Zed??

Another

I’m a little worried that Petraeus will say we need 9-10 more years of war in Iraq….translate 8 more year of Bush/Cheney to git ‘er done….oh, yeah, he already said that…

We have ONE major obstacle. Voter Fraud.

Thers accidentally put this post up at the wrong time. It will be back later at the time for which it was scheduled. Apologies to all…

hey!

boing – flying forward one-and-a-half somersaults, pike, no splash

g’evening everyone

excellent post, thers

LoudounLib @ 6

hey!

That counts as zed squared.

And so it begins

Evening all. Mighty fine versifying there, Thers.

Suzanne @ 7

boing – flying forward one-and-a-half somersaults, pike, no splash

g’evening everyone

excellent post, thers

Can you enlighten the diving challenged as to what “pike” means?

Oh, and the Bulgarian Judge is wearing a wet suit and goggles.

N=1 @ 8

LoudounLib @ 6

hey!

That counts as zed squared.

that’ll work ;-)

Suzanne @ 7

boing – flying forward one-and-a-half somersaults, pike, no splash

g’evening everyone

excellent post, thers

Flying forward is so much better than flying backwards! Beautiful, Suzanne!

Evenin’ DrD, are things improving out your way, weather-wise?

Diving information:

There are six “groups” into which dives are classified: Forward, Back, Inward, Reverse, Twist, and Armstand. The latter applies only to Platform competitions, whereas the other five apply to both Springboard and Platform.

* In the Forward Group, the diver takes off facing forwards and rotates forwards
* In the Back Group, the diver takes off with their back to the water and rotates backwards
* In the Reverse Group, the diver takes off facing forwards and rotates backwards
* In the Inward Group, the diver takes off with their back to the water and rotates forwards
* Any dive incorporating an axial twisting movement is in the Twist group.
* Any dive commencing from a handstand is in the Armstand group.

Dive positions

During the flight of the dive, one of the four positions may be specified:

* Straight – with no bend at the knees or hips
* Pike – with knees straight but a tight bend at the hips
* Tuck – body folded up in a tight ball, hands holding the shins and toes pointed.
* Free – Some sequence of the above positions.

Suzanne @ 7

boing – flying forward one-and-a-half somersaults, pike, no splash

g’evening everyone

excellent post, thers

a lovely dive, Suzanne!

THUUUUUUUUUH etc.

Okay ,halfway into this little gem of a poem, I started going into the chorus of “Weasley is our King,” from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. My brain is totally gone for the night.

Suzanne @ 15

Diving information:

There are six “groups” into which dives are classified: Forward, Back, Inward, Reverse, Twist, and Armstand. The latter applies only to Platform competitions, whereas the other five apply to both Springboard and Platform.

* In the Forward Group, the diver takes off facing forwards and rotates forwards
* In the Back Group, the diver takes off with their back to the water and rotates backwards
* In the Reverse Group, the diver takes off facing forwards and rotates backwards
* In the Inward Group, the diver takes off with their back to the water and rotates forwards
* Any dive incorporating an axial twisting movement is in the Twist group.
* Any dive commencing from a handstand is in the Armstand group.

Dive positions

During the flight of the dive, one of the four positions may be specified:

* Straight – with no bend at the knees or hips
* Pike – with knees straight but a tight bend at the hips
* Tuck – body folded up in a tight ball, hands holding the shins and toes pointed.
* Free – Some sequence of the above positions.

Now added to the Spook Archives. Tank Oo.

lol Mitch

Suzanne @ 7

boing – flying forward one-and-a-half somersaults, pike, no splash

g’evening everyone

excellent post, thers

Bon Soir, Ma Cheri!!!

I had a friend in High School, who would dive or jump in the water, and she would never make ripples or a splash – never. I’ve never seen anyone do it like that since. It was the strangest thing.

LS @ 22

I had a friend in High School, who would dive or jump in the water, and she would never make ripples or a splash – never. I’ve never seen anyone do it like that since. It was the strangest thing.

was she graceful on land?

LS @ 22

I had a friend in High School, who would dive or jump in the water, and she would never make ripples or a splash – never. I’ve never seen anyone do it like that since. It was the strangest thing.

Except Suzanne, of course.

I swear I will never see a Republican fairer than pig,
They can only win the next vote by through a massive rig!

What new disgrace has the administration delivered up to us today? I hear he had the new President of France over and served hot dogs.

Willard “Ball-Glove” Romney. LS @ 22

I had a friend in High School, who would dive or jump in the water, and she would never make ripples or a splash – never. I’ve never seen anyone do it like that since. It was the strangest thing.

John McCain managed to sink silently beneath the waves today. No splash, no ripple.

Well down to the last rum and coke, It’s meteor shower night, and I must feed the bugs and stare into the night sky and wonder, who’s responsible and can I find a lawyer to sue them.

BigMitch @ 26

What new disgrace has the administration delivered up to us today? I hear he had the new President of France over and served hot dogs.

As they say in the south, that’s just plain tacky.

AZ Matt @ 25

I swear I will never see a Republican fairer than pig,
They can only win the next vote by through a massive rig!

bwaaahahahha

BigMitch @ 26

What new disgrace has the administration delivered up to us today? I hear he had the new President of France over and served hot dogs.

No, the menu was barbecued quiche, escargot, truffles and pate. Sarkozy threw up on the grill.

Elliott @ 23

LS @ 22

I had a friend in High School, who would dive or jump in the water, and she would never make ripples or a splash – never. I’ve never seen anyone do it like that since. It was the strangest thing.

was she graceful on land?

No. She kind of ambled along on land, but when she hit the water…nothin’. Just a hole in the water.

LoudounLib @ 14

Evenin’ DrD, are things improving out your way, weather-wise?

Temps are back to normal, though it is supposed to warm up again early next week. We even had a couple of days without much smoke, but it rolled back in this afternoon. Still not too bad, but makes my eyes burn. No new fires so far and the existing ones seem relatively calm right now, but that will change as winds are supposed to pick up tomorrow. No hint of rain in our future yet.

LS @ 22

I had a friend in High School, who would dive or jump in the water, and she would never make ripples or a splash – never. I’ve never seen anyone do it like that since. It was the strangest thing.

Good for a medal or two, though.

Suzanne@ 15 -Thanks for the tutorial – but what’s flying?

LS @ 31

Elliott @ 23

was she graceful on land?

No. She kind of ambled along on land, but when she hit the water…nothin’. Just a hole in the water.

how odd!

argosfalcon @ 28

Well down to the last rum and coke, It’s meteor shower night, and I must feed the bugs and stare into the night sky and wonder, who’s responsible and can I find a lawyer to sue them.

I’m so excited to see the meteor shower tonight!!! I just know…I’m going to wake up and go…waaaaaa…and then go back to sleep.

I must be strong. I must wake up…walk out to the deck and watch it…damn it!

BigMitch @ 26

What new disgrace has the administration delivered up to us today? I hear he had the new President of France over and served hot dogs.

And Liberty Fries…!!! ;-)

Twain @ 29

BigMitch @ 26

What new disgrace has the administration delivered up to us today? I hear he had the new President of France over and served hot dogs.

As they say in the south, that’s just plain tacky.

Alternatively, I’ve heard it said in the south “it just isn’t done!

Twain @ 29

BigMitch @ 26

What new disgrace has the administration delivered up to us today? I hear he had the new President of France over and served hot dogs.

As they say in the south, that’s just plain tacky.

Good description of this administration in general.

N=1 @ 34

LS @ 22

I had a friend in High School, who would dive or jump in the water, and she would never make ripples or a splash – never. I’ve never seen anyone do it like that since. It was the strangest thing.

Good for a medal or two, though.

Suzanne@ 15 -Thanks for the tutorial – but what’s flying?

flying is a variation of the basic movement: ie the first half somersault is performed in the straight position, and then the piked or tucked shape is assumed

Twain @ 29

BigMitch @ 26

What new disgrace has the administration delivered up to us today? I hear he had the new President of France over and served hot dogs.

As they say in the south, that’s just plain tacky.

Baked beans were “optional”, but I’ll bet the shrub loaded up the poor fellow’s plate and then engaged him in a duel of farting. Native Maine beans, they were – or was that the corn that Laura was hawking?

LoudounLib @ 38

Twain @ 29

As they say in the south, that’s just plain tacky.

Alternatively, I’ve heard it said in the south “it just isn’t done!

Like white shoes before Easter

CTuttle @ 37

BigMitch @ 26

What new disgrace has the administration delivered up to us today? I hear he had the new President of France over and served hot dogs.

And Liberty Fries…!!! ;-)

would that be a Fox Paw?

Twain @ 42

LoudounLib @ 38

Alternatively, I’ve heard it said in the south “it just isn’t done!

Like white shoes before Easter

*clutches pearls*

Elliott @ 35

LS @ 31

No. She kind of ambled along on land, but when she hit the water…nothin’. Just a hole in the water.

how odd!

It was odd. I can see that someone could “perfect” technique to the point that one could dive leaving few ripples. Martha left no ripples when she jumped in either! She just kind of…like…blupup…gone.

Was it thoroughly covered on an earlier thread? The Iowas caucuses had difficulty determining hte result because of a failure of electronic voting machines.

LoudounLib @ 44

Twain @ 42

Like white shoes before Easter

*clutches pearls*

and of course LL is wearing the proper white gloves as she clutches said pearls

LS @ 45

Elliott @ 35

how odd!

It was odd. I can see that someone could “perfect” technique to the point that one could dive leaving few ripples. Martha left no ripples when she jumped in either! She just kind of…like…blupup…gone.

oils on her skin? any polynesian ancestry? inuit?

Bawdy with a hint of Snark!

Nice work, Thers!

Elliott @ 47

LoudounLib @ 44

*clutches pearls*

and of course LL is wearing the proper white gloves as she clutches said pearls

;-)

Dr Dick,

My thoughts have been with you. Wildfires are a miserable fact of life in the West. Last year one of my best friends in the world came within 30 feet of losing her home in Oak Creek, Arizona. Wind changed at the last minute. Her clothes smelled like smoke for weeks, even after repeated washings. Stay safe.

BigMitch @ 46

Was it thoroughly covered on an earlier thread? The Iowas caucuses had difficulty determining hte result because of a failure of electronic voting machines.

some coverage and discussion. do you have anything recent, i think the last post is a least an hour old on it…

(some here have suggested that Ron Paul won and the delay was so Mitt could rig the results…)

Evening. Since its ‘random wingnuttery’:

About the hint of a draft….
Bush will wring out all the life from the troops we have now just in time for the new Dem pres. to be forced into a draft UNLESS this lame congress gets the US out of Iraq starting now. No time to waste on thoughts of reelection or playing nice.
Passing the bucks of his war, his needed pull out, and possibly his, and his alone, responsibility for a draft to kill more young Americans in a bs black hole, in addition to the 3600 that he already had killed, is exactly what I would expect from boy george; the baby, the wimp, the bankruptor of America, the liar with 16 words-
the. macho. NOTHING.
This June Clever looking mommy is ready now to physically protest the insanity and madness.

Nature has her wonders, and all the actions of humans are nothing,and nothing I have ever done can match a single flower in its beauty and wonder, and I will never match that flash of light across the night sky for brilliance, I am just a small and simple man lost in that greatest of mysteries.

LoudounLib @ 38

Twain @ 29

As they say in the south, that’s just plain tacky.

Alternatively, I’ve heard it said in the south “it just isn’t done!

The feast was at daddy’s place in Maine. It doesn’t say much for Southerners that they love the Bush’s. In another era they would be called carpetbagging White trash.

Wonderful, Thers! Please be careful in your travels to study wingnuttia. You might catch something icky.

The President of France’s wife and kids called in sick to the hot dog/hamburger feast….

The least the Bush’s could do is smoke a Texas brisket…Geeeez. That had to be pre-emptive slap in the face. I can imagine Madame President saying, Non, non rien…..she’s probably insulted completely to be invited to a “state” diner..I mean dinner…of frigging hot dogs (not sausage) (I secretly like them though, myself)….but anyway, that is just…something…unworldly.

Marretta @ 51

Dr Dick,

My thoughts have been with you. Wildfires are a miserable fact of life in the West. Last year one of my best friends in the world came within 30 feet of losing her home in Oak Creek, Arizona. Wind changed at the last minute. Her clothes smelled like smoke for weeks, even after repeated washings. Stay safe.

Thanks for the concern. I should be safe where I live and have no intention of putting myself in harms way. On the other hand, my whole worl will probably smell like smoke for a couple more months. ((sigh))

Let the games begin…

“A progressive advocacy group, engaging the federal government in a prolonged dispute over warrantless electronic eavesdropping, moved on Friday to expand that lawsuit to include a challenge to the constitutionality of the new wiretap law, the so-called ‘Protect America Act.’ The Center for Constitutional Rights thus became the first group to ask formally that the law be struck down; it acted five days after President Bush signed the measure, now Public Law 110-55.

In a motion to file a supplemental complaint (download here), and in the proposed new complaint (download here), the CCR argues that the new legislation violates the First Amendment and the Fourth Amendment. The First Amendment claim is based on CCR’s belief that its attorneys have been overheard by illegal wiretaps during private telephone calls or e-mails to clients or witnesses and perhaps other attorneys outside the U.S., intruding on attorney-client confidentiality. The Fourth Amendment claim is based on the argument that this overhearing was done without a warrant and with no suspicion of any criminal activity.”
http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/

Steve-AR @ 55

LoudounLib @ 38

Alternatively, I’ve heard it said in the south “it just isn’t done!

The feast was at daddy’s place in Maine. It doesn’t say much for Southerners that they love the Bush’s. In another era they would be called carpetbagging White trash.

Steve-AR, exactly!

(I’m in the south, and I surely don’t love Boosh)

LS @ 57

The President of France’s wife and kids called in sick to the hot dog/hamburger feast….

The least the Bush’s could do is smoke a Texas brisket…Geeeez. That had to be pre-emptive slap in the face. I can imagine Madame President saying, Non, non rien…..she’s probably insulted completely to be invited to a “state” diner..I mean dinner…of frigging hot dogs (not sausage) (I secretly like them though, myself)….but anyway, that is just…something…unworldly.

smart mom keeping her kids away from evil influences

Big Mitch at 26,

As for serving hot dogs, FDR served them to the King and Queen of England when they visited during WWII. There was a huge stink about it at the time. Eleanor had quite a reputation for being indifferent about the food she served.

argosfalcon @ 54

Nature has her wonders, and all the actions of humans are nothing,and nothing I have ever done can match a single flower in its beauty and wonder, and I will never match that flash of light across the night sky for brilliance, I am just a small and simple man lost in that greatest of mysteries.

Nicely said, argos :-)

althespook @ 48

LS @ 45

It was odd. I can see that someone could “perfect” technique to the point that one could dive leaving few ripples. Martha left no ripples when she jumped in either! She just kind of…like…blupup…gone.

oils on her skin? any polynesian ancestry? inuit?

She did have very “oily” skin. She was beautiful, don’t get me wrong, but she did have very “oily” skin. She always got really, really tan during the summer.

CTuttle @ 59

Let the games begin…

“A progressive advocacy group, engaging the federal government in a prolonged dispute over warrantless electronic eavesdropping, moved on Friday to expand that lawsuit to include a challenge to the constitutionality of the new wiretap law, the so-called ‘Protect America Act.’ The Center for Constitutional Rights thus became the first group to ask formally that the law be struck down; it acted five days after President Bush signed the measure, now Public Law 110-55.

In a motion to file a supplemental complaint (download here), and in the proposed new complaint (download here), the CCR argues that the new legislation violates the First Amendment and the Fourth Amendment. The First Amendment claim is based on CCR’s belief that its attorneys have been overheard by illegal wiretaps during private telephone calls or e-mails to clients or witnesses and perhaps other attorneys outside the U.S., intruding on attorney-client confidentiality. The Fourth Amendment claim is based on the argument that this overhearing was done without a warrant and with no suspicion of any criminal activity.”
http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/

we’ll fight it whatever ways we can.

CTuttle @ 59

Let the games begin…

“A progressive advocacy group, engaging the federal government in a prolonged dispute over warrantless electronic eavesdropping, moved on Friday to expand that lawsuit to include a challenge to the constitutionality of the new wiretap law, the so-called ‘Protect America Act.’ The Center for Constitutional Rights thus became the first group to ask formally that the law be struck down; it acted five days after President Bush signed the measure, now Public Law 110-55.

In a motion to file a supplemental complaint (download here), and in the proposed new complaint (download here), the CCR argues that the new legislation violates the First Amendment and the Fourth Amendment. The First Amendment claim is based on CCR’s belief that its attorneys have been overheard by illegal wiretaps during private telephone calls or e-mails to clients or witnesses and perhaps other attorneys outside the U.S., intruding on attorney-client confidentiality. The Fourth Amendment claim is based on the argument that this overhearing was done without a warrant and with no suspicion of any criminal activity.”
http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/

outstanding !

LS @ 57

The President of France’s wife and kids called in sick to the hot dog/hamburger feast….

The least the Bush’s could do is smoke a Texas brisket…Geeeez. That had to be pre-emptive slap in the face. I can imagine Madame President saying, Non, non rien…..she’s probably insulted completely to be invited to a “state” diner..I mean dinner…of frigging hot dogs (not sausage) (I secretly like them though, myself)….but anyway, that is just…something…unworldly.

Actually, if you study Bush’s behavior, it fits perfectly. Remember, he’s the “black sheep” who was never going to amount to anything. Whenever he can, he likes to rub the people with grace and sophistication’s noses in the fact that they have to put up with him, and so he subtly humiliates them.

Want more proof? Check out his closing remark the the black caucas political meeting he attended. As he was leaving he called out jovially, “Y’all be sure and clean up now!” Wanna bet he’d have said that to a WASP room? I didn’t think so.

The ex-prime minister of Canada said it best. “A nasty little preppie.”

!Bravissimo, Thers!

Suzanne @ 61

LS @ 57

The President of France’s wife and kids called in sick to the hot dog/hamburger feast….

The least the Bush’s could do is smoke a Texas brisket…Geeeez. That had to be pre-emptive slap in the face. I can imagine Madame President saying, Non, non rien…..she’s probably insulted completely to be invited to a “state” diner..I mean dinner…of frigging hot dogs (not sausage) (I secretly like them though, myself)….but anyway, that is just…something…unworldly.

smart mom keeping her kids away from evil influences

They claimed they had “sore throats”…maybe…but I believe Madam “newly elected President of France on her first visit in that capacity” to the United States was…ahem…”enerve”.

LS @ 64

althespook @ 48

oils on her skin? any polynesian ancestry? inuit?

She did have very “oily” skin. She was beautiful, don’t get me wrong, but she did have very “oily” skin. She always got really, really tan during the summer.

Teh Navy and Marines have been working on compounds derived from various marine mammals to achieve the “no bubbles, no splash” effect on demand, to prevent sonar detection of divers in the water at critical points. I never was in the program, but one of my friends was and he mentioned how awful and oily the stuff was and how the divers hated it. Don’t know if the research is still ongoing…

wangdang! How were those ribeyes?

sore throat is polite diplomatic code for i aint eating that shit

I hope the French Prez was able to wash that hotdog down with a fine vintage Boone’s farm bottled just last week, a rose perhaps?

Suzanne @ 72

sore throat is polite diplomatic code for i aint eating that shit

…spew alert….

althespook @ 70

LS @ 64

She did have very “oily” skin. She was beautiful, don’t get me wrong, but she did have very “oily” skin. She always got really, really tan during the summer.

Teh Navy and Marines have been working on compounds derived from various marine mammals to achieve the “no bubbles, no splash” effect on demand, to prevent sonar detection of divers in the water at critical points. I never was in the program, but one of my friends was and he mentioned how awful and oily the stuff was and how the divers hated it. Don’t know if the research is still ongoing…

Makes sense to me!

AZ Matt @ 73

I hope the French Prez was able to wash that hotdog down with a fine vintage Boone’s farm bottled just last week, a rose perhaps?

A canard! Kennebunkport Kettles only serves the FINEST Mad Dog 20 20 screw top bottles.

AZ Matt @ 73

I hope the French Prez was able to wash that hotdog down with a fine vintage Boone’s farm bottled just last week, a rose perhaps?

I’m afraid he’d be lucky to get a PBR!

Suzanne @ 72

sore throat is polite diplomatic code for i aint eating that shit

707

That is exactly what I should have said!!!!

Spew!!!

althespook @ 70

Teh Navy and Marines have been working on compounds derived from various marine mammals to achieve the “no bubbles, no splash” effect on demand, to prevent sonar detection of divers in the water at critical points. I never was in the program, but one of my friends was and he mentioned how awful and oily the stuff was and how the divers hated it. Don’t know if the research is still ongoing…

So we’re all gonna pitch in for a dolphin-skin suit for Suz?

althespook @ 52

BigMitch @ 46

Was it thoroughly covered on an earlier thread? The Iowas caucuses had difficulty determining hte result because of a failure of electronic voting machines.

some coverage and discussion. do you have anything recent, i think the last post is a least an hour old on it…

(some here have suggested that Ron Paul won and the delay was so Mitt could rig the results…)

This site has a lot of information regarding the breakdowns, complaints from Pul supporters, Diebold’s role and the Iowa GOP’s machinations.

Posting from Sea-Tac Airport.

In re: Suzanne’s excellent remark @72, does anyone here speak French? The only word I know is merde

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any weirder…

Some have wondered why Hannity uses Carmina Burana as his show’s intro. Now we know why, courtesy of Crooks and Liars.

Hitler commissioned it.

newtonusr @ 79

althespook @ 70

Teh Navy and Marines have been working on compounds derived from various marine mammals to achieve the “no bubbles, no splash” effect on demand, to prevent sonar detection of divers in the water at critical points. I never was in the program, but one of my friends was and he mentioned how awful and oily the stuff was and how the divers hated it. Don’t know if the research is still ongoing…

So we’re all gonna pitch in for a dolphin-skin suit for Suz?

Are my only choices dolphin skin or that nasty smelling oily stuff? ‘fraid I’m gonna have to stink – unless they harm animals in the making of that smelly stuff.

newtonusr @ 79

althespook @ 70

Teh Navy and Marines have been working on compounds derived from various marine mammals to achieve the “no bubbles, no splash” effect on demand, to prevent sonar detection of divers in the water at critical points. I never was in the program, but one of my friends was and he mentioned how awful and oily the stuff was and how the divers hated it. Don’t know if the research is still ongoing…

So we’re all gonna pitch in for a dolphin-skin suit for Suz?

She needs no such thing!

althespook @ 76

AZ Matt @ 73

I hope the French Prez was able to wash that hotdog down with a fine vintage Boone’s farm bottled just last week, a rose perhaps?

A canard! Kennebunkport Kettles only serves the FINEST Mad Dog 20 20 screw top bottles.

Yeah, I can see W sitting out on one of those beautiful rocks in Maine sayin’, Hey, Frenchy, wanna little Ripple, while we watch for the UFR, URF, RUF, y’a know, them meatiors…up where mah shuttle’s hangin’.

Someone should have reminded the French Prez about Prescott Bush’s contribution to the war effort on the side of the Nazis.

althespook @ 82

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any weirder…

Some have wondered why Hannity uses Carmina Burana as his show’s intro. Now we know why, courtesy of Crooks and Liars.

Hitler commissioned it.

Badabing

newtonusr @ 79

althespook @ 70

Teh Navy and Marines have been working on compounds derived from various marine mammals to achieve the “no bubbles, no splash” effect on demand, to prevent sonar detection of divers in the water at critical points. I never was in the program, but one of my friends was and he mentioned how awful and oily the stuff was and how the divers hated it. Don’t know if the research is still ongoing…

So we’re all gonna pitch in for a dolphin-skin suit for Suz?

I don’t think it worked. And it wasn’t a suit, it was a coating sprayed on before each dive. Stunk to high heaven (like rotted whale blubber one guy said.) Don’t think Suz needs any help anyways.

(The Bulgarian Judge has taken off his wet suit and is trying to look unconcerned. It isn’t working.)

Ed*ard Teller @ 80

althespook @ 52

some coverage and discussion. do you have anything recent, i think the last post is a least an hour old on it…

(some here have suggested that Ron Paul won and the delay was so Mitt could rig the results…)

This site has a lot of information regarding the breakdowns, complaints from Pul supporters, Diebold’s role and the Iowa GOP’s machinations.

Posting from Sea-Tac Airport.

Tasty.

Suzanne @ 83

newtonusr @ 79

So we’re all gonna pitch in for a dolphin-skin suit for Suz?

Are my only choices dolphin skin or that nasty smelling oily stuff? ‘fraid I’m gonna have to stink – unless they harm animals in the making of that smelly stuff.

they did. another reason it was discontinued I suspect.

AZ Matt @ 86

Someone should have reminded the French Prez about Prescott Bush’s contribution to the war effort on the side of the Nazis.

Is Sarkozy one of the French pols who think Vichy was a GOOD thing? If so, he’d be delighted to hang with Prescott’s grandson. Don’t keep track of French politics, I’ve heard it can cause ulcers…

LoudounLib @ 60

Steve-AR @ 55

The feast was at daddy’s place in Maine. It doesn’t say much for Southerners that they love the Bush’s. In another era they would be called carpetbagging White trash.

Steve-AR, exactly!

(I’m in the south, and I surely don’t love Boosh)

My father’s family moved to Loudoun Co in the late 1700’s. The hit hard times after the War.

Suzanne @ 72

sore throat is polite diplomatic code for i aint eating that shit

BWAHAHA *snort, gasp* (deftly recovers composure) Suzanne, you are one funny person.

Our Late Nite Mod: Not only excellent diving, but consistenly delivers one-liners that professional stand-up comics find difficult to match.

Thers, I hope “Wingnuttiad” continues.

althespook @ 82

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any weirder…

Some have wondered why Hannity uses Carmina Burana as his show’s intro. Now we know why [C&L link]

Hannity is supposed to have a (ahem) piece on
The Wilsons sometime — maybe this weekend or
Monday. Has anyone (with ample brain bleach) seen it?

LoudounLib @ 81

In re: Suzanne’s excellent remark @72, does anyone here speak French? The only word I know is merde

Just that and the words to that great classic, Lady Marmelade

LoudounLib @ 71

wangdang! How were those ribeyes?

Bloody rare, as they should be.

:)

Steve-AR @ 92

LoudounLib @ 60

Steve-AR, exactly!

(I’m in the south, and I surely don’t love Boosh)

My father’s family moved to Loudoun Co in the late 1700’s. The hit hard times after the War.

I’m “first generation” here in LoCo, but I have read that times were awfully hard here after the war.

wangdangdoodle @ 96

LoudounLib @ 71

wangdang! How were those ribeyes?

Bloody rare, as they should be.

:)

I just finished a piece of homemade blackberry pie (made by a neighbor who brought me over a piece since it was my blackberry bush that provided some of the berries). That pie wudda gone good with a ribeye.

What is th difference between pigs and Republicans?

Pigs only foul one little corner of their pens, Republicans crap over everything.

Suzanne @ 95

LoudounLib @ 81

In re: Suzanne’s excellent remark @72, does anyone here speak French? The only word I know is merde

Just that and the words to that great classic, Lady Marmelade

oh yes, I’d forgotten about that ;-)

Suzanne @ 98

wangdangdoodle @ 96

Bloody rare, as they should be.

:)

I just finished a piece of homemade blackberry pie (made by a neighbor who brought me over a piece since it was my blackberry bush that provided some of the berries). That pie wudda gone good with a ribeye.

Hot out of the oven? With vanilla ice cream?

Hot out of the oven? With vanilla ice cream?

unfortunately not – she had let it cool and it was nekkid. still good tho

LoudounLib @ 81

In re: Suzanne’s excellent remark @72, does anyone here speak French? The only word I know is merde

Babel Fish is your friend.

Hey Sarkey, how’s the ole dawg?

AZ Matt @ 99

What is th difference between pigs and Republicans?

Pigs only foul one little corner of their pens, Republicans crap over everything.

LOL!!!

Vogon poetry at it’s best.

Thank you.

As much as I luuuurve the snark around here, it’s time to go — duty calls once again in the ay-em. Good night all!

G’nite LL.

A poetry contest. Yipee!!! In honor of Thers’ heroic wingnut couplets:

Oh to be a Wingnut…

When I grow up, there’s nothin’ I’d rather be,
Than a stark-ravin’ Wingnut, swingin’ in a tree.
There’s nothin’ we wouldn’t lie about, so spare me the bile.
There’s nobody we wouldn’t steal from, gimme that sucker child!
We’ll charge your grandma for treason, iffen she makes even a peep.
We’ll lock her up in Gitmo and there for evermore she’ll keep.
Not ‘titled to a lawyer, not even a brief.
We’ll even waterboard your grandpa if he gives us any grief.
Oh the joys of bein’ a Wingnut, free from law and sense,
Everything belongs to us Wingnuts, even the President.
We don’t have no principles, no morals for me,
I’m a stark-ravin’ Wingnut, munchin’ Cheetos in a tree.

The soon-to-be-introduced preznit campaign theme song of Lord “We’re losin’, let’s escalate!” McCain. Lovingly illustrated in 4 crayon color by Junya. Adapted from a mumble by Deadeye Cheney.

Night LL. Sleep well.

‘gnite Lou.

Sometimes when its this hour of night and it’s quiet, I just start thinking about things. Funny things like remembering John McCain. He came and he went and not a peep from his supporters nor his devoted friends at the White House. He just slipped into oblivion so quickly. The RightWing got its cues from their masters, to whom they vowed to serve, and airbrushed dear John out of the picture the way the Soviet guard obliterated those who fell in disfavor with the party. John needed to choose his friends more carefully.

LoudounLib @ 107

As much as I luuuurve the snark around here, it’s time to go — duty calls once again in the ay-em. Good night all!

night loudonlib! see you tomorrow!

wangdangdoodle @ 103

LoudounLib @ 81

In re: Suzanne’s excellent remark @72, does anyone here speak French? The only word I know is merde

Babel Fish is your friend.

And this is what the lady said in her native tongue:
Je ne mange pas cette merde!

CTuttle @ 105

AZ Matt @ 99

What is th difference between pigs and Republicans?
Pigs only foul one little corner of their pens, Republicans crap over everything.

LOL!!!

What’s the difference between Dubya and Hitler?

Hitler was a decorated combat veteren.

There was a bush from Nantucket…

Suzanne @ 116

There was a bush from Nantucket…

Suz…are the blueberries getting to you? Not that we don’t love it…but I’m worried about the hangover in the morning…

Suzanne @ 116

There was a bush from Nantucket…

…who got made the Prez and then fucked it….

althespook @ 117

Suzanne @ 116

There was a bush from Nantucket…

Suz…are the blueberries getting to you? Not that we don’t love it…but I’m worried about the hangover in the morning…

blackberries (evil grin)

EvilDrPuma @ 118

Suzanne @ 116

There was a bush from Nantucket…

…who got made the Prez and then fucked it….

EDP!

althespook @ 114

wangdangdoodle @ 103

Babel Fish is your friend.

And this is what the lady said in her native tongue:
Je ne mange pas cette merde!

Sarky, je ne vien. Touts les enfant ne veut pas. Je ne supporter pas cette insulte. Je suis la mari de le President. Je ne veut pas. Merde….je suis enerve Sarky. Cretin!!!

Suzanne @ 119

althespook @ 117

Suz…are the blueberries getting to you? Not that we don’t love it…but I’m worried about the hangover in the morning…

uh oh (casually meanders over to the boathouse and hides…)

blackberries (evil grin)

Here is a little on topic music (it was just playing on my stereo).

althespook @ 120

EvilDrPuma @ 118

…who got made the Prez and then fucked it….

EDP!

Where?!?!?!

Never caught that before-
Bush “a nasty little preppy”.

I love it bc it is so true. I live and work with many of them. Their sense of entitlement is astounding. Many of them are not wealthy. They just want to mimic and emulate preppyness in order to catch the crumbs of other preppies who are wealthy, or who can manipulate something for them. Many preps’ parents push their babies into preppyhood in order for them to get a leg up on others and the world- they are not kind or enlightened people. It is not that they want to overtly hurt non preppies/others. In varying degrees, there is a DNA based genuine lack of regard for the humanness of those who are not in a position to do anything for them. Its a hard wired, and almost pathalogical, inability to sense empathy for those not in their precariously held together group. When these people fall, they cry and always want others to support them and show the care that they never really displayed for others bf their own fall.

althespook @ 114

wangdangdoodle @ 103

Babel Fish is your friend.

And this is what the lady said in her native tongue:
Je ne mange pas cette merde!

:)
:)
:)

LS @ 121

althespook @ 114

And this is what the lady said in her native tongue:
Je ne mange pas cette merde!

Sarky, je ne vien. Touts les enfant ne veut pas. Je ne supporter pas cette insulte. Je suis la mari de le President. Je ne veut pas. Merde….je suis enerve Sarky. Cretin!!!

Cretin! That makes TWO words! (except for all of the ballet terms I learned – but only to speak, and not to spell)

DrDick @ 123

Here is a little on topic music (it was just playing on my stereo).

Bad linky!

EvilDrPuma @ 118

Suzanne @ 116

There was a bush from Nantucket…

…who got made the Prez and then fucked it….

said he had a big time dick
who gave him no shit
(to be continued)

Running wild, lost control
Running wild, mighty bold
Feeling gay, reckless too
Carefree mind all the time
Never blue

Always going, don’t know where
always showing I don’t care
Don’t love nobody, it’s not
worthwhile
All alone, running wild.

LS @ 121

althespook @ 114

And this is what the lady said in her native tongue:
Je ne mange pas cette merde!

Sarky, je ne vien. Touts les enfant ne veut pas. Je ne supporter pas cette insulte. Je suis la mari de le President. Je ne veut pas. Merde….je suis enerve Sarky. Cretin!!!

I’m afraid BabelFish had some problems with that:
“Sarky, I vien. Touts the child does not want. I not to support not this insult. I am the husband of the President. I does not want. Shit… je am enerve Sarky. Cretin!!!
“

LS @ 121

althespook @ 114

And this is what the lady said in her native tongue:
Je ne mange pas cette merde!

Sarky, je ne vien. Touts les enfant ne veut pas. Je ne supporter pas cette insulte. Je suis la mari de le President. Je ne veut pas. Merde….je suis enerve Sarky. Cretin!!!

Sarky, I vien. Touts the child does not want. I not to support not this insult. I am the husband of the President. I does not want. Shit… je am enerve Sarky. Cretin!!!

Babel Fish could’t handle it.

Try this instead.

althespook @ 131

LS @ 121

Sarky, je ne vien. Touts les enfant ne veut pas. Je ne supporter pas cette insulte. Je suis la mari de le President. Je ne veut pas. Merde….je suis enerve Sarky. Cretin!!!

I’m afraid BabelFish had some problems with that:
“Sarky, I vien. Touts the child does not want. I not to support not this insult. I am the husband of the President. I does not want. Shit… je am enerve Sarky. Cretin!!!
“

Shoot, I never said I could speak Frenchaise.

I owe you an adult beverage of your choice, Al.

Is it limerick nite?

wangdangdoodle @ 135

I owe you an adult beverage of your choice, Al.

Asti Spumanti. When my Isles of Langerhans are back (due in 2009) that’s the first alco bevvie I’m gonna taste. Beats champagne all to heck for me.

(Why, btw?)

Wingnuttiad, Canto I reminded me a bit of an old bookmark … I go back and reread it every few months because i find it ver ver funny. (ok ok, so i have a skewed sense of humor)

here’s a quote from the intro to the poem (linky in title):

“I can’t believe I keep forgetting to mention this, but some months ago I actually managed to come up with a poem so bad that the International Library of Poetry, to which I submitted it, neither declared it to be a semifinalist in one of their contests, nor offered to publish it in one of their pricey yet unreadable anthologies.
Accomplishing this feat has been the aim of the people who maintain the Wocky Jivvy website. In their many attempts, they’ve come up with some truly remarkable entries—“My Cat Has Fleas,” “Walking with the Man,” “Dawn of a New Eve,” “Flubblebop,” “Yew Gotta Larf,” etc.—but as far as I know, they’ve never received the rejection they covet. *snip* I am Mrs. Miriam Abacha a Widow ”

Enjoy! And follow the comments as the various participants come up with variations on the theme.

althespook:
“Actually, if you study Bush’s behavior, it fits perfectly. Remember, he’s the “black sheep” who was never going to amount to anything. Whenever he can, he likes to rub the people with grace and sophistication’s noses in the fact that they have to put up with him, and so he subtly humiliates them.”
———–
Agreed, but for the subtle part. Practiced bully/sadistic behavior, always seeking an opening. Clever, too, since numbers of his subjects are now living on hotdogs – can’t be called on it, because for *some* it’s a lifestyle thing.

althespook @ 137

wangdangdoodle @ 135

I owe you an adult beverage of your choice, Al.

Asti Spumanti. When my Isles of Langerhans are back (due in 2009) that’s the first alco bevvie I’m gonna taste. Beats champagne all to heck for me.

(Why, btw?)

We said (posted) the same thing at the same time (9:00) but you beat me so I “owe you a coke”.

Milan River @ 53

Evening. Since its ‘random wingnuttery’:

About the hint of a draft….
Bush will wring out all the life from the troops we have now just in time for the new Dem pres. to be forced into a draft UNLESS this lame congress gets the US out of Iraq starting now. No time to waste on thoughts of reelection or playing nice.
Passing the bucks of his war, his needed pull out, and possibly his, and his alone, responsibility for a draft to kill more young Americans in a bs black hole, in addition to the 3600 that he already had killed, is exactly what I would expect from boy george; the baby, the wimp, the bankruptor of America, the liar with 16 words-
the. macho. NOTHING.
This June Clever looking mommy is ready now to physically protest the insanity and madness.

June Clever was not bad looking.

Signed, Wally

althespook @ 137

wangdangdoodle @ 135

I owe you an adult beverage of your choice, Al.

Asti Spumanti. When my Isles of Langerhans are back (due in 2009) that’s the first alco bevvie I’m gonna taste. Beats champagne all to heck for me.

(Why, btw?)

OMG, I’m laughing so hard….

Milan River at 125,

Oh, you put that so well. Portrait of a sociopath.

LS @ 134

althespook @ 131

I’m afraid BabelFish had some problems with that:
“Sarky, I vien. Touts the child does not want. I not to support not this insult. I am the husband of the President. I does not want. Shit… je am enerve Sarky. Cretin!!!
“

Shoot, I never said I could speak Frenchaise.

Perhaps…
Sarcastique, je pars. Notre enfant ne veut pas être ici non plus. Je ne tolère pas cette insulte ! Je suis l’épouse du président ! Je ne mange pas cette merde ! Je suis dégoûté avec vous ! Crétin !

BigMitch @ 141

Milan River @ 53

Evening. Since its ‘random wingnuttery’:

About the hint of a draft….
Bush will wring out all the life from the troops we have now just in time for the new Dem pres. to be forced into a draft UNLESS this lame congress gets the US out of Iraq starting now. No time to waste on thoughts of reelection or playing nice.
Passing the bucks of his war, his needed pull out, and possibly his, and his alone, responsibility for a draft to kill more young Americans in a bs black hole, in addition to the 3600 that he already had killed, is exactly what I would expect from boy george; the baby, the wimp, the bankruptor of America, the liar with 16 words-
the. macho. NOTHING.
This June Clever looking mommy is ready now to physically protest the insanity and madness.

June Clever was not bad looking.

Signed, Wally

Just to prove I know the lingo…

June Cleaver was a MILF…

Time to go back to my novel and enjoy the rest of the evening reading. I’ll get back to the news tomorrow when I take my Molly to the dog park. Good night all. May you awaken to a sweet morning.

wangdangdoodle @ 140

althespook @ 137

Asti Spumanti. When my Isles of Langerhans are back (due in 2009) that’s the first alco bevvie I’m gonna taste. Beats champagne all to heck for me.

(Why, btw?)

We said (posted) the same thing at the same time (9:00) but you beat me so I “owe you a coke”.

Ah. didn’t know the custom. send it to my facebook page, i’m often thirsty while i’m there…:)

QuakerGirl @ 146

Time to go back to my novel and enjoy the rest of the evening reading. I’ll get back to the news tomorrow when I take my Molly to the dog park. Good night all. May you awaken to a sweet morning.

Night, QuakerGirl!

‘gnite, QGirl.

(waving to all the sleepy pups leaving)

althespook @ 147

wangdangdoodle @ 140

We said (posted) the same thing at the same time (9:00) but you beat me so I “owe you a coke”.

Ah. didn’t know the custom. send it to my facebook page, i’m often thirsty while i’m there…:)

As I understand the custom, when two people say the same thing at the same time, the one who first declares “You owe me a coke,” is actually owed a soft drink.

SunnyNobility @ 139

althespook:
“Actually, if you study Bush’s behavior, it fits perfectly. Remember, he’s the “black sheep” who was never going to amount to anything. Whenever he can, he likes to rub the people with grace and sophistication’s noses in the fact that they have to put up with him, and so he subtly humiliates them.”
———–
Agreed, but for the subtle part. Practiced bully/sadistic behavior, always seeking an opening. Clever, too, since numbers of his subjects are now living on hotdogs – can’t be called on it, because for *some* it’s a lifestyle thing.

Oh yes, Mr. Nasty Little Preppy has been well honed by his years in the “Ivy League” and prep schools and then by his family’s penchant for Sulla-style casual violence (like Caligula only much smarter).

But, if what I suspect is true is true, he’s living in his own internal purgatory right now. And that’s more than a little dangerous for the rest of us.

Night QG.

Good evening dear friends. How is everyone this fine night?

althespook @ 152

SunnyNobility @ 139

althespook:
“Actually, if you study Bush’s behavior, it fits perfectly. Remember, he’s the “black sheep” who was never going to amount to anything. Whenever he can, he likes to rub the people with grace and sophistication’s noses in the fact that they have to put up with him, and so he subtly humiliates them.”
———–
Agreed, but for the subtle part. Practiced bully/sadistic behavior, always seeking an opening. Clever, too, since numbers of his subjects are now living on hotdogs – can’t be called on it, because for *some* it’s a lifestyle thing.

Oh yes, Mr. Nasty Little Preppy has been well honed by his years in the “Ivy League” and prep schools and then by his family’s penchant for Sulla-style casual violence (like Caligula only much smarter).

But, if what I suspect is true is true, he’s living in his own internal purgatory right now. And that’s more than a little dangerous for the rest of us.

Well, he always that sweet mommy of his to help him out. :)

Hiya Betsy!

BigMitch @ 151

althespook @ 147

Ah. didn’t know the custom. send it to my facebook page, i’m often thirsty while i’m there…:)

As I understand the custom, when two people say the same thing at the same time, the one who first declares “You owe me a coke,” is actually owed a soft drink.

oh. amazing, all the socialization I missed out on. Still haven’t quite got the “no sniffing butts to say hello” thing down either…

Tex, How’s y’all’s mishpucha?

TexBetsy @ 154

Good evening dear friends. How is everyone this fine night?

hi tex (hiding blackberry stained plate behind back) how was your day?

althespook @ 157

BigMitch @ 151

As I understand the custom, when two people say the same thing at the same time, the one who first declares “You owe me a coke,” is actually owed a soft drink.

oh. amazing, all the socialization I missed out on. Still haven’t quite got the “no sniffing butts to say hello” thing down either…

When did they outlaw that?

TexBetsy @ 154

Good evening dear friends. How is everyone this fine night?

Watch out, TexB, Suz’s eaten a fresh **blackberry** pie. You know what those do…

Hey Tex. How’s life in the Lone Star?

althespook says:

Just to prove I know the lingo…

June Cleaver was a MILF…

Two words:

Donna Reed.

Hey TexB!

althespook @ 157

BigMitch @ 151

As I understand the custom, when two people say the same thing at the same time, the one who first declares “You owe me a coke,” is actually owed a soft drink.

oh. amazing, all the socialization I missed out on. Still haven’t quite got the “no sniffing butts to say hello” thing down either…

ssnnnrrrrkkkk!!!

(Funny, beer the makes the same sound as wine shooting out yer nose.)

althespook @ 144

LS @ 134

Shoot, I never said I could speak Frenchaise.

Perhaps…
Sarcastique, je pars. Notre enfant ne veut pas être ici non plus. Je ne tolère pas cette insulte ! Je suis l’épouse du président ! Je ne mange pas cette merde ! Je suis dégoûté avec vous ! Crétin !

Exactement!! Je n’accepte pas plus de merde de cette cretin. C’est une famille des cretins, tout le monde. Je veux exite tout suite. Sarky, pour quoi tu n’attende pas, par ce que je suis la nouvelle reine de France…J’ai achete beaucoup des belle robes pour l’occasion, mais c’est tout merde.

BigMitch @ 160

althespook @ 157

oh. amazing, all the socialization I missed out on. Still haven’t quite got the “no sniffing butts to say hello” thing down either…

When did they outlaw that?

I don’t think it’s an actual law. But if you do it too much, they lock you up. Happened to my great-uncle three times removed Fungo. Never saw him again.

Suzanne @ 159

TexBetsy @ 154

Good evening dear friends. How is everyone this fine night?

hi tex (hiding blackberry stained plate behind back) how was your day?

Cheese it, it’s the Dessert Police!

Suzanne @ 159

TexBetsy @ 154

Good evening dear friends. How is everyone this fine night?

hi tex (hiding blackberry stained plate behind back) how was your day?

Did someone else bring blackberry pie? I am not hungry but can make room.

Family is fine. Complete chaos here. 7 teenagers and a 9 yr old all swimming this afternoon, while I attempted to rest and my dad decided he’s glad he doesn’t live here.

Then went off and had dinner with a bunch of MY friends and left the teens in someone else’s care.

Down to just us, which is nice.

LS @ 166

althespook @ 144

Perhaps…
Sarcastique, je pars. Notre enfant ne veut pas être ici non plus. Je ne tolère pas cette insulte ! Je suis l’épouse du président ! Je ne mange pas cette merde ! Je suis dégoûté avec vous ! Crétin !

Exactement!! Je n’accepte pas plus de merde de cette cretin. C’est une famille des cretins, tout le monde. Je veux exite tout suite. Sarky, pour quoi tu n’attende pas, par ce que je suis la nouvelle reine de France…J’ai achete beaucoup des belle robes pour l’occasion, mais c’est tout merde.

I give.

My image does not coincide with my political leanings. I can walk into a group of nasty pugs and they want to include me in Pox TV talk. I like just to listen in a group. When its one to one I bring things up that will hopefully make them think twice. If I can at least confuse them I’m happy.

QuakerGirl @ 112

Sometimes when its this hour of night and it’s quiet, I just start thinking about things. Funny things like remembering John McCain. He came and he went and not a peep from his supporters nor his devoted friends at the White House. He just slipped into oblivion so quickly. The RightWing got its cues from their masters, to whom they vowed to serve, and airbrushed dear John out of the picture the way the Soviet guard obliterated those who fell in disfavor with the party. John needed to choose his friends more carefully.�

True. And he lost his electability supporting them, the jerks.

tex, my neighbor brought me one slice, cold and nekkid, of a pie she baked this afternoon- some of the berries were from my bush out front.

Speaking of food, anyone else taking advantage of the Hatch green chile harvest? Roasters are out at he grocery stores in Austin and they’re practically giving them away. Had ‘em in breakfast, had ‘em for lunch and had ‘em in the potato gratin with the bloody ribeye, too.

Eating well is the best revenge!

Hey Texas Betty!

Have you fully recovered from your trip to Chicago?

I am celebrating the marriage of my only daughter! It was just a quick trip downtown to sign the papers, cause they didn’t want a fuss, but she married a wonderful guy and I’m very happy for them both. We couldn’t be there, alas, they live in New Zealand.

althespook @ 170

Exactement!! Je n’accepte pas plus de merde de cette cretin. C’est une famille des cretins, tout le monde. Je veux exite tout suite. Sarky, pour quoi tu n’attende pas, par ce que je suis la nouvelle reine de France…J’ai achete beaucoup des belle robes pour l’occasion, mais c’est tout merde.

Exactly. I won’t take any more shit from this moron. It is a family of cretins, every one! I want to get out of here NOW. Sarky what are you waiting for, I am the new ruler of France. I brought many beautiful dresses for this occasion but this is total shit.

I am guessing.

Marretta @ 175

Hey Texas Betty!

Have you fully recovered from your trip to Chicago?

I am celebrating the marriage of my only daughter! It was just a quick trip downtown to sign the papers, cause they didn’t want a fuss, but she married a wonderful guy and I’m very happy for them both. We couldn’t be there, alas, they live in New Zealand.

Congrats! And sorry they live so far away.

BigMitch @ 176

althespook @ 170

Exactement!! Je n’accepte pas plus de merde de cette cretin. C’est une famille des cretins, tout le monde. Je veux exite tout suite. Sarky, pour quoi tu n’attende pas, par ce que je suis la nouvelle reine de France…J’ai achete beaucoup des belle robes pour l’occasion, mais c’est tout merde.

Exactly. I won’t take any more shit from this moron. It is a family of cretins, every one! I want to get out of here NOW. Sarky what are you waiting for, I am the new ruler of France. I brought many beautiful dresses for this occasion but this is total shit.

I am guessing.

Not bad. And of course too true. Pity she didn’t get the chance to say it to Momma Boosh. THAT would have been worth the price of admission.

Betty, My daughter celebrated her bat mitzvah this year, too.

BigMitch @ 179

Betty, My daughter celebrated her bat mitzvah this year, too.

Is Mazel Tov the right response? (Only Zero Mostel for guidance here…)

wangdangdoodle @ 174

Speaking of food, anyone else taking advantage of the Hatch green chile harvest? Roasters are out at he grocery stores in Austin and they’re practically giving them away. Had ‘em in breakfast, had ‘em for lunch and had ‘em in the potato gratin with the bloody ribeye, too.

Eating well is the best revenge!

It ain’t genuine Hatch… unless you are in Hatch, New Mexico..) I sure do miss the chiles..so please do excuse my envy.

hasta aristra, baby

In case anyone missed dinner…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/c…..056786055/

althespook @ 180

BigMitch @ 179

Betty, My daughter celebrated her bat mitzvah this year, too.

Is Mazel Tov the right response? (Only Zero Mostel for guidance here…)

Egg-zacly.

Mazel Tov means literally “good luck, or good fortune.” It is an exclamation for when someone has experienced same, (not a wish for good luck, as the expression might be used in English). It was indeed, a “blessing on her head.” Zero Mostel’s son went to high school with me. I saw him in Fiddler, and A Funny Think Happened on the Way to the Forum. Always loved him.

BigMitch @ 183

althespook @ 180

Is Mazel Tov the right response? (Only Zero Mostel for guidance here…)

Egg-zacly.

Mazel Tov means literally “good luck, or good fortune.” It is an exclamation for when someone has experienced same, (not a wish for good luck, as the expression might be used in English). It was indeed, a “blessing on her head.” Zero Mostel’s son went to high school with me. I saw him in Fiddler, and A Funny Think Happened on the Way to the Forum. Always loved him.

I consider A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum to be the finest comedy motion picture ever made, period. I and my wife used to watch it whenever we were depressed, and always ended up laughing so hard we hurt.

Zero was the real deal.

Well, I think I will head off to bed. Take care of yourselves and enjoy the snark.

LoudounLib @ 81

In re: Suzanne’s excellent remark @72, does anyone here speak French? The only word I know is merde

Then you probably would have understood the Sarkozys’ conversation about the food. :)

DrDick @ 185

Well, I think I will head off to bed. Take care of yourselves and enjoy the snark.

Good Night, Dr. (Pause) Dick!

Sleep well Dr D.

nite doctor

g’nite dr (pause) dick

Eureka Springs @ 181

wangdangdoodle @ 174

Speaking of food, anyone else taking advantage of the Hatch green chile harvest? Roasters are out at he grocery stores in Austin and they’re practically giving them away. Had ‘em in breakfast, had ‘em for lunch and had ‘em in the potato gratin with the bloody ribeye, too.

Eating well is the best revenge!

It ain’t genuine Hatch… unless you are in Hatch, New Mexico..) I sure do miss the chiles..so please do excuse my envy.

hasta aristra, baby

They trucked ‘em in. Lunch was Creme of Poblano Soup.

Spook — I will never forget the day I saw it on Broadway. My dad had recently died, and it was mother’s day. Our first venture forth from a 30-day period of mourning. Phil Silvers was also in the show.

I wouldn’t serve hot dogs to my own family, much less the top official of France. How very embarrassing.

How insulting can one be? Good for the Mrs. for refusing to attend. Too bad the president didn’t just say, in front of the press, that he had once more insulted by George Bush, and that he would possibly consider a trip to the USA once Bush was out of office.

Hooray for Thers!

fortunately, i’d had my mental image attenuators on full power when i read:

Their keyboards caked with weeks-old jism
(This is called “Cit’zen Journamalism.”)

consequently, i completely enjoyed your Pope-osity
without having to kill the neurons (of mine) that would try to keep that … you know … picture … whatever …

Gizmo update.

This week I began playing with the Gizmo’s “Bliss Tuner” component. This is the game where the electrodes are measuring the brain, rather than the Heart, which has been the focus of my studies so far.

The Heart Tuner component is a subtle sort of Valentine game that is geared toward your feelings.

The Bliss Tuner is the power game in the set. And it’s just that. A Game.

The screen displays your brain’s output of Alpha and Theta waves, just as any biofeedback device would. But I’ve never seen an advance like this. It’s a simple circle and stick game.

At the bottom of the screen is the Alpha, represented in a green field. There is a circle and stick for each hemisphere of the brain, and in the Alpha section the circle is on the stick on each side.

Above is the purple section representing the Theta band. There is a ball and circle for each side as well, but the circles are not on the sticks.

The object of the game is to get the circles in this section on to their sticks.

3 of 4 increases awareness, 4 of 4 opens the Bliss process. The object of the game is to learn to maintain 4 of 4.

Pardon that this is coming from a street musician, but Deepak Choprah AND his friend Oprah Winfrey passed on Gizmo in 1997.

At that time I called it “The Box of Miracles.”

Imagine a video game that can teach you how to see your eternal self…

***

As for “None of the Above” in Iowa?

Gore/Dean 08
Accept No Prostitutes!

Spook — since you referenced Mad Dog 20-20 would you like another lesson in the strange and mysterious ways of the Jews?

You guys have got to check this out. I found it through Gordon in an earlier thread but I think it got lost in the shuffle. The blogger has Tweety down pat–like he nailed him with a nail gun. BEST SNARK EVER.

BigMitch @ 192

Spook — I will never forget the day I saw it on Broadway. My dad had recently died, and it was mother’s day. Our first venture forth from a 30-day period of mourning. Phil Silvers was also in the show.

And buster keaton in his last film performance. The actor who played Miles Gloriosus was an Aussie Thesp who did some professional singing along with his stage work.

My “film moment” was Thunderball. Mind you, I was not a kid, but we saw it in one of the last movie palaces in Dallas on a huge screen with state of the art sound. I fell in love with the james bond flix at that point, and even read the ian fleming novels too. To me, TB was the greatest bond flick of them all. (Mind you, my FAVORITE bond flick is On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, but that’s because of my crush on Dianna Rigg, who was the only woman my wife would admit was better looking than she was (she was wrong but I couldn’t convince her)).

I miss those days. Even HDTV isn’t close.

Speaking of ‘A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Forum’: I was in that play once. I played Tintintabula- a courtesan “with the arms of a willow and the pelvis of a camel”. Funny and controversial play for high school in the 1970s. We were able to get away with a lot due to having a student director.

When I was a cute little toddler of 3, my mom’s allotment check didn’t come one month when dad was on a 9 month cruise – my mom claimed we lived on hotdogs for 3 weeks until the navy figured out the error – to this day, the little woman refuses to eat hotdogs

BigMitch @ 196

Spook — since you referenced Mad Dog 20-20 would you like another lesson in the strange and mysterious ways of the Jews?

Oh absolutely. My knowledge of Jews ends with the death of John Boanerges from the Isle of Patmos. It needs freshening up.

I DO know that mad dog stands for Mogen David, which I believe produces passover wine. But in the low gutters where I used to live it was of interest solely for its distilled spirits content…about 25% IIRC…?

LS @ 134

althespook @ 131

I’m afraid BabelFish had some problems with that:
“Sarky, I vien. Touts the child does not want. I not to support not this insult. I am the husband of the President. I does not want. Shit… je am enerve Sarky. Cretin!!!
“

Shoot, I never said I could speak Frenchaise.

Punaise en Frenchaise.

There is a documentary film on the making of hot dogs in American meat plants. Someone needs to send that film to French prez’ wife.

punaise is enjoying a french dip – away in france for august :(

wangdangdoodle @ 191

They trucked ‘em in. Lunch was Creme of Poblano Soup.

Hmm. Were they smallish? Because I don’t think it’s quite the end of the season. We usually see them here maybe third week of August. They’ve been having some trouble with a viral tomato blight that’s jumped to chiles (via a grasshopper, I think), so they may be harvesting early.

And, since green chiles are food of choice, this evening, I’ll pass on my handy tip for determining how hot they are. Just break one open, if the veins are green, that’s the mildest, if veins are white, they’re hotter, and if the veins are yellow, those are the hottest, by far, and are just the ones to use in green chile stew, a concoction no cold virus can combat. :)

Je parle Frenchaise really bien. :)

wangdangdoodle @ 191

Eureka Springs @ 181

It ain’t genuine Hatch… unless you are in Hatch, New Mexico..) I sure do miss the chiles..so please do excuse my envy.

hasta aristra, baby

They trucked ‘em in. Lunch was Creme of Poblano Soup.

Thanks for the link, sounds very good. More kitchen fun.

Suzanne @ 200

When I was a cute little toddler of 3, my mom’s allotment check didn’t come one month when dad was on a 9 month cruise – my mom claimed we lived on hotdogs for 3 weeks until the navy figured out the error – to this day, the little woman refuses to eat hotdogs

I had the dubious privilege of touring a sausage factory as a school trip at the age of 11. Haven’t eaten sausage, hot dogs, any of it since. Literally can’t. You school tax dollars at work.

Milan River @ 203

There is a documentary film on the making of hot dogs in American meat plants. Someone needs to send that film to French prez’ wife.

four words:
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle

montag @ 205

wangdangdoodle @ 191

They trucked ‘em in. Lunch was Creme of Poblano Soup.

Hmm. Were they smallish? Because I don’t think it’s quite the end of the season. We usually see them here maybe third week of August. They’ve been having some trouble with a viral tomato blight that’s jumped to chiles (via a grasshopper, I think), so they may be harvesting early.

And, since green chiles are food of choice, this evening, I’ll pass on my handy tip for determining how hot they are. Just break one open, if the veins are green, that’s the mildest, if veins are white, they’re hotter, and if the veins are yellow, those are the hottest, by far, and are just the ones to use in green chile stew, a concoction no cold virus can combat. :)

They were smallish, but varied in size. 3″ to 6″. I wimped out and got the mild.

Since wiretapping is so cool, Zimbabue is following suit.

http://thinkprogress.org/

TexBetsy @ 206

Je parle Frenchaise really bien. :)

mooey mass way-no.

wangdangdoodle- That sounds wonderful and easy enough to make from memory after one quick read. Thanks! made me wonder about an odd combination.. A creamy butternut squash soup with maybe one or two green chiles blended in? hmmm

althespook @ 201

BigMitch @ 196

Spook — since you referenced Mad Dog 20-20 would you like another lesson in the strange and mysterious ways of the Jews?

Oh absolutely. My knowledge of Jews ends with the death of John Boanerges from the Isle of Patmos. It needs freshening up.

I DO know that mad dog stands for Mogen David, which I believe produces passover wine. But in the low gutters where I used to live it was of interest solely for its distilled spirits content…about 25% IIRC…?

The six-pointed star that you probably recognize as a Jewish star is called the “Shield of David,” or in Hebrew Mogan David, (pronounced DaVEED). For as long as I can remember it was a brand of sweet, fortified Concord grape wine which was produced under rabbinical supervision. Being Kosher, it was the wine of choice for sacramental purposes, especially at Passover, when we are commanded to have 4 cups.

In an effort to expand the customer base, Mogan David marketed itself as Mad Dog 20-20 to appeal to winos and people who want a cheap drunk.

I think the alcohol content accounts for the name –20%.

Loo Hoo. @ 211

Since wiretapping is so cool, Zimbabue is following suit.

http://thinkprogress.org/

LooHoo, Steve Benen had a good post up about that over at TPM

Eureka Springs @ 213

wangdangdoodle- That sounds wonderful and easy enough to make from memory after one quick read. Thanks! made me wonder about an odd combination.. A creamy butternut squash soup with maybe one or two green chiles blended in? hmmm

Actually that butternut squash soup is a great hit for other dishes. Add a little tobasco, and pour over lamb and rice-stuffed green Bell Peppers. Wow.

Did bush have an American flag flying at his mom and dad’s house too. It should have been hoisted a bit higher than the French flag.

althespook @ 208

I had the dubious privilege of touring a sausage factory as a school trip at the age of 11. Haven’t eaten sausage, hot dogs, any of it since. Literally can’t. You school tax dollars at work.

Those who love either the law or sausage, should never observe how they are made.

Eureka Springs @ 213

wangdangdoodle- That sounds wonderful and easy enough to make from memory after one quick read. Thanks! made me wonder about an odd combination.. A creamy butternut squash soup with maybe one or two green chiles blended in? hmmm

Skip the part at the end about sticking it in the oven topped with tortilla chips and cheese if your pressed for time. You won’t miss it. Oh, and I subbed with sour cream.

TribeScribe @ 209

Milan River @ 203

There is a documentary film on the making of hot dogs in American meat plants. Someone needs to send that film to French prez’ wife.

four words:
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle

thank you, tribe scribe:
as this came up, i was trying to remember that, but i could not come up with enough to search engineer.

anyone still hungry for snack?

Suzanne @ 200

When I was a cute little toddler of 3, my mom’s allotment check didn’t come one month when dad was on a 9 month cruise – my mom claimed we lived on hotdogs for 3 weeks until the navy figured out the error – to this day, the little woman refuses to eat hotdogs

I think all families have stories like that. I always heard about the depression and having 25 cents and going to the store and getting four slices of bololgna. That was dinner.

It also goes along with “eat all of your food because” my sister heard because the Russian children are starving and I heard because all of the Korean children are starving.

Times have changed; I don’t think anyone give a shit that the Iraqi children are starving.

TexBetsy @ 221

anyone still hungry for snack?

Looks French.

;)

newtnusr, Sounds really good.. I get farm fresh lamb here, almost every week, at great prices.

Suzanne, did you ever finish the limerick?

Maybe along the lines of …clusterfucked it?

BigMitch @ 214

althespook @ 201

Oh absolutely. My knowledge of Jews ends with the death of John Boanerges from the Isle of Patmos. It needs freshening up.

I DO know that mad dog stands for Mogen David, which I believe produces passover wine. But in the low gutters where I used to live it was of interest solely for its distilled spirits content…about 25% IIRC…?

The six-pointed star that you probably recognize as a Jewish star is called the “Shield of David,” or in Hebrew Mogan David, (pronounced DaVEED). For as long as I can remember it was a brand of sweet, fortified Concord grape wine which was produced under rabbinical supervision. Being Kosher, it was the wine of choice for sacramental purposes, especially at Passover, when we are commanded to have 4 cups.

In an effort to expand the customer base, Mogan David marketed itself as Mad Dog 20-20 to appeal to winos and people who want a cheap drunk.

I think the alcohol content accounts for the name –20%.

Thanks. My sole memory beyond MD is “Man Oh Manaschevitz!” for that wine distiller/distributor (and i’m sure i spelled it wrong).

my dad being an old-school theologian and me his only very precocious son, I grew up discussing passover and the parting of the red sea and the berserker rage destruction of the army on the low plain of Kishon before I went to grade school. In an effort to hold up my end of the conversation, I read the entire world book encyclopedia, every article of the 1956 edition (or was it compton’s or brittanica, lord it’s been so long…) before I went to grade school. Understood about 10 percent of it, but as I learned more it started to click into place…

So the shield of david resonates very well with me.

TexBetsy @ 221

anyone still hungry for snack?

one of these days, i just know, you’re gonna say
something like that and the link will take us to
some naughty cheesecake.

not.

wangdangdoodle @ 225

Suzanne, did you ever finish the limerick?

Maybe along the lines of …clusterfucked it?

I left it open but you are the only one who came up with anything… i like the way you think.. perhaps …

his out of control dick clusterfucked it?

yellowdog jim @ 220

TribeScribe @ 209

four words:
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle

thank you, tribe scribe:
as this came up, i was trying to remember that, but i could not come up with enough to search engineer.

yvw.
amazing how Sinclair started out writing a book about immigration conditions
and wound up, in part, doing an expose on the meatpacking industry.
none of it was pretty. still relevant…

Suzanne @ 228

wangdangdoodle @ 225

Suzanne, did you ever finish the limerick?

Maybe along the lines of …clusterfucked it?

I left it open but you are the only one who came up with anything… i like the way you think.. perhaps …

his out of control dick clusterfucked it?

you Are making me laugh.
bless y’all.

Steve-AR @ 222

Suzanne @ 200

When I was a cute little toddler of 3, my mom’s allotment check didn’t come one month when dad was on a 9 month cruise – my mom claimed we lived on hotdogs for 3 weeks until the navy figured out the error – to this day, the little woman refuses to eat hotdogs

I think all families have stories like that. I always heard about the depression and having 25 cents and going to the store and getting four slices of bololgna. That was dinner.

I have relatives who still talk about, at the height of the depression, finding a fifty-cent piece and feeding a family of six on it for three days. That was when bread was down to two cents a loaf–because many people didn’t have two cents….

As for Iraq, you’d think people would figure it out when there’s published reports from Oxfam stating that 35% of Iraqi kids are malnourished….

Suzanne @ 228

wangdangdoodle @ 225

Suzanne, did you ever finish the limerick?

Maybe along the lines of …clusterfucked it?

I left it open but you are the only one who came up with anything… i like the way you think.. perhaps …

his out of control dick clusterfucked it?

And they accuse us menfolk of lewd and raunchy language…!!! ;-)

Steve-AR @ 222

Suzanne @ 200

When I was a cute little toddler of 3, my mom’s allotment check didn’t come one month when dad was on a 9 month cruise – my mom claimed we lived on hotdogs for 3 weeks until the navy figured out the error – to this day, the little woman refuses to eat hotdogs

I think all families have stories like that. I always heard about the depression and having 25 cents and going to the store and getting four slices of bololgna. That was dinner.

It also goes along with “eat all of your food because” my sister heard because the Russian children are starving and I heard because all of the Korean children are starving.

Times have changed; I don’t think anyone give a shit that the Iraqi children are starving.

It’s reversed. A poster seen in Guangdong province shows a happy chinese family eating and the father says to the son, “Eat all your food! Don’t you know the children in America are starving in places like NOLA and LALA and besides their bridges fall down and kill them!”

I WISH I were making that up…

TribeScribe @ 229

yellowdog jim @ 220

thank you, tribe scribe:
as this came up, i was trying to remember that, but i could not come up with enough to search engineer.

yvw.
amazing how Sinclair started out writing a book about immigration conditions
and wound up, in part, doing an expose on the meatpacking industry.
none of it was pretty. still relevant…

very.
it is still required reading for university courses on history and labor progress and regulation.

michael moore of his time.

Suzanne @ 228

wangdangdoodle @ 225

Suzanne, did you ever finish the limerick?

Maybe along the lines of …clusterfucked it?

I left it open but you are the only one who came up with anything… i like the way you think.. perhaps …

his out of control dick clusterfucked it?

Bingo! Or is that boingo?

CTuttle @ 232

Suzanne @ 228

I left it open but you are the only one who came up with anything… i like the way you think.. perhaps …

his out of control dick clusterfucked it?

And they accuse us menfolk of lewd and raunchy language…!!! ;-)

i’m not the one who named the little man…

There was a bush from Nantucket…

who got made the Prez and then fucked it

said he had a big time dick
who gave him no shit

his out of control dick clusterfucked it

-fini-

CTuttle @ 232

Suzanne @ 228

I left it open but you are the only one who came up with anything… i like the way you think.. perhaps …

his out of control dick clusterfucked it?

And they accuse us menfolk of lewd and raunchy language…!!! ;-)

I can do naughty birthday cake, too.

Warning, it’s naughty.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

Suzanne @ 236

CTuttle @ 232

And they accuse us menfolk of lewd and raunchy language…!!! ;-)

i’m not the one who named the little man…

Near my previous home in Denver (lakewood actually) colorado was a small dad and dad pizzeria (lovely gay couple in their late 50’s, retired teachers doing what they finally wanted to do) named, and I swear I am not making this up “Dick and Willy’s Pizza”. Their manager was named John Thomas.

My wife didn’t understand at first why I was hurting myself laughing…

wangdangdoodle @ 238

CTuttle @ 232

And they accuse us menfolk of lewd and raunchy language…!!! ;-)

I can do naughty birthday cake, too.

Warning, it’s naughty.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

nice touch with the piercing

althespook @ 233

It’s reversed. A poster seen in Guangdong province shows a happy chinese family eating and the father says to the son, “Eat all your food! Don’t you know the children in America are starving in places like NOLA and LALA and besides their bridges fall down and kill them!”

I WISH I were making that up…

That situation may change… I read a while back that China is losing a lot of arable land to erosion–enough so that they’re now into grain reserves and may have to start importing wheat and rice.

With U.S. grain brokers trying to divert corn and sorghum to ethanol production, and increased world demand, staple crops are going to get quite expensive….

LoudounLib @ 60

Steve-AR @ 55

The feast was at daddy’s place in Maine. It doesn’t say much for Southerners that they love the Bush’s. In another era they would be called carpetbagging White trash.

Steve-AR, exactly!

(I’m in the south, and I surely don’t love Boosh)

we have been calling him and his dad that since before dad run for congress, let alone since shrub ran for governor.

and we used another word on them shrubs too:
Yankees!

Suzanne @ 237

There was a bush from Nantucket…

who got made the Prez and then fucked it

said he had a big time dick
who gave him no shit

his out of control dick clusterfucked it

-fini-

The Lady wins the cigar!

montag @ 241

althespook @ 233

It’s reversed. A poster seen in Guangdong province shows a happy chinese family eating and the father says to the son, “Eat all your food! Don’t you know the children in America are starving in places like NOLA and LALA and besides their bridges fall down and kill them!”

I WISH I were making that up…

That situation may change… I read a while back that China is losing a lot of arable land to erosion–enough so that they’re now into grain reserves and may have to start importing wheat and rice.

With U.S. grain brokers trying to divert corn and sorghum to ethanol production, and increased world demand, staple crops are going to get quite expensive….

Then it’s time we quit paying farmers not to farm (soil banking) finagle tanj dammit! Let the market determine the price but not inflate it with artifical government subsidies.

wangdangdoodle @ 238

I can do naughty birthday cake, too.

Warning, it’s naughty.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

That is very, very funny… someone had quite a time creating that one. :)

Suzanne @ 240

wangdangdoodle @ 238

I can do naughty birthday cake, too.

Warning, it’s naughty.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

nice touch with the piercing

It’s all in the accessorizing.

wangdangdoodle @ 246

Suzanne @ 240

nice touch with the piercing

It’s all in the accessorizing.

Dr. Freud, Line One…

Suzanne @ 240

wangdangdoodle @ 238

I can do naughty birthday cake, too.

Warning, it’s naughty.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

nice touch with the piercing

Doesn’t that hurt? Good cake for a GYN convention.

Steve-AR @ 248

Suzanne @ 240

nice touch with the piercing

Doesn’t that hurt? Good cake for a GYN convention.

Nope.

Steve-AR @ 248

Suzanne @ 240

nice touch with the piercing

Doesn’t that hurt? Good cake for a GYN convention.

Don’t know, never tried it. But I’d bet it does.

Well, there you have it!

Easy Black Forest Cake (not as good as the European bakeries but fine for me at 1 am)

*box of chocolate cake mix
*three eggs
*can of cherry pie filling.
Mix by hand. Bake at 350 in 9×13″ pan for 35-40 mins.

Topping
*can of Choc frosting
* second can of cherry pie filling
* or, just the plain cake with a can of whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

wangdangdoodle @ 251

Well, there you have it!

It’s a cake – of course it did not hurt – unless you hit that piercing with a molar.

Milan River @ 252

Easy Black Forest Cake (not as good as the European bakeries but fine for me at 1 am)

*box of chocolate cake mix
*three eggs
*can of cherry pie filling.
Mix by hand. Bake at 350 in 9×13″ pan for 35-40 mins.

Topping
*can of Choc frosting
* second can of cherry pie filling
* or, just the plain cake with a can of whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Mmmmmmmm, yummy!

Suzanne @ 253

wangdangdoodle @ 251

Well, there you have it!

It’s a cake – of course it did not hurt – unless you hit that piercing with a molar.

Oh, I thought you were speaking from experience! I was about to ask if there were, uh, benefits.

wangdangdoodle @ 255

Suzanne @ 253

It’s a cake – of course it did not hurt – unless you hit that piercing with a molar.

Oh, I thought you were speaking from experience! I was about to ask if there were, uh, benefits.

I haven’t blushed this hard in a long, long time….

I am so glad the kiddies are in bed!

wangdangdoodle @ 255

Suzanne @ 253

It’s a cake – of course it did not hurt – unless you hit that piercing with a molar.

Oh, I thought you were speaking from experience! I was about to ask if there were, uh, benefits.

I’m talking about a cake (innocent look)

TexBetsy @ 257

I am so glad the kiddies are in bed!

I didn’t even have the courage to go look. I thought it was boy parts.

wangdangdoodle @ 255

Suzanne @ 253

It’s a cake – of course it did not hurt – unless you hit that piercing with a molar.

Oh, I thought you were speaking from experience! I was about to ask if there were, uh, benefits.

I think I’ll go to bed now so I can get started on my nightmares early. G’night, all.

althespook @ 244

Then it’s time we quit paying farmers not to farm (soil banking) finagle tanj dammit! Let the market determine the price but not inflate it with artifical government subsidies.

Kind of a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t situation. With agricultural methods used today, soil gets badly depleted–put water and nitrate fertilizer together and you get a weak acid that leaches minerals out of the soil.

Soil banks do help keep topsoil together and rebuild nutrients, just so long as the land is kept in native grasses (which the banking program requires).

That said, I’m not sure there’s that much money for the soil bank these days. Don’t think the program was even offered in some areas last year and the year before.

TexBetsy @ 257

I am so glad the kiddies are in bed!

Amen!!!

Twain @ 260

wangdangdoodle @ 255

Oh, I thought you were speaking from experience! I was about to ask if there were, uh, benefits.

I think I’ll go to bed now so I can get started on my nightmares early. G’night, all.

Night, Twain. We will try to make tomorrow’s LN piercing free…

montag @ 241

althespook @ 233

It’s reversed. A poster seen in Guangdong province shows a happy chinese family eating and the father says to the son, “Eat all your food! Don’t you know the children in America are starving in places like NOLA and LALA and besides their bridges fall down and kill them!”

I WISH I were making that up…

That situation may change… I read a while back that China is losing a lot of arable land to erosion–enough so that they’re now into grain reserves and may have to start importing wheat and rice.

With U.S. grain brokers trying to divert corn and sorghum to ethanol production, and increased world demand, staple crops are going to get quite expensive….

i believe that it was on Colbert that they had an author on about his book telling how (our) demand for cashmere wool was creating supplies of it from vast herds of these cashmere goats in China, Who eat all the vegetation down to the roots, killing vast regions of land exposing, the bare soil to the wind, which was blowing these gigantic clouds of dust across the Pacific Ocean and it was contributing to U.S. air pollution, Not to mention an ecological disaster on the mainland.

oh and this particular dust was heavily polluted with industrial toxins

Twain @ 260

wangdangdoodle @ 255

Oh, I thought you were speaking from experience! I was about to ask if there were, uh, benefits.

I think I’ll go to bed now so I can get started on my nightmares early. G’night, all.

‘gnite Twain, “sweet” dreams!

wangdangdoodle @ 238

CTuttle @ 232

And they accuse us menfolk of lewd and raunchy language…!!! ;-)

I can do naughty birthday cake, too.

Warning, it’s naughty.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

now i am really hungry.

montag @ 261

althespook @ 244

Then it’s time we quit paying farmers not to farm (soil banking) finagle tanj dammit! Let the market determine the price but not inflate it with artifical government subsidies.

Kind of a damned-if-you, damned-if-you-don’t situation. With agricultural methods used today, soil gets badly depleted–put water and nitrate fertilizer together and you get a weak acid that leaches minerals out of the soil.

Soil banks do help keep topsoil together and rebuild nutrients, just so long as the land is kept in native grasses (which the banking program requires).

That said, I’m not sure there’s that much money for the soil bank these days. Don’t think the program was even offered in some areas last year and the year before.

Sorry, I used the wrong term in city slicker ignorance. I mean the subsidies many large farmers and corporate agribusinesses get to not use land productively; it is either allowed to lie fallow or used for non-agri purposes IIRC, and IANAF or anything close to an expert on us ag policy. but this is part of the FARM BILL and surely a knowledgeable laker can contribute something informed on this…

Star report from the Ozarks. The sky is falling and it sure looks grand!

montag @ 261

althespook @ 244

Then it’s time we quit paying farmers not to farm (soil banking) finagle tanj dammit! Let the market determine the price but not inflate it with artifical government subsidies.

Kind of a damned-if-you, damned-if-you-don’t situation. With agricultural methods used today, soil gets badly depleted–put water and nitrate fertilizer together and you get a weak acid that leaches minerals out of the soil.

Soil banks do help keep topsoil together and rebuild nutrients, just so long as the land is kept in native grasses (which the banking program requires).

That said, I’m not sure there’s that much money for the soil bank these days. Don’t think the program was even offered in some areas last year and the year before.

Getting away from monocrops and rotating crops would improve the land immensely!

night twain

yellowdog jim @ 266

wangdangdoodle @ 238

I can do naughty birthday cake, too.

Warning, it’s naughty.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

now i am really hungry.

For ‘dessert’ right??? ;-)

yellowdog jim @ 264

montag @ 241

That situation may change… I read a while back that China is losing a lot of arable land to erosion–enough so that they’re now into grain reserves and may have to start importing wheat and rice.

With U.S. grain brokers trying to divert corn and sorghum to ethanol production, and increased world demand, staple crops are going to get quite expensive….

i believe that it was on Colbert that they had an author on about his book telling how (our) demand for cashmere wool was creating supplies of it from vast herds of these cashmere goats in China, Who eat all the vegetation down to the roots, killing vast regions of land exposing, the bare soil to the wind, which was blowing these gigantic clouds of dust across the Pacific Ocean and it was contributing to U.S. air pollution, Not to mention an ecological disaster on the mainland.

oh and this particular dust was heavily polluted with industrial toxins

Please friends, don’t buy any cashmere!

CTuttle @ 269

montag @ 261

Kind of a damned-if-you, damned-if-you-don’t situation. With agricultural methods used today, soil gets badly depleted–put water and nitrate fertilizer together and you get a weak acid that leaches minerals out of the soil.

Soil banks do help keep topsoil together and rebuild nutrients, just so long as the land is kept in native grasses (which the banking program requires).

That said, I’m not sure there’s that much money for the soil bank these days. Don’t think the program was even offered in some areas last year and the year before.

Getting away from monocrops and rotating crops would improve the land immensely!

what we need is a sane Farm Policy not rentier-ed to death by ADM and Big Ag. It’s not that we don’t know what to do, it is that our government is so addicted and controlled by the various big money interests that we are reduced to governance by crisis (notice how we are now all hot and bothered about bridges and infrastructure? would that be happening if the I35 bridge hadn’t fallen? Didn’t think so.)

CTuttle @ 271

yellowdog jim @ 266

now i am really hungry.

For ‘dessert’ right??? ;-)

I owe you a coke!

Eureka Springs @ 268

Star report from the Ozarks. The sky is falling and it sure looks grand!

how many didja see?

Eureka Springs @ 268

Star report from the Ozarks. The sky is falling and it sure looks grand!

Damn, too many lights in town. I hear it peaks tomorrow night, might have to take a short road trip.

CTuttle @ 271

yellowdog jim @ 266

now i am really hungry.

For ‘dessert’ right??? ;-)

appetizers

FYI: Farm subsidies 07 dB

yellowdog jim @ 277

CTuttle @ 271

For ‘dessert’ right??? ;-)

appetizers

Ooohhh, come sit over here by me Jim!

wangdangdoodle @ 276

Eureka Springs @ 268

Star report from the Ozarks. The sky is falling and it sure looks grand!

Damn, too many lights in town. I hear it peaks tomorrow night, might have to take a short road trip.

absoluly – the Perseids are quite a sight!

TribeScribe @ 278

FYI: Farm subsidies 07 dB

Thanks, TribeScribe! I shall read it in the morning and hopefully be a bit more informed.

Suzanne @ 249

Steve-AR @ 248

Doesn’t that hurt? Good cake for a GYN convention.

Nope.

i missed the piercing!
i had to go look again and my, oh, my …

heh, thanks for pointing that out.

awesome

TribeScribe @ 280

wangdangdoodle @ 276

Damn, too many lights in town. I hear it peaks tomorrow night, might have to take a short road trip.

absoluly – the Perseids are quite a sight!

too many dayam redwoods to the south – dammit

TribeScribe @ 280

wangdangdoodle @ 276

Damn, too many lights in town. I hear it peaks tomorrow night, might have to take a short road trip.

absoluly – the Perseids are quite a sight!

And with a new moon, should be spectacular.

althespook @ 281

TribeScribe @ 278

FYI: Farm subsidies 07 dB

Thanks, TribeScribe! I shall read it in the morning and hopefully be a bit more informed.

yw. good bookmark, for sure.

We have just started the film ‘Tommy Boy’. Going to watch some fun no brain required nostalgia and need to see who might still be delivering pizza at 1:30am.
Good night.

TribeScribe @ 280

wangdangdoodle @ 276

Damn, too many lights in town. I hear it peaks tomorrow night, might have to take a short road trip.

No chance of seeing them here. Lightly overcast, and a damned streetlight on the north side of my lot….

absoluly – the Perseids are quite a sight!

wangdangdoodle @ 279

yellowdog jim @ 277

appetizers

Ooohhh, come sit over here by me Jim!

care for some cake?

Suzanne @ 283

TribeScribe @ 280

absoluly – the Perseids are quite a sight!

too many dayam redwoods to the south – dammit

I thought it was to the NE. No wonder I didn’t see any. Well, besides the street lights and all…

Milan River @ 286

We have just started the film ‘Tommy Boy’. Going to watch some fun no brain required nostalgia and need to see who might still be delivering pizza at 1:30am.
Good night.

Night, Milan River. My daughter thanks you for the recipe(s) (?) also.

yellowdog jim @ 288

wangdangdoodle @ 279

Ooohhh, come sit over here by me Jim!

care for some cake?

;)

Good night milan river. Enjoy the movie.

Here’s a quarter for the jukebox.

Suzanne @ 275

Eureka Springs @ 268

Star report from the Ozarks. The sky is falling and it sure looks grand!

how many didja see?

Just a few in a few short minutes.. some crossed most of the sky in a bright orange.

montag @ 287

TribeScribe @ 280

No chance of seeing them here. Lightly overcast, and a damned streetlight on the north side of my lot….

absoluly – the Perseids are quite a sight!

I used to drive almost down to the beach to see them.
luckily now, the street lights are far apart and just down the road
from between the hedges, is primo viewing.
some were visibly streaming last night –
peak time is a bonanza

Meanwhile, back at the politics (says spook with cake-covered mouth):

More on the FISA sellout:

http://proctoringcongress.blog…..river.html

http://thenexthurrah.typepad.c…..lings.html

This is beyond insane.

Should we be getting worried about TRex? It’s getting late late for late late.

I was looking stright up or straight south, couldn’t miss seeing multiples.

wangdangdoodle @ 297

Should we be getting worried about TRex? It’s getting late late for late late.

No TRex on Sat and Sundays – Thers does just one post Saturdays – tomorrow we will have TSF with a two-fer.

Suzanne @ 299

wangdangdoodle @ 297

Should we be getting worried about TRex? It’s getting late late for late late.

No TRex on Sat and Sundays – Thers does just one post Saturdays – tomorrow we will have TSF with a two-fer.

So no LateLateNite tonight? Dayam, there goes my schedule…

althespook @ 296

Meanwhile, back at the politics (says spook with cake-covered mouth):

More on the FISA sellout:

http://proctoringcongress.blog…..river.html

http://thenexthurrah.typepad.c…..lings.html

This is beyond insane.

thanks for those

Suzanne @ 299

wangdangdoodle @ 297

Should we be getting worried about TRex? It’s getting late late for late late.

No TRex on Sat and Sundays – Thers does just one post Saturdays – tomorrow we will have TSF with a two-fer.

OK, I feel better now. Going outside to look South.

TexBetsy @ 301

althespook @ 296

Meanwhile, back at the politics (says spook with cake-covered mouth):

More on the FISA sellout:

http://proctoringcongress.blog…..river.html

http://thenexthurrah.typepad.c…..lings.html

This is beyond insane.

thanks for those

Empty Wheel is just unbelievable. I worship the keyboard she blogs with (well not really but you know what I mean….)

wangdangdoodle @ 291

yellowdog jim @ 288

care for some cake?

;)

sitting down with your loved one to feed each other that cake while imbibing in every libation with salubrious music and incidental video, and plotting how to take the significant other’s clothes off for consensual delights?

priceless.

so, Suzanne, how come ‘no pain’?

althespook @ 303

Empty Wheel is just unbelievable. I worship the keyboard she blogs with (well not really but you know what I mean….)

True’dat.

dayam, that marcy post on two rulings… forking boosh – forking chair taking no for an answer… fork

so, Suzanne, how come ‘no pain’?

’cause i was talking about the cake – cakes don’t feel pain.

Suzanne @ 307

…cakes don’t feel pain.

You sure?

Suzanne @ 306

dayam, that marcy post on two rulings… forking boosh – forking chair taking no for an answer… fork

yes, fork!
fork ‘em!
fork, spoon, knife, rake, hoe, any implement.
dagnabit!

C-span has Bush weekly radio address now

newtonusr @ 308

Suzanne @ 307

…cakes don’t feel pain.

You sure?

(banging head on keyboard)

BigMitch @ 310

C-span has Bush weekly radio address now

not after all those hot dogs.

BigMitch @ 310

C-span has Bush weekly radio address now

Not when we’re all full of cake. Imagine the mess to clean off the keyboards…

Suzanne @ 307

so, Suzanne, how come ‘no pain’?

’cause i was talking about the cake – cakes don’t feel pain.

heh, heh.

so, what if we take a bite and the cake goes, “Ouch!”?

Suzanne @ 311

newtonusr @ 308

You sure?

(banging head on keyboard)

Don’t do that either. Keyboards also may be able to feel pain. mine certainly screams if I press the same key long enough…

Nova cake.
and
Chocolate rain

yellowdog jim @ 314

Suzanne @ 307

so, Suzanne, how come ‘no pain’?

’cause i was talking about the cake – cakes don’t feel pain.

heh, heh.

so, what if we take a bite and the cake goes, “Ouch!”?

Reminds me of the joke about the worst thing you can find after you’ve bitten into the apple is HALF a worm…

What does the expression “bedlam is dreaming of rain” mean?

Its from old-people music {ducking, a lot}

althespook @ 313

BigMitch @ 310

C-span has Bush weekly radio address now

Not when we’re all full of cake. Imagine the mess to clean off the keyboards…

the need for keyboard clean up was covered in Thers’ poem: see 194, please.

BigMitch @ 318

What does the expression “bedlam is dreaming of rain” mean?

Bad Religion:
http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/…..rning.html

yellowdog jim @ 314

Suzanne @ 307

so, Suzanne, how come ‘no pain’?

’cause i was talking about the cake – cakes don’t feel pain.

heh, heh.

so, what if we take a bite and the cake goes, “Ouch!”?

call faux news or the national enquirer

BigMitch @ 318

What does the expression “bedlam is dreaming of rain” mean?

From the lyrics to a Bad Religion song (”Los Angeles is Burning,” presumably during a time of drought and heat in SoCal).

Suzanne @ 322

yellowdog jim @ 314

heh, heh.

so, what if we take a bite and the cake goes, “Ouch!”?

call faux news or the national enquirer

what if it goes, “MMMmmmmMMmmmMMMmmMMMmmmmmMMMMM!

ydj, since when did i become a forking cake expert? geez, louise

Perseids (sighting info & article from 2002)
Sighting tips:
Northeastern sky, a few hours before or after midnight, usually.
Look for the upended “W” of stars (Cassiopeia)
(the w opens to the left, it’s an omen *g*).
Perseus is diagonally lower right, anchored by
two bright stars. Perseid meteors are usually
streaming in a large area between these 2 constellations.

yellowdog jim @ 320

althespook @ 313

Not when we’re all full of cake. Imagine the mess to clean off the keyboards…

the need for keyboard clean up was covered in Thers’ poem: see 194, please.

no THANK you. We run a clean shop here. That sort of stuff only happens in men’s portapotties in Florida….

Okay, against my better judgement I am setting the tivo for Meet The Repressed since our great orange overlord will be on tomorrow..

Suzanne @ 325

ydj, since when did i become a forking cake expert? geez, louise

Y’know, I was caught once forking a cake….

Suzanne @ 325

ydj, since when did i become a forking cake expert? geez, louise

It is indeed a forking cake, isn’t it?

Suzanne @ 322

yellowdog jim @ 314

heh, heh.

so, what if we take a bite and the cake goes, “Ouch!”?

call faux news or the national enquirer

Weekly World News, except it’s going out of business….pity. Only tabloid I could read at the supermarket without shame.

TexBetsy @ 330

Suzanne @ 325

ydj, since when did i become a forking cake expert? geez, louise

It is indeed a forking cake, isn’t it?

Now I know why they used to call it “spooning”…

Y’all are layering it on real thick.

yellowdog jim @ 324

Suzanne @ 322

call faux news or the national enquirer

what if it goes, “MMMmmmmMMmmmMMMmmMMMmmmmmMMMMM!

Call Me…!!! ;-)

(waving white flag) ok, I give up – that’s it for me tonight – have to go clean house and it is not penance either – have a showing tomorrow (gasp) morning

Suzanne @ 335

(waving white flag) ok, I give up – that’s it for me tonight – have to go clean house and it is not penance either – have a showing tomorrow (gasp) morning

Good luck with the showing. Have a restful sleep.

I’m bidding Ya’ll a fond adieu! Aloha Oe!!! 8-)

Thinking cash, Suzanne!

Suzanne @ 325

ydj, since when did i become a forking cake expert? geez, louise

all seriousness aside,
we may have our cake and
then have some more.

it has not occurred to me to eat it with a spoon.

Suzanne @ 335

(waving white flag) ok, I give up – that’s it for me tonight – have to go clean house and it is not penance either – have a showing tomorrow (gasp) morning

night suzanne. TexB will keep the kiddies in line.

CTuttle @ 337

I’m bidding Ya’ll a fond adieu! Aloha Oe!!! 8-)

Sleep well, CTuttle. Watch out for that dayam typhoon thingie…

Suzanne @ 335

(waving white flag) ok, I give up – that’s it for me tonight – have to go clean house and it is not penance either – have a showing tomorrow (gasp) morning

goodnight, Suzanne.
good luck, selling your house.

Night CT

yellowdog jim @ 342

Suzanne @ 335

(waving white flag) ok, I give up – that’s it for me tonight – have to go clean house and it is not penance either – have a showing tomorrow (gasp) morning

goodnight, Suzanne.
good luck, selling your house.

hear hear! best wishes –

TribeScribe @ 326

Perseids (sighting info & article from 2002)
Sighting tips:
Northeastern sky, a few hours before or after midnight, usually.
Look for the upended “W” of stars (Cassiopeia)
(the w opens to the left, it’s an omen *g*).
Perseus is diagonally lower right, anchored by
two bright stars. Perseid meteors are usually
streaming in a large area between these 2 constellations.

ts, you’re reading the request list in my mind again.
thx

well those short naps are great.

when you fall asleep at the keyboard, it is time to toddle off to the chair. (threw my back out three years ago, sleeping in various chairs ever since. am getting recliner next month. Yay me.)

Be excellent to each other and see everyone tomorrow.

night alfred

althespook @ 346

well those short naps are great.

when you fall asleep at the keyboard, it is time to toddle off to the chair. (threw my back out three years ago, sleeping in various chairs ever since. am getting recliner next month. Yay me.)

Be excellent to each other and see everyone tomorrow.

nite alfred

yellowdog jim @ 345

TribeScribe @ 326

Perseids (sighting info & article from 2002)
Sighting tips:
Northeastern sky, a few hours before or after midnight, usually.
Look for the upended “W” of stars (Cassiopeia)
(the w opens to the left, it’s an omen *g*).
Perseus is diagonally lower right, anchored by
two bright stars. Perseid meteors are usually
streaming in a large area between these 2 constellations.

ts, you’re reading the request list in my mind again.
thx

YDJ, yw. glad to help with the first two on the list. that third one though, wow –
you’re on your own *g*

althespook @ 346

well those short naps are great.

when you fall asleep at the keyboard, it is time to toddle off to the chair. (threw my back out three years ago, sleeping in various chairs ever since. am getting recliner next month. Yay me.)

Be excellent to each other and see everyone tomorrow.

goodnight, alfred

NYT
Democrats Say Leaving Iraq May Take Years

nite Suzanne – good luck

nite spook

And you yellowdog jim – you were giving out awesome recipes this morning, as I stared forlornly into a bowl of corn flakes…

I miss Kate O’Beirne’s teeth.

Jukebox, Doodle.

Thought it would be a perfect night for Cakewalk, but YouTube no tiene. So, in keeping with the flavor of lln last night, here’s Taj singing “Sitting on Top of the World.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DmsqXMGRZs

Why does firefox keep logging me out of the blog so my little ‘f’ thinger doesn’t show up… grr.

Loo Hoo. @ 355

Jukebox, Doodle.

Thought it would be a perfect night for Cakewalk, but YouTube no tiene. So, in keeping with the flavor of lln last night, here’s Taj singing “Sitting on Top of the World.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DmsqXMGRZs

Niiiiiiice!

TribeScribe @ 349

yellowdog jim @ 345

ts, you’re reading the request list in my mind again.
thx

YDJ, yw. glad to help with the first two on the list. that third one though, wow –
you’re on your own *g*

hey, you’re way ahead of … me.
i don’t know what the third one will be yet.

i went outside and found that a BIG comet would have to come in below 4000 feet from that direction before i could see it through all the streetlights, parking lot lights, city lights, and trees. i’d hear it first.

meteors? no way.
i am always impressed that i can see a handful of stars in our darker backyard and driveway.

the sky’s clear, except for the passing clouds of mosquitoes occluding some stars. i dared not stay out long.

i’ll take care of No. 3, if you’ll just give me a hint what it is?

newtonusr @ 353

And you yellowdog jim – you were giving out awesome recipes this morning, as I stared forlornly into a bowl of corn flakes…

i’m going to get my shredded oats now.

huh? recipes?
i missed something else?
so typical.
what was it?
this morning, huh?

night all. can’t keep the eyelids open

nite TB, sleep well : )

Okay, everyone’s gotta love this one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHi390tb2hg

comment number 360:
why do i feel like some folks are off to play the Zed Olympics?

who will give me odds for TexB??

what in the wild world of sports is going on.

From Guardian UK

Fatigue cripples US army in Iraq

Exhaustion and combat stress are besieging US troops in Iraq as they battle with a new type of warfare. Some even rely on Red Bull to get through the day. As desertions and absences increase, the military is struggling to cope with the crisis

And

British firm under scrutiny for export of Bosnian guns to Iraq

MPs and Amnesty International demand to know if a Nottingham-based company has breached the United Nations arms embargo

The government was facing awkward questions last night over an arms deal involving a British company licensed by the Department of Trade and Industry to import weapons but which was also selling machine guns to an Iraqi official later implicated in an alleged $1.1bn (£545m) corruption scandal.

sat night. you could play for HOURS

goodnight Betsy!
(dang! note to self: texB’s out of the running)

yellowdog jim @ 363

comment number 360:
why do i feel like some folks are off to play the Zed Olympics?

who will give me odds for TexB??

I think Suzanne said there would be no Late Late Night tonight.

TexBetsy @ 366

sat night. you could play for HOURS

comments beyond 300 make the servers start to spit out bolts and ticky tacky.

I leave to look into the sky and find the sharpest minds on the web giving odds on who will sleep next (its me)but still.

SunnyNobility @ 368

yellowdog jim @ 363

comment number 360:
why do i feel like some folks are off to play the Zed Olympics?

who will give me odds for TexB??

I think Suzanne said there would be no Late Late Night tonight.

oh, okay.

YDJ, oy — city lights…
your wish is granted:

What’s up

meteors (:07)

i should mention how appropriate Thers’ art selection is:
it reads
“Lord of MisRule“

An end point can be posted, or is it tomorrows nice warm toast and coffee. A cota for the day.

The Doors featuring John Sebastian….Little Red Rooster:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wxdskCIQxU

nite servers & pups –
headin outside : )

yellowdog jim @ 369

TexBetsy @ 366

sat night. you could play for HOURS

comments beyond 300 make the servers start to spit out bolts and ticky tacky.

ticky tacky?

TribeScribe @ 372

YDJ, oy — city lights…
your wish is granted:

What’s up

meteors (:07)

you nice.
i’m watching now.
tyvmucho

Good one, Doodle! Haven’t heard Ticky Tacky since the sixth grade!

good night sweet princess’s and prince’s of the day for large dragons await.

TribeScribe @ 372

YDJ, oy — city lights…
your wish is granted:

What’s up

meteors (:07)

both videos are excellent.
much appreciated.

Loo Hoo. @ 379

Good one, Doodle! Haven’t heard Ticky Tacky since the sixth grade!

Jim made me do it!!

;)

Loo Hoo. @ 379

Good one, Doodle! Haven’t heard Ticky Tacky since the sixth grade!

“little boxes
“little boxes …

all full of ticky tacky …
… “

??

wangdangdoodle @ 377

yellowdog jim @ 369

comments beyond 300 make the servers start to spit out bolts and ticky tacky.

ticky tacky?

Oh!
had No Idea i was so topical.
typical!

thank you, doodle!

argosfalcon @ 380

good night sweet princess’s and prince’s of the day for large dragons await.

‘night Argos.
good luck with the dragons there.

Conrad Oberg was born three and a half months prematurely in the Summer of 1994. Weighing only one and a half pounds at birth, Conrad was left with no eyesight in his left eye and only 15% of the vision in his right. At age two, Conrad taught himself to play the piano, and again taught himself the guitar at age ten. Conrad has been performing solo live performances since he was four years-old, and has been fortunate enough to meet and/or perform with some of the greats of the entertainment industry. Conrad has been performing with his own band “The One Elevens” for the past two years, playing his own brand of blues,roots, and rock music.

Dust My Broom

wangdangdoodle @ 382

Loo Hoo. @ 379

Good one, Doodle! Haven’t heard Ticky Tacky since the sixth grade!

Jim made me do it!!

;)

one must use one’s power(s) carefully.
very carefully.

I realize it’s late, but perchance is there
anybody here willing and able to answer an Econ 101 for Dummies question related to Ian’s excellent earlier post on Engines of Growth?

Engines of Growth

Times UK

Army warns on Basra deaths
Michael Smith

GORDON BROWN has been warned by senior army officers that delaying withdrawal from Iraq will lead to an increase in the number of British troops being killed.

Senior officers believe an imminent concentration of troops in one base at Basra international airport is bound to lead to the Iraqi militias intensifying their attacks.

The warning comes as new figures show that the airport and a second base at the Basra Palace have been hit by more than 300 rocket and mortar attacks in the past two months, more than in all the previous four years put together.

Afraid I’m not qualified, Sunny.

And I haven’t even heard the question!

Inner Life of Cells

Specially created for Harvard biology students, this eight-minute computer-animated film reveals the beauty and hidden cycle of intricate organic mechanisms at work at the molecular level. The focus is on how white blood cells respond and react to external stimuli. Everything that you see in this clip, the unusual orchestra of Nuclei, proteins, and lipids, are actions that are taking place right now in your body, in every individual cell. This includes one of the most surprising sequences – the motor protein plodding along on two pod-like feet along a track, carrying behind it a sphere of lipids. As cartoonish as that sequence looks, biologists report it’s an accurate rendering. The film is the work of a group called XVIVO using NewTek LightWave 3D and Adobe After Effects.

http://krisabel.ctv.ca/blog/_a…..54365.html

Conrad’s got some potential, for sure!

Eureka Springs @ 389

Times UK

Army warns on Basra deaths
Michael Smith

GORDON BROWN has been warned by senior army officers that delaying withdrawal from Iraq will lead to an increase in the number of British troops being killed.

Senior officers believe an imminent concentration of troops in one base at Basra international airport is bound to lead to the Iraqi militias intensifying their attacks.

The warning comes as new figures show that the airport and a second base at the Basra Palace have been hit by more than 300 rocket and mortar attacks in the past two months, more than in all the previous four years put together.

Odd others can see a way out, but impossible for us, eh?

SunnyNobility @ 388

I realize it’s late, but perchance is there
anybody here willing and able to answer an Econ 101 for Dummies question related to Ian’s excellent earlier post on Engines of Growth?

Engines of Growth

Dunno, maybe.

SunnyNobility @ 388

I realize it’s late, but perchance is there
anybody here willing and able to answer an Econ 101 for Dummies question related to Ian’s excellent earlier post on Engines of Growth?

Engines of Growth

i am willing
But i doubt i am able to answer correctly.
(IANAE)

i’d be interested to hear the question.
please?

SunnyNobility, Almost seventeen years of this madness… no sanity in sight…

With that, I am calling it a night..until book salon in the air conditioning, I bid you fabulous pups a good night.

‘gnite Eureka.

Think I’ll call it a night, too.

zzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZonk

Lookie Van Morrison paying top respects to John Lee Hooker while both are doing GLORIA!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRlVE2pNQ-s

yellowdog jim @ 391

Inner Life of Cells

Specially created for Harvard biology students, this eight-minute computer-animated film reveals the beauty and hidden cycle of intricate organic mechanisms at work at the molecular level. The focus is on how white blood cells respond and react to external stimuli. Everything that you see in this clip, the unusual orchestra of Nuclei, proteins, and lipids, are actions that are taking place right now in your body, in every individual cell. This includes one of the most surprising sequences – the motor protein plodding along on two pod-like feet along a track, carrying behind it a sphere of lipids. As cartoonish as that sequence looks, biologists report it’s an accurate rendering. The film is the work of a group called XVIVO using NewTek LightWave 3D and Adobe After Effects.

http://krisabel.ctv.ca/blog/_a…..54365.html

better:
do it ‘full screen’ from here.

Really cool, YDJ! Ain’t life grand?

Any idea what the living thing is?

I think Ian’s post needs to be read to understand where I’m coming from. Apologies in advance for my inability to phrase it nicely.

Q. relates to increases and decreases in the *value* of currency itself depending on imports/exports/and domestic use (productivity?). I do get that money that doesn’t need to be spent abroad for necessaries can be utilized at home for productive purposes or to mfg goods that may be sold abroad for new revenue or spent abroad for luxuries. What I don’t understand is how the currency itself increases/decreases in value depending on how it is used.

Ian said:
“Imagine that the mining community has its own currency and think about what’s been happening with their currency during this. When they started import replacing, they used less of their money to buy outside goods. Since that was the case, their currency became worth more. As it became worth more it became possible for them to import more goods – for less, but as
they did, the currency then dropped in value, making it more expensive to buy outside goods – and making any goods they might sell to the outside world worth more.”

I get his points, all but the value/worth of the currency changing, which obviously is critical to his points. Hope my Q is comprehendable.

Thanks in advance for any insight..(I did study econ, sorta GWB style I’m afraid)

SN 401: Not how the currency’s used, but whether it stays or goes, influences its value.

G’nite all.