I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Meowww
The ears...that's fucked up.
Heh.
Second!!
And yeah, that cat's gonna get your ass before it's all over.
Now I really give up ...
Woman Breastfeeds Tiger Cubs
"The cubs are just like my babies," Hla Htay told Fuji TV as one of the baby big cats suckled her breast.
http://tinyurl.com/cfee9
Yikes!
Sleep with one eye open, Atrios!
Now the gray one looks slightly pissed. Ears back? I was sleeping. Damn flash.
Such gorgeous kitties.
Wiley says,
"Muthafucka, why you gotta play me like that?"
A High and Tight just does not look good on a cat.
How sweet. Love those cats almost as much as I love mine.
Regarding picture #2: God'll get you for that, Walter...
Kuro in the Zone
Plus a fabulous mp3 of Julie London.
Yeah, baby. Cats!
My tabby was really looking forward to the cat blogging, but she really thinks that you should be bitch-slapped for doing that to gizmo, or the other one, atrios!
The new 'Dance Dance Revolution' pussy cat pad !!!
"You think this is funny, muthafucka? Just you wait 'til I bust a cap up yo' lily-white ass."
Dude, if that cat had prehensile grip, you'd be a dead man.
Yay! I'm finally able to participate in Catblogging!
Kitties here and here
Cats always get their revenge. It may take years.
Watch for the ears....
Photo 1: step and fetch it.
Love that.
That cat is pissed!
Today's Miscellaneous Lifeform Smells like Skank!
Deep-Thought,
first one doesn't open, but the second one...DAMN!
Yeah! My week is made.
http://www.alaska.net/~babyrne/m...yrne/
magoo1.jpg
The Debut of Magoo. Magoo looks to the sky and wonders about the end of the DeLay.
sorry about the huge file size
Atrios, really, if you want 'cute' ears on your cat, just get a Scottish Fold....they really are sweeties, too.
OK, so when I hit refresh, I see the cat photos for a split second, then I get kicked to a blue haloscan window with the following text:
Eschaton Classifieds
SANTORUM...
...SODOMIZED ME (my dog turned him down). Get t-shirts here to help Rick Santorum know that it's okay that he wants to sodomize us all.
Ack.
Then I click back to angry kitty face.
"If it wasn't nap time I'd scratch your eyes out"
How precious! Here's my cat blogging:
http://greatscat.blogspot.com/
20...logging_22.html
But, I'm getting low on cat videos. I may have to actually break down and get my kids a cat.
Kitties here and here
DeepThought_42
DT-42, I couldn't get the first, but the second is absolutely cute! What a different pattern, too.
WhooHoo!
Kuro in the Zone
Picture of bliss.
for a minute i thought atrios got a new kitty, one of those scottish folds or whatever they call 'em.
oooooh, shiny!
Magoo! Awesome pic, what a beauty! Deep thought: fix link 1. Link 2 is a beaut!
Gotta run to the bank. I'm dyin to see all the kitties...
Yay! I finish my chores and come back in time for kitties.
It must be friday.
Seriously -- what is up
with those ears?
Weird.......
I'd watch the family jewels--Wiley looks as if revenge will be sweet, and probably in the middle of the night...
The second picture looks like Andy Rooney!
have a great friday evening happy bats!
Did Atrios sacrifice his cats ears to Ba'al?
Strange offering, actually.
MisterX
Is Santorum sneaking around my dogs? One of them IS in heat.
Barry from Alaska, very nice kitty photo.
And here's one for all you cat fans.
I like that desk.
Ba'al--Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie were already offered to you.
FUCK
BUSH!
jdw, Magoo expresses her thanks.
Oh, that cat fan video is classic!
Atrios, really, if you want 'cute' ears on your cat, just get a Scottish Fold....they really are sweeties, too.
I loooove me some scottish folds. Cutest. Kitties. Ever.
I also have some Friday Quote/Cat Blogging of my own.
Sunday is Sammy the Cat's first birthday.
Can I page hore again can I can I?
step right up and see a bird kiss a one eyed monkey.
See the grand vistas of Az.
See the dog wondering what the hell is going on.
Yes, that's right folks. See it all right here on my homepage for just one buck.
Hey Kenosha Kid:
Stop me if I've asked you this already,
but what did you think of the Yardbirds
video?
Pretty cool, no?
I feel guilty participating in this. Accidentally ran over Shock's tail-fur (it's at least 2 inches long) last night when rolling my Compy-chair, pulling out a chunk of lonnng hair when he tried to move away suddenly, and he yowled horribly.
These chairs need some kind of circular guard around the pedestal/wheels to keep kitties from sleeping near them. (Yeah, I know, I could LOOK before moving the chair.) Maybe one could be built with a shitload of Legos.
"jdw, Magoo expresses her thanks."
No prob. And no worries about the file size..a cat that beautiful demands high-res.
Trying the first again
Thumb,
Not cute or funny at all. Seriously.
An ear-do! My favorite!
I would sleep with one eye open though!
"Trying the first again"
try again!
mer,
Magoo and I thank you.
She's a sleeper cat. If you've ever been had by more than one cat, you'll know.
She won't move out of bed till I do. If I crash on a couch, she finds me.
Now Hidey just to get past her stones.
Or pass her stones.
Curveball, that's why I picked her out, her name is Fu which is short for Fujita-5 if you get the reference.
Ty Watertiger!
Hope the firest one works this time...
Do cats dislike humans fucking with their ears?
These chairs need some kind of circular guard around the pedestal/wheels to keep kitties from sleeping near them.
Arthur has been known to creep up behind the Big White Leather Cozy Chair - sometimes he has a nice lie down, sometimes he just stands, silently. The awareness of this means that I quite often am trapped at my desk, in front of the computer for quite a long time until he decides to remove himself. He's in charge.
a cat that beautiful demands high-res.
Huge blush
Foxy lady...
http://www.eas.asu.edu/~rakis/th...ay/
IMG_0160.JPG
Ears inside out? Kitty SMASH.
The ear thang is just soooooo wrong, dude. soooooo wrong.
Hey folks! It's Babyblogging!
cats get a wee bit annoyed when you fold their ears back, but fortunately they seem to forget about the abuse quickly...
Wiley's gonna get you for that!
I tried that with my big gray Gandalf. He shook his ears out as soon as my hands were off them and gave me this confused and slightly perturbed look.
15-year-old Gypsy cat was feeling fine this morning, up on the bed batting catnip toys off as fast as I could throw them to him. Still has a good bit of strength and speed even in old age.
cats get a wee bit annoyed when you fold their ears back, but fortunately they seem to forget about the abuse quickly...
Heh. That's what he thinks....
W.
The awareness of this means that I quite often am trapped at my desk, in front of the computer for quite a long time until he decides to remove himself. He's in charge.
A-HA. Creative excuse for obvious Eschaton addiction!
Actually, no, in your case I do believe Arthur is in charge. But this won't keep me from appropriating your excuse in the future. "I've been here for four hours on a Monday night because the cats won't let me move the chair, honest!"
Oooooh, Rosie - footie jammies! Go, girl, go!
Ok, Tiny URL'd it this time here
for those of you who are obsessed with all things atrios and dream of more details of my exciting life like proper fanboys and fangirls (joke), the top picture is pretty much taken from the vantage point of where my ass is plunked down all day while blogging.
Richard: I've long said that foxes are the best parts of dogs and the best parts of cats. We should have domesticated them.
There's something unusual about the cat in that bottom photo, but I just can't put my finger on it...
Wow. That cat is whitewhitewhite.
Except where it's black.
Awwww, they are so cute.
Some SERIOUS brows on the inscrutable-looking charcoal grey kittie...
"All the dogs say he's a spy
He got... Lenny Brezhnev eyes!"
Ok, Tiny URL'd it this time here
Aww.
And then there are thesewonderpusses
Darn - I can't get the Rosie picture to open.
No baby blogging this week. I'm in the hospital after a heart attack. Full story at my homepage.
"I've been here for four hours on a Monday night because the cats won't let me move the chair, honest!"
Mebbe it would work better if your cats weighed, as Arthur does, 82lbs? Some cats, Silleigh....
Recently tho, Arthur has decided that he can too climb up on things. So, he climbs up onto the Big White Cozy Chair, at which point his head is about six inches over mine, and just looks around. How are things up there? Then, obviously conveying his wish to become a lap baby but knowing it wouldn't work out, he makes his way back downstairs.
oooh...fangirl-I like it.
Atrios sez:
for those of you who are obsessed with all things atrios
Actually, I like the steam iron on the fireplace mantle.
.
"What have you done to his ears?"
"He has his father's ears.."
the top picture is pretty much taken from the vantage point of where my ass is plunked down all day while blogging.
Figgered as much. But where's the laptop, man? And where's the light coming from?
My desk is right next to a window.
And we all now know that Mister and Missus Smith use an iron -- not a mangle.
Glad you're safe, Otter.
So, everybody notice where der chimperor gave his Earth Day speech?
A nice, big stretch of concrete runway at a AFNG base. "One of the interesting things about our nation is that since 1970, the air is cleaner and the water is more pure and we're using our land better; and our economy has grown a lot," said the third-grader as he gave his presentation.
Oops, my bad. That was actually the President of the United States. *sob*
-
Said the Owl to the Pussycat...
"Friend, Philadelphian, Countrykitty... lend me your ears!"
Oh gawd Fielding, oh Gawd.
The American Idiot.
Amen, underwhelm. Take care of yourself, Otter.
looks like ghengis khan.
Crap, Otter, take care.
.
Atrios, if we were *proper* fangirls and fanboys, we'd rather have the pic of your ass.
We're not, of course.
No baby blogging this week. I'm in the hospital after a heart attack. Full story at my homepage.
Fuck.
Miles Davis, yep. Good luck, Otter.
I used to have a cat like the black and white one, but gray and white. Fat as anything. Lill. She was ridiculously cute.
No baby blogging this week. I'm in the hospital after a heart attack. Full story at my homepage.
Wow, best wishes Otter.
Atrios, you gotta sleep sometime, and when you do....
Otter- that sounds like a plan. When I get stressed I think that life will certainly go on without my two cents so if I want to contribute in some way to the cosmos its best to sometimes chill.
Otter,
Major suckage. Take care and heal. We'll be thinking of you.
Otter,
Get better soon!
That's not a steam iron, people.
It's art.
Philistines.
Good lord, otter -- I'm speechless.
Except to say that I'm glad you're
okay.
Stay well!!!!
Not a steam iron?
How ironic.
Now I'm steamed.
Philistines.
Or people who don't own irons? [Raises hand.]
Otter: best wishes, take care!
"Foxy lady...": wow, how'd you get that pic?
Otter - freakin'a, man. Take some aspirin and get well.
Irons leave me flat.
Actually, I like the steam iron on the fireplace mantle.
Well, some of us keep other treasures on our mantlepieces, but okay. It shows a due reverence for smooth.
Be well, Otter..
No baby blogging this week. I'm in the hospital after a heart attack. Full story at my homepage.
nah, it's an iron. the art is up and to the right, which 1 year later we still haven't agreed on an appropriate place to hang...
monica,
I have an iron.
I just have no idea where it is.
Otter,
Good grief, man! I'm glad you're OK and smart enough to want to watch your beautiful daughters grow up.
Be well, and don't worry about the blog. Your Atriot buds will pick up the slack.
a due reverence for smooth
Bebop band?
When my son was three I was using Richard Scarey's ABC flashcards with him and we came upon picture of an iron. The kid had never seen me iron
(still don't have one) and yelled out: Boat!
Irons leave me flat.
Fred Woolsey
The iron vs. art debate has made me board.
catblogging, is it?"
I like the one hugging the toy! Beautiful pics!
Otter
Take care. Glad you are going to be OK.
the art is up and to the right, which 1 year later we still haven't agreed on an appropriate place to hang...
"'Dogs Playing Poker'? Duncan, what were you thinking?"
[/Mrs. Atrios]
a cat that beautiful demands high-res.
Huge blush
Otter - that's one helluva way to escape diaper-changing duty! Seriously, I'm very glad it wasn't worse and wish you a speedy recovery.
-
1 year later we still haven't agreed on an appropriate place to hang...
Seems like the Smiths were moving just a coupla months ago. A year?!
I just have no idea where it is.
Bet you'll stumble across it the next time you're looking for anything BUT the iron.
catblogging, is it?
Dude. Zara is just every which way, isn't she?
Otter--
Christ, man. Good on you for going to the ER, and I'm happy that you're recuperating. Hope you get back on your feet soon. Take care of yourself.
Gosh darn it, I want an open thread!
I've got amusing and sublime
MP3s to send people!!!!!
It's what I live for at my age!!!!
Old historic Philadelphia.
Are the jokes just funnier on Friday night or what?
simels,
this is an open thread. it's just cat-scented.
That she is, watertiger! Some commenters have a debate about where Zora's head is in the top picture!
jdw--I will convey your compliments to his majesty...
Stop me if I've asked you this already, but what did you think of the Yardbirds video?
What you tawkin' 'bout, Willis?
Gosh darn it, I want an open thread!
I thought Friday catblogging threads were open threads; the animal companions are leitmotifs.
Off topic, and ya all know I love my kitties, but:
On layover in Huntsville, there's been a bunch of thunderboomers in the area, and a bit of tornado concern.
Local weather TV guy is telling folks, " don't bother opening your windows, that won't make a hill of beans. But if you have a baseball helmet, put it on."
Jeebus.
Otter,
Damn! You may have had one of the more interesting weeks I have heard of. Hope your mother is fine, the baby is fine, Mrs Otter is fine, and you are fine. Whew! I get tired thinking about it. Best wishes.
But if you have a baseball helmet, put it on.
Generally speaking, that's sound advice, no?
Wildly expanding trade and current-account deficits? Why, all ya need are more tax cuts for rich folks and corporations -- and a baseball helmet.
Take care Otter. Your family needs you.
Steve
We never stay on topic. All threads become open after 100 posts.
steve,
"at my age"?!?
Okay, Grandma Moses......
Irons are Zen things.
Major looking storm here in Phoenix - very weird one tho, as tho the whole town is in a lowering cloud. No action yet, but my hair's gone all corkscrew curls so I'm suspicious that big rain will be involved. Everybody to the EAST? Look out.
Feel better, Otter!
Ocelot blogging at my homepage. WARNING: Graphic pictures of the Ocelot Menace. Do not view unless you are willing o dare... the Nightmare.
I got a goalie helmet, does it count?
Deep Thought_42,
I still can't get picture #2...can you do the tiny url to that one? That worked for #1, and I definitely feel I'm missing something! Thanks, and have a fine, cat-infused weekend...
okay, look, the reason the iron is there is that mrs. atrios is out of the country and one of my many flaws is the inability to actually put things away.
Otter -
Keep the faith.
Billy B
Thanks, all. I'm going to get some rest now. (Plus, it's a pain in the ass to follow a thread on a Treo.)
this is an open thread. it's just cat-scented.
watertiger
Hopefully, not the scent that results when your furry pal lets off with a big early-morning yawn right in your face. Better than an alarm clock, I'll admit.
-
Otter, better, hopefully. Please.
Strange storm here on the left coast too... Really high gusty winds.
Black and White Cats
Now there are four! Sophia came home on Tuesday. She's little but very, very sweet. She had a nasty case of fleas (thanks to the carelessness of the county shelter), but with isolation and fast treatment, I'm pretty sure I've kept them both out of the house and off the other cats.
If you view an individual picture full-size, use the broweser's Back button to return to the gallery, not the link on the picture page. I've been updating my site's code, and not everything is working yet.
Is that a 5 iron?
Steve S - What's the deal with the Yardbird video?
okay, look, the reason the iron is there is that mrs. atrios is out of the country and one of my many flaws is the inability to actually put things away.
hahahahahahahaha!
and all this time, I thought you simply used the mantle as a ironing board. Not particularly efficient, but ...
Some of us believe that this is the proper presentation for the icon Iron. This I would hang over my mantlepiece anyway.
Otter! Go bed! Now!
the inability to actually put things away.
Don't think it's just you pal.
Otter, you, of all people, should know that stress kills (why you started a blog in the midst of life/death is a puzzlement).
Stand back and smell the roses.
Be well.
Stop me if I've asked you this already, but what did you think of the Yardbirds video?
What you tawkin' 'bout, Willis?
Billy B | Email | Homepage | 04.22.05 - 8:08 pm | #
Kiddo, I thought I'd pimped this
to everybody who hangs here.
Anyway, what it is, is I have
about twenty minutes of super
high quality video of the Yardbirds
on German TV with Jimmy Page
on CD-Rom. Playing live. Not
lip-synching. From 1968.
I've burned copies for lotsa
Atrios regulars.
Interested?
I got a goalie helmet, does it count?
I have boxing headgear...does that count?
Dear Cat People:
Sorry to go off the topic here, but I have suffered a dismaying lack of Atrios this past week on my Firefox browser--am actually using IE to access now.
Upgraded to FFox 1.0.3 earlier this week and since then the Atrios blogspot URL instead leads to Blogger (only knew the site was still active because I located caches on Google). Has this happened to anyone else? Any Firefox folks out there? Tho' I must admit to being a cohabitant with a Border Collie, the kitties ARE cute.
Madelyn
Sending Otter healthful energy and calm.
Sending everybody else blogwhoring:
Embroidery
okay, look, the reason the iron is there is that mrs. atrios is out of the country and one of my many flaws is the inability to actually put things away.
Men.
Your apartment is too cool.
Some of us believe that this is the proper presentation for the icon Iron. This I would hang over my mantlepiece anyway.
Otter! Go bed! Now!
The nice hospital will bring you all the tasteless oatmeal you'll ever need in the morning.
Madame, here is the second one tinied per your request. Hope it works.
Magoo looks down and says:
Dublay, your time has come to account.
http://www.alaska.net/~babyrne/magoo.jpg
Atrios is obviously lying, as the trolls so regularly assure us. Men do not iron when their wives are out of the country.
Okay, Grandma Moses......
NYMary | Email | Homepage | 04.22.05 - 8:11 pm | #
Kiddo, given my ethnicity that
would more accurately be
Grandma Moishe.
Hey Thers!!
Happy birthday, you scamp!!!!!
my apartment is stairs stairs and more stairs... 4 half levels
oh that cat is really cool-like a spirit dog with two different colored eyes.
well, actually, a gay friend of Mrs. Atrios stayed a night recently and it was he who did the ironing...
Madelyn: clear the cache through Firefox, it should solve the problem. If you need instructions, ask.
NYMary:
By the way, what was that Old 97s
reference?
Looked them up figuring they were
some kind of crappy 70s nostalgia
act but instead they seem to be
a reasonably cool alt-country band.
What am I missing?
Lovely, Barry! Norwegian forest cat?
Has this happened to anyone else? Any Firefox folks out there? Tho' I must admit to being a cohabitant with a Border Collie,
Your best thing is to clear the cache, and keep its size down to around 50. It's helped a number of folks to do this.
Border Collies are smart enough to take care of this bit of programming themselves. Why don't you let him go ahead with it?
super high quality video of the Yardbirds on German TV with Jimmy Pageon CD-Rom. Playing live. Not
lip-synching. From 1968.
Kee-freakin-rist!!!!!!!!! I can't BLEEVE I missed that. Short of male prostitution, I'd do just about anything to get a copy of that.
It took me many years back in the 70's to get a copy of the New York concert from '68.
Will you get me one?
my apartment is stairs stairs and more stairs... 4 half levels
Or 2 levels, if you're into new math.
Eli,
I wish she was, but she's a tiny little 8 pounder, nice ruff though.
Thx.
Folding the ears back is strictly small time fun. To enter the big time put a small amount (1 inch or so) of Scotch Tape on the bottom of each paw and sit back and watch the show...No I'm not mean. Just don't use super sticky tape and no kitties get harmed, just annoyed and quite funny...
Steve, t'anks! My dad just called to wish me a happy birthday & remind me I'm now closer to death. We're a very festive family.
well, actually, a gay friend of Mrs. Atrios stayed a night recently and it was he who did the ironing...
Don't let the freepers catch on that you had a gay friend in your HOUSE! Ohmigod, the rumors that'll fly...
Are there Dwarf Norwegian Forest Cats?
Take care of yourself. Best wishes for a long life!
Otter - I left you a comment at your blog. Do get better soon.
Steve - I would love a copy of this Yardbirds thing!
Otter - healing vibes coming your way. Take it easy - they aren't worth it!
damn, Otter, barely got a chance to be happy about the new bairn, and there you go having a heart attack. Good thing you got to the hospital and are prepared to make the changes needed to keep you around until Brigit blesses you with great grand children.
Turning down the political intake a good idea, but do come by once and a while just to kick it and have a few laughs, OK?
Gay friends never come to my house to do the ironing. Gay friends tend to avoid taking any notice of my clothing whatsoever if they can help it, for some reason.
Happy Birthday Thersites!
Thersites, happy birthday!
"White House to Enforce Abortion-Fetus Law"
http://tinyurl.com/dqtaz
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration said Friday that it would enforce a nearly 3-year-old federal law that requires doctors to attempt to keep alive a fetus that survives an abortion. In making the announcement, the Department of Health and Human Services Department said it was an attempt to educate the public about the little-known law. Officials said they didn't know how often a fetus survives an abortion and would not say whether there have been any complaints about a lack of enforcement.
"As a matter of law and policy, the (department) will investigate all circumstances where individuals and entities are reported to be withholding medical care from an infant born alive in potential violation of federal statutes for which we are responsible," HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt said in a statement.
The Born-Alive Infant Protection Act of 2002 amends the legal definitions of "person," "human being," "child" and "individual" to include any fetus that survives an abortion procedure.
Interesting. I never knew this law existed. I see no reason for opposing this law on it's merits, but I think we can see this is just another attempt to redefine the legal terms for describing the fetus in the womb.
MYOB'
.
Billy B:
Have I ever told you that I was
actually at that Yardbirds show
at the Anderson Theater?
Man, it was astounding.
Anyway, if you'd like the video,
e-mail me your snailmail address
again, and I'll be happy to burn
you one.
Atrios is obviously lying, as the trolls so regularly assure us. Men do not iron when their wives are out of the country.
NYMary
I assumed he was being... ironic.
Did Comments just drastically fall off?
(Pictures everyone running off to put scotch tape on their cat's feet)
Is there some particular way that gay people iron? I mean, when I iron a shirt, I start with the collar, do the sleeves, then the right front and work around. Is this in some fashion identifiably not gay? I'm confused. I understand about a lot of stuff, but gay ironing?
I've been very sheltered.
Deepthopught - What a cool looking cat - the one you tinied. I love it!
well, actually, a gay friend of Mrs. Atrios stayed a night recently and it was he who did the ironing...
Atrios | Email | Homepage | 04.22.05 - 8:21 pm | #
==
Do you realize what a high-concept sitcom your life is?
Happy b-day, Thers!
"As a matter of law and policy, the (department) will investigate all circumstances where individuals and entities are reported to be withholding medical care from an infant born alive in potential violation of federal statutes for which we are responsible," HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt said in a statement.
Okay, Mikey. Try it.
Really. Go ahead.
looks like an angry wilford brimley
mena:
I'd be honored to make you a copy
of the Yardbirds video.
E-mail me your snail-mail address
and I'll try to get it together
over the weekend.
(I've actually got a backlog of
stuff I need to burn for folks
here that I've already promised.
But anyway -- sure -- it's way cool,
and I'm happy to share).
"Foxy lady...": wow, how'd you get that pic?
It was actually taken at a zoo that had a walkway that was about 20 feet above the enclosures. The fox was sleeping almost directly below.
1. I read in these comments months ago someone describing the Kitty-ears thing as a "Cat Tax". A quasi-torture done to make them pay for being so aloof and inscrutable. I thought that was something to remember.
2. Yardbirds video?? Where?? I had tears in my eyes when I first heard "OverUnderSidewaysDown" being used to sell a fukking car. One more facet of my youth stolen by the Capitalist Borg.
But Steve, is there anything you would like? I have TONS of stuff from a bygone era.
Any Eschatonians here live in
Woodstock, or environs?
And know a guy/musician named
Spider Barbour?
Thersites - Feliz Cumpleańos, mi amigo.
Ty Tena, you mean the white one with the black dot? That's Fu, short for Fujita-5. Which the weather kinda seems like we might get today.
I assumed he was being... ironic.
What does it cost for a laundered shirt on the east coast these days?
Breaking scandal:
Atrios is paying JimmyJeff to iron his clothes in the absence of Mrs. Atrios!
2. Yardbirds video?? Where?? I had tears in my eyes when I first heard
"OverUnderSidewaysDown" being used to sell a fukking car. One more facet of
my youth stolen by the Capitalist Borg.
Art Vanderlay | Email | Homepage
Art, actually, it's not a bootleg.
It's from a CD/CD-rom hybrid
called CUMULAR LIMIT that came
out in 2000 as a tie-in to a book
called THE YARDBIRDS: THE ULTIMATE
RAVE-UP.
Both I believe are still in print,
but you can check amazon.
GWPDA, I'm not gay but I start with the collor also. Then back,sleves and front, altho to tell the truth I have not ironed in 40 or more years.
Steve, Remember Tim Dawe? Burton Cummings doing an imitation of Gordon Lightfoot? Tim Hardin? Tim Buckley? and and and
And yes she fits her Moniker, the other Kitty is Buddha. He fits his too, just lays around meditating and contemplating his Buddha belly all day.
GWPDA, well not being gay myself, but having ironed quite a bit in the military, I always start with either side of the front of a shirt, work my way to around to the back, back to the other side front, then do the collar last.
FWIW
Have I ever told you that I was
actually at that Yardbirds show
at the Anderson Theater?
While I'm not surprised that you were there, I am completely in awe.
During Train Kept a-Rollin', when Pagey cranks up the solo and the crowd goes apeshit, I still get goosebumps. Plus when he plays the opening riff to O-U-S-D thruout the record. And on and on.
Shit, my brother, that's cool.
"Friends, Romans, fellow kitty-cats, lend me your ears..."
But Steve, is there anything you would like? I have TONS of stuff from a bygone
era.
DWD | Email | Homepage | 04.22.05 - 8:32 pm | #
If you're asking if I can make you
a copy, don't be coy!!!!
Seriously, I can't believe how
popular the Yardbids have made me.
Sure, I'll make you one -- send
me your snail-mail address.
As for what you can get me in
return.....hmmmm.
Are you a Stones fan?
steve has mail. So does The Kenosha Kid.
(Intrepidly, I risk the wrath of atrioscomments yet again...)
Thanks for the b'day wishes!
But do not visit my, if you are afraid of ocelots! There are shocking pictures.
GWPDA, well not being gay myself, but having ironed quite a bit in the military, I always start with either side of the front of a shirt, work my way to around to the back, back to the other side front, then do the collar last.
FWIW
I've always find it ironic (there's that word again) that the military forces men to do such "women's work" as ironic their own clothes; also, the only time my incredibly butch lesbian friend EVER wore a skirt was because the army forced her to...
Gracias, Steve.
Tim Hardin.
Oh oh, the walls are shimmering on the sides of my vision again. Someone has induced a flashback.
Thersites,
Kale Gennethlia!
"I mean, when I iron a shirt, I start with the collar, do the sleeves, then the right front and work around."
--GWPDA, Irate Scholar
I do the same. Watched my mother. If you button the top two buttons after you're finished, it keeps the shirt from wrinkling.
I still say it's a zen thing. If the iron's hot, it's hard to think about anything else besides keeping from scorching the shirt.
Geez, been gone all day. I get here and find out Otter had a heart attack, it's Thersites birthday, and Atrios doesn't put irons away.
First, otter, I hope your prognosis will be good. You've got a new daughter. Omigod. Sending good wishes your way. Oy.
Thersites, buon compleano. per cent'anni, as they say in bella Italia.
And Atrios, what's an iron?
things to do this weekend:
1) install 2.5 ft cement Ganesha in backyard. Plant marigolds and honey around His base.
2) Join Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
3) find Mississippian Witches and OTOers and help them fund putting their religious documents in the halls of Mississippi's courtrooms, etc. I especially like the "All Acts of Love are Sacred to Me" bit, that should look great in cast bronze.
4) Spend most of Saturday filling up a friend's pickup with toxic trash, paints, solvents left over from the last remodel, as well as dead printers, copier and other misc. stuff. Spend an hour Sunday waiting in line at the landfill to dispose of all trash in the annual hazardous items roundup. All items are disposed of in an eco-friendly manner, and the list of accepted items has grown quite a bit this year.
5) Finally join the ACLU. (Mr Red has always supported the First Amendment and writer's groups, I do the eco and political stuff, but with Justice Sunday coming up, I think I better add my name to the rolls and get that Magick Card).
6) Check in on Mr Red a few times as he spends the weekend watching the NFL draft, screaming when the Jets make their traditionally mediocre draft picks.
7) Kick back, open that chilled bottle of mead, and watch "Deadwood".
I hope everyone has a great weekend too!
What does it cost for a laundered shirt on the east coast these days?
in nyc, more for women's shirts than men's...
omg -- olbermann just ran a clip of a WOMAN nursing two tiger cubs that was taken at a zoo in burma.
and people were freaked by janet's boobie!!!
DeepThought_42 - Yes, but what of the sleeves?
I do the collar first because that way I can actually get at the bit below the collar and along the shoulder then, rather than having to crumple things if starting with the fronts.
Still looking for gay elements in ironing tho. While somebody's up, can they get me a Grant's?
Yikes! Poor gray kitty! What happened to the kitty's ears? Please tell me the kitty's OK!
If only a were a smart troll (I know, I know), I could remark that Atrios's iron shows up today, whereas Atrios-as-eiron shows up every day...
Iron, iron, burning bright
On the mantle in the night
What forgetful hand or eye
Did leave you plug-ged in for aye?
But do not visit my, if you are afraid of ocelots! There are shocking pictures
thers,
i'm in awe of the fact that you got so close without fainting from fear!
Yellowstone employees heading for work...
http://www.eas.asu.edu/~rakis/ye...e/
entrance2.JPG
Is there some particular way that gay people iron? I mean, when I iron a shirt, I start with the collar, do the sleeves, then the right front and work around. Is this in some fashion identifiably not gay?
My method of ironing is to snivel outrageously until NYMary agrees to do it. Then I get something to drink.
mer, my argument exactly, over numerous threads. Ironing IS Zen. Only Zen with tangible results. Smooth sheets. Crisp pillowcases. Elegant shirts and slacks.... And all thru the concentrated and sophisticated of hot iron on cold cloth with the merest wisp of starch or frisson of water between....
Too much?
Well, I have nice ironed sheets.
Yes, I'm sure it will be very . . . organized.
Rome Ready for Large Crowds for Pope
By ALESSANDRA RIZZO, Associated Press Writer
ROME - Rome is gearing up for the installation of Pope Benedict XVI — an outdoor Mass in St. Peter's Square on Sunday expected to draw hundreds of dignitaries and half a million faithful, including about 100,000 people from the pontiff's native Germany.
(snip)
H20Tiger,
Ah, but vere arrr zere papers?!?
Happy Birthday, Thersites! May there be many many more and every one better than the previous one!
The correct way to iron a shirt, as taught to Echidne by a horrible teacher:
First, iron the back of the shirt. Then iron the two front halves. Then the sleeves. The collar is the last thing you iron.
Rationale: This way you handle the bits that show the most hardly at all after they are ironed.
There used to be a competition in the perfect ironing of a man's shirt. The winner took nearly half an hour to iron a formal dress shirt.
Steve, No, I actually do not want a CD. (I have most of the Yardbirds already - I still have their first album in vinyl and OVER UNDER SIDEWAYS DOWN as well) I was OFFERING. I have six thousand songs - nearly everything I even marginally liked from the sixties seventies and later decades in folk. (I really like to burn music for people. Ask Her Eyes and Prior and QL)
I've always find it ironic (there's that word again) that the military forces men to do such "women's work" as ironic their own clothes
rorschach
I left out sleeves, sleeves between body and collar, I found it was the best way to keep the creases and collar crisp.
And the Military doesn't really force you to Iron, but you'll get punished for sure if your uniform looks like shit. Most people in the Military take their uniforms to the drycleaners when they can afford it.
But when you're a poor E-1 to E-3 that can be cost prohibitive, affecting your drinking/partying fund.
Cheers!
Ah, but vere arrr zere papers?!?
"Sign ze papers, old maaaaan!"
I never saw a purple cow
I never tried to milk one
But I can tell you here and now...
I'd rather be in Philadelphia!
WC Fields
ROME - Rome is gearing up for the installation of Pope Benedict XVI — an outdoor Mass in St. Peter's Square on Sunday expected to draw hundreds of dignitaries and half a million faithful, including about 100,000 people from the pontiff's native Germany.
Ah, Rome in the springtime, filled with thousands of Bavarian fucks! I'll avoid it.
There used to be a competition in the perfect ironing of a man's shirt. The winner took nearly half an hour to iron a formal dress shirt.
Damn! How long did the losers take?
By ALESSANDRA RIZZO, Associated Press Writer
ROME - Rome is gearing up for the installation of Pope Benedict XVI — an outdoor Mass in St. Peter's Square on Sunday expected to draw hundreds of dignitaries and half a million faithful, including about 100,000 people from the pontiff's native Germany.
(snip)
watertiger
I am pope fatigued.
He sez homosexuality is inherently evil.
I say people who proclaim that hatefulness are inherently evil.
Fuck him and the mitre he rode in on.
i'm in awe of the fact that you got so close without fainting from fear!
The air was so thick with fear you could have cut it with a watermelon!
KK: what are these... "cows"? Some tipe of ferocious aquatic killer, I suppose.
Thersites - whew! What bravery you showed, and on your birthday, too. Mary should fix you a great big whiskey and rub your feet.
(covering head/running away)
Ah, Rome in the springtime, filled with thousands of Bavarian fucks! I'll avoid it
I'm gonna tell your wife on you, rorschach!
As someone who cannot even cut along a drawn line with scissors (extremely left handed or something), I find all this talk about ironing similar to guys bragging about their conquests of girls in the high school locker room when I was in the 9th grade.
Highly intimidating!!!
including about 100,000 people from the pontiff's native Germany.
(snip)
watertiger
If it's headed by a guy named Kesserling we are all FUCKED!
Shaw,
Now now... one should use the proper form of papal address, which is Latin...
Futue te ipsum et mitrum tuum!
I iron the sleeves first, then the collar, then put the shirt over the tapered end of the board and work my way around (I only wear golf/polo's in long and short sleeves).
If the pants don't have permanent creases, I iron 'em flat.
KK: what are these... "cows"? Some tipe of ferocious aquatic killer, I suppose.
Thersites
Man, a tee-riffic response!
There used to be a competition in the perfect ironing of a man's shirt. The winner took nearly half an hour to iron a formal dress shirt.
Hunh. Slackers. I trained as Chief Ironer to my Pop's shirts, in the early '60s. You know that especially thick heavy cotton poplin? You couldn't even start one of those unless it was damped down, and you had to iron it at the perfect point in its dryness so that the starch you added wasn't diluted. 7 minutes, tops. A hot, heavy iron is the key. COLLAR FIRST. You iron the collar first so that you can get enough starch into it so that it'll set, so that by the time you've finished the rest you can, if need be, iron it again with another dose of starch.
Happy the day when Niagara re-introduced Extra Heavy Spray Starch.
Friday news dump:
Army Clears Top Abu Ghraib Case Officers
By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer
WASHINGTON - The Army has cleared four top officers — including the three-star general who commanded all U.S. forces in Iraq — of all allegations of wrongdoing in connection with prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib and will not be punished, officials said Friday.
(snip)
what a monstrously gargantuan behemoth of a surprise!
By the way, I know it sounds barbaric, but I understand that ocelots can be pretty tasty when properly prepared.
Fred Woolsey,
I stand corrected.
I'm in awe of your Latin acumen.
There used to be a competition in the perfect ironing of a man's shirt. The winner took nearly half an hour to iron a formal dress shirt.
Ironing?
Shirts?
I thought you just tried to grab them out of the dryer right away!
Ah, Rome in the springtime, filled with thousands of Bavarian fucks! I'll avoid it
I'm gonna tell your wife on you, rorschach!
NYMary
Believe me, she's a German lefty quite fond of Berlin and Koln. She has only fed the aversion I felt towards southern Germany before I met her! She finds Bavarians singularly creepy. (And lederhosen quite silly.)
The winner took nearly half an hour to iron a formal dress shirt.
Echidne of the snakes
Yeah that sounds about right. :-|
And Happy B-day Thersites!
Four shall be the count, and the count shall be four... when thou lobbest the holy hand grenade against innocent Muslamiacs in Abu Ghraib, thou shalt be exonerated by a jury of your pissers... oops... I meant PEERS...
faithful, including about 100,000 people from the pontiff's native Germany.
Faithful to whom?
"Sign ze papers, old maaaaan!"
I cannot sign ze papers!
AND VI CAN YOU NOT SIGN ZE PAPERS?
Because you have broken both of my hands!
Futue te ipsum et mitrum tuum!
Fred Woolsey
How's about a simple "Da mihi caput"?
My method of ironing is to snivel outrageously until NYMary agrees to do it. Then I get something to drink.
Thersites
Ergo, my conclusion that men don't iron....
And no, you do not fold the collar and iron it down. That would cause the crease to cut into your neck. That would be unpleasant. A softly rolled collar is the only permissible thing.
Why, really? If you or a commercial laundry persists in ironing a collar crease the collar will begin to thin and then shred. At that stage you'd better either be ready to replace the shirt - or turn the collar. Yes, I know how to turn a collar - it's no more difficult than turning a coat.
Steve,
How about my three tims compilation?
You crazy kids! First you iron the sleeves. Then you iron the yoke. Next comes the back, then the colar, and lastly the two fronts. Button the top 2 buttons, and one more about half way down.
Ironing?
That's for cocksuckers.
Rorschach
Caput? Der Papst ist fast kaputt!
Ziehen Sie mein Finger...
She finds Bavarians singularly creepy. (And lederhosen quite silly.)
Yet oddly arousing....
It occurs to me that I need to offer some words of caution to Atrios in light of this careless picture of an iron.
I mean, we know the president can't spell, and we know he wants to invade Iran...
That's for cocksuckers.
Eh?
Three tims
Tim Hardin - How Can We Hang on to a Dream
Tim Hardin - Black Sheep Boy
Tim Hardin - Reason to Believe
Tim Hardin - Shiloh Town
Tim Hardin - If I Were a Carpenter
Tim Hardin - Red Balloon
Tim Hardin - Southern Butterfly
Tim Hardin - Satisfied Mind
Tim Hardin - It'll Never Happen Again
Tim Hardin - Reason to Believe - Green Rocky Road
Tim Hardin - See Where You Are and Get out
Tim Hardin - First Love Song
Tim Hardin - Simple Song of Freedom
Tim Hardin - Don't Make Promises
Tim Hardin - Bird on the Wire
Tim Hardin - Misty Roses
Tim Buckley-once I Was
Tim Buckley - Knight-errant
Tim Buckley - Morning Glory
Tim Buckley - Phantasmagoria in 2
Tim Buckley - Goodbye & Hello
Tim Dawe - Junkie John
I just remembered a funny story about ironing. My mom's sister only ironed the collar, top of the shirt and the cuffs of her husband's shirts since he never took his suitcoat off at work. She hated ironing.
Thundering and lighting bad here in east Tn right now. The Ratz of god?
I find it easier to iron after I've put the shirt on... that way it conforms to my girlish figure.
Richard,
Big Bambu!!!! I had that album committed to memory at one point...before my brain hit its saturation point.
I thought you just tried to grab them out of the dryer right away!
Attaturk
That's my current modus operandi. Who gives a shit about Ironing anymore, I've had enough.
Also in the news: the Bush administratio has given the symbolic middle finger to the Iraqui National Assembly who unamimously voted to demand an apology from the US government for an incident where a US soldier at a green zone checkpoint hancuffed and choked an member of the Iraqui parliment who was on his way into the assembly saying "to hell with you and the National Assembly."
Bush has just ignored them and the US media has done the same.
Eh?
GWPDA, Irate Scholar
It's a Deadwood thing.
mena... ocelots & whiskey. Hmmm...
Faithful to whom?
Thor, god of thunder!
http://www.comics.org/graphics/c.../
1749_4_180.jpg
Yet oddly arousing..
OK, that's just weird.
Echidne - First, iron the back of the shirt. Then iron the two front halves. Then the sleeves. The collar is the last thing you iron
That's how my mom showed me to iron a shirt.
BREAKING NEWS...
Wendy's gives woman the finger!
what a monstrously gargantuan behemoth of a surprise!
How sad for the underlings who *acted alone, without specific orders*.
Join the military.
At your peril.
I will bid all you lovely ladies and stalwart gentlemen a good evening.
My 23 year old just got in from work in DC and demands the use of the computer, so I'm adjourning to a brew or two and a movie.
Evening, all.
She finds Bavarians singularly creepy.
Hasn't met any Prussians has she?
...and to top it off, their the ones that invade people!
[Attaturk half german -- and of it 50% Bavarian, 50% Prussian...OY!]
I don't iron anything but old table linens and sheets and pillowcases. I used to buy them up at flea markets. Lovely things with embroidery and lace and they used to be cheap. Those I iron, because the very act is enjoyable and the result is so good. But so much of clothing seems to just go back to being wrinkled right away. It's not worth ironing and I pretend the wrinkles come from wear.
I pray that Thersites never attempts to milk a cow.
I pray that if Thersites ever attempts to milk an ocelot there's video.
.
Jesus, now it's helling (Bush spelling for hail). Dogs are freaking out--both under my desk, uh, not enough room for my feet.
their the ones that invade people!
Nor can Prussians execute proper usage (they can execute a lot of other stuff though)
This irony has left me flat.
Observer chimes in with a new wrinkle!
The Cow
The Larch
.
"I mean, we know the president can't spell, and we know he wants to invade Iran...
rorschach"
The irony of it all dude, the sheer irony.
mer:I just remembered a funny story about ironing. My mom's sister only ironed the collar, top of the shirt and the cuffs of her husband's shirts since he never took his suitcoat off at work. She hated ironing.
My Italian friend did this. He only ironed the parts that showed after a sweater was added to the shirt. We found out on a hot day when he took the sweater off in class. The rest of the shirt was a tightly crinkled worm.
Spork, where the hell did you get the exact picture?!?
This irony has left me flat.
Observer
====
I just got it!
IRON HAS NUKES!
PREZNIT STEEMED!
SEZ, "In onion there are strenth!"
Yet oddly arousing..
OK, that's just weird.
watertiger
Ok, I know I'm stating the obvious, but wouldn't that be because they're leather (although cut hilariously - and whats the deal with those suspender thingy's)? Hmmmm?
Yet oddly arousing..
OK, that's just weird.
You know, the kids keep asking why when Mommy & Daddy shut the door, they keep hearing someone shout "RICOLA"!
cats get a wee bit annoyed when you fold their ears back, but fortunately they seem to forget about the abuse quickly...
Cats certainly are Democrats, aren't they?
Take good care of yourself, Otter.
I pray that Thersites never attempts to milk a cow.
I had the chance one day but I was all dressed up for Sunday.
We can talk about it now.
mena asks:
http://www.anamp.org/nescp_curriculum/
illustrations/trees-larch.jpg
Hmmm, it does look like the actual MPFC larch. It was the first decent size image that Google popped up.
.
what a monstrously gargantuan behemoth of a surprise!
watertiger
Yeah, knocked me right off my chair too.
Of course, mena really asked:
Spork, where the hell did you get the exact picture?!?
I must improve my copy and paste skillz.
And proofread.
.
LOL Thersites!
Wow, great kitties all around, everyone! I guess I gummed up my link in the previous thread...just click my homepage to see kitty Clara next to my messenger bag.
I tried and tried, but she would not put the strap around her shoulder.
That's how my mom showed me to iron a shirt.
I'm beginning to believe my methodology is in fact Canadian. I had this exact same discussion in the living room of my uncle the Q.C., everybody liberally supplied with rye, and everybody -except- the US representatives started with the collar in order to get more starch into it. Is it possible that Canadians need more starch in their heavily ironed shirt collars for some reason? Hmmmm....
Salazar lets fly
'Focus on Family aims to create theocracy in U.S., senator says'
via Koz'
http://tinyurl.com/b5ve3
WASHINGTON - Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., intensified his war of words with Focus on the Family on Thursday, accusing its evangelical Christian leaders of trying to turn the United States into a theocracy. "I think that the way Focus on the Family and the conservative right wing is attempting to take the country will threaten the basic cornerstone of our freedom," Salazar said in an interview. The back and forth between the state's new senator and one of the nation's most powerful evangelical groups was touched off by the fight over President Bush's judicial nominations. But it has escalated into a brawl in which the sides are trading shots over whether the U.S. Senate is anti-Christian and whether Focus on the Family is anti-Catholic.
This, plus the comments that Pittsburg religious radio jockey said when he stated that Pope John Paul was in hell, should be enough to prove who is really anti-christian and anti-catholic.
MYOB'
.
All top officers in Abu Gharib have been cleared of wrong doing.
Did you expect anything different?
So, you bastards made me buy William Shatner's The Transformed Man on iTunes.
You know, the kids keep asking why when Mommy & Daddy shut the door, they keep hearing someone shout "RICOLA"!
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!
(gasping for breath)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Just to be serious for a (very brief, I assure you) moment: Some good news that yet has me pissed off.
A scientist has discovered a non-harmful bacterium that eats the sugar that coats HIV. This promises to be a cheap, easy way to limit the spread of HIV--and the guy is having trouble finding funding, because the primary beneficiaries are poor people...
Ach. The fuckers!
"The major roadblock in the development of this technology is the lack of financial support. Drug companies and venture capitalists are not interested because the beneficiary populations are infants and womenin poor countries," says Tao. He is currently seeking sponsorship from charities or philanthropists to develop this technology.
Rant over. Back to snarky fun!
MR. TAMBOURINE MAAANNNN!!!!
Salazar responded Thursday with a terse letter to Dobson. In it, he defended Senate colleagues of various faiths, and he called on Dobson to repudiate a Focus board member who once referred to Catholicism as "a false church."
The board member, R. Albert Mohler Jr., said Thursday he stands by the comments he made in March 2000 on the cable news show Larry King Live.
"I believe that the Roman church is a false church and it teaches a false gospel," Mohler said at the time. "And indeed, I believe that the pope himself holds a false and unbiblical office."
Isn't it cute when religions collide?
When will they realize they can't all be right? heh.
rorshach! That's so effing brilliant it's brilliant!
HIV as a form of a yeast infection! Of -damn- course! Why not? And combatted intelligently in the same fashion?
Holy Cow!
More on the religion front...
Also via Koz'
http://tinyurl.com/d8uev
Barry Goldwater on Religious Extremism
"However, on religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this supreme being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God's name on one's behalf should be used sparingly. The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100 percent. If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both. I'm frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in 'A,' 'B,' 'C,' and 'D.' Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me? And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some God-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of 'conservatism.'"
Not bad.
MYOB'
.
rorshach! That's so effing brilliant it's brilliant!
HIV as a form of a yeast infection! Of -damn- course! Why not? And combatted intelligently in the same fashion?
Holy Cow!
GWPDA, Irate Scholar
Isn't it, though?
I mean, this is a brilliant end run around the whole problem of retroviral mutation rates, and gives me vast hope, if only...
Speaking of Bill Shatner, did anyone see the episode of the Family Guy where Stewie does a Shatner lounge singer version of Rocketman! LOL
If only Cap'n Kirk could get SpongeDob Stickypants' brain to explode like Llandrew on that one episode...
MR. TAMBOURINE MAAANNNN!!!!
It is a very interesting interpretation. The desperation of popular music juxtaposed with the self-satisfaction of Cyrano. So many levels to ponder.
All top officers in Abu Gharib have been cleared of wrong doing.
fucking hell.
Here's how Pope Benedick XVI irons his robes:
1. First take two noviates and warm their tender buttocks with your Bavarian breath.......
MYOB,
In your heart you know he was Right...
The Cow
The Larch
lupins
Rorschach, is it possible there is still such a thing as unadulterated good news? Do we dare to hope?
Fingers crossed.
well, actually, a gay friend of Mrs. Atrios stayed a night recently and it was he who did the ironing...
It was he? ay yi yi.
I hope you have a shark's cage to sleep in tonight- you're gonna need it after that little ear folding prank.
I also do like Hamlet/It was a Very Good Year. It lacks the manic energy of the standards, but it's a fascinating intellectual exercise.
ahhh.... a delightful addition to the weekend's list - the UPS guy just handed me my order from Bruce Springsteen.net....
"Devil's and Dust"
yes....
maybe I can open that mead a little early....
the reason the iron is there is that mrs. atrios is out of the country and one of my many flaws is the inability to actually put things away.
Here's wishing a safe trip for Missus Smith. Do things have to go back to where they came from? One of the many pleasures of living alone is allowing things to take their place where you leave them. Books and CDs do go back in "order," though.
my apartment is stairs stairs and more stairs... 4 half levels
I live on the top floor of a five-storey walk-up. I've lived in walk-ups for at least 20 years. Stairs are part of my life.
Gay friends tend to avoid taking any notice of my clothing whatsoever if they can help it, for some reason.
That would be me.
The Born-Alive Infant Protection Act of 2002
One searches for words ...
Check in on Mr Red a few times as he spends the weekend watching the NFL draft, screaming when the Jets make their traditionally mediocre draft picks.
It's better when ya know what's coming. Really.
Here's how Pope Benedick XVI irons his robes:
1. First take two noviates and warm their tender buttocks with your Bavarian breath.......
spinoza
Rather a starchy sense of humor this evening! My appreciation of your posts does nothing but in-crease. Or so it would seam.
DWD:
Actually, I'd kill for the first
two Youngbloods albums.
If you've got 'em.
Holy Cow!
Holy Ocelot, dear.
Here's how Pope Benedick XVI irons his robes:
OK, *that's* funny!
MYOB - Barry Goldwater, a four square Episcopalian, Christ Church of the Ascencion, Scottsdale, and Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix. Darn those mainline Protestant liberals....
Barry Goldwater on Religious Extremism
Right On! Too bad he's dead.
Dennis Moore:
Yes.
Parson:
That's nothing like a willow.
Dennis Moore:
Well it doesn't matter, anyway. I can hit it seven times out of ten, that's the point.
Parson:
Never a willow.
Dennis Moore:
Shut up! It's a hold-up, not a Botany lesson. Now, no false moves please. I want you to hand over all the lupins you've got.
Squire:
Lupins?
Dennis Moore:
Yes, lupins. Come on, come on.
Idle:
What do you mean, lupins?
Dennis Moore:
Don't try to play for time.
Idle:
I'm not, but... the "flower" lupin?
Dennis Moore:
Yes, that's right.
Squire:
Well we haven't got any lupins.
Girl:
Honestly.
Dennis Moore:
Look, my friends. I happen to know that this is the Lupin Express.
Squire:
Damn!
Girl:
Oh, here you are.
Dennis Moore:
In a bunch, in a bunch!
Squire:
Sorry.
When I was seventeen, it drank a very good beer/ a very good beer that a purchased with a fake ID/ my name was Brian McGee/ I stayed up listening to Queen/ when I was seventeen.
Ironing:
Michelle Mangadangdingdong-Each section in-tern.
Cat Blogging… err. Posting…
Here are my two kids:
Click Here For Feline Goodies
as posted at Bartcop Forum
Barry Goldwater's father and that side of his family were Jewish. They were peddlers who emigrated to San Francisco and then ran the trading routes down California and thence over to Arizona. His uncle, Morris Goldwater, was mayor of Prescott, and the family were stalwart Democrats. His mother, Josephine, was a nurse who'd moved from back east, met and married the senior Goldwater, and raised their children as Episcopalians. They were founders of Trinity Cathedral in Phoenix. I can show you where their house was too....
Deepthought_42, I can't see either of your pictures.
Not when you tinyurl them either. Says server doesn't exist.
Boo hoo.
yes, even though Mr Red knows that the Jets rarely seem to get it right in the draft, he'll watch every hour, hoping against hope. Then we'll spend the season with him pointing out some great player for another team and say 'you see that guy? the Jets could of had that guy, but they choose 'x' instead'.
ah well, it's a mostly harmless hobby. I do threaten to get a home heart defibrillator when the Jets are down by 3 with 15 seconds left in the game.
Good for Ken Salazar [finally].
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Due to high rates of mutation, repeated attempts at developing a vaccine to protect against HIV have failed. Inoculating the major mucosal surfaces where HIV transmission occurs with the HIV-capturing lactobacilli may provide a safe and cost-efficient method for preventing the spread of HIV, says Tao.
"This method can protect infants against HIV in breast milk and women against HIV upon sexual contact unobtrusively and inconspicuously via fermented foods or feminine products," says Tao. "If the method can be successfully developed and applied, the global spread of HIV can be controlled rapidly, effectively and safely."
That's interesting. Thanks for the link.
Arizona, take off your rainbow shades...
Barry AuH2O
Here's a link to that Abu Grahib story.
They released it a 6pm on a Friday.
Motherfuckers.
You're welcome, monica. It's news that I doubt will be trumpeted by the MSM, but I have this gut feeling that it could be a turning point in this plague.
Late to the game, but:
Collar (no crease). Sleeves. Button side. Back. Buttonhole side. Yoke of shoulders.
Steve,
Have: (Time has painted) all my dreams blue
Darkness, Darkness
Sugar Babe
Don't let the rain bring you down.
And others - but I will have to search. Probably about a dozen in total
Darkness, Darkness and (Time has painted) All My Dreams Blue are my two favorites of theirs.
Abu Ghraib...damn I spelled that wrong twice.
is that an empty wine glass behind a drunken cat? that reminds me, i need a drink.
fresh crisp percale upstairs
NYMary, you're Canadian in conduct....
And MYOB, sorry about the excess Goldwater. I was at his memorial, went to kindergarten with his horrible little grandson (who couldn't tell the difference between the silver crayon and the grey one. Idiot.) Phoenix is a city of 20,000 people and we all know each other....
Clean Sheets.
NMRed--
By which you mean, "Ironed sheets"!
Hey people give me some help here.
My total count is 91 for my site.
I just need 9 more people to make 100. Click on homepage and help me out. Ok? Just 9 more!! Huge warehouse sail. Never saw a sail on a whare house....but they are going fast folks. Snap one up now before they are all gone.
Jesus, it's like Frist only got half a hand on that cat.
I con't have a cat, here's Round Girl & Full Blown Wooley Booger
Damn no link
Down with Catblogging...Beware the Felinist conspiracy!
Monkeyfister: those are beautiful!
"Any Eschatonians here live in
Woodstock, or environs?
And know a guy/musician named
Spider Barbour?
steve simels"
No, but I know Max Yazgur's nephew.
Fourlegs, if you're still here... I had to deal with my 70lb puppy for a while, I'll try and repost them, give me a minute...
I think Yahoo is doing some kind of server reset (i.e. they're in some sort of temporary cache).
Gimme a minute...
Here's some Friday Cat-Poem Blogging in honor of National Poetry Month...
So, what else is new?
does anyone know why a cat would continually eat plastic,just to throw it up?her mother had the same problem is this a common disorder?
NMRed, you don't, by any chance, get that mead from a Mr. Merr, do you? If not, you should. Amazing stuff, very small runs and he'll make what you want him to make if you catch him in time and in a good mood.... I think he just bought a place in upstate NY to further his enterprise. Email me for details.
Extremely late for the party, but...
Otter, get well soon! I posted a comment at your site.
Happy birthday Thers! You share a birthday with Earth Day! And it rhymes too!
Thanks for all the sweet kitties - it definitely makes Fridays even better!!
That's the best Leonid Brezhnev imitation I ever saw! Can he/she do Andropov?
With a flick of the tail ... voila, Stalin!
That Brezhnev reference really dates me ... wouldn't be the worst date I ever had.
For he counteracts the powers of darkness by his electrical skin and glaring eyes.
For he counteracts the Devil, who is death, by brisking about the life.
For in his morning orisons he loves the sun and the sun loves him.
For he is of the tribe of Tiger.
For the Cherub Cat is a term of the Angel Tiger.
I love Christopher Smart! and Jeoffrey!
I am SO in trouble... I came hone, greeted the guys, FED the guys, and then turned on the computer.... I didn't MEAN to get caught up in the cat-blogging stuff! But your guys are so adorable!! (My guys are saying, well, so, so are we!!!) Anyway, LOVE all the pics and stories, and maybe they'll forget about this by next week, Human of MANY Democats/Demokittens...
I think you should call the second photo,
"Smouldering Rage"
OHHH you are in trouble.
photo #2 put me in mind of Donny in The Big Lebowski:
The Dude: It's like what Lenin said... you look for the person who will benefit, and, uh, uh...
Donny: I am the walrus.
The Dude: You know what I'm trying to say...
Walter Sobchak: That f--king bitch...
Donny: I am the walrus.
Walter Sobchak: shut the f--k up, Donny! V.I. Lenin. Vladimir Illanich Uleninov!
Thersites, you totally rock; clearing my very overloaded cache worked like a charm. Thanks!
Another reason to stick to Firefox:
after opening IE for the first time in weeks, MS@#$t comandeered the browser, clicked past my own homepage and tried to insist I move to Automatic Updates & install System Pack 2 (MS Master Server's response to the email I sent re their kow-towing to a radical right cleric & weaseling out of the Wash State gay rights bill?).
Anyway it took some negotiating to escape unscathed from the clutches of the Updates site...
BTW, about the Washington State bill, Averosis' site is worth reading. He's maybe getting a little over the top on the subject, but it's understandable. You don't have to be gay to find the whole business to be scary & appalling. The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center is totally on my Cool People list for asking Microsoft to RETURN their '01 Corporate Vision Award.
FVC™
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I love the folded ear pic. ROFLMAO. Used to do the same to my Manx. Sometimes she'd sit for a while without shaking them out. Used to call her Yoda cat when she was in folded ear mode.But watch your back.. They always get revenge. Thanks for bringing back memories of a great cat and companion..
Purrfect....this cat is saying that you have to sleep sometime!! I'd watch out.
The top picture kitty is so adorable what happened to this one on the bottom, oh so sad....
Why don't you show the photos of things your cats have puked on?
Or the time they shit on your pillow because the catbox wasn't clean enough, or becuase you stayed out all day and they were miffed at the lack of attention you were giving them?
That's what our cats did when I was married. Then I got divorced, and now I don't have to put up with the nasty egocentric little shitbags.
My, my, quite a bit of unresolved hostility there, Jon.
Lovely Friday kitty pictures as usual, especially the one stepping lightly.
Kitty kitty, pretty kitty.. Ear???
Pissed off kitty.
Heh. Folded cat ears. When my cat was younger, she would regularly turn an ear inside out washing her face, and leave it turned. Too bad I never took a photo. Sometimes I would turn an ear, and she seemed not notice... it would eventually pop back up. But if I turned *both* ears, she shook them out immediately. Now she's 16, and I guess her ears are stiffer - she hasn't turned them in years, and if I turn one, it'll pop right back up.
Here she is.
Awwwwww! Here kitty kitty. If you want a new place to live, you can come and live at my place. It's kitty friendly.
Happiness is a kitty sleeping on your bed.
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