claiming zed?

Suzanne!
Some lineup!

jus cogens!

nice claim, jayt

newton, blew me away when i found it and had to share. tis a forking awesome video and chuck berry’s reactions are like a kid in a candy store

hey tw3k

questions for ya’ll – is the lake loading faster now? it surely seems like it is since i got back from the wedding.

Hi, great t00b!

Fitz!

hey kirk – didja see the fitz thread over at marcy’s?

Hi, Suzanne and Pups!

FunnyD

Heh. I can maybe keep up if I start 9 comments behind instead of 50.

FunnyD

blues night?

Jonny Lang / Double Trouble – Groundhog Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..re=related

Something I said?
I’m wearing clean clothes today. Got my hair done, even!

FunnyD

Suz – impossibly cool vid!

sorry funny d.. was busy for a second… nice to see ya at the top of the thread :)

Heh. I can maybe keep up if I start 9 comments behind instead of 50.

kinda takes the challenge out of it, but hey, who am I to argue? *g*

Yay for blues! Here’s some legends on stage together.

rack em up

I’ve decided I posted the wrong Jonny Lang vid: Lie To Me

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

wow

thanks hannibal

I think you outdid yourself with this one, Suz.

how blue can you get?

thanks margot

Memphis Slim

Good name for a grandson, I think. I’ll get to working on that.

‘Course, I already promised Rock Freebase of Alabama 3 that the first one would be named after him, on account of that’s a pretty cool name too.

Poor #1 Son has a little work cut out for him.

Yep.

happy days

Good Digging Neuro:>)

Hey when is the Digg widget gonna get fixed???

25 minutes, 25 comments, and nobody had Dugg this yet?

can’t have the blues without some stevie vowing not to give up

Aha, natant! You were right on my heels!

neuro, nahant and you have quite a system.. that was very cool :)

i think everyone was grooving to the tunes and forgot the digg. i know i did… thanks doods

Yes, happy days. Feels great to get my Fitz fix again. Hope there’s lots more to come.

Gotcha Neuro beat ya at the game! Oh yeah I dug your Digg:>)

Gary Moore – Still Got The Blues

nice guitar solo’s

z-word violation in Sector 1

Well, it’s not blues, but if that’s not against the rules:

Troops worth supporting: The Sun Kings: “cover” of Hey Ya.

FunnyD

Oh yeah great tune Suz:>)

what was the guy’s name – blind white guy – played his guitar flat on his lap?

aint no sticking music rules here on the dark side of the lake funnyd… hell, we’ve had everything from opera to hiphop in these threads :)

instead of the usual icon, all I see is [digg]

is it that way for everyone? thought maybe it was just my computer

Yes! I prefer my Double Trouble with SRV.

*sniff*

link might help, huh?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4O_YMLDvvnw

sending in the rescue squad

Dang, nobody told me ya’ll were upstairs… *sniffle*

ct, i told everyone there was an unclaimed zed upstairs.. did ya miss it?

Look out, jayt!!

Musta been while I was making the gravy for my roasted chicken…! ;-)

Nope the widget has been broken for days… twas said a couple of days ago they were working onit… but if you ask me they had bigger fish to fry just trying to get the site stable:>( It is a pain as some here don’t like to be the first Digger and have to come up with a description of the thread…. OH well… just keep digging

GAHHH!
That came out wrong.
I meant, their artistic/videographic endeavors are worth supporting.
All the troops are worth supporting. Didn’t mean to imply they weren’t.
Duh, Diva.

FunnyD
Support the troops:
bring ‘em home, alive, now
care for their minds and bodies as long as it takes
pay for college, they earned it.

there you go again

Opera? I missed Opera???!!!
That reminds me…
I’ve got another for later.

FunnyD

the site loads a lot faster so that musta been what was hanging up some folks – i don’t think it was broken – i think that *digg* was the fix… think about how many digg links we carry on the main page …

aint no sticking music rules here on the dark side of the lake

Well, in that case:

Rockpile w/ Robert Plant – Little Sister:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q5XJX8sjYDE

i knew what ya meant funny d.. no offense was taken

Looks that way on my ‘puter, too. ‘Course, it’s on its last legs and figuratively held together with bubblegum and baling twine.

FunnyD

Hah, Zed is Sooo not dead…! 8-P

[dugg]

*smiling movie star smile and batting eyelashes all innocent like*

huh?

But there is no longer the number of diggs shown by the widget:>(
But yes the site does load faster… I heard the migrated to to twk3’s fav Linux

I knew you knew.
Just wanted you to know that I knew, too!

FunnyD
why do I suddenly feel compelled to go find some Dr Seuss?

I’m a little surprised nobody here blogged about Obama confronting Holy Joe. I find that very encouraging, he’s not gonna put up with that asshole’s shit any more.

You go Obama1

oh – that widget… yeah, i miss knowing how many diggs each post got just scrolling down the front page and could easily tell if i had missed a digg

Stevie’s brother Jimmie’s got the blues about freedom, got the blues about tyranny. (Filmed on the steps of the Texas capitol.)

Should be displaying the number of diggs… so still not the same as it was…

Hiya, pups!

We’ve been off-line for almost 3 days. Apologies to Suzanne, Dr. Kirk, TSF, any others – including relatives in Alameda – for not following through on visitnig the lower Bay, Santa Cruz – whatever. After Sacramento, I wanted nothing to do with any town bigger than 75,000 until we get back up to Portland. Gawd, do I hate California urban motor traffic!!!! We’re in Arcata tonight.

curl -I firedoglake.com

:D

green eggs and ham

hey et… no problem…. i completely understand – have been following your trip over at your place – gawd, your lake county descriptions reminds me of camping trips i took there with my family as a teen.

I’m just thankful the Lake is up…! Poor servers at the Treehouse were working overtime…! ;-)

loads faster so, * shrug *

And thanks Neuro and eCAHN from last thread.
And, yeah, Mozart piano concertos is right up my street. Probably not all of the mall at once, though.

Sigh.

FunnyD

Greetz ET!

How’d the wedding go?

ZOMG!!!
ET!!!!

Yay!

FunnyD
Love it when the lost pups come home!

picking up some herb?? they have the best!

Nah.
Willits.

twas filled with love – pics over at my place (scroll down)

since i’m on dialup i can’t choose the best one-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2VJHpqVWW4

but explore robert lockwood junior for yourself.

he is the best. absolute best.

step-son of robert johnson…..saw him myself…a few times..me, a student of jazz and blues, have seen many, he blew me away. i was entranced.

i love him. noone like him. ever. he shines, find the you tube that shows how he shines if i didn’t pick the right one.

That’s one of the ones I took to Egypt for my friend’s kids. Nobody teaches English like Dr Seuss. Belatedly realized the ham thing could be an issue, but my friend said he’d just translate it as Green Eggs and Meat.

FunnyD
also took Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

check out shameka copeland, mr copelands little girl when ya get a chance.. she has pipes

Here’s a tune in honor of the Coleman Hawkins Legacy Jazz Festival (Hawkfest), which is held June 6-7-8 in Topeka KS, onetime home of Mr. Hawkins

Can’t argue that one either:>))

how about green eggs and yam?

Hi, dmac
Nice to see you. How are you doing?

FunnyD

did I mention being a fan of a good guitar solo?

santana “europa” live montreux 1980:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mgH…..re=related

I yam what I yam.

FunnyD

oh this one takes me away to a very nice place. thanks jayt

neato.
I once saw Tito Puente live. 1992, I think. Only thought of it because I think Santana covers his “oye como va” (or however it’s spelled).

FunnyD

ET, I missed you, but when I read your account of a day behind the Rancho COrdoba (?) curtain I was hooing yu and your family could see the beautiful parts of the state. Hope your duaghter was happy with the tournament -a dn hope to see you in the future.

Dr. Seuss meets Popeye the Sailor Man

raggae popeye

gawd i miss edit sometimes (well, whenever I type…)

Heh, there is an edit function… Proofread it before ya submit it…! ;-)

my 77 i forgot to add that robert was the only one that robert johnson showed how he did waht he did. robert johnson would never show his fingering to anyone, he played with his back to them……this is firsthand blues gossip–robert used to hide how he played, the only person he ever showed was lockwood.

and rory block (whom i would like to throw a pie at) may claim to know robert johnson’s ways, but she’s a parasite. played schmooze and got to know johnson’s extended family, and claimed to have a connection there, but not.

robert lockwood is the only one who knew his guitar secrets, she only wishes she knew….

so, don’t pay any attention to her claims, or do pay attention, she’s based an entire career on it, listen to her guitar and listen to robert lockwood, i’m sure you’ll hear the difference….

true blues needs only and ear and a true heart to hear it.

seem them both, wanted to boo her off of the stage.

i’m just thankful that i’m not sitting here twiddlin my thumbs like last nite

Now that’s funny! I’d like to see the “adult” version, bet it’s a hoot.

blow me down

my 93 lotsa typos, am tired, time for bed

Why didn’t ya pop in at the treehouse…? Btw, I think it’s T’s B’day, today…! ;-)

what was the guy’s name – blind white guy – played his guitar flat on his lap?

Got it! – Jeff Healy.

With Stevie Ray: Look at Little Sister

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqU9RZqvFKY

Oh, Suzanne! How cool. I especially love the ones with Karina and Kayla. You must be so happy after all tht hard work and worry.

Kirk,

Sometimes it felt we were caught in the Rancho Cordova triangle. When I get back to Alaska, the next time I hear somebody say that our problems up there are insoluble, all I’ll have to conjure up is the vision of one suburb after another, as if they’d been cloned, stringing their way up from Sacramento almost to Marysville, with hundreds of thousands of people sitting, stalled in their SUV’s, one per car, burning $5.00 per gallon fuel, waiting to move aother hundred feet in two minutes.

i was suffering my own set of pooter problems – mercury in retro and my system was hanging for a full 30 seconds before i could switch tabs

finally resolved it today – incompatability between my spybot search and destroy and the service patch 3 that i was able to install (they resolved the amd problem so it with without a hitch)

g’nite dmac

t’s bday was last week

Not this trip, unless something unforeseen happens. More into the wine and cheese and farmers’ (as in – veggies) market thing this time.

My favorite HWY 101 cleanup sign: “This section sponsored by the Mendocino Medical Marijuana Users’ Collective”

jeff and lil feat

hahahahaha

suzanne, have you told us yet what the wedding present was? I haven’t heard, just knew you spent a lot of time working on it

Good for you Suz… you might look into zone Alarm internet suite and does everything Spy Bot does and a lot less problems.

specializing in potholes

See, that’s why I asked T personally, he hasn’t replied yet…! ;-)

blues coming home

Leave to them to sponsor road clean up:>) gotta look good in the community… DFH’s of the very best
1

a hawaiian lap quilt in wedding colors of creme, green and terra cota (ok, its a variation since hawaiian quilts are usually limited to 2 colors)

didn’t quite get it finished but she loves it and i look forward to seeing them snuggled under it on the sofa one night in the near future. i modified the breadfruit pattern to a heart on each point, one for each of them, mike, jen, and the girls.

Another discovery – past that you can get a really good deal at the Heitz Cellars WH – is North Coast Breweries’ Scrimshaw Pilsner. I think it’s the best American made Pilsner I’ve ever had.

sounds really nice

jeff and lil feat

oh yeah – bookmarked that one.

well it’s 2:15 (the witching hour for procrastinators) – so it’s time to get horizontal

I’ll check out the rest of the music in the morning – nite all.

Gee, Suz. I read the title and thought we were in for more photos of your wedding pedi…

g’nite jayt

Any pics of it? Usually, they are, but, I’ve seen some intricate one’s that have numerous colors in each square…! ;-)

Ugh. I hope yu and your family have time to check out the redwoods on your way north. If you have an extra 2 hours, Fern Canyon/Gold Bluff Beach (just north of Orick, alas) is absolutley magic – the Fern Canyon hike brings you into the heart of the Redwoods. (take the “scenic” bypass on 101 North to Humboldt Redwoods State Park)

There was another road cleanup sponsorship just south of Eureka, by NORML. Anybody threatening to withhold Fed highway dollars for the signs being there like that? I hope not.

yep. I’m gratefull to be back at the Lake and grateful for awesome tech crew’s work!

Sweet dreams, jayt.

cue image of someplace like Beale Street (where Furry Sings the Blues): what’s a pub-crawl of dozen honky-tonks?

The 12 Bar Blues.

Aloha, Jay!

We hiked through the trails in the Avenue of the Giants and Rockefeller Forest trails late this morning and early afternoon. Ms. ET got some great pics, but my iPhone camera isn’t storing images today for some reason.

the co-op in arcata has great local produce/veggies (can’t recall where/when the Friday/Saturday farmers’ markets are around there, but they rock, too.)

Oh, I hope you got a photo.

FunnyD

it’s so good, i’m postin’ it again,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2VJHpqVWW4

please you tube google robert lockwood jr…..

nite,

gnome’s cape cod talk brought me back out, she is in the town where i spent my summers, lucky that i was someone who spent summers somewhere, i never once took it for granted, i spent other summers in appalachia working at work camps…my family never let us forget what what out there in the world…..so, thanks gnome for those reminders of that time. my soul was forged there on the cape. and my conscience.

the rest of what is goin here on is something that is so ugly i don’t want to be a part of. a lot of it so subtle, yet it gets cheered on. and noone sees it….but i do…..i do. can’t count the times i’ve noticed the hypocrisy of it….call me what you want, but i’ve never been a hypocrite.

y’all get to choose which way it will go.

and where it goes is gonna determine whether i will be a part of it.

nite to all who know what i mean…..

not until its done

g’nite jayt

and ET – I know I’m perseverating, but if your schedule allows Fern Canyon (or trails leading West/NW from the visitors’ center at Humboldt Redwoods) lead you off into redwood groves far away from 101 sounds – and far grander than the lovely places at AOG/Rockefeller Forest.

Humboldt Redwoods is one of the few places on the CA coast I can stand and feel the Earth is alive and present.

Wherever you go, though, I hope you a lovely trip!

Haven’t heard of any… but Mendocino has a referendum on the ballot to curtail the cultivation of more than six plants… don’t think it will pass

Wow! What a special present. Did you get a photo before you gave it?
Neeto. No wonder you were workin’ workin’ workin’ away. How far apart were your stitch lines?

FunnyD

Are you using a leaf pattern?

i sew by machine and it’s going to be stipple quilted.. like doodling with the sewing machine

it did pass… :(

i took a breadfruit pattern and modified the fruit into a heart

I have purchased some great line caught Salmon at the co-op enjoyed some of as sushi with lemon on it….but dam know Salmon season on the lower west coast..

Sounds cool…! ;-)

hey jacqrat

this is the pattern i started with

i’ve not quilted in about 6 years and most of my stuff is packed away so it has taken me longer than i thought it would

Shit gonna hit the fan up there….

yeap, santa cruz has a 10×10 rule.. as many plants as can be planted in a 10′x10′ plot

It’s a classic pattern…! Heh, a disclosure popped up saying not to use it for commercial purposes…! ;-)

We just missed the Thursday afternoon one. We’re touring the campus here tomorrow morning, where ET, Jr. is transferring to in the fall, then heading up to Crater Lake, where it is supposed to be snowing tonight. On to the Oregon wine country for a day, then up to my brother’s place in Portland, to turn in the RV. Amtrak to Seattle, then visiting my mom and sister and artist friends in Seattle, until ETette graduates on the 14th.

Whew!

cause its free :)

I’ve done a little quilting, only easy (square) stuff, though.

Here’s the google on Hawaiian quilt if anyone wants to see any finished progects.

whew is right. dang, snowing at crater lake in june

Preview? Yeah, heard of it. Why do you ask?

I took a picture of the” No Salmon Fishing” poster on a wall in the tackle shop in Marshall yesterday. It is so sad. We are killing the oceans. Harder to see that than where we’re killing the air and killing the soil, but it is all the same.

I didn’t stop on 101 to take pictures of the cute road cleaning sponsor signs, though…

cream background, green hand dyed main applique and then the green border and terra cotta border are asymmetrical. totally winging it and she loves it.

these are the artists leading off the Hawkfest tomorrow night

there may be better YouTubes of them, I just grabbed this one

good night all

g’nite neuro

Sounds like a winning color combo.

OMG, Fern Canyon. We went there when I was a kid because my Mom loooooves ferns. Camped at Prairie Creek State Park a few times iirc. Hope that herd of Roosevelt Elk is still there.

Orick! 2-blink town, one blink for each side of the road…

FunnyD

‘nite neuro.

I’m out, too. See y’all tomorrow.

Hello FDL tech support? I can’t this post to open up:

Fitzgerald to Conyers: “Okay, Now I’m Ready to Talk”

I first tried earlier in the day, and gave up thinking it’d be fixed later, or maybe it was my computer. But now at 11:33pm Pac time, it’s still not opening up. Please help – I’d like to read it!

sound like both a great and fulfilling trip for all… congratulations to ET ette for graduation… We are going to niece’s HS graduation in the AM… Damm they just grow up way too quick. Seems you just get them outta diapers and they are leaving the nest… where did all that time GO???

maybe not: appropriately enough, the vote in favor of preserving the existing (higher, so to speak) limits may be counted a bit late….

Mendocino pot measure in limbo

By MIKE GENIELLA
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Published: Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 4:48 a.m.

With about 40 percent of the ballots still uncounted, victory is not a sure
thing for backers of a hotly contested campaign to repeal Mendocino County’s liberal marijuana guidelines.

Measure B appeared to win Tuesday by a 52-48 percent margin, amounting to
701 votes, in a closely watched election that has attracted national
attention.

But county Clerk Susan Ranochak said Wednesday the preliminary results don’t include 10,385 absentee ballots not yet tabulated. In addition, 439
“provisional” ballots that voters Tuesday dropped by polling places or the
county’s election office also are uncounted.

There were 16,364 votes counted Tuesday night from across the county,
compared to the combined 10,824 ballots still outstanding.

The uncounted votes are roughly split between inland southern Mendocino
County, where Measure B posted strong results, and the Anderson Valley,
Mendocino Coast and Willits/Laytonville regions, where there’s a long
history of marijuana tolerance.

Ranochak said it could be up to 28 days before official election results are released, the maximum time allowed under state election laws.

Ranochak’s announcement sobered Measure B supporters, who initially believed there weren’t enough ballots left uncounted to substantially alter the victory margin.

http://www.indybay.org/newsite…..1#18504589

And a boogie-woogie pub crawl has 8 to the bar?

FunnyD

let me see what i can do oaktown girl

Aloha, neuro and wdd!

it was a marcy post we cross posted over here. here’s the link to her post

g’nite wangdang

Hey, Oaktown Girl
Howdy.
Have you tried the button at the top of the FDL homepage that says “Emptywheel”? It’s one of her posts, so if you go to her homepage and scroll down you should see it.

FunnyD

Goodnight all sleepy pups that I missed. Sleep well.

FunnyD

ET, that trip sounds wonderful (well, except for June snow at Crater Lake) – and the RV definitely rules out Fern Canyon. The “scenic route”, though, is easy for RV’s (and less hilly than the ugly stretch of 101 bult to bypass it).

I hope you have a great trip and ETette has a lovely grad.

….and I hope ET, jr is careful about those DFH tree huggers at Humboldt State…careful to bring tofu to the potlcuks, that is :)

Keeping fingers eyes and every thing crossed it falls short! Would hurt a lot of DFH people who are great people!

g’nite neuro and wang – good dreams!

i drove down 101 from oregon 3 years ago and loved that area. seeing the elk alongside the highway had me a wee bit concerned

Fork. Et, where I was writing “Humboldt Redwoods”, I was meaning “Prarie Creek”.

(i need to edit my brain)

When I looked at it, the read more/comments link was bad, but I was able to read it by clicking the title link…

You sure don’t want to hit one with your car…

the peterr prayer

preview is my friend
preview is my friend
preview is my friend

exactly what i was thinking as i eased off the accelerator

Prairie Creek.

Jeebus.

(funndydiva, thanks for getting it right!)

working fine for backstage using safari and firefox

Well time for niece’s graduation is early… godd night pups and don’t forget to digg this post!!

Preview? What is this “preview” of which you speak?

upper right hand corner of the box you type in, in blue letters with an underscore

preview

sleep wel nahant – hope you al lhave a great time at your niece’s graduation.

g’nite nahant

You’re welcome, CaliMan!

FunnyD

Gnight, Nahant
Congrats to the Niece on her big day.
FunnyD

I just tried, and all the links worked just fine. Maybe the servers were still struggling when I tried…

Aloha, nahant! I shall bow out too… I bid ya’ll a fond adieu! Aloha Oe!!!

aloha ct

thanks smgumby

Hey, ET
If you’re still here, and not totally overbooked for next week, the Seattle Symphony is doing the film Alexander Nevsky with the Prokofiev score performed live. I’ve bowed out of that performance, but it should be good.

Or, if you’re still around on a Monday night, there’s Silent Movie Monday at the Paramount, with Dennis James live on the theater organ, which is huge fun. I’ll see if I can find a link.

FunnyD

Aloha, CT!

1,864 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…

Citizen Suzanne and the Crazy Late Nite Firepup Patriots:

Yo Suzanne, you got a first class gig goin’ here at nite. I’m at work (got called in) and will be checkin in thru the darkness so psyhcic care pakages over the internet tubes will be much appreciated. Is our paarty’s nominee for President finally gunna occupy the newcycles after Saturday or is the poor woman’s Doroty from Kansas gunna keep peekin’ in from backstage?

KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNITION, ON TO DENVER!!

Silent Movie Mondays
Haven’t been in several years, but it’s a real treat.
This series is Douglas Fairbanks. And I think they do a short and maybe even a little sing along (follow the bouncing ball).

FunnyD

Aloha, CT – good dreams!

Well those of us that are youtube deprived like to find little tasks to keep us busy!

(have I grumbled about ‘puter nazi lately?)

thanks norske – will keep the vibes going your way

You got your fondest wish – Obama stepped forward and literally seized the Democratic from the Clintons. Now Obama and Dr. Dean have the con.

It sounds like she’s finally getting a grip. The party elders did some fine work yesterday.

i was dialup until november (shrudder) and remember those days well… i would let them load, one at a time in the background (silent to avoid that horrible start stop noise) and then play them one after another in the morning.

there is no way to circumvent the pooter proofer?

((((Norske))))
I’m on the West Coast, so not quite as late night. Just as crazy, though.
As for news cycle domination, who knows? Hope Senator O can keep Bubbba from shooting off his mouth, thoughe. Even if he’s _trying_ to support the campaign. Don’t need _that_ kind of help for crying out loud.

FunnyD

That was very impressive. But we’ve seen excellent leadership and discipline working within his campaign so far. Pretty much, a no-bullshit operation.

Yep. He assumed control of the levers, and striking at the heart of the money system – no corporate contributions – puts McCain in a terrible rhetorical pinch.
Bravo!

etta helps chuck celebrate his 60th birthday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z2wuVp00-o

emmylou offering up two more bottles

hey spidey – how’s your end of the bay?

Yeah, looks like there really is a new Sheriff in town. Got the “not accepting PAC money” email from Dr Dean today. Wrote back asking about Blue America and Moveon.org. Pointed out that not all lobbyists are corporate, and not all PACs are industry based. Also asked if down-ticket candidates will be penalized for taking money from groups like Blue America.

But I’m liking the take charge-itude from Senator Obama. Seems like he’s got a lot of finesse to go with the brains.

FunnyD
Never thought I’d get a chance to see another “Camelot”.

…waaaaaaaaay windy….like halloween in june

Hi, Spidey!
Good to see you.
Any chance for housemates, an Aquarius and a Taurus, to reconcile after the knock-down, drag-out we had tonight? Hate to lose the friendship, but saying “I understand that….and I’m NOT going to apologize” isn’t exactly de-escalating, now is it. And, yes I did plenty of escalating myself, but she left the house this morning picking a fight and came in that way tonight.

FunnyD

we’ve been getting gusts down here but being nestled in this little valley i’m usually protected. must be reallyu blowing up on the ridge

…tough to bring together two polar opposites like aquarius & taurus…make a nice yellow cake with chocolate frosting and lay out your nicest cake plates with a pot of tea and music from the hearts of space.
it might work

Ooof. Halloween cold, too?
We’ve been getting heavy rain.

FunnyD

great description!

the “gate” is gusting steadily tonight.

i got spoiled when baby girl was here – i had my heater going since she came in from the desert and was freezing. tonight, i’m not feeling the slightest bit guilty about using my heater after april 15th – there is a bite in the air tonight

OT
link

Under pressure from the authorities, UBS is considering whether to divulge the names of 20,000 of its well-heeled U.S. clients, according to people close to the probe, a step that would have once been unthinkable to Swiss bankers, whose practice of secrecy dates back to the Middle Ages.

Same here, Suz.
56 now.
And in a few days, when it’s hovering past 80 at night, we’ll have forgotten this song :-)

maybe you know the latest on the spray kirk?

(laughing) i’ll be looking at photo’s of winterscapes with longing – and bailey will be snarling that it is all my fault that its hot and she’s wearing a forking full length full coat

the LBAM?

Thanks, Spidey
Hmmmmm…
Too many food sensitivities to make that feasible.
Maybe I’ll just make myself scarce for awhile, then see what can be accomplished with a different favorite food.
Yeah, OK, and start chipping away at my clutter again. But she couldn’t have expected me to do much today after she scolded me. Well, asked me what’s the plan for those and why are they still there in a pile. And I clearly wasn’t imagining or entirely projecting the irritation.

Sigh.
I’m the Aquarius, btw. Pretty much smack in the middle of the sign, too, iirc.

So, do you think getting a mutual friend who’s a Leo to mediate would be a good idea? I need to vent, which maybe she shouldn’t deal with, but I’m also looking for plain ol’ information.

FunnyD

Spray? That sounds ominous.
I remember the whole Mediterranean Fruit Fly furore back in the early 80s(?).

FunnyD

it takes two to argue and two to make up

perhaps both of you need a wee bit of cooling off time

i suspected you are the aquarius since the taurus wouldn’t be talking about the fight on late late nite…
getting a leo in would probably result in the leo playing the star role and nothing accomplished…taurus’s hate clutter especially if it is wierd clutter and you wouldn’t know about that, would you? …once again, something cozy to eat and few words said, just a twinkle in your eye…(and the clutter should disappear for sure)
don’t even bother trying to explain, just lay down an olive branch

…libras and sagitarius make good mediators

and VIRGOS RULE! :D

Getting a Libra to mediate might do, scales n’ all that. maybe a Sag, the sag would be more entertaining than the Libra, though not as accountable, jes my two astrological cents, fwiw.

Funnydiva – there are no few problems in life that cake can not solve.

Suz – can’t find anyway around the block, interestingly, lots of streaming video sites work just fine, but youtube specifically is locked up tight.

I got the chance to play bad-dad tonight. My 10 year old has had a slumber party planned for tomorrow. I just found out that they were all being taken downtown for a late night Rocky Horror Picture Show viewing…

…don’t get me wrong, I have enjoyed RHPS more than a few times… …but never at 10 years old. Someone tell me I’m not over-reacting, because I have tentatively cancelled the plans…

hey jacqrat…long time no see

todays ten year old is yesterdays 16

Tuning out other composers’ music as I’m starting to write incidental music for a production of the big guy’s “As You Like It.”

(disappeared to write a post for PA in light of Obama’s anti-inside-the-beltway-PAC announcement today)

Ayup. Right on both counts.
You aren’t a Mom or something, are ya?
Thanks. Cooling off time and progress on the clutter front.

Thank you Spiderpaws. I really appreciate it. No WAY the clutter will disappear completely, but significant progress can be made.
Weird clutter = not their clutter to a large extent, but, yes, she’s been making an effort that I realize I haven’t been meeting.
Sigh.

FunnyD

i would check with the other parents and find out their reactions… jen was a much younger 10 than baby girl was at 10. depends on the kid

mom and libra

Hi, Spidey. Yeah I lurk a lot.

at ten i was reading H P Lovecraft with a flashlight under the sheets with my black & white cat Pepper

I don’t remember 10.

Hahaha!
And aren’t afraid to tell the whole world so! ;>)
I’m told I’ve got a fair amount of Virgo in the chart. Something to do with “you’re not doing it right!!!” and not understanding that some minds don’t work as fast as mine.

Ooh. Hearing the wind chime here, too. Not too bad yet. Hope it isn’t yet another wet system.

FunnyD

Ah. Understandable. Sounds like fun.
Hope it’s a paying gig.
And, as you know, tons to do here, even without music.

FunnyD
oooh, looking for my doo-wopera UTube now…

1,864 DAYZ AND THE KILLNI’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…

Citizen Suzanne and the Firepup Freedom Fighters:

Thanx all fer the neighborly salutations from accross the virtual backyard fence. My son and I are leavin’for the Lake a the Woods this afternoon and we MIGHT ta come back on Tuesday but not before we make a significant dent in the Walleye population…maybe that’ll be enough ta get detoxed from HRC over-exposure and I’ll come back with a more tolerant attitude toward her made for TV performances. I’ve never been intollenat of HRC supporters (except fer those that insisted on callin’ us Obama folks misogynists) but HRC herself has got my whole family includin my 83 year old mother on theior last nerve.

KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNITION, AND REMEMBER WE’RE ALL GUNNA END UP IN THE SAME PLACE!!

with significant virgo in your chart, you should be able to bridge the gap with the taurus…

speaking of sheets…adios

fishing is always good for the soul – toss in some tunes on an ipod and it don’t get much better than that.

enjoy your trip norske

aw/ night spidey

Suz, you didn’t respond to my pedi joke earlier. did I offend?

dayam, jacqrat, i musta missed it… scrolling up frantically

g’nite spidey

Oh: for ET or anyone else headed up from US 101 (north of Crescent City) to Grants Pass via US 199…

after the beautiful/twisty Smith River part, you come to the Illinois River valley (and the driving gets much easier). In the little town of Cave Junction you’ll find the Wild River Brewing and Pizza Company on the south side of the road, with good parking for RV’s in the commercial lots across the road.

Great microbrew and yummy pizza!

And…

for those headed to I-5 via 299 from Arcata (on a road less twisty but much more boring than 199), you’re in luck: the excellent Mad River brewery awaits

Mad River Brewing is located in the beautiful small town of Blue Lake, CA.

It is a town of only 2800 people and is reached off Hwy. 299, just east from Humboldt County’s largest City, Eureka, and nearby Arcata, home to Humboldt State University.

great tours, but….

You can come for lunch but you’ll have to bring your own as we do not have a pub. We do have a retail shop where you can taste our beers and buy apparel and other cool stuff.

We give tours on a drop in basis during our normal retail shop hours. If you are in town for a few days and can be a little flexible we recommend that you call ahead to see when we will be bottling. We think you will enjoy taking a tour of our brewery which has “rustic charm”.

But wait – there’s more!

Just down from Arcata in Eureka is the sublime Lost Coast Brewery….with a full-on kitchen and great discounts on cases with slight label problems (you know what you’re drinking, but the label may be a bit askew)

…sadly, Arcata’s very own brewpub – Humboldt Brewing – appears to be no more. (sigh. hope that’s not the case.)

Speaking of case, time for bed and a Downtown Brown (or the other way ’round?)

I’m all tapped out.

Good night pups.

found it

just woke up token laughing… cause ya know i’m here

goodnight, Spidey
Sleep well. Thanks again.

FunnyD

Try the spell icon ABC with a check for checking yo pucking spelling maan…no edit needed.
Good evening Dr Murphy. Today we remembered a great Irish American named Robert Kennedy. The best all time Ameican attorney general three of his 11 kids were in the NYT each with a tribute to a great dad and a true patriot. His message was help those less fortunate than yourself. Seems you have. Be kind and courageous.
I had a teary afternoon thinking of JFK, MLK and Bobby talk about stand up guys!

g’nite kirk – pale ale dreams

nite kirk

Goodnight, Doctor.
FunnyD

sleep well, spidey!

spray is blocked in two counties (Santa Cruz and Monterrey, IIRC) by superior court injunction. still on schedule for aug 3 (?) in populated bay area counties. fight goes on – but cass will win, i do believe.

On Olbermann tonight they said that it didn’t amount to very much money, but it sure was a rhetorical coup.

Hey bigbrother
Amen.

Have an excellent trip, Norske and NorskeJr. Hope the walleyes are biting and the skeeters aren’t .

FunnyD

He’s going to spank him every day with something. I would expect to see the Obama campaign roll out a few dozen major issues that they will simply rotate, day after day,

fingers and toes crossed newton

he needs to come out strong and keep hammering until he gets mcsame to blow his top so the voters see the real mcsame

Doo-Wopera
for when UTube comes back. It’s really funny. And it has a diva. Hmmm…am I biased, do ya think?

FunnyD

Yep. And Obama has to remain scrupulously factual – no exaggerations of hyperbole. The truth alone is gahd-awful for McCain – no reason at all to draw unnecessary fire,

I’m one of those weird double virgos, yet i was born on a leo/virgo cusp. *shrugs* So bizarre mixture of introvert/extrovert and a scary head for business in any aspect. The ‘UR DOIN IT WRONG” button goes off in my head constantly, i just figured out how not to hit it all the time. Thankfully.

(But does NOT help when dealing with a newish employee that STILL hasn’t gotten the basic aspects of the job down at all. Then i get twitchy, she’s been with us a solid year! Some basic things should be ingrained by now, or she should be making connections on her own.)

Diva – my YouTube is fine on various browsers and operating systems. Have you checked to see if there’s a Flash update?

if she’s been with ya a year, she’s not new and should know this shizz by now.

any word on the hospital job?

And the cool thing is that he can simply be firmly factual. No extra provocation required. McCain will either blow his top or simply show his complete emptiness. Win-win.

Oh, if there are any campaign workers lurking: the “pundits” here are friendly. Certainly not preening for an audience of millions (at a salary of millions). Might not hurt to fish for some volunteers here.

FunnyD

gosh darn it!
I owe you a Coke!

FunnyD
Great minds, etc

yeap – keep going after him about honor and being bush 3

and one can always drop a dime on the campaign of choice and volunteer

Not yet suzanne.

Honestly? i didn’t know it all by the end of the first year either. But i at least started to catch onto the drugs that were narcotics and those that weren’t! I had about 50 memorized by then and i was catching onto the other details too. Most of it was just plain old paying attention while doing the job.

I knew how to do the usual day to day logistics, it was the pharmacy details i concentrated on learning. I’m trying to nudge her in the same direction, but sadly her mind works differently than mine. Which is a given, but i wish i could help her a bit more. *sighs* She just doesn’t have the knack for details that it demands. She has the potential to learn it, but she’ll have to work three times as hard as i did for the same lessons.

1.864 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN GOEZ ON AND ON AND…
Citizen Suzanne:

Got an I-pod from eldest daughter as a kinda reverse graduation gift fer Mom and Dad fer payin 4 .5 years of tuition…she loaded it fer me when we got it and then hasn’t been able ta teach me how ta set up the database and expand my playlist…but I got my CD’s and we got a 5 disc player on our Alumacraft 165 Sport…never leave home without My Bob Marley and Bill Evans and John Coletrain.

KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNITION, I THINK WE’RE GUNNA WIN THIS ONE!!

Dam, that’s annoying. They’re the sort that make their performance issue your problem.
Need a housemate? I’m a quick study.
But, no, I’m confident that you’re moving on to bigger and better very soon.

Yeah, not only do I have the virgo, I’ve got 10 years on the housemate. Fork. Double responsibility to be active in working things out. Sigh.

FunnyD

sounds like prime fishing music norske

Way ahead of ya on the dime dropping.
emailed my congressman today–at his campaign email. Basically asked, do you need a hand, or shall I go help Darcy Burner kick Rep. Reichert’s butt.
Don’t know enough about city stuff yet, but that’s next.

FunnyD

sounds like excellent incentive for a speedy response by your congresscritter funny

Yeah. I also have the geek thing going for me too. Which helps when dealing with any kind of work related detail. She is most definitely NOT geek material at all. Not all techs are geeks, but it helps. But you still have to have a head for an insane amount of details for such a specialty. I read something a few days ago that the 6 year Doctor of Pharmacy program is now more difficult to be accepted in than just for schooling to be a MD/GP. It somehow doesn’t surprise me much…

Especially with the level of information the pharmacists themselves work with daily just to quality check the work of us techs. (and we check our own work too, quite often before it reaches the Pharmacist for the final look)

attaturk is upstairs pups and there’s a zed to claim!

Not anymore!

Ok all you fabulous firepups. I’m fading fast, here.
So, good night and good dreams and thanks for the good company.
FunnyD

g’nite funny

time for me to head out myself pups. thanks for hanging with me tonight. g’nite all

Obama has thought this campaign out carefully… no big donors no big obligations. He is restoring democracy one vote at a time. We are wirnessing some awssome history. Now Obama and the Kennedy’s are teamimg up to finish the job that Bobby and Martin Luther King started.
That is why we need Impeachment to finish off those hateful rascist neocons once and for all time.

A thing of beauty.

This is from Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll!, Keith’s homage to Chuck, his original muse. (Mick Jagger upon meeting Keith for the first time: “You the bloke that plays Chuck Berry riffs better ‘an Chuck?”).

The funniest scene is when the band is trying to lay into the song Carol and Chuck (who can be really obnoxious at times) keeps stopping them so he can show Keith how the opening is s’posed to be done. Of course, Keith can play circles around Chuck, but Keith swallows his pride, rolls his permanently mascaraed eyes, and gives Chuck the respect (and protects Chuck’s dignity) by allowing Chuck to show him.

Great R&R flick!

hey, nahant! i grew up for a while on the island of nahant in boston harbor. any connection ‘tween your username and my younger days?

Obama has thought this campaign out carefully… no big donors no big obligations. He is restoring democracy one vote at a time. We are wirnessing some awssome history. Now Obama and the Kennedy’s are teamimg up to finish the job that Bobby and Martin Luther King started.
That is why we need Impeachment to finish off those hateful rascist neocons once and for all time.

Agree to all of the above, and yet for all of that he still doesn’t merit a post of congratulation at FDL.

Yes, I’m still flogging that dead horse.

Very disappointed in the leadership here on this issue.