zed

Yippe!

Do you live your life for zed?

DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELBERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lolo @ 0

zed

I’m starting to think you must be cheating, lolo. I just can’t figure out how.

This song goes out to the Puma family, our Texas Girls, DreamingCrow, and all the rest who know what this song is really about.

Thanks, TRex.

TRex @ 5

lolo @ 0

zed

I’m starting to think you must be cheating, lolo. I just can’t figure out how.

This song goes out to the Puma family, our Texas Girls, DreamingCrow, and all the rest who know what this song is really about.

Extra-zedsory perception.

You told the kids downstairs we’re up here, right, lolo?

…and on that truly horrible pun, I’m off. Good night, and good luck. Hugs all around.

Thanks TRex & Firepups

TRex @ 8

You told the kids downstairs we’re up here, right, lolo?

In rhyme, no less.

Lolo did, TRex. She let them know. Still some heavy conversations going on down there.

TRex @ 5

lolo @ 0

zed

I’m starting to think you must be cheating, lolo. I just can’t figure out how.

This song goes out to the Puma family, our Texas Girls, DreamingCrow, and all the rest who know what this song is really about.

lolo is the Ghost in the Machine and knows all that happens in the Toobz.

Mutant Poodle @ 9

…and on that truly horrible pun, I’m off. Good night, and good luck. Hugs all around.

Night, Poodle.

Alright, then. My work here is done.

Good night, mes amis, where evair you aire!

Mutant Poodle @ 7

TRex @ 5

lolo @ 0

I’m starting to think you must be cheating, lolo. I just can’t figure out how.

This song goes out to the Puma family, our Texas Girls, DreamingCrow, and all the rest who know what this song is really about.

Extra-zedsory perception.

It’s something!!! Zed Master lolo!!!

Sweet dreams and big hugs to all the firepups.

Damn you, T-Rex!

I should be going to bed now. Gotta get up tomorrow morning to go to work, gotta finish a book for my book club, gotta, gotta, gotta…ah, hell.

Evening, all!

Mutant Poodle @ 11

TRex @ 8

You told the kids downstairs we’re up here, right, lolo?

In rhyme, no less.

Sho’ nuff!!! TRex!!!

G’nite, TRex. Sleep well, dear therapod.

TRex @ 15

Alright, then. My work here is done.

Good night, mes amis, where evair you aire!

G’Nite TRex!!!

TRex @ 15

Alright, then. My work here is done.

Good night, mes amis, where evair you aire!

Sleep well TRex. Thanks for everything.

TRex @ 4

lolo @ 0

zed

I’m starting to think you must be cheating, lolo. I just can’t figure out how.

This song goes out to the Puma family, our Texas Girls, DreamingCrow, and all the rest who know what this song is really about.

lolo clutches her pearls, “cheating? how?”

TRex @ 7

You told the kids downstairs we’re up here, right, lolo?

yes I did.

TRex @ 15

Alright, then. My work here is done.

Good night, mes amis, where evair you aire!

Who knew a Broderburger had so much tryptophan?
G’nite TRex. G’nite Suzanne. G’nite John Boy.
G’nite All.

‘Night, firepups. Must sleep now.

Hey, pups, what’s on the hearing schedule for this week?

SusanD @ 26

‘Night, firepups. Must sleep now.

Nite, Nite.

TRex,
I Spotlighted your last post to as many WaPo people as I thought were appropriate (OK, the limit, ten) and included the ombudsman.
I don’t expect miracles right away.
They need to know we’re taking careful note.

SusanD @ 26

‘Night, firepups. Must sleep now.

Sleep well SusanD

TRex @ 5

This song goes out to the Puma family, our Texas Girls, DreamingCrow, and all the rest who know what this song is really about.

Thanks, TRex. Much love.

You really don’t think I am cheating do you?

lolo @ 32

You really don’t think I am cheating do you?

Nah, just dedicated.

(waving)
Hi TB

TribeScribe @ 34

(waving)
Hi TB

Howdy!

Texas Betsy @ 33

lolo @ 32

You really don’t think I am cheating do you?

Nah, just dedicated.

We all need a hobby. *G*

Well, Pups, I think it is time for me to turn in as well. Need to finish grading my graduate seminar papers and have about 100 essay exams coming in tomorrow. One more week and I am done! A whole summer devoted to fishing, hiking, and camping.

Got the Robin Williams YouTube up and running

Nite Prof.D : )
May you prevail over the paper mountain!

DrDick @ 37

Well, Pups, I think it is time for me to turn in as well. Need to finish grading my graduate seminar papers and have about 100 essay exams coming in tomorrow. One more week and I am done! A whole summer devoted to fishing, hiking, and camping.

Wow, sounds fun (the hiking, camping & fishing, not the grading.) Where are you planning to hike/fish/camp?

kristine @ 40

DrDick @ 37

Well, Pups, I think it is time for me to turn in as well. Need to finish grading my graduate seminar papers and have about 100 essay exams coming in tomorrow. One more week and I am done! A whole summer devoted to fishing, hiking, and camping.

Wow, sounds fun (the hiking, camping & fishing, not the grading.) Where are you planning to hike/fish/camp?

Western Montana, where I live. Nice having several million acres of public lands (all forests and mountains) at your disposal.

Dr. Dick, I’ve thought of moving to Western Montana when the little cottage by the creek in the redwoods sells.

I think I’m going to end up in Oregon or Washington but MT is still on my list.

DrDick @ 41

Western Montana, where I live. Nice having several million acres of public lands (all forests and mountains) at your disposal.

Don’t I know it! I live in the Seattle area in Washington, after having grown up in a tiny town in the Cascades. Our natural areas are a blessing.

A little different take on an old fav: Bohemian Rhapsody

Suzanne @ 42

I think I’m going to end up in Oregon or Washington but MT is still on my list.

Let me know if you need some advice about Washington, Suzanne. I’m a native Northwesterner, as rare as that seems to be nowadays.

Thanks, DC.

a boy selling puppies was asked by laura bush.
how much?he said $5 mam and they are republican.
she said they are so cute if you have one left next week,i’ll have one.
next week he has two left.along comes laura bush with $5 and the boy says,no mam they are now $50 and democratic.she last week they were republican,now they are democratic.how come?
the boy says,their eyes have opened.

apologies,lame but to the point.

A little different take on an old fav: At Last

may @ 47

a boy selling puppies was asked by laura bush.
how much?he said $5 mam and they are republican.
she said they are so cute if you have one left next week,i’ll have one.
next week he has two left.along comes laura bush with $5 and the boy says,no mam they are now $50 and democratic.she last week they were republican,now they are democratic.how come?
the boy says,their eyes have opened.

apologies, lame but to the point.

Excellent!

When my last tiny little corner of FL is paved over, I’ve often thought of moving out to the PacNW-you guys make it sound heavenly.DC, I know how you feel-I am the LAST native Floridian.( I think).

I love that song. Of course, I love nearly everything she’s done, but that one is a particular favorite.

RonD @ 50

When my last tiny little corner of FL is paved over, I’ve often thought of moving out to the PacNW-you guys make it sound heavenly.DC, I know how you feel-I am the LAST native Floridian.( I think).

It is, really. If you’re into nature at all, if you love water, if you can handle the fact that we have more cloudy skies than most places (NOT more rain), it’s damn well heaven on earth.

Just take a look!

Mighty fine eye candy there, DC.

DreamingCrow @ 52

RonD @ 50

When my last tiny little corner of FL is paved over, I’ve often thought of moving out to the PacNW-you guys make it sound heavenly.DC, I know how you feel-I am the LAST native Floridian.( I think).

It is, really. If you’re into nature at all, if you love water, if you can handle the fact that we have more cloudy skies than most places (NOT more rain), it’s damn well heaven on earth.

Just take a look!

DC you are an AMAZING photographer! Truly outstanding! And make me want to come north to visit your area.

Heh. I am a DC-area native, and got to hear my whole life about how “no one lives here, everyone is transient.” Of course the reality is that millions of people live their whole lives here; we just don’t “count” to the people who are transient (elected officials, political appointees, high-level staff), plus those like political journalists, who live here for decades but pretend it isn’t home. And since to the rest of the country, the only people here are those damn politicians, we don’t really exist to them, either.

It’s just really weird.

A little different take on an old fav: PEG

Suzanne @ 53

Mighty fine eye candy there, DC.

Thank you. I’m going to be working on getting more photos edited and galleried, as well as opening up the actual website again, here soon. I have three years of 6MP digital SLR photos that haven’t hardly been touched, as well as taking new ones.

I need to make a portfolio and shop this stuff to the local coffee shops and small galleries.

Texas Betsy @ 54

DC you are an AMAZING photographer! Truly outstanding! And make me want to come north to visit your area.

::blushes:: Thank you. I often don’t believe in myself nearly enough.

I highly recommend visiting, it’s well worth it.

RonD @ 50

When my last tiny little corner of FL is paved over, I’ve often thought of moving out to the PacNW-you guys make it sound heavenly.DC, I know how you feel-I am the LAST native Floridian.( I think).

FWIW, you must like the color combination of grey and green for the pacific northwest. I lived in Eugene, Oregon for 18 years. The trees are very green and there are very many of them and the sky is often grey even when it’s not actually raining or drizzling. This goes for pretty much most of west of the Cascade Mountains in Oregon and Washington. After I while I’d wake up and start screaming heavenward, “No, not another f**king day of grey.” Then I’d get to work and there was one woman there who’d say, “Oh, I find the grey so restful.” I drew the conclusion that she was living in the right place. I’m in Texas now, where I either vacate or moan about the heat in the summer. Winters here - now that’s made in heaven for weather. But I do miss my mountains where I spent a lot of time backpacking, hiking and camping.

So, Lolo, where in the Land of Squandered Promise (aka the OC) do you live?

I moved here in 1986, lived in Irvine for a while, in Orange since 1991. Thought I was outta here to NoVa in 1999, but my wife and kid had other ideas.

I have a good friend who graduated from Tustin HS in 1970. He’s seen a bit of change here, as you can imagine.

Lou Costello @ 48,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....mp;search=

I loved the group you linked to, thanks! This is another good one.

DreamingCrow @ 58

Texas Betsy @ 54

DC you are an AMAZING photographer! Truly outstanding! And make me want to come north to visit your area.

::blushes:: Thank you. I often don’t believe in myself nearly enough.

I highly recommend visiting, it’s well worth it.

Have not left central Texas for almost two years. Kinda afraid to travel I think.

I live in Los Alamitos now. I have lived her for 17 years. I have lived all over, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley. I owned a hair salon across from South Coast Plaza during the late 80’s and another in Westminster in the 90’s.

Should say here not her. Typing to fast.

Margot @ 61

Glad you like California Guitar Trio. THX for your link. There’s some talent there. All this talk of out west & sticking with my theme:

A little different take on an old fav: Goin’ to California

I went to Fountain Valley High School 71-73 but graduated from Yucaipa High School in 73.

TRex @ 8

You told the kids downstairs we’re up here, right, lolo?

I wish you wouldn’t do that. I wind up in EPU-ville all by myself, wondering where everybody went, because I write stuff that is posted after the new thread alert, but I don’t see that alert until later, as I work my way through the comments. Humpf.

Bob in HI

Texas Betsy @ 33

lolo @ 32

You really don’t think I am cheating do you?

Nah, just dedicated.

Just too much time on her hands.

Texas Betsy, I left a note for you downstairs, but I don’t know if its worth your time to go get it.

Bob in HI

Hi Bob..don’t feel like the Lone Ranger in EPUville…it happens to the best of us ;)

Bob Schacht @ 67

TRex @ 8

You told the kids downstairs we’re up here, right, lolo?

I wish you wouldn’t do that. I wind up in EPU-ville all by myself, wondering where everybody went, because I write stuff that is posted after the new thread alert, but I don’t see that alert until later, as I work my way through the comments. Humpf.

Bob in HI

It gets confusing especially when I am posting back and forth between threads or looking for links to articles. One time I was telling off a troll at The Next Hurrah and I posted it in a FDL comment box during a busy thread I was so embarrassed.

Bob in HI —- Left you a reply.

driving by, can’t sleep…hello, anyone!

LoudounLib @ 72

driving by, can’t sleep…hello, anyone!

Hello you.

DreamingC-stunning! You know what? I’d move there, and then they’ll start paving it over.

LoudounLib @ 72

driving by, can’t sleep…hello, anyone!

Hi LoudounLib how are you tonight.

Hey TB, how are ya?

Good eve, LL.
Sleepless in New England

lolo @ 75

LoudounLib @ 72

driving by, can’t sleep…hello, anyone!

Hi LoudounLib how are you tonight.

Hey there, queen of the zed! ;-) how are ya?

Still awake on the West Coast, LL.

hello TribeScribe, from an obvious insomniac down in VA :-)

Anyone else having trouble with the REFRESH button taking too long?

LL#78-she rules with an iron fist. :)

hi Suzanne, gosh there are still a few folks awake!

RonD @ 82

LL#78-she rules with an iron fist. :)

She is good! ;-)

Toupee!
Elephant dung!!
Ferret rants!!!
Truly an amazing lake.
I just finished reading the previous thread…and I think I need to go chop some wood tomorrow. It’s amazing how many people have these demons.
I really believe in karma. I have to. Just in case I’m wrong, I also believe in the death penalty. Together, both help quiet the demons.
Twice, I’ve found myself hoping the police could make an arrest, but not be able to get a conviction.
Apologizing that this is now off topic.

I am OK but don’t like being called a cheater. It’s not very nice.

Refresh button working well on the west coast using firefox on a pc.

lolo @ 86

I am OK but don’t like being called a cheater. It’s not very nice.

You’re right, that is not very nice. We know the truth.

((( lolo )))

RonD @ 74

DreamingC-stunning! You know what? I’d move there, and then they’ll start paving it over.

Nope, don’t think so. We’ve been bitching about the transplants since the 70’s, but we have huge swaths of parks, national parks, national and state forests, etc. Most of those aren’t going anywhere, even with the urban areas getting built up.

Thanks, as well!

lolo @ 86

I am OK but don’t like being called a cheater. It’s not very nice.

Lolo, I called you a zed swiper. Not quite as bad. But I apologize if I offended you.

Texas Betsy @ 90

lolo @ 86

I am OK but don’t like being called a cheater. It’s not very nice.

Lolo, I called you a zed swiper. Not quite as bad. But I apologize if I offended you.

Not you the theropod. : ( made me cry

A little different take on an old fav: While My Guitar Gently Weeps

*Note: Direct link to WMV (Large/Hi-Speed a must) but maybe the best cover ever!

A little ambient/McDreamy song for the

Sleepless

I like the quote at the beginning.
Fitting for this evening’s threads…

Lou, I can’t get that link to work :-( Is it from the Concert For George, by chance?

ps, I am on high speed

Texas Betsy @ 71

Bob in HI —- Left you a reply.

Thanks. Anger can be a bastard (i.e., source unknown or unacknowledged).

Bob in HI

lolo, I did not read this:

I’m starting to think you must be cheating, lolo. I just can’t figure out how.

as him calling you a cheater - I read it as a tongue in cheek snark about how you get the zed every thread and how he can’t figure out how you do it.

lolo @ 66

I went to Fountain Valley High School 71-73 but graduated from Yucaipa High School in 73.

Trying to imagine what Yucaipa was like in the 70s. Probably not very much like the leafy green suburb in New Jersey where I graduated from HS the same year.

lolo @ 86

I am OK but don’t like being called a cheater. It’s not very nice.

lolo, i just think of it as grabbing the brass ring.
who wouldn’t?? (((lolo)))

Those who are worthy, let them step up!
(ok, a little too much LordoftheRings 2nite)

burns @97 — did I see a couple of threads back or so that you are/were in NoVA?

…driving by…it was 91* here today and is still in the 80’s at this hour with windows and doors open and wearing shorts and barefoot…

Suzanne @ 97

lolo, I did not read this:

I’m starting to think you must be cheating, lolo. I just can’t figure out how.

as him calling you a cheater - I read it as a tongue in cheek snark about how you get the zed every thread and how he can’t figure out how you do it.

I don’t get it every thread sheesh. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out when a post is due.

LoudounLib @ 94

ps, I am on high speed

LL, what’s happenin in the Old Dominion?

DCrow,where I live about 20 mi SE of Tampa, 30 years ago there was almost nothing but endless woods, fields, and swamps all the way to Lake Okeechobee, over 100 miles-just beautiful. It’s now all rapidly becoming strip malls, white-flight suburbs, and endless concrete. It’s difficult to explain to new comers just how beautiful this place used to be. Now, more and more, it all starts to look like Orlando.
:(

spiderpaws @ 100

…driving by…it was 91* here today and is still in the 80’s at this hour with windows and doors open and wearing shorts and barefoot…

oh wow…it’s 40 here right now with a freeze warning overnight!

*waving to spidey* tis a fine night here at the cottage by the creek in the redwoods also. 58 outside with all my doors and windows open.

spiderpaws @ 100

…driving by…it was 91* here today and is still in the 80’s at this hour with windows and doors open and wearing shorts and barefoot…

Heeey, Spiderpaws!
what’s in the stars, dear one?

LoudounLib @ 94

Lou, I can’t get that link to work :-( Is it from the Concert For George, by chance?

R&R Hall of Fame Induction. Prince is amazing. You can find it here. Under MEDIA (sml/med/lrg WMV and QT)

TribeScribe, not a whole lot — other than that Her Majesty QE II is here in DC for a state dinner. We’re all in a tizzy ;-)

The first time I ever set foot in OC was in 1980, while I was in law school at USC. Drove down to go to a show at the Golden Bear. Got off the 405 at Goldenwest and drove toward the ocean, through mile after mile of three-bedroom, two-bath houses surrounded by cinder block walls.

I immediately understood Social D and Black Flag much better.

Lou, I have seen that one — that is one awesome performance. Prince tore it up!

burnspbesq @ 98

lolo @ 66

I went to Fountain Valley High School 71-73 but graduated from Yucaipa High School in 73.

Trying to imagine what Yucaipa was like in the 70s. Probably not very much like the leafy green suburb in New Jersey where I graduated from HS the same year.

Actually it was very green for being considered the upper desert. It was full of hippies and young vets home from the war. Oh and lots of old people.

(stopping the speeding vehicle with a screech)….58* is warm? I wear long underwear at that temperature and you have your doors open

LoudounLib @ 100

burns @97 — did I see a couple of threads back or so that you are/were in NoVA?

Was, in 1999-2000. Lived about 100 yards from the Vienna Metro station, in the big apartment complex on Lee Hwy. Used to put my bike nn the back of the car and take it out to Purcellville to ride on the dirt roads, away from traffic. Probably not like that any more, is it?

Burns, if ‘99 was the last time you were here — yes, it’s quite a bit different. Just add about 200% more traffic and tons more development out west, and you can get the idea. The new DC suburbs are out in WV now!

LoudounLib @ 111

Lou, I have seen that one — that is one awesome performance. Prince tore it up!

It used to be on YouTube…been pulled…DRAT!

burnspbesq @ 98

lolo @ 66

I went to Fountain Valley High School 71-73 but graduated from Yucaipa High School in 73.

Trying to imagine what Yucaipa was like in the 70s. Probably not very much like the leafy green suburb in New Jersey where I graduated from HS the same year.

Where in NJ?

well, spidey, it is warm enough to be sitting here in sweats and my knit watch cap. i tend to keep it in the 50’s inside during the winter so this feels fine. 53 is a completely different story.

sorry about bringing your drive-by to a screeching halt, spidey. since you are here… any insight into the week ahead?

LoudounLib @ 115

Burns, if ‘99 was the last time you were here — yes, it’s quite a bit different. Just add about 200% more traffic and tons more development out west, and you can get the idea. The new DC suburbs are out in WV now!

When I worked for the IRS in the 1990s, I knew a number of National Office folks who commuted in from West Virginia. Tough to afford an house any closer to DC on a GS-13 salary.

burnspbesq @ 119

LoudounLib @ 115

Burns, if ‘99 was the last time you were here — yes, it’s quite a bit different. Just add about 200% more traffic and tons more development out west, and you can get the idea. The new DC suburbs are out in WV now!

When I worked for the IRS in the 1990s, I knew a number of National Office folks who commuted in from West Virginia. Tough to afford an house any closer to DC on a GS-13 salary.

Sadly that is still true. I work with plenty of folks who live in the southern exurbs (Stafford, Spotsylvania, etc) for the same reason.

burnspbesq @ 110

The first time I ever set foot in OC was in 1980, while I was in law school at USC. Drove down to go to a show at the Golden Bear. Got off the 405 at Goldenwest and drove toward the ocean, through mile after mile of three-bedroom, two-bath houses surrounded by cinder block walls.

I immediately understood Social D and Black Flag much better.

I know what you mean. Each tract had it’s own elementary school and kids seldom left their tract until they were bussed to Jr High.

TB @ 117:

Ridgewood. Good place to grow up. Would move back there in a heartbeat if I got transferred to our NY office. Tough to afford a house there nowadays. The house that my parents bought for $50K in 1967 sold for $1.1 mil in 2004.

Lou @116, I think that’s where I first saw it as well. I bookmarked that last site you posted and will go back to it later. Thanks so much!

burnspbesq @ 122

TB @ 117:

Ridgewood. Good place to grow up. Would move back there in a heartbeat if I got transferred to our NY office. Tough to afford a house there nowadays. The house that my parents bought for $50K in 1967 sold for $1.1 mil in 2004.

I grew up in the same county, but a bit later. I have brothers who were class of 71, 74, & 83.