Well, Ned the Fighting Koi (my new friend, pictured above, who was a "Good luck in Rehab!" gift from Taylor Marsh) and I are getting settled in here at Promises. I’ve met my roommate, Dan, also a recovering Snarkaholic. He bottomed out on Sadly, No!’s photos of Wingnuts in Party Hats.
It was this shot of Jeff Goldstein, actually, that did him in.
Yeah, that’s strong stuff. And I’m not supposed to have it in here or access it during my daily hour of Internet time, so don’t tell anybody, for god’s sake! I’m just posting it as a warning to everyone that no matter what anyone says, Sadly, No! is a dangerous drug. I know that "everybody does it", and that supposedly you can’t get physically addicted to it, but you can still become dependent on it, and that’s NOT COOL. So, no matter what your friends say, y’all, Snark is dangerous and highly addictive. I know that all the kids are doing it on the ol’ Internets these days, but mark my words, it leads to more serious things and do you want to be the one who ends up with a serious problem like me?
I’m not trying to lecture you. I just want to keep you all from making the same mistakes that I have made.
So, you know, it’s pretty cool here. I spent most of the afternoon in the Day Room, trying not to think about much of anything, just trying to take it one day at a time, especially until I get past the withdrawals. It’s not going to be easy, but this time I think I can really make it. No more Atlas Vlogs for me, no sir! Never, ever again.
Well, just not for today.
Which brings me to this cool kind of prayer-thing they taught us here:
Just for Today
Just for Today my thoughts will be on my recovery,
living and enjoying life without the use of snark or dangerous vlogs.
Just for Today I will have faith in someone in SA* who believes in me and wants to help me in my recovery.
Just for Today I will have a program. I will try to follow it to the best of my ability.
Just for Today , through SA, I will try to get a better perspective on my life.
Just for Today I will be unafraid, my thoughts will be on my new associations, people who are not using Snark and who have found a new way of life. So long as I follow that way, I have nothing to fear.
(*Snarkaholics Anonymous)
I feel better just saying it to myself. Just for today. One day at a time! I really believe that this time, with God’s help, I can kick for good.
It was a tough ride over here in the car. Pach drove and Christy and Jane sat on either side of me in the back seat. That didn’t stop me from trying to leap from the car at two different traffic lights. That was when Jane hit me with the Taser, the second time I tried to claw my way over her and out of the car.
After that, I was a lot calmer. Of course, all I could do was sit there twitching and drooling into my lap. But you know, whatever it takes to get help, right? Thanks, Jane. (Although I don’t know why you had to hit me with the damn thing four more times in the last two blocks before we got here. Jeez. I was already immobile. God!)
Really, I don’t regret anything and I don’t blame anyone except myself.
Okay, well, I regret one thing. I never got my Wolcott link out of that last bender. And I don’t think that’s entirely fair. Mr. Wolcott, I thought we had a deal. You stay up there in your chichi Upper West Side apartment and I go over to that neighborhood and score you the Pam snark. And in return, I get THE LINK! So, what happened? I did what I was supposed to do. I hid the snark in my jacket to get past your snickering doorman. I left it in the potted palm on the landing like always. But, you never linked me. I THOUGHT WE HAD A DEAL, MR. FANCY PANTS VANITY FAIR WRITER! I score you the stuff, AND YOU GIVE ME THE LINK!! THE LINK!! I. NEED. THE LINK!!! I’M ONLY DOING THIS WHOLE THING FOR ATTENTION!! DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND??!!
Oh, fuck! Did I say that out loud?
Here come the orderlies! Hide that Goldstein picture! Shit! SHIT, SHIT, SHIT!!
I’m toast.
(ATTENTION: WE HAVE CONFISCATED THESE MATERIALS AND THIS LAPTOP FROM MR. REX. HE HAS BROKEN THE RULES OF OUR FACILITY AND WILL BE TAKEN OFF INTERNET PRIVILEGES INDEFINITELY. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO ANY EMAILS OR POSTS FROM MR. REX IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. HE IS A VERY SICK YOUNG THEROPOD AND NEEDS TO TAKE CERTAIN STEPS IF HE WANTS TO GET BETTER. THANK YOU.
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TRex!
Is it just my imagination, or has Jeff lost weight?
fitz? no way…
“Hi, my name is TRex, and I’m a snarkaholic.”
“Hi, TRex!”
I guess that makes you a “Friend of TBogg”
JUST SAY “NO”…TO ATLAS!
I guess Jane, Pach and Christy must’ve put him in a convertable. That’s the only thing that a 60-foot TRex can fit in.
OFG, I would have figured that you would have driven some kind of rig that would handle a therapod…
That picture looks nothing like Taylor Marsh. ;)
I didn’t drive him, I lampooned him.
TRex,
laughed so hard I’m afraid the Copper River Sockeye souffles cooking in the oven may have fallen.
Well now, that’s some verrrry fine stuff ***********snifffffffffffff***********.
Still, you want a Goldstain Portrait?
awesome kittenstomping, OFG!
Glad to have a chance to compliment you on your ‘blog, because it seems you always are logging off ten minutes before I catch up on comments.
Saurilooserman! ROTFLMAO and gracious sir– can you write!
There’s snark…But you want the crystal snark.
‘Muy puro, vato’
;>)
Oilfieldguy @
10
Moby Rex?
Aye, a merry band we be. Thanks again for your outstanding work db.
holy crow, darkblack! they surely provide you, the artist, with plenty of material, eh?
astralplame,
Thanks for the kind words. As I write this, I’m sitting in a crappy Super 8 in Grayson, KY, one thousand miles from home. Been gone eight days now, so the sooner I go to sleep, the earlier I wake up to go home.
As usual, FDL’s ahead of the curve. Talk Like a Pirate Day isn’t until September 19th:
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/
Now where were we? Oh yeah..
Avast, matey! Hoist the landlubber Goldstein from the yardarm! He’ll be walking the plank afore midnight, says Cap’n TRex!
hee, hee, hee….
can’t.type.more
can’t.see.for.laughing…
I guess TRex is lurking 2nite. If he shows up, he’ll probably type something like, “mmmpphh, mmmpphh!!
Mmmmmph!!!
GMMMPHHFFTTHHHBBPPPTTT!!!
TRex…
‘ere!
I think he said he has the scours.
You’re quite welcome, OFG.
angie, if these jokers didn’t exist…I’d have to create a favorable political climate for them.
‘I am not a spook‘
;>)
neuro– I know you are trying to help, but that will surely elicit more snarky giggling!
Somehow, that sounds about right! ;-)
pffffffffft! explodin’ here…
OFG – I hope you get a good night sleep and an early start. I’ve had a couple uncomfortable nights in Super 8’s, and they really motivated me to get back on the road.
I think Jane likes to be tied up and called Dorothy or Lisa or some shit like that.
I wish I knew how to imbed links in words, I would have added a little something to that.
darkblack – that pennywise one makes me laughing and kind of freaked out at the same time. I don’t like clowns.
Ramesh on Colbert
OldCoastie @
28
It was for his own good. It had absolutely nothing to do with my amusement.
Trex– hope this helps with the scours:
http://www.usp.org/images/pati…..06-03a.jpg
I’m guessing that would involve a wooden spoon. *g*
Just remember…rehab is for quitters! Embrace the SNARK! Without my daily hit of snark, life in the heartland would be a lot more……snarkless.
Stank up my whole fucking car. He didn’t mention the puking, did he? That came before the drooling.
Can’t handle his snark. All-or-nothing, all-or-nothing.
They won’t let me visit him, either. He has to stay away from the old “people, places and things” associated with his addiction. Those intake workers are so Nurse Rachet. I think I’ll snark ‘em, come to think of it. . .
Astralplame….Coulrophobic, eh?
BEWARE!
;>)
This is the curative TRex seeks.
Oilfieldguy @
31
Loretta.
Watertiger gets it.
It is 2 minutes to midnight EST, at which time all you white steeds will revert to being mice, and Cinderella limps home missing a glass slipper.
By the way, the original Cinderella story was invented in China around the 9th Century. So you see, the Chinese invented everything.
Democrats Now Favored to Take Over DeLay’s Old Seat
Well don’t forget that September is Snarkahol Awareness Month if you want to get started on your entry for the poster contest. ;)
darkblack @ 40
aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
darkblack, is that Sen. Lieberman (CFL-WH) between Secretary Rumsfeld and Secretary Rice?
god, what a post. the boy just keeps outdoing himself. darkblack too.
thanks for the laffs before bed, which must be good for the health, right?
Kos has to give it to him tho’
TRex @ 23
That reminds me … but I would advise that no one look.
So why is Bush mollycoddling Kurdish terrorists in Iraq?
This is their rundown of attacks as of late:
27 August: 21 injured in three blasts in Marmaris
27 August: Six wounded in blast in Istanbul
25 June: 4 killed, 25 injured in southern resort of Antalya
16 April: 31 injured in Bakirkoy district of Istanbul
31 March: 1 killed, 13 injured in Istanbul’s Kocamustafapasa district
9 February: 1 killed, 16 injured at internet cafe in Istanbul’s Bayrampasa district
18 November: One killed and 11 injured in the Beylikduzu district of Istanbul
Add Afghanistan onto the midwifes list too:
17 suspected dead in a suicide bombing in Lashkar Gah.
Things are going swimmingly
in Afghanistan, eh Herr Colt-er.
-GSD
You must feel the Snark around you…between you and me…the tree, the rock…yes!…especially between Joe Lieberman and Dan Gerstein.
there’s a cure for this ???
Mom said that since dad wouldn’t disipline me for my snark, I was destined to be a smart ass forever
Dad just said that he couldn’t punish me cuz I was funny
I realize now that Dad was just a habitual snarkaholic
I remember once when my brother was caught mooning a sherrif (you know, hanging your bare ass out in traffic), and Dad couldn’t stop laughing cuz my brother was identified by the fact that he wore glasses
the only words Dad spoke that we could understand was “Son, when you shoot a BA at a cop, make sure you’re using the right end of your body”
then Dad died from laughing too much
Mom always said that snark was dangerous
if only Dad had known
op99 @
50
AHHHH-HAAAAA-HAAAAAAAA-HAAAAAAA!!!!
That does it! I’m making like Kurt Cobain and BUSTIN’ OUTTA HERE!!
I LOVE SNARK!! I’M A SNARK JUNKIE AND PROUD OF IT!!
Come on, Ned! We’re going over the wall!!
Jane,
I knew the name and was being deliberately obtuse, but I, unlike watertiger, do not get the reference, even following the link you provided. A minor thing.
I always wondered how she gets three standard poodles to behave.
Or is it the other way around?
Watertiger gets it.
Yahoo took the image down. But the comments provided plenty of clues:
“…and I was greeted with a chorus of ‘White tricks go home!’”
GSD @ 51– the whole thing is getting incredibly worse and I came upon this disgraceful news a little while ago:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200…..t_detainee
Swopa @ 56
yeah… I’m STILL puzzled as to how she gets those 3 big dogs to walk so nicely on the leash! hmm!
http://warehouse.nimbit.com/er…..ntonBJ.mp3
You all gotta listen to this.
Warning: Not worksafe or young children safe, less you want to do some explaining. Very good song!
Glad to have you back TRex!
How do you say Decider in Arabaic? Maliki sounds as dopey and pre-programmed as George W. Bush.
“The violence is not increasing. We’re not in a civil war. Iraq will never be in a civil war. The violence is in decrease and our security ability is increasing,” the premier said through an interpreter.”
Thanks for sharing, Nouri al Bush.
-GSD
from the NY Times:
no word on the possibility that this was an act of CIVIL WAR
what are we waiting for here ???
they’re wearing matching uniforms now, they’ve paired off against each other, and one side is the government and the other side is an opposition
what is the requirement to declare Civil War ???
do they actually have to FIRE ON FORT SUMPTER or something ???
Here, have some japanese TV. It never fails to amuse (and bewilder).
GSD @ 62
I notice the same third grade book report feel to it.
hey, astral! found out my foolish little Puppy Girl is a great big genius (ok, well – she is the world’s biggest chicken dog)… the dogs stayed at grandma’s house today due to the painters being in my yard. PG figured out how to dig a little bitty hole out of grandma’s yard, but she got so scared, she just sat right there! all afternoon! (apparently said hole was too small to crawl back through)…
silly dog! grateful ma!
Angie,
When he was captured at the Afghan senior center he was armed with a colostomy bag full of anthrax and was said to be quite adroit at using his crippled and arthritic fingers to deliver the Vulcan pinch to many a coalition troop.
Fucking pathetic.
Rummy: “Ok, he wasn’t really the worst of the worst he was the best of the worst.”
-GSD
ha! good luck trying to get a link out of james “i write for a snarky national magazine but i’m still not alexander” woolcott.
he doesn’t even answer my emails.
but if you like snark like i do, you’ll love this youtube find:
charlton heston and yul brenner are too cool for school in 10 things i hate about commandments.
.
.
Appointed Purple Finger Puppets of the “new democracies” of Afghanistan and Iraq.
GSD @ 62
no mention about the hands in the ears and this quote:
How do you say Jefferson Davis in Arabic?
-GSD
OFG
“I notice the same third grade book report feel to it.”
Do you think “My Pet Goat” has been translated into Arabic?
Speaking of snark, did anybody see the President on C-Span tonight? His face was bright lobster red, I’m not kidding, I thought he was either dying or had the sunburn of his life, and he had what I’m sure was a cut on his nose. Right on the tip of his nose.
I think he fell down again. Oops.
*drinks the sweet snarkalicious elixir…mmm*
Pachacutec @
39
Those guards? I believe they’re called “Promise Keepers” . . .
Tried to get in to visit him myself – even wore my clerical collar – but no dice. They wanted to confiscate my communion wine, and when they saw I had a bible, they blew a gasket. “We’ve heard about the “Song of Songs” with all the sex in it, and all that snark in Revelation about the Roman Empire and such. Sex and snark, sex and snark, that’s all you preachers think about – get out of here!”
I left. But I’ll be back, and I’ll march around the walls of the place blowing my trumpet for seven days if that’s what it takes.
Be strong, TRex!
GSD @ 71
“Jefferson Davis.” It’s not as widely known a cognate as “coffee.”
heartbreaking and pathetic and so much more, GSD.
Wolcott links are a curse. I got one once for a post I did calling David Broder a pantysniffing pervert, but never got another.
It’s the second link that puts you over the edge. It’s a gateway link.
merciless @ 73
I watched the press conference today – he was sweating so bad and his face was so red, I think he might “kerplunk” right over (that woulda been rich!)… I’m thinking “hangover”…
OldCoastie @ 66
a friend was keeping my dogs I used to have — there was a freak t’storm and the smart dog broke the gate, took off, and ended up in the pound. The dumb one ran around in circles ’til my friend got home. Actually, there were a couple of times the smart one escaped from my back yard, and the other one just ran back and forth along the fence trying to get back in. A sweetheart that never strayed too far. I am glad your puppy didn’t bolt!
I’m worried about TRex. It’s been a while since we’ve heard from him. Do you think they are giving him a Time Out?
neurophius @ 72
Their is a joke there, but I’m not touching it.
neurophius @ 47
From left to right: John Wayne Rovey, Buckshot Sundae Dickie, Henny Youngsfeld, Junior Shakes The Lobster Prez, and Condo L. Jackcheese.
;>)
I’m glad she didn’t bolt either… both of ‘em are “stay put” dogs… the big one got out once – took him an hour to make it 2 houses down.. too busy smelling everything…
G’nite firepups.
OT again– for Afghans the life expectancy at birth (years)…………… 42.9
Mr. Khan was already ancient when he was imprisoned. After 25 yrs of war…
g’ nite, OFG – safe travels…
Hey, everybody!
I’m blogging on a borrowed laptop at Starbucks, about 4 and half miles west of the bypass, north from Promises.
Can somebody come get me? They’re about to kick me out of here.
Hugs TRex. I’ll smite those mean “Promises” men for you. They will never see it coming.
Don’t pick up any desperate-looking 60 ton hitchhikers…
TRex! gee, I’d come get ya, but my cars only big enough for dogs…
TRex – can you fit in a compact car?
T-Rex truck
bdu @ 64
I was in Tokyo working on a ‘puter project once. One rainy weekend prevented me from my usual “playing tourist” role, so I had to make do with the TV in the hotel room.
Was channel-surfing for something to pass the time and came upon Japan’s Championship Sumo Wrestling tournament.
It was hours and hours long, and I was totally hooked for the rest of the weekend!
To many Americans, it’s like Sumo wrestling…fat guys throwing each other around…WTF?
But I’ve got to assure you that the Japanese take their tournament as seriously as we do the World Series or the Super Bowl.
And I found that I too like my Japanese brethren, eagerly handicapped each and every entrant in the tournament.
Twas a total blast! And it was one of those defining moments for me where you grasp a smidgen of the essence of another’s culture.
astralplame @ 91
If we squeeze.
And I’m carrying Ned’s bowl with me. I couldn’t leave him there.
neurophius @ 89
The Promises rent-a-cops looking for TRex used to be with the Osama search team, so I think the coast is basically clear.
Don’t tell Jane.
Please.
twolf1 @ 92
ooo, a 6×6 – that’d probably do it…
And bring some cash.
We’re going to Gavin’s house.
I’ll swing by in a jif – it’s the focus with the taped-over tail-light, and we’ll make room for Ned. Go ahead and order me one of those vanilla creamy things with all the whip cream!
Oh – and I’ll stop at the ATM on the way.
TRex @ 95
I won’t even tell myself.
you are some of the silliest people I’ve ever met!
and who is Jane? I know no one by that name!
I got a stationwagon with a sunroof, TRex, if you’ll get me one of those banana/coconut drinks! I noticed you don’t bring snacks anymore the way you used to do before you became so famous!
TRex @ 88
as long as you’re willing to be a chew toy for my crazy dog masters, I can help you
my nephews brought over some dinotoys once, and the dinotoys didn’t survive
but you’re welcome to give it a try
they might chew you into little tiny pieces, but that’s a risk I’m willing to take
60 feet tall ??? good, that should keep them occupied for a few hours
astralplame @ 102
I think he means Loretta. But don’t worry – we won’t tell her either.
no, no, NO! Freepatriot! No Dogs Chewing on our TRex… geez! I’ll bring some rawhides…! and a JollyBall…
Dana @ 103
I know, I know. That’s what people are talking about when they say it’s not like it used to be around here. No more snacks.
Dana @ 103
And you know he won’t sneak a sip on the way over, the arms won’t reach!
I have some chocolate chip cookie dough in the fridge – just give me a few minutes.
TRex @ 94
Ned might not fit, so make a decision…sink or swim. *g*
(psssst, hey fella, over here):
speaking of “hookah”, with the right accent and intonation that brings to mind a possible career opportunity for the Atlas vlog-lady.
(you don’t know where that came from, OK?)
Okay, that’s a strawberry thing with whipped cream, a banana/coconut drink, rawhide bones, and what else?
Wait.
I don’t have any money. All my stuff is back at Rehab. It’s just me and Ned here and the guy wants his laptop back.
I’ll be in the parking lot!
a gift from Taylor Marsh, pictured above
oh, really?
astralplame, Are you sharing with the whole class or bringing it to TRex?
And bdu, you’d be surprised how flexible he is.
OMG
T-Rex jumped the snark!
TRex @ 96
Ok, Ixnay on the anejay…Mommmm, TRex is got loose!
Should we recharge the Taser?
It so happens that I actually do have home-made chocolate chip cookie dough in the fridge, and am fixing to cook up some cookies for all the good people.
OldCoastie @ 107
they don’t like “store bought” toys
for some reason they prefer non dogger type items (like plastic soda bottles) when they can’t get human chew toys or dino chew toys
they also like to catch bugs (they’re chasing a moth right now, so I’m getting some time on the innertubes)
us silly humans have no idea what doggers like to chew on
astralplame @ 118
can I have some anyway ???
snark, or snack? it’s a zero-sum game.
(for Chinese snacks, a dim sum game.)
freepatriot – ever give ‘em bullysticks? now, THERE’S an interesting chewey!
freepatriot – can I have some anyway ?
Sure- You must be good at something!
Ah Your Rexness,
I see ya got smart,busted outta de joint and joined the rest of us junkies here in the warren
thank god, cause you would have missed this -
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/h…..ost_id=549
that vlog dreck was stepped on more times than Joe on Harry
this shit is basically, 100% pure
c’mon big fella, you know you want it, I can hear Wolcott now . . .
punaise @ 121
astralplame @ 122
should have added a smiley on that one. I was being silly.
ooo, those do some interesting “intestinal” things to my big guy… puts him in good company with chimpy… err, “Farticus”…
F A R T A C U S!!!!
That’s brilliant, OC, did you make it up?!
TRex @ 127
no, I cannot take credit – came up earlier today (sorry can’t remember who)
fartacus
TRex @
96
Too late. 900,000 volts for you, dinosaur boy.
Shezzy, that’s effing brilliant.
It deserves its own post.
op99 @
50
LOL – my sides hurt.
Another homer, Gomer, post and link. A kiss on the cheek for you.
SHEZ! I think we should increase the circulation of Fartacus!
Jane Hamsher @ 131
eep!
Hide me!
OldCoastie @ 122
yeah, but that’s actually food, right ???
we give them pig ears and other “chewy” stuff. But it doesn’t do any good. they still love to chew a cap off a plastic bottle, and then chew the cap to oblivion, after they’ve buried the “store bought” chew toys
they chew everything but what we buy for them to chew on
they have chewed a half a cord of firewood to splinters (mostly in the living room) and they never stop chewing on each other (unless a human target presents itself)
I’m convinced that they’re some kind of “Dog-Woodchuck” hybrid
If I were their owner (instead of the other way around) I’d say they were two ill mannered dogs
If I ever did say something like that, they’d just look at me with their “So What ???” faces
they don’t chew things like shoes or furniture, so it isn’t really a problem, cept for all the soda caps they leave around (those things are totally sharp when you’re barefooted)
did I mention that I get even with my dogs by torturing them with irony ???
they have a red rope, a blue handball, and a green tennis ball
and they don’t get the joke at all
OldCoastie @ 133
yes, it’s a keeper!
No, OC, Simon (my dog) has eaten an entire bag in one day (he grabbed it off the counter), and nothing happened. Vet told me after I had just bought another giant bag that he should only have two a week. Now he’s kicked the habit. I had no idea they could be harmful.
Dana @ 136
only harm around here is to the olfactory bulbs…
Okay, kids. This TRex has to feed. I’ll probably check back in once more before bed.
Maxakalisaurus topai
Ok, let’s have the cookies while TRex is out.
They are in the oven, and should be out in just a couple minutes.
Dan Gerstein replied to my call-out over his evil doing ways. He is sending his old grandmother in his stead. This is predictable of bullies, of which Dan is the prototype.
[dangerstein]
quel TRexcapade!
OK – cookies! The thing is, I really did just cook up the last of the cookie dough from yesterday, and I really would pass them around if I could. They are pretty darn tasty.
Teddy I called you.
yum – fresh cookies from the oven!
BREAKING NEWS: We’re idiots!!
What does Rita Cosby have to say?
neurophius @ 151
something raspy i’m sure
twolf1 @ 150
but we have competition:
Rumsfeld defends Iraq
hey, now, Punaise? I promised I’d teach my big dog to drive but only when he was old enough for the leaner’s permit…
“Xinhua did not say what kind of dog or vehicles were involved…”
Would that information matter?
all right – time for jammies… now, nobody lets doggies chew on TRex!
and give him some cookies, will ya’?
got a plate right here for him . . .
night Old Coastie!
twolf1 @ 156
maybe they were trying to figure out if the paws reached the pedals…?
‘night, Astral!
picture from the scene of the crime
twolf1 @
156
So we can make sure it wasn’t Jane and Kobe.
Aloha TRex… Great post.
OldCoastie @
155
you need a permit to lean out the window?
twolf1 @ 150
How can she say that?
mmmmmnegh
Hey Kids,
A few of us Los angeles based folks are getting together tommorow night, 7:30-8ish, in Burbank, along with at least one visiting FDLer.
I had recommended a place, but they close at 9, so I’m making an executive decision to move it to the oldest surviving Bob’s Big Boy a block or two from Warner Bros.
Directions are here.
Email me if you need further info, or have another place you’d rather meet, thanks!
I spelled tomorrow wrong, I’m dim. Sorry
SteveAudio @ 166
Jealous, jealous, jealous.
I was reading earlier threads and at the very end of the “winguts aren’t funny” thread is, yup, a note from a wingnut on how we have no sense of humor.
g’nite, all! Cookies smell wonderful! Bon nuit, punaise.
..this is totally off the subject (…or maybe not) but I am hoping Ed*ardTeller is here tonight to advise me on my mouse situation – or what is now a rat situation. I discovered a rat in the garage (instead of the mouse I thought had moved in) and he is not your big ugly city rat :( but a smaller, older country rat with a pot belly ; ) and he is not very fast but stays high enough up in the garage so the cats can’t seem to catch him – yet…my guess is the Intruder Mouse Trap recommended is too small for a rat and does ET have any suggestions for trapping rats…they had a Rat Zapper on Amazon that electrocutes them but they are $45. (on Sale)…begging Lord TRex’s forgivenness, amen
twolf1 @
161
Go Greyhound – leave the driving to Ruff!
TRex @ 168
I love L.A.!
sogni d’oro, Dana
SteveAudio – rain check? maybe next time we visit our pal in Pasadena…..
punaise @ 171
BOOOOOOOOO!!!
punaise @ 153
silly woman, you can’t teach a dog to drive
they either know how to drive or they don’t
teaching humans to know the difference is the problem
TRex @ 174
would you believe it was a range ROVER?
punaise 173:
There will always be a next time.
SteveAudio @ 166
could y’all have a chocolate milkshake for me?
my favorite Bob’s was the one on Colorado Blvd. (?) in Pasadena near PCC.
if the big illuminated Bobs had been more svelte, would they have stayed around longer?
or would svelte Bobs have been an oxymoron, even on the Westside?
TRex @ 166
I’ll be there! Go me!
kirk murphy @ 178
I’ll probably pass, as I prefer to get my excess calories from, you know, CHEESE!
Ok all, it’s 2:10, i must get at least a little sleep. TTYL
Don’t worry, kirk, I gotcha covered.
TRex, you still on the (rabid) lam?
FWIW, blogger seems to have crashed, can’t get atrios, skippy, tbogg, even me!
I love L.A.!
Every now and then I think about moving out there. And then I remember it’s, like, an Act of God theme park!
Mud-slides, wildfires, earthquakes. I mean, damn.
and now blogger returns from temporary haitus.
What do we want for free, perfection?
Yes.
twolf1 @ 176
d’oh! not a Mercedes Bones?
TRex @ 185
Had a little one today, way north, Santa Clarita (Magic Mountain) area. I hate them. I blogged about the fire we had in the back yard back in Jan/Feb, I think.
SteveAudio — wish I was going to be there. Didn’t David Lynch used to eat at the Bob’s in Toluca Lake all the time?
Hi to Pam.
my blogspot is showing server error now, though.
Thanks, Jane.
I think he did. Lynch was in Capitol one time while I worked there, I could only think: “What an awesome responsibility to be that hip.”
mmmm… Bob’s cheeseburger’s… mmm….
SteveAudio and astralplame, bon appetit – I’ll be with you all in palate.
(you can take the foodie out of Pasadena, but ya can’t take Pasadena childhood out of the foodie.
anyone up for checking out Burger Continental – the new caltech class may be trickling in…
damn – now i’m hungry for Bob’s, Burger Continental, and sitting outside on warm, dry August nights.
what the hell am i doing living in the fog on the west side of the Golden Gate Bridge?
we’re a long way from Bob’s, Toto….)
laughing too much here for this hour of the night … wifi is messed up so missed a whole day of FDL (but got some work done!)
Hey Jane, I’m going to be doing a bunch of work with Vincent Gallo, that should be interesting.
Hey Steve, I take it you’re an audio guy?
…west of Golden Gate Bridge would probably put you in the ocean…yeah that could be foggy !
bdu @ 195
Why, yes I am.
Just good to see fellow audiogeeks represented on the liberalblogs ;0)
bdu 198:
What do you do? I provide tech services to recording studios, post houses, and personal studios here in L.A.
stumbled over to slate.com by accident:
former attorney?
then there’s Tim Grieve’s concise analogy at Salon.com:
I work in a small engineering team that makes synthesizers.
It’s fun work if you can get it, eh?
later, y’all….
*plouf*
bonne nuit, punaise
bdu @ 201
Very cool!
I don’t work on a lot of that kind of gear, although I have in years past. I have several ARP, Oberheim, Moog, etc. manuals in my file cabinets.
But I did build a PAIA synth in ‘75, I think.
Ahhhhhh yes TRex, I was thinking of you.
He thinks he’s really Chief FuckEmAll, but soon the whole world will know him forevermore as Fartacus. You can put him in the proper annals of history for us.
We know you can’t stay away from that snark. I’m just a small time snark dealer and hate to see you fall off the shit wagon, but… try just a little to take an edge off the cramps and cold sweats, before they wean you completely. :)
later, pundude
OldCoastie @ 129
That gem was from Shez
spiderpaws @ 196
hmmm – and cold!
forgot about the SSW bit – sorry about that….
not sure if the lapse was due to brain fog, mind mildew, or burger withdrawal….
my little hood in SF is north of Golden Gate Park and west of the Presidio (the land where the southern end of the GG Bridge springs up)
the hood south of us (across GG Park) is the Sunset – we’re so foggy we don’t even see the sunsets here…
brrr..
does it show i’m just back from almost two weeks of cavorting in the SUNNY Oregon Cascades eating berries and skinny-dipping with dozens of friends?
SteveAudio @ 203
I had a bunch of that stuff, but got tired of servicing it… passed my 2600 on to a happier home where it’s opamps would get overhauled and sliders re-lubed! I’m a young-in, so while I love the sounds of all these electronics older than I am, I had to give in. You’ll pry my minimoog from my cold, dead hands, though.
Of course you wouldn’t recognize the innards of the modern synths compared to those from the late 70s. The most recent product I worked on is just a pentium 4 computer running linux, with custom interfacing hardware.
Ah well, off to bed for another day… the cats are calling from the pillows.
kirk – that sounds pretty excellent. It has been a while since a had a good frolicsome vacation.
hello?
kirk:
we were in SF for a weekend in May, one of my fave cities.
Good night, kids. I’m here in my undisclosed location, signing off. Guess I’ll be posting on the lam, this week.
You are the mint jelly, TRex!
Rock on, T!
go to bed, everyone, I am.
Later!
spiderpaws – Read your mouse upgrade alert. E.T. will certainly have marvelous suggestions. As a country boy who has been down this road I only have two suggestions for you. Since you have so many other critters around *o*son and *uns are out of the question.
1. Stop feeding your cats and they will catch your rat in a couple of nights. (maybe three)
Put the cats nose in areas where the scent is. At night, on occasion, physically place the cat in prime locations.
2. Live trap. Important note…When you catch a rat in a live trap you need to take it more than a mile away from your home, preferably several miles. In other words give it to someone else, like a Republican. *g*
You are now at war if you choose this mission. These critters are devious smart little sob’s. You may find times where you think this critter is your new friend. He is not! They are territorial and usually have several family members nearby that will move in as soon as you create a vacancy so prepare for a series of battles.
As Norske might say:
Stay focused and stock up on ammunition! It’s going to be a battle of wills!
astralplame @ 210
astralplame, i hope a good frolicsome vacation comes your way soon, and that all of us on fdl have the rare luxury of time to play.
i’ve long hoped for – and now anticipate – the end of the last four decades of greed. i expect we’ll now live to see some decades of wealth – building our communities and families with neccessities like vacations and family leave – and the income to support both.
winds are changing.
the marvelous, wonderful vacations I enjoyed in Oregon (and earlier in the summer in Indiana) were spent with forest defenders, buffalo defenders, and many of the core founders of EarthFirst!, the Ruckus Society, and other fine non-violent activist groups.
Ruckus – the people who teach the core competencies of peaceful uprising to non-violent activists (think WTO/Seattle in 1999; IMF-World Bank/DC in 2000; Mexico City tonight*) resumed large training camps this year (and they need funding to expand to their former capacity – it shall soon be needed here.)
The Reclaiming religious community (a delightful group of pagans perhaps most widely known through the writer Starhawk) held their second Free Activist Witchcamp earlier this month in Oregon – the magical intent of the camp was to support the non-violent enviro activists targeted by the “Green Scare” political arson prosecutions underway in Eugene, Oregon.
The last weeekend of witchcamp overlapped with a gathering of “Old EarthFirst!ers” in the Cascades – right about where I first came to play with EarthFirst! a decade ago.
astalplame, the defenders of the wild places are such gentle souls – and such strong spirits….
sitting under the stars, the slender moon rising ever later, listening and laughing to good friends talk of awakening on cool Montana mornings to the black bear cubs curled on their sleeping bags…keeping the buffalo field campaign defenders warm as they woke to another day of placing themselves between the hungry buffalo and the guns from Montana fish and game (now backed up by Homeland Security – never know when the buffalo may get uppity, dontcha know…)
to sit with friends around a breakfast fire and lazily realize that the campaigns they have created have protected forest lands totalling dozens of millions of acres….
and to listen to the joy in voices who celebrate life and the living world – even while some we know have fled (one from this life, others from their very names) and others live every day with the looming threat of a miilenium of jail – plus life.
IF they are convicted – of holding a radio.
Twice, of course.
To see and hear such beauty and spirit – at a time of fear and grief and loss beyond measure -
is to see and know that the living world and those who cherish her have the strength and courage to shake off a few decades of lethal, deluded ideology.
the firepups have the same strength and courage – watching y’all take on – and begin to defeat – the servants of the Corporate world lifts my heart.
and fdl this year reminds me of what it felt like to play with the evolving eco-activist and EarthFirst! movements a decade ago, working with the strong activists who would later become the core of the global justice movement
when the WTO wrote the rules, and the IMF/WB enforced the collections – for most of the planet.
kinda like 2003-2005 for Joe – before the fall.
winds are changing.
even the show trials – underway and to come – won’t blow these winds away.
______________
off to bed for me, too, good lovers of snark and Bob’s…
i’ll be dreaming of burgers and good friends and warm tables and huckleberries
and high above the starlit lakes
Her soft singing
when i’ve time and ears to hear
Bright Blessings, firepups
[* btw - As far as I know, Ruckus hasn’t directly taught skills to the folks defending honest elections as they sleep outdoors tonight in Mexico City.
They, however, clearly have a lot to teach us.]
astralplame @ 211
hi astralplame -
apologies for my response lag – but you set what passes for my mind working….
hope for frolics in your life soon and often….
kirk – Wow! What’s going on in Mexico?
I thought the election fix was in. Heard final recount was close but no cigar. Mexicans have a way with protesting. Every young American should see it.
One last thought.
Breakfast for lotus and all morning pupsters
hot tea
fresh fruit
good bread and cheese
I’ll see you on higher ground ;~)
night all . . .
Eureka Springs, AR @ 220
Hi Eureka Springs -
Looks like Obrador and the dispossesed had enough.
I’m thinking about Pete Wilson gambling away the GOP’s future with Hispanic and Latino voters when he embraced Prop 187.
I’m also thinking about how much we can learn from our southern neighbors about the power of peaceful assembly to confront massive electoral fraud.
As I write this, the BBC radio news pays homage to its Foreign Office parentage and is spinning the Mexican elctoral dispute as over – “except for the political” aspect.
All except that bit about deciding power.
The Beeb blathers on for the benefit of the permanent undersecretary in charge of neo-liberal economic ideology to imply that Obrador will give up in order not to oppose the “rule of law”.
Like the “rule of law” James Baker inflicted through the Rethug attorneys he paid to shout down the lawful ballot counts in Florida.
Si se puede, Rethugs.
WE can uphold the rule of law – in wiretaps, military procurement, human rights, and war crimes.
And we can uphold the rule of electoral law – by any peaceful means needed.
And the people in North America who best know how are the brothers and mothers of the people the opportunistic Gov. Wilson pushed away, and whom the Republicans’ racist values help keep away.
The people who have massed in Mexico City for weeks, defending their votes and their choices.
Even the Beeb won’t be able to make this sound good to the permanent undersecretary.
http://rawstory.com/news/2006/…..82006.html
One for Shez, then.
Fartacus.
And his motto: ‘All things shall pass from me’
;>)
and again g’nite, pups…
huckleberries beckon
darkblack @ 225
i’d wish you sweet dreams, but it would seem so discordant….
;)
thanks for the giggle….
THE DRUNK-KING HAND !
darkblack, i have a photo for you to use if like it…. let me know how to get in touch with you, or click my name-linky and scroll down to “Email” on the right side….
Morning. Diftglass begins the day with, well, possibly the least politically-correct and most accurate assault on the “media” I have seen.
http://driftglass.blogspot.com…..savor.html
Good Morning, all. That was a pretty wicked graphic newtonusr!
A terrific use of YouTube to start your day, courtesy of Laura Rozen and WPost:
Homeland Security—Coast Guard Issues by Michael De Kort.
A Yawnin’Mawnin’ to y’all. Newton get thee to a nunnery… lol….quite the graphic indeed…about 56 degrees, heavily overcast…how’s the day, or night, as the case may be?
Goodmorning everyone.
Hey lotus, I know you’re arm-pit deep in prep for Ernesto. Only when you get a chance, a lot of us want to know how you are doing.
OfT, scarecrow was in on the “Sad. Tragic. …” thread too. If you’re out there scarecrow, I hope you have not departed too.
Thanks John, me two…….
BBC
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a key architect of US policy on the treatment of prisoners and the rule of law in Iraq, has arrived in Baghdad.
Mr Gonzales, a former senior legal adviser to Mr Bush, is to meet Deputy PM Barham Saleh and visit the Iraqi High Tribunal to meet officials there.
The tribunal is trying ex-leader Saddam Hussein and six others on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Mr Gonzales will also meet US justice department officials working in Iraq.
He had a crucial role in drawing up guidelines on the treatment of detainees captured during the “war on terror” – defending a robust policy for the interrogation of terrorist suspects.
As such, critics blamed him for giving the green light for violent treatment, which they say led to the abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
The vindictive side of me wishes he (Abu Golzales) would disappear into Abu Ghraib prison for a good long while…..after all, what’s good for the goose…the hopeful side of me hopes he gets a grip, for pity sake, on his soul.
(snip)
“So: Inhofe should be blindfolded, put in a straitjacket and left in a room full of crazed chihuahuas until he explains why he believes that the U.S. military should not be constrained to follow the laws of the land, such as the Anti-Torture Act.”………(snip)
http://fairuse.100webcustomers…..es383.html
hey, gang.
Tommy, need coffee?
Oh yes, please OS! Cream, no sugar.
*sigh*
I miss lotus.
Me, too. Zapatista espresso roast with half and half coming up. Just the way I like it too.
Old Sow @ 242
Me too! Hi Tommy, how did the walk to school go?
Also, speaking of missing friends at the breakfast table, where is our baker, Beard5?
PS Tommy — forgot to mention that Howie sent me a CD of Had Enough for being the FIRST!! to send a check to hime for his new project.
More scratch next month….
Here, Imm, you like your coffee the same way? I was just wondering about Beard5 too. Maybe I can rustle up some tiny brambleberry scones. Do you know brambleberries? The vines are very low to the ground, have a zillion little barbs that grab at you as you walk by, and the berries are SWEET!! Way better than blackberries imo.
Good Morning!
imm–you rock!
The walk is great–a few blocks down tree-lined streets, then dodging the buses on the road with no sidewalk. In the fall the maple leaves are on fire. Good stuff.
Doing it again right now!
Thanks for the hook-up, OS. Right on time.
See y’all later.
OFG, you on the road for home today? Have some java!!
And, just in from the Flowah of Florida, a mornin’ info. piece to keep you all outraged (not what the Judge did but what the asses in Tallahassas did)….
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2….._0828.html
Old Sow @ 248
10/4 good buddy. Just 1000 miles to go and I’m home!
OS I like anything with the suffix “berry”
Coffee I like black in the morning, no sugar, milky like latte in the afternoon (for the tender tummy).
Go Daddy Go!! And meantime drive safe –
AND speaking of going — off to the train with me!
Careful. That includes dingleberry.
Black it is then…..I do it opposite, white in the AM,and then a small cuppa stiff black juice when I’m flagging in the afternoon.
OFG, 1000 miles! Godspeed! Do you have Air America with you? We don’t have it here (yet) but enjoy the benefits of community radio with a mix of spoken word & music.
I have Sirius satelite radio. Signed up right after Al Franken and Air America jumped ship.
Mornin’ Morning Gang,
lovely to be joined by OFG – Super 8 notwithstanding, hope ya got lots of rest, have a safe journey home.
allow me to join the chorus of those missing Lotus. If you’re lurking Flowah, left you a note over at ‘the pond’. shorter cbl: just come on back, we all miss the petalled one
OS, yet another morning of forecast envy – the tee-vee just said it might come down to the low 90’s here today
G’morning Firecanines!
So what’s for brekkie, lotus??
Oilfieldguy @ 253
This could be a fabled 707 EPU!
Har har har and EWWE!
Oilfieldguy, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you here on the twilight, night-to-morning thread. You always rock my world when I go back and read your comments. Greek gods positively quiver in their togas, mister!
Mornin’ all.
medaka,
*blush*
I’ve delivered my cargo, and am not on a customers time right now, so I can leave when I get ready.
CBL, you are where? the low 90’s. Now I may grumble about our short summers here, but endless months of the 90’s would melt me!! By the way, I want to thank you for all your reminders when talking point appear. I am one of those who talk politics with anyone and everyone in the lines at the market, post office and so on. There are a lot of disgusted people in our area–of course despite our GOP senators, much of the rest of our representation is DEM. Still, there is a segment of the population that is reactionary and libertarian and xian to the max and yes, even those folks are starting to have HAD ENOUGH.
Twolf, hold out yer cup for some hot cawfee………Medaka, need to have your glass topped off?
-holding out cup-
-pouring-
-drinking-
thanks! Another dreary day here in PA.
Chumperor in Biloxi yesterday says “optimism is the only option”. Okay. So I’m glad he’s able to acknowledge everyone’s frustration now.
haven’t been here but 15 mins and have already had to turn off CNN due to the JBR non-story. they r insane
I do not miss TV in my life.
“chimpimism is the only option”
OS,
we are about 22 miles NE of Austin. Spent plenty of time in Bangor, with lots of layover time to explore the State, it’s people and was quite taken with it’s social mix.
your senators – thought of them both as decent enough representatives until the last 3 years or so – wonder if either of their voting records could withstand the McCain treatment – how often do they vote as Rubber Stamps ?
Let’s Bomb Iran
Hey, twolf, it could be worse — it’s “all-Ernesto, all-the-time” mode down here now on all our local stations. You can decide whether that’s better or worse than JBR central on CNN.
not only are they never funny, this doesn’t even approach hackery -
http://tbogg.blogspot.com/2006…..watch.html
and yet, the checks keep getting cashed
interesting, that thumbsucking reference from Lucianne’s chubby bunny, aint it ?
FishGuyDave @ 272
I’d actually hear about Ernesto. At least it’s a real story.
–and on a different note-
Here’s a sneezing little panda dude to brighten up your morning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5AXUN-XGTc
From my pespective, they only vote with the people when the GOP is going to win anyway. If there’s any contention, they vote along party lines, though they may voice opposition in the run up to the actual voting. And yes, their voting patterns have changed with this Administration. They are not as bad as some, that’s for sure, and while I’d love to see me some Snowe Removal in November, and Jean Bright Hay is a great alternative. I’m not thinking her chances are very good, though I will go to help phonebank for her.
We have friends in the Dallas/Ft Worth are, and I have an uncle there as well. When I worked in the tourist sector here some years back, I noted that most/many of our autumn guests were from places in the deep south who had “had enough” with the heat already.
“And, just in from the Flowah of Florida,…”
Thanks Flowah.
doggy and deer are pals :)
Morning gang — should have a new thread up shortly. How is everyone this morning? :)
Mornin Christy. Doin’ OK here. How’s the illness you’ve been trying to kick?
No symptoms here.
Well,Christy, and hoping you’re past the worst of the blergh. Coffee or tea this morning?
new thread
Coffee this morning, and breathing ever so slightly easier. We’re watching some “Big Big World” on PBS this morning and playing with a Piglet balloon. :)
John Casper, do you have a direct line to “the blossom” too? I just sent her a reply….
Say hi to Lotus for me Medaka. I miss havin’ her around.
Thanks for thinking of me medaka, yes I do.
Iranian President Wants to Debate Bush
John Casper, and twolf and OS and everybody else: I was asked to transmit this snippet from our floating bloom, re Ernie the stormy:
Looks like I’m in for something, but no biggie — maybe some power out for awhile, good tall drink o’ water, a li’l sky-opera — but nothing like, say, Charley two years ago. I expect to be dainty picking my way around any live wires, to look sharp for snakes an’ that, to fire up the grill (and/or the fondue pot) for a breakfast or two — but other than that, not much. So don’t be worrying about me (please tell the rest of our breakfast/nightcap cronies at Cafe FDL I said so, if they ask).
“dainty picking my way around any live wires”
I just loved that…
mmmmmmm…. fondue for breakfast….
Christy, your crud has moved to the west, as opposed to America’s crud, who is now in NO. We’ve got both red teapots steeping with green tea this morning. Snifflin’, coughing, and taking life in the slow lane today.
Looking forward to an uplifting and energetic FDL today…that and Airborne and VitC will sustain us.
So, anybody know? Where did Bushie and Laura spend the night? The Nagin Suite at the Hyatt, perhaps? Or the Presidential Suite at somewhere in the Quarter?
And we’re watching the SF channel today. Shameless MSM still driveling JonBenet, because they loves them some pervert pedophile predators demographics. Keep pimpin’, guys! Must make those anchors with young children feel really good about their careers right now.
I’m not trying to lecture you. I just want to keep you all from making the same mistakes that I have made. – TRex
Liar. You say that and then post the link to Wingnuts in Party Hats anyway. Toy with me at your peril. No barfing therapod stories any more, I see how you are.
Back to Sadly No! and it’s all your fault. My colleagues will simply have to tolerate my snickering. They’re the ones who are really suffering, oh yes they are.
-GFO
(Psst… it’s “therOpod”. TherApod is a brand of chair).
I eagerly await your next relapse.
melior @
292
Fixed it. Now I’m trying to decide if I’m OCD enough to go back and fix it in all my posts.
Trex, my son would love a theropod Therapod bu it probably wouldn’t fit in his room.
TRex, what if we promise to buy you a giant penis hat just like the one Jeff is wearing in the photo? That way you won’t have to look at his image, you’ll BE in his image.
Will that help put you back on the road to recovery?
kate r @ 295
It would put me on the road to something, that’s for sure.
I am probably being an’ uber don’t get it’, but Did you put the “Promises” link up because you are serious about going there? I might have gotten the snarkoholic thing if you hadn’t linked a real rehab place. I first heard of Promises when my neighbor went there last month for her $60,000 spa and addiction attempted fix. I really do feel for her and her debilitating addiction. However, after being home 3 days her clueless husband takes here to a Winery celebration in Napa. Then she gets really smashed a week after returning home. What do they help you with there? For $60,000 for a month’s stay, I would demand to be on my way to being cured, set up with a support system near my home and have my husband and children counseled as to what might be necessary upon my return home. . As far as I can tell none of this is in place or definitely not working. I think it is a crime to be such an expensive exclusive rehab place and turn someone loose to get drunk after only a few days. What is up with this rehab program?. Seems to be the rehab dejour for the rich. So sorry it did not help her.
If you did indeed go I hope you have been helped.