HI Suz!!
ZEDDERS!!

I need Mom Celebrity Translator, from SNL! That makes me laugh because it is so true!

arrrr no walkin’ the plank for me tonight – still recovering from my battle with that tooth puller.

g’evening mates – how ya doing tonight?

English to Pirate translator!

LOL!

From Epu land:

Why we need Single Payer!!
Corrupt U.S. Health Care System Far More Deadly Than Previously Realized

Guest editorial by Ernest A. Canning

You must be the change you wish to see in the world — Mahatma Gandhi

In “ObamaCare: Right Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription” I noted that it was virtually impossible to mount an honest defense of the current U.S. health care system. Doing so would amount to suggesting that the obscene wealth of a few health care insurance company CEOs and their Wall Street investors has a greater social value than the lives of 18,000 of our fellow citizens whom the current system annually sentences to death simply because they are too poor to purchase insurance coverage.

Today, as I mulled over the legislative obscenity that Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) and a former vice president of WellPoint spent months preparing — an insurance carrier wish-list that contains no public option, no means for controlling costs or abuse; a measure that does not merely protect but expands the already obscene wealth of the few by mandating that every citizen purchase insurance, with massive subsidies flowing into carrier coffers — I learned that I was wrong…

The 18,000 figure I relied upon was based on a now outdated 2002 study performed by the National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine. Today, there is a new Harvard University study which has been released by the American Journal of Public Health. Our corrupt and dysfunctional system does not sentence a mere 18,000 Americans to death each year because they can’t afford coverage. Our system kills close to 45,000 each year due to lack of coverage — 45,000 in addition to the still uncounted numbers who die when carriers refuse to authorize vital procedures.

To fully appreciate the enormity of that number, consider: Direct U.S. military involvement in Vietnam commenced when President Kennedy sent several thousand advisers in 1963. It ended twelve (12) years later when Saigon fell in 1975. During that twelve year span a total of 58,000 American service personnel lost their lives.

hey nahant – how’s lost?

hey ce – ohio still doing a glorious fall?

hey newton – how’s the bay area tonight?

Sorry Suz meant to ask how you dental surgery went and how ya doing now??

It has finally cooled off.
And you dear – the pain meds doing their thing?

We be taking a break from Lost tonight.. sweetie is watching some movie with youngest son on his 60″ HDTV…

the dentist pulled 5 teeth – i’m doing ok. *hands on hips* if you had checked my personal blog ya wudda know that nahant (laughing)

btw – i should state that any typos and other errors are the result of big pharma and not the author tonight.

Suzanne,
The landscape is full of fall trees, and I really can’t believe how soon this is happening. Wow. Leaving town on Wednesday and back Oct. 11.

but be ready to be baked again starting tomorrow (:>((

oh yeah

Yea BigPharma!

i want lotsa photos upon your return – i’m doing paris vicariously through you ce.

The day was hot, the evening cool(er).
Tomorrow – I’m on the freeway the whole day.
Can’t wait /s

Avast! Thar be nothin’ in the box!

for toothache!

ahoy sunny – grog – there be grog!

Me bad just checked out your “Other” home… Oh and DO I know Vicodine.. still taking them as need usually maybe one a day sometimes I can go a few days with none.. Close to a year now…

You got to the dentist?

you are looking forward to all day on the freeway on a hot day? dood…

where you off to Newt?? Or just seeing clients?

5 extractions friday. 6 more to pull but i gotta take care of a bottom tooth that needs root canal and cap before i have the rest pulled and get an upper plate.

I’m so, so sorry about your teeth extraction. I will keep you posted when I return.

Whiskey does work if ya keep it on the tooth for a bit before ya swallow

Pretty sick, yeah.
It’s clients. And I will have to see the 49ers on tape.

Or not.

Youch! Hope they gave you nitrous.

I loved that. True for me too. My bad habit is never quite remembering the name of “that new band I heard on NPR” that my sons always say is old hat when I mention them. They roll their eyes: Oh no, another band she heard on NPR, what is it this time? lol

Meh, they think that it is “granny syndrome.”

Have a wonderful trip, Christine. Keep us posted as much as possible.

Grog…. okay!!

lol, *cheeks hurt*

Classic!

Chris, I’ll miss you. Have a wonderful time!

g’evening Suze & Firepups! Hope everyone’s fine, and that Suze’s mouth is feeling MUCH better than it did yesterday.

So the bottom teeth (with root canal) are good?

Sounds like no fun. I have a friend with the same situation. She is delighted to be done with the problem teeth and to have her denture. She’s happier than I’ve seen her in years!

oh noes! I’ve been feeling that!

how do you de-program ‘granny’ from NPR?

Good to see ya!

Thanks, Loo Hoo,
We have a very serious meeting about the future of the association. That said, I love Paris. MrCE and I spent a year there — really the best year of our life together.

Suz, did he pull em fast?

Really, my kids keep me current, and poke at us all the time!

What association? Must have missed that.

gud :)

The one good thing, Margot, is that my darling Elvis (great orange shorthair cat) left us in February. At least I don’t have to worry about him, which I have for the last five years or so. I’ll be back at work on Oct. 12.

Love the toon, Suz.
Particulated in one frame, back in the next.

exposing my age here.

Lots of eye rolling among the grand kids when granny talked about the Elvin Prestly scandals.. (indecency and all)

We were still trying to figure out why the Cleavers had to sleep in twin beds on tv.

We were still trying to figure out why the Cleavers had to sleep in twin beds on tv.

And Laura & Rob.

European Association of Museums of the History of Medical Science. Or, AEMHSM.

Yup.

Oh, yes. Should be absolutely fascinating. Keep us posted as frequently as you can, please.

From Suzanne:
“I am listening to karma (who is obviously telling me to go offline), and in the morning, when the dope has worn off, I will come back to this thread in search of pirate-speak.”

“DO NOT LET ME DOWN. I am sure the aforementioned vicodin will have worn off, and I will be grumpy.”

Aye, Modamselle!

I will. We hope to see new things this trip, about art and medicine. Our interest is from the 17th — 20th centuries.

I had an extraction last January. The surgeon was a great guy, I asked what painkillers were available and he asked “What do you want?”

I said “Oxycontin, I want to know what makes El Porko Grande so insane.” He laughed and said “I rarely prescribe that.”

So I asked for percoset, “Elvis’ drug of choice.”

He said “Percoset it is, hound dog!”

I like that guy.

Pillow fight!!!

No food!

Lurk’s an elle?

((((((Suzanne)))) – I’m next in the dental nightmare.

avast yer’e maties hope ya gittin ready for the BBQ on 10-10…

Suzanne is (we have met) :-)

nahant, newt — still here?

Then we’re about the same age. My mom’s friend let her kids go see Elvis movies which is the only reason I got to go.

Arg! You’ll be talkin’ t’ me sheep skin!

yup!!

Yes, scrounging up gifted pirate phrases. I’m bereft so far.

*loads spit ball*

Argghhh! I’ll keelhaul the next troll and crrrrunch him from stem to stern, even the ship’s rats won’t have nothin left!

Here’s some butterscotch for those not contemplating dental work.

Loads poo-canon.
Loads Sewage-Saber.
Loads Anvil-Flinger.

…

*ducks*

pirate talk

* Ahoy: Hey!
* Avast: Stop!
* Aye: Yes
* Black spot: to be ‘placin’ the black spot’ be markin’ someone for death.
* Booty: treasure
* Buccanneer: a pirate who be answerin’ to no man or blasted government.
* By the Powers!: an exclamation, uttered by Long John Silver in Treasure Island!
* Cat o’ nine tails: whip for floggin’ mutineers
* Corsair: a pirate who be makin’ his berth in the Med-…Medi-…that sea ‘tween Spain and Africa, aye!
* Davy Jones’ Locker: the bottom o’ the sea, where the souls of dead men lie
* Doubloons: pieces of gold…
* Fiddlers Green: the private heaven where pirates be goin’ when they die.
* Furner: a ship which be yer own, not one ye steal an’ plunder.
* Gentlemen o’ fortune: a slightly more positive term fer pirates!
* Go on the account: to embark on a piratical cruise
* Grog: A pirate’s favorite drink.
* Jack: a flag or a sailor
* Jolly Roger: the skull and crossbones, the pirate flag!
* Keelhaul: a truly vicious punishment where a scurvy dog be tied to a rope and dragged along the barnacle-encrusted bottom of a ship. They not be survivin’ this.
* Landlubber: “Land-lover,” someone not used to life onboard a ship.
* Lass: A woman.
* Lily-livered: faint o’ heart
* Loaded to the Gunwales (pron. gunnels): drunk
* Matey: A shipmate or a friend.
* Me hearty: a friend or shipmate.
* Me: My.
* Pieces o’ eight: pieces o’ silver which can be cut into eights to be givin’ small change.
* Privateer: a pirate officially sanctioned by a national power
* Scallywag: A bad person. A scoundrel.
* Scurvy dog!: a fine insult!
* Shiver me timbers!: an exclamation of surprise, to be shouted most loud.
* Son of a Biscuit Eater: a derogatory term indicating a bastard son of a sailor
* Sprogs: raw, untrained recruits
* Squadron: a group of ten or less warships
* Squiffy: a buffoon
* Swaggy: a scurvy cur’s ship what ye be intendin’ to loot!
* Swashbucklin’: fightin’ and carousin’ on the high seas!
* Sweet trade: the career of piracy
* Thar: The opposite of “here.”
* Walk the plank: this one be bloody obvious.
* Wench: a lady, although ye gents not be wantin’ to use this around a lady who be stronger than ye.
* Wi’ a wannion: wi’ a curse, or wi’ a vengeance. Boldly, loudly!
* Yo-ho-ho: Pirate laughter

Now Suz will have many a pirate word for her vocab…

nnnoooo!!!!! u got me @ poo-cannon!

An ugggly threat, matey.

A warning. Last Christmas, I bit into a butterscotch candy and broke a tooth. I now have a gold crown.

What’s another word for pirate treasure?

does that make it a gold Doubloon??

Paulson.

Avast ye mateys! Our fearless leader Suze has ordered us t’ speak pirate … i’m thinkin’ parrots be optional.

:0===|

Not what i was expecting!

Talk Like A Pirate
… in German!

Have some fun.. it is international talk like a pirate day….

Top Ten Pickup Lines for the Lady Pirates

By popular demand …

10. What are YOU doing here?

9. Is that a belayin’ pin in yer britches, or are ye … (this one is never completed)

8. Come show me how ye bury yer treasure, lad!

7. So, tell me, why do they call ye, “Cap’n Feathersword?”

6. That’s quite a cutlass ye got thar, what ye need is a good scabbard!

5. Aye, I guarantee ye, I’ve had a twenty percent decrease in me “lice ratio!”

4. I’ve crushed seventeen men’s skulls between me thighs!

3. C’mon, lad, shiver me timbers!

2. RAMMING SPEED!

…and the number one Female Pirate Pick-up Line:

1. You. Pants Off. Now!

I tried the Mandarin (links to audio-clip), and now my ears are bleeding.
Matey…

pants off!

pants on!

was that a quickie?? or just checking.. lassie

Sewage-Saber!

old irc humour ;)

Malkin’s server farm is right next door. There is a ready supply.

You forgot lunch.

;>)

see #89 :S

ooooohhhhh! LAUNCH!!!!!!!111111

*z00000t* *ziiiilllliiiiit* *zzzzz4444444pppppp!!!!*

*ducks*

Sewage? – I thought you said cabbage.

;>)

Eeeeeek! Fuel for the fire!

Suz will be so proud.

I’m not going near the cabbage ;)

Aw I’m just warming up.

Keep a weather eye on the hard-boiled eggs, too.

;>)

lol, she gonna hike it or sit?

okies.

Good night moon!

good to ’see’ y’all.

I would throw eggs at someone I dislike (if i were 15), but those eggs – I don’t dislike anyone that deeply. Even Gingrich.

hi suz

Gingrich…? There’s a healthy breakfast.

;>)

nice and late to the party, PPDCUS
Do we ever sleep?

Putting that one into the archive!

Eat my peg-leg Newt.

nite tw3k

Not.Enough.Floss. in the world…

Hurry back, y’hear?

nite pups…
zzzzzzzzzzzz

“Waiter, I got the children’s-portion Pirate Pack!”

;>)

OMG! The OTHER newt.

Hahahaha!
What a look on his face.
Hey DB, can you do something artistic with Phyllis Schlafly?

you are plenty evil, young lady!

night nahant

If ever there was a perfect candidate for her own Dickapedia page…

nite tw3k
nite nahant

She has been creeping me out since 1967.
I thought at the time, why is she gallivanting all around telling women it’s evil to work at a job, when she has 6 kids? And she’s gone?

She was so revolted by teh gay one that she had to hit the stump.

Hmmmm, I say.

;>)

Boy, I come in late, and it looks like you all have been carousing around the Caribbean Spanish Main and talkin’ pirate! Talk about loose cannons.

WEll, I am up this late because I clicked over the Christy’s place and was gobsmacked to find that we’re losing her! so then I had to read all the comments and her sweet and gracious responses. I want to write ten pages myself on all that Christy’s work has meant to me over these last years. Obviously, she must step back to take care of her health, but my we will miss her, won’t we?

Oh, but Suzanne, I’m so sorry to hear about your teeth troubles. Hope you’re well-stocked in puddings and smoothie fixings, or whatever best soothes you.
and now I’m too sad to fool around, so am going to go to bed. Should I close with an “Arrrrrh?”

She is (so I hear) being included in Texas schoolbooks in American history.
I’ve never burned a book but I might make an exception.

gobsmacked is the right word.
I would rather recall her superb efforts and wish for more, than have her sacrifice her health and her precious family time. She has done so much. Time for her to refocus. It’s a heartbreaking reality.

Schlafly told Time magazine in 1978, “I have canceled speeches whenever my husband thought that I had been away from home too much.”[29] She also said, “By getting married, the woman has consented to sex, and I don’t think you can call it rape.”[30] On March 30, 2006, Schlafly provided an interview for The New York Times in which she attributed improvement in women’s lives during the last decades of the 20th Century to labor-saving devices such as the indoor clothes dryer and paper diapers.[31]

Hard to say whether the dryer or diapers most affected my life.

She really is a traitor to her gender, and for quite some time too.

“By getting married, the woman has consented to sex, and I don’t think you can call it rape.”

100% of Dennis Prager (who can not keep a wife or girlfriend to save his miserable, puny life) agrees.

Oh, well – one more post – it looks like we may have beaten back that idiocy – TEA meeting ths week, blogged by Texas Freedom Network http://www.tfn.org, it appears they’ve dropped the idea thatSchlafly is more important than Cesar Chavez and Thurgood Marshall. Biiiiig outcry, witnesses showed up, etc.
So, once again, we may have dodged the illiteracy/stupidity bullet.

Just doing a semi-driveby as I continue to can produce, FUCK, no wonder the homestead wives were stressed. I’ve put up 80 lbs of peaches, 100 lbs of dill pickle; 24 quarts with a misprinted recipe leading to disaster. How to kill your kin. That hurt[ throwing 24 quarts of pickles into a hole away from the compost,cause it’s scary] but I’m a better Canner for it.
My “On my mind” deal is “my passion project” objecting to Glenn Beck getting the “Keys to the City of Mt.Vernon,Wa”. Too close to home.
I’m thinking of making a bunch of key rings and handing them out on the Friday before Beck’s Saturday gig. In front of City Hall.
The young people are going to show up at Skagit College where MacIntyre Hall is located. I don’t want to be there to give Beck the PR.
I want to be in downtown Mount Vernon during business hours on the day before. Handing out keys to the city…because if Beck’s got one, we all better have one.I’m figuring out where I can get a bunch of free keys tomorrow.
I’m also researching the non-profit status of the hall. I can’t imagine hosting a man who publicly advocated the assassination of the Speaker of the House of United States Representatives is covered under their agreement. I could be wrong….
Picking up a copy of the rental agreement Monday. If they’ll give me one.Also, who provides security. The tax payers or the Mayor who brought this crap down on our heads..thank you very much, Bud Norris. And the fucking horse you rode in on.

hi hope

…Glenn Beck getting the “Keys to the City of Mt.Vernon,Wa…

They will live to regret this. Maybe not tomorrow, or next week, but it will happen.

Bloody ingrate was able to attend law school in the ’70s. She should lick Gloria Steinem’s shoes.

newtonusr, I’m hoping this is a wake-up call. I”m actually interested in the rental agreement and costs because I’ve done community fundraising events for the last 20 years.
I’m really curious about hosting a Coexist kind of music/art counterbalance. I’m also curious about the cost and is Bud richer then he looks, or does he just have good friends.?.
But the non-profit status hosting an event like Beck is my layman interest. We couldn’t pull that off in our small community center, I don’t think. It’d blow the Tax Exempt all to hell. I think..?..

blow the tax exempt…
Not being a tax lawyer or a corrupt member of that city’s planning commission or city council, i wil defer to the legal-beagles around here.

The reason I expect them to live to regret isn’t because they may have violated state law or a municipal ordinance (although I dearly hope they did), but because when Beck blows, there will be chunks everywhere, and many will be stuck to those that so honored him.

Perhaps you could host a key-throwing. Everyone has old mysterious keys.

Yeah, I’ve decided that I’m going to be the pressure on the valve! I’m a “dedicated followerer of fashion”. I’m willing to wear my outrage in public.
It’s time to out Beck.

Beck outs himself every day on Faux. With every word, guest, and blackboard cartoon, he displays himself for exactly what he is.

What needs to happen IMO is to lure him out of his comfort zone. Didn’t he venture out to a women’s show and get his royally kicked for outright lying? That’s how to get him – draw him out, make him rant outside his fictitious world.

I’m thinking getting a bunch of prepubescent young girls together to knock out some beaded[cheap plastic] key rings. W can do this. I just need free keys. I’m thinking of soaking them in an acid bath to make them all sparkly. Or Coca Cola bath.
Smile and hand out Keys to the City to passers by. And call the media.
We”ll see. Beats the hell out of doing nothing and fuming…………………………

Betcha he’d not enjoy being laughed at.

In a small community when someone is acting up and being a problem the general social response is to “shun” them. They do not exist on your radar. No eye contact, no acknowledgement. That’s what I would like to see happen with Beck, a public Shunning. He is a home town boy, in theory. But it’s not going to happen.

Found it. It’s The View.
Yeah, I think he doesn’t dig the utter humiliation.

This is why FAUX is the perfect cocoon for Beck and his throng.
It’s why Limbaugh cannot ever appear anywhere but in front of a handpicked crowd.
It’s why O’Reilly appears on Letterman and leaves with his pants around his ankles.

Because I think he’s a person who’s gained a level in his profession of national recognition and notoriety, and it’s nice to recognize a native son that has done that well,” Norris said.

Notoriety is so rarely honored. Betcha Mayor Norris doesn’t have a Phi Beta Kappa key.

nite you guys

nite newt. Thanks for the youtube..

my tubes are back up and i’m not as grumpy as i thought i would be. of course, this means that i don’t get to make anyone walk the plank.

thank you – every one of you – for keeping the thread going in my absence.