December 19, 2010
— LauraW Hope I'm not stepping on Gabe's toes here, but Christmas is just a week off.
It's important to get your meal prepped pretty far in advance. You may even have to drive around with it in your car for a while to tenderize it properly.
The animal was found in a liquid mixture of oil, crushed pepper, salt and other ingredients, and Korkuc told police it was in preparation for a meal.The cat, a male, survived. Several baths cleaned him of the concoction, and he seemed to be in good health otherwise, said Erie County SPCA spokeswoman Gina Browning.
The image of police opening a car trunk to find 'Mr. Puffy' mewing, hogtied, in a roasting pan surrounded with peeled carrots and onions, springs unbidden to mind.
Is this fellow being psychologically evaluated? I wish the writer would have mentioned that. Soaking a cat in oil and salt seems just slightly crazy. You're supposed to use fruit juice and inject it.
In yet another journalistic lapse, the article says that several people volunteered to take the cat, but fails to mention what the sides were.
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Posted by: Penfold at December 19, 2010 11:28 AM (N15Tc)
And glad the cat was ok, i have more cats than any sane moron should but even when they were doing the cat interpretation of Battle Royale on my head as I tried to sleep, i never thought of this.
Posted by: Penfold at December 19, 2010 11:30 AM (N15Tc)
Posted by: lauraw at December 19, 2010 11:31 AM (DbybK)
Holiday Festival
or, how to get along with your folks during the holidays!
Ingredients:
1 bottle of Val-U-Rite
1 air horn
1. Drink Val-U-Rite
2. Get drunk
3. Get rowdy
4. Use airhorn to get really rowdy
5. Wait until family throws you out
6. Free of your family, have a good time!
Posted by: chemjeff at December 19, 2010 11:31 AM (PaSAU)
Posted by: SurferDoc at December 19, 2010 11:31 AM (o3bYL)
And then serve it with a nice chianti.
Posted by: Dr. Hannibal Lecter at December 19, 2010 11:34 AM (5qJM5)
Posted by: wiserbud at December 19, 2010 11:35 AM (EW49d)
Posted by: Cicero at December 19, 2010 11:37 AM (Ys0KI)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 19, 2010 11:37 AM (PaSAU)
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 19, 2010 11:40 AM (XdlcF)
Pets are not fer eatin.
Also, any dead carcass stored in your cold garage - you can drive over it a few times to tenderize.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at December 19, 2010 11:41 AM (0fzsA)
Favorite holiday recipe?
Freeze bottle of vodka. Wave martini glass around a 17 year old half empty bottle of vermouth. Add vodka, toss in olives.
Serve chilled.
Posted by: Woody Hayes, Coaching Legend at December 19, 2010 11:41 AM (Wh0W+)
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 19, 2010 11:41 AM (XdlcF)
yeah, but how do you get that vulcanized rubber taste out of it?
Posted by: chemjeff at December 19, 2010 11:46 AM (PaSAU)
Posted by: Moi at December 19, 2010 11:46 AM (Ez4Ql)
OT (global warming flashback):
Nat'l Geographic:
No Winter by 2105? New Study Offers Grim Forecast for U.S..........
By ROBERT F. KENNEDY Jr (Sept. 200: In Virginia, the weather also has changed dramatically. Recently arrived residents in the northern suburbs, accustomed to today's anemic winters, might find it astonishing to learn that there were once ski runs on Ballantrae Hill in McLean, with a rope tow and local ski club. Snow is so scarce today that most Virginia children probably don't own a sled. But neighbors came to our home at Hickory Hill nearly every winter weekend to ride saucers and Flexible Flyers.
In those days, I recall my uncle, President Kennedy, standing erect as he rode a toboggan in his top coat, never faltering until he slid into the boxwood at the bottom of the hill. Once, my father, Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy, brought a delegation of visiting Eskimos home from the Justice Department for lunch at our house. They spent the afternoon building a great igloo in the deep snow in our backyard. My brothers and sisters played in the structure for several weeks before it began to melt. On weekend afternoons, we commonly joined hundreds of Georgetown residents for ice skating on Washington's C&O Canal, which these days rarely freezes enough to safely skate.
...........
"Global warming is like, year on year, giving a small push toward warmer winters," explained Gavin Schmidt, a climate scientist at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York
...
Funny, but know when you Google global warming means warmer winters (or any variation) it is hard to find any article where activists warn of warmer winters. I guess they all fell down the worm hole. Thanks Google!
Posted by: momma at December 19, 2010 11:47 AM (penCf)
I hope this guy was smart enough to be marinating a neutered cat. If he is intact, the meat is too gamey.
Er... or so I've heard.
Posted by: ed at December 19, 2010 11:47 AM (QLhy5)
Posted by: nevergiveup at December 19, 2010 11:48 AM (/Ibu8)
Posted by: ed at December 19, 2010 11:49 AM (QLhy5)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at December 19, 2010 11:50 AM (LFAxM)
Posted by: nevergiveup at December 19, 2010 11:55 AM (/Ibu8)
I saw an article about the case when the guy was first arrested in August for animal cruelty. The cat had all its fur-- he is a beautiful tuxedo cat that Korkuc had originally named Navarro and has been renamed Oliver by his new family.
FWIW, link here: http://tinyurl.com/26d47py
Korkuc is one seriously weird hobo wannabe: "Korkuc insisted he was 'not crazy' in an interview with a local news reporter, claiming the male cat had 'miscarried' and it was sitting in its blood."
Posted by: PA Cat at December 19, 2010 11:56 AM (s5bd9)
and after your meal, try using the hide for ....kitten mittens *insert evil grin/laughter*
Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at December 19, 2010 11:58 AM (GStPL)
Posted by: stuiec at December 19, 2010 11:59 AM (EjyHt)
Posted by: stuiec at December 19, 2010 12:00 PM (EjyHt)
Posted by: wiserbud at December 19, 2010 12:04 PM (EW49d)
9 recipe:
Holiday Festival
or, how to get along with your folks during the holidays!
Ingredients:
1 bottle of Val-U-Rite
1 air horn
1. Drink Val-U-Rite
2. Get drunk
3. Get rowdy
4. Use airhorn to get really rowdy
5. Wait until family throws you out
6. Free of your family, have a good time!
Posted by: chemjeff at December 19, 2010 03:31 PM (PaSAU)
Not bad. Ad a large caliber handgun fired into the air from the backyard at midnight and you have the perfect recipe.Posted by: Ed Anger at December 19, 2010 12:05 PM (7+pP9)
Stu?
Posted by: schizuki at December 19, 2010 03:54 PM (M+lbD)
Nibbles?
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 19, 2010 12:07 PM (eCAn3)
he found it in a cage in a food market in China.
BUT had it been pre seasoned. pertinent question, this.
oh god, i'm laughing so hard, pretty sure I pulled a muscle
Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at December 19, 2010 12:08 PM (GStPL)
Posted by: CAC at December 19, 2010 12:09 PM (Gr1V1)
Posted by: ed at December 19, 2010 03:49 PM (QLhy5)
Turcatgeon
Posted by: dagny at December 19, 2010 12:09 PM (aTI8L)
Vick should be fired for playing real football. Or at least be heavily fined.
I thought it was against the rules nowadays.
Posted by: Ed Anger at December 19, 2010 12:11 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: nevergiveup at December 19, 2010 12:13 PM (/Ibu8)
Posted by: CAC at December 19, 2010 12:15 PM (Gr1V1)
Posted by: Moi at December 19, 2010 12:15 PM (Ez4Ql)
Tester?
He can go fuck himself.
He can join the R's, but with no guarantees of no primary opponent in 2012.
Posted by: Soothsayer has a yule log he wants you to see at December 19, 2010 12:15 PM (AUib1)
You know, a pidgeon stuffed in a cat stuffed in a turkey would make a delightful Christmas surprise!
chat pigoen-bourré chez la dinde avec des légumes de jardin?Posted by: Julia Child at December 19, 2010 12:18 PM (Ys0KI)
Testor (D-MT) to defect to the GOP
/feverishly looking at his voting record
food saftey, check
wall street reform, check
he likes dirt bikes and four wheelers...how could this go wrong/
Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at December 19, 2010 12:20 PM (GStPL)
That's the odd thing.
We're [the GOP] is in the driver's seat, especially regarding the Senate in 2012.
Posted by: Soothsayer has a yule log he wants you to see at December 19, 2010 12:22 PM (AUib1)
Posted by: CAC at December 19, 2010 12:22 PM (Gr1V1)
Posted by: A.G. at December 19, 2010 12:24 PM (+ajVt)
Posted by: CAC at December 19, 2010 12:25 PM (Gr1V1)
Tester and Webb are both cocksuckers.
We must never forget how cocky Tester was in 2006 and in 2008 at the DNC convention. Smart-assed sonofabitch.
And Webb is a jerkoff who needs to be retired.
Posted by: Soothsayer has a yule log he wants you to see at December 19, 2010 12:25 PM (AUib1)
Posted by: David Gillies at December 19, 2010 12:25 PM (xb68W)
Posted by: Michael Vick at December 19, 2010 12:27 PM (le5qc)
Fruitcake
—————–
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
4 large eggs
2 cup dried fruit
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup brown sugar
lemon juice
nuts
1 gallon whiskey
Sample the whiskey to check for quality.
Take a large bowl.
Check the whiskey again to be sure that it is of the highest quality.
Pour 1 level cup and drink.
Repeat.
Turn on the electric mixer; beat 1 cup butter in a large fluffy bowl.
Add 1 teaspoon sugar and beat again.
Make sure the whiskey is still okay. Cry another tup.
Turn off the mixer.
Break two legs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of
dried fruit. Mix on the turner.
If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers, pry it loose
with a drewscriver.
Sample the whiskey to check for tonsisticity.
Next, sift 2 cups of salt. Or something. Who cares.
Check the whiskey.
Now sift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.
Add one table. Spoon. Of sugar or something. Whatever you can
find. Grease the oven.
Turn the cake tin to 350 degrees.
DonÂ’t forget to beat off the turner.
Throw the bowl out the window.
Check the whiskey again..
Posted by: Drunken hobo at December 19, 2010 12:32 PM (ph9vn)
And Webb is a jerkoff who needs to be retired.
as a virginian, I'm working on that. thanks. though I prefer he, be put out to pasture. sounds better, no? no stud fee applies. 
Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at December 19, 2010 12:33 PM (GStPL)
and after your meal, try using the hide for ....kitten mittens *insert evil grin/laughter*
Posted by: pitchforksandpowder at December 19, 2010 03:58 PM (GStPL)
Back when SNL was still occasionally funny...
Posted by: stuiec at December 19, 2010 12:36 PM (EjyHt)
Posted by: David Gillies at December 19, 2010 12:45 PM (xb68W)
Posted by: James at December 19, 2010 12:56 PM (Nljcu)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 12:56 PM (tJjm/)
Christmas Ham Loaf Surprise
Put a can of SPAM in the fireplace when you're visiting relatives, then go home before it explodes.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 19, 2010 12:56 PM (FV+5B)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 12:58 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 01:03 PM (tJjm/)
I'm not seeing anything in the news. Got a link?
Posted by: joncelli at December 19, 2010 01:07 PM (MLQL2)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 19, 2010 01:08 PM (FV+5B)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 01:09 PM (tJjm/)
This goes out to whomever posted the recipe for Crackpot Taco Stoup awhile back (months?). I have made that schtoup 5 times since and my whole damn family LOVES it!
So, thanks to you-where and whomever you are.
Posted by: j.b. at December 19, 2010 01:10 PM (oXJ/r)
Posted by: Pull My Finger at December 19, 2010 01:10 PM (KDK+Z)
Posted by: blaster at December 19, 2010 01:10 PM (MrMxG)
"Gourmet fruitcake," huh?
I've actually heard people use the phrase "honest politician," but you're going far beyond that, CC.
I'm not sure even Valu-Rite can cut the taste of a fruitcake....
Posted by: MrScribbler© at December 19, 2010 01:11 PM (Ulu3i)
Posted by: every idiot who's defended Michael Vick at December 19, 2010 01:11 PM (IDL9N)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 01:12 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 01:17 PM (tJjm/)
Congratulations!
Our check from closing on the house arrived... apparently yesterday. It sat out on the stoop all day and all night in the rain. (Stupid FedEx delivery being.) Fortunately, the ink didn't run.
Of course, we took a bath on the house - plus will be getting taxed up the wing wang this year - but there is a psychological boost to getting a check, even if the money was spent long ago.
Recipe-wise, here's a simple one that's quite good if you give it a try.
Creamed onions
1 jar pearl onions (Aunt Nellie's... I've never used anything else, nor have I gone through the horror of peeling cioppilino onions, or whatever the heck they're called - at least not for this recipe, I have for others)
~3/4 cup milk or cream
1 TBSP (give or take) butter
1 TBSP (give or take) flour
salt
pepper
chives (dried ok)
parsley (dried ok)
Make a roux by heating the butter and adding the flour. Cook a couple of minutes. Add the milk or cream to the roux over medium or medium-high heat. Stir (whisk is good) to remove lumps. Simmer a few minutes until thickened. Add drained onions. Warm in cream sauce for a few minutes. Salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with fresh parsley and chives -- or add in the dried herbs toward the end of cooking.
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 01:19 PM (IDL9N)
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 01:22 PM (IDL9N)
Aside from national defense and one or two other issues, Lieberman is about as liberal as they come.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 19, 2010 01:23 PM (c0A3e)
Stu?
Posted by: schizuki at December 19, 2010 03:54 PM (M+lbD)
Nibbles?
No, I think that cat posts here. OvenMittens or gloves, whatever.
Posted by: dagny at December 19, 2010 01:25 PM (aTI8L)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 01:29 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 19, 2010 01:32 PM (eCAn3)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 01:33 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 01:34 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: Museisluse at December 19, 2010 01:34 PM (DTfXb)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 01:35 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 05:34 PM (tJjm/)
Yep he did, and in the process stuck it to the footsoldiers that got him to the office in the firstplace. Granted, anytime those assholes get their ass handed to them is a plus in my book, it sets the precedent for our side to pull the same thing.
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 19, 2010 01:36 PM (eCAn3)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 05:35 PM (tJjm/)
Doin ok, been a tough couple of days. Yes we were pretty close, there isn't a whole lot of family on my side. My wife's side is like living in west virginia, but mine's pretty small so there isn't much of the whole distant relation kind of thing.
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 19, 2010 01:38 PM (eCAn3)
Posted by: joncelli at December 19, 2010 01:38 PM (MLQL2)
Posted by: joncelli at December 19, 2010 01:39 PM (MLQL2)
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 19, 2010 01:41 PM (eCAn3)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 01:41 PM (tJjm/)
Use toothpicks to pin strips of bacon to the beast while baking .
Posted by: awkward davies at December 19, 2010 05:40 PM (YCW1b)
you haven't seem my Mister Tiddles have you....
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 19, 2010 01:41 PM (eCAn3)
Posted by: joncelli at December 19, 2010 05:38 PM (MLQL2)
No way, skunk boy Webb will stay Dem, but I doubt he is coming back in 2012.
Posted by: Museisluse at December 19, 2010 01:42 PM (DTfXb)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 05:41 PM (tJjm/)
OH HERE WE GO!
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 19, 2010 01:42 PM (eCAn3)
The evidence he cites for it being a tremendously successful program? The huge numbers of seniors who absolutely depend on it to get by, or even depend on it entirely as their sole source of (utterly inadequate) income.
Impoverished dependency = successful program
Fuck him.
Posted by: lauraw at December 19, 2010 01:43 PM (DbybK)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 01:44 PM (tJjm/)
Fuck him.
Posted by: lauraw at December 19, 2010 05:43 PM (DbybK)
pretty much this. Screw him and the rest of the DC politicians that continually enslave massive numbers of the population through government largess
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 19, 2010 01:45 PM (eCAn3)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 01:47 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 19, 2010 01:50 PM (4ucxv)
People talking abot Dems flipping I doubt it. Maybe that guy from Montana, but definitely not Manchin. If he was going to flip he would have before the election. He's going to be the definition of a Blue Dog. Liberal voting shit that is given permission to vote conservative when they have enough votes.
I also see none flipping right now due to them currently having power and not wanting to give up their position in the majority.
Posted by: buzzion at December 19, 2010 01:53 PM (oVQFe)
UMmm , I hope Mr. Tiddles wasn't a rather large tabby because I haven't seen any fat tabbys' around ,, at all .
Why , what have you heard ?
I mean ,Why do you ask ?
Posted by: awkward davies at December 19, 2010 01:56 PM (YCW1b)
Why , what have you heard ?
I mean ,Why do you ask ?
Posted by: awkward davies at December 19, 2010 05:56 PM (YCW1b)
are you bleeding from several dozen large puncture wounds?
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 19, 2010 01:57 PM (eCAn3)
Unclefacts , I read that you've lost a family member and here I am trying to make stupid , really stupid , jokes .
My apologies and heartfelt condolences .
Posted by: awkward davies at December 19, 2010 01:59 PM (YCW1b)
Posted by: billypaintbrush at December 19, 2010 02:00 PM (C/v0l)
Posted by: CAC at December 19, 2010 02:00 PM (Gr1V1)
Unclefacts , I read that you've lost a family member and here I am trying to make stupid , really stupid , jokes .
My apologies and heartfelt condolences .
Posted by: awkward davies at December 19, 2010 05:59 PM (YCW1b)
no worries bro, I need the laughs too ya know, sentiments are much appreciated though
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 19, 2010 02:01 PM (eCAn3)
Posted by: CAC at December 19, 2010 02:05 PM (Gr1V1)
Posted by: CAC at December 19, 2010 02:07 PM (Gr1V1)
Posted by: CAC at December 19, 2010 06:05 PM (Gr1V1)
One very simple reason, Patterson is a bigger retard than she is. Which although completely hard to fathom, is actually a true story.
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 19, 2010 02:11 PM (eCAn3)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 02:16 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 02:17 PM (HLGCA)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 02:17 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: CAC at December 19, 2010 02:18 PM (Gr1V1)
Just dropped off the M.I.L at the airport, She's going away for Xmas!
I was a little shocked when She said, if they pat me down, I'll ask How much do I owe you?
Posted by: JustME at December 19, 2010 02:25 PM (CyPWX)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 02:35 PM (tJjm/)
Yeah, it's a different look for me. They're not Elvis-burns; mine are only about halfway down on my ear.
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 02:38 PM (zb9qo)
Trivia question: Where did the name 'sideburns' supposedly come from?
Don't look it up on goofle, homos. Take a guess.
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 02:40 PM (gYzmF)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 02:40 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 02:41 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 06:38 PM (zb9qo)
Like a Burt Reynolds look?
Posted by: ErikW at December 19, 2010 02:42 PM (acZ3T)
Would love to see Fucks News broom his liberal ass. He belongs on MSLSD with Madcow, Pissy Chrissy and that other turd-fondler.
Posted by: MrScribbler© at December 19, 2010 02:43 PM (Ulu3i)
For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country growing sideburns.
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 06:37 PM (zb9qo)
Lemme know when they get to the Martin Van Buren level.
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 19, 2010 02:44 PM (eCAn3)
oh so you're all U.S. History & Men's Grooming experts, eh?
alright, let me think of another one...
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 02:46 PM (zb9qo)
Posted by: Major Frank Burns at December 19, 2010 02:46 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: Moi at December 19, 2010 02:50 PM (Ez4Ql)
We should start an AoS Ann Landers Advice Threadtm
For really bad and misguided advice, of course.
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 02:52 PM (zb9qo)
A buddy of mine who plays bass with a local band has some monstrous mutton chops but he's a big gorilla-looking motherfucker anyway so it suits him well.
I have sideburns too but it's mostly because I'm lazy when it comes to shaving.
Posted by: ErikW at December 19, 2010 02:56 PM (acZ3T)
I'm toying with maybe growing mutton chops.
I think it's great that you've chosen a life of celibacy.
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 02:58 PM (IDL9N)
Posted by: Major Frank Burns at December 19, 2010 02:58 PM (tJjm/)
I'm toying with maybe growing mutton chops.
I think it's great that you've chosen a life of celibacy.
"Muttonchops? Wrong! Shoot yourself in the head!"
Posted by: Jon Lovitz in which movie? at December 19, 2010 03:02 PM (c0A3e)
Today someone showed the book she bought for her little niece.
It was Obama's children's book. Have you seen this? It's a collection of simple and unimaginative brief historical accounts of various people from Washington to Jackie Robinson to MLK Jr.
But the very first one is: "Have I told you how creative you are?"
And then talks about the famous artist Georgia Vagina O'Keefe.
Seriously.
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 03:03 PM (gYzmF)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Nunc Bread at December 19, 2010 06:48 PM (wOtDN)
The arabs had a word for Val-U-Rite?
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 19, 2010 03:03 PM (eCAn3)
I'm toying with maybe growing mutton chops.
I think it's great that you've chosen a life of celibacy.
Finally, a companion to join me in the fight against decadence!
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 19, 2010 03:04 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 03:06 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: joncelli at December 19, 2010 03:13 PM (MLQL2)
Posted by: Andy Reid at December 19, 2010 03:14 PM (BZEkR)
ghey men, I believe
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 03:18 PM (IDL9N)
Posted by: Buffalobob at December 19, 2010 03:18 PM (GwH6h)
Hillbuzz is good for a laugh - that's pretty much it.
I find their obsession with Palin on the creepy side. They're the ones that were urging their readers to melt the phonelines on Dancing With The Stars.
What the hell is it w/gay men and their love of iconic women?
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 03:19 PM (4OAV+)
Posted by: lowandslow at December 19, 2010 07:15 PM (GZitp)
Women and gays, yes, all of whom think Hillary is a brilliant career woman just like them.
Posted by: joncelli at December 19, 2010 03:19 PM (MLQL2)
What is it with miserable women and gay men? Seriously, most of the women I know whose best friends are gay men are professional victims or unable to have a healthy relationship with a straight guy.
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 03:20 PM (IDL9N)
What the hell is it w/gay men and their love of iconic women?
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 07:19 PM (4OAV+)
Because deep down in their hearts, they know they're divas?
Posted by: ErikW at December 19, 2010 03:21 PM (acZ3T)
Posted by: Buffalobob at December 19, 2010 07:18 PM (GwH6h)
Oh oh... has anyone checked the menu at the local Korean joint lately?
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 03:21 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 03:23 PM (tJjm/)
Gays have such dysfunctional relationships with their fathers they end up putting their mothers, and all women, on a pedestal.
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 03:24 PM (gYzmF)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 03:26 PM (4OAV+)
That's better...
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 03:27 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2010 03:28 PM (XBM1t)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 03:29 PM (HLGCA)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2010 07:28 PM (XBM1t)
Paul McCartney.
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 03:29 PM (tJjm/)
The gays hate their fathers for two reasons Either they were mistreated or they were ignored/abandoned.
Their mothers become saints. They want to be like their mothers, not be like their fathers.
They want to act like their mothers -- which means acting feminine, being drama-queens, and having intimate relationships with men.
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 03:31 PM (gYzmF)
Oh, yeah, DADT was repealed yesterday.
A connection? I'll let you decide--but the answer's, yes.
Posted by: Leo Ladenson at December 19, 2010 03:31 PM (mAm+G)
ghey men, I believe
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 07:18 PM (IDL9N)
there's a difference?
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 19, 2010 03:32 PM (eCAn3)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 03:34 PM (tJjm/)
Both were "victims" of straight men (The Establishment).
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 03:34 PM (IDL9N)
Perhaps when they see Sarah savaged in the MFM, they think of how their original "savior" Hillary was given the short end of the stick by the DNC, and thus have transferred their devotion from Hillary to Palin.
I'm not discounting the possibility that they simply have a superficial desire to see a woman, any woman, become President as a potential reason for this contradiction. Silly yes, but haven't sillier Cults of Personality emerged from the ooze of American politics? (We have an inept, man-child President because of such a Cult - do not discount their power. And so did the Kennedy's).
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 19, 2010 03:35 PM (c0A3e)
Only on television and in the movies do homosexual men have normal relationships with their dads.
They're just like strippers. You will never meet a strippuh who has a 'normal' relationship with her dad. Never. Never. Never.
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 03:35 PM (gYzmF)
They want to act like their mothers -- which means acting feminine, being drama-queens, and having intimate relationships with men.
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 07:31 PM (gYzmF)
But if they hate their father so much, why doesn't the guy they're servicing remind them of Dad?
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 03:36 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: Delta Smelt at December 19, 2010 03:37 PM (aUE7j)
Paul McCartney.
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 07:29 PM (tJjm/)
Good one!
Didn't think of Lady Gag Me because Get Off My Lawn!
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2010 03:37 PM (XBM1t)
re: Lugar
sounds like he made a deal for some federal building to be funded and named after him.
For Lugar it's all about leaving a legacy.
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 03:37 PM (gYzmF)
They're just like strippers. You will never meet a strippuh who has a 'normal' relationship with her dad. Never. Never. Never.
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 07:35 PM (gYzmF)
Well, if Elizabeth still posted here, we could check that out with her, I suppose. (Whatever happened to her, anyway?)
My hunch is strippers hold men in utter contempt, because they know how easily they can manipulate them... the ones that walk in thru the door, anyway.
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 03:37 PM (tJjm/)
Not even the ones who engage in such decadent activities to *ahem* "pay for college"?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 19, 2010 03:38 PM (c0A3e)
They're just like strippers. You will never meet a strippuh who has a 'normal' relationship with her dad. Never. Never. Never.
Heard a story on the police blotter on the radio about a stripper whose father came to her place of business and threatened to blow it up with a pipe bomb he broght along. Nobody was hurt, but the story made a big deal of saying that the young woman was embarassed.
Yes, the stripper was embarassed. By her father. No word on how the father felt about having a filthy whore for a daughter.
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 03:38 PM (HLGCA)
But if they hate their father so much, why doesn't the guy they're servicing remind them of Dad?
ahh, good question. Two reasons: they're not only commiserating with each other, they're also getting revenge on their fathers by committing such a disgusting act.
When homosexuals have pretend sex with each other, it's about hurting their fathers.
"See, dad? See what I do?"
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 03:40 PM (zb9qo)
Aha! I do believe I see what you did there!
Yup. A bunch of fan bois. They have no rational political ideology.
Hillary/Palin 20eleventy!!!!!
Posted by: Delta Smelt at December 19, 2010 03:40 PM (aUE7j)
Oh, yeah, DADT was repealed yesterday.
A connection?
---
Well, if you'd spent any time here you'd know that there are a lot of great cooks amongst the morons, not just the moronettes. And we pretty much all love food.
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 03:41 PM (IDL9N)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 03:43 PM (HLGCA)
Stippuhs often hook up with soldiers for very tumultuous and brief marriages. Why is that?
Simple. The young soldier is her knight in shining armor. He's her substitute for her absent or abusive dad.
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 03:43 PM (zb9qo)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 03:43 PM (4OAV+)
Not even the ones who engage in such decadent activities to *ahem* "pay for college"?
What is it you're trying to tell us, Kratos?
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 19, 2010 03:43 PM (XdlcF)
I feel sorry for stippuhs.
But it's funny how all of them are 'only doing it to pay for law school.'
heh, in b4 AmishDude.
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 03:44 PM (gYzmF)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 07:43 PM (HLGCA)
The only thing they ever wrote that I appreciated was the Kal Penn bidness. Funny shit right there.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at December 19, 2010 03:44 PM (aUE7j)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 03:44 PM (tJjm/)
anyone watching this stry on 60 Mins of this woman that remembers random shit from decades back?
she can remember the specifics of the weather from 18 years ago.
very odd. they can literally remember what the did every day of their life.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 03:45 PM (4OAV+)
I feel sorry for stippuhs.
But it's funny how all of them are 'only doing it to pay for law school.'
heh, in b4 AmishDude.
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 07:44 PM (gYzmF)
Or only do it "part time," because their "other" job is operating earth moving equipment, LOL!
Uhhh.... so I hear, anyway...
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 03:47 PM (tJjm/)
Marilu (sp?) Henner has this conidition.
Bizarr-o.
Supreme Autobiographical Memory is what they call it.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 03:48 PM (4OAV+)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 03:49 PM (HLGCA)
yeah, you guys scared away ginger, too, huh?
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 07:47 PM (gYzmF)
Oh YEAH, I plain old forgot about her... and ParanoidgirlinSeattle... and Sassypants... it's like the Star Trek:TNG episode when one by one crew members disappeared from the ship until Beverly was the only one left...
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 03:50 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: Staff Sargent Sal Iva at December 19, 2010 03:51 PM (D5Tn1)
No watch this!
They're being quizzed and they're getting all these dates right.
I mean, could you say in 5 seconds what day of the week Valentine's Day of 1979 fell on??
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 03:51 PM (4OAV+)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 07:49 PM (HLGCA)
Ever ask her why she dropped out of here?
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 03:51 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: Delta Smelt at December 19, 2010 03:52 PM (aUE7j)
I mean, could you say in 5 seconds what day of the week Valentine's Day of 1979 fell on??
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 07:51 PM (4OAV+)
Sure... Tuesday!
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 03:53 PM (tJjm/)
I mean, could you say in 5 seconds what day of the week Valentine's Day of 1979 fell on??
I could not. But I'm pretty sure with practice you could figure out the pattern.
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 03:53 PM (gYzmF)
Posted by: Delta Smelt at December 19, 2010 07:52 PM (aUE7j)
Yeah, they can be a pain in the ass at times, but we're better off with them.
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 03:53 PM (tJjm/)
No. But let me make an inexpert guess:
Ginger is a libertarian-liberal, and she got bored with all the conservatives here. She found another social-media outlet where she can connect with only those people she really wants to. And play Farmville.
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 03:53 PM (HLGCA)
Some people are very intuitive and very clever, and some people are savant-ish.
Take John Edward, for example.
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 03:54 PM (gYzmF)
It doesn't seem like a very fun affliction (if you want to call it that) to have. Not sure why anyone would want to remember every day of their life.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 03:54 PM (4OAV+)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 03:54 PM (HLGCA)
245
ginger was nice
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 07:49 PM (zb9qo)
Mary Ann was way hotter.Posted by: The Professor at December 19, 2010 03:55 PM (7+pP9)
Yeah, they can be a pain in the ass at times, but we're better off with them.
Yup. True. Most blogs which consist of mostly men can be a bit bland. I'd rather deal with a little bit of show talk.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at December 19, 2010 03:56 PM (aUE7j)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 03:56 PM (tJjm/)
some people are savant-ish
well that's what the medical experts are trying to determine -- if it's a form of autism.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 03:56 PM (4OAV+)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 03:58 PM (HLGCA)
OTOH,
Can you imagine being able to recall in perfect detail every single argument sexual highlight you ever had? That would not suck, indeed.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2010 03:58 PM (XBM1t)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 03:59 PM (HLGCA)
Hi Morons, Recipe night? Ok here's what I am making.
Teryaki Salmon:
Mix 2/3 cup soy sauce, 1/2 cup med-dry sherry, 2 crushed garlic cloves, 2 tsp. grated ginger root and 1tbl spoon sugar in a sauce pan. Bring to a boil while stirring then let cool in the refer.
Marinate 1 lb of delicious King Salmon in it for about an hour.
Cook on the grill with the skin side down for 10 to 15 minutes. Don't over cook and scoop most of the coals away from being directly underneath the fish.
that's it, serve with some white wine and val u right shots.
Posted by: robtr at December 19, 2010 03:59 PM (hVDig)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 04:00 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 04:00 PM (4OAV+)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 07:59 PM (HLGCA)
But to know us is to love us! We love TIT TALK, for Pete's Sake!!! How judgmental can we really be?
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 04:01 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 04:01 PM (HLGCA)
Yes it could potentially cause the more weak-willed amongst these people to lose their sanity. On the other hand, having perfect recall can give these people a tremendous advantage in data processing and synthesis. I wonder what these people do for careers and such?
It brings up another questions too. For starters, how much information can the brain store? Do we all have brains that record everything like an endless recorder and only a few unique individuals can recall everything at will? Or is it only these particular individuals have the "endless recorder" ability while the rest of us have more limited "space" so to speak?
And coming back to my first statement, is there a trade-off? Does one have the ability of perfect recall at the expensive of data analysis and synthesis?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 19, 2010 04:01 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 19, 2010 04:02 PM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 04:02 PM (HLGCA)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 08:00 PM (4OAV+)
Yeah, I'm terrible that way. And it's really a piss-poor social skill to lack, because the message to the other person is you don't care enough to even remember their friggin' name.
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 04:02 PM (tJjm/)
yeah, the memory is a funny thing.
I get wicked flashbacks from time to time. Usually set off by smell.
For instance, if I smell leaves in the autumn I'll be taken back to a moment from my childhood.
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 04:03 PM (gYzmF)
Posted by: HeatherRadish is hungry at December 19, 2010 04:04 PM (4ucxv)
I'm good with dates but wish I had better reading retention. Read a 400 page book and forget half of it pretty quickly.
Not so hot with names. Faces yeah.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at December 19, 2010 04:04 PM (aUE7j)
What happened to Herr M?
A COD thread apparently was his snapping point. Sucks. I miss him. His wife is probably about to pop. Would like to know what they have.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 04:04 PM (4OAV+)
Legthy re-telling of a witty remark I made last night:
Wife and I settled in to watch a movie, and couldn't find a good one. She says: "'It's Complicated', that sounds like a chick flick."
I say: "I agree. The only time a man uses the words, 'it's complicated,' we're talking about a carbeuretor."
She liked that one.
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 04:05 PM (HLGCA)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 04:05 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 04:06 PM (tJjm/)
I was just in Stop & Shop in the bakery department and I walked by Christmas cupcakes laid out in the shape of a Christmas Tree. It was cute.
Anyway, I was taken back to my 2nd grade Christmas party.
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 04:06 PM (zb9qo)
My mother calls me once every few months to complain about what a disappointment I am.
Posted by: HeatherRadish is hungry at December 19, 2010 04:07 PM (4ucxv)
The point is, I think we're all capable of remember a lot of shit but it has to be triggered by a cue, whereas some people can recall their memories at their whim
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 04:08 PM (gYzmF)
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 08:03 PM (gYzmF)
I caught a whiff of a woman's perfume last weekend that took me back to a girl I dating over 15 years ago. Wish I knew the name of it.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at December 19, 2010 04:08 PM (aUE7j)
Posted by: HeatherRadish is hungry at December 19, 2010 08:07 PM (4ucxv)
Hmmm, maybe I should have rephrased that to, "...a group of people you really, truly can't shake off..." 
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 04:09 PM (tJjm/)
"I caught a whiff of a woman's perfume last weekend that took me back to a girl I dating over 15 years ago. Wish I knew the name of it. "
Posted by: Delta Smelt at December 19, 2010 08:08 PM (aUE7j)
Fondle Me?
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 04:10 PM (tJjm/)
My mother calls me once every few months to complain about what a disappointment I am.
Tell her you are one of the coolest chicks at AOS and possess alot of common sense and good insights.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at December 19, 2010 04:12 PM (aUE7j)
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 04:13 PM (IDL9N)
I caught a whiff of a woman's perfume last weekend that took me back to a girl I dating over 15 years ago. Wish I knew the name of it.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at December 19, 2010 08:08 PM (aUE7j)
isnteighteen?
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 19, 2010 04:14 PM (eCAn3)
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 08:13 PM (IDL9N)
Breakfast for dinner. Cook that up with some eggs, pancakes and some maple syrup and you're all set. Also it's good in beans and rice.
Posted by: Staff Sargent Sal Iva at December 19, 2010 04:16 PM (D5Tn1)
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 08:13 PM (IDL9N)
Read this odd food book years back - start with green eggs .....
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2010 04:17 PM (XBM1t)
I caught a whiff of a woman's perfume last weekend that took me back to a girl I dating over 15 years ago.
Every once in a while, throughout my life, I'd catch a whiff of something that was very familiar. I couldn't even tell where the smell had come from, so I had no chance of identifying it.
Eventually I had kids and bought A and D oinment for diaper rash.
And that was the smell.
All in all, I like your story better!
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 19, 2010 04:18 PM (XdlcF)
Cook one full bag of bowtie eggnoodles.
Cut the ham - I guess about 1/4 pound of it - into small cubes, and lightly fry them. Simmer a handful of portobello mushrooms until reduced. Fry one half of a diced onion until glassy.
Combine the all the ingredients in a casserole, along with about a cup of Parmesan cheese, a teaspoon of salt, pepper to taste, and 4 whole eggs (previously whipped).
Bake at 400 degrees for about 40 minutes.
Called in Czech "Shoonkey Flecky," or literally "ham chunks." It's sort of a noodle and ham quiche, when you come down to it. But yummy, especially with a crunchy dill pickle.
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 04:18 PM (tJjm/)
That's my initial thought-- this is one end of the autism spectrum. I'm probably mild undiagnosed aspburger's and there's some random shit I have encyclopedaic memory of
Assburgers.
I have something similar to superior autobiographical memory. (Event memory, as opposed to, say, symantic memory.) But it's definitely not the thing you hear about on TV where someone can tell you what they were doing at 4:29 p.m. 17 years, three months, and four days ago.
I think there are different types of "thinking ways" that are yet to be classified. In my case, I'm what I'd call hyper-rational, which leads to frustration with inconsistency, lying, and stupidity (including my own). Yoked with reliable intuition*, it becomes DEW line rationality radar.
*Everybody has intuition. Less than a quarter of the population should listen to it; about six percent should rely upon it, and about one percent should live by it. Roughly speaking, according to Meyers & Briggs.
Posted by: rdbrewer at December 19, 2010 04:19 PM (j+QX3)
What happened to Herr M?
A COD thread apparently was his snapping point. Sucks. I miss him. His wife is probably about to pop. Would like to know what they have.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 08:04 PM (4OAV+)
Really? I missed that. I just figured that he had his hands full with a new baby girl.
Posted by: ErikW at December 19, 2010 04:19 PM (acZ3T)
My mother calls me once every few months to complain about what a disappointment I am.
So we're sisters?
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 04:19 PM (4OAV+)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 19, 2010 04:20 PM (XBM1t)
Thanks! That's more like it.
I don't make many casseroles (mom wasn't big on them) so it's nice to have a casserole recipe.
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 04:20 PM (IDL9N)
I'm not sure one could retain their sanity if they literally remembered every moment - too much to process, too many arguments and hurts to handle all at the same time. Can you imagine being able to recall in perfect detail every single argument you ever had? That would suck, indeed.
Just about.
Posted by: rdbrewer at December 19, 2010 04:20 PM (j+QX3)
Awww, thanks.
I'm not in prison or on a third marriage, and I don't have illegitimate grandkids, so I'm doing pretty good for her side of the family. Just not good enough. Heh.Posted by: HeatherRadish is hungry at December 19, 2010 04:21 PM (4ucxv)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 04:22 PM (4OAV+)
What happened to Herr M? Or did anything happen...
Last time I saw him, he was getting particularly nasty (again) over Christine O'Donnell and said "Bye."
Posted by: rdbrewer at December 19, 2010 04:22 PM (j+QX3)
Can you imagine being able to recall in perfect detail every single argument you ever had? That would suck, indeed.
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 07:56 PM (tJjm/)
Up to her 20's my younger sister could actually do that.She won (or at least blunted) every argument by bringing up shit from age seven or so. Not that it had any bearing on what the current argument was about.
I started doing it back to her and it drove her banshee screaming bugfuck.
That's when I figured out arguing with wimmen was a useless waste of time.
Posted by: Ed Anger at December 19, 2010 04:24 PM (7+pP9)
he was getting particularly nasty (again)
oh please, you guys keep starting the shit -- you're like the Palestinians -- you lob bombs and then get all sanctimonious when people don't take your shit
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 04:24 PM (gYzmF)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 04:24 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: steevy at December 19, 2010 04:25 PM (Ft6vS)
Simple. The young soldier is her knight in shining armor. He's her substitute for her absent or abusive dad.
More likely he's a meal ticket. Or a way to pay for her boyfriend's new car.
Posted by: Alex at December 19, 2010 04:25 PM (yY28H)
One (ok, another) thing I'm liking here in Utah is that the radio stations are really good about playing Christmas songs. I think they started a couple of weeks ago. Some of the places I've lived don't do it until the night/day before.
Speaking of which, a neighbor sings in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and had a couple of extra tickets so we got to go to the Sunday performance. Guest performers were David Archuleta (nice voice) and Michael York (boy, has he aged). Very nice performance, but I still think the best choir I've ever heard was the Cathedral Choir at St. Paul's in London. But they also have the advantage of singing in a place with very "church-y" acoustics, which I love.
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 04:25 PM (IDL9N)
Posted by: Ed Anger at December 19, 2010 08:24 PM (7+pP9)
See! And now you're happily married! So it was all worth it...
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 04:26 PM (tJjm/)
yeah, the memory is a funny thing.
I get wicked flashbacks from time to time. Usually set off by smell.
What people mean when they say "event memory" is typically memory associated with some momentous event--where you remember where you were, what you were wearing, the weather, the time, everything. Then you get a range of people like me who have this type of memory attached to virtually any non-momentous event as well. Like that gas receipt I got in Amarillo where I bought that silly-assed bottled tapwater my friend was so impressed by. The extreme types, those with superior autobiographical memory, could tell you what the water was called, the date, etc. I can tell you about the size of the bottle and the design of the label, that's it.
Posted by: rdbrewer at December 19, 2010 04:26 PM (j+QX3)
Posted by: steevy at December 19, 2010 04:26 PM (Ft6vS)
Decisions, decisions...
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 04:27 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: HeatherRadish is hungry at December 19, 2010 08:21 PM (4ucxv)
You are welcome. I meant it. Sorry she doesn't see it.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at December 19, 2010 04:29 PM (aUE7j)
Kaus had a piece in Newsweek (I know, I know!) about how the defeat of the DREAM act can be laid with Christine O'Donnel, Joe Miller, and the Tea Party. Even if Castle would have won a general election, the fact that conservatives were willing to put a primary fight and throw out a Republican who got too squishy scared a lot of the Repubs in the Senate.
Posted by: Alex at December 19, 2010 04:29 PM (yY28H)
...could tell you what the water was called, the date, etc. I can tell you about the size of the bottle and the design of the label, that's it.
That's the thing, brah You pay attention to those details in the first place. Most people do not.
You're committing things to your memory that most people ignore. The recall is a byproduct of your anal tendencies.
Heh.
Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 19, 2010 04:29 PM (zb9qo)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 04:30 PM (HLGCA)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 04:31 PM (HLGCA)
He doesn't, but the performance included dancing and the dramatic readings. He did the latter.
He's really aged, but it I guess he's pretty old now... although my most vivid memory of him was in the Three Musketeers movie. His wife of 42 years was with him.
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 04:31 PM (IDL9N)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 04:32 PM (tJjm/)
She won (or at least blunted) every argument by bringing up shit from age seven or so. Not that it had any bearing on what the current argument was about.
I can do that. It's endemic to personality type and not any particualar disorder. Descriptions of typs INTP routinely mention the ability to detect contradictions no matter how remote they may be in time. Happens all the time.
Posted by: rdbrewer at December 19, 2010 04:33 PM (j+QX3)
Posted by: steevy at December 19, 2010 04:33 PM (Ft6vS)
Then you get a range of people like me who have this type of memory attached to virtually any non-momentous event as well.
Whenever we're getting ready to go back home--or even considering it--and whether we're talking about where I grew up or where I lived 15 years...I keep getting flashes of differeent intersections and roads. I could be thinking about ducks and just getting a flash for no apparent reason.
Course it's kind of nice when I can still find my way around the areas better than many people who live there.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 19, 2010 04:33 PM (XdlcF)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 08:22 PM (4OAV+)
I haven't spoken with him recently but I'm pretty sure they were expecting a girl.
Posted by: ErikW at December 19, 2010 04:33 PM (acZ3T)
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 08:19 PM (IDL9N)
not really seeing the problem here.
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 19, 2010 04:34 PM (eCAn3)
Posted by: steevy at December 19, 2010 04:34 PM (Ft6vS)
I hate that. I'll be sitting on a plane and memories about hanging laundry or eating at the dorm cafeteria will pop into my head.
I've always assumed there was some sort of notable event that day/week that my brain is actually trying to access that I'm blocking out, triggered by someone's newspaper or the flight attendant's earrings or something.
Posted by: HeatherRadish is hungry at December 19, 2010 04:35 PM (4ucxv)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 04:35 PM (4OAV+)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 04:35 PM (tJjm/)
You're committing things to your memory that most people ignore. The recall is a byproduct of your anal tendencies.
Heh. INTP. Look it up.
Posted by: rdbrewer at December 19, 2010 04:35 PM (j+QX3)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 04:37 PM (HLGCA)
Me too. Have you seen the side-bar item that rdbrewer posted - that Reid has filed for cloture? It means that Reid thinks he has at least 60 votes.
If Reid can pull together 67 votes for this crap sandwich then...only chaos.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 19, 2010 04:39 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: rdbrewer at December 19, 2010 04:39 PM (j+QX3)
coming in late and too lazy to read everything above,...
Recent research has shown that emotion helps set a memory, so when we feel great emotion like fear we remember things better.
I have tried throwing a knife straight up as I study, but it's hard to tell if it is working.
Posted by: Raven at December 19, 2010 04:39 PM (DHNp4)
1 large package Philadelphia cream cheese
1 can Hormel chili without beans (or your favorite brand)
1/2 pound shredded cheddar cheese
Spread cream cheese on the bottom of a glass pie plate or comparable sized glass baking dish. Pour chili over cream cheese. Top with shredded cheddar.
Nuke in a microwave for 2 minutes or so, until cheese melts and the thing is bubbling.
Serve with corn chips or Fritos.
This is great with beer. Easy to make, and a real tasty concoction!
Posted by: Miss Marple at December 19, 2010 04:40 PM (Fo83G)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 04:40 PM (4OAV+)
Posted by: rdbrewer at December 19, 2010 08:39 PM (j+QX3)
January 12, 1987.
Posted by: ErikW at December 19, 2010 04:41 PM (acZ3T)
Posted by: rdbrewer at December 19, 2010 04:41 PM (j+QX3)
can i throw out the past four years?
Posted by: nine coconuts at December 19, 2010 04:41 PM (DHNp4)
Recent research has shown that emotion helps set a memory, so when we feel great emotion like fear we remember things better.
Well, driving in the Bay Area or trying to get anywhere in or around Cherry Hill, NJ can make a person very emotional...
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 19, 2010 04:42 PM (XdlcF)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 19, 2010 04:42 PM (SB0V2)
I have to say, he looked much older than that, mostly because he's developed really heavy eyelids. You could barely see his eyes. He needs some sort of surgery to correct it.
I wasn't crazy about his performances. One was Luke's nativity story which honestly was done better in the Charlie Brown Christmas Special. The other kind of wasn't his fault -- it was an odd piece, an overly dramatic story about how the Mormon Tabernacle Choir came about. Not the best material.
I confess I warmed up to him when they brought his wife out at the end. How many Hollywood types - and he was something of a heart throb in his day - are married 42 years?
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 04:42 PM (IDL9N)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 04:43 PM (HLGCA)
My mother calls me once every few months to complain about what a disappointment I am.
Tell her you are one of the coolest chicks at AOS and possess alot of common sense and good insights.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at December 19, 2010 08:12 PM (aUE7j)
Naw, tell her you finally realized that you're such a disappointment because you were raised by a wholly inadequate, indeed toxic, mother. And tell her that until she gets her act together, there's no point in her calling, writing or visiting you, since she's not capable of pulling her weight as a parent.
That ought to start an interesting conversation.
Posted by: stuiec at December 19, 2010 04:43 PM (EjyHt)
IIRC there are the same cloture rules for treaties as for other bills, so 60. And 67 votes are required to ratify treaties.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 19, 2010 04:43 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 04:45 PM (HLGCA)
January 12, 1987.
Didn't work. Waiting for school to start back up, dating Ginger, running five miles at five every day. Just general stuff.
Posted by: rdbrewer at December 19, 2010 04:45 PM (j+QX3)
yeah, I'm glad I'm an INTJ
I don't waste my precious sensory resources...too much...
Lucky bastard. I do blow a lot of energy gathering information and not deciding.
Posted by: rdbrewer at December 19, 2010 04:47 PM (j+QX3)
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 04:47 PM (IDL9N)
Question: if the Treaty is defeated this time, does that kill it? Or can it be brought up for ratification over and over until it passes?
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 04:48 PM (tJjm/)
Oh oh... has anyone checked the menu at the local Korean joint lately?
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 07:21 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: stuiec at December 19, 2010 04:49 PM (EjyHt)
no offense, but a lot of people could remember what you just typed.
the people described in 60 Minutes special would remember what they ate or what the weather was like on a specifific day.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 04:49 PM (4OAV+)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 08:48 PM (tJjm/)
If Reid votes no on cloture he can bring it up again. If it passes cloture and comes up for a vote and fails it's dead.
Posted by: robtr at December 19, 2010 04:50 PM (hVDig)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 04:51 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: rdbrewer at December 19, 2010 08:41 PM (j+QX3)
Cloture doesn't apply, IIRC, but ratification requires a two-thirds majority.
Posted by: stuiec at December 19, 2010 04:52 PM (EjyHt)
Posted by: rdbrewer at December 19, 2010 04:52 PM (j+QX3)
Posted by: steevy at December 19, 2010 04:52 PM (Ft6vS)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 04:54 PM (HLGCA)
Posted by: steevy at December 19, 2010 08:52 PM (Ft6vS)
I heard The Villiage People will be supplying the music.
Posted by: robtr at December 19, 2010 04:54 PM (hVDig)
Posted by: cali grump at December 19, 2010 04:55 PM (hL0k8)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 04:55 PM (4OAV+)
Posted by: steevy at December 19, 2010 08:52 PM (Ft6vS)
Richard Simmons will lead the entire assembly in some calisthenics wearing a g-string held up by suspenders.
Yes, it will be pretty bad.
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 04:56 PM (tJjm/)
Pay for the Fritos. Eat the crunchy Frito Chili right out of the bag. Enjoy the rest of the night in the restroom.
fixed
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 04:56 PM (4OAV+)
No doubt The Won will demand to sign it in front of as many military personnel as can be found, with the likes of Dan Choi and that Marine SSG up on stage.
Posted by: Alex at December 19, 2010 04:57 PM (yY28H)
Posted by: cali grump at December 19, 2010 08:55 PM (hL0k
Damn I wish they would sell those up here in the Northeast. I had them in Memphis once and they're pretty darn good! All we get up here are barbecued fritos, damn it.
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 04:57 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: rdbrewer at December 19, 2010 08:52 PM (j+QX3)
I believe they need cloture on any debates over amendments, but not specifically a cloture vote to bring the treaty to a final vote. That is, if Reid had not allowed amendments to be considered but demands a final vote right away, there would have been no need to hold a separate cloture vote.
However, I see that the Senate has been considering amendments today and so there will need to be a cloture vote to cut off debate.
Posted by: stuiec at December 19, 2010 04:58 PM (EjyHt)
Posted by: nine coconuts at December 19, 2010 04:59 PM (DHNp4)
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 08:58 PM (IDL9N)
dunno, i thought about that when I typed it. I'm not a big fan so I couldn't tell you if they all have succombed to the deadly syndrome or not.
Posted by: robtr at December 19, 2010 05:00 PM (hVDig)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 08:51 PM (tJjm/)
FIFY.
Posted by: stuiec at December 19, 2010 05:00 PM (EjyHt)
I believe they need cloture on any debates over amendments, but not specifically a cloture vote to bring the treaty to a final vote.
If there's a filibuster, buster.
Posted by: rdbrewer at December 19, 2010 05:01 PM (j+QX3)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 05:03 PM (4OAV+)
They've all died from the A-I-D-S
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 09:00 PM (4OAV+)
Weirdly, three of the original six are still in the lineup. Only one of the original six has passed on. That's actually a pretty good longevity record for pop music.
Posted by: stuiec at December 19, 2010 05:04 PM (EjyHt)
Even weirder, one of the originals got married (relatively recently) to a woman.
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 05:05 PM (IDL9N)
Weirdly, three of the original six are still in the lineup
Please. Take your "facts" and "reality" elsewhere. You're ruining my song!
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 05:05 PM (4OAV+)
Posted by: Splunge at December 19, 2010 09:00 PM (9uwvY)
I bet he was hit by a big black SUV, maybe the same one that hit Jim Treacher.
Posted by: stuiec at December 19, 2010 05:05 PM (EjyHt)
New study of drinking water in 35 U.S. cities finds that most contain hexavalent chromium - Washington Post http://wapo.st/fmTRut
Even if the study is true, so what? All natural water contains traces of heavy metals. The real question is if the amount of hexavalent chromium present in the water is hazardous to human health. All data collected on hexavalent chromium thus far indicates this metal is only carcinogenic if inhaled, not ingested.
And this study is using the Cali standard, 0.06 parts of hexavalent chromium per billion, to determine if the city water is "safe". What was the scientific basis for setting this particular amount?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 19, 2010 05:06 PM (c0A3e)
Biden's motorcade?
They're doing good. They're now in to 'months' since the last time they've hit someone other than 'weeks'.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 05:07 PM (4OAV+)
Posted by: steevy at December 19, 2010 05:07 PM (Ft6vS)
Even weirder, one of the originals got married (relatively recently) to a woman.
Posted by: Y-not at December 19, 2010 09:05 PM (IDL9N)
Rosie O'Donnel? Does she count?
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 05:07 PM (tJjm/)
anyway, the idiots at my local stations (wnet, wliw, wnjn) didn't show it during their two week pledge drives, and now they start showing it again and they just skip two weeks. fucking morons. This is what pbs does. all our tax money and they can't even figure out simple shit like this.
/rant
Posted by: nine coconuts at December 19, 2010 05:07 PM (DHNp4)
Guess I'll be drinking synthetic water from here on out.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 19, 2010 05:08 PM (4ucxv)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 19, 2010 09:05 PM (4ucxv)
man they screwed up that model.
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 19, 2010 05:09 PM (eCAn3)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 05:09 PM (tJjm/)
No science. Typical greenie bullshit, they think all chemicals are bad, blah blah blah. look at second hand smoke or co2, pthalates, or alar, or anything. who needs science when you have julia roberts.
Posted by: nine coconuts at December 19, 2010 05:10 PM (DHNp4)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 19, 2010 09:08 PM (4ucxv)
otherwise known as beer
Posted by: robtr at December 19, 2010 05:10 PM (hVDig)
Indeed. The Brockobitches of the world are salvating at the thought of shaking-down more industries. Erin Brockobitch got a cool 2 million from PG&E in the Hinkley case.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 19, 2010 05:11 PM (c0A3e)
Wait!
Remember last night when we were talking about awful romcoms, and scripts?
Remembering one that may be worse than Titanic -- Kate & Leopold.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 19, 2010 05:11 PM (4OAV+)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 19, 2010 09:05 PM (4ucxv)
Goes great with this matching item.
Posted by: stuiec at December 19, 2010 05:11 PM (EjyHt)
Posted by: steevy at December 19, 2010 05:12 PM (Ft6vS)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 19, 2010 09:08 PM (4ucxv)
otherwise known as beer
The technical term for beer is "yeast piss".
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 19, 2010 05:13 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: steevy at December 19, 2010 05:13 PM (Ft6vS)
The original was much more accurate, but kept tipping over backwards due to 'balance issues'
Posted by: Alex at December 19, 2010 05:14 PM (yY28H)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 05:14 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: steevy at December 19, 2010 05:14 PM (Ft6vS)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 05:14 PM (HLGCA)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 19, 2010 05:15 PM (4ucxv)
That was the one with Hugh Jackman, wasn't it?
/As for K&L being worse than Titanic...well, I haven't seen that particular movie, but I doubt any movie can be worse than Titanic.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 19, 2010 05:15 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: rdbrewer at December 19, 2010 05:15 PM (j+QX3)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 05:16 PM (HLGCA)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 19, 2010 05:16 PM (4ucxv)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 19, 2010 05:17 PM (4ucxv)
Posted by: Truman North at December 19, 2010 05:17 PM (HLGCA)
I love it when they try to incorporate it into the commercial itself, by having the actors discuss the side effects, vs a voice-over.
Posted by: Alex at December 19, 2010 05:17 PM (yY28H)
Posted by: steevy at December 19, 2010 05:18 PM (Ft6vS)
Despite my frequent viewings of Skinemax in a previous life, I have not seen Showgirls. The only thing I know about Showgirls is that one of those Saved by the Bell women was in it, and hasn't been heard of since.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 19, 2010 05:18 PM (c0A3e)
The technical term for beer is "yeast piss".
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 19, 2010 09:13 PM (c0A3e)
That reminds me of the old joke, "How do you spot the Irishman in a hospital?"
Answer: "He's the one blowing suds off the bedpans!"
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 19, 2010 05:19 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: steevy at December 19, 2010 05:20 PM (Ft6vS)
Posted by: steevy at December 19, 2010 09:20 PM (Ft6vS)
I actually watched it as a first run in a theater.
It was beyond embarrassing.
Posted by: ErikW at December 19, 2010 05:35 PM (acZ3T)
Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 19, 2010 05:40 PM (eCAn3)
Sparge 10 lbs of horse grain the usual way.
Code for taking over wifeys kitchen and making a complete mess of her pots and pans.
Boil wort for 30 minutes
and 4 oz molasses
and 16 oz unrolled oats
boil another 30 minutes
proof yeast.
Didn't have brewers yeast, try bakers.
Wait for optimal temperature.
Siphon wort in primary fermenter.
Dry hop when I can go find some.
Will let you know how the barn yard holiday brew turned out in 4-6 weeks.
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