I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
bush bust
first bush basher
dump W
Hey this is too easy
Damn. Pwn3d by haloscum.
Anyone, Bueller?
Oh, you rotten bastards! Who didn't call sheets down below?
So is this a private party or can anyone join in?
More like the spinning teacup ride, if you ask me.
...what? Dubya hasn't lost it on television yet? Somebody's gotta push harder!
Countdown to the Meltdown.
More like the spinning teacup ride, if you ask me.
...blurp. Blarp! Ba-aa-rrf!
I think what he meant to say is:
'It's been like a roller coaster that only always keeps going up........in flames'
This is a surprise thread. I thought Hugh Laurie was gonna get us through the night.
They honestly are delusional. Can't some nice men with white coats and dart guns go take them all away to a nice safe quiet place with padded walls.
This would be a real shame.
did he look like this after the ride?
http://images.salon.com/mwt/col/...other/
story.jpg
Gizmo keeping the A-man up?
This is a surprise thread. I thought Hugh Laurie was gonna get us through the night.
Sinfonian, buried in Barry
Yeah, I've got loads of Blackadder stuff to get through.
...this kinda rollercoaster?
Darryl Pearce | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 12:39 am | #
He's coming closer and closer to that.
what? Dubya hasn't lost it on television yet?
Dude! Have you seen his last few pressers? He loses it every time and the MSM says, "My, hasn't the emperor some nice new clothes!"
Hecate..., we knew he lost it when he said, "Now, imagine those 19 terrorists...."
An "imaginary" foreign policy!
...
Excellent Band Names, from below:
"The Look"
"Touch Me There"
"When U Want 2"
"I'm Packin (Up)'"
"Iowa Bound"
"Sponge and SOS Pad Ready"
"Kielbasa @ Night (with Coors Light)"
Hecate..., we knew he lost it when he said, "Now, imagine those 19 terrorists...."
PROOF 9/11 WAS AN INSIDE JOB!!!
Well, folks, I've gotta head for bed. PSK (poor sick kitty) comes home from the animal hospital tomorrow - hopefully ready to gain some weight. He had radioactive iodine treatment for thyroid problems, and the vet techs assure me he no longer glows in the dark.
Rats!
The MSM is essentially propping this guy up for some demented, unexplained reason. Years after he's out of office, the MSM will say "oh, we knew Bush was crazy and a drunk, but we loved him and we loved our country. He was doing his best and we had to protect him. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to run this hit piece on that asshole liberal Gore now about how he got a birthday card from a known lobbyist.".
They honestly are delusional. Can't some nice men with white coats and dart guns go take them all away to a nice safe quiet place with padded walls. - Hecate
I've been thinking containment wall around the White House.
Then flood it.
Oh, NTodd???
Hecate
ben & jerry's forklift operators?
Good story about some local chickenhawks:
http://theroguevoice.blogspot.co...ulture-
war.html
(makes you want to strangle the little bastards)
Night, all.
Rudy!
He's the perfect post-theocrat GOP candidate: Strom Thurmond meets Mussolini -- throwing The Other off a train that runs on time.
PROOF 9/11 WAS AN INSIDE JOB!!!
No..., they were probably in "secret" negotiations with some really bad people who said, "We will crush you."
...and Bush said, "Bring it on."
...and they brought it.
If that thing up for so long, it will come down really hard man!
Oh, NTodd???
It's horrible how they're mocking hip-hop.
How weird.
I've had a huge influx of hits lately on a picture I posted some time ago of Fred Thompson with Laura Ingraham.
Turns out if you do a Google image search for "Fred Thompson," that pic shows up on the first page. Not sure why so many people are clicking on it, though ...
Please remove 9/11 from me.
Most people who watch House don't realise that Hugh Laurie is British.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
He'll always be the idiotic Prince of Wales to me.
KidRanger, Liberal Elite | 06.02.07 - 12:37 am | #
He's said in interviews that maintaining the accent is by far the hardest part of the job.
Hey Ntodd:
I posted my first real effort at the new site today and forgot to put a title on the thing. I'll get better, I promise.
The MSM is essentially propping this guy up for some demented, unexplained reason.
Glenn has something to say about that.
Nighty-night, y'all.
NTodd, your comment the other night that "Kagan looked great in an encounter suit" caused laughing unto near respiratory arrest.
That Babylon-5 thread was primo.
Not enough rain to do any good at all.
He'll always be the idiotic Prince of Wales to me
The penultimate Bertie Wooster.
I posted my first real effort at the new site today and forgot to put a title on the thing. I'll get better, I promise.
Heh, I just pimped it!
Also: titles aren't necessary and you can always go add one later. Just go edit the story.
goodnight fledermausen
be good
That Babylon-5 thread was primo.
Dang! I missed it? Which one?
Don Imus is the only man welcome in me.
NTodd, your comment the other night that "Kagan looked great in an encounter suit" caused laughing unto near respiratory arrest.
Be careful when you're in the alien sector.
The penultimate Bertie Wooster.
Yeah, I was gonna ask if he were also in Wooster and Jeeves.
Be careful when you're in the alien sector.
NTodd
mutants...bad air
All right, I'm gonna bail out too.
Have a good night, batz. Catch you on the morrow.
OT--Flukey blogspot was preventing Eschaton and other sites from coming up, so I couldn't advise in time that Modest Mouse was on tonight's Letterman repeat.
Nice sound. I like two drummer bands in general, especially when all the other musicians treat their instruments as percussion too. Very James Brown, to entirely different effect. When the occasional melodic snippet pops up, it seems special and rare
I tuned in a bit early and saw Toby McGuire promoting Spiderman 3. In the 30 second movie clip, there wasn't a single frame with Toby M in it. Just CGI Spidey spurting webs and twirling off skyscrapers. I was waiting for Letterman to make some droll, cutting comment, but that's apparently off-limits
In case you missed it this morning, in about 15 minutes, 10@10 is playing "Sgt. Pepper's" in its entirety, on vinyl.
They're using the copy DJ Dave Morey bought the day it originally came out. The best part came at the end, during the fadeout of the final chord of "Day in the Life," when you hear all those pops and crackles...
Then, at 11 PDT, TCM's running "Head."
mutants...bad air
Blue sidebar on Eschaton...that's a new one.
bush is great! we dems love him and his war! we love spilling all this blood for the privileage of paying $3.50 a gallon for gas. we demorats hope bush stays for a third term!
Turns out if you do a Google image search for "Fred Thompson," that pic shows up on the first page. Not sure why so many people are clicking on it, though ...
I like the one of his wife in the knee-high glitter boots.
In the 30 second movie clip, there wasn't a single frame with Toby M in it. Just CGI Spidey spurting webs and twirling off skyscrapers.
I've noticed a lot of that CGI stuff really doesn't come across well on a TV screen...
That Babylon-5 thread was primo.
Dang! I missed it? Which one?
Darryl Pearce | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 12:51 am | #
Shadows, formerly Vorlons.
Enjoy.
I've noticed a lot of that CGI stuff really doesn't come across well on a TV screen...
Neither do old matte jobs (e.g. Star Wars). I wonder if it's because on a smaller screen you can gestalt the image easier and notice its flaws, whereas you have to scan more on a larger screen?
Plant a tree and watch it grow.
Plant a tree and watch it grow.
Pilferage from JMM:
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Annals of poorly edited press releases.
This is pretty damn funny. Sen. Wayne Allard (R-CO) was putting out a press release praising first responders. In the process of putting the press release together, the press aide composing it wrote in some editorial comments to the effect that first responders don't really do jack.
Unfortunately those glosses got left in the copy when the thing was released, leaving the senator to say ...
"First responders in Colorado have recently provided critical services in the face of blizzards and tornados," added Allard. "Since I don’t think first responders have really done anything significant in comparison to their counterparts who have dealt with real natural disasters, I have no idea what else to say here..."
Allard isn't running for reelection. Good idea. -- Josh Marshall
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Congress wants to talk to Ashcroft about the hospital room showdown. -- Josh Marshall
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I want every Dem on the Committee have a cat on their desk when they talk to him.
I wonder if it's because on a smaller screen you can gestalt the image easier and notice its flaws, whereas you have to scan more on a larger screen?
I think... as long as the presentation is "sincere" for lack of a better term, the special and visual effects work fine. A "willing suspension of belief" works wonders...
Now, bring on "Jason and the Argonauts!"
Ok, it's way past my bedtime, but I finally got home from San Francisco. Turns out Trademark Dave was right...I didn't leave the courtroom until five, and traffic was a mess, so I took BART.
Thanks again, Dave.
Foo, nobody's responding. I'm going to drink my thorazine and call it a night.
Precisely, a calico cat.
Thanks, Ntodd, for both the referral and the advice. I added a title, just for the heck of it after learning that I could. Old dog, new tricks. Go figure.
And the roller coaster is always going up? These guys make me wish I could still drink.
To match the eating cat joke from a couple thread ago. I'll raise you one can of fish. It's not what I'm eating tonight.
http://static.mmoabc.com/my/M/i/
...80031611666.jpg
I want every Dem on the Committee have a cat on their desk when they talk to him.
bo | 06.02.07 - 12:57 am | #
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And this is what the cat is going to look like:
http://www.kennebecriverartisans...m/
dhwindex.html
common dedominator, on hiatus: J Michael Staczynski is a prophet
Weird. Pussy, ass, a little German leg, and only two comments.
The intertubes are so erratic.
" A 'willing suspension of belief' works wonders..."
And a willing suspension of disbelief works even better.
Didn't pony blow report to Bartlett?
common dedominator, on hiatus: J Michael Staczynski is a prophet
Darryl Pearce | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 12:59 am | #
I really dug the Shadow War.
I'll raise you one can of fish.
...fishheads!
Neither do old matte jobs
Your sex talk offends me.
calico's.
I'll raise you one can of fish.
...fishheads!
And possibly canned pond monsters.
Your sex talk offends me.
Thers | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 1:01 am | #
You got an awful purty mouth when you say that.
Toothpaste From China Could Be Poisonous
The government warned consumers yesterday to avoid using toothpaste made in China because it may contain a poisonous chemical used in antifreeze.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...7060101415.html
Poison tooth paste from china was reported in south America 3 weeks ago. How come the US is just getting around to telling us its here to?
Also the article says antifreeze is only in a couple of low cost brands. Sound familiar? Same thing happened with the poisoned dog food. Only a couple brands are killing your dogs and then oops its in a lot of brands.
Glenn - no worries. And note you can actually put the title in the Title box and then you don't have to worry about formatting it with tags.
Doug, which category? No pun intended.
rorschach, futon djinn, ...kittens of ass purrfection.
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Congress wants to talk to Ashcroft about the hospital room showdown. -- Josh Marshall
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I want every Dem on the Committee have a cat on their desk when they talk to him.
Heh.
Of course, he's the only one who can claim with a straigh face not to remember anything. He was drugged up. I once had a bit of a confrontation w/ Crisco Johnnie at the Old Ebbits Grill over calico cats. He left looking scared shitless.
Thers | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 1:01 am | #
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Thers,
Do you have Mechagodzilla vs. Godzilla ?
That maybe the most retarded of them all. Although last evening's was in the top 2.
I once had a bit of a confrontation w/ Crisco Johnnie at the Old Ebbits Grill over calico cats. He left looking scared shitless.
What I wouldn't give to have seen that!
rorschach, futon djinn, ...kittens of ass purrfection.
Darryl Pearce | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 1:02 am | #
Thank you. Alas, the ass belongs to my wife, and the legs belong to the woman she just went to Berlin to see get married...
Weird. Pussy, ass, a little German leg, and only two comments.
I'm a prude...
Sorry to just jump in here, guys and gals, but after watching "The Last King of Scotland" last night, I'm wondering what everybody else thought of it. Whitaker was brilliant and the movie was intense. I'm just not sure if it was two hours of entertainment. I mean, I liked the movie a lot, but I'm not sure I would want to sit through it again. Make any sense?
I'm a prude...
A rude, crude, lewd prude at that!
Doug, which category? No pun intended.
I'm not sure. What kind of fish have that kind of dentation?
Doug, which category? No pun intended.
bo | 06.02.07 - 1:02 am | #
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Which Doug ?
There are now two on-line.
And a willing suspension of disbelief works even better.
Glenn
Coleridge couldn't have said it better!
Gawd, how did I miss this in the newscycle?
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) Votes for Torture
Not again.
Make any sense?
There are a lot of movies that are good. But I don't want to revisit the reality of things I know too well already.
..."Goodfellas" taught me that.
What I wouldn't give to have seen that!
Even my brilliant friend E, who is basically unfazeable, was trying to pretend that she wasn't really there w/ me. But it was quite a bit of fun.
I mean, I liked the movie a lot, but I'm not sure I would want to sit through it again. Make any sense?
Makes sense to me. I felt the same way about The Crying Game.
I'm a prude...
NTodd, CyberQuaker | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 1:04 am | #
I've always suspected that of you, you shrew-molesting ferret-juggler.
republicans:
Connecticut Senate leader arrested
HARTFORD, Conn. - A legislative leader was arrested Friday on charges that he tried to have a businessman at the center of a federal racketeering probe arrange to threaten someone the senator believed was abusing a relative.
...
DeLuca, a Republican from Woodbury, was booked on a misdemeanor charge Friday of second-degree conspiracy to commit threatening. He was scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Waterbury Superior Court.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
20070...h_probe_senator
Do you have Mechagodzilla vs. Godzilla ?
I subsist upon the bounty of YouTube.
roly poly fish heads
eat 'em up
yum
found the Stoli, life is numb
the ghost of my right kidney will haunt george bush's grave
I've always suspected that of you, you shrew-molesting ferret-juggler.
Could you not talk about our encounters in public? Please respect my shyness.
Makes sense to me. I felt the same way about Schindler's List
"But I don't want to revisit the reality of things I know too well already."
Good point, Darryl.
I suppose I've always defined good movies as being those I'd like to see again, but that really isn't always the case. Like getting your prostate fixed; you know it's good for you, but you only want to do it once. Or something. It's late and I'm aging quickly.
Anybody read Brownback's nytimes piece on evolution?
My question for people that want it both ways (God created man through evolution (somehow)) is:
Okay, you acknowledge that man evolved from some pre-human species, and so when did the species get "souls"? Is there a soul gene?
Makes sense to me. I felt the same way about The Crying Game.
kito | 06.02.07 - 1:07 am | #
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Well that's a special case. My girlfriend, now wife, is always like, "that's a beautiful movie." And I'm like, well as a woman you don't have to wake up sleeping with a woman who is not and now he wants to pleasure you but you are not gay kinda thing.
Chix ...
Makes sense to me. I felt the same way about Schindler's List
I watch it obsessively when I'm depressed. I mean, more depressed than my usual clinical variety.
conspiracy to commit threatening
I'm sorry, but I took the bar exam and I don't remember that one. Bwhahahhaha.
My cat is sleeping. Her anus puckers and relaxes every time I say "NTodd". What's up with that?
mullah cimoc say usa media making usa man the homosexual.
only the woman reporter for the war. woman now him hero. ameriki man him the sissy in the tv, or so stupid like him homr simpson.
in aemriki tv drama show woman now boss over every man. man obedient and have the pretty hair but woman the boss.
this control mind technique. this for prepare usa people mental for accept hilary clinton.
then too late for tough guy leatherneck. by then him wife kick him from house. lesbian divorce judge now him wife's new "man". son the gay prostitute. daughter having the LBT (low back tattoo) and sexing every man even him gang member. letherneck live in car.
then relaize all fighting for the wicked and the cruel and so many die and the suffer.
but too late. only the rope of shame and the guilt then waiting in shadow. but don't do it please. all man him make the mistake and the christ forgive.
And this is what the cat is going to look like: - Doug, Faggott Wannabee
That Doug.
I just tried the link again and now see the cat. This epileptic computer didn't get the image the first two times I tried the link.
Is there a soul gene?
cheney_usa | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 1:10 am | #
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There is. And you ain't got it.
Why aren't there any breeds of cats that have curly hair, like a poodle?
My cat is sleeping. Her anus puckers and relaxes every time I say "NTodd". What's up with that?
Dane Bramage | 06.02.07 - 1:11 am | #
Genetic memory.
...the human brain is a remarkable pattern-seeking organ. It will fill in emptiness in order to make patterns where none exist.
"Connecticut Senate leader arrested"
Let's see. That makes the Republican to Democratic corruption ratio about 267 to 1. And yet all the Republicans want to talk about is cash in a freezer.
I watch it obsessively when I'm depressed. I mean, more depressed than my usual clinical variety.
NTodd, CyberQuaker
"On the Beach" used to fill that role for me.
Me, I'm the one with fish heads.
And a dog head for a grav.
Or was that god head?
I can never tell the difference.
another fish head;
http://thumbsnap.com/v/3ohoMxHy.jpg
Let's see. That makes the Republican to Democratic corruption ratio about 267 to 1. And yet all the Republicans want to talk about is cash in a freezer.
You forgot: (1) Terror! Terror! Terror! and (2) Look! Gays! Getting married!
Schindler's List
I can't even listen to the soundtrack without crawling between the box springs and mattress, sucking my thumb and sobbing uncontrollably.
At the Agonist, Sean-Paul Kelley's excellent essay asks: what happens if everyone in the world aspires to and achieves a material life similar to that of upper middle class United States citizens today?
The rub, as suggested by Sean-Paul, is that the Earth lacks the material resources to sustain such an event, ie. sufficient fossil fuels, and the pollution from attempting to burn what fossil fuels exist in order to try to do this will via global warming wreak havoc on the same respiratory system that keeps alive life as we know it on Earth.
I agree with him. More importantly, the laws of physics and chemistry agree with him. See www.realclimate.org.
Sean-Paul then asks, who are "we" (ie. living it up in the Big Top in the U.S.) to tell someone from China or Mali or Malaysia they are forbidden from living exactly as many of us do in the U.S., with 2.4 monstrous cars in a monstrous suburban subdivision, consuming scads and scads of finite fossil-fueled power ?
I agree with Sean. Marines, for example, lead by example. Isn't that tell-tale "tut tut" sound just hypocrisy mixed with condescension ? Is this the glass house homeowners' society trying to outlaw stones ?
We in the U.S. need to clean up the trash in our own yards before worrying too much about the trash that might blow over the fence from the folks next door.
And in the area of using our energy and technology intelligently, we have a lot of trash to pick up. We are a supremely wasteful society. Waste is considered a virtue, a badge of honor, a sign of making it, a manly manly thing. To conserve is to surrender, to capitulate, to not live the good life, to be somehow cowering and cringeful. Real men leave all the lights on, the windows open and the thermostat at whatever. These are the values we are consciously and subliminally pummeled with from birth in America. Sexual politics plays a great role. Men select autos as phallic symbols. Small car = small penis. Small engine = small penis. Small car = small bank balance = small penis. Just watch any car advertisement.
Part of this, I believe, is because the United States as a whole has no tradition of stewardship or of rootedness. The U.S. is a weird amalgam of recent immigrants, former slaves of those immigrants and the indigenous people whose land was stolen by the immigrants. Any review of U.S. history shows that the need to "conserve" was always outvoted by the prospect of new and fresh lands to conquer as the immigrants moved westward. Why buy the cow when you can milk the next one for free?
The psychological fabric of the U.S. States has long been profoundly alien to the concept of stewardship, of limits and of the inherent value of using resources carefully and wisely.
"Anybody read Brownback's nytimes piece on evolution?"
I had to interview this guy once. Nice enough, but essentially brain dead. So I refuse to read anything with his name on it.
I could watch Good Fellas over and over, but Clockwork Orange is one excellent movie I don't particularly want to see again.
I can't even listen to the soundtrack without crawling between the box springs and mattress, sucking my thumb and sobbing uncontrollably.
Amazing thing is, there are some amazing visuals, rather humorous moments, and really is a beautiful example of how an ordinary, decent person can actually save a piece of the world.
Treating intelligence like a disease is the way American society has treated all young girls in the United States since the country's inception.
And look at all the good that's done.
Look at all the good that did for Alice Paul.
Clark Terry answered this question by moving from the U.S. to France ... permanently. But that's not the solution.
Rachel Carson answered this question by saving every shore and wading bird native to the United States from extinction from DDT and being pilloried for doing so. To this day.
Keith Olbermann is an interesting study on this subject because he is a true sports geek/fanatic and he is also a true American history geek/fanatic.
Mr. Olbermann is a rabid student of American history. Which includes the history of American sports, including baseball.
Mr. Olbermann is a lot like my cousin Todd Heino, who got the big green, five pound Baseball Encyclopedia for a present when he was 12 years old and proceeded to memorize all 1,500 pages of it within a few months. Including the career records of such late 19th century luminaries such as Munn ... and Wall ... and Lip Pike ...
Steven Jay Gould is another example of a very smart person who was a devoted childhood sports fan and a scientist and did all of it together ... out of the sheer love of knowledge ...
cheney_usa... get yer own blog. They're really easy these days.
I could watch Good Fellas over and over, but Clockwork Orange is one excellent movie I don't particularly want to see again.
Karin | 06.02.07 - 1:15 am | #
Movies that I like but don't really want to see again:
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover.
Closetland.
Schindler's List...."I watch it obsessively when I'm depressed. I mean, more depressed than my usual clinical variety."
I do the same thing with "Lonesome Dove." Takes longer, of course, but always makes me feel better.
As a Methodist Christian, I have often wondered about whether Jesus and Mary Magdalene were lovers. The Gospels allude to it so often that this speculation is a never-ending growth industry, witness the DaVinci Code.
Anyone who reads the Gospels knows that Jesus was enamored with women, and women were enamored with him. Are Christians supposed to deny the Gospels to show their allegiance to the Gospels? Must we burn the book to show our reverence for the book?
As a Methodist Christian, I think it is extremely likely (near 100 percent) that Yeshu (Jesus Christ) and the woman we know as Mary Magdalene were lovers. Good for them. Not good that Yeshu was crucified. That was very bad.
But writing about it -- as Ms. Marcotte does above -- in very simple, straightforward words far less explicit than much Greek writing of the same period (ie. 100 B.C. - 0 A.D.) is no problem.
Finding a problem with it, as apparently John Edwards' campaign has, just brings us back to the 9th century and all of its illiterate, flat earth glories.
Jesus was a real guy. He definitely had sex with women before he was crucified. Sperm was released. He was human. And male. Male have sperm. It gets released. Get over it.
Jesus.
And I found Schindler's List to have a message of hope & redemption. I mean, it's got horrible scenes, but I felt uplifted by the ending.
Is there a soul gene?
cheney_usa
Associated with the negritude gene, I think. 
zzzz
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skrnk!
"Clark Terry answered this question by moving from the U.S. to France ... permanently. But that's not the solution."
Excuse my ignorance here, but are we talking about Clark Terry the trumpeter? He's from my hometown is why I'm asking.
When teevee was TV:
Gong Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X...h?v=XxX7NXeXy-
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i think we've got a namestealer
Anyone who reads the Gospels knows that Jesus was enamored with women, and women were enamored with him.
And he also surrounded himself with a bunch of big, burly men...
So there's that too...
i think we've got a namestealer
There's a Commandment against bearing false witness...
skrnk!
wangdangdoodle | 06.02.07 - 1:19 am | #
Don't spill the drinky, skrnk!
wangdangdoodle.
For real -- turning off 'puter -- turning off brain -- going horizonnnnn...
skrnk!
Wen I'm down I like to watch either Sperms of Endearment or The Bitches of Eastclit.
NTodd...re: Schindler's List...I agree. Just still makes me inexpressably sad. So much bad...the sheer weight of it.
I can't even listen to the soundtrack without crawling between the box springs and mattress, sucking my thumb and sobbing uncontrollably. - Sarah Deere
I'm starting to have that reaction to choir practice. The director is heartbreakingly and terminally socially inept.
Jesus was a real guy. He definitely had sex with women before he was crucified. Sperm was released. He was human. And male. Male have sperm. It gets released. Get over it.
Jesus.
cheney_usa | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 1:18 am | #
Jesus is coming.... And he's making an Elvis face.
Anyone who reads the Gospels knows that Jesus was enamored with women, and women were enamored with him...
... and men wanted to be him
Hallooooo!!
Let's hope the fall coming is going to resemble one from Final Destination 3.
Sperm was released. He was human. And male. Male have sperm. It gets released. Get over it.
TMI.
Dood.
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Clark Terry moved to France? Are you sure, he always seemed to be performing live somewhere around NYC.
Now Nina Simone, she was one who rarely came back to the US.
may we please leave Xianity out of this thread...?
Mrs. Blues and I came home from seeing Schindler's List and went to bed. In the middle of the night, a screech owl woke us up. Mrs. Blues was convinced that it was the (recently-moved-in) neighbors murdering each other. She insisted I call the Sheriff. I talked her out of it. Still, it was an incredibly eerie moment.
I don't spill, I swallow.
NTodd...re: Schindler's List...I agree. Just still makes me inexpressably sad. So much bad...the sheer weight of it.
I weep through most of it.
My parents never finished it. I loaned them my VHS tapes back in the day, the got through the first one and gave up. Too much family history there.
Wen I'm down I like to watch either Sperms of Endearment or The Bitches of Eastclit.
That's it.
Ntodd cannot visit Liberal Mountain for a while.
There are entire movies that I like for certain scenes -- in some cases, just one scene. In Ridley Scott's Legend, I love Tim Curry as Darkness saying "Don't you know me, BOY? Feel like I've been there.
Wen I'm down I like to watch either Sperms of Endearment or The Bitches of Eastclit.
I watch Battlestar Ballactica or Buffy the Vampire Layer.
I'm starting to have that reaction to choir practice. The director is heartbreakingly and terminally socially inept.
bo
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!
"And I found Schindler's List to have a message of hope & redemption. I mean, it's got horrible scenes, but I felt uplifted by the ending.
Karin"
So did I, Karen. And as NTodd said earlier, the real, uplifting message of the movie is that one person can make a difference even in the midst of such horror.
Throughout that movie, though I knew it to be true, I kept asking myself "can people really be this cruel to others?" I know the answer is obvious, but this movie really applied another perspective — at least for me.
Picnic at Hanging Rock
ErinPDX
Fine film.
bo
what type of choir and did you sing up here?
I am never down because I am surrounded by eeeeeptitude.
NTodd...yes.
Ntodd cannot visit Liberal Mountain for a while.
I never get to have any fun.
Foreskin Gump...
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 06.02.07 - 1:23 am | #
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Hi Sarah, please say hello to my little boy, William O. Douglas, the Cat.
http://www.kennebecriverartisans...m/
dhwindex.html
Doug
Sperms of Endearment
There's a Commandment against bearing false witness...
It's one that Jerry Falwell basically blew off and dared God to hold him to.
Which is why he's sucking Satan's dick in Hell right now...and forever.
Erin
Whiskeypalian Church and not up there.
Doug
Doug Watts, twerp
Doug - Wm O Douglas KITTY!!!!!!!!!!
Gorgeous photo!!
How goes the battle against the Big Box?
okay, dears...going out to shoot up. Later.
There's a Commandment against bearing false witness...
It's one that Jerry Falwell basically blew off and dared God to hold him to.
Which is why he's sucking Satan's dick in Hell right now...and forever.
Apprentice to Darth Holden | 06.02.07 - 1:27 am | #
Then there's a gluttony one that Born Again Plumpers conveniently forget about.
I'm a Vodkatarian tonight.
I'm having Ouzo and Hard Boiled eggs
And as NTodd said earlier, the real, uplifting message of the movie is that one person can make a difference even in the midst of such horror.
Not only that, one person who was very flawed, and had done many other wrong things in his life, yet the worst possible situation brought out the best in him. It's awe inspring.
I'm a Vodkatarian tonight.
wangdangdoodle | 06.02.07 - 1:30 am | #
I'm all Bourbo-beeralicious.
We once had a porn theater in downtown and they would put the movie titles on the marquee. Once when driving by I almost wrecked the car from laughing at huge letters which said "Teen-age Nympho Cum Suckers At Large"
Reason for the laughter? A convention of Evangelicals was in town and a bunch of them were standing across the street pointing at the theater.
Okay. Wasn't that funny.
Uh oh.
I have me some crab walking kittenz.
I'm a Vodkatarian tonight.
wangdangdoodle
Heathen! Everyone knows ginterianism is the only true religion.
62 is the lowest i've seen yet. anyone seen 0?
I'm watching the Most Haunted live event.
They're in Philadelphia. In a creepy old prison.
we're going to try to get the whole site re-zoned. should be at least mixed use and preserve some as it is a fucking wet land, surrounded by every fucking box on the planet.
62 is the lowest i've seen yet. anyone seen 0?
wangdangdoodle | 06.02.07 - 1:32 am | #
There's always at least a dozen, between open browsers and peeping dongs.
"Teen-age Nympho Cum Suckers At Large"
Uhmm...is that out on DVD?
Peeping Dongs is a band name, right?
Wasn't that funny.
There was this great European movie about some priests trying to track down a landowner"ess"... in one town, the younger of the two is waylaid by a whore who chases him down and says, "Where is that little devil? There he is! Let's put him in hell where he belongs!"
...I don't remember the title.
But it handled sex funnier (and with more sensitivity) than any American cinema.
Peeping Dongs is a band name, right?
wangdangdoodle | 06.02.07 - 1:34 am | #
Sure, them and the Bavarian Cheese Whistles.
62 is the lowest i've seen yet. anyone seen 0?
wangdangdoodle
38, but the lowest possible would be 1, I'd think. On the other hand, this is haloscan and I've been told "wait -102 seconds before posting" more than once.
Some late night kittens.
http://plush-life.blogspot.com/
2...kittenzzzz.html
Maddie still looks astonished. After all these months.
I have me some crab walking kittenz.
fourlegsgood | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 1:32 am | #
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We've got turtles and cats. The turtles just run over the cats.
62 is the lowest i've seen yet. anyone seen 0?
I was here when there were only 5. It was rather boring.
Are you keeping those kittens up past their bedtimes, fourlegs, or is it vice-versa?
The ghosts are throwing things at the crew.
"Teen-age Nympho Cum Suckers At Large"
Uhmm...is that out on DVD?
Deacon Blues | 06.02.07 - 1:33 am | #
No, but you should be able to find "Sometimes They Come on My Back."
FDA Says Avoid Toothpaste Made in China
The government warned consumers on Friday to avoid using toothpaste made in China because it may contain a poisonous chemical used in antifreeze. Out of caution, the Food and Drug Administration said, people should throw away toothpaste with labeling that says it was made in China. The FDA is concerned that these products may contain diethylene glycol.
I was here when there were only 5. It was rather boring.
NTodd, CyberQuaker | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 1:36 am | #
We did "99 Bottles", but wrote each one out.
the lowest possible would be 1, I'd think.
If Haloscan functions properly and nobody's here to see it, uh...nevermind.
The ghosts are throwing things at the crew.
...ectoplasmic residue?
Are you keeping those kittens up past their bedtimes, fourlegs, or is it vice-versa?
They nap all evening and then wake up around midnight to run amok.
Nobody will ever witness zero visitors.
They nap all evening and then wake up around midnight to run amok.
fourlegsgood | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 1:38 am | #
I love the muttering sounds of a kitty troubled by a moth on the wall.
fourlegsgood, thanks for sharing the cute kitties.
Our two were very cute tonight. Had partially unloaded the volvo, bass amp still in there and I left the door open. Took a refreshing pause, went back out and they were both in the car on the amp looking quite pleased with themselves.
...ectoplasmic residue?
Marbles.
They throw the marbles and then the ghosts keep throwing them back.
No, but you should be able to find "Sometimes They Come on My Back."
rorschach, futon djinn
Yeah, but I need escapism to get away from the everyday grind....
CNN is reporting that a U.S. destroyer has "fired" at bad guy targets in Somalia.
Great. Maybe this'll make the roller coaster keep going up.
Oh my, how did I miss this, from the Dallas News:
But by all reports, President Bush is more convinced than ever of his righteousness.
Friends of his from Texas were shocked recently to find him nearly wild-eyed, thumping himself on the chest three times while he repeated "I am the president!" He also made it clear he was setting Iraq up so his successor could not get out of "our country's destiny."
So if there were no visitors and NTodd fell over would anyone hear about it?
Our two were very cute tonight. Had partially unloaded the volvo, bass amp still in there and I left the door open. Took a refreshing pause, went back out and they were both in the car on the amp looking quite pleased with themselves.
When I got home tonight Maddie ran out the door. I let the door almost shut while I put down all my bags because I was afraid Ripley would run out too.
Madeleine immediately panicked and started screaming at the door.
I let her in and she ran around for a half hour in a panic. Teh funny.
CNN is reporting that a U.S. destroyer has "fired" at bad guy targets in Somalia.
Queue the "Pirates of the Indian Ocean" music!
I like the overnight crew of thirteen. Good times, good times. Better if I can sleep in the next day.
Okay. I'm off to do direct battle with insomnia. The ambien doesn't seem to work much anymore, but I'll take it anyway and listen to some 50's music on the ol XM.
Thanks for the conversation, my friends.
So if there were no visitors and NTodd fell over would anyone hear about it?
Oh..., we'd read about it.
Oh my, how did I miss this, from the Dallas News:
A sad, sorry neglect of my blog.
That's my theory.
Pig Was a Monster, but He Wasn't Wild
FRUITHURST, Ala. (AP) - The huge hog that became known as "Monster Pig" after being hunted and killed by an 11-year-old boy had another name: Fred. The not-so-wild pig had been raised on an Alabama farm and was sold to the Lost Creek Plantation just four days before it was shot there in a 150-acre fenced area, the animal's former owner said.
Jeez, Glenn. How can I drink myself into denial if you keep reminding me of reality.
Stop it already.
They're at Eastern State Penitentiary.
Next time I'm in Philly I HAVE to go there.
I'm not here, but I can hear you.
I'm watching the Most Haunted live event.
They're in Philadelphia. In a creepy old prison.
fourlegsgood | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 1:33 am | #
Shit!! I thought that was on next week!
Sci Fi's "Ghost Hunters" got some really creepy video at that prison once.
Still channel-surfing, I ran across a stray speculation about Gingrich '08. Immediate zap, but it triggered a memory.
Anyone recall NG's book "To Renew America" from '96? Bully for you if not, but the book was and remains famous within the publishing industry
It wasn't ghosted in the usual way. NG had saved up 20+ years worth of "thoughts" and "insights" on index cards, and kept them in a showbox. He then handed the box to his publisher-appointed ghost and that was that. You make sense of it, ghost-boy
Frightened ghostwriters world-over wanted this precedent nipped in the bud, and had the fora to mock NG
The editors at "NY Review of Books" smelled blood in the water and asked Joan Didion to review the book.
NG was rash enough in his intro to brag about being a serious devotee of US history, and a college prof on that subject (2 years untenured at Kennesaw State in GA).
Didion did the meanest thing possible in her review. She took his scholarly boasts "seriously" and treated him as she might a historian.
Meeeee-owww, scratch, scratch, hssssss, [claw to eye], etc
...Blue Shadows from the Three Amigos...
I finally decided that the birds making the jungle bird sounds are small wrens, like this one.
http://pie.midco.net/dougback/mi...s/AZ2005/
cactus wren.jpg
A bit smaller than a robin.
Oh my, how did I miss this, from the Dallas News:
I think I saw this on Olbermans show last night?
I tried a prescription sleeping pill named Restinol that didn't work at all.
I have me some crab walking kittenz.
fourlegsgood
...side hops...???
Sunni Revolt Against al-Qaida Spreads
(AP) - An al-Qaida-linked suicide bomber struck a safehouse occupied by an insurgent group that has turned against the terror network. Friday's attack northeast of Baghdad killed two other militants, police said, the latest sign that an internal Sunni power struggle is spreading.
The U.S. military also announced the deaths of five more servicemen. At least 125 American troops were killed in Iraq in May, the third-deadliest month for U.S. forces since the war began more than four years ago.
May was also the third-deadliest for Iraqis since The Associated Press began tracking civilian casualties in April 2005. At least 2,155 Iraqis were killed last month, according to the AP count. The government figure put the number at 2,123, according to officials at the Interior Ministry, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.
Ooh, space, wicked, no?
Shit!! I thought that was on next week!
Sci Fi's "Ghost Hunters" got some really creepy video at that prison once.
Turn it on. It's still going. They're doing 7 hours straight.
It's a really creepy place. They left a medium on death row by himself and he ran out screaming just now.
Okay. I'm off to do direct battle with insomnia. The ambien doesn't seem to work much anymore, but I'll take it anyway and listen to some 50's music on the ol XM.
Thanks for the conversation, my friends.
Glenn
Maybe we can bore you to sleep. FWIW I had ambien during a hospital stay a few years back. Loved it!
By that I mean, "hilarity ensues"?
http://dnc.org/a/2007/06/
dnc_bus...bush_admini.php
A sad, sorry neglect of my blog.
That's my theory.
Mea culpa.
...side hops...???
Yep.
They've moved on to charging around the apartment.
The Americans are probably paying the Sunnis to conduct a phony war against Al Qaeda.
"Maybe we can bore you to sleep."
Nah, Deacon. The one thing this place isn't is boring. Infuriating when the trolls are out, but never boring. To bed; this time I mean it.
Night all.
Every news story about Al Qaeda in Iraq is total bullshit.
Well, we'll never know, Jim, 'cuz Dubya warned us all those years (and it has been years) ago that some campaigns will be "cover operations, secret even in success" (...or failure).
I let her in and she ran around for a half hour in a panic. Teh funny. - fourlegsgood
Indoor kitties totally lose it when they go outside. Golden would be screaming at the door franticly in less than 3 minutes if he had the audacity to wander out the door and it was shut.
Yeah, it's getting late. Think I'll go slit my wrists and bleed in the street. Gotta get up early to make the gardening thread at FDL.
May you all find the fortitude. And don't give the fucking bastards a fucking inch.
every time I read the words "run amok" I think of Wm Burroughs and Naked Lunch.
Like every time I think of Doestoyevski I think of the dream in which horses are beaten across the backs with pipes.....
Horrible images.
Can't break myself of them.
"Republican Connecticut Senate Leader Arrested
HARTFORD, Conn. — A legislative leader was arrested Friday on charges that he tried to have a businessman at the center of a federal racketeering probe arrange to threaten someone the senator believed was abusing a relative."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hu...-probe-senator/
Indoor kitties totally lose it when they go outside. Golden would be screaming at the door franticly in less than 3 minutes if he had the audacity to wander out the door and it was shut.
She's been trying to run out for weeks. Hopefully tonight's little escapade cured her of that.
every time I read the words "run amok" I think of Wm Burroughs and Naked Lunch.
Like every time I think of Doestoyevski I think of the dream in which horses are beaten across the backs with pipes.....
Horrible images.
Can't break myself of them.
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 06.02.07 - 1:51 am | #
Never read Hubert Selby, Jr.'s "The Room."
Paul Wolfowitz's Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/paulwolfowitz43
LMAO...I'm loving the haikus.
4LG - I LOVE me some side hops!!!!! Some kitties do them, some not. My 16 yr old Manx was still doing them up until the time she sprang from this mortal coil.
Never read Hubert Selby, Jr.'s "The Room."
rorschach, futon djinn |
I have made a note to self. Thanks.
Well, nice to see the late night crew for a bit, but now I'm yawning.
Doug @ 1:43--I'm afraid your faux-toucans, the little wrens with the outsize vocals, remain a mystery. I clicked the link and got an Error 404
Never read Hubert Selby, Jr.'s "The Room."
rorschach, futon djinn |
I have made a note to self. Thanks.
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 06.02.07 - 1:54 am | #
You are welcome.
I'm really rather in to the dark and twisted side of human nature and of literature.
But that book is really beyond fucking twisted.
LMAO...I'm loving the haikus.
Future Mrs. Colbert | 06.02.07 - 1:53 am | #
LOL. Fantastic. I just wish he didn't list "Dr Zhivago" as a fave. I didn't want to have anything in common with the comb licker.
Oh my, how did I miss this, from the Dallas News:
A sad, sorry neglect of my blog.
That's my theory.
rorschach, futon djinn
Ditto.
And I even got Holden to link to me on it. Will wonder never cease?
Space, try this link.
http://www.battistebedandbirds.c...om/julie/
Cactus
Wren.jpg
Every news story about Al Qaeda in Iraq is total bullshit.
jim | 06.02.07 - 1:49 am | #
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There is no "al Qaeda" in Iraq.
It is Sunnis from Iraq who are all about killing Shias from Iraq for killing Sunnis from Iraq.
The "al Qaeda" nom de plume is just U.S. news media earning their pay checques.
I told you guys that Bush is deranged.
He reminds me of my bi-polar, borderline personality afflicted sister when she gets into a snit.
Hey 4legs, you see today's nudibranch extravaganzer?
Pig Was a Monster, but He Wasn't Wild
One day he's playing with the Blisset family's Chihuahua and eating sweet potatoes, and the next he's taking 6 rounds from a .50 caliber handgun. Reminds me of that canned hunt about a year and a half ago where they shot the pet bear. The bear saw the people and probably thought he was going to get fed.
Grr.
Okay, Blast Off! has been a busy place tonight ... lots of new stuff. Not that I'm pimping or anything 
... but I just wanted to share before shutting down for the night.
G'night - this time I mean it.
ror, the movie "7" did me in. I just can't read/view/hear any more about human depravity, cruelty etc. I'm just old enough to have experienced more than enough of that shit. It holds no lure for me at all - just aversion.
Sinfonian,
okay, so i just read your last blogpost.
That's why I think there has to be some way to make it so that the actual Democratic Party delegates, who vote on the platform, have far more say-so over who gets put on committees. why in the hell is lieberass in charge of anyfuckingthing?
Space, oh hell, I can't seem to link to anything tonight on hellscan.
try a generic google search.
http://images.google.com/images?...q=cactus%
20wren
Hey 4legs, you see today's nudibranch extravaganzer?
Phila | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:01 am | #
Have not!! forgot.
Going now.
Doug's bird:
http://library.thinkquest.org/
04...arizonabird.jpg
why in the hell is lieberass in charge of anyfuckingthing??
'Cause that's how the Republicans, who are still really running everything, want it.
And I even got Holden to link to me on it. Will wonder never cease?
Sinfonian, buried in Barry | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 1:59 am | #
He linked to you on this!? And not to me!!??
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Wow!!
A cornuccopia of nudibranches!!
Like every time I think of Doestoyevski I think of the dream in which horses are beaten across the backs with pipes.....
Horrible images.
Can't break myself of them.
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 06.02.07 - 1:51 am | #
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Sarah, that is the most devastating section of a book I have ever read in my life, from Crime and Punishment. It still haunts me and I cannot ever read it. You can't break yourself of those images because we are now living them and you and I cannot pinch our selves and wake up. So I planted peas and beans this afternoon. Cheers.
Lieberman just pains me.
His smugness is appalling.
There's a couple of those wrens nesting in the corner of my porch, along with some sparrows on the other side of a wooden support. The porch is maybe 30 feet long or so, and those two type of birds make nests about 9 inches apart.
Well I won't bother them and the dogs can't reach them.
ror, the movie "7" did me in. I just can't read/view/hear any more about human depravity, cruelty etc. I'm just old enough to have experienced more than enough of that shit. It holds no lure for me at all - just aversion.
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 06.02.07 - 2:02 am | #
Meanwhile, it seems as though there's a whole new genre gaining traction, beyond horror and into simple sadism.
Like the "Saw" series. Among others.
A strange cultural phenomenon, I think.
it is 2am in NYC and i am in a really slick apple store at 59th and 5th avenue where they are blasting pop/trance REALLY LOUD and attracting a random late night crowd
.
So I planted peas and beans this afternoon. Cheers.
Doug Watts, twerp
Yes! It's why I tend my tiny flower garden and feed birds and squirrels and watch the wind in my weeping birch. Soul-soothing in the midst of so much that is not.
ror...I am not sure there is anything "simple" about sadism. But I take your point.
At least I won't have to drive up to Phoenix tonight to take my son home, then go back up there the next morning to limp the old Buick home. My son's new auto should eliminate this. I think he has enough sense to not be picked up by the cops for doing a re-enactment of the "fast and the furious", with his car.
t is 2am in NYC and i am in a really slick apple store at 59th and 5th avenue where they are blasting pop/trance REALLY LOUD and attracting a random late night crowd
.
Tacitus Voltaire | 06.02.07 - 2:07 am | #
That's The City for You. Top of da Food Chain !
Like the "Saw" series. Among others.
A strange cultural phenomenon, I think.
I'm not into that stuff. Creeps me out completely. Didn't see Hostel either.
Give me some good old fashioned monster from outerspace eatage, please.
it is 2am in NYC and i am in a really slick apple store at 59th and 5th avenue where they are blasting pop/trance REALLY LOUD and attracting a random late night crowd
.
Tacitus Voltaire
Another reason to :heart: NY
A strange cultural phenomenon, I think.
rorschach, futon djinn | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:07 am | #
My theory is that this is a sick society.
A strange cultural phenomenon, I think.
Extrapolated from hyper-violent video games? A step along the way to public executions?
Lieberman just pains me.
His smugness is appalling.
fourlegsgood | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:06 am | #
It demonstrates that the NeoCons were not about to take any chances in 2000
t is 2am in NYC and i am in a really slick apple store at 59th and 5th avenue where they are blasting pop/trance REALLY LOUD and attracting a random late night crowd
I'm quite jealous.
There's nothing happening in this town.
My all-time favorite movie is Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. Best, most righteous FUCK YOU movie ever.
Has anyone here ever had an anal abscess?
There's nothing happening in this town.
fourlegsgood | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:12 am | #
There are raccoons outside my place. Time to break out the party hats!
My all-time favorite movie is Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. Best, most righteous FUCK YOU movie ever.
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 06.02.07 - 2:12 am | #
Michael Landon? Lance Kerwin ?
There's nothing happening in this town
The apple store event isn't really anything going on either, just marketing.
I'm not into that stuff. Creeps me out completely. Didn't see Hostel either.
Give me some good old fashioned monster from outerspace eatage, please.
fourlegsgood | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:11 am | #
Yeah, that's another example, as far as I have gathered from the previews and reviews and all.
And I'm with you. The whole "Let's just put some folks through hell for a couple hours for your viewing pleasure" thing doesn't really appeal.
The Sci-Fi Saturday schtick is much mo' better.
Has anyone here ever had an anal abscess?
sam | 06.02.07 - 2:13 am | #
Figuratively speaking, yes.
It answers to the name Allen Butler.
An abscess is a dangerous thing, it can pop and infect all your inner organs. People get them on the brain sometimes.
There's nothing happening in this town.
fourlegsgood | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:12 am | #
Watching Tom Petty on the Tivo here in So Calif quite little beach town.
My theory is that this is a sick society.
That's mine too.
A lot of us keep saying, "if only people could see what was happening they'd wake up."
But they wouldn't. You can show them all the photos of torture and dead Iraqis and what have you and a substantial portion of the American public would approve.
I'm quite jealous.
There's nothing happening in this town.
fourlegsgood | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:12 am | #
it's really fun for a week or so but i lived back here for 6 years in the 80s/90s and six months of it will about kill you
besides, the $20 bills sprout wings and fly out of your wallet
.
Has anyone here ever had an anal abscess?
sam | 06.02.07 - 2:13 am | #
No, but I saw Coulter pop a zit on her arm and baby spiders came out.
quite = quite . sheesh.
The Sci-Fi Saturday schtick is much mo' better.
Yes, great fun.
There are raccoons outside my place. Time to break out the party hats!
Phila | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:14 am | #
I heard an odd song tonight with lines about "sleeping like a fat raccoon/ or a diabetic on his honeymoon."
or quiet even. double sheesh.
So I planted peas and beans this afternoon. Cheers.
Doug Watts, twerp
Yes! It's why I tend my tiny flower garden and feed birds and squirrels and watch the wind in my weeping birch. Soul-soothing in the midst of so much that is not.
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 06.02.07 - 2:10 am | #
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Sarah, you have said it very nicely. Thanks. It's funny. My hands and fingers are still completely dirt stained as I type, and I like that. At least I can trust peas. And blue jays. And earthworms. And our silver maple. This is the stuff that keeps me whole. I trust earthworms completely. They have never let me down.
Keyword Poetry, Part LXVII
most gruesome creatures in history
shadow without sunshine quote
confession of agimet of geneva, châtel
cheap monkey for sale
white faced monkey for sale
food with excess sugar
cosman dobbs most of these bastards
it's really fun for a week or so but i lived back here for 6 years in the 80s/90s and six months of it will about kill you
besides, the $20 bills sprout wings and fly out of your wallet
I was a New Yorker for 15 years.
I'm a night owl, and I miss the city at night. Even the Arby's in my neighborhood shuts down at dark.
You can't get a decent meal anywhere in this town after 10:00 pm.
My theory is that this is a sick society.
That's mine too.
I'm convinced that as long as there are good sized chunks of chicken in canned chicken noodle soup, and the price of Skoal is low enough that one could buy with coins found in the couch, then nothing will change us.
The apple store event isn't really anything going on either, just marketing.
Doug | 06.02.07 - 2:14 am | #
definitely. but here is free online access to anybody who strolls in!
there is a lot of kool stuff on this island but you have to pay pay pay in many dimensions to be near it
.
You can't get a decent meal anywhere in this town after 10:00 pm.
fourlegsgood | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:18 am | #
There's always Ships.
it's really fun for a week or so but i lived back here for 6 years in the 80s/90s and six months of it will about kill you
besides, the $20 bills sprout wings and fly out of your wallet
.
Tacitus Voltaire
That's a big 10-4 good buddy. Went to Manhattan for the first time in Jan this year. Total fun! But whew! The $$ ... Mrs. Blues and I are going there for our 20th anniversary next year.
There are raccoons outside my place. Time to break out the party hats!
Phila | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:14 am | #
I love raccoons.
I have ADD, Abscess Deficit Disorder.
Michael Landon? Lance Kerwin ?
Gilly Gonzylon
Tom Courtney.
My theory is that this is a sick society.
Phila | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:12 am | #
Nah. Chimps are just as bad.
all men are as god made them, some even worse - Sancho Panza.
Doug, yes, love me the earthworms, as well
and the bumblebees.....and....(lots of critters and plants)
quite = quite
Can't argue with that.
You can't get a decent meal anywhere in this town after 10:00 pm.
fourlegsgood | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:18 am | #
That's basically true of SF, too. Even when I had a more normal diet, it was hard to get decent food at night there, unlike LA or NYC. If I worked late or something, I was usually screwed unless I wanted a slice of pizza, or Thai soup with cubes of pork blood.
My boy dog's laying at the bottom of the front steps, refuses to come in. Bet he does when that thunderstorm gets here.
Nah. Chimps are just as bad.
which, disturbingly, we most resemble, socially. Well, hell, look at our prezwit, right?
Me, as I have mentioned before here, aspire to be an orang or a gorilla. Nice critters. The Better Primates, IMHO.
This is Tucson, so the only places you can eat at besides a few strange restaurants, near downtown (which I intend on checking out one of these nights) are Denny's and some truck stops.
At least there are some good places to eat before 10PM.
Even when I had a more normal diet, it was hard to get decent food at night there, unlike LA or NYC. If I worked late or something, I was usually screwed unless I wanted a slice of pizza, or Thai soup with cubes of pork blood.
Hell, you can't even get that here.
Papa John's delivers up to midnight, but that's about it.
Thai soup with cubes of pork blood.
Phila
...erk......
Nah. Chimps are just as bad.
all men are as god made them, some even worse - Sancho Panza.
rootless2, dropout | 06.02.07 - 2:20 am | #
Some cultures allow sociopathy a somewhat freer rein than others, don't you think? Or channel it in different directions?
Australia has its problems, but a lot of 'em are different from ours, judging from what I know of life over there.
That's basically true of SF, too. Even when I had a more normal diet, it was hard to get decent food at night there, unlike LA or NYC. If I worked late or something, I was usually screwed unless I wanted a slice of pizza, or Thai soup with cubes of pork blood.
Phila | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:21 am | #
I miss NOLA for this reason.
Wake up at 5 AM, roll over, pick up the phone and half an hour later you got whiskey, beer, and a burger.
This is Tucson, so the only places you can eat at besides a few strange restaurants, near downtown (which I intend on checking out one of these nights) are Denny's and some truck stops.
La Indita is terrific, IMO.
I have a theory that mad king ludwig of bavaria built manhattan and made wagner mayor. a wonderful place for us moonlight types but very hard on the soles of your shoes...
well, back to the hotel... back in CA at work on monday
laters
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Okay, this show is freaking me out.
Bet he does when that thunderstorm gets here.
1Watt, Hermit | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:23 am | #
"I woke last night, to the sound of thunder. Hot pants point, crowds of gumbo.
Started humming a song from 1962
Ain't it funny 'bout that Night Moose"
Thai soup with cubes of pork blood.
Mmmmmmm! Pork blood!
Me, as I have mentioned before here, aspire to be an orang or a gorilla. Nice critters. The Better Primates, IMHO.
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 06.02.07 - 2:23 am | #
Ever read The Soul of the Ape, by Eugene Marais? It's pretty fascinating....
and the bumblebees.....and....(lots of critters and plants)
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 06.02.07 - 2:21 am | #
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Oh, the bumblebees are my special buddies. We have an old decrepit garage where I mix pottery glazes and bumblebees are always flying in and out of it. I always say hi to them. Bumblebees are like big giant puppies.
I also am now very partial to june bugs cuz they are so doofy and bouncing off the screen door and also click beetles and fireflies.
Me, as I have mentioned before here, aspire to be an orang or a gorilla. Nice critters. The Better Primates, IMHO.
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 06.02.07 - 2:23 am | #
Evolution does not favor nice, I guess.
Reading Jane Goodall made me think that centuries of moral philosophy and political theory could be discarded.
Wake up at 5 AM, roll over, pick up the phone and half an hour later you got whiskey, beer, and a burger.
rorschach, futon djinn | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:25 am | #
And herpes.
Wake up at 5 AM, roll over, pick up the phone and half an hour later you got whiskey, beer, and a burger.
What I loved about NYC is that every restaurant, from the lowest to the highest (or almost) delivered.
I also am now very partial to june bugs cuz they are so doofy and bouncing off the screen door and also click beetles and fireflies.
I don't like junebugs. They're always all over the sidewalk and it's impossible to keep from stepping on their crunchy little selves.
Evolution does not favor nice, I guess.
Reading Jane Goodall made me think that centuries of moral philosophy and political theory could be discarded.
rootless2, dropout | 06.02.07 - 2:26 am | #
Lesson 1 in The Player's Handbook...
Evolution does not favor nice, I guess.
Good ol' Kropotkin would disagree.
So would I, from what I know of phenomena like post-hatch brood amalgamation.
Reading Jane Goodall made me think that centuries of moral philosophy and political theory could be discarded.
Where was it that I read about the problems she created by serving the group bananas? She botched up the experiment that way, because she introduced this extraneous food source in a way that would never happen in the wild and caused competition because of that.
Wake up at 5 AM, roll over, pick up the phone and half an hour later you got whiskey, beer, and a burger.
rorschach, futon djinn | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:25 am | #
And herpes.
Phila | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:27 am | #
That was just once, and it was chlamydia.
And I got better.
Reading Jane Goodall made me think that centuries of moral philosophy and political theory could be discarded.
rootless2, dropout | 06.02.07 - 2:26 am | #
How so?
I went out last weekend to La Parilla Suiza a Mexico City styled restaruant.
It was great! Fresh ingredients, good service, great food, inexpensive.
I think if one is going to contract herpes that takeout wouldn't be the most efficient method.
What I loved about NYC is that every restaurant, from the lowest to the highest (or almost) delivered.
fourlegsgood
What this city needs is good sex worker delivery.
What this city needs is good sex worker delivery.
Deacon Blues | 06.02.07 - 2:29 am | #
Hmmm. I'm guessing you don't live within thirty miles of Jeff Gannon...
Maine coons are nice and they seem to be pretty successful.
I think if one is going to contract herpes that takeout wouldn't be the most efficient method.
fourlegsgood | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:29 am | #
So, you think eating out would be better?
Maine coons are nice and they seem to be pretty successful.
fourlegsgood | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:30 am | #
Yes, but they are Alpha Cats.
The last several houses I've owned have had a bumblebee nest somewhere near the back porch.
I have no idea why this is.
I'm not bothered by them, other than the consideration that you have to be sure you don't step on them.
Ever read The Soul of the Ape, by Eugene Marais? It's pretty fascinating....
Phila | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:26 am | #
Again, I'll make a note. Thanks.
So, you think eating out would be better?
We should ask Ntodd.
He seems to know about these things.
Hmmm. I'm guessing you don't live within thirty miles of Jeff Gannon...
Phila
Dunno. Lemme check men4rentnow.com ...
Now listening to Chris Isaak Tivo'd from Rave channel.
I like bumblebees.
Again, I'll make a note. Thanks.
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 06.02.07 - 2:33 am | #
Come to think of it, I excerpted a bit on my quote blog, so I can give you a sample....
The last several houses I've owned have had a bumblebee nest somewhere near the back porch.
Are they all black in appearance without any yellow hair on their abdomen?
I like bumblebees.
fourlegsgood | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:35 am | #
Their Tuna roolz... and the song is even better...
Maybe I don't want to go to that prison afterall.
It looks pretty freaky.
How so?
Phila | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:29 am | #
Because many of the disorders of power and hierarchy and violence in human societies appear among chimps - "as through a glass darkly". I don't take this to validate some cheap social darwinism, but it does show that we build on a really screwy and complicated biological foundation.
Bumblebees are like big giant puppies.
YES!!!!! Perfect description!!!!!
Mr Deere "pats" them. They seem to like it.
I like bumblebees.
I thought The Killer Bees was pretty funny. But that was back when Saturday Night Live was funny.
One good thing about Texas is that we do have Blue Bell ice cream.
I think I shall be bad and eat some of the Peaches and Homemade Vanilla I have in the freezer.
But that was back when Saturday Night Live was funny.
And dinosaurs walked the earth.
I like bumblebees.
fourlegsgood | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:35 am | #
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That's nice. Bumblebees are the baby panda bears of bees. I cannot help but smile when I see them.
And dinosaurs walked the earth.
fourlegsgood | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:39 am | #
Hand in hand with humans...
And dinosaurs walked the earth.
fourlegsgood
With Fred, Wilma, Barny, Bettey, Bam-Bam, and Pebbles.
Come to think of it, I excerpted a bit on my quote blog, so I can give you a sample....
Phila |
ooooooo...! Maybe a tad anthropomorphic or hyperbolic...? but I likey.
thanks.
I appreciate the value of bees, but I hate anything that can fly and sting...
it does show that we build on a really screwy and complicated biological foundation.
rootless2, dropout | 06.02.07 - 2:37 am | #
No argument there.
"World was on fire, and no one could save me but you...."
Chris Isaak "Wicked Game"
I appreciate the value of bees, but I hate anything that can fly and sting...
rorschach, futon djinn | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:40 am | #
Muhammed Ali is a cool guy.
Evolution does not favor nice, I guess.
Good ol' Kropotkin would disagree.
So would I, from what I know of phenomena like post-hatch brood amalgamation.
Phila | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:28 am | #
Old Petey correctly noted that many animals are social and cooperative. But a detachment of soldiers can be internally all about cooperation and brotherhood while at the same time dispensing devastation outside the group. (Ever read Reclus? The old anarchists were, by nature, scientists.)
Or maybe I shouldn't have reread parts of Blood Meridian today and can regain a more optimistic view tomorrow.
ror...bumbles are different. They are like big aircraft carriers, defying physics. They just bumble around, no aggression whatsoever. They are in n o way tightly wrapped. They are not like regular bees, and most certainly not like wasps, hornets, or (the worst) yellowjackets.
hate anything that can fly and sting
Well, mud-daubers, yellow jackets, african bees, and hornets, do bother me. But it's only because of how nasty tempered they are. The bumble bees will only sting you if they are about to get squashed by you.
Muhammed Ali is a cool guy.
Gilly Gonzylon
:thumbsup:
ooooooo...! Maybe a tad anthropomorphic or hyperbolic...?
Hard to say...I wasn't there.
I certainly don't see any reason why higher primates would be incapable of feeling dejection.
Hyperbolic, perhaps. Though one can go overboard on both sides of that question.
Alright, time to slip into a nice relaxing pre-bedtime glass of scotch. Nytol!
Old Petey correctly noted that many animals are social and cooperative. But a detachment of soldiers can be internally all about cooperation and brotherhood while at the same time dispensing devastation outside the group.
Which is why he called mutual aid a factor in evolution, rather than its driving force. Which is to my mind far less ideological than privileging selfishness above all other drives....
L8R, Deacon Blues. RU Reeling in the Beers ?
Well, mud-daubers, yellow jackets, african bees, and hornets, do bother me. But it's only because of how nasty tempered they are. The bumble bees will only sting you if they are about to get squashed by you.
Doug | 06.02.07 - 2:43 am | #
Yeah, well, mud daubers aren't all that sting-y, and nor are bees.
For me, it's a psych thing. My first memory is stepping on a bee and being stung, and to this day I'm not sure if that actually happened to me or to my brother (who's dead now for other reasons).
Just the hint of a bee used to paralyze me, but I'm better now. Somewhat...
I certainly don't see any reason why higher primates would be incapable of feeling dejection...Phila
No argument from me. I suspect all creatures do - the warm-bloodeds, anyway. I have observed feelings in many of them. I didn;t say that well....just reacting more to the style of writing than the accuracy.
Just the hint of a bee used to paralyze me, but I'm better now. Somewhat...
rorschach, futon djinn | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:50 am | #
I was stung on the tongue by a bee when I was a little kid....
Which is why he called mutual aid a factor in evolution, rather than its driving force. Which is to my mind far less ideological than privileging selfishness above all other drives....
Phila |
I would second that.
Well, I'm too old to buzz off, so I'll just bumble on out.
Night.
I guess haloscan had to eat my cookies at least once tonight.
I was stung on the tongue by a bee when I was a little kid....
Phila | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:51 am | #
Now you're just trying to freak me out.
Which is why he called mutual aid a factor in evolution, rather than its driving force. Which is to my mind far less ideological than privileging selfishness above all other drives....
Phila | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:48 am | #
No argument. Prince Pete was a smart man. The form of social evolution that put Lenin in charge and the russian anarchists in the tender hands of Yezhov, however, casts some doubt on his optimistic outlook.
I was stung on the tongue by a bee when I was a little kid....
Phila | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:51 am | #
You probably sounded like a New Hampshirer for a while
If you got stung about about a billion times like me and my cousins at age 12, bee stings wouldn't be a big deal. We used to have rotten apple fights and the rotten apples had yellow jackets in them, so if you got hit with the apple, you also got stung.
I certainly don't see any reason why higher primates would be incapable of feeling dejection...Phila
When I was busy and away for too long, my cockatoo used to become very depressed and moody.
I don't mind bees, wasps freak me out though.
Doug Watts, twerp
I thought that if you got stung a lot, it got to where you had to carry around a kit because the nest time you got stung might put you into anaphalytic shock...???
I didn;t say that well....just reacting more to the style of writing than the accuracy.
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 06.02.07 - 2:50 am | #
A trifle purple in spots, maybe, but I've got a high tolerance. It's an interesting book, in any case.
He wrote another one on termites which is also very interesting, though it might perhaps be taken with a grain of salt. He argues that termite mounds are entities, with the queen acting as the brain.
An interesting guy, too. He was so disgusted by the Boer War - the concentration camps, in particular - that he refused to let his books be translated into English. As a result of which they were plagiarized by Maurice Maeterlinck.
When I was busy and away for too long, my cockatoo used to become very depressed and moody.
rorschach, futon djinn | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:55 am | #
So did mine. That's why I Tivoed Miss Venezuela last week.
...um....NEXT time, not "nest" time.
I don't mind bees, wasps freak me out though.
fourlegsgood | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:55 am | #
Anything that's quite willing and happy to grab hold of a critter that's literally thousands of times bigger, and look you in the eye, and say, "Fuck it, I'm stingin' ya!!" is rather unnerving.
I was stung on the tongue by a bee when I was a little kid.... - Phila
My grandfather had a friend as a kid who'd been stung by a wasp just above his upper lip. It healed as a permanent pinhole, so the kid was a walking squirt gun, the evny of every other 12-year-old boy in town.
Doug Watts, twerp
I thought that if you got stung a lot, it got to where you had to carry around a kit because the nest time you got stung might put you into anaphalytic shock...???
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 06.02.07 - 2:56 am | #
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No. Just the opposite. Only people who are allergic to bee venom need to carry the shots or go to the hospital.
Everyone else, like all the kids in my neighborhood, you just get stung a lot and it hurts and the bastard yellow jackets chase you down the street and sting you and then you go back to building tree forts or whatever.
Nobody in my neighborhood growing up (25 kids) was ever allergic to bee stings and we all got stung a lot as kids.
When I was busy and away for too long, my cockatoo used to become very depressed and moody.
rorschach, futon djinn | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 2:55 am | #
I've had some cats that were very sensitive. One of 'em, I lashed out at because he tried to get into my lap, and ended up hanging in the air with his claws in my thigh.
He went and hid in the corner, and when I picked him up to "apologize," he kept hiding his face. Limp as a dishrag, too. Didn't snap out of it for about twenty minutes.
My grandfather had a friend as a kid who'd been stung by a wasp just above his upper lip. It healed as a permanent pinhole, so the kid was a walking squirt gun, the evny of every other 12-year-old boy in town.
bo | 06.02.07 - 2:59 am | #
The Legend of Condi Rice...
My grandfather had a friend as a kid who'd been stung by a wasp just above his upper lip. It healed as a permanent pinhole, so the kid was a walking squirt gun, the evny of every other 12-year-old boy in town.
bo | 06.02.07 - 2:59 am | #
He was born to soon. Coulda saved $$$ on piercing.
I think the worst sting I ever had was from a ground bee. Was mowing & one got me on the cheek bone, felt like I was hit by a baseball.
Phila...but there, obviously, translations? (Marais)
I could google, though. Never mind!
The form of social evolution that put Lenin in charge and the russian anarchists in the tender hands of Yezhov, however, casts some doubt on his optimistic outlook.
rootless2, dropout | 06.02.07 - 2:54 am | #
I'm not sure I see that as a "form of social evolution," exactly...
But yeah, events do tend to cast doubt on outlooks of all types.
I got stung on the tongue, at Sunday River Ski Resort in Bethel, Maine. The bee was in a can of apple juice. For the next hour my tongue was so swollen than I couldn't talk except to say ...
Wall hollal mya nahhm isss daaaghh dahhh whaas...
It was pretty pathetic.
Phila...but there, obviously, translations? (Marais)
They were translated later in life, (or maybe posthumously?).
Either way, the damage was done, IIRC.
Well, the thunderstorm was a putz, so guess I'll go to bed.
got stung on the tongue, at Sunday River Ski Resort in Bethel, Maine. The bee was in a can of apple juice. For the next hour my tongue was so swollen than I couldn't talk except to say ...
Mine was in a blackberry I picked to eat.
Very painful, but not nearly as disturbing as sucking in on a harmonica, and getting bitten on the tongue by the earwig that was living inside it.
I've had some cats that were very sensitive. One of 'em, I lashed out at because he tried to get into my lap, and ended up hanging in the air with his claws in my thigh.
I'm sure I've told my Tista arm-ripping just before conference presentation tale far too many time, so I shan't again.
Very painful, but not nearly as disturbing as sucking in on a harmonica, and getting bitten on the tongue by the earwig that was living inside it.
Phila | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 3:10 am | #
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That's a very nice visual image that I will be taking to bed with me now.
Good night you extremely nice and cool folks. The birds are just starting to wake up now on the Kennebec River. I must now sleep and ponder.
I'm sure I've told my Tista arm-ripping just before conference presentation tale far too many time, so I shan't again.
rorschach, futon djinn | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 3:14 am | #
I recall it being kinda gory...
But it did command attention, what with the blood-stained bandages and all.
These guys when summers were warm in Montana were all over the place in the forests. They are much worse than their cousins the yellowjackets. Yellowjackets will attempt often to sting you and only bump against you.
These guys are way too competent.
Often when they are threatening you this is the view you have of them, right before they sting you one the nose.
http://www.muenster.org/
hornisse...faced_kenn1.jpg
G'night folks.
G'night Phila.
Very painful, but not nearly as disturbing as sucking in on a harmonica, and getting bitten on the tongue by the earwig that was living inside it.
Phila
arrrgghhh..... 'night phila!
Doug - great photo!!!
Y'jackets will follow a bite of hot dog right into your mouth. It's *vulgaris* that's aggressive and nasty, here in OR.
'night, everyone. sweet dreams, no yellowjackets...or earwigs in harmonicas.
Yikes, 15 visitors online. You buggers on the west coast better lift your heads out of that puddle of vomit and type something.
Oh, buggers, I meant bluggers. Harry Potter gets drunk in the Deathly Hallows with Draco Malfoy, was sex with a tart named Julie, RAB is Regulus Black, and Neville croaks. But not in that order.
Had to reboot. I hear live harmonica over amplifiers whilst walking the dog.
Moon still blood red, near fully, and the music from a park a few blocks away carried over as the dog walked and chased fireflies...
the people driving by in traffic intermittently were missing out, or leaving/going to the concert...
"The virtue I call courage is not in always facing the foe but in taking care of those at home. Courage does not always come in battle but in home communities." — From Harry S. Truman's eighth-grade English theme book, 1899.
Lil' Jackel is over and sleeping soundly. I must to bed to be ready to prepare his eggs. We have an english princess to meet tomorrow.
I shouldn't be surprised but the whole vote caging scam run by Griffin is really quite shocking.
Morning peeps.
Morning ql!
High-flyin’ bird
THE CANADIAN dollar shot through the 94-cent US ceiling Friday and one Canadian bank boldly predicted the loonie will keep rising and catch the greenback by the end of the year.
morning, all.
ql, special thanks, I got your contribution for Fluffy's surgery. If you haven't visited yet, pls see yesterday's pic of same at the homepage.
A very good Michael Kinsley op-ed treating the pro-war crazies like ... crazies. at http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...7060102169.html
And the comments section is immense, lots of the 60+% there.
Hi Ruth! Just the usual insomniacs and early risers this morning.
Two Words: Huevos Rancheros!
Ranchero Sauce:
1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 cup chopped white onions 1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon cayenne 1 tablespoon minced jalapeno 1 teaspoon minced garlic 1 cup chopped tomatoes and their juice 1 cup chicken stock 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro 2 teaspoons vegetable oil 4 large corn tortillas
1/2 cup warm refried beans 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 8 large eggs 1 1/2 cups pepper Jack
To make the Ranchero Sauce, in a medium pot, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onions and bell peppers, and cook, stirring, for 3 to 5 minutes. Add the cumin, salt, cayenne, jalapeno, and garlic, and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds. Add the tomatoes and their juices and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the stock and simmer until thickened, about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the cilantro. Adjust the seasoning, to taste, and cover to keep warm.
In a large skillet, heat 1/2 teaspoon of vegetable oil over medium-high heat. Add 1 tortilla and cook until warmed through and just starting to brown about 30 seconds. Turn and cook on the second side. Remove, cover to keep warm, and repeat with the remaining oil and tortillas.
In 2 medium skillets, melt 1 tablespoon of butter each, over medium-high heat. Break 4 eggs into each skillet and fry until beginning to set, about 1 minute. Sprinkle the eggs with the cheese and cover to finish cooking, about 1 1/2 minutes.
Place 1 warm tortilla on each of 4 plates and spread each with 2 tablespoons of warm refried beans. Place 2 eggs on top of each tortilla and top with the warm Ranchero Sauce. Serve immediately.
Hint: Lower Cholesterol Variation: Skip Eggs
Hey Moe.
This article by digby is jaw dropping.
Damn, these people are even worse than I thought. Didn't think that was possible. But every time I think it can't get worse, it does. Damn.
Hi, Moe, are you ready for the cretin in chief's support for the War on Global Warming? I mean, that's going to be how he expresses it, right? You will not die in vane, more will be sent to keep your honor bright, etc.
Hee. Earlier when there was no one around there were 17 visitors. Now that people are showing up there are 14.
Ruth:
{{{sigh}}}
This administration is not like the Titanic, it's like the Hindenburg ... forever soaring upwards.
It's a still morning on the harbour.
trying again.
Digby does go deep. It's actually the criminality of the GoPerverts that got them so much power, and is shocking the entire sane public as it comes out.
It may be haloscum's follies that diminishes the numbers here as the posts increase.
wonderful pic of harbour, Moe.
There are a few other webcams linked at the top there, Ruth. Peggy's Cove, the harbour entrance, etc. It can be quite beautiful here sometimes.
I dunno, I think the idea that the administration has been a roller coaster only going up suggests...
Wha ? Who said that ?
Those huevos ranchos are drawing me on ... on....
Diabetes is a constant series of lessons. Lately I notice how greatly my mood can be affected by physical exertion - no, not an endorphin high, quite the opposite. Over the months I have devised
an informal, if slightly neurotic system for keeping track of which medications and supplements I have taken each morning. Yesterday, I lost track (spaced out) and believe I took 2 doses of a particular blood pressure med. This left me feeling quite shaky, drained, and sweaty just in time for a provisioning trip involving multiple bus rides and transfers. By the time I got home, my mood was an F5 on the scale of awfulness. Thank Gawd it passed!
Hello. Seems the WMD live on at the U.N. The commission to find same can't disband until they complete their inspection, and the U.S. won't let them. god what a mess the cretins are.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp...l?
tid=informbox
I was eating breakfast on the rancheros.
We had huevos. We had peppers.
But we NEVER ate them together!
That was our biggest mistake.
But kufr blew our minds! He can straighten you out, too, if you squares just get over all your plastic hangups.
And before too long, Jeffraham will be up in Gnashvegas, pining for those Scottish, Opium-laced Breakfast Burritos he's hooked on!
Sounds pretty grim, plantsman. Do you have a service that will pick you up at the door, at least occasionally? We have a ride-on for the public here, you can call for a pickup in advance - not every day, but I have tho't about using it sometimes.
plantsman, you need to be careful. It's a delicate dance. Makes one's appreciation for the complexity of the human body that much greater.
Other than an insane grab for power, just what is KKKarl after. It can't be money at this point.
I don't believe we're ever going to learn the true extent of their perfidy. It will be covered up so the American public will never know just how fragile our system is to gaming. If we survive that is.
Great - War on Somalia too - we just bombed in Puntland, those Islamofascists' base had a base there, the noive of them. From a warship.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070...e_af/
somalia_us
When does the War on the G8 start?
ql, I hear you. I have been taking this med since June of 2002, and had never before messed up like that and - truth be told - I seriously considered lying down and not leaving the apartment when I started feeling bad. Maybe I should have. OTOH, I remembered at the market that I needed mustard when I had left it off my list (something that would not have happened 3 months ago).
ql, this reminds me of J.Edgar Hoover. There was another evil influence who flouted the laws. Wonder if KKKKarl has enuff pantyhose.
When does the War on the G8 start?
Wasn't the war on all things French the first campaign of that?
plantsman...just remember at all times that mood changes are chemically induced. Do not believe what your brain tells you, because it is compromised!
And btw, we finished may at 127/
All so KKKarl could get a "war" president re-elected. Really, I want him in Oz. Now.
In his new book, Einstein: His Life and Universe, Walter Isaacson explains that studying Einstein can be worthwhile [because] it helps us remain in touch with that childlike capacity for wonder...as the sagas of [science's] heroes reminds us.... These traits are...vital for this new century of globalization, in which our success will depend on our creativity....
As he elaborates in a recent interview with Thomas Friedman, "If we are going to have any advantage over China, it is because we nurture rebellious, imaginative free thinkers, rather than try to control expression.
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20279
Hmm. What is wrong with the last part of that?
We may, Ruth; but my pretensions to normalcy and able-bodiedness have yet to lead me there. I noticed how great a percentage of bus-riders are visibly afflicted with something. I guess I still like to pretend I'm not.
But, Sarah, that's just it, isn't it? At some point you must just seize a position and say "this I believe"
or be swept away. At least, I tell myself that.
Like when the guns of the Missouri used to pount the hills outside Beruit and hit much of nothing, only make everyone mad at the US and lead to a terror attack?
04:06 AM EDT
0:38 (est.)
News Conference
G-8 Meeting Preview
White House, Conference Center Briefing Room
Stephen J. Hadley , White House
...could have sworn he made a major freudian slip at the seven minute mark near closing(37 min on my clock)...
Think he might be a madame customer...
Lately, I've been soaking in reasonability.
I come here, and so many will be upset with this or that, ready to take drastic action on any number of fronts. It's been a guilty smug fantasy of having it together - but the facade may be beginning to crumble.
Kweschen. Is Yeller Bar gone gain?
From yesterday evening's thread, Cervantes has the math:
I've noticed some people here with poor math skills. Let's get this straight.
Current KIAs are running not at 100 a month, but 125 plus.
For every KIA there are approximately 7 or 8 injured seriously enough that they cannot return to duty. So that's 1,000/month lost to hostile action.
In addition, there are about 200-300 significant non-hostile injuries due to what we would call industrial accidents in normal circumstances -- offloading cargo, motor vehicle crashes, etc.
Then there are natural causes, disease -- there are a lot of older cats in Iraq now, staggering around in 130 degree heat, having heart attacks and whatnot.
Suicides -- 2-3/month. Psychological disability, discipline problems.
They're going to lose about 20,000 troops to attrition of one sort or another, at the present rate, by the end of this year. That's even if the rate of combat death and injury does not increase, which it probably will.
Did I somehow miss that Karen Huge is leaving as well?
In the market yesterday, I noticed a mini-billboard for Palmolive dish soap featuring Doris Roberts as a sort of a reincarnation of Madge.
"If we are going to have any advantage over China, it is because we nurture rebellious, imaginative free thinkers, rather than try to control expression."
The man lives in a technicolor delusion and makes it up as he goes along--over the edge, ignorant, dangerous, like the rest of our MSM, but he seems to believe what he makes up. Most of them are just plain liars and BSers.
Us pounding the hills of Puntland sounds like a children's book doesn't it?
What we need is the children's book Figure of Wisdom to step in, gently straighten out the fantastical silliness and tuck us all in to rest our hyper minds.
Pelosi now on. Wonder where the imagined FoW figure came from?
Haloscan is being a bitch this morning.
Wonderfully weird piece at The Rude Pundit. And this gem at HuffPo:
Republicans Recall Thompson The Senator: "He Didn't Like To Work Real Hard"
But he sure liked him some big bubbies!
HaloScan needs life support, STAT!
From yesterday evening's thread, Cervantes has the math:
I've noticed some people here with poor math skills. Let's get this straight.
Current KIAs are running not at 100 a month, but 125 plus.
For every KIA there are approximately 7 or 8 injured seriously enough that they cannot return to duty. So that's 1,000/month lost to hostile action.
In addition, there are about 200-300 significant non-hostile injuries due to what we would call industrial accidents in normal circumstances -- offloading cargo, motor vehicle crashes, etc.
Then there are natural causes, disease -- there are a lot of older cats in Iraq now, staggering around in 130 degree heat, having heart attacks and whatnot.
Suicides -- 2-3/month. Psychological disability, discipline problems.
They're going to lose about 20,000 troops to attrition of one sort or another, at the present rate, by the end of this year. That's even if the rate of combat death and injury does not increase, which it probably will.
Did I somehow miss that Karen Huge is leaving as well?
HaloScan is falling *fricking* apart!
Haloscan told me it hadn't published so I went back and published again only to find Haloscan lied.
IOW, sorry for the double post.
I have reached the point that nothing makes any sense any more and the only thing that brings me joy is the music, the peace/anti-war music. Finally I really understand what went on in the sixties in my guts instead of just in my brain. Better late than never.
I am receiving mash notes from someone for whom English is not the native tongue. They're cute, but bloody difficult to understand!
This was completely predictable. In fact, not only was it predictable, it was a necessary consequence of the bogus market of carbon credits:
Abuse and incompetence in fight against global warming
A Guardian investigation has found evidence of serious irregularities at the heart of the process the world is relying on to control global warming.
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which is supposed to offset greenhouse gases emitted in the developed world by selling carbon credits from elsewhere, has been contaminated by gross incompetence, rule-breaking and possible fraud by companies in the developing world, according to UN paperwork, an unpublished expert report and alarming feedback from projects on the ground.
One senior figure suggested there may be faults with up to 20% of the carbon credits - known as certified emissions reductions - already sold. Since these are used by European governments and corporations to justify increases in emissions, the effect is that in some cases malpractice at the CDM has added to the net amount of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.
morning, Sue. music isn't my field, molly will be along soon and it is hers.
I am receiving mash notes from someone for whom English is not the native tongue. They're cute, but bloody difficult to understand!
NTodd is most charming when he tries to speak English.
Moe, seeing that people like Jeb are diving into the global warming apparatus, it's inevitable they view it as another potential fraud. Sadly, treehugging is the latest in scams.
Condi did go to Spain, the EU energy minister from there was big part of the WMD stovepipe.
What can they get out of that? My suspiscion is venture backing for items with Iraq to get the oil concession agreements solidifed.
If the oil money returns and Iran helps with security they score big regionally. If they spurn Iran and continue needing to shape a scandal Iran's way for proliferation, the Spain Energy Minister is the man.
He's in position to play either side of the fence and let's see where it goes. He did forum talks with Mike Ledeen before, I suspect he's trying to go Cheney's way and she's got to sweeten his take.
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which is supposed to offset greenhouse gases emitted in the developed world by selling carbon credits from elsewhere, has been contaminated by gross incompetence, rule-breaking and possible fraud by companies in the developing world, according to UN paperwork, an unpublished expert report and alarming feedback from projects on the ground.
The idea of selling carbon credits was always a kind of Milton Friedman piece of shit Adam Smith invisible handjob glorious blowjob to corporations.
It's hard to be down in the dumps when someone is sending you mash notes; thank you, universe!
Emissions credits are a plan Bush uses for the EPA. The coal plant here(Tampa Electric) is inoperative yet sells emissions credits, as does an outsourced fertilizer firm(Agrico/TerraNitrogen).
There are bound to be shysters and crooks trying to cash in on climate change, just as Our Al is - we'll learn as we go.
Thanks, Ruth. You and Molly are nice girls. Right now I am a devotee of watching old uTubes of Woodstock. Yesterday Joe Cocker featured prominently.
The authorities do not like what we are doing.
A Michigan man was arrested by police for accessing a coffee shop's public Wi-Fi hotspot. He was charged with a felony and faced up to 5 years in jail...
The coffee shop owner said she was surprised by the arrest of 39-year-old Sam Peterson, who is a toolmaker, volunteer firefighter, and secretary of a bagpipe club. "He could have just come in the cafe, even if he didn't have any money, I would let him get on it," said the owner. Before the arrest, Peterson had no criminal record.
from boingboing.net
Mr.Murder, TXU et al. here just does its own pollution reports, voluntarily, and then cites them as proof that pollution has diminished.
I think carbon trading might work-- might-- on the domestic level, within countries. But there's no way it can work internationally, and even if it could, the very premise of the scheme is immoral.
Pollution trading is based on the success of the sulphur trading of the early 1990s, when the problem of acid rain was more or less adequately addressed. There were about 2,000 large emitters in one country-- the US-- within a strong regulatory framework-- the EPA (before it was gutted by you know who).
Compare that to trying to regulate several million large emitters spread over 180 countries with various states of governance, and you begin to see the problem.
Morning, all
Morning, DWD; how fare ye?
George Bush: Persistently, Loyally , Destructive.
plantsman,
I am okay. Woke up early with a bit of a headache. Took a pill and some coffee, will see. et tu? (sounds like you have a fan )
Fun stuff, Moe!
The coffee shop owner said she was surprised by the arrest of 39-year-old Sam Peterson, who is a toolmaker, volunteer firefighter, and secretary of a bagpipe club. "He could have just come in the cafe, even if he didn't have any money, I would let him get on it," said the owner. Before the arrest, Peterson had no criminal record.
from boingboing.net
spinoza | 06.02.07 - 6:51 am |
My friend who works in IT at Wright-Patt had a fun day yesterday. One of his co-workers had lied about his Microsft certs, and had tried hacking in to the site to make the certs 'official'. They traced him, and yesterday the feds hauled him away from his work station.
oh, shoot, Moe, it's a video and I can't play those from dialup. Sounds juuicy.
I'd be more comfortable if I knew what my fan was trying to say - not that I don't like "howareyouiamfine" endlessly repeated, but I need punctuation, I discover - and spaces, spaces are good.
Wonder if Arabella is better? She had a whopping migraine yesterday and had to go into hibernation. Hope she's better now, and comes around here.
I hope Arabella is better. Migranes can last an ungodly long time!
Wow, when they turn, they turn.
Laura Ingraham throws w overboard.
Shorter, LI, poor us, we took the body blows for w and he is being mean to us. Never thought I would agree with Laura about anything.
Satire, Ruth: fake news conference with W.
There's a gigantic solar flare coming our way, probably knock out a bunch of short wave radio broadcasts.
Yesterday, an astronomer in Germany was looking at the sun and saw something that looked like a giant sun spot. Really, really big, the biggest ever. But he zoomed the telescope out and saw this on his lense. Funny how that has the same markings as a sunspot.
My friend who works in IT at Wright-Patt had a fun day yesterday. One of his co-workers had lied about his Microsft certs, and had tried hacking in to the site to make the certs 'official'. They traced him, and yesterday the feds hauled him away from his work station.
My best guess is that we will soon see heavy intimidation of the Eschatons and FDLs.
Nice leaf detail!
My friend who works in IT at Wright-Patt had a fun day yesterday. One of his co-workers had lied about his Microsft certs, and had tried hacking in to the site to make the certs 'official'. They traced him, and yesterday the feds hauled him away from his work station.
My best guess is that we will soon see heavy intimidation of the Eschatons and FDLs.
spinoza | 06.02.07 - 7:07 am
Well, my friend says most of his co-workers are repubs, so perhaps we lost another repub. Idiot tried to hack from home.
CSpan on Should Guantanamo be closed? here, nutsies, here, wingers, here torture fans.
CSpan on Should Guantanamo be closed? here, nutsies, here, wingers, here torture fans.
I believe we should have a Gitmo in every city!
-Mitt Romney
You took the body blows, Ingraham? You were waving pom-pons the whole time, fer Chrissakes - gimme a break!
"I like vetoes, and I can't wait to get my hands on Washington, DC!" -- Mitt Romney
Laura Ingraham has failed at every show she has been handed and is still handed more. She was/is good friends with Bernie McGuirk, the Imus sidekick. Whenever she got fired from a gig, Bernie would have Imus hire her for commentary. this happened two or three times iirc.
Buckeye, he pro'ly didn't have a library card.
Here, btw, its costs $35 to have a card if you don't live in city limits.
Morning kids.
I stayed up too late, but had to get up to get Thers off on his trip.
Here yu go. Gitmo should be closed and all the detainees put to work on 'liberal airlines', see if you want to fly with those islamofascistitypenonhumans who have been tortured until they're pro'ly permanently demented like their torturers.
Aw, and now Laura and Bernie can wash windshields together for MD 20/20!
morning, molly, happy singlemothering.
It won't be so bad. The worst so far was having to catch up the laundry to find enough socks for 9 days.
Masher has introduced spaces and punctuation and personal questions in latest missive. Less enchanting, dammit!
CNN poll; 42% believe in the Loch Ness monster.
My job here is done, I can go home to mesmeria.
Why are Dubya and the rightwing media echochamber acknowledging the existence of global warming?
Who believes in Nessie is just so crucial, y' know?
plantsman.do.you.use.Dr.Bronner's.castille?? heh
Gimlet, it's to try to get a strangelhold on any real effort to combat it. Head 'em off at the pass.
AlloneGodLoveliquidSoap? It's been a while.
Buckeye, he pro'ly didn't have a library card.
Here, btw, its costs $35 to have a card if you don't live in city limits.
Ruth | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 7:15 am
Actually, he probably does. Even here Repubs use the excellent library recourses that we have. No, he was just very stupid.
Off to get my hair whacked, misbehave yourselves.
Morning. Or, something like that.
Why are Dubya and the rightwing media echochamber acknowledging the existence of global warming?
Fodder for the next episode of Image is Everything!
Gimlet, it's to try to get a strangelhold on any real effort to combat it. Head 'em off at the pass.
Ruth
Who is the 800 lb gorilla that is starting to control it?
find enough socks for 9 days
I used to keep 2 weeks worth on hand. Then they started wearing out. I believe I'm down to about 8-9 days of socks.
Time to hit the Red Wing store. I buy a 6 pack about evrey 3 years.
Who believes in Nessie is just so crucial, y' know?
plantsman, plant geek
If someone doesn't believe in Nessie, Nessie dies.
Look what happened to the once popular Ba'al and the many preChristian dieties.
Ba'al's dead?!
I neglected to mention - I spend around $50 for 6 pair of socks. But, they last the average of 3 years.
Gimlet, my guess is KKKKKarl. It's also a diversion, and goes along with the 'open' approach to Darfur. Which does nothing but ask EU to go play at the UN.
Ba'al's dead?!
Yep. The guy who posts here is Zombie Ba'al.
He still likes burnt virgin sacrifices, though. Some things never change.
Morning, folks!
Dramatic weather this morning -- palms swaying, surf pounding, and some kind of wet material falling from the sky, for a change.
Bush's sudden conversion to confronting the global warming threat: He'll demand that every nation agree to the same standards, which they won't, and then do nothing because it's not fair to the US to go it "alone." Energy companies will get some kind of windfall in any event. I'm guessing funding for alternative sources that never come to fruition.
BarnDog, your alpha hippy rating is much threatened by paying $50 for socks. Those lace-up sandals won't look quite right either.
Faithbased global warming initiative developing.
From the great Terry Pratchett (part 1 of 2)
The door at the end of the room swung open slowly and Arthur entered, backwards, tugging a large and very reluctant billy goat. It fought him every step of the way down the aisle between the bedsteads.
The boys watched in silence for several minutes as he tethered the animal to the end of his bed, upended the sack on the blankets, and took out several black candles, a sprig of herbs, a rope of skulls, and a piece of chalk. Taking the chalk, and adopting the shiny, pink-faced expression of someone who is going to do what they know to be right no matter what, Arthur drew a double circle around his bed and then, getting down on his chubby knees, filled the space between them with as unpleasant a collection of occult symbols as Teppic. had ever seen. When they were completed to his satisfaction he placed the candles at strategic points and lit them; they spluttered and gave off a smell that suggested that you really wouldn't want to know what they were made of. He drew a short, red-handled knife from the jumble on the bed and advanced towards the goat-
A pillow hit him on the back of the head.
'Garn! Pious little bastard!'
Arthur dropped the knife and burst into tears. Chidder sat up in bed.
'That was you, Cheesewright!' he said. 'I saw you!' Cheesewright, a skinny young man with red hair and a face that was one large freckle, glared at him.
Kunstler:
..this longing for "solutions," strikes me as a free-floating wish for magical rescue remedies, for techno-fixes that will allow us to make a hassle-free switch from fossil hydrocarbon power to something less likely to destroy the Earth's ecosystems (and human civilization with it). And I think such a wish is, in itself, at the root of our problem -- certainly at the bottom of our incapacity to think clearly about these things.
I said so, of course, which seemed to piss off a substantial number of my fellow festival attendees.
My position on this can be easily misunderstood. I don't want civilization to collapse (I like Mozart and access to root canal). I don't want Homo sapiens to go extinct, or the planet to parboil. I certainly don't believe in doing nothing in the face of this emergency. But I also don't believe we are going to make any hassle-free switch in the way we run things -- or that we should want to. Would the USA be a better place if we could run Wal-Mart and Las Vegas on wind power? I don't think so. Would the public benefit from another hundred years of suburban living -- and an economy based largely on creating ever more of it? All the Prozac in the universe would not avail to offset the diminishing returns of that bullshit.
In my travels, I have noticed a disturbing theme among the educated minority of eco-advocates: they are every bit as dedicated to the status quo (in their own way) as the NASCAR morons and shopping mall developers. The eco-advocates want cars, too, and all the prerogatives (like free parking and country living) that go with them, just like the WalMart shoppers. If this were not so, then why do the eco-advocates cream in their jeans whenever somebody presents a snazzy new vehicle that runs on a fuel other than gasoline? Indeed, why are some of the eco-friendly pouring all their efforts into the invention of such things instead of into walkable communities and the reform of our stupid land-use laws?
Nessie, Tinkerbelle; it's all related. Kewl!!!1
Ba'al is waiting for you to rub on a golden toilet so he can pop out.
Terry Pratchett (part 2 of 2)
'Well, it's too much,' he said. 'A fellow can't sleep with all this religion going on. I mean, only little kids say their prayers at bedtime these days, we're supposed to be learning to be assassins-'
'You can jolly well shut up, Cheesewright,' shouted Chidder. 'It'd be a better world if more people said their prayers, you know. I know I don't say mine as often as I should-'
A pillow cut him off in mid-sentence. He bounded out of bed and vaulted at the red-haired boy, fists flailing.
As the rest of the dormitory gathered around the scuffling pair Teppic slid out of bed and padded over to Arthur, who was sitting on the edge of his bed and sobbing.
He patted him uncertainly on the shoulder, on the basis that this sort of thing was supposed to reassure people.
'I shouldn't cry about it, youngster,' he said, gruffly.
'But - but all the runes have been scuffed,' said Arthur. 'It's all too late now! And that means the Great Om will come in the night and wind out my entrails on a stick!'
I'm guessing funding for alternative sources that never come to fruition.
Power from Human Methane: Beans Will Save Us All!
/American Bean Growers' Association
Costco has boss, thirsty, cushy socks in six-packs for about $15.00.
Happy 40th Sgt Peppers Birthday everybody!!!
BarnDog, your alpha hippy rating is much threatened by paying $50 for socks. Those lace-up sandals won't look quite right either
I wear the Teva Antero mostly. Not a sandal, but more of a trekking shoe. Then, I have a couple pair of Merrell slip ons.
Obviously, these are my summer collection. The winter collection consists of 3 different pair of Red Wing boots (2 waterproof), and of course the LaCrosse felt pac boots, complete with gaiters.
I choose sensible footwear, and always have.
Happy 40th Sgt Peppers Birthday everybody!!!
If only there were a place where you could ruminate thoughtfully on such an anniversary....
nah. That's crazy talk.
It started when sprouts lost credibility. I was never much for alfalfa sprouts - but mug bean sprouts and clover sprouts I liked!
Molly Ivors:
Love "I'd Rather Be."
Great call...
plantsman-- I'm hoping to turn part of my basement into a bean sprout and mushroom factory. I'll have to learn how to do that first, but still.
Are sprouts no longer good for you? Does this mean the Green Giant is going to drop Sprout off at the mall and forget to pick him up?
Credible sprouts, Red Wing shoes, and Dr. Pepper's 40th, our reputation as DFHippies is seriously undermined.
Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I met a guy 20-30 years younger than me who had bunions from wearing ill-fitting Army-issue boots all the time. I couldn't believe it! I told him, "No one has to have hurting feet anymore, what are you, nuts?" "Get some comfy shoes!"
He did, the bunions receded, and the rest is history.
Power from Human Methane: Beans Will Save Us All!
/American Bean Growers' Association
Molly Ivors, recovering
Man, if only. We'd be off the grid tomorrow.
Sprouts were implicated in spreading E. Coli or some such, iirc.
Moe, see NK Lawn and Garden, Chatanooga, TN, Kitchen Crop sprouter. Mine works like a dream.
Happy 40th Sgt Peppers Birthday everybody!!!
steve simels
It was twenty years ago today that I sent myself a post card saying, "It was 20 years ago today . . ." so I'd have the postmark.
Geez, what a dork.
Saw "Knocked Up" yesterday.
Cultural signifier of the year.
My short review:
It's brilliant, but it may be evil.
I'm not sure just which of its messages the author is actually trying to send.
Best acted comedy I've seen in years, however. Paul Rudd: give the bastard an Oscar fer crissakes.
I choose sensible footwear, and always have.
Barndog, alpha hippy
Hubby is currently living in a pair of black Crocs when not at work.
Sprout underground is a force here. among survivalists and basement dwellers, most advances.
Geez, what a dork.
( I was thinking more, "Dood, what Promethean forethought !)
Geez, what a dork.
( I was thinking more, "Dood, what Promethean forethought !)
plantsman, plant geek
I try to keep my Beatles fetish under control, but still, fairly often, I cry when I hear John's voice.
hmmmm, Knocked Up was not making you hopeful yesterday, steve, it must have a lot of sly good art.
looking for it now, Ruth. thanx.
Good morning.
Yellowbar has deserted me.
ql are you still about?
Barndog, for your spine:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/0...reut/
index.html
a study among several types of pain, several treatments.
The Beatles' melodic, harmonic and key quirks were so fresh, to me. I still love them!
WTF?
How did baby handbag phat steal my name?
who had bunions from wearing ill-fitting Army-issue boots all the time
Same problem I had after wearing those for oh... 14 years or so.
First thing I did was get a pair of Red Wing boots when I got out. Within 3 months, by bunions disappeared.
Well, the Gitmo scream just over on CSpan. Incredibly, there is still a portion of maniacs who think because some one is a detainee he is a terrorist. Wonder wht these people think of Innocence Project? it's just a librul plot to sick criminals on them, I suppose.
The mysteries of HaloScan dazzle us all.
Islam vs. Islamists Gaffney on Q&a sUNDAY 8 pm. on SCpan. yay!
HBK, I'm here.
The most comfortable pair of shoes I've ever owned were a pair of incredibly ugly Finn Comfort walking shoes. They say they're the most comfortable walking shoes on Earth, and I haven't found any evidence that this is untrue.
They never rubbed one spot on my Daisy Mae tender sandal-wearing footsies.
How did baby handbag phat steal my name?
Moe Szyslak
Something like that happened to me a few weeks ago. Freaked me out. I was wondering why no one responded to any of my posts.
Well, the Gitmo scream just over on CSpan. Incredibly, there is still a portion of maniacs who think because some one is a detainee he is a terrorist.
Just another on a long list of reasons I'm really worried about this country.
Moe, I tried to click on bhp's homepage, didn't get anywhere. I tho't it was another identity for yu.
hmmmm, Knocked Up was not making you hopeful yesterday, steve, it must have a lot of sly good art.
Ruth | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 7:47 am | #
Let's just say I wanted to hate it, but it's too damn good.
Also saw "Mr Brooks".
Now THERE's a piece of shit, albeit well acted.
Ruth - thanks for ye linkee. True, most disc issues will heal themselves.
Unfortunately, in my case it's herniated discs (still have 2). The surgeon took care of the most problematic one.
I head back to the Pain Clinic next week, to begin working out the left lumbar issues. The surgeon seems to believe that we'll be going in there soon enough.
And, so do I. But it's not nearly as bad as what I've been through already.
Let's just say I wanted to hate it, but it's too damn good.
Also saw "Mr Brooks".
Now THERE's a piece of shit, albeit well acted.
steve simels
You've completely turned my world upside down.
Look up extrapolate. Lots of us do it about nearly everything; but the thing is: even as similar as we all are, there are still millions of variables.
ql where is the place where your going to be today and what time?
Now THERE's a piece of shit, albeit well acted
Does Kevin Costner ever NOT make a piece of shit movie?
Thanks for the "I'd rather be" earworm, folks! I'll have that in my head for a week.
Virginia, it's got to be that these people only listen to Faux News, otherwise they'd have seen some mention of some of the ways the 'detainees' were sucked up. Oh and there's WMD's buried in Libya just waiting for us to leave Iraq, and rub on this lamp, it's where your presidential candidate is waiting....
HBK, I sent an email with the details. If I ever get my ass in gear I'll be there from about 10:00-3:00.
nice, steve. I like upside surprises.
rub on this lamp, it's where your presidential candidate is waiting....
Ruth
The burning question for me is: Will voters go for a down-home, folksy, Southern good-ole-boy type yet again?
I think the powers that be want Romney, but Thompson could edge him out. I simply don't know what I'm going to do if the Dems continue to wrestle defeat from the jaws of victory.
(I'm all stoked about my results consuming ground
cinnamon. I want to share it, it's helping me so much -- yet I know Your results may vary. )
Good morning folks.
there's WMD's buried in Libya just waiting for us to leave Iraq, and rub on this lamp, it's where your presidential candidate is waiting....
That's quite accurate, Ruth.
Validating Thompson keeps The Southern Strategy alive -- and it needs to die.
Michael Kinsley:
And woe betide any politician who suggests that waiting for complete triumph might not be the only alternative -- just in case democracy, prosperity, peace and brotherhood don't flower in Iraq next week. Sens . Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama opposed the war-funding bill because it lacked even the mealy-mouthed timetables in an earlier version that Bush vetoed.
For this they got crocodile tears from Sen. John McCain. Squandering a bit more of his war-hero capital, McCain came close to accusing the two leading Democratic presidential candidates of treason: "I was very disappointed to see Senator Obama and Senator Clinton embrace the policy of surrender." Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, with no known foreign policy expertise or even interest (unless you count his "mission" to France after college, trying to convert the French to Mormonism), attributed Clinton's and Obama's votes to "an inexperienced worldview on national security."
plantsman - my wife tried the cinnamon bit. Didn't work so well for her.
Good morning, trifecta. About time for a cuppa.
brb.
plantsman - my wife tried the cinnamon bit. Didn't work so well for her.
(Which is why, for once in my life, I'm trying to keep my own counsel.)
Barndog, tragically, it's the mindset.
I think the powers that be want Romney, but Thompson could edge him out. I simply don't know what I'm going to do if the Dems continue to wrestle defeat from the jaws of victory.
I dont understand either. It seems as if the right dem ran, that they could crush the repubs. People neither trust, nor like the repubs anymore.
attributed Clinton's and Obama's votes to "an inexperienced worldview on national security."
Live Free or Die
I attribute it to the certainty that the bill was going down in flames big-time, and they knew they could cast a harmless political vote.
But I am somewhat bitter about the Congress these days.
I don't know much about music, but I know what I like. I think it's really, really hard to pull something like this off, but this guy has some smart songwriting. Check out "with the grace of god," fourth song down.
The 08 Election, fearless prediction:
Edwards VS Thompson VS Bloomberg/Hagel.
We're fucked.
Everybody wakey, wakey!
I attribute it to the certainty that the bill was going down in flames big-time, and they knew they could cast a harmless political vote.
Well all of the Iraq votes have been colored by fear. If the media would bullshit on the repubs, then people could vote against the war and explain it.
Edwards VS Thompson VS Bloomberg/Hagel.
We're fucked.
steve simels
Maybe I need to try the Zoloft.
via BuzzFlash
Leslie Southwick, the President's pick for a lifetime seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, used to be a judge on the Mississippi Court of Appeals. In that position, he joined a decision, over a strong dissent, upholding a chancellor's ruling taking custody of an eight-year-old girl away from her birth mother, in large measure because the mother was living with another woman in a "lesbian home."
Southwick went even further and also joined a gratuitously anti-gay concurring opinion extolling Mississippi's right, under "the principles of Federalism," to treat gay men and lesbians like second-class citizens. The concurring opinion suggests that sexual orientation is a choice, and states that while "any adult may choose any activity in which to engage . . . such person is not thereby relieved of the consequences of his or her choice," in this case, losing one's child.
The Dems are going to benefit greatly from the continuing revelations about the DoJ, the collapse of the Iraqi gov't, and the immmigration push from the WH.
Candidate yet to be determined, but I'l going with whoever.
he joined a decision, over a strong dissent, upholding a chancellor's ruling taking custody of an eight-year-old girl away from her birth mother, in large measure because the mother was living with another woman in a "lesbian home."
We just have to wait until the old guard dies.
Leslie Southwick, the President's pick for a lifetime seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, used to be a judge on the Mississippi Court of Appeals. In that position, he joined a decision, over a strong dissent, upholding a chancellor's ruling taking custody of an eight-year-old girl away from her birth mother, in large measure because the mother was living with another woman in a "lesbian home."
Anyone want to bet on Lieberman's and Clinton's votes on this? I'll give you a coupon to the tastee freeze.
Edwards is not currently in danger of getting The Democratic Nomination, imho.
simels sez:
We're fucked.
Good gravy, I'm tired.
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Dear Mississippi:
Above the entrance to the US Supreme Court, the words Equal Justice Under Law are inscribed. Get used to it.
ql you've got mail back.
Ruth -- I'll go with whoever, too, but people hate the immigration bill for all the wrong reasons, and they'll hold their noses and vote 'thug regardless.
Meanwhile, I don't see people really getting the DoJ thing, in general. It this just my black political mood? Does anyone but *us* give a shit about it?
Damned historian sez:
Everybody wakey, wakey!
Leave me alone; I've been awake for hours but I'm not happy about it.
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I've just wakened from a brisk, 12 hour nap!
Time to get doing things, soon as it's dawn and stuff.
steve, you were wrong about the movie, too.
*yawn*HICA!
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Thats all we need is another male republibot named Leslie.
Did Gizmo sleep in?
Here, spork, have some nice Joe's Bay Blend coffee and a bun.
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People, The Republicans are in a spiral of well-deserved decline. The sky is not falling.
/just sayin'
The Dems are going to benefit greatly from the continuing revelations about the DoJ, the collapse of the Iraqi gov't, and the immmigration push from the WH.
Hillary: Everybody knows her and has an opinion on her. How are her numbers going to move? Will she win Ohio? If not, fuggetabout her.
Obama: He's new. And black. Will whites REALLY vote for him? Can he win Ohio? If not, fuggetabout him.
Edwards: If he cant change the dynamics of his hair, fuggetabout him.
Richardson: He flamed out on Pumkinheads show. Fuggetabout him.
Gore: He would win all of the states he won last time, and NH. He wins in a cakewalk.
GWPDA, heya got a qweshtun for ya.
Virginia, I find grounds for optimism in the kind of reactions I was getting in making calls for a liberal candidate for Congress from our neanderthal area. Yes, a lot of people are unable to get their minds in gear. But they don't much vote.
JR -
Brisk 12 hour nap.
I managed a solid 10.5 last night myself.
I want to send a couple of folks some tulips bulbs, but I'm afraid they'll microwave 'em if I post them from here. Are you coming up to RMC again before fall?
People, The Republicans are in a spiral of well-deserved decline. The sky is not falling.
/just sayin'
plantsman, plant geek
Not according to what I read in the paper, see on TV, and hear on the radio.
and plantsman - I seem to have planted a yellow tomato plant - not the little plum ones. Hard to tell if they're ripe or not.
And the cinnamon was mildly suppressive for me too....
Everybody!
Virginia, I find grounds for optimism in the kind of reactions I was getting in making calls for a liberal candidate for Congress from our neanderthal area.
Well, that's some reassurance.
spork_incident:
Dude!!!
Ruth -- I'll go with whoever, too, but people hate the immigration bill for all the wrong reasons, and they'll hold their noses and vote 'thug regardless.
there is nothing good about this immigration bill. Illegal immigrants dont have to pay back taxes, they wont pay the $5000. Meanwhile, legal immigrants are going to have to wait even longer to bring their family over. And their family wont be able to come over on a visa to visit.
No, no upping to RMC any time soon. But if you ship the bulbs now, just tell people to put them in the refrigerator vegetable bin until they plant them in the fall. They need to be chilled anyway.
steve, you were wrong about the movie, too.
Ruth | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 8:17 am | #
I'm sure you're right.
i>Here, spork, have some nice Joe's Bay Blend coffee and a bun.
Grrr...
(Though a bun would be nice...but I don't actually have a bun. So...)
Grrr...
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I managed a solid 10.5 last night myself.
Barndog, alpha hippy
We're either sick as can be or feeling much better - too early to tell tho.
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For an unknown tomato color, I'd test by separation from the sepals just above the fruit and
mild softness to the touch -- but you're right, it's hard to tell. This is what 'loosely wrapped in a brown paper bag a few days' is all about.
GWPDA... I'm worried about getting them through the mail safely. I know that they were microwaving at one point because of the anthrax scare.
HBK, I responded with a cc to res & watertiger.
steve
Yellow bar comes, yellow bar goes . . . yellow bar just informed me there were "42+ new comment(s) posted recently." Oh, now it's 45.
For an unknown tomato color, I'd test by separation from the sepals just above the fruit and
mild softness to the touch
Yep - I think I'll go poke at them pretty soon. More coffee first tho. They're very pretty - a sunny gold.
But don't store fruit with chilled bulbs, the ethylene gas given off can affect flowering.
If they're Sungold's they'll be powerfully sweet, if they're ripe.
Morning , plantsma
i was just out in the backyard, checking on my transplants and heard little tiny voices yelling Liebensraum! Liebensraum!
I see the morning glories have discovered the trellis.
We're either sick as can be or feeling much better - too early to tell tho.
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GWPDA, Roving Historian
I think I'm still drunk.
Better go back to bed.
Or Coffee?
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steve!
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Gore: He would win all of the states he won last time, and NH. He wins in a cakewalk.
Live Free or Die | 06.02.07 - 8:19 am | #
Unless he campaigns specifically as a refutation of the entire Conservative project of the last thirty years, I don't give a shit.
This election is literally the last chance to save America.
Just electing a Democrat isn't enough.
GWPDA, I asked yesterday, is it tummy trouble?
Ken Burns live on CSpan 2
"The War An Intimate History, 1941-9145" heh.
Perhaps the lovely brekkie hubby has cooked up for me will cheer me up.
l8r, batsies.
Good morning, folks, from Teh Soggy Glans™.
had to get up to get Thers off on his trip.
Molly Ivors, avec bronchitis
Is that what you kids are calling it these days?
But don't store fruit with chilled bulbs, the ethylene gas given off can affect flowering.
plantsman
Right now they are sitting in a coolish place in brown paper bags, to dry up the dirt still on them a bit. Anypalce with a winter won't require them to be refrigerated if they are planted in fall... just keep them dry and slightly cool.
Besides, I'm not sure if it's possible to kill these ones, I've been trying for years.
Well, Thers is off and I tarted up simels' lovely post.
If I accomplish nothing else today, I'm okay.
Unless he campaigns specifically as a refutation of the entire Conservative project of the last thirty years, I don't give a shit.
This election is literally the last chance to save America.
Just electing a Democrat isn't enough.
I'll take the democrat, and I'm not even a democrat. We cant go through another 8 years of this.
For an unknown tomato color, I'd test by separation from the sepals just above the fruit and mild softness to the touch
plantsman, plant geek
NO FLIRTING.
http://
newsblogs.chicagotribune....to_mother_.html
BUSH GIVES GRIEVING MOTHERS WHO LOST CHILDREN IN IRAQ A PRESIDENTIAL COIN AND SAID 'DONTS GO SELL IT ON EBAY.'
GWPDA, I asked yesterday, is it tummy trouble?
ql in ny (officially retired)
Nah, just felt generically crummy, feverish. I suspect it may have been a result of hearing that the newest little manager at the Borg described me as a 'history buff' to the newest little managerette - who once upon a time was an anthro ABD but, because she found the politics so lefty couldn't bring herself to finish her degree.... I'm really going to enjoy leaving the Borg, ql. Really. Really, really, really, really.
For an unknown tomato color, I'd test by separation from the sepals just above the fruit and mild softness to the touch
plantsman, plant geek
NO FLIRTING.
Sinfonian, buried in Barry | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 8:31 am | #
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please no inter-species sex
who once upon a time was an anthro ABD but, because she found the politics so lefty couldn't bring herself to finish her degree....
hat is so fucked up.
JR, everey tulip I have planted has made it less than two years, altho not far from me there is an abandoned site where tulips cme up every spring. In an area where refrigeration is required.
In my experience, you flirt with A Sungold tomato, it'll split and squirt all over you.
please no inter-kingdom sex
illyakrun
Editorial clarification.
"The War An Intimate History, 1941-9145" heh.
Ruth | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 8:29 am | #
el abbdul-goering
simels,
Best acted comedy I've seen in years, however. Paul Rudd: give the bastard an Oscar fer crissakes.
I was flipping channels the other day and came across Clueless. Man,he's come a long way. There was also that gay Jennifer Aniston housemate movie.
JR, everey tulip I have planted has made it less than two years,
Ruth
Would you like to try a couple of these... I have 6 lunch bags full of them.
heh.
inter-kingdom sex.
Paging Jean Duke of Berry.
Paging Jean Duke of Berry.
If I had to pay $5,000 to stay here, well, Hello Canada.
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Ruth, Tulips originated in an arid part of Turkey, and vary greatly in habit and response to climate.
The fancier long-stemmed hybrids developed in Europe and widely known today require more cold than many species Tulips.
Paging Jean Duke of Berry.
*hauls down the facsimilie of the Tres Riche Heures*
Which page?
hybrid vigor is what I'm all about!
Which page?
JR, kerosene and a match | Homepage | 06.
now, that would call for a trip downstairs!
something with a very very flowery vined border
*verging* on 'interkingdom seduction'
Well, I think I'm finished with the front "garden" for this year.
Now the back.
Eek!
hybrid vigor is what I'm all about!
NO FLIRTING!!!
JR, that would be great. I tried to go to your homepage, and it is DWD's, so since there may be a troll around, pls email me thru DWD, he has my info. Thks.
I'm really going to enjoy leaving the Borg, ql. Really. Really, really, really, really.
GWPDA
History buff. Humph! How to marginalize in two easy steps.
I am very glad to be separated. The transition is such that there were only two people left in my bureau to see me off. Sad that.
JR, that would be great. I tried to go to your homepage, and it is DWD's,
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Ruth
WTF?
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Damn, I hate it when HaloScan time-surfs!
GWPDA... I'm worried about getting them through the mail safely. I know that they were microwaving at one point because of the anthrax scare.
JR, kerosene and a match
Honestly? I'd put 'em in a padded envelope, mark them TULIP BULBS on the customs declaration and kiss your hand to G_d. Either they'll make it or not. In AZ we're pretty accustomed to plants not arriving - the State agricultural people are whimsical about what they'll let in or not, but it's not worth fashing about.
Morning. Did Tim Griffin resign? Anybody know? Randi Rhodes was trumpeting it yesterday, but then Josh Marshall doesn't say it, C&L, Firedoglake, Atrios, nobody seems to be aware of it. Did she jump the gun or something?
Thanks Ruth.
Colbert is doing the intros.
Agave, JR seems to be promoting DWD's book, Challenge. Which is sweet.
Griffin is gone.
the announcement was a few days ago.
I also read in comments that Karen Huge is gone too, but can't find any confirmation.
now, that would call for a trip downstairs!
something with a very very flowery vined border
*verging* on 'interkingdom seduction'
illyakrun
Hmm, the August panel (party at Chateau d'Etampes) doesn't have a viney border, but it has loads of foliage in the painting itself...
Agave, JR seems to be promoting DWD's book, Challenge. Which is sweet.
Ruth
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(I'm going to launder towels, bathmat, etc. today.
I love fresh, clean toweling!)
JR, that would be great. I tried to go to your homepage, and it is DWD's,
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Ruth
I don't have a homepage, so I rented it out.
email is: takshak.jr AT gmail DOT com.
Speaking of movies, Jr., who is with me this weekend, wants to see Spiderman 3. (He wants to see Shrek the Third with his mom; that's fine.)
He's an extremely bright almost-8-yo, but still, he's almost 8. He's seen both the previous Spiderman movies.
Is this one going to be OK for him to see? I'm generally all right with it, but I'm a little nervous about it being too violent or whatever ... anyone have any ideas?
Thank you ql, was out of the loop on that I guess.
Honestly? I'd put 'em in a padded envelope, mark them TULIP BULBS on the customs declaration and kiss your hand to G_d.
Sounds like a plan... last time US Ag asked a dirt question (long SCA related story) they were fine with Canadian dirt, and tulips aren't restricted.
ql, the media reports about Bartlett leaving all included KHuge, with a panoply of other deserters, and I had tho't she was representing us to the M.E. making a total botch of it when she made cookie making remarks to intellectual women of the M.E. But that's the last I heard. Maybe she slunk away quietly.
Is this one going to be OK for him to see? I'm generally all right with it, but I'm a little nervous about it being too violent or whatever ... anyone have any ideas?
Sinfonian, buried in Barry
We were gonna go to the Movies last weekend, looked at what was on and stayed home.
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Sinfonian,
It'll be fine. If he seems freaked by it, talk to him about it.
Just so long as there aren't any breastesses!
afternoon moonbats
Hmm, the August panel (party at Chateau d'Etampes) doesn't have a viney border, but it has loads of foliage in the painting itself...
JR, kerosene and a match | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 8:43 am | #
okay. can't find it. neither can I find a book bought years ago a medieval 'health' book about the medicinal effects of various plants.
beautiful illustrations I believe from that era although I'd have to see it to refresh my memory.
however sitting here with a slim volume 'selected plates from The Book of Kells' I see
interlacing vines galore weaving through letters
Moonbootica! Where are you, my dear?
Moonbootica! Where are you, my dear?
plantsman, plant geek
It's 7:45am, here.
She's across the sea.
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Thanks, Molly. I don't expect him to be freaked out by it. He understands that it's a movie and all.
Only problem is, rather than see a 12:55 show one minute from my house, he would rather have me drive 20 minutes through a tropical storm to a different theatre for a 10:00 show.
So much for patience.
however sitting here with a slim volume 'selected plates from The Book of Kells' I see
interlacing vines galore weaving through letters
illyakrun
Thames and Hudson has a full sized facsimile of the Kells, if you can find (and afford) it. There is a paperback version, too, IIRC.
I believe from that era although I'd have to see it to refresh my memory.
That would be later than the Kells, I'd guess.
Woooohooooo! That is a Sungold, and those are ripe! Lovely things - but you know, the garden marker claims it was a Celebrity - somebody mismarked it. And the Beefsteak? There are SIX enormous fruit coming along on the one plant.
The rotting shit barge that represents the Republic Party is sinking with all aboard. Swim for shore, you scurvy fucking rats.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Gad, Dad; howsa bouta new thread?
Moonbootica! Where are you, my dear?
plantsman, plant geek | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 8:48 am | #
well its 1:47pm here in Devizes, UK
Okay, I'm off to sit in the hot sun all day and not sell any quilts.
There's a big problem politically in America's Wang™ today.
Our Democratic senator, Bill Nelson, has joined with the Republicans to support torture.
I'm not pleased.
JR, I emailed you. Thks.
CSpan has developed sound problems, I get a lot of tinny background static - which I get on no other channel. What to do?
That would be later than the Kells, I'd guess.
JR, kerosene and a match | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 8:50 am |
yer right there. this book says '800 a.d.' for the book of kells. Says the original books is 341 leaves.
good lord. I imagine the full length facsimile copy would be quite 'dear.'
Okay, I'm off to sit in the hot sun all day and not sell any quilts.
?Que?
its lovely and sunny here in Devizes, but apparently its going to be crappy weather again tomorrow
Yes, it is Independent Transportation Day, here. Celebrating with some good coffee, and soon, the Scottish opium burritos.
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I had a Sungold once from seed that bore and bore like there was no tomorrow!
Okay, time for a quick shower and breakfast before the movie. I dare say I've never been to a movie as early as 10:00 am in my life.
Well, have a great day, and don't shoot anyone in the face.
CSpan has developed sound problems, I get a lot of tinny background static - which I get on no other channel. What to do?
Ruth
I'm going back to bed.
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a 10:00 a.m. movie. wow. that's sort of like a drink with breakfast isn't it????
really nice Bonus Saturday Cat Blogging
Home among the regal felines, then!
lol germany's angela merkel told W where he can shove his 'global warming' plan...oh and she added she does NOT expect agreement with the US on climate change
FREE Kevorkian, oh right!
FREE Woody!
Now, if the peppers can really start going, I shall have a wonderful harvest tableau - peppers and red and yellow tomatoes and squash and purple hulled beans.... I could take a picture....
Home among the regal felines, then!
plantsman, plant geek | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 8:54 am | #
yep for the moment.
currently looking round for jobs, my mum saved several cuttings from local papers
good lord. I imagine the full length facsimile copy would be quite 'dear.'
illyakrun
I walked into a book store and saw it on display behind the counter (boxed edition, sewn binding, full out bibliophile bait) and said "That's mine"
I didn't care, I was in lust.
I didn't care, I was in lust.
JR, kerosene and a match | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 8:55 am | #
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i'll trade you a cap gun and a frog for it.
Night,night, Agave.
I have a few things to do before I can institute the preferred plan - dive back into sleep. mmmmmm.
Holy crap. Unbelievably stupid screed on the op-ed page of our local rag this morning by a fundie whose all broken up that the mean liberals bashed Falwell upon his demise.
Money quote: "Tolerance for Saddam Hussein, tolerance for Osama bin Laden, tolerance for serial killers, for child molesters -- but none for Chrsitians."
The woman's name, I swear to Spag, is Agnes Cross-White.
I hope some religious liberal in the area lets her have it.
Those who are speaking of 10.5 and 12 hour naps are not amusing me much this morning.
Just saying.
Morning, rational people.
Another article touting the beneficial effects of lipoic acid was dicreetly tucked into a recent Oregonian. Good stuff, that.
i wonder about the us 'citizens' captured in iran...couldn't possibly be cia operatives....nah, no way, the US doesn't illegally spy on peoples
I hope some religious liberal in the area lets her have it.
V for Virginia
Don't hold your breath.
The woman's name, I swear to Spag, is Agnes Cross-White.
I hope some religious liberal in the area lets her have it.
V for Virginia | 06.02.07 - 8:58 am | #
too stupid for words.
literally.
Cool name though: Agnes Cross-White.
'The Mystery of Agnes Cross-White's Missing Typewriter'
I have a lovely Dorling-Kindersley Hardbound Encyclopedia of Garden Plants I'm in lust with myself.
substitute 'Agnes Cross-White' for 'Eleanor Rigby'
and you have, while perhaps not a 'hit' song, certainly an arcane bit of wording...
all those names and only 4 syllables....
Another article touting the beneficial effects of lipoic acid was dicreetly tucked into a recent Oregonian. Good stuff, that.
plantsman
Until someone ODs on it.
Jeebus folks, just eat your broccoli.
I have a lovely Dorling-Kindersley Hardbound Encyclopedia of Garden Plants I'm in lust with myself.
plantsman, plant geek | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 9:01 am | #
when my mother came down to Swansea, we went browsing the charity shops there and we brought this gorgeous illustrated DK Atlas of Ancient History.
when I was younger I loved reading the DK Illustrated Encyclopedia, cause the pictures were really nice to look at.
JP...does your Scottish franchise sell the opium burritos for one dollar? Mine does...not all of them do, but that's a substantial savings. I know they probably are bad for us, but yummy.
My SOs new cell phone has a crappy digital camera built in (well, not bad pics, but small).. maybe 'll post pictures of the monster in the back yard...
if it ain't in a vial im not touching it-----
Agnes Cross-White
in her groundbreaking book:
The Vial and my Vile Tumour
Cross-White confuses televangelism with xtianity. They are not necessarily compatible.
Lipoic acid, often called Alpha-Lipoic-Acid is an anti-oxidant that can operate in both aqueous (water-based) and fatty (cell membrane) environments. Recommended daily intake is 1200mg. I supplement with 600mg.
the book, DK Atlas of Ancient Civilizations went from Sumer all the way to the Incas.
a wonderful book.
Cross-White confuses televangelism with xtianity. They are not necessarily compatible.
Ruth | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 9:04 am | #
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every time a flower blooms agnes cross-white freezes up a little more
i wonder about the us 'citizens' captured in iran...couldn't possibly be cia operatives....nah, no way, the US doesn't illegally spy on peoples
mogwai
Not 67 year old Middle Eastern history lady scholars, no. Don't know about the others, but I do this lady. Not a spook, not even vaguely or spook connected. Just an eminent scholar.
Missouri Bird: JP...does your Scottish franchise sell the opium burritos for one dollar? Mine does...not all of them do, but that's a substantial savings. I know they probably are bad for us, but yummy.
Yes, they do! Besides, if I limit this to the weekends... and eat shredded whet with soymilk on the weekdays... aw, who am I kiddin'? I putt around on a slow scooter. I must have a deathwish!
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The lowest reported dosage to exhibit toxic side-effects was 0.83 mg/kg.
Feh, why can't they express it in mouse units, that's much cooler.
DK produces wondrous picture-books! (I have a condensed, paperback version of the gardening one for on-the-go reference.)
WHAT?! 10 - 12 hours of sleep!? You, you--BASTARD!!!! Gimme some of that! I get 4 - 5 if I'm lucky anymore. My neck is killing me, I miss my dog, food tastes crappy and there's nothing good on TV. And high level Horde keep killing my warlock for no good reason.
Satan better not show up around now, I'm frakin' ready to deal, I'm sorry. 
Other than that, Hi everyone!
Not 67 year old Middle Eastern history lady scholars, no. Don't know about the others, but I do this lady. Not a spook, not even vaguely or spook connected. Just an eminent scholar.
GWPDA, Roving Historian | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 9:05 am | #
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not to justify dick cheney or hillary clinton wanting to bomb tehran back to the brass age but:
iran has a horrible human right's record.
"Worse than Haiti's Dad?"
"I don't know son."
the book, DK Atlas of Ancient Civilizations went from Sumer all the way to the Incas.
Moonbootica
I grew up on the many and varied Larousse encyclopedias. Those were pretty good, too.
Diabetics are reputed to have greater need for ALA.
btw, for those who do such things as read magazines in the paper format, the June issue of The Atlantic is terrific.
Please prey for us.
At the homepage, Diane finding the new press approach to candidacy; "Tell us about your gods?" How about your dreams too? I wanna know about horoscopes, pls.
I think GWPDA might have exaggerated that sleep cycle... I coulda swore she was here less than 12 hours ago, askin' me why I was carrying the fat bankroll...
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And high level Horde keep killing my warlock for no good reason.
I'll talk to Tchukka about that.
Wait, not SCA?
Cross-White confuses televangelism with xtianity. They are not necessarily compatible.
Ruth
She's pretty fucking confused, all right.
I hope her missing typewriter is right up her sanctimonious ass.
PayDay, Salted Nut Roll, PayDay!
Diabetics are reputed to have greater need for ALA.
plantsman
Eat your broccoli... and liver!
The endocrine-challenged generally benefit from increases in anti-oxidants - our systems are so scrambled that we don't metabolise stuff properly in all kinds of ways.
I grew up on the many and varied Larousse encyclopedias. Those were pretty good, too.
JR, kerosene and a match | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 9:07 am | #
my mother found me in yes another charity shop years ago the New Larousse encyclopedia of mythology.
she found lots of reference books in charity shops or cheapy book stores, she also found this Illustrated 20th Century Conflict, which had pictures, stats and info written up like news stories.
LarryElvis is being a behind-the-behind baby this morning... purr motor fully wound.
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I enjoy broccoli, and suspect food-market liver and have been warned off it by others as toxins are concentrated there. What to do?
LarryElvis is being a behind-the-behind baby this morning... purr motor fully wound.
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Jeffraham Prestonian
Those are some happy-ass kitties you've got there, pal!
I hope her missing typewriter is right up her sanctimonious ass.
V for Virginia | 06.02.07 - 9:10 am | #
its in a bag at the bottom of a lake
buried with broken antlers and the wallets they never found belonging to the civil rights workers who disappeared
Hey, everbody; LE is set to "vibrate!"
I think GWPDA might have exaggerated that sleep cycle...
Not by much, buddy, not by much. Went down at 6.45pm and didn't stir til this morning at 4.45am. Evidently, it was needed. Sorry if I used up everybody else's.
I think he's in a coma.
Used up Mine! (grumbles softly)
I think he's in a coma.
Gizmo
Did you try smacking him on the mouth with your paw? Our old boy Riley found that to be particularly effective on a weekend morning.
What to do?
plantsman, plant geek
Chopped chicken livers of course, kosher, free range. In AA.
because this deeply affects you.
because this could alter your universe by as much as 12% over the course of your lifetime factoring in such things as cellphone towers and migrating lemmings.
not to mention the unexpected pregnancy.
im off to ride my bike.
Maybe this has been linked to already, but THINK PROGRESS puts up video from BILL MOYERS last night that will have your SCREAMING WOW!
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06.../korea-johnson/
Watch it, UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE!
Poor peeps on dial-up must be feeling the strain.
my mother found me in yes another charity shop years ago the New Larousse encyclopedia of mythology.
I am a know denizen of used book stores, myself. Amazing what shows up... I found a *signed* copy of Galbraith's "The Affluent Society" for the equivalent of 30p.
suspect food-market liver and have been warned off it by others as toxins are concentrated there. What to do?
Buy Hutterite poultry. Those are organic, to a almost medieval level.
she found lots of reference books in charity shops or cheapy book stores, she also found this Illustrated 20th Century Conflict,
they are the best to troll for old books, as they are typically cheap - i have to limit my purchase to 3-5 books at a time.
my mother found me in yes another charity shop years ago the New Larousse encyclopedia of mythology.
You say years ago like you're seventy :>)
I love thrift stores, but find I rarely have the patience to root through the used bookshops -- they're awfully disorganized, in these parts, at least.
Seriously, I would have never believed that a cat so small could purr so loud... I mean, Curly's is loud, but different, 'cause he keeps his mouth slightly open, but L.E.'s almost as loud as this 2-stroke motor on the li'l Vino!
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Gizmo, I have catnip and it's all yours if he's up in five minutes. Later than that, and I've got CIGARBUTTS.
The endocrine-challenged generally benefit from increases in anti-oxidants - our systems are so scrambled that we don't metabolise stuff properly in all kinds of ways.
GWPDA
My system is surgically scambled, but my metabolism is running just fine. Small mercies, etc.
I am a know denizen of used book stores, myself. Amazing what shows up... I found a *signed* copy of Galbraith's "The Affluent Society" for the equivalent of 30p.
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often the best places, i also like looking at used book stalls at village fetes.
last year I found a complete collection of Jane Austen stories, which was really cool.
Wonder when Moe's "The Effluent Society" is coming out?
L.E.'s almost as loud as this 2-stroke motor on the li'l Vino!
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Jeffraham Prestonian
My roomates nicknamed my cat "Motorhead" because you could hear his purr two rooms away.
Sinfonian -- hope you're enjoying Barry as much as we are up here!
And the only good thing about Bill Nelson is that he could be replaced by someone worse.
Those are organic, to a almost medieval level.
Doug
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Medieval? As in plague?
from today's Boston globe:
White House revises post-disaster protocol
The unexpected arrival of the new policy has received little attention in the mainstream media, but it has prompted discussion among legal specialists, homeland security experts and Internet commentators -- including concerns that the policy may be written in such a way that makes it too easy to invoke emergency presidential powers such as martial law.
Specifically, the policy creates a new "National Continuity Coordinator" inside the White House who is charged with ensuring all executive agencies have a plan by Aug. 4 to keep functioning if their leadership perishes in an attack. The coordinator is also directed to help Congress, the Supreme Court, and state and local leaders prepare for a worst-case scenario.
The policy designates the president's top adviser for homeland security and counterterrorism -- currently Frances Townsend -- as the national continuity director. It also directs Townsend to consult National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley and Vice President Dick Cheney.
because they as SO trustworthy and responsible!!!!!!!
thats -gizmo heard us. sheets.
Frustrating... what's the point of having a website if you're not going to list your business hours...?!?
(just trying to set up Plan B, in case the Vino 125 guy is insulted by my midpoint offer between trade-in value and high retail)
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It is possible to "factory" farm in a decent way. Discovery up here runs a series from Quebec called "How It's Made" thta had a robotic dairy farm.
No stalls, the cows wander around freely (under skylights) and milk themelves.
Tres cool.
I'll admit it, post-stroke I'll read nearly anything, for the mental exercise. Usually, James Patterson's ultra-stacatto chapters are fun, but he's taken on so many co-authors lately to keep cranking books out; the quality is beginning to suffer, if beach-book quality can suffer.
Cross-White confuses televangelism with xtianity. They are not necessarily compatible.
Ruth
More of a parasitic relationship than a symbiosis, methinks. Little birds on a hippo's back...
Watch it, UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE!
attaturk
Chimpy harbors no such doubts. God ordered him to invade Iraq.
Those are organic, to a almost medieval level.
Doug
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Medieval? As in plague?
Naw, they are clean enough, the Hutterites do things in a somewhat similar way to the Amish. Just backwards I guess, but their food is good!
I do know when I had the mobs of kids in my house a couple of years ago I was cooking enough food to have cooked a few chickens for the same dinner. Results? The Hutterite chickens were tasty, and the other brands were kind of funky tasting in comparision.
Also from the Boston Globe:
Ignorance on global warming
By Derrick Z. Jackson
attaturk, just watched that Moyers' video.
I listened to the pessimism and a sense of despair in Johnson's voice as he questioned the wisdom of being in Vietnam.
Yet he escalated the conflict anyway.
264 dead Americans became 58,209 over 11 years, to say nothing of the Vietnamese and others who were killed.
The fucking warmongers want to blame the left for the defeat. It's pathetic.
I dunno, I think the idea that the administration has been a roller coaster only going up suggests that a big fall is coming...
That's only if you understand gravity.
And fairly few people in the Bush regime seem to "believe" in science.
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