Nearly First?

Obama is a SCoAMF!

 So the trick to being first is not actually reading.  hmmmm....just like college.

Yup, that'll teach me.

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 06, 2011 10:15 PM (JMmQ9)

Heresy! Martinis are made of gin. I realize there are some exclusions to the rule but, seriously, not gin? It's a cocktail. A girlyman cocktail. Man up. Embrace the juniper.

oh, jewells, we have an extensive dossier on you

Ahhh... then you must know that I loathe you with all my being and hope you end up in prison with a broom handle shoved up your ass.

Help a sister out?

I dog-sat for a friend a couple of weeks ago. Dog either had fleas when he got here or got them immediately afterward outside (I don't have pets). He was on something that supposedly rendered the females sterile (don't know if I believe that), and I took him to his vet and got him medicine to kill the live fleas.

Ten days after his absence and after cleaning the house, I'm still finding live fleas--not a lot, but some (four or so in the past 3 days). Everything I've read online talks about vacuuming the carpets with boric acid and the like.

I have all hardwood floors. Will the little bastards eventually go away with nothing to eat, will a bug bomb work, or do I need to call in the professionals?

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at October 06, 2011 10:03 PM (qpKJT)

That means that Andrew Breitbart is always first!

I have all hardwood floors. Will the little bastards eventually go away with nothing to eat, will a bug bomb work, or do I need to call in the professionals?

I have all hardwood floors. Will the little bastards eventually go away with nothing to eat, will a bug bomb work, or do I need to call in the professionals?

Posted by: Palandine at October 06, 2011 10:18 PM (g7D8V)

Bug bombs should work.

I have all hardwood floors. Will the little bastards eventually go away with nothing to eat, will a bug bomb work, or do I need to call in the professionals?

Call the pros.  We went thru this with my MIL about 4 years ago.  It took forever to get rid of the SOB's.  Way better to let the pros handle it.  I feel for ya.. it was awful.

Posted by: Palandine at October 06, 2011 10:18 PM (g7D8V)

Propably had some eggs left that hatched. Just buy flea powder, sprinkle overnight then vaccum up. Some of the powder will be left in the cracks but will go away over time (unless you have toddler crawling on floor don't do it) and the fleas will be gone.

jewells, could they have mined it form an email string...like when you forward or reply to something?

Possibly, but God it's been years since we used that for each other and I really don't recall ever using it in an email. We both have the same name so the 1 and 2 distinguished us, one from the other.  We would write jtc1 or jtc2 on tupperware and stuff so we would know who it belonged to.  This is really freaking me out. 

Posted by: Palandine at October 06, 2011 10:18 PM (g7D8V)

I managed to get the foggers designed to disrupt the flea / tick lifecycle, and used twice as much as I was supposed to (since I was getting bitten pretty ferociously) ta-da no more fleas!

Thanks, Steck. I bought the house a year ago, and the previous owners had 3 dogs, so I suppose that the eggs could have been dormant for that long.

Crazy resilient little f*ckers, if that's true. They'll be around after we're all dead.

jewells, could they have mined it form an email string...like when you forward or reply to something?

Possibly, but God it's been years since we used that for each other and I really don't recall ever using it in an email. We both have the same name so the 1 and 2 distinguished us, one from the other.  We would write jtc1 or jtc2 on tupperware and stuff so we would know who it belonged to.  This is really freaking me out. 

Posted by: jewells45, tea party terrorist at October 06, 2011 10:24 PM (Z71Vg)

But like you said, her e-mail or others were the ones that were hacked.  It could be that they have used it.

 Will the little bastards eventually go away with nothing to eat, will a bug bomb work, or do I need to call in the professionals?

Lure in The Ewok with something, pancakes maybe. The fleas will jump on him. After about 30 minutes send The Ewok home with all your fleas. Problem solved.

Posted by: the Goys at October 06, 2011 10:28 PM (4Kl5M)

Don't make me come down there, again. I love you both

But like you said, her e-mail or others were the ones that were hacked.  It could be that they have used it.

True.. but still pretty strange.  It's just that neither her or I have used that name for years, but I guess it's possible they got it from her emails.  I am going to email her tomorrow.  I will have to break my rule not to ever email her but guess I will because I want to know.  I don't ever email her anymore because 3 years ago I sent her a video about the Frank/Dodd video about Frannie Mae and Freddie Mac and she got pissed (she's a die hard lib).  I swore I would never send her another email.

Posted by: sifty is trying not to occupyabottle at October 06, 2011 10:20 PM (4CSeG)

dude i am so so sorry about that shit youre kinda unable to do shit about...

i am having crying jags for no reason over Grim and Howco tonight. No clue why. I can only guess missing an IM from Grim, and Howie being all on edge, is settin me off over Grim's work. but its fuckin me up and I'm freaking the FUCK out.

dunno why. usally im cool, but the world is crazy and i am freaking the hell out about it, and there isnt a damn thing i can do.

And like you i cannot even drink. my epilepsy meds will kill me if i do.

Posted by: huerfano at October 06, 2011 10:32 PM (fecOD)

Diatomaceous earth is also a good tactic.

Posted by: huerfano at October 06, 2011 10:32 PM (fecOD)

Diatomaceous earth is also a good tactic.

So who gets the Nobel Peace Prize for Peace tomorrow from the eurolefties?

My guesses are 1. Julian Assange/WikiLeaks 2. Facebook/Twitter 3. some UN human rights agency headed by an Islamist.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT, Blue Lace Panty Edition at October 06, 2011 10:39 PM (3TjSM)

Also a good choice! I'm fighting fire ants but find that cutting the f*ckers up and causing them pain is good for both my garden and my mood. Apparently, I had some unresolved rage that is adequately tamed with death... ;-)

GOAL!

Penguins 2 Rioters 1

Posted by: mpfs, TPT, Blue Lace Panty Edition at October 06, 2011 10:39 PM (3TjSM)

Also a good choice! I'm fighting fire ants but find that cutting the f*ckers up and causing them pain is good for both my garden and my mood. Apparently, I had some unresolved rage that is adequately tamed with death... ;-)

Posted by: mpfs, TPT, Blue Lace Panty Edition at October 06, 2011 10:49 PM (3TjSM)

--Canucks.  AKA the Biters.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT, Blue Lace Panty Edition at October 06, 2011 10:52 PM (3TjSM)

I like the way you think. Vindictiveness does have its place.

Take me back to 1968 with Christina Hendricks:

A nice drive in a convertible made before the catalytic converter.

A stop off in the shade, drinking bottled Coca-Cola, when it was made with real sugar instead of that corn syrup crap.

Listening to Zeppelin's debut album on the radio.

And.....

Add to this what you will....

Posted by: kbdabear at October 06, 2011 10:53 PM (Y+DPZ)

I wonder how soon it will be before all the people down there just happen to be wearing colored union t-shirts and the ones that were the original stupid brats are a distinct minority.

And you'd look even better than Christina in it

What a transparent suckup.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at October 06, 2011 10:55 PM (c0A3e)

I saw this, too. Run Norton or some other good virus or adblocker software. I thought the email was weird so I didn't click on it but you definitely need to fix it.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT, Blue Lace Panty Edition at October 06, 2011 10:52 PM (3TjSM)

I like the way you think. Vindictiveness does have its place.

And you'd look even better than Christina in it

What a transparent suckup.

Well, I am supposed to turn over my thesis to my committee for review tomorrow afternoon. It looks like I will be up most of the night getting it as polished as I can get it.

Posted by: kbdabear at October 06, 2011 10:55 PM (Y+DPZ)

Not an asteroid, Ima Wurdibitsches fire ants. That way she gets rid of those ants and they in return to something useful for a change

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at October 06, 2011 10:55 PM (c0A3e)

I saw this, too. Run Norton or some other good virus or adblocker software. I thought the email was weird so I didn't click on it but you definitely need to fix it.

Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at October 06, 2011 10:57 PM (otfJ1)

Password change?

Well, I am supposed to turn over my thesis to my committee for review tomorrow afternoon. It looks like I will be up most of the night getting it as polished as I can get it.

Good luck to you, Grey Fox!  It'll look superb!

I'm going to send out my own thesis for committee review next week. 

He has seen me in person and slept in my house.

Damn. I'm starting to envy him.

He has seen me in person and slept in my house.

Damn. I'm starting to envy him.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at October 06, 2011 10:55 PM (c0A3e)

--I wonder if changing my password may help.

I saw this, too. Run Norton or some other good virus or adblocker software. I thought the email was weird so I didn't click on it but you definitely need to fix it.

Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at October 06, 2011 10:57 PM (otfJ1)

--Did you mark/report it as spam?

Thread this: On Nov 8 an asteroid 150 meters wide will pass within 180,000 miles of the Earth...inside the orbit of the moon. that hardly ever happens. Last month a small asteroid passed by at about the same distance, between the Earth and the moon.

In two weeks an asteroid 8 meters-wide will pass by also inside the moons orbit. The next day it passes within 150,000 miles of the moon and will be easily visible with scopes and binox. Go to spaceweather or ssdjplnasa. 

My understand is that its rare for this many objects to pass inside the moons orbit this close together.

fwiw. 

I wonder how soon it will be before all the people down there just happen to be wearing colored union t-shirts and the ones that were the original stupid brats are a distinct minority.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 06, 2011 10:45 PM (yW2IO)

That's win!

Dispaice my mistake...the asteroid passing the moon at 150k miles on Nov 9 is the 150-meter model not the 8-meter tyke.

Management regrets the error.

We now return you to Game 5 of the ALCS

Posted by: moki at October 06, 2011 10:59 PM (dZmFh)

The influence of feuding on the conduct of war in Anglo-Saxon England, particularly the era between 600-800 (the era that Beowulf was composed in and the Venerable Bede was alive)

Posted by: Berserker at October 06, 2011 11:02 PM (FMbng)

Most effective weapon EVER.

The influence of feuding on the conduct of war in Anglo-Saxon England, particularly the era between 600-800 (the era that Beowulf was composed in and the Venerable Bede was alive)

Thread this: On Nov 8 an asteroid 150 meters wide will pass within 180,000 miles of the Earth...inside the orbit of the moon. that hardly ever happens. Last month a small asteroid passed by at about the same distance, between the Earth and the moon.

In two weeks an asteroid 8 meters-wide will pass by also inside the moons orbit. The next day it passes within 150,000 miles of the moon and will be easily visible with scopes and binox. Go to spaceweather or ssdjplnasa. 

My understand is that its rare for this many objects to pass inside the moons orbit this close together.

fwiw. 

--Did you mark/report it as spam?

Posted by: logprof at October 06, 2011 11:02 PM (QaKuj)

No. Didn't see that option from the bb. Plus, I didn't want to have your real posts banned. Can you fix it from your end?

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at October 06, 2011 11:10 PM (AZGON)

--Cool, downloaded it an hour ago to listen during my walk.  Can't wait.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT, Blue Lace Panty Edition at October 06, 2011 11:07 PM (3TjSM)

Waiting on blue lace panty pics I would imagine.  I know I am.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT, Blue Lace Panty Edition at October 06, 2011 11:11 PM (3TjSM)

--I can still recite the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales in the original Middle English.  My AP English teacher did a great job drilling that into us.

Posted by: MissTammy at October 06, 2011 11:14 PM (SsG4J)

--Well, for one Julius Caesar kicked ass.  So did The Tempest.

Why are the Tigers not bringing out a closer?

Power play goal Penguins.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT, Blue Lace Panty Edition at October 06, 2011 11:11 PM (3TjSM)

Blame the translator (I assume that they didn't make you read "thaet englisc gethiode the we ealle gecnowan maegan!") I didn't care for it until my mom forced me to reread it in high school (homeschooled) and provided Rebsamen's translation, which preserves the rhythm and structure of the original. I loved it so much that i ended up becoming a medievalist.

Okay, I'm a straight girl, and

The kiss between Trixie and Calamity Jane in Deadwood must be the least hot lesbian kiss ever...

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 06, 2011 11:19 PM (JMmQ9)

--Yes.  I liked the moral message in Forbidden Planet as well.

"If I could go back in time".......

Well hell, I'd do anything to get Barry Goldwater elected in 1964.  Just imagine if we'd been able to pull that one off. 

Just imagine.

Posted by: Gushka, Director dept. of Pure Blackend Evil at October 06, 2011 11:19 PM (QNeKQ)

Ask them why OWS keeps breaking the law and getting arrested like common crimminals.

Okay, I'm a straight girl, and

The kiss between Trixie and Calamity Jane in Deadwood must be the least hot lesbian kiss ever...

Posted by: Palandine at October 06, 2011 11:19 PM (g7D8V)

--Also just about the least convincing lesbian relationship I've watched.  You just watching Deadwood for the first time?  One of my favorites.

I'll try to pick up Boardwalk Empire at some point since I have heard there are parallels (including cast and crew, IIRC).

Posted by: moki at October 06, 2011 11:20 PM (dZmFh)

--The only one we read was The Mayor of Casterbridge, which I liked.  Great surprises and reveals.  I also used it to answer a question on the AP exam (about relationships in literature between parents and children).

Posted by: chemjeff at October 06, 2011 11:22 PM (s7mIC)

There's gun talk on the Reid thread...

I guess it is the other blond hooker, and not Trixie.

Yes, finally seeing Deadwood for the first time, since I'm getting HBO for free. It was good--I get the feeling not terribly historically rigorous, but good.

And I'm so impresed by Brits who can pull off a convincing American accent. Ian MacShane might even be a bit better than Hugh Laurie in that regard.

Posted by: Picric at October 06, 2011 11:26 PM (Me+AE)

Hell yeah!  Irish Potato Famine reparations!  "Irish Need Not Apply!"  We need reparations!  I'd drive an hour to join the fun!

Posted by: MissTammy at October 06, 2011 11:25 PM (SsG4J)

--The Miller's Tale still remains one of the funniest pieces of writing I have ever read.

Posted by: Palandine at October 06, 2011 10:18 PM (g7D8V)

I'm seriously disappointed.  All this time and no one has suggested the obvious solution.  Kill the friend.  You're welcome.

Posted by: Jakes On U at October 06, 2011 11:27 PM (2qDRX)

I can't beleive that Draft Dodging Prick Lawrence O' Donnell ask Cain about not serving in Vietnam.

Posted by: NC Ref at October 06, 2011 11:30 PM (/izg2)

Condolences, NC Ref. 

I guess it is the other blond hooker, and not Trixie.

Yes, finally seeing Deadwood for the first time, since I'm getting HBO for free. It was good--I get the feeling not terribly historically rigorous, but good.

And I'm so impresed by Brits who can pull off a convincing American accent. Ian MacShane might even be a bit better than Hugh Laurie in that regard.

Posted by: Palandine at October 06, 2011 11:28 PM (g7D8V)

--It is like Rome; it takes some real personages and injects historical fiction to flesh them out and give drama.  (For instance, I have read that Swearengen, while a real person, was in fact not an English immigrant.)  The Wild Bill Hickock storyline was pretty close, though.

Hell yeah!  Irish Potato Famine reparations!  "Irish Need Not Apply!"  We need reparations!  I'd drive an hour to join the fun!

Posted by: Gushka, Director dept. of Pure Blackend Evil at October 06, 2011 11:35 PM (QNeKQ)

--Hey, would you mind adding a SPOILER ALERT next time?

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at October 06, 2011 11:37 PM (qpKJT)

Yes he is, Draft Dodging Prick Lawrence O' Donnell had to apologize for racist remarks introducing Michael Steel.

Posted by: fluffy at October 06, 2011 11:38 PM (4Kl5M)

--I finally saw it a year ago.  Leguizamo was great in it.

Way far OT, but I'm feeling honey badger-ish right now:

An old friend's son was just commissioned with a butter bar today.

Congratulations to 2LT Mason Esterich, USMC. Semper Fi!!

Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at October 06, 2011 11:42 PM (otfJ1)

Blame the corporations, it's in this fall.

Congratulations to 2LT Mason Esterich, USMC. Semper Fi!!

Congrats and Semper Fi!! to the newly minted Marine Lieutenant. 

Yankees lose!

Yankees lose!

Theeeeeeeeee Yankees lose!

Posted by: Gushka, Director dept. of Pure Blackend Evil at October 06, 2011 11:35 PM (QNeKQ)

--Hey, would you mind adding a SPOILER ALERT next time?

Posted by: logprof at October 06, 2011 11:38 PM (QaKuj)

what part of Director dept. of Pure Blackend Evil didnt you get?

besides i let on NONE of the cool twists or ANYTHING. Great thing about Hugo is he like his twists as much as Phillp K Dick.

Yankees lose!

Yankees lose!

Theeeeeeeeee Yankees lose!

ELEVENTY!

An old friend's son was just commissioned with a butter bar today.

Congratulations to 2LT Mason Esterich, USMC. Semper Fi!!

Hoo-ah!

Yankees lose!

Yankees lose!

Theeeeeeeeee Yankees lose!

Kittehs doin' the happy dance here too. (NL kittehs, but they hate the Evil Empire).

Posted by: NC Ref at October 06, 2011 11:44 PM (/izg2)

I DARE you to read the Man Who LAughed and tell me its not 1000X better!

Kinky and better!!

All right, now that the PSankees have lost I can be content and sign off.

Have a good night, everyone!

P.S. Go [Winnipeg] Jets go!!

Thanks, guys. I sorta figured a Smart Military Blog like this would appreciate the news.

Posted by: huerfano at October 06, 2011 10:02 PM (fecOD)

Hey, need some webhosting?

I DARE you to read the Man Who LAughed and tell me its not 1000X better!

Posted by: Gushka, Director dept. of Pure Blackend Evil at October 06, 2011 11:49 PM (QNeKQ)

OK I'll take that challenge.  Not tonight though.

Posted by: The Robot Devil at October 06, 2011 10:24 PM

Wow. This goes double for Laurence O'Donell. Watch his interview with Herman Cain. The long knives came out for this one.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT, Blue Lace Panty Edition at October 06, 2011 11:18 PM (3TjSM)

Well then you're either going to be really interested or really pissed to know that there is a movie coming out called The Raven starring John Cusack  Don't bother searching youtube for a trailer though, I tried and came up empty.  Attack of the Show on G4 did have an exclusive trailer on their show today near the end, and it re-airs an hour from now.

Posted by: kbdabear at October 07, 2011 12:05 AM (Y+DPZ)

Dreams of my Father.

_{*the ghost-writer, not the "author"*}

Dreams of my Father.

_{*the ghost-writer, not the "author"*}

Posted by: NC Ref at October 07, 2011 12:09 AM (/izg2)

I prefer to be called the "person who heavily revised the text and then submitted it to the editor without troubling little Barry's head about it."

Posted by: Alderman of Hinxworth at October 06, 2011 11:25 PM (OKhgI)

heh. There are actually a bunch of laws trying to stamp out cattle theft from Anglo-Saxon England, which really sparked my attention when I was starting this paper several years ago. The Irish, of course, had a whole way of war built around cattle theft - being a pastoral people, cattle were an important part of their livelihood, but instead of being owned outright most cattle were rented from the local chieftain. The cheiftains' power was therefore directly linked to how many cattle they owned and so how many clients they could have, and since the best way to increase your herd was to steal someone else's, cattle rustling became the most common way of warfare. This in turn meant that their ideas about honor were a bit different from the norm - the place of honor was at the rear or the army, since fighting was done in retreat, either trying stop the enemy from stopping a stolen herd or protecting a household running from raiders. the Anglo-Saxons had a different way of going about war, though - they were a agrarian, not a pastoral people, though I wonder what their wars against the Welsh looked like.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 07, 2011 12:12 AM (CV73W)

Apparently she's not a ghey-boy.  Good thing.

_{Fuck, what does that say about me....}

Posted by: NC Ref at October 07, 2011 12:18 AM (/izg2)

You're just a bunch of dicks!

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at October 07, 2011 12:21 AM (GMXkl)

That's no way to speak about one of our great states!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 07, 2011 12:18 AM (CV73W)

Ouch.  Not.  But I would have thought you'd know that by now.  I only play for the home team!

^{Wow. This goes double for Laurence O'Donell. Watch his interview with Herman Cain. The long knives came out for this one.}

^{Posted by: elliot m at October 06, 2011 11:57 PM (zPich)}

I'm guessing that the D's and their jock sniffers in the media are starting to get concerned about Herman. Vanderbilt had a piece on tonight about Cain calling Sanger a racist, but Vanderbilt let it be known that Politifact found that wrong.

The memo to destroy Cain must have gone out this morning.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at October 07, 2011 12:21 AM (GMXkl)

That's no way to speak about one of our great states!

Posted by: Joe Biden at October 07, 2011 12:23 AM (FBr/C)

And one of our great Rogers and Hammerstein musicals!

Ouch.  Not.  But I would have thought you'd know that by now.  I only play for the home team!

Posted by: NC Ref at October 07, 2011 12:24 AM (/izg2)

So, uh, are you a pitcher of a catcher? Just curious...so to speak...

"The Music Man!"

"WWwweellllll," YA GOT TROUBLE MY FRIENDS!"[Down Beat] "RIGHT HERE IN RIVER CITY!!"

^{Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 07, 2011 12:12 AM (CV73W)}

ummm no. but i love opera!

but le M was a Book before it was a musical and what a tedious book it was...

^{Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 07, 2011 12:19 AM (ZDUD4)}

You would like how i make it then, thats how my momma taught me. I do catfish like that too.

So, uh, are you a pitcher of a catcher? Just curious...so to speak...

Posted by: Barack Obama at October 07, 2011 12:25 AM (FBr/C)

If you are Curious.  Well then you're just an ignorant self-important ass.  And fuck the Yankees too.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 07, 2011 12:26 AM (CV73W)

I would have liked to have seen  Montana nookie.

^{Posted by: kbdabear at October 07, 2011 12:24 AM (Y+DPZ)}

Because I am at the "age of knowing how to get things done". IYKWIMAITYD

I mean they are.

Posted by: sifty at October 07, 2011 12:33 AM (4CSeG)

MMM paint.  Its better than it was before.  Unleaded these days!

362. A good meet up place might just be"Barney's Beanery" in Hollywood.

Very left coast, very tre-left, perfect place to start the war.

^{Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 07, 2011 12:29 AM (ZDUD4)}

Vanderbilt said that Politifact said that was just plain wrong. They quoted a her biographer  who said that she wasn't racist.

I mean, why would someone who wrote a glowing biography of someone acknowledge something like that?

I am grateful that we have an independent organization like Politifact that makes sure that only the "truth" gets out.

So, just how hard will the State Media ignore this story?

I am grateful that we have an independent organization like Politifact that makes sure that only the "truth" gets out.

Posted by: MrCaniac at October 07, 2011 12:41 AM (eKuOw)

Those guys are only trying to be non-partisan!!!

////

396. DANG!! You are making it hard to resist those midnight snacks that I should not have!

^{Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 07, 2011 12:44 AM (ZDUD4)}

But Politifact said that's not true.

_{^{Those guys are only trying to be non-partisan!!!}}

_^////

_{^{Posted by: The Annenberg Public Policy Center at October 07, 2011 12:47 AM (/izg2)}}

Call me!!!!!!!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 07, 2011 12:50 AM (kt1UQ)

Posted by: Zakn at October 07, 2011 12:54 AM (7F9i5)

didn't see that, wonder what price it will launch at? But I shouldn't be thinking of prices on new CPUs as other than going water (which I'm growing ballsy enough to do it), mine is quite nice

Also, in a discussion on who is more influential: Carmack or Gabe, someone bringing up Abrash made me smile

Posted by: sifty at October 07, 2011 12:37 AM (4CSeG)

And the yankees lose, did a happy dance!!!

Yes I did.

Posted by: MissTammy at October 07, 2011 12:59 AM (SsG4J)

i hate romance novels. give me good sci fi.

Posted by: sifty at October 07, 2011 12:37 AM (4CSeG)

It wasnt, not on this thread at least, tee hee..

403. Pappa led a kinda sad life, he sought to lift himself up thru his most heady prose and sharp eye'd story telling with the main thrust being the kinda "parable" woven into the large swath. That is what is great about his works, that common parable that all humankind understands is in all of his writings, and for all of us to try and understand on the "individual" level.

Dang, I sound like some tenured Prof. of English Lit.

Need more merlot...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at October 07, 2011 12:49 AM (yh0zB)

This.

Posted by: MissTammy at October 07, 2011 01:10 AM (SsG4J)

Well when you do, pics.....

<<Why a group that has gone after the tobacco and alcohol companies so regularly would be expected to go easy on pot has never been fully explained to me.>>

'Cause the conservatives don't like it, that's why.

Posted by: Zakn at October 07, 2011 01:13 AM (7F9i5)

yeah, I can see 5 on water. Just ehh though with water by components makes me scared even though it wouldn't make my pc be louder than my launch 360 anymore

Posted by: MissTammy at October 07, 2011 01:10 AM (SsG4J)

OK Miss Tammy, lets do the happy dance.. Tee Hee. Went to darts with hubby, and when the yankees lost  and I saw the sad yankee fan tears,I did the happy dance, everyone looked at me like I was a crazy bitch.

But you all know I am, so fm..Tee Hee

His friend said I probably get him in trouble a lot, he said yea, but thats why he loves me..

Posted by: Jean at October 07, 2011 12:36 AM (OTtAK)

I am afraid not. It is mostly a cultural study of their military: how the VERY well established practice of feud influenced the way they approached warfare. Lots of time and energy looking at stuff like how their family structure worked (much like ours), how they dealt with conflicting loyalties, how they prortrayed their heroes (there are a lot of feuds in Beowulf, and many of them do not followlook like what we would expect an idealized feud to look like - conflicting loyalties, etc. Very interesting), varying levels in warfare, the treatment of the dead and captured, etc.

My conclusion is that war was usually waged for socio-economic or political reasons unconnected with feuding, but the cultural emphasis on vengeance as part of a code of honor, the structure of their military, the lack of a clearly defined clan system, and the fact that war was actually dangerous for leaders (kings died surprisingly often in battle in this period. After 1066, only Richard III died in battle, whereas Penda of Mercia kills at least three or four enemy kings within his lifetime, and may have died violently himself) meant that the idea of feud works its way into all kinds of conflicts, even ones where you have a members of teh same family fighting each other.

Posted by: MissTammy at October 07, 2011 01:18 AM (SsG4J)

you are never to old to enjoy L. Sprague de Camp

Posted by: beanervt at October 07, 2011 01:23 AM (KZLoo)

nope, still have to increase voltage manually ie. do what everyone else does and find someone else's postings

Posted by: MissTammy at October 07, 2011 01:22 AM (SsG4J)

The secret to a good marriage, I am told, is humor. If ya can still make each other laugh, you can make it all the way.

Posted by: Zakn at October 07, 2011 01:28 AM (7F9i5)

stockmarket is still the best way to make isk

Posted by: Robert at October 07, 2011 01:31 AM (4ixH5)

Arent they one and the same, tee hee..

Posted by: lou at October 07, 2011 01:29 AM (R21xD)

Or if you can make each other cum.  Now *that* takes talent.

Greyfox your subject is facinating. 

The thing about lots of kings being killed in battle changing to very few made me wonder.  Might that be associated with the consolidation of larger kingdoms under fewer rulers(say kings for Scotland, England, and Wales rather than the many in the time of King Lear), making those rulers more "valuable" as their deaths would cause a greater disruption? If it is associated would it be cause or affect? 

 My knowledge if the subject is quite shallow and I always love to learn more.

Posted by: jake at October 07, 2011 01:24 AM (ltfvv)

Here are the details, it's a pistol shooting class at Tigerswan in Fayettville NC.

Posted by: lou at October 07, 2011 01:29 AM (R21xD) 

Hell, if he can't make me laugh, he ain't getting in my pants, let alone marrying me!

Or if you can make each other cum.  Now *that* takes talent.

Posted by: Robert at October 07, 2011 01:34 AM (4ixH5)

Do you have special needs we aren't aware of, Richard?

Posted by: lou at October 07, 2011 01:29 AM (R21xD)

Or if you can make each other cum.  Now *that* takes talent.

Posted by: Robert at October 07, 2011 01:34 AM (4ixH5)

Dude, Robert I scold you..

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 07, 2011 01:33 AM (ZDUD4)

I just got done with "Dead Six" and if you like violent shoot-em-ups it is probably a book you would like.  It's 10 pounds of awesome in a 5 pound bag.

Posted by: Richard at October 07, 2011 01:39 AM (mQZnP)

No, but your M1911 would be welcome.

Posted by: jake at October 07, 2011 01:32 AM (ltfvv)

Well...it is a better deal...

Arent they one and the same, tee hee..

Posted by: lou at October 07, 2011 01:33 AM (R21xD)

A woman.  Named Bud.  Budwina!

I missed the tweet  did I not?

Again, I do not twit, nor do I book the face. So I will always be out of the loop on that aspect.....;{

Arent they one and the same, tee hee..

Posted by: lou at October 07, 2011 01:33 AM (R21xD)

A woman.  Named Bud.  Budwina!

Posted by: Robert at October 07, 2011 01:41 AM (4ixH5)

OK I am gonna find you a wife, or girlfriend, or one night stand.

Posted by: The Dude at October 07, 2011 01:41 AM (M8yfa)

"The Grimnoir Chronicles" are good, too (second one out next month), "Dead Six" was co-authored by a military bomb-diffuser who is presently on a grand tour of Asscrackistan and it is F'N AWESOME!!!  Two guys with conflicting goals in a small Middle Eastern country who are crossing paths regularly, one is a thief and the other is part of a government assassination team, the government guy keeps killing the thief's targets.  Hilarity ensues.

Do you have special needs we aren't aware of, Richard?

Posted by: MissTammy at October 07, 2011 01:37 AM (SsG4J)

Who zi whatsis?  RICHARD?!?!?!?!

OK I am gonna find you a wife, or girlfriend, or one night stand.

Posted by: lou at October 07, 2011 01:44 AM (R21xD)

You're the best!

Posted by: jake at October 07, 2011 01:42 AM (ltfvv)

I'm really looking forward to this class. The only "formal" training I ever got was a 10 minute range safety lecture in boot camp that generally went "Do like I say or I'll put my boot up your ass" and then we shot M1911s that had been converted to .22 caliber, if we hit the paper the instructors were overjoyed.  They told us that since we were military we were required to have weapons training, but if our duties included carrying weapons we would get training on them, now shoot your rounds and get the F*CK off of my range!  Good times, good times.

Posted by: Theresa D., TPT--SCOaMF is one and done! at October 07, 2011 01:50 AM (Zgfnd)

*Sigh*

*Buries face in hands*

Posted by: MissTammy at October 07, 2011 01:51 AM (SsG4J)

*Takes a length of rope, makes a noose*

Posted by: Robert at October 07, 2011 01:48 AM (4ixH5)

My mom always called me "YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING TO NOW GET OVER HERE NOW!!!! DON'T MAKE ME YELL AT YOU!!!!!"

Greyfox your subject is facinating.

The thing about lots of kings being killed in battle changing to very few made me wonder. Might that be associated with the consolidation of larger kingdoms under fewer rulers(say kings for Scotland, England, and Wales rather than the many in the time of King Lear), making those rulers more "valuable" as their deaths would cause a greater disruption? If it is associated would it be cause or affect?

My knowledge if the subject is quite shallow and I always love to learn more.

Posted by: Polliwog at October 07, 2011 01:35 AM (LmarV)

That is certainly part of it. Kings stop dying in battle after the viking invasions (Harold I at Hastings is the exception) - there are simply fewer of them, and after England was united the great nobles (ealdormen and earls) become the primary warleaders. Those are killed from time to time.

Other issues are that the growth of chivalry means that warriors actually start taking prisoners. Prior to this there are very few prisoners and those were taken were often executed or mutilated, something that I am arguing was part of their feud mentality. Also, there may be a shift in the ideology of kingship that de-emphasized the king as warrior and allowed them to stay out of the fighting more often.

Posted by: viking at October 07, 2011 01:52 AM (OZymZ)

I am doomed.

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 07, 2011 01:36 AM (ZDUD4)

Men are like dogs, they all lick their own balls, hump each others legs, and think we all enjoy sex with them every time..

Sorry, just made that  up, but its better then that shit you put up.. OK I will be pissed at myself for putting this here, but oh  well..

Posted by: Gushka, Director dept. of Pure Blackend Evil at October 07, 2011 01:55 AM (QNeKQ)

Oooh, that's what I want to be for Halloween!

Posted by: MissTammy at October 07, 2011 01:54 AM (SsG4J)

Thank you, Ma...Tammy.

Men are like dogs, they all lick their own balls, (yada yada yada)

Posted by: lou at October 07, 2011 01:55 AM (R21xD)

If we could do THAT we'd never leave the house!

Posted by: Grey Fox at October 07, 2011 01:54 AM (MSCON)

I appreciate your answer.  Are there any books you could recommend?  The local library is tiny but I've discovered the wonder that is Amazon, yeah I'm a freakishly late adopter of all the coolest stuff. ;P

My mom always called me "YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING TO NOW GET OVER HERE NOW!!!! DON'T MAKE ME YELL AT YOU!!!!!"

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at October 07, 2011 01:54 AM (yh0zB)

I think they all do that eventually.

I think it's what Bill Cosby called the "brain damage."  I don't have any kids but I'm betting that the mama 'ettes and the papa 'rons can confirm this phenomenon.

Posted by: Theresa D., TPT--SCOaMF is one and done! at October 07, 2011 01:56 AM (Zgfnd)

Clean as a whistle, maam.

OK must go to bed. Last comment was stupid, Night all, God Bless.

Lets hope those AZ sheriffs kick holder and obama ass..

Posted by: jake at October 07, 2011 02:02 AM (ltfvv)

I think I'll learn a lot.  I guess on the positive side I've never been incorrectly trained, but the down side is that I've never really been trained at all. I just hope I don't end up looking like a complete jack-off.

Posted by: tangonine at October 07, 2011 02:06 AM (x3YFz)

just put the baby oil into the microwave

Posted by: bsdbsn at October 07, 2011 02:05 AM (qinpH)

damn spammer, now I'm gonna have bsdm on my mind all morning

Posted by: Gushka, Director dept. of Pure Blackend Evil at October 07, 2011 02:02 AM (QNeKQ)

My favorite-est of all the Dean Koontz books was Strangers.

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 07, 2011 02:02 AM (ZDUD4)

Lol, I'm fortunate that my kids don't seem offended when I use the wrong name.  Usually it's more like first-syllable-of eldest's-name,first-syllable-of-next-kid's-name etc.  I do try really hard not to call the boy by his sisters' names and vice-versa though.

Posted by: bsdbsn at October 07, 2011 02:05 AM (qinpH)

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 07, 2011 02:02 AM (ZDUD4)

Genuinely hurt or just trying to activate the "sucker" part of your brain?

Posted by: MissTammy at October 07, 2011 02:07 AM (SsG4J)

I am putting my money on you two..You both rock.

Posted by: MissTammy at October 07, 2011 02:08 AM (SsG4J)

I lol'd.

Posted by: jake at October 07, 2011 01:57 AM (ltfvv)

Thanks. 

http://ccptraining.com/

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 07, 2011 02:02 AM (ZDUD4)

Lol, I'm fortunate that my kids don't seem offended when I use the wrong name. Usually it's more like first-syllable-of eldest's-name,first-syllable-of-next-kid's-name etc. I do try really hard not to call the boy by his sisters' names and vice-versa though.

-----

Accidentally called the x-wife by her sisters name, in bed once. That went over real big.

Posted by: Polliwog at October 07, 2011 02:09 AM (LmarV)

Oh dude, my mother has at times gone through my brother's name, sister's name and even the various animal's names before getting to mine.

Posted by: jake at October 07, 2011 02:14 AM (ltfvv)

FTFY

Accidentally called the x-wife by her sisters name, in bed once. That went over real big.

Posted by: Jimmah at October 07, 2011 02:14 AM (g9KCn)

Might explain the whole "ex" part of that statement, ya?

I was told once,
No one will remember how fast you are today but everyone will remember if you fuck up
Posted by: jake at October 07, 2011 02:14 AM (ltfvv)

Slow is smooth and smooth is fast. And now I can't get the italics to turn off. Quality commenting system we got around here.

Accidentally called the x-wife by her sisters name, in bed once. That went over real big.

Posted by: Jimmah at October 07, 2011 02:14 AM (g9KCn)

So, uh...is that why she's the ex-wife?  Or do you mean "x-wife" to mean she was bald and could read minds?

Posted by: Robert at October 07, 2011 02:15 AM (4ixH5)

Ouch!  To the best of my knowledge I've never called one of them by the guinea pig's name.  The cat I can't be absolutely sure about though.

Posted by: MissTammy at October 07, 2011 02:17 AM (SsG4J)

Tammy, that was meant as a hat tip.  Yer a good woman and have my respect.

565561, ooops, I would have liked to have heard that explaination.

----

No chance for one, it was an immediate WTF did you say!!! And ten minute fight.

No chance for one, it was an immediate WTF did you say!!! And ten minute fight.

Posted by: Jimmah at October 07, 2011 02:20 AM (g9KCn)

And then the make-up sex?  I've heard of the "rodeo ride" but I think you have to be in position, so to speak, before you call her by her sister's name...(and then you try to hold on for eight)

I denounce myself.

Posted by: jake at October 07, 2011 02:23 AM (ltfvv)

I usually carry concealed, but the Serpa is a fine holster. You just use the PAD of your finger to disengage the lock instead of the TIP of the finger.  It just works better.

Posted by: jake at October 07, 2011 02:23 AM (ltfvv)

uncle mike's paddle holsters for all my CC.  comfy and accessible.  I do still have a torso-band that I carry my 2d CC in (yeah I'm that guy that carries 2 + mags... call me paranoid)..

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 07, 2011 02:21 AM (ZDUD4)

Maybe it's that it's late, but I don't understand the question.  I have the suspicion you're making a joke that's going over my head at the moment. 

The piggy's name is Patches which is why it generally doesn't make it into the "what was your name again?" mix.  Given that I picked the names for all three daughters it's pretty sad to be stuck looking at one saying "At least I know your name's not Eevee (the cat)."

Posted by: Polliwog at October 07, 2011 02:09 AM (LmarV)

Oh dude, my mother has at times gone through my brother's name, sister's name and even the various animal's names before getting to mine.

Posted by: Robert at October 07, 2011 02:15 AM (4ixH5)

my mom confuses me with my sister constantly. like she looks and acts like Abby from NCIS, and i wear jeans and paddock boots and tie dyed babydoll T shirts and have grey brown hair in a braid that's four feet long...

sissy is super overly sensitive (if she was a horse she would be "high mettled") chainsmokes expensive european cigarettes, clean freak. Lives in a chique flat in SF associates with rock stars. Embalms the dead for a living.

im an artist, a tomboy. smoke cigars, collects central asian textiles and racehorses lives with a small zoo, a collection of various warriors.

HOW DO YOU CONFUSE US?

Posted by: tangonine at October 07, 2011 02:26 AM (x3YFz)

I carry two mags in an external mag holder, but the Grok is usually concealed. It's funny but no one has ever asked about them. When I'm OC'ing the Grok I sometimes get questions about it, including one guy who wanted to know if I worked at the nearby prison.  Nothing negative, though, and usually I get nothing at all. For the most part it doesn't seem to bother anyone.

Posted by: jake at October 07, 2011 02:29 AM (ltfvv)

that's why god gave us cows:  leather for our holsters.

Posted by: tangonine at October 07, 2011 02:26 AM (x3YFz)

I carry two mags in an external mag holder, but the Grok is usually concealed. It's funny but no one has ever asked about them. When I'm OC'ing the Grok I sometimes get questions about it, including one guy who wanted to know if I worked at the nearby prison.  Nothing negative, though, and usually I get nothing at all. For the most part it doesn't seem to bother anyone.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at October 07, 2011 02:29 AM (yh0zB)

I've been CC'ing for 5 years.  2 weapons + mags.  Never been 'made'  and I carry every time I leave the house (if you don't, what's the point?).  Of course, summer months make it trickier, so I look forward to winter so I don't have to dress like a  gang member.

Posted by: jake at October 07, 2011 02:29 AM (ltfvv)

I've never had a problem with it, but then again it's not like I'm rolling around on the ground with it, either. Just like anything else, keep it clean and you should be fine.  The videotaped problems with them are usually people carrying Glocks in them, they use the fingertip to disengage the lock and when the pistol clears the holder the finger goes right into the trigger guard and then BLAM! hole in the leg. It's happened twice that I know of.  Two problems with it, number one use the PAD of the finger not the TIP, and two WHY THE F*CK ARE YOU DRAWING A PISTOL WITH THE TRIGGER FINGER??? There should be absolutely NO pressure on your trigger finger during a draw.  Maybe I'm not trained, but I'm not completely inept either.

Posted by: Grey Fox at October 07, 2011 01:54 AM (MSCON)

I appreciate your answer. Are there any books you could recommend? The local library is tiny but I've discovered the wonder that is Amazon, yeah I'm a freakishly late adopter of all the coolest stuff. ;P

Posted by: Polliwog at October 07, 2011 01:58 AM (LmarV)

Guy Halsall, Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West is excellent, though a bit dense, and covers all of western Europe, not just England. Stephen Pollington, The English Warrior: From Earliest Times till 1066 is also good, and a lot easier to read. Campbell et al. The Anglo-Saxons is a nice overview of the era and culture, not just warfare, that is not too dense and has nice illustrations (Don't laugh! Archeology is an important part of the record in this era)

After that the original documents; Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People, (Penguin) Beowulf (Rebsamen or Heaney for beautiful translation, Swanton for literal accuracy), Hamer's collection of translated minor poetry. The Word Exchange is supposed to be good, but I haven't had time to look at it closely yet. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Swanton's translation, is very nice, but isn't for the casual reader, I don't think - it contains five different versions and most of it is "(date) In this yearbishop Daniel died, and so-and-so went to Rome. So and so fought so and so, and both died." Not always very exciting.

Interlibrary loans are a good way to save some money, particularly since some of these are hard to find cheap. Halsall is one of those university press releases with a small print run, for example.

Posted by: MissTammy preferred the Lace Wig spambot at October 07, 2011 02:33 AM (SsG4J)

no i mean like one year she gave me a selection of black sweaters in various styles

ALL BLACK. which is sissys uniform.

or like she gave sissy riding pants once and new paddock boots. which was nice she rides, but hers werent worn out.

when i was sick this last time sissy had to call her and remind mom Shes the whiner, if i am complaining then i am probably suffering unbearably. its strange i am really concerned that shes had a stroke and has memory gaps that shes covering for.

Posted by: beanervt at October 07, 2011 02:35 AM (KZLoo)

actually, I hate the range.  I'm counting every round that I fire in $$.  necessary evil.

Now if they were to put some hippie college students in dreadlocks to run back and forth carrying the targets...

Posted by: jake at October 07, 2011 02:30 AM (ltfvv)

Right now I've got a Galco Tuck-n'-go, I like it OK but I am lustfully eyeballing the Crossbreed Supertuck.

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 07, 2011 02:39 AM (ZDUD4)

good source of protein

Posted by: Grey Fox at October 07, 2011 02:37 AM (MSCON)

Thanks for the book recs.  I'd certainly qualify as a casual reader so I really appreciate the different depths you suggested.

I love inter-library loan but our local library isn't in a network.  Many people end up paying $75+ a year to use the library system in the next county but I haven't gotten that desperate yet.

ALL BLACK. which is sissys uniform.

Posted by: jake at October 07, 2011 02:43 AM (ltfvv)

The only time anyone has ever noticed me CC'ing is when they actually paid attention and saw the mag holder.  My son-in-law made some smart-ass comment that "they just don't say anything" and then he looked shocked when I pulled up my shirt and showed him I was carrying. At home. In the house. He couldn't figure out why.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at October 07, 2011 02:43 AM (yh0zB)

Uhm, yeah.  I was just finishing some grapes when I read the first one of those.  Made me sort of sorry I'd eaten.

Posted by: MissTammy preferred the Lace Wig spambot at October 07, 2011 02:45 AM (SsG4J)

hes gonna have to try way way harder

i am about to get as bad as he is but i keep reminding myself that what i post on internets is forever.

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 07, 2011 02:39 AM (ZDUD4)

It's magically delicious!

Posted by: jake at October 07, 2011 02:45 AM (ltfvv)

Even if the trigger finger does enter the trigger guard, as long as you are using the pad of the finger your finger is straight and ends up on the side of the trigger, not wrapped around the front of it. And even if it should, since you are properly drawing with the three fingers wrapped around the butt of the pistol you will have no pressure on the trigger at all anyway. And even if you do, the Grok has enough of a take-up that you aren't going to actually pull the trigger back enough to fire the gun. And if you do...you are a dumb-ass. Man up and admit to dumb-assery, don't blame the gun or the holster.

Posted by: MissTammy preferred the Lace Wig spambot at October 07, 2011 02:54 AM (SsG4J)

Does she need volunteers?

Posted by: jake at October 07, 2011 02:51 AM (ltfvv)

What was funny is when he said "I didn't know you were wearing it HERE!" and I said "Well then, I guess you weren't just being polite and not saying anything then, right?" And yes, I was wearing the double mag holder at the time, so it's not like he couldn't have seen it.  I don't always tuck, but it's nice to have the option.

Does she need volunteers?

Posted by: Robert at October 07, 2011 02:57 AM (4ixH5)

being able to cum in a chicks face is the sign of true love.......so is her farting in front of you but it's not as much fun

Posted by: viking at October 07, 2011 02:54 AM (OZymZ)

i suspect a stiff slap works just as well.

being able to cum in a chicks face is the sign of true love.......so is her farting in front of you but it's not as much fun

Posted by: The Dude at October 07, 2011 03:00 AM (M8yfa)

dude if she wants you to cum on her face its cuz she wont swallow and shes come up with a clever way to make you feel special while she refuses to swallow.

you been had.

Posted by: MissTammy preferred the Lace Wig spambot at October 07, 2011 02:59 AM (SsG4J)

I'm sure the biker is sitting there, rubbing one out, thinking to himself that she treats him like some kind of machine.

Having some extra on hand could really help their relationship.

I'm being altruistic!

Posted by: The Dude at October 07, 2011 03:00 AM (M8yfa)

Dab some kind of perfume up in there so it comes out smelling like roses.

I'm being altruistic!

Posted by: Robert at October 07, 2011 03:03 AM (4ixH5)

Ah, I brought my boy up right!

Posted by: jake at October 07, 2011 02:57 AM (ltfvv)

Truthfully, the guy that sold me the gun sold the holster with it. Since I don't usually OC I've never bothered to get another one. It also keeps the gun tucked in close to my side so I don't hit it with my elbow, so that's a plus.  It just works, so I haven't seen the need to change it.

I do have a couple of IWB holsters, though, and one that goes around the back that I really wanted to like but didn't. I don't like the way I have to twist my hand up to draw from that one.

he promised to get me a rubber but stock for my gun if i need it.

Posted by: Gushka, Director dept. of Pure Blackend Evil at October 07, 2011 02:58 AM (QNeKQ)

You did get the can opener with it, right?  I have a gel-filled buttstock pad (I got it from Amazon, of all places) and I have some range time scheduled for next week so I'm going to try it out. I'm expecting it to be better, that Mosin does have quite the kick. Hold it in tight to the shoulder and it helps, if there is any room for it to move when it kicks back it's going to hurt a lot more. Ask me how I know...but damn, does it make a nice splatter when you dead-center a watermelon with it...

I really want an M38 carbine to go along with the 91/30, and I don't know why.

Ah, I brought my boy up right!

Posted by: MissTammy preferred the Lace Wig spambot at October 07, 2011 03:06 AM (SsG4J)

Mind if I borrow the car and a couple of hu8ndred bucks?

I really want an M38 carbine to go along with the 91/30, and I don't know why.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at October 07, 2011 03:08 AM (yh0zB)

yes you do, M38s are fun to shoot

Having some extra on hand could really help their relationship.

I'm being altruistic! Posted by: Robert

Maybe my new "heading for the islands" sail scheme will help  Ric.. Robert?

You did get the can opener with it, right?  I have a gel-filled buttstock pad (I got it from Amazon, of all places) and I have some range time scheduled for next week so I'm going to try it out. I'm expecting it to be better, that Mosin does have quite the kick. Hold it in tight to the shoulder and it helps, if there is any room for it to move when it kicks back it's going to hurt a lot more. Ask me how I know...but damn, does it make a nice splatter when you dead-center a watermelon with it...

I really want an M38 carbine to go along with the 91/30, and I don't know why.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at October 07, 2011 03:08 AM (yh0zB)

opener is a throw in if you get two cans!

so yay! and thanks i will check Amazon and see about the gel butt stock i know i will want it. Grim will be pissy im out shooting with someone else but happy im out playin gun, then wildly jealous again.

i cant wait to go play gun. i think i  will even take pix and Gloat to my best girlie about it-- we took her with us last time and it was a blast.

Posted by: jake at October 07, 2011 03:00 AM (ltfvv)

Russian surplus, so yeah.  You will need a cleaner for it, I recommend M-Pro 7.

Maybe my new "heading for the islands" sail scheme will help  Ric.. Robert?

Posted by: beanervt at October 07, 2011 03:12 AM (WSOpl)

Taking up sailing suddenly sounds like a marvelous idea right now.

Posted by: MissTammy preferred the Lace Wig spambot at October 07, 2011 03:15 AM (SsG4J)

Boooo!  *Leads a protest*

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at October 07, 2011 03:18 AM (yh0zB)

*Damned for all time, Becomes Lord Of The Night*

Taking up sailing suddenly sounds like a marvelous idea right now.

Posted by: MissTammy didn't raise no damn 99%-er at October 07, 2011 03:20 AM (SsG4J)

You would have been no fun at all on a dependents day cruise then.

Posted by: MissTammy didn't raise no damn 99%-er at October 07, 2011 03:22 AM (SsG4J)

Arrr, the Caribbean, matey!

Posted by: beanervt at October 07, 2011 03:22 AM (WSOpl)

No one's looking.

Posted by: viking at October 07, 2011 03:24 AM (OZymZ)

Just as long as it's not Superior...in November...

Posted by: MissTammy didn't raise no damn 99%-er at October 07, 2011 03:26 AM (SsG4J)

A carrier is an actual ship-ship, but the big show is topside...where you can see all the way to the horizon and see nothing but blue water...

Posted by: Robert at October 07, 2011 03:30 AM (4ixH5)

If he has a master's degree in journaljism, WTF is he only a Corporal? He should be an officer.

Posted by: MissTammy didn't raise no damn 99%-er at October 07, 2011 03:31 AM (SsG4J)

LOL, gotcha.

Posted by: viking at October 07, 2011 03:31 AM (OZymZ)

Is punching them in the nose such a smart thing?

What if you miss and your arm goes straight into its mouth?

It seems like you're just telling the shark, "Here's my arm, eat it quick, hurryhurryhurry!"

Posted by: MissTammy didn't raise no damn 99%-er at October 07, 2011 03:34 AM (SsG4J)

with uh...eh...yeah, I got nothin'.

It seems like you're just telling the shark, "Here's my arm, eat it quick, hurryhurryhurry!"

Posted by: Robert at October 07, 2011 03:35 AM (4ixH5)

Pay no attention to the spear-gun in my other hand...

Posted by: viking at October 07, 2011 03:37 AM (OZymZ)

How limber can a shark possibly be?  Maybe it would be better to just grab it around the midsection with your arms and legs and start squeezing.  

Pay no attention to the spear-gun in my other hand...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at October 07, 2011 03:36 AM (yh0zB)

The harpoons.  Man them!

Posted by: MissTammy at October 07, 2011 03:38 AM (SsG4J)

Ever watch South Park: The Movie?

Good night!

Posted by: jake at October 07, 2011 02:18 AM (ltfvv)

Soviet WA. Seattle-ish.

Posted by: Cartman's Mom at October 07, 2011 03:44 AM (4ixH5)

Well, that effectively rules me out.  The only way my legs are going behind my head is if one or the other has been amputated.

Also, the weather next weekend should be great for the Tail of the Dragon run, convertible weather for sure!  Gotta take those nice days when you can.

Posted by: viking at October 07, 2011 04:00 AM (OZymZ)

I see.

Still want the Dem to change their name.  I like the ring of the National Gutless Cocksucker Party.

Well, that effectively rules me out.  The only way my legs are going behind my head is if one or the other has been amputated.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at October 07, 2011 04:01 AM (yh0zB)

Can always learn some yoga.

Posted by: viking at October 07, 2011 04:04 AM (OZymZ)

Don't give up hope.

Can always learn some yoga.

Posted by: Robert at October 07, 2011 04:20 AM (4ixH5)

Isn't that the bear that steals the pick-i-nick baskets?

Don't give up hope.

Posted by: viking at October 07, 2011 04:23 AM (OZymZ)

We could even still call them the D's...brilliant!

Isn't that the bear that steals the pick-i-nick baskets?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at October 07, 2011 04:24 AM (yh0zB)

And then going to do unspeakable things with Booboo in their cave, yeppers.

And then going to do unspeakable things with Booboo in their cave, yeppers.

Posted by: beanervt at October 07, 2011 04:33 AM (WSOpl)

Ignorance is bliss. Really.

Posted by: beanervt at October 07, 2011 04:33 AM (WSOpl)

Ignorance is bliss. Really.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at October 07, 2011 04:50 AM (yh0zB)

It is a rather sordid tail.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 07, 2011 05:33 AM (UlUS4)

The Dems are working on the Steve Jobs Health Care Act where we will all be forced to receive rectal exams with iPhones to be transmitted directly to Bwawny Fwank's office.

The Dems are working on the Steve Jobs Health Care Act where we will all be forced to receive rectal exams with iPhones to be transmitted directly to Bwawny Fwank's office.

Posted by: Robert at October 07, 2011 05:38 AM (4ixH5)

That's a pleasant thought...

That's a pleasant thought...

Posted by: GGE Is Putting Off His Prostate Exam at October 07, 2011 05:42 AM (yh0zB)

It is, my fwiend, it weally is.

Posted by: beanervt at October 07, 2011 05:47 AM (WSOpl)

It's clear, then, that God hates lawyers.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 07, 2011 05:33 AM (UlUS4)

I don't think so. If they did , I will be seriously bummed. Peeved, even.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 07, 2011 06:15 AM (UlUS4)

Oh, I've pulled many a boner on Gotham.  But then the BAT always ruins all my boners!

Batman is a boner killer!

Um, did anyone ever get around to explaining what the "Shepard's Prayer" is? I know it and am a frequent user of it, but since I just got up and haven't had enough of the Elixir of Life yet, nor have I read the comments, I didn't see it in the post.

And, good mornin', y'all.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 07, 2011 06:15 AM (UlUS4)

Yep. Funny, I was reading something just a few days ago about the homosexuals trying to "reclaim" world like gay and queer. I thought to myself that I heartily approved of that sentiment, but that I doubt they would have liked my ideas about who should do the reclaiming.