December 24, 2013
— Maetenloch
The Johnny Cash Show From Christmas 1977
Johnny was in true form and had as guests the most amount of musical talent I've ever seen in a single special. Pretty much every song is a good one.
The 10 Best Christmas Movies of All Time
And yes Die Hard is on the list.
The Man Behind 'A Christmas Story'
Jean Shepherd was also a big ham radio operator and was well known on the radio waves during the 70s and 80s.
Special Star Wars Blog Snowflakes
Yub yub thanks to Gabe.
The Senate's First Official Festivus
The AoSHQ group. Yeah.
Teh Tweet!
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Posted by: Insomniac at December 24, 2013 04:23 PM (UAMVq)
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Merry Christmas, everyone! Posted by: Thrawn at December 24, 2013 04:24 PM (ZyqBH)
Posted by: oc joe at December 24, 2013 04:24 PM (hqVUe)
Posted by: rickl at December 24, 2013 04:25 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 04:25 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2013 04:25 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 24, 2013 04:26 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 24, 2013 04:27 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: oc joe at December 24, 2013 04:27 PM (hqVUe)
Posted by: Scut Farkas at December 24, 2013 04:28 PM (R6JT1)
Yes, because I survived the near-death experience I had on the Pasadena freeway 2 hours ago and am not now in a hospital or rental car agency.
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2013 04:28 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Ralphie "Deadeye" Parker at December 24, 2013 04:29 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 24, 2013 04:29 PM (DmNpO)
Well, glad to hear that! Can I pour you a strong one?
Posted by: Muad'dib at December 24, 2013 04:29 PM (PlTXA)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 24, 2013 04:30 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Y-not at December 24, 2013 04:30 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 24, 2013 04:30 PM (DmNpO)
Maet - thanks for posting the German folk music video a few weeks back. I am now a fan of Nicolas Senn and Oesch's die Dritten.
Posted by: Gran at December 24, 2013 04:32 PM (nPMjI)
Posted by: bill-o at December 24, 2013 04:32 PM (bjND7)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2013 04:33 PM (B+MSi)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 24, 2013 04:33 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 04:33 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: bill-o at December 24, 2013 04:34 PM (bjND7)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 24, 2013 04:34 PM (/YkzI)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 24, 2013 04:35 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: USA at December 24, 2013 04:35 PM (VIaw0)
Posted by: OregonMuse at December 24, 2013 04:36 PM (fd0Pp)
http://cbsloc.al/19K9IwC
Aides signed TFG up at an in person enrollment center. I can't even. Just. Flames. Flames on the side of my face.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Raf5JdFecPQ
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 24, 2013 04:36 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2013 04:36 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 24, 2013 04:36 PM (8JOpK)
Posted by: OregonMuse at December 24, 2013 04:37 PM (fd0Pp)
Posted by: Muad'dib at December 24, 2013 04:37 PM (PlTXA)
Did you have stockings for the raptors? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 24, 2013 08:30 PM (DmNpO)
I did! There are some nice cows for tomorrow as well.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 24, 2013 04:38 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 24, 2013 04:38 PM (/YkzI)
What a douchebag he is . . . "for security reasons, the presidentÂ’s personal information is not readily available in government" -- what he couldn't just make up more fraudulent info about himself?
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2013 04:39 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 24, 2013 04:39 PM (/YkzI)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 24, 2013 04:40 PM (avC+E)
Posted by: OregonMuse at December 24, 2013 04:40 PM (fd0Pp)
Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at December 24, 2013 04:41 PM (J4TaQ)
Posted by: Epobirs at December 24, 2013 04:41 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 24, 2013 04:42 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Joe at December 24, 2013 04:43 PM (69fz+)
Posted by: Bean Pies! at December 24, 2013 04:43 PM (Qev5V)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 04:43 PM (JpFMR)
When's the next Plinkett review, you hack-frauds?!
Posted by: Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie at December 24, 2013 04:45 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 24, 2013 04:45 PM (8JOpK)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 04:46 PM (JpFMR)
http://t.co/MMmR4kMtAR Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 24, 2013 08:42 PM (DmNpO)
Yeah, the VA can go pound sand.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 24, 2013 04:46 PM (Gk3SS)
If Die Hard is a Christmas movie, what about the first Lethal Weapon? L.A. Confidential?
Posted by: Gran at December 24, 2013 04:48 PM (nPMjI)
Posted by: Joe at December 24, 2013 04:49 PM (69fz+)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 04:49 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: Muad'dib at December 24, 2013 04:49 PM (PlTXA)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 24, 2013 04:50 PM (8JOpK)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 24, 2013 04:51 PM (jucos)
When do you know I'm truly angry?
Ohhh Cockneys v. Zombies is on. It is exactly what you think it is and I love it like cake.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 24, 2013 04:54 PM (Gk3SS)
When do you know I'm truly angry?
Ohhh Cockneys v. Zombies is on. It is exactly what you think it is and I love it like cake.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 24, 2013 04:54 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: saar at December 24, 2013 04:54 PM (ALUkH)
Posted by: saar at December 24, 2013 04:54 PM (ALUkH)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 04:55 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 04:55 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 04:55 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 04:55 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: Slick Willy at December 24, 2013 04:58 PM (rn0EN)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl Happy Christmas at December 24, 2013 04:59 PM (u8GsB)
Heh. I watched the RLM stream-a-thon Sunday and flipped over to the MST3K version of Santa Claus about 10 minutes in. That's just not a movie I can watch alone without the bots.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at December 24, 2013 04:59 PM (e4elg)
I'm watching Kung Fu Panda while my wife yells at the children. It's Christmas!!!!!
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 08:55 PM (JpFMR)
Merry merry!
If it weren't Christmas, then John McClane would not have been at Nakatomi Towers and Hans Gruber would be sitting on a beach, earning 20%. Christmas is absolutely integral to the plot.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 24, 2013 05:00 PM (Gk3SS)
Excuse me a moment. BRING ME ANOTHER BOTTLE OF HENNESSY, YOU SLACKERS!!
Posted by: Kim Jong Un at December 24, 2013 05:01 PM (bKA83)
too funny, Cochran!
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2013 05:01 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Muad'dib at December 24, 2013 08:49 PM (PlTXA)
Fool, everybody knows that Arakis is a desert planet...Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 05:01 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2013 05:04 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: DAve at December 24, 2013 05:04 PM (b7yum)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 05:04 PM (JpFMR)
roll on the 26th, when everyone stops pretending and goes back to being the self-centered assholes we all know they are.
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 24, 2013 05:04 PM (q+fqH)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 24, 2013 05:05 PM (8JOpK)
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2013 05:06 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Zakn at December 24, 2013 05:07 PM (zyaZ1)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at December 24, 2013 05:07 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 05:08 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: Thrawn at December 24, 2013 05:08 PM (ZyqBH)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 05:08 PM (JpFMR)
Yeah. No.
Die Hard is the best Christmas movie. Full stop.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 24, 2013 05:10 PM (Gk3SS)
I hope everyone has a happy and safe Christmas and New Year.
Posted by: grognard at December 24, 2013 05:12 PM (Be2Wn)
Posted by: EC at December 24, 2013 05:12 PM (doBIb)
/s
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 09:08 PM (JpFMR)
Well, there ya go, I smell Dad of the Year in your near future. 
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2013 05:12 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: The Palm Beach Agorist at December 24, 2013 05:12 PM (1TraE)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 05:13 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 24, 2013 05:14 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 05:14 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: The Palm Beach Agorist at December 24, 2013 05:15 PM (1TraE)
Posted by: grognard at December 24, 2013 05:15 PM (Be2Wn)
http://tinyurl.com/mmwb3o2
Merry Christmas to Ace and the Cobs and all of the Moron Horde!
Posted by: Mr. Alu Fods: Semi-Pro Lurker at December 24, 2013 05:16 PM (md9OS)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 05:16 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Bane at December 24, 2013 05:16 PM (ZyqBH)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 24, 2013 05:17 PM (IN7k+)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 05:18 PM (JpFMR)
Can't you just do nothing? That's what I did. Although I do not have a spouse or young 'uns depending on me and Anthem Blue Shitheels is apparently just going to strong-arm me into some crap plan if I fail to put myself through 9 miles of bad road. Fuck it.Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2013 05:18 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 24, 2013 05:18 PM (8JOpK)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous
That's just the thing.
You can be extremely careful about picking one, but yule never know.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 24, 2013 05:19 PM (H4Rpo)
Posted by: The Krampus Hat at December 24, 2013 05:20 PM (/YkzI)
Posted by: iNC Ref at December 24, 2013 05:20 PM (Oi+rB)
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2013 05:20 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: pookysgirl at December 24, 2013 05:21 PM (kMnHs)
Posted by: iNC Ref at December 24, 2013 09:20 PM (Oi+rB)
It was the Dukes, it was the Dukes!
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 24, 2013 05:22 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: The Palm Beach Agorist at December 24, 2013 05:22 PM (1TraE)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 05:22 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 05:22 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 05:23 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 05:23 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at December 24, 2013 05:23 PM (e4elg)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 05:24 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Hans Gruber at December 24, 2013 05:24 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 09:01 PM (b2cFu)<
Yes, well now the casa is a desert planet too. How many quatloos to get a plumber on Christmas? I shudder to think.
Posted by: Muad'dib at December 24, 2013 05:24 PM (PlTXA)
Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2013 05:24 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 05:25 PM (rDidD)
Didn't Maryland just extend the deadline until Friday due to all the fuckwittery with its website?
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 24, 2013 05:26 PM (Gk3SS)
I think they cited nickelfuckery.
Posted by: Muad'dib at December 24, 2013 05:27 PM (PlTXA)
Yes, well now the casa is a desert planet too. How many quatloos to get a plumber on Christmas? I shudder to think.
Posted by: Muad'dib at December 24, 2013 09:24 PM (PlTXA)
Unfortunately for you, I think those negotiations start with "How much you got?" Alas, I'm not a plumber, so I can only offer sympathies.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 05:28 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 05:29 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2013 05:30 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 05:31 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2013 05:31 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 09:28 PM (b2cFu)<
No worries. We'll just bring in buckets of snow to melt to run the toilets until Thursday. We have emergency drinking water for about a month. A hassle but not an emergency. My Christmas mellow remains unharshed.
Posted by: Muad'dib at December 24, 2013 05:32 PM (PlTXA)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 05:33 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 05:34 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: Alf767 at December 24, 2013 05:34 PM (HINxj)
Posted by: CDR M at December 24, 2013 05:34 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 05:36 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 05:36 PM (m3Cp/)
Now I have something in my eye . . . God bless, Alf!
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2013 05:37 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at December 24, 2013 05:38 PM (ZxXIu)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 05:38 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 09:36 PM (m3Cp/)<
I didn't say that is what I am drinking. But the kids get thirsty eh?
Posted by: Muad'dib at December 24, 2013 05:38 PM (PlTXA)
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2013 05:39 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: CDR M at December 24, 2013 05:39 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: Ma Bell at December 24, 2013 05:39 PM (RLdcX)
Posted by: Gran at December 24, 2013 05:39 PM (nPMjI)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 05:39 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 05:40 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 05:41 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 24, 2013 05:42 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Grey Fox at December 24, 2013 05:42 PM (N3yqm)
Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2013 05:42 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 05:42 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at December 24, 2013 05:42 PM (ZxXIu)
Posted by: Ma Bell at December 24, 2013 05:43 PM (RLdcX)
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2013 05:43 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 05:44 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 05:45 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 24, 2013 05:45 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at December 24, 2013 05:45 PM (ZxXIu)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 05:45 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Ma Bell at December 24, 2013 05:46 PM (RLdcX)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 05:46 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 24, 2013 05:46 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 24, 2013 09:45 PM (DmNpO)<
I haven't seen Jane in forever. How is she doing?
Posted by: Muad'dib at December 24, 2013 05:46 PM (PlTXA)
17: Peaches: glad to hear that.
Picked up rental this morning, probably will be 26/7 before determination is made if car is totaled.
my youngest was in the car, (not driving), everyone's ok.
just spoke to mom of driver. driver doing ok, daughter doing ok, other passenger doing ok.
Posted by: dDan at December 24, 2013 05:47 PM (hwYmz)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 05:47 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: awkward davies at December 24, 2013 05:47 PM (WK8VM)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 24, 2013 05:47 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2013 05:48 PM (+cx5n)
It's over now, it was one of the Showtimes, maybe. I mean, it's a slice of cheesy goodness but it's exactly the kind of thing you'll like if you like that kind of thing.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 24, 2013 05:48 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 05:48 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 24, 2013 05:48 PM (7A4qQ)
This is probably being displayed for security reasons. From a web development perspective, you never want to be specific about whether it's the username or the password that's incorrect when displaying the error message. If you say "the username is OK but the password is wrong", you've just given a potential hacker a vital clue.
Posted by: Gran at December 24, 2013 05:49 PM (nPMjI)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 05:49 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 24, 2013 05:49 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 05:51 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Muad'dib at December 24, 2013 05:51 PM (PlTXA)
Ok, am I a bad person?
I just ruined the cute little fantasy my BIL's wife has about the ASPCA.
"Yeah, they're a kill shelter too."
*****
BCochran, you are my new best bud. Thanks for shedding the truth. The ASPCA and the HSUS run these heart-wrenching commercials, but do little to rescue cats and dogs. In fact, they have rather poor ratings for non-profits because they give most of their time and money to lobbying against corporate agriculture. They lobby to save cats and dogs, but fight farming. If you love animals, please donate to your LOCAL pet shelters. They are not affiliated with ASPCA and HSUS and they need your money so much more. They will also actually use the money to rescue and place cats and dogs. Thank you.
<steps off of soapbox>
Posted by: Liberty Lover at December 24, 2013 05:51 PM (rKqYL)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 05:51 PM (m3Cp/)
Good grief, dDan, I must have missed that (been awol a lot lately). So glad everyone is okay, at least from a medical perspective.
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2013 05:51 PM (8lmkt)
BC, here. Have some fucking rope.
The rest of you have a wonderful Christmas. All except [ you ].
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 24, 2013 05:51 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 05:51 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2013 05:53 PM (8lmkt)
Merry Christmas Adriene..., and sundry others who I have fallen behind on comments.
Peaches, Maddie is doing well! She still needs plastic surgery and skin grafts for her chest and legs, but she is a happy, otherwise healthy girl this Christmas.
Accent test pegged me on Philly/NYC/Patterson axis, so it got me right. Although I did consciously use terms from my childhood (like tractor-trailer, whereas now I'm more likely to say semi).
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 05:53 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Joe Wilson at December 24, 2013 05:53 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2013 05:54 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2013 05:54 PM (eABF4)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 24, 2013 09:51 PM (Gk3SS)<
Whatevs.
Posted by: [ you ] at December 24, 2013 05:54 PM (PlTXA)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 05:55 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse
Neither does my sister, but she will make it happen. Full report in 24 hours, should I survive the ordeal.
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2013 05:55 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 24, 2013 05:55 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 05:56 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 05:56 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 05:57 PM (JpFMR)
Merry Christmas to all of you. You are some of the finest folks I know. I hope you all have treasured memories of Christmas this year.
Posted by: Liberty Lover at December 24, 2013 05:57 PM (rKqYL)
Yeah their error message is pretty much telling you that the username is valid (while it may or may not be yours), so they oughta rethink that. There's no way they could invalidate the account if the username wasn't valid.
Posted by: Gran at December 24, 2013 05:57 PM (nPMjI)
Posted by: LadyS at December 24, 2013 05:58 PM (tMTsS)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2013 05:59 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Hat comes a-wassailing at December 24, 2013 05:59 PM (/YkzI)
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at December 24, 2013 05:59 PM (8OMwW)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 05:59 PM (rDidD)
My HS Latin teacher told us it was partially based on the Roman Saturnalia.
It doesn't bother me at all that the date isn't accurate. After all, we celebrate the birthdays of 2 presidents on one day that isn't either of their birthdays.
Posted by: Gran at December 24, 2013 06:00 PM (nPMjI)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 06:00 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2013 06:00 PM (u82oZ)
Btw, we must find a way to do the mini Meet Up. Must.
Mocking AtCs height like that is going to get you a visit from some clever girls.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at December 24, 2013 06:01 PM (ioT3q)
An old college chum who was a very sanctimonious green type back in the day called to say he was going to be at a get-together of friends. I figured he would show up driving a Pious -- er, Prius -- or some similar tiny eco-shitbox wheeled appliance.
Instead he arrived driving a behemoth Canyonero sized SUV. The sort of thing that requires two parking spaces and that gets ten miles per gallon with a jet-stream tail wind.
I said, "What the fuck? This is, uh, _noncongruent_ with your beliefs."
He was abjectly, profusely apologetic. "I live in L.A. now and we have small kids. My wife insisted. For safety. It's not my fault."
And he's right. Because the place is not only infested with illegals with no insurance, they're illegals with no insurance who get completely wasted late at night and do stuff like go rocketing the wrong way up freeway exits.
It turned out this was his second of the sort, because some drunk illegals had rammed and totalled the first one, and then taken off on foot, abandoning their unregistered beater car.
At least no one in his vehicle was hurt, two dozen air bags having gone off. The illegals who piled out of the wreck were pretty messed up, limping and bleeding and cussing a blue streak in Spanish, but that's what EMTALA emergency rooms are for: patching up bunged up people who shouldn't be in the country, at public expense.
Going to L.A.? Be thus advised.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 24, 2013 06:03 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2013 06:04 PM (eABF4)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 24, 2013 06:04 PM (f6z8e)
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at December 24, 2013 06:04 PM (8OMwW)
Posted by: The Farmer at December 24, 2013 06:06 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 24, 2013 06:06 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 24, 2013 06:07 PM (DmNpO)
I've lived close to all 3.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 24, 2013 06:11 PM (wNF3N)
How did all of those people jumping into the pool during the dance not break their necks and ankles? The floor didn't open over the deep end...
Posted by: Gran at December 24, 2013 06:11 PM (nPMjI)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 24, 2013 06:13 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 06:13 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Darth Randall at December 24, 2013 06:14 PM (KlVdw)
Posted by: Trevor@TJexcite at December 24, 2013 06:16 PM (bkAvJ)
Your small part? Small?
That is just flipping awesome. Thank you profoundly for doing that job.
Watch out for airborne sleighs. I don't think they have the TCAS retrofit.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 24, 2013 06:16 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 06:16 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 24, 2013 06:17 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 24, 2013 10:13 PM (N/cFh)
eleventy!!!!
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2013 06:18 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Thrawn at December 24, 2013 06:18 PM (ZyqBH)
Posted by: Zombie John Adams at December 24, 2013 06:19 PM (/YkzI)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 24, 2013 06:21 PM (T1XjA)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 24, 2013 06:21 PM (f6z8e)
Posted by: fluffy at December 24, 2013 06:22 PM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 06:24 PM (JpFMR)
Nonsense. McClain was going to LA because it was *Christmas*. He wouldn't have made the trip for New Year's, or Nakatomi Day, or what have you. And the bad guys were counting on the building being shut down for the holiday.
Plus, the use of Christmas carols in the sound track is half the fun: the Ode to Joy swelling to a climax as the vault door swings open has to be one of the great uses of classical music in the movies.
Posted by: Brown Line at December 24, 2013 06:24 PM (a5bF3)
We know if you're awake.
We know if you've been bad or good,
So be good or we'll prosecute.
Posted by: The NSA at December 24, 2013 06:24 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Ma Bell at December 24, 2013 06:24 PM (RLdcX)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 24, 2013 06:25 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Jim Kirk at December 24, 2013 06:25 PM (EWsrI)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 24, 2013 06:25 PM (T1XjA)
Posted by: zombie at December 24, 2013 06:26 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: Jim Kirk at December 24, 2013 06:27 PM (EWsrI)
In Commiefornia, this is not new. For a couple of years now, they have had [highly paid generously pensioned public sector union asshats] driving around the neighborhoods in unmarked cars with infrared viewers.
To stamp out the terrible menace of people lighting fires in their fireplaces. I mean, if you allow THAT, who knows what it could lead to? We're talking slippery slope here, folks.
When I first heard about that practice, I figured that the thing to do was to call in a bunch of fake reports of illicit hearth fires in the Bayview-Hunters Point area of SF. Which is basically San Francisco's criminal armpit section. Anyone driving around in a car aiming a handheld device out the window is likely to be assumed to be lining up for a drive-by, and met with a returning fusillade of gunfire.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 24, 2013 06:28 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Nyaral-ko at December 24, 2013 06:30 PM (/YkzI)
Posted by: rickl at December 24, 2013 06:31 PM (sdi6R)
And I'm not in the mood to retake the test but I wonder what it says when you answer the obviously British/English answers like "lorry"?
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 24, 2013 06:32 PM (f6z8e)
Posted by: CDR M at December 24, 2013 06:32 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2013 06:33 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Ma Bell at December 24, 2013 06:34 PM (RLdcX)
Posted by: The Political Sub at December 24, 2013 06:34 PM (/YkzI)
Posted by: gp at December 24, 2013 06:35 PM (mk9aG)
Merry Christmas CDR M!
Pentatonix' version kicks ass as well, imho.
http://youtu.be/WSUFzC6_fp8Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 06:35 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: 8 Crazy Knights at December 24, 2013 06:36 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 06:36 PM (rDidD)
Uhhh... Bad News on that....
Posted by: July 3rd at December 24, 2013 06:36 PM (SUaNe)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 24, 2013 06:37 PM (T1XjA)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 06:38 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 24, 2013 06:38 PM (f6z8e)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 06:39 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 06:39 PM (rDidD)
I just went out to make sure the lights on the front of the house hadn't fallen off, and from down the street I heard the umpteenth rendition of _Silent Night, Holy Night_. Which I like, but, criminy, enough already.
Came back in and cued up Kinky Friedman's _They Don't Make Jews Like Jesus Any More_ and turned it up to eleven.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 24, 2013 06:40 PM (gqT4g)
I just went out to make sure the lights on the front of the house hadn't fallen off, and from down the street I heard the umpteenth rendition of _Silent Night, Holy Night_. Which I like, but, criminy, enough already.
Came back in and cued up Kinky Friedman's _They Don't Make Jews Like Jesus Any More_ and turned it up to eleven.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 24, 2013 06:40 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 06:41 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Ma Bell at December 24, 2013 06:41 PM (RLdcX)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 06:43 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 24, 2013 06:44 PM (/YkzI)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 06:45 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: rickl at December 24, 2013 06:45 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 24, 2013 06:46 PM (8JOpK)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 24, 2013 06:50 PM (8JOpK)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 06:50 PM (rDidD)
Probably. Just claim you are eccentric.
Oh, and I had a Daisy as a kid. I spent a lot of allowance money on feeding that thing.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 24, 2013 06:51 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 06:53 PM (rDidD)
I hope you can get your ducks in a row y5. The amount of shit this administration has put normal hard working people through just so he can redistribute money to his favored cronies is wrong and deserves jail time.
Posted by: Zakn at December 24, 2013 06:53 PM (zyaZ1)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 06:54 PM (rDidD)
The original tribes who explored the basin where the L.A. metroplex now stands called it The Valley Of A Thousand Smokes, and variants thereupon. Commenting on the perpetual haze in the air.
Even without industrial civilization, atmospheric physics and mountains had their say.
I do wonder how much of the haze was due to leaking volatile petrochemicals getting airborne. It is not popularly appreciated in 2013 just how much oil was underneath that part of California before humans began actively pumping the stuff out. Quite a bit. Which got out via natural seeps and vents and tar pits.
Shit, there is still a company quietly pumping oil from old fields underneath Beverly Hills via buried pipelines. The ecoholic Hollyweird crowd would go apeshit if only they realized.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 24, 2013 06:54 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 24, 2013 10:38 PM (f6z8e)
I didn't get the semi-truck one. It's the NY Times, of course it's all screwed up. Plus, it put me in Jersey City . . . what, am I a goombah?
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2013 06:55 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Trevor@TJexcite at December 24, 2013 10:16 PM (bkAvJ)
So that means Henry Ford has to atone for every person who dies in a car accident? How about for the souls of Bonnie and Clyde, who were gunned down in one of his cars? Your "logic" doesn't make sense. We are all...EACH ONE OF US...individually responsible for our OWN actions.
Mikhail Kalishnikov is credited with the design of a weapon that, for better or worse, truly did change the world. The same is true with John Moses Browning, FWIW.
Lighten up dude. It's Christmas.
(and for Christmas my boss got me a wonderfully dirty job to do that will leave me soaked in an oil-like substance and take 5 hours to complete. And I didn't get him anything...but I have a doggie, and some paper bags, and I'm sure I can find his address...)
Merry Christmas roonz and roonettez. Back to work for me now. Fear no evil, the Allbeing is near.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 24, 2013 06:56 PM (xa1/W)
Merry Christmas and happy holidays in general to Ace, all the coblogs, all the morons and -ettes, of course, and to everyone else in the world who doesn't read AOSHQ.
Looks like high 70s and perfect tomorrow - the Christmas weather I grew up with in SoCal. No waiting for SoCal kids to play with toys on Christmas day - just go outside and get to it. Even better were the traditional shorts/shirtless touch football games at the local college practice field on New Year's Day (before the Rose Bowl) when we were young teens.
Thanks to you all, here's to hoping our hopes and desires for the world and country are not in vain. For now, roast pork loin with rosemary and sage from the backyard, egg nog, good pinot from the central coast, and See's to top it off ....
Posted by: non-purist at December 24, 2013 06:56 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at December 24, 2013 06:56 PM (Oi+rB)
Posted by: Zakn at December 24, 2013 06:57 PM (zyaZ1)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 06:57 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 24, 2013 06:58 PM (JpFMR)
Last week I found a great new place for poboys -- A dinky little joint that sells a 12 inch poboy for under $8 with probably close to a pound of primo roast beef on it. Dressed, of course. Dressed means with mayo, lettuce, pickles, and tomato. Later this week I'm going to give their shrimp one a try.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 24, 2013 06:59 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 06:59 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: seamrog at December 24, 2013 06:59 PM (AQuv9)
Glory to God in the highest - Christ is born!
Posted by: grammie winger at December 24, 2013 07:00 PM (P6QsQ)
Replacing Sandra Fluke's IUD???
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 24, 2013 07:01 PM (f6z8e)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 07:01 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Joe Wilson at December 24, 2013 07:02 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: JoeyBagels at December 24, 2013 07:03 PM (Usdw3)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2013 07:03 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 24, 2013 07:04 PM (f6z8e)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 07:05 PM (rDidD)
I am intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 24, 2013 07:05 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 24, 2013 07:05 PM (f6z8e)
Posted by: rickl at December 24, 2013 07:06 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 07:06 PM (rDidD)
Actually, didn't Subway just get sued for false advertising because their 6" subs are a little short? It might have been another chain.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 24, 2013 07:07 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2013 07:08 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: seamrog at December 24, 2013 07:09 PM (AQuv9)
When Roy Clark and the Statler Bros. are your minor backup acts, you know there is talent....
Bookmarked for Christmas forever.
Posted by: Con Reeder at December 24, 2013 07:09 PM (Getts)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 07:10 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 24, 2013 07:11 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 07:12 PM (rDidD)
I'm not kidding, either. I'm not sure how the hell they are making a profit; their ingredient costs have to be waaay north of 50% of their selling price.
Restaurants usually try and keep actual food costs to 30% or less. The place is absolutely no frills though.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 24, 2013 07:13 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2013 07:14 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Chrissy Liebowitz at December 24, 2013 07:15 PM (iB0Q2)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 24, 2013 07:15 PM (u6lBN)
I think about how many family run businesses went the way of the dodo after that horrific disaster and then the loss of population.
Posted by: Zakn at December 24, 2013 07:17 PM (zyaZ1)
Posted by: Twitter at December 24, 2013 07:18 PM (R6JT1)
Forget writing tweets (I did only one) wishing Merry Xmas. You attached the best 'gift' I got and to now send the pic of the gang from MST3K. Brought back a lot of laughs... TYVM!
Merry Christmas 'Rons and 'etes and stay warm!
Christmas for the filthy rich swine from a link from the Dizney sports site. From TMQ's Easterbrook.
Even the actual URL wording reads like something you would order from Starpox(tm)
http://tinyurl.com/oa4qjwy
Posted by: Forty Baht Barack at December 24, 2013 07:18 PM (RfJW5)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 07:18 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 24, 2013 07:19 PM (f6z8e)
So, Merry Christmas to all you frikkin Rons and Ettes. May the true spirit of the season find you wherever you are.
Posted by: RightWingProf at December 24, 2013 07:19 PM (RtR5I)
Posted by: Thunderb at December 24, 2013 07:19 PM (fs6aC)
That's just what I said to my wife.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 24, 2013 07:20 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 24, 2013 07:22 PM (u6lBN)
Down South they are all different varieties of Coke. "what kind of Coke ya'll want."
Posted by: Samuel Beckett at December 24, 2013 07:24 PM (AWwDY)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2013 07:24 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: and irresolute at December 24, 2013 07:24 PM (RqHWH)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 24, 2013 07:25 PM (uk1X0)
Once upon a time that sort of behavior was frowned upon. You know, sending gubmint employees to do your personal chores.
#stillgettingusedtotheChicagoway
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 24, 2013 07:26 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: PabloD at December 24, 2013 07:26 PM (AX7G+)
In to wish all you good people the most Merry Christmas.
Had our family get together and dinner tonite with the welcome addition of 2 active duty troops and their families.
I'd do it for ALL of them, were it possible.
Again, Merry Christmas, goodnite and stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 24, 2013 07:27 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 07:27 PM (rDidD)
To be honest, I missed most of the Carter administration too.
Posted by: Lucky Pierre at December 24, 2013 07:27 PM (5fSr7)
Posted by: Carol at December 24, 2013 07:28 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Sister Sestina at December 24, 2013 07:29 PM (Em6d4)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 24, 2013 07:30 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 24, 2013 07:31 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 24, 2013 07:33 PM (f6z8e)
Posted by: summum ius at December 24, 2013 07:33 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2013 07:33 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 24, 2013 07:33 PM (T1XjA)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at December 24, 2013 07:34 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 24, 2013 07:37 PM (u6lBN)
That was a reference to the Chicago style of governance = full of crooked shit, but I did spend 18 years in ChicagoLand.
I escaped there in '95 and have no regrets about the move. Cfuk IL.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 24, 2013 07:37 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at December 24, 2013 07:40 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2013 07:40 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 24, 2013 07:41 PM (kaE/8)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 24, 2013 07:42 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2013 07:42 PM (/4/xn)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 24, 2013 07:42 PM (8JOpK)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 24, 2013 07:43 PM (8JOpK)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2013 07:44 PM (/4/xn)
Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2013 07:45 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 24, 2013 07:45 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2013 07:47 PM (/4/xn)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2013 07:47 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: EC at December 24, 2013 07:48 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Carol at December 24, 2013 07:48 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 24, 2013 07:50 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 24, 2013 07:50 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: model_1066 at December 24, 2013 07:53 PM (6O+h7)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 24, 2013 07:56 PM (kaE/8)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2013 07:56 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: model_1066 at December 24, 2013 07:58 PM (6O+h7)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 24, 2013 07:59 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 24, 2013 07:59 PM (7MBhI)
Posted by: Carol at December 24, 2013 07:59 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 24, 2013 08:02 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: rickl at December 24, 2013 08:02 PM (sdi6R)
The obligatory rocking horse cookies were made tonight, else Christmas would have had to be delayed. Phew!
Posted by: Retread at December 24, 2013 08:04 PM (cHwk5)
It's the devil's theme
This goofy little song
Even though he's the embodiment of evil
He's still got a goofy song
In his tights he brings death
Despair, destruction and disease
Now, let's all join him
And a laugh-full devil
(I can't decipher the last line)
Posted by: Null at December 24, 2013 08:05 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2013 08:06 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 24, 2013 08:06 PM (D0Qc2)
Posted by: The Farmer at December 24, 2013 08:06 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: Gran at December 24, 2013 08:11 PM (nPMjI)
Posted by: Peaches at December 24, 2013 08:12 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 08:12 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 24, 2013 08:13 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: madtom at December 24, 2013 08:13 PM (cOb0J)
WASHINGTON — In an unprecedented turn in American history, retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, several years after being dismissed by the President and exiled to his estate in the countryside, marched on the national capitol early Tuesday morning with an army over one hundred thousand strong.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/mzv9rqf
Yes, that's a satire site.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 24, 2013 08:15 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: Blessings & cheerful tidings of oy at December 24, 2013 08:17 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: EC at December 24, 2013 08:17 PM (doBIb)
Seems like we were just doing this.
Posted by: EC at December 25, 2013 12:17 AM (doBIb)
That was several thousand calories ago.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 24, 2013 08:19 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 08:19 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 24, 2013 08:19 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: madamemayhem at December 24, 2013 08:19 PM (S2RnE)
Posted by: EC at December 24, 2013 08:20 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Weird Aunt HeatherRadish at December 24, 2013 08:20 PM (xW2bf)
Posted by: eman at December 24, 2013 08:21 PM (EWsrI)
Posted by: madamemayhem at December 24, 2013 08:22 PM (S2RnE)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 24, 2013 08:23 PM (u6lBN)
Farmer, I know that. I still have friends in C-Land that I go to visit, or they come to see me. But the state is run by Dems for the most part, and the state is seriously messed up. You are broke, and cannot pay your bills on time.
So when I say IL (or CA), it's not a reference to individuals, but the gubmint thereof.
Shit, I live in MS and you can perhaps guess about how many digs my particular state gets. Lowest per capita income, most obesity, a racist past, low education levels, and so on.
I don't take it personal when someone dumps on my state; it's run by shitheels too.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 24, 2013 08:23 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Carol at December 24, 2013 08:23 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: EC at December 24, 2013 08:24 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: EC at December 24, 2013 08:26 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Weird Aunt HeatherRadish at December 24, 2013 08:28 PM (xW2bf)
Carol, I'm an ER doc. Good pay but the hours are a b*tch.
Niece is currently with her grandparents. I need to find out from Mrs. Crank if our attorney managed to get the bio-father to go away or not--working so many shifts this month that I'm not aware of anything else going on in the family aside from my own schedule.
Oh, and Mrs. Crank is at 15 weeks and change, over all the morning sickness. Looking forward to having a little one to spoil at Christmas next year!
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 08:29 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2013 08:29 PM (HVff2)
When I was a kid in the 70s, there was a hot dog cart down the street from me that sold meatball wedges for a buck and a half, and for those of us with limited funds, a 'sauce wedge' for a quarter. They were soooo good, I can still taste them. Definitely one of the better childhood memories.
-C
Posted by: cnation at December 24, 2013 08:31 PM (UrLpn)
For my birfday i received "Rocksmith". Will it cause my computer to explode if I plug this in?
http://tinyurl.com/mbkj8zz
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 24, 2013 08:33 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 24, 2013 08:36 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 24, 2013 08:37 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2013 08:37 PM (l270u)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2013 08:38 PM (l270u)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 24, 2013 08:38 PM (JMmQ9)
Plain, Tomato, ham, bacon or bacon?
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2013 12:38 AM (l270u)
And Spam.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 24, 2013 08:39 PM (wMHFj)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 24, 2013 08:41 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 24, 2013 08:43 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Carol at December 24, 2013 08:43 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at December 24, 2013 08:44 PM (KCvsd)
China's own massive defense outlays - at least $90 billion this year - and the lukewarm attitude of Taiwan's once steadfast American ally to providing the island with state-of-the art military hardware have also had a negative impact on the thinking of many Taiwanese, including potential recruits.
Another foreign policy triumph for the JEF. He's probably negotiating right now to cede Hawaii to Venezuela.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 24, 2013 08:45 PM (wNF3N)
Merry Christmas roonz and roonettez.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 24, 2013 08:47 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: real joe at December 24, 2013 08:49 PM (xXhgd)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 24, 2013 08:49 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: Carol at December 24, 2013 08:50 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at December 24, 2013 08:50 PM (KCvsd)
Posted by: rickl at December 24, 2013 08:51 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at December 24, 2013 08:51 PM (KCvsd)
Posted by: AltonSpongeBobJackson at December 24, 2013 08:51 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 24, 2013 08:52 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2013 08:53 PM (l270u)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 24, 2013 08:54 PM (7MBhI)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 24, 2013 08:57 PM (7MBhI)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 25, 2013 12:19 AM (b2cFu)
Merry Christmas, Crank!
Posted by: cthulhu at December 24, 2013 08:58 PM (T1005)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 24, 2013 08:58 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 24, 2013 08:58 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 24, 2013 09:01 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: rickl at December 24, 2013 09:01 PM (sdi6R)
And in honor of Jean Shepherd: Excelsior, you fatheads!
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at December 24, 2013 09:04 PM (IlZPo)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 24, 2013 09:06 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 24, 2013 09:09 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2013 09:13 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 24, 2013 09:15 PM (2/nJd)
Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 24, 2013 09:16 PM (D0Qc2)
The early Church only "celebrated" the story of Jesus' death and resurrection--that was the key part, the fulfilment of The Covenant. But after many years, people started to ask why the Mass doesn't celebrate all parts of His life, including His Birthday. The Pope at the time asked Church scholars to determine what day that was. Some of those scholars were familar with a debate among Jewish scholars--even at the time of Christ--that great prophets always die on the anniversary of their birth or conception. They had found a "pattern" with the couple of prophets where they knew the details. Well, the date of Jesus' Death was known (it was tied to The Passover and that is tied to the Spring equinox and lunar cycles.) The Pope didn't want to celebrate Jesus' Death and His Birth on the same day-the focus of Lent and Easter is reflection on your life and repentance for your sins. So they assumed that Good Friday (March 25 that year) of the year he was crucified was the day of His conception. And adding the length of human gestation (I think they used 270 days), that gives you December 25.
Posted by: Darrell at December 24, 2013 09:16 PM (FEtVq)
Evolution of the sandwich name is poor boy, to po' boy, to poboy. Everything in the US eventually gets abbreviated.
PS Badfinger had a great sound.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 24, 2013 09:20 PM (wNF3N)
Strangepork, one problem with the small town ER is that it is usually a 12 hour shift. The other major problem is that unless you have a couple partners who want to work nights only, you get whipsawed between day and night shifts constantly. A third problem is that lots of times you're short staffed. I work in one ER full time and 2 others contingent, and all 3 are currently short staffed. So instead of working 10 shifts a month at my full time job, I'm working 14, and once I pick up at the other two hospitals I end up working 20+ shifts a month, which translates to about 60 hours a week--which are split between day and night shifts.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 09:21 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 24, 2013 09:23 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 24, 2013 09:24 PM (N/cFh)
COMMODORE, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania man is jailed on charges he stole a pair of handcuffs he was wearing when he allegedly escaped from a state police cruiser.
There was no word if he was also charged with destruction of gubmint property for chipping the paint on the baton they beat him with.
I may or may not have made that last part up.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 24, 2013 09:24 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 24, 2013 09:25 PM (D0Qc2)
Posted by: Santa's mindful webworker at December 24, 2013 09:25 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 24, 2013 09:26 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 24, 2013 09:26 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Property of U.S. Postal Service at December 24, 2013 09:27 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 24, 2013 09:27 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 24, 2013 09:30 PM (7MBhI)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2013 09:31 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2013 09:34 PM (BC6cY)
Hey Weirddave, thanks, will pass that along. Haven't been on much because of the work schedule. It was nice getting to meet you guys!
Fenelon, that is pretty awful. I fight with my mother All. The. Time. Would never dream of missing Christmas services if I lived the next town over.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 09:35 PM (b2cFu)
Big McLargeHuge
Crunch ButtSteak
Blast HardCheese
Bold BigFlank
Bolt VanderHuge
Fridge LargeMeat
Punch RockGroin
Brick HardMeat
Dirk HardPec
Buck PlankChest
Buff DrinkLots
Stump Chunkman
Butch DeadLift
Crud BoneMeal
Fist RockBone
Flint IronStag
Gristle McThornBody
Blast ThickNeck
Slab SquatThrust
Hack BlowFist
Lump BeefBroth
Buff HardBack
Punch Side-Iron
Punt SpeedChunk
Reef BlastBody
Roll Fizzlebeef
Rip SteakFace
Slab BulkHead
Slate Fistcrunch
Smash LampJaw
Smoke ManMuscle
Splint ChestHair
Stump BeefKnob
Beat PunchBeef
Thick McRunFast
Slate SlabRock
Touch RustRod
Trunk SlamChest
Whip SlagCheek
Posted by: Rip Steakface at December 24, 2013 09:35 PM (n7EhQ)
Posted by: GLAAD bags always stretch at December 24, 2013 09:37 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2013 09:39 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 09:39 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2013 09:40 PM (BC6cY)
Having seen and been in similar situations before, what I opted to do was to make it clear that they were not without family. Perhaps not their biological family who didn't show up, but a larger loving family of faith and tradition.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 24, 2013 09:40 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 24, 2013 09:41 PM (7MBhI)
Posted by: garrett at December 24, 2013 09:42 PM (l270u)
Now, 31 years and roughly 11,000 games later, Thomasson is the newly crowned world record holder for having the largest collection of video games. He is featured in a two-page spread in the just-released "Guinness World Records 2014 Gamer's Edition."
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 24, 2013 09:45 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 24, 2013 09:45 PM (7MBhI)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2013 09:45 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 24, 2013 09:46 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Jesse Jackson @1978 at December 24, 2013 09:48 PM (uk1X0)
Posted by: Zakn at December 24, 2013 09:48 PM (zyaZ1)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 24, 2013 09:51 PM (uk1X0)
I have met people in Silicon Valley who commute in from the Central Valley (despite the similar names, they are not geographically contiguous) and who have a 3+ hour commute. Each way. Every workday.
I think that's insane. Destructive of health and of family life. But people do it.
One guy bought a light airplane and moved to a planned community with its own runway. It cuts his commute from 3 hours to 90 minutes. But how long can you strap on an aircraft at the start and end of a demanding professional workday, five days a week or more, and not make a smoking hole in a hillside somewhere en route?
Posted by: torquewrench at December 24, 2013 09:52 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Zakn at December 24, 2013 09:52 PM (zyaZ1)
Posted by: rickl at December 24, 2013 09:53 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 24, 2013 09:54 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 24, 2013 09:55 PM (uk1X0)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 24, 2013 09:56 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 24, 2013 09:57 PM (7MBhI)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 24, 2013 09:58 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 24, 2013 09:59 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2013 10:00 PM (BC6cY)
sides by mountains -- not huge ones, sure, but enough to keep the stuff
from dissipating."
The original tribes who explored the basin where the L.A. metroplex now stands called it The Valley Of A Thousand Smokes, and variants thereupon. Commenting on the perpetual haze in the air.
Even without industrial civilization, atmospheric physics and mountains had their say.
I do wonder how much of the haze was due to leaking volatile petrochemicals getting airborne. It is not popularly appreciated in 2013 just how much oil was underneath that part of California before humans began actively pumping the stuff out. Quite a bit. Which got out via natural seeps and vents and tar pits.
Shit, there is still a company quietly pumping oil from old fields underneath Beverly Hills via buried pipelines. The ecoholic Hollyweird crowd would go apeshit if only they realized.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 24, 2013 10:54 PM (gqT4g)
The LA Farmers' Market is very near the La Brea Tar Pits, so there are some pretty obvious hints of the hydrocarbons underlying the area. Funniest thing happened a couple of years back -- a guy was walking along and tossed a cigarette butt on the sidewalk -- only to have a five-foot burst of flame whoosh out of a nearby crack.....he just happened to pick a time the hydrocarbon pool was belching natural gas.
Also, the city of Carpinteria (on the coast closer to Santa Barbara) was named that because the original Spanish explorers noted the local Indians making canoes from planks and sealing them with black goo collected off the beaches....which is somewhat inconvenient for the eco-crowd that likes to blame the black goo on the oil industry generally and the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill specifically.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 24, 2013 10:01 PM (T1005)
Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 24, 2013 10:01 PM (D0Qc2)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 24, 2013 10:03 PM (uk1X0)
of the day, and one that long? You must have a strong constitution."
I have met people in Silicon Valley who commute in from the Central Valley (despite the similar names, they are not geographically contiguous) and who have a 3+ hour commute. Each way. Every workday.
I think that's insane. Destructive of health and of family life. But people do it.
One guy bought a light airplane and moved to a planned community with its own runway. It cuts his commute from 3 hours to 90 minutes. But how long can you strap on an aircraft at the start and end of a demanding professional workday, five days a week or more, and not make a smoking hole in a hillside somewhere en route?
Posted by: torquewrench at December 25, 2013 01:52 AM (gqT4g)
One of the places I was a controller had a Director of Materials who lived in Tracy -- so his daughters could have a better quality of life. Don't know how their quality of life worked out after he was in a single-vehicle fatal crash at Altamont.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 24, 2013 10:04 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 24, 2013 10:04 PM (7MBhI)
Posted by: model_1066 at December 24, 2013 10:06 PM (6O+h7)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2013 10:07 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2013 10:09 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 24, 2013 10:09 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 10:09 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: cthulhu
A bi-lingual redundancy; La Brea = The Tar. Ergo 'The Tar Tar Pits' is bit odd unless you're describing of pits of raw hamburger or Turkish captives.
RE: LA basin of smog
I was told the reason for the native nomenclature was because they routinely burned the local oak groves, aka forest management.
Have no idea if that's true but it would make more sense than natural seeps/off-gassing.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 24, 2013 10:10 PM (H4Rpo)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 10:13 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 24, 2013 10:14 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 24, 2013 10:14 PM (uk1X0)
Oh, and I found one of my small video cameras planted facing the tree! Must have been my son who was playing with it earlier. It had recorded everything my wife and I had dropped off under the tree!!! Can't have that. I erased it and re-recorded just the pile of presents "magically" appearing under the tree. Let him figure that one out.
Posted by: EC at December 24, 2013 11:48 PM (doBIb)
Heh.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 24, 2013 10:16 PM (T1005)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 24, 2013 10:17 PM (uk1X0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2013 10:17 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: The Farmer at December 24, 2013 10:21 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: Crossroads at December 24, 2013 10:21 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 24, 2013 10:22 PM (uk1X0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2013 10:22 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 24, 2013 10:23 PM (D0Qc2)
Posted by: cthulhu
A bi-lingual redundancy; La Brea = The Tar. Ergo 'The Tar Tar Pits' is bit odd unless you're describing of pits of raw hamburger or Turkish captives.
RE: LA basin of smog
I
was told the reason for the native nomenclature was because they
routinely burned the local oak groves, aka forest management.
Have no idea if that's true but it would make more sense than natural seeps/off-gassing.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 25, 2013 02:10 AM (H4Rpo)
You have no idea -- here in California, you pretty much have to treat all of the Spanish as if they were "blah-blah-blah", because there are tons of people who have no idea what it means. So you say things like, "I saw a bunch of Alcatraz pelicans" or "I went over the pass in Paso Robles" or I went to "The Cats restaurant in Los Gatos" -- or even "the snowy sawtooth peaks of the Sierra Nevada".
Depending on your vocabulary, you run into some weirdies, too. There's a major thoroughfare nearby that is "Alameda de las Pulgas".
Posted by: cthulhu at December 24, 2013 10:23 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 10:23 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2013 10:26 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: RWC at December 24, 2013 10:27 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: Crossroads at December 25, 2013 02:21 AM (R6JT1)
Heavily arming them.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 24, 2013 10:27 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: RWC at December 25, 2013 02:27 AM (Q6HBD)
I think I'm food from my neck to my ass.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 24, 2013 10:29 PM (FMbng)
1) You believe in Santa Claus
2) You don't believe in Santa Claus
3) You become Santa Claus
Posted by: navybrat at December 24, 2013 10:30 PM (AW7Gr)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 10:32 PM (m3Cp/)
1) You believe in Santa Claus
2) You don't believe in Santa Claus
3) You become Santa Claus
*Looks at gut*
Darn, phase three.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 24, 2013 10:32 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: Incandescent Twinklelights, Santa's mindful webworker at December 24, 2013 10:35 PM (f4Je0)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 10:35 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: RWC at December 24, 2013 10:36 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 24, 2013 10:36 PM (/YkzI)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 10:37 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 24, 2013 10:37 PM (D0Qc2)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 10:38 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: cthulhu
A bi-lingual redundancy; La Brea = The Tar. Ergo 'The Tar Tar Pits' is bit odd unless you're describing of pits of raw hamburger or Turkish captives.
RE: LA basin of smog
I
was told the reason for the native nomenclature was because they
routinely burned the local oak groves, aka forest management.
Have no idea if that's true but it would make more sense than natural seeps/off-gassing.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 25, 2013 02:10 AM (H4Rpo)
The "Valley of the Smokes" thing was because smoke from campfires would rise straight up for a couple of hundred feet and hit an inversion layer, and just flatten out -- so when there were a number of parties (or a wildfire) in the LA Basin, there were all these pillars of smoke running up to a ceiling of smoke, and the air immediately above would be clean -- and this was readily observable from the hills surrounding the area.
In my first job after college, I lived in Newbury Park and commuted into Encino on the 101 Freeway, and when you crest the last rise before heading into the San Fernando Valley, you're usually in the clear no matter how much smog there is below you, and you can really see the top edge of it. Oddly enough, there seems to be an instinctive bottleneck there where drivers go, "oh, shit! I gotta drive into that?!?!?"
Posted by: cthulhu at December 24, 2013 10:40 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Incandescent Twinklelights
Props man: I can't get the antlers glued to this [mouse]. We tried Crazy Glue, but it don't work.
Frank Cross: Did you try staples?
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 24, 2013 10:40 PM (H4Rpo)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 10:41 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2013 10:41 PM (BC6cY)
Going over the pass from Paso Robles leads to the genuine heart of coastal central California. A steep and scary ride down into San Luis Obispo and parts beyond.
An absolutely beautiful part of the planet. California is wasted on Californians.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 24, 2013 10:42 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Throw Mama from the Nightrain at December 24, 2013 10:42 PM (R6JT1)
I just saw Die Hard on the big screen for the first time. I wish I'd done so back in 1988. Just awesome. I got choked up at the end even though I've seen the movie on TV a hundred times. The theater passed out cap guns and water guns to shoot whenever there was gunfire on the screen. I was moist and smelled like gunpowder at the end, happily.
Posted by: Reggie1971 at December 24, 2013 10:43 PM (S11Oq)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 10:44 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: RWC at December 24, 2013 10:44 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 24, 2013 10:44 PM (D0Qc2)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 10:46 PM (b2cFu)
bit odd unless you're describing of pits of raw hamburger or Turkish
captives.
Sorry; wasn't paying attention. Busy punching my PIN number into the ATM machine.
Posted by: Anachronda at December 24, 2013 10:46 PM (U82Km)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 10:48 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 10:49 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: torquewrench
I'll take 'Sweeping Statements That Unnecessarily Insult CA Morons', for fiddy cents, Alex.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 24, 2013 10:50 PM (H4Rpo)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2013 10:52 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 10:53 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2013 10:54 PM (BC6cY)
Oh, and Merry Christmas all!
Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at December 24, 2013 10:54 PM (vRdWg)
Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 24, 2013 10:54 PM (D0Qc2)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 10:56 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 10:57 PM (b2cFu)
Bro's wife- What would you really do if you won a 500 million dollar powerball?
Bro- I would say honey pack your bags.
Bro's wife- Ohhh where would we go?
Bro- I don't care, get the fuck out.
lol. I almost peed myself laughing.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 24, 2013 10:57 PM (FMbng)
http://youtu.be/doeJSspVL5Y
Posted by: The Man with No Name at December 24, 2013 10:58 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 10:59 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2013 11:02 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2013 11:04 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 25, 2013 03:02 AM (m3Cp/)
Merry Christmas to you!
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 24, 2013 11:04 PM (FMbng)
over the pass in Paso Robles' or I went to 'The Cats restaurant in Los
Gatos' -- or even 'the snowy sawtooth peaks of the Sierra Nevada'."
Going over the pass from Paso Robles leads to the genuine heart of coastal central California. A steep and scary ride down into San Luis Obispo and parts beyond.
An absolutely beautiful part of the planet. California is wasted on Californians.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 25, 2013 02:42 AM (gqT4g)
And, of course, that's the "Cuesta Grade" (Spanish/English: "Slope Slope"). I've had some history on that bad boy....I've driven it when there was a full-fledged wildfire on one side that was lighting spot fires on the other. Another time, I followed taillights through dense, dense fog....hoping that they didn't suddenly drop downward. With unlimited funds and some sort of force-field to keep the Progressive state at bay, I'd love to retire there.
But you're wrong to say that California is wasted on Californians....it's wasted on Progressives. Nancy Pelosi was born in Baltimore; Barbara Boxer is from Brooklyn; Arianna Huffington is from Greece; Tom Hayden is from Detroit -- there is no end of Progressive assholes who were born in other places and came to California to royally fuck it up. Me, I was born here -- I'm working on leaving.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 24, 2013 11:04 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane
We do for obvious reasons. Plus the bastards count on us giving up.
Merry Christmas to you and yours, as well.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 24, 2013 11:05 PM (H4Rpo)
Posted by: RWC at December 24, 2013 11:05 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 24, 2013 11:06 PM (D0Qc2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2013 11:08 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: RWC at December 24, 2013 11:08 PM (Q6HBD)
There are a number of big winners that have done well. By and large, they kept their day jobs and put the money into trusts or other investments so they can't just go nuts.
If I won hundreds of millions, I might have to retire from medicine just because of the jackpot lawsuit mentality. But I'd find something else to do as a job, because otherwise I'd get very bored and start doing very foolish things with the money.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 11:11 PM (b2cFu)
How is it Kalashnikov's responsibility for what others did with his invention? You know this is the same logic the gun grabbers use to try to deny us our rights?
Posted by: Samuel Beckett at December 24, 2013 11:11 PM (AWwDY)
Nevertheless, I wish to test this theory.
Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at December 24, 2013 11:11 PM (vRdWg)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2013 03:04 AM (BC6cY)
I would clear all my guitars and amps and personal stuff out of the house, then light the most expensive cigar I could find on the resulting bonfire of an ex house and watch it burn while seated in the least environmentally approved dead animal skin chair while amazon women feed me fucking grapes. Then make becoming a reckless asshole an art form for the next 30 years or so.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 24, 2013 11:12 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: RWC at December 24, 2013 11:12 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: RWC at December 24, 2013 11:14 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 24, 2013 11:15 PM (D0Qc2)
Posted by: RWC at December 24, 2013 11:17 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 24, 2013 11:19 PM (FMbng)
Don't let the bias throw you. The vast majority of people who won big lottery jackpots never had a 'look at the tragic result' story told about them because there wasn't anything to exploit. By and large, those jackpot winners who went berserk and self-destructed were already doing so on the cheap. But that doesn't sell newspapers.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 24, 2013 11:19 PM (bPxS6)
Unfortunately, the state's current Progressive Asshat In Chief, a.k.a. Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown, is a native of the state. And takes a back seat to no one in fucking the place up.
"Me, I was born here -- I'm working on leaving."
Same-same.
If Texas would just hurry up with the whole secession business, I'd be there tomorrow morning bright and early.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 24, 2013 11:20 PM (gqT4g)
Arianna Huffington is from Greece; Tom Hayden is from Detroit -- there
is no end of Progressive assholes who were born in other places and came
to California to royally fuck it up."
Posted by: torquewrench at December 25, 2013 03:20 AM (gqT4g)
The left has a locust mentality.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 24, 2013 11:22 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2013 03:19 AM (FMbng)
I might think we'd be discussing more pleasant subjects on Christmas Eve.....and considering where we are, those subjects would probably be titties and beer.
So, I think I'm drinking enough beer that I'm developing titties.....
(no, not really. You wanna clean that up?)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 24, 2013 11:26 PM (T1005)
Wow! It's Christmas Day here on the left coast. Where does the time go?
Better turn in. Must be rested for the morrow.
Merry Christmas to you, too. Best wishes to the Horde. Peace on earth, good will towards men. Malice toward none. Except those who really deserve it. Nuke them from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 24, 2013 11:26 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 11:28 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 24, 2013 11:28 PM (D0Qc2)
Posted by: Gridiron at December 24, 2013 11:29 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 24, 2013 11:29 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 11:30 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: RWC at December 24, 2013 11:30 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 24, 2013 11:31 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 24, 2013 11:35 PM (D0Qc2)
Lest I forget, Merry Christmas, Adriane.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 24, 2013 11:38 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 24, 2013 11:40 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at December 24, 2013 11:53 PM (rAr5v)
Posted by: puddleglum at December 24, 2013 11:54 PM (8SsiG)
NSFW, or children.
http://youtu.be/Gv6b0CretuE
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 24, 2013 11:55 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Neighbors at December 24, 2013 11:56 PM (rAr5v)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Neighbors at December 25, 2013 03:56 AM (rAr5v)
I love the sound of drag pipes in the morning.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2013 12:00 AM (FMbng)
Maybe this would get their attention?
http://youtu.be/aczpm9r-K18
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 25, 2013 12:03 AM (JawqV)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Neighbors at December 25, 2013 12:06 AM (rAr5v)
Drunken inconsiderate assholes. They'll do it every holiday if they can.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 25, 2013 12:08 AM (JawqV)
Of course, it helps that I only bought for my dad, three nieces, a nephew, and their respective children.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at December 25, 2013 12:09 AM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 25, 2013 12:12 AM (b2cFu)
Good night, Horde.
Merry Christmas to all except Jenny's drunk neighbors.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 25, 2013 12:13 AM (JawqV)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 12:15 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Neighbors at December 25, 2013 12:18 AM (rAr5v)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 25, 2013 04:07 AM (rDidD)
Well I'm assuming its a harley. Drag pipes would be the right term. If its a jap bike the correct term would probably be fart cannon.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2013 12:20 AM (FMbng)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at December 25, 2013 12:25 AM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 25, 2013 12:26 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at December 25, 2013 12:29 AM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 25, 2013 12:33 AM (b2cFu)
I once made the mistake of going in for an outpatient surgical procedure, which took just a few minutes, then receiving the painkiller scrip. I needed that like 10 seconds after he was done cutting but it took nearly two hours to get to a pharmacy to get it filled.
That was a very unhappy two hours of my life. My ass still hates me for that day.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 25, 2013 12:39 AM (wNF3N)
http://tinyurl.com/mb2c2s7
This should make Vic happy (me too).
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 25, 2013 12:48 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at December 25, 2013 12:49 AM (m0h0I)
In case I haven't mentioned it lately, fuck the TSA. i haven't flown since around 2005 and plan to keep it that way.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 25, 2013 12:52 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Jean at December 25, 2013 12:57 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: Jean at December 25, 2013 12:57 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at December 25, 2013 12:59 AM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 25, 2013 12:59 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at December 25, 2013 01:01 AM (m0h0I)
For moar authenticity next time, hold a 9mm at a 90 degree angle in your other hand and say Yo.
That'll get you some respect.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 25, 2013 01:02 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Jean at December 25, 2013 01:03 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 25, 2013 04:59 AM (b2cFu)
....and people wonder what's screwed-up about our healthcare system....and hallucinate that the Feds are going to make things better.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 01:05 AM (T1005)
CC, I shoulda known. I know a bunch of Walgreens and Walmarts are adding in-house clinics; all part of the health care market responding to market forces. But apparently this act prevents the clinic side from mentioning that they have a pharmacy also on the property.
In other words, it's the gubmint screwing things up for everyone for no good reason.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 25, 2013 01:06 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at December 25, 2013 01:07 AM (m0h0I)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 25, 2013 01:09 AM (H4Rpo)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 25, 2013 01:12 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 25, 2013 01:13 AM (H4Rpo)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at December 25, 2013 05:07 AM (m0h0I)
Using "sartorial" correctly also disqualifies you from gangsta status.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 25, 2013 01:13 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 25, 2013 01:15 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 25, 2013 01:17 AM (H4Rpo)
No, that was a purely voluntary and cash transaction between me and my surgeon. And while I stressed to him my sensitivity to pain and whether he was willing to do anything about that, I failed to mention that there would be NO GAPS in the coverage.
Totally my bad.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 25, 2013 01:19 AM (wNF3N)
It's really nice to be able to write from time to time for a blog that I've admired for years -- especially one so teeming with brilliant and witty commenters. I do consider it a badge of honor and have been known to brag about it to meat-space conservatives.
It hasn't helped with the ladies, so far.
So far.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at December 25, 2013 01:19 AM (m0h0I)
To DDR, our substitute ONT supplier.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 25, 2013 01:20 AM (wNF3N)
No, that was a purely voluntary and cash transaction between me and my surgeon. And while I stressed to him my sensitivity to pain and whether he was willing to do anything about that, I failed to mention that there would be NO GAPS in the coverage.
Totally my bad.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 25, 2013 05:19 AM (wNF3N)
This is merely another illustration of why you should show up to every surgical event with a designated agent and fifth of Val-u-rite.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 01:21 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 01:21 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 05:21 AM (z4WKX)
Carol! You're back! Are you ok, or is this just an artifact from your earlier nap?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 01:24 AM (T1005)
Tell them that reading five or more ONTS from stem to stern will increase their cup size by 2 letters.
And we will demand pics.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 25, 2013 01:25 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 01:26 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 01:26 AM (T1005)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 25, 2013 01:27 AM (wNF3N)
Merry Christmas!!
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 05:23 AM (z4WKX)
Merry Christmas, Carol -- and I've got to say, that has a very fine ring to it.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 01:27 AM (T1005)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 25, 2013 01:27 AM (H4Rpo)
Joy to the world,
The Lord is come!
Let Earth receive her king!
Let ev'ry heart prepare him room
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven, and heaven and nature sing!
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 25, 2013 01:27 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at December 25, 2013 01:28 AM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 01:28 AM (z4WKX)
laeti triumphantes
venite, venite in Bethlehem
Natum videte
Regem angelorum
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus
Dominum!
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 25, 2013 01:30 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 25, 2013 01:31 AM (b2cFu)
DDR, I saw a funny Drudge headline today about whether HuffPo has yet to turn a profit. If you recall, someone bought HuffPo for a buncho bucks, and Arianna scored a big payday of around $300 million. The plebes writing for HuffPo are mostly unpaid hacks though. The hacks whined about 'where's our share?' and received a nice raspberry in response.
I hope they had to pay taxes on the raspberry received.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 25, 2013 01:36 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 25, 2013 01:36 AM (H4Rpo)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 25, 2013 05:31 AM (b2cFu)
Is that safe for the grandparents? The situation seems fraught with peril -- though your niece's future is certainly worth a great deal of effort and risk.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 01:36 AM (T1005)
Cthulhu, her grandfather is currently laid off and so he can watch her every moment of the day, which neither I nor Mrs. Crank can do. Furthermore, he is physically better suited to disarming or restraining her than Mrs. Crank is with her pregnancy.
Honestly, there is no safe situation right now. My niece and her sister, who is a borderline personality in the making, may very well go Thunderdome on each other if they are in the same house long enough. But the alternative is her doing something to hurt Mrs. Crank or my unborn son, which I cannot abide.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 25, 2013 01:41 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 01:44 AM (z4WKX)
CC, I've already opined on this and your first job is to protect those nearest and dearest to you. This you now have done.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 25, 2013 01:45 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: RobM1981 at December 25, 2013 01:46 AM (zurJC)
Catch all y'all on the flip side of a Merry Christmas.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 25, 2013 01:48 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Panhandler at December 25, 2013 01:50 AM (LqVNJ)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at December 25, 2013 01:51 AM (m0h0I)
Cthulhu, her grandfather is currently laid off and so he can watch her every moment of the day, which neither I nor Mrs. Crank can do. Furthermore, he is physically better suited to disarming or restraining her than Mrs. Crank is with her pregnancy.
Honestly, there is no safe situation right now. My niece and her sister, who is a borderline personality in the making, may very well go Thunderdome on each other if they are in the same house long enough. But the alternative is her doing something to hurt Mrs. Crank or my unborn son, which I cannot abide.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 25, 2013 05:41 AM (b2cFu)
I was seeing the same risks that you cite, but I'm very much encouraged by "he is physically better suited...." In general, when you refer to "grandparents", the mental picture is not so robust.
Blessed are they who walk into peril for another's sake, eyes open and unafraid, knowing that it is far better to suffer harm in a righteous cause than to prosper by turning away from good.
You've got a handful to deal with. Best o' luck. Keep us posted.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 01:52 AM (T1005)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at December 25, 2013 05:51 AM (m0h0I)
Bzzzzzzzzaaaaaaapp!!!! *ozone*
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 01:55 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 01:55 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 02:14 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 02:16 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: teej at December 25, 2013 02:19 AM (Nsomq)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 02:24 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at December 25, 2013 02:25 AM (1xUj/)
My only living relative is a sister in Texas and myself in Florida. Christmas Eve for me the last few years is always best spent at the VA Hospital walking the wards with nothing more than a kind word.
The veterans have been regaled with cards, food, etc., but the missing link is always human contact. Some are ornery and mean bastards, but others are grateful to just talk about stuff. Asking questions about their youth or some military event will generally initiate conversation. About stuff.
I have been very fortunate in life, and many of these old men have not. My Christmas gift is the ability to remain positive in the face of overwhelming sadness, and to live another year for this very simply mission. Praise be to God and bless all of his children. Merry Christmas to all!
Posted by: Doctor Fish at December 25, 2013 02:30 AM (pJF+c)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 02:32 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 02:44 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Bean Pies! at December 25, 2013 02:45 AM (Qev5V)
I am glad I only have to go downstairs to have Christmas dinner with my older brother.
We put a door in when he & his now ex wife moved downstairs, door opens in back hall so neither of is has to go outside to go into each other's apartment.
I wanted steak for dinner, but went to Whole Foods, only store I had time to get to before six yesterday & they were out of tenderloins since Saturday. I'm going to make meatballs.
My older brother & I don't like most of the same foods.
When I was a kid & my mother would cook turkey, he wouldn't eat it.
A turkey for two, even if he liked it, makes no sense.
What is everyone doing for Christmas?
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 06:16 AM (z4WKX)
We had dinner for four. Started out with a turkey -- Butterball. It's pre-brined, so it should be totally easy....pain in the....to start with, it was in the garage fridge, so it was frozen into an icy bowling ball. Had to liberally bathe in warm water before the neck and gizzards could be extracted. Butterball does some weird surgical thigh tuck that blocks the body cavity -- I ended up just cutting it -- doesn't bag the neck (took me forever to get the bottom part unfrozen off the spine) -- and isn't clear in their labeling about what is and isn't included. Stuffed the neck and body cavities with rosemary sprigs cut from the garden. Put spine up into the oven.
Next fun -- roast tomatoes. Toss a couple of cloves of minced garlic in a baking dish, throw in savory, basil, and parsley, drizzle with EVOO, and roughly chunk in a bunch of tomatoes (>60% Roma). Throw in oven, remove when you have some charred tips on top. This is the easiest and non-screw-up-iest recipe out there. It'll never come out exactly the same way twice but it'll never be less than totally delish.
Had green beans steamed over white wine with a drizzle of dill butter. To show you how concerned I was about this, the dill butter is "shake dill into microwaveable bowl, throw in half-stick butter, nuke until melted."
Stuffing....take a couple of boxes of cheap, generic stuffing mix, substitute white wine for 1/3 of the liquid, ignore the bullshit about "healthy spread" and just use butter. Add herbs, garlic, and bouillon until you have "herb soup" instead of water, then dump their stuff in. Oh, and run a bit dry.
The BH also had some cranberry something on the table, I also had some Heinz canned gravy.
Dessert was the BH's souffles.
Got total raves about everything.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 02:53 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 25, 2013 02:54 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 25, 2013 06:54 AM (b2cFu)
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I won't use the dreaded "Q" word, but let's just wish for an uneventfull day in ER for you.
Posted by: Darth Randall at December 25, 2013 02:58 AM (KlVdw)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 03:07 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 25, 2013 03:08 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: Lester at December 25, 2013 03:12 AM (2UPXV)
I'm going to write down tomato recipe. I love fresh tomatoes, they sound delicious.
My older brother & I have been having steaks every Sunday, but stop in spring & summer because I have too many roses to take care of. He cooks steaks & I make potatoes or something else to go with them.
This Sunday I will try tomato recipe.
Your family celebrates on Christmas Eve? Mine always celebrated in Christmas Day.
CC, how far along is Mts. Crank?
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 07:07 AM (z4WKX)
CC had status @415, believe the little one is at 15 weeks.
There is a local chain here that caters to the restaurant trade, so I've got pre-minced garlic in a jar and dried savory leaves, but -- again -- the real coolness of this is because it's almost impossible to screw up.
And now for the theory: the great mass of this is tomato. When heated, tomatoes sweat moisture. In normal circumstances, this might evaporate into the atmosphere -- for this dish, it flows downward and is protected by the olive oil. Instead, the fluid mixes with the herbs and garlic, forming a rich base of flavor.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 03:28 AM (T1005)
Up early because I was wondering if the kids would wake up early.
They won't get up this early, but here I am.
We'll have the opening of stuff, then laze around until we cook a ham, pea salad, fresh bread and I forget what else. Potatoes. Got a bag of these little ones that are 3 different colors. The checker at the store saw the purple ones and asked if they were supposed to be that color.
Cranberries, too.
And coffee, I will need buckets of it today.
Banana cream pie.
Made "jello cookies" yesterday. They are really good. Made lemon ones.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 25, 2013 07:08 AM (SUKHu)
Potatoes au gratin using yukon gold and purple potatoes....num!!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 03:30 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 03:34 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 03:36 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 25, 2013 03:44 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 03:56 AM (z4WKX)
Ah, those were the days!
Posted by: Lost in Maryland at December 25, 2013 04:12 AM (Iuicb)
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