I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
It helped ATL's traffic situ!
Fitz
So robbed.
No, really, they learned a lot about traffic patterns and such, and for a while it seemed like it had improved after '96. I haven't had to teach there for a few years, though, so maybe it's gotten back to the usual shit. Draco?
If they do pick Philly, you can make a bundle renting out your place for the week or two. Better Philly than D.C. No wy do I want all those tourists in my town. We have too many as it is.
For the love of god, no.
Let the dictatorships have the Olympics forever.
Why is Philly more sensible than Atlanta, LA or NY?
I think San Francisco would be a great spot (cooler in summer than any of the above), or I would if I cared much about the Olympics, but local inertia, NIMBYism and political pissing contests are bound to ensure that that never happens.
What we need to do is elect Al Gore president. He's the only one I know who understands the gravity of the environmental situation.
Mr. Tena said this morning while we were reading the paper that he'd be delighted to vote for Gore.
Haloscan hates me. I wasn't even trying to make a link.
Reposting from dead thread below -
Deep thoughts from NRO's Mark Levin:
Now comes Mary McCarthy, who apparently leaked real classified national-security secrets and the media largely dismiss it or defend it. They have no curiosity about McCarthy, the extent of her leaks, to whom she leaked (beyond Priest, did she leak to other reporters, members of Congress, other governments?), how she secured top security posts, and her ties to the Clinton administration. Surely there is every reason the government should pursue this investigation at least as vigorously as the Plame matter has been pursued. Dana Priest, among others, should have her day before a grand jury.
And watch the congressional Democrats follow the media’s lead. Long ago they put party and power above victory in this war. McCarthy’s ties to Clinton threaten to take attention from their unrelenting attack on the Bush administration and their claims of incompetence in the management of the war, which they see as their ticket to majority status in 2006.
Putting that aside, the discovery of McCarthy does make you wonder how many more of her ilk have squirreled themselves into the bureaucracy, from where they seek to undermine the country.
http://levin.nationalreview.com/
The freepers have a thread approaching 2000 comments on how the evil MSM is not covering this story.
For the love of god, no.
Let the dictatorships have the Olympics forever.
In that case, neo-despotic America would be a perfect place.
Here's some early Sunday Akhmatova blogging.
Haloscan hates me. I wasn't even trying to make a link.
Haloscan hates Grammar Fags.
I really hope Gore runs. He's a good alternative to Hillary, and it would stick in the craws of all the media fucks who shafted him in 2000.
I am not sure of the psychology term, but Gore reminds me of the ex lover that you wished you never would have dumped, and would jump at the chance for one more shot. Or at least that's how I think much of America would embrace Gore after having Bush for eight years.
I figure Gore won once before, he can win again.
Freeance and peeance for the olympics!
WHy anyone would want to go thru having an olympics in their town is beyond me.
Talk about your inconviences!
I am not sure of the psychology term, but Gore reminds me of the ex lover that you wished you never would have dumped, and would jump at the chance for one more shot.
"The One That Got Away"?
WHy anyone would want to go thru having an olympics in their town is beyond me.
Talk about your inconviences!
smalfish, discourser
That's mostly how I feel about it. Regional pride only goes so far with me.
Gore/Feingold?
Quiet in here. Everyone got hot dates tonight or something?
(Me, I had a hot date with a lawn mower, and now with a paint roller...I am procrastinating...)
What we need to do is elect Al Gore president. He's the only one I know who understands the gravity of the environmental situation.
Not to mention the Internet.
The freepers have a thread approaching 2000 comments on how the evil MSM is not covering this story.
chris/tx
I repeat: I don't see them stampeding to enlist.
Any person interested in sensible state and municipal government would run far far away from the Olympics. The benefits never ever (ever) come out anywhere near what the charlatans promise. That said, have a grand time, if it does happen. I lived in the center of Atlanta (across the street from the Georgia Dome) during the Olympics, and it was the best two weeks I ever had.
(Oh, and don't believe the hype about renting your place out for $$$. The market almost never materializes.)
Gore/Feingold?
Terry C, Coldplayer
Works for me. Responsible leadership - imagine. Still sounds like fantasy after 5+ years of this unrelenting malicious bullshit.
Olympics?
It was bad enough when the GOP Hatefest was in Philly in 2000.
Here's some early Sunday Akhmatova blogging.
Ach, Hecate that's made me realize I wanted an Anna poem in my podcast. Not that specific one, but I've got it now.
спасибо.
Sorry, OT:
Coming up this Sunday: A Spy Speaks Out...
This could get interesting...
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I figure Gore won once before, he can win again.
Buzz Bomb - 7:08 pm
has ANY unsuccessful (pace) Presidential candidate ever returned to win the office?
Quiet in here. Everyone got hot dates tonight or something?
Rosy DePalma and her five sisters for me...
has ANY unsuccessful (pace) Presidential candidate ever returned to win the office?
WoodyGuthrie'sGuitar(aka...
Nixon
WHy anyone would want to go thru having an olympics in their town is beyond me.
Talk about your inconviences!
smalfish,
I remember the LA Olympics. It wasn't nearly as hard on the city as we figured it would be.
Businesses shifted hours to ease the freeway congestion, Peter Ueberroth got enough private money raised that some needed refurbishing of sports venues happened, and many locals took their vacations during that two week period.
The icing on the cake was that the event actually made money. Kids' sports programs are still getting grants from that.
has ANY unsuccessful (pace) Presidential candidate ever returned to win the office?
Nixon?
Why not give the Olympics to Baghdad?
They have power like almost SIX hours a day, I heard. By 2016, they are likely to have at least EIGHT hours of power a day.
Plus, they are NOT in the middle of a civil war, and they have a sovereign free democratic government, and there is more progress over there than Abu Gonzalez on uppers could waterboard.
It's like, you get off a plan and they just put leis of progess around you neck. Like Hawaii.
has ANY unsuccessful (pace) Presidential candidate ever returned to win the office?
Nixon. Cleveland.
(Not counting folks who lost their party's nom but came back later, like Bush, Reagan, etc.)
"The One That Got Away"?
Heh. Yeah that, but more to the point that most of America can remember some sanity under Clinton, and Gore is the one that can continue that legacy. Gore's the one that got thrown under the bus, and now we may get the chance to right a wrong.
there has been much press coverage over here about London hosting the 2012 olympics
has ANY unsuccessful (pace) Presidential candidate ever returned to win the office?
WoodyGuthrie'sGuitar(aka...
Nixon
Buzz Bomb
Cleveland!
The MSM would have a field day with a Gore candidacy.
And then pontificate about how inevitable his re-election was, if he won. IOW, they would run hard to get out in front of the parade they never saw coming.
Same as it ever was.
Why not give the Olympics to Baghdad?
That's a great idea. Everything is going so swimmingly there. Security will not be a problem at all.
Unfortunately there are folks who won't vote for Gore (again) due to the perception that he slunk off without much of a fight in 2000...
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Evening, all.
Have I missed anything irksome since
last evening?
Huge School Games set for Glasgow
The UK's sporting stars of the future will be able to compete in their own version of the Olympics soon, with a huge event planned for school kids.
The UK School Games - funded by £1.5m of lottery money - will be held from 7-10 September this year, and will be Britain's biggest event for schools.
Sports will include athletics, table tennis, fencing, swimming, gymnastics, and events for disabled athletes.
It's hoped the Games will encourage kids to aim for the 2012 Olympics.
NTodd--I wasn't in Atlanta in '96, but I remember all the athletes and foreign officials complaining that the village and transport were never set up right in the first place.
About a dozen events had to be postponed because the athletes simply couldn't cut through traffic. I also remember some athletes needing police escorts, sirens blaring, to get to events on time.
Now there's not even a pretense that snarly metro traffic can or will be fixed. Except for the occasional city council puzzlement about why widening roads doesn't seem to help. The wider roads mysteriously remain just as crowded.
Evening, all.
Have I missed anything irksome since
last evening?
steve simels
A troll called "troll," who claimed to be neither Gordo nor Ted.
Have I missed anything irksome since
last evening?
We found out that NTodd is insanely jelous of Thers.
A troll called "troll," who claimed to be neither Gordo nor Ted.
Pretty sure it was the same nutjob who would gloat and taunt Atrios about deleting his comments...
The MSM would have a field day with a Gore candidacy
They will with any Democrat.
Gore couldn't have it any worse...
That's not an endorsement of his
potential candidacy, but it is a
fact.
an Anna poem in my podcast.
NTodd, can you make out what the poster says?
(Right down to the I'm-not-Ted-you're-all-such-stupid-loosers-for-
thinking-I'm-Ted schtick)
IMF wins new powers to police global economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund won new powers to police the world economy after its 184 member countries endorsed a new framework to monitor how the economic policies of one country affects others.
The countries, represented by finance ministers or central bank governors, also agreed that some emerging economies needed more say in IMF decision-making, and a proposal for ad hoc increases in their voting shares could become a reality by the next IMF meetings in September.
"We resolve to make the IMF more fit for purpose in a global economy and more able to address challenges that are quite different from those of 1945, when the IMF was created," Britain's finance minister, Gordon Brown, who also chairs the IMF's policy-setting committee, told a news conference.
It is freaking pouring down rain right now.
has ANY unsuccessful (pace) Presidential candidate ever returned to win the office?
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nixon.
Via nubian: blogging against heteronormativity.
I like the Grammar Fag appendage, Hecate. Wasn't it Toby who came up with that term? You should keep it.
Russia Warns Against Threatening Iran
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060...ea/
iran_nuclear
MOSCOW - A top Kremlin diplomat warned against threatening Iran with sanctions or the use of force, saying that would only aggravate the international standoff over Tehran's suspect nuclear program, Russian media reports said Saturday.
Rather than getting Iran to stop uranium enrichment, a tougher stance could result in Tehran's total refusal to cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, said Oleg Ozerov, deputy director of the Foreign Ministry's Middle East and North Africa Department, according to ITAR-Tass.
"We firmly stand today for resolving the problems in and around Tehran diplomatically rather than militarily. Increasing international pressure on Iran has no prospects," Ozerov was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency.
The United States and European allies are pushing for sanctions because of Iran's refusal to suspend its enrichment program, as demanded by the U.N. Security Council. They suspect Iran is trying to develop atomic weapons in violation of its treaty commitments.
The Iranian regime insists the program has only the peaceful purpose of generating electricity. Russia, which has close ties with Iran and is building that nation's first nuclear power plant, opposes sanctions.
Despite what U.S. and Russian officials have described as increasingly close positions on the Iranian nuclear program in recent years, they appear far apart heading into the Friday deadline set by the Security Council for Iran to stop enrichment.
The United States and Britain say that if Iran doesn't meet the deadline, they will try to get the council to make the demand compulsory, which would raise the possibility of sanctions.
The wider roads mysteriously remain just as crowded
No kidding!
We have a brand new interchange, called "The High Five". Wildly good looking, yet it still produces regular traffic backups. Even adding two exit lanes, and moving one of them from a left exit to the normal right exit, added two HIV lanes and one regular lane, made not one whit of difference.
Why not give the Olympics to Baghdad?
Great idea! It would be good for their economy, right? Maybe the Olympic Committee could get some infrastructure built. George Bush and Haliburton sure as hell don't seem to be able to.
All the freepii screamimg about mccarthy need to remember a key line from Fitz's news conference after he indicted bear sex:
I will confirm that her association with the CIA was classified at that time through July 2003. And all I'll say is that,
look, we have not made any allegation that Mr. Libby knowingly, intentionally outed a covert agent.
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Gore not only didn't fight in 2000, he made sure nobody would fight on behalf of the disenfranchised voters of Florida. Have you seen Farenheit 911 with Gore gavelling down all the black Reps who wanted to contest the certification?
"Close sources" say Gore felt he was acting in the best interest of the nation. Bad judgment, Al.
Hey, monica, how do you feel about Vernon Davis?
A troll called "troll," who claimed to be neither Gordo nor Ted.
Pretty sure it was the same nutjob who would gloat and taunt Atrios about deleting his comments...
Eli
The immature nonsense it posted WAS pretty familiar.
Billmon helps us understand Condi Rice's new "problem".
It sounds like a new subpoena is coming her way in a leak investigation.
"Unfortunately there are folks who won't vote for Gore (again) due to the perception that he slunk off without much of a fight in 2000..."
I don't know, once he got shot down by SCOTUS there wasn't much he could do. If people could've seen into the future there would have been riots
Screwing Philly is SOP in Pennsylvania? The governor spends 60% of his time acting like he's still mayor of Philadelphia! If you want screwed, check out the western part of the state. That's screwed.
Of course Pennsyltucky gets the best of everything since they control the legislature, so both Philly and Pittsburgh are screwed to some extent. I'd wager that Pittsburgh is getting the worst of it though.
BORJOMI 2014: GEORGIA’S OLYMPIC-SIZED DREAM
To most outsiders, Georgia’s bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics may seem a long shot. But to the Georgian businesspeople and officials scrambling to bring the Olympics to the mountain resort town of Borjomi, the bid is about more than mere sports. It is part of the country’s campaign to transform itself.
No one at the Georgian Olympic Committee headquarters denies that Borjomi, a sleepy town of about 16,000 in the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti that is best known for its mineral water, faces stiff, if not impossible, competition. Seven cities are competing to be named candidates to host the 2014 Winter Games, including the renowned Austrian ski resort town of Salzburg. Aside from Georgia, two other towns from the former Soviet Union are also competing for the Games: Almaty, Kazakhstan; and the Russian Black Sea resort town of Sochi. Other cities include Pyeongchang, South Korea; Jaca, Spain; and Sofia, Bulgaria. Final-round candidate cities will be named in June.
Billmon helps us understand Condi Rice's new "problem".
It sounds like a new subpoena is coming her way in a leak investigation.
I wonder if Dubya could take credit for a bold and decisive "staff shakeup" if Condi and Rover had to resign due to indictments...
nixon.
A more unusual example: Grover Cleveland. Elected 1884. Lost 1888 (like Gore in 2000, he won popular vote). Elected 1892.
Well, at least it would give SEPTA a target date to finish the Market-Frankford El Reconstruction Project, which is two years or more behind schedule.
And they might even decide to replace their escalators-- again-- with new ones that actually work most of the time.
I guess it's worth putting up with a period of mindless, jingoesque mega-hype and hysterical boosterism to secure these gains.
Nixon. Cleveland.
yeah...okay
cleveland won, then lost, and was then re-elected later...
nixon?
had a more or less neutral press, as humphrey at the time might have been even more detested than nixon was...
imho, gore would never be permitted to speak in the press without being labelled a priori the loser...
i do not recall nixon getting that kind of treatment in '68...
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The Olympics in LA in '84 were an absolute treat. There was a spirit of community that, in my experience, has not been equaled since. And any traffic problems, or crime problems, or any other problems, never materialized.
Philadelphia would be fortunate if they were get an Olympics that were as successful and enjpyable as the '84 Olympics were.
Condi Rice's new "problem".
It sounds like a new subpoena is coming her way in a leak investigation.
Oh, Tara's tits, that would be sooo sweet.
Billmon helps us understand Condi Rice's new "problem".
She's a leaker, he's a leaker they're all leakers. THis is one of the leakiest administrations I have ever heard of.
Depends all around!
Anyone else getting "page not found" error messages repeatedly when trying to post?
Much as I love Russ Feingold, there are probably a lot of people -- the dim bulbs who thought John Kerry was too stiff and patrician to be president of the United States and leader of the free world, and that dry drunk asshole W'd be a nice guy to have a beer with -- who wouldn't vote for him, either because he's a Jew, or because he's from Wisconsin, or because he's been divorced, or because (if they think this far) he's clearly center-left instead of center, the commie. Their votes count too, and we need enough of them to offset what's sure to get stolen all over the country. Call me ultra-cautious, but there it is.
But yeah -- Al Gore, the one that got away.
#53- Totally agree!
(oops wrong blog)
Ever been on the comments section of a blog were they communicate like that?
I find it odd.
Seriously,
Still, given that screwing Philadelphia is pretty much SOP in this state.
Why is this so?
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#53- Totally agree!
(oops wrong blog)
Ever been on the comments section of a blog were they communicate like that?
I find it odd.
Seriously,
Still, given that screwing Philadelphia is pretty much SOP in this state.
Why is this so?
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Afternoon all, been reading DWD's book since the early afternoon, closing in on the denoument! It has been a good read, And while DWD will be upset that I swallowed it whole, I would suggest that that should bode well for its reception.
You can order "Challenge" here
Later all, I have a book to finish!!!
Baghdad Olympics:
The 100 Hundred IED Dash
The Hand Grenade Throw
The Billion Dollar Race
World-Class Reality Hurdles
Blow Up the Anchorman Field Events
The Triple Hump
the 1992 Barcelona Olympics are one of my very first memories.
Isn't Chimpy supposed to be fit?
I got to spend the first part of my day riding a mountain bike in Napa Valley -- it's a good place to ride. (Laughter.) A little hillier than I would have liked. (Laughter.)
Kent, Glad you are enjoying it. (and it is okay. Enjoy it in your way. It is like watching a video though, eh?)
I'd vote for Gore if he ran again. I'd hope if he decided to run he'd trust his instincts, and not a bunch of DNC consultants. He'd be a good president. Not sure if he's been raising the money it would take to do it, the way that Kerry and Hillary have been.
how do you feel about Vernon Davis?
He's short enough to be a receiver for the J-E-T-S! Jets! Jets! Jets!
But you'll get nothing else from me on that -- cuz I'm off to the opera.
Court Confirms Italian Election Results
An appeals court officially confirmed the incoming Italian prime minister's electoral victory on Saturday when it certified a two-seat Senate majority for center-left leader Romano Prodi.
Outgoing prime minister Silvio Berlusconi still refused to concede, however, promising through his attorney to exhaust all challenges to the results.
The billionaire media mogul will go to the new parliament and further appeals courts to contest the outcome of the vote, said Niccolo Ghedini, Berlusconi's lawyer and a top lawmaker in his Forza Italia party.
"We're going ahead because I think it's the right of all Italians to know who really won the elections," Ghedini was quoted by the ANSA news agency as saying.
The confirmation of the center-left's Senate majority, by a court charged with reviewing votes cast by Italians living overseas, had been widely expected.
Oooh, opera! Whatcha gonna hear tonight, masculine_monica?
"Unfortunately there are folks who won't vote for Gore (again) due to the perception that he slunk off without much of a fight in 2000..."
People have short memories.
And I doubt if Nixon ever would have won in 1968 had RFK not been murdered.
Haivng lived through the Los Angeles Olympics and the Atlantic Olympics let me just say: IT'S NOT WORTH IT!!!!
Totally not worth it. You end up with a bunch of big stadiums and other facilities that don't mean crap. And "making a bid" means "spending millions of dollars on fancy multi-media presentations, trips to ski and golf resorts, schmooze dinners, etc." that ultimately make city fathers feel like they've grown an enormous cock but if they were to look around they'd see that the same poor families still can't pay their rent, the same low-income schools still don't have their textbooks, and the same poor neighborhoods still don't have the resources they need.
It's a feel-good waste of money that Chambers of Commerce inflict on cities.
DON'T DO IT, mass transit is the carrot that never ends up appearing on the end of the stick TRUST ME!
Whew.
I'd vote for Gore if he ran again. I'd hope if he decided to run he'd trust his instincts, and not a bunch of DNC consultants.
That's the key. I really want to see Angry Gore in the 2008 race, not Cautious Focus-Grouped Gore.
i often imagine how London will cope with the 2012 Olympics, consdiering the state of our infrastructure.....
the 1992 Barcelona Olympics are one of my very first memories.
How old are you???/
DWD - Challenging the world
You forgot a couple:
The adulteress stoning event
Gay burning
John Kerry was too stiff and patrician to be president of the United States and leader of the free world,
I remember talking to a business freind during that fall. Her reason for not voting for Kerrr?
"He's a BAD, BAD man".
Her POV was very common around these parts. Rabid radio had done their part.
Do you think Gore would pick Lieberman again for his running mate?
Oooh, opera! Whatcha gonna hear tonight
Tosca, at the Met.
Now I really gotta go, or I'm late.
I'd quit my job in a minute and work for Gore. I'd only need a bit to survive. Damn, I wish he would run again.
Litz i'm 20, in 1992 i was 6 years old.
i was born in 1986
the 1992 Barcelona Olympics are one of my very first memories.
How old are you???/
Litz
~16?
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I remember talking to a business freind during that fall. Her reason for not voting for Kerry?
"He's a BAD, BAD man".
And SHE was a stupid, stupid twit!
Do you think Gore would pick Lieberman again for his running mate?
Oh, Goddess, I hope not. What I think would make sense would be for Gore to pick some guy like Murtha or Durbin that you could imagine having a few beers down at the union hall. An older white guy with a bit of a belly. We need to bring some of those guys back to the Democratic party and John Edwards, much as I like him, ain't gonna do it.
I also think Kerry would have made a fine president.
I think Gore is more electable now.
I think they should give it to Wilkes-Barre.
But you'll get nothing else from me on that -- cuz I'm off to the opera.
Opera?!
That's Elitest!
god damm helloscam, keeps comming up with this crap:
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Opera?!
That's Elitest!
Please leave me out of this.
Do you think Gore would pick Lieberman again for his running mate?
Gore has found his voice.
It's doesn't include the sound of the Dad on Alf.
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Moonbootica, Easy Rider
Here, take some of mine: ::::::::::::::::::::
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Strangely enough, the olympics improved traffic in LA, because a lot of people left town, or just stayed off the freeways.
It was exactly the opposite of what was expected.
Now, if someone can tell me how London is going to have an olympics....
Litz i'm 20, in 1992 i was 6 years old.
i was born in 1986
Moonbootica, Easy Rider
That was my 1st impression, a young guy, but somehow it morphed into something quite different, an older lady.
but I'm nuts.
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London clearly had the biggest bribes on the day 
Man, did I heave a sigh of relief when London won.
This island is crowded enough.
"The MSM would have a field day with a Gore candidacy"
Bob Somberby agrees.
But I still like Gore/Feingold myself.
yeah...okay
cleveland won, then lost, and was then re-elected later...
nixon?
had a more or less neutral press, as humphrey at the time might have been even more detested than nixon was...
Yeah, but you asked if anybody had ever lost then won.
Still, given that screwing Philadelphia is pretty much SOP in this state.
Why is this so?
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agave
The crackers in PennsylTucky think there are too many "niggrahs" living there.
Litz i'm 20, in 1992 i was 6 years old.
i was born in 1986
I got my bachelors in 1986. I could be your daddy. Damn, I feel old.
One of my earliest memories was seeing news reports of the Russian's sending tanks into Czechoslovakia in 1968.
The way the Bush gang has been targeting journalists lately,the press in general may not be as harsh on the dems next time.
Maybe if Philly gets the Olympics they can jackhammer up the entire Surekill Expressway and shoot it into the sun once and for all...
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Hecate sweetie, I was kidding. I think Gore and Lieberman are quite divorced by now.
What I think would make sense would be for Gore to pick some guy like Murtha or Durbin that you could imagine having a few beers down at the union hall.
Or Clarke (trying to think of who would help with Gore's defense cred to pull in the independents).
Now, if someone can tell me how London is going to have an olympics....
The rents would be incredible.
Oooh, Tosca! She's one of those characters that only opera can have. The evil Scarpia is having her boyfriend tortured in the next room -- you can hear him screaming -- she can save him by giving in to Scarpia's lustful desires -- and what does she do? "Oh, I live for art, I live for love, I never hurt a soul, and this is my reward?" Yes, darling, it *is* all about you.
i think the summer olympics should be held in southern argentina in february.
And SHE was a stupid, stupid twit!
Unfortunatley, I have to coddle to her, even today, because her outfit feeds me lots of work. She is not a bad person, just very brainwashed. As so many are these days.
Stupid might be correct tho, as she still listens to that racist pig Dr. Laura.
I just laughed at her, and toold her to quit listening to that poison, when I found that out. The real problem, is that two ohter women in the room started talking about how they heard such and such on that program.
Oy fucking vey.
i>That's the key. I really want to see Angry Gore in the 2008 race, not Cautious Focus-Grouped Gore.
Eli - 7:32 pm
there ya go...
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I could be your daddy.
My Son was born in 1980 and I was 30!
More like grand daddy.
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The real problem, is that two ohter women in the room started talking about how they heard such and such on that program.
smalfish, discourser
Must be terrible not being able to think for yourself.
screwing philly is normal because rural areas are disproportionately represented in the state senate
i was born in 1986
Ugg.
I got married in 1985.
I didn't realize that Hadley and maybe Novak are under investigation for the CIA NOC outage of Spann and Plame. At least so says Madsen. Supposedly some of Spann contacts were killed because of it.
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/
There has never been leadership in this country like this.
Enjoy it in your way. It is like watching a video though, eh?
Readers should always read and enjoy their way, not the way the author intended. Much like any act of creation, writing is not in the eye of the creator, but that of the audience.
Will the USA still be around in 2016?
Oh, Goddess, I hope not. What I think would make sense would be for Gore to pick some guy like Murtha or Durbin that you could imagine having a few beers down at the union hall. An older white guy with a bit of a belly. We need to bring some of those guys back to the Democratic party and John Edwards, much as I like him, ain't gonna do it.
Hecate,
I agree.
Murtha also is a conservative Democrat and strong for the military. That might bring in a few less liberal voters.
He'd never be my choice for the top slot, but he certainly wouldn't let a Cheneyesq VP chew him up the way Edwards did.
Durbin for VP? Oooh, I loves me my senior senator. He could be a great choice -- he looks and sounds all midwestern and meek and mild-mannered -- but under that gentle exterior he's a real tiger.
Yeah, but you asked if anybody had ever lost then won.
NTodd, Bungholier | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 7:41 pm
righty-ooo...i did
my synapses were stuck...too many drugs, too much booze...omygod...help me
A Free Market Attack on Sweatshops
Oooh, Tosca! She's one of those characters that only opera can have. The evil Scarpia is having her boyfriend tortured in the next room -- you can hear him screaming -- she can save him by giving in to Scarpia's lustful desires -- and what does she do? "Oh, I live for art, I live for love, I never hurt a soul, and this is my reward?" Yes, darling, it *is* all about you.
strawhat
What Pickles DREAMS about!
The crackers in PennsylTucky think there are too many "niggrahs" living there.
Terry C, Coldplayer
Most of the "crackers in PennsylTucky" around here think Philly is a suburb of NYC... "real" PA starts at Lancaster County and goes west to the steel mills of Pittsburgh...
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screwing philly is normal because rural areas are disproportionately represented in the state senate
Making PA absolutely nothing like America as a whole...
i think the summer olympics should be held in southern argentina in february.
Olaf glad and big, Guzzista!
but then you're an upside down kinna guy!
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Readers should always read and enjoy their way, not the way the author intended. Much like any act of creation, writing is not in the eye of the creator, but that of the audience.
True dat. As Ansel Adams said:
"Either the photograph speaks to a viewer or it does not. I cannot demand that anyone receive from the image just what was in my visualization at the time of exposure. I believe that if I am able to express what I saw and felt, the image will contain qualities that may provide a basis for imaginative response by the viewer."
Same goes for my writing, my teaching, my podcast, etc.
Will the USA still be around in 2016?
Good grief.
May I just mention how cheesed off
I am about this "Flight 93" movie?
I don't care if those people were
heros or not...making this movie
at this point in time is a way of
changing the subject from what we
should be talking about....i.e., to
what extent was the Bush administration
complicit in 9/11.
screwing philly is normal because rural areas are disproportionately represented in the state senate
Atrios - 7:44 pm
sounds durn familiar...
gotta 'Lectoral college, too?
.
righty-ooo...i did
my synapses were stuck...too many drugs, too much booze...omygod...help me
Fuck helping you. Stop bogarting and pass the doobie here, you selfish old bastard!
as for rendell, he doesn't have the power to control what the state leg. does, and they're republican and disproportionately rural. remember, when he ran it was regularly said that no one from philadelphia could become governor
Everyone needs to ride the trains from the airport to the end of the each of the lines.
The filty state of the rightofway is horrorible. This will show the entire world that the U.S. is nothing more than a thrid world country that is ruled by the rich and corporations. While we live in knee deep shit.
screwing philly is normal because rural areas are disproportionately represented in the state senate
Atrios
Ah ha!
Bastids
.
this summer is the World Cup in Germany, of course, the annual round of the tabloids hyping up England then tearing them down when they lose their first match and usually asking for the manager's head.
Nathaniel Hawthorne,
I agree completely. I was just relating a story from when I was a very very young writer. I had worked for a long time on a book. More than a year, complete summer vacation, and every free moment. I gave it to the lady and she read it in 11 hours.
(I dunno, struck me as sort of wonderfully futile at that moment. I wanted her to enjoy it, but I wanted it to take a while -- but as you say, readers will.)
Same goes for my writing, my teaching, my podcast, etc.
You be the coolest.
Yu do live in the northeast, after all.
I got to spend the first part of my day riding a mountain bike in Napa Valley -- it's a good place to ride. (Laughter.) A little hillier than I would have liked. (Laughter.)
He's used to being towed.
You be the coolest.
Yu do live in the northeast, after all.
Heh, it is in the 40s and raining. And I'm cheating on my vino "diet" and enjoying some nice chianti. My liver don't like it, but it goes well with the fava beans...
i ordered your book, dwd.
Will the USA still be around in 2016?
THat was my first thought when I read the post.
Maybe a better way to put it is, will anyone be able to afford to go?
Will it be too hot?
Will the USA still be around in 2016?
Good grief.
pie | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 7:46 pm | #
I don't think that's an unreasonable
question, given the last five years.
I don't care if those people were heros or not...making this movie at this point in time is a way of changing the subject from what we should be talking about....i.e., to what extent was the Bush administration complicit in 9/11.
That's PRECISELY why this film is being released right now.
it's called "diversion."
I got to spend the first part of my day riding a mountain bike in Napa Valley -- it's a good place to ride. (Laughter.) A little hillier than I would have liked. (Laughter.)
Fucker should come to East Bumfuck, VT. I've got a nice loop (haven't ridden it this season yet, I admit) that's got stuff equivalent to mountain stages on the Tour.
With all my heart, I still love the
man I killed!!!!
ciao moonbats, helloscam is starting to piss me off, so catch you all tomorrows.
but it goes well with the fava beans...
You're getting fava beans there?
Yum.
Nathanial Hawthorne: why don't you try the book. I can almost guarantee satisfaction and a one-sitting read?
All right OLAF - You will not be disappointed. Promise.
You're getting fava beans there?
Actually, we aren't. I've been living a lie.
Will the USA still be around in 2016?
It will have a new name. The chinese words that translate into the phrase "servile client state".
Greetings!
Only an hour and 13 till Mammoth!
You're getting fava beans there?
Early bird special for Republicans: fava beans with a nice Chianti
With all my heart, I still love the
man I killed!!!!
Slutty Jewish Girl
You're quoting the Divine Bette!
"One of my earliest memories was seeing news reports of the Russian's sending tanks into Czechoslovakia in 1968."
One of mine is remembering an air raid drill in 1943.
One of my husband's is having a real air raid in 1942.
Only an hour and 13 till Mammoth!
Sallyh, Madame Poissonniere | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 7:52 pm | #
Obviously, this is an age of
diminished expectations.
Slutty Jewish Girl--that's nice, dear. Now will you please untie Simels? It's our night for a cheap tawdry affair.
"Nathanial Hawthorne: why don't you try the book. I can almost guarantee satisfaction and a one-sitting read?"
That's 'NathaniEl'.
Regardless, I must give you my humblest regrets as I cannot bear to read another's work. I find it interferes with the formulation of unique images in my mind and I am feverishly working on a sequel to my world-famous 'Scarlet Letter'. Perhaps you have heard of it?
My first memory on a national level is watching the moon landing in 69.
the fava beans
i cooked up a pot of black beans w/ onion, celery, carrots, and garlic, Perfect for a rainy day w/ a bit of a chill.
as for rendell, he doesn't have the power to control what the state leg. does, and they're republican and disproportionately rural. remember, when he ran it was regularly said that no one from philadelphia could become governor
Atrios
In his case, a Jew from Philadelphia!
Anyone check the LAT today about Condiliar Rice being leakier than an old tampon?
Think she's taking the fall for 'her husband?'
"May I just mention how cheesed off
I am about this "Flight 93" movie?"
Somebody with video skiills needes to take that ad and splice in My Pet Goat footage and Condi 9/11 hearing footage.
Fucker should come to East Bumfuck, VT. I've got a nice loop (haven't ridden it this season yet, I admit) that's got stuff equivalent to mountain stages on the Tour.
NTodd, Bungholier
When I was staying with my parents in NH there was an island in the river there.
It was a hilly forested park with many trails.
Spent many hours on my bike there.
Crashed more than once.
fun
.
That's 'NathaniEl'.
Heh, I used to get that all the time when I was a kid, hence becoming "NTodd".
NathaniEl, Yep. Looked at your website: very inspired.
Obviously, this is an age of
diminished expectations.
Hence our cheap tawdry affair for the evening
My first memory on a national level is watching the moon landing in 69.
Mine's watching Nixon get on Marine One after resigning. At my friend Katy's house.
And with that, I gotta get back to this fucking podcast. It's just not soaring, damn it.
i cooked up a pot of black beans w/ onion, celery, carrots, and garlic, Perfect for a rainy day w/ a bit of a chill.
Hecate, Grammar Fag
yum
.
I can't remember what my first memory is.
"NathaniEl, Yep. Looked at your website: very inspired."
My sincere thanks. I am new to this weblog medium, though I have had a few years - nay, centuries - of practice writing. Ha!
Actually, we aren't. I've been living a lie.
Pish posh.
Sallyh,
How's Mlle? We're getting close, aren't we?
I can't remember what my first memory is.
Eli
Oldtimers, already?
.
My first memory on a national level is watching the moon landing in 69.
smalfish, discourser | 04.22.06 - 7:55 pm | #
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mine too. my mom dragged me out of bed to watch it.
I can't remember what my first memory is.
Eli
Are we back on Steven Wright again?
One of my most vivid memories is the day before my birthday, driving up the Harlem River Drive after visiting my grandmother - leaning over the front seat of the station wagon (no kiddie seats back then) and saying to my mother, who was driving, "I don't want to be 4. I like being 3."
Issues.
I'd like to know how anyone has a life, much less stops and eats some supper, and keeps up here?
yah, i'm sure rendell won because everyone thinks he's italian
"I can't remember what my first memory is."
My first memory is of Hester Prynne ... but perhaps you should read my book?
Oldtimers, already?
It's been like that for as long as I can remember. Like, at least six weeks.
Obviously, this is an age of
diminished expectations.
Hence our cheap tawdry affair for the evening
Sallyh, Madame Poissonniere | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 7:56 pm | #
You don't know the half of it, kiddo.
Not for nothing am I called America's
Disappointment.
My first memory on a national level is watching the moon landing in 69.
Mine's watching Nixon get on Marine One after resigning. At my friend Katy's house.
Me: in my high chair, getting lunch from my mother. News that President Kennedy had been shot.
.
Just mentioning it in passing. One of the truly lovely things in life is being able to take your bottle of champers and a glass out to the little table underneath the orange tree, and sit in the rocker, reading Harpers. While your best bud works his way thru a chicken-flavoured rawhide chewy thing.
Just saying.... Carry on.
Oooh, Tosca! She's one of those characters that only opera can have.
i appeared in Tosca...
Santa Fe Opera, summer of '62.
george shirley sang Mario, jack reardon sang Scarpia...tosca? kinna remember her that clearly...she was old...mutton passiing for lamb...
i appeared on stage as a spear-carrier, litrerally...
they conscripted all the stage hands for that duty, to make the troops numbers seem more formidable...
Anyone check the LAT today about Condiliar Rice being leakier than an old tampon?
Think she's taking the fall for 'her husband?'
Sallyh, Madame Poissonniere
You know the photo in the papers of Gretchen Mol as Bettie Page with the riding crop?
I'm waiting for someone to photoshop CondiLiar's face onto it.
My first memory is nearly drowning in Lake Michigan. I was two at the time. But I graduated from college with Steve and Agave so . . . .
Hecate--here's another one, if you're so inclined on another cool day:
Steak or Turkey Chili
1.5 lbs. lean beef or turkey, cubed
1 bag frozen chopped onions (hey, this is a recipe for busy/lazy/apathetic people)
2 cans diced tomatoes (added bonus for onions and green chiles)
1 tbsp. chili powder
1 tsp. cumin powder
1 tsp. cayenne pepper
At least 2 tsp. crushed garlic (there is no limit on garlic, as you know)
1 can black beans (Cuban style are a bonus)
1 green chile of your choosing (Anaheim, Habanero, or a couple Serranos)
Brown the beef or turkey in a pan with no stick spray over medium high heat. Toss in onions and spices; cook until onions aren't cold anymore. Toss into a crockpot with the 2 cans of tomatoes and 1 can of beans (don't drain either one). Toss in chiles of your choosing. Set crockpot to low. Go away for 8 hours or so. Eat.
Get real, America!
Unless the Philadelphia bid committee sucks every cock and twangs every clit of every voting Olympic Committee member, there is no way on earth other countries will submit their nationals to the probes and prods of Homeland Security , not to mention the possiblity of winding up in Guantanamo Bay.
I'm glad it won't be in San Francisco. We shouldn't base billion-dollar planning decisions on the needs of tourists who will be here for three weeks then leave, never to return.
"...making this movie at this point in time is a way of changing the subject from what we should be talking about....i.e., to what extent was the Bush administration complicit in 9/11."
"That's PRECISELY why this film is being released right now."
"it's called 'diversion.'"
But what happened on 9/11 has nothing to do with what's happening now in Iraq, and the guy behind the 9/11 attacks is still on the loose, and al Qaeda is back in business, so we're going to nuke Iran.
One of the truly lovely things in life is being able to take your bottle of champers and a glass out to the little table underneath the orange tree, and sit in the rocker, reading Harpers.
Na unh!
It's most certainly killing the bigger monsters in Doom 3.
Mammoth? Pffft. I'm gonna watch Helen Mirren in Elizabeth I on HBO.
"I'd like to know how anyone has a life, much less stops and eats some supper, and keeps up here?"
A life? What is life to a dead artist? Nothing but the merest of noise that distracts from true creation. Or decomposition - being dead, I believe that is my fate, though I am no Dvorak.
Hecate--only about seven weeks to go
My first memory is of my first sister being brought home, and telling my mother, "I don't like her."
i cooked up a pot of black beans w/ onion, celery, carrots, and garlic, Perfect for a rainy day w/ a bit of a chill.
Hecate, Grammar Fag
**************************
apple is good in black beans. just throw some chunks in while they're simmering. lots of people don't know that.
My first memory, on a national level, was doing "duck and cover" in the hall of the school. Around '66 or '67.
By all means, spend the next four years bribing a bunch of international grifters and titled layabouts for the prize of completely losing your city for 16 days.
Lord, no.
Old Man--that's because you have taste, not to mention lust in your heart.
Steve--I won't be disappointed because I'm expecting nothing except some elitist Chardonnay
My first memory
Getting up for a drink of water and seeing my parents putting together the bassinet and thinking, "Oh, good grief! Not again!"
Issues, as well.
One of the truly lovely things in life is being able to take your bottle of champers and a glass out to the little table underneath the orange tree, and sit in the rocker, reading Harpers. While your best bud works his way thru a chicken-flavoured rawhide chewy thing.
It's a beautiful thing.
As are you and the dawg.
But what happened on 9/11 has nothing to do with what's happening now in Iraq, and the guy behind the 9/11 attacks is still on the loose, and al Qaeda is back in business, so we're going to nuke Iran.
At least we're doing *something*!
Somebody with video skiills needes to take that ad and splice in My Pet Goat footage and Condi 9/11 hearing footage.
I'd love for someone to make a movie depicting what Bush actually did that day- learning about the first plane hitting before even getting to that school, but deciding to continue with his pointless photo-op anyway, running around like a chicken with his head cut off after the attacks, etc. . I'd call the movie "The Ballad of Brave Sir Robin".
yah, i'm sure rendell won because everyone thinks he's italian
I thought he was Andorran.
Eli--are we ready for Mammoth?
I'd like to know how anyone has a life, much less stops and eats some supper, and keeps up here?
mer
Practice, practice, practice.
Eli--are we ready for Mammoth?
Fuck. Yeah.
zzz. Gore? Did someone say Gore? He got more votes. How was he unsuccessful? Got robbed and refused to file charges?
I hope he runs and wins. I'm awake and ready to fight for Gore, or Kerry, or Edwards, or Feingold, or all of the above. Can they run now? Why wait until '08?
Let's demand a special election and put the liars and thieves on the streets now. Other countries do it. Why can't we?
They say, in Mericka anything is possible. Let's find out.
The question most on my mind lately, to be honest--well, right after "if a tin whistle's made of tin, what do they make foghorns out of?"-- is, who the hell are these people going around shoving diamonds up goats' asses, anyway?
Oops, forgot the OT warning. Maybe I should let Daffy shoot me in the face, as penance. Nah.
nathaniel hawthorne,
I'm curious about your sequel. can you give us any hints?
Eli--think we can anticipate eatage in this one?
Got your beverages and popcorn on hand?
The crackers in PennsylTucky think there are too many "niggrahs" living there. | Terry C, Coldplayer - 7:41 pm
Yeah, it's like the state lege regards Philly and Pittsburgh as two tumors inexplicably swelling and festering under the state's armpits.
For the reason Terry C mentions, of course, but also because of a gestalt or generic ethos that The City is a Wicked Place that harbors the dregs of humanity, and is run by persons unable or unwilling to properly and responsibly administer funds and resources.
So politicians outside the metro areas feed off the concept that their constituents' pockets are constantly being targeted for picking by greedy city-dwellers.
"yah, i'm sure rendell won because everyone thinks he's italian"
The point I was trying to make was the PennsylTucky crackers don't like the folks in Philly.
They like Jewish people even less!
Eli--think we can anticipate eatage in this one?
Got your beverages and popcorn on hand?
I'm inclined to agree with 4legs, that we're more likely to get impalage and stompage. I'm also hoping for "trunk-crushage".
One of the truly lovely things in life is being able to take your bottle of champers and a glass out to the little table underneath the orange tree, and sit in the rocker, reading Harpers.
Sounds good. I've been sitting on my patio reading the New Yorker and drinking gin & tonics.
There are some noises around these parts about having Philadelphia make a bid for the 2016 Olympics. I have no direct desire for that to happen, though it would almost certainly be a much more sensible option than Atlanta and Los Angeles were, or than New York would be.
However, if I thought there was some chance that such a thing would spur state lawmakers to get serious about some transit projects in the city in anticipation of the Olympics, as London is doing, I'd consider being on board. Still, given that screwing Philadelphia is pretty much SOP in this state I can imagine a lot of legislators doing just that so they could laugh at the city's failure.
Oh, poor little Duncan. Everyone is out to get you and your city. Grow the fuck up already.
Do you want the Olympics or not? Stop being such a wishy-washy pussbag.
My first memory, on a national level, was doing "duck and cover" in the hall of
the school. Around '66 or '67.
mer | 04.22.06 - 8:03 pm | #
They were still doing that shit as
late as that?
Good grief.
Little Brother--interesting. At least here in CA, the cities have over 50 percent of the state's population, but get less than 30% of the funding.
For the reason Terry C mentions, of course, but also because of a gestalt or generic ethos that The City is a Wicked Place that harbors the dregs of humanity, and is run by persons unable or unwilling to properly and responsibly administer funds and resources.
So politicians outside the metro areas feed off the concept that their constituents' pockets are constantly being targeted for picking by greedy city-dwellers.
Little Brøther
Them thar big cities got too many queers livin' there, too.
(And I have both popcorn *and* Dr Pepper, but am not sure if I will need either, having recently eaten a large quantity of spaghetti...)
One of the truly lovely things in life is being able to take your bottle of champers and a glass out to the little table underneath the orange tree, and sit in the rocker, reading Harpers.
Sounds good. I've been sitting on my patio reading the New Yorker and drinking gin & tonics.
Grrrrrr. It's pouring here like the flood is upon us, has been since last night.
.
Eli--mmm, spaghetti. We're having garlic-basil linguine with arrabbiata sauce, ciabatta, hot turkey sausage, and fresh asparagus.
My first memory, on a national level, was doing "duck and cover" in the hall of
the school. Around '66 or '67.
mer
Cuban Missile Crisis - I was in the 5th grade.
Right Liz I is on, I'll rejoin y'all a half hour into Mammoth, hope I don't miss anything too important in the 1st half hour
Oh, poor little Duncan. Everyone is out to get you and your city. Grow the fuck up
already.
Do you want the Olympics or not? Stop being such a wishy-washy pussbag.
fuck's sake | 04.22.06 - 8:08 pm | #
I hope you won't take this personally,
but....go fuck yourself?
Thanks!
(And I have both popcorn *and* Dr Pepper, but am not sure if I will need either, having recently eaten a large quantity of spaghetti...)
So I was just at the supermarket, dear, and I saw "Berries & Cream Dr. Pepper".
Vas ist dis?
both popcorn *and* Dr Pepper
I heard that made Mikey's stomach explode.
Old Man--it's not as if you won't be able to discern the plot in anything less than 3 seconds.
Oh, poor little Duncan. Everyone is out to get you and your city. Grow the fuck up already
Hey fuckwad.
I hear your mother calling. She's saying go play in traffic.
This thread is slow enough for me to keep up and play Madden 2006 on my PSP at the same time. One of my wee Giants had a great flying sack on Peyton Manning that almost took his head clean off. Fun times.
Grrrrrr. It's pouring here like the flood is upon us, has been since last night.
.
Gee
Here too.
So I was just at the supermarket, dear, and I saw "Berries & Cream Dr. Pepper".
Vas ist dis?
Yes, I have seen this, but am in no hurry to try it after the cherry vanilla Dr Pepper proved, well, rather pointless.
I got fresh cooked blueberry muffins on the way for "The Event".
"I'm curious about your sequel. can you give us any hints?"
It involves more risque action than the original so as to satisfy your modern palate. I will say no more. However, as soon as I am provided an ... ISBN number, yes? ... I will happily provide you with a link to an online bookseller and perhaps a few reviews and excerpts to whet your literary appetite. Rest assured it will be a delight far greater than any reading experience you have had to date from a 19th century author.
Do you think Gore would pick Lieberman again for his running mate?
chris/tx
Lieberman will think he might. Really.
It never fails.
Everytime things are going well on the threads, a troll has to intrude.
I heard that made Mikey's stomach explode.
Mikey was soft and weak. I merely find it... stimulating.
I think my first personal memory was when I was three, but not four. I was playing tag in the neighbor's yard and my tennis shoe came untied. Instead of going home to have my mother tie it, I did it myself. Cuz I didn't want to miss any of the fun.
There are some noises around these parts about having Philadelphia make a bid for the 2016 Olympics. I have no direct desire for that to happen, though it would almost certainly be a much more sensible option than Atlanta and Los Angeles were, or than New York would be.
Oh really? You sure gave a lot of reasons.
Dickwit.
fuck's sake:
Wow. You have no idea how close you
are to being introduced to a certain
formerly fashionable but still beloved
catch phrase.
I think my first personal memory was when I was three, but not four. I was playing tag in the neighbor's yard and my tennis shoe came untied. Instead of going home to have my mother tie it, I did it myself. Cuz I didn't want to miss any of the fun.
I'm not sure of the exact age (anywhere between 3 and 5), but I remember running around and bumping into one of my nursery school or kindergarden classmates, falling down and skinning my knee or elbow, and consciously deciding that crying was really not necessary.
I heard that made Mikey's stomach explode.
If you drop Mentos in a bottle of Diet Coke, it explodes.
(not sure if that qualified as issues or lack of issues...)
fuck's sake:
Wow. You have no idea how close you
are to being introduced to a certain
formerly fashionable but still beloved
catch phrase.
steve simels
Hey steve...
BLOW ME.
fuck's sake:
Wow. You have no idea how close you
are to being introduced to a certain
formerly fashionable but still beloved
catch phrase.
steve simels
Hey steve...
BLOW ME.
I think my first personal memory was when I was three, but not four. I was playing tag in the neighbor's yard and my tennis shoe came untied. Instead of going home to have my mother tie it, I did it myself. Cuz I didn't want to miss any of the fun.
I have at least two that stick out. One is watching my moms car get towed away. She had some beater that had to have been at least twenty years old. ANd the other is of my puppy, "Peanuts" getting chased under a car, and later having his little paws all wrapped up in bandages.
If you drop Mentos in a bottle of Diet Coke, it explodes.
Mentos - The Explodemaker!
More like "The Fountainmaker", actually.
Will have to try that...
"If you drop Mentos in a bottle of Diet Coke, it explodes.
Mentos - The Explodemaker!
Eli"
Meanwhile the Military has been puzzled by a new I.E.D. that seems to have few if any parts.
Hey steve...
BLOW ME.
fuck's sake | 04.22.06 - 8:16 pm | #
Jeezus, you can't even do it
right.
It's "blow me already, okay? By
which I mean again."
You're pathetic.
Hello.
I'm happy NYC didn't get the Olympics and I hope it never does.
It's just another boondoggle for landlords.
If you drop Mentos in a bottle of Diet Coke, it explodes.
Oh great, now homeland security is going to arrest the mentos bomber.
Will have to try that...
There's a whole slew of videos on the 'net of people doing just this.
Oh great, now homeland security is going to arrest the mentos bomber.
Osama bin Ludens.
"Oh great, now homeland security is going to arrest the mentos bomber.
chris/tx"
Thanks, I was sipping a glass of milk when I read that.
It works with Certs too from the videos running about.
"Osama bin Ludens."
While I firmly hold to the notion, "he who would pun would pick a pocket," I find this weblog quite charming.
Litz i'm 20, in 1992 i was 6 years old.
i was born in 1986
I got my bachelors in 1986. I could be your daddy. Damn, I feel old.
One of my earliest memories was seeing news reports of the Russian's sending tanks into Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Richard
Richard
Old?? I could have been your daddy.
It's most certainly killing the bigger monsters in Doom 3.
smalfish, discourser
You make it to the end without cheating? I gave up pretty early on, and just started blasting everything in sight. Which is pretty much the whole game, anyway.
Is this the first personal memory thread (for this life)? Mine was standing on a hot rock and realizing that the rock was separate from me.
So I was just at the supermarket, dear, and I saw "Berries & Cream Dr. Pepper".
Vas ist dis?
Yes, I have seen this, but am in no hurry to try it after the cherry vanilla Dr Pepper proved, well, rather pointless.
Eli
My daughter tried the DIET "Berries & Cream Dr. Pepper".
Says it's good.
Re Mentos in Diet Coke--I've been following that NPR story, and there's not an explosion. There's supposedly a geyser of Diet Coke up to ten feet high.
But surly, disappointed listeners were writing in saying they only got some mild fizzy action. The data were not replicated!
The NPR reporter promised further investigation. He says he witnessed the ten-footer first-hand.
As a kid I was very fond of Alka-Seltzer tablets in Scope mouthwash (try it!)
Jumping ahead of the crowd, Bush suggests a Mentos/DietSoda Bunker Buster. Later, Nevada becomes a minty fresh crater in the ground.
It's most certainly killing the bigger monsters in Doom 3.
smalfish, discourser
You make it to the end without cheating? I gave up pretty early on, and just started blasting everything in sight. Which is pretty much the whole game, anyway.
I think it was Doom 3 where someone explained to me that it was best to kill some of the people you encounter early on *before* they become zombie monsters, to save yourself the trouble later on...
My earliest memory is of seeing my older brother go to his first day of kindergarten and being insanely jealous. I was 3 1/2 at the time.
Osama bin Ludens
Hey, no giving away State Sucrets.
Troll douchebaggery abounds today...
"Cuban Missile Crisis - I was in the 5th grade."
--Terry C, Coldplayer
Okay, you're right. I was trying to take ten years of my birth. Plus the wine helps.
Hey, is Hecate still here? I have a dumb fucking question: how do you pronounce 'Hecate'? Can anybody give me the phonetics?
I want to give the witch props in my cast, and, uh...I don't, well, have confidence that I know how to pronounce her nick.
Thx.
My daughter tried the DIET "Berries & Cream Dr. Pepper".
Says it's good.
I'll give it a try, but my expectations are pretty low.
Just went to the Italian restaurant and had Sicilian Steak. Apropos of nothing, I had to sit through almost three hours of "The Godfather III" ~
get your Godfather while the getting is good on AMC all weekend, m-kay?
Anyway, I'm being served, and people are being shot at. How much more appetizing can it get?
My daughter tried the DIET "Berries & Cream Dr. Pepper".
Says it's good.
I'll give it a try, but my expectations are pretty low.
Eli |
I tried it last weekend.
It teh sucked.
Hey, no giving away State Sucrets.
Or tigre will be very Vicksed.
Osama bin Ludens
Hey, no giving away State Sucrets.
watertiger, fecker | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 8:24 pm | #
Hah!!!!!
My daughter tried the DIET "Berries & Cream Dr. Pepper".
Sounds pukealicious.
"I want to give the witch props"
One should burn witches, not prop them up. Oh ... how times have changed!
"Old?? I could have been your daddy.
____league"
Okay, enough of that line of thought. I could depress some folks around here.
I have a dumb fucking question: how do you pronounce 'Hecate'?
krsaz taught me, and Hecate confirmed it.
It's Heh-cah-tay.
Hey, is Hecate still here? I have a dumb fucking question: how do you pronounce 'Hecate'? Can anybody give me the phonetics?
Heck-UH-tay, I believe...
I have a dumb fucking question: how do you pronounce 'Hecate'?
The "H" is silent and "ecate" is pronounced "shithead".
And I have to admit, I just ate some marshmallow peeps.
they were on sale. i was weak.
You make it to the end without cheating? I gave up pretty early on, and just started blasting everything in sight. Which is pretty much the whole game, anyway.
CHeat?
I don't even know how to cheat in those games. Not to mention, I have no desire to.
And ya, I finished it, and Quake 4. And H/L 2 AND F.E.A.R. and, I don't know what else.
Oh ya, I did not finish the addon to Doom three, yet. I'm going to try again, when I get burned out here.
"One should burn witches, not prop them up. Oh ... how times have changed!
Nathaniel Hawthorne "
The 80's would have sent you back to your grave.
Heck-UH-tay, I believe...
You sure about that? I don't want to be turned into a newt or anything...
Thanks for having my dinner for me, Vicki.
And, thanks for standing us up for dinner last nite... of course I'm used to that by NOW!!!
hehehe
I remember deciding to strike a dramatic pose while having my picture taken. I was 18 months old. Needless to say, if that picture wasn't still around to remind me, I doubt I would remember that very early event.
Besides that, I remember a progression of cars that my father went through in about a year - a 1950's Dodge, an early '60's Corvair (which had rear windows that didn't roll down) and finally a 1964 Dodge, for which he payed $1800 for. I was three at the time.
"The 80's would have sent you back to your grave."
Nothing could send me back there. 'twas very damp and dusky and the worms made me itch fiercely.
The "H" is silent and "ecate" is pronounced "shithead".
zeus | 04.22.06 - 8:26 pm
does your mother still cry while you're fuckin' her???
I'm a whore
Heck-UH-tay, I believe...
Eli
I thought it was HECK-uh-tay...
The "H" is silent and "ecate" is pronounced "shithead".
zeus | 04.22.06 - 8:26 pm | #
Ooh. Fucks sake changed its name.
And, thanks for standing us up for dinner last nite... of course I'm used to that by NOW!!!
Dude, I was already at the green grocery store by the time you invited me, don't be dissing out on me now.
You missed the Ann Arbor gig ~ bad weathah, remember?
I have a dumb fucking question: how do you pronounce 'Hecate'?
Throatwarbler Mangrove.
Oh, come on. You KNEW someone was going to say it.
does your mother still cry while you're fuckin' her???
WoodyGuthrie'sGuitar(aka...
Only when I do her in the ass without lube. It hurts her.
Woody - you find that diesel stuff okay?
You sure about that? I don't want to be turned into a newt or anything...
I think she herself might disagree, but... http://www.bartleby.com/61/wavs/...92/
H0119200.wav
I've been pronouncing it like that, but with a "tay" instead of a "tee" at the end...
The "H" is silent and "ecate" is pronounced "shithead".
Oh, fuck off, you forgotten shitheel of a god.
Who Mourns for Adonis, indeed?
I don't trust my first memory at all. I see myself getting out of bed and walking down a hallway to where the adults were talking. But I see it as if a camera on a Kubrick-style backward dolly were filming me.
Hecate rhymes with Tecate (beer).
Troll douchebaggery abounds today...
Buzz Bomb
Bottom of the barrel trolls, too!
I swear to you, I asked Hecate directly about the pronunciation.
It's Heh-cah-tay.
Seriously.
I thought it was HECK-uh-tay...
Probably. I always sucked on the inflection part. Maybe it's some kind of tone-deafness thing...
It's Heh-cah-tay.
That's what Woody told me at Eschacon, and who am I to argue with him....
Throatwarbler Mangrove.
Oh yeah, very fucking helpful. ;-P
Okay, I gotta get this bad boy in the can. Later!
I was 'rippin and readin' the news Nov. 22, 1963...
I swear to you, I asked Hecate directly about the pronunciation.
It's Heh-cah-tay.
Seriously.
Yah, I think you're okay if you use the wav file but with a tay instead of tee.
"It's Heh-cah-tay."
I am not enamoured of witches, but my literary background would lead me to agree with this. If that helps.
One of my very first memories is that of sitting in the following and looking out the sliding curtains on the windows.
http://tinyurl.com/g4c5t
Feral,
Woody's right. So is krsaz.
Krsaz'd have known...it was his area of study in college.
Feral's got it...though it could also have a Heck-uh-tea aspect...
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zeus, you must enjoy the slams you're getting here. And for that, I feel sorry for you.
I always sucked on the inflection part. Maybe it's some kind of tone-deafness thing...
Half the time I speak spanish, the other person does not understand me. So I will have someone translate, and it sounds just like what I said. Found out it is the inflection, so now I just add inflection to the last syllable and they seem to understand me (seems like the inflection in Spanish is almost always on the last syllable).
Probably. I always sucked on the inflection part. Maybe it's some kind of tone-deafness thing...
Eli
At least you have something to suck on...
The real Zeus evaporated centuries ago. This is an imposter.
Half the time I speak spanish, the other person does not understand me. So I will have someone translate, and it sounds just like what I said. Found out it is the inflection, so now I just add inflection to the last syllable and they seem to understand me (seems like the inflection in Spanish is almost always on the last syllable).
Que?
If you drop Mentos in a bottle of Diet Coke, it explodes.
watertiger, fecker |
How many Diet Coke/Mentos users have ended up in the emergency room with ruptured stomachs/esophaguseses?
At least you have something to suck on...
Just say the word...
Woody - you find that diesel stuff okay?
Barndog, Retired | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 8:29 pm
yup...
saw a tv show one time about increasing the volume of air for a diesel mill, and thought "that's the ticket..."
i get 20 mpg dry/hiway now...i'd really love to get even 25...
l♥vs m'truck
How many Diet Coke/Mentos users have ended up in the emergency room with ruptured stomachs/esophaguseses?
Elmer, PHD
Good question, unless no one has ever mixed Mentos and Diet Coke.
Throatwarbler Mangrove.
Oh, come on. You KNEW someone was going to say it.
watertiger, fecker
Johann Gambolputty... de von
Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-
digger-dingle-dangle-
dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-
banger-horowitz-
ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-
grumblemeyer-
spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-
gutenabend-bitte-ein-
nurnburger-bratwustle-gernspurten-mitz-weimache-
luber-hundsfut-
gumberaber-shonedanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm
Hmmm--I once attended a lecture on Macbeth by a visiting Brit (not Hume, wiseguy). He pronounced Hecate "HECK-uh-tee'," which makes sense for the meter in the play.
He also said that the whole Hecate sequence was likely not Shakespeare at all, but some regional hack trying to spice up the play with an effects-driven interpolation.
Feral's got it...
On the pronunciation or on arguing with you?
On the pronunciation or on arguing with you?
FeralLiberal | 04.22.06 - 8:36 pm
Been reading the freepers. They are getting really creative with the conspiracy theories. Some choice quotes:
It may not mean anything, but I found a Dana Priest from Washington, DC and a Mary McCarthy from Chevy Chase, MD, who ran in the same St. Patrick's Day 10K race in 2001.
and
This just keeps getting better.
She is tied to Joe Wilson, Sandy Burgler, the Clowntoons, Kerry, Albright, and the Ohio Demonrats.
HECK-uh-tee',"
Wrong, Draco. Your prof was wrong.
Heck-UH-tay, I believe...
You sure about that? I don't want to be turned into a newt or anything...
I don't know how she inflects it, but I believe the Hecate hereabouts does pronounce it with three syllables.
In Shakespeare (she's in Macbeth) it is prounced "HEH-cut." That, I know. For what it's worth.
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It may not mean anything, but I found a Dana Priest from Washington, DC and a Mary McCarthy from Chevy Chase, MD, who ran in the same St. Patrick's Day 10K race in 2001.
It's a conspiracy for sure!
Only liberals would disagree over how to pronounce Heh-cah-tay.
My name is pronounced "Vic-KEE."
Hecuhtay, bigbootay, inflection is important. Otay?
Only liberals would disagree over how to pronounce Heh-cah-tay.
Vicki
I disagree.
And it's HEH-cut.
.
wikipedia:
Hecate, Hekate (Hekátē, or Hekat was originally a goddess of the wilderness and childbirth originating from Thrace, or among the Carians of Anatolia [1]. Popular cults venerating her as a mother goddess integrated her persona into Greek culture as 'Εκατη. In Ptolemaic Alexandria she ultimately achieved her connotations as a goddess of sorcery and her role as the 'Queen of Ghosts', in which guise she was transmitted to post-Renaissance culture. Today she is often seen as a goddess of witchcraft.
Just say the word...
Eli
Lifesaver?
And it's HEH-cut.
.
Gee
No it ain't. I studied a lot of Shakespeare in college, too. It's Heh-cah-tay.
She is tied to Joe Wilson, Sandy Burgler, the Clowntoons, Kerry, Albright, and the Ohio Demonrats.
Mary McCarthy's kerning is also suspect.
Woody -
Got some new wine for the next Eschacon, ya gonna be there?
an early '60's Corvair (which had rear windows that didn't roll down) and finally a 1964 Dodge, for which he payed $1800 for. I was three at the time.
Richard
Damn. My first car was a Corvair. Wish I still had it.
wikipedia is wrong, I say, WRONG!
or Hekat
Thar she blows
.
Lifesaver?
Were you here when I was talking about my high school days when I used to give out Jolly Ranchers, and my day was made when one girl asked me if I had anything hard for her to suck on?
My name is pronounced "Vic-KEE."
I thought it was Vick EE.
And I bet if you don't call her late for dinner, I doubt Hecate would care too much.
No it ain't. I studied a lot of Shakespeare in college, too. It's Heh-cah-tay.
Who is Hecate to me, or I to Hecate?
I say we pronounce everything correctly from here on out, since Bush cannot annunsheate.
No it ain't. I studied a lot of Shakespeare in college, too. It's Heh-cah-tay.
I went to drama school and performed Shakespeare professionally. (No shit.) It's HEH-cut.
Although as somebody pointed out, Will almost certainly didn't write the passages in question, which are invariably cut in performance.
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ELI MUST BE EATEN.
For the rest of you, there are chocolate peanut butter bars for the viewing of 'Mammoth.' As if you needed additional inducement.
Got some new wine for the next Eschacon, ya gonna be there?
FeralLiberal | 04.22.06 - 8:41 pm
i'll bring the bud, you bring the wine...just say where/when
drinkin wine spodie-odie, drinkin wine!!!
I want to give the witch props in my cast, and, uh...I don't, well, have confidence that I know how to pronounce her nick.
Thx.
NTodd, Dumb Questioner
I'm a witch!!!! I can do magic spells!!!!
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
I'm a proud member of the reality based community!!!!!!!!!!
It may not mean anything, but I found a Dana Priest from Washington, DC and a Mary McCarthy from Chevy Chase, MD, who ran in the same St. Patrick's Day 10K race in 2001.
****************************
oh shit. the jig is up. i'm going to take my cyanide now.
I always read Hecate as the goddess of the crossroads. But it's not as if she couldn't multitask.
and my day was made when one girl asked me if I had anything hard for her to suck on?
Eli
I *was* that girl. And it's scarred me for life...
I *was* that girl. And it's scarred me for life...
Do you have anything scarred for me to suck on?
This is funny
http://www.firedoglake.com/wp-co.../04/
franken.jpg
From FDL
.
I *was* that girl. And it's scarred me for life...
So did you, or did you not take him up on his offer?
/me stands on the soapbox waves to Vicki like a mad idiot.
So did you, or did you not take him up on his offer?
I wish I could remember...
,i>I went to drama school and performed Shakespeare professionally. (No shit.) It's HEH-cut.
I did not perform professionally, but I did study drama when I was in college with professors who performed professionally, and I learned different pronunciations of Hecate. Which is why I asked krsaz, who also earned a degree in drama and performed professionally in Shakespeare, and I trusted his judgment on the pronunciation, coupled with another prof I studied under, who specialized in Shakespeare.
However, in the long run, it really doesn't matter a lick to me how Hecate is pronounced.
Vicki--Wikipedia indicates the guest lecturer was wrong on pronunciation, but right about the foreign hand in "Macbeth":
There is some evidence to suggest that the character and the scenes or portions thereof in which she appears (Act III, Scene v, and a portion of Act IV, Scene i) were not written by Shakespeare, but was added during a revision by Thomas Middleton, who used material from his own play The Witch, which was produced in 1615.
I wish I could remember...
Eli
That's the scarring...repressed memories.
Google "hecate pronunciation" - Several sources have it (and the audio) as Heck-a-tee
http://www.bartleby.com/61/92/H0...2/
H0119200.html
And so, the evening's defining moment is upon us...
(I just wish it was a mammoth)
"I'm a witch!!!! I can do magic spells!!!!"
Methinks you do not appreciate real witches, knave.
First Witch
Why, how now, Hecate! you look angerly.
Three syllables wouldn't scan here.
Just sayin'.
.
Damn. My first car was a Corvair. Wish I still had it.
My father's Corvair looked like this model...
http://wildtrash.com/bosswild/li...men/
corvair.jpg
except his was blue.
Do you have anything scarred for me to suck on?
Eli
NO (you now the rest)!
.
wow, when you don't read the news for a week, as i have not, it doesn't seem so bad.
just today, for no apparent reason i was think'n of porter goss. then i check out buzzflash, and now i know.
ignorance is bliss, but not so healthy.
Gee,
Pfft. Iambic pentameter is over-rated.
NO (you now the rest)!
No scarring?
Hecate is the Greek goddess of the crossroads. She is most often depicted as having three heads; one of a dog, one of a snake and one of a horse. She is usually seen with two ghost hounds that were said to serve her. Hecate is most often mispercepted as the goddess of witchcraft or evil, but she did some very good things in her time. One such deed was when she rescued Persephone, (Demeter's daughter, the queen of the Underworld and the maiden of spring), from the Underworld. Hecate is said to haunt a three-way crossroad, each of her heads facing in a certain direction. She is said to appear when the ebony moon shines
Methinks you do not appreciate real witches, knave.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
real witches?
.
(link - whoops)
http://www.pantheon.org/articles...s/h/
hecate.html
She is said to appear when the ebony moon shines
Ebony... and Hecate... side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why can't we...
I'm smelling......
BLUEBERRY MUFFINS!!!
DWD,
If yer around, I just finished Challenge
I may have to order another copy for loaning out (I'll keep my signed by the author copy myself thank you).
Very entertaining, and well done, sir!!!!
I agree with simels that it would make a fine movie.
Simels,
if you are still around have you finished??
.
"real witches?"
Are there no real witches in your epoch?
Kent, Great! I am so pleased you found it worthwhile. Truly. (I am humbled as well)
What the fuck?
Macbeth is the shortest of Shakespeare's tragedies. We don't have the version originally presented to James I. Instead we have regional touring versions.
There's an account of the play indicating that Lady Macbeth had a bigger role in Acts IV and V than we now possess. If I recall right, she's absent from IV and only has the "Out damn spot" scene in V.
She largely disappears. Apparently there was a suicide scene in the original, and earlier scenes of her going gradually nutsier. I'd like someone to find those please....
i'll bring the bud, you bring the wine...just say where/when
It's a deal...Vicki will have the details when things come together. Any updates Vicki?
And so, the evening's defining moment is upon us...
Eli
Just perfect.
NO (you now the rest)!
No scarring?
Eli
What does that have to do with nowing the rest?
(where's my pill)
.
WHat is it, ten minutes now?
Feral,
Yes. I contacted about 20 Chicago hotels this week requesting information for room blocks during September/October...looking for best available weekends and pricing.
We should have somewhat of a good idea in ten days - 14 days, providing I get answers to my questions. We'll see...
Are there no real witches in your epoch?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
my epoch?
.
Hecate--all I know is I see it in my mind and it is good.
Since these comments are without audio, it doesn't matter to me how it is pronounced.
"And so, the evening's defining moment is upon us..."
This Eli would make a good writer.
"Hecate was known for revealing the names of Greek spies to the Persians, then claiming she never did so. She forged documents to inflame passions and provoke a war from which she profited."
my epoch?
Talkin' 'bout my epoch, uh, ration.
WTF?
"I'm really pleased to have Norman Mineta in my Cabinet. He is a really good guy."
Ah nevermind. Toodles.
Simels,
if you are still around have you finished??
.
UtopianNegroEnvisions™ | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 8:52 pm | #
No, I got sidetracked. Hope to
finish it tomorrow.
"my epoch?"
I see there are no longer schools that teach English and history and literature. Perhaps these computers have made Mankind too dependent on machines ... ?
And so, the evening's defining moment is upon us..
Does this mean Marcia Brady is finally going to give you that massage?
Did I just blow off Barndog? Because if I did, I sure didn't mean to.
I love Mr and Mrs Barndog.
Does this mean Marcia Brady is finally going to give you that massage?
I sure hope so.
7 minutes to Mammoth!!!
agave, are you going to keep answering Nathanial Hawthorne's questions with questions?
Eli
The only thing I found odd or out of place in that cartoon is that the bear was green. Is that what they meant? It would have been just a boring party if the bear had been brown or black? I don't see it myself.
Talkin' 'bout my epoch, uh, ration.
Eli
Who?
.
Does this mean Marcia Brady is finally going to give you that massage?
Sallyh, Madame Poissonniere
Give?
The only thing I found odd or out of place in that cartoon is that the bear was green. Is that what they meant? It would have been just a boring party if the bear had been brown or black? I don't see it myself.
I make it a point never to question the ways of bears.
Hecate pronunciation free sheets.
Kent, Great! I am so pleased you found it worthwhile. Truly. (I am humbled as well)
Well you done real good!!! As a person with a variety of interests and distractions it is not easy for a singular activity to hoover up the better part of an afternoon and early evening, other than hanging out in this place.
Tomorrow i will see if I can cough up a few lines to do the work justice, maybe something for the next printing that does not use the terms compelling or riviting (not that they don't apply, they just come off like so much critical boilerplate)!
.
My father's Corvair looked like this model...
http://wildtrash.com/bosswild/li...men/ corvair.jpg
except his was blue.
Think it is a Monza. Top of the line.
"
I see there are no longer schools that teach English and history and literature. Perhaps these computers have made Mankind too dependent on machines ... ?
Nathaniel Hawthorne "
Amen. Humanity is too damn touchy feely.
agave, are you going to keep answering Nathanial Hawthorne's questions with questions?
Marcia Brady∞
Why do you ask?
.
Vicki - Great! Looking forward to it.
Have some pasta on the stove, with homemade tomato sauce and sausage with grilled veggies. Back after dinner...
Give?
I knew something didn't seem quite right...
I see there are no longer schools that teach English and history and literature. Perhaps these computers have made Mankind too dependent on machines ... ?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The only thing schools in California teach is the fucking STAR test. We also have an influx of children that have successfully completed all the required courses but are unable to pass the exit exam.
"Why do you ask?"
Bravo, and well met, sir!
sheets
Yes. I contacted about 20 Chicago hotels this week requesting information for room blocks during September/October...looking for best available weekends and pricing.
Vicki
Hey, if it includes October 14th, that would be my birthday and everyone can bring me presents.
I'll have to remember to rent a Ryder truck.
No, I got sidetracked. Hope to
finish it tomorrow.
WooooooooHooooooooo!!!!! I kicked yer ass!!!!!
/Arms aloft vertically, like I just won the sprint into bordeaux
Thanks again, Kent. Glad you enjoyed it. The best part of it is that it ends spectacularly. (That is not always true of my books, btw)
Again, thanks.
It may not mean anything, but I found a Dana Priest from Washington, DC and a Mary McCarthy from Chevy Chase, MD, who ran in the same St. Patrick's Day 10K race in 2001.
These guys oughtta have their own TV show. The Cheeto Files.
"The only thing schools in California teach is the fucking STAR test."
Is this related to that Nickleby law I have heard so much about? That Charles Dickens was overrated, I can tell you!
Bravo, and well met, sir!
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Eli--well, so far, bad costumes, inane dialogue and cheesy SPFX.
It's perfect!
CHeat?
I don't even know how to cheat in those games. Not to mention, I have no desire to.
And ya, I finished it, and Quake 4. And H/L 2 AND F.E.A.R. and, I don't know what else.
Oh ya, I did not finish the addon to Doom three, yet. I'm going to try again, when I get burned out here.
smalfish, discourser
When I plunk down fiddy bucks for one of these things, and it turns out to be nothing but trigger-finger exercise, I feel my brain leaking out my ears, and my conditioning against cheating flows out right along with it. Frankly, I feel cheated. HL2 was not such a one, and I was ever so happy to see the end without typing those fateful letters; G-O-D. Doom 3, not so much. FEAR was pretty good, even if the ending kinda sucked. (Probably setting us up for FEAR 2). My other half-gig of memory'll be here Monday, and I'll go through it again, and see what it really looks like. That game do suck up the memory.
Hey, there's an extra level for HL 2, called Lost Coast, you can get for free through Steam (if you haven't already).
Again, thanks.
You are most welcome, and I thank you for writing it and taking a chance! And am commited to that which I can do to assure that the project is enjoyed by as many who are receptive.
It is a rare pleasure to read something written by someone known, and previously was limited to doctoral theses secured in trade for bicycle repairs.
Genetic experiments on the drosophila while interesting are not quite as cool as a quickly paced potboiler.
No more thanks are necessary my humble friend, seriously.
Aren't Georgians still paying off the 1996 Olympics? I know New South Welshmen are going to be forking out tax dollars for the Sydney Olympics for at least another 15 years.
It almost makes me laugh, the way the organizers claim the Olympics increase tourism and business opportunities for the host city.
I've never, ever met a single person who suddenly developed a post-Olympic urge to visit Atlanta or open up a Jack-In-The-Box franchise there.
The same goes for Sydney.
better than Los Angeles? what are you talking about? the Olympics were a smashing success in L.A., with the only offnote being the absence of the U.S.S.R. Other than that, financially, esthetically, logistically it was a total success.
The Los Angeles Olympics might have been a financial success, but what every non-American remembers about it was the distinct lack of competition, the neauseating American triumphalism (reminiscent of the NAZI Berlin Olympics) and the gross corporatization (subsequently the major feature of every post-LA Olympics.
All in all, the LA Olympics sucked syphillic donkey cock.
And don't think we non-Americans have forgotten the way the Salt Lake Winter Games ceremonies were hijacked by post 9/11 hyper-patriots.
The 2016 games will have to be in AbuDhabi or somewhere like that.
Atrios, before bitching too much about transit in Philly, note well that you guys are in transit paradise compared to Baltimore. Baltimore has roughly 1/2 of Philly's population (measured by city or metro, either way) but probably 1/8th, maybe a 1/10th of the transit infrastructure of the City of Brotherly Love. Baltimore is approximately 35 years behind you. Even red-state transit hell-holes like Dallas are ahead of us.
Best comparison: imagine that the R1 and half the R2 and R3 ran but only sporadically, the green transit trolley lines were cut from 5 to 1 line and missed Market Street by 4 blocks, the Market Frankford line stopped at Penn's Landing and the Franford end of it did not exist, the Broad Street Line did not exist, PATCO did not exist and the suburban rapid transit lines were ruthlessly opposed and never built because they might accidentally bring at least one (black, lower income) city resident into Haverford.
You live in a great city. Baltimore is great in many ways but not transitwise. We are 35 years behind you. I commute to DC everyday by long-distance rail that hits Baltimore (not a work destination, the money gets earned in DC), and the difference between DC and Baltimore is overwhelming in attitude and availability of transit.
as for rendell, he doesn't have the power to control what the state leg. does, and they're republican and disproportionately rural. remember, when he ran it was regularly said that no one from philadelphia could become governor
Atrios | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 7:47 pm | #
I'm not going to argue that Philly doesn't get screwed, but at least the governor CARES about what happens there. Pittsburgh gets no help from the Pennsyltucky senators either (too many "darkies" living there too, I suspect, plus all that pinko commie union nonsense) AND has no voice in the executive branch. That's doubleplusscrewed.
FYI...Chicago is also exploring the possibility of making a bid for the 2016 Olympics, with Daley envisioning a regional effort involving sporting venues in Wisconsin, Indiana and downstate Illinois. He spoke of possibly improving transportation between Chicago and Milwaukee, Champaign-Urbana, Ill., and South Bend, Ind. A regional effort would certainly take advantage of world class athletic venues alread in place.
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