HULK SMASHED

GravatarO_O


GravatarOh oui!!!


GravatarHello, Cleveland!


Gravataruh-oh

Eli's gonna be so-o-o disappointed. He's owned the Frists today.


GravatarBush presidency: FIERY WRECK!


GravatarBRAINS!!!!


GravatarAhhh, spawn of threadbot.


GravatarDiane--This dispels the theory of Eli having a bot that detects a new thread.


GravatarMissed it by *that* much.


GravatarMore brains!!



Eli, I had a terrible time trying to photograph stuff today.


ack. I hate austin.


GravatarHe's owned the Frists today.
Diane

well, he's all preoccupied by that zombie movie i can't see


GravatarOkay, I'm going to whore this again because I think frankly discussing withdrawal from Iraq is important.


GravatarEli--I'm surprised any of these characters have any; I was thinking they were all basal ganglia.


Gravatar Diane--This dispels the theory of Eli having a bot that detects a new thread.

Ha.

Eli, I had a terrible time trying to photograph stuff today.

What? Were you hassled by The Man, or was there just not anything picturesque?


GravatarI had a terrible time trying to photograph stuff today.

Ooh, I posted some advice for photogs today--maybe it will help.


GravatarWhat? Were you hassled by The Man, or was there just not anything picturesque?

Nothing interesting.


The assignment is "sense of place." It ought to be easy but everything is boring.


GravatarNtodd, no, that's not helpful.


I don't have a garage.


Gravatar"Sense of place" sounds like a cemetary to me, but I'm not an artiste.


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The assignment is "sense of place." It ought to be easy but everything is boring.


I'm not even sure what that means...


Gravatarfourlegsgood,

My photography instructor from years ago threatened us with a single subject to photograph for the entire term when people complained about the assignments.

Austin is your oyster.


Gravatar"All right, my girlfriend's turning into a zombie! Sweet!"


BALLS!!!!


GravatarDo we bring puns forward from earlier threads? What's the rule? I'm China confused.


GravatarTaking a girl to the Olive Garden gets you a blow job?


Who knew?


GravatarJoe Conason speculates Guckert could be in trouble over this too. Come on, guys, there's enough indictments for everybody!


GravatarOh dear...that poor young man!


GravatarOr maybe she just knew where her boyfriend's brains were located...


GravatarJust don't eat it raw.


GravatarThe assignment is "sense of place." It ought to be easy but everything is boring.

I'm not even sure what that means...


It means what you make of it. Just like my creative writing prof used to give us ambiguous themes like "intersection".

I don't have a garage.

The garage isn't necessary. It's the Hummer that's key...


GravatarI Tibet we can keep this up on the new thread...
NTodd


as long as you remeber to pakistan


GravatarHow about a health-nut horror movie, where the zombies keep saying "BRAN!!!"?



"Interpol"???


GravatarMy photography instructor from years ago threatened us with a single subject to photograph for the entire term when people complained about the assignments.

The assignment is fine. I'm the problem. I'm tired and I'm bored with Austin.

I was looking for interesting places, not necessarily pretty ones.


Gravatar Do we bring puns forward from earlier threads? What's the rule? I'm China confused.

Just Japan with the puns, and things will take Korea themselves.


GravatarDoozer--JRE now installing.


GravatarItaly hard to keep this up.


GravatarThe garage isn't necessary. It's the Hummer that's key...

What is this, the Linda Tripp School of Forensic Photography?


GravatarWhat about the Olive Garden? I'm not seeing this, and want to be amused.


GravatarThe Russian henchmen are really fucking bad at this.


GravatarI was looking for interesting places, not necessarily pretty ones.

Maybe shoot around your own home. You know, like the balcony where Maxx was hanging out. Prolly lots of neat light and shadows and railings and other stuff that provide a sense of your place.


GravatarLet's take a Poland see what people think.


GravatarI'm not even sure what that means...


It means your photograph should capture the essence of the place you're photographing.


Gravatar"But first, we go get Krispy Kreme!"


GravatarYa know, if you're claiming to be Interpol, I don't think staying at the Motel 6 really enhances your credibility...

"But first, we will get Krispy Kreme!"


Worst. Henchmen. Ever.


Gravatar Italy hard to keep this up.

Don't be Sicily: you're doing fine!


GravatarFor some reason the last thread didn't load for me. So I guess I missed all the Plame fun discussion. Dammit.


GravatarThese puns can make a person want to get really drunk, just Taiwan on.


GravatarWapo is frontpaging Howard Kurtz's summary of the NYT story. He played up Libby as source for Plame outing to Judy and also the discrepanies between Judy's account and Van Atta's account. Made the point that NYT editors were not in control of the story or of Judy. NYT came out looking very bad in wapo account.

Kurtz will reinforce the same theme with Ariana tomorrow on CNN at 10AM on Reliable Sources.









http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp...5101501465.html


GravatarMaybe shoot around your own home. You know, like the balcony where Maxx was hanging out. Prolly lots of neat light and shadows and railings and other stuff that provide a sense of your place.

You'd be surprised how fucking ugly and boring it is.


GravatarFLG, how 'bout east Austin?


GravatarThe assignment is fine. I'm the problem. I'm tired and I'm bored with Austin.

4legs,

I live in Kansas. Count your blessings.


No shoes and a man with no feet, yada yada.


GravatarStill waiting for Annoying Boy to transform into Annoying Zombie...


GravatarThere were puns in an earlier thread?


Gravatarjudy the flame miller.

piece of fuck'n work.


Gravatar Taking a girl to the Olive Garden gets you a blow job?


Who knew?
fourlegsgood


Damn, I'd have at least demanded Cheesecake Factory.


Gravatar Let's take a Poland see what people think.

I Gdansk think that's a good idea. Pun threads aren't about popularity contests.


Gravatar"But first, we will get Krispy Kreme!"


Hey, everyone knows that Krispy Kremes are essential to good international crime busting.


GravatarSallyh, you up for dessert?


GravatarI wonder whatis the opinion of chick Korea ?


GravatarKurtz will reinforce the same theme with Ariana tomorrow on CNN at 10AM on Reliable Sources.

I really oughtn't miss that.


GravatarHey kids, let's put on a rave!!!


GravatarThere were puns in an earlier thread?

Yeah, but they weren't all that German to the discussion...


Gravatar. Pun threads aren't about popularity contests.
NTodd


i may have to go to the liberia and find an atlas


GravatarStill waiting for Annoying Boy to transform into Annoying Zombie...

Yeah. He took it first, how come he's having a delayed reaction?


Gravatar
Hey, everyone knows that Krispy Kremes are essential to good international crime busting.


I know I would never search for zombie juice with any less than 3-4 doughnuts in me.


GravatarJust one more thing I have to note about that MYT article:

"She'd given her pledge of confidentiality," said Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the publisher. "She was prepared to honor that. We were going to support her."

But Mr. Sulzberger and the paper's executive editor, Bill Keller, knew few details about Ms. Miller's conversations with her confidential source other than his name. They did not review Ms. Miller's notes. Mr. Keller said he learned about the "Valerie Flame" notation only this month. Mr. Sulzberger was told about it by Times reporters on Thursday.


Sounds like they have *no* control over her at all.


GravatarYeah. He took it first, how come he's having a delayed reaction?

Not enough brain to work with?


GravatarHey, a little tolerance around here huh? Can't we just live and Latvia?


GravatarKurtz will reinforce the same theme with Ariana tomorrow on CNN at 10AM on Reliable Sources.

I really oughtn't miss that.


I ought to: mid-term grades are due by 10/23, and I have 6 weeks of homework to score. At least I haven't distributed the mid-term exam yet!


Gravatarack. I hate austin.
fourlegsgood


Yes, there was something about it trying to kill me in various ways that I felt was overwrought.


GravatarLastle?

Just thought I'd get that outta the way first...


GravatarThe genius rat is named "mr. stinky"?


GravatarVOTE GREEN
NOT 'Stay in Iraq" Dean
and the other Bush enabling Dumbocrats


Gravatarolexicon: did you just see Don Cherry with a pink bra on (for breats cancer research)? I had to wash my eyes with bleach! but the memory will forever stay in my brain!


GravatarZombie rats!


GravatarBad Mr. Stinky!!


GravatarBad Mr. Stinky!

No brains for you!


GravatarI was looking for interesting places, not necessarily pretty ones.

people, always shoot people they are the most interesting.

and of course, cats.

self portraits. this is usually a have to in beggining photography. and tho i like most, resisted strenuously, it's most useful. but if it has to be place s austin is beautiful, i'd go for the bats under the bridge.


GravatarMr. Keller said he learned about the "Valerie Flame" notation only this month. Mr. Sulzberger was told about it by Times reporters on Thursday.

I'm thinking she penciled that in After The Fact.

Just a hunch.


Gravatari may have to go to the liberia and find an atlas

You Congo yet. We're just getting started!

Hey, a little tolerance around here huh? Can't we just live and Latvia?

Well, they'll Estonia when you're trying to be so good...


GravatarUh oh -- but Blonde Science Babe brought it on herself for giving that stuff to Mr. Stinky.


GravatarThose sunglasses look like a sleepmask.


GravatarVOTE GREEN
NOT 'Stay in Iraq" Dean
and the other Bush enabling Dumbocrats
fy | 10.15.05 - 10:01 pm | #


Ah...and just WHO allowed Bush to steal the 2000 election? Oh yeah, the fucking Greens. Thanks, dick.


GravatarI had to wash my eyes with bleach! but the memory will forever stay in my brain!
Plum P


i did not realize
don was a cross-dressing advocate


GravatarO... kay.

So you see naked devil hotties just before you turn into a zombie?


GravatarI ought to: mid-term grades are due by 10/23, and I have 6 weeks of homework to score. At least I haven't distributed the mid-term exam yet!
NTodd

can't you outsource it to some chinese prof?


GravatarVOTE GREEN
NOT 'Stay in Iraq" Dean
and the other Bush enabling Dumbocrats


Hey, I've got an idea: provide us with a platform and stop repeating yourself, you abortion of an AI experiment.


GravatarAww, aren't you guys sad her tits were digitized?

And what's with the green lipstick? That's so 90s.


Gravatar"You're ruining my high!"


GravatarCould someone -- anyone -- Spain the attraction of a pun thread?


GravatarIf Artie doesn't have a big bloodstain on the front of his pants then we'll know the continuity in this film is bad.


Oops! no blood. She bit his dick off and he didn't bleed?


GravatarI'm guessing there's something on the sci-fi channel. Or Plamegate just got really confusing. What was in Miller's report?


Gravatardon was a cross-dressing advocate
olexicon

good one big O!


GravatarYou'd be surprised how fucking ugly and boring it is.

Ugly can be interesting.Isn't there any ugly/strange/funny architecture around?


GravatarKansas all just get along?


GravatarSo you see naked devil hotties just before you turn into a zombie?

Sounds like a reasonable trade-off.

can't you outsource it to some chinese prof?

Indonesia about that. I'll have to check my contract.


GravatarIxnay Eensgray. Oh, and Anks thay for MM, holesassay.


GravatarOops! no blood. She bit his dick off and he didn't bleed?
fourlegsgood

ahhhh

Apparently she wanted a hotdog


Gravatarfourlegs, you're bored with Austin? Come to Dayton, you'll be even more bored! (and don't forget to to bring the slutty, plushy one, he can play in the snow)


GravatarSo what did they do, get the stoners to take the zombies to the health center on campus?


GravatarAw shucks the Rooskis are gonna miss the rave.


GravatarKansas all just get along?
Sarah Deere


that's the maine point


GravatarI can't Spain puns. But as for politics, all I know is Georgia suck.


GravatarNTodd, that is a very interesting list


Gravatar Kansas all just get along?

I don't know, but my muse is here, Alaska.


GravatarUgly can be interesting.Isn't there any ugly/strange/funny architecture around?

That's what I was looking for.


We just got ugly.


GravatarCould someone -- anyone -- Spain the attraction of a pun thread?

Sorry: Spain, attraction = chica. Can't concentrate.

Kansas all just get along?

Uh-oh, Sarah's gone and changed the state of the thread. Clever shift, and well done!


GravatarI have to attend sunday massachusets tommorow


GravatarWell, they'll Estonia when you're trying to be so good...

Being Estonia always makes me Hungary.


GravatarApparently she wanted a hotdog

All I wanted was a pepsi.


GravatarWhat was in Miller's report?


Teenage zombies.


GravatarAnd she wouldn't give it to me.


GravatarThose beef jerkey commercials are retarded.


GravatarI wonder what the problem is
alsace-loraine?


GravatarWhat the hell are you all talking about? Sci-fi is commercials. Did I miss the acid?


GravatarTo update an earlier post by Atrios linking over to Roger Ailes

Tech 59, Kansas State 20, Global IslamoFascism 0


GravatarGena Davis' presidency in on ABC in repeat if you don't care for baseball, nascars or zombies


GravatarApparently she wanted a hotdog

All I wanted was a pepsi.
Central Scrutinize


i'm not crazy
your the one whose crazy
you're dribving me crazy


GravatarIt's very quiet. Is this the calm before the storm?


GravatarCome to Dayton, you'll be even more bored!

Ah, Dayton. My mom got her doctorate from Wayne State, and my folks bought a condo in Huber Heights (America’s Largest Community of Brick Homes!) for her to live in during the school year--she and Dad would alternate weekends commuting back and forth to our home in Perrysburg.


Gravataras long as you remeber to pakistan
olexicon, Big Poppa Smurf


But which Stan" "Wild Turkey" Stan, or "half-a-Guinness" Stan?


GravatarI'm not on drugs, I just want a Pepsi.


GravatarThe rat's hangover isn't going to be nearly bad as yours you moron.


GravatarWhy is he scolding Mr. Stinky?


GravatarI'm not on drugs
Why not?


GravatarHuber Heights is actually America's largest community of brick trailers. I know, I live 10 minutes away. OK, 5.


GravatarJust one pepsi!


GravatarAlmost time for Zombie Nerdlinger, I think...


GravatarMr. Stinky bit him.


Now that was gross- he's popping his hand and vile yellow stuff is coming out.


GravatarTake a walk down east 7th street, four legs. You'll get some good pics. Does the shot have to be confined to Austin? Maybe Lockhart, Luling, etc.? Good old archy there.


GravatarBush told Blair of 'going beyond Iraq'

United States President George Bush told British Prime Minister Tony Blair shortly before the invasion of Iraq that he intended to target other countries, including Saudi Arabia, which, he implied, planned to acquire weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

Bush said he "wanted to go beyond Iraq in dealing with WMD proliferation, mentioning in particular Saudi Arabia, Iran, North Korea, and Pakistan", according to a note of a telephone conversation between the two men on January 30 2003.

The note is quoted in the US edition, published next week, of Lawless World: America and the Making and Breaking of Global Rules, by the British international lawyer Philippe Sands. The memo was drawn up by one of Blair's foreign-policy advisers in Downing Street and passed to the Foreign Office, according to Sands.

It is not surprising that Bush referred to Iran and North Korea, or even Pakistan -- at the time suspected of spreading nuclear know-how, but now one of the US's closest allies in the "war on terror". What is significant is the mention of Saudi Arabia.

In Washington, the neo-cons in particular were hostile to the Saudi royal family and did not think they were doing enough to quell Islamist extremists -- 15 of the 19 September 11 attackers were Saudis. But the Bush administration did not in public express concern about any Saudi nuclear ambitions.

In September 2003, The Guardian reported that Saudi Arabia had embarked on a strategic review that included acquiring nuclear weapons. Until then, the assumption in Washington was that Saudi Arabia was content to remain under the US nuclear umbrella despite the worsening relationship between Riyadh and Washington.

It is not clear how Blair responded to Bush's remarks during the telephone conversation, which took place on the eve of a trip to Washington for talks with the US president.

In his book Blair's Wars, John Kampfner says that at the meeting the two leaders "agreed to concentrate not just on Iraq ... but also the Middle East". But that was taken to be a reference to Palestine. Blair wanted Bush to express concern about the plight of the Palestinians to appease the Labour party.

Blair at the time was careful to avoid any suggestion that the Bush administration intended to target other countries after the invasion of Iraq. However, for the first time he suggested there were links between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda.

After the invasion, Washington adopted a calmer approach towards Iran, leaving it to Britain, France and Germany to pursue a diplomatic course....


As Billmon observes, here's the reality: Hogtied


GravatarJust one pepsi!

No Pepsi: Coke!


GravatarVOTE GREEN


but, but, what about those dynamic democrats?


GravatarIt's very quiet. Is this the calm before the storm?
Ice Cream and Pickles

oui!


GravatarAlright!!!!!! Now THAT'S a zombie!


GravatarWhat the hell is that?


Holy shit. Why were they keeping a skeleton in a sealed drum?


GravatarFWIW, here's my take on MillerGate:

http://greyhairsblog.blogspot.co...oughts- too.html


Gravatar"Dude! That's totally gay, man!"


GravatarCNN live question:

will today's vote in Irak helps the troops to come home sooner?

ah ah ah ah ah!


GravatarNTodd, do you mean Wright State? Wayne State's in Detroit)

And yes, folks if you're driving past Huber on one of our lovely highways, the signs will state that Huber Heights is the US's largest community of Brick homes. Sigh. (my sister and her family always find this hilarious) The locals call Huber Heights HuberTucky.


GravatarTake a walk down east 7th street, four legs. You'll get some good pics. Does the shot have to be confined to Austin? Maybe Lockhart, Luling, etc.? Good old archy there.

I wouldn't take "place" too narrowly. Anything can provide a sense of place. Something inside, with Maxx nesting in a pile of balled-up fitted sheets. Or a wide cityscape during a thunderstorm. Or maybe a shot of a dumpster in an alley behind a Chinese restaurant with part of a neon sign in view.


Gravatarjules, I did.


It's just me. I'm worn out and not feeling particularly creative. The pictures can be from anywhere.


Gravatar No Pepsi: Coke!
NTodd


It's the other way around at the SNL Greek Diner.


GravatarOkay, so, in one scene, we have zombies, hippies, Russian mobsters, bazookas, and... The Marriage Of Figaro.


GravatarThere are so many killer statements by Mrs. Chalabi in her article, but this says it all:

"Mr. Fitgerald asked my reaction to Mr. Novak's column. I told the grand jury I was annoyed at having been beaten on a story."


GravatarWhat's that Nazi fire in Toledo?


GravatarI'm a proud Wright State Grad! And Santa Claus can jump from roof to roof in Hubertucky.


GravatarZombie Nerdlinger eat New Age Hippies now.


GravatarI think Brad has become a carnivore...


Gravatarlipreader-

Is the old courthouse still standing at Third & Main. I have a dinner plate of it somewhere.


GravatarYes it is, spinoza. Remodeled, even.


GravatarOkay, so, in one scene, we have zombies, hippies, Russian mobsters, bazookas, and... The Marriage Of Figaro.

Hey, at least the music was good.


GravatarNTodd, do you mean Wright State? Wayne State's in Detroit

Fuck, yeah, I did. I'd say I'm cut off, but I still have quite a lot of wine left to consume.

Anywayz, she graduated the year after I did. I mean, she got her doctorate a year after I finished undergrad. She out-degrees my dad (BA, MS), my wife (BA, MS) and I (a lowly BA) combined.


GravatarVOTE GREEN
NOT 'Stay in Iraq" Dean
and the other Bush enabling Dumbocrats
fy


Just curious; what do you get out of shouting that crap, all caps and boldface and all, to a bunch of people who aren't listening? Is it just to get one of us to respond, wondering why you left off your first initial "G"? Is it just that you want someone to shout incoherently back at you? If so, you're no Green activist, but a garden variety, fucking boring TroOL. Christ on a rubber biscuit, Toby is more interesting.
*Plonk!*


GravatarJust one pepsi!
Central Scrutinizer


but she wouldn't give it to me


Gravatarthis is good:

http://www.markfiore.com/animati...ation/ gops.html


Gravatarvarious things:

something awful is good today, fark isn't really,
kei & yuri are sort of half-back and caught an interesting story about Mexican immigrants, south park marathon on comedy central, riverbend is very unhappy with the constitution and its handling, Juan Cole's wiki says he's fluent in Urdu and familiar with Turkish (as well as the better-known facilities with Arabic and Farsi), a blog about rabbits is like a show about nothing, and see if you can read Larry Johnson's noquarter.typepad.com on plamegate.


Gravatar No Pepsi: Coke!
NTodd

It's the other way around at the SNL Greek Diner.


Ah, yes, but at the real Billy Goat diner, upon which the SNL skit was based, it was actually the other way around!


Gravatar"Something's seriously wrong with Mr. Stinky!"


GravatarTodd, do you mean Wright State? Wayne State's in Detroit

There used to be a mental institution on Wayne Ave in Dayton IIRC. Maybe he meant that.
/snark


GravatarVOTE GREEN
NOT 'Stay in Iraq" Dean
and the other Bush enabling Dumbocrats


Gravatarlipreader, I tried not to graduate from Wright State, but having to move back to Dayton to take care of my folks made that inevitable. So are you no longer in Hubertucky? Are you in one of the more 'esteemed' northern Dayton 'burbs?


GravatarIt doesn't matter.

Fuck, they took my car anyway.


GravatarJust one pepsi!
Central Scrutinizer

but she wouldn't give it to me
olexicon, Big Poppa Smurf

doesn't matter I'll probably get hit by a car anyway/the insurance was about to run out anyway


GravatarThe mental institution on Wayne Ave is now a Hospice.


GravatarWow!

http://tinyurl.com/7ckad


GravatarThis whole Mr. Stinky subplot is just cracking me the fuck up.


Gravatar VOTE GREEN
NOT 'Stay in Iraq" Dean
and the other Bush enabling Dumbocrats


Quite a compelling argument, now that you put it that way.


GravatarHuber Heights is the US's largest community of Brick homes.


?

.


GravatarI love it. The zombie delivery guy is still holding his pizzas...