I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Jonathan Livingston Seagull?!?
Ahem.
top 10!
Third?
Oh, *that* Jonathan!
Ummm....
Jonathan Demme?
oh, hell.
Oh, *that* Jonathan!
Winters?
Spinoza, sorry, Letterman's writers are on strike.
oooh i love Buffy the Vampire Slayer, i'm a fangirl 
Oh, no it's not zero. But I already knew that.
Well, foo!
Sounds promising
Superstar is a great Season Four episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Hmmm:
Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney said Saturday his political advisers have warned him against giving a speech explaining his Mormon faith.
During a house party overlooking Lake Squam, Romney was asked by voters if he would give a speech outling his religious beliefs and how those beliefs might impact his administration, much like then-Sen. John F. Kennedy did as he sought to explain his Catholic faith during the 1960 election.
"I'm happy to answer any questions people have about my faith and do so pretty regularly,'' the former Massachusetts governor said. "Is there going to be a special speech? Perhaps, at some point. I sort of like the idea myself. The political advisers tell me no, no, no - it's not a good idea. It draws too much attention to that issue alone.''
Wuss.
ok i know his post has nothing to do with BTVS
just kind of got a bit excited
Oh, no it's not zero. But I already knew that.
Haloscan uses the same counting system as in Florida elections.
Who's gonna play John Bolton?
Moon, we went through a phase where we named our cats after characters in BTVS.
Mitt should only have to do that if every other candidate does too.
Who's gonna play John Bolton?
Paris Hilton.
Why does The Left always dwell on the past?
I for one, Zap, would like to hear the biblical basis for the underwear.
here's a big one we can win, and set the barometer for the '08 elections. Anyone got turkee left?
Philip Forgit for Congress!
WHO'S GONNA PLAY AL GORE????
Re-HICA!
With CATS!
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Wuss.
Zap Rowsdower
That's Wuss Romney to you, bub.
WHO'S GONNA PLAY AL GORE????
Jonathan Taylor Thomas?
Ah, I finally figured out who "Jonathan" was.
Mitt should only have to do that if every other candidate does too.
I agree.
I think it's utterly ridiculous that Romney be beaten about the head and shoulders, repeately, about something that is intrinsicly personal and should remain so.
His religion might inform his positions on policy, but his positions on policy should be the focus.
But what the fuck do I know. I'm not a vapid sack of shit like Tweety or Punkinhaid.
Thank God! I thought it was that magician, The Amazing Jonathon!
Why does The Left always dwell on the past?
I tried setting up camp on the future, but it kept moving.
WHO'S GONNA PLAY AL GORE????
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 7:25 pm | #
You know, my first thought was that we have to go back into the past and grab Gregory Peck.
Ah, I finally figured out who "Jonathan" was.
He's an evil genius!
What, Laura Dern as Harris? Quel élancement!
Does this mean she will need a breast enhancement?
Jonathan Livingston Seagull?!?
Like [tokes] Jonathan is so deep.
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Does anyone know when the intended release date for that movie is?
Buffy: Thanks for doing this, Jonathan. I wouldn't ask, but...
Jonathan: Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgment call.
There is only one magician: Doug Henning.
I for one, Zap, would like to hear the biblical basis for the underwear.
Book of Garments 3:16:
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only pair of underoos, that whoever believes in him shall not be nekkid but have eternal shorts.
Al Gore and El Fucktardo are playing themselves via archive footage.
Who's gonna play John Bolton?
Zap Rowsdower
NPR actually had that bastard on the radio this morning giving his opinions about Pakistan. NPR is teh suck.
Meryl Streep as Harris. I'm serious, she can play anybody.
Doug Henning is not a magician - he's a master of illoooooooooosion!
I for one, Zap, would like to hear the biblical basis for the underwear.
Then you need www.mormon-underwear.com
The site for all your mormon underwear related questions.
And, as required by law, Meryl Streep in the role of ...?
Avedon sez:
You know, my first thought was that we have to go back into the past and grab Gregory Peck.
[slaps forehead]
Ooooo, I never thought of this.
Peck would have been a *perfect* Al Gore.
Of course, Al Gore was a pretty good Al Gore on 30 Rock the other eve.
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Al Gore plays himself.
Archive footage.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1000771/
Obviously the media has conspired to censor Ron Paul's critical role in the recount.
Jonathan: "I think we have a plan" [hands Xander a crossbow and
flips Anya a stake] "Buffy," [flips her a stake] "you go in
first, let em get a look at the slayer. Xander," [looks at
chessboard] "The Nimsilitz defense. Let's see if I
remember" [moves piece] "hmmm mmm, mate in four. You almost
got me that time Rupert."
And, as required by law, Meryl Streep in the role of ...?
Lonely Iowan housewife?
NPR actually had that bastard on the radio this morning giving his opinions about Pakistan. NPR is teh suck.
The other day I turned it on to hear some asshat going on and on about how great Iraq is going. Unchallenged by the interviewer of course. Who was this Nice Polite Republican? Hint - he is a "war critic" from Brookings.
This very moment Jane Goodall is out
For Bush's role to be the talent scout.
Al Gore was good on 30 Rock.
I love Alec Baldwin though.
What he does on that show is just genius.
Get over it already!
Of course, Al Gore was a pretty good Al Gore on 30 Rock the other eve.
We just started getting 30 Rock over here. I gotta say, those guys aren't exactly Buddy, Rob, and Sally, are they?
Why can't Al Gore play "Al Gore"?
those guys aren't exactly Buddy, Rob, and Sally, are they?
Ah, man. I feel really old.
Oh, and I note with unbridled glee that Illinois upset Ahia State.
Which means my Ducks move up to the dreaded #2, at least. If LSU gets upset by LA Tech (highly unlikely) they're #1 until they fuck up against UCLA.
We just started getting 30 Rock over here. I gotta say, those guys aren't exactly Buddy, Rob, and Sally, are they?
Avedon
Oh, honey, thank you! Exactly my thought - that show is so grim, all I could think of was Mel Cooly and Buddy and Rob and Sally all just being really really really funny!
Lord, what an awful example of product placement run amuck!
There is only one magician: Doug Henning.
Zap Rowsdower
Doug Henning was actually the young Ron Paul's alter ego.
It was done with coke and mirrors.
Why can't Al Gore play "Al Gore"?
We need someone who's more of a believable Al Gore type.
/producer
Ooooooooooooooh Roooooobbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb!!!
Get over it already!
Scalia
Boy, do I ever look forward to pissing on the grave of this motherfucker.
Why can't Al Gore play "Al Gore"?
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
He does in Recount. Archival footage.
Al Gore ... Himself (archive footage
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1000771/
Which means my Ducks move up to the dreaded #2, at least. .
Apprentice to Darth
and then in the final game, the beavers fuck the ducks. the end.
(said it so now it won't happen)
Talking to my niece, Al Gore has a big following among the 20-something group. Damn shame Lieberman undercut him in 2000. That's why I chuckled on hearing Lieberman was being considered for a Rethug VP slot.
Yes, I know Al actually won in 2000, but Lieberputz was part of the capitulation.
The head of the Muslim Council of Britain has accused the Government of fuelling tensions in his community.
Muhammad Abdul Bari warned ministers they should be careful about how they tackle the threat of terrorism and treated the Islamic culture, the Daily Telegraph reported.
He said: "There is a disproportionate amount of discussion surrounding us. The air is thick with suspicion and unease.
"It is not good for the Muslim community, it is not good for society."
He described the Iraq war as a "disaster" and said the Government's foreign policy had been used by criminals as a weapon to encourage young people into extremism.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/
arti...1292330,00.html
And Wolfgang J. Weber as... The Democrat
goodnight moonbats
I love Alec Baldwin though.
What he does on that show is just genius.
He's brilliant on that show.
FWIW, and take this as a "friend of a friend" story, someone I know worked with Baldwin and says that he's a helluva nice guy.
.
Why can't Al Gore play "Al Gore"?
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
Fear of type casting?
He said: "There is a disproportionate amount of discussion surrounding us. The air is thick with suspicion and unease.
It seems to me that the Brits are treating the threat of "Islamic" terrorism differently than the threat of "Irish" terrorism.
Hmmm. Lawrence Welk in HD?
It seems to me that the Brits are treating the threat of "Islamic" terrorism differently than the threat of "Irish" terrorism.
Yes, when they set up checkpoints in London for the IRA, the cops stopped lots of black people.
Hmmm. Lawrence Welk in HD?
You can see all the reflections in the bubbles...
Hmmm. Lawrence Welk in HD?
Zap Rowsdower
Don't do it, Zap.
You'll go blind.
FWIW, and take this as a "friend of a friend" story, someone I know worked with Baldwin and says that he's a helluva nice guy.
So long as you're not his kid.
Hmmm. Lawrence Welk in HD?
"A one digital! And a two digital!"
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[looks at the calendar]
hmm. November 10.
SO WHY THE FUCK IS "HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS" ON MY TEEVEE?!
Arkenor the finale of season 1 of 30 Rock is tears down the face funny.
And mad.
Latest Paxcast is posted, you damned, dirty hippies.
Yes, when they set up checkpoints in London for the IRA, the cops stopped lots of black people.
Goddam black Irish!
SO WHY THE FUCK IS "HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS" ON MY TEEVEE?!
They'd rather you didn't think much about what "Veteran's Day" might mean.
"A-zero-an'-a-one-a..."
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SO WHY THE FUCK IS "HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS" ON MY TEEVEE?!
Why do you Jews hate Christmas?
SO WHY THE FUCK IS "HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS" ON MY TEEVEE?! watertiger
How about a nice freak and/or geek?
AAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
I think Baldwin's kid was playing him against her mother.
That's what kids do in a divorce and especially if it's an extra nasty one.
A frighteningly prophetic song from Fry and Laurie. Must have been late 80s/early 90s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6...h?v=6riY-
103vbc
How about a nice freak and/or geek?
Ithinksoyes.
Shirley Jones is hot. And has a Detroit connection. She was in the Thanksgiving parade a few years back, playing on a pun of a Partridge in a pear tree.
I watch Lawrence Welk once in a while when I really miss my folks. They tuned that in every week well till it went off the air as I recall.
SO WHY THE FUCK IS "HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS" ON MY TEEVEE?!
Because we go from Halloween into Xmas, and skip Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is about food. Not much profit there.
AAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Zap Rowsdower
Dammit, I warned you.
Welk's sports coat in high def will burn your retina out.
I love Thanksgiving. It's all about stuffing yourself to the gills on turkey and watching TV - football or whatever else comes on.
Only Halloween is better, because that's about eating candy and dressing goofy.
I can't watch Marian now. I'm still on my Berlin Kabarett kick.
Thanksgiving is about pumpkin pies and other forms of gentle torture. Well, not so gentle for the turkeys.
Ah... the wild parrots (of which there are none in North America) are returning to their roosts.
[Pace, Water Tiger]
Got a strong stomach?
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport...ives/
13549.html
To hell with Kabaret. Til there was You matters.
On NPR today (god why do I keep listening?) they were doing a piece on the Broadway strike. Some theater management person basically said, "those evil bastards know how to hurt us, they struck 'How The Grinch Stole Christmas' first, taking Christmas away from the kids."
At least the NPR reporter had the wherewithal to say that was just the opinion of one side of the strike.
Shirley Jones was pregnant with Shaun Cassidy when "Till There Was You" was filmed. The baby kicked during the clinch and startled the hell out of Robert Preston.
Thanksgiving is about pumpkin pies and other forms of gentle torture. Well, not so gentle for the turkeys.
We traditionally waterboard our turkey.
Dog for whom I feel nothing.
Kids in the Hall.
GWPDA sez:
Oh just so good.... Watch it.
GWPDA: Marry me.
Marion the Librarian, indeed.
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Starbucks now playing Xmas tunes. And I though it sucked when it was just Cheryl Crow.
We traditionally waterboard our turkey.
We cover it with curds and then tell the turkey if it would be happier with armenians.
I haven't heard any Christmas carols yet.
The part of me that is traditional Catholic (you just can't expunge it completely) hates the Xmas carols in November trend. December is Advent, damnit, the time for Advent stuff. Carols come right at Xmas.
watertiger sez:
SO WHY THE FUCK IS "HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS" ON MY TEEVEE?!
Because some people want you to buy shampoo.
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but i never heard them ringing
I love How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The "defenders" of Xmas totally ignore its message of generosity and peace on earth.
We cover it with curds and then tell the turkey if it would be happier with armenians.
spinoza 66:6
Hah. We truss it up and threaten that if it doesn't roast properly we'll stop using the anti-Tatar toothpaste.
Frittering! Trouble! Trouble with a Capital T!
I love How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The "defenders" of Xmas totally ignore its message of generosity and peace on earth.
Offender numero uno: The hateful sack of shit called BillO.
You're such a fundie douche
Ba rump a bum pum
You would vote for LaRouche
Ba rump a bum pum
I haven't heard any Christmas carols yet.
Here ya go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X...h?
v=XcQYsujAVC0
Enjoy.
Because some people want you to buy shampoo.
I already have shampoo.
We cover it with curds and then tell the turkey if it would be happier with armenians.
spinoza 66:6
Hah. We truss it up and threaten that if it doesn't roast properly we'll stop using the anti-Tatar toothpaste.
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar |
We cut off the "Pope's Nose" to spite the turkey.
we'll stop using the anti-Tatar toothpaste
Hey, what do you have against Tatars? My great-grandmother was a Tatar.
Oops. Different tartar. Sorry.
Christians are conflicted.
Marion the Librarian, indeed.
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spork_incident
Caaaaaaaarrrrrrrrriooooonnnnnnnn!
Words like 'Swell'!
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 7:59 pm | #
I love Buddy Hacket. He kept me from unloading too quickly far better than images of baseball.
I already have shampoo.
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby.
I love How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
The best Christmas special there is.
Directed by Chuck Jones of Warner Brothers cartoon fame. Fine voice work by Boris Karloff.
TCM is showing "The Battle Of Algiers" at 8.
I think I'm going to get to spend Thanksgiving by myself this year. I have to take care of the dogs and cat while my husband travels to relatives.
This is a good thing. After all the years I've spent cooking, cooking, cooking, I'm thinking of scrambled eggs and bacon and toast.
I'm gonna put my turkey on the rack. And then subject it to extrem temperatures.
Check out Brian Brink's version of "Carol of the Bells" on his page. I thought it was absolutely smashing.
TCM is showing "The Battle Of Algiers" at 8.
Thx! Now that, I will turn off Lotte Lenya for.
"Carols come right at Xmas."
--sister of ye
Me too. I'm sitting beside you sister.
I love Buddy Hacket. He kept me from unloading too quickly far better than images of baseball.
Gilly Gonzylon
Never laugh during sex.
Enjoy.
aangus
Thanks. I did.
I think I'm going to get to spend Thanksgiving by myself this year. I have to take care of the dogs and cat while my husband travels to relatives.
This is a good thing. After all the years I've spent cooking, cooking, cooking, I'm thinking of scrambled eggs and bacon and toast.
mer
Thinking that too, just cause I hate people. Will cook a turkey & all the trimmings & share with the dogs.
I'm gonna put my turkey on the rack. And then subject it to extrem temperatures.
Karin
I've got a 'free turkey' as a result of spending money at the grocery over the last several weeks. I think I'm going to barbecue it on the grill. Mesquite should work well. That will make Arthur happy too.
Hey, Danny DeVito picked "The Battle of Algiers" for tonights showing. Who'd a thunk it.
GWPDA:
You're obviously on a roll.
I *need* some inspiration.
I *need* 76 Trombones.
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Arkenor | 11.10.07 - 7:46 pm | #
This should be our national anthem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z...h?v=z4tDP-
yMwXI
I'll be by myself for Thanksgiving, too. My niece who lives with me will be going to her dad's. I'll make turkey anyway if I can get one on sale because I just like turkey, damnit. Simone can have it for dinner in the following days.
I made a custom Xmas CD last year that I handed out as gifts. Had traditional carols and novelty songs, including Daffy Duck's "All I Want for Christmas Is More More More," which never fails to crack me up,
This should be our national anthem.
I had no idea there was a Jay-Z cover of Preznit Giv Me Turkee!
Well, I might cook a small turkey. I really like turkey sandwiches. And turkey curry on cornbread.
Mesquite should work well. That will make Arthur happy too.
GWPDA,
Usually smoke one using apple wood.
including Daffy Duck's "All I Want for Christmas Is More More More," which never fails to crack me up
I'm going to look for that.
Lida Rose and Sweet and Low.
Gee! What a Swell musical!
Well, I might cook a small turkey. I really like turkey sandwiches. And turkey curry on cornbread.
I'm going to hunt down a giant carrot, kill it, and stuff it. That will show them!
Hey, Danny DeVito picked "The Battle of Algiers" for tonights showing.
Shit, I watched that again last night. Don't know if I could take it 2 nights in a row...
this'll be an extra special thanksgiving this year.
since last year we spent it at the hospital.
this'll be an extra special thanksgiving this year.
since last year we spent it at the hospital.
hugs
I hope this year is better.
Lida Rose and Sweet and Low.
And the Jack of Hearts.
Wizard of Oz is on TBS. Margaret Hamilton was so evil in her role. She was a beautiful person in real life, I understand. What an American icon.
I just did search on pomegranate conserve(which I plan to serve with the turkey) and most of the results are from one of the Arabian Tales of 1001 Nights.
Now that I think about it, I will miss the cornbread dressing. I might have to make a small batch of that too. And a few sweet and mashed potatoes. And the green beans with almonds.
Since I'm going to be the only one here, anyone want to join me?
his'll be an extra special thanksgiving this year.
since last year we spent it at the hospital.
I hope all is still well.
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Watertiger:
(((hugs from me too)))
May it be a calm and peaceful Thanksgiving for you.
No. 1 item on my Xmas list:
http://13gb.com/pictures/3007/
I hope all is still well.
He's doing very well. this special diet, while incredibly restrictive, has him feeling better than ever.
No. 1 item on my Xmas list:
http://13gb.com/pictures/3007/
My niece wants a bobble-head Jesus for Christmas. Such a religious child.
Holiday music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p...h?
v=p43idNrhvxE
this'll be an extra special thanksgiving this year.
since last year we spent it at the hospital.
{hugs}
Tony Randall was a talent.
special smashed taters, use rosemary infused olive oil instead of butter.
also smash sweet taters with maple syrup.
"He's doing very well."
--watertiger
That's good news. I'm happy for him and you.
wt,
I'm so happy to hear that.
thanks, y'all.
he's a great guy, my brother is.
"He's doing very well."
--watertiger
That's good news. I'm happy for him and you.
mer
Yes.
Giant Rocket Launch at 8:39, if anyone's close enough to see it.
he's a great guy, my brother is. watertiger
Then he clearly deserves a sister like you!
Giant Rocket Launch at 8:39, if anyone's close enough to see it.
V for Virginia
I had a giant rocket launch at 6:30, but we forgot to take pictures.
I had a giant rocket launch at 6:30, but we forgot to take pictures.
Toucari
You need a web camera.
This should be our national anthem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z...=z...h?v=z4tDP-
yMwXI
rootless-e
A bit of Fry and Laurie was a fantastic series. Excellent , if sometime cruel wit and satire. I wonder if it's available on DVD. Would be a great present for a House fan.
he's a great guy, my brother is.
watertiger -
One of these days could you introduce me to your bro?
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One of these days could you introduce me to your bro?
IT'S A TRAP!
I just did search on pomegranate conserve(which I plan to serve with the turkey) and most of the results are from one of the Arabian Tales of 1001 Nights.
Karin
I think if you check with the California Pomegranate Council you'll find a nice relish that doesnt involve rose water or sweetmeats with almond essence.
Oddly, IOKIYAR.
Watertiger, blessed be.
Time to venture out into the murder-cop-killer capital of the world.
bbl
he's a great guy, my brother is. watertiger
Did you ever say to him: "Don't taze me, bro"
Oddly, IOKIYAR. Hecate
Those were not the boobies I was expecting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0...h?
v=0YSoDaTcH8g
Later.
evening bats
VT stomped us tonight...officiating was horrible, as it is during most ACC games
he's a great guy, my brother is.
watertiger
Good. That's nice.
The Music Man makes me cry too much. Goodnight!
watertiger that's great news about your brother.
Wizard of Oz is on TBS. Margaret Hamilton was so evil in her role. She was a beautiful person in real life, I understand. What an American icon.
I love you. Come sit over here by me.
FDR said the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. The only thing Americans seem to fear today is a bad credit rating. The gimpiest generation.
Ah yes, this is more like it:
Holiday Pomegranate Compote
Seeds from 2 medium pomegranates, about 1-1/2 cups
1 tablespoon finely chopped orange zest
1 tablespoon orange juice
1/2 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
1 tablespoon honey
1/4 teaspoon salt
Brothers can be okay sometimes. My brother Jay died 7 years back. As the oldest brother he didn't always pay much attention to the rabble following, but he took me to the MI State Fair, the Detroit fireworks and a Tiger game. Good times. I still miss him. patronizing bastard he could sometimes be.
Wizard of Oz is on TBS. Margaret Hamilton was so evil in her role. She was a beautiful person in real life, I understand. What an American icon.
Having seen "Wicked", I now know the true story.
3 dead Iraqi civilians + planted gun = slap on the wrist
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.ph...5184&
Itemid=128
One of these days could you introduce me to your bro?
Maybe I can convince him to come to EschaCon. It's not that far away.
GWPDA sez:
76 Trombones.
I do love you so.
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watertiger -- I don't know anything about your brother's illness, but I hope your family has a great Thanksgiving, one that purges the memories of Bad Shit.
watertiger,
I remember lighting incense last year for your bro. This is, oddly, what makes us a community. The final dinner that I had w/ my bro before his death, my bro had his steak v. rare. I walked out of a meeting at work early, saying "I'm going to dinner w/ my brother." Thank the Goddess. A mere few weeks later, he was dead of a massive heart attack. Whatever went on that stupid call wasn't nearly as important as that wonderful last dinner that we had together.
V4V,
*mwah*
Maybe I can convince him to come to EschaCon. It's not that far away.
"Eschacon"? Have I been gone too long?
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Wicked is a kick-ass musical. I hope they do a movie eventually. Even with my pinched budget, that will be part of my collection.
Me and the wife are so proud of our 13 year old daughter, she just had her 1st abortion. Our abortionist is econ-friendly, he uses the fetuses for compost. Best of all my daughter had an affirmative action approved ethnically weighed gang bang, all races were represented.
Brothers are wonderful. Just had mine over the house for lunch today.
Me and the wife are so proud of our 13 year old daughter, she just had her 1st abortion. Our abortionist is econ-friendly, he uses the fetuses for compost. Best of all my daughter had an affirmative action approved ethnically weighed gang bang, all races were represented.
Democratic Dad
Go fuck yourself.
All right, one more.
G'night pumpkins. Be warm and content.
Shit, I meant to get an abortion today and I completely forgot!
I'll have to get two tomorrow. Damn, that's gonna interfere with my War on Christmas bake sale.
Democratic Dad needs to be banned.
Yet another stinking troll makes its appearance.
Wicked is a kick-ass musical. I hope they do a movie eventually. Even with my pinched budget, that will be part of my collection.
sister of ye
It was spectacular.
Brothers.
Mine rarely calls. He's a bit of a narcissist. Called me once during my breast cancer ordeal. Talked about his 3rd wife's granddaughter the whole time.
He doesn't even know his nephew and niece (my kids) have children of their own.
Sigh.
Brothers are wonderful. Just had mine over the house for lunch today.
How did you prepare him?
I should call my older sister soon. As the only one of my sibs who's talking to me at the moment, I try talk to her once in a while. She's a bit of a fundie, I'm afraid. So I don't tell her about my more radical opinions.
My brother Jay died 7 years back. As the oldest brother he didn't always pay much attention to the rabble following, but he took me to the MI State Fair, the Detroit fireworks and a Tiger game. Good times. I still miss him. patronizing bastard he could sometimes be.
My oldest brother died 10 years ago next month. He was a career army domino theory not very good parent finally retired burned out alcoholic. Yet, when our father died, he got some red cross $$ or whatever to come home for a few months. He brought some fishing rods from his station in Japan. And he took us ice skating. I think he tried. He just failed. The poor SOB was a few months away from dying when he called me and asked me to take care of thing. I said sure. I was sitting in my faculty office prepping for a course. Then it kicked in. He was dying. I called him backed and said, 'You're dying, right?' He said yes. I told him to sell everything and come live with me. He missed by a few months.
Brothers are wonderful. Just had mine over the house for lunch today.
Indeed.
I'm off to light incense for all the brothers here. It's an incandescent position to hold in this amazing world. I've give a whole hell of a lot for another 15 min. w. my bro. His daughter, my niece, quit her job this summer when they wouldn't give her any time off for an internship she'd earned in Ireland. She sent me a postcard from Gallway that I think my bro. would have enjoyed. Oh, shit, I'm maudlin. Ya'll forgive me.
GWPDA sez:
All right, one more.
Forget my earlier marriage proposal.
You are obviously a nasty person.
:-p
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How did you prepare him?
I warned him not to eat a heavy breakfast, because I was making potato latkes, which are very filling.
My youngest brother called me a baby killer at Christmas dinner last year.
He hadn't gotten over the election.
He lives in Austin near Dog Burner, BTW.
Sigh.
Shaw Kenawe
My brother and I haven't spoken in some time. He's retired AF colonel and certified neo-fascist. He loves him some W!
Oddly, he also seems to have come from a much higher-class background than I did. He's quite the swell, in fact. His mother was a little declasse for him, with all her consignment-store shopping and environmentalist wackiness.
I have to say I don't miss him.
My twin died in the womb. Dunno if it was a boy or a girl.
I guess I didn't want to share.
spinoza 66:6, not going to damn you to hell right now. Sad, we all have our personal stories. Good for you, or whatever I'm trying to say.
You are obviously a nasty person.
:-p
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spork_incident
Ultimately, that's what everyone tells me. I imagine it's genetic. I hope so. I don't really want to be. I'm sorry.
.
Buenas noches.
Why didn't Dorothy give give her the fucking ruby slippers? Sheesh.
brothers. taste of chicken.
Shaw:
{{{Shaw}}}
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Brothers.
Mine rarely calls. He's a bit of a narcissist. Called me once during my breast cancer ordeal.
Shaw,
Oh, shit. My bro was the only one in my family that I called when I got the diagnosis. He called me back and said, "You can't die. I need you. Don't die." He was the ONLY person in my life willing to say, "Don't die." He sent me a nightgown w/ roses on it to wear to all of my treatments. Then, when I'd finally lived through the chemo, he came back from Georgia (Soviet) on xmas eve and died from a heart attack. And, I miss him every day.
Why didn't Dorothy give give her the fucking ruby slippers? Sheesh.
Selfish only child. But I repeat myself.
That's too bad, Shaw. My friend in San Diego who just lost her mother has a sister problem. Her sister never came down from Oregon to see her dying mother during the last months of her life. Now there's going to be a fight over the estate, I just know it. My friend had been doing renovations on the house, to make it handicap accessible using the mother's money (since they lived there together) and the sister went so far as to call the neighbors to find out how much money she was spending.
Ah, Spinoza, good intentions anyway. If there's a beyond, I'm sure he knows you cared.
Actually, Jay was pretty cool. He just couldn't give up playing big brother sometimes.
After he died I had this weird experience, a toy making music that shouldn't have been set off. Not saying it was a contact, but it was the kind of thing he would have done if he could have.
Had a similar experience after my baby sister (my niece Simone's) mom died. Pests alive, pests dead, I guess. 
spork:
Who needs a Tardis when you realize the closet you have been cleaning out is far too small to have possibly held all the crap you hauled out.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has visited Antarctica in an effort to highlight global warming.
Mr Ban - the first UN chief to visit the continent - wanted to see for himself the effects of climate change on the world's largest wilderness.
After flying over melting glaciers, he told reporters that what he had seen had been both "extraordinarily beautiful" and "disturbing".
Mr Ban is preparing to host a climate conference in Indonesia in December.
The secretary general flew to Antarctica from southern Chile, and was briefed by experts about the impact of global warming on the frozen continent.
Antarctica is home to about 90% of the world's ice, but scientists say some parts are melting fast.
In some areas of the continent, temperatures have risen by as much as 3C in the past 50 years - prompting penguins to move inland in search of colder habitats.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/t...ech/
7088435.stm
Then, when I'd finally lived through the chemo, he came back from Georgia (Soviet) on xmas eve and died from a heart attack. And, I miss him every day.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Wow. That's a hell of a story, right there.
If people refused to pay their credit card bills in january even Loud Obbs would have to pay attention. Of course, Atriots could get togetether in D.C. or Philly in april and then...Yayness!
Well, something just blew up on my teevee, and I lost track of the plotline while talking here.
so why am i here?
place the emphasis on a different word each time you read the question. after the last inflection you'll know what it's like to be me all the time...
that, or i just performed a morphosyntactic operation to the 5th power.
or i could just be really really wasted right now.
be gentle.
mer-
Have another drink. The way family members die roughs up any belief in a kind creator. As Alan Watts said, we do not leave this earth, we go back into this earth.
Fuck.
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To everyone missing brothers or sisters:
(((((hugs))))
brothers. taste of chicken.
So do rattlesnakes and rabbits.
That's not what you meant, huh?
.
Well, something just blew up on my teevee
A penguin, perhaps?
hi honeybear...
Anyone needs a spare brother, I got three you can have.
They're all Republicans though.
SciFi has the movie 'Megasnake', followed by the movie 'Bats: Human Harvest'.
or i could just be really really wasted right now.
You'll have that, from time to time.
Nice comments, (except for the troll - what was that about).
Watertiger, happy to hear that your brother's doing well. Wild and crazy, this thing called life.
It's really nice to be part of this community, listen to the stories, and think about the important things (which don't include politics).
"Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking."
-- Scarecrow
Quite prescient re the Bush admin.
Shaw,
Oh, shit. My bro was the only one in my family that I called when I got the diagnosis.
I'm glad you had his support and love.
I did have that from my two sisters. The one in Florida called every day and sent me little gifts in the mail every week to cheer me. The other sister lives here in Mass. and called and came to visit as often as she could.
I don't know what happened to my brother. He was this wild-assed kid who experimented with every drug known to man in the 70s, had a rock and roll band, and then by his 3rd wife (a conservative Mormon) joined a Bible study group and loves the Dubya.
My father is turning in his grave.
Families.
How do you explain them?
Not reassuring:
0146 GMT (8:46 p.m. EST Sat.)
T-minus 4 minutes and counting. Vehicle ordnance is being armed.
Just back from the local college football game. We won.
Did anyone tell Avedon that Recount has been covered extensively elsewhere? 
fokowi fits right in.
How odd.
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with the thoughts you were thinkin you could be another Lincoln...
We had a huge day at the store today. It was a special pre-Christmas event called "Wine, Women, and Shopping." Second year for it.
Last year we went through five bottles of wine. This year?
18.
Whats that from, V for Virginia?
A penguin, perhaps?
BURMA!
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hey sinfonian, fsu got beat...bad
"Anyone needs a spare brother, I got three you can have.
They're all Republicans though.
Gomez "
Republicans or not, if you like them, get along and are not killing one another (except in normal brotherly fashion), you need to keep hold them. None of them are expendable even on lend/lease.
"The way family members die roughs up any belief in a kind creator."
--spinoza
Yes, it does. We have all experienced it first-hand. At least, at my age, I have.
Not reassuring:
0146 GMT (8:46 p.m. EST Sat.)
T-minus 4 minutes and counting. Vehicle ordnance is being armed.
Don't worry. It never hits its intended target anyway.
Oh, wait!
Watching big bottle rocket for a few. Back soon, so don't get complacent.
Republicans or not, if you like them, get along and are not killing one another (except in normal brotherly fashion), you need to keep hold them. None of them are expendable even on lend/lease.
EkCenTriK
No really you can have them.
Now Dorothy has met Cheney.
They're all Republicans though.
Gomez
keep 'em.
"No really you can have them.
Gomez"
I take it that you are the one the rest of the family thinks of as 'odd'.
Now Dorothy has met Cheney.
Quick, hide the oilcan!
Families.
How do you explain them?
You don't. I've found that being separated by miles really affects relationships though.
Here's Laura Dern as Katherine Harris.
http://tinyurl.com/2hp8v6
Now Dorothy has met Cheney.
Does Lynne know?
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EkCenTrik, I agree to a certain extent. But after a certain point, it's only a biological connection. When your genetic family becomes really destructive, the best thing you can do is draw back for your own sanity.
I take it that you are the one the rest of the family thinks of as 'odd'.
EkCenTriK
Yep. I'm the only one God gave a heart to.
DSP 23 launch live in progress
http://ula.edgeboss.net/wmedia-
l...ucnh_071107.asx
It never hits its intended target anyway.
Rather, the supposed ordinance it's carrying, not the rocket.
Missile defense. Hardy har har.
"No really you can have them."
--Gomez
I guess I'm lucky. My family is Democratic, though not as lefty as I am. Well, maybe my mother, bless her soul.
Thing is, I never thought I was that far left until the last six and a half years.
Anyone like Richard Thompson?
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t...h?
v=tF61W7SGNxU
Vicki has met some of my family.
Does Lynne know?
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spork_incident
And as "The Wicked Witch...."!
I see you're talking about siblings. I don't know the experience firsthand, being an only child.
But I enjoy watching my kidz interact with each other. Jr. is a wonderful big brother.
The possibility exists for an Atriot v. DUer Jeopardy! throwdown.
http://www.democraticunderground...9&
mesg_id=22809
http://www.jeopardy.com/mini_sit...ntestantlineup/
Only in Merka.
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Vicki has met some of my family.
She liked them. But it's easier sometimes (most of the time?) to like someone else's family and vice versa.
hey sinfonian, fsu got beat...bad
::matthew
I know. We were keeping track in the stands, whilst watching FAU win in the last minute.
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
Rick 360-12 RME
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My father totally blew off all his siblings. One of them tracked him down after about 50 years, but he turned out to be a real racist. I can't say we missed anything by not knowing my uncle.
Missile defense. Hardy har har.
pie
don't laugh. The aerospace industry needs the money. Those folks are hurtin'.
She liked them. But it's easier sometimes (most of the time?) to like someone else's family and vice versa.
pie | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 9:02 pm |
Truer words were never spoken
The weaponisation of space is, of course, utterly illegal under international war.
Not reassuring:
0146 GMT (8:46 p.m. EST Sat.)
T-minus 4 minutes and counting. Vehicle ordnance is being armed.
It's just the shit that allows the rocket engines to fire.
The possibility exists for an Atriot v. DUer Jeopardy! throwdown.
QuentinCompson
Yep. Doug and I talked about blogging rather extensively while we were there. I had dinner with him and his partner (among a number of others) my last night in L.A. He's a great guy.
Sinfonian, daddy,
Damn, those photos reminded me of my kids at the beach many years ago. Treasures, to be sure.
The weaponisation of space is, of course, utterly illegal under international war.
Arkenor |
But oh so lucrative!
The weaponisation of space is, of course, utterly illegal under international war.
How quaint.
fokowi fits right in.
How odd.
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spork_incident | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 8:53 pm | #
talk to me. i'm really wasted but engageable for awhile...
v'we met?
ps that v'we thing looks kinda fucked up at first glance but it worked for me.
The aerospace industry needs the money. Those folks are hurtin'.
Wait 'til they outsource it.
Heh.
"EkCenTrik, I agree to a certain extent. But after a certain point, it's only a biological connection. When your genetic family becomes really destructive, the best thing you can do is draw back for your own sanity."
I understand that a bit too well actually.
The weaponisation of space is, of course, utterly illegal under international war.
They better not use family atomics.
1967 Space Treaty, to which the US is signed up.
Hey, Danny DeVito picked "The Battle of Algiers" for tonights showing. Who'd a thunk it.
Karin | 11.10.07 - 8:07 pm | #
Not as surprising when you recall that Mr. DeVito was the man who directed 'Hoffa', which had to have been a labor of love because how many teenagers in the 90's even knew who Jimmy Hoffa was, or cared.
1967 Space Treaty, to which the US is signed up.
Arkenor
And the Great Convention.
"illegal under international war."
How quaint
Yeah, talk about your "pre 9-11" mindset.
fokowi fits right in.
How odd.
.
spork_incident
Of course he does. He contributed to the delinquency of Atriots by giving us money for drinking in D.C.
It's just the shit that allows the rocket engines to fire.
Oh, there are no defense missiles aboard, right?
Delta 4-Heavy rocket and the final Defense Support Program missile warning satellite.
There's a mouthful of something.
fokowi asserts:
talk to me. i'm really wasted but engageable for awhile...
You stoned or tripping?
.
Here's Laura Dern as Katherine Harris.
http://tinyurl.com/2hp8v6
Sigh.
1967 Space Treaty, to which the US is signed up.
Arkenor
Treaty? We don't need no stinkin' treaty. Tell it to the Injuns. How many times did we use that one on 'em, eh?
Sinf,
You have such gorgeoous children.
Not as surprising when you recall that Mr. DeVito was the man who directed 'Hoffa', which had to have been a labor of love because how many teenagers in the 90's even knew who Jimmy Hoffa was, or cared.
tellybelly
More trivia about Sinfonian:
Jimmy Hoffa's daughter is a judge in St. Louis County, Mo. She presided over my first divorce hearing. I also appeared before her in several proceedings as an attorney. Sadly, she looks just like her father.
Also, I have eaten at the Red Fox Inn in Birmingham, Mich., where Hoffa last was seen ... and I ate there before it became famous. (I lived near it 1966-73).
Not as surprising when you recall that Mr. DeVito was the man who directed 'Hoffa', which had to have been a labor of love because how many teenagers in the 90's even knew who Jimmy Hoffa was, or cared.
Hey, I'm a fan. I loved what he did with Matilda. Much darker than the usual children's film. And he's a native of Neptune, NJ, right around the corner from me.
I know, I know. It's just annoying. If you're going to ignore a treaty, and everyone knows you are ignoring it, why not just pull out of the damn thing.
Someone should put that to congress. Lets have a vote on the Geneva conventions. Let the world know where they stand.
Oh, there are no defense missiles aboard, right?
There's all sorts of explosives on rockets. Shit that helps remove umbilicals, special coverings, boosters, etc. But hell, there could be defensive missiles or "lay-zers" for all I know.
Here's Laura Dern as Katherine Harris.
http://tinyurl.com/2hp8v6
Sigh.
NTodd, Moral Masturbator
Further proof, as if any were needed, that no one reads the links I provide.
I loved what he did with Matilda. Much darker than the usual children's film
Me, too.
You have such gorgeoous children.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Thank you kindly. I'm kinda partial to 'em myself.
They're finishing up pizza and I'm about to get them ready for bed. A little later than usual because we just got home from the football game a short while ago.
Further proof, as if any were needed, that no one reads the links I provide.
What, were we supposed to look at that post you stole from First Draft?
And the Great Convention.
I promise not to use the Pritsky Family Atomics. Unless somebody really pisses me off.
Evening all.
Hecate: Please tell me I made the right choice...
Further proof, as if any were needed, that no one reads the links I provide.
Welcome to my world.
All you Led Zep h8rs should turn on VH1 Classic and get schooled.
What, were we supposed to look at that post you stole from First Draft?
The Kenosha Kid
Allegedly.
I got a dual fuel oven myself. Gas hob, electric oven. that way, if I get cut off from one utility, I can still cook something.
why not just pull out of the damn thing.
Someone should put that to congress. Lets have a vote on the Geneva conventions. Let the world know where they stand.
Arkenor |
Because then you can't have an army of lawyers parse terms and dispute the meaning of jargon to the extent that you can claim to still be meeting the letter of the law, and complying with said treaties' obligations. Haven't you ever heard of the term, "figleaf"?
Jimmy Hoffa's daughter is a judge in St. Louis County, Mo. She presided over my first divorce hearing. I also appeared before her in several proceedings as an attorney. Sadly, she looks just like her father.
S/not as if Josephine was a delicate rose. Man sent two kids to law school. When I met him at five years of age, he had the shinest shoes I'd ever seen.
Welcome to my world.
NTodd, Moral Masturbator
I have a feeling I've been living in your world, or a reasonable facsimile thereof (sans Tastee Freez, though), for quite some time, actually. 
You stoned or tripping?
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spork_incident | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 9:08 pm | #
you tell me...
Sinfonian -
So I missed the latest DC hijinks.
Sue me, why don't ya?
(I do regret missing drunken Irish people and watertigers.)
.
whiskey,
That look lovlier than the one that I bought. Are you and the girls enjoying it?
Oh, there are no defense missiles aboard, right?
The DSP series of satellites are synchronous orbiting monitors collecting and transmitting data watching for missile launches or above ground nuclear explosions.
That's their mission.
The Red Fox Inn was within the area where I had a NYT paper route some years back, which was part of the odd chain of events which led to me working at the law firm where I do now. Not sure I believe in a deity anymore, but if there is one, S/he has a very bizarre sense of humore.
think they got katherine harris just right.
I am going to hit up Sinfonian for a loan and buy me a convection oven with about 30,000 btu.
I won't pay him back, but don't tell him that.
Kucinich would do it, I bet. Organise a vote on whether or not the US should withdraw from Geneva. See if any republicans were actually willing to support that.
But hell, there could be defensive missiles or "lay-zers" for all I know.
So I missed the latest DC hijinks.
Sue me, why don't ya?
(I do regret missing drunken Irish people and watertigers.)
Oh, I wasn't scolding you. Just shedding light on how well fokowi fits in.
You were missed in D.C., and toasts were drunk to your ... well, drunkenness.
Arkenor: I looked into dual fuel, but decided it's not for me.
I really like how substantial this one feels. And I'm not really into all the electronic touch panel stuff.
Why didn't Dorothy give give her the fucking ruby slippers? Sheesh.
Gomez
Would've clashed with her broom?
WT...
the freepers were masturbating over that photo of Kitty Harris on the horse when it first came out. They forgot about Ann Coulter for about two seconds. It was ummm peculiar.
I won't pay him back, but don't tell him that.
What is 'cat out of the bag,' Alex?
you tell me...
No fair.
.
To celebrate yours and the toddler's b-day tomorrow Sinfonian, we are going to Chuck E. Cheez.
Happy b-day tomorrow in advance if I don't see ya.
Hecate: just bought it today, it gets delivered Wednesday.
watertiger: I seek your approval, too!
Not sure I believe in a deity anymore, but if there is one, S/he has a very bizarre sense of humore.
sister of ye
God's got a sick sense of humor. When I die, I expect to find him laughing.
Bats: Human Harvest!
Better be some serious eatage.
I have a new celebrity crush:
Anneliese van der Pol.
Sure, she's young, but so what?
To celebrate yours and the toddler's b-day tomorrow Sinfonian, we are going to Chuck E. Cheez.
Happy b-day tomorrow in advance if I don't see ya.
trifecta
'Enkew.
Oh freaking freak.
But hell, there could be defensive missiles or "lay-zers" for all I know.
Yeah, who knows what mama is carrying.
These guys know just enough about this stuff to be dangerous to the whole world.
If you truly love this country, put something of yours in true jeopardy, your credit rating. Don't pay your next three credit card bills. We can do something about this world and change it, or we can bitch about this world and be it.
No really, turn on VH1 Classic RIGHT NOW!
To celebrate yours and the toddler's b-day tomorrow Sinfonian, we are going to Chuck E. Cheez.
Really? Happy Birthday Sinfonian and NTodd!!
point of clarification: by "young," I don't mean "illegal." She's 23.
Sinfonian, you're such a slut.
no, he really meant "the toddler" ...
You were missed in D.C., and toasts were drunk to your ... well, drunkenness.
I was drunk in sympathy.
And nothing says "anti-war" like drunkenness!
.
To celebrate yours and the toddler's b-day tomorrow Sinfonian, we are going to Chuck E. Cheez.
My condolences.
"it was already quite a feat to make someone as attractive as Laura Dern into Katherine Harris"
A ton of make-up.
Huge fake bazooms.
This movie is making me think. Vietnam and Algeria cured the French of trying to occupy countries. WWII seems to have cured Germany & Japan from wanting to ever start another war. I wonder what it will take to cure us.
Sinfonian, you're such a slut.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
I think to be a "slut," one actually has to, you know, have sex.
I'm the world's first unrequited slut.
I can haz Anneliese?
This could be big news, especially if we give it a shove:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/
S...2209036,00.html
US military officials are putting huge pressure on interrogators who question Iraqi insurgents to find incriminating evidence pointing to Iran, it was claimed last night.
Micah Brose, a privately contracted interrogator working for American forces in Iraq, near the Iranian border, told The Observer that information on Iran is 'gold'. The claim comes after Washington imposed sanctions on Iran last month, citing both its nuclear ambitions and its Revolutionary Guards' alleged support of Shia insurgents in Iraq. Last week the US military freed nine Iranians held in Iraq, including two it had accused of links to the Revolutionary Guards' Qods Force.
Brose, 30, who extracts information from detainees in Iraq, said: 'They push a lot for us to establish a link with Iran. They have pre-categories for us to go through, and by the sheer volume of categories there's clearly a lot more for Iran than there is for other stuff. Of all the recent requests I've had, I'd say 60 to 70 per cent are about Iran.
'It feels a lot like, if you get something and Iran's not involved, it's a let down.' He added: 'I've had people say to me, "They're really pushing the Iran thing. It's like, shit, you know." '
He denied ever being asked to fabricate evidence, adding: 'We're not asked to manufacture information, we're asked to find it. But if a detainee wants to tell me what I want to hear so he can get out of jail... you know what I'm saying.'
Other military intelligence officials in Iraq refused to comment, but one said: 'The message is, "Got to find a link with Iran, got to find a link with Iran." It's sickening.'
Ntodd's birthday, too? Happy Birthday to him and Sinfonian.
I wonder what it will take to cure us.
Karin
This country didn't learn from Viet Nam.
It will never learn.
I have a new celebrity crush:
Anneliese van der Pol.
I'm partial to the pic of her in the orange dress. OMFG!
And nothing says "anti-war" like drunkenness!
.
spork_incident
I must rededicate myself to the movement.
NTodd, no, but play your cards right, and you can have Mlle.
I wonder what it will take to cure us.
Karin | 11.10.07 - 9:24 pm | #
Our Chinese Overlords?
I have a new celebrity crush:"
yum.
http://photos.lacoccinelle.net/1...14/11/
91411.jpg
NTodd has more birthdays than drinkers at an Irish wake.
This movie is making me think. Vietnam and Algeria cured the French of trying to occupy countries. WWII seems to have cured Germany & Japan from wanting to ever start another war. I wonder what it will take to cure us.
Afghanistan, Iraq and Iraq?
"it was already quite a feat to make someone as attractive as Laura Dern into Katherine Harris"
For the record, when I met Laura Dern in 1990, when she was filming a movie on my street in Wilmington, N.C., she had a very bad complexion. Makeup was ample.
Now, I'm sure she's outgrown it. I still remember a spread from ... Rolling Stone? Vanity Fair? ... a magazine where she appeared topless (and demurely covering her, um, assets).
WOW.
I can't forgive Anneliese van der Pol Pot for what she did to Cambodia.
interesting link from da google images...sideboob.org
I'm the world's first unrequited slut.
Now that's an oxymoron.
'It feels a lot like, if you get something and Iran's not involved, it's a let down.' He added: 'I've had people say to me, "They're really pushing the Iran thing. It's like, shit, you know." '
Can you say "false intelligence?"
I have a new celebrity crush:
I'm still stuck on Monica Bellucci.
.
interesting link from da google images...sideboob.org
::matthew
I know! I saw that ...
NTodd, no, but play your cards right, and you can have Mlle.
[looks down at hand: deuce, trey, four, five, six, all off suit]
I'M ALL IN!
whiskey,
Enjoy! Pics of my rencetly-acquired wine capatin, which matches the other appliances, at homepage. Having a working stove/oven is tres nice.
I have a very nice brother. A little bit too tall, true, because he always rushed first to the dinner table. But otherwise a sweet guy.
I'm the world's first unrequited slut.
Now that's an oxymoron.
pie
Well, I'm glad someone got that.
I'm the world's first unrequited slut.
I'm not easy, but I'm cheap.
When the interrogators are complaining, you know somethings up.
watertiger: I seek your approval,
SHINY!
Can you say "false intelligence?"
Duane V |
Where's Curveball? He knows about fucking everything.
I wonder what it will take to cure us.
Get rid of the military-industrial complex.
Easy.
Do you suppose they've found the new Curveball yet, Arkenor?
I'm still stuck on Monica Bellucci.
Brotherhood. Wolf. Rowr.
NTodd has more birthdays than drinkers at an Irish wake.
Yet fewer pants. Happy B'day, Sinf and NTodd.
Not sure. I hear Chalabi is back in town. Maybe they'll recycle Curveball too.
I'm still stuck on Monica Bellucci.
There are no words.
Although the one that comes to mind starts with "b" and has three "k's."
Well, I'm glad someone got that.
You admit men are sluts. Who can argue with that?
Who has real birfdays today?
I'm still stuck on Monica Bellucci.
Bella, but she ain't no Gina Romantica!
Jimmy Hoffa's daughter is a judge in St. Louis County, Mo. She presided over my first divorce hearing. I also appeared before her in several proceedings as an attorney. Sadly, she looks just like her father.
No,no. I think NTodd's a Leo. Sinfonian is a Scorpia, 11/11/65, I think.
I wonder what it will take to cure us.
A second civil war.
Get rid of the military-industrial complex.
Easy.
I can't see any candidate except Kucinich making a serious effort to dismantle it.
Although the one that comes to mind starts with "b" and has three "k's."
Boinkkk?
If I kill somebody I go to hell but the person I kill goes straight to heaven.
Okay, hold on. I don't think it's NTodd's birthday tomorrow. I think the confusion came because trifecta referred to "the toddler" and everyone assumed he meant NTodd because of, you know, the maturity level.
However, I do share a birthday with another Atriot: Southern Beale.
When the interrogators are complaining, you know somethings up.
Arkenor |
You can torture anyone into saying anything. Except, "I voted for Bush".
you tell me...
No fair.
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spork_incident | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 9:20 pm | #
uncle...?
sinf. i know i said i'd match your dime last week on 'anyone who runs against' stoney heyer.. heh. but maybe that would be better spent on 'snow'?
early money...
email your thoughts.
oh, and by the way, what's the deal with jeopardy? you win back in or???
If I kill somebody I go to hell but the person I kill goes straight to heaven.
jared
Why don't you kill yourself, jack?
Jimmy Hoffa's daughter is a judge in St. Louis County, Mo. She presided over my first divorce hearing. I also appeared before her in several proceedings as an attorney. Sadly, she looks just like her father.
No,no. I think NTodd's a Leo. Sinfonian is a Scorpia, 11/11/65, I think.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Hecate got the misquoties!
He denied ever being asked to fabricate evidence, adding: 'We're not asked to manufacture information, we're asked to find it. But if a detainee wants to tell me what I want to hear so he can get out of jail... you know what I'm saying.'
It's all in the wording.
point of clarification: by "young," I don't mean "illegal." She's 23.
Sinfonian, daddy
Wait til Autie B hears about this
I think I might do some midnight christmas shopping at Walmart.
I can't see any candidate except Kucinich making a serious effort to dismantle it.
Indeed. But that Department of Peace sure is stupid, innit?
oh, and by the way, what's the deal with jeopardy? you win back in or???
fokowi
Yeah, snow deserves it. Whatever you like.
As for Jeopardy!, here are the semifinal matchups.
I really see war with Iran as inevitable. They'll stop at nothing, manufacture whatever evidence they need.
Did you ever hear of Operation Northwoods?
I wrote a little about it years back, when I could stil summon up the enthusiasm for blogging.
http://www.arksark.org/blog/2003...05/27/94917550/
http://www.arksark.org/blog/2003...05/28/95010863/
Be aware that NTodd's birthday is Hiroshima Day and PDB Day, August 6.
I only make him Jiffy yellow cakes with chocolate canned frosting because I'm courting him as my future son in law.
point of clarification: by "young," I don't mean "illegal." She's 23.
so much for "age appropriate".
Hecate got the misquoties!
Seriously. I should quit while I'm ahead.
Keep in mind Jim Crow was in the context of the Cold War.
If I kill somebody I go to hell but the person I kill goes straight to heaven.
Hamlet, it that you?
As for Jeopardy!, here are the semifinal matchups.
W00t! Celeste DiNucci won!
Really, I can't believe even republicans would support an action against Iran.
Besides the fact that we can't fucking afford it, we don't have the manpower to sustain it.
It's sheer madness.
so much for "age appropriate".
watertiger
Actually, I prefer women my age. Anneliese is just a physical relationship. Besides, I'm doing so well with women my age ...
Hecate, no, you should drink more.
then you might not care
Although the one that comes to mind starts with "b" and has three "k's."
I have no idea what this means.
Somehow, I'm glad about that.
Okay, back to staring at Monica Bellucci pics...
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so much for "age appropriate".
Emotional vs physical parity... the eternal problem
I'm just surprised that the administration is even looking for evidence to justify an attack on Iran.
I figured they'd just do it and justify it later.
I think that the Dept. of Peace is silly in that I think peace should be the assumed normal state. All departments should be working under that assumption unless war is absolutely unavoidable.
Hamlet, it that you?
NTodd
shut the fuck up horatio
As for Jeopardy!, here are the semifinal matchups.
Hecate, no, you should drink more.
then you might not care
This would be my strategy du jour. So far, so good.
Crikey, I'm watching the Ohio 1-A football semi-final between Solon and Mentor. m These kids are in high school and look bigger, faster and better coached than a lot of college teams I've watched.
Although I'm watching V for Vendetta for the second time today, and it tends to make me angry/hot.
Besides, I'm doing so well with women my age ... Sinfonian
Whenever you're around they hear a Sinphony.
Although the one that comes to mind starts with "b" and has three "k's."
Boinkkk?
NTodd
Bukakke!!
I saw this piece on CNN about China's military spending (which, reportedly, has been increasing, but the Pentagon thinks it's higher..not a surprise that the Pentagon would think that). The anchor (whose name escapes me) had this tension in his voice like a hysterical witch hunter. I was waiting for him to cry out "should we bomb China now?".
In case the evil Middle East narrative doesn't work, there's always the evil Chinese narrative.
As for Jeopardy!, here are the semifinal matchups.
I see you rolled your way into the semis. Dios mio, man. Liam and me, we're gonna fuck you up.
My neighbor cut down one of her oak trees this morning. It was diseased, but I'm having a difficult time functioning w/ it gone. Good vibes gratefully accepted. I'm off kilter w/o it.
"Crikey, I'm watching the Ohio 1-A football semi-final between Solon and Mentor. m"
is that on osn?
I am filled with chocolate.
I went to The Chocolate Show in New York today. Tummy ache, tummy ache...
Here's a nice and simple supper for the lazy.
Get some chorizo, brown them up in a pan, serve on flour tortillas with salsa and cheese.
Nummy!
I think that the Dept. of Peace is silly in that I think peace should be the assumed normal state.
That's not quite what it's all about. The Department would be charged with effectively reorganizing our society around nonviolence as the fundamental principle. That means reducing the influence of the military-industrial complex, addressing issues of domestic violence, etc.
If you look at our nation right now, how can we ever assume the normal state is peace?
so much for "age appropriate".
watertiger | Homepage |
When I was 20, I prefered 35 year old women.
When I was 35, I prefered 35 year old women.
When I turned 50, I still prefer 35 year old women.
I think I'm in a rut?
I think that the Dept. of Peace is silly in that I think peace should be the assumed normal state.
I conceptualize the Dep't of Peace as being a forward thinking and outward looking agency of the government, one that identifies injustices and finds ways to address them before they get to the boiling point, one that helps re-position the US of A as a nation with good intentions toward the world.
OTOH I am high, so there's that.
"so much for "age appropriate"."
you said the same thing about keif. youngins don't do it for you?
is that on osn?
No, STO
Although I'm watching V for Vendetta for the second time today, and it tends to make me angry/hot.
Makes ya hot? Watcha doin aftah?
Okay, hold on. I don't think it's NTodd's birthday tomorrow. I think the confusion came because trifecta referred to "the toddler" and everyone assumed he meant NTodd because of, you know, the maturity level.
Guilty as charged!
Pakistan: Emergency to End in 1 Month
Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan eased its crackdown on opponents Saturday, releasing opposition leader Benazir Bhutto from house arrest and saying it will lift a state of emergency within a month. But the government blocked a meeting between the deposed Supreme Court justice and Bhutto, who pledged to lead a 185-mile protest march.
President Bush called President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's promises "positive steps," throwing U.S. support firmly behind the Pakistani leader in the fight against Islamic militants.
Bhutto, apparently unbowed by her brief detention, said she would defy Musharraf's ban on public gatherings and lead supporters on a march from the eastern city of Lahore to Islamabad on Tuesday.
"When the masses combine, the sound of their steps will suppress the sound of military boots," Bhutto, a former prime minister, told around 100 journalists protesting a new media clampdown.
Explained that way, the Dept. of Peace makes sense. It still should be our assumeed goal.
Hecate sez:
My neighbor cut down one of her oak trees this morning.
Your neighbor sucks.
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Mentor wins. They face Glenville in the regional championship. That will be one hell of a game.
Get some chorizo, brown them up in a pan, serve on flour tortillas with salsa and cheese.
Who remembers this commercial?
I can bring home the bacon,
Fry it up in a pan,
And never, ever let you forget you're a man!
'Cause I'm a woman ...
Remember the product? It's the next word in the song ...
Makes ya hot? Watcha doin aftah?
NTodd, Moral Masturbator
I'm loose; wanna scrapbook?
I haven't seen The Battle of Algiers since college. Now we are in the torture part of it, which I can't stand to watch.
Dept. of Normalcy?
I see you rolled your way into the semis. Dios mio, man. Liam and me, we're gonna fuck you up.
Yeah, well, that's just like, your opinion, man.
"I'm a woman. Enjoille(sp?)"
I hate it when jingles hijack your brain.
My neighbor cut down one of her oak trees this morning. It was diseased, but I'm having a difficult time functioning w/ it gone. Good vibes gratefully accepted. I'm off kilter w/o it.
Hecate
the live oaks around here are treated with great deference.
These kids are in high school and look bigger, faster and better coached than a lot of college teams I've watched.
Near our old stomping grounds. Solon was never a big football school then though.
Of course, at that level for schools in the play-offs, it looks more exciting.
The formerly undefeated high school team here lost last night, so they were eliminated from the state championship next week.
I hate it when jingles hijack your brain
You beat me to it Sister (and hey! how are you)
"No, STO"
thanks. oh, it's over. shit, i'm wasting my time with kansas/okla.
Okay, so Anneliese hasn't always looked so good ...
Okay, so Anneliese hasn't always looked so good ...
Sinfonian
sideboob shots are better
Peace is gaiii. Department of Peace is super uber extra textra teh gaiii.
BTW, the rocket launch was insufficiently spectacular and I'm planning to ask for my money back.
It was a military satellite, which my local cable news channel informed me will help "America, or anyone, really," see the plume of a missile as soon as it's launched.
My neighbor cut down one of her oak trees this morning.
They're such gorgeous trees - especially when bare.
I'll have to think about words of kilter.
There's such a sense of majesty and permanence about them.
"I'm a woman. Enjoille(sp?)"
I hate it when jingles hijack your brain.
sister of ye
Ding ding!
Enjoli, a perfume.
Can you imagine that jingle today? A little sexist, no?
No, we wouldn't want the disease to spread to the other oak trees. Sometimes you have to cut a tree down. If Hecate or the neighbor are looking for a nice hardwood to plant, may I suggest a Liberty Elm?
My neighbor cut down one of her oak trees this morning. It was diseased, but I'm having a difficult time functioning w/ it gone. Good vibes gratefully accepted. I'm off kilter w/o it.
You have my sympathies. My neighbors across the street had to cut down a 50' oak tree after it split in the Santa Anas last month. Two huge limbs came off, ripping the trunk about 10' up. I miss that tree. Their daughter had a swing on one of the limbs that broke off and she and my daughter loved to swing on it.
In case the evil Middle East narrative doesn't work, there's always the evil Chinese narrative.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
This administration is never hurting for "evil narratives" it can apply to anyone or everyone else, in order to justify it's depradations.
you said the same thing about keif. youngins don't do it for you?
not as much as for some, it seems.
Who remembers this commercial?
I can bring home the bacon,
Fry it up in a pan,
And never, ever let you forget you're a man!
'Cause I'm a woman ...
Remember the product? It's the next word in the song ...
I remember Raquel Welch and Miss Piggy doing that song on the Muppet Show
It was diseased, but I'm having a difficult time functioning w/ it gone
Oak wilt is a serious problem and can infect other nearby oaks. Cutting it down is the only thing you can do if that was the disease.
A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance.[1] A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to 6 m; some authors set a minimum of 10 cm trunk diameter (30 cm girth). Woody plants that do not meet these definitions by having multiple stems and/or small size, are called shrubs. Compared with most other plants, trees are long-lived, some of them getting to be several thousand years old and growing to up to 115 m (375 ft) high
I can bring home the bacon,
Fry it up in a pan,
And never, ever let you forget you're a man!
'Cause I'm a woman ...
Oh, oh, don't remember what the ad was selling but even as a kid I knew it was hateful.
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OH WE OH, OH OH
OH WE OH, OH OH
not as much as for some, it seems.
watertiger
Aw, geez. I'm just being silly. I prefer women more my age.
Oak wilt is a serious problem and can infect other nearby oaks. Cutting it down is the only thing you can do if that was the disease.
Just make sure your tree surgeon is, you know, board certified...
Trees are an important component of the natural landscape because of their prevention of erosion and the provision of a specific weather-sheltered ecosystem in and under their foliage. Trees have also been found to play an important role in producing oxygen[citation needed] and reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, as well as moderating ground temperatures. They are also significant elements in landscaping and agriculture, both for their aesthetic appeal and their orchard crops (such as apples). Wood from trees is a common building material. Trees also play an intimate role in many of the world's mythologies (see trees in mythology).
Evening, all
The Tastee Freez was closed for three weeks last summer due to oak wilt.
OH WE OH, OH OH
All we owe, we owe.
Evening, all
DWD - Merry Sunshine!!!
Yay! Cheer us up!
I prefer women more my age
I'll take "Older Women" for $500 Alex...
Who remembers this commercial?
I can bring home the bacon,
Fry it up in a pan,
And never, ever let you forget you're a man!
'Cause I'm a woman ...
Anjahlee or something like that....
Janeane - drink a bottle of pepto. Always works for me.
Jungle love
OH WE OH WE OH
Girl, I want to know ya
(know ya)
doot doot doo doo doot
What could be funnier than watching Gene Simmons having the hotel nurse come to his room to remove a vibrator that's epoxied to his hand?
(re-HICA!)
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OH WE OH, OH OH
I have been told the line actually is "Glory to the olllllddd one..."
There is an organization called open secrets that had a good plan for the future military. Wanted to expand the Navy to a fleet of humanitarian ships for disaster relief, expand the Army as an apprenticeship program to train kids in everything from cooks, auto mechanics, etc. to teachers.
Ultimately, that's what everyone tells me. I imagine it's genetic. I hope so. I don't really want to be. I'm sorry.
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GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
This is just silly. I have reason to believe you are the most generous person on this blog (and probably in the whole of Left Blogostan.)
You're the best in my book, and in a whole lot of books besides.
As noted above, Enjoli.
Has Baylor ever been good?
OH WE OH, OH OH
When we were kids, we used to sing that as:
OR-E-O COO-KIES!
This is just silly. I have reason to believe you are the most generous person on this blog (and probably in the whole of Left Blogostan.)
I'm with you all the way on this. What an extraordinarily lovely person she is.
What could be funnier than watching Gene Simmons having the hotel nurse come to his room to remove a vibrator that's epoxied to his hand?
Gene Simmons was in American Pie?
32 years ago tonight....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i...h?
v=iquCHSkmUek
As noted above, Enjoli.
Sinfonian, daddy
Angelina Jolie?
Gotta get Jrette. to bed. Back in a few ...
The Department shall--
(1) hold peace as an organizing principle, coordinating service to every level of American society;
(2) endeavor to promote justice and democratic principles to expand human rights;
(3) strengthen nonmilitary means of peacemaking;
(4) promote the development of human potential;
(5) work to create peace, prevent violence, divert from armed conflict, use field-tested programs, and develop new structures in nonviolent dispute resolution;
(6) take a proactive, strategic approach in the development of policies that promote national and international conflict prevention, nonviolent intervention, mediation, peaceful resolution of conflict, and structured mediation of conflict;
(7) address matters both domestic and international in scope; and
( encourage the development of initiatives from local communities, religious groups, and nongovernmental organizations.
A tree is a plant form that occurs in many different orders and families of plants. Trees show a wide variety of growth forms, leaf type and shape, bark characteristics, and reproductive organs.
The earliest trees were tree ferns and horsetails, which grew in vast forests in the Carboniferous Period; tree ferns still survive, but the only surviving horsetails are not of tree form. Later, in the Triassic Period, conifers, ginkgos, cycads and other gymnosperms appeared, and subsequently flowering plants in the Cretaceous Period. Most species of trees today are flowering plants (Angiosperms) and conifers. The listing below gives examples of many well-known trees and how they are typically classified.
Sinfonian: Gene Simmons was in American Pie?
He's got a "reality" show on A&E, believe it or not.
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Janeane - drink a bottle of pepto. Always works for me.
Duane V | 11.10.07 - 9:55 pm | #
It's subsiding a bit....
The show was really crowded, but I enjoyed it very much.
NTodd, Moral Masturbator
Sounds good to me...
Feral lib: I'm hanging in. Been pretty broke, but that's common nowadays. Work's been busy, so that's good for my job prospects.
I still have 4-1/2 vacation days to use or buy-out. As bad as I could use the money, I think I'll take them. Beats using them as sick days, which I did too much earlier this year.
I see the cut-and-paste informational troll has shown up.
Edwards is on fire. Iowa dem party:
http://www.c-span.org/watch/cs_c...?Cat=TV&
Code=CS
Xan!
Cool, I've not seen that.
"I wonder what it will take to cure us."
A new president.
Placement of the Republican party on the state sponsored terrorism list.
Dick Cheney in the box at the Hague.
A national memorial with the 51 percenters honored by the Darwin Awards.
Janeane - drink a bottle of pepto. Always works for me.
I once tried bepto for a migraine nausea. A Biiiiiig (and pink) mistake.
Janeane, believe it or not a glass of red wine might be helpful.
St. Paul said, and I kid thee not, "Take thou a little wine for thy stomach's sake." I have always found dark chocolate and red wine a very agreeable pairing, and maybe it would help. But go easy on the vino.
And if it doesn't work, maybe you won't care as much.
More on H.R.808 (Department of Peace and Nonviolence Act)...
David Derbes | 11.10.07 - 10:02 pm | #
There was a booth selling port at the show, and I had some. Very nice.
I have a bottle of vino here somewhere....
I see the cut-and-paste informational troll has shown up.
Toonscribe: Cartoon Liberal
I hope you don't mean me, even though I have had cut-and-paste problems before (overly enthusiastic), I am no Troll.
Have 2 acres that is in dire need of thinning. Thinking of trying to sell off about 1/3 of it as timber. Also have a bunch of sycamore in the front yard that I wouldn't mind getting rid of.
I once tried bepto for a migraine nausea. A Biiiiiig (and pink) mistake.
Echidne
You're right, it can be risky. A little is better than alot....
Now its time to watch the local media boo-hoo over the Buckeye's loss today. No matter that not one of the reporters ever even set foot within the boundaries of Columbus, Ohio, they've been ordered into mourning by their corporate masters' After all, its THE Ohio State University (assholes)
Trees, specifically ash, make good baseball bats, also useful for beating the shit out of repukes.
There was a booth selling port at the show, and I had some. Very nice.
I have a bottle of vino here somewhere....
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
I think you want red, and not a ton of it, but for me these go together very well.
America is rejecting the Liberal mindset
Despite spend several million dollars on advertising and marketing, 'Lions for Lambs' will flop--just like 'Rendition' & and 'Valley of Elah.'
They will flop because the human psyche, especially the American variety, prefers real heroes--like the original hero of the Valley of Elah, a young shepherd named David who killed Goliath then cut off the giant's head.
In the latest round of war movies the heroes are not the Soldiers and Marines who every day fight and defeat a vicious and barbaric enemy--the heroes are reporters, lawyers and activists.
And since every story requires a villain, the real enemy--Mohammedan Jihadists--are replaced by neo-cons, politicians, Soldiers and Marines.
As bad as I could use the money, I think I'll take them
Sister, sometimes an attitude adjustment is worth more.
Gosh, I wish I knew how to ululate. It's quite impressive.
My friend from Chicago sent me an invite to his house warming party 3 times, despite the fact that I live in NYC. I found this very annoying.
I finally sent him an email telling him that my rehab stint starts that weekend. It doesn't, and he'll know I'm kidding, but all the responses on the invite thread were so BORING I had to say something "out there", I guess....
(6) take a proactive, strategic approach in the development of policies that promote national and international conflict prevention, nonviolent intervention, mediation, peaceful resolution of conflict, and structured mediation of conflict;
Fuckin' hippies. Where's the profit in THAT? You gonna give evildoers therapy?
(Just in case: I'm available.)
Honoring America's Heros
Now THAT'S a Troll!!
Do the vinophiles here think a decent sauterne would be OK for Kielbasa and sauerkraut?
So Jeffraham, did you get fired?
(I'm guessing not)
I think I saw DWD above; I have to get back to the nearly infinite work of writing college recommendations (after tracking down an obscure reference for my daughter at Regenstein Library; sheesh, why doesn't Hopkins have these books?!) so I can't stay, but DWD, I hope your aches and pains are itty bitty, and apologies for the hit and run. See you tomorrow or so, I hope.
32 years ago tonight....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i...h? v=iquCHSkmUek
Xan
Wow - that was Harry Reasoner, on my 10th birthday.
Do the vinophiles here think a decent sauterne would be OK for Kielbasa and sauerkraut?
I'm sorry, but that sounds repulsive.
But then, I hate sauerkraut.
Janeane, believe it or not a glass of red wine might be helpful.
red wine causes migraines
fourlegsgood: (I'm guessing not)
You guess correctly! Thanks for askin', though.
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The Allman Brothers Band is jamming on my CD player....Nobody Knows from Shades of Two Worlds...
One of my favorite Allman songs...
Honoring America's Heros | 11.10.07 - 10:06 pm | #
WHAT THE FUCK? Lions for Lambs is bombing because of FUCKING SPACEMAN TOM CRUISE! Dipshit.
Gosh, I wish I knew how to ululate. It's quite impressive.
I got pretty close the one time I jumped on a knitting needle sticking up from the carpet.
Well, I love each and every one of you Moonbats. i am going to take my wounded self to bed and see if the well-dressed man and I can figure out how to sleep w/o that oak tree in the NE. He can, likely, but we'll see if dawn breaks upon my open eyelids.
Sleep all night like people who will wake up to crosswords, and mimosas, and huevors rancheros, and warm tortillas, and grilled slices of apples. Sleep all night like people who earned degrees against the storm.
Hear me now and believe me later: the best thing for stomach issues is ginger tea sweetened with sugar.
Keep fresh ginger handy.
Gosh, I wish I knew how to ululate. It's quite impressive.
You at the end, or the middle part where the little kid steals the microphone?
After all, its THE Ohio State University (assholes)
The Jester
I think OSU has the biggest student body in NCAA Division I football. Something like 50,000.
University of Tulsa is Division I and has an enrollment of 2,800.
Anyone need kittehs, ready for gnawing?
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One of my favorite Allman songs...
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
Look at that. Good taste in movies AND music..
Gordon Gee's now at THE OSU.
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Look at that. Good taste in movies AND music..
Duane V | 11.10.07 - 10:11 pm | #
Thank you, Duane...
Compliments are always appreciated...
"Do the vinophiles here think a decent sauterne would be OK for Kielbasa and sauerkraut?"
are you in parma?
try vodka!
I'm sorry, but that sounds repulsive.
But then, I hate sauerkraut.
Perhaps I should clarify, I was going to do up a batch of sauerkraut with sliced onion, ***BACON***, bay leaf and sauterne wine in the crock pot with the sausage cut up on top.
Did Pelosi just say "clam booty"?
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Thanks for the Edmund Fitzgerald link. Living in almost-Canada as I do, Gordon Lightfoot is in the blood.
Anyone need kittehs, ready for gnawing?
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Jeffraham Prestonian
LE is all over daddeh! I love it when that happens.
red wine causes migraines
Usually restricted to those who are sensitive to tannins or sulfates.
Keep fresh ginger handy.
V for Virginia
I can vouch for the ginger. Real ginger ale works well...
Keep fresh ginger handy.
V for Virginia
I couldn't agree more. Mary Ann is a pricktease.
Last word: Chicago is a terrific town, and getting better all the time.
You don't believe me, ask ChiDy.
OK, the politicians (well, a lot of them) are crooked as hell, but that's true of most places.
This is a beautiful, exciting city, not quite as exciting as NYC, but maybe more beautiful, and big enough to get lost in. My wife dragged me up here twenty-one years ago, and she was, as usual, absolutely right.
red wine causes migraines
No it doesn't.
I get them and red wine doens't bring them on. I do, however, get migraines from champagne (but not white wine).
Even half a glass is enough to bring on a monster.
V for Virginia: LE is all over daddeh! I love it when that happens.
It happens every single day, several times. And Curly has been in my lap every day since that first time (in a long time), a couple of weeks ago.
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I love Chicago. Even when I had a conference there every December the week before Christmas. Cold as fuck, but gorgeous on Michigan Avenue.
Thanks for the Edmund Fitzgerald link. Living in almost-Canada as I do, Gordon Lightfoot is in the blood.
sister of ye
Gord's Gold is in my blood, and i just used to visit B.C. regularly..
I see the cut-and-paste informational troll has shown up.
Toonscribe: Cartoon Liberal
I hope you don't mean me, even though I have had cut-and-paste problems before (overly enthusiastic), I am no Troll.
No, no, not you. There was a "dirk" (and not our beloved Dirk Gently) with multiple long posts of tree information.
Perhaps I should clarify, I was going to do up a batch of sauerkraut with sliced onion, ***BACON***, bay leaf and sauterne wine in the crock pot with the sausage cut up on top.
Still repulsive.
Except for the bacon.
Last word: Chicago is a terrific town, and getting better all the time.
Years ago, I had a bidness trip in Chicago in January. I bet the far side of the Moon isn't nearly as cold.
It was the mass demonstrations at the end, NTodd. Movie's over now.
Sauternes is pretty sweet, and the sauerkraut already has vinegar in it. I guess if you were going for a kind of German potato salad vibe it could work.
I'd take a bite of kraut, add a teaspoon or so of sauternes, and see if it makes you say, quote, gross.
http://plush-life.blogspot.com/2...s-
caturday.html
Saturday nite kittehs.
"Did Pelosi just say "clam booty"?
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Jeffraham Prestonian "
Don't know but Edwards was tough. His vioce was going but he gave a great speech.
"Still repulsive.
Except for the bacon."
bite me. it's fantastic, esp in the winter!! sticks to the ribs, it does...
Trees, specifically ash, alder, mahogany, rosewood, and maple also make great guitars.
Last word: Chicago is a terrific town, and getting better all the time.
I might be there soon. What do you recommend seeing on a one day visit?
Anyone here recommend Altman's 3 Women?
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Not Parma, Eastlake, a Slovenian lost in a wilderness of Serbs and Croats
First time I took ex-Mrs. Sinf #2 to Chicago, it was Valentine's weekend. And windy. And we were poor and walked everywhere. She still doesn't let me forget that.
Then again, we also walked all over San Francisco when she was six months pregnant.
I guess I wasn't very considerate in the 20th Century.
I do, however, get migraines from champagne (but not white wine).
4lg - In that case it could be a sensitivity to yeast. True champagne has a dose of yeast in the bottle to add the sparkle, still white wine won't have that addition.
bite me. it's fantastic, esp in the winter!! sticks to the ribs, it does...
jdw | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 10:16 pm | #
It's only fantastic if you like sauerkraut.
And I hates it, precious, I hates it. I won't even sit in a room or restaurant where it's being served.
David Derbes | 11.10.07 - 10:13 pm | #
Sinfonian, daddy | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 10:14 pm | #
I never dug Chicago, having lived there for quite some time. It never took to me, and vice versa. NYC is much more Janeane...
Having said that, it has some great art house theaters, some great museums, and looks great at night (especially driving on Lake Shore Drive).
It's bitter fucking cold and hot/humid....
I can't wait for when we win in Iraq; when America wins DemoRats lose, what could beat that?
Toonscribe: Cartoon Liberal
I'm relieved..Well, gotta go to work...love you guys. Janeane, feel better!
Beer probably goes best with kielbasy, but if you want wine, a German white seems like the way to go.
Jeffraham Prestonian | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 10:17 pm | #
See it twice. It's a great film, really mysterious and complex, even for Altman....
Lions for Lambs is bombing
Is it bombing? I thought it just opened last night. Haven't seen any earning reports yet.
Duane V | 11.10.07 - 10:18 pm | #
Thanks, Duane...
4lg - In that case it could be a sensitivity to yeast. True champagne has a dose of yeast in the bottle to add the sparkle, still white wine won't have that addition.
I don't have sensitivity to anything else with yeast in it.
It's kind of a mystery, but I know a few people who have the same problem.
Define "win."
sheets
Yay! Danny DeVito gave a shoutout to Asbury Park!
Anything alcoholic goes with kielbasa, but I'd recommend white wine as a first choice with sauerkraut. But any ethanol in a pinch, I always say.
"Not Parma, Eastlake, a Slovenian lost in a wilderness of Serbs and Croats"
holy shit, we're practically neighbors.
ph
I hated sauerkraut as a kid, but love it now.
I'm finally legitimate as a German-American.
bite me. it's fantastic, esp in the winter!! sticks to the ribs, it does...
jdw | Homepage | 11.10.07 - 10:16 pm | #
It's only fantastic if you like sauerkraut.
And I hates it, precious, I hates it. I won't even sit in a room or restaurant where it's being served.
Maybe it will help if you know that it will be accompanied by a splendid batch of split pea soup and fresh baked bread?
It's kind of a mystery, but I know a few people who have the same problem.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?
Are we talking about Champagne champagne, or sparkling wine?
I probably had the worst hangover of my life from drinking the fake shit, but actual French Champagne doesn't bother me a bit.
I don't have sensitivity to anything else with yeast in it.
Wine yeast is different than other types of yeast, and champagne yeast is a whole different animal.
V for V beat me to it, but I think the sauterne is a little too sweet.
Me, I'd use a chardonnay.
Or beer.
"I won't even sit in a room or restaurant where it's being served."
stay away from germany.
I can't wait for when we win in Iraq
We lost.
Get over it.
Maybe it will help if you know that it will be accompanied by a splendid batch of split pea soup and fresh baked bread?
Split peas and sauerkraut in one meal? Talk about biofuels.
1watt, not sure where you are but you might have trouble with just 2 acres, esp. if you want selective cutting. Around here (w. TN) the timber companies won't even come out to look it over unless you have a minimum of 5 acres you want cleared, and they prefer clearcutting.
Hecate, I am directing some oakly vibes in a northeasterly direction from the big fella in my backyard I call Mohawk. He's had a damn interesting life, judging from the fact that the trunk goes up about 30 feet, divides; the limb aiming east(ish) is 2 ft wide for about 3 feet, then has apparently been squoze at some point as it shrinks to about 6 inch diameter for its remaining extent.
The other half of the trunk heads off to the west(ish), curving severely until at about 60 ft up it is essentially horizontal, curving then to the left for about 4 feet then aiming slightly upward again. There are no branches on the bottom or north side of this trunk, basically they all go upwards as if to balance the slope of the trunk. You see why I call him "Mohawk."
Great meditation tree. Connects to the past of the land and the events long before I came here. There are trees on this lot which I would cut down if I had the money, either to encourage others to grow or for sheer nervousness that they would squash me like a bug if a bad enough wind caught them right. But not Mohawk. If nothing else has brought him down I am not about to even think about it.
I have about three ounces of an MP3 player that are on about my last nerve at this moment. GRRRRRRRR
Last word: Chicago is a terrific town, and getting better all the time.
I might be there soon. What do you recommend seeing on a one day visit?
The Art Institute of Chicago, without fail. Greatest collection of French Impressionists outside of Paris. If you're an architecture fan, just walking around is wonderful. Lots of Frank Lloyd Wright in the (unfortunately ten miles away) suburb of Oak Park. Maybe the best architecture bookstore in the English speaking world at Prairie Avenue Books. Hyde Park (my neighborhood, home of the U of Chicago) has the Robie House, probably the second most beautiful (after Falling Water) house in the country. This is about seven miles south of downtown.
The Wrigley Building and the Tribune Tower, across the street from each other, at the river and Michigan Avenue. The Bean (officially, "Cloud Gate") at Millennium Park. Very close to the Art Institute.
Almost any play. Chicago is killer for drama. The El. (I like trains.) There is at the moment an astounding festival of Maps. Almost all the museums have more maps than you can shake an atlas at.
The chocolatier Vosges in the Nordstrom mall on Michigan Avenue. Very expensive. Worth every buck. There are an astounding number of world class restaurants in Chicago, not all of which are scary expensive. Shaw's Crab House on Hubbard is one of the wonderfully reliable fish restaurants I know of. You won't have a bad meal. It will set you back with drinks and dessert $75 a person at dinner, and $25 a person at lunch. Rick Bayless' Frontera Grill and Topolo Bampo are terrific, authentic Mexican restaurants. There are three or four Rosebud restaurants, one or two downtown, great for burgers and Italian. Randolph Street about six or eight blocks west of Michigan (Randolph runs east-west, Michigan north-south) has a restaurant row, almost all of which are really excellent and not too expensive. Lots of pan-Asian and great sushi.
If you are a bibliophile, (disclaimer: I am on the board) the Seminary Co-Op Bookstore, University and 58th Streets in Hyde Park, is one of the best scholarly bookstores in the world. You want the complete Freud in German? A Hittite dictionary? The Loeb Classical Library? Richard Burton's translation of the Thousand Nights and A Night? Serge Lang's textbooks on complex analysis, algebra, SL(2,C)? Donald Keene on Japanese cinema? They have all that. Also, the original Powell's (before Mike Powell moved to Portland.) A Henry Moore statue commemorating the first nuclear reactor (Ellis and 56th).
Hell of a town, Chicago.
Well, that should keep me busy for about a month.
Dang, that 'Jonathan' thing took a while to figure out.
Like some others here, my first thought was Demme.
Then I went to the link and did a search for 'Jonathan'. Then I was really confused.
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