December 13, 2013
— CDR M
What's up morons? I'm back from my little haze, gray and underway vacation just in time for another Friday the 13th ONT. Oh and good luck to all you morons who have some skin in the $400 Mega Millions tonight (whose odds are even harder now).
This is just business as usual. Lawmakers who oversee government surveillance programs receive millions from intelligence companies.
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Monte Cristo Sandwich
I must live a sheltered life as it wasn't until my recent little "cruise" that I discovered this tasty sandwich. It's called the Monte Cristo and it was just divine. Especially dipped in maple syrup. I'm gonna add bacon to it next time.
In other related food stories, any one game for Holiday Dinner In A Can?
Geminid Meteor Shower
Well, we were supposed to be enjoying the bright glow of comet ISON now but it decided to go poof so we'll have to live with the Geminid Meteor Shower tonight.
WTF Christmas Gift Ideas
Some good stocking stuffers here. WTF Christmas ideas.
Pop Quiz
I know you morons like quizzes so here's one. How well do you know toilets? Crapper Mapper: Toilets Of The World.
Winter Fails
Tis the season.
The Ultimate Winter Fails Compilation by worldwideinterweb
Stuff You Never See In Real Life...
....while waiting in the TSA line at the airport. Probably NSFW.
Dog Video
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Posted by: Fourth Horseman RN now your DR under obummer care at December 13, 2013 05:59 PM (KuZ6A)
Posted by: Secundus at December 13, 2013 05:59 PM (ZwjWK)
Posted by: CDR M at December 13, 2013 05:59 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: William Wallace at December 13, 2013 06:00 PM (VJpOJ)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 06:00 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Fourth Horseman RN now your DR under obummer care at December 13, 2013 06:00 PM (KuZ6A)
And the Monte Cristo is something close to being the ultimate sandwich - it's so good! A sign it's a great sandwich is that you can hear your arteries crackling.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 06:01 PM (mKMj1)
Cute puppy doggies. I like that leash too.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 13, 2013 06:01 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Secundus at December 13, 2013 06:02 PM (ZwjWK)
Posted by: no good deed at December 13, 2013 06:02 PM (HsJeN)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 13, 2013 06:03 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 13, 2013 06:04 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 13, 2013 06:04 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Steve at December 13, 2013 06:05 PM (wk+th)
Posted by: Fourth Horseman RN now your DR under obummer care at December 13, 2013 06:05 PM (KuZ6A)
Posted by: grammie winger at December 13, 2013 06:05 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: teej at December 13, 2013 06:05 PM (PNi9V)
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 06:05 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Fourth Horseman RN now your DR under obummer care at December 13, 2013 06:06 PM (KuZ6A)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 13, 2013 06:06 PM (cGc4u)
Posted by: lowandslow at December 13, 2013 06:06 PM (IV4od)
Posted by: no good deed at December 13, 2013 06:07 PM (HsJeN)
Posted by: or real training reinforced each day at December 13, 2013 06:07 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: rickl at December 13, 2013 06:07 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 06:07 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Iranian Nuclear Scientist at December 13, 2013 06:07 PM (ZwjWK)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 13, 2013 06:08 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: grammie winger at December 13, 2013 06:08 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: The Cats at December 13, 2013 06:08 PM (vvk2F)
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Posted by: grammie winger at December 13, 2013 06:09 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: lowandslow
Oh, except for the heartburn.
I love Reubens. But that sauerkraut? Oh, my tummy! Oh, my digestive tract! Oh, mercy on anyone near me!
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 06:09 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 13, 2013 06:09 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: no good deed at December 13, 2013 06:09 PM (HsJeN)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 13, 2013 06:09 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: teej at December 13, 2013 06:09 PM (ma+gB)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 13, 2013 06:09 PM (cGc4u)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 13, 2013 06:09 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 13, 2013 06:10 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: Tmitss at December 13, 2013 06:11 PM (aVsJj)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 13, 2013 06:11 PM (cGc4u)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 13, 2013 06:11 PM (lqgtz)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 13, 2013 06:12 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: votermom at December 13, 2013 06:12 PM (GSIDW)
Thoughts, prayers and hugs going out to a fellow 'ette tonight. She lost her husband in an accident at home today. So sorry Neets.
Posted by: pforeman at December 13, 2013 10:08 PM (vF5An)
I cannot imagine. Prayers to Neets.
Posted by: tbodie at December 13, 2013 06:12 PM (RX6BJ)
Bacon scented candles are the best!
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 13, 2013 06:13 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 13, 2013 06:13 PM (XvHmy)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 13, 2013 06:13 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 13, 2013 06:14 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 13, 2013 06:14 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 13, 2013 06:14 PM (b/lt+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 13, 2013 06:14 PM (aDwsi)
Glad you cleared that up. I was beginning to worry about you!
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 13, 2013 06:14 PM (o3MSL)
The English setter was the compromise breed, and I don't want anything to discourage his positive attitude to the puppy.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 06:14 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 13, 2013 06:15 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 13, 2013 06:15 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: navycopjoe CRUSH THE BROWNS!! at December 13, 2013 06:16 PM (JFrBt)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 13, 2013 10:14 PM (aDwsi)
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I had a friend who had a Jack Russell. He ate their water heater.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 13, 2013 06:16 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: dogfish at December 13, 2013 06:16 PM (nsOJa)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 13, 2013 06:16 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 13, 2013 06:17 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Aisle of Man at December 13, 2013 06:17 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 13, 2013 06:18 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: pforeman at December 13, 2013 06:18 PM (vF5An)
oh. and Sam Adams Winterfest to wash it down.. don't get no better than that!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 13, 2013 06:18 PM (b/lt+)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 13, 2013 06:18 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2013 06:18 PM (mbPQ0)
That sounds likely!
I remember a conversation with a friend, once. He told me he had named an Irish Setter "Plato."
There was nothing I could do but blink. "You named an *Irish setter*, an Irish joke foisted upon the rest of the world due to its spectacular looks, *PLATO*? What were you *THINKING*?!"
The stories were...appalling. If you could stop laughing.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 06:18 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 13, 2013 06:19 PM (GEICT)
You should never hold your drink in the same hand as your gun. Guaranteed spill every time you pull the trigger.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 13, 2013 06:19 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: pforeman at December 13, 2013 10:18 PM (vF5An)
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How horrible . I cannot even imagine the pain the family must be in right now. I will pray for them.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 13, 2013 06:19 PM (P6QsQ)
Well not actually, but he did chew down a young apple tree when he was teething.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 06:20 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: NCwoof at December 13, 2013 06:20 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 13, 2013 06:21 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: bill-o at December 13, 2013 06:22 PM (AWwDY)
Posted by: Y-not at December 13, 2013 06:22 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: tbodie at December 13, 2013 06:22 PM (RX6BJ)
I'm having one of those perfectly awful moments where I want to know why there's a choice?
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 06:22 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 06:23 PM (GRLuN)
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 06:24 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 13, 2013 06:24 PM (HVff2)
Well not actually, but he did chew down a young apple tree when he was teething.
Posted by: Tobacco Road
..........
We had a beagle that chewed the walls.. right through the wall board..
Took him to a dog behaviorist and she said: Get rid of this dog!
He had no submissive reflex. Took him to the pound with a warning it should not go to a family with kids.. hopefully he went to a home with open land where he could run, or maybe hunt. Dog was nuts. and we paid a ton of money for hm too!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 13, 2013 06:24 PM (b/lt+)
Posted by: puddleglum at December 13, 2013 06:24 PM (8SsiG)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 13, 2013 06:24 PM (jdRXP)
Hello Mindy! Flunk'em all. Just because.
And, what age group? My youngest wants to teach HS math, so I'm curious about what his future has in store for him.
Posted by: tbodie at December 13, 2013 06:25 PM (RX6BJ)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 13, 2013 06:25 PM (cGc4u)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 13, 2013 06:26 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 06:27 PM (GRLuN)
Posted by: TheCat at December 13, 2013 06:27 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2013 06:28 PM (mbPQ0)
They have no idea how dangerous their enthusiastic wagging is, do they?
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 06:30 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 13, 2013 06:30 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 13, 2013 06:30 PM (lqgtz)
Posted by: Ender at December 13, 2013 06:31 PM (iIKG8)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 06:31 PM (GRLuN)
Posted by: no good deed at December 13, 2013 06:31 PM (HsJeN)
Posted by: NCwoof at December 13, 2013 06:31 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Hell hound bound for...er, the pound at December 13, 2013 06:31 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 13, 2013 06:32 PM (cGc4u)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 13, 2013 06:32 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 13, 2013 06:33 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 13, 2013 06:33 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2013 06:33 PM (mbPQ0)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 06:33 PM (GRLuN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 13, 2013 06:34 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 10:31 PM (GRLuN)
Hate to hear that. My youngest wants to teach HS math and coach tennis. Bue he has no tolerance for BS. Might be interesting.
Posted by: tbodie at December 13, 2013 06:34 PM (RX6BJ)
My bad - guess I didn't train the little darlings sufficiently during the semester by slapping down shitty writing. At least I have a nice Merlot to keep me company.
Posted by: RightWingProf at December 13, 2013 06:35 PM (RtR5I)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 13, 2013 06:35 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 06:35 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 13, 2013 06:36 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 13, 2013 06:36 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
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bra-VOH
Much funnier than what I was going to post.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 06:37 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 13, 2013 06:37 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 13, 2013 06:37 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: The Hickster at December 13, 2013 06:37 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 13, 2013 06:38 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: votermom at December 13, 2013 06:38 PM (GSIDW)
Posted by: rickl at December 13, 2013 06:38 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2013 06:38 PM (mbPQ0)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 06:40 PM (GRLuN)
Posted by: Keep ur pants on Beetle Bailey at December 13, 2013 06:41 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: NCwoof at December 13, 2013 06:41 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 13, 2013 06:42 PM (MaP11)
Posted by: t-bird at December 13, 2013 06:42 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 13, 2013 06:42 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2013 10:28 PM (mbPQ0)<<<
Tried to warn ya -- "No Irish"
Posted by: Moron from the 19th century at December 13, 2013 06:43 PM (VJpOJ)
Posted by: Vendette at December 13, 2013 06:43 PM (sv2CE)
They may have just been too busy.
http://tinyurl.com/nhn5dx3
Posted by: The Hickster at December 13, 2013 06:43 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: t-bird at December 13, 2013 10:42 PM (FcR7P)
Is it UAV hunting season yet there?
Posted by: CDR M at December 13, 2013 06:43 PM (LsJl8)
I am on a similar regime for other reasons and find it is making me very irritable.
Hope things work out for you!
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 13, 2013 06:43 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 13, 2013 06:43 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 13, 2013 06:44 PM (PDhMJ)
Posted by: CaveJohnson at December 13, 2013 06:44 PM (GmZaJ)
I've never had to do that, but it's helped a couple friends of mine.
Though the Irish wolfhound ate three before getting the hint.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 06:44 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 13, 2013 06:45 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: fluffy at December 13, 2013 06:46 PM (pkkOV)
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Not around here. When Chik-fil-a got national heat because the owner expressed his personal views on marriage, our blue metro population came out in full force to support this bright red business with their business. It was FANTASTIC the support they got.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 06:46 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 13, 2013 06:46 PM (PDhMJ)
Posted by: rightlysouthern (aim low boys they in wagon ruts) at December 13, 2013 06:46 PM (uOxBm)
I forget who asked upthread, but Blue Bloods is pretty good tonight. Unless there's a last minute twist the evil white male does not seem to be the villian.
This is why I quit watching NCIS.
Posted by: tbodie at December 13, 2013 06:47 PM (RX6BJ)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 06:47 PM (GRLuN)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 13, 2013 06:47 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 13, 2013 06:48 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 06:49 PM (GRLuN)
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 13, 2013 06:49 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 13, 2013 06:49 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Vendette at December 13, 2013 06:49 PM (sv2CE)
Did the Goth lab chick wear a black burqa?
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 13, 2013 06:50 PM (PDhMJ)
Posted by: rightlysouthern (aim low boys they in wagon ruts) at December 13, 2013 10:46 PM (uOxBm)
Yeah, I switched from listenin' to talkin' a little while ago. The drinking on my part seems to be irrelevant. Good to have you here rightlysouthern.
Posted by: tbodie at December 13, 2013 06:50 PM (RX6BJ)
Prayers up for Neets, pforeman.
...May family and friends close ranks, so as to be even closer; at this time of year.
God Bless.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 06:50 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: NCwoof at December 13, 2013 06:51 PM (aUQgu)
She just gave me the patented teenage eyeroll, and turned the volume up on her headphones.
Posted by: Biff Boffo at December 13, 2013 06:51 PM (1j9qS)
Well, we should have known that any show that presented a relatively stable straight multi-generational family with integrity, that routinely ate dinner together and said grace would have to do penance and present the other side of the story.
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 13, 2013 06:52 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 10:40 PM (GRLuN)
Perhaps they're being overwhelmed with orders from people who want to support them?
More likely they're getting hate calls.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 13, 2013 10:43 PM (UAMVq)
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They are being overwhelmed with orders from people who support them. Weasel Zippers has the story.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Infused with Leftist Logic at December 13, 2013 06:52 PM (jucos)
Posted by: t-bird at December 13, 2013 06:52 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: grammie winger at December 13, 2013 10:09 PM (P6QsQ)
It probably leaked out of that hole in the top.
Evening roonz and roonettez! My search for Bambi was unfruitful today. Of course I drove the Subaru, I should have taken the Mustang again.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 13, 2013 06:53 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 13, 2013 06:53 PM (PDhMJ)
Good thing the Sun's behavior doesn't impact the Earth.
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 13, 2013 06:53 PM (o3MSL)
Patdown? I'm thinking cavity search.
You can never be too careful in vigilance against terrorism.
And more seriously, condolences to Neets and family.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 13, 2013 06:55 PM (MBqvE)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 13, 2013 06:55 PM (aDwsi)
By the way, your Minefield access request was granted.
All because cash is king. They said my vouching was not necessary. I knew that actually.
Don't you just love a place where Capitalism really is the law of the land?
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 06:56 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2013 06:56 PM (mbPQ0)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 13, 2013 10:47 PM (RZ8pf)
This is the show that turned me from a super fan to "fukc'em"
Posted by: tbodie at December 13, 2013 06:56 PM (RX6BJ)
I've been doing some research, and it's not just that we're all miserable wimps. It really is something real. I'm starting to look a little askance at processed flour - they're adding gluten to it that evidently is not quite what we're used to, evolutionarily speaking. Or, if you prefer, given what we're used to finding in our wheat.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 06:56 PM (mKMj1)
"Needy" is the right word. I'd like to think I know how to raise a Viszla "now", but I don't have the energy to take one on. That is unquestionably my favorite breed.
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 13, 2013 06:56 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Biff Boffo at December 13, 2013 06:57 PM (1j9qS)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 10:49 PM (GRLuN)
Same here, I was trying to think of something to bring that would be moroniciously moronic and went brain dead. What the hell, we can figure that out for the Spring BBQ.
Posted by: rightlysouthern (aim low boys they in wagon ruts) at December 13, 2013 06:57 PM (uOxBm)
Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2013 06:58 PM (mbPQ0)
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The kids B ball coach is mindful of this and sends them for water whether they want it or not.
Good man. I like him. He needs to lose 300 lbs, but what a great attitude about kid's sports.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 06:58 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 13, 2013 06:58 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 06:58 PM (GRLuN)
Posted by: NCwoof at December 13, 2013 06:59 PM (aUQgu)
Beats Ancient Aliens reruns
Posted by: kbdabear at December 13, 2013 06:59 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Dianna
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I thought wheat was gluten.
Somebody school me.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 07:00 PM (4Mv1T)
When will they do a segment on the Japanese atrocities in Nanking, the Bataan Death March, and on the POW experiments? I won't be holding my breath, FWIW.
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 13, 2013 07:00 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 07:00 PM (GRLuN)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 13, 2013 07:01 PM (mck3/)
Maybe I've owned 'Shelties' for too long, (twenty-six years, three doggehs), but that barky-Corgi reminded me of a bit of all of them.
They must be closely related!
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 07:01 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 13, 2013 07:01 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 07:02 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: mpfs, Christmas Fishstick at December 13, 2013 07:03 PM (ocjHE)
Posted by: Baby, it's Cold Outside...west civ. at December 13, 2013 07:03 PM (R6JT1)
After the insane beagle, we bought a female cocker spaniel.. what a sweetheart she was.. made it almost 16 years. Now, we have a King Charles Cavalier.. she is the most loving dog I have ever seen. She is my wife's ersatz grandchiled.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 13, 2013 07:04 PM (b/lt+)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 07:04 PM (GRLuN)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 13, 2013 07:04 PM (DmNpO)
My daughter started teaching HS math in the Boston area this year, so far so good. If yours has no tolerance for BS, I hope he gets a good principal....I found in my short career BS from the administrators more difficult to deal with than students, students can usually be trained...
Posted by: bill-o at December 13, 2013 07:04 PM (AWwDY)
Oh, this is complicated.
When I started running (forgive me, I was getting fat, and I couldn't stand it), I started reading Runner's World, and one of the things I was initially skeptical of was the claim that the gluten we are encountering now is "different" from what we used to find in our wheat.
It turns out that, to my utter astonishment, yes, it's true.
The present variety of wheat being grown has been bred to produce a very short-amino-acid-chain gluten (and I remain a little skeptical about this), which a surprising number of people have issues about processing.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 07:04 PM (mKMj1)
The GOP is worthless in every way possible.
Posted by: Kreplach at December 13, 2013 07:05 PM (Xkr8I)
"Needy" is the right word. I'd like to think I know how to raise a Viszla "now", but I don't have the energy to take one on. That is unquestionably my favorite breed.
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 13, 2013 10:56 PM (o3MSL)
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I have the Viszla's cousin, a Weimaraner. Sweet and smart and loyal and full of energy. Would follow me to the ends of the earth. Love that dog.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Infused with Leftist Logic at December 13, 2013 07:05 PM (jucos)
Posted by: NCwoof at December 13, 2013 07:06 PM (aUQgu)
It still astonishes me how few people know anything about that endless atrocity.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 07:06 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: mpfs, Christmas Fishstick at December 13, 2013 07:06 PM (ocjHE)
Posted by: Chrissy Liebowitz at December 13, 2013 07:07 PM (iB0Q2)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 13, 2013 07:07 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Vendette at December 13, 2013 07:08 PM (sv2CE)
Posted by: NCwoof at December 13, 2013 07:09 PM (aUQgu)
What I love about Boehner is that he came out and excoriated conservatives for criticizing a deal that he said the critics hadn't even seen.
They hadn't seen the deal because Boehner was doing a Pelosi redux, writing legislation in secret all night long, failing to put the legislation on line so that mere citizens could provide feedback to their pseudo-representatives, ad rushing the bill through before splitting to go home an vacation (again).
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 13, 2013 07:11 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Thrawn at December 13, 2013 07:11 PM (ZyqBH)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 13, 2013 07:12 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: garrett at December 13, 2013 07:12 PM (mbPQ0)
A small one is 700 calories, and I don't care. I want a Chick-Fil-A appreciation day this spring, because it was so good last time! Even if I did have to wait a solid two months for a CFA to open in my area.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 07:12 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: mpfs, Christmas Fishstick at December 13, 2013 07:12 PM (ocjHE)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at December 13, 2013 07:14 PM (zhjEd)
Hawaii 5-0's episode tonight addressed the Japanese internment camps.
Posted by: Biff Boffo at December 13, 2013 10:57 PM (1j9qS)
Considering the large Japanese-ancestry population and their influence on popular culture in HI, it's not TOTALLY unwarranted to have an episode dealing with the internment camps. Depends on how it's handled in the writing. But you can only do it once before it turns into an unbelievable cliche.
Thing is, the incessant caterwauling over fake, bullshit "bigotry" issues by the fucking leftists actually cheapens and demeans the instances of true bigotry in our history, to the point where it impedes the process of reconciliation. Of course, that's exactly what the cocksucking leftists want, to draw it out indefinitely so they can use it as a convenient bludgeon.
Then again, I'm always amused that the left constantly tries to honor "heroes" like MLK and Chavez.........by giving them street names in the shittiest, most crime-ridden and blood-soaked neighborhoods in the 'hood.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 13, 2013 07:14 PM (MBqvE)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 07:15 PM (GRLuN)
Posted by: Dianna
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Thanks Dianna- I had heard this. but it confused me, which is easy. Thanks for the explanation.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 07:15 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: NCwoof at December 13, 2013 07:15 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 13, 2013 07:15 PM (GEICT)
Somebody school me.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 11:00 PM (4Mv1T)
OK TR, I'm just getting up to speed myself on this. What I know now is that most wheat is genetically modified (gmo) for resistance to disease and insect attack. This will yeild greater production but may lead to decrease in human compatibility. Also known as "gluten intolerance". And I do know of people that have had "severe physical reactions" that are cured by eliminating the intake of wheat products.
Studies that I have read state that due to gmo wheat the incidence of diabetes will explode in the next 20 years is frightening. If true.
I could go on, but this is emerging research with "discovervies to be made".
Posted by: tbodie at December 13, 2013 07:15 PM (RX6BJ)
Posted by: Tony Montana gots nuttin' but his balls at December 13, 2013 07:16 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 13, 2013 07:16 PM (UAMVq)
I have loved a whole lot of dogs. I anticipate adoring the puppy I'm getting shortly, but I don't know that he'll be a "better" dog than my Goon, or the Black Mutt to End All Black Mutts. I'm just happy, knowing that, once again, there will be a wiggly, chewy, adventurous, loving, mischievous and faintly bewildered puppy in my life.
Further, The Black Mutt will have an opportunity to bring up a puppy in The Way That He Should Go, in consultation with the older cat.
It will be good for them.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 07:17 PM (mKMj1)
If you don't know that you're WRONG Posted by: DAve
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What in the heck are you talking about.
I live in Carolina. Please school me.
We have 'yotes in all 100 counties, but we shoot them where we can.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 07:17 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 13, 2013 07:18 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 13, 2013 07:19 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Grey Fox at December 13, 2013 07:19 PM (EQrBy)
I live in Carolina. Please school me.
We have 'yotes in all 100 counties, but we shoot them where we can.
Posted by: Tobacco Road
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Okay. My bad. I just looked them up. I just don't know anyone who has one.
Mea Culpa.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 07:20 PM (4Mv1T)
No prob Mindy, I have youngins and wouldn't be able to make it, I was just wondering what type a place the morons would pick. I'll find out after its over.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 13, 2013 07:20 PM (MaP11)
And it's so cute when they click their heels together and bark, "Jawohl!"
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 13, 2013 07:21 PM (PDhMJ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 13, 2013 07:21 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 07:22 PM (GRLuN)
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 07:22 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Mindy at December 13, 2013 07:24 PM (GRLuN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 13, 2013 07:25 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 13, 2013 07:25 PM (PDhMJ)
Posted by: Swing so sweet chariot at December 13, 2013 07:26 PM (R6JT1)
I've been reading about this in a desultory way, not intensively.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 07:26 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 13, 2013 07:26 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: PMRich at December 13, 2013 07:27 PM (x/BtJ)
Posted by: rightlysouthern (aim low boys they in wagon ruts) at December 13, 2013 07:28 PM (uOxBm)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 13, 2013 07:29 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at December 13, 2013 07:29 PM (zhjEd)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 13, 2013 11:25 PM (aDwsi)
Mike - it's not just important for HS. I teach MBAs, and if they sense that they can play you, they will. It's not necessary to be a hardass, but with some classes you definitely have to demonstrate who can piss bigger (in some manner, shape, or form). The best teachers are the ones who have a presence that no one would even try crossing them.
I have a colleague who teaches our law classes. Before teaching, he was a partner at one of the biggest municipal bond law firms in the world - he retired at 42 with two places in NYV and another in Paris. He's very respectful and professional to his students, but no-one in their right mind would try to cross him. And he's flat out the best teacher in our school.
Posted by: RightWingProf at December 13, 2013 07:30 PM (RtR5I)
Posted by: conanthelibertarian at December 13, 2013 07:30 PM (UxgYy)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 13, 2013 07:32 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 13, 2013 07:32 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: NCwoof at December 13, 2013 07:33 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: mpfs, Christmas Fishstick at December 13, 2013 07:34 PM (ocjHE)
Because I confess that two glasses and I'm not sober, but three, I might just be drunk.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 07:35 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 13, 2013 11:16 PM (UAMVq)
Holy shit, I'm glad Mrs. Crank is okay. x2. Family.................. You have a very difficult decision. My Prayers.
Posted by: tbodie at December 13, 2013 07:35 PM (RX6BJ)
Ho-Lee-Shit, C.C.!
I pray that her Demons be quelled, mitigated and ultimately eliminated.
May our collective thoughts and prayers allay the destruction within her soul. May her inner beauty be allowed to shine, as you have seen it. More importantly, as God has known it.
May you and yours be a healing force, through God, in her life. May modern medicine, as well as our prayers, aid this process for the good. For the better. For, indeed, her very soul.
Peace be with her. And of course with you during these trying times.
My knees will be down this evening with her inner humanity and your loving thoughts in my prayers. His shoulders are broad and strong.
May God assuage your very trepidation and worry.
In Jesus' Name, I Pray...
*amen*
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 07:35 PM (lq3Ak)
I don't have it, but it's taken two friends. I hate it.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 07:36 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 13, 2013 07:36 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: mpfs, Christmas Fishstick at December 13, 2013 07:36 PM (ocjHE)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 13, 2013 07:36 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: NCwoof at December 13, 2013 07:37 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 13, 2013 07:37 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Grapes of Math at December 13, 2013 07:38 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 13, 2013 07:38 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: rightlysouthern (aim low boys they in wagon ruts) at December 13, 2013 07:38 PM (uOxBm)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 13, 2013 07:38 PM (MaP11)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 13, 2013 07:38 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 13, 2013 07:39 PM (dfYL9)
Drunk dog walking will not be tolerated by the regime. Posted by: mpfs, Christmas Fishstick
Ha!
Miss Dog would regard it as an opportunity to sneak something by me. She has a very low and evil sense of humor!
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 07:40 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Long-time Commenter, First-time Reader at December 13, 2013 07:41 PM (pl1y3)
Posted by: Long-time Commenter, First-time Reader at December 13, 2013 07:43 PM (pl1y3)
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Make no mistake.
He hears it and understands.
But Slap does do a fine job here as the chaplain for the HQ. Lord knows we need one.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 07:43 PM (4Mv1T)
Well, sh*t got real at Casa del Crank today. Our neice pulled a knife on Mrs. Crank while I was at work. Mrs. Crank talked her down, and now she's in the crisis unit at OSU waiting transfer to adolescent psych. Old and busted psychiatrist diagnosis is ADHD and depression, new hotness diagnosis by me and Mrs. Crank is bipolar and scizoafdective disorder. Having serious thoughts about if trying to save this child by adopting her is too damn risky. Prayers appreciated. [i/]
Prayers. Because. My heart breaks for you.
Posted by: tbodie at December 13, 2013 07:43 PM (RX6BJ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 07:44 PM (rDidD)
How much extra did you pay for the 'player' hash?
Posted by: dogfish at December 13, 2013 07:44 PM (nsOJa)
My dad was a Marine in the Pacific back then. He never would buy a Japanese car.
He had no problems with a VW bug.
Posted by: Spork at December 13, 2013 07:44 PM (S+wJC)
On the other hand, I have owned the world's dumbest corgi, and bow to anyone on the subject. Phaedra was sweet, but hadn't the brains given the average goose.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 07:45 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 13, 2013 07:45 PM (mck3/)
The most devout would say I'm "showing off", and they may be correct, in a sense. Perhaps prayers should remain personal. I'm torn on this, but perhaps they're right.
I hope my prayers offer only solace and inspiration.
...but I'm the same guy who can't shut his mouth about his Christmas lights.
Perhaps this is why I "get" the Human Condition and all its folly. "Perspective" only makes me aware of it, however. It doesn't make me a better person.
I'm pretty torn on this issue. I've prayed on it and the answer will come in time.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 07:46 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at December 13, 2013 07:46 PM (zhjEd)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 07:47 PM (rDidD)
How much extra did you pay for the 'player' hash?
Posted by: dogfish at December 13, 2013 11:44 PM (nsOJa)
Some things you gotta earn.
Posted by: Long-time Commenter, First-time Reader at December 13, 2013 07:47 PM (pl1y3)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 13, 2013 07:48 PM (eQJwb)
Personally, I am wary of any organization with the word "global" in its title.
This does not mean it doesn't do good work. It may merely mean you need to designate your gift for a particular purpose (never a bad idea with very large organizations), but look at it carefully.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 07:48 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at December 13, 2013 07:48 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 07:48 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 07:50 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Jean at December 13, 2013 07:50 PM (4JkHl)
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Two hours.
You didn't get the memo did you.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 07:50 PM (4Mv1T)
Personally, I am wary of any organization with the word "global" in its title.
This does not mean it doesn't do good work. It may merely mean you need to designate your gift for a particular purpose (never a bad idea with very large organizations), but look at it carefully.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 11:48 PM (mKMj1)
I did read their annual report but it didn't specify where a lot of the money went beyond "grants" or "programs" or whatever. And yeah, the "Global" word is what set the alarms ringing in the first place.
Posted by: Long-time Commenter, First-time Reader at December 13, 2013 07:50 PM (pl1y3)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 07:50 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 13, 2013 07:51 PM (aDwsi)
My dad was a Marine in the Pacific back then. He never would buy a Japanese car.
He had no problems with a VW bug.
Posted by: Spork at December 13, 2013 11:44 PM (S+wJC)
I know I've told this story before, but my uncle brought one of the first hondas home from college one day, my WW2 SeaBee vet grandfather never said a word to him about it, he just carried a can full of gas outside and burned it where it sat.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 13, 2013 07:51 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 07:51 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Long-time Commenter,
it is not about how long it takes to earn as much as is is what you have to do.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 11:50 PM (rDidD)
And the opportunity cost involved...
Posted by: Long-time Commenter, First-time Reader at December 13, 2013 07:51 PM (pl1y3)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 13, 2013 11:38 PM (MaP11)
Sho nuff
Posted by: rightlysouthern (aim low boys they in wagon ruts) at December 13, 2013 07:52 PM (uOxBm)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 13, 2013 07:52 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 07:53 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 13, 2013 07:54 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Long-time Commenter,
also, the fact that you can shower until your skin comes off but you will never get rid of the smell or feel clean again.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 11:53 PM (rDidD)
Huh. I always thought that was a prerequisite for the HQ.
Posted by: Long-time Commenter, First-time Reader at December 13, 2013 07:54 PM (pl1y3)
Posted by: Vendette at December 13, 2013 07:55 PM (sv2CE)
It does not lessen my feelings, however. I say what I mean and I mean what I say.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 07:55 PM (lq3Ak)
#314 - Charity Navigator has...issues. It is a starting point. Always go to the 990 and do your own research.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 07:55 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: GGE
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The best way to follow that forum is click on the top tab that says "New Posts". That way you are up to speed on the latest ravings. And because everyone there is in our time zone, it's like it has a curfew or something after about 10:30PM.
I toggle between there and here at night.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 07:55 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 07:56 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at December 13, 2013 07:56 PM (N/cFh)
I only surrendered my dignity, nothing physical though.Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 07:57 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Long-time Commenter, First-time Reader at December 13, 2013 07:57 PM (pl1y3)
Posted by: plumb tuckered out at December 13, 2013 07:57 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: Long-time Commenter,
I only surrendered my dignity, nothing physical though.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 11:57 PM (rDidD)
Well, as long as it's not anything you were using in the first place. Gnight!
Posted by: Long-time Commenter, First-time Reader at December 13, 2013 07:58 PM (pl1y3)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 13, 2013 11:51 PM (yh0zB)
Of course today he probably wouldn't burn it since, it would almost certainly be a car built in America made with more American parts than most of the "American cars" built today. And it not built by self-entitled union assholes. Now some of them might be self entitled assholes (I worked at a Honda plant) but they're not union.
Posted by: buzzion at December 13, 2013 07:59 PM (LI48c)
Oh goody. I just noticed the new release of Firefox killed the download indicator --- again. Another hour of googling to see if that can be fixed -- again.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 13, 2013 08:00 PM (kdS6q)
Thank you. May they guide The Horde in times of trouble.
...and may my own soul, as misguided as it is, be corrected by your voices, through God's Loving Light.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 08:00 PM (lq3Ak)
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I make too much of a fuss. The house still has water. I just sit in my office at the end of the house, and my bottled water ran out. These old hardwood floors wake up the whole house when I walk the length of the house to the frig, so it's straight scotch for the rest of the ONT.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 08:00 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 13, 2013 08:00 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 13, 2013 08:01 PM (UB6eP)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:01 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 13, 2013 08:01 PM (dfYL9)
Or maybe indulge in some serious drinking.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 08:01 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: rightlysouthern (aim low boys they in wagon ruts) at December 13, 2013 08:04 PM (uOxBm)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:05 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Vendette at December 13, 2013 08:05 PM (sv2CE)
Posted by: rightlysouthern (aim low boys they in wagon ruts) at December 14, 2013 12:04 AM (uOxBm)
A big one, and it stayed right there until after Grandma died and they sold the house.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 13, 2013 08:07 PM (yh0zB)
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It keeps me from guzzling the whole half gallon in three nights.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 08:07 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 13, 2013 08:07 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:07 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Museisluse at December 13, 2013 08:07 PM (HsXTx)
Let's just say that Shelties are more tractable than Corgis."
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 14, 2013 12:01 AM (dfYL9)
You'd never met "Scooter"! He was the bane of my existence a few years ago!
He barked at everything. Phone, door, movement, shadow, light, BAAHHH!!!
I've been able to "Dog Whisper" just about any doggeh I've come up against. This one was "un-whisper-able".
I loved that little freak. I loved him more than I hated him.
R.I.P., Scooter. You barky-ass little Freak.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 08:09 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Thrawn at December 13, 2013 08:09 PM (ZyqBH)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:09 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: red shy at December 13, 2013 08:10 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 13, 2013 08:11 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Joe at December 13, 2013 08:12 PM (B+xcR)
Posted by: red shy at December 13, 2013 08:12 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:12 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 13, 2013 08:13 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 13, 2013 08:13 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 14, 2013 12:07 AM (yh0zB)
Good answer, was expecting nothing less from the GGE branch of All Americans.
Posted by: rightlysouthern (aim low boys they in wagon ruts) at December 13, 2013 08:13 PM (uOxBm)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:14 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 13, 2013 08:14 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: pippop at December 13, 2013 08:15 PM (tW/U3)
The storyline involved an elderly Japanese-American whose family was interned at a camp in Hawaii. Ay one point, the bitter man exclaims that "not one case of sabotage was ever committed by a Japanese!". Cynical old me blurts out, "yeah, because they were all in the camps!", which earned me the Death Stare from Mrs. Boffo (who was the one actually watching the show).
Posted by: Biff Boffo at December 13, 2013 08:16 PM (1j9qS)
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Yes. I am licensed in NC and appointed by Blue Cross and certified by the Feds.
That is, IF, you are actually insured.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 08:17 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:18 PM (rDidD)
...but fighting fire with fire may just allow 'their' shit to burn.
-Thank You.
*Tea-Bags Chris Matthews*
'sup, Pickled Brain-Stem?!?
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 08:19 PM (lq3Ak)
Dennis Rodman will train North Korea's basketball team
http://tinyurl.com/lcfp9gz
Posted by: Thrawn at December 14, 2013 12:09 AM (ZyqBH)
Is it wrong to hope that Lil' Kim gets pissed off at Rodham and orders up a firing squad?
Posted by: CDR M at December 13, 2013 08:19 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: red shy at December 13, 2013 08:19 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 13, 2013 08:19 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 13, 2013 08:20 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:20 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 14, 2013 12:14 AM (rDidD)
Damn sure was, and that`s all I will say on that subject.
Posted by: rightlysouthern (aim low boys they in wagon ruts) at December 13, 2013 08:20 PM (uOxBm)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:21 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at December 13, 2013 08:21 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: NCwoof at December 14, 2013 12:19 AM (aUQgu)
...Roger that, Sir.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 08:21 PM (lq3Ak)
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Negatory. There are open enrollment periods. If you fail to enroll in an open enrollment, you are SOL, till the next open enrollment period each year.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 08:21 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: pippop at December 13, 2013 08:22 PM (tW/U3)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:22 PM (rDidD)
Seriously, what is it with dogs and picking dreadful things up out of the grass, sidewalk and gutter, when they know it makes them sick and Mommy doesn't approve?
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 08:23 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Bomber at December 13, 2013 08:23 PM (DnyEi)
Posted by: pippop at December 13, 2013 08:24 PM (tW/U3)
Posted by: CDR M at December 13, 2013 08:24 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:25 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Joe at December 13, 2013 08:25 PM (B+xcR)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 13, 2013 08:26 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 13, 2013 08:27 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:27 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 13, 2013 08:27 PM (lqgtz)
http://tinyurl.com/oerovq2
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 14, 2013 12:06 AM (4Mv1T)
Cool, thanks!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 13, 2013 08:28 PM (yh0zB)
St. Nicholas was North African. Call it "mediterranean" and you won't be far off.
The "Jolly old elf" of current mythology is a very recent invention, call it essentially Victorian. Yes, there are Germanic and Nordic precedents (hi, Wikipedia!), but that's all about amalgamation. Prince Albert had a lot to do with it, though not everything.
As to Jesus being white, black or whatever? Completely irrelevant, as Jesus came to save all mankind.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 08:28 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:29 PM (rDidD)
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Sorry. I thought we were delineating between species.
Bipeds, quadrapeds.
One bites, the other barks, mostly.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 08:29 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter
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Saw your post. Nice Reagan reference. But cooler avatar.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 08:30 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 13, 2013 08:30 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Joe at December 13, 2013 08:30 PM (B+xcR)
373 TR
So, this means that I, and anyone and everyone else can wait for a problem, a minor surgery, a case of colon cancer, then sign up and dump the cost to ObamaInsurance?
I did not know this. I thought I would simply be covered for Everything Else, and at a reasonable rate.
Posted by: Arbalest at December 14, 2013 12:19 AM (FlRtG)
As far as I understand it, you have to sign up during an "enrollment period", like the one we're in right now for 2014, and they have to take all comers without regard to preexisting conditions. If the enrollment period closes, and you don't have insurance, you won't be able to get insurance.
That said, it appears that moving to a different state opens an enrollment period for you in that other state....so if I didn't have an insurance plan and discovered I had colon cancer, first thing I'd probably look into doing is moving.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 13, 2013 08:30 PM (T1005)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 13, 2013 08:31 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:31 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 13, 2013 08:31 PM (9ky0U)
Her daddy was half golden retriever and half chow. Mom was 57 varieties, but very beautiful.
Miss Dog is black, with thick, curly fur, a fine plumed tail, and a golden retriever's point on the back of her head. She has a dark-mottled tongue.
She is remarkably intelligent, plays pranks, and is very loving. She's almost 13 years old.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 08:32 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:32 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:33 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 13, 2013 08:33 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Joe at December 13, 2013 08:33 PM (B+xcR)
Posted by: Arbalest
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If, and when, healthcare.gov EVER works, the subsidy would be paid directly to the insurance company. Or you can take the subsidy as a refundable tax credit each year when you do your taxes.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 08:34 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 12:26 AM (lq3Ak)
Wait...NCwoof is an 'ette???
*smooths back hair* How're YOU doin?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 13, 2013 08:35 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 08:35 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 13, 2013 08:36 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: pippop at December 13, 2013 08:37 PM (tW/U3)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:37 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:39 PM (rDidD)
Anyway, I doubt that Jesus was European-type white. I also doubt that he looked like, say, Robert Mugabe (I denounce myself) He probably looked like a Middle Eastern person. But does it really matter?
And why is anyone arguing about Santa? He's a Scandi legend, right?
Posted by: Biff Boffo at December 13, 2013 08:39 PM (1j9qS)
Oh, and do I have it right @416?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 13, 2013 08:39 PM (T1005)
Posted by: NCwoof at December 13, 2013 08:39 PM (aUQgu)
When people threaten your life, it's time to cut them loose. There's a limit to blood and kindness; that there is it. imho.
Bomber, get ur azz back here so's you can partay.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 13, 2013 08:40 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: Biff Boffo at December 13, 2013 08:40 PM (1j9qS)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 14, 2013 12:27 AM (mck3/)
I was able to train the nipping, but the barking was unavoidable. That dog wasn't mine, but my folks' dog. I offered to train him... LOL! *FAIL*
They got him from The Mall. That should answer all your questions!
He was a hyper-active mill-dog. He was also the "Breed-Standard" and amongst the most beautiful and athletic dogs I'd ever seen.
Since he spent nearly all his time with my folks, he wasn't "reinforced"... BAH! *frustration*
They'd "comfort bad behavior" and avoid 'problems'. There was nothing I could do, but enjoy his quirkiness with my face implanted firmly in my palm. Rubbing my temples with "exasperated joy". *AHHHHHH!*
*bark-bark-bark-bark-bark-bark-bark-bark*
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 08:41 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: The Man without a Name at December 13, 2013 08:41 PM (R6JT1)
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??
Why
O'Care caused this clusterfuck, as far as I can tell.
In NC, the insurance companies HAVE to pay out .80 of every dollar they take in on claims, or refund them at the end of the year. And this is not new.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 08:41 PM (4Mv1T)
The Turks (so called) are a people from the steppes. They had not yet made their appearance in the area; indeed, St. Nicholas can be considered sort-of Greek - though I would call that a cultural descriptor more than anything else.
There is a reason I used "Mediterranean". Even now, there is a rather fascinating resemblance among all the peoples surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 08:42 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 13, 2013 08:43 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: NCwoof at December 13, 2013 08:43 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:44 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 13, 2013 08:45 PM (FlRtG)
After that, he'd come to greet us in the morning with a ball in his mouth, as nip prevention.
Clever little boy!
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 08:45 PM (mKMj1)
Oh, and do I have it right @416?
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During the first week of October when this clusterfuck was being rolled out, I resigned my appointment with Blue Cross. Not because of them, but because of healthcare.gov's failure to operate.
And yes. You have it correct.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 08:46 PM (4Mv1T)
When I was a child, I watched shows like I Dream of Jeanie, and Bewitched, and I was really convinced that I could do magic, too, if I just tried hard enough. Democrats seem to never have learned that twitching one's nose doesn't make things happen.
Posted by: kalneva at December 13, 2013 08:46 PM (XyrkB)
Posted by: pippop at December 13, 2013 08:47 PM (tW/U3)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:48 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: NCwoof at December 13, 2013 08:49 PM (aUQgu)
Ya'll have a few drinks for me,
Cheers.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 08:49 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: fluffy at December 13, 2013 08:49 PM (Ua6T/)
What's killing me is that so many insurers lobbied for this or that little favor, and yet, at the end, the system is intended to ruin them, while making them take the blame for the disaster bearing down on us.
I don't know if that's irony, or just short-sighted idiocy.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 08:50 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: DAve at December 13, 2013 08:50 PM (b7yum)
425 TR
If, and when, healthcare.gov EVER works, the subsidy would be paid directly to the insurance company.
It sounds like the health insurance companies stand to make a lot of money. The only problem I have with this is that it is at my tax expense, not my voluntary expense.
Is anyone else still highly resistant to signing up for ObamaCare? I have a giant problem doing it.
Posted by: Arbalest at December 14, 2013 12:45 AM (FlRtG)
I'm just waiting for the tax forms to come out, 'cause that's for everyone -- I fully intend to answer "none of your fucking business" under penalty of perjury and not attach the penalty for non-compliance.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 13, 2013 08:50 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Dianna
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Door number 2
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 13, 2013 08:51 PM (4Mv1T)
Boooo! I loved Bill and his idiotic wizardry! He was silly, funny and an excellent foil for the irreverent humor of Gutfeld and guests.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 08:51 PM (lq3Ak)
No.Posted by: Kwanzaa-Bot at December 13, 2013 08:52 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: rickl at December 13, 2013 08:52 PM (sdi6R)
Well, if one was to make ones own indelible mark on history itself, I suppose a long, squiggly shit stain will have to suffice. The Hopey and Changey sadly fades off into the sunset of mediocrity and incompetency. Sigh...and FML.
Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at December 13, 2013 08:52 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:53 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: kalneva at December 13, 2013 08:54 PM (XyrkB)
looks like lefty gibberish, not to be confused w/authentic western gibberish.
Posted by: bill-o at December 13, 2013 08:54 PM (AWwDY)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 14, 2013 12:43 AM (mck3/)
HAHAHAHAH!!! Scooter!
I laughed heartily at that mind-picture!
-Thank You!
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 08:55 PM (lq3Ak)
In (say) 400 CE, "Greek" was a cultural descriptor, which could be applied without regard to the melanin content of someone's skin (though a very dark-skinned person who was not a native Greek speaker might be described as "Nubian"), as "Greek" meant a native Greek speaker, and that was a very broad descriptor.
BTW, why would you assume I thought you (or anyone) was any particular ethnic description, short of you telling me what your ethnicity is?
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 08:55 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: NCwoof at December 13, 2013 08:55 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 13, 2013 08:56 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Alexander the not-so-great at December 13, 2013 08:58 PM (R6JT1)
Ya'll have a few drinks for me,
Cheers.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 14, 2013 12:49 AM (4Mv1T)
-Doood. I had no idea.
Prayer added and stay strong, T.R.
*pours Budweiser on rug*
...that was stupid, but the thought remains the same.
-God Bless
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 08:59 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at December 13, 2013 08:59 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 08:59 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: pippop at December 13, 2013 09:01 PM (tW/U3)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 13, 2013 09:01 PM (mck3/)
cthulhu:
I have a tax guy. I think he will be unable to let me do things my way, and we may have to part ways. I shall see in about 2 months.
The Penalty: I think I will see about arranging to always owe nothing or a small amount, rather than plan on a refund. I realize that the odds of an audit go way up, but maybe it's worth it.
Posted by: Arbalest at December 14, 2013 12:56 AM (FlRtG)
Thing is, they're going to want you to hitch the rope in a tree, tie the knot, and put your neck in it yourself -- so the reporting form for Obamacare is going be "what is your healthcare status? Who is your carrier? What is your ID#?" and so on....and I'm thinking that ain't going to fly real well with a lot of folks.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 13, 2013 09:02 PM (T1005)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 13, 2013 09:03 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: kalneva at December 14, 2013 12:54 AM (XyrkB)
-Where'd he get it from?
-I dunno. He stash?!? I don' care. He givin' it to us! O-Ba-Mah! O-Ba-Mah! O-Bah-Mah!
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 09:04 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: NCwoof at December 13, 2013 09:04 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: rightlysouthern (aim low boys they in wagon ruts) at December 13, 2013 09:07 PM (uOxBm)
I didn't know about Megyn Kelly.
Look, I'm faintly horrified.
The world of 400 CE was a world under extreme pressures - there were vast population movements under way, and while Germanic peoples may have spoken an Indo-European tongue, they most certainly were not culturally compatible with Greek (or, honestly, Roman) society. This is a long way from my field (Soviet studies), but I cannot begin to tell you how scary and messy the world was, right then, and it had nothing to do with modern idiocy about
"race".
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 09:07 PM (mKMj1)
Thor is yellow.
Shiva is white.
Buddah is a redskin.
Happy now? Can't we all just get along???
Posted by: Rodney King at December 13, 2013 09:08 PM (VJpOJ)
Posted by: RWC at December 13, 2013 09:09 PM (Q6HBD)
http://bit.ly/1fcW4Cd
Posted by: The Dude at December 13, 2013 09:10 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 13, 2013 09:11 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: RWC at December 13, 2013 09:11 PM (Q6HBD)
-"Says who?"
-"Says us. In case you'd like a lien on your property and problems cashing future checks? ...I'd comply with Your Betters."
-"You're stomping on my First Amendment Rights!"
-"There are nine more in The Bill of Rights we haven't even touched, ...yet". ...Just Try Us.
Government Loves You. It Cares About You. It Isn't A Cold, Steel, Lumbering, Formidable Robot. ...just ask it.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 09:12 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Mike Shanahan at December 13, 2013 09:13 PM (lqgtz)
Posted by: Mike Shanahan at December 14, 2013 01:13 AM (lqgtz)
LMAO! QBR: 76.3
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 09:15 PM (lq3Ak)
What's his completion percentage?
Posted by: Mike Shanahan at December 14, 2013 01:13 AM (lqgtz)<<<
We'll trade you for Cousins.
Posted by: some monk at December 13, 2013 09:15 PM (VJpOJ)
Posted by: RWC at December 13, 2013 09:15 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: RWC at December 13, 2013 09:17 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: pippop at December 13, 2013 09:18 PM (tW/U3)
In defense of their idiocy and your characterization?
They were probably more F.S.A. than L.I.V.
Like italian dressing, however, they're separated until something gets "shaken" within any given community.
Posted by: Zombie Rodney King at December 13, 2013 09:20 PM (lq3Ak)
lots of elites in nyc wanna know where the fuck their insurance went to.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 14, 2013 01:03 AM (rDidD)
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The blind being led by the dumb?
Posted by: rightlysouthern (aim low boys they in wagon ruts) at December 13, 2013 09:20 PM (uOxBm)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 13, 2013 09:21 PM (jdRXP)
Sadly, it's also one in which I have really nothing to add.
Obamacare is a disaster. In nonprofit world, which (being a bunch of starry-eyed idealists) generally voted for Obama, this realization is only NOW dawning. It feels wrong, somehow, to say, "I tried to tell you" at this point.
Seriously, the charitable world did not ever think that "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch" applied. Now, it's biting them in the butt, and hard.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 09:21 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 09:21 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: RWC at December 13, 2013 09:23 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 13, 2013 09:23 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: RWC at December 13, 2013 09:24 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 09:24 PM (lq3Ak)
So, during open enrollment, insurance companies have to enroll anyone, regardless of preexisting conditionsÂ….which, as we know, is like selling you homeownersÂ’ coverage after your house is on fire, or selling you collision insurance between the time you get hit and the arrival of the tow truckÂ…..but this is supposed to work because if you donÂ’t sign up during open enrollment, you have to wait another year.
Â….but you get another open enrollment period if you move out-of-state.
So if you’re diagnosed with something that takes a long time to treat….move. In some cities near state borders [e.g. Kansas City Missouri; Chattanooga, TN; Texarkana, Arkansas; Cincinnati, OH; Washington DC], you can even keep the same job and keep your favorite restaurants — but now you can sign up for the Gold Plan while your expensive illness is being treated.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 13, 2013 09:25 PM (T1005)
In a pool!
Alone!
Posted by: Zombie Rodney King at December 14, 2013 01:17 AM (lq3Ak)
____________________
That sucks
Posted by: Zombie Chris Farley at December 13, 2013 09:25 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 14, 2013 01:23 AM (jdRXP)
Also, It'll only cling to something, escape, and leave me with an "unmatched-solo-sock".
These foot-stockings have been known to be crafty, wily and elusive.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 09:27 PM (lq3Ak)
____________________
That sucks
Posted by: Zombie Chris Farley at December 14, 2013 01:25 AM (jucos)<<<
Thankfully, I couldn't hang with you guys when you were on one of your benders.
Posted by: Zombie David Carradine at December 13, 2013 09:29 PM (VJpOJ)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 14, 2013 01:23 AM (jdRXP)
Also, It'll only cling to something, escape, and leave me with an "unmatched-solo-sock".
These foot-stockings have been known to be crafty, wily and elusive.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 01:27 AM (lq3Ak)
....and I'm chopped liver. You lousy, insensitive bastard. I thought we had something special.
Posted by: Shocked ear-stocking at December 13, 2013 09:30 PM (T1005)
I ran across this video with an Obama impersonator "rapping" (gods, make it stop!) even more horribly and badly than most rap about Obamacare.
Please, tell me this is a joke? No one is this stupid? Really?
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 09:32 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at December 13, 2013 09:32 PM (zhjEd)
Posted by: RWC at December 13, 2013 09:33 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: RWC at December 13, 2013 09:35 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: The Political Sock at December 13, 2013 09:38 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 13, 2013 09:38 PM (mck3/)
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 09:39 PM (mKMj1)
As many of you know, the BH and I are not married -- though we're working on our third decade together. We jointly own our house, we have medical powers of attorney over each other, etc.
But I need to get something in the box so that she can move my official residence if I'm in a coma or otherwise incapacitated.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 13, 2013 09:40 PM (T1005)
Oh, dear, I want you to be right, but...I realized quite some time ago that we've managed to create an entire segment of society which has no idea of the fact that the laws of economics still apply, despite anyone's desires.
I find myself explaining that, when the desired impossible meets the disastrous possible, guess what happens?
No one ever listens.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 09:44 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 13, 2013 09:45 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 13, 2013 09:48 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: RWC at December 13, 2013 09:49 PM (Q6HBD)
THIS!
Posted by: bill-o at December 13, 2013 09:50 PM (AWwDY)
Do you also have a method to shelter "property", maybe move investments around, etc?
I'm not looking for an answer, merely noting a potential consideration.
Posted by: Arbalest at December 14, 2013 01:45 AM (FlRtG)
There are some things that you don't do because doing them provides a prima facie case that things are fixed. If you belly up to a rigged roulette wheel, you don't go 22, 22, 22, 22 (unless you're at Rick's).
I have a good friend who worked for a CPA firm doing "forensic accounting", which is unwinding asset-hiding schemes....usually in the context of a divorce. The more complicated the schemes, the worse it looked when they were unwound.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 13, 2013 09:51 PM (T1005)
How the heckish are you going to get a 40 foot moving van into a safety deposit box?!?
Posted by: Adriane... at December 14, 2013 01:48 AM (jdRXP)
If you think I could get all the crap I've been fighting all week into a single 40-foot van, you're delusional -- and that's just the garage.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 13, 2013 09:52 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 13, 2013 09:53 PM (FlRtG)
http://engagedcapital.com/images/Engaged%20letter%20to%20ANF.pdf
A/F is apparently fucking up on an epic scale, and the CEO is being paid handsomely to fuck things up.
Page 8 of the letter nets it all out in two charts.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 13, 2013 09:55 PM (UVadJ)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 14, 2013 01:52 AM (T1005)
Yeah same boat here, I would need a crew and a C-5 just to move the shit in the garage.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 13, 2013 09:55 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 13, 2013 09:56 PM (FlRtG)
Have I used it in the past 6 months? Yes? Keep it.
Do I reasonably anticipate using it in the next 5 years? Yes? Keep it.
If it doesn't pass those filters, it probably falls into the "crap" category and could be disposed of with little consequence.
Tools of course are excluded.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 13, 2013 10:02 PM (UVadJ)
The more complicated the schemes, the worse it looked when they were unwound.
I figured that. Avoiding the unnecessary complex is usually good. Perhaps a few PoAs is all that is needed, and the "panic, fear and emotional distress" defense.
Posted by: Arbalest at December 14, 2013 01:56 AM (FlRtG)
Seriously, you would not believe the shit that a dentist will do to avoid splitting his net-worth 50-50 with the woman who helped put him through med school and raised his kids. When it comes to his newfound fascination, he's thinking that his wife's share is pretty much "a laurel and a hearty handshake".
Posted by: cthulhu at December 13, 2013 10:03 PM (T1005)
I was reading my facebook feed.
A person I know put something up that had me saying, "Excuse me, but you abandoned your children. I know. I was there. Hello?"
Am I a horrible person? I don't really understand how that could have been posted as a humorous observation. I'm at a total loss.
And I have to talk to this person on Tuesday.
Posted by: Dianna at December 13, 2013 10:04 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 13, 2013 10:06 PM (UVadJ)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 13, 2013 10:09 PM (jdRXP)
I understand what I meant at the time, but my directives were unclear, as were my intents and so-called "punch-lines".
Vague words lead to unclear motives and meanings. I hope no offense was taken, but in case I was too goofy and, well, crass? I meant nothing outwardly offensive toward your character.
I can certainly improve my daft sophistry and all its implications, should humor be my goal.
I certainly hope no offense was taken, but should it have been, it was all my Late-Night-Idiotic, Drunken Doing.
There have been No Better people To Me, Personally, than Cthulhu and Merovign. I could ask for no-one better that these "answerable, congenial", Late-Night Guys.
Maybe I offended no-one. Perhaps my drunken stupors are devoid of "ass-holery", but preemptive qualification never hurt anyone, right?
*sips*
As of this ninth beer, I ask of you to cast your sins unto me!
...okay, not really. That would be an exercise in futility. My power to 'absolve' was taken away by some dude named "Chuck" around the age of ten.
I was ten. Not Chuck. He was older and "punchier". He said, "If you ever 'absolve' anyone, ever again, I will tell Mr. Scioto!"
He was the teacher at Church-School. I was seven. Chuck punched me really, really hard.
Chuck took away my Power of Absolution.
Forever.
...now I pray for people on street-corners and look for minor miracles in convenience stores. It still happens. Sometimes? Burritos are finished in the "Micro-Oven" in half the time on the package.
Sometimes? People don't get hit by inattentive passers-by in speeding vehicles.
I'd like to think I have something to do with that.
...even though I'm nowhere near the scene.
Somewhere, God is saying, "Enough. You've mis-represented me for the last time." -But I'll continue.
I'll continue because there is someone out there whose stupidity is bigger than mine. I'll continue because there is someone out there who needs to be represented by anyone who is willing to Slap a Damned Weasel. I'll continue because God Granted me Beer.
I am truly loved.
/Moron
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 10:09 PM (lq3Ak)
Isn't expedience and pace of mind worth something?
I've tried to live my life not giving people reasons to have me whacked. All I have to watch out for is ordinary random crime.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 13, 2013 10:10 PM (UVadJ)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 13, 2013 10:10 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Thai Tranny Hooker at December 13, 2013 10:11 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Thai Tranny Hooker at December 14, 2013 02:11 AM (Vk2pI)
I JUST GAVE YOU FIVE DORRAH!
Damnit!
...Get on that shit!
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 10:13 PM (lq3Ak)
I roll my own, but this is ridiculous!
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 10:22 PM (lq3Ak)
After the HDD replace fiasco a few weeks ago it got reinstalled by the Toshiba recovery procedure.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 13, 2013 10:23 PM (UVadJ)
I like "That Norton Crap" and it barely slows down anything other than installation of programs.
...which I can see as becoming annoying; If I were doing it on a daily basis.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 10:28 PM (lq3Ak)
Far too many of the trick combat shots gave me the feeling, 'Yeah we doing it because we can!" Or made me think, hey this is a game cut-scene. Ugh.
The Dwarves in the barrels, hey its the Great Race Charlie Brown! And when the fat dwarf stuck his arms out of the barrel, Tom the Cat chasing after Jerry in the back of the Acropolis cartoon popped to mind. Dear directors were you expecting to have laughs during this sequence? Well you got them.
Smaug vs Bilbo and the Dwarves, it ran on too long. What tension there was vanished very quickly. When the missing scale was spied by Bilbo, I expected to see a red circle pop up as they belabored the point of Weak Spot! But this was not the only time they cudgeled you with the obvious, yeah we know that shadowy figure is Sauron so you did not have to keep showing his shape fifty billion times.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2013 10:30 PM (5EPry)
Slappy, you are truly loved, and appreciated. You're a good guy to hang with, and when people are at that "milling around" stage of thinking "how can I earnestly express my feelings?", you have a knack for giving us words that clearly come from the heart. I've never taken anything you've said to me as a problem, and I hope I've never indicated that I had a problem with you except in the voice of a weird ear-sock or something.
One thing to realize is that people can really get hit by something -- to the point where it haunts their dreams -- but find that the "compositional" part of their mind isn't getting them where they need to be about it. They want to support someone, but are afraid their support will be interpreted as criticism; they want to express condolence, but are afraid to remind someone of their loss.... They get bound-up in the "hows", when their hearts are in the right place, but caution keeps them from blurting things out. Your prayers are a great help to people, not in elevating your user profile or other useless bullshit, but in the true sense of being a help....serving to get people over their own speedbumps on their way to opening their hearts. You shouldn't fret that it's sinfully proud because you're praised for it, you should look at it as humble service that helps other people help themselves.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 13, 2013 10:34 PM (T1005)
...or the editor.
I'll just go for "All of Hollywood", to be safe.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 10:35 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Syd Barrett's Accountant at December 13, 2013 10:36 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 13, 2013 10:36 PM (fHAT3)
Posted by: The Mithril Hat at December 13, 2013 10:37 PM (Vk2pI)
Your words, alongside others', are a comfort to me. I'll continue to "pray aloud" and ask God's ears to hear our words.
-Thank You
I appreciate yours, amongst the voice of The Horde, more than you know.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 10:38 PM (lq3Ak)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFtsdtv-4zM"
Posted by: Syd Barrett's Accountant at December 14, 2013 02:36 AM (Vk2pI)
HAH!
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 10:39 PM (lq3Ak)
Far too many of the trick combat shots gave me the feeling, 'Yeah we doing it because we can!" Or made me think, hey this is a game cut-scene. Ugh.
The Dwarves in the barrels, hey its the Great Race Charlie Brown! And when the fat dwarf stuck his arms out of the barrel, Tom the Cat chasing after Jerry in the back of the Acropolis cartoon popped to mind. Dear directors were you expecting to have laughs during this sequence? Well you got them.
Smaug vs Bilbo and the Dwarves, it ran on too long. What tension there was vanished very quickly. When the missing scale was spied by Bilbo, I expected to see a red circle pop up as they belabored the point of Weak Spot! But this was not the only time they cudgeled you with the obvious, yeah we know that shadowy figure is Sauron so you did not have to keep showing his shape fifty billion times.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 14, 2013 02:30 AM (5EPry)
Uh-oh....there is trouble in Middle-Earth.
Honestly, Peter Jackson hit a good balance between "Middle-Earth Travelogue" and "story" in the first bit....but we all knew that he was leaning toward the former for The Hobbit when it came out as multiple films -- and I still think that it's three films because he raised so much goddamned money when he pitched it that he figured he had to spend it somehow. So did it work on THAT level -- was there sufficient Middle-Earth eye-candy with enough relevant shit going on to move us through it?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 13, 2013 10:40 PM (T1005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmyqAv96OE8
Twenty-One Minutes of Pure Jam!
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 10:42 PM (lq3Ak)
I actually liked it. It is different big time from the book, but that just makes it its own thing. Works better as an adaptation than the LotR movies, IMHO.
Posted by: The Mithril Hat at December 14, 2013 02:37 AM (Vk2pI)
Did it counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 13, 2013 10:42 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 13, 2013 10:44 PM (lqgtz)
Posted by: The Mithril Vogon at December 13, 2013 10:47 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 13, 2013 10:47 PM (lqgtz)
Posted by: Wonga-Taa, King of Jungle at December 13, 2013 10:48 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Ford Prefect at December 13, 2013 10:49 PM (Vk2pI)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGmHaMRAXuI
...And at the 21:00 mark is pure excellence!
Bongo-Bongo-Bongo, I don't want to leave the Congo, oh-no-no-no-no.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 10:49 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 13, 2013 10:51 PM (UVadJ)
Bilbo when he is first sneaking around and realizing how big Smaug is, is pretty good. But then when the dwarves come in to find out what happened to Bilbo, its a repeat of the cart ride with the goblins from the first Hobbit movie. Lots of frantic action and you get to see minutes and minutes and minutes of Smaug climbing over everything or setting his gold afire. It is a chase sequence that goes on too long and hence loses its pop.
And Torin dancing on the snout of Smaug? That entire sequence was just a bad idea that reminded of something I would expect from a game. Then in the town below Erebor, I kept expecting it to transform into Assassin's Creed.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2013 10:52 PM (5EPry)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 13, 2013 10:52 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2013 10:54 PM (5EPry)
Posted by: The Anti-Viral Hat at December 13, 2013 10:55 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 13, 2013 10:55 PM (lqgtz)
Posted by: Purp at December 14, 2013 02:51 AM (UVadJ)
I'm running both. (I know, I know), The only thing that seems "slowed" are my Yahoo "StatTracker" apps. ...but they are sometimes unreliable, anyways.
I'm not anywhere near as "experienced" as you, so I only notice the obvious.
Perhaps I'm just being naive.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 10:55 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Greenbridge, Essex, England at December 13, 2013 10:56 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 14, 2013 02:42 AM (T1005)
It does contrive through the medium of the verse structure to sublimate this, transcend that, and come to terms with the fundamental dichotomies of the otherÂ…
Posted by: The Mithril Vogon at December 14, 2013 02:47 AM (Vk2pI)
Speaking of having the dead-nuts-perfect right words to say.....that little passage is one of the more perfect bits in literature. Unfortunately, unlike Shakespeare's work, it will become completely irrelevant as soon as Post-Modernism is recognized as being a farrago of absolute bullshit. That said, it's the dominant academic paradigm, and has been for decades. As long as PoMo had adherents, Douglas Adams ranks with Shakespeare.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 13, 2013 10:56 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 10:58 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 10:58 PM (lq3Ak)
Bongo-Bongo-Bongo, I don't want to leave the Congo, oh-no-no-no-no.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 02:49 AM (lq3Ak)
I must have 1000 hours in fallout 3. I squeeeezed the world map for all it was worth 3X over. I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard that bongo tune.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 13, 2013 10:58 PM (FMbng)
http://echo.msk.ru/news/1217865-echo.html
Posted by: Anachronda at December 13, 2013 10:58 PM (U82Km)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 14, 2013 02:55 AM (lqgtz)
It's the opposite of healthcare.gov -- it isn't flashy in the optics, but it fundamentally works, and it's honest about furthering its bureaucratic evil plan.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 13, 2013 10:59 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 13, 2013 11:00 PM (5EPry)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 13, 2013 11:02 PM (Vk2pI)
"I must have 1000 hours in fallout 3. I squeeeezed the world map for all it was worth 3X over. I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard that bongo tune."
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 14, 2013 02:58 AM (FMbng)
HAH! You and I, both! I enjoyed every minute of it. You might have, as well, should you not have pou "1,000 hours" into it!
...freaking Bethesda. as long as they aren't lying, delaying or allowing games to freeze -LIKE STONE-, they are Restaurant-Quality Lemonade!
DAMN YOU, MORROWIND AND ALL YOUR KIN!!!
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 11:03 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 11:04 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 11:07 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 02:58 AM (lq3Ak)
The reference is to a particular couple of paragraphs in a rich and wonderful work ("....dead telephone sanitizers?" "Best kind.") -- but even amongst the sparklers, these shine.
The setup is that Ford and Arthur are stowaways on a spaceship captained by a would-be poet. He reads them something that is not quite as bad as:
"Under water grottos, caverns
Filled with apes
That eat figs.
Stepping on the figs
That the apes
Eat, they crunch.
The apes howl, bare
Their fangs, dance . . ."
and their response is http://tinyurl.com/m82vfkz
Posted by: cthulhu at December 13, 2013 11:08 PM (T1005)
Ah. I got the tense wrong. The Chinese *will* land their robot this evening (Moscow time; it's supposed to go down about 10AM Eastern tomorrow morning).
Posted by: Anachronda at December 13, 2013 11:13 PM (U82Km)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 13, 2013 11:13 PM (T1005)
I'll be stepping outside, so as to enjoy a Libertarian Cigarette.
When I return, I may not type much of anything. That's the process of "getting stupider than you already are."
What I may type: "Hot-dog ampersand justify peripheral collateral colloquial slanguage". HAH! "Might a universal justification of oversight oversee the unification of the individual, lest the idea be stronger than the Team!"
...that's just a preview of what might come off this damned keyboard.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 11:16 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 13, 2013 11:18 PM (UVadJ)
...I just don't know.
By the way... at around the 42:00-mark on this Soundtrack is pure awesome!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGmHaMRAXuI
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 11:21 PM (lq3Ak)
...freaking Bethesda. as long as they aren't lying, delaying or allowing games to freeze -LIKE STONE-, they are Restaurant-Quality Lemonade!
DAMN YOU, MORROWIND AND ALL YOUR KIN!!!
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 03:03 AM (lq3Ak)
I had the game of the year edition fallout 3 that came with the expansion games, so who knows how much more time that added. That frigging island with the imbred bootlegger mofos was like ball surgery. Bethesda does seem to make epic games. I played morrowind, oblivion, skyrim, fallout 3 and fallout new vegas, and in every one I ended up with uber massive stashes with 1000's of weapons, armors and loot spread over a dozen buildings. lol
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 13, 2013 11:21 PM (FMbng)
I stole every pillow in Morrowind, Elder Scrolls, built an enormous wall, set candles/lanterns/etc. on it, and you could see it half-way across the Damn Country!
I owned a Tanning Salon, damnit. I DID SOMETHING!
LMFAO! I'm a loser!
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 13, 2013 11:25 PM (lq3Ak)
After the Hobbit debacle, I wouldn't even bother paying $3 for Smaug in the discount DVD bins at Big Lots.
Seriously, shouldn't the prelim storyboarding sketches reveal pacing problems?
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 13, 2013 11:34 PM (UVadJ)
If a muslim cabdriver can refuse a ride to a blind person with a guide dog, why does a Christian have to bake a cake for a homosexual couple that thinks they are married?
Posted by: Bill R. at December 13, 2013 11:35 PM (QnRSM)
There you go again. Using reason, logic and applying a standard of fairness.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 13, 2013 11:42 PM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Carol at December 13, 2013 11:42 PM (z4WKX)
I knew it was trouble when it was rumored that he was creating new characters and adding stuff.
*sigh*
And he did so well with the LOTR.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 13, 2013 11:43 PM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 13, 2013 11:44 PM (LSDdO)
I owned a Tanning Salon, damnit. I DID SOMETHING!
LMFAO! I'm a loser!
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 03:25 AM (lq3Ak)
And I thought I was insane. lol
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 13, 2013 11:46 PM (FMbng)
After the Hobbit debacle, I wouldn't even bother paying $3 for Smaug in the discount DVD bins at Big Lots.
Seriously, shouldn't the prelim storyboarding sketches reveal pacing problems?
Posted by: Purp at December 14, 2013 03:34 AM (UVadJ)
Focus groups probably indicated that people loved the landscape of Middle-Earth, but weren't that much into the story.....so, just like a porn shoot, they didn't focus on continuity, scene, plot, or pacing -- they were there, but of secondary importance.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 13, 2013 11:47 PM (T1005)
*poof*
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 03:28 AM (lq3Ak)
Poof, the magic Slapweasel, lived by the sea,
And frolicked in the Autumn mist in a land called Decembry!
Little Cthulhu Moron loved that rascal Slap,
And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy crap, oh.....
Posted by: cthulhu at December 13, 2013 11:52 PM (T1005)
Until they admit there's a problem with the very basis of the program, they are precluded from solving the problems that they admit to.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 13, 2013 11:57 PM (LSDdO)
Posted by: LizLem at December 14, 2013 12:09 AM (IMejC)
And frolicked in the Autumn mist in a land called Decembry!
Little Cthulhu Moron loved that rascal Slap,
And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy crap, oh....."
Posted by: cthulhu at December 14, 2013 03:52 AM (T1005)
HahHahHah! ...all in iambic pentameter. Corollary to the song.
...brilliant!
/Weird Al Yankovic
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 12:19 AM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 14, 2013 12:21 AM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 14, 2013 12:23 AM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 14, 2013 12:24 AM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 14, 2013 12:27 AM (jdRXP)
Until they admit there's a problem with the very basis of the program, they are precluded from solving the problems that they admit to.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 14, 2013 03:57 AM (LSDdO)
The fundamental underpinning of Obamacare is to cement a Thousand-Year Reich of Progressivism onto American politics by putting private information into State hands to be doled-out to serve Progressive interests. If http://tinyurl.com/cgy4kfd isn't enough to make you go, "hmmm", maybe http://tinyurl.com/klenu8w is. Any resemblance to making people healthier or shielding them from financial risk is purely accidental. It's all about http://tinyurl.com/lufzt3x and http://tinyurl.com/m2efz2r .
The most undervetted President in US history has, as his "signature plan", the ability for public employees to monitor conversations of unapproved candidates with their private doctors. The six million people (net) who have lost health insurance........merely collateral damage.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 14, 2013 12:33 AM (T1005)
Until they admit there's a problem with the very basis of the program, they are precluded from solving the problems that they admit to."
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 14, 2013 03:57 AM (LSDdO)
True Believers will always "True-Believe". 15% of This Nation is irreconcilably re-distributionist stupid.
Another 40% Does Not Vote because they Do Not Care.
1% are Morons and 33% can be traced to Moron genes.
I have no idea where I was going with this, but statistical lies are form-factor supplemental when immured within the boundaries of your local paper's Politi-Factual Graph.
-70% of the time, this is "above-the-fold", but only twelve percent of those items are local.
-77% of Local Items include either ice-cream or licorice.
-Eighteen Percent of any "dried" food is water.
-One individual named Sir Edmund Hillary, scaled a giant mountain. He was the first!
-Our former Secretary of State was not named after this guy.
-Her name was Ben Gauzy.
*draws pictures of Libyan Teddy (Roosevelt) Bears, so as to make this palatable for his scared niece*
..."You hearin' me? You're broke before you step foot into that job-market, Sissy!"
*Screams about the millions-to-billions-to trillions ratio!*
DO YOU "NEED" MORE HAM?!?
...Your Uncle Slap drank too much coffee, honey. Because I can't explain Bourbon to a seven-year-old. Because Uncle Slappy is "just that way". Because your Mom wants to see you.
--I Claim Wherever The Hell I am In The Name of Ohio!!! Victory!!!
*sips Budweiser*
...that's about how I thought it would look.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 12:48 AM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 14, 2013 12:49 AM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Epobirs at December 14, 2013 12:51 AM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 14, 2013 12:52 AM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 14, 2013 12:54 AM (jdRXP)
I know, I know... shut up about the lights; but three sets of lights with the 'blinker-bulbs' seems to calm The Beast as long as everything else is shut down.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 12:58 AM (lq3Ak)
That said, is there anything substantive I can help with?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 14, 2013 12:58 AM (T1005)
I know, I know... shut up about the lights; but three sets of lights with the 'blinker-bulbs' seems to calm The Beast as long as everything else is shut down.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 04:58 AM (lq3Ak)
BWAHAHAhahahahaha!!!
{{Slappy}} But dude....you had me up until the *blinking*.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 14, 2013 01:01 AM (T1005)
Yeah, I'm a bit bitter. On days like today I cannot tell if it's the state of the world that as me down or if my defective brain would put me through this regardless of what was happening.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 14, 2013 01:03 AM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 14, 2013 01:07 AM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Jerry at December 14, 2013 01:07 AM (4SKYj)
http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=345180#c21460001
And the deal at the end was, we were talking with their next-door neighbor.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 14, 2013 01:10 AM (T1005)
I wish I had your knowledge about code. I'd probably still be as alone as I am now, but I'd know some good code.
Trying to find sleep makes me miserable, yet "cheery". Have you ever met one of those guys? We're "cheery", while being miserable.
"Chiserable Bastards". We're a bunch of chiserable bastards.
I'll be dead before age sixty-five, and I'm fine with that. I smoke, I drink and I don't get much sleep. ...and yet I still don't know any code.
Fuck Me Running.
I'm a chiserable bastard.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 01:10 AM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 14, 2013 05:01 AM (T1005)
I do it too often, every day. I just figured that I'd let them do it for me.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 01:15 AM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 14, 2013 01:16 AM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 14, 2013 05:16 AM (jdRXP)
That sounds like binary, but I only have two years of Spanish.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 01:17 AM (lq3Ak)
Yeah, I'm a bit bitter. On days like today I cannot tell if it's the state of the world that as me down or if my defective brain would put me through this regardless of what was happening.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 14, 2013 05:03 AM (bPxS6)
We're all a bit bitter. We were on track to live in the Jetsons and suddenly we hit progressives who believe that 1984 and Brave New World were instruction manuals. I thought Reaganus Maximus smited those sonsabitches.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 14, 2013 01:18 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 14, 2013 01:19 AM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 14, 2013 01:21 AM (jdRXP)
twice on the pipe, if the answer is no ...
Posted by: Adriane... at December 14, 2013 05:19 AM (jdRXP)
I'd tie a yellow ribbon, but this house has no oaks.....just a sick liquidambar....
Posted by: cthulhu at December 14, 2013 01:23 AM (T1005)
I never became a coffee drinker. Just as well since my blood pressure would have forced me on to decaf or to give it up entirely. My mother had to give up coffee decades ago because it would give her digestive problems. She substituted with Postum for a long time, a grain-based product created by renown weirdo C.W. Post. She doesn't drink that stuff anymore, as it became hard to find and was even discontinued for a few years. Instead she pursues all kind of coffee flavored stuff that isn't coffee, like Starbucks Frappicino. This is an obstacle to her weight loss goals, of course.
Speaking of weight loss, the power of starvation is great. I pretty much didn't eat the last two days and after showering a short while ago, I weighed myself for a result of 233.5, down from the 240 I'd been hovering around recently. I thought to remove the sodden towel from my waist and try again but got the same result. The exact same result. I wonder about that scale but it's what I have to work with.
On a related note, I never got interested in booze or drugs. I tried some stuff when I was a teenager but was never willing to spend my own money on it, which pretty much stopped it right there. For better or worse, I imagine I'd have been a spectacular drunk or junkie with my tendencies. My weakness is sugar. I gave up fruit juice and sweetened drinks recently because my weight was going from merely too much to serious concern. I'd been stable at the aforementioned 240 for many years but was getting into the 260 range.
Whether I can maintain the discipline to keep going down slowly remains to be seen. I have to struggle with indulgences that threaten to make up for the lack of sugary drinks. I don't fantasize I can go cold turkey but it remains to be seen if I can change my habits sufficiently.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 14, 2013 01:24 AM (bPxS6)
he did, but they breed like rabbits and they're as rabid as King Joffery ...
Posted by: Adriane... at December 14, 2013 05:21 AM (jdRXP)
I think that explains the popularity of zombie movies....every time you think Progtards are dead and buried......
Posted by: cthulhu at December 14, 2013 01:24 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 14, 2013 01:32 AM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 14, 2013 01:34 AM (jdRXP)
I have a few reminders around my room. That's why you never see me "go off" on the daytime threads.
Once I can get re-connected with God, (or your personal "center"), I can start something over with a clear mind.
I've been days without that and I suffer for it. I am a Moron. Moreover, I am an idiot.
I don't attend church, I don't read my Bible often enough and I yell at the television.
Fuck Me Running.
-I've been a good cook, however, and I can stay sane with all-day projects. I will break down Fantasy Baseball League Stats, by week, (twenty-six weeks in the Season), and figure out what you need out of any given position, weekly. Team-Weekly. Position-Weekly. +/- K/BB Ratio. Etc.
I can also play video games for days-on-end. It can be obsessive.
...I still don't know code.
I know what I know, however and I do what I do. I've paid my taxes and I've hallucinated after four nights of not sleeping.
I Pray for the former and endure the latter.
I know not one way to "skin a cat".
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 01:35 AM (lq3Ak)
We might be better off if the USSR was still a going concern and we'd done more to clean up things at home. Looking back, those who screamed like stuck pigs at Reagan's action were just putting on a show while not stumbling a moment in their March.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 14, 2013 01:36 AM (bPxS6)
What I couldn't believe is that not only did they make me, a Moron Teen-ager, think that Homelessness was the worst it had ever been, (Comic Relief), but "The Government" was doing nothing about A.I.D.S.
...not the diet-candy, but the disease.
Propaganda 101.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 01:45 AM (lq3Ak)
We might be better off if the USSR was still a going concern and we'd done more to clean up things at home. Looking back, those who screamed like stuck pigs at Reagan's action were just putting on a show while not stumbling a moment in their March.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 14, 2013 05:36 AM (bPxS6)
I visited the Reagan Library a couple of weeks back. To me, it was both inspirational -- to see what he had called out and slapped down -- and sad, because of what his successors had allowed to regroup.....but watching the BH's reactions made me feel a tiny bit better about things.
The BH, like other sane people, adheres to conservative biases -- "that which is known to work will probably work best." She grew up, however, in a part of New York that put her comfortably among the "us" crowd in the famous illustration http://tinyurl.com/yujoyf -- although off to the RH side in Bedford Hills -- so she has a bunch of unspoken assumptions about world events.....and I could see that some of the exhibits were catching her off-guard.
And it was not going unnoticed that thing she was getting challenged with from Reagan's time were still hot items today.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 14, 2013 02:00 AM (T1005)
I knew about Merovign. He's medically awkward, but internet-cool. I'd almost gay-marry that guy. (I'm not gay, but who cares? He can have the Fucking Dude-Room, as far as I'm concerned.) He's thoughtful in his posts, much like Epobirs.
The knowledge, language and structure behind your posts make you guys insanely reasonable!
If I were to go about naming everyone, who inspires me daily, including -and especially- ace? I would leave people out of the "Thank You".
I actually "take notes" from this hole... lol. Some of you feed my "Knowledge-Base", some of you feed my comedic "flow".
MOST of you feed my Language Rolodex!
...I'm permeable.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 02:08 AM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Epobirs at December 14, 2013 02:12 AM (bPxS6)
Epobirs is good folk, mental illness and non clinical depression are not light matters.
Hope all of you are well.
Posted by: sven at December 14, 2013 02:13 AM (9jfyN)
I'm fine, Merovign. I'm living in a world where you're asking me questions when you're not even there.
This will end well.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 02:13 AM (lq3Ak)
My mother lived in FL for about a year decades ago, and she is 84 until late February, so what more do you need, Ma?
Posted by: Epobirs at December 14, 2013 02:16 AM (bPxS6)
Yup. I love the guy. I rarely post about it, but I read The Gaming Thread every weekend.
Epobirs has forced me to look more things up than anyone else on this Blog.
...and I still don't know any code.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 02:19 AM (lq3Ak)
My mother lived in FL for about a year decades ago, and she is 84 until late February, so what more do you need, Ma?
Posted by: Epobirs at December 14, 2013 06:16 AM (bPxS6)
So, what you're telling me is I didn't win it.....
Posted by: cthulhu at December 14, 2013 02:23 AM (T1005)
I can count the number of "Big Lotto" tickets I've bought on one hand.
I'd need all my digits and some friends to count the number of scratch-offs.
...probably forty. That sounds correct. Nearly forty.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 02:24 AM (lq3Ak)
I usually 'conk-out' at this point, but I'm awake to "look back" and apologize to anyone who throws down a couple-a-bucks per week.
I Am Snark-Fail.
...dicks.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 02:32 AM (lq3Ak)
I'm waiting for you.....you could be warm and comfortable.....why are you hanging out with that cold monitor-thing, anyway?
Posted by: Slappy's bed at December 14, 2013 02:41 AM (T1005)
I can also do play-by-play for your local sports-type-team!
...let it be written.
...let it be done.
*static*
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 02:43 AM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Carol at December 14, 2013 02:48 AM (z4WKX)
"Slappy" was here before I was, so I always warn of this "confusion".
"Slap" has been the most expedient nickname, acceptable to The Horde.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 02:53 AM (lq3Ak)
I lost my voice near end of our company Christmas party, but I don't feel sick. I fell asleep around 10 last night & woke up in time for Red Eye. I can't fall back asleep.
Good Morning!
Posted by: Carol at December 14, 2013 06:48 AM (z4WKX)
I think Slappy succumbed....and I'm about to.
How are you doing? How is Paul? We're always hoping.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 14, 2013 02:56 AM (T1005)
I'm awake, Carol. I'm here to listen, seeing as you've been my strength through these past months.
Your courage should make anyone take notice.
I prayed for Paul again tonight. I also prayed to have your strength.
Is there anything I can help you with?
...From Ohio, that is?
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 02:58 AM (lq3Ak)
-cthulhu
...close. I'm always there for Carol, though.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 03:01 AM (lq3Ak)
"Slappy" was here before I was, so I always warn of this "confusion".
"Slap" has been the most expedient nickname, acceptable to The Horde.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 06:53 AM (lq3Ak)
I'll keep that in mind.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 14, 2013 03:01 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 03:02 AM (lq3Ak)
-cthulhu
...close. I'm always there for Carol, though.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 07:01 AM (lq3Ak)
We're always here for each other, thankfully -- as sleepy-time permits.
Unfortunately, that's going to be a big issue very soon.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 14, 2013 03:04 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 14, 2013 07:01 AM (T1005)
It was weird, and I told him so. I've been nicknamed "Slappy" since 2001 and my XBox Live nickname. He's a cool guy and sensible, so I "deferred" that Nic to him.
Like I said... he was here before I was.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 03:06 AM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: shredded chi at December 14, 2013 03:06 AM (OFb3N)
Hah! I know it!
...but I Love Carol and I'll try.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 03:07 AM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 14, 2013 03:09 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Carol at December 14, 2013 03:10 AM (z4WKX)
It doesn't always work. You know, "the drinking thing"... lol. I quit for two years and then downed thirteen beers before I could "Find Sleep".
A Hard-Day's Work is more valuable than a 30-pack of "maybe".
...always.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 03:11 AM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 14, 2013 07:09 AM (T1005)
Roger That.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 03:12 AM (lq3Ak)
'Fraid so.
I was just talking with my mother about the urge to own stuff to display in place of accomplishment. A certain portion of us are very vulnerable to this. It was important to me not only to have read a large number of books but also to own them and have them on display, so as to impress any visitor with my depth of literacy. But this was an expensive indulgence and sought to make more of the reading than it really was. Is it better to have read a thousand books or to read a few dozen and applied the things learned in a meaningful way?
It wasn't just books. There were other things like video games. I would get them for extremely discounted prices but more than make up for it in volume, resulting in a collection that I'd only ever find time to properly play a fraction of the contents. Likewise with DVDs. In the early days of the format I went on an enthusiastic buying spree. It wasn't that I was inclined to watch these things over and over. Repeat viewing only held interest if I was doing it with someone new to the material.
It seemed like a good idea at the time. The first time I saw 'Repo Man' was off a VHS tape a friend new to Los Angeles had made back when she lived in Cleveland. She had the tape just for the purpose of spreading the infection, so to speak. If you're above a certain age there was a lot of novelty to this in the 80s. To be able to summon up a favorite film or TV show at will was still very new, even if it was just a crappy VHS recording with a station ID in the corner throughout.
That is now so very long ago. There will soon be a generation of young adults baffled by the depiction of video rental stores in old movies. The window where this business thrived was so very brief in retrospect
It could be worse. My late cousin owned hundreds of Betamax recordings of TV shows and movies. Consequently, he kept a Beta deck working long after most people had consigned it to history. The sheer physical volume of all those cassettes was remarkable, consuming a whole wall of shelving around his TV setup. To someone born in the mid-1940s it must have felt like an awesome thing, to have all of these recordings at his command. I probably have a larger collection of HD quality video files on a single drive today.
These passing tech fancies press a big red button in some of our brains.
The lottery ticket urge is another vulnerability, the feeling the universe owes us something or that we might do great things if only given the chance. Or even the belief that we can be free of all major worries if we are first free of those tied to money. I imagine after buying a few high-end hookers one would start to desire a real relationship, and to do that you have to connect to the person without letting on that you're loaded or else you'll always have doubts about the sincerity of the relationship.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 14, 2013 03:14 AM (bPxS6)
Posted by: shredded chi at December 14, 2013 03:17 AM (OFb3N)
I've prayed for God to release her Demons. I pray that mental health professionals can address her imbalance. I also pray that our voices can be heard above the din.
I've prayed for Paul tonight, Carol. I know you care about him more than I'll ever know. Your strength is an example for us all.
...and I love you for it.
-God Bless You and your entire family.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 03:18 AM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Toasty Chestnut, Santa's mindful webworker at December 14, 2013 03:20 AM (WCi6Q)
Posted by: Carol at December 14, 2013 03:36 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Carol at December 14, 2013 03:41 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: shredded chi at December 14, 2013 07:17 AM (OFb3N)
We grind this sh*t out daily. We punch-through, shower, get going and "take a vacation" here, at times.
Let's not become the uninterested, staid bastards that the statists have become.
Let's not let our mental acumen grow cold.
Let's hone our edges and be prepared to unleash Mental-Hilt-Action, Blunt-Force Trauma via Learned Preparedness upon our unworthy foes.
Let them never take... Our Freeeeduuuuuuuum!
*drops cloth*
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 03:42 AM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at December 14, 2013 03:46 AM (tuDuH)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 14, 2013 03:49 AM (d7H2D)
Posted by: Carol at December 14, 2013 07:41 AM (z4WKX)
From what I've heard, a large shelving-unit came down on him.
I can virtually hold you hand as we pray...
Dear Lord.
Our brothers have been stricken by an unruly fate. May our prayers find their souls at ease. May our collective voices find thine ears and may Your Grace allow the "ease" of patience, will and Love.
I pray that our Fellow Brothers be assuaged their pain through our collective and beautiful countenance.
Hear Our Prayers, Oh Lord. As we Love You, as our fellow man.
...In Jesus' Name, I Pray,
*amen*
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 03:52 AM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Carol at December 14, 2013 03:52 AM (z4WKX)
Did I ever mention the store clerk who refused to give me $6.66 change? Made a penny!Posted by: Toasty Chestnut, Santa's mindful webworker at December 14, 2013 03:57 AM (WCi6Q)
I pray for your strength, through Him, as I pray for Paul.
-May God Bless you both.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 03:57 AM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Toasty Chestnut, Santa's mindful webworker at December 14, 2013 07:57 AM (WCi6Q)
That numeral, as well as "Friday The Thirteenth", is as inconsequential to me as the temperature on any given day in August.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 03:59 AM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Carol at December 14, 2013 04:02 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 14, 2013 04:07 AM (h4eud)
Posted by: Toasty Chestnut, Santa's mindful webworker at December 14, 2013 04:08 AM (WCi6Q)
Posted by: Carol at December 14, 2013 04:08 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Carol at December 14, 2013 04:13 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: shredded chi at December 14, 2013 04:14 AM (OFb3N)
Posted by: Toasty Chestnut, Santa's mindful webworker at December 14, 2013 04:15 AM (WCi6Q)
Carol, thanks for the kind words. My niece just turned 13 this fall.
Slap, thank you as always for the prayers.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 14, 2013 04:21 AM (d7H2D)
Posted by: Carol at December 14, 2013 04:22 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Toasty Chestnut, Santa's mindful webworker at December 14, 2013 04:27 AM (WCi6Q)
Posted by: Jimbo at December 14, 2013 04:37 AM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Carol at December 14, 2013 04:38 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Toasty Chestnut, Santa's mindful webworker at December 14, 2013 04:39 AM (WCi6Q)
My love for you is guided by God and I pray His Blessings carry you through another tomorrow.
In this Blessed Holiday Season, may we keep our Families closely knit. May our Love carry our Hearts through this Season of Joy.
-God Bless Us, Every One.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 14, 2013 04:43 AM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Toasty Chestnut, Santa's mindful webworker at December 14, 2013 04:44 AM (WCi6Q)
Posted by: Carol at December 14, 2013 04:44 AM (z4WKX)
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