July 24, 2011

Overnight Open Thread - Back in the Saddle Edition
— Maetenloch

Hey all - I'm back.

And tanned, rested, and ready...for another vacation which is why I always say that any sufficiently awesome vacation requires still another vacation to fully wind down from it.

Well that ain't gonna happen so I offer this eye exam instead.

Oh and thanks to all the people who worthily filled in on the ONT during my absence!

How Good Are Your Eyes?

Well take this quick test to see if you need glasses: Sitting at your normal reading distance from the screen do you see Marilyn Monroe or Albert Einstein?

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If you see Marilyn Monroe, you should probably be wearing glasses or contacts.

If you see Albert Einstein, then you're seeing things as you should.

So how does it work? The answer is that this image is a mix of low frequency elements from a picture of Monroe and high frequency details from a picture of Einstein. Normally our brain pays more attention to higher frequency components of an image so if you have normal vision, you'll tend to see Einstein's face. But if you're near-sighted, the high frequency details are blurred and so you'll just see Monroe. Oh and here's another illusion that turns normal faces into horrible monsters.


To find out why it happens, go here.

How Good Is Yer Kidz Schools?
Well go here and enter your address, zip code, or school name to find out. The ProPublica site will give the rundown on the school and even compare it with others in the area. Sadly my high school seems to have declined since my days there.

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So What Are Norwegian Prisons Really Like?
Well truthfully they sound pretty cushy and remember that even mass murders like Anders Behring Breivik can end up in open prisons like Bastoey Island albeit for 21 years at most.

I was visiting Bastoey, an open prison 45 miles south of the Norwegian capital. It is home to about 115 detainees, including murderers, rapists and other felons, who enjoy activities not usually associated with prisons.

In summer, they can improve their backhand on the tennis court, ride a horse in the forest and hit the beach for a swim. In winter, they can go cross-country skiing or participate in the prison's ski-jumping competition.

Inmates work between 8:15 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The island is a farm, so there are cattle to tend, timber to cut and organic crops to grow. Inmates also work at a sawmill, using axes, knives and saws. Another job is to restore wooden houses dotted around the island. Based on their time in Bastoey, many men will obtain professional qualifications.

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Interested in Reloading?
Then get yourself the Lee Anniversary reloading kit for $81.98. I first bought mine about 13 years ago for about $80 and it was an excellent deal then. And now it's only gotten better.

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Bathing Beauties of Yesteryear
From the 1920's in CA and TX.

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How To Make Bacon Wrapped Eggs
Looks tasty but seems like a lot of work for the payoff. I'm kinda old school in my pleasures and like to enjoy my vices individually.

Steve McQueen: Tough Guy
Well most of this probably isn't a surprise to longtime ONT readers, but Neo-neocon also uncovers some extra Steve tidbits.

For McQueen, the best thing that ever happened to him when he was growing up was to be rejected by his alcoholic mother and raised by his great uncle. Unfortunately, she kept asking for him back, and whenever he returned to her, trouble ensued. The next best thing that happened to him when he was young was to have been labeled incorrigible as a result of his stepfatherÂ’s petition, and placed in California Junior Boys Republic in Chino, California. The third best thing was that McQueen finally decided to get with the program when he was a Marine.
McQueen had an unusual reputation for demanding free items in bulk from studios when agreeing to do a film, such as electric razors, jeans and several other products. It was later found out that McQueen requested these things because he was donating them to the BoyÂ’s Republic reformatory school for displaced youth, where he had spent time during his teen years. McQueen made occasional visits to the school to spend time with the students, often to play pool and to speak with them about his experiences.
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5 Villains That Were Thinly-Veiled Versions of Real People
Okay the Soup Nazi I was aware of but who knew that Snape and Moe were based on real people?

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Weekly AoSHQ Commenter Standings
Top 10 commenters:
1 [537 comments] 'Vic' [75.38 posts/day]
2 [488 comments] 'As If...'
3 [456 comments] 'sifty'
4 [449 comments] 'Kratos (Ghost of Sparta)'
5 [409 comments] 'soothsayer'
6 [393 comments] ''80sBaby'
7 [372 comments] 'Y-not'
8 [339 comments] 'cherry π'
9 [331 comments] 'chemjeff'
10 [309 comments] 'curious'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [97 names] 'kbdabear' [13.62 unique names/day]
2 [73 names] 'fluffy'
3 [56 names] 'Wyatt Earp'
4 [51 names] 't-bird'
5 [50 names] 'Fish the Impaler'
6 [47 names] 'toby928▒'
7 [43 names] 'Cicero'
8 [36 names] 'The Robot Devil'
9 [36 names] '18-1'
10 [34 names] 'Papa Editor'

The group. Yeah.

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Posted by: Maetenloch at 05:20 PM | Comments (450)
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1 From the 1920's in CA and TX.

They show more skin than the graduating classes of Cairo University from the 1970's to the present. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 05:25 PM (c0A3e)

2 Glasses on.Einstein.Glasses off.Marilyn.

Posted by: steevy at July 24, 2011 05:25 PM (OKjXm)

3 I see Jackie Gleason.

Posted by: Serious Cat at July 24, 2011 05:26 PM (bAySe)

4 Oh, and welcome back Maet!  How was your training at your terrorist compound vacay? 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 05:26 PM (c0A3e)

Posted by: Jose at July 24, 2011 05:27 PM (WTNJJ)

6 why I always say that any sufficiently awesome vacation requires still another vacation to fully wind down from it.

Never get off the boat, man.  Never get off the boat.

Posted by: wiserbud at July 24, 2011 05:29 PM (3Okgs)

7 So is there where I come for my nifty little add-on where I can filter out posts from certain posters?

*giggle*

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 24, 2011 05:30 PM (bcXm9)

8 Howdy pahd-nahs!

Posted by: Y-not at July 24, 2011 05:30 PM (5H6zj)

9 What does the free/reduced school lunch have to do with anything, btw?

Posted by: Y-not at July 24, 2011 05:31 PM (5H6zj)

10 Oh, and the campaign continues to get '80sbaby unbanned!

No justice, no peace!

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 05:32 PM (c0A3e)

11 Hey, Y-not, hey, lacey, hey, Kratos!!

I heart Steve McQueen . . .

Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 05:32 PM (oHSOo)

12 @7
"She" is drifting out of character a lot lately. 'Must be relying on summer interns right now. 

Posted by: Y-not at July 24, 2011 05:32 PM (5H6zj)

13 Hey Peaches! All moved?

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 24, 2011 05:33 PM (bcXm9)

14 welcome back grasshopper.

Posted by: journolist at July 24, 2011 05:33 PM (Fb9Q0)

15 Oh, and the campaign continues to get '80sbaby unbanned!

Wait, what?  She was banned?  Oh, man, there is nothing about that that isn't 100% wrong in every way.  What happened?

Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 05:33 PM (oHSOo)

16 '80s is banned?  WTF?  She can't post but Gotham Princess makes the top 10.  That's whack (as the younguns say)!

Posted by: Y-not at July 24, 2011 05:33 PM (5H6zj)

17 Hey, I haven't been keeping fully up (that's what he said...) why did 80sBaby get inadvertently banned today?

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 05:34 PM (RZ8pf)

18 Peaches, is the cable hooked up yet?

Posted by: journolist at July 24, 2011 05:34 PM (Fb9Q0)

19 Peaches!  You all moved into your new digs?

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 05:34 PM (c0A3e)

20 12 @7 I laughed until I cried when I read "Its" comment in that other thread.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 24, 2011 05:34 PM (bcXm9)

21 Tell us about the move, Peaches.  Were the movers "hawt"?  How about the cable guy? 

Posted by: Y-not at July 24, 2011 05:34 PM (5H6zj)

22 Moe isn't a villain.

Posted by: Waterhouse at July 24, 2011 05:35 PM (+umsD)

23

So is there where I come for my nifty little add-on where I can filter out posts from certain posters?

Do you have a black friend who is a conservative? And can you make lasagna in individual portions for re-heating later? Did you ever sneak your Jewish friend into confession? If so, then you too may qualify for the super sekrit rude commenter filter.

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 05:35 PM (RZ8pf)

24 I think that Einstein/Monroe picture is a TSA scan.

Posted by: Retread at July 24, 2011 05:35 PM (G+7cD)

25 Mr Y-not acted turned on when I told him the Comcast person on Friday was a chick. 


I'm a little worried about him!

Posted by: Y-not at July 24, 2011 05:35 PM (5H6zj)

26 Welcome back, Maet! No one does ONTs like you.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 24, 2011 05:35 PM (YxBuk)

27 Heh, I am about 99% moved in, probably have it all sorted out and squared away by Christmas.  And, yeah, the cable dudes came yesterday afternoon while the movers were here, got my internet going.  I don't normally have cable tv, but I plugged in my digital converter box today and I get 2 channels, Fox and a local.  That's not going to work once Good Wife starts back up in the fall.  Dammit, I really really don't want anything but free tv.

Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 05:36 PM (oHSOo)

28 Wait, what?  She was banned?  Oh, man, there is nothing about that that isn't 100% wrong in every way.  What happened?

Nothing nefarious, I assure everyone.  Pixy is being its capricious, cruel self. 

I offered Ace both the Blade of Olympus and God-Splitter.  I'm hoping that'll be enough of an offering to secure her complete unbannination...

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 05:36 PM (c0A3e)

29 And in Other News tonight,

Fox is reporting Emergency Response Vehicles rushed to the Playboy Mansion after a panicked Hugh Heffner reported losing his dentures in the upcoming Miss August.  She was rushed to the Mayo Clinic, where an OB-Gyn nearly lost his index fingers when the model,  Kitty Dentada,  became irritable and snappy.

Posted by: CoolCzech at July 24, 2011 05:37 PM (kUaEF)

30 The movers were super-annoying and now I am seeing what they fucked up.  The TWC guys?  Smokin' hot. 

Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 05:38 PM (oHSOo)

31 27 Welcome back, Maet! No one does ONTs like you.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 24, 2011 09:35 PM (YxBuk)

Thanks! Your suckuppery has been duly noted, credited to your account, and appreciated.

Posted by: Mætenloch at July 24, 2011 05:38 PM (5fmrw)

32 g'evening, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 24, 2011 05:39 PM (JMmQ9)

33 Tomorrow is Pioneer Day!  Yeah, 'not sure what it is either, but Mr Y-not gets the day off. 

Posted by: Y-not at July 24, 2011 05:40 PM (5H6zj)

34 24 Shucks. I don't have 9,307,481 friends so I'm afraid that I don't qualify for the add-on. Hmm.

Oh well I'm completely comfortable mocking the ever-loving hell out of It as I'm sure It has my name filtered out

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 24, 2011 05:41 PM (bcXm9)

35 I don't get Pioneer Day off.  Should I contact the ACLU?

Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 05:41 PM (oHSOo)

36 Yeah, I'm thinking not Peaches.  Sorry!

Posted by: Y-not at July 24, 2011 05:42 PM (5H6zj)

37 Your suckuppery has been duly noted, credited to your account, and appreciated.

Sweet!

So when will you post pictures and regale us with tales of hobo hunting in Nova Scotia?

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 24, 2011 05:44 PM (YxBuk)

38

 I don't have 9,307,481 friends

I used to, but it became so difficult to keep track of all of them. And don't even get me started on the birthday and christmas presents, not to mention all the damn weddings, births, and deaths. It was bankrupting me.

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 05:44 PM (RZ8pf)

39 that's a curious amount of comments.........

Posted by: phoenixgirl at July 24, 2011 05:45 PM (eOXTH)

40 '80sBaby for cob logger.....but first, unban her!
 
Jazz Shaw is doing the QOTD today and guess what video showed up in it -- Honey Badger by Randall.
 
The next thing you know, they will be calling each other morons over there.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 24, 2011 05:45 PM (ENKCw)

41 I don't have 9,307,481 friends so I'm afraid that I don't qualify for the add-on. Hmm.

Will you take um bridge if I tell you that's milk toastie?

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 24, 2011 05:45 PM (YxBuk)

42 Funny Nascar prayer the other day. Just search youtube for nascar + prayer. Nashville pastor went the full Ricky Bobby.

Posted by: Clubber Lang at July 24, 2011 05:46 PM (QcFbt)

43 I didn't know there were so many cats in NYC...

Maybe she counts rats as her friends as well?

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 05:46 PM (c0A3e)

44 Speaking of rats, I really didn't like that movie "ratatouille" I mean I don't care how good a cook the rat was, it skeeves me out that the kitchen was full of rats.

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 05:47 PM (RZ8pf)

45 Don't put your face right up to the screen. Einstein becomes Debbie Washerhair Schultz

Posted by: kbdabear at July 24, 2011 05:47 PM (so1xa)

46 It is an annoying little poopstain and I think we need to get up a petition to have It removed from teh blog. 

Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 05:47 PM (oHSOo)

47 um bridge.... milk toastie

hahahah....breathes.....hahaha

effing outstanding, Rum!

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 24, 2011 05:48 PM (bcXm9)

48 I see Marilyn with a big nose and mustache.

Posted by: Awakenthebaker at July 24, 2011 05:48 PM (Jxjc7)

49

i guess the highschool thingie doesn't do private school

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 05:49 PM (DKV43)

50 OK, what's the story behind the 8-3-11 dealio? other than being slightly creepy

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 24, 2011 05:49 PM (JMmQ9)

51 But peaches, she's a respected commenter of the blog!

Posted by: buzzion at July 24, 2011 05:49 PM (KP0fi)

52 47 It is an annoying little poopstain and I think we need to get up a petition to have It removed from teh blog.

Hmm...Ace is NYC and this person is in NYC.  Curious and coincidental, yes?

I sense a potential pairing...a most vile opportunity.  *rubs hands together*

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 05:50 PM (c0A3e)

53 Well, there was this sheriff met up with curious today;

199 curious, have you been talkin' about that Queens of yours again? 
Posted by: Little Bill Daggett at July 24, 2011 12:25 PM

Posted by: kbdabear at July 24, 2011 05:50 PM (so1xa)

54 It is an annoying little poopstain and I think we need to get up a petition to have It removed from teh blog.

Maybe we can trade 80'sBaby for It.

Posted by: Retread at July 24, 2011 05:50 PM (G+7cD)

55 Maet is back and I *almost* see why people give a shit.

Posted by: Honey Badger at July 24, 2011 05:51 PM (ENKCw)

56 49 I see Marilyn with a big nose and mustache. Posted by: Awakenthebaker at July 24, 2011 09:48 PM

No, that's Barbra Streisand. Try again

Posted by: kbdabear at July 24, 2011 05:51 PM (so1xa)

57 Maybe we can trade 80'sBaby for It.

THIS!!!!!  Fair trade, yes? 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 05:51 PM (c0A3e)

58 Can I get an amen? http://tinyurl.com/3kkydma

Posted by: USA at July 24, 2011 05:51 PM (6Cjut)

59 Curious has been revealing it's true colors more lately.Definately a troll.

Posted by: steevy at July 24, 2011 05:52 PM (OKjXm)

60 Posted by: buzzion

You know, I believe It said it was praying for you the other day. Which would mean It read your comment. Funny, I would think you would be the first person on that 'add-on filter list'. Interesting, that, huh?

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 24, 2011 05:52 PM (bcXm9)

61 I see an Ewok banging Obama from behind, while carefully not giving him a reach-around.

Do I need glasses?

Posted by: Typical disgusting moron at July 24, 2011 05:52 PM (LH6ir)

62 Oh and today she claimed to be out and using the WiFi of the place she was, while still having the same hash

Posted by: buzzion at July 24, 2011 05:52 PM (KP0fi)

63 I don't have 9,307,481 friends so I'm afraid that I don't qualify for the add-on. Hmm.

But do the ones you have like gay pron?

Posted by: dagny at July 24, 2011 05:52 PM (PbdDF)

64 5 Villains That Were Thinly-Veiled Versions of Real People
Okay the Soup Nazi I was aware of but who knew that Snape and Moe were based on real people

Add a sixth;  Mayor Joe Quimby = Ted Kennedy

Posted by: kbdabear at July 24, 2011 05:53 PM (so1xa)

65 The sheltered life I led, I didn't know you could make eggs over easy without bacon grease until I was 27.

Posted by: no good deed at July 24, 2011 05:53 PM (mjR67)

66 Of course I am interested in reloading. But I live in the Peoples Republic of New Jersey, and I can't shoot anywhere!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 24, 2011 05:54 PM (LH6ir)

67

Posted by: Honey Badger at July 24, 2011 09:51 PM (ENKCw)

Will you care about these?

IDF Girls:

Lucy Mecklenburgh

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 05:54 PM (c0A3e)

68 E=36D. I may need glasses.

Posted by: t-bird at July 24, 2011 05:54 PM (FcR7P)

69 Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 24, 2011 09:52 PM (bcXm9)

Did you also see where it said it "keeps track of the overnights" and then said it doesn't read the overnights?

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 24, 2011 05:54 PM (YxBuk)

70

But do the ones you have like gay pron?

Those were real guys, not porn, but I guess you are too old to realize that

(that was the comment she made today, wasn't it?)

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 05:55 PM (RZ8pf)

71 58 Maybe we can trade 80'sBaby for It.

THIS!!!!!  Fair trade, yes? 
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 09:51 PM

Yes!!! Fair Trade morons only!!!

Preferably organic and shade grown

Posted by: Leff T Dusche at July 24, 2011 05:55 PM (so1xa)

72 I see Harry Reid in a wig. I guess that is better than dreaming of snakes as my husband keeps watching a show of cajuns catching gators in swamps. I am ready for college football.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky at July 24, 2011 05:55 PM (FnRYN)

73 But do the ones you have like gay pron?

Hey, those were every day guys!

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 24, 2011 05:55 PM (YxBuk)

74

Moe isn't a villain.

indeed, he has some of the best lines.

 

MOE Yeah, so last night I was closing up the bar, when some young punk comes in ... (crowd applaud) Yeah, I guess the next place he robs better have a ramp! ...

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 05:55 PM (DKV43)

75 a Moron request;

No flashing or scrolling names unless it's an sign for a nudie bar

Posted by: kbdabear at July 24, 2011 05:56 PM (so1xa)

76 Did you know that Romanians like the booty? And their pop music has Middle Eastern influences.

Both are news to me.

http://tinyurl.com/3hum6bw

Posted by: Llarry at July 24, 2011 05:56 PM (uQA8F)

77 Curious has been revealing it's true colors more lately.Definately a troll.

We never had anything that fuckin' retahded when Axelrod was still on the team.  No standards at all anymore.


Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 05:56 PM (oHSOo)

78 E=36D. I may need glasses.

*golf clap*

Posted by: Retread at July 24, 2011 05:56 PM (G+7cD)

79  70 *snort*

I saw that AmishDude tried to ask It some very basic questions - nothing personal. It wasn't amused or amenable and It became quite evasive.

Posted by: laceyunderalls likes calling It, It at July 24, 2011 05:56 PM (bcXm9)

80 <<<<<64 I don't have 9,307,481 friends so I'm afraid that I don't qualify for the add-on. Hmm. But do the ones you have like gay pron? Posted by: dagny at July 24, 2011 09:52 PM (PbdDF) Haven't you gotten the new claim? She was just mortified about it, and has apologized. Oh and it wasn't gay porn it was just regular guys and its a link that gets sent around in offices.

Posted by: buzzion at July 24, 2011 05:56 PM (KP0fi)

81 What does the free/reduced school lunch have to do with anything, btw?

Socio-economic status of teh kiddies can be determined by it.

Posted by: no good deed at July 24, 2011 05:57 PM (mjR67)

82 But do the ones you have like gay pron?

It persists that it was "betrayed" by one of its "friends" into posting that link and that they don't talk anymore because of that incident. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 05:57 PM (c0A3e)

83 Did you ever sneak your Jewish friend into confession? 

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 09:35 PM (RZ8pf)

You shiksas have no idea how good we have it.

Once each year, baby! Once each year. And even then we don't have to ask forgiveness of God, just of our fellow man. God forgives us automatically.


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 24, 2011 05:57 PM (LH6ir)

84

Curious has been revealing it's true colors more lately.Definately a troll.

you at least have to appreciate the effort. If she is a troll, she's been undercover here for some time.

Maybe martin scorsese can make a shitty film about it.

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 05:58 PM (DKV43)

85

Will you care about these?

IDF Girls:

Lucy Mecklenburgh

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 09:54 PM (c0A3e)

Looks like good eating. Full meals. Young and tender. Send more.

Posted by: Honey Badger at July 24, 2011 05:58 PM (ENKCw)

86 Bah, PGiS, you beat me to it!

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 24, 2011 05:58 PM (YxBuk)

87 It never said what it's "equal" degree to AmishDude was, did it?

/I liked whomever said its' degree was in "Mixing Meow Mix".

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 05:59 PM (c0A3e)

88 serious question for the young un's cause I'm old and just don't understand, does the fact that it is pictures of regular guys, not porn stars, having gay sex make it OK to send around? Is this somehow the equivalent of pictures of two women kissing? Because I'm not a millenial so I don't know what the moral equivalencies are anymore...

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 05:59 PM (RZ8pf)

89

Those were real guys, not porn, but I guess you are too old to realize that

(that was the comment she made today, wasn't it?)

I missed today...........spent too much time watching shatner and trying to peel the oil based paint off my porch so it can be repainted with EPA approved paint.

I had clicked on the link at the time. I saw more anus there than in a diaper change.

Posted by: dagny at July 24, 2011 06:00 PM (PbdDF)

90 From the WSJ live blog:

China shares are also lower, with the Shanghai Composite Index down 0.9% and the Shenzhen Composite Index 1% lower.

So King Putt's leadership isn't reassuring our economic overlords.


Posted by: Retread at July 24, 2011 06:00 PM (G+7cD)

91 gold's trading at 1,623. keep leading mr. prez.

Posted by: journolist at July 24, 2011 06:00 PM (Fb9Q0)

92 PGiS, are you completely out of booze?  Because that is a sober-person question and, well, somewhat unseemly from a woman of your standing . . .  This is not a criticism, more of a concern.

Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 06:01 PM (oHSOo)

93 Remember its not just regular guys its a site you can send to your office mates

Posted by: buzzion at July 24, 2011 06:01 PM (KP0fi)

94 I'm going for my ultimate advance degree. It's in bitchiness. Commenting here is my thesis

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 06:01 PM (RZ8pf)

95

I missed today...........spent too much time watching shatner and trying to peel the oil based paint off my porch so it can be repainted with EPA approved paint.

Dagny, there are still states that sell oil based paint if your interested. I know West Virginia does, or at least did a few years ago.

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 06:01 PM (DKV43)

96 Posted by: no good deed at July 24, 2011 09:53 PM (mjR67)

What are you, some kind of pervert?

Eggs Over Easy

Two fresh eggs
one tablespoon bacon fat
salt and pepper

Heat fat in small skillet until smoking.
Slide one egg into fat, trying to avoid be spattered, then salt and pepper to taste.
Cook 30 seconds, then flip.
Cook 15 seconds, then slide out of pan onto toasted sourdough.

Repeat with remaining egg.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 24, 2011 06:01 PM (LH6ir)

97 That bacon cooking video has porn movie music.

Posted by: Trimegistus at July 24, 2011 06:02 PM (3LhRG)

98 So King Putt's leadership isn't reassuring our economic overlords.

Posted by: Retread at July 24, 2011 10:00 PM

According to the Ministry of Information MBM, the markets are scared because the GOP is throwing tantrums while Jugears the Grownup can't reason with the brats


Posted by: kbdabear at July 24, 2011 06:02 PM (so1xa)

99 Speaking of bad auto bannations has ChuckZ been seen since he posted on the group that he had the bannation message when he tried to post? We need 80'sBaby to get the scoop on congress and give it to us in plain english but Chuck is a cool dude and I like his posts here.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 24, 2011 06:03 PM (ITaIZ)

100

I'm going for my ultimate advance degree. It's in bitchiness. Commenting here is my thesis

I can help you with your thesis.

Posted by: dagny at July 24, 2011 06:04 PM (PbdDF)

101 Those pictures I linked of guys fucking each other in the ass weren't gay pron. Those were real people. You all should have seen Einstein.

Posted by: inquisitive at July 24, 2011 06:04 PM (DDu66)

102 It's in bitchiness.

Awww...you've got a long way to go then.  Get to work! 

On that note, my sister graduated with full honors, magna cum laude, from her friend's "Bitch Academy". 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 06:04 PM (c0A3e)

103 According to anonymous sources, President Obama left the meeting in frustration while the Republican adolescents chanted "Herbert! Herbert! Herbert! Herbert"

Posted by: The MBM at July 24, 2011 06:04 PM (so1xa)

104 I'm going for my ultimate advance degree.

I think it got its in Stupid. In fact, I'm sure it's a PhD in Stupidity.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 24, 2011 06:04 PM (YxBuk)

105

Speaking of rats, I really didn't like that movie "ratatouille" I mean I don't care how good a cook the rat was, it skeeves me out that the kitchen was full of rats.

 

I hated  that movie as well!  And yes, the rats in the kitchen cooking was totally repulsive!  So nasty!

 

How was your trip?

Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 06:05 PM (ihSHD)

106
indeed, he has some of the best lines.

From the Simpsons cast on James Lipton's show which, btw, is a must see:


Moe's Tavern, home of the world's smallest large screen t.v.

You little...I'm gonna shove sausages down your throat and starving dogs up your butt!

Posted by: As If... at July 24, 2011 06:05 PM (piMMO)

107

PGiS, are you completely out of booze?  Because that is a sober-person question and, well, somewhat unseemly from a woman of your standing . . .  This is not a criticism, more of a concern.

Well, I've only had half a glass of menage a trois so maybe I am too sober. By the way, despite its name, it is a really yummy red wine. And I'm not usually a red wine drinker unless it is with a big juicy steak.

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 06:05 PM (RZ8pf)

108 The rating agencies commentary of going concerns is that the U.S. is already in pre-sanctioned default unless it immediately cuts 4T. Oh, and did I mention "immediately."

Posted by: journolist at July 24, 2011 06:05 PM (Fb9Q0)

109

Dagny, there are still states that sell oil based paint if your interested. I know West Virginia does, or at least did a few years ago.

Huh? Really? I'll check that out next month when I take the boy back to school.

Posted by: dagny at July 24, 2011 06:06 PM (PbdDF)

110

Oh, and I saw Einstein.

 

Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 06:06 PM (ihSHD)

111 According to the Ministry of Information MBM, the markets are scared because the GOP is throwing tantrums while Jugears the Grownup can't reason with the brats

Yeah. One more reason not to listen to the Ministry of Information MBM when it comes to Barky.

Posted by: Retread at July 24, 2011 06:06 PM (G+7cD)

112 i love how it mentioned it's bestest black friend and then called me uppity.......

Posted by: phoenixgirl at July 24, 2011 06:07 PM (eOXTH)

113 One of my friends just said everyone knows not to go into Norwegian government buildings.

Posted by: Papa Editor reprising his line from the Norway shoot 'em up threads at July 24, 2011 06:09 PM (FZZ94)

114 Me and my cousins started using reloaders when we were around 10 i think.

Posted by: booger at July 24, 2011 06:09 PM (9RFH1)

115 i love how it mentioned it's bestest black friend and then called me uppity.......

That's like the time it called Dumb Blonde a selfish bitch and then claimed it never said that.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 24, 2011 06:09 PM (YxBuk)

116 Who do I have to rob to go to scandi prison? I hope they have a masseuse.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 24, 2011 06:10 PM (/+j6L)

117 Snape is a villain?

Posted by: Cowboy at July 24, 2011 06:10 PM (So+7G)

118 Here's a clip. If they ever re-air the show, make sure to catch it.

Posted by: As If... at July 24, 2011 06:10 PM (piMMO)

119 97  Cook the bacon and then fry the egg in the grease.  I'd never heard of poached eggs until my husband, the Pacific Northwesterner, asked for them one morning. 

Posted by: no good deed at July 24, 2011 06:10 PM (mjR67)

120 113 i love how it mentioned it's bestest black friend and then called me uppity.......

Mr. Cuddles? 

It could have been worse, she could have called you a selfish bitch...

The clueless is strong with that one.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 06:11 PM (c0A3e)

121 Question: If "real guys" makes something not pron then who is in pron?

Posted by: dagny at July 24, 2011 06:11 PM (PbdDF)

Posted by: Capt. James T Kirk at July 24, 2011 06:12 PM (so1xa)

123 Looks like the little shitbird's over on the Reid, Pelosi thread.  I hope someone beats it senseless.  I don't have the energy, just waiting till it gets dark so I can go to bed.  Moving is hell . . .

Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 06:12 PM (oHSOo)

124

I'd never heard of poached eggs until my husband, the Pacific Northwesterner, asked for them one morning. 

Eggs Benedict. You need them for eggs benedict---yum.

Posted by: dagny at July 24, 2011 06:12 PM (PbdDF)

125 The clueless is strong with that one.

Don't go dragging me into this!

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 06:13 PM (piMMO)

126

How was your trip?

Nice, thanks for asking. We went to a gold mine--had to ride a tiny, tiny elevator down 1000 feet, thought I was going to have a heart attack right then and there. We also went to the Renaissance Festival. Been going on for 35 years there--as Biden would say, it's a big effin deal! And, my mom took the boy and I to the Pirates exhibit at the Denver Museum of Science.

Plus, my mom made my absolute favorite cake ever for my birthday--german chocolate, with the coconut pecan frosting over the whole thing. Plus extra on the side. Mmmmmmmmmm.

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 06:13 PM (RZ8pf)

127 Whatsamatter Peaches?

Posted by: dagny at July 24, 2011 06:13 PM (PbdDF)

128 113 i love how it mentioned it's bestest black friend and then called me uppity....... Posted by: phoenixgirl at July 24, 2011 10:07 PM

I live in New York but I don't have many black friends. I don't have many white friends either

Posted by: George Costanza at July 24, 2011 06:14 PM (so1xa)

129 The image of Marilyn Monroe also is visible if you look at the image from above, even from close range.

Posted by: Arbalest at July 24, 2011 06:14 PM (MSeIR)

130 Hannibal Lechter is a villan.  Moe and the Soup Nazi aren't villans.

Posted by: joejm65 at July 24, 2011 06:14 PM (UZuc4)

131

Steve McQueen=Steve McQueen.

Paul Newman=Matt Damon.

I saw Einstien.

I actually have a cool story about Einstien. I worked for a company called Linclay once and the owner bought Einsteins old house in Charlotte Amile, St. Thomas USVI.

He sent me down there to remodel (well save enough to make the locals happy and build a new house) Einstiens house and build a guest house, pool etc.

In the course of tearing into the old structure we found a bunch of Einstien photos of him and friends hanging out at his house there in St. Thomas. We included them in a book we made regarding the construction of the house and gave it to my boss at the open house. The entire experience was awsome.

Posted by: robtr 80'sbaby Liberation Front at July 24, 2011 06:14 PM (MtwBb)

132

 it skeeves me out that the kitchen was full of rats.

At my local Central Market, in the prepared foods case they have a picnic theme going on, including these oversized ants on a log as part of the display.  Obviously fake and cartoonish, but do I really want to see ants right next to the potato salad?  Wonder what marketing genius thought putting bugs in with their gourmet food would help sales...

Posted by: Mayday at July 24, 2011 06:14 PM (TRgli)

133
The clueless is strong with that one.

Actual "Clueless" beat me to it, but we need to be careful with our words on this one, because Clueless is a righteous moron .  I prefer a simple "it."

Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 06:14 PM (oHSOo)

134 Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 24, 2011 10:09 PM (YxBuk)

She is selfish. No topless photos.

Posted by: Typical perverted moron at July 24, 2011 06:15 PM (LH6ir)

135 I'd never heard of poached eggs until my husband, the Pacific Northwesterner, asked for them one morning. 

I love eggs in all forms. I LOVE eggs and it might be the single toughest food for me to give up if I had to.

This weekend, poached were on the menu. Yum!

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 06:15 PM (piMMO)

136 I hope someone beats it senseless.

That is pretty much what I change the chorus to that damnable "(Leave Me) Breathless" song to.  Much better. 

Curious is still here but '80sbaby is banned?

The Fates are never kind. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 06:15 PM (c0A3e)

137 snape is not/was not a villain....and he was always my favorite character...from the first book through the end.....i would argue with my kids about him and they thought i was some twisted freak defending him all the time.....hahahahha i was right and they weeped when reading the last book......heh...now they love him!

Posted by: phoenixgirl at July 24, 2011 06:15 PM (eOXTH)

138 Yesterday while talking to my liberal friends in NYC, I overheard a couple talking about how much they love Obama, and how mean the Republicans were being for not spending more. Then I ran into the bathroom and took a huge steaming poo from the chipotle burrito I ate an hour earlier.

Posted by: tri-curious at July 24, 2011 06:16 PM (VidfH)

139 Plus, my mom made my absolute favorite cake ever for my birthday--german chocolate, with the coconut pecan frosting over the whole thing. Plus extra on the side. Mmmmmmmmmm.

O.  M.  G.  Homemade german chocolate cake is the best thing evah!!!  I don't know how I missed your birthday, but Happy Belated!  Big hug!!

Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 06:16 PM (oHSOo)

140 Kratos, did you tell 80's what I said about getting a new IP address?

Posted by: rdbrewer at July 24, 2011 06:17 PM (baxIY)

141 Actual "Clueless" beat me to it, but we need to be careful with our words on this one, because Clueless is a righteous moron .  I prefer a simple "it."

Why thanks, Peaches!

I suppose I should pick a moniker and stick with it rather than rotating them in and out.

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 06:18 PM (piMMO)

142 I don't get how anyone could still  "like" Obama. He's not likeable.

Posted by: USS Diversity at July 24, 2011 06:19 PM (Jyt+i)

143 Curious is still here but '80sbaby is banned?

Curious made the top commenters list.

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 06:20 PM (piMMO)

144 141 Kratos, did you tell 80's what I said about getting a new IP address?

Yes, but it did not work. Thanks for the advice anyway.

Perhaps one of the much-better knowledgeable morons knows another way to get a new IP address? 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 06:20 PM (c0A3e)

145 Curious made the top commenters list.

Now that's just wrong.

It's over there on the Reid, Pelosi thread talking to itself.

Posted by: Retread at July 24, 2011 06:21 PM (G+7cD)

146 LEAVE ME ALONE!


Posted by: curiously dense at July 24, 2011 06:21 PM (LH6ir)

147 The image of Marilyn Monroe also is visible if you look at the image from above, even from close range.

Yeah, but she has a moustache!

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 06:22 PM (piMMO)

148 143 I don't get how anyone could still  "like" Obama. He's not likeable.

Some are so blinded by their race-preference that they only see the color of the skin sheath and not the character of the person wearing it.

It's amazing what a little melanin can do to cover up character flaws in these people's minds.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 06:22 PM (c0A3e)

149 Peaches, thanks for the birthday wishes, I wasn't around last week when it happened. Was in a sugar coma from all the frosting I ate.

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 06:22 PM (RZ8pf)

150

kratos, this tells you how to change your ip address.

http://tinyurl.com/yjerel7

 

Posted by: robtr 80'sbaby Liberation Front at July 24, 2011 06:22 PM (MtwBb)

151

You little...I'm gonna shove sausages down your throat and starving dogs up your butt!

 

Heh!  That reminds me of a surgeon I use to work with.  So the most common way to stop the heart from beating for heart surgery is to stick a needle in the aorta and inject a high potassium solution (cardioplegia) above where the aorta is clamped off.  Sometimes, you shouldn't put the needle in the aorta or a cross clamp on the aorta if the aorta is really calcified (there are other indications as well).  So then a catheter is placed in the coronary sinus (which is the opening of the vein that drains the myocardium) and the cardioplegia is given through that (retrograde plegia). 

An old surgeon I use to work with hated retrograde plegia.  He said "It's like taking a hotdog and shoving it up your rectum and calling it lunch." 

Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 06:23 PM (ihSHD)

152 Ha. Private Benjamin on TVGN, whatever the hell that stands for.

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 06:23 PM (piMMO)

153 Mama, look, I made ca-ca!  Isn't it pretty?

Posted by: curious, yellow at July 24, 2011 06:24 PM (oHSOo)

154 Curious made the top commenters list.

Rub it in, why don't you? 

Sorry about associating your sn with "it".  Forgive me, I will not make that mistake again. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 06:24 PM (c0A3e)

155 143I don't get how anyone could still "like" Obama. He's not likeable.

Posted by: USS Diversity at July 24, 2011 10:19 PM (Jyt+i)

 

He's gonna be a lot less likeable when no deal is reached and he goes to Martha's Vineyard for his annual 'Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous' vacation.

Posted by: joejm65 at July 24, 2011 06:24 PM (UZuc4)

156 An old surgeon I use to work with hated retrograde plegia.  He said "It's like taking a hotdog and shoving it up your rectum and calling it lunch."

Sounds like a hoot!

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 06:25 PM (piMMO)

157

Someone keeps calling me and not leaving a message. Calls me at all hours--before 8am, in the afternoon, in the evening, even hangs up and calls back. What is so difficult about leaving me a message? I don't recognize the number so I'm not going to answer it.

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 06:25 PM (RZ8pf)

158

In the course of tearing into the old structure we found a bunch of Einstien photos of him and friends hanging out at his house there in St. Thomas. We included them in a book we made regarding the construction of the house and gave it to my boss at the open house. The entire experience was awsome.

 

That is soo cool!

 

Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 06:25 PM (ihSHD)

159 It's amazing what a little melanin can do to cover up character flaws in these people's minds.

Tan fat looks better than white fat too.

Posted by: Michelle Obama at July 24, 2011 06:25 PM (mjR67)

160 Rectum? Hell, it killed him.

Posted by: AltonJackson consistently abuses punch lines at July 24, 2011 06:25 PM (JMmQ9)

161 Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 10:20 PM (c0A3e)

Depending on the method you connect to the internet it can be easy, or a huge pain in the ass. Start with unplugging your modem and router overnight. That might do the trick.

If you have a direct connection (not through a router) go to a command line, and type in:

ipconfig/release

Shut everything down, then bring everything back up.

This may or may not work.

If it works you owe me a beer. If it doesn't work? Talk to curious.


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 24, 2011 06:25 PM (LH6ir)

162 Mama, look, I made ca-ca!  Isn't it pretty?

Posted by: curious, yellow at July 24, 2011 10:24 PM (oHSOo)


Have you been eating crayons again?

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 06:25 PM (piMMO)

163

Someone keeps calling me and not leaving a message. Calls me at all hours--before 8am, in the afternoon, in the evening, even hangs up and calls back. What is so difficult about leaving me a message? I don't recognize the number so I'm not going to answer it.

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 10:25 PM (RZ

 

I've been getting those too, I finally answered it and it was some charity asking for money.

 

 

I

Posted by: robtr 80'sbaby Liberation Front at July 24, 2011 06:27 PM (MtwBb)

164 Looks like my old high school is in Mexico now. 70% white to 70% Hispanic in only 20 years. Jeez. And half the school gets free lunches.

Posted by: CDR M at July 24, 2011 06:27 PM (Ybl9g)

165

Sounds like a hoot!

 

He really was.  He liked to tell the story about how when he was in all boy's Catholic high school, his guidance  counselor told him should forget about college and just be a plumber.  He'd kind of snicker and say "And that's exactly what I'm doing."  (As he sewed a vein graft to a coronary artery). 


Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 06:27 PM (ihSHD)

166 Someone keeps calling me and not leaving a message. Calls me at all hours--before 8am, in the afternoon, in the evening, even hangs up and calls back. What is so difficult about leaving me a message? I don't recognize the number so I'm not going to answer it.

Is it a VA area code? the RNC kept doing that to me.

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 06:28 PM (piMMO)

167 Evening.

Only think I got out of that villains article:
I hated The Giving Tree.  What a pretentious bullshit book.  And I thought that when I was five.

Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at July 24, 2011 06:29 PM (afWhQ)

168 Would it help to email Ace or is this just some unfortunate pixy fuckup?  Cause it ain't right.  This is someone we've all endorsed for coblogger, fachrissakes.

Posted by: Peaches say Free '80sBaby now!! at July 24, 2011 06:29 PM (oHSOo)

169 Calls me at all hours--before 8am, in the afternoon, in the evening, even hangs up and calls back.

Return the favor.

Years ago the phone company would go after people that did that....turned out the one doing it to us was my father's girlfriend.

Posted by: Retread at July 24, 2011 06:29 PM (G+7cD)

170 I need to do something about this phone. According to the call log it keeps pocket-calling some number in Seattle at all hours of the day and night.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 24, 2011 06:29 PM (DDu66)

171 I hated The Giving Tree.  What a pretentious bullshit book.  And I thought that when I was five.

Oh, but how I loved Where the Wild Things Are!

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 06:30 PM (piMMO)

172

You can enter the phone number into Bing or Google.  Sometimes you'll find that the callers are part of a scam.  Happened to me last week, I kept getting calls from a 718 (iirc) area code.  Put it in Bing and got some sites where people enter notes about the calls they got from this number.

Posted by: Mayday at July 24, 2011 06:30 PM (TRgli)

173

It's a washington cell phone number. I'm thinking it probably is a solicitor call. Because everyone who actually knows me knows to either leave a message--usually a huffy one if they really want me to call them back, or will call my cell phone and leave the huffy message there.

Or a bill collector. Though I don't owe anyone any money so that seems less likely.

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 06:30 PM (RZ8pf)

174

A little ditty I worked on today for your entertainment and amusement.  You'll know the tune:

ODE TO CURIOUS

Our hemorrhoid has a first name

It's G-O-T-H-AM

Our hemorrhoid has a second name

It's P-R-I-N-CESS

Oh, we need to treat it every day

And if you ask us why we'll saaaaaaayyy

The Gotham Princess has a way

Of shit trolling with oop-pid-stay

 

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2011 06:30 PM (4q5tP)

175

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 10:13 PM (RZ8pf)

 

Wow!  It sounds like you had a fun and busy time!  (Now you probably need a vaca from your vaca!)

Happy Birthday!!Eleventy!!

Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 06:30 PM (ihSHD)

176

Posted by: CDR M at July 24, 2011 10:27 PM (Ybl9g)

Is that you in the Call of Duty pic?

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 06:30 PM (c0A3e)

177

Someone keeps calling me and not leaving a message.

It's probably the super from across the way.

Posted by: USS Diversity at July 24, 2011 06:31 PM (Jyt+i)

178 OK, tell me why your miserable cow towns deserve any consideration at all.

Tell me positive attributes other cities have that New York doesn't, or tell me negative attributes New York has that others do not

For example, Paris has the Eiffel Tower, New York does not

or New York has blizzards, Los Angeles does not



Posted by: professor curious at July 24, 2011 06:32 PM (so1xa)

179

Posted by: Papa Editor reprising his line from the Norway shoot 'em up threads at July 24, 2011 10:09 PM (FZZ94)

 

Papa E!  How goes it?

Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 06:32 PM (ihSHD)

180

Someone keeps calling me and not leaving a message.

It's probably the super from across the way.



Do you keep answering the phone in the nude?

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 06:32 PM (piMMO)

181

148 Clueless

It's art. My submission for CAC's next Art Thread, whenever it happens again.

Posted by: Arbalest at July 24, 2011 06:32 PM (MSeIR)

182 I was thinking about Norway and the fact they can only detain him for 21 years. I will bet 100 dollars that Norway pushes for the Internation Criminal Court to charge him, that way he can be detained much longer

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 06:32 PM (DKV43)

183

Looks like my old high school is in Mexico now. 70% white to 70% Hispanic in only 20 years. Jeez. And half the school gets free lunches.

Looks like we went to the same high school.  Actually, mine went from about 96% white to 74% Hispanic, 11% white in 30 years.

Posted by: Mayday at July 24, 2011 06:33 PM (TRgli)

184 165 Looks like my old high school is in Mexico now. 70% white to 70% Hispanic in only 20 years. Jeez. And half the school gets free lunches.

Mine's 95% hispanic now and it's estimated that about 3/4 are children of illegals. Of course, we don't know for sure because it's not "polite" to ask.

Posted by: booger at July 24, 2011 06:33 PM (9RFH1)

185 Oh, but how I loved Where the Wild Things Are!

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 10:30 PM (piMMO)

I have a similar opinion of that one.... -_-

Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at July 24, 2011 06:33 PM (afWhQ)

186 Florida has grits.

That's enough.

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 06:33 PM (piMMO)

187

Looks like my old high school is in Mexico now. 70% white to 70% Hispanic in only 20 years. Jeez. And half the school gets free lunches.

 

Oh, but illegal aliens are good for the American economy.  They don't use any of our services for free and they do all those jobs that Americans won't do.  Plus they spend all their money they make in America, keeping all kinds of Americans employed.  It's not like they support their relatives back in the old country, and they assimilate so well here.  I bet even though your school is now 70% Hispanic, you wouldn't even notice a difference.  No sirree!

Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 06:35 PM (ihSHD)

188 New York has "It," the rest of us just have the usual assortments of felons, pols and illegals.  I love NY but, sorry, this time you lose.

Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 06:35 PM (oHSOo)

189

Someone keeps calling me and not leaving a message. Calls me at all hours--before 8am, in the afternoon, in the evening, even hangs up and calls back. What is so difficult about leaving me a message? I don't recognize the number so I'm not going to answer it.

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 10:25 PM

WE'VE TRACED THE CALLS, THEY'RE COMING FROM YOUR UPSTAIRS EXTENSION !!!!!!

Posted by: Urban Legend Phone Company at July 24, 2011 06:35 PM (so1xa)

190 Hey runningrn.  It's hot, here.  I need to turn the fan back on.

How you doing?  Is Mr. rrn back?

Posted by: Papa Editor at July 24, 2011 06:36 PM (FZZ94)

191 Wait a tic, it's PLGiS's b-day?  Sneaky...

Happy Birthday! 

(Forgive me if it's a false alarm).

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 06:36 PM (c0A3e)

192

... and, on the subject of Captain America, I saw it today.

I need a copy of the Red Skull's chariot. I think a copy of a very-late model Continental AVDS 1790 would be appropriate motive power ...

Posted by: Arbalest at July 24, 2011 06:37 PM (MSeIR)

193

I was thinking about Norway and the fact they can only detain him for 21 years. I will bet 100 dollars that Norway pushes for the Internation Criminal Court to charge him, that way he can be detained much longer

 

Heh!  With all the amenities in Norwegian prisons, I can see why 21 years is the maximum sentence allowed.  The state cannot afford the cost of incarceration for any time longer than that. 

Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 06:37 PM (ihSHD)

194 Steve McQueen was the shit.  Evening all...

Posted by: jewells45 at July 24, 2011 06:37 PM (Z71Vg)

195 can't get the information in bing unless I pay for it. Not worth it. I assume at some point the caller will either give up or leave a message.

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 06:38 PM (RZ8pf)

196

Welcome back, Maet!  We missed you!

That is a gorgeous vaca pic you posted! 

Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 06:38 PM (ihSHD)

197 I don't know how well this works in all cases, but I used these tips a while back.

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 06:40 PM (piMMO)

198

was my birthday. week ago friday. I got older.

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 06:40 PM (RZ8pf)

199 I went to see Captain America for the 5th time this weekend today, and I took my hot redheaded girlfriend. I could tell you how Captain America is a parable for President Obama, but Ace would have to let me in.

Posted by: Palin Steele from the Phantom Zone at July 24, 2011 06:40 PM (so1xa)

200

Posted by: buzzion of the committee to unban 80'sbaby and reban logprof(just because) at July 24, 2011 10:34 PM (oVQFe)

Captain America is definitely a movie Palin Steele can fap to...

I liked it too.  Also, while it is a tie-in to the upcoming Avengers movie, I thought it stood well enough on its own.  If somebody asked, I go see it in the theaters again (and maybe get better seats than the 1st row).  

Some of the strict Captain America fan-boyz might have a problem with how HYDRA (the "hail Hydra" salute was stupid though) and Red Skull were depicted, but to hell with 'em.  I left that movie feeling pretty damn good. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 06:41 PM (c0A3e)

201 runningrn.. I have a pretty morbid question to ask.  Is it possible for someone to hang themselves if they are on their knees?  Consider said person was extremely drunk and had just been in a car accident.  He hung himself in the damn closet with a dog leash but when they found him, he was on his knees.

Posted by: jewells45 at July 24, 2011 06:41 PM (Z71Vg)

202 can't get the information in bing unless I pay for it.

PGiS, I had a new phone number a year ago and started getting a bazillion collection calls for an assortment of losers.  I plugged the numbers into Yahoo search and always ended up finding what collection place they were associated with.  I actually sent a couple of cease & desist letter (which worked instantaneously).  But, collection agencies are looking up names and trying anyone who sounds even remotely like the deadbeat whose account they have purchased.  It's a real problem lately.

Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 06:41 PM (oHSOo)

203 Is that you in the Call of Duty pic? Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 10:30 PM (c0A3e) Heh. Maybe on vacation!

Posted by: CDR M at July 24, 2011 06:41 PM (Ybl9g)

204 197can't get the information in bing unless I pay for it. Not worth it. I assume at some point the caller will either give up or leave a message.

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 10:38 PM (RZ8pf)

 

They won't give up.  I've been getting the same calls for months here in Florida.  You have to answer, say 'no thank you', and THEN hope it stops.  It'll be a charity or a political organization looking for donations.  Do you have 'do not call' lists out where you are?  When I lived in CT, I could register with someone, can't remember who exactly, and I was placed on a list and telemarketers couldn't call me.  Same with my cell phone.  Good luck.

Posted by: joejm65 at July 24, 2011 06:42 PM (UZuc4)

205 197 can't get the information in bing unless I pay for it. Not worth it. I assume at some point the caller will either give up or leave a message.

Posted by: ParanoidLaundryGirlinSeattle at July 24, 2011 10:38 PM (RZ8pf)


Try putting the number in Google with no parenthesis, dashes or spaces ... if it's a known troublemaker it WILL come up.

Posted by: Steck at July 24, 2011 06:42 PM (RL7U1)

206 hi all
wow I made #9?  that is so... umm... sad?
anyway, my IP address is banned too, but from my DSL connection
I tried renewing my IP address and it didn't work, I think my whole subnet may be banned
so I am tethering from my cell phone (ugh)

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 06:43 PM (l5WkM)

207 Runningrn, that high school was in the Bay Area too. I just shake my head at what is happening. I've seen my old high school and it looks like a detention center now.

Posted by: CDR M at July 24, 2011 06:44 PM (Ybl9g)

208 Steve McQueen was the shit.  Evening all...

Evening, Jewells.

I have a cat named Steve McQueen. Runs like his tail is on fire.

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 06:44 PM (piMMO)

209

How you doing?  Is Mr. rrn back?

 

I am fine, thanks!  I did my relay this weekend, and the weather was perfect!  We ran Friday and Saturday so it was nice and cool.  Today would have been a little warm!

Yes, Mr rn is back!  He came home a couple of hours ago.  He's so sweet, he brought back flounder for me (because it's my favorite fish).  Everyone thought he was nuts.  So he and I filleted a bunch of little flounder (I got to teach him how to do that--ha! because he'd never done it before.  I've always said that God made flounder to be filleted into 4 little perfect filets.) 

He came home with about 50 lbs of fish.  He has another 50 lbs. he left at his parents house (they have a huge freezer), and his dad has 100 lbs. too.  We will have to have you guys over for salmon (he does the cedar plank thing, and it's really good!)  We can also give you some too, if you want (I don't know if you get it from work or not).  We are going to be giving some to relatives and neighbors too.  They limited 3 or 4 days and caught cod, salmon (coho, silvers, and sadly some pinks), halibut, rockfish, and flounder. 


Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 06:44 PM (ihSHD)

210 22 Tell us about the move, Peaches.  Were the movers "hawt"?  How about the cable guy?

Perfect song.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 24, 2011 06:44 PM (/+j6L)

211 Somebody with my name owed Target money. Man they harrassed my ass for months. They'd say it was fixed, then start again.

Posted by: USS Diversity at July 24, 2011 06:46 PM (Jyt+i)

212 and I can't see Marilyn Monroe no matter how I look at the picture, hmm

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 06:46 PM (l5WkM)

213 I'm shocked my high school is only 64% Hispanic. I thought it was higher than that.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 24, 2011 06:46 PM (YxBuk)

214

Runningrn, that high school was in the Bay Area too. I just shake my head at what is happening. I've seen my old high school and it looks like a detention center now.

 

It's really sad and maddening that our federal government is not doing the one job that they should be!!!  I think national defense is the most important function of the federal government and securing our borders falls under that!

Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 06:46 PM (ihSHD)

215

I have a cat named Steve McQueen. Runs like his tail is on fire.

LOL!!

Posted by: jewells45 at July 24, 2011 06:46 PM (Z71Vg)

216

Posted by: buzzion of the committee to unban 80'sbaby and reban logprof(just because) at July 24, 2011 10:45 PM (oVQFe)

Splitter

Posted by: robtr 80'sbaby Liberation Front at July 24, 2011 06:46 PM (MtwBb)

217 runningrn you have 200 lbs. of fish?  wow

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 06:47 PM (l5WkM)

218 211 22 Tell us about the move, Peaches.  Were the movers "hawt"?  How about the cable guy?

Perfect song.

This song may be better:

Money for Nothing (and your checks for free)

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 06:47 PM (c0A3e)

219

and I can't see Marilyn Monroe no matter how I look at the picture, hmm

me neither and my eyesight is terrible.

Posted by: jewells45 at July 24, 2011 06:47 PM (Z71Vg)

220

runningrn.. I have a pretty morbid question to ask.  Is it possible for someone to hang themselves if they are on their knees?  Consider said person was extremely drunk and had just been in a car accident.  He hung himself in the damn closet with a dog leash but when they found him, he was on his knees.

 

I don't really know, but I would think if he was a heavy person, it might be possible. 

Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 06:48 PM (ihSHD)

221 Man they harrassed my ass for months. They'd say it was fixed, then start again.

Posted by: USS Diversity at July 24, 2011 10:46 PM (Jyt+i)

Send (preferably by fax) a cease & desist letter.  Just google it, there are a million templates out there for it.  It works instantaneously because there are legal consequences if they persist after they receive it.

Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 06:49 PM (oHSOo)

222 222

and I can't see Marilyn Monroe no matter how I look at the picture, hmm

me neither and my eyesight is terrible.


I had to walk all the way across the room before it turned into Monroe.

Posted by: booger at July 24, 2011 06:49 PM (9RFH1)

223 If i get back about 10 feet I can see Marilyn

Posted by: robtr 80'sbaby Liberation Front at July 24, 2011 06:49 PM (MtwBb)

224

runningrn you have 200 lbs. of fish?  wow

 

We had 50 in our freezer when Mr. rn came home.  His parents have 150 in theirs right now (they are holding our other 50).  Mr. rn and I ate a bunch of flounder for dinner so now it's a little less that.  


Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 06:49 PM (ihSHD)

225 I had to walk all the way across the room before it turned into Monroe.

Oh okay, yeah I see it now.  But it still kinda looked like Monroe with a moustache.

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 06:50 PM (l5WkM)

226

I don't really know, but I would think if he was a heavy person, it might be possible. 

He wasn't.  Well.. it has just bugged me.  I feel for my friend and her daughter having to go thru this.  So many unanswered questions... well, didn't mean to be a bummer.  I need to go to bed.  My 6 week vacation is over!

Posted by: jewells45 at July 24, 2011 06:51 PM (Z71Vg)

227

Posted by: Palin Steele from the Phantom Zone at July 24, 2011 10:40 PM (so1xa)

ha! ha!

Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 06:51 PM (ihSHD)

228 Is the COD for Amy Winehouse even debatable now?

Sordid final hours of a troubled star: Amy Winehouse had 'bought ecstasy, cocaine and ketamine' on the night before tragic death

This isn't surprising.  But as Joe Clark would say, if you're going to kill yourself, do it expeditiously. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 06:51 PM (c0A3e)

229 214 Somebody with my name owed Target money. Man they harrassed my ass for months. They'd say it was fixed, then start again.

yeah you need to go after them.  Record every call and tell them that if they don't stop calling you, that you will report them to the FTC.

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 06:52 PM (l5WkM)

230

He wasn't.  Well.. it has just bugged me.  I feel for my friend and her daughter having to go thru this.  So many unanswered questions... well, didn't mean to be a bummer.  I need to go to bed.  My 6 week vacation is over!

 

Rigor would make his knees bend, and maybe he fell after he was dead and landed on them?

Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 06:52 PM (ihSHD)

231 curious says she's a woman in New York. palin steele said he was a man in New York

Is curious the girlfriend of palin steele?

Is curious a sockpuppet being used by dum-dum to get around the ban?


Posted by: Fox Mulder at July 24, 2011 06:52 PM (so1xa)

232 einstein handbags monroe handbags replica higgs bosons 100% replica marilyn monroes coffeemaker supplies baseball cards crucibles all sizes birthday greetings krell coffee makers marilyn morbius replicas can't everyone see it was the robot all along? he always had a thing for my daughter robots always do everyone knows that but he couldn't do anything because i had the giant machine under my command and could turn him into a smoking pile of radio shack rejects if he put the moves on her einstein refrigerators einstein rosen bridges einstein bagels einstein photoelectric effects einstein martial arts training then the goddamned robot outmaneuvers me by calling in the goddamned police squad flying saucer captain i couldn't just vaporize those bastards it would only bring more attention so i came up with the old id monster gambit as if there's even such a thing as an id christ freud was old hat before i even left earth i figured i'd drive them away and then deal with tin man but wouldn't you know it the goddamned robot made sure my daughter was with them so i had to turn the id monster back and make it look like i couldn't control it quantum mechanics proton blasters gallon jugs of whiskey 100% tiger skin rugs 100% pigeon skin handbags i fooled them into leaving by telling them i was going to blow up the place my daughter's old enough to leave if she wants to go off with frank drebin and crew well that means i can finally move all her stupid billy mumy posters and kirk/spock slash fiction stories out of her room and get more lab space but shit i never expected doctor rumack would be stupid enough to take the goddamned robot along with them when they left now my daughter's stuck on a flying saucer with a rape-crazed robot and only the cast of airplane to save her maybe i can use this big fucking machine to pull them back and then go home and become duke of fucking milan or something 

Posted by: MACHINES FOR SALE at July 24, 2011 06:52 PM (3LhRG)

233 Oh okay, yeah I see it now.  But it still kinda looked like Monroe with a moustache.

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 10:50 PM (l5WkM)

She could have a goatee and I'd still do 'er.

Posted by: Robert at July 24, 2011 06:53 PM (4q6A5)

234 from WSJ live blog:

Investors will remain hesitant on buying the greenback this week, but the real problems for the currency may come instead on any downgrades of the U.S. sovereign rating, says Hiroshi Maeba, a senior FX dealer at Nomura Securities. After recent comments from ratings agency S&P concerning the need for a longer term deficit reduction plan, Maeba says "the real trouble for the dollar would be if S&P or other agencies cut their ratings on U.S. debt." He says investors in Asia have remained relatively calm despite speculation of potential turbulence, amid statements from U.S. authorities that a technical default remains out of the question.

That's so sweet. They trust them!

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 06:53 PM (piMMO)

235 yeah, I had to walk about 10 feet away and squint my beady little eyes.

Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 06:53 PM (ihSHD)

236 So I'm back!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2011 06:53 PM (FBr/C)

237 Is that you in the Call of Duty pic? Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 10:30 PM (c0A3e) Ketamine? What the hell was she doing with Special K? Isn't that used for dare rape shit?

Posted by: CDR M at July 24, 2011 06:54 PM (Ybl9g)

238 Ok, do I have to hand in my man card if I point out some of the 20s/30s bathing suits were better looking then what I see nowadays?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2011 06:54 PM (FBr/C)

239 Ketamine? What the hell was she doing with Special K? Isn't that used for dare rape shit?

It reads to me like a suicide cocktail.

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 06:55 PM (piMMO)

240

But only if you live in the bestest, greatest, most wondeful place on the face of the entire planet, New York City!

You know, I have met some dumb blondes in my life, but you take the taco, pal! Only a *cat lady* would choose New York! Tasty pick, bonehead! If you had a brain in that huge melon on top of your neck, you would be living the sweet life out in Southern California's beautiful San Fernando Valley!

Posted by: Peter Venkman at July 24, 2011 06:55 PM (c0A3e)

241 Damn android browser. Can't even copy right now.

Posted by: CDR M at July 24, 2011 06:55 PM (Ybl9g)

242 Is curious the girlfriend of palin steele?

Only my tire pump knows!

Posted by: Palin Steele at July 24, 2011 06:55 PM (FBr/C)

243 thanks runningrn... didn't mean to put you on the spot.  Guess it's one of those questions I will ask God about someday (hopefully!)

Posted by: jewells45 at July 24, 2011 06:55 PM (Z71Vg)

244

Is curious the girlfriend of palin steele?

 

Holy Crap!  Curious is a latex blow up doll!


Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 06:55 PM (ihSHD)

245 Hi 18-1, how ya doin'?

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 06:55 PM (l5WkM)

246

Posted by: MACHINES FOR SALE at July 24, 2011 10:52 PM (3LhRG)

You had me at "rape crazed robot."

Posted by: Robert at July 24, 2011 06:55 PM (4q6A5)

247 Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 10:44 PM (ihSHD)

Sweet!  Uh, you can keep the flounder.  We send it all to China and Korea.

Posted by: Papa Editor at July 24, 2011 06:56 PM (FZZ94)

248 The Target thing was years ago. It stopped. But now I know what to do if it happens again!

Posted by: USS Diversity at July 24, 2011 06:56 PM (Jyt+i)

249 Do you have a black friend?

I have a ton of black friends! Like um, the uh, guy who drives the bus I don't take.

Posted by: Keef Olbermann at July 24, 2011 06:56 PM (FBr/C)

250 Wow, I want me an Einstein handbag, a Marilyn Monroe Higgs boson coffeemaker, and all that other neat stuff!!

Posted by: kbdabear at July 24, 2011 06:56 PM (so1xa)

251 That's so sweet. They trust them!

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 10:53 PM (piMMO)

 

I have Bloomberg TV on and they are saying it's Armgeddon but the numbers don't back their hysteria. They are also saying that we needed Armageddon to shock the mean republicans into agreeing with Obamby

Posted by: robtr 80'sbaby Liberation Front at July 24, 2011 06:57 PM (MtwBb)

252 Hola M&Ms !

Had the perfect 1940's day - Captain America (in 3d) followed by crawling around in a B-29 (and then watching it fly).

Posted by: Steck at July 24, 2011 06:57 PM (RL7U1)

253 Ketamine? What the hell was she doing with Special K? Isn't that used for dare rape shit?

Yes - Ketamine is a heavy-duty tranquilizer, used for horses among other animals. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 06:57 PM (c0A3e)

254

You had me at "rape crazed robot."

Posted by: Robert at July 24, 2011 10:55 PM

You bastard! You owe me a coffee!

Posted by: kbdabear at July 24, 2011 06:57 PM (so1xa)

255 Hi 18-1, how ya doin'?

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 10:55 PM (l5WkM)

Pretty much moved in. Can't believe I went so long without the internet at home!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2011 06:57 PM (FBr/C)

256

I'm near-sighted in one eye and far-sighted in the other eye - REALLY!

I see Einstein clearly and can make him out. Overlapped on Einstein, I can see Marilyn's shape, plenty of white, her hair but her face details are not visible through Einstein.

I haven't tried any of the new 3D movies yet. Those 3D posters never worked for me and I hat the glasses.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at July 24, 2011 06:58 PM (GKQDR)

257 Pretty much moved in. Can't believe I went so long without the internet at home!

how is the new pad?

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 06:59 PM (l5WkM)

258 Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 10:49 PM (oHSOo)

Just geeking out after realizing I have a new hash.  I will really miss the one that gave the sunglasses face . . .  But, this one's kind a cool, too.  I think I like it!

Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 06:59 PM (oHSOo)

259 I have Bloomberg TV on and they are saying it's Armgeddon but the numbers don't back their hysteria. They are also saying that we needed Armageddon to shock the mean republicans into agreeing with Obamby

WTF?  Why are so many people insistent on carrying water for that idiot man-child of a "leader"?

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 07:00 PM (l5WkM)

260 Yes - Ketamine is a heavy-duty tranquilizer, used for horses among other animals. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 10:57 PM (c0A3e)

Hey, how did you know what I have in my medicine cabinet?!?

Posted by: Sarah Jessica Parker at July 24, 2011 07:00 PM (FBr/C)

261 how is the new pad?

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 10:59 PM (l5WkM)

Smaller, but big enough. Better in some ways, including commute.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2011 07:01 PM (FBr/C)

262 Villain?  Severus Snape is the Biggest Damn Hero 1(a) of all of HP.  Neville is Biggest Damn Hero 1. 

Posted by: alexthechick at July 24, 2011 07:01 PM (sf+iw)

263 18-1, you moved, too?  I feel your pain.  Why is it all you guys go so long without internet?  TWC had me up and running before my movers finished moving my shit in.  I was without it for maybe 3 hours.

Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 07:01 PM (oHSOo)

264

Hey, how did you know what I have in my medicine cabinet?!?

Posted by: Sarah Jessica Parker at July 24, 2011 11:00 PM (FBr/C)


You, too?

Posted by: John Kerry at July 24, 2011 07:02 PM (sOXQX)

265 I'm near-sighted in one eye and far-sighted in the other eye - REALLY!

I'm blind in one eye and can't see out of the other

Posted by: Stevie Wonder at July 24, 2011 07:02 PM (so1xa)

266 Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2011 11:01 PM (FBr/C)

well that's good.  it's enough to let you find your way again, eh?

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 07:02 PM (l5WkM)

267 WTF?  Why are so many people insistent on carrying water for that idiot man-child of a "leader"?

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 11:00 PM (l5WkM) 

I'd be happy to give him a blowjob just to thank him for keeping abortion legal

Posted by: The State Media at July 24, 2011 07:02 PM (FBr/C)

268

I haven't tried any of the new 3D movies yet. Those 3D posters never worked for me and I hat the glasses.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at July 24, 2011 10:58 PM (GKQDR)


SI - the new 3D is nothing like the posters nor the old 3D (both were pretty headache inducing) but if you get seasick or migraines easily maybe you should stay away...

Posted by: Steck at July 24, 2011 07:02 PM (RL7U1)

269 well that's good.  it's enough to let you find your way again, eh?

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 11:02 PM (l5WkM)

Yeah, I just wish I was making progress on the job front too - but the economy is not what is was in the Bush years...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2011 07:03 PM (FBr/C)

270 Severus Snape is the Biggest Damn Hero 1(a) of all of HP.  Neville is Biggest Damn Hero 1. 

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Dumbledore's decrepit hand at July 24, 2011 07:03 PM (sOXQX)

271 PGiS's Internet died so she would like me to tell y'all good night.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 24, 2011 07:03 PM (YxBuk)

272 18-1, you moved, too?  I feel your pain.  Why is it all you guys go so long without internet?  TWC had me up and running before my movers finished moving my shit in.  I was without it for maybe 3 hours.

Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 11:01 PM (oHSOo)

The provider I went with is about 30% cheaper for faster internet (about 2x AFAICT). So they are really booked out on installations.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2011 07:04 PM (FBr/C)

273

Of course Bloomberg (and CNBC) are saying its Armgeddon. People don't flock to their networks when the market is up a couple of points on slow trading.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at July 24, 2011 10:59 PM (OWjjx)

I know but Bloomberg has Susan Li on in the evenings. hot hot hot

Posted by: robtr 80'sbaby Liberation Front at July 24, 2011 07:04 PM (MtwBb)

274 270 18-1, you moved, too?  I feel your pain.  Why is it all you guys go so long without internet?  TWC had me up and running before my movers finished moving my shit in.  I was without it for maybe 3 hours.

That's because you live in a big city.
When I lived in the small town in Oregon, at one of my apartments, I kid you not it took them about 3 weeks to turn on my internet.  And that was the fastest one in town.

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 07:04 PM (l5WkM)

275 272 - I guess the grass isn't always greener then. Thanks Stevie Wonder.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at July 24, 2011 07:05 PM (GKQDR)

276

Posted by: John Kerry at July 24, 2011 11:02 PM (sOXQX)

Stop hogging all the ketamine, you two!   

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 07:06 PM (c0A3e)

277 Thanks Steck. Good to know.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at July 24, 2011 07:07 PM (GKQDR)

278

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2011 11:03 PM (FBr/C)

oh man I'm sorry - what type of work are you looking for?

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 07:07 PM (l5WkM)

279 I've always planned ahead on my moves and had cable and internet set to install the day I arrive with the movers.

Posted by: CDR M at July 24, 2011 07:07 PM (Ybl9g)

280 I was wondering who this "Snape" character was.  So I binged him.  Yeah, I didn't read or watch any of the Harry Potter stuff, so sue me! 

Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 07:08 PM (ihSHD)

281 Q for anyone who saw Captain America --

Did you go "uh oh" when the State Department guy introduces himself?

Posted by: Steck at July 24, 2011 07:08 PM (RL7U1)

282 I'm blind in one eye and can't see out of the other

Posted by: Stevie Wonder at July 24, 2011 11:02 PM (so1xa)

Waya ha you been?  I'f been loo-ing all ova faw you.

 

Posted by: Marlee Matlin at July 24, 2011 07:10 PM (Ew27I)

283 I had to go a couple of days without the internet.  I didn't know about the Norway thing until Saturday morning around 10:00 a.m.  My relay team was in a restaurant eating breakfast and a lady was reading her paper.  All we could see was the headline "70 shot dead in Norway by lone gunman."  The other 5 people are all Democrats, and even they assumed it was an Islamic terror thing.

Posted by: runningrn at July 24, 2011 07:11 PM (ihSHD)

284 289 I was wondering who this "Snape" character was.  So I binged him.  Yeah, I didn't read or watch any of the Harry Potter stuff, so sue me!

Here's Snape's best scene evah!

*spoilers!*

SNAPE DIES HARD

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 07:11 PM (c0A3e)

285

oh man I'm sorry - what type of work are you looking for?

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 11:07 PM (l5WkM)

SQA generally. I'm not unemployed now, so it could be far worse, but I'd rather find a position at a company that isn't in the "knife in the back" makes the world go 'round stage.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2011 07:11 PM (FBr/C)

286 278 PGiS's Internet died so she would like me to tell y'all good night.

Good night PGiS when you finally read this!

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 07:12 PM (l5WkM)

287 I was wondering who this "Snape" character was.  So I binged him.  Yeah, I didn't read or watch any of the Harry Potter stuff, so sue me!

So, there are two of us.

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 07:12 PM (piMMO)

288

Just because he was a State Dept. guy or did I miss my Marvel Comics reference and not catch the name and the association of it.

Posted by: buzzion of the committee to unban 80'sbaby and reban logprof(just because) at July 24, 2011 11:10 PM (oVQFe)


Just because he was a State Dept guy - the State Dept got completely overrun (real life) by commies in the '30s, and hasn't ever been straightened out.  WTF is a State Dept guy doing there?

Posted by: Steck at July 24, 2011 07:13 PM (RL7U1)

289 SQA generally. I'm not unemployed now, so it could be far worse, but I'd rather find a position at a company that isn't in the "knife in the back" makes the world go 'round stage.

SQA?

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 07:13 PM (piMMO)

290 So, there are two of us. Three, and counting....

Posted by: AltonJackson consistently abuses punch lines at July 24, 2011 07:15 PM (JMmQ9)

291 SQA?

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 11:13 PM (piMMO)

Software Qual Assurance.

I'm one of the people that gets ignored before you buy buggy software.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2011 07:15 PM (FBr/C)

292 That's because you live in a big city.
When I lived in the small town in Oregon, at one of my apartments, I kid you not it took them about 3 weeks to turn on my internet.  And that was the fastest one in town.

Holy crap, I had no idea!!  Can't believe there's a single way El Lay is better than some sane small town with trees and no traffic.  Wow.

Okay, boy kitteh just finally ate some food after 36 hours with no food or water (so relieved), so I'm going to bed.  'Night, all!

Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 07:16 PM (oHSOo)

293 SNAPE DIES HARD

I know I've mentioned this before, but whenever I read anything about the FBI, I hear it being pronounced The F. . . B. . . I. . . ala Hans Gruber. 

Posted by: alexthechick at July 24, 2011 07:17 PM (sf+iw)

294 I'd make 4 on that list.

Posted by: CDR M at July 24, 2011 07:17 PM (Ybl9g)

295 Night Peaches.

Posted by: CDR M at July 24, 2011 07:18 PM (Ybl9g)

296 Heh runningRN. I have seen the first 2-3 HP movies when they've aired them on TV to promote a new moive coming out and they were watchable but I was not so enchanted I had to buy the books or go see the movies in a theatre.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 24, 2011 07:19 PM (ITaIZ)

297 Yay, sane fonts.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 24, 2011 07:19 PM (OAig5)

298 I'd make 4 on that list.

I've always avoided the HP conversations because I had nothing to contribute and, frankly, didn't care to learn about it either.

I don't feel so out of place now.

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 07:19 PM (piMMO)

299

using the letter Q in scrabble is so hard when you don't have a U or there isn't a usable one on the board

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 07:19 PM (DKV43)

300 don't care what people say, this is funny


WhatÂ’s with the black suit, white shirt, black tie outfit you always wear? Do you have anything else in your closet?
I’ve got four black suits that I circulate, and they are my cemetery clothes — my uniform that keeps me ready for battle.

Your cemetery clothes?
ItÂ’s ready to die, brother. If I drop dead, I am coffin-ready. I got my tie, my white shirt, everything. Just fix my Afro nice in the coffin.


Posted by: The Dude at July 24, 2011 07:21 PM (Ig1Wo)

301 concerning FF CDR, I looked at the pick'em league and we can't open leagues for a little while as pickem hasn't launched yet. I'm guessing begins in august

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 07:22 PM (DKV43)

302

using the letter Q in scrabble is so hard when you don't have a U or there isn't a usable one on the board

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 11:19 PM (DKV43)

 

Al-Qaeda

Posted by: robtr 80'sbaby Liberation Front at July 24, 2011 07:22 PM (MtwBb)

303 Okay, boy kitteh just finally ate some food after 36 hours with no food or water (so relieved), so I'm going to bed. 'Night, all! Posted by: Peaches at July 24, 2011 11:16 PM (oHSOo) YAY! I get scared when Kittehs don't eat. Been there, kitten barely survived (phew). Ever been so engrossed in something you don't notice you're hungry, then you stoop and you're suddenly STARVING?!?! That's me right now. Gotta eat.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 24, 2011 07:22 PM (bxiXv)

304 I'm longsighted. I first saw this and thought "huh, Einstein wiv halo". I didn't know there was a Marilyn in this photo until it was pointed out to me.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 24, 2011 07:22 PM (OAig5)

305

QAT - best way to dump the Q when no U is available.

I thought that was spelled Khat?

 

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 07:22 PM (DKV43)

306

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 11:11 PM (c0A3e)

 

Nooooo!  Not Colonel Brandon!  

Posted by: runningrn lover of all things Jane Austen at July 24, 2011 07:22 PM (ihSHD)

307 Mallamutt, do you still need the group id and password?

Posted by: CDR M at July 24, 2011 07:22 PM (Ybl9g)

308 Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 11:19 PM (DKV43)

just remember, the word qat is in the Scrabble dictionary
(it's some Arabic word)

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 07:23 PM (l5WkM)

309 Copy that Ben. Let me know when to set 'em up.

Posted by: CDR M at July 24, 2011 07:23 PM (Ybl9g)

310 heh mallamutt beat me to it
you play scrabble?

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 07:24 PM (l5WkM)

311 Qatar

Posted by: Papa Editor at July 24, 2011 07:24 PM (FZZ94)

312 I know I've mentioned this before, but whenever I read anything about the FBI, I hear it being pronounced The F. . . B. . . I. . . ala Hans Gruber.

Alan Rickman lost me as a fan, even though I loved his performance in Galaxy Quest, when he went full-retard over Rachel Corrie with his "My Name is Rachel Corrie" play.

Ironic because he makes mention of Yassir Arafat's taste for expensive suits in Die Hard when
he mentions how Yasser Arafat has 2 shirts from Brooks Brothers himself.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 07:24 PM (c0A3e)

313

Heh runningRN. I have seen the first 2-3 HP movies when they've aired them on TV to promote a new moive coming out and they were watchable but I was not so enchanted I had to buy the books or go see the movies in a theatre.

 

I am not the least bit interested in any HP stuff.  I hardly read any fiction any more, for one thing, but I just don't really care for that genre (except for LOTR and the Narnia Chronicles).

Posted by: runningrn lover of all things Jane Austen at July 24, 2011 07:25 PM (ihSHD)

314

you play scrabble?

 

I heart Scrabble!  I'm out for blood when I play.  Mr. rn won't play with me.  I don't have a smart phone so I can't do the words with friends thing.  I'm waiting for the Windows Mango phone, but I'm getting antsy!

 


Posted by: runningrn lover of all things Jane Austen at July 24, 2011 07:27 PM (ihSHD)

315 using the letter Q in scrabble is so hard when you don't have a U or there isn't a usable one on the board

try QI

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 07:29 PM (piMMO)

316 I heart Scrabble!  I'm out for blood when I play.  Mr. rn won't play with me.  I don't have a smart phone so I can't do the words with friends thing.  I'm waiting for the Windows Mango phone, but I'm getting antsy!

Pogo. $25 a year for the no ads version. Great site.

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 07:30 PM (piMMO)

317 runningrn heh then we should play at some point
when are you coming to St. Joseph?

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 07:30 PM (l5WkM)

318

Mr. rn is back from his run. 

I'm giving him a hard time.  He bought some stuff for my friend's kids when he was in Alaska. The fishing lodge he stayed at fed them really well, so he bought their cookbook so I can make him the stuff that he ate.  When I said "Geez, you bought those kids stuff and you didn't buy me anything."  He actually said with a straight face:

"I bought you a cookbook!" 

Posted by: runningrn lover of all things Jane Austen at July 24, 2011 07:32 PM (ihSHD)

319

runningrn heh then we should play at some point
when are you coming to St. Joseph?

 

That is a real hot spot, so you just never know!


Posted by: runningrn lover of all things Jane Austen at July 24, 2011 07:33 PM (ihSHD)

320

hah

I was able to use my Q.

There was a playable U on the board.

So I used Qua

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 07:34 PM (DKV43)

321 333 runningrn heh then we should play at some point
when are you coming to St. Joseph?

You guys can play Literati on Yahoo! Games.  It's basically like Scrabble.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 07:34 PM (c0A3e)

322

heart Scrabble!  I'm out for blood when I play.  Mr. rn won't play with me.  I don't have a smart phone so I can't do the words with friends thing.  I'm waiting for the Windows Mango phone, but I'm getting antsy!

i am playing word with friends with my sister.

it's a close game, she's up 14 and no letter remain

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 07:36 PM (DKV43)

323 Speaking loosely about Arafat:

haaretzonline looking into calling off Oslo Accords in response to bid

Bibi should follow through - the Oslo Accord have done nothing but weaken Israel. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 07:37 PM (c0A3e)

324 Jewels @ 203 - Sounds like auto-erotic asphyxiation gone bad.

Posted by: David Carradine at July 24, 2011 07:38 PM (UIbD4)

325 dang, we had 20 shootings in Seattle over the weekend. I blame the sun.

Posted by: robtr 80'sbaby Liberation Front at July 24, 2011 07:39 PM (MtwBb)

326

it's a close game, she's up 14 and no letter remain

 

So now you have to use up your tiles.  Hopefully, you aren't stuck with a "z" or an "x" that you can't use.

Posted by: runningrn lover of all things Jane Austen at July 24, 2011 07:39 PM (ihSHD)

327 And don't forget about MMO Scrabble.

Posted by: Mætenloch at July 24, 2011 07:40 PM (5fmrw)

328

dang, we had 20 shootings in Seattle over the weekend. I blame the sun.

 

Suns don't kill people!  People kill people!

Posted by: runningrn lover of all things Jane Austen at July 24, 2011 07:40 PM (ihSHD)

329 341 dang, we had 20 shootings in Seattle over the weekend. I blame the sun.

All that extra vitamin D induced a shooting spree?  Ban the sun!  As a pale ginger BIRM, my thinking is completely in line with this sentiment. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 07:42 PM (c0A3e)

330 tytxzrstrtzrztttf NCccccccc

Posted by: Baby Editor at July 24, 2011 07:42 PM (FZZ94)

331 using the letter Q in scrabble is so hard when you don't have a U or there isn't a usable one on the board Look for 'QI'. That works on Words With Friends.

Posted by: t-bird at July 24, 2011 07:43 PM (FcR7P)

332

Oh good, Mr. rn is going to take some fish over to the neighbors!  I will get some freezer real estate back!

 

 

Posted by: runningrn lover of all things Jane Austen at July 24, 2011 07:43 PM (ihSHD)

333

So now you have to use up your tiles.  Hopefully, you aren't stuck with a "z" or an "x" that you can't use.

She just won. Shit.

I just downloaded the ap(free), so this was our first confrontation, although I should point out I got a lot of points from the word "cooter" thanks to a tripple word score.

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 07:45 PM (DKV43)

334 346 tytxzrstrtzrztttf NCccccccc

Posted by: Baby Editor at July 24, 2011 11:42 PM (FZZ94)

Sweeeeet!

And just what is the beautiful Baby Editor doing up at this hour?

On second thought, don't answer that. 

Posted by: Dell at July 24, 2011 07:45 PM (3S10h)

335

 Can you use proper names in Scrabble?

no, i tried Canaan and it wouldn't let me

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 07:45 PM (DKV43)

336

That vision test up there?

Marilyn Monroe or Albert Einstein?

I see dead people.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at July 24, 2011 07:46 PM (sJTmU)

337 Ha! Ha!  Mr. rn is not wanting to part with any of his halibut.  He said it was the hardest one to catch (he caught 3 in one day out of the 4 that the boat was allowed to catch).  Apparently, his poor little almost 80 year old dad was sick the whole time (but didn't chum). 

Posted by: runningrn lover of all things Jane Austen at July 24, 2011 07:47 PM (ihSHD)

338 Evening all!

Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 24, 2011 07:47 PM (HjxoE)

339

I see dead people.

 

Ha! Ha!  That's good!

Posted by: runningrn lover of all things Jane Austen at July 24, 2011 07:47 PM (ihSHD)

340

Some attending the show said the presence of "gangster rappers" from Southern California may have aggravated the situation.

No...really? a bunch of gangsters at a low rider car show might cause shootings? Well I b damned

Posted by: robtr 80'sbaby Liberation Front at July 24, 2011 07:48 PM (MtwBb)

341

Suns don't kill people!  People kill people!

Posted by: runningrn lover of all things Jane Austen at July 24, 2011 11:40 PM (ihSHD)

Remember that whole Little Ice Age/Black Death thing? Yeah, I was a bit peeved.

Posted by: The Sun at July 24, 2011 07:49 PM (FBr/C)

342

I used to do a lot of reloading back in the day.  I like the Lee turret press: it has removable turrets that can be set for different cartridges.  The picture at the top of the thread is the Lee "classic" press; the turret press is slightly more expensive. 

Lee sells their reloading equipment substantially less than other manufactures but quality is decent.  They streamline their manufacturing process in order to reduce cost.  For example where a competitor would use one large casting, my turret press has threaded steel rods connecting the top and bottom.

I use an old RCBS priming tool to set the primers -- it offers a better mechanical advantage than a lot of the priming tools made now-a-days but it's not made any longer.  It seems everyone wants a priming tool with a hopper but I'm old school, I guess.

The advantage with reloading is that it allows you to make relatively inexpensive ammo for plinking or customize a load for your particular firearm for best accuracy. 

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at July 24, 2011 07:49 PM (S2+uh)

343

I just downloaded the ap(free), so this was our first confrontation, although I should point out I got a lot of points from the word "cooter" thanks to a tripple word score.

 

Heh!  You are a true moron!

Is she older than you?  If she's older than you, than she probably cheated (my older sister use to cheat all the time!)  Scrabble, Monopoly, you name it.  I come from a terribly competitive family full of poor sports.  I blame my dad who always tried to anhilate us any time he played us in any game.  It started with Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders progressed to Risk and chess. 

Posted by: runningrn lover of all things Jane Austen at July 24, 2011 07:50 PM (ihSHD)

344 It started with Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders progressed to Risk and chess. 

Posted by: runningrn lover of all things Jane Austen at July 24, 2011 11:50 PM (ihSHD)

Your family should have spent more time with me.

Posted by: The Game of Sorry at July 24, 2011 07:51 PM (FZZ94)

345 Thanks Baracky...now the Chi Coms are going to have Golden-Eye level space-tech before we do and probably a fully-operational lunar base to boot. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 07:52 PM (c0A3e)

346

Your family should have spent more time with me.

 

Oh we played that along the way.  My dad would do this long, sarcastic "Sooooorry!" when he was about to take someone out. 


Posted by: runningrn lover of all things Jane Austen at July 24, 2011 07:52 PM (ihSHD)

347 Thanks Baracky...now the Chi Coms are going to have Golden-Eye level space-tech before we do and probably a fully-operational lunar base to boot. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 11:52 PM (c0A3e)

Maybe, but they won't be going there in their high speed trains that Obama is so proud of. It seems that not only are they deadly but also have a bunch of construction defects.

Posted by: robtr 80'sbaby Liberation Front at July 24, 2011 07:53 PM (MtwBb)

348 Thanks Baracky...now the Chi Coms are going to have Golden-Eye level space-tech before we do and probably a fully-operational lunar base to boot. Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 11:52 PM (c0A3e) We're going to install a camera in that kid's Mylar balloon. Nothin' will get past us...

Posted by: King Barry, Jack of Shit at July 24, 2011 07:54 PM (FcR7P)

349

I think board games are enjoyable, but very few people in my family liked board games when i was a kid.

I should also point out that I got even more points later in the game by pluralizing "cooter" to "cooters"

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 07:54 PM (DKV43)

350 well I think I had better logout
I don't think my phone can handle the tethering anymore
I have it plugged in and yet the % charged keeps going _down_
it's now at 6%

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 07:54 PM (l5WkM)

351 Andycanuck - if he is still inadvertently banned - told me to tell you guys that Einstein has a nice set of cans.

And speaking of cans, it wouldn't be a day ending with "y" without a Christina Hendricks update.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 24, 2011 07:55 PM (7M0ww)

352 runningrn, did I mention that I have a Monopoly set that I won in a tournament?
you really should come over for some competitive board game action

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 07:55 PM (l5WkM)

353

I think board games are enjoyable, but very few people in my family liked board games when i was a kid.

I should also point out that I got even more points later in the game by pluralizing "cooter" to "cooters"

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 11:54 PM (DKV43)

Heh that's all we had when I was a kid unless something good was on the fireplace.

Posted by: robtr 80'sbaby Liberation Front at July 24, 2011 07:55 PM (MtwBb)

354

using the letter Q in scrabble is so hard when you don't have a U or there isn't a usable one on the board

Au contraire:

qabala

qabalah

qadi

qanat

qat

qi

qindar

qintar

qiviut (yeah, I know there's a "u" in it.

qoph

Oh, hai, everybody.

Posted by: RushBabe's Official Scrabble Dictionary at July 24, 2011 07:56 PM (Ew27I)

355 365 Thanks Baracky...now the Chi Coms are going to have Golden-Eye level space-tech before we do and probably a fully-operational lunar base to boot. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 11:52 PM (c0A3e)

Yeah, that may be true, but with our crack NASA experts on the job, we'll have the very best information on the sex lives of camels!  Just think how far ahead we'll be on that front!!

Posted by: Dell at July 24, 2011 07:56 PM (3S10h)

356 Rushbabe. Qi isn't a word. I tried it and it denied me.

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 07:57 PM (DKV43)

357 and probably a fully-operational lunar base to boot.

Not at their current glacial rate of running their manned space program.

Posted by: Waterhouse at July 24, 2011 08:00 PM (+umsD)

358

runningrn, did I mention that I have a Monopoly set that I won in a tournament?
you really should come over for some competitive board game action

 

So our fantasy Moronpalooza will have board games going all night! 


Posted by: runningrn lover of all things Jane Austen at July 24, 2011 08:00 PM (ihSHD)

359

Maybe, but they won't be going there in their high speed trains that Obama is so proud of. It seems that not only are they deadly but also have a bunch of construction defects.

I assure you that the PLA is putting more money and better people on their weapons projects than their public-works projects. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 08:01 PM (c0A3e)

360

So our fantasy Moronpalooza will have board games going all night! 

Twister, maybe? 

Posted by: Typical Perverted Moron at July 24, 2011 08:02 PM (c0A3e)

361

Rushbabe. Qi isn't a word. I tried it and it denied me.

 

Hang in there, Ben!  When our Chinese overlords take the keys to the car, you will not be denied.  It will be a perfectly acceptable Scrabble word then. 

Posted by: runningrn lover of all things Jane Austen at July 24, 2011 08:02 PM (ihSHD)

362 So now you have to use up your tiles.  Hopefully, you aren't stuck with a "z" or an "x" that you can't use.

XI or ZA

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 08:02 PM (piMMO)

363 The Justice League is very concerned that its newest add, Captain Tigerbunny aka Rep. David Wu, might be going down in a grisly sex scandal. Lovers of justice, stay tuned!

Posted by: Cowboy at July 24, 2011 08:03 PM (So+7G)

364

Morning everyone!  I love old board games.  My father and stepmother used to make game night a part of the weekend when I was growing up.  Now if I could just find someone who likes to play Go...

Posted by: Alex at July 24, 2011 08:03 PM (J2ejK)

365 So our fantasy Moronpalooza will have board games going all night!

oh that reminds me of one night when I decided to engage in a game of "drunken Scrabble"
think of it as, Scrabble without any rules, and without keeping score

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 08:03 PM (l5WkM)

366 hey.

Posted by: sifty at July 24, 2011 08:04 PM (ECjvn)

367 Rushbabe. Qi isn't a word. I tried it and it denied me.

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 11:57 PM (DKV43)

I just typed all the "Q" with no "u" entries from teh Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (Onyx Edition)  !!!!!Eleventy!!!! 

Qi n pl. -s the vital force that in Chinese thought is inherent in all things

The online version probably uses a different dictionary.  I never ordered the handheld Scrabble electronic dictionary because customer reviews said it was always a couple versions behind the official print dictionary, and Mr. RB and I play for important stuff that is better left unmentioned.

Posted by: RushBabe's Official Scrabble Dictionary at July 24, 2011 08:04 PM (Ew27I)

368

The Justice League is very concerned that its newest add, Captain Tigerbunny aka Rep. David Wu, might be going down in a grisly sex scandal. Lovers of justice, stay tuned!

why is it that only democrats in safe districts get embroiled in a scandal and it's always republicans in swing districts?

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 08:04 PM (DKV43)

369 Rushbabe. Qi isn't a word. I tried it and it denied me.

QI (chee) was added several years ago. As was ZA. What version are you playing?

Posted by: Clueless at July 24, 2011 08:05 PM (piMMO)

370 No scratch that.  There are rules to drunken Scrabble.

Rules for Drunken Scrabble:
Play any word you want, real or imaginary.
If (when) you are challenged on it, you have to make up a definition for the word.  The funnier and more bullshit-tier, the better.
If your definition is sufficiently amusing, then you keep the word.
Otherwise, you drink.

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 08:05 PM (l5WkM)

371 And speaking of cans, it wouldn't be a day ending with "y" without a Christina Hendricks update.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp

You sir, are a great American!

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at July 24, 2011 08:05 PM (sJTmU)

372

Rushbabe, that word is spelled chi, at least i believe it is the accepted spelling in the English language.

I know it's Qi in pinyin

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 08:06 PM (DKV43)

373 Risk! If you're kewl, you use the classic rule set. Yes, I'm looking you, that means ONE reinforcement move. And don't you dare keep looking at my Irkutsk!

Posted by: Cowboy at July 24, 2011 08:07 PM (So+7G)

374

I meant keys to the kingdom, not car!  D'oh!  I was having a car in the ditch moment!  Now I need a Slurpee.

 

OK, gotta go.  Mr. rn is back from his fish run.  It's tv time now.

'Night all!

Posted by: runningrn lover of all things Jane Austen at July 24, 2011 08:08 PM (ihSHD)

375 Holy crap. Got number 3 on comments.
I gotta shut up. That's gotta be annoying.

This goofball has the beginnings of a migraine started behind my left eye so I am going to call it a night.
Just dropped by the ONT to let you know that Captain America was even better the second time with the 3D and the THX and the havin-flavin.



Everyone have a good time.

Posted by: sifty at July 24, 2011 08:08 PM (ECjvn)

376 oh man, can you imagine a Moron version of Chutes & Ladders?

"if I let you climb my ladder, will you then let me ride down your chute?"

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 08:08 PM (l5WkM)

377

Rushbabe, that word is spelled chi, at least i believe it is the accepted spelling in the English language.

I know it's Qi in pinyin

*sigh*

See #390, local Moron reinforcement.

Posted by: RushBabe's Official Scrabble Dictionary at July 24, 2011 08:09 PM (Ew27I)

378 Good night runningrn!!!

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 08:09 PM (l5WkM)

379

ultimate scrabble word.

 

Qwigybo, n, a big, dumb, balding north american ape with no chin...and a short temper

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 08:09 PM (DKV43)

380 394 Risk! If you're kewl, you use the classic rule set. Yes, I'm looking you, that means ONE reinforcement move. And don't you dare keep looking at my Irkutsk!

Ukraine is game to you?!?!

Posted by: Typical Perverted Moron at July 24, 2011 08:10 PM (c0A3e)

381 This goofball has the beginnings of a migraine started behind my left eye so I am going to call it a night.

Sorry to hear that, sifty.  Take care. 

Any chance the 3D triggered it?

Posted by: Y-not at July 24, 2011 08:10 PM (5H6zj)

382

QI (chee) was added several years ago. As was ZA. What version are you playing?

the ap for apple, it's called words with friends of something like that. I would assume it's as updated as it gets.

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 08:10 PM (DKV43)

383 Just dropped by the ONT to let you know that Captain America was even better the second time with the 3D and the THX and the havin-flavin.

Hmmm...something to consider.

Hope your migraine gets better soon.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 24, 2011 08:11 PM (c0A3e)

384

This goofball has the beginnings of a migraine started behind my left eye so I am going to call it a night.

well then you clearly aren't presidential material.

 

on that note, i'm hitting the sack too

Posted by: Ben at July 24, 2011 08:12 PM (DKV43)

385

Looks tasty but seems like a lot of work for the payoff.

I don't care how much work it is for her. 

Posted by: Truman North at July 24, 2011 08:12 PM (K2wpv)

386 Sorry to hear that, sifty.  Take care. 

Any chance the 3D triggered it?



It was that no good son of a bitch Thomas the Tank Engine and his smarmy, cloying, out of key singing  muthafuckin friends.

That bastard.

Posted by: sifty at July 24, 2011 08:12 PM (ECjvn)

387

why is it that only democrats in safe districts get embroiled in a scandal and it's always republicans in swing districts?

Posted by: Ben

It is a statistical inevitability that a certain percentage of Democrats will go off the tracks and be found out to be "nuts". We should mass all of them bunny suits or something. 

And Republicans in "swing" districts? Well, they are likely to be RINO's and ready to go nuts from the cognitive dissonance inherent in being a RINO.

That's my theory and I'm sticking to it.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at July 24, 2011 08:12 PM (sJTmU)

388 well then you clearly aren't presidential material.

All the drugs, booze, and whores took care of that back in the 90's.

The migraines are just gravy.

Posted by: sifty at July 24, 2011 08:13 PM (ECjvn)

389 with my glasses i see einstein....without my glasses i see marilyn monroe with a mustache......

Posted by: phoenixgirl at July 24, 2011 08:15 PM (eOXTH)

390 sorry to hear about your migraines sifty


well i'm going to bed before the phone reaches 0%
good night all

Posted by: chemjeff at July 24, 2011 08:15 PM (l5WkM)

391

Qwigybo, n, a big, dumb, balding north american ape with no chin...and a short temper

Posted by: Ben

 

BART!

Posted by: Homer Simpson at July 24, 2011 08:16 PM (sJTmU)

392

 The price of a seat at the negotiating table is a plan, and Obama doesnÂ’t have one. 

heh.

from Barack the Mad, via Human Events.

Excellent snark.

Posted by: RushBabe at July 24, 2011 08:21 PM (Ew27I)

393 The advantage with reloading is that it allows you to make relatively inexpensive ammo for plinking or customize a load for your particular firearm for best accuracy. Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at July 24, 2011 11:49 PM (S2+uh) The one thing I don't get about reloading is the number of people that still use mechanical scales. I can triple-check every other operation no problem, but I don't have the patience for that. Reloading doesn't save much money these days, but some. Part of it is the hobby aspect, part of it is customization. Arguably you save a little but you end up shooting more. Lee, particularly the more complicated set-ups, requires tweaking, but their dies are as good as anyone's and cheaper.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 24, 2011 08:24 PM (bxiXv)

394 Try IraQ

Just doing our part to help the humans

Posted by: The Q Continuum at July 24, 2011 08:34 PM (so1xa)

395

Okay.  I'm calling it.  Time of death 12:24 a.m.  The 7/24/11 ONT fought the good fight.

Goodnight, Merovign.

Posted by: RushBabe at July 24, 2011 08:35 PM (Ew27I)

396

*sigh*, I guess I'll watch another episode or two of Supernatural before I go to the gym and then bed.  Good night, everyone.

Posted by: Alex at July 24, 2011 08:37 PM (J2ejK)

397 That vision test is funny. Contacts in, Einstein. Contacts out, where's my computer monitor? Damn, I'm blind.

Posted by: not the droid you seek at July 24, 2011 08:43 PM (xc/va)

398

whoot! reloading

PITA but your ammo cost goes way down

also you can make loads that are not commercially available

also can wring out the best accuracy for your weapon

Posted by: jake in ID at July 24, 2011 08:50 PM (7EolK)

399 Hi, I'm new here!  One of my bestest friends from the Big Apple recommended your site, and I must say that you have many interesting viewpoints.  I have several intelligent and diverse friends here in SF, and I learn so much from our spirited political discussions.  I look forward to sharing my insights with all of you!

Posted by: inquisitive at July 24, 2011 08:52 PM (sJfMO)

400 hooters pagaent of some sort on spike

Posted by: garrett at July 24, 2011 08:53 PM (JI4iP)

401

421

English your primary language?

Posted by: jake in ID at July 24, 2011 08:56 PM (7EolK)

402

Glasses on.Einstein.Glasses off.Marilyn.

I see dead people.

Posted by: Haley Joel Osment at July 24, 2011 09:02 PM (J74Py)

403 You bastard! You owe me a coffee!

Posted by: kbdabear at July 24, 2011 10:57 PM (so1xa)

I'll write you an IOU.

Posted by: Robert at July 24, 2011 09:11 PM (4ixH5)

404 #421 forgot the hyperlink.

Posted by: rdbrewer at July 24, 2011 09:15 PM (baxIY)

405

Dear Speaker Boehner,

You have failed. You have not led. This isn't esoteric economics.

I just heard of the new super congressional pact formation of 6 and 6 to fast track this mess.

What a miserable display of leadership.

Millions supported you and we built a coalition that established your power base and you have only squandered time and effort.

Please do your job. Lead sir, lead.

 

Posted by: journolist at July 24, 2011 09:16 PM (Fb9Q0)

406 415 Try IraQ

Just doing our part to help the humans

Posted by: The Q Continuum at July 25, 2011 12:34 AM (so1xa)




ItÂ’s time for Americans to realize that governing scrabble is hard work, and that a president The Q Continuum canÂ’t can just wave a magic wand and fix everything.

Posted by: Ellie Light at July 24, 2011 09:20 PM (BSWJE)

407 I'm reading the comments at HA and the lot of them are refusing to apologize for instantly labeling the Oslo terrorist Muslim.

At the same time, they are complaining about how the news media automatically has a script for calling every terrorist attack the work of a right-wing fundamentalist.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay funny.  That's why I never comment at HA.

Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at July 24, 2011 09:26 PM (8Zpuz)

408 And speaking of cans, it wouldn't be a day ending with "y" without a Christina Hendricks update.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 24, 2011 11:55 PM (7M0ww)

A thousand blessings be upon you, sir.  And by blessings, I clearly mean boobehs.

Posted by: Robert at July 24, 2011 09:42 PM (4ixH5)

409 I suppose after last night's epic ONT made of win, it's only natural this ONT would lose steam quickly seeing that everyone would still be recovering from last night's awesome.

Tear, man.

Posted by: Robert at July 24, 2011 09:44 PM (4ixH5)

410 The face I see in the eye-test pic is Groucho Marx's corpse made up to look like Betty Davis's corpse. I can make Einstein show up by concentrating on Einstein-looking things in the picture, but I can't make Marilyn appear no matter what I do.

If you do the Magic Eye thing where you "unfocus" right at the center of the picture, you'll see what I see, I think. But I can't do the Magic Eye thing, so I'm not sure. I mean, I can do it, but it doesn't work, because I have the eyes of a burrow owl (functionally).

Posted by: POW! oblig. was decapitated at July 24, 2011 09:44 PM (xvZW9)

411 210 Steve McQueen was the shit.  Evening all...

Evening, Jewells.

I have a cat named Steve McQueen. Runs like his tail is on fire.

-----------------

Amazing coincidence!  My cat "Steve McQueen" wheezes like he's got a bad lung disease, or something.

Posted by: Jim Sonweed at July 24, 2011 09:52 PM (a7CD9)

412 Because I missed out last night.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 24, 2011 09:56 PM (YxBuk)

413 Hm, kinda cool for a few seconds and then it gets annoying.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 24, 2011 09:57 PM (YxBuk)

414 Write some more comments so it scrolls up ...

Posted by: Adriane at July 24, 2011 09:58 PM (L9W0l)

415 Don't blink!!!

You'll miss it!!!

Posted by: Adriane at July 24, 2011 09:59 PM (L9W0l)

416 Sometimes I write in pencil,
Sometimes I write in ink,
But I never, hardly ever,
Write my name so it will blink ...

Burmashave!

Posted by: Adriane at July 24, 2011 10:01 PM (L9W0l)

417 The stars, how they twinkle,
The stars, how they shine,
The ONT is over,
At number 439 ...

Posted by: Adriane at July 24, 2011 10:03 PM (L9W0l)

418 Because I missed out last night.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 25, 2011 01:56 AM (YxBuk)

Sorry, you just can't recreate magic.

Posted by: Robert at July 24, 2011 10:10 PM (4ixH5)

419 I remember a Cheech and Chong skit where they have some driving adventure and Chong says "dude, you drive just like Steve McQueen!"

Posted by: model_1066 at July 24, 2011 10:23 PM (2j/Mv)

420 Sorry, you just can't recreate magic.

muggle ...

Posted by: Adriane at July 24, 2011 10:49 PM (L9W0l)

421 "dude, you drive just like Steve McQueen!"

Posted by: Adriane at July 24, 2011 10:55 PM (L9W0l)

422 muggle ...

Posted by: Adriane at July 25, 2011 02:49 AM (L9W0l)

Squib! :p

Posted by: Robert at July 24, 2011 10:57 PM (4ixH5)

423 Good lord my timing is as terrible as my commodore-inspired maps. Evening all who are still up.

Posted by: CAC at July 24, 2011 11:03 PM (JEVge)

424 Squib!

not true!  See ...


is this html stuff magical or what???

Posted by: Adriane at July 24, 2011 11:08 PM (L9W0l)

425 good morning, CAC ...

Posted by: Adriane at July 24, 2011 11:09 PM (L9W0l)

426 Morning Adriane. Apparently I missed an epic ONT last night?

Posted by: CAC at July 24, 2011 11:11 PM (JEVge)

427 Yeah, verily ...

Some Dark Lord cursed the ONT with the spell htmlium experimentium and havoc did ensue ...

I think various cobloggers ended up deleting comments on a grand scale just trying to get the page to load...

Posted by: Adriane at July 24, 2011 11:18 PM (L9W0l)

428 blinking and scrolling "Posted by:"s were OKish, but the comment boxes exploded, page turned red (i think), and all sorts of stuff ...

Posted by: Adriane at July 24, 2011 11:19 PM (L9W0l)

429 431 I suppose after last night's epic ONT made of win, it's only natural this ONT would lose steam quickly seeing that everyone would still be recovering from last night's awesome.

Half of us are banned now, which may also have something to do with it.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 24, 2011 11:33 PM (n+e4Y)

430 Oh, sweet.

Anyway, my HTML days are over.  Too easy too screw things up and seeing other people do it gives too many people (like myself) ideas. 

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 24, 2011 11:45 PM (n+e4Y)

431 too = to.

Apparently my proofreading days are also over.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 24, 2011 11:49 PM (n+e4Y)

432 Anyone else see that picture of Rep. David Wu (Ore-Crazy) on Drudge and think Tigerblood?

Posted by: Anonymoose at July 24, 2011 11:52 PM (ZgvjV)

433 I always miss the good stuff.

Posted by: CAC at July 24, 2011 11:54 PM (JEVge)

434 There is 1 o in to,
But 2 os in too,
And if it's homonyms you're into,
Than with two tos make dew ..

Posted by: Adriane at July 24, 2011 11:56 PM (L9W0l)

435 Anonymoose at July 25, 2011 03:52 AM (ZgvjV)

more like "how Nature says stay away" ...

Posted by: Adriane at July 24, 2011 11:58 PM (L9W0l)

436 I just heard of the new super congressional pact formation of 6 and 6 to fast track this mess.

The only source I've seen for this "Super Congress" thing is some lefty writer on HuffPo, who didn't say where he heard about it.  Every other site I've seen mention it has cited him.  I'm treating it as bullshit until someone confirms it.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 24, 2011 11:58 PM (n+e4Y)

437 The Internet - spreading lies and rumors at the speed of light ...

Posted by: Adriane at July 25, 2011 12:00 AM (L9W0l)

438 Hey, hey, hey ... only 206 comments to go !

Posted by: Adriane at July 25, 2011 12:01 AM (L9W0l)

439 we can talk about how my telescope is bigger than yours. Well, will be in a few more days.

Posted by: CAC at July 25, 2011 12:05 AM (JEVge)

440 Half of us are banned now, which may also have something to do with it.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 25, 2011 03:33 AM (n+e4Y)

Did people really get banned?

Dude, I hope not.   I can only take part in so many campaigns to unban people.  There was Logprof...well, that's pretty much my limit.

Posted by: Robert at July 25, 2011 12:09 AM (4ixH5)

441 So what's this about a Super Congress what?  Unless it involves setting Congress on fire I really can't imagine it being a good idea.

Posted by: Robert at July 25, 2011 12:10 AM (4ixH5)

442 twinkle, twinkle little star,
I can see you from afar,
My neighbor can't, no matter' she tries,
'cause my telescope is bigger in size ...

Posted by: Adriane at July 25, 2011 12:12 AM (L9W0l)

443 466!

The discounted number of the beast!

Posted by: Robert at July 25, 2011 12:20 AM (4ixH5)

444 The discounted number of the beast!

So only part of your soul gets taken ... unlike voting for Obama.

Posted by: Adriane at July 25, 2011 12:31 AM (L9W0l)

445 Good night, good night,
where ever you are,
good night, good night,
may your dreams take you far ...

Posted by: Adriane at July 25, 2011 12:44 AM (L9W0l)

446 I just cant stop reading this. Its so cool, so full of information that I just didnt know. Im glad to see that people are actually writing about this issue in such a smart way, showing us all different sides to it. Youre a great blogger. Please keep it up. I cant wait to read whats next.

Posted by: Sexy corsets at July 25, 2011 01:25 AM (KfJRz)

447 Morming, Morons. I have no idea how the negotiations are going, but MSNBC this morning is despondent "our system doesn't work," and "not to assign blame, but it's the Republican's fault." So I think things are looking up.

Posted by: CoolCzech at July 25, 2011 02:25 AM (kUaEF)

448 That is useful information and its quite easy to come a croper if you are not vigilant.

Posted by: Death by China Audiobook at July 25, 2011 02:30 AM (sNC/J)

449 Another week in the salt mines, M&Ms. Just stay focused on booze and football and you'll make it through.

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