December 27, 2012
— Maetenloch
Paul Krugman says in this Guardian piece that he "grew up wanting to be Hari Seldon, using my understanding of the mathematics of human behaviour to save civilisation." For those of you who have read one or more of the books in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, this makes a lot of sense.
I remember feeling the same way after reading Asimov's Foundation series. But then later I came to understand how complex (and even random) human behavior can be and how the mathematics of even deterministic systems often preclude meaningful long-term predictions. So Asimov-style psychohistory will probably always be science-fiction fantasy.
But as WRM points out Krugman has not only given up on the idea of psychohistory itself but today is now playing the role of Seldon's imperial enemies:
But there is an irony in Krugman's claim to have been inspired by Hari Seldon to take up social science: In his column in the NYT, he often comes off not so much like Seldon but like one of the Galactic Empire's elites, mistrustful of the Hari Seldons out there predicting the collapse of the "empire"-or, that is, the blue model.In "The Psychohistorians," the head of the imperial committee charged with prosecuting Seldon reaches an important decision. This politician intuitively understands that Seldon's theory of imperial decay is right, but as a card-carrying member of the elite he can't just let Seldon off the hook for his dangerous ideas. So he splits the difference: he reduces the sentence for Seldon and his followers from death or imprisonment to exile to the galactic hinterland of Terminus, where they can work out the plan to save civilization in peace.
That's pretty much what the blue intellectual establishment does today: it doesn't silence freethinkers but it pushes them out to the fringes.
[These are actually the old covers for the series but since my copies were hand-me-downs from my father they're the only ones I ever knew]
Why UofRI Professor Erik Loomis Should be Fired
Because of the incipient fascism in his writings.
You see the real reason why Loomis should be fired-or at the very least investigated for what he said-is that his comments are fascist. Bear in mind, I define fascism as nothing more than a lack of belief in democracy itself.*Consider for instance this comment by Loomis:
You are goddamn right we should politicize this tragedy. F__k the NRA. Wayne LaPierre should be in prison. [Cursing censored by me.]
So he believes that LaPierre should be imprisoned for what exactly? To the best of my knowledge, LaPierre has broken no laws. All he has done is advocate for a policy-reduced restrictions on gun ownership-that Loomis disagrees with. Advocacy of the criminalization of opinions you don't agree with is the very essence of fascism. He repeats that thought several times:
Wayne LaPierre is a criminal and should be in prison for complicity with murder. 27 counts.-
Dear rightwingers, to be clear, I don't want to see Wayne LaPierre dead. I want to see him in prison for the rest of his life. #nraterrorism
So What Do We Really Know About the Sandy Hook Shootings?
Even now a lot of the reporting seems to be guessing and just making shit up:
But as it turns out, a great deal of the reporting in the Newtown massacre was incorrect, whether merely irresponsible or purposefully misleading it's difficult to say. As far as we know now (which isn't very far), the killer's "mental illness" seems to not have been of the commitable variety, and there seems to have been no prior hints of his dangerousness. He took the guns from his mother, but how she stored them and how he obtained them is completely unknown. Reports from a friend or friends that she had taken her son to shooting ranges seem to be unsubstantiated as well (although he visited one, he apparently was alone at the time, and there doesn't seem to be a clear record of him shooting there).
Also can you predict future violence from mental patients? Not really says Theodore Dalrymple:
In fact, psychiatrists are no better than others at predicting violence by disturbed people, except possibly among the psychotic. They tend to overestimate the dangers, and in making predictions, they face the problem of the false positive and the false negative. In the case of a false positive, you think that someone is dangerous when he isn't; in the case of a false negative, that he is not dangerous when he is. False predictions of rare events (such as mass killings) generally outweigh true ones by a large factor-an important point to remember, especially if you wish to grant or withdraw civil liberties on the basis of such predictions.
Not long ago, I was asked to participate in an inquiry into a spate of murders committed by psychiatric patients. The killings seemed to be statistically abnormal (recalculation showed that they were not). We were asked to determine whether there was a single type of act, or omission, by the psychiatric services common to all the murders which might help explain them. ...Yet, except in one case, I found no evidence that the low standard of practice had actually resulted in a preventable killing, despite the immense power of the retrospectoscope-the medical instrument that provides us with wisdom after the event and that sometimes does lead to improvements in practice that saves lives, though at other times it provides us only with scapegoats.
8 US Sailors Suing TEPCO Over Fukushima Radiation
In March 2011, the USS Ronald Reagan participated in Operation Tomodachi, an American military effort to provide aid and assistance to Japanese tsunami victims. The aircraft carrier, which was equipped with advanced radiation detection devices, kept a safe distance from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. At one point, the media reported that the ship had been exposed to a tiny and non-dangerous amount of radiation:"The maximum potential radiation dose received by any ship's force personnel aboard the ship when it passed through the area was less than the radiation exposure received from about one month of exposure to natural background radiation from sources such as rocks, soil, and the sun."
The ship was apparently about 100 miles away from the plant, way beyond the evacuation distances recommended by both the Japanese government and U.S. government.
And now eight sailors aboard the ship are suing TEPCO over potential reduced lifespans due to radiation exposure. Given that the USS Ronald Reagan is itself nuclear-powered I'm pretty sure that the radiation exposure of the crew is carefully monitored and any dangerous levels would have been enough for the ship to move further away and follow decontamination procedures. So count me completely skeptical.
College Student Being Stalked by Parents
There are helicopter parents and then there parents who really really need a new hobby not involving their adult daughter.
A music theater student has won a stalking order against her parents who admitted they installed monitoring software on her computer and phone to ensure that she succeeded.David and Julie Ireland have been ordered to have no contact with their 21-year-old daughter - their only child - before September 23, 2013 and must keep 500 feet away from her at all times.
The unusual case concerns Aubrey Ireland, a musical theater major who regularly fills lead roles at Cincinnati's prestigious College-Conservatory of Music and has made the Dean's List every quarter.
Despite this success, her parents often drove 600 miles from their home in Leawood, Kansas, to visit her unannounced and to accuse her of promiscuity, of using drugs and of having mental issues.
They even informed her head of department that she had mental problems and that they were considering going to court to force her to get treatment, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
What Does the International Space Station Sound Like?
Well it's kinda loud.
12 Letters That Didn't Make the Alphabet
All of these sadly failed to make the cut - among them my favorite:
You’re probably familiar with this guy from old-fashioned Greek or Roman style text, especially the kind found in churches. It’s even still used stylistically in words today, like æther and æon.
What you may not know, however, is that at one time the ae grapheme (as it’s now known) was an honorary English letter back in the days of Old English. It still had the same pronunciation and everything, it was just considered to be part of the alphabet and called “æsc” or “ash” after the ash Futhark rune, for which it was used as a substitute when transcribing into Latin letters.
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Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 05:29 PM (cnS/d)
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Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 05:37 PM (cnS/d)
"Sure, Lisa Jackson was an extremist Luddite who used fake identities to skirt corruption laws. But on the upside, she was incompetent at it."
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at December 27, 2012 05:37 PM (opLk0)
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Posted by: mon nom est mpfs at December 27, 2012 05:39 PM (Mkhiu)
Fingers crossed.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at December 27, 2012 05:39 PM (opLk0)
I hear it tastes like cough syrup.
Had 1/2 a Screaming Nazi the other night.
Posted by: fluffy at December 27, 2012 05:40 PM (z9HTb)
It's called "no product liability lawsuits in that country", I think.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 27, 2012 05:40 PM (OevbG)
Government and Industry, living in perfect harmony...
Posted by: Benito at December 27, 2012 05:40 PM (fDGF1)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 05:40 PM (cnS/d)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 05:41 PM (5H6zj)
Loomis reminds me of a Psychology professor I had in Behavioral Psychology back in college.
What a self-satisfied prick. And a slob too, I'll bet.
Universities are full of people like thatl; above normal IQ, but socially backward and inept. Tends to think of themselves as superior, but has trouble functioning in the rest of society, and thinks that is because he is so much smarter than the rest of society, but really because he has retarded social skills.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 27, 2012 05:41 PM (Md8Uo)
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Posted by: Trimegistus at December 27, 2012 05:44 PM (hgdEm)
Krugman. What a rat faced little bastard. I wouldn't trust that guy to park a car, let alone balance my checkbook or do my taxes. And the New York Times has him as their Economics Editor.
End times are near.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 27, 2012 05:44 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: otho at December 27, 2012 05:45 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 05:46 PM (5H6zj)
Reached the half way mark on Rosetta Stone Spanish tonight, should finish around the first of February.
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Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 05:50 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 27, 2012 05:51 PM (hgdEm)
I have the Foundation series with the Science Fiction Book Club covers. Whoeverinhell drew them.
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Posted by: Stark Dickflüssig at December 27, 2012 05:56 PM (mKlzx)
Now, if AW had argued that universities should fire all faculty members with Twitter accounts, then I'd be jumping on that bandwagon.
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Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 05:57 PM (79ueO)
MT @ExJon To [find] your #EPASecretEmailName, 1st name is your favorite pet, 2nd is your hometown. Mine is "Chester Toledo."
Mine is "Sushi Columbia"
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 09:33 PM (5H6zj)
Tobias (Toby) Atwater.... Sounds like an Edwardian Character.... LOL
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Posted by: rickl at December 27, 2012 09:54 PM (sdi6R)
I read somewhere that she took off for 3 days on some vaca right before he did this. That he shot her the first morning after she got back. I've also read that she wasn't trying to have him committed, but was trying to push him out of the house into, who knows what, she obviously knew better than anyone what a fuckin' basket case this guy was.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 06:00 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: rickl at December 27, 2012 06:00 PM (sdi6R)
Krugman's prescriptions are equally disconnected from reality.
Posted by: Phinn at December 27, 2012 06:01 PM (oFH2D)
Jaegermiester is the piss of the devil.
Evening roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 06:01 PM (yh0zB)
it has become obvious, however, in recent days, that she is way more into me than I am into her. and that is a new thing for me. not sure.
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 06:01 PM (cnS/d)
Posted by: steevy at December 27, 2012 09:52 PM
And set a pretty high bar as a writer with "Who Goes There?"
Posted by: otho at December 27, 2012 06:01 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 06:01 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 06:01 PM (IvVLN)
I wish I knew what the issue was.... I know he's bad, maybe they don't want to lessen his trade value? Maybe they're afraid he'd have a good game and Rex would look like an idiot?
There was also a rumor circulating around FL that he is due a payout if he gets a certain amount of snaps.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 06:02 PM (66ST/)
Buddy Fremont.
Sounds almost like the first/original Nutty Professor movie...
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Posted by: Waterhouse at December 27, 2012 06:03 PM (lpfU8)
What's wrong with this picture?
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Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 06:04 PM (5H6zj)
527-0832
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 06:04 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 09:58 PM (5H6zj)
Wait... Adam Lanza was a VEGAN???
Explains everything.... THEY are NUTS!
Outlaw Vegans... Bacon for ALL!
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 27, 2012 06:04 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: steevy at December 27, 2012 06:04 PM (9XBK2)
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Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 06:05 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 06:05 PM (5H6zj)
I went to my favorit liquor store tonight to find everything was 40% off. It turns out that it is their last night in business. The owner is in his late 60's and can't take the tax hikes that are coming along with all of the regulatory crap. He is going to take his little dog Copper - who is always in the store - and live in his RV. His one remaining employee is in his late 50's and asked if I knew of any job leads.
The looks of dejection on their faces broke my heart. Damn Barky and his fellow Marxist travelers. I hate them with a passion that I never knew I could ever feel.
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2012 06:05 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 27, 2012 06:05 PM (huD71)
I know, girl, I know . . . Rex Ryan is a toe-munching shitbag married to an internet ho and I truly wish the best for your Timmy. Although, he'll never find a better place than by your side. Even Thor would understand, I just know it!
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 06:06 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 06:06 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 10:02 PM (QupBk)
Yeah.... Those dang Anti Pure Democracy Science Fiction guys... not like the Founding Fathers had any problems with Democracy.... oh... wait....
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 27, 2012 06:06 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 06:07 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 27, 2012 06:07 PM (Ai+tZ)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 06:07 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at December 27, 2012 06:07 PM (9HhTH)
It's over 8 years.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/c284j7f
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 27, 2012 06:07 PM (lpfU8)
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Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 06:08 PM (l86i3)
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Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 06:09 PM (IvVLN)
The looks of dejection on their faces broke my heart. Damn Barky and his fellow Marxist travelers. I hate them with a passion that I never knew I could ever feel.
Cheri - which one. I live in GJ. Tonight is the last night?
Posted by: Infidel at December 27, 2012 06:09 PM (vfUX8)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 06:09 PM (Kgm0Y)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at December 27, 2012 06:09 PM (zrM7+)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 06:09 PM (QupBk)
My favorite: Vic Kevlar.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at December 27, 2012 06:09 PM (opLk0)
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Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 06:11 PM (66ST/)
***
I've seen a few conservative bloggers arguing that he should not be fired, which perplexes me.
He's called for the death of a public figure, and the imprisonment of those that disagree with him.
Yet so many conservatives are so damn meek that even faced with an obvious case were we should be demanding a scalp, they demure.
This is a big part of the reason we lose. Most of our leadership has neither the will nor the ability to actually fight.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 27, 2012 06:11 PM (AUeaU)
Maybe that's why they're always ranked so high in the happiest nations index.
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 27, 2012 06:11 PM (lpfU8)
Posted by: Stark Dickflüssig at December 27, 2012 06:12 PM (mKlzx)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 27, 2012 06:12 PM (hgdEm)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 06:12 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: JohnJ at December 27, 2012 06:12 PM (Tt6ky)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 27, 2012 06:12 PM (Ai+tZ)
I read a lot of Clarke when I was young, and was always a little troubled by some of his morbid cynicism.
Later he moved to Ceylon (Sri Lanka now) and was fully revealed as a homosexual with a preference for young boys, which was tolerated in Sri Lanka. He even endured getting polio and being crippled to stay there.
While I still like some of his writings, Clarke is really not a healthy mind to evaluate. "Childhood's End" is one really depresssing book.
Asimov was at times funny and clever, but was also pretty full of his own bullshit. One of his bestest pals was Harlan Ellison. Harlan was also a clever writer at times, but really a bit of a sociopath.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 27, 2012 06:12 PM (Md8Uo)
***
They were the unpopular kids in school, so now they want to be the ones on top of the social pyramid. They certainly won't get there by innate abilities, so raw force will have to do.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 27, 2012 06:12 PM (AUeaU)
Moved and seconded then. Discussion?
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 10:09 PM (QupBk)
Fore Score, and a couple of hours ago, my ForeMother brought forth a New Pound of Bacon.... conceived on a Pig Farm, and dedicated to the propostition that all Men should have tasty Bacon...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 27, 2012 06:12 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 27, 2012 06:13 PM (huD71)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 06:13 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at December 27, 2012 06:13 PM (zrM7+)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 06:13 PM (QupBk)
Peaches, chemjeff, good to see you!
chemjeff, I'd whack you in the back of the head if I were there, but since I'm not I'll just send you this:
http://ftf-comics.com/?comic=omars-rebuttal
sigh...I am omar...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 06:13 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: NCKate at December 27, 2012 06:14 PM (XwChs)
Posted by: steevy at December 27, 2012 06:14 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 27, 2012 10:12 PM (Md8Uo)
But Heinlein was the Libertarian of the bunch....
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 27, 2012 06:14 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Infidel at December 27, 2012 06:14 PM (vfUX8)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 06:14 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 06:14 PM (jucos)
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Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 06:15 PM (zOP5o)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at December 27, 2012 06:15 PM (DoZD+)
***
But it is the left's dream isn't it? Everyone losing their individually to some collective that will "achieve great things".
Liberals are full of hate and evil, so they want to subsume the self to something that is not inherently vile. And now that they are materialists (more or less) and believe in nothing more then the physical the only way to achieve this dream is some sort of groupthink collective political action.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 27, 2012 06:15 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at December 27, 2012 10:13 PM (zrM7+)
And note.... in Babylon 5, the PsiCop was... Alfred Bester.... coincidence? or Homage?
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 27, 2012 06:16 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 06:16 PM (l86i3)
Every single one does.
They all have that "punch my face so fuckin' hard I'll speak in tounges" look on their mugs. The chicks, too.
Weird.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at December 27, 2012 10:09 PM
It used to be the bolshevik guerilla look. Or, the soviet strongman. That's out of fashion now. Too obvious and honest. Also it required a certain amount of discipline and effort. It's the hipster poet look these days.
Posted by: otho at December 27, 2012 06:16 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at December 27, 2012 06:16 PM (zrM7+)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 27, 2012 06:17 PM (Ai+tZ)
I forget the name, but it is the one next to Gold's Gym on the I-70 loop near 32 road. Not the Gold's by the mall.
Sorry - bad with names. All I see is "Liquor" and I go in
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2012 06:17 PM (EAgmr)
Uh... wait. I mean... err... Fancy a song?
Posted by: Pete Townshend at December 27, 2012 06:18 PM (qR+xF)
Congratulations Duke for winning your first bowl game since 1961............oops.........Congratulations Bearcats for crushing the dreams of Duke.
Posted by: Florida A&M Professor at December 27, 2012 06:18 PM (CakGS)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 10:07 PM (cnS/d)
Y'know, my mom took me aside one time and said, "It is mathematically impossible for two people to love one another the exact same amount.....and, for your sake, I hope you are always the one that loves less."
Posted by: cthulhu at December 27, 2012 06:18 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 06:18 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Meaningless Drivel at December 27, 2012 06:19 PM (k4wRs)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 06:19 PM (cnS/d)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at December 27, 2012 06:19 PM (zrM7+)
Sounds like me and the Bills over Doug Flutie's treatment.
Posted by: andycanuck at December 27, 2012 06:19 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: rickl at December 27, 2012 06:19 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 06:20 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 06:20 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 27, 2012 06:20 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 06:20 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 06:20 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 06:20 PM (Kgm0Y)
Posted by: Infidel at December 27, 2012 06:20 PM (vfUX8)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 27, 2012 10:18 PM (kaalw)
I agree completely! Back when I was having husbands and boyfriends and loves of my life, the most important quality was how much they loved me. This is probably tmi, but I never loved them as much as they loved me. Which was totally cool . . .
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 06:20 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Berserker at December 27, 2012 06:21 PM (FMbng)
off vile sock
Some pretty good games today. Bowling Green/San Jose St. was good. I guess I'm glad the Spartans won. They had to fly all the way across the country and play in old rickety RFK stadium in DC in late December. The Duke/UCinc game was good until Duke remembered they are a basketball school. Hopefully UCLA/Baylor will be an entertaining shootout.
Posted by: puddleglum at December 27, 2012 06:23 PM (CakGS)
off vile sock
Some pretty good games today. Bowling Green/San Jose St. was good. I guess I'm glad the Spartans won. They had to fly all the way across the country and play in old rickety RFK stadium in DC in late December. The Duke/UCinc game was good until Duke remembered they are a basketball school. Hopefully UCLA/Baylor will be an entertaining shootout.
Posted by: puddleglum at December 27, 2012 06:23 PM (CakGS)
Go Infidel!
"Politically aware" my ass.
Posted by: AmishDude
I've never heard of a conservative that was an organic vegan unless it was medically necessary. Even then....
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2012 06:23 PM (EAgmr)
Go Infidel!
"Politically aware" my ass.
Posted by: AmishDude
I've never heard of a conservative that was an organic vegan unless it was medically necessary. Even then....
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2012 06:23 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 27, 2012 10:20 PM (HDgX3)
Shoulder things that go up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5dT3r_oHoo
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 06:23 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 27, 2012 10:20 PM (HDgX3)
Shoulder things that go up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5dT3r_oHoo
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 06:23 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 06:24 PM (cnS/d)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 06:24 PM (cnS/d)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 10:14 PM (jucos)
___________________
Enjoy....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgqf0yX5r4A
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 27, 2012 06:24 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 10:14 PM (jucos)
___________________
Enjoy....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgqf0yX5r4A
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 27, 2012 06:24 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 06:24 PM (zOP5o)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 06:24 PM (zOP5o)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 06:24 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 06:24 PM (jucos)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 06:25 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 06:25 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 27, 2012 06:25 PM (huD71)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 27, 2012 06:25 PM (huD71)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 06:26 PM (l86i3)
Robert Heinlein and Arthur Clarke actually worked in the same building for the US Navy during WWII and knew each other well. Also working in that building was Virginia, Robert's third (and last) wife. His "soul mate".
By all accounts, Virginia was a ginger and a real looker, too.
Heinlein was early on a "one worlder" who believed in World Government. He outgrew that eventually, and did, in fact, become something of a Libertarian (and he and Virginia were Methodists, too). "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" is maybe his earliest reveal of what kind of Libertarian he was.
I think one of the telling things about Heinlein was that just about everyone who knew him thought he was a great guy. Philip Dick was a political opposite of Heinlein, but Heinlein befriended him, loaned him money when he was sick and had no income, and Philip Dick thought he was a prince of a guy.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 27, 2012 06:27 PM (Md8Uo)
That's NBC for you. If they can't find some way to call a bad guy a conservative, they'll make it up.
Posted by: JohnJ at December 27, 2012 06:27 PM (Tt6ky)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 10:24 PM (jucos)
Ah, jeez, Truck, every time I am in teh Holy Foods, I get so fuckin' irked by the assholiness of it all, I am sorely tempted to stand outside the door and burn a parlie and watch 'em all freak out before I get in my {non-prius} car and leave.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 06:27 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 06:27 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 10:19 PM (cnS/d)
An odd bit, this, where you have someone right where she wants you...almost...and you're not quite sure how you feel about that. You can either play it safe and retreat back into the shell she is dragging you out of...or you can risk total annihilation.
The down side to taking this risk is that occasionally you will be annihilated.
Totally worth it.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 06:27 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: rickl at December 27, 2012 06:28 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 06:28 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 06:28 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 27, 2012 06:28 PM (ibZz4)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 06:29 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 06:29 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 06:29 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 06:29 PM (Kgm0Y)
[i[The emo checker scans it and sends it down the belt to a older lady who refused to touch it. I asked what the problem was and she said she was a vegan and would not touch it. [/i]
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 10:14 PM (jucos)
You should've blown it out. "What? The FOOD HERE IS CONTAMINATED??? Why won't you touch it??"
Said loudly enough, that would've done it, and at least gotten the old bitch to pull in her horns in the future.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 27, 2012 06:30 PM (4u2LN)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 06:30 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 06:30 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 06:30 PM (zOP5o)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 10:29 PM (5H6zj)
_____________________
A little bit of both. The MFM calls Republicans Jew haters for 2 weeks and Obama has a Jew hater at State. Win-Win.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 27, 2012 06:30 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 06:30 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 27, 2012 10:28 PM (ibZz4)
Sweetie, you will get prayers. I'm sure lots of them. And a big fakey internet hug, too. {{{{{}}}}}
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 06:31 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 27, 2012 06:31 PM (NzBQO)
I'm also internally applying Widmer Brothers Rotator IPA, made with grapefruit, for the pain. Delish! These Widmer Brothers, fucking GENIUSES I'm telling you!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 06:31 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 06:31 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 06:32 PM (cnS/d)
Posted by: Tobacco Road, is no longer chasing cars at December 27, 2012 06:32 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 06:32 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 06:32 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 06:32 PM (Kgm0Y)
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2012 06:33 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 27, 2012 10:30 PM (HDgX3)
Actually, that would be Defense....at State, it's pretty much a given.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 27, 2012 06:33 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at December 27, 2012 06:33 PM (AMoyz)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 06:33 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 06:34 PM (zOP5o)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 06:34 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 27, 2012 06:34 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 06:35 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 06:35 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 27, 2012 10:33 PM (kaalw)
___________
Right. Like it matters. Kerry, Hagel, Hillary....all the same shit.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 27, 2012 06:35 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 27, 2012 06:35 PM (9lZO4)
With excellent taste in women, I might add!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:30 PM (66ST/)
Not so much wise as experienced. You know how you get to be experienced?
By fucking up a lot. But you have to live through it, so there is that.
Posted by: Molly k. at December 27, 2012 10:28 PM (ibZz4)
I hate this fucking disease.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 06:35 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 06:36 PM (Kgm0Y)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 06:36 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 27, 2012 06:36 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: Museisluse at December 27, 2012 06:37 PM (SsWgR)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 06:37 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 27, 2012 06:38 PM (NzBQO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 06:38 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 06:38 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 10:36 PM (Kgm0Y)
I think we all know what she means, Sean . . . except, perhaps, the hapless and physically revolting Professor Loomis, who would still be unable to buy a clue if you spotted him the first 3 letters.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 06:39 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 10:33 PM (5H6zj)
I'll have to look into it.
Does this thing have a name and is it available at Wal-Mart?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:37 PM (66ST/)
Probably. You can get everything else there.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 06:39 PM (yh0zB)
226; Based on what? He hasn't played this year and last year he won a ton of games, including a playoff game at Pittsburgh.
That game was in Denver and fuck you for reminding me. grumble grumble
Posted by: puddleglum at December 27, 2012 06:39 PM (CakGS)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 06:39 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 06:40 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 06:40 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 06:40 PM (Kgm0Y)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 27, 2012 06:41 PM (ibZz4)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 27, 2012 06:41 PM (Ai+tZ)
The Foundation series is crap -- didn't always think that -- and Asimov's BS to link it to his Robots series is crap.
And Paul Krugman is a horse's ass.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at December 27, 2012 06:41 PM (Jcd0S)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 06:41 PM (zOP5o)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 27, 2012 06:41 PM (9lZO4)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 06:42 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: NCKate at December 27, 2012 06:42 PM (XwChs)
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at December 27, 2012 06:43 PM (53riN)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 06:43 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 06:43 PM (Kgm0Y)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 06:43 PM (l86i3)
Good friends, good food, good booze and good sex.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 06:44 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 06:44 PM (jucos)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 06:44 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 06:44 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:40 PM (66ST/)
Not yet, but we keep hoping...
That Adele looks to be a pleasing handful, plus she's got a set of pipes on her. Too bad she's so young.
I'd still hit it, but I promise I'd feel like a dirty old man for the entire five seconds or so...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 06:45 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 06:45 PM (zOP5o)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 06:46 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 06:47 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 27, 2012 10:41 PM (Ai+tZ)
Dude, you're gonna burn the house down. Put that out.
Tammy, in the Piedmont, just north of Raleigh. If it snows here we shut the place down.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 06:47 PM (yh0zB)
The NFL institutionally hates anyone who doesn't play their position in a cookie-cutter manner. It's hard to remember now, but Michael Vick was NFL Enemy #1 back when he first started simply because he could run very well, and they didn't do that in the sainted 1960s so it's obviously wrong.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 27, 2012 06:47 PM (OevbG)
1. I don't pray, but I am not offended in the least that you have asked for prayers. It is a wonderful request, and in this country especially it will be rewarded with heartfelt prayers.
2. Bladder cancer is treatable and survivable. He'll die of something else. Hopefully not for a long, long time.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 06:48 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 06:48 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 06:50 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 06:50 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 06:50 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: rickl at December 27, 2012 06:51 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 06:52 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:43 PM (66ST/)
Tammy, I've been feeling the same way. Christmas (Christmas!!) was like a chore for me, I wasn't feeling it. When I woke up the day after Christmas (otherwise known as "yesterday"), I had my usual chat with teh Big Guy and expressed my disbelief. And, I had a little epiphany. I thought, damn, there's been plague and pestilence and famine and horrific wars and who ever promised me that the age of innocence I grew up in would last forever? Nobody. There is nothing special about me or the rest of us. We're in for some dark days and there is absolutely nothing special about it. Just pull in and concentrate on what is close and good and realize that these are cycles that mankind goes through. We in the shit. We're not the first and we won't be the last. Will I live to see it get better? Probably not, but I can find plenty to be grateful for and I have resolved to narrow my field of vision and try to remain in that place of gratitude.
Yeah, I know, it sounds kinda stupid, but it was a real moment and I am going to try and roll with it.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 06:52 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 06:52 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 06:53 PM (zOP5o)
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 06:53 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 06:54 PM (cnS/d)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 06:54 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 06:55 PM (zOP5o)
Faster LBs will kill a scrambling QB. The only advantage that Tebow has is that he can run down a LB because he is so damned big and strong.
But the Jets will never use him, because Woody Johnson chose him without consulting Ryan and that idiot GM.
They should all be fired.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 06:55 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 06:55 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 06:56 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 27, 2012 06:56 PM (Ai+tZ)
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 06:56 PM (LUnTP)
If y'all get to feeling too down about things, just sit down and take a deep breath.
Then consider the alternative.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 27, 2012 06:56 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 06:56 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 27, 2012 06:56 PM (9lZO4)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 06:56 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:27 PM (79ueO)
When an owner gets a player that the coach doesn't want, there is only 4 ways it will go:
1. Player sits on the bench, owner and fans get pissed, team doesn't win, coach gets fired.
2. Player plays, owner and fans are happy, team doesn't win, coach gets fired.
3. Player doesn't play, team wins, fans and owner are happy, but always wonder how much better it would have been with player. Rift between owner and coach starts, any struggle in the future gets the coach fired.
4. Player plays, team wins, fans and owner both estatic, coach gets fired because owner knows more.
This is why every coach wants input on player personnel. If they don't have what they need to win, they shouldn't be judged on their wins and losses. NFL teams can only dress 46 players for a game. The punter, kicker, QB, long snapper, backup QB, starting left tackle, are all set in stone, and most teams don't carry a 3rd QB on the 46 man roster because once you do that, you start having a hard time filling out a KO, KO return, punt and punt return teams. Once you realize that about 26 players are pretty much not going to play on those teams, you are left with 20 players. A 3rd QB to run the wildcat becomes a luxury that most teams don't want, so they would rather run the wildcat with a running back or wide receiver that can also play on all the special teams.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 27, 2012 06:56 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: butternut at December 27, 2012 06:57 PM (nbYoV)
Posted by: sherlock at December 27, 2012 06:57 PM (f29LO)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 06:58 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 27, 2012 10:28 PM (ibZz4)
My Dad is going through that now. After several operations and courses of treatment he is finally looking like he beat it, at 70 years old. Cancer isn't the sentence it was a hundred years ago. Bladder cancer is definitely a beatable diagnoses.
Tell him to keep his chin up, and remember to keep yours up as well.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert at December 27, 2012 06:58 PM (ial2b)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:54 PM (66ST/)
Girl, I have just been thinking that we simply cannot go on this way, bitching and crabbing and depressed and angry. It's bad for the body and bad for the soul. And if the view isn't going to change, then the perspective has to. I just can't do it anymore, it's too dispiriting.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 06:58 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 27, 2012 10:56 PM (Ai+tZ)
Thanks for the reminder, I got to get up in the AM and take the car to the shop, The front tilt motor on the drivers seat stopped working. Of course you have to change them as a set with the seat track. About 5 bills in parts alone, and I drove it out of warranty last summer. FML.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 06:58 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:56 PM (79ueO)
Bright kid. Hopefully he will learn his position and figure out that he can't go toe-to-toe with LBs and safeties. At least not every play. it sure is fun to watch though.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 06:58 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Robert probably shouldn't mention he owns The Sound Of Music at December 27, 2012 06:59 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 06:59 PM (zOP5o)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 06:59 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 27, 2012 07:00 PM (9lZO4)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 07:01 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 07:01 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:01 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 27, 2012 07:01 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 07:02 PM (79ueO)
And with that, I'm out since I have to be up in the AM. Later roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 07:02 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 07:02 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:03 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 07:03 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:59 PM (79ueO)
Another great athlete with a brain. i love that shit.
And they kicked the crap out of the 49ers. That was ugly.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 07:03 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:03 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:04 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:04 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:05 PM (66ST/)
The turkey was probably vegan ,too. Shoulda been pals!
Posted by: freeTibet with purchase ofequal or greater value Tibet at December 27, 2012 07:05 PM (quLHy)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:06 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:07 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Erik Loomis, Jr. at December 27, 2012 07:07 PM (rzTDZ)
TMI
All Moronettes are 23, with smokin hot bodies and faces to match. And so smart that it's tough to talk to them in bars.
Get with the program.
http://tinyurl.com/btsdgx2
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 07:07 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:08 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:08 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Trevor (@tjexcite) at December 27, 2012 07:08 PM (Ea64Y)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:09 PM (l86i3)
She'll win all the awards, just you watch.
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 07:10 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 07:10 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:10 PM (l86i3)
It certainly did but Rex compounded it by not going away from Sanchez earlier.
If he did they might, might have made the playoffs and now the team is going to be blown apart.
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:30 PM (zOP5o)
Jets don't have any talent on offense. No O line, no receivers, no running backs. If Tebow was in, the team would be losing. When the Jets were succesful several years ago, Sanchez had good talent at RB and WR. Now? No one.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 27, 2012 07:10 PM (Zd/NW)
oh, can we get a "hell, yeah?" never been partial to a blond man myself, but damn, that boy is fine.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 07:11 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 11:10 PM (jucos)
Stay the fuck away from her. She's taken.
http://tinyurl.com/5tcxp9p
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 07:11 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:11 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:12 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:13 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 07:13 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:12 PM (l86i3)
And $17,000,000 even if they lose.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 07:13 PM (GsoHv)
Was it the future Mr. Peaches who did that?
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 07:14 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 11:13 PM (IvVLN)
AtC has a nuclear powered.....diversion.
Talk with her.
Just watch out for the 'raptors.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 07:15 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:15 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 07:15 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Gunther at December 27, 2012 07:15 PM (JMmQ9)
We'll score that as "User wants more features"
Posted by: Microsoft marketing team at December 27, 2012 07:16 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:16 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 27, 2012 10:47 PM (OevbG)
That's absolute nonsense. The general tone of the NFL punditocracy was that he was the wave of the future, and they were all hoping that he would be what McNabb could have been if he hadn't gotten fat (and had a more accurate arm). He was promoted extensively and his jerseys. etc. were everywhere.
Posted by: somebody else, not me at December 27, 2012 07:16 PM (nZvGM)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:16 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:11 PM (66ST/)
I'll bet you still are.
It's all in the mind anyway.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 07:16 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 07:16 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: puddleglum at December 27, 2012 07:17 PM (CakGS)
And they picked him up in the 3rd round right? Great pick
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 11:02 PM (79ueO)
Scary thing is that if Wilson was still available when the Redskins were drafting, they were going to take him also. As good as Cousins has been, putting Wilson and RG3 together would have been deadly.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 27, 2012 07:17 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:17 PM (l86i3)
That's a woman!
No celery and quinoa diets for her.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 07:18 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:19 PM (66ST/)
Ah, Truck, she is serious as hell. . . we all are when it comes to that boy.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 07:19 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 07:19 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Cowboy at December 27, 2012 07:19 PM (WcgMM)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 07:19 PM (jucos)
Another sorta end-of-the-road for a business story: on Wednesday my brother-in-law and his partner fired all of their employees but one and are moving their thirty-one year-old business to the basement of his partner's house. They wanted to wait until after the New Year, but their office lease ends on December 31st so they couldn't delay any longer. Needless to say, the employees knew the company was struggling and cuts might be made, but they did not expect a wholesale slaughter. The truth was, they couldn't afford employees anymore, so they will be going back to doing everything themselves. My BIL and his partner spent yesterday and today moving out and cramming extra office furniture wherever they could find space for it.
So another handful or so of people out of jobs and another half-empty office building.
It can't be said often enough: Thanks, Obama!
Posted by: Gem at December 27, 2012 07:19 PM (zw+pb)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:20 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 07:21 PM (jucos)
Don't go toe-to-toe with me boy...you'll lose.
http://tinyurl.com/ctg9may
http://tinyurl.com/ca67qfn
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 07:21 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:22 PM (66ST/)
Merry Christmas (yeah, it's over but this Jew likes to say it anyway) and have a happy New Year!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 07:23 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Peaches
I have been trying to stay positive. It is the everyday little things - like letting the lady in back of me in the grocery store get ahead of me because she only has a few items compared to mine. Saying a silent prayer for some stranger I see that looks sad/depressed. Playing with my doggeh and kitteh. Giving a co-worker a sincere compliment. Hugging my kids everyday and making sure that I tell them I love them. Smiling at a veteran and thanking them for their service to our country.
These are some of the things keeping me sane and not totally depressed.
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2012 07:23 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:24 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:24 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:25 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:25 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 07:25 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Lurkasaurus at December 27, 2012 07:25 PM (wBtFp)
Posted by: puddleglum at December 27, 2012 07:26 PM (CakGS)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 07:26 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:27 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 27, 2012 07:27 PM (uHgI5)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:27 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 07:27 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 07:27 PM (QupBk)
The great science fiction illustrators - Punchatz, Schoenherr, Jack Gaughan and of course Frank Kelly Freas...they're all gone, and how would our childhoods have unwound had they not been there to post images as guideposts.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 27, 2012 07:28 PM (xjpRj)
http://tinyurl.com/cr3bk6k (Lawyers, Guns and Money blog)
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at December 27, 2012 07:29 PM (rzTDZ)
A freaking author, for Pete's sake!
If I wasn't too shy to ask for your address, I'd do the same!Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:30 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 07:30 PM (jucos)
MS Live is an online game portal, not a OS thing. Mac users have to use it as well if they make the mistake of buying shitty games like I did.
That distinction may be confusing for you Mac users but frankly I don't care.
Now piss off and dance in silhouette or something.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 27, 2012 07:30 PM (KDq5l)
Posted by: nerdygirl's beagle at December 27, 2012 07:30 PM (9lZO4)
OSP, I will talk about it far and wide, I promise!
Peaches, no, it wasn't, but you'd probably like him. (He's married, though!)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:19 PM (66ST/)
Well he does have a concussion, so I'm guessing he was walking kind of like Otis from Andy Griffith.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 27, 2012 07:30 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:30 PM (l86i3)
It's all about your technique and the moans of ecstasy...Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:31 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:31 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:32 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 07:33 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 27, 2012 07:34 PM (7KxSm)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:30 PM (l86i3)
I will totally buy one, OSP. I will do it sooner if you sign them.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 07:34 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:34 PM (l86i3)
hope you had a nice Christmas. You are keeping everyone on the edge of their seats again, I see.
Posted by: jc at December 27, 2012 07:35 PM (17oya)
(And have the boy sleep in the living room!)Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:35 PM (66ST/)
OMG, I have that, it's just in the fridge, that is WAY better. Tammy, you are such a goddess and I am so lucky to have your counsel. brb
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 07:35 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:35 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Witchfinder at December 27, 2012 07:35 PM (s/PhC)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:31 PM
Not sure what thread I stumbled into, but I'm totally gonna get comfy for this one. lol
Posted by: Berserker at December 27, 2012 07:36 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:37 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: nerdygirl's beagle at December 27, 2012 07:37 PM (9lZO4)
I fucking hate making toys.
Posted by: Herbie the elf at December 27, 2012 07:37 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 07:38 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 07:38 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:38 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:39 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:37 PM (66ST/)
===
Twas nice. Nothing extraordinary, but definitely nice.
Posted by: jc at December 27, 2012 07:40 PM (17oya)
Posted by: Senor Eatum at December 27, 2012 07:40 PM (OOL+m)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:40 PM (66ST/)
That sounds really complicated, OSP. And I am a simple girlie. I will totally buy your book regardless. Can't wait to read it. The synopsis sounds quite wonderful and I am very proud of you!
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 07:41 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:41 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 07:41 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:42 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: nerdygirl's beagle at December 27, 2012 07:42 PM (9lZO4)
==
Robert apologized? Wow. This post-Mayan-apocalypse time is very strange indeed.
Posted by: jc at December 27, 2012 07:42 PM (17oya)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 07:43 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 27, 2012 07:43 PM (9lZO4)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 07:44 PM (cnS/d)
nynjmeet at optimum dot net
I hope to set something up for January. The storm killed Hoboken, and that was the central point for most of us, but the PATH is up and running now so......
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 07:44 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: nerdygirl's beagle at December 27, 2012 11:42 PM (9lZO4)
Well, she sure as hell can't go home to those fuckin' lunatic parents of hers.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 07:45 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: nerdygirl's beagle at December 27, 2012 11:42 PM (9lZO4)
Well, she sure as hell can't go home to those fuckin' lunatic parents of hers.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 11:45 PM (kpCLl)
After seeing her picture, she can come live with me. I'm only like 2-3 hours from cincy anyways. And I can make sure her computer doesn't have any spyware on it.
Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2012 07:48 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:48 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 07:49 PM (IvVLN)
I have been working since........E.R.....missed funerals of.... and have maintained an ETOH level of at least 0.19 since...bout my usual for crisis mode when the crap hits the floppy things.......dang.....I would say "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"....if there even WAS such a thing this year.....shit....OBAMA???? for another 4???!!!
I wish RUM would come aboard lest so I could be "Stompy Boot'd out of my misery! THAT is my dream......
Posted by: Richard at December 27, 2012 07:50 PM (Pj/A8)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 07:51 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Bob, Person of Hench at December 27, 2012 07:51 PM (1efte)
Posted by: puddleglum at December 27, 2012 11:26 PM (CakGS)
The whores of Westwood as they are so often called in my neck of the woods.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 27, 2012 07:52 PM (NzBQO)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2012 07:52 PM (L2co/)
I'd agree, except that they're perfectly happy to fight you and anyone who gets caught representing you, as many recent primaries and committee purges show, so it's not like they don't/won't fight. They're just not on your side.
Or at the very least, they don't want to be.
Posted by: oblig. at December 27, 2012 07:53 PM (cePv8)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 11:49 PM (IvVLN)
====
The 70's never happened. If they did happen, I wasn't there. If I was there, I never wore those clothes. That wasn't me. Aw, shit.
Posted by: jc at December 27, 2012 07:54 PM (17oya)
465: So, whores are babes in your neck of the woods?? Nice woods.
Posted by: puddleglum at December 27, 2012 07:55 PM (CakGS)
Clip of a conversation from the game Assassin's Creed 3. I would title it "Benjamin Franklin - 18th Century Cougar Hunter"
Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2012 07:56 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 27, 2012 07:56 PM (uHgI5)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 27, 2012 11:27 PM
A modified M-14. Heavier. Also a .223 rifle, "Armalite".
Posted by: otho at December 27, 2012 07:56 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 07:56 PM (IvVLN)
463
This is how bad I feel right now, that I should harken back to she who still has my soul.....(lust) and longing for the days before this SCFOAMF sucked the life out of us all....I am a man not in his full because of this and am becoming aware that I may have to give the FULL MEASURE to give this nation one more chance.
Posted by: Richard at December 27, 2012 07:58 PM (Pj/A8)
Posted by: Fox2! at December 27, 2012 07:59 PM (1Qpmy)
Posted by: jc at December 27, 2012 11:54 PM
Never be ashamed of the 70's. It was a funkier time, back then.
Posted by: otho at December 27, 2012 07:59 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: puddleglum at December 27, 2012 11:55 PM (CakGS)
The UCLA nursing school has produced some of the craziest party girls I have ever seen. I'm not sure if it's just the stress of the job or schooling.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 27, 2012 08:01 PM (NzBQO)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 08:01 PM (cnS/d)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 27, 2012 08:02 PM (9lZO4)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 08:03 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 28, 2012 12:01 AM
Well he was talking about a chick also. I'm thinking chick...giving the full measure...maybe a poetic way of saying balls deep?
Posted by: Berserker at December 27, 2012 08:04 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 08:04 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Brick Mantooth, Member, The League of Ugly Shirted Gentlemen at December 27, 2012 08:05 PM (rCltd)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 27, 2012 08:07 PM (9lZO4)
that is remarkably sad
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 08:09 PM (cnS/d)
No quips at the end ...
Posted by: Waterhouse is watching TOS at December 27, 2012 08:10 PM (lpfU8)
480,
I speak only in the tense that foresees the possibilities of the next 4 years.
I wish this was not my vision, yet, I will ask you Jeff, ...What would you do if you saw your Country going down a path of total ruin? What would you think was your part to stop this? I only ask this because I am having a daily mental MMA match over this very thought....
Posted by: Richard at December 27, 2012 08:10 PM (Pj/A8)
No quips at the end ...
Posted by: Waterhouse is watching TOS at December 28, 2012 12:10 AM (lpfU
I decided that Spock's Brain is likely one of the "Chompers" episodes of TOS.
Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2012 08:13 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 08:13 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 27, 2012 08:13 PM (JMmQ9)
The age-old advice is to lie back and think of England. Really, it's probably eve more effective now.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 08:14 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: RWC at December 27, 2012 08:15 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 27, 2012 08:15 PM (9lZO4)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 27, 2012 08:17 PM (JKNDp)
494
Did not mean to "Harsh your magic fingers". I will tone it up to "LETS PARTY THIS HOUSE STATUS!!!"....now........
Posted by: Richard at December 27, 2012 08:18 PM (Pj/A8)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 28, 2012 12:04 AM
Christmas was good. Working on a few things, neither of them fun, because both had one foot in the grave. One is a resurrection of a 1960's Martin that for no explainable reason somebody band sawed the face off the headstock, took the fingerboard off, and ripped the neck out of the body like they were pulling weeds. Its brutal.
The other thing is a late 1800's parlor guitar. The bracing was original ,so the top was sinking in real bad. I had to rebrace the entire top with new bracing, fixed a bunch of top cracks, remove all the 3 stooges repairs that were done over the years, and I have to make a new back, because the knucklehead before me ruined it. Yeah another gem.
Other than that, just partying my ass off through the holidays.
Posted by: Berserker at December 27, 2012 08:18 PM (FMbng)
The director of this food-bank came to give the laborers a little background. This is a prosperous country town of about 2500 (and was when my mother lived near there during the Great Bipolarity of the 1930's), and she's almost apologetic that they're only supporting about 150 families. She's hoping to get permission to use the lab room to give some food-prep guidance, because "all our younger ones" only want boxed food -- Hamburger Helper was her example -- and she can get raw foodstuffs easily but can't afford brand-name pre-made food to give away.
Now, in the day, the high school graduation rate in this town was 90+%. The farmers are aggressively progressive scientific operators, and the townspersons staffed a stone quarry, a glass plant, a nuclear power plant, a beryllium works, all those cute little shops and car dealers, and the army that beat the Wehrmacht, with their crappy li'l old small town HS diplomas. Nine out of ten people walking around in this town learned to do basic chemical processes involving heat and catalysts -- in this room.
This room, that, with permission from the State, will now be used to teach grown-ups already on the federal dole how to cook dinner without pouring it out of a box.
What. The. Hell.
Posted by: comatus at December 27, 2012 08:18 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 27, 2012 08:19 PM (9lZO4)
At the risk of sounding terminally unaware, what is a "Chompers" episode?
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 27, 2012 08:20 PM (lpfU8)
Posted by: Eisenhorn at December 27, 2012 08:21 PM (OjQYm)
Posted by: Abubuka drummond at December 27, 2012 08:22 PM (sqp6o)
At the risk of sounding terminally unaware, what is a "Chompers" episode?
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 28, 2012 12:20 AM (lpfU
Something I came up with as of today. Since I got Galaxy Quest for Christmas. I think the clip will explain nicely. And if you haven't watched Galaxy Quest shame on you.
Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2012 08:22 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 27, 2012 08:23 PM (JDIKC)
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 08:27 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 27, 2012 08:27 PM (9lZO4)
480,
I speak only in the tense that foresees the possibilities of the next 4 years.
I wish this was not my vision, yet, I will ask you Jeff, ...What would you doif you saw your Country going down a path of total ruin? What would you think wasyour part to stop this? I only ask this because I am having a daily mental MMA match over this very thought....
Posted by: Richard at December 28, 2012 12:10 AM (Pj/A
well, I guess I look at it in the same way as I look at someone that I care about who is doing something very destructive. I give advice as best as I can, but if that person refuses to listen, then I can't spend time worrying about it, I have done all that I can, the only thing left for me to do is to change what is in my power to change.
Posted by: chemjeff at December 27, 2012 08:29 PM (BBWjt)
Tammy al-Thor, Peaches
Please don't tell me you know anything about a golf ball and a garden hose.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 27, 2012 08:30 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 08:31 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 28, 2012 12:17 AM (JKNDp)
Got MrsCaniac a new laptop for Christmas, and when I was looking at the laptops, Windows 8 was so aggravating to try to figure out. Since she is very anti-technology, I had to make sure that whatever I got was as close to Windows Xp (what her old laptop was running) as possible. Windows 7 is somewhat similar, so she is happy.
I really believe that Microsoft has royally fucked this up by trying to tailor all of their products now for Windows 8, Surface tablet, and Windows phone. But I am probably wrong because I saw some tech analyst that said that computers are the past and we are moving into a tablet future.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 27, 2012 08:32 PM (Zd/NW)
Hamburger Helper is horrible. I hope someone shows them how to make things like split pea soup and bean soup. And potato soup that you throw some cheese and left over ham into.
Saute onions and celery and carrots, add minced garlic, add staple item of choice, and cover with water or broth. Viola, you have every basic soup recipe you ever need.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 27, 2012 08:36 PM (o1kXv)
Posted by: Fox2! at December 27, 2012 08:36 PM (1Qpmy)
I see a tablet as really just a toy. It would be nice to have but I don't see how I can use it to replace a laptop.
Posted by: chemjeff at December 27, 2012 08:36 PM (BBWjt)
you'd think that would be something out of some disaster/armageddon story, but no, it's modern america
Posted by: chemjeff at December 27, 2012 08:38 PM (BBWjt)
I see a tablet as really just a toy. It would be nice to have but I don't see how I can use it to replace a laptop.
I'm always annoyed by the assertion that today's youth are "tech-savvy", because they're not. They have toys but no idea for the most part how to use them fully, or how they work. They just know buttonology, but it's enough to feed their need for the new shiny.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 27, 2012 08:39 PM (o1kXv)
yup - the same yoots who overwhelmingly choose Apple products because then they don't have to think about how to set up their computer
Posted by: chemjeff at December 27, 2012 08:40 PM (BBWjt)
An M-15 would be Matt Damon's weapon of choice, that's what.
Posted by: Cowboy at December 27, 2012 08:40 PM (WcgMM)
that is really sad, though, to use a chemistry lab for food prep
you'd think that would be something out of some disaster/armageddon story, but no, it's modern america
Besides the fact that Alton Brown is going to slap you, using the chem lab for a cooking class is the best place to do it. You have all the necessary safety equipment, a space large enough to hold everyone and arranged to best teach the hands on portion. Plus, a least a couple of these knuckleheads will end up burning something.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 27, 2012 08:41 PM (o1kXv)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 27, 2012 08:42 PM (JDIKC)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 28, 2012 12:41 AM (o1kXv)
Well sure, a chemistry lab is a good and practical place to cook food, but that's not its intended purpose, which is why it would be a great place in a disaster/armageddon scenario to make your dinner if you didn't have access to a kitchen for whatever reason.
Besides, who knows what's been on those countertops previously.
Posted by: chemjeff at December 27, 2012 08:44 PM (BBWjt)
I'm getting messages on how to setup the phone. I use an old flip phone that has nothing to do with my computer. I have installed a program called touch freeze to keep the touchpad from driving me nuts with mixed success.
And screw the 12 cent a day sock.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 27, 2012 08:45 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: Uncle Jed at December 27, 2012 08:46 PM (AVfT8)
Posted by: RWC at December 27, 2012 08:47 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 27, 2012 08:47 PM (BBWjt)
I see a tablet as really just a toy. It would be nice to have but I don't see how I can use it to replace a laptop.:::
You can't. My wife has an iPad 3, oldest daughter has an Android tablet. They are browsers. Period. You can't do any actual computing on them.
But they have their niche - display only surfing/shopping.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 28, 2012 12:42 AM (JDIKC)
Yep, its not a replacement. Its a nice secondary for people that want one. I have a desktop, a laptop, and a smartphone. I do not need a tablet. If I did not already have a laptop I could see getting a tablet instead.
Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2012 08:48 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 27, 2012 08:49 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 27, 2012 08:49 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 28, 2012 12:49 AM (JKNDp)
That'll teach you to not follow the standard "only get every other Windows Upgrade"
Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2012 08:50 PM (GULKT)
514
I don't do interventions....when the topic is such...intervention is a very weak sister....serious brother!!! you of all morons should know better??
Switching to Single Malt Scotch and will re-post when the topics meld.....
Posted by: Richard at December 27, 2012 08:54 PM (Pj/A8)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 27, 2012 08:57 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 27, 2012 09:00 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: puddleglum at December 28, 2012 12:59 AM (CakGS)
I was thinking maybe BBW Just (the) Tip
Posted by: chemjeff at December 27, 2012 09:01 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 27, 2012 09:01 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 27, 2012 09:05 PM (9Qc6B)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 01:01 AM
Big Bitch With Jangly Tits.
Posted by: Berserker at December 27, 2012 09:06 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 27, 2012 09:08 PM (lJJMb)
Well now...
"Thunder Ranch!"
Nighty-Night, sleepy tight....don't let no "Obama bugs" bite.......
Posted by: Richard at December 27, 2012 09:14 PM (Pj/A8)
I'm thinking of Galvani and his frog's legs, here. Or Goodyear's stove.
It could be safer to cook in a lab than, for instance, to do chemistry experiments on top of what used to happen in kitchens. Or, "abbatoirs," as they were once known.
Yes, I got a pretty strong "Omega Man" vibe about the whole project. That, and the thought that any scout above First Class could probably teach the cooking course to the tragically ignorant.
Posted by: comatus at December 27, 2012 09:15 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: zeera at December 27, 2012 09:17 PM (3dXwx)
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 27, 2012 09:17 PM (9Qc6B)
Posted by: Bill H at December 27, 2012 09:19 PM (3sZO1)
Posted by: zeera at December 27, 2012 09:20 PM (3dXwx)
Interesting. I saw that the LAT is part of that deal...seeing as how Jonah Goldberg is priceless, I say they should do it.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 27, 2012 09:22 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 27, 2012 09:25 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Sexypig at December 27, 2012 09:26 PM (dZQh7)
If they're using a 220/240 type standard that doesn't have a notion of neutral, then polarization makes no sense.
A 3rd prong for a ground would be useful though...
The US 15/20A standard plug is kinda weak mechanically. Too easy for the hot/neutral prongs to get bent and the ground prongs bust off too easy. Too late now though.
The Brit plug is sturdier, and some incorporate device fusing within the plug cap itself.
The US electric code is probably the best and safest on the planet for residential stuff.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 27, 2012 09:26 PM (hPavS)
Interesting. I saw that the LAT is part of that deal...seeing as how Jonah Goldberg is priceless, I say they should do it.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 28, 2012 01:22 AM (lJJMb)
Link didn't work for me -- came up with a Cox page.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 27, 2012 09:27 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: DAve at December 27, 2012 09:27 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 3rd day of Christmas at December 27, 2012 09:28 PM (GVxQo)
I see a tablet as really just a toy. It would be nice to have but I don't see how I can use it to replace a laptop.
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 12:36 AM (BBWjt)
I sort of thought that way, but with the changes I saw 25 years ago in the radio industry, I am beginning to think in 10 years, tablets will be the norm.
20 years ago when I joined the local Multiple Listing Service, the lockbox key was unchanged from 20 years earlier when my dad was a member of the MLS. 10 years ago we switched to an electronic key that was updated over the phone. 7 years ago to an electronic key that was updated over the internet. This summer we changed to a "key" that is an Android phone app that communicates via bluetooth.
25 years ago, the radio station I was at had an IBM System 34 that was used for accounting and commercial scheduling/invoicing. Period. 20 years ago it was replaced by a desktop unit, that did all of that plus whatever else we needed a computer for. 15 years ago computers started being used for production. 13 years ago computers became to norm for music storage and for music playing. 10 years ago, radio stations pretty much became computer automated.
If my accounting software ever goes to a tablet form, I would happily dump my laptop for the tablet.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 27, 2012 09:28 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Bill H at December 27, 2012 09:31 PM (3sZO1)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 27, 2012 09:31 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: DAve at December 27, 2012 09:31 PM (XDC0v)
I'm going for a 4 hour segment of RUSH music....just for shits and grins!
Any and all M&M's are welcomed to join me.......(serious! we need diversions from the MSM!!!!)
Posted by: Richard at December 27, 2012 09:32 PM (Pj/A8)
Posted by: Ed Anger at December 27, 2012 09:32 PM (tOkJB)
Essentially, they're delivery devices, not general purpose computing devices.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 27, 2012 09:32 PM (hPavS)
Posted by: Lurkasaurus at December 27, 2012 09:33 PM (wBtFp)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 27, 2012 09:34 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 27, 2012 09:34 PM (hPavS)
this will give you nightmares don't click if you want to sleep tonight
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 3rd day of Christmas at December 28, 2012 01:28 AM (GVxQo)
Same color as a Squatch's natural color.
Hawaii is squatchy.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 27, 2012 09:34 PM (Zd/NW)
Any and all MM's are welcomed to join me.......(serious! we need diversions from the MSM!!!!)
Posted by: Richard at December 28, 2012 01:32 AM
Thats just enough time to squeeze in Fly By Night to Hemispheres.
Posted by: Berserker at December 27, 2012 09:35 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 28, 2012 01:27 AM (kaalw)
Click on "San Diego" on the map that comes up, and you'll be directed to the article.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 27, 2012 09:36 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Bill H at December 27, 2012 09:37 PM (3sZO1)
I presume stone knives and pointy sticks will still be legal...maybe not..
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 27, 2012 09:37 PM (hPavS)
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 27, 2012 09:45 PM (9Qc6B)
Now that I'm pouring the single malt....and the ROCK of RUSH is pounding out of the mighty mega-.......ear buds.....I give it up to my M+M's
go forth....and slay the dragon, ye scurvy dogs!!.....(and bitches)
snooze me much..............
Posted by: Richard at December 27, 2012 09:47 PM (Pj/A8)
I saw a puketastic bumper sticker in the window of a SUV today. It said "I (picture of a heart) equality. Freaking simpletons. Equal what, opportunity, outcome, competition, intellect, athletic ability, station in life, ability, effort?
We live in a jingoistic society.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 27, 2012 09:47 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: L, elle at December 27, 2012 09:49 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 27, 2012 09:50 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 27, 2012 09:54 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: L, elle at December 28, 2012 01:49 AM (0PiQ4)
Probably all of us that are still up.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 27, 2012 09:55 PM (lJJMb)
L, elle at December 28, 2012 01:49 AM
Used to be but that was years ago. Not so much now. Switched over to country music. Easier on the ears and nerves.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 27, 2012 09:55 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Bill H at December 27, 2012 09:57 PM (3sZO1)
It's been a long time
Been a long time
Been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely time.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 27, 2012 10:00 PM (zMouK)
Posted by: Exasperated Expat at December 27, 2012 10:01 PM (gkfSV)
Posted by: DAve at December 27, 2012 10:02 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: L, elle at December 27, 2012 10:02 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 27, 2012 10:03 PM (lJJMb)
Those authoritarian statists loooooove their federal databases, don't they?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 27, 2012 10:04 PM (zMouK)
Posted by: L, elle at December 28, 2012 02:02 AM (0PiQ4)
Page also thought he was Jesus, until all the guitarists he helped to create rose up and blew him away. He's the father whose sons outshone him.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 27, 2012 10:05 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 27, 2012 10:07 PM (9Qc6B)
Posted by: Lurkasaurus at December 27, 2012 10:09 PM (wBtFp)
Posted by: L, elle at December 27, 2012 10:11 PM (0PiQ4)
So - who's worse: me, for accepting others' possibly race-based voting, or them, for possibly voting based on race?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 27, 2012 10:14 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 27, 2012 10:17 PM (9Qc6B)
Posted by: L, elle at December 27, 2012 10:18 PM (0PiQ4)
StPatrick_TN at December 28, 2012 02:14 AM
Only the fools who voted for DUUH WON.
Time to call it quits for the night.
Good night to all.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 27, 2012 10:21 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 27, 2012 10:22 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 27, 2012 10:25 PM (9Qc6B)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 27, 2012 10:36 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Cackfinger at December 27, 2012 10:56 PM (CCHli)
Posted by: puddleglum at December 27, 2012 11:01 PM (CakGS)
This is what I call the Marvel Universe effect. Marvel had long had the habit of taking different IP they owned and retroactively stuffing it together in a single history. DC Comics tried the approach of having multiple realities that could be accessed from each other. That way they could have their cake and eat it too by having a stable of characters who first appeared in the late 30's and WWII era, and also the modern versions that were introduced in the late 50s, such as Green Lantern and Flash. Then there were all of the Fawcett characters like Capt. Marvel who were long kept off in their own universe.
Heinlein did it with his books by introducing dimension hopping to allow characters from different timeline to meet. Once you introduce multiple universes in which somewhere any fiction ever conceived is real, all bets are off.
The best way to deal with the Foundation books is to only consider the ones that have Asimov's name alone on the cover as true entries in the series. Everything else was forced and calculated for money more than quality.
Posted by: epobirs at December 27, 2012 11:48 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 27, 2012 11:52 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 27, 2012 11:54 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 27, 2012 11:55 PM (jts1f)
We can name a handful of the people who made a living at writing novels a hundred years ago. For every one still in print there are dozens long forgotten, their works long disintegrated and returned to the Well of Lost Plots. (Per Jasper Fforde.) This can also be said of far more recent decades.
Posted by: epobirs at December 28, 2012 01:45 AM (kcfmt)
You can use the socket configuration to learn where your favorite porn is photographed. Just an FYI.
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