I'MMA LET YOU FINISH

Gravatarha! Mine!


GravatarFrist!!! This is a first for me! I hope everyone had a nice Christmas and a good holiday.


Gravatarmore me!


GravatarThis is a first for me!

Aww, sconset, I'd gladly give it to you.


GravatarDial up sucks.
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GravatarHmm. I called sheets/shoes, somewhere in the Halo-universe.


GravatarSo, I see that Jay C shares my love of Pokemon.


GravatarToo busy watching Leonard Cohen anime videos.


GravatarAnd yes, Tlaz. Yesiree-bob.

It was kind of unavoidable for a time. And so cute!


GravatarA convicted sex offender given a 90 day pass from governor Haley fucking Barbour is expected to be back behind bars this weekend after the Louisiana Attorney General questions why he was out in the first place.

"It was an incident where a girl was taken out in the woods, tied up and it just so happen a hunter got there before something worse happen," said Mississippi Attorney General, Jim Hood.

...

Earlier this year, Barbour commuted the sentence of a convicted murderer working as a trusty at the Governor's mansion. Barbour was heckled at the Neshoba County Fair for releasing Michael David Graham, who killed his wife Adrienne Klasky in broad daylight 19 year ago.

But, Bowlin's return to his parents' home in Sicily Island, Louisiana was a shock to Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell. Caldwell's even threatening a lawsuit against the state of Mississippi.

http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story...582433& nav=2CSf

Please, Lord, stink up Barbour's national ticket ambitions - like Huckabee, a friend to violence against women.
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GravatarHaley Barbour?

"We thought you was a toad."


Gravatarhttp://thehill.com/leading-the-n...2008-12- 26.html

I just hope their karma comes soon.
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Gravatar"We thought you was a toad."
Jay C., left of the dial |




No idea who Haly Barbour is, but that gave me a nice visual.


GravatarWhy yes, it WAS a long phone call. What goes on here nowabouts? (Tlaz, did I mention I got some good oldies at the video store before hitting the road? Yay!)


GravatarI just need to keep talking to people


GravatarWEll, thank goodness Vicki. I thought I broke the damn thing.


GravatarLittle People Rule Our Universe now


Gravatar“I look forward to working together in the New Year,” Saltsman wrote. “Please enjoy the enclosed CD by my friend Paul Shanklin of the Rush Limbaugh Show.”
The CD, called “We Hate the USA,” lampoons liberals


"lampoons", eh?


Gravataractually the best thing about youtube is when you find some nobody who does a cover of a somebody.

i first checked this guy out in vids of jimi covers with a drum box in his bedroom, check him out now i'm glad he's getting gigs, because i think he's awesome.

i still like him in his bedroom with the beat box...
charley


GravatarBe funny to see what flavor crow President Obama serves up for Mr. Saltsman's dining pleasure.


GravatarLittle People Rule Our Universe now

My fellow Discarded-Wrapping-Paper-Americans.


GravatarLittle People Rule Our Universe now
mrs. ibrahim al-jafaari


Bit of a roller coaster, isn't it.


GravatarLate nights do not become me


GravatarSending hugs to Vicki, if haloscan will allow.


GravatarMy fellow Discarded-Wrapping-Paper-Americans.
Jay C., left of the dial

I gave gifts inside reusable grocery bags


GravatarRandom discovery, this site someone set up to profile their young daughter's drawings.

Worth it just for "I Don't Like War" credited to early 2003.


GravatarI gave gifts inside reusable grocery bags
bill


The liquor store wrapped all my presents in reusable brown paper sacks.


Gravatarlight-hearted political parodies

Their just askin for it.
.


GravatarLove to ya, Vicki.


GravatarAtlatlcommandoloon

I've always liked Lawn Darts


Gravatar24 days, my friends, 24 days.
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Gravatarmena, what did you get? I love Scarecrow Video!


Gravatar24 days, my friends, 24 days.
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MisterX

Still too many


GravatarWow, it's so slow tonight I'm too embarassed to blogwhore.


Seriously -- anything irksome going on I should know about?


GravatarAnother try on the direct link to "I Don't Like War."


GravatarAs he deviotly plans a shoe throwing stick.
.


GravatarFinally, some catblogging at Chez NTodd.


GravatarBut if you don't blogwhore, I won't know where not to leave a comment.


GravatarSeriously -- anything irksome going on I should know about?
steve simels

Bush is still President
Republicans are actually trying to dig up nothing in the Illinois Senate seat fiasco


GravatarNTodd, did you bite your cat?


GravatarI am officially tired of being in motion.


GravatarHey Tlaz. I got my Simon Schama art dvd, plus the Big Sleep, Maltese Falcon, and Shadow of a Doubt. I'd been planning to for a while, botht the Bogies were on last night and I fell asleep, so I went ahead and did it. And it looks like I'll be snowed in for at least a couple more days, son has gone off with friends for a few, so I'm all set. I hope you don't have to go out much the next few days.


GravatarSending hugs to Vicki, if haloscan will allow.
mena | 12.26.08 - 11:13 pm | #


mena!!!

How the heck are ya, toots?


GravatarJarts. I have a set. Got them at an auction. The auctioneer was very coy. "We don't know what these are, but they're for sale!"

Same way I got cockspurs.
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GravatarEcch - they have a real 'tard of a troll over at Sadly, No that calls itself "The Truth".

Has a crush on Coulter.

Something seriously wrong with him.


GravatarSteve Simels, I was in your old neighborhood today...

And we did hit Junior's for breakfast


GravatarSo, I guess the WMDs are not going to be found before the next President is sworn in...

I just wanted to prepare you all for that.

Honesty first....


Gravatar{{{Mena!!!}}}


GravatarNTodd, did you bite your cat?

Yes, but not on the ear.


Gravatarsteve - MWAH! I'm good, how you?


GravatarMister X, lawn darts. Remember those?

My parents bought us several sets. I think they were trying to tell us something.


GravatarAnd we did hit Junior's for breakfast

On Flatbush? I love that place.


GravatarSteve, I finally got around to filling out my Hold Steady catalog yesterday, and I've been running around like a sugared-up little kid listening to the newest album. Yikes.


GravatarNTodd, nice kittyblogging. You know that's why we visit, right?

That, and the Dogz


GravatarMy parents bought us several sets. I think they were trying to tell us something.
Sallyh, Sad Grandmere |


"let's play lawn darts. You be goalie."


Gravatar24 days, my friends, 24 days.
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MisterX

Still too many

bill

haley barbor follows barack hussein obama.

now that's a nitemare. don't think it couldn't happen.


GravatarHas a crush on Coulter.

Something seriously wrong with him.


Doesn't that sort of thing fall into the category of animal fetishism, rather than a "crush?"


GravatarWorth it just for "I Don't Like War" credited to early 2003.
Telegram Sam


I like "I'll Pee On Bush".


GravatarMy parents bought us several sets. I think they were trying to tell us something.
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Fireworks did the trick in my neighborhood.


GravatarNTodd, no, at Grand Central. We got into NYC around 10, hadn't had anything but coffee, and nothing says breakfast like a slice of Junior's cheesecake


GravatarDoesn't that sort of thing fall into the category of animal fetishism, rather than a "crush?"
montag

Definitely beasteality


GravatarDoesn't that sort of thing fall into the category of animal fetishism, rather than a "crush?"
montag


Space alien.

I wouldn't insult animals by calling her one.


Gravatar{{{Montag!}}}

How goes?


GravatarDoesn't that sort of thing fall into the category of animal fetishism


Coprophilia.
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GravatarCongratulations to our Ruth and Diane!

The Mighty Quill Award.

http://monkeyfister.blogspot.com...ist- awards.html


GravatarCoprophilia.
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QuentinCompson, Negatory


That's the word I was looking for.


GravatarSpace alien.
Cyberman.


GravatarSteve, I finally got around to filling out my Hold Steady catalog yesterday, and I've been running around like a sugared-up little kid listening to the newest album. Yikes.
Jay C., left of the dial | 12.26.08 - 11:24 pm | #


They're pretty good, aren't they.


GravatarBarry, and they deserve it mightily.


GravatarSpace alien.

I wouldn't insult animals by calling her one.
Terry C - Post-Christmas Blues

Something tells me that Coulter does the probing


GravatarCongrats Diane and Ruth!


GravatarThey're pretty good, aren't they.

I'm quietly very excited that the new album matches "Boys & Girls in America." That's change we can believe in.


Gravatarand we've et to untwist the Little People 3 story Garage.


12 days has Xmas


little peoples


GravatarThe Mighty Quill Award.


Mighty fine!
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GravatarBarry, how's your cold?


Gravatarand we've et to untwist the Little People 3 story Garage.


12 days has Xmas


little peoples
mrs. ibrahim al-jafaari

Can I borrow somebody's decoder ring please?


GravatarI'm quietly very excited that the new album matches "Boys & Girls in America." That's change we can believe in.
Jay C., left of the dial | 12.26.08 - 11:31 pm | #


There's a video on YouTube of the all-star Springsteen tribute show from earlier this year, I think. In any case, there's a cast of thousands singing "Rosalita," and there's a bit where Bruce and the Hold Steady guy sing together. The look on his face is priceless -- like he knows they've just violated the space/time continuum by appearing together.

It's wonderful.


GravatarMy parents bought us several sets. I think they were trying to tell us something.
Sallyh, Sad Grandmere


I was too busy licking Shell No-Pest Strips™...
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GravatarDiane, and Ruth, Yay! Spocko too!


GravatarBarry, how's your cold?
Ali, ow


Awful, stayed in bed till 1pm, only got up to get drugs for me and Hidey.


GravatarSomething tells me that Coulter does the probing
bill


Coulter and "Alien" were separated at birth.


GravatarThere's a video on YouTube of the all-star Springsteen tribute show from earlier this year, I think.

I'll check that out. It's time better spent than my recent hobby of watching those hypnotic Leonard Cohen anime mashup vids.


Gravatardistant traveler


GravatarI was too busy licking Shell No-Pest Strips™...
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MisterX

I was eating the inedible Creepy Crawler thingys


GravatarHave you heard Atlas Juggs' latest bit of delusion?

Trying to claim Michelle Obama lost her license for disciplinary reasons.

What a lying ass bitch Pammy is.


GravatarI suppose congrats to Diane and Ruth would be better sent out in the morningtime, which would maybe be a better time to check in generally since everybody seems slow as molasses tonight, including me.


Gravatarmena,

Sounds like a good time! I don't know if I'm going anywhere in a hurry, more snow today and the side street hasn't been plowed, and it is squishy enough you just burrow down into it, 4 inches of packed slushy ice. Even the housemate's front wheel drive got stuck. I just hope that by the end of the weekend, I can go have some Chinese food. Tired of cooking!


GravatarSleepy. G'night, batses.


Gravatarsince everybody seems slow as molasses tonight, including me.
mena

Sugar coma


GravatarBill, we had Creepy Crawlers. With the Thingmaker.


GravatarDouble-gravy course yesterday. I live still.
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GravatarIt's wonderful.
steve simels

like if you can post the link that's always helpful.


Gravatarbill,

I love your holiday gravatar. If I kiss you will you turn into a prince?


GravatarWe haven't been to Dunkie's yet. That's tomorrow morning. Monsieur wants his chocolate doughnuts.


GravatarJust had the last piece of suet pudding. So sweet.
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GravatarBill - I suppose.


GravatarI love your holiday gravatar. If I kiss you will you turn into a prince?
Tlazolteotl

I will most certainly swoon and blush a bit.


Gravatar*mwah*!


GravatarI love your holiday gravatar. If I kiss you will you turn into a prince?
Tlazolteotl

Oh yes, thank you
Jeffraham helped me out with the photoshop part. Believe it or not, they don't make Santa hats that small.


Gravatar*mwah*!
Tlazolteotl

http://imagecache2.allposters.co...ful- Posters.jpg


GravatarSo, any new outrages in the world I should be aware of? Besides this sucky blog, I mean?


GravatarSo, any new outrages in the world I should be aware of? Besides this sucky blog, I mean?

Dennis Prager's views on marital sex.


Gravatar

Whaddup?


GravatarPennsylvania drivers in the rain are pretty outrageous. I went up to New Jersey yesterday and drove home today.
Come to think of it, that might be why I'm tired.


Gravatarheh, goddess, I have just been over at the GOS reading about that; and earlier, over at your place.


Gravatarheh, goddess, I have just been over at the GOS reading about that; and earlier, over at your place.

I haven't written about Prager yet, actually. Might not, either, because what he says was said much better in the 1950s advice booklets to married women.


GravatarANDY!


GravatarPrager is an asshat, though, no doubt about that.


GravatarGood night


GravatarHi, Andy! I have a chocolate high.


Gravatarbruce and freddie edder on the edge of town.


GravatarI was over at your blog earlier, though, reading some of your and suzie's posts.


GravatarYo, Toddski.


GravatarSo, any new outrages in the world I should be aware of? Besides this sucky blog, I mean?

Harold Pinter is dead yet Rush Limbaugh walks.


Gravatareddie vedder? Mmmmm!


GravatarI was over at your blog earlier, though, reading some of your and suzie's posts.

Suzie is great. She was a real journalist before she got sick. I'm very lucky to have her.


GravatarEchidne, .

Zapette's cracking me up by singing along to some Michael McDonald song.


GravatarDeacon, I'd like to think that right now, Harold and Eartha are sharpening their pitchforks, getting ready for that bastard ratfucker to join them.


GravatarZapette's cracking me up by singing along to some Michael McDonald song.

Is she giving you an earworm? I have one from Xmas songs. come all ye faithful....


Gravatar...what he says was said much better in the 1950s advice booklets to married women.

"The Proper Care and Feeding of a Happy Husband."


GravatarZapette's cracking me up by singing along to some Michael McDonald song.
AndyMN | Homepage | 12.26.08 - 11:53 pm | #


Ever notice that when Michael McDonald sings, you can hear his beard?

Just asking...


GravatarDeacon, I'd like to think that right now, Harold and Eartha are sharpening their pitchforks, getting ready for that bastard ratfucker to join them.
Tlazolteotl


I think Limpballs will be on a lower floor of the condo of the afterlife, if you know what I mean.


Gravatar...what he says was said much better in the 1950s advice booklets to married women.

"The Proper Care and Feeding of a Happy Husband."


And don't forget the douching with Lysol...


Gravatar
Ever notice that when Michael McDonald sings, you can hear his beard?

Just asking...

steve simels


I usually change the channel too quickly to notice. But I'll take your word.


Gravatar"The Proper Care and Feeding of a Happy Husband."

It really sounds insulting to men. I'd be pissed off if people treated me like some semi-alive hulking monster with nothing but a reptile brain.


GravatarIt really sounds insulting to men. I'd be pissed off if people treated me like some semi-alive hulking monster with nothing but a reptile brain.
Echidne

Watch much TV? I would say your description is apropos.


GravatarWell, whichever floor he's on, I hope he's tormented by boils on his ass and the inability to maintain an erection, even though hundreds of slender young Dominican boys pass by.


GravatarWatch much TV?

Very little


GravatarHere's what we heard.

Listen at your own peril.


Gravatarthe great thing about Whitman Samplers is they come

printed on the inside.

with a User's Guide


american ingenuity, versus the serious chocolatier ethos of the Ghiradelli's, whose waterfront shop in SF will make you realize their4 chocolates are superior to most American chocolates, now that Bailey's is no longer an ongoing concern


and if you go to Ghiradelli, down by t


GravatarAnd don't forget the douching with Lysol...

I'm still crossing my legs...


GravatarWell, whichever floor he's on, I hope he's tormented by boils on his ass and the inability to maintain an erection, even though hundreds of slender young Dominican boys pass by.
Tlazolteotl


You're evil. Wanna be on my team?


GravatarEver notice that when Michael McDonald sings, you can hear his beard?


That was the funniest thing I've heard in an eon. Thank you, dear steve.


Gravatar Andy!

My knee still hurts.


GravatarI'm going relativizing tomorrow, visiting relatives. 'Relativizing' would be a good name for the skills it requires. Like what not to mention.


GravatarZapette's cracking me up by singing along to some Michael McDonald song.

I would rather watch "Beautician And The Beast". I would rather listen to Fran Drescher for eight hours than have to listen to Michael McDonald. Nothin' against him, but if I hear "Yah Mo B There" one more time, "Yah Mo" burn this place to the ground.


GravatarYes, men are such animals, thinking about sex all the time and wanting to jump women they don't know, it's a wonder that they aren't all in jail for rape...but then again, that's impossible, isn't it, because you know the teasing bitches want it even if they say 'no'...


Whew! Sorry, I think I was channeling 'Conservapedia' for a moment there....


Gravatarat the bruce clip they're all saying eddie doesn't hold up, the boss is the boss. bruce does sound better, it's his song.

fuck them


GravatarZapette's cracking me up by singing along to some Michael McDonald song.


Ya Mo Be There


GravatarYou're Under Arrest is a 1985 album recorded by Miles Davis that saw Miles mix pop tunes with political statements about racism, pollution and war. Among other tracks, the album featured Davis' interpretations of two contemporary pop songs: Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" and Michael Jackson's "Human Nature".


During the recording sessions, Darryl Jones introduced Sting to his longtime idol Miles Davis. Sting was bewildered when Davis asked him if he could speak French, and since he did, to translate the Miranda warning into French and yell it into the microphone against a backing track.


GravatarYou're evil.

I do my best.


GravatarI tried to watch it Andy, but only got to 1:20 when I came to my senses.


GravatarAli, dear.

Get over it.

My best pal, whom I've been out with for every New Years Eve for the last ten years just told me he can't be in the Twin Cities this year.

Crud.


GravatarWhy do you think its Ya Mo Be There?

What sprung to my mind is

She came from somewhere back in his long ago....


GravatarI do my best.
Tlazolteotl


I just wiki'd your nym...


GravatarDamn, I was hoping for another kiss on my knee.


GravatarEchidne,

It is good you watch little. I don't watch very much but I do watch some (Wings lost to Southern Beale's team tonight, for example)

But if you do, you will never see any male character that would be seen hanging around these parts.

The men are myopical focused entirely on vanity and stupidity. There are no men portrayed that could read a book, let alone write one.

Beer suckers. Football watching. Couch potatoes (Except when they drive their riding mowers and take their big trucks some place)

I find it irritating beyond belief and is one of the reasons I watch so little


GravatarTough town:

A South Philadelphia man enraged because a father and son were talking during a Christmas showing of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button took care of the situation when he pulled a .380-caliber gun and shot the father, police said.

James Joseph Cialella Jr., 29, of the 1900 block of Hollywood Street is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, and weapons violations.

"It's truly frightening when you see something like this evolve into such violence," said police spokesman Lt. Frank Vanore.

Police were called to the Riverview Theatre in the 1400 block of Columbus Boulevard about 9:30 p.m. where the gunshot victim, a Philadelphia man who was not identified, told police a man sitting near him told his family to be quiet and threw popcorn at his son.

After exchanging words, Vanore said Cialella allegedly got out of his seat to confront the family when the father got up to protect them. That's when the victim was shot once in the left arm, sending others in the theatre running to safety.

Cialella then sat down to watch the movie. Police arrived a short time later and arrested Cialella and confiscated his weapon, Vanore said.


GravatarDeacon, there are many goddesses here...



GravatarCrap if I know what Michael McDonald says...d00d's foreign.


GravatarBut if you do, you will never see any male character that would be seen hanging around these parts.

The men are myopical focused entirely on vanity and stupidity. There are no men portrayed that could read a book, let alone write one.

Beer suckers. Football watching. Couch potatoes (Except when they drive their riding mowers and take their big trucks some place)

I find it irritating beyond belief and is one of the reasons I watch so little


It's all about marketing and about the lowest common denomination. The women portrayed are no better. I have never been able to understand the business model they use, because one would think that different stations would aim their broadcasting to different groups of consumers so that there would be something for those who want different messages.

Instead, they all chase after the same young-male-demographic.


GravatarDeacon, there are many goddesses here...


Tlazolteotl

As there are satyrs?


GravatarI am the goddess of ambivalence. I think.


GravatarLetterman isn't a rerun for a change, Leno is. These fuckers make 20 million dollars a year and in the past they take two weeks off for the holidays, precisely when the rest of america wants to be entertained.


GravatarMichael is Ronald's sellout hippy brother


GravatarWhen is corporate america going to get a clue about programming? There should have been a couple big bowl games on tonight.


GravatarInstead, they all chase after the same young-male-demographic.

I think our demographic (wanting to think about something engaging for more than 5 minutes at a time) is supposed to watch PBS.


Gravatar jones | 12.27.08 - 12:07 am | #

dude, it's time to step away from the remote control.


GravatarMichael is just another white boy making money off of 'black music.'


GravatarI think our demographic (wanting to think about something engaging for more than 5 minutes at a time) is supposed to watch PBS.

PBS takes very few risks, tho.


Gravataris supposed to watch PBS.
or at least some old westerns.
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GravatarHey Sallyh!
How's bayou?
Can I offer you a nice Key lime fizzy?
I'm a bit depressed this Christmas about how my inlaws this Christmas are kinda ambivalent about my nephew heading out to Tikrit on the 5th... he wanted to talk about it, but they didn't want to. I gave him my best advice and promised to send him baby wipes. They had no clue, and have no idea what is up... very frustrating.
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GravatarI wish I had a point ta make.

no, wait...


GravatarWhen Bravo first started it had some interesting stuff, among much that was not. Now it's the same as all the others.


GravatarWell, Echidne, they don't take risks because if they happen to put on something edgy and it offends some rich old folks, they won't renew their memberships or leave any of their estates as an endowment.


GravatarZapette's cracking me up by singing along to some Michael McDonald song.


Ya Mo Be There
ErinPDX | 12.27.08 - 12:01 am | #
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Sorry. I'll go away for real now.



GravatarWhen Bravo first started it had some interesting stuff, among much that was not. Now it's the same as all the others.

Yeah, NBC bought them. My dear, sweet, GE overlords...


GravatarI used to watch IFC a lot when we had a dish subscription, but now that we don't I don't miss it much. I just hardly ever see any TV now, only at the nail salon!


GravatarRemember when A & E had engaging dramas, musical events, dance and all kinds of good stuff? Now, it has nothing but crap and I never watch it.


GravatarThe boys watch a few shows on Family (Disney overlords) but I don't watch at all. Was just thinking I'd cancel our cable.


GravatarSome channel, either HBO or A&E had 'Into the Woods' on many years ago when we had the dish going. That was kind of cool, since it isn't something I would see otherwise.


GravatarI wrote "this Christmas" twice in one sentence. Sorry, it must be the DDT.
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GravatarRemember when A & E had engaging dramas, musical events, dance and all kinds of good stuff?

Yes, they were pretty good, too. I remember having the flu really bad and not minding it too much because I was watching old classics on Bravo and some modern dance on A&E.

I still can't believe that there wouldn't be a better business model for television.


GravatarWow...I see Mena for a sec, and she makes fun of me.



GravatarBut the same thing is happening to books, too. Everyone chases after the same best-seller idea and the books end up being fluff.


GravatarUsually we ended up watching kid's shows on the Japanese network, or middle eastern cooking shows.


GravatarHomework..

Definition.....


Pitch Woo
(Adult / Slang)
To dally amorously by necking, cuddling, petting, caressing, canoodling, and other activities of this nature.


GravatarThe inlaws did offer their prayers, though, so it's all good.
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GravatarOK, the radio is torturing me now with My Heart Will Go On.

This is not why I listen to public radio, people!


GravatarThe inlaws did offer their prayers, though, so it's all good.

Do you think that they might be scared to talk?


GravatarEveryone chases after the same best-seller idea and the books end up being fluff.

describes Bolanos to a T


GravatarAndy - so very much not making fun of you, there's just something fundamentally funny about M.McD. How you doing?


GravatarLoved the A&E take on Hornblower. And I think they were the ones who did Longitude, too.


GravatarWow-

Some sort of unusual loud, rumbly thing just happened here in Lancaster.

Earthquake?


GravatarMisterX, best wishes to your nephew and family.


GravatarThis is not why I listen to public radio, people!

We just heard the theme to "As It Happens". Talk about brutal...

/cues cheesy flute solo


GravatarAre you talking about CBC's AS it Happens? They've had the same theme forever, when they tried to change it people complained, so they brought it back.


GravatarAs there are satyrs?
DWD-S☮S

and so goes life, paper lion and picasso

what's the difference, we'll all be dead.


GravatarSome sort of unusual loud, rumbly thing just happened here in Lancaster
Amish microwave oven explosion.
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GravatarOh, just giving you guff, mena. Just so glad to see your name, is all.

Hope you're well. Been thinking about you.


GravatarWe just heard the theme to "As It Happens". Talk about brutal...

Oh, those kooky Canadians. That theme has a ridiculous name, as well. Something about curry. I was listening once when they did a story about it.


GravatarFrom the interwebz:

It’s a song called “Curried Soul” by Moe Koffman, and has kicked off the show since 1969. Koffman died in 2001.


GravatarDo you think that they might be scared to talk?
Echidne


Yes.
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Gravatar*sniff*

*sniff*

.. seems safe.

Evening, chiropterae


Gravatarscree scree!


GravatarDo you think that they might be scared to talk?
Echidne

Yes.
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MisterX


That's tough. I have some of that in my family. The last night before departure is too late, probably, to start the conversation.


GravatarIt’s a song called “Curried Soul” by Moe Koffman, and has kicked off the show since 1969. Koffman died in 2001.

I know there's such thing as tradition, but...wow.

hum-hum...hum hum hummmmmm, hum hum hum.


GravatarWow-
Some sort of unusual loud, rumbly thing just happened here in Lancaster.
Earthquake?
Cougarhutch on ipod


Holy spit, I'm 40 miles west of Lancaster, PA, and I felt/heard that! I think it was an earthquake, because I felt the pressure wave too. Last time there was a big earthquake in Central PA was back in 1980 or '81 or so!
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GravatarEvening, JR. Nice to see you here.


GravatarRemember when A & E had engaging dramas, musical events, dance and all kinds of good stuff? Now, it has nothing but crap and I never watch it.
Fox

i remember when TLC meant you were actually going to get a scientifically based important issue like DNA or evolution presented. then they went with how can you best crap up your home.

ooh, and primetime primates, i loved that shit.


GravatarLoved the A&E take on Hornblower. And I think they were the ones who did Longitude, too.

Now it's the CSI: Miami Channel.


GravatarEvening, JR. Nice to see you here.
Echidne


Evening snakey one, your namesake is still sleeping off his Xmas worms.


GravatarI am just hoping for a kiss


GravatarThat's tough. I have some of that in my family. The last night before departure is too late, probably, to start the conversation.
Echidne


When Mamaw said "You're in our prayers", other family members said shit like "don't talk about stuff like that". I couldn't believe it.
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GravatarXmas worms

Lovely


GravatarNow it's the CSI: Miami Channel.
Toonscribe


yep. Well, it beats the fuck out of what's on Spike.


GravatarMisterX - I'm so sorry. How hard.


Gravatar*smooches Vicki on the cheek*


GravatarNow it's the CSI: Miami Channel.
Toonscribe


"CSI:Miami" outdoor shooting occurs mostly around Long Beach harbor, Alamitos Bay Marina, and the neighborhoods and streets of Long Beach, CA. It's fun to recognize local landmarks on the teebee. Mrs. Blues calls the show "CSI:Long Beach"


GravatarWhen Mamaw said "You're in our prayers", other family members said shit like "don't talk about stuff like that". I couldn't believe it.

It's like the silence over cancer in the past, something to do with the idea that if you name the evil it will come.


GravatarVicki

*MWAH*

Only virtual, but best I can do.


GravatarLovely
Echidne


They were.. nice and fat and wriggly. Lightly seasoned with calcium supplement.


GravatarA slurpy kiss to Vicki.


GravatarWow-
Some sort of unusual loud, rumbly thing just happened here in Lancaster.
Earthquake?
Cougarhutch on ipod

Holy spit, I'm 40 miles west of Lancaster, PA, and I felt/heard that! I think it was an earthquake, because I felt the pressure wave too. Last time there was a big earthquake in Central PA was back in 1980 or '81 or so!
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MisterX


Yup. Go here and scroll down to "Did You Feel It?" and report in.


GravatarI'm looking for a guy named Gomez.. anyone seen him?


GravatarSome sort of unusual loud, rumbly thing just happened here in Lancaster.
Earthquake?
Cougarhutch on ipod


Lancaster CA or Lancaster PA?

Nothing as USGS for Lancaster CA


GravatarMisterX - I'm so sorry. How hard.
mena


The good thing is that I think he's got his head screwed on right and is completely aware of what he's getting into. We talked about his mission and he wasn't stupid about it. I told him to keep his eyes open and his fucking head down. I told him I'd send him baby-wipes and all the luck I have.
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GravatarMagnitude 3.3
# Date-Time Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 05:04:34 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
# Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 12:04:34 AM local time at epicenter

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/ last_e...nnsylvania.html


GravatarWhen Mamaw said "You're in our prayers", other family members said shit like "don't talk about stuff like that". I couldn't believe it.


As nuch as I have less than zero use for "you are in my prayers", said family members need a light slapping.


GravatarMisterX, let's hope that Obama acts fast on that particular war.


GravatarI told him I'd send him baby-wipes and all the luck I have.
==


I'm glad he'll take that with him. That was good of you.

I sent you hugs earlier Vicki. Here's some more my dear.


GravatarI'm looking for a guy named Gomez.. anyone seen him?
The Sharks


Try Hawaii.


GravatarIt's like the silence over cancer in the past, something to do with the idea that if you name the evil it will come.
Echidne


It was truly like the classic "elephant in the room" scenario... I can't believe how unrealistic people are... "don't talk about it" will make it go away? Fuck THAT. If that was MY boy... fuck... well, I talked to him yesterday like he was. Because he is in a way.

Crap. Whatever. Now I got tears. Ah fuck who cares.


GravatarTry Hawaii.
Deacon Blues


I'm in Hawai'i.

Anyone know which beach?

Help a fish out here.


Gravatar"a Philadelphia man who was not identified, told police a man sitting near him told his family to be quiet and threw popcorn at his son."

peckerwoods had it coming. you wanna yap at a movie or symphony? stay home!


GravatarFuck THAT. If that was MY boy... fuck... well, I talked to him yesterday like he was. Because he is in a way.

You did good. Now he knows there's someone who will listen to him on all issues.


GravatarAs nuch as I have less than zero use for "you are in my prayers", said family members need a light slapping.
JR, kerosene and a match


You know, you chose your friends, but you're stuck with your family. Just saying.
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Gravatar told police a man sitting near him told his family to be quiet and threw popcorn at his son.

that's not a felony, that's a fucking public service


GravatarHelp a fish out here.
The Sharks

Sorry bro. I'm not up on the latest. Sorry.


Gravatar"that's not a felony, that's a fucking public service"

yup.


GravatarAnyone here have AT&T as a wireless carrier? Does it suck, or do they stink as a morally-terrible company? We're kinda stuck for mobile phone companies...


GravatarA year from now we'll be wondering about the lack of food in the Safeways and where are the supertrains. Two years from now we'll be asking how do you grow potatoes. There will be no next year.


GravatarYou know, you chose your friends, but you're stuck with your family. Just saying.
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MisterX


Every once in a while, even if it is your family, you have to bring 'em inline.

Speaking of which, is moon about?

i need to know if she has any chav friends in kent that can give my aunt a "tune-up".

Fucking bitch.


Gravatarnight bats.

fuck bush. 24 days, and the fucker is gone.


GravatarA year from now...
Thanks for sharing.


GravatarA year from now we'll be wondering about the lack of food in the Safeways and where are the supertrains. Two years from now we'll be asking how do you grow potatoes. There will be no next year.

Even though Mayan civilization collapsed, there are still Maya...


Gravatarthere are still Maya...

I had dinner with one recently. She looks exactly like those stone engravings! The same nose and eyes.


GravatarI believe it's cause their weather changed. Sounds familar.
.


Gravataroh, frick...it's bed time. Goodnight.


GravatarA year from now we'll be wondering about the lack of food in the Safeways and where are the supertrains. Two years from now we'll be asking how do you grow potatoes. There will be no next year.

Cockroach Potato Farms!!!


GravatarI believe it's cause their weather changed. Sounds familar.
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bluesman


the aliens took them home.


Gravatarthe aliens took them home.

Alien Cockroach Potato Farms!!!

(yes, I'm drinking again.)


Gravatar(yes, I'm drinking again.)
Elias


again, or stil?


GravatarYOu know what really sucks?
When you fail to tell someone how much you love them and they get a tenured teaching job in Texas, and they move because you never told them how much you loved them, and if you would have, things might have been different, but it's better that you diddn't because it just would have hurt all that much more...


GravatarWhen you fail to tell someone how much you love them and they get a tenured teaching job in Texas, and they move because you never told them how much you loved them

here's the question..

Did you love them enought to move to texas?


Gravataragain, or stil?
JR, kerosene and a match


You're a regular Jack Benny, you know that?


GravatarThere's e-mail, Elias.


GravatarYou're a regular Jack Benny, you know that?
Elias


I'm much better than jack Benny, becaue I use the f word.


Gravatarhere's the question..

Did you love them enought to move to texas?
JR, kerosene and a match


If I wasn't such a godamned coward...


GravatarYou did good. Now he knows there's someone who will listen to him on all issues.
Echidne


Yes, but my problem is that I've done this before with others over the years and sometimes it doesn't matter. Shit.
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GravatarI'm much better than jack Benny, becaue I use the f word.

And you are funny. That could be the f-word.


GravatarI'm much better than jack Benny, becaue I use the f word.

FUCKING ROCHESTER!


GravatarIf I wasn't such a godamned coward...
Elias


We all do things like that, over our lives.

We all hate ourselves for it.

But you know, inside you are both a much better, and much worse, person than the world thinks you are.


GravatarEveryone's lost one, Elias.


GravatarEveryone's lost one, Elias.

Or paid a very heavy price not to lose one.


GravatarThere's e-mail, Elias.
Echidne


She only told me a few days before she left. We had plans, and then she emailed that she got the job and was already there.

I couldn't tell her I was upset because I didn't want her to feel that she made the wrong decision. It's the opportunity of a lifetime. She finally emailed and said she hoped I didnt hate her. I told her there was no way I could hate her. I hate myself for not telling her how much I cared...


GravatarOr paid a very heavy price not to lose one.
Echidne

yep


GravatarI told her there was no way I could hate her. I hate myself for not telling her how much I cared...
Elias


of such things are beautiful songs and wise reflections made

.


Gravatarmaybe you should go visit her, elias


GravatarYou can't keep em. You can't bring em back. So you take the hit and find your bottom, then come back harder and stronger.


GravatarNBC is showing a rerun of Conan O' Brien from, hold onto your hats, 2005!


GravatarOr paid a very heavy price not to lose one.
Echidne


I never thought of that. I wonder which is worse. The pain of loss, or the pain of not losing...

thanks all...


GravatarDead people will be a cheeto a dozen.


GravatarElias, you let her go try to pursue her career. You know if you'd made her stay that wouldn't have worked out well for either of you - she would have resented you, you probably would have felt guilty. I'm very sorry you were hurt in the process.


GravatarI'm married now, settled, content. But I haven't forgotten a couple that never worked. They're with me, and always will be.


GravatarThe road not taken....


GravatarNBC is showing a rerun of Conan O' Brien from, hold onto your hats, 2005!

If I were you, I'd protest by not watching TV ever again...


GravatarReason, is you know overrated. Motherfuckers will always figure a way to use reason to kill motherfuckers. And I regret that, we all regret that. Principle and devotion to principle is always to be lauded.

The only thing I fear is the collapse of the devotion to principle. But hell, that tends to happen. Pity really.


Gravatarmy name is sure full of the Christmas spirit.


Gravatarmaybe you should go visit her, elias
Kidnap


It just seems like the ship has sailed. She' s got a new life now. she's long past us.
it's better for her now. i just represent the past to her. she was always too big for this place.

while I'm a prisoner of it...


GravatarOn the other hand, some roads are better not explored.


GravatarMy son called me from Coatesville PA
and told me about the earthquake. Alot of people felt it.


GravatarIf it doesn't work there's a reason, Elias. You'll meet someone some day and all reason will go out the window.


GravatarFuck. The trolls cluster here like dingleberries on a goat's ass. Best of luck.
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GravatarJanuary 20th is also the birthday of my old and dear friend Toni in NYC.

She, like practically ever other African-American in the US, will be home, drink in hand, watching Barack HUSSEIN (that's for the trolls!) Obama take the oath of office of President of the United States.

I expect she'll be on the phone with me at the time. I can't wait!

Great historical events turn on the smallest of axles.

Barack Obama will repeat a few words, words that have been spoken about 50 times in our nation's history, and those few words will mark a historic event unprecedented in US history!

For the first time ever, the United States will have a President who was born in Hawaii!

Oh, and there's that whole 'black' thing he's got going on, too.


Gravataryou know best what the situation is and what will or will not work at this point


GravatarTlaz, you're right. thanks.

you too tacitus. all the great poetry and literature from all the pain...


Gravatarmaybe you should go visit her, elias
Kidnap


Ya can't go back bro. You can only go on. You can't recapture what was. You only wind up ridiculous trying.

Been there. Done that.


GravatarKidz today and their so-called "music". Feh.

Watch and learn.


GravatarIt's 50 degrees and raining. In Milwaukee, in December, at midnight. Weird.


Gravatari was dissatisfied because i didn't effctively dismantle the overly fragrant garlic troll, but i guess he just dried up and blew away anyway..

.


Gravatarthanks for letting me vent all.

i really do value your opinions.

i must now live up to that.


GravatarChris, I will be with my colleagues watching the inauguration from the auditorium of the federal facility where I work. And I will be hoping the photos of Bush and Cheney hanging there get taken down that very day.


Gravatarwhile I'm a prisoner of it...
Elias


Now, *that* is something you can fix.


GravatarHi Echidne:
Would you do me a favor and listen to this 3 minute clip? This was the thing that got I wanted my feminist credentials shined up for. I listed to it today and the more I heard it the more it pissed me off, but I don't want to be all "Let me protect the reputation of the poor woman."
http://www.spockosbrain.com/ Dana...32008H05M50.wma

This is the kind of crap that comes from the same people who were lauding Sarah Palin to attempt to show that they didn't hate all women, just Hillary and those types.


GravatarHey. My day of consumerism has finally ended.


GravatarBetter 80s:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O...h? v=ObZKN1wVzeI


Gravatar"I had dinner with one recently. She looks exactly like those stone engravings! The same nose and eyes."

Some years ago, I was on the subway here in Boston. The fellow sitting next to me had a profile you only see on old nickles.

Just classic American plains Indian features. Hair as black as a raven's wing. Ruddy complexion. Obviously a bloodline untainted by the white man.

Just stunningly handsome. He was maybe 30 years old or so.


GravatarSorry, let me try that again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N...h? v=NduGJ0F5sdI


Gravatarhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m...h? v=mXPUkrz7Uow

Even better 80's music.


GravatarSpocko, that's pretty bad. They're sniggering all through it because they're asking for a fucktoy and pretend that it's a real job offer. Sure, it's insulting. It's also infantile.

My reversal would be to ask the guys to drop their trousers for me and my measuring ruler.


Gravatarmme voltage here is indulging here jean-claude vandamme addiction

.


Gravatar"And I will be hoping the photos of Bush and Cheney hanging there get taken down that very day."

And if not, take the initiative and DIY!

Don't forget the ceremonial bonfire!


GravatarJust classic American plains Indian features. Hair as black as a raven's wing. Ruddy complexion. Obviously a bloodline untainted by the white man.

Just stunningly handsome. He was maybe 30 years old or so.
Chris Tucker


uh, dude.. I have classic Plains Nations features. I also have no native American ancestry at all.

genes are funny, funny things.


GravatarNow, *that* is something you can fix.
JR, kerosene and a match


I know JR.
but at the risk of making everything political, it's so hard to turn your back on your past, your community, the place you grew up. But our system makes us. A city dies, so it forces you to move to somehwere you dont' want to be. What's so wrong with holding on to your roots? I don't want to sound like someone who can't change with the times, but i understand the value of home and tradtion and continuity. I think of how Vietnamese live on the same plot of land generation after generation. there is something so inherently inhuman about our western sytem.
sorry, didn't mean to go on like that...


GravatarLet me know when you have a link to your post, Spocko.


GravatarI think of how Vietnamese live on the same plot of land generation after generation. there is something so inherently inhuman about our western sytem.

My aunt and uncle live in the family farmhouse which was rebuilt in the early 1700s. But then we are rather inbred.


GravatarJR, that's as may be, and I don't doubt you for an instant, but if this fellow wasn't as pure blooded Indian as ever walked the Earth, I would be very surprised.


GravatarWe live in the times and places where we find ourselves. Only a rare few of us can change that. The rest of us suffer under the forces around us. We endure or suffer in some mixture of the two.


Gravatarhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g...h? v=gnbj0w8iOeM

yeah. oh yeah.


GravatarI've been away for hours, watching Lawrence of Arabia on TCM.

It was good, but not as good on the SERIOUSLY big cinerama screen.


Gravatarhaloscan can bite Tobes dick

it's so hard to turn your back on your past, your community, the place you grew up. But our system makes us..... I think of how Vietnamese live on the same plot of land generation after generation. there is something so inherently inhuman about our western sytem.

i understand that. being rootless in a place means that you lack a connections to it.. but.

It ishuman to move, to find fresh places, and create roots. If not, we would still all be in Africa.

you are comfortable, maybe even happy, where you are. That's fine and good. However, it comes with a price, just as moving to new pastures does.

the question you ask yourself is which price are you most willing to pay.

Life is not easy, dammit.


GravatarMy aunt and uncle live in the family farmhouse which was rebuilt in the early 1700s. But then we are rather inbred.
Echidne


Well then you've destroyed the myth that the inbred are stupid.

there are families like that here to. but less and less. so many empty homes now as the steelworkers who populated this place have long since moved away or died. their children come to visit during the holidays only to witness the dying city that nurtured them. now they have cushy jobs in big cities, and long for their childhoods.
what's it all mean?


GravatarI've been away for hours, watching Lawrence of Arabia on TCM.

It was good, but not as good on the SERIOUSLY big cinerama screen.
Apprentice to Darth Holden


I've seen that on a local art house screen -- improvement over the teebee -- would be wonderful to see it in the Cinedome


GravatarApprentice, have you ever seen Ryan's Daughter?


GravatarComment by Elias blocked.

'Nuff. Fucking. Said.


Gravatarms f, i *knew* those gift cards were burning a hole in the 16 yr old's pocket!! [well, she told me, but whatev]


GravatarWe live in the times and places where we find ourselves. Only a rare few of us can change that. The rest of us suffer under the forces around us. We endure or suffer in some mixture of the two.
Deacon Blues


OUr only option is to endure...persevere.


GravatarComment by Elias blocked.

'Nuff. Fucking. Said.
dave™©


A little Xmas spirit bro? Elias has been quite mellow and human tonight.


GravatarEchidne. I'll let you know. I'm going to push it to her and to their bosses bosses and (just because I'm mostly trying to show the advertisers what creeps they are) I'm also going to send it to the company that advertises on the station that offers jobs in the Bay area. You also noticed they butchered a New York Life ad inbetween the rude comments.

I hope that the VP of marketing for both those advertisers are women.


Gravatarwould be wonderful to see it in the Cinedome

It was re-released maybe ten years ago in 70mm. That was pretty fucking awesome.

How many "real" Cinerama places are left? A couple? Also, the "real" Cinerama prints haven't fared so well - three strips of film pasted together. The local PBS station used to show a Cinerama print of "How the West Was Won," and you could see where the three strips joined, which I found rather interesting, myself...


GravatarIt was good, but not as good on the SERIOUSLY big cinerama screen.

Totally. We saw at Cinema 21 back in May. I never had seen the Bedu that Tafas had pointed out--never show up on the small screen. It was a dirty print, but still magnificent.


GravatarA little Xmas spirit bro?

Nope.

It'll be off its meds and back to its usual schtick tomorrow.

It's happened a Million. Fucking. Times.


Gravatarpeace deacon.
peace all...


Gravatarsays more about you than him


GravatarOUr only option is to endure...persevere.
Elias


That's what I think. You do better or worse, hurt more or less, but make your way through. You come out with scars and irony, and humor, and pathos. Lines on your face. Quirks in your heart.


GravatarGood night, bats. Sleep tight.


Gravatarsrcfo

World Industries 'skate' shoes and Sony head phones and more freaking bras and a winter coat and DVDs and ........and...and....zzzzzzzzzz


GravatarErin


Gravataroh, ms f, you are a saint. and a good mom. i know it must have sucked donkey dick to be at a mall the day after christmas, but what teenager doesn't need more bras?


Gravataryou too ech.
night all...


GravatarJR, that's as may be, and I don't doubt you for an instant, but if this fellow wasn't as pure blooded Indian as ever walked the Earth, I would be very surprised.
Chris Tucker


Oh, probably.

But the local First Nations always ask which tribe I'm from....

The one that went west instead of east at Jabal ad-Duruz.


GravatarBTW Trademark Dave: I heard an awesome version of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" by Ray Charles....


Gravatarsrcfo

The other one got to go to the movie on Christmas day too, the bras and underwear had peace signs on them so I couldn't say no, could I?

Interestingly, it was very sad, or maybe not, that the mall was not very crowded with donkey dicks or people.


Gravatarwhat teenager doesn't need more bras?

Straight, non-crossdressing boys?


GravatarSpocko, I just listened to that Bay area radio clip you posted. It was offensive, to women, to any men who care about women, but...

I can't see how it's any more offensive to clips that could be captured almost any day or night.
I hear broadcasts like that in this town also.

Anything you can do to improve the broadcast decency would be appreciated.


GravatarAs I sit and wonder why I didn't use a period instead of that comma, I am reminded that today, between two heavy duty conversations, my 16YO walked up to me and said, "My period is late, and that's annoying.

ME: "Oh shit, now I have to act like an adult."


GravatarSUPERTRAINS Go European!


GravatarI heard an awesome version of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" by Ray Charles...

I don't think I've heard that... did you get my email, btw? There was a little stocking stuffer in it...


GravatarME: "Oh shit, now I have to act like an adult."
ms fahrenheit/stop the wars |


OMG.


GravatarSUPERTRAINS Go European!
dave™©


I'd love to jump on the SUPERTRAIN in Disneyland and get off at Union Square


GravatarFrom that SUPERTRAINS! article:

Meanwhile, here in the United States, we talk a lot but do very little. California passed an initial bond issue for high-speed rail in November, but even if the project goes ahead, you aren't likely to be able to ride it until well into the next decade. Citizen groups in the Midwest are pushing for several projects, although they would concentrate on upgrading existing lines for top speeds of around 110 to 125 miles per hour - well below the current European and Japanese standards - rather than genuine high-speed travel.


Gravatarwhat teenager doesn't need more bras?

Straight, non-crossdressing boys?
NTodd, Moral CompASS

I seemed to have spent a large amount of time trying to get into them.


GravatarI'd love to jump on the SUPERTRAIN in Disneyland and get off at Union Square...

Hey, we're taking that trip in reverse!


Gravatarms f,

She's probably just stressed out. Happened to me when I was younger...period was three fucking weeks late once.


GravatarAli

I said, "Are you trying to tell me something?"

She said, "No, that would be impossible, but it's annoying that it is supposed to be here, I counted the days......"

Me: Oh, well if you're not trying to tell me something, then who gives a shit if it's late? No big deal."


There are some people tho, that I wished had been here, so I could have watched their face, and LMAO.

I'm thinking I'm not serious or mature enough to be a parent.


Gravatarwell, ms f, stress can make things all outta wack and the holidays are VERY stressful........eek.


GravatarAnd with that, I really need to call it a night. Birds have gone beyond gacking and are now just giving me the "you're insane, you know that?" look.


GravatarI'm thinking I'm not serious or mature enough to be a parent.
ms fahrenheit/stop the wars


Bet you're a fantastic mom, because you're not too serious or mature.

tlaz is right, that happened to me a few times. Once was when I first started university, it was a few weeks late, IIRC.


GravatarI seemed to have spent a large amount of time trying to get into them.
1Watt, Hermit | Homepage | 12.27.08 - 1:45 am | #

The worst conversation of the day:

14YO: Mom, how old do we have to be before we can buy thongs?

Me: [Heart stops]

16YO: Ewwww, butt floss!


Gravatar14YO: Mom, how old do we have to be before we can buy thongs?

30. And then you won't want one...


Gravatardoug. The thing is that I also have worse and people can even shrug those off. I have some of them attacking insulting auto dealers and calling bankers whores. I want to make sure that the advertisers hear what they call them when they are advertising and then also what they are talking about when they are insulting their own advertisers. And I want to make it clear that there this is not a safe place to advertise. One second they will be talking about killing someone the next showing their anti-Muslim bias then their sexism.
And people can say, so what they are just words. Well the advertisers don't have to pay to associate with that. They need multiple reasons to walk away from then and I want to provide them because you never know what will be the thing that will push their buttons. Maybe you are a female vp of marketing and you are sick of having to pay to reach Rush's audience. I just gave you an excuse not to advertise.


GravatarWorst. Xmas. EVER!

Shoppers swamped stores across the Bay Area on Friday to take advantage of big discounts, keeping a post-Christmas tradition alive despite a bleak economy.

But the crowds, voracious as they may have been for boots, sweaters and leftover ornaments, couldn't change the grim reality for retailers this holiday season: It will probably go down as one of the worst in decades.

With stockrooms still full of merchandise, many stores opened before dawn on Friday and offered sales of 60, 70 and 80 percent off in an effort to unload inventory. Even then, the bargains elicited mixed interest from shoppers, who are watching their budgets amid job cuts, a credit crunch and a slumping stock market...


GravatarTM Dave - just opened email (and had to reboot system....f-in McAfee eating all the system resoureces.... anyway... playing my Xmas card now, THX!


Gravatar16YO: Ewwww, butt floss!
ms fahrenheit/stop the wars

When my critter was that age, it was the speedo's.


Gravatartm dave

yep didn't look very busy out there.


I need to see if I can fall asleep after the iced tea, mocha, dark choc raspberry starbucks, and orange julius.


(I'll probably be back in 30 min.)


GravatarApprentice, have you ever seen Ryan's Daughter?

Tlaz, no, but I understand Freddie Young was involved in that one, too, so I really should find it somewhere and see it.


GravatarHey, we're taking that trip in reverse!
dave™©


First twenty-seven beers are on me, bro


Gravatarit was the speedo's

'Eeeew' to them too.


Gravatarit was the speedo's

'Eeeew' to them too.
ms fahrenheit/stop the wars


We called em bun-huggers back in high school, when we had to wear them for swimming PE.


GravatarBlood Freak

A derelict biker becomes a monstrous turkey.


Gravatarthe untold story behind the Viagra for warlords:

http://www.reuters.com/article/ t...743087620080707

surprised Limpbaughs isn't touring Afghanistan


GravatarOkay friends, getting late. Mouttahere. See youse l8r!


GravatarI remember wearing a speedo during my days at Star Fleet. I was heading to the Academy pool when a guy friend (who wore boxer type swim trunks) said to me,"What are you trying to do, smuggle grapes into the pool?"

That was the last time I ever wore speedos.


GravatarI'm under a tornado watch, so will be up a few more hours. 1 a.m. and still have the door open.


Gravatar"What are you trying to do, smuggle grapes into the pool?"

It would have been funnier if he said raisins instead of grapes.


Gravatarnite, deacon


GravatarThe guys on my swim team always bought speedos that were 2 or 3 sizes too small. "less drag". yeah right.


GravatarBack in my son's swim team days I noticed that the teenage swimmers would change into or cover themselves with pants and shirts right after swimming the event they'd been in.

All of them could have worn speedos with pride, but did not want to, though those suite were needed for cutting off a second or two on a long event.

My observation: those willing to wear speedos should not.

Those who could without offending due to displayed flab, and wrinkles, won't.


GravatarIt would have been funnier if he said raisins instead of grapes.
jp


Wouldn't that depend on the pool temp?


GravatarEverything was certainly out in the open. No false bragging for those boys.


Gravatareverybody stop talking so much; I can't keep up!


GravatarIt would have been funnier if he said raisins instead of grapes.
jp

Wouldn't that depend on the pool temp?
JR, kerosene and a match | 12.27.08 - 2:15 am
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Well you know Vulcan differ from humans in a few ways. We did grow up on a hot planet.


GravatarWe did grow up on a hot planet.
spoc ko


So, "coriander seeds" would be the operative term?


GravatarJR, kerosene and a match

I don't find this conversation fascinating at all!
Now I'm off to bed.

night.


GravatarI don't find this conversation fascinating at all!



Oh, yeah, you're from Florida.

you aren't familiar with the "cold induced strategic retreat".


GravatarThere's sheets, ya know.


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