I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Whoa.
hi lo everyone
the lowpoint of the airport delay being the blasting of CNN airport channel
The giant CNN telescreens at Detroit Metropolitan are really fucking scary. I saw them for the first time in April 2003, in the middle of the whole Jessica Lynch rescue saga. Straight outta Orwell.
This is a trial for making us into better human beings, Atrios. That's what airport delays are created for.
Airport delays - Tthat's what airport bars were created for. Just sayin'.
to be specific, a flight delay was going to make me miss a connection so they put me on another airline 5 hours later.
Good news is tomorrow I'll be remembering how to say "beer" in catalan...
yea, but 5 hours in an airport bar is too much even for me..
Mrs. Atrios arranged the flight delay, revenge for leaving the iron on the mantle.
You're slipping, people....
Fuck Bush and everyone who stands for his hatred of the world.
Good news is tomorrow I'll be remembering how to say "beer" in catalan...
Atrios, you did tell your family you were going away, correct? Otherwise it is a very cheap and cynical way to get your name in the news.
fuck Bush
Hope you have a book you like and something good to eat and drink. Although, sometimes, I really enjoy just sitting and watching people.
Beat me to it, Pitchforks and Torches!
Ever seen Airline, the A&E docu-series of the crap airline employees put up with? It's hysterical, but everytime I watch a David Bowie song keeps running through my head-
"I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world..."
Or was that Tin Machine? Can't remember offhand.
Hope you're at least headed somewhere nice. 
Atrios, you did tell your family you were going away, correct? Otherwise it is a very cheap and cynical way to get your name in the news.
spinoza
The news doesn't report mysterious disappearances of anyone other than young white women, spinoza.
Sangria!
I'd wager that 95% of service people you encounter speak or understand English.
The world is growing smaller, recall.
The news doesn't report mysterious disappearances of anyone other than young white women, spinoza.
Maybe Mr. Black is wearing a dress?
Good Morning Freethinkers.
Not likely, spinoza, cross-dressing in airport bars is frowned upon...unless Atrios is REALLY good at it, then he'll be harassed by legions of horny rethugs.
Great! A short new thread & I can post & I have nothing to say (there is a moral here, no doubt, but I am too stupid to get it -- I am not improved by airline travel either, regardless of what the goddess may say)
Not likely, spinoza, cross-dressing in airport bars is frowned upon...
Well he's an economist. Maybe he can just model it.
Just remember Mr. Atrios, dos cervesas, por favor.
I can order two beers in multiple languages. French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portugese, English.
My most memorable encounter with the CNN airport screens was in December 2000, as I was going from Salt Lake City to St. Louis to St. Pete. First it was the buildup to the Supreme Court arguments on Bush v. Gore, then (get on another plane) (get off plane), they're in court now, (get on plane) (get off plane) and finally, here's the post-court review. At the time I didn't realize how much all this would matter; I had a lot on my plate at the time. But for me, Bush v. Gore will always be wrapped around long waits at airports.
I guess the cats planned the A-Man's itinerary as punishment for their punishment.
I can order two beers in multiple languages. French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portugese, English.
It's good to be multilingual. 
I got nothing.....
Didn't stop me from posting, you
notice.......
Thank Ronnie and dereg for turning airline travel into an airborne Grayhound bus.
Atrios: When you do finally get up in the air, check and see if the earth is indeed flat, will ya?
The sun is out, and there's yard work to do. And the farmer's market to visit.
Later, moonbats!
Could be worse. You could be in Houston.
O dear, QL in NY,
Catalan is NOT Spanish & you would be well advised not to suggest that it is should you happen to be in Barcelona.
Our former abbot was at Montserat & referred to it as a famous "Spanish" monastery & was never invited back!
Thank Ronnie and dereg for turning airline travel into an airborne Grayhound bus.
No shit.
Reagan just ruined this entire country and Bush is finishing up the death blow.
Thank Ronnie and dereg for turning airline travel into an airborne Grayhound bus.
Stinky
Actually, Carter dereg'd the airlines. Reagan just took credit for it...and everything else for that matter.
Ah, 5 hour flight wait...
Oh, so you have plenty of time to listen to my 19 minute podcast on the Runaway Bride!
MISSING LIBERAL BLOGGER COULD BE ON HIS WAY TO SPAIN
CNN-April 30, 2005-Liberal blogger Duncan Eschaton, who sometimes goes by the alias Atrios, and who disappeared from his Philadelphia home on Saturday without first informing his loyal readers and, more importantly, his conservative critics, has apparently left cryptic and perhaps clue-giving notes on his blog.
First, under the headline "AIRPORT BLOGGING," Eschaton posted on his blog a somewhat puzzling message: "Ah, 5 hour flight wait..." A later note, which was in the comments section and therefore could be someone else masquerading as the blogger, someone posting as "Atrios" wrote, "to (sic) be specific, a flight delay was going to make me miss a connection so they put me on another airline 5 hours later. Good news is tomorrow I'll be remembering how to say "beer" in catalan..."
In an effort to locate Eschaton, CNN team reporters are currently speeding to Philadelphia International Airport, BWI Airport outside Baltimore, Newark Liberty Airport and JFK Airport in New York, all of which host flights that have connections to Barcelona, the capital of Spain's Catalonia region.
Regular readers of Eschaton's blog began to get nervous about the blogger's well-being when yesterday passed by without his usual Friday cat-blogging.
We will keep you updated on this very important story as it develops...
Just a second...this was just handed to me: The word for "beer" in Catalan is "cervesa," which is very close to the Spanish word, "cerveza."
I also have been told that Candy Crowley is approaching Exit 15W on the New Jersey Turnpike and will be reporting momentarily from Newark Liberty International Airport...
Actually, Carter dereg'd the airlines. Reagan just took credit for it...and everything else for that matter.
Reagan also fired the air traffic controllers...
BLOG PARTY!
Now, we'll never know if the iron was put in its rightful place. We'll all forget what was once so important to us. No memories, just vague recollections of imaginary worlds.
Somewhere, there are sheets that need pressing.
monchie - please, please tell me more! I'm soooooo worried.
monchie - CNN-April 30, 2005-Liberal blogger Duncan Eschaton,
That would be: Liberal Powerhouse, blogger...
the lowpoint of the airport delay being the blasting of CNN airport channel
Could be worse. Hudson News, which runs lots of newstands in NYC airports and trainstains has Faux News on its TVs (leaving aside, of course, the question of why you need TV on in a newstand).
welcome aboard ladies and gentleman.
our inflight movie for today
is a recent classic re-pairing richard gere and julia roberts
that's right Runaway Bride! before and after the movie we will
be showing top-rated CNN news.
good god, co-pilot bill -did you hear that blood curdling
scream? it sounded like ned flanders!
That would be: Liberal Powerhouse, blogger...
Can't use a phrase like that on CNN -- that would be liberal bias!
monchie, are you sure he's on his way to Spain? oh, wait, YOU DON'T THINK THE CATS CATNAPPED HIM, DO YOU?
I'm praying for Atrios.
YOU DON'T THINK THE CATS CATNAPPED HIM, DO YOU?
Nah, they'd pop a cap in his ass.
Play the Find The Spy At The Airport game.
You know they're there... your job.. find them.
Play the Find The Spy At The Airport game.
Yaaaaawn. It's much more fun to play the I'm A Spy At The Airport game.
monchie - please, please tell me more! I'm soooooo worried.
CNN-April 30, 2005-In an exclusive interview with CNN's Larry King, Duncan Eschaton's cats, who failed to appear yesterday on his blog's Friday cat-blogging feature, have denied any involvement in the blogger's disappearance. However, some callers to King's show were skeptical. One, who claimed to be a neighbor of Mr. and Mrs. Eschaton, said he has seen recent injuries, which could be cat scratches, on the arms of both the husband and the wife.
We're still waiting to hear from Candy Crowley at Newark Liberty International Airport. Apparently, judging by the video feed we see here at CNN World Headquarters on Columbus Circle in New York City, she has stopped at a snack bar, most likely to set up an interview with the counterman...
As soon as there's a major development in this story, we'll bring it to you instantly...
monchie - oh, thankyouthankyouthankyou. Please keep us informed with up-to-the-second updates that keep us updated and informed as to the fate and whereabouts about the greatest blogger ever. And for the record, I'll gladly take a polygraph test to prove that I had nothing to do with his disappearance in a desperate attempt to gain greater prominence in the blogosphere since I'm tired of whoring myself and I just want people to visit my site of their own volition. I mean it.
Una cervesa, si us plan.
Spain again? You lucky dog. I mean cat.
Have some tapas for me.
(Make sure you tell the Spaniards that they're smarter than some of their counterparts in America. And you know what they can tell the new pope.)
Una cervesa, si us plan.
So is Catalan a combo of French and Spanish? Is Portuguese part of the mix? I know it's a distinct thing, but all languages seem to have some external influence...
BTW, Stephen Maturin in the Patrick O'Brien novels spoke Catalan--he was part Catalan and Irish. I think he spoke Port. as well. He certainly drank "capital port" with Jack a lot, anyway...
it's a romance language, but it's old and developed pretty independently, so it's wrong to think of it as a hybrid. has things in common with french and spanish, of course, but it doesn't sound like a mix of them.
Thanks, A-man. If you really are Atrios, and not the cats trying to make us think your Atrios. Fucking smart cats, if so...
NTodd--
I LOVE the Aubrey/Maturin novels! (Let's not talk 'bout the movie, m'kay?)
Stephen can recite the entire Iliad, Odyssey & Aeneid from memory -- is fluent in Gaelic & German -- I suspect that his Italian is excellent -- learns Malay in one of the books
Jack speaks navalese (which Stephen never manages to learn, bless him)
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for all your ntsa seized item needs. beware of the hat.
-J.T.
I LOVE the Aubrey/Maturin novels!
I knew we had sympatico!
(Let's not talk 'bout the movie, m'kay?)
What? I thought they did a lovely job of capturing the spirit and many of the details of the series (assuming they would never carry it on like the Hornblower minis on A&E). Freaking Killick SLAYED me.
"Which it will be ready when it's ready!"
Pitch perfect.
Jack speaks navalese (which Stephen never manages to learn, bless him)
"What is the 'weathergauge'?"
CNN rush transcript on "CATNAPPING IN PHILLY?" discussion:
BLITZER: Liberal blogger Duncan Eschaton has mysteriously disappeared, and his cats have been acting rather...suspiciously ever since they failed to appear in his regular cat-blogging feature on Friday. And now, there are some indications that he's headed to Catalonia. Any thoughts on this very important story, Robert Novak?
NOVAK: Well, of course he's headed to Catalonia. Barcelona is the commie-pinko-liberal capital of the world! Why, their language, Catalan, possesses influences from the two most despicable nationalities on the planet: the French, who hate everything decent and American, and the Spanish, who stabbed us in the back by having the audacity to vote out a Prime Minister who was following President Bush's masterful lead in Iraq.
BLITZER: And how do you respond to that, Senator Lieberman?
LIEBERMAN: Well, Wolf, Bob made some very good points, but I'm not sure how the cats fit into the whole picture...I have cats too, but I've never disappeared to --
NOVAK: Senator, with all due respect, you are aware that the socialist writer George Orwell titled one of his books "Homage to Catalonia," aren't you? Enough said.
LIEBERMAN: Bob, I like you but I just don't understand how --
NOVAK: Eschaton, liberal, cats, socialist, Orwell, CAT-alonia...do I have to draw you a map?
BLITZER: We'll be right back with fellow blogger Andrew Sullivan, who will tell us how Fancy Feast may have played a role in this story, as well as a live report from Candy Crowley at a snack bar in Newark Liberty International Airport...
Fucking Joe Lieberman is such a liar: he's never owned cats.
Fucking Joe Lieberman is such a liar: he's never owned cats.
Cats have an innate ability to sense evil.
NTodd--
Got to admit that Killick was perfect -- the one scene where Stephen & Jack were side by side & Stephen was noticably TALLER -- NOT right at all! Jack's most noticable characteristics are being big & stupid (except at sea [where he's much smaller]
)
You going to LA? I'll be there Wednesday. Five hours of airplane time is like ten hours of regular time.
monchie, you are getting right down to the truth concerning this mysterious disappearence!
what is candy crowley's real mission here? why did she head for the snack bar and not the buffet?
this is suspicous behavior!
something is going on here!
this is big.
the disappearence of atrios/duncan?
well let us just say that i never did trust cats.
Amen, Prior A.
"I also have been told that Candy Crowley is approaching Exit 15W on the New Jersey Turnpike and will be reporting momentarily from Newark Liberty International Airport...
monchie b. monchum | 04.30.05 - 3:28 pm" To Monchie... I would have said Candy Crowley 'IS' exit 15W on the New Jersey Turnpike...And what I really want to know is: why does Ann Coulter have an adam's apple????
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Next up on CNN, as part of our ongoing "CATNAPPING IN PHILLY?" coverage, Judy Woodruff interviews Ann Coulter about why cats tend to be liberal traitors who won't follow you when you want them to follow you.
Also, from the liberal perspective, we'll hear from a New Republic columnist who advocates tossing the allegedly unfaithful felines out into the streets to fend for themselves...and who suggests that liberals should start adopting Rottweilers and pit bulls.
And yes, Candy Crowley has indeed moved on to the buffet restaurant at Newark Liberty International Airport, where she'll do a backroom interview with the chef about how useful some cats can be in keeping the kitchen rodent-free...
No need to worry about this, Atrios is travelling incognito.
well you know that candy c ain't getting out of there until she has downed at least 6 plates of food.
this interviewing the chef is a ruse!
what is she planning?
is she getting on the same flight as duncan/atrios?
what is her plan? has she been in communication with al queda?
has she dropped out of overeaters anonymous?
what is she up to???
is she planning to bring that plane down!!!!!!!?????
weight! gravity!
jesus christ!, don't get on that plane atrios!
these cnn whores are out to get you!!!
out the side door&grab a fast taxicab outa town.
don't even use your cellphone! they have a trace on it!
move!!
Just announced on CBS news, 7 American service members killed since Thursday and 5 bombings in Baghdad today..
HEY, LOOK! A missing bride to be! Everyone, LOOK OVER HERE!
Boofuckinghoo. What a bore this site is becoming. You have been mailing it in for the past six months..
No, he's FTPing it in...
Five hours? You call that a wait? I'm leaving for Sri Lanka tonight; the travel time will be pver 38 hours, including a 10 1/2 hour layover in Hong Kong.
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