Well, it's after 1 here, long past this raving lunatic's bedtime. See you guys in the a.m.

(In my absence, would someone be so kind as to keep stirring up trouble on my behalf?)

re: #1 Guanxi88

Well, it's after 1 here, long past this raving lunatic's bedtime. See you guys in the a.m.

(In my absence, would someone be so kind as to keep stirring up trouble on my behalf?)

I'm sure someone will rise to the challenge. Night!

The horizon, endless and blue, between sea and sky... set against endless stretches of beach sand...

Reminds me of a Christmas song:

re: #1 Guanxi88

I'll do my best but you're a hard act to follow.

Look up- Orionid Meteor Shower to Peak in Early AM Hours.

re: #1 Guanxi88

Fare thee well, Xi of the Guan persuasion to the 88th power.

re: #5 Fenway_Nation

Any new blog entries?

re: #1 Guanxi88

Well, it's after 1 here, long past this raving lunatic's bedtime. See you guys in the a.m.

re: #1 Guanxi88

Well, it's after 1 here, long past this raving lunatic's bedtime.

Who knew raving lunatics had bedtimes? I always thought they kept late hours like us.

re: #7 akarra

Yep- altho' not much in terms of sports. I did my Iron Horse roundup earlier today...might post something about the meteor shower before I'm done for the night. I was going to do the sports re-cap tomorrow when there's a few more games (less-depressing games, mind you) to mention.

re: #8 freetoken

Thanks for the links! Am listening to Mozart's Piano Concerto #25 right now, though. Here's the third movement:

re: #10 Fenway_Nation

Yep- altho' not much in terms of sports. I did my Iron Horse roundup earlier today...might post something about the meteor shower before I'm done for the night. I was going to do the sports re-cap tomorrow when there's a few more games (less-depressing games, mind you) to mention.

I'll go take a look.

repost from downstairs:

Hey Night Lizards!

I'm currently listening to James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights. Man-o-Man, we think it's bad now! I am constantly amazed and feel indebted to the Founders.

How are you-all?

re: #13 ggt

repost from downstairs:

Hey Night Lizards!

I'm currently listening to James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights. Man-o-Man, we think it's bad now! I am constantly amazed and feel indebted to the Founders.

How are you-all?

Doing alright - curious about this book, not quite sure what to ask. How does the author sum up arguments against the Bill of Rights, and what was Madison's own view on the matter?

re: #12 akarra

Awesome! At least someone is...

Also...caught the post on your blog about the series finale of Big O. Gotta say that I never was that interested in it ('Oh look! Batman! With robots!') but there was a pretty in-depth discussion on Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex on the overnight thread last night.

re: #15 Fenway_Nation

Awesome! At least someone is...

Also...caught the post on your blog about the series finale of Big O. Gotta say that I never was that interested in it ('Oh look! Batman! With robots!') but there was a pretty in-depth discussion on Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex on the overnight thread last night.

Thank you for reading! I saw some of that discussion, I'll go take a look at the thread.

re: #14 akarra

Doing alright - curious about this book, not quite sure what to ask. How does the author sum up arguments against the Bill of Rights, and what was Madison's own view on the matter?

I'm actually having a hard time keeping-up. The main argument is that a Bill of Rights would be redundant. Enumerating rights that were already guaranteed in the Constitution and therefore creating a situation in which other rights, not named, could be infringed.

Which, I think, is a valid argument and is something we see today with less educated people. The concept of the people having all the power and not the government is difficult for a lot of people to understand. I hear "the Constitution gives individuals this or that" when in realty, the Constituion limits government.

Overall, I think we are fortunate to have the Bill of Rights.

Madison, if I'm following it correctly, was for.

The book is almost like a play-by-play. I is probably not a good choice for audio.

re: #16 akarra

Whoops...I think I sent one of the few awake lizards on thie thread elsewhere.

Oh hey! Stargate Fans. While finishing the last book I listened to, I learned that there really was a Book of Origin. Who knew?

Ok, the guy's name was spelled "Origen".

Bah! My DVD just finished, and what was on the TV? Beck totally getting the concept of Net Neutrality wrong. I'm not sure who this boob was he had on as a guest was, but they couldn't get the concept more backwards if they tried. It's not a Fairness Doctrine, it's not about regulating the internet... but I don't have to explain that. I just have to wonder how this simple concept that says that when we buy bandwidth from an ISP, we can use it for whatever we want has gone from a cause that has been ignored for years to some kind of liberal boogeyman. WTF?

Just before I head to sleep, I want to repost an article from the previous thread...

NYT on the realization that (at least in the Middle East), force can bring Peace!

THE NYT ADMITS FORCE IS USEFUL! *takes a deep breathe*

Alright, now I'm sleeping. Good night!

re: #20 Mauser

Bah! My DVD just finished, and what was on the TV? Beck totally getting the concept of Net Neutrality wrong. I'm not sure who this boob was he had on as a guest was, but they couldn't get the concept more backwards if they tried. It's not a Fairness Doctrine, it's not about regulating the internet... but I don't have to explain that. I just have to wonder how this simple concept that says that when we buy bandwidth from an ISP, we can use it for whatever we want has gone from a cause that has been ignored for years to some kind of liberal boogeyman. WTF?

Glen Beck needs to continually present outrages to keep his fan base in a dither. Otherwise they'd notice what a buffoon he really is and tune him out.

re: #17 ggt

I'm actually having a hard time keeping-up. The main argument is that a Bill of Rights would be redundant. Enumerating rights that were already guaranteed in the Constitution and therefore creating a situation in which other rights, not named, could be infringed.

Which, I think, is a valid argument and is something we see today with less educated people. The concept of the people having all the power and not the government is difficult for a lot of people to understand. I hear "the Constitution gives individuals this or that" when in realty, the Constituion limits government.

Overall, I think we are fortunate to have the Bill of Rights.

Madison, if I'm following it correctly, was for.

The book is almost like a play-by-play. I is probably not a good choice for audio.

One of the critical arguments against the Bill of Rights is in The Federalist Papers No. 84 - Hamilton wrote it, but we don't know exactly who wrote what Federalist paper. It could have been Madison.

Madison's a very prudent man, let me just put it that way. Originally, he's against a bicameral legislature partly because Congress should be representative of the people wholly (i.e. why the Speaker is third in line for the Presidency). Later he announces the wisdom of having a Senate like as if it is the greatest thing since sliced bread and there wasn't one single argument against it.

You might want to look at Federalist 84 - it isn't long, and it does demonstrate the more concrete provisions the Constitution itself has against infringement of rights. Isn't "parchment barriers" Madison's phrase?

re: #18 Fenway_Nation

I went and looked. Was there anything specific you wanted me to read?

re: #23 akarra

Isn't "parchment barriers" Madison's phrase?

You are asking the wrong person! My knowledge of Madison limited. Although I did tour his office in Fredricksburg --I think it was Madison anyway.

I'm more in awe of all the Founders. At the time of the Convention, Franklin was 81 years old! After all the work and the war, these guys must have been ready to throttle each other -- arguing in the summer heat!

re: #25 ggt

This is from my blog, and it's a mess - just a bunch of notes. But it might be useful b/c all it was meant to do is engage the primary source and get the basics down:

On Federalist 84 and a Bill of Rights

re: #26 akarra

This is from my blog, and it's a mess - just a bunch of notes. But it might be useful b/c all it was meant to do is engage the primary source and get the basics down:

On Federalist 84 and a Bill of Rights

Thanks!

re: #22 Dark_Falcon

Yeah, but it's not just Beck that is attacking Net Neutrality, and I'm really getting curious about how this concept has been turned into a target, and how it is that so many are getting away with totally misrepresenting what it is. Who decided that this had to be picked on?

It couldn't be Beck, he doesn't START any of the controversies he headless chickens about, he just finds whatever's getting attention and goes off on it, so who started this?

re: #24 akarra

I guess not...a little late for you to weigh in on that particular thread, altho' this is an open thread right here.

weet dreams all!

re: #28 Mauser

Yeah, but it's not just Beck that is attacking Net Neutrality, and I'm really getting curious about how this concept has been turned into a target, and how it is that so many are getting away with totally misrepresenting what it is. Who decided that this had to be picked on?

It couldn't be Beck, he doesn't START any of the controversies he headless chickens about, he just finds whatever's getting attention and goes off on it, so who started this?

That I do not know.

re: #30 ggt

weet dreams all!

Good night ggt.

re: #29 Fenway_Nation

I guess not...a little late for you to weigh in on that particular thread, altho' this is an open thread right here.

I guess I could weigh in with a general impression: Stand Alone Complex seems to be very concerned with the relation between humanity and humaneness. The terrorists who believe flesh and blood are to be kept pure typically are the most inhumane and suicidal; I remember one episode where they had lured the Major into a trap and had no compunction throwing the lives of their own men away against a technologically and tactically superior team, and trying to create as much carnage as possible. I think the Major saved a little girl that was actually part of the trap during the fight.

The trick to seeing "is humaneness a necessary part of humanity" is to drop the notion of "terrorist" from the opposition - they seem to have codes of honor that are samurai-like at times, other villains prize chaos and disorder. The drama among the Major's team is usually very personal; even the fighting with other parts of the government is gossipy, bureaucratic infighting. The conflict looks to be about different visions of humanity: are we honor-lovers, freedom-lovers, or trying to be rational? If the last, where does love fit in?

Still with us, Laughing Man boredtechindenver?

I think I'll pack it in for the night myself. I'll be back before I go to work. And you'll want to see want the article I'm going to link to. It'll give a very good reason to fight Obamacare.

Till then, good night all.

re: #35 Dark_Falcon

Night!

re: #35 Dark_Falcon

re: #35 Dark_Falcon

As if we need any more reasons? GN

re: #33 akarra

Wow...made my speculation about some of the GITS subplots seem like schoolgirl gossip.

re: #35 Dark_Falcon

G'nite, DF! Feel free to put it in the spinoffs...

re: #39 Fenway_Nation

I haven't watched enough Ghost to tell you whether my opinion holds water or not. It's just a guess.

I tend to get long-winded and preachy when trying to figure out what something is about:

Power trumps obsessing over oneself, and while both activities can said to be selfish, it is true that the desire for justice wrongly directed will always be subordinate to a criminal understanding of the world, which exerts power, ironically enough, because it is more dispassionate.

That's from my review of Batman Begins. I thought twice after I had written it "why so serious," and I decided to keep the tone.

Still here. Can't do three nights in a row of the same episode of Venture Bros., so re-watching "The Mummy Returns".

re: #33 akarra

I guess I could weigh in with a general impression: Stand Alone Complex seems to be very concerned with the relation between humanity and humaneness.

Also note that the Major changes her view of the Tachikomas, as she realizes they develop personalities. While the comic relief characters of many Animes annoy me, the Tachikomas never really bothered me.

Copenhagen, with 48 days left to save the world, has already been reduced to a farce as the various EU "members" haggle over who will pay how much of the levy. The UK is angling to kick about €1bn, which is an almost meaningless amount of money post bail-out season.

They will agree an entirely fanciful 10% cut in aviation by 2020, (relative to 2005.) Miliband is wittering on about getting to 2005 levels by 2050, giving them 40 years to ease into it, despite the 48 day emergency. The two are incongruous.

It's all sound and fury, signifying nothing.

EU ministers haggle of farce

re: #43 Bagua

Damn...nearly forgot. We're all gonna die in 48 days.

Well, nice knowing y'all.
/

Pimf: EU ministers haggle over farce

/I'm lucky Cato took the night off.

re: #45 Bagua

/I'm lucky Cato took the night off.

We all are...

re: #42 boredtechindenver

Still here. Can't do three nights in a row of the same episode of Venture Bros., so re-watching "The Mummy Returns".

Also note that the Major changes her view of the Tachikomas, as she realizes they develop personalities. While the comic relief characters of many Animes annoy me, the Tachikomas never really bothered me.

Thanks!

Alright, I'm out.

re: #46 Fenway_Nation

Yea, we can let out grammar run wild, spit infinitives, anything...

re: #47 akarra

G'nite akarra!

This is more proof the universe hates mankind and me in particular:

White Wine 'bad for the teeth'

We're talking many of my favourite wines like Riesling being the most hazardous.

re: #50 Bagua

I'm sure teeth are overrated anyway...

Hilarious!

[Link: www.amazon.com...]

The real Balloon Boy

Well...g'nite all.

re: #54 Fenway_Nation

I'm not sure if it's too early or if it's too late for AC/DC, but there it is

After months of analyzing, planning and figuring, I'm starting (again) the transfer of the majority of my 2,500 bookmarks. I'll use four of my screennames and two free e-mail account and--so far, three huge Word documents and an unknown number of dead trees.

So far, I've eight categories: Southwest Asia--subs for Islam's misogyny, Israel and her enemies; BHO--two subs for the czars and Soros; Fairness Doctrine; legal links; music; funny or interesting photographs and miscellaneous. Once I have copies of everything stored on the other accounts and on the Word documents, I'll then delete everything else.

If I could pay someone to do it, I would but, there's no one around here who does such a thing.

re: #59 MandyManners

If I could pay someone to do it, I would but, there's no one around here who does such a thing.

In the meantime... here, have some music, it's on the house:

re: #60 freetoken

In the meantime... here, have some music, it's on the house:

[Video]

Guevara? Che?

re: #61 MandyManners

Guevara? Che?

It seems so. I've no interest in listening to a song that seems to praise that murderous bastard. Maybe it doesn't. Maybe it's a song about his crimes. I don't know. My Spanish is rusty.

re: #59 MandyManners

If I could pay someone to do it, I would but, there's no one around here who does such a thing.

And there is probably no one who could do it well enough to satisfy you. Not that you are difficult, Mandy, but only you are familiar enough with your little quirks and habits that make you consider one link worthwhile and the other one disposable.

Got an email about this, looks interesting:

Barnes & Noble's new color eBook reader

re: #63 SteveC

And there is probably no one who could do it well enough to satisfy you. Not that you are difficult, Mandy, but only you are familiar enough with your little quirks and habits that make you consider one link worthwhile and the other one disposable.

HA!

I saved them on my hard-drive but all I get when I open it is a bunch of gobbledee-gook.

re: #65 MandyManners

HA!

I saved them on my hard-drive but all I get when I open it is a bunch of gobbledee-gook.

Someone smarter than me might know this answer, but can't you buy an external hard drive and would it help?

re: #66 Cannadian Club Akbar

Someone smarter than me might know this answer, but can't you buy an external hard drive and would it help?

Are you talking about one of those memory sticks? I can get one this week.

DIY Kindle

You need an older Tablet PC available from eBay, but after that it looks fairly easy! (Not for me, I am a technology misfit!)

re: #67 MandyManners

Are you talking about one of those memory sticks? I can get one this week.

I might be behind the times, but I thought they made external HD's. BUT, one of those key ring things that are like 2gig for $20 would be nice. You could just label them by subject and pop in when needed.

re: #61 MandyManners

Guevara? Che?

The internet is like a box of chocolates...

re: #70 freetoken

The internet is like a box of chocolates...

Chocolate made of pron...

re: #69 Cannadian Club Akbar

I might be behind the times, but I thought they made external HD's. BUT, one of those key ring things that are like 2gig for $20 would be nice. You could just label them by subject and pop in when needed.

I don't see the need for a big ol' HD. But, if I save my bookmarks to an external storage device, would it still be saved in gobbledy-gook?

bbiab

re: #72 MandyManners

I don't see the need for a big ol' HD. But, if I save my bookmarks to an external storage device, would it still be saved in gobbledy-gook?

I guess you could get the USB memory sticks and put your different subjects on them. I would ask someone smarter than me, but it works in my head.

re: #72 MandyManners

I don't see the need for a big ol' HD. But, if I save my bookmarks to an external storage device, would it still be saved in gobbledy-gook?

Different browsers will save their bookmarks differently.

Safari, at least on the Mac, saves each one in its own file with a special extension (".webbookmark") in a folder called, strangely enough, "bookmarks".

Each file is, I think, only 4kb in size, so even if you have 2500 bookmarks that would only be 10MB, which is not much space these days.

re: #74 Cannadian Club Akbar

I guess you could get the USB memory sticks and put your different subjects on them. I would ask someone smarter than me, but it works in my head.

I've got my autobiography saved on a 0.117 kb USB stick! It's up to 3 whole paragraphs! :)

//I was born at an early age...

re: #76 SteveC

I've got my autobiography saved on a 0.117 kb USB stick! It's up to 3 whole paragraphs! :)

//I was born at an early age...

Geez, even Obama has 2 books already. You need to get out more.
/

re: #74 Cannadian Club Akbar

I guess you could get the USB memory sticks and put your different subjects on them. I would ask someone smarter than me, but it works in my head.

My goal is to go back to my original bookmarker but with only 1,000 links.

re: #78 MandyManners

My goal is to go back to my original bookmarker but with only 1,000 links.

I don't know and not gonna act like I do. We gots plenty of smarty pants around here. They will have better answers.

re: #75 freetoken

Different browsers will save their bookmarks differently.

Safari, at least on the Mac, saves each one in its own file with a special extension (".webbookmark") in a folder called, strangely enough, "bookmarks".

Each file is, I think, only 4kb in size, so even if you have 2500 bookmarks that would only be 10MB, which is not much space these days.

I have IE and I'm not gonna' change just for this. I've heard that I can save links on IE but, I don't ever open it. When I hop on the Internet, I click on my AOL icon and I'm there.

re: #77 Cannadian Club Akbar

Geez, even Obama has 2 books already. You need to get out more.
/

I think I could write one hell of a book with all my heart defect stories. I've just never gotten everything organized.

re: #81 SteveC

I think I could write one hell of a book with all my heart defect stories. I've just never gotten everything organized.

I remember someone giving you props for a story of yours about that. Do you have a blog on the subject?

re: #81 SteveC

I think I could write one hell of a book with all my heart defect stories. I've just never gotten everything organized.

Organization is the key to all. Once I figured out my organization to do this, the rest seems to be falling into place.

re: #82 Cannadian Club Akbar

I remember someone giving you props for a story of yours about that. Do you have a blog on the subject?

Click my little heart logo, your needs will be met.

re: #84 SteveC

Click my little heart logo, your needs will be met.

I would just keep that up and update it. (I'm sure you do)

re: #84 SteveC

Have you seen this?
[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

re: #86 Cannadian Club Akbar

Have you seen this?
[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

Sure did. "F*cked up!" is the only way to describe it. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy basically turns your heart into a rock, over time. Medication can slow it down considerably, but the ultimate answer is a heart transplant.

The San Francisco sperm bank involved now gives all donors electrocardiogram tests to weed out men with genetic heart problems;

Electrocardiogram to test for a defect with a genetic origin? Not on this planet. Genetic test requires testing at the cellular level, and that means a blood draw or tissue sample.

I gotta's spend all morning in court to take care of my own stupidity. I forgot to put my new tags on my plate and a cop nailed me for it. It didn't help that my registration was sitting on my desk. It's a $300.00 ticket but it will be dismissed when I present my documentation.

re: #88 MandyManners

I gotta's spend all morning in court to take care of my own stupidity. I forgot to put my new tags on my plate and a cop nailed me for it. It didn't help that my registration was sitting on my desk. It's a $300.00 ticket but it will be dismissed when I present my documentation.

I've done that. Shouldn't be a biggie. But then again states are in need of money, so I recommend the black dress.:)

re: #89 Cannadian Club Akbar

I've done that. Shouldn't be a biggie. But then again states are in need of money, so I recommend the black dress.:)

The one with the little red leather belt? Oh, yes...

And don't forget those patent leather shoes!

re: #72 MandyManners

I don't see the need for a big ol' HD. But, if I save my bookmarks to an external storage device, would it still be saved in gobbledy-gook?

Mandy - not sure what you're trying to do.
When I "export" my bookmarks, I end up with a document that looks like gobbledy-gook when I open it.

but when I "import" those bookmarks back to a browser, they all work.

I even e-mailed the bookmark "gobbledy-gook" document to myself, so that I would have the bookmarks on my laptop - and somehow, it all worked, I was able to use the bookmark document to "import" my bookmarks to the laptop browser.

re: #89 Cannadian Club Akbar

I've done that. Shouldn't be a biggie. But then again states are in need of money, so I recommend the black dress.:)

re: #90 SteveC

The one with the little red leather belt? Oh, yes...

And don't forget those patent leather shoes!

The judge is a woman.

re: #92 MandyManners

The judge is a woman.

Then just start crying.
/

re: #91 reine.de.tout

Mandy - not sure what you're trying to do.
When I "export" my bookmarks, I end up with a document that looks like gobbledy-gook when I open it.

but when I "import" those bookmarks back to a browser, they all work.

I even e-mailed the bookmark "gobbledy-gook" document to myself, so that I would have the bookmarks on my laptop - and somehow, it all worked, I was able to use the bookmark document to "import" my bookmarks to the laptop browser.

I've heard of those export and import thingies.

re: #93 Cannadian Club Akbar

Then just start crying.
/

Crying only worked when I useta' get popped by the Tennessee Highway Patrol when I was a teen.

re: #95 MandyManners

Crying only worked when I useta' get popped by the Tennessee Highway Patrol when I was a teen.

You sure have alot of driving stories.

re: #92 MandyManners

The judge is a woman.

Ut-Oh. You're on your own here, Mandy!

Got to go get my exercise -

Chase my own tail
make mountains out of molehills
step and fetch
panic and run around like a little girl
pound my head on the desk
pull facts outta my a**
and
burn a few bridges.

Sounds like a great day!

re: #94 MandyManners

I've heard of those export and import thingies.

You do it from your browser - options, or bookmark manager, etc. Look around, you'll find it.

re: #96 Cannadian Club Akbar

You sure have alot of driving stories.

The culture of the car.

re: #97 SteveC

Ut-Oh. You're on your own here, Mandy!

Hopefully it'll just be a bureaucratic transaction since the goal of the state is to ensure that it gets the proof that you registered your car, i.e., paid a tax that is not called a tax.

re: #99 reine.de.tout

You do it from your browser - options, or bookmark manager, etc. Look around, you'll find it.

My browser is IE but I don't open it. I click on my AOL icon and I'm on the Internet. I've seen the IE icon on my desktop. Maybe I'll have time to check it out today.

re: #98 SteveC

Got to go get my exercise -

Chase my own tail
make mountains out of molehills
step and fetch
panic and run around like a little girl
pound my head on the desk
pull facts outta my a**
and
burn a few bridges.

Sounds like a great day!

Just remember to burn those bridges *after* you've crossed them.

re: #92 MandyManners

The judge is a woman.

Two womens in black?!?
Be still my beating heart!!!

re: #104 Taqyia2Me

Two womens in black?!?
Be still my beating heart!!!

LOL!

Gotta' git.

Sooo... what do you guys think of the total redesign of Apple's "Mighty Mouse"?

On Monday a cop let me off,16 miles over.

I had been following someone (in a Subaru Outback, (slow enough, generally, with handicapped license plates, and I couldn't see the person driving, just two hands on the steering wheel) for 40 minutes on a mountain road driving 15-20 mph under the speed limit.

He was at my car, talking to me for a minute... the Outback rolled by us doing 20 mph in a 45.

He said, "That car?" I nodded, he said, "Oh crap."

And let me go.

re: #107 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

On Monday a cop let me off,16 miles over.

I had been following someone (in a Subaru Outback, (slow enough, generally, with handicapped license plates, and I couldn't see the person driving, just two hands on the steering wheel) for 40 minutes on a mountain road driving 15-20 mph under the speed limit.

He was at my car, talking to me for a minute... the Outback rolled by us doing 20 mph in a 45.

He said, "That car?" I nodded, he said, "Oh crap."

And let me go.

It was the short skirt you were wearing.
/

re: #107 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

On Monday a cop let me off,16 miles over.

I had been following someone (in a Subaru Outback, (slow enough, generally, with handicapped license plates, and I couldn't see the person driving, just two hands on the steering wheel) for 40 minutes on a mountain road driving 15-20 mph under the speed limit.

He was at my car, talking to me for a minute... the Outback rolled by us doing 20 mph in a 45.

He said, "That car?" I nodded, he said, "Oh crap."

And let me go.

Someone going way too slow like that is more of a hazard to others than someone going too fast.

re: #108 Cannadian Club Akbar

heh.

I wonder why police don't pull those people over. Driving that slowly has to be a great danger to others.

re: #109 reine.de.tout

GMTA

Good morning, Lizards. I seem to have arrived just in time for the new thread upstairs, but I thought I'd pop in and see what everyone was up to.

Here's something amusing about Manny Ramirez that I saw on Yahoo sports.

"He sulked his way out of Boston, signed late with the Dodgers because he wanted more money than he deserved, spent 50 games sidelined because he was caught with a prescription for female fertility drugs used to either get pregnant or cover up steroid use – whichever of those seems more probable."

re: #112 thedopefishlives

Good morning, Lizards. I seem to have arrived just in time for the new thread upstairs, but I thought I'd pop in and see what everyone was up to.

in bed

good afternoon all :-)

re: #113 John Neverbend

Here's something amusing about Manny Ramirez that I saw on Yahoo sports.

"He sulked his way out of Boston, signed late with the Dodgers because he wanted more money than he deserved, spent 50 games sidelined because he was caught with a prescription for female fertility drugs used to either get pregnant or cover up steroid use – whichever of those seems more probable."

LOL...that reminds me of this:

Over the last six months, we've learned that Alex Rodriguez has been given the nicknames A-Roid, A-Fraud and A-SWF. Now we're told of another nickname for the slugger back in 2005..."Bitch Tits." According to the upcoming biography that first broke the news he had tested positive for steroids, A-Rod was called that by fellow Yankees who noticed some extra cuppage on the third baseman, a sign to some that he was using HGH. A-Rod has denied using steroids during his tenure with the Yankees, but the book talks to players and management who say that many in the organization suspected that he was and it quotes one major leaguer who accuses him of using HGH with former Yankee Kevin Brown in 2004. Other new revelations in the book include allegations that A-Rod used steroids as early as high school, tipped off pitches to friends on opposing teams and, most heinous of all, only tips 15% when he eats at Hooters.

Re: #88, Mandy

My experience was similar, but I as lucky enough to draw a judge I knew from my newspaper days. The dialogue:

JUDGE: I don't think I've seen you in here before.
ME: Your honor, my life of crime began only recently.
JUDGE: Where are they? Desk drawer?
ME: Kitchen table.
JUDGE: Put 'em on. Case dismissed.

Apparently I never had written anything nasty about him.

Is that photo in Newport Beach?

Kaam says it's either 18th street Newport Beach, CA or Newport, Rhode Island, but no exact correlations due to not enough info.

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