Another Wisconsin icon, yes. Big day yesterday!

hey nonq — gotta felt good watching all those boxes being delivered :) how ya doing tonight?

Our county representative for the petition circulators was there in Madison. Over 600 signers gathered by this particular person. Way proud of our neighbors here.

Hey nonq, I saw you’ve been busy with the Wisconsin recall. You go.

All this protesting today has me itching to get out and do some of my own.

Aloha, Suz and lln pups…!

*standing on chair clapping wildly*

well done donq, well done

hey tuez — how ya doing tonight?

*heh* I wore a Guy Fawkes mask while waving my ‘MLK Would Occupy’ sign, yesterday, tuez…! ;-)

aloha tut — how’s paradise tonight?

I see the Wiki and others are in blackout mode. Liberace born in Milwaukee.

the link to his tv show should still work — lotta good info in there too

Born Wladziu (Walter) Valentino Liberace in suburban Milwaukee, he was interested in music from age four, and won a scholarship to the Wisconsin College of Music when seven, studying there for seventeen years.

Good for you. Fun ain’t it.

If the dentist doesn’t do me in Friday morning, I’m going to the occupy the courthouse event afterward.

do ya think you are up to that phone call we postponed a while back?

Craigslist was supposed to be blacked out but I got to it a few minutes ago, though they had an anti-SOPA/PIPA disclaimer.

With Wikipedia down, my husband needn’t bother to get out of bed tomorrow. He does nothing put peruse that site all day.

Best of luck with the dentist…! *g*

We don’t have a Federal Court House here on the Big Isle, so we’d agree to wave signs outside our local Walmart/Walgreens/Target mega-complex instead…! ;-)

Wait until after Friday. My gums have done some serious shrinking and things are getting difficult again. I’m sure I’ll get a temporary fix again on Friday.

no federal courthouse? jeebus ya would think that would be a no-brainer….

once they stop shrinking, he’ll put in the permanent liner and that’ll make a huge difference — i stopped gagging once that was done.

I thought the occupy congress and the supreme court today was just inspiring.

Absolutely gorgeous here at sea level, we had some severe vog early in the morn, but the trades soon made short work of it…! Interestingly, Kauai and Oahu are getting hammered with some severe weather…!

I got a temp liner 3 weeks ago and it made a world of difference, until this past weekend…

However, I was told it was only good for about a month.

Hi Suzanne
Hope all’s well with you and yours.
I had another astronomy gig Saturday. 3rd graders again.
This time, before I let the little beggers look through the telescope, I had them tell me an astronomy fact they learned in class. Well, this young boy couldn’t think of one so he turned to his father. Some whispering went on and then he turned back to me and said, “The moon is the closest planet to Earth.”
I gave the father an “F.”

i’m ready for the last of the snow to fall tonight and the return of rain tomorrow. not looking forward to the winds tho — there’s a hurricane force wind warning out on the open ocean waters (74 mph plus) and i’m under a high wind warning that looks to be a gnarly one — could get gusts up to 80

i went through several temp liners – dr a let me know that it takes about 5 to 6 months for the gums to completely heal and sure enough it was at 6 months that i was fitted for the permanent liner

I’m still waiting for some more clips and pixs before I post myFDL diary, but, here’s my YouTube clip of yesterday’s festivities…! ;-)

Batten down the hatches!

Evenin, Lakers.

It’s 32.5F and an inch of snow is covering my walkway. Still snowing but the radar shows green meaning it’s only rain.

So, I must be hallucinating!

hey waynec — how ya doing tonight? jeebus …

Dayam, M’dear…! Give me a holler if it gets too gnarly…! 8-(

they are — i’m just hoping snow falls before they arrive so i can see blowing snow. i’ve seen rain going sideways but not snow

Keel-haul the boat swain!

sweet… nice clip dood

Anyone wanting to hear speaker tune in at the 59 minute mark to listen to Professor Sherrilyn Ifill keynote speaker or scroll the convenient chapters the video is divided into, to hear GMAC Gospel Choir and other live performances.

Edit: Sorry from WI MLK Day Tribute

I was stoked with the turnout…! One of our biggest…! ;-)

this old house creaks like a wooden sailing ship on stormy seas when the wind hits about 50mph. freaks the critters out and they hide behind me.

i just keep reassuring myself that this old house has survived gusts of 150 (back in the big blow of 96)

will do dood. supposed to died down tomorrow afternoon and the winds are not due to arrive until sometime after midnight so all should be good schedule wise *knocking on wood*

thanks dood

We got a Christmas card this year from an old college friend of my husband’s with “Occupy Your Dreams” as the inscription. At the time I just thought it was cool, from an occupy perspective, but didn’t realize it was its on “thing”.

*heh* Shiver me timbers…! ;-)

Btw, Missie, you’ve got the honors this year…! (hint, hint)

yar, be shore to remind me *hint hint*

Very nice CT.

Avast, ye Matie…! Arrgh, even…! ;-)

Good on you!
We’re supposed to get it tomorrow.
Low temperature warning into the teens tonight.
Hope we get some rain soon.
Drought conditions. Average rain about 33″. To date: 3″

Well, like I said, it’s snowing here, but since I can’t post a picture and no one seems interested anyway, I’ll go out and take a walk in the snow.

TTFN.

Mahalo, nq, it really was a neat meet-up, and we had a great response from most of the traffic that passed by…! ;-)

we were very dry until that last week in december.

Starbuck,
Where ya be?

hey starbuck — what kinda problem are ya having? are you trying to embed the photo in the comment — ya can’t do that but ya can link to it if its posted on line.

Enjoy the walk, Starbuck…! *g*

Hiya, Suz!
I first saw Liberace on Johnny a million years ago. Carson loved the guy, and it was always a hoot when he was on.
Dude.Could.Play.

oh shit — starbuck i’m so sorry — i didn’t see this comment earlier…. my sincere apologies

hey newton — how was your day today?

Dude.Could.Play.

Despite all the glam and glitz…! ;-)

Swell, thanks. Still hovering above freezing, but not a drop of precip anywhere. This place is parched, but blessed/cursed with an apparent 6-month-long spring this year. Go figure.

I’ve got to occupy the bed.

Hope you all stay warm and dry.

i’ve had off and on snow since late sat nite — will be happy when its just rain again and i can run my errands in tow

Carson used to give him faux grief for the ‘glam and glitz’, and then ‘Lee’ (as he called him) would sit down and blow them all away.

g’nite tuez

Home-bound – good thing the view doesn’t suck.

bling

Sweet dreams, tuez…!

i loved when that piano started spinning

Gawd, Bling indeed! Liberace was the precursor to Rap – who’d a thunk?

that’s his famous rhinestone piano… he also had the mirrored baldwin

vegas baby

*snort* I wonder what Rapper would even consider giving him any credit whatsoever…! ;-)

Back from the walk. Very pleasant, and for kicks, I wore my down Gortex booties. Warm and toasty, but boots would be better.

The photos would look too brownish, probably because of the Sodium Vapor lighting. I forgot about that.

Well, there’s morning.

You are forgiven, Suz! Ah, sometimes, I get in a blue funk when I post.

Someone asked where I am. I’m in Portland.

Since (I think) I know more about Rap culture than about Rappers themselves, my only reply can be: It’s a good thing I’m not drunk.

no snow here yet :( looking at the temps tho, i’ve dropped from 39 to 37 so there still is a possibility…

I tried playing one of his rhinestone pianos. (He had more than one). I couldn’t. Too damn distracting!

It was on display at a local piano company. I don’t believe it was a Steinway, but I don’t remember if it had the maker’s name.

It did say “Liberace” all over it!

*heh* Well, It’s a good thing I’m drunk enough for the both of us…! ;-)

The radar shows all green at the coast. Maybe by sunrise, or what sportingly passes for sunrise!

I’m watching Stewart & Colbert continue their campaign against superpacs.
It is right on target and savagely funny. Comedy Central’s lawyers must be thrilled.

i think he was partial to the baldwins — that’s for sure what the mirrored one is

we will see…. temps are dropping tho so there’s hope

Somewhere there is a link to the whole set. Maybe a post here at FDL.

me too — forking hysterical

I’m watching the new ‘Justified’…! I’ll catch the repeats of Stewart/Colbert…! ;-)

I suspect he was the best spokesman for Baldwin. Funny how Baldwin seems to have disappeared sine he passed.

I was not too fond of playing a Baldwin, rhinestones or not. I’ll take a Steinway, or a Grotrian.

http://www.grotrian.de/en/ins_fl_concertroyal.html

don’t miss it dood — tis too forking good to miss

The only thing better than this would be if Obama were not running uncontested. It would be bloody, and bloody good fun.

i play audience extremely well

and ya know its gonna get even more brutal as time passes.. these are just the opening shots

I don’t even do that!

What about the Yamahas, Starbuck…? ;-)

every musician needs an audience….

I’m thinking about digging a hole, jumping in, pulling a cover over it and wait it out!

Being a fan of ‘Deadwood’, tis eerie seeing Tim Oliphant revive the role. Good show.

I played a 9′ concert grand in a show room years ago. specifically set up for Van Cliburn when he performed here. It was super! But way too expensive!

The Grotrian I coveted was a 7′ version. It cost $5000 back in 1973. I didn’t buy it and used the money to set up my photo business. Had I bought it, I could sell it now for around $20,000

back in the 40′s

Um, *nobody* who plays likes Baldwins, but they have a very good placement program. Steinway D is #1 choice of players, next is Yamaha C7.

Damn, I hate this campaign.
And just when I thought the fuckery could end, we read that Texas Governor Rick Perry is polling 3rd…
in Texas.

Is there any spare room in that hole?

hey hotflash — how ya doing tonight?

save a space for me….. thank goodness for colbert and stewart — providing something to laugh about

That was awful!

But my mom loved him!

That was likely a C7. The Grotrian doesn’t have much of an audience, but it’s sound production was unique.

mine too

Campaign lawyer Trevor Potter is having a ball with this.

I could use the company. Just remember to bring a shovel and beer.

You too, Suz!

99…? *g*

congrats on snagging the happy lucky 99 newton!!!

Congrats, newt…! Ya saved Suz from herself…! ;-)

isn’t he the former fec head or something? he knows the elections laws inside and out

The duplicity of the super pacs is laid out for all to understand by Jon and Steven. Too bad it isn’t required viewing before anyone votes!

She would continually say, after he performed: “What a pretty boy”!

I wasn’t sure whether I should be jealous or simply throw up!

i don’t drink beer — can i bring a bong instead?

So far, so good, Mme Suze. We are getting Climate Change here in TO today. Was 8C and rainy this aft, now dropping to -8C tonight, umm, that’s 46 F to 18 F, all in about 6 hours. Next time I run away from home, I am running south.

Thanks for the Liberace. My BFF’s mother was a great Liberace fan, she was gobsmacked (not her word) to find out he was gay. Well, I had to wonder, what did she think he was?

dearie! how’s socentral ca coast tonight?

But of course!

mine always pointed out how respectful he was of his mother

I don’t think my mom ever knew.

wow — i’m already looking like the pillsbury dough boy wearing 3 layers … *shiver*

my mother always called him flamboyant as if that explained everything

That’s damning with faint praise, IIRC.

All is well and good. Have work tomorrow, so I should be in bed, but I do find Colbert laugh-out-loud, and that’s a good thing. Now he’s going after Christian Mingle……….I’m going to laugh.

From both the public and private sides, yeah.
I’ll bet he never expected to be playing straight-man to this farce.

Well, I had to wonder, what did she think he was?

*heh* Her Gaydar needs some serious tweaking there, HotFlash…! ;-)

she would look at me with that ‘pay attention – i expect you to be the same with me’ look while saying it

Hmmm, 99 today, 98, 97…Hey! when we get to 1, the world will end. But wait! That’s gong to be this December!

Oh, cool.
IIRC, there’s this tradition in race horse stables: It’s good luck to step in horse-dump, but only if it’s accidental.

i think he is enjoying the hell out of it — i wonder who approached who

So that’s what mom was trying to say! (slapping my forehead )

blue is getting closer

Yeah, Trevor’s cute, and he seems to be truly tickled by Colbert’s needling. He is a great foil.

Good question, I don’t remember if they splained it on the show.
He is being a very good sport, considering how he makes his scratch.

I guess that was sort of my point. My friend’s mom may have had a crush on him but she was no more likely to marry him than my 12 YO neice is to marry Justin Beiber (as a Canadian, I sincerely apologize — I had no idea and would have stopped him if I had only known).

But Liberace was her first experience with gay (so far as she knew), and she concluded that gay isn’t so bad. She might have been uneasy about the details, if she had thought about them, but I don’t think she did, much. And he was such a nice young man, how could you not like him? And, as Starbuch pointed out, very respectful of his mother.

I think he did a lot for gay acceptance.

But it’s 37.4F in Tillamook.

And….anyone watching Jon Stewart or Steven Colbert is learning about the deviance of SuperPacs. Thanks for that!

Starbuch?

Oy!

i don’t recall either but…. i sure wudda loved to have been a fly on the wall when that conversation was held

So will the 49ers as host beat the G-men this weekend…?

Oh, look at the time! Gots to go to bed, have h’chords to build in the am and the bed kittehs are complaining that I haven’t turned down the covers yet. Night all.

The cheese ain’t playing so who cares?

so was lincoln city and it turned blue and the blue is moving north…. that 37 is at the airport and its 36 at fairview

i sure hope so

g’nite hotflash

Hey, I can spell, I just can’t type!

It’s a better matchup for SF than traveling to Green Bay. Very close game. Pick’em.

IMO…

*heh* Ain’t no spelling cops around at this hour, Starbuck…! ;-)

tis about time for me to turn back into a frog peeps…. thanks for letting me hang out with ya tonight

g’nite all

I think Alex Smith will come through with the hometown crowd behind him…! ;-)

I liked it! It was funny! I’ll file it away for when I need a throwaway screen name.

You all here would know, of course that will be I!

Sweet dreams, Suz…! *g*

Nite, Suz. If the snow is still sticking in the morning, I’ll post a link to what I shoot on LLN tomorrow!

They continue to surprise. When they have to have a huge play, they get it.
I would not be surprised if they go to the Show… but I don’t see any metric at all for beating Brady.

The Patsies Defense is mighty suspect, and, if they can keep it close they have a shot…! ;-)

Caio, newt and all…! *g*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK7tobXU1M0&feature=endscreen&NR=1