HULK SMASH
Me!
They're all intellectuals!
Zip! Walter Lippman wasn't brilliant today.
Zip! Will Saroyan ever write a great play?
Zip! I was reading Schopenhauer last night.
Zip! And I think that Schopenhauer was right.
I don't want to see Zorina,
I don't want to meet Cobina.
Zip! I'm an intelectual.
I don't like a deep contralto,
Or a man whose voice is alto.
Zip! I'm a heterosexual.
Zip! It took intelect to master my art.
Zip! Who the hell is Margie Hart?
It's very easy to determine who is serious and who is not.
Serious people advocate winning wars.
Unserious people advocate chickening out and running away.
I also call these unserious people "losers."
you're a dirty fucking hippie. you can't be serious.
DFHs smell.
Clerisy kills zits dead.
How does one "win" a war?
It's very easy to determine who is serious and who is not.
Serious people advocate winning wars.
Unserious people advocate chickening out and running away.
ah, I see.
So the people who say, "Just win", and, "Git 'R Done" are Very Serious indeed.
occasionally ejecting a few
You can't be serious!
Man, I'm watching War Made Easy, and it's pissing me off.
i thought clerisy was that disease that people get in 19th century novels, like 'consumption'.
DFHs smell.
NTodd, Mutually Orgasmic
:sniff:
:sniff:
All right, which one of you clowns frickin' bathed in patchouli?
NTodd,
War is way too easy. It's peace that's hard.
what is this patchouli fragrance that you speak of? 
you can't be SERIOUS! That comes from the more ambitious!
Wolf is Wankerrific!
I wanna know which expert said: Wait a minute! Why the hell is bush throwing the UN inspectors out of Iraq!
How does one "win" a war?
When you get all your opponents cards.
I wanna know which expert said: Wait a minute! Why the hell is bush throwing the UN inspectors out of Iraq!
Wouldn't have been polite. Just not done, what.
How does one "win" a war?
when you make sure to buy large blocks of stock in defense contractors prior to the run-up, because you've got inside knowledge...
You mean, something like an 'academy' or 'college' or 'university' where people are vetted over a course of years by their peers for their quality of thought and knowledge?
Sept. 11 happened because America had lost its deterrent capability. We lost it because for 20 years we never retaliated against, or brought to justice, those who murdered Americans.
As pointed out above, this is a lie: since Clinton did capture and bring to justice the WTC1 bombers. It is also insane: since it is based on the assumption that suicide bombers will be dissuaded by possibility of retaliation! And finally, it is part of the big lie effort to hide President "you covered your ass" Bush's culpability in the biggest intelligence failure in US history.
rootless2 | 08.18.07 - 7:58 pm | #
I wanna know which expert said: Wait a minute! Why the hell is bush throwing the UN inspectors out of Iraq!
one doesn't say such things if one wishes to continue being invited to the A-list cocktail parties.
I see Atrios ignored my plea to stop linking to those idiots. I'm surprised he won't let some random commenter dictate how to run his blog. Heh.
ou mean, something like an 'academy' or 'college' or 'university' where people are vetted over a course of years by their peers for their quality of thought and knowledge?
exactly. Just like Regent University, for example.
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A- HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!
I wanna know which expert said: Wait a minute! Why the hell is bush throwing the UN inspectors out of Iraq!
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Scott Ritter.
Of course, he had actually been an inspector, so he was ignored.
Damn, renato is it ever GOING TO COOL OFF BELOW 105????
Feel like I'm going to have a stroke here.
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Come the Petraeus Report in September, Democrats will be eating a rather large plate of CROW. Surge has worked out better than anyone had hoped.
I see Atrios ignored my plea to stop linking to those idiots. I'm surprised he won't let some random commenter dictate how to run his blog. Heh.
He's just doing it to avoid giving me traffic.
I got behind a guy today that had a large sign on the back window of his suv that said, "Support Our Southern Heritage!". It had a pic of two roosters fighting. I wondered where his "selling slaves" pic was, the "dog fighting pic", lynching and all those other "Southern Heritage" redneck sports
Damn, renato is it ever GOING TO COOL OFF BELOW 105????
Feel like I'm going to have a stroke here.
Excuse me, how long have you lived here?
I thought so. NO WHINING ABOUT THE HEAT or I'll have your 'Zonie citizenship revoked!
Surge has worked out better than anyone had hoped.
You really hoped that only a few thousand more people would die and that Iraq would still be unstable?
I got behind a guy today that had a large sign on the back window of his suv that said, "Support Our Southern Heritage!". It had a pic of two roosters fighting. I wondered where his "selling slaves" pic was, the "dog fighting pic", lynching and all those other "Southern Heritage" redneck sports
like cousins marrying cousins?
(that should make Rudy! an honorary Southerner)
From the link:
There is a long list of foreign policy experts who specialize in the Middle East (And did so before 9/11 came around). Jon Alterman, Brian Katulis, Mark Lynch, Ray Takeyh, Steven Simon, Flynt Levrett, Vali Nasr, Steven Cook, Rob Malley to name just a few. Most of these people speak Arabic or Farsi. Most have spent sigificant time in the region or spent a great deal of time studying the history of the region and the intimate details. They know much more than you, me, Matt Yglesias or Gideon Rose do about the Middle East. [...]For example, Tony Cordesman, who quite frankly knows more than you, me, or just about anybody else about the Middle East, only lists four areas of expertise on his bio: Energy, Middle East & North Africa, Defense Policy, and Terrorism.
I never claimed to be an expert on the Middle East, but by the time they passed the AUMF, I knew George W. Bush was spectacularly incompetent and breathtakingly dishonest.
Nothing that's happened since then has led me to doubt my expertise in the science of Bushology.
"one doesn't say such things if one wishes to continue being invited to the A-list cocktail parties.
r€nato"
Nobody said a fucking word. I mean none of the anybodys said fucking boo. Nothing. What the hell is wrong with those people. In the history books we will look no better than the 1930s german population. WTF!
...or, you could try my approach: spend the first six weeks of summer in Italy. Makes the rest of the hot months so much more bearable 
I wanna know which expert said: Wait a minute! Why the hell is bush throwing the UN inspectors out of Iraq!
hadenough
Ssshh! That little item is supposed to have disappeared down the "expert" memory hole.
Come the Petraeus Report in September, Democrats will be eating a rather large plate of CROW. Surge has worked out better than anyone had hoped.
Big Fitz | 08.18.07 - 8:02 pm | #
I invite you to tell us what exactly you think 'the surge' is
becuz i think you have no idea what it really is
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You all are going to have to quiet down now, my official distraction is coming on. In the name of the NFL, I order you to pipe down!
Enough with this "very serious foreign policy" stuff.
It's Saturday night....PAR-TAY AT ZAP'S!
I invite you to tell us what exactly you think 'the surge' is
becuz i think you have no idea what it really is
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Tacitus Voltaire | 08.18.07 - 8:05 pm | #
"Big" Fitz dreams of a surge in his pants. Of course, it never comes.
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Boy, I sure wish I had the time to go fishing through those Bios.
I like how it is always the fault of someone else. George Bush is not at fault for going on vacation when the CIA warned him about an impending attack. The FBI is not to blame for not watching suspicious Saudi citizens in flight school. The FAA was not to blame for mandating locks on pilot doors - a simple method that the Israelis used for years. The NSA is not to blame for failing to translate intercepts.
i have proof that i'm uh intellectual:
'it's a mad mad mad mad world' is on TCM raht now!
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I like how it is always the fault of someone else.
it is always the Clenis' fault.
Always.
The FBI is not to blame for not watching suspicious Saudi citizens in flight school.
Louis Freeh, BFF of Rudi! and the dog that never barked at Mohammed Atta. I'm not a George Tenet defender, but compared to Freeh he deserved that Medal of Freedom.
it is always the Clenis' fault.
I blame NTodd, and his Tastee Freeze business.
it is always the Clenis' fault.
The Clenis is the serpent in the Rose Garden -- the source of Original Sin.
WASHINGTON—Michael K. Deaver, a close adviser to Ronald Reagan who directed the president's picturesque and symbolic public appearances, died Saturday. He was 69.
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Deaver's own image suffered a setback in 1987. He was convicted on three of five counts of perjury stemming from statements to a congressional subcommittee and a federal grand jury investigating his lobbying activities with administration officials. (Deaver apparently refused a presidential pardon.)
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Deaver, however, was concerned more with Reagan's image than his policies. He also was responsible for the president's schedule and security and served as a liaison for any family matters.
To exert as much control as possible, Deaver steered the president away from reporters when he could, instead arranging Reagan in poses and settings that conveyed visually the message of the moment. Presidential news conferences were a rarity, which suited an actor-turned-politician who was at his best when using a script.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you George W. Bush.
Thanks, Michael Deaver.
Thanks, a lot. 
I wonder how they really plan to move foreward. Our land forces are nearly broken, their equiptment is trashed, we're running low on frickin bullets, etc.,etc. What's the plan?
Badboysbadboyswatchagonnado
watchagonnadowhensugarrumbumcomeforyou
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"it's undah dah big double-yah"
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Some people who want isolationism are just so 9/10.
Oh, my shoulder.
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Lumpenprolitariot | Homepage | 08.18.07 - 8:17 pm | #
Plan? Plan? We don't need no stinking plan.
Some people who want isolationism are just so 9/10.
Isolationism doesn't mean what you think it means.
Not wanting to fight illegal wars does not equal isolationism.
I still want some frozyog. I know my gut won't like it, but that's what I want.
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Some people who want isolationism are just so 9/10.
Some people who want to murder fellow humans are just so 9/11.
Maybe a Sonic peanut butter blast.
Dang, that sounds good.
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The bible tells to be anti isolationist.
What's the plan?
What it's been all along. Lie. When people see through the lies, call them traitors, DFHs, unserious people who hate America and hate the troops. Tell another brand new lie. Lather, rinse, repeat.
smalfish: The bible tells to be anti isolationist.
The bible tells that there's no beans in Texas chili.
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JP,
Gimme some beer while you're out, will ya?
Zap Rowsdower: Gimme some beer while you're out, will ya?
Cain't. Couldn't stand to even LOOK at beer, tonight.
The photos aren't so good, but I love these two of Curly, anyway.
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Speaking of beer, I better do a beer run.
The photos aren't so good, but I love these two of Curly, anyway.
ACK!
Where's his ears???
democracy, civil rights, and a rational foreign policy are so pre 9/11
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David Gergen, White House communications director for Reagan, had an office next door to Deaver's. "He was a master of political theater in the best sense of that phrase. Some people denigrate political theater, but in truth it's been essential to presidents," Gergen said in a telephone interview.
"He brought an imagination and an eye and a sense of the country to the presidency," he said. "The choreography of the president is more important than some people think."
Not if the president is sentient.
I thought so. NO WHINING ABOUT THE HEAT or I'll have your 'Zonie citizenship revoked!
r€nato
Yah, but it's the feeling like I'm about to have a stroke thingey, see....
The ice water in the refrigerator is over 100F too. The tap water burned me. I'm on the verge of doing the ice house/pool deal. And Arthur stands here with Yellow Ball trying to get me to go outside....
O-kay.
Zap Rowsdower: Where's his ears???
Dunno. Maybe they're like Suzuki Bergman mirrors.
Serious fisheye lens effect on that one.
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And I need some supper.
At least I don't have to eat wearing fur coat in this heat.
Later folks.
i can't imagine why Big Fits hasn't described to us what the surge is really all about...
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The bible tells that there's no beans in Texas chili.
It varies depending on the translation!
"you're only serious if you're on the same side as John Mccain and Lindsey Graham"-Democracy Arsenal
"The choreography of the president is more important than some people think."
God knows it's more important than the president actually doing some fucking good, just so he can dance the steps.
Anyway, kudos to that journalist.
It was a fine article.
Sonic jeffra? its too hot to get into teh hot car still 85 here
sittenpretty: Sonic jeffra? its too hot to get into teh hot car still 85 here
S'ok -- I have no car.
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NTodd, David Gergen is an asshat.
any intelligent life forms in here? i realize that it is saturday night...
"The choreography of the president is more important than some people think."
something completely obvious and rational to people who think reality is like a hollywood movie
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why is it 10 degrees above freakkin normal ...i moved here to have a mild summer
aightttttttttttttt
any intelligent life forms in here?
Well, there's the ferrets who are intelligent but inebriated.
sittenpretty: Sonic jeffra? its too hot to get into teh hot car still 85 here
S'ok -- I have no car.
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Jeffraham Prestonian | Homepage | 08.18.07 - 8:30 pm | #
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i want my daily strawberry/bananna shake
"The choreography of the president is more important than some people think."
Yep.
Once again, we're labeled morons.
/looks at specs for "evil" hang-glider
-kay.
GWPDA, yclept Roving Historian | Homepage | 08.18.07 - 8:28 pm | #
Do you live in Arizona, GWPDA? It is seriously hot there. At least on Sunday-Monday, when I was there.
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7 miles....14 rt
85°F at this hour in TN in August? That's completely normal. Here, however, it's still 95.7°F!
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"The choreography of the president is more important than some people think."
David Gergen is Roger De Bris!!
Two-three kick TURN turn turn KICK turn
sittenpretty: 7 miles....14 rt
To the nearest Sonic? Mine's under 2 miles.
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anybody else watching 'it's a mad mad mad mad world'?
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As any street vendor knows:
You're only as good as good as your last (insert the act for which you're famous)
md
Well, I like beans in my chili, and since I live in Michigan I'm not worried about offending against Texas chili orthodoxy.
Texas Sillybean is another matter.
I don't claim to be an intelligent lifeform. I save that attempt for the work week.
Well, after a fruitful day of cleaning and unpacking at the new joint, I've got to go refill the boxes I brought back.
Perhaps, I'll stumble back later.
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85°F at this hour in TN in August? That's completely normal. Here, however, it's still 95.7°F!
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Jeffraham Prestonian | Homepage | 08.18.07 - 8:33 pm | #
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according to wunderground ,top daily should be 85 not 95 here
One of the reasons I can't wait for a good, cold fall afternoon is to make, or at least buy, some really good chili.
okeeeeeeey get me a strawberry /bananna shake ...danke
sittenpretty: according to wunderground ,top daily should be 85 not 95 here
Seems most days here in August are well into the 90s. This past week (ten days, actually), it's been 100+ every day.
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well it takes 3 miles to get off the farm
anybody else watching 'it's a mad mad mad mad world'?
Lennie Pike: Even businessmen, who rob and cheat and steal from people everyday, even they have to pay taxes.
sittenpretty: well it takes 3 miles to get off the farm
Heh. You're out there, hon.
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Phoenix, AZ. 110F. 19% humididty. Gahhhh.. Sunset, 7.11pm - two more hours to ensure maximum heatage. Olathe sweet corn and watermelon for dinner.
Property available in the 1000 Islands.
been thinking about that saying, 'if you change the way you look at things... the things you look at change'.
since i'm seeing double tonight, that adage takes on a whole new meaning.
anybody else watching 'it's a mad mad mad mad world'?
Lennie Pike: Even businessmen, who rob and cheat and steal from people everyday, even they have to pay taxes.
Richard | Homepage | 08.18.07 - 8:39 pm | #
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love jonathan wintrs and cid ceasar...hell theyreall good
Lennie Pike: And then they decide I'm supposed to get a smaller share, like I'm someone extra special stupid. Even if it is a democracy, in a democracy it don't matter how stupid you are, you still get an equal share.
anybody else watching 'it's a mad mad mad mad world'?
I watched the credits...good example of early 60s movie credits.
since i'm seeing double tonight
I need more vodka.
Well, I like beans in my chili, and since I live in Michigan I'm not worried about offending against Texas chili orthodoxy.
I won a chili cook-off contest today. It was held in honor of my dad, and the proceeds went to Hospice. $ 700.
Not too shabby for a first effort.
And GWPDA, yes! The chocolate!
Property available in the 1000 Islands.
GWPDA, yclept Roving Historian | Homepage | 08.18.07 - 8:39 pm | #
very pretty, but i don't think i could survive the dressing
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sittenpretty: well it takes 3 miles to get off the farm
Heh. You're out there, hon.
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Jeffraham Prestonian | Homepage | 08.18.07 - 8:39 pm | #
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gorgeous drive heh
good job vick!
This is seriously creepy
U.S. military practices genetic discrimination in denying benefits
Those medically discharged with genetic diseases are left without disability or retirement benefits. Some are fighting back.
By Karen Kaplan
August 18, 2007
Eric Miller's career as an Army Ranger wasn't ended by a battlefield wound, but his DNA.
Lurking in his genes was a mutation that made him vulnerable to uncontrolled tumor growth. After suffering back pain during a tour in Afghanistan, he underwent three surgeries to remove tumors from his brain and spine that left him with numbness throughout the left side of his body.
So began his journey into a dreaded scenario of the genetic age.
Because he was born with the mutation, the Army argued it bore no responsibility for his illness and medically discharged him in 2005 without the disability benefits or health insurance he needed to fight his disease.
"The Army didn't give me anything," said Miller, 28, a seven-year veteran who is training to join the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
While genetic discrimination is banned in most cases throughout the country, it is alive and well in the U.S. military.
For more than 20 years, the armed forces have held a policy that specifically denies disability benefits to servicemen and women with congenital or hereditary conditions. The practice would be illegal in almost any other workplace.
There is one exception, instituted in 1999, that grants benefits to personnel who have served eight years.
"You could be in the military and be a six-pack-a-day smoker, and if you come down with emphysema, 'That's OK. We've got you covered,' " said Kathy Hudson, director of the Genetics and Public Policy Center at Johns Hopkins University."But if you happen to have a disease where there is an identified genetic contribution, you are screwed."
Representatives from the Pentagon declined multiple requests to discuss the policy.
I won a chili cook-off contest today.
That's excellent news! My most heartfelt congratulations!
What was first prize?
And GWPDA, yes! The chocolate!
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
I'm so glad! With cinnamon, it's a winner every time!
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Vicki, way to go! Would you share your recipe?
I won a chili cook-off contest today. It was held in honor of my dad, and the proceeds went to Hospice. $ 700.
Congratulations!!!!!
I love it!!!
good job vick!
fokowi at lake cabin | Homepage | 08.18.07 - 8:42 pm | #
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how was the devine wall eye?
sittenpretty: gorgeous drive heh
Just tell me I don't have to park the scooter miles away, and hoof it in due to the gravel road that leads up to the new place.
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What was first prize?
Hedley Lamarr | 08.18.07 - 8:42 pm | #
all expense paid trip to lake fokowi
Congrats, Vicki!
My dad died of cancer, though by the time the doctors detected it, it was too far advanced for him to need hospice. Still, it's a great cause.
"Chrysler Imperial convertible!" Andy Devine!
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Wow.
Cowboys 14
Broncos zip
I could just go for a bowl of chilli right about now. Smothered in cheese and grated onion!
Mmmmm
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
I'm so glad! With cinnamon, it's a winner every time!
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GWPDA, yclept Roving Historian | Homepage | 08.18.07 - 8:42 pm | #
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huh? chocolate in chili
"Cowboys 14
Broncos zip"
--smalfish,beatnik
So, which sport is this?
all expense paid trip to lake fokowi
I thot it was an AEPT to the foot of Mt. Belsoni, but hey it all pays the same...
"Chrysler Imperial convertible!" Andy Devine!
and a two-tone Ricky Ricardo jacket?
huh? chocolate in chili
sittenpretty,VONAGE the Worst
You betcha. Vicki'll tell you.
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sp, the walleye was so delicious... i can't even tell you.
So, which sport is this?
Does it matter?
I think I'll make some turkey chili, tomorrow... if I can fit all the ingredients into the Vino's underseat compartment (unlikely).
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chocolate in chili
kinda like chicken molay, huh?
sittenpretty: gorgeous drive heh
Just tell me I don't have to park the scooter miles away, and hoof it in due to the gravel road that leads up to the new place.
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Jeffraham Prestonian | Homepage | 08.18.07 - 8:43 pm | #
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you constantly cause me to spill beverages on outraged catz......nah!
http://www.southdevonchillifarm....k/
chocshop.html
Welcome to the South Devon Chilli Farm Chilli Chocolate page. Three delicious flavours of chilli chocolate, our popular original dark chilli chocolate, orange flavour chilli chocolate and now the new Peppermint too.
Warning, you may find our chocolate a little hotter than others you have tried, nothing outrageous, but certainly warming on a cold day.
Chilli chocolate is great.
sp. so what do you do when you're not gracing us with your presence here?
"Does it matter?"
--smalfish,beatnik
Not really, I was just curious. I couldn't connect either name with a city. You know, like Boston Red Socks. I'll totally out of it.
I think I'll make some turkey chili,
I thought I would hate turkey chili the first time my wife fixed it, but it turned out to be surprisingly good.
Good for you, too!
sittenpretty: you constantly cause me to spill beverages on outraged catz......nah!
I was being serious! That part of the world has miles of unpaved road.
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Chocolate works well with chili spices, sittenpretty.
I'm not a red chili fan, but I love white chicken chili.
I could just go for a bowl of chilli right about now. Smothered in cheese and grated onion!
Poured over crushed Doritos.
sp, the walleye was so delicious... i can't even tell you.
fokowi at lake cabin | Homepage | 08.18.07 - 8:45 pm | #
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when my mother the contessa wanted to go to the mayo clinic,she dragged me there for a week,which i was happy to do for her...1 good perk was eating WALLEYE every night in the best rest in town oh and stuffed baked potates
Not really, I was just curious. I couldn't connect either name with a city. You know, like Boston Red Socks. I'll totally out of it.
Well, since you put it that way.
NFL Preseason
Dallas Cowboys 14
Denver Broncos Not a damn thing
Start of the 2nd quarter.
I have Tom Friednman's turkey right here. All he needs to do is come up to me and ask for it.
Chocolate works well with chili spices
This is mentioned in Bernal Diaz del Castillo's History of the Discovery & Conquest of Mexico.
pie: I'm not a red chili fan, but I love white chicken chili.
Calhoun's is a chain, right? Y'all have those? They have a kickass white chicken chili, with cilantro, salsa and tortilla shreds.
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Poured over crushed Doritos.
annieangel
I hate you.
Mole, spicy yummy chocolate. Melt it, dip in a wheat tortilla and fill it with a soft white cheese.
Poured over crushed Cheetos.
annieangel | 08.18.07 - 8:50 pm | #
Fingered your tits
Poured over crushed Doritos.
Oh jeezus! I'm just slaverin' all over everthang!
mayo is about 3 hours straight east of where i live. i'm just inside the eastern so dak border
Actually, they tend to fail upwards. 'Tis the plight of the privileged class.
Chocolate works well with chili spices, sittenpretty.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore | Homepage | 08.18.07 - 8:48 pm | #
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so do you make the chili first?
I suppose I'll watch this here DVD I got out of the Redbox, today. The Contract.
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NFL Preseason
I'm watching:
San Diego Chargers 7
St Louis Rams 0