December 24, 2009
— Open Blog Merry Christmas all. Hey I wasn't supposed to be here at all but alas my flights were canceled due to snow in Dallas. So I guess it'll be Xmas eve reindeer games here at ONT central.
What English Sounds Like to Foreigners
Back in 1972 Italian singer Adriano Celentano wrote a gibberish song that was supposed to sound like English. It was a hit and a classic example of pre-Disco.
And will taste awesome, or at least no worse than it did before.
The 13 Cutest Animals of 2009
Including sofa cat.
The Apple Gestapo: How Apple Hunts Down Leaks
At least it's better than how East Germany treated leakers.
Cheshire Cat Optical Illusion
Hold your head still and stare at the cat's nose. After a few seconds it (the cat's outline) will disappear.
Gifts For People Who Hate the Holidays
Okay it's a little late, but there's always next year.
1973 Letter From an American POW to Bob Hope
Ever wanted to watch a 7-hour video of a train journey from Bergen to Oslo, Norway? Well now you can!
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Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 24, 2009 05:51 PM (dQdrY)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 05:53 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 05:53 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 05:54 PM (I/mtr)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2009 05:54 PM (aT8vy)
Sorry you got held up by weather, Maet.Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 05:55 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Turkey Baster at December 24, 2009 05:55 PM (QECjC)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 05:56 PM (I/mtr)
Informal poll for the ONT'ers: "A Christmas Story". Love it or hate it?
I find there are very few neutral opinions on this movie.
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 05:56 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 05:57 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 05:57 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 05:58 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 05:59 PM (qB3D9)
As for the gibberish song, didn't they use that choreography in the Austin Powers films?
Merry Christmas M&M's! May all your stocking be... filled!
Posted by: shibumi at December 24, 2009 05:59 PM (OKZrE)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 06:00 PM (gofDd)
You Morons will appreciate this tradition: At around 11 pm, when we're all sick of each other, we head out to the near by local biker bar, where we drink even more, and play pool, darts and pinball. It's fun to see my 70 something folks living it up in a biker bar on Christmas Eve.
Posted by: GregInSeattle at December 24, 2009 06:00 PM (B5cM9)
Informal poll for the ONT'ers: "A Christmas Story". Love it or hate it?
LOVE IT.
"fra-gee-lee"
Freaking hysterical.
Posted by: shibumi at December 24, 2009 06:00 PM (OKZrE)
Sassypants, I think you might've missed my comment last night, but I'll be around. The question is will Maet post an ONT tomorrow evening for us to play in?
Christmas Story--I like it but don't think it is worth 24 hours of showing.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 06:00 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 06:00 PM (I/mtr)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 06:01 PM (gofDd)
but I'll bet you my Christmas presents she won't show.
Hmm. are there shoes in there? If so I may take that bet...
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 06:01 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 24, 2009 06:01 PM (dQdrY)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 06:01 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 24, 2009 06:01 PM (QECjC)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 06:02 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 06:02 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 06:02 PM (I/mtr)
Posted by: GregInSeattle at December 24, 2009 06:02 PM (B5cM9)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 06:03 PM (I/mtr)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 06:04 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 06:06 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: GregInSeattle at December 24, 2009 06:06 PM (B5cM9)
unless a date pops up for you.
The Magic 8 Ball says the outlook isn't good for that to happen. I tried, but my imaginary boyfriend turned me down.
It's OK, after I go to my friend's annual holiday brunch I'm going to come home, put on my most comfy pajamas, curl up on the sofa, watch Christmas movies, and drink myself silly.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 06:06 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 06:07 PM (I/mtr)
Christmas Story--I like it but don't think it is worth 24 hours of showing.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 10:00 PM (RZ8pf)
Not to worry the ONT always goes on.
And yes A Christmas Story is still awesome. But maybe they should cut it back to only 12 hours a day.
Posted by: Mætenloch at December 24, 2009 06:07 PM (mQi3C)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 06:07 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 06:08 PM (I/mtr)
Me, I'm going to my friend's parents' house, have some grub
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 06:08 PM (Gk/wA)
And, btw, that cat's nose did not disappear for me, either.
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2009 06:09 PM (9Wv2j)
GregInSeattle, the part of my family that drinks discovered that apple martinis make everything better. After a round of them (fixed with my new cocktail shaker which I left in Denver, dammit) everyone bonded over the Wii Fit game.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 06:09 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 06:10 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 06:11 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 06:11 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 06:11 PM (I/mtr)
Posted by: GregInSeattle at December 24, 2009 06:12 PM (B5cM9)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 06:12 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 06:12 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 06:13 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 06:14 PM (gofDd)
Well chemjeff I suspect if I'd made the effort I could've had plans for Christmas dinner, but to be honest I'm looking forward to a little me time.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 06:15 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 06:15 PM (Sm0sy)
Then my aunt, her bf, my cousin and his wife, and said former best friend's family are all coming over for dinner. Cousin and his wife will be bringing their adorable new pug.
I might also swing by another friend's house to exchange gifts.Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 06:16 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2009 06:16 PM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: mrfixit at December 24, 2009 06:16 PM (opVdc)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 06:17 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 06:17 PM (I/mtr)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 06:17 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 06:18 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 06:18 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 06:19 PM (I/mtr)
69, this isn't a quick one. I started having a scratchy throat on Sunday. Had a z-pack lying around so I jumped on that.
Didn't seem to work. I was OK to fish Wed. and then that night I felt liked I'd been repeatedly kicked about the head and shoulders and that my nose was about to slide off my face.
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 06:20 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2009 06:20 PM (9Wv2j)
I almost wanted to wear something that said Sarah Palin on it to dinner just to taunt her. Heh.Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 06:21 PM (gofDd)
PGIS, I managed to score one of the three on her list. And for more than she set as a spending limit. I tossed that out the window when I got my bonus though.
But since I ran out of time for shipping I racked up for her at Hobby Lobby. She was pleased.
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 06:22 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 06:22 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 06:23 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 06:23 PM (RZ8pf)
(they had her picture and a slogan "Alaska: the coldest state with the hottest governor")
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 06:24 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2009 06:26 PM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 06:26 PM (gofDd)
WTR, I missed my window for Zicam this time. If I get on it early enough it does work. That and the Sleep Number beds are two products I believe everything they say about them from personal experience.
I took baby girl shopping for mama last Friday night and she coughed right in my face as I was putting her in the truck. I figure that was what did it.
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 06:26 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 06:27 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2009 06:28 PM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 24, 2009 06:29 PM (GdnrJ)
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 06:30 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 06:37 PM (NFIi5)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 06:39 PM (NFIi5)
Guess I could pick on my poor wife. Had a 12 gauge shotshell loader on my list and she accidentally bought 20 gauge.
She feels bad but it's really not that big of a deal. When I go back to exchange it I can buy the shot, wads, powder and primers that I need to use it.
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 06:40 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 06:43 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2009 06:44 PM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 06:44 PM (gofDd)
Your Jedi mind tricks won't work on me, boy!
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at December 24, 2009 06:46 PM (BDH94)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 06:46 PM (NFIi5)
Posted by: Eric at December 24, 2009 06:48 PM (Qc/s6)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 06:48 PM (NFIi5)
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2009 06:50 PM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 06:51 PM (qB3D9)
Informal poll for the ONT'ers: "A Christmas Story". Love it or hate it?
I've never watched it. The promos never appeal to me.Posted by: Y-not at December 24, 2009 06:51 PM (sey23)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 24, 2009 06:52 PM (/AWuZ)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 06:52 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 24, 2009 06:54 PM (/AWuZ)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 06:55 PM (NFIi5)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 24, 2009 06:56 PM (/AWuZ)
WTR, we bought the sleep number bed when my wife was pregnant with our first child and having major back and hip issues. It was a Godsend.
A side benefit for me is she now snores less. She is a world-class log sawer.
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 06:56 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: Terry at December 24, 2009 06:58 PM (ddL+W)
Stocking stuffing was tough this year. Usually we use Queen-sized thigh high stockings, but I think last year I must've bought normal-sized stockings 'cause we both had trouble getting them stuffed. After watching those vids, I'm kind of hoping that there's a hedgehog under the tree!
Posted by: Y-not at December 24, 2009 07:00 PM (sey23)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 07:00 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 24, 2009 07:02 PM (/AWuZ)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 07:04 PM (gofDd)
Is Christmas a good time to run away from home?
Then again, it might just be time to start taking my vitamin D for the Winter.
Posted by: katya at December 24, 2009 07:05 PM (fwIJF)
119, seriously, it did. We've also heard the same from other couples we've recommended it to.
If they buy one get in touch we me so they can put my name in as a referral. If I refer enough we get a free twin we can use in the boy's room.
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 07:07 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 07:07 PM (Gk/wA)
Sure, if you can hop a ride in Santa's sleigh.
When I was little I always wanted to visit Santa who, as everybody knows, lives up in a very cloudy heaven with God.
Posted by: Y-not at December 24, 2009 07:07 PM (sey23)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 07:09 PM (NFIi5)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 07:10 PM (NFIi5)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 07:11 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 07:12 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 24, 2009 07:13 PM (uh/DD)
Posted by: Build-a-Bear at December 24, 2009 07:13 PM (qB3D9)
I'm back. I'm attempting to make quick candy--candy melts with flavoring in festive holiday molds, as a hostess gift for the brunch for tomorrow. I burned the first batch of candy melts. But I just got the second batch in the freezer we'll see how those go.
Maybe making candy after having a couple of drinks isn't the best plan in the universe...
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 07:14 PM (RZ8pf)
Why does my hash keep changing? (Are you sharing? You know how hard it is to get real hash in the Central time zone? We have to make our own "home hash".)
Heh heh Sassy, sounds like something Ricky might say. You ever watch The Trailer Park Boys?
Cheers everyone, and God bless us all!
Posted by: The Drunken Conservative at December 24, 2009 07:14 PM (RU4Qe)
That's what they want you to think.
Nope, he's in heaven. No elves. They share a condo in Fort Lauderdale. All the toys are shipped FedEx.
Posted by: Y-not at December 24, 2009 07:15 PM (sey23)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 07:15 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 24, 2009 07:16 PM (uh/DD)
None of the kids came in for Christmas eve so we got out in the 4 wheel and toured the incoming blizzard. We found a car that had slid off in a ravine with a young man sitting ON the wreckage with a wth/wtf look on his face. He wasnt injured so we loaded him and his laundry up and took him the rest of the way to his moms house safely.
I suppose it was a fine Christmas eve all in all
Posted by: Seamer at December 24, 2009 07:16 PM (Y4mm2)
Posted by: eman at December 24, 2009 07:17 PM (ttigb)
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 24, 2009 07:18 PM (uh/DD)
Posted by: The Drunken Conservative at December 24, 2009 07:19 PM (RU4Qe)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 07:19 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 07:19 PM (NFIi5)
That's my new (as of a few years ago) favorite. I used to like the Alistair Sim one, but George's is better, I think.
Posted by: Y-not at December 24, 2009 07:20 PM (sey23)
Winston, unless he's just there temporarily, run don't walk to Costco and pick up the TV Ears for him. My parents love them!
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2009 07:20 PM (9Wv2j)
Believe me, I've tried. He is the most stubborn man in the Universe, and unshakably convinced that the rest of the world speaks too softly.
Did I mention that senile dementia is a factor?
I love holidays.
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 24, 2009 07:22 PM (uh/DD)
The Boys are awesome Canadiana, and very reflective of the cultural backbone of our country.
Posted by: The Drunken Conservative at December 24, 2009 07:23 PM (RU4Qe)
Hugs Katya!!! Remember that which doesn't kill us (having college aged kids home from college for example) makes us stronger!
These days I have a love/hate relationship with my kids.
Posted by: katya at December 24, 2009 07:23 PM (fwIJF)
Heh. Merry Christmas! 36 minutes for me! Miss 666 has to wait 3 hours! Haha!
Posted by: sickinmass at December 24, 2009 07:23 PM (Dxfei)
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2009 07:24 PM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 07:25 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 07:25 PM (NFIi5)
Kinda like Basil Rathbone being the penultimate black & white Sherlock Holmes and Jeremy Brett in the colour adaptations.
Posted by: The Drunken Conservative at December 24, 2009 07:25 PM (RU4Qe)
Winston, I'm sharing the living room with my gassy, 1 month old nephew at the moment.
So you just have loud TV to listen to. I have fussy baby.
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 07:26 PM (Sm0sy)
Just watched George C. Scott's take on Scrooge.
That's my new (as of a few years ago) favorite. I used to like the Alistair Sim one, but George's is better, I think.
George's has always been my favorite. He's another one of the Hollywood Legends, of whom we'll never see the likes of again.
Posted by: katya at December 24, 2009 07:26 PM (fwIJF)
okay, I added that last part.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 07:26 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: The Drunken Conservative at December 24, 2009 07:27 PM (RU4Qe)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 07:28 PM (NFIi5)
Posted by: Y-not at December 24, 2009 07:29 PM (sey23)
we loaded him and his laundry up and took him the rest of the way to his moms house safely.
That's nice that you could do that for him. He probably thought you were sent by God or Santa.
Posted by: katya at December 24, 2009 07:30 PM (fwIJF)
Posted by: eman at December 24, 2009 07:30 PM (ttigb)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 07:30 PM (NFIi5)
"I'm sharing the living room with my gassy, 1 month old nephew at the moment."
LMAO... I'm alone with my drinks, music, evening ahead of me, and day off from gatherings till the 26th (Boxing Day up here in Canada). I'm counting myself very blessed!
Posted by: The Drunken Conservative at December 24, 2009 07:31 PM (RU4Qe)
Posted by: Rodney at December 24, 2009 07:31 PM (c6mrx)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at December 24, 2009 07:32 PM (VorMR)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 07:32 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 07:33 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: katya at December 24, 2009 07:33 PM (fwIJF)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 07:34 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 07:36 PM (NFIi5)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 07:36 PM (gofDd)
I donÂ’t understand why AMC is running 24 hours of White Christmas. There are other Christmas movies. I mean it is a nice enough movie, but come on 24 hours worth?
IÂ’m actually a little disappointed in the Christmas television choices this year. I see that a lot of stations have chosen to ignore it altogether and those that are showing Christmas related shows seem to be showing the same ones over and over again.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 07:37 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Barack Obama at December 24, 2009 07:37 PM (uh/DD)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 07:38 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 07:38 PM (NFIi5)
Best part of getting the real fortune cookies from SF? Opening them and getting fortunes that say "Betty and Robert May 6, 2009." Good times! (Yep, people give them out as wedding party favors.)
My niece and her groom had their pictures put on M&M's.
Posted by: katya at December 24, 2009 07:39 PM (fwIJF)
"Santa and God - that's two different things!" ~ Bubbles
"I did maybe think that I fucked that up, wasn't sure, and I didn't wanna say anything just in case Santa was God. Wouldn't it probably piss them off if I got them mixed up like that?" ~ Ricky
~ Trailer Park Boys Christmas Special
Posted by: The Drunken Conservative at December 24, 2009 07:40 PM (RU4Qe)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 07:40 PM (NFIi5)
I just was watching “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” for the first time in a few years and for some reason, the mood I’m in tonight, that cartoon just seems creepy.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 07:42 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 07:45 PM (th3sH)
love,
Peaches
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2009 07:46 PM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 07:46 PM (NFIi5)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 07:46 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 07:46 PM (NFIi5)
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 24, 2009 07:47 PM (uh/DD)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 07:48 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 07:49 PM (NFIi5)
merry christmas morons! only 13 mins till i get to open my garmin forerunner watch!
and who doesn't hit up chinese late night on xmas/xmas eve? just finished my broccoli and hot garlic sauce.
Posted by: evil libertarian at December 24, 2009 07:49 PM (KxYmA)
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 24, 2009 07:50 PM (uh/DD)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 07:52 PM (NFIi5)
Posted by: arhooley at December 24, 2009 07:55 PM (VOhD+)
Posted by: evil libertarian at December 24, 2009 07:55 PM (KxYmA)
Two of the best things in life aren't usually associated. One of those things is Christmas season, the other cheerleaders. As our Dear Leader Rum would say..Cheers!
Posted by: sickinmass at December 24, 2009 07:55 PM (Dxfei)
Posted by: mystry at December 24, 2009 07:57 PM (kmgIE)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 07:58 PM (NFIi5)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 07:59 PM (NFIi5)
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 07:59 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 24, 2009 07:59 PM (6USny)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 07:59 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 08:02 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 08:02 PM (NFIi5)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 08:02 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: mystry at December 24, 2009 08:02 PM (kmgIE)
Speaking of Chinese food my wife prefers to eat at a buffet while I prefer the order from a menu places.
So, we tend not to have it much.
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 08:02 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 08:03 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 08:04 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 08:05 PM (NFIi5)
Posted by: mystry at December 24, 2009 08:06 PM (kmgIE)
I am finding my emotions ping ponging around this evening. One moment happy, things are fine, the next despair. I still have Santa gifts to wrap once I can get my boy to bed, I wish IÂ’d done them before because I just want to go to sleep too.
Scott J. WhatÂ’s a bag of Woot crap?
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 08:07 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 08:08 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 08:08 PM (NFIi5)
Dinner was really excellent, potatoes were great. Almost able to eat dessert, which I think I will be doing alone.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 24, 2009 08:08 PM (6USny)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 08:09 PM (gofDd)
I told Mrs Five about that; her comment was "that would cause death!!!"
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 08:12 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 08:13 PM (gofDd)
Cheers!
Posted by: The Drunken Conservative at December 24, 2009 08:14 PM (RU4Qe)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 08:15 PM (NFIi5)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 08:15 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: eman at December 24, 2009 08:17 PM (ttigb)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 08:18 PM (NFIi5)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 24, 2009 08:19 PM (6USny)
234, it's your basic deal a day site. Reputable company.
Sometimes they have good stuff sometimes not.
But every now and then they do a bag of random crap. Legend has it that they sometimes will toss really nice stuff in some craps selected at random. I heard folks got big screen TVs one year.
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 08:19 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 08:20 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: katya at December 24, 2009 08:21 PM (fwIJF)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 24, 2009 08:21 PM (NFIi5)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 08:22 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 08:23 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: mystry at December 24, 2009 08:23 PM (kmgIE)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 08:25 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 08:26 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: eman at December 24, 2009 08:28 PM (ttigb)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 24, 2009 08:28 PM (6USny)
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 08:29 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: eman at December 24, 2009 08:30 PM (ttigb)
Posted by: mystry at December 24, 2009 08:31 PM (kmgIE)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 08:31 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 08:31 PM (Gk/wA)
My kittehs are awake and hinting for Santa to bring them some midnight snacks. Giving in is one way to get them to go back to sleep. Unfortunately they're all too fat to do the sofa cat trick.
Posted by: PA Cat at December 24, 2009 08:32 PM (y8eI+)
i love the route 7 extension. well worth the $62 million per mile!
Posted by: evil libertarian at December 24, 2009 08:32 PM (KxYmA)
Posted by: eman at December 24, 2009 08:32 PM (ttigb)
Posted by: fartbubble at December 24, 2009 08:33 PM (cBeTr)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 08:34 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 08:36 PM (gofDd)
264, good point. The more real scientists turn on them the better.
They have managed to cast a shadow of doubt upon all research and forecasts for decades IMO. The motivations of those doing the science now have to be questioned in all cases because of what they've done.
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 08:36 PM (Sm0sy)
I have a question. If the GLOBE hasn't warmed in the exact time frame that Al Gore has thrown his 100 million dollar tantrum, and if the GLOBE isn't warming NOW, at what point will the MEDIA recognize the hoax?
EVER?
Posted by: gus at December 24, 2009 08:39 PM (MaqIC)
IÂ’m back again after the latest round of fake candy making.
Sassypants has already gone to bed, but actually I donÂ’t have any more presents to open (except the ones from Santa, which I already know) since I was with my family and we did Christmas together on Monday.
So, other than the joy of watching my son open his Santa gifts followed by the crushing sorrow of watching him leave for 10 days, tomorrow is just another day.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 08:40 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 12:36 AM (gofDd)
Up north in Dallas is getting some.
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 24, 2009 08:41 PM (dQdrY)
269, never. They are an arm of the statists now.
It is up to blogs and other new media to spread the truth now.
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 08:41 PM (Sm0sy)
#258 WTR Just got a phone call about 2 hours ago from Dallas. Yep, they got dumped on by Jack Frost and the Snowman,
Posted by: mystry at December 24, 2009 08:41 PM (kmgIE)
Posted by: sonnyspats at December 24, 2009 08:44 PM (Xfj1F)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 08:44 PM (gofDd)
Rum, from what my friend north of Dallas was saying earlier, they got a hellacious dose of global warming. At least by their standards.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 08:46 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: eman at December 24, 2009 08:46 PM (ttigb)
OK I didnÂ’t really need to know about Woot, it seems like it could be dangerous for me. IÂ’ll just pretend I never visited that website thank you very much.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 08:47 PM (RZ8pf)
Well Jesus H.
Just got home from my sisters place. Blizzard here in KC. Snow is piling up and drifting like crazy. Wind's around 40mph. On the bright side of things, since there is hardly any traffic, who cares if you are sliding all over the road?
But a good night all and all.
Posted by: HH at December 24, 2009 08:48 PM (+jvXp)
>>265 can't wait for this weekend to get over with..
While personally I enjoy the holiday season, I recognize that some people have a harder time with it. For one thing, it is so cold outside. And for those who are without family during the holidays, or who dislike their family, it can be a lonely, stressful, depressing burden. There is no more painful reminder to the unhappy of their personal misery than the constant and public display of everyone else's happiness. But it is up to all of us to find our way through! Whether you love or hate the holiday season, your personal fulfillment still comes from within. (Barf!) And so, if you taken no pleasure in the festive music and the colorful decorations and the promise of gifts and the company of loved ones, find something that DOES give you pleasure.
Bacon, boobies and shoes hopefully on tap for tonight's ONT! PGiS gets chocolate. LOT's of chocolate.
Posted by: sickinmass at December 24, 2009 08:48 PM (Dxfei)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 08:48 PM (qB3D9)
@275: "I wish I could find that Christmas feeling I had when I was a kid, but it vanished when I turned 18. I still love the holiday season; it just doesn't feel like Christmas. And after all the presents are opened, it does feel like just another day."
No more Christmas Vacation Winter Break.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 24, 2009 08:49 PM (8MuSQ)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 08:49 PM (gofDd)
Adriano Celentano wasn't doing mock English. He was just doing disco Bob Dylan.
Posted by: Aaron at December 24, 2009 08:50 PM (TxQvv)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 12:44 AM (gofDd)
If you aren't religious, then yeah, the magic goes away when you find out Santa is just a marketing tool.
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 24, 2009 08:50 PM (dQdrY)
PGIS, I'm sorry. I worried about introducing you to Woot.
Wait until you find out what a Wootoff is.
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 08:51 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 08:53 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 08:54 PM (qB3D9)
Just wait until global warming really ramps up - then you'll be having snowball fights at the Alamo
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 08:55 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: winewife at December 24, 2009 08:55 PM (OnM4p)
That for me is the best part of the whole thing. That, and my nephews opening presents. We quit doing gift exchanges at my Grandma's years ago, and found that the only thing anybody missed was the big wrapping-paper fight that always followed.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 08:56 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: mystry at December 24, 2009 08:57 PM (kmgIE)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 08:57 PM (gofDd)
Bacon, boobies and shoes hopefully on tap for tonight's ONT! PGiS gets chocolate. LOT's of chocolate.
Posted by: sickinmass at December 25, 2009 12:48 AM (Dxfei)
just loath my family. They made me miss Mass, had an hour where my 8 year old nephew sat there just saying "give me money" over and over again. Mom sitting there sucking her teeth, cousin sitting there just yapping for no fucking reason, girlfriend telling me that she's being moved to Norfolk, I'm broke.....fuck
Bah Humbug
Posted by: fartbubble at December 24, 2009 08:58 PM (cBeTr)
Aside from stabbing myself in the palm while splitting lobster tails, it was a pretty good evening. It stopped bleeding eventually and there was enough wine here to fix the pain. Tomorrow I get to be with my first granddaughter for her first Christmas. I haven't seen her since Thanksgiving and I seriously miss her.
Posted by: the real joe at December 24, 2009 08:59 PM (SUYSs)
Woo Hoo! Unprecedented.
DALLAS — In much of the rolling plains of West Texas, a blizzard has never been recorded.
There has been one now.
The region west and northwest of the Dallas-Fort Worth area saw blizzard-like conditions throughout the day Thursday as up to 8 inches of snow fell in the region, according to the National Weather Service. Winds gusting at up to 65 mph drifted the snow as deep as 5 feet in some areas
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 24, 2009 08:59 PM (dQdrY)
The truck and basement have to be emptied of gifts.
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."
Posted by: sickinmass at December 24, 2009 08:59 PM (Dxfei)
Posted by: mystry at December 24, 2009 08:59 PM (kmgIE)
*flings snowballs at Mexican army*
Mexican Army storms the Alamo.
Who knew that a snowball started that whole fracas.
Some things you just don't learn in history class.
Posted by: HH at December 24, 2009 09:00 PM (+jvXp)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 09:01 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 09:03 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 09:06 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 09:07 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 09:10 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 09:11 PM (gofDd)
311, random crap
But sometimes you get good stuff. I got two refurbished photo frames in the last one I bought.
Gave one as a gift and sold the other for $20.
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 09:14 PM (Sm0sy)
http://tinyurl.com/yermosm
just can't help but picturing the original Ghost Rider rounding the corner guns blazing while this plays
Posted by: fartbubble at December 24, 2009 09:15 PM (cBeTr)
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 09:15 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 09:16 PM (Gk/wA)
May Your Christmas Be Half This Merry!
Posted by: sickinmass at December 25, 2009 01:14 AM (Dxfei)
that looks like one bad ass house party
Posted by: fartbubble at December 24, 2009 09:16 PM (cBeTr)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 09:19 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 09:20 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: Scott J. at December 25, 2009 01:20 AM (Sm0sy)
from Woot? Bastard. Can never get in on time. Friend has gotten 2 of them over the years. Last one had a Wii and a Roomba
Posted by: fartbubble at December 24, 2009 09:22 PM (cBeTr)
Posted by: eman at December 24, 2009 09:23 PM (ttigb)
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 09:23 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 12:49 AM (gofDd)
One hellish summer in Houston will probably make you yearn for Dallas. Look into Austin or its outlying area. It is beautiful country around there, especially the Hill Country. San Antonio is OK, if you live in the northwest or up the road in Boerne (Hill Country again). The rest of the town is mostly shit.
I live way out in West Texas. I love the desert.
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 09:23 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 09:24 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 09:25 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 09:25 PM (gofDd)
324, the Christmas one?
This is the first of those I've gotten. I have three others from Wootoffs.
They played a trick this year. The main page was a fake. Had to follow a link in the product description to get to the real purchase page.
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 09:26 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 25, 2009 01:24 AM (dQdrY)
you mean Kick Ass. Hated the comic, only reason to buy it was Romita Jr doing the art. Really want to meet Mark Millar again so I can beat the shit out of him, fucking douche bag
Posted by: fartbubble at December 24, 2009 09:26 PM (cBeTr)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 09:26 PM (gofDd)
Whee - neighbors are shooting off fireworks.
SMPD to come roaring up, sirens blaring in 5....4.....3....
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 24, 2009 09:28 PM (8MuSQ)
324, the Christmas one?
This is the first of those I've gotten. I have three others from Wootoffs.
They played a trick this year. The main page was a fake. Had to follow a link in the product description to get to the real purchase page.
Posted by: Scott J. at December 25, 2009 01:26 AM (Sm0sy)
his was just the regular bags of crap
Posted by: fartbubble at December 24, 2009 09:28 PM (cBeTr)
I love hot and humid. I live for it. I'm happiest in DC or FL in the summer.
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 01:26 AM (gofDd)
Well, then you'll love Houston. And the Chinese food there is the best in Texas.
I'm kinda allergic to green. My family are mostly Houstonians and they have perfected the art of air conditioning.
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 09:29 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 09:29 PM (gofDd)
Rum: Saddle Ranch used to be a very good place to make a lot of bad decisions.
Good times....good times
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 24, 2009 09:30 PM (8MuSQ)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 09:31 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 09:31 PM (qB3D9)
337, the scariest thing was the last one I bought had a talking Ronald Reagan doll in it.
I was thinking "now, how does Woot know my political bent?".
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 09:31 PM (Sm0sy)
Posted by: fartbubble at December 25, 2009 01:26 AM (cBeTr)
I don't know much about comics. Girl with a gun shooting people in the face looked entertaining.
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 24, 2009 09:31 PM (dQdrY)
Posted by: fartbubble at December 24, 2009 09:31 PM (cBeTr)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 09:32 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 09:33 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 09:33 PM (qB3D9)
You better hope you don't get an Obummer Chia Pet in the next one. Or a First Wookie action figure.
Posted by: PA Cat at December 24, 2009 09:34 PM (y8eI+)
I once had to rescue two bulldogs in Houston who had gotten out for thirty minutes and got heat prostration. One died.
It's like the "Hot" in India right before the monsoons. It is almost lethal.
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 09:35 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: fartbubble at December 25, 2009 01:26 AM (cBeTr)
I don't know much about comics. Girl with a gun shooting people in the face looked entertaining.
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 25, 2009 01:31 AM (dQdrY)
Dude did the Wanted comic which was a big fuck you to the people who pay his salary. It was basically him doing burn outs in his Ferrari while spitting in your eye because you read comics.
Posted by: fartbubble at December 24, 2009 09:35 PM (cBeTr)
It's the supersize Nancy Pelosi carbon footprint.
Posted by: PA Cat at December 24, 2009 09:36 PM (y8eI+)
Rum: Never been to the City Walk one. The Sunset one was my hangout for the first two years it was open. Lotta decadence went on in that place.
*laugh*
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 24, 2009 09:38 PM (8MuSQ)
It's like the "Hot" in India right before the monsoons. It is almost lethal.
Posted by: TexasJew at December 25, 2009 01:35 AM (dcKUM)
Did a summer there. Wasn't just miserable, but fucking miserable.
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 24, 2009 09:38 PM (dQdrY)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at December 24, 2009 09:39 PM (DxGuW)
Got distracted watching A Christmas Story with my son, it is his first viewing of it. Not sure how he is liking it so far but since the Norad Santa tracker is showing Santa closing in on the West Coast itÂ’s time to put him to bed. And then I get to join all the others on the thread who are playing Santa.
Merry Christmas everyone, thanks for the hugs and the nice words, you morons and moronettes are the best! As Tiny Tim said and I keep quoting “God bless us everyone!”
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 24, 2009 09:43 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 09:45 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 09:45 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 09:46 PM (gofDd)
Houston has great food (and lots of it) and I enjoy the shopping there. I could live without the traffic, the humid heat and the hurricanes.
Ike was a bitch. My cousins clocked 130-MPH winds outside their 14th story apartment by the Medical Center.
They had to rescue my 90 year old uncle down in Meyerwood. He was just mad because his corned beef in the fridge went bad when the power went out. Food, again...
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 09:47 PM (dcKUM)
Merry Christmas m&m's. Probably won't have time to be on an ONT again until Monday.
May God bless you all.
Posted by: Scott J. at December 24, 2009 09:48 PM (Sm0sy)
DC summers are doublefun when you have to wear a friggin' suit.
I enjoyed working there, but having to wear a suit in 100 degree, 102 percent humidity just blew.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 24, 2009 09:49 PM (8MuSQ)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 09:50 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 09:51 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 09:51 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 09:52 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 09:53 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 01:45 AM (gofDd)
I lived in Fresno when I visited there. The heat is one thing, but the humidity is what killed me.
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 24, 2009 09:54 PM (dQdrY)
You get acclimated to it. Once acclimated, even a fat guy like me can handle 120+ with long sleeves and body armor.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 09:54 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 24, 2009 09:55 PM (dQdrY)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 09:56 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 24, 2009 09:57 PM (dQdrY)
You and me both. When I do go there I prefer to get the work done and get the heck out of dodge. To each their own though.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 09:59 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 10:01 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 10:02 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 10:04 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 24, 2009 10:06 PM (dQdrY)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 24, 2009 10:07 PM (8MuSQ)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 10:08 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Mr. Peabody at December 24, 2009 10:08 PM (gxVc6)
Sheesh, the entire population of North Dakota is just under 650,000. Rodent might like the place. I had a friend from ND who used to joke about why it gets so cold there-- "It keeps out the riffraff."
Posted by: PA Cat at December 24, 2009 10:08 PM (y8eI+)
>>I once had to rescue two bulldogs in Houston who had gotten out for thirty minutes and got heat prostration. One died.
So sad, TJ.
You have to dunk em' in cold water real fast to save them. We summer in KBPT, ME. just for our 3 bullies.
Posted by: sickinmass at December 24, 2009 10:08 PM (Dxfei)
@381: "I think Iowa has the friendliest folks I've ever run across"
Lotta idiots, though. See Harkin, Tom. Gave The Messiah his start, too.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 24, 2009 10:09 PM (8MuSQ)
Posted by: mystry at December 24, 2009 10:10 PM (kmgIE)
Posted by: PA Cat at December 25, 2009 02:08 AM (y8eI+)
I would have said it culls out the weak.
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 24, 2009 10:11 PM (dQdrY)
Posted by: mystry at December 24, 2009 10:14 PM (kmgIE)
I think California is friendly enough, in that it kind of isn't, but still friendlier than some.
The town were I live has some kind of misted anesthetic that makes people that don't even know each other smile and wave. It took me a while to get used to it, but now I really like it, and I notice its absence when I go across the bridge and into San Diego.
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at December 24, 2009 10:15 PM (F09Uo)
When Mrs. Five and I got married a few years back, the husband of her maid of honor had to make a late flight out from Jersey the day before the wedding. Poor guy had gone clubbing in the City the night before, hopped on a plane to Cedar Rapids (why he flew ther I don't know) and then got in a rental car for the five-hour drive through cornfields to the tiny little town that Mrs. Five's parents live in. And then realizes that his is definitely the only black face in a town of maybe 100 people. You wanna talk about culture shock...
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 10:15 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 10:16 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 24, 2009 10:16 PM (8MuSQ)
PA Cat..
10 minute bike ride to Walker's Point. Our place is in Wildes District if you know the area. Barbara Bush walks her dog on Cooch's Beach and she always stops to chat and pet the dogs. She is a very nice Lady.
Posted by: sickinmass at December 24, 2009 10:17 PM (Dxfei)
Oklahoma on average has the friendliest turnpike workers you'll find anywhere. Makes it a little easier to hand over ridiculous amounts of money for the privilege of driving on their road.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 10:18 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 10:19 PM (gofDd)
Lotta idiots, though. See Harkin, Tom. Gave The Messiah his start, too.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 25, 2009 02:09 AM (8MuSQ)
Farm subsidies?
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 24, 2009 10:19 PM (dQdrY)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 02:16 AM (gofDd)
glad they are bringing back Oswald
Posted by: fartbubble at December 24, 2009 10:20 PM (cBeTr)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 25, 2009 02:16 AM (8MuSQ)
I have, but not in a bad way. It's kind of a funny town/island. I didn't know there were places left in this state, that were near major population centers, where door locks were still optional, the neighbors helpful but not wanting to get into your business, and the police were really into preventing or solving crime.
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at December 24, 2009 10:20 PM (F09Uo)
Yeah, not pretty. Maytag has been closed for several years. A company that makes wind generators moved into one of the factories, but it doesn't even come close to employing as many people. Sadly, the union idiots in Newton did it to themselves. They never learn, it seems.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 10:20 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 10:21 PM (gofDd)
You have to dunk em' in cold water real fast to save them. We summer in KBPT, ME. just for our 3 bullies.
Posted by: sickinmass at December 25, 2009 02:08 AM (Dxfei)
They weren't my bullies, but my girlfriend got home from work (she used to fly as an emergency nurse in the Hermann Hospital lifeflight hospital) and found them outside our door, half-keeled over. I had to find the owners the next morning and tell them.
She and a policeman got them under a hose, but the older one later went into cardiac arrest at the emergency vet's and died. I took care of the younger one until we located the owners.
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 10:21 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: fartbubble at December 24, 2009 10:22 PM (cBeTr)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 24, 2009 10:22 PM (8MuSQ)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 10:22 PM (gofDd)
Better that than Illinois or Ohio. But still ridiculous.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 10:23 PM (qB3D9)
Come spend more time in LA. It will disabuse you of that notion. The anger on the Westside is almost palpable.
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 02:19 AM (gofDd)
I used to work at UCLA for a few years and I didn't think the Westside was all that bad. Not terribly happy, but not as bad as it is in other parts of LA.
Come down to Coronado Island, it's a totally different vibe from the whole rest of the LA area, or anywhere else on the planet for that matter.
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at December 24, 2009 10:24 PM (F09Uo)
Posted by: mystry at December 24, 2009 10:24 PM (kmgIE)
Heck we have at least that many in my little suburb. But I think they all work at the Chinese places...
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 10:25 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 10:25 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 25, 2009 02:22 AM (8MuSQ)
Actually, although this may not be related, that is the way down here on the border. It's sort of cultural here, the hug and social kiss on the cheek. Stand-offishness is not approved.
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 10:26 PM (dcKUM)
I don't remember Deere having a factory in Newton. Ankeny, Ottumwa, Waterloo, and Moline are the ones I am familiar with.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 10:28 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 10:28 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 10:31 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 02:28 AM (gofDd)
I was in charge of faculty lending from 1995-1998. First we were in that little two story building next to Reber Hall and then we were moved to Wilshire. I liked it better on campus.
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at December 24, 2009 10:31 PM (F09Uo)
You know what Iowa stands for, don't you?
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 10:31 PM (Gk/wA)
Merry Christmas to all the Morons and Moronettes
May we drink next Christmas to a GOP House and Senate
Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2009 10:33 PM (7FgWm)
What amazed me were the nice folks in Minnesota and Nebraska.
I've lived in Oklahoma, and the people there, outside of the oilfield trash areas, are very nice, but the Minnesota and Nebraska people were almost off the chart.
North Dakotans are a bit more stand-offish, but they are Norwegian, I suppose.
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 10:33 PM (dcKUM)
I've lived in Oklahoma, and the people there, outside of the oilfield trash areas, are very nice, but the Minnesota and Nebraska people were almost off the chart.
North Dakotans are a bit more stand-offish, but they are Norwegian, I suppose.
Posted by: TexasJew at December 25, 2009 02:33 AM (dcKUM)
come to Wisconsin and meet us in the bar at 10 AM
Posted by: fartbubble at December 24, 2009 10:35 PM (cBeTr)
Posted by: fartbubble at December 24, 2009 10:36 PM (cBeTr)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 10:37 PM (gofDd)
'Twas the night before Christmas and Santa's a wreck...
How to live in a world that's politically correct?
His workers no longer would answer to "Elves",
"Vertically Challenged" they were calling themselves.
And labor conditions at the north pole
Were alleged by the union to stifle the soul.
Four reindeer had vanished, without much propriety,
Released to the wilds by the Humane Society.
And equal employment had made it quite clear
That Santa had better not use just reindeer.
So Dancer and Donner, Comet and Cupid,
Were replaced with 4 pigs, and you know that looked stupid!?
The runners had been removed from his sleigh;
The ruts were termed dangerous by the E.P.A.
And people had started to call for the cops
When they heard sled noises on their roof-tops.
Second-hand smoke from his pipe had his workers quite frightened.
His fur trimmed red suit was called "Unenlightened."
And to show you the strangeness of life's ebbs and flows:
Rudolf was suing over unauthorized use of his nose
And had gone on Geraldo, in front of the nation,
Demanding millions in over-due compensation.
So, half of the reindeer were gone; and his wife,
Who suddenly said she'd enough of this life,
Joined a self-help group, packed, and left in a whiz,
Demanding from now on her title was Ms.
And as for the gifts, why, he'd ne'er had a notion
That making a choice could cause so much commotion.
Nothing of leather, nothing of fur,
Which meant nothing for him. And nothing for her.
Nothing that might be construed to pollute.
Nothing to aim. Nothing to shoot.
Nothing that clamored or made lots of noise.
Nothing for just girls. Or just for the boys.
Nothing that claimed to be gender specific.
Nothing that's warlike or non-pacific.
No candy or sweets...they were bad for the tooth.
Nothing that seemed to embellish a truth.
And fairy tales, while not yet forbidden,
Were like Ken and Barbie, better off hidden.
For they raised the hackles of those psychological
Who claimed the only good gift was one ecological.
No baseball, no football...someone could get hurt;
Besides, playing sports exposed kids to dirt.
Dolls were said to be sexist, and should be passe;
And Nintendo would rot your entire brain away.
So Santa just stood there, disheveled, perplexed;
He just could not figure out what to do next.
He tried to be merry, tried to be gay*,
But you've got to be careful with that word today.
*Will ace banhammer me?
His sack was quite empty, limp to the ground;
Nothing fully acceptable was to be found.
Something special was needed, a gift that he might
Give to all without angering the left or the right.
A gift that would satisfy, with no indecision,
Each group of people, every religion;
Every ethnicity, every hue,
Everyone, everywhere...even you.
So here is that gift, it's price beyond worth...
"May you and your loved ones enjoy peace on earth."
SiM to my lovely friends.. I love you.
Posted by: sickinmass at December 24, 2009 10:38 PM (Dxfei)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 10:39 PM (gofDd)
GOP Senate is really unlikely.
GOP would have to win in NV, CA, AR, IL, NY, CO, DE, CT, PA, ND and one more somewhere (IN? WA?) and also successfully defend MO, NH and OH.
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 10:39 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 02:37 AM (gofDd)
I remember that campus. It was like a little oasis.
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 10:40 PM (dcKUM)
Merriest of Christmases to you kbdabear!
Posted by: sickinmass at December 24, 2009 10:40 PM (Dxfei)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 10:40 PM (Gk/wA)
Yeah, UCLA got uglier the closer you got to Wilshire Blvd.
The far end of North Campus was damn near a forest, and I didn't know LA even had those.
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at December 24, 2009 10:42 PM (F09Uo)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 24, 2009 10:43 PM (8MuSQ)
When Custer was at the Little Big Horn surrounded by Indians, he gathered up his men and addressed them
"Men, I have good news and bad news. The bad news is, these Indians have us outnumbered about 100 to 1; it doesn't look good. The good news? We won't have to go back across Nebraska"
Merry Christmas, everybody
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 10:43 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: arhooley at December 24, 2009 10:43 PM (GKXA7)
I've heard that about her; I have a friend who graduated from Bowdoin and met the Bushes one Sunday after going to church in Kennebunkport. He said that they are both very gracious and unpretentious people. I remember reading one year that Barbara Bush was elected Biker Babe of the Year and was just delighted by the honor. I've been to KBPT only once but liked it a lot. Maine has a number of pleasantly human-sized small towns (thinking of Rodent here).
Posted by: PA Cat at December 24, 2009 10:45 PM (y8eI+)
GOP Senate is really unlikely.
GOP would have to win in NV, CA, AR, IL, NY, CO, DE, CT, PA, ND and one more somewhere (IN? WA?) and also successfully defend MO, NH and OH.
Posted by: chemjeff at December 25, 2009 02:39 AM (Gk/wA)
I think there will some gains made in the Senate, and a bit more in the House, but the Pubbies really screwed the pooch pretty over the past 9 years.
I'd say three-four pickups in the Senate and around 20+ in the House. Not nearly enough to control. But Obama will face a disaster in 2012, if the Pubbies don't do something stupid.
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 10:45 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 10:46 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 10:48 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: arhooley at December 24, 2009 10:48 PM (GKXA7)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 10:49 PM (Gk/wA)
They attend St Ann's. I like Maine mostly because I can walk to the mailbox in my underwear and no one gives a hoot.
Posted by: sickinmass at December 24, 2009 10:49 PM (Dxfei)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 25, 2009 02:48 AM (qB3D9)
Look at that dumbass Trent Lott. The Senate is a swamp.
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 10:50 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 10:50 PM (qB3D9)
@440: " if the Pubbies don't do something stupid."
Um, there's not exactly a statistically insignificant probability of that, you know...
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 24, 2009 10:50 PM (8MuSQ)
Posted by: PA Cat at December 25, 2009 02:45 AM (y8eI+)
Thanks for the thought, but even though I'm going slowly crazy in Austin, Texas is where I feel I should be.
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 24, 2009 10:51 PM (dQdrY)
With McConnell and Cornyn it's actually pretty darn likely. The only question is how stupid...
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 10:53 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 25, 2009 02:43 AM (8MuSQ)
I used to pronounce it you-kla. Some people would laugh, and some would look at you like you were the dumbest person in the world.
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at December 24, 2009 10:53 PM (F09Uo)
Goodnight everybody..Peace be upon you.
Yes, Rum.. there IS a Santa Clause. He lives in your chest.
Posted by: sickinmass at December 24, 2009 10:53 PM (Dxfei)
Posted by: arhooley at December 24, 2009 10:53 PM (GKXA7)
Posted by: mystry at December 24, 2009 10:54 PM (kmgIE)
That's true.
But if you want to see how stupid the Pubbies are, look at North Dakota - a red state that has two Dim Senators and a Dim Rep,
Governor Hoeven is a RINO deluxe, but he could win a Senate seat in 2010 in a lay-down, but he doesn't seem to want to run. The Dim Rep is a lib scumbag, but his job is secure in a Republican state with less than 600,000 people.
Total stupid shit.
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 10:54 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: arhooley at December 24, 2009 10:55 PM (GKXA7)
I hope you don't try that during a nor'easter. But I know what you mean about the informality (or lack of concern with what other people do or wear). Maine is a lot nicer than some other parts of New England I could mention.
Posted by: PA Cat at December 24, 2009 10:56 PM (y8eI+)
The Cook Political Report now has 174 seats in the Solid Democratic column; 44 others rated as Likely Democrat, meaning not yet but potentially competitive; and 23 more seats in the Lean Democratic column, meaning competitive.
There are 19 seats rated as Toss Up, in which neither party can claim a clear advantage. There are eight seats in the Lean Republican column, 16 in the Likely Republican group and 151 rated as Solidly Republican.
Put in a more understandable format, the current number of Solid and Likely Democratic seats is 218, coincidentally the barest possible majority.
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 10:57 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 10:57 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: fartbubble at December 24, 2009 10:58 PM (cBeTr)
The Dim Rep is a lib scumbag, but his job is secure in a Republican state with less than 600,000 people.
You mean you could drive for hours and not see one Obama sticker?
Trying to imagine that from this blue state I live in
Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2009 10:59 PM (7FgWm)
Jim: I was always told that UCLA stood for University of Caucasians Lost among Asians.
I always love the other "UCLAs" out there -
Central Piedmont Community College (Charlotte, NC) University of Charlotte, Lexington Avenue.
Columbus Technical College (Columbus, GA) University of Columbus, 'Longside the Airport
Can't remember the others...
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 24, 2009 10:59 PM (8MuSQ)
It's the same "standing up for the little man" BS that keeps Harkin employed. And when anybody tries to expose them for the lib scumbags that they are, they get raked over the coals for "dirty politics". And back off. It is intensely frustrating to watch.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 11:02 PM (qB3D9)
The far end of North Campus was damn near a forest, and I didn't know LA even had those.
Since I was a history major I spent most of my time on North Campus. It's so much prettier than South Campus. My dept graduation was held on the lawn in front of Perloff. And even though Bunche was a pretty ugly building, it was where my dept was and I loved it.Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:02 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: arhooley at December 24, 2009 11:03 PM (GKXA7)
The Cook Political Report now has 174 seats in the Solid Democratic column; 44 others rated as Likely Democrat, meaning not yet but potentially competitive; and 23 more seats in the Lean Democratic column, meaning competitive.
Remember this year in Britain, there was a wipeout of the Labour Party in Parliamentary elections, seats that were rock solid for generations for Labour were lost.
If people are pissed, anything could happen
Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2009 11:03 PM (7FgWm)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 24, 2009 11:04 PM (8MuSQ)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:04 PM (gofDd)
Yeah, my friend from Bowdoin was a great admirer of JLC. Friend went to theological seminary after Bowdoin and his first parish after graduation was in Roswell, Georgia. He went to a Civil War reenactment with the church youth group his first summer at that church and said that when the boys in blue came matching down the road to the battlefield he cheered because he was getting homesick for Maine at that point. And the kids looked at him like he had three heads or something.
Apropos of Chamberlain at Gettysburg-- I grew up about a two hours' drive from the town and visited the battlefield several times. It is quite an experience to stand where the 20th Maine was posted on Little Round Top.
I can't help wondering what Chamberlain would think of Snowe and Collins.
Posted by: PA Cat at December 24, 2009 11:04 PM (y8eI+)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 11:05 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:07 PM (gofDd)
I'm guessing it wouldn't be printable.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 11:07 PM (qB3D9)
Doesn't really get you a great paying job, but it made school more bearable. I did a lot of ME/Medieval history courses.Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:08 PM (gofDd)
Since I was a history major I spent most of my time on North Campus.
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 03:02 AM (gofDd)
Being a history major is a leap of faith. What was your concentration in?
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 11:09 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 24, 2009 11:09 PM (dQdrY)
PA Cat: The 26th NC memorial at Gettysburg is pretty cool, too.
(Gotta stick up for the home state).
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 24, 2009 11:10 PM (8MuSQ)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:10 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: arhooley at December 24, 2009 11:10 PM (GKXA7)
I'm wondering about the union vote if layoffs continue in 2010. Once you stop drawing a check from your employer the union dues don't get paid and the hacks don't give a shit about you.
Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2009 11:10 PM (7FgWm)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:12 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 11:13 PM (dcKUM)
"I did a lot of ME/Medieval history courses."
Sweet - I was military history. Oddly enough, the history department at UGA was on the North Campus, too.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 24, 2009 11:13 PM (8MuSQ)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 11:14 PM (qB3D9)
Except companies will go out of business.
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 11:15 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:15 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 24, 2009 11:17 PM (dQdrY)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:17 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 11:18 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 24, 2009 11:18 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 03:12 AM (gofDd)
I've been taking some history correspondence courses over the years. It is wonderful.
I've been learning some Middle English as well.
When you're in the sciences (geology and geophysics, mostly), they don't offer a lot of elective hours, so most of us get very little history. UT/Austin is strong on learning languages, however, so I took Russian and German.
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 11:19 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:19 PM (gofDd)
492: Yo.
497: "It irritates the hell out of me that after people learn I'm a history major the first question they ask is, 'Do you want to teach/be a teacher?'"
There's a lot of "Oh, so you're going to law school?" ones, too.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 24, 2009 11:19 PM (8MuSQ)
I took a lot of ancient history as well as medieval and ended up specializing in sixteenth-century Germany. I enjoyed the Latin and Greek courses almost as much as the history seminars. I have a good friend (actually, she gave me my third kitteh when her dopey husband wanted to put their cats to sleep) who completed a Ph.D. in medieval studies at Cornell. She's in Ann Arbor now so I don't see her very often but we keep in touch. We still joke about being "Middle Aged."
Posted by: PA Cat at December 24, 2009 11:19 PM (y8eI+)
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 11:20 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:20 PM (gofDd)
I got that from Poli Sci. Had NO interest in law school, fortunately.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 11:21 PM (qB3D9)
Not original, and well over a decade and a half old, but a good idea of how the different UC schools viewed each other.
I notice there isn't one for UCOP (Office of the President).
How many UC San Diego students does it take to change a lightbulb?
Two: one to mix the margaritas and one to call the electrician.
*******************
How many UC Santa Cruz students does it take to change a lightbulb?
Eleven: one to change the lightbulb and ten to share the experience.
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How many UC Davis students does it take to change a lightbulb?
None. Davis doesnÂ’t have electricity.
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How many UC San Francisco students does it take to change a lightbulb?
Two: one to change the lightbulb and one to crack under the pressure.
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How many UC Santa Barbara students does it take to change a lightbulb?
Only one, but he gets six credits for it.
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How many UC Berkeley students does it take to change a lightbulb?
Seventy-six: one to change the lightbulb, fifty to protest the lightbulbÂ’s right not to change, and twenty-five to hold a counter protest.
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How many UC Riverside students does it take to change a lightbulb?
None: Riverside looks better in the dark.
*******************
How many UC Irvine students does it take to change a lightbulb?
One to hire the undocumented worker mowing the lawn to do it for them.
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How many UCLA students does it take to change a lightbulb?
One: She holds the lightbulb and the world revolves around her.
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at December 24, 2009 11:23 PM (F09Uo)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:23 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:25 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:26 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 24, 2009 11:27 PM (8MuSQ)
Just got my sister's Christmas card today. Some talk about the family, the kids, and so on ... and lots and lots of praise for The One. And oh by the way, Happy Holidays.
It left me harrumphing "Bah, humbug!" and strongly wanting another shot of tequila. But she's family, so I just grin and bear it - after the shot of tequila, that is.
But Merry Christmas to all my fellow Christian morons. And felicitations of the season to all of you.
Posted by: Brown Line at December 24, 2009 11:28 PM (+eJfs)
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kdabear, unions, as wtr noted, are the bane of California. We may have a chance of whacking at them since Meg Whitman is absolutely spoiling for a major, bloody battle with them, and Californians (I think) are getting wise to how damaging they are.
I swear, if we can just whack those guys we might be able to train up Cali voters enough to send that Repub to the Senate when the horrid DiFi is up for re-election.
Posted by: arhooley at December 24, 2009 11:28 PM (GKXA7)
As for "A Christmas Story", I don't like the movie, butthe original stories (many of which were published in "Playboy") are hilarious. Well worth reading.
Posted by: Brown Line at December 24, 2009 11:31 PM (+eJfs)
514 speaking of UCLA lefties, have you heard of Doug Kellner?
I don't think so but the name sounds vaguely familiar. Who is he?
Old friend of mine from UT/Austin. Big leftie. He taught in the philosophy department at UT (Marcuse, Marxist theory), and is now one of the heads of UCLA's education school. Rabid as hell and very public.
I'm his philosophical opposite and we had some real battles back then.
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 11:31 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: arhooley at December 24, 2009 11:32 PM (GKXA7)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:33 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: arhooley at December 24, 2009 11:36 PM (GKXA7)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:37 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 11:38 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: arhooley at December 24, 2009 11:38 PM (GKXA7)
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 24, 2009 11:38 PM (dQdrY)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:39 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at December 24, 2009 11:42 PM (Vu6sl)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:43 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: arhooley at December 24, 2009 11:44 PM (GKXA7)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 03:43 AM (gofDd)
Only if she runs for President.
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 11:45 PM (dcKUM)
For a Senator, you'd be dealing with the FBI.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 11:46 PM (qB3D9)
"For a Senator, you'd be dealing with the FBI."
Or the fearsome Capitol Police.
Actually, most of the CP guys were pretty good folks.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 24, 2009 11:48 PM (8MuSQ)
Suffice it to say I don't like the woman and would love to humiliate her.Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:49 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 24, 2009 11:50 PM (dQdrY)
John and Ken asked Meg how she would avoid an Arnie-style collapse, and that's where she said loud and clear, "Leadership!" No wimping out, no backing down, etc.
Anyway, we shall see. They're adding toll roads all over San Diego and OC, which is pathetic. Toll roads.
Posted by: arhooley at December 24, 2009 11:50 PM (GKXA7)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 03:49 AM (gofDd)
I'd buy that video.
Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at December 24, 2009 11:51 PM (dQdrY)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 03:43 AM (gofDd)
rum, please don't put "Barbara Boxer" and "down on me" together in the same post. It creates shrinkage.
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 11:51 PM (dcKUM)
How about forcing her to wear Michelle Obama's clothes and accompanying Kerry on his fool's errand to Iran?
Posted by: PA Cat at December 24, 2009 11:53 PM (y8eI+)
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Hee hee, on yeah. Dayum, now I want to get on her staff so I can go around insulting her and adding "Ma'am" until I get fired.
Tired her, goign to bed. Night all! Merry Christmas.
Posted by: arhooley at December 24, 2009 11:54 PM (GKXA7)
I'd pay to see that video.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 24, 2009 11:54 PM (qB3D9)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:54 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 24, 2009 11:55 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 24, 2009 11:57 PM (8MuSQ)
Interesting that one day after he gives President Dumbass an "A" (!?!), Arnie goes on his knees to the White House for a bailout.
California fiscally collapsing a la NYC in the 70s would be the best thing for it.
Posted by: TexasJew at December 24, 2009 11:58 PM (dcKUM)
It's past time for me to get to sleep. Good night and merry Christmas, everybody.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at December 25, 2009 12:00 AM (qB3D9)
What was her beef with the detectives working that case? Seems like it would be a no-brainer to want that one solved.
Posted by: PA Cat at December 25, 2009 12:00 AM (y8eI+)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 12:01 AM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 12:02 AM (gofDd)
Posted by: TexasJew at December 25, 2009 12:04 AM (dcKUM)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 12:06 AM (gofDd)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 25, 2009 12:10 AM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 04:06 AM (gofDd)
The best thing to do is to starve the beast. States can't print money like Bernanke.
Anyway, thanks for the great commenting tonight rum, but I can't make it to 666, unfortunately.I wish you would post...
Good night and Merry Christmas!
Posted by: TexasJew at December 25, 2009 12:12 AM (dcKUM)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 12:12 AM (gofDd)
@564: "The rest of the country will not support a 21 billion dollar bailout for the unions."
Hey! Don't give short shrift to the illegals. They're all gettin' paid up in this bitch, too.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 25, 2009 12:13 AM (8MuSQ)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 12:14 AM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 12:16 AM (gofDd)
Have a very merry Christmas! I wish you all good health, prosperity and love. Good night!Posted by: wherestherum at December 25, 2009 12:21 AM (gofDd)
"Then there's the 32% of the US population on welfare living in Cali."
Hey, man. You can't, like, expect people to be slaves to the man. They gotta be free, man. Free to do their thing.
And yeah, W was the best president Mexico ever had.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 25, 2009 12:27 AM (8MuSQ)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 25, 2009 12:29 AM (8MuSQ)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 25, 2009 12:34 AM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 25, 2009 12:37 AM (8MuSQ)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 25, 2009 01:03 AM (Gk/wA)
Ahnuld made a huge mistake putting out propositions that were necessary in 2005, an off year for turnout. The unions dug up the dead to vote them down while everyone else was barely aware there were elections, and the vote was in May rather than November.
Ahnuld threw in the towel after that, and not only decided to join them if he couldn't beat them, but he led the spending binge.
Posted by: kddabear at December 25, 2009 01:15 AM (sYxEE)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 25, 2009 01:16 AM (sYxEE)
Posted by: Sassypants at December 25, 2009 01:46 AM (NFIi5)
If this won't put you back to sleep..nothing will.
--Lost X Files Christmas episode--
Mulder: We're too late. It's already been here.
Scully: Mulder, I hope you know what you are doing.
Mulder: Look, Scully, just like the other homes: Douglas fir, truncated, mounted, transformed into some sort of shrine; halls decked with boughs of holly; stockings hung by the chimney, with care.
Scully: You really think someone's been here?
Mulder: Someone or some thing.
Scully: Mulder, over here--it's fruitcake.
Mulder: Don't touch it! Those things can be lethal.
Scully: It's O.K. There's a note attached: "Gonna find out who's naughty and nice."
Mulder: It's judging them, Scully. It's making a list.
Scully: Who? What are you talking about?
Mulder: Ancient mythology tells of an obese humanoid entity who could travel at great speed in a craft powered by antlered servants. Once each year, near the winter solstice, this creature is said to descend from the heavens to reward its followers and punish its disbelievers with jagged chunks of anthracite.
Scully: But that's legend, Mulder--a story told by parents to frighten children. Surely, you don't believe it?
Mulder: Something was here tonight, Scully. Check out the bite marks on this gingerbread man. Whatever tore through this plate of cookies was massive -- and in a hurry.
Scully: It left crumbs everywhere. And look, Mulder, this milk glass has been completely drained.
Mulder: It gorged itself, Scully. It fed without remorse.
Scully: But why would they leave it milk and cookies?
Mulder: Appeasement. Tonight is the Eve, and nothing can stop its wilding.
Scully: But if this thing does exist, how did it get in? The doors and windows were locked. There's no sign of forced entry.
Mulder: Unless I miss my guess, it came through the fireplace.
Scully: Wait a minute, Mulder. If you are saying some huge creature landed on the roof and came down the chimney, you're crazy. The flue is barely six inches wide. Nothing could get through there.
Mulder: But what if it could alter its shape, move in all directions.
Scully: You mean, like a bowl full of jelly?
Mulder: Exactly. Scully, I've never told anyone this, but when I was a child my home was visited. I saw the creature. It had long white strips of fur surrounding its ruddy, misshapen head. Its bloated torso was red and white. I'll never forget the horror. I turned away, and when I looked back it had somehow taken on the facial features of my father.
Scully: Impossible.
Mulder: I know what I saw. And that night it read my mind. It brought me a Mr. Potato Head, Scully. IT KNEW I WANTED A MR. POTATO HEAD. Scully: I'm sorry, Mulder, but you're asking me to disregard the laws of physics. You want me to believe in some supernatural being who soars across the skies and brings gifts to good little girls and boys. Listen to what you are saying. Do you understand the repercussions? If this gets out, they'll close the X-files.
Mulder: Scully, listen to me: It knows when you are sleeping. It knows when you're awake.
Scully: But we have no proof.
Mulder: Last year, on this exact date, S.E.T.I. radio telescopes detected bogeys in the airspace over twenty-seven states. The White House ordered a Condition Red.
Scully: But that was a meteor shower.
Mulder: Officially. Two days ago, eight prized Scandinavian reindeer vanished from the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Nobody - not even the zookeeper - was told about it. The government doesn't want people to know about Project Kringle. They fear that if this thing is proved to exist, then the public would stop spending half its annual income in a holiday shopping frenzy. Retail markets will collapse. Scully, they cannot let the world believe this creature lives. There's too much at stake. They'll do whatever it takes to insure another silent night.
Scully: Mulder, I --
Scully: On the roof. It sounds like . . . a clatter.
Mulder: The truth is up there. Let's see what's the matter...
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