March 10, 2013
— Maetenloch
Ted Gundy was a US Army sniper during WWII. Two years ago at age 84 during a visit to Ft. Benning he was awarded a 'black hat' by the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit.
They also gave him a chance to shoot a 1903 Springfield A4 similar to the one he used during the war as well as a modern sniper rifle at the base's range. And he showed that he's still got it when it comes to shooting.
Ted Gundy, an 86-year-old World Wat [sic] II sniper, was awarded the "black hat," one of the highest awards of the marksmanship unit, during his visit to Ft. Benning, Ga. He got a few other surprises along the way.He was presented with an exact replica of the rifle he used during the Battles of the Buldge [sic] and Bastogne, a 1903 Springfield A4 sniper rifle. It must have seemed like old home week as he hit the target - three hits for three shots - at three hundred yards - three football fields.
He was then given the opportunity to try modern equipment on a target 1,000 yards away. The Remington 700 is, according to the video, "one of the most accurate rifles in the world."
At 1,000 yards, for every mile per hour of crosswind, the bullet moves 10 inches. Just like with the WWII-era Springfield at 300 yards, Gundy hit three for three with the Remington at 1,000.
You do not want Ted Gundy ever coming after you.
Cliff Asness points out the vacuousness and danger of the No Labels movement. Even the policy questions they claim to want to resolve are ill-posed and asking for a statist answer.
Let's next consider the specific action items on the front page of your website under the exuberant title "Make America Work!" as they are instructive:1. Tell us the full truth
2. Govern for the future
3. Put the country first
4. Be responsible
5. Work together
6. It's nice to be nice to the niceThese all sound very sweet, as platitudes usually do. Perhaps somewhere, someone hiding in a cave disagrees with your list, but you will be hard-pressed to locate this Neanderthal. This agreement is, of course, meaningless, because your nostrums require specifics to have any content.
While these are nice things to teach children, they don't lead to any actionable items.
...By the way, I made up number 6 above. I think Frank Burns said it on "M*A*S*H," but it did kind of fit, no?
Your approach is the pleasant "feel good about yourself" path that solves little, or worse causes harm, but lets you crow about your accomplishments and superiority. You label yourselves "No Labels" and "problem solvers" (I'll leave it to Bertrand Russell to decide whether "No Labels" is actually a label). Again, we don't need to solve problems like they are just complex engineering puzzles, or worse, childish disagreements where the answer is usually to give each whining brat half. Real life problems are more Solomon-like and your approach leads to a lot of split babies. Rather, we need to debate the issues of right and wrong and how a free society is supposed to function. One side has to win this debate on the merits. If my side loses, I fear the country will ultimately be subject to decline (for rich and poor alike) and tyranny, but at least I will have been defeated on the field of intellectual battle, not in the swamp of compromise you propose we bathe in.
Here Stacy McCain reminisces about Andrew a year after his death and looks at what made him special.
It's important to remember, I think, that Breitbart was a self-professed "news addict" - not a politics addict or still less a Republican Party addict, which is what his enemies would very much love to demonize him as having been.
Any intelligent "news addict" (and Breitbart was extraordinarily intelligent) who approaches the business from an outsider's perspective cannot help but observe the herd instinct of the media, and resent it: "Hey, look, big media - over here! There's an interesting story you missed because it doesn't fit your prefabricated template!"
Like Andrew said at CPAC last year, "If you're not in that bunker because you're not satisfied with a certain candidate, more than shame on you! You're on the other side!"This is a point that I've certainly come to appreciate - and I think all of us should appreciate more - in the past year. During the long primary campaign, some conservatives got so into the "Anybody But Mitt" mindset that they simply couldn't let it go. In the four months since Election Day, there has been an endless round of finger-pointing and told-ya-so's that haven't done anything useful toward organizing victory or, at least, staunching the bleeding.
So, yeah - get in the fight, or you're on the other side.
No One Knows How to Make a Can of Coke
If you're familiar with the famous essay, I, Pencil, then it's even more true for a can of Coke:
A much smaller proportion of the syrup is flavors. These include vanilla, which is the fruit of a Mexican orchid that has been dried and cured for around three months; cinnamon, the inner bark of a Sri Lankan tree; coca-leaf which comes from South America and is processed in a unique US government authorized factory in New Jersey to remove its addictive stimulant cocaine; and kola nut, a red nut found on a tree which grows in the African Rain Forest (this may be the origin of Coca-Cola's distinctive red logo)....The finished product is transported by road to a distribution center and then to my local Vons. This tool chain, which spans bauxite bulldozers, refrigerators, urethane, bacteria and cocaine, produces 70 million cans of Coca-Cola each day, one of which can be purchased for about two quarters on most street corners, and each of which contains far more than something to drink. Like every other tool, a can of Coke is a product of our world entire and contains inventions that trace all the way back to the origins of our species.
The number of individuals who know how to make a can of Coke is zero. The number of individual nations that could produce a can of Coke is zero. This famously American product is not American at all.
So What's Really in an Airport X-Ray Machine
You see x-ray machines every time you fly yet almost no one knows exactly how they operate. Well here an engineer got a hold of a surplus one and proceeds to tear it down. He even hacked his way into the software and got it operating again.
Parts 2 and 3 are here and here.
In the time it took to read and understand this ONT you just earned yourself another beer.
Companies to Work For: Advance Medical has Beer Cart Fridays
Employees at a Florida health care company are allowed to drink on the company's tab, on company time, thanks to a perk known as "Beer Cart Fridays."Advance Medical CEO Jennifer Fuicelli told the Daytona Beach News-Journal (http://bit.ly/YGXRb2) she's been rolling out the beer cart for two years as part of an "unorthodox corporate culture" that rewards employees for hard work.
She says the company began in 2005 with four employees and now has 350 workers in two locations -- Port Orange, Fla., and Broomfield, Colo.
The company also hosts costume days for Halloween, barbecues on the clock and a birthday "get out of jail free" card, which can be used for a paid day off.
They say everyone has a identical match or two somewhere in the world and that goes for super-models as well.
In this case it's Ania from Russia who can does a pretty good Kate Upton.
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The group. Yeah.
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Posted by: soothsayer at March 10, 2013 06:42 PM (GcwH1)
Hey CoolCzech, think Ania is looking for you.
As for Ted, why am I reminded of that Russian sniper Gogol in 'The Bear and the Dragon.' Ted is one guy you never want to mess with.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 06:43 PM (pF2g8)
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Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 10, 2013 06:44 PM (jucos)
I did fake trick shooting with sounds made by the teachers off-stage, by banging two of those large wooden construction blocks together.
The Annie Oakley TV series was real big at the time (1950's) so that explains why she was a character in what was otherwise a program full of clowns, elephants (cardboard costumes) and acrobats (kids doing somersaults).
You youngsters missed a LOT because you were born too late.
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Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 10, 2013 10:44 PM (3D74W)
Funny thing, she and I both work for the same company! And you're damn right, I'd be cajoling her to break out the costumes once a year.
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2013 06:48 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 10:44 PM (pF2g
Someone at work once dressed up as Shrek on Halloween.
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2013 06:49 PM (doBIb)
I wonder if I can convince the Ania from Russia that I'm really a French model
You don't need to do that; you just need to convince her that you can get her a green card.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 10, 2013 06:50 PM (3D74W)
Posted by: rickl at March 10, 2013 06:51 PM (sdi6R)
I'll need to see some more pics to determine if she really does do a "good" impression of Kate Upton. There are varying levels of "good" you see, and I need to know just how "good" she is.
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2013 06:51 PM (doBIb)
Funny thing, she and I both work for the same company! And you're damn right, I'd be cajoling her to break out the costumes once a year.
BTW, how was the graduation?
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 10, 2013 06:51 PM (3D74W)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 10, 2013 10:51 PM (3D74W)
It was awesome! If everything goes according to plan, you may see something tomorrow morning here on the blog.
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2013 06:52 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at March 10, 2013 06:52 PM (wR+pz)
I did fake trick shooting with sounds made by the teachers off-stage, by banging two of those large wooden construction blocks together.
The Annie Oakley TV series was real big at the time (1950's) so that explains why she was a character in what was otherwise a program full of clowns, elephants (cardboard costumes) and acrobats (kids doing somersaults).
You youngsters missed a LOT because you were born too late.
Posted by: Miss Marple at March 10, 2013 10:44 PM (GoIUi)
Pics of the Cowgirl outfit?
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, the poster formerly known as MrCaniac at March 10, 2013 06:52 PM (Zd/NW)
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Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 10, 2013 06:54 PM (jucos)
A very nice elderly Jewish lady I've been talking to in my apartment's dog park for the last few months let me go shopping with her for a few hours today. It was just good to get out of the apartment for a while, and she was very kind to me.
Posted by: rfichoke at March 10, 2013 06:55 PM (CcIvJ)
FIFY
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2013 06:55 PM (doBIb)
Larry Linville (who played Burns in the series) was a fantastic actor. It's too bad he never found that really huge breakout role. He was basically the Brian Cranston of the 1970s.
Linville made plenty of money on M*A*S*H, but from what I've read, got sick of playing the "heavy" as well as always being the second banana, and stuck in a character that never grew like other series characters did.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 06:55 PM (7B7jB)
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Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, the poster formerly known as MrCaniac at March 10, 2013 06:56 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2013 10:51 PM
The link leads to her Twitter page, lots of other pics
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 06:57 PM (mCvL4)
The No Labels guys had this great idea that Congresspersons would wear orange lapel pins that would brand them as "Problem Solvers."
How about "Hall Monitors"?
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 10, 2013 06:57 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s] at March 10, 2013 06:58 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 06:58 PM (mCvL4)
Phoebe Ann Moses aka Annie Oakley took her famous name from the Oakley Gun Club in Oakley Ohio, which is now part of Cincinnati. Little Sure Shot learned her craft shooting squirrels and rabbits to feed her family North of where I live. She spent some time being essentially an indentured servant.. I have been to her grave in a delapidated cemetary outside Greenville, Ohio.
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Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 10, 2013 06:59 PM (jucos)
RAPE!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!
Posted by: Ashley Judd's oh-so-sensitive and enlightened self at March 10, 2013 06:59 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: L, elle at March 10, 2013 07:00 PM (0PiQ4)
...By the way, I made up number 6 above. I think Frank Burns said it on "M*A*S*H," but it did kind of fit, no?
Larry Linville (who played Burns in the series) was a fantastic actor. It's too bad he never found that really huge breakout role. He was basically the Brian Cranston of the 1970s.
Linville made plenty of money on M*A*S*H, but from what I've read, got sick of playing the "heavy" as well as always being the second banana, and stuck in a character that never grew like other series characters did.
Eh, that was to his credit. The other characters "grew" into whiney, preachey liberal harpies. Linville was pure entertainment. Frank Burns remains my favorite M*A*S*H character.
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 10, 2013 07:00 PM (DoZD+)
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Posted by: Trimegistus at March 10, 2013 07:01 PM (p7Am8)
Beer is more expensive in Canada than the US because it is heavily taxed to support their national health care single payer system.
Coming to another country near you real soon. Forget about stockpiling ammunition. Start to stockpile beer before it's too late.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is here at March 10, 2013 07:01 PM (Md8Uo)
No wet t-shirt pics with nipples poking through!
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2013 07:02 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 10, 2013 10:54 PM (jucos)
I think maybe one or two politicians skew the average way up. Average is probably around "Maxine Waters" level.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, the poster formerly known as MrCaniac at March 10, 2013 07:02 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 10, 2013 07:03 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 10, 2013 07:03 PM (C3R9m)
Although I've no way of proving it, I've often wondered if there were some closet conservatives on the M*A*S*H writing staff near the end of the show's run. My proof is how the Burns replacement character, Charles Emerson Winchester III, was portrayed (by David Ogden Stiers). The character started off too much like Burns-- as a jerk and something of a pompous windbag-- but over time was fleshed out and revealed to have quite high standards as a doctor and a person, as well as someone who "underneath it all" had core principles and compassion.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 07:04 PM (7B7jB)
Ashley Judd has "key advisers"? RT @politicalwire Ashley Judd tells key advisers she's going to run for KY-Sen seat held by Mitch McConnell
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 07:05 PM (mCvL4)
He was supposed to be the "Mitt Romney" character.
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2013 07:06 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s] at March 10, 2013 07:06 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: rickl at March 10, 2013 07:06 PM (sdi6R)
Ashley Judd has "key advisers"? RT @politicalwire Ashley Judd tells key advisers she's going to run for KY-Sen seat held by Mitch McConnell
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 11:05 PM
Meet Ashley Judd's "Key Advisor"
pic.twitter.com/huszXF9RVL
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 07:06 PM (mCvL4)
The ONE time his character was granted any dignity was, I believe, Burns'/Linsville's final appearance on the show when, as Hot Lips' helicopter was taking off for her honeymoon with Donald Penobscott, and Hawkeye/BJ were stumbling off making jokes, Frank/Larry stood there and got to say "Goodbye, Margaret." Fade to black, end of episode.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 07:06 PM (7B7jB)
Wayne Rogers, who played Trapper John early on in the series "MASH" is usually not part of any of the reunion tripe that occassionally breaks out for the series.
Wayne shows up on Fox Business on Saturdays from time to time, and is a pretty sharp capitalist roadie investor now, and is probably shunned by the Alan Alda clique.
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Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 07:08 PM (pF2g8)
I have two key advisors.
Donald and Goofy.
Posted by: Sora at March 10, 2013 07:08 PM (hO9ad)
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Posted by: The Political Hat at March 10, 2013 07:10 PM (Vk2pI)
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Posted by: Herbert Hymenhopper at March 10, 2013 07:10 PM (0CTxy)
Hooker learned later (at the start of the series), once the liberal storylines had begun, that by signing his characters away for the royalties, he had signed away any say over their personalities and politics as well.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 07:11 PM (7B7jB)
Ashley Judd's Senate campaign in Kentucky is a place where Democrat dollars will go to die.
Kentuckians are too proud, hard headed and practical to be seduced by that carpet bagging wench. This should be pretty funny to watch. I bet she has a nervous breakdown before it's all over.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is here at March 10, 2013 07:11 PM (Md8Uo)
really does do a "good" impression of Kate Upton. There are varying
levels of "good" you see, and I need to know just how "good" she is.
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2013 10:51 PM
The link leads to her Twitter page, lots of other pics
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 10:57 PM (mCvL4)
Really needs video to be convincing.....
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 07:11 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 10, 2013 07:12 PM (8sCoq)
***
I think you'll need to go to a physical library - but I did find what paper it was in:
New York Sun June 3 1894
Posted by: 18-1 at March 10, 2013 07:13 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 10, 2013 07:13 PM (8sCoq)
These companies, knowing what a cesspool of corruption India was, declined, folded their tents, and left the country.
Thus, IBM became IDM, which carried on the company's business , but now Indian-owned. (I used to do business with them.)
CocaCola resisted and folded up shop there , but an Indian Coke, " Campa Cola", took over. To me it tasted a lot like the original, except for an extra dose of cardomom, a spice often used in Indian cooking.
When I drink Coke today I can now taste cardomom.
Next time you use cardomom in a recipe...have a Coke.
You'll taste it too.
Posted by: wholelottasplainin' at March 10, 2013 07:14 PM (WGOcs)
http://tinyurl.com/ccqgdwo
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 07:15 PM (pF2g8)
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Posted by: andycanuck at March 10, 2013 07:15 PM (ORGYc)
qdpsteve @ 97
Yeah, I read the original book years ago when I was a teenager. The author mocked the series and said that he liked to kick liberal's asses for fun.
Another liberal story inversion. Robert Altman's movie did the original inversion of the story, and the TV series was a spin-off of that.
It's like "Goodmorning Viet Nam". Adrian Kronauer was nothing at all like the Robin Williams character. Twist the story around to suit the narrative.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is here at March 10, 2013 07:16 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 07:16 PM (mCvL4)
Ashley Judd has "key advisers"? RT @politicalwire Ashley Judd tells key advisers she's going to run for KY-Sen seat held by Mitch McConnell
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 11:05 PM (mCvL4)
So "cats and dildos" are now referred to as "key advisers"?
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, the poster formerly known as MrCaniac at March 10, 2013 07:16 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: rickl at March 10, 2013 07:16 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 07:16 PM (mCvL4)
The real Annie Oakley was prettier than Betty Hutton and Ethel Merman. She could shoot but could she belt out a showstopper?
Posted by: In the immortal words of A.O. folks are dumb where I come from... at March 10, 2013 07:17 PM (qKpun)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 07:17 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: rickl at March 10, 2013 07:18 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 10, 2013 07:19 PM (Vk2pI)
Though the new ones made in the PRC say things like "You go home now!" "You finished!"
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 07:19 PM (pF2g8)
Posted by: ColaCoca at March 10, 2013 07:19 PM (qKpun)
I recently, for the first time in months, allowed myself/my diet to slip and got myself some Cherry Coke 2-liters at home.
For some reason they sounded tasty after I recently read about the remastering sessions in 2000 for George Harrison's classic album, All Things Must Pass. Someone asked him about working with Phil Spector, and Harrison responded with something about how Spector would usually take his time working through "about 18 cherry brandies" every day before he could start doing any actual sound work...
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 07:19 PM (7B7jB)
They remove the cocaine from the coca plant leaves that are part of the source of the flavoing. About a hundred or so years ago, Coca-Cola actually did have cocaine in it.
Still plenty of caffeine in regular Coke. I rely on it every day at work to keep me awake in the afternoon.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is here at March 10, 2013 07:21 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: ColaCoca at March 10, 2013 11:19 PM (qKpun)
They remove the cocaine from Coke, then add the caffeine.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 07:21 PM (kaalw)
Corn syrup, baby. Like liquid heroin, only less damaging to your bank account and/or driving record. (Hopefully.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 07:22 PM (7B7jB)
Maybe.
It was just the simple type of cowgirl outfit sold at the time. Black cloth skirt and vest with white leatherette trim, with some fake concho type medallions on the vest. I also had a double hholster belt with two cap guns, and a swell white cowboy hat with a band. I even had cowboy boots!
I got all of this stuff because I was mad to have a horse. We lived in the city, so no dice. However, when I was 12 we moved to a farm, and for Christmas I actually got a quarter horse. God bless my dad. He didn't know how he was going to make Christmas for 5 kids that year and then he won the pool at the local tavern!
That was a great Christmas! I got Cocoa the horse, my sister got the Sweet Sue walker with all clothes, sister #3 got her favorite stuffed toys plus baby pigs to raise, youngest sister got a boatload of toddler toys, and my brother got an electric train and some other stuff. This is why I love "A Christmas Story."
Posted by: Miss Marple at March 10, 2013 07:23 PM (GoIUi)
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Posted by: toby928© presents at March 10, 2013 07:24 PM (QupBk)
Though the new ones made in the PRC say things like "You go home now!" "You finished!"
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 11:19 PM
Cool! I like the Chinese version
"All Your Answers Are Belong to Us"
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 07:24 PM (mCvL4)
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Posted by: EC at March 10, 2013 07:25 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: eman at March 10, 2013 07:25 PM (64rcm)
I started drinking coffee (fresh from my parent's cheapo Norelco coffeemaker) every morning when I was nine years old. Loved it with milk and sugar. Drank it every morning -- even weekends -- 'til I hit my senior year in high school, when I suddenly started having these *weird* pains and feelings in my waist area. (No, not there, guys. A little higher).
I finally noticed that on the occasional day when I didn't have the time to have coffee, the pains didn't appear. Since then I've had a love/hate affair with the black stuff. If I *really* need the energy, I'll grab a Vanilla Frappucino at 7-11 in the morning before work. I've found I can't go above that, though, or I get seriously wackadoodle-hyper and scatterbrained by the afternoon.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 07:26 PM (7B7jB)
The NYT even had an article about the first meeting of the "Problem Solvers" that pointed out the folly. They had a meeting, and they couldn't identify anything they could work together and solve.
I've been stuck for 8 hours a day for the past week in a truck with a coworker who is fed up with Congress and how no one will "get past labels and politics and work on solutions." I kept trying to explain that there are fundamental differences in the basic role of government. Unfortunately, he didn't seem to believe it.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 10, 2013 07:26 PM (3D74W)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is here at March 10, 2013 07:26 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 07:27 PM (pF2g8)
***
Among other things, it seems to make you smarter...but you build up a tolerance to that effect quickly.
On the other hand, I don't know how I would handle being expected to be functional in the office in the morning without it.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 10, 2013 07:27 PM (zPVBH)
Phoebe Ann Moses aka Annie Oakley took her famous name from the Oakley Gun Club in Oakley Ohio, which is now part of Cincinnati. Little Sure Shot learned her craft shooting squirrels and rabbits to feed her family North of where I live. She spent some time being essentially an indentured servant.. I have been to her grave in a delapidated cemetary outside Greenville, Ohio.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at March 10, 2013 10:58 PM (JKNDp)
Outside of the little blink and you'll miss it town of North Star. Not really all that far from Wapakoneta, Ohio hometown of Neil Armstrong.
Posted by: buzzion at March 10, 2013 07:28 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 10, 2013 07:28 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2013 07:30 PM (doBIb)
Coke Zero is way better than Diet coke. Switched over a couple years ago and can't even drink diet coke anymore.
Posted by: Thermadin at March 10, 2013 07:30 PM (W+08+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 07:30 PM (pF2g8)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 10, 2013 07:30 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 10, 2013 07:31 PM (r5K+9)
Coffee is a way of life in our house. Any time, all the time. Cannot go through the day without 3 or 4 cups.
And we're talking industrial size cups.
Posted by: irongrampa at March 10, 2013 07:31 PM (SAMxH)
***
Point out that there is a $1.4T deficit.
The liberal "solution" is to inflate and tax until they can spend more.
The conservative solution is to cut spending by $1.4T - at least.
Where is there a compromise in that?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 10, 2013 07:32 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at March 10, 2013 07:32 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 10, 2013 07:32 PM (Vk2pI)
It was awesome! If everything goes according to plan, you may see something tomorrow morning here on the blog.
Well crap, I'll be on a bus all morning and then at work all afternoon. 
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 10, 2013 07:32 PM (3D74W)
Since college (when I more or less officially switched my main caffeine source to Coke/Pepsi/etc) and to the present day, I can still write. Unfortunately nowadays, I have to be "inspired"... and we know how painstakingly long that magic unicorn can take to arrive.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 07:32 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 10, 2013 07:33 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Mindy the wacko-bird at March 10, 2013 07:33 PM (wk9P4)
Then there is Fujiko Mine from Lupin III
http://www.cosplay.com/photo/3165487/
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 07:33 PM (pF2g8)
I've seen the same ad for one of their own shows that is apparently revolves around sperm-cicles.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 10, 2013 07:33 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: Thermadin at March 10, 2013 07:35 PM (W+08+)
So are you the Moron cosplay pic web spider? = P
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 10, 2013 07:36 PM (7um7O)
That's a great story, Miss Marple. I wish the world was still idyllic like that.
Posted by: rfichoke at March 10, 2013 07:36 PM (CcIvJ)
The Escapist makes me feel like it's almost okay to be a huge nerd.
http://tinyurl.com/6azou3h
Posted by: Robert at March 10, 2013 10:46 PM (LUnTP)
====
Hey Roberto
Howz U?
Posted by: jc at March 10, 2013 07:36 PM (PlzOe)
I started drinking coffee (fresh from my parent's cheapo Norelco coffeemaker) every morning when I was nine years old. Loved it with milk and sugar. Drank it every morning -- even weekends -- 'til I hit my senior year in high school, when I suddenly started having these *weird* pains and feelings in my waist area. (No, not there, guys. A little higher).
I finally noticed that on the occasional day when I didn't have the time to have coffee, the pains didn't appear. Since then I've had a love/hate affair with the black stuff. If I *really* need the energy, I'll grab a Vanilla Frappucino at 7-11 in the morning before work. I've found I can't go above that, though, or I get seriously wackadoodle-hyper and scatterbrained by the afternoon.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 11:26 PM (7B7jB)
My dad worked for the City of LA, but we lived in the Santa Clarita Valley, so he'd commute through the San Fernando Valley both ways every day. One day, on his afternoon trip, he started having pains through his torso, so he pulled off the highway and drove himself to the Kaiser ER. They did the usual Kaiser thing -- assembly line tests (one assistant takes your weight, leaves....another comes in and takes your BP....another comes in and gave him an EKG) -- and, finally, a doctor comes in and says, "I want you to think back from when you first woke up this morning, and tell me about every cup of coffee you touched."
The final count was 23. The doc said, "Mr. Cthulhu -- don't do that," then got up and left the room.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 07:36 PM (kaalw)
its that or all the meth I been snorting...
Posted by: Shoey at March 10, 2013 07:36 PM (m6OUa)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 07:37 PM (pF2g8)
Posted by: The Political Hat \m/ at March 10, 2013 07:38 PM (Vk2pI)
I can't look at Upton the same way after seeing this pic.
http://tinyurl.com/cs56b8y
Don't hate me. I'm just the messenger.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 10, 2013 11:31 PM (r5K+9)
You're just the messenger with a bad tinyurl.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 07:38 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 07:38 PM (pF2g8)
Posted by: rickl at March 10, 2013 07:38 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: EC at March 10, 2013 07:39 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 07:39 PM (pF2g8)
Am just impressed with the sheer output, ONT after ONT. You be quite the crowd pleaser.
Random curveball: Got any Anna Puma cosplay pics? = P
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 10, 2013 07:40 PM (7um7O)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 07:40 PM (pF2g8)
Point out that there is a $1.4T deficit.
The liberal "solution" is to inflate and tax until they can spend more.
The conservative solution is to cut spending by $1.4T - at least.
Where is there a compromise in that?
It doesn't work. He seems to believe that everyone in Washington is playing petty politics for no real reason except their own egos and could solve all of the problems if they somehow just sat down and "compromised".
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 10, 2013 07:41 PM (3D74W)
'Cause on the cup lid, dude'd pressed the "DIET"
Check his shirt tag, and I catch the name
Brian,
I ain't tryin'
To drink aspartame ♫
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5H7IYPw40Q#t=1m11s
Posted by: Waterhouse at March 10, 2013 07:41 PM (fyEz0)
NoPosted by: Ma Bell at March 10, 2013 07:41 PM (uVuwp)
Here is some nice Touhou cosplay:
http://tinyurl.com/al4gn4pPosted by: 政治的な帽子 at March 10, 2013 07:41 PM (Vk2pI)
You know, if Ashley Judd does run against Mitchy, this would be the *perfect* opportunity to offer some "balanced" tax increases on the media industry.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 10, 2013 07:41 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 10, 2013 07:43 PM (zPVBH)
http://tinyurl.com/al4gn4p
That reminded me of Alice in Wonderland (the video game) for some reason. Mind is boggling at how the knives are suspended ... They're not photoshopped in, are they?
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 10, 2013 07:44 PM (7um7O)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 10, 2013 07:44 PM (ORGYc)
http://www.cosplay.com/photo/2053461/
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 07:45 PM (pF2g8)
Hope your dad was/is okay.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 11:39 PM (7B7jB)
He was fine. The only reason he got into trouble is that he had all his guys too well trained -- they'd see him coming and go "Psst! -- It's the old man.....better get him a cup of coffee." That works if you're not going through a lot of offices trying to develop an overall impression.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 07:45 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 07:46 PM (pF2g8)
But what is up with the cat girl motif?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 10, 2013 07:47 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: rickl at March 10, 2013 07:48 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 10, 2013 07:50 PM (MBqvE)
Remember reading recently that Chris Farley's dad actually owned an oil company. Geez. Wonder how wealthy/screwed up his family really was. (And as we all know, there's no kind of "screwed up family" as incredible as "screwed up *wealthy* family."
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 07:51 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 07:52 PM (pF2g8)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 07:53 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Ashley Dudd at March 10, 2013 07:53 PM (jlTjT)
Coke Zero is way better than Diet coke.
why
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 10, 2013 11:33 PM (8sCoq)
Diet Coke is actually based off of the New Coke formula. It obviously did better than the actual New Coke did. Coke Zero is based off of the actual Coca Cola formula.
Posted by: buzzion at March 10, 2013 07:53 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 11:52 PM (pF2g
Dead ant, dead ant, dead ant dead ant dead ant dead ant dead aaaaaaaant ....
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 10, 2013 07:54 PM (7um7O)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 07:54 PM (pF2g8)
Posted by: Jean at March 10, 2013 07:56 PM (LBUCy)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 10, 2013 07:56 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 10, 2013 07:57 PM (JMmQ9)
I love it when people break out of the 'cosplay fad mode' and do something they have fun with.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 07:57 PM (pF2g8)
Posted by: TexasJew at March 10, 2013 07:57 PM (lD8ju)
___
Saying that sarcastically is racist. Or, uh, something.
Posted by: Your Average Liberal at March 10, 2013 07:58 PM (zPVBH)
Remember reading recently that Chris Farley's dad actually owned an oil company. Geez. Wonder how wealthy/screwed up his family really was. (And as we all know, there's no kind of "screwed up family" as incredible as "screwed up *wealthy* family."
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 11:51 PM (7B7jB)
IIRC, he was the #3 Engineer for the City of Los Angeles when he retired. Pretty good for the son of a sheepherder who grew up in a 2-room tarpaper shack in Colorado.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 07:58 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 10, 2013 07:59 PM (8sCoq)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFa1-kciCb4
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 08:00 PM (7B7jB)
Shocker.Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 08:01 PM (pF2g8)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 08:02 PM (pF2g8)
Posted by: eman at March 10, 2013 11:15 PM (64rcm)
Nope, he will screw his goddaughter,, oh shit, was it wrong of me to say that?
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 10, 2013 08:05 PM (vgd4f)
Not bad cthulhu.
Can he explain what the architects of the L.A. Mall (across from the Federal Building on Los Angeles Street) were thinking??
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 08:05 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 10, 2013 08:06 PM (8sCoq)
___
Let he who won't screw a younger female relative throw the first stone.
Posted by: Woody Allen at March 10, 2013 08:06 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 08:06 PM (pF2g8)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 08:07 PM (pF2g8)
Most of the worst problems that we have now are because Congress worked together on a solution. Their solutions are usually the equivalent of developing a flu vaccine that gives you pancreatic cancer
Anyone who wails "the government should DO SOMETHING!" needs to be kicked in the head repeatedly
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 08:08 PM (mCvL4)
I've seen it once before, at White Sands, NM in 1995 or 6. (I forget which in my sleep deprived state.) It was a test of the DC-XA, doing what Larry Niven had termed the Death Swoop and officially designated the Orbital Re-entry Maneuver. Not only did the DC-XA go up and hover but also rotated past 90 degrees. This had never been done before, unless you count Thunderbird-1 or other TV and movie rockets.
Unfortunately, that was also the day the Air Force handed the DC-X program over to NASA. NASA crashed and burned it, literally, and let it die after that. Huge setback for mankind because they wanted to protect the stupid Shuttle.
I also saw a test of the Rotary Rocket test vehicle but that was really just a funny shaped helicopter at that point in development. Then Gary Hudson went nuts and the company folded, with much of the personnel forming XCOR.
Posted by: epobirs at March 10, 2013 08:08 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 10, 2013 08:08 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 10, 2013 08:08 PM (JMmQ9)
___
Let he who won't screw a younger female relative throw the first stone.
Posted by: Woody Allen at March 11, 2013 12:06 AM (zPVBH)
Yeah, got a bucket of stones,, oh shit, now I sound like a muslim..
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 10, 2013 08:09 PM (vgd4f)
lawn my off get
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 10, 2013 11:59 PM (8sCoq
I would have to bing to not only know what the word cosplay is, or meaning.
and honestly i'm too tired to care.
Posted by: ette at March 10, 2013 08:09 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: TexasJew at March 10, 2013 08:10 PM (lD8ju)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 10, 2013 08:12 PM (8sCoq)
Most of the worst problems that we have now are because Congress worked together on a solution. Their solutions are usually the equivalent of developing a flu vaccine that gives you pancreatic cancer
Anyone who wails "the government should DO SOMETHING!" needs to be kicked in the head repeatedly
This is one of the problems conservatives face: too many people assume that everyone thinks alike and that any gridlock in Washington, DC is the result of corruption and partisan politicking. While those do exist there is an underlying ideological conflict with two very different visions of the role of government in the lives of its citizens.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 10, 2013 08:12 PM (3D74W)
Running an oil company doesn't necessarily mean wealth. You'd be surprised how many little companies work small patches or wells that have an output considered too low to bother with by the majors.
Posted by: epobirs at March 10, 2013 08:12 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 10, 2013 08:13 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 10, 2013 08:14 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 08:14 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Darke County, Ohio at March 10, 2013 08:14 PM (wIgpo)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 11, 2013 12:12 AM (8sCoq)
I wish i felt fine.
just tired, and old, and tired especially old and tired.
Posted by: ette at March 10, 2013 08:15 PM (nqBYe)
epobirs: given I live near Signal Hill in California, I probably should have thought of that...
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 08:15 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: ette at March 11, 2013 12:09 AM (nqBYe)
Short for "Costume play". Is of Moron Interest for the hawt chicks dressed like characters from various works of art (books, movies, comics, cartoons), who may or may not be skimpily dressed.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 10, 2013 08:15 PM (7um7O)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 10, 2013 08:17 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 11, 2013 12:14 AM (mCvL4)
If you tried to click through, you'd find that her blog *is* annapuna, not ammapuma. Sneaksies.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 10, 2013 08:17 PM (7um7O)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 10, 2013 08:17 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 11, 2013 12:13 AM (jIaZt)
You are good people!
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 10, 2013 08:18 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 10, 2013 08:18 PM (7um7O)
Short for "Costume play". Is of Moron Interest for the hawt chicks dressed like characters from various works of art (books, movies, comics, cartoons), who may or may not be skimpily dressed.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 11, 2013 12:15 AM (7um7O)
I see , thank you.
Posted by: ette at March 10, 2013 08:18 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 11, 2013 12:17 AM (8sCoq)
The date, and no one gives out candy.
There may or may not be eye-candy. Beware the horrors no brain bleach can ever remove.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 10, 2013 08:20 PM (7um7O)
I'd have to disagree there. Fandom has always had two types of costume wearers. The 'hall costume' which was just folks walking around the con, and the masqueraders, who were much more serious and had a stage presentation to go with the costume. The presentation could mean a lot in the judging and often was too elaborate for the costume to be worn in the halls.
The biggest difference to my mind is that cosplay is more culturally accepted in Japan. Also, in the West, those inspired mostly by anime and video games may be completely ignorant of the other long existing branches of fandom and thus a separate culture.
Posted by: epobirs at March 10, 2013 08:21 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s] at March 10, 2013 08:21 PM (bxiXv)
what is the difference between cosplay and halloween?
One is full of immature children and drunken adults all wearing inappropriate costumes, often of a fantistic or literary nature. Women wear sexually revealing costumes in an attempt to attract male attention, while men wear costumes that often defy gender conventions and good taste.
The other is a holiday that falls on 31 October.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 10, 2013 08:22 PM (3D74W)
Can he explain what the architects of the L.A. Mall (across from the Federal Building on Los Angeles Street) were thinking??
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 11, 2013 12:05 AM (7B7jB)
That's a commercial development, so he wouldn't have had any involvement. He was doing things like http://www.lacitysan.org/lasewers/treatment_plants/tillman/index.htm -- besides, he considered most architects as unrealistic pie-in-the-sky dreamers who provided neverending challenges to engineers who wanted structures that would support their own weight.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 08:22 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 08:24 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Yoda at March 10, 2013 08:25 PM (Vk2pI)
epobirs: given I live near Signal Hill in California, I probably should have thought of that...
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 11, 2013 12:15 AM (7B7jB)
I used to live a stone's throw from Bellflower x Atherton. We took school field trips to Signal Hill's City Council chambers one time.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 08:25 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 10, 2013 08:25 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 11, 2013 12:21 AM (bxiXv)
What if you wrote the popular anime/manga series that she's cosplaying a character of?
*furiously ponders webcomic ideas*
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 10, 2013 08:26 PM (7um7O)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 10, 2013 08:27 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 08:27 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 11, 2013 12:25 AM (8sCoq)
If you have to ask, you don't deserve it. Get off the lawn!
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 10, 2013 08:27 PM (7um7O)
You could go the Ruby Sparks route and claim to have written her into existence as your eventual mate.
Posted by: epobirs at March 10, 2013 08:27 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: rickl at March 10, 2013 08:27 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 11, 2013 12:25 AM (8sCoq)
Seconded
Posted by: lou,s a girl at March 10, 2013 08:28 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 10, 2013 08:29 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2013 11:46 PM (pF2g
you mean the dude, other than the fighting games, it's still only Team Alice who makes the Touhou games
Posted by: The Dude at March 10, 2013 08:29 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 11, 2013 12:27 AM (jIaZt)
I don't believe that, you are just a sweetheart, and you know why!
Posted by: lou,s a girl at March 10, 2013 08:30 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 10, 2013 08:31 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: derit at March 10, 2013 08:31 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 11, 2013 12:27 AM (7B7jB)
Long past when I was there. My parents moved a lot when I was young -- my mom had relatives in Orange County and worked near San Pedro, while my dad worked downtown and had relatives in Santa Clarita. So they'd have arguments like "You haven't taken out the trash in a week and I'm tired of living next to your stupid relatives." "OK, we'll move." When I was 30, I'd lived in 31 different places. Shortest time lived in a house we owned -- one day. Spent months refurbing it, moved in, decision was made to move out before I even got out of bed....
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 08:32 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 10, 2013 08:33 PM (qo244)
Posted by: derit at March 11, 2013 12:31 AM (I88Jc)
until love turns into resentment over how the loved one squeezes the toothpaste in the middle.
Posted by: ette at March 10, 2013 08:33 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 10, 2013 08:34 PM (jIaZt)
Iowa's lookin' better and better these days, frankly. So is Arizona or Nevada.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 08:35 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: zeera at March 10, 2013 08:35 PM (3dXwx)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJQCLzJKy2M
Posted by: RSBejmls at March 10, 2013 08:36 PM (appcA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 08:37 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: rickl at March 10, 2013 08:37 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: The Dude at March 10, 2013 08:37 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: lowandslow at March 10, 2013 08:38 PM (Fz2C7)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 08:40 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: lowandslow at March 11, 2013 12:38 AM (Fz2C7)
Bree Turner, fapped to her when her Undressed episode aired on MTV in highschool
Posted by: The Dude at March 10, 2013 08:42 PM (vJdyz)
Shortest time lived in a house we owned -- one day. Spent months refurbing it, moved in, decision was made to move out before I even got out of bed....
Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2013 12:32 AM (kaalw)
Yikes. That must have been either a bad house or a bad neighborhood. Bad houses can be fixed, though.
Posted by: rickl at March 11, 2013 12:37 AM (sdi6R)
My mom had gotten used to living in the country while she still was pining for the city. So we moved in and she could hear television shows in the houses around us and traffic.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 08:44 PM (kaalw)
And the KFC has since been closed down and at one point was a restaurant called -- I kid you not -- "Chicken Pizza Pasta." Passing by, I used to joke that if that place didn't work out, the owners would change the name menu to "Burger Hotdog Chinese." ;-)
I believe it's now just another one of SoCal's 200,000 Chinese takeout places.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 08:46 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: sybilll at March 10, 2013 08:46 PM (y09Sh)
Posted by: derit at March 10, 2013 08:48 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 08:48 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 10, 2013 08:49 PM (vgd4f)
Reminds me of a bit Steve Martin had on one of his albums: that every McDonalds actually had, in the back room, nothing but a "big vat." Big Mac? Pulled out of the vat. Shake? From the vat. Your change? From the vat.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 08:50 PM (7B7jB)
On Sunday, Asteroid 2013 EN 20 will fly about 279,000 miles from Earth. Both were discovered just three days ago. "We know that the solar system is a busy place," said Cox. Posted by: rickl at March 11, 2013 12:27 AM
Juuuuuust a bit outside!!
Posted by: Bob Uecker at March 10, 2013 08:52 PM (mCvL4)
And the KFC has since been closed down and at one point was a restaurant called -- I kid you not -- "Chicken Pizza Pasta." Passing by, I used to joke that if that place didn't work out, the owners would change the name menu to "Burger Hotdog Chinese." ;-)
I believe it's now just another one of SoCal's 200,000 Chinese takeout places.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 11, 2013 12:46 AM (7B7jB)
We were on the north side of Marber, in the corner house. So when I say we were across from the KFC, it was really just across from the KFC.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 08:53 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 11, 2013 12:46 AM
When I left L.A. it was Thai or Vietnamese noodle bars popping up in hipster hell
I lived where Los Feliz, Atwater Village, and Silverlake met. It was like one of those movies where you wake up and there are more pod people than the day before
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 08:56 PM (mCvL4)
And I recently read in OCWeekly that an actual *Iraqi* cuisine restaurant opened up in the county, possibly in the Fullerton area. Yeesh.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 08:59 PM (7B7jB)
I found out much later that it was called Lakewood because it was developed over a drained swamp.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 09:00 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Adriane Loves the Classics but is Easily Confused at March 10, 2013 09:00 PM (TvO05)
Supposedly we were nuthin' but bean fields before approximately 1946, with the exception of the Country Club, which was named Lakewood for the resort destination in New Jersey.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 09:01 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Adriane Loves the Classics but is Easily Confused at March 10, 2013 09:02 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 09:02 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 10, 2013 09:03 PM (MBqvE)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 11, 2013 01:02 AM (7B7jB)
Why? Is it all Tiki or Googie or something?
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 09:04 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: baldilocks on iPad at March 10, 2013 09:04 PM (Su0W2)
D.J. Waldie was the city hall Chief Information Officer for about 20 years. I knew him personally for a short while when I was working at our public access television studio as an intern for a short period in the early 1990s.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 09:05 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: alfred Hitchcock's Proper British Accent at March 10, 2013 09:05 PM (TvO05)
And I thought I moved around a lot when I was contracting ...
Posted by: Adriane Loves the Classics but is Easily Confused at March 11, 2013 01:02 AM (TvO05)
The funny thing is -- since I disconnected from my parents, I've had a marked tendency to move less. Especially since I've come to LOATHE moving with every fiber of my being......which sucks, 'cause I'm going to have to do it again, soon.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 09:07 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 11, 2013 01:01 AM
I saw on the news that most of Florida is sinkhole central
That family of that guy in Tampa who was sleeping when the earth swallowed him up are very religious. Understandably they're REALLY freaked out
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 09:07 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: baldilocks on iPad at March 11, 2013 01:04 AM (Su0W2)
Baldi!!! How're you doin'????
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 09:08 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Albert Einstein, Certified Genius at March 10, 2013 09:08 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2013 01:07 AM
Are you leaving Paradise Lost or just moving to another county?
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 09:09 PM (mCvL4)
I love Lakewood -- I've lived here my whole life. But if I won lotto and could upgrade to Temecula or South Orange County (or somewhere cushy in NV or AZ), I'd probably really enjoy making the move.
Going in the opposite direction, OTOH... ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 09:10 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: baldilocks on iPad at March 10, 2013 09:10 PM (Su0W2)
Posted by: Sheldon Cooper ... Dr. Sheldon Cooper at March 10, 2013 09:11 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: baldilocks on iPad at March 10, 2013 09:12 PM (Su0W2)
- What do you call a patch of soft wet earth located in a condiment factory?
- Sinkhole de Mayo!
[/rimshot]
[/groaning]
[/demands for refunds]
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 09:15 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: baldilocks on iPad at March 10, 2013 09:15 PM (Su0W2)
parents, I've had a marked tendency to move less. Especially since I've
come to LOATHE moving with every fiber of my being......which sucks,
'cause I'm going to have to do it again, soon.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2013 01:07 AM
Are you leaving Paradise Lost or just moving to another county?
Posted by: kbdabear at March 11, 2013 01:09 AM (mCvL4)
I'm just looking at what I have here -- even if my mortgage were paid 100%, I've got almost $6000 in property taxes and earthquake insurance that isn't going away......and my "retirement" funds are making closer to 2% than 10%. So it makes a whole lot of sense to go somewhere that I could own a 5-acre ranch outright for half the equity I have in this overpriced suburban home and pay $1000/year to keep it.
To put some stats on it -- I live in a house that is 1910 sq ft on a 8190 sq ft lot -- and it's very nice for the area. But $6K/yr?!??!?
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 09:15 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 09:17 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Professor Hubert Whitehead at March 10, 2013 09:18 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at March 10, 2013 09:18 PM (JQuNB)
Fine. And you?
Posted by: baldilocks on iPad at March 11, 2013 01:10 AM (Su0W2)
Hangin' in. Since the subject du jour is moving -- did you end up moving? I figured if I could just find my way to the Baldilocks compound when TSHTF, I could get a fair shake and up my chances for survival....but it didn't sound like you were staying in SoCal.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 09:18 PM (kaalw)
Hey, all. Any gun afficionados on the ONT tonight? The Ted Gundy story (so awesome) brings up a subject I've been wrestling with for a fanfic I've been writing. Well, *not* writing for a long time. Just got a couple of nice new reviews after almost a year and this has spurred me into Just Wanting to Finish This Damn Thing.
Could a single kill shot be fired with a rifle by a human sniper from, say, a moving aircraft at about a half-mile, mile elevation? This would be with a somewhat high-techy weapon from the near future. I'm thinking "environmentals" here. (Which is totally going into someone's dialogue.) I could make the shot happen, and I might have to do that, but just wondered if it would be absolutely ridiculous or not.
Any help would be mighty appreciated.
Posted by: Gem at March 10, 2013 09:19 PM (zw+pb)
Posted by: baldilocks on iPad at March 10, 2013 09:20 PM (Su0W2)
Posted by: Gem at March 10, 2013 09:20 PM (zw+pb)
Posted by: angel with a sword at March 10, 2013 09:20 PM (3RiPs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 11, 2013 01:17 AM
It's California, a whole cluster of galaxies await to fuck him in turn with new taxes
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 09:20 PM (mCvL4)
Reminds me of the first time I saw someone identified on the news with the last name "Lewinsky" who had nothing to do with Monica or the scandal. Surprised more non-relatives of hers who had the name didn't change it during that time.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 09:21 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 11, 2013 01:17 AM (7B7jB)
I don't have room for anything (compulsive packrat, on top of my other issues). But, again -- my aunt (the one married across the street in Long Beach, as it turns out) lives on 5 acres in Knoxville, TN. Her property taxes are about $1000/year.
Hell, for $1000/year, you could have some beehives and have the place pay its own taxes.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 09:22 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Gem at March 11, 2013 01:20 AM (zw+pb)
it's the way of the Pixy
Posted by: The Dude at March 10, 2013 09:22 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: baldilocks on iPad at March 10, 2013 09:23 PM (Su0W2)
cthulhu: do you have room for a boarder? Maybe offset some of those prop
taxes with rent money. Or would that open up a whole new world of
punitive taxation?
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 11, 2013 01:17 AM
It's California, a whole cluster of galaxies await to fuck him in turn with new taxes
Posted by: kbdabear at March 11, 2013 01:20 AM (mCvL4)
Worse yet, if you rent out a room in your home the legal process is so f'ed that booting them out is a nightmare -- plus, if your stuff disappears, you are S.O.L.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 09:26 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 10, 2013 09:26 PM (LRFds)
Hell, for $1000/year, you could have some beehives and have the place pay its own taxes.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2013 01:22 AM
Knoxville is surrounded by some of God's most wonderful scenery. You will have to get used to winter again however
Once the supermajority in Sacramento finds out they can shitcan Prop 13, that 6 grand a year will be taxes on your tool shed alone
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 09:27 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: baldilocks on iPad at March 10, 2013 09:27 PM (Su0W2)
Posted by: Sheldon Cooper ... Dr. Sheldon Cooper at March 10, 2013 09:28 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Emily Litella at March 10, 2013 09:30 PM (TvO05)
Apparently the meds in the water supply worked...
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2013 09:30 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: rfichoke at March 10, 2013 09:31 PM (CcIvJ)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2013 01:18 AM (kaalw)
Not yet. But I'm free to do it now that the reason I remained in California has been resolved.
No worries. All M and Ms may live in the compound-to-come!
Posted by: baldilocks on iPad at March 11, 2013 01:23 AM (Su0W2)
It's good to hear that the password "I'm a moron" will work in the post-Apocalyptic nightmare to come. Since we don't know exactly when it will occur, however, please keep visiting!
I'm sorry to hear of your great-aunt Alma's passing. She sounds like quite a lady.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 09:34 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 11, 2013 01:27 AM (mCvL4)
The thing that has me panicked is that this will also shitcan the equity I have in the house. It's one thing if I can trade out; quite another if I'm stuck.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 09:35 PM (kaalw)
Doggehs have a harder time adjusting to shelters, think of what you'll mean to one to take him or her to a new home
Everyone has different adjustment times, but I couldn't bear to look at unused food and water dishes for very long
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 09:37 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Deety at March 10, 2013 09:37 PM (jVk2G)
Posted by: t-shirt we bought for Mom's birthday ... at March 10, 2013 09:40 PM (TvO05)
No worries. All M and Ms may live in the compound-to-come!
Posted by: baldilocks on iPad at March 11, 2013 01:23 AM
Condolences from me too. As for other states, it's better if you have relatives or friends in one of them when you move.
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 09:41 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: baldilocks on iPad at March 10, 2013 09:42 PM (Su0W2)
When watching Top Gear, one of the worst insults that Clarkson can give to a car is "it looks like it was designed by a committee over lunch"
It takes a cluster to create a clusterfuck
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 09:43 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: angel with a sword at March 10, 2013 09:44 PM (3RiPs)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 10, 2013 09:44 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 09:45 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 10, 2013 09:46 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: angel with a sword at March 10, 2013 09:47 PM (3RiPs)
Frum is a fine one to talk about being nice since he's a total dick himself. After all the shit he's pushed out of that rectum under his nose, he'd have to shine my shoes with his tongue before I even gave him 5 seconds of consideration
Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2013 09:50 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: I like Karl Marx, but I love his brother Groucho! at March 10, 2013 09:50 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Arbalest at March 11, 2013 01:49 AM
But not on the plains of Oklahoma.
Posted by: Lizzie Jack Warren at March 10, 2013 09:51 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: goatse man and helen thomas pinups at March 10, 2013 09:53 PM (TvO05)
Frum is a fine one to talk about being nice since he's a total dick himself. After all the shit he's pushed out of that rectum under his nose, he'd have to shine my shoes with his tongue before I even gave him 5 seconds of consideration
Posted by: kbdabear at March 11, 2013 01:50 AM (mCvL4)
The whole Progressive meme is utter bullshit -- it's letting someone do all the work, take all the risks, make all the sacrifices, incur all the costs, and swooping in at the last minute to give it all to the biggest voting bloc.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 09:54 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s] at March 10, 2013 09:55 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: angel with a sword at March 10, 2013 10:01 PM (3RiPs)
Take a visit over to http://www.luoamerican.com/baldilocks/2013/02/alma-l-simpkins.html and witness a long and well-lived life.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 10:06 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Egor at March 10, 2013 10:08 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 11, 2013 01:55 AM (bxiXv)
I think she kept it brief 'cause she was on ipad.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 10:09 PM (kaalw)
Well anyway, that's my entry for the night.
Posted by: Berserker at March 10, 2013 10:09 PM (FMbng)
She went on exhibition tours for the sole purpose of encouraging women to take up shooting. She gave away .22 rifles, which show up at antique meets fairly often. She would also toss a silver dollar into the air, wing it with the rifle, and give the nicked dollar to one of the girls in attendance. One of those girls was my mother's aunt. My mother gave the dollar to me, and I carry it with me everywhere.
Posted by: comatus at March 10, 2013 10:10 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 10, 2013 10:10 PM (TvO05)
Well anyway, that's my entry for the night.
Posted by: Berserker at March 11, 2013 02:09 AM (FMbng)
Can we wrap it in sandpaper first?
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 10:11 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s] at March 10, 2013 10:11 PM (bxiXv)
She went on exhibition tours for the sole purpose of encouraging women to take up shooting. She gave away .22 rifles, which show up at antique meets fairly often. She would also toss a silver dollar into the air, wing it with the rifle, and give the nicked dollar to one of the girls in attendance. One of those girls was my mother's aunt. My mother gave the dollar to me, and I carry it with me everywhere.
Posted by: comatus at March 11, 2013 02:10 AM (qaVK+)
What a treasure!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 10:12 PM (kaalw)
Like 10 years, maybe longer.
Before I found AOS.
We're not like bosom buddies or anything, just that's when we first talked in a comment section.
It's like seeing a friend from school when she shows up.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 11, 2013 02:11 AM (bxiXv)
Never IRL -- but a lady I've come to trust. She's got more honor in her toenail clippings than can be found in the entire Obama Administration.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 10:15 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: and irresolute at March 10, 2013 10:15 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2013 02:11 AM
Only if course ground lava rock isn't available.
Posted by: Berserker at March 10, 2013 10:16 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: a mindful webworker at March 10, 2013 10:16 PM (qYDVx)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2013 02:11 AM
Only if course ground lava rock isn't available.
Posted by: Berserker at March 11, 2013 02:16 AM (FMbng)
Trying to preserve the Hawaiian motif?
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 10:17 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: comatus at March 10, 2013 10:19 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s] at March 10, 2013 10:19 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2013 02:17 AM
Actually not a bad idea. Isn't that reef stuff like razor blades? Can add some of that too.
Posted by: Berserker at March 10, 2013 10:19 PM (FMbng)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWYZ3Zy1Ri8
Posted by: viking at March 10, 2013 10:20 PM (AaIjD)
Posted by: and irresolute at March 11, 2013 02:15 AM (DBH1h)
Annie used a rifle. Ania has a pair of cannons.
Posted by: Berserker at March 10, 2013 10:22 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2013 02:15 AM (kaalw)
Well don't tell her that, she'll take it as faint praise!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 11, 2013 02:19 AM (bxiXv)
Unfortunately, it is.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 10:22 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 10, 2013 10:22 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Words with Friends seeking benefits at March 10, 2013 10:25 PM (I88Jc)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWYZ3Zy1Ri8
Posted by:viking at March 11, 2013 02:20 AM
yeah, I kinda needed helloween's version of I'm alive after that one to bleach the ear drums.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiZoGwXcP50
Posted by: Berserker at March 10, 2013 10:27 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 10, 2013 10:29 PM (TvO05)
Some are in the ICU dying and I hold their hand.
Some are wobblign proudly through the hallways proudly wearing their service caps -
salute them.
What honor they give.
Posted by: Cheri at March 10, 2013 10:29 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 10, 2013 10:30 PM (TvO05)
I'm so very sorry. For a twerp like me the one I ref'd was wonderful. Listening to yours now . . . oh help! There's no there, there (for me).
Posted by: viking at March 10, 2013 10:31 PM (AaIjD)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 10, 2013 10:32 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 10, 2013 10:33 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: angel with a sword at March 10, 2013 10:33 PM (3RiPs)
comment 402 ... Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane
nny
You a funny girl
Posted by: Cheri at March 10, 2013 10:34 PM (EAgmr)
I thought 'Honorable War Horse' in the last scene of the vid about Gundy where he's making his way on a sidewalk.
Posted by: viking at March 10, 2013 10:34 PM (AaIjD)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 10, 2013 10:34 PM (TvO05)
I'm so very sorry. For a twerp like me the one I ref'd was wonderful. Listening to yours now . . . oh help! There's no there, there (for me).
Posted by: viking at March 11, 2013 02:31 AM (AaIjD)
Eh, well I'm an asshole metalhead. lol
Helloween is actually "happy metal". Maybe you'll like their version of "I'm free". Its happy...I promise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2MpkdgIMyk
Posted by: Berserker at March 10, 2013 10:37 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: derit at March 10, 2013 10:44 PM (I88Jc)
Listening now, trying to do muster 'musical appreciation' attitude which is do-able but again, for me, its an effort. Truth be told, I'm a simpleton I guess, when it comes to music or art generally. But I thank you(!) for trying to send me something more . . . hip? (yeah, hip's not the right word but the right word escapes me)
Posted by: viking at March 10, 2013 10:45 PM (AaIjD)
Posted by: Hide the Decline at March 10, 2013 10:46 PM (Vk2pI)
plunges toward the sun,
Somewhere I sit,
and type comment 401 ...
BURMA SHAVE!!!!
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 11, 2013 02:30 AM (TvO05)
pretty frigging funny
I spit coffee at the screen
Now my nose is runny
Posted by: Berserker at March 10, 2013 10:52 PM (FMbng)
About Gundy . . . we just can't ley him down.
Posted by: viking at March 10, 2013 10:54 PM (AaIjD)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2013 10:57 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: viking at March 11, 2013 02:45 AM (AaIjD)
Um yeah, hip is a light year or so off.
I like to think of it as a direct message delivered by sledge hammer to the forehead....maybe with a slice of lemon. lol
Posted by: Berserker at March 10, 2013 10:57 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 10, 2013 10:58 PM (Vk2pI)
No wonder I ducked out!
Posted by: viking at March 10, 2013 11:00 PM (AaIjD)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 10, 2013 11:14 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: angel with a sword at March 10, 2013 11:18 PM (3RiPs)
...I just searched eBay for "IBM PC/XT" and people are paying crazy money for the old stuff.
Like $50 for an 8-bit VGA card, $70-$100 for a PC or XT keyboard, close to $100 for an old ST01 8-bit SCSI controller.
I'm rich!
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 10, 2013 11:20 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: Deety at March 10, 2013 11:50 PM (jVk2G)
...I just searched eBay for "IBM PC/XT" and people are paying crazy money for the old stuff.
Like $50 for an 8-bit VGA card, $70-$100 for a PC or XT keyboard, close to $100 for an old ST01 8-bit SCSI controller.
I'm rich!
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 11, 2013 03:20 AM (/gHaE)
Wow! With the TRS-80 gear in the garage, I should be able to afford that house in Santa Barbara!
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