I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
ok
aha
professor cole is spot on...
The purpose of statements like that of [Republican Representative Virgil Goode of Virginia] is to mark Muslim Americans as permanent outsiders and to rally bigoted Christians. (Just as the purpose of [Colorado Republican Congressman congressman Tom Tancredo's] remarks is to do the same thing to Latinos). The technique is a fascist technique, of spreading hatred and demanding the 'purification' of the body public as a way of whipping up fervor in a constituency. It is shameful, but more, it is very, very dangerous. The United States of America depends for its survival on tolerance of diversity. Bigotry can easily tear it apart.
Islamophobia or Anti-Muslimism is now among the more pressing social pathologies infecting the US. If it becomes established and acceptable, then lots of other forms of bigotry will also grow in virulence. There could end up being blood in the streets.
we haven't been hearing as much about the fascist bent of the united states in recent months, but, be assured, it's still very much alive and well... the mid-term elections may have dampened some of it, but with hate-mongers like goode and tancredo and their ilk still at large, we can count on there being more bigoted screed pumped up from their bottomless cesspools of vitriol at regular intervals...
http://takeitpersonally.blogspot.com/
I'm so excited for the "Really Exciting Post." I can't wait1!!!!
Happy Holidays To All!
I saw the chimp on TV today talking about brave men and women. He has no right as he has always been a fucking coward.
Fuck him and anyone who ever voted for his sorry chicken-shit ass.
Media -- 5 more soldiers dead in Iraq ... but look over there, it's the Duke lacrosse players and there not being charged with stuff!
http://www.script-o-rama.com/mov...ipt-
morris.html
The transcript of the "therefore" sermon is at the above link. Open it up, search for "therefore," and prepare to be blown away.
Funniest. Movie. Ever.
Double gobble.
I don't have to work until next year!
I will; I just don't have to.
All I want for Xmas is a frontpage link from Duncan Hack.
Yup, Professor Cole knows what this is all about.
It's all about appeal to fear of "the other" that is one of the lynchpins of fascistic manipulation of the masses.
If there is to be blood on the streets, these dipshits should realize that they're as likely to be losing theirs as the objects of their fear are.
i changed my name for xmas.
Apparently al-Qaeda in Iraq has offered surrender terms to the US. One month truce to allow all soldiers to evacuate. And then the Saudis will help them out by crashing the oil price to bankrupt Iran. hard to see what the problem is.
Media -- 5 more soldiers dead in Iraq ... but look over there, it's the Duke lacrosse players and there not being charged with stuff!
Not to mention the battle royale between The Donald and Rosie!
doh! i changed my name for xmas.
Selfish reposting of invitation:
Open invitiation to heathens, agnostics, and other real people:
Don't be offended: I'll be playing Xmas blues & R&B on my radio show tomorrow evening, 8 - 10 PM Central.
Tune in, even if you're drunk, stoned, pantsless, and sick of Xmas music. It'll be worth your while to hear "Rudolph Got Drunk" by Big Jack Johnson.
http://www.wort-fm.org/
All I want for Xmas is a frontpage link from Duncan Hack.
You already got one, wanker. Now give me one! I might even write something.
This thing on?
"Ah'm a war preznit."
He broke it. Santa Bush and the Christmas Barn Rules: He'll fix it, sort of. Oh oh oh. (Photo)
Will you guys keep it down? I have a headache.
I just read the redacted Iran NYT op-ed.
Bush is such a tool.
On the other hand, if he were the "bold" decider that he thinks he is, he could pull a Nixon Goes To China by going to Tehran and beginning to normalize relations and getting help on Iraq. It would be a gamble, but at worst a grand attempt and at best a game changer.
Oh well, another missed historical opportunity among so many others in Bushco.
The decider always decides wrong.
Haloscan is teh suck. It says "0 comments", and then I come in here and find all you selfish bastids already cluttering up the thread.
WHAT'S THAT THERS? DID YOU SAY YOU MET A CLOWN WITH HALF AN EGG CRATE? WOW, WHERE WAS THAT?
Under the rocks? Yes, the WMDs are under the rocks! In the country. Over there. Somewhere.
I think.
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On the other hand, if he were the "bold" decider that he thinks he is, he could pull a Nixon Goes To China by going to Tehran and beginning to normalize relations and getting help on Iraq. It would be a gamble, but at worst a grand attempt and at best a game changer.
Nixon was not a dumbshit. He may have been an asshole, but he was not a dumbshit.
Chimpy, OTOH, is both.
Jennifer, Haloscan means "0 *insightful* Comments".
Afternoon, rational people.
It looks like Atrios and threadbot have patched up their differences, which is a welcome sight.
It would be real nice if a MR. USA or MR. Teen Nevada got into trouble and needed rehab...
Just sayin'
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I went to an antique mall to get my wife Holiday Presents and saw a small branze bust of Mao for $15 bucks.
I almost bought it. For me, not her.
The transcript of the "therefore" sermon is at the above link. Open it up, search for "therefore," and prepare to be blown away.
I'm going to have to rent that film.
Have a Rude Christmas:
t's upon us, the yearly celebration of the time that putative Christian savior Jesus Christ dropped from the uterus of his mother, Mary, passing through Mary's holy vagina, stretching open Mary's divine labia minora and hallowed labia majora, in order to enter the world, followed, no doubt, by his blessed placenta. Hope the goats and donkeys sharing that manger had their sores and hoof fungus healed by eating the afterbirth of the Lord. And, now, with the unholy rabble apparently, according to those who can manipulate two or three incidents into a national movement, attempting to take away the meaning of Christ coming out of Mary's vagina, one has to announce that it's not just some random "holiday." No, motherfuckers, it's Christmas, and conservatives wanna make sure you know it.
So over at WorldNetDaily (motto: "Loving the scent of our own taints for nearly a decade"), you can stock up on your "Suck it, liberals - Christmas rocks" merchandise. Things like magnetic bumper stickers that read: "Merry Christmas (with "Christ" highlighted): An American Tradition" or "This is America and I'm going to say it: Merry Christmas" (come to think of it, "Suck it, liberals - Christmas rocks" is way more fun). You can get a three-pack for the special sale price of $14.95, a two-dollar savings on the regular price.
Don't own a car or too stupid to drive? Then you can get all Lance Armstrong-y and wear a rubber bracelet that says, "Operation Just Say "Merry Christmas." According to the website, you'll be going all "In your face, Secular-Progressives" with this fancy trinket: "We have reached an all time low point in our nation's history when human sensibilities are elevated above offending Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. It is long past the time for Christians to stand firm in our faith." Because, as the website really says, "How would you feel if the people you loved - even gave your life for - celebrated your birthday but were afraid to mention your name?" Your answer might be, "Uhh, I'm fuckin' dead, why do I care?" or "Damn, that Jesus must be some egotistical prick to give his life expecting something in return." But then perhaps you're not the target audience.
So much merchandising, so short a season. For, truly, will not the "Merry Christmas, Not Happy Holidays" t-shirt be shoved in a drawer next to the candy cane-striped mint-flavored condoms and the Nutcracker tie in just a couple of days? As the good copy writers at Metrospy say, "Wear this shirt and take a stand against the secularization of Christmas," but after spending $17.99 on it, you'd just feel like a fucktard in January. But, then again, if you actually own this shirt unironically, you're pretty much a fucktard all year long.
And to all, a good night.
Note: The Rude Pundit is going to try to join the Great Migration to the new Blogger this weekend. Hopefully he'll have a better experience than Atrios, who was down for 16 hours during the transition.
Do you think Santa will have us on his Naughty or Nice list?
Just wondering.
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On the other hand, if he were the "bold" decider that he thinks he is, he could pull a Nixon Goes To China by going to Tehran and beginning to normalize relations and getting help on Iraq.
In a last attempt to cement a legacy for himself, President Bartlet sent Leo to Cuba to meet with Castro.
This would be a bigger deal for Bush and would piss off his neocon base to no end. Plus he is no diplomat and would fail miserably. But it would certainly be bold, something Bush most decidedly is not.
Trump says he went to Wharton and has worked with the smartest, most talented people in the world. Trump says Rosie is neither smart or talented and didn't deserve her emmy awards. Trump says her magazine was a failure, her television show was a failure and she will destroy the View.
Crazy weather in Chicago today. Thunder, black sky, blue sky, breezy, calm, wet, dry -- and 47 degrees at the end of December. It kinda creeps me out. It's supposed to be solid overcast and about 30 this time o' year. Dammit.
"All I want for Xmas is a frontpage link from Duncan Hack.
NTodd, Satyriasis Sufferer "
You'll shoot your eye out kid!
Shouldn't that be "Merry Rock On"? Roadmaster, I'm going to listen. Even as an atheist for most of my life I can't resist the trappings of Christmas, including the music, traditional and otherwise. Just having a Merry Christmas is reason enough. I wish that on all of us here.
Trump says every job Rosie has ever had has ended in failure.
Georgie Ann Geyer had a good column today about the Christmas wars.
Trump says every job Rosie has ever had has ended in failure.
A League of Their Own.
Trump says Rosie will never work in New York City again.
The lumpen mass of any nationality is bound to be bigoted. it goes with the territory; and there is very little in USer culture to mitigate against it. every public insticnt seems to be directed towards dismissing the tolerant, and lionizing the bigots...
Tolerance, the easiest of virtues to practice, is among the most difficult to teach.
Professional Christians are so insecure.
Trump says every job Rosie has ever had has ended in failure.
ossie | 12.22.06 - 4:19 pm
trump's dick is less than two inches long, i'd bet...
/
Trump says Rosie will never work in New York City again.
If she can't make it there, she can't make it anywhere
Trump says he is so smart he can get dorky computer trolls to regurgitate his spiel without having to pay them any money, just supply them with Cheetos
Trump always comes out on top. This time, he will be an even bigger asshole than Rosie, or else.
You'll shoot your eye out kid!
Okay, maybe just some tinker toys.
Well, Buddha is still wearing the Santa hat on my front porch, so either my neighbors are really cool or just very tolerant.
But it was helpful today when I sent the landscape man by to look at the yard and give me an estimate on a sprinkler system. Everyone else in the office was saying "hers is the house with the cow chairs on the porch" while I'm telling him to look for the Buddha in the Santa hat. With clues like those, he had no problem finding the place.
ronjazz, herbed
Cool! Most of the stuff will be 1950 through 1975 - with some '90s and '00s stuff.
Got a GREAT one I ain't tellin' NOBODY about. Original 45 is all I'm sayin'.
Yo, Thor, that was great!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
christ...1977823,00.html
Friday December 22, 2006
Children watched in horror as a Santa Claus collapsed and died as he handed out presents at a Christmas party on Sunday.
Andrew Robertson was taken ill as the excited youngsters received their gifts. The 82-year-old was taken to a side room and attempts made to revive him, but he was pronounced dead when medics arrived.
Mr Robertson, from Dundee, had played Santa at the city's Broughty Castle bowling club Christmas party, held for the grandchildren of members, for several years.
omg, wolfie asking if Americans are "already souring on the Democrats" -- give me a fuckin' break.
Hah. Mr. QL is finally throwing away all his neckties. About fucking time.
The holiday weekend has begun!
Tell Donald I said have a Hot Cup of Joe
So, in addition to the usual troll, the concern troll, the injured troll and the scroll troll, we now seem to have the Trump troll. My world is a better place...
jack's a failure.
This internet cafe is charging me $1.15 an hour to use the computer. I don't know how they can make money at those rates. They must be capturing credit caard numbers or something.
Trump always comes out on top. This time, he will be an even bigger asshole than Rosie, or else.
ronjazz, herbed
Really shouldn't be much of a struggle, should it?
I still think of Trump in the terms of Spy: "short-fingered vulgarian Donald Trump...."
Easy enough for you to say.
Hah. Mr. QL is finally throwing away all his neckties. About fucking time.
The holiday weekend has begun!
ql in ny
WAIIIIIIT! STOP!!!!
I collect neckties!
Especially them that look like these!
http://www.geocities.com/rodeodr...odeodrive/4026/
Oh yes - it's raining like crazy. This is good, as it means it probably won't freeze tonight.
Tell Donald I said have a Hot Cup of Joe
Snow, Ordinary Thinker
I made a "Have a big steaming cup of RTFM" version of that image a few years back (when I was working support). It helped.
My headache is really bad -- it's like an ache in my head.
Well, let's face it, the Dems have a lot to do to justify our support. Americans should be very sour on both parties. The Democrats have to give a damn. as the Repigs certainly don't appear to be slowed down by any moral or ethical problems as they rake in the cash.
Crazy weather in Chicago today. Thunder, black sky, blue sky, breezy, calm, wet, dry -- and 47 degrees at the end of December. It kinda creeps me out. It's supposed to be solid overcast and about 30 this time o' year. Dammit.
I was up at 2 AM, and it was raining like hell even then. Good thing this rain didn't turn to snow, or we'd have a foot of it on the ground.
Tell Donald I said have a Hot Cup of Joe
Snow, Ordinary Thinker
Both Trump and Rosie should have a steaming cup of Shut the Fuck Up. Fuck all that noise.
All I want for Xmas is another frontpage link from Duncan Hack.
NTodd, Satyriasis Sufferer
Fixed yer typo.
No snow in Toronto, and about 10 degrees C I think. First time I've been here at Christmas when there hasn't been any snow.
I don't think any of these qualify. They are mostly from the eighties.
I was up at 2 AM, and it was raining like hell even then. Good thing this rain didn't turn to snow, or we'd have a foot of it on the ground.
Supreme Commander Thor
Same up in Milwaukee - although Madison was fog-shrouded until a downpour an hour ago.
Rivers are very high. That's March and April weather. The up-side is that ground water is getting recharged.
CT hasn't had but 3 or 4 cold days yet. Pretty weird.
Um, that last comment was for Roadmaster.
Simels regrets, etc.
Um, that last comment was for Roadmaster.
Simels regrets, etc.
Wolfe is just slathering in his "tease" about new polls showing the Dems unpopular before they take power.
I gots me a grandbaby!!!
45 degrees, windless up here north of Boston. Feels like late October...
I don't think any of these qualify. They are mostly from the eighties.
ql in ny
OK...I can breath.
(But if you see any like that at garage/estate sales, think of the 'ol Roadmaster, 'k?)
trump's dick is less than two inches long, i'd bet...
/
WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar |
Didn't Michael Crichton reference him in a book?
ProfWombat--60, gusts of up to 50 mph here. Feels a lot like...well, December in L.A. 
Sallyh! Woo-hoo!
Thers--that headache wouldn't be due to your 294 children waiting for Santa now, would it?
Oh, and just one more bit of evidence that the White House has Iran in its sites.
Moe--open the bar! I'm on vacation!
Hey Sallyh!
Great news!!
Liberals bias is ruining America and Christmas. Muslims must be kicked out.
sallyh: a couple of times, when visiting your beloved state, we were bemused to find ourselves apologized to abjectly by the locals, who thought we would be put off by frigid temperatures in the mid-fifties. In February.
I gots me a grandbaby!!!
Another one? That was, uh, fast? Unexpected? Too soon? My bad for which I blame Simels?
Trump says every job Rosie has ever had has ended in failure.
So, Donald, want to tell us about your bankruptcy filings? As I heard it, you stiffed your creditors, then paid for a $15 mil wedding. No failure there, though, eh, Donald? Nice scam if you can manage it.
You'll shoot your eye out kid!
That's the best part!
Wolfe is just slathering in his "tease" about new polls showing the Dems unpopular before they take power.
Wolf is so confused because he doesn't know who his master is anymore.
ProfWombat--February is normally our shittiest month.
New CNN Poll:
53% say Bush isn't "honest & trustworthy"
55% Bush doesn't share their values
51% Bush is not a decisiveleader
37% say Bush doesn't inspire confidence
Hardly any dip (slight) for Dems.
Roadmaster,
I still have my peace sign tie. The one like the one that Kuntsler wore at the Chicago 7 trial. It is by Ernst
Make me an offer
Way to OVERSELL the Democrats slide there AIPAC boy.
Congrats, Sallyh! What a wonderful gift!
Fuck Christmas! All hail Jebus dropping from the Holy Vagina!
Hah. Mr. QL is finally throwing away all his neckties. About fucking time.
Is this an annual year end ritual in the QL household?
Snow--she's on her blanket, chatting me up
Sallyh-- the bar is always open. I gotta cut down what with hanging around the in-laws all week, but I still manage to keep the booze flowing. Think I'll stop in for a nip at the bar across the street once I finish catching up on my email. The subway always kind of freaks me out, so a shot of scotch is required, I think.
Nobody gets my Greatful Dead neckties-even when I die as I will take them with me.
Roadmaster,
I still have my peace sign tie. The one like the one that Kuntsler wore at the Chicago 7 trial. It is by Ernst
Make me an offer
DWD -Dirty Fucking Hippy
Wow. That's history, dude.
For something like that, I can't negotiate with a clear head. I need to be thoroughly smoked.
I like how Bush managed to have Gates "cherry pick" his military advisers once again.
Snow--she's on her blanket, chatting me up
Tell her I said: Whaddup.
I still think of Trump in the terms of Spy: "short-fingered vulgarian Donald Trump...."
Makes him sound like a Star Trek alien. Actually, with that bizarro hair style of his, he does look like a Star Trek alien.
I like how Bush managed to have Gates "cherry pick" his military advisers once again.
Stalling for time until January 2009.
Thank god the "have some chocolate season" is almost over until Mid-February.
Trump says every job Rosie has ever had has ended in failure.
Are you sure he was talking about Rosie and not Chimpy?
DWD--cinnamon bun bakeoff?
Dude, I'm so there.
Snow--Maddy smiled at you.
Georgie Ann Geyer had a good column today about the Christmas wars.
strawhat, Gore/Edwards - 4:20 pm
she's one of the best...
been around as long as helen thomas, i reckon...
Thers, any word on Molly's interview?
Maddy smiled at you.
Well, that wraps up this year. Now I can mark it down as a successful year.
Sallyh -
Ask Maddie what flavor of Kopp's she would wish for!
CT hasn't had but 3 or 4 cold days yet. Pretty weird.
ronjazz, herbed
And my brother, who owns the ski shop, is NOT a happy camper.
The lack of a mention of Virgil Goode at "the Cornhole" Day 2.
Didn't Georgie Ann Geyer get kicked outta some paper a while back for being too shrill or something?
Roadie--she likes anything. I'm the one who's picky
I gots me a grandbaby!!!
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
Haven't you had onea them for awhile now?
Didja find another one under the christmas tree?
I gots me a grandbaby!!!
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
Haven't you had onea them for awhile now?
Didja find another one under the christmas tree?
Che Guevara CD case pulled from shelves
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/
20061...rget_guevara_dc
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Target Corp said on Friday it had pulled a CD carrying case bearing Ernesto "Che" Guevara's image after an outcry by critics who label the Marxist revolutionary a murderer and totalitarian symbol.
Target had touted a music disc carrying case for Che admirers emblazoned with the Argentine-born guerrilla's iconic 1960 portrait by Alberto Diaz, or "Korda." A set of small earphones was superimposed on the image, suggesting he was tuned in to an iPod or other music player.
"It is never our intent to offend any of our guests through the merchandise we carry," Target said in a statement. "We have made the decision to remove this item from our shelves and we sincerely apologize for any discomfort this situation may have caused our guests."
Some business columnists had decried the product, sold under Target's brand, saying the trendy discount chain was giving in to a misguided fashion craze while ignoring Guevara's role in bringing Fidel Castro's Communist rule to Cuba.
"What next? Hitler backpacks? Pol Pot cookware? Pinochet pantyhose?" wrote Investor's Business Daily in an editorial earlier this month, citing the Guevara case as a model of "tyrant-chic."
Attaturk--ahem. What is wrong with chocolate?
God, Terry Jeffrey is a WANKER, "keep out the Muslim immigrants"
KEITH ELLIS WAS BORN IN AMERICA YOU ASSHOLES!
Attaturk--ahem. What is wrong with chocolate?
Sallyh
Nothing. Too much of a good thing.
Flory--no, she's just blogging with me this afternoon
Roadie--she likes anything. I'm the one who's picky
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
Well, Sallyh - here's today:
December 22, 2006
GRASSHOPPER FUDGE
A classic cocktail made into a classic flavor with a fudge accent
CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE
Rich,rich, rich
And then tomorrow and Sunday...
BRANDY EGGNOG
True eggnog flavor of eggs, sugar, milk and cream mixed with brandy
PISTACHIO NUT
Pistachio-flavored custard generously sprinkled with pistachio nuts. Our special Christmas flavor!
Attaturk--I need to know: how did you decorate the fez this year?
"I gots me a grandbaby!!!"
I feel deprived.
Roadie--a Brandy Eggnog pour moi, and for Maddy...how about Chocolate Peanut Butter Chocolate?
Attaturk--I need to know: how did you decorate the fez this year?
Sallyh
Placed around the top brim a dozen facsimiles of Jesus's foreskin and tinsel.
Attaturk--do you consider sex to be too much of a good thing as well?
Okay, even this vegan gets all excited by the thought of Kopp's Brandy Eggnog custard... makes me think of childhood Xmas eve's!
Roadie--a Brandy Eggnog pour moi, and for Maddy...how about Chocolate Peanut Butter Chocolate?
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
Will need to send 'em separately...CPBC is today only, and the Brandy Egg Nog is only the 23rd and 24th.
:/
Flory--no, she's just blogging with me this afternoon
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
Kuhl. Does she do the typing?
Attaturk--do you consider sex to be too much of a good thing as well?
Sallyh
Well that's a variable question.
Seriously -
WHEN there is a Eschacon in the Chicago area, I WILL BRING BEAUCOUP KOPPS.
If there's something better than a seven month old at Christmastime, I don't know what it could be.
Flory--nah, she just laughs at you guys.
Okay, even this vegan gets all excited by the thought of Kopp's Brandy Eggnog custard... makes me think of childhood Xmas eve's!
foilhatgrrl
It's worth slipping off the wagon. Really.
and for Maddy...how about Chocolate Peanut Butter Chocolate?
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
Starting the child off right....
The nice thing about ice cream is its high calcium content, which is important for infants and for mature women.
If there's something better than a seven month old at Christmastime, I don't know what it could be.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
You'll have answers to that for the next 5-6 Xmases (at least).
Roadie--better look into the industrial sized freezer truck.
sallyh -- i hope she's laughing *with* us.
The pathetic troolz she can laugh *at*...
Flory--well, I do read the comments to her, and she laughs.
Seriously, she sees Bush on TV, she cries.
Roadie--better look into the industrial sized freezer truck.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
I may need to start a blog, just so I can post a "Donate for Kopp's!" link...
I are an assistant professor, peeps.
I are an assistant professor, peeps.
Molly Ivors
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEE!
If there's something better than a seven month old at Christmastime, I don't know what it could be.
True. By nine months, they're old enough to try and pull up on the tree.
Now I'm sending my good job mojo to TJ.
congrats, Molly!
I are an assistant professor, peeps.
coolsville!
Molly!
Re: Iran and the Conquest of Persia...
yesterday on amy, there was a very disturbing colloquy between sy hersch and scott ritter...
you'll want to check it out
so how did it happen, Molly? (especially at this time of year)
I'm gonna go get wet, then get tight. Later, all.
meddling kids,
Just a midyear hire. I've been feeling good about it all along, but cautious.
I are an assistant professor, peeps.
SNOOPY HAPPY DANCE TIMES 10!!!!
Moe Szyslak, in Toronto
I'm sorry.
Thanks, all!
I are an assistant professor, peeps.
Molly Ivors- 4:55 pm
well Kewl Beans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
now ya gotta start keepin yer nose clean, toeing (or is it towing) the line, going to faculty meetings and all that other shit...
at what institution (if i may ask)???
s this an annual year end ritual in the QL household?
flory
Nope, it means he now understands that he aint gonna need them no more. I can't wait to throw away all my pantyhose.
Oh, Molly Ivors, hip hip hooray! What an accomplishment--of which you of course deserve!
Happy, happy for you.
Well, back to cleaning for dinner, which is now celebratory not just of the holidays.
I am sooooo fucking relieved. This has been a long time coming.
mid-year hire? sweet. as they say, it only takes one. i hope this one fits you well. all the best
congrats Molly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Twas two days fore christmas and all through the shop, no machinery was churning, not even the punch.
The office is quiet, all souls leaving early. The manager's ear would swear all had gone to lunch.
Quitting time and early no less. I declare this work week closed.
Molly, good luck.
I are an assistant professor, peeps.
Molly Ivors
You RAWK!!!!!
Merry Frickin' Christmas!!!!!!!
at what institution (if i may ask)???
Why, Woody, weren't you paying attention when they outed Thers?
Just a small regional community colege. But I'm not ambitious: I can teach here and do good work for people who need it, my own people.
Quitting time and early no less. I declare this work week closed.
EkCentriK
Now fight the ravening hordes of last minute Xmas shoppers...
I am so glad I'm walking distance from work, even if it is wet and miserable out.
oh crap they just turned off the building's boilers for the vacation...and i am still grading and have to prep a conference paper! Wahh!
I'll be teaching with Thers, as well. We can get rid of a car--or at least leave one parked the majority of the time.
That Vernon Florida speech didn't do anything at all for me. Maybe you have to see the movie to get it. But now I'll probably have to get pretty stumped for funny to pick that up, cause it just seemed like another blabbering bible thumper.
Talledega Nights looks funny though.
I are an assistant professor, peeps.
Molly Ivors
Huzzah! and congrats!
YEEEEEEHAAAAAAAH!
Way to go, Molly!
"Now fight the ravening hordes of last minute Xmas shoppers..."
I do have one last trip to the bookstore. Oh well.
I'll be teaching with Thers, as well. We can get rid of a car--or at least leave one parked the majority of the time.
Molly Ivors
Even better.
I can't wait to throw away all my pantyhose.
ql in ny
I have a box fulla those things. Couldn't tell you the last time I pulled a pair on....
Thanks, dollfaces.
Now I really am back to cleaning. **mwah!!**
By golly miss Molly, good for you.
I are an assistant professor, peeps.
Molly Ivors
Can I have an extension on my paper?
I are an assistant professor, peeps.
Molly Ivors
Can I have an extension on my paper?
no such thing as "just" a comm. coll. I know i said that re:Thers, and i'll say it again.
Molly, so will you give notice at your other job? On Christmas Eve?
I are an assistant professor, peeps.
Molly Ivors
Aw man, does that I have to watch my gramma and spelling now.
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I do have one last trip to the bookstore. Oh well.
EkCentriK
I have laid in foodstuffs for the duration, I hvae enough coffee and booze, and my Xmas shopping is done.
I leave the madness to others, I ai't leaving the house except to walk the dog.
Flory--nah, she just laughs at you guys.
But she smiled at me!
I'll be teaching with Thers, as well
Not *actually* teaching with him? Cause the thought of the two of you in one classroom is......entertaining as hell....
I are an assistant professor, peeps.
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 12.22.06 - 4:55 pm |
Yahoo!
I also bought the cat's Xmas present... catnip.
I think I'll get him stoned and watch him attack the dog.
"leaving the house except to walk the dog."
Oops, reminded I need to hit the petsco or such.
Okay, that is it....
Really.
Why do I have that panided feeling again?
Molly, so will you give notice at your other job? On Christmas Eve?
me
Nah, I'll wait until 1/2. We're on curtailment anyway, and all my supervisors are on the other end of the world.
Just a small regional community colege. But I'm not ambitious: I can teach here and do good work for people who need it, my own people.
Molly Ivors - 5:02 pm
you could prob'ly get tenure just off the letters from all the phuds around here...we could start now????
.../
I hope everyone is watching The Tyra Banks Show.
But she smiled at me!
Snow, Ordinary Thinker
Gas.
Why do I have that panided feeling again?
EkCentriK
Because you forgot something.
I are an assistant professor, peeps.
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 12.22.06 - 4:55 pm |
Oh!!
That is a most EXCELLENT christmas present!!!
Congratulations!!!
no such thing as "just" a comm. coll. I know i said that re:Thers, and i'll say it again.
Thanks. That's true: a lot of good, necessary work gets done there, with not much glory.
Well, that good news just perked me right up.
Ice cream all around, dairybarkeep!
"Because you forgot something.
JR, kerosene and a match"
Yes, my ability to spell.
Just a small regional community colege. But I'm not ambitious: I can teach here and do good work for people who need it, my own people.
Molly Ivors - 5:02 pm
We are so happy for you.
Not *actually* teaching with him? Cause the thought of the two of you in one classroom is......entertaining as hell....
I hear our teaching styles are uncannily similar.
well time to run the processes and walk out the door.
Laterz.
4lg -- are you speaking to me today?
Okay, thanks again. See you after the dinner party!
Thanks. That's true: a lot of good, necessary work gets done there, with not much glory.
The glory will be in the lives of the students who you will touch and change for the better.
Congratulations to Molly Ivors on being an Asst. Prof. but I'm on the Tyra Banks Show RIGHT NOW!
Congrats to Molly. Kick the Lout for me.
4lg -- are you speaking to me today?
Yes!
But I still haven't plugged in my laptop. Pitcher later.
I hear our teaching styles are uncannily similar.
Molly Ivors
You spend your time meditating on dirty words too?
I hear our teaching styles are uncannily similar.
Molly Ivors
You spend your time meditating on dirty words too?
I have a box fulla those things. Couldn't tell you the last time I pulled a pair on....
flory - 5:04 pm
when filming outside in the occasionally inclement weather of Hi ChiHuaHuan in winter, i ALWAYS wear a pair of pantyhose UNDER my longjohns, for warmth (and style points in the extras' changing tent)...
/
catnip lollipops.
Oh, fun!!
Are you feeling better today?
Thanks. That's true: a lot of good, necessary work gets done there, with not much glory.
Molly Ivors
We don't seem to have the same attitude towards community colleges up here as down there. They are entirely different things, why should there be comparison between apples and oranges.
I've been to both in my varied post-secondary career.
Damn, I love when good things happen to good people.
Ice cream all around, dairybarkeep!
Diane C. Barking-Mad
Diane, as a Milwaukee native, you KNOW it's FROZEN CUSTARD, NOT ICE CREAM...
Are you feeling better today?
Considerably. Can handle mashed potatoes; not looking to push it with, say, Thai or raw veggies.
Man, that was nasty.
Thanks. That's true: a lot of good, necessary work gets done there, with not much glory.
Molly Ivors
are you and The Lout in the same department?
Damn, I love when good things happen to good people.
Me too. It was nice of them to tell her before the holdiays too.
You know Molly, now that you hae a tenure track job you can produce even more 100s of offspring with thers.
Considerably. Can handle mashed potatoes; not looking to push it with, say, Thai or raw veggies.
If I eat that much food, I get fat.
Considerably. Can handle mashed potatoes; not looking to push it with, say, Thai or raw veggies.
Mash potatoes are delicious!!
You know Molly, now that you hae a tenure track job you can produce even more 100s of offspring with thers.
spinoza Neque lugare, neque in
Some call them "offspring."
Molly & Thers see them as "job security."
Mash potatoes are delicious!!
With Cheeeeeeeeeese! And bacon.
i ALWAYS wear a pair of pantyhose UNDER my longjohns, for warmth (and style points in the extras' changing tent)...
/
WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar
Joe Namath Fashion Dos and Don'ts?
wt,
I've always thought of you as a solid person, not wishy-washy.
Mash potatoes are delicious!!
Especially when they've got bits of ham and cheese in 'em.
I took one of the portions home from the office lunch yesterday, since I didn't order anything but ginger ale.
I am fixing rice for supper.
Molly,
Congrats!
I've always thought of you as a solid person, not wishy-washy.
maybe i'm still a little sleep-deprived...
quoi?
Well, as if it matters, you have now MISSED one of the only two chances you'll have this holiday season to see ME in the movies...
the next is tomorrow night at 3 am...
it WILL be on the test...
I teach at a Community College, too, and I vote!
Got the mail, Uncle Smokes. Thanky mucho.
Joe Namath Fashion Dos and Don'ts?
flory | 12.22.06 - 5:16 pm
oh, i've got much better legs than joe willie's
.
I are an assistant professor, peeps.
Molly Ivors
Good show, gf!!!!!!!!!
wt,
just being scatalogical and juvenile.
I'll come in again.
it WILL be on the test...
WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar
mebbe some kind soul could post a clip on youTube?
Mashed potatoes and gravy, can't beat that. Comfort food like mac & cheese.
Seems the squirrels have found the sunflower seeds I threw out for the birds earlier this afternoon.
Merry Christmas squirrels!
Congressional aide admits trying to hire hackers -- to boost his college GPA
http://www.networkworld.com/comm...ty/?q=node/
9999
The communications director for Montana's lone congressman solicited the services of two men he falsely believed to be criminally minded hackers-for-hire -- with the expressed goal of jacking up his college GPA -- during an exchange that spanned 22 e-mails over two weeks this past summer.
Todd Shriber, 28-year-old press aide to U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., e-mailed the security Web site attrition.org on Aug. 9, writing: "I need to urgently make contact with a hacker that would be interested in doing a one-time job for me. The pay would be good. I'm not sure what exactly the job would entail with respect to computer jargon, but I can go into rough detail upon making contact with a candidate."
(Update: Shriber fired.)
After initially denying knowledge of the exchange, Shriber told me this afternoon in the final of our three phone conversations: "I did something that's greatly out of character for me and it's a mistake that I regret."
Two members of attrition.org, "Lyger" and "Jericho" (a.k.a. "security curmudgeon") corresponded with Shriber and fooled him into believing that they would carry out his wishes, with Jericho warning him at one point: "You are soliciting me to break the law and hack into a computer across state lines. That is a federal offense and multiple felonies."
Shriber wanted Lyger and Jericho to break into the computer system at Texas Christian University, from which he graduated in 2000.
In the final e-mail on Sunday, Aug. 27, Lyger tells Shriber that his hacking attempts had been detected and "we are SO busted." He urges him to "duck and run if you can" in an exaggerated, obscenity-filled -- and completely fictional -- missive that put an end to their working relationship.
--------
The emails are online....
http://www.attrition.org/postal/...z/033/
0871.html
just being scatalogical and juvenile.
Ahhhh....
no, don't go changing.
Joe Namath Fashion Dos and Don'ts?
He was drunk when he did that, so it doesn't count against him.
Mash potatoes are delicious!!
With Cheeeeeeeeeese! And bacon.
Carmelized onions.
Mmmmmmmm.
Congressional aide admits trying to hire hackers -- to boost his college GPA
http://www.networkworld.com/comm...ty/?q=node/
9999
The communications director for Montana's lone congressman solicited the services of two men he falsely believed to be criminally minded hackers-for-hire -- with the expressed goal of jacking up his college GPA -- during an exchange that spanned 22 e-mails over two weeks this past summer.
Todd Shriber, 28-year-old press aide to U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., e-mailed the security Web site attrition.org on Aug. 9, writing: "I need to urgently make contact with a hacker that would be interested in doing a one-time job for me. The pay would be good. I'm not sure what exactly the job would entail with respect to computer jargon, but I can go into rough detail upon making contact with a candidate."
(Update: Shriber fired.)
After initially denying knowledge of the exchange, Shriber told me this afternoon in the final of our three phone conversations: "I did something that's greatly out of character for me and it's a mistake that I regret."
Two members of attrition.org, "Lyger" and "Jericho" (a.k.a. "security curmudgeon") corresponded with Shriber and fooled him into believing that they would carry out his wishes, with Jericho warning him at one point: "You are soliciting me to break the law and hack into a computer across state lines. That is a federal offense and multiple felonies."
Shriber wanted Lyger and Jericho to break into the computer system at Texas Christian University, from which he graduated in 2000.
In the final e-mail on Sunday, Aug. 27, Lyger tells Shriber that his hacking attempts had been detected and "we are SO busted." He urges him to "duck and run if you can" in an exaggerated, obscenity-filled -- and completely fictional -- missive that put an end to their working relationship.
--------
The emails are online....
http://www.attrition.org/postal/...z/033/
0871.html
I gots me a grandbaby!!!
"I mean, what, are you kidding me? We got us a FAMILY here!" -- H.I. McDonough
Computer geek question: I have a mac, and my folks have a mac. Because they are older and less savvy, theirs tends to break, and then I have to go over and fix it. I'd love to be able to find an app I can download that would allow me to connect to their computer remotely and work on it from my house rather than making the trek over there. Anybody know of such an animal?
Yay for Molly!!!
whoo hooooooooooooooooooooo
Carmelized onions.
Mmmmmmmm.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse 5:21 pm
along with frying bacon, perking coffee, burning pinon, and roasting green chiles, one of the best smells in the universe, tout suite!
Computer geek question: I have a mac, and my folks have a mac. Because they are older and less savvy, theirs tends to break, and then I have to go over and fix it. I'd love to be able to find an app I can download that would allow me to connect to their computer remotely and work on it from my house rather than making the trek over there. Anybody know of such an animal?
Mac has a remote client- our tech guys use it, but I have no idea what it is.
They can actually remotely take control of my computer to install software, etc. Or do diagnostics. Look on the Apple website.
did someone mention squirrels?
Congrats, Molly! Good news indeed.
Wish I was going home early. I'm stuck here, cranking away. I'll be here tomorrow, too. And I'm bringing work home over the holiday.
Clients who want full-blown flash websites launched the first week of January should be whipped.
So should the AM's who keep saying "Yes!" to such requests.
/whiny rant
---
Anybody know of such an animal?
Dave J. | 12.22.06 - 5:21 pm
i reckon jeffraham would know...
./
did someone mention squirrels? - watertiger
50 quatloos says he's smarter than Bush.
We don't seem to have the same attitude towards community colleges up here as down there.
We are learning, my flat-earthed friend.
After racking up a bill of ~ $100 grand sending my lovely daughter to state schools, my son will be attending hte local CC for the first two years.
"Carmelized onions."
Now I want some French onion soup for dinner topped with toasted french bread slices, sprinkled with swiss cheese, and melted under the broiler.
It'd be great if Georgie eventually catches a case of impeachment.
I don't know macs, but there is server/client software call vnc which allows one to share desktops remotely. You might find a link for it on freshmeat.net.
Well, I should make something for dinner.
later, chiropterae.
For them's what's wants:
Raw Story takes a shot at filling in the redacted parts of Flynt Leverett/Hillary Mann NYT OpEd piece.
Rove's lookin' dumber by the minute.
vnc works fine, especially cross-platform.
Good afternoon bats.
Has everyone finished their holiday shopping?
Now I want some French onion soup for dinner topped with toasted french bread slices, sprinkled with swiss cheese, and melted under the broiler.
mer - 5:25 pm
i haven't had really GOOD zwiebel suppe since i was in germany the last time...when i made it a point to seek it out...i just about LIVED on the stuff--and schaschlik und pomme frittes--through much of 1966 and '67...
Dave J - I use to use PC Anywhere for remote access before the big corps all found other ways. I imagine they have kept up with upgrades. Worked very well.
Shriber wanted Lyger and Jericho to break into the computer system at Texas Christian University, from which he graduated in 2000.
He's 28, he's got 6 years work experience behind him....and he's worried about his GPA?
Good afternoon bats.
Has everyone finished their holiday shopping?
Gomez
Further along than I usually am on 12/22.
Hi moonbats! After a trip to the midwest and a hellish time at O'Hare last night, I'm finally home. My flights didn't go to or thru Denver, but it was screwy anyway. I've been away from the internets for a week. *gasp* It's so good to be back.
Congratulations, Molly! Your students are blessed to have you.
did someone mention squirrels?
watertiger
I'm not sure an overdose of glucose is good for someone in your fragile state......
He's 28, he's got 6 years work experience behind him....and he's worried about his GPA?
flory | 12.22.06 - 5:33
He said in the emails that he was worried about it for graduate school, which is pretty much the only place where your undergrad GPA means anything.
Hoo-Wee, the temperature has soared to 43!
Has everyone finished their holiday shopping?
Gomez
Bugging out of work 2 hours early and hitting the malls. Pray for me.
Now I want some French onion soup for dinner topped with toasted french bread slices, sprinkled with swiss cheese, and melted under the broiler.
mer
Mmmmm.....want some company for dinner?
We told you so:
Friday, December 22, 2006
Poll: Bush not trustworthy, doesn't share values, no longer inspires confidence
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush faces some discouraging poll numbers as the year many have called the most challenging of his presidency comes to an end.
A majority of the American people, 55 percent, no longer believe Bush shares their values. They also are not sure if he is honest and trustworthy or if he understands complex issues, a CNN poll released Thursday reports. The poll was conducted for CNN by the Opinion Research Corporation and has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.
Nearly 53 percent say he is not honest and trustworthy, and the same number believes he does not understand complex issues. Fifty-one percent also say he is not a strong leader.
Only 37 percent believe that the president inspires confidence, compared to 61 percent who say that he does not. In 2005, 46 percent thought the president inspired confidence. Bush fared much better in this category in 2001 following the September 11 terrorist attacks, when 75 percent said that he inspired confidence.
--
flory, no worries.
I've increased the sodium content to retain fluids.
Wow, wt. That kooky squirrels looks like a marmoset gone mad!
Did sonmeone say Friday Baby Blogging?
this is euphronius jr.
(posted because i am figuring out these interweb thingies and digital camera doo-dads.)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/119...s/11975650@N00/
Further along than I usually am on 12/22.
Roadmaster, ShrillOVerbaPhonic
Now is the time to get steals.
Bugging out of work 2 hours early and hitting the malls. Pray for me.
Dave J.
Vicki's boss let her go early also.
Ain't it odd how Iraq looks bleak in any season, mostly?
There's nothing cuter than a baby at Christmas
That kooky squirrels looks like a marmoset gone mad!
tres fuzzy.
I've increased the sodium content to retain fluids.
watertiger
I've heard snark *is* a good palliative....
Flory and Mer--I have the ingredients for your dish of choice. If you're interested in stopping by and ogling the grandbaby, of course.
Has everyone finished their holiday shopping?
Gomez
Let me see... not having received a Xmas or birthday gift since my parents died, my shopping was done 3 years ago.
thanks sallyh!
The entire time I was in hospital I was being IV'ed
Sodium Chloride 0.9% Solution. I got so damn hydrated I thought I would float away!
Oh, wait, I'm in Hawaii, duh.
this is euphronius jr.
Awwwww.......
just being scatalogical and juvenile.
I'll come in again.
bo--I love you just the way you are.
(cue Billy Joel)
euphronius Jr will be raised a strict communist, btw.
Sodium Chloride 0.9% Solution. I got so damn hydrated I thought I would float away!
Yup. Don't want dehydration in a hospital.
Barry--and the weather in Honolulu is...?
Sallyh:
We get to play with Maddy while you make soup?
Deal.
Barry:
How does one confuse Frankfurt and Hawaii?
I'm worried about Corvair......
Barry--and the weather in Honolulu is...?
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
Sunny, broken clouds, and just got a new kitty pic!
I'm sorry? You are the father of George Clooney?
O-kay.
Someone just sent me roses - but there's no name and the florist won't tell. They're very pretty tho, thank you.
Let me see... not having received a Xmas or birthday gift since my parents died, my shopping was done 3 years ago.
I sent a relative a fire screen for the fireplace. Stained glass. It arrived in small pieces. Not good.
Barry, would you like a parcel of CDs? I inherited lots of classical ones and some jazz ones. Send me an email if you are interested, at vtybg@netzero.com.
Has everyone finished their holiday shopping?
2 weeks ago. All wrapped and under the tree.
It means little, but I have decided I prefer the British construction of "in hospital" over the American "in THE hospital" since there's really no way any of you could know which one I'm talking about.
He's 28, he's got 6 years work experience behind him....and he's worried about his GPA?
It's a congenital thing with goopers. They just have to pad their resume, or wear a codpiece.
Barry:
How does one confuse Frankfurt and Hawaii?
I'm worried about Corvair......
flory
Not paying attention to the cookies Haloscan has set.
Oh, and having to do a system restore cause the stupid puter had a problem.
Has everyone finished their holiday shopping?
What's that?
Sodium Chloride 0.9% Solution. I got so damn hydrated I thought I would float away!
Yup. Don't want dehydration in a hospital.
watertiger
Be glad they didn't piggyback it on D5W...that stuff's about 2000 calories per bag times about 3 bags per day......
"....want some company for dinner?"
--flory
Sure, but it ain't gonna be onion soup tonight. Onions take about 20-25 minutes to carmelize with constant stirring. Then the soup needs to simmer for another hour or two. Best recipe I've found is Julia Child's. Even if you don't have everything she calls for, it's still superb.
Got pizza dough rising now. Soup, I'll make next week.
Barry, would you like a parcel of CDs? I inherited lots of classical ones and some jazz ones. Send me an email if you are interested, at vtybg@netzero.com.
Echidne of the snakes
Well, that would be darn nice Echidne.
I'll do it, thanks!
I are an assistant professor, peeps.
Molly Ivors
Told ya!
Congratulations, and welcome to the next six years of Ass Prof Hell
Seriously, it's awesome!
I are an assistant professor, peeps.
Molly Ivors
WOW! YES! What a Christmas pressie.
I sent a relative a fire screen for the fireplace. Stained glass. It arrived in small pieces. Not good.
I did that years ago with a stained glass mirror I made. Showed up cracked. Then I got to listen to Mailboxes Etc and UPS blame each other. Never got any damages for it.
I are an assistant professor, peeps.
Molly Ivors
Congratulations. Very well done indeed.
.
I are an assistant professor, peeps.
Molly Ivors
Woo hoo.
Turning out to be a really good year for Atriots this December.
I was fearful that with all the extra medical bills my parsimony might have to shine through, but the cost of a single street address online this year ($7.16 a pop)shortened my list considerably, and in the end I sprang for chocolates from Harry and David for the extended nuclear family. Not memorable, surely; but also unlikely to persist.
None of my relatives has written a thank-you note in years, no matter the extravagance involved. (Mama would die again if she knew.)
Soup, I'll make next week.
mer
I'll bring the wine.
2 weeks ago. All wrapped and under the tree.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
I always finish mine the day before.
Mmm. Floating soggy toast with melted Gruyere -- it doesn't get much better than that!
And Congratulations, Molly!
the best kitty in the world!!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/119...@N00/330403073/
"I'll bring the wine."
--flory
Probably Wednesday or Thursday, I'll let you know.
The baby is now destroying the Slop Ed pages from yesterday's LAT. This is a Good Thing; Jonah Goldberg is in Thursday's edition.
grats molly i!
If it should ever happen that you're making a mess of lentils and you forget celery, half a Tablespoon of celery seed in the liquid at the start will do it up good!
Did someone say Catmas?
I are an assistant professor, peeps.
Molly Ivors
O Molly! I'm thrilled!
No more working 2 and 3 jobs plus taking care of 6000 children.
That's just wonderful!!!!!!!
Oops. 1/2 T. celery seed / pound of dry lentils.
I are an assistant professor, peeps.
Molly Ivors
Congratulations.
Well, the Alaska Fishermen just got fucked again.
Screw Exxon, haven't paid a dime yet.
Well, the Alaska Fishermen just got fucked again.
Screw Exxon, haven't paid a dime yet.
The baby is now destroying the Slop Ed pages from yesterday's LAT. This is a Good Thing; Jonah Goldberg is in Thursday's edition. - Sallyh,
Gramma's girl, you betcha!
That cat is possessed of some bright-ass tapetums!
I sent a relative a fire screen for the fireplace. Stained glass. It arrived in small pieces. Not good.
I did that years ago with a stained glass mirror I made. Showed up cracked. Then I got to listen to Mailboxes Etc and UPS blame each other. Never got any damages for i
O dear. What a shame. The mailman always manages to come to my door with something that has to be signed for when I'm in the shower or something and I don't hear the door.
I'm going to have to go stand in line at the P.O. tomorrow to get the pressie my son sent.
Dammit.
dave™©, that was fun to watch. Thanks.
Has everyone finished their holiday shopping?
Yesterday. I stood in line to pay for it with a big stupid smile on my face desperately trying to suppress the near hysterical laughter of relief.
Kristmas Kitty Aktivate!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/119...@N00/330405851/
The mailman always manages to come to my door with something that has to be signed for when I'm in the shower
Hmmm, maybe that's not a coincidence.
[/pant pant]
solar cycle.
http://www.physorg.com/
preview86...ew86010302.html
2012 perhaps?
solar cycle.
http://www.physorg.com/
preview86...ew86010302.html
2012 perhaps?
Unless you're talking a week's war in Iraq, $2.5 billion is not exactly chump change. ( I still wish I could order from salmon from SeaBear.com! )
My secretary is getting her two year old a kitty for Christmas (declawed)
Lucky kid.
Evening, all!
And Congratulations, Professor Molly, from the whole Gummo household!
My neighborhood is ostensibly so safe that at holiday time both FedEx and UPS just leave things.
The concept of 'Christmas gifts' is something that sort of went by-the-bye for me about 15 years ago.
But all of you, be good, enjoy yourselves, entertain and have fun. I'll catch you later on.
Be good!
I'm streaming WFUV and they have a really funny Beatles Christmasy program running right now.
What's that?
watertiger
Don't worry. Just get better.
If I were the Apple Computer Company and if I didn't want to have a witch really mad at me, I think I'd try to arrange my business affairs so that at least ONE of the frapping Apple Stores in Northern Virginia sold power cord/adaptors -- you know, those things you NEED to make your computer run -- so that said witch didn't have to spend an hour and a freaking half in traffic on Wisconsin Avenue in the rain on the Friday before xmas driving out to what is apparently the ONLY computer store in the entire metro area with said power cord/adaptors. But that's only because I enjoy having my zippers work and my buttons stay buttoned.
Bob Gates, lubed sockpuppet. Cheney had his way with him before he was sent to Capitol Hill.
Yesterday. I stood in line to pay for it with a big stupid smile on my face desperately trying to suppress the near hysterical laughter of relief.
Neponset
That is a good feeling.
All the kitties.
My favorite Cat/Xmas song, it's sad.
http://www.ptarmigannest.net/
aud...TheCatCarol.mp3
Don't worry. Just get better.
I do my holiday shopping after the holidays.
Usually about two weeks after.
I had a poem to share, but there are 75 carriage returns in it so I'll link to it....sort of a blogwhore I suppose
An Overdue Visit
Yesterday. I stood in line to pay for it with a big stupid smile on my face desperately trying to suppress the near hysterical laughter of relief.
Neponset
I'm almost finished wrapping.
Na na na na na - pbbbbbththththt!
I'm streaming WFUV and they have a really funny Beatles Christmasy program running right now.
mer | 12.22.06 - 6:00 pm | #
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my spin class today was 45 minutes of beatles.
Hecate, I can't believe you couldn't just order it online from your local Apple Store. I like the Apple Store near me, mind you -- It's just I keep expecting the Bab5 'Council of 9' to show up while I'm there.
Miss USA: "Mmmppphhh. Mmmppphhh."
The Donald: "Sorry. Could you repeat that, please?"
Hecate--I don't screw with witches. It's unwise.
bo, I can't bring myself to click on your link about Cheney and Gates right now. I just can't.
Lime Rickey--was that an all you can eat buffet?
Virgil Goode is a dumb twat with an extraneous 'e'
tacked onto his last name!
btw, does anyone have any idear what the hell type of cat we have? (link in homepage)
When did Fucker Carlon trade in his bow tie?
Please tell me this happened today and I'm the first to notice...
Lime Rickey--was that an all you can eat buffet?
Sallyh
The Donald should be in prison for taking advantage of this poor young lady.
my spin class today was 45 minutes of beatles.
euphronius
Which songs?
I can't believe you couldn't just order it online from your local Apple Store
Oh, thanks for reminding me. That's the other thing. I ordered one online -- delivery time 3 to 4 weeks. Like I can go w/o a computer that long. What are they thinking?
btw, does anyone have any idear what the hell type of cat we have? (link in homepage)
A pretty one?
btw, does anyone have any idear what the hell type of cat we have? (link in homepage)
euphronius
Looks like a cross between Persian and classic Apple Head Siamese.
Congrats Molly! I've been one for a few years now and it's a pretty good gig, overall.
euphonious,
Looks like a mix between a Siamese and s/thing w/ long hair.
They're very pretty tho, thank you.
Dr. Barmpot
Good grief. You are the popular one.
Oh, thanks for reminding me. That's the other thing. I ordered one online -- delivery time 3 to 4 weeks. Like I can go w/o a computer that long. What are they thinking?
Next time, try at frys.com. They sell mac stuff.
thanx berry and firefox
btw, does anyone have any idear what the hell type of cat we have? (link in homepage) - euphronius
Fission-powered Persian?
I had a poem to share, but there are 75 carriage returns in it so I'll link to it....sort of a blogwhore I suppose
An Overdue Visit
FireFo
That was great! Thanks for blogwhoring it -
Hecate, you might try calling some other computer retailers in the area. Some stock essential Apple accessories.
I'm streaming WFUV and they have a really funny Beatles Christmasy program running right now.
If you want an MP3 of either the '66 or '67 Beatles' Xmas message, send me an email at contact-at-dumpbushnow-dot-us.
Or to hear the '67 rek-awd, click here.
The way forward in Iraq is a surge of 5 brigades, 30,000 good men to mop up the city of Baghdad. These boys will get the job done. The al qaeda terorists will wish they were never born. Watch and learn
gomez-
born in ussr, um, um, abbey road songs, um, some others.
*bows head in shame for not knowing names*
I'm glad you enjoyed it
thanx berry and firefox
euphronius
Hey... only use the 'e" if it is a last name or a fruit. Otherwise, with an "a".
And nice kitty, btw.
Fucker opened his collar a few months ago, about the time of his Dancing With The Stars debacle.
Fission-powered Persian?
bo | 12.22.06 - 6:10 pm | #
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ROFLCOPTER
btw, does anyone have any idear what the hell type of cat we have?
A demonic one?
No, seriously, looks like a Himalayan.
Screw Exxon, haven't paid a dime yet.
Barry from AK in Honolulu
Fuckers.
A friend of mine's husband was head of the fishermans association that litigated all that.....
Kitty, I'm glad to see you've finally dislodged Lou's fat ass. You're 1000% better than he was.
rw & b: you're no military expert -- you're a dumb twit. Buzz off, you Chimp worshiper!
Hecate, you might try calling some other computer retailers in the area. Some stock essential Apple accessories.
Itchy Brothe
What are you trying to get, Hecate? I missed that part of the discussion.
* Notches monitor *
Hey, Molly, you go girl!!!!! Congratulations; they're luckier than they know to have gotten you.
btw, does anyone have any idear what the hell type of cat we have? (link in homepage)
Looks like a himylayan (sp) to me. Gorgeous.
Oh, thanks for reminding me. That's the other thing. I ordered one online -- delivery time 3 to 4 weeks. Like I can go w/o a computer that long. What are they thinking?
Hmmm, this one I'm on now, ordered it from Dell while on a layover in Shanghai. Had a call from the credit card company to verify it was me, and once that was out of the way, showed up at my home in 3 days.
Dell said 2 weeks.
I thought himylayan too. but i have never seen one before and the one in a breed book i saw didnt look like our Kitty.
born in ussr, um, um, abbey road songs, um, some others.
Sounds like a fun class.
Hardball College Tour up at the top of the hour for Tweety-standers who also like Robert De Niro and Matt Damon!
4LG owes me a coke!!
Here, you can even buy a mousepad of your kitty.
A friend of mine's husband was head of the fishermans association that litigated all that.....
flory
Exxon is just playing them, hoping they will all die off.
btw, does anyone have any idear what the hell type of cat we have? (link in homepage)
euphronius | Homepage | 12.22.06 - 6:07 pm |
A big fluffy possessed one?
My neighborhood is ostensibly so safe that at holiday time both FedEx and UPS just leave things.
plantsman, lowercase
Hecate, did you get your powercord?
I'd be happy to find one for you here and express mail it to you.
John Danforth is on cspan producing a huge amount of Christian-laden bullshit.
I thought himylayan too. but i have never seen one before and the one in a breed book i saw didnt look like our Kitty
Some are short-haired with lighter colors. You've got yerself a seal-point, long-haired Himalayan.
Tres beautiful.
btw, does anyone have any idear what the hell type of cat we have? (link in homepage)
euphronius
One I'd feed on time.
4LG owes me a coke!!
Here, you can even buy a mousepad of your kitty.
watertiger
HAH, 4LG owes me a pic of Maxx getting stoned on Aladka Thunder Struck.
4LG,
You are so kind. The very nice and knowledgeable people at MacUpgrade in Bethesda had one for me. They were great (if all the way out in Bethesda!). But many, many thanks.
Mouse pad? How non-optical.
I love impermanent art.
Hecate,
I do too, and I just love that one. It's very neat. I started to say cool, but...
Watertiger, would you like a mexican coke? they are the most delicious kind.
Speaking of soft drinks, one of my minions got me a six pack of Dublin Dr. Pepper as part of my xmas gift.
Tena will be impressed. Eli too, if he were here.
Screw Exxon, haven't paid a dime yet. - Barry from AK in Honolulu
Whole thing pisses me off no end. First duty station in the Coast Guard was USCGC Sedge, ported in Cordova. Did the aids-to-navigation in the East half of PWS, including Valdez, and supplies to Hinchenbrook and St. Elais lighthouses. Amazing place.
Screw Exxon, haven't paid a dime yet. - Barry from AK in Honolulu
Whole thing pisses me off no end. First duty station in the Coast Guard was USCGC Sedge, ported in Cordova. Did the aids-to-navigation in the East half of PWS, including Valdez, and supplies to Hinchenbrook and St. Elais lighthouses. Amazing place.
Sand Castles constructed near the low-tide line are an excellent example of impermanent art.
watertiger what does seal-point mean?
HAH, 4LG owes me a pic of Maxx getting stoned on Aladka Thunder Struck.
I just tried to get a photo of just that, but he's more interested in napping at the moment.
Somedays are better than others for him.
Wow, half a glass of wine after coming home and I am wobbling a bit. Pathetic.
However, the pizza and wings will be arriving shortly.
Tena will be impressed.
pffffft, we pay 5 bucks a month extra at the water company and have that on tap here in D/FW, right Tena?
Barry--they always say 2 weeks.
I get everything in 2 days.
Speaking of soft drinks, one of my minions got me a six pack of Dublin Dr. Pepper as part of my xmas gift.
Tena will be impressed. Eli too, if he were here.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse
I'm impressed.
It's good stuff. And I agree about Mexican cokes, too. I haven't had one in a long time. I remember the way cokes were when I was growing up - I sure miss 'em.
Watertiger, would you like a mexican coke? they are the most delicious kind.
Would that be like a passover coke? I've heard they are made with real sugar.
born in ussr, um, um, abbey road songs, um, some others.
You're young aren't you?
Anyhoo, I bet that's that new "Love" CD... they mixed all the songs together.
watertiger what does seal-point mean?
It means the "points" (ears, feeties and tail) are dark brown.
A lilac point has grey points.
Mexican cokes in 6.5oz bottles and made with cane sugar? I might risk a coma for that!
Exxon is just playing them, hoping they will all die off.
Barry from AK in Honolulu
The longer they wait, the more the fisheries collapse and the more fisherman have to find some other way to make a living.
Insurance companies play the same sick games.
Check this out:
ATLANTA, Dec. 18 — Genarlow Wilson, 20, is serving a prison sentence that shocked his jury, elicited charges of racism from critics of the justice system and even acknowledgment by prosecutors and the State Legislature that it is unjust.
Skip to next paragraph
Genarlow Wilson, 20, has been in prison for nearly two years.
He was sentenced to 10 years in prison without parole for having consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl at a New Year’s Eve party, an offense that constituted aggravated child molesting, even though Mr. Wilson was 17.
With Mr. Wilson — a football player, honor student and the first homecoming king at Douglas County High School — nearing two years in prison, the Georgia Supreme Court declined last Friday to hear his appeal.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/1...r=1&
oref=slogin
10 years in prison.
Gotta protect those "children," you know.
pffffft, we pay 5 bucks a month extra at the water company and have that on tap here in D/FW, right Tena?
FireFox
O behave!
euphronius,
seal point, or chocolate point, just refers to the darker coloration in the fur.
like this.
Would that be like a passover coke? I've heard they are made with real sugar.
Yes.
We don't see passover coke here. Not a big enough jewish community.
But Central Market stocks mexican coke in glass bottles. It's delicious.
>i>Exxon is just playing them, hoping they will all die off.
Barry from AK in Honolulu | Homepage | 12.22.06 - 6:14 pm
many many many moons ago i worked as the seattle correspondent for the Alaska Fisherman's Journal...
upon the conclusion of my abortive career as an alaska fisherman...
which career lasted exactly one trip up to ketchikan from seattle aboard a tiny (36'), old (the same age as I at the time, 32) halibut trawler...
whereupon i discovered i was NOT cut out for that life...
./
born in ussr, um, um, abbey road songs, um, some others.
You're young aren't you?
Anyhoo, I bet that's that new "Love" CD... they mixed all the songs together.
dave™© | Homepage | 12.22.06 - 6:19 pm | #
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yes, im sub 30. the spin instructor is over 60. he spent 5 hours making his own "perfect" beatle mix. (i asked him about it in the locker room)
Hidey and Magoo tried cross breeding, but were unclear on the concept.
Magoo seemed to like whatever they were doing however.
Sorry about the file size.
So was the infamous Time cover of OJ Simpson seal point?
watertiger what does seal-point mean?
euphronius | Homepage | 12.22.06 - 6:18 pm | #
http://www.pandecats.com/x/
himal...imalayan_colors.
Is that robot here? I forgot yesterday the company catered a xmas dinner for the late night people. So when I got there, a big dinner was waiting for me. That good, much eating of yummy food happened. Problem is the day people shut down the robots instead of putting them into standby. So... a few hours later when the floor techs tried to fire them up, much teeth gnashing was heard from them. Every time I walked the floor last night it looked as if the robots were eating the techs, heads and body parts deep in the robot maws. (I'm not one of the techs)
It looks like the robot here yesterday afternoon tried to make good on his threats, but could not figure out what I did there in the robot wars.
thanks tigre d'eau
The diabetes Nazis told me the only kind of pizza I can ever have again is a thin-crust, no extra cheese, Vegetarian. Its starting to sound really good.
Mexican cokes in 6.5oz bottles and made with cane sugar? I might risk a coma for that!
Actually they come in 500 ML bottles. About 14 oz I think.
But Central Market stocks mexican coke in glass bottles. It's delicious.
fourlegsgood,
I didn't know that.
I'm going to have to go in there. I can't believe I haven't yet.
I have this crazy loyalty to my Whole Foods because I've been shopping there since before it was Whole Foods. But they don't carry any kind of coke.
Hidey and Magoo tried cross breeding, but were unclear on the concept.
Ooof!
Gotta protect those "children," you know.
Stunt Woman - 6:19 pm
anybody wanna bet as to the racial characteristics of the young woman involved?
.
Watertiger now owes ME a coke.
Not that ephronius was willing to take my word for it. We always have siamese while I was growing up.
They are most excellent kitties.
born in ussr, um, um, abbey road songs, um, some others.
You're young aren't you?
I particularly enjoyed the Springsteen conflagration
even acknowledgment by prosecutors and the State Legislature that it is unjust.
The Supreme Court has held that prosecutorial discretion (i.e., the ability of a prosecutor NOT to press charges) is almost absolute. (check out the Chenery case) So if this prosecutor brought charges s/he did so willingly and deliberately.
Indigent though I may be, I pay a bit extra for
Green Power .
anybody wanna bet as to the racial characteristics of the young woman involved?
.
WoodyG'sGuitar
They're not executing him, WGG. Just ten years without parole.
Tena, central market has Dublin DP too. Expensive though.
Sand Castles constructed near the low-tide line are an excellent example of impermanent art. - plantsman
Neocon puppet democracies constructed in the sand: impermanet, artful, inexcellent.
They are most excellent kitties.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse
My first were Siamese, Hey Cat and his sister Tushy.
Wonderful, and the smartest.
When will the Xian fundies lay off the Muslim and Hindu fundies?
Gotta protect those "children," you know.
Stunt Woman
Was the "molester" dark skinned and the "child" white, by any chance?
Hidey and Magoo tried cross breeding, but were unclear on the concept.
Hidey should have a cigarette.
Mexican cokes in 6.5oz bottles and made with cane sugar? I might risk a coma for that!
Check the label first - some of the Mexican bottlers are switching to corn syrup now.
Hidey and Magoo tried cross breeding, but were unclear on the concept.
I loves me some Hidey and Magoo.
Ok, time to holiday with the family.
one more picture: Quebec near the st laurence
http://www.flickr.com/photos/119...@N00/330424057/
Fresh 'you' drapes
Was the "molester" dark skinned and the "child" white, by any chance?
DING DING DING DING DING!
We have a wiener!!!
I loves me some Hidey and Magoo.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse
They feel lots of stuff for youse and Maxx too.
Tena, central market has Dublin DP too. Expensive though.
fourlegsgood,
My Kroger carries Dublin DP. I haven't seen any Mexican cokes there, however.
I have this crazy loyalty to my Whole Foods because I've been shopping there since before it was Whole Foods. But they don't carry any kind of coke.
Tena
The one on Lemmon? I'll be stopping in there when I get back to town.....
Remember the river canyons in the Daniel Day Lewis Last of the Mohicans? Awe-frickin'-some!!!
I have this crazy loyalty to my Whole Foods because I've been shopping there since before it was Whole Foods. But they don't carry any kind of coke.
We had Son's rehersal dinner at Nora -- a wonderful restaurant in DC that serves ogranic food. My father tells me that he wants a Diet Coke. I go to the bar and ask for a Diet Coke. "Sorry; no Diet Coke. Not organic." I go into my crazy woman act. Is Stolic organic? Is Bombay Sapphinre organic? Is Laphroaig organic? I'm paying for this dinner and it's my only son's only rehearsal dinner and my only father wants a goddamn Diet Coke. Now. Nice man behind the bar sent someone next door for a Diet Coke. I love organic, but there really can be too much of a good thing.
Gomez' proposed Beatle's spinning songs:
1. I Wanna Hold Your Hand.
2. It Won't Be Long.(Yeah, Yeah, Yeah..)
3. I Saw Her Standing There.
4. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.
5. She Loves Me. (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah)
6. (Add your own)
Hidey should have a cigarette.
flory
Hmmm, to me Magoo looks the more satisfied.
6. (Add your own)
Twist and Shout (of course)
Bad Boy (man Lennon could sing)
And when did little Leann Rimes become a hottie?
And them olsen twins...jeez they grew up so fast
Its like I've been living in a cave
with dry pants
PS concerning heath ledger, i am oddly conflicted. that thar is one beautiful man
Now. Nice man behind the bar sent someone next door for a Diet Coke. I love organic, but there really can be too much of a good thing.
I had lunch at Whole Foods yesterday (the one in "downtown" Austin is the flagship for the chain, and it is truly a foodie's wonderland).
No cokes in the drink case.
Speaking of organic, on my trip back from NYC in Sept., the guy next to me on the plane was Whole Food's organic food enforcer. Very nice British guy, his job entails traveling around to inspect and certify all their suppliers.
I only consume organic vegetarians.
4LG,
pick one up for yourself while you're at the store. It's on me.
I heart John Lennon.
His kid, Sean, was in yesterday's arts section of the NTY and he had a beard and longish hair with the Lennon glasses...so sweet.
(sigh)
They feel lots of stuff for youse and Maxx too
Awww.
He's having a pretty good week. He's no longer sleeping in the closet. The past two nights he's slept in bed with me, up near my head.
One paw has to be touching me at all times.
He's really too sweet for words.
4LG,
pick one up for yourself while you're at the store. It's on me.
Why thanks!!
The wife and kid think they've already gotten their xmas gifts, (car stereo for the son, and new kitchen for the wife). They are not here right now, and so they have not seen the other gifts I put under the tree.
I have this crazy loyalty to my Whole Foods because I've been shopping there since before it was Whole Foods. But they don't carry any kind of coke
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we (Newark, DE) are sort of wary of the whole foods - trader joes of the world because we have our own natural foods co-op (circa 1975) and we would feel the competition.
So far they have stayed away.
Thanks dave™©, just bookmarked the link and wrote down your email address. Got to go start fixing dinner now.
Oops, the telephone rang. Took me another seven minutes to post this.
Barry--Hidey and Magoo are tres gorgeous. They look like big, lazy, contented beasties
Flory, I didn't know or remember that Borat had been with Bob Barr, mister Stained Blue Dress.
He took Barr down a huge notch, I would have loved to see the outtakes on that scene.
One paw has to be touching me at all times.
**
I am with you there. My toy poodle MUST have a limb connecting at all times at bedtime. Once in a while he gives little, reflexive kicks.
Barry--Hidey and Magoo are tres gorgeous. They look like big, lazy, contented beasties
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
Hidey is huge, Zoey (not in the pic) is next, and Magoo is our petite little girl at just 8 pounds.
sheets n' stuff, but then every fucking body is already up there!!
Just woke up from a long winters nap.
Had a horrible nightmare.
Dreamt I got a "Cincinnati bowtie" from Blitzen.
Must say I draw the line at gay reindeer sex.
Feliz Navidad!
Make Iraq goes away,
http://www.latimes.com/news/prin...la-news-
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