December 26, 2012
— Gabriel Malor Happy Wednesday.
Not much news out there. I see stuff about the weather, local traffic, and, well, this unfortunate item. They found a body in the firefighter shooter's home.
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The rest is late. Too much company and bourbon.
Posted by: Vic at December 26, 2012 02:56 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Whatev at December 26, 2012 03:00 AM (2t6Gz)
Well then , the only solution I see is to drop him off at about the halfway point...
Posted by: AmericanDawg at December 26, 2012 03:02 AM (rBK2Z)
Send him back in a rowboat built in 1791.
Posted by: fluffy at December 26, 2012 03:04 AM (z9HTb)
Much sympathy for and shared misery with anyone having to work today.
I hope it's quiet and I can get through backlog, at least.
Posted by: Gem at December 26, 2012 03:04 AM (zw+pb)
I'd be willing to let him have a small sailboat. Then he could be blown about by the current winds, a decent metaphor for his 'Demand A Plan' opinion.
Posted by: Retread at December 26, 2012 03:12 AM (zxitI)
Posted by: fluffy
Well that would give him the impression of a fighting chance ...
Which is both Humane and sadistic, I Like It !
Give him a cooler full of Out - Dated Churros and a copy of Newsweek and he'll be set....
Posted by: AmericanDawg at December 26, 2012 03:14 AM (rBK2Z)
Posted by: Endeavor to Persevere at December 26, 2012 03:18 AM (zZJJp)
We are in the blizzard area. So far about an inch and a half on the ground. Pretty windy.
Local news is in full emergency weather mode. (I think they are hoping that this is like the Blizzard of '78.)
The snow doesn't bother me. I am worried about power, so keeping my fingers crossed.
Posted by: Miss Marple at December 26, 2012 03:19 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Endeavor to Persevere at December 26, 2012 03:20 AM (zZJJp)
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at December 26, 2012 03:23 AM (vbi7J)
Posted by: wierdflunkyonatablet at December 26, 2012 03:25 AM (m/9JW)
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at December 26, 2012 03:27 AM (vbi7J)
Good morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes. Happy Boxing Day to all our UK, Maple Leaf and Aussie Hordes. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas.
I donÂ’t know that IÂ’ve talked about William Fox, the founder of the Fox Film Corporation (later Twentieth Century-Fox) all that much. Originally from Hungary, he was a driven, grasping, ice-cold entrepreneur whose goal was the controlling of the motion picture industry rather than the advancement of it. As I wrote in a discussion of one of his most famous stars, In Theda Bara, William Fox had found a golden goose. He then proceeded, systematically and deliberately, to kill it.
Fox despised his father as a lazy ne’er do well, and when he was in a position of power, he became “Father” writ large to his mother, siblings and children. None of the Fox women worked (women weren’t supposed to, in any event) and all of the men were on a Fox payroll. This created both fear and slavish supplication among the family; no-one knew what lack of respect or perceived over-fawning would cause the mercurial Fox to cut them off without a cent. A fascinating story about his need to dominate comes from Neal Gabler's marvelous 1988 history, An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood:
‘William Fox, who also had two daughters, married them off reasonably well to men outside the industry, but he took his control to even further extremes than Mayer. "Possessive is just barely touching it," said Fox's niece, Angela Fox Dunn. "He let both girls marry, and luckily they both got pregnant shortly thereafter. According to my mother,* as soon as both girls gave birth, to boys, the two mothers and their infant sons were brought back to Fox Hall, where cottages were built on the estate for them, and the husbands were 'dismissed,' to use my mother's word. One husband was named Taussig. I never heard what happened to him. The other was an attorney in NYC named Maurice Schwartz. They way my mother told it, what happened to Schwartz was like one of those bad mystery stories. She said he came home from work one day, put his key in the front door, and found a totally empty apartment. No wife. No son. No furniture. He thought he had walked into the wrong apartment. He had a heart attack and died right there on the bare floor. . . .Then Fox raised those boys [his grandchildren] as his own sons." As a kind of coup de grace, he legally adopted them and renamed one William Fox II and the other William Fox III.’
ItÂ’s a cold day here in Massachusetts. Even colder having to sit at the desk and work. So IÂ’m off to grab a cup of tea, if the damned cafeteria will boil some water. Hope you all have a wonderful day.
*'Mother' was Fox's youngest sister, Malvina, whose daughter reported "she loved him in an almost incestuous way. They would sit and hold hands like lovers for hours and she would stare into his eyes. . . ."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 26, 2012 03:29 AM (zF6Iw)
Happy Boxing Day everyone!
Hope you all had a lovely Christmas with family and friends
Here in Sydney Down Under it's all over and done with - I'm expecting to see Easter eggs on sale in the supermarket today.....
Posted by: aussie at December 26, 2012 03:32 AM (8tH2L)
First we have to have the Valentine stuff (my most hated holiday).
I dislike February because I always think we are almost to spring but the weather is always terrible. My father said the Indians called it the "Starvation Moon."
Posted by: Miss Marple at December 26, 2012 03:37 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: wierdflunkyonatablet at December 26, 2012 03:38 AM (m/9JW)
Dec. 26, 1776, about 6:30 A.M.,
About 2 miles outside of town, the advance parties rejoin the main columns and are startled by the sudden appearance of 50 armed men, but they were American militia led by Adam Stephen. They had not known about the plan to attack Trenton, and had assaulted a Hessian outpost earlier in the morning. Washington panicked, fearing that the Hessians will now be on guard because of the attack, shouts at Stephen, "You sir! You Sir, may have ruined all my plans by having them put on their guard.”
As it turns out, when Rall received word of the first raid, he thought that this was was the attack he had been warned about the night before, and that there would be no further action that day. Not knowing this, Washington makes a bold move and orders the column on to Trenton
Posted by: Retread at December 26, 2012 03:42 AM (zxitI)
19 Miss Marple
Hi - yes I forgot about Valentines!
Actually our next biggie is Australia Day on the 26th January so the shops will be flogging little flags, hats, thongs (what you call flip flops) etc all with the Aussie flags on them
BTW I really enjoy your posts..
Posted by: aussie at December 26, 2012 03:44 AM (8tH2L)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 2nd day of Christmas at December 26, 2012 03:44 AM (GVxQo)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 03:45 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 03:47 AM (XkWWK)
24 JJ Sefton
Hello and a suggestion
Could you add the adjective malodorous to one of your m words - it's a great descriptive word!
Posted by: aussie at December 26, 2012 03:55 AM (8tH2L)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 03:56 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 03:58 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 03:59 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 04:03 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 04:03 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: Whatev at December 26, 2012 04:05 AM (2t6Gz)
Posted by: Andy at December 26, 2012 04:06 AM (OZPoa)
Posted by: Invictus at December 26, 2012 04:07 AM (OQpzc)
Well, in that it keeps me awake on the drive to work, so I can get there alive.
I got a Keurig for Christmas. Now I just have to find a decently cheap place to buy K-cups.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 04:07 AM (/eBe8)
It's almost as if law breakers aren't concerned with the fact they're breaking the law. Maybe we could use this profound insight when writing law and when issuing punishment.
Naaa. That's simply too radical.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 04:09 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at December 26, 2012 04:09 AM (rVVCW)
Well, the dogs are now upset at the wind and snow and are barking at it, hoping they can scare it away, I guess.
Posted by: Miss Marple at December 26, 2012 04:10 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 04:10 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: CanaDave at December 26, 2012 04:11 AM (voRpZ)
Posted by: Whatev at December 26, 2012 04:11 AM (2t6Gz)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 04:11 AM (XkWWK)
I order online from Keurig, I think you start with a 10% discount, but after a you spend a certain amount it goes up to 15% discount, I always get free shipping, plus they send discounts all the time thru e-mail. I've done the math and it's almost always cheaper to do it this way, you can also order large boxes (80 count).
Posted by: spypeach at December 26, 2012 04:11 AM (pwTow)
>>Here's the internetz. I'll get in the barrel.
Ah, you missed the style guide update, didn't you?
The barrel has been upgraded to a butt of malmsey wine.
Thought "upgraded" may not be the right word...
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 04:12 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 2nd day of Christmas at December 26, 2012 04:12 AM (GVxQo)
Posted by: CanaDave at December 26, 2012 04:13 AM (voRpZ)
Posted by: Whatev at December 26, 2012 04:14 AM (2t6Gz)
Thanks for the info. Looking now, they seem to be having a 20%-off sale on everything for the next two days. Sweet.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 04:15 AM (/eBe8)
"they're solid plastic, so don't settle for imitation."
After 30+ years some things still make me laugh.
Posted by: Case at December 26, 2012 04:15 AM (VtU/3)
I thought the malmsey was full of Clarence?
Good Morning all.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at December 26, 2012 04:16 AM (KAWvv)
My last two Mr. Coffee's did the same thing.
Posted by: lowandslow at December 26, 2012 04:16 AM (GZitp)
Around here the Christmas lights stay up until Epiphany (1/6).
Then it's time to decorate for Mardi Gras.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 04:17 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 2nd day of Christmas at December 26, 2012 04:18 AM (GVxQo)
Mine pours the coffee well enough but if I don't get the filter basket seated just right I wind up with coffee all over the counter instead of in the pot.
I blame the Chinese, and Bush.
Posted by: Retread at December 26, 2012 04:19 AM (zxitI)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 2nd day of Christmas at December 26, 2012 04:19 AM (GVxQo)
I have a nice Hamilton Beach that's one of those "stay or go" models- it can brew into a carafe or into travel mugs. Except it doesn't brew evenly into the two mugs, so if you try that you get one half-full mug and a mess, and the carafe always dribbles, so you have to pour over the sink if you don't want coffee all over the counter.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 04:20 AM (/eBe8)
Which would accomplish what, exactly?
I mean, I can at least see a point to releasing names and addresses of sex offenders- I'm actually not actually okay with that until we can fix things so the 19 year old who has sex with his 16 year old girl friend is not considered a rapist, but I can see where there's some actual benefit.
But releasing the names of gun permit holders in NY? Which means the only people (other than government personnel) who can legally own handguns in the city? What good is that supposed to do?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 04:24 AM (/eBe8)
Police recovered a military-style .223-caliber semiautomatic Bushmaster rifle with flash suppression
But before that the article has this,
who served 17 years in prison for manslaughter in the 1980 hammer slaying of his grandmother,
I guess no description of the type of hammer was available at the time they went to press
Posted by: Bruce at December 26, 2012 04:26 AM (d6+Gd)
Posted by: CanaDave at December 26, 2012 04:27 AM (voRpZ)
Posted by: Whatev at December 26, 2012 04:28 AM (2t6Gz)
Whatev, I love our coffee maker with a carafe. Tastes much better in the afternoon than stuff that's been being warmed for hours.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 04:30 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: wierdflunkyonatablet at December 26, 2012 04:30 AM (m/9JW)
No offense intended. So many words seem to be German.
Posted by: Al at December 26, 2012 04:31 AM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Andy at December 26, 2012 04:31 AM (OZPoa)
We almost never drink coffee in the Poppins household (though I do like a cup as a warmup before golf), so when we have guests, like yesterday, who do drink the stuff, it's an adventure. I usually pull out an old Corningware 9 cup percolator I've had since I was a boy, but somehow, over the last year, it broke. I briefly debated making "my famous coffee" in the manner Steve Martin made in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, but decided not to. Told the BIL if he wanted any coffee, bring his own damn Mr. Coffee.
So he did. He's a nice guy. In fact, for Christmas, he gave me a gift certificate offering me a day's use of his restored '57 Bel-Air. That'll come in handy on a nice summer's day, methinks.
But I do miss the Corningware pot. So I have to trawl ebay for one.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 26, 2012 04:31 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Whatev at December 26, 2012 04:33 AM (2t6Gz)
Posted by: Y-not at December 26, 2012 04:34 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Bruce at December 26, 2012 04:35 AM (d6+Gd)
Posted by: Retread at December 26, 2012 04:35 AM (zxitI)
No electricity required! This is a bonus if we losre power, as I can light my gas stove with a match and then boil water. (I also can boil water in the fireplace but that is a pain in the neck as I first have to build a fire).
Posted by: Miss Marple at December 26, 2012 04:38 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Case at December 26, 2012 04:38 AM (VtU/3)
Posted by: Miss Marple at December 26, 2012 04:40 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Homer Sampson at December 26, 2012 04:40 AM (HY3CJ)
Posted by: Whatev at December 26, 2012 04:40 AM (2t6Gz)
Today starts the slow slog to spring. I really do hate this time of year.
It's even worse this year having been off of work for the past month. One more doctor visit today and hopefully it will be back to work tomorrow. I'm actually looking forward to it, and truth to tell, so is my wife.. she's had enough of me being around all the time!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 26, 2012 04:41 AM (UTq/I)
I make full 12 cup pots at a time, and pour most of the excess into a thermos right after brewing while still hot. That stops it from becoming acidic.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 26, 2012 04:41 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 26, 2012 04:41 AM (BWzj8)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 04:42 AM (XkWWK)
>> also can boil water in the fireplace
We have a tiny fireplace. Don't know why it's so small.
I bought hubby a popcorn maker, but I think it's going to be bumping against the top of the fireplace when he tries to use it.
I think we'd use the gas grill to boil water if the power was out for a while...
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 04:42 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 04:43 AM (XkWWK)
Ah, I knew I forgot something - RIP Jack Klugman. I only know two Odd Couple stories, so here they are:
In the early seasons during the opening credits, you see an overhead shot of Tony Randall slouching down the street, overloaded with luggage and dropping down to rest. As he does, a passerby turns and seems to speak to him. As Randall tells it, the fellow had no idea that it was a shoot, and actually stopped to ask, "hey, buddy, are you OK?" As Randall put it, it was the one time anybody in NYC actually bothered to help someone, and it nearly ruined the take. But they decided to leave it in.
Another story - which I'll bet J.J. Sefton will find familiar - takes place during the five-year run of the show, when one of the writers was pitching an idea for an OC script. Nobody liked it, but the writer kept pushing. Finally, Klugman, mentioning another of producer Garry Marshall's shows, said, "Why don't you pitch it to Happy Days ?"
"Are you kidding?" the writer barked. "Who else would buy this piece of shit?"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 26, 2012 04:43 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 26, 2012 04:44 AM (qpM85)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 26, 2012 04:44 AM (zF6Iw)
............
Same office situation here, Bruce.
Some years ago I cut myself down to one good cup of coffee per day. So I stop at Starbucks or Caribou on my way in and ignore the office coffee drama.
On the rare occasion I do have a cup in the office, I will make a new pot and take my coffee from the first drips.. it's stronger.. then leave the weak crap left for the rest of the horde.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 26, 2012 04:45 AM (UTq/I)
39 Miss Marple
Snow - it's funny hearing I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas and all other snowy Christmas songs here Down Under during our summer
Posted by: aussie at December 26, 2012 04:45 AM (8tH2L)
Posted by: Andy at December 26, 2012 04:45 AM (OZPoa)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 04:47 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at December 26, 2012 04:47 AM (rVVCW)
>>Today starts the slow slog to spring. I really do hate this time of year.
I hear ya.
It's certainly better in Louisiana, though. 17 Mardi Gras parades, mild weather usually (though we might not see the sun very often), and colorful decorations everywhere.
But MG is Feb. 12 this year, so late Feb. might be a bit slow...drab...grey...
Glad you are well enough to go back to work!
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 04:47 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: John the Baptist at December 26, 2012 04:48 AM (3N+aG)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 26, 2012 04:48 AM (Y/H0D)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at December 26, 2012 04:49 AM (rVVCW)
Posted by: Whatev at December 26, 2012 04:49 AM (2t6Gz)
Posted by: Byonets on my bagel at December 26, 2012 04:49 AM (qR+xF)
Posted by: Butters at December 26, 2012 04:50 AM (NIZHJ)
Ah, work coffee.
I remember the days of making a new pot with water from the cooler...and trying not to get caught by those who paid the bill for the cooler who would scream in horror at such a "waste".
Tasted much better without Philly water, so it was worth the chance of getting yelled at.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 04:51 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 04:51 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: AmericanDawg at December 26, 2012 07:02 AM (rBK2Z)
Sounds like a bipartisan and moderate compromise.
Posted by: Temper Tantrum at December 26, 2012 04:52 AM (AWmfW)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 04:52 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: John the Baptist at December 26, 2012 04:53 AM (3N+aG)
Posted by: Butters at December 26, 2012 04:55 AM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 04:55 AM (XkWWK)
I doubt there's enough money to pay the Saudis to take him.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 04:55 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: The Obama Economy at December 26, 2012 04:56 AM (/ZZCn)
Posted by: Butters at December 26, 2012 04:57 AM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: Whatev at December 26, 2012 04:57 AM (2t6Gz)
Posted by: Butters at December 26, 2012 04:58 AM (NIZHJ)
You all do use coffee maker cleaners every few months, right?
Search for "coffee maker cleaner" in Ace's Amazon box...
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 04:59 AM (SUKHu)
>>I doubt there's enough money to pay the Saudis to take him.
Esp. since he started whining about how he's "facing deportation".
Oy.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 05:01 AM (SUKHu)
I just use white vinegar. Usually have a gallon in the house.
Posted by: Bruce at December 26, 2012 05:02 AM (d6+Gd)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 2nd day of Christmas at December 26, 2012 05:03 AM (GVxQo)
48 months later...
We have a Cuisinart as well and whoever designed the carafe did a good job because it IS possible to pour without spilling coffee all over the counter.
The coffee does taste better after a filter change, but I only know that because my wife is the one who keeps up with it.
Posted by: Vizzini [/i] at December 26, 2012 05:03 AM (O7Q1u)
Back in a few.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 05:04 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 26, 2012 05:06 AM (BWzj8)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 05:06 AM (XkWWK)
Decalf? Does coffee normally have veal in it?
I may have to reconsider my distaste for the stuff.
Posted by: epobirs at December 26, 2012 05:07 AM (kcfmt)
Yes! I grew up with those and the only person who could brew it properly was my dad. Harder and harder to find them as they started making them with mostly plastic parts (weird considering you brew it on the stove top), but over the years I managed to find a few on e-bay and in some outer borough house-ware stores for my mom. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 05:08 AM (XkWWK)
Made some mighty bitter coffee.
Posted by: Vizzini [/i] at December 26, 2012 05:09 AM (O7Q1u)
Posted by: Andy at December 26, 2012 05:09 AM (OZPoa)
Posted by: M.C Hammer at December 26, 2012 05:10 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 05:11 AM (XkWWK)
For the love of coffee, use a Jura Impressa C5.
If our house starts to burn down, the first thing we would save is this coffee maker.
Posted by: jwest at December 26, 2012 05:12 AM (ZDsRL)
My favorite coffee is french pressed, love it.
Had it for the first time several years ago at Ruth's Chris.
It's kind of a pain to make, but on special occasions I can get my hubby to do it for me.
Posted by: spypeach at December 26, 2012 05:14 AM (pwTow)
Posted by: Butters at December 26, 2012 05:15 AM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: rickl at December 26, 2012 05:15 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Butters at December 26, 2012 05:15 AM (NIZHJ)
We had two coffee makers since we got married in '97.
Well, bought a cheap one at Walmart to replace the wedding present that finally broke after 11 years. It was an emergency.
Amazon tells me I bought the Cuisinart DTC-975BKN in Nov. of 2008.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 05:16 AM (SUKHu)
I just use a Mr Coffee type that has a timer. I do like to set it for early AM and have a hot cup ready to go and walk out the door.
Posted by: Bruce at December 26, 2012 05:17 AM (d6+Gd)
A cantilevered toaster! What will they think of next?
Posted by: Vizzini [/i] at December 26, 2012 05:17 AM (O7Q1u)
Posted by: Whatev at December 26, 2012 05:18 AM (2t6Gz)
Sorry about that Allen - I think I tried that once, and, as usual, Boehner'd it up. As Homer J. Simpson says, "Trying is the first step towards failing. The lesson is, never try."
Advice like that would be good on your blog. If you had one.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 26, 2012 05:19 AM (zF6Iw)
That sounds like a Lutheran joke.
Good morning, from sunny Fort Dodge, Iowa. I should have left yesterday to beat the blizzard home.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 26, 2012 05:22 AM (6Uliu)
http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=335913#c19881066
Just a tiny historical maybe that I find endlessly fascinating. For want of a sock, the kingdom was lost....
Posted by: Weirddave at December 26, 2012 05:22 AM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Sacred Ampersands at December 26, 2012 05:24 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Sacred Ampersands at December 26, 2012 05:26 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: That Merry Mindful Guy at December 26, 2012 05:27 AM (ma3QC)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 05:27 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: Whatev at December 26, 2012 05:28 AM (2t6Gz)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Sacred Ampersands at December 26, 2012 05:28 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: Tears of John's Boehner at December 26, 2012 05:30 AM (BgIBZ)
I knew some people liked steak for breakfast, but that may be stretching the matter...
It's certainly a meaty premise.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 26, 2012 05:30 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Butters at December 26, 2012 05:33 AM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 26, 2012 05:33 AM (6Uliu)
Posted by: Miss Marple at December 26, 2012 05:34 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: spypeach at December 26, 2012 05:34 AM (pwTow)
Posted by: Miss Marple at December 26, 2012 05:35 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: awkward davies at December 26, 2012 05:35 AM (USjX1)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Sacred Ampersands at December 26, 2012 05:35 AM (GBXon)
I watched a special about the Great Barrier Reef over the weekend. Great photography and the like, but during the second hour of it they were talking about how there is some die off going on with the coral because if there is a water temp shift of 2 degrees it can cause them to stress and then die. They of course had to bring in AGW or CLIMATE CHANGE with and increase of CYCLONES as they are wont to do. At the start of the program, they talked about how the reef got started 10,000 years ago after the last ice age. I guess the people back then didn't bitch about a great bloody reef growing out there where there used to be nothing.
Posted by: Bruce at December 26, 2012 05:36 AM (d6+Gd)
All I want for Christmas is my two front lobes, my two front lobes, my two front lobes!
Posted by: christmas liberal at December 26, 2012 05:37 AM (jPVBi)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 05:37 AM (XkWWK)
Dang it, I missed it. I feel like enmockening someone today.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 05:38 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: Vizzini [/i] at December 26, 2012 05:38 AM (O7Q1u)
Posted by: awkward davies at December 26, 2012 05:38 AM (USjX1)
Mark Steyn filling in for Rush today. Happy Boxing Day to us!
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 26, 2012 05:39 AM (6Uliu)
Posted by: Butters at December 26, 2012 05:40 AM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 05:40 AM (XkWWK)
We have an above the stove microwave, so when the old one needed replacing, I did not want one that would only last a few months.
Read a million reviews and settled on one that had some bad reviews...but they were mostly about burned popcorn, not explosions or other serious problems.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 05:40 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 05:41 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Butters at December 26, 2012 05:41 AM (NIZHJ)
Guess I had better get busy.
I AM glad I got to see that rapid-fire banning! It was quite enjoyable!
I will check in later today, if we have power.
Posted by: Miss Marple at December 26, 2012 05:41 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 05:41 AM (/eBe8)
As long as they did use one of those black semiautomatic flash suppressor military type rifles loaded with .223 the deadliest of all ammunition I don't really give a good spit
Posted by: Media Whores at December 26, 2012 05:42 AM (d6+Gd)
Posted by: Miss Marple at December 26, 2012 05:42 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Sacred Ampersands at December 26, 2012 05:43 AM (GBXon)
What I want to know is where were they partying, and is the hangover worth it?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 05:43 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 05:43 AM (XkWWK)
Please ignore this if it looks normal.This is only a test.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Sacred Ampersands at December 26, 2012 05:44 AM (GBXon)
Da-yum. That's fast. I didn't even see the comment. Again.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 05:44 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Sacred Ampersands at December 26, 2012 05:44 AM (GBXon)
>>For one thing, the comments work right.
And you can post links to other blogs, including Allen's.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 05:44 AM (SUKHu)
Not that it would have done you much good the last couple of weeks.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 05:45 AM (/eBe8)
That was sometime in the late 80s and it kept going for another ten years.
Our current unit is a Panasonic that has been pretty solid despite further appliance assassination attempts by my mother. We chose it mainly because of its capacity and didn't notice the wattage at the time. Most food packaging instructions don't factor for anything above 1000 watts. This unit runs 1250. Most of the time it isn't a problem but sometimes we forget and do our own little mini-CERN experiments.
Posted by: epobirs at December 26, 2012 05:46 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Butters at December 26, 2012 05:47 AM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 05:47 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 26, 2012 05:48 AM (Cnqmv)
FIFY.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 26, 2012 05:48 AM (6Uliu)
Ace is busy trying to buy enough goatees for everyone from the Lace Wigs guy.
Posted by: andycanuck at December 26, 2012 05:48 AM (jPVBi)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Sacred Ampersands at December 26, 2012 05:49 AM (GBXon)
>>Most food packaging instructions don't factor for anything above 1000 watts. This unit runs 1250.
Thus my yelling at the people in my computer who were writing bad reviews of microwaves because of burnt popcorn.
Strangely enough, at 90% power, the popcorn doesn't burn.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 05:49 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: Whatev at December 26, 2012 05:49 AM (2t6Gz)
That's some sad repair work there, I mean the guy from GE. It's not rocket surgery, and while the voltages are dangerous they ain't nothing like color TV voltages.
Posted by: SpongeBob Saget's square dildo at December 26, 2012 05:50 AM (97nMP)
Posted by: Bruce at December 26, 2012 05:50 AM (d6+Gd)
Mornin' jackwagons.
I see we're still screwed. And I apparently missed the swinging of teh Banhammer.
Oh, and does anyone know how to get reindeer crap off the roof?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 26, 2012 05:51 AM (yiIja)
>>Will the guys get shirts?
No, they get pants.
Pants and goatees. (shudder)
I don't like it there.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 05:51 AM (SUKHu)
Yup. And I never knew until very recently that
we had a crash and almost a depression in 1920. But Calvin Coolidge
ignored his key economic adviser, a guy named Herbert Hoover, and did
nothing but lower taxes. An obscure phenomenon known as "the Roaring
20's" happened.
And 9 years later, Hoover was president.
Hmmm....
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2012 08:19 AM (XkWWK)
Warren G. Harding. Nothing against Cal, he's neck and neck with Reagan as the best president in the last century*, but it was Warren G Harding who made the decision to do nothing. Forever tainted by Teapot Dome (which wouldn't even make the news today if Barky's minions did the same), Harding was the man who had to clean up the majority of the messes left by fucking Wilson.
*Here's one of my favorite historical what ifs: What if Calvin Coolidge Jr. wore socks? CC Jr died in 1924 after playing tennis with no socks. He developed a blister that got infected and died. By all accounts this took a great deal of the heart out of his father, who didn't run for reelection in 1928. He'd have won in a walk if he had run. I'm not saying losing his son was the only reason Cal retired, but I suspect it played a big part. With Cal as president in 1929, they would have been no intervention following the crash, no over regulation, no activist government, hell, no Great Depression, as the economy would have bounced right back like it did when Harding made the same decision post WWI. No FDR, no nanny government, no nothing that's killed this country, none of it. Sometimes I try and imagine a world where Calvin Coolidge Jr. wore socks..
And then I cry. A lot.
Posted by: Weirddave at December 26, 2012 05:52 AM (aH+zP)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 05:52 AM (/eBe8)
What's the story with that alternate universe AoSHQ?
The guys don't get shirts and all the women have Spock-beard merkins.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 26, 2012 05:53 AM (zF6Iw)
>>I see that the JEF is cutting short his vacation (sniff)
Let me guess, the family is staying there?
He does not seem to like them, esp. on airplanes.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 05:53 AM (SUKHu)
That's okay. Neither do I.
Actually, that's not fair. I have nothing against the girls except who their parents are, and it's not like they got to pick.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 05:54 AM (/eBe8)
C4, it takes everything off the roof.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 26, 2012 05:55 AM (YEelc)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 26, 2012 05:55 AM (jPVBi)
Posted by: Dr W. Bishop at December 26, 2012 05:56 AM (Cnqmv)
Let me guess, the family is staying there?
According to the AP (the bestest news source on the intertubes)
First lady Michelle Obama and the couple's two daughters are scheduled to remain in Hawaii until Jan. 6.
So, plenty of smoking of both cigs and c0cks on AF1 on the way home.
Posted by: Bruce at December 26, 2012 05:56 AM (d6+Gd)
Posted by: That Merry Mindful Guy at December 26, 2012 05:57 AM (AMsS5)
>>First lady Michelle Obama and the couple's two daughters are scheduled to remain in Hawaii until Jan. 6.
OMG, I was just joking.
He does not like them.
Guess that raises the $4M cost of their vacation.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 05:59 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 05:59 AM (3Y7RV)
don't look like flip flops to me (mild nsfw)
http://is.gd/LtSg6I
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 26, 2012 05:59 AM (8sCoq)
The military term I learned was "percussive maintenance".
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 26, 2012 06:00 AM (YEelc)
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 06:00 AM (SUKHu)
I see PurpAv was up early/late too. I'm all for making Tesla's research public, the guy was pretty smart, especially the part where he designed some towers that created electricity for free.
And Jeremy Clarkson doesn't want Piers Morgan back. I can't blame him: it would mean more broken fingers for JC. If anyone ever deserved a good punch in the snout, it's him.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 26, 2012 06:01 AM (yiIja)
Yeah. Riiight. And I bet Allen has a blog there too!
Posted by: andycanuck at December 26, 2012 06:01 AM (jPVBi)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 26, 2012 06:01 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 26, 2012 06:02 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 06:02 AM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Whatev at December 26, 2012 06:02 AM (2t6Gz)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 06:03 AM (3Y7RV)
>>Yeah. Riiight. And I bet Allen has a blog there too!
And Mary Poppins is a man who also wrote a book!!1!!!
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 06:04 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: Bruce at December 26, 2012 08:26 AM (d6+Gd)
it was one of those plastic hammers that a metal detector can't see
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 26, 2012 06:04 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 06:06 AM (3Y7RV)
Three things that the anti-gun nuts will not acknowledge in the firefighter shooting.
1. Death penalty for beating his Grandmother to death with a hammer would have prevented this.
2. This felon was not allowed to own any of these weapons.
3. An off duty police officer that happened to ride by stopped the carnage with his own weapon.
Posted by: polynikes at December 26, 2012 06:07 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Whatev at December 26, 2012 06:08 AM (2t6Gz)
I think we can work out a compromise where we get rid of Piers and Britain doesn't have to take him back: Drop him off halfway.
We can give him a parachute, if we're feeling generous, but it won't matter much.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 26, 2012 06:09 AM (6Uliu)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 06:09 AM (3Y7RV)
>>LOL, you know it was awhile before I figured that out.
Heaven forbid anyone here actually click on a link, esp. one linked in a name 17 million times.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 06:10 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Sacred Ampersands at December 26, 2012 06:11 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 06:12 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Fritz at December 26, 2012 06:12 AM (/ZZCn)
We can give him a parachute, if we're feeling generous, but it won't matter much.
I was thinking an inner tube, but I like your idea too. Perhaps we could point out why PM got fired from his last gig, loudly and often. I knew I liked JC for some reason...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 26, 2012 06:12 AM (yiIja)
In the first campaign, Mooch made a lot of cryptic remarks in speeches about "huge debts" they incurred--they were making a shit-ton of money and renting an apartment--and I've always assumed it was IVF.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 26, 2012 06:13 AM (6Uliu)
>>Is it me, or does SCoaMF often find excuses to ditch Mooch in another town?
Yeh, when he did that for his birthday one year, I started noticing.
Eesh.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 06:13 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: Whatev at December 26, 2012 06:13 AM (2t6Gz)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 06:13 AM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 26, 2012 06:14 AM (jPVBi)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 26, 2012 09:52 AM (aH+zP)
Intervention is bad unless its not. Lack of intervention after the crash was one of the main mistakes made by Hoover. That is not according to me but according to Milton Freidman.
The Fed was tasked with the responsibility to stabilize the banks. By listening to his Treasury secretary who advised not to let the Fed intervene, Hoover allowed the Bank runs which led to a huge mess that we could not recover from. After the runs, they attempted to fix it by applying incorrect intervention which I assume you refer to.
Posted by: polynikes at December 26, 2012 06:15 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, still a Hobbit at December 26, 2012 06:15 AM (wbeNt)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 06:16 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 26, 2012 06:17 AM (jPVBi)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 06:17 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 06:19 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 06:19 AM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: John the Baptist at December 26, 2012 06:19 AM (3N+aG)
It reminds me in a weird way of a great old BBC TV series called "Connections" with James Burke. Very much worth a look (on Netflix).
That was a great series. In one episode, Mr. Burke showed what a broadsword could do to a side of beef. You didn't want to be on the sharp end...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 26, 2012 06:21 AM (yiIja)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 26, 2012 06:21 AM (zF6Iw)
Well, you inflicted Celine Dion on us for one.
Posted by: Vizzini [/i] at December 26, 2012 06:22 AM (O7Q1u)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 06:23 AM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 10:06 AM (3Y7RV)
Which is funny, OSP, since AtC was ranting like a trouper long before I started posting regularly. I guess her snarls of "I'll shove coal so far down your stocking, you'll be coughing up diamonds!" have a lyrical, feminine touch that can't be replicated.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 26, 2012 06:23 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 06:23 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 06:24 AM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: That Merry Mindful Guy at December 26, 2012 06:24 AM (13IVx)
How about Justin Bieber for starters, smartypants.
Posted by: Fritz at December 26, 2012 06:24 AM (/ZZCn)
Posted by: BoGart at December 26, 2012 06:24 AM (Ugngr)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 26, 2012 06:24 AM (jPVBi)
And Mary Poppins is a man who also wrote a book!!1!!!
Thanks again for the purchase, Mama - every little bit goes to the Bushmills fund!
Hope you enjoy the book. How was Christmas out your way?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 26, 2012 06:25 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: James A. at December 26, 2012 06:25 AM (8eoVW)
Posted by: John the Baptist at December 26, 2012 06:25 AM (3N+aG)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 26, 2012 06:25 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 06:26 AM (3Y7RV)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 26, 2012 06:26 AM (jPVBi)
My belated congrats to OSP on your first literary foray.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 26, 2012 06:26 AM (yiIja)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 06:27 AM (3Y7RV)
Overachievers? You may be overachieving; I'm only barely achieving.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 06:28 AM (/eBe8)
----
Zactly.
WTF was this guy doing OUT of prison in the first place.
Posted by: fixerupper at December 26, 2012 06:29 AM (nELVU)
Posted by: Manolo at December 26, 2012 06:31 AM (PttbO)
You are modest, I read your blog.Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 06:31 AM (3Y7RV)
My grandson must have played with the thermostat last night. We woke to a 63 degree home this morning.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 26, 2012 06:32 AM (JKNDp)
I loved it because it presented history and invention as a series of somewhat random accidents and mishaps as opposed to some orderly, intentional process.
IIRC, he made the "connection" between a loom and a modern computer. It was not direct by any means. It's too bad there aren't geeky programs like that anymore. Of course, I'm not counting shows like How It's Made, which is a personal favorite of mine. It takes me back to the good ole days when I had one of those "job" thingys.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 26, 2012 06:33 AM (yiIja)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 06:33 AM (3Y7RV)
Well thank you. I really feel like I fell off the horse the last couple of weeks, and it's hard to get going again.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 06:33 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 06:35 AM (3Y7RV)
Punch cards...
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 26, 2012 06:35 AM (6Uliu)
>>How was Christmas out your way?
Very nice, thank you. Just disappointed that the snow missed us last night by a few miles.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 06:36 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 26, 2012 06:37 AM (jPVBi)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 26, 2012 06:39 AM (yiIja)
Posted by: John the Baptist at December 26, 2012 06:39 AM (3N+aG)
I think I'd have to have a horse first.
Which is only a problem because of lack of space and funds. If those weren't considerations, I'd have a horse already.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 06:39 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 26, 2012 06:41 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: sTevo at December 26, 2012 06:42 AM (rgC5O)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 26, 2012 06:42 AM (yiIja)
Ah. So his entire qualifications for teaching history was having completed Jr. High. Got it.
Actually, the flying shuttle was fairly important. Of course, so were the cotton gin, the mechanical sewing machine, the still, the wheel, the blade, metallurgy, gun powder, writing, and few million other things I could mention.
Personally, I'm a fan of harnessed electricity. Also indoor plumbing.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 06:42 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: antisocialist at December 26, 2012 06:43 AM (Ahxbg)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 26, 2012 06:43 AM (jPVBi)
Posted by: senator kerry at December 26, 2012 06:44 AM (jPVBi)
Nope. He was a dirty Democrat.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at December 26, 2012 06:44 AM (/eBe8)
Trigger used to guest blog at Allen's all the time or so I've heard.
I heard that really made Silver jealous.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 26, 2012 06:46 AM (yiIja)
Posted by: John the Baptist at December 26, 2012 06:49 AM (3N+aG)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 06:50 AM (3Y7RV)
Speaking of algorithms, I got a cool prize in my cracker last night, the "Mystical Automatic Calculator." It's six cards, each with about six rows of numbers, maybe seventy-two different numbers on each card. Pick a card, pick any number off the card. I show you each card in turn, and ask you if your number is on it. After getting your answers, I tell you your number. Works every time.
I just sum the upper left-hand numbers in my head from each card where you answer yes. The sum is your number. Struck me as an interesting puzzle to try to design.
Posted by: Enby at December 26, 2012 06:51 AM (ptlfZ)
I know J.J, pretty scary, no? Now let's discuss the Whites winning in Russia in 1917......
Posted by: Weirddave at December 26, 2012 06:56 AM (aH+zP)
True, but AlextheChick says chick. I just never met a man that wrote so well and wrote such great stories whith such flare.
Awww. . .(slaps OSP on the shoulder) Cut the mush, ya bastich. But thanks.
Feedback?
I did a quick scan on Amazon. As I say, it's not my style. But towards the end, and especially your hook for book 2. . .wow. I went ahead and ordered. The rest of you morons should, too.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 26, 2012 06:57 AM (zF6Iw)
The highest-ranking official caught up in the scandal, Assistant Secretary of State Eric Boswell, has not “resigned” from government service, as officials said last week. He is just switching desks. And the other three are simply on administrative leave and are expected back.
The four were made out to be sacrificial lambs in the wake of a scathing report issued last week that found that the US compound in Benghazi, Libya, was left vulnerable to attack because of “grossly inadequate” security.
State Department leaders “didn’t come clean about Benghazi and now they’re not coming clean about these staff changes,” a source close to the situation told The Post., adding, the “public would be outraged over this.”
Posted by: Hiliary Clinton at December 26, 2012 07:04 AM (e8kgV)
http://www.enemiesforeignanddomestic.com/excerpt1.htm
Spooky...
Posted by: whitestone at December 26, 2012 07:08 AM (Nf/P4)
Of course, it helps that we mix Starbuck's verona/sumatra with maxwell house dark roast to make our own blend. Stout stuff; if it had opposable thumbs, you'd call it Mr. Coffee, Sir. If you dared speak in its presence at all.
Posted by: jwpaine (@PirateBallerina) at December 26, 2012 07:27 AM (VcDCJ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 07:30 AM (3Y7RV)
Most transparent admin EVAH!
/can I count the ways I hate these people?
Posted by: shibumi at December 26, 2012 07:42 AM (z63Tr)
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