December 22, 2011
— Maetenloch Modern Christmas Songs
For some reason stations insist on playing the same old collection of Christmas songs over and over again until every bit of enjoyment has been leached from them and they become just so much annoying background noise. Which is a shame because there are lots of Xmas songs with some recent ones classics in their own right.
So here are a couple that I think are worthy of being declared modern carols. Feel free to suggest your own in the comments. And yes I totally stole this from myself from last year. As momma always said if ya gonna plagiarize, be sure and steal from the best the non-litigious.
Throughout 2011, an average of 17% of Americans said they were satisfied with the way things are going in the United States. That is the second-lowest annual average in the more than 30-year history of the question, after the 15% from 2008. Satisfaction has averaged as high as 60% in 1986, 1998, and 2000.If you're the morbidly curious sort and always wondered what a second Carter term would have been like, well next November is your chance to find out.
Assorted Tips For Life
From productivity expert Seth Godin. Usually he's too zen koan-ish for me, but these seem like decent tips.
- No stranger or unknown company will ever contact you by mail or by phone with an actual method for making money easily or in your spare time. And if the person or company contacting you asserts that they are someone you know, double check before taking action.
- Don't have back surgery. See a physiatrist first, then exhaust all other options before wondering if you should have back surgery.
- Borrow money to buy things that go up in value, but never to get something that decays over time.
- Placebos are underrated by almost everyone.
- It's almost never necessary to use a semicolon.
- Seek out habits that help you overcome fear or inertia. Destroy those that do the opposite.
- Cognitive behavioral therapy is generally considered both the quickest and most effective form of addressing many common psychological problems.
- Backup your hard drive.
- Get a magnetic key hider, put a copy of your house key in it and hide it really well, unlabeled, two blocks from your house.
- A rice cooker will save you time and money and improve your diet, particularly if you come to like brown rice.
- Consider not eating wheat for an entire week. The results might surprise you.
- Taking your dog for a walk is usually better than whatever alternative use of your time you were considering.
Fascism Skips Over America
And lands again in Europe - as usual. This time it looks as if Hungary will be the testbed for a new kind of millennial fascism.
The government of Hungary, led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz Party, is pushing the country away from democracy and toward authoritarian nationalist rule with anti-Semitic undertones. A draconian media law severely restricts free speech, cultural leaders like the head of a prominent theater have been dropped in favor of extremists and openly anti-Semitic friends of the Party, and a new constitution going into effect on January 1 threatens to slash the power of the independent Constitutional Court and the central bank. Oh, and the economy is headed off the cliff.
Quote of the Day - Corrected Edition
Science Thursday!!
‘Christmas with Colonel Sanders’, 1968
Benny Hill Yourself
The Power of Makeup
Yahoo group. That is all.
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Here's the correct version of the QotD from yesterday which I like even better.
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that the English language is as pure as a crib-house whore. It not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary."
—James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992
Dropping a Magnet Through a Copper Pipe
Thanks to induced eddy currents some of the kinetic energy of the magnet gets converted to heat. Or maybe it's just a glitch in the matrix software.
Cannonball in a Tub Full of Mercury
What will happen?
My parents actually got this album through the RCA record club and every year until CDs became mainstream, it was the official family Christmas album. As I recall it was pretty good.
If you've ever wanted to appear in a classic Benny Hill sketch, now's your chance.
Me - I'll take the blue pill thank-you-very-much.
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Posted by: Seth at December 22, 2011 05:30 PM (DzX9o)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 05:32 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Truman North at December 22, 2011 05:33 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 05:33 PM (niZvt)
Man, you listen to Frank Sinatra and the guy is sleep-walking through the last couple of decades of his career.
Posted by: Y-not at December 22, 2011 05:35 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 05:35 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 05:36 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Doofus at December 22, 2011 05:37 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 22, 2011 05:38 PM (Qjh0I)
Throughout 2011, an average of 17% of Americans said they were satisfied with the way things are going in the United States.
Who the hell are these people, seriously?
It's almost never necessary to use a semicolon.
Maybe not necessary, but fun! The semicolon happens to be my favorite punctuation . . . . .
Good evening, all.
Posted by: L Rob in OK at December 22, 2011 05:38 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: Ronster at December 22, 2011 05:38 PM (JGYCE)
Meh. Not the late stuff. He really sucks. Objectively sucks.
I've discovered that Canadian dude, Michael Buble or whoever he is, and his stuff is really nice.
Posted by: Y-not at December 22, 2011 05:38 PM (5H6zj)
Man, you listen to Frank Sinatra and the guy is sleep-walking through the last couple of decades of his career.
Posted by: Y-not at December 22, 2011 09:35 PM (5H6zj)
I'm just glad there are singers like Michael Buble' around today.
Posted by: Seth at December 22, 2011 05:39 PM (DzX9o)
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at December 22, 2011 05:40 PM (7+pP9)
Skin that smoke wagon and see what happens!
Posted by: ErikW at December 22, 2011 05:40 PM (W8Kpr)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 05:40 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 22, 2011 09:38 PM (Qjh0I)
Yeah one of mine too. I actually heard it played twice in a mall last weekend so I think it's gonna become a permanent Xmas staple.
Posted by: Mætenloch at December 22, 2011 05:40 PM (/IES6)
bah, humbug
Posted by: Y-not at December 22, 2011 05:41 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 05:41 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Y-not at December 22, 2011 05:42 PM (5H6zj)
How nice of you to mention me, even before I commented on this thread.
Does the shirt go with the outfit I am wearing?
Posted by: fluffy at December 22, 2011 05:44 PM (Lpgtj)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 05:44 PM (niZvt)
Vandals - Oi To The World
Various Artists - Punk Rock Christmas Compilation
Twisted Sister - A Twisted Christmas
James Brown - Santa's Got A Brand New Bag
...and of course, anything by Elvis.
MerCrim, Morons
Posted by: Navin R Johnson at December 22, 2011 05:44 PM (HpT9p)
Posted by: VA Gator at December 22, 2011 05:47 PM (rqaKH)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 05:47 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Ronster at December 22, 2011 05:47 PM (JGYCE)
Christmas at Ground Zero
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 22, 2011 05:48 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: Truman North at December 22, 2011 05:48 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Jew janitor's mop bucket at December 22, 2011 05:48 PM (mHLwI)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 22, 2011 05:49 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 05:49 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: fluffy at December 22, 2011 09:44 PM (Lpgtj)
I'm assuming you're are nekkid as usual. So, yes.
Posted by: Ronster at December 22, 2011 05:50 PM (JGYCE)
Posted by: Flying Manatee at December 22, 2011 05:50 PM (jVdDe)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 22, 2011 05:51 PM (rCEvh)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 22, 2011 05:52 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: lowandslow at December 22, 2011 05:52 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: Trav at December 22, 2011 05:52 PM (6rpIw)
Posted by: Y-not, green-eyed gingerette at December 22, 2011 05:53 PM (5H6zj)
Shit! I've got to figure out where you hid the web cam.
Posted by: fluffy at December 22, 2011 05:53 PM (Lpgtj)
Posted by: bergerbilder at December 22, 2011 05:53 PM (j+Izh)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 22, 2011 05:53 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: Truman North at December 22, 2011 05:54 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Truman North at December 22, 2011 05:54 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 05:54 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 22, 2011 05:54 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 22, 2011 05:54 PM (rCEvh)
Posted by: Ronster at December 22, 2011 09:47 PM (JGYCE)
Well, you're not Mannheim Steamroller, I suppose.
Posted by: ErikW at December 22, 2011 05:55 PM (W8Kpr)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 22, 2011 05:55 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 22, 2011 05:55 PM (b/I5J)
47 What's the matter with wheat?
I am sick to death of the Left, or anyone really, taking major advances in human civilization and making them out to be BAD, particularly when it comes to food.
Wheat.
Salt.
Cured meats.
large-scale farming
Fuck them all.
Posted by: Y-not, green-eyed gingerette at December 22, 2011 05:55 PM (5H6zj)
Who the hell are these people, seriously?
Yo.I'm not really seeing any problems from here. Except that damn TurboTax software.
Posted by: Timothy Geitner at December 22, 2011 05:55 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 22, 2011 05:56 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: jeanne! with two N's and an E at December 22, 2011 05:56 PM (Pxizr)
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2011 05:56 PM (FcR7P)
Shit. I guess I've been doing it wrong for a long time; I use semicolons like Obama uses the strawman.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 22, 2011 05:57 PM (SY2Kh)
Mrs. North can;t figure out why I hate the term "happy holidays." I splained to her the holiday in question is Christmas, to which she responded that some people don't celebrate Christmas. I responded that the only reason anyone celebrates anything around this time of year is to compete with Christmas. She said I don't know what I'm talkign about-- kind of a chickenhawk argument.
I don't think she'll ever "get it" but if there's a chance, what do you think I should try to tell her?
Posted by: Truman North at December 22, 2011 05:58 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Y-not, green-eyed gingerette at December 22, 2011 05:58 PM (5H6zj)
Send Me Some Snow
Naughty or Nice
I've Got A Thing for Jack
Posted by: butch at December 22, 2011 05:58 PM (RldTT)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 22, 2011 05:59 PM (jucos)
Well, you're not Mannheim Steamroller, I suppose.
Posted by: ErikW at December 22, 2011 09:55 PM (W8Kpr)
No, I'm not. Do I like them? They're OK.
Posted by: Ronster at December 22, 2011 05:59 PM (JGYCE)
Before I go.
I refer to "the holidays" at this time of year to encompass New Years, Hanukkah, and the generic time off from work aspect.. in addition to Christmas. It doesn't bother me to have someone wish me that instead of Merry Christmas.
Posted by: Y-not, green-eyed gingerette at December 22, 2011 06:00 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 22, 2011 06:01 PM (b/I5J)
I'd tell her that if she wants to acknowledge a bunch of imaginary gift-giving holidays, then she'll get nothing but imaginary gifts.
Then I'd hop on a sturdy steed and ride off into the sunset as fast as I possibly could...
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 22, 2011 06:01 PM (Qjh0I)
He about fell off his chair laughing. Posted by: VA Gator
Drives? Leasing only makes sense if you work for a mfr or dealership. Buy used, Honda or Toyota. EOS.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 22, 2011 06:01 PM (Tdiay)
What will happen?
The guy standing next to all that mercury will get cancer and die a gruesome death?
Posted by: booger at December 22, 2011 06:02 PM (EjNp5)
I don't celebrate generic Holiday. Do you?
Or you could wish her 'Happy Holidays!' at some random time of the year. It's a holiday somewhere.
Posted by: fluffy at December 22, 2011 06:02 PM (Lpgtj)
Good news - Christina Hendricks may appear in another movie.
The bad news is that it's an anti-nuke movie, Sally Potter's "Bomb".
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 22, 2011 06:03 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 06:03 PM (niZvt)
I despise all rock Christmas covers. Give me instrumentals or MTC any day.
Posted by: USS Diversity at December 22, 2011 06:03 PM (PddVe)
That's how the socialist/cultist/torturer dude who made up Kwanzaa picked the date:
“I put it around Christmas because I knew that’s when a lot of ‘bloods’ [Blacks] would be partying.”
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 22, 2011 06:03 PM (hO8IJ)
No, I'm not. Do I like them? They're OK.
Posted by: Ronster at December 22, 2011 09:59 PM (JGYCE)
Oops sorry, I don't like them either. I like traditional music, not annoying electronic garbage. There's no talent in that.
Posted by: ErikW at December 22, 2011 06:04 PM (W8Kpr)
I prefer a couple of the "before" pictures. There is such a thing as too much makeup...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2011 06:04 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 06:05 PM (niZvt)
You don't die from cancer, but mercury poisoning is gruesome all the same.
Posted by: Karen Wetterhahn at December 22, 2011 06:06 PM (UR5vq)
What will happen?
The guy standing next to all that mercury will get cancer and die a gruesome death?
Naah. We live in a time in which small dangers have been magnified to ridiculous proportions by bureaucrats seeking new crises to expand their authority.
Here's Mark Twain:
At the end of the week the machinery was stopped and we "cleaned up." That is to say, we got the pulp out of the pans and batteries, and washed the mud patiently away till nothing was left but the long-accumulating mass of quicksilver, with its imprisoned treasures. This we made into heavy, compact snowballs, and piled them up in a bright, luxurious heap for inspection. Making these snowballs cost me a fine gold ring - that and ignorance together; for the quicksilver invaded the ring with the same facility with which water saturates a sponge - separated its particles and the ring crumbled to pieces.
He seemed to have had a normally long life. Quicksilver is, of course, mercury, which was prized for its ability to melt silver and gold out of pulverized ore.
Posted by: Splunge at December 22, 2011 06:06 PM (2IW5Q)
Yep. I was shopping for some things to give to Toys for Tots. A toy store was having a 'December Sale'. They clearly didn't have anything appropriate for Christmas presents, so I moved on.
Posted by: fluffy at December 22, 2011 06:06 PM (Lpgtj)
Posted by: Sarcastic Bastard at December 22, 2011 06:06 PM (niZvt)
You don't die from cancer, but mercury poisoning is gruesome all the same.
Mad as a Hatter he will be!
Posted by: Ben at December 22, 2011 06:06 PM (UvdzB)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at December 22, 2011 06:06 PM (lIiq2)
Posted by: Jeremiad was a Bullfrog at December 22, 2011 06:07 PM (Og1Kk)
Posted by: Sarcastic Bastard at December 22, 2011 06:07 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Truman North at December 22, 2011 06:08 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 22, 2011 06:08 PM (rCEvh)
Posted by: UGAdawg at December 22, 2011 06:09 PM (WYOrt)
Posted by: Mr. Wonderful at December 22, 2011 06:09 PM (sFhEw)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 06:09 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 06:10 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 22, 2011 06:10 PM (b/I5J)
Who was going to tell him he couldn't?
BTW, Phil Hartman as Sinatra? Best. Impersonation. Ever.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at December 22, 2011 06:10 PM (eHIJJ)
She was polite and efficient and I told her to have a nice night.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 22, 2011 06:10 PM (hO8IJ)
I can't sing any other words anymore.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 22, 2011 09:52 PM (hO8IJ)
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... a beer!
Posted by: Jeremiad was a Bullfrog at December 22, 2011 06:10 PM (Og1Kk)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2011 06:11 PM (3aXbg)
111 What did everyone get for their Beloved Other?
Uncharted 3 for the PS3 and a big, comfy open-arm pillow to prop her up in bed.
Posted by: Truman North at December 22, 2011 06:11 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: ErikW at December 22, 2011 10:04 PM (W8Kpr)
I also like the old standards sung by the original artists, but I have a wide range of music that I like, christmas or other. I mainly like the 50s 60s and 70s. music.
Posted by: Ronster at December 22, 2011 06:12 PM (JGYCE)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 06:12 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at December 22, 2011 06:12 PM (lIiq2)
question. Why do women do that "pucker face" in almost all of their photos? Do they think I won't notice that? Do they think I say to myself, "Wow that girl has a skinny and chiseled face."
Posted by: Ben at December 22, 2011 06:12 PM (UvdzB)
Posted by: Ronster at December 22, 2011 09:38 PM (JGYCE)
*waves wildly*
Hi, Ronster, as well as all of our erstwhile 'rons and 'ettes.
And TY, Ohio Dan, for acknowledging my camo efforts!
Posted by: RushBabe at December 22, 2011 06:13 PM (qxsyW)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 22, 2011 10:03 PM (UR5vq)
Anti-nuke? Bombs or energy? If it's bombs, what is this 1972?
If it's energy, what about all that horrible carbon?
It's hard out there for a hipster.
Posted by: AmishDude at December 22, 2011 06:13 PM (ojx6E)
question. Why do women do that "pucker face" in almost all of their photos? Do they think I won't notice that? Do they think I say to myself, "Wow that girl has a skinny and chiseled face."
Same reason that when you meet a new woman, you only let her see your junk looking up from below for the first time.
Posted by: Truman North at December 22, 2011 06:14 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 22, 2011 06:14 PM (Qjh0I)
question. Why do women do that "pucker face" in almost all of their photos? Do they think I won't notice that? Do they think I say to myself, "Wow that girl has a skinny and chiseled face."
Posted by: Ben at December 22, 2011 10:12 PM (UvdzB)
Would you rather duck lips?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2011 06:14 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Jeremiad was a Bullfrog at December 22, 2011 06:15 PM (Og1Kk)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 06:15 PM (niZvt)
People who take offense at Christmas wishes should be punched. Seriously. Give them some perspective.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 22, 2011 06:15 PM (rCEvh)
And TY, Ohio Dan, for acknowledging my camo efforts!
Posted by: RushBabe at December 22, 2011 10:13 PM (qxsyW)
Alright
Posted by: Some Moron who misread that as commando at December 22, 2011 06:15 PM (3aXbg)
http://tinyurl.com/75ah66l
Evening, all!
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 06:16 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Truman North at December 22, 2011 06:17 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at December 22, 2011 10:15 PM (qjUnn)
Do you check the online stats for each game like the multiple- lottery- winner- turned- book- author says to do?
Posted by: RushBabe at December 22, 2011 06:17 PM (qxsyW)
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2011 06:18 PM (GULKT)
Best Christmas song ever - Joe Piscopo doing Frank Sinatra singing "Silent Night" on SNL. Part of the funniest Christmas sketch of all time, "Gumby's Christmas Special."
Sample lyric:
Hey that virgin chick, she had a kid
He grew up...you know what he did
Posted by: rockmom at December 22, 2011 06:19 PM (A0UFZ)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at December 22, 2011 06:19 PM (lIiq2)
Posted by: Some Moron who misread that as commando at December 22, 2011 10:15 PM (3aXbg)
I was reading The Tightwad Next Door or some such tome, and some of the skinflints bragged that going commando is a money saver. Things that make ya go hmmm.
Posted by: RushBabe at December 22, 2011 06:19 PM (qxsyW)
Hey now!
Posted by: Sheldon Whitehouse, Cody Rhodes and Richard Simmons at December 22, 2011 06:20 PM (I2LwF)
Hey that virgin chick, she had a kid
He grew up...you know what he did
Posted by: rockmom at December 22, 2011 10:19 PM (A0UFZ)
Grew up to be president?
Posted by: Your Average DUmmie at December 22, 2011 06:20 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at December 22, 2011 06:21 PM (lIiq2)
Posted by: RushBabe at December 22, 2011 06:22 PM (qxsyW)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at December 22, 2011 06:22 PM (lIiq2)
I only eat wheat out of a bowl on Christmas Eve. Mrs. Ronster is of Slavic descent. It's a side dish or something. Along with prunes, mushroom soup, rice and other not tasty foodstuff.
Posted by: Ronster at December 22, 2011 06:23 PM (JGYCE)
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2011 06:23 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at December 22, 2011 06:25 PM (lIiq2)
Home again home again...almost. Roanoke, at Sister's house (Salem, actually), home tomorrow.
Evening roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 06:25 PM (5MIQc)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 22, 2011 06:26 PM (Qjh0I)
Tell her to go make you a samich.
Posted by: Iowa Bob at December 22, 2011 06:26 PM (LMHub)
Posted by: Ronster at December 22, 2011 10:23 PM (JGYCE)
All Polish here, Ronster. When my grandmother died, everyone put the screws to the prunes. We do the from-scratch mushroom soup and fish, but my family are good cooks, so it's not bad.
Posted by: RushBabe at December 22, 2011 06:26 PM (qxsyW)
Posted by: bergerbilder at December 22, 2011 06:26 PM (j+Izh)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 06:26 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at December 22, 2011 06:26 PM (lIiq2)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at December 22, 2011 06:28 PM (lIiq2)
Posted by: RushBabe at December 22, 2011 06:28 PM (qxsyW)
Every year we have goose for Christmas dinner--if I get lucky. This year there'll be 2 geese to go with the venison, ducks and grouse. Been a longstanding tradition around here.
Fun eating yourself into a coma, I always say.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 22, 2011 06:28 PM (SAMxH)
No list of rocking Christmas songs can be complete without a little Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
And if I had time I'd post all three of their Christmas albums.
Tomorrow. Tomorrow.
But I've got to be getting ready for work very soon.
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 06:28 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 06:29 PM (5MIQc)
Posted by: Ronster at December 22, 2011 06:30 PM (JGYCE)
ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction....
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 22, 2011 06:31 PM (Qjh0I)
Yes, SoCal, Christmas, but thankfully the last one here....and it's going to be a fragrant one.
I have been a bad, naughty wife. Got 4 bottles as well as a sample pack from your favorite place on the way!Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 06:31 PM (SsG4J)
What did everyone get for their Beloved Other?
An uber-duper car wash kit. Don't throw anything. He's impossible to buy for and he never wants anything anyway. He's okay with useful stuff.
It's our 25th anniv. on the 27th and I asked him if he agreed that we wouldn't buy each other anything. He agreed, but I have the feeling he bought something before this discussion.
Posted by: RushBabe at December 22, 2011 06:31 PM (qxsyW)
Posted by: Ronster at December 22, 2011 06:32 PM (JGYCE)
Read, my saucy bitches.
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 06:32 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at December 22, 2011 06:33 PM (7yvLv)
________
I read somewhere that it means they want you.
Posted by: Best, Mike at December 22, 2011 06:34 PM (6fER6)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at December 22, 2011 06:34 PM (lIiq2)
I think they should rename it Bed, Bath & As Seen On TV.
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 06:34 PM (F79HU)
Hey CoolCzech, is there an infamous traitor in check history? Like a Czech version of Quisling?
Jagr is coming to town and i want to make a sign for the game
Posted by: Ben at December 22, 2011 06:35 PM (UvdzB)
The important thing is that neither of those pictures are of a fatty.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at December 22, 2011 06:35 PM (6GvAC)
The sky being bright
He came up on the left
Like a streak of light
Like a drunken fuck
On a saturday night
Up came the bottle of smoke
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 22, 2011 06:35 PM (Qjh0I)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 06:36 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 10:31 PM (SsG4J)
Do tell! I bet Thor will like them. And as they say, It's easier to ask forgiveness than ask permission. I broke down and ordered six dupes from CherryBlossomDiva this evening. I got a sample from there that everyone swoons over -- even the kid that never comments on the stuff.
Posted by: RushBabe at December 22, 2011 06:36 PM (qxsyW)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 06:36 PM (niZvt)
I bet he agreed and bought you something after the discussion.
I sort of did that to Thor this year; (go on ahead shoot me for the semi-colon) I told him I'd just buy my own, and bought him a PS3 and a bunch of games. He's going to have a fit.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 06:36 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 22, 2011 06:36 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Truman North at December 22, 2011 09:54 PM (I2LwF)
Is that a typo for an overly-happy yeti?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2011 06:37 PM (kaalw)
Your man card, sir.
Posted by: L Rob in OK at December 22, 2011 10:36 PM (7yvLv)
It wasn't for me, I swear!
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 06:38 PM (F79HU)
(go on ahead shoot me for the semi-colon)
No, no, no. Use lotsa the cute little things, Miss Tammy.
Posted by: L Rob in OK at December 22, 2011 06:39 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 22, 2011 10:36 PM (JMmQ9)
I haven't read the Iowahawk piece yet. That guy is the shit.
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 06:39 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: Racefan at December 22, 2011 06:39 PM (wbyED)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at December 22, 2011 06:40 PM (6GvAC)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 06:40 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: RushBabe at December 22, 2011 06:40 PM (qxsyW)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at December 22, 2011 06:40 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 06:41 PM (niZvt)
He was kinda nutso though, toward the end . . .
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at December 22, 2011 06:41 PM (6GvAC)
You don't die from cancer, but mercury poisoning is gruesome all the same.
__________
CHANGE PLACES!
Posted by: The Mad Hatter at December 22, 2011 06:42 PM (6fER6)
So they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun
And they sent me away to the war
And the band played waltzing matilda
As we sailed away from the quay
And amidst all the tears and the shouts and the
Cheers
We sailed off to Gallipoli
How well I remember that terrible day when the blood stained the sand and the water
And how in that hell that they called suvla bay
We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter
Johnny turk he was ready, he primed himself well
He showered us with bullets, he rained us with
Shells
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 22, 2011 06:42 PM (Qjh0I)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 22, 2011 06:43 PM (JMmQ9)
So, Tammy, I can picture you and Thor playing video games on Christmas morning in a fragrant cloud!
Posted by: RushBabe at December 22, 2011 06:44 PM (qxsyW)
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 06:44 PM (RvsVx)
No, no, no. Use lotsa the cute little things, Miss Tammy.
_______
Overuse of semicolons makes kittens cry };
Posted by: Anachronda at December 22, 2011 06:45 PM (6fER6)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at December 22, 2011 06:45 PM (6GvAC)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at December 22, 2011 06:46 PM (lIiq2)
Nah, he can barely tell I'm wearing perfume, (I am not a heavy applier) and he could care less anyway.
The bad thing is, I got Freak by illmasqua and Loverdose by Diesel for the bottles alone. That Freak bottle is awesome, though. Also got a bottle of Chanel 19 and the Commes de Garsons, Carnation.
Got Fendi, Victoria Secret, Calandre, and two other dupes from your place!
What does the kid swoon over???
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 06:46 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 06:46 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at December 22, 2011 10:45 PM (6GvAC)
Speaking of the Argentines, here's a potential headline we might see next year:
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 22, 2011 06:47 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 06:47 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Ronster at December 22, 2011 06:47 PM (JGYCE)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at December 22, 2011 06:48 PM (lIiq2)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 22, 2011 10:45 PM (JMmQ9)
Thanks, man. While I regret that you're here too, there is a bit of comfort in that. Honestly, I'd rather it just be me. I wouldn't wish my fucking life on anybody right now . . .
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 06:48 PM (RvsVx)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor has a semi-colon problem at December 22, 2011 06:48 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 06:49 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at December 22, 2011 06:50 PM (lIiq2)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 22, 2011 06:50 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Ronster at December 22, 2011 10:47 PM (JGYCE)
How you doin', my friend? And, no worries, I don't do ledges.
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 06:50 PM (RvsVx)
Posted by: Racefan at December 22, 2011 06:50 PM (wbyED)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 06:51 PM (niZvt)
_______
It features heavily in the Gary Taubes "sugar is evil" stuff all the cool kids are into lately.
Posted by: Anachronda at December 22, 2011 06:51 PM (6fER6)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 22, 2011 06:51 PM (Qjh0I)
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 10:44 PM (RvsVx)
Nope, not just you.
Would you care to expand and extend your comment however?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2011 06:52 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: dagny at December 22, 2011 06:52 PM (R62Yx)
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 06:52 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 22, 2011 06:52 PM (JMmQ9)
I need to know what a certain kind of spice is. It's teeny, very round and tastes like black pepper. Or else I need to know how to say those word sin Spanish, lol!
Our local little dive joint uses it in their rice and it sooo good, but when I ask what it is, they say arroz. Their English is about as good as my Spanish!
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor has a semi-colon problem at December 22, 2011 06:52 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: dagny at December 22, 2011 06:53 PM (R62Yx)
"When the world is full of care
and every headline screams despair,
when the news are rape, starvation, war and life is vile...
then there's a certain thing I do
which I shall pass along to you
that's always guaranteed to make me smile.
I go Loo-oo-oony, as a lightbulb battered bug,
simply Loo-oo-oony, sometimes foam and chew the rug...
mister life is swell in a padded cell,
it'll chase those blues away!
You can trade your gloom for a rubber room
and injections twice a day!"
Posted by: The Joker at December 22, 2011 06:53 PM (6GvAC)
How you doin', my friend? And, no worries, I don't do ledges.
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 10:50 PM (RvsVx)
Thanks for asking. Doin' fine. Hope your problems are blown away like a fart in the wind.
Posted by: Ronster at December 22, 2011 06:54 PM (JGYCE)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at December 22, 2011 06:55 PM (lIiq2)
If I Should Fall From Grace With God is about all that got me through those god damned Occupooper protests. Let go down in the mud, indeed.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor has a semi-colon problem at December 22, 2011 06:55 PM (SsG4J)
Been there, done that, didn't really help. Jeez, I got fully hit on by the cutest darlingest guys who looked about 12, but were apparently in their 20s. WTF?
So, last year I got a $4000 bonus. This year, I'm getting $1500. And, even though 2 partners voted to close the office tomorrow and at least give me an extra day off, the douchebag, hope he dies tonight, LuapNor freak one wants me in there in the morning. He's also the one who queered my bonus. Which was a factor in my last raise and now it's water under the fuckin' bridge.
I'm in a real evil place right now and thanks to all for putting up with my shit.
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 06:55 PM (RvsVx)
Posted by: VA Gator at December 22, 2011 06:56 PM (uZdxA)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 22, 2011 10:51 PM (Qjh0I)
May I suggest to add to your playlist this one.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2011 06:56 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at December 22, 2011 06:56 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: 123 at December 22, 2011 06:56 PM (ibsBs)
Posted by: Zakn at December 22, 2011 06:56 PM (zyaZ1)
I highly recommend going off wheat.
Book called "Wheatbelly" my FIL is all into it this week.
How the hell do you know what's full of wheat besides the obvious stuff?
Posted by: USS Diversity at December 22, 2011 06:56 PM (PddVe)
Quite honestly... why do we as Americans really stand up for the Brits' right to the Falklands, anyway? Isn't it just another British colonial possession, like, say, Newport, RI used to be?
Because it belongs to Britain and not Argentina.
That's why.
Posted by: Ben at December 22, 2011 06:57 PM (UvdzB)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at December 22, 2011 06:57 PM (lIiq2)
At least the middle child is salvagable.
I dunno, dagny, what's wrong with what the youngest did?
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor has a semi-colon problem at December 22, 2011 06:58 PM (SsG4J)
Please drink a toast with me (Ranger IPA for me), I closed on my house today and started moving in. I'm now a property owner and will bitch about everything even more. I had to laugh when I first turned on the electricity to the place, every single light and fan was on from the inspection. "Turn that shit off!!!" I screamed. "You think electricity grows on trees???" AlGore, sit down and STFU.
"And get off my lawn!!!"
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 06:58 PM (WCQp7)
************************************
Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, "Don't do it!" He said, "Nobody loves me." I said, "God loves you. Do you believe in God?"
He said, "Yes." I said, "Are you a Christian or a Jew?" He said, "A Christian." I said, "Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?" He said, "Protestant." I said, "Me, too! What franchise?" He said, "Baptist." I said, "Me, too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?" He said, "Northern Baptist." I said, "Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?"
He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist." I said, "Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region, or Northern Conservative Baptist Eastern Region?" He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region." I said, "Me, too!"
Northern Conservative†Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?" He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912." I said, "Die, heretic!" And I pushed him over.
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So, what kind of "pissed off beyond the limits of human endurance" are you?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2011 06:58 PM (kaalw)
Actually, because *I* say so is 9/10s of the law you know.
Posted by: Barack Obama at December 22, 2011 06:59 PM (3aXbg)
Our local little dive joint uses it in their rice and it sooo good, but when I ask what it is, they say arroz. Their English is about as good as my Spanish!
I don't think there is anything like that. What color is it? If it's black, then it's probably black pepper, maybe an inexpensive, non-Tellicherry type you're not used to. If off-white, tending towards yellow-tan, it could be coriander, but that doesn't taste much like black pepper, and it has a lemony tang. There just aren't that many tiny, round, black spices, that I know of, other than pepper itself.
Posted by: Splunge at December 22, 2011 06:59 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: dagny at December 22, 2011 06:59 PM (R62Yx)
>>I despise all rock Christmas covers. Give me instrumentals or MTC any day.
-----We saw MTC this year - and last. I liked last year's better for some reason. However, this year the guest singer was baritone Nathan Gunn. He has a very nice voice, but I guess I didn't like the song selection as much. Quite handsome -- unfortunately, he did not take his shirt off in this performance.
Posted by: Y-not at December 22, 2011 06:59 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2011 07:00 PM (sHY5w)
Quite honestly... why do we as Americans really stand up for the Brits' right to the Falklands, anyway? Isn't it just another British colonial possession, like, say, Newport, RI used to be?
Posted by: CoolCzech at December 22, 2011 10:49 PM (niZvt)
Falklanders have expressed their desire to stay a part of the UK. Argentina wants the Falkland's territorial waters for fishing and potential oil exploration by way of absorption of the islands, despite Falklanders not being Argentine by tradition or culture. There is little to no cultural or political connection between Falklanders and the Argentines, especially the Argentine government. Since that's the case, I'm going to side with supporting the right of a free people to associate with the government they choose, rather than one imposed by force. My 2 cents.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 22, 2011 07:00 PM (D+phB)
Peaches, if that f*cker was in front of me, I'd slap his face for you.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor has a semi-colon problem at December 22, 2011 07:00 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2011 11:00 PM (sHY5w)
Rap is quite possibly the worst thing to happen to music. Ever.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2011 07:01 PM (3aXbg)
Hope you're liking your new place. I haven't been able to keep up around here as much as I'd like.Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 07:01 PM (WCQp7)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 22, 2011 11:00 PM (D+phB)
I don't think you understand international law.
Posted by: The European Union at December 22, 2011 07:02 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Racefan at December 22, 2011 07:02 PM (wbyED)
Because it belongs to Britain and not Argentina.
Actually, because *I* say so is 9/10s of the law you know.
Argentina didn't even exist when the British took control of it in the 1820s. They were still part of the United Provinces of South America.
It's a non-issue that the Argentine government uses to stir up nationalism anytime the economy is bad, which is all the time.
Posted by: Ben at December 22, 2011 07:02 PM (UvdzB)
Posted by: Seth at December 22, 2011 07:02 PM (DzX9o)
18-1, thanks for the tip man, but that stuff just reminds me of The Omen. I think it's mainly the stomping and the brogue that gets my blood up. A genetic curse of the Scotch-Irish, alas...
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 22, 2011 07:03 PM (Qjh0I)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at December 22, 2011 07:03 PM (lIiq2)
Posted by: USS Diversity at December 22, 2011 07:03 PM (PddVe)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 22, 2011 11:00 PM (D+phB)
Wait, what? I disagree. Keep your stupid newsletter.
Posted by: Josef Stalin at December 22, 2011 07:03 PM (WCQp7)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 22, 2011 07:04 PM (Ho2rs)
There is little to no cultural or political connection between Falklanders and the Argentines, especially the Argentine government. Since that's the case, I'm going to side with supporting the right of a free people to associate with the government they choose, rather than one imposed by force. My 2 cents.
Indeed, the Falklands have chosen through democratic elections to stay with the English.
The Falklands have been a part of the British Empire/Dominions since before most of our States were part of the Union.
Posted by: Ben at December 22, 2011 07:04 PM (UvdzB)
I dunno, dagny, what's wrong with what the youngest did?
Those neighbors are new. The whole area is lib. I think boys should be allowed to tussel but you would think he was some crazed maniac. The mother had already "sought advice" from other mothers. I had my husband take him over. We didn't want a situation where they said something wrong to me and I popped em.
Posted by: dagny at December 22, 2011 07:04 PM (R62Yx)
"Well I tell ya Greta, give me the opportunity to be in leadership in Washington DC and I think youÂ’d see something different. Because coming out of the military, we didnÂ’t go home until the mission was complete. So maybe thatÂ’s what the American people need to understand. ItÂ’s about time we take a chance with some of the young leaders that we have sent to Washington DC and move away from this establishment rhetoric and this game that they play in Washington DC."
Posted by: Jose at December 22, 2011 07:04 PM (srIqv)
Hey. Anybody else pissed off beyond the limits of human endurance tonight or is it just me?
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 10:44 PM (RvsVx)
That's me but I won't elaborate on it other than to say the job market sucks. As well as most of the people around me.Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at December 22, 2011 07:04 PM (7+pP9)
Could be, I didn't realize there were any other types of pepper other than the black, white and red berry types you grind up. Definitely not coriander.
Congrats, NC!
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor has a semi-colon problem at December 22, 2011 07:05 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Racefan at December 22, 2011 11:02 PM (wbyED)
Be so much nicer to just slounge around in my jammies until 10-ish and then go get my jeep washed and get my dad some Christmas presents. This is the same douchenozzle who ate up my [post-surgery] Saturday night last weekend to haul his sorry ashes out of the fire. Think I will ever answer my cell phone again? Oh, hell, no . . .
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 07:05 PM (RvsVx)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at December 22, 2011 07:06 PM (lIiq2)
Two years ago I got a 20k bonus. This year, no bonus. I have to work tomorrow. I'm glad I have a job.
Posted by: F. Baum at December 22, 2011 07:06 PM (QE/BE)
Posted by: dagny at December 22, 2011 07:06 PM (R62Yx)
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I had his Phil Esposito HOF jersey and puck framed, got tickets for an IHL game for New Year's Eve (that, I may regret), and filled a stocking with tasty treats and goodies from Cabela's Bargain Cave.
Posted by: Y-not at December 22, 2011 07:07 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Paultard2000 at December 22, 2011 07:07 PM (QcFbt)
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 07:08 PM (WCQp7)
Every year we have goose for Christmas dinner--if I get lucky.
How do you prepare it? Goose is one of the (few) things I've never made.
Posted by: Y-not at December 22, 2011 07:08 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Jose at December 22, 2011 11:04 PM (srIqv)
I'll drink to that. So very tired of Democrat-dee and Republican-dum arguing about just how quickly we are going to destroy this country.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2011 07:08 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at December 22, 2011 07:08 PM (lIiq2)
Two years ago I got a 20k bonus. This year, no bonus. I have to work tomorrow. I'm glad I have a job.
Posted by: F. Baum at December 22, 2011 11:06 PM (QE/BE)
I feel that in my head F. Baum, but in my heart, it's all murder and mayhem.
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 07:09 PM (RvsVx)
I don't think you understand international law.
Posted by: The European Union at December 22, 2011 11:02 PM (3aXbg)
Wait, what? I disagree. Keep your stupid newsletter.
Posted by: Josef Stalin at December 22, 2011 11:03 PM (WCQp7)
Alright, 'Rons, my statement was on target. Fire for effect! We have the cocks socks dead to rights!
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 22, 2011 07:09 PM (D+phB)
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I Kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 22, 2011 07:09 PM (Qjh0I)
Two years ago I got a 20k bonus. This year, no bonus. I have to work tomorrow. I'm glad I have a job.
Posted by: F. Baum at December 22, 2011 11:06 PM (QE/BE)
Change. I brought it.
Posted by: Barack Obama at December 22, 2011 07:09 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: USS Diversity at December 22, 2011 11:03 PM (PddVe)
Yup. It's super hard to do but get rid of all the starches. It only takes like 2-3 days and you feel awesome. Just have turkey, fish, lean beef, lean pork and vegetables. Stay away from sauces that have any sugar like ketchup or A1. Try it. You'll wake up naturally hours early, have a ton of energy, and all the aches and pains go away.
Posted by: dagny at December 22, 2011 07:10 PM (R62Yx)
I'm thinking Black Mustard Seed
Posted by: Splunge at December 22, 2011 07:11 PM (2IW5Q)
You know what would make me do the dance of joy tonight? Hitting Drudge and finding out that LuapNor has perished from a giant fuckin' heart attack. Or a black op. I don't really give a shit.
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 07:11 PM (RvsVx)
Shining steel tempered in the fire
I'll chop you down like an old dead tree
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 22, 2011 07:11 PM (Qjh0I)
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 11:08 PM (WCQp7)
Yes. NFL channel.
Posted by: Ronster at December 22, 2011 07:11 PM (JGYCE)
Posted by: Y-not at December 22, 2011 11:08 PM (5H6zj)
So far as I know, goose cooks like turkey of the equivalent weight.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 22, 2011 07:11 PM (kaalw)
I feel that in my head F. Baum, but in my heart, it's all murder and mayhem.
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 11:09 PM (RvsVx)
Do you actually have to work with this particular partner? If not, from my own experience, its much easier to just focus on the work and forget to be angry until the commute home.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2011 07:12 PM (3aXbg)
Where do you suppose he gets it?
Posted by: fluffy at December 22, 2011 07:12 PM (Lpgtj)
Mr Y-not had to venture forth to pick up something and he said he got the middle finger several times in pure-as-drive-snow Provo. I guess it doesn't count as swearing if it's a gesture and not verbal.
Posted by: Y-not at December 22, 2011 07:12 PM (5H6zj)
If you don't hear from me in 20 min, could someone drop by with scissors?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2011 07:12 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 07:12 PM (WCQp7)
Now, do we have any actual Spanish speaking Mexicans or (other Spanish speakers!) here who know how to say "black mustard seed" or should I just go straight to BabelFish and hope for the best??
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor has a semi-colon problem at December 22, 2011 07:13 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 10:46 PM (SsG4J)
Fireside. It's the dupe of Henri Bendel's Firelight if I'm remembering correctly.
Posted by: RushBabe at December 22, 2011 07:14 PM (qxsyW)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor has a semi-colon problem at December 22, 2011 07:15 PM (SsG4J)
The words "carat" and "karat" both trace back to (not sure exactly, but fucking forever ago) when actual carrot seeds were used as a unit of measure. The belief was that all carrot seeds were identical in size/weight and could thus be used as a universal measure whether you were in Constantinople or Chartres. More modern tech showed that they were not perfectly uniform, but they are damned close.
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 22, 2011 07:16 PM (Qjh0I)
Goose is more like duck -- there's some major fat to get rid of. Ideally you would brown it first in a large pot, maybe poking some holes first to let the fat drain out, and rubbing with salt first, because it seems to help with crisping the skin. Then, roast.
The Chinese roast them hanging from hooks, over a wood fire, letting the fat drip out, and it's hard to do better than that.
Posted by: Splunge at December 22, 2011 07:16 PM (2IW5Q)
Peach, i put a link to a Christmas song way back up thread........
my may have missed it......... but ckick this for a smile...... if it doesnt make you smile, cut his tires............
Posted by: Racefan at December 22, 2011 07:16 PM (wbyED)
Do you actually have to work with this particular partner? If not, from my own experience, its much easier to just focus on the work and forget to be angry until the commute home.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2011 11:12 PM (3aXbg)
Yeah, it's 3 of them and one of me. I'm the only non-lawyer in the place. The other two, it gets testy at times, but I like and respect them. This guy? Murder and mayhem, that's all I've got for his sorry ass . . . Plus, he's like freakin' Pigpen in the old Charlie Brown comics, an absolute disgustamundo in every respect, loud and unrestrained farting, clipping his nails in the office (gack!!!!).
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 07:17 PM (RvsVx)
Don't have back surgery. See a physiatrist first, then exhaust all other options before wondering if you should have back surgery.
Botched back surgery really messed up my sister. She's been on fentanyl patches and oxycodone for years and she's got one foot in the grave. So I have to agree ith that.
Placebos are underrated by almost everyone.
Total bullshit.
Get a magnetic key hider, put a copy of your house key in it and hide it really well, unlabeled, two blocks from your house.
Crack heads are craftier than this guy.
Consider not eating wheat for an entire week. The results might surprise you.
Nothing surprises me. I've done it and experienced no discernible results.Other than the obvious (eg. back up your hard drive), almost every suggestion this guy offers is crap.
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at December 22, 2011 07:19 PM (7+pP9)
Sounds good....I like smoky fragrances, as a rule. I wanted a bottle of Guerlain's Bois de Armenie, but I didn't want to push my luck.
Lemme know if you want to try a sniff of the ones I bought...they aren't really your taste, I don't think, but the Freak does mention hemlock and musk, which reminded me of the description of that Ormand Jayne we're both curious about!
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor has a semi-colon problem at December 22, 2011 07:19 PM (SsG4J)
Prep it just like a turkey, I stuff mine with Pepperidge Farm dressing with bulk sausage and mushrooms.
350 until the skin browns, then tent with foil, a 10 lb bird takes about 3&1/2 hours. A couple of strips of bacon on top is good, too. Oh yes, nearly forgot, you should place it on a pan rack, so the grease drips off and the bird doesn't cook in it.
I skim the drippings and use them to make gravy, cornstarch works as well as anything I've tried for the thickener.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 22, 2011 07:19 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 22, 2011 07:20 PM (FIE/L)
Posted by: Y-not at December 22, 2011 07:22 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 07:23 PM (5MIQc)
my may have missed it......... but ckick this for a smile...... if it doesnt make you smile, cut his tires............
Posted by: Racefan at December 22, 2011 11:16 PM (wbyED)
Sweet, and it did make me smile. Thanks, and I hope you and yours have a blessed and peaceful Christmas.
I finally hit the wall on that "happy holidays" crap today and started going "Merry Christmas" in everybody's face. A lot of people seemed grateful for it. Fuck "happy holidays"
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 07:23 PM (RvsVx)
If you are still floating around -- about your exposition of the mythic parallels between 2001 and the Odyssey -- with all due respect and admiration for your often interesting and sometimes quite insightful comments* here at AOSHQ...you're a fucking loon.
*and your unfailing civility.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at December 22, 2011 07:24 PM (nEUpB)
Hi all! Just a brief check in to say thanks to all of you who welcomed me into your wonderful, crazy, smart world.
I had a long day today and need to be fresh tomorrow. Crazy me decided to "match make" with a couple of friends who have never met. One is divorced, and the other is widowed. I invited each separately for dinner tomorrow night; a plain normal dinner (ha ha). I never do plain when it's not just us.
Two days before Christmas, and not done with wrapping, more decorating to do, and I'm exhausted.
Anyway, have a very Merry Christmas, and love and squeeze your families until they smile!
Posted by: abandon at December 22, 2011 07:25 PM (Q/K83)
Posted by: Jose at December 22, 2011 07:25 PM (srIqv)
Freak does mention hemlock and musk, which reminded me of the description of that Ormand Jayne we're both curious about!
Oooh, that does sound good. The Fireside is not so much smokey as incensey. It's pretty sexeh, esp. layered with Cedar & Saffron dry oil.
Posted by: RushBabe at December 22, 2011 07:25 PM (qxsyW)
Time for the old folk. Baking cookies tomorrow.
Goodnite, good people. Stay safe, and Merry Christmas.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 22, 2011 07:25 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 07:26 PM (5MIQc)
Posted by: kqb29 at December 22, 2011 07:27 PM (hW7/O)
I'll send you some, then! Incense and saffron sounds good, but cedar goes all pissy on me.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor has a semi-colon problem at December 22, 2011 07:27 PM (SsG4J)
Well, there you are, I was just thinking about you! God bless you and your family and loved ones this Christmas! And thanks, again, for coming by. I know you'll be back.
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 07:27 PM (RvsVx)
Ping me about this time tomorrow, when if all goes well I land in FOD.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 22, 2011 07:27 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor has a semi-colon problem at December 22, 2011 07:28 PM (SsG4J)
what? I pay attention. Sometimes.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 07:28 PM (5MIQc)
I finally hit the wall on that
"happy holidays" crap today and started going "Merry Christmas" in
everybody's face. A lot of people seemed grateful for it. Fuck "happy
holidays"
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 11:23 PM (RvsVx)
Fuckin' A! Absolutely. I'm Jewish, and I cannot stand "Happy Holidays." I go out of my way to say "Merry Christmas."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at December 22, 2011 07:29 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Jose at December 22, 2011 11:25 PM (srIqv)
Obviously you've never seen one of MY games......
//////////
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 07:29 PM (WCQp7)
I know, huh? Dumbasses . . .
How you doin' tonight, Shrimp? {{{hugs to you}}}
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 07:29 PM (RvsVx)
I don't know exactly what to say to a Jew in those years when Hanukka is wayyy early in the month, between then and ... the Solstice. Will need help on this.
Posted by: Zimriel at December 22, 2011 07:29 PM (6GvAC)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2011 07:29 PM (sHY5w)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 11:26 PM (5MIQc)
Soon, my friend. Maybe a Super Bowl party. Especially if Mom comes through with the big-ass flatscreen tv she suggested she get for me! Love my Mom!!!
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 07:30 PM (WCQp7)
Watch this reporterette confound Jarome Iginla.
Posted by: Y-not at December 22, 2011 07:30 PM (5H6zj)
My problem is that I live in Boulder. Ugh.
Posted by: Zimriel at December 22, 2011 07:30 PM (6GvAC)
My sister wants to learn how to shoot the Mosin Nagant.
My sister wants to learn how to shoot the Mosin Nagant at long ranges.
Did I mention she has an ex? Yeah, this just gets better and better. I think I'll let someone else teach her how to shoot. Not that he doesn't need a good killing, just that I don't really think I want to have anything to do with it.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 07:31 PM (5MIQc)
Why do you hate football?
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 22, 2011 07:31 PM (hO8IJ)
Hah, that was gonna be my next post! Love me some Bobby Keene.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor has a semi-colon problem at December 22, 2011 07:31 PM (SsG4J)
I can't hear that song without thinking of the Christmas Vacation pool scene.
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 22, 2011 07:32 PM (b/I5J)
Fuckin' A! Absolutely. I'm Jewish, and I cannot stand "Happy Holidays." I go out of my way to say "Merry Christmas."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at December 22, 2011 11:29 PM (nEUpB)
Happy Hanukkah!
Soon, my friend. Maybe a Super
Bowl party. Especially if Mom comes through with the big-ass flatscreen
tv she suggested she get for me! Love my Mom!!!
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 11:30 PM (WCQp7)
Nice! In Cary?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 07:32 PM (5MIQc)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor has a semi-colon problem at December 22, 2011 11:09 PM (SsG4J)
==========
well, that's better than a colon problem. *smirk*
Posted by: jc at December 22, 2011 07:33 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Zimriel at December 22, 2011 07:33 PM (6GvAC)
Happy Hanukkah, CBD! And to all the Jewish 'rons and 'ettes! I love it when Christmas and Hanukkah come at the same time, we all get to celebrate together.
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 07:33 PM (RvsVx)
Posted by: the Greeks at December 22, 2011 07:34 PM (6GvAC)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 22, 2011 07:34 PM (D+phB)
Nice! In Cary?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 11:32 PM (5MIQc)
Ewww!!! I'm not from New Jersey!
Durham, south of 40, between Southpoint and RTP. Very close to work too.
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 07:35 PM (WCQp7)
Let's see, go with Peyton Manning and try to improve the rest of your team. Or take an unproven rookie that may or may not be worth it.
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2011 07:35 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Racefan at December 22, 2011 07:35 PM (wbyED)
Posted by: The Chap in the Deerstalker Cap at December 22, 2011 07:35 PM (RfUCA)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 11:31 PM (5MIQc)
And people wonder why you consistently win the "my favorite moron" contest." I love you, GGE, I really mean that, and I wish you and your beautiful, amazing family a happy, blessed Christmas and all good things in the new year.
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 07:36 PM (RvsVx)
Posted by: Racefan at December 22, 2011 11:35 PM (wbyED)
Heh I know all about that.
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 07:36 PM (WCQp7)
Posted by: Y-not at December 22, 2011 11:30 PM (5H6zj)
I still don't understand why they even do interviews in locker rooms. Of course most sports reporting is inane anyway.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2011 07:37 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Theresa loves the Cowboys at December 22, 2011 07:38 PM (nAvCW)
Not sleepy in the least but I'd better start working on it; visiting the mister's side of the family tomorrow. 'Night, rons.
Did you see what I did there?
Posted by: RushBabe at December 22, 2011 07:38 PM (qxsyW)
"And get off my lawn!!!"
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 10:58 PM (WCQp7)
Ha! The day I moved into my house I went through and turned all the lights on and opened all the doors, then I called my dad and said "Every light in the house is on and I'm cooling the entire outdoors." He said "Congrats."
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 07:39 PM (5MIQc)
And Solstice. Last time this happened I set the mantel on fire because the Chanukah and Solstice candles were a tad too close to the Christmas cards.
And I have decided we're having latke and jelly doughnuts for Christmas breakfast.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor has a semi-colon problem at December 22, 2011 07:39 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 07:40 PM (WCQp7)
Posted by: The Chap in the Deerstalker Cap at December 22, 2011 11:35 PM (RfUCA)
You don't happen to read Joe R. Lansdale books, do you?
Posted by: RushBabe at December 22, 2011 07:40 PM (qxsyW)
Come ovah heah and let me pinch them lil cheeks fer ya, mister!
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor has a semi-colon problem at December 22, 2011 07:41 PM (SsG4J)
Heh. "Why won't you respond to my partly-formed sentence fragment?"
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 22, 2011 07:41 PM (b/I5J)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at December 22, 2011 11:39 PM (qjUnn)
only you, Shrimp, only you . . . I just about fell off my chair laughing. And I want to wish you everything good in life (except the lottery, I kinda want that for myself) for Christmas, Hanukkah, and the New Year. I am grateful for your friendship.
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 07:42 PM (RvsVx)
Durham, south of 40, between Southpoint and RTP. Very close to work too.
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 11:35 PM (WCQp7)
Nice!
GGE...... glad you made it home safe. that was a long drive.
Posted by: Racefan at December 22, 2011 11:35 PM (wbyED)
Yes it was. 17 hours worth, the last hour or so in the driving rain, oh joy. Three more hours tomorrow from Roanoke to Raleigh, at least that will be in the daylight.
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 11:36 PM (RvsVx)
Thanks hun, don't let the barstards get you down.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 07:43 PM (5MIQc)
Last year, my 14-year-old danced a treble jig for my 17-year-old's remix of "Fairytale." We're kind of aggressively Irish.
Posted by: VKI at December 22, 2011 07:43 PM (TKoA3)
So, last year I got a $4000 bonus. This year, I'm getting $1500. And, even though 2 partners voted to close the office tomorrow and at least give me an extra day off, the douchebag, hope he dies tonight, LuapNor freak one wants me in there in the morning. He's also the one who queered my bonus. Which was a factor in my last raise and now it's water under the fuckin' bridge.
I'm in a real evil place right now and thanks to all for putting up with my shit.
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 10:55 PM (RvsVx)
Only a $1,500 bonus instead of a $4,000 one?Quit yer prissy whining. The biggest bonus I ever got was $50.00 and a steak dinner to go along with it.
Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth!
Next thing, I'll be hearing you whine about losing your membership at the Country Club or pressing your own outfit.
I just found the world's tiniest fucking violin to play a tune for you on.
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at December 22, 2011 07:43 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 11:42 PM (RvsVx)
She's in a different state though, right? Lotteries for both of you! If I'm ever rich there is going to be one hell of a party, I can tell you that for sure.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 07:45 PM (5MIQc)
Where do you live, Ed?
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor has a semi-colon problem at December 22, 2011 07:46 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at December 22, 2011 11:43 PM (7+pP9)
You should probably change your name to dick.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 07:46 PM (5MIQc)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 11:47 PM (5MIQc)
and I'm fucking serious about that, too. (wow. I think I need another drink.) 
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 07:48 PM (5MIQc)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is about to go all the way off at December 22, 2011 07:49 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 07:49 PM (5MIQc)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is about to go all the way off at December 22, 2011 07:50 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is about to go all the way off at December 22, 2011 11:49 PM (SsG4J)
heh...I almost feel sorry for him. Almost.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 07:50 PM (5MIQc)
Shining steel tempered in the fire
I'll chop you down like an old dead tree
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Hey lincolntf, did you know that Kirsty McColl's dad wrote "Dirty Old Town?" Not enough songs about axe rampaging, if you ask me.
Try "Navigator," if you're Pogueing tonight. My kids love Waxie's Dargle.
Posted by: VKI at December 22, 2011 07:50 PM (TKoA3)
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at December 22, 2011 11:43 PM (7+pP9)
Just by way of explanation, Ed, the bonus was actually a documented factor in my last (rather pitiful) raise. And I'm still making less than 2/3 of what I've made for the last 20 years and working harder, at 60, than I ever had in my life. I rock their world. They fucked me. Get it?
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 07:51 PM (RvsVx)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 07:52 PM (kRWwg)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 07:52 PM (5MIQc)
And, GGE, how very very cool to have your grandfather's pistol. Wow!
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 07:53 PM (RvsVx)
Posted by: Tammy
Hopefully somewhere to stick his head in a bucket of water and calm the eff down.
I was pretty damned excited to get a $25.00 gift card bonus from the company I work for.
Posted by: Theresa loves the Cowboys at December 22, 2011 07:53 PM (nAvCW)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at December 22, 2011 11:51 PM (qjUnn)
Yep. Should have gone all the way to Memphis and took 40, that way I wouldn't have had to disarm in Ill-noise. Ah well, it would have been out of the way since Sister lives in Roanoke.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 07:54 PM (5MIQc)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2011 11:29 PM (sHY5w)
You can see a preview of the book at the website "coquettebreezedotcom". Maybe someone can explain how I can post a picture?
I'll check back in on Sunday night. Gotta go to bed now!
Posted by: abandon at December 22, 2011 07:55 PM (Q/K83)
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 11:53 PM (RvsVx)
It is pretty cool. Grand-dad was a Seabee in WW2, he said he never wanted his kids to be Sailors or mechanics. I'm sure I was a big disappointment to him, being both. He also told my father after I had taken one of my Christmas toys apart at the tender age of 2 to see how it worked that "if that little bastard is going to be taking things apart you'd best learn him to put them back together again." I think I was his favorite.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 07:57 PM (5MIQc)
Hi, everyone! I finally posted my first comments the other day, but I wanted to officially say, "hi"! I've been reading here regulary for almost a year now and wanted to thank you all for helping to keep me sane with your commentary and Ace's and the co-bloggers' posts.
I've never posted before because everytime I'd think of something to say, I'd scroll through the comments and see that someone else had already said it and usually snarkier and funnier, too! LOL
So I read the comments nodding my head in agreement a *lot*, on everything from Palin to Cain to Perry. I also love the live-blogging of debates and laugh my head off at all the "socks".
Anyway, looking forward to joining in once in awhile! Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 22, 2011 07:57 PM (KL49F)
Anyway, looking forward to joining in once in awhile! Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 22, 2011 11:57 PM (KL49F)
How're YOU doin'?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 07:58 PM (5MIQc)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 11:52 PM (kRWwg)
Hey Bebe!!! How YOU doin'???
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 07:58 PM (WCQp7)
That doesn't stop Ace; don't let it stop you.
Posted by: fluffy at December 22, 2011 07:59 PM (Lpgtj)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is about to go all the way off at December 22, 2011 08:00 PM (SsG4J)
This place is great, ain't it? The commenters, Ace and the cob-loggers are the best.
Posted by: Theresa loves the Cowboys at December 22, 2011 08:00 PM (nAvCW)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 08:00 PM (5MIQc)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 08:01 PM (5MIQc)
A warm ONT welcome to you, Aslan's Girl, and don't be shy, we don't bite (well, most of us). Merry Christmas to you, too!
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 08:01 PM (RvsVx)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 08:02 PM (kRWwg)
Posted by: no good deed at December 22, 2011 08:02 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is about to go all the way off at December 23, 2011 12:01 AM (SsG4J)
Yeah, well, I was an airdale. But I really felt bad about helping to steal the bee in Puerto Rico that one time. Maybe that will make up for it. I'll ask him about it when I see him again (he left us in '75)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 08:03 PM (5MIQc)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 22, 2011 08:03 PM (FIE/L)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 08:03 PM (kRWwg)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 23, 2011 12:02 AM (kRWwg)
Get a contract!!! At least, that's what the Moron Horde has been telling me.
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 08:03 PM (WCQp7)
One of my favorite modern Christmas songs is Amy Grant's "Breath of Heaven", it's just perfection in every way!
Over the Rhine's Christmas album, "Trumpet Child", has a lot of new songs on it and it's just beautiful and moving.
I also love both of B.E. Taylor's Christmas albums, they are a modern take on classics caroles and they ROCK! I bought them when they first came out and I listen to them every year. Another favorite is a cd titled "Noel" by Derri Daugherty & Steve Hindalong (of The Choir), it's alternative rock versions of classic caroles including obscure ones. My favorite on the album is "In the Bleak Midwinter" by Kevin Smith (formerly of DC Talk). That is also an album I play every year.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 22, 2011 08:04 PM (KL49F)
{oh, and, Merry Christmas, I still think you are a national treasure, as I did when we first "met"}
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 08:05 PM (RvsVx)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 22, 2011 08:05 PM (FIE/L)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 08:06 PM (kRWwg)
EEEEKKK!!! You know OTR! Snow Angels is one of my all time favorites!!! Thor brought me home Darkest Night of the Year tonight, how funnt!!!
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is about to go all the way off at December 22, 2011 08:06 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Peaches at December 23, 2011 12:01 AM (RvsVx)
And when the 'ettes DO bite, its not really a bad thing. I'm guessing, FML...
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 08:06 PM (WCQp7)
Turkey freezes all ties with France: Erdoğan
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 22, 2011 08:07 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 23, 2011 12:03 AM (FIE/L)
I approve of this message.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 08:07 PM (5MIQc)
Direct photo posting isn't allowed here to all intents and purposes but you can always put a photo up at a free site like Flickr or Image Frog or Image Shack and post a link to it in a comment.
Also at Ace's URLs aren't automatically made 'hot'; and if the URL title has too many characters, the site won't allow you to post it so using TinyURL.com for your links is the easiest thing to do.
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2011 08:07 PM (sHY5w)
And, bebe, no shit, the perfume thing is just so wrong. They can ban smoking, but people can spew toxic chemicals anywhere on earth. Wrong, wrong, wrong!
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 08:07 PM (RvsVx)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 22, 2011 08:08 PM (FIE/L)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 23, 2011 12:06 AM (kRWwg)
Not yet, I just fired up the power to the place tonight, gonna sleep in the hotel one more night and see if the place burns down. If it does, at least it's insured and I won't be there lol.
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 08:09 PM (WCQp7)
And when the 'ettes DO bite, its not really a bad thing. I'm guessing, FML...
Posted by: NC Ref at December 23, 2011 12:06 AM (WCQp7)
Yeah, well...a fella can dream, can't he?
My sister's BF is worried she drinks too much (she probably does) so I'm doing him a favor and drinking all of her beer. Miller Lite, the things I do for my sister.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 08:09 PM (5MIQc)
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 08:09 PM (WCQp7)
Thank you all for the welcome! Yes, no good deed, I usually post at Hot Gas
but I have more in common politically with you guys here, so it's always good to read the comments!
Peaches, thanks, glad to know you don't all bite (mostly), lol!
Thank you, Tammy al' Thor, I've been a Narnia fan since I was eight and usually read the books at least once a year!
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 22, 2011 08:10 PM (KL49F)
I swear, no one even knows I am wearing perfume!!! I promise. I work in Prairie Dog Central, and we share cubicles, and my coworkers didn't even know I wore perfume til I started having it delivered to work.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is about to go all the way off at December 22, 2011 08:10 PM (SsG4J)
Don'tcha hate how the moved Magicians Nephew out of order in the new sets??
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is about to go all the way off at December 22, 2011 08:12 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is about to go all the way off at December 23, 2011 12:10 AM (SsG4J)
Subtle is always best. Trying to get my 12 yo son to realize that, he got a 4 pack of cologne for Christmas and has smelt like a French harlot for the past few days.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 08:12 PM (5MIQc)
He posted a barrage of witty comments here only a few hours ago.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 22, 2011 08:12 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: Mephistefales at December 22, 2011 08:12 PM (ehVr9)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 08:12 PM (kRWwg)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is about to go all the way off at December 23, 2011 12:12 AM (SsG4J)
Speaking of books...the final WoT book (A Memory of Light) is in rough draft and has been delivered for editing (read about it on the Tor site).
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 08:13 PM (5MIQc)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is about to go all the way off at December 23, 2011 12:06 AM (SsG4J)
Yay, another fan! I "discovered" them in a bookstore a few years ago... this beautiful music was playing so I asked the clerk what it was and bought it immediately! They are very special people, too, I just love their song-writing!
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 22, 2011 08:13 PM (KL49F)
Hardly even tell we did, really, 'specially compared to the clawmarks.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is about to go all the way off at December 22, 2011 08:14 PM (SsG4J)
Subtle is always best. Trying to
get my 12 yo son to realize that, he got a 4 pack of cologne for
Christmas and has smelt like a French harlot for the past few days.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 23, 2011 12:12 AM (5MIQc)
Heh. I worked a Latino game recently where some dude on the sidelines had just taken a fkn BATH in Polo. Seriously, he must have bought out their entire stock for 2012. I wore that shit in HS in the 80s. Thought I was going to pass out every time I had to run by that jackass.
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 08:14 PM (WCQp7)
You are such a giver, GGE. Like a fuckin' saint on earth . . .
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 08:15 PM (RvsVx)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 08:15 PM (kRWwg)
Posted by: no good deed at December 22, 2011 08:16 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 22, 2011 08:16 PM (FIE/L)
Posted by: Tammy
I always wore perfume when I worked in offices, and never got a complaint. You've got to know how to be subtle about it.
Posted by: Theresa loves the Cowboys at December 22, 2011 08:17 PM (nAvCW)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 23, 2011 12:12 AM (kRWwg)
Snort, Bebe, you're bad!!!! ;P I was fixin' to go toe-to-toe with Ed, but I am coming down some.
GGE, I haven't started the series yet, the man's been too busy to get to the library for me. But I'll check out the website for sure!
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is coming down now at December 22, 2011 08:17 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is about to go all the way off at December 23, 2011 12:12 AM (SsG4J)
Oh, you speak my language! Yes! The set I grew up with was an old Collier rack edition and it was printed in "published order"... I adored reading MN that way because it gives one that "aha!" moment of discovery! I tried once reading them in chronological order, but gave up since I just didn't like it, lol. I also loathe the Disney films... I'd rather watch the low-budget, late-'80s BBC movies as they are so faithful!
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 22, 2011 08:17 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 23, 2011 12:12 AM (kRWwg)
NOOOOOO!!! Don't let the dirteh talk stop! But maybe a little less groundling? That's the gist I got from when Rum laid down the law. Or her version of it.
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 08:18 PM (WCQp7)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy
Oh, listen to you.
Posted by: fluffy at December 22, 2011 08:18 PM (Lpgtj)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 08:18 PM (5MIQc)
Posted by: Mango at December 22, 2011 08:18 PM (kRWwg)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 08:20 PM (kRWwg)
Posted by: Peaches at December 23, 2011 12:15 AM (RvsVx)
I know, right?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 08:20 PM (5MIQc)
Generally speaking it all happens at once, and my toes are too curled to leave much of a mark.
Perhaps we're speaking of separate things?
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is coming down now at December 22, 2011 08:20 PM (SsG4J)
"some dude on the sidelines had just taken a fkn BATH in Polo."
Operative word: bath.
There are smells much worse than ANY amount of Polo ...
Posted by: Arbalest at December 22, 2011 08:21 PM (Jait3)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is coming down now at December 23, 2011 12:20 AM (SsG4J)
Not if it's being done right.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 08:21 PM (5MIQc)
Oh crap, did I just groundle??? WTF is groundling????
I'll shut up now.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is coming down now at December 22, 2011 08:21 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at December 22, 2011 08:22 PM (AlYnQ)
You are all such a blessing in my life and I am indescribably grateful to be able to come here, night after night, and enjoy your company.
A demain, mes amis! Sleep well and sweet dreams. God bless us, every one.
Posted by: Peaches at December 22, 2011 08:22 PM (RvsVx)
I prefer honest BO to too much cologne on men.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is coming down now at December 22, 2011 08:23 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 08:23 PM (kRWwg)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 08:23 PM (5MIQc)
Posted by: Peaches at December 23, 2011 12:22 AM (RvsVx)
G'night Peaches. Sleep well and wake.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 08:24 PM (5MIQc)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 08:24 PM (kRWwg)
Posted by: Theresa loves the Cowboys at December 22, 2011 08:25 PM (nAvCW)
I have never seen any of the movies. It'd ruin it for me! You know how you have your own images in your mind, right?? Dang, now I wanna go read Voyage of the Dawn Treader....
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is coming down now at December 22, 2011 08:25 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is a closet groundler?? at December 22, 2011 08:27 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is a closet groundler?? at December 22, 2011 08:27 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: navybrat at December 22, 2011 08:27 PM (bfwY1)
I prefer honest BO to too much cologne on men.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is coming down now at December 23, 2011 12:23 AM (SsG4J)
I just go with Old Spice bodywash. You have to be pretty close to me to smell its scent. So if you do catch a whiff of it and want to smell more you've got to get really really close to me.
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2011 08:27 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 22, 2011 08:28 PM (FIE/L)
ROTFLMAO! I declare Ididn't know if I was comin' or goin' there for a minute!
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is a closet groundler?? at December 22, 2011 08:28 PM (SsG4J)
Oh, I would, buzz, I would. The original Old Spice is gorgeous. I have an old bottle and wear it myself occasionally. Smells totally different on female skin. I think it's what made me love Opium when it first came out.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is a closet groundler?? at December 22, 2011 08:31 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is a closet groundler?? at December 23, 2011 12:27 AM (SsG4J)
Whew. That was a close one.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 08:31 PM (5MIQc)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is coming down now at December 23, 2011 12:25 AM (SsG4J)
I saw the BBC ones when I was eleven and hated certain aspects of them (I was a melodramtic kid and absolutely fumed about some of it, lol), but the one Disney one I saw, LWW (and it's the ONLY one I'll ever suffer through, believe me) made me appreciate those old ones... but, ITA, I could live without any movies of them; the books are pure magic, and Pauline Baynes' illustrations are the best
I recently fell completely in love with Lewis' Perelandra, truly one of the most beautiful books I've ever read.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 22, 2011 08:31 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 08:32 PM (WCQp7)
Posted by: Jose at December 22, 2011 09:41 PM (srIqv)
Anyone who had seen a live performance (or video thereof) of "Fairytale of New York" would have bet the house that Shane MacGowan would be long gone before her.
Posted by: somebody else, not me at December 22, 2011 08:33 PM (7EV/g)
Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2011 08:33 PM (sCdYf)
Oh crap, did I just groundle??? WTF is groundling????
_________
A groundling is a mythical creature that is said to spontaneously arise from coffee grounds that have been left in the percolator too long. They have few magical powers, but are rumored to occasionally mount epic quests to locate small, shiny objects that they carry back to their lair.
Posted by: Anachronda at December 22, 2011 08:34 PM (6fER6)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 08:34 PM (kRWwg)
Posted by: NC Ref at December 23, 2011 12:32 AM (WCQp7)
Subtle humor? Oh, you mean like that time Pappy Cage told that guy "I hope your momma doesn't run out from under the porch and bite you when you get home", like that?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 08:34 PM (5MIQc)
A groundling is a mythical creature that is said to spontaneously arise from coffee grounds that have been left in the percolator too long. They have few magical powers, but are rumored to occasionally mount epic quests to locate small, shiny objects that they carry back to their lair.
Posted by: Anachronda at December 23, 2011 12:34 AM (6fER6)
Huh. Do they look like mold then? That's what my coffee grounds look like when they've been left in the percolator too long.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 08:35 PM (5MIQc)
We DO speak the same language! And I bet Gushie does, too...where is she?
I prefer the Narnia's, but the Space Trilogy was awesome.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is a closet groundler?? at December 22, 2011 08:36 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 08:39 PM (5MIQc)
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 08:39 PM (WCQp7)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 08:40 PM (5MIQc)
Boy, I am from the damned backwoods. Don't go gettin' all cultured on me.
I don't like gas jokes, either, and wouldn't presume to make a joke about an apparatus I do not possess.
Wouldst be groundling humor possible perchance for females? All unknowing?
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is NOT a groundler, then at December 22, 2011 08:40 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chique) at December 22, 2011 08:40 PM (21lBC)
Anyway, looking forward to joining in once in awhile! Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 22, 2011 11:57 PM (KL49F)
There are people sock puppeting here? I am shocked, SHOCKED!
Posted by: Glenda Greenwaldo at December 22, 2011 08:40 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2011 08:41 PM (sCdYf)
Posted by: NC Ref
Ahh, so kind of like most of the movies for the under-30 crowd which people think are so funny these days, or like watching the endless America's Funniest videos which are mostly shots to some guy's crotch?
Posted by: Theresa loves the Cowboys at December 22, 2011 08:41 PM (nAvCW)
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 08:41 PM (WCQp7)
Posted by: Rum is not feeling merry at December 22, 2011 08:41 PM (E+E+p)
Anyway, looking forward to joining in once in awhile! Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 22, 2011 11:57 PM (KL49F)
How're YOU doin'?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 11:58 PM (5MIQc)
Ahem, you are missing out on some Turkish delight over here...
Posted by: The White Witch at December 22, 2011 08:41 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2011 08:42 PM (sCdYf)
not xmas related...unless you consider it a gift?
Now that right there looked like a dadgum Groundling Butterfly, damn it.....
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is NOT a groundler, then at December 22, 2011 08:42 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: no good deed at December 23, 2011 12:02 AM (mjR67)
Hey, do you still have the phone number for that site?
Posted by: Joe Biden at December 22, 2011 08:43 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Theresa loves the Cowboys at December 23, 2011 12:41 AM (nAvCW)
Exactly. I don't care for that at all. Videos of some cute GIRL'S crotch, on the other hand......
Bunk!!!
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 08:43 PM (WCQp7)
Ahem, you are missing out on some Turkish delight over here...
Posted by: The White Witch at December 23, 2011 12:41 AM (3aXbg)
Oh...well then, how're YOU doin?
OK, I'm really out this time. Evening Rum, LTNS. Hope you get to feeling merrier later on.
G'night roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 22, 2011 08:43 PM (5MIQc)
Posted by: Britney Spears taco at December 22, 2011 08:45 PM (kRWwg)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is about to go all the way off at December 23, 2011 12:10 AM (SsG4J)
I've always been of the opinion you don't want someone to be smelling your perfume/cologne if they are most then talking distance away.
Leaving a scent in the air, no matter how great you think it is, just doesn't sound appealing...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2011 08:46 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Rum is not feeling merry at December 23, 2011 12:41 AM (E+E+p)
I just love that your hash is "EEP" Its like you just saw a mouse
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2011 08:46 PM (GULKT)
Ahem, you are missing out on some Turkish delight over here...
Sorry, I don't accept candy from strangers,
.Besides, to hell with the Turks. I'll live to see the day when Erdogan's dreams of a Greater Caliphate burn to ash and cinders.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 22, 2011 08:46 PM (UR5vq)
I recently fell completely in love with Lewis' Perelandra, truly one of the most beautiful books I've ever read.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 23, 2011 12:31 AM (KL49F)
have you read That Hideous Strength,, yet? That along with Atlas Shrugged feels the most like the times we are living in. Truly....strange that such different viewpoints could just NAIL the problems of our time, written before the trouble got really obvious to everyone.
Posted by: gushie wants to post so bad! at December 22, 2011 08:46 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: Theresa trying my damndest not to groundle at December 22, 2011 08:47 PM (nAvCW)
FTFY. Mice don't bother me, for obvious reasons.
Posted by: Rum is not feeling merry at December 22, 2011 08:47 PM (E+E+p)
But as I watched my mother in law die of cancer, I felt my perspective change mightily; I am grateful for everything I have, and I don't begrudge anyone else what they have.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor loves her some semi colons at December 22, 2011 08:47 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is coming down now at December 23, 2011 12:23 AM (SsG4J)
With faint scent of day old pizza right? Hey, wanna hang out?
Posted by: Michael Moore at December 22, 2011 08:48 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: gushie love turkish delight at December 22, 2011 08:48 PM (QNeKQ)
FTFY. Mice don't bother me, for obvious reasons.
Posted by: Rum is not feeling merry at December 23, 2011 12:47 AM (E+E+p)
Well I know, but since you do go to Disney there is a good chance that you did see a mouse
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2011 08:49 PM (GULKT)
Amen. And yet so many people base their perfume on the amount of sillage it provides....I'd be embarrassed if someone could tell I had been in a room because they could still smell my perfume!
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor loves her some semi colons at December 22, 2011 08:50 PM (SsG4J)
I prefer the Narnia's, but the Space Trilogy was awesome.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is a closet groundler?? at December 23, 2011 12:36 AM (SsG4J)
I'd love to see That Hideous Strength made into a movie...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2011 08:50 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at December 22, 2011 08:52 PM (kRWwg)
It's hard to fear the giant ones when they smile at you and are wearing clothes. And have a worldwide multi-billion dollar empire.
Posted by: Rum is not feeling merry at December 22, 2011 08:52 PM (E+E+p)
Enough classic works have been butchered during their conversion into movie format. C.S. Lewis should be left to print.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 22, 2011 08:52 PM (UR5vq)
have you read That Hideous Strength,, yet? That along with Atlas Shrugged feels the most like the times we are living in. Truly....strange that such different viewpoints could just NAIL the problems of our time, written before the trouble got really obvious to everyone.
Posted by: gushie wants to post so bad! at December 23, 2011 12:46 AM (QNeKQ)
Yes, and it's one of those books that has stuck with me. I liked Out of the Silent Planet, loved Perelandra, and learned a lot from That Hideous Strength, though I don't know if I'll ever be brave enough to read it a second time -- disembodied heads and Satanists and all that
I loved the ending of THS, just Heavenly.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 22, 2011 08:53 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor loves her some semi colons at December 22, 2011 08:54 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 08:54 PM (kRWwg)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 08:55 PM (kRWwg)
Posted by: NC Ref at December 23, 2011 12:50 AM (WCQp7)
hi ref!! so glad to see you
i wanna come over and watch football at the new house
Posted by: gushie love turkish delight at December 22, 2011 08:55 PM (QNeKQ)
That's because CS Lewis was a reactionary, and because Ayn Rand hated humanity.
You don't go far wrong betting that the old ways are better and that most people just suck.
Posted by: Zimriel at December 22, 2011 08:56 PM (6GvAC)
My mom loves it, though, so she gets it for herself, lol!Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 22, 2011 08:56 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 23, 2011 12:52 AM (UR5vq)
As someone pointed out up thread, we've got these great works of literature that are exceptionally poignant NOW, and the people we'd like to reach will never read them.
If Hollywood weren't so damn political, That Hideous Strength would actually play to their norms - spunky heroine, hero who has trouble deciding to do the right thing, evil bureaucrats, incredible underdogs pulling it out at the end, etc...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2011 08:56 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 08:56 PM (kRWwg)
Life is too short...I celebrate everything I can get my hands on.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor loves her some semi colons at December 22, 2011 08:57 PM (SsG4J)
hi ref!! so glad to see you
i wanna come over and watch football at the new house
Posted by: gushie love turkish delight at December 23, 2011 12:55 AM (QNeKQ)
You are welcome anytime!!! Working on setting up the gaming palace viewing center now.
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 08:57 PM (WCQp7)
If "ifs" were fifths, we'd all be drunk.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 22, 2011 08:58 PM (UR5vq)
So cynical, young man! (I am about there myself, though) How's your eye?
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor loves her some semi colons at December 22, 2011 08:58 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 23, 2011 12:56 AM (kRWwg)
No shirt, no pants, GREAT service!!! Welcome!!! :p
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 08:59 PM (WCQp7)
Posted by: Theresa trying my damndest not to groundle at December 22, 2011 08:59 PM (nAvCW)
I wouldn't go that far. But Rand did get to see what communism was really like, and to watch the fools in the West cheer it on, I would imagine that would make one cynical.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2011 09:00 PM (3aXbg)
Hah. I'm in the same boat - tried Turkish Delight when I read the book. I was in the "loved it" camp. Then around late adolescence or so I decided I didn't like it anymore. Aging is weird.
[Always loved dark chocolate though.]
Posted by: Zimriel at December 22, 2011 09:00 PM (6GvAC)
Is your house large enough to hold all this awesomeness, NC? Cuz there will be dancing.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is not a fan of Turkish Delight at December 22, 2011 09:01 PM (SsG4J)
i cant imagine how it could ever be made.
im still fairly sure there was an editor on Atlas Shrugged who hated the movie and fucked it up. bad editing can make a decent movie awful. It seems skillfully bad. Imagine how Hideous would play to them...it gores all their sacred cows.
Posted by: gushie love turkish delight at December 22, 2011 09:01 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: Zimriel at December 22, 2011 09:01 PM (6GvAC)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chique) at December 22, 2011 09:01 PM (7V/Oa)
Posted by: Zimriel at December 23, 2011 01:00 AM (6GvAC)
Since I've started eating dark chocolate I can barely eat milk chocolate any more.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2011 09:01 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Zimriel at December 22, 2011 09:02 PM (6GvAC)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 09:02 PM (kRWwg)
Excellent news! The eye heals very quickly, if nothing is too honked up. Do they think it'll eventually be okay?
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is not a fan of Turkish Delight at December 22, 2011 09:02 PM (SsG4J)
Good to know your eye is healing up.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 22, 2011 09:03 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor is not a fan of Turkish Delight at December 23, 2011 01:01 AM (SsG4J)
I'm working on the stage and anchoring the poles. Because it's all about the girls dancing. I do this for them. Not for me.
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 09:03 PM (WCQp7)
Eh, I'm a Scorpio, I sense things..
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 09:04 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Zimriel at December 23, 2011 01:00 AM (6GvAC)
Since I've started eating dark chocolate I can barely eat milk chocolate any more.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 23, 2011 01:01 AM (3aXbg)
ITA! And dark chocolate is especially good for you, too! No, really!
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 22, 2011 09:05 PM (KL49F)
Huh. Do they look like mold then? That's what my coffee grounds look like when they've been left in the percolator too long.
______
That's the larval stage.
Posted by: Anachronda at December 22, 2011 09:06 PM (6fER6)
You, sir, are truly noble.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 09:06 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Zimriel at December 22, 2011 09:06 PM (6GvAC)
Posted by: The Atom Bomb of Loving Kindness at December 22, 2011 09:07 PM (jqHOY)
Posted by: gushie love turkish delight at December 23, 2011 01:01 AM (QNeKQ)
Though Hollywood is probably not going to exist like it does now much longer.
Its getting easier to do quality SFX on a desktop PC, the difference in level of acting talent between pros and amateurs continues to decrease, and word of mouth is becoming more important then advertising budget.
Here's an example of a movie Hollywood would never make that I liked.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2011 09:08 PM (3aXbg)
Please?
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 09:08 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 09:09 PM (kRWwg)
Great choices; Tull's Xmas album is very good.
jc, you still around?
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 09:09 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 22, 2011 09:09 PM (JKNDp)
Where do you live, Ed?
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor has a semi-colon problem at December 22, 2011 11:46 PM (SsG4J)
With my father, who has OCD, COPD, arthritis, heart congestion and senior dementia. I share caretaking duties of him with my brother. It's pretty damned stressful. It's no fucking walk in the park. If we could afford to put him in a nursing home he'd be dead within 90 days.I'm unemployed because of a dickhead boss and I've run out of unemployment. Same for my brother (except he was never eligible to collect).
I'm working my ass off as hard as ever now trying to fix our decrepit house (only one we bought -- my late Mom got ripped off buying it with no home buying experience while my father was still in Vietnam), taking care of my father, looking for work and helping my sister who's in a very bad way because of several botched back surgeries.
I have zero income, still owe thousands of dollars for graduate degree student loans (I'm about half way through a one year deferment on them) and I'm struggling like hell to keep my sanity because everybody in my family hates me for doing the tough stuff that's in their best interests.
Dad hates me because I try to keep him from breaking his hip by stopping his OCD behaviors. Sister hates me because she's a liberal Obama supporter and I detail to her how Obama is only going to make her life worse. She's also a morbidly obese, has COPD from smoking like a chimney and refuses to alter her lifestyle and I can't help but tell her she's gotta change her ways. She responds by telling me I'm full of shit. She's sweet as honey when she needs me to fix her cabinets or hang some shelving or drive her around. Otherwise, she thinks I'm some sort of right-wing Unabomber. Brother hates me because I can't deal diplomatically with my father and sister, who I'm only trying to help. I am always over the line because I know both my father and sister will not simply respond to gentle persuasion and I don't always treat them with kit gloves. There's never any physical violence involved on my part, only the brutal truth.
So I'm basically living a cakewalk. My 16 year old car is a fine mobile. And my latest job interview was stupendous! If I get the job I'll be working 12 hours a day without a lunch or any breaks, with a ton of illegal immigrants, driving a forklift backwards for a stupendous $9.50/hr minus the mandatory union dues I'll have to pay.
So I'm looking forward to burying both my father and sister within five years and spending the rest of my life doing menial work.
Yep -- I can totally sympathize with only getting a $1,500 bonus. That would devastate me.
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at December 22, 2011 09:10 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Zimriel keeps trying at December 22, 2011 09:14 PM (6GvAC)
Unless you're a history major at which point you are just left with the certain knowledge that most people have always just sucked. Sucked hard. Sucked hard on rotten rats' ass, at that. That's because the old ways sucked, too; and the new ways are just the old ways with new names, anyways.
Posted by: The Atom Bomb of Loving Kindness at December 22, 2011 09:16 PM (jqHOY)
"If I could work my will.. every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding!"
Posted by: Ebenezer at December 22, 2011 09:17 PM (UR5vq)
You know what Ed? I was really set to go off on you earlier, but I'm going to rethink that, not because you're suffering, which I am sorry for, but because it's not right of me to call you a fucking jerk for judging Peaches when I am doing the same thing to you.
We all have troubles and sorrows. I just try and remember there are at least billion other people who always have it worse than me. Please hang in there.
And for what it's worth, most of my friends are convinced I'm Spawn of the Unibomber, too!
Are you in Cali?
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 09:19 PM (SsG4J)
ok if she can eat this without barfing i am happy.
Posted by: gushie love turkish delight at December 22, 2011 09:20 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 22, 2011 09:20 PM (FIE/L)
Baby girl wanted her some meat, damn it. I get that way myself. Sometimes a woman needs some nice rare beef. I think we're having prime rib for Xmas supper!
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 09:23 PM (SsG4J)
Hey Gushie,,
was Hills the brand you suggested instead of using Science Diet for my panther ketteh?? the little pig is through another bag already, supplementing it with the doggies dry food..
Posted by: beanervt at December 22, 2011 09:23 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 09:26 PM (kRWwg)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 23, 2011 01:09 AM (kRWwg)
Meat and meade for all!!!
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 09:26 PM (WCQp7)
Posted by: Vegan Hordes at December 22, 2011 09:26 PM (kRWwg)
Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at December 22, 2011 09:27 PM (kRWwg)
Oh yeah!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 23, 2011 01:26 AM (kRWwg)
So, did you want *extra* pepperoni with your pizza ma'am?
Posted by: Some Pizza Delivery Guy at December 22, 2011 09:28 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 09:30 PM (kRWwg)
Sausage for me, please. Hot Italian sausage. Please.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 09:30 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 09:32 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Clubber Lang at December 22, 2011 09:32 PM (QcFbt)
Now the boys think the magic potion is Axe, and plenty of it.
I never cared for Polo; I don't actually care much for cologne on men, period. But Thor musta got a hold of some Drakkar Noir once, because I get a very..... visceral reaction to it when I get a whiff.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 09:35 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Zakn at December 22, 2011 09:37 PM (zyaZ1)
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 09:38 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Zakn at December 23, 2011 01:32 AM (zyaZ1)
Good night everybody!
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 09:38 PM (4ixH5)
Someone upthread mentioned Old Spice. Mmmmmmmm, I love the smell of Old Spice.
Posted by: Theresa at December 22, 2011 09:38 PM (nAvCW)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 09:39 PM (kRWwg)
Yeah MissTams,, it was a "lab kitten" at the daughters vet school. They give them to the students at the end of the year. He's all black with like 5 strands of white hair under his chin and he's pretty huge. When his pupils are big and you see him in the dark he looks just like a panther. He's a hoot and a good bud..
Posted by: beanervt at December 22, 2011 09:40 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: gushie love turkish delight at December 23, 2011 01:20 AM (QNeKQ)
Is this the same cat that had the toof removed?
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 09:40 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Zakn at December 23, 2011 01:32 AM (zyaZ1)
She really is.
She oughtta prefer kielbasa and boudin (Thor is half French Canadian and mostly the other half Polish with a smidge of German) but she just cain't stay away from that hot Italian sausage.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 09:40 PM (SsG4J)
When his pupils are big and you see him in the dark he looks just like a panther. He's a hoot and a good bud..
Bean, he sounds awesome.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 09:41 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: gushie love turkish delight at December 23, 2011 01:20 AM (QNeKQ)
Hope your sweet little hairless pussy gets to swallow without any problems! If I was there, I'd stroke that pussy till we were both ready to pass out. ;p
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 09:42 PM (WCQp7)
Gonna be one of those nights huh? lol
Posted by: Berserker at December 22, 2011 09:44 PM (FMbng)
Lord, how I love this place. I can never get enough of Gushka's hairless pussy.
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 09:44 PM (SsG4J)
601 597 My kitty has managed to hold down the Hill's Formula Critical care kitty food
Hey Gushie,,
was Hills the brand you suggested instead of using Science Diet for my panther ketteh?? the little pig is through another bag already, supplementing it with the doggies dry food..
Posted by: beanervt at December 23, 2011 01:23 AM (KZLoo)
Beaner, this is what i would feed your panther or dogs, look over the whole product line: ts these are the petfoods i like to feed dogs and cats. This company has a terrific product.
Have great results with my cats and great results with dogs, too especially old ones with skin trouble. all the cats have smooth coats like butter, except the one who doesnt have fur, and shes just her, and feels like a baby no matter what she eats. But she does love their crunchies.
Posted by: gushie loves turkish delight at December 22, 2011 09:45 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: Berserker at December 23, 2011 01:44 AM (FMbng)
You tell me!
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 09:45 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 23, 2011 01:44 AM (SsG4J)
That's hot.
Posted by: Paris Hilton at December 22, 2011 09:46 PM (WCQp7)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 22, 2011 09:47 PM (SsG4J)
Hope your sweet little hairless
pussy gets to swallow without any problems! If I was there, I'd stroke
that pussy till we were both ready to pass out. ;p
Posted by: NC Ref at December 23, 2011 01:42 AM (WCQp7)
Ref your girlfriend Tini is just fine and has been running around sassy as can be this whole time. Its the big fat fluffy white one who has been sick. but it sure look like shes feelin better and will be ok if she can keep this sick cat food down.
strangely, Tini may fart, but she rarely throws up.
Posted by: gushie loves turkish delight at December 22, 2011 09:48 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 09:49 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 23, 2011 01:41 AM (SsG4J)
LOL! I'm not really going to bed, I'm at work!
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 09:49 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Tammy al' Thor at December 23, 2011 01:44 AM (SsG4J)
I'll be in my bunk.
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 09:50 PM (4ixH5)
I was wondering about that! You need to quit that damn job, I miss my videos.
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 09:50 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 09:50 PM (WCQp7)
Thanks Gushie,, have saved a link for "taste of the wild". and will check it out.
How's Mr Grim doing? wasn't he up for higher rank?
Posted by: beanervt at December 22, 2011 09:51 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 09:51 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 01:50 AM (SsG4J)
No kiddin'.
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 09:52 PM (4ixH5)
Son, you forget where I come from. My grandmother became one at 27. In my world, I am old enough to be your grandmother!!
And yes, I can see how that'd get old quick....what does jfkoas stand for? Should I avoid using it in polite company?
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 09:55 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 09:56 PM (4ixH5)
Call it a present, buy it for me, then tell me it got lost in the mail.
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 09:58 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 09:59 PM (4ixH5)
Any of y'all who are left know if there's a specific name for that guitar with the f scrolls in the vid @326? Not the brand, just the type?
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 10:01 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 01:49 AM (SsG4J)
ok try this:
tasteofthewildpetfood dot com
this is seriously the best pet food i have ever used. especially for my old critters and my silly little hairless cat with a delicate tummy, who if you feed her wrong will fart.
Posted by: gushie loves turkish delight at December 22, 2011 10:03 PM (QNeKQ)
Gotcha. My brothers would say C on a crutch.
Robert, dang it, I feel for ya.
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 10:03 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: beanervt at December 23, 2011 01:51 AM (KZLoo)
Grim is coming home soon. Least that's what I heard. Thank him and his guys...and the rest of our military!...for all their sacrifices. And their families'. God bless you all.
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 10:03 PM (WCQp7)
Good to know, thank you!
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 10:04 PM (SsG4J)
Go for it Robert,, The humor in that collection is worth 1000 x the 35 bucks...
Posted by: beanervt at December 22, 2011 10:05 PM (KZLoo)
Well you probably won't believe it, but there is actually a second guitar in the family thats been apart for 30 years. An early 70's telecaster that the neck vanished on, and was modded by a 16-17 year old idiot metalhead who thought routing it for humbuckers and painting it red was a good idea (uh..yeah me). Anyway, I have to plug the stupid pickup routes, do new stock routes, repaint it, and stick a neck on it. I was just surveying the body, what a mess.
Posted by: Berserker at December 22, 2011 10:11 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: beanervt at December 23, 2011 01:51 AM (KZLoo)
With what hes doing and where hes at i hardly hear from him. Last i heard there were icicles in the (indoor) head and that they were dickin around with them on when exactly they were goin home and its drivin him nuts.
Hes studying and thats the last i heard of it. but our contact is sporadic and usually really personal. its maddening. he loved the boxes NC ref sent for him and his team. they were gleeful, and he loved the box from hilshire farms mom sent him. Internet contact is teh suxor, and i am getting pretty tired of it.
we are almost done now. neither one of us can wait.
.
Posted by: gushie loves turkish delight at December 22, 2011 10:11 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 02:03 AM (SsG4J)
Feel enough to make a fruitcake? 
Posted by: beanervt at December 23, 2011 02:05 AM (KZLoo)
Don't tempt me, Frodo!
*Bites nails furiously*
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 10:11 PM (4ixH5)
Hey Ref,, Yeah I'd heard Mr Grim was a short timer.. Gushie had mentioned he was up for E-6 or something and I was wondering how that was going..
Posted by: beanervt at December 22, 2011 10:11 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 10:15 PM (WCQp7)
Any of y'all who are left know if there's a specific name for that guitar with the f scrolls in the vid @326? Not the brand, just the type?
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 02:01 AM (SsG4J)
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Posted by: jc at December 22, 2011 10:15 PM (ufJKx)
cause if I was thinkin of gushie's hairless pussy grim would think ill of me.
Posted by: Zakn at December 23, 2011 02:05 AM (zyaZ1)
naw hed laugh. he knows how friendly Tortellini is. After all shes his cat. Once you see the hairless pussy you never really get the picture out of your mind...
Posted by: gushie loves turkish delight at December 22, 2011 10:16 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: gushie loves turkish delight at December 23, 2011 02:16 AM (QNeKQ)
Bwahahaha!! Yeah thats for sure. G'night Gushie
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 10:18 PM (WCQp7)
The vet who treated Quinn said she has no conclusive evidence but believes from her own experience that this condition is becoming much more common.
Posted by: epobirs at December 22, 2011 10:19 PM (kcfmt)
Well you probably won't believe it, but there is actually a second guitar in the family thats been apart for 30 years. An early 70's telecaster that the neck vanished on, and was modded by a 16-17 year old idiot metalhead who thought routing it for humbuckers and painting it red was a good idea (uh..yeah me). Anyway, I have to plug the stupid pickup routes, do new stock routes, repaint it, and stick a neck on it. I was just surveying the body, what a mess.
Posted by: Berserker at December 23, 2011 02:11 AM (FMbng)
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OR ... you could hang it in your shop and tell everybody that Keef did it.
Posted by: jc at December 22, 2011 10:20 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Berserker at December 23, 2011 02:11 AM (FMbng)
Does it make it worse that you caused all this trouble yourself? I don't know enough about it to say much; what will cause you the most work?
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 10:21 PM (SsG4J)
"I need to know what a certain kind of spice is. It's teeny, very round and tastes like black pepper. Or else I need to know how to say those word sin Spanish, lol!"
I gave up after 26something, but the spice might be capers. Kind of a greyish green and slightly larger than peppercorns. I can really tell if my arroz con pollo is made without them. Capers are the pickled seeds of the (I believe) nasturnum plant. You can usually find them on the top shel of the spice section.
Posted by: rabidfox at December 22, 2011 10:24 PM (PqkDl)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 10:24 PM (SsG4J)
Oh man that sux,, and it's bad for moral. your better off not realizing your getting pulled out then have a date that keeps changing. Frozen heads are not conducive to good bowel movement either...F'n military bullshit...never changes.
Posted by: beanervt at December 22, 2011 10:25 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 10:25 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: NC Ref at December 23, 2011 02:15 AM (WCQp7)
Yes I win. Again. Bwahahaha!!!!!
Posted by: NC Ref at December 22, 2011 10:28 PM (WCQp7)
believes from her own experience that this condition is becoming much more common
epbirs, I didn't catch what the condition is....just general anemia or??
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 10:28 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 10:30 PM (SsG4J)
My kitty has managed to hold down the Hill's Formula Critical care kitty food for 45 minutes. if she can go an hour and a half i will give her a bigger helping. smells like potroast and she loves the stuff, which is a relief, because she had stopped eating the baby food pretty much. Guess she was just sick of it.
ok if she can eat this without barfing i am happy.
Posted by: gushie love turkish delight at December 23, 2011 01:20 AM (QNeKQ)
We finally put up he tree tonight. Would've done it yesterday but my brother's trip to take my sister to the doctor turned into an all day buying extravaganza. She lured my brother into taking her to Wall-Mart after her doctor's appointment (and a trip to the pharmacy) by claiming she had a five dollar coupon that was about or expire.She then pulled out a list of about 40 items and proceeded to spend hours waddling around the store reading and comparing labels, replacing one item with another and generally acting like all life revolved around her. So I had to drive our Christmas cards to the closest mail processing facility first thing this morning just to make sure our neighbors get their cards on time. All of our distant friends and relatives will receive them after Christmas.
Back to he cat story: as soon as the tree was finally up (a fake one because a real one aggravates my father's COPD) my geriatric cat made a beeline to the few remaining strands of tinsel on the tree.
It was bad enough last year when he gacked more than normal and turned the litter box sparkly. Tonight, however, he gacked out all of his food -- including a big piece of tinsel -- on my bedding within 20 minutes. He managed to hit both sheets and the comforter, too. I have to Laxatone him weekly and he absolutely hates it.
Cat gack has become an almost daily factor of life anymore. I hope you can get your little kitty to hold down her food and grow up healthy and strong, to puke all over your bed 17 years from now.
Have you tried feeding her scrambled eggs? Most kittens love them and they're high in protein and fats, both good for sickly little kittens. I wish you the best.
My old-timer has terminal kidney failure but is hanging tough for the time being. Gotta take him to the vet for complete testing soon. If I'd have to bury him in a month or two I'd prefer to get the hole dug before the ground freezes deep. I think with a little hydration therapy he should hang on at least until summer, but we can't afford all of the veterinary care we would like to give him.
Good luck with the kitten.
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at December 22, 2011 10:38 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 22, 2011 10:40 PM (M6Y1w)
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at December 23, 2011 02:38 AM (7+pP9)
i will try eggs if she stops eatin again.
one christmas i had one eat tinsel and it got stuck in her gut! cost me 500 $ i got from my gramma as my present. Gramma didnt know she saved my cats life when she wrote that cheque. I couldnt believe it. it was the exact amount. but i did love that kitty. that was 20 years ago. She just passed about 10 months ago.
you are lucky it goes right through your old guy.
Posted by: gushie loves turkish delight at December 22, 2011 10:46 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 10:46 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: epobirs at December 22, 2011 10:47 PM (kcfmt)
Don't worry about your cards. You have til January 6th to get them there for the official Christmas season. It doesn't even start til Sunday.
You seem to take good care of everything around you!
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 10:50 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 10:51 PM (SsG4J)
Sam Clemens died on schedule. He came in with the comet and went out with it. A 76 year cycle. Nobody noticed when he showed up again in 1985 but he was secretly playing himself in that Star Trek: TNG two-parter.
Posted by: epobirs at December 22, 2011 10:51 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Case at December 22, 2011 10:52 PM (FD6YW)
Posted by: epobirs at December 22, 2011 10:53 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: gushie loves turkish delight at December 22, 2011 10:57 PM (QNeKQ)
Plugging the holes will suck. I may let a machinist friend make the plugs. He'll cut out the bad areas by machining a square hole big enough to remove the bad area, then machine the plugs out of the same species of wood, and I'll do all the fitting and gluing. I have the wood for the plugs. He has a CNC, so it will be super accurate with no gaps. Its getting a solid color anyway, so you'll never see the plugs anyhow, and they are under the pickguard too, so you really won't see them.
As far as me doing all the stupid shit in the first place, fuck it. I was young and stupid, and probably stoned. lol
Posted by: Berserker at December 22, 2011 10:58 PM (FMbng)
If you have an aunt named Lilah, Carlene, or Mandy, you need to identify yourself immediately or promise to keep your mouth hushed all theway up, so help me God.
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 11:01 PM (SsG4J)
I like to died of pernicious anemia awhile back. Lack of B12 effects absorption of certain things and can make you very anemic. Maybe the supplements help that a little.
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 11:03 PM (SsG4J)
Amazon has the official HP model if you want to pay tribute to our host but Office Depot has it for a few bucks less.
Posted by: epobirs at December 22, 2011 11:05 PM (kcfmt)
Dude. That does sounds like a lot of work. I just can't imagine how you get it all worked out smoothly and with out cracking everything. And it doesn't effect the sound? How deep are holes, or do I mean how deep will they be?
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 11:06 PM (SsG4J)
Oh, I may do that. I have Amzon points, so the ewok may not get any cash, but he got plenty from me earlier. Thank you for the heads up. It's a little easier now that my fingers aren't taped and splinted, but it's till a pain. I also hate not having a scroll bar thingee.
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 11:10 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: jc at December 22, 2011 11:21 PM (ufJKx)
Just reading over at Weasel Zippers the moouchell want's to be reincarnated as Bo da dog... kind explains the look she's been achieving...
Posted by: beanervt at December 22, 2011 11:21 PM (KZLoo)
Won't affect the sound much, because by the time the stock routes get redone there will be very little plug left. They will be about an inch deep. Nothing will crack.
Posted by: Berserker at December 22, 2011 11:21 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: jc at December 23, 2011 03:21 AM (ufJKx)
Quaaludes?
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 11:25 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 11:26 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 11:27 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 11:29 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: beanervt at December 23, 2011 03:29 AM (KZLoo)
With only a bottle of Jack to keep its insides warm.
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 11:30 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 11:33 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 11:34 PM (SsG4J)
Thor prefers brandy for that for some reason. I got him a bottle of some kind of brandy called 10 for the tenth day of Xmas.
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 11:36 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2011 11:38 PM (7h8oL)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 03:36 AM (SsG4J)
I think you should just crack it open now and share with the entire ONT.
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 11:40 PM (4ixH5)
I will refrain from making the obvious joke about why men might want to be a dogs. Groundling humor.
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 11:41 PM (SsG4J)
I would normally be happy to do so, but I had a helluva time coming up with something for 10. 'sides, I doubt it'd go 'round very far amongst you lot.
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 11:42 PM (SsG4J)
Or maybe come back as the cat of my hot little Missouri minx. I'd curl up in her lap, maybe sniff around the promised land. Do you need cleaning, oh I'll gladly take care of that for you lick lick lick lick...
I...might be getting carried away.
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 11:43 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 03:26 AM (SsG4J)
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Here's an example of a vid I like to work on. I would like to copy it to my drive, and be able to play it at slower speeds. Here's something for sale to do it, but I don't know if it actually works. It's not much money, so maybe I'll just risk it.
If it actually works I'd probably do it quite often.
Posted by: jc at December 22, 2011 11:43 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 03:42 AM (SsG4J)
We can mix it with some val-u-rite.
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 11:44 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2011 11:44 PM (7h8oL)
There are a ton of free utilities to capture FLV files from YouTube. Just go to a place like Download.com and search on the word 'youtube.'
Once you have the file you can use it in a player like VLC (which plays damn near everything worth mentioning) that will let you do frame advance or you can transcode it into something understood by any editing software you may have.
Posted by: epobirs at December 22, 2011 11:45 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2011 11:46 PM (7h8oL)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2011 03:44 AM (7h8oL)
You're gonna plow the wife? Good luck, and be careful.
Posted by: Robert at December 22, 2011 11:46 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 11:52 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 11:54 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 22, 2011 11:55 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2011 11:56 PM (7h8oL)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2011 11:59 PM (7h8oL)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2011 12:01 AM (7h8oL)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2011 03:56 AM (7h8oL)
Dude! See if he's open to a little double team action. She's young, she probably will be.
Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2011 12:03 AM (4ixH5)
I didn't make that clear....they were both having affairs with each others wife, and they still got pissed. Some men are bad that way, so you be careful. And she's liable to be about half crazy, too, just sayin'.
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 12:03 AM (SsG4J)
Silly man. That could make her worse.
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 12:05 AM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 04:03 AM (SsG4J)
Well, best to keep it in the family I suppose.
Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2011 12:06 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 12:06 AM (SsG4J)
Pretty damned arrogant to get mad at your brother though when you're doing the same thing! They eventually married the other wives, and I never could figure out how the resulting kids were related to their cousin and siblings???
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 12:09 AM (SsG4J)
Shouldn't that story have started with "you might be a redneck if....." ??
lol
Posted by: Berserker at December 23, 2011 12:10 AM (FMbng)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2011 04:01 AM (7h8oL)
Guaranteed way to make sure she never gets clingy...use a condom. Seriously, don't let her access to your, uh...precious fluids. *Cough* Semen makes women happier for some reason (really, you can look it up), so make sure she subconsciously understands it's all about you getting laid and not about her.
Plus, ya know...pearl necklace...what? Who said that?!?
Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2011 12:10 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 04:09 AM (SsG4J)
Man, I'd love to see that letter to Dear Abby.
Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2011 12:11 AM (4ixH5)
yep,,, 40 something and dumped.. she's going to be desperate for latching on...
Posted by: beanervt at December 23, 2011 12:12 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Berserker at December 23, 2011 04:10 AM (FMbng)
BWAHAHAHAHAA!!!!!
Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2011 12:12 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 03:52 AM (SsG4J)
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nothing special. just an old gateway laptop. intel graphics & conexant sound card
Posted by: jc at December 23, 2011 12:13 AM (ufJKx)
Not really, Bers, cuz I mean, there isn't really any question of "might", right???
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 12:13 AM (SsG4J)
Posted by: epobirs at December 23, 2011 12:14 AM (kcfmt)
I just asked cuz sometimes they come with software that'll do stuff like that. How much was that program? If you're gonna do it regularly, I say get it.
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 12:15 AM (SsG4J)
Uh...no, I guess not. lol
Posted by: Berserker at December 23, 2011 12:16 AM (FMbng)
Or ask the ex if she left any jewelery at the house and you could give her that... It would not only not cost you it would send a message when she figured it out...then duck..
Posted by: beanervt at December 23, 2011 12:16 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2011 04:01 AM (7h8oL)
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When you get old enough to make your top 100 list of the best ideas you ever had ... I'll be real surprised if this one makes the top 10.
Posted by: jc at December 23, 2011 12:16 AM (ufJKx)
No kidding; I think my aunts were cousins, too. (The wives, I mean.)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 12:18 AM (SsG4J)
Posted by: beanervt at December 23, 2011 04:16 AM (KZLoo)
Oh no, I ain't gettin' involved here!
Posted by: The AFLAC Duck at December 23, 2011 12:20 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 12:20 AM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 04:18 AM (SsG4J)
I gather the lesson here is the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2011 12:20 AM (4ixH5)
That is a fairly specialized application, so there may not be a lot of alternatives for cheap. The only other one I see with a quick search is VideoSurgeon for $80.
Most of the better video editing apps will do it but can be pretty pricey for a lot of functionality you may not need if you just want corrected pitch during slo-mo playback and not any elaborate creative facilities.
Posted by: epobirs at December 23, 2011 12:22 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2011 12:22 AM (7h8oL)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2011 12:24 AM (7h8oL)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2011 04:24 AM (7h8oL)
Is the most popular feature the slide?
Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2011 12:27 AM (4ixH5)
Oh I thought the acronym was:
A (assume)
F (facial)
L (lashing)
A (according to)
C (contract)
Posted by: beanervt at December 23, 2011 12:29 AM (KZLoo)
You are using your beautifully simplistic, rational, logical male mind.
Let a woman break it down for ya.
She is wounded, she is hurt, and she wants love, affection and attention. Once she gets it, it'll be like crack and she may not want to give it up.
She's an idiot for even thinking about dating or even hooking up right now. You may think you're just in it for a quick lay, and heck, she may think that's all she's in it for, too, but I am telling you, there is huge potential for big mess here, especially if you're not being honest about your intentions with her.
Just be careful. You're dealing with a dangerous critter here.
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 12:32 AM (SsG4J)
Yeah. :-) Hubby has already been tapping some chick that is only 6 years odler than his 14 yr,
Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2011 03:56 AM (7h8oL)
Then man up and go after the 20 yr.old.If you're out to snatch a man's snatch you don't go after the discards.
If you're satisfied with flea-market material you gotta turn your man card.
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at December 23, 2011 12:33 AM (7+pP9)
Heh,, they locked down steaming media on our guest network now *since yesterday*..hopefully the "guests" start complaining..and it gets unlocked.
Posted by: beanervt at December 23, 2011 12:33 AM (KZLoo)
Argh! The appropriate scene from 'The Man With Two Brains' is nowhere to be found online.
"It's my voice, isn't it?"
Posted by: epobirs at December 23, 2011 12:34 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2011 12:36 AM (7h8oL)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 12:36 AM (SsG4J)
F (facial)
L (lashing)
A (according to)
C (contract)
Posted by: beanervt at December 23, 2011 04:29 AM (KZLoo)
Any Foxy Ladies Around Call...me...let me work at this a second.
Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2011 12:38 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2011 12:39 AM (7h8oL)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 04:36 AM (SsG4J)
Now, don't go! We can talk about shoes...
Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2011 12:39 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: beanervt at December 23, 2011 04:33 AM (KZLoo)
Well hopefully it's a very sexy and tanned babe and not a Rick Astley video.
Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2011 12:40 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2011 04:39 AM (7h8oL)
Oh, she has experience!
I'd still look into that that sammich action, though.
Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2011 12:41 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2011 12:42 AM (4ixH5)
Teh Donald has proclaimed Bawney to have disrespected congress by showing his nips... said nothing about the revulsion to mankind who viewed the moobs..
Posted by: beanervt at December 23, 2011 12:46 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2011 12:47 AM (7h8oL)
Well, what good are ya???
Mandolins???
I really just need to know what to look for in terms of quality construction. Ultimately I know sound and action is what is gonna seal the deal, but are there any obvious red flags to look for?
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 12:47 AM (SsG4J)
Know what you mean MissT,,, can I thump Thor over the head with it and still have sweeet sound come out of it...
Posted by: beanervt at December 23, 2011 12:55 AM (KZLoo)
LOL, Bean, I'd never ruin a good instrument like that.... if he acted up to the extent I actually had to hit him upside his head, I got other things to choose from.
Cast iron skillets, they ain't just for cookin'.....
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 12:58 AM (SsG4J)
Posted by: beanervt at December 23, 2011 04:55 AM (KZLoo)
God of thunder and lightning might get a little peeved. I recommend distracting him with copious amounts of meade.
Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2011 01:00 AM (4ixH5)
If the God of thunder and lightning makes me mad enough to hit him, I am absolutely going to have to get him dead drunk or catch him asleep to do any damage, but you will not want to waste your money betting against me.
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 01:06 AM (SsG4J)
That is a fairly specialized application, so there may not be a lot of alternatives for cheap. The only other one I see with a quick search is VideoSurgeon for $80.
Most of the better video editing apps will do it but can be pretty pricey for a lot of functionality you may not need if you just want corrected pitch during slo-mo playback and not any elaborate creative facilities.
Posted by: epobirs at December 23, 2011 04:22 AM (kcfmt)
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Well I spent the $27 and it seems to work. Now all I need is some patience, dedication and talent.
Posted by: jc at December 23, 2011 01:08 AM (ufJKx)
Hey, a little carbon fiber and epoxy reinforcement and it could take it.. You could probably bribe B'er to do for some 'shine in a hundred year ol bottle...
Posted by: beanervt at December 23, 2011 01:09 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 05:06 AM (SsG4J)
If there's betting involved, we're gonna have to ask you to pee in a little cup.
Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2011 01:11 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2011 05:11 AM (4ixH5)
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and then send it to Jefe. Bet that leaves him really confused.
Posted by: jc at December 23, 2011 01:14 AM (ufJKx)
epo, lol!!
Bean, the damage inflicted by mere wood wouldn't be sufficient to assuage my wrath, nor would it leave good enough marks to serve as reminders. For broken bones, you need iron, baseball bats notwithstanding, at least in my experience.
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 01:15 AM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 01:17 AM (SsG4J)
Heehee..yeah!!! or mark it "wine sample" then ask for his opinion...
Posted by: beanervt at December 23, 2011 01:20 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Santa is watching Tammy al' Thor and he is not amused at December 23, 2011 01:24 AM (SsG4J)
Posted by: beanervt at December 23, 2011 05:20 AM (KZLoo)
Holy shit, I just lost it...
Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2011 01:28 AM (4ixH5)
He's not Spock like and not very analytical... or more precisely stooopid but I can bullshit them..
Posted by: beanervt at December 23, 2011 01:32 AM (KZLoo)
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Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at December 23, 2011 06:37 AM (ODkU9)
I have this lovely, uh, pinot grigio that I would love for you to try.
Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2011 03:22 AM (4ixH5)
“I put it around Christmas because I knew that’s when a lot of ‘bloods’ [Blacks] would be partying.”
Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 22, 2011 10:03 PM (hO8IJ)
.......
And for his trouble got in return the Sandra Lee Kwanzaa cakePosted by: SarahW at December 23, 2011 07:10 AM (LYwCh)
Take the gh from enough, the o from women, the ti from nation. what does it spell? Ghoti = Fish. Welcome to English..Beeotch!
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