Is there a Just Got a Job cocktail?
Just noticed the balls; now the sign makes sense ... duh.
What can I say? It's been a long week!
The New York rats haven't taken over this place, have they?
Double epressooooooo please, as I am back on the wagon to stay. Then off to a movie.
Hey first time I'm awake, Manhattan! please?
The nuts crack me up.
that! is so american.
The balls will only attract flies and NASCAR fans, if you want to get rid of them fill a ziploc with water and hang that over the door.
Oh and jhupp needs an Irish Car Bomb. Congrats!
BEER NOW!
Please.
And I just heard that Montana has abolished the death penalty.
Montana did that? Really? if so, this pacifist buys a round for the house!
jhupp: You gotta job? Congrats!
Thanks! Three cheers for Montana
Yeah, I'm just waiting for the link. Saw it on Metafilter.
Abolition: It's a beautiful thing.
And my movie calls. Be back later.
So, are the testicles like Mistletoe in any way? If a person stands under them, does something cool happen, or do you just get urinated on?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17304006/
bourbon please. and a plate of fried goat sphincters.
NOOOOO!!! NOT TEH CHUPACABRA!!!!
Bloody Marys, and just keep 'em coming.
A pitcher of Bud Light... or should it be two to keep with the theme?
and a plate of fried goat sphincters.
Coming right up.
I'd like a big plate of Rocky Mt Oysters smothered in Irish Cream.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Really?
I mean, uh, Guinness, please!
In honor of Balzac, something I drank in France. It's called a Monaco. Beer, sprite, grenadine. Sounds gross, tastes great.
And can I get two cherries on my swizzle stick?
You betcha!
jhupp, it's called a Screwdriver. Have one on me.
Young's ESB for this tired techie...
Nik E: would that be Green or Orange?
It's been anoother tough week... I guess I'll have to go at life like Santa... with a lot of sack!
I would like an Usama bin Latte please. ( thats a a double hazelnut latte with a sinister whipped cream turban sprinkled with cinnamon)
OH! And as Balzac would say "drink much and pee frequently"
I am a realist. Pour me one.
I have pussy over at my place if anybody wants some.
Dewars rocks, please. I wanna get smashed and watch the Anna Nicole special on MSNBC...
SAP, why the fuck weren't you the first one in the door tonight? You're supposed to be my proxy. You're FIRED!
I've got big balls
They're such big balls
And they're dirty big balls
And he's got big balls
And she's got big balls
(But we've got the biggest balls of them all)
Oh no, the song! It's going to take up permanent residence in my head!
*sings a bit too loudly*
One of those Monaco thingies sounds intriguing...
I love the balls over the door! I should hang some up here for the last few months we're in suburban Dallas (aigh!). Then we're moving to Austin, where it's more sane. And the music is better. And there is some semblance of local culture...
ACDC has been playing in my head, too...
Another Young's, please.
Hey all.
Oops. Don't have my shirt on yet. But hey, I'll change right here in front of my laptop. Sorry, no camera.
(cue Gypsy Rose Lee music, though)
Where's Kona when we need him?
Mmm-Kay I am Spartacus.
Don't know about the Rocky Mountain Oysters, but some fried oysters and a diet Pepsifor me.
(...and do you have any of those little biscuits? You knos, the cheesy ones?)
Urp!
Yummy ... now I'm ready for some salty nuts and beer.
Boulevard's Irish Ale, please, and keep 'em coming.
You know, this is a real nice place.
A shot of Black Bush please and a toast to Melissa and Amanda, thank you for all you have done and will do.
Cheesy biscuits, fresh outta the oven.
And I'll have decaf for now. Some Irish Whiskey later.
Where's Matilda? I'd like to buy her a brain.
hmm... someone needs to turn on the jukebox.
Anything EXCEPT ACDC, please.
A quick chilled Dr Pepper on the rocks to go, please. I'm stealing a bit of time at the Ministry of Silly Walks. I may return later, but I won't promise that.
Oh, and "The Fried Goat Sphincters" would be a great name for a punk rock band. 
So... a show about blogging huh? Won't it be funny when they quote the funnier names in blogtopia (y!sctp)?
Like skippy... or who else but us will know who Atrios is... or an Instapundit?
I'm thinking ABBA tonight, for starters. "Lovelight" is my favorite from them.
blue gal obviously hasn't been paying attention.
and who gives a shit about kona anyway.
he's all washed up with a jobbie and all.
kt tunstall.
suddenly I see.
I'm feverish and ill, so I better duck in and out quick so no one else gets sick. But I wanted to make a quick toast to Frances E. Allen, who is the first woman to win the $100,00 Turing Award. Cheers!
How about an AC/DC song sung by Celine Dion?
I kid you not, "I shook you all night long"'s worst. cover. ever.
are there any big-boned black women here tonight??
I really need a big black woman to snuggle with.
Every time I hear the name ABBA, I hear dancing queen.
Over. and over. and over...
ugh, i need another beer. 
AC/DC should never do a Celine Dion cover. Are you fuckin' serious?
That's laughable.
Holy shit Marked!
Thats like ... its ... I have no words.
another beer, coming up.
Found this one down on the jukebox list:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z...h?
v=Zz9sjMGUM9k
This song has actually been covered by a surprising number of people.
What could have possibly possessed her? I mean. wow.
De-lurking: Yeah I'm gonna need a glass of your finest port please.
Aw hell, a bottle of your worst and a roll of Tums will do just fine.
Holy shit Marked!
I know... and the strange thing is I have to share the pain with people. Ain't I a stinker?
Good God Marked. I think you owe us all a round for that one.
Ok, Drinks all around on me!
I can't look. Did she sing "Knocking me out with those American thighs"?
She did WHAT!? egad.
I'm kinda thinking Angeleyes for starters: makes me think of Shrub these days...
Will I die if know the answer to that question? I'll keep taking my pulse...
I can't look. Did she sing "Knocking me out with those American thighs"?
Yes, she did.
Stepping away for a bit to feed the A.P.... keep the Young's coming...
And tata, if you DO know the answer, I think your pulse is still going. We're not so sure about your EKG, though...
No no no no! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHH!
Clear!
K-CHUNK!
Clear!
K-CHUNK!
Clear!
K-CHUNK!
Nothing!
Marked, this is on you!
Not only that she did the Angus prance... oh my god
*feels horrible*
:'(
And the crowd goes silent.
*You* feel horrible? I'm dead!
Oooh. Is that my accordian?
We need a new topic, and another round. Alcohol will make the memory go away!
Uh oh, tata is undead.
Have a brain.
Mmm...tasty!
We can keep tata like they did the zombies in Shaun of the Dead!
Anyone have a recipe for a brain cocktail? I can't imagine they taste good by themselves.
Back again. Egad, Tata, were you pulling on my Young's while I was gone or something?
Heard of one, Relic. It involved pickling spices, tabasco and wasabi.
Outch.
Wassssssssssssaaaaaaaabbbbbbbi!
(likes old, dumb ad campaigns. )
I was trying to buy one for Matilda ... but she totally snubbed me. Gave me the wev and everything.
If I'm going to be anyone's pet zombie, I want a pink collar with a bell on it.
Hi Kona. Find your big boned black woman yet?
Halosack is being a pisser tonight and not showing new posts/asking to refresh.
Beware.
Actually, Marked, think ceviche - only grey.
If I'm going to be anyone's pet zombie, I want a pink collar with a bell on it.
Of course. You wouldn't want a zombie getting loose without a bell on...
Tata - DING!
I feel better. I took some deep cleansing breaths and watched this.
Shakes, I posted my pussy blog before I saw yours. Isn't it a coincidence we have pussies before the monitors?
What's up with that shit?
Whoa, is Tata here? With a collar on?
Time for more Drinks!
i gots me some jimi playing all along the watchtower.
Hell yeah, Marked Hoosier. Pour, you lazy fucker!
MB, fuck you and the hendrix you road in on.
We got John Mayer about to segue into some real jazz shit.
He killed me. Least he can do is dispatch the beverages.
Pour, you lazy fucker!
Sir, yes SIR!
just switched to velvet underground heroin more suited to my mood lately
I'll be back. Gonna get the three days shy of three yo in the tubbie.
Ooh didn't mean to take anybody's buzz off. Whozever tending bar do a round on me, and I'll be back in a bit. And then the serious drinking can begin.
john lee hooker.
does that count for shit?
That's two that called for drinks.
Next round's on me.
Kona before I go have yet ANOTHER on me.
funeral tomorrow, a kid from our town was just killed in bagdhad. i am so fucking tired of this shit.
Ooh, gotta go chase the tasty brains. Back in a bit.
ding ding ding...
I'm dispatching as fast as I can.
Shakes???
HELP!
cya tata!
i'm playing. but damn. damn. damn. damn. damn.
What state are you in, Minstrel Boy? We got lots over there from Alabama.
MB,did you happen to check out any NPR today?
We're about to enter into year #5.
Can you imagine? Americans are so goddamn lazy. This should be over by now.
Too. Much. Iraq.... Need. More. Beer.
i heard this asshole today on npr talking about how "we have to try" re: the surge. i wanted to reach through the radio and grab his throat and ask "how many? how many more? 100? 150? when will it be enough?"
1000 or 1050?
You meant?
rural arizona. 'bout an hour and a half outside of phoenix
I shall return, I will serve a round of drinks before going though!
I am Spartacus!
Okay back soon. 3yo getting in fridge nonononononono!
Back later.
Okay back soon. 3yo getting in fridge nonononononono!
Back later.
How 'bout a West Texas Xombie?
Here's the recipe:
1. Hide your car keys.
2. Mix 3 oz of Vodka, 1 oz gin, 3 oz Sprite, 6 oz orange juice.
3. Swallow 1 mg of Xanax, rinsing it down with 15 ml of Cheratussin AC cough syrup.
4. Drink the mixed drink while dancing to one of your favorite songs.
5. Repeat as necessary.
Eventually, you'll figure out why there's a step 1.
txrad just mentioned minstrel boy and heroin.
isn't that a coincidence.
we don't call it the blues for fuckin' nothing over here in texas.
blue gal,
abort!
TIM HARDAWAY IS A $760,000.00 DEADBEAT
http://ww.tmz.com/2007/02/23/gay...being-deadbeat/
Not only is Tim Hardaway the country's most hated gay-bashing bigot, but now TMZ has learned that he's being sued for more than $750,000 for skipping out on his mortgage, as well as rent payments on a car wash that used to bear his name.
In the first suit, Washington Mutual Bank is alleging that Hardaway hasn't paid his mortgage since last September -- with a balance of $715,000 -- and is trying to foreclose on his house in Miami-Dade County, FL. (Hardaway used to play for the Miami Heat.)
Meanwhile, Hardaway is also being sued for not paying more than $45,000 in back rent for his Miami-area car wash. The suit, filed in Circuit Court, charges that the business -- for which Hardaway is a guarantor on the lease -- hasn't paid rent in several months, dating back to last fall.
Curiously, the car wash's sign used to read, "Tim Hardaway Presents US 1 Finest Hand Car Wash." Following Hardaway's gay-hating radio tirade last week, the sign was changed to "Grand Luxe Auto Bathe."
None of the lawyers involved returned calls for comment.
we used to do valium daquiris in las vegas, and percodan colodas, and my very own invention called "hop, skip, and go nekkid."
txrad just put on some sobering music.
I must go change it.
He just said this would be one of the songs at our wedding.
I'm hearing my gut or sinuses squeal. I'm not sure which. But it's....
Nickel Creek.
bleahh, what a wedding song.
Can I counterbalance with some Black Sabbath?
Or some Robert Johnson?
Or Son House?
speaking of weddings my daughter in ireland's engaged! that was good news. i even like the lad. they're planning an august wedding in galway.
Minstrel Boy,
I don't need an excuse to "go nekkin."
Not even a drink. Just some warm weather and sunshine.
Fuck, I wore shorts to work today.
Nekkid. Not nekkin.
God, I type like a fool.
but nickel creek? jeez. although i once was asked to play "feelings" at a wedding. it was "their" song. some fucking people's kids yo.
Nekkid nekkin? I'm in!
got willie dixon's spoonfull going now. . .yeah willie
I'm willing to walk around naked, as long as there are no mirrors.
It spoils the illusion.
Buffy Sainte-Marie definitely has something to say.
She is SOOOOOO grace slick.
Thanks for all the congrats folks. I was making the phone rounds; my job offer came in at like 6:45 EST. (On a Friday, no less; what have I gotten myself into?)
Thanks for all the potables, and when my paycheck-to-be reaps its rewards, I'll get you all back.
buffy is a darling. i flat ass adore her to the almost emmylou levels (nobody beats emmylou love though it's like an emotional speed of light)
hullo! champy for me. I am throwing a pitty party for me - I should be in NYC tarting it up with the shakers.
dug into the files, now i got gonna be a country girl again going
What is the difference between Deadwood and Rome?
Someone? Anyone??
with old brown dog
and a big front porch
and rabbits in the pen
i tell you all the lights
on broadway
don't amount to an
acre of green
deadwood has firearms and they say cocksucker more.
HE went down to the crossroads.
FUCK, I was BORN there.
tell that to my boss, mb.
details forthcoming, when i grow a hairy pair.
congrats jhupp!!!
gad, bosses. it was scarey this week that i actually was agreeing with some of the stuff david geffen said. that's scarier than agreeing with something cheney says. geffen is evil, pure, uncut, ether based evil.
Things that don't bother him bother me.
I won't sing in front of my own mother, but he said he's interview with me.
Fuck, that's spously devotion.
Apparently, Mark Antony doesn't say fuck enough.
s' = d'
the boy don selected something less than ideal.
gotta go change the music.
I just bought a one-way ticket on the Jefferson Airplane.
Anybody wanna come with me?
I swear to god it'll be fun.
i think it would be great to have al swearingin as a presidential candidate. the state of the union could be a drinking game. one shot for every cocksucker. doubles for pissant.
Mr. Shakes and I are listening to YMCA, as recommended upthread, and Mr. Shakes is flabbergasted that "noo oone figured oot what this soong was aboot! Hoo did people noot knoo it was a gay anthem?!"
He also said his dad, a sailor in the Royal Navy, loved In the Navy, and, says Mr. Shakes, "had noo fookin' cloo."
fuckin' right on MB. Only I think George Carlin oughta run.
Same difference. Only one is more real.
Them Scots never got extra points in the department of braineology, Shakes.
rum. sodomy and the lash
coomin' oop!
Just checked out the Celine Dion link...
I'll have the purple cool-aid, pleeez!
ah well, time to check on my room fulla high school lads. they're getting ready for the biggest gig of their lives. they're playing at a high school prom in tempe, opening for some "emo" band. i forget which.
Oh MB, I'm prayin' for the lash.
I just watched it, and I realized they don't do the arm-letters at all. Who came up with that then?
I told txrad I was playing Paul Simon.
Now he's in the kitchen goin' "we don't need no graceland, man."
Shit, is he ultraclever or what?
at an AA meeting wednesday i saw a lady give her boyfriend a little slap and blurted
"hit me, i usually have to pay extra for that"
And now, the end is near
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, I'll say it clear
I'll state my case of which I'm certain.
I've lived a life that's full
travelled each and every highway
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Regrets, I've had a few
But then again too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through, without exemption.
I planned each charted course
Each careful step, along the byway
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Yes there were times, I'm sure you knew,
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all, when there was doubt
I ate it all, And I stood tall,
And did it my way.
I've loved, I've laughed and cried
I've had my fill, my share of losing.
And now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing.
To think, I did all that,
And may I say, "not in a shy way",
Oh no, oh no not me,
I did it my way.
For what is a man, what has he got,
If not himself, then he has not,
To say the things, he truly feels,
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows, I took the blows,
And did my way.
Arm letters?
What the fuck did I miss?
Did I make uncouth comments about the nigger music I was listening to right before Paul Simon? I swear it's true, I was I was!
That might be the original emo song there.
No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn.
BITCHEZZZZ.
fuck...
you just have to step away from it.
you don't have to fuckin STOP it carte blanche.
Apparently, I don't need a refill in the next round. Y-M-C-A, making letters with your arms to the music, they don't do it in the video.
Hello, all. Are we all well and happy this evening?
And I have stepped away, and returned so many times, my knees hurt.
Quaker Dave, we are. Thanks for axing.
Careful with that axe, kona.
Them Scots never got extra points in the department of braineology, Shakes.
Mr. Shakes: "Tell Koona we joost invented the moodern woorld, thankye very mooch!"
Where did you go, anyway?
I went off to watch Babel, the video.
Give Mr. Shakes a kiss goodnight, from me.
I love you both, so fookin' much.
xoxo,
kooona.
funeral tomorrow, a kid from our town was just killed in bagdhad. i am so fucking tired of this shit.
The next town north of me along the shore (I can easily walk to it) just had its second funeral last Monday, a Marine Captain. She was a helicopter pilot within days of returning to the USA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s...h?
v=sEbgB6X6S5c
it just realy touches your soul sometimes... we'll never forgot you
Geez.
oddj, anywhere neer Ft. Hood?
I love you both, so fookin' much.
And we loove you, so fookin' mooch, right back.
well the town north of you along the shore should have been my Ft. Hood clue.
Anyway, there was an interesting thing on NPR today about that place.
oddj, anywhere neer Ft. Hood?
No, Swampscott, MA.
I didn't think intelligent liberals used the "n" word...
I must have missed something. Thanks for the previous fun!
Jackgoff - hope your competition went well!
Sarah - you go girl..
oddjob, my brother is going to her funeral, he work with her father at GE in Lynn, MA
she only had 1 week left in Iraq before she died ( 3 tours, I think)
That is beyond sad.
May I share my love with hedwig?
meh, I never called myself an "intelligent liberal." In fact, I'd put a fucking lifetime between me and that shit.
Have you bled twice in two days?
If not, SHUT THE FUCK UP.
I only want to hear from bleeders tonight.
Does a nosebleed count?
All of that and more.
noo oone figured oot what this soong was aboot! Hoo did people noot knoo it was a gay anthem?!
I have been wondering this for decades.
Any Guitar Shorty on that jukebox?
Does eyebleed count?
about the girl from swampscott
http://www.boston.com/news/local...killed_in_iraq/
...Harris, 28, a graduate of Swampscott High School, was on her third tour and was scheduled to be home next week, said Jim Schultz, the town veterans agent.
"She was a great kid," he said.
Yes, a kid. Good God have mercy on this country...
oddjob, my brother is going to her funeral, he work with her father at GE in Lynn, MA
She was buried last Monday. They closed the main road along the shore during the funeral. The governor was there, too.
And yes, it was something like one week to go.
didn't mean to bum everybody out....
Don't bust that gee-tar/
Too late. Switched over to some jazz. Sans guitar.
Yes, a kid. Good God have mercy on this country...
They almost always are when they die that way.
The one time I visited Gettysburg I found it all seriously fascinating (I went in my mid-30's), but then I got to the cemetery and I had to leave - not because of the graves of the dead from that battle, but because of the headstones of those who have been buried there since, from all the wars we have had since.
So many, and of course they were all in their late teens to late twenties..........
I couldn't deal with it, even now if I think about it too long I'll start tearing up again.
I don't for a moment dishonor the way they died, but I still mourn the loss of such young Americans, and also know I owe them for the country I live in now.
well frankie ya did.
Pours a 40 for the poor helicopter pilot and her 6 passengers, and the hundred Iraqis.
I'll return later. I have to pick up my housemate.
I couldn't deal with it, even now if I think about it too long I'll start tearing up again.
I'm the same way when I think about visiting Gettysburg. Exactly.
Come on, join the livin'/
Is everyone on the Peace Train?
The hallowed ground... upon which they want to build a casino.
See, now I'm feeling aggravated...
bye for now, sorry for crashing your party....
peace train by natalie merchant. She does it great.
Natalie could sing the phone book and sound great.
You guys are on your own tonight. It's movie night at Casa SAP: Network, The Professional, and Garden State.
hello, QD
mmm, Fat Tire Amber Ale...
Hey Blue Gal!
GAL! Hiya!
... putting "Stolen Car" by Beth Orton on the jukebox...
Oh Hi Agi!
How's my compatriot?
QD, you at the jukebox?
we're on the same page, I see...
Right over here, yes.
It was movie night here, too - The Hobbit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f...h?
v=fjITMaNNw5g
Dolly Parton version... I think Celine is better at ACDC...
Couldnt find natalie....
Got any Billie Holiday on this thing...?
QD, hold that quarter. A pal just emailed that he's sick I wanna get back to him before he signs off.
You know I will wait.
Fiona can mellow everything out.
I swear.
Great, Blue Gal. How bout yerself?
I think I'll head over to the jukebox. I need to hear something lively.
Is every one up for some wife swapping?
no.
Green acres is the place to be...
Speaking of Dolly...
EEgaads. Dolly meets Skeletor!
I need to hear something lively.
Comandante Agí
Just another example of someone driving around on their cell phone.
kill a pedestrian.. who gives flyin' fuck.
For you nerds out there ... I found a useful flowchart of the 90s music scene.
"Woman Like a Man"
"Green Acres IS the place to be."
Yes, but see I remember that show when it was on in prime time. Not like you young'uns.
I found a useful flowchart of the 90s music scene.
- That's hilarious.
Dolly meets Skeletor
[lips not in sync]
Skeletor: You'll never defeat my Silver Spoon Fist!
Dolly: Ha! ha! ha! You fool! My Southern Mammary Style is invincible!
Nik
I *love *xkcd* ... My favorite one.
Dolly will defeat him. Goodness always triumphs. Sometimes it just takes a really long time...
hehe ... yeah Sis. I spent hours laughing when a fellow programmer sent me that site.
Total nerd humor fest.
hehe ... yeah Sis. I spent hours laughing when a fellow programmer sent me that site.
Total nerd humor fest.
Sorry to those of you at the jukebox.
I'm back.
Now, my dance card has only one space on it, and it's full.
What is is about my comments that puts haloscam in a tizzy?
What do we want to listen to?
Nik E Poo: I was prepared for a serious breakdown of styles tracking britpop, grunge, pop-punk and boy bands. Ya fooled me there.
QuakerDave: Let's hope so!
konagod: Naw, man. It's still early here in California - I don't hit the mellow music til later.
Just got home from Austin standing in the rain to listen to Obama. It was very cool. Skipped outta work after lunch to drive into town and take our 11-year old daughter. Wish my parents would've taken me to see something like that when I was a kid.
I could use a drink. New Belgium Sunshine Wheat, please - w/orange!
Just got home from Austin standing in the rain to listen to Obama.
That actually sounds really fun.
Maadas Hel: Good choice. I'm drinking the New Belguim Fat Tire Amber Ale.
I got "Why" by Annie Lennox here...
Just discovered Beth Orton.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q...h?
v=qWoMq46g0XU
Wow. Thanks.
But we can't dance to her.
Or can we?
I'm gonna go pour myself a drink while that plays.
Hello... stopping by for a quick drink while running to watch Bill Maher...
GULP
Thanks! I shall return!
Oh and Hi everyone!
Why by Annie it is, darling.
And everybody, when QD and I leave at the same time, no raised eyebrows, 'kay?
That is a danceable thing, that.
this might work for a slow dance
ok, maybe not, but I still like it
now playing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H...h?
v=Hzy3aSNevW8
Good stuff, but it lacks those low smoky vocals that BG and I so desire.
BG found it.
And the deep throaty laugh that QD always brings out in me!
HA!!
She's doing that smiling in the mirror thing... Annie, that is.
Why...i..i...iiii.....
She's doing that smiling in the mirror thing... Annie, that is.
She's so vain. I bet she thinks this song is about her.
...
Get that whisper?
There's a version of this song from Live8 that will bring tears to your eyes, folks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i...h?
v=iL9MDUbeJlg
good thing I've got your shoulder to cry on. Yeah, I got the whisper.
Something about lenten lunch on monday after the silent hour...
...mmm gotta love that pimento cheese on whole wheat.
... and don't forget the brownies.
Quakers gotta have the baked goods.
tears on your shoulder turn into a giggle. Boys, he's about to take'er home.
oh! how was the movie?
With Mrs. QD?
yah, that'll take the buzz off, right there.
Always leave 'em laughing.
HA! We both loved it. Best of the Best Picture types we've seen.
Buzzkill... -ed.
Sorry, what did you see again?
Babel.
Oh, at the Happy Candy Land Omniplex?
Ummm... no, in the Quakerland Family Room.
I hear the popcorn there is really good.
... where the popcorn only comes in Plain.
Agi, are you still around?
Didn't mean to exclude you.
And QD, honey, would you get my coat?
And you can be sure that no one will speak during the movie... unless they are so led.
Quaker jokes.
I'm here through First Day, folks.
Help you with that, darlin'?
Yeah, I'm here. I was just downloading some music
Sorry. My 4yo just got home from her first ballet, Swan Lake. Daddy took her.
Agi: Liked that tune on the link. Thanks.
Yeah, I'm gonna check it out before I leave.
Shall we go, then?
No prob
Yes, dear. I'm ready.
Goodnight, all. Thanks Agi, that was a nice tune.
I'm ouuta here. Up early with papers to grade out the wazoo. Then a Flyers game! Me and the Liberal-In-Training get to go watch them lose... again... but in person.
Night!
Night all, and have a terrific weekend.
Sweet dreams. May Dolly's forces of good defeat Skeletor!
The Dollys. United. Will never be defeated.
... 'bye.
Nite folks. I still have some shit to tear up here on the left coast.
It's still early here!
Tear away!
Anyone watching Bill Maher?
Kinda boring episode.
This will definitely date me. Since I don't get that many dates, I can live with it for now.
The guitarist, at the time, was one of the first to blend blues/rock/jazz in modern music. The album version of the song was outstanding, but this is a raw version before the album was released.
The guy forced me to trade for a Strat soon thereafter. I've never looked back.
If you can put up with the self-serving improvisations, it's pretty entertaining.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i...h?
v=iexKE14MCj4
YMMV
YMCA it ain't...
Ranger Jay,
"lazy" haven't heard that in years (back in the pot smokin days).
Great tune
Two comments till 300...
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!
300!!!
Whoo Hoo!!!!
Dear Mr. Fantasy,
great performance by the one of the masters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S...h?
v=SvT_f_lVyNQ
THE COMBINED GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS OF A GOOGOLPLEX OF COLLAPSARS (aka black holes) WOULD NOT SUCK ONE QUINTILLIONTH AS MUCH AS HALOSCAN SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Time for me to take my personal ball sac to bed. Where my sac leads, I must follow, for better or worse.
Opponents countered that the death penalty was needed to help victim's families.
"This is simply closure," said Sen. Greg Barkus, R-Kalispell.
Wasn't there something in their bible about "Vengence is mine sayeth........"
And ya MB, when is it gonna stop?
And a question to all the Shakers.
I was born in 1934 so how many Americans have died in wars on foriegn soil since then? And don't forget the little ones. So is the world a better place?
HE went down to the crossroads.
FUCK, I was BORN there
Wasn't born there but when I was 6 I went to live in a place called Forks, Washington which was just that. The road forked there and there was nothing but a post office and a hardware store named............Hammer and Rule. NO SHIT.
I need an order of NyQuil on the rocks to go, please.
What?? Only 300+ comments this week? Shakes, what have you done to alienate the masses?
Only 300 comments last night? You guys are slackin'!
"What's your poison?"
A double shot of Tullamore Dew and a pint of Guinness for a chaser.
Well, I TRIED to leave a comment, but $#%@*&'n Haloscan ATE IT! 
[This blog needs an "angry" smiley.]
Hang some fake boobs on the back entrance, and we'll sort ourselves as we enter. I need some vanilla Stoli, and keep 'em coming!
IBW, it used to have one, but HaloScan replaced it with the pink "unhappy" face, which I find nowhere near as useful.
Well hello all. I wanted to share with you a little rant I sent to one of my daughter's teachers. My daughter is a junior in HS. For all you moms out there trying to raise daughters in the current social environment... I had one of my better moments of clarity. I attached the recent APA report on sexualization in girls to the letter.
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...Cutting to the chase, Madeline feels that you hold in higher esteem the girls that are overtly sexualized, and that she is unappealing by comparison. She says that the girls that get the leads or significant parts have in common that they wear 'sexy' clothes, are somewhat sexually fixated (she related to me on several occasions the coarse discussions about casual sex during Midsummer production), and that they are almost all in chorus. Additionally, she related a comment you made to her to the effect that she had not 'embraced her femininity' which she took to mean that she wasn't sexy - and gave as evidence the fact that the only roles she had ever gotten were for children or non-humans, even though she has more experience and dedicated theater classroom time than those chosen for the better roles.
It may be that her feelings are entirely unfounded, and that she is just looking for any reason to assuage her hurt. Please do not feel that I am making any accusation of you. This is a red-flag issue for me, the mother of two daughters, struggling to bring them up to see themselves as whole people with their sexuality assuming a proportionately reasonable place in their self-perception. I am asking for your support, because you are one of a very, very few people who have the ability to affect Madeline in a very profound way.
Over the past decade or so I have watched the increasing sexualization of girls and young women with alarm. In my opinion, the barrage of hyper-sexualized images of women in virtually every conceivable forum and at alarmingly young ages is extremely damaging. I suppose as a child of the 70s, removed from the 60s flashpoints, I grew up believing that as a society we were calmly, if slowly, moving away from the iron-clad sexism that had bound earlier generations of women. To my horror I see unfolding a new iron-clad sexism that is every bit as repressive - if not more so since this new stripe of sexism seems quite a bit more degrading and also coupled with a shocking level of abuse both emotional and physical - from external sources and self-abuse (witness the rise in eating disorders and depression). How are young women to walk the path of self-discovery that will lead them to adult lives of fulfillment in all spheres when everything around them from as yo ung an age as 6 or 7 screams that the most important thing about them is their body and that they be sexually attractive and sexually available?
My apologies for being so long-winded. This is a topic I feel most passionately about, in particular in defense of my daughters. I can't change the world - I know that - but I can at least arm my own children with information and awareness and do my damnedest to run interference.
Again, with respect and affection born of Madeline's deep level of both for you, I ask you to please offer her support and praise for being the wonderful young woman she is - intelligent, witty, talented, and beautiful - without any need for contrivance.
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He has yet to respond.
Fun with smileys...
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OK, I give up I can't find the laughing one. *sigh* guess I'll read the manual.
alyssa,
I know what you're saying. When I was in showchoir (and this was more than 10 years ago) we were middle school girls shaking our boobs in our flashy sequined dresses.... And our choreographer was a gay man, so we weren't doing this for HIS enjoyment. I didn't see it at the time, but I know my mom was distressed.
Sadly, should your daughter pursue a career (or even just an enthusiastic hobbyist) in theater, things aren't going to change much, possibly until she hits the higher echelons.
Stupid lookist culture.
/rant
RedSonja, Gawd you should see the pornographic grinding the girls are doing now. I am so embarrassed for them, and sometimes almost desperately sad. There was a man arrested at last year's dance show for masturbating during the show... according to my daughter (who isn't in dance, but was playing in the pit) the girls were horrified and weirded out that that happened, but didn't seem to put two and two together.
Regarding the theater director, he is also a gay man which struck me as really odd. Considering the stereotype hurdles gay people have to navigate, you'd think they'd be the last people to perpetuate them. i can only hope that he truly doesn't understand that is what he is doing and that my letter will be a good tool for self-reflection. He really is a very nice man.
There was a man arrested at last year's dance show for masturbating during the show
SQUICK!!!!!!!!!
(brain scrubbing)
Sadly, it's not just theater. Dance, as you mentioned, cheerleading, drill team - it's like if they're not gyrating to Lil Kim they're invisible.
Thank god I only have animals, no kids. I'd lose my mind.
Squick indeed.
I have two daughters, 17 and 19. But I guess I'm one-a those 'feminazi' types so fortunately they have both made it thus far without succumbing to the sexualization culture. Normally I would have let a situation like the one with her theater director pass, and just talk to HER about it and help her analyze the situation, but in this particular case she practically worships this guy, considers him the paragon of spiritual self-awareness and all virtues under the sun. So I felt it was really important that he be made to understand and hopefully change at least in his dealing with my daughter. The 'you haven't embraced your femininity' comment made my eyes cross with rage. It reminded me of the time my elder daughter was in kindergarten - her (male) teacher said to me at the first parent-teacher conference, "Ashley is really good at math for a girl." to which I icily responded, "No, Ashley is just really good at math." He had NO CLUE that I was making a comment and just nodded dumbly and walked away. GRRR.
And good for her for being good at math!!!!! I was too, and was fortunate enough to have teachers who encouraged math and science for the girls, too.
Good for you for letting the teacher know. Like you said, hopefully he'll at least think about it, if not actually change his perspective.
On an utterly unrelated note, new critter pics up at my place.
Does anyone else tend to masturbate in bad weather?
I suspect most of us shakers masturbate in ANY weather.
Am I wrong?
if bad weather keeps my bf away... ::snicker::
RedSonja, you are right.
And for some reason I thought your blog was dead so I removed it from my blogroll a few weeks back. I swear one day I checked it out and all the posts were gone and this was after you hadn't posted in awhile anyway.
RedSonja had to go back to studying, but she just yelled back. "It's not dead just malnourished."
So does anybody else remember back in early January the Baptist preacher who got arrested for soliciting an undercover policeman for oral sex.
Guess which case he's basing his defense on: Lawrence v. Texas.
Guess whose submitting a brief on his behalf: the ACLU.
Story here.
Thanks for the link KarateMonkey. I think the defendant's attorney has a valid point (regardless of the rank hypocrisy of the preacher - which is an unrelated issue, if a telling one.....)
Oh, it's a totaly valid point. Unless he offered money or wipped it out in public I don't see how there's a crime, but it's still damn funny.
Agreed!
KarateMonkey, I just passed your comment on to Pam Spaulding (Pam's House Blend).
I've been having all sorts of fun with conservapedia this weekend. The whole site is like a big game of serious or satire.
KarateMonkey, I just passed your comment on to Pam Spaulding (Pam's House Blend)
Cool. I E-mailed it to Shakes earlier, and I found it on the Carpetbagger Report. I think it's safe to say this one will be making the rounds in the comming week.
i'll have one of those got-a-job specials too, please. shakes, thanks for all the moral support during the out-of-a-job period. hope things have been looking up for you too!
Oh, another one? I just finished my 4th week at the new job myself. My how time flies when you're having fun and making money. (Sorry Shakes, didn't mean to rub it in... but damn, I'm happy)
World Party is NOT Neil Young.
They are NOT Neil Young.
Keep repeating until the tequila bottle is either empty or you throw up.
Jackgoff - hope your competition went well!
Thanks! It did! We won our region and we'll be going on to nationals at USC. I'm kinda running on fumes here, but a Jack on the rocks would hit the spot.
On second thought, that descriptor...
Let's just go with a beer. Stella if it's flowing.
Well it’s got nothing to do with anything that is real
You just believe in it and it’s true
You can sooth like an angel or sigh like a saint
You can dream it and see it through
You will live to see a sea of lights
Sparking on the face of a pearl
Climb your own peak
Find a new streak
Get yourself along to the world party PARTY PARTY PARTY!!!!
"World Party is NOT Neil Young.
They are NOT Neil Young."
True dat, but Karl Wallinger's flippin' brilliant. I'd love it if he'd come around and play in my 'hood...
don't say it, don't say it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i...h?
v=izlsX4qLJcs
I have no idea if anyone is going to read this since is the three hundredth something comment, but I always like the line from a Balzac novel where a guy is talking to his friend and says "Now do you admit it? Paris is bigger than you are!"
Referring to the social scene in Paris.
So does anybody else remember back in early January the Baptist preacher who got arrested for soliciting an undercover policeman for oral sex.
Guess which case he's basing his defense on: Lawrence v. Texas.
Guess whose submitting a brief on his behalf: the ACLU.
Geeezzzzzzz, did anybody but me notice that when one of the queer bashing Jesus freaks gets caught out and comes to our side for help all the slime bag trolls stay carefully concealed in mommy's celler?
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