Happy holidays, Sparkle, enjoy the break!
jeff, have we figured out her blogsplat password yet?
Happy holidays RWS.
Enjoy your family. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas. See you on the flip side.
Nice one. I totally appreciate what you are saying here. Have a great Christmas babes. Is Bigdog taking over here again?
We could just all start showing up at Bigdog's site, no? Will he be having open thread?
Or for real fun, we could all go to GE's blog. He does put up a lot of science stuff, but some of it is interesting.
Happy Thanksgiving, RWS and Merry CHRISTmas...no I'm not afraid to say it.
Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas
Enjoy the time with your family and friends. I will miss your daily commentary. Perhaps I will find a moonbat blogger to annoy.
May God bless you
I haven't been asked and I am not ambitious enough to try to fill Sparkle's shoes.
I think Sparkle will be back, and brimming with energy after her absence. Sabbatical is a good term to use.
Have a good time, RWS! You are right about politics. I've been laying off it a lot too. It just darkens my outlook on the world too much. I still keep track of things pretty closely, but I feel less of a need to argue about it.
Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year.
We are all eagerly awaiting your triumphant return!
RWR
OH NO what will I do when I am at work now??
Just kidding around. Have a great time with your family and Merry Christmas!!!
Have a great Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!
Now I know how Brandon DeWylde's character (I THINK it was Brandon DeWylde) felt at the end of *Shane*:
*Sparkle! Sparkle! Come back, Sparkle!*
Oh well. Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We'll be here when you get back.
Have a Blessed Thanks Giving and Christmas RWS - thanks for all the great posts. I hope to see you back after the holidays.
Good for you! Putting your family and yourself first. Happy Holidays and God bless you!
Semper Fi
A retired USMC Captain
Have a Nice Holiday, RWS!
God bless, and see you next year!
May all the coming family gatherings bring joy and magic to you all. 
Happy Holidays, Sparkle.
You're a good egg, Sparkle.
Hope your Holidays are ones you remember fondly in later years.
That goes to the rest of you, too.
Oh great, now what am I going to do? 
Seriously, Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Happy Thanksgiving, Merry CHRISTmas and Happy New Year!
I hope you enjoy your sabbatical and look forward to your return.
Program on the emergence of civilization.
"14 species of large animals capable of domesitcation in the history of mankind.
13 from Europe, Asia and northern Africa.
None from the sub-Saharan African continent. "
Favor.
And disfavor.
They point out Africans’ failed attempts to domesticate the elephant and zebra, the latter being an animal they illustrate that had utmost importance for it's applicability in transformation from a hunting/gathering to agrarian-based civilization.
The roots of racism are not of this earth.
Austrailia, aboriginals:::No domesticable animals.
The North American continent had none. Now 99% of that population is gone.
AIDS in Africa.
Organizational Heirarchy
Heirarchical order, from top to bottom:
1. MUCK - perhaps have experienced multiple universal contractions (have seen multiple big bangs), creator of the artificial intelligence humans ignorantly refer to as "god"
2. Perhaps some mid-level alien management
3. Evil/disfavored aliens - runs day-to-day operations here and perhaps elsewhere
Terrestrial management:
4. Chinese/egyptians - this may be separated into the eastern and western worlds
5. Romans - they answer to the egyptians
6. Mafia - the real-world 20th century interface that constantly turns over generationally so as to reinforce the widely-held notion of mortality
7. Jews, corporation, women, politician - Evidence exisits to suggest mafia management over all these groups.
Movies foreshadowing catastrophy
1985 James Bond View to a Kill 1989 San Francisco Loma Prieta earthquake.
They can affect the weather and Hurricane Katrina was accomplished for many reasons and involves many interests, as anything this historical is::
1. Take heat off Sheenhan/Iraq, protecting profitable war machine/private war contracts
2. Gentrification. New Orleans median home price of $84k is among the lowest in major American cities, certainly among desirable cities.
Our society gives clues to the system in place. We all have heard the saying "He has more money than god." There is also an episode of the Simpsons where god meets Homer and says "I'm too old and rich for this."
This is the system on earth because this is the system everywhere.
I don't want to suggest the upper eschelons are evil and good is the fringe.
But they have made it abundantly clear that doing business with evil (disfavored) won't help people. They say only good would have the ear, since evil is struggling for survival, and therefore only the favored could help.
The clues are there which companies are favored and which are disfavored, but they conceal it very hard because it is so crucial.
I offer an example of historical proportions:::
People point to Walmart and cry "anti-union".
Unions enable disfavored people to live satisfactorly without addressing their disfavor. This way their family's problems are never resolved. Without the union they would ha
problems are never resolved. Without the union they would have to accept the heirarchy, their own inferiority.
Unions serve to empower.
Walmart is anti-union because they are good. They try to help people address and resolve their problems by creating an enviornment where there are fewer hurdles.
Media ridicule and lawsuits are creations to reinforce people's belief that Walmart is evil in a subsegment of the indistry dominated by the middle and lower classes.
Low-cost disfavored Chinese labor is utilized by corporate america to maximize margins. They all do it. Only WalMart gets fingered because they are the ones who help, and those who seek to create confusion in the marketplace want to eliminate the vast middle class who have a real chance and instead stick with lower classes who may not work otherwise. So they dirty him up while allowing the others to appear clean.
The middle class is being deceived. They are being misled into the unfavored, and subsequently will have no assistance from their purchases with corporate america.
I believe the coining of the term "Uncle Sam" was a clue alluding to just this::Sam Walton and WalMart is one of few saviors of the peasant class.
Amercia is a country of castoffs, rejects. Italy sent its criminals. Malcontents.
Between the thrones, the klans and kindred, they "decided" who they didn't want and acted, creating discontent and/or starvation.
The u.s. is full of disfavored rejects. It is the reason for the myriad of problems not found in European countries. As far as the Rockafellers and other industrialists of the 19th century go, I suspect these aren't their real names. I suspect they were chosen to go and head this new empire.
Royalty is the right way to organize a society. Dictatorships and monarchies are a reflection of the antient's hierarchical organization.
Positions go to those who have favor with the rulers, as opposed to being elected.
Elections bring a false sense of how the world is. Democracy misleads people.
Which is why the disfavored rejects were sent to the shores of America::To keep them on the wrong path.
Jesus Christ is a religious figure of evil. These seperatist churches formed so they could still capture the rest of the white people, keeping them worshipping the wrong god.
And now they do it to people of color, Latinos and Asians, after centuries of preying upon them.
Simpson's foreshadowing::Helloween IV special, Flanders is Satan. "Last one you ever suspect."
"You'll see lots of nuns where you're going:::hell!!!" St. Wigham, Helloween VI, missionary work, destroying cultures.
Over and over, the Simpsons was a source of education and enlightenment, a target of ridicule by the system which wishes to conceal its secrets.
Since Buddism doesn't recongnize a god, the calls are never heard, and Chinese representation is instead selected by the thrones.
Budda was the Asian's Jesus Christ::: bad for the people. "Th
umm, I guess I better just play it safe and say Happy Holidays then...
Just Kidding! Have a very Merry Chritsmas, Sparkle! and a Happy Thanskgiving and New Year too. Hope you have a wonderful time with your family and guests and the many celebrations you have planned. Hopefully we'll have made mini new year's resolutions to be more civil here when you return (myself included ). I look forward to it.
see you in '06! - "weps"
As a SPECIAL EARLY CHRISTMAS TREAT I have revived a Great story by Dave in Texas called "the Crap Tree" - Please read it Here . Dave, thanks for the hilarious story. Gets me in the holiday spirit! Take care.
Thanks for all the nice comments!
(I think it's time for grandpa to hit the nursing home)
Yall are so sweet! I will be back soon!
The Crap Tree. Thank you ... I'm not alone.
It's good to know I'm not the only one who can't touch certain things in the house like decorations, the decorative towels in the bathroom, ... pretty much most things in the house.
So sentimental treasures disappear in his house too? Maybe we really are being visited by aliens.
Hilarious story!!
I bet Sparkle has 50 Nice trees in her house as rich as she is!
With 24 people on thanksgiving there'll be little white balls flying everywhere.
Who the hell is grandpa? where did he spring from?
"I think it's time for grandpa to hit the nursing home."
"Who the hell is grandpa? where did he spring from?"
He's Comment Spam... I got him over at The Pond. Deleted and banned his butt, too.
Darn it, I just found your blog today!!!!
I'll see you in the new year...but if anyone wants a new blog to come to...check mine out.
If this turns out to be true, you picked a fine time to go on hiatus RWS.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Sat...icle%
2FShowFull
reporting Zarqawi may have chosen to meet his 72 virgins...
Yeah, what they said. Except for that grandpa character. Weee-ooh! Strap that one down and sedate.
Have a joyous celebration of the freedom of our Christian forefathers (Thanksgiving) and a heartwarming celebration of the festival of trees. (*Christmas).
Jesus was probably born in late september. Maybe we should show it on the calendar like other holiday:
Jesus Birthday (Observed).
Oh, screw it.
Merry Christmas, too.
Enjoy the holidays and what not
Merry Christmas everyone, and best wishes for you all and your families. Especially all you knuckleheads I argue with.
wom. I think you mean well, so I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt, and I'm glad you enjoyed the story.
I'm asking you to take down the site. Surely you'll agree with me, the joke is long past whatever funny we all got out of it.
Thanks in advance, and best regards
Darn, that's too bad we're adjourning for a bit. Just when the dems seem to be imploding (vote last Friday, Woodward revelation, etc.). I would have loved to discuss that for days!
Merry Christmas to all who aren't afraid to say it anymore!
If you want me to , I could throw up some open threads while I am gone for yall to discuss whatever you wish.
Sparkle said
"If you want me to , I could throw up some open threads while I am gone for yall to discuss whatever you wish."
Nope, you gotta go cold turkey. Believe me, it's the only way to do it. (I speak from my experiences trying to quit smoking.)
Besides, we've got what amounts to an open thread here already.
...and the image of Sparkly vomiting up threads is an unpleasant one.
Dave in Texas:
The Crap Tree
I so much enjoyed that article. Until about six years ago, we had a "crap tree" that I really loved, just loaded with memorabilia like stupid ornaments the kids had made when they were little, or tacky stuff we got from friends or on vacation. Plus, I liked the multi-colored lights that you could switch to different twinkle patterns.
Then, the family rebelled. We now have a tree worthy of Macy's. Themed ornaments. Monochromatic white lights, that they won't allow me to set on complex blink patterns. Instead of a bunch of tinsel, we have artfully draped ribbons.
Shit. If I want to get drunk in front of a real Christmas tree, I guess I'm going to have to visit your den.
Have a nice sabbatical RWS.
"comment spam"??? Oh my...I've been away a loooooooong time...
Crap tree goes up this weekend Michael. I'll send pics.
Homeric!!!! Buddy, welcome back!!!!
Comment Spam is a "relatively" new thing, I'm afraid. Not just referrer spam, but now there are bots that'll just lace your comments section with crepe. It's a pain in the pinfeathers.
Homeric, you gotta stop by my blog!
Unless yours is back up?
No more crap tree, santa comes early for dave's (in texas) request. Perhaps my good intentions were too much all at once to handle. But I think I understand the wishes.
I feel like I am out of town and people are just milling around my house talking.
Mind if we raid the refrigerator?
From the looks of it, your weblog has been quite popular... I think you may have changed the template from when I was last here (I was surprised by the look upon coming back tonight... or I should say, this morning), but due to the semester being in full swing once again, and due to CRs, once again, my Blogosphere participation has been significant down, once again (as it was during the previous academic year). In fact, I should be doing [overdue!] coursework right now... or should perhaps be asleep, since it's 3:20 AM - but then, this is college, and they have given us this whole week off this time, for Thanksgiving 'Break'.
I wanted to say however, that don't worry about taking a hiatus... I myself haven't blogged in a month or so, and I need to catch up on that - I think I will have to, for Thanksgiving. Best of luck for your holiday plans, and activities, and Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!!
Thank you wom.
And Happy Thanksgiving to you all, I hope you enjoy the time with your family and friends.
Has anyone found the bowling alley yet? Man, this place is big ... milling ... milling ...
GE, look down towards the marina on the west side of the place... y'know, next to the runway?
No, no, Wonderduck, that's where the baseball diamond is. The bowling alley is in that building at one end of the full-sized replica of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, near the Ishtar Gate.
Hi have you still gone? I still click here first.
Gee its quiet around here. Hey, Golden Eagle, now Sparkles away do you fancy playing a few holes in her house?
FORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Myself, I was hoping to get in a few innings of baseball. (I believe that's cricket to you, dave bones. )
Sorry, dave bones, I just got through hiking the ski resort she has in her house. I'd love to play one of her golf courses but I think those are located on one of her private islands. Still milling ... milling ...
C'mon guys, look around. Just past Sparkle's airport you can do some whitewater rafting on the artificial river featuring several Class 4 rapids.
Also not to be missed are the exquisite Persian draperies in the laundry room. Really, they are something. The laundry room is in the general vicinity of the Thai Kitchen. Just ask one of the cooks. Most of them speak English.
Oh, and the bungee jump that is south of the horse barns is fun too. But it closes at 3 a.m.
I've done the bungee jump.
What in the heck are ya'll talking about?!
Jill,
A while back Sparkle had posted and commented about the black community and one of the commenters suggested that Sparkle didn't know what she was talking about because she is a rich white girl.
We started joking about how rich she was and how big her house is ... that she has a golf course in her house ... bowling allwy ... etc.
Make sense now?
Awww Goldenballs you spoilt it now. I thought we could keep this going till after Xmas!
Someone tell me he does this on purpose please.
I'd been hearing about that incident for a couple of weeks and just now saw that on video and that's what all the fuss is about? Big whoop! I'm glad I finally saw it was a big to do about nothing.
If RWS has an open thread - it should be about this new poll and article in Washington Post. 70% of Americans believe Democrats war criticism hurts troop morale (44% of those saying it REALLY hurts it). Also the majority of people think the Democrats criticize the war for political gain. Love it! Americans are catching on.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...2600745_pf.html
More good news. RWS did you see where Bruce Willis is going to make a movie about Iraq showing all the good our troops have done? They're going to be basing a lot on Michael Yon's blog! Thought you'd be interested, if you hadn't already heard.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
art...1892675,00.html
Jill, if you are going to jump, attatch your ankles securely first.
OMG!!! Ya'll really ARE at my house!!!
How else you possible know where everything is!! You even know about my Thai kitchen and my artifical river!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RWS. Nice house.
You have scented toilet paper.
Now what's that stuff for really?
Dave in Texas,
Do you make a point of sniffing toilet paper?
you worry me LOL
Anybody else read Ted Rall's new steaming pile of cow dung ?
Do you make a point of sniffing toilet paper?
Before or after?
Just kidding. Hey, that stuff is more aromatic than a 5 minute old Plug-In, Autumnal Wonder if you get my drift.
I've always wondered, what's the point of scented toilet paper? Is that for my finger?
You want to do something for my finger, Mr. Charmin man, put another coupla plys in there, thank you very hello.
Dave in Texas:
I just heard a rumor that the original design for the Texas quarter in the collectible "State Quarters" series had to be dropped. The Texas A&M student who designed it couldn't work out a design flaw that was causing vending machines to jam.
The duct tape tape kept coming off the two dimes and a nickel.
Any truth to that?
Sparkles, How was the pageant? Results?
Sad to say, she didn't place. but the competition was fierce and out the top 15 there wasn't one who weighed over 105 lbs. Seriously. My girl is curvy. But she looked gorgeous and we really did have a good time. She thinks she will wait a year until she is 18 and can do the Miss pageant. She just doesn't look like a teen. I think I will post a pageant pic when I get them downloaded so yall can see what I mean.
Thanksgiving was fun but hectic! I'm still recovering!
Here's something for you to meditate on while you celebrate Christ-mass.
You have scented toilet paper.
Now what's that stuff for really?
Dave, that scented paper is supposed to substitute for the sheets that you normally tear out of the mail-order catalogs.
Around Christmas time, abuse of them "wishbooks" is just not to be done. Ain't you ever wondered why god invented corncobs?
fatman,
Very likely. You may have read about the archeological discovery at College Station last week,
they found the Texas A&M 1934 Hide and Go Seek team captain.
Now that the last of the turkey hash has been served, time to get back to work.
Merry Christmas from a MSC sailor in Dubai, United Arab Emirates as well Kath!
Henry.W.Scharf.CIV@msc.navy.mil
Merry Christmas everyone. If you find "Merry Christmas" offensive, Have a Merry Christmas anyway.
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