at which point is he enslaved?

re: #1 ralphieboy

at which point is he enslaved?

When he is taught.

potty training?

They can have this monkey poo when I fling it from my warm, sweatly little hands!

re: #1 ralphieboy

at which point is he enslaved?

When he is taught without the skills of critical thinking and logic.

re: #5 boxhead

When he is taught without the skills of critical thinking and logic.

You mean when he is taught a godless, secular humanist ideology?

re: #6 ralphieboy

You mean when he is taught a godless, secular humanist ideology?

uhhh, I don't think I wrote that... I had logic and critical thinking classes as part of my math computer science major.

heh, I guess that could be godless, secular humanist ideology.

//

re: #7 boxhead

uhhh, I don't think I wrote that... I had logic and critical thinking classes as part of my math computer science major.

heh, I guess that could be godless, secular humanist ideology.

//

Anything except study of the King James Bible counts as godless secularism.

re: #8 ralphieboy

Anything except study of the King James Bible counts as godless secularism.

Which version? :)

re: #8 ralphieboy

Anything except study of the King James Bible counts as godless secularism.

re: #9 boxhead

Just make sure you've got the 1611 version.

re: #1 ralphieboy

Not enslaved - In Chains.

re: #10 freetoken

re: #9 boxhead

Just make sure you've got the 1611 version.

A bit flowery for today's folks, methinks. They might call it high falooting(sp?) talk.

That's the theme song of a new Japanese animated movie that looks like it's going to pretty impressive. Here is part of a trailer (being observed):

re: #12 boxhead

A bit flowery for today's folks, methinks. They might call it high falooting(sp?) talk.

Nope, larnin' about the good book is the only kinda intellectualism that God approves of.

re: #15 ralphieboy

Nope, larnin' about the good book is the only kinda intellectualism that God approves of.

That is what I am talking about. The 1611 version uses too many multiple syllable words!

re: #14 freetoken

That's the theme song of a new Japanese animated movie that looks like it's going to pretty impressive. Here is part of a trailer (being observed):

[Video]

re: #14 freetoken

That's the theme song of a new Japanese animated movie that looks like it's going to pretty impressive. Here is part of a trailer (being observed):

[Video]

More Studio Ghibli stuff? My kids are dryzy about it.

crazy

My favorite quote I've heard today, from my local geek podcast show that used to be an actual AM talk show but radio sucks:

"If my employment benefits run out...I'm going to have to become a whore. I'm fragile! I whore poorly!"

re: #18 ralphieboy

crazy

but what about us dryzies?

re: #17 ralphieboy

More Studio Ghibli stuff? My kids are dryzy about it.

Yup, that's what I understand.

Also it seems the movie opened last week (in Japan.) Don't know when it will get on DVD around the world.

nerdass curseout rant

you're not hardly decoupled
your header is full of externs
your members are exposed
you're full of magic numbers
you're massively cloned
you're so far from self documenting
you leak memory like a sieve
you return pointers to stack memory
and you're stuck in a crazy loop which is about to run out of stack

re: #24 engineer dog

You use calls from(3) when your should using(2).

re: #25 boxhead

You use calls from(3) when your should using(2).

actually, to be honest, i have no idea what you mean by a 'call from(3)'

???

re: #27 engineer dog

actually, to be honest, i have no idea what you mean by a 'call from(3)'

???

heh... just when I was getting ready to shutdown... :)

the (3) and (2) refer to unix reference manuals. section 3 is C user libraries and section 2 is system calls. The from was not intended to be a function call, I just used the (3) to designate it as a user library when system calls are better. :) sleepy now!

Good Morning Lizards!

Today's Simpson quote:
Homer: "Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that."

Freedom is the ability to rise to higher levels.

People use "freedom" and put a bottle, for instance, to their lips, debauch, dissipate, squander, frivol away
or post to lgf :)

This is quite different from the common definition of freedom which essentially means, "do whatever the hell you want".

Until Man is free, we shall have to do with Shit My Dad Says: The Book.

I'm a lot freer than I was a year ago, that's for damn sure

The Google logo is all Alphonse Mucha art because it's his 150th birthday

RIGHTEOUS

re: #24 engineer dog

angry programmer is angry :D

re: #33 WindUpBird

Oh happy day when miracles take place, and scientists control the human race.
When we assume authority of human chromosomes;
And assembly line women, conveyor belt men,
Settle down in push button homes.

Morning Honcos. Today I'm makin' my some fajitas. Woot.

re: #35 Cannadian Club Akbar

Jarr Jarr?

re: #35 Cannadian Club Akbar

my=me, pimf.

People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Abraham Lincoln

re: #36 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Jarr Jarr?

beef.

re: #35 Cannadian Club Akbar

Morning Honcos. Today I'm makin' my some fajitas. Woot.

You gonna' grill that some or just roast it?

re: #39 Cannadian Club Akbar

beef.

Beef in a jar?

re: #40 MandyManners

You gonna' grill that some or just roast it?

Hot iron skillet. Sear!!!

The trick to fajitas is the onions. Wanna know the secret recipe to the onion marinade?

re: #43 Cannadian Club Akbar

The trick to fajitas is the onions. Wanna know the secret recipe to the onion marinade?

Oh, yeah.

re: #44 MandyManners

Oh, yeah.

one part soy sauce, one part lemon juice. Sautee onions quickly in a hot oiled pan (basically just cook the water out of the onions) and top with the marinade. Awesome.

I finally got The Kid up. He's in football now and the practice schedule is insane for this level. Or, maybe not. Three evenings a week plus Saturday morning and we leave in 35 minutes. Yep. That sucks. Once school starts it'll be after school once it gets cooler but, until then, it will up the commute to more than 500 miles a week. But, he's thrilled to pieces. He's first-string running back, and this is not tag football. Macho man.

re: #45 Cannadian Club Akbar

one part soy sauce, one part lemon juice. Sautee onions quickly in a hot oiled pan (basically just cook the water out of the onions) and top with the marinade. Awesome.

Dagnabit. I don't like soy sauce.

re: #47 MandyManners

Dagnabit. I don't like soy sauce.

I don't either. But trust me, it's good.

re: #48 Cannadian Club Akbar

I don't either. But trust me, it's good.

I like to saute onions in butter.

re: #49 MandyManners

I like to saute onions in butter.

What I gave is the recipe from Chili's.

Did I mention I finally got my insurance check from when my house was broken into? Nice to have, but I'd rather have my John Deere back.

You know, I used to respect Michael Moriarty for his acting ability. However, he doesn't do the "Outrageous outrage" very convincingly - as evidenced from his latest over at Brietbart's "Big Hollywood", attempting to resurrect the ghost of Joe McCarthy, and maybe a hint (just a hint, mind you) of those evil Joos in Hollywood.

(forgive the direct link, no cache yet)

Hollywood’s Soviet Story

As a perfect revelation of Hollywood’s utter narcosis, the Warren Beatty film, REDS, is not the indictment of Communism which some might try to paint it as, but the very effective portrait of Communism’s harmlessness.

A few American “idealistic” Leftists were, well, merely disappointed with the Russian Revolution.

That’s it.

Nothing more dangerous than broken dreams.

David Lean’s Dr. Zhivago?

That is just the beginning of the truth within Soviet and now neo-Soviet Russia.

We have an endless series of cinematic revelations about Nazi Germany.

Where are the classics about the unrelentingly homicidal enterprises of Marxism worldwide?

With a shamelessly Marxist President in the White House, isn’t it about time for the so-called Republican Moneyed Class to cough up for films revealing the Nazi-like realities of the Stalin/Mao/Kim Jong Il dictatorships?

I dunno Michael.

Maybe because Soviet Russia and the People's Republic of China were (and still are to a great extent) closed societies that, unlike 1930s/1940's Germany and Japan, weren't conquered and subsequently occupied as a result of a major war, which forced those countries to have all of their evil deeds documented and laid open for all the world to see?

Nah, too easy - IT'S A CONSPIRACY!!1!

re: #46 MandyManners

But, he's thrilled to pieces. He's first-string running back, and this is not tag football. Macho man.

I'm sorry.

re: #50 Cannadian Club Akbar

What I gave is the recipe from Chili's.

Regular soy sauce or sooper-seekrit soy sauce?

re: #51 Cannadian Club Akbar

Did I mention I finally got my insurance check from when my house was broken into? Nice to have, but I'd rather have my John Deere back.

Go get one!

re: #54 MandyManners

Regular soy sauce or sooper-seekrit soy sauce?

Regular. Half soy, half lemon juice.

re: #55 MandyManners

Go get one!

My check is only 1300. My Deere cost 2000.

And speaking of cooking, I finally ordered the LGF Cookbook. :D

re: #53 laZardo

I'm sorry.

[Video]

He loves that song.

re: #57 Cannadian Club Akbar

My check is only 1300. My Deere cost 2000.

Craig's List?

re: #60 MandyManners

Craig's List?

I actually used Craig's List to try to catch whoever stole my mower. Said I was new to town and needed a riding mower because of health reasons. Didn't work, but got lots of offers. None a Deere.

Roughly 50 men and women in the Warsaw Ghetto chose a special form of resistance. In a secret archive, they documented their path to doom for future generations, chronicling the Nazis' crimes as they were being perpetrated.

David Graber was 19 when he hurriedly scribbled his farewell letter. "I would be overjoyed to experience the moment when this great treasure is unearthed and the world is confronted with the truth," he wrote.

While German soldiers combed the streets outside, Graber and his friend Nahum Grzywacz buried 10 metal boxes in the basement of an elementary school on Nowolipki Street in Warsaw's Jewish ghetto. It was Aug. 2, 1942.

The boxes were dug up more than four years later. By then, Graber and Grzywacz were long dead, murdered like almost all of their roughly 50 collaborators. Only three survived the Nazi terror. They provided the information that led to the recovery of the boxes.

The buried treasure consisted of about 35,000 pieces of paper that a group of chroniclers had collected and used to document how, during World War II, the German occupiers had deprived Warsaw's Jews of their rights, tormented them and, finally, killed them in the death camps. "These materials tell a collective story of steady decline and unending humiliation, interspersed with many stories of quiet heroism and self-sacrifice," writes American historian Samuel Kassow. His book "Who Will Write Our History?: Rediscovering a Hidden Archive from the Warsaw Ghetto," which has now been published in German translation, throws a new light on the exceptional source material.

SNIP

re: #61 Cannadian Club Akbar

I actually used Craig's List to try to catch whoever stole my mower. Said I was new to town and needed a riding mower because of health reasons. Didn't work, but got lots of offers. None a Deere.

I don't understand the reasoning behind not paying to replace the tractor at the price one would pay for one today.

re: #62 MandyManners

Roughly 50 men and women in the Warsaw Ghetto chose a special form of resistance. In a secret archive, they documented their path to doom for future generations, chronicling the Nazis' crimes as they were being perpetrated.

So, Al Gore will now win another Nobel Peace Prize? (think Irena Sendler)

re: #63 MandyManners

I don't understand the reasoning behind not paying to replace the tractor at the price one would pay for one today.

Thousand dollar deductible.

re: #65 Cannadian Club Akbar

Thousand dollar deductible.

How much would it raise your premium to lower the deductible?

re: #64 Cannadian Club Akbar

So, Al Gore will now win another Nobel Peace Prize? (think Irena Sendler)

AlGore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his fucking movie over this woman. Spit.

re: #66 MandyManners

How much would it raise your premium to lower the deductible?

It's over and done with. I'm probably gonna lose the house anyways.

Gotta' get dressed and take The Kid to practice. They're getting their shoulder pads today!!!

re: #69 MandyManners

Gotta' get dressed and take The Kid to practice. They're getting their shoulder pads today!!!

DON"T FORGET THE CUP!!!

re: #62 MandyManners

Speaking of lost Jewish literature...

An Israeli judge overseeing a tussle over papers that once belonged to the author Franz Kafka has ruled that details of the documents should be made public.

The literary world now awaits previously unpublished works emerging from boxes containing manuscripts, letters and journals written by the Czech author and his adviser and friend Max Brod.

According to the newspaper Haaretz, the items include a handwritten short story by Kafka that has never been seen by the public. More boxes have yet to be opened, it reported.

SNIP

Well, this is great.
/
[Link: www.wesh.com...]

howdy .... is it pleasant or unpleasant in here this morning?

re: #73 _RememberTonyC

howdy ... is it pleasant or unpleasant in here this morning?

Pleasant thus far.

re: #74 Cannadian Club Akbar

Pleasant thus far.

groovy .... good mornin' CC

re: #75 _RememberTonyC

groovy ... good mornin' CC

Morning. NatGeo is showing a fight club in San Fran. Holy crap.

re: #76 Cannadian Club Akbar

Morning. NatGeo is showing a fight club in San Fran. Holy crap.

them people is nuts ... fight club? seriously? what sort of idiot would do that shit?

re: #76 Cannadian Club Akbar

As an ex-boxer, I find fight clubs silly as hell.

If they didn't use gloves, they'd be a lot safer.

re: #77 _RememberTonyC

them people is nuts ... fight club? seriously? what sort of idiot would do that shit?

They use wooden knives, sticks, toilet seats. And so far the members are software engineers.

re: #79 Cannadian Club Akbar

They use wooden knives, sticks, toilet seats. And so far the members are software engineers.

does the expression "get a life" ever wash over those softwear engineers?

re: #76 Cannadian Club Akbar

Morning. NatGeo is showing a fight club in San Fran. Holy crap.

Rules #1 & 2...

re: #78 Obdicut

As an ex-boxer, I find fight clubs silly as hell.

If they didn't use gloves, they'd be a lot safer.

They are wearing fencing mask. Fighting with bars of soap in cloth.

re: #78 Obdicut

As an ex-boxer, I find fight clubs silly as hell.

If they didn't use gloves, they'd be a lot safer.

marvin hagler used to train upstairs from my uncle's shoe store in brockton, mass

are fight clubs places with a higher than average number of neo nazis as participants?

brb

re: #82 Cannadian Club Akbar

They are wearing fencing mask. Fighting with bars of soap in cloth.

That's batshit insane. Seriously? They're using weapons?

What fucking idiots. No pity for them.

Fighting is a lot of fun. I miss it every day. If there's one addiction I'll never kick, it's wanting to get into a ring and fight. But that urge is so obviously tied into some dark, primal, scary shit that it's obvious it's only safe to indulge in under strict conditions of self-control, under rules. Even pro boxing is very dangerous-- but at least there's a ref, rounds end, you can't hit a guy on the floor.

There are also some people out there who are monsters at fighting. They're just naturally better than others. Born scrappers.

What happens when your fight club has a guy who can just destroy anyone else he wants in the club?

re: #83 _RememberTonyC

marvin hagler used to train upstairs from my uncle's shoe store in brockton, mass

I'm a huge Sugar Ray fan so to me Hagler is a brawling punk.

But still a hell of a fighter.

re: #87 Obdicut

I'm a huge Sugar Ray fan so to me Hagler is a brawling punk.

But still a hell of a fighter.

i was at the leonard/hagler fight in vegas in 1987 ... one of the most amazing scenes i have ever encountered. i was right outside the ring when the decision was announced and juanita leonard started screaming "he whipped his ass" ...

re: #88 _RememberTonyC

To me, Sugar Ray is the perfect fighter.

Hey, have you ever read the Murray Kempton article on the Ali-Liston fight? It's some of the best reporting ever.

I forget which book of Kempton's it's in, -- I think it's in Rebellions, Perversities, and Main Events

re: #86 Obdicut

They fight with whatever is handed to them by the guy running the show.

re: #90 Cannadian Club Akbar

They fight with whatever is handed to them by the guy running the show.

Okay, I think we've figured out who the sociopath is, then.

re: #79 Cannadian Club Akbar

They use wooden knives, sticks, toilet seats. And so far the members are software engineers.

Nerd Fight!

Morning all.

I'll stick to Rock 'em, Sock 'em Robots.

re: #51 Cannadian Club Akbar

Did I mention I finally got my insurance check from when my house was broken into? Nice to have, but I'd rather have my John Deere back.

You could be a hoosier. Don't know why you'd want to , but you could.

re: #89 Obdicut

To me, Sugar Ray is the perfect fighter.

Hey, have you ever read the Murray Kempton article on the Ali-Liston fight? It's some of the best reporting ever.

I forget which book of Kempton's it's in, -- I think it's in Rebellions, Perversities, and Main Events

the hagler/leonard fight is still hotly debated more than 23 years later. I saw Marvin about 2 years ago when he came to my office. he lives in Italy most of the time and is an actor in Italian movies. he plays hit men and tough guys (surprise). He walked away from boxing after the leonard fight and never looked back. And THAT is remarkable in the boxing culture.

re: #93 Cannadian Club Akbar

I'm enjoying the next bit. Sort of like dodgeball except with horses and flinging spears.

re: #92 RogueOne

Nerd Fight!

Morning all.

Battle Royale.

/because you know they'd be otakus, too.

re: #94 RogueOne

You could be a hoosier. Don't know why you'd want to , but you could.

I was born in Indiana.

re: #98 Cannadian Club Akbar

I was born in Indiana.

When I moved here I thought John Deere was a hillbilly band I'd never heard of....

re: #98 Cannadian Club Akbar

I was born in Indiana.

evan bayh was good on TV yesterday ... i have always liked him

re: #98 Cannadian Club Akbar

I was born in Indiana.

NO.
YOU'RE CANADIAN.
END.
OF.
STORY!
/
Sup?

re: #101 Varek Raith

Why did you rob that bank?
/

re: #102 Cannadian Club Akbar

Why did you rob that bank?
/

That was Vader.
I'm Revan.
Sheesh.
Get your Sith Lords straight!!!
:)

re: #89 Obdicut

didn't read the kempton stuff, but i remember him fondly from my long island years as i read him in newsday on a daily basis.

re: #95 _RememberTonyC

Yes. I do respect Hagler for that, and I do feel part of the reason Leonard got the decision in that fight was style. But I think that is fair; Leonard boxed in that fight. He beat Hagler silly when it came to movement, ring-control, counterpunching, and everything else boxing. And he stood toe-to-toe with Hagler in the brawling, soaking up everything Hagler could throw without going down.

I think Hagler delivered slightly more punishment-- but that means Leonard absorbed more punishment without letting it end him, and he never gave up the fight, he always was still boxing, always still inflicting damage.

A lot of people watching the fight can't understand how Leonard won because they only show the clips where Hagler has Leonard against the ropes. The first three rounds, Leonard just punched Hagler whenever the fuck he wanted to. And he always had a flurry left to get out of trouble.

Bear gets stuck in car, goes on brief ride

(CNN) -- If you think you've heard it all, follow this tale of a hungry black bear who went for a ride, literally.

Douglas County (Colorado) Sheriff's deputies early Friday got a call about a honking car and a commotion inside. Perhaps it was teenagers or a thief, they thought as they approached Ralph Story's 2008 Toyota Corolla.

It turns out it was a thief, albeit the furry variety.

The deputies' first clue to something unusual was that the car was 125 feet below its normal parking spot in the driveway of the Storys' Larkspur home, which sits on five acres.

Imagine their further surprise when they turned on their flashlights and got a peek inside.

It was a full-grown black bear, also known as ursus americanus.

The deputies had earlier received a call from a neighbor. She had heard honking and came up to the Story home, where the family was asleep. She noticed the car was rocking back and both and she called deputies shortly after 3 a.m., according to spokeswoman Michelle Rademacher of the Sheriff's Department in the community 45 miles south of Denver.

Story said the bear was probably drawn to a peanut butter sandwich left inside by his 17-year-old son Ben. He said the family didn't realize what was going on until deputies arrived and the neighbor came back and called them. By then the car was no longer in the driveway.

Incredulous, Story, his wife and three teen children -- who have lived in Larkspur for 17 years -- rushed outside to see the red Toyota down the hill and near a tree.

Somehow, the bear had either opened the unlocked back door or pushed a window down to get inside. Understandably agitated, it bumped into the horn repeatedly and eventually knocked the car's gear into neutral. The Toyota rolled down the hill. The door added to the bear's indignity by closing at some point during the ordeal.

A sergeant and two deputies who arrived on the scene "were stymied on how to proceed," Story said.

They considered a tranquilizer or shooting the bear, whose gender is unknown. "Public safety is our primary concern," Rademacher said.

Finally, the officers decided the best outcome for all would be to keep everyone safe and let the bear live to see more adventures.

After taking pictures, one of them tied a long rope to a door handle and pulled. After a few moments, Story said, the bear bounded out around 5 a.m., at least two hours after it had gotten inside.

It left a foul-smelling "present" on the front seat.

The Toyota was trashed, with its air bags, seats and stereo torn to shreds. It's a total loss.

Ben Story told a reporter he was scared when the family rushed outside to see the car was gone.

"My dad is going to kill me. My car is gone. I didn't lock it. He said it was stolen."

Rademacher said deputies have enough experience not to be shocked during a day's work. But this will make for a great memory.

Ralph Story admitted the incident was pretty comical. He's glad the animal got away and no one was hurt.

"There's a bear in the car. Who are you gonna get mad at?"

Lol.

re: #104 _RememberTonyC

The Ali-Liston fight is worth reading. It really captures how much Ali changed the sport, both in terms of boxing and race politics.

Does anyone remember when the Champ in the early 1970's let a no name fighter have a shot at the title? (don't remember who the champ was) Stallone was in the audience. Then he wrote Rocky. I think the fight was in Cleveland.

re: #106 Varek Raith

"There's a bear in the car. Who are you gonna get mad at?"

Video games.

/ :B

re: #109 laZardo

Video games.

/ :B

Why am I not surprised?
:D

re: #107 Obdicut

The Ali-Liston fight is worth reading. It really captures how much Ali changed the sport, both in terms of boxing and race politics.

will do ... ali's influence "in the ring" was also in evidence that night in 1987. sugar ray was on fire that night. if i remember, he had been inactive for a couple of years and nobody quite knew what to expect from him. but he modified the "rope a dope" strategy that ali used to beat foreman in 1974. let the puncher throw more blows, fend them off, and then when the other guy drops his hands, take advantage immediately. Leonard's performance stands the test of time.

re: #106 Varek Raith

The bear wrecked the car AND pooped on the seat? Too funny.

re: #112 Cannadian Club Akbar

The bear wrecked the car AND pooped on the seat? Too funny.

Now we know the answer to the famous question is "no, a bear doesn't shit in the woods" He shits in a car in the woods.

re: #113 RogueOne

Now we know the answer to the famous question is "no, a bear doesn't shit in the woods" He shits in a car in the woods.

And a Toyota at that!!

Reine, you got your water and canned goods?

It left a foul-smelling "present" on the front seat.

So there's at least one bear out there who doesn't shit in the woods.

re: #111 _RememberTonyC

Yes, Leonard had been retired for a couple of years.

Hagler also called him a bitch in the ring, and told him to fight like a man. That's always funny to me. What he meant was "Stop fighting like you're Sugar Ray Leonard, man, it makes it hard to hit you."

re: #115 Cannadian Club Akbar

Reine, you got your water and canned goods?

Storm is breaking up.'

re: #118 reine.de.tout

Storm is breaking up.'

True.
Still, I would be prepared anyways.
:)

re: #119 Varek Raith

True.
Still, I would be prepared anyways.
:)

I have water to drink, water to bathe with, canned food and a tank of propane. A man needs to grill, ya know.:)

re: #119 Varek Raith

True.
Still, I would be prepared anyways.
:)

I've got food.
I've got a full tank of gas.
We'll get a lot of rain, a lot, beginning this afternoon and lasting through next week sometime, but that's about it.

Baton Rouge is where people evacuate to, not from, when that's necessary.

re: #121 reine.de.tout

I've got food.
I've got a full tank of gas.
We'll get a lot of rain, a lot, beginning this afternoon and lasting through next week sometime, but that's about it.

Baton Rouge is where people evacuate to, not from, when that's necessary.

I can only offer as solace the fact that I just bought an LGF cookbook. O:

re: #122 laZardo

I can only offer as solace the fact that I just bought an LGF cookbook. O:

I still can't afford one.:(

re: #122 laZardo

I can only offer as solace the fact that I just bought an LGF cookbook. O:

yay!
Did you use the discount code?

re: #123 Cannadian Club Akbar

I still can't afford one.:(

eh?

Discounted 15% through 8/14.
Here's the "coupon code".

re: #125 reine.de.tout

eh?

Discounted 15% through 8/14.
Here's the "coupon code".

I'll work it into my budget. (a 1.75 somewhere will have to wait./)

re: #126 Cannadian Club Akbar

I'll work it into my budget. (a 1.75 somewhere will have to wait./)

LOL.
Hey - that's 1/2 the shipping cost, or thereabouts.
Don't knock it.

re: #124 reine.de.tout

yay!
Did you use the discount code?

No. ;_; I used the 10% one I got in an e-mail reminder.

re: #117 Obdicut

Yes, Leonard had been retired for a couple of years.

Hagler also called him a bitch in the ring, and told him to fight like a man. That's always funny to me. What he meant was "Stop fighting like you're Sugar Ray Leonard, man, it makes it hard to hit you."

oh yeah ... boxers were the earliest trash talkers ... led by Ali! Gotta go for my walk before the temperature hits 100 degrees. A final thought ... boxing will never be the same because the good fights are never on free TV anymore. The masses are deprived of the best live fights and that keeps fans from caring about the sport. Imagine a great fight on free TV in prime time on a Friday ... wow. have a good one!

re: #127 reine.de.tout

LOL.
Hey - that's 1/2 the shipping cost, or thereabouts.
Don't knock it.

I'll have to buy a prepaid visa cards or whatever. (this is embarrassing considering I used to have a Platinum Visa and a Platinum AMEX)

re: #130 Cannadian Club Akbar

I'll have to buy a prepaid visa cards or whatever. (this is embarrassing considering I used to have a Platinum Visa and a Platinum AMEX)

You're better off without the cards, IMO.
Nothing to be embarrassed about, fer cryin' out loud!

re: #129 _RememberTonyC

oh yeah ... boxers were the earliest trash talkers ... led by Ali!

There's a mall near where I live that's named after him.

It's the one right beside the actual "Thrilla in Manila" stadium.

re: #131 reine.de.tout

You're better off without the cards, IMO.
Nothing to be embarrassed about, fer cryin' out loud!

I don't wear jewelry so my Platinum Amex was my "bling".

re: #106 Varek Raith

Bear gets stuck in car, goes on brief ride

Lol.

Yes, indeed. Beary funny.

re: #133 Cannadian Club Akbar

I don't wear jewelry so my Platinum Amex was my "bling".

aw.
You don't need no stinkin' bling!

re: #135 reine.de.tout

aw.
You don't need no stinkin' bling!

My good looks can only get me so far...
/

re: #129 _RememberTonyC

Yeah, it is ironic that the stereotypical lower-class sport became something only fatasses with giant plasma TVs can afford to watch.

And sad.

Have a good one.

re: #137 Obdicut

Yeah, it is ironic that the stereotypical lower-class sport became something only fatasses with giant plasma TVs can afford to watch.

And sad.

NASCAR?

/heyooo~

Going to a memorial service in an hour or so, for one of my neighbors.

A week ago, we passed each other in our cars on the road, stopped and chatted a bit about a loose dog we saw, trying to figure out where he "belonged" so we could get him back home.

Day before yesterday, her husband sees my husband outside, and tells him that he's on his way home from the hospital, his wife just died, very suddenly and unexpectedly, complications of pneumonia.

She was 53, 4 years younger than I am.

I have to tell y'all this has me a bit disconcerted. How can a healthy 53-year-old get sick and die in the hospital all within a few days? Am I next?
What happened?

Has been an upsetting couple of days.

re: #139 reine.de.tout

Going to a memorial service in an hour or so, for one of my neighbors.

A week ago, we passed each other in our cars on the road, stopped and chatted a bit about a loose dog we saw, trying to figure out where he "belonged" so we could get him back home.

Day before yesterday, her husband sees my husband outside, and tells him that he's on his way home from the hospital, his wife just died, very suddenly and unexpectedly, complications of pneumonia.

She was 53, 4 years younger than I am.

I have to tell y'all this has me a bit disconcerted. How can a healthy 53-year-old get sick and die in the hospital all within a few days? Am I next?
What happened?

Has been an upsetting couple of days.

I can imagine how you feel, but that does happen. Thankfully, not often, so just live your life well and take good care of yourself.

re: #139 reine.de.tout

I'm sorry to hear that.

Fate is fickle, and yes, we can all go at any time.

Which is why we should cherish each other while we're here. And remember each other when we're gone.

re: #139 reine.de.tout

My dad caught MERSA while in the hospital. His life changed. And mine as well (this is not about me). He lost his hip neck, so he couldn't walk. Ended with me taking care of him for 14 months. Sucked, but I wouldn't change it. Except him dying.

Man is free at the instant he wants to be.

So, Voltaire was an atheist too?

re: #70 Cannadian Club Akbar

DON"T FORGET THE CUP!!!

That's a man-thing that HE can deal with.

Watching him and a bunch of buddies walk across the field in their new pads made me choke up. My little boy is growing up.

re: #140 Dark_Falcon

I can imagine how you feel, but that does happen. Thankfully, not often, so just live your life well and take good care of yourself.

Thanks DF.
re: #141 Obdicut

I'm sorry to hear that.

Fate is fickle, and yes, we can all go at any time.

Which is why we should cherish each other while we're here. And remember each other when we're gone.

Yes, of course you are right.
I have a selfish reason for wanting to live awhile longer, I want to see my daughter graduated from college and settled in life. I've got some sort of immune system glitch, for which I get treatment that keeps me healthy most of the time. But it still makes me more susceptible to things... and I worry about it. Nothing I can do, though, it is what it is.

re: #142 Cannadian Club Akbar

My dad caught MERSA while in the hospital. His life changed. And mine as well (this is not about me). He lost his hip neck, so he couldn't walk. Ended with me taking care of him for 14 months. Sucked, but I wouldn't change it. Except him dying.

That is scary stuff. My hubby feels like she probably caught something in the hospital that added to her difficulties, whatever they were. He just about refuses to ever go to a hospital. That is indeed where the bad stuff lurks.

re: #71 laZardo

Speaking of lost Jewish literature...

SNIP

This should be interesting.

re: #73 _RememberTonyC

howdy ... is it pleasant or unpleasant in here this morning?

*shove*

re: #144 MandyManners

That's a man-thing that HE can deal with.

Watching him and a bunch of buddies walk across the field in their new pads made me choke up. My little boy is growing up.

Make him drive a Pinto, not a Camaro!!!

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I went to the doctor and he said my cholesterol was to high. So I quit going to the doctor.:)

re: #148 Cannadian Club Akbar

Make him drive a Pinto, not a Camaro!!!

No, this;
Image: car.jpg

re: #106 Varek Raith

Bear gets stuck in car, goes on brief ride

Lol.

It left a foul-smelling "present" on the front seat.

A hostess gift!

re: #139 reine.de.tout

Going to a memorial service in an hour or so, for one of my neighbors.

A week ago, we passed each other in our cars on the road, stopped and chatted a bit about a loose dog we saw, trying to figure out where he "belonged" so we could get him back home.

Day before yesterday, her husband sees my husband outside, and tells him that he's on his way home from the hospital, his wife just died, very suddenly and unexpectedly, complications of pneumonia.

She was 53, 4 years younger than I am.

I have to tell y'all this has me a bit disconcerted. How can a healthy 53-year-old get sick and die in the hospital all within a few days? Am I next?
What happened?

Has been an upsetting couple of days.

(((Reine)))

re: #148 Cannadian Club Akbar

Make him drive a Pinto, not a Camaro!!!

A tank.

My local radio stations rock.
[Link: www2.tbo.com...]

re: #151 MandyManners

And in more "when animals attack" - this is why you aren't supposed to go closer than 100 feet to wildlife in national parks. They may attack.

re: #145 reine.de.tout

Even your selfish reason isn't selfish, Reine.

I'm sure everyone who knows you wants you to live to be a hundred.

Have I mentioned my weird great-great-aunt who did live to be a 100? She was a mean old lady who ate an entire pie (lard and flour crust, of course) every day. She wouldn't let anyone else have so much as a crumb.

So apparently being cruel as hell and eating a pie a day is a good way to go about extending your life.

re: #153 MandyManners

A tank.

No, he'll do just fine with a Armored Personnel Carrier, and they get better gas mileage too. :D

re: #155 lawhawk

And in more "when animals attack" - this is why you aren't supposed to go closer than 100 feet to wildlife in national parks. They may attack.

I always root for the animal with things like this.

re: #150 Varek Raith

No, this;
Image: car.jpg

That's a very niii~ce ride.

re: #156 Obdicut

I always like the stories when they drink bourbon and smoke cigars until they are 104.

re: #156 Obdicut

Even your selfish reason isn't selfish, Reine.

I'm sure everyone who knows you wants you to live to be a hundred.

Have I mentioned my weird great-great-aunt who did live to be a 100? She was a mean old lady who ate an entire pie (lard and flour crust, of course) every day. She wouldn't let anyone else have so much as a crumb.

So apparently being cruel as hell and eating a pie a day is a good way to go about extending your life.

Heh.
The lesson is to not be afraid, methinks!
I needed that message just now, thanks!

re: #160 Cannadian Club Akbar

I like that she was mean as hell and everyone was scared of her. I remember thinking she looked like a battleship. She was short, fat, and walked with her head down and pointed forwards. She would literally jab people in the shins with her umbrella to get them out of her way.

re: #162 Obdicut

I like that she was mean as hell and everyone was scared of her. I remember thinking she looked like a battleship. She was short, fat, and walked with her head down and pointed forwards. She would literally jab people in the shins with her umbrella to get them out of her way.

LOLOLOL!
When one gets to be a certain age, one is forgiven for many things.
This is a funny story!

re: #156 Obdicut

So apparently being cruel as hell and eating a pie a day is a good way to go about extending your life.

I was theorizing fine scotch and tequila with good wine and beer would properly preserve my inner organs while providing nutritional value. It's worked for this long.....

re: #162 Obdicut

My Grandma Flory had a gi-fucking-normous paddle with ALL the grand kids names on it. D'oh!!

re: #156 Obdicut

Have I mentioned my weird great-great-aunt who did live to be a 100? She was a mean old lady who ate an entire pie (lard and flour crust, of course) every day. She wouldn't let anyone else have so much as a crumb.

She died? Sigh. Sounds like my kind of woman.

re: #155 lawhawk

And in more "when animals attack" - this is why you aren't supposed to go closer than 100 feet to wildlife in national parks. They may attack.

They stalked a bison?!

Nominee for the Darwin Award.

re: #164 BigPapa

I was theorizing fine scotch and tequila with good wine and beer would properly preserve my inner organs while providing nutritional value. It's worked for this long...

Word.

re: #157 Dark_Falcon

No, he'll do just fine with a Armored Personnel Carrier, and they get better gas mileage too. :D

Russia's giving 50 to the P.A., along with trainers.

re: #167 MandyManners

I love those stories.

re: #166 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

She died? Sigh. Sounds like my kind of woman.

It figures.

re: #163 reine.de.tout

LOLOLOL!
When one gets to be a certain age, one is forgiven for many things.
This is a funny story!

The first time I met her was great. We arrived at her house (she lived in her own home until she was 92, then in a group home in SF with one of the best views of the bay on earth) to the smell of a freshly-baked cherry pie. We go in, my two brothers and I, young rapscallions-- I think I was eight or so-- nervous to meet her.

We knocked on the door, and she greeted us, my mom introducing us. My great-great-aunt smiled at us, waving a spoon covered in pie-making ingredients, "Come right in!" she said, and we sat down at her nice little kitchen table. "I expect you're hungry!" she said, and we all, staring at the pie on the counter, said "Yes, yes!"

So she smiled again, reached into the cupboard, pulled out some shredded wheat, served us three bowls of it, and then ate the entire pie while smiling at us and not saying a word. Then she took a nap.

Badass.

re: #170 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I love those stories.

Like the one where the rocket scientist put a rocket in his car and flew into the side of a mountain? Heh.

re: #170 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I love those stories.

I wonder about the intelligence of those who stalk wild-life up-close.

re: #172 Obdicut

The first time I met her was great. We arrived at her house (she lived in her own home until she was 92, then in a group home in SF with one of the best views of the bay on earth) to the smell of a freshly-baked cherry pie. We go in, my two brothers and I, young rapscallions-- I think I was eight or so-- nervous to meet her.

We knocked on the door, and she greeted us, my mom introducing us. My great-great-aunt smiled at us, waving a spoon covered in pie-making ingredients, "Come right in!" she said, and we sat down at her nice little kitchen table. "I expect you're hungry!" she said, and we all, staring at the pie on the counter, said "Yes, yes!"

So she smiled again, reached into the cupboard, pulled out some shredded wheat, served us three bowls of it, and then ate the entire pie while smiling at us and not saying a word. Then she took a nap.

Badass.

*jaw-drop*

re: #172 Obdicut

The first time I met her was great. We arrived at her house (she lived in her own home until she was 92, then in a group home in SF with one of the best views of the bay on earth) to the smell of a freshly-baked cherry pie. We go in, my two brothers and I, young rapscallions-- I think I was eight or so-- nervous to meet her.

We knocked on the door, and she greeted us, my mom introducing us. My great-great-aunt smiled at us, waving a spoon covered in pie-making ingredients, "Come right in!" she said, and we sat down at her nice little kitchen table. "I expect you're hungry!" she said, and we all, staring at the pie on the counter, said "Yes, yes!"

So she smiled again, reached into the cupboard, pulled out some shredded wheat, served us three bowls of it, and then ate the entire pie while smiling at us and not saying a word. Then she took a nap.

Badass.

ROFL!
That is too funny.

re: #172 Obdicut

I love this woman.

re: #174 MandyManners

You don't have to wonder. Teh stoopid is strong within them.

re: #172 Obdicut

"Enjoy your shredded wheat, you little shits."

Ggahhh

I am officially an old man/ wimp!

Went out to play a round of golf VERY early this a.m.

Decided to walk the course seeing it was relatively mild temperature wise.

Made it to the 13th tee (can see my place from there) and the thought of sitting in here with the a/c on and a cool beverage won over!

re: #169 MandyManners

Russia's giving 50 to the P.A., along with trainers.

You're not buying American? For shame, Mandy!

//

re: #180 sattv4u2

Ggahhh

I am officially an old man/ wimp!

Went out to play a round of golf VERY early this a.m.

Decided to walk the course seeing it was relatively mild temperature wise.

Made it to the 13th tee (can see my place from there) and the thought of sitting in here with the a/c on and a cool beverage won over!

Common sense does not an old man make.

re: #167 MandyManners

I've seen some real stupid stuff done by tourists, but that isn't even the dumbest.

I was out at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone this past May and was up on one of the trails. Everyone was yapping about how there was a black bear down at the end of one of the raised paths.

Well, it wasn't just a black bear. It was a black bear eating flowers about 5 feet from the raised path. And there were like 10 people within 50 feet. One even got down on their belly to take pictures from below the path - maybe 15 feet away (if that). I was probably 75 feet away - still closer than I should have been, but figured that if the bear did attack, I was further away and there were slower ppl between me and the bear. Nuts don't begin to describe that situation.

The NPS recommends getting no closer than 300 feet to either grizzlies or black bears.

re: #180 sattv4u2

I wanna (not) golf with you.

re: #181 Dark_Falcon

You're not buying American? For shame, Mandy!

//

I could've sworn I posted the story in the Pages but I can't find it.

Israel is NOT happy.

re: #169 MandyManners

Russia's giving 50 to the P.A., along with trainers.

Target practice?

re: #183 lawhawk

I've seen some real stupid stuff done by tourists, but that isn't even the dumbest.

I was out at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone this past May and was up on one of the trails. Everyone was yapping about how there was a black bear down at the end of one of the raised paths.

Well, it wasn't just a black bear. It was a black bear eating flowers about 5 feet from the raised path. And there were like 10 people within 50 feet. One even got down on their belly to take pictures from below the path - maybe 15 feet away (if that). I was probably 75 feet away - still closer than I should have been, but figured that if the bear did attack, I was further away and there were slower ppl between me and the bear. Nuts don't begin to describe that situation.

The NPS recommends getting no closer than 300 feet to either grizzlies or black bears.

They'd never heard of tele-photo lenses, had they?

re: #183 lawhawk

The good thing about a bear attack, is all you have to be able to do is outrun the person with you.

re: #186 laZardo

Target practice?

For the P.A. to shoot at the APC's?

re: #188 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

The good thing about a bear attack, is all you have to be able to do is outrun the person with you.

So, you're screwed?
/

re: #190 Cannadian Club Akbar

I can move pretty well with a wild animal after me.

Or my wife.

My radio just said the Taliban has captured 2 soldiers. No confirmation.

re: #157 Dark_Falcon

No, he'll do just fine with a Armored Personnel Carrier, and they get better gas mileage too. :D

Yeah, but...
TANK.
Nuff said.
Like the difference between an AT-ST and an AT-AT.

re: #182 MandyManners

Common sense does not an old man make.

No,,, but my age does!

Gotta' go pick up Mr. Running Back.

re: #194 sattv4u2

No,,, but my age does!

Did you know T-Rex?
/

re: #191 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I can move pretty well with a wild animal after me.

Or my wife.

Comedian Mike DeStefano

"My wife asked me if I beleived in euthenasia. If she was on life support would I pull the plug.
I told her I'd do it if she had the flu!"

re: #196 Cannadian Club Akbar

Did you know T-Rex?
/

No,,,but I was a waiter at The Last Supper

lousy tippers, btw

ah well ,,

son has emerged from his cave and wants to go to the beach

Laterz

re: #198 sattv4u2

No,,,but I was a waiter at The Last Supper

lousy tippers, btw

I can believe this, seeing as this joke's almost as old...
:P

re: #200 Varek Raith

I can believe this, seeing as this joke's almost as old...
:P

yeah, but there's always a new audience !

Shirley Sherrod may not take her job back but is talking:

She's not so sure about returning to government work but would like to talk more with Obama about promoting togetherness across the country.

"I don't want to be the fall guy, the fall girl, for discrimination in the Department of Agriculture," Sherrod told The Associated Press at her southern Georgia home. "I need a little down time to reflect on what's happened the last few days. Is there another place for me to help all of us take advantage of what has happened over the last few days? I don't know yet."

Obama, according to spokesman Robert Gibbs, urged Sherrod to transform "this misfortune" into a chance to use her life experiences to help people.

"If in any way, what I've gone through can help move people in this country to a better understanding of each other, I'm willing to do that," she said.

Breitbart may have created a potential civil rights champion. Sherrod's relaxed demeanor and easygoing personality is like kryptonite to Breitbartian shtick. This is rich. You go girl!

Man is free at the instant he wants to be.

— Voltaire

A man chooses. A slave obeys.

-Andrew Ryan, right before you bury a golf club in his skull

re: #203 JasonA

A man chooses. A slave obeys.

-Andrew Ryan, right before you bury a golf club in his skull

Would you kindly...

Why to I love geeky women?

Wingnuts now demanding apologies.....
[Jonah Goldberg]

I see. So Shirley Sherrod, who didn't know who Andrew Breitbart was 72 hours ago, now knows him well enough to say that he wants to put all blacks back into slavery. If I were David Axelrod, I'd be calling this woman and beg her to stop talking. And, yes, she does owe Andrew an apology.

re: #206 Killgore Trout

Ha!

re: #206 Killgore Trout

I'm just wait for someone in the GOP to repeat one of these talking points as a cheap shot at the administration. The fireworks are going to be grand.

re: #206 Killgore Trout

Wingnuts now demanding apologies...
[Jonah Goldberg]

Deflectors at maximum, Captain!

re: #172 Obdicut

The first time I met her was great. We arrived at her house (she lived in her own home until she was 92, then in a group home in SF with one of the best views of the bay on earth) to the smell of a freshly-baked cherry pie. We go in, my two brothers and I, young rapscallions-- I think I was eight or so-- nervous to meet her.

We knocked on the door, and she greeted us, my mom introducing us. My great-great-aunt smiled at us, waving a spoon covered in pie-making ingredients, "Come right in!" she said, and we sat down at her nice little kitchen table. "I expect you're hungry!" she said, and we all, staring at the pie on the counter, said "Yes, yes!"

So she smiled again, reached into the cupboard, pulled out some shredded wheat, served us three bowls of it, and then ate the entire pie while smiling at us and not saying a word. Then she took a nap.

Badass.

and ever since that day, you refuse to eat fiber ...

re: #206 Killgore Trout

Wingnuts now demanding apologies...
[Jonah Goldberg]

You have got to be frickin' kiddin' me! WTF?

How on earth does she owe Andrew Brightfart an apology?

re: #208 McSpiff

I'm just wait for someone in the GOP to repeat one of these talking points as a cheap shot at the administration. The fireworks are going to be grand.

I was thinking about that too. Breitbart has certainly become a general liability for Republicans but he could even become a campaign issue. Dems could start asking Republican candidates to denounce him is debates, etc. It's a no win situation for Republicans.

re: #206 Killgore Trout

Wingnuts now demanding apologies...
[Jonah Goldberg]

That's crazy crazy crazy.
Breitbart owes her an apology, AND he owes everyone an explanation of his actions and why he bent over backwards to try to ruin Sherrod's life, and neither are forthcoming any time soon.

Crazy.

re: #212 Killgore Trout

I was thinking about that too. Breitbart has certainly become a general liability for Republicans but he could even become a campaign issue. Dems could start asking Republican candidates to denounce him is debates, etc. It's a no win situation for Republicans.

Republicans cold denounce him and pick up Indies.

re: #213 reine.de.tout

That's crazy crazy crazy.
Breitbart owes her an apology, AND he owes everyone an explanation of his actions and why he bent over backwards to try to ruin Sherrod's life, and neither are forthcoming any time soon.

Crazy.

I will henceforth refer to him as Slandrew

re: #211 PT Barnum

You have got to be frickin' kiddin' me! WTF?

How on earth does she owe Andrew Brightfart an apology?

The wingnuts have convinced themselves that Breitbart has delivered a massive victory against antiWhite racism and they're going to continue hounding this woman. It disgraceful.

re: #206 Killgore Trout

Wingnuts now demanding apologies...
[Jonah Goldberg]

Oh shit... I (used to) love Goldberg. Where have all they all gone?

re: #212 Killgore Trout

I was thinking about that too. Breitbart has certainly become a general liability for Republicans but he could even become a campaign issue. Dems could start asking Republican candidates to denounce him is debates, etc. It's a no win situation for Republicans.

Heh if they outright support him, can we declare lying an official GOP policy?

re: #212 Killgore Trout

I was thinking about that too. Breitbart has certainly become a general liability for Republicans but he could even become a campaign issue. Dems could start asking Republican candidates to denounce him is debates, etc. It's a no win situation for Republicans.

Sane Republicans could turn it into a "win" situation; however, there doesn't seem to be too many of 'em left in the world of politics. And the ones who are there, are called 'RINO'!!!!

re: #214 Cannadian Club Akbar

Could= cold. My u button is on the fritz.

re: #218 McSpiff

Heh if they outright support him, can we declare lying an official GOP policy?

It's already an unofficial policy, why not go out into the open with it? Nobody's gonna call them on it anyway.

re: #217 BigPapa

Oh shit... I (used to) love Goldberg. Where have all they all gone?

I'm feelin' your pain . . .

re: #213 reine.de.tout

That's crazy crazy crazy.
Breitbart owes her an apology, AND he owes everyone an explanation of his actions and why he bent over backwards to try to ruin Sherrod's life, and neither are forthcoming any time soon.

Crazy.

The top 5 or 6 articles linked at the Top of Big Government this morning are all demands from wingnuts for her to apologize to Breitbart.

re: #220 Cannadian Club Akbar

Could= cold. My u button is on the fritz.

Use that $1.75 you'll save when you spend money buying the cookbook, and get yourself a new "U" button.

re: #224 reine.de.tout

Use that $1.75 you'll save when you spend money buying the cookbook, and get yourself a new "U" button.

He covld jvst vse the"v" key...

re: #219 reine.de.tout

Sane Republicans could turn it into a "win" situation; however, there doesn't seem to be too many of 'em left in the world of politics. And the ones who are there, are called 'RINO'!!!

the Republicans from New England and the Northeast tend to be more pragmatic and sane. Judd Gregg, the two senators from Maine, Scott Brown, Mitt Romney, et al. THEY can do well if they continue to distance themselves from the hard right.

re: #225 Varek Raith

He covld jvst vse the"v" key...

My neighbor has currancy with a V instead of a U.

re: #226 _RememberTonyC

the Republicans from New England and the Northeast tend to be more pragmatic and sane. Judd Gregg, the two senators from Maine, Scott Brown, Mitt Romney, et al. THEY can do well if they continue to distance themselves from the hard right.

All of whom have a snowball's chance in Hell of winning a GOP national primary...

re: #212 Killgore Trout

I was thinking about that too. Breitbart has certainly become a general liability for Republicans but he could even become a campaign issue. Dems could start asking Republican candidates to denounce him is debates, etc. It's a no win situation for Republicans.

The only way to win is to deal in reality and accept blame. But they will not. The Tea Party was taken over by the nutters and racists, the Republican Party will let the Breitians run amock.

And I'll have nothing to do with it.

re: #224 reine.de.tout

Use that $1.75 you'll save when you spend money buying the cookbook, and get yourself a new "U" button.

Na...if it's not a really cheap keyboard, and you're careful, you can pry all the keys off of the keyboard, soak em in dish soap and really hot water, scrub em with a toothbrush to get all the finger oil and other assorted shpilkis off them then vaccuum and wipe out your keyboard and the problem will clear itself up. You may just have to pop the u key and clean out underneath that one..or you can just go buy a new keyboard (but where's the fun in that?)

re: #226 _RememberTonyC

the Republicans from New England and the Northeast tend to be more pragmatic and sane. Judd Gregg, the two senators from Maine, Scott Brown, Mitt Romney, et al. THEY can do well if they continue to distance themselves from the hard right.

Scott Brown - yep, they could do well.
If they can get out from under the accusations of "tea party"! when they meet with a tea party group (I'm thinking Scott Brown, in a thread here).

re: #211 PT Barnum

You have got to be frickin' kiddin' me! WTF?

How on earth does she owe Andrew Brightfart an apology?

If you inadvertently help someone destroy his credibility and reputation by being unwilling to lie down and let him destroy yours, it's your fault. Didn't you know that?

re: #230 PT Barnum

I have a laptop.

re: #228 Varek Raith

All of whom have a snowball's chance in Hell of winning a GOP national primary...

Romney perhaps ... and maybe Brown down the road ... but New Hampshire is a must win for both.

re: #185 MandyManners

I could've sworn I posted the story in the Pages but I can't find it.

Israel is NOT happy.

Oh, that story (I though you were joking and PA meant Parent's Association). I remember it. They tried that before and Israel blocked the sale, which they may do again. The vehicles are called BTRs and they are fairly good APCs. However, they mount 14.5mm KPV machine guns that can punch through light armor. That's why Israel doesn't want the Palis to have them.

re: #233 Cannadian Club Akbar

I have a laptop.

Then it gets complicated and is not something I would recommend trying to fix unless you have experience. I work on PCs and won't touch laptop repair. Too hard to get em back together after you've taken em apart, though I have an IBM that won't power up so I may break down and pull it apart in hopes of fixing it.

re: #231 reine.de.tout

Scott Brown - yep, they could do well.
If they can get out from under the accusations of "tea party"! when they meet with a tea party group (I'm thinking Scott Brown, in a thread here).

i think candidates have to MEET with those groups, but they need to maintain a certain distance while keeping cordial relations with the tea party. and they must demonstrate dignity and pragmatism in their positions. I think there are a certain number of tea party members with a bit of buyer's remorse who could be steered down a more moderate path if the right candidate presents themself.

Mornin' Lizards...did a nice hike yesterday...(PDF file)...The dogs, my wife, and her friend swam at the snow line. Me, I passed on the swim as I forgot to pack trunks, and I don't know this friend of hers well enough to say, "Is that Brad Pitt wrestling a bear over there?" so I can drop trou and jump in nekkid...though it probably would have been okay all the same...It was hot enough that Fozzie, who only wades, but hates to swim, actually made a couple of loops out in the water to check on his mom, whom he's never seen swim before. Love it when dogs worry.

Happy Saturday.

re: #236 PT Barnum

I actually have 2 laptops but my other one over heats and shuts down. I ran the utility disc and it said all wa fine. Bummer.

re: #223 Killgore Trout

The top 5 or 6 articles linked at the Top of Big Government this morning are all demands from wingnuts for her to apologize to Breitbart.

That's a fair definition of "insane" right there.

re: #238 darthstar

All I got out of that post was nekkid.

Re Breitbart:

Everyone with a lick of sense is justly outraged at what he did to destroy a good woman's career and life. Now that it's bounced back as instant karma on him, he shows himself for the wussy he is. A real man would have stood up and said he's sorry. Scratch that. A real man would build a freaking time-machine and go back and undo everything he's done for the last two years.

What I want to know is, where's the outrage over what he and his bobble-headed friend O'Keefe did to the many equally innocent people at ACORN? I have no figures ready to hand, but ACORN was a large organization. How many jobs did he destroy? How many people are unemployed today because of his straight-up campaign of lies, smears, and innuendo? And how many other people whom ACORN might have helped are suffering as a result?

This man should be held accountable.

re: #240 Dark_Falcon

That's a fair definition of "insane" right there.

Why couldn't she have been a better target and just gone away in shame after his attacks?///

re: #241 Cannadian Club Akbar

All I got out of that post was nekkid.

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re: #239 Cannadian Club Akbar

I actually have 2 laptops but my other one over heats and shuts down. I ran the utility disc and it said all wa fine. Bummer.

Make sure its not having its fans choke on dust. Can of compressed air should do the trick.

re: #214 Cannadian Club Akbar

Republicans cold denounce him and pick up Indies.

Not going to happen. Indies are less important than the party base in an off-year election. The base still shows up, while most Indies do not.

I love this site, Awkward Family Photos.
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re: #242 Cato the Elder

Well, he is travelling this weekend. Hopefully, his long-planned 3day weekend was someplace like Houston, or Atlanta, and the TSA officials have been paying attention to the story...as well as the hotel clerks, the waiters at whatever restaurants he visits, etc. and he gets shit on at every turn.

re: #246 Dark_Falcon

Not going to happen. Indies are less important than the party base in an off-year election. The base still shows up, while most Indies do not.

Me thinks this year will be different.

re: #249 Cannadian Club Akbar

Me thinks this year will be different.

If they pick up Indies, with the added bonus of pissing off some of the 'base' I will be extremely impressed with the Republicans.

re: #247 reine.de.tout