Early Morning Thread 5/16/15 - Meh edition. [krakatoa]

I appreciate all the effort everyone put in this week. I just do my best to not get worked up over the same reductive BS willingly lapped up by LIVs time after time.

I can't win that argument. Lord knows I've tried. But as the good man said, you can't reason someone out of a position they didn't first reason themselves into.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 06:00 AM

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1
Hola, morons!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at May 16, 2015 06:02 AM (T7bPb)

2

DAY 921

542 to go (615 to Inauguration Day 2017)

Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, Mao-suits, McCain's, McConnell's, machiavellian Mississippi mudslingers, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, menacing Mozillan 'mo's, Mugwumps, Monrovian microbes, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microaggressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri, malfunctioning Moron microsites and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 16, 2015 06:04 AM (St6BJ)

3
I'm at an Order of the Arrow Conckave for Boy Scouts. At 9:00, I am teaching an introduction to Leave No Trace principles. And, no, that doesn't deal with how to properly dispose of a corpse that you may or may not have created...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at May 16, 2015 06:05 AM (T7bPb)

4 ". . . you can't reason someone out of a position they didn't first reason themselves into."

That assumes a logical, thoughtful process in the first place, which is not the case. It is emotion, superstition and fiction that gets them brainwashed.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 16, 2015 06:06 AM (St6BJ)

5
And good morning fellow rape-shifters.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 16, 2015 06:07 AM (St6BJ)

6 Happy Saturday, you bunch of morons.

Posted by: ElKomandante at May 16, 2015 06:07 AM (APQ2q)

7 Good morning and why am I up this early?

Posted by: dogfish at May 16, 2015 06:08 AM (jWtyG)

8 Got hired Friday at 4PM for a project due Sunday night for a Monday client pitch.

It's only money. Catch you later. Have a great day all.

Keep it IS-real.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 16, 2015 06:11 AM (St6BJ)

9 Night, or for some day...

Here is a fable in Proto-Indo-European:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU5qI1MCzss

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 16, 2015 06:12 AM (7YlUk)

10 also, here is the song "Kids in America" sung by a computer program... in Spanish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYxs_POHtTI

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 16, 2015 06:12 AM (7YlUk)

11 Morning....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 16, 2015 06:18 AM (QOdik)

12 3 ... Krebs, I'm impressed. Don't know what it's like now but fifty years ago Order of the Arrow was a heck of an achievement for the Scouts and the leaders. (I never got close.) Hope you have a great time. That OOA is still around gives me some hope for the future.

Posted by: JTB at May 16, 2015 06:21 AM (FvdPb)

13 Excellent news JJ- go get that money!

Posted by: MTF at May 16, 2015 06:27 AM (FCsIb)

14 No one has the fine to read long form essays in the New Yorker, I get that. But this one might be worth a few minutes of your time, especially if you or so done you care about requires extensive medical care. Lots of the care Americans get is 'defensive medicine' or just not necessary or helpful it turns out. This is a pretty good piece.

http://nyr.kr/1PMwOn8

Posted by: MTF at May 16, 2015 06:34 AM (FCsIb)

15 14. Not "fine", but "time". Damn apple fat finger combo.

Posted by: MTF at May 16, 2015 06:36 AM (FCsIb)

16 Nothing in the world is more awesome than getting up early on a Saturday and coming to work for a quarterly safety/we're broke so no raise meeting.

An excellent way to screw up a perfectly fine Saturday.

Yay for me!

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at May 16, 2015 06:50 AM (X+nFp)

17 Scouting was good, then for me it got bad. I walked away and never looked back. The best part, learning how to start and maintain a fire, how to cook over an open flame, how to identify trees, and the entire outdoor experience.

The bad part was I knew nothing of homosexuality, nor did I care. But they were there, even way back then. One 'camp counselor' (mid 20's of age, I guess) got escorted away one night after showing up at my troops campground. He got caught j*rking off someone in my troop who was 14 or 15 I guess. I had seen my troop-mate sitting on his lap, got grossed out and walked away. Someone else heard about it, reported it to an adult leader who caught the 'camp counselor' in action. After that I wanted no part of Scouting. Not my thing anymore.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at May 16, 2015 06:53 AM (xQX/f)

18 How I became a Den Dad in Cub Scouts:
"Could we have any dads that were scouts line up please?"
(About six of us lined up)
"Any of you an Eagle Scout?"
(Five dads took a step back)
"Looks like we have a volunteer!"

Posted by: AE at May 16, 2015 06:55 AM (+ft6G)

19 @17

Damn.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 16, 2015 06:58 AM (QOdik)

20
The Dream Police, where are they?

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2015 06:59 AM (GIuL5)

21 In hotel room, today is my daughter's graduation with her master's in business. So, end of a long road. Let's see if our good principles plus real life can kick the crap out of her SJW, elite indoctrination. Long day ahead! Happy Saturday, horde!

Posted by: Dollar Store So at May 16, 2015 07:02 AM (oo3nU)

22 Heh. Haven't used this tablet in a while.

Posted by: Dollar Store Sock at May 16, 2015 07:03 AM (oo3nU)

23 Nothing in the world is more awesome than getting up early on a Saturday and coming to work for a quarterly safety/we're broke so no raise meeting.

An excellent way to screw up a perfectly fine Saturday.

Yay for me!

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at May 16, 2015 06:50 AM (X+nFp)

As compared to doing two months work in six days?

Sunday through Friday is gonna be "fuan"...

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 16, 2015 07:04 AM (7YlUk)

24 In hotel room, today is my daughter's graduation with her master's in business.

That's a good accomplishment in a field where she'll actually be able to earn a living. Congrats.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at May 16, 2015 07:05 AM (xQX/f)

25 This is the future of our Youtes as a nation...

Otherkin - Heart of a Snowflake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=komph9TxTbI

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 16, 2015 07:10 AM (7YlUk)

26 25 This is the future of our Youtes as a nation...

Otherkin - Heart of a Snowflake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=komph9TxTbI
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 16, 2015 07:10 AM (7YlUk)

The rabbithole goes all the way down. Once a person's sense of self is completely divorced from reality (a man can be a woman if he wants), there's no limit to what kind of insanity a they can believe about themselves. There's nothing too mad for them anymore, no point where they go "wow, that's bullshit" and step away from the brink.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 16, 2015 07:15 AM (HalrA)

27 Chaser:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2_8cfVpXbo

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 16, 2015 07:15 AM (7YlUk)

28 Graduation Day!

My NYC guests have rerouted around the severed railroad tracks, adding hours to their journey. The music festival that would have been my graduation party was postponed for forecast thunderstorms that themselves have rolled back a day. Instead, we'll sing and play for ourselves this evening at the house. Alcohol may be involved and there will be sheep in abundance. (I thought that sheep line was an LBJ original, but it's actually biblical -- I Kings.)

Because various schools in the university have separate ceremonies scattered across the city, our house is divided. I got the two housemates who mattered most to me.

Everyone is together Monday for the all-uni ceremony, and that's the end of a four-year era. (Well, I hang about for two more weeks, packing for my move uptown. More on that later.)

My dress is clean and pressed, I'm actually able to walk on these two-inch heels, we've rehearsed a subtle makeup scheme that doesn't make me look like a painted harlot, and my hair is freshly styled in a way that should last through the day. All the accessories harmonize. I feel pretty.

I get one of many prizes at the ceremony, and get one minute for remarks. I have every intention of being humble and thankful, but you know what they say about good intentions.

So wish me well, say goodbye to Little Miss, and I'll see you all in the next life.

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at May 16, 2015 07:16 AM (iKhVZ)

29 Wow- congrats to Little Miss and to all graduates today! Enjoy yourselves!

Posted by: MTF at May 16, 2015 07:20 AM (FCsIb)

30 Morning Horde.

Another Hordism - Don't argue with stupid. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at May 16, 2015 07:21 AM (fQAkR)

31 Another Hordism - Don't argue with stupid. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Posted by: Golfman in NC at May 16, 2015 07:21 AM (fQAkR)

That's absolutely brilliant.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 16, 2015 07:21 AM (HalrA)

32 28. You are well wished, hope you enjoy your future.

Posted by: sawhorse at May 16, 2015 07:21 AM (jm3+c)

33 I'm trying to reason myself out of this hangover I have going on.....Doesn't seem to be working. I have 5 hours in the car today to go to my nephews wedding. He's 20 and she is 18. I think they are nuts. On the bright side tho I get to leave tomorrow for a mini vacation to Vegas.

Posted by: Molly k. at May 16, 2015 07:22 AM (zS+qK)

34 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=komph9TxTbI"

Heh.

When she's in "nature." The city park?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 16, 2015 07:23 AM (QOdik)

35 Posted by: Dollar Store So at May 16, 2015 07:02 AM (oo3nU)

Congrats to you. Living the dream.

Golfboy graduated last Sunday from Carolina and then we got to spend much of this week in Charlotte where he starts grad school Monday. 15 months to go.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at May 16, 2015 07:24 AM (fQAkR)

36 " I think they are nuts."

Mind over the body, not the body over the mind, MK.

And, yeah, not knowing your neph' and not trying to get too personal it sounds nuts.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 16, 2015 07:25 AM (QOdik)

37 I'm trying to reason myself out of this hangover I have going on.....Doesn't seem to be working. I have 5 hours in the car today to go to my nephews wedding. He's 20 and she is 18. I think they are nuts. On the bright side tho I get to leave tomorrow for a mini vacation to Vegas.

Posted by: Molly k. at May 16, 2015 07:22 AM (zS+qK)

Just remember to spend time off the strip.

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 16, 2015 07:25 AM (7YlUk)

38 Congrats, LMS!!!

>>Because various schools in the university have separate ceremonies scattered across the city

Fun. We had ours swished into just Monday because of an obscure Jewish holiday. Had to grab lunch at McD's in CHOP. In cap and gown.

>>packing for my move uptown

Oh good. May you have better neighbors.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 16, 2015 07:28 AM (0xTsz)

39 Am I bad person for seeing this trending on twitter:
("Romulus

Amber Alert issued for 16-month-old Romulus boy")

and immediately thinking "darn that Remus!"

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 16, 2015 07:28 AM (7YlUk)

40 "Just remember to spend time off the strip."

In my one and only trip to LV we did downtown and Groom other than the strip. Missed the dam.

Other suggests should I ever make it that way again?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 16, 2015 07:29 AM (QOdik)

41 That's absolutely brilliant.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 16, 2015 07:21 AM (HalrA)

The things you learn at the HQ!!!

Posted by: Golfman in NC at May 16, 2015 07:29 AM (fQAkR)

42 In my one and only trip to LV we did downtown and Groom other than the strip. Missed the dam.

Other suggests should I ever make it that way again?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 16, 2015 07:29 AM (QOdik)

Check out the Mob and the Atomic test museums.

Hiking at Red Rock is fun.

Number of places will let you fire full-auto guns (Nevada is one of the few, if only, states with no state-level restrictions on full-auto weapons).

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 16, 2015 07:30 AM (7YlUk)

43 Well after being 'Live' for less than a week, Archie Comics has pulled its Kickstarter campaign that was intended to launch three spin-off titles. It seems , reading between the lines of the press release, to have spun out of control due to really stupid ideas for rewards.

How stupid? How does this sound - Hey you give us money and we will sign you for our e-newsletter and we will follow you on Twitter. Or the for $20 you get the digital download.

So the 634 who did donate will get special thank yous.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 16, 2015 07:31 AM (MHTfj)

44 Just remember to spend time off the strip.

.....................

I will be spending Monday and Monday night downtown. My friend that I am meeting leaves that morning so since I will be solo that just seems safer.

Ricardo.....My sister is convinced they are getting married for the sex. Both very religious and can't have until married

Posted by: Molly k. at May 16, 2015 07:32 AM (zS+qK)

45 Fumiko's Confession

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QqT1P4VO30

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 16, 2015 07:32 AM (7YlUk)

46 Moé anthropomorphization of Christian denominations

http://bit.ly/1Kc9S2l

Posted by: The Moé Hat at May 16, 2015 07:35 AM (7YlUk)

47 How did I not know you trained here, Mama AJ? When?

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at May 16, 2015 07:35 AM (iKhVZ)

48 Sushi toppings get Moé anthropomorphization makeover. http://bit.ly/1JOHQXf

Posted by: The Moé Hat at May 16, 2015 07:35 AM (7YlUk)

49 Tiny Hamster's Tiny Tiki Party

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flf-JmYnXNg

Posted by: Meanwhile... at Pixy's at May 16, 2015 07:36 AM (7YlUk)

50 TPH, are you going to need an intervention with Prinz Eugen?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 16, 2015 07:37 AM (MHTfj)

51 "Ricardo.....My sister is convinced they are getting married for the sex. Both very religious and can't have until married "

Oh well, everybody gotta make their own thing. Maybe they're a match made.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 16, 2015 07:38 AM (QOdik)

52 Ethnic majority map of the United States by county:

http://bit.ly/1E9ezSg

Posted by: The Topographical Hat at May 16, 2015 07:39 AM (7YlUk)

53 Power washing the deck today and loading for a match next weekend. Dog needs a bath, too, but she's too small for the power washer.

Posted by: Weasel at May 16, 2015 07:39 AM (e3bId)

54 "Check out the Mob and the Atomic test museums."

What about west of town? Pahrump. Mt. Charleston.

Other than Art Bell's compound that is.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 16, 2015 07:39 AM (QOdik)

55 "Oh Clark! Don't forget to power wash the dog."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 16, 2015 07:40 AM (MHTfj)

56 Oh, undergrad. Class of 91.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 16, 2015 07:41 AM (0xTsz)

57 Ha! At 8 pounds, she's a better candidate for the hose sprayer in the kitchen sink!

Posted by: Weasel at May 16, 2015 07:42 AM (e3bId)

58
Mama AJ, I meant to ask you about a comment from a couple of weeks ago about the girl being okay, is there something going on?

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2015 07:45 AM (GIuL5)

59 Nice morning in centeral Fla. Cler sky, birds chirping, sprinklers sprinkling. Coffee is delicious.

Was gonna read Drudge headlines. Decided against it. I don't think I want to let the world piss me off today.

Posted by: weew at May 16, 2015 07:47 AM (0tmLY)

60 The daughter's boyfriend finished up exams, projects, oral exam or something yesterday. The ceremony for masters in aerospace engineering is next week. I'm not going to that madhouse in Austin next week because I didn't pay for it. But I have to pay for the wedding. I'm grumpy because I not thrilled about my only girl and baby growing up. I'll get over it.

Posted by: Lester at May 16, 2015 07:47 AM (2UPXV)

61
Archie comics. Everyone has a noodle for a nose.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2015 07:48 AM (GIuL5)

62 "So wish me well, say goodbye to Little Miss, and I'll see you all in the next life."

Take care, enjoy life on the other side of your long educational journey.

And don't become a stranger.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 16, 2015 07:49 AM (VPLuQ)

63 Thank you, Sooth.

She had her tonsils out. Twas not fun, and she gets over everything slower than most people, so it took over a week to be back to normal.

She didn't have much of a problem before, but the tonsils were huge, so she's much better off, no matter what the president says.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 16, 2015 07:50 AM (0xTsz)

64
Oh I missed the tonsils part.

Isnt it weird that it suddenly became rare for tonsil removal? Growing up we watched so many sitcoms do tonsils/ice cream episodes I thought everyone goes through it.

Glad everything went well.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2015 07:55 AM (GIuL5)

65 I'm grumpy because I not thrilled about my only girl and baby growing up. I'll get over it.

I hope you can. I never did. Saddest days of my life, when son moved out -- first place, second place -- walking daughter down the aisle.

But they're both happy, which takes a little bit of the sadness away. Just don't ever listen to 'Cat's in the Cradle' by Harry Chapin.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at May 16, 2015 07:56 AM (xQX/f)

66 *clicks through articles on ANN*

Really ANN only now you are finding the conditions inside the Japanese animation industry 'tough' when it comes to their animators and artists? Uh did you miss that cute little video of a behind the scenes look at Ken-Ichi Sonoda when Tomizawa Michie plays cute intrepid interviewer and discovers Sonoya-san eating ramen noodles and sleeping in his office?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 16, 2015 07:57 AM (MHTfj)

67
I also thought I'd have my wisdom teeth pulled because everyone else had it done.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2015 08:01 AM (GIuL5)

68
For a while I was even worried about eventually getting apendicitis...because I saw it happen so often on TV.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2015 08:03 AM (GIuL5)

69 Lots of the care Americans get is 'defensive
medicine' or just not necessary or helpful it turns out. This is a
pretty good piece.

http://nyr.kr/1PMwOn8

Posted by: MTF at May 16, 2015 06:34 AM (FCsIb)

Unfortunately the docs find it necessary to do all those things because if they missed any little thing that could have been caught by those tests they'd be sued into oblivion.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 16, 2015 08:03 AM (/2KMt)

70
I wanted to do my front brakes today but I'm working.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2015 08:05 AM (GIuL5)

71 TPH, are you going to need an intervention with Prinz Eugen?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 16, 2015 07:37 AM (MHTfj)

Like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYiyfVkOmA8

Or like this?

http://bit.ly/1A9i7Zy

P.S., a Klein Bottle is just a phased torus...

Posted by: The Hyper-Dimensional Hat at May 16, 2015 08:05 AM (7YlUk)

72 "I hope you can. I never did. Saddest days of my life, when son moved
out -- first place, second place -- walking daughter down the aisle."

I'll be glad when my son moves out.

He's 33 this year.

Daughter and son-in-law lived with me for over a year, too, until they moved to his mother's house.

They've ruined it for the 16yo, when he moves out I'm burning the house down and buying an RV so no one can move back in with me.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 16, 2015 08:06 AM (/2KMt)

73 Archie comics. Everyone has a noodle for a nose.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2015 07:48 AM (GIuL5)

The President of Archie Comics is insane:

http://bit.ly/1A9lcsq

Posted by: The Politically Incorrect Hat at May 16, 2015 08:07 AM (7YlUk)

74 morning

got a lot to do as usual

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at May 16, 2015 08:07 AM (Cq0oW)

75 "I also thought I'd have my wisdom teeth pulled because everyone else had it done.
"

Yeah, never had that done.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 16, 2015 08:07 AM (QOdik)

76 Looks like we have a volunteer!"
Posted by: AE at May 16, 2015 06:55 AM

I got roped in by the Weblo leader. He asked me to help him. I said OK. A month later his son becomes a Boy Scout. I become the leader. Good news, a few years later I am the committee chairman for the Boy Scout troop, Got to got to Phimont with my son for a high level back pack trek. Great experience.

Posted by: Cicero Skip at May 16, 2015 08:08 AM (02wWr)

77 Scouting was good, then for me it got bad.
****

God what an awful story!

My mom was abused as a kid so I know she was very careful about who she left us with when I was little.

Posted by: Lea at May 16, 2015 08:08 AM (vmMMi)

78 Off to bake cheesecake cupcakes, got a moonshine tasting party to go to tonight. Later roonz and roonettez, fear no evil!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 16, 2015 08:08 AM (/2KMt)

79 Sorry, GGE.

RV does sound nice from time to time.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 16, 2015 08:09 AM (QOdik)

80 That is the old CEO, the new one has a member. No word if its a polterschwarnstucker though.

And you in insomnia mode again?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 16, 2015 08:10 AM (MHTfj)

81 Unnnnggghhhhh...

Morning, Glories.

I need a second cup of coffee, I guess. Can't seem to get the mental motor started, even with all this stimulating commentary.

I blame lack of Vic.

(Like I taught my kids, it's not just important to know who to blame, it's important to blame someone who isn't present.)

Posted by: mindful webworker - less than nothing at May 16, 2015 08:10 AM (RRfF8)

82 >>because I saw it happen so often on TV

My kids think school is like school on tv.

They'd be surprised...

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 16, 2015 08:11 AM (0xTsz)

83 Have fun GGE. Today at the Harley-Davidson dealership in Jackson is the Trail of Honor to salute the military. Will be hanging there for most of day helping.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 16, 2015 08:11 AM (MHTfj)

84 Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at May 16, 2015 07:16 AM (iKhVZ)

Congratulations!!! To you and all the people with family graduating.

Also that reminds I need to pick up a card and something for my little cousin who is graduating high school and headed off to be an aggie next year...

Posted by: Lea at May 16, 2015 08:13 AM (vmMMi)

85 Re: #63 "I'm not going to that madhouse in Austin next week"

Heard someone longingly describe Austin as "what Texas would be like, if only it could be like Massachusetts." I almost choked on my own vomit. Texans, you're being colonized, get yer s##t together and deal with it, or you're screwed.

Posted by: Agent J at May 16, 2015 08:13 AM (9Mtv3)

86 Long day of yard work and trip prep today, then off for a 16 hour drive tomorrow to meet The Heiress. Girl928 and newborn Corinna928 continue to be models of health, thank God.

I'm grandpa-pumped.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 16, 2015 08:18 AM (gMdv4)

87 LMS: "So wish me well, say goodbye to Little Miss, and I'll see you all in the next life."

Good-bye to Little Miss? *sniff* That's sad.

In this new life, how will we recognize you?

Posted by: mindful webworker - gonna take a semimental journey at May 16, 2015 08:19 AM (RRfF8)

88
A brand new Conservative..

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 16, 2015 08:21 AM (GIuL5)

89 And, no, that doesn't deal with how to properly dispose of a corpse that you may or may not have created...

But that seems so useful.

Posted by: HR drinking coffee at May 16, 2015 08:22 AM (rHXGG)

90 Guess the country of origin...

News computer game let's you hone your skills at taking up-skirt photos of high school girls.

Obviously NSFW: http://bit.ly/1A9mFPB

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at May 16, 2015 08:22 AM (7YlUk)

91 Ace has posted new rules for commenter behavior:

http://bit.ly/new-aos-rules

Posted by: mindful webworker - where the what? at May 16, 2015 08:22 AM (RRfF8)

92 *breaks TPH's Selfie Stick*

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 16, 2015 08:24 AM (MHTfj)

93 Good morning everyone.

It's been a week of glorious weather here. Think I'll stroll around my twee little historical towne, poke around the shops, and read bad paperback sci-fi at the hipster coffee joint.

I'm avoiding the news. Eris diddles while Rome burns!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 16, 2015 08:24 AM (jR7Wy)

94 you should see all the cranes and tall buildings going up here in Austin. The last time that happened, half of them stayed unfinished for years because of the crash of 2008. The had to demolish one of them, the Intel building, and start over. California is currently moving to Austin.

Posted by: Mr Wizard at May 16, 2015 08:25 AM (vNlkp)

95 Ace has posted new rules for commenter behavior:

http://bit.ly/new-aos-rules

Posted by: mindful webworker - where the what? at May 16, 2015 08:22 AM (RRfF

But, what about Col. Angus:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a7a_1349546320

Posted by: The little man in a boat at May 16, 2015 08:27 AM (7YlUk)

96 Concerning the Amtrak accident, these are the faces of the victims. So sad.

http://tinyurl.com/l4ra3ev

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 16, 2015 08:28 AM (TPimP)

97 Got to be a Moron

http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/selection-du-weekend-140-21.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 16, 2015 08:29 AM (MHTfj)

98 Got to be a Moron

http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/selection-du-weekend-140-21.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 16, 2015 08:29 AM (MHTfj)

Real moron:

*chugs 5th of Val-U-Rite*

Posted by: The Val-U-Hat at May 16, 2015 08:31 AM (7YlUk)

99 "Heard someone longingly describe Austin as "what Texas would be like, if
only it could be like Massachusetts." I almost choked on my own vomit.
Texans, you're being colonized, get yer s##t together and deal with
it, or you're screwed."

Austin is being contained. For the most part.

Sort of like a plague outbreak.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 16, 2015 08:31 AM (QOdik)

100 "Austin is being contained. For the most part."

Illustrated with Chamberlain waving a piece of paper.

Posted by: mindful webworker - where the what? at May 16, 2015 08:34 AM (RRfF8)

101 Special Little Snowflake Is Everything But the Kitchen Sink

This mentally ill special little snowflake has self described as everything except the kitchen sink...

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=9051

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 16, 2015 08:35 AM (7YlUk)

102 It's really slow around here this morning, but I'm going to go ahead and put up the Saturday Politics Thread for those of you so inclined.

Posted by: Y-not at May 16, 2015 08:35 AM (RWGcK)

103 The alumni association has a program that recruits designated cheerers for every grad who won't have parents attending. Mine just showed up with enough mimosa fixin's for the whole house and a nice bottle for afterwards.

Waterproof mascara was a great invention.

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at May 16, 2015 08:35 AM (iKhVZ)

104 The animals have determined
It's time for them to be fed
So off I go to serve them food
When I'd rather go back to bed
-Karma Slave

Posted by: mindful webworker - owned by the animals we keep at May 16, 2015 08:36 AM (RRfF8)

105 This mentally ill special little snowflake has self described as everything except the kitchen sink...

Going out on a limb, I predict an early death for this troubled person. Let's just hope they don't take anyone with them.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 16, 2015 08:38 AM (gMdv4)

106 >>The alumni association has a program that recruits designated cheerers for every grad who won't have parents attending.

Awww.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 16, 2015 08:38 AM (0xTsz)

107 "Illustrated with Chamberlain waving a piece of paper."

As I say, for the most part. As the Calistanis and NewYorkifanis move here, we do what we can.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 16, 2015 08:38 AM (QOdik)

108 The had to demolish one of them, the Intel building, and start over.

Posted by: Mr Wizard at May 16, 2015 08:25 AM (vNlkp)
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Boy-howdy, Intel really screwed the pooch back then. We had two very large, brand-new Intel facilities here in Colorado Springs that were shuttered before they opened.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at May 16, 2015 08:38 AM (yxw0r)

109 Some one please tell me a story about a kid who crapped out his freshman year recovered and went on the greatness. Or at least employment

Posted by: ThunderB, Overly Provocative at May 16, 2015 08:40 AM (zOTsN)

110 Otherkin: Mental Illness as a Lifestyle Choice

*thud*

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 16, 2015 08:40 AM (MHTfj)

111 Going out on a limb, I predict an early death for this troubled person. Let's just hope they don't take anyone with them.

In fact, I'd cautiously suggest someone inspect their crawlspace now.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 16, 2015 08:42 AM (gMdv4)

112 Nood

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 16, 2015 08:43 AM (HalrA)

113 @109 ThunderB, my Salutatorian daughter struggled her first university year. Lost a scholarship. Failed a class. She is clawing tooth and nail to finish with a 3.0 gpa (in a STEM field-thank god, she should have hope of employment). Her first year struggle sent me Binging around the interwebs. There are numerous stories that gave me hope. It can be done.

Posted by: RedDish at May 16, 2015 08:45 AM (5eXg1)

114 Austin is bounded by municipalities to its north and south. They have a little room east and west now but are pretty much out of land to steal.
Which is causing tremendous growth in the northwest corridor of Cedar Park, Leander and Liberty Hill.
Our city council has decided to go with high density living instead of planned growth and we ran a slate of candidates to counter that but with a pathetic turnout of 1,600 voters in a town of 90,000 we were defeated. These high density projects are not populated yet and when they are we will organize those voters and change things.

Posted by: Mr Wizard at May 16, 2015 08:51 AM (vNlkp)

115 ThunderB@109: My high school freshman year was a total loss. Through no fault of my own, I maintain.

13 years later, I'm collecting my third degree. There will be a fourth. And, eventually, wealth, fame and power.

Don't look back.

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at May 16, 2015 08:52 AM (iKhVZ)

116 This mentally ill special little snowflake has self described as everything except the kitchen sink...

This is the new Munchausen's Syndrome.

LOOKATMEEE!LOOKATMEEEEEE!!!!!!!

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 16, 2015 08:53 AM (oVJmc)

117 Lost a scholarship?

Don't remind me. My daughter had a full AFROTC scholarship. She flunked a first-quarter Calculus class and lost it. The irony (I hope I am using the word correctly) is that she ended up with a Math major.

My poor wallet.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 16, 2015 08:54 AM (V70Uh)

118 109
Some one please tell me a story about a kid who crapped out his freshman
year recovered and went on the greatness. Or at least employment

Posted by: ThunderB, Overly Provocative at May 16, 2015 08:40 AM (zOTsN)

Can't say I went on to success, but I did crap out my sophomore year. Bad depression and girl problems (but I repeat myself). Worked fast food for a few months, reapplied, finished up in a total of only three and a half semesters altogether.
Not that you would, but avoid shaming if possible. It's a strange period of life, but in the grand scheme, it's only a blip on the radar.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at May 16, 2015 09:08 AM (yxw0r)

119 echo in here ?

Posted by: chango butt at May 16, 2015 09:37 AM (qQk+U)

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