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mer, good thing Draco isn't around. All this fristing annoys him.
Turd
Okay, Fit
Nice. My kinda music.
Yes, it is nice music.
Boy do I love this new computer.
"...good thing Draco isn't around. All this fristing annoys him."
--ql in ny
Saw he complaining yesterday. He's a sweetheart though.
Tristero - HAHAHAHAHA!!
That was funny.
ql - you got a new computer? Yay you!
That's always exciting.
Jeez, as soon as I post on the BoBo thread, there's two more flocks of owls to contend with.
Wish me a happy anniversary, if you would. Seven years ago today I officially became a resident of New York City.
I anyone watching Barrett-jackson auction?
There is an awesome 66 corvette convertible up.
$47,000
Serious thunderboomers just to the south of me. I hope I don't end up going to the basement to the sound of sirens.
Tena and the ladies, if Tedious shows up, don't forget to remind him that his great burden is that no woman will ever touch him, no matter how much he offers to pay them.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/n...11616-
1466r.htm
Judge tells Moussaoui jury plane qualifies as a WMD~~March 31, 2006, ASSOCIATED PRESS
The jury weighing Zacarias Moussaoui's role in the deaths from the September 11 attacks, asked for a definition of "weapons of mass destruction" yesterday as it worked to decide whether the al Qaeda conspirator is eligible for the death penalty.
The jurors obtained the definition as deliberations neared four hours. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema told them the term includes airplanes used as missiles. One of the three convictions on which Moussaoui could receive the death penalty is conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction.
Well, per Judge Brinkema's direction to the jury, BushCo can now say Iraq had WMD--airplanes! Not many, iirc, but, hey, any excuse in a storm of failures.
Of course, it means every nation in the world has WMD--and we could claim that as reason to invade? Or take over control of airlines? Stay in Iraq in perpetuity because if they have planes they ipso facto have WMD? (Oh, yeah, we don't need no steenkin' excuse to stay in Iraq. We've got our enduring bases.)
Whoa, there, judge: You sure you want airplanes to be labeled weapons of mass destruction?
(Yes, 4 planes did kill nearly 3000 people on 9/11, but as WMD? Then any bomb, missile, or anything which could be used to kill several people at once is a WMD. Which makes the term meaningless. Not even most bio/chems are WMD. Nuclear, now, yes.)
Cripes.
Tena and the ladies, if Tedious shows up, don't forget to remind him that his great burden is that no woman will ever touch him, no matter how much he offers to pay them.
Well, that pretty much goes for any of the regular trolls, doesn't it?
Ridnik Chrome
Welcome. Now go home. We have too many people here already.
Tena - Yes, it's an iBook. The only thing I can't do right now is post pictures from my directory to my blog. I suspect it is because I set up the blog on a pc. When I have time, I'll have to try and set up a new blog.
Vicki - Yes, thanks for the reminder.
I thought Draco was a gal.
Moe--no, a gentleman. Whines a bit, but I love him dearly.
Dang! Go to make some oatmeal, and seven new threads appear!
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Whoa, there, judge: You sure you want airplanes to be labeled weapons of mass destruction?
it's actually a horrible jury instruction, and i am not sure why she did it. 18 U.S.C. § 921 specifically states that a destructive device (which is included in the definition of WMD) is not something that was not designed or redesigned to be a destructive device.
my initial thought was that Judge Brinkema sabotaged the govt by creating a clear basis for appeal. but then again, it's not like Moussaoui seems like he wants to live.
Oh well. Never quite know who's who around here.
Anyway, I gotta go buy a grow light. Gonna start some tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant down in the basement this week.
(Yes, 4 planes did kill nearly 3000 people on 9/11, but as WMD? Then any bomb, missile, or anything which could be used to kill several people at once is a WMD. Which makes the term meaningless. Not even most bio/chems are WMD. Nuclear, now, yes.)
you might be interested to know that a sawed-off shotgun or a rifle with a caliber larger than 1/2 inch is also called a WMD.
ql - Look, don't be talking to me about pictures - I still don't have that skill together and it's embarrassing.
I need to work on it again - I got frustrated and quit trying.
Anyway, I gotta go buy a grow light. Gonna start some tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant down in the basement this week.
sure you are! 
actually, i wonder if Canada has similar Kelo-esque decisions re heat signatures....
QL: Hey, now. After seven years, I think maybe I've earned the right to call this place home...
MEDIA -- MEDIA IGNORE ALTERNATIVE NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY: Reporters and news analysts have "repeatedly commented on the Democratic Party's purported lack of a clear plan or concrete set of alternatives on issues ranging from Social Security to the war in Iraq." Yet, after a broad alternative national security strategy was announced Wednesday, the media's interest in such plans seemed to vanish.
Tweety said he "can't imagine Nancy Pelosi with a knife in her teeth." Well, see, Tweety, the politicians don't fight in the wars they start. Despite your fevered dreams, Chimpy is not actually in Iraq, dressed in full battle gear, blasting away at the turrists. So you wet your bed for nothin'.
Wafd Party factions clash in Cairo
One person has been killed and 27 others have been injured in a clash between supporters of Wafd Party head Numan Jumaa and those of rival faction leaders Mahmoud Abaza and Mustapha el-Tawi, Aljazeera's correspondent in Cairo and agencies said.
Violence erupted on Saturday after Jumaa and loyalists stormed the party's headquarters in a Cairo residential area and forced Abaza and his supporters to leave the building. The latter returned fire in an attempt to regain control of the building, Aljazeera's Hussain Abdel-Ghani said.
Abdel-Ghani identified the dead man as Mamduh Ibrahim, an employee of the party's headquarters. He died at the Egypt International Hospital of wounds sustained in an exchange of fire.
Lime Rickey--Tweety never was one for imagination, except when it comes to getting a pearl necklace from Chimpy.
actually, i wonder if Canada has similar Kelo-esque decisions re heat signatures....
PoppieProng
It's not such an all-encompassing thing here. Against the law, but nobody goes crazy over it.
Seeing how I grow damn near everything, it has of course ocurred to me to grow some things I might have to hide. But really it's not worth it-- I don't smoke personally, wouldn't know how to sell it, and I live across the street from two schools. So, I'll just stick to the eggplant and such.
Why didn't the judge just instruct the jury that the plane was a deadly weapon I wonder? That would have been right in keeping with the way the law is, pretty uniformly. You can allege almost anything that was used to kill someone is a deadly weapon - I've even seen a hard arm cast alleged as a deadly weapon when it was used to beat someone to death.
That's strange - instructing the jury that it was a WMD - unless the feds have changed the law to reflect Bush's view -
Chimpy is not actually in Iraq, dressed in full battle gear, blasting away at the turrists.
does it constitute a threat to the president if i say * **** ** ****...?
Worth repeating:
http://www.buffalobeast.com/50/top10.htm
Jeffreham,you still here? im wanting to know if ya tried any of the recipes?
sittenpretty | Homepage | 04.01.06 - 12:19 pm | #
actually, i wonder if Canada has similar Kelo-esque decisions re heat signatures....
PoppieProng
That's why I'm not growing it - I'm here where they are using that technology.
That's strange - instructing the jury that it was a WMD - unless the feds have changed the law to reflect Bush's view -
Tena
Don't put anything past 'em
Why didn't the judge just instruct the jury that the plane was a deadly weapon I wonder? That would have been right in keeping with the way the law is, pretty uniformly. You can allege almost anything that was used to kill someone is a deadly weapon - I've even seen a hard arm cast alleged as a deadly weapon when it was used to beat someone to death.
That's strange - instructing the jury that it was a WMD - unless the feds have changed the law to reflect Bush's view -
it refers to one of the 3 charges against him, conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction (18 U.S.C. § 2332a(a)). so they had to prove it was a "WMD."
I especially like THIS one:
6. You get chicks after the age of thirty. Liberals and intellectuals get them in their twenties, when women still find their complexity and artistic sensibility charming and erotic. Once those same people hit thirty, they become pathetic, irresponsible losers, and women start looking for a man with annuities, a well-maintained car and a rocket in his corporate pocket. Fifty year-old Republican businessmen get bunches of twenty year-old hookers scheming to marry them. You see that happening with Art History professors much?
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But, it never occurs to most of them that these chickies are after them for their bank accounts.
Women of substance don't want them. They DO get 20 year old hookers because that's all they can attract.
I mean, come on - Don Imus and Kelsey Grammer's wives look like retired whores.
That's why I'm not growing it - I'm here where they are using that technology.
*sigh*
that's why I hated Kelo. because once it becomes common usage, the cops can do a warrantless search. 
Hey Tena, PoppieProng aka etc., Moe.
Don't look now but there's a pic of Jill Carroll on CNN.com and get this *she's not wearing a hijab!*
Oh and a US Helicopter crashed in Baghdad. Fate of crew unknown...
it refers to one of the 3 charges against him, conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction (18 U.S.C. § 2332a(a)). so they had to prove it was a "WMD."
Doesn't that make any kind of missile or bomb a WMD?
Pressure mounts on Iraqi PM to go
Figures within Iraq's majority Shia alliance have for the first time urged Ibrahim Jaafari to stand down as PM to help a national unity government form.
Key alliance politician Qassim Daoud made the call, saying it would help break the political deadlock.
Mr Jaafari, a Shia, is opposed by the minority Sunni and Kurdish blocks.
Senior Shia figures said this week the US ambassador to Iraq had told them the US did not want Mr Jaafari to stay. Mr Jaafari warned the US not to interfere.
Atrios,
You might want to send that scroll troll script over to FDL, fy's on the loose over there fucking everything up.
Speaking of bands you've never heard of, The Comas sound pretty cool...
Seeing how I grow damn near everything, it has of course ocurred to me to grow some things I might have to hide. But really it's not worth it-- I don't smoke personally, wouldn't know how to sell it, and I live across the street from two schools. So, I'll just stick to the eggplant and such.
heheheheeh! you know what i just remembered? you live in a climate where you actually do need to grow things indoors for most of the year! hahahaha!
Poppie - Well I guess the Patriot Act must have added WMD to the criminal statute.
But that just adds an extra element to a crime that the government has to prove. Of course, if mass destruction occurred, it's kind of self-proving, like the deadly weapon provisions.
Doesn't that make any kind of missile or bomb a WMD?
yes. which is why, when the feds brought charges against a dutchman, Wesam al Delaema, there was a flurry because he was accused of plotting to use a WMD. turns out it was just IEDs.
Kelsey Grammer's wives look like retired whores.
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kelseys wife is so useless,they hired a surrogate to birth their babies so she wouldnt gain weight...heard her speak once on tv.....tooooooooooootally vacuous. aint that purty neither go figur
I liked this one:
8. You won't have any more problems finding drugs, because you won't do them and won't want to. Unless you work on Wall Street, in which case they'll always be around and no one will ever hassle you about them.
Atrios,
You might want to send that scroll troll script over to FDL, fy's on the loose over there fucking everything up.
cupholder
The whole reason they do this is because Jane is so good at what she does. Jane is awesome.
kelseys wife is so useless,they hired a surrogate to birth their babies so she wouldnt gain weight...
Wasn't that a plot point on "Law and Order" not too long ago?
Molotov Cocktails are also WMDs.
kelseys wife is so useless,they hired a surrogate to birth their babies so she wouldnt gain weight...heard her speak once on tv.....tooooooooooootally vacuous. aint that purty neither go figur
sittenpretty
The excuse was that she had irritable bowel syndrome.
Well, she IS full of shit.
Wasn't that a plot point on "Law and Order" not too long ago?
dave™© | Homepage | 04.01.06 - 12:31 pm | #
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life imitating art 
Dear Ms. Atrios:
I'd like to thank you for supporting my divinely-appointed Campaign. Jesus has told me that he will bless you richly in reward, just as soon as you move out of the God-forsaken inner city and out to Godly Bucks County.
Anyway, my campaign is doing fine, due in part to my Righteous! boob job.
I look forward to the race!
I have to wonder why anyone gives a moment's thought to Kelsey Grammer and his wife...
QL: Hey, now. After seven years, I think maybe I've earned the right to call this place home...
Ridnik Chrome
Heh. Mr. QL came here from Pittsburgh in 1964. I just recently allowed as how he can now call himself a New Yorker.
Doesn't that make any kind of missile or bomb a WMD?
Halfdan
Potentially, anything that has been used that has caused the deaths of a number of people or a lot of destruction could be termed a WMD. That's the way the Deadly Weapon provisions work.
The whole reason they do this is because Jane is so good at what she does
Unfortunately fy's steppin' all over watertiger's post and it looks like Pach is trying to delete them as fast as fy posts them. Pathetic.
heheheheeh! you know what i just remembered? you live in a climate where you actually do need to grow things indoors for most of the year! hahahaha!
PoppieProng
It's getting longer. It got to 18 yesterday. No doubt it will snow again, but still.
We start our starts in early April, but don't plant them out til the first week of June. I'll plant seeds for lettuce and greens and what not in early May, risking frost, but I plant every ten days, so if I lose a crop or two it's not the end of the world.
Tomatoes won't come in until September, or even October. Frost again in October.
surprisingly enough, the inclusion of section 921 of title 18 (incorporating the term "destructive device" in the definition of WMD) is in the original 1994 law.
Perky boobies are a Space-shul-tee of mine, as are my intimate conversations with my Jaysus!
Riyadh pledges moderate oil policy
Saudi Arabia will continue a moderate oil policy to ensure a stable world economy and pursue terrorists in the kingdom, King Abdullah has said.
In an address to the appointed Shura Council on Saturday, the closest thing the kingdom has to a parliament, Abdullah also said there is "no room ... for extremism" in the kingdom and vowed to crush what he described as a "misguided group of terrorists and murderers".
"We will continue our moderate policies in the production of oil, in its pricing and in protecting the international economy from instability," the king said.
It's getting longer. It got to 18 yesterday. No doubt it will snow again, but still.
We start our starts in early April, but don't plant them out til the first week of June. I'll plant seeds for lettuce and greens and what not in early May, risking frost, but I plant every ten days, so if I lose a crop or two it's not the end of the world.
Tomatoes won't come in until September, or even October. Frost again in October.
speaking of "18," do you find yourself converting to Fahrenheit, or is "18," um... "18" to you now?
Potentially, anything that has been used that has caused the deaths of a number of people or a lot of destruction could be termed a WMD. That's the way the Deadly Weapon provisions work.
Tena
This just goes to show that the very term WMD is militarily meaningless. It's nothing but a political ploy.
...life imitating art.
I bet it was the other way around!
Good mor--- whatever it is. I celebrated the weekend by sleeping hella late.
Anybody having problems reading Kos? I get there and the page takes forever to load and scrolling is really slow.
This just goes to show that the very term WMD is militarily meaningless. It's nothing but a political ploy.
rorschach
Yep.
Repukes DO love their trophy bimbos.
Tomatoes won't come in until September, or even October. Frost again in October.
It's not that different here Moe. No matter when you set your 'maters out, they ripen only according to the night temperature gods, usually in September. Dang a tomato sandwich tastes good by then!
Unfortunately fy's steppin' all over watertiger's post and it looks like Pach is trying to delete them as fast as fy posts them. Pathetic.
cupholder
People like fy are such losers that they are willing to shit all over their own family.
Potentially, anything that has been used that has caused the deaths of a number of people or a lot of destruction could be termed a WMD. That's the way the Deadly Weapon provisions work.
i will note that there seemed, at the time section 921 was written (and it hasn't changed much), there was an attempt not to make it overly broad. but courts, as they are wont to do, have allowed it to slip somewhat.
Fighters defy Hamas plea for calm
Hamas has vowed to bring what it calls the dangerous situation on the streets of Gaza under control as the group faces its first internal crisis after only three days in government.
Ismail Haniya, the Palestinian prime minister, vowed on Saturday in Gaza City to end the security chaos "using law and order" and by "withdrawing armed civilians from the street to end this dangerous situation".
"What happened was dangerous and must not be repeated," Haniya said as Aljazeera reported that men from al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades had seized the offices of the Interior Ministry in Nablus in the West Bank.
Anybody having problems reading Kos?
Heh. Always. But I don't think that's what you mean.
Unfortunately fy's steppin' all over watertiger's post and it looks like Pach is trying to delete them as fast as fy posts them. Pathetic.
cupholder
He is such a pathetic piece of shit.
I'd love to come face to face with him so I can separate him from his teeth.
well, i have to do some work, but later y'all!
speaking of "18," do you find yourself converting to Fahrenheit, or is "18," um... "18" to you now?
PoppieProng
I've completely gone over to Cs. It makes more sense, and I think that way now. It's like this:
-20 so fucking cold it doesn't matter
-10 cold
0 freezing
10 sweater weather
20 room temp
30 hot
40 so fucking hot it doesn't matter
Like I said, makes a lot of sense. I still haven't internalized kilometres and litres, though.
Infectious earworms spilling in through our broken borders.
Great stuff from Komeda and Puffy (not that Puffy).
I submit that the term "WMD", weapon of mass destruction, is meaningless on its face. Mass is an intrnsic property of localized matter and as such can be aggragated or dispersed but neither created nor destroyed. So there *tbthhh*
surprisingly enough, the inclusion of section 921 of title 18 (incorporating the term "destructive device" in the definition of WMD) is in the original 1994 law.
PoppieProng
I guess you'd have to go back and look at the legislative remarks when the bill was passed to see what was going on.
I don't recall hearing that phrase: Weapons of Mass Destruction - until Commander CooCoo Bananas began to run it into the ground. That's not so surprising I guess - I haven't paid any attention to the federal crim. statutes for years.
Hamas may find governing not quite to their taste.
This just goes to show that the very term WMD is militarily meaningless. It's nothing but a political ploy.
rorschach
Yep.
Tena | Homepage | 04.01.06 - 12:37 pm | #
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saw V for vendetta last nite...its all theatre ,no?
I've completely gone over to Cs.
Go Kelvin, baby!
Heh. Always. But I don't think that's what you mean.
Yeah. But I know what YOU mean, too.
There was a Daypop link to it I wanted to check, and it's like scrolling through quicksand. Oh, well, no nev'mind.
(My kids are here playing vidgames backed up with some XM novelty station playing the weirdest shit --I've heard Baby Snakes and the original 16 Tons in the same set.)
Time for me to get ready for my Crawfish boil.
Catch you later 'bats.
Turkey warns children off clashes
Turkey's prime minister has warned that the security forces will act against women and children who he said were being used as the "pawns of terrorism".
Three children are among seven people to have died in several days of clashes between Kurds and Turkish riot police.
PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan told parents they should not let their children become involved in street protests.
Meanwhile, one person was killed and 13 hurt in a bomb attack in Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, on Friday.
The bombing was claimed by a Kurdish separatist group, the TAK, which said it was acting in response to the recent violence in the mainly Kurdish south-east of Turkey.
But, it never occurs to most of them that these chickies are after them for their bank accounts.
Good lord, they are deluded if they can't see that.
Anyway, I gotta go buy a grow light. Gonna start some tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant down in the basement this week.
Do you set your seeds on heat mats, Moe?
Time for me to get ready for my Crawfish boil.
Catch you later 'bats.
David (Austin Tx)
And I wasn't invited.
*sob!*
Nice to see Vicki's unbanned again.
And I wasn't invited.
*sob!*
rorschach
When you move back to Louisiana, you'll have to throw a giant crawfish boil for all the Atriots.
Do you set your seeds on heat mats, Moe?
plantsman
I haven't. Should I?
But, it never occurs to most of them that these chickies are after them for their bank accounts.
Good lord, they are deluded if they can't see that.
Tena
Tena:
Most of them ARE deluded...about a lot of things!
Filming the Iraq insurgency
Documentary tries to get inside groups fighting coalition forces
As a US tank comes into view on a street in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, three fighters in civilian clothes and headscarves aim their weapons and wait. They claim to be part of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
"This is a message to America," one insurgent says to the camera.
"Look at your might and power, yet you are unable to walk the streets of Ramadi, which belongs to the mujahideen."
Al-Qaeda insurgents see themselves as challenging US power
He turns back to the tank, which has paused a few blocks away. "I swear by almighty God we will destroy them," the insurgent says.
We received this footage while making a documentary about the Sunni insurgency fighting the Coalition Forces in Iraq.
And I wasn't invited.
*sob!*
rorschach
As I am going to someone else's house, it probably wouldn't be prudent to invite others.
Nice to see Vicki's unbanned again.
plantsman
Sure is. Vicki is the giant heart of this place, IMO.
rorschach,
besides I thought you were headed to Fonda san Miguel today?
Plantsman,
I was all over the Ted thread last night. I felt it was my "duty." And I'm not one to troll feed.
I was trying to break him to meltdown, but he didn't quite get there. Although it was amusing in that Atrios was scrubbing his posts.
Sure is. Vicki is the giant heart of this place, IMO.
Tena
Wow. Thanks!
I'm probably a large part of the libido here, too, but I digress.
Ok, now really, I am off.
Later 'gators
I haven't. Should I?
Maybe. It depends on the ambient temperature in the room you start them in. Speeds up germination and root development, but can cause to stretch if you leave on the mat too long. Plus, they're kind of pricey. And you're talking Fluorescents for the lights right?
hi, Bats! Just a drive-by. I've planted 24 violas so far today and I still have 12 foxgloves to get into the ground before it, hopefully, starts to rain.
it was amusing in that Atrios was scrubbing his posts.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
That's good news.
Why was Vicki banned?
Speaking of Kos, I thought this was rather amusing...
And you're talking Fluorescents for the lights right?
plantsman
Yep. Fit right into my existing fixture down in the basement. It's pretty warm down there, btw, I doubt ever below 5 C. Maybe even 10.
Ted is one vile piece of work. He's frightening in his attacks. I'm glad he didn't get you down, Vicki!
I haven't exactly immersed myself in the story, but I see Moussaoui as a case of suicide by adjudication.
I can't begin to grok the defendant on a human level; the bits of him that seep through the media coverage aren't attractive or sympathetic.
He comes across like a nut. Not a very sophisticated characterization, alas. But there it is.
I think he'll get his wish. There's an abiding lust for blood retribution in Amerika, I believe. And I wouldn't expect any politician to question, much less criticize, a jury verdict for the death penalty in this case.
Sacco and Vanzetti it ain't. Except as rewritten by Albert Camus.
Who knows what actual crimes this self-promoting outlaw committed?
Who believes that the FBI or any gummint law enforcement agency would've done anything different even if Moussaoui really did have reliable specific knowledge of planned criminal terrorist acts and spilled his guts to the law?
No matter. We'll dispatch the dude as a Yang to the Yin of Timothy McVeigh, and call it even-- for now.
You're probably fine, Moe. No way to argue with what works!
When you move back to Louisiana, you'll have to throw a giant crawfish boil for all the Atriots.
Tena
Damn right!
(Fonda San Miguel is tomorrow.)
I've been planting in little dribs and drabs all week. Pansies, violas, delphiniums, fuchsias, clumps of blue fescues - going happy! It's so great to get outside again!
So did anyone clue in Vicki on those cool unicorn shirts?
Urban Legend alert!!!!!
If anyone gets this bogus e-mail going around the ‘net about a Pakistani gas station owner in Ill. supposedly refusing service to members of the U.S. military, it’s racist bullshit and should be revealed as such!
I have a wingnut relative who eats this shit up, I’m just waiting for him to dare send it to me ....
Tweety said he "can't imagine Nancy Pelosi with a knife in her teeth."
I can't imagine Tweety without his lips glued to Bush's ass!
I'm glad he didn't get you down, Vicki!
plantsman
No, he didn't get me down ~ not at all. For me, I love to be able to participate in the conversation when I can, since my particular 9 - 5 situation is a struggle at the moment. It helps, coming here. If I can't post from the other place, it makes the days pass so slowly.
Halfdan, I'm not sure why I was banned ~ I think it was because I was caught up in a sweep Atrios was trying to do to get the guy off Tena's back.
reposted from the dead thread below:
I spent an Easter weekend there when I was in high school. A friend and I went down there just for the hell of it and it really is glorious this time of year.
yes, yes it is!
PoppieProng, fka Seaxneat, fka | Homepage | 04.01.06 - 12:00 pm | #
Poppie, you really need to come up to the hill country. The bluebonnetts are blooming here and the rest of the wildflowers are just about ready to pop. All of the oaks across the creek are leafing out in a riot of greens. Its Market Day in Wimberley and the gomers and geezers are out for the first big buy of the season. Its a lovely day for it 76* breezy and partly cloudy.
SHG | 04.01.06 - 12:39 pm | #
Happy Birthday, too!
It's all a giant experiment for me this year, plantsman. I'm sure I'll make lots of mistakes, but I'll learn from them. I grew last year, but only for myself. Kinda got the feel for the seasons around here, what works, what doesn't. This year I'm trying to scale that up to a real farming operation, I've got a few plots around town and out in the valley. I'll be selling at the farmers market. If I can pay back my investment and make a little beer money, I'd be happy enough. But I really think I can do quite well-- a coupla or a few thousand a month. We'll see.
hi, Bats! Just a drive-by. I've planted 24 violas so far today
Showoff!
I'm probably a large part of the libido here,
I've gotcher large part right here...
So did anyone clue in Vicki on those cool unicorn shirts?
dave™©
Very funny. 'Course, I'm not the kind of girl who'd wear one...
Ted is one vile piece of work. He's frightening in his attacks. I'm glad he didn't get you down, Vicki!
plantsman
Instead of bothering people, Ted should invest in therapy.
Just sayin'!
Vicki - I went down and looked at that thread again - America's Nemesis showed up last night.
I was hoping he would. I went looking for him yesterday, because I know where he sometimes posts - under his own name. Couldn't find him - but I love it that he finally showed up.
Do you set your seeds on heat mats, Moe? | plantsman - 12:43 pm
Well, the question wasn't addressed to me, and a civil response has already been provided.
But I still feel compelled to state for the record that I found the query shockingly personal, even for Eschaton.
I think he'll get his wish. There's an abiding lust for blood retribution in Amerika, I believe.
Perhaps, but the case as presented is so bizarre, and the jury has been deliberating awhile, so who's to say? We'll see. it's been weird.
BTW, Slashdot is a scream today...
I've been planting in little dribs and drabs all week
I'm envious, too early here, but I do have my seed rack ready to go and will start my flats tomorrow.
Just got high-speed hooked up here at home (finally) and I'm loving it!
Very funny. 'Course, I'm not the kind of girl who'd wear one...
Only ride one!
But I still feel compelled to state for the record that I found the query shockingly personal, even for Eschaton.
You make me feel so ashamed, LB!
Man, I think it might be about time for some spongemonkeys to cheer me up...
Tena,
I saw that he showed up, too. Boy he's good at slicing Ted into a million tiny pieces!
Hey, Vicki's two giant hearts in this place! ♥♥ 
♥♥
Sort of.
Just got high-speed hooked up here at home (finally) and I'm loving it!
OOoooooohh ! I'll bet! Enjoy!
Thousands of Iran quake homeless seek shelter
BRUJERD, Iran (AFP) - Iranian authorities were battling to provide shelter and aid for thousands of people left homeless by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake in the west of the country that killed 73 people.
Amid fears of aftershocks on Saturday, survivors of Friday's pre-dawn earthquake in the west of Lorestan province -- which also injured at least 1,265 -- spent the night in the cold open air as they awaited the distribution of relief items.
Around 500 people from villages under the city of Brujerd's jurisdiction protested in front of the city's governor office, demanding blankets, tents and food, state news agency IRNA reported.
Most of the parks in Brujerd and the provincial capital, Khoramabad were packed with people who had dragged blankets and other necessities with them in the expectation of enduring more aftershocks.
Instead of bothering people, Ted should invest in therapy.
Just sayin'!
Terry C, Coldplayer
Kid, Ted spent the last year or so in a booby hatch hooked up to a thorazine drip.
Did little to abate his sociopathic delusions.
He should invest in a lobotomy.
Feral Liberal,
I just got high speed a month ago. I. love. it.
Have fun!
feral - the problem with high speed is you'll wind up spending even more time online.
Why was Vicki banned?
Halfdan
Atrios was trying to ban Ted and Vicki and I got caught in the sweep. I got ahold of Atrios before he went on the road yesterday and he lifted my ban. I don't think he knew about Vicki until he got back yesterday.
True to her nature, Vicki was remarkably good humored about it all.
the problem with high speed is you'll wind up spending even more time online
The better to keep in touch with my friends here...
hey Moe
I missed the first few minutes of 22 minutes
did thye have fun with scottie?
High speed is the shizznit.
I can't imagine going back to dial up.
Sorry if everybody's already talking about this, but Mary Carillo hates Maria Sharapova because she's beautiful.
Sharapova is a fine athlete and I want to defend her. I am calling for Carillo's resignation.
The "woman" across the net from Sharapova right now is built like a Pacer. I think she also has a cold sore.
Please join me in this worthwhile effort. Thank you.
High Speed teh rulezzz
Ted better invest in a good lawyer if I ever get ahold of him.
hey Moe
I missed the first few minutes of 22 minutes
did thye have fun with scottie?
olexicon
I was out at the Junos yesterday, missed TV. I'll catch the rerun on Tuesday.
More bands you've never heard of, tonight at 7pm at The Elevens, 140 Pleasant Street, Northampton, Massachusetts:
Whiskey Ina
Kamikaze Hearts
Lonesome Brothers
I can't imagine going back to dial up
Yeah, it was murder on long threads! I couldn't keep up half the time.
Sounds like HEM, from Brooklyn, NY (cept the HEM chick's voice is even more amazing IMO): http://www.hemband.com/home.jsp
BTW, I think Vicki was only "banned" from work... where she shouldn't be wasting time on the internets anyway!
It's all a giant experiment for me this year, plantsman. I'm sure I'll make lots of mistakes, but I'll learn from them. I grew last year, but only for myself. Kinda got the feel for the seasons around here, what works, what doesn't. This year I'm trying to scale that up to a real farming operation, I've got a few plots around town and out in the valley. I'll be selling at the farmers market. If I can pay back my investment and make a little beer money, I'd be happy enough. But I really think I can do quite well-- a coupla or a few thousand a month. We'll see.
Good for you, and Good Luck Moe! Farmer's Markets can be such civil, lively places and if you can make a wee profit so much the better. I'll bet folks really appreciate varied fresh produce up your way. Cool!!!
Hey Sir Humpty - good afternoon.
Tena,
You say the kindest things! Thanks!
I know Ted makes fun of the comraderie here, but I'm unapologetic ~ it's a good thing to get to know and care about people!
Feral Liberal,
I just got high speed a month ago. I. love. it.
Have fun!
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore - 1:00 pm
Are we talking Internet connectivity or joy toys here?
I could never go back to dial up either.
high speed broadband is the best!
BTW, I think Vicki was only "banned" from work... where she shouldn't be wasting time on the internets anyway!
dave™©
Hey now! I get all my work done!
good afternoon.
Tena |
right back atcha
Are we talking Internet connectivity or joy toys here?
Little Brøther
You are so naughty!
my new favorite song
"Fuck A War" by the Geto Boys
Well, batsies, later! Good on you all today!
I'm off to shop for prom dresses.
Last year for that! (Yay!)
Gotta run. see you'all later.
high speed broadband is the best!
It Is! And the happy migration to it is something many web surfers have in common. It's one of those few things where the reality is as good as the hype, IMHO.
I'm off to shop for prom dresses.
Who's your date?
Hi-larious new GOoPer ad at C&L.
ITMFA
Condi on the radio just now
"you people don't understand what created al qaeda"
---is this troll projection or what
olexicon - I haven't heard that song. Now I'm going to have to go to iTunes.
I am almost out of memory on the nano - I've used 1.56 gigs out of 2 and I think I have about room for one song left and I'm finding that depressing.
Is the "boobs and penises" thread up here now?
I missed out while it was downstairs. Damn job.
Morning!
olexicon - did you hear about King Ralph's numbers??
Hi-larious new GOoPer ad at C&L.
Like how everything's been going?
Thank the Republicans.
whiskeyina
do you have any of your music online?
BTW, speaking of ponies...!
Like, OMG!!!!!!!!!!
Well, batsies, later! Good on you all today!
I'm off to shop for prom dresses.
Last year for that! (Yay!)
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore - 1:06 pm
Man, I'd love to be the lucky high school senior who's taking our Vicki to the prom!
I wonder if that young man knows that he'll get more of an education during a whirlwind thirty-six hours than he has in twelve years of sitting in class!
Don't hang it up this year, Vicki baby! There's a whole new generation of freshmen who'll desperately need you in the next springtime or two!
I know Ted makes fun of the comraderie here, but I'm unapologetic ~ it's a good thing to get to know and care about people!
Vicki,
First off, I mean what I say.
Secondly, once Atrios turned the tables on Ted last night, and I felt that everyone who was there was surrounding me - I felt protected and welcome again. I'm not putting this right, but I am struggling for words - so -
I am so grateful.
Happy Birthday, Poppie-- may you and your prong prosper in the coming year.
"you people don't understand what created al qaeda"
No Condi, I'm afraid that's YOU PEOPLE!
BTW, speaking of ponies...!
Like, OMG!!!!!!!!!!
dave™©
I love Slashdot's new look.
I still have 12 foxgloves to get into the ground before it, hopefully, starts to rain.
Hecate Malificent
I think I can guarantee rain in Arlington at 7pm because that's when I'll be walking home from work and I didn't bring an umbrella.
I am so grateful.
Tena
what happened?
Prom dresses for my daughter, you silly fellers!
- did you hear about King Ralph's numbers??
catnip
King Ralph is now prince ralph
55% sends a message don;t it
I am so grateful.
My wife sings a song with that title!
High speed is the shizznit.
I can't imagine going back to dial up.
Tena
Trudat. And I wish I had some, instead of this DPC fraudband...But a cheap/free dialup is a good backup for when your SBC/Comcast/AOL/TimeWarner/DfuckingPC IP block gets tossed in the shitter because of some farking overfed TrOoL.
For the frugal-minded;
Neandertech.com is $5.47/mo.
Mailaka.net is $6.95/mo.
Juno and Netzero each have 10 hr/mo free plans.
Plus there are a ton of $10/mo ISPs out there. Right now I have 3 ISPs. I aint takin' no chances...
Instead of bothering people, Ted should invest in therapy.
That goes double for little annie fanny!
Vicki The Prom QUeen of the Che Guevevara high school
I love Slashdot's new look.
catnip
I love Gates as the Borg.
Angle: You've seen some of the media coverage since you got back. Does it accurately reflect what you saw when you were there?
Cpl Diaz: Well, in my case I was out west in the Anbar province and the media kind of, kind of goes for major things that happen in Bagdad or Falluja during voting times and the media doesn't cover that IED's go off every day, numerous times.
Prom dresses for my daughter, you silly fellers!
C'mon... be a sport!
King Ralph is now prince ralph
55% sends a message don;t it
olexicon,Sir Humpty
He's the court jester. (Of course that's not really news though). It's about damn time we had a shake up in Alberta. This place is so incredibly stagnant.
Rice met by more protests on tour
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she was enjoying her trip to the north-west of England despite continued anti-war protests.
She was speaking at Blackburn Town Hall on Saturday following a meeting with Muslim and civic leaders.
Earlier, Ms Rice and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrived to noise from both protesters and supporters.
"I find them an exercise in democracy, I don't find them off-putting or disconcerting," she told reporters.
It's about damn time we had a shake up in Alberta. This place is so incredibly stagnant.
Not in front of GWPDA!
Doozer - I had my ongoing problems with Comcast and switched to Earthlink DSL.
Comcast was faster and I really loved it when it was working. Problem was it didn't work for me about half the time. And Comcast couldn't figure out why.
Is the "boobs and penises" thread up here now?
Well, we do likes us some boobs and penises, it's true.
This place is so incredibly stagnant.
catnip
Well the PCs have been in power for 40 years
Saskatchewan may have the smae problem what with a 15-year socialist rule
"I find them an exercise in democracy, I don't find them off-putting or disconcerting," she told reporters.
Sure, baby, sure. That's just what Commander Coocoo Bananas always says, too.
Bill & Melinda ARE the Borg.
Have you been April fooled?
Has Tony Blair declared his true political colours by painting the door of 10 Downing Street red?
Has Coldplay's Chris Martin done the same by cosying up to Conservative leader David Cameron?
And, as for penguins by the Thames and roads made of biscuits: has the whole world gone mad?
Millions of newspaper readers and radio listeners will have woken up on Saturday only to be bemused or enraged by the journalist's biggest joy of the year: the April Fools' Day joke.
i figured out that britney statue. it's a piggy bank. you drop the coins down her ass.
I think it may actually be time for me to sleep...
I'm a multi-tasker, I like both boobs and penises.
(She says, as she paints her face, getting ready to head out to the Bohemian dress shop.)
PM Margaret Thatcher's former Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd had this reaction to her [Condi's] speech:
"It is quite possible to believe that" democracy is essential, Hurd said to the crowd after she spoke, but also to "believe that essentially the path must grow from the roots of its own society and that the killing of thousands of people, many of them innocent, is unacceptable whether committed by a domestic tyrant or for a good cause upon being invaded."
does that mean gwyneth leans tory?
Dear Penthouse,
I never thought I'd be writing this, but last week my daughter's prom date rang the doorbell while my little princess was still in the shower.
I had just gotten out of the shower myself, so I was only wearing two towels when I opened the door.
When I let Lance in past me and closed the door, the hem of my lower towel got caught in the door jamb. When I stepped away, the towel whisked clean off.
The next thing I knew...
dicks and tits
it's a piggy bank
That works in so many ways...
I love Slashdot's new look.
catnip
My eyes! My eyes!
And what's with kittens and ponies at /., anyway?
But, hey...Duke's coming!
"It is quite possible to believe that" democracy is essential, Hurd said to the crowd after she spoke, but also to "believe that essentially the path must grow from the roots of its own society and that the killing of thousands of people, many of them innocent, is unacceptable whether committed by a domestic tyrant or for a good cause upon being invaded."
Nice quote, catnip!
I am so grateful.
Tena
Since it was a concerted effort on Ted's part to try and run you off, it was really the gentlemenly thing to do. You're one of the rocks around here and the place wouldn't be the same without you. Atrios acknowledged that.
Bill & Melinda ARE the Borg.
plantsman
No argument from me.
does that mean gwyneth leans tory?
She certainly leans pompous these days.
I've made 1,000s of mistakes in my life.
APRIL FOOLS!
"It is quite possible to believe that" democracy is essential, Hurd said to the crowd after she spoke, but also to "believe that essentially the path must grow from the roots of its own society and that the killing of thousands of people, many of them innocent, is unacceptable whether committed by a domestic tyrant or for a good cause upon being invaded."
Well, it's obvious to me that Douglas Hurd is objectively pro-Saddam.
My eyes! My eyes!
And what's with kittens and ponies at /., anyway?
But, hey...Duke's coming!
Doozer
They're trying to attract more wimmenfolk.
Snakes on Threads!
I'm a multi-tasker, I like both boobs and penises.
I feel faint...
what happened?
catnip
Just the usual. Ted gets wound up and stalks me. He lurks and the minute I post a comment, he's there and he just follows me around and harasses me. He's done this off and on for 4 years - the MO is always the same.
Then he starts stealing my identity and posts as me and it gets really confusing and really crazy.
Atrios turned the tables on him last night, put up a post about him and let everyone take a shot. It really really helped me out, I'll tell you. He had been harassing me for about a week.
Does Atrios have a myspace page?
Snakes in Beds!
Does Atrios have a myspace page?
Well, it's obvious to me that Douglas Hurd is objectively pro-Saddam.
Apprentice to Darth Tigerous
And that he has tea with bin Laden on a regular basis.
(¯`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸¸.
This is actually pretty cool. I don't know who's behind it, but...nice!
And that he has tea with bin Laden on a regular basis.
catnip
is Osama objectively pro-crumpet?
Atrios turned the tables on him last night, put up a post about him and let everyone take a shot. It really really helped me out, I'll tell you. He had been harassing me for about a week.
Tena
I'l have to check that out. Geez. Some people just have no lives! It really is sick. I'm just glad you're okay.
(¯`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.
¸¸.
Snakes on Threads!
Get these motherfucking snakes off this motherfucking thread!!!
And while Gwyneth climbs the snob ladder, her mom Blythe Danner just keeps on working in films, acting like the regular person she is.
is Osama objectively pro-crumpet?
olexicon,Sir Humpty
Not sure about that, but I do know that I am objectively pro-strumpet.
Get these motherfucking snakes off this motherfucking thread!!!
Hisssssss!
Okay, now I'm really out of here for real.
My daughter is very antsy to find the bestest. prom. dress. evah!
Me, I'm just glad this is the last fucking formal I'm ever going to have to buy. The kid didn't miss a single dance during her four years of high school.
is Osama objectively pro-crumpet?
olexicon,Sir Humpty
Ask Hurd. He's OBL's new bed buddy.
Wanna apple?
ciao moonbats
catch ya all laters
echnide?
from amandagon
Joe Glover, president of the Family Policy Network, has filed an official complaint with the Federal Communications Commission, saying NASCAR has a problem with foul language.
“It seems that every now and then, a participant in a nationally televised race will violate the FCC’s clear rules against uttering vulgar terms on daytime television and ‘let one slip’ on the air,” he said. “On one hand, leaders of the sport want families to think they’re against it. On the other hand, they don’t seem to want it to stop. … At some point, you have to wonder if NASCAR is really serious about establishing a family-friendly environment for their radio and television audiences.”
In addition to Glover’s group, the American Family Association is urging people to file a complaint with the FCC against the Fox network.
olexicon - have you heard Public Enemy's new stuff? It's not what it was back in the day but they have a song called: "Hell no we're not alright." It's about NOLA -
"New Orleans in the morning,
at noon and at night,
hell no, we aren't alright."
Okay, batties, time to lay my weary bones down...
Fare thee well.
Wanna apple?
(¯`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸¸.
Why yes, yes I do.
but I do know that I am objectively pro-strumpet.
rorschach
as am i
also I am objectively pro-harlot
Echnide, isssssss our Goddesssssssss.
"New Orleans in the morning,
at noon and at night,
hell no, we aren't alright."
Tena
yes indeed
I have heard it
Since it was a concerted effort on Ted's part to try and run you off, it was really the gentlemenly thing to do. You're one of the rocks around here and the place wouldn't be the same without you. Atrios acknowledged that.
ql
That's why when I refreshed the page last night after the DVD was over, and saw that post, I was blown away. I was.
I still am.
Good Sleep, rorschach.
yes indeed
I have heard it
olexicon
figured you would have.
sssssssleeep rorsssssschach.
Parseltongue an' everthing!
Rice: Don't take Iraq errors 'literally'
U.S. secretary of state visits England amid anti-war protests
BLACKBURN, England (CNN) -- One day after Condoleezza Rice said the United States made possibly "thousands" of tactical mistakes in the war against Iraq, the secretary of state says she was speaking "figuratively, not literally."
2326
Literally...
BTW, for all you geeks, here's an RSS round-up.
Media: "The Dumbocrats should come up with a plan of their own to fight the GWOT."
Media: "OK. They came up with a plan, but it's too little, too late.
And it's not as good as the Repuke's "Let's keep doing the same shit that failed in the past" plan.
No literal "mistakes" in Iraq, no Sir!
, the secretary of state says she was speaking "figuratively, not literally."
Now that's a good trick - how does one speak figuratively about making mistakes?
*sigh*
They just never stop.
HAS ANYONE SEEN A SNAKE CRAWLING AROUND HERE?
And it's not as good as the Repuke's "Let's keep doing the same shit that failed in the past" plan.
Or the mean-spirited pussy hard-ass anti-immigrant bill they're working on!
Now if we could just do something about anal annie. Unfortunately far too many people respond to it.
Atrios turned the tables on him last night, put up a post about him and let everyone take a shot.
It was fun - open season on one troll.
Oh, man. LOVE the motherfuckin' snakes!
Wrong thread I know, but I've e-mailed Katie's campaign Web site to offer my services this time of darkness. She's still got about $10 million to burn through, and I come relatively cheap at a couple hundred thousand.
I'm advising she put some of that plastic surgery money in her backside so she can so to speak broaden her appeal past the skinny-assed white bitch Palm Beach set.
In addition to Glover’s group, the American Family Association is urging people to file a complaint with the FCC against the Fox network.
Anyone know how large the American Family Association actually is? I get the impression that it's just a couple of trolls with phones.
Happy nap, ror!
Hey, QL, have you ever heard of http://www.projectlinus.org ?
Tornado-chaser: Life on the Edge
Atrios' thread-chaser: A frantic scramble to keep up with the leading edge
Do we qualify for hazard pay?
Unfortunately far too many people respond to it.
It almost baited me yesterday, but I logged off and resisted - Sociopathic, doncha know.
Now if we could just do something about anal annie. Unfortunately far too many people respond to it.
ql in ny
Far too many of us are annie.
Raggamaggafraggasaggitz...
I swear, it seems to take me all of Saturday to recover from the work week. Or I'm just lazy.
Now if we could just do something about anal annie. Unfortunately far too many people respond to it.
ql in ny
Nail meet hammer!
You're right. I detest it when people feed it because I think Simels is on to something...It is a (bad) performance artist. Not deserving of attention.
Harris has a golden oppurtunity to show that an entirely faith based campaign can actually work. Who needs a campaign staff? Let's see if JEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSUSSSS alone can get her elected.
Kid decided to Dyson her room, so here I'm stuck. All dressed up and nowhere to go...for another five minutes or so.
I swear, it seems to take me all of Saturday to recover from the work week.
Work's increasingly like that.
*sigh*
They just never stop.
Tena
even a mistakenly uttered truth cannot be allowed to stand... must create a false history and shit
The annie troll is a tough one to resist, but even I'm growing tired of it. When it tries to be nice and make friends with people, it's just pathetic.
Hooray! Mr. Tena was able to get Good Night and Good Luck for tonight. I can't wait.
Saw Capote last weekend - what an amazing movie. I loved that there were long stretches of silence in it, especially in the scenes with he and Harper Lee - things were unsaid but understood and it was really well done.
Strawhat, yes they do nice things. There is guild here that holds a bee every year quilting tops that have been donated. Lovely stuff.
Oooh, we have a Dyson and I don't like it. It's too powerful. It nearly ripped the fringe off our fancy-schmancy fake Persian dining room rug.
somebody got chastised about this last night. is it being a sanctimonious scold to point out somebody else being a sanctimonious scold?
but even I'm growing tired of it. When it tries to be nice and make friends with people, it's just pathetic.
I have to admit I about choked on a weed when it wrote last weekend:
Hey Vicki, IM me about EschaCon.
My immediate (and only) response was, "In your dreams, you sociopath."
Hooray! Mr. Tena was able to get Good Night and Good Luck for tonight. I can't wait.
You're gonna love it. I rented it last week -- a double feature with Network.
damn haloscan, that was me. whatever happened to the retaining name thing?
Kid decided to Dyson her room,
For a second I thought you meant a L5 orbit Dyson sphere.
What an ambitious kid!
Then I remembered the vacum cleaner brand. Some days my misperceptions are more interesting then gaining understanding.
-- a double feature with Network.
Silleigh, aka Furiousleigh
GOOD call
Media: "The Dumbocrats don't put the fear of God in the turrists."
Media: "The Repukes put the fear of God in the turrists, but the turrists don't realize it yet."
Lutheran World Relief (www.lwr.org) sends quilts to disaster areas -- they've sent something like a hundred million quilts all over the world in the last sixty years -- so at work for Women's History Month we set up a stitching niche in one of the conference rooms and made a bunch. I'm finishing two this weekend.
Kid decided to Dyson her room,
For a second I thought you meant a L5 orbit Dyson sphere.
What an ambitious kid!
.
Then I remembered the vacum cleaner brand. Some days my misperceptions are more interesting then gaining understanding.
All right!
We're ready now!
Peace!
See you all later on the flip flop, after an early dinner with a friend!
You're gonna love it. I rented it last week -- a double feature with Network.
Silleigh, aka Furiousleigh 1:43 pm
Very cleverleigh...
Harris has a golden oppurtunity to show that an entirely faith based campaign can actually work. Who needs a campaign staff? Let's see if JEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSUSSSS alone can get her elected.
Richard
her belief in the almighty is spelled d-i-e-b-o-l-d.
Hey Vicki, IM me about EschaCon.
My immediate (and only) response was, "In your dreams, you sociopath."
Have someone scout out Chicago, and send her to the worst biker bar in three states.
That one from Tristero was pretty funny.
I'll bet the wingnuttians don't get it.
My immediate (and only) response was, "In your dreams, you sociopath."
Vicki, Wh
I told it it was not invited and was not coming. Of course, it's only talking - it would never show up.
When the fuck is Eschacon II, anyway?
Since Southwest flys cheap from here to Midway, I might actually try to come this time.
here's a ray of sunshine in your life.
http://static.flickr.com/46/
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Literally...
focus | 04.01.06 - 1:34 pm
hit'em widda fookin chair, pardner!!!
JEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSUSSSS alone can get her elected.
Richard
you mean her undocumented gardener?
Hooray! Mr. Tena was able to get Good Night and Good Luck for tonight. I can't wait.
I may have to rent some movies. Tonite's Sci-fi feature looks boring.
You're gonna love it. I rented it last week -- a double feature with Network.
Silleigh
What a double feature! I've been agitating to see Network again. There are a number of new releases we haven't seen yet, however, so I'll have to wait until we've seen them.
4Legs--but it's Parker Lewis! We can't lose!
Network and GN&GL did make an excellent double feature. I recommend Network first; you won't be quite as depressed if you finish with GN&GL.
Hooray! Mr. Tena was able to get Good Night and Good Luck for tonight. I can't wait.
I'm seeing "Why We Fight" this afternoon. I've been waiting for it to come to flyover country.
I fucking did it.
I wasn't opening the file so I couldn't chose just one picture.
Media: "Reid and Pelosi aren't tough enough to frighten the turrists."
Media: "Chimpy's tough enough to frighten the turrists, if only he would say scarier things and stop falling off his bicycle."
Petroglyphs.
http://static.flickr.com/48/
1210...fc41302ba_b.jpg
higher res shot.
http://static.flickr.com/48/
1210...fc41302ba_o.jpg
I swear, it seems to take me all of Saturday to recover from the work week. Or I'm just lazy.
In my case, yes.
hit'em widda fookin chair, pardner!!!
WoodyGuthrie'sGuitar(aka | 04.01.06 - 1:48 pm
i would that i could but I would prefer to kick it out from beneath...
4Legs,
Very very sweet picture of lion kitty maxx at the top of your blog today!
Gotta take the munchkins to lunch. Happy afternoon. (Y'all did check out Google's new dating service, right?)
::poof::
4Legs--Eli promises us beatage, shootage and splatterage.
Jennifer - we are aiming for Labor Day weekend, but we may have to move it into September. Vicki is going to Chicago to check on hotels, etc. There is a jazz festival that weekend and we don't know if that is going to be an issue, yet.
It wouldn't have occurred to me, but people told us about it on the EschaCon II website. there is a website for it.
Well, I picked my way around a lot of the afternoon Ted incursions. I wondered if the plug would and could be pulled on him.
It's not much comfort, but frequent/regular visitors can usually pick out namestealers. Namestealing is at bottom a cheap trick to gain a split-second of unwary attention.
If the post is worded innocuously enough, it might not register that it's a fraud. But the malign idiot vectors here aren't interested in plausibly impersonating their stolen identity-- they just want to express sarcasm or insults, or similar vilification. I'm glad this psycho was exorcised for now. And I'm amused when FY's little squeaky truncated posts appear, or comments are scrubbed.
But-- and it's a big but-- I humbly hope and entreat Master Atrios to take advantage of whatever improved or refined anti-troll applications are available.
As if walking on the proverbial eggshells, I approach the edge of the slope leading down to the WATB quicksand, where can be heard the incessant wailing and gnashing of teeth. The slope is especially worn and treacherous due to the pebbles dislodged by DRACO's recent scrabblings, bless his heart.
Anyhoo, my point is that I understand that the masters of the domain have to work out a trade off between the evils of abuse vs. open highest-quality access. And guests-- largely non-paying guests, at that, including Your Humble Narrator-- must simply be understanding and gracious and accommodating.
But to me that doesn't mean adopting a robotic "it's good that x change for the worse happened" mantra. So I agree with WGG that it's a shame that the current fix precludes posting poetic or lyrical lines. And I say boo to those who express solidarity with this unfortunate limitation by breezily opining that no one wants to read any damn lyrics here anyway!
And so with the "not-really banned" access interruptions, etc. All's I'm saying here is that I totally agree with being patient and cheerful and accommodating and understanding.
But I think it's acceptable and necessary to acknowledge the degradations in quality and seek to reverse them if the opportunity presents itself. Because I bet that lots of posts like this one, with too many cramped lines, just get skipped. Not to mention that this thread is probably as dead as a mackerel on a sand dune by now...
From Wesley Clark's radio address in response to W earlier:
This administration has taken us on a path to nowhere - replete with hyped intelligence, macho slogans and an incredible failure to see the obvious," Clark said in the broadcast.
...
The administration "has shown tragic incompetence in everything from nation building in Iraq to disaster relief in Louisiana," he said. "Let's face it: We're not going to win the war on terror unless we start making more friends and fewer enemies in the world, and we're not going to be able to protect the American people without a new strategy."
My husband, no rabid liberal like me merely a liberal, loves this guy. He thinks he can get republican and independent votes. And I'm partial to any guy called Wesley.
ql - AIIiiyeee - I'm the only person left in the universe who still can't make that happen.
Glorious quilt and congratulations!
Petroglyphs.
Doug
really? what does it mean?
strawhat
I would love to see some of your work. If you'd like I can even post it, now that I have that figured out.
somebody got chastised about this last night. is it being a sanctimonious scold to point out somebody else being a sanctimonious scold?
Anonymous
More or less depends on who is sanctimoniously scolding whom.
little brother, you made me think there was a new thread.
I wasn't opening the file so I couldn't chose just one picture.
ql in ny
ql,
i tried and failed to leave a comment on yer site. anyway beautiful work/art!
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4Legs--Eli promises us beatage, shootage and splatterage.
It's eatage or nothing for me!!
Jazz Fest shouldn't interfere with EschaCon plans, Tena. There's fests and stuff all summer long in Chicago -- Jazz Fest is just one of *many,* and not the biggest, either. But if you do decide to move the date further out, Chicago's weather is generally pleasant through mid-October -- it doesn't generally get crappy until November (and then it stays crappy until mid-April).
lol anon. i see. so the merits of the argument is secondary.
really? what does it mean?
The Petroglyphs in the Bitterroot valley?
Heck if I know. These pictures are all over the place. Since I'm moving I've been annoying the people around here who know where to find them, so that I can take some pictures of these. Many of them are wearing away due to natural events (in this case you can see they are being covered up and washed away by leaves and dirt from a stream) and by human vandals.
I've asked some of the Indians around here about the Petroglyphs (made by Nez Pierce, Salesh Kootinie(sp) Indians). If I'm extremely lucky they may let me talk to some of the tribal elders who are supposed to know what they mean, and represent. One reason I want to do this is to document cultural history, that's being lost while we talk.
For a second I thought you meant a L5 orbit Dyson sphere.
Don't think it would fit...
4Legs--but it's Parker Lewis! We can't lose!
Do you know that I still haven't seen King Kong? or Capote or Good Night and Good Luck?
All I do these days is huddle in the darkroom. Thank god we do digital the next 2 weeks.
QL, you're so nice. I just have to get a digital camera so I can take pictures of my little prides & joys. (I made 3 little purple Chinese Coins quilts for decor for a retreat, and they made their debut last weekend -- they were a hit)
focus, thanks. I don't claim to be an artist. Still working on the artisan business.
It wouldn't have occurred to me, but people told us about it on the EschaCon II website.
Tena, just left a comment on the site. Being a Jazz fan, Labor Day would be just added incentive for me to attend, not that I wouldn't otherwise.
strawhat - That's why Vicki is going to Chicago - to check on all of that and we are really trying to accommodate as many people as we can.
So if the festival isn't a problem and the majority would like Labor Day weekend because they don't think they can get away later, we'll try to do that.
Honestly, this is y'all's convention - and we want to make it possible for as many as to come as we can and to do things y'all want to do.
The annie troll is a tough one to resist, but even I'm growing tired of it. When it tries to be nice and make friends with people, it's just pathetic.
I think what we have here is a guy with very low self-esteem, who feels the need to appear here as different characters (he's also jack, amongst many, many others) because he's afraid to be himself. If we piss on annieangel it's not the same as pissing on him directly. I think he's someone who probably goes into things with the thought that people will automatically hate him. Indeed, he makes it into a self-fulfilling prophecy. He posts an idiotic comment, it gets jumped on, and his response is "See! See! You people are hypocrites!" .
"it's a shame that the current fix precludes posting poetic or lyrical lines."
Could someone please enlighten me?
I must've missed something in last night's melee. What's this about not posting poetic lines? How can they be distinguished from non-poetic lines?
I love Hecate's occasional poem and would hate to see it stopped. Is this what could happen?
I want to go somewhere fun this summer. Like Paris or Italy.
And do me the kindness of just not reading that superfluous "as" in that last comment.
Thank you.
There are alternate persssssonasssss that Annie is not.
I'm going to go sew -- I promised to get those two LWR quilts done this weekend so I'm going to get to work! See you later, batses!!
strawhat, do it. I've reached a point where I don't spend money on hardly anything else. I'm retiring in 13 mos. and two weeks, so there is not need to invest in expensive work wear. No mortgage and no credit card debt. So what else but toys and gadgets. And they give me such pleasure.
"It wouldn't have occurred to me, but people told us about it on the EschaCon II website."
Speaking of which, will there be Conception Parties at the con?
Mr. Tena was able to get Good Night and Good Luck for tonight. I can't wait.
It's good, but it's short - about 90 minutes. Liked it, but wasn't overwhelmed by it. Could see it getting a best director Oscar, but not best picture... deserved best cinematography!
I want to go somewhere fun this summer. Like Paris or Italy.
fourlegsgood
If you don't get to do that, you can always come see me in Colorado. I'll be there from the middle of June.
I have an extra room and it has its own bath.
4Legs--Eli promises us beatage, shootage and splatterage.
It's eatage or nothing for me!!
fourlegsgood
Maybe if we all talked to SciFi Channel, we could get 'em to include a token WATB in each movie, just for eatage purposes...
I fucking did it.
I wasn't opening the file so I couldn't chose just one picture.
ql in ny
You are becoming quite the techie ql!!!
Bonny for you.
what could happen?
Sandy-LA 90034
To stop the scroll troll, you can now only have a certain number of carriage returns in any given post. That interferes with poetry and lyrics.
QL in NY
Thanks for the info. I missed it trying to keep up with last night's verbiage.
Ah nim, much to my regret, the Conception Parties seem to be a farce. I so wanted them to be real.
Afternoon UNE - what's going on with you?
Kent - How are you this very nice day.
"Ah nim, much to my regret, the Conception Parties seem to be a farce. I so wanted them to be real.
ql in ny"
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!
Add one more crippling disillusionment to the aging process =(
(¯`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸¸.
Well, speak of the devil.
4Legs--granted, every Scifi movie should have gratuitous eatage.
Whew! No more planting for me today. What's been going on>
Add one more crippling disillusionment to the aging process =(
As if there aren't enough of them already.
Hecate--so far, I'm not getting my house cleaned.
Could see it getting a best director Oscar, but not best picture... deserved best cinematography!
dave™© |
I've been looking forward to it and I'm anxious to see it.
Saw the Ice Harvest last night - it's no Grosse Point Blank, but I can watch John Cusack in just about anything - though I will admit that after all these years, I do wish he'd close his mouth once in awhile. It's a purty mouth, but it just hangs there open too much of the time.
I'm not getting my house cleaned.
What would you rather do,
clean house, or
bake cookies?
Afternoon UNE - what's going on with you?
Hiya Tena!!
I have been lurking for the last hour or so, downloading a live linux cd for ppc, The usual saturday afternoon activities here in the lab.
Hi Hecate.
I'm out for awhile, batses -
Sandy, I don't know the exact description or parameters, but there's some type of blocking script in place to screen out scroll trolls, most infamously "fy", who formerly disrupted threads by posting ginormous posts incorporating hundreds of line breaks or whatever Haloscan's "carriage return" function is called.
Now there's only a limited number of line breaks and/or blank space allowed. This particularly affects posting in verse. So it's not specifically an "anti-poetry" filter, just a filter that limits breaks typically necessary to post poems.
I just don't think that the present workarounds, which pretty much require crunching text or substituting punctuation in lieu of spacing, are very effective. But it's as good as it gets until further notice.
downloading a live linux cd for ppc,
What distro/flavor?
Alas. No conception parties.
4Legs--I recommend Paris in August. There are many restaurants closed, as it is holiday month, but you can always find a place to eat that's good, and the crowds are thin. Also, as a rule it's not godawful hot.
I don't know how this slipped by me, but Dan Curtis died last week.
"Best known for 'Winds of War'..."? Puh-LEEEZE! It's "Dark Shadows" all the way!
4Legs--I recommend Paris in August. There are many restaurants closed, as it is holiday month, but you can always find a place to eat that's good, and the crowds are thin. Also, as a rule it's not godawful hot.
Sounds good to me.
How are you this very nice day.
Very well thanks.
I had noted your conumdrum in a previous thread, but wasn't in my usual tech support mood.
Nice to see that you sorted that out.
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Hmmm, ql said something in two lines that took me twelve.
Story of my life.
And do me the kindness of just not reading that superfluous "as" in that last comment.
Thank you.
Tena
As "as," or as qua as?
"Best known for 'Winds of War'..."? Puh-LEEEZE! It's "Dark Shadows" all the way!
Indeed. I had no idea he made 'Winds of War'.
I've been looking forward to it and I'm anxious to see it.
It was good, no doubt about it. But I'm a big Murrow geek, so I'll nitpick more than most!
(BTW, did you ever see a TV movie on Murrow with Daniel J. Travanti? That was pretty good, IIRC...)
4Legs--in August, we were able to walk right up to Cupid & Psyche, which, if the velvet ropes near it are any indication, usually requires a wait. Same with the Mona Lisa, although I have to say I was seriously underwhelmed by that one.
What distro/flavor?
Kubutu
4Legs--Italy, on the other hand, is horribly hot in August.
owls
Christian "conception parties," whereing married couples gather on March 25 to celebrate and "reenact" the immaculate impregnation of the Virgin Mary
Is this serious? How do you do that kind of reenactment? Across the room splooge shots?
And speaking of Murrow... Netflix has a 4-disc set called "The Edward R. Murrow collection" that includes a two-hour bio from PBS along with actual Murrow broadcasts (including the McCarthy stuff and "Harvest of Shame")...
4Legs--granted, every Scifi movie should have gratuitous eatage.
Sallyh, Madame Poissonniere
What's the line on what "SS Doomtrooper" will devour?
Stupid open ow-- turtles, I mean.
(The new Word is "turtles"; I got it from one of the Singers on Callisto.)
I see that somebody forgot to close a tag!
RMJ--Eli promises beatage, shootage and splatterage, but no eatage.
What's the line on what "SS Doomtrooper" will devour?
Good question.
Having seen the previews, I have a feeling that this movie just may be the worst sci-fi channel production ever. And that is me being charatable.
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And speaking of Murrow... Netflix has a 4-disc set called "The Edward R. Murrow collection" that includes a two-hour bio from PBS along with actual Murrow broadcasts (including the McCarthy stuff and "Harvest of Shame")...
dave™©
that sounds interesting. does it include critiques? i like bios that take off their rose colored glasses.
Our prezdit congratulated Vincente Fox for having such a stable and strong economy.
sounds pretty good, but they could both use a little more cowbell.
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