Thers!

How are all my favorite firepups this evening? Having fun making fun of repiglicans?

thersday!

Oh my! That last one really is embarrassing. Especially from the party that gave us Bloody Billy Kristol and Jonah “The Whale” Goldberg, just to name a couple of examples of wingnut legacy welfare queens.

I like mustard.

I like spicy mustard and Dijon.

I always suspected as much.

Evening all.

It really is. Damn Roy anyhow for getting it before me!

These guys’ “ideas” are even more inane and poorly developed than the ones in my student papers.

brain bleach? sanitary wipes? hand soap?

Me too. In fact, I can’t recall meeting a mustard I didn’t like.

Now there’s a scary thought.

Dijonaise.

Nah. I am immunized against stupid. I am grading student papers this week.

dayam, i’m gonna have to look into seeing if we can add some of that to the brain bleach

Two slices of pepper jack cheese, bread & butter pickles and spicy (dijon, if you will) mustard on one side, hot jalapeno slices and ketchup on the other. That’s a fucking burger right there. Had one last night.

There are possible side effects. You start talking to yourself and twitching a lot. Generally only temporary, though there is that Cornell law prof.

Oy, tell me about it. “Mr. Darcy says Elizabeth is taller able but not hansom enough to temp me.”

Do I shit you? I do not.

sounds kinda like some of them illegal drugs i partook back when my juvenile record could still be sealed

I’ll see you and raise you one. In my anthropology of gender class I made a rather extended point about the fact that matriarchy does not exist and that there is no solid evidence that it ever has. Also that matrilineality and matrilocality are not equated with matriarchy (even made them read an essay of mine demonstrating that point). Said that many people get over excited anytime women exercise any substantial power and start blathering about matriarchy. Cited a couple of examples, pointing out how there is a balance of power between men and women. So what does one of my students write her paper on? Matriarchy and how the very societies I cited in lecture are matriarchal. *pounds head on desk*

Oh! I’m gonna tell a cop!

Where’s the beef?

Got any left?

Be better if you just read that wingnut crap and then told us about it instead of linking. I followed that last link and now my brain is plumb busted.

*cough cough* (in best chong voice) no man its all gone

Meh. That’s nothing.

“The only time someone should be allowed to consent to euthanasia is when they are in a coma.”

You should read some of my student papers (see mine at 20).

a merry Thersday to all

An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my vehicle, and then vanished

“Because the Aborigines were pure of mind they could communicate telekinetically.”

Hey mang! I didn’t link straight to the Red State thing, but to Roy’s, uh, analysis of it…

“Dear American Blacks.” Unreal.

In the middle… DUH!

;~P

Hee hee.

“Marilyn Manson should be banned forever because he worships satin.”

I likes me the spell-check ones the best…

It only SEEMED conflicted. She resolved it all rather neatly if you read her summarizing Twitter.

“Many Mousterian tools were used for self-pleasure.”

Hah. I’m fixing to have elk burgers this weekend.

Ouch! Didn’t realize that the Neanderthal were masochists. Of course there is that high rate of traumatic injury in the skeletons.

Student excuse for not doing the assigned reading, Blake’s “The Sick Rose”:

“I started it but just didn’t have time to finish it.”

(English professor comedy; the poem is 8 lines long.)

Resulting from blunt force trauma? If a Neanderthal offers you a club membership, politely decline.

His lips got tired half way through (the first line).

I’m jealous

The best. Where did you go wrong? :)

There are advantages to living in western Montana, as long as you don’t mind mountain lions and bears wandering through the neighborhood.

That’s why you should never hike alone. Remember, you don’t have to outrun the bear as long as you can outrun your friend.

Also why you turn the lights on and look before going out to see what the noise is by the garbage cans.

I’ve never met a mountain lion or bear that I didn’t like…

Then again, I’ve never met a mountain lion or bear.

Insert rimshot here.

;~P

if it’s Thursday it must be Thersday

O rose, thou art sick!
The invisible worm
That flies in the night
In the howling storm

Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy,
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.

some friend you are!

Hard to believe that was written by the guy who played “Baretta.”

got-away-with-it murderer, Blake.

When I was a kid, my family rented a cabin near Tomahawk, Wisconsin (way up North). The camp owner warned us that black bears WOULD knock the garbage cans around at night (and they DID) and to stay the hell inside. Oddly, she was an 80-something woman who had no qualms about walking around the campground at night but then she had her toy Manchester to protect her.

You mean you didn’t find the “I left my gun in the restaurant” alibi convincing?

well, as a matter of fact, no.

Do you have birds?

In response to Elliott @ 53

I have a bird, unless you count the million or so that queue up for free grub in my backyard.

Why? Where do you leave your gun?

Black bears are a routine nuisance in several neighborhoods on the edge of town. They even darted a couple of young ones in my neighborhood over the past 5 years and I live in the middle of town. Lions wander into town on occasion as well. My first day in town, the news reported a story about two lions that were roaming through married student housing at night and one of my colleagues had a lion take down a deer in her back yard. She lives across the street from a grade school.

Cheating is also a rich source of fun. My wife once gave a quiz while she was teaching an American Lit class; the first question was “what is the name of the captain in Melville’s ‘White-Jacket’?”

She was grading the quizzes and got to one kid who gave the name of the student sitting one row ahead to the right….

I always forget to TAKE mine to the restaurant, guess that’s why I’m not a famous actor.

Which is why I long ago gave up worrying much about cheating in my classes. If they can’t cheat any better than that, it serves them right.

If you were in Texas, you could bring the gun damn near anywhere.

Must be up early — niters all.

Night, Thers.

Nighters! I am out as well. More scintillating reading in the morning. Take care all.

g’nite thers

Not that I consider that an incentive to relocate but just out of curiosity, does it have to be in plain sight?

g’nite dr dick

G’nite, enjoy yer papers.

Just go with overweight friends.

I thought you had a bird, ratfood. Name? What kind?

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Night, Thers

hi, bye

hey ellie – trouble sleeping tonight?

Nope! You can conceal it as long as you’re not at church, school, or on the bus.

I adopted him from an avian rescue in March of 2008. He’d been abandoned by his owner, spent 3 years at the rescue waiting for me to come along. The rescue lets the birds pick the people. They said I was the first person he ever came out of his cage for. Don’t know what his original name was but the volunteers had named him Bob because he bobs his head up and down. He is a Nanday Conure. I don’t have a picture but he looks like this.

No, I don’t hafta. :P

Well now, that sure spoils it…

sweet :) you always have to leave so soon – nice ya can spend time on the dark side of the lake

I’m completely rife with arthritis. Anybody too overweight to outrun me wouldn’t fit in the car.

Oh my! what a pretty bird.

How wonderful that he found you!
I won’t mention how my kittehs feel about Bob — cough*lunch*cough

Except for budgies in childhood, I have never had a bird; altho my sister had a faithful finch that lived with her nigh on twenty years.

g’nite firepups.

that arthur itis fella is one mean sob

Then only get chased by a one-legged bear.

pain free sleep wishes tex

and I love the dark side of the Lake. It’s a treat to be able to peek in every now and then.

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g’night TexB

and a treat for us when you are able to join in

how’s pa tonight? i had sunshine today!

Well, I wouldn’t want to pit Bob against a kitten or anything else but I should mention that he has a can-opener on the front of his head.

Birds are really high maintenance (or should be). I adopted a neglected cockatiel named Ozzie back in the early ’90s who lived to 18. Adopted Bob a month after Ozzie passed away. I would only have accepted a rescued bird. There are a lot more exotic birds than good homes and I would never want to encourage the breeders.

oh I dread that introduction,
am allergic to anti-inflammatories.

Hope you have an effective arsenal, ratfood.

g’nite Betsy

Me too! only I wasn’t expecting it — didn’t make good use of it, I must confess.

ahh, you are a good bird soul then.

Thanks y’all

same here – i was putzing around the house and didn’t take a single picture. but i did sniff the apple tree blossoms when token and i walked down to the mailbox. the wind finally died down.

What is have is psoriatic arthritis (without psoriasis, fortunately). It’s a variation on rheumatoid arthritis. Twisted some of my fingers and toes into undesirable shapes. I also have osteo-arthritis in lots of places. Take Methotrexate to slow the progress of the big one and lots o’ naproxen for pain. I’m on disability and have Medicare but the fancier new (expensive) RA treatments would put me in the Part D coverage donut-hole in about February of each year.

ouchies!
hugs to you and also hugs for katymine

As for the donut hole, there’s a special place in hell for those who thought up that punishment.

the donut hole sucks. universal health care, including dental and pharma, now.

Thanks, I’m grateful to be coping as well as I am.

More hugs from me for katymine, is she here?

elmore said she lurks in his latest update

It is sooo frustrating, we ALL have teeth and eyes — and bodies that need healthcare. What a racket.

I fear that what ends up passing will be the result of a legislative process resembling the one that gave us Medicare Part D. Wouldn’t object to being pleasantly surprised if they can come up with something better.

a racket to scam us outta every penny they can (spitting) forking insurance companies

Bob’s giving me the “WTF?” look. Better shut things down. Wishing a splendid evening to all.

g’nite ratfood

The answer seems so obvious, spread the risk throughout the whole population…

and those who think the government will ration healthcare, what do they think insurance companies do now?

g’nite to you both.

see you later.

no kidding – for profit health care is all about denial of coverage – the worst ration of all.

It’d be nice if they do. I’m mostly watching with some caution, mostly because medicare part D does a lot of good for my patients, as i work in a pharmacy.But that donut hole is a trap and then some. It needs to be done away with, but i doubt that will happen. Universal health care would be the best way to lessen those costs, but i don’t expect it to happen. I’d gladly put up with the headaches of switching to that. It’s not as if i don’t already spend part of my day on the phone negotiating with insurance agencies as it is.

Hey alias, I didn’t get a chance to give you a hug. Hope your family is doing well, especially your Mom, can’t be easy for her. I’ll never forget when my parents were split up so abruptly.

i would love to see it set up as flat percentage of gross income (similar to social security but with no cap) and children and seniors are covered for free and not included in the flat tax.

Here’s Howie Klein’s take on “Gen X- 100 Punks“

crap – forgot the below certain income is also excempt.

Well, we can certainly do better than what we’ve got going now.

Free market, my ass

hahahahah

if government health care is good enough for our president, congresscriters, and military, its good enough for the rest of us.

ellie, the clown faces in howie’s video go well with thers’ clown shoes

Clown’s are creepy and Howie’s clowns are creepy creepy — but I guess I’m glad the artist is getting some good attention.

But clowns, clown shoes, clown cars…

It isn’t easy for any of us. Luckily we’ve both got good family and friends support groups. Mine is mostly my friends and the family here. Mom’s got everyone ready to help her out if needed at any point right now. It was so sudden and so quick that it took all of us by surprise.

Tomorrow’s the hardest part, the funeral. Then we start to go forward as best as we can. I go back to my home on the west side of the state on sunday, and back to work on the tuesday after that.

Thanks Eliot

republicans are clowns – every time they pull that old party of no routine, they should be laughed at.

(((alias)))

and more (((alias))) hugs.

late late nite upstairs

oh lord. did someone say clown shoes? another mode of clown transportation.

Erm, what happened to LLN? Inquiring minds want to know…

broken.

Yeah — there we were, commenting along, and then *poof*!

I’m getting a 404

Hah! Who pulled the plug?

Is that dangerous?

Oh well, time for bed anyway. If any of the LLN pups are interested, I’m going to meet this cat next week as I continue my adopt-a-cat quest. G’night pups!

Mommie! I am scared.

If it’s degrees fahrenheit.

Refresh – it’s up

Spence says always get the the black & white cat. (Spence is my black & white cat.)

Late Late restored – see you upstairs.

i’m back upstairs pups