I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Yowsa.
There are no stupid open threads, only stupid questions?
Bono is Brian Peppers!
6,600,000,000 people on the planet Earth today!
zombie soldiers versus zombie students
Wow, an actual open thread on top of an artificial open thread.
is it time for the hero sex now?
Is there a wedge-issue between the zombie-soldiers and zombie-students?
Well, well, well: who's that calling?
here, borrow my truck
Fine, fine. Bono is Brian Peppers.
Please go away now.
Shoot her now, or wait till they get home?
Tell em Kenny boy was here
http://www.arktimes.com/weblogs/...7c-
7ed16bb5ed5b
Haven't seen any WSJ coverage of this juicy news item, and I wonder - how will Paul Greenberg manage to avoid mentioning anything about it?
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Cool. Thanks Marcia!
6,600,000,000 people on the planet Earth today!
Darryl Pearce
and we could have bought every fucking one of them a grande coffee at Starbucks for the money they "lost" in Iraq.
*sigh*
That guy is like a dog with bono.
is it time for the hero sex now?
aeon_flux
Overdue IMO.
Hey, I show up and there's a new thread.
What power I have!!
Is there a wedge-issue between the zombie-soldiers and zombie-students?
Darryl Pearce
I'm guessing one could play on their differences in socioeconomic status.
now they're acting like they're married or something
Hey, I just realized that our e-mail addresses have gone away.
Beating back a right-wing hate site
hey, they're driving into Houston!
Hey, I just realized that our e-mail addresses have gone away.
Eli
Does this mean we're dead?
What power I have!!
flory
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Way to look at it Flory! 
I mentioned the emails went away when the gravs came back and then left.
WTF is up with the 'compress the credits and scroll at hyperspeed' crap?
*waving at the nsa guys*
6,600,000,000 people on the planet Earth today!
I'm shooting for the 6.6 Billionth comment on this thread...
WTF is up with the 'compress the credits and scroll at hyperspeed' crap?
JeffCO
Fast scrolling is good.
mena:
I'm a glass half-full kinda girl 
nemesis = David Keith
Does this mean we're dead?
Marcia Brady
I think it means we're anonymous.
Oh, wait......
Holy Dia de los Muertos Batman!
Or is that Hola?
is it time for the hero sex now?
Sex with Hero in Much Ado About Nothing, as played by Kate Beckinsale? Okay!
Hey Marcia--can I talk about boys up here, too, if I apologize for saying you were one?
And I like that the emails are gone. They were never there at Digby and I thought it was weird when I first came here and they were here...
*waving at the nsa guys*
mena
Speaking of which -- have we been making sure they're getting their milk and cookies every day.
I don't think we want those guys pissed at us for being inhospitable, do we?
is it time for the hero sex now?
Sex with Hero in Much Ado About Nothing, as played by Kate Beckinsale? Okay!
NTodd, Land Shark
You had this well thought out in advance didn't you?
WTF is up with the 'compress the credits and scroll at hyperspeed' crap?
Lots of channels have been doing it for years. Why do you think NTodd invented IMDB? Besides, do you really give a rat's ass who's in that show?
NTodd!
I'm a glass half-full kinda girl
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You're glass is half-full? *envious*
Hey Marcia--can I talk about boys up here, too, if I apologize for saying you were one?
whiskeyina
Of course, I would never mean to leave you out. And you can say I'm a boy if you want.
For those of you just tuning in:
Assclowns of the Week: Cabbages and Kings Edition is now up. And this is a special, expanded edition that’s the most massive ACOTW in all of recorded human history (alright, we’re talking only since last July)! Because I take aim at not the usual ten, or even twelve, but fifteen of this week’s most prominent assclowns.
On the spit this week:
15) Fema, for “trailing” in their relief efforts.
14) Ken Mehlman, for picking on one of the most Republican Democrats as a symbol for liberal rage.
13) John McCain, for imparting the true message of bipartisanship.
12) USDA, for horsing around with a popular congressional bill.
11) Karl Rove, for threatening to cut the pursestrings off neocons who may actually be stupid enough to hold Bush accountable for spying on US citizens.
10) Ken Ham, for telling five year-olds, Hey, it’s OK to question scientific authorities.
9) George Deutsch, for blaming them damned lib’rals for exposing him as an academic fraud.
Democratic strategist Pat Caddell, for telling Alan Colmes why the Democrats shouldn’t take back control of Congress.
7) Kate O’Beirn and Chris Matthews, for putting them darkies in their places.
6) The House GOP and Tom DeLay, for playing musical chairs.
5) Alberto Gonzales, for lying his ass off to the Senate.
4) George Bush, just on general principle.
3) The Bush Administration, for being outed for their outing of Plame by their version of John Dean.
2) Michael Brown, for reminding us why cronyism doesn’t work when lives are at stake. And
1) Ann Coulter, for her searingly brilliant standup routine at a neocon clam bake.
All this and much, much… well, actually, that’s it.
You had this well thought out in advance didn't you?
I always think my sex fantasies out well in advance. I've gotten used to disappointment...
You're glass is half-full? *envious*
mena
And she's not even sharing...
Does this mean we're dead?
It's when we pretend that we're dead. (It's what's up with what's going down.)
I'm shooting for the 6.6 Billionth comment on this thread...
NTodd, Land Shark
I think threadbot kicks in around 6.5 billion.
I'm a glass half-full kinda girl
You're not the only one.
I always think my sex fantasies out well in advance. I've gotten used to disappointment...
NTodd, Land Shark
Oh, NTodd...
Speaking of which -- have we been making sure they're getting their milk and cookies every day.
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Sure. Have a brownie, fellas.
The news from NYC? All blizzard. All the time.
I'm a glass half-full kinda girl
flory
I bet your cups are completely full, though.
Oh, NTodd...
There's something I haven't heard in a while...
I'm a glass half-full kinda girl
One word: Massengill.
I'm a glass half-full kinda girl
One word: Massengill.
Sex with Hero in Much Ado About Nothing, as played by Kate Beckinsale?
That's when the hero takes a fall.
I always think my sex fantasies out well in advance. I've gotten used to disappointment...
NTodd, Land Shark
I like to improvise on a theme, kind of like jazz. It's best when you're given a riff to work with.
I hope you are all aware that there have been two poorly executed (ahem) suicides in that last 1/2 hr --
When attempting to blow your head off, ALWAYS insert the gun muzzle inside the mouth, touching the inside roof -- none of this 'touching the temple' bit --
if your hand slips, you could just end up in a PVS instead of dead.
There's something I haven't heard in a while...
NTodd, Land Shark
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Well, maybe not if you make them say it like that.
It's best when you're given a riff to work with.
Al Swearengen
At least I know one woman who likes it that way.
Knock it off, NTodd. I tried to flirt with you on the last thread and you ignored me! Fantasies--schmantasies, pal!
Lots of channels have been doing it for years. Why do you think NTodd invented IMDB? Besides, do you really give a rat's ass who's in that show? -NTodd
*crying* But it was my only line!
Hey, I just realized that our e-mail addresses have gone away.
Eli
that's weird 'cause i typed mine in to see if it would reactivate gravatar.
it's still typed in, but no show.
i think the NSA just gathered up all our emails.
It's beautiful outside right now... The naked trees all clothed in snow.
The news from NYC? All blizzard. All the time.
I wish we were having a blizzard here.
You're glass is half-full? *envious*
mena
And she's not even sharing...
Marcia Brady
Did I mention I also have a rich fantasy life?
Not thought out well in advance.
How was the movie?
I'm a glass half-full kinda girl
I always wanna know
WHO drank the other half?
.
I bet your cups are completely full, though.
Marcia Brady
Cups? What are these cups of which you speak?
One word: Geritol.
The naked trees all clothed in snow.
Marcia Brady
bathed... they can't be naked if they're clothed, remember?
Did I mention I also have a rich fantasy life?
Not thought out well in advance.
flory
I understand. Sucks, no?
Interpol
You might like it.
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I like to improvise on a theme, kind of like jazz. It's best when you're given a riff to work with.
I'm a hybrid: come up with a theme, a framework, then go with with the flow. It works for teaching, it works for fucking, it works for podcasting.
Knock it off, NTodd. I tried to flirt with you on the last thread and you ignored me! Fantasies--schmantasies, pal!
You did? Sorry, I've been flitting in and out of the threads the past coupla weeks. 'course, I miss most signs of flirting anyway. I blame Eli.
*crying* But it was my only line!
You're no Carol Cleveland!
fresh-clothed, then.
Did I mention I also have a rich fantasy life?
Not thought out well in advance.
flory
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Spontaneity is a Good Thing.
Why do you think NTodd invented IMDB?
I knew somebody invented it.
How was the movie?
I gave up and watched the olympics. I'm not sure why.
I blame it on the laundry.
Tell us your fantacies?
And be truthfull.
(yeah, right)
.
How was the movie?
Eva Marie Saint just lost hold of her handbag.
I knew somebody invented it.
It could've evolved. You damned IDers...
Cups? What are these cups of which you speak?
flory
You know...cups...wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
I gave up and watched the olympics. I'm not sure why.
That good, eh?
I had to slave over a hot stove...
That good, eh?
I was too distracted to really pay attention. Doing laundry, cooking dinner and attending to lion kitty's demands simultaneously.... it's hard work I tells ya!
Tell us your fantacies?
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You just killed them.
aeon_flux
Best suicide?
A bottle of your best/favorite liquor, whatever. Aged cognac. armagnac champagne, whatever.
Go out onto the ice floe, sort of comfortably dressed.
Drink. Drink more. Make sure you have plenty to drink, an embarrassment of riches, as it were.
Drink self into stupor. Lie down.
Sleep. Die.
You're no Carol Cleveland! -NTodd
Yeah, I'm closer to Akron.
You might like this blogwhore if you suffer from insomnia. It's about counting wingnut disasters instead of sheep:
Disasters
I had to slave over a hot stove...
I'm really hungry. But I wonder whether it's wrong to order food, what with the blizzard of '06 and all ...
I wish we were having a blizzard here.
fourlegsgood
Hey, no shit. It's gonna be 30 or lower tonight in SE Texas, so why not a little of the freezy skid stuff, hey Meteora? C'mon, be a pal...
You know...cups...wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
Marcia Brady
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Sounds rather... rude!
How was the movie?
Eva Marie Saint just lost hold of her handbag.
masculine_monica_nyc
NXNW, huh?
Kind of a lousy movie, IMO...but some of the architecture in it has haunted me since I was a little kid. James Mason's house, especially.
I'm a hybrid: come up with a theme, a framework, then go with with the flow. It works for teaching, it works for fucking, it works for podcasting.
NTodd, Land Shark
Like a river moving within it's banks, huh? Moving and flowing, but contained between two banks.
I'm closer to Akron.
Home of the Zips!
fresh-clothed, then.
Marcia Brady
Then they can't be naked. Dressed in fine white lace lingerie maybe?
I had to slave over a hot stove...
Phila
I'm heating up some left over frozen Lasagna later.
.
fresh-clothed, then.
Why not a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow?
i want to see snow.
fuck'n hell it might go down to the 40s tonite. and in fla. that's cold.
if it's going to be cold i want snow.
You might like this blogwhore if you suffer from insomnia. It's about counting wingnut disasters instead of sheep:
Jeez, that'd keep ya up all nite...
I'm really hungry. But I wonder whether it's wrong to order food, what with the blizzard of '06 and all ...
masculine_monica_nyc
Well, I'd give ya some of my Mussamun curry, if I could. God knows I made enough of it...
Like a river moving within it's banks, huh? Moving and flowing, but contained between two banks.
A mighty river. Like the Yangtze or the Mississippi...
I'm a hybrid: come up with a theme, a framework, then go with with the flow. It works for teaching, it works for fucking, it works for podcasting.
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And fantacizing!
night
Why not a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow?
JeffCO
No sexual inuendo.
Then they can't be naked. Dressed in fine white lace lingerie maybe?
Al Swearengen
Why not a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow?
JeffCO
Whatever. The trees have no leaves. They have snow on them. They're pretty.
Anybody want dessert?
I have enough for everyone.
There is no blizzard here. I'm disappointed. I was planning to make a tunnel from the front door to the street and let the dogs run in it.
NTodd, how old are you...30?
No sexual inuendo. -Al Swearengen
Al, you are a rock.
Why not a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow?
I am a rock...
A mighty river. Like the Yangtze or the Mississippi...
NTodd, Land Shark
Impressive. You are going to EschaCon Dos, right?
NTodd, how old are you...30?
36. Midlife crisis!
Hey, no shit. It's gonna be 30 or lower tonight in SE Texas, so why not a little of the freezy skid stuff, hey Meteora? C'mon, be a pal...
Doozer
Today I turned off the heat and opened the back door. Nice for bit, but the temp dropped fast.
.
Kind of a lousy movie, IMO...but some of the architecture in it has haunted me since I was a little kid. James Mason's house, especially.
I don't think it's lousy, though it's not among my favorite of Hithcock's movies. I think it's a visually captivating movie.
Next up is "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman."
Well, I'd give ya some of my Mussamun curry, if I could. God knows I made enough of it...
Mmm ... mussamun ...
No hot stove slaving for me. I slaved to Whole Foods and back again with my catch. Tonight was all orange foods. Nice except it all tasted pretty much of sweet potatoes.
A mighty river. Like the Yangtze or the Mississippi...
NTodd, Land Shark
Yes, flowing on inexorably to it's final release into the great sea.
I don't want to put words in anyone's mouth, but "yes."
Whatever. The trees have no leaves. They have snow on them. They're pretty.
Marcia Brady
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4LG - I meant to tell you earlier how beautiful MAxx is looking. plushyplushplushplush.
Impressive. You are going to EschaCon Dos, right?
Of course. I'M ON THE PROWL!
The parade of asshattery continues over at scrutator.
If you're really bored, drop by and blast away. Guaranteed fact-free content and comments.
Whatever. The trees have no leaves. They have snow on them. They're pretty.
Marcia Brady
Oh sure, you say that now but that's not what you were really thinking.
Whatever. The trees have no leaves. They have snow on them. They're pretty.
Marcia Brady ?
The most amazing winter scene I ever saw was at the Toronto Hydro Plant...the wind had blown spray from the lake through a chain-link fence, and it solidified into these gnarled ice-fingers that curled through the holes.
There were also some tiny icebound plants that looked like they were in bell jars...nice domed top and all. No idea how that happened.
4LG - I meant to tell you earlier how beautiful MAxx is looking. plushyplushplushplush.
Thanks. He's a sweetie pie.
I don't want to put words in anyone's mouth, but "yes."
yes. Yes. YES. YES! YES!!!
Vicki, Flory, Mena, Marcia--can we talk about boys now? And do makeovers and pedicures?
The trees bedecked with nothing but strings of pearls and diamonds.
There were also some tiny icebound plants that looked like they were in bell jars...nice domed top and all. No idea how that happened.
Intelligent Design.
Orange foods? You didn't leave out the circus peanuts, did you?
I guess no one wants dessert.
Sniff.
Nevermind.
There were also some tiny icebound plants that looked like they were in bell jars...nice domed top and all. No idea how that happened.
They suffered from depression?
What.
Interpol?
No one like?
Well, hey who's on trial?
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it's not going to snow in florida is it?
shit NTodd will get laid before it snows in florida.
me, not so likely...
i saw snow in sarasota once. 5 mins. of flurries.
that's all i need.
I don't want to put words in anyone's mouth, but "yes."
yes. Yes. YES. YES! YES!!!
Enough with the Molly-coddling youse two!
I want dessert, fourlegs. Assuming it's not tapioca or dried fruit, both of which are banned under my religion.
4Legs--are you kidding? When I'm not feeling well, I so want dessert.
Oh yes, Sallyh. And how about hot toddies to pay our respects to the weather gods?
Anybody want dessert?
I have enough for everyone.
fourlegsgood
Yum. Can I have a root beer float with that?
The most amazing winter scene I ever saw was at the Toronto Hydro Plant...the wind had blown spray from the lake through a chain-link fence, and it solidified into these gnarled ice-fingers that curled through the holes.
There were also some tiny icebound plants that looked like they were in bell jars...nice domed top and all. No idea how that happened.
Phila
My mother was almost in tears one time describing a similar scene (she was from Grindstone Island). The trees and plants had iced, then caught the sun briefly.
I love winter second-best of all.
The most amazing winter scene I ever saw was at the Toronto Hydro Plant...
Once we had an ice storm in NYC, I took a cab through central park the next morning, it was unbelievably beautiful.
Like a fairy forest.
Whatever. The trees have no leaves. They have snow on them. They're pretty.
Marcia Brady ∞
Bare trees, grey light
Oh yeah it was a cold night
Bare trees, grey light
I was alone in the cold of a winters day
You were alone and so snug in your bed
I was alone in the cold of a winters day
You were alone and so snug in your bed
Bare trees, grey light
Oh yeah it was a cold night
Bare trees, grey light
I was alone in the cold of a winters day
You were alone and so snug in your bed
I was alone in the cold of a winters day
You were alone and so snug in your bed
I don't think it's lousy, though it's not among my favorite of Hithcock's movies. I think it's a visually captivating movie.
It's got its moments, no doubt. And it is visually stunning. I don't think the dialogue is quite as clever and captivating as it's sometimes made out to be. But it's OK, overall.
The one that really sucks, which I re-watched a couple years ago after not seeing it since I was a kid, was the remake of "The Man Who Knew Too Much."
I'm feeling halfway intelligent. Can I still post to this open thread?
.
Yum. Can I have a root beer float with that?
Yes, you greedy girl.
I guess no one wants dessert.
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I am chopped fucking liver?
Vicki, Flory, Mena, Marcia--can we talk about boys now? And do makeovers and pedicures?
Sallyh, Madame Poissonniere
And whiskeyina, too.
I want red toenails this time.
Robert Frost:
"When I see birches bend to left and right
Across the lines of straighter darker trees,
I like to think some boy's been swinging them.
But swinging doesn't bend them down to stay.
Ice-storms do that. Often you must have seen them
Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning
After a rain. They click upon themselves
As the breeze rises, and turn many-coloured
As the stir cracks and crazes their enamel.
Soon the sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells
Shattering and avalanching on the snow-crust
Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away
You'd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen..."
All this tree talk made me remember a poem I made up having to sit listening to a boring seminar:
January, unkind to trees,
shows their wrinkled, withered knees.
I want dessert, fourlegs. Assuming it's not tapioca or dried fruit, both of which are banned under my religion.
Here ya go Mom:
http://plush-life.blogspot.com/
no tapioca.
Vicki, Flory, Mena, Marcia--can we talk about boys now? And do makeovers and pedicures?
Sallyh, Madame Poissonniere
'kay. But the boyz are prolly listening.
And my foot hurts so I'll have to pass on the pedicure.
I want dessert, fourlegs. Assuming it's not tapioca or dried fruit, both of which are banned under my religion.
Echidne of the snakes
I like tapioca, but only if it's made with coconut milk.
I am chopped fucking liver?
mena
If you're fucking liver, you might consider trading up.
Jeffraham--perhaps you should dull your intelligence with a few beers from the Circle K.
I am chopped fucking liver?
No, that would be me.
And my foot hurts so I'll have to pass on the pedicure.
flory
Too tight shoes?
shit NTodd will get laid before it snows in florida.
Yes, both are signs of the Apocalypse.
Whatever. The trees have no leaves. They have snow on them. They're pretty.
Marcia Brady
I have some nice Pics of the aftermath of Ohio Ice Storms. Freezing Rain.
Sparkling Crystal trees and bushes.
.
January, unkind to trees,
shows their wrinkled, withered knees.
Echidne of the snakes
Do you know Christian Morgenstern's "Gallows Songs"? I think you'd like 'em.
Marcia B--you mean the bright, hot Harlot Scarlet toenails?
So which boys do we want to talk about? I hear NTodd is on the prowl.
I want red toenails this time. -Marcia Brady
Red toes at night, sailor's delight!
I am chopped fucking liver?
mena
If you're fucking liver, you might consider trading up.
Reminds me of a M*A*S*H episode...
Sallyh: Jeffraham--perhaps you should dull your intelligence with a few beers from the Circle K.
Will gifted SNPA do? I'm on #4...
.
Yes, you greedy girl.
fourlegsgood
I am chopped fucking liver?
I don't even want to think about what you'd have to do to get it hard...
Loverly, fourlegs. That is some good dessert. Except that Maxx has got his eyes on the same ice-cream and he will get there first.
So which boys do we want to talk about? I hear NTodd is on the prowl.
ROWR!
Red toes at night, sailor's delight!
JeffCO
LOL...
I think the boys should do the painting.
A remake of the rain man movie!
http://www.slightlynorth.com/hel...10-
08.26.59.jpg
Mena--we can talk about NTodd, especially since he's available.
I should see if there are any willing nubiles in my classes that could fall in love with NTodd--well, that'd be all of them...
Red toes in the morn,
Sailors beat off to porn.
Vicki will never forgive you if you don't invite her.
Spinoza--you need red toes for that?
January, unkind to trees,
shows their wrinkled, withered knees.
Echidne of the snakes
==
January is not Green.
36...lovely age, dear.
You have so much wunnerfulness ahead of you!!!
Do not doubt that.
And, oh, yes, blessings on your sweet head from a crone.
You were kind to me when I first came here, and I wish you well each time I revisit.
All will be well for you. I believe it.
Like a fairy forest.
fourlegsgood
yes
.
Vicki, Flory, Mena, Marcia--can we talk about boys now? And do makeovers and pedicures?
Can I join in?
mena: So which boys do we want to talk about? I hear NTodd is on the prowl.
Hey, me too!
I've given up ever hearing from the Clarksville ladyfriend...
.
Red toes in the morn,
Sailors beat off to porn.
spinoza
Wouldn't be the first time I suspect.
Too tight shoes?
Al Swearengen
Nope. Unknown origins.
Al--we totally invited Vicki. We want to hear what she says about you
Loverly, fourlegs. That is some good dessert. Except that Maxx has got his eyes on the same ice-cream and he will get there first.
Never fear, he had his own bowl already and he's sound asleep on my desk.
Hey. Check out the stuff today at
http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/.
They do quite a smackdown of GOP Pitbull Barbara Comstock. It's really a great read.
Echidne--but of course. I vote we drink lots of wine and watch George Clooney movies till dawn, too.
Do you know Christian Morgenstern's "Gallows Songs"? I think you'd like 'em.
No, I don't know them. I will have to look him up.
Spinoza--you need red toes for that?
I speak not of myself, not being a sailor. But I do resent all the attention NTodd is getting. What am I, blogged liver?
OK, how about Arcade Fire's Laika?
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Well, Jeffraham's really cute, and he's available...
"Ken Mehlman's angry attacks are harmful to America. Using the security of the American people as a political wedge issue is disgraceful," said Spokeswoman Karen Finney. "Democrats will not be lectured to from a Republican party that leaked classified information in a time of war, sent our troops to war without the proper equipment and have left America's ports and borders, chemical and nuclear plants vulnerable to attack some five years after September 11th. As we saw in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, under Republican watch, we are not safer today than we were five years ago, a finding reconfirmed this by the F's and D's this Republican administration received by the 9/11 commission.
http://releases.usnewswire.com/G...se.asp?
id=60868
Sparkling Crystal trees and bushes.
.
agAve, DFoF
Yes.
you mean the bright, hot Harlot Scarlet toenails?
Sallyh, Madame Poissonniere
Oh, yes.
And beige nails, so no one guesses about my toes.
OK, how about Arcade Fire's Laika?
-
MisterX
That's a band I don't get at all.
So which boys do we want to talk about? I hear NTodd is on the prowl.
mena
Erm...is this news?
Spinoza--I was going to say, a drunken behavioral sciences professor, which is somewhere between E. coli and liver.
Nope. Unknown origins.
flory
Cause I was thinking what with NTodd's professional massage experience and everything he could probably help you out.
Beige fingernails, that is.
Sarah Deere - thank you, dear.
Marcia B--I have this pinky-beige recommended by Nur-al. Quite lovely and coolly professional. No one will ever know about your Inner Slut.
I should see if there are any willing nubiles in my classes that could fall in love with NTodd--well, that'd be all of them...
Sallyh, Madame Poissonniere
==
All he has to do is get out of Vermont....
And Jeffraham's available too? Dishy!
Al--we totally invited Vicki. We want to hear what she says about you Sally
Range bull, no ring through his nose.
Can I join in?
Echidne of the snakes
Oh, boy. I can talk about boyz with mom!!
Mena--no way. I'd sent one of my lovelies to him, Fedex Overnight
No, I don't know them. I will have to look him up.
Echidne of the snakes
Can you read German, by any chance? They're pretty untranslatable. I mean, more so than most poetry.
That's a band I don't get at all.
Phila
Ukranian egg-motif?
Rebirth-n-shit.
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And beige nails, so no one guesses about my toes.
Marcia Brady
===
Ooh, you're a naughty one!
All right! I'm off to watch "Curse of the Were-Rabbit!"
Good night!
Ok, gals. Here is a picture just for you.
NOBOYSALLOWED
Cause I was thinking what with NTodd's professional massage experience and everything he could probably help you out.
Al Swearengen
Is he having any luck with that line?
Hey! How come I'm never invited to talk about boys? *pout* Is it 'cause Eli said I was easy? He meant: to make laugh...
Sallyh-
Uh, ok. It's time for another drink. Need to exercise that liver:
...they poured strychnine in his cup
and shook to watch him drink it up:
they shook, they stared as white's their shirt:
them it was their poison hurt.
- I tell the tale that I heard told;
Mithradites, he died old.
I have this pinky-beige recommended by Nur-al. Quite lovely and coolly professional. No one will ever know about your Inner Slut.
Sallyh, Madame Poissonniere
Thank you.
AP is correcting the Reid/Jack story
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One of Jack Abramoff's ex-colleagues confirms he contacted Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid's office on behalf of the influential lobbyist but says he does not believe Abramoff's billing records accurately reflect the extent of his work.
Ronald Platt, a lobbyist who worked with Abramoff at the Greenberg Traurig firm between 2001 and 2004, said he contacted Reid's office in 2001, as the billing records show, about the timing of minimum wage legislation affecting one of Abramoff's clients, the Northern Mariana Islands.
''When Abramoff first arrived at Greenberg Traurig, I did a new colleague a favor by simply asking Reid staffers about when the minimum wage legislation affecting the Mariana Islands would be voted upon by the Senate. I communicated this to Abramoff,'' Platt said in a statement e-mailed Friday evening to The Associated Press.
The AP reported on Thursday that lobbying firm billing records obtained under public records law from the Marianas showed that Abramoff billed the islands for 21 contacts in 2001 with Reid's office.
The records listed the minimum wage as the issue and Platt as the point of contact for most of those contacts. Platt had registered with the Senate in 2001 to lobby for the Marianas as well as for some Abramoff tribal clients.
Reid's office confirmed this week it had ''routine contact'' with Platt over the years on lobbying issues such as the Marianas and American Indian tribes, but said it could not verify all the contacts listed in the billing records.
In his statement, Platt sought to minimize the extent of his lobbying of Reid's office on behalf of Abramoff, saying he never considered himself ''part of Team Abramoff.'' Abramoff has pleaded guilty in a fraud and bribery case.
All right! I'm off to watch "Curse of the Were-Rabbit!"
Good night!
Darryl Pearce
I watched it last night...very entertaining!
This is a wind. I can definitely confirm a wind.
Snow? Yes. Tiny East Coast flakes in occasional bunches, with furious swirls at corners.
And wind and courage for what awaits the City.
You women may be interested to know that the charming and very enjoyable interracial romantic comedy Something New (aka, How Stella Got Her Lawn Back) features a very hot man-on-toenail scene.
Can you read German, by any chance? They're pretty untranslatable. I mean, more so than most poetry.
Yes, probably enough. I have trouble speaking it these days but reading is easier as it uses the passive vocabulary.
Whiskeyina--if you are the proud possessor of 2 X chromosomes, join in! We've got lots of nail polish and wine!
We love the Yangtse, Yangtse Kiang,
Flowing from Yushu down Ching Kiang,
Passing through Chung King, Wuhan and Hoo Kow
Three thousand miles, but it gets there somehow.
Oh! Szechuan's the province and Shanghai is the port,
And the Yangtse is the river that we all support.
And boys, did I mention I've got pictures?
Ukranian egg-motif?
Rebirth-n-shit.
If you say so. The cafe I often blog from plays 'em constantly. Kind of drab, IMO. Unimaginative.
Just one man's opinion, though.
whiskeyina: you were invited -- upthread somewheres.
and the easy girls are the ones we like.
Ok, gals. Here is a picture just for you.
NOBOYSALLOWED
Oh my goodness.
Talk about the junk flying.
(hey mom, you never said no centaurs allowed)
And Jeffraham's available too? Dishy! -mena
I would be available, but I'm still lying fallow.
All right! I'm off to watch "Curse of the Were-Rabbit!"
I wish I had that here.
FOX NEWS SUNDAY Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and George Allen (R-Va.), the Rev. Joseph Lowery , former Bush aide Ron Christie and National Air and Space Museum geologist John Grant .
THIS WEEK Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice , Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.), Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Lynn Swann (R) and actress Sigourney Weaver .
FACE THE NATION (CBS, WUSA), 10:30 a.m.: Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and Rice .
MEET THE PRESS Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Reps. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) and Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.) and former Senate majority leader Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.).
LATE EDITION Sens. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.), Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen , Egyptian Ambassador Nabil Fahmy , Israeli Ambassador Danny Ayalon , Palestinian representative Afif Safieh and former Iraqi interim prime minister Ayad Allawi .
Please play it smart, D's. Like somebody come up with some undeclinable Sunday golfing invites for Biden or something that will keep his mug off the damn TV - at least until after the election.
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WaPO:
"Hurricane Katrina exposed the U.S. government's failure to learn the lessons of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, as leaders from President Bush down disregarded ample warnings of the threat to New Orleans and did not execute emergency plans or share information that would have saved lives, according to a blistering report by House investigators.
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the crisis showed the government remains "woefully incapable" of managing information, much as it was before the 2001 attacks."
http://tinyurl.com/9ut2h
In 4 1/2 years, Bush has failed to prepare for another emergency like 9/11. Republicans vehemently protested that there was nothing he could have done to prevent 9/11. What will be their excuse this time?
Yes, probably enough. I have trouble speaking it these days but reading is easier as it uses the passive vocabulary.
Echidne of the snakes
Well, as it turns out, here are some bilingual versions.
Doesn't have the one I wanted to quote, unfortunately. And I can't find my copy.
and the easy girls are the ones we like.
flory
same with the boys who are listening.
(hey mom, you never said no centaurs allowed)
fourlegsgood
You go take pitchers of your kittykat.
This is girls night.
And boys, did I mention I've got pictures?
Of whom?
I would be available, but I'm still lying fallow.
JeffCO
Not for long, if you're lucky.
Thanks Marcia, I whined before I saw your post. I'm still so slow at this threading stuff.
It does have "The Seagulls," though. I like that one...
It does have "The Seagulls," though. I like that one...
My bidness partner is trying to drive me insane. I'm getting a test e-mail from him every 30 seconds.
.
You go take pitchers of your kittykat.
This is girls night.
Oh, that's nice.
I give you 2 kinds of dessert AND try to capture you some plushyporn™ and you treat me like that.
fooey. 
Who wants to do the hot wax thing? Sooo relaxing, and it leaves your skin silky smooth.
Just one man's opinion, though.
Phila
I just linked to their song "Laika", not their entire catalog, which I haven't heard... are they boring?
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My bidness partner is trying to drive me insane. I'm getting a test e-mail from him every 30 seconds
You're working with threadbot?
And boys, did I mention I've got pictures?
Of whom?
NTodd, Land Shark
Who did you have in mind?
JeffCO: You're working with threadbot?
He's testing a form, and it sends me an e-mail every time he hits "submit."
It's enough to make me wanna smack grandma.
.
Let me find some more pictures.
Who wants to do the hot wax thing? Sooo relaxing, and it leaves your skin silky smooth.
Are you talking Madonna and Willem Dafoe hot wax or Steve Carrell hot wax?
former Bush aide Ron Christie
as long as they keep hiring asswipes like this they will continue to be a disaster.
of course they don't really care since it's not the governments job to take care of you.
but hey, everyone got a 500 dollar check. woo, fuck'n, hoo...
My bidness partner is trying to drive me insane. I'm getting a test e-mail from him every 30 seconds.
Your biz partner is the dude from the Verizon Wireless commercials?
I guess I should go fold my laundry before it gets totally wrinkled.
Especially since I'm not invited to the slumber party.
Who wants to do the hot wax thing? Sooo relaxing, and it leaves your skin silky smooth.
mena
I hope you mean the paraffin-on-the-hands-thing, not the Brazilian thing.
Ok, this is a funny one:
Cocky Bastard
You're working with threadbot?
JeffCO
At least it's not fy.
Especially since I'm not invited to the slumber party.
Alright Chris, finish up and then come out.
I hope you mean the paraffin-on-the-hands-thing, not the Brazilian thing.
Marcia Brady
==
Well, now you've spoiled it. JeffCo bit, though.
I guess I should go fold my laundry before it gets totally wrinkled.
Especially since I'm not invited to the slumber party.
fourlegsgood
Well that's not very nice.
NTodd: Your biz partner is the dude from the Verizon Wireless commercials?
It would almost seem so, yes.
I'm just overjoyed that he found any time, at all, to work on this thang... I shouldn't complain about constant e-mails, should I?
.
I give you 2 kinds of dessert AND try to capture you some plushyporn™ and you treat me like that.
fooey.
fourlegsgood
Ok -- you can stay.
But we're gonna be talking about boyz.
Cocky Bastard
More like Cheeky Devil.
Especially since I'm not invited to the slumber party.
fourlegsgood
You can sit outside the door and listen if you like. I won't tell.
Who wants to do the hot wax thing? Sooo relaxing, and it leaves your skin silky smooth.
mena
Me! Who do we have to spread it on?
Who did you have in mind?
Dude, I'm on a fishing expedition. Whoever ya got, I gots the cash...
Cocky Bastard
Echidne of the snakes
That was bad, really bad Echidne.
I hope he's not your type.
I'm just overjoyed that he found any time, at all, to work on this thang... I shouldn't complain about constant e-mails, should I?
No, probably not.
I guess I should go fold my laundry before it gets totally wrinkled.
I used to feel the same way about Keith Richards.
Cocky Bastard
Echidne of the snakes
Who did you have in mind?
Dude, I'm on a fishing expedition. Whoever ya got, I gots the cash...
NTodd, Land Shark
I got what you want.
I don't know how to do slumber parties. Not part of my growing up rituals. Do I have to have hot wax? It's hard to get off the scales.
so the DOJ is adctively investigating it's own in-house whistleblowers for violations of the Espionage Act.
whatever happened to that Espionage`Act investigation of Rosen and Weissman? Larry Franklin feeding documents to a foreign spy, aided and abetted by Rosen and Weissman. I guess their violation of the Espionage Act is no big deal. stovepiping with foreign agents, not so much of a violation of the Act, revealing an illegal domestic spying operation, very much.
go figure.
I just linked to their song "Laika", not their entire catalog, which I haven't heard... are they boring?
-
MisterX
Ya know, I'm probably not the guy to ask. To me, the material's pretty samey...not a lot of dynamics or variety. They sound energetic, I'll give 'em that.
It's not the worst stuff I've ever heard...I just don't understand the worship. But to be fair, I'm just hearing it with half an ear in a cafe...
End of the Line?
THey don't want a GJ into the NSA thing, no sirree
Officials and others interviewed by the Times said the investigation seemed to lay the groundwork for a grand jury inquiry and possible criminal charges, the Times said.
lay the groundwork for a grand jury inquiry and possible criminal charges, the Times said.
Cocky Bastard
Echidne of the snakes
==
That's the kind of thing that's guaranteed to help a guy's career.
That was bad, really bad Echidne.
I hope he's not your type.
No. I like smart men with tall foreheads. And bald men.
I was going to say W.H. Auden, but ....
Taliban check!
Everyone look in your basements.
I don't know how to do slumber parties. Not part of my growing up rituals. Do I have to have hot wax? It's hard to get off the scales.
I dunno.
I never get invited. Apparently they're "no centaurs allowed" affairs.
"Why not a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow?"
I can't think of Paul Simon anymore without thinking of John Forster's brilliant parody of Simon and his penchant for recycling:
Paul Simon With His Dog After The War
(FUSION)
Fusion.
The intermingling of two musics.
I say it's the music of the future
And, hey, I oughta know.
Have you heard my latest album?
It's a masterpiece of fusion,
Just a masterpiece of fusion
If I do say so myself.
A true collaboration of the heaviest musicians on the planet.
That's Sakimoto playing the bamboo flute.
He's a monster.
And Big Joseph Nabuma on mbira.
Check it out.
And over on cabasa...who is that on cabasa?
Oh yeah, that's the guy who drove me in from the airport.
I forget his name, but he's a monster, too.
We're all just monsters of--
Fusion.
We're intermingling our musics
In a welter of ethnic confusion.
(Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.
Anh anh.
Zimbabwe, zimbabwe.
Anh anh.
Savuca! Loodloodloodloodloodloodloodloo!)
This pretty tune was written by Hans Leo Hassler
In 1599.
I wrote some words and changed about three notes.
Now ASCAP says it's mine.
I love constructing albums
From objects that I find,
From all kinds of folk riffs
That are just sort of out there.
Nobody owns them. They're in public domain.
And the foreign musicians
Who play those folk riffs,
Well, they're just grist for my fevered brain.
Mama, don't take my copyright.
Gimme that folk riff copyright.
Mama, don't take my copyright from me.
There've been slurs and innuendoes.
There've been nasty little comments.
I don't bother to respond to them.
They roll right off my back.
I'm well aware that there's an element
You could call "exploitation"
In the way that I appropriate the cultures of these peoples
For my own commercial purposes.
But everyone who works for me gets
Credit.
And royalties
And Grammys
And a chance to ride to stardom on my coattails, lay lay lay.
But, hey, let's just remember who's the genius here,
Who is the Master of--
Fusion?
Fusion.
It's a matter of "Finders Keepers."
Cause there ain't no copyrights in
Fusion.
Fusion.
We're all just ripping off each other
In a jungle of ethical con-Fusion.
And having a hell of a lot of fun.
I'm having a hell of a lot of
Ballpark.
I'm thinking this song is in the
Ballpark... [fade]
http://www.johnforster.com/FUSION.html
That was bad, really bad Echidne.
I hope he's not your type.
Al Swearengen
The worst of it is I suspect he thinking he looking good.
The precise location of The Garden of Eden is believed to be somewhere in modern Iraq.
It's hard to get off the scales.
You can remove the scales with just ice.
I have a very tall forehead.
:P~
No. I like smart men with tall foreheads.
Well, I've got the forehead. Can't claim to be bald, but I'm willing to work on it...
Do I have to have hot wax? It's hard to get off the scales.
Echidne of the snakes
Nah. But if we find any hairy chested boyz hanging 'round, we'll let you apply some.
Not only are all the emails missing from this post, they are missing from all previous posts, too.
Coincidence?
I think not.
Eden is an old hebrew word for pleasure.
I lost my cigs talking to Melissas cus.
Where's my phone?
.
The worst of it is I suspect he thinking he looking good.
He acts as if it's understood he's coo-ool.
I got what you want.
Samples. I want samples. Meet me at the I-91N rest stop near Brattleboro, VT...
who can call a Grand Jury with something like the NSA warrantless wiretaps? can an eager prosecutor in Northern Virginia ? how does that work?
fourlegsgood: No, probably not.
Well, I'm not complaining to him -- just y'all.
He wouldn't be caught dead, here. Trust me on that.
.
This just isn't fair. Vicki shows her pussy and next thing you know she's being left out.
Paradise is the greek translation of the babylonian word for garden.
4Legs--we allow centaurs to these slumber party affairs where no slumbering takes place. Do you have any good centaur gossip?
Well, is Maxx invited to the slumber party?
Samples. I want samples. Meet me at the I-91N rest stop near Brattleboro, VT...
NTodd, Land Shark
You know, you're imagination is probably even better than photos.
Echidne--you don't have to wax if you don't want. And we do eat chocolate.
Eden is an old hebrew word for pleasure.
'Fuck' is the most versatile word ever invented.
Oh goody, lots of tall foreheads. And do I smell slight jealousy in the air, hmh? About the cocky bastard.
Woah,
Seems I walked into some sort of pajama party.
I lost my cigs talking to Melissas cus.
Where's my phone?
You're going to call your cigarettes and see if you can hear them ringing?
-
sallyh
Ibrahim made a fresh batch of raspberry sorbet for the Olympics. plenty left for all.
4Legs--Maxx? Invited? Goes without saying.
I have a very tall forehead.
:P~
politica
Bangs help.
Female?
.
Paradise is the greek translation of the babylonian word for garden.
Paradise is exactly like where you are right now.
Only much, much better.
Do you have any good centaur gossip?
No.
sob.
There's a shortage of centaurs in texas these days.
Do you have any good centaur gossip?
I want to know how many shoes centaurs wear and how they lace the last one up.
NOBOYSALLOWED
Echidne of the snakes
isn't that precious.
however, i feel much better about that nude self portrait back in college. for which i was ridiculed mercilessly.
Taliban check!
Everyone look in your basements.
Fortunately, no basements in SoCal.
Oh goody, lots of tall foreheads. And do I smell slight jealousy in the air, hmh? About the cocky bastard.
Echidne of the snakes
Slight jealousy? I'd say we're ready to fight to the death.
Personally, I think I deserve a little extra consideration, since I cured your sinusitis.
Speaking of centaurs, this is not quite PC:
http://images.google.com/imgres?...s%3Den%26sa%
3DN
This just isn't fair. Vicki shows her pussy and next thing you know she's being left out.
Al Swearengen
Nobody left her out...
Vicki, Flory, Mena, Marcia--can we talk about boys now? And do makeovers and pedicures?
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See?
You know, you're imagination is probably even better than photos.
Marcia Brady ∞
And just how would you know?
4Legs--do you wear nail polish on the front legs only, or on all fours?
Oafer. Ucksake.
-
You know, you're imagination is probably even better than photos.
Yes, but there's something nice about tangible reality--reminds me that I'm probably not just a disembodied brain in a vat.
4Legs--Maxx? Invited? Goes without saying.
You have to wake him up first. I think he had too much ice cream.
Come on back 4LG. I'll file your hooves. Nobody has to do any hot wax, either. But I plan to talk about Fabio soon.
reminds me that I'm probably not just a disembodied brain in a vat.
NTodd, Land Shark
Don't be so sure. Thersites only learned a couple of months ago that he's a figment of my imagination.
spinoza with the link. how naughty.
4Legs--do you wear nail polish on the front legs only, or on all fours?
Ummmm.... I'm supposed to put polish on my hoofies?
NO ONE TOLD ME!!!!!! WAHHHHHHH!!!
Bangs help.
Female?
I have bangs, to cover the learned forehead. But they are sort of whispy, to reflect my playful nature...
Phila, you are first in line for a trophy position but you turned it down last time.
I got what you want.
Samples. I want samples. Meet me at the I-91N rest stop near Brattleboro, VT...
The last time Ntodd gave us a "tip" like that I had to shiver all night in a crappy pool auto. The last use of this car was to arrest some troll who was sick from snorting moth balls. Do you have any idea how bad that smelled?
Do you have any good centaur gossip?
I heard of this one centaur who was hung like a horse.
I want to know how many shoes centaurs wear and how they lace the last one up.
Echidne of the snakes
Shouldn't you know these things about your own kid?
Phila, you are first in line for a trophy position but you turned it down last time.
Echidne of the snakes
I did no such thing! What are you talking about?
Yes, but there's something nice about tangible reality--reminds me that I'm probably not just a disembodied brain in a vat.
NTodd, Land Shark
[High five to NTodd]
For some reason, women just don't get that about men. How come? JeffCO, you know?
You're going to call your cigarettes and see if you can hear them ringing?
-
QuentinCompson
about there
Gonna use the land line to call the cell, then the cell to call the cigs, but I can't find my little book with the number.
.
'Fuck' is the most versatile word ever invented.
NTodd, Land Shark |
amen, i invented that word. much to the horror of my parents.
seriously i was just dork'n around with nonsensical giberish. but i knew i was onto something when i blurted that one out.
I want to know how many shoes centaurs wear and how they lace the last one up.
I have arms you know.
I want to know how many shoes centaurs wear and how they lace the last one up.
Echidne of the snakes
Wouldn't know...I never really fit in with the horsey set.
NO ONE TOLD ME!!!!!! WAHHHHHHH!!!
You need a new blacksmith.
Mena--I could so go for a hand paraffin treatment. My poor paws look like hell.
But I plan to talk about Fabio soon.
mena
I have to have at least 4 drinks before anyone's allowed to talk about fabio.
Its just one of those rules.
but i knew i was onto something when i blurted that one out.
charley
The first person who ever said it must've felt the same way.
I did no such thing! What are you talking about?
Yes you did! You said that you didn't want to be one of a crowd. What am I to do? Throw all the poor trophies into the deep snow? Now that would be cruel.
Tribulations...
-
Tribulations...
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You could show me how to make up. Like how do you put mascara on without getting these things that look like spider legs on your cheeks and eyelids.
Yes you did! You said that you didn't want to be one of a crowd. What am I to do? Throw all the poor trophies into the deep snow? Now that would be cruel.
Echidne of the snakes
I must've been blind drunk. Or playing hard to get. Or both.
Either way, it's all a dreadful misunderstanding!
NTodd--are you near Brattleboro? Weird. I'm in Northampton. Is it snowing at your house? I haven't left this damn computer to look out the window (or get a drink all night...)
Flory--if we need at least 4 drinks, I'm way behind the curve. I'm still nursing the first goddamn glass of wine.
And I'm craving giant snickerdoodles. Should I bring them to the girls' party?
Its just one of those rules.
flory
==
Well, hurry up then, while I'm doing Sallyh's hands. I can't believe it's not butter..
And just how would you know?
Al Swearengen
Wild guess.
Yes, but there's something nice about tangible reality--reminds me that I'm probably not just a disembodied brain in a vat.
NTodd, Land Shark
You're not, baby.
But I plan to talk about Fabio soon.
mena
Are you saying there's a leg shaver opening?
Marcia--don't tell NTodd I said this, but he's mondo cute.
And I'm craving giant snickerdoodles. Should I bring them to the girls' party?
==
Yes, please.
NTodd--are you near Brattleboro? Weird. I'm in Northampton. Is it snowing at your house? I haven't left this damn computer to look out the window (or get a drink all night...)
Nope, I'm near Canadarialand. But I know Brattleboro well, and Northampton, too. We've gotten absolutely nothing during this BIG SCARY STORM. Not uncommon, this far north of Rte 4. Too bad, because we barely have any snow on the ground.
Hey, Liberal Elitists.
Been out all evening.
Soooooo glad Atrios called out STuart Taylor, Jr.. This guy is one of those "tort reform" pimps who's been out there repeating all the myths about $6MM judgement awarded to the old lady who spilled McDonald's coffee on herself while driving (except that the verdict was reduced -- and she wasn't driving -- and she suffered third degree burns on her legs, buttocks and vagina) and $30MM tricycles that injure little kids.
The guy is a waste.
As long as we're posting rock video links:
Dengue Fever.
You could show me how to make up. Like how do you put mascara on without getting these things that look like spider legs on your cheeks and eyelids.
Echidne of the snakes
'kay. But its easier without the four drinks first.
sallyh:
the idea is, the slower we drink, the less likely it is we have to hear about fabio.
and snickerdoodles are always welcome.
Either way, it's all a dreadful misunderstanding!
Sure. /sarcastic smile/
Echidne--hold your mouth open when you apply mascara. That way your face is relaxed and your eyes are wide open, and you won't get the tell tales.
Well, I should probably bail. I'm out of wine, out of patience with this fucking podcast upload, and I think out of time, or at least out of my mind. See all y'all on the flip.
*mwah*
As long as we're posting rock video links:
Dengue Fever.
Phila
Oh, far out. Is there one for Painful Rectal Itch?
Marcia--don't tell NTodd I said this, but he's mondo cute.
He won the chunk of the week competition.
Yes, but there's something nice about tangible reality--reminds me that I'm probably not just a disembodied brain in a vat.
NTodd, Land Shark
You're not, baby.
Marcia Brady ∞
LOL...
Me and the SNPA are losing the comprehension battle here, tonight, so... I'm thinking maybe it's time to turn into a pumpkin and leaf!
.
Censorship Is Alleged at NOAA
Scientists Afraid to Speak Out, NASA Climate Expert Reports
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, February 11, 2006; A07
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...1001766_pf.html
NEW YORK, Feb. 10 -- James E. Hansen, the NASA climate scientist who sparked an uproar last month by accusing the Bush administration of keeping scientific information from reaching the public, said Friday that officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are also muzzling researchers who study global warming.
Hansen, speaking in a panel discussion about science and the environment before a packed audience at the New School university, said that while he hopes his own agency will soon adopt a more open policy, NOAA insists on having "a minder" monitor its scientists when they discuss their findings with journalists.
"It seems more like Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union than the United States," said Hansen, prompting a round of applause from the audience. He added that while NOAA officials said they maintain the policy for their scientists' protection, "if you buy that one please see me at the break, because there's a bridge down the street I'd like to sell you."
etc.
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Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
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Cigs and phone under control.
And as a male we all know I need that control thing.
(where's Zoe?)
.
Echidne--hold your mouth open when you apply mascara. That way your face is relaxed and your eyes are wide open, and you won't get the tell tales.
Resist.saying.anything....deep.breaths..
don't tell NTodd I said this, but he's mondo cute.
Sallyh, Madame Poissonniere
Yeah, I saw him on the blogger panel. And no Vermont accent...
The boyz are all leaving us.....
I knew talking about fabio was a bad idea.....
G'night NTodd. Hope you dream of iCentaurs and ungulate bondage sex.
He won the chunk of the week competition.
Echidne of the snakes
chunk?
.
Spinoza--are you hanging outside the door? Didn't you read the sign that Echidne put up?
hold your mouth open when you apply mascara. That way your face is relaxed and your eyes are wide open, and you won't get the tell tales.
Sallyh, Madame Poissonniere
Now go on to the eyeliner. Do you use liquid or pencil?
Resist.saying.anything....deep.breaths..
spinoza
==
Here's the cotton balls for putting between our toes!
Did I mention I can't believe it's not butter?
Nightie, y'all! Videotape the pillowfight, okay?
♥
G'night NTodd. Hope you dream of...ungulate bondage sex.
spinoza
...and peekaboo bras
Echidne--pencils make for a softer line, liquid for a narrow, firm one. I like both, depending on my mood. I found the pencils easier when I was starting out with liner.
The Coretta Scott King funeral is being re-broadcast on CSPAN right now. The Big Dog is speaking right now.
So....do I switch over to the zombie movie, or stick with the Olympics?
I need guidance.
- and she wasn't driving -- and she suffered third degree burns on her legs, buttocks and vagina) and $30MM tricycles that injure little kids.
i was driving, and i spilled that mcdonalds coffee on my um, lap...
and i should have gotten some money...
at any rate it hurt like hell, not third degree hell, but at least first degree hell, probably second degree.
the point being that after that lawsuit they quit making the coffee too damn hot.
Sallyh-What is this door you speak of?
Furthermore and notwithstanding:
Lali Puna.
I hope people won't think I'm one of these Asian-obsessed boys, just 'cause both these bands have pretty Asian singers.
Now go on to the eyeliner. Do you use liquid or pencil?
I bought a pencil. But I don't really know how to use makeup at all. I bought all sorts of things in case I become a Famous Blogger, but so far I've used the liner pencil to mark things in woodwork.
Spinoza--the one with the sign that says "NOBOYSALLOWED!"
can you lite a kitchen match with your thumb nail?
.
Flory--zombie flick was a lot of fun.
As long as we're posting rock video links:
Dengue Fever.
Phila
HEY! I liked that! Tres cool! Saved, thanks!
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Also, MacDonalds had ignored lots of earlier complaints. The damages were for MacDonald's profit on coffee for one day.
I need guidance.
flory
Well the nice thing about the Olympics playing in the background is you know when something important happens.
Echidne--what colors of eyeshadow did you buy?
can you lite a kitchen match with your thumb nail?
Or on your butt?
HEY! I liked that! Tres cool! Saved, thanks!
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MisterX
Glad to hear it! Pick up their latest CD if you get a chance...very entertaining. Great live, too.
Mom:
You must absolutely come to EschaConII. We can have a real slumber party and go over all these little rituals for you.....
Now go on to the eyeliner. Do you use liquid or pencil?
The liquid is best for darkness.
.
the point being that after that lawsuit they quit making the coffee too damn hot.
charley
charley ... the had had many complaints about the coffee before Stella Liebeck sued them. They had even paid some people off. They told Liebeck to fuck off and she got a lawyer. She really did have third degree burns on her vagina. She was 78 years old and her wounds had to be debrided. She won a ton of money, a verdict which was reduced by the judge. Then McDonald's appealed and the verdict was reduced again. She wouldn up settling for approximately $650K. The coffee was 190 degrees.
Echidne--what colors of eyeshadow did you buy?
Various skin shades, green and violet. Eye have green eyes with yellow stripes.
I come back from an extended afk and that Bono Peppers guy is -frist-.
wtf.
Blogwhoring is one thing, but to flog the same damn joke for what...4 days? Just knock it off already, christ.
Various skin shades, green and violet. Eye have green eyes with yellow stripes.
Echidne of the snakes
==
That sounds lovely. Are you brunette or fair?
Mom:
You must absolutely come to EschaConII. We can have a real slumber party and go over all these little rituals for you.....
Extreme makeover! I like that. I'm planning to come because I have kin in Chicago and I can schedule a visit with them right around the same date.
Spinoza--the one with the sign that says "NOBOYSALLOWED!"
But I am wearing my Andrea Dworkin perfume.
Echidne--cover the whole lid, from lash to brow, with the skin shade. Fill in the crease with a darker shade, and then use the darker shade from the crease to the lashes.
That sounds lovely. Are you brunette or fair?
Fair, mostly. Sometimes I dye my hair but not now.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
m...1707291,00.html
Read it and enjoy batses! The guardian dispenses with Fitzmas and talks about, "St. Patrick's Day!"
Nice profile. Gives one hope.
For some reason, women just don't get that about men. How come? JeffCO, you know? -Al
Sorry - stepped out for some pizza. Yes, I do know and thanks for asking.
Furthermore and notwithstanding:
Lali Puna.
I hope people won't think I'm one of these Asian-obsessed boys, just 'cause both these bands have pretty Asian singers.
Phila
HEY! I liked that one too. Hope I don't have a fetish developing. Saved!
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Various skin shades, green and violet. Eye have green eyes with yellow stripes.
Echidne of the snakes
I like dark green smokey eyeshadow, but I don't think Sallyh concurs.
Spinoza--are you the pizza delivery guy?
The Coretta Scott King funeral is being re-broadcast on CSPAN right now.
Holy shit!
In 4 1/2 years, Bush has failed to prepare for another emergency like 9/11. Republicans vehemently protested that there was nothing he could have done to prevent 9/11. What will be their excuse this time?
Dear people of America,
You stupid fucks bought his bullshit and reelected the moron. What'd you expect?
with regards,
the GOP
Marcia B--actually, I think the dark green would be lovely in the crease and to the lash line. I like the skin shades for undercoating and highlights under the brow bone.
"Echidne--cover the whole lid, from lash to brow, with the skin shade. Fill in the crease with a darker shade, and then use the darker shade from the crease to the lashes.
Sallyh, Madame Poissonniere"
I can attest to this one.
Wait, no I can't...I can't even understand it.
But I am wearing my Andrea Dworkin perfume.
spinoza
But we *like* boys.
I must've been blind drunk. Or playing hard to get. Or both.
I'd go with playing hard to get drunk.
How about THIS?
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So....do I switch over to the zombie movie, or stick with the Olympics?
I need guidance.
flory
Shame we can't combine 'em. The Olympics with eatage would be far freaking out, and, when a Zombie does a really good sitspin, they tend to come apart and fly into the stands. Audience participation!
They can't Curl, though; little bits keep falling off in front of the stone, and they stop sweeping to pick 'em up. Hey, you only got one nose..
Nim--we want you guys to see the results, not the strategy.
Spinoza--are you the pizza delivery guy?
Sallyh,
Say yes Spinoza
The men in the cave are the philosophers.
Echidne--what colors of eyeshadow did you buy?
Various skin shades, green and violet. Eye have green eyes with yellow stripes.
Echidne of the snakes
Loving this
Highlight the area below the lashes with light color to bring it out.
.
Thanks for the advice. I took the stuff out and practised. It looks a little like when I got black eyes in karate, though.
actually, I think the dark green would be lovely in the crease and to the lash line. I like the skin shades for undercoating and highlights under the brow bone.
Sallyh, Madame Poissonniere
For some reason I thought you didn't like green eyeshadow. I like dark gray and violet, too.
Yay!! Mom's coming to EschaConII.
Now if we can get 4lg there, we have a family reunion.....
Echidne - I love the idea of a makeover night at the next eschacon! You sound rather beautiful already, by the way.
Nim--we want you guys to see the results, not the strategy.
Sallyh, Madame Poissonniere |
Can I see mine in an elevator going up fast, one with shiny walls?
Marcia B--depends on the green. There are some greens that I think are lovely. They don't flatter me; I tend towards more bluish tones.
These speeches are so good. We need a black president.
Dear people of America,
You stupid fucks bought his bullshit and reelected the moron. What'd you expect?
with regards,
the GOP
The funny thing about this, is that I remember many people on different forums who voted FOR Bush, were angry he won.
Shame we can't combine 'em. The Olympics with eatage would be far freaking out, and, when a Zombie does a really good sitspin, they tend to come apart and fly into the stands. Audience participation!
They can't Curl, though; little bits keep falling off in front of the stone, and they stop sweeping to pick 'em up. Hey, you only got one nose..
Doozer
Brilliant!
HEY! I liked that one too. Hope I don't have a fetish developing. Saved!
-
MisterX
Again, their last CD's worth picking up. Pretty much every song on it is anti-Bush, too.
You sound rather beautiful already, by the way.
No. I'm scarey looking. Wingnuts hide when I walk down the street.
Echidine ...
I had no one to teach me how to put on makeup. At one of my jobs I used to get all these free books and one of the publishers sent me a book called "Cindy Crawford's Basic Face." It was incredibly helpful. Check it out -- you can get it for $0.01 used on Amazon.
Now let's do someone else. Fourlegs?
4Legs--how do centaurs like their makeup done?
I like dark green smokey eyeshadow, but I don't think Sallyh concurs.
Marcia Brady
So do I. And why would sallyh object. She's a redhead!
MisterX
Great Dobson's ghost, what was that?
"Nim--we want you guys to see the results, not the strategy.
Sallyh, Madame Poissonniere"
I won't claim to be a stereotypical guy, but.... makeup ain't the sort of thing I would notice unless it was pointed out with a brightly-labelled diagram.
Being clever and friendly is a lot more conspicuous
Dr. Strangelove is on TCM.
Thanks for the tip, ril. I'll look up the book.
Now let's do someone else. Fourlegs?
Echidne of the snakes
Heh. I think he bolted.
Dr. Strangelove is on TCM.
jack
I'm gone.
They can't Curl, though; little bits keep falling off in front of the stone, and they stop sweeping to pick 'em up. Hey, you only got one nose..
Doozer
The ice hockey competition would be awesome.
You wouldn't know if you were chasing the puck or a spare foot.
And high-sticking would open whole new vistas....
"Cindy Crawford's Basic Face."
Step 1: be born looking like Cindy Crawford
Step 2: ????
Step 3: Profit!!!
I had no one to teach me how to put on makeup.
res ipsa loquitur
I taught myself.
,
"Now let's do someone else. Fourlegs?
Echidne of the snakes
Heh. I think he bolted.
Marcia Brady ∞"
She, if I'm not mistaken.
Ya never can be sure with those wacky internets though.
Sallyh-Did you order the one half Fabio and one half Hasselhof pizza?
The coffee was 190 degrees.
res, i was going to say 200 degrees, but that would have been a guess. i was 18 years old with the fresh young skin. still, it hurt like hell...
i didn't think she deserved 30 million, but sumt'n.
and god bless her. or as bill murray said to the Dalai Lama in caddyshack "hey, how 'bout a little sumth'n extra for the effort."
and with that fair atriots, a fond adieu.
Dr. Strangelove is on TCM.
==
Not here it isn't.
Thanks for the advice. I took the stuff out and practised. It looks a little like when I got black eyes in karate, though.
Echidne of the snakes
Rule #1. When in doubt -- less is always better than more.
Girls, I must leave. I have a boy on the phone.
Have fun!
Somebodies been teaching these black folks the art of rhetoric.
Snow's starting to accumulate nicely, no wind lets it outline the tree branches--sort of like a fluffy cat's tail. Lovely.
My birthday's tomorrow, so looks like Mother Nature's coming through with a really beautiful present: Enough snow for good cross-country skiing.
Let it snow!
Hope it's not heavy enough to cause transportation problems for those of you having to go out of necessity. Be careful and safe.
No. I'm scarey looking. Wingnuts hide when I walk down the street.
Well, vampires hide from sunshine. Wingnuts aren't much different.
Girls comb their hair in rear view mirrors and the boys try to look so hard.
Dr. Strangelove is on TCM.
==
Not here it isn't.
mena
Total bummer. And me wanting to shave some legs too.
The woman who had that McDonald's coffee spilled on her was in her seventies and wearing polyester pants. The pants melted to her skin. She ended up needing skin grafts.
Brilliant!
Marcia Brady ∞
enkeewww! Try the veal; it'll be here all week...
Hey, the Summer Games will be streamed. Maybe I can watch the Zombie hunnert yard dash. The object being, of course, to make it a hunnert yards before you come apart in the Athens summer heat.
No diving, though. Pretty obvious reason (especially the high platform...yuck). And who's gonna clean the pool? Not me, that's for sure...
The Big Chill is on TCM.
"Rule #1. When in doubt -- less is always better than more.
flory "
From a purely superficial point of view...yes.
In fact...none is better than less.
Au naturel is teh best.
Pretty much every song on it is anti-Bush, too.
SOLD
And me wanting to shave some legs too.
Al Swearengen
==
Hey, I can help you out.
The Big Chill brought the sounds of Motown to a new generation.
I had no one to teach me how to put on makeup.
res ipsa loquitur
I taught myself as well.
But it was the 80's and I was going for the simple eyeliner look. Only points for style, not professionalism.
I really had a hard time with getting my hair to stand up completely though.
"Now let's do someone else. Fourlegs?
Echidne of the snakes
Heh. I think he bolted.
Marcia Brady ∞"
She, if I'm not mistaken.
Ya never can be sure with those wacky internets though.
Fourlegs is a centaur or a centaur wannabe. Maybe they don't have gender.
Everybody's out on the road tonight, but there's no place left to hide.
MisterX
Great Dobson's ghost, what was that?
EkCenTriK
Which one?
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MisterX
Great Dobson's ghost, what was that?
EkCenTriK
Which one?
-
Girls, I must leave. I have a boy on the phone.
*sigh*
Some people have all the fun.
sallyh -- where's that wine?
The woman who had that McDonald's coffee spilled on her was in her seventies and wearing polyester pants. The pants melted to her skin. She ended up needing skin grafts.
Echidne of the snakes
I've spent so many goddamn hours explaining that to people. And that the fines on McDonald's were punitive.
I was glad to see Snopes has something about it. There was even a wingnut on their who accepted he'd been mistaken.
Au naturel is teh best.
I sort of agree. That's why I don't have much experience in makeup. Except once we went to that 1970's cult movie and I painted my whole face with a red lipstick. I was a piggy pink for about a week afterwards.
Two other things about the McDonald's coffee woman ...
She was not driving (as cretins like Stuart Taylor, Jr. have reported).
The verdict was reduced to account for her own contributory negligence (opening the coffee while holding the cup between her knees).
Echidne: Yes, she did have skin grafts.
(I wrote a research paper in law school about tort reform myths and lies propagated like trash like STuart Taylor and Philip K. Howard.)
The guy in his nerd shack. I came in late so I have no context.
agave - I would have guessed you for more of a 'natural look' kind of fellow....
The pants melted to her skin.
see, that explains it. i never knew that.
still, that coffee was too fuck'n hot.
uh, hot coffee
The object being, of course, to make it a hunnert yards before you come apart in the Athens summer heat.
Beijing. And I wonder what the effect of smog is on zombies?
And me wanting to shave some legs too.
Al Swearengen
Hey, I can help you out.
mena
Okay! I know, I know, the higher you go the more careful you need to be. My question is do we start and the bottom and work our way up or do we start at the top and work our way down? And do you prefer cream or hot lather?
Zombie Olympics?
Finally accuracy in the Skeleton competition.
Have fun, Marcia Brady. Don't do anything I wouldn't do. And don't eat him up, either.
Rule #1. When in doubt -- less is always better than more.
flory
True.
When I first met Melissa she got a clue that I love women with well done make make up. She went a little over board.
But damn, how sexy?
.
And high-sticking would open whole new vistas....
flory
Not to mention thoraxes...
And a good slapshot could go right through the Goalie. How the hell would you score that?
w00t!
Okay! I know, I know, the higher you go the more careful you need to be. My question is do we start and the bottom and work our way up or do we start at the top and work our way down? And do you prefer cream or hot lather?
First you write your name on your legs with the razor. Then you shave aimlessly around it.
i find the olympics boring, and the winter olympics way boring, but i will never forget Tommy Smith.
It cant be said enough
LIBERALS SUCK
First you write your name on your legs with the razor. Then you shave aimlessly around it.
==
No, no. It's just like mowing the lawn, you have to make perfect rows.
Echidne of the snakes,
I saw your blog mentioned in an article on Alternet a few days ago.
Zombie Olympics.
I wonder what the track and field events would be like.
Shot put, discus, javelin, hammer throw.
Arms ripped out of sockets. I wonder how many spins before the centrifugal causes that to happen.
Of course, weight lifting would be out.
First you write your name on your legs with the razor. Then you shave aimlessly around it.
Echidne of the snakes
We Echidne, it's a we thing.
I watched the march of the nations or whatever it is called in the Olympic opening ceremonies. What struck me how alike all the athletes looked, from all the different countries. It seems that being very fit makes you look a certain way.
Au naturel is teh best.
Right there with ya. The occasional makeup-as-adornment can be great, but the every day "there's something wrong with the way I look" never go out in public without makeup has always struck me as a sort of internalized oppression. Besides, whether I'm kissing a lip or a temple or a nape or a finger or a toe, I vastly prefer the lingering sweaty salty natural taste to a chemical one. I'm particular that way.
The verdict was reduced to account for her own contributory negligence (opening the coffee while holding the cup between her knees).
How is this contributory negligence? If she'd been holding it above her waist the stuff would've splashed all over her.
I saw your blog mentioned in an article on Alternet a few days ago.
I don't know that one. But I have gotten a lot of mentions recently. Hence the need for the makeup and the tight sweaters and stuff. I'm going to be the Wonkette to outwonkette the Wonkette.
Man, I feel good lately. I've been smoking hash or pot every day for a few months now and it's been good for my temperment.
It's just like mowing the lawn.
mena
Sounds like Echidne is better suited for this job.
"I sort of agree. That's why I don't have much experience in makeup. Except once we went to that 1970's cult movie and I painted my whole face with a red lipstick. I was a piggy pink for about a week afterwards.
Echidne of the snakes"
I've given up trying to discuss the issue in relationships. I don't like makeup. Don't like the way it looks, don't like the way it feels when you kiss it.....
But I've been lectured repeatedly about the issue, so I don't try to understand it anymore. If y'all like gunking your faces up, more power to you!
It seems that being very fit makes you look a certain way.
Yeah.
We Echidne, it's a we thing.
I am to shave you?
The woman who had that McDonald's coffee spilled on her was in her seventies and wearing polyester pants. The pants melted to her skin. She ended up needing skin grafts.
Also too, I read an article which said that she was a Republican, her lawyer, too, and the Judge, and most of the jury. How's that for a VLWC? Plus, the award was reduced quite a bit. And I wonder if, like a lot of "winners" she got diddly from Mac D, judgement or no.
Watching a man mow his lawn is like watching him take a shit.
How is this contributory negligence? If she'd been holding it above her waist the stuff would've splashed all over her.
I guess they thought a less negligent person would have put it on a flat surface to open it.
It's just like mowing the lawn
Is that a rider or push behind?
Wonkette to outwonkette the Wonkette.
Hopefully not, Wonkette seems a bit remote and aristocratic. She has no comments enabled.
Our view of Stoicism as a practical ethics is largely an historical accident. The early and middle stoics(greeks) wrote just as much on physics and logic. However, it is only the late latin stoics(seneca, aurelius, epictetus) that survive first hand.
Time to find a pillow.
"there's something wrong with the way I look" never go out in public without makeup has always struck me as a sort of internalized oppression.
Insecurity or inadequacy. The makeup soon becomes a mask meant to hide rather than adorn.
Arms ripped out of sockets. I wonder how many spins before the centrifugal causes that to happen.
Just imagine zombie figure skating.
First of all, there'd be body parts all over the ice...
and how would you keep the skaters from gnawing on the judges?
Actually, I don't know much about Wonkette at all really. I wonder what is the source of her mystique.
Hmmm. Since Mister X liked two videos I posted, I'm racking my brains for a third.
I guess I can keep the international electro-indie vibe going with Barbara Morgenstern. Not the best song, but the only one I could find.
Also, the Ukranian band Fotomoto is pretty good. No videos, though.
Is that a rider or push behind?
==
actually, a little roomba-style dealie could be fun.
I'm pretty sure I've scared off most of eschaton.
It's just like mowing the lawn
Is that a rider or push behind?
spinoza
Doesn't matter as long as it has a catcher.
agave - I would have guessed you for more of a 'natural look' kind of fellow....
mena
That's pretty much how I am.
but I have dabbled in the transvestite thing.
I know about makeup more than most women.
Actually, I don't know much about Wonkette at all really. I wonder what is the source of her mystique.
Balzac
Anal sex.
"Besides, whether I'm kissing a lip or a temple or a nape or a finger or a toe, I vastly prefer the lingering sweaty salty natural taste to a chemical one. I'm particular that way.
JeffCO"
Amen.
Skin > synthetic goop.
...and a gas engine.
I wonder what is the source of her mystique.
Ass fucking.
And a good slapshot could go right through the Goalie. How the hell would you score that?
Doozer
Seems like the equipment could be decisive, don't it?
'm pretty sure I've scared off most of eschaton.
Xcpt perhaps when it got caught on some "serge"
Insecurity or inadequacy.
Yes, but how were they made to feel insecure and to whom? It's man's man's man's world (but it wouldn't be nothin', nothin' without a woman or a girl).
Phila, Ahhh ha ha!
No, no. It's just like mowing the lawn, you have to make perfect rows.
mena
You could try that checkboard pattern, like on baseball diamonds.
I wanna die with you, Wendy, on the streets tonight in an everlasting kiss....
Actually, I don't know much about Wonkette at all really. I wonder what is the source of her mystique.
Balzac
I never got it either, because she's boring and not hot.
I think it's the anal sex.
Of course, weight lifting would be out.
David (Austin Tx)
Swimming would be interesting. You'd have to vacuum the pool after every race.
Cookies!
You didn't think they baked themselves now, did you?
Anal sex.
...and a gas engine.
Umm - those were regarding different topics, right?
Wonkette was replaced by two men. I shall refrain from the feminist comment this might raise.
But more seriously, I might do better as a Famous Blogger by developing an angry feminazi look instead.
Well, a day late and a dollar short, that's my story.
Central--I have to agree with you about Wonkette.
I'm listening to Thievery Corporation - Richest Man in Babylon
I saw these guys live at the last big protest in DC. It was phat. These guys are so classy and they're from DC. I've been listening to them for a couple years now.
I'm going to bed.
Y'all let that guy who wants to post stuff...
"an angry feminazi look instead."
That mean you are going for the modified mohawk?
Anal sex.
...and a gas engine.
Umm - those were regarding different topics, right?
I think it is part of Santorum's new biofuels initiative.
I'm going to be the Wonkette to outwonkette the Wonkette.
Echidne of the snakes |
i don't know about that.
your blog is actually worth the time it takes to read.
ok, really, i say i'm going to leave and 40 mins. later i haven't left. sorry.
First you write your name on your legs with the razor. Then you shave aimlessly around it.
Legs?
gniter vicki
Perhaps if I talked about ass fucking on my blog I'd get more hits.
I am fantasizing re: an older (60+) man w/greying hair, a musician all his life. Kind, gentle, tender. Intelligent, funny. Sexy as all get-out.
I even know who he is.
Mmmmmm.......
When I get too old to think this way, I suppose I will have to go out on that ice floe w/that bottle of whatever.
You could try that checkboard pattern, like on baseball diamonds.
go for a dizzying pop art patter
I guess they thought a less negligent person would have put it on a flat surface to open it.
res ipsa loquitur
In a car?
Flory--less is more in makeup, indeed.
"I'm going to be the Wonkette to outwonkette the Wonkette."
Now with more Wonketty in every paragraph.
"I think it's the anal sex.
Central Scrutinizer"
I always assumed it was some sort of "insider" cred, as she worked in D.C., combined with low-level cattiness. MoDo lite, with a little blogger cred.
However, it wasn't actually interesting enough to read regularly =x
Perhaps if I talked about ass fucking on my blog I'd get more hits.
fourlegsgood | Homepage | 02.12.06 - 12:51 am | #
Keep it pure...
Insecurity or inadequacy.
Yes, but how were they made to feel insecure and to whom? It's man's man's man's world (but it wouldn't be nothin', nothin' without a woman or a girl).
JeffCO
I think it's between women, the need for makeup, at least the powder and pancake stuff. I've never met a man that cared.
Lipstick is purely sexual. Highlighting the eyes is useful as well.
Ever see the Ethiopian tribal ceremony where the men wear makeup and present themselves in a competition for women's attention?
Perhaps if I talked about ass fucking on my blog I'd get more hits.
fourlegsgood
It's a safe bet. Not sure how much there is to say about it, though.
You could try that checkboard pattern, like on baseball diamonds.
flory
==
Actually, In my sculpture class, i assign a 3-D contour line project using wire. They have to 'draw' an article of clothing. i have a student right now making a pair of fishnet stockings. They're going to be gorgeous.
I mean seriously, double plushy tonight and not even Flory leaves me a comment.
"an angry feminazi look instead."
That mean you are going for the modified mohawk?
I thought it was the double-wide landing strip.
4Legs--what, instead of PlushyPorn? Perish the thought!
I am fantasizing re: an older (60+) man w/greying hair, a musician all his life. Kind, gentle, tender. Intelligent, funny. Sexy as all get-out.
I even know who he is.
Mmmmmm.......
Sarah Deere
Keith Richards?
I guess they thought a less negligent person would have put it on a flat surface to open it.
res ipsa loquitur
In a car?
My truck has one, but then when you hit pot holes, the coffee goes all over the dash, and I put sugar in my coffee.
Perhaps if I talked about ass fucking on my blog I'd get more hits.
fourlegsgood
Please, don't.
4Legs--DoublePlushy AND dessert!
It's a safe bet. Not sure how much there is to say about it, though.
I guess I could review that book by the crazy woman who told about her whole ass fucking career.
Please, don't.
Oh, okay.
But more seriously, I might do better as a Famous Blogger by developing an angry feminazi look instead.
Echidne of the snakes
But to carry it off, you'd have to *be* angry all the time.
And then you'd turn into a lefty AnnThrax or Magdaglanglang.
Was Billmon disappeared?
i have a student right now making a pair of fishnet stockings. They're going to be gorgeous.
Wouldn't that hurt to wear?
Anal sex.
...and a gas engine.
Umm - those were regarding different topics, right?
spinoza
Well not if you're talking about Rick Santorum.
4Legs--that kitty looks blissed out on vanilla ice cream.
I think it's between women, the need for makeup, at least the powder and pancake stuff. I've never met a man that cared.
There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder.
"Keith Richards?
Al Swearengen"
That was just cruel.
"an angry feminazi look instead."
That mean you are going for the modified mohawk?
I was thinking more along the lines of shaving my head and wearing construction overalls and heavy boots. And a couple of nose rings. But that is fairly close to what goddesses wear anyway.
I mean seriously, double plushy tonight and not even Flory leaves me a comment.
fourlegsgood
That's the blogging lifestyle for ya! If it weren't for nudibranchs, I'd get a comment or two a month.
Since Anna Marie Cox left Wonkette, it is not really just unreadable.
And not due to the lack of anal sex.
I think it was when they let Glenn Reynolds guest blog.
Hell, I wouldn't let Reynolds guest blog at my blog, even if it would get me more readers.
I'm so depressed.
I took the worst fucking pictures of all time today.
Which means I'm going to have to go shoot another roll tomorrow morning, THEN spend all fucking day in the darkroom.
Ever see the Ethiopian tribal ceremony where the men wear makeup and present themselves in a competition for women's attention?
The look kind of good.
In a car?
flory
==
No shit. It was a fucking drive-through.
However, it wasn't actually interesting enough to read regularly =x
Nim, ham hock of liberty
As a former Washingtonian, I used to enjoy it for the 'insidery' stuff.
But the more publicity she got, the less interesting her writing.
Hey Central, how's Trout and the gang?
But to carry it off, you'd have to *be* angry all the time.
And then you'd turn into a lefty AnnThrax or Magdaglanglang.
Don't worry. I have some ethics, not a lot, but more than is allowed for that fate.
is the slumber party's exclusionary objectification of those with penises over and done with?
Echidne of the snakes,
I'm pretty pumped about blogging in general. I gave I a shot once and then burned out. Now I've started again, better focused.
It feels like we're really starting to get on the nerves of the big crazy jerks. That's a good thing, I think.
Well, a day late and a dollar short, that's my story.
Central Scrutinizer
That's what Dickens said...
Hell, I wouldn't let Reynolds guest blog at my blog, even if it would get me more readers.
Hell, I wouldn't let instacracker comment at my blog.
There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder.
JeffCO
Christ almighty...what was that song...Dave Edmunds? That was a minor hit for a week or two...
But that is fairly close to what goddesses wear anyway.
Isn't that one of the perks of goddessness, you look good in everything?
Hell, I wouldn't let instacracker comment at my blog.
fourlegsgood
I wouldn't piss on him if he were on fire.
Thanks, charley, and good night to you.
Doozer, that is a great picture. I want one of those for my trophy cabinet.
SHE'S ON BUSH RIGHT NOW. CSPAN.
Good night, folks. Peace. Love. Understanding.
Mrs. Ibrahim--no. We haven't even turned on the George Clooney flicks.
I wouldn't piss on him if he were on fire.
Me neither.
He is teh creepy.
"I wouldn't piss on him if he were on fire.
Phila"
I would.
But not enough to actually extinguish the fire.
(sorry).
Perhaps if I talked about ass fucking on my blog I'd get more hits.
fourlegsgood
Hell, you get double my readership, and I have been trying to make a go of it for almost 1 year now.
I think I need to pack it in.
My thoughts on Keller's latest hissy fit is up. I'd also emailed him almost the whole blog entry. I'm done for the night. I've been writing and web surfing all day. I'm getting too old for this shit.
I was thinking more along the lines of shaving my head and wearing construction overalls and heavy boots. And a couple of nose rings. But that is fairly close to what goddesses wear anyway. -Echidne
However you do your hair you will remain tress chic.
Is that a rider or push behind?
==
actually, a little roomba-style dealie could be fun.
Someone years ago "invented" a deal where the self-propelled mower was tethered to a pole in the venter of the yard, and mowed in a shrinking spiral till it stopped. I think there was sime kind of auto shutoff, but it's been a while...
I see people weren't joking about Wonkett's anal sex mystique.
I mean seriously, double plushy tonight and not even Flory leaves me a comment.
fourlegsgood
Hey!! I tried. I couldn't get the comments to open.
Seriously. I'll go try again.
Wouldn't that hurt to wear?
doug, hairy neanderthal
==
Hmmm.
Isn't that one of the perks of goddessness, you look good in everything?
Invisible, mostly. Like right now I'm blowing softly on your neck while you sit there typing away.
4Legs--I left a comment.
Wonkette is no longer anna marie cox? I guess it's just a blogger namespace property held by Gawker Media now.
4lg -- nope.
Still can't get the comments to open.
4Legs--I left a comment.
I saw that.
I'm a big whiner tonight, cause I don't feel so good.
Hell, you get double my readership, and I have been trying to make a go of it for almost 1 year now.
I think I need to pack it in.
Don't get discouraged to early. It took me a year to get to a thousand a day.
Invisible, mostly. Like right now I'm blowing softly on your neck while you sit there typing away.
I was wondering why for no apparent reason I was getting excited.
Something I noticed in the condemnation of Carter and others over their politicizing the service was the complete absence of including King's daughter in the same complaint.
Still can't get the comments to open.
Really?
Works for me. Odd.
Hell, you get double my readership, and I have been trying to make a go of it for almost 1 year now.
I'm satisfied with my readership...it's the time and effort that bugs me. And the sense that I'm repeating myself endlessly.
Something I noticed in the condemnation of Carter and others over their politicizing the service was the complete absence of including King's daughter in the same complaint.
EkCenTriK
Well, because that would be unseemly
/media critic
is the slumber party's exclusionary objectification of those with penises over and done with?
Mrs. Ibrahim al-Jaafari
===
Well, they made me stop talking about Fabio.
I'm a big whiner tonight, cause I don't feel so good.
{{{{{{fourlegs}}}}}}
Hell, you get double my readership, and I have been trying to make a go of it for almost 1 year now.
How do you know?
"Keith Richards?
Al Swearengen"
That was just cruel.
EkCenTriK
Okay then, Ron Wood?
Did anyone see this story?
It's from Raw Story, detailing a peice that is about to come out in the Boston Globe. I was wondering if anyone had seen the story from the Globe on the web yet. I have some people that desperatly need to read this story. Can anyone proveide a link?
Hell, you get double my readership, and I have been trying to make a go of it for almost 1 year now.
Perhaps you should try pimping your cat.
Jebus, it seems like Torino is going to be one big open air, free opera for the next two weeks.
is the slumber party's exclusionary objectification of those with penises over and done with?
Mrs. Ibrahim al-Jaafari
For the time being.
We might catch a second wind though.
A stoic poem, Henry Wootton....
How happy is he born and taught
That serveth not another's will;
Whose armour is his honest thought
And simple truth his utmost skill;
Whose passions not his masters are;
Whose soul is still prepared for death,
Untied unto the world by care
Of public fame or private breath;
Who envies none that chance doth raise,
Nor vice; who never understood
How deepest wounds are given by praise;
Nor rules of state, but rules of good;
Who hath his life from rumours freed;
Whose conscience is his strong retreat;
Whose state can neither flatterers feed,
Nor ruin make oppressors great;
Who God doth late and early pray
More of his grace than gifts to lend;
And entertains the harmless day
With a religious book or friend.
This man is free from servile bands
Of hope to rise or fear to fall:
Lord of himself, though not of lands,
And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Sallyh,
We're all good here, how's things in SoCal?
objectification of those with penises
With some, I don't mind being an object.
I'm off to study the psychology of dogs. I have a Jack russell here...
This is very fun!
Thanks Mom.
Nothing like your mom when ya don't feel so hot.
Well, they made me stop talking about Fabio. -mena
You can talk about him if you include when you kissed a girl for the first time.
How do you know?
fourlegsgood
The nose knows.
And I don't have cat.
Could that be it?
Eureka! Is it that the most successful bloggers all have cats?
I'm off to study the psychology of dogs. I have a Jack russell here...
This is very fun!
Show him a hole in the ground.
Billmon's site is gone without any prior notification. He hadn't posted in awhile, either.
It's a safe bet. Not sure how much there is to say about it, though.
La religieuse dont il s'agit s'appelait Mme Delbène ; elle était abbesse de la maison depuis cinq ans, et atteignait sa trentième année, lorsque je fis connaissance avec elle. Il était impossible d'être plus jolie : faite à peindre, une physionomie douce et céleste, blonde, de grands yeux bleus pleins du plus tendre intérêt, et la taille des Grâces. Victime de l'ambition, la jeune Delbène avait été mise à douze ans dans un cloître, afin de rendre plus riche un frère aîné qu'elle détestait. Enfermée dans l'âge où les passions commencent à s'exprimer, quoique Delbène n'eût encore fait aucun choix, aimant le monde et les hommes en général, ce n'avait pas été sans s'immoler elle-même, sans triompher des plus rudes combats, qu'elle s'était enfin déterminée à l'obéissance. Très avancée pour son âge, ayant lu tous les philosophes, ayant prodigieusement réfléchi, Delbène, en se condamnant à la retraite, s'était ménagé deux ou trois amies. On venait la voir, on la consolait ; et comme elle était fort riche, l'on continuait de lui fournir tous les livres et toutes les douceurs qu'elle pouvait désirer, même celles qui devaient le plus allumer une imagination... déjà fort vive, et que n'attiédissait pas la retraite.
Pour Euphrosine, elle avait quinze ans lorsque je me liai avec elle ; et elle était depuis dix-huit mois l'élève de Mme Delbène, lorsque l'une et l'autre me proposèrent d'entrer dans leur société, le jour où je venais d'entrer dans ma treizième année. Euphrosine était brune, grande pour son âge, fort mince, de très jolis yeux, beaucoup d'esprit et de vivacité, mais moins jolie, bien moins intéressante que notre supérieure.
Was Billmon disappeared?
Ô¿Ô
i've seen him in the comments sections of some of the blogs Juan Cole etc...
guess he just got sick of it. shame.
tomorrow i start charley's assfuck'n blog, with pictures.
actually mapplethorpe's famous bullwhip picture used to really creep me out. now, it's one of my faves. always push the envelope.
I'm satisfied with my readership...it's the time and effort that bugs me. And the sense that I'm repeating myself endlessly.
I get that feeling, too, about the repetition. Blogging is very ephemeral, perhaps the most ephemeral of any kind of writing so far, though, and that means that repetition doesn' really matter, because whatever happened in the past has disappeared.
But I sometimes think that I stop when I feel I have nothing more to say. It's like leaving a will for the future or something of that kind.
I've got some plans...
Billmon's site is gone without any prior notification.
Leave the man alone, he doesn't want to be bothered.
Going to bed, because I can.
Goodnight, y'all!
God Bless You, Central Scutinizer (and no, my comments have not changed.)
Eureka! Is it that the most successful bloggers all have cats?
David (Austin Tx)
It sure helps. Even people who don't want to wade through my ramblings are willing to look at pictures I post.
This pornographic image got me about 500 hits all by its lonesome.
and I have been trying to make a go of it for almost 1 year now.
You need to blogwhore more.
Shamelessness pays off 'round these parts.
Billmon's site is gone without any prior notification. He hadn't posted in awhile, either.
Ô¿Ô
I thought he posted shortly before the last blog post that he was done.
Al, Al
One guy to another, you have to let people have their dreams. Stomping on them does no one any good. Basically, stop acting like a damn neo-con ultrareligious Republican with one hand in the till and the other on your wallet.
Wonkette is no longer anna marie cox? I guess it's just a blogger namespace property held by Gawker Media now.
Fleshbot is a much better read, as far as gawker properties go I mean.
Night Vicki!
There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder.
JeffCO
Lipstick doesn't cover, it reddens. Thought to suggest receptiveness, health, fitness, etc. Other clues too, like shiny, healthy hair, white teeth. All good indicators of quality breed stock, and it applies to both sexes. Lips, however, are thought to be a woman's domain hence the rouge.
Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes - Thievery Corporation
This group is so smooth and hot at same time.
Night, mena!
Was Billmon disappeared?
Ô¿Ô
i've seen him in the comments sections of some of the blogs Juan Cole etc...
I can uderstand his feelings. I too, have thought endlessly of giving up on the news. Yet, Being the addict that I am, I have yet to find something else to occupy my thoughts better.
I wade through your ramblings. I even read your little commonplace book.
I'm off to study the psychology of dogs. I have a Jack russell here...
This is very fun!
Vicki I'm off to study the psychology of dogs. I have a Jack russell here...
This is very fun!
Vicki
Great dogs. Lots of character. More courage than sense sometimes though.
Euphrosine était brune, grande pour son âge, fort mince, de très jolis yeux, beaucoup d'esprit et de vivacité, mais moins jolie, bien moins intéressante que notre supérieure.
Mrs. Ibrahim al-Jaafari
One of the reasons being that de Sade already tackled it in such mind-numbing detail that there's hardly any point.
Dang I listen to badass music!
My first blog will be like phila's commonplace book.
Billmon's site is gone without any prior notification. He hadn't posted in awhile, either.
Ô¿Ô
Damn, I just refreshed this morning and there was the same old post from weeks back.
That's worrisome.
What, no one remembers Fabio's appearance in Jill Sobule's big video?
But I sometimes think that I stop when I feel I have nothing more to say. It's like leaving a will for the future or something of that kind.
Echidne of the snakes
I suspect that this has more to do with my current opinion of my blogging than anything else.
Not so much that I don't have anything more to say, but that I have said all I want to say.
I don't know. I suppose with the one year blogversary coming up, it is natural to look at what I have and decide if I want to keep at it.
Billmon's site is gone without any prior notification. He hadn't posted in awhile, either.
I think he just got tired of pointing out that the world was ending.
I know how he feels.
4 years ago I'd have been apopletic about the crap that is in the 2007 budget, now I'm not really surprised at all.
People can become used to anything if they're introduced to it slowly enough. They just get used to the evil. It becomes commonplace.
My first blog will be like phila's commonplace book.
jack
Here's hoping you have better luck with yours. I can never remember to post stuff on it, even with a pen scanner.
G'night Vicki.
Sleep well.
Is that a rider or push behind?
==
actually, a little roomba-style dealie could be fun.
Oh, hell, it gets worse than that; you know Wrenchburg'll wanna be a Judge, and he'll suck out every one else's brains and give all the athletes 10s, and how do we pick a winner then?
Eatage! The one with most uneaten parts wins...
This just in: A flight attendent arested for intoxication. That and another murdered white woman should keep the ho-media busy talking until we all want to puke and then die.
Central--it be warm here in SoCal, low 80s the past couple of days, 91 on Thursday.
And people wonder why I put up with the traffic.
People can become used to anything if they're introduced to it slowly enough. They just get used to the evil. It becomes commonplace.
fourlegsgood
The slow boiling of the frogs -theory.
I actually feel more optimistic now than I was four years ago because we are more in number and we are cracking through the wall of silence.
Al, Al
One guy to another, you have to let people have their dreams. Stomping on them does no one any good. Basically, stop acting like a damn neo-con ultrareligious Republican with one hand in the till and the other on your wallet.
EkCenTriK | 02.12.06 - 1:06 am | #
I'm confused. Why do you think that's stomping on someone's dream?
G'night Vicki.
Sleep well.
Central Scrutinizer
I will. You too.
Peace.
G'night Vicki.
Sleep well.
Central Scrutinizer
I will. You too.
Peace.
Eureka! Is it that the most successful bloggers all have cats?
The fact of the matter is that lefties like pussy.
I'm already at the top of a google cache for some idiotic comment I left on this blog.
Night Vicki, hugs!
They just get used to the evil. It becomes commonplace.
fourlegsgood
True, but by our strong ideological consensus against this evil, we become the counter-culture. At least we find eachother and know we're not alone in our will to see a healthy society.
and how would you keep the skaters from gnawing on the judges?
fourlegsgood
Was the quote for that last one. Don' ax me, 'cause I'm sure I don't know.
""The missiles could also be tipped with chemical warheads and threaten US military bases in the region. Iran is believed to have at least 20 launchers that are frequently moved around the country to avoid detection.
"Iran has an extensive missile-development program and has received support from entities in Russia, China, and North Korea," the Pentagon report said, estimating their range to be at least 800 miles."
We spin this just right and we have the Halcyon days of the Cold War in effect. Duck annnnnd Cover, Duck annnnnnd Cover.
Man it will feel like growing up all over again. The certainty of being demolished in a flash of blinding light. The on again off again brinksmanship. The rampant militarism of the most benign tools. And yet, we get that special bit of perverse lust in society for end times and eeking out our existence solo, traveling the countryside rebuilding civilization one bedded lass at a time.
There are some things you can’t cover up with lipstick and powder
I thought I heard you mention my name, can’t you talk any louder ?
Don’t come any closer, don’t come any nearer
My vision of you can’t get any clearer
Oh, I just want to hear girls talk
I got a loaded imagination being fired by girls talk
But I can’t say the words you want to hear
I suppose you’re going to have to play it by ear
Right here and now
Girls talk and they want to know how
Girls talk and they say it’s not allowed
Girls talk, if they say that it’s so
Don’t you think that I know by now
That the word up on everyone’s lips
Stick that you’re dedicated
Though you may not be an old fashioned girl
You’re still going to get dated
Was it really murder ?
Were you just pretending ?
Lately I have heard you are the living end
Girls talk and they wanna know about her
Girls talk, they wanna know if I care
Girls talk and they wanna know where
Girls talk girls talk
I went to his site occasionally and never saw where he said he was done.
I actually feel more optimistic now than I was four years ago because we are more in number and we are cracking through the wall of silence.
I think that's true, but they're also getting more brazen.
Because they've continued to get away with things.
When you click through blog rolls have you noticed how many of them have disappeared, or gone silent for months or even years?
There still are more blogs all the time just most of them are not that interesting.
"I'm confused. Why do you think that's stomping on someone's dream?
Al Swearengen"
I have seen pics of the stones current time.
My blog is going to combine key intellectual trends with high quality porn.
I get that feeling, too, about the repetition. Blogging is very ephemeral, perhaps the most ephemeral of any kind of writing so far, though, and that means that repetition doesn' really matter, because whatever happened in the past has disappeared.
Well, it's an awful combination of ephemeral and eternal. The biggest metal block I have with it is that some gibberish I wrote in half an hour may come up when people search that topic, for God only knows how long.
It's odd...I have no problem writing off the cuff stuff here and letting it lie, but I'm more psyched out about it in the blog format. Not sure why...there's no reason for it.
But yeah, the repetition...how many more names can I call Richard Pombo this year?
This just in: A flight attendent arested for intoxication. That and another murdered white woman should keep the ho-media busy talking until we all want to puke and then die. -Ô¿Ô
Can the media ever get enough hetero puking?
Echidna,
I agree, something is happening. I got dispirited and burned out before, but I got pumped up again recently. Now I'm back at it and seeing what I believe is a twinkle of light at the end of the tunnel.
True, but by our strong ideological consensus against this evil, we become the counter-culture. At least we find eachother and know we're not alone in our will to see a healthy society.
I hope you're right.
I keep trying, though sometimes I wonder why.
I think that's true, but they're also getting more brazen.
Because they've continued to get away with things.
fourlegsgood
==
They certainly are acting like they have nothing to worry about. But the cracks are there.
I think that's true, but they're also getting more brazen.
Because they've continued to get away with things.
fourlegsgood
==
They certainly are acting like they have nothing to worry about. But the cracks are there.
I think that's true, but they're also getting more brazen.
Because they've continued to get away with things.
But more people see the brazenness. More people are waking up. I meet people almost daily who start talking about this stuff, previously apolitical people, and I direct them to this and other blogs.
When you click through blog rolls have you noticed how many of them have disappeared, or gone silent for months or even years?
Usually right when I start reading 'em regularly. Tattered Coat and PubligOrgTheory both stopped, or pretty much stopped. A shame. Can't blame 'em, though; it's time consuming.
we're not alone in our will to see a healthy society.
Will.
Not.
Happen.
In.
Our.
Lifetimes.
"I'm confused. Why do you think that's stomping on someone's dream?
Al Swearengen"
I have seen pics of the stones current time.
EkCenTriK
So you're saying you don't like Keith Richards or Ron Wood?
My blog is going to combine key intellectual trends with high quality porn.
For this I forgive you a lot.
Oh...
Hi mena!
Billmon's site is gone without any prior notification. He hadn't posted in awhile, either.
Maybe he wasn't paying attention and got "harvested"?
Good night, y'all. Including John Boy and Mary Ellen...
We spin this just right and we have the Halcyon days of the Cold War in effect. Duck annnnnd Cover, Duck annnnnnd Cover.
We already do have the issue of our goverment over reporting the actual danger, which went on in the cold war. It was Europe that was at danger from the Russians, and mostly not from the missles but from their tank divisions.
This is still not reported in the west.
This just in: A flight attendent arested for intoxication. That and another murdered white woman should keep the ho-media busy talking until we all want to puke and then die. -Ô¿Ô
Not to be brutal, but I stopped by the grocery store on the way home this afternoon, and the cover of a couple magazines were all, "who killed the woman and her baby in Boston????"
My reaction, "I don't care."
It irritates me that they waste so much news time on it. Why this murder? why the endless analysis?
It's not news. (reporting the initial murder is, and then maybe the arrest, but THAT'S FUCKING IT)
Well, it's an awful combination of ephemeral and eternal. The biggest metal block I have with it is that some gibberish I wrote in half an hour may come up when people search that topic, for God only knows how long.
It's odd...I have no problem writing off the cuff stuff here and letting it lie, but I'm more psyched out about it in the blog format. Not sure why...there's no reason for it.
Funny. I'm almost exactly the opposite. I have no trouble writing for my blog, but I have enormous trouble with the comments threads. I feel so rigid and cold and formal, partly because English is my second language or so, and partly because I'm a bit of a loner and don't know popular culture stuff that well.
Look guys, it's not insurmountable. All we have to do is deliver Bush and his cronies to the Hague, replace 80% of the congress and force all those Bush-collaborator media pundits into an early retirement! That's all!
We already do have the issue of our goverment over reporting the actual danger, which went on in the cold war.
They ignored the fact that in those days, oceans protected us.
Speaking of shaven headed goddesses, this lyric has been coming up for me quite a lot lately:
Everyone can see what's going on
They laugh 'cause they know they're untouchable
Not because what I said was wrong
Whatever it may bring
I will live by my own policies
I will sleep with a clear conscience
I will sleep in peace
Maybe it sounds mean
But I really don't think so
You asked for the truth and I told you
Through their own words
They will be exposed
They've got a severe case of
The emperor's new clothes
Will.
Not.
Happen.
In.
Our.
Lifetimes.
You could start by converting your winger wife to sanity.
Sorry if that's harsh.
I agree, something is happening. I got dispirited and burned out before, but I got pumped up again recently. Now I'm back at it and seeing what I believe is a twinkle of light at the end of the tunnel.
Yes. There are better and worse times in any battle, sure, but to me there really is no alternative to going on anyway. I tried the alternative and I got very depressed being quiet. But I do think that the more time passes the higher our chances will be. Sadly, a lot can be destroyed in the meantime by these wingnuts.
"They certainly are acting like they have nothing to worry about. But the cracks are there.
mena"
I still think there is a time frame here and they are running out the clock.
I had this dacshund, loved her to death but she had one habit that infuriated me. We had our first cat at the time. The dog (Copper) got her regular meal and extra for later in the bowl as normal. We would feed the cat directly and remove the dish when she was done. This was due to Copper absolutely going crazy over the cat food which was not good for her. I would feed the cat and wander off for a few minutes. Upon returning I would see Copper scarfing down the cat food. I would scold her but she would not budge. As I got closer, she would increase her gulping of the cat food until she was damn near a blur by the time I got to her and removed the dish. She would then dash away and look extremely satisfied and smug. She knew it was wrong but she didn't care and she pissed me off with that damn dog grin of hers to boot.
That is what these traitors act like.
Echidne of the snakes, you've got to participate in the comments, or else you end up like one of these guys whose too big to talk in his own threads. I'm not naming names, but you catch my drift...
I went to his site occasionally and never saw where he said he was done.
The last time I looked at Billmon was earlier today. It had the post I have been been seeing for the last few weeks from january 17, which presumably was his last. Looking at the cached page on the google search engine showed that post and no mention at all of goodbyes...
http://64.233.179.104/search?q=c...us&ct=clnk&
cd=1
Usually right when I start reading 'em regularly. Tattered Coat and PubligOrgTheory both stopped, or pretty much stopped. A shame. Can't blame 'em, though; it's time consuming.
Phila
Given the time and effort I assume there's some financial interest, above and beyond just trying to have your voice heard. Problem is, I don't see the market forces necessary to sustain profitability on any but a few mainstream sites.
My site gets about 500 unique IPs a day, with roughly 2000 page hits. It's a chore keeping it at those levels, however, and I have something to offer that others can, in turn, convert to profit. Blogging on current affairs seems an act of love.
Funny. I'm almost exactly the opposite. I have no trouble writing for my blog, but I have enormous trouble with the comments threads. I feel so rigid and cold and formal, partly because English is my second language or so, and partly because I'm a bit of a loner and don't know popular culture stuff that well.
I have no problem with either, probably because I write for a living.
My problem is finding time to be thoughtful on the blog- and to do the research.
So I post pictures of Mr. Plushy. Ah, what the fuck.
Hmmm...I'm dogsitting, which brings me full on home here.
Jack Russell Terriers are the sweetest dogs on the planet.
I am serious.
They ignored the fact that in those days, oceans protected us.
It takes many ships to move tanks and from 1957 till some time in the 70's, their missles were not that good.
Funny. I'm almost exactly the opposite. I have no trouble writing for my blog, but I have enormous trouble with the comments threads. I feel so rigid and cold and formal, partly because English is my second language or so, and partly because I'm a bit of a loner and don't know popular culture stuff that well.
Echidne of the snakes
I think you hold your own over here just fine. Your oddity just makes you stand out. As does your formality.
I dunno. I feel like someone whose head is exploding in slow motion. I picture your brain as something more like Moominmamma's jam cellar. Lots of dust-free jars tied with waxed string, and labeled neatly. It's rare in the blogosphere to have someone whose thinking is orderly without being dull or pedantic or overwritten.
EkCenTriK ,
That's hilarious dude. lol!
A good tip: if you're stuck on what to say on a blog or a comments thread, just make fun of Ann Althouse. It's like black, always fashionable.
Night...
Billmon stopped for a while earlier, then came back for a bit but posted something late last year IIRC about his not intending to keep it going.
I actually feel more optimistic now than I was four years ago because we are more in number and we are cracking through the wall of silence.
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I think that's true, but they're also getting more brazen.
Because they've continued to get away with things.
fourlegsgood
I'm not sure we've cracked the wall of silence so much as the sheer brazenness has finally broke thru the general ennui.
Things have got so damn bad you really have to have drunk the koolaid, or been unconscious, not to know something is really, really wrong.
I dunno. I feel like someone whose head is exploding in slow motion. I picture your brain as something more like Moominmamma's jam cellar. Lots of dust-free jars tied with waxed string, and labeled neatly. It's rare in the blogosphere to have someone whose thinking is orderly without being dull or pedantic or overwritten.
Phila
This is so nice of you. I'm touched.
A good tip: if you're stuck on what to say on a blog or a comments thread, just make fun of Ann Althouse. It's like black, always fashionable.
That's a great tip! thanks.
Hey, anyone who wants to borrow a pic of Mr. Plushy can go right ahead.
I have no problem with either, probably because I write for a living.
I've been doing that most of my life. But I normally have time to research and edit and let things stew and re-edit. It's like going from being a chef at some fussy French restuarant to being a burger-flipper at Carl's Jr.
"This is still not reported in the west.
doug, hairy neanderthal"
I agree on that. But I also believe the Soviet threat was real to us in terms of a nuclear strike. Just not in the way it was portrayed. I never really bought the Soviet invasion of our lives etc. I did believe in the potential for serious mistakes moving things to a critical point as well as there being a cadre of idiots very similar to those we complain about now.
Things have got so damn bad you really have to have drunk the koolaid, or been unconscious, not to know something is really, really wrong.
Hence my comment to smalfish. I know it sounded harsh, but I've had that experience in my own life.
You talk and talk and reason with them and they're still fucking wackadoos.
Nothing seems to work.
Echidne, only answer if if you want to, but what is your native language?
I'm signing off for the night.
You could start by converting your winger wife to sanity.
Sorry if that's harsh.
Thats not harsh. It's cold hard reality. SHe is by far not alone n her beliefs. SHe now has a some freinds that live right down the street from us. Their daughters go to school with ours. The husband is plain out nuts. We got to talking the other day and he in fact freithened me with his utter insane beliefs. THo I did take heart that he in fact mostly agreed with me that W may in fact be the comming of the anti christ (not that I believe in that myth).
THe sad fact is, the longer this goes on the more twisted the people are getting in their beliefs. The more Ann COulter spews her bullshit the more it is taken as a common belief.
There is no turning my wife from the dark side, just as there is no turning our neighbor.
The difference betwwen those two, is the fact that he is willing to have some kind of discussion, where she is unwilling or unable to sit down and rationally discuss (or maybe it's me that cannot be rational discussing with her anymore).
Echidne, only answer if if you want to, but what is your native language?
doug, hairy neanderthal
I've been trying to coax that one out of her for years. My guess is, it's Swedish or Danish.
But I normally have time to research and edit and let things stew and re-edit. It's like going from being a chef at some fussy French restuarant to being a burger-flipper at Carl's Jr.
Yeah, pretty much.
Ho I did take heart that he in fact mostly agreed with me that W may in fact be the comming of the anti christ (not that I believe in that myth).
Oh, good grief.
I am SO glad I don't live in Dallas. At least in Austin you have a 50/50 chance that your neighbor will be sane.
I've been trying to coax that one out of her for years. My guess is, it's Swedish or Danish. -Phila
Echidne - Bergman: Great director, or *Greatest* director?
What a terrible, fucking awful day. I think I'll get drunk.
Anyway, who the fuck is Brian Peppers?
The difference betwwen those two, is the fact that he is willing to have some kind of discussion, where she is unwilling or unable to sit down and rationally discuss (or maybe it's me that cannot be rational discussing with her anymore).
I'm sorry if I'm butting it but have you considered marital counseling? It seems hard to live with that kind of chasm. As I said, sorry if I hurt your feelings.
Echidne, only answer if if you want to, but what is your native language?
doug, hairy neanderthal
It's a secret language, sorry. You guys will be the first to know when I have to reveal it. Which is the day I get a job writing.
What a terrible, fucking awful day. I think I'll get drunk.
What's up, oh handsome one?
So I post pictures of Mr. Plushy. Ah, what the fuck.
fourlegsgood
Also Hubble pictures. Always good to have a backup plan.
Mom:
I agree with Phila. Your comments are generally one of the two or three best composed on this here blog. I'm always jealous because it seems you can compose fully developed thoughts completely on the fly.
It's a secret language, sorry. You guys will be the first to know when I have to reveal it. Which is the day I get a job writing.
I know, I know!!!! It's the language of MOM!!
Anyway, who the fuck is Brian Peppers? -fourlegsgood
You probably don't want to know.
Yeah, pretty much.
fourlegsgood
I'm not actually a fan of overwriting. But I'm so used to having to write formally that it gets to be a habit. So I've pretty much ended up morphing that into quasi-Victorian purple prose, 'cause I figure at least that'll be kind of funny.
But it's weird. If I had more time, my posts would be much more terse and plain-spoken.
Echidne - Bergman: Great director, or *Greatest* director?
Not to fond of Bergman. I like Fellini.
Al Swearington what is your site?
Holy shit, I'm watching this totaly terrrifying movie on HBO2E called The Grudge. Wow!
*winking back at Central S*
Al Swearington what is your site?
Plumpy
It's not a blog, which was my point.
Echidne - Bergman: Great director, or *Greatest* director?
Not to fond of Bergman. I like Fellini. -Echidne
I tried.
You probably don't want to know.
Oh, that's just sad.
Very sad.
the Soviet threat was real to us in terms of a nuclear strike.
They may have gotten a few missles up and the Russians did have the Bear bomber, but most of the bomber could have been shot down.
The Nuke threat always was grossly overstated, especially at the beginning of the cold war.
(I remember duck and cover drills myself)
Though the Soviets did have both fission and fusion bombs they did not have the means to deliver them to the US.
Not to fond of Bergman. I like Fellini.
Echidne of the snakes
Watch Olmi's "Il Posto" sometime. It's on DVD. It's absolutely beautiful, IMO.
(Not to be confused with "Il Postino," which is what people always think I'm recommending when I say this.)
I'm sorry if I'm butting it but have you considered marital counseling? It seems hard to live with that kind of chasm. As I said, sorry if I hurt your feelings.
It does'nt hurt my feelings one bit. THis place seems to make the hurt a little less painful. I have no idea how we make a go of it. I guess the bond we have between our daughter is more powerfull than any can imagine.
You talk and talk and reason with them and they're still fucking wackadoos.
And those people you just write off as hopeless. And spend your efforts on someone salvageable.
Holy shit, I'm watching this totaly terrrifying movie on HBO2E called The Grudge. Wow!
Yeah, that's a creepy one.
flory, smooch. You are a daughter I can be proud of. Time to go out and howl at the moon. Sweet dreams, moonbats. You are a wonderful bunch.
I can't watch terrifying movies lately. Only old Doris Day movies for me until this nightmare ends.
So maybe we should call you Echidne of the Spirits.
I am SO glad I don't live in Dallas. At least in Austin you have a 50/50 chance that your neighbor will be sane.
fourlegsgood
Well, it is 60-40 in my neck of the woods, or maybe 70-30.
"The Big Chill" is on TCM- it seems more and more pretentious every time I run across it.
And those people you just write off as hopeless. And spend your efforts on someone salvageable.
That's most of the state of texas.
Very depressing.
Well, it is 60-40 in my neck of the woods, or maybe 70-30.
70% wingnuts?
Oh, that's right, you're in the burb part.
It does'nt hurt my feelings one bit. THis place seems to make the hurt a little less painful. I have no idea how we make a go of it. I guess the bond we have between our daughter is more powerfull than any can imagine.
I'm glad you have that bond. But more bonds wouldn't hurt. It's worth the effort, I think. I wish you well.
And now I'm really going because...the night talks to me.
It's not a blog, which was my point.
Al Swearengen
Seems to me you have to have an engine to drive traffic to your site from here on out, that or offer something unique. Crooks alway as video, and usually first. Others are known personalities, in the blog sector (grandfathered in) in not in DC or media.
Seem like the most obvious engine is writing, whether for a mag or a paper. Problem is, the both probably have restrictions they apply to their writers. It's a tough nut from a marketing standpoint, which is the problem assuming you have something to say that people want to read.
Independence Day is on my TV and I don't know why.
Ack.
I'm always jealous because it seems you can compose fully developed thoughts completely on the fly.
flory
I actually think a lot of people here are good at that. But very few people have the same sort of calm lucidity and grace as Echidne. Maybe they're so infuriated or frustrated that it makes it harder to "hear" them.
Well JeffCO, Echidne does have an effect on some of us. I've always found snakes to be beautiful, but I didn't know did I?
Spinoza--'The Big Chill' is unbearably precious and pretentious.
Give me blood sucking zombies any day.
Independence Day is on my TV and I don't know why.
Accidently turned on Faux News?
I can't watch terrifying movies lately. Only old Doris Day movies for me until this nightmare ends.
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There's a Busby Berkeley box set coming out in about a month. All you queers are crazy about him, aren't you?
I was wishing I had one of 'em to watch tonight. "Gold Diggers of 1933," maybe. Very distracting.
Accidently turned on Faux News?
HBO.
Everything is currently blowing up.
Maybe they're so infuriated or frustrated that it makes it harder to "hear" them.
That's how I've been feeling, so angry that I almost feel insane.
It takes a lot of work to calm myself down to write a single sentence on current politics.
Jack Russell Terriers are the sweetest dogs on the planet.
Don't think a friend's mailman would agree.
And I hope ya'll don't think I was being serious in that last comment although I don't like scary movies to begin with even if they're sci-fi.
"Very sad.
fourlegsgood "
I do not want to disagree with snopes, but...
I noted that his facial muscles seem a bit odd. The muscles from up around the temple region suddenly flatten out mid way down the face then suddenly reappear in the lower section. To me, it looks like a bad photoshop job. But note, I have no technical skills in anatomy nor graphics work.
It takes a lot of work to calm myself down to write a single sentence on current politics.
Photography is helping me. I find the dark room to be very calming.
I turn on my iPod and go into the dark and don't think about this shit for a while.
Very therapeutic.
Andrea Mitchell on CSPAN now. My cat just threw up.
"The Big Chill" is on TCM- it seems more and more pretentious every time I run across it.
spinoza
Eh. It's just very dated. And never was that great a movie. Just had a great soundtrack for a certain demographic.
Phila:
Maybe its the calmness that so impresses me. There's rarely any tone of 'rant' even when you know she's angry.
Although I'm also duly impressed by the eloquence of some of the rants 'round here -- Athenae and Tena come to mind.
That's how I've been feeling, so angry that I almost feel insane.
Likewise. Lately, all my posts feel completely incoherent at the time I'm writing 'em.
And I hope ya'll don't think I was being serious in that last comment although I don't like scary movies to begin with even if they're sci-fi.
I love scary movies. There are very few good ones lately.
I always guess what's happening. Pisses me off bigtime.
Independence Day is on my TV and I don't know why.
Excellent CGI?
I caught some of that earlier tonite.
Comcast came the other day and practilly gave away thier service for a year. So we just could'nt turn down the offer. They installed it, gave us HBO and STARS for 30 bucks a month and took ten dollars off our internet bill.
SO I'm binging on movies tonite.
I love scary movies. There are very few good ones lately.
There hasn't been any really good sci-fi movies made lately, either.
Phila:
Maybe its the calmness that so impresses me. There's rarely any tone of 'rant' even when you know she's angry.
That's what does it for me. I can't do that. I mean, I could if I consciously sat there rewriting things to have that tone. But it doesn't come naturally to me, these days. If it ever did...I can't even remember anymore.
Phila:
Maybe its the calmness that so impresses me. There's rarely any tone of 'rant' even when you know she's angry.
That's what does it for me. I can't do that. I mean, I could if I consciously sat there rewriting things to have that tone. But it doesn't come naturally to me, these days. If it ever did...I can't even remember anymore.
There hasn't been any really good sci-fi movies made lately, either.
No.
Curse you Hollywood!!!!!!
"There's a Busby Berkeley box set coming out in about a month. All you queers are crazy about him, aren't you?"
The heck with them, the 83 yr old MIL will be hunting that box set down for sure. This is the MIl that I had to assist by explaining that DVD's are not CD's. She thought a set were audiobooks and was ready to take the CD player back because they were not working.
Andrea Mitchell on CSPAN now. My cat just threw up.
spinoza
A wise, albeit overemotional, kittykat...
I'm not angry anymore. At some point after Nov. 04, I detached. There wasn't any choice. I wouldn't be here writing now if I hadn't.
Phila, I hate musicals, if that's what that is. We're not all the same, ya know.
But it doesn't come naturally to me, these days. If it ever did...I can't even remember anymore.
Phila
Hard to write calmly when you're wiping spittle off the keyboard.
OK, looks like I killed another thread. At this point, I can no longer call it just a coincidence everybody splits when I get here...
"Oh No you did NOT shoot that green shit at me."
Such scintillating dialog. I can hardly stand it.
There hasn't been any really good sci-fi movies made lately, either.
I caaught a pretty entertaining movie last night called Foolproof.
It was along the lines of Oceans Eleven, with less actors and very unpretentious. Well written and pretty well acted. No name actors in it too, and had a very good ending. I was mildly suprised to see something that was made like that one. If you get a chance, I recommend it highly.
Okay, bed time for me.
Likewise. Lately, all my posts feel completely incoherent at the time I'm writing 'em.
Phila
I'm not a writer, so all of my posts are that way.
I suppose that is really why I keep struggling. I'm not a writer, I wish I had the aptitude for it, thus I try to force it. Except when I don't try to force it, then I think the posts are particularly good, but I don't know what anyone thinks about it. I suppose that I need to accept that really I am writing just for myself, and let the chips fall where they may.
Though, it may just inspire me to finally write that book I have been tossing around in my head for the past 10 years. I should say re-write. I had 90% of it written, and then the computer I was using chewed it up, plus my back copy.
If you really want to give the whole world your email, you still can: tfhattie@upyours.net.
Me, I just love spam.
Except when I don't try to force it, then I think the posts are particularly good, but I don't know what anyone thinks about it. I suppose that I need to accept that really I am writing just for myself, and let the chips fall where they may.
Writing is hard, even for people who do it for a living.
I think you do fine.
OK, looks like I killed another thread. At this point, I can no longer call it just a coincidence everybody splits when I get here...
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Nah. You just tend to show up very late, when everybody's going beddy-bye.
'There hasn't been any really good sci-fi movies made lately"
I wish they would go back to some of the more introspective scifi stories and novels of the 50's and 60's. Those that were no so depedent on setting and effects. Do them more like a twilight zone or playhouse 90. They would be inexpensive, could use lower cost actors and not be hung up on the blockbuster trail.
Night, 4leggers.
Give Plushy a good scratch for me....
If you get a chance, I recommend it highly.
smalfish
I saw that on the guide. It's playing right now but I didn't know it was sci-fi. I'll check it out.
Give Plushy a good scratch for me....
I will.
g'nite sis, g'nite everyone.
Phila, I hate musicals, if that's what that is. We're not all the same, ya know.
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I was just funnin' ya.
Phila - did you see the Library of Congress restored print series that travelled around last year? It included the Busby film Footlight Parade (as well as Emperor Jones and Baby Face). Good stuff.
It's playing right now but I didn't know it was sci-fi.
It's not Scifi, but it has no bad parts and the end is somewhat suprising.
I'm off too.
I think you do fine.
fourlegsgood
Thanks for sayin'
Night bats.
Except when I don't try to force it, then I think the posts are particularly good, but I don't know what anyone thinks about it. I suppose that I need to accept that really I am writing just for myself, and let the chips fall where they may.
Your writing is great. Someone who's not a "writer" - whatever the hell that is - simply needs to be clear and honest. When I have to coach people, the hardest thing is always getting them to stop trying to be "literary." They learned in school you're supposed to use simile and metaphor, so they cram 'em in every which way. All that actually matters is that the voice express your personality.
When you do it professionally - especially if you have to write in a bunch of styles - it's fucked, because your own voice gets submerged unless you take the time to dig it out and dust it off. That's precisely my problem with blogging, basically...it doesn't give me time to revert to my own voice in between the other crap I have to do.
hi all, driveby posting, from an undisclosed location...
the CSpan Novak roast was a tour de force of brazen war pig enablers
Novak, Cheney, Bolton, at the same location
Man...the number of typos I'm churning out, I shouldn't be saying anything about writing. It's probably about time I turned in.
I was just funnin' ya.
Phila
My bad. Normally, I would have caught that but I'm a little dense tonight for some reason.
Yesh - I guess I'm out too. BTW, I did like the sci-fi indie flick Primer, so if you haven't seen it you might give it a whirl.
phila,
thanks for the comments.
Now, I am really off to bed.
My bad. Normally, I would have caught that but I'm a little dense tonight for some reason.
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This goddamn country is making us all stupid. There are actually some studies that suggest anger can drop your IQ by a few points. I believe it.
My bad. Normally, I would have caught that but I'm a little dense tonight for some reason.
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This goddamn country is making us all stupid. There are actually some studies that suggest anger can drop your IQ by a few points. I believe it.
When I have to coach people, the hardest thing is always getting them to stop trying to be "literary." They learned in school you're supposed to use simile and metaphor, so they cram 'em in every which way. All that actually matters is that the voice express your personality.
That's what separates out really good writers. Simile and metaphor and the appropriate cultural mentions come effortlessly -- and look seamless. You can just tell there was no stretching to find the appropriate comment -- its just there when they need them.
When I have to coach people, the hardest thing is always getting them to stop trying to be "literary." They learned in school you're supposed to use simile and metaphor, so they cram 'em in every which way. All that actually matters is that the voice express your personality.
I wonder if any of the better writers ever went to school to "learn" how to write....
There are actually some studies that suggest anger can drop your IQ by a few points.
Yeah, I've heard about those studies. Has something to do with the continuous high stress level hormones in your bloodstream and brain.
God must be really sadistic by striking down Ariel Sharon with a persistent coma.
one of my profs said back in his day, the argument was is hemingway just a flash in the pan? he wasn't considered a consequential writer.
did everybody die?
I wonder if any of the better writers ever went to school to "learn" how to write....
Ô¿Ô
I don't think they learn how to write in that way. I think if they're lucky, they have someone who can guide them and teach them to edit themselves. Most people with a natural facility for writing are mimics, and they can write by ear just like natural musicians can play by ear. Usually, they need people to reel them in, and expose them to lots of stuff.
My opinion, anyway.
I think its bedtime for me as well.
'Night all remainging bats.
he wasn't considered a consequential writer.
jello
He's an extremely consequential stylist, IMO. It's pretty easy to write bad Hemingway, and a lot of people pat themselves on the back for being able to do it. Trying to write like him at his best is a lot harder, though.
As far what he actually has to say, I can usually take it or leave it.
OK, I give up too. G'night.
I expect the second coming of King Arthur in the next 50 years.
it made me chuckle, the irony of critics who tried to dismiss him and his longevity.
I expect the second coming of King Arthur in the next 50 years.
jack
No wonder he didn't leave much progeny.
not robin hood?
God must be really sadistic by striking down Ariel Sharon with a persistent coma.
Ô¿Ô
He's not sadistic, he's quite the opposite, sparing us Sharon's hateful power game. Another extremist will continue the abuse, so maybe I'm too optimistic.
Hemingway would only type one sentence a day.
He's not sadistic, he's quite the opposite, sparing us Sharon's hateful power game.
Or maybe God just wants Netanyahu. He's already given us Hamas so I'm assuming the Big G's putting on a show for the Angels, kind of like putting two vicious pit bulls together and letting them go at it.
How many ways can the democrats avoid using the word "lie"?
NJ Appeals Court Reinstates Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of Electronic Voting Machines
February 09, 2006
Newark, NJ, February 9, 2006 – The New Jersey Appellate Division announced today its agreement with concerns raised by the Constitutional Litigation Clinic at Rutgers School of Law-Newark that all electronic voting machines used in New Jersey may violate New Jersey’s Constitution and election laws.
In its decision, the Appellate Division reinstated a lawsuit filed by the clinic in 2004 that challenges the ability of New Jersey’s electronic voting machines to count votes accurately, in compliance with voting rights laws. The Court reinstated the lawsuit even though, as a result of judicial and legislative efforts led by the clinic, all voting machines in the state must be equipped with a voter verified paper ballot component by 2008. The Court was concerned with protecting the hundreds of millions of votes that would be cast on voting machines between now and 2008. The Court also expressed its concern that the Attorney General’s office would use a loophole in the statute and issue waivers to the 2008 voter verified paper ballot requirement – further jeopardizing the franchise.
The lawsuit is the first in the nation to successfully challenge electronic voting machines. Professor Penny Venetis, associate director of the clinic and lead counsel on the case, commented, “This shows that our courts take very seriously their role in protecting our most fundamental of all rights – the right to vote. Despite clear evidence that New Jersey’s voting machines are insecure, the other branches of government failed to take appropriate action. That is why the Court stepped in,” Venetis added.
The same voting machines used by almost all of New Jersey’s five million registered voters have been found too insecure to use and have been de-commissioned by California, Ohio, Nevada, and New York City. New Jersey does not check the software of electronic voting machines to determine whether they have been tampered with or whether they are faulty.
The Rutgers clinic filed the suit on behalf of the Coalition for Peace Action, a citizens group based in Princeton that has been in the forefront of advocating for safe, transparent and auditable elections, as well as voter Stephanie Harris, a farmer whose vote was lost by a malfunctioning Mercer County electronic voting machine. Other plaintiffs in the lawsuit include State Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, an early proponent of the voter verified paper ballot.
For more information, contact Professor Venetis at 973-353-5687 or 917-617-3524.
CONTACT:
Contact: Janet Donohue, Manager of Public Relations, t: 973-353-5553, f: 973-353-1717, or email: jdonohue@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Company requires RFID injection
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Two employees have been injected with RFID chips this week as part of a new requirement to access their company's datacenter.
Cincinnati based surveillance company CityWatcher.com created the policy with the hopes of increasing security in the datacenter where video surveillance tapes are stored. In the past, employees accessed the room with an RFID tag which hung from their keychains, however under the new regulations an implantable, glass encapsulated RFID tag from VeriChip must be injected into the bicep to gain access, a release from spychips.com said on Thursday.
Although the company does not require the microchips be implanted to maintain employment, anyone without one will not be able to access the datacenter, according to a Register article.
Ironically, the extra security sought may be offset by a recent discovery of Jonathan Westhues, where the security researcher showed the VeriChip can be skimmed and cloned, duplicating an implant’s authentication. When contacted, those at CityWatcher were unaware of the chip's security issue, according to the spychips.com release.
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You talk and talk and reason with them and they're still fucking wackadoos.
Nothing seems to work.
fourlegsgood"
Only seems hopeless if you tend to denigrate your own not-inconsiderable influence and eloquence. Set your patience level at "geologic." They are in the process of hanging themselves upside-down in a burning gas station by virtue of the evil karma they are creating for themselves.
Change scares the living hell out of them, whereas endless flux is the very nature of the universe. You can either fight against it and drive yourself nuts, or learn how to dance joyfully in its subtle rhythm...
Independence Day is on my TV and I don't know why.
Christ, that is a stupid movie. If the idiocy of earth computers being able to hack into alien computers didn't drive you from the theatre, I would hope the spectacle of all those people standing around at the end breathing in huge billowing clouds of black alien toxic smoke would do the job...
It's a pretty good movie if you're drinking. Uplifting, even.
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