Please join us this Sunday, December 10, when Jesus' General will host a special edition of the FDL book salon and give his suggestions for stocking stuffer books for the Frenchman in your life. Or your inner Frenchman, whatever the case may be.
We applaud the General's willingness to take a break from very heterosexual naked Spartan wrestling to lead this edifying conversation. Dick Cheney has a lot of time on his hands these days, so we realize this is quite a sacrifice on the General's part. You won't want to miss it.
(BTW he has asked me to convey that Cletus is a damn liar.)
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My inner Frenchman salutes you!
whoa, ever so cool!
FDL rocks on.
I am so heterosexually into this, it’s not even funny.
Sir !
La Dolce Musto,, being whored right now on Countdown!
I am sooo looking forward to this! What a great idea! Thank you so very much.
Wrestling? Is Denny Hastert bringing his own singlet?
I wonder if Joe Scarborough and Pat Buchanan…. naaah.
TeddySanFran @ 5
When you think about it, Michael Musto was a REAL pioneer. I remember reading his columns in the Voice back in the 80s (!!!) where he snarked about closeted gay GOP politicians. then. A lot of media critics couldn’t handle the way his articles mixed politics, culture, gay culture, serious classically-based art, pop art into one big, gossipy Downtown soup. I always hoped he and John Waters could get together for an NYC-based screenplay.
If it weren’t for Musto, a lot of ground would have been left to be broken. I’m looking forward to Musto’s book.
As for Gen. J.C. Christian, patriot and critic of all things and ideas Gallic, way cool….
Cheney shopping.
Excerpt:
The General? Here?
Wo.
Looks like I missed Larry Kissell :( but RBG had a funny comment about election support: “Where I think we succeed is in spotlighting local efforts. What’s impressed me the most in the last few months was how a cantankerous musician from AK and a fancy shoe-wearing gal from VA could make such a positive impact on one campaign…not that I’m encouraging the cantankerous part.”
Does that mean RBG does encourage the fancy shoe-wearing part? :) :)
I’ll be over in the corner, quietly nibbling on my freedom fries.
I have no idea how he sustains his inner schizophrenia long enough for a single post, never mind the 90 minutes or so he will be here.
We better have lots of coffee and cookies ready for him, OK?
Cookies with frosting and stars and colored sprinkles and silver sugar balls and M&Ms and raisins and cinnamon hearts?
Alison @ 13
We’re big on mental illness here.
Wait…that didn’t come out exactly right.
Cheney’s got company coming.
Excerpt:
punaise @ 12
I’ll have mine with a bit of mayonnaise, aioli and ketchup, thanks!
Twisted Martini @ 7
Wouldn’t that be a quadruplet?
Alison @
13
I’ll bring the SSRI’s!
egregious @
11
You bet your Ferragamo’s it does.
Cletus!
I have been a fan of Patriot Boy, a.k.a. General J.C. Christian, since first encountering him during early days at Eschaton.
God bless you, mon General, I’ll be eagerly awaiting (and smartly saluting) your arrival here at the Lake.
By the way, have you heard that there’s a hospital named for you???
Yes, indeedy:
Mon General Hospital*
in Morgantown, West Virginia.
* I suppose it’s conceivably within the realm of possibility that the “Mon” in this case is a representation of “Monongalia,” but I think it’s far more likely it’s in honor of you, General J.C., non?
Here’s the link:
http://www.monhealth.com/index.cfm
You will note that their motto, at the top of the page, is: “Caring. Progressive….The healthy combination.” That’s our Patriot Boy!
See you on dimanche!
RBG,
Are you just always there?
Kind of like Santa Claus?
egregious @
15
LOL!
Bless you, egregious. :)
angie @ 17
Can I have mine with vinegar? Pretty please?
Tom Engelhardt at Asia Times on consigliere JB3.
egregious – follow your inner Imelda
Far more than I should m’lady.
Yikes. I made an italics boo-boo. It was my excitement over the General, sorry.
If you refresh, it should be fixed now.
punaise @ 27
look deep into your sole…
Mrs. K8 @ 25
Malt or balsamic?
anything for you!
a liberal sprinkling of salt and peppah, too!
kirk murphy @ 30
Watch your tongue
Yes Sir. I’ll be there, Sir!
RBG
Did you hear from our mutual friend that he is leaving Philly for upstate NY?
Aaah! “naked Spartan wrestling [with] Dick Cheney!”
Ok, I’ll have that Thorazine cocktail now…
Engelhardt excerpt:
kirk murphy @ 30
don’t slipper you might fall~
kirk–At the end of the previous thread I was speaking of senility and treatment for my aunt. One of the homes they looked into, my cousin rejected because she said at dinner there was a man with a blanket over his head.
First thought–Linus and post-Bolton Snoopy dance.
Second thought–I could kind of see the blanket thing. Especially this time of year. It’s like making your own little tent or house, you could feel safe.
Third thought–Ya don’t need a burka on a bad hair day; a blanket will be enough.
Twisted Martini @ 7
I don’t know what a singlet is, but considering it’s Denny Hastert we’re talking about, shouldn’t that be a triplet?
Maybe even a quadruplet.
moules-frites pour moi, s’il vous plait.
tsk tsk..bringing up arch rivalry.
punaise @
40
stoooooop, my favorite!
OT,
but I just bought it today – on advice from a friend.
Has anybody here used apple’s Pages or Keynote?
dusty59 @ 35
Now don’t go shuffling off….
angie –
Just plain ol’ white vinegar is fine for me. Nothing fancy. And YES to the salt and pepper. Yum.
(p.s. — Do you know all the WONDERFUL things you can do with white vinegar? Truly amazing stuff!)
RevDeb @
34
I did. It was a possibility when I last saw him. Sounds like an interesting move.
Eureka Springs, AR @
41
much better than flip- flops wouldn’t you say?
Eureka Springs, AR @ 41
when it goes to court they’ll introduce the
plantarprima fascia evidence.punaise @ 27
No way!! I am NOT turning over my shoes to a museum.
punaise @ 48
You missed the first fascism thread, that was earlier today.
egregious @ 38
707!
punaise @ 48
the DA is such a heel…
egregious @ 50
I toed you so
I like this guy Engelhardt:
Mrs. K8 @ 45
yeppers– vinegars (all kinds) are in liberal use in this house for all things gastronomique and …
to clear drains with a bit of baking soda and to clean the wood floors safely with warm water.
I admit I haven’t been around the Lake a lot lately (have to work sometimes) but I haven’t seen darkblack or zennurse around. Is it just my timing?
Arrrgh. I am online trying to determine why an entire segment of my faux pre-lit Christmas tree no longer qualifies as “lit.” Why is it that the instructions for these things never contain the information you actually need them to have?
Thank god for the internet and thousands of frustrated people just like me who provide useful information that manufacturers don’t bother to give a crap about…and pardon the rant.
TeddySanFran @ 16
Hey, Teddy!
Yanukovych wasn’t the guy with the dioxin poisoning — he was the OTHER guy, right?
Just wanna keep all the playas straight!
Sheesh. I need a guide or something.
punaise @ 27
Like Spock’s mind meld?
RevDeb @ 55
nope, i’m here much too much and i’ve also not seen either one lately.
egregious @ 58
or Tuesday’s weld.
TeddySanFran @ 59
echoed here
Christy Hardin Smith @ 56
Wow, you are putting up your tree? How cool is that? YAY!
… and good luck with the instructions.
punaise @ 61
hhhmmmmmmmm
should we be worried? Who else is “missing?”
RevDeb @ 63
are you issuing an All Pups Bulletin?
Christy Hardin Smith @ 56
My friend bought an iron at home depot the other day and the instructions, though seemingly in english, were still chinese to us. the fill window was opaque.
cheap, but we took it back.
sorry, Christy. Seems that much is not right these days and I am not slamming anyone outside of our borders. We have gotten sloppy and hungry for cheap.
NOT the case at FDL.
Yushchenko was the one poisoned.
punaise @ 64
v funny
Sharkbabe, Dru, op99 and more.
punaise @ 64
I’m in no position to issue any kind of bulletin. Just wondering. It’s a community caring kind of thing. Don’t want to leave anyone behind during the holiday season. It can be a lonely time for lots of folks.
We bought a $7.99 oven timer at BB&B last weekend that did not work when we got home until I dropped it on the floor accidentally. Now it does work, although our old oven timer started working again too.
TeddySanFran @ 62
Suggest buying one strand of lights and just run them parallel to the dark section. Don’t need to fix the originals, just do a bypass. [always thinking about cardiac surgery]
Mon cher General,
Vivent les Francais.
Veuillez agreer mes salutations les plus heterosexuelles,
Hugh
TeddySanFran @ 70
But don’t do this if your partner has trouble working.
Kennel alert. We need more bifocals at the sign in desk and print up some more “we miss you cards.”
angie @ 68
DruDubhaltach is going to be a father. [Sorry Dru didn’t mean to give you a heart attack]. Op99 was coming in on multiple names recently and was being anti-fdl which did not go over too great.I wish Sharkie would pick up the phone, I have a couple of Michigan questions for her. Or Rayne, or Shez.
I ordered some chairs from Pottery Barn for the conference room here at work. The warning label on the underside had a pretty bad French translation of “Do not stand on chair”: it said “Ne soyez pas sur” which sort of translates as “don’t be on” but if one ignores the lack of accent circonflex, translates to “don’t be sure”.
Christy Hardin Smith @ 56
Christy, when I was little I went with my Dad three times to exchange the Christmas tree lights that wouldn’t blink.
As we headed off on the fourth trip, I asked my dad about the “blinky bulb” in the instructions.
He’d … uh …never read them.
We still tell that story – and my Dad is here to laugh with us!
glad the ‘net is there for Christmas assembly instructions… saves a lot of global warming… :)
Hope you and your family and all the folk and homes on the Lake have a lovely holiday season and – for those who wish – a Merry Christmas and/or Yule!
my Dad has a small sign in his workshop: “when all else fails, read the directions”.
works every time.
angie @ 68
op99 was here with a different handle a few nights ago….
Teddy, angie and egregious — thanks much for the support and for the light string tip. Am already on that, as I always have a strand or two for spares, but this tree lit up perfectly last year. Am thinking it’s a bulb problem somewhere, but the whole strand isn’t supposed to wink out, if so, and thus I am stumped.
But I found the manufactuers website and shot off an e-mail. So, we’ll see. In the meantime — spare strand or two of lights it is. :)
We are having a cocktail party on Saturday for some clients/friends, and I’m cutting it close on the decor. Gee, wonder why it is that I don’t have oodles of spare time? *g*
TeddySanFran @ 70
Sounds like you’re all set up for an exciting evening of oven timer races.
TeddySanFran @ 70
exact thing happened to my son’s iPod…
punaise at 78 — yeah, am sitting here with the directions which are, frankly, useless. Completely useless. SIGH
I just watched Joe Scarborough give Steven Colbert props for ‘possibly’ being the most influential media personality of the year. Witness, people, the rise of the age of satire is nigh!
Christy, you do us proud, all the time ;)
a new handle, kirk?
missed that, but do love your story about your papa and the lights.
punaise,
OTOH “Ne montez pas dessus” can be taken in more than one way as well.
Christy Hardin Smith @ 83
Christy, try reading the Finnish version. It worked for my cell phone.
Home holiday decor:
1. Porch and driveway lights ON.
2. Cookies on plates.
That’s it. You’re good to go.
johnSwifty @ 84
Let’s tell Tom Lehrer…
(hey – what an fdl guest…)
angie at 85 — if you go back through the mother of all threads that Jane put up for the language discussion — op99 was using two different names within the thread (if I remember correctly, I was a little tired *g*), and then identified herself as such nearer the end (in the last hundred or hundred fifty or so, I think…)
egregious @ 88
Nog baby, do NOT skimp on the NOG!
johnSwifty @ 84
What would a johnSwift know about satire?
I sit here tonight, my fluffy’s on my feet, hard by the glow of the fireplace, keyboard in my lap, all cozy, and toasty, just me, my cup of tea and my digital tv. So content, well fed and happy. Then something comes over me like a shroud, if you will. Like the afternoon sun tracing it’s way down the drapes and falling to the floor bringing the inivitable sunset. There are so many folks dying needlessly. Children crying with good cause. People hungry and cold, without a place to go. There are those who are sick for want of medicine, which they cannot afford. There are people dying in Iraq and Gaza who I will never see, let alone meet. No one will.
I desire; no, I crave peace on Earth. My Christmas socks are bulging and brimming above the mantel, stuffed with digital camaras, DVD’s, books and other goodies for the children in my family. But there are kids here and half a world away, who won’t get so much as a lump of coal on Christmas Day. They will be lucky, if that’s the right word, to be alive at dawn, only to struggle through another day buried in helpless and hopeless misery.
One of these days when the Bush crowd has long since passed away from the scene, we may get an account of the dead in Iraq, Lebanon and the Gaza. And then someone might calculate just how many children have been left homeless and helpless there (and here) in the wake of the cruel Bush dictims. Children crying in the cold streets. No where to go. And no one who cares.
When I think of the dead, ours and theirs, in Iraq, and factor in Lebanon and Gaza, I am left with the horror that the Bush actions in the world might perhaps rival the terror and number of corpses in some of WWII’s concentration camps. The sheer number of dead and maimed in the Middle East in the last six years is staggering.
I am thinking most of all, tonight, in the comfort of my living room, of the children who have and will die, and are suffering and are completely blameless as victims of our “adult” follies. Whether in Iraq, or here at home, it is the plight of the children which consumes. There are so many little tykes in all our neighborhoods who will have at best no Christmas, and at worst a Christmas filled with anything but joy, warmth, comfort and love. These kids will wake to a Christmas of anger and abuse and perhaps, if they are fortunate, just plain neglect.
Mother Nature loves the little children. Red, Brown, yellow, black and white… Mother Nature loves the little children of the world. Won’t you please not forget these lost little souls who are doomed to suffer the consequences of grown-up actions. It’s not fair. It’s not right. But it is inhumane.
Every year I start a Christmas club at my local bank. It’s for children I do not know. I am almost ready to take this meager little sum out again. And I will buy presentos for a few of the children in my small town who I know will otherwise get nothing on Christmas Eve. These kids will never know from where these gifts came. And one day I shall forget what I got them. But I can promise you, these little guys will never forget getting something this Christmas. And when these kids grow older the hope is they will in turn remember how it was for them, and do something nice for the hurting children in their neighborhood. It’s sort of a ‘what goes ’round, comes around philosophy. Can you spare a dime, and perhaps a little time this Christmas?
kirk murphy @ 89
Oh, be still, my heart!
TeddySanFran @
70
My husband’s cousin at the age of 4 asked her grandmom when the cookies were ready
“How do the little dinger know grandma?” I have often wondered that myself.
op–Three different names. And a lot of hostility.
punaise @ 76
Oh, good! I’m just about NEVER sure.
angie, A clue for you. There are lies and…
egregious @ 92
It’s hurtful comments like that, that will drive me right back on a baby eating jag!
My best “internet to the rescue” story was Christmas Eve a few years ago. We came in very late after doing the last service and the heat was on low in the house. I pushed the wrong sequence of buttons on the timer thermostat and accidentally locked it at 58 degrees. Didn’t know how to unlock it and didn’t have the directions. It was the holiday so there was no way I could call anyone or go to the store to find out. After looking everywhere I went on line to the manufacturer and fortunately they had the directions in .pdf format. It would have been a very cold couple of days without those directions!
Christy Hardin Smith @ 83
Post some of them! We can translate, interpret, or at least have some fun with them.
OK at 93 — love that. Today while we were chatting with Amb. Wilson, I was simultaneously sewing up the last of my Salvation Army Christmas stockings to drop off for their party next weekend and also finished the last of our donation backpacks for the local mission for the homeless families there this year. We try to do several things every year all year round, but for some reason, the extras we do at Christmas are always the most fun.
egregious @ 96
But, I learned what sock puppetry meant. One of him seemed nice. I have an inkling that there’s some bad blood somewhere but Festivus is almost here, does there need to be a reckoning or are sleeping pups best left to lie?
Christy and egregious – thank you both so much for the precision with which you described the multi-handle matter.
My answer was so imprecise as to be misleading.
I apologize to op99, Angie, Christy, egregious, and all for my error.
OT.. NYT published an article today about video tape of the torturous conditions of incarceration of Jose “native-born US citizen detained at the pleasure of the preznit for being a braggart” Padilla: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12…..ref=slogin
punaise @ 78
Ooooh, love it! That very message, word-for-word, is what I usually
battertease Mr. K8 with. I think it’s a Y-chromosome thing, at least in my experience.There seems to be some perverse pleasure gained from assembling whatever sort of watchamacallit you’re working on – without ever once glancing at the instructions.
The results are often predictable. Which accounts for the ever-popular message on your dad’s sign being uttered (by moi) at least once every Christmas season.
Oooh — I got an e-mail back from the company — they must have someone working a late shift (or outsourced somewhere where it’s a day shift) this time of year. Yay…hopefully it will help…
Hello pups. You may have a strand of beat-o-matic lights there, Christy.
Oklahoma kiddo–you are making me cry.
Bless your heart. Those lucky kids to have you saving up all year to buy them presents, and they are strangers to you.
I share your grief at all the little ones being harmed by our country’s policies.
Gotta keep rolling that boulder up the hill.
johnSwifty @ 99
vinegar or ketchup?
johnSwifty @ 103
“Leave sleeping dogs and children alone.”
Holy cow. It’s not my night for html coding.
This last instance of strike-thru-gone-wild (now fixed, refresh please!) wasn’t my fault! Really! I used the strike-thru button.
Oh well. Maybe I shouldn’t try anything fancy any more.
punaise @
76
Definitely don’t stand on them – especially if it’s a Big Sur.
punaise @
78
Or as we in tech support used to say “RTFM”.
BTW speaking of missing FirePups, has anyone heard from HopeSpringsATurtle or Dr Turtle? She also seems to be AWOL, or maybe it’s just my timing at the Lake.
oh that is very sad, Christy @ 90.
OK kiddo– you made me cry and appreciate you more than ever with your 93. Whatever surviving siblings, parents, and grandparents that are left are doomed to have a hellish time too.
In Darfur, Congo, Somalia, Afghanistan and all the wretched places you mention.
bless you and yours.
Eureka Springs– I will check it out as per Christy’s prompt… if that is what you are referring to.
bubble lights.
yes it was, angie…)
CHS–Your Christmas charity projects will, I predict, make a huge impression on your little one. They learn by seeing what we think is important. I see ripples in the pond from projects long ago with my not so little ones.
Hugh @ 86
en effet….
Christy is my fourth favorite Reddhedd.
Ok Kiddo, you are a good heart and a good soul – a blessing to your community and the Lake.
Merry Christmas – thanks for honoring the Prince of Peace.
Christy Hardin Smith @ 80
Christy –
I’m having trouble keeping up with the pace of the comments on this thread, but if you haven’t resolved the problem yet, you could shoot me an email too.
Mr. K8’s professional specialty is sort of “all things related to electrical lighting” and he’s saved our Christmas light strings on numerous occasions. He could help — tonight.
Oklahoma kiddo @ #93,
I cried. Very beautiful. Is there an opposite to a 707?
When I think of the dead, ours and theirs, in Iraq, and factor in Lebanon and Gaza, I am left with the horror that the Bush actions in the world might perhaps rival the terror and number of corpses in some of WWII’s concentration camps. The sheer number of dead and maimed in the Middle East in the last six years is staggering.
Christy Hardin Smith @ 107
elves rule!
Props to you O.K. there are so many in need and so many of us who have more than we could ever want. There was an article in Salon a couple of days ago about the holiday menu at the White House in contrast to the MREs that the soldiers will be getting. The contrast is stunning. And even at that, the MREs are much more than so many folks around the world have. i’m thinking of those in the recent floods in the Philippines and even those still destitute after the tsunami from two years ago.
So much to do.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 93
Wow, when I was a little kid living in Texas, my favorite Xmas story was something like, “A Texas Christmas,” where Santa delivered presents on a buckboard pulled by horses. I’ve got this decided mental image of the OK Kiddo riding that buckboard! You are the Southern Santa, aren’t you?
kirk murphy @ 110
I gotta say, I like the malt.
Patrick 4/4 @ 113
No surfing?
Eureka Springs, AR @ 116
Bubba lights.
I think it should be let go. It is tough when any community changes over time, and some folks deal with it in different ways than others. All I can do is my work the best that I know how to do and hope it is enough. I know that I’m doing a lot of it, and more exhausted than I probably should be most days, frankly, for my own good. And some days I hit the right buttons for everyone, some days not so much — but all things change and grow, and sometimes people are happy with that and sometimes they aren’t. But that is life — whether it is an online community or a real world one.
And I think we’ve had such an amazing year here at FDL — with a growth spurt that neither Jane nor I would have ever predicted, frankly. And with that comes some growing pains that have, to some extent, led to some folks feeling either left out of the process or feeling like they don’t fit in or not happy with Jane and I because we aren’t doing things exactly as they’d hoped or not happy with some of the additions — or subtractions — or…well, the list is endless.
Scarecrow had a great comment in the mother of all threads that was spot on, but I don’t have time to dig it up at the moment because I’m going to go and wrestle a giant tree now. But suffice it to say that I’m going to just keep on doing the best I can and hope that someone, somewhere continues to like it. And just wish those that don’t the best. Because, frankly, I just don’t have time for anything else — I’m chasing a very active child and I spend too much of my life here these days to make extra worry for myself beyond what I already have. :/
egregious @ 128
Biggie don’t surf.
TeddySanFran @ 70
Did you, inspired by your first repair success, drop the old oven timer as well? That’s an intriguing repair tip!
egregious @ 129
Take old (empty) shotgun shells and staple them over plain old white lights — bubba lights
zig fried
johnSwifty @ 126
Oh no, he is a Rancho Cordova kid.(California)
CHS– I wish I could help you with the giant tree and more.
smile, you deserve and earn my thanks daily.
:)
Opposite to 707,
Sis, sadness in silence?
Bubba lights, that’s not a kind of cig?
Christy – you and Jane are doing great. You can never please everyone, but by the look of things you are a source of knowledge and solace to a great many. This is a wonderful community of caring, if slightly snarky, folks, and a great place to hang out.
One never enters the same lake twice. You place your foot in, remove it and replace it. The lake has changed. You have changed. The air has changed. Those who wish time to be still will always be dissapointed, when they could be rejoicing at the new dawn.
Christy Hardin Smith @ 130
Christy, you do so much. And raising a spirited child — I read the book by that name, it wasn’t even in the ball park. I don’t know how you do it.
egregious @ 138
Bubba lights is what happen when my little brother lite a big field on fire when he was six.
Mary McCurnin @ 95
That’s a great line!!
Mary, did you say you or someone in your family are having a difficult time with health issues? How is that going?
Mrs. K8 @ 132
An obvious beat-o-matic.
egregious @ 138
Either way it’s of a home grown (made) variety. *g*
Hey Kiddo – You are OK!
petedownunder @ 114
Hopie was on the other night on the monster thread. She is mostly at another blog these days iirc. Shakes? Fem? Plus she has her own. I think Dr. T is ok but working too hard, there’s a surprise. Hope, you here?
Christy Hardin Smith @ 130
Kind of like life. There isn’t a right way to make a child grow – or a web community. Every child is an experiment – there’s never been one like it before. All we have are broad guidelines – of honesty, decency, love and kindness.
At some point you can only guide. This blog has become a beautiful gangly child that’s going to stumble, embarass and amaze.
There are no rules – other than do what’s believe is right.
egregious @ 143
punaise @ 134
pun, you ok? I didn’t feel the sharp pain between my eyes from that one. What’s the matter man, is someone stuck in a well?
I’ve seen her, and the answer is:
Magnificently of course!
egregious @ 143
That’s good. I must have missed the Monster Thread, what was the Post that started it?
Mary McCurnin @ 148
Congratulations for you both, Mary!
Okay. I tried twice to post a comment with a quote this comment and it didn’t work the way it should twice. Maybe it is me.
Mary McCurnin @ 154
No it’s not you – see?
Oilfieldguy @ 140
Kinda like Heisenberg meets HAIR?
I work on computers and the internet all day. It is still a mystery to me.
Mary McCurnin @ 157
Perhaps after selecting quote, scroll down in the comments box before typing your remark. fwiw
almost new thread pups…
scarecrow’s comment on the metathread at 591: [another at 135]
I found it interesting that immanentize, in an early comment, asked about certain people. Where are they? Why aren’t they here? I too miss them. And then over the next hour or so, many of them showed up. We’re mostly still here, and I think we need to reflect on what that means.
There seems to be a deeply shared and powerful ethic that’s flowing underneath all the pain and division in this thread, along with all the efforts to reach out and embrace. Many of us are here not only for the sense of community, but the hope of expanding it, of politicizing it, of taking it to the country.
I want to express the hope that we all remain here — all of us — and keep working at this. We don’t always like each other, or always agree with each other, but lets keep listing and talking to each other because the conversation is really important. This has never been done before, there are no manuals for this, and yet look at all that firedoglake has become in such a short time. Look what we just did in the mid-term elections.
I hope we all hang in there, realizing that, as our beloved President says, “this is hard work.” After all, if we can’t keep firedoglake together, with this strongly felt common ethic, what hope do we have of pulling the Democratic party (or country) together under some sense of humane, shared values? This is what we are about. Let’s get on with it.
[end scarecrow comment]
…and I still cannot get a hyperlink in bed.
Eureka Springs, AR @ 161
happens to all of us, eventually….
Eureka Springs, AR @ 158
There was talk a few threads ago that the quote comment button does not place the cursor after the block quote that’s being quoted, so the intended comment ends up in the quote unless you carefully scroll down to be sure you’re past the quote. Does that make any sense at all? I’m too tired to tell.
Eureka Springs, AR @ 161
That’s kinda hot. What do you mean?
I seem to miss a lot of threads over here. Just remember though, OFG is usually working to set gas compressors to push natural gas toward your heater or gas-fired electricity generator. That way you are nice and toasty and have plenny of ‘lektrisity to mash your messages through all them innernets toobs.
Your welcome.
How to hyper link / paste a link with wording of your choice.
Mary–
Thanks for the update. I am glad both of you got your insurance and hope that your health is good.
The comments thing happens to everybody. When quoting, the cursor goes to the middle of a long quote. I imagine fixing this is on a Santa wish list somewhere.
Patrick 4/4 @ 164
Are we still talking about mania?
Mary McCurnin @ 157
Hi Mary,
I work on computers all day, too (except when Joe Wilson is in the house) and I come at FDL from four or five different IPs on four or five different browsers, everything from Firefox to an old 7.2 version of Netscape. I specifically haven’t set up an RSS feed for fear of addiction (which is probably too late); but the fact is, they all seem to resolve the scripting a little differently.
The other day I was playing with the [blockquote] tags and went to check out the Cascading Style Sheet this monster resolves with….whooowee…talk about style.
New thread upstairs
Oilfieldguy @ 165
Thank you!
Eureka Springs, AR @ 166
Type the words you want. Highlight the words.
Copy the link you want from an external site,
Click link. Paste in the link. Click OK.
The highlighted words will be the new link. click OK.
Christy Hardin Smith @ 80
Christy, we had the same problem with our tree. We bought this 3 way bulb tester at Lowes, and it told us where each string was shot. Totally worth the 16 bucks.
http://www.lightkeeperpro.com
p 4/4 will try it momentarily, thank you so much!
petedownunder @ 152
The famous civility thread.
petedownunder @ 163
Wow, pete, I’m impressed. Yes, it made sense, and I felt like tackling the question, but then threw up my hands at the challenge of phrasing it coherently. I doff my hat, sir!
Would that I were as coherent when wide awake, as you are when tired.
Eureka Springs, AR @ 174
De nada.
egregious @ 167
I want to add my own hearty “hooray” concerning your health coverage — and your happiness! That’s such good news!
This book looks, well, not so hetero . I’m jus sayin’. *g*
Eureka Springs, AR @ 179
Worked just right.
petedownunder @ 152
Jane’s post about “Language” this past Wednesday. Tis here.
lol The thrill is gone.
Eureka Springs, AR @ 182
Come on upstairs and use your new skill – liberally.
OK Kiddo –
You are such a dear heart!
When sentiments like the ones you expressed here tonight threaten to overwhelm me, I try hard to remember to do one thing –
To hand it over to God — or to use a term you used tonight, “Mother Nature,” or the Universe, whatever one is comfortable thinking about.
At some point, it becomes necessary to fall back on sheer naked faith — especially in the face of such bleakness and horror as you describe so well. I believe — and suspect that maybe you do too — that all we can do is hope that our actions and the goodwill we hold deep in our hearts (combined with the hunger for justice and truth and peace) will somehow make a difference, at least for someone, somewhere, somehow.
There are many who feel as you do. It’s not really true to say “no one cares,” although many is the day that it certainly SEEMS that no one cares.
I have to believe that all those who long for peace and try to make this world better for those who have suffered so horribly do, in fact, make a difference. They bring light into an otherwise dark world.
Perhaps you have a tape or DVD of something to watch like “It’s a Wonderful Life”? You remind me (in terms of your feelings tonight) of George Bailey — feeling that nothing you’ve done might have mattered.
If an angel named Clarence came to take YOU on a trip through a world without you, I have a feeling you’d be seeing the same kind of unpleasant shift in the circumstances of others that Jimmy Stewart’s character did — they would have been much worse off without you.
Bless you for all you do! Relax a bit, and put what you CAN’T do in God’s hands (or who-/whatever’s hands).
Remember — “Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice…”
Christy Hardin Smith @ 130
Nice comment, Christy! I’ve spent the last few days reconneting with my soul mate in the real world. : )
A little over three years ago I put a diamond solitaire engagement ring on her finger, we just happened too fast though and it scared both of us because of it! LOL Anyway, we’ve reconnected and we’re stronger than ever. Damn I love that woman and the feeling’s mutual, has been all along. BTW, we met online on a site much like this one. Shit happens! LOL
You’ll get a kick out of this. She’s an attorney and former judge ; )
Merry Christmas, indeed!
egregious @ 75
i’ve seen sharkbabe over at watertiger’s latelyegregious @ 73
707!
Fiance having found wonderful gainful employment, not likely!
I am going to take advantage of this EPU’d thread to try something the instructions for which were given above.
If you want to see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV6In1K8zKk…
Hmmm. The link works, but it is not embedded in the words I wanted to use…
I don’t understand the “click OK” part.
Where do you click OK?
Coz–
That’s awesome! Congratulations, and hope you find much happiness with each other.
[imagine little hearts here]
————-egr
Coz, man, I am so happy for you!
Something in the water with Demon Deacons this year. Congratulations and thanks for sharing it with all your online pals.
petedownunder @ 152
Here it is.
Oilfieldguy @
165
Oh, you handsome son of a gun, THANK YOU!
Christy Hardin Smith @
90
I think Zennurse showed up that night, too.
Right On! I want to be here for this one…