm stumped.

374 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:11:26pm

re: #372 Thanos

If you were lithophytic, you would spurn the epiphytes!

375 Stanghazi  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:11:30pm

Did anyone see this today?

Former Major League Baseball manager Kevin Kennedy was among eight individuals who subdued a man threatening to blow up a Delta flight from Los Angeles to Tampa, Fla., early Friday morning.

AOL MLB

376 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:11:40pm

re: #365 Slumbering Behemoth

Oh Mandy, you're such a pistil.

It stems from my childhood.

377 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:11:47pm

re: #363 JasonA

I didn't know you worked for the SEC...

I think I made it quite clear on that thread that I do not. :)

378 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:12:10pm

re: #367 Floral Giraffe

Tried my browsers history, but the pages have been deleted.
Thank you for the help!

History won't do it, try remembering a section of the text and search the whole segment in google, sometimes that will take you to the cache link....

379 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:12:11pm

re: #364 MandyManners

How can you avoid someone breaking into your home?

Some say victims choose themselves. Some say victims are chosen by criminals. Some say the truth is somewhere in between.

I'm not silly enough to think I'm burglar proof, but we have an alarm. We also have impact windows. Nothing, including a tree limb at 200mph, is getting through a window. Before that we had bars. Not my decision. We bought the house with them, but we kept them till we changed the windows. We also have a loud dog.

380 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:12:25pm

re: #372 Thanos

If I only had more stamena I could stem this tide, but instead I will just root for some surcease from this toil.

Ooh. Zounds. You're good.

381 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:12:31pm

re: #376 MandyManners

It stems from my childhood.

Mine are deeply rooted in the present.

382 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:12:47pm

re: #360 Dark_Falcon

H&K's are wonderfully made and superbly accurate.

Tack-drivin' little bitches, in fact.

And like any good grrrl, they get fuckin' hot when they shoot.

383 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:13:00pm

I see the caliber of the conversation is quite good tonight.

384 Jimmah  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:13:07pm

re: #335 Locker

I prefer ice of the weasel variety. Great at any time of the year. ;-)

I concur epically ;)

We're just back from a day out in which we crossed the 'Brookly Bridge' on foot (they really have a residential area called 'Dumbo'? Who would live there?). And then drank our way back to ice-ski's place in the real New York.

We're just relaxing now, awaiting a delivery of pizza and illegal drugs. I love this city!:D

385 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:13:09pm

re: #370 reine.de.tout

And here's mine.

This is my toaster!

This is my toaster. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My toaster is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I master my life. My toaster, without me, is useless. Without my toaster, I am useless. I must fire my toaster true. I must shoot straighter than any enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will... My toaster and myself know that what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit... My toaster is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weakness, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my toaster clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will.... Before God I swear this creed. My toaster and myself are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life. So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy, but Peace.

386 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:13:13pm

re: #374 Floral Giraffe

If you were lithophytic, you would spurn the epiphytes!

Abba dabba.

387 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:13:22pm

re: #365 Slumbering Behemoth

Oh Mandy, you're such a pistil.

Ask her about her stamina...

388 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:13:56pm

re: #373 MandyManners

Lucky you. I haven't been "stumped" in :mumblemumble: years.

389 cliffster  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:13:56pm

re: #379 marjoriemoon

What do you think about alarms? I don't have one for my house; I've always thought they were a bit ridiculous. Now I'm second guessing it. I do have two dogs, one of which is really scary.

390 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:13:59pm

And I see much pun-ishing is going on as well.

391 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:13:59pm

re: #383 Irenicum

I see the caliber of the conversation is quite good tonight.

You're right on target!

392 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:14:21pm

re: #375 Stanley Sea

Did anyone see this today?

AOL MLB

Big balls. Big bats.

393 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:14:54pm

So maybe it's the right moment to say I got tweeted by Traci Lords tonight?

394 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:15:44pm

re: #384 jimmah

I concur epically ;)

We're just back from a day out in which we crossed the 'Brookly Bridge' on foot (they really have a residential area called 'Dumbo'? Who would live there?). And then drank our way back to ice-ski's place in the real New York.

We're just relaxing now, awaiting a delivery of pizza and illegal drugs. I love this city!:D

Only here can you get real drugs.
I mean pizza.

395 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:15:49pm

re: #379 marjoriemoon

I'm not silly enough to think I'm burglar proof, but we have an alarm. We also have impact windows. Nothing, including a tree limb at 200mph, is getting through a window. Before that we had bars. Not my decision. We bought the house with them, but we kept them till we changed the windows. We also have a loud dog.

Sounds good to me. I have similar but, I have still have the knowledge that my DE .50 could blow someone's shit all over my walls.

396 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:16:09pm

re: #383 Irenicum

I see the caliber of the conversation is quite good tonight.

And now it is complete. The first ever pron-sex-flower-gun pun thread.

397 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:16:10pm

re: #393 Irenicum

So maybe it's the right moment to say I got tweeted by Traci Lords tonight?

Sounds dirty.

398 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:16:45pm

re: #381 Floral Giraffe

Mine are deeply rooted in the present.

Do you need to leaf the past behind?

399 simoom  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:16:49pm

re: #270 simoom

Heh, I missed this yesterday too :P.

DARPA "flying Humvee" project approved:

The Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) has cleared the Transformer (TX) program for takeoff. If it flies, by 2015 U.S. soldiers will be able to ride into battle aboard a four-person flying car that can cruise in the air like an airplane, drive on the ground like an SUV, rove 250 miles on one tank of fuel and not require a runway to get airborne.
...
The Transformer will give troops the ability to avoid traditional and unconventional threats such as ambushes and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and road obstructions. DARPA envisions a variety of use-case scenarios for the TX, including strike and raid, interdiction, intervention, insurgency/counterinsurgency, reconnaissance, medical evacuation and logistics supply.

Vehicle specifications call for a robust four-passenger vehicle that can carry a 1,000-pound payload, perform on a variety of surfaces like an SUV and rapidly take off and land vertically (VTOL).

It has to be able to fly as high as 10,000 feet with a minimum cruise speed of a light, single-engine airplane like a Cessna or Piper. It has to quickly change between ground and flight operations.
...
DARPA wants the TX to have the ability to automatically take off and land without a pilot while still offering a manual mode that would let the vehicle operator make flight steering commands in real time.

400 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:17:15pm

re: #384 jimmah

I concur epically ;)

We're just back from a day out in which we crossed the 'Brookly Bridge' on foot (they really have a residential area called 'Dumbo'? Who would live there?). And then drank our way back to ice-ski's place in the real New York.

We're just relaxing now, awaiting a delivery of pizza and illegal drugs. I love this city!:D

401 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:17:44pm

re: #397 JasonA

I can die a happy man now.

402 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:17:52pm

re: #389 cliffster

What do you think about alarms? I don't have one for my house; I've always thought they were a bit ridiculous. Now I'm second guessing it. I do have two dogs, one of which is really scary.

Our house is pretty small so it's not cumbersome. Miami is a funny city. Good neighborhoods mixed with bad. So anyone living here needs to pay attention to safety.

403 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:17:57pm

re: #393 Irenicum

Is she still hot?

404 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:18:01pm

re: #384 jimmah

Haz youz run into Pamz yet?

Keyda did, once. Pamz took a picture of K.'s husband, who was trying as hard as he could not to vomit into his mouth while he laughed out his ass.

You can tell in the picture.

405 simoom  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:18:07pm

re: #399 simoom

DARPA "flying Humvee" project approved:

Oops -- forgot the source link:
[Link: www.livescience.com...]

406 Locker  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:18:16pm

re: #384 jimmah

I concur epically ;)

We're just back from a day out in which we crossed the 'Brookly Bridge' on foot (they really have a residential area called 'Dumbo'? Who would live there?). And then drank our way back to ice-ski's place in the real New York.

We're just relaxing now, awaiting a delivery of pizza and illegal drugs. I love this city!:D

Make sure she takes you here:

[Link: www.peterluger.com...]

Don't miss it. Perhaps you've already been that lucky...

407 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:18:17pm

re: #384 jimmah

I concur epically ;)

We're just back from a day out in which we crossed the 'Brookly Bridge' on foot (they really have a residential area called 'Dumbo'? Who would live there?). And then drank our way back to ice-ski's place in the real New York.

We're just relaxing now, awaiting a delivery of pizza and illegal drugs. I love this city!:D

Ordered from Mellow Mushroom!?!?

(for those that don't know , thats a pizza/ sub chain restaurant)

408 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:18:21pm

re: #353 marjoriemoon


I spent a lot of time as a single woman in a big city. I learned how to avoid situations where I would need a gun. Worked pretty well.

That remains the best tactic if you can. I sometimes need to go places I'd rather not go. That when I have a CCW despite what Wisconsin law might say.

It is still true that it is better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.

William

409 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:18:56pm

Sounds like Ice and Jimmah are about to turn over a new leaf.

410 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:18:59pm

re: #403 Slumbering Behemoth

Actually, yes. In a different way certainly. But she's funny as hell.

411 jaunte  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:19:36pm

re: #402 marjoriemoon

I lived there for a few years, on Key Biscayne and down near Dadeland. Stuff tended to disappear if left outside for longer than ten minutes or so.

412 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:19:44pm

re: #395 MandyManners

Sounds good to me. I have similar but, I have still have the knowledge that my DE .50 could blow someone's shit all over my walls.

I'm certainly not against people owning guns for personal safety, but I also support gun controls and regulations. Too many people are careless.

413 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:20:00pm

re: #398 MandyManners

Do you need to leaf the past behind?

I've just composted my way into the future!

414 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:20:32pm

re: #413 Floral Giraffe

Oh I just feel soiled after reading that comment.

415 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:21:19pm

Heh, the .50 Desert Eagle is something that highschool kids who have just read their first book about guns brag of owning >>

416 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:21:32pm

re: #402 marjoriemoon

Our house is pretty small so it's not cumbersome. Miami is a funny city. Good neighborhoods mixed with bad. So anyone living here needs to pay attention to safety.

Paying attention to your surroundings, is a survival skill.

417 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:21:50pm

re: #405 simoom

Oops -- forgot the source link:
[Link: www.livescience.com...]

That one program that's more than meets the eye.

418 Locker  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:22:01pm

re: #412 marjoriemoon

I'm certainly not against people owning guns for personal safety, but I also support gun controls and regulations. Too many people are careless.

I find a serious lack of people with this position, which I share. Our tendency to polarize is strong but I still believe both sides have merit.

419 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:22:11pm

G'night folks. The brew has cought up wiht me...

William

420 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:22:48pm

re: #415 windsagio

Heh, the .50 Desert Eagle is something that highschool kids who have just read their first book about guns brag of owning >>

Pop culture hasn't helped much. I remember seeing quite a bit of it in video games and comics of the late 90s.

421 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:23:10pm

re: #419 wlewisiii

Man, I need to drink more. I'm envious of you guys.

Anybody know anything that mixes well with Diet Pepsi? >>

422 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:23:11pm

re: #410 Irenicum

Actually, yes. In a different way certainly. But she's funny as hell.

This + funny = WIN!

423 Locker  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:23:17pm

re: #415 windsagio

Heh, the .50 Desert Eagle is something that highschool kids who have just read their first book about guns brag of owning >>

A Deagle is great if you are playing counter-strike. If you aren't then it's fairly ridiculous. Personal opinion of course.

424 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:23:39pm

re: #420 JasonA

re: #423 Locker

Haha you guys are comin' from the same experiences I am >>

425 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:23:48pm

re: #408 wlewisiii

That remains the best tactic if you can. I sometimes need to go places I'd rather not go. That when I have a CCW despite what Wisconsin law might say.

It is still true that it is better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.

William

Things I do... I don't take my purse out of the car when I pump gas. I put it under the seat, lock the door and only take the money I'm using and my keys. I avoid stairwells, deserted parking areas. I'm always aware of my surroundings. If I want to talk on my cell, I stay put. I don't walk and talk or walk and text. Someone could knock you over the head, you'll never see it coming.

426 Mr Pancakes  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:23:55pm

re: #421 windsagio

Man, I need to drink more. I'm envious of you guys.

Anybody know anything that mixes well with Diet Pepsi? >>

Anything 80 proof or higher

427 Jimmah  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:24:02pm

re: #404 Cato the Elder

Haz youz run into Pamz yet?

Keyda did, once. Pamz took a picture of K.'s husband, who was trying as hard as he could not to vomit into his mouth while he laughed out his ass.
You can tell in the picture.


LOL. Well, I've been scanning the horizon for fat racists with shrieking exoparasites growing out of their sides but haven't seen anything yet.

428 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:24:02pm

Wow. Manu's nose is broken.

429 Locker  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:24:02pm

re: #421 windsagio

Man, I need to drink more. I'm envious of you guys.

Anybody know anything that mixes well with Diet Pepsi? >>

Rum

430 Stanghazi  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:24:10pm

re: #421 windsagio

Man, I need to drink more. I'm envious of you guys.

Anybody know anything that mixes well with Diet Pepsi? >>

Myers Rum?

431 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:24:13pm

re: #421 windsagio

Man, I need to drink more. I'm envious of you guys.

Anybody know anything that mixes well with Diet Pepsi? >>

whiskey

432 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:24:29pm

re: #412 marjoriemoon

I'm certainly not against people owning guns for personal safety, but I also support gun controls and regulations. Too many people are careless.

How do you know this if you are not even conversant with the actual dynamics of responsible gun ownership?

433 cliffster  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:24:42pm

re: #428 Aceofwhat?

Wow. Manu's nose is broken.

Yeah, that was jacked up. Maybe it's just swollen?

434 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:24:51pm

2 rum, 1 whisky, 1 'just anything strong'. I think I have what I need ;)

435 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:24:52pm

re: #405 simoom

Oops -- forgot the source link:
[Link: www.livescience.com...]

For some reason my Virus protection is reporting "live Science" as a harmful web site all day, think they might be infected with something.

436 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:25:19pm

re: #422 Slumbering Behemoth

Damn straight! She's still got it going on!

437 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:25:40pm

re: #421 windsagio

Man, I need to drink more. I'm envious of you guys.

Anybody know anything that mixes well with Diet Pepsi? >>

Take the bottle of diet Pepsi.
Pour contents down the drain
Rinse empty container
Fill with a good Vodka
Drink
Enjoy

438 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:25:52pm

re: #422 Slumbering Behemoth

This + funny = WIN!

wait...you mean this?

439 cliffster  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:25:55pm

re: #434 windsagio

2 rum, 1 whisky, 1 'just anything strong'. I think I have what I need ;)

Seagrams 7 is actually not bad with it. Cheap too. Call it Diet Pepsi 7.

440 Jimmah  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:26:00pm

re: #394 JasonA

re: #406 Locker

Pizza has just arrived. Drugs to follow - might not be posting too much tonight! Have a good one folks (Ice-ski says hi! too) :)

441 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:26:05pm

re: #437 sattv4u2

Lol I'm a pussy, I can't drink straight Vodka >>

442 The Shadow Do  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:26:24pm

re: #412 marjoriemoon

I'm certainly not against people owning guns for personal safety, but I also support gun controls and regulations. Too many people are careless.

Background checks, no sales to felons. Training for license to carry.

Do you have additional controls and regulations in mind?

443 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:26:25pm

re: #432 MandyManners

How do you know this if you are not even conversant with the actual dynamics of responsible gun ownership?

I read the paper.

444 Locker  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:26:33pm

re: #425 marjoriemoon

Things I do... I don't take my purse out of the car when I pump gas. I put it under the seat, lock the door and only take the money I'm using and my keys. I avoid stairwells, deserted parking areas. I'm always aware of my surroundings. If I want to talk on my cell, I stay put. I don't walk and talk or walk and text. Someone could knock you over the head, you'll never see it coming.

This made me think of another tip that's more about security than safety however. When I'm out in the city, doesn't matter which one, I carry a bindle with me. A bindle being a wallet with about 20 bucks in it and a bunch of those fake credit cards you get in the mail. My real cash, ID and single car key are much more secure.

Get mugged, throw the bindle and run.

445 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:26:58pm

re: #433 cliffster

Yeah, that was jacked up. Maybe it's just swollen?

nope. in the middle, there where the bone is, it moves a full centimeter to the right and then keeps going down.

that's broken.

446 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:26:59pm

re: #442 The Shadow Do

Those sound reasonable to me >>

447 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:27:16pm

re: #427 jimmah

LOL. Well, I've been scanning the horizon for fat racists with shrieking exoparasites growing out of their sides but haven't seen anything yet.

If you see one, do not approach. It will smell your sanity and attack.

/

448 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:27:17pm

Oh, don't mind us. We're just inventing a genre of music called "heavy metal". Don't worry, though. If you have kids born after about 1980 or so, they'll never know. Truce? Truce.

449 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:27:22pm

re: #417 Dark_Falcon

That one program that's more than meets the eye.

Looks like this is what they're talking about...

VTOL-Swift Tactical Aerial Resource ™

450 cliffster  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:28:02pm

re: #445 Aceofwhat?

nope. in the middle, there where the bone is, it moves a full centimeter to the right and then keeps going down.

that's broken.

Yeah. It is. But that tough fucker is going to to out and play some more. There he is on the bench.

451 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:28:10pm

re: #421 windsagio

Man, I need to drink more. I'm envious of you guys.

Anybody know anything that mixes well with Diet Pepsi? >>

1 Highball glass
1 Can/bottle Diet Pepsi
3-4 Ice cubes
1 Bottle well-aged Scotch

Step 1) Take highball glass and fill with three fingers of well-aged Scotch.
Step 2) Dump ice cubes and Diet Pepsi down kitchen drain.
Step 3) Drink!

452 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:28:12pm

re: #448 negativ

wait, you're saying modern metal doesn't exist?

453 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:28:17pm

re: #432 MandyManners

How do you know this if you are not even conversant with the actual dynamics of responsible gun ownership?

I don't have to fire a gun to want guns to be used safely, to get rid of illegal guns and to keep them out of the hands of children.

That would kinda be saying I'd have to be pregnant to have an opinion about abortion.

454 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:28:18pm

re: #441 windsagio

Lol I'm a pussy, I can't drink straight Vodka >>

that's because it's not right. alcohol was meant to have taste.

sattv is usually better than this/

455 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:28:28pm

re: #413 Floral Giraffe

I've just composted my way into the future!

I wish I could post more puns about composting but, this is a function I task to my landscapers and their sub-contractors.

456 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:28:32pm

re: #451 Slumbering Behemoth

slow, but still funny ;)

457 The Shadow Do  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:28:35pm

re: #446 windsagio

Those sound reasonable to me >>

Me too. This is what is in play now for the most part. Just wondering.

458 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:29:13pm

re: #442 The Shadow Do

Background checks, no sales to felons. Training for license to carry.

Do you have additional controls and regulations in mind?

The length of waiting periods. Hey, maybe you should have to pick up your gun at the police station. Ya think that would take care of some problems?

459 Locker  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:29:56pm

re: #442 The Shadow Do

Background checks, no sales to felons. Training for license to carry.

Do you have additional controls and regulations in mind?

Hmm the only thing that comes to mind immediately would be maximum penalties possible for any crime, including possession, of unregistered or illegal firearms. I do support waiting periods as well and think it should apply to all firearms and not just handguns. Simply to deter crimes or suicides "of passion".

460 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:30:19pm

re: #438 Aceofwhat?

wait...you mean this?

That went right over my head. Little help?

461 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:30:26pm

re: #459 Locker

I hate maximum penalties tho'. Let judges do their damn jobs >>

462 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:31:28pm

re: #415 windsagio

Heh, the .50 Desert Eagle is something that highschool kids who have just read their first book about guns brag of owning >>

Wow. So, I've been bragging about it here for how long?

463 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:31:31pm

re: #418 Locker

I find a serious lack of people with this position, which I share. Our tendency to polarize is strong but I still believe both sides have merit.

Me, I see nothing wrong with the idea of requiring a gun safety course for first-time buyers. Nationwide.

Driving class doesn't stop assholes on the highways, but insisting that people at least know how to parallel park before they legally get to take a car on the road is a slight improvement.

464 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:31:34pm

Ooh, someone mentioned drugs. Thanks for the reminder!

465 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:31:36pm

re: #460 Slumbering Behemoth

That went right over my head. Little help?

heh. they've both been ploughed more times than i can count...

466 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:31:54pm

re: #421 windsagio

Man, I need to drink more. I'm envious of you guys.

Anybody know anything that mixes well with Diet Pepsi? >>

Spiced rum.

467 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:32:34pm

re: #462 MandyManners

Never mentioned you, just a general recollection.

468 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:32:54pm

re: #464 Irenicum

Whats your poison?

469 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:33:33pm

re: #444 Locker

EXCELLENT!

470 Locker  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:33:40pm

Ok I just said "curvy women" and my wife's new Motorola Droid phone instantly googled it and pissed her off. That was soooo much fun.

471 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:34:03pm

re: #452 windsagio

wait, you're saying modern metal doesn't exist?

I said nothing of the sort. I am the first to admit that my knowledge of modern non-shitty metal is lacking.

Trouble is, I have a 19 year-old nephew who is demonstrably not an idiot, but who nevertheless believes "punk" started with Green Day and that Metallica were the godfathers of metal.

472 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:34:16pm

re: #468 windsagio

A happy little prescription that shoulda been taken at dinner. Oops!

473 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:34:23pm

re: #470 Locker

Reasons to have the voice search turned off!


also, if I could, and additional +5 for not giving money to &$#@(*$ Apple.

474 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:34:25pm

re: #452 windsagio

wait, you're saying modern metal doesn't exist?

Nah, I think he means kids borne after about 1980 or so likely won't be aware of metal's origins.

475 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:35:17pm

re: #471 negativ

Ahaha ok that bites

Whats your opinion on Mastodon?

476 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:35:18pm

We've had a rash of violent killings in Miami.re: #463 Cato the Elder

Me, I see nothing wrong with the idea of requiring a gun safety course for first-time buyers. Nationwide.

Driving class doesn't stop assholes on the highways, but insisting that people at least know how to parallel park before they legally get to take a car on the road is a slight improvement.

I wouldn't mind a license renewal thing, like a driver's license. Retested after 10 years or something and that includes the care and storage of the weapon.

I also think you shouldn't be able to own a personal weapon without proper storage, meaning locks.

477 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:35:19pm

re: #471 negativ

I said nothing of the sort. I am the first to admit that my knowledge of modern non-shitty metal is lacking.

Trouble is, I have a 19 year-old nephew who is demonstrably not an idiot, but who nevertheless believes "punk" started with Green Day and that Metallica were the godfathers of metal.

ugh. Green Day didn't even make music, much less punk.

478 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:35:44pm

re: #472 Irenicum

That's not very interesting!

479 Locker  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:35:45pm

re: #461 windsagio

I hate maximum penalties tho'. Let judges do their damn jobs >>

I didn't mean mandatory minimums I mean the max allowable, sorry about that. Some poor kid gets in trouble with his dad's gun shooting cans doesn't need to be in jail for life.

480 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:35:48pm

re: #472 Irenicum

Though Traci wouldn't mind some of the side effects it seems to have. :)

481 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:35:57pm

re: #467 windsagio

Never mentioned you, just a general recollection.


Amazing assertion since I'm the one who posted abou it.

482 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:36:14pm

re: #477 Aceofwhat?

ugh. Green Day didn't even make music, much less punk.

I should so downding you for that.

483 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:36:40pm

re: #470 Locker

Ok I just said "curvy women" and my wife's new Motorola Droid phone instantly googled it and pissed her off. That was sooo much fun.

Whaaa?

iPhones are safe for work and home-life, I guarantee it.

484 Mr Pancakes  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:37:01pm

re: #448 negativ

Oh, don't mind us. We're just inventing a genre of music called "heavy metal". Don't worry, though. If you have kids born after about 1980 or so, they'll never know. Truce? Truce.


[Video]

I have a kid born in 84 that is well aware of the origins of metal. I have another kid born in 1999 that is getting the message.

485 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:37:05pm

re: #482 JasonA

I should so downding you for that.

why? did they learn a fourth chord?

(oh yezz i did)

486 Locker  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:37:08pm

re: #463 Cato the Elder

Me, I see nothing wrong with the idea of requiring a gun safety course for first-time buyers. Nationwide.

Driving class doesn't stop assholes on the highways, but insisting that people at least know how to parallel park before they legally get to take a car on the road is a slight improvement.

Agreed and I had to take a gun and hunters safety course at 7 to hunt in PA. When I bought my first handguns in New Jersey my DD214 allowed me to bypass the mandatory safety class but it's still a good idea.

487 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:37:22pm

re: #481 MandyManners

In general if I'm talking about someone I'm not shy about replying to them directly.

Seriously tho', is there any point to this?

488 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:37:39pm

re: #485 Aceofwhat?

American idiot is frekain' awesome!

489 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:37:45pm

re: #485 Aceofwhat?

why? did they learn a fourth chord?

(oh yezz i did)

Okay, that did make me laugh.

490 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:38:01pm

re: #476 marjoriemoon

We've had a rash of violent killings in Miami.

I wouldn't mind a license renewal thing, like a driver's license. Retested after 10 years or something and that includes the care and storage of the weapon.

I also think you shouldn't be able to own a personal weapon without proper storage, meaning locks.

Disagree on the locks part.

Keeping weapons out of the hands of your kids is one thing. Rendering them useless in case of need is another.

491 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:38:09pm

re: #465 Aceofwhat?

Harsh, but funny. Besides, I like a woman with some experience.

492 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:38:39pm

re: #490 Cato the Elder

Biometric scanners in the hilt!

/wouldn't that be cool?!

493 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:38:48pm

Since the earlier subject was floral, here's another infamous "faked macro" photo taken in honor of the subject a few minutes ago.
Image: Iris-0424.jpg

I don't have a macro lens for the Canon, so sometimes I fake with my telephoto. To do this you put the subject on the floor, stand on a stool or chair so you are far enough away to focus, and shoot the photo with your telephoto lens well extended. It’s tricky as you have to minutely move your head back and forth a while until you get the camera to focus, and you are sunk if you don’t have image stabilization in your lens because otherwise it’s near impossible to get the shot without some blurring from camera shake, no matter how steady you hold your hands. If you don't have an image stabilizer then try a tripod on the chair and a remote shutter release.

494 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:39:02pm

re: #471 negativ

And SpaceJesus wept.

495 Locker  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:39:52pm

re: #483 Cato the Elder

Whaaa?

iPhones are safe for work and home-life, I guarantee it.

Yea but it doesn't say "DRRROOOOOOOOOID" when you open it up. Game, set and match. ;-)

496 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:40:12pm

re: #490 Cato the Elder

Disagree on the locks part.

Keeping weapons out of the hands of your kids is one thing. Rendering them useless in case of need is another.

Not even a locked cabinet?

It's stories like the little 8 year old boy who blew away his father and his father's friend after getting the shotgun out from under the bed that trouble me. Those stories aren't terribly common, but they are becoming less rare.

497 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:40:35pm

re: #491 Slumbering Behemoth

And she got that all right.

498 Locker  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:41:19pm

re: #490 Cato the Elder

Disagree on the locks part.

Keeping weapons out of the hands of your kids is one thing. Rendering them useless in case of need is another.

I agree with gun locks to a point. Requiring locks and/or security (gun safe, etc) on unattended firearms is totally fine with me. Unattended meaning, I'm not home. Makes them harder to steal and harder for kids to misuse.

499 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:41:22pm

re: #490 Cato the Elder

Disagree on the locks part.

Keeping weapons out of the hands of your kids is one thing. Rendering them useless in case of need is another.

Agreed. Though there are some weapons like Taurus revolvers that have integral locks.

500 Locker  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:42:06pm

Off to Sonic with the wife, kid and dog. Back in a bit.

501 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:42:33pm

re: #486 Locker

Agreed and I had to take a gun and hunters safety course at 7 to hunt in PA. When I bought my first handguns in New Jersey my DD214 allowed me to bypass the mandatory safety class but it's still a good idea.

A shooting instructor I know who works at a range told me this story.

Grrrl comes in with her boyfriend, who has "already taught her" how to shoot.

Range requires basic safety check before you can shoot.

Instructor tells her to unload, make safe, and hand him the Glock she's proposing to use.

She proceeds to rack all fifteen rounds through the chamber, one at a time, and grinningly hand him the gun.

She and her BF threw a mighty fit before they got thrown out of the place.

502 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:42:33pm

Blood and Roses - Smithereens

503 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:43:01pm

Haagen Dazs dark chocolate is so so. Just sayin'

504 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:43:11pm

re: #492 windsagio

Biometric scanners in the hilt!

/wouldn't that be cool?!

Yes, if you're talking swords.

505 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:43:27pm

re: #492 windsagio

Biometric scanners in the hilt!

/wouldn't that be cool?!

I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to the grip as a hilt :P
Obviously a sword-lover :D

506 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:43:54pm

re: #504 Cato the Elder

haha you know, I thought that word was wrong, couldn't think of the right one, and then was all 'screw it, close enough' >>

At least I didn't say 'pommel' ;)

507 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:44:19pm

Grip, that's it.

508 swamprat  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:44:33pm
509 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:44:43pm
510 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:44:43pm

re: #506 windsagio

haha you know, I thought that word was wrong, couldn't think of the right one, and then was all 'screw it, close enough' >>

At least I didn't say 'pommel' ;)

I bet you've seen too many of those Final Fantasy gun-swords.

511 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:44:49pm

re: #496 marjoriemoon

I knew a guy who got shot in the mouth when he was a young kid in a situation like that. He was lucky to survive, and even luckier not to end up mangled.

512 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:45:07pm

re: #505 JasonA

I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to the grip as a hilt :P
Obviously a sword-lover :D

My weapon's got no hilt just haft, and I'll axe you to respect that fact...

513 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:45:42pm

re: #503 Irenicum

Haagen Dazs dark chocolate is so so. Just sayin'

Not a big Haagen Dazs fan. Have you ever tried Starbucks ice cream? Java Chip? OMG..... dark chocolate chips in the creamiest coffee ice cream you ever had.

514 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:45:42pm

re: #511 Slumbering Behemoth

I knew a guy who got shot in the mouth when he was a young kid in a situation like that. He was lucky to survive, and even luckier not to end up mangled.

Yikes. I'm glad he survived.

515 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:45:49pm

re: #499 Dark_Falcon

Agreed. Though there are some weapons like Taurus revolvers that have integral locks.

Guess it all depends on where you live, if you have kids, etc.

516 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:45:52pm

re: #510 JasonA

man, I hate FF. Crap games with crap writing.

/rant off.

517 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:46:49pm

re: #515 Gus 802

Yeah thats a definite pattern I'm seeing, people with families vs people without. Its a whole different set of criteria.

518 simoom  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:46:54pm

re: #435 Thanos

For some reason my Virus protection is reporting "live Science" as a harmful web site all day, think they might be infected with something.

Did it say what sort of exploit it was detecting? I use Avira and it didn't seem to be bothered by anything there.

Oh, and totally unrelated but, has anyone seen the that joker-face-paint "Obama Healthcare Gear" banner ad that's in the rotation here? It goes to this Tea Party (?) Cafe Press store:
[Link: shop.cafepress.com...]

519 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:47:18pm

re: #515 Gus 802

Guess it all depends on where you live, if you have kids, etc.

Agreed.

520 cliffster  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:47:38pm
521 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:47:53pm

re: #504 Cato the Elder

Yes, if you're talking swords.

Ah, so that's how Arthur was able to pull Excalibur from the stone, biometrics. Merlin was a right clever bastard.

522 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:48:03pm

re: #512 Thanos

My weapon's got no hilt just haft, and I'll axe you to respect that fact...

Oh go take a walk up the pike.

523 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:48:09pm

re: #496 marjoriemoon

Not even a locked cabinet?

It's stories like the little 8 year old boy who blew away his father and his father's friend after getting the shotgun out from under the bed that trouble me. Those stories aren't terribly common, but they are becoming less rare.

Disagree.

They are becoming rarer.

Gun consciousness is no different from Krishna consciousness. Must. Be. Practiced.

More disturbing to me are the stories like the one about the Texas woman who had a carry license but was prohibited by Denny's from taking her legal gun into the restaurant.

That was the day the crazy guy decided to run his pickup truck into the front of the restaurant and blow away as many people as he could.

Including her parents.

While her legal gun was in her car.

Fuck that shit.

524 Unakite  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:48:12pm

re: #465 Aceofwhat?

heh. they've both been ploughed more times than i can count...

Heh, and you didn't plough either one??
///

525 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:48:51pm

re: #514 Dark_Falcon

Well, the guy was a real dick, but I'm glad he survived too.

526 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:48:51pm

re: #517 windsagio

Yeah thats a definite pattern I'm seeing, people with families vs people without. Its a whole different set of criteria.

Tied in with location. Suppose someone has kids but lives in a dangerous area. Then it would require a little more work. Wouldn't make any sense to keep gun unlocked if you have kids when you're not home. Unless of course they're old enough and trained to provide for their own protection.

527 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:48:57pm

re: #523 Cato the Elder

In fairness, not sure her being armed would have done much in that situation... altho' I suppose it might have.

528 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:49:37pm

re: #524 Unakite

Heh, and you didn't plough either one??
///

hell, no. nothing good grows there/

529 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:49:55pm

re: #523 Cato the Elder

Shouldn't an establishment have the right to disallow firearms on its property?

530 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:50:06pm

re: #475 windsagio

Ahaha ok that bites

Whats your opinion on Mastodon?


[Video]

That's a new on on me, and I like it. It seems a bit derivative**, but derivative of stuff I like.

** I'm hearing elements of Alice in Chains, Tool (circa Aenma), and Korn's first album, which is amazingly awesome, especially in light of how thoroughly the majority of their later stuff sucked (with some exceptions)

531 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:50:16pm

re: #513 marjoriemoon

Ben and Jerry's used to have a Dark Chocolate smooth that was to die for! And then they discontinued it. Da bums! Now Haagen has theirs out, but it's not nearly as good.

532 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:50:50pm

re: #527 windsagio

In fairness, not sure her being armed would have done much in that situation... altho' I suppose it might have.

Choices

She could have thrown her Grand Slam breakfast at the bad guy, or a few rounds

In that she couldn't take the (legal) gun into Dennys, she was armed with nothing more than an overcooked sausage

533 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:51:10pm

re: #530 negativ

I actually don't care that much for metal, but I've had to deal with literally Months of WUB saying that Crack the Skye is the best Album ever, and Mastodon is the best band ever.

He's a def. metal guy.

534 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:51:44pm

re: #533 windsagio

I actually don't care that much for metal, but I've had to deal with literally Months of WUB saying that Crack the Skye is the best Album ever, and Mastodon is the best band ever.

He's a deAf. metal guy.

ftfy

535 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:52:02pm

re: #532 sattv4u2

Well to repeat JasonA's question, do you think stores should have the right to ban firearms on their own properties?

536 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:52:35pm

re: #534 sattv4u2

Now now, don't be all 'damn kids and their jungle music!'

537 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:52:59pm

re: #528 Aceofwhat?

Yeah, but everything that goes there seems to grow.
///

538 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:53:20pm

re: #527 windsagio

In fairness, not sure her being armed would have done much in that situation... altho' I suppose it might have.

Idiot.

She had a clear shot the whole time. She was trained. She was a shooter.

But instead she got to visualize whirled peas.

Fuck that shit.

539 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:53:44pm

re: #537 Irenicum

BTW, who actually was the lady in the pic you guys are going over? Its funny either way, but I feel like I'm missing a piece >>

540 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:53:51pm

re: #529 JasonA

Shouldn't an establishment have the right to disallow firearms on its property?

Not necessarily.

541 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:54:00pm

re: #535 windsagio

Well to repeat JasonA's question, do you think stores should have the right to ban firearms on their own properties?

Sure. But they better have HUGE liability insurance coverage

If I have a legal firearm that they do NOt allow me to carry in, they better insure nobody gets a gun in, legal or not

(for that matter, a knife, bat, club, etc etc)

542 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:54:01pm

re: #537 Irenicum

Yeah, but everything that goes there seems to grow.
///

heh. well done.

although it's the weeds i'm concerned about...

543 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:54:09pm

re: #539 windsagio

Traci Lords.

544 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:54:10pm

re: #538 Cato the Elder

There you go again. You really need to learn to deal with people disagreeing with you better :P

545 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:54:28pm

re: #538 Cato the Elder

Idiot.

She had a clear shot the whole time. She was trained. She was a shooter.

But instead she got to visualize whirled peas.

Fuck that shit.

So do you think we should always be armed and be ready for action at any given moment?

546 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:54:35pm

re: #543 Irenicum

Lord really? Time is cruel!

547 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:54:36pm

re: #536 windsagio

Now now, don't be all 'damn kids and their jungle music!'

WTF!!

548 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:54:57pm

re: #540 Cato the Elder

Not necessarily.

No? Because I can walk down the street without my shirt on, but I can't walk into the McDonald's. And for good reason. No one wants to see that...

549 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:55:10pm

re: #542 Aceofwhat?

That's what weed killer is for!

550 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:55:13pm

re: #518 simoom

Did it say what sort of exploit it was detecting? I use Avira and it didn't seem to be bothered by anything there.

Oh, and totally unrelated but, has anyone seen the that joker-face-paint "Obama Healthcare Gear" banner ad that's in the rotation here? It goes to this Tea Party (?) Cafe Press store:
[Link: shop.cafepress.com...]

Nope, just said "Harmful" it's red flagged in google for me, I use F-Secure.

551 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:55:24pm

re: #541 sattv4u2

I'm guessing that insurance might be why they like to ban them, but I'm just guessing.

If they let a gun in and people got shot, they might be sued too.

At that point its all up to the actuaries.

552 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:55:24pm

Time to go to the store. Better bring my 45 Magnum in case there's a mass shooting. Once I get there I keep an eye on everyone like a cop!

/

553 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:55:35pm

re: #545 Gus 802

So do you think we should always be armed and be ready for action at any given moment?

Those of us who qualify, yes. Where do you see a problem?

Ask the state of Vermont.

554 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:56:13pm

re: #548 JasonA

No? Because I can walk down the street without my shirt on, but I can't walk into the McDonald's. And for good reason. No one wants to see that...

I don't want to see your gun, either.

But it won't upset me to know it's there.

555 Mr Pancakes  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:56:18pm

re: #531 Irenicum

Ben and Jerry's used to have a Dark Chocolate smooth that was to die for! And then they discontinued it. Da bums! Now Haagen has theirs out, but it's not nearly as good.

Yea that sucks.....

They have a graveyard flavor website........

556 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:56:26pm

re: #546 windsagio

Hey! Don't be dissin' Traci!

557 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:56:31pm

re: #547 sattv4u2

OK with hindsight, yeah that came out wrong.

Can we pretend that I said this instead?

Now don't be all 'damn kids and your rock and roll music!!!'

Less offensive, and sorry.

558 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:56:32pm

re: #553 Cato the Elder

Those of us who qualify, yes. Where do you see a problem?

Ask the state of Vermont.

I don't see a problem with other people doing that. I just couldn't see myself being that, how should I put it, paranoid. Not where I live. Maybe if I lived in Fort Apache.

559 cliffster  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:56:42pm

re: #548 JasonA

No? Because I can walk down the street without my shirt on, but I can't walk into the McDonald's. And for good reason. No one wants to see that...

No matter what you look like, somebody, somewhere in the world would pay $19.99/month to see you with your off.

560 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:56:45pm

re: #552 Gus 802

Time to go to the store. Better bring my 45 Magnum in case there's a mass shooting. Once I get there I keep an eye on everyone like a cop!

/

Now was that so hard??

561 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:57:00pm

re: #557 windsagio

OK with hindsight, yeah that came out wrong.

Can we pretend that I said this instead?

Less offensive, and sorry.

Better ,, but ,, geeezzz!

562 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:57:08pm

re: #549 Irenicum

That's what weed killer is for!

yeesh. pesticides are bad for your garden, man. if you can't go organic...

563 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:57:09pm

I'm out for a bit. May be back later.

564 Unakite  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:57:18pm

re: #528 Aceofwhat?

hell, no. nothing good grows there/

That's because they both need fertilization.
(no, I didn't say that).

565 sattv4u2  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:57:28pm

re: #563 Dark_Falcon

I'm out for a bit. May be back later.

Same same!

566 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:57:28pm

re: #558 Gus 802

I don't see a problem with other people doing that. I just couldn't see myself being that, how should I put it, paranoid. Not where I live. Maybe if I lived in Fort Apache.

You're only paranoid until you need it.

Then you're a hero.

567 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:57:29pm

re: #536 windsagio

Let me give you a tip.

Never assume that you know the posting hitory or mechanics of anyone here.

568 swamprat  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:57:34pm

re: #527 windsagio

Son in law had to go out of the country. Apartment was a bit rough. He took my daughter to the range to practice and get her well acquainted with her pistol. She kept going consistently low, no matter how hard she tried to compensate. She had a good grouping though, so my son in law taped the human silhouetted target to the front door.

No one wanted to break into the apartment with the target taped to the door that showed a perfect cluster of bullet holes ... ...

... ... through the crotch.

569 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:57:38pm

re: #546 windsagio

Would you believe she's a mom now?

570 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:57:46pm

re: #448 negativ

By the way, brother, here is a slightly higher quality version of that same vid.

571 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:58:49pm

re: #560 marjoriemoon

Now was that so hard??

Yeah. I was looking at some pictures of those open carry protests. I was thinking, "now how could I tell someone like that to go feck themselves" like if they were doing something stupid like cutting in line. You can't. It's strange if you ask me. I won't live in a state, city, or neighborhood with open carry people around. Not for me.

572 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:58:55pm

re: #559 cliffster

No matter what you look like, somebody, somewhere in the world would pay $19.99/month to see you with your off.

Wait... is that an offer?

573 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:58:59pm

re: #570 Slumbering Behemoth

Bugger all. Here.

574 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:59:00pm

re: #567 MandyManners

Its a joke I use often, just messed it up.

Thanks for the tip tho'!

575 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 8:59:52pm

re: #555 Mr Pancakes

Cool website! I like the scary sound effects!

576 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:00:05pm

re: #571 Gus 802

Yeah. I was looking at some pictures of those open carry protests. I was thinking, "now how could I tell someone like that to go feck themselves" like if they were doing something stupid like cutting in line. You can't. It's strange if you ask me. I won't live in a state, city, or neighborhood with open carry people around. Not for me.

Good thing for concealed, then.

You never know who might come to your rescue.

577 cliffster  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:00:31pm

re: #572 JasonA

Wait... is that an offer?

No, I won't send you pictures of me shirtless. Not even if you give me $19.99.

578 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:00:43pm

re: #564 Unakite

That's because they both need fertilization.
(no, I didn't say that).

heh...i'd be more concerned about what grew on me...

579 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:01:02pm

re: #576 Cato the Elder

Good thing for concealed, then.

You never know who might come to your rescue.

Cato the Elder, keeping Bodymore safe! :)

580 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:01:04pm

re: #566 Cato the Elder

You're only paranoid until you need it.

Then you're a hero.

I used to go to laundromat where the shop keep kept a 9MM at the ready. Didn't see anything wrong with that since he was in a position of authority as the owner. He was robbed once. I forgot if he was shot.

581 Obdicut  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:01:22pm

re: #566 Cato the Elder

Or you miss and shoot a passerby. That happens too.

582 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:01:44pm

re: #571 Gus 802

Yeah. I was looking at some pictures of those open carry protests. I was thinking, "now how could I tell someone like that to go feck themselves" like if they were doing something stupid like cutting in line. You can't. It's strange if you ask me. I won't live in a state, city, or neighborhood with open carry people around. Not for me.

I have to agree there.

583 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:01:53pm

Andy Fox performing Corn Syrup at Cooldog Concerts

584 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:02:13pm

re: #581 Obdicut

Or you try to draw and the criminal shoots you >

585 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:02:19pm

re: #576 Cato the Elder

Good thing for concealed, then.

You never know who might come to your rescue.

Yes, one never knows who might come to the rescue. The same thing could be a scenario where I come to the rescue of my hypothetically armed rescuer.

586 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:03:04pm

re: #482 JasonA

I should so downding you for that.

Around that same time, Hank was saying some things that meant one thing to his under 20 audience, and something completely different to his over 30 audience.

587 Unakite  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:03:20pm

re: #578 Aceofwhat?

heh...i'd be more concerned about what grew on me...

That's what raincoats are for. :)

588 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:03:21pm

re: #574 windsagio

Its a joke I use often, just messed it up.

Thanks for the tip tho'!

Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining.

589 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:03:23pm

re: #584 windsagio

Or you try to draw and the criminal shoots you >

Quick draw McGraw! It's the wild west all over again.

Care for some Skoal?

/

590 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:03:48pm

re: #588 MandyManners

Dude, I don't even know what you mean by that.

591 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:04:09pm

Well you rootin' tootin' cowboys, ahm gettin' the tarnation outa here. G'nite pardners!

592 Obdicut  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:04:22pm

re: #571 Gus 802

There's a guy who eats dinner on Fillmore street almost every night who openly carries a gun. He's also obviously pretty crazy, which is disturbing. He was talking to some homeless dude once and did the Dirty Harry "Do you feel lucky, Punk?" talk while keeping his hand on his gun. It was really fucking weird. I talked to the cops about it, and they know the guy, but he'd have to have threatened me for them to arrest him, and the homeless dude wasn't really into going to the cops.

He makes me feel remarkably unsafe.

593 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:04:40pm

re: #589 Gus 802

We need to get some line between 'guns are useless!' and 'guns are a perfect solution, yay for the white hats!'

594 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:05:39pm

re: #546 windsagio

I think she's aged quite well, actually.

When 42 years old you reach, look this good you will not.

595 Mr Pancakes  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:06:10pm

re: #590 windsagio

Dude, I don't even know what you mean by that.

I think that would be dudette...... Cato might correct me.

596 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:06:10pm

re: #593 windsagio

We need to get some line between 'guns are useless!' and 'guns are a perfect solution, yay for the white hats!'

Here in NY we have some of the most draconian guns and one of the lowest crime rates. Seems to be working out pretty well, here.

597 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:06:22pm

re: #594 Slumbering Behemoth

Just shocked, I haven't seen any images of her that weren't from her heyday.

598 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:06:28pm

re: #533 windsagio

I actually don't care that much for metal, but I've had to deal with literally Months of WUB saying that Crack the Skye is the best Album ever, and Mastodon is the best band ever.

He's a def. metal guy.

who is WUB? Should I know?

599 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:06:51pm

re: #595 Mr Pancakes

I use 'dude' as a gender-neutral term. Its one of my charming eccentricities!

600 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:07:02pm

re: #598 negativ

WindUpBird.

601 cliffster  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:07:13pm

It's amazing how different the average person who carries a gun is from the picture that people try to paint of the average person who carries a gun.

602 Unakite  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:07:16pm

re: #594 Slumbering Behemoth

I think she's aged quite well, actually.

When 42 years old you reach, look this good you will not.

Look that good I didn't, way before 42 I reached.

603 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:07:36pm

Send lawyers, guns and money.

604 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:07:51pm

Eurythmics vs Bronski Beat

605 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:07:57pm

re: #601 cliffster

Or to put it another way, its amazing how different the average person with a gun sees themselves, as compared to how others see them.

606 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:08:25pm

re: #593 windsagio

We need to get some line between 'guns are useless!' and 'guns are a perfect solution, yay for the white hats!'

That's a good way to look at it. Moderation is important on all sides. It's also important to remember that violent crime rates are on the decline. While there have been mass shootings from time to time the majority of people are murdered by a family member, friend, or spouse. Statistically then the real argument would be that one would be armed not to defend themselves from strangers but from people they know.

607 Killgore Trout  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:08:29pm

Have Conservatives Gone Mad?


I want to find Republicans to take seriously, but it is hard. Not because they don't exist -- serious Republicans -- but because, as Sanchez and others seem to recognize, they are marginalized, even self-marginalizing, and the base itself seems to have developed a notion that bromides are equivalent to policy-thinking, and that therapy is a substitute for thinking.

Worth a read. Short answer: Yes, they've gone quite insane.

608 Obdicut  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:08:33pm

re: #601 cliffster

It is not the average ones I'm concerned about.

609 Unakite  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:08:36pm

re: #594 Slumbering Behemoth

I think she's aged quite well, actually.

When 42 years old you reach, look this good you will not.

Then again, you would think a Smithfield ham aged quite well.
///

610 cliffster  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:08:49pm

re: #605 windsagio

Or to put it another way, its amazing how different the average person with a gun sees themselves, as compared to how others see them.

No, that's not putting it differently, that saying something different.

611 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:08:50pm

re: #603 marjoriemoon

I think you referenced that last night too; Wouldn't picture you as a Zevon fan.

612 MandyManners  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:09:14pm

re: #590 windsagio

Dude, I don't even know what you mean by that.

"Dude"?

613 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:09:40pm

re: #604 Thanos

Didn't know waht to expect, but that's damn good.

614 Irenicum  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:10:03pm

re: #590 windsagio

Dude. That dude ain't no dude.

615 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:10:11pm

re: #612 MandyManners

See: #599 windsagio

616 cliffster  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:10:25pm

dude

617 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:10:34pm

re: #611 windsagio

I think you referenced that last night too; Wouldn't picture you as a Zevon fan.

Not I (last night), but yes, I'm a Zevon fan.

I'm an enigma wrapped in a riddle wrapped in a twinkie... or something.

618 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:10:46pm

re: #610 cliffster

I admit that's true, its actually substantially more accurate.

619 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:10:49pm

re: #616 cliffster

dude

DUDE!

620 Stanghazi  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:11:10pm

re: #603 marjoriemoon

Send lawyers, guns and money.


[Video]

Yeah!

Someone posted here the eulogy for Zevon delivered by a pol from GA I think. It was the BEST. I'm going to look it up.

621 cliffster  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:12:06pm

re: #619 JasonA

DUDE!

dude

622 Mr Pancakes  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:12:20pm

re: #614 Irenicum

Dude. That dude ain't no dude.

Kinda like Randy on American Idol. He calls the ladies "dude" for some reason.

623 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:12:52pm
624 Obdicut  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:13:11pm

I too use "dude" for all genders.

625 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:13:31pm

re: #624 Obdicut

See, everybody? All the hip kids do it!

626 Obdicut  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:14:23pm

re: #625 windsagio

I am a total square.

627 cliffster  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:14:35pm

re: #624 Obdicut

I too use "dude" for all genders.

I use "bitch" regardless of gender

628 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:14:44pm

re: #626 Obdicut

Shhh! Don't ruin it!

629 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:14:44pm

re: #625 windsagio

See, everybody? All the hip kids do it!

You're the shit man.

630 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:15:20pm

re: #581 Obdicut

Or you miss and shoot a passerby. That happens too.

So.

We all go disarmed at the mercy of those who don't give a fuck about passersby, or you, or your grandma. Right?

631 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:15:34pm

re: #629 Gus 802

You're the shit man.

Did you forget a comma in there or not?

632 Stanghazi  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:15:35pm

re: #624 Obdicut

I too use "dude" for all genders.

Me too.

Are we having a dude war tonight?

I'm reading about Zevon.

633 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:15:57pm

re: #624 Obdicut

I too use "dude" for all genders.

whatever, girlfriend/

634 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:16:00pm

Kenny Loggins ears

635 cliffster  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:16:07pm

re: #625 windsagio

See, everybody? All the hip kids do it!

You're a bitch, dude.

636 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:16:09pm

re: #631 JasonA

Did you forget a comma in there or not?

Noooooooooo! Yeah, probably should have put one there.

637 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:16:19pm

re: #633 Aceofwhat?

Heh, that has a slightly different context

638 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:16:25pm

re: #596 JasonA

Here in NY we have some of the most draconian guns and one of the lowest crime rates. Seems to be working out pretty well, here.

Where can I buy a draconian gun?

639 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:16:40pm

re: #635 cliffster

Yeah, that's slighty different too.

640 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:16:51pm

re: #623 windsagio

Favorite thing written about Zevon.

Was that for real? lol

641 Obdicut  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:17:15pm

re: #630 Cato the Elder

So.

We all go disarmed at the mercy of those who don't give a fuck about passersby, or you, or your grandma. Right?

What are you talking about? I'm not trying to disarm anyone.

642 cliffster  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:17:25pm

re: #639 windsagio

Yeah, that's slighty different too.

What? Really? Why?

643 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:17:25pm

re: #630 Cato the Elder

So.

We all go disarmed at the mercy of those who don't give a fuck about passersby, or you, or your grandma. Right?

sure, but if you'd just let your assailant brain you like a good citizen, no innocent people need be harmed.

wait...what?

644 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:17:44pm

re: #638 Cato the Elder

Draconian Gun

645 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:18:22pm

re: #637 windsagio

Heh, that has a slightly different context

just playing;)

646 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:18:22pm

re: #640 marjoriemoon

You can never tell with HST. I suspect that the visit was real, the discussion, not so much.

They were very close friends, I know that.

647 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:18:32pm

re: #638 Cato the Elder

Where can I buy a draconian gun?

You can't. They're only available to people who pronounce "Lawng Eyelend" properly...

Either that or I meant to say "gun laws." Take your pick.

649 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:19:23pm

I can't believe anyone still even thinks, much less uses, the word "dude".

650 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:19:53pm

re: #648 jaunte

F*CK! I put all my money on "Onion."

651 Obdicut  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:19:56pm

re: #648 jaunte

Weird-ass story.

Janice McCoy-Nuttle, of the 900 block of Beech Street, was laying in a bed surrounded by as many as seven Chihuahaus and 10 cages filled with birds.

Could the police officer not count to 7 or something?

652 Stanghazi  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:20:01pm

re: #623 windsagio

Favorite thing written about Zevon.

That was great. HST for those who didn't click.

Zevon would be one of the people - if I could chose anyone dead or alive - at my table.

653 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:20:05pm

re: #648 jaunte

dude, for a second I thought you were applying the Cut-up Method.

654 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:20:22pm

re: #649 Cato the Elder

I can't believe anyone still even thinks, much less uses, the word "dude".

I think in your case it's prude. :P

655 jaunte  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:20:26pm

re: #650 JasonA

For bonus points her name was "McCoy-Nuttle"

656 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:20:36pm

Odds of being murdered: 0.042802 per 1,000 people.

[Link: www.nationmaster.com...]

657 Obdicut  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:20:47pm

re: #649 Cato the Elder

The Big Lebowski cemented its use.

If it wasn't dude it'd just be something else, so what does it matter?

658 jaunte  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:21:11pm

re: #651 Obdicut

Weird-ass story.

Could the police officer not count to 7 or something?

Poor guy was almost struck by an inhaler!

659 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:21:31pm

re: #657 Obdicut

You know, I hadn't thought of that, but you're totally right.

660 Mr Pancakes  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:21:32pm

re: #649 Cato the Elder

I can't believe anyone still even thinks, much less uses, the word "dude".

I have a pass...... I live in southern California, a couple of blocks from the water.

661 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:22:09pm

re: #658 jaunte

Poor guy was almost struck by an inhaler!

They should've tasered the bitch.

662 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:22:11pm

All of a sudden, its hard not to use 'dude' constantely, in every post.

663 Obdicut  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:22:18pm

re: #658 jaunte

Well, he could tell it was ten bird cages. Maybe the little dogs were just bouncing around in a frenzy, forming one of those cartoon-dustball-with-stars-and-stuff things, which made it hard to count them.

664 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:22:19pm

re: #649 Cato the Elder

I can't believe anyone still even thinks, much less uses, the word "dude".

Duude, you're harshing my buzz!

665 cliffster  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:22:26pm

Manu Ginobli just had an amazing second half. With a broken nose. Sheesh, that dude is tough.

666 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:22:54pm

Time for me to get some sleeps, night all

667 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:23:10pm

re: #602 Unakite

Look that good I didn't, way before 42 I reached.

I hate to brag, but I still look dead sexy at 38. My hairline wants to quit the team, but that loser can go for all I care. Because of my facial/skull structure, I'll just shave it all off and rock the "Bruce Willis with prettier eyes" look.

668 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:23:12pm

re: #647 JasonA

You can't. They're only available to people who pronounce "Lawng Eyelend" properly...

Either that or I meant to say "gun laws." Take your pick.

I don't think draconian guns, or gun laws, are the reason NY has such a low crime rate as compared to the 1970s or 80s. I think it's because people like Rudi took a zero-tolerance approach to quality-of-life issues.

Love him or hate, him, the Big G. did that.

And I'm betting the rates of legal and illegal gun ownership have remained pretty much steady throughout.

You want proof? Take a look a D.C., where not only dragon guns but the bullets they eat are illegal.

669 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:24:34pm

re: #668 Cato the Elder

Rudy did do a NICE job of cleaning up NYC. Hats off to him. Wish he could do a repeat gig in many major US cittes.

670 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:25:04pm

re: #668 Cato the Elder

Hey, we threw one of our own football players into the hoosegow over it. This is super, super serial.

671 darthstar  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:25:11pm

Ha! Who knew Windows came with a cool jazz blend?

Seriously...

672 Randall Gross  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:25:35pm

re: #657 Obdicut

The Big Lebowski cemented its use.

If it wasn't dude it'd just be something else, so what does it matter?

Indeed, the dude abides

[Link: www.google.com...]

673 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:26:29pm

re: #651 Obdicut

If I were the editor, I'd fire the reporter for writing "was laying in bed".

Let them starve, the illiterate shites of the news world.

674 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:27:48pm

re: #656 Gus 802

Odds of being murdered: 0.042802 per 1,000 people.

[Link: www.nationmaster.com...]

Odds of my not giving a fuck about the odds when someone breaks into my house and I stick a gun in his face: zero.

675 Obdicut  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:27:55pm

re: #673 Cato the Elder

Maybe she was laying in bed. Maybe there's a brickwork structure there, supporting the cages, that needed some shoring up, so she was laying a brick or two.

676 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:28:00pm

Firearms death rates per 100,000.

Top Five States:

# 1 District of Columbia: 31.2
# 2 Alaska: 20
# 3 Louisiana: 19.5
# 4 Wyoming: 18.8
# 5 Arizona: 18

Bottom Five:

= 46 New York: 5.1
# 48 New Jersey: 4.9
# 49 Connecticut: 4.3
# 50 Massachusetts: 3.1
# 51 Hawaii: 2.8

[Link: www.statemaster.com...]

677 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:28:12pm

re: #651 Obdicut

Weird-ass story.

Could the police officer not count to 7 or something?

Small dogs, ya never know how many are actually there...

Seems like we're missing huge gaps in that story, but then again, I really don't want to know.

678 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:28:44pm

re: #660 Mr Pancakes

I have a pass... I live in southern California, a couple of blocks from the water.

I get a multi-pass, then. I live in Central California, surrounded by the most farmland, acre per acre, than any other state in the union. As a matter of fact, the rodeo should be here sometime soon. Lotsa dudes at those.

/not me though, I have no interest in rodeo
//rustlin', on the other hand...

679 Unakite  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:28:50pm

re: #667 Slumbering Behemoth

I hate to brag, but I still look dead sexy at 38. My hairline wants to quit the team, but that loser can go for all I care. Because of my facial/skull structure, I'll just shave it all off and rock the "Bruce Willis with prettier eyes" look.

I believe you and no offense intended, but I'd prefer her head of hair. :)

680 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:29:44pm

C.D.O. Days, S&M Nights at Derivatives Conference

Financiers, lawyers, traders and accountants gathered this week at the annual International Swaps and Derivatives Association conference here to discuss “Collateralization and Netting — the Impact” and “Systemic Risk: Advances and Challenges in the Wake of the Crisis.”

By Thursday night they needed to put out of their minds the specter of sweeping legislation to regulate the derivatives.

They escaped to Supperclub, a bar and restaurant, where some plopped on the beds that covered the floor while a waiter in denim short shorts, suspenders and a scarf delivered drinks. The truly relaxed turned over on their tummies and received back massages from a dreadlocked member of the Supperclub staff.

By midnight, others ended up in the S & M chamber with a bed-to-ceiling stripper pole and videos of dominatrixes playing in the background.


This story rubs me the wrong way. It seems very private, unlike the RNC outing we were all laughing about a month ago. Does anyone think that's hypocritical?

681 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:30:25pm

re: #670 JasonA

Hey, we threw one of our own football players into the hoosegow over it. This is super, super serial.

Plaxico Burress Cocktail: One very expensive shot.

682 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:30:34pm

re: #675 Obdicut

Maybe she was laying in bed. Maybe there's a brickwork structure there, supporting the cages, that needed some shoring up, so she was laying a brick or two.

Yeah. And maybe GWB and Scarab Palin pronounce the world "nuclear" correctly.

683 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:31:48pm

re: #681 Aceofwhat?

Plaxico Burress Cocktail: One very expensive shot.

Bravo!

684 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:32:14pm

re: #674 Cato the Elder

Odds of my not giving a fuck about the odds when someone breaks into my house and I stick a gun in his face: zero.

I don't blame you. That's a pretty dangerous city you live in.

685 Mr Pancakes  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:32:29pm

re: #678 Slumbering Behemoth

I get a multi-pass, then. I live in Central California, surrounded by the most farmland, acre per acre, than any other state in the union. As a matter of fact, the rodeo should be here sometime soon. Lotsa dudes at those.

/not me though, I have no interest in rodeo
//rustlin', on the other hand...

Dude....... The San Joaquin valley is God's country.

686 prairiefire  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:32:34pm

I like "dude". It is asexual.

687 Obdicut  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:32:58pm

re: #680 JasonA

I absolutely don't care about anybody else's sex life or patronage of s&m clubs or any of the rest of it, even if they are part of the GOP. I had no problem personally with the GOP people going to one of those clubs, because I have no connection to the GOP. However, it was obviously going to piss the fuck out of a bunch of people who are part of the GOP.

With these people? It's whoever pays their salaries who can be pissed or not, and they're right there with them, probably.

688 freetoken  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:33:37pm

Strong low pressure over NW Kansas is bringing storms with tornadic conditions to large parts of the central US:
[Link: www.spc.noaa.gov...]

Nighttime tornadoes are very dangerous. Let's hope no one is injured.

689 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:33:53pm

For nature lovers.

Repeat post.

Hills, valleys, and the Mountain of Venus. Safe for work.

Goodnight.

690 freetoken  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:34:38pm

re: #686 prairiefire

I like "dude". It is asexual.

Whither "dudette"?

691 prairiefire  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:34:40pm

re: #623 windsagio

Favorite thing written about Zevon.

Bless them, they are both gone now.

692 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:34:42pm

Leading causes of death:

* Heart disease: 631,636
* Cancer: 559,888
* Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 137,119
* Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 124,583
* Accidents (unintentional injuries): 121,599
* Diabetes: 72,449
* Alzheimer's disease: 72,432
* Influenza and Pneumonia: 56,326
* Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 45,344
* Septicemia: 34,234

[Link: www.cdc.gov...]

693 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:34:47pm
694 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:35:08pm

re: #691 prairiefire

I really wish HST had held on a few more years, I'd love to know what he thought of Obama.

695 Mr Pancakes  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:35:17pm

re: #686 prairiefire

I like "dude". It is asexual.

Yep....... you're right. I called my wife "Dude" once then it was asexual..... for about 3 weeks.

696 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:35:24pm

re: #690 freetoken

Its a weak neologism.

697 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:35:29pm

More people will die from what they eat at Denney's.

698 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:35:37pm

re: #687 Obdicut

Oh I wasn't pissed at all over the GOP thing. Only thinking that that instance deserved to be made public as it's a non-profit, donor driven organization.

699 freetoken  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:35:47pm

re: #689 Cato the Elder

Hills, valleys, and the Mountain of Venus. Safe for work.

Goodnight.

Yeah, that's what they said at the SEC.

700 prairiefire  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:36:05pm

re: #690 freetoken

Whither "dudette"?

Don't know. It has an extra syllable, therefore longer to say.

701 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:36:35pm

re: #687 Obdicut

I absolutely don't care about anybody else's sex life or patronage of s&m clubs or any of the rest of it, even if they are part of the GOP. I had no problem personally with the GOP people going to one of those clubs, because I have no connection to the GOP. However, it was obviously going to piss the fuck out of a bunch of people who are part of the GOP.

With these people? It's whoever pays their salaries who can be pissed or not, and they're right there with them, probably.

It depends on whose money they're using really. Maybe they should make a little sign "No campaign funds were used to obtain this lap dance." You know, just to set the record straight.

702 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:37:08pm

re: #679 Unakite

I believe you and no offense intended, but I'd prefer her head of hair. :)

Whose? Traci's?

Meh, I do not lament the slow passing of my mane. Easy for me though, since I'm a guy. I've rocked the shaved look before, and I know I've got a nice bald head.

703 prairiefire  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:37:16pm

re: #688 freetoken

Strong low pressure over NW Kansas is bringing storms with tornadic conditions to large parts of the central US:
[Link: www.spc.noaa.gov...]

Nighttime tornadoes are very dangerous. Let's hope no one is injured.

Wheeee! I hate night time twisters.

704 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:37:22pm

re: #694 windsagio

I really wish HST had held on a few more years, I'd love to know what he thought of Obama.

I wish we still had Bill Hicks around. Could you imagine him making fun of the tea-partiers?

705 Obdicut  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:37:43pm

re: #698 JasonA

Oh I wasn't pissed at all over the GOP thing. Only thinking that that instance deserved to be made public as it's a non-profit, donor driven organization.

Yeah, I do think financial transparency is rather more important for integrity with a political party, whereas I assume that hedge fund managers basically do laps in big baths full of cocaine.

706 Stanghazi  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:37:51pm

re: #680 JasonA

I just hope they paid attention during the seminar.

707 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:39:06pm

re: #704 JasonA

Yes, that would be pretty righteous as well >

708 What, me worry?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:40:11pm

Ok lizards, I'm out. Sleep tight!

709 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:40:13pm

re: #685 Mr Pancakes

I hate the friggin' weather, and the lack of city culture, but the people (on average) are real nice and the fresh, local produce is great.

I miss the smell of the ocean though, and long for it with every breath.

710 prairiefire  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:40:24pm

Good night, good lizards.

711 Four More Tears  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:40:32pm

Alright, I'm off. Be nice to one another.

712 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:40:55pm

re: #697 Gus 802

More people will die from what they eat at Denney's.

Or from the guy who drives his pickup truck through the plate-glass windows and starts shooting everyfuckingbody.

713 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:41:02pm

Mass exodus!

714 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:41:26pm

re: #712 Cato the Elder

heh, thats exactly not his point.

715 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:41:34pm

re: #688 freetoken

Strong low pressure over NW Kansas is bringing storms with tornadic conditions to large parts of the central US:
[Link: www.spc.noaa.gov...]

Nighttime tornadoes are very dangerous. Let's hope no one is injured.

I'm on the far western boundary of that map line. I can feel it over here. Blustery with some occasional showers.

716 The Shadow Do  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:42:13pm

re: #697 Gus 802

More people will die from what they eat at Denney's.

Nope, Denny's toughens the immune system.

All American Slam!

717 Racer X  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:42:29pm

So I'm in the cafeteria at Kaiser today and they just replaced all of their soft drinks with diet. No more sugary stuff - only the artificially sweetened who knows what's in it fake stuff. That may or may not cause cancer or make you grow a third arm. No matter. Sugar is bad for you. Drink the diet stuff.

Best part?

They still have a designated smoking area right outside the front entrance.

Fail.

718 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:42:55pm

re: #712 Cato the Elder

Or from the guy who drives his pickup truck through the plate-glass windows and starts shooting everyfuckingbody.

I was only suggesting that it might be a good idea to shoot the food instead.

/Or shoot the cigarettes.

/

719 windsagio  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:43:12pm

re: #718 Gus 802

Just don't shoot the booze~!

720 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:43:28pm

re: #702 Slumbering Behemoth

Whose? Traci's?

Meh, I do not lament the slow passing of my mane. Easy for me though, since I'm a guy. I've rocked the shaved look before, and I know I've got a nice bald head.

a shaved head in the summertime is bliss...nature's air conditioning...

721 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:43:54pm

re: #717 Racer X

LOL!
Drink the diet stuff, and smoke the second hand stuff. Health care you can BELIEVE in.
///

722 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:44:05pm

re: #714 windsagio

heh, thats exactly not his point.

And it's exactly mine.

Fuck the odds. Be prepared.

723 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:44:39pm

re: #722 Cato the Elder

And it's exactly mine.

Fuck the odds. Be prepared.

Bring a parachute on you next flight.

/And crash cart.

/

724 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:45:13pm

re: #723 Gus 802

Bring a parachute on you your next flight.

/And crash cart.

/

Er, um. PIMF

725 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:45:21pm

re: #722 Cato the Elder

Stay safe, my old Roman, friend! Acquaintance, internet buddy, what ever!

726 Racer X  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:45:28pm

re: #721 Floral Giraffe

LOL!
Drink the diet stuff, and smoke the second hand stuff. Health care you can BELIEVE in.
///

I was just shaking my head. People get so excited about the latest outrage of the day. I cannot wait for the study that says broccoli gives you colon cancer or some other thing. Then we will have come full circle.

727 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:45:52pm

re: #723 Gus 802

Bring a parachute on you next flight.

/And crash cart.

/

actually, that'd be worth it just for the expression on everyone else's face...

728 Mr Pancakes  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:46:20pm

re: #709 Slumbering Behemoth

I hate the friggin' weather, and the lack of city culture, but the people (on average) are real nice and the fresh, local produce is great.

I miss the smell of the ocean though, and long for it with every breath.

Man let's trade........ too expensive to live in this city (San Diego)....... City culture is overrated, I rarely partake in the city stuff. The ocean smell is overrated too....... maybe it's just the grass is greener thing. Or perhaps it's the fact I live very close to where the Tijuana river empties into the ocean.

729 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:47:11pm

re: #727 Aceofwhat?

actually, that'd be worth it just for the expression on everyone else's face...

That's like driving in your car wearing a crash helmet. Woohoo!

/"Sir, if you're going to bring that parachute on board you're going to have to buy another ticket."

/

730 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:47:21pm

re: #717 Racer X

You're body needs water, you should drink that shit.

Seriously. Refined sugar is bad for you, but they barely even put that in soda anymore. They use HFC, which is worse. And the diet sweeteners ain't healthy neither.

You should stick to my ABC "diet" of beverages:

Agua
Beer
Coffee

Everything else is crap./

731 Renaissance_Man  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:47:26pm

re: #717 Racer X

So I'm in the cafeteria at Kaiser today and they just replaced all of their soft drinks with diet. No more sugary stuff - only the artificially sweetened who knows what's in it fake stuff. That may or may not cause cancer or make you grow a third arm. No matter. Sugar is bad for you. Drink the diet stuff.

Best part?

They still have a designated smoking area right outside the front entrance.

Fail.

I have many friends that eat well, don't smoke, and lead reasonably active daily lives - walk to work, walk most places they have to go, etc. They drink nothing but diet soft drinks. They are fat as houses.

The preservatives and fake sugary taste in diet drinks play havoc with your metabolism. If you want to drink something sweet, drink the regular stuff. Better yet, turn on a tap.

732 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:48:11pm

good night folks

733 freetoken  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:51:14pm

re: #728 Mr Pancakes

Or perhaps it's the fact I live very close to where the Tijuana river empties into the ocean.


DUDE...

Stay out of the river! That's the most polluted river in the US now, I believe.

734 Racer X  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:52:49pm

re: #730 Slumbering Behemoth

You're body needs water, you should drink that shit.

Seriously. Refined sugar is bad for you, but they barely even put that in soda anymore. They use HFC, which is worse. And the diet sweeteners ain't healthy neither.

You should stick to my ABC "diet" of beverages:

Agua
Beer
Coffee

Everything else is crap./

I hear ya. I drink mostly water. I occasionally have a soda and I see no harm in that. But there are people who drink 3-4 sodas or more every day, and that can be bad for you.

735 Mr Pancakes  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:53:56pm

re: #733 freetoken

DUDE...

Stay out of the river! That's the most polluted river in the US now, I believe.

Ya know I was thinking the same thing..... it's hard to dodge all the dirty diapers, tires, and submerged Border Patrol jeeps floating in there.

736 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:54:21pm

re: #728 Mr Pancakes

Man let's trade... too expensive to live in this city (San Diego)... City culture is overrated, I rarely partake in the city stuff. The ocean smell is overrated too... maybe it's just the grass is greener thing. Or perhaps it's the fact I live very close to where the Tijuana river empties into the ocean.

Well, we could trade.

Too expensive? Cost of living is relative. You move here doing the same work, you'll get paid much less money. Back to square one.

City culture? There's something out their for everyone to enjoy in a big city, you just have to look for it. I suppose the same could be said for where I'm at.

Ocean air? Well, you got me there. I grew up in the Bay Area, so we didn't have a Tijuana sludge to contend with.

As far as the grass being greener? I dunno, I've never bought weed in San Diego. In the list of places I've been/lived, I'd have to say the grass is always greener in Seattle. Cheaper, too. :)

737 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:54:32pm

re: #723 Gus 802

Bring a parachute on you next flight.

/And crash cart.

/

Go without health, fire, home, flood, car, and life insurance.

Throw out your fire extinguishers, they just take up space, and you know what, those fuckers are dangerous and might explode!!!1!

Don't look either way when crossing the street.

Never wear a seat belt, and disable your airbags. If you get in an accident, you might be thrown clear of the car, and that would be better.

The chances of anything bad happening to you are [some number I just pulled out of my ass].

And whatever you do, don't take ownership of your own safety by owning and knowing how to use a gun.

They're for wingnuts, assholes and people with tiny little dicks.

738 freetoken  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 9:54:41pm

re: #735 Mr Pancakes

And the body parts... don't forget the body parts.

739 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 10:00:13pm

re: #734 Racer X

I hear ya. I drink mostly water. I occasionally have a soda and I see no harm in that. But there are people who drink 3-4 sodas or more every day, and that can be bad for you.

The most common complaint about water I hear from people is "I don't like the taste". WTF? Barring hard water and manky pipes, water doesn't really have a "flavor".

A sugary soda once in a while won't kill you. Likely healthier than the diet stuff. Heh, I gave up soda-pop years ago, and in doing so I also gave up acid indigestion and acid reflux.

740 Mr Pancakes  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 10:03:39pm

re: #736 Slumbering Behemoth

Well, we could trade.

Too expensive? Cost of living is relative. You move here doing the same work, you'll get paid much less money. Back to square one.

City culture? There's something out their for everyone to enjoy in a big city, you just have to look for it. I suppose the same could be said for where I'm at.

Ocean air? Well, you got me there. I grew up in the Bay Area, so we didn't have a Tijuana sludge to contend with.

As far as the grass being greener? I dunno, I've never bought weed in San Diego. In the list of places I've been/lived, I'd have to say the grass is always greener in Seattle. Cheaper, too. :)

Well.... I could probably live anywhere........ I work from home on the computer so it's not location dependent.

I'm not fond of crowds.... leaving the city would not be a problem. I avoid the city like the plague.

I'm not a fan of the ocean or weed.... I tried to like pot....... just not for me I guess.

741 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 10:04:30pm

re: #739 Slumbering Behemoth

I'm with Winston Churchill and W.C. Fields. Water is only fit for use as something to bathe in or mix with alcohol.

742 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 10:05:44pm

re: #737 Cato the Elder

They're for wingnuts, assholes and people with tiny little dicks.

Guns, cars, what else is used as a stereotypical indication of those who suffer from baby dick?
/cutting edge computer hardware?

743 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 10:06:48pm

re: #737 Cato the Elder

Go without health, fire, home, flood, car, and life insurance.

Throw out your fire extinguishers, they just take up space, and you know what, those fuckers are dangerous and might explode!!!1!

Don't look either way when crossing the street.

Never wear a seat belt, and disable your airbags. If you get in an accident, you might be thrown clear of the car, and that would be better.

The chances of anything bad happening to you are [some number I just pulled out of my ass].

And whatever you do, don't take ownership of your own safety by owning and knowing how to use a gun.

They're for wingnuts, assholes and people with tiny little dicks.

Getting all worked up there aren't you. I never said anything about guns being for "wingnuts, assholes and people with tiny little dicks."

744 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 10:10:19pm

re: #740 Mr Pancakes

Okay, I can totally dig you not liking the herb after giving it a try, but the ocean?

Disliking the ocean is like disliking your mother's womb. I don't get it. I must point at you and let forth a guttural scream like Donald Sutherland in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

745 Cato the Elder  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 10:12:20pm

re: #744 Slumbering Behemoth

Okay, I can totally dig you not liking the herb after giving it a try, but the ocean?

Disliking the ocean is like disliking your mother's womb. I don't get it. I must point at you and let forth a guttural scream like Donald Sutherland in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

The ocean doesn't want him today.

746 cliffster  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 10:13:32pm

re: #743 Gus 802

Getting all worked up there aren't you. I never said anything about guns being for "wingnuts, assholes and people with tiny little dicks."

Not in so many words, but yeah - you kinda did.

747 Gus  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 10:14:07pm

re: #746 cliffster

Not in so many words, but yeah - you kinda did.

Not true, Cliffster.

748 cliffster  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 10:14:33pm

re: #744 Slumbering Behemoth

Okay, I can totally dig you not liking the herb after giving it a try, but the ocean?

Disliking the ocean is like disliking your mother's womb. I don't get it. I must point at you and let forth a guttural scream like Donald Sutherland in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

I got stung by a stingray a few years back while swimming off the east coast. I won't say I hate the ocean, but you won't catch me dead within 20 yards of it.

749 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 10:15:46pm

re: #741 Cato the Elder

Nah, that stuff is essential to any biological organism. Don't look now, but you're getting plenty of that dihydrogen monoxide in the foods you eat. You still need to drink it, though.

That said... BBL

750 Mr Pancakes  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 10:20:33pm

re: #744 Slumbering Behemoth

Okay, I can totally dig you not liking the herb after giving it a try, but the ocean?

Disliking the ocean is like disliking your mother's womb. I don't get it. I must point at you and let forth a guttural scream like Donald Sutherland in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Yea you're probably right.......... parking is a nightmare though. Too many people here now....... too many fucking people.

751 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Apr 23, 2010 10:32:03pm

Blargh! Beer run done, graffiti patrol next. BBIAB.


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