Thank you for an amazing picture, Charles. May the clouds bring rain to keep the pollen away.

Iphones take good pictures of clouds, apparently.

Is there any filter or anything you need to use when shooting them?

I don’t have a digital camera; I assume that polarization problem is just for analog cameras.

Ocotillo is an amazing and beautiful plant.

re: #2 Obdicut

Iphones take good pictures of clouds, apparently.

Is there any filter or anything you need to use when shooting them?

I don’t have a digital camera; I assume that polarization problem is just for analog cameras.

I think polarizing filters would be just as desirable and effective for digital cameras as for analog (film) media.

Speaking of rain, I’d love to have a thunderstorm or two soon. They’re not fun to be out in, but I love to watch the lightning flash, listen to the thunder, and watch the rain come down.

Is that the Viagra plant?

Pretty.

Beautiful!

Click to enlarge embiggen

re: #7 SanFranciscoZionist

Pretty.

Achoo!

re: #10 Gus 802

Achoo!

A Jew? Here?!

/

That sky looks like a Constable painting.

Chemtrails.

Since celticdragon is here tonight, allow me to unveil his D&D/LGF crossover character:

Celtic Dragon
Level 20 Elite Solo Paladin

Description: A Gargantuan winged dragon, Celtic Dragon’s scales form a blue and green Tartan pattern. A row of gold scales runs down her back, and her wings are a emerald green.

Armor: Dragon Scales, reduce all damage by 20% (min 1). Immune to all DERP-based attacks.

Hit Points: 450

Attacks:

Fire Breath (at-will): +1 to-hit, 4 hex range, 5D6 damage. Targets hit are set on fire (save with +2 difficulty mod ends).

Claws (at will): 2D6 damage, Melee only. Target must be in one of the three hexes in front of CD.

Tail Lash (at-will): +1 to hit. 2D6 damage and target is knocked down. Target must be in hex behind CD.

Grab and drop (twice per battle): CD grabs the target while in flight, and drops the target to the ground next turn. Target takes standard falling damage if dropped (no save possible). Target may try to break grapple, if save roll to break grapple succeeds target may use magic or potions to break its fall.

Automatic Action:

Roar of Doom (Celtic Dragon is bloodied: All targets with in 2 hexs of CD are automatically stunned (save ends).

Magic:

Draconian GAZE (every three turns): Useable against any non-sane character. It causes the nut act in a sane manner while CD is close. After the crazy leaves CD’s company, the spell wears off in 1D6 hours.

DM Notes: Celtic Dragon is not intended to be part of a normal party. She is intended to be a end-of-quest boss for Wingnuttian parties to face. That they’ll likely EPIC FAIL in the task is part of the fun. >:D

Quite Striking.

re: #14 Dark_Falcon

Since celticdragon is here tonight, allow me to unveil his D&D/LGF crossover character:

Celtic Dragon
Level 20 Elite Solo Paladin

Description: A Gargantuan winged dragon, Celtic Dragon’s scales form a blue and green Tartan pattern. A row of gold scales runs down her back, and her wings are a emerald green.

Armor: Dragon Scales, reduce all damage by 20% (min 1). Immune to all DERP-based attacks.

Hit Points: 450

Attacks:

Fire Breath (at-will): +1 to-hit, 4 hex range, 5D6 damage. Targets hit are set on fire (save with +2 difficulty mod ends).

Claws (at will): 2D6 damage, Melee only. Target must be in one of the three hexes in front of CD.

Tail Lash (at-will): +1 to hit. 2D6 damage and target is knocked down. Target must be in hex behind CD.

Grab and drop (twice per battle): CD grabs the target while in flight, and drops the target to the ground next turn. Target takes standard falling damage if dropped (no save possible). Target may try to break grapple, if save roll to break grapple succeeds target may use magic or potions to break its fall.

Automatic Action:

Roar of Doom (Celtic Dragon is bloodied: All targets with in 2 hexs of CD are automatically stunned (save ends).

Magic:

Draconian GAZE (every three turns): Useable against any non-sane character. It causes the nut act in a sane manner while CD is close. After the crazy leaves CD’s company, the spell wears off in 1D6 hours.

DM Notes: Celtic Dragon is not intended to be part of a normal party. She is intended to be a end-of-quest boss for Wingnuttian parties to face. That they’ll likely EPIC FAIL in the task is part of the fun. >:D

Nice job Dark.

By the way not to hound you from the last thread but here’s a bit more info on how this started out on a 30 Billion dollar cuts…

[Link: www.nytimes.com…]

So yeah… Republicans came out with a plan for $32 billion dollars in cuts… Democrats eventually agree to $33 billion….

And Republicans are the ones who have compromised too much?

Love Aloe Flowers! Thanks for the pictures.
Aloe Vera is also good to cut open the thick, fleshy leaves & smear the green goo on a sunburn, or infection. Healing properties in the insides of the leaf!

Heh. Stewart’s doing a sendoff for Beck.

re: #11 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

A Jew? Here?!

/

We had these silly sayings when I was a kid. Whenever we’d visit my cousins, we’d come through the door and my aunt would say, “Jeet jet?” And we’d always answer, “No, jew?” And we’d laugh and laugh.

Later in the evening, my uncle would break into a rousing chorus of “The Five Constipated Men of the Bible.” Ah good times. (I can’t believe I found that song.)

Which has nothing to do with flowers.

re: #17 Floral Giraffe

Love Aloe Flowers! Thanks for the pictures.
Aloe Vera is also good to cut open the thick, fleshy leaves & smear the green goo on a sunburn, or infection. Healing properties in the insides of the leaf!

My grandma used to insist on driving out to Mission San Gabriel and harvesting leaves from their aloe plants. She figured they were holier than aloe plants you grew at home, and should work better.

She was also a great believer in the curative properties of baking soda—my grandpa used to say she’d put it in your eye if you let her—but I think she just bought that in the orange Arm and Hammer box.

Oh how good it feels to be a Baltimore Orioles fan right now. 5-1.

re: #21 HappyWarrior

Oh how good it feels to be a Baltimore Orioles fan right now. 5-1.

It sucks to be a Red Sox fan. 0-6.

Heh.

re: #22 NJDhockeyfan

It sucks to be a Red Sox fan. 0-6.

Heh.

DickieV Dick Vitale

WOW - Can this be true Red Sox & Rays r 0-12 ? Yankee fans r laughing!

re: #22 NJDhockeyfan

It sucks to be a Red Sox fan. 0-6.

Heh.

You know who else sucks?
The Yankees.

/Yes, I went there.

re: #22 NJDhockeyfan

It sucks to be a Red Sox fan. 0-6.

Heh.

Yeah, one of my friends is from Quincy. So happy that baseball season has started up and looking good. Each game played means one more day closer to the summer time.

re: #2 Obdicut

Iphones take good pictures of clouds, apparently.
Is there any filter or anything you need to use when shooting them?
I don’t have a digital camera; I assume that polarization problem is just for analog cameras.

What a nice shot! Looks like it could have been shot today in fact.

Polarization is about controlling reflected light, digital cameras often enhance the contrast which has a similar effect. But polarization filters have been a staple of the average SLR camera kit since long ago. In my studio I polarize the lights and the filters for particularly precise control of reflections on jewelry and stones.

re: #24 Varek Raith

You know who else sucks?
The Yankees.

/Yes, I went there.

Baseball sucks…. yes I went there

re: #27 Mr Pancakes

Baseball sucks… yes I went there

You suck..yes I went there :D
I’m kidding obviously, you’re entitled your opinion no matter how wrong it is :).

Note on CD’s Character: Since I’ve been using a Dungeons & Dragons theme, I felt I needed a dragon character at some point. However, a proper dragon is too powerful and too big to make a proper member of most adventure parties. So I kept Celtic Dragon as a good guy, but made him a “Big Good” foe to the Realms of Wingnuttia and Moonbattis. Imagine him terrorizing those places by using his fire breath to torch their Troll Colonies.

Okay, going to bed now. Got a long day tomorrow.

Our pollen level is 10.5 on a scale of 12.

re: #28 HappyWarrior

You suck..yes I went there :D
I’m kidding obviously, you’re entitled your opinion no matter how wrong it is :).

Haha…….. there are 2 seasons…… football season and the off season….. which means there will be only an off season this year apparently.

re: #28 HappyWarrior

You suck..yes I went there :D
I’m kidding obviously, you’re entitled your opinion no matter how wrong it is :).

Actually I’m on Mr. Pancakes side… baseball is a fucked up game that is about as exciting to watch as grass growing.

re: #30 HappyWarrior

Sleep tight, and well.
Fight hard, tomorrow!

re: #31 Decatur Deb

Our pollen level is 10.5 on a scale of 12.

Scale of 12? Are there a lot of polydactyly people where you grew up?

(By the way just for reference, polydactyly cats like the one at the Hemingway house, are cute and adorable… polydactyly humans on the other hand are guaranteed to give you the heebie jeebies…

re: #33 Walter L. Newton

Actually I’m on Mr. Pancakes side… baseball is a fucked up game that is about as exciting to watch as grass growing.

BULLDOZE WRIGLEY!

re: #31 Decatur Deb

Our pollen level is 10.5 on a scale of 12.

Pine! Blowing, visually in the wind.
SNIFF< SNIFF.

re: #35 jamesfirecat

New format on Weather Underground, at least in the SE.

re: #36 Mr Pancakes

BULLDOZE WRIGLEY!

Auto-downding. As a native of chicago’s north side, any threat to Wrigley Field triggers an automatic downding from me.

Wait, Jon is saying that Obama is really Quetzlecotal? Yeah right! Everyone knows that he’s really Tzeentch, HOPE AND CHANGE HOPE AND CHANGE PEOPLE ITS NOT HARD TO SPOT PEOPLE!

May I bring to this thread 2 of the riders in the GOP budget bill:

Prohibits transferring detainees from Guantanamo Bay.
Prohibits constructing facilities to house detainees in Guantanamo Bay.

Yeah, this thing is legit.

re: #41 Stanley Sea

May I bring to this thread 2 of the riders in the GOP budget bill:

Prohibits transferring detainees from Guantanamo Bay.
Prohibits constructing facilities to house detainees in Guantanamo Bay.

Yeah, this thing is legit.

Wait…
What.

re: #37 Floral Giraffe

This Sunday may be just gorgeous at our Poppy reserve near Lancaster. The storm is Saturday and clears out just in time, but may offer a dramatic sky to go with the flowers…Hear anything about Anzo this season?

re: #39 Dark_Falcon

Auto-downding. As a native of chicago’s north side, any threat to Wrigley Field triggers an automatic downding from me.

I have been privileged to see 3 games there…Awesome field

re: #39 Dark_Falcon

Auto-downding. As a native of chicago’s north side, any threat to Wrigley Field triggers an automatic downding from me.

You need to relax a bit…….. I have karma to burn.

re: #35 jamesfirecat

Scale of 12? Are there a lot of polydactyly people where you grew up?

(By the way just for reference, polydactyly cats like the one at the Hemingway house, are cute and adorable… polydactyly humans on the other hand are guaranteed to give you the heebie jeebies…

lol I still wish we didn’t evolve out of our tails, but that may be that I have entirely too many pets. I have serious tail envy.

re: #45 Mr Pancakes

You need to relax a bit… I have karma to burn.

No shit… a down ding because of some humorous sarcasm.

re: #42 Varek Raith

From here. It’s a list of riders currently attached to the house budget bill. In addition to the standard kill PP, EPA, net neutrality and Obama care stuff, there are some real weird bits on the list.

re: #42 Varek Raith

Wait…
What.

Sec. 1113
Sec. 1114

Even better? They are fucking consecutive.

You haven’t REALLY done anything very hard, until you have managed a loved ones end of life care. There are no right answers. Only knowing, that you did the best that you could, and with love.

re: #45 Mr Pancakes

You need to relax a bit… I have karma to burn.

I knew you were kidding. So I updinged this comment and I’ll upding the next one.

re: #49 Stanley Sea

Sec. 1113
Sec. 1114

Even better? They are fucking consecutive.

Damn it Carol I thought I told you to put the “New United Way Charity Drive” notice between those two!

Colosseum Season in Jeopardy as Romans Lock out Gladiators, Christians and Lions

Dateline 128 A.D.

The Colosseum is in danger of losing its next season as Colosseum owners locked out gladiators, Christians and lions. In return, the Gladiators, Christians and Lions Players Association (GCLPA) voted to de-certify.

At issue: How to divide the millions in Roman coins made by the National Gladiators Christians and Lions League (NGCLL) every year.

The Commissioner of the NGCLL, Rogerius Goodellius released a papyrus document that said, “This is a sad day for all fans of the League. We have negotiated in good faith with the GCLPA. Our offer was fair. The players ask for too much. Would you like to see what’s under my toga?”

re: #53 NJDhockeyfan

Colosseum Season in Jeopardy as Romans Lock out Gladiators, Christians and Lions

Dateline 128 A.D.

LOL

Oh, what a beautiful photo!

re: #51 Dark_Falcon

I knew you were kidding. So I updinged this comment and I’ll upding the next one.

I grew up watching the SF Giants.. Years of going to the games and living or dying on a Saturday afternoon..
Ironic that they finally won the World Championship after I moved to Oklahoma.. Nobody in the Hotel Bar had any idea how excited I was to see my Giants win.. I never thought in my life that moment would come

re: #52 jamesfirecat

LOL!
I got in SO much trouble over the “voluntary” United Way Drive, at my former work.
It’s voluntary & I chose not to give!
“But we’re looking for 100% participation”.
Well, you’re not going to get it.
“But we need it!
But. it’s SUPPOSED to be voluntary!
LOL!

Contrarian genes, have I!

re: #40 jamesfirecat

Wait, Jon is saying that Obama is really Quetzlecotal? Yeah right! Everyone knows that he’s really Tzeentch, HOPE AND CHANGE HOPE AND CHANGE PEOPLE ITS NOT HARD TO SPOT PEOPLE!

Isn’t Quetzalcoatl supposed to be white? I mean, specifically?

re: #56 HoosierHoops

Sad, that 2 Dodgers fans beat the daylights out of a Giants fan.
Doesn’t sound like he’s doing well.
*Hi You*

re: #58 SanFranciscoZionist

Well, I know he’s supposed to wear feathers, does that count?

re: #50 Floral Giraffe

You haven’t REALLY done anything very hard, until you have managed a loved ones end of life care. There are no right answers. Only knowing, that you did the best that you could, and with love.

Spent HOURS today, helping a dear friend, try to make sense out of managing one of her parents end of life care. She’s doing her best, but her other parent is fighting her tooth & nail. And she is the legal guardian for the other parent. And, it’s her first time doing this. She is so torn into pieces, she’s ready to break. I’m glad to be able to be a sounding board. That’s hard too.

We have another miserable cold and rainy spring here. 10-15 degrees below normal, constant rain. We may not have a summer again this year. It’s april and I’m still wearing long johns and a wool hat. I’m taking solice in lamb, sweetpotatoes and collard greens.

re: #51 Dark_Falcon

I knew you were kidding. So I updinged this comment and I’ll upding the next one.

Ok thanks Dark here it is.

Trump/Palin 2012!

re: #62 Killgore Trout

We have another miserable cold and rainy spring here. 10-15 degrees below normal, constant rain. We may not have a summer again this year. It’s april and I’m still wearing long johns and a wool hat. I’m taking solice in lamb, sweetpotatoes and collard greens.

It’s spring in Oklahoma…80’s and 90’s
Move south young man!
*wink*

re: #61 Floral Giraffe

Oh no that parental conflict could be a heart breaker… Best to your friend.

re: #64 HoosierHoops

It’s spring in Oklahoma…80’s and 90’s
Move south young man!
*wink*

I had plans on moving but the housing market and economy have me a bit spooked.I’m going to have to stay put for a while.

re: #63 Mr Pancakes

Ok thanks Dark here it is.

Trump/Palin 2012!

File that under “LOL”, and consider it updinged.

re: #63 Mr Pancakes

Ok thanks Dark here it is.

Trump/Palin 2012!

Trump/Palin 2012: Pray The Mayans Were Right!

re: #62 Killgore Trout

But, it’s good frog weather!
RIBBIT!

re: #64 HoosierHoops

Hmmm, but you have those tornado thingys!

re: #61 Floral Giraffe

Spent HOURS today, helping a dear friend, try to make sense out of managing one of her parents end of life care. She’s doing her best, but her other parent is fighting her tooth & nail. And she is the legal guardian for the other parent. And, it’s her first time doing this. She is so torn into pieces, she’s ready to break. I’m glad to be able to be a sounding board. That’s hard too.

You are a good friend Floral, and that is a wonderful thing to have when one has to go through something like this.

re: #68 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Trump/Palin 2012: Pray The Mayans Were Right!

LOL. For real.

But I’m wondering, might it be Obama/Clinton this time around? Let Biden spend more time with his family.

Obama/Clinton would be unstoppable.

re: #72 Rightwingconspirator

LOL. For real.

But I’m wondering, might it be Obama/Clinton this time around? Let Biden spend more time with his family.

Obama/Clinton would be unstoppable.

Obama/Clinton 2012: More Balls Than The Entire GOP!

re: #72 Rightwingconspirator

And in 2016 Hilary would have a boost like Bush41 had from Ronnie.

re: #72 Rightwingconspirator

LOL. For real.

But I’m wondering, might it be Obama/Clinton this time around? Let Biden spend more time with his family.

Obama/Clinton would be unstoppable.

oooh!

Just got home after seeing Penn & Teller on stage. It was less of a magic show and more a look back at their career together. Pretty cool stuff.

Listening to Teller speak was surreal, but cool. The guy is witty as hell and tells great stories.

re: #69 Floral Giraffe

But, it’s good frog weather!
RIBBIT!

It’s still too cold for the frogs. I’ve found a few of them about on my weeding rounds but they’re still more or less dormant. No signs of breeding yet.

re: #70 Floral Giraffe

Hmmm, but you have those tornado thingys!

Not yet..But they are coming!
in another month Winston and I will be in the bathtub with a mattress pulled over us..
Winston..your name is now Toto.. LOL

re: #77 Killgore Trout

Butt, you had a frog’s patootie picture this week?
You must have some around.
They’ll get, UH, Hopping once it warms up!
Tadpoles on the horizon!

re: #62 Killgore Trout

We have another miserable cold and rainy spring here. 10-15 degrees below normal, constant rain. We may not have a summer again this year. It’s april and I’m still wearing long johns and a wool hat. I’m taking solice in lamb, sweetpotatoes and collard greens.

That’s fucking depressing….. I hope you have some mint jelly, and bacon grease on hand.

Posted this earlier, but its more open thready

The Actual Live-Action Akira Script: Worse Than You Think

Every once in a while we’ll kick off a movie parody by saying “so we got a hold of the script” and then we make up a bunch of stupid crap, because we’re giant man-children. But this time it’s for real: Some poor, confused soul saw my column last week, about the ill-advised Akira live-action remake, and they sent me the actual, real script for the film. Again, and in no uncertain terms: I did not write the following script excerpts. They are not parody or fiction.

I have every reason to believe this script is authentic, but I do not have confirmation from the studios. If it is real, this script is the thing that pulled the movie out of Development Hell, where it had been sitting for decades. This is the script that finally got Hollywood to stand up and take notice. This is the script that made studio executives bolt out%

IAF bombs smuggling tunnels after Hamas announces cease-fire

The Israel Air Force struck three smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip late Thursday night after Hamas announced an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip in an effort to reign in growing escalations.

I hope those tunnels were packed full of terrorists. Great job IDF!

re: #78 HoosierHoops

LOL!
Earthquakes, are some how better.
You don’t know it’s coming, and it’s over in a minute.
Give Winston a treat from me!

Finally… my passport renewable came in the mail today, took long enough… ok, so now the government can shut down… I got my passport and enough dog food to last me for 3 months… I won’t starve.

(yes, I’m one of those senior citizens who will have to eat dog food if the GOP budget passes)

re: #81 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Posted this earlier, but its more open thready

The Actual Live-Action Akira Script: Worse Than You Think

…somebody get me a bucket, I’m gonna hurl.

re: #81 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

They’re all a bunch of idea stealing thieves.
Don’t KNOW if this was stolen, but the courts will determine the facts, as best they can. Hollywood is a total snake pit.

re: #84 Walter L. Newton

Finally… my passport renewable came in the mail today, took long enough… ok, so now the government can shut down… I got my passport and enough dog food to last me for 3 months… I won’t starve.

(yes, I’m one of those senior citizens who will have to eat dog food if the GOP budget passes)

“In one of the bills before us, 6 million seniors are deprived of meals — homebound seniors are deprived of meals. People ask us to find our common ground, the middle ground. Is middle ground 3 million seniors not receiving meals? I don’t think so. We’ve got to take this conversation from a debate about numbers and dollar figures and finding middle ground there to the higher ground of national values. I don’t think the American people want any one of those 6 million people to lose their meals or the children who are being thrown off of Head Start and the rest of it.”

— House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), April 4, 2011

re: #85 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

…somebody get me a bucket, I’m gonna hurl.

If this is accurate, this will be a bigger ball of shit than the last 2 Matrix movies.

re: #84 Walter L. Newton

Finally… my passport renewable came in the mail today, took long enough… ok, so now the government can shut down… I got my passport and enough dog food to last me for 3 months… I won’t starve.

(yes, I’m one of those senior citizens who will have to eat dog food if the GOP budget passes)

I was looking into “Gourmet Feasts” but they were too pricey for me….. it’s back to “Kibbles and Bits”.

re: #89 Mr Pancakes

I was looking into “Gourmet Feasts” but they were too pricey for me… it’s back to “Kibbles and Bits”.

I just got a big old box from DineWise that my brother sent me for my b-day (belated). My freezer is stuffed.

re: #86 Floral Giraffe

They’re all a bunch of idea stealing thieves.
Don’t KNOW if this was stolen, but the courts will determine the facts, as best they can. Hollywood is a total snake pit.

It’s Hollywood doing what it does best: Taking a generic story and slapping a major name on it, then pimping it as an “adaptation” or “based upon.”

re: #57 Floral Giraffe

LOL!
I got in SO much trouble over the “voluntary” United Way Drive, at my former work.
It’s voluntary & I chose not to give!
“But we’re looking for 100% participation”.
Well, you’re not going to get it.
“But we need it!
But. it’s SUPPOSED to be voluntary!
LOL!

Contrarian genes, have I!

I may have missed turning in the form once or twice, a few decades back. I may have been distracted by finding 2 doses of LSD at about page 20 of my copy of the company annual report, which someone had placed under the sofa cushions in my apartment. Blue Dot, it was called, iirc.

re: #87 NJDhockeyfan

“In one of the bills before us, 6 million seniors are deprived of meals — homebound seniors are deprived of meals. People ask us to find our common ground, the middle ground. Is middle ground 3 million seniors not receiving meals? I don’t think so. We’ve got to take this conversation from a debate about numbers and dollar figures and finding middle ground there to the higher ground of national values. I don’t think the American people want any one of those 6 million people to lose their meals or the children who are being thrown off of Head Start and the rest of it.”

— House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), April 4, 2011

That’s what I was referencing… that’s really sick… how can the GOP try to cut funding to something as simple and needed as meals for senior citizens… that’s cold bullshit.

For once I agree with Pelosi.

re: #93 Walter L. Newton

That’s what I was referencing… that’s really sick… how can the GOP try to cut funding to something as simple and needed as meals for senior citizens… that’s cold bullshit.

For once I agree with Pelosi.

God’s Plan is for old people to miss a few meals.
/

re: #90 Gus 802

I just got a big old box from DineWise that my brother sent me for my b-day (belated). My freezer is stuffed.

Gourmet Feasts was cat food in a small can … woops sorry it was “Fancy Feasts.

re: #95 Mr Pancakes

Gourmet Feasts was cat food in a small can … woops sorry it was “Fancy Feasts.

Oh. That gourmet feast. Mmm, mmm. Nothing like an evening of wine and cat food.

re: #96 Gus 802

Oh. That gourmet feast. Mmm, mmm. Nothing like an evening of wine and cat food.

You can afford wine? Damned elitist…

///

re: #96 Gus 802

Oh. That gourmet feast. Mmm, mmm. Nothing like an evening of wine and cat food.

If all you can afford to eat is cat food, then I see no reason for you to be wasting additional cash on something as unhealthy as wine, or any other alcoholic beverages. In that case, there is no excuse for not eating right if you are going to buy booze.

re: #93 Walter L. Newton

That’s what I was referencing… that’s really sick… how can the GOP try to cut funding to something as simple and needed as meals for senior citizens… that’s cold bullshit.

For once I agree with Pelosi.

Wait, what? They’re cutting the Meals on Wheels program? Really?

Callous assholes.

re: #93 Walter L. Newton

That’s what I was referencing… that’s really sick… how can the GOP try to cut funding to something as simple and needed as meals for senior citizens… that’s cold bullshit.

For once I agree with Pelosi.

Don’t believe everything you hear from a politician. Chances are they are probably lying. Washington Post did some fact checking on that quote and found out she was full of shit.

Nancy Pelosi’s absurd math on senior citizens losing their meals

re: #97 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

You can afford wine? Damned elitist…

///

White wine goes best with cat food. Unless of course you’re going for a cat food beef stew. Then I would suggest a red.

re: #90 Gus 802

I just got a big old box from DineWise that my brother sent me for my b-day (belated). My freezer is stuffed.

That’s cool…….. Schwans has been doing that for years. They had a major outbreak of salmonella back in the 90’s.

re: #101 Gus 802

White wine goes best with cat food. Unless of course you’re going for a cat food beef stew. Then I would suggest a red.

But what kind of wine goes with cat?

// // //

re: #79 Floral Giraffe

Butt, you had a frog’s patootie picture this week?
You must have some around.
They’ll get, UH, Hopping once it warms up!
Tadpoles on the horizon!

[Video]

Frogs will prevail…
Image: 10908.jpg

re: #102 Mr Pancakes

That’s cool… Schwans has been doing that for years. They had a major outbreak of salmonella back in the 90’s.

Sal Monella? Isn’t he from Brooklyn?

//

re: #96 Gus 802

Oh. That gourmet feast. Mmm, mmm. Nothing like an evening of wine and cat food.

Just call it “Nourriture pour chats”, classy.

re: #103 Gus 802

But what kind of wine goes with cat?

// // //

White

re: #100 NJDhockeyfan

Don’t believe everything you hear from a politician. Chances are they are probably lying. Washington Post did some fact checking on that quote and found out she was full of shit.

Nancy Pelosi’s absurd math on senior citizens losing their meals

The Washington Post is a mouthpiece for the GOP… that article is bullshit.

re: #105 Gus 802

Sal Monella? Isn’t he from Brooklyn?

//

Yea…. cool Italian guy that was in some 50’s and 60’s movies? Yea… that’s him Sal Mineo.

re: #94 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

God’s Plan is for old people to miss a few meals.
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My familys plan is to have our loved ones die as peacefully and painlessly as possible. God doesn’t enter into our plan, we’ll do the best we can, with or without him.
This is a very raw subject for me, in my life, right now.
EVERYONE is doing the best that they can. You have NO RIGHT to criticize..
Get over it.

re: #99 Lidane

Wait, what? They’re cutting the Meals on Wheels program? Really?

Callous assholes.

No kidding.

re: #103 Gus 802

But what kind of wine goes with cat?

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Thunderbird?

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re: #108 Walter L. Newton

The Washington Post is a mouthpiece for the GOP

When did that happen? I know I’ve been out of the loop but how did I miss that one?

Reuters Middle East Watch must be having a feud with Camera.

re: #112 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

LOL!
T-bird also goes well with rats, or so I’ve heard!
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re: #112 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Thunderbird?

/

Or Muscatel!

re: #100 NJDhockeyfan

Don’t believe everything you hear from a politician. Chances are they are probably lying. Washington Post did some fact checking on that quote and found out she was full of shit.

Nancy Pelosi’s absurd math on senior citizens losing their meals

Oh my dog, selective caring strikes again.

So she fucked up on the #, saying 6 million:

The first problem with Pelosi’s statistic is that, according to the agency’s budget documents, only about 2.6 million seniors receive such meals. That’s even less than what she decried as the mushy middle ground of compromise.

Fuck those 2.6 million seniors. You guys are really amazing in your selective caring.

re: #112 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Thunderbird?

/

Which Thunderbird? vintage last Tuesday?

re: #115 Floral Giraffe

LOL!
T-bird also goes well with rats, or so I’ve heard!
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Le Ripple Blanc

re: #116 Gus 802

Or Muscatel!

Don’t be picking on Muscat now…….. Muscat Canelli is one of my favorite wines. And it ain’t cheap.

re: #117 Stanley Sea

Oh my dog, selective caring strikes again.

So she fucked up on the #, saying 6 million:

Fuck those 2.6 million seniors. You guys are really amazing in your selective caring.

Hey. Don’t you know we have seniors to feed in Afghanistan?

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re: #117 Stanley Sea

Oh my dog, selective caring strikes again.

So she fucked up on the #, saying 6 million:

Fuck those 2.6 million seniors. You guys are really amazing in your selective caring.

Keep reading…

…

A spokeswoman for the Administration on Aging referred a question to the White House budget office, which did not respond to our query. Hammill later acknowledged: “The Obama Administration had not made any determination of how they would implement a $71 million cut at the Administration on Aging if HR 1 was signed into law.”

So, in other words, Pelosi’s staff took a wild guess at where the cuts would fall in the agency.

But there are other problems with Pelosi’s 6 million number.

First, the administration requested the elimination of $6 million in earmarks, so it seems strange for Pelosi to call that a Republican cut. That should not be included, leaving us with $65 million in possible cuts.

Second, in the administration’s 2012 budget request, President Obama identified $150 million in cuts to the agency’s budget. It seems that those already-identified targets would be a more logical place to start looking for trims than meals for senior citizens, most of whom have incomes of less than $20,000.

Finally, the agency’s budget justification notes on page 55 that it has kept spending on senior meals essentially flat from 2010 to 2012, resulting in 36 million fewer meals for senior citizens. That’s six times higher than the figure that Pelosi has decried as an affront to “national values.” The administration’s budget, in fact, has earned the ire of some advocates for hungry seniors. Perhaps 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue would be a more appropriate place for Pelosi to direct her outrage.

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Man, my ISP is just taking an enormous crap all over itself tonight. Slow, disconnecting and spotty DNS resolution.

re: #123 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Man, my ISP is just taking an enormous crap all over itself tonight. Slow, disconnecting and spotty DNS resolution.

I live with that 24/7. I call them almost everyday and they keep telling me they are aware of the problem and are working on it.

re: #123 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Man, my ISP is just taking an enormous crap all over itself tonight. Slow, disconnecting and spotty DNS resolution.

I wonder if those words came out of anyone’s mouth in 1959.

re: #123 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Bad for gaming?
Or, just bad….

Gutterballs

re: #57 Floral Giraffe

LOL!
I got in SO much trouble over the “voluntary” United Way Drive, at my former work.
It’s voluntary & I chose not to give!
“But we’re looking for 100% participation”.
Well, you’re not going to get it.
“But we need it!
But. it’s SUPPOSED to be voluntary!
LOL!

Contrarian genes, have I!

Reminds me of the scene in “Office Space”, where the manager is NOT telling Jennifer Aniston to wear more flair if she values her job.

re: #125 Mr Pancakes

I wonder if those words came out of anyone’s mouth in 1959.

You could ask Bob Crane and Donna Reed, but they’re both dead.

re: #129 negativ

You could ask Bob Crane and Donna Reed, but they’re both dead.

Why so negativ?

re: #98 Walter L. Newton

If all you can afford to eat is cat food, then I see no reason for you to be wasting additional cash on something as unhealthy as wine, or any other alcoholic beverages. In that case, there is no excuse for not eating right if you are going to buy booze.

Who said all he could afford to eat was cat food? All he said was that he WAS eating cat food.

re: #130 Mr Pancakes

Would you like to know how I got these scars? Hmm?

re: #98 Walter L. Newton

If all you can afford to eat is cat food, then I see no reason for you to be wasting additional cash on something as unhealthy as wine, or any other alcoholic beverages. In that case, there is no excuse for not eating right if you are going to buy booze.

Also, red wine is good for your heart. And I bet cat food isn’t.

re: #132 negativ

Would you like to know how I got these scars? Hmm?

Ahhhhhh……. no.

re: #133 SanFranciscoZionist

Also, red wine is good for your heart. And I bet cat food isn’t.

Doesn’t cat food make you scratch the couch, lick your own belly, and cough up fur balls?

re: #135 NJDhockeyfan

Doesn’t cat food make you scratch the couch, lick your own belly, and cough up fur balls?

Sometimes I get up in the middle of the night and pee on my stove.

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re: #134 Mr Pancakes

re: #117 Stanley Sea

Oh my dog, selective caring strikes again.

So she fucked up on the #, saying 6 million:

Fuck those 2.6 million seniors. You guys are really amazing in your selective caring.

OK, that’s just bullshit.

The article goes on to say:

But Hammill tried to defend the number of 6 million, though he acknowledged that “that pot of money I mentioned is not exclusively dedicated to this program.”

. . .

Marta Dehmlow, a spokeswoman for the House Appropriations Committee, says the $65 million figure came from estimates on savings the administration provided regarding a provision of the new health care law that would be administered by the agency. “The Committee did not specify where this cut would come from and also does not know how AOA will spread that cut within their operations,” she said. “The Committee has received no official word on impact.”

In other words, there is not at this time any indication that the cut would affect the meals program for the elderly; there are other areas of the agency budget where cuts could be made to equal that reduction.

Bottom line for ME is that I will remember, always, that politicians of BOTH parties will use numbers and statistics to whatever advantage they can for what their party is advocating, and ALL those statements need to be taken with a huge grain of salt.

And it has absolutely NOTHING to do with “selective” caring - I think the meals for the elderly programs are wonderful, and would not like to see them reduced. But as of this moment, there is no official indication that’s where the reductions would occur, as far as I can tell.

re: #131 SanFranciscoZionist

Who said all he could afford to eat was cat food? All he said was that he WAS eating cat food.

There’s a short story—can’t recall by whom—where the guy who has been presumed to be broke, because all he has to eat is an onion, turns out to be a millionaire whose mother told him to eat an onion when he had a cold.

The heroine snarls, “Why did you say you had nothing else to eat?” He replies, “I said there was nothing else to eat at my place. I don’t run a delicatessen, lady.”

re: #135 NJDhockeyfan

Doesn’t cat food make you scratch the couch, lick your own belly, and cough up fur balls?

No, I think cats do those things voluntarily. Cat food just gives them the energy to keep going.

Carter: Religious leaders discriminate against women

ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter says much of the discrimination and abuse suffered by women around the world is attributable to a belief “that women are inferior in the eyes of God.”

Carter said such teachings by “leaders in Christianity, Islam and other religions” allow men to beat their wives and deny women their fundamental rights as human beings.

Men beat their wives because of religion? I thought they did it because they were assholes.

re: #135 NJDhockeyfan

Doesn’t cat food make you scratch the couch, lick your own belly, and cough up fur balls?

Nah…… they’d do that no matter what they ate.

But I must say…… Iams hairball food works 100% of the time if any of you’all suffer from cat hairball yak.

Think I’m just about maxed out on my political quota for the day.

re: #137 negativ

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Got ya dude……..

re: #143 Gus 802

Think I’m just about maxed out on my political quota for the day.

Come now, it’s just a wafer-thin mint…

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I took a nap.

re: #146 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I took a nap.

Welcome back! What did you dream about?

re: #145 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Come now, it’s just a wafer-thin mint…

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Yeah. I was probably maxed out after the first hour.

re: #138 reine.de.tout

Ding, Ding Ding!

re: #145 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Come now, it’s just a wafer-thin mint…

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Look - I couldn’t eat another thing. I’m absolutely stuffed. Bugger off!

I like big butts and I cannot lie / there’s evolutionary reasons why / cuz when a girl walks in with an itty-bitty waist / and a round thing in your face
you get vital information that acts as a fairly accurate indicator of overall reproductive health.

And sprung. You also get sprung.

re: #149 Floral Giraffe

Ding, Ding Ding!

I stand by my original post…Nancy Pelosi is full of shit.

re: #151 negativ

My Anaconda don’t want none unless you’ve got proof that you are of a particular shape and size that leans toward proof of health, opulence and ovulation.

And none, hun.

re: #81 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Posted this earlier, but its more open thready

The Actual Live-Action Akira Script: Worse Than You Think

May that script never be made into a movie. Let Akira alone.

Want Your 6-Year-Old to Learn How to Breast-Feed? There’s a Doll for That.

Move over American Girl dolls there’s a new toy in town. Walking, dancing, talking, eating or diaper-wetting dolls will be old-school once the world’s first breast-feeding baby doll hits toy-store shelves in the United States.

The Breast Milk Baby mimics the suckling motion and sound when brought next to a sensor-equipped halter top a child must wear to nurse the doll. The colorful top has petals indicating the correct placement for the doll. Once the doll is close to the area, the sensor triggers the baby to start suckling. The doll also needs to be burped to keep it from crying after a feeding.

There’s nothing a 6 year old needs to learn more than how to breast feed a baby. What will they come up with next, masturbation dolls?

re: #151 negativ

I like big butts and I cannot lie / there’s evolutionary reasons why / cuz when a girl walks in with an itty-bitty waist / and a round thing in your face
you get vital information that acts as a fairly accurate indicator of overall reproductive health.

And sprung. You also get sprung.

My anaconda don’t want none unless you have a high likelihood of producing healthy offspring with a minimal chance of genetic disabilities, (edit) hun.

re: #155 NJDhockeyfan

Want Your 6-Year-Old to Learn How to Breast-Feed? There’s a Doll for That.

There’s nothing a 6 year old needs to learn more than how to breast feed a baby. What will they come up with next, masturbation dolls?

Come on now NJD. Maybe that’s weird but comparing breast feeding to masturbating?

re: #155 NJDhockeyfan

Want Your 6-Year-Old to Learn How to Breast-Feed? There’s a Doll for That.

There’s nothing a 6 year old needs to learn more than how to breast feed a baby. What will they come up with next, masturbation dolls?

It’s not so bad. It’s not sexualizing, not really. And it plays to the growth in technology of the past decade. Even kids baby dolls are more like babies now.

re: #155 NJDhockeyfan

Want Your 6-Year-Old to Learn How to Breast-Feed? There’s a Doll for That.

There’s nothing a 6 year old needs to learn more than how to breast feed a baby. What will they come up with next, masturbation dolls?

That was the Nimbus 2000.

Dunno. I breast-fed my dolls all the time, because my mom was a big La Leche League lady, and I had all these dolls you were supposed to bottle feed, but we didn’t DO that at our house.

So ladies (yeah!) ladies (yeah!) You wanna advertise fertility? (hell yeah!)

re: #151 negativ

I like big butts and I cannot lie / there’s evolutionary reasons why / cuz when a girl walks in with an itty-bitty waist / and a round thing in your face
you get vital information that acts as a fairly accurate indicator of overall reproductive health.

And sprung. You also get sprung.

Sir Mix-a-Lot just called. He said to give you this:

SMACK!

re: #159 SanFranciscoZionist

That was the Nimbus 2000.

Dunno. I breast-fed my dolls all the time, because my mom was a big La Leche League lady, and I had all these dolls you were supposed to bottle feed, but we didn’t DO that at our house.

The Princess, aged 2, pulled up her shirt and tried to breast-feed Tigger. She figured out real quick that something wasn’t working right.

If she ever shows up here, don’t tell her I told you.

Good night all.
Be well.
Play nicely.
Help your friends, when they are in need.
*smooch*

re: #163 Floral Giraffe

Good night all.
Be well.
Play nicely.
Help your friends, when they are in need.
*smooch*

=)

re: #161 Dark_Falcon

*smack*
LOL!
YKWIM!
Be well.

re: #155 NJDhockeyfan

Want Your 6-Year-Old to Learn How to Breast-Feed? There’s a Doll for That.

There’s nothing a 6 year old needs to learn more than how to breast feed a baby. What will they come up with next, masturbation dolls?

They have….

This is strangely funny…

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People have a cow about GI Joe. I say breast feeding dolls are OK as well. Americans need to stop freaking out about these things on both sides of aisle.

re: #168 Gus 802

People have a cow about GI Joe. I say breast feeding dolls are OK as well. Americans need to stop freaking out about these things on both sides of aisle.

This is not to say I would ever buy one for a child.

re: #168 Gus 802

People have a cow about GI Joe. I say breast feeding dolls are OK as well. Americans need to stop freaking out about these things on both sides of aisle.

GI Joe isn’t as tough as he used to be. Back in the 70s GI Joe was indestructible. Me and my friend tried everything to break GI Joe and he wouldn’t die.

re: #169 SanFranciscoZionist

This is not to say I would ever buy one for a child.

Yep. Nothing is compulsory. But I ended up NEEDING a GI Joe when I was 8 years old.

re: #168 Gus 802

People have a cow about GI Joe. I say breast feeding dolls are OK as well. Americans need to stop freaking out about these things on both sides of aisle.

Not gonna happen. Freak outs are how you generate attention. and attention is how you get money and power. Sadly, an attention-seeking freak of the Charlie Sheen variety is much more likely to influence people than someone who is sane an normal.

/#winning

I gotta go get some sleep. I have an appointment at 10:00.

Sweet dreams lizards!

re: #170 NJDhockeyfan

GI Joe isn’t as tough as he used to be. Back in the 70s GI Joe was indestructible. Me and my friend tried everything to break GI Joe and he wouldn’t die.

Yeah. I think GI Joe morphed into this smaller ninja like character. I like the traditional, um, erm, dolls. lol That is kind of funny because we would never admit to GI Joe being a doll. Anyway. I didn’t morph into some stark raving nut because I owned one as some people would have you think.

Night folks. Happy Friday.

Thread dying……. post music……

Not too many will get this….. and it’s OK.

It’s an overnight Freak Out with Frank Zappa ……. He had some instruments and equipment that didn’t need to be returned right away so he made a double album. The Disc 1 is traditional doo-wop…… the overnight wacky 2nd disk is far better.

(goes to youtube to look for ANYTHING that will get rid of the repeating “l.a. face with an oakland booty” snippet that is playing nonstop in my head :(

thanks a lot lizardddsss !

re: #177 Boyo

Fringe theme - youtube

Time to go to bed. Goodnight all.

Ok….. next video.

Best live version of Barracuda ever.

Alice in Chains, Nancy Wilson (who wrote the song)……. and Gretchen Wilson who nails the vocals, and she’s hot.

No bomb in minor blast near LA area synagogue: police

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police investigating a blast near a Los Angeles-area synagogue on Thursday said it was caused by a mechanical failure, not a pipe bomb as they had originally thought.

There were no reports of damage or injury from the 6:45 a.m. blast, not far from Chabad House in the Los Angeles suburb of Santa Monica, but residents and businesses in a roughly two-block area were evacuated, police said.

The cause of the blast turned out to be some type of mechanical failure that sent a post embedded in the ground flying onto the roof of an apartment building next to the synagogue, said Santa Monica police Sergeant Jay Trisler.

Earlier in the morning, when it appeared some type of bomb had gone off, FBI investigators and bomb technicians responded to the scene, spokeswoman Lourdes Orocho told Reuters, along with Los Angeles

I believe it was talon_262 that posted a video of Thick as a Brick last week that got my juices flowing …….. so thanks to him I bought tickets to see this band in June at Harrah’s Rincon.

OFF TOPIC:

Can anyone name a quasi-governmental/private agency that has the power to run a sting operation and shut down a restaurant for illegal activities (ones that violate health codes)?

re: #183 eclectic infidel

OFF TOPIC:

Can anyone name a quasi-governmental/private agency that has the power to run a sting operation and shut down a restaurant for illegal activities (ones that violate health codes)?

Not really a health code violation, but:
Sting operation: Sushi restaurant accused of serving whale

The Academy Awards were on my mind because the sting was led — in conjunction with law enforcement authorities — by the documentary makers of The Cove, which took home the Best Documentary Oscar for its coverage of mass dolphin hunting in Japan .

The Times reported, “video of their meal shows the two activists, both vegan, being served what the waitress can be heard calling ‘whale’ — thick pink slices — that they take squeamish bites of before tossing into a Ziploc bag in a purse.” DNA evidence from the meat, a $60 course in the chef’s special menu, revealed that it was taken from an endangered Sei whale. The possession or sale of marine mammals is a violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and can lead to a year in prison and a fine of $20,000.

Reminds me of The Freshman.

re: #185 goddamnedfrank

Not really a health code violation, but:
Sting operation: Sushi restaurant accused of serving whale

The Academy Awards were on my mind because the sting was led — in conjunction with law enforcement authorities — by the documentary makers of The Cove, which took home the Best Documentary Oscar for its coverage of mass dolphin hunting in Japan .

Reminds me of The Freshman.

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Manatee is much more flavorful.

re: #183 eclectic infidel

OFF TOPIC:

Can anyone name a quasi-governmental/private agency that has the power to run a sting operation and shut down a restaurant for illegal activities (ones that violate health codes)?

The whale meat sting operation story I linked to above is dated today. If this is a question from your culinary school program I’m guessing this is what they had in mind. Like I said it’s not a health code violation, but might as well be since the product isn’t approved for consumption in the US.

Also look at the recent set of illegal immigrant operations conducted by ICE against Chipotle restaurants. I don’t think there’s been a private component to those stings, but it’s plausible that ICE could be getting some of their intel from private organizations.

re: #187 goddamnedfrank

The whale meat sting operation story I linked to above is dated today. If this is a question from your culinary school program I’m guessing this is what they had in mind. Like I said it’s not a health code violation, but might as well be since the product isn’t approved for consumption in the US.

Also look at the recent set of illegal immigrant operations conducted by ICE against Chipotle restaurants. I don’t think there’s been a private component to those stings, but it’s plausible that ICE could be getting some of their intel from private organizations.

Yeah. This is for Microbiology 51, or “How to poison people with food.” My question is based on an actual (though anonymous) restaurant that was shut down in San Mateo county, for serving domesticated cat. Anyway, I’m at a bit of a loss trying to discover the agency.

re: #188 eclectic infidel

Yeah. This is for Microbiology 51, or “How to poison people with food.” My question is based on an actual (though anonymous) restaurant that was shut down in San Mateo county, for serving domesticated cat. Anyway, I’m at a bit of a loss trying to discover the agency.

I’d say either PETA, ASPCA or the Humane Society. PETA is the most activist so that’d be my guess. ALF/ELF are too out there, they’d never partner with the government, they’d just burn the motherfuckers down.

re: #189 goddamnedfrank

I’d say either PETA, ASPCA or the Humane Society. PETA is the most activist so that’d be my guess. ALF/ELF are too out there, they’d never partner with the government, they’d just burn the motherfuckers down.

*nods*, but is the ASPCA or Humane Society considered quasi-governmental?

Therein lies the rub.

re: #190 eclectic infidel

*nods*, but is the ASPCA or Humane Society considered quasi-governmental?

Therein lies the rub.

I’m not sure what quasi-governmental even means? All 501 c (3) non-profits technically have their status regulated by the government. Otherwise we’re talking about stuff like the Tennessee Valley Authority or Fannie and Freddie Mac.

re: #191 goddamnedfrank

I’m not sure what quasi-governmental even means? All 501 c (3) non-profits technically have their status regulated by the government. Otherwise we’re talking about stuff like the Tennessee Valley Authority or Fannie and Freddie Mac.

Right, like Fannie May and Freddie Mac - except on a county level. I’m about to give up and go to be. Too tired, and I still have class tomorrow.

Thanks for jumping in.

re: #176 Mr Pancakes

It’s an overnight Freak Out with Frank Zappa … He had some instruments and equipment that didn’t need to be returned right away so he made a double album. The Disc 1 is traditional doo-wop… the overnight wacky 2nd disk is far better.

That is a criminally inaccurate description of the Freak Out! album. Rubin and the Jets is doo-wop,

but there’s nothing whatsoever ‘traditional’ about Freak Out!

Charles,

Did you use HDR software to take the picture and if so, which one?

re: #193 negativ

That is a criminally inaccurate description of the Freak Out! album. Rubin and the Jets is doo-wop,

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So is most of Disc 1 of Freak Out, so I think it criminally inaccurate for you to use criminally inaccurate.

Beautiful picture!