HULK SMASH
Moe?
Moe!
Hmm?
This can't possibly last long.
Huggy Bear was wrong in Memphis: went to score points, fouled out.
No Moe Run!
Morning, rational people.
Thanks for the new thread, Molly. I like starting with clean sheets.
Where'd Molly go? Thought she was going to Philly again.
How many times has Huggy Bear granted an interview on the new Imus show? Three now, at least?
No Moe Run!
I sacrifice sometimes, just so others can get some glory.
Moe, denied.
Moe, interrupted.
I am unaware of how to receive the New Don Imus Show , and I don't intend to find out how, either.
Oh my FSM, thank you. I kept trying to reload the thread below, and HaloShitForBrains simply would not do it.
So, if I understand McSame's position (don't know why I should, he doesn't seem to), we can keep troops in Iraq indefinitely as long as they're not doing anything?
Then, uh . . . you know.
RFD-TV, plantsman. Not sure about radio, since I don't listen to the prick.
plantsman,
I leave in a couple of hours. Right now, I'm filling t-shirt orders.
Huggybear was the toast of cable newspunditry last night for his 'courageous' 'nutsack' apology.
I thought the site of that little man on the balcony was cheesy at best. He even mis-spoke saying 'in MLK's member instead of memory.
/scary wang slip?
My partner asked me the other day, why don't you just get the soil and fill the pots up. Why are you putting all those coffee grinds and other things in it. I told him it's more fun doing it like this and I feel like I'm helping the environment, which I am in my small way. The deal is, he's not a "gardner." Anyone who would say that isn't although he believes he's better than me.
I sacrifice sometimes, just so others can get some glory.
Oh, you selfless Canuckistanis!
Filk, the tubes are having problems this morning. The only thing that has worked properly is haloscan. Go figure.
Molly -- Marcellina was hoping you'd set aside a "favorite blog sucks" one for her. I told her I didn't want to commit you to shipping to Austria, and she said maybe you could send it to her when she's in the States this summer.
I am unaware of how to receive the New Don Imus Show , and I don't intend to find out how, either.
plantsman
I'm with you on that, plantsman. I prefer to keep my blood pressure in the normal range, especially when it comes to the Jerry Springer of the radio waves.
The only thing that has worked properly is haloscan. Go figure.
Odd, that.
It also sorta pissed me off given the amount of time I've put into it. He was basically saying it wasn't worthwhile.
'in MLK's member
Shut.
Up.
He didn't! (Did he? Eeek!)
ql -- it's not made any easier by my hotel's internet "connection", which ain't much. On the other hand, the room itself is wonderful -- suite got at el cheapo by Travelocity -- so I'll abide.
Don't suppose anybody's down in Orlando today...? I'm giving a house concert near Universal at 3:00 pm.
I'll casually ask about int'l rates hen I'm at the PO this morning.
Agreed, but I would like to know which candidates have gone on his show. I can't find any past schedules.
filk, I have friends near (in) Orlando.
He did. Unless my ears were wishful hearing.
Don't suppose anybody's down in Orlando today...? I'm giving a house concert near Universal at 3:00 pm.
filkertom
I'm about an hour away!
I admit, I'm not totally eager to haul ass back to Philly. On the other hand, the idea of a child-free room has a certain appeal.
And I'm relatively sure I won't have to Magic Eraser this one before I check out.
So, if I understand McSame's position (don't know why I should, he doesn't seem to), we can keep troops in Iraq indefinitely as long as they're not doing anything?
Then, uh . . . you know.
V for Virginia | Homepage | 04.05.08 - 7:39 am
I think what's beginning to scare me more than anything are the crazies who don't have business or philosophical ties to the GWOT -- the ones who actually think we're winning, or have something to win, and therefore Must Keep It Going!
Molly, how long does it take you to drive?
Worry not, incog; do what you intend and let the guy talk.
BD, V4VA -- well, then, hey. Info here.
ql,
3 hours or so. But I'm riding with colleagues this time.
Thanks plantsman.
Don't suppose anybody's down in Orlando today...? I'm giving a house concert near Universal at 3:00 pm.
filkertom
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I wish I was, your show is GREAT!
Some pages open right up, others not at all. I wonder if a cable or something is down.
One of these days I'm going to sit down and think through the whole nitrogen cycle thing. We've done something quite remarkable these last 60 years. I wonder if it can all be put into an organic cycle...
Thanks, Nancy. 
Huge end of season sale.
Everything must go.
We'll even pay you to come pick it up.
No household should be without its own snow pile.
Saw a kid with one of those smaller-than-a-gum-pack iPods yesterday. Wanted to ask how he liked it but didn't wanna seem too friendly.
Some pages open right up, others not at all
Do you have a firewall, or Norton, Zone Alarm, etc?
My palm tree had some freeze damage from this past winter. I just didn't want to bring it inside because of the bugs and dirt. But it's still alive. I cut it back some.
BTW, my niece was on 'What Not To Wear' last night and it was pretty funny. She is a true hippie. They joked that she had graduated from tiedye to batique (sp?) when going through her closet.
Occasionally I have a dream of the US MSM turning into journalists. Imagine if they ASKED the hard questions of McCain, and all of the candidates, about Iraq? With all the what-ifs etc?
Imagine if the president was regularly challenged, as he was by an Irish reporter years ago, about the misery, murder and chaos caused by the US invasion and occupation in Iraq?
I love this type of palm because it waves with the breezes. Really nice. Always will have a palm tree around me.
Well, Eschacon 08 Far East Edition has come to an end.
The only panel discussion consisted of me and Tom - 大肚腩 weighing in on the various attributes of Nokia vs HTC smart phones, and the various ways to tell tourists apart from ex-pats apart from sailors off the USS Nimits (making a port call here).
We do have photographic evidence of an infiltration by someone from The Great Orange Satan. That or some guy was just wearing an orange T-Shirt at the coffee shop.
No dildoes were harmed.
We'll know who asks Huggy tough questions by who he avoids. He ain't a Maverick, he's a Republican.
wayne barrett in the village voice has an profile of joe scarborough with an interesting little nugget. i wonder why he doesn't talk about his former client:
The first two abortion doctors murdered by pro-life assassins were shot to death on their way to Pensacola clinics, both during Joe Scarborough's first congressional campaign. In 1993, Dr. David Gunn was killed, and Michael Griffin was accused of his murder. Scarborough represented Griffin pro bono, attributing it, to this day, to a relationship between his then father-in-law and Griffin's father—a relationship that neither would confirm despite numerous calls by the Voice. It is, by any measure, a strange "favor for a friend," which is what Scarborough calls it, though he says he hasn't seen Michael's father, Thomas Griffin, since. Thomas Griffin contributed twice to Scarborough's campaign, $200 each time.
http://www.villagevoice.com/
news...r,396288,1.html
No dildoes were harmed
You are just no fun anymore, Barry.
No dildoes were harmed.
Barry from AK in Hong Kong
Hey peeps
ql, I am having the same problem. Can't get into the local paper's site from either server.
Trachycarpus fortunei , Chinese Windmill Palms, were discovered to be hardy here several years ago. One sees more and more of them.
No dildoes were harmed.
What a relief!
We actually invited a Great Orange Satanist. He was good--it was a good panel, but clearly they were a separate thing--they didn't hang out at all.
Tom-- waiting until some folks in Mt. Adorable are up to see if they want to drive over with me. My only hesitation is that the weather is supposed to go crazy some time today.
And as you know, you have a standing invitation to visit the beach shack any time you have the time.
Trachycarpus fortunei , Chinese Windmill Palms, were discovered to be hardy here several years ago. One sees more and more of them.
plantsman
Not sure of the name but it does really well here and really moves with the breeze. Can take some shading. It sends up one long frond from the base. They sell them at Home Depot.
A fish and chips place grafted to a frozen-yogurt shop went out of business, and they put a Baja Fresh in it -- and then installed the most peculiar landscaping around it. More at the homepage.
Okay, this is nuts. It's taking two minutes for this comment thread to load. I'm not sure if it's sticking on HaloScam or Gravatar, but it's sticking on something. Guys, I love you, but I'm going crazy over here. I'll try back later, okay? Hugs all around.
Nancy -- who is your niece? I watch What Not to Wear like it was going to do me any good
... and this time, it loaded right up. Damn teasing bitch software. 
V4VA, we got some of that "weather go crazy" last night. About forty minutes of full-blast monsoon... right when we were trying to get to the car from the store. Soggy, soggy night....
My favourite local store is the aroma therapy & pork place down by the waterfront.
So, is this a Kossak infiltrating Eschacon08 Far East Edition, or just some guy in an orange shirt?
I dunno, he's got his ear pointed at us.
My favourite local store is the aroma therapy & pork place down by the waterfront.
Moe Szyslak, cold | Homepage | 04.05.08 - 7:57 am
With the right sauce, pork is aromatherapy all by itself.
Aroma therapy and pork? Enigmatic.
Cuckoo rainstorm + me on the road = panic attack, unfortunately. Particularly when there's no where to get out of it.
Cargo pants. Kossack.
My pork farmer friends set up a table at the farmers market. But for the rest of the week they sell their stuff via a freezer and fridge in the aroma therapy store. Just cracks me up.
I dunno, he's got his ear pointed at us.
Barry from AK in Hong Kong
Wow, he sure does!
I'm not so certain he's a Kossack, though.
V4V She is Danielle, 26 yr old music teacher in Austin, TX. Her show is going to be replayed a few times in the next couple of days. It is worth watching because she is so bright and her comments are really funny (not just Aunt Nancy speak).
Usually, rain here falls gently and vertically. Not yesterday morning. Gale force winds and driving rain -- it was ugly.
Cargo pants. Kossack
I also noted he was drinking soda through a straw.
plantsman, here's a pic of the type I have although mine looks better:
http://www.spydercat.com/palms/D...ms/
DSCN1011.jpg
Nancy, I'm pretty sure res is a fan, as well, you might mention it to her.
See, they like some shading.
Ah, commonly called a Parlor Palm. I'll look it up.
I also noted he was drinking soda through a straw.
Barndog, almost fishing
Well ya never know where that bottle has been.
health database was set up to ignore the word 'abortion'
WASHINGTON — Johns Hopkins University said Friday that it had programmed its computers to ignore the word “abortion” in searches of a large, publicly financed database of information on reproductive health after federal officials raised questions about two articles in the database. The dean of the Public Health School lifted the restrictions after learning of them.
A spokesman for the school, Timothy M. Parsons, said the restrictions were enforced starting in February.
Johns Hopkins manages the population database known as Popline with money from the Agency for International Development.
Popline is the world’s largest database on reproductive health, with more than 360,000 records and articles on family planning, fertility and sexually transmitted diseases.
Mr. Parsons said the development agency had expressed concern after finding “two articles about abortion advocacy” in the database. The articles, he said, did not fit database criteria and were removed.
so basically a politically motivated move to censor public information...goddamn but this country is a complete fuck
Humidor pork~!
Actually, not a Neantha bella . But familiar as heck.
I dunno, he's got his ear pointed at us.
Barry
Lots of Asian people there. You be careful, never know what those inscrutable Asians might be thinking.
Is that Tom. He looks like a very serious person.
It seems sturdier than a parlor palm. It's pretty big and woody.
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bodyofwar
so basically a politically motivated move to censor public information...goddamn but this country is a complete fuck
mogwai
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this is HORRIBLE.
I see that, but ancient stroke damage is keeping me from accessing the name.
What next? Any Rand force fed? I understand that the use of her texts are tied to funding but there was no mandate to teach it in a particular way. Now I wonder.
Humidor pork~!
Nancy Willing | Homepage | 04.05.08 - 8:04 am
Oh, god. Back in my misspent youth, I worked in a Churchill's Tobacconist store (upscale, actually a mall-based chain). I never smoked regularly -- I can actually rattle off the four cigs, two joings, and one bong I've indulged in -- but I loved the smell of pipe tobacco.
But oh sweet Jesus I hated going in the humidor. Cigars... urkh.
I think it's called Majesty Palm.
It's pretty big and woody.
Ô¿Ô
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no flirting!
lol
Barry, I'd be a lot more worried about the kid in the bottom left corner. He looks like a terrorist.
No steroid rage here, no siree...
Thomas found guilty of lying in BALCO probe
In a case that could prefigure the upcoming trial of ex-Giants slugger Barry Bonds, a former bicycle racing champion caught up in the BALCO steroid scandal was found guilty in San Francisco on Friday of lying to a federal grand jury about her use of banned drugs.
Tammy Thomas, who won a silver medal in 2001 at the world cycling championships but then was banned for life after testing positive for steroids, upbraided the jury that convicted her on four felony charges, shouting, "Look me in the eye and tell me you know what you did!"
"I had one career taken away from me!" she yelled.
Moments later, Thomas confronted federal prosecutor Matt Parrella, shouting, "You like to destroy people's lives!" The prosecutor flushed but didn't respond. Thomas, accompanied by her parents and sister, stormed from the courtroom.
Apparently rattled by the outburst, the seven men and five women on the jury refused to comment on the verdicts. After a six-day trial in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, they deliberated for more than 15 hours, then found Thomas guilty of three counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice. She was acquitted on two additional perjury charges.
The verdict was a victory for the legal team that will prosecute Bonds, baseball's home run king, on perjury charges. The team includes Assistant U.S. attorneys Parrella and Jeff Nedrow and Internal Revenue Service criminal investigator Jeff Novitzky, the government's star witness at Thomas' trial.
Plant Care.com says Majesty Palms don't take stress well, so if you can keep it, more power to you -- you're doing something right.
so basically a politically motivated move to censor public information...goddamn but this country is a complete fuck
mogwai
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this is HORRIBLE.
Nancy Willing | Homepage | 04.05.08 - 8:05 am
According to C&L, Johns Hopkins is on it.
Fucking moralistic sanctimonious cater-to-their-Puritanical-base morons.
Is that Tom. He looks like a very serious person.
qlª
No, that's not Tom - 大肚腩, he was behind me when I took that.
I've got a pic of him though, not sure if its OK to post it though.
Barry,
I gave your shirt to 4legs.
OK, time for my breakfast and a survey of my finances to see if a new laptop can be squeezed in a few months early.
I'll see you folks later, I hope.
Safe trip, Molly!
Oh, and my blogwhore:
I think it would be best for all concerned if we yanked the president's passport until 1/20/08.
The Republicans have made not accepting jury verdicts fashionable in recent years.
Barry, I'd be a lot more worried about the kid in the bottom left corner. He looks like a terrorist.
Ralphie
Terrorist? I kinda thought he was gonna be Preznit someday, he's already got picking his nose down as a skill.
See: Craig, Larry.
Okay, this is more like when I was actually planning to bow out. Hugs all around, you guys. V4VA, if you can make it today, that would be great!
Barry,
I gave your shirt to 4legs.
Molly Ivors
Woo hoo, thanks Molly.
A centaur in Barry's shirt!
I think it would be best for all concerned if we yanked the president's passport until 1/20/08.
Diane C. Barking-Mad
Errr.... that was like 2 months ago.
Madonna's new video with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake is completely stupid, but nicely directed.
There's a pic of Tom on facebook, if you can go there.
He's a cutie.
Because, as Starsky and Hutch know, Huggy Bear is always right, even when he's wrong.
Damn right jive turkeys.
The jobs picture had few bright spots. Only education and health care, hotels and restaurants registered noticeable gains in the private sector. Construction was the biggest loser, shedding 51,000 jobs as the slowdown in residential building spread to the commercial sector.
Manufacturing, which has been losing jobs for years, was particularly weak in March, shrinking by 48,000 jobs, in part because of a strike at a supplier of auto parts that resulted in cutbacks in auto vehicle production and layoffs.
Unemployment rose in every sector of the work force, except among teenagers. Hourly wage gains slowed for production workers, who constitute 80 percent of the work force. The 5-cent rise last month brought the average wage to $17.86 an hour, an increase of 3.6 percent since the previous March, not enough to keep up with inflation.
woohoo, everyone is poorer than they were a year ago (wage increases less than inflation), go bush economy!
Nancy, I'm pretty sure res is a fan, as well, you might mention it to her.
V for Virginia
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will do! I mentioned it here last week and a few people planned on tuning in. Danielle's haircut was the best part. She is a red-red head with curly, fine which was straightened a bit and layered.
Shit, freaking weather:
..THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
AND MOVE TOWARD THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THE BULK
OF THE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE INTERIOR SECTIONS...
AND BREVARD AND VOLUSIA COASTS. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME
STRONG AND PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...WIND GUSTS OF 40
TO 50 MPH AND HAIL. THERE IS A LOW THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS NEAR
60 MPH. THE CONVECTION MAY PERSIST INTO THE EVENING
HOURS...
There's a pic of Tom on facebook, if you can go there.
He's a cutie.
V for Virginia
He mentioned Facebook once tonight.
Me, I've never been there, its a Rupert Murdoch phobia I have.
OK, just gave a drink of water and lite amount of fertilizer.
I was just going to post a picture of the snow, but I left my card reader at work.
I always wanted convection....
I need to water and feed the pots out front.
We had that but it fell softly here. Rained for two days solid. We're doing good on rain in north Louisiana.
I have a FaceBook page, but it just got overwhelming, dealing with a million requests to play Scrabble, people me adding me to this or that, and most recently, Fun Wall spam.
Moe, I ignore most of that stuff.
Except for Scrabble, which is the whole point for me.
What I decided about Facebook is to ignore its assaultive nature. Scrabulous is tons of fun, the rest of it, not my speed.
Virtual coke to Molly.
plantsman,
As with anything else, it's important to draw your boundaries. Every couple of weeks I get guilty and worth through a bunch of requests or add some friends, but generally, I have 60 or more pending at a time.
I have a FaceBook page, but it just got overwhelming, dealing with a million requests to play Scrabble, people me adding me to this or that, and most recently, Fun Wall spam.
Moe
I ignore everything but the scrabble. I guess people leave me messages and send shit but like I said, I ignore it all.
That book is scaring the shit out of me. While they are concentrating on the one family, it's pretty obvious the the behavior patterns expand beyond the Goler clan. Not sure I want to find out.
Apparently rattled by the outburst, the seven men and five women on the jury refused to comment on the verdicts
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heh, I have been thinking about the EschaCon entertainment a lot lately. With Rude Pundit's causing the hotel staff to shut the doors tight, what if he had a 'day job' like Randi Rhodes?
And the Hammel song about shouting Fuck! hit home because I did that just outside the door of our state Supreme Court when, three minutes late, I couldn't get in to see my friends defend against a developer's SLAPP suit.
I burst out with a fuck! and a guard immediately came out and 'discussed' things with me. I had to wait 'outside' the colonial era building - the accoustics in the room made my outburst jarringly audible, so said my pals.
Plant Care.com says Majesty Palms don't take stress well, so if you can keep it, more power to you -- you're doing something right.
plantsman
It went through alot of days below freezing outside. Most of the fronds turned brown that I've removed but it's still got some green ones. It likes that spot on the patio.
First time this morning I could get on Scrabulous. Now I have six turns awaiting.
There's some deal at Facebook that claims to be something about plants where people are "sending" me virtual tulips and shit that I can't make heads or tails of.
ql-- shit. "Trace" means people have stolen it, most likely. I'll put the Shatfield one on hold. Couple of days.
When I got it, I didn't do anything for the first week. Didn't even water. Then I started tending to it and it went wild sending up a new frond almost every week. I need to repot it.
There's a pic of Tom on facebook, if you can go there.
He's a cutie.
V for Virginia
Well by golly, he does have his pic there.
morning peeps
First time this morning I could get on Scrabulous. Now I have six turns awaiting.
(taps foot)
Morning, progs.
I'm having vicodin for breakfast ... the 700mg ones ... anyone need?
I have a kayak.
Tongue ...
I'll repot after it's totally recovered.
Wow, and I thought I was decadent, having leftover Chinese dumplings for breakfast!
Playing the robot has really helped me speed up juggling letters in my head -- but I still get tired of the "have all vowels" and "have all consonants" thing.
Well, I'm off to the pork/aroma therapy store.
I'll see ya'all this afternoon.
One of my colleagues caught me playing Scrabble in a meeting yesterday. Her response? "How do I get on this?"
Vicodin? No, better not; I wouldn't know what to do with euphoria.
Vicodin? No, better not; I wouldn't know what to do with euphoria.
plantsman
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Best.Line.Ever, Plantsman
g'morning, folks
At Messiah College, a small Christian school in Pennsylvania playing host to a bipartisan forum on faith and compassion, they have announced that both of the Democratic candidates for president -- Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama -- will take part in the April 13 forum in a state that will hold an all-important primary election just nine days later.
""Now more than ever, Americans motivated by faith are bridging ideological divides to address domestic and international poverty, global AIDS, climate change, abortion, genocide in Darfur, and human rights and torture,'' the sponsors of "The Compassion Forum" say.
more than ever? oh fuck off you xtainist freaks! how about talking about the constant warmongering of your xtain country aka "killng in the name of"?
it's all bullshit crap; when have xtainists moved our humanity forward? didn't think so
Well, I'm off to the pork/aroma therapy store.
That's truly classic.
I wouldn't know what to do with euphoria.
If you water it real good and talk nice to it, it will grow little purple flowers that smell like baby powder.
I have that and a small Century Plant on my patio. My neighbor pulled all his up and planted some other stuff and I got one. Would have gotten them all but didn't have the room. But I saved one.