I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Yearrrgh!
Good morning!
That's from the Onion, right?
SChip under the gun in CA
at http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/
I wonder if those gift cards come with matching get-out-of-jail-free cards.
Gift cards are only good if, you know, they're worth something.
Last gift card I opened contained a virus.
Just in time for the holidays!
It looks like the Masters Of The Universe have replaced the housing/credit bubble with the Bailout Bubble.
But who will bailout the taxpayer?
When you care enough to bail out the very best...
More frivolity: Finally, a magazine for the Eschaton trolls
Apologies, but I'm gonna blogwhore this one all day!
"If you were President-elect Obama
Democracy for America wants to know: If you were President-elect Obama, who would you choose to head four important cabinet positions in your new administration? And to keep it interesting, we also want to know who you think Obama will pick. We will send DFA t-shirts to 10 people who correctly pick Obama's choices."
http://www.democracyforamerica.c.../activities/
115
Palin' wardrobe is safe!
Deadthreaded:
Besides, I'm doing the fire watch thing.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
Well, that's doing something, and that's important.
Geez, you're having a helluva year, aren't you?
Gummo
Vicki -- Crock pot!
We were eating take-out constantly during the TS Fay response, until I remembered I owned one.
You just have to do a tiny bit more planning, and throw stuff in it in the morning; when you get home, it's dinner!
I had no idea this Socialism thing would be so popular. WHO KNEW?
Total amazement.
When you care enough to bail out the very best...
We do that with NTodd all the time.
That's from the Onion, right?
Not unless the Onion has taken over the Financial Times.
I've never been, but isn't the White House actually rather small? Unless the closets are like the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland, where its actually underground...
dave™©
I've heard the bathrooms are little bigger than small closets. I would imagine the same holds true for closets. Probably lots of chifferobes.
repost, horseradish soup:
http://www.horseradish.org/
Horse...up_recipes.html
. . . still no action on my student loan bailout, huh?
Dammit.
Gummo, I'm actually looking forward to New Year's. This year (and the one before) have totally sucked ass.
Perhaps the FDIC might guarantee the GM & Chrysler auto warranties too ...
Stored-value-cards will be insured to the full insurance limit of $250,000 - useful for gift cards issued by Saks Fifth Avenue
Is that enough to cover the Palin family wardrobe?
Whew.
Knowing that Bed, Bath & Beyond gift card I got last spring is safe has completely turned me around on my economic thinking.
I will now go out and buy lots of crap I can't afford, including houses, cars and a major industry or two!
Morning, all.
And now -- STEVE'S MOVIE REVIEWS!!!©
"Quantum of Solace"
Bond sleeps with a guy. He has to -- he needs a ride.
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"
Yet another delightful kids holocaust movie. In fact, the only way it could be more delightful is if Academy Award winning comic auteur Robert Begnini showed up to remind us that life is beautiful.
That's from the Onion, right?
Not unless the Onion has taken over the Financial Times.
Sufferin' Succotash
Stranger things have happened. 
So, if I'm at my computer and ready to work at 10 a.m., and the system is down, I'm on the clock, right?
Seems only fair -- I showed up.
When I become Party Leader my auto industy rescue plan will include making all zipcars rental franchises use Cadillac DeVilles. Workers of the World, Unite!
Woman Reaches US Army's Top Rank
An American woman has been promoted to four-star general -
the first female to reach the US army's highest rank.
There are 21 female generals, most of them one-star, in the US army. Women make up 14% of the army's active service strength of more than 500,000 soldiers.
"A Dunwoody has fought in every American war since
the Revolution," said army chief of staff Gen George Casey.
Gen Dunwoody is married to retired air force officer Craig Brotchie.
"There is no one more surprised than I, except of course, my husband,"
she told an auditorium packed with the military's top brass. "And you
know what they say, behind every successful woman there's
an astonished man."
Come to think of it, this would be a good pot roast day.
I luuuvs me some pot roast!!
Gummo, I'm actually looking forward to New Year's. This year (and the one before) have totally sucked ass.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
Well, wishing you good times, for sure.
I've never been, but isn't the White House actually rather small?
A poor family of midgets could probably live in just one WH closet.
Can I get the FDIC to insure my mattress?
Jeebus goddamn FUCK!
I can't believe some of the reasons people WON'T be at the prop 8 rally in Boston! (as seen on the facebook comment page for the Boston rally)
"Riding lessons and American Girl stuff for Erin"
"I have a play"
"other plans"
Feh!
the only way it could be more delightful is if Academy Award winning comic auteur Robert Begnini showed up to remind us that life is beautiful.
Howzabout a cameo of Jerry Lewis leading the kids into the showers?
Good morning lovely people. Please, kill me now.
The idiocy of the criticism of Obama for having familiar names on his team was amply illustrated on The Newshour this week by none other than "liberal" commentator Mark Shields. After listing several people involved in the Obama transition who were connected with the Clinton Administration, he asked "And this is supposed to be the change President?" A moment later when he was asked what he thought of keeping Gates as Secretary of Defense, he said it was a very good move. Clearly the change necessary is change from the policies of current mob of imbeciles and criminals. Some of that change will be in the direction of past administrations and perhaps further than conditions allowed them then to go. And some of that change will be in completely new directions.
You're all talking about crockpot food, which is delicious.
This is barbecue weather in the Southland. Yesterday I went to work in a summer skirt, tank top and sandals. And it's less than two weeks to Thanksgiving.
SB--
one last minor cafecito tip---sometimes, out of courtesy to Gringos, the barrista will ask "no sugar" Even I, a Type-II diabetic, will never say "yes" to this question.
You want it served exactly as the locals get it--small plastic shot glass (or sometimes fancy-schmancy demi-tasse cup), dark as night & sludged w/ sugar. Now, don't "ask" for sugar--just let 'em make it as if your were una Mujera de la Sud, not "SB". Trust me.
Why does Bush keep moving his lower jaw when he is not speaking?He may have gone feebleminded and neurotically guilty.
Why the fuck is Newt Gingrich on my NPR this morning telling me that the economic problems in Detroit are the result of failures by Democratic mayors?
jdw, thanks for the recipe. I picked it up at the bottom of the last thread.
That sounds wonderful enough to be tonight's supper.
Vicki, will Audrey eat Turkey? Chili made with turkey can be awesome.
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"
Yet another delightful kids holocaust movie. In fact, the only way it could be more delightful is if Academy Award winning comic auteur Robert Begnini showed up to remind us that life is beautiful.
heh...heh...heh...
I watched "Rocky Balboa" last night with the son. I was surprised.
i have quite a few gift cards from my dad -- he sent them at holidays a few times instead of checks 'cause he knows i just use checks for bills, etc., and he wanted me to buy myself presents. i guess i better spend 'em.
"I have a play"
Well, this might be legit, if s/he's in the play.
Get this motherfucking newt off my motherfucking NicePoliteRepublican radio. I swear to FSM, their idea of a "liberal" pundit is Norman Ornstein.
There's a turkey on the home page.
nottin bob, meth will do that to a person.
So, if I'm at my computer and ready to work at 10 a.m., and the system is down, I'm on the clock, right?
Seems only fair -- I showed up.
Virginia, no, I'm working! |
We laugh now... I am sure there is a bean head at companies like WalMart that thinks of ways to pay workers less when certain events happen. Like, you make 8 bucks an hour when checking out customers, but if it is slow and there are no lines, you go to the employee "lounge" and make "on call" pay. Which probably won't even be minimum wage, I am sure there is a loophole in the bailout somewhere.
I'm actually looking forward to New Year's.
A New Year's with President-elect John McCain hardly bears thinking about.
[shudders]
Newt's batting at Kwame Kilpatrick, I have a feeling.
Why does Bush keep moving his lower jaw when he is not speaking..................
take a gander at anyone high on coke for awhile, & your question shall be answered.
Dear President Obama,
please exterminate the vermin at NPR.
Thank you in advance,
Troutski
I will now go out and buy lots of crap I can't afford, including houses, cars and a major industry or two!
Gummo | 11.15.08 - 10:28 am | #
Could you please buy Fox Business Channel?
I feel bad that nobody watches it....
Vicki, will Audrey eat Turkey? Chili made with turkey can be awesome.
Yes, she will. I'm not in love with ground turkey, but I'm willing to try it.
I like the tofu idea, too. JeffCO, suggesting that you freeze it, offers a good idea, too.
I suppose I should use that Target gift card I got last Christmas before this Christmas comes around.
What I despise most about Republicans is that they killed satire.
Why does Bush keep moving his lower jaw when he is not speaking..................
take a gander at anyone high on coke for awhile, & your question shall be answered.
mofo
So when Bush leaves office, do they terminate his coke connection with extreme prejudice?
"he idiocy of the criticism of Obama for having familiar names on his team"
O.K. rolled over from previous thread ... not a familiar Clintonite on the natural resources advisory panel. Looks like a winner with experience:
"Cecilia V. Estolano is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CRA/LA. With an annual budget of over $726 million and a work program covering 32 project areas throughout the City of Los Angeles, CRA/LA is the largest redevelopment agency in the State of California. Since joining CRA/LA in May 2006, Ms. Estolano has redefined the role of CRA/LA to encompass a broad mission of creating economic opportunity and improving the quality of life for current and future generations living in CRA/LA project areas. Under Ms. Estolano’s leadership, CRA/LA has focused on creating family-supporting jobs, producing affordable and workforce housing, promoting sustainable urbanism and delivering significant, transformative investment to areas of Los Angeles that have not shared in the city’s cycles of prosperity. During her tenure, CRA/LA has rebuilt its housing department, adopted a landmark policy on local hiring in construction jobs receiving financial support from CRA/LA, adopted a Healthy Neighborhoods policy as a blueprint for incorporating sustainability principles throughout CRA/LA’s practices, programs and projects, and created a $42 million Land Acquisition Fund to jump-start development in underserved markets like South Los Angeles.
Prior to joining CRA/LA Ms. Estolano was counsel in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Her practice focused on land use, zoning, redevelopment, municipal law, the California Environmental Quality Act and environmental permitting and regulatory issues.
From 2001 to 2004, Ms. Estolano served as Special Assistant City Attorney for land use, economic development and environment for Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo, where she presided over a major restructuring of the office to create the Real Estate and Economic Development Practice (REED) Group. As Supervising Attorney of REED, Ms. Estolano managed 60 attorneys handling land use, real estate, redevelopment, economic development, public finance and environmental matters for the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency. Ms. Estolano was the City's lead attorney on all major land use, real estate and economic development projects. She was also the City's top negotiator in achieving a landmark settlement in Clean Water Act litigation brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. EPA Region IX, the State of California and the Santa Monica Baykeeper regarding the City's sewer system.
Prior to joining the City Attorney's Office, Ms. Estolano practiced land use, real estate and environmental law as an associate in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Los Angeles office."
"And you
know what they say, behind every successful woman there's
an astonished man."
Culture of TrÜth |
Thanks for that news, CoT!
Why the fuck is Newt Gingrich on my NPR this morning telling me that the economic problems in Detroit are the result of failures by Democratic mayors?
Troutski, HFM | 11.15.08 - 10:31 am | #
Because this is the same republican media after the election as before the election.......
Yesterday I went to work in a summer skirt, tank top and sandals. And it's less than two weeks to Thanksgiving.
Me too! People gave me strange looks, but hey! It's casual Friday, right?
85 here today....
Jesus Christ, the aeruek view of the Valley is something incredible.
I watched "Rocky Balboa" last night with the son. I was surprised.
billy b | Homepage | 11.15.08 - 10:31 am | #
His next one is supposed to be terrific -- "Rambo VS Rimbaud".
The what view?
Vicki, roast a turkey breast instead, or get one at the market that's already been roasted, and pull it apart. Much better than the ground stuff.
When I worked retail, the Muzak went all Xmas early, and I learned to hate every minute of it. It literally made me hate people.
the aeruek view of the Valley is something incredible.
They often are.
Why the fuck is Newt Gingrich on my NPR...
Troutski, HFM | 11.15.08 - 10:31 am
Because he's the only thing the Goopers have got, and NPR has to cover Goopers all the time.
Blaming everything on the Dems, calling for a 0% capital gains tax and a 12% corporate tax.
Yawn.
Auntie GWPDA, to me, a bit terrifying.
C. Estolano is one of the really really REALLY good people in SoCal. Her selection by the Obama team gives me even more hope.
I've heard the bathrooms are little bigger than small closets. I would imagine the same holds true for closets. Probably lots of chifferobes.
I heard that under the Bush the GOP closet was expanded significantly.
His next one is supposed to be terrific -- "Rambo VS Rimbaud".
steve simels |
Over the Top 2 will rawk!
aerial
Why does Bush keep moving his lower jaw when he is not speaking?He may have gone feebleminded and neurotically guilty.
nottin bob | 11.15.08 - 10:31 am | #
It's the meds. Later.
His next one is supposed to be terrific -- "Rambo VS Rimbaud".
steve simels
During the climactic fight, they enter a ring made of ostrich feathers and old tires, eat green cupcakes and smear the blood of a poet on the referee.
The crowd goes wild!
GWPDA got a link for that view?
I *think* I know what you meant . . .
Okay, apologies for the blogwhore, but over at Box Office I sing the praises of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 20th anniversary DVD box set. Plus: The funniest genre parodies ever!!!!
http://boxoffice.com/blogs/steve...nd-cinema-
l.php
Comments? Yes, we encourage them.
I hated people during the holidays way before the Muzax went all Christmasy. Beat the rush. Early enlistee in the War on Christmas.
I swear to FSM, their idea of a "liberal" pundit is Norman Ornstein.
JeffCO | 11.15.08 - 10:31 am | #
Isn't Norm way too radical for NPR these days?
When I worked retail, the Muzak went all Xmas early, and I learned to hate every minute of it.
Some malls have sense enough to run rock oldies on the Muzak during Xmas shopping season.
Far preferable to those 1940s numbers whose cumulative effect is deeply depressing.
If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we put a man on Condoleezza Rice?
"jdw, thanks for the recipe. I picked it up at the bottom of the last thread.
That sounds wonderful enough to be tonight's supper."
no prob.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......
Newt's batting at Kwame Kilpatrick, I have a feeling.
plantsman | 11.15.08 - 10:32 am
He's Detroit's favorite kicking post these days. If they don't blame him they blame Granholm -- for everything.
Jesus Christ, the aeruek view of the Valley is something incredible.
GWPDA yclept Damaged Historian
Teh google is stumped.
...roast a turkey breast instead, or get one at the market that's already been roasted, and pull it apart. Much better than the ground stuff.
I used to have a recipe for a turkey chili that used a pound of turkey tenderloins and a pound of ground turkey. It was great! Not sure where it is, though...
Over the Top 2 will rawk!
trifecta | Homepage | 11.15.08 - 10:36 am | #
The Citizen Kane of competitive arm wrestling movies.
For that suggestion, I heartily solute you.
Fleur de Maul?
Sallyh, ur in Santa Anas now? KTLA just said that they'll come back up at dusk, after dying down some today.
So do these gift cards still expire or lose value over time?
His next one is supposed to be terrific -- "Rambo VS Rimbaud".
You are truly insane, my friend.
[I had to add the smiley as you are a sexist name-stealing bastard that really scares me]
We have leftovers from yesterday's anniversary meal that we will be eating all weekend.
We even ordered an extra order of the truffle mac & cheese to bring home.
OMG, that stuff is amazing.
Sufferin, this may be the first year I'm able to completely avoid the malls.
I'm not shopping for anyone except my mother and Maddy, and I can do that online.
The front page of the LA Times has the link to KTLA's live coverage. latimes.com
Auntie, they're a bit quieter than last night, but not by much. Sylmar is pretty much a wind tunnel all the time, and the Santa Anas are out in force.
Speaking of the WoXmas, seriously, just shoot me. I can't deal.
Sufferin, this may be the first year I'm able to completely avoid the malls.
We once drove 600 miles to the Mall of America to be there on the day after Thanksgiving. Not to shop but just to people watch. Had a blast.
The Citizen Kane of competitive arm wrestling movies.
I actually read Stallone's novelization of his "Paradise Alley" script.
I'll just sit here and admire your dropped jaw...
Quick - name the 80s rock film whose plot turns on Arthur Rimbaud!
Sylmar is pretty much a wind tunnel all the time, and the Santa Anas are out in force.
I wish you'd pack up and get out. Go to San Diego and visit TBogg.
We once drove 600 miles to the Mall of America to be there on the day after Thanksgiving. Not to shop but just to people watch. Had a blast.
atablaras
I would only do this as a hostage.
Sufferin, this may be the first year I'm able to completely avoid the malls.
If all the figures about consumer spending are right, the malls might be relatively easy to handle this year.
Quorn also makes a very useful fake ground beef that works well in chili and pasta sauce.
Quorn also makes a very useful fake ground beef that works well in chili and pasta sauce.
Tofurkey or Unturkey. Thoughts?
Sufferin, we're going out East for Christmas.
That's enough for me, and according to my siblings, plenty for them.
Quick - name the 80s rock film whose plot turns on Arthur Rimbaud!
Culture of TrÜth
Only a Frenchman could be turned on by an 80s rock movie after being dead for more than 100 years . . .
. . . what?
OT
buy a ford diesel compact car
http://mydrive.roadfly.com/blog/...og/ExJxZ3/1239/
not
Quick - name the 80s rock film whose plot turns on Arthur Rimbaud!
Culture of TrÜth
Rock and Roll High School
His next one is supposed to be terrific -- "Rambo VS Rimbaud".
steve simels | Homepage | 11.15.08 - 10:34 am | #
A Sequel in Hell.
I would only do this as a hostage.
I'd offer to take the cyanide capsule.
ok, this is the pickeler, so you gotta take with a grain of salt, but it sure seems to me that shitheels like lanny davis jumped the gun saying that hrc was offered the SoS job.
as much as i think hrc would be great in this job, i would be more then happy to see her not get it if she continually leaks to these asshole.
"The meeting with Clinton, revealed to The Associated Press Friday, excited a burst of speculation that Obama would transform the former first lady and his fierce campaign foe into one of his top Cabinet officials and the nation's chief diplomatic voice. But where she stands in contention for the post came into question as other Democrats, also speaking on condition of anonymity about the private discussions, said Richardson was brought in as well.
The two are not the only candidates Obama has talked to about the job, Democrats said. One senior Obama adviser said the president-elect has given no evidence whom he is favoring for the post.
Obama asked Clinton directly whether she would be interested in the job, said one Democrat, who cautioned that it was no indication that he was leaning toward her."
http://
www.talkingpointsmemo.com...n_richardso.php
Sufferin, this may be the first year I'm able to completely avoid the malls.
I only go to a mall once every five years or so. Those places kick my anxiety level up to red alert. I always feel like I'm walking into the Tower of Babel.
Sallyh, ur in Santa Anas now? KTLA just said that they'll come back up at dusk, after dying down some today.
GWPDA yclept Damaged Historian
Aack!
The only thing worse than Santa Anas are sundowners, and that's what you're describing.
Bad for the Sylmar fire, even worse for the Montecito fire.
Here in the San Gabriel Valley we have NO wind, so what Sallyh said about that end of the county being a wind tunnel is absolutely true.
"Rimbaud Versus Predator"
It's set in Africa when he's running guns.
He whacks the ugly motherfucker with a hand-held Reffye mitrailleuse.
Libby, I literally have panic attacks in malls when they're crowded. Hence, I avoid them like the plague.
I used to have a recipe for a turkey chili that used a pound of turkey tenderloins and a pound of ground turkey. It was great! Not sure where it is, though... dave™©
I'm sure it was always gobbled up quickly.
Quorn also makes a very useful fake ground beef that works well in chili and pasta sauce.
Bocaburgers!!!!!!!!
I literally have panic attacks in malls when they're crowded.
Kids are fun to watch in malls at this time of year tho.
I only go to a mall once every five years or so. Those places kick my anxiety level up to red alert. I always feel like I'm walking into the Tower of Babel.
Libby
I get my glasses at LensCrafters, so I go there once (exactly) per year.
I park in the back, quick-step through Penney's looking neither left nor right, get my glasses, and GTFO.
We hates them, Precious. Hates them.
Bocaburgers!!!
My wife likes those. Personally, I prefer the ones from Trader Joe's - "Dr. Somebody's"... very nice.
Quick - name the 80s rock film whose plot turns on Arthur Rimbaud!
Culture of TrÜth
Or maybe it was Butthole Surfers Psychedelic Breakfast Club?
I actually read Stallone's novelization of his "Paradise Alley" script.
I'll just sit here and admire your dropped jaw...
dave™© | Homepage | 11.15.08 - 10:41 am | #
Wow. That movie doesn't really have a story per se, just a bunch of vaguely connected scenes that abut each other. Must be a fascinating read.
And I hate to be a story topper, but I actually worked with the guy who wrote the novelization of "Howard the Duck."
Seriously.
Sgt. Pepper?
glancing at Gameday---don't take this wrong, but it's refreshing to see colleg kidz at an historically Black college actine just as dorky as the usual Gameday crowd.
DWP is evidently 'taking down' major transmission lines in the fire area, and recommending everybody cut their power use. The 'power corridor' along I-5 is where the majority of power for all of Southern California traverses....
I would only do this as a hostage.
I'd offer to take the cyanide capsule.
heh. That's teh funny, girls.
I'm awake, but I'm not happy about it
And I hate to be a story topper, but I actually worked with the guy who wrote the novelization of "Howard the Duck."
Seriously.
steve simels
That's pretty much the definition of a "thankless job."
We hates them, Precious. Hates them.
Virginia, no, I'm working! | 11.15.08 - 10:45 am | #
I feel like something is draining my will to live in malls. If I stayed in one too long, I fear that I'd end up lying down on the floor and just expiring.
I would only do this as a hostage.
I'd offer to take the cyanide capsule.
Seriously, got there for breakfast, went to a movie, played minigolf, checked out the huge LEGO area, kids rode the coaster and the rest of the time we just wandered. No standing in line, no pressure, nada. And all the people were fun to watch. Left about 9 PM.
Libby, I literally have panic attacks in malls when they're crowded. Hence, I avoid them like the plague.
Me too. It feels like all those people are sucking up what little useful air there is in the building. I never feel like there's enough oxygen inside those places.
There's one here with a lot of open air areas. That one is not so bad but I still don't like it. There's few stores worth going to anyway.
Tofurkey or Unturkey. Thoughts? dave™©
Never liked tofurkey myself. And though I don't own stock in it, Quorn makes a very tasty turkey breast.
spelling lessons needed.
And I hate to be a story topper, but I actually worked with the guy who wrote the novelization of "Howard the Duck."
I can never hear that word without thinking of the movie Manhattan.
I feel like something is draining my will to live in malls. If I stayed in one too long, I fear that I'd end up lying down on the floor and just expiring.
Same here. I blame the lighting and lack of air.
My wife likes those. Personally, I prefer the ones from Trader Joe's - "Dr. Somebody's"... very nice.
I'm a total omnivore, but I can't hang with the soy burger. Mealy.
Quick - name the 80s rock film whose plot turns on Arthur Rimbaud!
Culture of TrÜth
I should know this but I am ashamed to admit that I don't.
""Howard the Duck." ?????
Molly the Mallard?
Karl the Coot?
"Duck"??
We hates them, Precious. Hates them.
Virginia, no, I'm working!
i was recently in our dinky one with the girls for the first time in their lives. i thought the fabric store might have something for the 6yo's pteradon halloween costume.
it was just like a zombie movie. and i walked along into the past, when whoever was pitching the mall idea thought it was a wonderful wave of the future.
sad.
Among the last minute rewriting of rules by the chimpite scumbags before they get booted out is this:
A Department of Health and Human Services rule change would deny federal funds to family planning organizations and clinics that refuse to hire staffers who will not provide birth control to patients upon request. The regulation would also define forms of birth control as abortion, allowing physicians and others a legal basis for declining to provide family planning counseling that includes birth control techniques.
Smoke's so thick I can't even see the flames. What was scary was how rapidly they came on; within 5 minutes, it was as if a blazing inferno had been set off.
I haven't gained any weight in the last 4 weeks, but I'm still several pounds from my goal, so I think I'm going to kick my WW participation back into gear and get rolling with that again.
Noon meeting.
God, I hate stalling out, but I was all about the election for a while, so I wasn't focusing on behaving healthfully.
I feel like something is draining my will to live in malls.
I used to feel that way in malls.
But then I adopted the ironic Joan Didion thingie of watching myself browsing in the mall instead of just browsing in the mall. I felt better fast!
Then of course there's the anthropological interest.
And I hate to be a story topper, but I actually worked with the guy who wrote the novelization of "Howard the Duck." Seriously. steve simels
simels, we all know you worked with the guy who first wrote out Gilgamesh.
Tofurkey or Unturkey?
Unturkey I think. Tofurkey doesn't really do the trick for me. I might also mention that trying to make one out of lentils and tofu also doesn't work, as my former SiL discovered one year.
Eddie and the Cruisers
"refuse to hire staffers who will not provide birth control to patients upon request. "
I've got rhythm, lotsa, lotsa rhythm ... I got double negatives too.
Sallyh, lamb, it's time to leave. Gather the things you need, put the husband and the doggies and kitties in the car and get gone.
Must be a fascinating read.
Very third-rate beat-type stream of consciousness writing... in other words: yes, fascinating.
I also read Esterhas' "novel" of his "F.I.S.T" script. Not sure why I read either one, really.
The most fascinating novelization from that time, IMO, is "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," credited to Roddenberry. I forget who actually wrote it, but I'm pretty sure Roddenberry had SOME input into it, because it really concentrates on the idea that the Enterprise is going on a half-assed, thrown-together-at-the-last-minute mission that nobody really knows anything about, manned by a bunch of middle-agers worried that their past their prime and looking for one last shot at the old glory.
In other words: "The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture".
Good morning.
Speaking of the FDIC, HBK was the first one I heard say we should keep on Sheila Bair in the new administation. Now I see why.
OT
buy a chrysler diesel midsize car
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/...n-europe-natch/
not
They want to define birth control as abortion?
These fuckers won't be satisfied until they ruined the maximum number of lives possible.
I can never hear that word without thinking of the movie Manhattan.
racymind |
"why? because it's easy and it pays well."
Auntie, I need to talk to Monsieur first, see what he wants to do. I think we may have to grab a hotel room, if for no other reason than that the smoke,despite the house being closed up, is seeping in, and he has asthma.
"Sallyh, lamb, it's time to leave."
or certainly prepare to at any moment.
fire can move faster than a sprinter.
There's a venerable Seventh Day Adventist Cookbook, The Ten Talents , that simulates meat with nuts and other real foods that makes things that taste pretty good.
If you have panic attacks in malls don't ever go to Century 21 here.
It's always jam packed.
With tourists.
They must be approaching total satsifaction, then. 2 more months of malicious mischief, if not outright destructiveness.
You know what freaks me out more than malls?
Outlet malls.
Smug stepford wives on the prowl...
Scary stuff, that.
fire can move faster than a sprinter.
And in heavy smoke your car can't.
more good news
Soaked in bad news, GM and Ford received yet another dousing when their three big European credit insurers dropped them this week. Euler Hermes, Atradius, and Coface have all refused to write policies for suppliers trading with both automakers...
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/...d-gm-suppliers/
The fire burning in the Sylmar area is expected to jam traffic
through the day in the San Fernando Valley and beyond. Here's what's closed now:
-- 5 Freeway closed at Newhall Pass. Vehicles taken off the freeway northbound at San Fernando Mission Boulevard and southbound in Santa Clarita.
-- 210 Freeway closed in both directions from 5 Freeway through Sylmar.
-- 118 Freeway connection roads closed at the 405 Freeway.
-- 405 Freeway closed at 118 Freeway.
-- Numerous road closures in Sylmar area.
JT
The regulation would also define forms of birth control as abortion,
Which forms...do ypu know.?
Uncle B, the pet carriers and food are at the ready. All of our clothes are clean (I did laundry while I graded yesterday).
Of course, before we drive away, we have to wash the cars--they're completely covered in soot.
...we all know you worked with the guy who first wrote out Gilgamesh.
Darmok! His sails unfurled!
Marcellina wins!
put the husband and the doggies and kitties in the car and get gone.
And, as Mr. Natural sez, don't be a dumbass like Mitt Romney and stick the dog on the roof.
"Old Patriot" (Freeper):
So how does the GOP win in 2010 in the Congressional races? They must clearly identify a simple message to the American public about what they stand for using clear and concise conservative principles as laid out by Reagan. With clear and firm conservatives in leadership roles and promoting what the CONSERVATIVE message will be, and supported by, the GOP, a new conservative revolution can take place and sweep both houses of congress in 2010.
To fully illustrate where moderate thinking as was shown in this last election will get you, here is a more telling example besides all moderate republicans being voted out of office. I recently Got my Ka-bar tactical folder tanto this week. Ka-Bar is the company famous for their US Marine Corps fighting knife (first made during WWII). Much to my chagrin, my latest Ka-Bar is stamped, "Made in China". Nothing from Ka-bar should ever bear that marking.
And, Nothing from the GOP should ever sound, look or is anything but CONSERVATIVE in nature.
I would send that knife back to Ka-Bar and demand that it be replaced by a U.S. of A. knife.
Bush! When the levees broke!
These fuckers won't be satisfied until they ruined the maximum number of lives possible.
These people are childish beyond belief.
Darmok and Jiaad at Tenagra!
Smoke's so thick I can't even see the flames. What was scary was how rapidly they came on; within 5 minutes, it was as if a blazing inferno had been set off.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 11.15.08 - 10:49 am
Auntie, I need to talk to Monsieur first, see what he wants to do. I think we may have to grab a hotel room, if for no other reason than that the smoke,despite the house being closed up, is seeping in, and he has asthma.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
WTF? Are you talking about right now? Get the hell out. Fire can move fast, if the smoke is seeping in the house, don't ask -- just pack what you need and go. Please.
Sufferin, Ginger rides shotgun with me in the car. Cats get the back
Sorry - Jilaad.
Sallyh, don't wash the car until you get away from the smoke.
I had fun last Thanksgiving at an outdoor outlet mall in Michigan City, IN. It's so much less crowded than the malls on the East Coast.
Morning all. NOW from A. Buttle's Truth is Stranger than Fiction stories.
I actually went to San Francisco in the first week of June 1967. Crashed at the famous Morning Star Farm commune, featured in the Time Magazine cover story on the hippies.
The food sucked and most of the people there were real jerks. So I went home and got on with my life
steve simels | Homepage | 11.13.08 - 1:03 pm | #
I remember this well, I was a regular at the Morning Star Farm, we just called it The Farm. One day this little twerp came in wearing a blue blazer, ascot and a fucking beret. But hey, we were cool. But he wouldn’t take even one hit, and we had some good stuff, Acapulco Gold, that day, and were in a sharing mood.
The rest of us were getting pretty mellow but all he wanted to talk about was stereo equipment, he said he was an expert. Then we sat down for a dinner of mashed potatoes and meatloaf with brown gravy. The beret wearing guy sat down and wanted fucking scallops. Everyone just laughed. Then this whacked out high school girl sat down next to him and said hi. She said her name was Phoebe.
There we all were eating our meal, with a lot of oohing and aahing and everyone, high of course, saying this is the best meal I ever had. everyone but simels. He didn’t eat anything but he did take two hands full of mashed potatoes and proceeded to smear mashed potatoes all over Phoebe’s boobs. She screamed and we threw him out on his ass. While he was being thrown out he kept yelling: But I have my mother’s American Express Card!
(Clutching award) I'd like to thank my mother, my agent, Wikipedia, and all the little people out there who made this possible!
Unturkey I think.
Me, too! I liked the rice paper "skin" (gravy's good, too).
Oddly enough, we've served both because my brother-in-law is vegan. I was the only one who really liked either.
I'll have to check out the Quorn...
Get out--discuss your options after you're moving.
Auntie, at least Sepulveda Blvd. appears to be open.
I'm no expert, but a fire can 2 miles pretty damm quick, I think.
Comment by A. Buttle blocked.
Sorry, dude - the tofu questions have been answered.
Sufferin, Ginger rides shotgun with me in the car. Cats get the back
"Mariiines, we are leaving!"
No shit. Time to haul ass.
"why? because it's easy and it pays well."
ina, thursday
I guess we all have our sins to confess to, but it seems warped to me to "easily" sit at a typewriter and churn out pages of mindless narrative. Of course, I don't have the skillz myself to do that...
WTF, as we nurses like to say at times "Hey, I wipe ass for a living."
Sallyh, Red Roof Inns accept doggies and kitties. There's one in Palm Springs, Ontario, Buena Park, Santa Ana.
"Auntie, at least Sepulveda Blvd. appears to be open.|"
I love you
you're starting to worry the people
Git - please?
Stop typing and evacuate ....!!!!
For my friends here:
Easy peanut brittle
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup raw peanuts
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
PREPARATION:
Butter a large baking sheet; set aside.
In 1 1/2-2-quart glass bowl or large Pyrex measuring cup, combine sugar, peanuts and corn syrup, stirring until blended (mixture will be thick and sticky). Microwave on high for 6 minutes.
Add vanilla and butter. Microwave on high for 2 more minutes. Remove from microwave; add baking soda, mixing fast with a wooden spoon until mixture bubbles and starts to expand. Pour mixture onto greased baking sheet, and allow to spread. Cool, then break into smaller pieces.
Makes 8 to 10 ounces.
Nutrition information per 1/2 ounce: 139 calories, 2 grams protein, 6 grams fat, 20 grams carbohydrate, 1 gram fiber, 3 milligrams cholesterol, 103 milligrams sodium
way OT
ugliest mustang ever
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/s...2/1140752/full/
(even tops the new night rider, and i didn't think that was possible)
Later, folks.
Sallyh -- be safe!!
"For my friends here:
Easy peanut brittle"
I'd also be interested if anyone has ever made what I had lat night
fried oreo's.
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- More California residents were ordered from their homes Saturday as a wind-driven wildfire spread westward to Interstate 5 from the Los Angeles area, authorities said.
Deputy Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said residents in the Granada Hills and Puerto Ranch area, where there are narrow streets and hilly terrain, must leave their homes.
"This fire is moving so quickly that they can't wait," Moore warned. "Don't wait until you see open flames."
Marcellina-what did you win?
I remember this well, I was a regular at the Morning Star Farm, we just called it The Farm.
ET, you are an inmate at the funny farm.
WTF, as we nurses like to say at times "Hey, I wipe ass for a living."
Brit Hume is a nurse?
I guess we all have our sins to confess to, but it seems warped to me to "easily" sit at a typewriter and churn out pages of mindless narrative. Of course, I don't have the skillz myself to do that...
WTF, as we nurses like to say at times "Hey, I wipe ass for a living."
racymind |
i think it may be generational. obviously woody allen agrees with you. and i grew up believing that *true* artists didn't cheapen themselves with commercial work. but that's kinda thing has gone out of date (to paraphrase another line from the movie, purely by coincidence).
but what do i know--as a home daycare provider and mother of two, i have been known to wipe asses for a living.
eating split pea soup with french bread. life is good.
Karin, CoT asked a film trivia question and I guess I was the only one to actually look up the answer.
The GOP has successfully merged dissent and commentary.
Sallyh, you're going to take San Fernando Road south thru Pacoima, cut over on Van Nuys Blvd to the 5 going south into town. You're going to do this now. Once you're in town, you can choose where to go - but you need to go -now.
...FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair, who spent weeks unsuccessfully lobbying Bush administration officials for the plan, issued the proposal two days after Paulson publicly dismissed the idea.
Leading Democratic lawmakers have rallied behind Bair, a Republican, and have even pushed for her to have a place in Democratic president-elect Barack Obama's administration.
Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, said on Wednesday that he hopes Paulson works with Bair to get the program up and running as soon as possible to address the worst housing crash since the Great Depression...
The White House said it is carefully reviewing the FDIC plan, but that it has to think about its potential cost.
Dear White House,
You no longer have a say in the matter. Stand aside. Thanks in advance.
The GOP has successfully merged dissent and commentary.
JeffCO
They have dysentery... yeah, I know.
WTF, as we nurses like to say at times "Hey, I wipe ass for a living."
ET buttle makes its living as an ass-wipe. The T stands for Tucks
I think we're about to get gone, peeps. Taking my computer with me. So I'll be back on line soon.
The GOP has successfully merged dissent and commentary.
JeffCO
ha! look who's sittin' at the front table at elaine's.
Does Bush's roadblocking of Sheila Bair remind anyone of Hoover and the RFC?
"I think we're about to get gone, peeps. Taking my computer with me. So I'll be back on line soon."
good to hear
Brit Hume is a nurse?
JeffCO
Well...just WHAT does he do for Rupert?
Have safe and sane evacuation, Fish Person.
Careful, Sallyh!
I'm glad you're on the move.
Chimpy experiences true love
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/sl...ancial_summit1/
Whoops!
http://www.theonion.com/content/
...les_wildly_down
They have dysentery... yeah, I know. racymind
I should have known you'd be less excited by a Woody.
Be safe Sallyh.
oh, though, now that i think of it, isn't the dysentery line from 'annie hall' (and we were doin' 'manhattan')
Stored-value-cards will be insured to the full insurance limit of $250,000 - useful for gift cards issued by Saks Fifth Avenue and DeBeers
Ummm..........the biggest gift card I ever got was $50.00.
Dieu merci bien.
They all hate Chimpy
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/sl...1440810070.jpg/
Have safe and sane evacuation, Fish Person.
Sufferin' Succotash
Careful, Sallyh!
I'm glad you're on the move.
Virginia, no, I'm working!
Having evacuated recently(the hurricane), I feel for you. Be safe.
The chimp thinks the world revolves around him, when in actuality he is repelling everyone.
though both movies reference magazines.
LA Mayor is saying flatly, people must not wait til there are visible flames, must go out now.
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/sl...1440810070.jpg/
P O'Neill | Homepage | 11.15.08 - 11:08 am
Good one. I'd love to see tight shot of his face on that one.
Hit the road, sallyh.
BTW, if it makes any difference, Red Roof does not have free internet-I believe it's $10 a day. Econolodge, Quality Inn, etc, free internet usually.
I should have known you'd be less excited by a Woody.
JeffCO
Uh... Woody Allen is not even my favorite Woody anymore.
Via Mark Evanier, Albert Brooks with Carson on "The Tonight Show."
He's a pretty good impressionist!
Here's another one, P O'Neill:
Spot the Asshole
The chimp thinks the world revolves around him, when in actuality he is repelling everyone.
Angular acceleration.
Uh... Woody Allen is not even my favorite Woody anymore.
racymind
sad for me, since i was a woody allen fan as a teen, my stalker's nickname is 'woody,' so now i don't even like the name.
Temps near 100 today in LA. Isn't this unusual for November?
though both movies reference magazines.
ina, thursday
Hey, in the 1970's , magazines were ultra, ultra cool. Ask simels.
though both movies reference magazines. ina
As does Bananas.
"LA Mayor is saying flatly, people must not wait til there are visible flames, must go out now. "
evacuating LA???
As does Bananas.
JeffCO |
i'd forgotten about that scene. i haven't seen that movie in a long time. i watched 'love & death' and 'sleeper' with the girls last weekend. my dad gave me that super huge triple box-set recently. i'll have to see if 'bananas' is included.
LA temperatures - no. Santa Ana winds raise temperatures dramatically - the same kinds of winds as the Chinooks off the Rockies or the haboub.
I liked bananas, and take the money and run. I enjoyed his surrealist stuff. Never in to the later works.
Chimpy in terrorist fist jab.
evacuating LA???
The north part of the Valley affected by the 'Sayre' fire.
"my stalker's nickname is 'woody,' so now i don't even like the name."
you have a stalker??
though both movies reference magazines. ina
As does Bananas.
JeffCO |
That's some funny shit...
Why do I work? Responsibility sucks.
I wanna get high and watch movies for a few months. What could happen?
"..FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair, who spent weeks unsuccessfully lobbying Bush administration officials for the plan, issued the proposal two days after Paulson publicly dismissed the idea.
Leading Democratic lawmakers have rallied behind Bair, a Republican, and have even pushed for her to have a place in Democratic president-elect Barack Obama's administration."
...saw an interview with her on charlie rose, and swore at first by the way she was talking she was a liberal...(more regulation, etc etc)...then when they showed she was the head of fdic i looked her up.
she'd be a great add to the admin, imo.
you have a stalker??
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher |
unfortunately.
sad for me, since i was a woody allen fan as a teen, my stalker's nickname is 'woody,' so now i don't even like the name.
ina, thursday | Homepage | 11.15.08 - 11:11 am
What is it with Noho and stalkers? I had one for a while when I lived there too. He used to leave bizarre messages on my porch, written in chalk. Very disconcerting.
I got stalked by a student once.
Very creepy.
I wanna get high and watch movies for a few months. What could happen?
racymind
you could get a job as an online movie reviewer?
(do you own a beret?)
Democrats Really do Despise Religion, Don’t They?
Publius' Forum ^ | 11/15/07 | Warner Todd Huston
On his November 10 Huffington Post, Nicholas Graham and nearly every commenter thereafter, purposefully distorted what Governor Palin said about prayer and the 2012 presidential race. The universal misconstruction of Palin's comments was that she was "praying to become president" in 2012 and that somehow God was speaking directly to her. But reality is she did not say that at all.
Graham offhandedly claimed that Palin said that she was waiting "for a sign from God" as to whether she would run in 2012. Further distorting her comments, he claimed she was "confident God would show the way to the White House." But, once again, she said neither of these things. In fact, what she actually said is rhetoric that is pretty much in accord with what even elected presidents have said at one time or another.
Bullshit, Warner Todd. Sarah said God said that He was gonna open a crack for her.
I call that "speaking directly."
"Does Bush's roadblocking of Sheila Bair remind anyone of Hoover and the RFC?"
it seems like chimpco fucked up and acutally appointed a competent person.
you could get a job as an online movie reviewer?
(do you own a beret?)
ina, thursday
Are you saying it's easy and it pays well?
"unfortunately."
seems men don't get stalkers in general - they are stalkers.
sorry.
What is it with Noho and stalkers? I had one for a while when I lived there too. He used to leave bizarre messages on my porch, written in chalk. Very disconcerting.
Libby
yuck.
Sarah said God said that He was gonna open a crack for her.
Don't think Ceiling Cat would agree.
Grey Lady SHEETS.............
Are you saying it's easy and it pays well?
racymind
and she brings it back around. it was good for me, was it good for you?
JT
The regulation would also define forms of birth control as abortion,
Which forms...do ypu know.?
dusty c.
The original article doesn't specify.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story....al/
6103815.html
But here are some other links. It seems they want to make it as restrictive as they can get away with.
http://www.feministe.us/blog/arc...-new-dhhs-rule/
http://socialistworker.org/2008/...age-can-they-
do
"I got stalked by a student once."
On rare occasions female students with issues will signal things, if you know what I mean.
that requires always standing at arms length
making sure you're NEVER alone with them
and sending them to the counselor
"Does Bush's roadblocking of Sheila Bair remind anyone of Hoover and the RFC?"
What Hoover did do was to put a guy in charge of the RFC who wound up loaning money to a Chicago bank in which he had an interest.
That was considered somewhat unethical at the time.
Damn - NWS is issuing a Red Flag Warning for -AZ-
RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
SOUTH HALF OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE 132 INCLUDING CASA GRANDE AND GILA BEND DUE TO
STRONG GUSTY WINDS, LOW RH AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER
JT | 11.15.08 - 11:20 am | #
Thanks.....I've got a fundie sister I"ve got talk to about this stuff ....I need all the info I can get.
Chimpy experiences true love
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/sl...ancial_summit1/
P O'Neill
"Abdullah,honey, keep that spare bedroom open for me. I may need it after January 20."
"pee pee hard"-Ben Bernanke
"ditto"-Hank Paulson
Actually - this is very, very interesting. There has been a fight brewing over who gets the money from unclaimed giftcards. Apparently, the numbers on this are quite large. Are they the equivalent of unclaimed bank accounts, which eventually are forfeit to the treasury of the state, or are they monies paid to the stores, which the stores get to keep?
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