splash!

splash!

Aww, ya denied me a hat trick…!

Hey! The FDL clock is back in alignment.

That it is, ES! Aloha, ES!

Went wading in the river today for a couple of hours.

you just noticing (ducking)

I think that was the first time I have dived at the Lake

It was an off-balance cannonball

I barely missed the dock

But my refresh fingers are tired.

July 17 Al Gore: “…bold, new strategy to re-power America…”

July 18 “Oil prices tumble in biggest weekly drop ever.”

Coincidence? I think not!

That would’ve left a mark, neuro…! 8~)

By the way…

Digg

Didn’t mean to detract from Suzanne’s beautiful dive

Me too, just below my house! I also live near large cliff bordering a lake as well.. much like the cliffs in the video above.

Water, lots of water, keeps me sane enough to fight progressively without losing my mind I tell ya.

Speakin’ of Tokyo… 7.0 quake off Sendai with a 5.something chaser. Just a mini tsunami there, and nothing for Hawaii.

This has been your earthquake report!

Heh, her dives are not supposed to induce a splash…! (Unless it’s directed at me…)

LOL.. Wasn’t lined up two hours ago. Got to eat dinner and watch the moon while coyotes howl sometime. *g

Mahalo, Hmmm, that’s nice to know that Hawaii’s good to go…

or the forking bulgarian judge grrrrr

Sendai and north of it was one of my favorite areas on the big Island.

dugg, thanks neuro for opening it

Honshu, eh?

Transportation for life.

Yup.. I didn’t make it up to Sapporo.. Loved Fukuoka!

I can take care of him…Say the word.

;>)

De nada. It’s more the Americas that you Hilo folk need to worry about anyway, you with your great big scoop of a bay there.

Here’s a couple useful Pacific tsunami resources. Also world quakes here.

when i get settled, i’m driving up to bc - and will be outta the range of the enn ess aaa

For anyone leaning towards John McCain.

I’m a sick bastard,
Now I am off to fever dreams and night sweats.
Gnite.

Heh heh, “Honshu: The Other Big Island!”

maybe at least that fellow will give me a point or two!

(I understand he has poor judgment)

I didn’t have a chance to venture far from Tokyo, but, I know where you speak of…!

Gotta see Kyoto. Nothing like it.

Xactly, I did a double take…! ;-)

I wanted to see Kobe, right near Kyoto and Osaka…

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/204705.php

ARLINGTON, VA — Today, former U.S. Senator Phil Gramm issued the following statement:
“It is clear to me that Democrats want to attack me rather than debate Senator McCain on important economic issues facing the country. That kind of distraction hurts not only Senator McCain’s ability to present concrete programs to deal with the country’s problems, it hurts the country. To end this distraction and get on with the real debate, I hereby step down as Co-Chair of the McCain Campaign and join the growing number of rank-and-file McCain supporters.”

Visibly, this is breakubg down. So, let’s cut to the chase. Forclosure Phil is a fucking idiot. Our boy Barak will meet him on any street at any time to debate econoics before a live audience. Deal???

hope ya feel better soon busted

Aloha and sweet dreams to all, I gotta go take care of some stuff. Wotta week, be good to yourselves…

Oh interesting. I’ve heard nothing but good about these guys. Now i see why. *grin*

Mostly biding my time from the workweek at this point and generally looking forward to have a saturday off. :D

aloha hmmm

True, the ‘41 tsunami was from a tremor in Alaska…

Aloha, BK!

Aloha, Hmmm!

Night Hmmm and Busted. Think I will head out myself. Farmers’ Market in the morning and maybe a 6-7 mile hike. Take care and enjoy the company.

g’nite dr dick

Well, I’ll be leaving it soon - More room for you.

;>)

Still dusting the crap off me from the last thread……can’t keep up with you guys when I come late to the smackdown. Nice to be here. More beautiful dives, Suzanne, when you get done with the moving thing and get settled in. On your drive north, imagine up for us some divine dives.

Evening all. Had a great dinner with a great bunch of Firepups! What cool people!

Aren’t they fun.. lots of good energy.

DO tell all!

None finer, Tex! ;-)

Hectic day?

dayam

Hi Betsy!

What did you all talk about?

More important, what did you all eat?

boing boing back one-and-a-half somersaults, tuck position, splashing only ct and the bulgarian

dish! who and do you have pictures?

Hey Suz?

Does the Tech crew know of the glitch where we can’t see the ‘new replies’ link isn’t there anymore from the latest FF3 update? Because i’m having to hard refresh every time to see any more replies by anyone, and it’s driving me slightly batty. ^^ No error message, but the hourglass turns as if it’s never quite ready to complete the action and then nothing at all when it does. *(which normally signals the new reply link showing up)

Like most canadian bands seem to have stored away, i’ve found. Sloan gives me the same feeling.

I love ya, too, Suz…! 8-P

Check out the youtube on this cool new blog. Twins, lots of twins on a train.

http://improveverywhere.com/20.....an-mirror/

everyone is having to hard refresh until they resolve the problem

they are very aware of it

Has to happen - lost my gig, and living here makes one insolvent rather quickly.

“What waters? We are in a desert!” “I was misinformed.”

;>)

I hope the Bulgarian Judge isn’t serving in The Hague when boosh and shooter come up for trial.

He might kind of like their style.

NDFG and Wangdangdoodle and David Niewart are the ones with the pix. Also in attendance were Things Come Undone, Watertiger, Pachacutec, Marcy (Emptywheel), Loo Hoo, CBL & Mr CBL, ecahnomics, Jim White, Blue Texan, Gnome de Plume, and …. I am probably forgetting a few.

Mexican food was fabulous.

Cool, thanks. Good to know they’re on the job. *gives the crew 2 huge carafes of coffee to get them by.*

and Rummy and Condi and Gonzo and Addington and Yoo and KKKarl and…

dayam.. still sucks db

seems to be a lot of that going around - not good at all. any idea where you are gonna end up?

and Jo Betsy and Curious and PrezintGivemeTurkee (spelling) along with his significant other, and a friend of Jim White, and two friends of Watertiger.

thanks. i imagine it’s a killer for the folks on dial up.

Heh, even eCAHN made the trip, eh?

Thanks, Suzanne — made my day. Lovely dive……splashes happen (good when you aim ‘em.)

if it helps, the backstage crew is grumbling too - they are having to mod like we used to in the old days

reminds me of the pd when the dispatch computer would crash and they would drag out the old time cards and timeclock/stamping machine and go back to manual dispatch mode.

The initial objective in Iraq was to get rid of Iraq’s WMd programs. Lo and behold, that had already been accomplised by William Jefferson Clinton, Bush’s predecessor as president of the United States.

The Mission had indeed been accomplished, even before we invaded. What part of that doesn’t the MSM get???

But, to drive that nail in harder, here is military wisdom from more than two millenia ago, explaining exactly why Bill Clinton is a unhearlded military genius and our neoconservative pundits are strategic idiots:

What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease. But his victories bring him neither reputation for wisdom nor credit for courage. For inasmuch as they are gained over circumstnces that have not come to light, the world at large knows nothing of them, and he therfore wins no reputation for wisdom; and inasmuch as the hostile state submits before there has been any bloodshed, he receives no credit for courage.
[Sun Tzu, The Art of War, 400BC]

Note that George Bush’s objective in Iraq had already been achieved by Bill Clinton with little or no expenditure of American blood and/or treasure.

Here’s something for the Lurking Mod, to go with that

(scroll down to the second caption)

She has a family member living in Austin.

wow

We used to have the setup on hand in the pharmacy for when the power went out that we could handbill/dispense scripts. Not anymore…now if the power goes out and stays out, we’re dead in the water. No labels, no paperwork no record of the script being run.

Modern innovation is good, but there are times when retro tech is good.

milk, por favor…

better for the corporate bottom line and to hell with anyone needing medicine

spitting - corporate forkers

…with little or no expenditure of American blood and/or treasure.

American blood.
Yeah, but if that was the only measure…

help yourself!

Thanks, ES —— my grandbaby mama is bringing me twin boys in a few months. Her husband, too, of course. Cute ‘onesie’ at a baby store: “Don’t look at me, My twin did it!” Another: “You think I’m cute, You should see my twin.” I’m a twin myself (fraternal b/g) so I know a bit about it. But identical boys will be a whole new thing!

About the time I discovered fdl in early ‘06, I went through a couple of month long period where I had flying dreams most every night.. I flew so much, by myself, like super man all spread eagle, standing up, even on magic carpets. Magic carpets were needed when I wanted to take other people flying.. and over the course of several months I took everyone on a flight.. one night I flew to Canada and picked up darkblack… and we chased the sunset all the way past the Pacfic coast.. Weird, I know… but it was fabulous.

backup batteries……oh too expensive…but but but what about lost business…oh oh patients??

Pappy Shrub would’ve succeeded in toppling Saddam if he hadn’t sat on his thumbs while Saddam was pounding the heck outta the Kurds up north and the Marsh Arabs in Basra, after already inciting them to rise up… If Pappy had imposed no fly zones that Bill later enacted, Saddam would’ve probably been removed a lot sooner, by Iraqis…

Yeah, last time it happened the only other pharmacy in town was still operational. (their power didn’t kick out like ours did). It was also getting very dark to begin with, so we closed up after the District Manager gave us permission to leave. I’m just glad the other place was open, we work with them instead of against them all the time. If we dont’ have a medication on hand, we call and see if they do and vice versa. We’re more concerned about our patients than our ‘bottom line’ and yet we still have one of the best records for customer service in the ‘district’.

Exchange cookie plates every Giftmas too. There are good things to being one of two small town pharmacies. The Corporation can go blow. heh. :D

Hello ES I have to love Al Gore’s energy manifesto. Also hi addicted son was in the audience didn’t he say?

Get a copy of Earth: The Sequel by Environmental Defense Center execs says how it is being done and nust have carbon tax.

I am growing a lot of my food in 3 12×2x2 plantar boxes using recycled grey water from laundry and sink. Aerated the water is no longer grey anf the veggies are thriving!

I wouldn’t be nearly as nice about Clinton as you, wigwam.. hundreds of thusands of Iraqis died under Clinton sanctions… and if he had not maintained such a presence, at probably more cost than we want to admit, the bases would have not been so readily available for the PNAC under Bush Jr. to do what they intended. ANd Clinton knew what they intended to do.

babies - how wonderful dearie - twins are just double the love

We have backup power, but its only enough to keep the emergency lights on. Which was pretty much standard across the board for this company. But not enough to run the computers where we do all the script processing. See my 84 for the rest.

Oh, I’m sure I can find something…Not really a choice involved, I suppose. I was forced to remain here due to family concerns, and frankly wouldn’t have stayed if they hadn’t been a factor. This is not a place for the altruistic…Very little of lasting artistic worth is generated locally.

;>)

And, as to being computer tied: I stood in line for a friend to buy tickets for a show — she was at work and I was free. Ticket machine went down……and the seller tried writing out tickets, one by one. Nuts. Finally just gave receipts and said “Come back for printed tickets.” I’m gripping the receipt tightly. We all need to be able to function when the toobz get sat on!

fingers and toes crossed for ya db - i hope you find the spot that is perfect for you

Today was exhausting, but I should note that one of the wonderful firepups let me use the 2nd bed in his room to rest a while and stretch my legs and back during the afternoon. What awesome people we are!

Bedtime. Night all.

It was YOU

;>)

But, your ‘masterpieces’ do go global… Viral even…! ;-)

But first ….

Despite opposition by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the Army is moving forward with its plan to shoot live pigs and treat their gunshot wounds in a medical trauma exercise Friday at Schofield Barracks for soldiers headed to Iraq.

pain free sleep wishes tex - you deserve it after all that hard live blogging you have been doing. thanks for keeping us informed - almost as good (but not quite) as being there

nite betsy

db - of all the folks here likely to land on your feet/claws/hoofs…

I haven’t read up on Gores latest. I need to do that this weekend.

Earth the sequel? Movie or book?

Been planning on sustainable food supply this week with old friends who are also neighbors (country neighbors, so a couple of miles as the crow flies). If the depression doesn’t hit before next spring/early summer, we might just make it.

The IT person who designed that system should be fired… computers/printers are critical resources so they must be planned that they will stay up for X amount of time and best practice says then backup generators kick in and keep them running… JMO… That’s how I would design it… business/patients are critical…

Dood. I’ve got to agree. My treatise was about military effectiveness, not about morality and/or political/diplomatictic effectiveness, which I agree could have been handled much more effectively.

But, let’s go deeper: War is diplomacy carried on by other means. I’ll agree that on von Clausewitz’s metric, Clinton could have done better, but compared to what has followed and went before, that man was a genuius. But, we’re talking about crossing a very low bar.

You should consider vacationing in Eureka Springs. Really quite an amazing and established artist community here. But don’t tell everyone.

Causing a big stir here in the Isles, Betsy! However, it’s not a one time deal, I know for a fact that goats would be wounded in various ways for SF medics to pass their Q course evals…!

Dood!!! Why can’t I get students to understand?

Not if people don’t peek, CT.

;>)

…Well, I can always go ‘back to the building trades’, newtonusr…But I’ll never come back here, not even if they beg me.

Exactly!

Your creativity is beyond measure. I’m not into platitudes, but I’m thinking that this is going to launch you. You have something. Yeah, you do. Grab the moment. You surely have a bunch of supporters — whether you actually know it. Some of us lurk, but we notice talent and creativity and purpose and stuff.

I know. The building was designed in the mid 80s, when things weren’t quite so PC dependent. We make the second highest sales in the district and we’re stuck in a derelict building that they won’t replace/upgrade/remodel. Cheap ass bastards, and shitty to the employees besides. If you’re not a pharmacist, you pretty much have to put up with being treated as an ‘educated grunt’ even as a pharmacy tech. If i was a cashier i’d have been out of that place, long ago. Pharmacy runs on completely different rules than the convenience store, so it’s tolerable. Aside from my usual chaffing at the bit with any corporation i work with. When you have a very accurate bullshit detector, their doublespeak doesn’t work worth shit.

/end rant. Sorry ^_^;;

Good question… maybe they are of the notion that it doesn’t matter not the way it used to… needs to be drilled into their heads so it becomes second nature…

Well, someday I just might, ES - I like America and Americans a bunch. Sketchy taste in leaders at times, but Canada’s no better and in some ways it is worse - allowing politicians the ill-earned luxury of mendacious hypocrisy is a global issue. IMO, They should all be forced to wear clown suits and speak in carny talk as a condition of employment.

;>)

Hey, ES.

As someone who cares, take a look at this from Jerome a Paris: http://www.dailykos.com/storyo.....203/553055

His thesis is that the U.S. can wean itself from fossil fuel in 12 years by developing wind energy, i.e., half of Pickens’ proposal.

Wigwam