I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
it brings May flowers - so buck up bunky
Hi everyone!
Snow in Cleveland
And more rain. A huge shallow puddle in our yard has even attracted a pair of ducks.
Oops, just saw the weather radar. Better go work on that ark some more. Bye.
No rain here.
We need so much Rain!
I love that stuff!
-eric Revolutionary
Somewhere in Heaven, a young boy is being buggered . . .
It took the Bush administration precisely 85 minutes to exploit the Pope's passing for partisan advantage:
"John Paul's witness reminded us of our obligation to build a culture of life in which the strong protect the weak."
Rain? That was so Friday...
.
Sunny and seventy here, but fuck Bush anyway.
Posted this on the earlier thread,
but in case Tena didn't see it --
Tena:
Nico fell off a bicycle in Ibiza in
'88. Apparently she had a cerebral
hemorrhage, but didn't get medical
care in time and died.
Might have been drug related, but
I'm not sure.
It took the Bush administration precisely 85 minutes to exploit the Pope's passing for partisan advantage:
"John Paul's witness reminded us of our obligation to build a culture of life in which the strong protect the weak."
Blog City Diner |
Jeez, these people are so dangerous. Masters of mind control and propaganda.
Warm, sunny & breezy here...(norcal)
Had plenty of rain this year, time for sun!
I once got food poisoning in Blog City Diner.
Fuck aWol.
Word wolferj. I'm sick of wet. Enjoying the hell out of sun and breezes.
My damned basement is flooding; the sump pump is working overtime.
And W is the kind of A-hole that would exploit the Pope's death and speak at Bob Jones University in the same weekend. Somebody check his schedule.
It took the Bush administration precisely 85 minutes to exploit the Pope's passing for partisan advantage:
He is now at St. Matthews.
Occidental Foolish Day Parade everyone was pretty silly
warm and sunny
So much sun here in the Southwest....Knee deep in 80 degree weather! 
But it will be 100+ soon enough.
Despite the chill rain here in
Sin City, in about 45 minutes I
will be joining some of my Satanist
Commie pals for an evening of
Chardonnay swilling.
With a good jukebox.
They just announced they cancelled all weekend sporting events in Italy as a sign of respect.
Maybe Chimpy could cancel his war?
Flory, word right back at ya...
was actually out in the back yard (sans shorts) soaking up some Vitamin D rays...
(sans shorts)
Hmmm....lotta trees, or no close neighbors?
Snow in Ohio. Yay.
Bush for Pope -- he's already infallible, and God speaks through him!
"Maybe Chimpy could cancel his war?
flory | Email | Homepage | 04.02.05 - 6:07 pm | # "
Why would Bushfuck actually do anything he says? "Culture of Life" my ass...
Flory;
Tall fences and short neighbors...
Iwill be joining some of my SatanistCommie pals for an evening of
Chardonnay swilling.With a good jukebox.
You lucky bastard, you.
WOLFJER,
You have dultures of life on your ass? Umm, maybe you should try a bath one ina while, man?
Sunny and Smoggy here in So Cal.
And OT (assuming the topic is rain - not OT if it's just open thread), I highly recommend "Shaun of the Dead" to all fellow Atriots.
Very funny Zombie movie! Rent it if you can.
cultures, duh.
or worse yet, vultures on your ass, like Bush's on the Pope's dead ass.
Sweet Sue:
It's why we pay the big bucks to
live in Manhattan.
(Southern) Rocky Mountain Meteorological Update
Just back from cruisin to Corrales
in the MG. Top down...shining sun illuminates and magnifies the tiny green buds in the tree branches everywhere, like a chartreuse penumbra...Probably 65 F outside, light breezes. Snow still shining brilliantly on local mountain tops...today was one of those Albuquerque days when you could have gone skiing in the morning, and come back and played 18 holes or a coupla sets of tennis in the pm...
Stay home...it really sucks here...remember, we'd be neighbors if you move here...
just sayin..
Bush for Pope -- he's already infallible, and God speaks through him!
Only problem is that puts Dickhead in charge here.
I'm having problems with my cable TV. All I'm getting are religious channels. It's lasted for over two weeks.
Anyone else having the same problem?
So much sun here in the Southwest....Knee deep in 80 degree weather
was actually out in the back yard (sans shorts) soaking up some Vitamin D rays...
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
We're gonna have rain through tomorrow with possible snow showers. In the nicest possible way - Fuck you.
PS: Is the Pope still almost dead?
Theirs is the culture of fucking things up. At least that is self-correcting, in some respects, and, alas, over some time frame.
It's April.
April is the cruelest month stirring
dull roots with spring rain mixing
memory and desire....
Or, you you prefer (as best I can, from memory)
Whan that Aprille with its shoures soote
the drogte of Marche hath pierced to the roote
and bathed every vein in swich liquor
of which vertu engendred is the flour
...it comes to the same thing....
(I had not thought death had undone so many...)
steve simels, I know, I remember--have fun.
Rain, by Patty Griffin is one of the most of beautiful songs evah.
Attention Mansquito fans:
Tonight's cheesy made-for-SciFi
Channel movie:
10.5. An earthquake movie
(apparently, once again, the coast
is toast)
with -- in the role he was born to
play -- Beau Bridges as the
President of the United States.
Don't talk to me about rain.
Just today Pittsburgh is under a "flood watch". It hasn't been dry here for years. "Ivan" finally did us in. The flooding: Oy!
No, we need a drought. This isn't effing Seattle.
.
Sunshine! Blue skies! 87F! To-morrow?
Sunshine! Blue skies! 87F! To-morrow?
Sunshine! Blue skies! 87F! To-morrow?
Sunshine! Blue skies! 87F! To-morrow?
Sunshine! Blue skies! 87F! To-morrow?
Sunshine! Blue skies! 87F! To-morrow?
Well, basically, it goes on like that til around the 20th of April and it's 93F! Blue skies!
Weatherfolk go on vacation in Phx starting now.
Rmj--gotcher coffee, will send Monday
cheers, cher...
Just back from cruisin to Corrales
in the MG.
Tell me I am not imagining this sentence.
Lusted after an MG (like all the obscure objects of my desire, an unrequited lust) when I was of age to drive. Finally acquired an Midget in Austin, which I was lovingly (if haltingly; finances are a bitch!) restoring when I got the call to seminary, where I wrecked it.
Still want another one. Someday, someday...
...so add jealousy to my sensations for the day (and DST tomorrow; drat the luck!)
So after finishing my taxes I decided that since the goddess was not going send any sun my way today, I would just make my own. Here's half a sun anyway. And,of course,the pain in ass had to try and help.
QLinNY:
Obnoxious aren't we? I never thought I'd stay in CA as long as I have, but going back east to snow, sleet and ice just has zero appeal any more.
I've had all the cable channels blocked out since the convention. I was just surfing towards the final four and happened upon Tweety. WTF?
What a bloated, ignorant, douche bag of a cretin. I only on the channel ong enough to hear the words; well, they want to use their Ipods and have sex, but the church blah blah blah.
Tweety for inquisitioner.
"cultures, duh.
or worse yet, vultures on your ass, like Bush's on the Pope's dead ass.
genoasail | Email | Homepage | 04.02.05 - 6:14 pm | # "
Not on my ass, but I actually thought I saw a vulture circling overhead while I was laying out.
And QL in Ny, I love you too! 
Mid 50's, no wind and and partly cloudy here in Minneapolis. Perfect weather for biking..
LM Wanderer
Whiners!
The Pope hit the end of the rope, it's snowing here in Sarnia (Canada, near Detroit), GWB is back to necrophilia disguised as "culture of life" and "Bugman" sucks the willies of the the noisy fundie minority.
And you bitch about rain?
It's sunny and beautiful, over here.
And that folks, is the difference between living in Queens, with an hour commute and living in Manhattan, with good eateries on every corner.
Enjoy Steve.
Wet, wet snow in Ontario. Fuck you, spring.
Sweet Sue:
Are you an ex-New Yorker?
GWPDA sez:
Sunshine! Blue skies! 87F! To-morrow?
Well, La-de-daa.
[grumble...grumble...shouldn't take it out
on anyone else...sunshine...rain...sunshine...
lucky bastards...]
.
Tommorow 75 & sunny here. Not a chardonay fan, but have just received a Bulletin Point Sharaz '03, was rated at 90, should be a good one for 6 bucks. Off for a picinic all day tommorow
Rmj--gotcher coffee, will send Monday
cheers, cher...
WoodyGsGuitar/Happy Desparado
Keep the coffee. Send the MG.
The weather is here. Wish you were beautiful.
What about a culture of living rather than a ginned up celebration of death and dying? What about a culture of human kindness blessed by God and nature, (and, of course, Ba'al)? What about all the children of the earth celebrating their common heritage and culture of being poor mortals on a speck of cosmic dust together. You don't define life, Bush. You don't define goodness, Frist. You arrogate to yourselves Godly powers and in doing so spew nothing but hatred and discord. Your memory will be as dark a shade as ever graced the earth. Pah!
[grumble...grumble...shouldn't take it out
on anyone else...sunshine...rain...sunshine...
lucky bastards...]
Nyah.
Nyah.
Nyah.
It's okay - couple of months it'll be around 115F, I'll be swearing, you'll be amazed .... And WGG? Don't have an MG, but do have a white LeBaron and the top went down on it last week.... Say, is La Casa Vieja still out in Corrales? How about the buffalos?
my daughter has an '87 ragtop MGB.
She will not let me drive it.
Rain's finally over here in Virginia, but we got buckets and buckets of it. Probably still be to wet to garden tomorrow. 
OT, too:
The hummingbirds are due back next week...around April 10-20...happiness. I love the zoombadors...
Tonight's cheesy made-for-SciFi
Channel movie:
10.5.
And next week we get - Snake King!!!
So after finishing my taxes
Didja hafta remind me?
QL in NY:
I'll lift a glass for you!
Damn, I can't even sit down and eat a bowl of lentil soup without having Himself's big brown eyes demanding to share. Forget dieting - buy a doggie who likes what you like.
I guess Bush is now the vulture of life.
Yes, but our winters build character. It's not everyone that can stand on a train platform for 45 minutes when it is 12 degrees, with a wind chill waaaay below zero. Character it builds. Stoicism. And it gives us a greater appreciation of Spring when it finally does arrive. So there. We love Spring more than you do. Nah, nah, nah.
At least that's what we tell ourselves.
Weak title. Would the sequel be 10.5 2?
Only problem is that puts Dickhead in charge here.
flory | Email | Homepage | 04.02.05 - 6:16 pm | #
I haven't heard much about him, lately. Why? Death comes in threes, does it not? Does groupthink really work if you're not in the same place?
Khaki Snat writes:
it's snowing here in Sarnia (Canada, near Detroit)
Um, is that north of the 49th parallel? Because if it is then it's Canada. That's not America.
Just keep your Canadian weather to yourselves, OK?
Otherwise we might have to invade and install Paul Martin-bot. Then yu will know the power of the USA.
.
It's not everyone that can stand on a train platform for 45 minutes when it is 12 degrees, with a wind chill waaaay below zero. Character it builds. Stoicism. And it gives us a greater appreciation of Spring when it finally does arrive.
and a great appreciation for trains that run on time.
Yes, but our winters build character. It's not everyone that can stand on a train platform for 45 minutes when it is 12 degrees, with a wind chill waaaay below zero.
And we admire the heck out of you - as we're sitting on our balconies in shorts and t's having a glass of wine.
Weak title. Would the sequel be 10.5 2?
(1.5 x 10) x 2 = Mayhem and Destruction!
It's not everyone that can stand on a train platform for 45 minutes when it is 12 degrees, with a wind chill waaaay below zero. Character it builds. Stoicism.
Been there. done that. I prefer Texas in August. At least we can get into a swimming pool to cool off.
But that's me. Weak is I. Warmth I need. Reptilian, I suspect.
Off to find warm rock.
Oh, I can't watch this - it's a Lassie movie and the curmudgeonly fisherman has LEFT ONE OF LASSIE'S PUPPIES BEHIND on the island and doesn't know it!
Ooooooh, no!
Weak title. Would the sequel be 10.5 2?
kei & yuri | Email | Homepage | 04.02.05 - 6:32 pm | #
That's hilarious. Of course, I
have to clean the ice tea off
my monitor now, but it's still
hilarious.
steve - I did see it and posted a reply on that thread. Thank you - it was driving me crazy.
She was so beautiful. Couldn't act, couldn't sing, didn't matter. I will always remember the endless sequence in Chelsea Girls of Nico painstakingly trimming her bangs, practically one hair at a time.
Death comes in threes, does it not? Does groupthink really work if you're not in the same place?
Oh, please, please, please, please. That would absolutely make up for Falwell getting better.
"Weak title. Would the sequel be 10.5 2?"
Or 10.5 Japan: Ours go to 11!
And we admire the heck out of you - as we're sitting on our balconies in shorts and t's having a glass of wine.
So cruel, so cruel...
Lusted after an MG (like all the obscure objects of my desire, an unrequited lust) when I was of age to drive.
Monday -- Friday: work on MG
Saturday: drive MG
Sunday: curse MG, since it's broken down again.
(sigh.)
Riverbend (http://tinyurl.com/qiqk) has a great piece on how Iraq is being flooded with U.S. media. She also has a great suggestion for a new reality show that I think some enterprising producer needs to look into stat:
"Take 15 Bush supporters and throw them in a house in the suburbs of, say, Falloojeh for at least 14 days. We could watch them cope with the water problems, the lack of electricity, the check points, the raids, the Iraqi National Guard, the bombings, and- oh yeah- the ‘insurgents’. We could watch their house bombed to the ground and their few belongings crushed under the weight of cement and brick or simply burned or riddled with bullets. We could see them try to rebuild their life with their bare hands (and the equivalent of $150)…"
GWPDA sez:
[grumble...grumble...shouldn't take it out
on anyone else...sunshine...rain...sunshine...
lucky bastards...]
Nyah.
Nyah.
Nyah.
Oh, yeah?
You callin' me out?
Bring it on, Scholar!
I'll whip your ass like Jonah Goldberg makin' like a helicopter!
Oh, yeah, I'm tough!
.
Sweet Sue:
Are you an ex-New Yorker?
I am indeed-Thirty fourth and third for twelve years-so hoist one for me, too, boyo, or I'll haunt you.
(Nasty rain and sleet in WNC. We get 20C days and 1C days right now, and this is a 1C day.)
Lassie has to save a puppy? Tonight Laura has to save Ma from wild Injuns that went into the cabin while Pa is away who just escaped from wolves after Jack the dog was thought lost in the river after the horses almost broke thru the ice crossing the Mississippi...Thank God I taped it or I would have been a goner.
Monday -- Friday: work on MG
Saturday: drive MG
Sunday: curse MG, since it's broken down again.
Pretty much the life of my Midget, yeah.
Took it out once without shocks (they were shot), onto I-35 in Austin. Told God to get me home alive, and I'd never do that again.
I didn't. Bought new shocks the next day. Expensive buggers, but worth it.
It's not snowing here, bright sunshine, actually. But the wind is blowing from the north, and it's freakin' cold. The thermometer sez 44, but the wind chill puts it way lower.
Oh, well. Won't be much longer.
Wonder if there will be pope a lope sightings in the west as the sagebrush comes back to life in the spring.
It's gorgeous in Dallas today. Dry and I mean totally - no humidity. We've had a run of that lately - I don't how I got so lucky. It's like Santa Fe in September here today - mid 70's, slight breeze.
Supposed to be another day just like this tomorrow.
GWPDA, made lentil soup today from great recipe that an Atriot sent me. Perfect for a rainy Saturday. Jealous of you and WGG with your tops down.
Quilt Lady, Beautiful!
Bush would use his own mother's death for politics. Not surprising he'd use the pope's. Fuck Bush.
Robert - did I tell you about my MGB? It was a '64, I got it in '69. It's the car I ran away to San Francisco in. Drove that car to death.
Shuley:
You beat me to it. I just read that post of river's. That would be the first reality show I'd actually watch.
If Bush could nominate the next Pope, who do you think it would be?
Rain sucks....
I think the storm drain in the house I bought two months ago is completely blocked, because I just spent the last two hours bailing water out of my basement.
The think is, my house is on a terrace, so there is no way that much water should be getting into my basement....especially when its coming in under the front steps.
home ownership sucks
Hecate-
Sadly, we may all very well live to see GWB use his own mother's death for political advantage. Likely, Barbara wouldn't have it any other way.
Faux is now showing Bush talking about the Pope. Laura is by his side. She looks kind of glassy-eyed. Is she bald under that hairy helmet?
Now showing Bush walking into St. Matthews. Also saying Bush will probably go to the funeral.
That would be the first reality show I'd actually watch.
Some of us would; the rest would ignore it or call it a lie.
I want to slap ignorant Americans until some sense was knocked into them.
Sweet Sue:
Consider it hoisted!
Tena:
Is Dallas humidity always that bad? Last week when I was there, even after it got chilly again the humidity was still high. I can't imagine August if March is like that - and I used to live in Maryland.
You're all going to have much worse than rain to worry about soon. Get ready...
Sunny blue skies and mid sixties here. Mid seventies tomorrow, I already have a steak to grill...
Bush still is the Worst President Ever.
sounds just like a movie I took my then 3 year old son and his friend too 27 years ago -- Mom had pneumonia and Dad was going for help on snowshoes because the pet raccoon had knocked over the radio and broken it -- while Dad is going for help the pet bear knocks over the lantern and sets the cabin in the Alaskan wilderness on fire -- and the Mom stand wheezing in her nightgown while the two children flail at the flames with towels -- and meanwhile Dad is trapped in an avalanche and wolves are circling the burning cabin -- don't know how it came out because at this point two screaming 3 year old boys dragged me out of the theater
I assume the Dad froze to death and the children either burned to death or were eaten by wolves -- but dn't know
Tena:
Speaking of Nico, did you know
that she had an affair with Jackson
Browne when he was seventeen?
Apparently, he would run up to
everybody he knew and say "I
can't believe I'm sleeping with
most beautiful woman in the world!"
Did anyone else notice that Laura looked liked she had an extra dose of her calm medicine today. Why was she standing beside him? Did she serve any purpose at all.
And when are Jenna and not Jenna gonna start teaching in Harlem. These people will use anyone, any time to gain political advantage.
And verily I say unto all you heathens: Those are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Is Dallas humidity always that bad? Last week when I was there, even after it got chilly again the humidity was still high. I can't imagine August if March is like that - and I used to live in Maryland.
I once drove from Houston to College Station. Out in the middle of nowhere I drove a tarpaper shack. It was a big shack so it had two big air conditioners hanging out the two windows.
A bad summer day in Maryland is a good summer day in North Carolina.
I feel pretty good about Our Leader's chances for becoming the next Pope. I've seen pictures of people wearing Diebold uniforms standing in St. Peter's Square.
Bush is a fucking hypocrite. And after America just decided that the intervention by Congress was politically-motivated, are they supposed to now believe that dear leader is all broken up about the death of the Pope?
The Pope that dared to criticize his illegal Iraq invasion?
And does his fundie base give two hoots about the Catholic Pope anyway?
I guess he's playing to the wacky evangelical Catholic supporters, a minority.
"...If people could have understood the words of the pope the day of the president's visit as clearly as they heard the words of the president, they would surely have wondered how allied the two really are.
The fact is that the pope's definition of life far exceeds the president's.
What's more, the pope's evaluation of the invasion of Iraq far negates the president's. "Your visit to Rome takes place at a moment of great concern for the continuing situation of grave unrest in the Middle East, both in Iraq and in the Holy Land," the pope told Bush. "You are very familiar with the unequivocal position of the Holy See in this regard."
The pope's "unequivocal position" in regard to the invasion of Iraq, as he reminded Bush, in public, cameras rolling, in front of an audience of government staffers and Vatican clergy, had been "expressed in numerous documents, through direct and indirect contacts, and in the many diplomatic efforts which have been made since you visited me, first at Castel Gandolfo on July 23, 2001, and again in this apostolic palace on May 28, 2002." Bush didn't paid a bit of attention to any of this. The pope, in fact, had never approved of the "pre-emptive" invasion of Iraq.
The pope, in other words, scolded the president about Iraq on his own public television network for all the world to hear.
Except that they didn't because, given the complications of the Parkinson's disease that plagues the pope, no one who saw the pictures of Bush sitting beside the pope could understand the pope's words. ..."
click homepage for link
____league
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You beat me to it.
Ô¿Ô - is that you? Have you had a conversion?
Rain.
I don't know why....
Riverbend (http://tinyurl.com/qiqk) has a great piece on how Iraq is being flooded with U.S. media. She also has a great suggestion for a new reality show that I think some enterprising producer needs to look into stat:
"Take 15 Bush supporters and throw them in a house in the suburbs of, say, Falloojeh for at least 14 days. We could watch them cope with the water problems, the lack of electricity, the check points, the raids, the Iraqi National Guard, the bombings, and- oh yeah- the ‘insurgents’. We could watch their house bombed to the ground and their few belongings crushed under the weight of cement and brick or simply burned or riddled with bullets. We could see them try to rebuild their life with their bare hands (and the equivalent of $150)…"
I feel pretty good about Our Leader's chances for becoming the next Pope.
General, sir. Wouldn't he have to convert first? That might upset the base just a little.
Rain indeed. I've got a mini-flood going on here at the hovel. See you all in a bit.
Get your bids in now, Johnny, Terri and Jebus. Limited edition pen and ink drawing
, soon to be replaced with Johnny, Terri, JP II and Kenny edition.
NTodd - If Bush could nominate the next Pope, who do you think it would be
Do you have to ask? Antonin Scalia.
Go Spartans!
General, sir. Wouldn't he have to convert first? That might upset the base just a little.
Sunny and breezy and in the 70's here in Boulder. Still some snow visible along the foothills to the west. Ahh, Rocky Mountain highs.
I haven't see it rainin' fire in the sky lately though.
Tena:
Is Dallas humidity always that bad? Last week when I was there, even after it got chilly again the humidity was still high. I can't imagine August if March is like that - and I used to live in Maryland.
flory
Dallas is dry! Come to Houston in August. 100% humidity and 100 degrees! And that's at midnight!
Gen JC,
BTW, I just adore your blog (in a strictly hetero way, of course!)
Apparently, he would run up to
everybody he knew and say "I
can't believe I'm sleeping with
most beautiful woman in the world!"
Steve. Wow. I did not know that. And I love Nico too. Nico Icon was such a great doc. Delicious. Are you back from your swill already?! I'm just leaving for mine, though it will have no alcohol content...
General, sir. Wouldn't he have to convert first? That might upset the base just a little.
OMG. Jeb's Catholic!!
Uh oh.
Artemesia- that's funny. Like I say I taped it cos I read that it was a better rendition & more faithful to the books I loved as a child. I was never more thankful for a vcr cos I had to go fast thru all the very scary parts to make sure everyone would live, etc. I don't know how families could handle this at 8pm before bedtime.
"That would be the first reality show I'd actually watch."
Shackle Bush and Sadam together like an old prison escape movie and drop them off in your city of choice.
I haven't see it rainin' fire in the sky lately though.
JeffCO
Well, I've seen fire and I've seen rain,
Seen sunny days that I thought would never end,
Seen lonely times when I could not find a friend....
Do you have to ask? Antonin Scalia.
Thank you!
Apparently, he would run up to
everybody he knew and say "I
can't believe I'm sleeping with
most beautiful woman in the world!"
The pope said this? I thought he was just using Liddy Dole. Apparently he was delusional.
Go Spartans!
Of course. It would be so cool if they won.
And the women are in the Final Four, too!
I feel pretty good about Our Leader's chances for becoming the next Pope.
General, sir. Wouldn't he have to convert first? That might upset the base just a little.
He'd do it to usher them all back to the true faith.
It'd be the last sign before the rapture....
Come to Houston in August.
Ummm....thanks, RMJ, but no thanks. Like I said upthread, the climate is why I'm still living in CA.
Jenny from the Blog:
Nope, I'm leaving in ten minutes.
Enjoy yours!
Spoke too soon. Thunderstorm and more heavy rain. Definitely going to be too wet to garden tomorrow.
Shoulda signed that last comment with my Wu Tang name... Drunken Ninja!
General, sir. Wouldn't he have to convert first?
I don't think so. How many armored divisions do the cardinals have?
He could call himself Pope John Calvin II.
I think the cardinals would go along. I mean why confer infallibility on a new pope when Our Leader already posseses it?
Posted this at the of the earlier
thread, so I'll try again:
Speaking of the Pope, does anybody
remember an odd
Catholic cable show from
the late 70s? It was out of somewhere
in the boonies, and it was run by one
of those traditionalist Catholic groups
that broke with the church after Vatican II. Lots of conspiracy
theories (they thought J2P2 was an
agent of Satan, essentially) and
riveting in a trainwreck sort of way.
I used to get up early on Saturday
mornings to watch it.
Rapture srapture.
I am so sick of hearing about that crap.
The next Pope will probably be from the Opes Die sect. That seems to be the way things are going these 'end of days.'
steve simels ... Don't even bother with an umbrella. Just got in. It's WILD out there.
Robert - did I tell you about my MGB? It was a '64, I got it in '69. It's the car I ran away to San Francisco in. Drove that car to death.
Tena
I'd forgotten it was a'64.
First car ever I loved was a '64 MGB. Red, with black leather interior, with red piping.
Still can't believe I didn't just elope with that car....
OMG. Jeb's Catholic!!
Uh oh.
Oh, jeebus, pie - now I'm gonna have nightmares. It's not like Jeb's got another job lined up anymore, has he?
Ummm....thanks, RMJ, but no thanks. Like I said upthread, the climate is why I'm still living in CA.
The rest of us would leave if we could.
You reminded me of friends in St. Louis, who would ask me if Texas had any humidity. I had to remind them it was on the Gulf Coast, and only a portion of it looked like the place where John Wayne shot his cowboy movies.
steve simels, we didn't get cable until the early 80's, and I sure wouldn't have watched anything like that.
MTV was pretty popular though.
Res:
Yipes!
I'm assuming a cab is out of the
question.
BTW: Is Mr Not Res feeling better?
It's not like Jeb's got another job lined up anymore, has he?
Exactly!!!
steve simels - somewhere in my travels I think I must have heard that about Jackson Browne. He was no slouch, if you like that type. He's aged pretty damn well, too.
And I have grave doubts that he actually hit Daryl Hannah. I have grave doubts about Daryl's mental stability, though she looks great and she rocks. The fight between Daryl and Uma in Kill Bill Vol. 2 is the greatest movie fight I've ever seen.
Pie;
I, too am sick of hearing about the Rapture. Can't we put all these deluded folks on the next asteriod outta here so we can have some peace?
General, sir. Wouldn't he have to convert first?
I don't think so. How many armored divisions do the cardinals have?
Good point. And maybe he could do something about those poofy costumes the Swiss Guards wear. Something more Spartan and manly, maybe?
Okay, in tribute to the great Ted
Smith...
I'm really leaving now.
"John Paul's witness reminded us of our obligation to build a culture of life in which the strong protect the weak."
I think I might lose my lunch.
The next Pope will probably be from the Opes Die sect. That seems to be the way things are going these 'end of days.'
Look, little man, ya gotta learn to spell.
Those Christian schools just aren't doing it for you.
I don't think so. How many armored divisions do the cardinals have?
So good it had to be re-repeated. 
steve simels ... I saw a few cabs up here in my neck of the woods, but just walking in the street is sort of hazardous. You know those big heavy wire garbage cans? I saw two of them get blown over. And there is all kinds of crap blowing around in the air. I gave up on my hood and just let myself get soaked.
Not-Mister is feeling better in that he can breathe freely for the first time in about five days. I am looking after him, though. Thanks for asking.
I can't get over how much I loved that movie - KB vol 2.
GWPDA, if I may be so bold, since WGG didn't answer your questions(as of this response)...Casa Vieja is still there and still good, owned by Chef Jim White. The buffaloes, just south of Corrales, at Rio Grande and Alameda, are no longer there. Sorry, WGG, for stepping on your toes here.
WGG, how does your MG run at our high altitude? Had a '73 years ago which I loved, but the altitude kicked its ass. It was forever in need of a tune-up.
It's the same bs he said the other night in regards to the first death ever recorded for mankind.
Oh, and looked at WeatherBug, our local internet weather station. Yeesh, not only is it generally precipitating over New England, but bits of Canada are seeing it as a blizzard!
JP had nothing but contempt for women and gays.
He appointed 114 of 117 cardinals, all of which share his right wing ideology.
Things will NOT get better.
Tena;
BTW, the Firefly movie, "Serenity" opens Sept 30.
I know you are a fan...
John Paul's witness reminded us of our obligation to build a culture of life in which the strong protect the weak.
I wonder what the Pope would have thought of the law then-governor George W. Bush signed that allowed the state of Texas to murder baby Sun Hudson.
"John Paul's witness reminded us of our obligation to build a culture of life in which the strong protect the weak."
See, in honor of the pope, Georgie's using the Italian meaning of "protection."
Well, I've seen fire and I've seen rain... Rmj, Dynamic Swami
JT's and Carly's daughter Sally (also a singer) is a Boulder resident. In addition, she and her husband are raw food enthusiasts and have started a small food business, Sally In The Raw. They have a micro VW microbus (see her website for pictures- it's jus' the cutest li'l thing) out of which they sell raw foods while parked on the Pearl St. pedestrian mall. Very friendly people. Good food too!
The next Pope will probably be from the Opes Die sect.
I keep hearing Ratzinger's name mentioned. He's in charge of the Congrgation for the Doctrine of the Faith, AKA The Inquisition. I find that comforting.
See, in honor of the pope, Georgie's using the Italian meaning of "protection."
Perfect.
The local Fox station just cut off Krauthammer talking about the Pope to go to "Friends." K was right in the middle of a sentence. On Friends they were talking about one of the characters, who is supposed to be an actor, having to kiss some guy as part of an audition. Not so much as a "now we switch to our regular programming."
I suspect the local Fox management is not as right-wing as the network.
Tena- I too looooved both KB's. It's like trying to decide which Beatle I loved mosttho, cos some days... BTW- if you go see Sin City would you let me know cos reviews say the violence in it makes KB look like Sesame Street. I did not mind KB violence (altho I did wince and cover eyes a lot) cos I thought of it as comic book stuff.
Comment George W. Bush peut-il se précipiter pour honorer le pape quand cela lui a pris quatre jours pour noter que 10 Américains indigènes sont morts au Minnesota ?
Thinks will NOT get better.
Terry C ... I fear you are right. While JPII was most definitely anti-war, he did nothing to help gays, for sure. It's one of his biggest failings. (The others are his failure, as CEO of the Catholic church to stop the pattern of sex abuse of children, which began in the 1970s and continued under his watch).
He appointed 114 of 117 cardinals, all of which share his right wing ideology.
Wow. I knew he'd appointed most of 'em, but I didn't realize it was that many. You're right - it'll be same old, same old.
Yeah, it's me, QL. I was just trying to get into the Rapture genre today. It's just so superstitious and medieval.
AKA The Inquisition. I find that comforting.
Comforting like a raging bonfire...
"Bush Nominates Phil Dobson to Replace John Paul II as Pope"
ROME (Reuters) - World leaders were stunned today to hear U.S president George W. Bush has announced his nomation of Focus on the Family president James Dobson to succeed recently deceased pope John Paul II.
Vatican officials, speaking from the steps at Vatican City claimed they were surprised that the American president thought such a decision rested with him. "It's not his decision to make!" they were quoted as saying. "The process will not begin until the appropriate morning period is met. And then it is we who will decide the next pope of our catholic church. Not the president of the united states!"
Some cardinals voiced their anger that Bush would be so pompous. "Who does he think he is?"
Reacting to the comments, embattled house leader Tom Delay voiced his own concerns over the bitterness and anti-Bush rhetoric displayed by the Vatican. "This is just one more example of anti-christian bias coming from the same church that claimed evolution was not in conflict with church doctrine. Of course it isn't in conflict with their own anti-christ agenda!" Delay went further in his remarks saying that to oppose the nomination shows just how backwards Italy and Europe as a whole really is.
"They're anti-american and obviously full of hatred for George W. Bush and conservatives as a whole! Such mindsets can't be trusted when filled with liberal hatred of our president." When hearing that he had no such authority to name the pope's successor, president Bush reacted with calm but obvious frustration. When questioned on the white house lawn after returning from Crawford, the president was obviosly stunned to hear someone tell him he couldn't do it.
"We're gonna have someone have a talk with the folks there at the city of vatican. We'll settle this to the satisfaction of the american people."
Senate majority leader Bill Frist took a stand claiming that the whole affair was an effort carried out by liberals to embarass the president. "The pope's not even dead! I saw the tapes! He looked fine. Might be a bit malnourished, but he looked fine!"
MYOB'
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The fight between Daryl and Uma in Kill Bill Vol. 2 is the greatest movie fight I've ever seen.
Yeah, baby!
Comment George W. Bush peut-il se précipiter pour honorer le pape quand cela lui a pris quatre jours pour noter que 10 Américains indigènes sont morts au Minnesota ?
Pope Pommes-Frites XXIII
He'll act quickly if religion is involved. If not, he takes his sweet ass time.
He appointed 114 of 117 cardinals, all of which share his right wing ideology.
And just why did the Democrats obstruct the other 3 appointments, huh?
Patriotboy has it right. Pope John-Paul II took the church backward, not forward, in many of its views. It wouldn't surprise me if the next pope is responsible for unraveling many of the progressive moves made as a result of Vatican II. I expect to be worshiping in Latin before long.
Terry C & Catholic;
Too true. JPII's legacy is really about the child abuse during his watch. Will he be held accountable? Of course not. Our media... Fooey
While JPII was most definitely anti-war, he did nothing to help gays, for sure
Nor did he ever stop any wars.
And just why did the Democrats obstruct the other 3 appointments, huh?
It was the Clenis!!!!!
President Bush announced tonight that he was bringing Tommy Franks and George Tenet out of retirement to make Paul Bremer the next pope. Paul Wolfowitz predicted that Italians would greet the Americans with flowers. Precision bombing has already destroyed parts of the Vatican, but Rumsfeld said you have to destroy some of it to save it.
Pope John-Paul II took the church backward, not forward, in many of its views.
See what happens when a male-dominated society gets to call the shots?
That's why I'm all done with the Catholic Church.
Hours later and here in Phoenix, it's
86F with Sunshine and Blue Skies and 10% humidity. To-morrow at the same time.... well there it is. The weather forecast for April. Also parts of May. Into early June.
I'm glad Casa Vieja's still there - the very, very best veal I've ever had was there, and a spring salad the likes I'll never forget - brand new celery and balsamic vinegar, scrumptious. The buffaloes were always a nice startlement for visitors, as you went roaring up to Corrales from 'town', there'd they be, at the fenceline, looking at you, all buffalo-esque. They always reminded me tho of the cows that are kept down here, about half an inch from the direct center of Phoenix, in the heart of the best residential district - for you see that district used to be agricultural, and if you keep a couple of cows then your tax rate....
I came back to see that the lost doggie (now named 'Bill') has grown up and belonged to Elizabeth Taylor. Inexplicably, it has now joined the Army. This movie is very, very confusing. And Mr. Bill is at the top of a tall thing and supposed to come down it! And now he's going thru shells! Oooooh noooooooo Mr. Bill!
The rapture is actually not medieval at all; we read somewhere it was out of some protestant revival like in the 1800s, and was kind of an obscure doctrine until the birth of the fundies. RMJ would know.
Comment George W. Bush peut-il se précipiter pour honorer le pape quand cela lui a pris quatre jours pour noter que 10 Américains indigènes sont morts au Minnesota ?
Pope Pommes-Frites XXIII
Because the pope was white.
I would imagine they've been molesting little boys in the Catholic Church since the beginning.
Nor did he ever stop any wars.
They gave him a pat on the head and told him to mind his own business.
Not like the old days, huh?
Nor did he ever stop any wars.
No, he didn't. But it wouldn't be fair say that it was within his power to do so, either. He spoke out quite explicitly re Iraq, asking Bush to allow the U.N. to continue inspections and take the lead there, and criticizing him when he went ahead w/Shockinaw.
How could he do anything to help gays? It says in the bible gays are an abomination.
Still nothing from CNN on the A-G battle. AP has had the story for hours.
But they'll have Chimpy walking into and out of church.
I wonder if CNN International has the story?
I have the impression that the child abuse problem is mainly in the U.S. Is that a misperception? If it isn't a misperception, I wonder what would account for that fact?
Yes the little boy molestation seems to hold major fun for powerful men.
The funny thing about Bush adopting JPII's "Culture of Life" lingo is that before he found Jesus, Bush's kind would have derided anyone who followed the Pope as a "Papist" who would be loyal to Rome before the Constitution. Sort of like what they did to JFK in the sixties.
Greetings folks from across the pond.
For any of you Dr Who fans we had the second show tonight. Quite good, but not as good as the first.
Anyway, there was quite a funny joke told by the Dr. He has gone 5 billion years into the future. And he has taken a young girl from England with him. (usual plot)
So, they are meeting with all these aliens from the future, and the girl says "these aliens are weird" and the Dr replies ......."you should have seen the ones from the deep south" ha ha ha
Trust the BBC. To get a little joke in at W expense. As this has come out the same week as all the Terri crap, I think it is quite funny.
Because the pope was white.
Ouch.
And a *religious* figure.
georgie porgie, ever sucking up to his base, but screwing them on the flip side.
Worst. President. Ever.
BTW- if you go see Sin City would you let me know cos reviews say the violence in it makes KB look like Sesame Street
Saw it last night and let me say that Sin City kicked 800 different kinds of ass! It's got noir out the wazoo (and I think we all know how painful that can be). If you weren't bothered by KB, you should in no way be disturbed by Sin City. If anything, the graphic novel visual style lessens the gore effect. Blood is red, but also white or green or yellow. I have no criticisms at all of this film - it is a near-perfect example of the kind of film it is.
Also saw the Hitchhiker's Guide movie trailer - it's looking like it too will be good. Damn good.
And despite being anti-Communist, he was for economic justice; Catholic theocons had to explain that away in order to defend his authority.
TheaLogie - "Oh, and looked at WeatherBug, our local internet weather station. Yeesh, not only is it generally precipitating over New England, but bits of Canada are seeing it as a blizzard!"
I love Weatherbug. It's a noxious weed to instal, but pre-instaled it's just tremendous. Change your location to 85011 and you'll see the action in Phoenix - it's terrific!
Nor did he ever stop any wars.
Neither did we.
Would it be really awful of me to order Chinese and make some poor guy deliver in this monsoon?
Ted Rall has the absolute best take on the whole Terri Schiavo thing:
"If Terri Schiavo was Iraqi," with a smashed hospital and an exiting pilot sneering, "so long, terrorist."
Damn, must go. Helping my son with his costume for tonight. He and his girlfriend are throwing a "Pope Fiction" party. Talk about a crazy, mixed-up pop culture theme party. Should be fun, wish I was going.
I would imagine they've been molesting little boys in the Catholic Church since the beginning.
Not quite the beginning. Only since they started insisting on celibacy.
I have the impression that the child abuse problem is mainly in the U.S. Is that a misperception?
US and Europe. Horrible problem in Ireland.
And it could be more widespread but more conservative cultures (Latin America) just aren't ready to talk about it yet.
thanx JeffCo
And now will everybody lighten up and come over to see Sam? He is...sleepy...
I have the impression that the child abuse problem is mainly in the U.S. Is that a misperception? If it isn't a misperception, I wonder what would account for that fact?
Tena | Email | Homepage | 04.02.05 - 7:22 pm | #
It is mainly a U.S problem.
Gun violence in non-combat zones is also larger in the U.S than it is elsewhere in the world.
Canada has a larger guns per person ratio yet has 1/50th the gun related violence.
Japan has some of the smallest space per person ratio's yet experiences the least amount of violence or other problems that might arise from having so many people living that close together and getting on each other's nerves.
Europe has more nudity, sex and drug use in public display and on tvs yet it has less divorce and less sexually transmitted disease.
This is indeed an american problem.
MYOB'
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Sally,
How was Christopher Eccelston as Dr. Who?
How is his portrayal different?
Could his Dr. Who be one of the definitive ones?
Neither did we.
You know, I have a feeling that, if the Pope had seriously criticized Bush's illegal war, it would have been quite a bit more influential than the millions of us that spoke out against it.
biblical proportions! eek.
Incog - they're Opus Dei, not Opes Die, though I sure 'opes they die soon.
Here on the south coast of Ahia we have cold rain, wind, more wind, and the possibility of snow overnight. I'm not going anywhere tonight. Thinking that some spice tea with a drop of rum sounds like it might just hit the spot in a bit.
Yeah, baby!
NTodd
now i know i have to see kill bill.
as if daryl hannah wasn't a good enuf reason.
first movie i ever saw her in she played a photographer. can't remember what it was about but that's not why i was watching it.
hey, thanx for posting that sally taylor page JeffCo. is she as talented as her parents?
i can't take any more pope news. i'm assuming we have weeks of this ahead of us. meanwhile...
For any of you Dr Who fans we had the second show tonight. Quite good, but not as good as the first.
All right, but I'm not telling this story again.
When I went over to UCLA to finally pick up my PhD, with the whole ceremony and the outfit and the hat and stuff, I just went over to do -that- and nothing else. But milling around Royce Hall waiting for some action, there was another PhD person, in physics, having his picture taken by his girl, and they most kindly offered to take a snap of me in my uniform, if I could take one of them together. So we did that, and I was about to go over to a reception of some kind, when the nice chap reminded me he'd need my address to send me the snap. Some weeks later, here comes a letter from upstate New York, with my nice picture - and when I looked closely, I discoved that all the time I'd been dealing with Dr. Hu....
Charles 'Ponytail' Johnson gets in a lather about DU:
saturday, april 02, 2005
Democratic Underground Wants Blood
The inmates of Democratic Underground mark the pope’s passing in their inimitable fashion, by hoping the President will be next: The psychics were right about the Pope & hopefully will b right about Bush. (Hat tip: NC.)
These people really are sick.
Johnson meanwhile hosts "Iron Fist", who recently posted what he'd like to do to the 'moonbats' in Oakland on his upcoming visit there:
Iron Fist: If I have a big fighter, I'll try and cut off some fingers or something. Hell, they can generally sew 'em back on. A little blade means femorals, kidneys, brachials, and carotids. I have to go for the kill-shot because the blade can't perform the disabling strike.
Of course, because 'Fist' is talking about 'moonbats', that's just ducky. Not even a little sick.
Is there a worse, more putrid whore blogging than the Ponytailed Asshole?
Isn't this special: Pres. Bush can find time to go to the Pope's funeral, but he can't find the time to go to even one funeral of a soldier killed in Iraq.
Kind of an odd sense of priorities, eh?
I think I read somewhere that the Pope kind of thought aWol was the anti-Christ. Also I totally wanted a 65 MGB-GT, the little micro station wagon, and it was a baby light lavender color. I got ready to trade my Corolla for it and the foot pedals were too small for my feet. Sad, sad, sad.
"Sally,
How was Christopher Eccelston as Dr. Who?
How is his portrayal different?
Could his Dr. Who be one of the definitive ones?
HotKarlRove "
Well I like it.
But more traditionalists may not enjoy his more modern approach.
Trouble is, he announced this week that he will only do this 1 series. So they are already looking for another Dr Who!
Let's not forget the girls who were molested by priests. They didn't speak up as loudly as the guys, or weren't heard as much, because females get blamed for bringing such things on themselves.
But JPII did say an odd thing at the time of the scandal. He said that God is grieved when his friends engage in grave sin. I wrote to a priest of my acquaintance, who was on vacation when JPII said that, asking what does that make us laypeople--casual acquaintances of God? Father ____ wrote back that he hadn't heard that statement, but he believes all Christians are friends of God.
He and his girlfriend are throwing a "Pope Fiction" party.
They should include a "Find the Popes in the Pizza" contest as part of the festivities. Look, there's Pius XII!
Good morning, moonbats. The sun is up and the birds are chirping away. A little hazy, but it feels like it's going to be a lovely Sunday for a walk and little gardening.
Trouble is, he announced this week that he will only do this 1 series.
That could be cool, maybe he'll take the Dr in a novel direction.
Did you see the Second Coming? I thought his prerformance was brilliant.
You know, I have a feeling that, if the Pope had seriously criticized Bush's illegal war, it would have been quite a bit more influential than the millions of us that spoke out against it.
Well, he did say in January, 2003:
War is not always inevitable. It is always a defeat for humanity... War is never just another means that one can choose to employ for settling differences between nations… War cannot be decided upon…except as the very last option and in accordance with very strict conditions, without ignoring the consequences for the civilian population both during and after the military operations.
Besides, do you really think that the preznit would've listened to even a Burning Bush if it had told him not to invade?
he believes all Christians are friends of God.
Whereas he hates everyone else. Give me a fucing break. Who believes this pablum?
Juan Cole did a nice smackdown on Bush yesterday, calling his Thursday press conference "Public Relations grave robbery, and among the blackest moments in the history of the presidency" as Bush rambles on about Terri Schiavo and WMDs in the same breath.
Incog - they're Opus Dei, not Opes Die, though I sure 'opes they die soon.
I.e. work of God. I bet John Paul I wouldn't have canonized the founder of that society.
Let us not forget the girls who were molested by priests.
Amen.
It did happen. A friend, a girl, was raped by a priest during "private religious instruction" when she was 10 years old. She didn't even know what sex was. And of course she thought it was her fault.
Would it be really awful of me to order Chinese and make some poor guy deliver in this monsoon?
Res Ipsa Loquitor
Probably. Depends on how you tip.
Awright, Bats 'o the moon...later.
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Besides, do you really think that the preznit would've listened...
I don't give a flying fuck about georgie's listening skills, which are poor.
The Pope could have stirred up the pot by speaking to American Catholics.
Besides, do you really think that the preznit would've listened to even a Burning Bush if it had told him not to invade?
NTodd
He didn't listen to the guys running around with their hair on fire before Sept 11, so...
course that's all so pre-9/11...
The Pope could have stirred up the pot by speaking to American Catholics.
And what would that have done? Just added a few people to the focus group...
Isn't this special: Pres. Bush can find time to go to the Pope's funeral, but he can't find the time to go to even one funeral of a soldier killed in Iraq.
Kind of an odd sense of priorities, eh?
Not anywhere near as odd as all the fundraisers he could find time to attend - and no funerals.
Clean sheets
The burning bush would be removed from his line of sight, suspected of terrorism, temporarily allowed to burn at a antipodally distant Free Revelation Zone, and finally extradited to Syria for "intense questioning."
"Let us not forget the girls who were molested by priests."
Not molesting!
Ancient christian courting techniques.
MYOB'
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Comment George W. Bush peut-il se précipiter pour honorer le pape quand cela lui a pris quatre jours pour noter que 10 Américains indigènes sont morts au Minnesota ?
parce qu'il est... what's the French for "asshole" ?
All right, this is basically what Arthur did after he knocked me down - Lassie's knocked Elizabeth Taylor down and is standing there whining at her. It's not enough! Go get somebody! Damn, they just don't get good instructions about this any more.
And what would that have done? Just added a few people to the focus group...
I'm not so sure his aggressive intervention would have failed.
We'll never know, and he would not have done it anyway.
Just wishful thinking.
Probably. Depends on how you tip.
I would tip extra in this weather. But I still think I'm going to cook here. It's just too mean to make them come out. It's horrible here.
pie: I so agree about the pope speaking to American Catholics about war stance. Mostly I saw bumper stickers with crap about abortion rather than the horrible mess bush and pals created in Iraq.
Hell, it probably was only girls. The main guys were "recovered memory" hoaxers, one of whom got (figuratively) laughed out of court. We don't doubt there were some boys in there out of sheer odds, but you gotta wonder how a story about abuse of [obscene primitive un-American measures of] power got screwed around into "frustrated homos attack!"
Mostly I saw bumper stickers with crap about abortion rather than the horrible mess bush and pals created in Iraq.
To me, that's incredible. They get their panties in a wad about abortion, but could give a damn about those that are the living, breathing sons, daughters, mothers, fathers who are senselessly dying in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Fuck them. They make me sick.
hey, thanx for posting that sally taylor page JeffCo. is she as talented as her parents? -charley
If you have a decent connection, go here to see and hear for yourself! BTW, I forgot to mention that she and her husband founded a non-profit landmine-removal advocacy program, The Tranquility Project.
In Boston I was seeing bumper stickers not about abortion, but about taking back their Church, because everybody was so sick of the whole thing with Cardinal Law. *hear evil? Shut yo' mouth!*
"Abortion" is just the veil they drape over the thing that really gets their panties in a wad: unmarried women having sex. They just hate the pill because they hate the sexual revolution.
Leak.
unmarried women having sex
Even as they have sex with unmarried women.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
Losers, all.
It's like Santa Fe in September here today - mid 70's, slight breeze
Tena (if'n yore steel hyar): With all due respect, there is nothing like Santa Fe in September...and you know it...
just sayin...
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Re: Cerveza
at costco today, i got a case of mixed mexican beers...
anybody want a sixpack of Tecate?
just sayin...
Paying through the nose at the pump?
It's A Gas Gas Gas
dinner tonight.
bbq suckling wild boar. mmmmmmmm!
living in the South is good for some things
Tena (if'n yore steel hyar): With all due respect, there is nothing like Santa Fe in September...and you know it...
just sayin...
Verdad.
April is the cruelest month
breeding lilacs out of the dead land
Mixing memory and desire,
stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Winter kept us warm, covering
Earth in forgetful snow,feeding
A little life with dried tubers.
and it goes on.....
Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote
And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
5 Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne,
And smale foweles maken melodye,
10 That slepen al the nyght with open eye-
(So priketh hem Nature in hir corages);
Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages
And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
15 And specially from every shires ende
Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,
The hooly blisful martir for to seke
That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seeke.
When in April the sweet showers fall
Modern English:
That pierce March's drought to the root and all
And bathed every vein in liquor that has power
To generate therein and sire the flower;
5 When Zephyr also has with his sweet breath,
Filled again, in every holt and heath,
The tender shoots and leaves, and the young sun
His half-course in the sign of the Ram has run,
And many little birds make melody
10 That sleep through all the night with open eye
(So Nature pricks them on to ramp and rage)
Then folk do long to go on pilgrimage,
And palmers to go seeking out strange strands,
To distant shrines well known in distant lands.
15 And specially from every shire's end
Of England they to Canterbury went,
The holy blessed martyr there to seek
Who helped them when they lay so ill and weak
I feel pretty good about Our Leader's chances for becoming the next Pope.
General, sir. Wouldn't he have to convert first?
9/11 Changed Everything™.
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