zed?

ZED! I never zedded before.

two?

Hi TRex!

4?

Congrats, mary — now please let those downstairs know we’re up here….

mary, i hope it didn’t hurt too much, what with it being your first time and all…

suz!

EPU’d:

finifinito @ 345

TexBetsy @ 342

http://www.foodtv.ca/DMM/C/A/C…..ke_003.jpg

Mmmmm that looks goooooood. Almost as good as the cake my friend made me. I am blessed to know a former pastry chef who made me a Tiramisu Cheesecake!

tenish?

This is such a classicly good cover. XD Loved it back in ‘97. Never seen the actual video though. *peers*

TRex! That’s one of my favorite Cake videos!

Suzanne @ 7

mary, i hope it didn’t hurt too much, what with it being your first time and all…

I can’t believe you said that. You are evil incarnate. And you owe me a new laptop.

Yay, Mary!

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go slash my wrists Roman-style in the bath.

I just ran into My Evil Ex and his boyfriend at the grocery store. If I’d had some warning that I was about to see my ex, I might have been okay, but there they were, happy little stepford gays.

This is the guy who, after seven years, took up with his new boyfriend less than a month after we split up. (Actually, they were already having sex before we formally ended it.)

They’re buying a house together and they’re really happy and blah, blah, blah-de-fucking-blah.

I wish I was dead.

TRex @ 14

Yay, Mary!

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go slash my wrists Roman-style in the bath.

I just ran into My Evil Ex and his boyfriend at the grocery store. If I’d had some warning that I was about to see my ex, I might have been okay, but there they were, happy little stepford gays.

This is the guy who, after seven years, took up with his new boyfriend less than a month after we split up. (Actually, they were already having sex before we formally ended it.)

They’re buying a house together and they’re really happy and blah, blah, blah-de-fucking-blah.

I wish I was dead.

Horrid, horrid little people. I have them, too.

I am still asking how someone could strangle themselves while being handcuffed behind their back.

Come on, guys, you’re supposed to be bathing me in reassurances right now.

I mean I hate them, too.

katymine @ 16

I am still asking how someone could strangle themselves while being handcuffed behind their back.

A**hole cops. They stepped into it big time because the woman that died was from a wealthy, prominent New York family.

I love baseball.

“But, Burnsie, for the last two weeks you’ve been saying you hated baseball.”

I did hate it when the team I have rooted for since I was seven years old was in the throes of an unprecedented meltdown. I’m past that, I have no dog in this fight, and I can just appreciate the game for its own sake.

pouring massive amounts of reassurance into the bathtub but not sure how you are gonna fit trex. its a human sized tub

Get over it, TRex. You don’t know it, but they’re undoubtedly very jealous of you for too many reasons to list, not least of which is your being HST’s heir. They’re just, as you say, “happy little stepford gays…”

TRex @ 14

Yay, Mary!

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go slash my wrists Roman-style in the bath.

I just ran into My Evil Ex and his boyfriend at the grocery store. If I’d had some warning that I was about to see my ex, I might have been okay, but there they were, happy little stepford gays.

This is the guy who, after seven years, took up with his new boyfriend less than a month after we split up. (Actually, they were already having sex before we formally ended it.)

They’re buying a house together and they’re really happy and blah, blah, blah-de-fucking-blah.

I wish I was dead.

You have more talent in one finger than both of them have in their whole bodies combined. They just have a mortgage.

TRex @ 14

Yay, Mary!

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go slash my wrists Roman-style in the bath.

I just ran into My Evil Ex and his boyfriend at the grocery store. If I’d had some warning that I was about to see my ex, I might have been okay, but there they were, happy little stepford gays.

This is the guy who, after seven years, took up with his new boyfriend less than a month after we split up. (Actually, they were already having sex before we formally ended it.)

They’re buying a house together and they’re really happy and blah, blah, blah-de-fucking-blah.

I wish I was dead.

Ugh. I hate those random ex encounters. Thank god mine lives an entire state away in Columbus OH. Don’t let them get to you like that, you know theyre having the same hateful arguments you guys used to have in private.

TRex @ 17

Come on, guys, you’re supposed to be bathing me in reassurances right now.

Did you say, I can’t talk right now I have a few thousand people waiting on me..)

(((TRex))) …fuckem

TRex @ 14

Yay, Mary!

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go slash my wrists Roman-style in the bath.

I just ran into My Evil Ex and his boyfriend at the grocery store. If I’d had some warning that I was about to see my ex, I might have been okay, but there they were, happy little stepford gays.

This is the guy who, after seven years, took up with his new boyfriend less than a month after we split up. (Actually, they were already having sex before we formally ended it.)

They’re buying a house together and they’re really happy and blah, blah, blah-de-fucking-blah.

I wish I was dead.

Don’t let them f**k with your head. You are a Big-Ass International Celebrity with Gazillions of Worshippers. They are just two silly little men. Perspective.

better yet, es, trex, don’t fuck ‘em

trex, they don’t get a roar from a crowd simply by saying ‘i blog as trex at firedoglake’

Darling TRex, they will never qualify for a mortgage. And if they do, it’ll balloon and leave them homeless in one year. And if it doesn’t, termites will eat them out of house and home. And if they don’t — oh, you get the idea.

You know you are better off without him. Who wants a predictable Stepford Life when you have — US!!

Suzanne…. went and poured all the reassurance into my 25,000 gallon 9.0 foot deep diving pool… pumping running and water is still around 80 degrees

Suzanne @ 27

better yet, es, trex, don’t fuck ‘em

well, I guess.

marymccurnin @ 2

ZED! I never zedded before.

Ya lost your Zedginity!!! Congrats, I ran out to BK, and their broiler was down, hmmm, conspiracy?

there ya go, trex, katymine has your bath all ready to be bathed with reassurance – and you will fit better into that than my little horrid avocado green tub.

The will make you happy.

marymccurnin @ 19

katymine @ 16

I am still asking how someone could strangle themselves while being handcuffed behind their back.

A**hole cops. They stepped into it big time because the woman that died was from a wealthy, prominent New York family.

Yeah we sure don’t hear anything about the “illegals” who die in ICE custody, do we? But one white, well-connected mother dies in TSA custody and CNN is all over it. I do feel for her family, but people die every day in the police state’s custody. The societal imbalance represented by the publicity this story gets is appalling.

And TRex, we loooooooove you!

sorry to hear about the unpleasant encounter TRex. hard for me to relate, as my only significant ex is our daughter’s (secular) god-mother. (long story.)

on that note, an EPU:

TRex, great post…very timely, on the occasion of punaisette’s 14th birthday today.

Suzanne @ 33

there ya go, trex, katymine has your bath all ready to be bathed with reassurance – and you will fit better into that than my little horrid avocado green tub.

OMG I hate avocado green anything. Especially bathrooms and the worst are stoves and refriegerators. What kind of lunatics thought that color would be just awesome to paint everything made in the 70s?

Suzanne @ 28

trex, they don’t get a roar from a crowd simply by saying ‘i blog as trex at firedoglake’

Yeah!
I bet the grocery store cashier doesn’t even like them.

Was listening to the new album by Mark Olson (ex-Jayhawks) earlier this evening. It’s really good.

Oh, Mr. TRex, would it cheer you up a bit to know that there is a new Annie Lennox album coming out tomorrow?

happy 14th punaisette

punaise @ 36

sorry to hear about the unpleasant encounter TRex. hard for me to relate, as my only significant ex is our daughter’s (secular) god-mother. (long story.)

on that note, an EPU:

TRex, great post…very timely, on the occasion of punaisette’s 14th birthday today.

Hey! I share a birfday wit your daughter! Cool! Only, I’m like 22 yrs older.

TeddySanFran @ 29

Darling TRex, they will never qualify for a mortgage. And if they do, it’ll balloon and leave them homeless in one year. And if it doesn’t, termites will eat them out of house and home. And if they don’t — oh, you get the idea.

You know you are better off without him. Who wants a predictable Stepford Life when you have — US!!

excellent.
thanks tsf.
this is totally better than any reassurance i could offer.

well, other than that i think you’re a cool guy.
tsf said it better.

and you have US!!

Suzanne @ 27

better yet, es, trex, don’t fuck ‘em

Somewhere in the deep dark recesses of my mind I recall a Lenny Bruce bit about how we use the word ‘fuck’. I don’t recall the exact words but it boiled down to this. Why would you tell people who annoy you to go and get fucked. Fucking is nice, why would you wish that for someone you can’t stand? What we should say is ‘unfuck’ meaning “may you never fuck again.” So, unfuck em’

katymine @ 16

I am still asking how someone could strangle themselves while being handcuffed behind their back.

Is that what the autopsy showed?

By the way, for the record, I do not use the term birthday because honestly, you only have on actual birthday. All the rest of them are the anniversaries of your birth, which is too long to say. That’s why I use the vernacular, birfday.

ydj — i am in awe of your ability to land on the comment number you select, even when we’re in triple digits. other than that, yeah, i am cooler than you.

finifinito @ 41

punaise @ 36

sorry to hear about the unpleasant encounter TRex. hard for me to relate, as my only significant ex is our daughter’s (secular) god-mother. (long story.)

on that note, an EPU:

Hey! I share a birfday wit your daughter! Cool! Only, I’m like 22 yrs older.

Dang, fini, Happy Birthday!!! And, Punaisette!!!

persiflage @ 43

Suzanne @ 27

better yet, es, trex, don’t fuck ‘em

Somewhere in the deep dark recesses of my mind I recall a Lenny Bruce bit about how we use the word ‘fuck’. I don’t recall the exact words but it boiled down to this. Why would you tell people who annoy you to go and get fucked. Fucking is nice, why would you wish that for someone you can’t stand? What we should say is ‘unfuck’ meaning “may you never fuck again.” So, unfuck em’

That’s a great bit. The punch line is “Fuck you, Ma!”

yo, fini, I always knew there was something special about you!

joyeux anniversaire!

TeddySanFran @ 35

marymccurnin @ 19

A**hole cops. They stepped into it big time because the woman that died was from a wealthy, prominent New York family.

Yeah we sure don’t hear anything about the “illegals” who die in ICE custody, do we? But one white, well-connected mother dies in TSA custody and CNN is all over it. I do feel for her family, but people die every day in the police state’s custody. The societal imbalance represented by the publicity this story gets is appalling.

And TRex, we loooooooove you!

So true. ICE, Blackwater, NOPD, LAPD, SFPD, etc.

OH, my contribution to tonight’s jukebox is a really cool song lyrically.

“Knights of Cydonia”
by Muse

Come ride with me through the veils of history,
I’ll show you a God falls asleep on the job,
How can we win when fools can be kings?
Don’t waste your time or time will waste you
No-one’s going to take me alive
The time has come to make things right
You and I must fight for our rights
You and I must fight to survive

No-one’s going to take me alive
The time has come to make things right
You and I must fight for our rights
You and I must fight to survive

No-one’s going to take me alive
The time has come to make things right
You and I must fight for our rights
You and I must fight to survive

TeddySanFran @ 35

And TRex, we loooooooove you!

I believe luuuurvvv is the (un)commonly accepted spelling.

punaise,

enjoy that 14th birthday with punaisette! we’re undergoing the second week of hard empty nest. both kids gone to college for real. the food sure lasts longer, though, especially crackers and ice cream.

marymccurnin @ 50

TeddySanFran @ 35

Yeah we sure don’t hear anything about the “illegals” who die in ICE custody, do we? But one white, well-connected mother dies in TSA custody and CNN is all over it. I do feel for her family, but people die every day in the police state’s custody. The societal imbalance represented by the publicity this story gets is appalling.

And TRex, we loooooooove you!

So true. ICE, Blackwater, NOPD, LAPD, SFPD, etc.

It does seem like the word came down, nationwide – kick ass and who cares about names.

Did you say, I can’t talk right now I have a few thousand people waiting on me..)

*smacks forehead*

Dammit, Eureka. I should have texted you from the produce aisle.

GOD IT WAS SO AWFUL.

My composure completely decomposed when I realized who I was looking at. So, I beat a hasty retreat through baked goods and grabbed some organic salsa from the edge of the deli, then ran, ran, ran to get in line and get out before they saw me.

I totally blew it. I got so flustered it took me four tries to get my debit card and PIN entered. I was hot-faced and suddenly soaked in sweat and nothing was going into the cart right.

But then I thought I had almost made it, I was gently tucking the stargazer lilies into the baby basket on my cart when Jimmy said, “Hey, David!”

I tried to ignore him.

“Hey! DAVID!”

Oh, go piss up a rope.

*big fake smile*

“Hey, how are you?” and I could tell from the phony cheeriness in my voice that it was abundantly clear that they had caught me furiously trying to scuttle away.

“Good, how are you?”

It was the first time I’d laid eyes on New Boyfriend. He is, of course, exquisitely handsome.

“Oh, I’m good,” I said, then furiously bolted for the door, cart rattling, telegraphing my shame aloud to the ENTIRE STORE.

I die, I die.

Always a good time for Lenny Bruce.

TRex, you have all the comfort I can offer. Goodnight, all.

The AZ spin on this story…. she was yelling and screaming because she missed a flight from PHX to Tucson….. on the way to Rehab [oh another loony] and the autopsy will be in a few days. NY family is sending an expert to be there and assist with the autopsy.

Sky Harbor Airport was first to get that puffer screener, the first to get the X-ray screener and loves to hire TSA who SCREAM at paying Airline customers.

Ed*ard Teller @ 53

punaise,

enjoy that 14th birthday with punaisette! we’re undergoing the second week of hard empty nest. both kids gone to college for real. the food sure lasts longer, though, especially crackers and ice cream.

thanks ET. we’re still adjusting to semi-emptynesterhood, with punaise jr. off to college barely ten days ago. his sis gets all the parental scrutiny now…

Damn you, TRex. I now have to listen to my whole Cake collection.

::drives husband nuts with “Sheep Go to Heaven”::

TRex @ 14

Yay, Mary!

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go slash my wrists Roman-style in the bath.

I just ran into My Evil Ex and his boyfriend at the grocery store. If I’d had some warning that I was about to see my ex, I might have been okay, but there they were, happy little stepford gays.

This is the guy who, after seven years, took up with his new boyfriend less than a month after we split up. (Actually, they were already having sex before we formally ended it.)

They’re buying a house together and they’re really happy and blah, blah, blah-de-fucking-blah.

I wish I was dead.

Don’t be discouraged, TRex. I had that happen to me. This girl had been after my boyfriend of 5 years (the one I was ‘too fat’ for at 140 lbs!) practically the whole time we were together, and she finally got him. Wouldn’t marry me after 5 years – 6 months later they were married. Kicked my ass. I felt like I must be the most undesirable person in the world.

10 years later, I run into her in Orlando (where I used to live) and shake her hand for doing me the favor of taking him away. I found my true love, have 3 kids – fat ‘n’ happy. She, meanwhile, is all miserable because he was just as selfish with her as he was with me.

You’re quality, TRex. One day you’ll be thanking Mr. Stepford.

finifinito @ 37

Suzanne @ 33

there ya go, trex, katymine has your bath all ready to be bathed with reassurance – and you will fit better into that than my little horrid avocado green tub.

OMG I hate avocado green anything. Especially bathrooms and the worst are stoves and refriegerators. What kind of lunatics thought that color would be just awesome to paint everything made in the 70s?

He had a fancy for harvest gold and some pumpkin color, too.

trex – that is only your perception of it – i bet they went home and the discussion of how great you looked caused a huge fight and accusations of jealousy and tears.

TRex @ 14

I wish I was dead.

Sorry, you can’t have death, you already asked for cake! *g*

(Seriously, he clearly wasn’t worthy of you; leave them to their sterile Stepford existence.)

Happy birthday to punaisette.

Please tell her that her uncle TRex instructs her to never, ever, ever, EVAR!!!1!1!1eleven!1! fall in love with anyone, ever. Love is a dog from Hell that will tear out your heart and leave you wandering the earth with a big gaping hole in your chest until you die alone in a room that smells of cat urine.

SO DON’T DO IT!

trex, did you see the comment upthread about the new annie lennox album?

trex, don’t make me smack ya with this pity towel – you are better off without that lowlife stepford arse – rat bastoid is not good enough for you anywhere no how and you are better off without him.

remember all the pain he caused you and be thankful he is not a part of your life anymore.

Suzanne @ 66

trex, did you see the comment upthread about the new annie lennox album?

Yes.

*pouts*

I refuse to be cheered.

TJ @ 57

TRex, you have all the comfort I can offer. Goodnight, all.

Nite, TJ!!!

burnspbesq @ 48

persiflage @ 43

Somewhere in the deep dark recesses of my mind I recall a Lenny Bruce bit about how we use the word ‘fuck’. I don’t recall the exact words but it boiled down to this. Why would you tell people who annoy you to go and get fucked. Fucking is nice, why would you wish that for someone you can’t stand? What we should say is ‘unfuck’ meaning “may you never fuck again.” So, unfuck em’

That’s a great bit. The punch line is “Fuck you, Ma!”

Ah, I’d forgotten the punch line. It’s been a long, long time since I heard it.

TRex @ 65

Happy birthday to punaisette.

Please tell her that her uncle TRex instructs her to never, ever, ever, EVAR!!!1!1!1eleven!1! fall in love with anyone, ever. Love is a dog from Hell that will tear out your heart and leave you wandering the earth with a big gaping hole in your chest until you die alone in a room that smells of cat urine.

SO DON’T DO IT!

no can do, amigo. I can’t let her see you like this. come on, big fella, snap out of it. that’s all ancient history. your prince charmant is out there somewhere.

I have the most serious crush on Mr. Izzard.
When I was in the recovery room from my mastectomy the nurse asked me if I was in any pain. They had given me massive amounts of morphine. From what my husband says I did the Eddie Izzard bit when he says “Chow” and pretends to be on a vespa. Cake or Death? Cake God Damnit!!!! Death will come soon enough.

dont make me use all 3 names, trex

TeddySanFran @ 46

ydj — i am in awe of your ability to land on the comment number you select, even when we’re in triple digits. other than that, yeah, i am cooler than you.

uh, with the edit function … one could nail it every time …
not that i would do that.

remember all the pain he caused you

You don’t know that half of it sister. At least the broken bones in my foot knitted back together after a year.

That was the time he knocked me down and stomped on my hands and feet.

You guys will be glad to know, though, that I actually broke the bones in my foot kicking him in the gut and sending him flying up against the opposite wall.

Wheee!

Ain’t love grand?

Just for you TRex…..

Pool at sunrise in Crete

Eddie Izzard is one of the funniest people alive today. I have all of his specials, and on the nights that the depression is kicking me while I am down I pop one in and laugh until it hurts. Who needs Prozac when Izzard does the same job?

finifinito @ 51

OH, my contribution to tonight’s jukebox is a really cool song lyrically.

“Knights of Cydonia”
by Muse

Come ride with me through the veils of history,
I’ll show you a God falls asleep on the job,
How can we win when fools can be kings?
Don’t waste your time or time will waste you
No-one’s going to take me alive
The time has come to make things right
You and I must fight for our rights
You and I must fight to survive

No-one’s going to take me alive
The time has come to make things right
You and I must fight for our rights
You and I must fight to survive

No-one’s going to take me alive
The time has come to make things right
You and I must fight for our rights
You and I must fight to survive

I totally thought this was a Razorlight song.

TRex @ 75

remember all the pain he caused you

You don’t know that half of it sister. At least the broken bones in my foot knitted back together after a year.

That was the time he knocked me down and stomped on my hands and feet.

You guys will be glad to know, though, that I actually broke the bones in my foot kicking him in the gut and sending him flying up against the opposite wall.

Wheee!

Ain’t love grand?

Why is hardest to get over the meanest people? Are we just hankering to be accepted by the unacceptable? Don’t ya just hate that sh*t?

I am heading off to bed…. catch you all tomorrow

TRex @ 68

Suzanne @ 66

trex, did you see the comment upthread about the new annie lennox album?

Yes.

*pouts*

I refuse to be cheered.

Big-Ass International Celebrities with Gazillions of Worshippers do not wallow in self-pity (except for comedic effect). Snap out of it — there’s fuckery afoot, and we need you to ATTACK!!!

TRex @ 78

I totally thought this was a Razorlight song.

Nope, but Muse and Razorlight inhabit the same musical space IMHO so I can see where you would think that. They’re both great bands!

Nite, Katy!!!

TRex @ 55

Did you say, I can’t talk right now I have a few thousand people waiting on me..)

*smacks forehead*

Dammit, Eureka. I should have texted you from the produce aisle.

GOD IT WAS SO AWFUL.

My composure completely decomposed when I realized who I was looking at. So, I beat a hasty retreat through baked goods and grabbed some organic salsa from the edge of the deli, then ran, ran, ran to get in line and get out before they saw me.

I totally blew it. I got so flustered it took me four tries to get my debit card and PIN entered. I was hot-faced and suddenly soaked in sweat and nothing was going into the cart right.

But then I thought I had almost made it, I was gently tucking the stargazer lilies into the baby basket on my cart when Jimmy said, “Hey, David!”

I tried to ignore him.

“Hey! DAVID!”

Oh, go piss up a rope.

*big fake smile*

“Hey, how are you?” and I could tell from the phony cheeriness in my voice that it was abundantly clear that they had caught me furiously trying to scuttle away.

“Good, how are you?”

It was the first time I’d laid eyes on New Boyfriend. He is, of course, exquisitely handsome.

“Oh, I’m good,” I said, then furiously bolted for the door, cart rattling, telegraphing my shame aloud to the ENTIRE STORE.

I die, I die.

Exquisitely handsome, perhaps.

But (to quote Tengrain) surely hung like a bee.

katymine @ 76

Just for you TRex…..

Pool at sunrise in Crete

Oh, fine. Here you have to come along and remind me how happy I am to know you and how glad I am that you’re not going to have to go through chemotherapy and make me feel like a total shitheel about having a big bratty tantrum about my ex beating me to the New Boyfriend finish line by two years.

Fine.

*hugs katymine*

Bring me lethal amounts of chocolate please.

see, trex, you are better off without him. what got ya tonight is that you were not prepared mentally to run into him. but now you have done that and survived and it reinforces that you are better off without him. fucker stomped your hands and feet (spitting) – don’t waste your time and energy on him, trex, he’s not fucking worth it (spitting again)

TRex @ 75

remember all the pain he caused you

You don’t know that half of it sister. At least the broken bones in my foot knitted back together after a year.

That was the time he knocked me down and stomped on my hands and feet.

You guys will be glad to know, though, that I actually broke the bones in my foot kicking him in the gut and sending him flying up against the opposite wall.

Wheee!

Ain’t love grand?

That ain’t love, my brotha. You’re doing some inside work right now, so you’ll be ready for a real man. You’re in transition.

Suzanne @ 63

trex – that is only your perception of it – i bet they went home and the discussion of how great you looked caused a huge fight and accusations of jealousy and tears.

And impotence.

(stuffing enough chocolate to clog the tubes into the modem for trex)

TRex @ 85

Bring me lethal amounts of chocolate please.

I’d be happy to send you some Tiramisu Cheesecake but we still don’t have Star Trek transporter tech yet.

OMG, what’s up with this?????

TeddySanFran @ 88

Suzanne @ 63

trex – that is only your perception of it – i bet they went home and the discussion of how great you looked caused a huge fight and accusations of jealousy and tears.

And impotence.

for both of em, the ex and his hung like a bee new boyfriend

Suzanne @ 89

(stuffing enough chocolate to clog the tubes into the modem for trex)

three mousse-k-tears

TeddySanFran @ 88

Suzanne @ 63

trex – that is only your perception of it – i bet they went home and the discussion of how great you looked caused a huge fight and accusations of jealousy and tears.

And impotence.

Damn skippy!

Suzanne @ 86

see, trex, you are better off without him. what got ya tonight is that you were not prepared mentally to run into him. but now you have done that and survived and it reinforces that you are better off without him. fucker stomped your hands and feet (spitting) – don’t waste your time and energy on him, trex, he’s not fucking worth it (spitting again)

Are you Italian?

Suzanne @ 86

see, trex, you are better off without him. what got ya tonight is that you were not prepared mentally to run into him. but now you have done that and survived and it reinforces that you are better off without him. fucker stomped your hands and feet (spitting) – don’t waste your time and energy on him, trex, he’s not fucking worth it (spitting again)

He was an evil fucker. Sadistic, vindictive, petty, competitive, and just smart enough for it to be incredibly infuriating that he could never quite understand me.

And B O R I N G, oh GOD. All he can talk about at length is his stupid retail job. I spent just over 45 minutes with him back in the winter and he managed to bore me senseless with his STUPID JOB.

GAAAAAAHH!

TRex @ 75

remember all the pain he caused you

You don’t know that half of it sister. At least the broken bones in my foot knitted back together after a year.

That was the time he knocked me down and stomped on my hands and feet.

You guys will be glad to know, though, that I actually broke the bones in my foot kicking him in the gut and sending him flying up against the opposite wall.

Wheee!

Ain’t love grand?

the everly brothers
Love Hurts

double irish, fini, but my first father in law was

Betcha seeing you will make the ex recall his wandering ways. He’ll be cheating on the new BF by the weekend. Or stomping on him.

Only the best chocolates for you, Dude.

burnspbesq @ 91

OMG, what’s up with this?????

If you cut David Brooks, he would bleed beige.

see, trex, you deserve so much better than that piece of bad trouble trash – much better.

Suzanne @ 98

double irish, fini, but my first father in law was

Ahhh, all the spitting threw me off. That’s such an Italian reaction! My ex was Italian and she would spit like that whenever we would argue, even if it was a minor thing like what video to rent.

Suzanne @ 102

see, trex, you deserve so much better than that piece of bad trouble trash – much better.

He was kinda trashy. He liked to put on airs, but he wasn’t, you know, educated.

Suzanne @ 89

(stuffing enough chocolate to clog the tubes into the modem for trex)

PU-leeze! Suzanne, don’t do that. Chocolate in the toobz gives Ted Stevens LIFE! We need to strangle his vital bodily essence.

trex, that fool dreams of being spam eating white trailer trash as the good life

TRex @ 104

Suzanne @ 102

see, trex, you deserve so much better than that piece of bad trouble trash – much better.

He was kinda trashy. He liked to put on airs, but he wasn’t, you know, educated.

I’m telling you, TRex – you’re going to be thanking Mr. Bee Stepford one of these days.

If this doesn’t cheer you up, TRex, I give up…

Being an old married straight white guy, I’m probably not the best judge of what TRex might find to be eye candy. But worst case, it’s still ear candy.

Happy anniversaries of your birth, Fini and Punaisette.

Now, Rex…Aren’t you better off? Famous blogger, pick of the ‘coalition of the willing’ at your beck and call, and all that?

Why, mere mortals can only salivate with imp*tent envy.

;>)

trex, i can look around for that kilt eye candy link if it will cheer you up

Before i go to sleep.

Yes the video is tokusatsu(rubber suit entertainment) But the theme song was used as an opening is by one of my FAVORITE Bands. They just released their 3rd album last week.

Ignore the vid, listen to the chops these three have. The song is Eiyuu(Hero). Off their first album, Open_d. XD

And TRex and the rest of you? You’re all my Heroes!

Oh, I’m fine.

Sigh.

I’m going to watch Buffy and eat some chicken broccoli casserole and wander off to bed.

Good night, guys.

Thanks for airrrrrything you do.

g’nite beloved therapod. enjoy buffy and the broccoli

TRex @ 96

Suzanne @ 86

see, trex, you are better off without him. what got ya tonight is that you were not prepared mentally to run into him. but now you have done that and survived and it reinforces that you are better off without him. fucker stomped your hands and feet (spitting) – don’t waste your time and energy on him, trex, he’s not fucking worth it (spitting again)

He was an evil fucker. Sadistic, vindictive, petty, competitive, and just smart enough for it to be incredibly infuriating that he could never quite understand me.

And B O R I N G, oh GOD. All he can talk about at length is his stupid retail job. I spent just over 45 minutes with him back in the winter and he managed to bore me senseless with his STUPID JOB.

GAAAAAAHH!

Well, such an attractive individual, I can see why you’re feeling down about him. Is this about seeing him partnered up while you’re still single? That’s easily explained, you’re a complex, intelligent, creative and gifted man. Plus, you have standards. You will meet a man who fascinates, adores and fulfils you and you’ll be a better partner for what you’ve been through.

TRex @ 113

Oh, I’m fine.

Sigh.

I’m going to watch Buffy and eat some chicken broccoli casserole and wander off to bed.

Good night, guys.

Thanks for airrrrrything you do.

Good night, T.

dammit, TRex, we can’t even offer you a drink to console yourself. FDLers who are so inclined, time to take one for the team.

hey burns, thanks for the evil incarnate – i’m dayam proud to have gotten that outta you

(laughing)good luck trying to get that new laptop tho

Wingnuts and fundies have some bizarre social rituals, to be sure, but I think this might just take the cake.

punaise @ 117

dammit, TRex, we can’t even offer you a drink to console yourself. FDLers who are so inclined, time to take one for the team.

Poor me… Digging through fridge for a Modelo…

Annie Lennox
Dark Road

punaise @ 117

dammit, TRex, we can’t even offer you a drink to console yourself. FDLers who are so inclined, time to take one for the team.

Cheers!

burnspbesq @ 119

Wingnuts and fundies have some bizarre social rituals, to be sure, but I think this might just take the cake.

Oh man, I have a friend that runs a catering company that got hired for one of these and she was sooooo creeped out by the experience the next time the group that organized it called her she refused to take their job they were offering.

burnspbesq @ 119

Wingnuts and fundies have some bizarre social rituals, to be sure, but I think this might just take the cake.

Ewwwwwwwww.

Well, now that TRex has gone for the night, I guess we can break out the Joy Division and Morrisey.

turning on the strobe lights and the disco glitter ball

burnspbesq @ 125

Well, now that TRex has gone for the night, I guess we can break out the Joy Division and Morrisey.

mope-on-a-rope

(wait, I didn’t mean it that way!)

Suzanne @ 126

turning on the strobe lights and the disco glitter ball

Gimme an acoustic guitar instead. :P Right now i’m in my happy place with Doa before i wander off to bed so i can open the pharamcy in the morning.

yellowdog jim @ 121

Annie Lennox
Dark Road

Okay, she just made me cry.

I WANNA COME IN FROM THE COLD
AND MAKE MYSELF RENEWED AGAIN
IT TAKES STRENGTH TO LIVE THIS WAY
THE SAME OLD MADNESS EVERYDAY
I WANNA KICK THESE BLUES AWAY
I WANNA LEARN TO LIVE AGAIN

It does take strength to live this way.

Amen, Annie.

Suzanne @ 126

turning on the strobe lights and the disco glitter ball

Good Times!

*pops in, nabs the second to last slice left of Aunt Betsy’s cake, and waves*

Hello, all! Just catching up on the posts and comments here!

Of course that happy place means misspelling my own place of employment! *yawns*

Night everyone.

peanutbutter @ 131

*pops in, nabs the second to last slice left of Aunt Betsy’s cake, and waves*

Hello, all! Just catching up on the posts and comments here!

Hey PB! I just added ye as a friend on FB!

Well, I have to be on the phone to Switzerland at o-dark-hundred tomorrow, so I’m out.

Pleasant dreams, everyone.

Anyone n any good movies I should see?

finifinito @ 133

peanutbutter @ 131

*pops in, nabs the second to last slice left of Aunt Betsy’s cake, and waves*

Hello, all! Just catching up on the posts and comments here!

Hey PB! I just added ye as a friend on FB!

Oh cool! Another step along my way to world domination!

Uh, I mean — hey that’s great! ;-)

^anyone seen?

fini, is there still such a thing as a good movie nowadays? seems like everything is a remake of something made when i was younger

TRex @ 14

Yay, Mary!

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go slash my wrists Roman-style in the bath.

I just ran into My Evil Ex and his boyfriend at the grocery store. If I’d had some warning that I was about to see my ex, I might have been okay, but there they were, happy little stepford gays.

This is the guy who, after seven years, took up with his new boyfriend less than a month after we split up. (Actually, they were already having sex before we formally ended it.)

They’re buying a house together and they’re really happy and blah, blah, blah-de-fucking-blah.

I wish I was dead.

For some bhudda’s sake man, move west and leave it all behind . . . .

Muscle up and take CHARGE of yer life.

It’s what broken hearts DO ya know. They CHANGE!!!

And yers is no more broken than any of ours have been in OUR lives . . . 54 now, and three broken hearts till I was 31 . . . and 23 GLORIOUS years cuz I changed . . . ;-)

N don’t tell me hetero’s can’t feel what you feel.

We ALL feel these things, color or sexual preferences aside, we are humans, we FEEL!

With yer creds and NPR and general skills, The West Has A Place For You . . . hell, the whole PLANET has a place for you . . .

Change, it’s inevitable, hoss . . . . you can wait for IT to change YOU, or, you can take charge and be in front of it all . . .

-Just offerin it up

TRex @ 129

yellowdog jim @ 121

Annie Lennox
Dark Road

Okay, she just made me cry.

I WANNA COME IN FROM THE COLD
AND MAKE MYSELF RENEWED AGAIN
IT TAKES STRENGTH TO LIVE THIS WAY
THE SAME OLD MADNESS EVERYDAY
I WANNA KICK THESE BLUES AWAY
I WANNA LEARN TO LIVE AGAIN

It does take strength to live this way.

Amen, Annie.

amen, trex

hmmm, tds says tweety will be on tomorrow night. wonder if jon will ask him about his mancrush on boosh’s flight suit?

Suzanne @ 138

fini, is there still such a thing as a good movie nowadays? seems like everything is a remake of something made when i was younger

It does seem that way at times. If it isnt a remake its a retread of some story already told before. I suppose I was just idly askin’ in case there is something worth checkin out. I do get surprised from time to time like with The Departed.

went looking for the somewhat melodramatic and sappy Don’t Give Up but found this instead: not particularly apt, but an interesting song.

Peter Gabriel and Sinead O’Connor: Blood of Eden

(bonus: dinosaur at around 2:45)

I was pleasantly surprised by V is for Vendetta, although I caution you I did not read the graphic novel.

I did watch The Good German with George Clooney and Toby Maguire today. Critics hated it and it bombed at the box office because the whole move is in black and white. Why do audiences immediately dismiss a movie that isnt filmed in color? It’s like not listening to a band because their singer has red hair.

fin, every sat nite there is a post over at digby’s about the movies…. you ever read those? sounds like some good ones are available – ya just gotta look for them.

peanutbutter @ 144

I was pleasantly surprised by V is for Vendetta, although I caution you I did not read the graphic novel.

OOOOOOh I love that movie. Though I do understand the graphic novel is significantly different and that this angered the writer and his fans. I don’t care, the movie was most awesome.

finifinito @ 135

Anyone n any good movies I should see?

for the rental queue, two films with Edward Norton:

“The Painted Veil” with Naomi Watts, and
“The Illusionist”

Suzanne @ 146

fin, every sat nite there is a post over at digby’s about the movies…. you ever read those? sounds like some good ones are available – ya just gotta look for them.

I do and I usually watch most of those recommendations. I just have kind of reached the end of my list of must see movies recently.

punaise @ 148

finifinito @ 135

Anyone n any good movies I should see?

for the rental queue, two films with Edward Norton:

“The Painted Veil” with Naomi Watts, and
“The Illusionist”

I adore The Illusionist! What a great film, Norton was excellent.

I will look into The Painted Veil, I don’t think I’ve come across that yet. I usually like anything Ed Norton does.

fini, sounds like it is time to revisit some of your favorite old movies.

i always can find time for ferris bueller or the princess bride just to name a few.

Suzanne @ 151

fini, sounds like it is time to revisit some of your favorite old movies.

i always can find time for ferris bueller or the princess bride just to name a few.

“My name is Diego Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”

“Its understanding that allows a person like me to tolerate a person like you”

My two favorite quotes from Princess Bride, then Ferris Bueller.

both my girls quote the dialog from both movies, fini, perfectly

finifinito @ 150

punaise @ 148

for the rental queue, two films with Edward Norton:

“The Painted Veil” with Naomi Watts, and
“The Illusionist”

I adore The Illusionist! What a great film, Norton was excellent.

I will look into The Painted Veil, I don’t think I’ve come across that yet. I usually like anything Ed Norton does.

The original was released in 1934 starring Greta Garbo and George Brent. Our namesake for the Stowitts Museum (H.J. Stowitts – American 1892-1953) played the role of the Sun God and rescued the celestial princess of the moon in a wonderfully extravagant episode that received so much pre-publicity it pissed off Garbo and she ordered the set closed to keep the nascent Hollywood gossip writers away. Stowitts was the first American partner of Anna Pavlova and he played the Satyr in The Magician, a silent film directed by Rex Ingram, 1926. Hard to find in DVD but well worth a search. Filmed in and around Nice and loosely based on the life of Aleister Crowley.

fini, i thought it was Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father prepare to die.

finifinito @ 150

I usually like anything Ed Norton does.

well, there was that Woody Allen
musical

Suzanne @ 155

fini, i thought it was Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father prepare to die.

You’re right, I misquote that all the damn time. Please excuse, erase erase!

I’m too late again. Well, here’s some Death by Chocolate for those of us still here.

Running into an ex, and they’re with someone new, is awful. All you can do is stay calm, or pretend you’re calm, and get out of there as fast as possible. Trex did just that. Good for him

{{{Trex}}}

OT, but does anyone know why Hillary has not released her funding raising totals and number of donors?

punaise @ 156

finifinito @ 150

I usually like anything Ed Norton does.

well, there was that Woody Allen
musical

Like I said, I usually like anything Ed Norton does. There are exceptions.

Have I ever mentioned my contempt for Joe Lieberman is matched only by my contempt for Woody Allen?

hey npb

fini, my girls’ fav bit of ferris is Um, he’s sick. My best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who’s going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it’s pretty serious.

made for some interesting road trips with them swapping dialog back and forth

Suzanne @ 161

hey npb

fini, my girls’ fav bit of ferris is Um, he’s sick. My best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who’s going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it’s pretty serious.

made for some interesting road trips with them swapping dialog back and forth

I’m also partial to:

I heard that you were feeling ill
Headache fever and a chill
I came to help restore your pluck
Cuz I’m the girl who likes to

Trex, under the heading of revenge eaten cold,
I recommend slow torture:

Casually mention your biographical coming-of-age book was just accepted for publication.

Later, confide the publisher hit a snag getting it past those pesky lawyers, but you’re still hopeful.

finifinito @ 160

punaise @ 156

well, there was that Woody Allen
musical

Like I said, I usually like anything Ed Norton does. There are exceptions.

Have I ever mentioned my contempt for Joe Lieberman is matched only by my contempt for Woody Allen?

nahhh, our mileage varies on this one. in spite of some awful stuff, Woody Allen has some good work. Lieberman, au contraire.

punaise @ 164

nahhh, our mileage varies on this one. in spite of some awful stuff, Woody Allen has some good work. Lieberman, au contraire.

To each his own, I can’t stomach anything he has done no matter how compelling the argument. It’s just not possible for me to enjoy anything he has done. I respect him as a filmmaker, its a very hard gig to do well and he has brought a lot of joy to many millions. Just not me.

I asked for a car, I got a computer. How’s that for being born under a bad sign?

oh geez, fini, i totally forgot to include the blues brothers. must be getting tired.

newspaperbrat @ 154

The original was released in 1934 starring Greta Garbo and George Brent. Our namesake for the Stowitts Museum (H.J. Stowitts – American 1892-1953) played the role of the Sun God and rescued the celestial princess of the moon in a wonderfully extravagant episode that received so much pre-publicity it pissed off Garbo and she ordered the set closed to keep the nascent Hollywood gossip writers away. Stowitts was the first American partner of Anna Pavlova and he played the Satyr in The Magician, a silent film directed by Rex Ingram, 1926. Hard to find in DVD but well worth a search. Filmed in and around Nice and loosely based on the life of Aleister Crowley.

wow!

xargaw @ 159

OT, but does anyone know why Hillary has not released her funding raising totals and number of donors?

She wants her own news cycle. iirc, she did it before, too.

Suzanne @ 166

I asked for a car, I got a computer. How’s that for being born under a bad sign?

Yeeeeah, a death in the family, jeez thats a tough one. Just roll her old bones on over here so I can get a good look at her and I’ll release Sloan right away.

goodnight, pups, dentist tomorrow!

Oh, he’s very popular Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads – they all adore him. They think he’s a righteous dude.

Suzanne @ 167

oh geez, fini, i totally forgot to include the blues brothers. must be getting tired.

How much for the leetle girl? Your daughters, your wife, how much for the weeeeman? HAHAHHAHAHA

its 106 miles to chicago we’ve got a half a tank of gas, its dark and we are wearing sunglasses – hit it

Hey boy! D’you remember mah Cheez Whiz?

Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, don’t fail us now.

time for me to do my inner eyelid inspection. g’nite alll

yellowdog jim @ 121

Annie Lennox
Dark Road

It’s a dark road
And a dark way that leads to my house
And the word says
That you’re never gonna find me there, oh no
I’ve got an open door
It didn’t get there by itself
It didn’t get there by itself…

There’s a feelin’
But you’re not feelin’ it at all
There’s a meaning
But you’re not listening any more
I look at that open road
I’m gonna walk there by myself…

Uuhhhh

And if you catch me I might try to run away
You know I can’t be there too long
And if you let me I might try to make you stay
Seems you never realise a good thing till it’s gone…

Ohhh … uuhhh .. uhhhh

Maybe I’m still searchin’ but I don’t know what it means
All the fires of destruction are still burnin’ in my dreams
There’s no water that can wash away this longin’ to come clean…

Hey .. yeah .. yeah …
Ohh .. uhh … uhhh

I can’t find the joy within in my soul
It’s just sadness takin’ hold
I wanna come in from the cold
And make myself renewed again
It takes strength to live this way
The same old madness everyday
I wanna kick these blues away
I wanna learn to live again

Hey .. hey .. hey
Hey .. hey .. hey

It’s a dark road
And a dark way that leads to my house
And the word says
That you’re never gonna find me there oh no
I’ve got an open door
It didn’t get there by itself… ooh
It didn’t get there by itself

Annie Lennox

Blues Brothers and Animal House are my absolute, hands down, no questions asked favorite comedy movies of all time. I’ll stop now, I could quote Blues Brothers lines until I’ve acted out the whole thing in this comment section.

New Oldsmobiles are in early this year.

newtonusr @ 180

New Oldsmobiles are in early this year.

Do you have Miss Piggy?

peanutbutter,

Another step along my way to world domination!

Aha! THAT’S the Liberal Agenda!

baby clothes… this place has everything

kinda of like the lake – g’nite for realsie this time

1,615 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND..

Citizen finifinito and the latenite Firepup Freedom Fighters:

Stripes gets my vote…the graduation parade breakdown is hillarious.

keep the faith and pass the ammunition

finifinito @ 181

newtonusr @ 180

New Oldsmobiles are in early this year.

Do you have Miss Piggy?

How much for the weemin?

NorskeFlamethrower @ 184

1,615 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND..

Citizen finifinito and the latenite Firepup Freedom Fighters:

Stripes gets my vote…the graduation parade breakdown is hillarious.

keep the faith and pass the ammunition

Stripes is on the list of DVDs I must have to survive the apocolypse not far after Animal House and Blues Brothers.

Who else cried when Ol Yeller died? I know I did.

Speaking of the apocolypse, one of the Four Horsemen is riding as we speak. Her name is Hannah Montana, whom I am certain is the First Horseman.

Nite Suz c(_)>~~~

Stallone tells of Burma atrocities

“I witnessed the aftermath – survivors with legs cut off and all kinds of land mine injuries, maggot-infested wounds and ears cut off. We saw many elephants with blown off legs. We hear about Vietnam and Cambodia and this was more horrific,” Stallone said in a telephone interview.

they were making a Rambo movie over there.

Does the world need another Rambo movie? Really?

OK, time to crash. Thanks for all the birfday wishes, cake and ice cream!

nite fini
im out as well

I’m watching Ken Burns War episode tonight.

For some reason, I wondered if Preznit Georgie is watching, and if so, what he is thinking & feeling. Like, if he has an ounce of compassion or remorse for the evils that war causes, or if he, like Reagan, sees only the “heroism”.

Bob in HI

Happy Birthday fini!

Happy Birthday Margot!

happy bday, fini

bobschacht @ 193

I’m watching Ken Burns War episode tonight.

For some reason, I wondered if Preznit Georgie is watching, and if so, what he is thinking & feeling. Like, if he has an ounce of compassion or remorse for the evils that war causes, or if he, like Reagan, sees only the “heroism”.

Bob in HI

is it good, worth watching?

I haven’t been, I’m a little overdosed on death & destruction

yellowdog jim , greetings

hola, ellie

and now, i too must fade out

oh well

all good things must come to an end :)

G’night!

Happy Birthday tw3k!

Elliott @ 197

bobschacht @ 193

I’m watching Ken Burns War episode tonight.

For some reason, I wondered if Preznit Georgie is watching, and if so, what he is thinking & feeling. Like, if he has an ounce of compassion or remorse for the evils that war causes, or if he, like Reagan, sees only the “heroism”.

Bob in HI

is it good, worth watching?

I haven’t been, I’m a little overdosed on death & destruction

Well, there’s plenty of death and destruction in Iraq right now, so its not like I want more.

“Good”? Well, of course it is well produced, and well-conceived. “Worth watching”? I’d say yes, especially worthwhile to those who have never seen the real face of war. And worth watching ESPECIALLY by those who know (visually) about war primarily by watching Hollywood movies.

BTW, now that tonight’s episode of “War” is over, I’m watching Democracy Now!, and I’ve just noticed something: Amy speaks primarily with the left side of her mouth! I’d never noticed that before. She doesn’t sound any different. She’s as good as ever, of course.

Bob in HI

Elliott @ 202

Happy Birthday tw3k!

Thanks!

I like Amy Goodman and her brother.

twȝk @ 204

Elliott @ 202

Happy Birthday tw3k!

Thanks!

having a party with your Dad?

Elliott @ 206

twȝk @ 204

Thanks!

having a party with your Dad?

Na, I try to ignore the day, lol.

twȝk @ 207

Elliott @ 206

having a party with your Dad?

Na, I try to ignore the day, lol.

as a well known birthday brat, I’ll consider that a challenge.

Elliott @ 208

twȝk @ 207

Na, I try to ignore the day, lol.

as a well known birthday brat, I’ll consider that a challenge.

lol, what you like birthdays?

twȝk @ 209

Elliott @ 208

as a well known birthday brat, I’ll consider that a challenge.

lol, what you like birthdays?

I love birthday parties

Elliott @ 210

twȝk @ 209

lol, what you like birthdays?

I love birthday parties

I like them when they are not mine :D

When is yours?

Spootnik’s on CSPAN, I watched some of this earlier

twȝk @ 211

Elliott @ 210

I love birthday parties

I like them when they are not mine :D

When is yours?

I had mine this year!

707!

How is your Dad?

Elliott @ 212

Spootnik’s on CSPAN, I watched some of this earlier

Too bad wars are more important the education and space.

Sputnik is a cool looking satellite.

Elliott @ 215

How is your Dad?

He is good. Pretty much back to normal now. Done with rehab and bad to practicing clarinet.

twȝk @ 216

Elliott @ 212

Spootnik’s on CSPAN, I watched some of this earlier

Too bad wars are more important the education and space.

Sputnik is a cool looking satellite.

yeah, cool. It’s much littler than I expected.

I get a kick out of Khrushchev

twȝk @ 217

Elliott @ 215

How is your Dad?

He is good. Pretty much back to normal now. Done with rehab and bad to practicing clarinet.

That’s good!
is that his favorite? or something he’s adding to his abilities?

Elliott @ 219

twȝk @ 217

He is good. Pretty much back to normal now. Done with rehab and bad to practicing clarinet.

That’s good!
is that his favorite? or something he’s adding to his abilities?

Yeah, heh, he plays with a Concert Band (the one with suspenders) and the zim zim guys.

He was a music major in college but changed to theater so it’s both new and old for him.

Ah, shriners, not zim zims

twȝk @ 221

Ah, shriners, not zim zims

good, never heard of zim zims!

That’s neat that he plays with a concert band. You musical, too?

Elliott @ 222

twȝk @ 221

Ah, shriners, not zim zims

good, never heard of zim zims!

That’s neat that he plays with a concert band. You musical, too?

Not sure it’s the right name but zim zims are the go-kart guys.

He is getting more into jazz and classical. The concert band kinda goes over-board on the suza!

I’m not very musical. I just like playing with sound.

brb, coffee

twȝk @ 223

Elliott @ 222

good, never heard of zim zims!

That’s neat that he plays with a concert band. You musical, too?

Not sure it’s the right name but zim zims are the go-kart guys.

He is getting more into jazz and classical. The concert band kinda goes over-board on the suza!

I’m not very musical. I just like playing with sound.

What’s your favorite medium?

What’s your favorite medium?

Sister Anna on Hwy 41 outside Marietta GA. $10 palm readings…

Hard to choose! I guess charcoal and paper due to the simplicity.

707 Bill!

This Jay Walker guy has some great commentary.

MR. Bill @ 226

What’s your favorite medium?

Sister Anna on Hwy 41 outside Marietta GA. $10 palm readings…

I gesso!

that was funny!

I’m going to walk the dog, bbl!

707! good one! yeah, that is funny.

Hey guys, 49.5 here on Sugar Creek in Fabulous Blue Ridge. Work getting a bit crazy and my boyfriend (he’s HIV ) has had health issues seemingly triggered by getting a bunch of (6( yellow jacket stings while working in the garden.
I’ll be here only spottily in the next week or so..

MR. Bill @ 233

Hey guys, 49.5 here on Sugar Creek in Fabulous Blue Ridge. Work getting a bit crazy and my boyfriend (he’s HIV ) has had health issues seemingly triggered by getting a bunch of (6( yellow jacket stings while working in the garden.
I’ll be here only spottily in the next week or so..

Damn Mr Bill, best to ya’ll.

Yeah, sorry to hear that Bill. Take a good deep breath of that Blue Ridge air.

raven @ 234

MR. Bill @ 233

Hey guys, 49.5 here on Sugar Creek in Fabulous Blue Ridge. Work getting a bit crazy and my boyfriend (he’s HIV ) has had health issues seemingly triggered by getting a bunch of (6( yellow jacket stings while working in the garden.
I’ll be here only spottily in the next week or so..

Damn Mr Bill, best to ya’ll.

Well he has great (union backed) insurance. But suddenly he’s got thyroid and metabolic issues. And arthritis-like joint pain.

Good he has insurance. How long has he been sick?

And Eugene Robinson has a good piece on Strange Justice Clarence Thomas in the WaPo: http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..inionsbox1
I was in the middle of my art career during the Thomas hearings, and listened to them on the radio. I remember being horrified that a man who expressed such animus against his political opposition was going to be sitting in judgment. It was clear he was selected for his reliability in hewing to an extreme ideology. I, too, was pretty sure Anita Hill was telling the truth. (and would commend Mayer and Abramson’s “Strange Justice: the Selling of Clarence Thomas” see http://www.amazon.com/Strange-…..0395633184 ) to talk about the other suppressed complaints of harassment against Thomas.

If he has the hatred for the groups he blames for raising these issues as articulated in his statement that it was ‘a high tech lynching’, he should recuse himself whenever the ACLU or Planned Parenthood (e.g.) come before the Court.

twȝk @ 237

Good he has insurance. How long has he been sick?

Since mid-august. His viral load, usually barely detectable, went up, and he has felt like crap. He’s started on thyroid hormone, but it doesn’t seem to have addressed the low energy issue in a man who had been unstoppable.

And he’s been HIV for over 15 years.

Hmm the plus sign does not appear., after HIV.

MR. Bill @ 239

twȝk @ 237

Good he has insurance. How long has he been sick?

Since mid-august. His viral load, usually barely detectable, went up, and he has felt like crap. He’s started on thyroid hormone, but it doesn’t seem to have addressed the low energy issue in a man who had been unstoppable.

I hope the best for him. Don’t really know what to say beyond eat well and exercise.

That Thomas stuff is crazy. Any legal eagles weight in on recusement?

twȝk @ 242

MR. Bill @ 239

Since mid-august. His viral load, usually barely detectable, went up, and he has felt like crap. He’s started on thyroid hormone, but it doesn’t seem to have addressed the low energy issue in a man who had been unstoppable.

I hope the best for him. Don’t really know what to say beyond eat well and exercise.

Well he’s got a great Doctor, willing to use some nontraditional medicine, and who tells us he will have at least a normal lifespan (he’s 59).

MR. Bill @ 244

twȝk @ 242

I hope the best for him. Don’t really know what to say beyond eat well and exercise.

Well he’s got a great Doctor, willing to use some nontraditional medicine, and who tells us he will have at least a normal lifespan (he’s 59).

That is good. I’d imagine that it is hard to find a doctor willing to include alternative medicine. Attitude and lifestyle is, no doubt, an important factor.

twȝk @ 245

MR. Bill @ 244

Well he’s got a great Doctor, willing to use some nontraditional medicine, and who tells us he will have at least a normal lifespan (he’s 59).

That is good. I’d imagine that it is hard to find a doctor willing to include alternative medicine. Attitude and lifestyle is, no doubt, an important factor.

After 30 years, ending as the senior field engineer for a certain elevator company, he’s become an avid gardener. He get (or got) plenty of exercise, and has been my hero in term of staying positive.

MR. Bill @ 246

twȝk @ 245

That is good. I’d imagine that it is hard to find a doctor willing to include alternative medicine. Attitude and lifestyle is, no doubt, an important factor.

After 30 years, ending as the senior field engineer for a certain elevator company, he’s become an avid gardener. He get (or got) plenty of exercise, and has been my hero in term of staying positive.

Excellent! Gardening, IMHO, has to be one the most healthful activities. Communing with plants :)

Do you guys have a green house?

twȝk @ 247

MR. Bill @ 246
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Excellent! Gardening, IMHO, has to be one the most healthful activities. Communing with plants :)

Do you guys have a green house?

No it’s cedar sided..

707!

Healthy air and great for passive solar collection.

sorry.
No Greenhouse. His place is at 2600 ft, the soil is dreadful, and sunlight (it’s mostly wooded) is at a premium. Gardening has taken years to take off.
We’ve been in a relationship (and don’t try to live together) for 12 years as of October. I met him cutting fallen trees after Hurricane Opal. I helped him finish his house, and spend what time I can (more now that my kids are almost grown) with him.

And he has plans to add a greenhouse/sunroom to his house, which is mostly window anyway.

good morning! health and good cheer to all firepups and their loved ones!

MR. Bill @ 251

And he has plans to add a greenhouse/sunroom to his house, which is mostly window anyway.

I want to build something akin to this greenhouse.

Morning selise.
Ok twak, et al, I gotta get moving.
take it easy, and say hey to Marion..

l8r Bill, Ok.

morning selise

twȝk @ 253

I want to build something akin to this greenhouse.

wow!

Mornin’ all!

selise @ 256

twȝk @ 253

I want to build something akin to this greenhouse.

wow!

Yeah I really love the design concept with the systems interface. I’m not overly crazy about using tires as I can’t help to imagine that it’d give off some sort of gas as it decomposes. A well thought out design overall tho.

Most Americans want Iraq war funding cut: poll

Most Americans oppose fully funding President George W. Bush’s $190 billion request to fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while a majority supports expanding a children’s health care program he has threatened to veto, a Washington Post-ABC News poll shows.

twolf1 @ 259

Most Americans want Iraq war funding cut: poll

Most Americans oppose fully funding President George W. Bush’s $190 billion request to fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while a majority supports expanding a children’s health care program he has threatened to veto, a Washington Post-ABC News poll shows.

About seven in 10 independents want Congress to cut back funds allocated for the war effort, as do nearly nine in 10 Democrats; 46 percent of Republicans agree.

twȝk @ 258

Yeah I really love the design concept with the systems interface. I’m not overly crazy about using tires as I can’t help to imagine that it’d give off some sort of gas as it decomposes. A well thought out design overall tho.

maybe strawbale instead?

Good morning, pups. Today in the NYT Bobo looks at “Sal Paradise at 50,” and talks about “On the Road” 50 years later. Mr. Herbert says America needs a wholesale revamping of its public school system.

http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/

The coffee and tea are ready, and the biscuits are out of the oven. I’ve got to scram and cut back the rosemary by the front door so I don’t have to issue a machete to our guest who’s arriving on Thursday. Have a great day.

Good morning Marion, Mr. Bill said to say Hi!

He, tw3k, and say Hi back to Mr. Bill for me. My whole office is going to smell of rosemary today, because about 6 people have expressed an interest in branches of it. Mmmmmm… One of my favorite smells in the whole world.

selise @ 261

twȝk @ 258

Yeah I really love the design concept with the systems interface. I’m not overly crazy about using tires as I can’t help to imagine that it’d give off some sort of gas as it decomposes. A well thought out design overall tho.

maybe strawbale instead?

Something like that. I really like the strawbale idea but it wouldn’t have the same structural strength as the tire bricks for a bermed load bearing wall.

[waves hello to Marion]

Good Morning, Firepups!

It’s cool and clear here in central Jersey, but a few sprinkles are on the way. I’ve got some chores to finish before heading off to work, but there’s more coffee here in case Marion runs out. And lemon poppyseed muffins today (mmm).

Work for peace, every day.

Marion in Savannah @ 264

He, tw3k, and say Hi back to Mr. Bill for me. My whole office is going to smell of rosemary today, because about 6 people have expressed an interest in branches of it. Mmmmmm… One of my favorite smells in the whole world.

:) Sounds like a very pleasant and aromatic day!

twȝk and twolf1 –

Most Americans want Iraq war funding cut: poll

and instead… the senate votes yesterday to pass the defense authorization bill 92 – 3

tw�k @ 265

selise @ 261

maybe strawbale instead?

Something like that. I really like the strawbale idea but it wouldn’t have the same structural strength as the tire bricks for a bermed load bearing wall.

ahl… i wish i knew more about building. ever since i was about 8 years old, one of my favorite daydreams has been about having/building a little cabin/cottage/habitat in the woods or country.

selise @ 268

twȝk and twolf1 –

Most Americans want Iraq war funding cut: poll

and instead… the senate votes yesterday to pass the defense authorization bill 92 – 3

Well, the poll didn’t say what big business wanted.

Marion in Savannah @ 262

Good morning, pups. Today in the NYT Bobo looks at “Sal Paradise at 50,” and talks about “On the Road” 50 years later. Mr. Herbert says America needs a wholesale revamping of its public school system.

http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/

The coffee and tea are ready, and the biscuits are out of the oven. I’ve got to scram and cut back the rosemary by the front door so I don’t have to issue a machete to our guest who’s arriving on Thursday. Have a great day.

I haven’t read On the Road in quite sometime.

I always liked Snyder’s, Lookout Mountain I think, description of running down the mountain. Something like you don’t run down the mountain, you jump. Large leaps and bounds.

selise @ 269

tw�k @ 265

Something like that. I really like the strawbale idea but it wouldn’t have the same structural strength as the tire bricks for a bermed load bearing wall.

ahl… i wish i knew more about building. ever since i was about 8 years old, one of my favorite daydreams has been about having/building a little cabin/cottage/habitat in the woods or country.

Yeah, same here :)

Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts

…A host of Arctic scientists say it is too soon to know if the global greenhouse effect has already tipped the system to a condition in which sea ice in summers will be routinely limited to a few clotted passageways in northern Canada.

But at the university in Fairbanks — where signs of northern warming include sinkholes from thawing permafrost around its Arctic research center — Dr. Eicken and other experts are having a hard time conceiving a situation that could reverse the trends…

cspan caller – “need to remove lieberman from the gov’t immediately. he is the agent of a foreign nation…”

twolf1 @ 274

cspan caller – “need to remove lieberman from the gov’t immediately. he is the agent of a foreign nation…”

I’ll second that!

twȝk @ 272

selise @ 269

ahl… i wish i knew more about building. ever since i was about 8 years old, one of my favorite daydreams has been about having/building a little cabin/cottage/habitat in the woods or country.

Yeah, same here :)

every once in a while i think about really doing it… and then i take a look at the price of land, etc… and i go back to daydreaming.

Off topic:

The reich wingers are rewriting history again! Yep. One believes that slavery wasn’t as bad as we thought and the slaves practically enjoyed it! Hey, slaves were better off here than in Africa (yeah, ripped from their families and then dying en route to America. Good times for the slaves of Africa. How lucky they were!)!

http://www.townhall.com/Column…..nd_slavery

I guess the slavery of Mexicans today is okay with them? Uh huh. I think so. *rolling eyes*

twolf1 @ 273

Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts

silly twolf1, don’t you know there are more important things for our government to be working on? like the acceptability of what rush limbaugh and moveon have to say.

pls excuse me while i go running from the house screaming in frustration and despair.

selise @ 276

twȝk @ 272

Yeah, same here :)

every once in a while i think about really doing it… and then i take a look at the price of land, etc… and i go back to daydreaming.

Yup, it is expensive. Land not mention building materials. Arizona and Oregon has building codes for strawbale. Probably a few other states too.

KayInMaine @ 277

Off topic:

The reich wingers are rewriting history again! Yep. One believes that slavery wasn’t as bad as we thought and the slaves practically enjoyed it! Hey, slaves were better off here than in Africa (yeah, ripped from their families and then dying en route to America. Good times for the slaves of Africa. How lucky they were!)!

http://www.townhall.com/Column…..nd_slavery

I guess the slavery of Mexicans today is okay with them? Uh huh. I think so. *rolling eyes*

He must have a consensual sex slave :/

selise @ 278

twolf1 @ 273

Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts

silly twolf1, don’t you know there are more important things for our government to be working on? like the acceptability of what rush limbaugh and moveon have to say.

pls excuse me while i go running from the house screaming in frustration and despair.

My bad. One question though, what time does the House Subcommittee on Spears/Federline Progeny meet this AM?

707!twolf1 @ 281

selise @ 278

silly twolf1, don’t you know there are more important things for our government to be working on? like the acceptability of what rush limbaugh and moveon have to say.

pls excuse me while i go running from the house screaming in frustration and despair.

My bad. One question though, what time does the House Subcommittee on Spears/Federline Progeny meet this AM?

707!

twolf1 @ 281

My bad. One question though, what time does the House Subcommittee on Spears/Federline Progeny meet this AM?

i didn’t know who you were refering to… so i used the google.

thanks. laughing is a much better way to cope.

selise @ 278

twolf1 @ 273

Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts

silly twolf1, don’t you know there are more important things for our government to be working on? like the acceptability of what rush limbaugh and moveon have to say.

pls excuse me while i go running from the house screaming in frustration and despair.

Excuse me, both Canada and Russia WANT the ice cap melted because it represents more consistent shipping lanes. The article posted does not mention that this trend is BAD, simply that it’s occurring. Perhaps Global Warming is a good thing regardless of who’s causing it…

…and now for something completely different:

“Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever, 1963 vs 1991 editions (with revisions). The 1963 edition is my own, bought for me in the late 60’s when I was a toddler, and read to tatters. The 1991 edition belongs to my kids today. I was so familar with the older one that I immediately started noticing a few differences, and so have catalogued 14 of the more interesting differences here in this collection.”

The Best Word Book Ever,1963 and 1991.

twȝk @ 279

Yup, it is expensive. Land not mention building materials. Arizona and Oregon has building codes for strawbale. Probably a few other states too.

… and labor (since i am not strong enough or smart enough to do it myself).

some people not too far from me (here in MA) built a strawbale house. they had a bit of trouble getting permits for the composting toilet, but eventually everything worked out and the house is lovely (although far to house-like and big for my taste)…

Mornin!

Elliott @ 287

Mornin!

Howdy!

selise @ 285

twȝk @ 279

Yup, it is expensive. Land not mention building materials. Arizona and Oregon has building codes for strawbale. Probably a few other states too.

… and labor (since i am not strong enough or smart enough to do it myself).

some people not too far from me (here in MA) built a strawbale house. they had a bit of trouble getting permits for the composting toilet, but eventually everything worked out and the house is lovely (although far to house-like and big for my taste)…

Ah, very cool. It probably helped that it is frame construction rather than using the strawbales for a load bearing wall.

There are tons of strawbale designs on the toobz and doesn’t take that much physical strength. Having some energetic friends would help too!

New thread…

Dork too aggressive huh? Give me a break.

In light of the fact that Lee Hazelwood, who died this summer, titled his last cd released in 2006, Cake or Death, it seems appropriate to credit him with this title.

So how bout putting up a Lee Hazelwood youtube?

There are many to choose from…..

selise @ 268

twȝk and twolf1 –

Most Americans want Iraq war funding cut: poll

and instead… the senate votes yesterday to pass the defense authorization bill 92 – 3

Morning all. All five presidential candidates not voting.

Death

Nothing could be worse than Cake

I CANNOT STOP WATCHING THIS VIDEO
I WON’T SURVIVE!