March 03, 2013
— Maetenloch
Neo-neocon: The Long Reach of Family and Time
The past isn't even all that past when it comes to family memories. Often we're just a generation or two away from major historical events:
Please let that sink in for a moment: my own grandfather's sister was born in 1838. Not only that, but she lived to be over 100 years old dance at my parents' wedding. She appears in photos of the occasion, a small figure wearing a black headscarf, almost impossibly old and wrinkled but smiling.
I never met her; she died some years before I was born. But what tales she might have told! One of the difficulties of reaching back in time by talking to the elderly is that the young rarely have the inclination to do it before it's too late. Old people-who cares what they have to say?
Luckily for me my mother's side is a long-lived line and so I was able to know my great-grandmother fairly well until she died at 94. She was sharp and feisty right up until the end - think of a savvier version of Granny from the Beverly Hillbillies. She was born around 1902 and I remember her mentioning once in passing that her grandmother had personal memories of Union troops arriving at their farm during the Civil War. Unfortunately I didn't get the chance to follow-up so this memory is now gone forever. :-(
And here is a photograph of a Revolutionary War soldier, Conrad Heyer, taken in 1852 when he was over 100 years old. Quite possibly this makes him the earliest-born human to ever be photographed.
He was approximately 103 when photographed, having been born in 1749. He was reportedly the first white child born in Waldoboro, Maine, then a German immigrant community. He served in the Continental Army under George Washington during the Revolutionary War, crossing the Delaware with him and fighting in other major battles. He eventually bought a farm and retired to Waldoboro, where he happily regaled visitors with tales of his Revolutionary War exploits until his dying day.
Our Upside Down Bizarro World: Students Tackle Gunman, Get Suspended From School
Citizen, self-defense is for the authorities:
The student said the suspect, a football player, threatened to shoot a teammate because he had been arguing with his friend.Authorities confirmed to WFTX the weapon was indeed loaded, and the arrest report stated the suspect, identified by WVZN-TV as Quadryle Davis, was "pointing the gun directly" at the other student and "threatening to shoot him."
That's when, the teen told the station, he and two others tackled the suspect and wrestled the gun away. The next day, all three were suspended.
And be sure and follow the example of this good citizen at 1:00:
More Bizarro World News: Uganda Returns Misused Aid Money to Sweden
Uganda has reimbursed Sweden some 24 million kronor ($3.75 million) in aid that had been misappropriated by senior officials.The amount is about half of the 45 million kronor refund that the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) had sought.
...An investigation by the auditor general of Uganda last year found that a total of 86 million kronor in aid had been funnelled into private accounts linked to the prime minister's office in Kampala.
Or data in this case:
Let's fast-forward a half-century from the world of fiction to the very real world of military strategy. During World War II, Allied B-29 bombers were being shot down with great frequency. A mathematician named Abraham Wald, was given a challenging problem by military officials. How could these planes be optimally reinforced with armor plating? There were tradeoffs to consider. Every addition of plating added to the weight of the plane, decreasing it's performance characteristics. Therefore, reinforcements needed to be added only to the most vulnerable areas of the planes.
Wald was presented with data from planes returning from bombing missions. The data showed the pattern and frequency of hits from enemy gunfire. Conventional thinking led many to believe that Wald would recommend the reinforcement of those areas receiving the greatest number of hits.
Counter-intuitively, Wald recommended just the opposite, the reinforcement of those areas with the least frequency of bullet holes. Wald's profound insight, in the spirit of Sherlock Holmes, was to focus on the unseen. He grasped that the returning aircraft were the survivors, receiving enemy fire in non-vulnerable areas. The downed aircraft (which were not part of the data set) were the ones that had received the fatal hits, most likely to the remaining areas. It was those remaining areas (the ones free of bullet holes in the surviving planes) that needed the extra armor plating.
Most of the data we have in life is incomplete and you should always consider the 'unseen' that never even made it into the data set. Or else fall prey to survivorship bias.
Not Even Pretending Anymore: WaPo Eliminates Ombudsman Position
Oh noes! Without an ombudsman, how will the Post mock apologize for the entire paper's staff voting for Obama? Justify its hit pieces on any candidate with an (R) after his name? Simultaneously advocate for gay marriage while claiming to be objective (after previously admitting how deeply the paper was in the tank for Obama)? And last but not least, when on earth will that backlog of corrections from 2008 and 2009 ever be completed?
Yep now they won't have to waste their (and our) time trying to explain away their bias and failure to check facts-too-good-to-check.
Just Another Day Driving in Germany
Even when you're driving 155mph (250 km/h) you should always allow faster traffic to pass on the left.
Based on paintings and sculptures ancient hairstyles for women were complicated - so much so that it was long assumed they were actually wigs. But hair stylist and amateur scholar Janet Stephens shows that they were quite achievable with just bodkins and string. Here's how to get that vestal virgin look from 1800 years ago.
Also the 28 State-Sanctioned Hairstyles of North Korea:
Plus high school, 1969-style.
Weekly AoSHQ Commenter Standings
Top 10 commenters:
1 [1308 comments] 'sven10077' [183.49 posts/day]
2 [406 comments] 'Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book AmyLynn available on amazon.'
3 [347 comments] 'Jones in CO'
4 [322 comments] 'Anna Puma (+SmuD)'
5 [315 comments] 'MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit </i></u></b>'
6 [311 comments] 'ace'
7 [302 comments] 'Bitter Clinger and All That'
8 [290 comments] 'kbdabear'
9 [283 comments] 'Vic'
10 [283 comments] 'toby928? for TB'
Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [68 names] 'Suffering under sequester' [9.54 unique names/day]
2 [61 names] 'Islamic Rage Boy'
3 [54 names] 'kbdabear'
4 [51 names] 'The Political Hat'
5 [50 names] 'Methos'
6 [42 names] 'beach'
7 [38 names] 'andycanuck'
8 [34 names] 'Dang'
9 [31 names] 'toby928? for TB'
10 [28 names] 'Low Information Voter'
The group. Yeah.
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Posted by: The Most Interesting Man Commenting at Ace at March 03, 2013 06:11 PM (zbCnI)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 03, 2013 06:12 PM (ZQ1Gi)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 03, 2013 06:13 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 03, 2013 06:13 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: L, elle at March 03, 2013 06:14 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: L, elle at March 03, 2013 06:17 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 03, 2013 06:20 PM (ZQ1Gi)
My pseudonym made the main post! I exist!
[1308 comments] 'sven10077' [183.49 posts/day]
Whoa.
Posted by: Methos at March 03, 2013 06:20 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 03, 2013 06:20 PM (jucos)
Posted by: L, elle at March 03, 2013 06:21 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 03, 2013 06:21 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: Darth Randall at March 03, 2013 06:21 PM (mV8sg)
Posted by: teej at March 03, 2013 06:21 PM (BfZ1r)
Meanwhile from a random title generator - 'The Priestess that Feared the Tentacles'
http://tinyurl.com/c6zvd8f
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 06:22 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at March 03, 2013 06:22 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 03, 2013 06:23 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 03, 2013 06:23 PM (bxiXv)
Meanwhile from a random title generator - 'The Priestess that Feared the Tentacles'
http://tinyurl.com/c6zvd8f
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 10:22 PM (Eg4wq)
Yeah that title has Japan written all over it.
Posted by: buzzion at March 03, 2013 06:24 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Craig Poe at March 03, 2013 06:24 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: FDA at March 03, 2013 06:26 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: L, elle at March 03, 2013 06:26 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: puddleglum at March 03, 2013 06:26 PM (vt+fc)
Posted by: Zladko the 666th at March 03, 2013 06:26 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 03, 2013 06:26 PM (mEJKk)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at March 03, 2013 06:27 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 06:27 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: The Dude at March 03, 2013 06:28 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 03, 2013 06:28 PM (Rcoex)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 03, 2013 06:30 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: puddleglum at March 03, 2013 06:30 PM (vt+fc)
Posted by: torabora at March 03, 2013 06:30 PM (UrVkW)
Posted by: Truman North at March 03, 2013 06:31 PM (I2LwF)
Thanks...uh I guess...
Ace being in the top 10 means the Ewok has his bow...cross or long I ain't saying.
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 03, 2013 06:31 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: abner normal at March 03, 2013 06:32 PM (7TwHV)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 03, 2013 06:32 PM (ZQ1Gi)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 03, 2013 06:33 PM (ORGYc)
Happy first day of my work week morons. 9" of snow headed my way BUT I'm in before comment 600 tonight. Woo woo.
Posted by: zeera at March 03, 2013 06:33 PM (3dXwx)
I dunno last week I set the goal to go sub 400 and I tripled it so maybe this week I'll set 3600 and I'll 1/6th it...
at some point I have to call or go over the Wright-Patt and get an initial brief from transpo, I'm still contemplating upgrading the Bulldozer to a piledriver and my Phenom II in the bedroom to the bulldozer...
I try to have a life you guys!
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 03, 2013 06:34 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: L, elle at March 03, 2013 06:34 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 03, 2013 10:32 PM (ZQ1Gi)
I also denounce you.
Posted by: Shytheade at March 03, 2013 06:35 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Shocked at March 03, 2013 06:35 PM (EV9p4)
This is my hobby evidently....self-pitying aside I'm trying to figure out how I got called in several times and still managed my volume...maybe I should force myself to keep ONE panel of the HQ open for "focus" and to wean myself off troll thumping
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 03, 2013 06:35 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 03, 2013 06:35 PM (piMMO)
The Vestial Virgin thing was posted before, but it's still interesting.
And that model? Not a virgin. The neck tatoo kind of gives it away.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 03, 2013 06:35 PM (BY9NA)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 03, 2013 06:36 PM (8sCoq)
Good stuff.
My son just turned 26 and he is demanding that I write a family history. My dad died when I was 28, he was 61 so son wants some history.
I am flattered and will start, but where to start?
Shit writing about your entire life is a lot of work.
I guess I'll finish Wednesday?
Posted by: Billy Bob, Pseudo Intellectual at March 03, 2013 06:37 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at March 03, 2013 06:37 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: rickl at March 03, 2013 06:37 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 03, 2013 06:37 PM (ZQ1Gi)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at March 03, 2013 06:37 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: L, elle at March 03, 2013 06:37 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: Cheri at March 03, 2013 06:38 PM (EAgmr)
And that model? Not a virgin. The neck tatoo kind of gives it away.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 03, 2013 10:35 PM (BY9NA)
Not a Vestal virgin, but rather a vestigial one?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 03, 2013 06:38 PM (673KB)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 03, 2013 06:38 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 03, 2013 06:39 PM (8sCoq)
there's an outreach group forming...
"people who manage to not post 7.65 times per hour"
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 03, 2013 06:39 PM (LRFds)
there's an outreach group forming...
I don't have a problem. I can stop anytime I want.
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 03, 2013 06:40 PM (8sCoq)
Huh, tomorrow. Discovered...yesterday.
I am not reassured.
Posted by: Methos at March 03, 2013 06:41 PM (hO9ad)
I am not reassured.
Posted by: Methos at March 03, 2013 10:41 PM (hO9ad)
this is what happens when we only watch maybe 15% of the sky
Posted by: The Dude at March 03, 2013 06:42 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: east of nowhere at March 03, 2013 06:42 PM (BGkyS)
Toby and KBDabear both made both top tens...that is excellence...I have not been a skilled sock artist in a long time...
It's easy do about 3 posts of two lines...spend the next 7 minutes working on your masterplan for a crypto-spammo-insano translation prgram for the news and then hit yourself in the head with a hammer and post 4 more times...
anyone can do it...
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 03, 2013 06:42 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Voice in the Political Hat's head at March 03, 2013 06:42 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 03, 2013 06:42 PM (ZQ1Gi)
Posted by: abner normal at March 03, 2013 06:42 PM (6gk77)
yeah the sad thing is when that voice is more interesting and analytical than I am...I try not to let him out too often...
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 03, 2013 06:44 PM (LRFds)
Wait, he's at work? Fucking asshole works for Obama right?
Posted by: Billy Bob, Pseudo Intellectual at March 03, 2013 06:45 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Shocked at March 03, 2013 06:45 PM (EV9p4)
And I'm guessing Lake Louise even though I've never been west of Saskatchewan.
Posted by: andycanuck at March 03, 2013 06:45 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 03, 2013 06:45 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Methos at March 03, 2013 06:46 PM (hO9ad)
yup you caught me...I am managing to outloaf the F$A HQ getting paid to undermine F$A's boss' payroll...the furlough sucks
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 03, 2013 06:46 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth at March 03, 2013 06:46 PM (Hsgnv)
Posted by: L, elle at March 03, 2013 06:47 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 03, 2013 06:48 PM (NzBQO)
Not a Vestal virgin, but rather a vestigial one?
Well, I think I found the model's FB page, and if so then she's a conservative Christian, so there's hope!
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 03, 2013 06:49 PM (BY9NA)
The 155 mph German is listening to AC-DC, Clearly, AC-DC needs to be banned from car stereos.
We will censor the other guy's song list just as soon as we catch up to him.
Posted by: M Bloomberg at March 03, 2013 06:49 PM (CtffS)
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 03, 2013 06:50 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Methos at March 03, 2013 10:46 PM (hO9ad)
yeah, Bates Motel on A&E. Actually looks decent. Throw in Vera Farmiga (her sex scene in Running Scared is hawt with Paul Walker going down on her) and I'm game
Posted by: The Dude at March 03, 2013 06:50 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 03, 2013 06:50 PM (ZQ1Gi)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 06:50 PM (V26EI)
Posted by: Emile Antoon Khadaji at March 03, 2013 06:51 PM (KvKOu)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 06:51 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 03, 2013 06:51 PM (jIaZt)
at my best I am a fairly decent poster on a few topics, at my worst I am a hard to cypher ball of rage...
I try to be good honest injun'...I almost walked away when I read that Boehner said what breitbart says he said but the gun thread calmed me down...
My heart's been breaking to one degree or another since recounts 2000...
I want to smile more, and be sorta funny more often like I used to be back at LGF a long, long time ago when it looked like the donks were on the run.
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 03, 2013 06:51 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 03, 2013 06:52 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Miss Marple at March 03, 2013 06:52 PM (GoIUi)
And I didn't get it, by the way! Did you remember the second "e" in belle?Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 06:52 PM (V26EI)
It was a dark and stormy night...
Posted by: at March 03, 2013 10:39 PM (8sCoq)
No, no, slowly I turned.....
\http://tinyurl.com/d8xjd5d
Posted by: Billy Bob, Pseudo Intellectual at March 03, 2013 06:52 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: L, elle at March 03, 2013 06:52 PM (0PiQ4)
My paternal grandfather was born in 1870 and died in 1937. My father and his brother who was then 19 and 17, had to take care of my grandmother and my father's sisters. (Yes, my grandfather married late and yes, it was a May-December marriage.) Their eldest son died as an infant, on the boat to America. They went through the whole Ellis Island, Lower East Side tenement thing before heading to the Midwest to become farmers.
It amazed me as a child when I realized my grandfather was born 5 years after the end of the Civil War. What came to amaze me even more as I grew older was the idea of being responsible for a family at the age of 19. My dad and uncle did farm chores in the early morning - then went to their factory jobs and came home and worked on the farm. And then came the war. When I think of what a ditz I was at 19, I am filled with the greatest respect for my old man, may he rest in peace.
Posted by: Donna V. at March 03, 2013 06:52 PM (7FqJH)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 03, 2013 06:52 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 06:53 PM (V26EI)
Neat, and yeah they are definitely an underappreciated by some resource.
My Great Grandma saw busted out conestogas in Oklahoma and man on the moon...what a world.
and on that note I think I am gonna hit the hay...
Know how to say when, accidents cause barack obama*
*Offer only valid in Selma...evidently
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 03, 2013 06:53 PM (LRFds)
We will censor the other guy's song list just as soon as we catch up tohim.
Good luck.
See, the cops won't even start to chase you if they know they can't catch you.
Posted by: Han at March 03, 2013 06:53 PM (hO9ad)
I admit it, guilty as charged, I have a huge throbbing election for Tom Cotton's VP candidacy in 2016.
Ya know, cause I like winning fucking elections, it gets me harder than a diamond in an ice storm!!!
Marco Rubio-Tom Cotton 2016!!!!!
I love how these idiots talk about Obama triangulating for 2014. With all due respect, he has fucked 2014 big time. They can pool the ghettos, but the congressional races are an entirely different matter. Methinks the pubs should hold if not GAIN PRETTY NICELY in 2014.
Posted by: prescient11 at March 03, 2013 06:54 PM (YHLgn)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 03, 2013 06:54 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at March 03, 2013 06:55 PM (hhsyr)
Meanwhile from a random title generator - 'The Priestess that Feared the Tentacles'
http://tinyurl.com/c6zvd8f
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 10:22 PM (Eg4wq)
WHAT?!?
Posted by: cthulhu at March 03, 2013 06:55 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 06:55 PM (V26EI)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 03, 2013 06:55 PM (xKC/c)
It's a lot like the NFL without NFL EUtopia the Vikings have the season and then the offseason...maybe they're showing the offseason....
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 03, 2013 06:56 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: rickl at March 03, 2013 06:56 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Cicero Kid at March 03, 2013 06:57 PM (UrENZ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 03, 2013 06:57 PM (GEICT)
1st hour gone and no raping or pillaging yet
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 03, 2013 10:54 PM (8sCoq)
Must be union Vikings. Amalgamated Brotherhood of Rapists, Pillagers, and Arsonists.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 03, 2013 06:57 PM (673KB)
Posted by: Han at March 03, 2013 10:53 PM (hO9ad)
Anyone remember the story about the cop on a motorcycle that got clocked at 155 in OH by an airplane?
Posted by: Billy Bob, Pseudo Intellectual at March 03, 2013 06:57 PM (wR+pz)
Tammy!
Conservative women know that it's only ok to be a whore in the bedroom, and they know how to be ladies when it counts.
I sent it to jinglebelle (at) gmail. I can resend it if you'd like.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 03, 2013 06:58 PM (BY9NA)
Posted by: Arbalest at March 03, 2013 06:58 PM (zbCnI)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 03, 2013 06:58 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Donna V. at March 03, 2013 06:58 PM (7FqJH)
Posted by: L, elle at March 03, 2013 06:58 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: Methos at March 03, 2013 06:58 PM (hO9ad)
Spoilers!!!
When I was in Ireland when I was 15 our bus tour included a Western Canadian couple and they said the Lakes of Killarney had a similar beautiful blue colour to Lake Louise.
Posted by: andycanuck at March 03, 2013 07:01 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 07:01 PM (Eg4wq)
politics is downstream from culture.
Walking Dead does more to set opinions on "assault weapons" than anything else. Ditto video games.
25 and under crowd, 70% IN OPPOSITION TO WEAPONS BANS.
Can I get a motherfucking amen?????
Posted by: prescient11 at March 03, 2013 07:02 PM (YHLgn)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 03, 2013 07:03 PM (GEICT)
Dude, I was born in 1963 and we didn't have indoor plumbing til I was 10, either. (And even then it was just because we moved to Atlanta)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 10:50 PM (V26EI)
Tammy!!! Are you really back, now?
Posted by: cthulhu at March 03, 2013 07:04 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 07:04 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 03, 2013 07:05 PM (jEX9b)
BC, feeling okay. Apparently I will have a cough the rest of my life, but other than that I"m fine, tho' still tired.
L' elle, he has promised me we will at some point!Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 07:05 PM (V26EI)
Governor Brown is trying to pawn California in Vegas? I want to see that episode: "Listen, there's a lot of good stuff there, Jerry, but with that debt load and pension problems I can't go higher than $25. And it's gonna lay around the shop for a while before anyone's gonna buy it."
Posted by: andycanuck at March 03, 2013 07:05 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 07:06 PM (Eg4wq)
OMG, Alex, Jinglebelle2010!!!!! I bet the recipient got quite a thrill....
Indeed. Ok, check your inbox.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 03, 2013 07:07 PM (BY9NA)
You gotta hitch hike out west, AC.
Posted by: L, elle at March 03, 2013 07:08 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: navybrat at March 03, 2013 07:09 PM (tKe3q)
was 10, either. (And even then it was just because we moved to Atlanta)
Uphill. Both ways.
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 03, 2013 07:09 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 07:10 PM (V26EI)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 03, 2013 07:11 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 03, 2013 07:11 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 03, 2013 07:11 PM (ZgC46)
Governor Brown is trying to pawn California in Vegas? I want to see that episode: "Listen, there's a lot of good stuff there, Jerry, but with that debt load and pension problems I can't go higher than $25. And it's gonna lay around the shop for a while before anyone's gonna buy it."
Posted by: andycanuck at March 03, 2013 11:05 PM (ORGYc)
===
http://preview.tinyurl.com/cufgb5e
in Philadelphia it's worth 50 bucks.
Posted by: jc at March 03, 2013 07:11 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 03, 2013 07:12 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 07:12 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 07:13 PM (V26EI)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 07:14 PM (V26EI)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 03, 2013 07:15 PM (8sCoq)
I used to make fun of Canada. Why does your govt seem saner than ours now? Do Canadians make fun of Americans now? I shudder in advance at the answer I expect from you.
P.S. you still have some 'splainin to do regarding curling.
Posted by: L, elle at March 03, 2013 07:15 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 03, 2013 07:15 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 03, 2013 07:16 PM (jIaZt)
And the thing about those 8 track tapes is that they would change direction to get the most tape mileage. Sometimes that direction change would occur mid-song. Just "clunk" and there you were in silence for a good 3 to 4 seconds. Then you could resume singing "Bye Bye Miss American Pie" or "Horse with No Name" whatever the heck it was.
And we loved it.
Posted by: navybrat at March 03, 2013 07:16 PM (tKe3q)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 07:16 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 03, 2013 07:16 PM (GEICT)
Sounds like a perfect title to collect the random snark and wisdom of the Horde.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 07:18 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 07:18 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 03, 2013 07:18 PM (jIaZt)
Damn it I am a Ginger Viking and ought to be a Liege my ownself!
Another reason, besides making my grandmother happy, that I should have learned Norwegian.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 03, 2013 07:19 PM (BY9NA)
Snowed all day here and didn't leave a half-inch. Just sufficient to wet the roads. You'd think it was early Spring, or something.
Fun bit, went down to the storage mall, and looked in on the Toy. Cannot hardly wait to bring it home, clean and DRIVE the thing.
Posted by: irongrampa at March 03, 2013 07:19 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 03, 2013 07:19 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: rickl at March 03, 2013 07:19 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 07:19 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 03, 2013 07:21 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 03, 2013 07:22 PM (ZgC46)
Posted by: Robert at March 03, 2013 07:22 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 07:22 PM (V26EI)
God, the stupid is simply unbearable. You reply and they simply do not understand logic.
It is fucking depressing.
These people, mostly women, vote.
Posted by: Billy Bob, Pseudo Intellectual at March 03, 2013 07:22 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 11:01 PM (Eg4wq)
She's hot but her Yoko bikini top is too big. No underboob, no Yoko
Posted by: The Dude at March 03, 2013 07:22 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 07:23 PM (Eg4wq)
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Uphill. Both ways.
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 03, 2013 11:09 PM (8sCoq)
Through snow.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 03, 2013 11:11 PM (GEICT)
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My dad's parents didn't have indoor bathrooms until 1973. I remember having to do my business in the outhouse when we'd visit.
What's going on, fellow babies?
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at March 03, 2013 07:24 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 07:24 PM (V26EI)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 03, 2013 07:25 PM (GEICT)
Miss Tammy, it is wonderful that you're back.
(Bends to kiss Tammy's hand, hoping Thor won't kill him)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at March 03, 2013 07:25 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 07:25 PM (V26EI)
Posted by: Robert at March 03, 2013 07:26 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 11:23 PM (Eg4wq)
Oh come on now, Yoko has three main defining characteristics: her gun, her scarf and her top being too small so she shows some good underboob
Posted by: The Dude at March 03, 2013 07:26 PM (vJdyz)
http://www.fwbchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=459
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 07:26 PM (Eg4wq)
We won't tell Thor. Besides which, I don't think he'd get stirred up about a hand-kiss.
You may want to avoid my neck, however. Damn it. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 07:27 PM (V26EI)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 07:27 PM (V26EI)
Anime Weekend Atlanta in September is looking mighty nice.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 07:27 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 07:28 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 07:28 PM (V26EI)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 03, 2013 07:28 PM (GEICT)
You may want to avoid my neck, however. Damn it.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 11:27 PM (V26EI)
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(sigh) 
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at March 03, 2013 07:28 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at March 03, 2013 07:29 PM (n8LUb)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 03, 2013 07:29 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 07:29 PM (Z9EHQ)
Or is Merovign my liege??
Damn it I am a Ginger Viking and ought to be a Liege my ownself!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 11:10 PM (V26EI)
No liege-ing necessary. Just occasional mutterings of "ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" would be quite nice.
So glad you're back!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at March 03, 2013 07:30 PM (kaalw)
What about her screechy "singing" ?
Posted by: fluffy at March 03, 2013 07:30 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 07:31 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at March 03, 2013 07:31 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Billy Bob, Pseudo Intellectual
Yes I did today online. These Obama statist are still calling Mitt and Anne Romney liars, and using the clever names Tea-Baggersl, Rethuglicans, etc. They can not and will not see what their ill-informed and mis-informed vote has done to our country.
When the shit hits the proverbial fan these idiots won't know what hit them. Unfortunately we all have to be dragged down with them.
Posted by: Cheri at March 03, 2013 07:31 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 07:31 PM (V26EI)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Lonely Dude at March 03, 2013 07:32 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Fritz (Not Fritz) at March 03, 2013 07:32 PM (U0t2o)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 07:33 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 07:33 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: The Dude at March 03, 2013 07:33 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 07:33 PM (V26EI)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 03, 2013 07:34 PM (UR1wn)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Lonely Dude at March 03, 2013 07:34 PM (5J54Q)
You may want to avoid my neck, however. Damn it.
Why would we want to do that. There is nothing better than sliding up behind some beautiful woman, wrapping your hands gently around her shoulders, and letting her feel the soft caress of your breath along that gentle curve as you run your face inches from her ear to her shoulder and breath in the sweet scent of perfume and skin...
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 03, 2013 07:34 PM (BY9NA)
Posted by: beavis at March 03, 2013 07:35 PM (yBF/9)
The amount of technological change during her lifetime was amazing, but the curve gets steeper and those of us living now will probably see an even greater amount of change. Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 03, 2013 11:05 PM (jEX9b)
While that's true, we're expecting it and to some extent are inured to it. Think of all the things in your life you take for granted now - indeed, find indispensible- that you didn't own or imagine owning 15 years ago - cell phones and HD TV, to name 2 of the most obvious. Compare that to the long lag between Lindbergh's flight and the time commerical flights for the masses become commonplace. When I was a child in the '60's, it still was rather uncommon for blue collar people to fly anywhere. I remember when I took my first commercial flight to see my aunt in Tucson in the mid-70's, my mother insisted that I dress up because it was still A Very Big Deal to fly. My old electric typewriter put in a lot of years before it ended up in the junk pile - more years than I expect the computer I'm typing on to last.
Posted by: Donna V. at March 03, 2013 07:35 PM (7FqJH)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 03, 2013 07:35 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 03, 2013 07:36 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Lonely Dude at March 03, 2013 07:37 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 07:37 PM (Z9EHQ)
It helps that the reformed Conservatives have a majority now and that your federal government is so much worse in comparison. The dollars being at par now also means that inflation isn't hurting us as much as it is you especially when almost all of our winter fruits and vegetables are imported. Our banks weren't making bad loans; and our federal finances were so bad 20 years ago that even our Liberals knew they had to fix things (like when Moody's etc. threatened our credit rating) although they mainly did that by cutting the military and cutting what are called "transfer payments" from the feds to the provincial governments so that the provincial governments took the blame for service cuts and not the feds. It helped that the Conservatives were running Ontario at the time and were making major service cuts because the far left New Democrats had wiped out the economy in their 5 years preceding the Conservatives' two successive majority governments.
*Do Canadians make fun of Americans now?*
Our lib-left always has (copying the same things your lib-left says!) but there's not enough conservative pop culture here to go after the socializing of the U.S. and our MSM blows Obama as much as your own does (unlike the Brit MSM even including lib-left rags like the Guardian that at least attack him from the left).
*I shudder in advance at the answer I expect from you.*
See? That wasn't so bad, was it?
*P.S. you still have some 'splainin to do regarding curling.*
I've never played but I like to watch it especially at a bar. I'd liken viewing it to watching snooker on TV--it's not exciting like hockey but you watch it to appreciate the skill required in the shots.
Posted by: andycanuck at March 03, 2013 07:37 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Lonely Dude at March 03, 2013 07:37 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: RWC at March 03, 2013 07:38 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Lonely Dude at March 03, 2013 07:38 PM (5J54Q)
Hi ont, ace in the top ten for comments, love that.
I made the best fettucini alfredo for dinner, just saying!
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 03, 2013 07:39 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 03, 2013 07:40 PM (8sCoq)
Why is DHS retrofitting 2700 of what are essentially tanks, able to take mine hits and with rolling gun turrets.
Can someone fucking tell me why they would need this much equip?
Link at gateway pundit.
Posted by: prescient11 at March 03, 2013 07:40 PM (YHLgn)
Be good to others and yourselves.
Posted by: teej at March 03, 2013 10:21 PM (BfZ1r)
BTW, you'll be receiving a para-military invasion tonight... and sorry about what'll happen to your dog...
Posted by: FDA at March 03, 2013 10:26 PM (Vk2pI)
*******
What are you gonna do? Milk it?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 03, 2013 07:41 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 03, 2013 11:34 PM
This story sucks. Why doesn't it just get to the boobs?
Posted by: beavis at March 03, 2013 07:41 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 03, 2013 07:42 PM (jIaZt)
Why is DHS retrofitting 2700 of what are essentially tanks, able to take mine hits and with rolling gun turrets.
Time to invest in copper sheets.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 03, 2013 07:42 PM (BY9NA)
Link at gateway pundit.
Posted by: prescient11 at March 03, 2013 11:40 PM (YHLgn)
Hey, every time I go to Gateway or Breitbart I get the viris warning,
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 03, 2013 07:42 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 03, 2013 11:35 PM (GEICT)
Why am I never around when these things happen?
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Lonely Dude at March 03, 2013 11:38 PM (5J54Q)
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I was thinking exactly the same thing.
Posted by: jc at March 03, 2013 07:43 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 07:43 PM (V26EI)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 03, 2013 07:45 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 11:43 PM (V26EI)
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Hey MissT. Long time. I missed you. Hope you are doing well.
Posted by: jc at March 03, 2013 07:45 PM (PlzOe)
She was a schoolgirl when Lindbergh toured the country after his flight. And she flew aboard the Concorde later in life.
The amount of technological change during her lifetime was amazing, but the curve gets steeper and those of us living now will probably see an even greater amount of change.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 03, 2013 11:05 PM (jEX9b)
My great grandmother died in 1976 when she was 99. From horse and buggy to a man on the moon. From a widow of a veteran of the War of Northern Aggression to the first woman to vote in our town.
In my lifetime, we have gone from putting a man on the moon to now we can't even make an easy decision on what fat to trim from the bloated government.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 03, 2013 07:45 PM (Zd/NW)
I have some of his paperwork, his military Missal, one of his service medals (a second is missing--I don't know if it was ever issued), my grandmother's Silver Cross for his death, and his memorial plaque.
I'm glad yours survived to tell his stories.
Posted by: andycanuck at March 03, 2013 07:46 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 03, 2013 11:45 PM (Zd/NW)
Cool nic/hash
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 03, 2013 07:46 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 03, 2013 07:46 PM (Vk2pI)
needs a car chase
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 03, 2013 07:46 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 07:47 PM (V26EI)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 07:48 PM (V26EI)
Still, probably won't be as WTF-ish as Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 03, 2013 11:46 PM (Vk2pI)
Only seen 13 episodes so far
Posted by: The Dude at March 03, 2013 07:48 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Lonely Dude at March 03, 2013 07:49 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 07:49 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at March 03, 2013 07:50 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Donkey at March 03, 2013 07:50 PM (eH0im)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 03, 2013 07:52 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 03, 2013 07:53 PM (ORGYc)
ButÂ…..
I learned, to my sorrow, if you try to do this when youÂ’re drunk (or at least if I try to), you wind up sounding completely batshit insane. Seriously. IÂ’m wondering how heÂ’s going to look at me tomorrow. Oh well. At least I'll be sober then, and if he really cares, I can explain it again. Properly.
Posted by: Weirddave at March 03, 2013 07:53 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: RWC at March 03, 2013 07:54 PM (sqp6o)
All I know is that DHS is apparently buying a shitton of ammo and getting some heavy duty vehicles ready (although the ammo purchase was not as much as originally thought, apparently).
Gateway is ok, no virus warning. Breitbart gets one or two warnings every now and then but otherwise is ok, no problems.
Posted by: prescient11 at March 03, 2013 07:54 PM (YHLgn)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 11:48 PM (V26EI)
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Still cold by your standards. March is my favorite month. Warming up. Days are noticeably longer. Still lots of snow and plenty of places to play. Usually sunny and bright.
No good gigs. Playing with a band that picked me up cuz they needed a bass player. They play a mix of strange things, which is OK. But, the singer likes 60's protest music. I have to bite my tongue really hard.
Posted by: jc at March 03, 2013 07:55 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: 'Ette in training at March 03, 2013 07:55 PM (zvxqj)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 03, 2013 07:56 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: Adriane at March 03, 2013 07:56 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: prescient11 at March 03, 2013 11:54 PM (YHLgn)
I used to visit Gateway daily, but was consistently getting the warning, will go back and see what happens.
Serious question, I am tech illiterate, if I go online on my phone, can it get a virus? I know, stupid question.
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 03, 2013 07:57 PM (vgd4f)
I read this blog daily and just feel bad for people here. Your numbers are shrinking and yet, you are deluded into thinking you have any clout.
Good riddance to this version of Conservatism. This is the last gasp of the Confederate Ideology.
Posted by: The Question at March 03, 2013 07:58 PM (B7zX9)
I realize that tech is advancing but it seems like we're going backwards in other ways. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 03, 2013 11:47 PM (V26EI)
Yeah - and the combination of high tech and the slide back into feudalism (feckless political "elites" ruling over an increasingly illiterate, apathetic population) is frightening. Hell to call it feudalism is to insult the Middle Ages - at least European serfs had the consolations of religion and close-knit families.
It's depressing, all right. I'd rather think about Colorado Alex's post right now.
Posted by: Donna V. at March 03, 2013 07:58 PM (7FqJH)
Posted by: Adriane at March 03, 2013 11:56 PM (TvO05)
Prove that her species is actually Homo Sapiens first.
Posted by: buzzion at March 03, 2013 07:58 PM (GULKT)
Weirddave:
Dude, if you have to go to Ayers, you're going 3 layers too deep. Initial answers are the way to go, Free Shit Army, welfare queens versus those of us that work, Lincloln's old quote of the snake: you work, I eat.
Sums it up brother. But if you were hammered who gives a shit!! Have a fun time and go nuts.
Posted by: prescient11 at March 03, 2013 07:58 PM (YHLgn)
Posted by: Adriane at March 03, 2013 07:58 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Cheri at March 03, 2013 07:59 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 03, 2013 11:57 PM (vgd4f)
Yes, and there are virus scanners for smart phones.
Posted by: buzzion at March 03, 2013 07:59 PM (GULKT)
Keep it up with your free shit army crap. That turns people off and just hardens their hatred of Republicans.
Posted by: The Question at March 03, 2013 08:00 PM (B7zX9)
I read this blog daily and just feel bad for people here. Your numbers are shrinking and yet, you are deluded into thinking you have any clout.
Good riddance to this version of Conservatism. This is the last gasp of the Confederate Ideology.
Posted by: The Question at March 03, 2013 11:58 PM (B7zX9)
No way
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 03, 2013 08:00 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Adriane at March 03, 2013 08:00 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 03, 2013 08:01 PM (piMMO)
The country hates you. For years Republicans have expressed hate at segments of America. Now they have all united to crush the Republican Party.
I am enjoying every minute of the destruction of your party and ideology.
Posted by: The Question at March 03, 2013 08:02 PM (B7zX9)
Posted by: Hollywood Elite at March 03, 2013 08:02 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 03, 2013 08:02 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: RWC at March 03, 2013 08:03 PM (sqp6o)
This is awesome!
Posted by: The Question at March 03, 2013 08:03 PM (B7zX9)
Posted by: buzzion at March 03, 2013 11:59 PM (GULKT)
Thanks
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 03, 2013 08:03 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Stuff I read on Winston Churchill's Blog ... at March 03, 2013 08:04 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: jc at March 03, 2013 08:04 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: comatus at March 03, 2013 08:04 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Lonely Dude at March 03, 2013 08:04 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 03, 2013 08:05 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: The Qwestion at March 03, 2013 08:05 PM (sqp6o)
You've come to the wrong site to pick a fight loser.
Posted by: Cheri at March 03, 2013 08:05 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: The Question (original Ditko version) at March 03, 2013 08:05 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 08:06 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 03, 2013 08:06 PM (jIaZt)
I have earned everything I have owned! Stop listening to Rush and think everyone who does not support the Republicans is a welfare bum.
As for stating your opinion, people ridicule Conservatives. Republicans/Conservatives are viewed as regressive Neanderthals that live in the past.
Your time is over and I am happy for that!
Posted by: The Question at March 03, 2013 08:06 PM (B7zX9)
That's the best part of being a conservative. Knowing that time will prove me right, because my worldview is based on facts, not bullshit.
Posted by: Kent at March 03, 2013 08:06 PM (9XVgh)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Lonely Dude at March 03, 2013 08:07 PM (5J54Q)
Alec Baldwin just tweeted: I nearly had a terrible accident this morning. Can you guess what happened? If that isn't an invite for brutality I don't know what is. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 04, 2013 12:02 AM (piMMO)
Let's see - his head almost fell out of his ass for a few seconds, but he managed to shove it back right up there in its' usual position.
Posted by: Donna V. at March 03, 2013 08:08 PM (7FqJH)
Now troll, wipe off your chin, you have more clients waiting.
Posted by: Cheri at March 03, 2013 08:08 PM (EAgmr)
I love to mock a dying movement. For years you bullied other segments of America with your hate and bigotry. Now you are the ones being bullied.
I love kicking a person when they are down.
Posted by: The Question at March 03, 2013 08:08 PM (B7zX9)
Posted by: RWC at March 03, 2013 08:08 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Lonely Dude at March 03, 2013 08:09 PM (5J54Q)
The country hates you. For years Republicans have expressed hate at segments of America. Now they have all united to crush the Republican Party.
I am enjoying every minute of the destruction of your party and ideology.
Posted by: The Question at March 04, 2013 12:02 AM (B7zX9)
Well, I consider myself lucky then.
Damn, you are so tolerant, teach me how?
The Question puts the lotion on its skin, or it gets the hose again..
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 03, 2013 08:09 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: a mindful webworker at March 03, 2013 08:09 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: comatus at March 03, 2013 08:10 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: RWC at March 03, 2013 08:10 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Stuff I read on Winston Churchill's Blog ... at March 03, 2013 08:10 PM (TvO05)
SERENITY NOW!
More ONT appropriate, this car v. car paintball fight was linked at FrnakJ's place earlier, and looks like it was tons of fun: http://tinyurl.com/d8r8y9p
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 03, 2013 08:11 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Lonely Dude at March 03, 2013 08:11 PM (5J54Q)
We will censor the other guy's song list just as soon as we catch up to him.
xxx
Hey, it could have been vintage Deep Purple.
Posted by: shibumi at March 03, 2013 08:11 PM (z63Tr)
Posted by: navybrat at March 03, 2013 08:12 PM (tKe3q)
Posted by: DarrenODaly@gmail.com at March 03, 2013 08:12 PM (EqXTp)
Posted by: RWC at March 03, 2013 08:12 PM (sqp6o)
How old are you, child?
Because you sound much like my oldest when she left. Arrogant, sure of the future and full of herself. Came crawling back not long ago, broke and miserable.
You'll learn.
Posted by: Kent at March 03, 2013 08:12 PM (9XVgh)
Posted by: Stuff I read on Winston Churchill's Blog ... at March 03, 2013 08:13 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 03, 2013 08:13 PM (Vk2pI)
Lou's a girl:
Sorry, but I have no idea! Still have a dumbphone.
Posted by: prescient11 at March 04, 2013 12:10 AM (YHLgn)
Nope, you helped, just gonna use my phone for making calls/texts.
Hope you are well.
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 03, 2013 08:14 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: shibumi at March 04, 2013 12:11 AM (z63Tr)
Highway Star
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh0iihjANPc
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 03, 2013 08:14 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Lonely Dude at March 03, 2013 11:38 PM
Just remember that NOTHING disappears from the interweb.
Posted by: harleycowboy at March 03, 2013 08:15 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 03, 2013 08:15 PM (jIaZt)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 03, 2013 08:15 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: rickl at March 03, 2013 08:15 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 03, 2013 08:16 PM (BY9NA)
Can someone fucking tell me why they would need this much equip?
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DHS? Never heard of it.
And I'm sure they need the tanks to keep their prune juice in. Like me.
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at March 03, 2013 08:16 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: As long as Mindy's little Barry-Boo is happy, that's what matters at March 03, 2013 08:16 PM (Zhd/3)
You smooth commenter, you ...
Can 'make me a sammich and toss it thru the window' be far behind?
Posted by: Stuff I read on Winston Churchill's Blog ... at March 04, 2013 12:13 AM (TvO05)
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Dunno. Spend 92.476% of my life behind. I have no idea what is far behind.
Posted by: jc at March 03, 2013 08:16 PM (PlzOe)
Your worldview isn't reality. Let me guess your primary 'news' sources are Maddow and Stewart.
Don't need boogeymen to see where your vaunted ideologies have led in the past. We look to history, not myths.
Posted by: Kent at March 03, 2013 08:16 PM (9XVgh)
Posted by: rickl at March 03, 2013 08:17 PM (sdi6R)
Someone told a similar anecdote on last week's (US) Antiques Roadshow, navybrat. See the sock link (that should be made correctly this time).
Posted by: andycanuck at March 03, 2013 08:17 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: rickl at March 03, 2013 08:18 PM (sdi6R)
***
That isn't rat meat...speaking of which - how'd you like to see what's in the bottom of this pot.
Posted by: Some Future Hungry Lib at March 03, 2013 08:18 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: harleycowboy at March 03, 2013 08:19 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 03, 2013 08:19 PM (jEX9b)
Posted by: RWC at March 03, 2013 08:20 PM (sqp6o)
3 comments in and a sock fail ...
Posted by: Adriane at March 04, 2013 12:15 AM (TvO05)
===
it would have been even more confusing if you had smacked me with the Eddie Haskell charge.
Posted by: jc at March 03, 2013 08:21 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: @PurpAv
Not sure that they have even that capability. First you have to catch the rat which takes at least some skill....
Posted by: Cheri at March 03, 2013 08:21 PM (EAgmr)
***
Indeed.
We have modern liberalism because conservativism built a world that could afford it. For a time at least.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2013 08:21 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: Donna V. at March 03, 2013 08:23 PM (7FqJH)
Posted by: Cheri at March 03, 2013 08:23 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: june cleaver at March 03, 2013 08:23 PM (ORGYc)
Damn, only one beer left.. Worse would be only one still legal cig left. Even worse would be people like question running America..
Fuck, now i am bummed!
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 03, 2013 08:23 PM (vgd4f)
Both AoSHQ Hall of Fame caliber threads I might add, ones that will become references for years
Kind of like when Kirk floods the Genesis Cave as a metaphor for the refusal of white male society to accept the rebirth of a new genesis of the human race
Posted by: kbdabear at March 03, 2013 08:23 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: navybrat at March 03, 2013 08:24 PM (tKe3q)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 03, 2013 08:24 PM (u2TaZ)
Posted by: RWC at March 03, 2013 08:24 PM (sqp6o)
By the way, was there a resolution to the gun purchase drama?
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 03, 2013 11:56 PM (jIaZt)
Unless my Delegate can pull a rabbit out of a hat (I campaigned for him. Hehe, First time I've ever tried to call in a favor), it'll be 18-24 months before I have one.
Posted by: Weirddave at March 03, 2013 08:24 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Lonely Dude at March 03, 2013 08:25 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: @PurpAv
If history is any guide, the most diligent of the useful tools are first to be put up against a wall.
I hope Ergie likes ciggies and blindfolds.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 03, 2013 08:25 PM (Ipj15)
Should I post excerpts from the rough draft of my short story?
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 03, 2013 08:25 PM (BY9NA)
Insanity.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2013 08:25 PM (zPVBH)
Regarding old tech, there's a lot of interesting factors at play, some generational.
Things become more and more disposable, and the more one is removed from relations that dealt with hardship (i.e., The Depression), the less appreciative one is of, say, functional things (ie craftsmanship, durability) over the latest gadget.
This could even probably be extended to functional *systems* -- fads in education, social engineering, etc. that ignore time-tested common sense.
My folks were Depression kids so frugality was passed on to me, regardless of my $$ situation.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 04, 2013 12:19 AM (jEX9b)
Look on the bright side, Doc - nothing can teach like firsthand experience, so we won't have to deal with that whole "hardship as a purely theoretical concept" stuff soon enough.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 03, 2013 08:25 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Adriane at March 03, 2013 08:26 PM (TvO05)
The harem. All of them with degrees in something completely useless.
Posted by: esch at March 03, 2013 08:26 PM (9XVgh)
Posted by: buzzion at March 03, 2013 08:26 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: navybrat at March 03, 2013 08:27 PM (tKe3q)
Posted by: a mindful webworker at March 03, 2013 08:29 PM (U13jb)
The harem. All of them with degrees in something completely useless.
Posted by: esch at March 04, 2013 12:26 AM (9XVgh)
Interesting EOTWAWKI topic, there...how many useless resource consumers can you support in order to promote proper prostate function after the collapse?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 03, 2013 08:29 PM (lJJMb)
***
One of the more interesting things to ponder about liberalism is how its adherents generally focus significant energy on learning how to do things that at best do no good for anyone else, and at worse damage society as a whole.
If every strongly political liberal disappeared tomorrow, would you notice save for the lack of new movies?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2013 08:30 PM (zPVBH)
You'll note that this was, The Question. No other part of the rant had an interrogative mark. Can anyone make sense of that sentence? Looks like it had some words left out, or something. How do you do, do do, d'yafter?
I'm picturing it in a puce or lavender leotard, carnevale mask, big question mark -- better, an interrobang -- in glitter on the hollowed chest, each inquiry ending in a cackle and wheeze. It thinks it wants to kill itself. Like Sphynx in Oedipus, y'know.
Think I'll have Commissioner Gordon turn on the Bat-Lite.
Posted by: comatus at March 03, 2013 08:30 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 03, 2013 08:30 PM (jEX9b)
I read this blog daily and just feel bad for people here. Your numbers are shrinking and yet, you are deluded into thinking you have any clout.
Good riddance to this version of Conservatism. This is the last gasp of the Confederate Ideology.
Posted by: The Question at March 03, 2013 11:58 PM (B7zX9)
Where I am from, progressives/communists/democrats get ridiculed in "polite company". As a matter of fact, this is done to their faces, so they hide their libtardedness.
Begone dickspittle.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 03, 2013 08:30 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 03, 2013 08:31 PM (Vk2pI)
The EU has passed laws that even the German cars have to be electronically limited to 155
Kind of ruins the whole fun of the Autobahn
Posted by: kbdabear at March 03, 2013 08:32 PM (mCvL4)
I figure I can support 3 or 4. Of course I better snatch up a couple more for the boy or that will be a problem in a few years.
Posted by: esch at March 03, 2013 08:33 PM (9XVgh)
"What if you find ten just men in Sodom?" Abraham asks the angel.
I feel we should ask such a question of DC and NYC.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 08:33 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: The Question at March 03, 2013 11:58 PM
Yet you feel still compelled to spend time with us unpopular nobodies.
Why aren't you hanging out with all the Kul Kidz?
Posted by: kbdabear at March 03, 2013 08:36 PM (mCvL4)
Just trying to think of some 60s protest songs that could be fun.
Hey hey ho ho
Ho Chi Min has got to go
is an old favorite...
*whistles* innocently...
Posted by: Adriane at March 04, 2013 12:26 AM (TvO05)
=====
I actually don't mind "For What It's Worth." It is a catchy tune and people like it. The others are just dated trash.
Posted by: jc at March 03, 2013 08:36 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: navybrat at March 03, 2013 08:37 PM (tKe3q)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 04, 2013 12:31 AM (u2TaZ)
Hi bebes, on my hubby's insurance until obamacare gets involved. Going to get to the dentist before that happens, have a toothache on most days!
Posted by: lou's a gir at March 03, 2013 08:37 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: The Swedish Chef Question at March 03, 2013 08:38 PM (u2TaZ)
Another imbecile sets herself up for ridicule:
"New York's Lauren Silberman made history Sunday as the first woman ever to try out for pro football, but she was forced to leave the field early in tears after aggravating a leg injury in kickoff drills.
She tried two kickoffs, the first going 19 yards and the second about 13 yards, and then asked to see a trainer."
Wow, she kicked 32 whole yards! And then she got a boo-boo. Yeah, that's really "I am strong, I am invicible, I am woman" stuff.
However, this story is inaccurate. She was trying out for the Jets. That's hardly pro football.
Posted by: Donna V. at March 03, 2013 08:39 PM (7FqJH)
Posted by: Adriane at March 04, 2013 12:26 AM
Just some advice ... if "Atlantis" comes up, pay your tab and head home
Posted by: Billy Batts at March 03, 2013 08:40 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 03, 2013 08:41 PM (u2TaZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 08:43 PM (Eg4wq)
Yet you feel still compelled to spend time with us unpopular nobodies.
Why aren't you hanging out with all the Kul Kidz?
Posted by: kbdabear
Erg didn't know his real father obviously.
His subconscious understands that conservatives speak to that strong moral force he never had as a guiding light in his life. So he feel compelled to lash out at convenient targets. He comes here to work out his demons as most lefties do, it's just that he is to lazy and too poor to afford the necessary therapy that it would require for actual recovery.
Erg is an angry child with many daddy issues like his fellow travelers.
He just makes it all too obvious.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 03, 2013 08:44 PM (Ipj15)
Posted by: Cheri at March 03, 2013 08:45 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: navybrat at March 03, 2013 08:45 PM (tKe3q)
Posted by: Ashley Judd at March 03, 2013 08:45 PM (ypzqs)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 04, 2013 12:15 AM (/gHaE)
A bunch of skeletons in Denver would kill for some rat.
Posted by: Lt. Colonel Andrew Tanner, USAF at March 03, 2013 08:45 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: navybrat at March 03, 2013 08:46 PM (tKe3q)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 04, 2013 12:41 AM (u2TaZ)
Well, love the sweets, but as a conservative, I freely admit it is my fault!
Posted by: lou's a gir at March 03, 2013 08:46 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 03, 2013 08:47 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 08:47 PM (Eg4wq)
However, this story is inaccurate. She was trying out for the Jets. That's hardly pro football.
Posted by: Donna V. at March 04, 2013 12:39 AM (7FqJH)
Damn, I'm 47 with a surgically repaired back, a knee in need of surgical repair and I could out kick her. I even played football in high school.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 03, 2013 08:48 PM (Zd/NW)
His subconscious understands that conservatives speak to that strong moral force he never had as a guiding light in his life. So he feel compelled to lash out at convenient targets. He comes here to work out his demons as most lefties do, it's just that he is to lazy and too poor to afford the necessary therapy that it would require for actual recovery.
Erg is an angry child with many daddy issues like his fellow travelers.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 04, 2013 12:44 AM
Maybe. I'll just go with Occams Razor;
He's an asshole
Posted by: kbdabear at March 03, 2013 08:49 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 03, 2013 08:49 PM (/7Xis)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 08:49 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 03, 2013 08:50 PM (u2TaZ)
F.O.O.D.
Cities don't produce food, they consume it.
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 04, 2013 12:47 AM (/gHaE)
Looks like ammo will be the crrency of choice
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 03, 2013 08:50 PM (/7Xis)
Obviously, that fee needs to be increased in order to weed out the unserious.
Posted by: navybrat at March 04, 2013 12:46
and he 32 yards was her total for two kicks.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 04, 2013 12:49 AM (Z9EHQ)
Ya mean like the Raiders?
Posted by: lou's a gir at March 03, 2013 08:51 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 03, 2013 08:51 PM (/7Xis)
That's barely far enough for the 1 point conversion kick
Posted by: kbdabear at March 03, 2013 08:51 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 03, 2013 08:51 PM (u2TaZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 08:53 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 03, 2013 08:53 PM (/7Xis)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 08:53 PM (Z9EHQ)
I wonder if she could kick a football wearing one of those big, pink, flappy vay-jay-jay suits? Posted by: Cheri at March 04, 2013 12:45 AM (EAgmr)
Heh. Either that or she could dress as a boobeh. Either costume would be an accurate description of the womym wearing it.
Really, I've never been as embarrassed by my own gender as I have been during the last year. It started with Fluke and now it's moved on to dolts posting pics of their cooters online and thinking that they can be in the NFL because they're special snowflakes who can do anything a man can do. It's like someone put stupid pills in the Midol bottles.
Posted by: Donna V. at March 03, 2013 08:54 PM (7FqJH)
Posted by: Cheri at March 04, 2013 12:52 AM (EAgmr)
Night Cheri, have a good week!
Posted by: lou's a girl who liberals hate, and glad for it at March 03, 2013 08:56 PM (vgd4f)
The market for idiots is weak these days. Doing pron would pay better than hawking that thin story.
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 03, 2013 09:00 PM (/gHaE)
Why sending Jarret on a NASA mission is a bad idea.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2013 12:53 AM (Eg4wq)
"Killer Tortoises of The Tundra" You will be stunned and amazed as these blood-thirsty throwbacks to the Triassic Era inexorably advance, icicles of drool hanging from their slavering jowls, upon an unsuspecting trio of overdressed Eskimo cheerleaders. Tune in next week, when they close the distance from 9 meters to 8.5 meters. The suspense is breathtaking!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 03, 2013 09:01 PM (673KB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 09:02 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2013 12:33 AM (Eg4wq)
Better ask for just 5. 10 would be overshooting the mark.
Posted by: buzzion at March 03, 2013 09:03 PM (GULKT)
Did the Jedi Mind Meld set off the volcano that is believed to have brought on a new wave of zombies in The Walking Dead?
Is it the metaphor for the knucklehead right wingers who engage in wish fulfillment in the resurrection of the dying philosophy of capitalism?
Posted by: kbdabear at March 03, 2013 09:04 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 03, 2013 09:04 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Jake in ID at March 03, 2013 09:05 PM (4Nkxq)
Why sending Jarret on a NASA mission is a bad idea.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2013 12:53 AM (Eg4wq)
SLOW. CLAP.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 03, 2013 09:05 PM (lJJMb)
Damn, lot of sirens in my little town tonite, I do live near Lake Mead, and it was close to 80 degrees today, sorry any east coast folks left on the ont whom are snowbound/cold as fuck.
But do realize, when it gets to 120 in the summer, we pay the price for no snow/icy roads!
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 03, 2013 09:05 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at March 03, 2013 09:06 PM (Vk2pI)
Y5, Ms Delaware is overshooting the mark. Perhaps Ms. Tupperware.
Buzzion, well being optimistic since the likes of Sean, Y5, and DC lurk about... might be a few more.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 09:06 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 03, 2013 09:06 PM (8sCoq)
what is new on the interewebs tonight?
Posted by: Jake in ID at March 04, 2013 01:05 AM
The ergie and the volcano thread below is good for shits and giggles
Posted by: kbdabear at March 03, 2013 09:07 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 09:08 PM (Eg4wq)
what is new on the interewebs tonight?
Posted by: Jake in ID at March 04, 2013 01:05 AM (4Nkxq)
Same shit, different day.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 03, 2013 09:08 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Yet Another Voice in the Head of the Political Hat at March 03, 2013 09:08 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 09:09 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子~です at March 03, 2013 09:10 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 03, 2013 09:10 PM (lJJMb)
Hey AoP, need another project? August to October 1957 VW Karmann Ghia.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1430352
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 09:11 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2013 01:08 AM (Eg4wq)
I'm so not touching that one. Sounds like there might be a McLean and McLean song in it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 03, 2013 09:12 PM (673KB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 09:12 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 09:12 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子~です at March 03, 2013 09:12 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 03, 2013 09:13 PM (u2TaZ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 09:14 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Jake in ID at March 03, 2013 09:14 PM (4Nkxq)
Posted by: Cities at March 03, 2013 09:14 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 09:14 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 09:14 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Donna V. at March 03, 2013 09:16 PM (7FqJH)
It sucks that my beer is all gone, and me living in a dry state..
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 03, 2013 09:16 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 09:17 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 03, 2013 09:17 PM (/qe6q)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 03, 2013 09:18 PM (/qe6q)
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1430352
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2013 01:11 AM (Eg4wq)
There are a plethora of would-be projects here: http://100.oldscollege.ca/JackAndersonAuto
Need a Datsun 240Z? A Jag E-type? A Metropolitan? A DeSoto Airflow? A Cadillac? 100 cars, plus probably consignments. This event is only 30-odd miles from my home.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 03, 2013 09:19 PM (673KB)
did bebe really post a photo the other night when I was not here?
You should have been here. There was this girl that..........
Posted by: harleycowboy at March 03, 2013 09:20 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2013 01:12 AM (Eg4wq)
I tried, and ended up shitcanning what few pages I put out. It was odd...I had what I thought was an interesting and unique idea, but couldn't figure out where the story should lead. Finding a point to the central character's plight eluded me. It still pricks me some, because it seemed like something different when first conceived.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 03, 2013 09:20 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: The farms at March 03, 2013 09:20 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: Jake in ID at March 03, 2013 09:21 PM (4Nkxq)
Ms Lou, Nevada is a dry state?!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 04, 2013 01:18 AM (/qe6q)
Well, where I live it is, tee hee. Its ok, I found some vodka, tell my sorry ass to go to bed when I become mean as hell lou's a girr.
And what did you do the other night? Got the ont morons in an uproar?
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 03, 2013 09:22 PM (vgd4f)
http://www.campnanowrimo.org/about
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 09:22 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 09:23 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 03, 2013 09:25 PM (/qe6q)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 04, 2013 01:20 AM
Brief synopsis? Might be able to think of some idea. Probably something stupid, but you never know.
Posted by: otho at March 03, 2013 09:26 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 03, 2013 09:27 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at March 03, 2013 09:27 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 03, 2013 09:28 PM (/qe6q)
Posted by: Arbalest at March 03, 2013 09:28 PM (zbCnI)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 03, 2013 09:29 PM (673KB)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 03, 2013 09:31 PM (/qe6q)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 09:32 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: The Political Hat \m/ at March 03, 2013 09:35 PM (Vk2pI)
Boobeh pic. The morons are easily amused
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 04, 2013 01:28 AM (/qe6q)
Yeah, I used to be able to eat what i wanted, and drink a beer or seven without gaining a pound. It caught up with me!
My boobs are big, however, weird!
Hell, if I wanted to I could shamble my way to the nearest gas station and buy me some tasty beverage.
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 04, 2013 01:27 AM (Vk2pI)
Mee too, but dont want to spend the night at ccmj!!
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 03, 2013 09:36 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 03, 2013 09:36 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 09:37 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2013 01:23 AM
I love the E-Type, but anything in the original generation would cost 6 figures to buy, or 6 figures to put into running and mint condition
Posted by: kbdabear at March 03, 2013 09:38 PM (mCvL4)
'The Savage Nurses of Desire'
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 03, 2013 09:40 PM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: otho at March 04, 2013 01:26 AM (yBF/9)
This *is* mine, and I do want to use it someday, so please keep that in mind (and let me know if The Simpsons already did it): imagine you woke up dead, no more, an ex-human, pinin' for the fjords, but you did in fact wake up. You look like you, act like you, talk and think like you did, but you're stuck as an observer of the people and places that were once yours. Just a basic ghost, right? You can only haunt for so long without going mad and being stuck for eternity, so why not wander? Now imagine that you become more and more corporeal and alive as you get around people who are 4, 5, 6 degrees of separation from everyone who ever knew you before you died, almost like being alive again, but that as soon as they made the connection between current you and your deceased self, you would revert to silenced and invisible Square One. It's got some potential, no?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 03, 2013 09:41 PM (lJJMb)
A Jag E-Type? Sounds spiffy. But a bit too far away for an easy pick-up. And Jaguars are outside my sphere of fandom.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2013 01:23 AM
I love the E-Type, but anything in the original generation would cost 6 figures to buy, or 6 figures to put into running and mint condition
Posted by: kbdabear at March 04, 2013 01:38 AM (mCvL4)
And another 6 figures to rebuild the Lucas Electric to where it worked correctly.....
Posted by: cthulhu at March 03, 2013 09:42 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Truman North at March 03, 2013 09:44 PM (qPdwz)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 03, 2013 09:44 PM (u2TaZ)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2013 01:36 AM (kaalw)
Not really, troll tried to tell everyone that America really hated everyone here because they are conservative and conservative is bad!!, And had his sorry ass handed to him/it..
Ran off like a bitch, and not the good kind of bitch!
Oops, vodka kicking in, tee hee
Posted by: lou's a girl at March 03, 2013 09:44 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2013 01:40 AM (Eg4wq)
I'm pretty sure Vivid Video already made 13 sequels to that one. Oddly, the cable never gets fixed in any of them.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 03, 2013 09:45 PM (lJJMb)
396 'The Cephalopod from the Shimmering Lake'
Cthulhu's rural cousins, the ones he don't speak of.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2013 12:47 AM (Eg4wq)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 03, 2013 09:49 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2013 01:36 AM (kaalw)
Rocky & Bullwinkle are on vh1 ckassic
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 04, 2013 01:44 AM (u2TaZ)
DVD, and I'm showing the godkids.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 03, 2013 09:50 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 04, 2013 01:41 AM
Yeah, that's not bad. What are you looking for, exactly? Question- the "ghost" becomes more corporeal and eventually CAN interact with people, at some stage... but only if he chooses? He doesn't become "real" and visible again to others by default, via time etc?
Posted by: otho at March 03, 2013 09:52 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at March 03, 2013 09:55 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 09:55 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 03, 2013 09:58 PM (u2TaZ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 09:58 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 09:59 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2013 01:42 AM
That's a trick answer, because any car with Lucas Electric that ever worked is as elusive as Nessie.
If the wipers come on every time you signal for a left turn, that's close enough.
Or in the words of British Leyland quality control: "It'll do"
Posted by: kbdabear at March 03, 2013 10:00 PM (mCvL4)
Wait. He's always been visible, but is a ghost, however he becomes "real" by virtue of mixing with the 6 degrees thing, people? The transition thing could be an intriguing enough aspect for a story, on it's own. But, I think I'm not quite grasping it?
Posted by: otho at March 03, 2013 10:00 PM (yBF/9)
I am embarrassed, deeply embarrassed, to admit I went to the friday night thread in search of "the link" - source of embarrassment one - and found nothing - source of embarrassment two.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 04, 2013 01:37 AM
Not that I have the link saved or memorized it. Just dumb luck. Went right to it.
http://tinypic.com/r/2ihrtiv/6
Posted by: harleycowboy at March 03, 2013 10:01 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: otho at March 04, 2013 01:52 AM (yBF/9)
Totally involuntary...I'm thinking he becomes more real to the people around him as A) the people are themselves very near death, or B) the people around him are so far removed from him that he never existed in their perception and in that way is no longer precisely dead. The big question I'm trying to answer right now is what to do with all that. Are there advantages to this new state, and if so, will they be used for good or ill? Any possibility of short or long-term redemption? I'm not sure where it leads at this point. Like I said, it started as a strange dream that I remembered, and that's about as far as it's gotten.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 03, 2013 10:01 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 10:03 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at March 03, 2013 10:05 PM (e8kgV)
I have thought quite a while what is so different with how we live and what we eat from even as little as 30 years ago to cause such an increase in obesity.
I don't believe it's the amount of tv or computer time although that may be a partial factor, how do you account for people who have gotten fat later in life that were public figures and can be shown to have stayed active? Particularly popular tv/movie stars from the '70's who now are porked out. (shatner, I'm looking at you.)
I began looking into the possibility that the ubiquitous use of the microwave oven, may be responsible.
First by not cooking our food almost the same way since we discovered fire, are we causing changes in the food we ingest? Does the process of heat cooking render food differently enough that it is not absorbed the same or that it now has higher or lower levels of necessary enzymes/proteins etc. Are the nutrients destroyed by the microwave process?
There may be evidence that this is the case. I'm not talking about direct absorption of electro magnetic waves. Just how they excite the food to induce heating. Does that process change the nutrient value of the food?
It IS one of the major changes that the country (and other countries but to a lesser degree) underwent since the '70's and affects everyone rich or poor, famous or unknown and is not necessarily affected by ones wealth or status since most kitchens have microwaves as standard equipment.
Little research has ever been done on the results of microwave cooking. Russia supposedly banned Microwave ovens in the '70's as being unsafe but that may have been an oven construction issue.
Thoughts anyone? Put your tinfoil hats on, it's going to be a bumpy ride.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 03, 2013 10:05 PM (qyv02)
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Oh I found em. Regardless of whether I am sitting at work riding this spreadsheet to hell and back or not, f BeBe posts photos I am going to find them. Lots of love for the photos, indeed only love for the photos. let me know who is not sending love and we will have a talkin' to.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 04, 2013 01:58 AM (Z9EHQ)
While I have to say they are quite charming.....I have to say that I absolutely prefer the BH's.
Or I am a dead man.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 03, 2013 10:09 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 04, 2013 02:01 AM
You might have something there.I'd stick with it. I have a shit ton of probably boring questions about how it works and stuff, with people and objects. I have a feeling that should this transition factor get fully worked out, you may not have to worry too much about the bigger picture stuff. That might just about write itself. For example, is he a ghost to person #1, then runs into person #2 and he is real? What happens when #1 shows up again? That sort of stuff. If you get the how and why of that, you could go in a number of different directions and still have a good book.
Posted by: otho at March 03, 2013 10:10 PM (yBF/9)
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Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 10:11 PM (Z9EHQ)
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Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 10:12 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 04, 2013 02:05 AM (qyv02)
Take your tinfoil hats off, the ride is over. Microwaving food has been proven to make less-tasty meals, but that's where the similarities between the microwave and other more traditional methods end. Seeing as how the definitions of "overweight" and "obese" have been moving targets over at least the last 50 years, along with the widespread adoption of the absolutely useless BMI number (which was created to describe a population, not individuals), there is no good apples-to-apples dataset which demonstrates that we are or are not fatter since the post-WWII boom. Americans were thinner prior to that, but it should be kept in mind that many were on the verge of fucking starving.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 03, 2013 10:13 PM (lJJMb)
Yes but I was struck by how similar all economic levels of society have been affected.
Yes there are larger numbers of fat people in groups that tend to sedentary lifestyles but there are large numbers of fatter people at levels of society that in the past usually didn't have that many fat people.
Of course I haven't done any statistical analysis of any numbers. It's just a gut feeling that people we wouldn't expect to be fat or get fat are getting fat or fatter than they used to in the past.
It's very insidious because it's so wide spread. (sorry) We can't all have decided to just start sitting around.
When I quit smoking, I ballooned like the good year blimp and yet my activity level was the same UNTIL I got fatter and it became a chore and I had a knee injury which knocked my activity way down.
I think it's more than just lifestyle. That is a factor but this is affecting too many people from too many different areas of the country and who live entirely different lives.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 03, 2013 10:14 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 10:14 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: otho at March 04, 2013 02:10 AM (yBF/9)
That part is somewhat worked out...the actual mechanism for the *poof* and the consequences will be fun to figure out.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 03, 2013 10:16 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 10:17 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 04, 2013
morons indeed! half starved and fucking.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 04, 2013 02:14 AM (Z9EHQ)
If you want to see obesity correlated with something, look at Federal interference with food markets. The "food pyramid" is a recipe for early death, food subsidies fund shit we shouldn't eat, and school lunches are poster-children for homeschooling.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 03, 2013 10:20 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 10:21 PM (Z9EHQ)
It's my opinion that overall we've gotten fatter as a nation. Not just a certain group or geographic area which I think would be more likely if it was sleep deprivation or other work/economic related factors.
It is also my opinion that people who one would think are doing their best to retain a certain body weight haven't been able to do so.
It's also the difficulty of losing weight and the sometimes unexplained weight gain with no obvious factor involved.
I dunno. Me, I'm going to try not using the microwave for meals and see what happens.
I just thought it would be an amusing topic to see what anyone else thought.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 03, 2013 10:22 PM (qyv02)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 10:24 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 03, 2013 10:25 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2013 02:20 AM (kaalw)
Good point. For several hundreds of years, writers have anecdotally observed that people who ate grain or starch-based diets got fat, whereas those who stuck to meats and vegetables did not. Regardless of what anybody thinks about Atkins, et. al, there is good data which indicate that the modern USDA food pyramid is a recipe for fatness, independent of activity level and income.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 03, 2013 10:27 PM (lJJMb)
I thought long and hard about getting a different motel each night but ultimately decided it would be better to have the same room for the duration. I'll be wiped out by the time I get home Thursday but one cool aspect of the job is they pay me for a full forty hour week regardless because they're concerned about losing us to other gigs halfway through the project. Too bad it'll be done in two more weeks.
Posted by: epobirs at March 03, 2013 10:27 PM (/qEpG)
Thoughts anyone? Put your tinfoil hats on, it's going to be a bumpy ride.
I'd place it on four factors: Food, Fashion, Muscular fitness and hygiene.
Humans in most of history weren't thin because they were healthy, they were thin because they were malnourashed. Height has been growing over the past century in the West as starvation has receded. Weight has done the same thing.
Modern fashions aren't very flattering to most men or women because they're built around skinny models. As a result, a woman with curves but in good shape can still appear pudgy or worse.
People are less likely to engage in manual labor or outdoor activities which in turn means less developed musculature. As a result, any fat accumulated just hangs there, instead of having a frame.
Hygiene, in this case our protection against intestinal parisites, has increased, meaning that there are fewer of them in the general population to cause problems and also to keep their hosts thin by redirecting nuitrients.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 03, 2013 10:29 PM (BY9NA)
Shit, Krang, the humans are beginning to notice.
Posted by: Kodos at March 03, 2013 10:29 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 04, 2013 02:16 AM
Yeah, it's interesting. It's got some classic aspects involved that could lead to a good storytelling payoff. Get the mechanism etc worked out and it could go anywhere. Maybe in a few directions at the same time. It sounds like something you should take a few hours to bounce ideas around with a couple of people who also write, perhaps. And trust. It sounds potentially complex and this may not be the best way to get ideas like that across. Too slow.
Posted by: otho at March 03, 2013 10:35 PM (yBF/9)
It should come as no surprise for anyone who has studied the history of government interference that dietary recommendations is yet another area where they got it wrong. They took bad science and amplified it. For instance, the research in the 60s that lead people to believe that a couple of fried eggs at breakfast was going to kill them. It has since been shown the methodology was highly flawed. It took almost forty years for contradictory studies to be given credence and to reexamine the original research.
Posted by: epobirs at March 03, 2013 10:36 PM (/qEpG)
Don't forget that just last year dietary SCIENCE! experts came out with results, after a rigorous 20+-year longitudinal study, demonstrating that salt intake had no correlation with longevity. All that, after those with basic knowledge of kidney function, e.g. many doctors and most chemists, had understood the underlying concepts the entire time. It turns out that drinking water while consuming salt is a good idea. Whodathunk?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 03, 2013 10:42 PM (lJJMb)
It wasn't that long ago that a traditional Christmas treat in the UK was an orange, something we can easily consume year round in the US. I used to wonder what inspired the Terry Chocolate Orange that is a modern holiday staple. This is the sphere you slam against a counter top before opening to separate the segments. When you learn how hard an orange was to come by just a few generations ago, all becomes clear.
Posted by: epobirs at March 03, 2013 10:45 PM (/qEpG)
Posted by: otho at March 04, 2013 02:35 AM (yBF/9)
I've been keeping a list of questions begged and trying to figure out how to answer them. My ultimate goal is to have no shamans, discoveries of secret knowledge, or other gods in the machine - just to let the guy piece it together. So yeah, potentially slow in that respect amongst others.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 03, 2013 10:45 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 03, 2013 10:45 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: some erg at March 03, 2013 10:49 PM (SSWdi)
Posted by: @PurpAv at March 04, 2013 02:45 AM (/gHaE)
We blame central heating. Electrical lighting hasn't really helped, either.
Posted by: 190 lb. Eskimo "Babes" Who Used to Help Keep Men Warm, IYKWIMAITTYD at March 03, 2013 10:53 PM (lJJMb)
Sodium can be a problem if you have the wrong genes. I have a high bloodpressure problem and I can definitely feel the effect if I overindulge.
OTOH, I've frequently had to remind my nagging mother of what happens when a person succeeds in eliminating salt from their diet: they die! Sodium plays a critical role in the electrical signals of the autonomic nervous system. Without that your brain cannot tell your heart to beat and other annoyances.
I believe the salt scare was really a side effect of widespread smoking. My mother has mentioned how appalled she was by the number of cigar chomping men from her parent's generation would douse their food with salt without tasting it first. t's remarkable how less saltand sugar you add to stuff when your senses aren't dulled.
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Posted by: epobirs at March 03, 2013 10:56 PM (/qEpG)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 04, 2013 02:45 AM
No "magic" or arbitrary stuff. It doesn't have to in any way feasible. Come up with a set of rules that work the way the story needs to and go from there. The mechanism just has to work within the internal logic of the story. There's also a few different backgrounds/frameworks you could tell it in. Maybe a couple of different genres that it could work in. Hope it pans out.
Posted by: otho at March 03, 2013 11:01 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: somejoe at March 03, 2013 11:07 PM (SSWdi)
Posted by: somejoe at March 04, 2013 01:25 AM (SSWdi)
Posted by: somejoe at March 04, 2013 01:27 AM (SSWdi)
Posted by: somejoe at March 04, 2013 01:38 AM (SSWdi)
And...............
What the hell, I'm home early from the night shift or just late to the ONT again,
miss anything?
Posted by: Richard at March 04, 2013 02:13 AM (vOFmE)
Posted by: somejoe at March 04, 2013 02:17 AM (SSWdi)
Fine.
I'll jst settle for the left over gal. bottle of Val-U-Rite......as long as no one put their lips on it....
Is it in the bathroom or hiding behind the kitchen trash can like last time?
Posted by: Richard at March 04, 2013 02:32 AM (vOFmE)
Posted by: Opus An Arcus at March 04, 2013 02:39 AM (tn72i)
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 04, 2013 02:49 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at March 04, 2013 02:55 AM (l86i3)
I have seen you reference Jarles Chonsons place before.
Same nic, or something else?
05-09 were about my heyday.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 04, 2013 03:05 AM (RCPzx)
Fox News shocker, Menendez acts like a democrat!
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 04, 2013 03:06 AM (LRFds)
Same Nic....
I pulled the fade around 05...
lurked didn't post as much I was bigger there in '01-'04....
My spider sense about Chuckles' breakdown was going off over Kerry as well.
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 04, 2013 03:08 AM (LRFds)
Fox more details emerging in "State takeover" of Detroit...
Look we'll out the Gov in a dress and you can pretend it is celebrity intervention you GUYS!
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 04, 2013 03:10 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at March 04, 2013 03:12 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: John Kerry, Secretriat of State at March 04, 2013 03:12 AM (0K4Xj)
Washington Examiner's Conn Carrol, "California is near feudal society"....
yeah and America is well on its way to join it...
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 04, 2013 03:13 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at March 04, 2013 03:15 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at March 04, 2013 03:17 AM (l86i3)
except maybe for one's dignity....
hey on the note of dignity...
http://youtu.be/vpOggnTqMBA
St Valentine's Massacre documentary
or as I prefer to call it..."Chicago's Peaceful Past..."
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 04, 2013 03:18 AM (LRFds)
That may hardly be a joke. One of the nice bennies of the shop down in Louisiana I worked at was that we had two smokehouses handy and most of the crew hunted. Moron Industries is gonna need a smokehouse.
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 04, 2013 03:19 AM (LRFds)
Ya know,
I so wanted to jump into the thread on ACE's post/review of "The Master."
I mean, I was there for the work-up of that project at Panavision. Mr. Anderson had booked the sound stage for 3 days to test various cameras and lenses. He had brought in all his principles, Hoffman, Phoenix and Adams.
I was to manage the sound stage and take care of any issues that cropped up during the test. The 1st day was kinda edgy because although the same crew was present, the DP Elswit had taken a pass on the project which ment a new Director of Photography a Mr. Mihai (Me-a) Malaimare was tasked to work with P.T, (most all the crew just refered to him as "P.T."). It was very interesting to watch them work out the mechanics as they tried out various cameras and just tray upon tray of lenses with first a Panaflex 35, then LX2's and holy crap a 65 that I swear was last used filming Kubrick's 2001. and the specific lighting for this and the filming right at sunset outside for that and just to add an even crazier twist on day 2, an impromptu music video after the days work was done for Fiona Apple which stretched us all into the wee hours of the morning. By Day 3, I SSOOOO wanted to be on the crew, I mean after all, this was the digtal age
and This guy was going to do this ON FILM!!!
Note to ACE: Your comments re: post production color enhancments were not probably done post but were in fact most likely virgin film technique with very little help needed on the back end.
No I still have not seen the "Film."
Posted by: Richard at March 04, 2013 03:20 AM (vOFmE)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at March 04, 2013 03:21 AM (l86i3)
549
I was "NightWatch", before Mr. Charles had that closed head injury during a bike ride in 07? and went mustang....the banning was a shock to me
yet, I would have never known this....this.....utterly fantastic soul wrenching place.....(sniff...sniff...)
Posted by: Richard at March 04, 2013 03:28 AM (vOFmE)
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