July 29, 2012
— Maetenloch Since I'm on the road with spotty Internet, tonight's ONT is going to be minimal i.e. whatever I can type into the iPhone.
16 of the creepiest comic book scenes ever
Based on the scenes when it comes to Batman and Robin, there's no gay sub-text - it's pretty much just the text.
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Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 29, 2012 05:01 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Running Hobo at July 29, 2012 05:03 PM (l1oyw)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 05:04 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Hawker Flyer at July 29, 2012 05:06 PM (kheK+)
http://tinyurl.com/cmbshwn
Posted by: Armando at July 29, 2012 05:07 PM (lyStv)
Posted by: 2nd Amendment Mother at July 29, 2012 05:08 PM (E9+i8)
Posted by: Preznit Training Pants at July 29, 2012 05:08 PM (jucos)
Gonna watch the olympics in an hour, sucks knowing the outcome already. Should have stayed off the computer.
NBC DOH!!
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 05:09 PM (OTK2G)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 29, 2012 05:12 PM (I2LwF)
I'm not saying I didn't laugh. There's times when hammering at the joke is, itself, funny - but only in an ironical meta sort of way. Here it's just uncomfortable. One panel would have done it.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 29, 2012 05:13 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Aunt May at July 29, 2012 05:14 PM (jucos)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 05:15 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 29, 2012 05:16 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Alfred at July 29, 2012 05:18 PM (bbW7j)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 29, 2012 05:23 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: t-bird at July 29, 2012 05:24 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Alex at July 29, 2012 05:24 PM (oL8vk)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 09:15 PM (6o4Fb)
I am not swallowing that shit, that's for sure.
Posted by: Barney at July 29, 2012 05:24 PM (3ZjAP)
NBC DOH!!
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Yeah, well, I'm a bit annoyed at the NBC Olympics web page.
Figured I'd watch me some fencing action. Dialed up the women's fencing stuff. There are four "pistes", those rectangular box where fencing takes place. What NBC has done is pumped the entire day from each piste into YouTube. When you ask to watch a match, it sends you to one of the videos, *without* any indication of *when* in the video you should watch.
In addition, some of them are just plain wrong. There were six matches in the first round of women's fencing. Since there are only four pistes, they were staged in a group of four followed by a pair.
The video thingie for those extra two send you to the wrong video. The extra pair were played on pistes 1 and 3, but the video link sends you to the videos for pistes 2 and 4.
Pain in the butt.
I'm no fencing connoisseur, but the Egyptian wench that went up against the Libyan in the first round definitely did not look comfortable holding a pointed stick. Maybe she should have stuck with the loganberries.
Posted by: Anachronda at July 29, 2012 05:26 PM (1c58W)
Posted by: The World According to Pecos at July 29, 2012 05:27 PM (2Gb0y)
It took me a year to find a permanent spot - mainly because selling my old house in the Houston 'hood was such a chore. If I'd planned ahead I suppose I'd have got it faster.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 29, 2012 05:29 PM (QTHTd)
I recall a deleted scene from Hancock that dealt with that particular issue.
FFW to 2:43 onward.
http://tinyurl.com/4y6wuyb
You don't see anything, but still NSFWish.
Posted by: Armando at July 29, 2012 05:30 PM (lyStv)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 29, 2012 05:31 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 29, 2012 05:32 PM (Y0jT/)
My conclusion is that Italy has beautiful women, and China has amazing biochemists.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 29, 2012 05:33 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Kratos at July 29, 2012 05:34 PM (c1WVm)
Posted by: Clemenza at July 29, 2012 05:34 PM (jlQ7t)
Man would it suck to be wanking away and suddenly you've webbed your dick to your short n curlies.
Too much wrist, Peter.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 29, 2012 05:34 PM (ccXZP)
Call me old, who the fuck is Hancock?
OK I googled it, must missed my neighbor theater. I hate that.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 29, 2012 05:34 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at July 29, 2012 05:36 PM (KCvsd)
Posted by: Cicero at July 29, 2012 05:36 PM (zMouK)
Posted by: just another dave at July 29, 2012 05:37 PM (Acyax)
Why the hell did they ban this stuff?
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 29, 2012 05:38 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: t-bird at July 29, 2012 05:39 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Armando at July 29, 2012 05:40 PM (lyStv)
I took this as a VERY good sign. The magical negro thrill is gone with the rich white girls. They are sick of hearing we can buy a new car, etc, because Obama has fucked up the economy.
I feel...... http://tinyurl.com/2f8bqs
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 29, 2012 05:40 PM (3ZjAP)
What's the overall rate of cancer among those with autoimmune disorders?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 29, 2012 05:41 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Kratos at July 29, 2012 05:41 PM (c1WVm)
Tell me more about this robot...
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 29, 2012 05:42 PM (lyStv)
China is a vile nation in all respects. We are going to have trouble with them eventually.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 29, 2012 05:42 PM (nEUpB)
That's the old wive's tale I was told about it; too lazy to look it up on wiki.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 29, 2012 05:42 PM (ccXZP)
Never had that problem...
Posted by: Barack Obama at July 29, 2012 09:26 PM (oL8vk)
Or as Barry calls it, "pot luck."
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 29, 2012 05:43 PM (vl5G2)
Watered down?
It is 140+ proof. It should have been very strong!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 29, 2012 05:44 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 29, 2012 05:44 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 05:45 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Kratos at July 29, 2012 05:45 PM (c1WVm)
They don't make it with wormwood any more. That was banned.
It was addictive.
Sort of like Coca Wine which was a favorite of many Presidents in the 19th century.
http://tinyurl.com/fzbe9
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 29, 2012 05:46 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: Clemenza at July 29, 2012 05:46 PM (jlQ7t)
They drip water through a sugar cube, to get the aniseed oils separated from the booze.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 29, 2012 05:46 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 29, 2012 05:47 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Truman North at July 29, 2012 05:47 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: t-bird at July 29, 2012 05:48 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Kratos at July 29, 2012 05:49 PM (c1WVm)
Not even close. I had a swim coach (30+ years ago) who swam the channel and he whooped her time by about 5 hours.
She swam it in 14 hours. The clean record is about eight hours.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 29, 2012 05:49 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Clemenza at July 29, 2012 05:50 PM (jlQ7t)
No shit the real stuff? Going trout fishing in September out there, guess I'll grab a bottle. I thought the Food and Drug guys outlawed it?
Distilling with wormwood now would seem pretty expensive. Will do some checking, still bet it is fake.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 29, 2012 05:50 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: Alfred Hitchcock's Proper British Accent at July 29, 2012 05:50 PM (qmMAj)
I'm trying to decide to what extent China and Russia are more vile than the leftists we got ruling us now.
I'm thinking - not. Better Putin than Obama.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 29, 2012 05:50 PM (QTHTd)
You are more likely to get a coherent statement from a turd though.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 29, 2012 05:51 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: t-bird at July 29, 2012 05:51 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 29, 2012 05:51 PM (H8YzT)
Interesting. One would expect that an uncontrolled inflammatory response would result in more cancers.
I guess that's why they do the actual experiments!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 29, 2012 05:52 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 05:52 PM (6o4Fb)
54 Nancy Pelosi is the turd in the Democrat's punch bowl.
That punch bowl must look like a logging river.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 29, 2012 05:53 PM (vl5G2)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 29, 2012 05:53 PM (H8YzT)
Because if we actually told the truth, that my employer is a braindead, botoxed bint, who lies out of her wizened old ass, it wouldn't sound as good, Elshami added.
Posted by: pep at July 29, 2012 05:53 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at July 29, 2012 05:53 PM (KCvsd)
Yeah, Mr Dildo, you're right - I was looking at the early swims, not the records
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 29, 2012 05:54 PM (QTHTd)
67 Putin at least wants to strengthen his country.
Give Barry credit: he wants to strengthen the umma.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 29, 2012 05:54 PM (vl5G2)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 05:55 PM (6o4Fb)
NP. I am a swimming geek. I competed for years, and then married a fellow swimmer.
It's a disease. We choose vacations based in part on how the snorkeling is!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 29, 2012 05:55 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 29, 2012 05:58 PM (H8YzT)
I have heard this song for decades from Republican and, in the case of Clinton, Democratic candidates. They're all going to move the embassy to Jerusalem and then, when the time comes... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLsDvGlIDh0
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 29, 2012 05:58 PM (QTHTd)
Tell me about it. My next door neighbor was suppose to swim in the 80 Olympics that Carter boycotted. She still thinks she would have won a gold. She just put a 25 meter two lap, 85,000 gallon pool in her back yard.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 29, 2012 05:59 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: buzzion at July 29, 2012 05:59 PM (GULKT)
I have traveled to China and our company has a lot of Chinese employees. I understand a lot of the problems with China, but I would hesitate to call that country "vile in every way".
I would hate for there to be war between us, as there are literally millions of Chinese that have little choice in what their country and government does, and just want to work hard and survice.
I have had indirect dealing with people in the Chinese government, and to say that they are sinister would be an understatement. They have, as a whole, little regard for the millions of Chinese who try to work and prosper in that country. A lot of Chinese yearn for freedom, and the underground Christian church is growing rapidly there. The future of China is really unwrittem, and nobody really knows how it will turn out.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at July 29, 2012 05:59 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: twoslaps at July 29, 2012 06:00 PM (1hwvk)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 06:00 PM (2d71t)
You're seeing the best of the best. It's simple hydrodynamics.
Posted by: pep at July 29, 2012 06:02 PM (6TB1Z)
You can buy tits.
When you work out that much it usually fucks up your cycle and estrogen, so they get smaller tits.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 29, 2012 06:02 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 29, 2012 06:03 PM (JMmQ9)
No shit the real stuff? Going trout fishing in September out there, guess I'll grab a bottle. I thought the Food and Drug guys outlawed it?
Distilling with wormwood now would seem pretty expensive. Will do some checking, still bet it is fake.
Absinthe was banned by the Feds (and in France) for years. Someone eventually wore the bureaucracy down. I think it was Ted Breaux, who people think of as the father of the return of Absinthe. It really helped that the thujone that everyone was so worried about isn't really present in large quantities in normal (read: not from Czech) absinthe. So there's a strict limit on the quantity of thujone, which is no problem.
They even found some old bottles from absinthe's original heyday, and tested them -- turned out they would have met the original standards too. So the original ban likely stemmed from drunken Frenchmen, or, more likely, a French market flooded with shoddy absinthe, including with methanol; also getting the green color right is a challenge, so some just threw toxic copper compounds in there and called it good.
A big part of the resurgence, beyond the legend, is that absinthe is hard to get right, so the challenge has energized enthusiast distillers. No coincidence that Leopold, for example, also makes gin, which is another "botanicals in booze" distilled treat.
Posted by: Splunge at July 29, 2012 06:04 PM (2IW5Q)
But he has to drink 4 to even start to get there. (In his defense, he's big)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at July 29, 2012 06:04 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 29, 2012 06:04 PM (H8YzT)
Posted by: eman at July 29, 2012 06:04 PM (bbW7j)
Swimmers have a lot of upper body muscle and work away a lot of fat. Breasts are largely fat, and women that swim a lot turn that fat into muscle and build up their upper body muscles. Broader shoulders, slimmer hips.
Women that swim a lot can have quite beautiful bodies, but they don't have big chests.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at July 29, 2012 06:05 PM (sJTmU)
Bob Dole can tell you what aspirin can't do.
It can't give Bob Dole a boner.
That's what aspirin can't do.
Posted by: Bob Dole at July 29, 2012 06:05 PM (/aQPW)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at July 29, 2012 06:06 PM (SsG4J)
The stuff you know will take up the tiniest portion of NBC's broadcast. The songs, the stories have yet to be revealed. Oh, and witty repartee in the studio! Can't get enough of that.
Posted by: t-bird at July 29, 2012 09:24 PM (FcR7P)
I know, and wtf, Ryan Seacrest, really. Damn disappointed so far with this olympics.
And i agree with the commentor about these crazy swimming chinese, the 16 yr old girl who beat the American last night looked like she had a jet engine in her ass.
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 06:07 PM (OTK2G)
Breasts consist mostly of body fat, so female athletes
swimmers and runners usually burn those reserves off.
Posted by: flat as aboard at July 29, 2012 06:07 PM (3Y3Rh)
Swimmers have a lot of upper body muscle and work away a lot of fat.Breasts are largely fat, and women that swim a lot turn that fat into muscle and build up their upper body muscles. Broader shoulders, slimmer hips.
Women that swim a lotcan have quite beautiful bodies, but they don't have big chests.
So when they retire, do they, um, develop? Don't know why this interests me.
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 06:08 PM (2d71t)
Yes, very plausible. Absinthe took off when the vines in Europe succumbed to the phylloxera louse. They got some American (immune) rootstocks, and grew some new vines, and in the meantime, the French drinkers had gotten hooked on absinthe. Wouldn't be shocking to learn that the winemakers were less than scrupulous in wrenching the market back.
Posted by: Splunge at July 29, 2012 06:08 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Cisco wine at July 29, 2012 06:08 PM (UH0ly)
Conclusion: it tastes like crap. Don't bother. I only got it because it was banned and I was curious to what it tasted like. Nasty! Give me a bottle of Makers Mark any day of the week.
Posted by: EC at July 29, 2012 06:09 PM (R15UB)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 06:09 PM (6o4Fb)
She would set records in backstroke!!!
Posted by: EC at July 29, 2012 06:10 PM (R15UB)
Posted by: eman at July 29, 2012 06:11 PM (bbW7j)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 29, 2012 06:11 PM (UH0ly)
Posted by: sky pilot at July 29, 2012 06:12 PM (3Y3Rh)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 29, 2012 06:13 PM (QTHTd)
Conclusion: it tastes like crap. Don't bother. I only got it because it was banned and I was curious to what it tasted like. Nasty! Give me a bottle of Makers Mark any day of the week.
There is a lot of nasty absinthe out there. You might not like absinthe, or you might have happened on some of the bad stuff, or it might not have been diluted/sugared to your taste. Frenchness is no guarantee.
Posted by: Splunge at July 29, 2012 06:13 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: would go with "Foople", but it's been taken at July 29, 2012 06:13 PM (tSxym)
Posted by: eman at July 29, 2012 06:13 PM (bbW7j)
At least he gave you the good stuff. The bad stuff is more like pouring jet fuel into a cat box that hasn't been emptied for a month, and then straining the result and drinking it.
Posted by: Splunge at July 29, 2012 06:14 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 29, 2012 06:14 PM (QTHTd)
. Posted by: Kratos at July 29, 2012 06:15 PM (c1WVm)
This was genuine stuff, non-diluted, non-sugared. You had to do it all yourself.
No way.
Posted by: EC at July 29, 2012 06:15 PM (R15UB)
I. Thou shall understand that your presence doesn't make me happy. And know this: youÂ’re on a short leash. I am watching you constantly. IÂ’m investigating you. And judging you.
II. Thou had better have a life plan. I have worked my butt off providing a good life for my daughter; therefore, youÂ’d better have a clue. You may not know exactly what your career path will be, given your age, but you will convince me that itÂ’s more than sufficient to support my daughter and any potential children.
III. Thou shall not touch my daughter. My daughter has been raised to be a lady. She is my blessing and the jewel of my life. If you touch her inappropriately, my wrath will rain down upon you so that youÂ’ll wish you were dead. IÂ’m willing to die to defend my daughterÂ’s honor; are you willing to die to defile it?
IV. Thou shall look me in the eye and shake my hand like a man. IÂ’m the father of the young lady you want to date. When it comes to my daughter, immature perennial adolescents need not apply. Act like an adult.
V. Thou shall understand that you are a boy talking to a man. The law may consider you a man. I do not. Even if you have no evil intent towards my daughter, you know nothing. Wisdom comes from life experience; I donÂ’t care how many stupid philosophy courses youÂ’ve taken. We are not equals.
VI. Thou shall know that my beliefs are old school. I am a traditional, God-loving, gun-owning patriotic American conservative. Do not even think about trying to inculcate my daughter with Marxist, socialist, collectivist dogma. It won’t end well. Capitalism is the greatest system ever invented. Stop bitching about the “inequities in the system” and go get a job.
VII. Thou shall know that you must respect your body. Anyone who dates my daughter will dress in a proper manner. When you show up at my door, you will be respectfully attired; no cut-offs no flip-flops. If you show up wearing a wife-beater, IÂ’ll be the one doing the beating. Tattoos are an unacceptable indication of emotional immaturity to which I will not subject my daughter. Unless itÂ’s a military tattoo (acceptable), youÂ’d better hide it. Unless youÂ’re a pirate, men do not wear earrings. Men, however, do have a respectable haircut and, although a clean-shaven look is preferred, well-groomed facial hair may be acceptable, although youÂ’re pushing your luck. Oh, and no fatties.
VIII. Transportation matters. I will not allow you to transport my precious child on a motorcycle. Ever. Your car doesnÂ’t have to be the latest and greatest, but it must be clean, safe and well-maintained. I will inspect it. And donÂ’t even think of showing up at my door in an El Camino or conversion van. YouÂ’ve got to be kidding me, son. I was your age once.
IX. Substance abusers R NOT us. I will not allow my daughter to become involved with a drunk, hype, or stoner. I know all the signs, and I will cut you off at the knees. Keep walking.
X. Financial Basket Cases need not apply. IÂ’ve worked hard to secure my daughterÂ’s financial future, and I will not allow a financial leech to attach himself. And you know what? I control the funds, not her.
Posted by: Ombudsman at July 29, 2012 06:15 PM (zXLtf)
Posted by: eman at July 29, 2012 06:15 PM (bbW7j)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 06:16 PM (2d71t)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 29, 2012 06:17 PM (/j1om)
Clandestine is very good, though the swiss style is less interesting to me than the green style. Lucid, don't like it at all, though I like everything else Ted Breaux puts out. I think it was de-anised for the American market.
Posted by: Splunge at July 29, 2012 06:17 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 29, 2012 06:17 PM (9TTOe)
I took a sip of it once.....I didn't care for the taste, but I love the way it smells.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at July 29, 2012 06:17 PM (SsG4J)
Purple Avenger @ 99
My boss visited a couple of factories in China that were run by Norinco, which is a front corporation for the PLA.
The company used slave/convict labor. He said of all the factories he had visited in China, this was the only one that the general manager was almost terrified because there was an agent of the government looking over his shoulder all the time.
I know we are all cynical about our government some times, but as a teenager I actually got to talk to my congressman one-on-one as he was walking the disrict to talk to people. By himself. He was an extremely bright but very down to earth guy (a Republican, go figure). I just can't imaging an operative of the Chinese Communist Party being close to the people or openly walking around to meet people. I've walked the streets of Beijing, and the wealthy and powerful have security guards outside their houses. The governor of the State of Ohio lives a couple blocks from me, and while there is always a State Trooper there, he goes out in public all the time (we were at the same restaurant a few months ago).
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at July 29, 2012 06:18 PM (sJTmU)
But I'm still getting free checkups... so, there's that...
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 29, 2012 06:18 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: eman at July 29, 2012 06:18 PM (bbW7j)
>>>Do they develop ?
Yes, but you have to knock them up...and then you lose your turn with them.
Posted by: garrett at July 29, 2012 06:19 PM (/aQPW)
Enough weaponized mango yeast infection spray to sterilize 6 acres of mango trees?
Posted by: Splunge at July 29, 2012 06:20 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: eman at July 29, 2012 06:21 PM (bbW7j)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at July 29, 2012 06:21 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: buzzion at July 29, 2012 06:21 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 29, 2012 06:21 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: epobirs at July 29, 2012 06:22 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: I weep when I think of the homebrew I could have made with that yeast at July 29, 2012 06:22 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Hell-raped soul of Trayvon Martin at July 29, 2012 06:23 PM (/j1om)
The Chinese are looking over here and learning that our democracy is not, in fact, catching mice.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 29, 2012 06:24 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 29, 2012 06:25 PM (9TTOe)
If you distill it, throw off the 1st half liter, cut the rest by a third and then throw it in the freezer until it's freezing cold, you might have something good.
Posted by: General Woundwort at July 29, 2012 06:25 PM (DWgdc)
I weep when I think of the homebrew I could have made with that yeast at
Nahh, I have the homebrew with the good strain in a different tank. that was an experiment with cheap yeast, believe me.
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 06:25 PM (2d71t)
Not sure about swimmers, since they develop a layer of fat from being in the water all the time.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at July 29, 2012 06:25 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 29, 2012 06:26 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 29, 2012 06:26 PM (/j1om)
Posted by: Kratos at July 29, 2012 06:26 PM (c1WVm)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 06:27 PM (6o4Fb)
Wouldn't expect a democracy to be anything except chaotic--poor formula for catching mice.
Our Republic, otoh, will do well with the mice--when we repair it.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 29, 2012 06:28 PM (SAMxH)
I midnite visit from the ATF?
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 29, 2012 10:21 PM (9TTOe
Haha.
That or a really good start to pancake batter. Watched a food show and a Alaska restaurant has a yeast growth from 100 or so yrs ago they still use in their buckwheat pancakes.
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 06:28 PM (OTK2G)
Final Texas runoff poll: Cruz 52, Dewhurst 42...full poll up in 30-45 minutes...runoffs can confound polls, but very clear trend...
Posted by: Jose at July 29, 2012 06:28 PM (srIqv)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 29, 2012 06:28 PM (H8YzT)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 29, 2012 06:28 PM (JMmQ9)
Why bother? Robitussen is so much cheaper.
Posted by: Hell-raped soul of Trayvon Martin at July 29, 2012 10:23 PM (/j1om)
He likes the taste. I think he also likes the whole aesthetic around it, and the ritual. Not to mention all the nekkid woman imagery in the posters I got him for his bar.
I"m getting him a fountain for Xmas.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at July 29, 2012 06:28 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Mayday at July 29, 2012 06:29 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 06:30 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 29, 2012 06:31 PM (H8YzT)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 06:31 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 29, 2012 06:32 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 29, 2012 06:32 PM (H8YzT)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 10:24 PM (6o4Fb)
Thanks, on my third beer already.
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 06:32 PM (OTK2G)
It's all according to the Labor Party's brilliant plan for Britain:
Step 1: Import tons of Muslims who hate your culture
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit!
Posted by: Splunge at July 29, 2012 06:32 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 29, 2012 06:33 PM (QTHTd)
Unfortunately Scalia has given the Left a green light to limit what is "reasonable".
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 29, 2012 06:35 PM (QTHTd)
back to the comics thing,
Why is everything based on the ghey shit ?
Aren't they about 3% of the population ?
You would think it was 33%.
Posted by: rock headson at July 29, 2012 06:36 PM (3Y3Rh)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 29, 2012 10:35 PM (QTHTd)
May you live in interesting times...
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 06:36 PM (OTK2G)
Cruz is up 55-40 with those who already voted so Dewhurst really needs a huge election day turnout to have any chance
Posted by: Jose at July 29, 2012 06:36 PM (srIqv)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 29, 2012 06:36 PM (kM30i)
Here's one a friend asked me in the bar tonight:
Which 4 colleges produced both a US president AND a Super Bowl winning QB? No fair if you Bing it. I'll spot one: USNA.
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 06:37 PM (2d71t)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 06:37 PM (6o4Fb)
OK, I am good with that. I have a fucking Jagger machine in my guest house.
The only problem with that? It takes SIX bottles to get the thing to work. That's a lot of Jagger. I mean, that's almost a months worth.
Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at July 29, 2012 06:38 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 29, 2012 06:38 PM (H8YzT)
Posted by: Mindy at July 29, 2012 06:39 PM (BzrIl)
Posted by: Michael Phelps at July 29, 2012 06:40 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at July 29, 2012 06:41 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 06:42 PM (2d71t)
Posted by: clcritchlow at July 29, 2012 06:42 PM (bSIlC)
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 06:43 PM (OTK2G)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 29, 2012 06:43 PM (JMmQ9)
Took some grapes from the yard and made some wine about ten years ago. Forgot about some of the bottles and they now taste like Brandy.
I have a few half assed theories, but wonder if anyone knows why this happened. Sugar Content ?
Posted by: Foster Brooks at July 29, 2012 06:43 PM (3Y3Rh)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 29, 2012 10:43 PM (JMmQ9
Tom Brady.
Posted by: buzzion at July 29, 2012 06:44 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 06:44 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 29, 2012 06:44 PM (9TTOe)
145 I threw some mango, sugar, and brewer's yeast in a fermenter bucket a month ago. I wonder what I'll get?
Mango vinegar we hope not.
Posted by: Cicero Kid, home vitner at July 29, 2012 06:44 PM (1Nqvl)
Posted by: logprof at July 29, 2012 06:45 PM (imVgX)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 10:44 PM (6o4Fb)
Where did Reagan go to college? I'm guessing that might be one.
Posted by: buzzion at July 29, 2012 06:46 PM (GULKT)
Then I got high. Then Ryan Lochte froze up like mannequin the last 50 meters, and we lost to those filthy frogs.
FIFY
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at July 29, 2012 06:46 PM (ZhEoC)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 29, 2012 06:46 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Joey Biden at July 29, 2012 06:47 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Mindy at July 29, 2012 06:47 PM (146e6)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 06:47 PM (2d71t)
Posted by: Kratos at July 29, 2012 06:48 PM (c1WVm)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at July 29, 2012 06:49 PM (jucos)
Took some grapes from the yard and made some wine about ten years ago. Forgot about some of the bottles and they now taste like Brandy.
I have a few half assed theories, but wonder if anyone knows why this happened. Sugar Content ?
Sounds like oxidation. What's the color like?
Might be that adding sulfur (not sulfur, but whatever sulfur compound winemakers use) would have prevented that. Also, what sort of grapes? If not vitis vinifera, ten years is a heck of a long time.
Posted by: Splunge at July 29, 2012 06:49 PM (2IW5Q)
A couple of million to piss off the 'Paleos' is money well spent.
Posted by: DaveA at July 29, 2012 06:49 PM (DVJEd)
Posted by: Cicero Kid at July 29, 2012 06:49 PM (1Nqvl)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 10:49 PM (6o4Fb)
Plunkett QB, whos the president?
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 06:50 PM (OTK2G)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 29, 2012 06:50 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 06:51 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at July 29, 2012 06:52 PM (ZhEoC)
Posted by: Mayday at July 29, 2012 06:52 PM (F3s39)
Stanford: Herbert Hoover
Now: Michigan, Navy, and Stanford. #4 is unbelieveable, but I will tell you that the QB has 2 rings.
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 06:52 PM (2d71t)
Posted by: Jean at July 29, 2012 06:53 PM (oE4Sy)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 29, 2012 06:54 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: naturalfake at July 29, 2012 06:54 PM (G9qZk)
Posted by: Infidel at July 29, 2012 06:54 PM (7trae)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 10:52 PM (2d71t)
Bob Griese from Purdue?
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 06:54 PM (OTK2G)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 06:55 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at July 29, 2012 06:55 PM (YjDyJ)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 10:51 PM (6o4Fb)
Elway also, who was the President?
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 06:56 PM (OTK2G)
Posted by: Theresa is ready for some football! at July 29, 2012 06:56 PM (m2hOu)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 29, 2012 06:56 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: buzzion at July 29, 2012 06:56 PM (GULKT)
Paleos? Yes, the Buchanan sort would be pissed. But think of the leftists, man, think of the leftists! They'll be really pissed! Now, that's worth it. Even better, let's tell the Palestinians that we'll build an embassy in Jerusalem unless they issue permits for five bars for teh ghey in Ramallah. Pink ones. With armed Canadian guards to prevent harassment. At least 20 leftists' brains will explode, rather than resolve the contradiction.
Posted by: Splunge at July 29, 2012 06:57 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 29, 2012 06:57 PM (H8YzT)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 06:58 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Zombie Cleo Noel at July 29, 2012 06:58 PM (oE4Sy)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 29, 2012 06:58 PM (I2LwF)
219 wine question
Petty much pink "chardonnay" type grapes, It was the only time I tried making wine. Pretty amazing that after a year it was a decent amateur attempt. Many year's later it had acquired and amber color and it's alcohol content had skyrocketed. One shot of it would make you marble-mouthed. I'm not complaining, wish I could be dumb enough to do it again.
Posted by: mr brooks at July 29, 2012 06:58 PM (3Y3Rh)
Posted by: Social SCIENCE Graduate Student at July 29, 2012 06:58 PM (/j1om)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 29, 2012 06:59 PM (H8YzT)
Posted by: Zombie Cleo Noel at July 29, 2012 07:01 PM (oE4Sy)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 07:01 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 10:58 PM (2d71t)
And Plunkett.
Posted by: buzzion at July 29, 2012 07:01 PM (GULKT)
Alex - Glad you're here at the hq. Means you survived the fires!
Posted by: Infidel at July 29, 2012 07:03 PM (7trae)
Michigan: Ford and Brady
Navy: Carter (blech) and Staubach
Stanford: Hoover and Elway
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 10:58 PM (2d71t)
Stanford, HELLO and Plunkett, tee hee
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 07:03 PM (OTK2G)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 07:03 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 07:04 PM (2d71t)
---
If she doesn't want to represent the US, we can help with that in about 3 months.
Has anybody seen her daughters with her? I saw some pictures & footage of her but no kids in sight. Come to think of it, Mooch actually looked pretty happy. Maybe being away from BO, Valerie, her mom and the kids is what it takes.
Posted by: Mayday at July 29, 2012 07:04 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 29, 2012 07:04 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: clcritchlow at July 29, 2012 07:04 PM (bSIlC)
I survived them by living in Portland at the time. I just arrived in the Springs this afternoon.
Posted by: Alex at July 29, 2012 07:04 PM (oL8vk)
219 wine question
Petty much pink "chardonnay" type grapes, It was the only time I tried making wine. Pretty amazing that after a year it was a decent amateur attempt. Many year's later it had acquired and amber color and it's alcohol content had skyrocketed. One shot of it would make you marble-mouthed. I'm not complaining, wish I could be dumb enough to do it again.
Hmmm. There are no pink chardonnay grapes that I know of. Commercial "pink chardonnay", if such a thing exists, and it probably does, is, I imagine, made by mixing in just a bit of red wine, for color. Either your grapes are wine grapes (vitis vinifera) or they're something else. If they're something else, you can make wine, and you may like it (I usually don't, because of animal-fur flavors), but aging is asking too much.
Amber color is easy -- that's oxidation, for sure.
Skyrocketing alcohol is not so easy, within my limited knowledge. It's easy to say that it indicates continued fermentation, because what else would produce alcohol? But if that happened in a sealed bottle, the result ought to be fizzy. Where else would the gas go?
Posted by: Splunge at July 29, 2012 07:04 PM (2IW5Q)
Too bad you didn't use some lambic yeast - Mango flavored lambic has some possibilities.
Posted by: someone at July 29, 2012 07:05 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: buzzion at July 29, 2012 07:05 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 29, 2012 07:07 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 11:04 PM (6o4Fb)
Only won one, Earl Morrell was the qb.
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 07:07 PM (OTK2G)
Posted by: MrCaniac at July 29, 2012 07:08 PM (1grxW)
Steevy already said Miami of Ohio you know USS
Posted by: buzzion at July 29, 2012 11:05 PM (GULKT)
No names...I suspected he was fishing.
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 07:08 PM (2d71t)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 07:09 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 29, 2012 07:09 PM (H8YzT)
Posted by: MrCaniac at July 29, 2012 11:08 PM (1grxW)
If so, you have won the game of clue. Good deduction.
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 07:09 PM (OTK2G)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 07:10 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 29, 2012 07:10 PM (/j1om)
Posted by: MrCaniac at July 29, 2012 07:10 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: Nanny Bloomburg at July 29, 2012 07:10 PM (jucos)
http://tinyurl.com/cehcflm
Now he wants to force mothers to breastfeed.
I especially like the way it's not supposed to be tyranny if the nice government functionary merely shows up to give you a lecture every time you ask for the forbidden thing. But it's your choice, really.
If Bloomberg had his way, we'd each have an in-home nanny when we woke up, asking us: are you sure you want that bacon? Really sure? It's your choice, but...
Posted by: Splunge at July 29, 2012 07:12 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Nanny Bloomburg at July 29, 2012 11:10 PM (jucos)
I just let mine float in the hot tub.
Posted by: Ric Flair at July 29, 2012 07:12 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 07:13 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: someone at July 29, 2012 07:13 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 29, 2012 07:14 PM (H8YzT)
Nice call MrCainiac. That was tough since I refuse to carry an iphone.
Geesh that Weiber kid got screwed!
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 07:14 PM (2d71t)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 29, 2012 07:15 PM (9TTOe)
Thanks for the trivia. Will soundly admit, hubby came up with anything I got correct. I love football, but did not watch college football till I met him.
Steevy, good job.
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 07:16 PM (OTK2G)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 07:16 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: steevy at July 29, 2012 11:16 PM (6o4Fb)
Harvard, yale, for sure.
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 07:17 PM (OTK2G)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at July 29, 2012 07:18 PM (jucos)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 07:18 PM (2d71t)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 07:19 PM (2d71t)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 29, 2012 07:20 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 29, 2012 07:20 PM (/j1om)
We had fried chicken and ribs, what did the horde do tonight?
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at July 29, 2012 07:21 PM (9HhTH)
Posted by: garrett at July 29, 2012 07:21 PM (/aQPW)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 29, 2012 07:22 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at July 29, 2012 07:22 PM (9HhTH)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 11:19 PM (2d71t)
scoamf?
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 07:23 PM (OTK2G)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 07:23 PM (2d71t)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 29, 2012 07:23 PM (H8YzT)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 07:24 PM (2d71t)
Posted by: AltonJackon at July 29, 2012 07:24 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at July 29, 2012 11:21 PM (9HhTH)
cold rice and a little rat meat
Posted by: Charlie at July 29, 2012 07:25 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Bela Kiroly at July 29, 2012 07:25 PM (/aQPW)
Posted by: Truman North at July 29, 2012 11:21 PM (I2LwF)
Haha, dont be cruel.
And hubby and I had homemade sliders, potato chips and a beer.
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 07:25 PM (OTK2G)
Posted by: Infidel at July 29, 2012 07:26 PM (7trae)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 11:24 PM (2d71t)
True, who the f is he?
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 07:26 PM (OTK2G)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 29, 2012 11:20 PM (/j1om)
I'm going to have to remember this.
Posted by: someone at July 29, 2012 07:28 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 29, 2012 07:28 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Infidel at July 29, 2012 07:29 PM (7trae)
Posted by: MrCaniac at July 29, 2012 07:29 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 29, 2012 07:31 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at July 29, 2012 07:32 PM (9HhTH)
Posted by: Barak Insane Obamao at July 29, 2012 07:32 PM (YYyqq)
Had really good fish tacos and tea. Friends called . so wound up finishing the night with several good IPAs.
Shit what time is it. I have to be at work early.
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 29, 2012 07:34 PM (2d71t)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 29, 2012 07:34 PM (H8YzT)
Posted by: naturalfake at July 29, 2012 07:34 PM (G9qZk)
Bite your tongue--I REFUSE to buy potato salad--wife makes the best salad ever. She also does hot German potato salad that you'd kill for.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 29, 2012 07:34 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 29, 2012 07:35 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Barak Insane Obamao at July 29, 2012 11:32 PM (YYyqq)
vick bitching he cannot have a dog for his kids. Screw him, he is a psycho, does not deserve a dog, and sorry life is not fair, you torture dogs for money when you are rich beyond words, you don't get another chance, freak.
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 07:35 PM (OTK2G)
331 Wasn't my idea. Sure was good tho. Jimmy Dean and Velveeta. Way better than mickey d's. Kid wanted pancakes, but I'm picky. Only eat my sourdough pancakes which you have to start the night before.
Phelps should have layed of the choom!
Posted by: Infidel at July 29, 2012 07:35 PM (7trae)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 29, 2012 07:36 PM (H8YzT)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 29, 2012 07:36 PM (9TTOe)
How is the fruit this year? We've had only fair peaches, but really good blueberries. Been a bit dry so far, the corn is crappy unless it's been irrigated.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 29, 2012 07:37 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Barak Insane Obamao at July 29, 2012 07:38 PM (YYyqq)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 29, 2012 07:39 PM (9TTOe)
273 splunge ---wine
It's an unusual story, my sister grew the grapes, I have no idea of their origin, tho I would guess they were vinis vetifera, ordered from a catalogue.
My sister passed away suddenly, and I collected the grapes from her place, and started looking into wine making, for sentimental reasons.We were close.
It makes no sense that once the wine was bottled, that it could still be absorbing enough oxygen to continue fermenting. Or I would have bottles of old wine vinegar.
I'm no wine making expert, but the little I do know is that this is a rare occurence, from all I can surmise.
It re-affirms that we don't know how much we don't know.
Posted by: mr brooks at July 29, 2012 07:39 PM (3Y3Rh)
Posted by: Mindy at July 29, 2012 07:40 PM (TBYsS)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 29, 2012 07:41 PM (9TTOe)
It's sure to succeed. My dad had a similar one, and my sister is a lesbian.
You should expect at least that good a result.
On mangoes, sugar, and yeast: The trick with any fruit that has tasty skin (and with a lot of grapes in the Midwest) is to get a brisk fermentation going before airborne native yeasts can infect the wort. Some cause vinegar (beware -- accidentally tasty vinegar is an OK spice, but its acidity is unpredictable and it's not safe to use for pickling or marinade); even more destructive is white-film "bottle mold," that feeds on your alcohol and slowly turns wine back into watery juice.
I've had good luck using the much stronger distiller's yeast, started in sugar and yeast nutrient, with the fruit washed in Campden-tablet solution, cut up and gently crushed. Add the sugar in stages to keep the yeast going, and don't stop until it does. It will taste fierce at first, but after settling out (and settling down!) yields a nice dessert wine with a lot of brandy character. Plums come out almost like Slivovitz, worth aging in wood.
Just keeping your fermenting vessel lab-clean is not enough when you work with real fruit instead of canned juice. You'll usually have to find a safe way to "sterilize" the fruit too, or lost a lot of batches to wild bugs.
Posted by: comatus at July 29, 2012 07:41 PM (ZOlM3)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 29, 2012 07:42 PM (9TTOe)
It seems like the Teflon facade has some cracks in it now...
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 29, 2012 07:46 PM (H8YzT)
http://tinyurl.com/d9hfm23
Posted by: Jim Bouton at July 29, 2012 11:42 PM (RLMC6)
Funny stuff. Night all, Have a good week.
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 07:47 PM (OTK2G)
Posted by: Infidel at July 29, 2012 07:47 PM (7trae)
Oxford University students will no longer have to wear gender-specific academic clothing after concerns it was unfair to the transgender community. It will mean men can attend formal occasions in skirts and stockings and women in suits and bow ties.
Under the old laws on academic clothing - known as subfusc - male students were required to wear a dark suit and socks, black shoes, a white bow tie and a plain white shirt and collar under their black gowns.
BBC
Well, certainly makes that Olympics' opening seem less out of place....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 29, 2012 07:48 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 29, 2012 07:48 PM (H8YzT)
Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 29, 2012 07:50 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Infidel at July 29, 2012 07:51 PM (7trae)
Posted by: anybody but the Yankees at July 29, 2012 07:51 PM (bXB7d)
Oxford University students will no longer have to wear gender-specific academic clothing after concerns it was unfair to the transgender community. It will mean men can attend formal occasions in skirts and stockings and women in suits and bow ties.
Under the old laws on academic clothing - known as subfusc - male students were required to wear a dark suit and socks, black shoes, a white bow tie and a plain white shirt and collar under their black gowns.
BBC
Well, certainly makes that Olympics' opening seem less out of place....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 29, 2012 11:48 PM (kdS6q)
Well isnt that lovely. Now really night night , and transgender means these assholes cant decide. Kinda like liberals, just saying. But we gotta keep kissing their asses......
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 29, 2012 07:53 PM (OTK2G)
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 29, 2012 07:58 PM (8sCoq)
There should be a rule that you have to be 18 to compete in the Olympics- or 22 if you're Chinese
Posted by: Truman North at July 29, 2012 08:08 PM (I2LwF)
>>how come men's gymnastics is men and women's gymnastics is little girls?
Thank Heaven for the little girls.
Posted by: Roman Polanski at July 29, 2012 08:18 PM (WnY+k)
All them curves throw off your balance!
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 29, 2012 08:19 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 29, 2012 08:20 PM (r4wIV)
Some lawyers are suing Netflix. They offer me the option of dropping out of their class action lawsuit if I ask them, nicely.
The goals of the lawsuit?
In addition, Netflix will pay $9 million into a Settlement Fund to:
• Make donations to Court-approved not-for-profit organizations, institutions, or programs.
• Pay notice and settlement administration expenses.
• Pay attorneys’ fees of up to 25% or $2.25 million of the Settlement Fund, plus up to $25,000 in expenses.
• Pay a total incentive award of $30,000 to the Named Plaintiffs.
So the lawyers get $2M. Netflix charges more, because it has additional expenses...and the charge goes to...me.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 29, 2012 08:29 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Danny Elfman at July 29, 2012 08:30 PM (/j1om)
Posted by: Malibu & Pineapple at July 29, 2012 08:34 PM (WuvfA)
Posted by: Bruce Goddamned Wayne at July 29, 2012 08:36 PM (QNQhZ)
Some lawyers are suing Netflix. They offer me the option of dropping out of their class action lawsuit if I ask them, nicely.
I got that too. Typical class-action shakedown racket. And yet if you ask a leftist about eliminating class actions, to stop financing bloodsucking parasites, they'll act like you want to strangle crippled orphans in their wheelchairs so that you can buy another ivory-handled backscratcher.
Posted by: Splunge at July 29, 2012 08:38 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Malibu & Pineapple at July 30, 2012 12:34 AM (WuvfA)
Bitches weaken the legs.
Posted by: Mickey Goldmill at July 29, 2012 08:39 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: Craig Poe at July 29, 2012 08:43 PM (BVkEs)
I got it too, it's actually the second class action suit that i got aimed at Netflix. I think this one is basically about Netflix keeping track of what you watch so they can recommend other stuff, beyond stupid.
Posted by: booger at July 29, 2012 08:47 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: Craig Poe at July 30, 2012 12:43 AM (BVkEs)
I am so glad I don't have TV...haven't for 3 years now. Wonder how many thousands of advertisements I didn't pollute my mind with. I might go back to TV with the digital broadcast thingy, but I'm in no hurry. These days I've been tearing down the back porch of my house to make room for one bigger and better. You'd think the one they built way back in the day (poorly at that) was a refuge for spiders, wasps and the occasional squirrel. And apparently there was no such thing as building codes then, either
Posted by: model_1066 at July 29, 2012 08:48 PM (yYKoR)
I got it too, it's actually the second class action suit that i got aimed at Netflix. I think this one is basically about Netflix keeping track of what you watch so they can recommend other stuff, beyond stupid.
Posted by: booger at July 30, 2012 12:47 AM (HI6wa)
Some moron with the legal chops should file a class action lawsuit against lawyers who file class action lawsuits, because in the end it costs everyone more.
Posted by: model_1066 at July 29, 2012 08:49 PM (yYKoR)
Posted by: t-bird at July 29, 2012 08:55 PM (FcR7P)
The goals of the lawsuit?
So the lawyers get $2M. Netflix charges more, because it has additional expenses...and the charge goes to...me.
So I HAVE to comment: Can we sue the lawyers for extortion? Looks like extortion to me.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 29, 2012 09:01 PM (J5tI6)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 29, 2012 09:01 PM (r4wIV)
There have been plenty. Consider Talia Al'Ghul, the mother of Batman's son Damian, the current Robin.
It's a nice twist. Traditionally, the role of Robin was to keep Batman human rather than becoming something like the Punisher. But Damian was raised from birth to be a super-assassin, the family business on his mother's side. So instead Batman has to work on keeping Robin human.
Posted by: epobirs at July 29, 2012 09:05 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Jean at July 29, 2012 09:06 PM (oE4Sy)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 29, 2012 09:07 PM (r4wIV)
Scourge. Not sure what became of him, he just cleaned up the Marvel universe pretty well.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 29, 2012 09:07 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Jean at July 29, 2012 09:11 PM (oE4Sy)
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 29, 2012 11:58 PM (8sCoq)
Because men's gymnastics is grace with strength and women's gymnastics is strength with flexibility?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 29, 2012 09:20 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 29, 2012 09:30 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Infidel at July 29, 2012 09:31 PM (WF3IU)
Posted by: navybrat at July 29, 2012 09:33 PM (AMpt+)
And what was he supposed to do? It isn't like he killed some innocent person. (B and R #7) This was somebody who'd done Batman some serious harm and had seriously injured Damian. He then declared that he would be back to finish the job if he wasn't stopped then and there. So Damian punched a couple fingers into his skull.
Plenty of others in a similar situation would done the same and Batman understands his personal ethos is regarded as insane by many who are otherwise on his side. How many has the Joker murdered because he can only be captured and never put down permanently? At what point is an ethos instead a psychosis?
Batman doesn't want Damian to be a casual killer and especially not his grandfather's heir but was killing Nobody something he could really defend as utterly wrong?
Posted by: epobirs at July 29, 2012 09:34 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 30, 2012 01:30 AM (d/5qf)
Kind o' jellin' -- I'm taking advantage of the BH's extended absence to spread stuff out, go through it, and throw a substantial fraction away......but I have to "look normal" tomorrow because the cleaning crew is coming through. So stuff is stacked on the couch about 6' high, grazing the ceiling. I still need to get all the computers off the dining-room table. But it's been a sweaty, dusty day for the ol' palps.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 29, 2012 09:43 PM (kaalw)
ugh
Posted by: chemjeff at July 30, 2012 01:20 AM (d/5qf)
Would you like to talk about it, CJ?
Posted by: Sigmund Freud at July 29, 2012 09:43 PM (QNQhZ)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 29, 2012 09:45 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 29, 2012 09:46 PM (r4wIV)
http://www.toymania.com/news/messages/2165.shtml
Posted by: cthulhu at July 29, 2012 09:49 PM (kaalw)
you have a cleaning service? huh
how is BH doing on her diet?
Posted by: chemjeff at July 29, 2012 09:53 PM (d/5qf)
http://www.toymania.com/news/messages/2165.shtml
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2012 01:49 AM (kaalw)
its YOU!!!!
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at July 29, 2012 09:54 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at July 29, 2012 09:56 PM (r7Ddb)
oh wow, it's free and on the Internet, how grand
Posted by: chemjeff at July 29, 2012 09:56 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 29, 2012 09:57 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Sigmund Freud at July 30, 2012 01:43 AM (QNQhZ)
eh - not tonight pal. just go back to your coke and your cigars
Posted by: chemjeff at July 29, 2012 09:57 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 29, 2012 09:57 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 29, 2012 10:04 PM (bxiXv)
you have a cleaning service? huh
how is BH doing on her diet?
Posted by: chemjeff at July 30, 2012 01:53 AM (d/5qf)
The BH can't be an emancipated woman unless we have a cleaning service -- so I do about four hours of prep each month, the service comes in for an hour and a half, and domestic tranquility is maintained. Go figure.
The BH's diet has run its appointed course, and she's trying to transition to real-life. She's lost a solid chunk of weight (inside baseball -- I had a staffperson working for me at my last gig who was a diminutive Philippina with the same name as my BH....the joke was that I'd work with "Little BH" telling her what to do, then go home to "Big BH" and have her tell me what to do. Big BH has now lost more weight than Little BH actually weighed.) She's looking better, feeling better, on about 1/20th the perpetual medications she'd been on, and gets antsy if she doesn't run me up and down the local mountain trails every weekend.
My take is that there will be a certain amount of residual paranoia for a while, but that she's got the tools and will to maintain this new weight indefinitely.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 29, 2012 10:09 PM (kaalw)
And for those challenged by "google-fu" --
http://www.toymania.com/news/messages/2165.shtml
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2012 01:49 AM (kaalw)
its YOU!!!!
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at July 30, 2012 01:54 AM (r7Ddb)
Gushie!!!
Actually, it's pretty close.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 29, 2012 10:10 PM (kaalw)
huh just noticed the two sitemeters, how weird
I think this site will disintegrate before the "new" AoSHQ is ready
sweet dreams all
Posted by: chemjeff at July 29, 2012 10:15 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 30, 2012 02:15 AM (d/5qf)
It's coming "soon" though
Posted by: The Dude at July 29, 2012 10:16 PM (tw6Ar)
What is a *normal* day like?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 01:57 AM (bxiXv)
oooo! um, hmmmm... you got me there.
OK You really wanna know:
05:30 get up kiss Grim.
make coffee and/or add milk to existing coffee and drink.
find (cleanish hopefully) jeans and dress. Make ellie medicine food
climb fence flyspray ellie, take off fly mask and take her out to exercise.
Wash ellie, reapply flyspray, feed and put fly mask on.
Get out black horse, pick one. exercise and wash. (read AOSHQ on phone while drying)
08:30 feed cats. take potty break, Mom calls
take out stallion, brush, exercise, leave turned out get more coffee.
bring stallion in. finish coffee. wash horses eye out, make sure whole horse is clean, let graze. (Read AOSHQ on phone)
return stallion to stall, take out remaining black horse, turn out to play, go get more coffee, exchange pleasantries with Grim, drink protein shake, take vitamins, allergy meds.
Go back out to black horse, chase until tired (horse or me doesnt matter) bathe horse, read AOSHQ on phone while horse cools out, dries and grazes
Lunch.
check old horses. fly spray everyone. Laundry. Dishes. call bebe's boobs. Go market.
make ellies medicine food, feed her.
feed cats.
feed self feed Grim.
wine.
21:00 collapse, and look at ONT
thats my *usual* day. Add disasters as needed.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at July 29, 2012 10:17 PM (r7Ddb)
Actually, it's pretty close.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2012 02:10 AM (kaalw)
he has so much personality. now i want one to live by my sewing machine.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at July 29, 2012 10:18 PM (r7Ddb)
I can't help but notice that there's a buttload of flyspray involved. Have you considered alternatives? We have a selection of carnivorous plants on our patio, for instance.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 29, 2012 10:20 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at July 30, 2012 02:18 AM (r7Ddb)
As you might imagine, I have a selection.....Christmas Cthulhus, Halloween Cthulhus, regular Cthulhus, small Cthulhus, knitted Cthulhus.....I've been online as Cthulhu since about 1981, so they accumulate.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 29, 2012 10:22 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 29, 2012 10:23 PM (bxiXv)
I can't help but notice that there's a buttload of flyspray involved. Have you considered alternatives? We have a selection of carnivorous plants on our patio, for instance.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2012 02:20 AM (kaalw)
i had chickens. they were great. loved em. loved the eggs. loved the bio-friendly pest control. the neighbor thought they were dirty and didnt get it. Then the Newcastle virus came through and the govt came killed all of them. problem solved. got more for a while, but then west nile started being a problem, so i sold them all. not worth the risk.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at July 29, 2012 10:23 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 29, 2012 10:24 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2012 02:24 AM (kaalw)
awesome!
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at July 29, 2012 10:25 PM (r7Ddb)
http://bugblaster.net/
Converts an air pistol into a multi-shot salt shooter. You could get in some target practice while horsing around (heh).
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 29, 2012 10:29 PM (ccXZP)
Purple Avenger mentioned up above a browser called Avant so I downloaded it and have been playing with it for the past hour and a half.
Very interesting.
Posted by: Robert at July 29, 2012 10:30 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 29, 2012 10:31 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 29, 2012 10:32 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at July 30, 2012 02:23 AM (r7Ddb)
How much historical tragedy is summed up by those words?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 02:31 AM (bxiXv)
Indeed. it taught me to fear our benevolent overlords.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at July 29, 2012 10:33 PM (r7Ddb)
...
...
...
You drink a lot of coffee.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 02:23 AM (bxiXv)
Back in the 90's, my dad worked downtown and lived up in the Santa Clarita area. One day, on his way home, he started feeling weird pangs in his chest. Channeling Fred Sanford, he was thinking, "You hear that, Elizabeth? I'm coming to join ya, honey! [N.B. -- my mom's name is not Elizabeth]" -- so he pulled off in the Valley and went to the big Kaiser in Northridge. True to form, they let him wait for hours and sent random tests to him in no particular order. After significant time had passed, a doctor came in and said, "Mr. Oldcthulhu, I'd like you to begin this morning and tell me about every cup of coffee you've had."
"Well, the alarm went off, and I got up and turned on the coffee pot.....and I got stuff together and had a cup, then went in and took a shower. Then I had another cup with breakfast and filled my thermos......" By the time he was relating his drive home, he'd had 23 cups.
The doctor looked at him silently for a while, then said, "don't do that" and left.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 29, 2012 10:33 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 29, 2012 10:38 PM (bxiXv)
"Well, the alarm went off, and I got up and turned on the coffee pot.....and I got stuff together and had a cup, then went in and took a shower. Then I had another cup with breakfast and filled my thermos......" By the time he was relating his drive home, he'd had 23 cups.
The doctor looked at him silently for a while, then said, "don't do that" and left.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2012 02:33 AM (kaalw)
WOW! your dad could show me how its done. I have cut my intake by half as a personal challenge. but wow. just. plain. wow.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at July 29, 2012 10:38 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: The Dude at July 29, 2012 10:39 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 29, 2012 10:40 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 29, 2012 10:40 PM (kaalw)
Don't recall the event. Was that while Bruce Wayne was believed dead and Dick Grayson was being Batman? If it was before the reboot it may not be part of the continuity anymore. The event I referenced was just a three or four months ago. It has a big role in the current storyline in which Damian and the previous Robins are in conflict.
Which gets into another complex situation. Damian is Bruce Wayne's biological son but they've only known each other a short time. As far as being the son of Bruce Wayne the man as opposed to Bruce Wayne's gonads, Dick Grayson has a much better claim. While the other Robins had a less parental relationship with Batman, they each knew him better during their tenures.
Posted by: epobirs at July 29, 2012 10:42 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 29, 2012 10:42 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at July 29, 2012 10:44 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 02:42 AM (bxiXv)
Where did the bad man Giorgio Tsoukalos touch you?
Posted by: The Dude at July 29, 2012 10:45 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 02:42 AM (bxiXv)
I'm not allergic -- I'm just not fond of the taste.
Tea, on the other hand.....
Posted by: cthulhu at July 29, 2012 10:45 PM (kaalw)
But I don't do zero. Crankyland awaits that scenario. I'm cranky enough as it is.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 29, 2012 10:46 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 29, 2012 10:47 PM (kaalw)
I was always too cheap for drugs and pot. I tried them a fair amount in my teens but the desire was never stronger than my other financial goals. (Bad enough what I did spend so much money on, in retrospect.)
Just as well I suppose. With my inclination to depression I would likely have been a spectacular drunk or junkie.
Posted by: epobirs at July 29, 2012 10:47 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 30, 2012 02:45 AM (kaalw)
flavored creamer or throw it on ice and top it with a pound of whipped cream and with a cherry on top and maybe chocolate shavings
Posted by: The Dude at July 29, 2012 10:48 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Journolist at July 29, 2012 10:49 PM (xoPDv)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at July 29, 2012 10:52 PM (ZhEoC)
Wieber did fine. She was fucked by the anti-competitive Olympics. Only two gymnasts from any country are allowed in the individual finals, so even though Wieber easily beat every single gymnast from all the other countries (except for one) she is out of the finals because two Americans did better than her in the prelims. Wieber came in fourth in the prelims but is out for the finals so we can "spread the medal wealth around". Fucking sports marxists.
As I have maintained, the Olympics is a bullshit pseudo-competition that has very little to do with athletic excellence and seeing who is actually the best in anything. It's a Eurotrash, tribalistic raft of shit that should be flushed down the toilet. Eurotrash assholes destroy everything. It's all they can do anymore. They are like the plague.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 29, 2012 10:51 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 29, 2012 10:51 PM (bxiXv)
Gushie wants me to link this for Cooth. A tentacle pot pie.
http://tinyurl.com/bo9jlo5
Posted by: Robert at July 29, 2012 10:52 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Charles D. Gibson, Esquire at July 29, 2012 10:53 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 29, 2012 10:55 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: epobirs at July 30, 2012 02:42 AM (kcfmt)
Most of Batman's continuity is still intact. Of all the stuff that got rebooted anything written by Grant Morrison and Geoff Johns was basically left untouched without their approval.
Posted by: Robert at July 29, 2012 10:57 PM (4ixH5)
Gushie wants me to link this for Cooth. A tentacle pot pie.
http://tinyurl.com/bo9jlo5
Posted by: Robert at July 30, 2012 02:52 AM (4ixH5)
"C'mon in, the broth is fine!"
Posted by: cthulhu at July 29, 2012 10:58 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Malibu & Pineapple at July 30, 2012 12:34 AM (WuvfA)
Batman gets more pussy than any other character in the DCU. He's got tons of chicks pining for him.
holy shit, Batman kills a baby?
Posted by: chemjeff at July 30, 2012 01:29 AM (d/5qf)
Probably an alt-continuity "Elseworlds" tale. All of those panels shown were taken *way* out of any context so it's hard to tell.
Posted by: Robert at July 29, 2012 11:00 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 29, 2012 11:00 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: The Dude at July 29, 2012 11:02 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: The Dude at July 29, 2012 11:04 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 29, 2012 11:05 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 02:55 AM (bxiXv)
Sfter I saw the headline that Wieber had missed the all-around finals, I went to the olympic site to see how poorly she had done. All I could get was a list (over and over) that had her in 4th (Americans 3 of the top 4 prelims). I figured I must have not been able to find the rest of the prelims. But each list had the same team scores and same list and I figured that it was just a shitty web site.
Then I find out that the web site was fine and it was just the olympics that was shitty - even shittier than I had originally thought. I hated the restrictions on nations only sending a certain number of athletes to events, even if others might still be among the best in the world, but I hadn't even imagined that they would cull down from prelims based on nationality, again. WTFFF? My already low opinion of the Olympics went down 3000% from already being at ground level. Add all the official cheating in and it's ... I don't even know what it is. A Bulgarian State Washing Machine, I guess, but without a tumbler or a door.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 29, 2012 11:08 PM (X3lox)
The storyline where Damian kills spook was when Morrison first started writing the character and when he was still in full League of Assassins mode. Batman decided he was not irredeemable.
Later, while driving the Batmobile, he knocks an ambulance off a bridge but the only person in the ambulance was the Joker.
The bit with Batman and the baby is an emergency tracheotomy to save the baby's life. The thought captions show Batman's concern over the inadequacy of the instrument he is using.
Posted by: epobirs at July 29, 2012 11:09 PM (kcfmt)
The baby killing thing requires loads of explanation that would make you average person's head spin.
What the fuck is an elseworlds? What do you mean it "doesn't count"? Where am I? What am I doing here? Rapunzel! Rapunzel!
Posted by: Robert at July 29, 2012 11:09 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 29, 2012 11:11 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: epobirs at July 30, 2012 03:09 AM (kcfmt)
Ah, there ya go.
The ambulance thing...Battle For The Cowl?
Posted by: Robert at July 29, 2012 11:11 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 29, 2012 11:12 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 03:11 AM (bxiXv)
LOL. But that thing is still minimally useful. I was thinking more of just a box. A heavy box.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 29, 2012 11:14 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 03:12 AM (bxiXv)
Which reminds me, Batman needs to be taken down a notch or two. Is it wrong that he not be so bloody awesome all the time? Like it's cool if he can just stop and say, "Ya know, my dad was the doctor. That shit just goes over my fucking head, man. Here, you do it!"
I'm having a nerd moment. I'll stop.
Posted by: Robert at July 29, 2012 11:15 PM (4ixH5)
I'm having a nerd moment. I'll stop.
Posted by: Robert at July 30, 2012 03:15 AM (4ixH5)
Bane braking his back made him a whiny bitch and in Batman Beyond was interesting in seeing him old and somewhat decrepit
Posted by: The Dude at July 29, 2012 11:18 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 29, 2012 11:18 PM (bxiXv)
Much of them seem to owe a lot to the old SNL sketch of 'what if' scenarios, especially the one about baby Superman's ship landing in Germany and Dan Ackroyd portraying the grown Ubermensch.
One of the Elseworlds was a Superman raised in the USSR called 'Red Son.' Another had a vampire Batman. And so on.
Marvel has of course done their own version of this with their 'What If' series. And the Exiles series. And just sidetrack stories like the recent parallel universe story that that tracked the history of one one of the numerous Reed Richards duplicates. This one from a world where Germany won WWII. This Reed lobotomizes a young Victor Von Doom to add that bit of brain to his own as an enhancement. For starters.
Posted by: epobirs at July 29, 2012 11:19 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 29, 2012 11:20 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: The Dude at July 29, 2012 11:20 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 30, 2012 03:20 AM (qmMAj)
*Nabs*
I had to buy more Truvia. That'll be another $5 bucks.
Posted by: Robert at July 29, 2012 11:22 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: epobirs at July 30, 2012 03:19 AM (kcfmt)
Marvel hit it with the quantity while DC hit it with the quality (Red Son was awesome)
Posted by: The Dude at July 29, 2012 11:23 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 29, 2012 11:23 PM (bxiXv)
"Left behind the bars, rows of Bishops' heads in jars
and a bomb inside a car
Spectacular! Spectacular!"
and thinking that I'm glad to be 8 time zones away.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 29, 2012 11:25 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Occupy Truvia! No Dessert No Peace!!! at July 29, 2012 11:27 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: The Dude at July 29, 2012 11:27 PM (tw6Ar)
Naw, he pays a price for it. This is somebody who could easily have the same lifestyle as a pre-Iron Man Tony Stark but merely fakes it to maintain his over.
Great bit in the JL or JLU series:
http://tinyurl.com/y9uqh2o
Posted by: epobirs at July 29, 2012 11:28 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Occupy Truvia! No Dessert No Peace!!! at July 30, 2012 03:27 AM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Robert says Think Of The Children! at July 29, 2012 11:31 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: epobirs at July 30, 2012 03:28 AM (kcfmt)
Tony Stark, Bruce Wayne with a little mustache.
I wonder who gets more poon?
Posted by: Robert at July 29, 2012 11:33 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 29, 2012 11:33 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 29, 2012 11:34 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 03:33 AM (bxiXv)
But that doesn't rhyme with "fap".
Posted by: Robert at July 29, 2012 11:34 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 29, 2012 11:36 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 03:34 AM (bxiXv)
I like it (and it's Adriane's fault). You don't need a whole helluva lot, it's sweet and with coffee doesn't give it that syrupy taste.
Posted by: Robert at July 29, 2012 11:36 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 30, 2012 03:36 AM (qmMAj)
Look at it this way, by the time you're done with the new old house you'll be skilled enough to work on anyone's house. For money.
Think you can build me a new fence?
Posted by: Robert at July 29, 2012 11:39 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 29, 2012 11:39 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 29, 2012 11:41 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Merovign, Dread Pirate Roberts at July 29, 2012 11:42 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 30, 2012 03:41 AM (qmMAj)
Keeps on screaming "en garde" whenever I walk near.
Posted by: Robert at July 29, 2012 11:44 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Hard Living on the Edge of these Mean Streets at July 29, 2012 11:45 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Merovign, Dread Pirate Roberts at July 30, 2012 03:42 AM (bxiXv)
As you wish!
Posted by: Wesley at July 29, 2012 11:45 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 29, 2012 11:45 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Hard Living on the Edge of these Mean Streets at July 30, 2012 03:45 AM (qmMAj)
1,734,029?
Posted by: Robert at July 29, 2012 11:45 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 03:45 AM (bxiXv)
We'll keep it fresh and interesting while staying hip to the young dudes. Synergy!
It'll be a metaphor representing the evil of Republicans!
Posted by: Up And Coming Hollywood Producer at July 29, 2012 11:49 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Mathematically Inclined Idiot Savant at July 29, 2012 11:50 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Adriane at July 29, 2012 11:54 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Adriane at July 29, 2012 11:55 PM (qmMAj)
Tony Stark by a huge margin.
Bruce Wayne started on his obsession at a very early age and the playboy Bruce Wayne was always a manufactured image to make sure nobody would believe this guy was Batman.
Tony Stark never pretended to be Tony Stark. The Iron Man job was a matter of circumstance that occurred well into his adulthood. If he'd stayed away from personal visits to war zones the hookers and blow every night might have gone on for decades. Even if he still invented the Iron Man he would have sold it to SHIELD and never piloted it himself.
Speaking of which, Tony Stark was supplying SHIELD with technology before Nick Fury was brought on as Director. In fact, in the original story that launched SHIELD in the Marvel Universe it was Tony Stark who first brought Fury to the Heli-Carrier and offered Fury the job. And Stark has a demonstrated ability for prosthetics, having built a powerful replacement arm for Misty Knight.
So why did Stark never make a replacement for Fury's lost eye? Lack of depth perception must be a serious handicap for the guy.
Posted by: epobirs at July 29, 2012 11:55 PM (kcfmt)
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Posted by: epobirs at July 30, 2012 03:55 AM (kcfmt)
But would Fury have accepted it?
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