Tech Note: LGF Pages Rebooted

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In case you haven’t noticed yet, LGF Pages underwent an extreme makeover last weekend, ending up with a new, cleaner look and some new features.

I’ve been on a consistency kick, so the design of the main LGF Pages index looks a lot like the other pages at LGF, with matching fonts and text styles. And each individual Page (where the comments live) now looks much more like the “standard” LGF template.

In addition to the redesign, there are two new features:

* The category of each Page (first thing in the second line of the byline) is now an active link; if you hover the mouse over it, a list of the 5 previous Pages with that category will pop up. If you click on the category name itself, you’ll go to the LGF Pages index showing all the posts in that category.

* The Twitter button (the little blue T logo) now includes a count of the number of times the shortened URL for that page has been clicked, via Twitter or elsewhere. When you post a Page to Twitter, its URL is automatically shortened using j.mp, and they kindly provide a statistics tracking service; you’ll see the spinning busy icon as our code contacts the j.mp server and retrieves the number of clicks on each link.

(And thanks to everyone for the excellent links you’ve been posting. There’s been some really great stuff.)

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300 comments
1 Jeff In Ohio  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 1:56:18pm

Pages rock. Thanks again for letting me hang my hat, and occasionally my head, here. It's a great service to be able to come to one place and get such a wide variety of links to peruse.

2 What, me worry?  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 1:59:47pm

Ditto! The Pages are great and adds a wonderful dimension to LGF. Part of my daily routine is to check the Up and Down comments and the Pages sidebar every morning.

3 CuriousLurker  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:00:25pm

Sweet.

I was gonna gripe a little about the "Share" button getting in the way of the -/+ dinger on the Pages, but you already fixed that. I love that the blockquotes in the Pages have a background color now.

5 Daniel Ballard  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:02:08pm

I love the gray b/g on the blockquote. Really lets whatever we have to say about a posted snip and link stand out. Glad to see the twitter deal, I'm always curious how the pages do visit wise, how much they get linked out there. Or accessed from our posts when we link in from within a thread.

How you got Google to grab the pages so fast... Amazing work there.

6 What, me worry?  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:03:08pm

re: #4 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Christine O'Donnell Angers Wiccan Community with "Witchcraft" Comments

Dead link, but I was waiting for this, actually.

Something about bloody altars, I'm guessing :)

7 allegro  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:04:22pm

re: #6 marjoriemoon

Dead link, but I was waiting for this, actually.

Something about bloody altars, I'm guessing :)

Me, too. Just more evidence of her a) ignorance or/and b) lying.

8 Kragar  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:05:14pm

re: #4 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Christine O'Donnell Angers Wiccan Community with "Witchcraft" Comments

Lets try that with the link

[Link: www.cbsnews.com...]

9 DaddyG  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:06:31pm

Very nice layout Charles. Clean and easy to read.

10 Kragar  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:07:43pm

O'Donnell "Clearly a Criminal"

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, today filed a pair of complaints concerning Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell's use of more than $20,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses.


"Christine O'Donnell is clearly a criminal, and like any crook she should be prosecuted," CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan said in a release. "Ms. O'Donnell has spent years embezzling money from her campaign to cover her personal expenses. Republicans and Democrats don't agree on much these days, but both sides should agree on one point: thieves belong in jail not the United States Senate."

11 CuriousLurker  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:13:56pm

re: #10 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

O'Donnell "Clearly a Criminal"

Ouch. That's sure to cause a ruckus.

12 Mocking Jay  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:19:24pm

re: #11 CuriousLurker

Ouch. That's sure to cause a ruckus.

"Chicago Politics."

13 What, me worry?  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:20:30pm

re: #8 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Lets try that with the link

[Link: www.cbsnews.com...]

Bloody altar, Satan... how many Wiccans are actually considering a vote for O'Donnell prior to her witchy comments? I mean, there are conservative Wiccans, but I think you'd be hard pressed to find any far right ones.

14 Winny Spencer  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:21:48pm

OT: Caffeine kills:

Caffeine kills

15 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:23:34pm

re: #14 Winny Spencer

OT: Caffeine kills:

Caffeine kills

He could have claimed his wife drove him nuts.

16 DaddyG  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:24:52pm

re: #14 Winny Spencer

OT: Caffeine kills:

Caffeine kills

First OJ and now this. What is happening to all of our breakfast drinks! /

17 CuriousLurker  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:29:21pm

re: #12 JasonA

Did you see the ad the Dems put out?

Youtube Video
18 Winny Spencer  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:29:59pm

re: #16 DaddyG

From a purely personal perspective, caffeine is a life saver. Every morning....

19 CuriousLurker  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:30:37pm

re: #18 Winny Spencer

From a purely personal perspective, caffeine is a life saver. Every morning...

Seconded.

20 Winny Spencer  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:30:49pm

re: #17 CuriousLurker

Yes, she is fit. Oh, you mean that way.

21 wrenchwench  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:31:11pm

re: #16 DaddyG

First OJ and now this. What is happening to all of our breakfast drinks! /

Reminds me more of Dan White & the Twinkies.

22 Taqyia2Me  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:32:55pm

re: #17 CuriousLurker

Did you see the ad the Dems put out?


[Video]

Are we sure this lady is not a prospective Cabinet level appointee?
///

23 DaddyG  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:34:15pm

re: #13 marjoriemoon

Bloody altar, Satan... how many Wiccans are actually considering a vote for O'Donnell prior to her witchy comments? I mean, there are conservative Wiccans, but I think you'd be hard pressed to find any far right ones.

"For instance, O'Donnell said in her 1999 remarks that she went on a date at a Satanic altar as part of her experience with witchcraft."

No wonder Wiccans are upset. Satanic alters is Sunday school scare tactic stuff. Outside of a few really creepy nerds in High School I never knew anyone who really worshiped Satan. Either she's making this up for drama or she hung out with a really creepy crowd.

24 Fozzie Bear  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:40:13pm

re: #23 DaddyG

"For instance, O'Donnell said in her 1999 remarks that she went on a date at a Satanic altar as part of her experience with witchcraft."

No wonder Wiccans are upset. Satanic alters is Sunday school scare tactic stuff. Outside of a few really creepy nerds in High School I never knew anyone who really worshiped Satan. Either she's making this up for drama or she hung out with a really creepy crowd.

She's a moron. She went to a few orgies, had a fucking blast, felt suspicious about having had a blast, decided that she was in fact now tainted rather than liberated, and now is trying to make up for it, imo.

As for the satanism stuff... she's just being a drama queen. I would bet large dollar amounts that no such thing happened. She's full of shit, and her face just screams "compulsive liar" to me. She wants attention, just like she wanted attention when she was in college, only now she is replacing sex with politics.

If she had any sense she would realize that being a skank in college for a spell is as American as apple pie. Just get over it and move on, lady, so the rest of us don't have to watch you work out your misplaced guilt in public.

25 allegro  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:44:05pm

re: #24 Fozzie Bear

Hey, don't hold back, sweet pea. Tell us how ya really feel! heh

26 engineer cat  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:46:50pm

(passing this on from a post at another blog)

atlas of stereotypes

a welcome break from outer wingnuttia

27 Killgore Trout  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:47:05pm

15 Fall Vegetable Soups

28 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:47:20pm

Now I just need to figure out how to "game" the search engine in such a way that it reads my mind and doesn't let me easily post duplicate (or very, very similar) links.

29 Jeff In Ohio  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:47:46pm

re: #24 Fozzie Bear

If she had any sense she would realize that being a skank in college for a spell is as American as apple pie.

I was suppose to stop after college? Christine and I are hooking up in hell.

30 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:49:08pm

By the way: from Professor Noshit Sherlock at the Institute for Studies of the Bleedin' Obvious, Hitchens skips "Day of Prayer" in his honor.

31 Fozzie Bear  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:49:26pm

re: #25 allegro

Hey, don't hold back, sweet pea. Tell us how ya really feel! heh

I feel like I'm watching a large collection of the most neurotic people this country has ever produced publicly fail at psychotherapy and project all their issues onto a political agenda that really serves no purpose other than to attempt to make them look less repressed by institutionalizing their own repression on a national scale.

O'Donnell doesn't need to run for office, she needs about 10 years of work with a skilled psychoanalyst, some valium, copious amounts of guilt free sex, a slap in the face for spreading her sexual do's and don't's list around like its the gospel, and a good long nap.

She needs help. Serious help. If you see your own sexuality as a demon to be banished, you aren't mentally healthy enough to be a leader, imo. You are a child.

32 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:50:40pm

Demonic wings + Horns > Pansie Angel wings + Halo.
Just saying.
:P

33 Kronocide  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:51:30pm

I just singed up:

Pages load really snappy. re: #14 Winny Spencer

OT: Caffeine kills:

Caffeine kills

The Energy Drink Defense. Might as well try it, got nothing to lose.

34 CuriousLurker  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:53:57pm

re: #30 negativ

By the way: from Professor Noshit Sherlock at the Institute for Studies of the Bleedin' Obvious, Hitchens skips "Day of Prayer" in his honor.

Huh? Why were people having a day of prayer for the man if he has specifically stated that he doesn't want prayers?

35 allegro  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:55:20pm

re: #34 CuriousLurker

Huh? Why were people having a day of prayer for the man if he has specifically stated that he doesn't want prayers?

They is gunna SAVE him doncha know.

36 CuriousLurker  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:56:30pm

re: #26 engineer dog

(passing this on from a post at another blog)

atlas of stereotypes

a welcome break from outer wingnuttia

Heh, good one.

37 windsagio  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:58:23pm

re: #34 CuriousLurker

because bitter snark goes both ways :P

38 allegro  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:59:02pm

re: #31 Fozzie Bear

She needs help. Serious help. If you see your own sexuality as a demon to be banished, you aren't mentally healthy enough to be a leader, imo. You are a child.

She is unfortunately a product of our society and the message that women live with every day. I don't know of any women who hasn't been stung by the madonna/whore crapology. In that sense, I pity the poor child, because you're right, that's what she is. At 41, she is well past the point of figuring this shit out.

39 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:59:20pm

re: #34 CuriousLurker

Huh? Why were people having a day of prayer for the man if he has specifically stated that he doesn't want prayers?

To gain brownie points from the big guy upstairs.

I guess He's keeping score.

40 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:59:33pm

re: #34 CuriousLurker

Huh? Why were people having a day of prayer for the man if he has specifically stated that he doesn't want prayers?

So they can feel smug and self-righteous.

41 Fozzie Bear  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 2:59:53pm

re: #35 allegro

They is gunna SAVE him doncha know.

I never understood the concept of being "saved". If God is indeed real, and good, and omniscient, and rational, then I'm pretty sure he won't be punishing people for not believing that for which there can be no evidence.

42 windsagio  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:00:34pm

re: #41 Fozzie Bear

There's reams of theological argument on that point that we probably don't need to go into here :P

It can be an interesting read tho'!

43 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:01:14pm

re: #42 windsagio

There's reams of theological argument on that point that we probably don't need to go into here :P

It can be an interesting read tho'!

Wuss.
Bring it on!
:P

44 CuriousLurker  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:01:26pm

re: #35 allegro

They is gunna SAVE him doncha know.

Like it or not, right? Sheesh, just leave the guy in peace. If you sincerely want to pray for him, then shut up and do it quietly instead of making a freaking spectacle of it.

45 Fozzie Bear  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:02:01pm

Meh. None of it is worth a damn, since nobody who knows for sure what happens after death is alive to tell the rest of us, by definition.

46 windsagio  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:02:08pm

re: #43 Varek Raith

feelings end up getting hurt man, I learned my lesson!

Also there's really way too much. Its up there with 'if god is all loving, why does he allow pain in the world?' in things that have been overdiscussed :D

47 Decatur Deb  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:02:11pm

re: #31 Fozzie Bear

..snip. If you see your own sexuality as a demon to be banished, you aren't mentally healthy enough to be a leader, imo. You are a child.

Or part of a long tradition.

[Link: www.arthistoryarchive.com...]

48 windsagio  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:02:29pm

re: #45 Fozzie Bear

Meh. None of it is worth a damn, since nobody who knows for sure what happens after death is alive to tell the rest of us, by definition.

You need to read more comic books!

49 CuriousLurker  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:02:36pm

re: #40 negativ

So they can feel smug and self-righteous.

Exactly.

50 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:03:21pm

Nothing is a scary thing for some.

51 shutdown  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:03:27pm

Am I a bad person for not noticing the makeover?

52 wrenchwench  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:04:39pm

re: #51 imp_62

Am I a bad person for not noticing the makeover?

Maybe just a good person with bad eyes.

53 Fozzie Bear  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:04:43pm

re: #51 imp_62

Am I a bad person for not noticing the makeover?

Yes. Repent, or be damned for eternity. Also, stop wacking off. God sees it, and he is rather grossed out by that thing you do with your elbows. Not cool.

54 shutdown  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:05:04pm

re: #45 Fozzie Bear

I am young enough to believe in my own immortality, and old enough to know that I have a lot of work to do before I die anyway.

55 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:05:23pm

re: #41 Fozzie Bear

I never understood the concept of being "saved". If God is indeed real, and good, and omniscient, and rational, then I'm pretty sure he won't be punishing people for not believing that for which there can be no evidence.

Mr. Epicurus, there is a telephone call for you in the lobby. Paging Epicurus to the white courtesy phone please.

56 wrenchwench  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:05:40pm

re: #53 Fozzie Bear

Yes. Repent, or be damned for eternity. Also, stop wacking off. God sees it, and he is rather grossed out by that thing you do with your elbows. Not cool.

Oh. Maybe you hit on the reason for the bad eyes.

57 shutdown  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:06:43pm

re: #53 Fozzie Bear

Yes. Repent, or be damned for eternity. Also, stop wacking off. God sees it, and he is rather grossed out by that thing you do with your elbows. Not cool.

Elbows... Haven't tried that method. I also have not yet tried wanking to LGF... Does not sound promising, giving the overall tenor of the news these days.

58 CuriousLurker  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:07:26pm

re: #37 windsagio

because bitter snark goes both ways :P

Snark towards a dying man would suck... *shakes head*

59 shutdown  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:07:38pm

re: #56 wrenchwench

Oh. Maybe you hit on the reason for the bad eyes.

I meant to hot the downding, but I missed and updinged you. Damn eyes.

60 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:09:09pm

re: #57 imp_62

Elbows... Haven't tried that method. I also have not yet tried wanking to LGF... Does not sound promising, giving the overall tenor of the news these days.

Here ya go
[Link: www.bittenandbound.com...]

61 shutdown  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:09:18pm

re: #55 negativ

Mr. Epicurus, there is a telephone call for you in the lobby. Paging Epicurus to the white courtesy phone please.

Anyway, if there were evidence, there would be no need for belief. I don;t believe in evolution or that the world is a sphere - both are scientific fact.

62 Winny Spencer  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:09:37pm

re: #50 Varek Raith

Nothing is a scary thing for everyone.

Edited.

63 windsagio  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:09:43pm

re: #58 CuriousLurker

Snark towards a dying man would suck... *shakes head*

Yes it would, people are sick tho'.

...

Actually I missed the part where he's dying. At that point they probably really are trying to help him.

I should really follow links.

64 shutdown  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:10:12pm

re: #60 HoosierHoops

I feel better already.... And using my elbows keeps my hands free for posting.

65 wrenchwench  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:11:24pm

re: #59 imp_62

I meant to hot the downding

With your elbows?

66 CuriousLurker  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:11:57pm

re: #63 windsagio

Actually I missed the part where he's dying. At that point they probably really are trying to help him.

I should really follow links.

Well he's not on his deathbed or anything, but he doesn't sound like he's doing too well. And he's right—we're ALL dying.

67 shutdown  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:12:03pm

re: #65 wrenchwench

With your elbows?

Tongue. Elbows are busy, or aren't you following that particular thread?

68 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:12:36pm

re: #62 Winny Spencer

Edited.

Well, sure.
No money sucks.
Fear of what comes after I croak? Not so much.

69 windsagio  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:13:34pm

re: #66 CuriousLurker

you know how it is, if they really think they're helping him, more power to them.

If they're trying to make some stupid point, they're kinda assholes.

I'm cynical enough to think its more likely the latter than the former.

70 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:13:37pm

Shooting at Fort Bliss in Texas..Details to follow

71 Killgore Trout  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:14:27pm

re: #34 CuriousLurker

Huh? Why were people having a day of prayer for the man if he has specifically stated that he doesn't want prayers?


It's sort of a Christian tradition with prominent atheists. They're hoping for some sort of deathbed conversion. As I recall they did the same thing with Tolstoy.

72 shutdown  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:14:58pm

re: #70 HoosierHoops

Shooting at Fort Bliss in Texas..Details to follow

Link?

73 Decatur Deb  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:15:15pm

Posted a page (I think) with an interesting lecture accompanied by a fascinating 11 min animation. Too long for a comment.

74 CuriousLurker  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:16:12pm

re: #69 windsagio

I'm cynical enough to think its more likely the latter than the former.

Me too. Not because I'm cynical, but because it seems to have become a "show".

75 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:17:45pm

re: #72 imp_62

Link?

Just heard it on the news

76 windsagio  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:17:55pm

sounds like a murder-suicide. Unsurprisingly the CBS channel that the feed said claimed it is REALLY SLOW.
so we can slow down the site further

FORT BLISS - Our newsroom is receiving reports of a murder-suicide shooting on Fort Bliss.

Leaders at Fort Bliss will be holding a news conference at 4:15 p.m. to discuss what happened.

Witnesses tell Local 4 News that it happened at a Burger King restaurant on post, but those details have yet to be confirmed.

Stick with Local 4 News for the latest.

77 Kronocide  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:18:00pm

re: #71 Killgore Trout

It's sort of a Christian tradition with prominent atheists. They're hoping for some sort of deathbed conversion. As I recall they did the same thing with Tolstoy.

I think it's disgusting. If you want to pray for the man the STFU and pray and don't talk about it. I makes me wonder if they're hoping he'll break down and 'give in' to faith at the last moment to which they take vindication in. It's a low downside proposition for them too.

78 CuriousLurker  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:18:06pm

re: #71 Killgore Trout

It's sort of a Christian tradition with prominent atheists. They're hoping for some sort of deathbed conversion. As I recall they did the same thing with Tolstoy.

But he's already said that any such conversion would mean that he'd lost his senses due to pain/illness. I don't suppose that would stop certain people from considering it a "win" though. Ick.

79 deranged cat  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:18:44pm

re: #70 HoosierHoops

Shooting at Fort Bliss in Texas..Details to follow

Google Updates is finally useful...

80 CuriousLurker  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:19:02pm

re: #77 BigPapa

I think it's disgusting. If you want to pray for the man the STFU and pray and don't talk about it.

My sentiments exactly.

81 windsagio  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:20:14pm

he should be happy its a circus all the way out, should be what he wants >>

ok poof!

82 shutdown  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:20:25pm

re: #80 CuriousLurker

My sentiments exactly.

God, as the recipient of prayer, never has an ulterior motive. People always do.

83 Kronocide  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:21:04pm

I pray all the time and shits usually goes OK. Not to any god or deity per se, I just ask. That way none of them get jealous.

They still help me out a lot!

84 shutdown  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:22:04pm

re: #83 BigPapa

I pray all the time and shits usually goes OK. Not to any god or deity per se, I just ask. That way none of them get jealous.

They still help me out a lot!

Hmmm. Do you take requests?

85 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:23:56pm

re: #61 imp_62

Anyway, if there were evidence, there would be no need for belief. I don;t believe in evolution or that the world is a sphere - both are scientific fact.

“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”

See theodicy, esp. "the Epicurian paradox".

86 Kronocide  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:24:57pm

re: #84 imp_62

Hmmm. Do you take requests?

As long as I get my cut.

87 shutdown  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:25:46pm

re: #85 negativ

“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”

See theodicy, esp. "the Epicurian paradox".

The Epicurion Paradox assumes God's intent and nature can be anthropomorphized. It is an interesting philosophical discussion; not necessarily a religious one.

88 shutdown  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:26:23pm

re: #86 BigPapa

As long as I get my cut.

I wil pray you get what you have coming to you ;)

89 shutdown  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:28:13pm

By the way I uncorked a nice Rioja a few minutes ago. That is why my spelling is deteriorating. Sorry...

90 Decatur Deb  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:28:36pm

re: #88 imp_62

I wil pray you get what you have coming to you ;)

If Thou, O Lord, should mark iniquities,O Lord who could stand it?

91 shutdown  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:29:28pm

re: #79 deranged cat

Is updates a chrome extension? I cannot find it. Can you point me in the right direction, please?

92 shutdown  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:30:04pm

re: #90 Decatur Deb

And a shana tova to you, sir. I see you were reading the translated text!

93 CuriousLurker  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:30:37pm

re: #88 imp_62

I wil pray you get what you have coming to you ;)

I once said something very similar to my ex-husband. He blanched. Heh.

94 shutdown  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:31:06pm

re: #93 CuriousLurker

I once said something very similar to my ex-husband. He blanched. Heh.

Actually, Blanche was the other woman....

95 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:31:16pm

re: #89 imp_62

By the way I uncorked a nice Rioja a few minutes ago. That is why my spelling is deteriorating. Sorry...

I've long ago come to terms with the apparent fact that spelling and grammar have no place on the internet. I'm lucky to spell my name correctly half the time, and that's only four letters.

96 CuriousLurker  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:31:37pm

re: #94 imp_62

Actually, Blanche was the other woman...

LOL

97 Killgore Trout  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:31:59pm

Celestial Correspondence Regarding Prayers ( by Mark Twain)

FROM:
OFFICE OF THE RECORDING ANGEL
Department of Petitions, Jan. 20

TO:
Abner Scofield
Coal Dealer
Buffalo, NY

I have the honor, as per command, to inform you that your recent act of benevolence and self-sacrifice has been recorded upon a page of the book called Golden Deeds of Men; a distinction, I am permitted to remark, which is not merely extraordinary, it is unique.

As regards your prayers, for the week ending the 19ths, I have the honor to report as follows:
....

98 shutdown  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:32:12pm

re: #96 CuriousLurker

I was almost sorry I wrote that post, in case the wounds were too recent.

99 avanti  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:32:18pm

re: #83 BigPapa

I pray all the time and shits usually goes OK. Not to any god or deity per se, I just ask. That way none of them get jealous.

They still help me out a lot!

As a agnostic, I often silently thank someone when I have great luck, no idea why.

100 shutdown  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:33:44pm

Ok, kids. Time to take the fam out to dinner. No, I won't be driving.....

101 Decatur Deb  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:34:47pm

re: #92 imp_62

And a shana tova to you, sir. I see you were reading the translated text!

And a good year to you. Catholics took the psalm into the "De Profundis".

102 Kragar  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:39:27pm

Note to self, put on a shirt when cutting back the creeping fig in the back yard. I'm all itchy now.

103 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:40:13pm

re: #97 Killgore Trout

Celestial Correspondence Regarding Prayers ( by Mark Twain)

Ever seen the "Letters of Note" website?

You're an idiot of the 33rd degree

In November of 1905, an enraged Mark Twain sent this superb letter to J. H. Todd, a patent medicine salesman who had just attempted to sell bogus medicine to the author by way of a letter and leaflet delivered to his home. According to the literature Twain received (p1,p2,p3,p4), the 'medicine' in question - The Elixir of Life - could cure such ailments as meningitis (which had previously killed Twain's daughter in 1896) and diphtheria (which had also killed his 19-month-old son). Twain, himself of ill-health at the time and very recently widowed after his wife suffered heart failure, was understandably furious and dictated the following letter to his secretary, which he then signed.

... and it is a thing of unutterable magnificence.

See also, Ren & Stimpy creator's encouraging letter to a young fan

Wil Wheaton's (of Star Trek: The Next Generation) long overdue letter to a fan

Private Kurt Vonnegut's letter to his family informing them of his capture by German troops and the firebombing of Dresden. So it goes.

104 CuriousLurker  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:42:52pm

BBL

105 MittDoesNotCompute  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:47:24pm

re: #10 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

O'Donnell "Clearly a Criminal"

Ouch...that's gonna leave a mark.

106 deranged cat  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:55:59pm

re: #91 imp_62

Is updates a chrome extension? I cannot find it. Can you point me in the right direction, please?

Google Updates should be part of the google search. search "texas fort bliss" and it should, at the top of the results, have a little ticker that says "Latest results for texas fort bliss" it should look like this.

im not sure if you have to update something, though. sorry i can't be more of a help..

107 Fozzie Bear  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 3:58:45pm

re: #85 negativ

“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”

See theodicy, esp. "the Epicurian paradox".

There is a logical way out of that paradox: perhaps we have no idea what good and evil are, and no ability to discern between them.

I.e., maybe we are just very, very dumb.

108 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:00:38pm

re: #103 negativ

Ever seen the "Letters of Note" website?

You're an idiot of the 33rd degree

... and it is a thing of unutterable magnificence.

See also, Ren & Stimpy creator's encouraging letter to a young fan

Wil Wheaton's (of Star Trek: The Next Generation) long overdue letter to a fan

Private Kurt Vonnegut's letter to his family informing them of his capture by German troops and the firebombing of Dresden. So it goes.

Those were incredible to read. What a excellent website.

109 deranged cat  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:01:08pm

re: #105 talon_262

Ouch...that's gonna leave a mark.

did you see this comment before you? thought id just point it out :P

re: #11 CuriousLurker

Ouch. That's sure to cause a ruckus.

110 Cato the Elder  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:01:22pm

The viewing for my friend Joe who died last week is tonight. Funeral tomorrow.

Never seen an open casket before. Give me strength.

111 allegro  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:02:36pm

Oh jeez, the Texas BOE is at it again. Just got this in an email from Texas Freedom Network:

Just months after politicizing new social studies curriculum standards for public schools, the state board will consider a resolution on Friday criticizing publishers for allegedly promoting "anti-Christian and pro-Islamic bias" in world history textbooks.

Predictably, much of the information included in this resolution is misleading or outright false. No such bias exists in Texas textbooks.

This appears to be a thinly veiled attempt to promote religious intolerance and air bigoted attacks against America's Muslim community.

Here are the idiot claims and the actual facts about the history books that aren't even being used anymore.

112 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:02:37pm

re: #107 Fozzie Bear

There is a logical way out of that paradox: perhaps we have no idea what good and evil are, and no ability to discern between them.

I.e., maybe we are just very, very dumb.

That only works if we have no desire to avoid suffering. 'Good' is all the stuff that minimizes suffering; evil is the opposite.

113 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:03:03pm

re: #110 Cato the Elder

The viewing for my friend Joe who died last week is tonight. Funeral tomorrow.

Never seen an open casket before. Give me strength.

Consider my strength yours.

114 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:04:56pm

re: #110 Cato the Elder

The viewing for my friend Joe who died last week is tonight. Funeral tomorrow.

Never seen an open casket before. Give me strength.

I'm so sorry Cato..

115 wrenchwench  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:05:44pm

re: #110 Cato the Elder

The viewing for my friend Joe who died last week is tonight. Funeral tomorrow.

Never seen an open casket before. Give me strength.

The casket was open at my uncle TC's funeral. I wanted to fix his makeup, ie remove most of it.

{Cato}

116 deranged cat  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:07:16pm

gotta love Wonkette, as usual!

How To Fake a 68-Page Republican Jobs Plan With Gigantic Fonts [Link: bit.ly...]
117 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:10:45pm

re: #115 wrenchwench

The casket was open at my uncle TC's funeral. I wanted to fix his makeup, ie remove most of it.

{Cato}

I don't like open caskets..When Allan my Cop buddy died last year he looked terrible..Everyone looks terrible.. ( you know being dead and all)
Nobody gets to see me dead..You remember me as I was..Not as I am...I am still haunted by seeing Allan in his Casket

118 Kronocide  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:10:50pm

re: #110 Cato the Elder

I'm so sorry Cato.

119 RadicalModerate  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:11:04pm

Lost in all the noise from the Value Voters Summit over the weekend was the results of the Swedish elections - apparently the Sweden Democrats (this is the far-right nationalist party) got almost 6% of the vote, and will likely have 20 parliamentary seats.

It gets worse.

[Link: www.thelocal.se...]

The TT news agency reports that an openly Nazi party, Svenskarnas Parti (‘The Swedes’ Party’), has earned a spot on the local council in Grästorp, a municipality of with about 3,000 residents in western Sweden.

The party used to be called the National Socialist Front (NSF), and the 102 votes it received were enough for it to place a representative on the council.

Centre Party council chair Roger Andersson called the development “regrettable”.

120 Decatur Deb  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:11:56pm

re: #110 Cato the Elder

The viewing for my friend Joe who died last week is tonight. Funeral tomorrow.

Never seen an open casket before. Give me strength.

Requiescat.

121 Fozzie Bear  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:12:16pm

re: #112 negativ

That only works if we have no desire to avoid suffering. 'Good' is all the stuff that minimizes suffering; evil is the opposite.

Meh. I'm going with the Buddha on this one: suffering is unavoidable, and neither good nor evil. It's just part of being a living being.

122 wrenchwench  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:13:09pm

re: #117 HoosierHoops

I don't like open caskets..When Allan my Cop buddy died last year he looked terrible..Everyone looks terrible.. ( you know being dead and all)
Nobody gets to see me dead..You remember me as I was..Not as I am...I am still haunted by seeing Allan in his Casket

Yep. I get uglier every year, and I hope to be REALLY ugly by the time I die. And then be cremated. They can have an open urn.

123 Fozzie Bear  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:14:43pm

re: #110 Cato the Elder

The viewing for my friend Joe who died last week is tonight. Funeral tomorrow.

Never seen an open casket before. Give me strength.

I'm sorry for your loss. I hope it gives you the sense of perspective that funerals always seem to give me.

I was always taught to celebrate the life now passed at least as much as I mourn the passing. I think the Irish are on to something there. It's a good tradition.

124 engineer cat  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:15:27pm

i note this article

Newsweek: The Tea Party's hypocrisy on taxes

only to comment that it suffers from the common and rather touching delusion that 1) wingnuts care about or even understand logic or consistancy, and 2) that it falls for the trap of believing that these teabigots care about balancing the budget, when in fact this is merely an acceptable way of expressing their anger that any of their tax money is being spent for the purpose of helping other people, especially people of unpalatable origins

125 Kronocide  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:15:41pm

re: #122 wrenchwench

Yep. I get uglier every year, and I hope to be REALLY ugly by the time I die. And then be cremated. They can have an open urn.

Though my wife would never go for it I'd like a Hunter Thompson shot: soak my bone crumbs in black powder and shoot me in a big ass shell.

126 freetoken  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:16:47pm

re: #110 Cato the Elder

Sorry for your loss.

All the family wakes/viewings I've been to have had the casket open. It can be rough, but if you're really close to the person it can be kind of numbing. For me, the emotional outburst came later, when the numbness wore off.

127 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:16:58pm

re: #122 wrenchwench

Yep. I get uglier every year, and I hope to be REALLY ugly by the time I die. And then be cremated. They can have an open urn.

I hope you live so long that you make Helen Thomas look like Megan Fox..
*wink*

128 What, me worry?  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:17:03pm

re: #110 Cato the Elder

The viewing for my friend Joe who died last week is tonight. Funeral tomorrow.

Never seen an open casket before. Give me strength.

I'm sorry {{Cato}}.

You'll be ok. I only went to one. My friend's mother and it was really kinda creepy. I couldn't bring myself to go up to the casket so I just shared stories with friends and that was comforting.

129 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:17:45pm

re: #122 wrenchwench

Yep. I get uglier every year, and I hope to be REALLY ugly by the time I die. And then be cremated. They can have an open urn.

Forget the urn!
I'm gonna be atomized!
BOOOM!!!

130 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:18:11pm

re: #110 Cato the Elder

The viewing for my friend Joe who died last week is tonight. Funeral tomorrow.

Never seen an open casket before. Give me strength.


Stay strong, my friend

131 wrenchwench  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:18:25pm

re: #125 BigPapa

Though my wife would never go for it I'd like a Hunter Thompson shot: soak my bone crumbs in black powder and shoot me in a big ass shell.

You got volcanoes over there. I wouldn't mind being tossed into a volcano (AFTER I'm dead...) Or being scattered on a lava flow.

132 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:19:22pm

re: #129 Varek Raith

Forget the urn!
I'm gonna be atomized!
BOOOM!!!

There is one truth about life on Earth..
Nobody gets out of here Alive

133 Cato the Elder  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:20:15pm

Thank you one and all.

134 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:20:18pm

re: #128 marjoriemoon

I'm sorry {{Cato}}.

You'll be ok. I only went to one. My friend's mother and it was really kinda creepy. I couldn't bring myself to go up to the casket so I just shared stories with friends and that was comforting.

Really?

Unless the deceased was badly injured in an accident or something, all the wakes I've been too were open casket and I've been to FAR too many

(and there have been only two times when it wasn't, due to what I stated)

135 Kronocide  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:21:37pm

re: #131 wrenchwench

You got volcanoes over there. I wouldn't mind being tossed into a volcano (AFTER I'm dead...) Or being scattered on a lava flow.

Intriguing. How about shoot me into a shell into a lava pit inside a beer can?

Either that, or space. Way out there.

My wife will likely put me in the Urn if I leave before her so it's only fantasy.

136 Fozzie Bear  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:22:10pm

I want there to be very thin wire attached to my feet and hands as a lay in my casket at my funeral. Near the end of the service, I want to be made to rise up and dance like a marionette in front of my friends and family, suspended by the wires. Then, as my dance approaches its crescendo, I wish for the small explosive device hidden in my chest by the undertaker to go off, scattering chunks of me over the group of people gathered to mourn my death.

I need to immortalize these wishes in my will, and soon.

137 allegro  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:23:58pm

re: #136 Fozzie Bear

That is so wrong on so many levels.

138 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:24:14pm

As Yogi Berra says

"You should always go to other peoples (wake) funeral otherwise they won't go to yours"

139 Cato the Elder  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:24:22pm

I want to be buried in a motorcycle sidecar.

140 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:25:13pm

re: #135 BigPapa

Intriguing. How about shoot me into a shell into a lava pit inside a beer can?

Either that, or space. Way out there.

My wife will likely put me in the Urn if I leave before her so it's only fantasy.

I had a friend that planted a Cherry Tree with his fathers ashes up in Napa.. Very moving hour.. I think maybe I'd like to be part of a Oak tree or something like that...Beats the heck out of Flanders Field

141 RadicalModerate  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:26:31pm

I gotta say, I've always been keen on having a Viking funeral. Say what you will, but those guys knew how to go out in style.

142 Decatur Deb  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:27:00pm

Wife and I are planning a moonbat funeral in a Florida cemetery that doesn't permit embalming or non-biodegradables. Family can plant native trees and leave a native rock marker, backed up by GPS.

143 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:27:03pm

re: #139 Cato the Elder

I want to be buried in a motorcycle sidecar.

Long as you're not buried BECAUSE of a motorcycle sidecar

144 wrenchwench  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:27:24pm

Officers kill armed assailant who shot 2 people at Fort Bliss

An armed assailant shot two people at a Fort Bliss convenience store at about 3 p.m. today before law enforcement officials killed the shooter, post officials said.

Law enforcement was on the scene about three minutes after the report of several shots being fired was received, said Col. Joseph Simonelli, the post's garrison commander. The post was never on lockdown and soldiers and employees at the post were notified with an emergency response system that uses e-mail. Simonelli declined to identify those involved during an afternoon press conference.

Simonelli would not say if the victims or the shooter were soldiers and he declined to provide their genders. He also did not say where the store was located.

The FBI is in charge of the investigation, he said.

145 Fozzie Bear  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:28:18pm

re: #143 sattv4u2

Long as you're not buried BECAUSE of a motorcycle sidecar

What if he wants to be buried in a motorcycle sidecar, because of the sidecar, at such a speed as to effect his burial at the moment of impact.

I'd say that would be a hell of a way to go.

146 allegro  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:28:35pm

When my husband died, as was his wish, he was cremated. Instead of a memorial service, I threw a big BBQ that lasted pretty much the whole weekend. I piled his collection of crazy ties up and had the many guests choose one to remember him by. Booze was flowing, laughter was the order of the day as we related stories of our years with him. Everyone wore one of his dumb ties and folks crashed for the night on the floor, sofas, found one on an air mattress in the pool. Best "funeral" ever and one I know my husband wanted.

147 Decatur Deb  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:29:12pm

re: #146 allegro

Excellent.

148 Killgore Trout  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:29:12pm

Just plop me on the curb on Tuesday and let the truck take me to the landfill.

149 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:29:48pm

re: #148 Killgore Trout

Just plop me on the curb on Tuesday and let the truck take me to the landfill.

Can I poke you with a stick???
///

150 wrenchwench  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:30:38pm

re: #149 Varek Raith

Can I poke you with a stick???
///

Fair game, once he's on the curb.

/the rules in your town may differ

151 deranged cat  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:30:47pm

re: #146 allegro

When my husband died, as was his wish, he was cremated. Instead of a memorial service, I threw a big BBQ that lasted pretty much the whole weekend. I piled his collection of crazy ties up and had the many guests choose one to remember him by. Booze was flowing, laughter was the order of the day as we related stories of our years with him. Everyone wore one of his dumb ties and folks crashed for the night on the floor, sofas, found one on an air mattress in the pool. Best "funeral" ever and one I know my husband wanted.

they always say "don't be sad on how he died, but be happy on how he lived", and that sounds like an excellent example of that.

that's how i'd want to be remembered. people swapping stories (essentially talking sh*t) about me and remembering how dumb, weird or stupid i was. wouldn't have it any other way!

152 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:31:16pm

re: #145 Fozzie Bear

What if he wants to be buried in a motorcycle sidecar, because of the sidecar, at such a speed as to effect his burial at the moment of impact.

I'd say that would be a hell of a way to go.

Great plan

Saves time AND money!

153 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:31:47pm

re: #148 Killgore Trout

Just plop me on the curb on Tuesday and let the truck take me to the landfill.

What do you have against landfills?
/

154 Killgore Trout  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:32:10pm

re: #149 Varek Raith

Can I poke you with a stick???
///

Go for it.

155 allegro  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:32:56pm

re: #151 deranged cat

they always say "don't be sad on how he died, but be happy on how he lived", and that sounds like an excellent example of that.

that's how i'd want to be remembered. people swapping stories (essentially talking sh*t) about me and remembering how dumb, weird or stupid i was. wouldn't have it any other way!

Exactly! My husband loved to BBQ and party and talk shit more than anyone I ever knew. Any other memorial would have been a discredit to the man he was. I think that's what memorials should be.

156 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:33:41pm

re: #148 Killgore Trout

Just plop me on the curb on Tuesday and let the truck take me to the landfill.

There are many laws about spreading ashes..Did you know you can always spread ashes on public land? I need a good lawyer that can figure out a loop hole so somebody can throw me over the White House Fence...
I'd be famous forever!

157 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:35:08pm

re: #155 allegro

You are good people..Very nice for you to remember him as he lived his life

158 Varek Raith  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:35:23pm

re: #156 HoosierHoops

There are many laws about spreading ashes..Did you know you can always spread ashes on public land? I need a good lawyer that can figure out a loop hole so somebody can throw me over the White House Fence...
I'd be famous forever!

Lol. They'd call in the hazmat teams to determine the nature of the mysterious powdery substance.

159 Decatur Deb  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:35:25pm

re: #156 HoosierHoops

There are many laws about spreading ashes..Did you know you can always spread ashes on public land? I need a good lawyer that can figure out a loop hole so somebody can throw me over the White House Fence...
I'd be famous forever!

You don't need a lawyer, you need a trebuchet.

160 Fozzie Bear  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:36:01pm

re: #155 allegro

Exactly! My husband loved to BBQ and party and talk shit more than anyone I ever knew. Any other memorial would have been a discredit to the man he was. I think that's what memorials should be.

Judging by your description, I think I would have liked the man.

161 What, me worry?  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:37:31pm

re: #134 sattv4u2

Really?

Unless the deceased was badly injured in an accident or something, all the wakes I've been too were open casket and I've been to FAR too many

(and there have been only two times when it wasn't, due to what I stated)

Now that you got me thinking, I've only been to 3 funerals. My dad, my boss and my g/f's mom. My other relatives are buried out of state and I didn't go. Anyway, 2 Jewish funerals and we don't have open caskets. My dad, in fact, was cremated.

This is not the easiest thing to share with 1000s of people, but I was with my dad when he passed and helped him cross over. It was probably my best and worst moment altogether.

I will say this, after he died, we were waiting for the coroner and they put him in a room. This was in hospice. I stood there for the longest time staring at that door, wanting to go in and see him, but really being terrified. When I worked up the strength to go in, the first thing that struck me was that he looked exactly like my grandmother, his mother. I saw her face there. But when I looked at him, he really wasn't there. It was a bag of bones. I didn't stay long, maybe a few minutes, but I'm glad I looked. I don't think I could have handled it tho, again.

I want to be wrapped in a shroud and put in a pine box. My husband says he's gonna chuck me into the everglades. Maybe I should get it in writing?

162 allegro  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:38:13pm

re: #160 Fozzie Bear

Judging by your description, I think I would have liked the man.

He was a nerd (ChemE) and a jock (former pro football center)... I got me the best of both worlds.

163 prairiefire  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:39:57pm

Happy Monday, lizards! All this talk of life and death seems appropriate for my birthday!

164 allegro  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:40:18pm

re: #163 prairiefire

Happies!

165 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:40:19pm

re: #162 allegro

He was a nerd (ChemE) and a jock (former pro football center)... I got me the best of both worlds.

You sure did..
Sorry for your loss

166 wrenchwench  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:40:58pm

re: #163 prairiefire

Happy Monday, lizards! All this talk of life and death seems appropriate for my birthday!

*spank*

How many swats do we get?

167 Decatur Deb  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:40:58pm

re: #161 marjoriemoon

I've pimped these people before. This is the sort thing you're talking about.

[Link: www.google.com...]

168 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:41:06pm

re: #161 marjoriemoon

I've only been to 3 funerals

Holy Schnikies

I average three a YEAR nowadays!!

((// only somewhat))

When I was younger, there were my grandparents, grand aunts/ uncles, their freinds, etc
Then, in my 30's-40's my friends parents as well as some of my own friends

Now, (late 50's) more friends and cousins

169 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:41:16pm

re: #163 prairiefire

Happy Monday, lizards! All this talk of life and death seems appropriate for my birthday!

MY Birthday is tomorrow!!!Happy Birthday!

170 What, me worry?  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:41:23pm

re: #163 prairiefire

Happy Monday, lizards! All this talk of life and death seems appropriate for my birthday!

Egads, no way! Hippie Birdie To Ewe!!! ♥ ♥

Youtube Video
171 allegro  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:41:24pm

re: #165 HoosierHoops

Thank you. No sorries, though. It was a great run.

172 What, me worry?  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:41:57pm

re: #167 Decatur Deb

I've pimped these people before. This is the sort thing you're talking about.

[Link: www.google.com...]

Oh no, no embalming fluid.

173 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:42:08pm

re: #169 HoosierHoops

MY Birthday is tomorrow!!!Happy Birthday!

I get to give you a H/B whack !!!

174 allegro  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:43:16pm

re: #169 HoosierHoops

Midnight happies!

175 Decatur Deb  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:43:34pm

re: #172 marjoriemoon

Oh no, no embalming fluid.

You have to get underground quickly, or chill out. Crossing state lines is tricky.

176 What, me worry?  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:43:46pm

re: #168 sattv4u2


I've only been to 3 funerals

Holy Schnikies

I average three a YEAR nowadays!!

((// only somewhat))

When I was younger, there were my grandparents, grand aunts/ uncles, their freinds, etc
Then, in my 30's-40's my friends parents as well as some of my own friends

Now, (late 50's) more friends and cousins

I'm not 50 quite yet. I just hope I outlive my husband.

177 What, me worry?  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:44:24pm

re: #175 Decatur Deb

You have to get underground quickly, or chill out. Crossing state lines is tricky.

24 hour burial. Bing, bam, boom.

178 prairiefire  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:45:30pm

re: #166 wrenchwench

*spank*

How many swats do we get?

Oh, I am not gonna say. I would be black and blue!

179 What, me worry?  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:45:56pm

re: #178 prairiefire

Oh, I am not gonna say. I would be black and blue!

So what did you do for your bday?

180 What, me worry?  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:47:14pm

re: #169 HoosierHoops

MY Birthday is tomorrow!!!Happy Birthday!

Lots of Virgos?

Happy A Day Before Your Birthday, Hoops!!

181 prairiefire  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:47:32pm

Pretty much the same ol' same old. My favorite seafood restaurant is on the agenda for this next weekend.
My gift is my husband painting the house.

182 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:48:08pm

re: #178 prairiefire

Oh, I am not gonna say. I would be black and blue!

We are both Virgo's...The most complex of all signs..And of course the prettiest people on Earth
/

183 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:48:23pm

re: #163 prairiefire

Happy Monday, lizards! All this talk of life and death seems appropriate for my birthday!

Happy Birthday PF!!

184 allegro  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:48:25pm

Oh, wow. Just looked at the date and realize that today is the 20th anniversary of my dad's passing. Dunno if that's irony or not, considering the conversation.

185 prairiefire  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:50:22pm

re: #169 HoosierHoops

Happy birthday, tomorrow!

186 What, me worry?  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:51:09pm

re: #184 allegro

Oh, wow. Just looked at the date and realize that today is the 20th anniversary of my dad's passing. Dunno if that's irony or not, considering the conversation.

Long time. My grandad passed on February 2, 2000. 02-02-2000. There has to be some nifty numerology behind that.

187 allegro  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:52:21pm

re: #186 marjoriemoon

Check out a numerology site. Could be!

188 Ojoe  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:54:52pm

Americans renew call for 3rd party.

189 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 4:57:58pm

re: #168 sattv4u2


Now, (late 50's) more friends and cousins

Isn't that the sad truth.

190 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:00:11pm

re: #176 marjoriemoon

I'm not 50 quite yet. I just hope I outlive my husband.

I hate the pain of loss. I hope I go before my wife does.

191 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:02:01pm

re: #182 HoosierHoops

We are both Virgo's...The most complex of all signs..And of course the prettiest people on Earth
/

I'm a Virgo, and I'm the simplest, ugliest old man you'll ever know.

192 What, me worry?  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:04:56pm

re: #190 b_sharp

I hate the pain of loss. I hope I go before my wife does.

I'm trying to avoid being chucked into the everglades.

Whenever we've had these discussions, it usually starts out with him telling me not to worry because he's just gonna throw me off the pier anyway.

We have a very loving relationship :p

193 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:06:58pm

re: #192 marjoriemoon

I'm trying to avoid being chucked into the everglades.

Whenever we've had these discussions, it usually starts out with him telling me not to worry because he's just gonna throw me off the pier anyway.

We have a very loving relationship :p

I'd suggest moving inland!!!

194 prairiefire  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:07:12pm

re: #191 b_sharp

I'm a Virgo, and I'm the simplest, ugliest old man you'll ever know.

No, that's not true.

195 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:07:41pm

re: #192 marjoriemoon

I'm trying to avoid being chucked into the everglades.

Whenever we've had these discussions, it usually starts out with him telling me not to worry because he's just gonna throw me off the pier anyway.

We have a very loving relationship :p

The more I hear of your husband the more I like him.

196 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:08:26pm

re: #194 prairiefire

No, that's not true.

I am so a Virgo. My B-day is Aug 27.

197 What, me worry?  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:08:35pm

re: #195 b_sharp

The more I hear of your husband the more I like him.

For good or for bad, I always thought it best to marry a silly man.

198 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:10:11pm

re: #197 marjoriemoon

For good or for bad, I always thought it best to marry a silly man.

As long as he can make you laugh.

199 Decatur Deb  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:10:18pm

Dofgh stuff. BBL
re: #197 marjoriemoon

For good or for bad, I always thought it best to marry a silly man.

My MIL often asked my wife why she married me. Her only response: "Because I never had to explain the punchline."

200 prairiefire  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:10:20pm

re: #182 HoosierHoops

We are both Virgo's...The most complex of all signs..And of course the prettiest people on Earth
/

Have you ever read Linda Goodman's "Sun Signs"? She died in a plane crash. Anyway, her Virgo Woman section was as if she had called me up on the phone and interviewed me. I guess I'm an Uber Virgo.
As Christians, we are not supposed to consult astrologists, and I don't. I chalk it up to God created the moon and stars and it is all just another life mystery.

201 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:12:56pm

From negativ's earlier post, if you want to laugh about the worst boss ever (and waste some time) read these memos from Tiger Oil

[Link: www.lettersofnote.com...]

202 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:13:55pm

I just wrote some words about this topic

I knew the pain would come
How the mighty fall
The pain of loss was just at the door
A knock coming from below the floor
I knew we would say goodbye
I knew it at hello
I tried to stay with you
I gave you my word
But I gotta say goodbye my friend
My time is not long
Darkness divides us
But love will never time us
As I go below

What Have I gained?
What have I lost?
What about your love
Your fire..Your Frost?
What is this world?
What did we learn?
A few precious words
upon my turn
Goodbye I whisper through my tears
What have I gained?
What have I lost?
Goodbye I whisper

203 What, me worry?  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:14:05pm

re: #198 b_sharp

As long as he can make you laugh.

He does! When I spoke to his sisters after he proposed, they each separately told me the same thing, "We aren't taking him back." LOL

204 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:14:43pm

re: #200 prairiefire

Have you ever read Linda Goodman's "Sun Signs"? She died in a plane crash. Anyway, her Virgo Woman section was as if she had called me up on the phone and interviewed me. I guess I'm an Uber Virgo.
As Christians, we are not supposed to consult astrologists, and I don't. I chalk it up to God created the moon and stars and it is all just another life mystery.

What's an uber-Virgo?

205 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:15:08pm

re: #200 prairiefire

Have you ever read Linda Goodman's "Sun Signs"? She died in a plane crash. Anyway, her Virgo Woman section was as if she had called me up on the phone and interviewed me. I guess I'm an Uber Virgo.
As Christians, we are not supposed to consult astrologists, and I don't. I chalk it up to God created the moon and stars and it is all just another life mystery.

I loved Linda's Book!!!
Read it years ago

206 What, me worry?  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:15:12pm

re: #202 HoosierHoops

Hoops, you're a hopeless romantic :)

207 prairiefire  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:17:03pm

re: #204 b_sharp

Me.

208 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:17:44pm

re: #206 marjoriemoon

Hoops, you're a hopeless romantic :)

ftfy!!
//

209 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:19:13pm

re: #201 Stanley Sea

From negativ's earlier post, if you want to laugh about the worst boss ever (and waste some time) read these memos from Tiger Oil

[Link: www.lettersofnote.com...]

I would reeeeally like to have some behind-the-scenes info on that one. The guy comes across as a cartoon caricature of a terrible boss. Was he actually that a real-life J. Jonah Jameson, or did he just have a weird sense of humor, or what?


DATE: February 22, 1978
TO: All Employees, Tiger Oil Company & Tiger Drilling Co.
FROM: Edward Mike Davis

This memorandum is intended as an addendum to a memo I wrote on January 12, 1978 about people speaking to me. Any supervisor who has anything to say to me, day or night, the fastest way he can say it to me is too slow. The terms about not talking to me meant I do not have time to stop and talk to everyone -- saying hello, goodbye, goodnight, etc. -- that is what I was talking about. If you have business with me, the fastest way is too slow -- day or night.

(Signed)
EDWARD MIKE DAVIS

lol?

210 Killgore Trout  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:19:18pm

I sense the winguts are felling a little nervous.....
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's very political 'joke'

But if it’s a joke, it’s a practical joke — and the targets are Glenn Beck, his followers, and the Republican Party candidates who face election three days after the event.

“Glenn Beck makes a big deal out of how, ‘whatever you believe, all these people are really passionate about the issues, and look at this amazing turnout,’” said the person familiar with the planning. “We’re going to show you how ridiculous Glenn Beck is because we’re going to put two comics up there and they’re going to have more people.”
....
But while the New York Times and the Washington Post ran stories and columns skeptical of Beck’s motives, the papers so far have devoted prominent placement to uncritical articles of the Stewart and Colbert rally.

That has led some on the right to charge that Stewart is getting a “pass” from the media for doing exactly the same thing that Beck was so harshly criticized for – holding a big rally on the National Mall to represent his political point of view around the same time that Stewart also has a new book coming out. .
...
If such positive media coverage continues, it seems entirely possible that the Comedy Central duo could outdraw their inspiration.

211 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:19:38pm

re: #207 prairiefire

Me.

That doesn't really help. ;-P

212 Charles Johnson  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:21:29pm

Another wingnut in whose head I apparently live, good old pally Tim Blair, had another search through LGF archives, to find posts related to sharia law - then he posted them as evidence of, you know, something. I checked out his links and yep, he's right -- I did post about sharia law a few times. Mostly links to articles about, you know, sharia law.

He's ranting that I need to explain and apologize for all these posts before I can criticize the idiots who want laws preventing sharia in America.

But oddly enough, I don't see a post where I claimed sharia law was about to take over America and we needed special legislation to stop it.

And I never wrote that kind of crap because we already have a law to prevent sharia, called the US Constitution.

Try harder, Tim, you ignorant Murdoch slut.

213 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:22:22pm

re: #200 prairiefire

Have you ever read Linda Goodman's "Sun Signs"? She died in a plane crash. Anyway, her Virgo Woman section was as if she had called me up on the phone and interviewed me. I guess I'm an Uber Virgo.
As Christians, we are not supposed to consult astrologists, and I don't. I chalk it up to God created the moon and stars and it is all just another life mystery.

Forer Effect, perhaps?

214 Ojoe  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:23:14pm

We have an agreement, whoever goes first, the other is to remarry and have a good time.

And silly is good, everyone in our family can quote Monty Python. A lot.

215 webevintage  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:23:59pm

As always at the end of the day Wonkette is full of goodness, but this one really made me guffaw:

How To Fake a 68-Page Republican Jobs Plan With Gigantic Fonts

Say you’re a Republican candidate somewhere and unemployment is awful because the actual heart of our consumer-debt economy has died, forever, and plus you are “small government” so you can’t actually propose anything, but still you need to talk about jobs because in, say, Wisconsin, jobs come first! That is a good slogan, no? Now what to do about the other 67 pages of your 68-page jobs plan? What will you do about that, Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker?
Lest you think this is just some idiotic “temp worker” accidentally setting the font size to GINORMOUS and then letting an evil “local politics blogger” get hold of it, the actual PDF on the actual candidate’s website is named “SCOTT WALKER’S 68-PAGE JOBS PLAN!”, all caps and including the exclamation point. And that’s how it goes, for 68 pages that are the portable-document-format equivalent of having a crazy old person scream in your ear for an hour.

[Link: wonkette.com...]

216 prairiefire  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:24:36pm

re: #213 negativ

Forer Effect, perhaps?

Perhaps. I know Science always likes to have an answer. ; )
Let's see what I remember~ eldest sibling, strong maternal instinct, perfectionist, critical, a gambler.

217 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:25:35pm

re: #212 Charles

Another wingnut in whose head I apparently live, good old pally Tim Blair, had another search through LGF archives, to find posts related to sharia law - then he posted them as evidence of, you know, something. I checked out his links and yep, he's right -- I did post about sharia law a few times. Mostly links to articles about, you know, sharia law.

He's ranting that I need to explain and apologize for all these posts before I can criticize the idiots who want laws preventing sharia in America.

But oddly enough, I don't see a post where I claimed sharia law was about to take over America and we needed special legislation to stop it.

And I never wrote that kind of crap because we already have a law to prevent sharia, called the US Constitution.

Try harder, Tim, you ignorant Murdoch slut.

The idea of legislating against sharia law is laughable.

Jihadi 1: Oh no, our plans are foiled. We can no longer forcibly impose our fundamentalist system upon the infidels!

Jihadi 2: Why not?

Jihadi 1: Their law forbids it.

*wailing and gnashing of teeth ensues*

218 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:29:39pm

re: #12 JasonA

"Chicago Politics."

O'Donnell would fit in just fine among Chicago's corrupt pols. Lots of them have been fairly stupid, too.

(Note: I am not, repeat not talking about Barack Obama, since he is neither stupid nor corrupt.)

219 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:32:01pm

re: #13 marjoriemoon

Bloody altar, Satan... how many Wiccans are actually considering a vote for O'Donnell prior to her witchy comments? I mean, there are conservative Wiccans, but I think you'd be hard pressed to find any far right ones.

Let's just say that any upset Libertarian Wiccan planning a Tea Party vote, or just constitutionally unable to vote for a Democrat, is probably reconsidering.

220 Ojoe  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:32:29pm

re: #213 negativ

Bookmarked that link.

ROFLMAO

221 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:33:03pm

re: #23 DaddyG

"For instance, O'Donnell said in her 1999 remarks that she went on a date at a Satanic altar as part of her experience with witchcraft."

No wonder Wiccans are upset. Satanic alters is Sunday school scare tactic stuff. Outside of a few really creepy nerds in High School I never knew anyone who really worshiped Satan. Either she's making this up for drama or she hung out with a really creepy crowd.

That's about it. Either she's lying, or she had TERRIBLE taste in high school friends.

222 Ojoe  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:33:23pm

Towercam is on the fritz.

223 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:33:56pm

re: #222 Ojoe

Towercam is on the fritz.

You'll just have to draw us a picture instead!

224 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:34:50pm

re: #221 SanFranciscoZionist

That's about it. Either she's lying, or she had TERRIBLE taste in high school friends.

I'd say both. She's a liar who hangs out with a bad crowd.

225 Ojoe  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:35:44pm

re: #223 sattv4u2

Towercam groovy archives.

226 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:37:57pm

re: #34 CuriousLurker

Huh? Why were people having a day of prayer for the man if he has specifically stated that he doesn't want prayers?

Because there's nothing quite as passive-aggressive as publically praying for someone who doesn't want you to pray for him.

227 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:42:05pm

re: #225 Ojoe

Towercam groovy archives.

You DREW those ,,,, just for ME!?!?!?!?

//

228 wrenchwench  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:42:30pm

re: #225 Ojoe

Towercam groovy archives.

Geez, no wonder it's on the fritz.

229 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:42:46pm

re: #227 sattv4u2

You DREW those ,,, just for ME!?!?!?!?

//

That is true love.

230 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:43:36pm

re: #113 Varek Raith

Consider my strength yours.

Have some of mine. I hate open caskets. Hang in there.

231 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:43:58pm

re: #228 wrenchwench

Geez, no wonder it's on the fritz.

I always wondered what Ojoe REALLY looked like ,, thanks !!
./

232 Ojoe  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:44:23pm

Ah, BBL...

Too much fun here, but have to take some drawings to the engineer.

233 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:44:38pm

re: #125 BigPapa

Though my wife would never go for it I'd like a Hunter Thompson shot: soak my bone crumbs in black powder and shoot me in a big ass shell.

I can't remember who, but some playwright requested that he be cremated, and his ashes thrown in the face of the NYT drama critic.

234 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:46:28pm

re: #233 SanFranciscoZionist

I can't remember who, but some playwright requested that he be cremated, and his ashes thrown in the face of the NYT drama critic.

That sounds like just desserts for Frank Rich, the infamous "Butcher of Broadway".

235 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:46:29pm

re: #233 SanFranciscoZionist

I can't remember who, but some playwright requested that he be cremated, and his ashes thrown in the face of the NYT drama critic.

Now there's an idea

Just for fun, I think I'll request having MY ashes thrown in the face of a drama QUEEN!!

236 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:48:15pm

OT

Michelinas frozen Chicken Fried Rice

Blech!

237 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:51:49pm

Here's an article that looks worth reading. Tevi D. Troy understands the GOP has a demographic problem and talks about how it might be cured:

A Twenty-First-Century GOP

238 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:52:41pm

re: #225 Ojoe

Towercam groovy archives.

Check this out - photo from the cam of the 'Curve Fire' in 2002.

According to the U.S. Forest Service, this fire was started by "candles associated with a ritual involving the use of fire and animal sacrifices." It burned over 19,000 acres and more than 70 structures were lost. (Was Christine in LA in 2002?????)

[Link: www.astro.ucla.edu...]

239 prairiefire  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:54:37pm

re: #236 sattv4u2

OT

Michelinas frozen Chicken Fried Rice

Blech!

Thanks for the notice. My hubby likes the Stouffer's Chix, rice and vegetables.

240 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:56:13pm

re: #236 sattv4u2

OT

Michelinas frozen Chicken Fried Rice

Blech!

You're supposed to heat it up.

241 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:56:52pm

re: #239 prairiefire

Thanks for the notice. My hubby likes the Stouffer's Chix, rice and vegetables.

Michelinas tries to hide poor quality with garlic. Then they add garlic to the garlic.

It doesn't work.

242 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:57:17pm

re: #236 sattv4u2

OT

Michelinas frozen Chicken Fried Rice

Blech!

I'm on the Company dime right now till I get moved.. I stopped by this expensive restaurant on the way home to the Hotel..Winston and I are living high on the hog watching Football...Italian noodles and blackened Chicken and a huge Chief salad

243 jaunte  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:58:23pm

re: #236 sattv4u2

OT

Michelinas frozen Chicken Fried Rice

Blech!

Here's another food warning: stay away from the Kroger private label tilapia.
Tastes like pure dirtfish.

244 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:00:22pm

re: #243 jaunte

Here's another food warning: stay away from the Kroger private label tilapia.
Tastes like pure dirtfish.

Dirtfish. Is that a neologism?

245 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:00:24pm

Several blogs I don't like to mention by name are already salivating over the Fort Bliss shooting, preparing for the perp to be a Muslim.

This apropos of absolutely nothing, I just checked to see if they were doing it, and they are.

246 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:00:38pm

re: #243 jaunte

Here's another food warning: stay away from the Kroger private label tilapia.
Tastes like pure dirtfish.

That fish always tasted funny to me.. I never found the right shit to cover up the taste...ok 3 oz. of tarter sauce and a slice of lemon per bite...Nope..Still tastes funny
/

247 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:01:01pm

re: #239 prairiefire

Thanks for the notice. My hubby likes the Stouffer's Chix, rice and vegetables.

The Stouffers stuff is pretty good

Funny story,, YEARS ago a restaurant opened on the top floor of THE highest office tower in Boston . It was called Stouffers Top Of The Hub. (they also opened in many other cities, all on top floors of high rises,, all called "stouffers Top Of The,,,,,") Amazing views, but very expensive meals
For the most part, the meals weren't much different than their frozen entrees, just more quantity and dressed up prettier

248 jaunte  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:01:19pm

re: #244 b_sharp

Maybe so. I've experienced the 'earthy' taste from tilapia before, but never this strong before.

249 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:01:34pm

re: #245 SanFranciscoZionist

Several blogs I don't like to mention by name are already salivating over the Fort Bliss shooting, preparing for the perp to be a Muslim.

This apropos of absolutely nothing, I just checked to see if they were doing it, and they are.

Can't they find a more useful hobby?

250 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:02:14pm

re: #240 negativ

You're supposed to heat it up.

NOW you tell me (crunch ,, crunch crunch)

251 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:03:16pm

re: #249 b_sharp

Can't they find a more useful hobby?

Apparently not.

Also, apparently, there was another shooting at Fort Bliss last year. Sounds like a domestic. Everyone there has to be keyed up as hell. All the best to them.

252 prairiefire  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:03:47pm

re: #247 sattv4u2

The Stouffers stuff is pretty good

Funny story,, YEARS ago a restaurant opened on the top floor of THE highest office tower in Boston . It was called Stouffers Top Of The Hub. (they also opened in many other cities, all on top floors of high rises,, all called "stouffers Top Of The,,,") Amazing views, but very expensive meals
For the most part, the meals weren't much different than their frozen entrees, just more quantity and dressed up prettier

I worked for Stouffer's as a broker rep before they were bought by Nestle. They enjoyed having their own show case restaurants and spent a lot of money on development. Then they were gobbled up by Nestle!

253 Gus  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:03:54pm

Half way through listening to this.

Lady Gaga rallies for 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal in Maine

From what I heard thus far she did a fine job and presents a unique and compelling argument against DADT while at the same time respecting the concept of service and the fighting spirit.

254 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:06:09pm

re: #248 jaunte

Maybe so. I've experienced the 'earthy' taste from tilapia before, but never this strong before.

I don't have any idea how people can eat fish, or any other seafood for that matter. On one hand, you've got fish, mussels, clams: meat with the texture of pudding. On the other hand, you've got lobsters, crabs, and other crustaceans: the cockroaches of the sea.

255 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:08:51pm

re: #254 negativ

I don't have any idea how people can eat fish, or any other seafood for that matter. On one hand, you've got fish, mussels, clams: meat with the texture of pudding. On the other hand, you've got lobsters, crabs, and other crustaceans: the cockroaches of the sea.

If you find fish has the consistency/texture of pudding, you're over cooking it. Fish should be flaky.

256 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:10:14pm

re: #254 negativ

I don't have any idea how people can eat fish, or any other seafood for that matter. On one hand, you've got fish, mussels, clams: meat with the texture of pudding. On the other hand, you've got lobsters, crabs, and other crustaceans: the cockroaches of the sea.

I like Walleye and Salmon with Dill Sauce and brook trout with eggs in the morning other than that...Not much into seafood...I've only eaten Lobster once and thought it pretty much sucked but it was free...

257 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:12:13pm

re: #256 HoosierHoops

I like Walleye and Salmon with Dill Sauce and brook trout with eggs in the morning other than that...Not much into seafood...I've only eaten Lobster once and thought it pretty much sucked but it was free...

I love a correctly seasoned and not overdone red snapper.

258 Charles Johnson  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:13:14pm

By the way, our pal Rick "Rodan" Martinez tried to register again late last night, probably on a bender.

259 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:13:29pm

re: #257 b_sharp

I love a correctly seasoned and not overdone red snapper.

Who corrects it if it's not??

260 Max  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:15:18pm

Eurofascists Break the Back of Scandinavia Tolerance. The Swedish Democrats have won 20 seats in the Parliament.

261 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:15:29pm

re: #259 sattv4u2

Who corrects it if it's not??

I ain't gonna touch that.

262 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:15:34pm

re: #258 Charles

By the way, our pal Rick "Rodan" Martinez tried to register again late last night, probably on a bender.

Still going. Nothing outlasts the Hater Bunny. It keeps hating and hating and hating.

To quote a smarter Bunny: "What a maroon."

263 Obdicut  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:15:57pm

re: #260 Max D. Reinhardt

Ugly times everywhere.

264 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:16:16pm

re: #256 HoosierHoops

I like Walleye and Salmon with Dill Sauce and brook trout with eggs in the morning other than that...Not much into seafood...I've only eaten Lobster once and thought it pretty much sucked but it was free...

It's never good raw,,, that, and trying to avoid getting pinched takes some of the fun out of it!

BTW ,, who the hell was the 1st person to look at that thing and say "I bet thats delicious with drawn butter!"

265 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:18:25pm

re: #264 sattv4u2

It's never good raw,,, that, and trying to avoid getting pinched takes some of the fun out of it!

BTW ,, who the hell was the 1st person to look at that thing and say "I bet thats delicious with drawn butter!"

Eating spiders is one thing, but who thought of drinking goat milk?

266 Sheila Broflovski  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:18:32pm

I just checked my website stats...reporting is 2 weeks behind.

I got some hits from some utterly nauseating white supremacist forum. I would pwn them, except the hits are from 2 weeks ago, what fun is that?

They were linking to a whole bunch of pages on my site, not hotlinking graphics, so they must think there is some information there which "proves" something.

267 jaunte  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:18:36pm

re: #254 negativ

I don't have any idea how people can eat fish, or any other seafood for that matter. On one hand, you've got fish, mussels, clams: meat with the texture of pudding. On the other hand, you've got lobsters, crabs, and other crustaceans: the cockroaches of the sea.


I think the rule in prehistory was probably 'slowest protein gets eaten.'

268 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:19:07pm

Evening lizards!

269 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:19:45pm

re: #265 b_sharp

Eating spiders is one thing, but who thought of drinking goat milk?

Oog anf Grog sitting around the cave looking at a chicken. Oog says "you know, I think I'll eat the next thing that comes out of that birds ass"

And Brunch was created!

270 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:19:55pm

And what's the deal with Lobster and butter? Why not mix it up in a blender and serve it like a shake? Here drink this and I'll call 911 before the chest pains...
/
I hate 90% of all food..It is my curse in life..I don't like the tastes of most food and I have been the uber picky eater my whole life...
My first date with my future wife I couldn't find any thing to order on the menu..I ordered a plate of sauteed mushrooms and coffee..I have no idea why she ended up marrying me cause she knew there would never be a meatloaf night in our future..*wink*

271 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:20:33pm

re: #265 b_sharp

Eating spiders is one thing, but who thought of drinking goat milk?


In some cultures, thats called "foreplay"

272 engineer cat  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:20:35pm

atrios has just posted a link to an article about this charmer, a mr jim russell, who apparantly is the republican congression candidate in NY-18

It has been demonstrated that finches raised by foster parents of a different species of finch will later exhibit a lifelong sexual attraction toward the alien species. One wonders how a child's sexual imprinting mechanism is affected by forcible racial integration and near continual exposure to media stimuli promoting interracial contact. The most serious implication of human sexual imprinting for our genetic future is that it would establish the destructiveness of school integration, especially in the middle and high-school years. One can only wonder to what degree the advocates of school integration, such as former NAACP attorney Jack Greenberg, were conscious of this scientific concept. It also compounds the culpability of media moguls who deliberately popularize miscegenation in films directed toward adolescents and pre-adolescents. In the midst of this onslaught against our youth, parents need to be reminded that they have a natural obligation, as essential as providing food and shelter, to instill in their children an acceptance of appropriate ethnic boundaries for socialization and for marriage.

The sociobiological warfare that our youth is subjected to is likely to be even more diabolical since it appears to deliberately exploit a biological theory of sexual imprinting at the critical period of sexual maturity. Movies like this past year's spate of miscegenationist titles, Save the Last Dance, Crazy / Beautiful and O, a parody of Othello, appear deliberately designed to exploit the critical period of sexual imprinting in their target audiences of white pre-adolescent girls and adolescent young women.

...

There is now afoot a conscious effort to de-Europeanize and to re-Judaize Christianity, through scriptural revision, internal treachery and external pressure.

...

The importance of applying eugenic measures in the West becomes evident from Richard Lynn's recent work on Dysgenics and his just-released seminal work Eugenics: A Reassessment.

273 Fozzie Bear  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:21:54pm

re: #267 jaunte

I think the rule in prehistory was probably 'slowest protein gets eaten.'

Or the softest and squishiest. Slow and heavily armored is a decent strategy.

274 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:22:21pm

re: #265 b_sharp

Eating spiders is one thing, but who thought of drinking goat milk?

Goat's milk is wonderful..Clean and no after taste..Yes I hate milk too and only drink it with chocolate

275 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:23:57pm

re: #274 HoosierHoops

Goat's milk is wonderful..Clean and no after taste..Yes I hate milk too and only drink it with chocolate

How do you get the goat to eat chocolate?!?!
/

276 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:25:05pm

re: #274 HoosierHoops

Goat's milk is wonderful..Clean and no after taste..Yes I hate milk too and only drink it with chocolate

Chocolate fixes just about everything.

277 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:25:09pm

re: #274 HoosierHoops

re: #275 sattv4u2

How do you get the goat to eat chocolate?!?!
/

((better line))

How much chocolate do you have to make the goat eat before the milk comes out the way you like it?!?!?!

278 Fozzie Bear  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:25:42pm

An ice cold glass of 1-2% milk with fresh gooey chocolate chip cookies is a thing of godly splendor. Milk can be delicious, it just needs the proper context.

Wrong context:

Youtube Video
279 prairiefire  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:26:44pm

You know you are middle class when you get house paint for your birthday gift.

280 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:27:03pm

re: #276 b_sharp

Chocolate fixes just about everything.

Really?

I have an SUV with a flat tire! Where do I put the Hershey Bar!?!?

281 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:28:25pm

re: #272 engineer dog

In the midst of this onslaught against our youth, parents need to be reminded that they have a natural obligation, as essential as providing food and shelter, to instill in their children an acceptance of appropriate ethnic boundaries for socialization and for marriage.

What can one say? Oh, I know! May your daughter marry a black Dominican guy and live happily ever after! If his grandmother is Filipina, that will be even better.

282 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:28:32pm

re: #277 sattv4u2

re: #275 sattv4u2

((better line))

How much chocolate do you have to make the goat eat before the milk comes out the way you like it?!?!?!

I don't like ice cream much..But I think Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia is the greatest ice cream of all time...

283 SanFranciscoZionist  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:28:49pm

re: #275 sattv4u2

How do you get the goat to eat chocolate?!?!
/

Goats will eat anything, just about.

284 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:28:56pm

re: #267 jaunte

I think the rule in prehistory was probably 'slowest protein gets eaten.'

Probably also why most of the most toxic critters around are found in the sea.

285 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:29:18pm

re: #280 sattv4u2

Really?

I have an SUV with a flat tire! Where do I put the Hershey Bar!?!?

No, no. You eat the bar and you no longer care that your tire is flat.

286 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:30:46pm

re: #285 b_sharp

No, no. You eat the bar and you no longer care that your tire is flat.

Great

Now I'm 30 miles from home WITH a flat tire AND Acne!

287 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:31:12pm

re: #265 b_sharp

Eating spiders is one thing, but who thought of drinking goat milk?

It's better to eat it...

Feta (Greek: φέτα) is a brined curd cheese traditionally made in Greece. Since 2002, feta has been a protected designation of origin product. According to the relevant EU legislation, only those cheeses produced in a traditional way in some areas of Greece (mainland and the island of Lesvos), and made from sheep's milk, or from a mixture of sheep's and goats’ milk (up to 30%) of the same area, may bear the name "feta".[1]

However, similar white brined cheeses (often called 'white cheese' in various languages) are found in the eastern Mediterranean and around the Black Sea. Similar white cheeses produced outside the EU are often made partly or wholly of cow's milk, and they are sometimes called 'feta'.

Feta is an aged crumbly cheese, commonly produced in blocks, and has a slightly grainy texture. It is used as a table cheese, as well as in salads (e.g the Greek salad), pastries and in baking, notably in the popular phyllo-based dishes spanakopita ("spinach pie") and tyropita ("cheese pie") and combined with olive oil and vegetables. It can also be served cooked or grilled, as part of a sandwich or as a salty alternative to other cheeses in a variety of dishes.

288 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:31:19pm

re: #282 HoosierHoops

I don't like ice cream much..But I think Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia is the greatest ice cream of all time...

We don't have a Ben and Jerrys here.

289 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:32:06pm

re: #286 sattv4u2

Great

Now I'm 30 miles from home WITH a flat tire AND Acne!

But your taste buds are having a party.

290 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:33:22pm

re: #288 b_sharp

We don't have a Ben and Jerrys here.

WHAT!
Finally a reason to create a hostage situation in your town..
/

291 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:33:51pm

re: #288 b_sharp

We don't have a Ben and Jerrys here.

They sell it in all the grocery stores now (have for years as a matter of fact0

292 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:35:32pm

re: #288 b_sharp

We don't have a Ben and Jerrys here.

Every grocery store sells it. It's a little bit of heaven some nights.

293 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:36:52pm

re: #272 engineer dog

atrios has just posted a link to an article about this charmer, a mr jim russell, who apparantly is the republican congression candidate in NY-18

It has been demonstrated that finches raised by foster parents of a different species of finch will later exhibit a lifelong sexual attraction toward the alien species. One wonders how a child's sexual imprinting mechanism is affected by forcible racial integration and near continual exposure to media stimuli promoting interracial contact. The most serious implication of human sexual imprinting for our genetic future is that it would establish the destructiveness of school integration, especially in the middle and high-school years. One can only wonder to what degree the advocates of school integration, such as former NAACP attorney Jack Greenberg, were conscious of this scientific concept. It also compounds the culpability of media moguls who deliberately popularize miscegenation in films directed toward adolescents and pre-adolescents. In the midst of this onslaught against our youth, parents need to be reminded that they have a natural obligation, as essential as providing food and shelter, to instill in their children an acceptance of appropriate ethnic boundaries for socialization and for marriage.

The sociobiological warfare that our youth is subjected to is likely to be even more diabolical since it appears to deliberately exploit a biological theory of sexual imprinting at the critical period of sexual maturity. Movies like this past year's spate of miscegenationist titles, Save the Last Dance, Crazy / Beautiful and O, a parody of Othello, appear deliberately designed to exploit the critical period of sexual imprinting in their target audiences of white pre-adolescent girls and adolescent young women.

...

There is now afoot a conscious effort to de-Europeanize and to re-Judaize Christianity, through scriptural revision, internal treachery and external pressure.

...

The importance of applying eugenic measures in the West becomes evident from Richard Lynn's recent work on Dysgenics and his just-released seminal work Eugenics: A Reassessment.

I'm sure that sounds better in the original German.

294 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:41:31pm

re: #291 sattv4u2

They sell it in all the grocery stores now (have for years as a matter of fact0

You have to remember that I live in the central Canuck prairie. We're 5 years behind everywhere else.

295 Dark_Falcon  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:42:56pm

re: #294 b_sharp

You have to remember that I live in the central Canuck prairie. We're 5 years behind everywhere else.

Heck, we've had Ben & Jerry's in the grocery in Chicago for over 10 years. You should be able to find it.

296 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:43:19pm

re: #294 b_sharp

You have to remember that I live in the central Canuck prairie. We're 5 years behind everywhere else.

Happy 2005!

297 Digital Display  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:47:28pm

re: #294 b_sharp

You have to remember that I live in the central Canuck prairie. We're 5 years behind everywhere else.

I love Canada...I could live there easy if given the chance..But alas..Not going to happen

298 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:51:28pm

re: #297 HoosierHoops

I love Canada...I could live there easy if given the chance..But alas..Not going to happen

I'll sign a petition to have you deported!
/

299 sattv4u2  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:51:44pm

And on that note, the long quiet ride home beckons

300 b_sharp  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 6:51:59pm

re: #297 HoosierHoops

I love Canada...I could live there easy if given the chance..But alas..Not going to happen

Come on up for a visit.


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