I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
frist
Second
The Riviera?
OK, a stand-up double. I'll take it.
Where is Belinda Carlisle when you need her?
Will the savings get you all the way to Atlantic City?
Why can't Atrios bicycle? It would save money and the earth.
Gap prices are very taxing.
The Riviera?
Joe Klein's conscience
Do you mean over in France, or that run-down hotel outside of Mobile?
Saudi Arabia.
Instead of WWJD, the new standard should be: What would NToddler do?
If I was an oil executive, I'd buy another dozen Congress members with my gas tax holiday.
no beans for you
Do you mean over in France, or that run-down hotel outside of Mobile?
Last I checked, famous people didn't hang out in Mobile. After all, isn't Atrios famous too?
Oil City, Pennsylvania.
Boom Town!
Bermuda!
I'm going to Disneyland!
NOT
I wonder where I should go for my gas tax holiday.
Your mileage may vary but after three or four days you could afford something off of the Dollar Menu at fast food joints.
Last I checked, famous people didn't hang out in Mobile. After all, isn't Atrios famous too?
Joe Klein's conscience
your logic is inescapable...
Venezuela. Last I heard gas there was 17 cents a gallon.
Dumbya, where's the hydrogen car you promised us for Christmas?
Maybe Atrios should take cheaper vacations so he won't have to run McSame ads to fund them.
Venezuela. Last I heard gas there was 17 cents a gallon.
montanaheadcold
If Chavez could do the same for the US he would win in a landslide...
Where else? Martha's Vineyard.
a plea for bicycles and a very good song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=m...feature=related
Well, Atrios, if Obama had had his way, we would all be buying gas in Illinois, right?
What we need is somebody who has never been within a country mile of shop floor workers, to suddenly become a hard drinking Annie Oakley.
For President.
Dubai of course. That's where all the moguls go for holiday.
I wonder where I should go for my gas tax holiday.
I've never been there but I heard about a place in the heart of Philly. It has a rooftop deck with a BBQ.
Well, Atrios, if Obama had had his way, we would all be buying gas in Illinois, right?
um, yeah, right, of course...
[ awkward silence ]
[collective embarrasment for lame guy]
Dubai of course. That's where all the moguls go for holiday.
Tax holidays that is....
If Chavez could do the same for the US he would win in a landslide...
~~~~~~~~~
It's amazing how the Citco's disappeared around here. That was the only place I filled up, then, within like a year, they were all fucking gone.
Venezuela or Iran. Cheapest gas in the world.
I think Annie Oakley cheated a little bit, especially with the over the shoulder mirror shot.
[collective embarrasment for lame guy]
Culture Of Truth | Homepage | 05.03.08 - 4:01 pm | #
Well, after all, he does think that mimi is female ...
The Yemen has some cheap gas.
[ awkward silence ]
[collective embarrasment for lame guy]
Culture Of Truth
~~~~~~~~~~
Embarrassingly awkward attempt at some sort of diss.
BG you start the insults and so will I, despite your pleas
Well, after all, he does think that mimi is female ...
Brooklyn Girl, flittermouse
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Are you really a girl?
some people here think they are the "Chosen " people or something
I thought a certain troll was going to bare the manboobs and leave.
Promises, promises.
A gas tax holiday is such an appalling idea for so many reasons, it's sure to be enacted.
Embarrassingly awkward attempt at some sort of diss.
EliasX
He says, as he copies me...
Here we go.
Some years ago Canada banned cod fishing because we were running out of cod.
A gas tax holiday would be as if Canada had subsidized the costs of the fisherman, rather than shutting them down.
A gas tax holiday is such an appalling idea for so many reasons, it's sure to be enacted.
And oil companies will reciprocate by lowering the price as well and won't be at all tempted to jack up the price more. Right? Right?
Here we go.
sidhra
popcorn please.
To say that the Clinton campaign has been cartoonishly over the top, is to say that the Hindenburg incident was a slightly miscalculated landing.
BG doesn't play well with others
I wonder where I should go for my gas tax holiday.
Oh, I've been to Georgia and California and anywhere I could run
I took the hand of a preacher man and we made love in the sun
But I ran out of places and friendly faces because I had to be free
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me
/earworm
Uh....
Guam?
Once the liberals took cod out of the schools it was all downhill.
the Hindenburg incident was a slightly miscalculated landing.
"Look! A burning Zeppelin!"
BG doesn't play well with others
mimi
At least she's an actual female.
go to the Beijing Olympics.
Are you there, Cod?
It's me Margaret
Fish Sticks Forever!
I get the sneaking suspicion that Atrios holds the Hillmeister in some contempt.
Well, after all, he pretends to think that mimi is female ...
Brooklyn Girl
Fixed your typo.
How about we declare a profit holiday for the oil companies?
"The Political Economy of The Blogosphere" [working title]
(Problems of Assimilation in Online Communities)
Pt1: Concentric, radiating circle of acceptance and rejection.
A) The Core Group
B) Inner Circle of Rejection
C) The Zone of Neutrality
D) Outer Rings of Acceptance
BG doesn't play well with others
mimi | Homepage | 05.03.08 - 4:08 pm | #
Actually, I do. The only exception is delusional, fat Aggie transvestites who don't know how to mind their own business.
A gas tax holiday is such an appalling idea for so many reasons, it's sure to be enacted.
Adam Hominem
"DOA" according to Pelosi's office. Pelosi herself made a pretty strong statement against the idea.
so when Simels says "Blow me" ....
(Problems of Assmunches in Online Communities)
FYT
This is a small community, Elias. And it's not representative of most communities.
Flawed.
He says, as he copies me...
~~~~~~~~~~~
The sincerest form of flattery! 
(Stupid fuc....[inaudible]
so when Simels says "Blow me" ....
mimi
Then you assume the position, troll.
If your gas tax holiday was up your ass, you'd know.
Unless you were that luser, Butler. He couldn't feel a Saturn V in that cavern.
.
Elias
It must have three Haloscan windows going at the same time
so when Simels says "Blow me" ....
mimi | Homepage | 05.03.08 - 4:12 pm | #
Proving my point.
Get a life, asshole.
Gomez, don't talk to BG that way!
(Problems of Assmunches in Online Communities)
FYT
sidhra
"Allen Butler, Salad Tosser."
Oddly enough, the pilot didn't get picked up.
I type really, really fast.
i'm going to dubai.
Lhasa is nice this time of year, I heard.
I type really, really fast.
mimi | Homepage | 05.03.08 - 4:14 pm | #
Well, you'd have to, consider that you get paid a nickel a page.
i'm going to dubai.
dirk gently
So that when you leave you can say "Buh-bye, Dubai!"?
So was Commander Codpiece packin' fish?
Does he feel he has to protect him from Pickle's voracious hunger for "piss sticks"?
[I'll go stand in the corner now]
and how much do you get paid per bj?
I type really, really fast.
mimi
The Cheeto dust is flying.
i'm going to dubai
Stay here:
http://www.burj-al-arab.com/
If I ever win the lottery, this is on the list of places to go.
Elias, describe each circle a little more please.
Around noon today this place was all trolls.
and how much do you get paid per bj?
mimi | Homepage | 05.03.08 - 4:16 pm | #
So you admit that you get paid a nickel a page. Bravo, Butler, bravo!
shut up, trolls. Folks here will fillet you.
Shutdown Day!
Don't delay
It's a play
To defray
What we pay
Will it stay?
You pray
It's token
Not misspoken
Public woken?
To dismay
BEEEEATCHESSSSSS!!!!
Later.
Then you'll be fin-ished.
I'm up to my gills with trolls. On a grand scale.
(Help me!)
shut up, trolls. Folks here will fillet you.
helena handbasket | 05.03.08 - 4:17 pm | #
And then serve them up with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
Crap table at Seneca Gaming and Entertainment
768 Broad Street
Salamanca, New York
BG, getting laid doesn't seem to have improved your disposition.
Fake trolls, parody trolls, trannie trolls, concern trolls, purity trolls, and troll trolls.
It's a crappie thread, I suppose.
And then serve them up with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
troll brains? a delicacy because of the rarity. It takes a dozen trolls to produce a single serving!
Elias is gone, no one else interesting left.
Bye
helena handbasket | 05.03.08 - 4:17 pm | #
A truly great nym, by the way...
It turns out many scenes in that Man vs. Wild were staged. There's a scene where Bear Grylls is descending the Sierra Nevadas and he comes across a group of purported 'wild horses' and expends great care trying to mount one and ride it down. The mount fails and it turns out they were tamed horses from a local dude ranch.
Fake trolls, parody trolls, trannie trolls, concern trolls, purity trolls, and troll trolls.
And thats just Butler.
Thanks much, Brooklyn Girl. I like to say "flittermouse"--a cute word all by itself.
Fake trolls, parody trolls, trannie trolls, concern trolls, purity trolls, and troll trolls.
It's a one man circle jerk.
Texas A&M must be proud.
Damn! I knew I put my accordion somewhere!
BG, getting laid doesn't seem to have improved your disposition.
mimi | Homepage | 05.03.08 - 4:19 pm | #
Actually, it has. Try it some time. It might improve yours.
Of course, first you'd have to find someone willing to fuck you.
With my gas holiday savings, I'd be lucky to get to the other side of town.
Survivor man is the real deal!
Damn! I knew I put my accordion somewhere!
GWPDA, yclept Irate Historian
Don't those people know about the permanent press cycle?
I hope the trolls have gone, but probably more are coming down the pike.
I'm feeling a bit old today. I just got back from a memorial service for an old friend who didn't remember who I was for the last three years. I don't know, and hope I never find out, what Alzheimer's is like from that side. I know it stinks from this side. 
BG
Thanks much, Brooklyn Girl. I like to say "flittermouse"--a cute word all by itself.
helena handbasket | 05.03.08 - 4:20 pm | #
I like it, too. Much cuter than the animal it references ...
GWPDA, yclept Irate Historian | 05.03.08 - 4:21 pm
I'm sorry, Catalexis. A most cruel disease.
If the "gas tax holiday" actually saved me any money I'd send all $2.87 of it to the Obama Campaign along with my next Outraged-at-Clinton donation.
A velvet puppy! I want one of those.
Dang, a kerfuffle while I made another cup of coffee
I'm sorry, Catalexis. Yeah, alzheimers sucks.
RUSH: We live in the United States of America, and the people who live here, many of them have not traveled abroad; and as a result there are many things that they take for granted and one of the things I think a lot of people take for granted is that we're pretty much like the rest of the world, except they're very impressionable and they're told that the rest of the world hates us.
The rest of the world only hates people like you, Limpy, because they don't wanna catch some kind of ass disease.
I hope the trolls have gone, but probably more are coming down the pike.
helena handbasket
They never really leave. They do nothing else so they are always here.
I hope the trolls have gone, but probably more are coming down the pike.
Trollminder, is that you?
Chevon Island?
a flittermouse is a real animal?
what?
I'm feeling a bit old today. I just got back from a memorial service for an old friend who didn't remember who I was for the last three years. I don't know, and hope I never find out, what Alzheimer's is like from that side. I know it stinks from this side.
catalexis the Communist | 05.03.08 - 4:22 pm | #
Sorry to hear it ... that must be incredibly difficult.
I am considering joining FaceBook.
This is so you all can kick my ass at Scrabulous.
I got bit by a pun bug today I guess. Usually it only happens when I'm around my little brother, and he's a pun monster.
That puppy has to grow into his skin and his paws. Cute!
I'm sorry, Catalexis. It is a heart wrenchingly cruel disease.
Dang, a kerfuffle while I made another cup of coffee
what's fer bkfast chez racy today?
more corn chips?
THE MOST EXCITING 2 MINUTES IN ALL OF TELEVISION!
Thanks, helena. I have to admit, I was much less uncomfortable going through a full blown Episcopalian service than I remember. Maybe I should chuck it all and join a monastery?
MAKING FRIENDS ALL OVER
The Swiss-based multinational food company, Nestle, has apologised to Azerbaijan after a free gift attached to a breakfast cereal backfired.
The CD-ROM featured information about countries around the world but the data on Azerbaijan caused outrage there.
It said that Azerbaijan had started a war against neighbouring Armenia and that the hotly disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh belonged to Armenia.
Nestle has withdrawn the cereal and promised to seize the offending CDs.
what?
virgotex
Bat.
I suggest a furniture repair store, or maybe an upholstery supply shop.
Oh... I thought you said "brass tacks holiday".
We are officially troll-free.
helena handbasket | 05.03.08 - 4:25 pm | #
Cute nym.
Gummo, the Finnish rock group with the Russkies was a hoot!
Thank you for sharing.
http://www.tothepointnews.com/in...=3114&
Itemid=76
what's fer bkfast chez racy today?
more corn chips?
virgotex, wined
Well, I picked the soft part out of half a french bread loaf and ate that...
I'm all Cinco de Mayo'd out...and it's not even the fifth yet.
what?
virgotex
Bat.
oh. makes total sense.
but bats are wonderful animals, BG
/cliff klaven
a flittermouse is a real animal?
Yup!
We are officially troll-free.
Yep. From here on in it's smooth sailing.
Hmm, Atrios, since you don't own a car, I'm not sure you're going to reap rewards from the gas tax holiday. Then again, since you don't own a car, you'll be able to take a holiday with the money you saved from not having to buy gas. I think you win.
Thanks, Res. I like yours too. One doesn't get to say res ipsa loquitur nearly enough in conversations.
A group of bats is called a “clowd”.
Great name for a liberal blog.
I don't know why anyone needs to go anywhere on a gas tax holiday.
I mean, pizza places deliver.
One doesn't get to say res ipsa loquitur nearly enough in conversations.
Thanks. My alternanym is Sue E. Generous, which someone here said sounds like a porn name.
see? A devoted mate, and can eat its weight in insects in one night!
Not gonna find that on E-HArmony.
I'm going to grab a glass of wine and decompress from the encounter with sacred space for a bit. See you all after while.
Thanks, Res. I like yours too. One doesn't get to say res ipsa loquitur nearly enough in conversations.
helena handbasket
That's latin for something I think.
We are officially troll-free.
Gomez
If this were a horror film, in about 6 posts you'd be dead.
Great name for a liberal blog.
Mind Cloud.
It's just the most gorgeous May afternoon that you could ever imagine here in the nation's capital.
A group of bats is called a “clowd”.
I thought it was called Eschaton.
Pro Bono might be taken for a porn name too.
If this were a horror film, in about 6 posts you'd be dead.
less than that if:
you're a virgin who finally has sex
or
you go BACK IN THE HOUSE
"I am considering joining FaceBook.
This is so you all can kick my ass at Scrabulous."
--Gomez
Beware, between reading this blog and playing scrabble on fb, I have no time left to work.
Mind Cloud.
annie
*sigh* spoke too soon.
Beware, between reading this blog and playing scrabble on fb, I have no time left to work.
mer
Being retired is nice.
Trainer attended his fist Derby in 1959 but never had a horse in the
race until now.
ql, what sewing projects are you working on these days?
Invading a country to steal their oil is a War Crime.
It's just the most gorgeous May afternoon that you could ever imagine here in the nation's capital.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Its rainy here in steelhead land.
I've retired from playing Scrabulous.
I'm now on to playing some goony geography game. Helluva way to waste time.
fist Derby?
you go BACK IN THE HOUSE
or you don't run away as soon as the ominous music starts.
I guess Atrios will have to go to that share-a-ride place he's always on about, and see if he can get at least a share of a gas tax holiday, à la M&M Enterprises.
At least something that will take him far enough to get to a place that serves authentic sumptuous Spanish entrées.
Warren Moon, Michael Jordan, Smokey Robinson - geez, do
any white people attend the Kentucky Derby????
Big Brown is favored in the Derby.
3-1 coming from post 20.
It's cloudy and cool-bordering-on-chilly here (52 degrees).
I tried to watch the derby, but all they're doing is interviewing people. Hugh Heffner is really old. And boring to listen to.
Invading a country to steal their oil is a plank in the Republican Party platform.
melior
Fixed your typo.
well, i see it's the same shit, weekend edition...
FistDerby.XXX
It's cloudy and cool-bordering-on-chilly here (52 degrees).
res ipsa loquitur
At least you got a million places you can go to.
And a city that never sleeps.
well, i see it's the same shit, weekend edition...
watertiger
Yeah... isn't it great!
well, i see it's the same shit, weekend edition.
What's that line about it not being one damn thing after another but the same damn thing over and over?
well, i see it's the same shit, weekend edition...
watertiger
yeah but today is Boycott the
Internet Day or something.
Ntodd will be bring technology to its knees, i tells ya!!!
well, i see it's the same shit, weekend edition...
watertiger
Actually most of the trolls have left.
I lived for a little while in Epsom, Surrey, UK, and cruriously they have a horse race there every year called "The Derby".
well, i see it's the same shit, weekend edition...
watertiger
but it's a much higher quality of shit now that you're here...
yeah but today is Boycott the
Internet Day or something.
[rolls eyes]
same shit, weekend edition...
Worst. NPR. Show. Ever.
Actually most of the trolls have left.
Gomez
Did anyone hear that? Sounded like Gomez getting knifed in the gut.
Hospital in Sadr City casualty of U.S. airstrike.
I'm so excited that the Steelers drafted Dennis Dixon- nice kid, very popular in Eugene -so I won't be the only Steeler fan in the neighborhood anymore.
Dogwoods are starting to bloom in the western Cascades but there is still a lot of snow in the high country so the elk are still hanging around - there were 4 in out yard last night.
Life is good.
ql, what sewing projects are you working on these days?
helena
I'm testing a pattern for s.i.l. She's designed a cloth shopping bag that has an added something to make their use by baggers much easier. I've completed one, but can't post pics yet till I'm sure she has copyrighted the pattern.
How are you enjoying yourself these days?
It's been a gray dreary day in Portland with very little wind. The high schoolers only got two races in today. The boats are all put away. Time for me to lock the gates and seek out a mint julep or two.
In other news, Vicki will be visiting me next weekend.
beautiful day in central Texas. Breezy.
A bit too hot
Not a cloud in the sky
but it's a much higher quality of shit now that you're here...
Ooh! BTW, a transplanted Austinite at my gym recommends that I pick up this month's edition of "Texas Monthly".
Apparently, there's some famous dead Texas Democrat buried in Austin - his tombstone said something along the lines of "I swore I would never do business with Republicans."
Hello again, beautiful people! What's up?
Oh, I'm doing a lot of gardening, and trying to be vastly more conscientious about food eating, recycling and composting, all like that.
It is good to be retired.
Ooh! BTW, a transplanted Austinite at my gym recommends that I pick up this month's edition of "Texas Monthly".
I have a copy in my hands right now... hmmm
Ooh! BTW, a transplanted Austinite at my gym recommends that I pick up this month's edition of "Texas Monthly".
beautiful pic of Willie on the cover- racy did a post on it.
Sadly, there are a lot of famous dead Texas Democrats buried in Austin
I have a copy in my hands right now... hmmm
racymind
Who was it?
:grr:
ooh, I'm losing battery power and I'm at a restaurant....
wenn r u goin to texas?
Worst. NPR. Show. Ever.
Nick Cave is going to be on Weekend Fresh Air tho.
I have a copy in my hands right now... hmmm
deets?
yeah but today is Boycott the
Internet Day or something.
Ntodd will be bring technology to its knees, i tells ya!!!
I bet you a Yankee Stadium beer that he's lurking.
Ooh! BTW, a transplanted Austinite at my gym recommends that I pick up this month's edition of "Texas Monthly".
I will be watching the Kentucky Derby at my gym in about an hour while on the treadmill.
"But it's really great shit, Mrs. Presky!"
In NY recycling is mandatory and over 20 years it just became such a habit that when we moved here I felt distinctly uncomfortable just throwing everything in the dumpster. We've gone back to being good citizens and make a weekly trip to the recycling center. Really there should be roadside pick up all over.
It's a picture of a guy named Bill Kugle, the epitaph reads
"He Never Voted For Republicans And Had Little To Do With Them"
He was a state rep from Athens, TX
I bet you a Yankee Stadium beer that he's lurking.
HoneyBearKellyGoGiants
The Drive, The Fumble, Jose Mesa.
The Drive, The Fumble, Jose Mesa.
The Drive, The Fumble, Jose Mesa.
The Drive, The Fumble, Jose Mesa.
The Drive, The Fumble, Jose Mesa.
Frank Rich apparently has a must-read column for Sunday's NYTs on Hagee. It should post after 10 pm EST.
Really there should be roadside pick up all over.
Yeah, we have that the same day as trash pickup
ql, how far do you have to drive to the recycling center?
Derby day, and no one has mentioned Barbaro.
I had to bring it up again,
at http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/...ave-
horses.html
ooh, I'm losing battery power and I'm at a restaurant....
virgotex, wined
__________________________
Well, for God's sake, pull the power supply out of your damned laptop and patch it in to your inputs!
Excuse me, a picture of his headstone
I see people reading newspapers and magazines on their treadmills but apparently never laptops.
"He Never Voted For Republicans And Had Little To Do With Them"
Love it. Where is the cemetery?
If you wanna scan, I'll email ya one...
ooh, I'm losing battery power and I'm at a restaurant....
virgotex
* bites tongue *
Is it, like, ironic that I can't get on that website shutdownday.org?
Maybe that's the gimmick.
We just got curbside recycling in March. It's completely amazing how the recycling and composting cuts down on other trash. Some weeks I only have a couple of white trash bags in the regular pickup.
But they only pick up plastics #1 and #2. Is that the way it is everywhere else? I wish the labels on stuff had the recycling triangle printed on them just like the mandatory nutritional information.
An anagram for res ipsa loquitur would be Utopia Squirrels. Another good band name.
racymind: me, me
baba.durag at gmail
thnx
It's the Texas State Cemetery in Austin...
Frank Rich apparently has a must-read column for Sunday's NYTs on Hagee.
I am so sick of religion in politics I could spit.
ql, how far do you have to drive to the recycling center?
Marcellina
About five miles. It's in the park so we always combine with walking a couple of miles exercise. It's about the only thing I miss from NYC, I used to walk a couple miles a day. Here, I walk to my car.
Is it, like, ironic that I can't get on that website shutdownday.org?
so people surf from their cellphones instead.
bfd.
Is it, like, ironic that I can't get on that website shutdownday.org?
Well it's today so I guess they've shut down.
I did my best to keep off the computer today, but it was no fun at all.
Derby day, and no one has mentioned Barbaro.
That was a subject last year as I recall.
Some dickweed tried to say the war in Iraq was more important.
He was a dunbass.
I am so sick of religion in politics I could spit.
That's why Clinton has my vote.
It's the Texas State Cemetery in Austin...
can we squeeze the place into the itinerary? I'd love a photo of that headstone.
dunbass? Is this a beginning of more fish puns?
Gomez, it's a big issue right now where a group in Canada is trying to keep a whole load of horses from being shipped off.
sad story, at my blog
Is it, like, ironic that I can't get on that website shutdownday.org?
They prolly din't pay their bill.
I'm off to 1/2 Price Books... I seem to have exhausted the local library's supply of various Boris Akunin stories.
FReeper sez crew "put up" Mission Accomplshed banner:
The "Mission Accomplished" sign was put up by the crew of the aircraft carrier that had successfully accomplished their assigned mission and was steaming home.
The writers at the New York Times, like all other liberals that have never served a single day in the military, seem to have no clue about the difference between what a "mission" is and what a "war" is.
Then why did Rove and Libby paddle out to the carrier beforehand with a bulky, secretly-wrapped package aboard their swank canoe?
About 4,000 people will vote in Guam. 1.4 million people voted in Florida. However, none of the votes in Florida count, because the Florida Republican state legislature moved up the date of the Florida primary.
When you just write that out, or read it, you feel like you're living in an alternative universe.
Gomez, it's a big issue right now where a group in Canada is trying to keep a whole load of horses from being shipped off.
You see last year I started a big fight here.
Its the anniversary. Yay!!!
We take our recyclables to the "convenience center" (e.i., dump). It's about 10 miles from where we live and we generally don't have to go more than once or twice a month because we have a shed we can store everything. The interesting thing I discovered the last time I went was that they are now accepting all plastics--1 through 7--whereas before they only took 1 and 2. Nice.
dunbass? Is this a beginning of more fish puns?
leibniz
No just carelessness.
Racing horses, greyhounds, fighting dogs and chickens, etc. The human blood taste for sports.
The "Mission Accomplished" sign was put up by the crew of the aircraft carrier that had successfully accomplished their assigned mission and was steaming home.
Yes, on orders from the WH, I'm sure some poor slob had to climb up on a ladder and "put up" the sign, so that's technically correct. Good grief the Freepers are dumbasses.
So is anyone gonna drink Corona beer or something?
Gomez, I never have forgotten Steve King on the floor of the House fighting to save the slaughterhouses, it would help the balance of trade. I am NOT kidding.
The State Cemetery is just on the other side of I-35 between 7th and 8th Streets....easy breezy for any local itinerary
When you just write that out, or read it, you feel like you're living in an alternative universe.
It just doesn't have enough Hope or Change, apparently.
Mint juleps and some shitty stew.
This is our first Cinco celebration since we moved to the West Side. There's just music playing everywhere today. Quite fun.
Watertiger, Texas Monthly did a video tour of the State Cemetery but that particular headstone isn't in it. It's still worth watching.
Racing horses, greyhounds, fighting dogs and chickens, etc. The human blood taste for sports.
leibniz♘☮
maybe we could dress them in camouflage and call them 'the troops'
We've got special recycling dumpsters here, in apartment complexes and commercial areas. I've got them right in front of my building — different bins for paper, plastics, metal, clear glass and colored glass. Very convenient.
Sometimes morons put the wrong stuff in, though.
A mint julep sounds good. I have the fresh mint!
I was surprised how much 1 and 2 plastic there is--clear shampoo bottles, all the bottled water & vodka bottles, some food containers. Even the yellow bag my newspaper is delivered in is a 1 or 2, I forget.
The State Cemetery is just on the other side of I-35 between 7th and 8th Streets....easy breezy for any local itinerary
kewl!
My daughter's getting ready for the prom. I'm trying to organize a month's worth of recycling and then on to paint the porch railings. Diverging life paths.
A mint julep sounds good. I have the fresh mint!
And I've got.........julep.
the Freepers can run, but they can't hide.
Their guy is going to get crushed this fall.
Too fucking bad.
A mint julep sounds good. I have the fresh mint!
Hecate
I don't believe I've ever had one.
Will it go with spaghetti?
Melior: the most recent Akunin in English paperback is apparently two longish short stories. Bought it, and promptly my brother in law went away with it. So I haven't read it yet. Grrrr...
Can't trust anyone these days.
I have just about gotten to the point where I can read 'em in the original, so...
Apparently Fandorin gets married (again) or at least heavily involved with a woman in Japan, and picks up the manservant (not to mention knowledge of ninja techniques) we see in "The Death of Achilles". For reasons unclear Bromfield hasn't gotten around to translating that one, yet...
I have an apartment to clean this weekend in anticipation of the one who loves Al Gore.
One curious thing the wingnuts ignore is that the font used for the "Missioned Accomplished" banner was identical to that used in the Bush 2000 campaign. Kerning, anyone?
The writers at the New York Times, like all other liberals that have never served a single day in the military, seem to have no clue about the difference between what a "mission" is and what a "war" is.
The freeper writing this has no clue at all how these things work, and has obviously not been in the military or they would understand how these things work.
Will it go with spaghetti?
qlª
little runny, but you can try.
At this point I would love to say something like, "RIL and/or Watertiger is the Queen of Corona" but it wouldn't be accurrate, as far as I know.
Will it go with spaghetti?
qlª
It will if you like whiskey. Otherwise, not so much.
Have a wonderful weekend, G & V.
Hecate save your mint for mojitos.
I just don't think that bourbon, sugar and mint are things in 1 glass.
I've never had a mint julep.
And having forever sworn off alcohol 14 years ago will never have one.
My husband just got an Obama flyer in the mail (KY primary is on May 20). It is all about how much Obama loves coal. Weird. I guess they don't send this particular flyer to blue states.
In the sense that neither drinks beer or lives in Queens, to my knowledge.
I'm going to grab a glass of wine and decompress from the encounter with sacred space for a bit. See you all after while.
You have become one with the Episcopate!
So going to the gym and then ordering a pizza while on the treadmill would be bad form, right?
I've been to Corona.
I've been to the Lemon Ice King.
It is all about how much Obama loves coal.
surely that comes with a pic of him in blackface? that's how coal used to used.
Will it go with spaghetti?
Bourbon, simple syrup, crushed ice, muddled mint, mint sprig. It just might.
It's been a wet and cool spring in my part of Ks. High of 60 today and I think we've only hit 80 once.
"Mission"
"Crusade"
"Police Action"
"Air strike"
"Limited pre-emptive strike"
It's all "war." War is just so yesterday. The "Defense Department" used to be called "The War Department." It's time to drop the euphemisms.
At this point I would love to say something like, "RIL and/or Watertiger is the Queen of Corona" but it wouldn't be accurrate, as far as I know.
Culture Of Truth
Will either be with Julio down by the school yard?
And (Steve S., I'm talkin' to you), if anyone happens to have a (cough) evaluation copy (cough) of a (cough) pirated (cough) recording of Gillian Welch doing "Duncan" at the recent Paul Simon tribute concert, I can be reached at loki snail uchicago point edu.
Mint juleps make you smell like a combo of Whiskey and mouthwash...
in other words, very kissable
I have just about gotten to the point where I can read 'em in the original, so...
David Derbes, ochen' pissed.
That's pretty friggin' cool.
No spoilers please!
Obama flyer in the mail (KY primary is on May 20). It is all about how much Obama loves coal. Weird.>>
Obama will do and say anything to be elected. Just ask his Pastor!
My friend Ryan really, really likes Duran Duran.
Will it go with spaghetti?
Bourbon, simple syrup, crushed ice, muddled mint, mint sprig. It just might.
sidhra صي ذ& | 05.03.08 - 4:58 pm | #
Drink one on an empty stomach. Then you won't care if it goes with spaghetti or not.
Here in the nation's fifth largest city, renowned for its trash disposal, we have recycle pickup, trash pickup and Big Trash Pickup (4x/year). Also, if you have a bunch of stuff on some off day - all your moving boxes for example - the trash guys will make a special pickup, just for you!
Bourbon, simple syrup, crushed ice, muddled mint, mint sprig. It just might.
sidhra
Do run a boat thingy? The picture of you up at face book is lovely. I'm sorry we didn't get to talk more at EschaCon.
Queen of Corona
Now I've got "My Sharona" in my head, thanks.
At this point I would love to say something like, "RIL and/or Watertiger is the Queen of Corona" but it wouldn't be accurrate, as far as I know.
Goodbye Juuuuuuuudi, Queen of the Hamptons...
I never did do that video.
"War Accomplished" Doesn't sound like a decent banner. How about "Over One Million Dead Innocents"? That would be a helluva banner.
I thought only Kentucky colonels were allowed to drink mint juleps.
FORP.
Queen of Corona
See me and Julio down by the school yard.
Mint juleps are quite drinkable. My neighbors usually have a party for Derby Day, though not this year. There is also a traditional Derby pie, Chocolate Pecan, that is pretty darn good, too.
That was like 15 minutes of troll free goodness.
ql
Not really for spaghetti, I don't think.
I planted mint this year just so I can harvest enough for mojitos.
I sail a lot. I also do some work at a community sailing center. Used to sew sails for a living.
and completely OT, but these new Sennheiser headphones are great.
I have two and a half days to finish this NEH application - and right now I would do just about anything to avoid writing one more word.
~~Sigh~~
Not really for spaghetti, I don't think.
Hecate
That's what I'm thinking. I stick to red wine. It's nice being able to get out of bed in the morning without groaning.
Not really for spaghetti, I don't think.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Not even with a pink vodka sauce?
No Picnic: Man Charged With Screwing a Patio Table
http://www.asylum.com/2008/03/31...-a-patio-table/
I thought only Kentucky colonels were allowed to drink mint juleps.
Lime Rickey
My father-in-law retired as colonel and then moved to Kentucky. He doesn't seem to see the humor in it.
I would take a mint julep, put it in a tall glass and add soda. Just me of course...
and completely OT, but these new Sennheiser headphones are great.
I've had Sennheiser headphones for my TV for years and they are terrific.
Off to the gym.
Later.
and completely OT, but these new Sennheiser headphones are great.
watertiger
What model? I could use some decent headphones for travelling.
helena handbasket has the right idea.
Mojitos all around.
No Picnic: Man Charged With Screwing a Patio Table
http://www.asylum.com/2008/03/31...-a-patio-table/
Still less embarrassing than that Andre Agassi mullet.
sidrha, that sounds great.
I don't boat or anything (unless you count riding the Staten Island Ferry) but don't think I could ever live away from the water. I have to be on a coast.
Mint Juleps are really cocktails.
Not main course drinks.
Willendorf
Is he talking about coal sequestration?
No spoilers please!
melior
Конечно, нет.
(Of course not.)
Прежде всего, надо их находить.
(But first, I have to find them...)
I thought only Kentucky colonels were allowed to drink mint juleps.
Lime Rickey
My father-in-law retired as colonel and then moved to Kentucky. He doesn't seem to see the humor in it.
A friend of mine in the Army somehow managaed to get himself named a Kentucky Colonel.
We were both captains at the time.
No one called him Colonel around the office, though...
Used to sew sails for a living.
Swear to Goddess, this place is full of THE most interesting people on the internets.
Apprentice to Darth Holden: Abbot Ale, if you please.
Is he talking about coal sequestration?
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Umm...No Flirting?
Maybe I should go look that up...
Mint Juleps are really cocktails.
Stirred with horsefeathers?
What model? I could use some decent headphones for travelling.
they're the MX-75 Sport earbuds with the green cords. "twist to fit" system. got 'em at the Apple Store.
My father-in-law retired as colonel and then moved to Kentucky. He doesn't seem to see the humor in it.
Willendorf Venus
More mint julups could lighten him up a little.
First mention of Barbaro, showing his race, but only shouting his name would you know he ever existed.
Stirred with horsefeathers?
those are a real mane in the ass.
they're the MX-75 Sport earbuds with the green cords. "twist to fit" system. got 'em at the Apple Store.
watertiger
Oooh, how convenient. Maybe I'll stop across the street on my way home from work.
Speaking of which, I should probably do some.
Thanks.
they're the MX-75 Sport earbuds with the green cords. "twist to fit" system. got 'em at the Apple Store.
watertiger
Are they more comfortable than the earbuds that come with the ipod? I can't wear them, they hurt my ears after 5 minutes.
but don't think I could ever live away from the water. I have to be on a coast.
Quick getaway. I get it.
Hecate,
It mentions that he supports "clean coal", coal gasification technology, but mostly is just pictures.
The etymotic ER-6 sound cancellation earbuds are wonderful.
Mint Juleps are really cocktails.
Not main course drinks.
watertiger
What, you can't get likkered up on 'em?
Or you're just not sopposed to drink 'em with the roast beef?
Stirred with horsefeathers?
those are a real mane in the ass.
watertiger
Tell me another pony tale...
These are my headphones.
They come with different size plastic thingies and volume control.
The etymotic ER-6 sound cancellation earbuds are wonderful.
leibniz♘☮
been thinkin' about those, leibniz. but the price is daunting. sure do like the idea, though.
Quick getaway. I get it.
Culture
Yup. When I was limping away from the WTC with a broken ankle, I figured my best bet was to get to the East River so I could swim across if Manhattan was gonna be attacked. Course I was in shock and not really thinking too well at the time.
Hey peeps
If the filly doesn't win that's a bad sign for Hillary.
If "Cool Coal Man" wins that's a good for Obama.
"War Accomplished" Doesn't sound like a decent banner. How about "Over One Million Dead Innocents"? That would be a helluva banner.
leibniz♘☮
Maybe they should do it like a Mcdonalds sign saying X number of burgers served.
Tell me another pony tale... racymind
Hang on, they're in my portfoalio.
hey trifecta, up for a game?
You are barking up the roan tree here people.
Are they more comfortable than the earbuds that come with the ipod? I can't wear them, they hurt my ears after 5 minutes.
Marcellina
Anything is more comfy that earbuds. I hate the things. I got a pair with one of the Sansas I bought that I couldn't get in my ear with a hammer. Who they designing these things for, Mighty Joe Young?
If the filly doesn't win that's a bad sign for Hillary.
If "Cool Coal Man" wins that's a good for Obama.
Culture Of Truth
and they're wearing flag pins
the earbuds that come with the ipod?
Me, too. I'd love to find some that fit.
Are they more comfortable than the earbuds that come with the ipod? I can't wear them, they hurt my ears after 5 minutes.
they have a weird rolling wheel system.
And they are more comfortable than the iPod earbuds.
Hang on, they're in my portfoalio.
JeffCO
/groan
Maybe they should do it like a Mcdonalds sign saying X number of burgers served.
Lumpenprolitariot
Oooh, excellent!
McCentury's: X many years left
Damn, Trifecta just beat me 408-407.
Congratulations.
I need a drink.
sure marcellina. Rematch ql?
Look at the pic on the NYT homepage.
That guy died in Iraq -- by electrocution in a shower.
trifecta,who won, you or the lawn?
The fact that Bush stood under that sign and said that combat operations in Iraq had ended apparently got past the Freepers.
Trifecta just beat me 408-407.
Very impressive scores, missy
These are my headphones.
Saw those in War of the Worlds, I think...
Hang on, they're in my portfoalio.
quit stalling for time.
trifecta,who won, you or the lawn?
Ruth
Actually my wife and mother in law won.
We went out to eat, went swimming at the Y, and went to a nursery. Didn't get to the lawn today.
I hate earbuds. I got the 'iGrados" which are great, but have a really thin cord that gets easily tangled.
When I was limping away from the WTC with a broken ankle, I figured my best bet was to get to the East River so I could swim across if Manhattan was gonna be attacked.
That's how George Washington played it.
Trifecta just beat me 408-407.
Holy cow.
trif
sure
I tried playing scramble and just don't like it. The rounds are too short.
Tell me another pony tale... racymind
Hang on, they're in my portfoalio.
JeffCO
Hurry before they turn into glue
That guy died in Iraq -- by electrocution in a shower.
Wasn't Ted talking about that the other night?
Shower stalls built and maintained by KBR...
Hang on, they're in my portfoalio.
quit stalling for time.
Hay! Whoa, there!
Didn't get to the lawn today.
trifecta
Then I don''t guess you get to wear one of my favorite t shirts, "I fought the lawn and the lawn won"
Afternoon, kids! I know it's "run for the roses" day and all, so I thought I'd share this musical interlude: Roses & Clover.
No, it has nothing to do with horses. It may make you smile, though!
The fact that Bush stood under that sign and said that combat operations in Iraq had ended apparently got past the Freepers.
Desperation is the world's stinkiest cologne.
That's how George Washington played it.
Culture Of Truth
The people here are so impressed that I was injured on 9/11. They tell all their friends and family. I'm like, jeesh, guys, get over it.
Hang on, they're in my portfoalio.
quit stalling for time.
Hay! Whoa, there!
Another pun thread? Neigh! Say it ain't so!
quit stalling for time. watertiger
Hay now!
gotta get serious about this Derby thing now.
It's a Derby to Save the Horses, at http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com
I can't remember who was talking about it, but they said something 13 guys had been killed by being electrocuted in showers over there.
It would behoove you to stop with the puns
Another pun thread? Neigh! Say it ain't so!
Saddle do for now.
I hate earbuds. I got the 'iGrados" which are great, but have a really thin cord that gets easily tangled.
The Old Man From Scene 24
I finally quit fighting the things and got an FM Xmitter.
The fact that Bush stood under that sign and said that combat operations in Iraq had ended apparently got past the Freepers.
freepers are stupid. they choreographed everything about that photo op, from holding the ship offshore and tuning it so the cameras couldn't see land, to the arranging the audience so their colored shirts alternated. The camera angle was arranged so that banner was directly over Bush's little head.
http://thinkprogress.org/wp-
cont...shmission33.jpg
Civil War cannonball kills Virginia relic collector
CHESTER, Va. (AP) - Like many boys in the South, Sam White got hooked on the Civil War early, digging up rusting bullets and military buttons in the battle-scarred earth of his hometown.
As an adult, he crisscrossed the Virginia countryside in search of wartime relics - weapons, battle flags, even artillery shells buried in the red clay. He sometimes put on diving gear to feel for treasures hidden in the black muck of river bottoms.
But in February, White's hobby cost him his life: A cannonball he was restoring exploded, killing him in his driveway.
Saddle do for now.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
And Hecate spurs them on
Another pun thread? Neigh! Say it ain't so!
Let's take a different tack.
Gromit,
I love that book. It's delightful. Thanks again.
13 guys had been killed by being electrocuted in showers over there.
res ipsa loquitur
listening to a hearing on KBR, one lady was telling about seeing the fellas taking out bodies in the same refrigerated trucks they brought ice in, for our troops
now I gota get on the way.
A cannonball he was restoring exploded, killing him in his driveway.
I'm nominating him for a Darwin Award.
More than 140 years after Lee surrendered to Grant, the cannonball was still powerful enough to send a chunk of shrapnel through the front porch of a house a quarter-mile from White's home in this leafy Richmond suburb.
Man Charged With Screwing a Patio Table
Culture Of Truth
I'm guessing the jury will splinter over the verdict.
Horsefeathers!
now that I've used up my mane store of punnage and the real good punners are here.
You are no Palomino. I choose my friends carefully.
When I was limping away from the WTC with a broken ankle
What??
iI love that book. It's delightful. Thanks again.
res ipsa loquitur
You're welcome!
For others: The book is "Sex Toys You Can Use In Court"
Another pun thread? Neigh! Say it ain't so!
Let's take a different tack.
Hecate
Whinny change topics, let me know.
they choreographed everything about that photo op,
Rove thought he was shooting campaign commercials for 2004 on our dollars. If things had gone differently, those would have been all over tv in 2004.
Union and Confederate troops lobbed an estimated 1.5 million artillery shells and cannonballs at each other from 1861 to 1865. As many as one in five were duds.
Some of the weapons remain buried in the ground or river bottoms. In late March, a 44-pound, 8-inch mortar shell was uncovered at Petersburg National Battlefield, the site of an epic 292-day battle. The shell was taken to the city landfill and detonated.
People are forgetting that when Bush decided to give that speech, his team was actually in an embarrassing pickle in Iraq. Saddam had vanished into thin air along with all his henchmen, and none of the military people or the State Department people had cue cards for that. Oh, and all the Iraqis they were telling that Chalabi was their next "President" were just giving them looks of horror.
Bush decided to change the focus from the "WTF now?" on the ground in Baghdad with the 'Mission Accomplished' speech. He succeeded at changing the focus, that's true. Not the state of WTF???...which has now lasted five years....
Hecate, I bet you're right about that. That explains it better than any other thing that's been said about it.
This has nothing to do with nothing, but SO is sitting here playing with his new sound recording software. Went into his soundcard settings to change something, and they have little avatars for the different settings. The one for Advanced is Einstein. The one for Simple is W. Ha.
now that I've used up my mane store of punnage and the real good punners are here.
I'm feeling fetlock and fancy free.
OK, clearly I am out of material, too.
The one for Advanced is Einstein. The one for Simple is W. Ha.
LOL. Must be a Mac program.
ThinlyVeiled, that's great!
I think it behooves everyone to stop this now.
We're at the tail end of the equine puns.
stoopit haloscan.
I'm bridling at all of you trotting out the bad puns.
For others: The book is "Sex Toys You Can Use In Court"
Gromit
Oh, you scientists. Such cut-ups.
LOL. Must be a Mac program.
Nope, sorry, PC. But I am so going to write those software designers. First honest laugh all day.
they choreographed everything about that photo op,
Over at Cabdrollery was a great post about the speech, pointing out there was zero mention of the Lincoln's mission in all of his chest-beating "we won, muthafuckas!" speech.
We're at the tail end of the equine puns.
Let's put it out to pasture then.
I'm bridling at all of you trotting out the bad puns.
I was jockeying for position on the bad pun front....
We're at the tail end of the equine puns.
Let's put it out to pasture then.
Marcellina
"They shoot horses, don't they?"
What??
Marcellina
I worked across the street. After the first plane hit we evacuated the building. I had to walk down 24 flights of stairs. I was watching the North Tower burn when the second plane hit. I turned to run away and broke my ankle.
And this is why I love NY. Everyone was running away and there I was on the ground unable to get up. An orthodox Jewish guy and a Chinese guy were running like bats out hell. They both looked at me sprawled on the sidewalk, and looked at each and sighed. You could see from their expressions their identical thought. "Well, shit, I guess we *have* to help her. The Asian guy stayed with me all the way to the hospital.
I left the hospital, untreated, cause they wouldn't let me stay on the ground floor. After the second Tower crashed I decided we were under attack and started heading for my mom's, about three miles away, facing the East River.
The goddamned WaPo has an article up today about how resolute W is. Yet another perfectly good word ruined for all time.
I canter-ase these bad puns from my memory now....
Katie Couric apparently slept with a Kentucky Derby horse. She described the relationship a "colicky".
I canter-ase these bad puns from my memory now....
You just need to trot harder!
The goddamned WaPo has an article up today about how resolute W is. Yet another perfectly good word ruined for all time.
Some people say resolute. I say stubborn, inflexible, and rigid.
Tomayto. Tomahto.
After the second Tower crashed I decided we were under attack and started heading for my mom's, about three miles away, facing the East River.
On foot with a broken ankle the whole way? How long did that take you?
inflated owls!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sheet-ite martyrs have sacrificed their threads for you
.
Katie Couric apparently slept with a Kentucky Derby horse. She described the relationship a "colicky".
A real dog.
Oh, I thought you said collie-icky.
Please! No mare of these puns!
Starts to settle down and then it's stirruped again.
We're at the tail end of the equine puns.
Let's put it out to pasture then.
And let it wither away...
How is it possible that ABC News Senior National Correspondent Jake Tapper, who lives and works in DC, does not know that DC has 3 electoral votes because of the 23rd Amendment?
The one that was ratified in 1961.
How long did that take you?
Marcellina
A long time.
Made it though.
Kids & Mr. ql were home in Queens and there was no way for me to get there as traffic was closed off in that area of the city. My mom made me a chicken pot pie in the microwave and served it with Budwiser. My older girl made white russians and linguini al fredo herself, Mr. ql and her sister, figuring WWIII had just started and they might as well live it up while they could.
"We're going to a place without gooks and cunts"-John McCain
I've got an idea...
"I wonder where I should go for my gas tax holiday."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Lis..._carfree_places
:D
I haven't seen anyone mention one important thing:
The gas-tax abatement is supposed to be for this summer's driving. The summer season begins in about a month and ends after three more. The election is in NOVEMBER. Summer will be long over.
How is it that people are all caught up in this discussion without noticing that?
oldswede
We went to Key West and spent a 8 day's, walking, biking, kyaking and didn't drive even once. I guess that could be called a "gas tax holiday"
Hey! Now I have more money to send to the candidate I stand with, Hillary!
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