Love riding the Shinkansen. Indeed, I’ve ridden it a few times between the stations in the vid (Shinosaka and Tokyo). The absolutely finest way to travel intermediate distances.

Neat vid, too.

Wear Your Love Like Heaven

Nice vid Charles. Reminds me of this classic - Chemical Brothers : Star Guitar

I miss those vending machines… Gokuri!

re: #3 Jimmah

Nice vid Charles. Reminds me of this classic - Chemical Brothers : Star Guitar

[Video]

re: #3 Jimmah

Nice vid Charles. Reminds me of this classic - Chemical Brothers : Star Guitar

[Video]

Hey, Jimmah. I’ve got to hit the hay, but I did want to say hi before I did so. Give Ice my best.

Goodnight, all.

re: #2 Bagua

Thievery Corportation: taking Reggae to the next level

re: #6 ryannon

Thievery Corporation

re: #5 Dark_Falcon

Hey, Jimmah. I’ve got to hit the hay, but I did want to say hi before I did so. Give Ice my best.

Goodnight, all.

Will do, DF! Have a good one :)

re: #6 ryannon

Thievery Corportation: taking Reggae to the next level

[Video]

Heh, I heard one of their songs sitting in a cafe in the Venetian, along the Grand Canal on the second floor. I asked for the name.

Needed Time

Possibly his most emotionally powerful piece.

Getting out there in ReggaeLand with Thievery:

re: #10 Bagua

Needed Time

[Video]
- Lightnin’ Hopkins

Possibly his most emotionally powerful piece.

Vocally, it’s another side of Bob Dylan…

Signing off - time to get some sleep

re: #11 ryannon

Merci, à très bientôt

I’m gonna put on a iron shirt :

I’m gonna send him to outer space, to find another race:

Have Faith in Rastafari

I think I know what’s coming, Jesus Christ, sounds reasonable…

Lost Mi Love

Great art. As an avid photographer, I was trying to figure out how it was shot. It looks like they used a fisheye with a high aperture on a well-lit day. I just love how the sky transforms into an empty industrialized sea.

Had a dream last night that I was opening act for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, with Billy Cobham on drums. Talk about a dream team…

Friggin’ sick vid. Nice post.

dead fred

re: #22 ralphieboy

dead fred

He’s dead Jim.

Chicken, Monkey, Duck

re: #24 rwdflynavy

[Video]

Chicken, Monkey, Duck

That’s worse than dead, Jim!

For the insomniacs and early-birds, and before posting this on the main news link page: Thomas Friedman’s Letter from Istambul, Part Two. Reading between the lines, I gather two important ideas:

1. Byzantium, it’s not.

2. We’re fucked (again).

re: #26 ryannon

PIMF: Istanbul

re: #26 ryannon

For the insomniacs and early-birds, and before posting this on the main news link page: Thomas Friedman’s Letter from Istambul, Part Two. Reading between the lines, I gather two important ideas:

1. Byzantium, it’s not.

2. We’re fucked (again).

I think Tom has a few good takes on the current situation in Turkey. However, he’s a bit confused also.

Take this thought:
“The question about the death of the West is really about the rise of Turkey, which is actually a wonderful story.”
Now compare that with this:
“So Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sees himself as the leader of a rising economic powerhouse of 70 million people who is entitled to play an independent geopolitical role — hence his U.N. vote against sanctioning Iran. But how Turkey rises really matters — and Erdogan definitely has some troubling Hugo Chávez-Vladimir Putin tendencies. I’ve never visited a democracy where more people whom I interviewed asked me not to quote them by name for fear of retribution by Erdogan’s circle — in the form of lawsuits, tax investigations or being shut out of government contracts. The media here is rampantly self-censored.

Moreover, Erdogan has evolved from just railing against Israel’s attacks on Hamas in Gaza to spouting conspiracy theories — like the insane notion that Israel is backing the P.K.K. terrorists — as a way of consolidating his political base among conservative Muslims in Turkey and abroad.”

I’m sctraching my head looking for the “Wonderfulness”.

From today’s Early Bird (couldn’t find the article online)

U.S. Military Is Developing Smart Microgrids With Solar Power
(SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN 18 JUN 10) … Tina Casey

The U.S military is ramping up its commitment to solar energy and other alternative fuels with two new demonstration projects for smart microgrid technology. These microgrids can draw energy interchangeably from solar arrays and other sources to cut costs, improve logistics, and reduce the troop safety risks involved in fossil fuel convoys.

As part of the military’s drive to lead the civilian sector to more secure and sustainable energy sources, the projects are designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of microgrids at large civilian facilities as well as military installations. Corporate parks, industrial complexes and educational institutions would be prime candidates.
One of the sustainable microgrid projects is being carried out now at the world’s largest Marine Corps base, Twentynine Palms Base in California, and the other will be conducted at the Wheeler Air Base in Hawaii beginning in September. At Wheeler alone, the Army is hoping for a cut in fuel consumption of up to 60% and a reduction in the number of generators it needs.

The U.S. Military and Sustainable Power

The Department of Defense is pursuing sustainable energy all over the map, including microbial fuel cells, portable solar power for the Marines and fighter jet biofuel for the Navy and Air Force among a growing number of solar arrays at military bases such as Pearl Harbor. Increasing energy efficiency is another point of focus, through such projects as non toxic anti-barnacle coatings for ships’ hulls, next-generation desalination processes, and diesel-electric hybrid vehicles. Microgrid technology fits in as a transitional step that enables sustainable energy to supplement conventional fossil fuels seamlessly, and as a way to manage an energy future that gives fossil fuels the boot almost entirely in favor of multiple renewable fuel sources.
Microgrids at U.S. Military Bases

At Wheeler, the microgrid developed by Honeywell Aerospace will be capable of distributing electricity from solar energy and other sources, and provide for portable energy that enables troops in battle zones and other remote locations to operate with far less resupply baggage than fossil fuels involve. It is also designed to pull more efficiency out of existing “legacy generators” and ensure that power is delivered without interruption in emergencies. The focus is similar at Twentynine Palms, where a demonstration project from General Electric is under way. At both, the microgrids are expected to cut the cost of energy supply by decreasing reliance on the outside electrical grid.

The U.S. Military and True Energy Security

In some civilian circles, energy security for the U.S. simply means drilling for more oil in American soil and coastal areas, and buying less foreign oil. The military doesn’t see it that way. The Department of Defense has established a far more insightful and comprehensive approach that calls for ending reliance on fossil fuels altogether, due to their high risks for environmental and public health, their potential to create global political instability related to climate change, their role as a flashpoint for military action regardless of climate change, their expense, and above all the impact of fossil fuels on troop safety and supply logistics in the field. Because the civilian sector has failed to act, the military has adopted an explicit policy of going beyond merely meeting the requirements of existing environmental regulations, and using every constitutional means within its disposal to lead the country to a safer, saner way to harvest energy. It is beyond ironic that many of the same politicians and pundits who would otherwise profess to support our troops have instead blocked this goal at every opportunity.

re: #28 Ericus58

I think Tom has a few good takes on the current situation in Turkey. However, he’s a bit confused also.

Take this thought:
“The question about the death of the West is really about the rise of Turkey, which is actually a wonderful story.”
Now compare that with this:
“So Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sees himself as the leader of a rising economic powerhouse of 70 million people who is entitled to play an independent geopolitical role — hence his U.N. vote against sanctioning Iran. But how Turkey rises really matters — and Erdogan definitely has some troubling Hugo Chávez-Vladimir Putin tendencies. I’ve never visited a democracy where more people whom I interviewed asked me not to quote them by name for fear of retribution by Erdogan’s circle — in the form of lawsuits, tax investigations or being shut out of government contracts. The media here is rampantly self-censored.

Moreover, Erdogan has evolved from just railing against Israel’s attacks on Hamas in Gaza to spouting conspiracy theories — like the insane notion that Israel is backing the P.K.K. terrorists — as a way of consolidating his political base among conservative Muslims in Turkey and abroad.”

I’m sctraching my head looking for the “Wonderfulness”.

Tom Friedman is the man who brought the “wonderful Saudi Peace Initiative” to the world. (i.e. terms of surrender for Israel)

re: #29 rwdflynavy

found it…

re: #28 Ericus58

It’s quite wonderful on the condition of turning off one’s thinking processes.

When I turn them on, I see a more brutal than average country which undertook what amounted to a genocide against the Armenians and which has been engaged for years in beating the stuffings out of another minority population, the Kurds. Like most everyone else in the Middle East, the Turks are another crazy bomb waiting to go off.

Morning limited honcos.

re: #30 Alouette

Friedman has his ups and downs, but he ‘s hardly the worst analyst out there. At least he makes an effort to actually get his Bass Weejuns on the ground from time to time.

WTF?

re: #35 Cannadian Club Akbar

WTF?

Drug smugglers also use subs sometimes.

re: #36 Killgore Trout

Drug smugglers also use subs sometimes.

I saw something on 60 minutes where they found one under construction in Columbia years ago.

re: #35 Cannadian Club Akbar

WTF?

Could be the U.S, the Russians or the French. If they remained outside of the U.S. territorial waters, it would be an interesting exercise for the latter two.

Seeing how close the NorK’s in their last World Cup match, the State run TV channel had decided to run today’s game between them and Portugal live.

The score is now 5-0 in favor of Portugal.
I wonder how fast the plug was pulled, due to technical difficulties caused by the Capitalistic and Evil America…

Pwn’d.

The drug smugglers usually use semi-submersibles. This sounds like a real sub who got busted…

For now he has his own 6.6-by-11.5-foot (2-by-3.5-meter) cell, which is adjacent to that of a reputed Colombian hit man, with whom he shares a television set.

From the link. Fucker.

re: #38 ryannon

Could be the U.S, the Russians or the French. If they remained outside of the U.S. territorial waters, it would be an interesting exercise for the latter two.

I thought territorial waters were at a 12 mile minimum.

Palin sez….

RahmEmanuel= as shallow/narrowminded/political/irresponsible as they come,to falsely claim Barton’s BP comment is “GOP philosophy”Rahm,u lie

heh

re: #36 Killgore Trout

Not like that. Semi submersibles really. Not full on submarines, at least as far as I have read. Maybe a Navy sub or an allied sub on a transit or training drill.

[Link: www.myfoxny.com…]
Holy shit!! This is why I live in Florida.

re: #41 Cannadian Club Akbar

For now he has his own 6.6-by-11.5-foot (2-by-3.5-meter) cell, which is adjacent to that of a reputed Colombian hit man, with whom he shares a television set.

Van Der Sloot: “You want to watch reruns of My Mother the Car? I have absolutely nooo problem with that, man……!”

(Kinda wish he’d say “Fuck you, your mother, and the car!”)

re: #46 SteveC

Van Der Sloot: “You want to watch reruns of My Mother the Car? I have absolutely nooo problem with that, man…!”

(Kinda wish he’d say “Fuck you, your mother, and the car!”)

2 words. General population.

The iPhone OS update still hasn’t been released yet.

Good morning fellow lizards.

So… does anybody know who TOTALLY KICKED COMMIE ASS today?

Skate or die!!

re: #49 Nimed

Good morning fellow lizards.

So… does anybody know who TOTALLY KICKED COMMIE ASS today?

Portugal?

re: #49 Nimed

Good morning fellow lizards.

So… does anybody know who TOTALLY KICKED COMMIE ASS today?

President Obama said he was asking the experts so he would know who’s ass to kick. Did someone finally tell him?

Good for Portugal. But the NK team will lose in an even bigger way when (and IF) they returnhome.

re: #49 Nimed

Good morning fellow lizards.

So… does anybody know who TOTALLY KICKED COMMIE ASS today?

Ron Paul?

re: #51 Cannadian Club Akbar

Portugal?

*ding ding ding ding ding ding*
WE HAVE A WINNER!

PORTUGAL 7 - NORTH KOREA 0

What. A. Game!

re: #55 Nimed

*ding ding ding ding ding ding*
WE HAVE A WINNER!

PORTUGAL 7 - NORTH KOREA 0

What. A. Game!

So, a touchdown AND an extra point!!
/

I started feeling sorry for the North Korean players after the 4th goal. Poor fellows.

Oh, well.. It’s the happiest Monday morning this Luso-American lizard has had in a long time.

re: #55 Nimed

*ding ding ding ding ding ding*
WE HAVE A WINNER!

PORTUGAL 7 - NORTH KOREA 0

What. A. Game!

I was in Portugal the evening they beat the UK in the World Cup. The entire place went berserk.

It was pretty cool.

So… Portugal’s goal keeper was ronery? Lil’ Kim’s? Not so much.

Shrek’s the man!

Researchers at Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity wanted to know whether Dora the Explorer and Shrek actually had any pull with kids, however, in terms of their taste and snack preferences. So they gathered 40 kids aged 4 to 6 and gave them two packages of the same foods: graham crackers, gummy fruit snacks and carrots. Packages were identical except that one had a cartoon character — Dora, Shrek or Scooby Doo — on it. The order of the snacks and the specific characters on the packages was mixed up.

Kids reported the crackers and gummy snacks with the cartoon characters tasted better.

… and this is one reason why our kids are getting fluffy around the middle.

re: #58 garhighway

I was in Portugal the evening they beat the UK in the World Cup. The entire place went berserk.

It was pretty cool.

{garhighway}
Man, what a night that was. That penalty shoot-out almost gave me an heart attack.

The delicious cherry on top of the cake?

[Link: goal.blogs.nytimes.com…]
“It was the first North Korea match played abroad that was televised live in the Democratic People’s Republic.”

re: #59 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

So… Portugal’s goal keeper was ronery? Lil’ Kim’s? Not so much.

The Nork team can look forward to the labor camps.

Don’t change that channel!

A 76-year-old nursing home resident in Petrinja attacked his roommate with a knife following an argument over channel hopping during the World Cup.

re: #63 Cannadian Club Akbar

The Nork team can look forward to the labor camps.

NK players better start looking for work in the South African illegal immigrant job market…

re: #65 Nimed

NK players better start looking for work in the South African illegal immigrant job market…

WILL WORK FOR… DAMN NEAR ANYTHING

Florida Dems jump on the TeaParty bandwagon:

Florida Tea Party Candidates Raise Questions

The emergence of 20 Tea Party candidates in state House and Senate races by Friday’s final day of campaign qualifying left Florida Republican Party leaders crying foul and alleging a possible Democratic dirty trick.

Some of the Tea Party contenders, who GOP research shows are still registered Democrats, independents or Libertarians, have filed to run against Republican incumbents, including House Speaker-designate Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, and Sen. Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, who is positioned to become the next Senate president.

Democrats deny any involvement.
…………
But Florida Tea Party Chairman Fred O’Neal, who has been vying with rival Everett Wilkinson for control of the movement, said the burgeoning anti-tax and anti-big government party has honed-in on Republican incumbents on purpose.

“We promised months ago that Republicans that merely talked about lower taxes but then voted for bigger government would be targeted,” O’Neal said. “We will expose these RINO (Republican-in-name-only) Republicans as the frauds they are. Taxpayers have a right to a real choice and the Tea Party will give it to them.”
…..
Tea Party leaders insist their candidates are for real – and not fabricated to help Democrats.

“Just look at the millions of dollars that Cannon and Haridopolos have raised so far from lobbyists,” said O’Neal, himself a former Democrat. “It is an embarrassment that the Florida Legislature is for sale to the highest bidder.”

[Link: www.jaxobserver.com…]

Time to actually accomplish something…. all ya’ll lizards have a great day!

My health insurance expired because I can no longer afford to pay the premiums.

I signed up today for a community program that helps the “disadvantaged”

(It’s run by the Zionists, they take care of their own)

re: #67 RogueOne

Tea Party leaders insist their candidates are for real – and not fabricated to help Democrats.

It will be interesting to see how much damage they end up doing.

re: #67 RogueOne

Florida Dems jump on the TeaParty bandwagon:

Florida Tea Party Candidates Raise Questions

[Link: www.jaxobserver.com…]

I thought the Tea Party was non-partisan. Now that they’re challenging a few Republicans in the general they’re a Democratic plot? Cool.

‘Morning, everyone.

re: #70 Killgore Trout

It will be interesting to see how much damage they end up doing.

IMO, the more the merrier. I’m in a “vote every incumbent out” kinda mood.

We found a little weiner dog this morning on my front step. He has rabies tags on him from the next town over and I haven’t been able to get hold of the vet yet to get him back to his owner. We have good storms coming through and he’s scared of the thunder. He’s cute for a small dog.

Can’t spell dachshund without spell-check but I can spell “wiener” even if I didn’t do it correctly in my last post. PIMF

Switzerland just got screwed with a red card for incidental contact. Chile will score a few times in the next 50 minutes or so, I suspect.

re: #26 ryannon

For the insomniacs and early-birds, and before posting this on the main news link page: Thomas Friedman’s Letter from Istambul, Part Two. Reading between the lines, I gather two important ideas:

1. Byzantium, it’s not.

2. We’re fucked (again).

Scary part is that Erdogan for all his Putinesque, Chavezesque populism, is still relatively secularist and remains a preferable alternative to an Islamist Turkish state.

re: #74 RogueOne

Can’t spell dachshund without spell-check but I can spell “wiener” even if I didn’t do it correctly in my last post. PIMF

Can you spell “weenie” without the spell checker?

re: #77 ralphieboy

Can you spell “weenie” without the spell checker?

I can. B O E H N E R.

re: #76 ralphieboy

Scary part is that Erdogan for all his Putinesque, Chavezesque populism, is still relatively secularist and remains a preferable alternative to an Islamist Turkish state.

What Turkish political party does Erdogan belong to?

The Supreme Court has upheld the law against giving advice to the “humanitarian” wings of terrorist organizations.

It was a 9-3 decision with Breyer, Ginsburg and Sotomayor dissenting.

re: #79 Ericus58

What Turkish political party does Erdogan belong to?

His AKP leans Islamist, but that is more a populist stance than an idological/religious one.

Turkey is always a dangerous tightrope to deal with, the old Kemalist regime was militantly secular, but also very dictatorial.

North Korea gets beat 7-0 today…
I’d hate to fly home and meet lil Kim

re: #80 MandyManners

The Supreme Court has upheld the law against giving advice to the “humanitarian” wings of terrorist organizations.

It was a 9-3 decision with Breyer, Ginsburg and Sotomayor dissenting.

Then I am going to break the law… as far as the humanitarian wing of Hamas is concerned… go fuck yourself… hows that for advice?

South African Vuvuzela Philharmonic Angered By Soccer Games Breaking Out During Concerts

re: #82 HoosierHoops

North Korea gets beat 7-0 today…
I’d hate to fly home and meet lil Kim

I hope they manage to make a run for it otherwise I see a prison camp in their near future.

re: #82 HoosierHoops

BTW, how did the dog date go yesterday?

re: #86 RogueOne

BTW, how did the dog date go yesterday?

It went well.. We went to the park and had a picnic lunch and watched the dogs play..It was really hot so we sat under a tree and talked…
I told her I was moving soon..So I don’t expect anything to happen.. Really too bad..She is really cool and smarter than a whip…And really cute…

re: #85 RogueOne

I hope they manage to make a run for it otherwise I see a prison camp in their near future.

Double tap to the head probably

re: #83 Walter L. Newton

Then I am going to break the law… as far as the humanitarian wing of Hamas is concerned… go fuck yourself… hows that for advice?

Suits me just fine, Walter.

re: #57 Nimed

Those guys likely face awful consequences. I hate to think about it.

re: #90 Rightwingconspirator

Those guys likely face awful consequences. I hate to think about it.

Remember how Iraq used to torture failed athletes after the Olympics?

re: #90 Rightwingconspirator

Those guys likely face awful consequences. I hate to think about it.

I read this last week about the paid soccer fans:

[Link: deadspin.com…]

Sure, North Korea could have actually selected an elite group of propaganda-loving supporters to represent their country as spectators, but the last time they did that, the group of mini-skirted cheerleaders who attended a tournament in South Korea broke their promise not to reveal to their countrymen what they saw below the DMZ. They reportedly ended up in concentration camps.

Taking off folks, enjoy the day.

re: #90 Rightwingconspirator

Those guys likely face awful consequences. I hate to think about it.

You really think so? There have been a lot of jokes about that, but I don’t believe the team will be punished (maybe I’m being naive).

I’m very much an atheist but one thing’s for sure — if God exists, He has a great sense of humor. The North Korea team played pretty well against Brazil, so the regime decided to live televise this match. The first live broadcast of a WC game in North Korea, and they lose 7-0. Ouch!

O’Reilly Grills Bachmann On BP’s $20B Gulf Spill Fund: ‘You’re Dodging My Question’ (VIDEO)

re: #95 Killgore Trout

O’Reilly Grills Bachmann On BP’s $20B Gulf Spill Fund: ‘You’re Dodging My Question’ (VIDEO)

[Video]

she was okay with it, before she wasn’t okay with it…
more pablum

Bygones are not always bygone amid the limestone cliffs and piñon groves of northern New Mexico.
When actor Val Kilmer recently applied for permits to turn his 6,000-acre ranch outside Santa Fe into an upscale bed-and-breakfast, several of his neighbors protested.

GTF outa here asshole!…poor Val, nobody likes him anymore

[Link: online.wsj.com…]

re: #94 Nimed

That is hilarious. Given how harsh the regime is, if they just lose their privileges they are in big trouble. I wish them well.

HAPPY SOLSTICE, EAST COAST FOLKS!

re: #96 albusteve

she was okay with it, before she wasn’t okay with it…
more pablum

Yeah, I think the word has been sent out that the BP shills need to shut up. They’re doing serious damage to the Republican party. I think it’s a little too late. There are just too many statements already out there which will later pop up in election ads. If this spill is still in the headlines when elections come around it could be politically devastating.

BTW, those of you who aren’t following the Pages are really missing out. There’s a lot of really good stuff being posted.

The days are getting shorter now.
Soon it will be winter.
Yay.

Is anyone familiar with this piece?
re: #100 Killgore Trout

Agreed that hammer falls hardest on the GOP. But the Dems are not immune, plenty of energy money over there too. Here is a place to see in detail if you care to. One of my favorite links anyway
[Link: www.opensecrets.org…]

Sing it, Sly!

Pro-Palestinian protesters on Sunday created a blockade of their own on Sunday by gathering at the Port of Oakland before dawn to block the unloading of an Israeli cargo ship.
Longshoreman working the day shift agreed not to cross the picket line of hundreds of protesters, who were demanding an end to Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip. Protesters planned to stage another rally to halt the offloading for the evening shift.

a new fashion sweeping the country…irrational Jew hate, it’s everywhere and picking up steam…fucking unions supporting the Palis, makes me sick

[Link: latimesblogs.latimes.com…]

Sing it, Ella!

re: #103 Rightwingconspirator

Sorry
This article… I am not familiar with The Hoover Inst. I’m a bit wary of a link to an unfamiliar site. ;)

The Tea Party vs. the Intellectuals
By Lee Harris
Hoover Institution Stanford University
June 14, 2010
Policy Review
A movement of attitude, not ideas

re: #105 albusteve

Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union refused to cross the picket line, citing safety concerns. The activists noted that longshoremen have “a long and great history of supporting progressive struggles here and around the world.”

Gee. I wonder which candidate the ILWU supported in 2008.

re: #102 Spare O’Lake

The days are getting shorter now.
Soon it will be winter.
Yay.

It’s still cold, dark and wet here. WE never made it out of winter and I’m starting to think we may not get much of a summer either. I’m thinking about going to visit a greenhouse construction company today and getting an estimate for a large attached greenhouse built. Maybe that would lift my spirits.

re: #109 Killgore Trout

Feels like the season is 30 or 60 days late here. Not nearly as much heat as usual by now.

re: #105 albusteve

[Link: latimesblogs.latimes.com…]

Where is the port authority?
Where are the police?
Where is the law?
Where is America?

re: #95 Killgore Trout

O’Reilly Grills Bachmann On BP’s $20B Gulf Spill Fund: ‘You’re Dodging My Question’ (VIDEO)

[Video]

I received a note under my windshield the other day. All I had done was to park in a fire lane. What was the problem? Nothing was burning at the time?

And there I had it IN BLACK AND WHITE the government threatening me with criminal prosecution if I did not GIVE THEM MONEY.

A shakedown!!!!

re: #111 Spare O’Lake

Where is the port authority?
Where are the police?
Where is the law?
Where is America?

will the US support and defend Israel?…yes or no?
does BO have the guts to take a stand?

Need something to keep you cool?

re: #110 Rightwingconspirator

Feels like the season is 30 or 60 days late here. Not nearly as much heat as usual by now.

Hotter than heck these days in Indiana..Mid 90’s and high humidity…
I’m not bitching…Remember all those posts of mine during the winter?
Oh great 3 more inches of snow, High winds and the driveway needs to be shoveled again…Hey look! The car is covered in Ice! Isn’t that cool?
I’m glad I am moving..I’m not much of a snow kind of guy…Effen Snow

re: #113 albusteve

will the US support and defend Israel?…yes or no?
does BO have the guts to take a stand?

I’m gonna vote no on both.

re: #109 Killgore Trout

It’s still cold, dark and wet here. WE never made it out of winter and I’m starting to think we may not get much of a summer either. I’m thinking about going to visit a greenhouse construction company today and getting an estimate for a large attached greenhouse built. Maybe that would lift my spirits.

Tads’ legs growing any more?

re: #102 Spare O’Lake

The days are getting shorter now.
Soon it will be winter.
Yay.

Cheer up or Little Miss Mary Fucking Sunshine’s gonna’ pay you a visit.

re: #115 HoosierHoops

Hotter than heck these days in Indiana

ugh,,, here too (Atlanta area)

Just had to quit mowing the lawn and I’m only about half done. Started a little after 9 and it was already steamy.

re: #111 Spare O’Lake

Where is the port authority?
Where are the police?
Where is the law?
Where is America?

Budget Crisis Leaves Los Angeles’ $74 Million Jail Empty
Gross overcrowding in one jail and no money to staff the other one

[Link: www.nbclosangeles.com…]

re: #119 sattv4u2

Hotter than heck these days in Indiana

ugh,,, here too (Atlanta area)

Just had to quit mowing the lawn and I’m only about half done. Started a little after 9 and it was already steamy.

They say if you don’t like the weather in Indiana.. Wait 5 minutes it will change…

re: #101 Killgore Trout

BTW, those of you who aren’t following the Pages are really missing out. There’s a lot of really good stuff being posted.

Absolutely, a ton of good stuff. I love the pages feature.

Might be time, folks, to support LGF with a donation, subscription and/or the purchase of a cookbook!

re: #121 HoosierHoops

They say if you don’t like the weather in Indiana.. Wait 5 minutes it will change…

I’ve heard the same saying everywhere I’ve lived!

It was never more true than in Maine, especially duringt eh “summer” months

I would be out playing tennis in 90 degree perfectly sunny conditions. I would look over the bay and see clouds approaching. 5 minutes later it would be pouring rain. After the rain the temp would be in the high 60’s the rest of the day

To the weather god in Portland, FREE THE TADS!

re: #118 MandyManners

Cheer up or Little Miss Mary Fucking Sunshine’s gonna’ pay you a visit.

:D

re: #123 sattv4u2

A Scotsman explaining the weather in Fort WIlliam on the West Coast: “If ye can see Ben Nevis over there it means it’s gonna rain soon. If ye cannae see Ben Nevis, that means it’s rainin’ already!”

re: #118 MandyManners

Cheer up or Little Miss Mary Fucking Sunshine’s gonna’ pay you a visit.

When you get here, would you prefer tea or coffee!?!?!?
/

I’m off to visit the greenhouse company. Have fun, y’all!

re: #123 sattv4u2

I’ve heard the same saying everywhere I’ve lived!

It was never more true than in Maine, especially duringt eh “summer” months

I would be out playing tennis in 90 degree perfectly sunny conditions. I would look over the bay and see clouds approaching. 5 minutes later it would be pouring rain. After the rain the temp would be in the high 60’s the rest of the day

I think the weirdest weather in in Hawaii.. It is always hot and really muggy…
And it could rain out of the blue..
So when our group flew into Pearl for 3 years I was miserable constantly..Sweating day and night..This is effen paradise?
Then after about 3 weeks you magically stop sweating and your body adjusts…
You can be walking down the street and see somebody drenched in sweat and go, ’ Look! Another tourist!’

re: #125 Spare O’Lake

:D

She’ll whack you with her cheer stick.

re: #127 sattv4u2

When you get here, would you prefer tea or coffee!?!?!?
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Seeing how I’m juiced on tea already, I’ll have a croissant and a tall, cold glass of milk, please.

Good afternoon, folks.

There’s nothing like hitting the ground running on Monday when you get to the office, finding a stack of papers on your desk marked “urgent” after a weekend of camping and relaxing.

It’s definitely Monday!

re: #131 MandyManners

Seeing how I’m juiced on tea already, I’ll have a croissant and a tall, cold glass of milk, please.

Hi Mandy…I’m home from work..Why? Cause I slipped getting out of the pool and sprained my ankle…*Red Face*
I’m in pain today….
Hope you are well..

re: #133 HoosierHoops

Hi Mandy…I’m home from work..Why? Cause I slipped getting out of the pool and sprained my ankle…*Red Face*
I’m in pain today…
Hope you are well..

I’m finer than a frog’s hair split three ways!

Stay off that foot, Hoosier!

re: #133 HoosierHoops

Hi Mandy…I’m home from work..Why? Cause I slipped getting out of the pool and sprained my ankle…*Red Face*
I’m in pain today…
Hope you are well..

Drag your ass to work, bump into something there and claim workmans comp

It’s the American way !!!

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re: #135 sattv4u2

Drag your ass to work, bump into something there and claim workmans comp

It’s the American way !!!

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There is one small problem with that…I’m a system Admin.. I’m running the HP Elitebook laptop with VPN on the side for work and the D620 blogging..
There is no rest for the wicked..:)

From Our Dept. of French Kiss-Offs:

Player calls coach’s mother a slut, player is excluded, team goes on strike and refuses to practice. All corporate sponsors cancel their contracts. The Minister of Sports (yes, France has one) doesn’t react, makes no comment. Everyone else is shocked, I tell you, shocked. After all, the players are being payed millions of dollars and behaving like spoiled kids.

Oh wait, they’re French, after all. Makes a great subject for existential soul-searching, hours of televised talking heads. Life goes on.

re: #137 ryannon

From Our Dept. of French Kiss-Offs:

Player calls coach’s mother a slut, player is excluded, team goes on strike and refuses to practice. All corporate sponsors cancel their contracts. The Minister of Sports (yes, France has one) doesn’t react, makes no comment. Everyone else is shocked, I tell you, shocked. After all, the players are being payed millions of dollars and behaving like spoiled kids.

Oh wait, they’re French, after all. Makes a great subject for existential soul-searching, hours of televised talking heads. Life goes on.

That’s play school.. In the NBA, players go to strip clubs at 3am, Make it rain and often have shoot outs..In the NFL there is a chance the player will shoot himself or someone else…

Good Morning and Happy Monday Everyone, how are you all on this morning?

I am a big fan of the Shinkansen! Trains in Japan are absolutely wonderful. Ever time I’m there (about once/year) I always wonder if we could ever get our culture used to using high-speed rail for intermediate distance travel (NY->DC, Boston->NY, LA->SF, etc)

I think Florida would be extremely well served with high-speed rail. There have been several plans in place, but they keep stalling. If someone could vacation in Florida, spend a few days in Miami, then a few days in Orlando, then out to the west-coast beaches, or a visit to the space coast, zipping between these destinations on a train, it could be a great boon to their economy. The state is perfectly flat, and there’s still plenty of empty land for rail lines.