Comments on: Pull Up A Chair… http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:21:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: shrink in sf http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720922 shrink in sf Sun, 27 May 2007 00:39:25 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720922 <p>Brava for all three achievements. Thanks for telling us about them.</p> <p>Thanks LnL!</p> Brava for all three achievements. Thanks for telling us about them.

Thanks LnL!

]]> By: peony http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720690 peony Sat, 26 May 2007 22:06:54 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720690 <p>Lovely photo, Christy, as are so many you put up on this forum. Thank you. </p> <p>what is making me smile these days…I moved most of my belongings in a big truck several hundred miles two weeks ago. I had planned on staying in a campground and sleeping in the truck but it was not to be. I had taken too much energy supplement and the truck had bucket seats so there was no way to lie down. It was cold too. 12:00 midnight and at least six hours before daylight! Then I remembered Martin Luther King spoke once about the possibility of suffering being redemptive. Although suffering is too strong a word for my experience, I began to think about the possibility that my discomfort could or might mitigate in the smallest way the general unhappiness of human beings. That became my prayer or intention. And that changed the experience for me dramatically! So the low point of the trip became the high point of the trip.</p> Lovely photo, Christy, as are so many you put up on this forum. Thank you.

what is making me smile these days…I moved most of my belongings in a big truck several hundred miles two weeks ago. I had planned on staying in a campground and sleeping in the truck but it was not to be. I had taken too much energy supplement and the truck had bucket seats so there was no way to lie down. It was cold too. 12:00 midnight and at least six hours before daylight! Then I remembered Martin Luther King spoke once about the possibility of suffering being redemptive. Although suffering is too strong a word for my experience, I began to think about the possibility that my discomfort could or might mitigate in the smallest way the general unhappiness of human beings. That became my prayer or intention. And that changed the experience for me dramatically! So the low point of the trip became the high point of the trip.

]]> By: Sierra Volk http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720632 Sierra Volk Sat, 26 May 2007 21:24:47 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720632 <p>Want a fantastic break, and two hours of beautiful humanity? Hie thee to thy local rentshop, or Netflix, and get OFF THE MAP. </p> <p>Sierra</p> Want a fantastic break, and two hours of beautiful humanity? Hie thee to thy local rentshop, or Netflix, and get OFF THE MAP.

Sierra

]]> By: kublai http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720582 kublai Sat, 26 May 2007 20:47:21 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720582 <p>If you are interested in attracting more butterflies to your garden, native plants are the best way to go. These are plants which have adapted over hundreds (thousands) of years to the soil, climate, etc. in your area, and have come to be relied upon by wildlife and insects in your area–the plants that existed prior to European settlement. Once these plants are established, they need no fertilizer/pesticides and don’t need supplemental water (except in the most dire droughts)–thus they are a very “green” option. Even a small patch of native plants in a yard can be a stopping point for migrating birds, butterflies and other insects. Wild Ones is a national organization that educates people about using native plants to promote biodiversity; check out <a href="http://www.for-wild.org.">www.for-wild.org.</a> Happy gardening!</p> If you are interested in attracting more butterflies to your garden, native plants are the best way to go. These are plants which have adapted over hundreds (thousands) of years to the soil, climate, etc. in your area, and have come to be relied upon by wildlife and insects in your area–the plants that existed prior to European settlement. Once these plants are established, they need no fertilizer/pesticides and don’t need supplemental water (except in the most dire droughts)–thus they are a very “green” option. Even a small patch of native plants in a yard can be a stopping point for migrating birds, butterflies and other insects. Wild Ones is a national organization that educates people about using native plants to promote biodiversity; check out http://www.for-wild.org. Happy gardening!

]]> By: Mellifluous http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720420 Mellifluous Sat, 26 May 2007 18:41:06 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720420 <p>Solai at 44:</p> <p>Clearly Bush vetoed the supplemental before he signed it, in the same way that Kerry voted for (whatever) before he voted against it. Doesn’t matter to the VWR that there was a difference.</p> <p>Just giving them a bit of their own snark.</p> Solai at 44:

Clearly Bush vetoed the supplemental before he signed it, in the same way that Kerry voted for (whatever) before he voted against it. Doesn’t matter to the VWR that there was a difference.

Just giving them a bit of their own snark.

]]> By: Strategerie http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720409 Strategerie Sat, 26 May 2007 18:34:17 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720409 <p>I’m EPU’d here, but the thing that offers the most relaxation now is found in cyberspace. The FDL Gabbly folks keep me laughing. We’ve been chatting Monday through Friday since the Libby trial; we’ve gotten to know each other, and even a few minutes with them every morning helps me face the day with a smile.</p> <p>-S</p> I’m EPU’d here, but the thing that offers the most relaxation now is found in cyberspace. The FDL Gabbly folks keep me laughing. We’ve been chatting Monday through Friday since the Libby trial; we’ve gotten to know each other, and even a few minutes with them every morning helps me face the day with a smile.

-S

]]> By: Cujo359 http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720353 Cujo359 Sat, 26 May 2007 18:03:29 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720353 <p><a href="#comment-720071"><em>LnL @ 130</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Good morning all.</p> <p>Delurking to say Barbara Kingsolver is scheduled for CSPAN-2 tomorrow morning at 8:30.</p></blockquote> <p>I loved <i>Animal Dreams</i>, as much due to the research that went into it as the story, which was good. Anyone who takes the time to understand what driving a train must be like as background for a romance novel is impressive.</p> LnL @ 130

Good morning all.

Delurking to say Barbara Kingsolver is scheduled for CSPAN-2 tomorrow morning at 8:30.

I loved Animal Dreams, as much due to the research that went into it as the story, which was good. Anyone who takes the time to understand what driving a train must be like as background for a romance novel is impressive.

]]> By: punaise http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720294 punaise Sat, 26 May 2007 17:14:41 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720294 <p>yes: what tejanarusa said at 204</p> yes: what tejanarusa said at 204

]]> By: punaise http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720281 punaise Sat, 26 May 2007 17:08:18 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720281 <p>’tis <a href="http://www.lowresolution.com/images/peony.jpg">peony</a> season - marvel as a tight-fisted sphere smaller than a ping-pong ball explodes into a grapefruit sized display of color and texture.</p> ’tis peony season – marvel as a tight-fisted sphere smaller than a ping-pong ball explodes into a grapefruit sized display of color and texture.

]]> By: inmymind’seye http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720234 inmymind’seye Sat, 26 May 2007 16:42:46 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/#comment-720234 <p><a href="#comment-720152"><em>nolo @ 196</em></a></p> <blockquote><p> i dunno — but i think johny depp’s<br /> politics, and star-power, had something<br /> to do with it — they can’t make the<br /> film without him. . . he <b>is</b> the<br /> franchise, here, if not the movie. . .</p> <p>still — i loved <b>KEITH RICHARD’s </b><br /> cameo — it also rings an echo!</p> <p>as does jack sparrow’s “<em>shoulder-<br /> massage</em>” of the astonished-asian-<br /> woman-pirate-captain, at the fourth<br /> council. . . but i’ll stop now.</p> <p>no more spoilers.</p> <p>[i hope it is okay that i added<br /> your comments as an <b>update</b> to my<br /> post on pirates. . .]</p></blockquote> <p>Of course it’s okay, and a great post to btw.</p> nolo @ 196

i dunno — but i think johny depp’s
politics, and star-power, had something
to do with it — they can’t make the
film without him. . . he is the
franchise, here, if not the movie. . .

still — i loved KEITH RICHARD’s
cameo — it also rings an echo!

as does jack sparrow’s “shoulder-
massage” of the astonished-asian-
woman-pirate-captain, at the fourth
council. . . but i’ll stop now.

no more spoilers.

[i hope it is okay that i added
your comments as an update to my
post on pirates. . .]

Of course it’s okay, and a great post to btw.

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