Captain Marvel #1, May 1968

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Tonight’s cover image from the Lizard Collection: a “very fine” to “near mint” copy of Captain Marvel #1, originally published in May 1968. Wikipedia has some interesting details on the unique history of this book: Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics).

Following a trial in which DC Comics sued Fawcett Comics for breach of copyright, the latter stopped publishing Captain Marvel. In the late sixties Marvel gained the trademark “Captain Marvel” with their first series, forcing DC to call their Captain Marvel comic book Shazam!, but to retain the trademark Marvel had to publish a Captain Marvel title every year or two since leading to a number of ongoing series, limited series and one-shots featuring a range of characters using the Captain Marvel alias.

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1 Mr. Crankypants  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 7:48:43pm

Damn I thought you were gonna show a Captain Marvel (Shazam) comic.

2 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 7:49:10pm

Out of the Holocaust?

3 abolitionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 7:50:06pm

re: #2 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Out of the Holocaust?

He doesn't look Jewish.

4 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 7:50:32pm

Clicking emsmallens...

5 Mr. Crankypants  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 7:50:49pm

re: #3 abolitionist

He doesn't look Jewish.

His trunks would have to be tighter to be able to tell that.

6 abolitionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 7:51:30pm

re: #5 PT Barnum

Not going there.

7 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 7:56:15pm

The Wiki didn't help with the Holocaust angle.

8 Dancing along the light of day  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 7:57:35pm

re: #7 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

How's the daughters boyfriend doing?
You and your loved ones, are in my prayers.

9 Aceofwhat?  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 7:57:47pm

I own 0 comic books. But i do own a vintage Shazam glass, and yes, beer tastes just a little bit better in the Shazam glass.

10 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 7:57:57pm

re: #7 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

The Wiki didn't help with the Holocaust angle.

Hrm. Mar-Vell comes from a race called the Kree. Big time assholes. Kinda fascistic, too. I'm trying to remember exactly what the Holocaust reference was for, but I'm drawing a blank...

11 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:00:34pm

The wiki with the same comic book...

Charles? The Wiki cover doesn't look any better than yours.

12 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:02:43pm

re: #11 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

The wiki with the same comic book...

Charles? The Wiki cover doesn't look any better than yours.

Nah, the Wiki one looks crisper, and Charles' looks to be a little bent in the upper-right. Spine's off-center, too.

13 Sheila Broflovski  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:04:13pm

"Out of the Holocaust" WTF

Now I'm wondering exactly when the term "Holocaust" came to be used to specifically refer to the genocide of 1939-1945.

14 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:05:31pm

re: #12 JasonA

I don't look as good as I did 40 years ago, either.

15 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:06:45pm

re: #13 Alouette

Making me a little nuts...

16 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:08:26pm

re: #13 Alouette

"Out of the Holocaust" WTF

Now I'm wondering exactly when the term "Holocaust" came to be used to specifically refer to the genocide of 1939-1945.

Became common after 1978:

The term entered common parlance after 1978, the year that the popular Holocaust (TV miniseries) was broadcast on the American NBC television network. The series proved that the subject matter could have popular appeal, as well as providing a convenient and enduring term.

Inititally:

Holocaust was adopted as a translation of Shoah—a Hebrew word connoting catastrophe, calamity, disaster, and destruction—which was used in 1940 in Jerusalem in a booklet called Sho'at Yehudei Polin, and translated as The Holocaust of the Jews of Poland.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

17 Sheila Broflovski  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:11:07pm

re: #16 Gus 802

Became common after 1978:

Inititally:

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

Thanks. I grew up around survivors during the '50's and the '60's and they all referred to "the war" and "the camps" but I don't remember hearing the term "Holocaust" while I was a kid.

18 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:11:41pm

re: #16 Gus 802

Thanks for rockin' the answer! Now it makes sense.

I was seeing Captain Marvel at Auschwitz... wasn't working for me.

19 Dancing along the light of day  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:13:50pm

re: #14 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I don't look as good as I did 40 years ago, either.

Heh, None of us do...

20 Charles Johnson  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:15:35pm

After Cordoba Controversy, It’s Time To Look In The Mirror

In moderating his approach, Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs seems to be on the right path. A critic of jihadism during the Bush years, he broke from the right when he began to see people he respected joining up with Nazis and unapologetic racists. Having seen both sides, LGF is now a great staple in the building up of the pluralism necessary for a society in which we can all cohabitate. Let’s move away from the hate of the Pamela Gellers and into something more constructive.

21 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:16:12pm

re: #17 Alouette

Thanks. I grew up around survivors during the '50's and the '60's and they all referred to "the war" and "the camps" but I don't remember hearing the term "Holocaust" while I was a kid.

Can't remember hearing any specific wording. Although I do remember it became more widely used in the 80s and thereafter.

22 Sheila Broflovski  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:20:45pm

re: #21 Gus 802

Can't remember hearing any specific wording. Although I do remember it became more widely used in the 80s and thereafter.

Wait for it: the deniers will now claim that because the term "Holocaust" wasn't in common usage, therefore the "Holocaust" never happened.

23 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:32:48pm

re: #22 Alouette

Wait for it: the deniers will now claim that because the term "Holocaust" wasn't in common usage, therefore the "Holocaust" never happened.

I grew up seeing what the 3rd Reich did to the Jewish people watching PBS. The people that deny the Holocaust have their own sinister motivations which of course is to reverse the reality of the truly evil nature of Hitler's regime. There are many people still around that pursue this revisionism contesting every angle such as the gas canisters, the showers employed, the work camps, etc.

24 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:34:51pm

re: #23 Gus 802

I grew up seeing what the 3rd Reich did to the Jewish people watching PBS. The people that deny the Holocaust have their own sinister motivations which of course is to reverse the reality of the truly evil nature of Hitler's regime. There are many people still around that pursue this revisionism contesting every angle such as the gas canisters, the showers employed, the work camps, etc.

Updinged, but be advised that your first sentence is a poster child for the misplaced modifier.

;)

25 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:35:47pm

re: #24 SanFranciscoZionist

Updinged, but be advised that your first sentence is a poster child for the misplaced modifier.

;)

What I do? :)

26 abolitionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:36:20pm

re: #16 Gus 802

re: #22 Alouette

Wait for it: the deniers will now claim that because the term "Holocaust" wasn't in common usage, therefore the "Holocaust" never happened.

Holocaust as History
An introduction to historical scholarship about the Holocaust.
By Susan D. Glazer

The "Recent Jewish Catastrophe"

The atrocities of World War II have produced a specialized nomenclature. By now, the term "Holocaust" has become the designation of choice to describe the Nazi campaign of genocide against the Jews. Those Jews who suffered in the ghettos and camps of Nazi-occupied Europe, however, did not think of themselves as victims of the "Holocaust." In the immediate post-war years, the events of the Nazi era were referred to as the "recent Jewish catastrophe." It was not until the mid-1950s that the term "Holocaust" gained currency to describe the Nazi assault against the Jews.

Bold is mine.

27 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:38:20pm

re: #25 Gus 802

What I do? :)

In its present state, the sentence suggests that the Jews, not you, were watching PBS.

28 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:38:40pm

re: #25 Gus 802

What I do? :)

If read literally, you claim that the Nazi's did bad thing to Jews who watched PBS.

29 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:38:55pm

re: #27 SanFranciscoZionist

In its present state, the sentence suggests that the Jews, not you, were watching PBS.

Oooooh.

30 Killgore Trout  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:39:40pm

Still stuck in my head...
FUCK YOU - Cee-Lo

Youtube Video

Namaste, y'all
31 reine.de.tout  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:40:37pm

re: #24 SanFranciscoZionist

Updinged, but be advised that your first sentence is a poster child for the misplaced modifier.

;)

Back in teacher mode, eh?

32 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:40:50pm

re: #26 abolitionist

re: #22 Alouette

Holocaust as History
An introduction to historical scholarship about the Holocaust.
By Susan D. Glazer

Bold is mine.

Good find.

33 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:41:04pm

re: #24 SanFranciscoZionist

Updinged, but be advised that your first sentence is a poster child for the misplaced modifier.

;)

Well, having to watch PBS can be pretty bad...
Sorry, couldn't resist.

34 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:41:30pm

re: #20 Charles

I refuse to get a "Co-Exist" bumper sticker, though.
/

35 Aceofwhat?  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:41:57pm

re: #34 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I refuse to get a "Co-Exist" bumper sticker, though.
/

THANK you

36 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:42:38pm

re: #27 SanFranciscoZionist

In its present state, the sentence suggests that the Jews, not you, were watching PBS.

"Growing up I watched a lot of PBS programs which taught me a great deal about what the 3rd Reich did to the Jews."

Better? I'm boiling up a bit here (fever) and don't want to take my temperature.

37 reine.de.tout  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:42:41pm

re: #34 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I refuse to get a "Co-Exist" bumper sticker, though.
/

Me too.

38 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:44:05pm

re: #31 reine.de.tout

Back in teacher mode, eh?

The kids are coming on Wednesday.

39 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:44:17pm

re: #37 reine.de.tout

Hey, Reine, have you given any thought about trying the e-cig again, or have you just decided that it isn't for you?

40 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:44:30pm

re: #36 Gus 802

"Growing up I watched a lot of PBS programs which taught me a great deal about what the 3rd Reich did to the Jews."

Better? I'm boiling up a bit here (fever) and don't want to take my temperature.

Much better.

41 Aceofwhat?  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:45:06pm

re: #36 Gus 802

"Growing up I watched a lot of PBS programs which taught me a great deal about what the 3rd Reich did to the Jews."

Better? I'm boiling up a bit here (fever) and don't want to take my temperature.

aw, man, i forgot about the fever...now i feel bad about my little chortle at your grammatical expense.

look, LGF is always better when you're logged in, but if you're really running hot...the best thing you can do is get a crapton of sleep. the less energy your body commits to things you do while awake, the more it has to fight this thing off.

just looking out for a good dude...

42 elizajane  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:46:01pm

re: #28 JasonA

If read literally, you claim that the Nazi's did bad thing to Jews who watched PBS.

It sets up a whole different and more modern Right vs. Left dynamic, neo-Nazis vs. NPR-listeners.

43 Aceofwhat?  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:46:38pm

re: #38 SanFranciscoZionist

The kids are coming on Wednesday.

Mine go in tomorrow. My son's first day of K!

44 reine.de.tout  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:46:47pm

re: #39 JasonA

Hey, Reine, have you given any thought about trying the e-cig again, or have you just decided that it isn't for you?

I'm still working with the one I've got.
That other one, though - it looks like it may be a bit better with the stronger hit, but I'm not sure about the refillable cartridges.
Anyhoo - I'm still working with it. I use it, but supplement with regular ones. It's a work in progress.

45 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:46:51pm

re: #41 Aceofwhat?

aw, man, i forgot about the fever...now i feel bad about my little chortle at your grammatical expense.

look, LGF is always better when you're logged in, but if you're really running hot...the best thing you can do is get a crapton of sleep. the less energy your body commits to things you do while awake, the more it has to fight this thing off.

just looking out for a good dude...

Or trying to silence the left...

46 reine.de.tout  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:47:09pm

re: #43 Aceofwhat?

Mine go in tomorrow. My son's first day of K!

Aw.
Get pix!

47 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:47:12pm

re: #36 Gus 802
Why come you don't want to take your temp? Sorry you're unwell.

48 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:47:31pm

re: #41 Aceofwhat?

aw, man, i forgot about the fever...now i feel bad about my little chortle at your grammatical expense.

look, LGF is always better when you're logged in, but if you're really running hot...the best thing you can do is get a crapton of sleep. the less energy your body commits to things you do while awake, the more it has to fight this thing off.

just looking out for a good dude...

Thanks Ace. I'm running hot but otherwise feel OK other than my mind drifting off a bit. Took a nap this afternoon. Not much I can do about it right now. Drinking some cold water and wiping my forehead with some of the cold water. I don't think it's a bug though. I've go some infection going on here. Nothing too drastic.

49 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:48:11pm

re: #47 Escaped Hillbilly

Why come you don't want to take your temp? Sorry you're unwell.

Because. If I do take my temp I'll freak out.

50 reine.de.tout  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:48:57pm

re: #38 SanFranciscoZionist

The kids are coming on Wednesday.

Daughter moved to dorm on Thursday.
She showed up at home Friday morning.
And again Friday evening, and spent the night.
And again today.
sheesh.
I thought she was supposed to move out, it's all she talked about all summer, how she couldn't wait to leave.

51 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:49:31pm

re: #49 Gus 802
Well, for goodness sakes take care of yourself. Hey, take your temp and have someone else look at it. That's what my kid does.

52 cliffster  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:50:33pm

re: #48 Gus 802

My folks swore by the idea of bundling up when you have a fever. That being the case, I've always done it and it always seemed to be a good thing. Freaks my wife out.. I have a 103 degree fever and I'm wrapping myself up in blankets, refusing to take ibuprofen. I'm pretty old-school though.

Either way, lots of fluids, and lots of C. Vitamin C is not a conspiracy, it works!

53 Aceofwhat?  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:50:36pm

re: #46 reine.de.tout

Aw.
Get pix!

i'll email them to you. he definitely has his mother's looks, so don't attribute any cuteness to me...

54 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:51:12pm

re: #51 Escaped Hillbilly

Well, for goodness sakes take care of yourself. Hey, take your temp and have someone else look at it. That's what my kid does.

Thanks. I might finally check into a clinic after I finish my current work project. Been putting it off for almost 5 years now.

55 Aceofwhat?  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:51:32pm

re: #45 JasonA

Or trying to silence the left...

damn funny. updinged.

"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."

Churchill is my homie.

56 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:51:37pm

re: #44 reine.de.tout

I'm still working with the one I've got.
That other one, though - it looks like it may be a bit better with the stronger hit, but I'm not sure about the refillable cartridges.
Anyhoo - I'm still working with it. I use it, but supplement with regular ones. It's a work in progress.

Glad to hear you haven't given up on it entirely. You can use refillable carts, like I do, or you can also get pre-filled cartomizers, by the way.

57 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:52:09pm

re: #50 reine.de.tout

Time for the old stand-by...

"I require the absence of your presence."

58 reine.de.tout  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:53:05pm

re: #57 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Time for the old stand-by...

"I require the absence of your presence."


I swear, I about told her that today . . . here I am, looking forward to some peace and quiet . . .

59 reine.de.tout  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:53:58pm

re: #56 JasonA

Glad to hear you haven't given up on it entirely. You can use refillable carts, like I do, or you can also get pre-filled cartomizers, by the way.

Yeah! That's what I would prefer. thanks, I'll check it out.

60 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:54:49pm

Smoking. Bleh. If I saved all the money I spent on booze and cigarettes over the years I'd probably be sitting on $50,000.

61 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:55:29pm

re: #59 reine.de.tout

Yeah! That's what I would prefer. thanks, I'll check it out.

A lot of companies make them, in all different kinds of flavors.

62 Aceofwhat?  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:56:42pm

re: #56 JasonA

Glad to hear you haven't given up on it entirely. You can use refillable carts, like I do, or you can also get pre-filled cartomizers, by the way.

i can smoke a pack of cigarettes in a weekend of hanging out with friends and not touch them again for six months. nicotine makes me feel absolutely nothing, unless i have too much, in which case i get dizzy and sick.

weird, right?

63 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:57:35pm

re: #62 Aceofwhat?

i can smoke a pack of cigarettes in a weekend of hanging out with friends and not touch them again for six months. nicotine makes me feel absolutely nothing, unless i have too much, in which case i get dizzy and sick.

weird, right?

Fuck you.

/

64 reine.de.tout  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:57:47pm

re: #63 JasonA

Fuck you.

/

ditto.

65 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 8:59:53pm

re: #62 Aceofwhat?

I'm a non-smoker so don't know much about it from a personal perspective. If nicotine does nothing for you, why smoke at all? Am I missing something. Don't make fun of me if I am. I am seriously wondering.

66 reine.de.tout  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:00:10pm

re: #64 reine.de.tout

ditto.

I meant, of course:
Respond to Ace with the same sentiment from me.

Damn, wish I could just quit.
g'night.

67 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:00:54pm

re: #62 Aceofwhat?

i can smoke a pack of cigarettes in a weekend of hanging out with friends and not touch them again for six months. nicotine makes me feel absolutely nothing, unless i have too much, in which case i get dizzy and sick.

weird, right?

I used to be Mr. Anti Smoker. I tried it a few times when I was younger and it would make me cough and make me dizzy. Didn't really drink much either. Then I turned 30. I now smoke 2 packs a day. When smokes were cheap I was smoking like Eisenhower before D-Day.

68 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:03:01pm

Hey, it's midnight so I can officially sign out on leave!

69 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:03:06pm

re: #65 Escaped Hillbilly

I'm a non-smoker so don't know much about it from a personal perspective. If nicotine does nothing for you, why smoke at all? Am I missing something. Don't make fun of me if I am. I am seriously wondering.

I've never been a smoker, but I smoked a few cigarettes at parties in college, and I used to smoke herbal cigarettes (not pot, the junk you get at health food stores) occasionally.

I really enjoy the process of lighting, smoking, the whole cigaretteness of cigarettes. It's attractive to me for reasons that don't have much to do with the chemical effects.

70 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:03:31pm

re: #67 Gus 802

I used to be Mr. Anti Smoker. I tried it a few times when I was younger and it would make me cough and make me dizzy. Didn't really drink much either. Then I turned 30. I now smoke 2 packs a day. When smokes were cheap I was smoking like Eisenhower before D-Day.

I've been smoke-free for over two weeks now thanks to my e-cig. I'm still getting nicotine, but none of the other nasty stuff.

71 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:04:17pm

re: #70 JasonA

I've been smoke-free for over two weeks now thanks to my e-cig. I'm still getting nicotine, but none of the other nasty stuff.

Hydrogen cyanide! Yum!

/

72 abolitionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:05:38pm

re: #66 reine.de.tout

I meant, of course:
Respond to Ace with the same sentiment from me.

Damn, wish I could just quit.
g'night.

Flu season approches. Not that I'm wishing anything bad your way, but several times I've heard relatives say that while sick, they had no craving, and took advantage of that to quit.

73 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:06:20pm

If the e-cig catches on, I can see a lot of people who otherwise wouldn't smoke taking up the habit. I'm not sure if this is good or bad thing and how serious it would be if it is bad. One of my boys bought them for the ride back from Iraq. Then he forgot and packed them!

74 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:07:15pm

re: #72 abolitionist

Flu season approches. Not that I'm wishing anything bad your way, but several times I've heard relatives say that while sick, they had no craving, and took advantage of that to quit.

Gus?

75 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:07:26pm

A Five-Hundred
Seventy-Eight
Million Dollar School.

I guess it would be cool to be a student there.

76 cliffster  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:08:01pm

I never smoked a single cigarette. Both my parents smoked and I just hated it. Looking around, I see what a lucky guy I am. I have friends that quit, are good for months, then start up again. The physical withdrawals are incredibly hard, but the killer is the emotional attachments. I just finished lunch, I always smoked when I finished eating lunch. I'm watching Seinfeld.. I always smoked during commercial breaks while watching Seinfeld. I can't imagine, and I'm glad. Good luck, all yall trying to quit..

77 Aceofwhat?  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:09:35pm

re: #65 Escaped Hillbilly

I'm a non-smoker so don't know much about it from a personal perspective. If nicotine does nothing for you, why smoke at all? Am I missing something. Don't make fun of me if I am. I am seriously wondering.

i like the taste.

78 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:09:56pm

re: #73 Escaped Hillbilly

If the e-cig catches on, I can see a lot of people who otherwise wouldn't smoke taking up the habit. I'm not sure if this is good or bad thing and how serious it would be if it is bad. One of my boys bought them for the ride back from Iraq. Then he forgot and packed them!

My cousin got one for his girlfriend. He got addicted to it. *sigh*

79 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:10:18pm

re: #77 Aceofwhat?

i like the taste.

Makes me look "cool".

80 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:10:33pm

re: #78 JasonA
Ironic.

81 cliffster  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:11:05pm

re: #77 Aceofwhat?

i like the taste.

"I don't take cocaine to get high, I just like the way it smells" -- Ray Wilie Hubbard

82 Aceofwhat?  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:11:31pm

re: #69 SanFranciscoZionist

I've never been a smoker, but I smoked a few cigarettes at parties in college, and I used to smoke herbal cigarettes (not pot, the junk you get at health food stores) occasionally.

I really enjoy the process of lighting, smoking, the whole cigaretteness of cigarettes. It's attractive to me for reasons that don't have much to do with the chemical effects.

exactly. and i like the taste, too. but i don't feel any positive effects from the nicotine...sorry smokers. i yam what i yam.

83 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:12:03pm

re: #77 Aceofwhat?

Really? Menthols? Cause I tried my dad's cigs when I was younger (Pall Mall red pack) and they tasted awful. But I've smelled some that didn't smell as bad and thought it might be ok. I'm not really considering taking up another expensive habit. But I am incredibly curious.

84 Aceofwhat?  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:13:56pm

re: #83 Escaped Hillbilly

Really? Menthols? Cause I tried my dad's cigs when I was younger (Pall Mall red pack) and they tasted awful. But I've smelled some that didn't smell as bad and thought it might be ok. I'm not really considering taking up another expensive habit. But I am incredibly curious.

yep. i'll smoke regulars, but i prefer menthols. and usually only while having an adult beverage. and usually about 3x per year.

85 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:14:48pm

re: #76 cliffster

I never smoked a single cigarette. Both my parents smoked and I just hated it. Looking around, I see what a lucky guy I am. I have friends that quit, are good for months, then start up again. The physical withdrawals are incredibly hard, but the killer is the emotional attachments. I just finished lunch, I always smoked when I finished eating lunch. I'm watching Seinfeld.. I always smoked during commercial breaks while watching Seinfeld. I can't imagine, and I'm glad. Good luck, all yall trying to quit..

My parents never smoked around me even as a small child. They smoked when they were young and even then they barely smoked. My brother and sister started smoking when they were around 16 and when I was 16 I wouldn't have any of it. My parents never drank and it was almost a taboo around my mom although we would be served wine when we turned 12 for Christmas or Thanksgiving. I'd have a glass and I would just get a sharp pain in the back of my neck.

86 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:15:25pm

re: #84 Aceofwhat?

You know... I haven't smoked since Friday Afternoon... now, I really want one.

Thanks.

87 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:15:33pm

I had a boyfriend once who smoked only cherry flavored cigars. They smelled really good so I tried one. Yuck! It didn't taste like cherries.

88 Aceofwhat?  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:16:25pm

re: #83 Escaped Hillbilly

Really? Menthols? Cause I tried my dad's cigs when I was younger (Pall Mall red pack) and they tasted awful. But I've smelled some that didn't smell as bad and thought it might be ok. I'm not really considering taking up another expensive habit. But I am incredibly curious.

oh, and i'd never actually recommend it. from what i can tell, my condition is quite abnormal...i don't have a single friend who has successfully smoked as inconsistently as i have. it's my mutant power.

(figures i'd get that, and not something more awesome)

89 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:16:53pm

re: #87 Escaped Hillbilly

Never, not once, did it ever, once, occur to me that you might be a girl (or gay)...

90 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:16:58pm

re: #83 Escaped Hillbilly

Really? Menthols? Cause I tried my dad's cigs when I was younger (Pall Mall red pack) and they tasted awful. But I've smelled some that didn't smell as bad and thought it might be ok. I'm not really considering taking up another expensive habit. But I am incredibly curious.

One of Caron's great perfumes, Tabac Blond, is based on a tobacco note. It was created when French girls started to smoke following WWI, and was considered madly sexy and daring.

Doesn't work for me. I'm a generation that doesn't want to smell like cigarettes.

91 cliffster  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:17:21pm

re: #87 Escaped Hillbilly

I had a boyfriend once who smoked only cherry flavored cigars. They smelled really good so I tried one. Yuck! It didn't taste like cherries.

you are a chick?

92 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:17:35pm

re: #89 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Umm. I'm not sure if that should bother me.

93 Aceofwhat?  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:17:45pm

re: #86 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

You know... I haven't smoked since Friday Afternoon... now, I really want one.

Thanks.

i'm addicted to sunflower seeds...it's also a process, but you get more vitamin E and less tar.

94 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:17:47pm

re: #91 cliffster

you are a chick?

See?

95 ReamWorks SKG  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:17:49pm

re: #3 abolitionist

He was a righteous gentile!

96 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:18:13pm

re: #91 cliffster

you are a chick?

You didn't know?

97 cliffster  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:18:57pm

re: #96 SanFranciscoZionist

You didn't know?

I didn't know

98 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:18:59pm

re: #92 Escaped Hillbilly

No, not at all. Shows a gender neutral writing style. Which is awesome.

My manly testosterone LEAPS out of the page atcha... doesn't it?

99 Aceofwhat?  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:19:08pm

re: #92 Escaped Hillbilly

Umm. I'm not sure if that should bother me.

nah. a few folks (Cato being the most notable) thought i was a grrl for about a year, apparently. internet vibes are funny.

100 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:19:16pm

re: #97 cliffster

I didn't know

Now you know!

101 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:19:26pm

re: #83 Escaped Hillbilly

Really? Menthols? Cause I tried my dad's cigs when I was younger (Pall Mall red pack) and they tasted awful. But I've smelled some that didn't smell as bad and thought it might be ok. I'm not really considering taking up another expensive habit. But I am incredibly curious.

Just count yourself lucky. Tobacco is a dangerous, addictive, habit.

102 Aceofwhat?  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:19:26pm

re: #96 SanFranciscoZionist

You didn't know?

i didn't either...

103 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:19:39pm

re: #92 Escaped Hillbilly

Umm. I'm not sure if that should bother me.

Perhaps if I saw you and didn't know, it should bother you.

104 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:19:45pm

re: #99 Aceofwhat?

nah. a few folks (Cato being the most notable) thought i was a grrl for about a year, apparently. internet vibes are funny.

I always knew you were a dude. I thought Windsagio was a girl for a long time, though.

105 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:20:06pm

re: #102 Aceofwhat?

i didn't either...

Oh. I remember talking to her about her kid when she was last here...

106 cliffster  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:20:07pm

re: #100 SanFranciscoZionist

Now you know!

And knowing's half the battle!

107 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:20:32pm

re: #106 cliffster

And knowing's half the battle!

GI JOEEEE!!!

108 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:20:38pm

Something totally positive:

I recently saw John Woo's Red Cliff movies.

For those who do not know, Red Cliff, takes place during the Three Kingdoms period of China. The movie is based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is something like a Chinese set of Arthurian legends. However, it is more historical. It is also a work that along with the I Ching and a few others is considered to form the basis of a classical Chinese education.

Contemporary to the height of Rome, after the collapse of the First Dynasty, the Chinese Empire split into three waring Kingdoms. Truly vast battles were fought. Heroes rose and fell. Kingdoms were won and lost. Great strategists showed their genius.

John Woo does one episode from this saga a great deal of justice in these movies.

The cinematography is breath taking. The acting is superb. The battles make Braveheart look like a college movie. It's Chinese, if they need 100,000 people making an army they get it...The music is breathtaking. There are simply too many scenes that radiate awesome.

The movie is as much a cultural event as it is an epic. One can just watch this as a great epic. Or one can see that this reflects a very culturally different way to look at making such an epic. The main characters in this are brilliant, educated and refined people. The great warriors are poets and calligraphers, medical doctors, strategists, generals and musicians all at the same time. But it is not done in an over the top way. This reflects a culture of honor and betrayal, learning and a non stagnant, cultured and brilliant, nobility, mobile in a violent age.

The movie is paced like a proper Asian movie. It has a story to tell, and it will fill in details and take its time. One of my favorite scenes has two strategists forming an alliance by playing music together (and the music is awesome). Another, involves a young ruler finding his courage on a tiger hunt.

For those who care about martial arts, the sword and spear work is phenomenal. For those who simply enjoy seeing fabulously beautiful Asian women being fabulously beautiful, again one can not go wrong. For those who simply want to be blown away by endless radiating waves of awesome...

Anyway the movie is called Red Cliff. Both parts add up to over four hours of pure epic bliss.

Do not get the dubbed and shortened version that was edited to appeal to an American audience with ADD.

109 cliffster  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:21:00pm

re: #99 Aceofwhat?

no one here has ever thought I was a girl. dunno why

110 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:21:08pm

Hah! Successfully hijacked that conversation. Kidding. Would have thought the Avatar would have given it away.

111 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:21:22pm

re: #88 Aceofwhat?

oh, and i'd never actually recommend it. from what i can tell, my condition is quite abnormal...i don't have a single friend who has successfully smoked as inconsistently as i have. it's my mutant power.

(figures i'd get that, and not something more awesome)

Some people are like that. I went to a party once and this Mr. Fitness guy, marathon runner, saw me smoking and bummed a cigarette from me. I was kind of floored that he would do that. Also knew these three French students that shared a flat and they would have pack for the three of them which would last over a week.

112 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:22:24pm

re: #108 LudwigVanQuixote

I love Epic Asian movies, sub-titled only... The Chinese have a flair for use of color in film which is just mind numbing.

Was that racist?

113 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:22:55pm

re: #110 Escaped Hillbilly

Are you nuts? I've always wanted to do Daphne.

114 Aceofwhat?  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:25:17pm

re: #104 SanFranciscoZionist

I always knew you were a dude. I thought Windsagio was a girl for a long time, though.

*chortle*

I thought he was gay for a long time...either way, we both thought he was the sort who liked boys//

115 cliffster  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:25:19pm

re: #110 Escaped Hillbilly

Hah! Successfully hijacked that conversation. Kidding. Would have thought the Avatar would have given it away.

It's too small. (I can say that, since you're not a dude)

116 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:25:34pm

re: #113 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Difference between guys and gals? Men post pics of who they would like to get with. Women post pics of who they'd like to be? By the way, I have said before, It really should have been Velma but at the time I made that pic I didn't have a good drawing of her. I do now, but haven't had time to change it.

117 Aceofwhat?  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:25:50pm

re: #113 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Are you nuts? I've always wanted to do Daphne.

also guilty of same

118 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:26:10pm

re: #112 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I love Epic Asian movies, sub-titled only... The Chinese have a flair for use of color in film which is just mind numbing.

Was that racist?

This blows Hero or Juo do away.

119 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:26:14pm

re: #115 cliffster
That's what she said.

120 abolitionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:26:47pm

re: #108 LudwigVanQuixote

I enjoyed When the Last Sword is Drawn a few months ago, on Hulu.

121 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:27:23pm

re: #118 LudwigVanQuixote

Oh. I love Hero.

122 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:28:06pm

re: #112 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I love Epic Asian movies, sub-titled only... The Chinese have a flair for use of color in film which is just mind numbing.

Was that racist?

Raise the Red Lantern

Youtube Video
123 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:28:17pm

re: #121 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oh. I love Hero.

One of my favorites.

124 Cato the Elder  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:28:28pm

Now for something completely different:

The webcam looking down on the marketplace of Tübingen, Germany, where I spent a happy decade learning languages and being a roustabout.

They are just now beginning to set up for the Monday-morning open-air market. In about an hour the place will be jammed with stalls selling everything under the sun, and an hour later the place will be crawling with people.

125 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:28:33pm

re: #122 Gus 802

Raise the Red Lantern


[Video]

Also a great movie.

126 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:28:51pm

re: #122 Gus 802

One of my very favorite movies of any type/culture/style... period.

127 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:30:10pm

re: #120 abolitionist

I enjoyed When the Last Sword is Drawn a few months ago, on Hulu.

Is that the Japanese movie about a poor Samurai trying his best to feed his family and getting caught up in the transitions of the Meiji period?

If it is, I rather liked that movie.

128 cliffster  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:30:22pm

okee dokee - off to bed I go. peace and purpose to everyone..

129 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:30:39pm

re: #126 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

One of my very favorite movies of any type/culture/style... period.

The get your hands on Red Cliff. You will be blown away.

130 Aceofwhat?  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:31:24pm

re: #124 Cato the Elder

Now for something completely different:

The webcam looking down on the marketplace of Tübingen, Germany, where I spent a happy decade learning languages and being a roustabout.

They are just now beginning to set up for the Monday-morning open-air market. In about an hour the place will be jammed with stalls selling everything under the sun, and an hour later the place will be crawling with people.

an excellent note on which to wish tous mes amis une bonne nuit.

131 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:31:27pm

re: #126 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

One of my very favorite movies of any type/culture/style... period.

Tragic. But that's good in a movie.

132 abolitionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:33:18pm

re: #127 LudwigVanQuixote

Yes, I believe so.

133 Mr Pancakes  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:33:25pm

re: #129 LudwigVanQuixote

The get your hands on Red Cliff. You will be blown away.

Great movie...... AKA "Chi bi".

134 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:35:12pm

re: #129 LudwigVanQuixote

I can't wait. Thanks for the recommendation. It is next.

135 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:35:56pm

re: #131 Gus 802

Broke my heart... That's good in a movie.

136 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:36:19pm

I don't know if this is anyone here's cup of soup, but Lucia St. Clair Robson wrote a romance/adventure novel called The Tokaido Road, based on the story of the forty-seven ronin.

Lots of fun, hot chick with naginata, some good sex. I don't know a lot about Japanese history, but it felt realistic.

137 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:36:24pm

See y'all. Gotta hit the hay...

Dreams of Daphne...

138 Cato the Elder  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:36:46pm

re: #129 LudwigVanQuixote

The get your hands on Red Cliff. You will be blown away.

If you haven't seen "Mongol" yet, I highly recommend it.

You will never thing of Genghis Khan the same way again.

139 William Barnett-Lewis  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:37:06pm

re: #108 LudwigVanQuixote

That reminds me, I was thinking the other day that John might be old enough now to deal with the subtitles on a film. I'm thinking of a bit of Kurosawa - I'd love to see "Seven Samurai" again, but I'm thinking that "The Hidden Fortress" might be easier for him to follow as his first foray in this genre. Any thoughts?

140 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:37:56pm

Good night all. And I guess I have to go to. Can't get through on the phone to sign out. I'll be taking a very late drive I guess. Get well Gus.

141 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:39:32pm

re: #140 Escaped Hillbilly

Good night all. And I guess I have to go to. Can't get through on the phone to sign out. I'll be taking a very late drive I guess. Get well Gus.

Thank you. Sleep well.

142 webevintage  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:41:07pm

I just saw the end of Zardoz is on...what a cracktastic movie.
Sean Connery.....heh.

Last night I watch The Shadows in the Palace set in ancient Korea.
Detective ghost story.
Much better then Zardoz.

143 Walter L. Newton  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:44:05pm

re: #124 Cato the Elder

Now for something completely different:

The webcam looking down on the marketplace of Tübingen, Germany, where I spent a happy decade learning languages and being a roustabout.

They are just now beginning to set up for the Monday-morning open-air market. In about an hour the place will be jammed with stalls selling everything under the sun, and an hour later the place will be crawling with people.

Oh my goodness... you lived in the home of Hohner harmonicas for 10 years. Neat. I have about 40 harmonicas, and a good 25 of them are Hohners... the best harmonicas in the world... they make nice accordions too...

144 Nimed  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:45:00pm

re: #108 LudwigVanQuixote

Aaah, LVQ. Finally, someone who appreciates the Three Kingdoms period!

It was really an interesting age -- I'd say even more interesting than the Arthurian legends. Much more complicated too, of course -- A LOT of Chinese names (of people and locations) to remember (it's been a while, so I vaguely remember that Liu Bei and Cao Cao were important guys).

The novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms is supposed to be this masterpiece that holds its own against the best of the Western Canon. The problem is that the story has hundreds of characters with Chinese names, so it's hard to gather the courage to read the damn thing.

145 Mr Pancakes  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:46:03pm

I recommend this one too

Ip Man..... AKA Yip Man

It's about Japan's engagement China during WW2 and what bastards they were. Ip Man...... doesn't put up with any of their crap.

146 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:47:01pm

re: #144 Nimed

Aaah, LVQ. Finally, someone who appreciates the Three Kingdoms period!

It was really an interesting age -- I'd say even more interesting than the Arthurian legends. Much more complicated too, of course -- A LOT of Chinese names (of people and locations) to remember (it's been a while, so I vaguely remember that Liu Bei and Cao Cao were important guys).

The novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms is supposed to be this masterpiece that holds its own against the best of the Western Canon. The problem is that the story has hundreds of characters with Chinese names, so it's hard to gather the courage to read the damn thing.

Well, one reason I figured I should look into it, is that names like that are as familiar to over one billion people as Lancelot is to us.

147 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:47:54pm

Here is the trailer for the dubbed English version of Red Cliff. See the original with subs, or you will miss out on over two hours of movie.

Youtube Video
148 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:50:06pm

re: #142 webevintage

I just saw the end of Zardoz is on...what a cracktastic movie.
Sean Connery...heh.

Last night I watch The Shadows in the Palace set in ancient Korea.
Detective ghost story.
Much better then Zardoz.

Zardoz is what happens when dystopian sci fi stories - which are pretty good - get mutated by early seventies psychedelic fetishism and Logan's Run style sexuality.

149 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:51:18pm

re: #138 Cato the Elder

If you haven't seen "Mongol" yet, I highly recommend it.

You will never thing of Genghis Khan the same way again.

I dunno... I always saw him as a kind of shy person, who took a while to get to know, but once he opened up, was really sweet...

150 elbruce  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:51:22pm

Here's some info on that version of Captain Marvel. It isn't terribly clear, but I think the "holocaust" mentioned on the cover is some intergalactic thing, but probably analogous to whatever.

151 Mr Pancakes  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:52:41pm

re: #147 LudwigVanQuixote

Here is the trailer for the dubbed English version of Red Cliff. See the original with subs, or you will miss out on over two hours of movie.


[Video]

Yes....... and if you feel you didn't quite get the ending....... you'll have to get Red Cliff II.

152 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:53:23pm

Melanesian Choir the Blessed Islands

Youtube Video
153 Velvet Elvis  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:54:25pm

As someone pointed out in this Daily Kos thread, doesn't this image that Alan Grayson posted of him giving printouts of Daily Kos posts to the president look photoshopped?

[Link: www.dailykos.com...]

154 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:56:14pm

re: #151 Mr Pancakes

Yes... and if you feel you didn't quite get the ending... you'll have to get Red Cliff II.

And this is one episode out of a very vast epic story.

155 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:58:20pm

Hans Zimmer - Black Hawk Down

Youtube Video
156 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:59:14pm

re: #150 elbruce

Here's some info on that version of Captain Marvel. It isn't terribly clear, but I think the "holocaust" mentioned on the cover is some intergalactic thing, but probably analogous to whatever.

I must say, the X-Men movies made infinitely more sense to me after I understood that Magneto is a survivor.

Argued with Buzzsawmonkey over that, he thinks the films are anti-Semitic.

157 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 9:59:45pm

re: #156 SanFranciscoZionist

I must say, the X-Men movies made infinitely more sense to me after I understood that Magneto is a survivor.

Argued with Buzzsawmonkey over that, he thinks the films are anti-Semitic.

?

158 Nimed  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:00:36pm

re: #146 LudwigVanQuixote

Well, one reason I figured I should look into it, is that names like that are as familiar to over one billion people as Lancelot is to us.

Right. But there are specific difficulties with Chinese names -- the romanization of characters is a nightmare because apparently there are no standard universal rules to follow. Sometimes the same historical figure is referred as "Xung", "Zung" or "Zong", for instance. This can really be very painful when you're trying to gather information about the Three Kingdoms period from several sources.

Anyway, thanks for the recommendation. I'll add Red Cliff to my movies list. :)

159 elbruce  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:03:13pm

re: #156 SanFranciscoZionist

I must say, the X-Men movies made infinitely more sense to me after I understood that Magneto is a survivor.

Argued with Buzzsawmonkey over that, he thinks the films are anti-Semitic.

Nah, Magneto is just presenting the AIPAC position.

(firing across the neocon bow)

160 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:04:13pm

re: #159 elbruce

Nah, Magneto is just presenting the AIPAC position.

(firing across the neocon bow)

It is really unfair and wrong to associate AIPAC with neo-cons.

161 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:04:39pm

re: #157 JasonA

?

IIRC, the evil Jewish minions of Magneto are pitted against Professor Xavier's ('X', get it?) Christian mutant minions. And Wolverine is supposed to be a Christ figure.

162 Nimed  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:04:48pm

re: #157 JasonA

?

Magneto: villain and Holocaust survivor.

I hope it's something a bit more elaborate than that, though -- Magneto is one of the coolest villains around.

163 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:06:01pm

re: #159 elbruce

Nah, Magneto is just presenting the AIPAC position.

(firing across the neocon bow)

Magneto doesn't trust that the world will ever permit mutants/Jews to live. They will always come for us. Xavier believes in the possibility of tolerance and mutual respect. I've heard this argument many a time, growing up in the post-Holocaust American Jewish community. The accents are usually a bit different.

164 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:06:24pm

re: #60 Gus 802

Smoking. Bleh. If I saved all the money I spent on booze and cigarettes over the years I'd probably be sitting on $50,000.

yeah, but I like beer *_*

165 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:06:50pm

re: #162 Nimed

Magneto: villain and Holocaust survivor.

I hope it's something a bit more elaborate than that, though -- Magneto is one of the coolest villains around.

And, in light of his experience, his position makes perfect sense.

166 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:07:19pm

re: #161 SanFranciscoZionist

IIRC, the evil Jewish minions of Magneto are pitted against Professor Xavier's ('X', get it?) Christian mutant minions. And Wolverine is supposed to be a Christ figure.

Meh. Stan Lee always said that the X-Men was his way of exploring racism and bigotry. He's not really deep enough of a writer to come up with that crap, though.

167 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:07:22pm

re: #156 SanFranciscoZionist

I must say, the X-Men movies made infinitely more sense to me after I understood that Magneto is a survivor.

Argued with Buzzsawmonkey over that, he thinks the films are anti-Semitic.

whut?

Ooh-kaaay

168 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:07:45pm

re: #166 JasonA

Meh. Stan Lee always said that the X-Men was his way of exploring racism and bigotry. He's not really deep enough of a writer to come up with that crap, though.

Stan Lee of course is also known as Stanley Liebowitz.

169 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:07:56pm

re: #161 SanFranciscoZionist

IIRC, the evil Jewish minions of Magneto are pitted against Professor Xavier's ('X', get it?) Christian mutant minions. And Wolverine is supposed to be a Christ figure.

wow, this is like those people who thought The Matrix was the deepest thing ever

170 Nimed  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:09:24pm

re: #161 SanFranciscoZionist

IIRC, the evil Jewish minions of Magneto are pitted against Professor Xavier's ('X', get it?) Christian mutant minions. And Wolverine is supposed to be a Christ figure.

Wolverine, srsly? That dude is either an atheist or a Shintoist.

The only devout Christian X-Man I remember is Nightcrawl. There may be a couple more, though.

171 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:09:33pm

Another marvelous thing about Red Cliff - and cultural differences:

While the women in this movie are strong and brave, and one of them is a very skilled fighter, they are all marvelously feminine.

There is none of the Hollywood need for the women to out macho the men. They are not crude. They are not caricatures of Stallone with fake breasts and bleached blond hair. The women are just as brave, subtle and intelligent as the men - but they seem like real women. Just very above average, talented, driven women.

172 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:10:12pm

re: #166 JasonA

Meh. Stan Lee always said that the X-Men was his way of exploring racism and bigotry. He's not really deep enough of a writer to come up with that crap, though.

Actually he did and was.

173 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:10:47pm

Apocalypse Now - Helicopter Attack

Youtube Video
174 elbruce  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:11:43pm

re: #166 JasonA

Meh. Stan Lee always said that the X-Men was his way of exploring racism and bigotry. He's not really deep enough of a writer to come up with that crap, though.

Chris Claremont had his hands all over it for a long time, especially as it became more popular. He expanded the mythology a lot.

175 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:11:49pm

re: #172 LudwigVanQuixote

he didn't come up with Wolverine, tho ;-)

176 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:12:12pm

re: #170 Nimed

Wolverine, srsly? That dude is either an atheist or a Shintoist.

The only devout Christian X-Man I remember is Nightcrawl. There may be a couple more, though.

I don't recall them ever making a point out of anyone else's religion except for Kitty Pryde. She was Jewish, but not all that observant that I remember.

177 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:12:28pm

re: #170 Nimed

Wolverine, srsly? That dude is either an atheist or a Shintoist.

The only devout Christian X-Man I remember is Nightcrawl. There may be a couple more, though.

Nightcrawler is the only one I recall, although I'm sure most of the kids were raised in some sort of Protestant setting, and some of them may be devout.

178 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:12:54pm

re: #172 LudwigVanQuixote

Actually he did and was.

I meant he wasn't deep enough to come up with what Buzzsawmonkey was talking about.

179 Nimed  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:13:04pm

re: #169 WindUpBird

wow, this is like those people who thought The Matrix was the deepest thing ever

But it's fun to fool around with symbolisms in pop culture! :D

The Matrix trilogy did take itself way too seriously for its own good. They should have concentrated in making a decent 3rd movie.

180 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:13:26pm

re: #179 Nimed

But it's fun to fool around with symbolisms in pop culture! :D

The Matrix trilogy did take itself way too seriously for its own good. They should have concentrated in making a decent 3rd movie.

God the third movie was SO BAD

181 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:13:34pm

re: #178 JasonA

I meant he wasn't deep enough to come up with what Buzzsawmonkey was talking about.

Since Buzz's argument seemed to come down to "Wolverine is good and has a beard, therefore he is a Christ figure", I'm not sure how deep I'd call it.

182 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:13:50pm

Jesus Camp

Youtube Video
183 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:14:03pm

re: #180 WindUpBird

God the third movie was SO BAD

I don't think I saw the third one. It was the second where they had the big dance scene down in their underground city, right?

184 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:14:42pm

re: #182 Gus 802

Jesus Camp


[Video]

Everyone should see Jesus Camp.

185 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:15:07pm

re: #183 SanFranciscoZionist

I don't think I saw the third one. It was the second where they had the big dance scene down in their underground city, right?

Yes ;_; The second was not good, but it had some fun imagery. The third looked like in game footage from Gears of War. Just nothing but mindless CGI and none of the style of the first movie

186 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:15:22pm

re: #184 JasonA

Everyone should see Jesus Camp.

Praise the cardboard Bush!

187 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:15:38pm

Full Metal Jacket - Boot Camp

Youtube Video
188 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:15:40pm

re: #182 Gus 802

More out of life. At 5. Jesus.

Oops.

189 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:16:52pm

re: #156 SanFranciscoZionist

I must say, the X-Men movies made infinitely more sense to me after I understood that Magneto is a survivor.

Argued with Buzzsawmonkey over that, he thinks the films are anti-Semitic.

Well, Buzz was wrong about many things. His being wrong about Iceweasel lead him to be an ass on this board to the point where Charles banned his ass. And since he got to the Stalker Blog, he's been wrong even more often.

190 Nimed  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:18:53pm

re: #181 SanFranciscoZionist

Since Buzz's argument seemed to come down to "Wolverine is good and has a beard, therefore he is a Christ figure", I'm not sure how deep I'd call it.

LOLOL

Well, I suppose very long sideburns do count as a beard.

191 elbruce  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:21:57pm

re: #184 JasonA

Everyone should see Jesus Camp.

But not twice. I scrolled down to that post and was like AAAGGHH!!! Definite "BOO!" moment for me there.

192 elbruce  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:22:15pm

re: #181 SanFranciscoZionist

Since Buzz's argument seemed to come down to "Wolverine is good and has a beard, therefore he is a Christ figure", I'm not sure how deep I'd call it.

Two words: healing factor.

193 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:23:27pm

re: #192 elbruce

Two words: healing factor.

I just don't think that being able to shoot out sharp things from under your nails is symbolically the same as having sharp things hammered into your palms.

194 Varek Raith  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:23:34pm

re: #161 SanFranciscoZionist

IIRC, the evil Jewish minions of Magneto are pitted against Professor Xavier's ('X', get it?) Christian mutant minions. And Wolverine is supposed to be a Christ figure.

Holy over-analysis, Batman!
o_O

195 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:25:00pm

Here is a scene that I particularly loved from Red Cliff.. I know I am gushing, but it is marvelous way to show the compassion and love for his people of Zhou Yu. This is the "personal pep talk and inspiration scene" for how he knows he must fight. How different and moving it is though from an American movie.

Youtube Video

This is the the guqin scene, where the two strategists form an alliance through making music.

The music is breath taking.

Youtube Video
196 Varek Raith  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:25:22pm

re: #193 SanFranciscoZionist

I just don't think that being able to shoot out sharp things from under your nails is symbolically the same as having sharp things hammered into your palms.

THEY COME OUT OF THE TOP OF HIS HANDS!!!
;)

197 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:25:59pm

re: #196 Varek Raith

THEY COME OUT OF THE TOP OF HIS HANDS!!!
;)

Oh. So they do.

Whatever.

I like the scene where he encounters the cat.

198 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:26:22pm

I've got to get to bed. Goodnight, all.

199 Varek Raith  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:27:21pm

re: #197 SanFranciscoZionist

Oh. So they do.

Whatever.

I like the scene where he encounters the cat.

Hey now, them's my comics you be dissin'!
/
:)

200 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:28:00pm

Guess no one can say that we don't live in an indoctrinated society now can we?

201 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:28:06pm

re: #199 Varek Raith

Hey now, them's my comics you be dissin'!
/
:)

I've only ever seen the movies.

I love the part where Magneto rips up the Golden Gate Bridge, though.

202 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:28:55pm

re: #196 Varek Raith

THEY COME OUT OF THE TOP OF HIS HANDS!!!
;)

I was always more of a Warlock guy

203 elbruce  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:29:27pm

re: #201 SanFranciscoZionist

I've only ever seen the movies.

Who wants to call dibs on the "kids these days" rant?

204 Varek Raith  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:29:56pm

re: #201 SanFranciscoZionist

I've only ever seen the movies.

I love the part where Magneto rips up the Golden Gate Bridge, though.

I like when Cyclops got fried.
I hate that guy.
:P

205 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:30:05pm

re: #203 elbruce

Who wants to call dibs on the "kids these days" rant?

haha she's my age, she just isn't into the comics so much

207 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:31:22pm

re: #205 WindUpBird

haha she's my age, she just isn't into the comics so much

My husband loves 'em, though.

And I did read all the Preacher books.

208 Nimed  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:31:31pm

re: #193 SanFranciscoZionist

I just don't think that being able to shoot out sharp things from under your nails is symbolically the same as having sharp things hammered into your palms.


re: #196 Varek Raith

THEY COME OUT OF THE TOP OF HIS HANDS!!!
;)

Incidentally, Lady Deathstrike fits the description and had a crush on Wolverine.

209 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:32:26pm

re: #207 SanFranciscoZionist

My husband loves 'em, though.

And I did read all the Preacher books.

those are good!

I tell ya what you'd probably dig are the Finder books, fantastic character development

210 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:33:16pm

re: #207 SanFranciscoZionist

My husband loves 'em, though.

And I did read all the Preacher books.

Preacher was kind of kick ass. He could command people with the Voice of God™. Once told this guy trying to screw with him to count every grain of sand on a beach.

211 William Barnett-Lewis  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:33:58pm

Good night all. Thanks for the info on Red Cliff, it's going on my netflix list along with a bunch of Kurosawa I think.

212 Varek Raith  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:34:05pm

re: #210 JasonA

Preacher was kind of kick ass. He could command people with the Voice of God™. Once told this guy trying to screw with him to count every grain of sand on a beach.

Sadistic.

213 Gus  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:34:27pm

Out! Later.

214 Varek Raith  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:40:15pm

re: #213 Gus 802

Out! Later.

You turned off the Internet!1111

215 elbruce  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:41:35pm

re: #207 SanFranciscoZionist

And I did read all the Preacher books.

Check out Hellblazer, Garh Enniss was involved in a long sequence of that also. But then you're jumping over to Alan Moore's run on Swamp Thing, as well as the overlap with Sandman, which takes you to the Books of Magic... fact is, anything under the D.C. Vertigo Imprint is some of the best literature of our age.

216 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:41:41pm

Keeping the Peace: He's doing it wrong.

Ex-policeman in Philippines holds tourists hostage

MANILA, Philippines — A dismissed policeman armed with an automatic rifle seized a bus in the Philippine capital Monday with 25 passengers, most of them Hong Kong tourists, in a bid to demand his reinstatement, police said.
217 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:42:23pm

re: #215 elbruce

Check out Hellblazer, Garh Enniss was involved in a long sequence of that also. But then you're jumping over to Alan Moore's run on Swamp Thing, as well as the overlap with Sandman, which takes you to the Books of Magic... fact is, anything under the D.C. Vertigo Imprint is some of the best literature of our age.

Alan Moore's a tad bit overrated. Just my humble opinion.

218 Varek Raith  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:42:52pm

re: #216 JasonA

Keeping the Peace: He's doing it wrong.

Ex-policeman in Philippines holds tourists hostage

Image: sTb5W7ZBMks5nkm1ujbJsqzoo1_500.jpg

219 elbruce  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:51:57pm
Keeping the Peace: He's doing it wrong.

Ex-policeman in Philippines holds tourists hostage

MANILA, Philippines — A dismissed policeman armed with an automatic rifle seized a bus in the Philippine capital Monday with 24 passengers, most of them Hong Kong tourists, in a bid to demand his reinstatement, police said.

"That guy's a real go-getter! Let's give him his job back keeping the peace!"

220 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:53:23pm

re: #219 elbruce

"That guy's a real go-getter! Let's give him his job back keeping the peace!"

Bah. You just don't get it. He was keeping those people safe!
From himself.

221 tnguitarist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:55:41pm

Evening. If you're out west, hurry up and tell me happy birthday!

222 elbruce  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:56:39pm

re: #221 tnguitarist

Evening. If you're out west, hurry up and tell me happy birthday!

Happy birthday!

223 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:58:11pm

re: #221 tnguitarist

Evening. If you're out west, hurry up and tell me happy birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

224 boredtechindenver  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:58:45pm

re: #221 tnguitarist

Evening. If you're out west, hurry up and tell me happy birthday!

happy birthday

225 tnguitarist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:59:24pm

When does one graduate from newbie status around here?

226 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 11:00:02pm

It never ends!

National Parks Infinite Photo

227 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 11:00:32pm

re: #225 tnguitarist

When does one graduate from newbie status around here?

Ah, you're starting to feel like a regular to me.

228 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 11:00:58pm

re: #225 tnguitarist

When does one graduate from newbie status around here?

Once you're the oldest poster left. Until then you can look forward to the seniors around here referring to your newbieness ad nauseum.

229 tnguitarist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 11:01:15pm

re: #227 SanFranciscoZionist

Ah, you're starting to feel like a regular to me.

Starting to lose that new poster smell....

230 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 11:08:03pm

Entertain me.

231 tnguitarist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 11:13:07pm

re: #230 JasonA

Entertain me.

Here ya go. Keep watching, there's more to it.

Youtube Video
232 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 11:15:26pm

Watching Ballykissangel:

"Why is Our Lady of Bonanza holding a wok?"

233 elbruce  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 11:16:20pm

re: #225 tnguitarist

When does one graduate from newbie status around here?

I'm going to guess it's one of those "if you have to ask" things.

234 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 11:17:12pm

re: #231 tnguitarist

Excellent. You may stay.

235 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 11:18:22pm

re: #221 tnguitarist

Evening. If you're out west, hurry up and tell me happy birthday!

happy birthday

236 Mocking Jay  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 11:20:04pm

re: #231 tnguitarist

re: #234 JasonA

You may now feel free to enjoy your birthday. Not this one, next year's.

237 tnguitarist  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 11:21:19pm

re: #236 JasonA

re: #234 JasonA

You may now feel free to enjoy your birthday. Not this one, next year's.

Too late. I already did.

238 elbruce  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 11:21:49pm

re: #231 tnguitarist

Here ya go. Keep watching, there's more to it.

[Video]

Well I'm a newbie myself and therefore am in no place to judge, but that's fuckin awesome.

239 boredtechindenver  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 11:28:38pm

Still my favorite Youtube video of all time

Youtube Video
240 Mr Pancakes  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 11:30:28pm

This is a great flick too..... too bad these movies aren't known here.

It's about a girl who thinks she is about to get a great job, only to discover she is being sold into slavery..... she tries to get away but can't. Not even the cops can help her.

Blind Mountain

241 boredtechindenver  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 11:37:16pm

PomplamooseMusic

Youtube Video
242 Cheechako  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 11:38:40pm

Wow...Sara Palin called my home this evening. Asked me to support the Tea Party candidate for Senator (Joe Miller) in Tuesday's primary.

I hung up on her.

Prediction: The Tea Party candidate backed by Sara Palin WILL NOT win the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat in Alaska.

243 elbruce  Sun, Aug 22, 2010 11:45:17pm

re: #242 Cheechako

Wow...Sara Palin called my home this evening. Asked me to support the Tea Party candidate for Senator (Joe Miller) in Tuesday's primary.

The punchline: the other guy running for the Republican nomination is campaigning on the promise "I promise not to quit."

244 Cheechako  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 12:01:59am

re: #243 elbruce

The punchline: the other guy running for the Republican nomination is campaigning on the promise "I promise not to quit."


He's running for Governor in the Republican primary. The current Republican governor, Sean Parnell, (who stepped into the job when Sara quit) has done a creditable job and will be hard to beat.

245 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 12:03:54am

WTF is with the set up on this page?

246 Mocking Jay  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 12:08:18am

re: #245 Cannadian Club Akbar

Hm?

247 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 12:09:09am

re: #246 JasonA

Hm?

Guess I just never scrolled to the bottom.

248 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 12:12:11am

So I bought a 12 pack to let my brother's friend have some beers for helping with summer cleaning. Wanna guess how many are left?

249 elbruce  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 12:20:07am

re: #248 Cannadian Club Akbar

So I bought a 12 pack to let my brother's friend have some beers for helping with summer cleaning. Wanna guess how many are left?

I'm gonna go with zero. This ain't rocket science here.

250 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 12:21:03am

So, I went to Chipolte Grill tonight. Heard nothing but good thing. They suck.

251 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 12:33:44am

out for a bit.

252 ClaudeMonet  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 12:52:45am

re: #250 Cannadian Club Akbar

So, I went to Chipolte Grill tonight. Heard nothing but good thing. They suck.

I'm not keen on their food either, as I go to Mexican restaurants for food with flavor, but I went to the one near my place for a while because all the other Mexican places were a few miles away at minimum. Now there's a new place about 3/4 mile away, so no more Chipotle.

re: #248 Cannadian Club Akbar

So I bought a 12 pack to let my brother's friend have some beers for helping with summer cleaning. Wanna guess how many are left?

I'll be charitable and say two, but I think elbruce is right.

253 boxhead  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 12:54:04am

re: #252 ClaudeMonet

I'm not keen on their food either, as I go to Mexican restaurants for food with flavor, but I went to the one near my place for a while because all the other Mexican places were a few miles away at minimum. Now there's a new place about 3/4 mile away, so no more Chipotle.

re: #248 Cannadian Club Akbar

I'll be charitable and say two, but I think elbruce is right.

Using my youth as a template, I'd say zero with 18 cans. They went out and got another sixer... :)

254 elbruce  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 1:00:06am

Aldous Huxley vs. George Orwell. Huxley with the win!

255 elbruce  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 1:40:40am

Liberals complaining about public education.

I must admit, I've caught myself doing this once or twice.

256 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 3:33:25am

re: #8 Floral Giraffe

Didn't see that. Sorry Floral...

257 Obdicut  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 3:37:39am

re: #20 Charles

Charles, I'm sad to say that the stalkers found that post immediately, and, semi-hilariously but mainly just creepily, proceeded to have some sort of soap opera spat and meltdown in it.

I've left a comment there about the piece. I encourage other Lizards to do so, so that the comments over there aren't just the stalkers making fools of themselves.

258 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 3:38:49am

"Grandma started walking five miles a day when she was 65, she's 90 now and we don't know where in the hell she is."
-Ellen DeGenerous

This story makes that joke less funny.

259 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 3:43:02am

re: #257 Obdicut

Oh, hell. Reading names of people that I genuinely liked... sad... very sad.

See why I don't go to other websites?

260 Obdicut  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 3:43:23am

re: #258 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I read that. Man, Japan is just a fractally strange place.

Of of my ex-coworkers was a six foot tall white woman who had grown up in Japan. So, basically, she was culturally Japanese. It is a very strange thing to see a tall, imposing, dare I say Amazonian woman using the moues and hand gestures of a Japanese woman.

She was really interesting to talk to about Japanese culture, because she was never really fully assimilated. When I'd complain about the media in this country, she'd say that everyone in Japan knows that every story has been edited a thousand times to avoid causing various offenses, to avoid exposing certain culturally accepted lies. In her view, the supposedly 'renegade' reporters in Japan are at about he level of the general MSM here in the US, and they have very, very few good investigative reporters. So stories like this go unchallenged for a long, long time, before someone bothers to actually investigate.

261 Obdicut  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 3:49:30am

re: #259 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oh, hell. Reading names of people that I genuinely liked... sad... very sad.

See why I don't go to other websites?

Yeah, for me, it's just odd-- I've never know any of these people, at all, and it's kind of unbelievable to me that they're still so fired up and obsessed with LGF.

Not to mention that the first couple of posts there are just "All Islam is utterly bad", which has the benefit of being honest bigotry, I guess.

262 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 3:54:58am

re: #261 Obdicut

I know most of them. Had a great time with them.

I don't get the idea of allowing ones self to get so tied up emotionally with internet discussions.

Y'all are my virtual friends and I really like most of you. But it is not the same as the meat friends I have where I get to sleep with their wives and stuff....

263 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 3:59:31am

re: #262 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oops! Did I type that out loud?

264 Obdicut  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:03:02am

re: #262 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I don't even get that tied up about stuff with meatspace friends. If I have a falling out with a friend, it's painful and awkward and I avoid the person and the subject in the future. I don't go on and on about it, or obsess about it. If you think about it that way, it's even weirder. It's like guys who got kicked out of a frat going and forming a frat of their own where they just sit around bitching about the old frat. That doesn't happen.

Whatever. In cooler news, have I told you about the plasma shrimp, also known as the pistol shrimp?

Youtube Video
265 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:10:15am

re: #264 Obdicut

Holy cow! Makes Baron Von Raschke's "Iron Claw" look a little wimpy.

266 Varek Raith  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:10:23am

Trapped Chilean miners: 'We are fine in the shelter'

(CNN) -- Rescue workers in Chile are preparing tubes packed with flashlights, food and medicine after learning that 33 miners trapped for nearly three weeks are still alive in an underground shelter.

Officials cautioned that it could take four months to rescue the workers. But family members cheered as Chilean President Sebastian Pinera held a hand-written note pulled from the mine up for television cameras Sunday.

Written in Spanish in red ink, it read simply: "We are fine in the shelter, the 33 of us."

The note was tied to a probe authorities had lowered earlier on Sunday.

Miner Mario Gomez also sent up a note to his wife, written on tattered loose-leaf paper, CNN Chile reported.

"Dear Lila, I am well, thank God. I hope to get out soon. Patience and faith. God is great. We are going to get out with God's help. Tell everyone that I am well."

His wife told CNN Chile the note confirmed what she had been saying as she kept vigil outside the mine for weeks.

"I know my husband is fine. I know he's alive. And I know he's keeping up all the others in the mine because that's the kind of person my husband is," she said.

The workers have been trapped since the copper and gold mine caved in on August 5.

It could take as long as four months to get them out, warned Andres Sougarret, who is in charge of rescue operations.

Rescuers will send microphones down soon in hopes of learning more about the miners' conditions, he said. And authorities are also planning to send food, medicine and other necessities as needed. Eventually, rescue workers will likely drill a larger shaft, through which the trapped miners could escape.

The miners are thought to be 2,300 feet underground, inside a small shelter that would have had some water and food supplies, CNN Chile said.

Because of the mine's depth, and the instability caused by the collapse, rescue workers will need to proceed slowly and with caution.

"It'll take time. But it's not important how long it takes. What's most important is that everything ends well," Pinera said.

The San Esteban mine is located near the town of Copiapo in the Atacama region in northern Chile.

267 Obdicut  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:11:54am

re: #265 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Holy cow! Makes Baron Von Raschke's "Iron Claw" look a little wimpy.

I swear we're going to find tube worms at the bottom of the ocean keeping their asses worm with nuclear fusion.

268 Varek Raith  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:12:10am

re: #264 Obdicut

I don't even get that tied up about stuff with meatspace friends. If I have a falling out with a friend, it's painful and awkward and I avoid the person and the subject in the future. I don't go on and on about it, or obsess about it. If you think about it that way, it's even weirder. It's like guys who got kicked out of a frat going and forming a frat of their own where they just sit around bitching about the old frat. That doesn't happen.

Whatever. In cooler news, have I told you about the plasma shrimp, also known as the pistol shrimp?


[Video]

Dude!
Badass shrimp is badass!

269 Obdicut  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:12:43am

re: #266 Varek Raith

I bet those guys get really sick of each other.

270 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:13:50am

re: #266 Varek Raith

"We cool. Just send down some food now and then. Oh, and some porn. And some liquor. Howabout some hookers? And a deck of cards. Can we get cable?"

Those men are acting bravely, and this is a terrible story. I hope they get out safely.

271 Varek Raith  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:14:05am

re: #269 Obdicut

I bet those guys get really sick of each other.

I can't even imagine.
It's like the astronauts that will eventually go to Mars. 9 months. Stuck.
I'd go insane.

272 Obdicut  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:19:05am

re: #270 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I think sending porn down to 33 guys trapped in a small room together just leads to a lot of mutual embarrassment.

Especially when the question arises, "Okay, there's your Big Butts issue, there's your Big Bouncies issue, now who ordered the Big Gay Men issue?"

273 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:29:10am

re: #271 Varek Raith

I can't even imagine.
It's like the astronauts that will eventually go to Mars. 9 months. Stuck.
I'd go insane.

As long as I had LGF, Carmex, Marlboros and Basil Hayde's, I'd be fine.

274 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:30:14am

re: #273 MandyManners

My "Big Gay Men" issue...

Wait!

275 reine.de.tout  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:32:18am

re: #259 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oh, hell. Reading names of people that I genuinely liked... sad... very sad.

See why I don't go to other websites?

Ditto, FBV.
It's unbelievable what I'm seeing.

276 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:32:34am

Hayden's. Oh. How could I screw up that?!

277 Varek Raith  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:32:37am

re: #273 MandyManners

As long as I had LGF, Carmex, Marlboros and Basil Hayde's, I'd be fine.

Can't smoke on a ship.
The internet signal takes about 20 minutes round trip from the Earth to Mars.
/Raining on parades
:)

278 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:33:31am

re: #274 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My "Big Gay Men" issue...

Wait!

Are there articles about Judy Garland?

279 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:33:37am

re: #277 Varek Raith

The internet signal takes about 20 minutes round trip from the Earth to Mars.

I thought it was lower than that, on the order of 5 minutes. I know the signal out to Jupiter is about 45 min or so.

280 reine.de.tout  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:33:42am

re: #263 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oops! Did I type that out loud?

LOL.
Why yes, yes you did.

281 Varek Raith  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:34:52am

re: #279 thedopefishlives

I thought it was lower than that, on the order of 5 minutes. I know the signal out to Jupiter is about 45 min or so.

My math could've been off...
Slightly.
:)

282 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:35:10am

re: #281 Varek Raith

My math could've been off...
Slightly.
:)

"If my math is right - and it always is..."

283 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:35:19am

re: #277 Varek Raith

Can't smoke on a ship.
The internet signal takes about 20 minutes round trip from the Earth to Mars.
/Raining on parades
:)

Well, screw it. I ain't going.

Wait. I can have smokeless tobacco with my bourbon?

284 Obdicut  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:36:15am

re: #277 Varek Raith

Just print out the internet before you go!

Image: 215175283_emzgz-L-2.jpg

285 Obdicut  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:37:35am

re: #283 MandyManners

Well, screw it. I ain't going.

Wait. I can have smokeless tobacco with my bourbon?

Odors are really hard to get rid of on a ship. I don't think you want the smell of wet chaw floating around.

Or, I don't think anyone else would.

Do the E-cigarettes use up oxygen, and do they give off an odor? Anyone know?

286 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:38:06am

re: #279 thedopefishlives

I thought it was lower than that, on the order of 5 minutes. I know the signal out to Jupiter is about 45 min or so.

YouTube wouldn't work.

287 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:38:42am

re: #285 Obdicut

Odors are really hard to get rid of on a ship. I don't think you want the smell of wet chaw floating around.

Or, I don't think anyone else would.

Do the E-cigarettes use up oxygen, and do they give off an odor? Anyone know?

Are there farts in space?

288 Varek Raith  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:39:45am

re: #279 thedopefishlives

I thought it was lower than that, on the order of 5 minutes. I know the signal out to Jupiter is about 45 min or so.

At its closest, the signal would take 6 minutes round trip.
At its furthest, 22 minutes.
Too early for math!
:)

289 Obdicut  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:40:33am

re: #287 MandyManners

Are there farts in space?

Yes. They use carbon filters, mostly, to contain odors. I think they'd get overwhelmed by cigarette smoke.

We should probably just build a spaceship with a whole biosphere on it for you, trees and everything, so that you can smoke without burning up all the oxygen.

I'll get on that.

290 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:42:03am

re: #284 Obdicut

Just print out the internet before you go!

Image: 215175283_emzgz-L-2.jpg

Speaking of printers, my is STILL stalling. Ya'll suggested about a month or so ago that I check my paper. I did. It was copier paper. I bought and started using a ream of printer paper, and it was just fine for a few weeks. Now, it's stalling again. The HELP advice is to clear the jam. There is no jam.

Short of taking it out to the range and slapping a target on it, is there anything else I can do?

291 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:42:36am

re: #287 MandyManners

Watched "The Big Bang Theory" last week. The episode was about a malfunctioning toilet on the space station. Crew calls NASA for permission for everyone on board to go on an EVA. NASA says no, crew says, "Too late. We're outside already."

292 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:42:41am

re: #286 MandyManners

YouTube wouldn't work.

The primary reason you couldn't get YouTube on Mars is more because the bandwidth out to that distance is a measly 45 kb/s.

293 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:45:02am

re: #289 Obdicut

Yes. They use carbon filters, mostly, to contain odors. I think they'd get overwhelmed by cigarette smoke.

We should probably just build a spaceship with a whole biosphere on it for you, trees and everything, so that you can smoke without burning up all the oxygen.

I'll get on that.

Please, don't forget the tulips and daffodils, Obdicut. And, bunnies. Gotta' have fluffy bunnies.

294 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:45:34am

re: #291 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Watched "The Big Bang Theory" last week. The episode was about a malfunctioning toilet on the space station. Crew calls NASA for permission for everyone on board to go on an EVA. NASA says no, crew says, "Too late. We're outside already."

EVA?

295 Obdicut  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:45:55am

re: #290 MandyManners

Printers just suck.

Keeping a printer in an environmentally controlled room-- low humidity, cool temperature-- can help.

296 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:46:07am

re: #292 thedopefishlives

The primary reason you couldn't get YouTube on Mars is more because the bandwidth out to that distance is a measly 45 kb/s.

TUE ERRLEE FER TEK!

297 Obdicut  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:46:11am

re: #293 MandyManners

Please, don't forget the tulips and daffodils, Obdicut. And, bunnies. Gotta' have fluffy bunnies.

Of course! Wouldn't want you going hungry.

298 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:46:42am

re: #294 MandyManners

EVA?

Spacewalk...

299 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:47:21am

re: #298 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Extra-Vehicular-Activity...

Nerd speak...

300 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:47:39am

re: #297 Obdicut

But... it's got fangs!

301 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:47:55am

re: #295 Obdicut

Printers just suck.

Keeping a printer in an environmentally controlled room-- low humidity, cool temperature-- can help.

Not possible here 'cause this is my home, and it's in a hot and humid area.

I'm thinking about reinstalling the softward but, it seems to be a hard-ware issue. (Man, I'm all high-tech this morning.)

302 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:48:22am

re: #297 Obdicut

Of course! Wouldn't want you going hungry.

*gasp* EEET DA BUNNEEEZE?

303 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:49:02am

re: #298 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Spacewalk...

It's like a giant deck, right? The Kid would love that one.

304 Obdicut  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:49:12am

re: #301 MandyManners

Yeah. If you're in a hot, humid place, your printers are going to break a lot.

I honestly don't keep a printer at home, for precisely this reason. I've found it's cheaper, in the long run, to do my printing at a print shop when I absolutely have to have something printed, and just write down stuff like directions, shopping lists, etc.

305 Varek Raith  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:51:02am

re: #304 Obdicut

Yeah. If you're in a hot, humid place, your printers are going to break a lot.

I honestly don't keep a printer at home, for precisely this reason. I've found it's cheaper, in the long run, to do my printing at a print shop when I absolutely have to have something printed, and just write down stuff like directions, shopping lists, etc.

Not to mention the pollution those damned things give off.

306 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:51:28am

re: #303 MandyManners

Just floating around in the vacuum...

307 Varek Raith  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:51:48am

re: #306 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Just floating around in the vacuum...

DON'T FORGET THE SUIT!!!

308 reine.de.tout  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:52:02am

re: #285 Obdicut

Odors are really hard to get rid of on a ship. I don't think you want the smell of wet chaw floating around.

Or, I don't think anyone else would.

Do the E-cigarettes use up oxygen, and do they give off an odor? Anyone know?

No odor. They're battery powered.
The nicotine is delivered in a vapor puff.
I have one.

309 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:52:02am

re: #300 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

But... it's got fangs!

Does it have a vicious streak a mile wide?


Youtube Video
310 Varek Raith  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:52:30am

re: #308 reine.de.tout

No odor. They're battery powered.
The nicotine is delivered in a vapor puff.
I have one.

RoboCig.

311 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:54:35am

re: #307 Varek Raith

DON'T FORGET THE SUIT!!!

i forgot the suit...

312 reine.de.tout  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:54:49am

re: #290 MandyManners

Speaking of printers, my is STILL stalling. Ya'll suggested about a month or so ago that I check my paper. I did. It was copier paper. I bought and started using a ream of printer paper, and it was just fine for a few weeks. Now, it's stalling again. The HELP advice is to clear the jam. There is no jam.

Short of taking it out to the range and slapping a target on it, is there anything else I can do?

Shoot yer printer!

Seriously - get a new one.
And, don't take the wrapper completely off your paper, and keep the paper in a drawer. The wrapper helps keep moisture out, just take what you need and fold the wrapper back over the paper.

313 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:55:36am

re: #304 Obdicut

Yeah. If you're in a hot, humid place, your printers are going to break a lot.

I honestly don't keep a printer at home, for precisely this reason. I've found it's cheaper, in the long run, to do my printing at a print shop when I absolutely have to have something printed, and just write down stuff like directions, shopping lists, etc.

I wish I had that option but, I print out a lot of stuff for The Kid, like study guides he's answered. And, then there's the stuff from his school, like vocabulary lists, homework lists, et cet. And, the Admin. stuff from the teacher or the main office. The school went almost completely paperless two years ago, which means I'm printing a lot more.

314 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:55:51am

re: #305 Varek Raith

Not to mention the pollution those damned things give off.

Pollution?

315 Varek Raith  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:56:06am

re: #311 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

i forgot the suit...

Congrats! You picked to worse way to leave the world of the living!
/

316 Varek Raith  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:57:00am

re: #314 MandyManners

Pollution?

[Link: articles.sfgate.com...]

317 prairiefire  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:57:59am

re: #313 MandyManners

I wish I had that option but, I print out a lot of stuff for The Kid, like study guides he's answered. And, then there's the stuff from his school, like vocabulary lists, homework lists, et cet. And, the Admin. stuff from the teacher or the main office. The school went almost completely paperless two years ago, which means I'm printing a lot more.

Exactly the same here for my two kids.

318 reine.de.tout  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:58:47am

re: #316 Varek Raith

[Link: articles.sfgate.com...]

Time for ink-jet!

319 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 4:59:18am

re: #312 reine.de.tout

Shoot yer printer!

Seriously - get a new one.
And, don't take the wrapper completely off your paper, and keep the paper in a drawer. The wrapper helps keep moisture out, just take what you need and fold the wrapper back over the paper.

That's how I keep my paper.

Could it be just a humidity issue?

320 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:00:30am

re: #316 Varek Raith

[Link: articles.sfgate.com...]

HP Deskjet F4180.

321 Taqyia2Me  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:00:42am

re: #287 MandyManners

Are there farts in space?

That was me. Sorry.
:-)

322 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:01:53am

re: #315 Varek Raith

They did a Mythbusters once and put a virtual person (filled with meaty goodness) inside a deep sea diving suit and depressurized it to see what would really happen to a person.

Was truly horrific.

323 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:02:03am

re: #317 prairiefire

Exactly the same here for my two kids.

I welcomed it at first 'cause it was a chore keeping it all straight every afternoon when I checked his folder but, it's starting to get on my nerves. Heck, even the report card is an e-card and to get to it, you have to know TWO passwords.

324 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:02:24am

re: #321 Taqyia2Me

That was me. Sorry.
:-)

LOL!

325 reine.de.tout  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:02:29am

re: #319 MandyManners

That's how I keep my paper.

Could it be just a humidity issue?

I don't really know that much about this stuff, but if it was a humidity issue, it seems like there would be actual paper jams, which you say you aren't having.

I'm not sure what you mean by "stalling". You can always turn it off, then turn it back on again, see if that gets it going again.

I don't buy expensive printers; none of them last very long, maybe a year or so is all the life I get from a printer. You can get a decent printer for less than $100. I just replace 'em.

Also, Mandy - I don't know where your printer is, but I had a printer once on a shelf below the computer. It quit working, and I finally got a new one and when I removed the old one, I realized the problem was - cocoa puffs had been dropped into the printer - LOL - and caused it to stop working. My printer is now at a level where cocoa puffs cannot fall into it.

326 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:02:45am

re: #322 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

They did a Mythbusters once and put a virtual person (filled with meaty goodness) inside a deep sea diving suit and depressurized it to see what would really happen to a person.

Was truly horrific.

What happened?

327 Obdicut  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:03:15am

re: #319 MandyManners

Humidity, changes in temperature-- these are all terrible for printers. They have a lot of exposed moving parts.

328 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:03:47am

re: #322 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

They did a Mythbusters once and put a virtual person (filled with meaty goodness) inside a deep sea diving suit and depressurized it to see what would really happen to a person.

Was truly horrific.

I have GOT to see that one.

329 reine.de.tout  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:04:05am

re: #327 Obdicut

Humidity, changes in temperature-- these are all terrible for printers. They have a lot of exposed moving parts.

And, cocoa puffs getting dropped into it are terrible, too.
Gotta watch those cocoa puffs.

330 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:04:12am

re: #325 reine.de.tout

I don't really know that much about this stuff, but if it was a humidity issue, it seems like there would be actual paper jams, which you say you aren't having.

I'm not sure what you mean by "stalling". You can always turn it off, then turn it back on again, see if that gets it going again.

I don't buy expensive printers; none of them last very long, maybe a year or so is all the life I get from a printer. You can get a decent printer for less than $100. I just replace 'em.

Also, Mandy - I don't know where your printer is, but I had a printer once on a shelf below the computer. It quit working, and I finally got a new one and when I removed the old one, I realized the problem was - cocoa puffs had been dropped into the printer - LOL - and caused it to stop working. My printer is now at a level where cocoa puffs cannot fall into it.

It works again if I turn it off and then back on.

I keep it on my desk, behind my monitor.

331 reine.de.tout  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:04:37am

re: #330 MandyManners

It works again if I turn it off and then back on.

I keep it on my desk, behind my monitor.

Ah. So, no cocoa puffs problems for you.

332 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:05:02am

re: #326 MandyManners

What happened?

This...

333 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:05:16am

re: #327 Obdicut

Humidity, changes in temperature-- these are all terrible for printers. They have a lot of exposed moving parts.

The only parts I see/hear is the carriage, which makes a horrific noise when it "stalls". Oh, and the do-hickey that moves the paper.

334 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:05:38am

re: #329 reine.de.tout

And, cocoa puffs getting dropped into it are terrible, too.
Gotta watch those cocoa puffs.

Are you KOOKOO?

335 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:06:20am

re: #331 reine.de.tout

Ah. So, no cocoa puffs problems for you.

Nope. Well, I prefer Cheerios and Kashi. I once bought Cocoa Puffs for The Kid. Blech.

336 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:07:53am

re: #332 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oops! That one doesn't show the ick!

337 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:09:28am

re: #332 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

This...

It went to commercial before things got nasty!

338 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:09:48am

re: #336 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oops! That one doesn't show the ick!

I want the ick.

339 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:09:48am

re: #336 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oops! That one doesn't show the ick!

This one does...

340 reine.de.tout  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:11:05am

re: #336 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oops! That one doesn't show the ick!

No, it doesn't. I just wasted 2 minutes and 19 seconds of my life.
I suspect it 'sploded.

It's why this photo is so interesting - the Roi tells me when these things hitch a ride on an ROV, they are usually pretty much 'sploded by the time they reach surface because they're brought up too fast.

341 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:11:41am

re: #339 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

This one does...

fuckfuckfuck

Man. That was icky.

342 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:12:01am

re: #340 reine.de.tout

No, it doesn't. I just wasted 2 minutes and 19 seconds of my life.
I suspect it 'sploded.

It's why this photo is so interesting - the Roi tells me when these things hitch a ride on an ROV, they are usually pretty much 'sploded by the time they reach surface because they're brought up too fast.

DON'T LOOK, ETHEL!!!

343 William of Orange  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:12:09am

Sad news from the Netherlands.

Amsterdam.
Anyone who has read the Achterhuis, the diary of Anne Frank, is familiar with the Chestnut tree that grew in the back garden of the house. Today the tree was sadly blown over by a gust of wind.

The tree was already in a bad shape. There were calls to cut it down cause it was becoming a hazard. A movement was set up to save the tree from being cut down. The tree got some external supports to keep it up but alas, today the end came.

The sad remains of the tree.

Official site of the Anne Frank huis. (Eng)

Wikipedia link of the tree.

344 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:12:15am

Gotta' git.

345 reine.de.tout  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:15:34am

re: #339 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

This one does...

Ew.
But interesting!

346 RogueOne  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:24:23am

re: #70 JasonA

I've been smoke-free for over two weeks now thanks to my e-cig. I'm still getting nicotine, but none of the other nasty stuff.

Wednesday will be 5 weeks for me. I hate it. Non-smokers are incredibly boring.

347 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:27:58am

re: #335 MandyManners

Kashi... ugh...

Tree bark in a box...

348 EdDantes  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:37:45am

re: #347 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

That is how I feel about sun chips

349 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:46:21am

re: #348 EdDantes

Saw a news article (Today Show?) about how loud Sun Chips' new biodegradable bags are.

Slow news day?

350 William of Orange  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:47:55am

re: #346 RogueOne

Wednesday will be 5 weeks for me. I hate it. Non-smokers are incredibly boring.

I know, but in time you'll notice how filthy the smoke of cigarettes is, and on top of it all, you wallet will feel much thicker! Just add up all the money you saved and be amazed. (That's one of the good things from stopping.)

351 RogueOne  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:49:20am

re: #350 William of Orange

$350 thus far.....not worth it///

352 EdDantes  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:49:55am

re: #349 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Must be. Shep Smith did the same story a few days ago. Says he stopped buying them because of the db level.I got a free sample in the mail and after tasting one, threw them in the trash

353 EdDantes  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:51:23am

Good day, all.

354 William of Orange  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:51:49am

re: #343 William of Orange

Sad news from the Netherlands.

AT5 (Amsterdam local television) reports of people taking away branches as souvenirs....

Pictures.

355 RogueOne  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:52:33am

Wow. Speaking of nuts:

NY candidate: Prison dorms for welfare recipients
[Link: www.google.com...]


NEW YORK — Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino said he would transform some New York prisons into dormitories for welfare recipients, where they could work in state-sponsored jobs, get employment training and take lessons in "personal hygiene."

Paladino, a wealthy Buffalo real estate developer popular with many tea party activists, isn't saying the state should jail poor people: The program would be voluntary.

But the suggestion that poor families would be better off in remote institutions, rather than among friends and family in their own neighborhoods, struck some anti-poverty activists as insulting.

356 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:56:48am

re: #354 William of Orange

I'd do that.

357 Cato the Elder  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 6:15:54am

Thought for the morning:

Anyone who thinks being "driven" is a positive attribute should recall that it is a passive state. If you are driven, something or someone else is doing the driving.

It's really only OK if you're in a taxi, a limo or a bus.

358 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 6:20:47am

It is raining here again. I'm gonna build an Ark. Morning.

359 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 6:24:02am

re: #358 Cannadian Club Akbar

It is raining here again. I'm gonna build an Ark. Morning.

Hey. Things are looking up.
/
[Link: www.baynews9.com...]

360 Spare O'Lake  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 6:25:10am

re: #357 Cato the Elder

Thought for the morning:

Anyone who thinks being "driven" is a positive attribute should recall that it is a passive state. If you are driven, something or someone else is doing the driving.

It's really only OK if you're in a taxi, a limo or a bus.

Zen: Actively passive.

361 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 6:45:02am

Good morning lizards,
Big lul in the postings so thought I'd say, hello.

362 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 6:49:38am

re: #355 RogueOne

Wow. Speaking of nuts:

NY candidate: Prison dorms for welfare recipients
[Link: www.google.com...]

What? No mandatory drug tests?//

363 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 6:51:46am

re: #362 rwdflynavy

What? No mandatory drug tests?//

Dude. We bring in drugs to keep them down.
/

364 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 6:52:13am

re: #345 reine.de.tout

Ew.
But interesting!

you have mail...first day of school pics!!

365 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 6:53:05am

re: #363 Cannadian Club Akbar

Dude. We bring in drugs to keep them down.
/

It's working!//

366 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 6:53:09am

re: #358 Cannadian Club Akbar

It is raining here again. I'm gonna build an Ark. Morning.

Phoenix is expecting 115 deg today. I just returned from the coast (sat.) and I'm drying fast. Hopefully a little monsoon will kick-in today.

367 lawhawk  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 6:56:49am

re: #366 Semper Fi

It's still raining here in the NYC metro area. My neck of the woods (Northern NJ) got absolutely soaked yesterday, with more than 6 inches of rain reported in Ridgewood NJ, and I figure I got about 4-5 inches where I live. More rain is expected through Wednesday, though not in the amounts seen thus far.

All this rain may actually bring the region up to its average rainfall amounts for August (we'd been well below the average for the summer).

368 lawhawk  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 6:58:12am

re: #355 RogueOne

That's nutter Carl Paladino for you. He's also the guy who was tossed from the Tea Party for sending racist emails. He also thinks that the city or state should condemn the building proposed for the Cordoba House and turn it into a war memorial (so much for property rights of the individual).

369 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 6:58:38am

re: #361 Semper Fi

Howdy Stranger...

370 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 6:59:44am

re: #368 lawhawk

I think the real shame of it? Is something violent will happen there.

371 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:01:20am

re: #357 Cato the Elder

Thought for the morning:

Anyone who thinks being "driven" is a positive attribute should recall that it is a passive state. If you are driven, something or someone else is doing the driving.

It's really only OK if you're in a taxi, a limo or a bus.

In bed.

372 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:01:56am

re: #367 lawhawk

It's still raining here in the NYC metro area. My neck of the woods (Northern NJ) got absolutely soaked yesterday, with more than 6 inches of rain reported in Ridgewood NJ, and I figure I got about 4-5 inches where I live. More rain is expected through Wednesday, though not in the amounts seen thus far.

All this rain may actually bring the region up to its average rainfall amounts for August (we'd been well below the average for the summer).

If that amount of rain came down here the country would be reading about our flash floods and moving water horror stories. A long time ago my favorite place on rainy days was the museums.

373 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:02:57am

re: #361 Semper Fi

Howdy!

374 Killgore Trout  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:03:36am

Swimming in self-sufficiency: The Garden Pool

Instead of a traditional fix-up, a Mesa, Ariz., family opts to turn a down-and-out backyard swimming pool into a thriving urban garden complete with organic veggies and herbs, chicken coop and tilapia pond.
Youtube Video
375 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:03:56am

re: #369 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Howdy Stranger...

Mornin' FBV. Is it clear and dry in your area?

376 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:04:55am

re: #375 Semper Fi

Beautiful... about 75 degrees, low humidity after a month of 100 degrees, 95% humidity.

377 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:04:58am

re: #374 Killgore Trout

How are your frogs?

378 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:06:03am

re: #357 Cato the Elder

Thought for the morning:

Anyone who thinks being "driven" is a positive attribute should recall that it is a passive state. If you are driven, something or someone else is doing the driving.

It's really only OK if you're in a taxi, a limo or a bus.

Although if a personal experience or situation is driving, then is it not more of a reflection or recognition that one part of the self is driving the rest of the self?

(This is not to quibble, but rather to clarify an interesting point. I like engaging my grammatical betters whenever they're feeling indulgent...it's how I learn.)

379 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:07:05am

re: #374 Killgore Trout

Swimming in self-sufficiency: The Garden Pool

[Video]

That is awesome! Self-sustainability is not possible everywhere for everyone but, it's neat to see it work for some.

380 Killgore Trout  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:07:23am

re: #377 MandyManners

How are your frogs?

They are doing ok. I spotted one about a week ago just after dark. There aren't many of them but they are still around which is a good sign.

381 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:07:50am

re: #376 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Beautiful... about 75 degrees, low humidity after a month of 100 degrees, 95% humidity.

It's 79 here with 75 per cent humidity. Yummmy.

382 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:08:13am

re: #380 Killgore Trout

They are doing ok. I spotted one about a week ago just after dark. There aren't many of them but they are still around which is a good sign.

Have some migrated?

383 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:08:16am

re: #379 MandyManners

Yeah, but you also have to agree to be a dirty hippie to go that far.
/

384 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:08:48am

re: #373 MandyManners

Howdy!

Hello, Mandy. Back already from your 'gotta git'. You're fast.
I always enjoy reading about "The Kid" whenever you post.

385 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:08:53am

re: #383 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Yeah, but you also have to agree to be a dirty hippie to go that far.
/

Make that "damn, dirty hippie."

386 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:10:53am

re: #376 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Beautiful... about 75 degrees, low humidity after a month of 100 degrees, 95% humidity.

Weather like that is not hard to take at all.

387 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:13:28am

re: #386 Semper Fi

Hell, it's like being in San Diego!

"Easiest job in the world? Weatherman in San Diego.

Ancorman: And now over to Bob for the weather forcast...
Bob: [Pause] Nice! Back to you Jim!

-Lewis Black

388 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:13:53am

re: #384 Semper Fi

Hello, Mandy. Back already from your 'gotta git'. You're fast.
I always enjoy reading about "The Kid" whenever you post.

Thanks!

It's been about 90 minutes. If I get onto the road at the right time, I'm ahead of the traffic that's coming from farther south to the city, and I make good time. If he dawdles too much, I get jammed up, especially when traffic from the west merges. I hate getting jammed up, and he's realized I'm not the most pleasant person when jammed up so he's getting better about dawdling. Heck, even in the winter I take his socks and shoes to the car so that he can't dawdle while putting them on.

Down with dawdling.

389 Killgore Trout  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:19:30am

re: #382 MandyManners

Have some migrated?

Maybe. It's hard to tell how many tadpoles actually matured. I was surprised how they develop. Once they turn into small frogs they hang out by the edge of the pond for a day or two then they start wandering around and don't return to the water. At least some of them are staying in the area so hopefully I'll have enough to breed next year.

390 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:20:01am

re: #387 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hell, it's like being in San Diego!

"Easiest job in the world? Weatherman in San Diego.

Ancorman: And now over to Bob for the weather forcast...
Bob: [Pause] Nice! Back to you Jim!

-Lewis Black

So true. Weather seems so uneventful in some areas. I was raised in Michigan (Detroit) and never liked the weather there. It would cloud-up and look like rain for several days then, it would rain a little (maybe just a shower though) after which it would look like it might clear-up for several more days. Anyway, it seemed that way to me.

391 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:21:10am

re: #389 Killgore Trout

Maybe. It's hard to tell how many tadpoles actually matured. I was surprised how they develop. Once they turn into small frogs they hang out by the edge of the pond for a day or two then they start wandering around and don't return to the water. At least some of them are staying in the area so hopefully I'll have enough to breed next year.

How does one breed frogs? Is it anything like breeding cattle?

392 Killgore Trout  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:22:42am

re: #391 MandyManners

How does one breed frogs? Is it anything like breeding cattle?

All they need is a shallow area of clean water. They'll handle the romance on their own.

393 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:22:45am

re: #391 MandyManners

How does one breed frogs? Is it anything like breeding cattle?

Branding frogs is a bitch.
/

394 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:27:01am

re: #388 MandyManners

First day of school today...my daughter's an old pro (2nd grade) but it's my son's first day in K! He couldn't wait...

395 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:27:57am

Home-grown jihadis

The ever-expanding list of U.S.-bred al Qaida operatives shows the terror group is trying to "flood the zone" of U.S. intelligence services to capitalize on what it considers a weakened America in the midst of a recession. This goal involves pushing forward an assortment of attacks and terror plots by lone wolves and poorly trained cells, experts say.

Al Qaida "has never claimed it could or would defeat the U.S. militarily. Instead, it seeks to wear us down economically through increasing expenditures on domestic security and overseas military commitments," Georgetown University Professor Bruce Hoffman said in recent congressional testimony. "Given the current global economic downturn, this message arguably now has greater resonance with al Qaida's followers and supporters and perhaps even with new recruits."

The goal behind these activities is "to consume the attention of law enforcement and intelligence in the hopes that this distraction will permit more serious terrorist operations to go unnoticed and thereby sneak in 'beneath the radar' and succeed," Hoffman said.

Al Qaida "and its Pakistani, Somali and Yemeni allies arguably have been able to accomplish the unthinkable: establishing at least an embryonic terrorist recruitment, radicalization and operational infrastructure in the United States with effects both at home and abroad," Hoffman said.

SNIP

396 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:28:00am

re: #388 MandyManners

Thanks!

It's been about 90 minutes. If I get onto the road at the right time, I'm ahead of the traffic that's coming from farther south to the city, and I make good time. If he dawdles too much, I get jammed up, especially when traffic from the west merges. I hate getting jammed up, and he's realized I'm not the most pleasant person when jammed up so he's getting better about dawdling. Heck, even in the winter I take his socks and shoes to the car so that he can't dawdle while putting them on.

Down with dawdling.

As a long-time Southern CA commuter I appreciate the importance of timing in going from A to B and returning to minimize all the fuss.

397 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:28:42am

re: #392 Killgore Trout

All they need is a shallow area of clean water. They'll handle the romance on their own.

I'm picturing a frog with an itty-bitty bundle of flowers and a box of dead flies.

398 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:29:09am

re: #393 Cannadian Club Akbar

Branding frogs is a bitch.
/

I bet they scream.

399 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:29:13am

Brad Pitt is a douche. And stoopid.

400 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:30:10am

re: #394 Aceofwhat?

First day of school today...my daughter's an old pro (2nd grade) but it's my son's first day in K! He couldn't wait...

Lucky you! We've been back for almost a month.

I almost bawled my eyes out the first day for The Kid. But, he never looked back. *sniffle*

401 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:31:19am

re: #396 Semper Fi

As a long-time Southern CA commuter I appreciate the importance of timing in going from A to B and returning to minimize all the fuss.

I give myself 40 minutes to drive about 20 miles. The heavy traffic around here is probably a lot lighter than that in SoCal at midnight.

402 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:31:54am

re: #397 MandyManners

I'm picturing a frog with an itty-bitty bundle of flowers and a box of dead flies.

Some Barry White to set the mood.

403 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:32:16am

re: #399 Cannadian Club Akbar

Brad Pitt is a douche. And stoopid.

He needs to go work on his abs some more and boink Angelina.

404 lawhawk  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:33:06am

re: #402 rwdflynavy

If that fails...there's always Betty White...

Youtube Video
405 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:33:08am

re: #402 rwdflynavy

Some Barry White to set the mood.

Maybe in a duo with Kermit?

406 Winny Spencer  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:33:14am

re: #399 Cannadian Club Akbar

No news there. Jolie over Aniston? Crazy.

407 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:33:56am

re: #405 MandyManners

Maybe in a duo with Kermit?


The lovers, the dreamers and me

408 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:33:56am

re: #403 MandyManners

He needs to go work on his abs some more and boink Angelina.

No, he needs to work on his abs while I boink AJ.

409 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:36:50am

re: #401 MandyManners

I give myself 40 minutes to drive about 20 miles. The heavy traffic around here is probably a lot lighter than that in SoCal at midnight.

40 min seems a good safe margin for 20 miles. I bet you have it figured pretty good even to account for those occasional days when The Kid had to go back into the house for something he forgot.

410 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:39:57am

re: #408 Cannadian Club Akbar

No, he needs to work on his abs while I boink AJ.

CCA. You seem very creative this morning.

411 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:40:02am

All righty. Nap time.

412 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:42:23am

re: #410 Semper Fi

CCA. You seem very creative this morning.

I am creative every day. If you ever find me serious, some one pissed me off. But that doesn't happen often.:)

413 Sheila Broflovski  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:43:26am

re: #397 MandyManners

I'm picturing a frog with an itty-bitty bundle of flowers and a box of dead flies.

A bunch of chopped mushrooms is how the froggies do romance. Didn't you see "The Princess and the Frog"?

414 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:43:31am

re: #411 Cannadian Club Akbar

We get up at 12 and start to work at one...
Take an hour for lunch and then at two we're done
Jolly good fun!
Ha Ha Ha
Ho Ho Ho
And a couple of lah di dahs
That's how we work the day away
In the merry old land of Oz!

415 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:44:23am

re: #412 Cannadian Club Akbar

I am creative every day. If you ever find me serious, some one pissed me off. But that doesn't happen often.:)

I'm still laughing from your #408. Have a great nap.

416 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:44:24am

Protests, Rhetoric Feed Jihadists' Fire

Islamic radicals are seizing on protests against a planned Islamic community center near Manhattan's Ground Zero and anti-Muslim rhetoric elsewhere as a propaganda opportunity and are stepping up anti-U.S. chatter and threats on their websites.

One jihadist site vowed to conduct suicide bombings in Florida to avenge a threatened Koran burning, while others predicted an increase in terrorist recruits as a result of such actions.

417 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:45:39am

re: #399 Cannadian Club Akbar

Brad Pitt is a douche. And stoopid.

seriously. homey would consider capital punishment for a CEO but not a convicted, sadistic murderer. talk about not having a rational scheme of morality...

418 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:46:43am

re: #416 negativ

Protests, Rhetoric Feed Jihadists' Fire

I'm certain that the anti-mosque brigade, with their bigoted and racist protesting, have managed to break the peace treaty that we have had with radical Islam since 9/11. We'll get what we deserve.

419 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:46:55am

re: #406 Winny Spencer

No news there. Jolie over Aniston? Crazy.

quoted for truth. the list of female celebrities i find more attractive than AJolie is longer than our back-to-school shopping list...

420 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:47:11am

re: #417 Aceofwhat?

seriously. homey would consider capital punishment for a CEO but not a convicted, sadistic murderer. talk about not having a rational scheme of morality...

Hench the title I put up. You people are keeping me from my nap!!!

421 Donna Ballard  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:47:32am

Good Morning Everyone! Happy Monday to you all! Were supposed to have temperatures up to 110 around here today. I always wondered if you really could fry an egg on the side walk, guess I'll find out!

422 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:48:18am

re: #419 Aceofwhat?

quoted for truth. the list of female celebrities i find more attractive than AJolie is longer than our back-to-school shopping list...

So you would say no?

423 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:48:26am

re: #420 Cannadian Club Akbar

Hench the title I put up. You people are keeping me from my nap!!!

an organic nap is the best nap. don't rush it...

424 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:49:18am

re: #409 Semper Fi

40 min seems a good safe margin for 20 miles. I bet you have it figured pretty good even to account for those occasional days when The Kid had to go back into the house for something he forgot.

Yep. But, that rarely--if ever--happens 'cause I am highly organized and have a pretty solid routine.

425 Donna Ballard  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:49:41am

re: #423 Aceofwhat?

an organic nap is the best nap. don't rush it...

"organic" nap? Now that's taking this new age stuff a bit too far don't ya think? ;)

426 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:49:51am

re: #422 Cannadian Club Akbar

So you would say no?

hell no. i may be dumb, but i'm not stupid. on the basis of attractiveness, though, she's a huge downgrade from Aniston.

427 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:49:56am

re: #413 Alouette

A bunch of chopped mushrooms is how the froggies do romance. Didn't you see "The Princess and the Frog"?

No, I missed that one.

428 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:50:05am

re: #421 Dragon_Lady

Good Morning Everyone! Happy Monday to you all! Were supposed to have temperatures up to 110 around here today. I always wondered if you really could fry an egg on the side walk, guess I'll find out!

I'm already hot here too! Yuck.

Hopefully will not see smoke anywhere in the distance.

429 rhino2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:50:08am

re: #88 Aceofwhat?

oh, and i'd never actually recommend it. from what i can tell, my condition is quite abnormal...i don't have a single friend who has successfully smoked as inconsistently as i have. it's my mutant power.

(figures i'd get that, and not something more awesome)

I'm actually the exact same way. I'll smoke with my friends who do when they are over and we're having beers or whathaveyou, but as soon as they are gone so is my desire to smoke. Never had a cigarette by myself or without some alcohol involved.

And all that happens inconsistently and infrequently. For example it hasn't happened for the last 3 months or so, but will probably happen next weekend when a buddy of mine visits from Ft. Bragg.

430 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:50:20am

My new (imaginary) GF.
[Link: www.usanetwork.com...]

431 rhino2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:51:14am

re: #429 rhino2

Sorry about the reply to a 12 hour old comment - hah.

432 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:51:21am

re: #425 Dragon_Lady

"organic" nap? Now that's taking this new age stuff a bit too far don't ya think? ;)

heh, i used the term just because it's disgustingly fashionable in business right now, except that it doesn't mean what anyone thinks it means;)

433 Donna Ballard  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:51:36am

re: #428 Stanley Sea

I'm already hot here too! Yuck.

Hopefully will not see smoke anywhere in the distance.

Thats always a prayer around here, my asthma don't like smoke much... And I truly dislike wearing a particulate mask. The looks I get when I do!

434 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:52:10am

re: #429 rhino2

I'm actually the exact same way. I'll smoke with my friends who do when they are over and we're having beers or whathaveyou, but as soon as they are gone so is my desire to smoke. Never had a cigarette by myself or without some alcohol involved.

And all that happens inconsistently and infrequently. For example it hasn't happened for the last 3 months or so, but will probably happen next weekend when a buddy of mine visits from Ft. Bragg.

welcome, fellow mutant!

435 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:53:12am

re: #430 Cannadian Club Akbar

My new (imaginary) GF.
[Link: www.usanetwork.com...]

she'll do.

436 rhino2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:54:16am

re: #434 Aceofwhat?

welcome, fellow mutant!

Why thank you! Until today I thought I was the only one with this abnormality towards nicotine

437 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:55:17am

re: #436 rhino2

Why thank you! Until today I thought I was the only one with this abnormality towards nicotine

we should be careful, though...the humans tend to be jealous of our mutant powers/

438 Donna Ballard  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:55:33am

re: #432 Aceofwhat?

heh, i used the term just because it's disgustingly fashionable in business right now, except that it doesn't mean what anyone thinks it means;)

Oooh, gotcha! I wish I could take naps... I just wake up really grumpy. RWC knows that when I'm napping to leave me alone for at least an hour after I wake up. Unless he wants me to bite his head off that is. I only really nap when I'm sick or something, then I can't keep my eyes open for some strange reason./

439 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:55:39am

re: #414 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

We get up at 12 and start to work at one...
Take an hour for lunch and then at two we're done
Jolly good fun!
Ha Ha Ha
Ho Ho Ho
And a couple of lah di dahs
That's how we work the day away
In the merry old land of Oz!

Take the 8:15 into the city


Youtube Video
440 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:56:15am

re: #416 negativ

Protests, Rhetoric Feed Jihadists' Fire

You make us mad so we're gonna' keeel you!

441 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:56:59am

re: #424 MandyManners

Yep. But, that rarely--if ever--happens 'cause I am highly organized and have a pretty solid routine.

Through your postings my impression has always been that your are certainly organized. I'm sure that's ditto for The Kid.

442 Cannadian Club Akbar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:57:40am

All right . Nap time.

443 sattv4u2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:59:29am

re: #438 Dragon_Lady

. I just wake up really grumpy

Just let him stay sleeping then!!

//

444 rhino2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 7:59:29am

re: #442 Cannadian Club Akbar

All right . Nap time.

/jealous

At least it's almost lunch time here on the East Coast...

445 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:00:06am

re: #430 Cannadian Club Akbar

My new (imaginary) GF.
[Link: www.usanetwork.com...]

I got the hots for Jai and Auggie.

446 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:01:30am

re: #441 Semper Fi

Through your postings my impression has always been that your are certainly organized. I'm sure that's ditto for The Kid.

He might be one day once he learns to cope with ADHD, which I have but which I fight by knuckling down.

447 Donna Ballard  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:02:11am

Speaking of naps I think I'll go lay down for a while, I have another wonderful // sinus infection brewing and my left eye feels like is going to pop out any moment. I'll be back when the antihistamines I just took kick in. Later my fellow lizards and lizardettes!

448 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:04:09am

re: #413 Alouette

Alouette, completely OT, could I ask you: Is there such a thing as a best time to visit Israel? I'm under the impression you do so frequently but could be wrong.
It's not sure I will but I'm beginning to gather info. for a possible visit in 2011.

449 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:05:00am

re: #445 MandyManners

I got the hots for Jai and Auggie.

Jai.

Auggie.

450 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:05:27am

re: #447 Dragon_Lady

Speaking of naps I think I'll go lay down for a while, I have another wonderful // sinus infection brewing and my left eye feels like is going to pop out any moment. I'll be back when the antihistamines I just took kick in. Later my fellow lizards and lizardettes!

Oy. I know how that feels. I hope you feel better soon!

451 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:05:41am

re: #417 Aceofwhat?

seriously. homey would consider capital punishment for a CEO but not a convicted, sadistic murderer. talk about not having a rational scheme of morality...

Hyperbole... it's the in thing!

Brad? Shut up.

452 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:06:42am

re: #449 MandyManners

Don't know who those people are.

453 sattv4u2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:08:02am

re: #452 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Don't know who those people are.

No problem

They don't know who you are either!

454 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:08:40am

Just chopped up some veggies for wife, sauteed in butter... garlic... for pasta later.

Just a teeny tiny hint of the taste of my blood in it.

Should I tell her that I cut my thumb or leave it alone?

Note: I am HIV negative and she is not a vegetarian.

455 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:09:14am

re: #453 sattv4u2

Sattv? Stay there for a sec, okay? I have a question to ask you and want to make sure you are here to answer... okay?

456 sattv4u2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:09:56am

re: #455 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Sattv? Stay there for a sec, okay? I have a question to ask you and want to make sure you are here to answer... okay?

Where the hell else would I go?

At work,,, here till 10 p.m.!!

457 sattv4u2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:10:12am

re: #455 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

need my e-mail addy, or ask here ??

458 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:10:42am

Don't you think that these terrible racists in New York City are shameful? I hear all Northerners are like that.

459 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:11:01am

re: #457 sattv4u2

need my e-mail addy, or ask here ??

Just did. I'm having a fuckin' ball with this.

460 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:11:33am

re: #452 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Don't know who those people are.

Cast of Covert Affairs, a new show on USA.

461 garhighway  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:12:07am

For those who think property rights ought to trump civil rights, a useful reminder of how that world worked, from today's NYT:

[Link: www.nytimes.com...]

462 sattv4u2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:12:18am

re: #458 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Don't you think that these terrible racists in New York City are shameful? I hear all Northerners are like that.

hehehe

Yes.

I'm so ashamed to be of the same geographical area as those noted bigots/ racists Howard Dean (Vermont) and Gov. Patterson (New York)!!

463 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:12:24am

re: #454 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Just chopped up some veggies for wife, sauteed in butter... garlic... for pasta later.

Just a teeny tiny hint of the taste of my blood in it.

Should I tell her that I cut my thumb or leave it alone?

Note: I am HIV negative and she is not a vegetarian.

(June 2001, Burgundy, France)

Every one of our group had rotating duties at the Chateau. Preparing meals, cleaning up, setting the table and so on. The first week I was on after breakfast duty. That meant that I was required to do food preparation for that days dinner. Due to the mix of meat eaters and vegetarians, the vegetarians won out and all meals were meatless. I had baskets and baskets of extremely fresh French vegetables to cut up each day. They had to be fresh: remember that French ice shortage. I finally found something big in France (see category: small). It was the knives in the Chateau’s kitchen. I couldn’t find a paring sized knife anywhere. Here I was cutting garlic with a saber. I even managed to slice a few shards of skin off of my index finger. Don’t tell anyone but there was meat in that evening meal.

P.S. I heard that the vegetables that I had cut up for tonight were for a pot of Ratatouille. That perked me up for a moment. Thank goodness... meat. Than I found out that there was no rat in Ratatouille. Not even a small French one (see category: small).

464 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:12:45am

re: #462 sattv4u2

hehehe

Yes.

I'm so ashamed to be of the same geographical area as those noted bigots/ racists Howard Dean (Vermont) and Gov. Patterson (New York)!!

And, Harry Reid.

465 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:14:16am

re: #460 MandyManners

Cast of Covert Affairs, a new show on USA.

I was afraid you had put pics up of some of those new breed of vampires.

Hate those dudes. Just want to kick them right in their ovaries.

466 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:14:39am

re: #454 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Just chopped up some veggies for wife, sauteed in butter... garlic... for pasta later.

Just a teeny tiny hint of the taste of my blood in it.

Should I tell her that I cut my thumb or leave it alone?

Note: I am HIV negative and she is not a vegetarian.

the iron will do her good/

467 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:14:42am

re: #447 Dragon_Lady

Speaking of naps I think I'll go lay down for a while, I have another wonderful // sinus infection brewing and my left eye feels like is going to pop out any moment. I'll be back when the antihistamines I just took kick in. Later my fellow lizards and lizardettes!

Making sure I get enough "C" has almost completely erased previous sinus issues with me.

468 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:14:54am

re: #463 Walter L. Newton

I hope you are getting the chance to write now and then.

469 sattv4u2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:15:10am

re: #464 MandyManners

And, Harry Reid.

Although I have been to Nevada several times, I limited my response to those noted Northeasterners (like myself)

470 Ericus58  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:15:29am

re: #399 Cannadian Club Akbar

Brad Pitt is a douche. And stoopid.

What ever......
Terrorists = No
Business Executives = Yes

Freakin' Moonbat

471 Sheila Broflovski  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:15:32am

re: #448 Semper Fi

Alouette, completely OT, could I ask you: Is there such a thing as a best time to visit Israel? I'm under the impression you do so frequently but could be wrong.
It's not sure I will but I'm beginning to gather info. for a possible visit in 2011.

There is really no such time as a "best time" or a "worst time." I go whenever I can scrape together enough money for a ticket. :)

September/October and March/April are the holiday seasons which means prices may be a bit higher but it's also more exciting.

July and August are hot, and January/February are cold and rainy.

472 sattv4u2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:16:51am

re: #466 Aceofwhat?

the iron will do her good/

But FBV's blood is more like cake frosting!

473 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:17:10am

re: #470 Ericus58

And Brad alone is worth more than the companies that most business executives work for.

Love his work though.

But he needs to shut up and entertain the hell out of me.

474 Donna Ballard  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:17:34am

re: #467 Semper Fi

Making sure I get enough "C" has almost completely erased previous sinus issues with me.

Sweetie, I take 1000mg a day. Prob is I have an auto-immune disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, which makes me super vulnerable to all kinds of nasty bugs. Always fun, let me tell you.///

475 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:18:18am

re: #474 Dragon_Lady

Terrible business, that. I'm sorry.

I have friends with it, and it is not a picnic.

476 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:18:48am

re: #472 sattv4u2

nah. coppery tasting...

477 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:19:04am

re: #472 sattv4u2

But FBV's blood is more like cake frosting!

yummy and nutritious...maybe there IS something to this vampire thing...although i'd much prefer to bite someone of the opposite sex, with apologies to FBV/

478 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:19:29am

"LOST" Alert... "LOST" Alert... "LOST" Alert... "LOST" Alert

The producers had promised a "LOST" lost episode on the upcoming season 6 DVD set. Well, you know the internet, someone got a copy and it's gone viral... I find links to certain sites, and then the video is gone... so, this link is still good, but I don't know who long it will be available...

It's 12 minutes long, mostly dedicated to the myth and mysteries, and no so much on character development, there are some questions answered, typical of LOST, more questions are proposed... and I know the producers promised "no sequel," but then again, Disney owns the show, and Disney never said no sequel.

This 12 minute episode screams sequel. You be the judge.

[Link: www.baberick.com...]

479 sattv4u2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:19:35am

re: #475 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Terrible business, that. I'm sorry.

I have friends with it, and it is not a picnic.

DRAGON LADY

Don't believe him. He has no friends!!
//

480 sattv4u2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:20:11am

re: #477 Aceofwhat?

yummy and nutritious...maybe there IS something to this vampire thing...although i'd much prefer to bite someone of the opposite sex, with apologies to FBV/

Maybe you can catch him on a night that he dresses ,,ummm,, "pretty!""

481 MrSilverDragon  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:20:45am

Good morning, folks.

I dunno about you, but I am ready for 2010 to be over. Can we call quits on this year and move to 2011?

482 sattv4u2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:22:45am

re: #481 MrSilverDragon

Good morning, folks.

I dunno about you, but I am ready for 2010 to be over. Can we call quits on this year and move to 2011?

What ,,, and miss all the fun in November!!
NO WAY !!!

483 lawhawk  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:23:49am

re: #471 Alouette

I'm actually contemplating a trip there in Feb/March 2011, if I can scrape together the money. The Mrs. has never been there, and I was there long ago. We'll probably do a tour through Gate1 travel (in-laws just did one of the tours and I was impressed with their itinerary).

484 Donna Ballard  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:24:34am

re: #475 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Terrible business, that. I'm sorry.

I have friends with it, and it is not a picnic.

Yeah well I got lucky, mine is a relatively mild case and I've had it since I was an infant so my body grew up with it. It's amazing what the body can adjust to as it grows. I've had many doctors marvel at my lack of crippling in my hands even though I do experience quite a bit of pain from time to time. Not to mention the constant illness like colds, flu's and bronchitis boughts I get to suffer through on an annual basis. Good thing I'm mostly Irish or else I'd've given in a long time ago! ;)

485 Sheila Broflovski  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:25:17am

re: #483 lawhawk

I'm actually contemplating a trip there in Feb/March 2011, if I can scrape together the money. The Mrs. has never been there, and I was there long ago. We'll probably do a tour through Gate1 travel (in-laws just did one of the tours and I was impressed with their itinerary).

I find the best tickets through BTS Best Travel Store

486 sattv4u2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:25:46am

re: #484 Dragon_Lady

{{{D_L}}}

487 elbruce  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:26:18am

re: #477 Aceofwhat?

yummy and nutritious...maybe there IS something to this vampire thing...

Vampires. Don't. Sparkle.

488 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:26:43am

re: #471 Alouette

There is really no such time as a "best time" or a "worst time." I go whenever I can scrape together enough money for a ticket. :)

September/October and March/April are the holiday seasons which means prices may be a bit higher but it's also more exciting.

July and August are hot, and January/February are cold and rainy.

Thanks. That's indeed helpful. Nice to know about prices, holidays, weather, etc., and helps to 'ballpark' possible travel dates.

489 Donna Ballard  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:26:44am

re: #479 sattv4u2

DRAGON LADY

Don't believe him. He has no friends!!
//

Owe! Now sattv be nice, being a vegetarian is hard on a person you know! (just kidding FBV!)

490 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:27:21am

re: #468 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I hope you are getting the chance to write now and then.

I have the chance, have not had any inspiration to write. Actually what I need to do, and I was thinking about this this morning, I need to get off my ass and promote my current works. "I Never Promised You A Rose Garden" and "1984" both won awards in Denver, they got positive reviews in Variety Magazine, and "Rose Garden" is published, but unless I get a literary agent working for me, or submit these works to new play competitions, it's going to be only a lucky event that someone will come to me for a production.

And my other two works in the basket, "A Field of Buttercups" and "Appearances" both won Colorado Producer Guild awards and public readings, I haven't done anything to promote them.

Really, I don't need to write, I need to get off my butt and start promoting all the stuff I have in my collection of finished scripts. Overall, I have 8 complete full length plays, 4 which has had good public exposer, but the public is fickle, I need to light the fires.

I was thinking of making that a major project over this winter.

491 Mocking Jay  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:27:51am

re: #487 elbruce

You sleep eventually, right?

492 MrSilverDragon  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:28:15am

re: #482 sattv4u2

What ,,, and miss all the fun in November!!
NO WAY !!!

I'm not sure the fun of November outweighs the amount of death I've had to directly deal with this year: 2 cats, a dog, and a grandmother, it's too much. No more death this year, dangit.

493 Donna Ballard  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:28:28am

re: #486 sattv4u2

{{{D_L}}}

Thank you sattv! I appreciate the hug very much.

494 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:28:31am

re: #487 elbruce

Damn. Right.

Twilight for dudes...

495 sattv4u2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:29:44am

re: #492 MrSilverDragon

I'm not sure the fun of November outweighs the amount of death I've had to directly deal with this year: 2 cats, a dog, and a grandmother, it's too much. No more death this year, dangit.

:(

496 sattv4u2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:30:08am

re: #493 Dragon_Lady

Thank you sattv! I appreciate the hug very much.

n/p

I had a paper cut last week,,, do I get a hug back !?!?!?

//

497 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:30:16am

re: #458 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Don't you think that these terrible racists in New York City are shameful? I hear all Northerners are like that.

I hear that they were plants. Brought in from Philadelphia...

///

498 Killgore Trout  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:30:18am

re: #478 Walter L. Newton

"LOST" Alert... "LOST" Alert... "LOST" Alert... "LOST" Alert

The producers had promised a "LOST" lost episode on the upcoming season 6 DVD set. Well, you know the internet, someone got a copy and it's gone viral... I find links to certain sites, and then the video is gone... so, this link is still good, but I don't know who long it will be available...

It's 12 minutes long, mostly dedicated to the myth and mysteries, and no so much on character development, there are some questions answered, typical of LOST, more questions are proposed... and I know the producers promised "no sequel," but then again, Disney owns the show, and Disney never said no sequel.

This 12 minute episode screams sequel. You be the judge.

[Link: www.baberick.com...]

I don't think they can make a sequel work. There's just not enough mystery left in the world of Lost and too many of the characters have moved on. I don't think they can recapture the magic.

499 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:31:14am

re: #497 oaktree

That's South of NYC! NOO0OO0OO0O0!

500 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:31:30am

re: #465 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I was afraid you had put pics up of some of those new breed of vampires.

Hate those dudes. Just want to kick them right in their ovaries.

That crap creeps me out. I don't get the point of glamorizing evil.

501 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:32:17am

re: #463 Walter L. Newton

It's the English that put rat in everything.

rat pie, rat pudding, rat sorbet or, uh, strawberry tart...

502 Big Steve  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:32:27am

Any Lizards out there "Mad Men" affectionatos..... Thought last night's show was one of the best in three seasons.

503 sattv4u2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:33:04am

re: #497 oaktree

I hear that they were plants. Brought in from Philadelphia...

///

Must have been Philadelphia Mississippi, because we all know there are no racists up north!!

504 sattv4u2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:33:09am

BBIAB

505 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:33:26am

re: #481 MrSilverDragon

Good morning, folks.

I dunno about you, but I am ready for 2010 to be over. Can we call quits on this year and move to 2011?

It's a great year! The Kid is fluorishing in school and is kicking ass in football.

506 sattv4u2  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:33:39am

re: #499 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

That's South of NYC! NOO0OO0OO0O0!

see 503

507 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:34:25am

re: #502 Big Steve

Any Lizards out there "Mad Men" affectionatos... Thought last night's show was one of the best in three seasons.

I TIVO'd last nite - will be watching tonight. Can't wait!

508 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:35:09am

Gotta run... See y'all later.

And remember... If you see one of those Twilight vampire guys?

Kick him right in the vagina!

509 deranged cat  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:36:04am

re: #487 elbruce

Batman Vs Twilight

510 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:36:48am

Hmm, off to re-heat leftover rotini for lunch.

Concoction sauce on it. Diced tomatoes, small can of tomato paste, minced garlic, olive oil, and basil, rosemary, parsley, jalapeno pepper fresh from the window boxes.

Chopped up two chicken sausages and browned them along with chopping up ten or so pitted kalamata olives to mix in.

Only thing I forgot to buy yesterday was a new block of Parmesan cheese. :(
(Only you start grating your own the shaker cans are never bought again.)

511 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:36:56am

re: #474 Dragon_Lady


Sorry to hear that. If there's anything I could do to add to your strength, I'd do it.

512 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:37:02am

re: #503 sattv4u2

Must have been Philadelphia Mississippi, because we all know there are no racists up north!!

The northern part of the east coast are all Democrats anyway. Therefore there can't be any racists up there.

513 deranged cat  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:38:02am

re: #509 deranged cat

also from the same guy, Obama Looking at Awesome Things

514 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:38:54am

re: #498 Killgore Trout

I don't think they can make a sequel work. There's just not enough mystery left in the world of Lost and too many of the characters have moved on. I don't think they can recapture the magic.

Well, I'm not sure if I would like to see a sequel, since I was so prepared for the series to end like the producers promised, but I can see a lot of plot and character possibilities still available to Disney for a sequel.

Remember, the final episode but showed events happening currently, and "events" happening is some ethereal place in the future. There is a whole span of time between the current events and what happens before the rest of the characters pass on. Jack died in the current event, but there were those left on the Island, those who flew off the Island, and a whole lot of players (Mrs. Hawking for example) left off Island, and alive.

And as evident from the "LOST" lost episode I linked to, there is a lot of left over Dharma members still performing work for some mysterious reason.

And tons of myth questions were not answered. The final episode dealt mainly with character conclusions, not a lot of Island backstory.

Over all, I think they would have something to develop more story line over. And hell, I've seen a lot less material turned into sequels, good, bad or indifferent, they do it all the time.

515 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:38:58am

re: #483 lawhawk

I'm actually contemplating a trip there in Feb/March 2011, if I can scrape together the money. The Mrs. has never been there, and I was there long ago. We'll probably do a tour through Gate1 travel (in-laws just did one of the tours and I was impressed with their itinerary).

Thanks. I'm making notes.

516 Killgore Trout  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:39:18am

re: #510 oaktree

Hmm, off to re-heat leftover rotini for lunch.

Concoction sauce on it. Diced tomatoes, small can of tomato paste, minced garlic, olive oil, and basil, rosemary, parsley, jalapeno pepper fresh from the window boxes.

Chopped up two chicken sausages and browned them along with chopping up ten or so pitted kalamata olives to mix in.

Only thing I forgot to buy yesterday was a new block of Parmesan cheese. :(
(Only you start grating your own the shaker cans are never bought again.)

Nice!

517 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:39:48am

re: #513 deranged cat

Awesome!

518 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:40:16am

re: #483 lawhawk

Did you see my link to the LOST lost episode from the upcoming DVD...

[Link: www.baberick.com...]

519 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:41:46am

re: #485 Alouette

I find the best tickets through BTS Best Travel Store

Thanks. Still taking notes...

520 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:42:16am

re: #518 Walter L. Newton

Did you see my link to the LOST lost episode from the upcoming DVD...

[Link: www.baberick.com...]

I never say one Lost episode. I heard it was kinda good.

521 elbruce  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:45:29am

If they were to do a LOST sequel, they should start with new characters.

Bob Denver should be available.

522 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:46:11am

re: #510 oaktree

Hmm, off to re-heat leftover rotini for lunch.

Concoction sauce on it. Diced tomatoes, small can of tomato paste, minced garlic, olive oil, and basil, rosemary, parsley, jalapeno pepper fresh from the window boxes.

Chopped up two chicken sausages and browned them along with chopping up ten or so pitted kalamata olives to mix in.

Only thing I forgot to buy yesterday was a new block of Parmesan cheese. :(
(Only you start grating your own the shaker cans are never bought again.)

I'm gonna' stuff a few banana peppers with a mixture of mozzarella, garlic and basil for lunch, then roast them for 15 minutes.

523 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:46:45am

re: #521 elbruce

If they were to do a LOST sequel, they should start with new characters.

Bob Denver should be available.

They will probably need a new Ginger & Maryanne though.

524 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:47:10am

re: #513 deranged cat

also from the same guy, Obama Looking at Awesome Things

Where's the halo?

525 Donna Ballard  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:47:45am

re: #496 sattv4u2

n/p

I had a paper cut last week,,, do I get a hug back !?!?!?

//

Absolutely!! {{{sattv}}} Poor baby, I hope it healed well. Btw, you suffer magnificently!

526 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:48:51am

re: #521 elbruce

If they were to do a LOST sequel, they should start with new characters.

Bob Denver should be available.

i agree with Monty Python's take on Bob Denver.

527 Digital Display  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:51:58am

Good Morning Lizards!

528 Donna Ballard  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:52:49am

re: #527 HoosierHoops

Good Morning Lizards!

Hey Hoosier, whats shakin?

529 Digital Display  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:54:03am

re: #528 Dragon_Lady

Hey Hoosier, whats shakin?

Haven't seen you in awhile..Hope you are doing ok..
I'm doing great

530 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:54:13am

re: #522 MandyManners

I'm gonna' stuff a few banana peppers with a mixture of mozzarella, garlic and basil for lunch, then roast them for 15 minutes.

Must be another name for banana peppers as I've never heard of them?

531 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:55:09am

re: #520 NJDhockeyfan

I never say one Lost episode. I heard it was kinda good.

Well, like many episodic TV shows, there were pro and cons about the finale. Those people who love character development were very pleased with the character resolutions, and LOST was always a character driven show, as evident from the writing and from constant reminders by the producers.

But, there was also a really strong, fun, myth, the mysteries surrounding the Island. The finale left a lot of that unanswered.

The producer promised that this would be the end of it. But the show is owned by Disney, and nothing is stopping Disney from developing a sequel with a new team of show runners.

And that would probably satisfy the fans of the myth, since they felt they got the short end of the story.

532 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:55:30am

re: #527 HoosierHoops

Good Morning Lizards!

Good Morning Witchita Hoops!
//

533 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:55:49am

re: #530 Semper Fi

Must be another name for banana peppers as I've never heard of them?

Pepperocini... mild light green peppers...

534 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:55:54am

re: #532 rwdflynavy

Good Morning Witchita Hoops!
//

Or was it Oklahoma?
//

535 Donna Ballard  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:56:48am

re: #529 HoosierHoops

Haven't seen you in awhile..Hope you are doing ok..
I'm doing great

Oh, I'm rolling along okay. Playing with a sinus infection at the moment and waiting for a call back from the Dr's office to see if I can get some antibiotics but other than that, all's well. I'm glad things are good for you.

536 Digital Display  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:57:05am

re: #534 rwdflynavy

Or was it Oklahoma?
//

Oklahoma.. Spent 3 weeks there and found a place to live.. Moving for good soon..
How are you?

537 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:58:28am

re: #536 HoosierHoops

Oklahoma.. Spent 3 weeks there and found a place to live.. Moving for good soon..
How are you?

I'm good and tired of summer. Ready for Fall and Football!

538 Taqyia2Me  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:58:41am

re: #510 oaktree

Sounds exactly like my lovely wife's sauce!
Yummy!!

539 Donna Ballard  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:58:52am

re: #533 Walter L. Newton

Pepperocini... mild light green peppers...

I love banana peppers! Their great on salads and in tuna fish salad, I haven't had any in a while. My folks used to grow 'em, but Dad don't walk too well now so he isn't too into gardening these days.

540 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:59:05am

re: #527 HoosierHoops

Good Morning Lizards!

Hi Hoops. Somehow seems unusual to see a post of yours this early in the day, except w-ends. How's OK?

541 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 8:59:25am

re: #539 Dragon_Lady

I love banana peppers! Their great on salads and in tuna fish salad, I haven't had any in a while. My folks used to grow 'em, but Dad don't walk too well now so he isn't too into gardening these days.

Most supermarkets sell them in a jar. Get some.

542 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:00:01am

re: #530 Semper Fi

Must be another name for banana peppers as I've never heard of them?

It's the yellow one in this photograph from Wiki about banana peppers.

543 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:00:18am

re: #527 HoosierHoops

Good Morning Lizards!

How's tricks?

544 prairiefire  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:01:47am

I make a mean Sicilian sugo, red sauce, if anyone wants the recipe.

545 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:01:58am

re: #533 Walter L. Newton

Pepperocini... mild light green peppers...

Hey, thanks. I enjoy peppers.

546 Donna Ballard  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:02:44am

re: #511 Semper Fi

Sorry to hear that. If there's anything I could do to add to your strength, I'd do it.

Thanks Semper, I joined a gym about three months ago and that's helped a lot with getting rid of the excess weight and strengthening the joints. My Motto's are "One day at a time" and "Everyday is a holiday, so celebrate!"

547 Digital Display  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:02:55am

re: #540 Semper Fi

Hi Hoops. Somehow seems unusual to see a post of yours this early in the day, except w-ends. How's OK?

Hey you..Took the day off and did all those chores you have to do before moving..Banking, Car loan, Insurance (BTW Nationwide doesn't have an office in OK) Going to take Winston to the Vet later...)
I was impressed with the OU Campus..Very nice..Met an American Hero there..John Snow...

548 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:03:29am

re: #544 prairiefire

I make a mean Sicilian sugo, red sauce, if anyone wants the recipe.

Yes, please.

549 Donna Ballard  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:03:54am

re: #544 prairiefire

I make a mean Sicilian sugo, red sauce, if anyone wants the recipe.

I'd Love it! My email should be showing now, if you want to send it to me.

550 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:03:55am

re: #537 rwdflynavy

I'm good and tired of summer. Ready for Fall and Football!

Yes, I too am ready. Let the games begin.

551 Big Steve  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:05:30am

re: #507 Stanley Sea

I TIVO'd last nite - will be watching tonight. Can't wait!

well won't spoil it for you but it is an outstanding episode....and even has absolutely awesome ass-kicking of a competetor administered by Draper himself.

552 Donna Ballard  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:06:06am

Heads really pounding now, I'll pop back in later after the Motrin wipes out the pain. Later!

553 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:06:57am

re: #552 Dragon_Lady

Heads really pounding now, I'll pop back in later after the Motrin wipes out the pain. Later!

Basil Hayden's more fun.

(((Dragon_Lady)))

554 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:08:16am

re: #542 MandyManners

It's the yellow one in this photograph from Wiki about banana peppers.

I've seen those. Light green. Thanks

555 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:10:00am

re: #544 prairiefire

I make a mean Sicilian sugo, red sauce, if anyone wants the recipe.

Sound good to me. I've paper and pen right here.

556 Taqyia2Me  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:13:15am

re: #552 Dragon_Lady

(((Dragon Lady)))

557 lawhawk  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:14:18am

re: #518 Walter L. Newton

I haven't had a chance to review the vid...

558 Mr. Crankypants  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:16:26am

Morning...all

559 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:18:52am

re: #557 lawhawk

I haven't had a chance to review the vid...

Twelve minutes long... interesting, and of course, frustrating... but that's LOST.

560 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:19:47am

re: #545 Semper Fi

Hey, thanks. I enjoy peppers.

I have these peppers growing in my garden right now:

Jalapeno
Tabasco
Cayenne
Anaheim Chili
Habanero
Holy Mole
Green, Red, Yellow, & Purple Bell Peppers

I should have a good amount unless the deer kill the remaining plants they missed stepping on so far.

561 Kreuzueber Halbmond  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:20:41am

Woot! I charted a top ten comment!

bbl. The mosque company called, they're coming to install Sharia today.

562 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:20:51am

re: #560 NJDhockeyfan

I have these peppers growing in my garden right now:

Jalapeno
Tabasco
Cayenne
Anaheim Chili
Habanero
Holy Mole
Green, Red, Yellow, & Purple Bell Peppers

I should have a good amount unless the deer kill the remaining plants they missed stepping on so far.

and Sweet Banana Peppers too!

563 cliffster  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:22:28am

re: #558 PT Barnum

Hey - you asked about how my wife cooked the brussels sprouts. I asked her and here's what she did (I wouldn't be surprised if she left out something that is the real zinger.. you know how foodies are):

-Preheat oven to 400 degrees
-Rinse the b sprouts, and dry thoroughly (no excess water).
-Cut off ends and then slice each in half lengthwise
-In large pan put good layer of olive oil and turn heat to medium-medium high
-Once oil is hot place b sprouts flat side down and leave until they
brown (a few minutes)
-Transfer to baking sheet that is coated with olive oil
-Season generously with kosher salt
-Move baking sheet to oven
-Roast b sprouts for about 20 minutes, shaking sheet periodically
-Once removed from oven, drizzle lightly with balsamic vinegar and
toss throughout
-Serve hot

Enjoy!

564 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:23:11am

re: #547 HoosierHoops

Hey you..Took the day off and did all those chores you have to do before moving..Banking, Car loan, Insurance (BTW Nationwide doesn't have an office in OK) Going to take Winston to the Vet later...)
I was impressed with the OU Campus..Very nice..Met an American Hero there..John Snow...

The final move approaches, huh? I can appreciate everything involved in preparation to changing address to another state.
While typing the above I was hoping my brain would "click" onto John Snow. It didn't. Please help me.

565 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:25:30am

re: #550 Semper Fi

Yes, I too am ready. Let the games begin.

September 4, Neyland Stadium: IT'S FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE!


Youtube Video
566 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:25:53am

re: #553 MandyManners

Basil Hayden's more fun.

Mix it with anything?

567 Charles Johnson  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:26:17am

I see that the Geller-thing has unearthed another smoking gun, that turns out to be more warmed-over rehashes of statements by Imam Rauf about terrorism, taken blatantly out of context, but with really BIG SCREENSHOTS and RED UNDERLINES!

568 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:26:56am

re: #565 MandyManners

September 4, Neyland Stadium: IT'S FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE!

[Video]

It's autumn time in the Rockies... I just looked at the 5 day forecast for Conifer... in the low 40's overnight for most of the week.

569 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:26:58am

re: #567 Charles

if at first you don't succeed...make the font bigger and make it red//

570 Digital Display  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:27:41am

re: #561 Kreuzueber Halbmond

Woot! I charted a top ten comment!

bbl. The mosque company called, they're coming to install Sharia today.

Yes I got my copy in the mail last week....I'm making an Honor killing top ten list today...I can't think of anyone so It's really pretty frustrating....Is it ok to Stone the entire Cowboys team?
/

571 darthstar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:27:48am

re: #567 Charles

What else do you expect from someone as lacking in creativity as Geller?

Oh, good morning everyone, by the way...had a lovely anniversary weekend at the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay...good food, fine wines, bike rides along the coast...

572 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:28:15am

re: #560 NJDhockeyfan

I have these peppers growing in my garden right now:

Jalapeno
Tabasco
Cayenne
Anaheim Chili
Habanero
Holy Mole
Green, Red, Yellow, & Purple Bell Peppers

I should have a good amount unless the deer kill the remaining plants they missed stepping on so far.

Without doubt, I'm impressed. That's an outstanding lineup of peppers.

573 Walter L. Newton  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:28:22am

re: #571 darthstar

What else do you expect from someone as lacking in creativity as Geller?

Oh, good morning everyone, by the way...had a lovely anniversary weekend at the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay...good food, fine wines, bike rides along the coast...

Did you take the wife?

574 Digital Display  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:29:32am

re: #564 Semper Fi

The final move approaches, huh? I can appreciate everything involved in preparation to changing address to another state.
While typing the above I was hoping my brain would "click" onto John Snow. It didn't. Please help me.

Bronze Metal winner and a Dean of OU...Climatology dept...I should have said Dr. Snow...He earned that title

575 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:29:56am

re: #562 NJDhockeyfan

and Sweet Banana Peppers too!

Again, banana peppers, where've I been?

576 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:30:04am

re: #565 MandyManners

September 4, Neyland Stadium: IT'S FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE!

[Video]

yeesh...the Vols are going to have a rough year, i'm afraid. i like your coach, but there isn't much depth on the team. good luck, though!

577 Big Steve  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:31:06am

re: #567 Charles

Geller-thing


Excellent.....some others

Geller-Gollum
Gellertor
Gellerzilla
578 Cato the Elder  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:33:05am

re: #567 Charles

I see that the Geller-thing has unearthed another smoking gun, that turns out to be more warmed-over rehashes of statements by Imam Rauf about terrorism, taken blatantly out of context, but with really BIG SCREENSHOTS and RED UNDERLINES!

Speaking of the poisoned fruits of poisoned trees, I just went down to the store and saw that the headline in today's WaPo is: "Nowhere near Ground Zero, but no more welcome."

It's about mosques in other parts of the country coming in for the Geller/Spencer treatment.

579 William Barnett-Lewis  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:33:21am

re: #544 prairiefire

I make a mean Sicilian sugo, red sauce, if anyone wants the recipe.

Please do! My nic is blue.

// Rhyme unintended.

580 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:33:43am

re: #568 Walter L. Newton

It's autumn time in the Rockies... I just looked at the 5 day forecast for Conifer... in the low 40's overnight for most of the week.

Brrrr.

581 darthstar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:34:19am

re: #573 Walter L. Newton

Did you take the wife?

I knew I was forgetting something.../

582 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:34:50am

re: #565 MandyManners

September 4, Neyland Stadium: IT'S FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE!

[Video]

If your post means you're partial to Tennessee I can fully understand. They have quite a program going for some time now.

583 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:35:29am

re: #576 Aceofwhat?

yeesh...the Vols are going to have a rough year, i'm afraid. i like your coach, but there isn't much depth on the team. good luck, though!

*whackwhackwhack*

They take football very, very seriously in Tennessee. The Kid's goal has been to be either a running back or wide receiver for UTK but, now that he's had a chance to knock bigger guys on their butts--and, get away with it--he's liking defense better.

584 Digital Display  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:35:48am

re: #580 MandyManners

Brrr.

Want to know something funny? When you talked about the kid playing sports yesterday I thought you were talking about baseball.. I read today it was football.. LOL I take everything back... Jeez I'm stupid

585 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:36:22am

re: #571 darthstar

happy anniversary-

586 elbruce  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:37:04am

re: #569 Aceofwhat?

if at first you don't succeed...make the font bigger and make it red//

That's actually a commented line in the Drudge Report's stylesheet file.

j/k, the Drudge Report doesn't have a stylesheet, I think it uses <font> tags.

587 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:37:40am

re: #574 HoosierHoops

Bronze Metal winner and a Dean of OU...Climatology dept...I should have said Dr. Snow...He earned that title

Thanks, Hoops.

588 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:38:09am

re: #582 Semper Fi

If your post means you're partial to Tennessee I can fully understand. They have quite a program going for some time now.

When I was growing up in Tennessee, I knew that I could get whatever I wanted from my dad if UT won. I also knew to keep my head down and my mouth shut if they lost. The greatest treason was saying anything nice about 'Bama. I am not kidding.

589 Mocking Jay  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:38:16am

re: #567 Charles

I see that the Geller-thing has unearthed another smoking gun, that turns out to be more warmed-over rehashes of statements by Imam Rauf about terrorism, taken blatantly out of context, but with really BIG SCREENSHOTS and RED UNDERLINES!

Holy crap what a misleading headline!
To take: "THE UNITED STATES HAS MORE MUSLIM BLOOD ON ITS HANDS THAN AL QAIDA," out of "the United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than al Qaida has on its hands of innocent non Muslims," is under-handed, to say the least.

590 darthstar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:38:31am

You've gotta love the GOP post-primary "unity" message in Washington. Didier - Rossi...still a little love lacking (official statement from Didier's camp):

“So is Dino saying, ‘Fuck you’ to those people [who supported Didier]? ‘Fuck you, I don’t need your votes? I can win with 33 percent.’”
591 garhighway  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:38:52am

re: #578 Cato the Elder

Speaking of the poisoned fruits of poisoned trees, I just went down to the store and saw that the headline in today's WaPo is: "Nowhere near Ground Zero, but no more welcome."

It's about mosques in other parts of the country coming in for the Geller/Spencer treatment.

That cannot be true. The NYC issue is just about the "insensitivity" of its location. One would think that Tennessee, or California, would be far enough away to be sufficiently sensitive.

This cannot be about hatred of Islam. This cannot be about bigotry.

/

592 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:39:17am

re: #583 MandyManners

*whackwhackwhack*

They take football very, very seriously in Tennessee. The Kid's goal has been to be either a running back or wide receiver for UTK but, now that he's had a chance to knock bigger guys on their butts--and, get away with it--he's liking defense better.

Oh, i know they do. CFB is my favorite time of the year! But the Vols just don't have the depth of the other top-tier SEC teams. Dooley has his work cut out for him...

The great thing about youth and HS football is that the Kid can play a lot of different positions to get a feel for what he really likes and it won't hurt how he's graded by scouts, if he's good enough to be graded by scouts.

593 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:39:20am

re: #584 HoosierHoops

Want to know something funny? When you talked about the kid playing sports yesterday I thought you were talking about baseball.. I read today it was football.. LOL I take everything back... Jeez I'm stupid

ROFLMAO!!! Now, that's funny. LOL!

I can see why you were concerned.

594 NJDhockeyfan  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:39:22am

re: #572 Semper Fi

Without doubt, I'm impressed. That's an outstanding lineup of peppers.

Thank you! My peppers always grow great every year. My tomatoes did great this year too. All the rest didn't do squat because of the lack of rain and the high heat. Last year was great.

595 Big Steve  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:41:21am

re: #594 NJDhockeyfan

Thank you! My peppers always grow great every year. My tomatoes did great this year too. All the rest didn't do squat because of the lack of rain and the high heat. Last year was great.

I have a theory that peppers, tomatoes, onions, and garlic taken from the same garden make the best salsa. Something about the common soil seems to make the flavors blend perfectly.

596 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:41:50am

re: #592 Aceofwhat?

Oh, i know they do. CFB is my favorite time of the year! But the Vols just don't have the depth of the other top-tier SEC teams. Dooley has his work cut out for him...

The great thing about youth and HS football is that the Kid can play a lot of different positions to get a feel for what he really likes and it won't hurt how he's graded by scouts, if he's good enough to be graded by scouts.

I don't know how he'll be when it comes time for the scouts but, I do know that the HS coach has been keeping an eye on him for two years. He's even come to Little League games to cheer him on.

597 Darth Vader Gargoyle  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:42:39am

re: #588 MandyManners

When I was growing up in Tennessee, I knew that I could get whatever I wanted from my dad if UT won. I also knew to keep my head down and my mouth shut if they lost. The greatest treason was saying anything nice about 'Bama. I am not kidding.

A buddy of mine was attending the Air Force Staff College at Montgomery. He was out golfing with a local who told him the following:
"We have two seasons in Alabama, Beer and Bourbon"
"Alabama/Auburn: Don't get involved"

598 jaunte  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:42:46am

re: #578 Cato the Elder

Speaking of the poisoned fruits of poisoned trees, I just went down to the store and saw that the headline in today's WaPo is: "Nowhere near Ground Zero, but no more welcome."

It's about mosques in other parts of the country coming in for the Geller/Spencer treatment.

Some reporting on the Murfreesboro TN mosque / community center project, from that article:

"What I sense is a certain amount of fear fueling the animosity," said Jim Daniel, a former county commissioner and former county Republican Party chairman, sitting down for lunch one day last week at City Cafe. Residents worry that "the Muslims coming in here will keep growing in numbers and override our system of law and impose sharia law."

Daniel and his dining partner -- the local Democratic Party chairman, Jonathon Fagan, 32 -- say they're uneasy about the proposal but agree that Rutherford County followed the law when it approved the plans for the Islamic Center in May.

"We have to allow them freedom of religion," Fagan said with a tight smile. "It takes courage to live in a free country. We have to have the courage to do that, even if we don't agree with it."
[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]


Along with freedom of religion, people are gradually learning we also get freedom from religion.

599 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:44:37am

re: #588 MandyManners

When I was growing up in Tennessee, I knew that I could get whatever I wanted from my dad if UT won. I also knew to keep my head down and my mouth shut if they lost. The greatest treason was saying anything nice about 'Bama. I am not kidding.

*Big smile* So many Dad's are very serious about their Saturday football and I can be counted among them. I sometimes feel my team won't do well unless I'm watching.

600 Obdicut  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:45:09am

I cannot get over how sweet my new laptop is.

For anyone looking for a reasonably slim, reasonably light, very good laptop, check out the Acer TravelMate TM8471-6306. The power usage is so minimal, I didn't run out of batter on a trans-continental flight. It doesn't heat up, like so many laptops do.

Great little machine.

601 prairiefire  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:47:54am

re: #548 MandyManners

re: #549 Dragon_Lady

re: #555 Semper Fi

Sicilian American Sugu Sauce ~ Or Sunday Gravy ~ 1 Med. Sized Deep cooking pot

Finely dice 1 regular size onion
Add to 3-4 tbsp light olive or canola oil
Simmer onions for 6 minutes, stirring to prevent burning
Add 4 cloves garlic, minced. Simmer about 3 minutes
Remove pot from heat
Add to pot:
3 cans Contadina Tomato Paste
9 cans water~Fill each can three times, scrapping as much paste off the sides as you can
Dry Ingredients:
This is an immigrant recipe, so to make up for using the more acidic tasting canned paste, they add sugar.
3 scant teaspoons, table teaspoons, not a measuring teaspoon, of sugar for each can of paste used so 9
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 ~ 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes and seeds
Add dry items to pot. Heat at med high, stirring often in a 8 pattern on the bottom of the pot to keep from sticking
Simmer at slow boil for 1 and 1/2 hours. Keep skimming foam and oil off of top of sauce. Basta!
Keeps for about 2 weeks in the fridge.

602 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:49:56am

re: #594 NJDhockeyfan

Thank you! My peppers always grow great every year. My tomatoes did great this year too. All the rest didn't do squat because of the lack of rain and the high heat. Last year was great.

I haven't had a veg garden but lots of flowing plants and even they seem cyclic.

603 Digital Display  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:49:59am

re: #600 Obdicut

I cannot get over how sweet my new laptop is.

For anyone looking for a reasonably slim, reasonably light, very good laptop, check out the Acer TravelMate TM8471-6306. The power usage is so minimal, I didn't run out of batter on a trans-continental flight. It doesn't heat up, like so many laptops do.

Great little machine.

My HP 6930 elitebook is a sweet laptop.. It's loaded for Bear

604 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:50:25am

re: #597 rwdflynavy

A buddy of mine was attending the Air Force Staff College at Montgomery. He was out golfing with a local who told him the following:
"We have two seasons in Alabama, Beer and Bourbon"
"Alabama/Auburn: Don't get involved"

The first guy I kissed is now a mult-millionaire but, unfortunately, he went to 'Bama.

605 Kragar  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:50:55am

Philly requiring bloggers to pay $300 for a business license

Between her blog and infrequent contributions to ehow.com, over the last few years she says she’s made about $50. To [Marilyn] Bess, her website is a hobby. To the city of Philadelphia, it’s a potential moneymaker, and the city wants its cut.

In May, the city sent Bess a letter demanding that she pay $300, the price of a business privilege license.

“The real kick in the pants is that I don’t even have a full-time job, so for the city to tell me to pony up $300 for a business privilege license, pay wage tax, business privilege tax, net profits tax on a handful of money is outrageous,” Bess says.

606 Cato the Elder  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:51:18am

re: #591 garhighway

That cannot be true. The NYC issue is just about the "insensitivity" of its location. One would think that Tennessee, or California, would be far enough away to be sufficiently sensitive.

This cannot be about hatred of Islam. This cannot be about bigotry.

/

"And that's not incense!"

FLASH! BOOM!

607 deranged cat  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:51:21am

re: #575 Semper Fi

all this talk about banana peppers and pepperoncinis is making me hungry for Quiznos.

608 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:51:46am

re: #599 Semper Fi

*Big smile* So many Dad's are very serious about their Saturday football and I can be counted among them. I sometimes feel my team won't do well unless I'm watching.

Moms, too. Afterall, when the camera pans across the players' faces, they shout out, "HI, MOM!"

609 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:52:07am

re: #595 Big Steve

I have a theory that peppers, tomatoes, onions, and garlic taken from the same garden make the best salsa. Something about the common soil seems to make the flavors blend perfectly.

I'm suddenly inspired to do a little gardening next year. Yes, I do love salsa that much.

610 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:52:46am

re: #605 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Philly requiring bloggers to pay $300 for a business license

“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."

611 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:53:08am

re: #601 prairiefire

re: #549 Dragon_Lady

re: #555 Semper Fi

Sicilian American Sugu Sauce ~ Or Sunday Gravy ~ 1 Med. Sized Deep cooking pot

Finely dice 1 regular size onion
Add to 3-4 tbsp light olive or canola oil
Simmer onions for 6 minutes, stirring to prevent burning
Add 4 cloves garlic, minced. Simmer about 3 minutes
Remove pot from heat
Add to pot:
3 cans Contadina Tomato Paste
9 cans water~Fill each can three times, scrapping as much paste off the sides as you can
Dry Ingredients:
This is an immigrant recipe, so to make up for using the more acidic tasting canned paste, they add sugar.
3 scant teaspoons, table teaspoons, not a measuring teaspoon, of sugar for each can of paste used so 9
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 ~ 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes and seeds
Add dry items to pot. Heat at med high, stirring often in a 8 pattern on the bottom of the pot to keep from sticking
Simmer at slow boil for 1 and 1/2 hours. Keep skimming foam and oil off of top of sauce. Basta!
Keeps for about 2 weeks in the fridge.

Nummy.

612 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:54:03am

re: #605 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Philly requiring bloggers to pay $300 for a business license

That's fucking ridiculous.

613 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:54:53am

re: #606 Cato the Elder

"And that's not incense!"

FLASH! BOOM!

and that makes you a tease...

614 lawhawk  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:57:36am

re: #610 Aceofwhat?

Eh... Philly had that business privilege license on the books for years, and only recently began trying to impose it on bloggers because of the need for revenues, even when most blogs don't actually make their owners a dime. You can have all the advertising you want on the site - if no one visits, let alone clicks, you're not making money - and you aren't making anything to cover costs for the site (time, effort, etc.) The Department figures that the act of putting advertising on the site is proof of being a business.

The move will only further undermine the city's competitiveness as people will either opt to live elsewhere, avoid paying the tax, or demand a legislative change to the fee.

And the Department's solution - to pay annually instead of kick in the $300 lifetime fee is laughable since if you blogged more than 6 years, you'd end up paying even more.

615 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:58:01am

re: #607 deranged cat

all this talk about banana peppers and pepperoncinis is making me hungry for Quiznos.

I've never had a Quiznos. Might be a good thought for lunch to-go as I've a little wine in yesterdays bottle.

616 Taqyia2Me  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 9:59:36am

re: #596 MandyManners

You're SURE it's The Kid the coach is interested in??

617 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 10:00:00am

re: #608 MandyManners

Moms, too. Afterall, when the camera pans across the players' faces, they shout out, "HI, MOM!"

Definitely. Didn't even think about that. It's a big thing with players and deservedly so.

618 reine.de.tout  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 10:00:13am

re: #513 deranged cat

also from the same guy, Obama Looking at Awesome Things

The bridge of "The Enterprise".
The Batmobile!
LOL

619 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 10:02:05am

re: #601 prairiefire

re: #549 Dragon_Lady

re: #555 Semper Fi

Sicilian American Sugu Sauce ~ Or Sunday Gravy ~ 1 Med. Sized Deep cooking pot

Finely dice 1 regular size onion
Add to 3-4 tbsp light olive or canola oil
Simmer onions for 6 minutes, stirring to prevent burning
Add 4 cloves garlic, minced. Simmer about 3 minutes
Remove pot from heat
Add to pot:
3 cans Contadina Tomato Paste
9 cans water~Fill each can three times, scrapping as much paste off the sides as you can
Dry Ingredients:
This is an immigrant recipe, so to make up for using the more acidic tasting canned paste, they add sugar.
3 scant teaspoons, table teaspoons, not a measuring teaspoon, of sugar for each can of paste used so 9
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 ~ 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes and seeds
Add dry items to pot. Heat at med high, stirring often in a 8 pattern on the bottom of the pot to keep from sticking
Simmer at slow boil for 1 and 1/2 hours. Keep skimming foam and oil off of top of sauce. Basta!
Keeps for about 2 weeks in the fridge.

That recipe looks so interesting. Thanks.

620 reine.de.tout  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 10:02:06am

re: #611 MandyManners

Got it.

621 elbruce  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 10:02:31am

re: #610 Aceofwhat?

“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."

Good one.

But if cities weren't facing such massive revenue shortfalls due to lack of aid from the state and federal levels, they probably wouldn't have to consider such extremes as that.

622 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 10:03:16am

re: #616 Taqyia2Me

You're SURE it's The Kid the coach is interested in??

Yeah. He's married, and his wife comes with him.

623 reine.de.tout  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 10:03:57am

re: #620 reine.de.tout

Got it.

meant that for prairiefire - i grabbed that recipe

624 Semper Fi  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 10:05:27am

It's been fun this morning. Nice talking to lizards. Have a nice day all.

625 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 10:07:07am

re: #617 Semper Fi

Definitely. Didn't even think about that. It's a big thing with players and deservedly so.

Have you ever had to wash those sweaty jerseys, socks and leg-pads? Air out those cleats? Get up at 5:00 six days a week to get him to school and then practice Saturday mornings? Drive back to school two evenings a week for practice? Monitor increased calcium, protein/et cet. intake? Pump water/Gatorade down his throat? This is just elementary school, so it's only from around July 15 until the end of Octorber. Oh, and that doesn't include the play-offs.

626 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 10:07:39am

re: #620 reine.de.tout

Got it.

Wha'? Who?

627 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 10:07:43am

re: #621 elbruce

Good one.

But if cities weren't facing such massive revenue shortfalls due to lack of aid from the state and federal levels, they probably wouldn't have to consider such extremes as that.

yes. lack of aid. let's not talk about whether any cities are facing massive shortfalls because their spending increases have been unsustainable...

628 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 10:07:51am

re: #623 reine.de.tout

meant that for prairiefire - i grabbed that recipe

Okay.

629 Aceofwhat?  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 10:08:59am

re: #614 lawhawk

The move will only further undermine the city's competitiveness as people will either opt to live elsewhere, avoid paying the tax, or demand a legislative change to the fee.

THIS...is worth repeating. well said.

630 Taqyia2Me  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 10:09:14am

re: #622 MandyManners

Darn! I was so rooting for you on that!!

631 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 10:09:41am

I'm not bitching. Really. I'm not.

Well, okay. I am. But, this is a huge adjustment. I won't even go into the emotional issues stemming from a jump in aggression.

632 prairiefire  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 10:10:54am

re: #623 reine.de.tout

That recipe, a set of china and silverware, were the best things I got out of that whole deal. ; )

633 MandyManners  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 10:11:20am

re: #630 Taqyia2Me

Darn! I was so rooting for you on that!!

All the dads are married, and even if they weren't, I'm not exactly glamorous early Saturday morning when I drop him off at the field and help him tote his humongous Nike bag to the sideline. In fact, I'm barely coherent.

634 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 10:21:10am

re: #538 Taqyia2Me

Sounds exactly like my lovely wife's sauce!
Yummy!!

I'm playing with the recipe. Not quite sure which direction to take it yet, or simply let it diverge into 2-3 separate sauce options (spicy, salty/tangy a'la a puttanesca sauce, or go more heavily into the herbs.)

The chicken sausage worked out nice. It was a pre-cooked chicken sausage w/jalapeno peppers from Trader Joe's. Diced, browned in a bit of olive oil, and they added a nice touch when I got a piece with a forkful of the rotini. Same general effect from getting a piece of the diced black olive or a piece of fresh parsley as well. Little burst of a different flavor on top of the general herbal/tomato goodness of the sauce.

Once one of my cookbooks explained how easy quick sauces where I simply stopped buying canned sauce. I just keep canned diced tomatoes and a few cans of tomato paste on-hand and can essentially throw something together in roughly the same time it would take to heat a jar of sauce. (And I always augmented the jarred sauce with more goodies in any case.)

635 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Mon, Aug 23, 2010 10:39:26am

re: #601 prairiefire

Thanks for typing out that recipe! :)


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