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It seems incomprehensible that we debuted here on the firedoglake.com website only a little over a year and a half ago. So much has happened since then…it seems more like several lifetimes.
We have had some amazing times on this site. Thank you to everyone who has worked on the site, who has been a member of our community, to those who have shared the good days and the better days (there were no bad ones). You’re all rock stars to us.
On behalf of the entire FDL community we thank you for having been there. We close out this era of our lives with quite a bit of nostalgia.
We’ll be seeing you tomorrow on the other side.
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Zed!
The Other Side?
Hi Jane.
JANE!
You must be referring to tomorrow’s surprise. You’re such a tease! So what time should we be here in the morning?
I know there’s supposed to be a surprise, but this is sounding rather ominous…
What are ya saying Jane??? *g*
Qué? WTF?
fitz?
This is not going to be a good weekend.
Jane!
Huh??? Are we all dying tonight? Seeing “the other side” in the morning?
???
Other side?
Only a year and a half ago? Then I’ve been here the entire time, although I used my real name at first…
Jane, this is something huge. You drive me crazy!!!
OldCoastie @ 6
i’m feeling more like christmas eve night having to wait for the morning to get my surprise
Whatever new and grand thing is coming tomorrow, I hope it goes smoothly… I get all paranoid when my I can’t get my FDL!!
((((((Jane))))))
Thank you for a terrific, ground-breaking year and a half so far. You continue to lead the field, and the Lake just gets better and better.
Bravo!
Huh? Making us nervous!
Jane, you’re not giving up your site, are you?
A year and half? No, I feel like I’ve been here for evah. In the good way, y’know.
What a cliffhanger Jane!
not onomous at all – and jane is not going anywhere and ya’ll will understand ‘the other side’ tomorrow morning
patience, grasshoppers
So sad.
gg
Suzanne @ 13
yeah but you have a clue!
;-)
whoa
OK sports fans,
I’m having a hard enough time sleeping these days. WTF? This has me worried.
newtonusr @ 24
I don’t think we are supposed to be sweating it…
Petro, I’m aghast! You’re Back! (((Petro))) *g*
Suzanne @ 20
What time tomorrow morning?
What time tomorrow? I’m on the west coast, do I need to set an alarm or something? Ha, like I ever get up without an alarm!
Seriously, I want to be here when the present gets opened.
wangdangdoodle @ 28
Yea.
OldCoastie @ 26
Ummm, a little assurance from Jane would be nice… *g*
Suzanne @ 20
Worth a repeat.
CTuttle @ 27
*sniff* I was beginning to think you’d forgotten me *sniff* … *g*
how many of ya asked what time santa was coming when you were kids?
Suzanne @ 20
Log on, log off.
HiiiiiYAH!
Suzanne @ 34
*raises hand*
Petrocelli @ 33
I truly hope your problems have been resolved… 8-)
Suzanne @ 34
A fine time to go all “Mom” on us.
egregious @ 36
and what were you told, eg?
g’luck jane, see you on the bright side.
wangdangdoodle @ 38
Heh, Seniority counts for something… ;-)
Huh? I’m getting a headache….first, TRex (and he says its a good thing), and now the bosslady being enigmatic. Christmas is nice, but I wouldn’t want to find out I’m moving on Christmas morning.
CTuttle @ 41
Well hell, I got that!
CTuttle @ 37
I’ll e- mail ya on FB.
Mom!!!! Mom!!!! What’s in the box Mom!!! I promise I won’t tell the other kids. Please mom!!
wangdangdoodle @ 43
I won’t go there… (ducking) ;-)
*crossing arms across bazooms and giving tex the look*
Hey Mom, why were you making out with that fat guy in the suit … does Dad know ?!! *g*
Shadowstalker @ 42
Jane said it was a surprise, not an arrow through the heart. I hope it’s a ferret.
i too have a generalized WTF sensation at first blush of Our Lady Jane’s “Goodbye” above.
will our brave commenters enlighten me?
have they decoded this nuance?
have we just been shown the door?
what up?
i must go now to read the comments.
i read slowly.
I was told the sooner I went to sleep, the sooner it would be morning and then there would be presents.
It was not the answer my 5 year old self wanted then, and my inner child isn’t happy with it now.
*grumble, grumble*
Fine. But I’m telling ya, this patience thing is way overrated.
Petrocelli @ 48
pet, you still hoping for those two front teeth?
Suzanne @ 47
Tex! …the recipient of that? Ooohhh…
Suzanne @ 52
yeth ma’am … *g*
yellowdog jim @ 50
We’re still a’waiting… 8-(
Suzanne @ 39
“Santa isn’t going to come while you’re awake, kids, so go to sleep”
is it time yet?
and if you go right to sleep, you may hear Kobe barking in your dreams….
OldCoastie @ 57
707!
C’mon people, change is always good even if it’s not always apparent at first …
firedoglakeferret
nobody turns into a pumpkin, do they?
Now I know why TRex bailed out..Jane sold FDL to Time Warner or Fox.
Petrocelli @ 60
Change is certainly constant.
Petrocelli @ 60
First, TRex, then…???
Mommybrain @ 49
lol
OldCoastie @ 62
Only if you host MTP … *g*
hint from david neiwert yesterday afternoon?
been wondering what it meant…
plus… emptywheel has been hinting that something’s up with her blogging, and that we should hear about it this weekend.
coinkydink?
Steve-AR @ 63
Heh, Faux Spew and Murdoch… ;-)
bonkers @ 64
… it is the only constant …
Petrocelli @ 67
Hey, that’s just the head. The rest of him poofs to a cock-a-roach…
This li’l grasshopper calls it male-created cattle paddies, whatever it is. There are ways, and ways, y’know? This wasn’t a way.
Petrocelli @ 48
Let me be the very first to wish you a Merry Crispmas.
now, Kobe’s darling, but I’ve got the 2 best dogs in the world here… yesterday the winds were blowing and the gate at OldMother’s house blew open… the pups were visiting that day but OldMother had gone to run some errands (OldBrother drove her)…. they were out and about for 3 hours…
now, most dogs would run far and fast, but these 2 goofballs, best as I can tell, took a little tour of the cul de sac, visited all the other dogs behind fences and then got thirsty or tired and went back to OldMother’s for a drink and a nap… came out and gave a little skippy greeting though when OldBrother and OldMother drove up into the driveway…
whew.
CTuttle @ 55
alas, we get to survive on Suzanne’s assurances that the world will not end, and that Jane bears glad tidings of great joy …
with which we shall be tormented until dawn.
does this suck?
no.
i’m with Jane.
Anticipation is 99% of the pleasure of every joy.
although, surprises make wicked anticipations.
i can go wait in the treehouse till the sun rises.
selise @ 68
Ultimate partnership?? Jane, Christy, Marcy…
newtonusr @ 71
LOL !!!
You got lucky with the doggies, old coastie!
Jane, yer such a tease.
;)
And now, off to find those sugar plums…
Loo Hoo. @ 72
Hiya Loo Hoo, how ah ya ?
FDL welcomes our new ombudsman, Debbie Howell!
Ho-ho-ho.
-GSD
Loo Hoo. @ 75
hey… i have no idea if the dots connect or not. just thought i should throw the dots out there, and see if anyone else had anything to add.
jane can’t expect us not to wonder…. especially after the last “good news” was trex leaving. this time i’m hoping for something i’d call “good” too.
yellowdog jim @ 74
Sigh, that’s where all the cool kids are hanging at now…
GSD @ 80
SPEW!
selise @ 68
And didn’t Jane mention something yesterday about supposing to meet Kagro X somewhere, but she didn’t make it? Hmmm…
Doing well, Petrocelli. Did you see that a Canadian judge said we were welcome there because our government condones torture?
Sorry, guys, I know I’m a pessimist/skeptic/worrywart, but I didn’t get to be 47 by brimming over with trust for my fellow humans. I will try to be more….positive.
*crickets*
*crickets*
Is tomorrow over yet?
Now SEE, this is when all the FireDogs get together!!!
…. just brainstorming here… but i wouldn’t be surprised if the site goes down for a while sometime tonight. just in case that’s so, meet you at the treehouse for the duration (if i’m awake).
Reading this thread sorta reminds me of one of Ms. ET’s stories. She taught 5th grade for 30 years. When some of her fungelical students would get lax, slough off in work, or space out on assignments, all it would take would be for her to say “We don’t want to be left behind, do we?” for her to get them back on track…
Jane Hamsher!
Shadowstalker @ 86
you just need some tinkerbell dust sprinkled on ya to make ya more … positive
So now I must sit and hit refresh until morning?
I’m not gonna get any work done tonight…
Loo Hoo. @ 77
they’re pretty smart and the old one is wise (and teaching the puppy)
i have a love/hate relationship with puzzles. i love to figure them out and hate it when i can’t.
selise @ 89
Treehouse link?
;)
Suzanne @ 34
My parents used to make us all line up in the hall upstairs until things were “ready” downstairs. Of course, we would whip ourselves into a frenzy. Then of course we had to line up, youngest first, oldest last, under the assumption that the older ones would show enough restraint not to trample the young’uns under foot when the door at the bottom of the stairs was finally opened.
Oh, Jane, you’re such a tease!
Bob in HI
Smgumby @ 91
is there a 12step program for the refresh button?
Suz@90
Tinkerbell dust? Is that what they’re calling it these days?
*grin* But it must be legal, or you wouldn’t be suggesting it.
For the anxious folks around here, here’s a little Roy Orbison to help you relax.
(youtube)
You’re getting very sleeeeeeeppyyyy….
OldCoastie and LooHoo, are you being mudslid or drowned tonight? It’s raining all of Atlanta’s rain here today.
A 12-step program for the refresh button…
I don’t think so…
Hell of a week to quit smoking…
Is this a ‘Who Shot JR?’ cliff-hanger…?
Ann in AZ @ 84
Tysons Corner VA..The Fall DNC meeting
selise @ 93
That’s why I quit sewing.
wangdangdoodle @ 94
trex’s new treehouse (my apologies for assuming everyone already knew about it)
selise @ 81
Thanks ever so much for those delicious dots.
i was starving.
really, having my confusion suspended for more than one thread actually helps relieve my anxieties about this: thank you, selise
Loo Hoo. @ 86
Didja see our Supreme Court say that our Gov’t cannot deny Habeas Corpus even to suspected terrorists ?
Think we could get Clarence and the boys up here to refresh their F*cking heads about laws that are the foundation of a Democracy ?
Loo Hoo. @ 72
I got it! It’s Fitzmastime! It’s Fitzmastime!!! Woohoo!!!
Bob in HI
OT but can’t resist (though I should be in bed)
Bob Jones U outbreak
Cough,cough
wangdangdoodle @ 94
Here…
http://trexstasy.blogspot.com/
GSD @ 81
LOL !!!
((( GSD )))
wangdangdoodle @ 94
TRex’s Treehouse.
Oh! This has been *such* a good week! And now we get to evolve! How good can it get, right?
See y’all in the morning.
selise @ 93
Amen, Selise…!
Mommybrain @ 99
we’re fine right here, but it is sliding in Modjeska Canyon… rivers of mud on the roads…
got the dogs out individually for a quick walk each for 20 minutes tonight, but it is pouring again.
CTuttle from PDX, by any chance?
Sadly the kook in NH didn’t storm into a Tancredo office.
Because there would have been no one there to take hostage.
-GSD
Hey Petro!
Loo Hoo. @ 104
707
Jane (nyc) @ 109
BJU? Is that something like Morehead(MN)State?
Mommybrain @ 99
Hey, girlio! I don’t have to worry about mudslides where I am, and I’m so happy for the rain. I hope there are no landslides, but it could sure happen. We’ve been getting a slow steady rain. So wonderful!
yellowdog jim @ 105 –
i think we’d be nuts not to feel some anxiety… given trex’s recent departure and the weird (i think) way it was done.
but, if that hadn’t happened, i think we’d (or at least i would) be feeling more happy anticipation.
GSD @ 81
hehe…I had suggested earlier tonight that ‘lil Debbie would be answering our questions in the comments. Someone brought up the idea of TeddySanFran grilling her. Now that would be the definition of dismantling. A pleasant thought to go to sleep with…
trexstasy
Oh the dreams I’ll be having tonight!
Felix Moronia @ 118
Ball State (Indiana).
Starbuck @ 115
From PDX? Not likely… Sorry!
come on Jane, just come out and say it: FDL is joining Pajamas Media, right?
punaise @ 125
BLASPHEMY!
selise @ 88
And there’s always Facebook. . . .Is that where your tree house is?
Bob in HI
GSD @ 116
Does he have any staff in NH? ;-)
happy morning!
Had to ask!
GSD @ 117
How ya doin’, buddy ?
Petrocelli @ 106
Now if only the rest of the world would please follow Canada’s lead.
punaise @ 125
i thought the current rumor was fox news – dang, i’m so behind on my gossip
Felix Moronia @ 118
Don’t know anything about the MN school but Bob Jones U is “over the top” conservative by any evangelical, conservative standard.
A scary, creepy place…even for South Carolina.
That is such a poignant song.
I’ll have to offer up one in turn:
Turn, turn, turn
We had a small landslide on the highway this morning, cleaned up quick.
TheOtherWA @ 126
I’m telling ya, she sold her soul to Rupert… 8-)
dry and cold at the little cottage by the creek in the redwoods. currently 35.8 outside with clear skies and a breeze coming from the north
punaise @ 126
No. Jane said “Put on your pajamas, if you ever want to see Santa again”.
Or was that Suzanne?
Petrocelli @ 106
No. . . Link, please?
Bob in HI
I’m having visions of a merger with several smaller blogs as divisions of FDL. Wonder if C&L will have anything to do with this.
Christy sure knew the right time to take some time off to avoid the confusion that change invariably brings. OTOH, I would feel more comfortable about this if she were safely ensconced in her usual Cuppa in the AM. I’m beginning to feel abandoned.
Did I ever say how much I like TPM? But I usually hung out here because it was more of a smaller, somehow more intimate community. I can’t seem to get comfortable with Huffpo; too many roughnecks there. Kos is just a bit too confusing. They’re a nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there. Hope that’s not what’s about to happen here, too. Guess we’ll see, so until tomorrow, goodnight all.
Starbuck @ 130
No Problemo! Where are you from?
Mommybrain @ 137
I noticed a lot of rocks rolling off your mountains this evening on the news…
Starbuck @ 131
Starbuck in Santa Fe perhaps?
So, is Al Gore going to be here in the morning to announce he is running for president on the FDL Party label?
Margot @ 136
Hi Margot, good one!
The wingers have Hot Air, we’ll have Fresh Air.
-GSD
Jane(NYC)
My mind was lurking in the gutter on that one:BJ-U and More-head St. There was a comedienne from Mn who did a routine about cheerleaders a MSU. Funny!
Felix Moronia @ 118
Felix, you funny!
And all those good little abstinent fundie undergrads would be horrified by that thought!
But seriously…I wouldn’t wish whooping cough on anybody. If you haven’t had a tetanus shot in the last 10 years or more, you may want to consider getting the new T-DaP. Tetanus/Diptheria/Pertussis (w. cough). Sounds like Diptheria’s making a comeback, too.
Gotta say, it was a little weird being not-quite-40 and getting the equivalent of an early childhood vaccine. Better than getting sick, though.
FunnyD
Loo Hoo. @ 132
I would love to hear our Supreme Court Justices chat with Roberts and his gang … “So, did you guys actually read your Constitution ?!!”
neurophius @ 145
I lost a Beer, Damn it!!!
neurophius @ 146
shhh! don’t spoil the secret.
Margot @ 136
((((( Margot )))))
Excellent song !
anyone have more potential dots to mull over?
punaise @ 125
the 101st Fighting Keyboards?
Or maybe she’s starting Cheeto’s Media and Frito Lay is delaying the announcement.
FunnyD
Good bye to you too, Jane. It was a pleasure being together on this side.
I got it! The George Soros check finally came!
I’m guessing the surprise is more video like Crooks and Liars has, and Donita Sparks could select music to play that goes with each post.
I’m guessing that were going to get a lot more posting from smaller blogs by somehow selecting the best posts and bringing them here.
Quality instead of the Quanity of the Huff Post.
Maybe we commentors will get a huff post I’m a fan of this person thing and we can read all of each others stuff. Or do it one better and also read what other people have said about a person’s comments if their name is mentioned in the comment.
But most importantly of all I hope we get smiley faces:)
I hope one of my guesses is right.
bonkers @ 157
Yeah!
Jane,
I sense that you’re getting too much pleasure from freaking us out like this. Can’t we have a hint?
bonkers @ 157
hope not. i’ve got some serious reservations about some of the “open society” stuff his org has been doing.
bonkers @ 158
Merry Christmas!!!
Hi Wangdang!
I could use some cheery songs right about now. I hate surprises.
selise @ 121
That’s how I’m feeling about it. We’ve already had one sudden late-nite goodbye this week, and it didn’t make many of us commentators turn joyful handsprings or frisk about like spring lambs.
Sigh.
Maybe there will be a place in the new Lake order for a well-moderated forum that will keep the flavor of the FDL commentator community. Or maybe the whole thing will be as well moderated, just with lots more smart, nice people in the comment threads.
FunnyD
What I really want to know is, has Kos given his approval to all this whatever it is?
selise @ 121
i guess what i really don’t like about it is
THIS is exactly the way my folks treated us as kids:
like mushrooms.
feed poop and keep ‘em in the dark.
i take it all back:
surprises ruin the anticipation and leave just the dread.
neurophius @ 163
And a Happy entire New Year, to you too… ;-)
Margot @ 164
Did you catch my Christmas music link earlier?
Well, if this is it, and that’s that, and maybe we’ll be back and maybe we won’t but if we are you’ll find out about it later…
The chocolate ice cream is on me.
Goodnight, FDL
;>)
is it time yet now?
Bonne chance Jane and all of you at FDL !
G’nite all … I have to reintroduce myself to my bed …
darkblack @ 170
I knew better. But that didn’t stop me.
Many FDL commentators, especially Late Niters, have taken great pleasure in being the first to comment on a new thread…the chase for the mythical Zed.
In light of the fact that the whole universe is about to change into something unknown, I propose a new twist to the game:
Let’s see who can make the last comment!!!
selise @ 68
Thank you, Selise. That’s comforting.
wangdangdoodle @ 172
55 gal drums of eye bleach and brain bleach at all the entrances and exits
Funnydiva2002 @ 164
i think that is my concern.
i came for the front page posting, but stayed because of you-all.
seriously, if i had to choose between the community of commenter and everything else. you-all would be my choice. i hope nothing will undermine the ease with which we carry on conversations and enjoy meeting and working with each other (thank you mods!!!).
Maybe Time will scrap their political blog and sponser us. Time will report the straight news then Jane and company will discuss, explain, and try to educate people about the news.
You know all the things Joe Klein refuses or can’t do because all he took was stenography classes at the Judy Miller school of reporting.
this is all very appropriate when you consider that Mercury will move into the sign of Sagitarius at 4:21 AM Pacific time on Saturday probably about the time Jane gets up, makes us all muffins and espresso in little cups, and we sit in the frozen garden in our woolies and sip.
Seriously, this transit of mercury into Sagitarius will be a sea change…from water to fire – much more interesting.
Mentally, we will be on fire for most of the month.
neurophius @ 174
A race to the bottom…? ;-)
well as long as the “new” FDL doesn’t ban insouciant banter and unsolicited word tinkering, it’s all good…
spiderpaws @ 178
hey spiderpaws… a sea of change – perhaps one that leads to impeachment?
Last?
Actually, the time to aim for may be 11:59:59 p.m. Pacific time.
This should keep us busy until it is time to open the box.
wangdangdoodle @ 173
F*ck, so did I… :P
selise @ 162
Wow. That what’s so cool about this whole blog phenomenon. That’s some in-depth and thoughtful stuff there.
A great example of connecting some dots but not making accusations (hope it’s not the case). Maybe it’s pure speculation, but at least people are doing the heavylifting, and others can help if they want, and hopefully we’ll all get closer to the truth. Thanks for sharing.
TexBetsy @ 183
no gingerbread or eggnog? (ducking)
neurophius @ 174
As ydj & persi know, been there – done that…
bobschacht @ 141
I tried and failed to find it. It was on one of the last two threads. I’ll keep looking, but hope someone else found it!
Suzanne @ 187
here I was thinking a shot of tequila would be a good idea.
We’re certainly being stretched like that taffy, Tex…!
bonkers @ 145
Actually, I am from Portland (PDX) OR, although Santa Fe is a good guess from the name. Starbuck is a character i like in the Matt Braun historical Westerns. Also from Battle star Galactica, which I didn’t remember when I chose the moniker.
CTuttle @ 185
I consider myself warned. In spite of the innocent sounding title.
Suzanne @ 187
well, i was going to save it, but ….. here ya go. i don’t believe in patience. maybe that’s why i get along with kids so well.
darkblack @ 169
DB,
I am soooo glad I didn’t buy chocolate ice cream yesterday. Brrrrr!
FunnyD
Yes, well it sounds like they might give it a try…
Impeachment! Say it loud and there’s music playing!
Say it Soft and it’s almost like praying…
Impeachment, I’ll never stop saying IMPEACHMENT!!!!!!
The most beautiful sound I’ve ever heard!
IMPEACHMENT! IMPEACHMENT! IMPEACHMENT!
Loo Hoo. @ 189
Here ’tis.
CTV linkie
thanks, tex. dibs on the chimney.
bonkers @ 185
bernhard is a fabulous blogger (good commenters also – you may see siun occasionally). really, really hope that soro’s work is not compromised, but with the other players involved (yuck), i’m gonna be keeping my eyes open.
wangdangdoodle @ 169
Yeah, I did. What a Christmas!
Here’s one we listen to every year:
Gene Autry song
spiderpaws @ 195
woohoo, my kinda music
Nighty night, Petro.
TexBetsy @ 183
Thanks, Aunt Betsy, but are you sure Cassie didn’t swap pictures when you weren’t looking? *g*
FunnyD
what is finifinito’s website?
is it on his f/b tex?
spiderpaws @ 196
I’m harmonizing with ya, Spidey… Impeachment… Rove is a huge step in the process… Low hanging fruit…
Fern @ 197
And I don’t think this means what people are saying it means.
As I understand – until now Canada would not accept as refugees individuals who came into the country via a safe third country. This ruling means that the court no longer considers the US to be a safe third country. And there is some appeal/review thing in process, and I think this is a ruling by the Federal appeal court, not yet the Supreme Court of Canada. So there is a way to go here.
But still very interesting.
And IANAL, so your mileage may differ.
Starbuck @ 192
Not to mention the Mr. Starbuck from Pirates of Penzance
What is going on? I just got here. Does Jane mean FDL is over?
neurophius @ 166
heh, heh.
This song is dedicated to FDL as we have known it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39ESOKkU1ho
marymccurnin @ 209
Mary!
Read the last sentence again…
thanks suzanne. got it.
marymccurnin @ 208
no
Mommybrain @ 208
Didn’t he make his first appearance in Moby Dick?
marymccurnin @ 209
Awhile back, Jane put out the call for programmers to send in resumes. I’m going with the site remodel theory.
hi mary.
spiderpaws,
comet 17p/Holmes exploded on october 24th (i think).
it went from a magnitude 14, faint, 2 mile wide ball of comet material as it approached perigee with the sun when is expanded to about the size of Jupiter in like 48 hours, increasing at 0.5 kilometers per second.
comet holmes went from invisible to naked-eye viewable, as bright as the stars of the Big Dipper, practically overnight.
I think this all happened/continues happening in Perseus.
aside from how three wise men handled this sort of event, what astrological significance should we ascribe to this appearance in the zodiac?
Thanks, Fern.
marymccurnin @ 209
no, just changes in the works…
neurophius @ 211
Shazaam!!
What makes everyone nervous, I think, is that the post is titled, “goodbye”.
time for all of you to please send healing thoughts (and/or prayers, energy, vibes, wishes) my way as i try to sleep.
been a rough evening.
good night.
will do, Tex.
pain free sleep wishes tex
OOOoohhhhmmmmmmmm, Betsy.
Fern @ 207
That’s very comforting. Should Guiliani get elected, I’d surely avail myself of this ruling.
TexBetsy @ 223
My best thoughts to you, Betsy.
Smgumby @ 221
coupled with trex’s recent departure.
I see that Moyers is doing a nice takedown on the Rapture… ;-)
Oh man. I was freaking out. I have been missing TRex already and now this enigmatic message from Jane. Sheeeit.
Hello everybody!
marymccurnin @ 209
There is a surprise tomorrow. She will meet us on the “other side.” That’s all we know…
marymccurnin @ 231
hey, mary!
neurophius @ 215
An illustrious name for sure.
Right. I forgot about Moby Dick, but I didn’t know of his appearance in Pirates of Penzance. I’m not a G&S fan.
Starbuck @ 191
Moby Dick
TexBetsy @ 223
Pain free, blissful sleep, Ma’am! Aloha Oe!
wigwam @ 226
What this ruling does NOT appear to do is make it any easier for Americans to emigrate to Canada. Same rules apply. It just removes barriers for refugees transiting to Canada through the US. Sorry.
TexBetsy @ 222
om ah ra pa tsa na dhi …
er wow
yellowdog jim…the astrological Zodiac Deck is complete.
Apart from a lovely showing in the night sky, it is irrelevant.
love is all there is.
spiderpaws @ 240
Whew!
spiderpaws @ 239
cool.
no jokers, huh?
hey, Who stacked these cards?
Funny how attached you can be to people you have never seen. And then you meet a few of those people and it gets even better.
I was thinking about how important Late Night with the dinosaur is/was to me. It was a great relief to be able to throw off the worry and be full on snar-kay.
Fern @ 237
As it was first presented, deserters were allowed to emigrate… Followed on by Parliament scolding the US for state-sponsored torture… All which is ammo for the Hague, I might add…
I’m a newcomer but even I’m nervous.
Like getting a new rug pulled away. (or off, depending on where the rug is!)
The Hague. That notion cools my brain a bit.
Starbuck @ 245
As long as you’re not wearing it… ;-)
neokneme @ 216
Hmmmmmm. That could be interesting. Perhaps multiple concurrent threads, but more of an intimate sense of community than say Dkos. Perhaps also something with more of a video component — the five-minute video commentaries that Marcy, Jane, and Christy did during the Libby trial were the most coherent, intelligent reporting I’ve ever seen.
Starbuck @ 245
I peaked in at work today. I gathered you’re the new “zed’.
;)
marymccurnin @ 243
Lots of pups over at the treehouse.
“and let’s all extend a hearty welcome to new FDL front pager, Joe Klein!”
CTuttle @ 244
Hmmm. I need to look into this.
Now I need to try (again) to get to sleep – need to be up way too early – in about 4 or so hours. Gonna be a long day.
CTuttle @ 230
I watched the first 35 minutes and got sick to my stomach. I simply couldn’t listen to those freaks.
Smgumby @ 222
She always did have a light touch.
;>)
punaise @ 251
Proves why we have the gag reflex!
wangdangdoodle @ 249
Don’t tell Starbuck about the secret initiation. %)
wigwam @ 253
I agree, Moyers brought out their most nauseating spiels, yet, it was/is brilliantly squashed… ;-)
mary mcc, did you forget the first part of secret initiation is secret?
dayamitalltohell, i’m gonna have to come up with a new one now. fork – will someone tell those elves to try to be quieter please, i’m trying to work here
Starbuck was First Mate on the Pequod in Moby Dick
CTuttle @ 257
I knew that part would be coming, but I simply couln’t stick around. My stomach couldn’t handle it.
CTuttle @ 229
What a coincidence! FDL is about to have its own Rapture, apparently!
Heh.
Bob in HI
Suzanne @ 258
fork, i forgot the forking close snark tag
Allright, pups (and AK), time for me to hit it.
Looking forward to the surprise!
Hugs all around.
gosh, an early nite for loohoo g’nite loohoo
Starbuck @ 233
Awwww MAAAAAN. And just when I was starting to think I could get to like you after that rough start earlier today…
*g*
But since your eponymous coffee place is ubiquitous here near SEA, I’ll keep trying…
FunnyD
What the hell?
Boy, I’ll tell you what. If this site is going away, I’ll really …be thankful for where you took us. I pray that’s not the case but if it is, no regrets. No regrets no matter what.
Nite, Loo Hoo, hope to be around tomorrow…
Everyone remember to take a screenshot for your scrapbook.
Suzanne @ 262
You: tensile tonight.
First, TRex leaves the nest and then, suddenly, the nest is moving? Where? This is making me nervous.
I have an idea. Lets take a group picture.
C H E E S E !
perhaps benefactors for the vast left wing conspiracy have come through … …
AND WE ARE ALL GETTING CHECKS!
marymccurnin @ 271
Move in a little closer.
wigwam @ 248
Commentary is the strong suit here… I recall the notion of “institutional memory” as a raison d’etre. With a stronger search component for views as well as news — we could start seeing the forest of understanding through the trees of thought. The meme-forest so to speak. Just my own bias though…
punaise @ 269
i am drawing a total blank. 10 minutes after logging off for the nite, i will have come up with at least 3 good responses to that pun.
Fern @ 236
That’s what I was afraid of. Thanks for answering that.
Yanno, I thought some of the comments at that link were more revealing than the article itself. From the anti-refugee/immigrant tenor of many of them, I’m not sure I’d have known this was happening in Canada if the national identifiers had been left out. Does that make sense?
Shorter me: O, Canada, some of your people sound a lot like Americans…
FunnyD
Uh-oh, Suz, the natives are crawling out of the woodwork, err… getting restless…?
OldCoastie @ 272
:)
CTuttle @ 278
ct, you just trying to entice me to drag out my boots and whip again?
Suzanne @ 275
silver, Where?
wangdangdoodle @ 279
No! 8-)
Suzanne @ 280
*sigh* No Cuffs? :P
neokneme @ 275
CTuttle @ 282
no, 8>D
Suzanne @ 276
“a knife, a spoon, a bottle and a fork
that’s the way we spell New York, uh-huh”
(utensile)
OldCoastie @ 285
That’s a big Schnoz…
So, Starbuck has a kind of murderous role in several of his incarnations, including the Braun westerns.
Maybe I better change my name. Oops. Not allowed!
OldCoastie @ 285
group photo!
Yay! I’m so excited I got up in the middle of the night, just like on Xmas Eve. And it’s not even light outside yet….
Oh well, where’s that sleep mask and my Vic*din?
See you tomorrow, firepups!
Starbuck @ 288
actually, yes, it is allowed. usually only once and we do ask that ya let us know. personally, i liked starbuck on BG
boy, I hope we can still take silly pictures!
g’nite teddy.
Starbuck @ 288
No new nom de plumes.
good night Teddy
TeddySanFran @ 290
Aah, Teddy… That’s not nice…
Suzanne @ 293
g’nite sweet lady!
(what’s that sound on the roof?
. . . . . . . .zzzzzzz !)
Starbuck @ 287
i think the point is to avoid sock puppets. not to make rules for the sake of having rules.
CTuttle @ 296
Teddy had some tooth stuff done the other day. He hurts. Sorry Teddy.
marymccurnin @ 242
Or know you’d feel cared about if you chose to share some of the worry.
Funny that most of us have never met, and yet, one powerful way we show our minds and hearts is through words. Doesn’t matter if those words are pixels on a screen. My mind and heart sense the person behind the words. Imperfectly at times, to be sure! But I feel connected to all of you. And that connection is a huge blessing to me.
FunnyD
We are pixel pals.
TeddySanFran @ 290
Sweet dreams Teddy – am off to dreamland as well – niters one and all.
marymccurnin @ 301
Pixie pixels
I am going to stick my feet in a vibrating thingie with hot water in it. Good night.
marymccurnin @ 301
Jeepers, how many clowns didja squeeze into that car ?!! *g*
(last clown car joke on this side)
good night, sleepy pups…
Well, Morning will soon break so until later, in whatever form this takes, or not, or….
i think the most important component here at late nite is the community building. in many way, ya’ll are like family to me. community is what keeps the lake grounded and growing at the same time. community is having meetups for face to face time with the face behind the fonts. community is figuring out how to get katymine’s folks down to az from oregon (if needed) and discovering we could do it with our very own underlake railway. community is holding demi’s hand when her dad passed and congratulating cassie when she got her driver’s license.
i came for the front page. i stay for the community.
I agree 100% with ya, Funny D! No place like the Lake, the tree house is commodious too…
nite OC
nite mary
Petrocelli @ 305
Hey! Quit being such a pussy!
any good guess as to WHEN the blessed event will eventuate?
and we are waiting for the lights to go out … any minute?
Out for how long?
hear-hear, Suzanne…
if there be clowns, ya know camels and their footwear will soon follow. (laughing)
no, newt – I’m still here… too nervous to sleep now…
!!!
Last unmoderated set of tri-exclamatory marks….
CTuttle @ 309
I was over at the treehouse a while ago. TRex went out dancing and left the treehouse unlocked, so everyone is having a wild party and decorating the place.
marymccurnin @ 311
707 !!!
Touche
Petrocelli @ 305
Petro, ya should be summarily taken out and shot for that… ;-)
It’s a new dance. Do the camel toe.
marymccurnin @ 301
There is a total flatness to the so-called desktop. The possibilities for 2.5D renderings are vastly unexplored except in the game world. Videos are another foray into the potential for a bigger picture but they require alot of “production” and once in the can, well, they’re just canned. It is conceivable that a way to view thought can be rendered visually with iconic forms representing the memes under examination.
My hope is that we’ll get to experience a new dimension in memetics soon.
Hubboy!
See this: Orcinus
TeddySanFran @ 315
bravo!!!
CTuttle @ 319
… tee hee hee … might as well have some fun with insomnia …
The Beach Boys mockup was better than Weird Al.
tick-tock… are we guessing the “rapture” will occur at midnight?
OldCoastie @ 315
I’m in need of Alka-Seltzer™, too…
TeddySanFran @ 316
theodore san francisco, get back in here right now young man – setting glare to stun
neokneme @ 321
Go to http://www.dahothouse.com to see beautiful 3d done by my hubby.
Sweet sleep to Betsy
I was thinking the 8am post. Hope I’m wrong.
neokneme @ 321
I still like the worlds of thought produced by the written word, my imagination does like to roam… 8-)
Is punaise here to give us the last pun?
last i knew, morning meant sun shining, birds singing kinda stuff.
marymccurnin @ 300
our girl firepups mighten be
the Pixie Chicks
Suzanne @ 307
you-all do a great job of it too. very nice to be able to visit when sleep does not visit.
Last?
yellowdog jim @ 335
better than being a font fornicator
last I heard “a.m.” started right after midnight…
The clock has struck 12 and we’re all still here.
neurophius @ 333
Rap pun zed
Rap pun zed
let down your thread
is there going to be a rush for the last post?
yellowdog jim @ 335
I like that. We should start a special FDL page for phrases, anagrams, etc. started by the pups.
What is that strange rumbling sound I hear?
yellowdog jim @ 335
Certainly as feisty… *g* (ducking!)
Suzanne @ 333
yeah, but in which time zone?
FunnyD
well, I’m not a pumpkin – how about you?
Is it 12:01 yet?
see, the clock strikes 12 and nothing happened… i tole ya, morning means sun shining, folks not sleeping cause of the lawn mowing guy next door, birds singing.
OldCoastie @ 342
God, no!
We have to get some sleep tonight.
These !!! are the last of the! I swiped from CTuttle on his anniversary.
Suzanne @ 308
Amen !
((((( Suz )))))
G’ nite for realsies !
marymccurnin @ 311
LOL!
Suzanne @ 334
it buuuuuuurns…..
really going back to bed now….
punaise @ 340
get a rope!
“tommorrow” is already “today”… at least here on the east coast.
but there’s still 21 hours of “tommorrow”/”today” left for the transition/change to occur.
?!
Final interrobang on this side of the lake. Or not.
Felix Moronia @ 351
F*ck!!!!!! I might as well get it outta my system!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :P!!!!!!!!!!!
selise @ 356
Come on. We all should be living in the moment.
aaaaah mmmmmmmmmmmmm.
banging head on keyboard
I am two hours ahead of West Coast/FDL time, so maybe I’ll be awake when the world changes.
But for now, goodnight.
apparently not, Mommybrain… and here I got all excited…
CTuttle @ 358
cuff ‘em… Danno.
whatever FDL has in store, a tribute to former commenters from the old days that have since migrated elsewhere or reverted to lurkendom (?):
John Casper
Stephen Parrish, CPA
Grandma J
and many more whose names escape me
Good night. See you ALL tomorrow. And forever.
The End.
Suzanne @ 360
hahahaha…. JANE started it!
see ya tommorrow nite mary mcc
Auf Weidersehen, Petro and Teddy!!!
punaise @ 364
I second that.
Suzanne @ 363
Wait! Just book him. Can’t you see, he WANTS the cuffs!
Suzanne @ 360
We’re in trouble now CTuttle.
punaise @ 364
althespook
kirk murphy
big mitch
Suzanne @ 363
Dang! Finally!!! 8-)
Zennurse
Ghostman
Funnydiva2002 @ 370
Hah, Too Late!!! :P
*ilson
Mrs.K8
selise @ 356
Sorry east coast girl. Morning means WEST coast morning!
Cozumel
…it appears to be about 26* here and dropping…
The weather report says we may get our first snow just in time for the debut of…
…norskeflamethrower
Heh, some of us are too boneheaded to leave… *g*
:)
marymccurnin @ 329
Yowzer! Ask and ye shall receive!
The opportunities in the hi-def world await!
Starbuck @ 322
Which says:
Golly, so there is gonna be an opportunity for the first zed???
Whatever happens someone assure me that Zed will be there…
spidey, we are down to 34 now.
ct, i told dan o to rough ya up a little bit since ya seem to like that. he sure likes the idea of cuffing you.
Break on through
to the other side!
Break on through
to the other side!
– JM
spiderpaws @ 382
norske is around – usually commenting in the hours just before dawn and daytime
…ran up the hill to my rocker just to say I did it…
not a creature is stirring
…rully rully cold
Smgumby @ 377
thanks for the hints!
Suzanne @ 388
html *cuff* links
Suzanne @ 388
Mahalo for the heads up, especially if it’s mine… ;-)
spiderpaws @ 391
token and his sister (visiting) needed no encouragement to go inside from their tree saving tonight. i think i’m gonna have to coax them out for their before bed walk
Change is good and bad. Rolling with it is never boring though! I’m always one to find the good stuff in it, when i can.
Sadly, i gotta scram to bed. Gotta be up for work in 6 hours. *yawns*
…how would you know he’s there at that time suzanne!?
eyelids are drooping now, I think it must be time for me to sleep…
I’m practically expecting fireworks and champagne fountains by morning…
Dumbo @ 389
Aloha, Dumbo!
spiderpaws @ 397
huh? ct or dano?
punaise @ 393
Ouch, it hurts…
Nite, Alias…
yellowdog jim @ 273
Dammit, I knew I should have posted more.
…Norske!
g’nite alias and any leaving sleepy pups i might have missed
spiderpaws @ 404
oh, well i know when norske comments, which has been running very late on the late late threads – i read what comments i missed when i get up
HAH! an owl just picked off a rat right on the fence by the window!!!!!
Can’t believe I just saw that!!!!!!
…am in shock
ok that did not come out very well. when i get up, spidey, i go back and read the late late thread from when i signed off until the next thread – i’ve seen norske’s comment’s when reading em when i get up
Suzanne @ 406
He certainly spews the napalm… Calls it like he sees it… ;-)
spiderpaws @ 407
Thats an omen.
Funnydiva2002 @ 300
What FDL has become, especially in the Late Night posts, is one of those virtual reality sims, like “Second Life”. We have a place (The Lake), we are a people (Firepups), we have elements of our own vocabulary, if not language (e.g., “EPU”), we perform virtual actions, like
* Suzanne’s dives (although she hasn’t been doing that as much any more);
* Suzanne as Mod glaring at people and threatening to cuff them;
* Firepups would warn each other to beware getting thwacked by the Therapod’s tail
* TexBetsy’s evening desserts,
* we listen to music and watch videos together, and
*although she hasn’t done it lately, TexBetsy and others used to ask for a towel when she was ready to leave the Lake for the evening — and someone would give her one!
And besides Late Night, first thing on Saturday mornings we get to Pull Up a Chair, and look at some lovely pastoral scene Christy posted for us to focus on,
And we’ve exchanged recipes,
And of course the biggest gathering of all, our virtual gathering at Prettyman Court House to witness the trial of Scooter Libby, aided by the fast-flying fingers of Marcy providing the play-by-play, Pach providing the color commentary, Christy providing the in depth analysis, and Jane doing the daily wrap-ups with other members of the team on politics.tv, making us all feel like We Were There!
We’ve been doing it all without “Second Life” software–only our own vivid imaginations. . . hmm. I wonder…
Bob in HI
Suzanne @ 349
In Paris, it’s already 8:30 am.
smapdi @ 410
An owl sighting is always ominous, generally, positively so…
spiderpaws @ 407
hoping it was a rat from your attic and word spreads in the rat communty, leading to a mass exodus from casa spiderpaws
a song for the fading out this place of great joy … into we know not what.
Whiter Shade of Pale
The Comet Holmes heralds this new era.
drive carefully
the omen is ONE LESS RAT > : )))))
Well a hot bath is calling my name (turning away…Yes I’m coming!)
Nite everyone
love is all there is
g’nite spidey
Aloha, Spidey!
Goodnight, Spidey. Sleep warm!
close the door, turn out the lights…
karen allen
froggermarch
CTuttle @ 413
Depends on where you are. Check
I heard the Owl Call my Name.
Bob in HI
looking around.. so funny, pun, ct and i are here. anyone else still awake?
ergh, i am back
sorry you are back tex
*gasp* Is this ‘The End’ my friend…?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20yyKTN5Gu0
veronica @ 421
shoe-phone
TexBetsy @ 424
Welcome back– I hope it’s eager anticipation, rather than pain.
Check me @411– what did I leave out?
Bob in HI
Still in and out…
“working” until morning…
lost by blue FB square switching to a different ‘puter; inclined to leave it that way
TexBetsy @ 424
Because of your back? Sorry… *g*
lotsa pups still around :)
But who can focus on “work”???
What is happening to my lake? I’m a lurker more than a commenter (except for early AM usually), but I am still a bit possessive!
see y’all in the next FDL incarnation
and in the treehouse
or facebook.
the funny papers
“Serenity NOW!”
1) i hate my back
2) Bob you forgot snack, the young’un, and the swear jar.
and the zed
Mornin’, all -
What *will* the new day bring?
It’s been much better said multiple times up-thread but here’s something from my college memory bank:
So lift a glass to everything
Since nothing is for sure.
But drink a toast to those of them
Who help the thing endure.
i trust Jane. it will be a change for the better.
Aloha–
Well, we Hawai`i people will have the shortest wait. I went to TRex’s site. Elegant, fun, cool. I have Jane and Christie tied up emotionally in my heart with my baby sister’s cancer and feel a little nervous but don’t want to batchi anything. I am glad and proud that Hawai`i has a progressive history legislatively but not so much in implementation. Pat Buchanan is talking about the inevitability of Romney. WTF!?! Maybe it’s inevitability du jour, and merci mon dieu they don’t understand Francaise. Hope you aren’t getting too vogged out. A Hui Hou, M
I’m here. Barely, my eyes are drooping.
Is it time yet? /ducking
Hello
I must be going
I cannot stay, I came to say
I must be going
I’m glad I came, but just the same
I must be going
Ta-ta!
Waccamaw @ 436
Dang, You’re up mighty early! Eager anticipation?
night to the tired ones.
suzanne, will we still be pups?
I too am usually just lurking but I’m here every day in the shadow in the corner somewhere soaking up all the great info and insightful comments.
I sure hope this is a good surprise. Like maybe a hardware or software upgrade. The ‘other side’ sounds so ominous.
Maybe there’s a pot of gold on the other side of the rainbow.
Maybe I’ve had too many pain pills.
yes, we will still be pups
this is a good thing pups, think christmas or the night before your birthday.
Malie @ 438
Malie, or is it Maile? Which Isle are ya on? *g*
Suzanne @ 444
that would usually reassure… but the last (and recent) “good” thing was trex leaving. i’m just wondering if “good” means different things to different people.
Hey, Bob in HI
Still there?
I didn’t quite follow your last comment last night vis a vis Hawai’i losing its monarch and sovereignty to the US.
FunnyD
Do I have to change my moniker? I only discovered fdl six or eight months ago, but Jane you are the best thing on the site, although the ‘competition’ can be fierce! Did Newscorp buy fdl? :(
Malie @ 438
Malie,
Welcome to our Hawai’i contingent on FDL! Which Island are you on? I’m on O’ahu, CTuttle is on Big Island, and we have several Hawaiians in exile like dakine01… Don’t remember meeting you before.
Aloha,
Bob in HI
Funnydiva2002 @ 447
Uh-oh, did I miss something?
well whatever awaits, catch y’all across the vortex.
Suzanne @ 445
Kewl.
Maybe I’ll design new, commemorative firepups for the occasion.
FunnyD
bon soir punaise
nite pun
selise, i can say that i know what the surprise is and that i think it is a very good thing
and on that note, i’m headed off to bed to dream of the good things tomorrow brings.
punaise @ 452
Dang, Pun, ‘Vortex’?
I give up. When morning comes there will be all kinds of new stuff here, apparently.
The coffee maker’s been programmed, but I’m not telling what time the coffee will be ready. The coffee and I will appear at the same time, when you’re not looking. :P
Op-Ed Columnist: Rudy’s Security Blanket
from NYT > Opinion by GAIL COLLINS
Rudy Giuliani is one of those people who doesn’t handle power well. The more important he becomes, the more impossible he becomes.
—-
sleep well suzanne
CTuttle @ 451
I don’t think so, but I’m chasing down the link now.
Just figured if you gen’lmens were around anyway, I could get some more information!
FunnyD
Suzanne @ 456
Bonne Nuit, Ma Cheri! I am gladdened to hear that…
Funnydiva2002 @ 447
I was rambling and fishing with speculation that Teddy Roosevelt was involved somehow, and trying to connect dots with the Philippines and their revolt against Spain, which happened about the same time. Roosevelt was intensely interested in Naval history, and his attitude towards the Native peoples of the Pacific plus his own military interests made a potent brew– in fact, I think he went to the Philippines. but this is all just wild-assed speculation on my part.
Bob in HI
Nite, Suzanne. And everyone else. *poof*
sleep well other WA
Funnydiva2002 @ 460
Shoots, fire away!
nite suz.
Phylogenetic Propulsion
“Those inept
might better opt,
to be adept,
and so adopt
ways more apt;
to wit:
adapt.”
i will still be a firepup when we wake up in the morning.
bobschacht @ 462
OK, CT
Found it.
Anything to add?
Oh, and my county library does have 3 copies of “shoal of time” but I couldn’t log in to place a hold. I’ll get that fixed this weekend so I have something to read soon. Didn’t realize it was first published the same year I made my debut!
FunnyD
punaise @ 363
mfi
griffon
selise @ 470
Alfred
Big Mitch
bobschacht @ 462
Ah, good to know I wasn’t just being dense that late at night. I look forward to learning more soon, by reading the book CT recommended. I’d go to wiki, but it says the objectivity of the article is disputed. Which means I don’t know enough to sort out what’s factual and what’s blather and, therefore, reading it won’t be very informative.
History’s kind of a family hobby, I guess. I’m enjoying having this new bee in my bonnet.
FunnyD
Hey, CT -
Sorry, was off catching up on early articles at DU. I’m ‘most always about 24/7…sometimes just more visible than others.
Have been enjoying Pup memories of past commenters. Dang! Was just wondering the other day what had happened to Stephen Parrish…and I *really* miss AK. It’s sweet and sad to have been around so long that I actually remember these people.
selise @ 470
Hey, don’t forget me :)
Good luck with all the changes, FDL!!!
Funnydiva2002 @ 469
It’s an excellent account, basically an unvarnished view displaying all the ups and down of Hawai’i’s history! I tried to remark about Teddy Roosevelt’s nonrole in Hawai’i, to Bob! He really didn’t play a role…
Hey dover!
TexBetsy @ 435
Sorry to hear that! I’d like to chat with you about that off-list sometime, if it wouldn’t be tiresome to do so.
I meant to cover the snacks with the desserts. And how could anyone forget the young’un? I don’t know if it takes a village to raise a child, but how about a Lake? We try to help, anyway.
.
That’s a different scene from the portrait I was trying to paint, I guess.
Thanks!
Bob
I’m just sittin here waiting for the transport to arrive. And praying it aint handbaskets.
Dover Bitch @ 473
hey, i’m counting on you being around… at least everyone once in a while!
Bob I have the first procedure Monday and the surgery soon after.
TexBetsy @ 471
Heh, I got both before you came back. At least, I think. I said althespook, kirk murphy and big mitch.
And I’m sorry you’re not sleeping well tonight. I will do my best to keep you in my thoughts.
FunnyDiva
Now I need a towel. Time to dry off and head to bed.
By the time I get up in the morning, Hawaii time, all the presents will be open and everyone will be playing with the new toys.
Until then!
Bob in HI
Hi TexB. Hi selise.
Nite everybody.
DB!
nite!
CTuttle @ 475
I followed your link to Amazon, and the first review basically said if you’ve read Michener on Hawai’i and want to know the actual, factual history, get SoT. I’m quite looking forward to it. The publication date doesn’t bother me at all, just reminded me how very, very fast information of all kinds is available these days.
FunnyD
Waccamaw @ 473
I’ve read many a Late, Late thread, later on, where you’ve commented on one or two of my much earlier comments… *g*
night bob & dover. sleep well.
bobschacht @ 482
Ain’t that the truth, four or five new threads have long since posted…
anyone still up?
remember the last change? blogspot and haloscan comments wordpress.
here’s some of fld’s old haloscan comment threads… i just picked a couple at random. was fun to see the old names.
ndfg!
I was about to say goodnight, but I’ve got a coupla more minutes.
Have you already been by tonight?
FunnyD
i am here ndfg
I have to confess. I’m a Luddite. I had this iMac sit on my desk for over a year like a beautiful piece of sculpture before I began to use it. Same with the internet. Frankly, I didn’t connect with Daily Kos because I couldn’t get the id and commentating shit.
It was only when I happened onto firedoglake during the Plame affair that I really was able to read and respond to the material. Believe me, it was a spiritual and political awakening. I thank Jane, Christy, and Marcy for bringing me to a cyber-political awareness. They are my heroines.
Wherever they want to go, I will follow (not like a liberal sheep, but as an interested and involved reader). They tell me things I don’t necessarily know and they help me act on my own thoughts and feelings.
No matter what, bless Jane and Christy and all of Firedoglake. This is the absolute best cyber community that I have ever come across.
Kudos to all of the great firepups. I look forward to our (mutual) future.
Funnydiva2002 @ 485
It’s the text UH-Hilo’s History Dept. uses for Hawaiian 101…! *g*
I’m missing Montag.. great middle of the night posts.
radlib1 , so do i.
((((Radlib1))))
You’re so right. The more I read threads at other places, the more I appreciate how things are managed here at the lake.
FunnyD
Funnydiva2002 @ 497
ding!
radlib1 @ 493
Couldn’t have said it better… *g*
radlib1 -
Amen, Brother/?/Sister!
i’ve been lurking on & off most of the night … not in the best of spirits tonight. In my life, surprises are usually very unpleasant. Intellectually i know Jane probably has a great revamp of the site to unveil, but emotionally, it’s a bit much on top of personal life.
trying for sleep one more time.
TexBetsy @ 502
Good Luck, Ma Cheri!
((((ndfg))))
we’ll do this change together. we’ll all be on the other side.
g’nite TexB, hope sleep comes with this try.
we passed 500?!
CTuttle @ 494
POI-fect. (poi, get it?!!). If you hadn’t steered me right, I’d probably have gone poking around at UH.
Heh. Now I’m remembering my few, coupla degrees removed connections to HI.
3rd grade. Learned about poi and tapa cloth and other HI things. Learned the hookilau (sp) song and with some other girls made up a dance and gave a little presentation. Dang. Haven’t thought of that in YEARS.
College. One of my very very favoritest profs ever got his PhD in chemistry from UH. You could see him for miles at commencement in that lime green and navy blue regalia…
FunnyD
TexBetsy @ 506
Yep! They’ve got to do something!
holy cow. i think i found rbg’s first fdl comment.
Interest anyone in a slice of cranberry/almond/cinnamon tart?
New recipe I tried yesterday after having to special order a jar of cranberry preserves required from a place in MA.
Maybe a little sweet for breakfast but passing fair, if I do say so myself. *g*
HUGE comment thread tonight!
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 501
Oh, (((((grrrlll))))), I know what you mean. Straight up. The personal life is making it hard just to interact with the rest of the world in a normal way. Like I’m missing half the layers of my skin or something. Hang in and think of me when it helps to know you’re not alone!
FunnyD
selise @ 509
Now that’s a find!
h/t!
selise @ 509
Heh, he produced my first comment yesterday! Mahalo Nui Loa, Selise…
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 500
(((ndfg))) before she left, christy said egregious would do pull up a chair this morning. That is something special to anticipate.
sorry I made the handbasket comment, that was uncalled for.
radlib1 – ditto
ndfg – you got 500!!!
Waccamaw @ 510
Mmmmf. Fang’oo. gulp.
No such thing as too sweet for breakfast in my universe. Cranberries? Almonds? Cinnamon? Sign me up, sounds like breakfast to me!
What makes the preserves so special? Seems like a good time of year to get the fresh ones and try to duplicate.
FunnyD
Dang, Selise, the first rays must be poking above the horizon by now…?
thanks funnyD. the care & compassion is one of the things i love about the lake.
Didn’t jump in earlier because i’m kinda weepy & out of it. I’ve mentioned several times over the last month that one of my geriatric (but beloved) cats has a fast-growing cancer. Well, looks like its down to days now, and i’ll have to have him killed when the tumor starts to suffocate him. Everyone’s been so compassionate, but i didn’t want to derail the thread earlier. We get so attatched to those darn furballs.
yum! cranberry/almond/cinnamon tart! Thanks, Waccamaw. Sounds like the perfect thing to have with coffee for breakfast.
A bright spot in my life at the moment is that it is christmas cookie baking time! My favorite part of the holidays.
CTuttle @ 516
not quite yet…got another hour or so to go. :)
and silly me, still hoping to get some sleep tonight.
Maybe *ilson will come back to the new place. I miss more than any other disaparacado…
TexBetsy @ 471
Did I read that Kirk left? What happened?
Aargh, Fuckery abounds…
Bush handed blueprint to seize Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal
· Architect of Iraq surge draws up takeover options
· US fears army’s Islamists might grab weapons
Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark
Saturday December 1, 2007
The Guardian
“The man who devised the Bush administration’s Iraq troop surge has urged the US to consider sending elite troops to Pakistan to seize its nuclear weapons if the country descends into chaos.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/paki…..26,00.html
Ooh, what a plan…
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 518
Yes. We do get very attached to the furry nutballs. I’m sorry this is such a hard time. Some kinds of killing are more compassionate than standing by and allowing a “natural” death–as is obviously the case with mr. kitty. A roommate and I lost a 4yo neutered tom to kidney failure. That last few days was especially bad.
Sorry. Maybe you didn’t want to be comforted in this way. But I like to believe that the tears and sadness and pain are an indication of how very loved your boy is. So try to go easy on yourself. His own unique furry self and what he added to your life are worth mourning.
FunnyDiva
wigwam @ 522
I coulda sworn he posted recently…
CTuttle @ 525
Kirk was here on Thanksgiving, I think.
CTuttle @ 525
Kirk hasn’t been gone more than a week. I miss Big Mitch, too.
selise @ 509
Seems so funny to see it in that format now.
FunnyD -
Here ya go….extra large slice since we both have a sweet tooth!
Now that I see contents on jar and consistency, no reason not to give it a try…need to check my cooking library or the toobz to see if there’s any hints for a running start recipe. I buy lots of cberries this time of year to freeze.
ndfg -
Yup, getting ready to grind a few beans.
Am *so* sorry to hear your furry child will need to leave you…had to do the same with my OES in January and there’s still a hole in my heart. But it’s an act of kindness and love to help them not be in pain.
CTuttle @ 525
Oh, dang. He’s certainly not been as active as late, and I thought I’d heard he wasn’t around much. I could be wrong.
Mornin’ ET.
Well, poor server seems to be getting slow. Maybe that’s a cue for me to Go. To. Bed.
See all y’all in the morning.
XO
FunnyD
All varmints worth their salt, take a toll upon us human critters, with their passing… Don’t be shy in your sorrow…
Ed*ard Teller @ 526
me too.
Nite, FunnyD!
(((ndfg and friend)))
CTuttle @ 523
As I understand it, Pakistan’s military is on very good terms with the U.S. military. Their generals all went to war college in the U.S. with our generals, or somthing like that.
The guys to watch out for are their intelligence service, the ISI. They are militant Islamists who had a lot to do with establishing the Taliban, so I’m told.
Or in my boy’s case, worth his Tuna and Greenies.
Don’t know what life would have been like had he not made it clear that I was going to be his new mom. Not going to speculate…
Waccamaw, slim set might be a good option if you don’t want to over-sugar, and freezer jam would put up faster and easier than jars and paraffin. But you probably know more about jam than I do. Nice to run into another cranberry lover. Can you believe some folks really, really hate them in all manifestations? Sad, but more for us.
FunnyD
wigwam @ 534
ISI was Musharraf’s ticket to stardom, as was the KGB for Putin…
Good morning Everybody,
I’ve accidentally stepped into the vortex…
We’re not in FDL anymore?
Be back with some coffee.
Boston1775 @ 537
Heh, I’m watching Charlie Rose, right now, some time disparity, eh?
Hey, CT – maybe a nightcap for you? A little B&B?
I’ve read everything and am on pins and needles.
Heh, Good Morning…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_1jkgEzrGg
goodbye…..
Boston1775 @ 539
B&B?
thanks, pups … i know people here love teh critters and understand. Even when expected, its not easy. TwitchyTail has been a well-loved kitty for almost 16 years.
Waccamaw, willing to share the recipe? *g*
Well, off to bed again. G’night everyone, see you on the new & improved lake tomorrow.
‘What I really want to know is, has Kos given his approval to all this whatever it is?’
But…but..but…I thought Kos and Jane were both just sockpuppets for Jerome Armstrong.
:-)
Ed*ard Teller @ 541
Nite, ET, I know it’s 1AM in your Time Zone!
No matter what happens, firedoglake is and has been the best cyber community that I have ever experienced. I’m not often a commentator because I come home from work too late, but I always read the comments (and am often amazed by their intelligent responses).
Firedoglake may indeed be able to improve its outreach, but, to me, it’s now still the best website on the internet. Not only for its politics, but for the humanity and caring of its readers. That can’t be touched.
…*clattering cups and saucers – handing out the soft old cloth napkins – passing creamer jug and organic sugar*…
We’re worried, aren’t we, that with the birth of the new baby, we’re hoping we don’t lose the beautiful mother.
*pouring coffee – trying to keep hand steady*
((TwitchyTail))
CT – Benedictine and Brandy
Warms the cockles of your heart.
Boston1775 @ 549
And every other body part…! *g*
Dec 1st already!
My Honey is Home, Finally! I shall bid a fond adieu, Aloha Oe!!!
Good night, CT!!!
CTuttle @ 552
mmmm honey :) gn!
So tw3k, can you tell me what’s going on?
Are we still here? Everything went blue and “Goodbye”!
Test? Test? Submit…..
A toast to the new dawn at FDL.
To all of the Old posters ((montag))
And to new the friends. Another transformation
into something bigger and better. To the new day!!
You’re looking fine to me, Waccamaw
Boston1775 @ 555
I have no idea!
To a new dawn
To the lake!
montag
tw3k @ 559
Didn’t I hear that she’s going over to the other side? ;-)
Well, apparently so. :-) Whew…….bloody lost my breath there for a moment.
Boston and CT -
Prefer plain ol’ Benedictine but they only sell B&B in NC so have to find the odd bottle out-of-state when available.
wigwam @ 563
lol, i dunno, you tell me :)
wigwam @ 563
LOL. I suspected she was a republican all along. Just yanking our chain, she was.
ReneND @ 566
oppo research ;)
installing gentoo is great. I can reload comments and install at the time :D
jeez, 567 comments and nothing but a blurgh from dniewert? That imp Hamsher.. now I’m curious.
I can wait all night…
I have never waited in line all night for tickets.
I haven’t camped out for a spot for the July 4th concert.
But here I am.
A groupie.
tw3k @ 568
I thought everyone was shifting to Ubuntu.
so, when I wake up and hit “refresh comments” I’ll see blogtopia like it’s never been seen. Whatever it is, it’ll make my week. seriously.
xubuntu! nitey.
Good night MelodyMaker
wigwam @ 572
yeah but I like the custom build option with gentoo. I’m installing on a lowend machine that all the help it can get.
Woah! OK, a site revamp. Geez Jane! I just emailed Portland Maine asking a friend what he knew about FDL shutting down! I’m sorry, I thought tonight was November 30, not March 31! I hope I am Fooled. I hope FDL is here tomorrow.
gentoo
ubuntu
and bears, oh my!
you guys are so smart.
Wellstone13 @ 577
Wow! That sounds even more ominous.
As I was gettin’ ready to ask before everything went *poof*:
Has anybody seen Pfifferling (from Germany?) around recently? She used to hang out Saturday mornings most frequently.
Is the vigil still on?
Ned Lamont. Still kickin’ it! http://www.nedlamont.com
In The News (OK, the third one is just sad…)
1) Radio: Interview With Colin McEnroe (11/13/07) Ned Lamont joined Colin McEnroe in the WTIC studios on November 9th, 2007.
2) In the Classroom: Lamont Teaches ‘Connecticut, Inc.’ Course at Yale (11/08/07) “Entrepreneur-turned-politico Ned Lamont, who rose to national prominence after defeating Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary in the 2006 Connecticut election for U.S. Senate, is lending his time to his alma mater this semester.”
3) MSM Poll Report: Journal Inquirer: “Poll Finds Lamont Would Win If Election Were Held Now” (09/15/07) “Greenwich Democrat Ned Lamont would handily defeat U.S. Sen. Joseph I Lieberman if their 2006 race were re-run today, according to a new poll.”
Still have the moon and morning star. Ravel flute concerto in the background.
Wondering whether I’ll first see the sun or the marvels of blogtopia revealed.
Yes Felix,
coffee?
brandy?
wigwam @ 579
More ominous than Goodbye!?
Boston1775 @ 578
Not me! I can’t even get it installed, lol :)
Coffee, please.
I just made a nice pot of Ethiopian coffee. One of the nurses at work has a son that works for a coffee company.
I think I love her.
We’re gittin’ clode to 600 comments. csn we do it?
I highly recommend it!
Yummy Coffee
I need that coffee. My speling bad.
nothing like waking up to a post titled like this one
BOO!!!
ok, I’m awake. mornin’ all.
Mornin Jayt. Counting the minutes till the sun comes up. What will we find in the morning?
Smgumby @ 590
I get mine brom B&B out of Olympia here is western CO. Also good stuff.
When I was young, my favorite books involved time travel.
through the back of a closet
the third level of Penn Station
Magic by the Lake
FDL has caught me
as a traveler by the written word
through time
space
and even more,
with company.
It is that experience, of having company as I mentally travel and face evil foes and work for a better world, that I do not want to lose.
Let’s hope…
That last comment was total gibberish. I’m in western CO. and get my beans at a local drive-by which, in turn gets the beans from B&B.
B&B just opened a new coffeehouse here in Olympia. They were my favorite until I was corrupted recently.
(B&B roasts 5 miles away from me. If yer in town I recommend their tasting room!)
Just in case you come to town!
I get my coffee from the source. When I travel to Ethiopia I buy unlabeled green coffee beans. (in the Kaffa region). My neighbor has a roaster. Some batches turn out blah, but some are just amazing.
So, whose gonna go for 600?
You
Just read an article at watchingamerica.com that is somewhat alarming about the U.S. 5th Fleet in the up-coming war with Iran!
arc parser @ 599
And I feel adventurous getting my coffee at the roasters!
sun’s coming up on the east coast
it’s going to be a good one
Yay SunnyNobility!
Smgumby @ 598
I was in the Seattle area a month ago and my favorite is Espresso Vivace on Capitol Hill. They only roast espresso beans. And only two roasts at that. One roast for shots and one for latte’s. Mmmm!
glad I clicked on the link at “it’s only been a little over a year and a half”…
Got me thinking (real slowly at this time of the mornin’)… hell, *I’ve* been here longer than that! That was the intro to WordPress. From a Christy post some time back, I realized that I got here about a month after she did…
My pension benefits are building up quite nicely.
Felix Moronia @ 602
Thanks for sharing that. I knew that the military was worried about such a scenario, and it made sense but I didn’t know about how well that likelihood had been substantiated.
Thanks for telling me. It was 599 until I reloaded – spooky..
610 Comments. Anybody know what the record is?
Good morning pups!
Egregious!
The suspense is killing us!
Smgumby @ 610
there has always been someone to start a new thread when we got over 200
off to the coffee shop, hopefully will find out what this is about by then
see all in a tad
I love music in the morning. And my neighbors just love the hell out of me – and some Social Distortion before 7:00 A.M.
They’re such nice people.
It’s the most gorgeous cherry and orange colored dawn.
A new day!
good morning! I think…
I better read all the comments
The first snow of the year should start pretty soon here. 29 degrees and the clouds are a gatherin.
I love a fresh snow for my morning commute!
Here’s a little breakfast music for you guys:
It’s A Beautiful Day
U2 live
Good morning, pups. It’s TOMC and Bob Herbert today. TOMC is taking a jaundiced look at Rudy. She says, rightly so, that Rudy Giuliani is one of those people who doesn’t handle power well. The more important he becomes, the more impossible he becomes. Mr. Herbert addresses the Republicans’ “Rambo” problem. He says in the Republican presidential debates, the candidates seem so eager to flex their muscles and talk of violence and mayhem as the solution to our nation’s ills.
http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/
The coffee, tea and hot chocolate are ready, and I’ve got chocolate croissants as a treat. (There are also some plain ones for the non-chocoholics.) I wonder what “the other side” has in store for us… Have a great day.
rats-I have to leave shortly and I won’t know the surprise till tomorrow most likely. grumble, grumble. Whatever it is, I am so grateful to Jane and Christy and every single thinking of you/us that has been here. onward and upward!!!
hugs to all~and gratitude galore
Jayt — I had neighbors like that once. I tried politely asking them to turn the volume on their music down several times, to absolutely no avail. After I serenaded them with bagpipes at prodigious volume for 2 hours they got the idea and stopped. Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire… (I happen to love bagpipes, but lots of people think they sound like a cat in a blender.)
Chocolate croissants?!?!
Maybe just one?
WASHINGTON JOURNAL
Saturday, December 1
7am – Newspaper Articles & Viewer Calls
7:30am – Shay Dvoretsky, Constitutional & Employment Law Attorney
8am – Ronald Johnson, AIDS Action Council | UNAIDS 2007 Report
8:30am – Melissa Rosenberg & Kate Sullivan, American University, Students | Project on Washington Post
9:30am – Newspaper Articles & Viewer Calls
Smgumby @ 222
***DING!***
me gonna take a shot in the dark;
me thinks jane might been recruited for;
a) cnn
b) keith olberman
d) presidential campaign
More breakfast music
Carry On
CCNY
I’m looking forward to see what Jane and the gang have in store for us.
2008 is going to be a big year for progressives!
Marion in Savannah @ 622
I want to see Marion playing the the bagpipes, any video of that?
Selise at 470 and Punaise at 363 –
GrandmaJ checking in. I usually check in very very early when I can’t sleep, and with the news I first read I said — out loud — what the [blankety blank] is Jane up to now. But now have to stick around to see.
I am usually in lurking mode, but check in here first every day. Sad to lose TRex but know where to find him.
Waving to everyone I know. I missed a MN pup party I planned to go to – life being rather crazy these days – but I keep moving forward, because backwards is a disasterous path to follow – as Bush and his lackeys have proved once and for all.
Rob Zuber @ 628
it will be either a big year for progressives or for corporatists
our dems are rolling over and I am already believing they’ve been corrupted by “contributions”
I’m off to work in a few minutes, but seeing this post first thing this morning has unsettled me.
“Turn, Turn, Turn” helped, thanks to Margot@136.
More shall be revealed, and I guess I’ll see y’all on the other side too.
perris @ 626
Feels wrong. I am guessing a “larger” blogsite with a wider variety of posts/authors. Sort of like KOS but hopefully more homey like the lake? Does that make sense?
Don’t some server thingamabobs start melting down with this many comments?
You would think bluejeans, but it is holding in there so far.
Elliott @ 629
I guess I wasn’t clear — I got out my records and played THEM loudly…!!!
Marion, I liked the visual better before your clarification!
;)
Jane is leaving to become a columnist for Time?
bluejeansntshirt @ 634
they used to but I am pretty sure they’ve grown enough to handle the load
used to be right around 200 comments everything would slow down but I think they’ve overcome that threshold
Smgumby @ 637
Here — have a second chocolate croissant!
What is killing me is this. Do I need to keep refreshing the homepage, or is someone gonna show up with a new address for us?
bob h @ 638
a publicist for lieberman?
perris @ 631
One step at a time. First we take back power, then we get rid of the corporate Democrats. Conservatives took 40 years to complete their revolution. It will take us some time.
OOooo!
Chocolate!
MMMmmmm
Marion in Savannah @ 636
I still want to see a video of you playing the bagpipes!! ;)
What the heck? The other side of what? the toobz? Is FDL becoming a wingnut site?
The other side
you know, I saw jane on a few interviews recently
she was incredible, she has really matured as a spolesperson…her points were consise, her answers were “ballanced” she was obviously beutiful and inteligent, well spoken and insightufull
big differance then the first time I saw her on progressive tv
at any rate, when I saw her most recent appearance I was thinking cnn would be out of their minds if they didn’t scoop her up, giving her a greater audience and a bigger voice
I kind of don’t think the lake could be moved to a differant blog, I think it’s got most of it’s power right here.
all speculation.
Ed*ard Teller @ 521
Maybe *ilson will come back to the new place. I miss more than any other disaparacado…
I’ve seen *ilson a few times lately – just this week, actually, at the grocery store.
He’s in a pretty serious funk right now because Congresswoma Julia Carson, to whom he’s very close, has been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
But he keeps saying he may start coming back ’round, and that he lurks some….
Bullseye Jane, can’t believe it was only eighteen months.
neurophius @ 174
I win!
Anyone who presses the comment button from now on will forced to spend a weekend in Aruba with Joe Klein!
Washington Journal with Jane Hamsher?
Buckeye Hamburger @ 651
And everyone who doesn’t will have to spend a month..
jayt @ 649
I’ve seen *ilson a few times lately – just this week, actually, at the grocery store.
He’s in a pretty serious funk right now because Congresswoma Julia Carson, to whom he’s very close, has been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
But he keeps saying he may start coming back ’round, and that he lurks some….
jayt, thanks very much for the update. A few of the old timers may remember him as “Wilson zipcode.” Sorry to hear about Congresswoman Carson. I am happy to hear that Wilson (and his baby pit bulls I hope, I believe he breeds them) are doing well.
I’m thinking these comments are gonna hit 1000 before we find anything out
everyone is probably waking up right about now, ready to take a look at their firedoglake jones bing
then they have to sort through 700 comments to make sure the answer isn’t burried in the thread somewhere and then they’ll comment
might even reach 1500
Marion in Savannah @ 622
Jayt — I had neighbors like that once. I tried politely asking them to turn the volume on their music down several times, to absolutely no avail. After I serenaded them with bagpipes at prodigious volume for 2 hours they got the idea and stopped. Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire… (I happen to love bagpipes, but lots of people think they sound like a cat in a blender.)
Ahh, I’m not such a jerk really. I *do* like my morning music, but I keep it pretty quiet. Volume goes up only later in the day…
Maybe it’s a switch to a monster server that will handle the anticipated increase in traffic as the election nears?
funny…a year ago next month I bought myself a birthday present, picked up a little mid life sport scar
I remember telling everyone here at the lake in some obscure comment of mine
the point is, a year ago it seemed like I’d been coming here all my life
now I find out the lake has only been running a year and a half
it is hard to believe how much has happened because of this blog, it is mind boggling that a blog can be this powerful in such a short period of time
…and may the next year and a half be even more productive and successful.
thank you, jane, you are an inspiration to us all. you and christy and all of the writers, posters, lurkers and guests have made a very positive and productive impact on the public discourse.
the future of America has started to look a bit brighter as a result of what has happened here.
Cleanup on aisle 656?
I’ll get the mop…sheeesh!
gee, thanks for stopping by, Roy.
Bye – the door’s over there, to your left…
Suzanne @ 20
Suzanne, so smart. when you say it’s a go. we go. see you on the next site.
GrandmaJ!
Marion in Savannah @ 661
Yep, he’s pimping his blog.
attaturk is upstairs
http://www.firedoglake.com/200…..orks-2007/
a pre-emptive vid?
Dylan: “Things Have Changed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQDeYzUkXOU
GMFORD @ 443
What I hear, it will be goooood in the lakehood. So good, so good that we hope you will delurk and be with us in print as well as in spirit.
BlueStateRedHead @ 670
we are all upstairs, come and say hi here
perris @ 655
If we hit 700 does the new site start? ‘Cause the length of the thread is slooowing things down. Reminds me of the old (relatively) days of libby trial lakeness.
If so, ready to provide a few hundred ((Jane)) ((((pups)))) and so on.
Suzanne @ 20
i have images of black text on a black background and some new technological invention which ’scratches’ (like a lottery ticket) out the meaning of the message-
but something tells me that’s not ‘it’….
Marion in Savannah @ 620
Wish I were there with you. Chocaholics united in person as well as in virtualdom. Will make do with Irish Oatmeal and ‘tapped from the tree for me by a friend’ Vermont Maple Syrup. Glad to share if you every come by the BlueBayState.
Wonder if Christy will be pulling up a chair?
BlueStateRedHead @ 672
it slowed down for you because we have a new thread upstairs.
whenever there’s a new thread a refresh or a new comment will not complete on your browser
that’s usually the sign to go upstairs
GrandmaJ @ 630
To you in MN, hope the new whatever inspires your delurking cause your thoughts and presence in MN are so encouraging.
wigwam @ 175
Leave it to Selise. Great sleuthing. Also nice to know fears are calmed.
Christy’s on vacation. There might be a guest author for PUAC ;)
Hi Jane and Christy…
What a surprise to see this new site…I wasn’t on last night and tonight I
was at the daughter’s house with the kiddies and just got home and WOW!!
Everything looks great. Congratulations on the new sucess!!
Guess I never registered before! Dumb Bunny!! So, my new name is
NanaMoesie…..still the same Maureen from Boston or Moesie. Love this
place and would be lost without it. Keep it rolling along…there shall
be no moss on this site!!
NanaMoesie