I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Is this thing on?
Am I LEFT BEHIND?
Murry Christmas. Thank you vurry much.
Jeebus, is that Jew?
Elvis? Shit. I am in hell!
Sorry, RE. Purtty good for a driveby.
Not bad at all. Say there Elvis, you sure have a purtty mouth.
You look like that guy who has sinned. Hell of a lot better than dying on the crapper.
Also, many Christians apparently view their didactic text as flexible. According to Pew’s August survey, only 39 percent of Christians believe that the Bible is the literal word of God, and 18 percent think that it’s just a book written by men and not the word of God at all. In fact, on the question in the Pew survey about what it would take to achieve eternal life, only 1 percent of Christians said living life in accordance with the Bible.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/2...tml?
ref=opinion
Drive by hi!
you sure have a purtty mouth.
Remonster in Mosul
That you, Larry? Miss you, buddy.
only 1 percent of Christians said living life in accordance with the Bible.
That one percent is wrong.
John 3:16, baby.
That one percent is wrong.
Say, annie, wear any poly-cotton?
Eat shrimp or cheeseburge3rs?
Burn. Burn. Burn.
No. No. No.
Those laws are for Jews, JR.
WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish man got the shock of his life when he visited a brothel and spotted his wife among the establishment's employees.
Polish tabloid Super Express said the woman had been making some extra money on the side while telling her husband she worked at a store in a nearby town.
"I was dumfounded. I thought I was dreaming," the husband told the newspaper on Wednesday.
The couple, married for 14 years, are now divorcing, the newspaper reported.
A troll with a rainbow wig?
Mr. Stewart?
I'll give them this: they're pretty tight, and there are more hooks than a tackle box in that one.
But of course it's instant kitsch on the merits of its argument.
Ought to play on a loop at the Bush Library.
Hey, hear the one about the CIA and our ambassador to Guatemala?
Those laws are for Jews, JR.
annieangel
"I have not come to replace the Law"
"Not one tit or jottle of the law has passed"
Those laws are in the Bible, if you reject them then you do not believe that you have to live your life in accordance with the Bible to achieve eternal life.
Nothing wrong with that, btw. But do what you do in full acknowledment of what you are doing... which is rejecting the bits you don't like.
i know, why not start a blog about the one subject i never lose interest in: american jazz and movies of the 20s and 30s. i can just sorta collect all the videos and stuff n keep em on one place in my blog, see...
today: Red Nichols
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Um, again, that is for JEWS, JR.
I'm not Jewish, the only law i need to follow is to love God with all my heart and my brother as myself.
Simple. And for eternal life, it's like the guy in the rainbow wig's sign says.
John 3:16.
Someone should make a blog for next Christmas along the lines of Cake Wrecks, but for Christmas lights and decorations.
I JUST SHARTED ALL OVER MY SUEDE CHAIR.
Go fuck yourself with a wirebrush Annie.
24 days left.
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I'm not Jewish, the only law i need to follow is to love God with all my heart and my brother as myself.
JESUS was jewish.
Which means that he was talking about Jewish Law.
1) Where in the Bible does Jesus say "Alright, everyone, you have to follow the Law, unless you aren't jewish"
2) You still aren't leading your life in accordance with the Bible unless you are following the Bible, ALL of it, not just a single verse.
So, quite simply, YOU do not believe that you have to live in accordance with the Bible in order to gain eternal life. You are in the one percent.
Speaking of religions where they insist God is Love and then do the opposite...
WOW. I am NOT PART OF THE COVENANT THAT GOD HAS WITH THE JEWS.
Whew.
Ask yourself, do Jews believe that living according to the laws of the Covenant will result in eternal life?
Ask some Jews, how do they feel about Christians or anyone else following the laws given to them by God?
And since everybody is falling asleep at their keyboards and I can blogwhore with impunity... Do you collect snow globes?
Best part of the lyric:
Ted Kennedy wrong!
Cindy Sheehan wrong!
France wrong!
Zell Miller right!
I mean... dude. That's sheer poetry.
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Poooooooooooooooooooooop!
Poooooooooooooooooooooop!
Of course this lyric is pretty hilarious:
Freedom in Afghanistan, say goodbye Taliban
Free elections in Iraq, Saddam Hussein locked up
Osamas staying underground, Al Qaida now is finding out
America wont turn and run once the fighting has begun
Libya turns over nukes, Lebanese want freedom, too
Syria is forced to leave, dont you know that all this means
I mean... c'mon! It all DIDN'T come true!
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Osama bin Laden... free.
You and me... not so much.
So who actually won?
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WOW. I am NOT PART OF THE COVENANT THAT GOD HAS WITH THE JEWS.
1) Where does Jesus say that? He never gave you a free pass on the Laws.
2) It is in the Bible (try to folow the logic). If you don't follow the Law then you aren't in accordance with the Bible, no matter what you think Jesus said.
2) a) Unless you are claiming that the Old Testament isn't part of the Bible and therefor isn't the word of God. Which is fine by me.
in judaism, there's no being saved or damned, no burning in hell, and no eternal life. pious jews, the frummah yidlakh, follow all the commandments in the bible because god told you to, that's why. they don't believe that non-jews need to follow any of the laws except the righteous commandments to be a good person and not act assholeaceously toward they neighbor
we reform atheist type jews follow rabbi hillel's teaching: "do not do unto others what you would not have done unto yourself - that is the whole of the law and the prophets - the rest is commentary" jesus was showing that he was a follower of hillel
and we do it because it is the right thing to do, not because we are promised any rewards of punishments
"the rest is commentary..."
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Wow... they're all asleep! /clears throat and hitches shoulders...
I'm SsssiIIiinnnNnngggGGgiiIinnngGGGgg in the raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiinnn oh just siiiinnnnNNnnGGGgggIiiIInnNNnggGGGG in the rain... what a glorious feeeEEEeliing I'm happy again!
I'd eat a mil of GW's shit just to see where it came from.
*erk* The yellow bar wasn't working!
give or take a couple of mistyped letters...
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Grow up MisterX.
The troll is pretty desperate tonight.
I mean the motherfucker is on DIALYSIS. Give me a couple of billion dollars and I'll put somebody in EVERY SINGLE HOSPITAL in the Eastern Hemisphere and tell them to wait until you see a guy who looks like bin Laden who comes in for dialysis and hold him until a strike team gets there. Is that crazy?
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i known ellroon to sing in the rain since her hair was afire
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Merry Christmas, fellow reporters. Here is something I read every Christmas. All the more importatnt this year as it is my first Christmas out of uniform on 20 years. Thanks to all those still serving.
'Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone, in a one-bedroom house made of plaster and stone.
I had come down the chimney with presents to give, and to see just who in this home did live.
I looked all about, a strange sight I did see, no tinsel, no presents, not even a tree.
No stocking by mantle, just boots filled with sand, on the wall hung pictures of far distant lands.
Thanks, Tac! You are always so count on able.
Where did Jesus make me Jewish, JR??
With medals and badges, awards of all kinds, a sober thought came through my mind.
For this house was different, it was dark and dreary; the home of a soldier, once I could see clearly.
The soldier lay sleeping, silent, alone, curled up on the floor in this one bedroom home.
The face was so gentle, the room in such disorder, not how I pictured a United States soldier.
Was this the hero of whom I'd just read? Curled up on a poncho, the floor for a bed?
I realized the families that I saw this night, owed their lives to these soldiers who were willing to fight.
Soon round the world, the children would play, and grownups would celebrate a bright Christmas Day.
They all enjoyed freedom each month of the year, because of the soldiers, like the one lying here.
I couldn't help wonder how many lay alone, on a cold Christmas Eve in a land far from home.
The very thought brought a tear to my eye, I dropped to my knees and started to cry.
The soldier awakened and I heard a rough voice, "Santa don't cry, this life is my choice;
Where did Jesus make me Jewish, JR??
annieangel
So, you repudiate the entirety of the Old Testament?
I'd eat a mil of GW's shit just to see where it came from.
MisterX | 12.27.08 - 3:22 am
YES! Namestolen! It's been a long while.
Hey trollie, does your mother still cry when you try to seduce her?
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I fight for freedom, I don't ask for more, my life is my God, my Country, my Corps."
The soldier rolled over and drifted to sleep, I couldn't control it, I continued to weep.
I kept watch for hours, so silent and still and we both shivered from the cold night's chill.
I didn't want to leave on that cold, dark night, this guardian of honor so willing to fight.
Then the soldier rolled over, with a voice soft and pure, whispered, "Carry on Santa, It's Christmas Day, all is secure."
One look at my watch, and I knew he was right. "Merry Christmas my friend, and to all a good night!"
*sniff*
*sniff*
I think it's Tobes.
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
not a creature was shitting, not even a mouse.
The dumping had been done (and flushed) in the toilet with care,
in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
while visions of sugar cereal danced in their heads.
And Mama in her rollers and I had taken our crap,
and we just settled our brains for a long winter's nap.
O, I am so complimented! A name stealer! Do I get a badge?
i known ellroon to sing in the rain since her hair was afire
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tacitus voltage
I would wear snow globe earrings...
No, JR, and I don't see how that follows.
When out on the roof there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed -- "NOW what the hell's the matter?"
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
tore open the shutter, almost knocked over my stash.
The moon shining down on the new-fallen snow
gave the hallucination of midday to objects below.
When, what to my bloodshot eyes should appear,
but an old stinky sleigh and eight smelly reindeer.
With a little old driver, so disheveled and sick,
I wondered: is this a wino, or is it St. Nick?
More rapid than pit bulls, his shit deer they came,
and he screamed and he cursed and called them by name:
"Now Deuce! Now Dumper!
Now Poopy and Foopy!
On Crapper! On, Crusty!
On, Doodoo and Butthole!
To the top of the porch!
To the top of the wall!
Now land right away!
Before I crap myself all!"
As liquishits that before the wild diarrhea fly,
when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky
so up to the housetop the shit deer they flew,
with the sleigh full of burritos, and St. Nicholas too.
And then, in an instant, I heard on the roof
the shitting and smearing from each little hoof.
As I drew in my head and was turning around,
down the chimney he came with a gassy sound.
And that poem about the soldier is truly moronic....
No, JR, and I don't see how that follows.
annieangel
Because it is part of your Bible... if you don't follow it ALL then you aren't in accordance with it.
It isn't theology, it's logic.
So, either you live according to ALL of the Bible, which includes those laws (nothing to do with Jesus), or you are part of the one percent.
That doesn't make you not a Christian, but it does nullify any argument you make that is based on the OT.
I notice that the namestealing trollie has my homepage as "www.queer.com"... does it really think that hurts?
Whatevuh, sad troll. Gimme a hug.
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Um, no. The one percent believes you NEED to live according to the Bible in order for eternal life.
I disagree. You only need to believe. It's all about faith. That's how you live forever.
The OT laws, are Covenants given by God to the people who were there, for them and for theirs. I am not them or theirs.
Maybe Tac can help me out.
Freud would have rejoiced at the obsessive nature of the poop troll. Every word it chooses exposes it more. Fascinating.
I see the "anal engine" (annieangel) troll keeps chugging along...
Well, enough of this horseshit... I've got a nephew to give my best regards to as he heads out soon.
Be seeing you.
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I'm off to bed. God rest you merry, gentle folk.
And remember Bush's legacy. As if we could forget...
Even Jesus called the woman at the well a dog, in comparasin to the "children."
Fuck you. 
I didn't start it, it's ridiculous and stupid and yeah, anyway.
I miss Duane and the late night youtubes.
Night all. Nice try at trolling me, JR. 
Laters.
christians have a whole different system that repudiates the righteous law, and also the very jewish teachings of jesus, and declares that faith alone, and not good works, will "save" you. as i said above, the whole system is utterly different than the jewish one, and therefore would have been incomprehensible to the very jewish jesus of nazareth
so, i'm sorry annie, i have to go against you on the question of the old testament. if you believe in salvation by faith, don't be quoting old testament stuff. you gots to choose one or the other - either it's a New Covenant without referring to the old testament, or you have to give up faith alone and get jewish
that's my story and ah'm a-sticking to it
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haloscan sucks donkey nuts.
I misread the damned thing bedcause I'm bopping between four windows, tow of them a game, and I am tired.
Sorry, annie, I got it backward.
I don't quote OT laws, nor would I ever expect a Christian too. The ones who do, are wrong.
But it doesn't mean that I can't quote the OT, the history, the proverbs, that is not the same thing.
But I have never used the OT laws to say how anyone should live. In fact, quite the opposite.
That's the truth.
FU JR.
But it doesn't mean that I can't quote the OT, the history, the proverbs, that is not the same thing.
But I have never used the OT laws to say how anyone should live. In fact, quite the opposite.
Well, you are half way there.
Here's the problem.. the history in the OT is wrong, too.
Wasn't me saying FU JR. Namestealer.
Thanks for the apology, I was wondering what was going on.
Later for reals.
I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok....
FU too.
Hell, I just apologized.
I know I have very little background with religion, but it seems to me when you start discussing it like people quartering backing post game, something gets lost.
I have to have the last word.
I'm sure some of the history is wrong, I'm sure some of all history is wrong.
Like, oh maybe some stuff that happened in 1421 really DID happen.
Same here.. I have to get back out of bed in two hours to ward attacks off an account I'm baby sitting.
Dammit, why can't people time their attacks to land in working hours.
oh, wait, I usually land mine at 3am....
Like, oh maybe some stuff that happened in 1421 really DID happen.
annieangel
Good thing it isn't in the OT...
That's the truth.
annieangel
well i give you credit as the kind of christian that listens to all that good stuff that jesus talked about
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Ok, sleeeeeeep
My nephew is soooooooooooooo hot.
g'night, chiropterae
Thanks, Tac. Jesus said some pretty good stuff.
Reeeaaaaallly gone now.
Anyone want to pleasure my tonsels?
Anyone want to pleasure my tonsels?
EkcenTriK | 12.27.08 - 3:49 am | #
Me! Me!
Name stealing... tsk tsk.
Comment by annieangel blocked.
Yep
How can you laugh, when you know I'm gay, how can you laugh?
Well, I am heading for the pillows.
Wow, this is even more pathetic than the usual nighttime freak show
Hey who turned out teh lights
Is that the real Gomez?
Hilton Hawaiian Village
I need some hot,steaming man-meat. Any givers?
tacitus, I hope you don't mind, I stole your video to play on my media player. It's an interesting cut.
Find more like that.
I need some hot,steaming man-meat. Any givers?
Toby Petzold
1-800-I am Incog.
Operators standing by.
ok, here's the thing: most christians practice a religion that is comepletely different than the religion of jesus. original sin, burning in hell, eternal life, salvation by faith - all of this stuff was made up centuries after jesus died and he would have thought that you were out of your mind, not to mention blaspheming, if you had told him that that was his religion
no, jesus is the least quoted person in the bible in church. christians like the jesus that's dead and bleeding on the cross, not the live one running around talking all that embarrassing hippie shit about loving your enemies and selling all you have and giving the money to the poor
so if jesus did come back from the dead, i think the first thing he would say to the preachers would be "what the HELL are you talking about, you crazy sonsabitches!!?!?"
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Find more like that.
Doug
why, thank you! i stole it off the you tube, anyway...
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What happened to Annie and the trolls?
Shit, that's a good name for a punk band.
This plugin seems to work pretty well and transconverting flv files to something that will play on something besides a flashy player.
http://www.downloadhelper.net/we...p?
version=3.5.1
christians like the jesus that's dead and bleeding on the cross
not to mention the jesus that comes back someday and kills all the nonbelievers in horrible ways and then as if that weren't enough, throws them into a lake of fire for all eternity.
That's the jesus that really gets their nut.
not to mention the jesus that comes back someday and kills all the nonbelievers in horrible ways and then as if that weren't enough, throws them into a lake of fire for all eternity.
That's the jesus that really gets their nut.
Buzz Bomb
Sounds like a remake of some Charles Bronson movie.
Yeah, I hear a harmonica.
Sounds like a remake of some Charles Bronson movie.
Barry from Alaska
Yeah, I hear a harmonica.
CityKid - Nader!!!!
G'morning. How did the wine go yesterday?
G'morning. How did the wine go yesterday?
Barry from Alaska
Just having a squeak more to take the edge off. The landlords up at Big Lake for the weekend so I've got Dr. John blaring out of my speakers. Problem is Dr. John gets me thinking about George Bush and New Orleans which gets me to thinking about the next administration and all of the dork ups they've managed so far (and their not even in office) - that of course makes me depressed so I drink even more wine
Just having a squeak more to take the edge off. The landlords up at Big Lake for the weekend so I've got Dr. John blaring out of my speakers. Problem is Dr. John gets me thinking about George Bush and New Orleans which gets me to thinking about the next administration and all of the dork ups they've managed so far (and their not even in office) - that of course makes me depressed so I drink even more wine
CityKid - Nader!!!!
I went for the blasting music the other night, only with headphones and Joni Mitchel. (she still wants me)
Then I plugged in system restore disks to both computers and went to bed, woke up to raging messes. But with a little tweaking, I've got em both humming like brand new, very nice.
If you can find it, Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale.. highly recommended.
6.8% vs 5.6 for the normal.
I went for the blasting music the other night, only with headphones and Joni Mitchel. (she still wants me)
I didn't know you were into Joni (she wants me to, but she just doesn't know it).
I didn't know you were into Joni (she wants me to, but she just doesn't know it).
CityKid - Nader!!!!
Yep, got the whole discography in FLAC files.
Bad omen, ... broke my Guinness glass tonight.
Yep, got the whole discography in FLAC files.
Barry from Alaska
I've got close to everything. And yeah with real estate so much cheaper, I switched to FLAC for everything about 2 years ago. Dr. John ended so I put on Turbulent Indigo. New Years project is a new Linux box and a Linux server. Got to get back up to speed for work.
Bad omen, ... broke my Guinness glass tonight.
Barry from Alaska
Ooooch. I still have the one you gave me. You'll have to go to some kind of religious institution - like Darwins - and do penance.
New Years project is a new Linux box and a Linux server. Got to get back up to speed for work.
CityKid - Nader!!!!
I should learn how to use this iMac I bought a couple of months ago too.
But I've been getting itchy on the SGI Irix stuff again. I guess I just flat need to learn UNIX and accommodate whatever subset I'm dealing with.
Ooooch. I still have the one you gave me. You'll have to go to some kind of religious institution - like Darwins - and do penance.
CityKid - Nader!!!!
Need to go to Hong Kong and carry another one from the bar to the room, but we don't stay at that hotel anymore.
Need to go to Hong Kong and carry another one from the bar to the room, but we don't stay at that hotel anymore.
Barry from Alaska
Just go visit and stuff it under your shirt. Sort of like high school all over again.
Yeah, I've been away from Linux for too long, though I still use Emacs at home and on my terminal at xxxxxxxx.edu. But I'm rusty. It's kind of interesting that some of the best video tools (utilities anyway) exist in the Linux universe.
Yeah, I've been away from Linux for too long, though I still use Emacs at home and on my terminal at xxxxxxxx.edu. But I'm rusty. It's kind of interesting that some of the best video tools (utilities anyway) exist in the Linux universe.
CityKid - Nader!!!!
Yea, ya get a better understanding of networking in linux or unix or emacs. Windows hides a lot of the underlying stuff that makes it all happen, and that's what I need to know now.
Hee hee, can't always go off to alt.hackerz.2600 for help
Yea, ya get a better understanding of networking in linux or unix or emacs. Windows hides a lot of the underlying stuff that makes it all happen, and that's what I need to know now.
Hee hee, can't always go off to alt.hackerz.2600 for help
Barry from Alaska
or at least a different flavor of headaches. But I've come to realize that much of the MS BS isn't worth the time. I'm sure you've tried to follow all the links from one of their support memos - geez; life's too short.
or at least a different flavor of headaches. But I've come to realize that much of the MS BS isn't worth the time. I'm sure you've tried to follow all the links from one of their support memos - geez; life's too short.
CityKid - Nader!!!!
Hee hee, no shit, following a tech item.
One of the machines had a hickup on startup, the MS solution was a pain in the ass. I found a quicker one, twas sound card related, just delete one reg key, all better.
Dell knows about it, keeps it kinda quiet.
Apple isn't any better BTW. Having lots of time on a Mac now, mostly using the FCP I've noticed that Apple tends to ignore problems (they pretend they don't exist). Sometimes they bury things in obscure places - so that you can only find the answer if you know what the answer is already - sleeezy.
Non- puter,
Sarah and the "coffee" mom... did you read Phil Munger's piece on Sherry Johnston and Todd Palin today?
Is the Anchorage Daily News going away?
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/b...hoo.com/q?
s=MNI
Sarah and the "coffee" mom... did you read Phil Munger's piece on Sherry Johnston and Todd Palin today?
Barry from Alaska
No - was fighting with FCP all afternoon. I like to think of this as beating them at their own game. I go look now.
Is the Anchorage Daily News going away?
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/b...e/b...hoo.com/
q? s=MNI
Barry from Alaska
I think they are in deep dodo. My former carrier (neighbor still subscribes) tells me that they are now charging the carriers for the orange plastic paper wraps. Talk about fucked up.
I think they are in deep dodo. My former carrier (neighbor still subscribes) tells me that they are now charging the carriers for the orange plastic paper wraps. Talk about fucked up.
CityKid - Nader!!!!
Too bad, inspite of what you think of ADN. McClatchy and Knight were the last real news orgs.
Is this the story you were referring to:
Todd Palin - Alaska's Biggest FUCKUP Dad?
Todd Palin - Alaska's Biggest FUCKUP Dad?
CityKid - Nader!!!!
Yep.
Phil needs to just go ahead and deal some dirt if he has it. What's he waiting for, 2012?
Too bad, inspite of what you think of ADN. McClatchy and Knight were the last real news orgs.
Barry from Alaska
I agree....and I think they would both be with us into the future if the laws that used to exist to protect us from media conglomerates were still in place. We could all thank Bill Clinton at once. Buy the competition, double your size and don't put any money back into the business. And then try to bail your company out using the Internet instead of with solid reporting - dumb.
And then try to bail your company out using the Internet instead of with solid reporting - dumb.
CityKid - Nader!!!!
Drudge & TMZ!!!
Jeroen says hello Dazed.
Jeroen says hello Dazed.
Barry from Alaska
Give him my best!!!! I'll send him a New Years note no doubt.
Anchorage, indeed Alaska, could certainly use a new newspaper. I've noticed that the Journal of Commerce has been running more "mainstream" stories over the last few months - I wonder if they are thinking about giving it a shot.
http://www.alaskajournal.com/
Anchorage, indeed Alaska, could certainly use a new newspaper. I've noticed that the Journal of Commerce has been running more "mainstream" stories over the last few months - I wonder if they are thinking about giving it a shot.
http://www.alaskajournal.com/
CityKid - Nader!!!!
Have you seen Fagan's blog?
He cites it as a source on his radio show as a reference. ie... he quotes himself, how bogus.
Have you seen Fagan's blog?
He cites it as a source on his radio show as a reference. ie... he quotes himself, how bogus.
Barry from Alaska
Thankfully, no.
http://www.thealaskastandard.com/
Top contributor... Dan Fagan.
That cocksucker.
Fagen wrote: "The Daily Worker (Anchorage Daily News)." I think he is preaching to a shrinking constituency. But then, you never know how many good old boys are loading up their SUVs and pick-ups to move up to Alaska. Very few will stick if they do. Sheesh.
....after all, that Palin chick - she is a looker.
Court and Spark now. Good memories.......
Court and Spark now. Good memories.......
CityKid - Nader!!!!
Drove from El Paso to Albuquerque to see her on that tour.
Drove from El Paso to Albuquerque to see her on that tour.
Barry from Alaska
I've only seen her live once - in Chicago as I recall. Probably in '71 or '72.
Damned glad I got my sump pump working, I know that much.
Damned glad I got my sump pump working, I know that much.
Barndog, reliveved
Otherwise .....
Otherwise .....
The cats would be swimming to their litter boxes?
Damned glad I got my sump pump working, I know that much.
Barndog, reliveved
River rising BD? That's a place to keep the steelies, eh?
Otherwise .....
The cats would be swimming to their litter boxes?
Barndog, reliveved
...and you wouldn't be any fun this morning. You'd have to get scuba gear for your kitties - or teach them how to fish.
There's a thunderstorm here in Chicago and tornado watch-boxes around central IL. It's also 55F.
River rising BD? That's a place to keep the steelies, eh
No, it would be the 2-3' of snow melting in anticipation of the rain Margaret is getting currently.
Bob Herbert: Stop Being Stupid.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/2...?_r=1&th&
emc=th
There's a thunderstorm here in Chicago and tornado watch-boxes around central IL. It's also 55F.
Margaret
8 F. here - and no chance of a tornado.
plantsman
Can u send me an email at:
room1814 something gmail.com?
Please?
Bob Herbert: Stop Being Stupid.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/2...2/2...?_r=1&th&
emc=th
plantsman
So is he saying anything new - or are we just seeing it in a different venue. Seems to me MOST of the left has been talking about what Bob just discovered for 20 years or so.
Email attempted to Barry.
Email attempted to Barry.
plantsman
Successful, and replied.
"Such a night" and "Coyote" from The Last Waltz and then it's sleepers for me.
"Such a night" and "Coyote" from The Last Waltz and then it's sleepers for me.
CityKid - Nader!!!!
I hate you, all my JOni is archived at the moment. Bitch.
Must go check on basement situation...
Barry, you have email.
Israeli aircraft launch air attacks across Gaza, killing at least 100 people, including the Hamas police chief, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources.
it was just getting too quiet there apparently.
Hope Barndog's sump pump functions smoothly.
Hope I can finally get out of the house and rustle up some cash today.
Ugh Barry, 12:46 (mm:ss) for DJ / Joni will follow. G'nite.
Ugh Barry, 12:46 (mm:ss) for DJ / Joni will follow. G'nite.
CityKid - Nader!!!!
AMF Dazed.
51 degrees and raining. Dense fog. Melting snow. It's the end times.
Yeah but, now they have the backing of yet another U.S. Administration.
Sad, very, very sad.
Israeli aircraft launch air attacks across Gaza, killing at least 100 people, including the Hamas police chief, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources.
it was just getting too quiet there apparently.
trifecta
morning, all, we have big storms on the way here. 'Nother hour or so. for now, tho, it feels tropical and nice.
morning, all, we have big storms on the way here. 'Nother hour or so. for now, tho, it feels tropical and nice.
Ruth
MONKEYFISTER!!
Congratulations Ruth.
51 degrees and raining. Dense fog. Melting snow. It's the end times.
Ralphie
51?
Dyslexia, you must have meant 15, on the minus side coming up here.
OUR RUTH AND DIANE GOT AN AWARD YESTERDAY.
Thx, Barry, we are really pleased. And the hits have really picked up, too.
It's well above freezing, but it's not raining fast enough to really melt and dispose of the snow.
Thx, Barry, we are really pleased. And the hits have really picked up, too.
Ruth
Was just chatting with Yoh-There, and I'm ashamed to say I forgot to tell him.
But I will right now.
Diane got props from Glenn Greenwald.
Hi, Yoh-There.
51?
Dyslexia, you must have meant 15, on the minus side coming up here.
No dyslexia. Just because I sang Leon, Leon at Christmas doesn't mean I have dyslexia.
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapC....y=149&
site=mkx
Hi, Yoh-There.
Ruth
He's on skype with me, just left to see his dying dad.
Hope you can get out now, plantsman.
yeh, Diane's post on punishing the criminals was linked at Glenn Greenwald, and then that column of Greenwald's picked up by several blogs, so we're all over the place.
No dyslexia. Just because I sang Leon, Leon at Christmas doesn't mean I have dyslexia.
Leon, he's a friend of mine...
The temps here hit records yesterday, in the 80's in Dallas, but tonight it's going down to the 20's. Wild stuff.
Hey, Ralphie, you skipping rope yet? glad you're not on straight oatmeal, anymore, anyways.
SPEAK FOR YERSELF, WHITEMAN. (ahem!) (no racial slur intended)
"Bob Herbert: Stop Being Stupid."
Too bad that most of the murikan population doesn't have the earning capacity that Herbert likely has. The system is designed the way it is and people generally do the best they can to get a slice. Bob Herbert, you quit being stupid.
(no racial slur intended)
Don't even bother with that lie -- it's ALL you intended.
Hey, Ralphie, you skipping rope yet?
Hell, I can barely walk.
Hell, I can barely walk.
Ralphie
Is there some one taking care of you then?
But you were eating some mighty festive food the last time you listed it, Ralphie. How's that going?
You are obsessed, Plantsman!
And the system has stood you well, Dummy?
I didn't comment on how the system has treated me.
Last year, I got a card from Molly Ivors and her zillion kids, which definitely lightened my mood.
Is there some one taking care of you then?
I have a friend that stops by every day. Did my laundry for me yesterday. Neighbors have taken care of the snow. I'm grateful.
'morning, folks.
Ralphie - is there anything you need/want that we can arrange via long distance?
We're a pretty resourceful crowd.
OUR RUTH AND DIANE GOT AN AWARD YESTERDAY.
How nice! And good morning, all.
Diane posting on what we have to do to get back from the torture regime at http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/
OUR RUTH AND DIANE GOT AN AWARD YESTERDAY.
Yes; yes, they did. And they deserve it, too.
Don't spend that cash all in one place, you women!
V4VA, somehow, the cash didn't take part.
Thx, Karin, we do our best. or is that our worst?
I'msoconfussssed.
Ugh, I have to put on clothing (!) and hie myself to the grocery for some thrilling oat bran.
Back in a bit.
Ralphie - is there anything you need/want that we can arrange via long distance?
Thank you, can't think of anything. I should be in better shape in a month or so. Glad it's not summer.
Oat bran.
Yum.
Ruth, I also liked your post mentioning our Gov. Corzine-because he is on everybody's hate list here. And Diane's earlier post about bankrupt ideas at the LA Times. So you deserve the award.
But, have you been able to have a Bloody Mary with dilly bean since you got out of hospital?
So I took some visitors on a walking tour of Manhattan yesterday. Perfect day for it, actually.
There are "tortilla substitutes" made from largely oat bran that act and taste much like flour tortillas but have virtually *no* net carbs!
But, have you been able to have a Bloody Mary with dilly bean since you got out of hospital?
No, dammit.
So, I went looking for the wireless repeater antenna for my Sirius docking station yesterday. Only one I could find was at Circuit City - and priced $50 MORE than Radio Shack online.
No wonder they're closing the doors on that shithole.
I remember walking thru Manhattan on a Christmas Day 40 or so years ago -- as empty as it was during the "invasion" in the film "The Mouse That Roared.
Your Gov had some great ideas about recovery, Karin. And we try to bring up ideas that can help, allatime.
Lots of folks here deserve attention. That's something we're doing now at monkeyfister, all the awardees are voting on some one for top award of the year.
Walking in Manhattan sounds fun.
In Dallas on weekends, nobody's home either.
Ruth - if you only knew how well I know MonkeyFister...
Barndog, he did us a great turn, glad he's your friend. He also mentioned that Avedon turned him on to us. She's been a great help.
Well, yesterday it was human gridlock around Rockefeller Center-unpleasantly so. But the rest of the walk was lovely. I recommend visiting the skating rink at Bryant Park instead.
He's a good man, Ruth. I'm just hoping he makes it up this coming year for the festival tour.
He's been missing (and missed) the past 2 years now. Something about buying a house, you know... Lame excuses.
Oh, and by the way - Bush Wasn't Right.,
Barndog, how much do you think it would cost to get a whole Sirius radio setup and subscription for my dad at the nursing home? He really likes classical music & the radio reception there is crappy.
Barndog, how much do you think it would cost to get a whole Sirius radio setup and subscription for my dad at the nursing home?
Well, there are different models of their docking stations - I seen them from $60 to $150. Then, you'll need the reciever -around $40-100 depending on what you want. Wireless antenna - $60.
Then, your subscription of either $15/mo, or they run a lifetime subscription for I think $500.
For me - it's worth it. Now that I have the docking station (which is AC or DC powered) I can listen to it anywhere I go camping.
Morning, rational people.
Somebody remind me why I keep cats as roommates.
Our electric rates went up 10% this month. In January, our car and house insurance will do the same. Water will be going up 16%. Cable will be going up $10.
I am sure that this is stimulating the economy somehow.
Wow... thunder.
I love Michigan....
Things are so peaceful in Iraq. Only 18 dead so far today.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middl...ast/
7801093.stm
Somebody remind me why I keep cats as roommates.
Diane C. Barking-Mad
Cats help you hold your ego in check. Plus, they purr alot.
In January, our car and house insurance will do the same
Ours keeps going down. Maybe you should check into another insurance company. (Farm Bureau - at least in Michigan) cuts your premiums for multiple policies. ie: cars, home, etc.
Plumes of black smoke rise over Gaza City, sirens wail through the streets and frantic women search for children after Israeli aircraft strike Hamas security compounds. Death toll is expected to rise
Ruth - if you only knew how well I know MonkeyFister...
Barndog, relieved
If I hadn't read any of the above posts, this would look...er.. queer. In and odd sense.
morning, Diane, because they asked you to?
My cats are busy being cute. And Fluffy has his head on my foot so I can't get up.
Cats help you hold your ego in check. Plus, they purr alot.
trifecta
That must be it.
I really could've used another couple of hours sleep, though.
Oh, and by the way - Bush Wasn't Right.,
plantsman
Mission Accomplished
???
Hmmm, he's 95...
I don't think I'll get the lifetime subscription.
Oh wow, about 30 windows just blew up in my face, I must be hacking somebody.
Hey, Barry, how's that cold?
Good thinking, Karin.
My friend Martha, who has built up an animal refuge, has had about 30% increase in requests for her to take pets from people who can't take care of them any longer.
cspan will be pimpin' rick warren at 10 am today.
less than a month left of Bush
How many more things is he gonna sneak out, like drilling spotted owls for oil?
Somebody remind me why I keep cats as roommates.
Because you love that hunger howl in your face at 6:15 on a Saturday morning?
Mornin' all!
Hey, Barry, how's that cold?
Diane C. Barking-Mad
Codine, terpenhydrate, and beer help alot.
boy, does america and israel like to kill poor brown people or what?
The actual, ideal cold remedy is scotch and sweet vermouth. Take two and repeat every twenty minutes or so until you feel better.
boy, does america and israel like to kill poor brown people or what?
Syd B in Vietnam
They make more.
I once got a horrible case of strep while flying to the East Coast. The Southern doctor prescribed liquid codeine cough syrup, which I had never before had.
Geez, I never had euphoria/misery like that before or since.
Around the corner from my house, a large sign appeared on the lawn outside an apartment house a few days ago:
CAT NEEDS NEW HOME
I have never seen anything like it. I asked the family if we could take a third cat, and they said emphatically No.
Oh, well.
boy, does america and israel like to kill poor brown people or what?
Is a bear Catholic? Does the Pope shit in the woods?
The actual, ideal cold remedy is scotch and sweet vermouth. Take two and repeat every twenty minutes or so until you feel better.
quakerboy; kitteh slave
Bullshit.
When I got old enough to drive, and had a key to my dad's office, it was always the codeine I went for.
Whiskey and honey was our old family remedy.
Codeine is wonderful stuff.
Brandy and honey.
Ok...if you have access to codeine. I was going for the non-script remedy. And my fourth year med student daughter tells me no vicodin for stocking stuffers next year. Some nonsense about DEA reporting. Ingrate.
Oh boy... here comes that thunderstorm Margaret was speaking of earlier.
Whiskey and honey was our old family remedy.
Ruth
Sour mash and bee juice.
Ok.
I like poppy extracts, hee hee.
Not that I do em today, it's not allowed.
Memories....
Here in the mountain area west of me in the Appalachians, "white liquor" aka moonshine, with a dash of peppermint oil is the preferred remedy.
Following on the Barndog Sirius/XM thing, it might make sense to do two of 'em. If you get yourself a radio, then the family subscription is about seven bucks more than the individual. (Family is just two, I think. Check their web site.) That cuts down the cost of an individual subscription.
Yes, you're paying more money, but you're getting a lot more for it.
MSNBC.com saying at least 120 dead in Gaza.
Grandma kept a Mason jar with whiskey, rock candy, herbs, cinnamon and god knows what else. Real swamp in a bottle.
Oh boy... here comes that thunderstorm Margaret was speaking of earlier.
Barndog, relieved
Margret Thatcher is doing the weather?
Well, got my cooking pot from mom for Christmas last night. (She had been outta town at my brothers for Christmas.) And of course it's too big, not that I'm complaining. It's a really nice pot but it's just me and my sorry ass partner occasionally eating here so don't need large pots and pans. What, I got soup cooking on the bottom two inches of the pot?
Yes, you're paying more money, but you're getting a lot more for it.
I can listen to what I want, when I want.
And, the lack of commercials is what really attracted me - besides bluegrass 24/7.
let israel be israel
Margret Thatcher is doing the weather?
No. Margaret from the Chicago area.
No relation, I'm sure.
Diane, you need to straighten out CA some more, you can get sued there for helping some one out of a wreck
http://www.chron.com/disp/story....on/
6181930.html
Hmmm...if you have a freezer, you make a whole pot. Home made soups are meant to be made in large quantities. IMHO...ymmv
What, I got soup cooking on the bottom two inches of the pot?
2OżO9 | 12.27.08 - 7:36 am
make lots. freeze. works out even better.
Nothing stops a cough like codine.
Nothing, except the DEA bastards.
I'll never ever get used to those fuckers ever in my life. They made my dad's life a total fucking hell, doing what he had been doing since graduating from IU med school class of 1940.
Nixon was a dickenormous.
cerberus is really using it's 51% stake in gmac to fuck with gm. it's getting interesting.
What, I got soup cooking on the bottom two inches of the pot?
I have that same issue. Then, I discovered the vacumn sealer.
I couldn't get a flax seed squeezed into my freezer already and I don't too much care for thawing stuff out.
My body doesn't process opiates very well, so I generally stay away from them.
I did break down this time for the rxed cough syrup, but only because I wasn't getting any sleep. With that stuff, I slept just fine.
make lots. freeze. works out even better.
stoat
Also, beans. No reason to make just a few, as long as you have room in the freezer.
I love to cook everyday enough that might last one extra day, tops.
With that stuff, I slept just fine.
Except, the buzz sucks.
Portion-sized freezer containers. Then, 24 hours in the fridge means thawed, any time you want.
Barry -- this country's entire drug philosophy is horribly expensive and idiotic. But then, you knew that. Prohibition proved that outlawing booze was a godsend to the mob. You'd think we'd have learned. But before there was God, Guns & Gays, there was the war on crime. And the drug war was the prime time feature.
I only want to cook fresh everyday with nothing left over.
Whew. That glob of rain/storms on the radar is moving NE and away from us.
I'm watching an approaching line of thunderstorms, and the heavy stuff seems to be rising northwards, away from us. That's a relief, we had tornadoes last week.
Barndog, if the precip we've been having here heads yalls way, get ready for some serious snowing and it usually heads northeast from here. Y'all are going to be totally snowed in. It's been raining and drizzling for several days now.
Well, my husband's got Sirius in his vehicle, but my car came with XM. So we're paying for both already. And to be honest, I'm not really hating on the merger. I'm happy to have the Metropolitan Opera channel on XM now.
hat glob of rain/storms on the radar is moving NE and away from us.
Barndog, relieved
BarnDog, I didn't know you lived in N.TX.
Current radar image:
http://www.wunderground.com/rada...Lansing%2c%
20MI
2OżO9, If you haven't used it yet, could you exchange it for something smaller?
We had over 2' of snow on the ground until the melt started yesterday. Now, with the rain and the ground being frozen... it seriously looks like a big flooding issue is on the way.
This at CNN Quick Vote;
Will you miss President Bush?
Yes 19% 27625
No 81% 114138
Total Votes: 141763
I'm happy to have the Metropolitan Opera channel on XM now
What sold me on Sirius was bluegrass, Springsteen, Grateful Dead, Sinatra, Elvis, Led Zepplin, now AC/DC (not so much).
I'd heard both in friend's vehicles for a couple years, and thought Sirius was better for me.
Well, ours is a long thin line going up into OK, but it's very dry here and we need the help. But not the noise.
Aw, jeez.
All three cats are asleep on the bed.
I guess it was a case of "Mission Accomplished," feline-style.
I was wondering when a Stevia-based sweetener from major agri-business would show up: now one has, "Truvia", from Cargill.
No coolers on the mall for the inauguration. WashJournal talking about it.
I've about decided I'm not going, don't think I would be polite for the invocation. Booing the invocation has some appeal, but not gonna pay the airfare.
You were pwnd, Diane. I'd give them cheap catfood today. hmph.
don't think I would be polite for the invocation. Booing the invocation has some appeal, but not gonna pay the airfare.
Actually Ruth, I don't think you'd be alone in the booing, and/or bronx cheers.
Israeli aircraft launched air attacks across Gaza today, killing at least 155 people, including the Hamas police chief and other officials, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources. Palestinian medical sources said 250 people were wounded
From an appreciation at the New York Times, Eartha Kitt was fluent in several languages from years spent in Europe.
No wonder she was so contemptuous of most US administrations.
Oh... DC is gonna be in huge lock down for the 20th.
All kinds of pissed off militant PUMAs, nigger haters, it's gonna be just awful for the Secret Service.
I hope they are up to the job.
But Barndog, you get both of them now. Same package. One firm.
2OżO9, If you haven't used it yet, could you exchange it for something smaller?
mer | 12.27.08 - 7:48 am | #
I would be afraid she would find out.
Aw, jeez.
All three cats are asleep on the bed.
I guess it was a case of "Mission Accomplished," feline-style.
Diane C. Barking-Mad
I'm gonna deal with that problem soon enought, and it usually means Zoey has to move.
Nice pillow warmer she is.
Israeli aircraft launched air attacks across Gaza today, killing at least 155 people, including the Hamas police chief and other officials, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources. Palestinian medical sources said 250 people were wounded
trifecta
Same ol'-same ol'.
Hamas lobs rockets into Israel, Israel bombs the hell out of Gaza and shuts down the West Bank.
I'm beginning to think that problem has no solution.
How many days after the inauguration do we all get our drugs?
Barndog, I expect there will be a lot of backs turned as well, I've seen that online a few places.
I would love to visit with everybody, but I really think paying airfare to be disgusted by Rick Warren is a little much. Don;t need to fly to D.C. for that.
Thuunder and lightning and rain here, and after yesterday's high of 69, we'll have freezing rain and sleet this afternoon.
I would love to visit with everybody, but I really think paying airfare to be disgusted by Rick Warren is a little much. Don;t need to fly to D.C. for that.
Ruth
Its all too big a spectacle to turn a back on any of it, you have to witness so you can tell.
just saying.
Spelling is hard...
Barry, I worry about Obama's safety too, and not just on Jan 20. There are a lot of really sick people.
Barry, I worry about Obama's safety too, and not just on Jan 20. There are a lot of really sick people.
Ruth
My old buddy Ed Hale out in Wellington..
he scares me. Not so much himself, but one of his minions.
Besides, I told Diane I was staying home for six months after the Chile Habitat build!
I can use it to cook greens and it has a nice long handle.
Led Zepplin zoning for a moment. Stairway to heaven., non religious, but loud.
Besides, I told Diane I was staying home for six months after the Chile Habitat build!
Ruth | Homepage
That's right.
I'm beginning to think that problem has no solution.
That's what Israel wants you to think.
I made a reservation in case I wanted to go to the inauguration-but I don't think I'm going to be able to.
So Rick Warren can invoke the unlucky without me.
mer, see the thing is the reason she buys these large cookware is because she believes that I'll eventually get married and have kids one day. She blames herself that I'm gay so it's just complicated and hurtful. The money she spends is nothing to her so that's not any consideration so I'll just put it up there on top of the cabinets with the others and tell her I cooked beans in it or something and she'll love that and be happy.
I guess part of it is me bitching she wont accept I'm gay and I just love her so much.
There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
That's what Israel wants you to think.
Karin Hussein
True, that.
But no US administration in the last thirty or more years has shown any inclination to bring real pressure to bear on Israel, with the possible exception of Carter's.
And it doesn't look like the next administration is going to be any different.
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away
2OżO9, well, it's a shame you can't tell her it was too big, and you decided to get something you could use.
The Today show solution for the economy: 'there are just too many retailers out there' - Rebecca Jarvis
See, it's Their Fault.
Too many retailers, too few US manufacturers.
I always like it when someone gets paid big $ to state the obvious.
Breakfast is calling me. c u l9r
They have been building way too many strip malls around my neighborhood. We have some that have not been filled since being built 18 months ago, and they kept building more. We have dozens of never occupied store fronts around me.
Nobody ever waited to see if the last strip mall would be filled before building another.
Well, they're still useful for dinner parties and I might do that one day. But I will probably always be a gay and uncouth.
Nobody ever waited to see if the last strip mall would be filled before building another.
trifecta
see-through malls. that has happened before..
Yeh, Diane, next the geniuses will be telling us to Go Shopping ... oh, wait ...
G'morning. 37° with rain and wind. Ick.
I'm not like y'all to where I like guests over for anything formal. Friends come over and I'm usually in boxer shorts lying in bed on the computer or watching a movie cooking. My partner got one of the very rare times I've ever seen him about me peeling potatoes in bed watching a movie and eating in bed. He said he's tired of it. "It's not normal." I called him a bitch. It was pretty funny but ya probably had to be there.
Barry, I worry about Obama's safety too,
Ruth
Everyone over here I've talked to about Obama says the same thing, usually in the first sentence (Croatia, Germany and the U.K.). Understandable given the wild-west stereotype of the U.S.
I'm not worried, I think Bush and Cheney were in much greater danger than Obama, given the (entirely justified) abhorrence of them both by most of the world, e.g. Iraqis with shoes.
new battery in the bose, where were we???
I got him one of those really stiff armchair pillows where you can sit up and a couple of bed trays.
And it doesn't look like the next administration is going to be any different.
And saying that it won't be solved unless that US takes an active hand is also kind of self-defeating. But it's too early in the morning for this discussion.
But it's too early in the morning for this discussion
Yes it is. We should be discussing bacon, and pork products.
I always like it when someone gets paid big $ to state the obvious.
Nice work if you can get it.
And no one told me Eartha Kitt died. I suspected when folks were talking about here earlier, so I went to the Times obits.
And I know this too, as an old fart...
If you never did Led Zeppelen at the full 140 Db in alive concert sitting beside the speaker tower...
I can't hear ya.
Hee
Yes it is. We should be discussing bacon, and pork products.
Thanks for reminding me. I had a package or bacon nuking in the microwave and had to stop yesterday so I need to finish nuking them or they'll go bad.
If you never did Led Zeppelen at the full 140 Db in alive concert sitting beside the speaker tower...
I can't hear ya.
I spent alot of years behind a stratocaster, and a Marshall 100 watt tube amp, with 4-15" in 2 cabinets.
What'd you say?
I spent alot of years behind a stratocaster, and a Marshall 100 watt tube amp, with 4-15" in 2 cabinets.
What'd you say?
Barndog, relieved
Hand signals dude, huh?
Hand signals dude, huh?
They suffice sometimes.
Happy post-holiday Saturday, everybody. Ours was unforgettable -- and in Cleveland! Just great, great, great . . . Hope the same is true for everyone.
.
So what am I doing tonight, the Rolling Stone Magazine best 500 songs, as aloud as possible, burnt out one set of Bose headphones already.
I love the pain, the ringing tomorrow, not so much.
Fucken A, dude.
I love the pain, the ringing tomorrow, not so much
I've accepted the high pitched whine in my ears, as a direct result of P&W T-400/CP-400 turbojet powerplants.
It's the same pitch.
And no, bacon wont go bad anyway in the mircrowave if it sit in there for a day mostly nuked anyway.
I've accepted the high pitched whine in my ears, as a direct result of P&W T-400/CP-400 turbojet powerplants.
It's the same pitch.
Barndog, relieved M
About 14k for me, killes the rest above that.
I've accepted the high pitched whine in my ears
Mine has gone away since we came home from the inlaws.
Mine has gone away since we came home from the inlaws.
Gromit |<
The anti whiner solution .
About 14k for me, killes the rest above that.
I think I'm below 10k - everything above that is muddled or, gone.
Mine has gone away since we came home from the inlaws.
Gromit
Mine has gone away since we came home from the inlaws
Thanks, I get to go to mine tommorrow.
And, I'm fresh outta Jack Daniels...
I think I'm below 10k - everything above that is muddled or, gone.
Barndog, relieved
I need to catch up.
Dang it was nice as kid hearing/seeing everything.
Just great, great, great . . . Hope the same is true for everyone.
Sparkle Plenty
We were taken in by a peasant family in a tiny village near the B-H border, and it was unforgettable. I think Croatians might be the most generous people in the world, and the less they have, the more they are happy to give ....
Dang it was nice as kid hearing/seeing everything
Well, I can still hear a trout rise around me.
That's good enough for me.
Are ya gonna listen to the Who or Led or not?
That's an adult choice I say.
Yes, I had a lovely Christmas with friends.
Ted Nugent is supposedly an expert hunter.
It must be difficult for him though, unless he's hunting speeding locomotives, which is pretty much the only thing he can hear anymore ....
I believe I'll fix myself some breakfast.
Have a good morning, bats.
OK, this is at the critical juncture of the microwave bacon nuking. I don't want it partially fatty but crisy in some part or burnt black, although I'll still eat it because, well, it's bacon. It needs to be nuked to a brown crispiness with a crumbly brittle texture.
I love the smell of bacon aroma in the mornings. Always reminds me of papaw's house when I was a youngin'.
OK, this is at the critical juncture of the microwave bacon nuking. I don't want it partially fatty but crisy in some part or burnt black, although I'll still eat it because, well, it's bacon. It needs to be nuked to a brown crispiness with a crumbly brittle texture.
2OżO9
Using standard Gooper Repug repartee...
You din't throw in enough hockey mom in hte mix.
Try some expensive lipstick!
doesn't nuked bacon just go all rubbery?
I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at the floor and I see it need sweeping
Still my guitar gently weeps
Actually, it gets quite stiff if overcooked.
Actually, it gets quite stiff if overcooked.
plantsman
So do I, imagine that!
I'm confused about the days due to holiday-I've been sitting here waiting for the bobblehead thread.
doesn't nuked bacon just go all rubbery?
Ali, ow | 12.27.08 - 8:56 am | #
If you're not careful. People like their bacon every different type of way.
it gets quite stiff if overcooked.
plantsman
no flirting!
If you're not careful. People like their bacon every different type of way.
2OżO9
I like it from pigs, not fake beef or turkey bacon.
So there.
Ted Nugent is supposedly an expert hunter.
In fact, he is. Also an asshole and a fruit'n'nutcake.
But anyone who bowhunts cape buffalo and lives....
Bobblehaids are tomorrow.
Anyone know which Mass Turnpike rest areas have hot gay marriage action?
No turkey bacon in this house,
Turkey sausage, yes.
Anyone know which Mass Turnpike rest areas have hot gay marriage action?
bobbing johnson
Check with Toby or incog, they have the booklet.
Bobblehaids are tomorrow.
You see my problem!
Turkey sausage, yes.
Barndog
You are dead to me.
You are dead to me
The wife likes it - and like skim milk, I like it now.
I cook my bacon three ways. One is the nuke method, the second is baking it and the third is a large kast iron skillet with a flat kast iron griddle without a long handle so it lays perfectly on the bacon strips so it comes out perfectly straight. But the nuking is the easiest and fastest. Might not be the best, but it works for me right now.
Beef bacon is pretty damn good-it's fatty enough, unlike turkey bacon. Especially if you can get hold of a slab and slice it thick yourself.
bobbing johnson | 12.27.08 - 9:01 am |
I'd say ask Gordo, but I just got finished beating the crap out of him so that might be a bit problematic.
Bacon..
is there anything that it doesn't make better?
I don't mind turkey sausage.
deer sausage - had it once, not bad.
Mufi Says it's gonna be OK!
"
Dec 26th, 2008 | HONOLULU -- The island of Oahu lost power Friday
evening in the midst of heavy rain and lightning, leaving some 800,000
residents and thousands of tourists in the dark, as well as the
neighborhood where President-elect Barack Obama was vacationing.
Residents were being advised by the power company and civil
authorities to get to their homes and store water. Several radio
stations were broadcasting emergency information.
Gov. Linda Lingle said that Hawaiian Electric Light was taking an
emergency generator to the compound on the east side of the island
where Obama has been staying. Lingle said she had asked the utility to
notify her when it had been delivered.
Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann told KSSK radio that Obama is in one of the "most secure places, so he'll be OK.""
Turkey sausage, yes.
Barndog
You are dead to me.
I love the way the Canuck enters the room. Such a pleasant cat.
Beef is not supposed to be bacon, it is supposed to be breifly introduced to Mr Fire and devoured while still mooing.
is there anything that it doesn't make better?
Wrapping sausage in it, then baking or deep frying it.
Turkey sausage, yes.
Barndog
You are dead to me.
I love the way the Canuck enters the room. Such a pleasant cat.
billy b
I hate turkey bacon too, so...
I love the way the Canuck enters the room. Such a pleasant cat.
billy b
meow.
(miss the [joke] tags?)
Burger's Smokehouse has a plethora of bacon types, including "pre-cooked."
Beef is not supposed to be bacon, it is supposed to be breifly introduced to Mr Fire and devoured while still mooing.
JR, kerosene and a match
I think you forgot the hair removal step.
Wrapping sausage in it, then baking or deep frying it.
Barndog
Hungarian deep-fried bacon chunks.
Let the bacon wars begin!
The part they use for bacon is similar to very fatty pastrami.
Strong freeze in the Valle Del Sol?
I'm not sure who leaked the use of Viagra by the CIA in Afghanistan but this is a national security issue.
Before we leave office we'll start an investigation and prosecute the responsible party to the limit of the law.
The traitor!
I think you forgot the hair removal step.
Barry from Alaska
I have a cat and a dog. hair is already a condiment.
OK, I'm out. I don't have a pig in this fight.
Hungarian deep-fried bacon chunks.
JR, kerosene and a match
Pirogies and bacon... how much fat at one time can ya take!
Pirogies and bacon... how much fat at one time can ya take!
Barry from Alaska
I see you offering, and raise you a Scotch egg....
I have a cat and a dog. hair is already a condiment.
JR, kerosene and a match
True that, coffee isn't coffee without a dozen cat hairs.
(miss the [joke] tags?)
I like to keep 'em guessing.
I hate turkey bacon too, so...
The bacon wasn't the problem.
Loudest concert I attended was Aerosmith on the Rocks tour. The boys blew out the PA halfway through. Second was Nugent a few months later. Bastard stood in front of his stack and let the guitar feed back the whole show.
True that, coffee isn't coffee without a dozen cat hairs.
The thing that gets me is the cat sheds exactly the right colour for maximum camoflague...
Ohfergawdsake! Why does the music on this blog suck so goddamn bad? There is great stuff available out there - Supreme Beings of Leisure, Loop Guru, Ursula 1000 - why does the management keep posting stupid videos of shit music here?
It reflects poorly on the management.
Nobody ever waited to see if the last strip mall would be filled before building another.
trifecta
We should give those developers some of our tax money.
Bastard stood in front of his stack and let the guitar feed back the whole show.
billy b
The Nuge is loud, I grant you.
This is not a music blog; perhaps that's why.
I'm not sure who leaked the use of Viagra by the CIA in Afghanistan but this is a national security issue.
I would have loved to see the look on the old warlord's face when he got off on the Viagra.
heh.
The Raven
Nevermore
Maple Bacon Biscuits
(2dozen)
1 pound bacon, cut into 1/2 -inch pieces
3 1/2 cups flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter, cut into 1/2 -inch cubes
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons maple syrup, divided
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk
1 egg yolk
1 egg
1 tablespoon heavy cream
Fleur de sel
1. In a medium frying pan, cook the bacon over medium heat until cooked but not crispy, 10 to 12 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate or pan, to remove excess fat.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
3. Using a pastry cutter or fork, cut in the diced butter, until it resembles small peas. Stir in the bacon, then one-fourth cup plus 2 tablespoons of maple syrup and the buttermilk until the dough just comes together (it will still be clumpy). Be careful not to overwork the dough.
4. On a lightly floured surface, gently press or roll the dough to 1-inch thickness. Cut the biscuits using a 2-inch round cutter; you should have 24 biscuits. Place 12 biscuits on each of two parchment-lined baking sheets, spaced 2 inches apart. Freeze the trays just until the biscuits are chilled, about 10 minutes.
5. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. While the biscuits are chilling, prepare the egg wash: In a small bowl, whisk together the egg yolk, egg and cream. Brush the chilled biscuits with egg wash and top each with a pinch of fleur de sel.
6. Bake the biscuits until they just begin to brown, about 25 minutes (you should easily be able to pick the biscuits up off the tray). Remove the tray from the oven. Quickly drizzle 1 teaspoon of the remaining maple syrup over each biscuit, then place the tray back in the oven for 3 minutes more. Serve while still warm.
Each serving: 214 calories; 5 grams protein; 24 grams carbohydrates; 0 fiber; 11 grams fat; 6 grams saturated fat; 46 mg.
Serve with bacon and Bacon-Mimosas
cholesterol; 607 mg. sodium.
it is supposed to be breifly introduced to Mr Fire and devoured while still mooing.
JR, kerosene and a match
I like for it to have a sporting chance to get away, also.
Prime rib on the fire for new years' baby!
This is unintentionally one of the funniest things you'll ever hear a politician say: Rod Blagojevic, "If what I did was wrong, I'm on the wrong planet."
Can I, a resident of Illinois, humbly beseech NASA to enlist Mr. Blagojevic into their astronaut program, and in particular promote him to the Neptune mission? There need not be any plans for a round trip, one way would be quite satisfactory.
Why does the music on this blog suck so goddamn bad?
There's a big diff betwixt what young Master Black thinks is hip and what the rest of us prefer.
why does the management keep posting stupid videos of shit music here?
I think he does it to annoy you, specifically.
You should probably send him several e-mails telling him what he should post on his blog -- he LOVES that shit!
I propose Blago for the Sun colony.
Ah, Barry has reminded me of my holiday intention to make Scotch eggs using chorizo. I'll get some today after I ride teh LIGHT RAIL!
(Hard freeze here, plantsman - 28F and dropping before sunrise.)
God morning.
That's right! The light-rail starts today!
What - did everybody go run to pre-heat their ovens for maple-bacon biscuits?
It'll be interesting to see what effect that light rail has on our survey responses in your area, Dr. G.
Of course anything I observe will be anecdotal, but I have to speculate or I'd be bored to tears.
What are u surveying V?
I would *love* those biscuits, but the other half wouldn't touch 'em.
*sigh*
The things we forgo for love.
Transportation habits and opinions for the USDoT.
Apocryphal story.
A friend of mine in high school was a fanatic music fan. Drove all night from New Orleans to Atlanta for a Led Zeppelin concert (or an Atlanta Rock Festival, I forget; this story is forty years old.)
He was within the first three rows of the stage. Robert Plant's microphone amp blew.
He couldn't tell. Plant had the loudest lungs he had ever encountered.
Tim was no stranger to noise; his father had been one of the main Saturn V engineers, and he'd seen many rocket launches. Courtesy of him I got a VIP ticket to Apollo 11, the Armstrong-Aldrin-Collins moon shot.
What - did everybody go run to pre-heat their ovens for maple-bacon biscuits?
I'm still salivating over your chipotle ribs.
I wouldn't wipe off the dry rub before I cooked them, tho.
Good morning.
Is there any particular reason why Israel attacked Gaza?
Ok, just had an old person episode.
Gotta check out for now, coughing jags are not fun unless there is an underlying drug causing them.
Best wishes to all, see you fuckers and good hearts from Ohio tomorrow.
You decide one the F vs GH on your own, you know who you are.
A friend of mine in high school was a fanatic music fan. Drove all night from New Orleans to Atlanta for a Led Zeppelin concert (or an Atlanta Rock Festival, I forget; this story is forty years old.)
DD - I had tickets to see the band in N'Awlins in 77 when Plant's son died and the tour was canceled. The band never toured the states again.
Yes, HBK; Xmas is over -- back to unholy behavior in the Holy Land.
Scott Simon asking Dan Schorr about the oft repeated claim that Bush "kept us safe" from any post 9/11 attack. Schorr said, "Well, we'll never know."
Neither of these folk seemed to recall that little anthrax thing.
I know, it's hopeless, but...
Is there any particular reason why Israel attacked Gaza?
[sigh]
I think I'm going to be hearing this phrase for the rest of my days on this planet.
The Amer Library Assoc. reports that public library use is up over 10% - and the Light Rail stops right in front of the Central Library (plantsman, that's the 'new' one, about a mile into town from the old one at McDowell which was taken over by the art museum).
I sort of remember that, billy b, but I was overseas at the time.
oh my.
I may need a doubleshot of espresso to cure the slanties.
ms fahrenheit/stop the wars |
I was checking out, but I had not had the opportunity to say...
Best wishes to you and yours for the holidays and new year.
Now I've done that.
Be well dear lady.
Most men who went to rest areas for sex were gay but married. That's what this heterosexist society forced them to do. It wasn't because they were somehow deranged or depraved. The internet has made that mostly obsolete but I'm sure it still occurs. Some just like the au natural of it and face the risk of getting arrested. Cops love the opportunity to get a gay guy. It occurred mainly late at night when only other men were around.
You see, there were no places like heteros had to meet up for sex, much less for a relationship. I would ask any hetero guy if he could meet up with a woman, many of them hot as hell to have sex, no strings attached, wouldn't you?
It's an interesting social situation but you're blaming something on others that your community actually forced.
To blame any gay person for that is bigoted.
Barry, why in all these years have you never discussed another woman? Apparently you bag is strictly internet porn.
I guess I just flat need to learn UNIX and accommodate whatever subset I'm dealing with.
Barry from Alaska
See abebooks.com for a used 1993 edition of Harley Hahn, "The Student's Guide to Unix".
I bought one three weeks ago for under ten bucks, including shipping.
The most frequently checked-out books, CDs and DVDs at San Francisco public libraries in 2008:
Fiction books
"Lao Fuzi," by Wang Ze
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," by J.K. Rowling
"A Thousand Splendid Suns," by Khaled Hosseini
"The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel," by Michael Chabon
"The Kite Runner," by Khaled Hosseini
Nonfiction books
"The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals," by Michael Pollan
"Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia," by Elizabeth Gilbert
"The World Without Us," by Alan Weisman
"In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto," by Michael Pollan
"Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life," by Barbara Kingsolver
DVDs
"Ba qian li lu yun he yue (Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon), part 2"
"The Little Mermaid"
"Ba qian li lu yun he yue, part 1"
"SNL (Saturday Night Live)"
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
Spoken word CDs
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," by J.K. Rowling
"Ying yu jiu bai ju xing; English 900," by Edwin T. Cornelius
"A Thousand Splendid Suns," by Khaled Hosseini
"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," by J.K. Rowling
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," by J.K. Rowling
Music CDs
"Loose," Nelly Furtado
"Not Too Late," Norah Jones
"Stevie Wonder: The Definitive Collection"
"Help!" the Beatles
"Love," the Beatles
Source: San Francisco Public Library
From the talking heads it seems like Israel took out most of Gaza's police force.
That just doesn't make sense.
What's your problem relating to women? Are you just too ugly or strange?
Barry, why in all these years have you never discussed another woman? Apparently you bag is strictly internet porn.
2OżO9
I have too.
You don't pay attention enough.
Thank you sweet Barry.
Let's look forward to a new a exciting Democratic New Year!
Outta here. Later, folks; stay safe.
Let's look forward to a new a exciting Democratic New Year!
ms fahrenheit/stop the wars
Smack kisses.
Yepper.. that's the idea.
hope you feel better soon, Barry.
Morning, all.
Haven't had coffee yet, so I don't even have the energy to blogwhore.
Anything irksome going on I should know about?
Good morning! I hope everyone had a lovely holiday. Was the Obama family able to ditch the press pool for their day at the park, after all?
hope you feel better soon, Barry.
Ali, ow
10 going on 11 beers will clean up a sinus as fast as anything.
Miss ya kiddo, glad ya had fun with the kids this holiday time.
I wanna be sedated.
That helps too.
I wont intuit or view at it any further but if you keep it up, I will.
How old is this story?
http://blogs.discovermagazine.co...from-slaughter/
I need to pay better attention.
Gah! I was just over at Bartcop and it made me remember that I had a dream about Darth Cheney last night.
((Shudder...))
Barry from Alaska
*mwah!*
Now, I think I'll go back to sleep for an hour before the alarm goes off. L8r.
I wont intuit or view at it any further but if you keep it up, I will.
2OżO9
Oh incog, just write Toby a letter and apologize for biting.
Then you both can run off to Belize.
I wont intuit or view at it any further but if you keep it up, I will.
Jesus Christ, would you stuff a fucking rag in it?
Your stupid little threats are tedious.
24 days!!!!
Woo hoo!!
Well, the magazine notes the astronaut's "tool-bag" mishap, so the article can't be THAT old.
24 days!!!!
Woo hoo!!
Double woohoo--that's the day the Cornpone family leaves for the land Down Under, too. Excitement!
24 days!!!!
No soon enough.
Haloscan never does what I ask it to do.
HaloScan barely does what it's supposed to do.
Safe travels to the Cornpone family and every traveling to the inauguration.
Sun's up and there's frost on everything. Crunch, crunch, crunch....
Idiot apricot tree is trying to BUD.
A little frost won't hurt the apricot or apple trees.
Thanks, ms fahrenheit! 33 hours of traveling...gonna be fun, I tell ya!
Shower & brekkie.
I'm gonna go hug a sick kitty, and and injured kitty and a well kitty. And a well too smart for her own good dog, and a stupid as dirt dog. And sleep.
I've got a good household, all kinds. And they all look out for each other, not a republican in the mix.
Nice that.
Ciao, and amore Ali.
plantsman, if I could do the little waving smiley guy at you, I would. I fail at blog-commenting.
A little frost won't hurt the apricot or apple trees.
It shouldn't - this season confusion tho is extending into the next year. All the sheets stayed on thru the night, which is good - I was most worried about the kumquat, which is in its first year and only just past the transplant shock, and the little peach tree, which is still leafing out. The apple tree is pretty tough, and it's shielded by the pomegranate and a big cassia.
Smack kisses.
SMACK kisses?
[hastily rechecks xmas candy stash]
Damn.
, JTC!
Cornpone, ur off to the Antipodes? Fair wind and full sails!
Olvizi at Echidne's blog has something to say about peace in the Middle East......again.
http://echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com/
GWPDA got a light rail line for Christmas. I'm jealous.
Aren't SMACK kisses those 'lips loudly smacking' kind of kisses?
"Threats"? I'm going to look into what makes him like he is that's so hateful. I've threatened nobody.
You I can begin to see as well.
I'm getting alot of homophobia.
And today, oddly enough, a bit of ice may be forming on the overhead lines in Phoenix -- so running the trains would be a good idea.
I gotta hunnert dollars from Santa so I can plant fruit trees later this winter.
GWPDA, yep--as of Jan 27th, I r a grad student down there. Whee!
I love the synchronized wave-y guys. LOL
There's some serious pain that came to Barry.
I gotta hunnert dollars from Santa so I can plant fruit trees later this winter.
Pomegranates and Desert Gold peaches! And a kumquat! And, a Meyer lemon!
They're easy, JTC: either: bye :, with no spaces, or : wave :, with no spaces -- repeat as desired.
So I wont go into that area.
DD - I had tickets to see the band in N'Awlins in 77 when Plant's son died and the tour was canceled. The band never toured the states again.
billy b
Ah, I was going to the Buffalo concert that tour.
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Barry, I don't think you're a bigot you just know what your believe you know about gays like most people.
What's your problem relating to women? Are you just too ugly or strange?
2OżO9 | 12.27.08 - 9:24 am | #
Your mom must be so proud of you, Allen. Notwithstanding the whole living in her basement thing.
Hooray! Thanks, plantsman!
Barry, by the way, I always got good vibes from you.
Why, just because she is a model, does Gisele have an outfit on that applies duct tape to her breasts?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
Now that the big oil bubble has collapsed, they're back to the ol' refinery disruption bullshit:
After tumbling for months, gas prices are rising again in California, jumping about 8 cents per gallon in the last week.
And this time, you can't blame oil-market speculators or the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Unlike this spring and summer - California's average set a record of $4.61 on June 19 - the problem isn't a spike in the price of oil. Crude oil is still falling, as the recession cuts the worldwide demand for fuel. Oil traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange closed Wednesday at $35.35 per barrel, 75 percent below its peak this summer.
Instead, California's prices appear to be rising in response to problems, both real and potential, at two of the state's gasoline refineries.
A key piece of equipment at BP's major refinery in Carson (Los Angeles County) reportedly malfunctioned on Dec. 14, triggering a sudden jump in wholesale gasoline prices.
And on Monday, the owner of a Bakersfield gasoline refinery filed for bankruptcy. The refinery is still running, but its owner - Flying J of Ogden, Utah - reportedly didn't pay one of its suppliers last month. That spooked gasoline traders, said Brian Milne, editor of DTN MarketWire, a news service for the wholesale fuel market.
"This Flying J thing just makes everybody really nervous," he said. "People are worried about whether they'll continue with the supply."
It never ends with these pricks.
need more coffee, brb.
I gotta hunnert dollars from Santa so I can plant fruit trees later this winter.
Santa's got an agriculture program? Who knew???
Anybody want a turkey sandwich? Cranberry sauce and dressing too.
Homes in the South rarely have basements. Ground level water and that sort of thing.
I keep asking Santa for a pygmy goat, but I haven't gotten one yet.
Why, just because she is a model, does Gisele have an outfit on that applies duct tape to her breasts?
Poor, poor Tom Brady. Bum knee and nothing to do but be comforted by Ms Bundchen in their squalid hovel. The boy probably barely has enough money for food.
Homes in the South rarely have basements. Ground level water and that sort of thing.
2OżO9 | 12.27.08 - 9:52 am | #
How are they in Georgetown, Texas, Al?
I'm assuming you're currently under water....
Pomegranates and Desert Gold peaches! And a kumquat! And, a Meyer lemon!
GWPDA yclept Damaged Historian
I can haz all those for a hunnert dollars? I'm afraid to look.
Definitely a Meyer lemon on the list. And a couple of cherry trees, and a pear, and maybe a mandarin. And some apricots, a lime tree, and some blood oranges. Did I mention figs?
And now I must wash the floors...
Damn, all the thread meisters must be sleeping in.
What's the temp like back there, Steve? Minus 60?
Realistically, I've got sunny spots for maybe 5 trees, though. Perhaps a few more if I buy only dwarves and put them in bondage.
I'm assuming you're currently under water....
steve simels | Homepage | 12.27.08 - 9:53 am | #
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Can we expect your name stealing next?
(rummages in footlocker for taser...)
steve simels, I've never done nothing to you.
Is Obama working out going to make me feel guilty enough to go to the Y?
Can I get biceps by the inuaguration?
Blerb - genetic dwarves can be a good investment, many of them bear quite heavily for their size.
blerb, I'm dubious about the cherries and the pear. The citrus should work, but you'll need to site them carefully - locate where you get frost and avoid them. The fig should be okay - kadota or black? Consider an almond as well - very tough, and there's a variety that's self-fruiting. Pomegranates you can pretty much put anywhere and then ignore.
I never once name stole you ever like you've done me countless times or made any crazy statements about who you are.
G'morning peeps. My daily rant over the media blackout on the TVA ash pond breach is up for your enjoyment. So to speak.
I never once said anything hateful about you and only told you a careful and touching thing about the passing of someone I knew because it should have meant something.
Bob Herbert nails it:
Stop Being Stupid.
Why no cherries&pears? Winter chill? Not enough summer water? We already have a spindly shrub of a resprouted ex-pear tree on the property, and although its fruit is pretty bad, it seems to survive just fine. I imagine that a good pruning might significantly improve the quality of the crop, but I'm more inclined to yank it out and start over.
Perhaps a few more if I buy only dwarves and put them in bondage.
blerb
grafting.. you can get 4-5 trees in one!
blerb, you can check winter chill requirements for fruit trees online.
I never once name stole you ever like you've done me
2OżO9 | 12.27.08 - 10:00 am | #
Just for the record, who is the me that you are?
Link? Western Garden book usually only speaks in general terms.
"Cocktail" multi-grafted citrus trees were well-known when I was a kid.
blerb, we have winters and we had good pear and cherry trees. GFN!
Feh. Usually, I get the slanties -- this time I got the boldies.
I regret the error.
morning
Try this:
http://landscaping.about.com/cs/
...lingrequire.htm
grafting.. you can get 4-5 trees in one!
JR, kerosene and a match | 12.27.08 - 10:03 am | #
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Yeah, but for me, it has to be from the "real thing." Somehow. Not a clone although it would probably look better.
Cherries and pears aren't very heat tolerant - they'll survive but they won't bear very much or well. That's why I say the Desert Gold peach - that's the variety that is native to Canyon de Chelly and to Arizona - tough, gnarly, wonderful fruit, heat tolerant. Apricots too I've had good success with.
I took all the slanties this morning Steve.
Just have a shot of espresso and they go away. (Boldies too)
Why no cherries&pears?
I don't know about pears, but we discovered cherries produce an AWFUL lot of fruit and if you don't pick 'em all immediately make a big mess. Of course, there's only two of us.
We have the same problem with peach trees. The peaches all ripen at the same time and if you don't pick them all... well, Elton John had a song about that...
I suppose I could try to combine all my sweet varieties into one or two trees. Lemons and limes I actually use enough of to require the produce of a whole dwarf tree. The one I grew in Berkeley was maybe 8 ft. tall and gave me on average about 1.5 lemons a day. It bore so evenly that I almost never needed to buy them at the store.
Usually, I get the slanties -- this time I got the boldies.
That little blue pill will do that...
blerb - Contra Costa Master Gardening tips: http://ccmg.ucdavis.edu/
gardenin...rdeningtips.htm
A "clone" plant is both "the same thing" and "the real thing."
Where's a threadkiller when you need one?
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Yeah, but for me, it has to be from the "real thing." Somehow. Not a clone although it would probably look better.
2OżO9
Those are as much the 'real thing" as any.
Do you eat olives? They have been cloned for several thousnd years (in fact, so far the oldest evidence of cloning is with olives).
I'd hazard that almost every fruti tree that you think is "the real thing" is actually a clone - it's a technique thta goes waaaaaay back. Not just grafting, but root starting, etc.
By the way, it's 70 degrees today. Someone alert Loud Obbs, wasn't he the one screaming "global warming?!! WHAT global warming!!" when the thermometer dipped last week?
What goes down comes back up ... a week later.
Gave you kids sheets.
Good morning, Uncle Blodge.
What is new in Philly?
What goes down comes back up ... a week later.
Southern Beale
I think heat waves must really confuse teh wingnuts.
and if you don't pick 'em all immediately yyou won't get any because the fucking sparrows have got them all
Edited for accuracy.
Getting a harvest off the montmorcey required precise timing. Feathered fuckers.
My apricot bears very heavily - and every single fruit ripens at the same time. JAM!
We had a great peach harvest two summers ago, then some virus came and killed the trees, completely rotted out the heartwood... apparently common in the mediterranean.
Just for the record, who is the me that you are?
steve simels
I'm really just a regular person who works a job that barely pays the bills. Had to borrow money from my mom for the co-pay on dental work which I hate but she loves to do for me. I can't say I'm normal because I "collect different rocks."
Hold...
blerb,
where are you now? Thought you were in Albany.
Allen Butler has been said about mimi. I like her even if it is a guy. She's intelligent, knows a great deal that real, from what I can glean. Say the remote posssiblity I think, this is really a guy, does that make this person evil or something? She's fine with me and she has interesting things to say that aren't hurtful and that I didn't know.
Cherries and pears aren't very heat tolerant
I hadn't considered that to be a huge issue, but maybe I should. Although we do have hot summers here, we don't get anything like the relentless intense heat of the desert, or even the Central Valley, for that matter. 100+ days are fairly uncommon, and we often get enough marine slop to keep us in the 80's even in high summer. But it sure is dry here in the summer. The evaporation rates are huge.
where are you now? Thought you were in Albany.
bo
I was in Berkeley, now I'm in Walnut Creek, about 12 miles east of where I lived before. Very different climate, though.
The internet is a suspicious place and in some ways I think the powers that be are trying to make it like that to eventually control it. One poster, Tom Hong Kong, began all this with the sockpupets and accusing. It became like the Salem Witch Trials after that. Enough already.
I should have figured everybody was upstairs by now.
I should have figured everybody was upstairs by now.
blerb
I knew there was upstairs but was remaining to explain to steve this although he's probably blown it all off, has moved on becasue it's boring and is commenting up there.
But that's basically it, dude.
You want some more boring stuff just ask me upstairs.
steve simels, you've been treating me terribly for years and I've never done nothing to you.
2OżO9 | 12.27.08 - 10:22 am
mimi is butler and butler is a psycho.
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