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plato_451 | 12.31.04 - 5:22 pm | #

Cuties! Meow!
Vicki | 12.31.04 - 5:22 pm | #

YAAAAYYY! CAT blogging!!

Atrios? Ya got some bee-yootiful kitties there.
QuinnLaBelle | 12.31.04 - 5:22 pm | #

Pretty kitties. Love the russian blue.

Happy kitty new year!
John | 12.31.04 - 5:22 pm | #

Yipee!!
BlakNo1 | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 5:25 pm | #

Conrad surveys the wreckage, and Esquivel wishes you a Happy Friday Catbloggin'.
frosty chestnuts | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 5:25 pm | #

Ready to pounce...

Thanks for 12 months of your lovely kitties, Atrios (& all other cat/dog/ferret/miscellaneous bloggers)!

Happy New Year all!
Charlotte Smith (nee Beavers) | 12.31.04 - 5:25 pm | #

FRom my Kitty to your kitties:
HAPPY MEW YEAR!!!!!!!
Fred | 12.31.04 - 5:26 pm | #

Your cats are nearly as cute as my dog, atrios!
Happy New Year to you and yours!
Helga Fremlin | 12.31.04 - 5:26 pm | #

New Year Kitties.

Nice.

But I've got your "CUTE" lifeform right here.
Attaturk | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 5:26 pm | #

looks like someone got a new digital camera for christmes. happy new year!
smiley | 12.31.04 - 5:26 pm | #

All right, friends, I'm off to the party.

Wishing you all a Healthy and Happy New Year!

Thanks, Atrios, for everything you've done for progressives and liberals this year. Sincerely. You helped to keep the hope alive.
Vicki | 12.31.04 - 5:26 pm | #

Ooooh, kitties! Love 'em!

Happy New Year to all Atriots and their assorted two- and four-legged kids. And thank you all for being here.
Lindsay | 12.31.04 - 5:29 pm | #

Happy New Years and best wishes to the people of good will at Eschaton.
Raoul Paste | 12.31.04 - 5:30 pm | #

Happy New Year, Atrios and everyone here and not here today! Lakshmi (my beautiful kitty) and I wish you peace and love in the new year...
Jenny from the Blog • | 12.31.04 - 5:30 pm | #

Montana ensures some benefits for gay couples

A day after an Arkansas circuit judge ruled that homosexuals could adopt children, the Montana Supreme Court delivered a ruling that would also ensure some rights for homosexual couples. The New York Times' Adam Liptak reports in "Gay Employees' Partners":

Montana's public universities must provide their gay employees with insurance coverage for their domestic partners, the state's Supreme Court ruled yesterday.

more here, with analysis
Jonathan Singer | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 5:31 pm | #

Teh Pritteh.

Happy New Year, Eschatonians. Y'all made my 2004 a great one.

A.
Athenae | 12.31.04 - 5:32 pm | #

I thought your cats might be preparing to ring in the new year wearing little tinfoil hats...
My cat was put to sleep yesterday.
Happy New Year anyway...
pat | 12.31.04 - 5:35 pm | #

man, grey kittie looks some kinda pissed off - did you scrooge
him on x-mas day?

happy new year!!
brent kockman | 12.31.04 - 5:38 pm | #

Hugs to all of you. I'm off to spend time with other friends this evening, friends I don't often see; but you are all tremendous, and I thank you so much for your kindness and support.

A very Happy New Year to us all.
filkertom | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 5:42 pm | #

For all of you that will be driving this evening, remember that it is amateur night (all the professional drunks stay home).
chris/tx | 12.31.04 - 5:43 pm | #

Pat, profoundest sympathy.

"When they leave us, they go
To where birds fly low,
Mice run slow,
And rivers of cream flow"
CaseyL | 12.31.04 - 5:43 pm | #

filkertom - have a wonderful evening and I hope your new year brings you great joy and satisfaction.
Tena | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 5:44 pm | #

Happy New Year to all the Eschatonians and Atriosites. I love you all.
Tena | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 5:46 pm | #

Awww, how cute. Tonite, during the festivities for New Years, please make sure to take pictures of the kitties with their little kitty hats and their little kitty noisemakers. I would love to see them celebrating the New Year.

blogwhore scroll down just a little bit to see Sgt Mango Goldstein after 2 weeks of living with me.
oldwhitelady | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 5:46 pm | #

Sure, the cats are cute, but check out that hardwood floor! Nice.
Matt | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 5:46 pm | #

"Happy New Year to all the Eschatonians and Atriosites. I love you all."

Echoed.

(When I first read that, I thought "Atriosites" was "Atrocities" and I was confused.)
Matt | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 5:50 pm | #

If cats are so smart, how come they don't take off their coats inside the house?

runs out of room
MisterX | 12.31.04 - 5:51 pm | #

oldwhitelady

nice quilt!
QuiltLady in NY | 12.31.04 - 5:53 pm | #

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
pb | 12.31.04 - 5:55 pm | #

nice quilt!
QuiltLady in NY |
It does look like a quilt, doesn't it, but it is a comforter someone gave me years ago. Perhaps that is why the pattern is so cool.
oldwhitelady | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 5:58 pm | #

Thank you for the kitty blogging! I love those cats!

Thank you all for the half year I've come here to be informed by some of the best. This site and your comments have enriched my mind. Next year I'll celebrate a full year of your wisdom, puns, factoids, analysis and trolls. Whoo-hoo!

Now to cat blog...

and then party.
weblackey | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 5:59 pm | #

I will not say a word about the oatmeal carpeting....

not a word.

Happy New Year...
Nancy Richardson | 12.31.04 - 6:00 pm | #

Love your kitties. From my kitty Teddy and myself, Happy New Year to all and thanks for a good 2004.....it's been so good to come here.... especially after Nov 2. Thanks Atrios and all Eschatonians.
Scout | 12.31.04 - 6:03 pm | #

Sympathies Pat on your cat's passing.
cgreen | 12.31.04 - 6:03 pm | #

Some day perhaps I will master the skills necessary to publish a pic of my cat at First-Draft. In the meantime:
Ole

I'm sure you'll let me know if the linky is no good. It does load slowly.
Tena | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 6:04 pm | #

Happy New Year to all...from me, and my kitties. My kitties are strictly forbidden to get drunk tonight. They're cheap drunks.
gottalaff | 12.31.04 - 6:06 pm | #

pat: so very sorry about your kitty. There's never really a good time to lose one.

anyway, happy new year to the catriosi from the felines here.
Melic | 12.31.04 - 6:08 pm | #

have you been binding the feet of the grey one?
Ross Kubler | 12.31.04 - 6:09 pm | #

weblackey - Happy New Year

And thank you so much. Unfortunately, 741.com keeps telling me that I am forbidden to link from the page because I'm not a paying customer.
Tena | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 6:10 pm | #

Lovely kitties.

Thanks to you, Atrios, and all the wonderful folks who comment here. Hoping the new year will be better for us all than the last.
mer | 12.31.04 - 6:11 pm | #

The year has ended on a good note. Kudos to your gang Duncan.
EkCenTriK | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 6:12 pm | #

Happy New Year to all the Eschatonians and Atriosites. I love you all.
Tena
I couldn't say it better, either, Tena! and I agree with your sentiments. Happy New Year all!
oldwhitelady | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 6:14 pm | #

Tena:

I won't ask you for code. No I won't. I won't, I won't. I have Google and an actual book on HTML code and I will figure it out and next week, watch out world Ashcroft, cause I will be able to catblog too!

Nice cat you have.
QuiltLady in NY | 12.31.04 - 6:17 pm | #

Have been reading this blog for some months now--You are all very interesting.

Just turned midnight in Austria, so
best wishes for health and happiness to all for the New Year!
RB | 12.31.04 - 6:19 pm | #

If I didn't know any better, I would almost say that floor was walnut. Or, it could have been oiled and/or stained.

And while I have a moment before heading out for prime rib and getting inebriated....(thank God the wife doesn't drink) -

Happy Fucking New Year.

Keep the faith folks. These dumbasses in control are cutting their nuts off a little more each and every day.

Tomorrow brings a new year, and a brand new fire in our guts with which to fight back with.

There has yet to be a governmental agency that impressed me - or an employee of such.

Remember - the preamble says: "WE THE PEOPLE..." not, we the republicans in power.

Never. Back. Down.
Barndog | 12.31.04 - 6:20 pm | #

Happy New Year folks. My New Year's wish is for every wing nut to either get drunk, crash and burn into a telephone on their way home or once there, pass out and chokes to death on their own regurgitated vomit.
Ô¿Ô | 12.31.04 - 6:21 pm | #

Quiltlady - Thank you. I always think whatever cat I have is the cat of cats, but this one really is a standout. He has such a personality.

Quiltlady - I know the fucking code for transferring photos, but it won't work for me, so you are apt to get it right before I am.

Oy and oof!

I have laid off trying for a bit because it was getting really really screamingly frustrated.
Tena | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 6:22 pm | #

Ô¿Ô
Whew! when you hope for a happy new year, you hope for a happy new year
oldwhitelady | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 6:23 pm | #

Maybe if you put li'l kitty-cat contact lenses on 'em, they wouldn't look like someone painted those evil green eyes in the picture.
Or maybe someone can come up with a cat-friendly flash attachment? Or a digital "Green-Eye" remover?
Doozer among Fraggles | 12.31.04 - 6:23 pm | #

Quiltlady - you might try Zoto.com. I like the set up very much. Unfortunately, the zulu image transfer download won't work for me because it is only supported by OS X 10.3 and I'm 10.2. The file transfer won't work for me because the blogging software First-Draft uses won't support it. But zoto will work with most blogging software and Windowws, and I'd give it a try if I was you.
Tena | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 6:25 pm | #

Weblackey;
I get the
40 Meg Limit Exceeded!
This site has exceeded its limit of 40 Megabytes of transfer per day. The account can be upgraded to a paid account to increase the transfer limit up to 15 Gigs of transfer per month in your 741.com user tools section. error, too. I don't know what it means except I couldn't get to your blog.
oldwhitelady | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 6:26 pm | #

must... pet... grey... kitty... MUST...

That cat looks like it's made out of chenille or velvet or something incredibly soft.

A better New Year to all of you, my loves. I gotta split too. But despite looking forward to spending the evening with Fella and His Dog, the latter party needing assurance to get through the Terrorific Fireworks Attack, I am finding it tough to drag my ass away from here and get on with it.

Thank you all for keeping me sane this past year. I adore you guys. And Atrios: May blessings be heaped upon you and yours, for giving us such a great place to congregate (and for puttin' up with our assorted nonsense).
Silleigh | 12.31.04 - 6:28 pm | #

Friday Kitten Blogging
The Kenosha Kid | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 6:29 pm | #

QuiltLady -
My two cents - PhotoBucket.com

I opened an account and posted two pictures in about five minutes. And it was all Greek to me when I started, never had posted a picture before.

Photobucket is geared for Ebay users, so no limit on views per day.
chris/tx | 12.31.04 - 6:30 pm | #

Oh, cat story before I go, in lieu of cat-blogging: The little cat I've been ready to KILL because of the constant yowling lately? ...I woke up yesterday morning, showered, got coffee, came to Compy and wiggled the mouse to kill the screen-saver. And saw this message: "Are you sure you want to delete the folder 'My Music' and remove all its contents to the Recycle Bin?" Kitten on the keys. Caps Lock was on, too.

I could have lost over a gig of music files, had the little bastard stepped on the Enter key and had I not checked my recycle bin before dumping it.

He's got it in for me. He must have overheard the de-balling talk.
Silleigh | 12.31.04 - 6:32 pm | #

Friday Kitten Blogging

I think you need to fix the link - it's got the 127.0.0.1 IP address, meaning it's only viewable on your own PC...
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 6:32 pm | #

Happy New Year to all Eschatonians. Thanks for allowing me to become part of your community this year.

Peace, health, happiness, and prosperity to you all in 2005.
Res Ipsa Loquitor | 12.31.04 - 6:33 pm | #

Yowza, Silleigh. And I thought my girlfriend's cat was a diabolical evil genius...
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 6:34 pm | #

Or rather a telephone pole and not just a telephone.
Ô¿Ô | 12.31.04 - 6:34 pm | #

Yes, the phone POLE would be more useful in causing death.
Barndog | 12.31.04 - 6:35 pm | #

Or rather a telephone pole and not just a telephone.

Perhaps some kind of freak accident where they choke to death on their own cellphone? That would pretty much totally make my day...
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 6:35 pm | #

Thanks all for the advice.
When we first started out (34 yrs ago, but who's couting) we were poor hippies who couln't scrape together the $64 dollars we needed for rent. That's right $64 a month, in Manhattan. East Village. We started a stupid tradition of steak, salad and cheap champaigne on New Year's Eve. And we stopped with the parties, already.

Mr. QuiltLady is busy frying the steaks, the champaigne (good) is uncorked, and so I am off till tomorrow.

Happy New Year all. Keep in mind, there is a chance, maybe a small one, but a chance, that this is the year we get to watch their whole house of cards collapse. I'm not a praying person, but there hasn't been a day that goes by since the selection that I haven't prayed for a miracle to bring these fuckers down.
QuiltLady in NY | 12.31.04 - 6:38 pm | #

I hope those green eyes are the true color. Spectacular! I have a white bunny whose eyes are as blue as the sky. Happy, Happy New Year to the normal part of the population.
Mad as Hell | 12.31.04 - 6:39 pm | #

The Best Way to End the Year with Friday Cat Blogging! We have a bonus picture up today. Your babies are so cute!!

Happy New Year Everyone, in those with four paws and claws.
Scorpy from Stingball | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 6:40 pm | #

Yowza, Silleigh. And I thought my girlfriend's cat was a diabolical evil genius...

I was, to put it mildly and in a ladylike fashion, fucking PISSED.

But then I've suffered through raising one kid who, at about 4 years old, remapped every damn key on my programmable keyboard. She also managed to get into Quicken and write a check to a Mr. ABCDEFG in the amount of, get this, $6,660,000. Good thing we didn't have a bank hook-up. My wasband was doing the books and looked up and said very calmly, "Did you know that we are over six million dollars in debt?"
Silleigh | 12.31.04 - 6:41 pm | #

I was, to put it mildly and in a ladylike fashion, fucking PISSED.

One thought that comes to mind would be to get a USB keyboard, and unplug it when you're not using it...
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 6:44 pm | #

Amid all the flying fur and the hairballs, Happy New Year!
ellroon | 12.31.04 - 6:45 pm | #

Pat, so sorry you lost your love. I lost my ally in may. she was 20. we went looking for a mutty kitten in june to heal our hearts and ended up with a one-eyed, 10 year old persian. she knew just what to do.

and now for christmas we have a new wild kitten/monkey.

your kitty taught you to love for a reason. when you are ready to, do it again.

ps. when i didn't think i could open my heart again, i used this argument, "only a bad liberal wouldn't take in another needy cat when she had a vacancy in her heart and home." that bad liberal argument gets a lot of things done around this house

peace to all of us and them in the new year
Cassandra Complex | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 6:46 pm | #

Never. Back. Down.
Barndog at 6:20 pm

Hell, you got that one right!

And Incog, I hope this country gets better so you don't leave. You must be some incredible person, we need you.
mer | 12.31.04 - 6:49 pm | #

One thought that comes to mind would be to get a USB keyboard, and unplug it when you're not using it...

Oooh. Good idea, and me with a spare port. Wonder if they make 'em so you can disconnect 'em at the keyboard instead of reaching back into the tangle of wires.

Now make me leave and quit goofin' off here, okay?
Silleigh | 12.31.04 - 6:54 pm | #

Are my Friday Kittens viewable yet?
The Kenosha Kid | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 6:57 pm | #

Unfortunately, the zulu image transfer download won't work for me because it is only supported by OS X 10.3 and I'm 10.2.

Everything's easier when you own a Mac!

Happy new year, kiddo!!! If you make it out Cali-for-naye-ay way in aught-five, let us know!
dave | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 6:59 pm | #

Happy New Year everyone! Be safe and have fun, then come back here and keep me sane a little while longer.

I'm off to have some champagne bubbles tickle my nose!
Tow
TheOtherWashington | 12.31.04 - 7:01 pm | #

The Kenosha Kid
Yes, they are... and so cute!!!!
oldwhitelady | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:02 pm | #

Beautiful kitties.

Happy New Year to all.
mena | 12.31.04 - 7:02 pm | #

Happy New Year, everyone! I pretty much dropped out of Eschatonia after the election (due to a mix of whimpering withdrawal from reality plus several major family obligations), but let me just post my two cents' worth and wish you all the best for 2005. We've got a real community here and you guys are great.
Capital J | 12.31.04 - 7:02 pm | #

Wonder if they make 'em so you can disconnect 'em at the keyboard instead of reaching back into the tangle of wires.

That's why you need a PC with front USB ports...

Now go be social and stuff!
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:05 pm | #

From a regular lurker and occasional poster-What everybody else said(especially Barndog).

Big dilemma for the new year: Which goddess to worship? Tena, Silleigh, Hecate, Vicki, to name only a few. So many godesses, so little time.

Selah and Peace, everyone.
CAGary | 12.31.04 - 7:06 pm | #

Well my little terror got out through the bottom of the screen door and will not come back in. He keeps running from me when I go out there. Little shit - it's dark and I hate to get him started on going out at night. The reason is that it's fine here, in Colorado - absolutely not. There are owls twice his size around the place, not to mention the mountain lions, bears and the cat's mortal enemy - coyotes.

I can't be having this out after dark thing. Goddamn it.
Tena | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:06 pm | #

(you could also get a USB hub, and snake it around to the front, but the aesthetics might leave a bit to be desired...)
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:06 pm | #

I rarely comment - am intimidated by you all and your quickness. But, please know that I read the comments often and rely weekly on cat blogging! And, ohhhh, Kenosha Kid - your kittens are precious!!

Happy New Year to All. And, thanks!
Sarah Deere | 12.31.04 - 7:07 pm | #

Yes, they are... and so cute!!!!

I second that.
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:07 pm | #

[blogwhore] I left everyone a new year's message over at first-draft.

[/blogwhore]
Tena | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:09 pm | #

Tena -

Can you lure him in with tuna?
Snugglebunny | 12.31.04 - 7:10 pm | #

Baby wÒÓ† just walked by the computer, saw Atrios' blog onscreen, and said:

"Ooooh! Pretty kitty!"

Happy new year all.
wÒÓ† | 12.31.04 - 7:13 pm | #

I dunno but I think the Tuxedo kitty still looks pissed about the ear inside-out trick. Watch yourself, A-man.
Dr. Pedant | 12.31.04 - 7:16 pm | #

wÒÓ†

Happy New Year.
Tena | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:21 pm | #

Are my Friday Kittens viewable yet?
The Kenosha Kid

Tried to access a little while ago and they weren't.

But yes, they are now. What great markings on their little faces!
mer | 12.31.04 - 7:22 pm | #

How I love everyone's Friday or anyday catblogging pictures. I still miss my kitties, from the diffident Nuit, who used to belong to a horse and had trouble adjusting to humans, to Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Gloria for short, who was from a cleaning order of cat nuns, (both from the early 70's) to Baloney (a/k/a PuffBudget), an orange long hair of dominant ("friendly") personality and low-wattage brain power, to Baloney's slightly older sister Pluie, who was bullied by Ms. Baloney but who had a very subtle and layered sense of humor. Of the two, Ploo was the thinking person's cat. Ms. Ploo died at age 21 two years ago, a year and a half after Baloney. RIP Miss Poo and PuffBudget. And thank all of you for sharing your kitties.
bee | 12.31.04 - 7:23 pm | #

A wish that we come out alive
from the year two thousand and five.

Many thanks to all the Echatonians
who have provided much wit and humor which I have enjoyed nearly every day since mid-2003.

It's been wonderful reading you and our host Mr. Black and as brief as our acquaintance has been, may raise a toast...

And ther's a hand, my trusty friends,
And gie's a hand o' thine;
We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
nur al-cubicle | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:24 pm | #

Tena,

Ole is absolutely beautiful. Absolutely.

Silleigh: "wasband". Classic. I used to introduce my wife as my "ex-wife-to-be". Now that she is, I don't, any more
Dr. Pedant | 12.31.04 - 7:25 pm | #

Kenosha Kid - those are the most adorable, wonderful looking kittens I've ever seen - especially the one with the black mark in the middle of his face. O I want them all.
Tena | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:25 pm | #

Friday Nudibranch Blogging: Good Fucking Riddance to 2004 Edition

And I've said it before, but I'm eternally grateful to Atrios for this blog, and to all of you smart, funny, compassionate people, about whom I often think fond thoughts even when I'm not online!

Here's hoping there are happier times ahead for all of us!
Philalethes | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:30 pm | #

Damn, you guys are getting me all
emotional.

And by the way,Quiltlady, we'd love
to meet you next time.....
steve simels | 12.31.04 - 7:31 pm | #

bee - that was a wonderful comment - I love your cats' names. Thank you for that.

Dr, Pedant - thanks. He surprised me. I didn't expect him to look like he does. He was a scrawny, funny looking kitten.

He's really bright for a cat. He's far and away one of the brighter cats I've had. So he caught on quick how to play me. I've never had a cat with quite as much of the upper hand as this one has.

I know his name is going to change. Most of my cats have kitten names and then they sort of grow into another name that fits them better. The last female I had I named Fanny. However, by the time she was about 2 years old, I was calling her Twit most of the time, and that was her name from then on.
Tena | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:33 pm | #

When I was in college, I had a roommate
who had two canaries.

One was named George Burn and Gracie
Allen, and the other one didn't have
a name.

True story.
steve simels | 12.31.04 - 7:36 pm | #

Ha - I just had a thought that struck me funny.

NTODD needs to get another kitty and name it PONY
oldwhitelady | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:37 pm | #

Tena,

Baby. I know he's a boy, but that's what comes to mind.

Or maybe Sonny.

Simels,

You should catch up with the roomie. He sounds clever and funny, and there ain't nearly enough of that around.
Dr. Pedant | 12.31.04 - 7:38 pm | #

NTODD needs to get another kitty and name it PONY

Pony Todd? Oh dear.

(Candyman... Candyman... Candyman... Candyman...)
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:39 pm | #

I want to wish all a wonderful New Years as well and hope that 2005 brings intelligence, wit and compassion into the everyday discourse!
aurora borealis | 12.31.04 - 7:41 pm | #

Dr. Pedant - Sonny crossed my mind once or twice. He looks like a "Baby" in that pic, but he's a little feisty for that name.

It's bound to come to me. I call him all manner of names all the time.
Tena | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:41 pm | #

I've tried to think what makes this site so special. Of course, the liberals and progressives are a given. But all the personalities (woot, incog, bebe, backslider, Tena, Athena, pie, Hecate, Jeffers,--damn, I could go on forever), the wisdom and knowledge of individuals who comment, and all the LOLs that I have experienced, have kept me feeling that all is not lost. A toast to all you great souls. Thanks again.
mer | 12.31.04 - 7:41 pm | #

May I just say, for the last time in 2004, how much I absolutely loathe David Brooks? He is on the "Newshour" right now and he makes me sick to my stomach. Can somebody PLEASE find something on this guy in 2005? He needs to be exposed for the idiot he is.
Res Ipsa Loquitor | 12.31.04 - 7:42 pm | #

let me clarify, outside of the intelligence, wit and compassion found here at Eschaton
aurora borealis | 12.31.04 - 7:42 pm | #

Well, I have to go now. We're taking down the tree and then having dinner - pork tenderloin and herb risotto.

I wish you all peace and justice in the new year.

A. and Mrs. A. - many blessings on your house.
Tena | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:43 pm | #

BTW, in case anybody was wondering --

at Wednesday's Eschaton regulars
meet and greet, we all turned out
to be different genders than we expected.

I,for example, am apparantly a
Swedish woman.

Who knew?
steve simels | 12.31.04 - 7:46 pm | #

Liddy Dole would like to wish you a happy new year, but she is tied up at the moment.
bebe rebozo | 12.31.04 - 7:48 pm | #

ahhhhh...the kittys have arrived.

i'm feeling so much better now.
jillian | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:50 pm | #

herb risotto:

obscure jazz musician?
steve simels | 12.31.04 - 7:50 pm | #

You're a little premature, Atrios. It's not The Year of the Cat until 2011.
charlie don't surf | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:51 pm | #

Another constant lurker and occasional poster here. Thanks to all of you for great information, interesting opinions and sometimes weirdness. Just a thought here but how about starting a new tradition with Dog Blogging Mondays?

Anyway here's to a much better 2005!

Hook 'Em Horns
RealTexan | 12.31.04 - 7:51 pm | #

jeezus what were these mf'rs thinking when they voted for dimwit?

We'll just sit tight and wait for the time passages.
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:52 pm | #

Another waste of blogtime. Honestly, I don't know why I even come here any more...open threads...cat blogging...well, I guess you need a rest there, Duncan!
Grix | 12.31.04 - 7:52 pm | #

Oops, let's try that again...

It's not The Year of the Cat until 2011.

We'll just sit tight and wait for the time passages.
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:53 pm | #

(I'm too sleepy for this blog, too sleepy for this blog, so sleepy, my Go-od...)
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:53 pm | #

I hope this isn't "blog taboo" and apologize in advance to Atrios and readers if it is I left my final thoughts of 2004 and on 2005 on my little blog. If you have sometime, I'd love for you to check it out. I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year!

PS- I was going to post some thoughts here on the comments but it went to long. I'll never mention my blog here again!
Samir | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:54 pm | #

A cat that looks like the black and white cat of Atrios' visited with his human for a few days. He got on my keyboard every time I used the computer--just to say he knew this game. It was fun having a kitty around a little while. I don't think he deleted any files or withdrew any funds, and he was very good company for my little boy who has a broken leg.

oh and happy new year all!
cgreen | 12.31.04 - 7:54 pm | #

I hope this isn't "blog taboo"

Dude, you must be new. Blogwhoring is a respected tradition here.
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:55 pm | #

must... pet... grey... kitty... MUST...

That cat looks like it's made out of chenille or velvet or something incredibly soft.

We've got a grey kitty just like that. Her name is Grapes, because she came home in a box that said "California Grapes" on the side. When the spouse asked, "What's in the box?" I said, "Grapes!"

And the name stuck...
Stinky | 12.31.04 - 7:56 pm | #

Oh, and congrats!
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:57 pm | #

Eli-

Al Stewart?
RealTexan | 12.31.04 - 7:57 pm | #

Or maybe, "Greypes"...
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:57 pm | #

My late great sainted cat Murray
(who was a tuxedo very much like
the one posted above)
was named because we thought we could
get him a job as a William Morris
agent.

We figured either Murray, Phil, or
Sol.
steve simels | 12.31.04 - 7:58 pm | #

Al Stewart?

Yep. Pretty much the entire extent of my Al Stewart knowledge, right there.
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 7:58 pm | #

because we thought we could
get him a job as a William Morris
agent.

I think you mentioned this before, but you have yet to elaborate on it...
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:00 pm | #

Eli:
Well, of course, it was bullshit.
We just thought that anybody with
a sort of Jewish first name could
get a gig there.

It kind of had something to do with
David Geffen working in the Morris
mailroom as a teenager.

And then taking over the world.
steve simels | 12.31.04 - 8:04 pm | #

And its a play on a riff that Mel
Brooks did as the 2000 Year Old Man.
steve simels | 12.31.04 - 8:05 pm | #

Happy New Year! May it be full of good news for our side, as it's also the side of the environment, humans and all good stuff. May you all have sincere love, meaningful work and robust health.

Blessings,
from Echidne of the snakes
Echidne of the snakes | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:06 pm | #

I see. Of the various Jewish-name alternatives, at least it had the benfit of rhyming with "furry".
(although Sol kinda rhymes with "hairball")
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:07 pm | #

Eli:
I hadn't thought of that, but sure.

It also had something to do with
when Carl Reiner asks Mel Brooks (as
2000 Year Old Man)
if he knew the apostles.

Brooks goes oh yeah. Murray, Phil,
Irving...oh wait, that's the William
Morris agency.
steve simels | 12.31.04 - 8:10 pm | #

hee hee.... made presents for steve today....
NYMary | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:13 pm | #

Happy 2005! New Years blessings to all for a year of health and happiness.

2005 is the Year of the Rooster. According to my Chinese Astrology book:

"This is a time for looking onward and upward. Politically and domestically, the downtrodden make their voices heard, the aggreived or tyrannized will stand up for themselves, and the bullies will get their due comeuppance."

Stinky | 12.31.04 - 8:13 pm | #

Happy New Year to all Atrios Amigos.

My wish for the New Year 2005:

God Bless America

but send Bush back to hell.
giss | 12.31.04 - 8:15 pm | #

yay, Stinky! Go rooster!
NYMary | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:15 pm | #

Never got into the 2000 Year Old Man. Listened to some Newhart, and a lot of Bill Cosby & Tom Lehrer growing up. Also a soupcon of Allan "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" Sherman, and a generous dollop of PDQ Bach.
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:16 pm | #

BTW, and stop me if I posted this
already:

A friend of mine who's a freelance
editor at TV Guide just gave me
a DVD of the first three episodes
of the new Battlestar Gallactica
that's gonna air on the Sci-Fi
channel in a couple o weeks

Not bad at all. Actually, kind of
interesting.
steve simels | 12.31.04 - 8:18 pm | #

I hope you're right, Stinky. Year Of The Rooster sounds kinda of tailor-made for W, tho. At least it's not Year Of The Banty Rooster, or Year Of The Chickenhawk.

It could also be read as Year Of The Cock, and you could probably make a good case for that being a good omen for BushCo as well...
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:18 pm | #

That may be the first time the phrase "a soupcon of Allan Sherman" has ever been used....
NYMary | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:18 pm | #

That may be the first time the phrase "a soupcon of Allan Sherman" has ever been used....

Maybe I should copyright it before the marketing bonanza passes me by.
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:21 pm | #

Eli:
Seriously, if you don't know the
2000 Year Old Man albums, you're
meta culturally deprived.

Funniest shit ever. Doesn't date,
still incredibly hilarious.
Run, do not walk, and go to Tower
or whatever and buy the Rhino box
set.

How good is it? I wouldn't accept
a blow job from a woman who didn't
think it was funny.
steve simels | 12.31.04 - 8:22 pm | #

Happy New Year all,
from my family and of course from our overweight feline Scylla. May all of the cats here share her dream of a bird occasionally falling into her mouth as she dozes under the feeder.
mcinma | 12.31.04 - 8:22 pm | #

My best to all of you guys, and happy fucking new year!

New Years resolutions anyone?

Mine is to think about getting a job, not that I'll get one, but at least I'll think about it. Baby steps...
chris/tx | 12.31.04 - 8:22 pm | #

How good is it? I wouldn't accept
a blow job from a woman who didn't
think it was funny.

Rather curious choice of incentive, Steve...
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:24 pm | #

I wouldn't accept
a blow job from a woman who didn't
think it was funny.

I'll bet you wouldn't ask until after, though.
NYMary | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:24 pm | #

Happy New Year's all - have fun, stay safe...
9toed nihilist | 12.31.04 - 8:25 pm | #

The proof that there
are infinitely many primes is very simple and known since Euclid. You
don't have to be a philosopher of mathematics, much less a
mathematician to understand it. Goes roughly as follows:

Suppose you have a list of all the primes. Multiply them together
now and add 1. Call that number P. Well, since P cannot (by hypothesis)
be a prime (remember, we started with a list of all the primes), it
must be a composite number, thus divisible by a prime number. Call that
prime factor p. Well, p cannot be on the list of all the primes that
you started from, unless p divides into 1 (the difference between P and
the number that comes from multiplying together all the primes). But if
p was not on the original list, then we contradict the initial
assumption: that we had a list of all the primes.
b | 12.31.04 - 8:26 pm | #

Primes... are flowing like a river...
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:27 pm | #

No no! DOG blogging (And blog whoring!)
mary | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:27 pm | #

Primes... are flowing like a river...
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:27 pm | #

No no! DOG blogging (And blog whoring!)
mary | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:27 pm | #

Eli:
Just saying...I couldn't have
a relationship with anybody who
didn't think those albums were funny.

To my shock, such people exist.
steve simels | 12.31.04 - 8:27 pm | #

Personally, I couldn't handle a serious relationship with a person who didn't think the original Bedazzled was comedy genius.

And the remake utter crap.
NYMary | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:27 pm | #

(all your primes are belong to us)
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:28 pm | #

Personally, I couldn't handle a serious relationship with a person who didn't think the original Bedazzled was comedy genius.

And the remake utter crap.

Well, one outta two ain't bad.

(how could you not be amused by the Dawson's Creek parody, or the hyper-sweaty cliche-spouting hoopster?)
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:29 pm | #

Now I wonder, Steve, when was the last time you actually had a blowjob? Does reciting dinosaur rock lyrics get you laid? Stop me if you've heard this one...
jh | 12.31.04 - 8:29 pm | #

(Good evening, ma'am! We're the Froony Green Eyewash men!)
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:29 pm | #

NYMary:

I hear ya, babe....
steve simels | 12.31.04 - 8:30 pm | #

Good Lord, that's an enormous dog, mary!
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:31 pm | #

Has anyone seen the 1931 movie 'M' from Fritz Lang?
Anonymous | 12.31.04 - 8:31 pm | #

Has anyone seen the 1931 movie 'M' from Fritz Lang?

Oh yes. Excellent stuff.

I cannot control this evil thing inside me! The fire, the voices, the torment!
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:32 pm | #

Now I wonder, Steve, when was the last time you actually had a blowjob? Does
reciting dinosaur rock lyrics get you laid? Stop me if you've heard this one...
jh | Email | Homepage

Oh Christ.
A disgruntled boyfriend.
steve simels | 12.31.04 - 8:33 pm | #

Eli,
Fraser's fine, and a hottie. Though I do think they depended too much on makeup and effects for the various personae. But Elizabeth Hurley is execrable. Though also a hottie. But not smart, just a smartass. Confusing these two qualities is a common problem in our society, ergo the current administration.
NYMary | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:33 pm | #

Yet another faithful lurker here, to say thanks to Atrios and the many, many erudite Atriots who have helped me keep my sanity this past year in spite of the Bushbots. I seldom post because by the time I get there one of you has said it better. It is a wonderful community. So thanks again, and Happy New Year!
RebelGranny | 12.31.04 - 8:34 pm | #

Cute, and you wish. Next you'll be telling me to fuck off and get out of here per your usual response.
jh | 12.31.04 - 8:35 pm | #

Oh Christ.
A disgruntled boyfriend.

steve, you crack me up.
NYMary | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:35 pm | #

Obviously every cat blogged here is remarkable and smarter than average.
mag | 12.31.04 - 8:36 pm | #

Mmm... Liz Hurley...

I was entertained, and Liz Hurley wasn't really what made the movie funny, although she's always nice to look at.

I guess I just got a kick out of the outlandishness of the scenarios (and I love parodies of cliches), and the effective deployment of Orlando Jones. And for some reason, the line "Thank you, Dr. Ngeketty-Ngeketty Baa Baa," just totally killed me. What can I say.
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:38 pm | #

NYMary:
I heart you too.

Thank god I'm secure in whatever
the hell my sexuality is.
steve simels | 12.31.04 - 8:38 pm | #

Wow, I sure am awfully stimulated by jh's provocative and challenging posts. What a great addition to the Eschaton community!
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:39 pm | #

I,for example, am apparantly a
Swedish woman.
steve simels

Isn't Steve a Swedish woman?
oldwhitelady | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:39 pm | #

oldwhitelady,
In a bikini. In a basenment bar in Manhattan. In December.
NYMary | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:41 pm | #

In a bikini. In a basenment bar in Manhattan. In December.

Ya! Go to work! Good dag por day!
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:41 pm | #

happy new year to all of you. thank you for being an outlet for my rage and horror since 11/3/04. i might have shot someone if I didn't get to laugh at your crazy comments.
M | 12.31.04 - 8:42 pm | #

(It just occurred to me how I've dated myself. The Swedish Bikini Team has to be over 15 years ago. Wow.)
NYMary | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:43 pm | #

Chocolate frosted raised donuts. I couldn't have a relationship with a woman who didn't love chocolate frosted raised donuts.
Dr. Pedant | 12.31.04 - 8:43 pm | #

Wow, I sure am awfully stimulated by jh's provocative and challenging posts. What a great addition to the Eschaton community!
Eli

Yea, well, unlike you and Steve I'm heading out now to have real and meaningful interactions with real people in real social settings. You can stay here thinking you're among "real" friends. Goodnight and Happy New Year, asshole.
jh | 12.31.04 - 8:43 pm | #

Chocolate frosted raised donuts. I couldn't have a relationship with a woman who didn't love chocolate frosted raised donuts.
Dr. Pedant | 12.31.04 - 8:43 pm | #

i might have shot someone if I didn't get to laugh at your crazy comments.

There's still time!
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:43 pm | #

I am not enjoying the Peach Bowl very much so far. A very sloppy game so far.

Also, E. Hurley in the short skirt in Bedazzled Remade was kinda nice.
Thersites | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:44 pm | #

Poor me. I wish *I* could spend New Year's in the corner bar.
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:45 pm | #

Got back from the Music City Bowl game, a close-fought battle between the Minnesota and Alabama teams, won by the Gophers 20-16. About two seconds after the clock ran out the Gopher band, apparently wishing to play a tribute to the Nashville hosts, launched into a spirited rendition of a country music classic. Unfortunately that song was "Rocky Top" which is also the in-your-face fight song of Alabama's bitter rival the University of Tennessee. I sat among a horde of incredulous 'Bama fans who thought they'd just been razzed. It didn't help that the Gopher band wore uniforms almost identical to Tennessee's. Sweet Thang, a rabid Crimson Tide fan, was still grousing about it an hour later. I did manage to keep from laughing until she left for work.
parsec | 12.31.04 - 8:46 pm | #

OK, I'm off to make a special late supper for clan Thersites. Delmonicos, mushrooms, potatoes, broccoli.

Cheers, folks! And many happy returns! Here's to a less horrifying 2005!
NYMary | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:46 pm | #

Yea, well, unlike you and Steve I'm heading out now to have real and meaningful interactions with real people in real social settings. You can stay here thinking you're among "real" friends. Goodnight and Happy New Year, asshole.

We can see why you are so popular.
Thersites | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:47 pm | #

Yea, well, unlike you and Steve I'm heading out now to have real and
meaningful interactions with real people in real social settings. You can stay
here thinking you're among "real" friends. Goodnight and Happy New Year,
asshole.
jh | Email | Homepage

Yeah, jh, what are you really gonna
do?

C'mon, seriously, what????
steve simels | 12.31.04 - 8:47 pm | #

I love your kitties, Mr. A.
J.Ro | 12.31.04 - 8:48 pm | #

In a bikini. In a basenment bar in Manhattan. In December.
NYMary

oldwhitelady | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:49 pm | #

Wow. It never ceases to amaze me when someone like jh drops by, shouts a few insults, then gets stroppy when someone points out how assholish they are.
I wonder if they behave the same way in 'real' social settings with 'real' people etc?
j. henry | 12.31.04 - 8:50 pm | #

jh seems a bit panda-like:

Eats, shits, and leaves.
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:50 pm | #

Also, E. Hurley in the short skirt in Bedazzled Remade was kinda nice.

I didn't say she was unattractive. I said she was smug and unfunny.

You do plan on having a relationship with me in the future, right?
NYMary | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:51 pm | #

Eats, shits, and leaves.
Eli

Or Eats and shits leaves...
j. henry | 12.31.04 - 8:52 pm | #

Yeah, jh, what are you really gonna
do?

C'mon, seriously, what????

Regret, sadly, how he lost the love of dear Edna Krabappel at that convention?
Thersites | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:52 pm | #

Well, I think they're sulking from when they (supposedly) tried to post provocative and thought-provoking posts on the issues of the day, and were (supposedly) rudely shouted down by the (supposed) Eschatocracy, either as reader or one of their previous aliases.

Of course, they never actually provided examples of this, so I'm thinking we've just seen a demonstration of the full extent of their (supposed) provocative thought-provokingness.

I suppose.
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:53 pm | #

Yesterday evening I remarked, while watching the UNM Lobos irresistably crumble to the Middies, and considering the fact that UNM had not won a bowl game in dog years, that there was a difference between hope and optimism. This is precisely how I feel confronting 2005. My hope for you and yours, us and ours--as for the hapless Lobos--knows no bounds.

I am not optimistic, however.

Glass half full? Glass half empty? Does it matter if, when you try to sip, you slice your lip?

But, anyway, cheers, chers.
Salud!
And good luck.
WoodyGuthrie'sGuitar (aka kono | 12.31.04 - 8:54 pm | #

As the saying goes: Hope for the best, plan for the worst.
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:55 pm | #

Let's toast those who departed in 2005. Artie Shaw, talented old bastard.
Jerry Orbach, we grew accustomed to your face.
Spalding Gray: damn!
Mary McGrory: much woman, much reporter.
Brando.
Rick James, bitches!
Anyone care to add more?
mag | 12.31.04 - 8:56 pm | #

Elliot Smith.
NYMary | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:57 pm | #

Yea, well, unlike you and Steve I'm heading out now to have real and meaningful interactions with real people in real social settings.

Wow...visiting a glory hole has never sounded so pretentious!

Don't choke on it, pal.
Philalethes | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 8:57 pm | #

Mr. Johnny Ramone

Anderson Cooper just did a little "who died this year" retrosopective.
J.Ro | 12.31.04 - 8:59 pm | #

Brother Ray!
mag | 12.31.04 - 8:59 pm | #

...Pardon my "o"
J.Ro | 12.31.04 - 9:00 pm | #

Jack Paar, Janet Leigh, Tony Randall.
t | 12.31.04 - 9:01 pm | #

Now I have the Jim Carroll Band stuck in my head...
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:02 pm | #

Nearly a thousand American Soldiers.
t | 12.31.04 - 9:05 pm | #

Tug McGraw, Helmut Newton, Cap'n Kangaroo, and someone named Bernard Punsly (sniffle).
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:05 pm | #

Nearly a thousand American Soldiers.
t | 12.31.04 - 9:05 pm | #

Tug McGraw, Helmut Newton, Cap'n Kangaroo, and someone named Bernard Punsly (sniffle).
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:05 pm | #

Minny Challanges Ahed
Wildebeest | 12.31.04 - 9:06 pm | #

With all due respect, who was Elliot Smith???
Dr. Pedant | 12.31.04 - 9:06 pm | #

Philalethes, maybe you can send some of that gourmet food and wine you're always talking about to the 100k dead in southeast asia.
Anonymous | 12.31.04 - 9:07 pm | #

Wow, I didn't realize Mary-Ellis Bunim died this year. Pity she didn't take the reality TV genre with her...
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:07 pm | #

Ronnie Raygun...about 30 years too late.
j. henry | 12.31.04 - 9:09 pm | #

On this News years Eve lets try to remember that,in the old Rolling Stones song "Gimme Shelter"-Love.......is just a smirk away,smirk away,smirk away.........
notch | 12.31.04 - 9:09 pm | #

Also 1,331 U.S. soldiers, unknown and uncounted thousands of Iraqis, and now, unknowable thousands of tsunami victims. Whew. Death had a banner year.

It's civil of we, the living, to mourn them. But my plan for 05 is to live honorably, speak truth both to power and minor, irritating non-thinkers (let's educate the 'enemy' every time we speak). I'll stay a proud liberal, a bushco opposer, an activist whenever possible - it's our new year too, damn it.

It's a hopeful thing that the Orange Party elected THEIR man. Maybe democratic ideals have inspired others in the world even as they decline here...
mag | 12.31.04 - 9:09 pm | #

Philalethes, maybe you can send some of that gourmet food and wine you're always talking about to the 100k dead in southeast asia.

Back from your real interactions with real people in a real social setting already, jh?
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:10 pm | #

three stooges on amc, 8 more till 05
bluesman | 12.31.04 - 9:10 pm | #

a nod to bluesman - also lost Son Seal.
mag | 12.31.04 - 9:12 pm | #

Philalethes, maybe you can send some of that gourmet food and wine you're always talking about to the 100k dead in southeast asia.
Anonymous

What on earth are you talking about? Has anyone else noticed me talking inordinately about gourmet food?

As for sending aid to SE Asia, I gave what I could. I hope you did the same.
Philalethes | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:12 pm | #

Yea, well, unlike you and Steve I'm heading out now to have real and meaningful interactions with real people in real social setting............................Wow,you must be a real special person.Why dont you suck your car battery dry for New Years ?
notch | 12.31.04 - 9:12 pm | #

too bad we couldn't be speaking to the same amount of dead in Iraq (approx) as the tsunamis in South Asia? Well I guess they had it coming to them in the minds of our right wing nutjobs ... then again, the Westboro Baptist Church has its own spin on the tsunami disaster:

BOP News: Compassion

wait til you see the image of the news release ... amazing that these guys aren't locked up for hate crimes ... thinking again, if you are a religious organization can you be found guilty of hate?

< your responses will be very interesting, to be sure >
syntallic | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:14 pm | #

Residing here in a purply but mostly red state, I'm familiar with a redneck tradition on drinking occasions... "fuck or fight by 11:30."
How about we don't fight?
mag | 12.31.04 - 9:15 pm | #

You know who I'll miss in '05?

Bernie Kerik.
Thersites | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:15 pm | #

"fuck or fight by 11:30."

Can't we do both?
Philalethes | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:16 pm | #

Thersites - good one!
mag | 12.31.04 - 9:17 pm | #

You know who I'll miss in '05?

Bernie Kerik.
Thersites

good choice, because there are so many to select from .. but for my money I would have to take Pastor General John Asscraft - at least he had a bullseye on his chest
syntallic | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:17 pm | #

Residing here in a purply but mostly red state, I'm familiar with a redneck tradition on drinking occasions... "fuck or fight by 11:30."
How about we don't fight?

Damn, I need to go to more redneck drinking occasions. But maybe with body armor.
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:17 pm | #

Thersites - I'll take my sex without violence please, but your mileage may vary.
mag | 12.31.04 - 9:18 pm | #

I'll take my sex without violence please, but your mileage may vary.

I'll take it any way I can get it, with as much mileage as possible...
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:20 pm | #

doesn't fucking and fighting come out of the same sensory impulse? at least that's what freud considered, but he was a notorious coke freak so that might explain a lot of the gray area
syntallic | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:20 pm | #

Eli - that's my boy!
mag | 12.31.04 - 9:20 pm | #

Eli - that's my boy!

I like the sound of that...
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:21 pm | #

any port in a storm, eli?

watch out, son! sometimes those things bite back and getcha when you least expect it .... ha
syntallic | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:21 pm | #

The one, the only, Rodney Dangerfield.

Selah.
CAGary | 12.31.04 - 9:22 pm | #

any port in a storm, eli?

watch out, son! sometimes those things bite back and getcha when you least expect it .... ha

That's never really been a big problem in my life...
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:24 pm | #

Its still early here in the west,and Im a bit goosed on white wine trying to determine if I should wear my beret and steel toed birkenstocks,or just carry a .38 like most folks around here.And remember,if you run into any uppity native americans-just tell em to go back to india.
notch | 12.31.04 - 9:24 pm | #

(hopefully not a scuzzy port)
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:25 pm | #

Its still early here in the west,and Im a bit goosed on white wine trying to determine if I should wear my beret and steel toed birkenstocks,or just carry a .38 like most folks around here.

I don't see why those should be mutually exclusive.
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:25 pm | #

I'll take it any way I can get it, with as much mileage as possible...
Eli

A fine funny fellow like yrself ought to be considered a catch, I'd think...
Philalethes | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:26 pm | #

Women like big long dicks, unless they like assfucking. For those with smaller pricks, my advice would be to find a woman that is indifferent between. pussy-fucking, pussy-licking, and ass-fucking. Then, even though you have a smaller penis, you can still meet her needs.
Anonymous | 12.31.04 - 9:26 pm | #

i hear ya, eli .. been a fortunate son myself in that department -- but sometimes a scuzzy port can be fun for voyeurism, science fair projects and good old fashioned capitalism
syntallic | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:27 pm | #

I'll take it any way I can get it, with as much mileage as possible...

mileage is a very underrated conceptual phenomenon -- a little mileage never hurt ... unless, of course, you're near the valley in LA and you run into a porno queen .. and there are tons of them out here ... run, boys, run for the exits! ha
syntallic | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:29 pm | #

jeez ... the anonymous post is enough to make you throw away the porn industry contacts and claim ignorance
syntallic | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:30 pm | #

Wrong idea about what? That women like big dicks? My mother told me that it wasn't true, but I didn't believe her. I asked my girlfriend if I had a big dick and she smiled and said," it'll get the job done."
Anonymous | 12.31.04 - 9:31 pm | #

Women like big long dicks, unless

Yeah, I know women love to have their cervix pounded.

The whole big dick thing, I believe, came from gay men. Not women.

The very average
Dr. Pedant | 12.31.04 - 9:31 pm | #

I don't see why those should be mutually exclusive.
Eli | Email | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:25 pm | # ......Right,nothing like a revolver belly gun.Autos are for experts or kids who watch too much tv.If I wear the beret,Im sure to get into trouble since I "might be french".
notch | 12.31.04 - 9:31 pm | #

My mother told me that it wasn't true, but I didn't believe her.

Well, she's your mom, after all. I imagine she faked some orgasms with you too.
Philalethes | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:33 pm | #

Beret and gun, you could have the whole Resistance partisan thing going on.
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:33 pm | #

All this talk about big dicks makes me wonder if there's a Dame Mix-A-Lot...
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:35 pm | #

About 30 yars ago, I went way up in the mountains to go white water kayaking. The small motel where we stayed had the only lounge for 50 miles. I met one of the local maroon-neck ladies. I asked her what they did for fun around there. She said, "we don't do nuthin' but fuck and fight,an I ain't seen a fight in 3 or 4 years". I never got on the water. fight is pronounced "fit" in that part of the mountains.
Sailbad The Sinner | 12.31.04 - 9:35 pm | #

Yeah, I know women love to have their cervix pounded.

Oh yeah. And ones with diaphragms really like to have it prodded and dislodged, too. Especially when they get pregnant afterwards.

I'll tell ya, the goddamn sluts can't get enough of that action!
Philalethes | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:36 pm | #

What on earth are you talking about? Has anyone else noticed me talking inordinately about gourmet food?

Well, you probably don't realize it, and it's not your fault. I think what's happening is that glitchy old Haloscan is messing up your posts by screwing with your pronouns. Here, look:

"What on earth are truffle talking about? Has escargot else noticed shallot talking inordinately about gourmet food?"
Thersites | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:37 pm | #

hey .. have any of you folks been getting linked by euro and asian blogs?

my linkto page says over 385 suddenly ... pretty interesting development - getting email too
syntallic | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:38 pm | #

The whole big dick thing, I believe, came from gay men. Not women.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and say that women vary a great deal in what they do and don't like.

That's my experience, anyway.
Philalethes | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:39 pm | #

I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and say that women vary a great deal in what they do and don't like.

i think that would be called BINGO ...
syntallic | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:40 pm | #

Jeez,I never thought of that.That explains why I have no right wing friends.I guess a leftist with a gun is a little too intimidating for them.Poor things.We will sing a chorus of "Kumbaya Or Death,Motherfucker" for the lost wingnuts.
notch | 12.31.04 - 9:40 pm | #

I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and say that women vary a great deal in what they do and don't like.

I'm sorry, I just can't believe such a thing.
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:41 pm | #

Doc Pedant: Elliot Smith was a young pop-folk kind of musician - if you saw the movie "American Beauty", his cover of "Because" from Abbey Road was featured. His stuff is sweetish, lush, good with a blunt...a suicide this year like, probably, another of my favorite artists, Spaulding Gray.
waterspeakblood | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:42 pm | #

"What on earth are truffle talking about? Has escargot else noticed shallot talking inordinately about gourmet food?"
Thersites

Maybe you're right...although this troll is that same obsessive one who keeps files on what certain people post. I outraged his proletarian sensibilities several months ago by mentioning that I'd made a pesto with pumpkin seeds instead of pine nuts...he's brought it up a couple times since then. I think the whole meal cost me about five dollars.

Tonight we're doing a shepherd's pie and a salad. No wine, sorry!
Philalethes | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:43 pm | #

The Hallmark channel is running a Walton's marathon.
Anonymous | 12.31.04 - 9:44 pm | #

I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and say that women vary a great deal in what they do and don't like.

Now I'm picturing myself walking up to various women with my hands held a certain distance apart, going "Yes? No? Yes? No?"
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:44 pm | #

The Hallmark channel is running a Walton's marathon.

i think the three stooges marathon trumps john boy any day of the week
syntallic | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:45 pm | #

I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and say that women vary a great deal in what they do and don't like.

That's my experience, anyway.
Philalethes

That shows you've got experience. The things women like...well, if you get to the point where you learn what they are with a particular woman, then you are somewhere. You've been seen the second veil drop.
waterspeakblood | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:46 pm | #

my linkto page says over 385 suddenly ... pretty interesting development - getting email too
syntallic

I did a post on the tsunami that got some sort of attention...I had dozens of links from all over the world, but I couldn't quite figure out what caused it...it was like it was suddenly in all these different places at once...didn't feel like the usual word-of-mouth thing.

On the other hand, my current nudibranch hasn't generated as much excitement as I hoped. On the other hand, it IS New Year's Eve. Or, as we Irish types call it, "Amateur Night."
Philalethes | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:47 pm | #

i think the three stooges marathon trumps john boy any day of the week

Wait... they're *not* the same thing? It's not Larry, Curly, and John Boy?

I am sooo out of touch with the pop culture.
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:47 pm | #

I did a post on the tsunami that got some sort of attention...I had dozens of links from all over the world, but I couldn't quite figure out what caused it...it was like it was suddenly in all these different places at once...didn't feel like the usual word-of-mouth thing.

if true, that would explain it .. because I used the "tsunami" reference as well ... must have hit a keyword thing
syntallic | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:49 pm | #

You've been seen the second veil drop

Did I write that? I am too far into the MD2020 if that's what is coming out of me.
waterspeakblood | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:49 pm | #

have them pull straws, eli ... the long or short stick gets the hotel room key a la tom jones (depending on your actual physical prowess, of course) and i really don't need the details or the name you have for it

Well, I'm just saying, since "right-sizing" is such a hot topic in the corporate world, why shouldn't it be in the romantic world as well? Why not match women up with the sizes they prefer? *Everyone's* happy!
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:49 pm | #

waterspeakblood,

Thanks for the info re. Elliot Smith. Think I'll check him out.
Dr. Pedant | 12.31.04 - 9:49 pm | #

That shows you've got experience.

Well, whether or not I do, the main point is that troll-boy doesn't. That thing about "ass-fucking"...sheesh!
Philalethes | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:50 pm | #

I'm not sure we have all that much standing to complain about anal sex references...
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:51 pm | #

(now, *unfunny* anal sex references, on the other hand...)
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:51 pm | #

I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and say that women vary a great deal in what they do and don't like.............................Hint: girls just want to have fun,and a fillup means more fun.And something to talk about.Until love rears its ugly head and she cannot think of anything else,she thinks of big dicked guys.Sorry if I offended anyone.
notch | 12.31.04 - 9:53 pm | #

Incognito went on for 2 days in here about how proud he was of his ass. And you're calling me a troll?
Anonymous | 12.31.04 - 9:53 pm | #

(now, *unfunny* anal sex references, on the other hand...)
Eli

Yeah, that's preceisely my complaint. It's one of those things I'm kind of anal about.
Philalethes | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:54 pm | #

Merry New Year and a Happy Impending Impeachment!
Elaine Supkis | 12.31.04 - 9:55 pm | #

Excuse me, is this the anal sex thread?
Central Scrutinizer | 12.31.04 - 9:56 pm | #

Merry New Year and a Happy Impending Impeachment!

From your lips to the Goddess's ears! If it's not "Goddess", we're probably screwed, though.

Mars, impeaches!
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:57 pm | #

You're right. What was I thinking, suggesting that women have varied tastes and personalities? I take it all back.

It'd make life easier, yet not as much fun...
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 9:59 pm | #

The whole big dick thing, I believe, came from gay men. Not women.

Well, the old joke, way, way back was a big dick is just a pain in the ass.
EPT | 12.31.04 - 10:00 pm | #

Excuse me, is this the anal sex thread?

It is now! So far, we've learned that women like big dicks in front, and little ones in back. There are no exceptions to either rule.
Philalethes | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:00 pm | #

Excuse me, is this the anal sex thread?

Yes. Yes it is. This is the anal sex thread. Now make up some imaginary guitar notes to go with that!
waterspeakblood | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:00 pm | #

The attribution of an invariable preference for big dicks among women is a covert way of calling them sluts.
Anonymous | 12.31.04 - 10:00 pm | #

This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere.
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:01 pm | #

Frottage is more taboo than anal sex, isn't that funny?
EPT | 12.31.04 - 10:01 pm | #

Excuse me, is this the anal sex thread?
Central Scrutinizer

truth, CS .. i was wondering when the wingnut erotoxin machines start picking up the keywords and our email accounts start getting spammed from Lynchburg .... you know that racist radical cleric jerry fallwell will not stop until we all stop committing acts of sodomy .. which brings up the interesting point, why does the religious right hate all the fun sexual endeavors?
syntallic | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:02 pm | #

I tried frottage once, but it just didn't rub off on me.
waterspeakblood | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:02 pm | #

Frottage seems kind of cheesy to me.
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:03 pm | #

It just rubbed you the wrong way.
EPT | 12.31.04 - 10:03 pm | #

This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere.
Eli

As well it might. And hark to this cold inexorable logic: If a woman likes how you feel in one hole, it's impossible for her to like it in the other. It's like Goldilocks and the Three Bears, only with throbbing penises.
Philalethes | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:04 pm | #

frottage ... doesn't that mean cheesy sex in french?
syntallic | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:04 pm | #

Told ya it's more taboo.
EPT | 12.31.04 - 10:05 pm | #

Frottage is more taboo than anal sex, isn't that funny?
EPT | Email | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:01 pm | # ............What is frottage?Am I missing something nice?
notch | 12.31.04 - 10:05 pm | #

Frottage is more taboo than anal sex, isn't that funny?
EPT

No one likes doing it with rubbers.
Philalethes | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:05 pm | #

It's like Goldilocks and the Three Bears, only with throbbing penises.

Um, yes. Of course. That's what I've always thought, too...
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:05 pm | #

yikes .. i have the same thought pattern as eli - i must wash myself immediately and get another glass of champagne immediately
syntallic | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:06 pm | #

OT but Ahnold, of all people, gets Bush with a verbal right cross.
Dr. Pedant | 12.31.04 - 10:06 pm | #

Would this be a good time to mention the film "Cornhole Armageddon," reviewed on NPR?
wÒÓ† | 12.31.04 - 10:06 pm | #

Also, I'm pretty sure my penis doesn't actually throb. Does that mean it's defective?
Eli | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:06 pm | #

The attribution of an invariable preference for big dicks among women is a covert way of calling them sluts.

HHmmmmm.....

A wise man once told me that if a woman tells you that your penis is small, the proper reply is "No, it's just that your vagina is too large."
Central Scrutinizer | 12.31.04 - 10:07 pm | #

No one likes doing it with rubbers.
Philalethes

Some do like waders though. Is the Mackintosh Society still in existence? That goes way back.
EPT | 12.31.04 - 10:07 pm | #

The sci-fi channel has a twilight zone marathon. I'm looking for the episode where a black man incites a lynch mob by directing a white mob to a 'nigger' at a drinking fountain.
Anonymous | 12.31.04 - 10:07 pm | #

Also, I'm pretty sure my penis doesn't actually throb. Does that mean it's defective?

slam it in a drawer ... it will last for hours .. then do it with the left hand - it will feel like somebody else is doing it
syntallic | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:08 pm | #

Frottage is not fromage.

Just sayin'
Dr. Pedant | 12.31.04 - 10:08 pm | #

My eagle's sore.
waterspeakblood | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:08 pm | #

Cornhole. Armageddon.

just sayin.
wÒÓ† | 12.31.04 - 10:08 pm | #

Also, I'm pretty sure my penis doesn't actually throb. Does that mean it's defective?
Eli

Depends. When you use it to probe the molten core of someone's womanhood, does it feel like screaming electric snakes in a warm barrel of furry honey? Does something doughnut-like begin clamping rhythmically on your monstrous engine?

(The quotes above are from men's responses to a 1970s survey on what female orgasms felt like to them.)
Philalethes | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:09 pm | #

Sorry, but I've been hanging around with musicians all month. Longshoremen have more propriety than a bunch of sleep deprived musicians.

I'm about to go back to work. Have a safe night and a happy new year.
EPT | 12.31.04 - 10:09 pm | #

A wise man once told me that if a woman tells you that your penis is small, the proper reply is "No, it's just that your vagina is too large."

Or as a musician once told me, if she criticizes the size of your organ, tell her you never played before in such a large auditorium.
Dr. Pedant | 12.31.04 - 10:10 pm | #

screaming electric snakes in a warm barrel of furry honey

Talk about Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test ... if this does not epitomize the book title ... color me stupid
syntallic | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:12 pm | #

The advantage of a big dick is that it is fail safe. It can give pleasure without being perfectly rigid. A small dick must achieve an optimal erection on every occasion.
Anonymous | 12.31.04 - 10:12 pm | #

A wise man once told me that if a woman tells you that your penis is small, the proper reply is "No, it's just that your vagina is too large."
Central Scrutinizer | Email | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:07 pm |.............If you are a guy who gets around alot you will certainly run run into a large vagina woman.This is no reason to complain.She wants to give you her love,so just squeeze her legs together and go at it.
notch | 12.31.04 - 10:13 pm | #

The advantage of a big dick is that it is fail safe. It can give pleasure without being perfectly rigid. A small dick must achieve an optimal erection on every occasion.

You know nothing.
waterspeakblood | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:13 pm | #

Well, I'm going to go eat some gourmet food, drink some extra-fancy-grade wine, and then I guess I'll try fruitlessly to satisfy my cock-starved wife with my tiny pecker (or "Ol' Yeller," as I call him).

Happy new year, y'all!
Philalethes | Homepage | 12.31.04 - 10:14 pm | #

The advantage of a big dick is that it is fail safe. It can give pleasure without being perfectly rigid. A small dick must achieve an optimal erection on every occasion.

Oy vey. Conversation like this I don't need.

Happy New Year, everyone!
Dr. Pedant | 12.31.04 - 10:15 pm | #

Oh, oh. One last thing. Does it strike anyone else as odd that Laura Bush is the one in the marriage who is called "Pickles"?
EPT | 12.31.04 - 10:15 pm | #