I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Cat videos? Speaking of cats, where are Wiley and Gizmo?
What happened to my post? is Hellscum possessed?
Brian Williams complaining about Time? What?
Hi. 
I'm all alooone...
Hello, HBK!
Did Katie Couric exit this universe?
Did you notice the extra minute of daylight today?
Did Katie Couric exit this universe?
Jebuz does not love us that much.
Gomez' proposed Beatle's spinning songs:
(Reposted because of dead-threading)
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)
Cats
It's all about the cats.
As it should be.
Yep, we must continue to get our news from the same bunch of talking heads that echo-chambered every insane idea and lame ratiuonalization from the Bush administration.
To do otherwise would be to shake the foundations of America as we know it. Whoops: never mind.
OK, Doggie din-din time. ( wouldn't want to keep Her Highness waiting )
I bought D-i-L a GPS thingie for xmas. Does anyone else have one of those and, if so, are they easy to use?
Norwegian Wood. All of Rubber Soul, in fact.
I can spell "rationalization." Really.
Heee heee, just watched Borat, the movie today.
I loved the scene where he got Bob Barr to eat cheese.
I'd rather watch cat videos than most of the bullshit that passes for "news" these days.
It's all about cat videos posted by uncivil people who aren't serious, for crying out loud!
Norwegian Wood.
I think that may be my favorite Beatle's song ever.
I'm gonna get my friend to get me one of those
"project the time real big on the wall" clocks, so I don't have to sleep with my glasses.
Did you notice the extra minute of daylight today?
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 12.22.06 - 6:29 pm |
It's rained here for the past two days. And it starts to clear at 4:55, right before sunset. Sky looked like orange sherbert.
Norwegian Wood. All of Rubber Soul, in fact.
plantsman
Absolutely all of Rubber Soul and Revolver.
We're gonna be listening to the dying screeches of the MSM dinosaurs for a long, long time, I fear....
For the first time ever in the world,the Japanese capture a living giant squid.
Then they kill it.
Lost below...
Twist and Shout
Bad Boy
For the first time ever in the world,the Japanese capture a living giant squid.
Then they kill it.
Imagine the saki needed to wash that sucker down.
Heee heee, just watched Borat, the movie today.
I'm going to see that with a friend on xmas. Either Borat or Casino Royale.
You can cycle to Mean Mr. Mustard.
It's been done, trust me.
Eschaton was sited for the cat blogging, right?
Brian Williams blogging ain't gonna catch on, ever.
I guess Brian Williams has a problem with Friday cat blogging as well.
I suggest that Atrios post some Atri-kitties immediately. Just to piss him off.
anyone interested in the media should be reading at least some of the following:
Atrios, the personal blog of Media Matters' own Duncan Black
Dan Froomkin, who writes an online column for The Washington Post and is deputy editor of the Nieman Watchdog project
NTodd's blog, Dohiyi Mir
Bob Somerby's Daily Howler
Somerby had an excellent one today, I though.
I'm going to see that with a friend on xmas. Either Borat or Casino Royale.
flory
Flory, suck down a copy on the computer, you have to be able to move past the truly painful parts, and review the hilarious ones.
I'm amazed that Sasha didn't get killed making this movie.
I think that may be my favorite Beatle's song ever.
Hecate,
Man, that's a tough call, but I agree - it's way up there on my list, too.
The latest capitulator in the All-Holy War on CHRIST-MASS: the Cat Killer. Just received in my email box: "Frist Family Sends Holiday Greetings":
Karyn and I and our three boys wish you a blessed holiday season. We join you in celebrating family, friends, and faith... Karyn and I enjoyed sharing our very last holiday season in our home in Washington over the last week, buying our "Washington tree" and decorating it and the house extra early this year so we'd have plenty of time to enjoy it with friends as we said our goodbyes...In this season our thoughts and prayers are especially with the troops overseas who are serving away from home... Karyn and I send you and your family warm wishes for a blessed and healthy holiday season!
It's CHRIST-MASS, Bill! CHRIST-MASS!! JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!!!
Did you take your oath on a Koran or something???
And what the fuck is a "Washington tree"???
Imagine the saki needed to wash that sucker down.
not to mention the amount of flour needed for the tempura batter
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
Twist and Shout
O shit, I love that song. They opened the show with that in 1964 in Dallas.
And what the fuck is a "Washington tree"???
That's to distinguish it from the trees in his 14 other McMansions.
I now have a sleeping grandbaby
It looks like it could maybe snow between now and Christmas here in So. AZ. I've been hoping for a white Christmas morning here. I saw it once in Tucson 19 years ago.
I had an extended crush on "Paperback Writer" as well.
or Casino Royale.
flory | 12.22.06 - 6:34 pm | #
I haven't seen Borat yet but Daniel Craig is teh hot.
Either Borat or Casino Royale.
Casino Royale.
Trust me on this, sis.
It's CHRIST-MASS, Bill! CHRIST-MASS!! JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!!!
Did you take your oath on a Koran or something???
And what the fuck is a "Washington tree"???
dave™
That's too fucking funny. A Washington tree - wonder if that's like a cherry tree with an axe in it.
NTodd has a blog?
I now have a sleeping grandbaby - Sallyh
* Slides a Seething Webb down I-5 *
And what the fuck is a "Washington tree"???
George Washington's corpse,
decorated with lights, tinsel, and ornaments.
I'm taking MY oath on "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them,"
I had an extended crush on "Paperback Writer" as well.
plantsman
O hell, I love every single thing John Lennon ever did.
Every single thing.
Twist and Shout
O shit, I love that song. They opened the show with that in 1964 in Dallas.
Yeah, always gotta crank that one. And it's one of my favorite scenes in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
My favorite Beatles song is "Michelle."
Though I love just about everything they ever did.
NTodd has a blog?
attaturk, bitter
He should put up pictures of his pets.
I hear they're cute.
Casino Royale.
Trust me on this, sis.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse
I'm inclined to agree. We'll see what the lines look like.
I saw the ABC video about the Giant Squid online.
The reporter said the squid "died in the process of being captured."
That's about the screwiest passive construction I've ever seen.
I don't want to hear NTodd whining any more. He's been froomkined.
And kudos to Jamison Foser. The punditry does so hate to become irrelevant.
Were Greenfield and Moos really suggesting that Obama's name is a reason to dislike him? We assume they were not. But their focus on the topic only encourages others to continue their focus on the topic.
what kind of empty-headed, meliorating, fatuous asshole--jamison--would assume that a dickhead of the demonstrated dickheadedness as jeff greenfield was NOT suggesting that Obama's middle name was NOT a reaswon to reject him (i can think of a dozen other reasons, none of which have any relation at ALL to his name), even if he might deny it?
jeezis fucking christ, folks...
/
NTodd has a blog?
attaturk, bitter
FUCK YEA, and it's linked!
{{{{ sob }}}}}
Never will be.
bing
Extra minute of daylight?
Solstice is the "reason for the season" afterall...
Tena, If you are not familiar with "Bad Boy" go find it. Lennon sings the shit out of that song.
Mean Mister Mustard sleeps in the park
Shaves in the dark trying to save paper
Sleeps in a hole in the road
Saving up to buy some clothes
Keeps a ten-bob note up his nose
Such a mean old man
Such a mean old man
Heh. Stunt Woman done fooled me.
I had an extended crush on "Paperback Writer" as well.
I knew a guy that was a big Beatles' fanatic some years ago, and he had an extensive bootleg collection. He had an early mix of "PW" where the drums were way up front and there was a phase on the last guitar break. Sounded for all the world like the Jam!
Extra minute of daylight?
Tee hee.. try the seconds for Anchorage.
Heard both "Sympathy of the Devil" and "Come Together" on the car radio recently and I gotta 'fess up and say I thought we let some pretty lame shit pass for musicianship in the 60's. Must a been the dope.
O hell, I love every single thing John Lennon ever did.
***
hell fuckin yeah. Although,
I have a few of his Ono collaborations
If you are not familiar with "Bad Boy" go find it.
Oh, I love that song!
"Now, Junior - behave yourself!"
Those first two British albums are so fucking underrated...
John Lemon was a talentless hater and so were the rest of the Rolling Stoners.
FUCK YEA, and it's linked!
No, not really:
Atrios, the personal blog of Media Matters' own Duncan Black
Dan Froomkin, who writes an online column for The Washington Post and is deputy editor of the Nieman Watchdog project
Bob Somerby's Daily Howler
Digby's Hullabaloo
Firedoglake
Eric Alterman's Media Matters-hosted blog, Altercation, and his columns for The Nation and the Center for American Progress (CAP)
Eric Boehlert, who writes a weekly column for Media Matters
Greg Sargent's The Horse's Mouth
Beat the Press, Dean Baker's American Prospect blog about economic reporting
David Neiwert's Ornicus
CAP's blog Think Progress
Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo
Anything by Charles Pierce
Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal
The WMDs will be found in this thread, or perhaps the other one, on that other site. Over there.
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I hear they're cute.
I'll show you fuckers what cute looks like.
http://plush-life.blogspot.com/2...n-
williams.html
John Lemon was a talentless hater and so were the rest of the Rolling Stoners.
T. Raftew
Smarter trolls, please...
Heh. Stunt Woman done fooled me.
Just making sure everyone is awake. 
Mike Nifong is a Democrat..
...anyone surprised?..
..nah...me neither
The WMDs will be found in this thread, or perhaps the other one, on that other site. Over there.
Oh BS.
They are North, East, South, and West of here. Go look.
The danger just might be that we miss the next great book or the next great idea, or that we fail to meet the next great challenge
Hey, Williams, I can juggle three hard-boiled eggs while balancing the Book of Mormon on my head. If you think that ain't a challenge, try it sometime.
FUCK YEA, and it's linked!
No, not really:
I, too, am dissed.
Add that to the insults I received last night, and the continued unattributed use of "WATB" all over the blogosphere....
It ain't easy out here for a centaur.
And what the fuck is a "Washington tree"???
*
the Continental generals would hold their strategy sessions under a tree.
They are North, East, South, and West of here. Go look.
No, they're on the other side of the wind...
the Continental generals would hold their strategy sessions under a tree.
And would be hit on their heads with apples and nuts.
Damn it, had the entire Beatles collection on the old lappy.
Note to self, move some files.
Favorite Beatles songs (who can choose just one?)...
"I'm a Loser"
"Dear Prudence"
"I Saw Her Standing There"
"A Day In The Life"
Favorite Beatles album...
the Beatles (ie. the "white album")
Oh, I love that song!
"Now, Junior - behave yourself!"
Those first two British albums are so fucking underrated...
Word x 3.
the Continental generals would hold their strategy sessions under a tree.
And would be hit on their heads with apples and nuts.
Aaron Burr was upset that Alexander Hamilton didn't like teabagging.
http://plush-life.blogspot.com/2...n- williams.html
fourlegsgood
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darlin'
You'd think Atrios could give us some kitties, since it's almost christmas and all.
Brian Williams is worried about his phoney baloney job.
That is all.
It's all about Brian.
Fuck off and die, Brian.
Add that to the insults I received last night
A memory lapse does not an insult make.
You're being overly sensitive....
You'd think Atrios could give us some kitties, since it's almost christmas and all.
fourlegsgood, plushynurs
My guess is they peed on his red chair.
You'd think Atrios could give us some kitties, since it's almost christmas and all.
fourlegsgood, plushynurs
My guess is they peed on his red chair.
The sunrise at Stonehenge
Nice clock, still keeps good time after all those years.
A memory lapse does not an insult make.
You're being overly sensitive....
We centaurs are a sensitive lot.
hee hee.
I'll show you fuckers what cute looks like.
Love that picture.
The sunrise at Stonehenge.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Beautiful picture.
The sunrise at Stonehenge
Nice clock, still keeps good time after all those years.
Well actually recession of the equinox makes it more and more inaccurate.
The sunrise at Stonehenge
Nice clock, still keeps good time after all those years.
Well actually recession of the equinox makes it more and more inaccurate.
we let some pretty lame shit pass for musicianship in the 60's
I'm sorry but after about 1973 no one has been able to play the guitar. And I'll excuse a whole lot for good guitar playing. In fact, my entire first marriage . . . . Well, best not to bore you. But you get my drift.
You'd think Atrios could give us some kitties, since it's almost christmas and all.
fourlegsgood, plushynurs
My guess is they peed on his red chair.
Gomez
I'll bet he's either visiting relatives, or in-laws, or he has guests. He said posting would be light....
I'm sorry but after about 1973 no one has been able to play the guitar. And I'll excuse a whole lot for good guitar playing. In fact, my entire first marriage . . . . Well, best not to bore you. But you get my drift.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
We are sisters.
We really are.
the Continental generals would hold their strategy sessions under a tree.
And would be hit on their heads with apples and nuts.
Gen. Gates took a nap under the tree and was rudely awakened when an apple fell on his nuts.
Favorite Beatles songs (who can choose just one?)...
I can. Norwegian Wood.
I'll bet he's either visiting relatives, or in-laws, or he has guests. He said posting would be light....
I think he is on his new deck smoking crack with his relatives
I'll bet he's either visiting relatives, or in-laws, or he has guests. He said posting would be light....
He's at the North Pole getting ready for Christmas.
I'll bet he's either visiting relatives, or in-laws, or he has guests. He said posting would be light....
That's no excuse.
He hasn't given us kitties in weeks. How do we know he didn't eat Wiley and Gizmo for thanksgiving? huh? huh?
crosby
Gen. Gates took a nap under the tree and was rudely awakened when an apple fell on his nuts.
bo
A PC would have killed him.
Irony abounds: I'm sitting here with the NBC Nightly News playing in the other room, and the lead story tonight was a virtually content-free "Our troops are resolved to fight even though they're away from home at Christmas" puff piece. No discussion whatsoever about the real situation in Afghanistan, the "surge" escalation plan, or anything substantive beyond a little heart-tugging. I wish those young men were home now, too, but the idea that the piece tonight in any way constitutes an "well-thought-out, well-reported" look at the issues of the war is ludicrous beyond the ability of man to comprehend. To put it mildly.
Now we're doing the standard holiday travel piece. When did that get reported for the first time, 1953?
I'm sorry but after about 1973 no one has been able to play the guitar. And I'll excuse a whole lot for good guitar playing. In fact, my entire first marriage . . . . Well, best not to bore you. But you get my drift.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Beg to differ, Eric Clapton just gets better and better.
I'm sorry but after about 1973 no one has been able to play the guitar.
There is Eric Johnson.
When he plays the spanish guitar it makes me want to weep.
Norwegian Wood.
Just think,
they could have gone to Minnesota to satisfy that urge.
There is Eric Johnson.
When he plays the spanish guitar it makes me want to weep.
That's how I feel about NTodd not having a blog.
A PC would have killed him.
Gomez
Norwegian Wood.
Just think,
they could have gone to Minnesota to satisfy that urge.
Doug
This whole time I thought it was a stiffie.
Okay, I must run to the grocery store. It's so warm here I'm going to grill a steak.
So I need taters and some sea salt. (how can I be out of sea salt?)
Tena,
We are sisters. And, here's the thing. I'd excuse it ALL OVER AGAIN for good guitar playing. And those finger calluses. OK, I've said too much.
Call me a condo queen?
bo
Hee. There are two local real estate agents here that advertise themselves as the "Condo Queens".
I'll excuse a whole lot for good guitar playing. In fact, my entire first marriage
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hehe
I play pretty shitty guitar and sing decently (learned harmonies with the fab four) but I always have musicians around for the good vibe.
I'm sorry but after about 1973 no one has been able to play the guitar.
Knopfler (sp?) of Dire Straights.
Oh crap.
Poppy and Barb Bush giving an "emotional" interview on "This Week" on Sunday.
Barf barf barf.
I'm sorry but after about 1973 no one has been able to play the guitar.
Hecate:
Did you watch Colbert the other night?
When he plays the spanish guitar it makes me want to weep.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse
And yeah, there are lots of Spanish Guit box players that are just awesome.
1973 was not the end of Guitars.
OK, Brian, how is this "Secret Santa" philanthropy story in any way different from a "cat video"?
The man is an absolute hypocrit.
grrrrrr. my mom gave me a lecture on my manners at dinner and i flipped out and told her to get the fuck out.
now im chilling in the bedroom.
ill have to aplogize in 10 minutes or so. family. grack!!!
I'll bet he's either visiting relatives, or in-laws, or he has guests. He said posting would be light....
He's at the North Pole getting ready for Christmas.
Maybe Atrios is dealing with the North Polar Bear. Any other fans of The Father Christmas Letter out there? I read it to Son every xmas until he got really, really old.
How do we know he didn't eat Wiley and Gizmo for thanksgiving? huh? huh?
fourlegsgood, plushynurse
Hmmmm....might be time to aim the wormhole Philly way......
Pretty pictures taken by me...
Mammoth Springs
http://thumbsnap.com/v/jpyLOZcl.jpg
Buffalo herd
http://thumbsnap.com/v/dT0bmfX1.jpg
Eagle canyon
http://thumbsnap.com/v/b0C2EcYN.jpg
When you watch the Tribute to George Harrison, you'll know that good guitar players, no, excellent players are still out there.
One of the best DVDs I ever bought.
A PC would have killed him. - Gomez
Seething Webb for Gomez. And one to whoever writes the script for the sci-fi movie with that scene.
Did you watch Colbert the other night?
flory,
No, I can't stay up that late. What did he say??
Poppy and Barb Bush giving an "emotional" interview on "This Week" on Sunday.
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Jeb withdrawls?
I'm sorry but after about 1973 no one has been able to play the guitar.
Hmmm. I'd have to take issue since the entirety of Zappa's "Shut Up and Play Yr Guitar" triple album was recorded after 1973.
I would agree, however, that after Mick Taylor's solo in 'You Can't Get Always Get What You Want' during the Stones appearance at Madison Square Garden in 1972 there was no point in attempting to push virtuosity any further.
Hence, Jerry Garcia.
Argh, I've got to go off to the Robot Wars again.
Richard --
Stunning.
Where were they taken?
Poppy and Barb Bush giving an "emotional" interview on "This Week" on Sunday.
They just watched "The Bad Seed"?
not cats or gitars but cool
http://mightyillusions.blogspot....py-
kettles.html
saw @ boingboing.
Poppy and Barb Bush giving an "emotional" interview on "This Week" on Sunday.
If they intend to apologize for their son, they'll need the whole day.
Pretty pictures taken by me...
Those are gorgeous Richard. Love the Mammoth Springs shot.
Poppy and Barb Bush giving an "emotional" interview on "This Week" on Sunday.
Bar? Emotional?
Na. Gah. Happen. Unpossible.
No, I can't stay up that late. What did he say??
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
He had a guitar challenge with Chris Funk(?) of the Decemberists. Then he "injured" his hand and had Peter Framptom come in and play for him.
Elliot Spitzer was one of the judges.
Bar? Emotional?
She has one:
cold ruthless fury
Here. A kitty to tide you over.
Poppy and Barb Bush giving an "emotional" interview on "This Week" on Sunday.
how'd they get poppy away from those spears pics?
had Peter Framptom come in and play for him.
Elliot Spitzer was one of the judges.
Now that is very cool.
pretty pic
st lawrence at quebec city
http://thumbsnap.com/v/DVldEZBl.jpg
Coco bloggin'... with cold, hard cash in the pocket! Whoo-hoo!
.
"I bought D-i-L a GPS thingie for xmas. Does anyone else have one of those and, if so, are they easy to use?
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator"
I gots one. It has become one of those "how did I ever live without this" things. Yes, it's easy to use. And knowing that you'll never get lost again, and can find the nearest gas station/restauraunt/whatever makes travelling so much less stressful.
Here. A kitty to tide you over.
watertiger
Kitty rerun. No fair.
We want Big Billie.
Poppy and Barb Bush giving an "emotional" interview on "This Week" on Sunday.
Bar? Emotional?
Na. Gah. Happen. Unpossible.
watertiger
People, people, there is only ONE WAY to deal with Poppy, Bar and the Rest of the Bush clan:
Buy YIDDISH WITH GEORGE & LAURA. You'll laugh your ass off.
Poppy and Barb Bush giving an "emotional" interview on "This Week" on Sunday.
Oh, must have teared up when they were confronted with their progeny were the worst people on the planet.
Must suck to get that news.
Where were they taken?
The first two were taken in Yellowstone Park. The canyon shot was taken in Canada, 30 miles outside of a place called Thunder Bay, which is on the north shore of Lake Superior.
Coco bloggin'... with cold, hard cash in the pocket! Whoo-hoo!
.
Jeffraham Prestonian
Excellent! Merry effing Christmas!
Gotta go build my Boboli pizza, but I don't want to leave without high-fouring my fellow Beatlemaniacs.
And yes, the "Concert for George" is truly inspired excellence. I wish they'd do an encore, and include "Savoy Truffle" this time-- especially since George wrote it as a whimsical tribute to Clapton's predilection for gobbling down an entire box of sweets in one go.
Beatles Forever! 
... back in a bit.
How the hell did I miss this? From the AP:
The Selective Service—the federal agency that would be integral to any draft effort by the Bush administration—will perform tests on its system equipment, the Associated Press is reporting.
Selective Service "is planning a comprehensive test of the military draft machinery, which hasn't been run since 1998," writes Kasie Hunt. "The agency is not gearing up for a draft," an agency official told Hunt, and "the test itself would not likely occur until 2009."
Must forage. Back in a bit.
jp,
How's the new job going? I was thinking this afternoon how neat it is that you got this job!!
I want to see Pan's Labyrinth.
I have a thing for Spanish movies and Guillermo Del Toro is mad.
Coco bloggin'... with cold, hard cash in the pocket! Whoo-hoo!
.
Jeffraham Prestonian
I just love all your happy!
Makes me smile all over.
Poppy and Barb Bush giving an "emotional" interview on "This Week" on Sunday.
I wonder if Steffie will ask Bar about her wooden teeth?
We want Big Billie.
Swear to Christ, I've never seen that cat. They tell me stories about her, but I've no concrete evidence of her existence.
Elliot Spitzer was one of the judges.
Now that is very cool.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Colbert tried to bribe Spitzer during the break, so Spitzer recused himself. Which threw the tied vote to the audience.
Colbert won.
"The agency is not gearing up for a draft," an agency official told Hunt,
Nothing to see here. Move along. Dr. Barmy's been warning us. A doesn't think it will happen because it wouldn't happen in a rational universe. Ahem.
I wonder if Steffie will ask Bar about her wooden teeth?
Or their low cholesterol, thanks in part to the inclusion of oatmeal in their breakfasts.
Favorite Beatles song?
Yesterday.
Oh, and I have Friday Cat Blogging up.
And Brian Williams sucks so hard he blows.
My book tells me that:
"George is a big Schmegegge"
and
"Bar is a farbissenah"
I want to see Pan's Labyrinth.
I'm sorry but after about 1973 no one has been able to play the guitar.
Hecate, next time Jon Dee Graham's at IOTA I'll meet you there and buy you a nice drink to wash those words down.
In the immediate future, The Birchmere's got a double-header in January featuring James McMurtry and Dave Alvin.
Guitar players? Well yes, I guess... songwriters, too.
Hecate,
Note when they'd be doing the testing.
2009.
How convenient.
"Bar is a farbissenah"
Whooo, and how! Completely mishugeneh, too.
I hear that at Atlas Shrugs Pam is telling us that,
"Hanukkah is a festival of headlights"
Where were they taken?
Gummo |
can I have some of what you're token?
We want Big Billie.
Swear to Christ, I've never seen that cat. They tell me stories about her, but I've no concrete evidence of her existence.
There are cats like that. When I visited my sister last time her shadow cat came to greet me, but my sister wouldn't believe that it actually happened because the cat stays hidden all the time. She has three other cats and two dogs.
JP
I got "" this close to doing a CurleyTech episode.
All well now, stupid svchoste.exe.
WE hates em.
Bar? Emotional?
Na. Gah. Happen. Unpossible.
watertiger
Wait, isn't "disdain" an emotion?
No... I guess not.
I want to see Pan's Labyrinth.
Hecate turned me on to that movie. I'm dying to see it.
Note when they'd be doing the testing.
2009.
How convenient.
watertiger
Those envelopes aren't going to lick themselves, you know.
We have to build up those vital mucilage reserves....
(1a) "Rain"-- my personal favorite Beatles song
(1b) anyone know Jean Shepherd interviewed the Beatles for 'Playboy' back in '65 or so? 'twas interesting, his take was that George was the most egotistical & unaffected by fame, up close John was not as hip as Shepherd had expected (but he *was* the leader), Paul was the one who worried about the future, and Ringo was sort of sullen & unreachable.
(2) Mark Knopfler- 'nuff said about guitarists.
(3) been a long time since I read the Daily Howler, thought that was a good one.
"Hanukkah is a festival of headlights"
No you diiiin't!
She loves to celebrate the Highbeam Holidays.
Speaking of cat videos, my brother just got here with his two kitties, Tick and Tock (I'm at my parents'). They just discovered the Christmas tree, which we carefully decorated with only unbreakable ornaments to about two feet up.
The tree is quivering ominously right now.
"the test itself would not likely occur until 2009."
watertiger
After a certain moron has left office? Just in time for his successor to deal with the implications?
After a certain moron has left office? Just in time for his successor to deal with the implications?
Bingo.
She loves to celebrate the Highbeam Holidays.
watertiger
I don't care... she still sukkoth.
"Hanukkah is a festival of headlights"
No you diiiin't!
She loves to celebrate the Highbeam Holidays.
watertiger
Either way, I wanna play with my draedel.
Is them real or not?
(1a) "Rain"-- my personal favorite Beatles song
It was Ringo's favorite of all his drumming on Beatles' tracks.
A 900 foot cliff overlooking Lake Superior...
http://thumbsnap.com/v/KHUnWhb8.jpg
Buffalo hanging out at an entrance to Yellowstone park...
http://thumbsnap.com/v/YQejKxQc.jpg
Bar? Emotional?
Na. Gah. Happen. Unpossible.
watertiger
Wait, isn't "disdain" an emotion?
No... I guess not.
SteveLG, proudly pre 9/11
Neither is callousness, or she'd be an emotional wreck.
The Howler today, yes, excellent. So true, and so easily forgotten.
Later bats.
Its time for holiday pizza.
(2) Mark Knopfler- 'nuff said about guitarists.
Word.
And Prince is no slouch when he's trying.
Swear to Christ, I've never seen that cat. They tell me stories about her, but I've no concrete evidence of her existence.
watertiger
Are you allowed to swear to Christ? Shouldn't you be swearing to the well snipped son of the tiger?
Gummo: it was one of the tracks they *all* sounded proud of when I read the Anthology... those boys lived several lifetimes in ten short years.
I don't care... she still sukkoth.
Ah, just feel the love for Pammy purim in.
Pan's Labyrinth opens here next Friday.
I'd like to go after work if anybody wants to join me.
My vote is for the cat videos.
Speaking of which. . . Atrios?
A-yup.
curlytech is for you!
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"They just discovered the Christmas tree, which we carefully decorated with only unbreakable ornaments to about two feet up."
Only two feet?
Our tree is decked out in the finest plastic that can be bought.
I have already had to bend branches back in place because 21+ something went exploring.
And the tree skirt has not remained under the tree more than 5 minutes at a time.
Brian Williams should leave the tanning booth once in a while and see what the country's really like
Ah, just feel the love for Pammy purim in.
watertiger
Let's just passover that one.
Gummo: it was one of the tracks they *all* sounded proud of when I read the Anthology... those boys lived several lifetimes in ten short years.
nick carraway
The "Revolver" era -- a peak -- every song is completely different, and perfect in its way.
Our tree is decked out in the finest plastic that can be bought.
Oil is Oil =)
HBK,
I'll be out of town. :-(
"I bought D-i-L a GPS thingie for xmas. Does anyone else have one of those and, if so, are they easy to use?
I've owned 3 different units since 1997. I love them, even though they're rather primitive compared to what you can get today (my last one goes back to 2001).
'evening, fellow freethinkers.
btw hecate -- i did read about yr case in the Recorder yesterday. well done.
Hecate: How's the new job going? I was thinking this afternoon how neat it is that you got this job!!
It could only be better if consensual carnal events were taking place on a schedule to my liking.
It RAWKS.
Vanderbilt is a good place to be.
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"'evening, fellow freethinkers.
Terry C, Gore /Clark 08"
A penny for your thoughts?
curlytech is for you!
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Jeffraham Prestonian
good going, jp.
Screw fucking you.
WT we can go see something else some other time.
Enjoy your trip.
Let's just passover that one.
Matzoh fast, mister!
So many good things! Molly Ivor's job and Jeffraham's job and Hecate's victory and ohmy! Wonderful.
Now I feel ready for some solstice celebrations of the commercial type.
The word fuck derives from a pagan curse and has nothing to do with actual fucking.
Watertiger is skipping out on us?
Ah. "Dark City" on the teebee.
The "Revolver" era -- a peak
Arguably the end of the Beatles "revolutionary" period. After that, they were "just" another awesome band in a sea of awesome bands that will never dry up.
Watertiger is skipping out on us?
Heading up to Liberal Mountain for the weekend.
I'll be around before then.
Did some HOLIDAY shopping last night.
The cab driver had her radio on - some station playing Xmas music and they had a spot with Amy Grant saying how she's "praying" for the troops.
The driver, bless her heart, said "Why don't you pray that the MORON in White House brings them all home? ASAP!"
I gave her the thumbs up.
JP I'm glad you got a job you like.
Being happy in you work is a great thing.
Pan's Labyrinth.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
That really looks like my kind of movie. I may have to take myself to see it when it gets here - go to a weekday first showing - no one else will be there.
I love to do that.
Heading up to Liberal Mountain for the weekend.
Will you steal a hat right off Molly's head? For me?
Ever had a head injury 'scrubs' N'Todd'?
The driver, bless her heart, said "Why don't you pray that the MORON in White House brings them all home? ASAP!"
I gave her the thumbs up.
Terry C, Gore
Nice story.
I likes it.
The word fuck derives from a pagan curse and has nothing to do with actual fucking.
alf
That's nice, jack.
http://www.nailmaster.ru/fuck.html
Will you steal a hat right off Molly's head? For me?
I'll do my best, ami.
Did some HOLIDAY shopping last night.
Christmas will be over Jan. 1.
I'm sorry but after about 1973 no one has been able to play the guitar. And I'll excuse a whole lot for good guitar playing. In fact, my entire first marriage . . . . Well, best not to bore you. But you get my drift.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Hecate, you're a wonderful person, but this is just silly.
Mark Knopfler?
Stevie Ray Vaughan (RIP)?
Richard Thompson? (OK, he goes back to the 70's, but hey, he's still goin'!)
John Martyn? (OK, if you don't know him, that's OK...)
Eric Johnson?
Hell, what about Melissa Etheridge?!
(Bonnie Raitt is damn good, but she's circa 1971 or so... Still goin', though!)
Bruce Cockburn? Out of this world guitar (if you haven't heard the WXRT Live version of If I had a rocket launcher, you ain't heard nuthin')
There are dozens of killer guitarists out there. OK, we're about the same age (I'm 54), and yes, I mostly prefer the music from thirty-five or forty years ago, but there is real good stuff going now...
Have I mentioned this already?
I saw a screener for "Death of A President" last weekend.
It's good, maybe even very good. There are a few subversively dark, hilarious moments which I won't give away.
Nice story.
I likes it.
Tena
That woman looked like she could kick Bush's ass and not break a sweat.
Arguably the end of the Beatles "revolutionary" period. Stunt Woman
I'd argue that lasted right up to 1969, but I'm kind of a fanatic that way.
The White Album was a 90-minute album -- in 1968.
And the use of the Moog and the medley on Abbey Road -- nothing ever sounded like that before.
HoneyBearKelly: Being happy in you work is a great thing.
Is it just me, or has the tide truly turned since 11/7?
It has for me!
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Larry King says The Good Shepherd is the best spy movie ever made.
Co pilots, we hates em all.
Just called up my #2 copilot, he is actually a new captain, but doing copilot duty for me.
Anyway, just invited him to dinner and beers, and he want's to head to the mall to visit the Apple store... To buy a gift for his 82 year old mom.
Now, she needs not an iPoc, but a blanket.
Jeebuz...
Oh,
Listening to seventeenth-century Spanish guitar music. Lovely. The cover on the CD made me expect something very different, but the tunes are gentle and intricate.
Did some HOLIDAY shopping last night.
Christmas will be over Jan. 1.
alf
Yeah - so what's your POINT, jack?
those boys lived several lifetimes in ten short years.
Indeed. Nowadays, groups put out albums every three years or so. The Beatles put out thirteen albums in seven years of recording, plus numerous singles that weren't included on the albums (the British ones anyway).
Barry in GlobetrottingMode™ -- what's this? svchost.exe is your friend. You couldn't use the tubes without it!
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Did you notice the extra minute of daylight today?
Hecate,
Yes, I've been waiting for it.
And Sharon Isben and the Assad brothers are great classical guitarists.
There are dozens of killer guitarists out there. OK, we're about the same age (I'm 54), and yes, I mostly prefer the music from thirty-five or forty years ago, but there is real good stuff going now...
And that list doesn't include the burgeoning underground folk scene, e.g., Rick and Alan Bishop (of the Sun City Girls), Stephan Basho-Jungans, Jack Rose, Ben Chasney (6 Organs of Admittance/Comets on Fire) or the avant scene (Rafael Toral, Loren Mazzacane, Keiji Haino).
Nor does it include Bruce Anderson, guitarist for MX-80. A goddamn deity.
Otherwise, a fine list.
Damn straight, Fosier.
plus numerous singles that weren't included on the albums (the British ones anyway).
Richard
Their "Yoko My Ono" was one of the best.
The Beatles were the product of the British Welfare State.
Poppy and Barb Bush giving an "emotional" interview on "This Week" on Sunday.
If it ends in the obliteration of the two demons, I'll watch.
Otherwise, fuggitaboutit.
The Edge from U2 said he would be proud to be a roadie for The Beatles. No one else has ever come close.
"Did you notice the extra minute of daylight today?
Hecate,"
i was almost getting to the point of putting a gun in my mouth, but that extra minute has changed my mind.
all i have to get thru now is xmas, fucking snow, trade shows, family issues and all will be just peachy.
those boys lived several lifetimes in ten short years.
Indeed. Nowadays, groups put out albums every three years or so. The Beatles put out thirteen albums in seven years of recording, plus numerous singles that weren't included on the albums (the British ones anyway).
Richard
There was something in the air, that's for sure:
In a 15-month period in 1965-6, Dylan put out Bringin' It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde.
That's just ridiculous.
Christmas will be over Jan. 1.
Christmas doesn't end until January 6.
Gaspar Sanz, Echidne?
The first CD I owned was Sgt. Pepper. That really deserved the CD treatment, it's unbelievable.
I believe the Beatles were all white boys. Why hasn't Atrios featured them?
Matt Damon has his hair colored black.
Gaspar Sanz, Echidne?
Yes, and also Fernando Sor. Played by Narcisco Yepes.
"Why hasn't Atrios featured them?"
atrios can't forgive them for billy preston.
just let it go, man, just let it go.
Poppy and Barb Bush giving an "emotional" interview on "This Week" on Sunday.
Upset, of course, because the Bush Dynasty ends in January 2009.
The Beatles remind me of Elvis Presley, why? Cause I could care less what either one sang.
Damn straight, Foser.
jawbone,
what jawbone said!
How are you, jawbone? Hope you're feeling better.
Otherwise, a fine list.
Stunt Woman
Thanks. I apologize for my lack of knowledge of cutting edge stuff. Honest, one of my physics students wants me to accompany him to the local second hand CD place since he discovered I like King Crimson, Tool and A Perfect Circle, not to mention Brian Eno. He's hoping to open my deaf ears, and probably he will.
We were supposed to go yesterday, but last minute Christmas spendathon intervened...
Upset, of course, because the Bush Dynasty ends in January 2009.
Not to quibble, but history will show the Bush dynasty ended on 9/11.
gummo, im a beatles novice, but abbey road is the most amazing thing ive ever heard in my life. (category: full length album)
Er, good evening.
I'll be off to the British Advertising Award winners in a few hours. They've got commercials over there that I wouldn't get sick of...
That's just ridiculous.
Yup.
Between December 1965 and June 1967, the Beatles put out Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Sgt. Pepper, three of the five greatest albums of all time, at least according to the poll of rock critics that Rolling Stone did for their 500 greatest albums of all time list.
The Beatles remind me of Elvis Presley, why? Cause I could care less what either one sang.
Tau
No problem Tau. Now please go back to listening to your Brittany mp3's on your WalMart stereo.
The White Album was a 90-minute album -- in 1968.
Zappa released his 2LP concept LP, Freak Out, in 1966 (I think it was the 2nd 2LP rock record ever released).
And the use of the Moog and the medley on Abbey Road -- nothing ever sounded like that before.
Very very tame and conservative stuff compared to what had come before, including their own records (i.e., Revolver).
By the time Abbey Road was released, the Beatles were just part of history, not really creating it anymore. Certainly no more than any other "important" band of the late 60s.
Sor was called the Beethoven of the guitar by a French critic, who also happened to be Sor's agent. Rodrigo's 2nd guitar concerto, Fantasia Para Gentilhombre, is based on themes of Sanz. He wrote it for Segovia, who had refused to play the Aranjuez because it had been dedicated to Eduardo Sainz de la Maza.
Zap,
You getting snow this evening?
stunt woman, you say tame, i say perfected.
but im out of my depth here.
The Beatles remind me of Elvis Presley, why? Cause I could care less what either one sang.
Tau
No problem Tau. Now please go back to listening to your Brittany mp3's on your WalMart stereo.
Itchy Brother
Zappa released his 2LP concept LP, Freak Out, in 1966 (I think it was the 2nd 2LP rock record ever released).
I've still got my copy.
You getting snow this evening?
Missed the really heavy stuff...went just to the east.
We got some 'wintery mix' crap yesterday (read: slush), so just another brown x-mas in MN.
jack is alf? evolution is screwy.
Tau might actually be Michael Stipe. He said something like that once.
jdw: atrios can't forgive them for billy preston.
My cuz? Dang, what a piano player!
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The Beatles remind me of Elvis Presley, why? Cause I could care less what either one sang.
We really needed to know that. Thanks.
Sor was called the Beethoven of the guitar by a French critic, who also happened to be Sor's agent.
I don't know about Beethoven, but I'm going to rip this one. It's very interesting, it being the 10 etudes and Tema con variaciones op. 9.
although greenday's american idiot is a damn fine album. and radiohead's ok computer. those 2 and abbey road are my top 3 non-metal albums.
Sgt. Pepper ... one of the five greatest albums of all time
Blah. If that's all I have on a desert island, I'd slit my wrists with it. "When I'm 64"? "Fixing A Hole"? "Within You Without You"?
The Stones got so much shit for 'Satanic Majesty's Request' but they managed to prove they could out-Beatle the Beatles even from their jail cells.
Very very tame and co--
I see this fucking moron's back picking fights for no real reason.
One word: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
That is all.
Zappa released his 2LP concept LP, Freak Out, in 1966 (I think it was the 2nd 2LP rock record ever released).
I've still got my copy.
Karin
I miss Frank.
It would've been interesting to hear what he'd have to say about the Bush Regime.
No problem Tau. Now please go back to listening to your Brittany mp3's on your WalMart stereo.
Itchy Brother
Trying to be cute are we.Yawn I have no walmart stereo nor Brittany mp3's.
Really, your ESP fails you. Badly. I simply never cared for the Beatles, and thats my opinion, if it pissed you off, then well too bad. Bwaaaaaa!
We got some 'wintery mix' crap yesterday (read: slush), so just another brown x-mas in MN.
Zap Rowsdower-er-er-er
Look on the bright side: you want have to navigate on that treacherous white stuff.
Zappa released his 2LP concept LP, Freak Out, in 1966 (I think it was the 2nd 2LP rock record ever released).
I've still got my copy.
Youbetcha. The universe had seen nothing like that before.
And I think it was the first double LP rock album as well as the first real "theme" album.
OK Computer is amazing.
But Sweetheart of the Rodeo is sublime.
Central: you don't happen to have the one where Bill gets to read what's on her t-shirt? I bet the expression on his face would be *priceless*.
damn. ok list time.
#1. Master of puppets. metallica
#2. american idiot. greenday.
#3. OK computer. radiohead
#4. ride the lightning. metallica
#5. 10. pearljam.
Chris Mathews, 'We really did overthrow the government in Guatemala, we really did overthrow the government in Iran. We really did that, right?'
Robert Deniro, 'Yeah'.
I guess I just don't get why people need to diss other people's choices in music. How about say "here's what I like" and leave it at that?
Sample:
"I like the Beatles."
"Yeah? I like the Stones."
I think that's a bit nicer than:
"I like the Beatles."
"The Beatles suck. The Stones could kick their asses."
Dig?
WTF??... does the bug-eyed idiot (999,892) think she's being coronated??..
..what a total freaking clown she's turned out to be!!..
..buyer's remorse yet?
and sgt peppers is very uneven stuff. half the album is, um, not the best of stuff.
The universe had seen nothing like that before.
Nor ever cares to again.
#1. Master of puppets. metallica
#2. american idiot. greenday.
#3. OK computer. radiohead
I love all three, though I'm not sure what my actual top list would be. And now the "desert island" question is moot since I've got a 60-gig iPod...
"And now the "desert island" question is moot since I've got a 60-gig iPod..."
bfd. where ya gonna plug it in, braggert?
stunt woman, you say tame, i say perfected.
Oh, I agree that it's perfect. My point was that after Revolver they were no longer in the business of blasting holes in the future in the way that they had been prior to Revolver. After that, the foundation had been laid and they built on it, or they riffed off of foundations that others had built.
WTF??... does the bug-eyed idiot (999,892) think she's being coronated??..
No.
..buyer's remorse yet?
No.
Favorite Christmas movie? My List:
1. A Christmas Story.
2. Its A Wonderful Life.
3. A Christmas Carol.(Any version)
4. Add your own.
I guess I just don't get why people need to diss other people's choices in music.
Why are you dissing my choice of what to diss?
lj,
I'm going to do magic to hurt you tomorrow. I'm tired tonight or I'd do it now. For now, I'm just crushing your head. Kali on a creamsicle, you're stupid.
bfd. where ya gonna plug it in, braggert?
Uh, were would you plug in your CD player?
I'll buy myself a solar array before I get stranded...
although greenday's american idiot is a damn fine album. and radiohead's ok computer. those 2 and abbey road are my top 3 non-metal albums.
euphronius
American Idiot helped us survive '05.
It was a great concert, too.
oh *look*-- it's "conservative scared shitless of powerful women" & his obsession with Nancy Pelosi...
how 'bout you? "buyer's remorse" for 2004? or 2000?
(on second thought, fuckit- who cares?)
I guess I just don't get why people need to diss other people's choices in music. How about say "here's what I like" and leave it at that?
True enough. But Brittany still sucks.
Why are you dissing my choice of what to diss?
Because meta-dissing is just much more meta than just dissing.
but abbey road is the most amazing thing ive ever heard in my life. (category: full length album)
I was twelve when they released Abby Road, I still hear something new every time I play it.
Okay, back from dinner. The only tomato sauce I had on the shelf was some hot Mexican stuff I had bought for the first time the other day. What the hell, I thought, probably okay to make some pizza sauce.
Talk about hot. My mouth is still burning.
p.s. I love the Beatles.
Commence 10! Days! Off!
I am so overdue for this vacation.
True enough. But Brittany still sucks.
BRITNEY! And I hope she does...
(on second thought, fuckit- who cares?)
nick carraway
Desert Island
If I had I choice between rock music or novels and works of philosophy, I'd choose the written works.
And I suspect so would most serious musicians, and most people in general.
The 2 minute pop song is a relatively insignificant art form.
Favorite Beatle song? It's tough... I'd have to say it's a choice between "Get Up and Go," "Piggy in the Middle," and "I Must Be In Love"...
Well, there you go. Now, what I need to know from the music police, is it OK to like the Stones and the Beatles? Zombies and Kinks? Sor and Sanz? Gershwin and Gershwin? What?
NTodd,
Do you think that even i can program and set up one of them? I bought this one, which looked easy, but you never know. I really am kind of a Luddite, but it upsets D-i-L to get lost, now that she has G/son in the car with her.
NTodd,
Do you think that even i can program and set up one of them? I bought this one, which looked easy, but you never know. I really am kind of a Luddite, but it upsets D-i-L to get lost, now that she has G/son in the car with her.
the troll must not have been alve in january 1995. *vomits from memoery*
The 2 minute pop song is a relatively insignificant art form.
No it isn't.
Favorite Beatle song? It's tough... I'd have to say it's a choice between "Get Up and Go," "Piggy in the Middle," and "I Must Be In Love"...
dave™©
How can you leave out "Cheese & Onions"?
"Piggy in the Middle,
That's a 3Blind Mice tune, yes no?
1. A Christmas Story.
2. Its A Wonderful Life.
3. A Christmas Carol.(Any version)
4. Add your own.
Grand Illusion (Renoir)
All That Heaven Allows (Sirk)
Fireworks (Anger)
Raining like a bitch in my neck of the woods.
I guess I just don't get why people need to diss other people's choices in music. How about say "here's what I like" and leave it at that?
And leave off the colorful ESP crap retorts when one doesn't agree with anothers musical choice.
Thanks =)
The 2 minute pop song is a relatively insignificant art form.
Three Ramones will haunt you this very evening.
1. A Christmas Story.
2. Its A Wonderful Life.
3. A Christmas Carol.(Any version)
4. Add your own.
Kinda ditto. Only The Grinch would be first, with It's A Wonderful Life Second, A Christmas Carol Third, and The Story of Jesus and Why I'm Still A Virgin Fourth.
Central: you don't happen to have the one where Bill gets to read what's on her t-shirt? I bet the expression on his face would be *priceless*.
nick carraway
I don't.
That would be superb.
No it isn't.
Forms of art can't be judged based on audience reaction or popularity. The beatles can't hold a candle to the great novelists or philosophers.
Gomez, I've watched "It's a Wonderful Life" every year for the past 14 or 15 years.
The 2 minute pop song is a relatively insignificant art form.
Three Ramones will haunt you this very evening.
Gomez
That would be an instant classic of a Christmas movie.
Do you think that even i can program and set up one of them? I bought this one, which looked easy, but you never know.
Oh man, that looks slick. Yeah, you shouldn't have a prob with it--looks like all the map/nav stuff is built-in so you don't have to get CD-ROMs and deal with connecting to a computer. NTodd want.
Now. You come to Eschaton on the Friday before Christmas, what do you want to see?
I'll tell you. You want to see cats. Cats in Santa or elf hats. Possibly antlers.
So, come on, let's see them . . .
Three Ramones will haunt you this very evening.
Gomez
Ghosts of Ramones Past, Present, and Future?
Favorite Beatle song? It's tough... I'd have to say it's a choice between "Get Up and Go," "Piggy in the Middle," and "I Must Be In Love"...
dave™©
"...you need feet!"
The 2 minute pop song is a relatively insignificant art form.
Three Ramones will haunt you this very evening.
And the members of Wire circa Pink Flag.
I'm trying to decide how that would work.
And leave off the colorful ESP crap retorts when one doesn't agree with anothers musical choice.
Sorry, but when you act like a dick about it, you're gonna get "colorful ESP", nimrod.
finney, check my homepage for cats
Favorite Beatle song? It's tough...
If I Needed Someone.
The beatles can't hold a candle to the great novelists or philosophers.
alf
Get fucked, would ya, jack?
The two-minute pop song is the very definition of the Rule Of 2, which states that only 2% of anything or anyone you encounter is even worth a second thought. But that 2% affects lots of people and markets, becoming quite significant, and brands a certain timeframe, not insignificantly.
I'm going to do magic to hurt you tomorrow. I'm tired tonight or I'd do it now. For now, I'm just crushing your head. Kali on a creamsicle, you're stupid.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
That shit doesn't work. You only set yourself up for a Karmic counterpunch.
NTodd, did you catch the referential punking at 6:35?
Favorite Beatle song?
(1) Hey Jude
(2) She's Leaving Home
(3) Get Back
(4) Something
Forms of art can't be judged based on audience reaction or popularity. The beatles can't hold a candle to the great novelists or philosophers.
Bourdieu argues that the artistic field is defined by the distinction between the fields of restricted and general production. Bourdieu would have also called you a "shithead."
The two-minute pop song is the very definition of the Rule Of 2, which states that only 2% of anything or anyone you encounter is even worth a second thought.
I thought the 2% rule was about milk.
Atrios really does have the stupidest trolls on the internets.
How can anyone pick a favorite Beatle's song? There are so many good ones.
Now. You come to Eschaton on the Friday before Christmas, what do you want to see?
I'll tell you. You want to see cats. Cats in Santa or elf hats. Possibly antlers.
So, come on, let's see them . . .
Not to mention, the Friday nudibranch is MIA.
I was twelve when they released Abby Road, I still hear something new every time I play it.
For me personally, that comment really applies for the white album, though truly I find it with a lot of Beatles stuff.
Postwar american culture elevates a clown with a guitar above jesus christ himself. The whole essence of art for most americans is the 2 minute pop song.
Everyone get's stuff.
I'm giving life till April, then I ... well. enough.
"Uh, were would you plug in your CD player?"
cd player? the question is always phrased as your favorite 'albums'...ie vinyl. i would have no problem playing them because i saw on gilligan's island how they made a record player from coconut husks and bamboo.
"Favorite Christmas movie? My List:
1. A Christmas Story."
last year i added 'polar express'. love it
Now. You come to Eschaton on the Friday before Christmas, what do you want to see?
Finny
No trolls.
NTodd, did you catch the referential punking at 6:35?
I just did. Grrrrrrrrr.
I'm the Uncoolest Man Alive, but the melody to "Penny Lane" puts it at the top of my Beatles list.
Atrios really does have the stupidest trolls on the internets.
Central Scrutinizer
With and without.
Thank god for the fainting couch.
Forms of art can't be judged based on audience reaction or popularity. The beatles can't hold a candle to the great novelists or philosophers.
I guess brainiac never heard that it's impossible to compare kumquats to quinces.
I'm off to watch a DVD.
I'll tell you. You want to see cats. Cats in Santa or elf hats. Possibly antlers.
So, come on, let's see them . . .
Finny
Well, I've got a kitten up at my place, but he's not decorated or anything.
How can anyone pick a favorite Beatle's song? There are so many good ones.
word
The Rule Of 2 is an excellent editing device for getting through life, ass long as you don't mind being called an asshole. Which you get used to after a while, anyway.
More photo adventuring in Gnashvegas, including Nashville Humane, and a couple of photos of LarryElvis.
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The Circle Jerks did a thirteen minute album, "Group Sex", with fifteen songs.
On the tape copy, they left the b-side blank with a message to subvert the record industry. Clever.
I have to dig up my pics of the dogs in Christmas collars with jingle bells.
Thanks, NTodd. I hope it works. I'd love for D-i-L not to feel stressed.
Are you going to NTodd's Pa's for xmas? i was thinking about you today and about how difficult this xmas will be for you since it will be your first one w/o your mom. I remember a goregous pic of her that you either posted or linked to when she went to the Summerlands this year and thinking how neat she must have been. I remember the first xmas w/o my sister, etc. They're always difficult. I'm going to light some incense for you tonight.
Well, Keith has just destroyed my efforts yesterday to convince people NJ is a lovely state with nice people.
Thanks, NTodd. I hope it works. I'd love for D-i-L not to feel stressed.
Are you going to NTodd's Pa's for xmas? i was thinking about you today and about how difficult this xmas will be for you since it will be your first one w/o your mom. I remember a goregous pic of her that you either posted or linked to when she went to the Summerlands this year and thinking how neat she must have been. I remember the first xmas w/o my sister, etc. They're always difficult. I'm going to light some incense for you tonight.
bfd. where ya gonna plug it in, braggert?
jdw
He'll build one of
these, out of coconut husks and fish skeletons.
cd player? the question is always phrased as your favorite 'albums'...ie vinyl. i would have no problem playing them because i saw on gilligan's island how they made a record player from coconut husks and bamboo.
The funny thing is I knew you were going to say that. I'm so not joking. Maybe because that's what I would've said.
Bourdieu argues that the artistic field is defined by the distinction between the fields of restricted and general production.
Pasty Burritos. Belch.
Bad burritos are worse than good burritos. That is obvious.
Lennon said himself they didn't deserve that level of fame and attention. How many lesser artists say the same thing???
Why I'm Still A Virgin Fourth.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
just dropping in
14th bday party over here
Are you going to NTodd's Pa's for xmas?
Yeah. We were planning on Xmas Eve dinner at a favorite restaurant in the Northeast Kingdom, then spend some time at the Fortress, but the weather's turned to shit (freezing rain) and one of Mom's best friends invited us to festivities in town Sunday, so we've adjusted our itinerary.
I'm going to light some incense for you tonight.
Thank you. Really. Peace.
Richard
Goodes constituents are eating it up down here in the Fifth. We'uns don't like them scary brown people...
NTodd, can you open winmoviemaker files? if so, I have a funny one that the 15yr old just made.
"The funny thing is I knew you were going to say that. I'm so not joking."
we may have similar thought patterns and tastes, excepting madonna, jazz hands and queen.
plus, i'm better looking and wear pants.
I know nothing about music, nothing at all. It's quite wonderful, because everything is brand new and I don't have to say anything clever about any of it.
One could just as easily argue that the eloquence of great songwriters is the very essence of great literature. One ponders the significance of repeated motifs of "yeah, yeah, yeah" and the optimum placement of the word "girl" in Lennon and McCartney's works.
How can anyone pick a favorite Beatle's song? There are so many good ones.
Easier to pick the worst:
"Don't Pass Me By"
all of McCartney's sappy ballads
Bad burritos are worse than good burritos. That is obvious.
Gut bombs all =)
Favorite Beatle song? It's tough...
Today? "The Night Before".
Apropos of nothing, I'm listening to Mozart's Requiem. Just bought it from iTunes this week because Lacrimosa's been in my mind a lot (featured in Evanescence's latest album and in Big Lebowski, which I recently received). I'm not big into opera--one might say I generally would rather piss glass while being assraped by Atlas Juggs with a cyalume stick--but I really love the whole thing, not just Lacrimosa.
Back before some people in the neighborhood got so bitchy, my big black dog use to roam in the mornings. One day a woman from two streets down called and asked about him. "Is Mal okay? I haven't seen him in a couple of weeks." One Christmas he came home with a big red and green bow tied around his neck. I still have no idea who did that.
Lennon and McCartney worked, and worked very well, at the time they were writing, in the time they were performing, in the era they were born.
They really were karmically placed.
And they changed the face of rock music.
Not surprisingly, I'm more of a Lennon fan.
Atrios really does have the stupidest trolls on the internets.
Stupid is just the act this one plays to generate responses. That said, playing a stupid person 12 hours a day for 365 days a year must result in some sort of brain damage, I would imagine.
Most bigtime "artists" realize they don't deserve the attention they get-- some of them get fucked up by that realization, some of them try to pull others up the ladder of success, others don't give a damn really & suck up the 'love'.
NTodd, can you open winmoviemaker files? if so, I have a funny one that the 15yr old just made.
I don't think so, but I'd honestly have to check some applications. Can you export to .mov, .wmv, .flv, .swf or some other compact video format?
NTodd, M's Requiem is music to join the symphony chorus by. I did that.
Beautiful, beautiful child of Mozart.
One could just as easily argue that the eloquence of great songwriters is the very essence of great literature. One ponders the significance of repeated motifs of "yeah, yeah, yeah" and the optimum placement of the word "girl" in Lennon and McCartney's works.
ronjazz, herbed
pass that herb
Stupid is just the act this one plays to generate responses. That said, playing a stupid person 12 hours a day for 365 days a year must result in some sort of brain damage, I would imagine.
Man only uses 10% or so, of his brain, what did you expect? =)
I generally would rather piss glass while being assraped by Atlas Juggs with a cyalume stick
This is a rearely-performed sexual practice known as "the Bolton".
Not surprisingly, I'm more of a Lennon fan.
I'm a big Harrison fan.
Vicki, I loved John Lennon's wit even when I was a young thing.
I'm not into pain, so pissing glass wouldn't work for me.
Easier to pick the worst:
"Don't Pass Me By"
all of McCartney's sappy ballads
Well, call me sappy but I think there is a time and a place for those things and I'm unashamed that I enjoy them. At least they have a ring of sincerity.
I also like Zappa's Broken Hearts are for Assholes. So there
I like Harrison, too. And Paul. Even Ringo.
Fuck, I'm a Beatleophile.
That said, playing a stupid person 12 hours a day for 365 days a year must result in some sort of brain damage, I would imagine.
Pinhead priapism.
May cause chafing
Opera is an acquired taste. 20 years ago I couldn't stand it myself, but now I love it-not all of it, but I have many favorites.
One ponders the significance of repeated motifs of "yeah, yeah, yeah"
Thats Sheeple for ya - four legs good two legs better =)
Rinse and Repeat.
Erin, would that I could pass this around, this is some Christmas green, I say. Mozart is the Man.
This is a rearely-performed sexual practice known as "the Bolton".
I swear to God that typo was accidental.
"Rarely", I meant.
Well, Keith has just destroyed my efforts yesterday to convince people NJ is a lovely state with nice people.
Karin
With the strippers?
I remember the photo in the local paper when that happened.
Jeez Louise.....
I need to find a steel guitar player to accompany me in a country-ish version of "Atmosphere", by Joy Division.
I think it would be great...
Man only uses 10% or so, of his brain, what did you expect? =)
Myth.
So there
Music is subjective. I get dogged here on a regular basis for my taste in the Indigo Girls and lesbian folk music.
So what? I like what I like.
I also like Zappa's "Broken Hearts are for Assholes". So there
Itchy Brother
"Bobby Brown"
ronjazz, herbed,
Yeah, but how did they do what they did? Their progression was amazing to me. I still can listen to early Beatles and enjoy the music.
I need to find a steel guitar player to accompany me in a country-ish version of "Atmosphere", by Joy Division.
I think it would be great...
Zap Rowsdower-er-er-er
How about a bluegrass version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart?"
I'd pay money not to hear that.
somebody fart?
I end up being more of a McCartney fan, which at times is hard to justify, but I feel I can use something Lennon himself said-- that while most of his songs were *him*, Paul would try to be a novelist & write about other people (cf 'Eleanor Rigby', 'Hey Jude').
but the margin is razor close, in my mind...
NTodd, Satyriasis Sufferer
we're trying to upload the darned thing to utubes and it says, "connecting".....urgh
I just tried to send you the first draft via email.
It might not have included the attachment because it is still open.
Myth.
NTodd
Trolls use 10% of their brain.
Fact.
Yes, Terry, the strippers and the NJ Turnpike car trailer fire.
driftglass--lovely to hear your dulcet tones from the extraordinarily warm city of Chicago!
And how are your holidays looking?
"I generally would rather piss glass while being assraped by Atlas Juggs with a cyalume stick"
Oh, don't be so shy.
Tell us how you REALLY feel!
How about a bluegrass version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart?"
I'd pay money not to hear that.
Heh. Me too, probably.
I'm not into pain, so pissing glass wouldn't work for me.
Women don't really get kidney stones, do they?
Central--no, trolls use 100% of their brains.
Of course, their brains all look like Terri Schiavo's.
"Rarely", I meant.
Yeah, right. You've enjoyed the sweet, sweet caresses and soothing, if slightly insane, mutterings of dear Pammy, eh?
Favorite Beatle song?
Actually I think some of the earlier R&B stuff will live longest.
ronjazz, I like the Beatles and Mozart. It's not hard for me.
this is some Christmas green
our colors seem to skew purple right now
So what? I like what I like.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
right on my sister
Women don't really get kidney stones, do they?
dave™©
No, we just pass 9# screaming kicking humans through ten cm.
Yes, Terry, the strippers and the NJ Turnpike car trailer fire.
Karin
Oy!
Women don't really get kidney stones, do they?
Oh, yes they do. I'm not personally a sufferer, but I know a couple women who are.
Of course, their brains all look like Terri Schiavo's.
OWWWWWWWWWCCCCCCHHHHH!!!!
With that, I'm off to the Walker Art Center.
Later!!
*Gomez honking at Vicki's peace sign*
No, we just pass 9# screaming kicking humans through ten cm.
And we are sooooooooooo fucking grateful you wouldn't believe it
For any given activity, such as eating, TROLLING, watching television, making love, or reading, you may use a few specific parts of your brain. Over the course of a whole day, however, just about all, but not all, of the brain is used at one time or another.
Two of my favorite songs:
Yesterday
Yesterdays
*Gomez honking at Vicki's peace sign*
I owe you.
Plus, all my friends think you're cute.
50 years of rock n' roll. 1 beatles, a few other good bands and a whole bunch of assholes. The world can do without rock n' roll or the cult of celebrity in general......
You've enjoyed the sweet, sweet caresses and soothing, if slightly insane, mutterings of dear Pammy, eh?
One of my testicles just screamed as it died.
We're getting the 7-year-old a palantir for Xmas. Can't find the damn USB port on it, tho.
Yeah, but how did they do what they did? Their progression was amazing to me. I still can listen to early Beatles and enjoy the music.
I'd go further than that and say that there is something universally enjoyable about early Beatles music. I've yet to meet a young person of any generation who didn't enjoy it.
NTodd--blessings. I know it will not be an easy Christmas for you, but we love you and wish you joy in the New Year.
Women don't really get kidney stones, do they?
dave
Um, they really do.
mer, I think they were magical, they had the chemistry and a very good team around them, and they were originally in it for the music, unlike the Stones. They were destroyed as a band by their unnatural success, but that's the 60s for you, joyfully, yet regretfully, out of control. Best time in history for many of us, in spite of terrible things. Beatles had the energy and positivity just right for that moment, as well as a whole new repertoire of love songs and celebrations of youth that developed into a voice for a certain generation.
NTodd--blessings. I know it will not be an easy Christmas for you, but we love you and wish you joy in the New Year.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
Same here. Happy Holidays.
I owe you.
Plus, all my friends think you're cute.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
*blushing*
Shell Beach.
That's where I want to go.
The beatles were a certain sort of duende that was at the right place at the right time...no question.
They're bigger than Jesus Fucking Christ.
...we just pass 9# screaming kicking humans through ten cm.
Owwww!!!
Dogs, even those with artificially fore-shortened nasal capacities, devote about 80 percent of their brains to the sense of smell.
in peepul, the senses are actually about balanced, morphologically speaking...
mouthes predominate, in the arena of sheer surface area...make of that what you will...
./
We're getting the 7-year-old a palantir for Xmas. Can't find the damn USB port on it, tho.
"I . . . SEE . . . YOU!"
50 years of rock n' roll. 1 beatles, a few other good bands and a whole bunch of assholes. The world can do without rock n' roll or the cult of celebrity in general......
alf
Thank you for your comments.
They have been duly noted.
SteveNS--are you drunk yet?
I only ask so that if you are, I can take advantage of you.
mouthes predominate, in the arena of sheer surface area...make of that what you will...
You really don't want me to, do you?
Shell Beach.
That's where I want to go.
It's not as nice as you remember it.
Woo hoo! My phone line and dsl have been repaired and now appear fully functional.
Would anyone care for a glass of wine? I'm celebrating. It's Friday, I'm not at work and my internet tubes are clog free.
We're getting the 7-year-old a palantir for Xmas. Can't find the damn USB port on it, tho.
Of course not. They use Firewire.
I've yet to meet a young person of any generation who didn't enjoy it.
I repeat I never cared much for Beatles or Elvis, and yes you have met one.
Shell Beach.
That's where I want to go.
Can you Tune?
I'm not personally a sufferer, but I know a couple women who are.
I guess my only experience is tangential - I had a male cat who developed feline urinary syndrome and the vet said if he had been a she, it wouldn't be so painful for him.
In fact, at that time, one of the last resort treatments was cutting off his penis.
It was a very uncomfortable discussion...
repeat I never cared much for Beatles or Elvis, and yes you have met one
What a fucking honor.
I repeat I--
That's nice, dear. Now run along to bed - Santa will be here in a day or two.
"I . . . SEE . . . YOU!"
Well, we wiped the drive -- think we got all of the Nazgul spyware...
dave, I'm assuming the cat was taking the distaff side of the conversation?
I only ask so that if you are, I can take advantage of you.
Sallyh
Alcohol not required, m'dear.
(I have only the vaguest recollection of my drunken postings that night a few weeks ago, but I remember some -- most of which involve you!)
repeat I never cared much for Beatles or Elvis, and yes you have met one
What a sad case you are.
...there is something universally enjoyable about early Beatles music. I've yet to meet a young person of any generation who didn't enjoy it.
Itchy Brother
My 18 month old niece agrees with you. Watching her little toddler head bouncing to the music is too sweet.
I imagine the Stones were in it for the music too-- but their blood ran colder, which is part of why they lasted & the Beatles didn't. I was surprised, one day doing a sort of mental inventory, how many Stones songs I like.
back later, I s'pose...
Shell Beach.
That's where I want to go.
watertiger - 8:29 pm
east or west coast?
the last ex-mrs-wgg lives 'just over the hill' from shell beach ca...we bought her house in 2000 for about $200/sq.ft...it has more than doubled in the interim...
Heh.
Some "Dark City" fans here.
"...as well as a whole new repertoire of love songs and celebrations of youth that developed into a voice for a certain generation."
--ronjazz, herbed
You certainly say things so eloquently that I'm not sure why I even comment sometimes. I agree with everything you said.
SteveNS--it was so much fun, I was eager to do it again.
Start drinking.
One of the things I always liked about the Beatles was the way that, no matter who was pissed off at who, they always stood together against the outside world.
Imagine if Brian Wilson had had that kind of support within his group.
What a fucking honor.
Vicki
First laugh out loud tonight.
I repeat I never cared much for Beatles or Elvis, and yes you have met one.
I said "I have yet to meet a young person..." I didn't say anything about an inconsequential internet troll.
We're getting the 7-year-old a palantir for Xmas. Can't find the damn USB port on it, tho.
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lol. safe now, too, what with sauron gone.
Well, we wiped the drive -- think we got all of the Nazgul spyware...
There may still be one or two Gollum viruses.
Start drinking.
Sallyh
Well, i *do* have to hurry off to the bank to get money to pay the paper boy and girl.
Perhaps a side trip to the liquor commission is in order?
Watertiger,
I had pesto tonight. I felt obligated, since my friend just added it to his menu.
Damn, I love it, but I'm already sick of it.
Some "Dark City" fans here.
Dark City tunes it.
Old School.
Imagine if Brian Wilson had had that kind of support within his group.
dave™©
How he managed NOT to murder Mike Love...
Damn, I love it, but I'm already sick of it.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
His pizza is the best.
I'm assuming the cat was taking the distaff side of the conversation?
Poor little Owsley... the night the symptoms became acute, he kept meowing while I was trying to sleep and I finally threw him out of the room. Always felt bad about that...
Luckily, all he needed was a daily pill shoved down his throat for about a year, and no more tuna or milk. Chicken livers were recommended, which he loved, so there was a bright side for him...
I had pesto tonight. I felt obligated, since my friend just added it to his menu.
Sooo not funny.
[wags finger at Vicki]
Imagine if Brian Wilson had had that kind of support within his group.
God only knows.
here i am, fretfully hopin' i'll collect a hunnert hits today
there's gonna be sumpin worth sumpin there...promise...
/
Hell, I'd like to be one with Rufus Sewell.
How he managed NOT to murder Mike Love...
Some people say they can here someone saying 'i buried mike' waaay in the background of "Little Deuce Coupe".
Poor little Owsley
He wasn't purple by any chance, was he?
amazingly, my cat can hear a cigarette ash falling on a hard terrazzo floor.
"here" = "hear"
stoopid.
watertiger! You were sick and you didn't call me to do some good magic for you??? Are you feeling better? Are you drinking lots of water infused w/ rosemary???
there's gonna be sumpin worth sumpin there...promise...
/
WoodyG'sGuitar
WGG -- The "artist unknown" who painted that picture is Alex Ross.
Ads masked as blogs new online marketing ploy
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/
2006...ia_061222124005
NEW YORK (AFP) - The curtain has been pulled on a deceptive new advertising tactic in which companies camouflage ads as product praise in online postings masquerading as independent blogs.
Several companies have been exposed for launching fake blogs -- known as "flogs" -- in a practice that coincides with an increase in the number of real bloggers secretly paid to endorse products.
Blogs, a term derived from "Web logs," are rampant on the Internet and are considered online journals in which people post personal opinions, musings, rants and more.
Online firm Technorati reported on Thursday it was tracking more than 63 suspicious blogs.
Wily marketers have infiltrated the blogging world, paying for favorable commentary on products.
However posting product commentary without alerting readers that bloggers were compensated for their opinions is unethical and potential illegal, according to US Federal Trade Commission rules.
Sony Computer Entertainment America, a subsidiary of Japan-based Sony, admitted last week that it created a bogus blog baptized "All I want for Christmas is a PlayStation Portable."
The blog was passed off as the work of an amateur hip-hop musician named "Charlie," who enthusiastically praised the PlayStation.
In a short message on the Charlie blog, Sony apologized for being "a little too clever."
Hell, I'd like to be one with Rufus Sewell.
watertiger
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm....yummy!
Hecate,
The saga is documented over at my joint.
Either food poisoning or a virus. Wound up in ER, just to be on the safe side.
WGG -- The "artist unknown" who painted that picture is Alex Ross.
SteveNS | 12.22.06 - 8:41 pm
thanx pard...
appreciate it..
do you wanna convey the info to jim or shall i?
.
He wasn't purple by any chance, was he?
All white. When I got him, he had a little triangle of black hair on the top of his head that made him look like he had a crewcut, so I wanted to name him "Haldeman." I had a roommate who was a big Deadhead and he suggested "Owsley," and that stuck.
Later, he ended up living at my parent's house. I always got a kick out of hearing my mom standing on the porch and calling "Owsley!" when she wanted him to come in...
WoodyG'sGuitar,
I hit it.
mer,
ronjazz is damned eloquent for a fucking musician
This year is so close to over and, all year long, I've depended upon the snark here to get me through, as seriously as I've depended upon my plants and my trees and my circle and my river. What would I do w/o you all?
do you wanna convey the info to jim or shall i?
.
WoodyG'sGuitar
I'll say you, as you already have an open dialog with him.
(Disclosure: I don't know nuthin' about art, but the guy paints comics, which is how I knew.)
And if the pesto don't make ya sick, how about this?
Dunno if you saw this yet: A Creation Story: On the Becoming of Dog & Cat
(Courtesy of my friend Yim)
A newly discovered chapter in the Book of Genesis has provided the answer to "Where do pets come from?"
Gotta scoot for 30 mins or so.
BBL.
Hell, I'd like to be one with Rufus Sewell.
I'd like to be one with Jennifer and the blonde whore at the Automat when the rest of the city sleeps...
OK -- I haven't read through all this but I did back up a little
I always liked Elvis, The Beatles & The Rolling Stones
& Jerry Lee Lewis & Little Richard & Roy Orbison
& I agree with Hecate about the decline in guitarship since 1973 -- maybe we stopped doing drugs at that time (or something)
So what's the news across the nation?
http://thumbsnap.com/v/7fc6HieS.jpg
Nothing much on TV, so I dug out a videotape of a Three Stooges marathon I taped in November 1988.
WWOR-TV in New York, which my cable system stopped carrying years ago.
Funny to watch commercials that are nearly 20 years.
I hit it too, Woody. Loved the poetry.
Hi Prior!
Not much. Watching people die and get karma and like that.
So what's the news across the nation?
Duke rape charges dropped and it apparently has snowed in Denver.
Hecate, what would we do without you?
Thanks for your insight and touch.
Wound up in ER, just to be on the safe side.
Oh, that is no fun. I was in the ER in late October w/ an ear infection and I kept thinking how the waiting room COULD be a healing place with plants and massages and herbal tea and aromatherapy and laying on of hands instead of a cold place w/ tile floors, infomercials on a blaring tv, tired children complaining, and germs being shared. It would be so easy to make it nice.
I'm glad you're going to be ok.
We definitely need your captions to get through the day. At least I do.
Hi, Prior!
Another one says "I've had enough of this shit!"
Hi Prior Aelred! Haven't said hi to you in a month of Sundays. How are you doing?
the waiting room COULD be a healing place with plants and massages and herbal tea and aromatherapy and laying on of hands instead of a cold place w/ tile floors, infomercials on a blaring tv, tired children complaining, and germs being shared. It would be so easy to make it nice.
I am so taking this comment to my new company.
By the way, they live for these types of ideas.
I was in the ER in late October w/ an ear infection
See how Karma works?
Hi Prior!
Please tell Fr. Wm. that his lovely card is up on my refrigerator shrine. I LOVE me some Queen of Swords.
Brian Wilson & the Corrs - God only knows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3...h?
v=3pYheNh3Q5Y
And if the pesto don't make ya sick, how about this?
watertiger
Oh...my...god!
WoodyG'sGuitar,
I hit it.
mer | 12.22.06 - 8:43 pm
you were # 100 today
(blushes, zips, flees)
By the way, they live for these types of ideas.
Vicky,
Tres cool. They should SO talk to my friend R.
Hey folks.
There is a 20 month old, late talker, who loves music. When he wants me to put on a record, he used to walk to the door where the stereo is and point. Now, he walks to the door and says, "Rock. Elvis."
I put it on and we dance (I've got the 50s masters 5 CD set, but mostly listen to disc 1, starting at about track 9).
Tres cool. They should SO talk to my friend R.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
I'm serious. They are looking for ideas. I so agree with you.
Heh, Juan Cole has a great post about that idiot Virgil Goode, and he's dug up quotes from George Washington & Ben Frankin to back it up.
Ben Franklin, the founding father of many important institutions in Philadelphia, a key diplomat and a framer of the US Constitution, wrote in his Autobiography concerning a non-denominational place of public preaching he helped found "so that even if the Mufti of Constantinople were to send a missionary to preach Mohammedanism to us, he would find a pulpit at his service."
Oh, that is no fun.
I took the opportunity to try to get some sleep on the gurney.
But I hear ya; I availed myself of the Purell each time I got up to use the loo.
watertiger, I shall never mention the "p" word in your presence again.
I like this
beach boys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F...h?
v=FsBo5j6ip44
And Dog was happy.
And Cat didn't give a shit one way or the other.
I'll go with the dog.
Altho sometimes I think my dog is half cat.
Erin,
That clip reminds me of my dad.
watertiger, I shall never mention the "p" word in your presence again.
I shall be eternally grateful.
Mystery Train - Elvis Presley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-...related&
search=
"I also like Zappa's "Broken Hearts are for Assholes". So there
Itchy Brother"
my favorite, orchesteral: dog breath variations, from yellow shark
'rock/jazz': inca roads, one size fits all and an even better version on 'best band you never heard in your life'.
Vicky,
Ditto for the waiting "room" at the local CVS. It could be the beginning of the healing instead of a place where sick people fend off the energy from commercial displays and bad muzak. I'm not often sick like that but the emergency room waiting room and waiting at CVS at 2:00 am for a scrip was a revelation to me. Why make it so ugly and offensive when it would be so easy to make it healing??? Pay someone to do Reiki for Goddess sake. It can't hurt anyone and it helps many and just having someone lay on hands can be so comforting. Hand massages? Scented steam? Harp music with affirmations? A cup of herbal tea? Gentle candle light instead of those godawful florescent lights?
Vicky,
Ditto for the waiting "room" at the local CVS. It could be the beginning of the healing instead of a place where sick people fend off the energy from commercial displays and bad muzak. I'm not often sick like that but the emergency room waiting room and waiting at CVS at 2:00 am for a scrip was a revelation to me. Why make it so ugly and offensive when it would be so easy to make it healing??? Pay someone to do Reiki for Goddess sake. It can't hurt anyone and it helps many and just having someone lay on hands can be so comforting. Hand massages? Scented steam? Harp music with affirmations? A cup of herbal tea? Gentle candle light instead of those godawful florescent lights?
oh vicki hugs to you and your family
i'm giving up the computer now.
take care
I always love it when your PC spontaneously decides to shut down.
Anybody here know where I can get some tiger shrimp for the Christmas party?
Hecate,
I think health care in this country is moving in that direction, but it can't happen fast enough for me.
I'm with you. Reiki would go a long way in the healing process.
One of my responsibilities at the new place is to spin and promote a message of "care" in each specialty office. I'm already doing it. It's so fucking easy when you work for a good corporation. The company has very high marks for customer service, but those simple suggestions you offer would hit it out of the ballpark.
Hecate,
I think health care in this country is moving in that direction, but it can't happen fast enough for me.
I'm with you. Reiki would go a long way in the healing process.
One of my responsibilities at the new place is to spin and promote a message of "care" in each specialty office. I'm already doing it. It's so fucking easy when you work for a good corporation. The company has very high marks for customer service, but those simple suggestions you offer would hit it out of the ballpark.
Heh, Juan Cole has a great post about that idiot Virgil Goode
My post about V. Goode is better.
Vicki --
Who is dying?
Karin/mer! --
I'm OK -- afraid of getting fat & pushing up my blood pressure this season -- ran this morning & things seemed goood -- we will see how I hold up by the end ofg the Twelve Days of Christmas (when I am supposed to see the doctor again about my prostate)
Hecate --
That Queen of Swords is from some famous deck -- in a museum or something
For those who weren't around yesterday -- that was my anniversary of ordination to the priesthood -- Monday we elected our novice to temporary vows (which he is scheduled to take on 21 March -- PLAN AHEAD!)
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"Anybody here know where I can get some tiger shrimp for the Christmas party?"
just buy regular ones and paint stripes on them. no one will be able to tell...
I kept thinking how the waiting room COULD be a healing place with plants and massages and herbal tea and aromatherapy and laying on of hands instead of a cold place w/ tile floors, infomercials on a blaring tv, tired children complaining, and germs being shared. It would be so easy to make it nice.
Oakland Kaiser?
Hecate, I do believe you're on to something.
I really don't see why "antiseptic" can only happen with hard tile floors, uncomfortable plastic chairs, and fluorescent lights.
I agree, TV's are the curse of doctor's & hospital waiting rooms. Just playing some soothing music instead would be an improvement.
It could be the beginning of the healing instead of a place where sick people fend off the energy from commercial displays and bad muzak. I'm not often sick like that but the emergency room waiting room and waiting at CVS at 2:00 am for a scrip was a revelation to me. Why make it so ugly and offensive when it would be so easy to make it healing???
Stop using your magic to TRY and harm others and maybe you wouldn't be in a room full of bad juju.
Congratulations, Prior!
It's the dad, btw.
Rufus Sewell....mmmmmm.....hawt.
Naveen Andrews is quite tasty also.
Dang! I scooter home, and no one talks to me?!?
*sigh*
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Go away, send the baby home, have some drop in guests, and we're still here???
Stop using your magic to TRY and harm others and maybe you wouldn't be in a room full of bad juju.
As Nim so eloquently put it in response to some recent bullshit:
deliberately obtuse.
I agree, TV's are the curse of doctor's & hospital waiting rooms. Just playing some soothing music instead would be an improvement.
The solution is here:
http://www.tvbgone.com/cfe_tvbg_main.php
Waiting rooms and bars are the best places to utilize this indispensable gadget.
I took the opportunity to try to get some sleep on the gurney.
You could be in the military!
Jeffraham--sorry, just got rid of everyone! (Except Monsieur, who needs to decompress).
Prior A,
A belated Happy Anniversary to you. How many years has it been?
Stop using your magic to TRY and harm others and maybe you wouldn't be in a room full of bad juju.
Really, you should bite me. If I wanted a man to tell me how to do magic, believe me, I could find one with a much bigger dick than yours. I'll do exactly whatever magic I want do, which is what I've been doing for twenty-some years without any guidance from you.
Just saying.
ErinPDX -- Still around? I can hep you with that WinMovieMaker issue.
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"Anybody here know where I can get some tiger shrimp for the Christmas party?"
Lieberman's office.
If I wanted a man to tell me how to do magic, believe me, I could find one with a much bigger dick than yours.
Is there a magic way of doing that?
Seriously. That might be worth patenting.
Okay, I think I need my Gomez fix. No, I know I need it. Gomez is the bestest and kindest on the Internets. At least to me.
Later, Christmas bats.
I agree, TV's are the curse of doctor's & hospital waiting rooms. Just playing some soothing music instead would be an improvement.
I agree to a point. But the Doctors should try harder to stay on schedule. Every time I go to the doctor, and get their on time, you still have to wait an hour. WTF is up with that?
I always love it when your PC spontaneously decides to shut down.
Well, laptops with Sony batteries have been known to spontaneously combust.
my favorite, orchesteral: dog breath variations, from yellow shark
Yes, very tasty though I am still partial to the Uncle Meat version.
'rock/jazz': inca roads, one size fits all and an even better version on 'best band you never heard in your life'.
Truly astounding musicianship on both. That's what happens when a band rehearses toghether 12 hours a day for 6 months.
Vicki!
You Dad die? I've been praying from him & the family -- I knew he had had a relapse -- hadn't heard more -- I am so sorry!
Prayers!
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'rock/jazz': inca roads, one size fits all and an even better version on 'best band you never heard in your life'.
Dub Room Special has a nice one, too, as I recall.
Well enjoy your next trip to the ER Hecate.
For those who weren't around yesterday -- that was my anniversary of ordination to the priesthood --
Prior A,
Many, many congratulations! How many years? May you serve many, many more healthy and happy years! You and Fr. Wm. went together, n'est pas?
Hecate--so what does your divinity recommend for sore throat/swollen glands?
Sallyh: Jeffraham--sorry, just got rid of everyone! (Except Monsieur, who needs to decompress).
It's no prob, at all!
Seriously, my life has rarely been better, overall. I'm about as happy as I ever get.
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Buenas noches.
If I wanted a man to tell me how to do magic, believe me, I could find one with a much bigger dick than yours.
I have not been to the ER for an ear infection. Bwaaaaaaaa!! But then again sticking a big dick in your ear maybe part of your problem =)
Prior A--congratulations on your score of service
You could be in the military!
Just call me "Corporal Hicks."
It was more like that scene in "My Cousin Vinny," where he slept soundly despite the cacaphony of the prison.
sore throat/swollen glands?
Sallyh,
Not you? I'm going to light incense for you, along w/ NTodd. I'm taking black elderberry extract for upper respiratory stuff this winter. I've been great ever since I (1) started taking it and (2) went to the ENT dr.
G/son is on his way to his other grandma's in southern VA. How's your g/daughter?
Foser quoting Somerby:
But it's extremely easy to criticize Clinton (and Gore before her) for being somewhat guarded in public. During Campaign 2000, for example, why did Gore sometimes "seem to measure every word and gesture, calculating whether they will get him into trouble?" Simple! He seemed to do that because he had to -- because, the way the game was being played, if he got one syllable out of place, the press corps would land on his head like a mountain, turning it into a vast referendum on his deeply disturbing lack of character. Hillary Clinton has also had to play by these gong-show rules. She has absorbed an astonishing amount of abuse in the past fifteen years, and (like Gore) she has done a miraculous job of soldiering on despite it.
...
If you're a Democrat or a liberal, Hillary Clinton has died for your sins. That doesn't mean she should be the nominee, but she deserves your respect, as does Gore. Each has taken a ton of shit -- while our "liberal leaders" have stared into air.
http://mediamatters.org/items/20...ms/
200612220011
Why did Durbin cave on his gulag quote? Because he knew the mountain was about to land on his head and the "liberal leaders" would stare into air. "Liberal leaders" doesn't have to mean a person or persons. It could mean the netroots. In Dubin's case it did mean the netroots. The "liberal leaders" stared into air as Durbin was attacked. When CPB/PBS was being taken over by thugs the "liberal leaders" stared into the air and worse. What gets the netroots riled up? Harry Reid demanding more troops be sent to Iraq. "Liberal leaders" either knowingly copied and pasted lies from the "liberal media" or the "liberal leaders" are metaphysical morons and just didn't bother finding out what Reid said. Either way, pathetic.
Traylor Howard/Natalie Teeger
"Dub Room Special has a nice one, too, as I recall.
Stunt Woman"
yup. that's the OSFL lineup. sweeet! wish they woulda just shown the musicians rather then all the claymation, interesting as it is...
If I wanted a man to tell me how to do magic, believe me, I could find one with a much bigger dick than yours.
I don't DO magic thats why that shit don't work on me silly rabbit.
But then again sticking a big dick in your ear maybe part of your problem =)
Well I'm just a modern guy
Of course I've had it in my ear before
with a lust for life
Happy days, Prior Aelred.
Now listening to Masterpieces of French Baroque, especially Francois Couperin.
The richness of baroque is in the sound. Fascinating.
This is my new way of semi-trolling.
Just call me "Corporal Hicks."
Let's dust off and nuke'em from orbit.
It's the only way to be sure.
Scrubbs Todd--STFU already.
If you knew anything about Wicca (clearly you don't), you might understand how the magic works. You don't.
Hecate/Diane --
Fr Wm & I were ordained in 1992 -- he after 19 years in the monastery, I after 17 -- obviously, it had not been part of our original plans, but needs must
So Vicki seems to have Gomezed on me -- anyone else have the scoop on her dad?
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Watertiger is here! Hooray! I thought she had abandoned us to hang out with a bunch of Irish micks in the boondocks.
I don't DO magic thats why that shit don't work on me silly rabbit.
That sentence would give an English teacher fits.
Hecate--so what does your divinity recommend for sore throat/swollen glands?
This non-divinity suggests gargling with salt water.
With apologies to steve simels
yup. that's the OSFL lineup. sweeet! wish they woulda just shown the musicians rather then all the claymation, interesting as it is...
I'll second that. I'd love to just see the musicians performing that tune.
Hecate--I had Gorgeous Granddaughter all afternoon! What a delight! If there's anything better than babies at Christmas, no one's found it.
Will the black elderberry work on headaches and mild fevers as well? I have all of the above. And I'm supposed to go to Quebec in four days.
You certainly say things so eloquently that I'm not sure why I even comment sometimes. I agree with everything you said.
mer
Fuck, yeah.
I have not been to the ER for an ear infection.
Good thing. They only play Beatles and Elvis classics in the waiting area...
Let's dust off and nuke'em from orbit.
Af-firmative!
I don't DO magic thats why that shit don't work on me silly rabbit.
That sentence would give an English teacher fits.
The Tubes are Skool? LOL =)
4Legs--been there. done that.
But more importantly, how is Mr. Plushy?
Fr Wm & I were ordained in 1992
Fourteen years!
That's wonderful. Here's to the next fourteen years!
I bet that you're still learning. Which is all that matters.
How many Todds are here?
Af-firmative!
Hee hee.
Cause they mostly come at night. Mostly.
I don't DO magic thats why that shit don't work on me silly rabbit.
Well then you can just shut the fuck right up. No playa the game, no maka the rules.
Fuck Bush! And the rabid terrorist squirrels!
Irish micks
French micks would be Fricks.
Damn nobody never done did tell me dat da tubes was fer skoolin!
gricks? pricks?
Just call me "Corporal Hicks."
Somehow, you're more of a Ripley to me. And now I need to go away for a moment until images of you in only a tank top and underwear fades...
4Legs--been there. done that.
But more importantly, how is Mr. Plushy?
Sorry.
He's annoyed because I just gave him his piroxicam. The vet called earlier and they're giving him a referral to the vet in Houston who does the intralesional chemo.
Will the black elderberry work on headaches and mild fevers as well?
I don't think so. It's an anti-viral, best for lung and bronchial tubes. I'm so sorry that you're sick. Did you try Emergen-C or Airbourne?
French micks would be Fricks.
Thers
So Italian micks would be Icks?
If there's anything better than babies at Christmas, no one's found it.
Having Grandma take the baby and letting Daddy take a nice long nap?
Well then you can just shut the fuck right up. No playa the game, no maka the rules.
Nice. This from a layer of hands?
Okay, Watertiger is Ripley, I'M Corporal Hicks.
You're that goofy guy running around panicking, screaming "game over man! game over!"
Somehow, you're more of a Ripley to me. And now I need to go away for a moment until images of you in only a tank top and underwear fades...
*snicker*
"Get away from her, you bitch!"
And now I need to go away for a moment until images of you in only a tank top and underwear fades...
Don't forget the kleenex.
Will the black elderberry work on headaches and mild fevers as well?
I don't think so. It's an anti-viral, best for lung and bronchial tubes. I'm so sorry that you're sick. Did you try Emergen-C or Airbourne?
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Or Ear infections!!
Bwaaaahahahhaa!!
ay someone to do Reiki for Goddess sake. It can't hurt anyone and it helps many and just having someone lay on hands can be so comforting. Hand massages? Scented steam? Harp music with affirmations? A cup of herbal tea? Gentle candle light instead of those godawful florescent lights?
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 12.22.06 - 8:58 pm
While our new er waiting doesn't have that, it is much better and more calming than the older one. Though I do wish they'd kill the tvs in all the waiting rooms. Our health center has all sorts of Reiki/Healing touch/massage stuff there, though alas not in the waiting rooms!
Echidne --
I am very fond of Domenico Scarlatti (preferably with Trevor Pinnock performing -- on harpsicord, of course)
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Thers--why do you think I had the grandbaby this afternoon?
You're that goofy guy running around panicking, screaming "game over man! game over!"
Hudson.
I got so many nice bottles of wine for Christmas that I don't know which one to open to drink with my dinner.
Hudson.
Yep. A real wanker.
4Legs--a nice red to start.
Though I do wish they'd kill the tvs in all the waiting rooms.
"Scarface" was playing on the TV in the waiting room yesterday.
Very restful.
"Your womb's polluted!"
He's annoyed because I just gave him his piroxicam. The vet called earlier and they're giving him a referral to the vet in Houston who does the intralesional chemo.
That's great news!
I got so many nice bottles of wine for Christmas that I don't know which one to open to drink with my dinner.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse
Open two, one for each hand.
Did you try Emergen-C or Airbourne?
Hey stick one of them cones in your ear and light it on fire!!
I got so many nice bottles of wine for Christmas that I don't know which one to open to drink with my dinnerand which one to mail to Ina
fourlegsgood, plushynurse | Homepage | 12.22.06 - 9:21 pm | #
Fixed your typo 
Hecate--tried both, took Airborne before flying (but had the sore throat the day before). Took Emergen-C yesterday, but still have symptoms.
Don't forget the kleenex.
Dude. I ain't an amateur.
Sallyh, try a very hot bath. It might not help but then it might.
It doesn't matter. It's Friday!
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Af-firmative!
Hee hee.
Cause they mostly come at night. Mostly.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse | Homepage | 12.22.06 - 9:17 pm
The Freaks Come Out at Night?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J...h?
v=JLYC7ltxOrk
Echidne--i will repeat said treatment from the last 2 nights. I got some rosemary and eucalyptus oils today to add.
whiskey??? | Homepage | 12.22.06 - 9:14 pm | #
Damn. I'm crying like a baby.
Sallyh,
aspirin and get under the covers.
Dude. I ain't an amateur.
You make a living at that?
I wish I could get L.E. to blow his nose. The sounds are pretty gross!
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4Legs--I still believe in a Christmas miracle for Maxx.
Don't underestimate this place. It's got powerful mojo.
And you're talking to someone who, in the past, would pronounce such things as nonsense. No more.
Scarlatti is fine on guitar as well. I've played several of the sonatas in concert programs through the years. He wrote most of them in Spain.
I am very fond of Domenico Scarlatti (preferably with Trevor Pinnock performing -- on harpsicord, of course)
Not on these two CDs. There is more Francois Couperin, then Louis Couperin, Sieur de Sainte-Colombe, Marin Marais, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Jean Barriere and Jean-Philippe Rameau. I also have another two cds of just Rameau waiting.
How many hours will it take to go through 500 CDs?
Scrubbs Todd--BTW, you are in the company of an extraordinary number of educated individuals. Showing off your George Bush mannerisms will not impress us.
Though I do wish they'd kill the tvs in all the waiting rooms.
"Scarface" was playing on the TV in the waiting room yesterday.
Very restful.
"Your womb's polluted!"
watertiger | Homepage | 12.22.06 - 9:23 pm |
I think they should have waiting rooms with tv's and waiting rooms without. I've got ear plugs, but sometimes the volume is so high the plugs don't help. Funny thing is our hospital is doing things to reduce the noise on the units, but seem to have overlooked the waiting rooms.
Thank heaven there is no TV in the clinic waiting room here in Three Rivers -- some toys for the kids -- some magazines (all greatly out of date, of course -- I always take a book) & the Three Rivers radio station playing -- quite amusing, really -- you will hear Elton John or Lionel Ritchie or LeeAnn Rimes -- you never know -- then there are the contests to win something at the Quality Farm & Fleet or a dinner at a local restaurant -- small town America (& heavily Republican!)
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Scarlatti is fine on guitar as well.
I have Segovia interpreting Scarlatti. An eargasm.
Sallyh: Don't underestimate this place. It's got powerful mojo.
And you're talking to someone who, in the past, would pronounce such things as nonsense. No more.
If I can score a gig with Vanderbilt after being untouchable by McDonald's for 3+ years, anything is possible.
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Damn. I'm crying like a baby.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 12.22.06 - 9:25 pm | #
Isn't that a good one?
And I thought of you earlier tonight: my local wildlife sanctuary had a solstice celebratio