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Overnight Open Thread (2-8-2016) – Time Machine Edition
[Since I'm tired tonight and not feeling so great, I'm just gonna set the Ace Wayback machine dial to Fall 2004 and let things roll. It was a simpler, happier time when the jokes were fresh, the ewok's coat was still sleek and tawny, people actually cared about Andrew Sullivan, and everything seemed possible. But still even with the passage of time and the ravages of disappointment and life changes it's possible to make Conservative Commando or Foxfire Ninja Babe or perhaps even "Mrs. Ace of Spades" this evening. Just remember to tack on 25% for inflation. Come on - pony a little something up for old times sake.*]
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October 26, 2004
Fall Fundraising Drive
Sorry to be obnoxious, but I'm keeping this post a little sticky throughout the next couple of days. Meaning, it's going to keep getting bumped up near the top.
This is so annoying, I know. But think of me as a right-wing PBS, except instead of boring you to death with the Boston Pops and the seven-billionth "reunion" of Simon & Garfunkel (also known as "Simon & the guy who isn't Simon"
, I give you cutting-edge political analysis mixed in with the occasional inappropriate use of the word "pooter."
Here's the pitch:
I figure that just about everyone who reads this site would be willing to donate $1 -- one buck -- four times a year. I figure there are four reason most don't:
1) Fear about using PayPal. All I can say is that the transactions are secure, meaning coded, the same sort of deal that Amazon and other on-line stores use. I never see your credit card number. Is there a risk? Well, is there a risk when you sign your name on your credit-card receipt and give it all to a perfect stranger when you buy Urban Culottes at Banana Republic?
2) But I don't have a PayPal account! You don't need one. Only the recipient needs an account. You just need a credit card, and the will to succeed in selling distress-sale real-estate. It's what I call "Money Motivation."
Seriously. PayPal is just how the money is collected. Donors just need to click on the PayPal button and enter their digits as if they were buying books from Amazon or, more likely, Japanese pornography.
And, actually, you don't even need a credit card. You can send them a e-check, and then they credit me once that clears.
3) It's a pain in the ass. Well, it's a minor pain in the ass, but honestly, the entire process takes two minutes. I've donated myself, so I know.
4) It's almost insulting to just give someone $1; it's better to not donate at all. This is just totally wrong. I have a good number of regular readers, and if half of them -- just half -- gave me four bucks a year, I'd end up with a pretty sweet haul. Not an Andrew Sullivan gilt-edged bandwidth haul or anything, but enough that I could get my creditors off my back and finally have a good answer when my family asks me why I spend so much time screwing around on the Internet.
The big point is that it's not really the size of the donation, it's how big the donation pool is. And if all of my regular readers who haven't donated before (anyone who has donated -- your subscription is in good standing) donated, it would be-- well, it would totally, utterly sweet.
Like I said, it's a buck. About the cost of a cup of coffee at 7-11, and 133% of the cost of a single copy of the New York Times.
Of course, not everyone is going to donate-- I think probably 1% of my readers donate at most -- so if you felt like giving $3 or $5 or $10 or $20 or even $50, that would be pretty darn cool too.
Like political fundraisers, I've decided to at least give you something in return for your donation-- cool nicknames.
$1 donors are Ace of Spades Rangers. Also known as "the Lighting Guys."
$3 donors are Ace of Spades Super-Rangers. Also known as "Grahams."
$5 donors are Ace of Spades Super-Excellent Rangers. Also known as "Johns."
$10 donors are Ace of Spades Pioneers. Also known as "Vinnie Falcones."
$20 donors are Ace of Spades Pioneers Who Slice Like F'n Hammers. Also known as "Joes." But in this case, I don't need to ask "Where's Joe?" Joe is right next to my heart, buying me beer.
$50 donors are Ace of Spades Special-Detachment Ultra-Cool Conservative Commandos. At this level of donation, you're just freaking awesome you're known as "Mr. Paul Anka, the Only Important One on That Stage."
Anyone who donates more than that is some sort of special transcendent being who is actually more super-amazing than Mr. Paul Anka, if you can believe such a thing. At that level, I have to think of individualized nicknames.
At any rate, sorry for the blegging. It's something I actually have to do from time to time, though.
Just consider how pissed off Andrew Sullivan would be if every one of you guys sent $1 or $3.
Thanks.
F'n' Weisenheimer Update: Well, it's not as good as an actual donation, but Spongeworthy donates a pretty good laugh:
...Just the other day I was thrashing a street urchin with my ebony walking stick and almost $50 fell out of my coat and I was so worn out from beating the little monkey that I just left it on the street! Fortunately another fairly prosperous looking fellow was in the area and was able to scoop up the money before the urchin could crawl over to get it.
...
So, in closing, let's just say "Not this year" and leave it at that, okay? Let's not have an embarassing scene here.
Update-- Chicks Want Better Nickames. Okay, I guess it's not cool to call a girl "Vinny Valcone." Here's my alternate scheme for nicknames for the fairer sex:
If you're one of my three female readers, and you donate $1, you get to be called Ace of Spades Spear-Carriers of Athena. Or "Babette." Your choice.
Female readers donating $3: Ace of Spades Warrior Princess. Or, um, "Stacey." Stacey's a good name. Kind of a hot name. You kind of know what you're getting with a "Stacey," and it's all good. It's allll good.
Female readers donating $5: Ace of Spades Amazon Queen. Or, ummmm... Heather.
Female readers donating $10: Ace of Spades Ilsa, She-Wolf of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. Or, um, "Dominique." Okay, I admit it, now I'm just handing out stripper-names. Look, pretty much everything on this site degenerates into something dirty and wrong at some point.
Female readers donating $20: Ace of Spades Barbarian Axe-Sister Who Slices Like an F'n' Hammer. Or, I guess, Krystallyn.
$50 donors are Ace of Spades Special-Detachment Foxfire Ninja Babes. At this level of donation, you're just freaking awesome you're known as "Ms. Paul Anka, the Only Important One on That Stage." Or, alternately, "Summer Brees."
Anyone female donating more than $100 gets a special nickname, which might range from "Jessie" to "Mrs. Ace of Spades."
* And yes the Commandos and Ninja Babes get shirts.**
** I mean I assume so - it's not like Ace even approved this but I just can't see him breaking the Anka code either.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: jewells45 at February 08, 2016 10:11 PM (CNHr1)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 10:12 PM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Sixkiller at February 08, 2016 10:12 PM (szEUw)
Posted by: JEM at February 08, 2016 10:12 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 08, 2016 10:12 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 08, 2016 10:12 PM (CNHr1)
Posted by: Derek Zoolander at February 08, 2016 10:12 PM (gDSJf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 08, 2016 10:12 PM (p6l+P)
Posted by: Mr. Peabody at February 08, 2016 10:13 PM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, hither and yon at February 08, 2016 10:13 PM (m9V0o)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 08, 2016 10:13 PM (wYnyS)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 08, 2016 10:13 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 08, 2016 10:13 PM (wYnyS)
I'd post pictures of my bare palms but they'd probably come out too small to be legible.
Posted by: JEM at February 08, 2016 10:13 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 08, 2016 10:13 PM (p6l+P)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 08, 2016 10:14 PM (p6l+P)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 08, 2016 10:14 PM (wYnyS)
Posted by: newb at February 08, 2016 10:14 PM (Q+sed)
Posted by: rhomboid at February 08, 2016 10:14 PM (QDnY+)
Sherman, set the Wayback Machine for 1864.
What was that song again?
Posted by: JEM at February 08, 2016 10:14 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 08, 2016 10:14 PM (wYnyS)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 08, 2016 10:15 PM (CNHr1)
Posted by: Chi at February 08, 2016 10:15 PM (OUpHg)
Let's call it 'Noot'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 10:15 PM (oFSUK)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 08, 2016 10:16 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 08, 2016 10:16 PM (p6l+P)
>> shriveled up old crone.
No, it's not another note, it's the same note the old crones have been belching out for three months now.
Posted by: JEM at February 08, 2016 10:16 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Vinny Valcone at February 08, 2016 10:16 PM (8CdUx)
Fear not, the thread will soon be infested with the commenting dregs from the previous thread!
Fear not, the thread will soon be infested with the commenting dregs from the previous thread!
Fear not, the thread will soon be infested with the commenting dregs from the previous thread!
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 08, 2016 10:17 PM (wYnyS)
Posted by: garrett at February 08, 2016 10:17 PM (NHG6e)
Posted by: CozMark at February 08, 2016 10:17 PM (CbGSW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 08, 2016 10:17 PM (p6l+P)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 08, 2016 10:18 PM (p6l+P)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 10:18 PM (MYl0x)
Posted by: Thegarbone at February 08, 2016 10:18 PM (9dH/8)
Posted by: Barney Frank at February 08, 2016 10:18 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 08, 2016 10:18 PM (o98Jz)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 10:18 PM (oFSUK)
Posted by: chemjeff at February 08, 2016 10:18 PM (uZNvH)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 08, 2016 10:18 PM (wYnyS)
Posted by: bananaDream at February 08, 2016 10:19 PM (Ag8Mw)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 08, 2016 10:19 PM (wYnyS)
Please, no Simon and Garfunkel.
Actually, I was planning on watching 'Shampoo' at bedtime tonight, so there's an element of that timeframe...
Posted by: JEM at February 08, 2016 10:19 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 08, 2016 10:19 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at February 08, 2016 10:19 PM (5zyvn)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 08, 2016 10:20 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster at February 08, 2016 10:20 PM (uURQL)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/selection-du-weekend-178-7.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 08, 2016 10:20 PM (p6l+P)
I'm torn between, 'What's old is new again' and 'These are the good old days'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 10:20 PM (oFSUK)
I bought the coffee mug when Scott Brown got elected so does that make me Pioneer or better or am I still the dipshit who bought that coffee mug that one time?
Posted by: CozMark at February 08, 2016 10:17 PM (CbGSW)
Hell, at least you got a coffee mug. When I gave his campaign $50, I got my credit card number and a couple of hundred bucks stolen within 48 hours. Got it back, but still......
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 08, 2016 10:21 PM (o98Jz)
Posted by: rickl at February 08, 2016 10:21 PM (sdi6R)
Anna, I continue to marvel at your intertube finds!
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 08, 2016 10:21 PM (wYnyS)
Posted by: JEM at February 08, 2016 10:21 PM (o+SC1)
um, "Stacey." Stacey's a good name. Kind of a hot name. You kind of know
what you're getting with a "Stacey," and it's all good. It's allll good.
Listen to this guy; he knows what he's talking about!
Posted by: Stacey Keach at February 08, 2016 10:21 PM (0OG8D)
Adblock Pro seeks deal with online advertisers. Adblock Pro is offering to unblock ads from certain advertisers for a small fee. . .
http://preview.tinyurl.com/jnl37cx
Because it fits with the post.
Posted by: Piran Pasco at February 08, 2016 10:21 PM (Rp1i6)
Posted by: Lena Dunham at February 08, 2016 10:21 PM (sOhww)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 08, 2016 10:22 PM (4ErVI)
*sobs*
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at February 08, 2016 10:22 PM (zmW4B)
Well, hey, it beats a Yoko ONT.
Posted by: rickl at February 08, 2016 10:21 PM (sdi6R)
Hush, you.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 08, 2016 10:22 PM (o98Jz)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 10:23 PM (MYl0x)
You can actually unblock acecomments.mu.nu and it's not even too painful.
Posted by: JEM at February 08, 2016 10:23 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 08, 2016 10:23 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Basement Cat at February 08, 2016 10:23 PM (3C9q2)
Posted by: garrett at February 08, 2016 10:24 PM (NHG6e)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 08, 2016 10:24 PM (p6l+P)
Posted by: Marco Rubato at February 08, 2016 10:24 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 08, 2016 10:24 PM (GEICT)
Ya know, one of these days Maet will make us wish we'd never uttered the name in protest.
Again.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 10:25 PM (MYl0x)
Posted by: JEM
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Raster!
Vector!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 10:25 PM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 08, 2016 10:25 PM (p6l+P)
Gonna be crying over the surfeit of tats for about the next three hours now.
Posted by: JEM at February 08, 2016 10:25 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 08, 2016 10:25 PM (wYnyS)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 08, 2016 10:26 PM (B8JRQ)
I've come to talk with you again
Because a cob softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains within the round of barrel
Posted by: Yes, that Garfunkle at February 08, 2016 10:26 PM (sOhww)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 08, 2016 10:27 PM (q2o38)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 10:27 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 08, 2016 10:24 PM (GEICT)
We are being happy!click, whirr,We are being happy!click, whirr,We are being happy!click, whirr,We are being happy!
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 08, 2016 10:27 PM (wYnyS)
Batsignal for someone local to dump a pint of Everclear down your throat.
Posted by: JEM at February 08, 2016 10:28 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 08, 2016 10:28 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 08, 2016 10:28 PM (pUDQf)
I'm actually going to bed sober. First time in a long time.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 08, 2016 10:26 PM (B8JRQ)
Sounds like someone needs a hug, and a drink,
but mostly a drink!
Posted by: John Kasick at February 08, 2016 10:29 PM (wYnyS)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at February 08, 2016 10:29 PM (HlSmu)
Posted by: TexasDan at February 08, 2016 10:29 PM (TqXWc)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk
Yeah, I hear you got hung up on.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 08, 2016 10:30 PM (QwqN0)
Hopefully Disney's Animatronic's department will have all the bugs out of the candidates' programming by October.
Posted by: Baron bon Mot at February 08, 2016 10:30 PM (J3UIw)
Posted by: JEM at February 08, 2016 10:25 PM (o+SC1)
'S'all right, I am sure the road rash rubbed some of them right off.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 08, 2016 10:30 PM (q2o38)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2016 10:30 PM (ntObR)
Everyone, it's time to admit that the Great Experiment is over; every one of our "advances" in the various sciences and such are all for naught if we've reached this point. Look upon this and despair:
Watch Straight Men Touch Another Man's Penis for the First Time
http://tinyurl.com/zbzepn8
I am now committed to Team Let It Burn. Summon the meteors, launch all teh nukes, scourge the surface of the Earth with massive earthquakes, for it is long past time for the true "reset" button to be pushed.
The only way that humanity as a whole can thrive again is to wipe the slate clean and, hopefully, our successors will learn the lessons of the past and not repeat our mistakes.
Posted by: Thrawn at February 08, 2016 10:30 PM (s87AC)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 10:30 PM (2x3L+)
Are we gonna be visited by Machines for Sale? Or lacewings?
'Cause if not, this "ol' timeyness" is gonna fall flat.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 08, 2016 10:30 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 08, 2016 10:31 PM (GEICT)
Does AlextheChick own a motorcycle???
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hr6uu34
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 08, 2016 10:24 PM (p6l+P)
That's exactly how I imagine her except with real flames coming off the motorcycle.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 08, 2016 10:31 PM (4ErVI)
As many problems as I have with Fat Boy, he did do a service calling Pubio out on this. It's literally gotten into his head.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 10:31 PM (MYl0x)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/selection-du-weekend-178-47.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 08, 2016 10:31 PM (p6l+P)
Posted by: irright at February 08, 2016 10:31 PM (DtNNC)
Posted by: Piran Pasco at February 08, 2016 10:31 PM (Rp1i6)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 10:27 PM (2x3L+)
If you contact ace and wish to donate to him by methods other than paypal, I believe he's willing to work with you.
Posted by: buzzion at February 08, 2016 10:31 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 08, 2016 10:30 PM (QwqN0)
Enjoy NH in February, Bander! Buahahahaha.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 08, 2016 10:32 PM (GEICT)
Did we piss anyone off today or are we sticking with being happy?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 08, 2016 10:24 PM (GEICT)
Did you touch another man's penis for the first time (see comment #8
?
Being happy, like the proverbial cake, is a lie.
Posted by: Thrawn at February 08, 2016 10:32 PM (s87AC)
I wish 2004 was here again.
Posted by: In Exile at February 08, 2016 10:32 PM (Z7AXG)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 08, 2016 10:32 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: garrett at February 08, 2016 10:32 PM (NHG6e)
It's GOPe Bukkake night at FOX.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 08, 2016 10:32 PM (dvuhZ)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Dude, just sit back and let the Progtards take care of it. SMOD has forsaken us and nukes would be too kind.
Posted by: CozMark at February 08, 2016 10:33 PM (CbGSW)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 08, 2016 10:33 PM (YJmuy)
He didn't get back to me. Hmm... ;-)
(BTW, same offer also goes for Maet and others here.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2016 10:33 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Bomber at February 08, 2016 10:33 PM (qKfed)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 08, 2016 10:33 PM (rwI+c)
I wish 2004 was here again.
Posted by: In Exile at February 08, 2016 10:32 PM (Z7AXG)
Does your mom hate salt large sodas and people being able to defend themselves?
Posted by: buzzion at February 08, 2016 10:34 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Baron bon Mot at February 08, 2016 10:30 PM (J3UIw)
"Share and Enjoy" is, of course, the company motto of the hugely successful Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Complaints division, which now covers the major land masses of three medium sized planets and is the only part of the Corporation to have shown a consistent profit in recent years.
The motto stands - or rather stood - in three mile high illuminated letters near the Complaints Department spaceport on Eadrax - "Share and Enjoy". Unfortunately its weight was such that shortly after it was erected, the ground beneath the letters caved in and they dropped for nearly half their length through the underground offices of many talented young complaints executives - now deceased. The protruding upper halves of the letters now appear, in the local language, to read "Go stick your head in a pig", and are no longer illuminated, except at times of special celebration.
Posted by: Kindltot - who misses Douglas Adams too at February 08, 2016 10:34 PM (q2o38)
If you contact ace and wish to donate to him by methods other than paypal, I believe he's willing to work with you.
Posted by: buzzion at February 08, 2016 10:31 PM (zt+N6)
Says the dead guy who has a sweetheart deal with Charon to lift the coins found under the tongues of each dead soul he ferries across the River Styx.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 08, 2016 10:34 PM (BK3ZS)
I'd be cool with that.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2016 10:34 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 08, 2016 10:33 PM (rwI+c)
Been a long time since a Spurwing Plover sighting.
Posted by: In Exile at February 08, 2016 10:34 PM (Z7AXG)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 08, 2016 10:26 PM (B8JRQ)
What on earth for!?!???
You didn't drink **gasp** WATER, did you?
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 08, 2016 10:34 PM (+YMhA)
Being happy, like the proverbial cake, is a lie.
Posted by: Thrawn at February 08, 2016 10:32 PM (s87AC)
Yeah, that's not really new. There's been a dozen different, but similar, versions of that with different combos.
Lesbian touches penis
Gay men watch straight porn
Lesbians kiss straight pornstar
Blah blah blah
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 08, 2016 10:34 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius)
Jed found a phone booth to hold his rally in?
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at February 08, 2016 10:34 PM (zmW4B)
" ... for it is long past time for the true "reset" button to be pushed."
" ... for it is long past time for the true "reset" button to be pushed."
" ... for it is long past time for the true "reset" button to be pushed."
Posted by: Marco! at February 08, 2016 10:34 PM (sOhww)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 08, 2016 10:35 PM (AkOaV)
Maybe Ace could set up a Patreon account...
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at February 08, 2016 10:35 PM (jV8Mq)
------
She appears to be one of those "we need to protect people from themselves" voters, on occasion. She's for an 18 drinking age, though. I just don't get it.
Posted by: In Exile at February 08, 2016 10:36 PM (Z7AXG)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 10:36 PM (MYl0x)
Gay men watch straight porn
Lesbians kiss straight pornstar
Blah blah blah
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 08, 2016 10:34 PM (GEICT)
The hell?
Posted by: Thrawn at February 08, 2016 10:36 PM (s87AC)
It's also set up to allow different tiers of support so we could FINALLY get shirts if we cough up enough dough. Or ampersands. Or an ONT that doesn't have a sell-by date that looks suspiciously like it was scribbled with a Sharpie.
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at February 08, 2016 10:36 PM (GG9V6)
Just like when I go to the rub and tug.
They always guilt you.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 08, 2016 10:37 PM (AkOaV)
any key to reboot
Fatal error : System Halted
any key to reboot
Fatal error : System Halted
any key to reboot
Fatal error : System Halted
any key to reboot
Posted by: Piran Pasco at February 08, 2016 10:37 PM (Rp1i6)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 08, 2016 10:37 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 08, 2016 10:37 PM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 10:31 PM (MYl0x)
I hate to say it, but Christie usually does a few things in every debate that I agree with or applaud. I do think he could be useful in an administration in some capacity.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 08, 2016 10:37 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 10:38 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 08, 2016 10:38 PM (p6l+P)
I couldn't believe that farmer. "How dare you not want to give us the subsidy. Forcing people to put shitty corn products in their gas tanks is what keeps us solvent. If Americans had to run their cars on creamed corn it would be even better. Every American owes it to me to run their car on as much corn as possible."
I'd have told him to he can have his subsidy as long as pays 90% of his income for the most dumbass regional gimme program I could think of -- midnight basketball or Ebonics textbooks or California's bullet train from Needles to Buttonwillow.
Posted by: iforgot at February 08, 2016 10:38 PM (YOxw1)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 08, 2016 10:38 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 08, 2016 10:38 PM (6aEEx)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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Oh? Is Soros here?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 10:38 PM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Feminist Studies major, $150,000 in student loan debt at February 08, 2016 10:39 PM (ppaKI)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 10:38 PM (2x3L+)
Do what I do with the building inspector when I need a permit closed out.
Send him a "christmas card" stuffed full of cash.
Works.... well, 9 times out of 10.
1 time out of 10 you end up in jail.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at February 08, 2016 10:39 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 10:39 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 08, 2016 10:39 PM (GEICT)
She modeled for the Beverly Cleary Cover Art.
Posted by: garrett at February 08, 2016 10:32 PM (NHG6e)
As I noted a couple weeks ago, Beverly Cleary is still alive at age 99, while Abe Vigoda is not.
Posted by: rickl at February 08, 2016 10:39 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 08, 2016 10:39 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: L, Elle
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Um... I would be happy to act as an escrow agent.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 10:40 PM (oFSUK)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius)
Elder Abuse! I'll sue!
Posted by: Jimmy McGill at February 08, 2016 10:40 PM (zmW4B)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
She IS a special corner in Hell.
Posted by: Aviator at February 08, 2016 10:40 PM (c7vUv)
I'd like to just send Ace cash in an envelope? Is there a way to do that?
Posted by: L, Elle
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I just want to stuff cash into his g-string....
Posted by: that hot Ewok chick from the Ewoks cartoon at February 08, 2016 10:40 PM (/ciMI)
Thats gay.
And I cool with it.
Posted by: Carlos Danger at February 08, 2016 10:40 PM (NHG6e)
*peers outside to see if it is snowing *
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 10:40 PM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 10:41 PM (voOPb)
Gay men watch straight porn
Lesbians kiss straight pornstar
Blah blah blah
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 08, 2016 10:34 PM (GEICT)
Still trying to figure out how this is anyone's business but those who indulge.
Certainly not mine.
I thought we were supposed to keep out of everyone else's bedroom, and here they are, pushing their bedroom in front of our eyes.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 08, 2016 10:41 PM (+YMhA)
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Address, please?
To: Ace
Under the Brooklyn Bridge
Is not sufficient
.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 10:41 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 08, 2016 10:39 PM (GEICT)
MTV's next show is going to be "Ow, My Balls!" then; they're going to crowd-source the movie "Ass" in a few years. Dear Lord...
Posted by: Thrawn at February 08, 2016 10:41 PM (s87AC)
He didn't get back to me. Hmm... ;-)
(BTW, same offer also goes for Maet and others here.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2016 10:33 PM (ntObR)
How about me qdp?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 10:42 PM (voOPb)
Jamie's cryin...
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2016 10:42 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: 2010 Fashion at February 08, 2016 10:43 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2016 10:43 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 10:43 PM (oFSUK)
If Ace really needs it, he will find it.
Posted by: garrett at February 08, 2016 10:43 PM (NHG6e)
Certainly not mine.
I thought we were supposed to keep out of everyone else's bedroom, and here they are, pushing their bedroom in front of our eyes.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 08, 2016 10:41 PM (+YMhA)
Shock clicks.
The *eyerolly* version of rage clicks.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 08, 2016 10:43 PM (GEICT)
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They only care about abortion
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 10:43 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 08, 2016 10:43 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 08, 2016 10:43 PM (+YMhA)
It's not porn is it?
I can play the part of the wino crazy derelict street person. No need for makeup neither. I already have the fifty year old field jacket.
Posted by: Piran Pasco at February 08, 2016 10:44 PM (Rp1i6)
Posted by: werde at February 08, 2016 10:44 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Thrawn at February 08, 2016 10:41 PM (s87AC)
Uhhhh....hate to tell you, that's been done. Couple movies too.
Called "Jackass".
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 08, 2016 10:44 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 08, 2016 10:44 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: In Exile at February 08, 2016 10:44 PM (Z7AXG)
Just stuff some cash in a mason jar, fill it with urine, seal and bury it in your yard.
If Ace really needs it, he will find it.
Posted by: garrett
Is it necessary to drink your own urine?
Posted by: Patches O'Houlihan at February 08, 2016 10:45 PM (/ciMI)
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Okay, you, whomever you are, yeah, Barrel.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 10:45 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2016 10:45 PM (ntObR)
I thought thats what those Jackass movies were.
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Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 08, 2016 10:45 PM (4ErVI)
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Posted by: gdfgd at February 08, 2016 10:46 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Piran Pasco
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I have a Korean War field jacket. I have used it for decades when crawling under cars to make repairs. Movie companies would kill for this thing, because 'authentic'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 10:46 PM (oFSUK)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 10:47 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 10:47 PM (oFSUK)
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No. I dodged that one Mr. Hammer
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 10:47 PM (voOPb)
Reminds me of Jack White.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-R8Rx-vduY
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 08, 2016 10:47 PM (VdICR)
Posted by: bananaDream at February 08, 2016 10:47 PM (Ag8Mw)
kb carrying so much cheesecake for us tonight. Thanks man!
Is everyone ready for New Hampshire's moment in the sun? WOOOOOO
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 08, 2016 10:47 PM (wh/0F)
It's 2004? Well then:
Rubio 'absolutely' stands by 2004 Florida proposal to give in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants
http://tinyurl.com/jt65p2v
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 08, 2016 10:47 PM (kdS6q)
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Posted by: eman at February 08, 2016 10:48 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 08, 2016 10:48 PM (wh/0F)
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Posted by: LTC O at February 08, 2016 10:48 PM (zZeQj)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 08, 2016 10:48 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 08, 2016 10:48 PM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 10:48 PM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 10:47 PM (oFSUK)
Retro post comes with retro spam. It's part of the ambiance.
Posted by: Maetenloch at February 08, 2016 10:48 PM (pAlYe)
Well?
I forget. What did you do with your power outage a couple of weeks ago?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 10:49 PM (MYl0x)
With all those lace wigs, he could just unravel them and climb down from this place. No need to jump and hurt yourself.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 08, 2016 10:49 PM (6aEEx)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
****
Everybody, let's get banned!
Posted by: Bob Dylan at February 08, 2016 10:49 PM (hVdx9)
#173
I'll be darn. Actual l-a-c-e-w-i-g-s type auto-spam. Haven't seen one of those here for a long time.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 08, 2016 10:49 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 08, 2016 10:49 PM (EZebt)
To: Ace
Under the Brooklyn Bridge
Is not sufficient
.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 10:41 PM (2x3L+)
WHAT????
Santa Claus, North Pole is!
Posted by: Kris Kringle from his Chair at Macy's at February 08, 2016 10:49 PM (f7rv6)
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Well Donnie. At one time I could have voted for you. But fuck you in a yuuge way
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 10:49 PM (voOPb)
Is there any way we could get some buttons here to donate directly from a Visa/ MasterCard/ AmEx/ Discover/ electronic check/ direct bank account debit or something?
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... I'd say "Go, Broncos", but they already went. All. The. Way. at February 08, 2016 10:50 PM (0OG8D)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 10:50 PM (2x3L+)
Address, please?
To: Ace
Under the Brooklyn Bridge
Is not sufficient
----------------------
Third dumpster from left, bang loudly on side with rock.
Posted by: irright at February 08, 2016 10:50 PM (DtNNC)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 10:50 PM (oFSUK)
Also, Super Absorbant.
Posted by: garrett at February 08, 2016 10:50 PM (NHG6e)
Well done sir. Though straight copy paste isn't that much effort. Inserting something into the middle would have been better.
Posted by: buzzion at February 08, 2016 10:51 PM (zt+N6)
Everybody must get stoned man...
Posted by: Bob Dylan at February 08, 2016 10:51 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 08, 2016 10:48 PM (dvuhZ)
Jeb Wanna Be A Dick Bush
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 10:51 PM (voOPb)
Best wishes to the Brandon crew on duty in NH...I'm so jealous and wish I could be with you. Have fun!
Posted by: bossy barb at February 08, 2016 10:51 PM (nPbaV)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
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I did what any red-blooded American boy would do... hunkered down until the linemen got it fixed. Wasn't bad, just a couple of hours.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 10:52 PM (oFSUK)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 10:52 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Barney Frank at February 08, 2016 10:52 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: fluffy at February 08, 2016 10:52 PM (AfsKp)
"Mike Hammer with possibly the greatest hash of all time."
No. The fake Charlie Sheen had that hash last year so it's no..............hey, wait a minute!
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 10:53 PM (MYl0x)
Posted by: freaked at February 08, 2016 10:53 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 10:53 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 08, 2016 10:54 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
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But are any of us ever, REALLY banned?
Posted by: Bob Dylan at February 08, 2016 10:54 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 10:55 PM (MYl0x)
Posted by: freaked at February 08, 2016 10:55 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 10:55 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 08, 2016 10:55 PM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Stacey Keach at February 08, 2016 10:56 PM (0OG8D)
You said you had a generator. How do connect it with the house?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 10:56 PM (MYl0x)
"Mike Hammer with possibly the greatest hash of all time"
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No, andycanuck got ORGY for a while. And some guy got SOCK recently on a thread. He gave it to me btw. I have to apply to Maetenloch to get the sock transferred so it's in transition.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 10:56 PM (2x3L+)
Banning is just a state of mind. Or as Robin Trower once said I'm too rolling stoned
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 10:58 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 08, 2016 10:58 PM (rwI+c)
Then you have the end child grab onto the dead power line going into the house.
Next, crank up the generator... I think you see where this is going.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at February 08, 2016 10:58 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 08, 2016 10:58 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 08, 2016 10:59 PM (wh/0F)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 08, 2016 11:00 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 08, 2016 11:00 PM (rwI+c)
I would love to stick a Franklin right under Ace's g-string, but I can't if the only way to do so is by PayPal.
Posted by: Stacey Keach at February 08, 2016 11:00 PM (0OG8D)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 08, 2016 11:00 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 08, 2016 11:01 PM (wh/0F)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 08, 2016 11:01 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 08, 2016 11:01 PM (VdICR)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 08, 2016 11:01 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 08, 2016 11:01 PM (45oDG)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at February 08, 2016 11:02 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... I'd say "Go, Broncos", but they already went. All. The. Way. at February 08, 2016 11:02 PM (0OG8D)
Guess it's 10 bucks then, whenever I get around to it.
Posted by: Blano at February 08, 2016 11:02 PM (3eoPa)
Keach got busted on a drug charge in England, shipped off to prison there. He wrote a book about it later, euphemistically titled "Spending Christmas With the Queen".
The great irony about that hash is that I constantly forget to drop old socks.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:03 PM (n22zQ)
I would love to stick a Franklin right under Ace's g-string, but I can't if the only way to do so is by PayPal.
Posted by: Stacey Keach at February 08, 2016 11:00 PM
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Will paypal take those throw-away visa/gift cards?
Posted by: irright at February 08, 2016 11:03 PM (DtNNC)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 11:03 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 08, 2016 11:01 PM (VdICR)
Yes. He is a lizard person. His three toed lizard arms only reach to the elbow of his human suit. That's why he's so karate choppy.
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 08, 2016 11:03 PM (wh/0F)
Keep up the good work. I tossed in a couple nickles.
Posted by: harbqll at February 08, 2016 11:04 PM (k7D+q)
Dixville Notch
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 08, 2016 11:04 PM (FkBIv)
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Sounds like ethanol smoke being blown up ones ass
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 11:04 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 08, 2016 11:04 PM (dvuhZ)
Gerald McCraney was always the real Simon. Parker was the mailman's baby.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 11:04 PM (MYl0x)
Posted by: CANDIDATES FOR SALE at February 08, 2016 11:05 PM (oaHu2)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 11:06 PM (voOPb)
They'll have a little media orgy after midnight when they vote.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 08, 2016 11:06 PM (dvuhZ)
What do they say around church?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 11:06 PM (MYl0x)
Posted by: irright at February 08, 2016 11:06 PM (DtNNC)
Got both my field jackets yet. Don't wear them for dirty work, and they look that great faded green that all the fatigues got.
Plus the A's and the bus driver's hat.
Posted by: irongrampa at February 08, 2016 11:06 PM (P/8aq)
Finished XCom 2. I'm happy to report that it isn't just the old game with a new skin *cough*Terror From the Deep*cough*. While the basic tactical engine is essentially unchanged (though it has some useful new anti-frustration features), the tactical gameplay dynamics have changed (if that makes sense). Pretty much all of the aliens have exotic abilities this time around, and the missions mix them up now. Instead of having a mission full of nothing but Sectoids or Mutons, you'll have different kinds of aliens within the patrols you find wandering around the map.
The undercover mechanic is interesting, and fun at times. But I think Firaxis made a couple of key critical errors with it. The timer (when present) also contributes to the problems I've found with it.
The strategic level of the game is quite a bit different. Research is still more or less the same, but everything else has been redone.
Posted by: junior at February 08, 2016 11:06 PM (2vC9U)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... I'd say "Go, Broncos", but they already went. All. The. Way. at February 08, 2016 11:07 PM (0OG8D)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 08, 2016 11:08 PM (ucDmr)
Dixville Notch
Dixville Notch is the famous one. There are two other New Hampshire towns trying to horn in on the action this year.
I was just at a meeting where we talked about it, but I forget. It's the two towns up there that aren't Dixville Notch. One has Mill-something in its name.
The thinking is that Dixville Notch is not going to let these newcomers come flouncing in to its territory and will record its ten votes in ten seconds.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, let all the children boogie at February 08, 2016 11:08 PM (QwqN0)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2016 11:08 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Emily's Tits at February 08, 2016 11:08 PM (VdICR)
Thanks, MisHum. I feel the same way especially when you do the ONT
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 11:08 PM (2x3L+)
Give Ace $20 and there's a chance he'll turn 3.5 liters of Val-u-Rite into comedy gold ... and, possibly, vomit.
_
Posted by: BumperStickerist at February 08, 2016 11:09 PM (8Q1Gy)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, let all the children boogie at February 08, 2016 11:09 PM (QwqN0)
His writing is... it's really something. It's what some asshole at the new yorker would call acerbic, and what some asshole at the national review would call retromingent.
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 08, 2016 11:09 PM (wh/0F)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2016 11:09 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: irright at February 08, 2016 11:09 PM (DtNNC)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 11:09 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: dogfish at February 08, 2016 11:10 PM (0O2Lr)
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"She-Wolf" in Swedish is Ylva - I want that name. And you're only getting $5 but you're gonna love it. Give me a day or two.
Posted by: Miley's Tongue dba Ylva of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy at February 08, 2016 11:10 PM (NTbr4)
Posted by: Israeli Tank at February 08, 2016 11:10 PM (8Q1Gy)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, let all the children boogie
I dropped out. Wait...I was the lace panties candidate.
Posted by: Lindsay Graham at February 08, 2016 11:11 PM (zmW4B)
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You are so sweet L, Elle
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 11:11 PM (voOPb)
Millsfield, which is a suburb of Erroll. They stopped doing it in the 40s, according to Brandon.
The other is Hart's Location, which has been doing it for sometime.
Why aren't you in bed?
Posted by: fluffy at February 08, 2016 11:11 PM (AfsKp)
Ah, ya know. Same shit, new day. MH rumbling around here somewhere.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 11:11 PM (MYl0x)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler
No, Kolchak.
Love Boat captain was Gavin Mcleod.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 08, 2016 11:11 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Emily's Tits at February 08, 2016 11:11 PM (VdICR)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
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Well, that's a bit of an undertaking. The generator is stored down a hill in an outbuilding. That requires that I trudge through the blizzard and haul the thing to the house. Then I rig a cable to a transfer switch. It's not a fun thing to do if the temperature is low and the snow is blowing. I have a threshold temperature inside the house of 60 deg., if it falls below that, then I go to the generator, otherwise, I wait.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:12 PM (n22zQ)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 08, 2016 11:12 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Giant Japanese Jellyfish at February 08, 2016 11:12 PM (8Q1Gy)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 11:13 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: Ghost of kari
This is a problem for me. I think, "yeah, I remember bitchin' about 2012", then I remember 2008 bitchin', then 2004, then... Ace sure is getting older.
Posted by: dogfish at February 08, 2016 11:13 PM (0O2Lr)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 08, 2016 11:13 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 11:14 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Long Bows vs. Ban Hammers at February 08, 2016 11:14 PM (8Q1Gy)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 08, 2016 11:14 PM (ucDmr)
All I've been able to do recently is have my bank block PayPal. If I can't use my PayPal account, nobody can!
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... I'd say "Go, Broncos", but they already went. All. The. Way. at February 08, 2016 11:14 PM (0OG8D)
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S'ok. At this rate they will soon be a footnote in cyber history.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:15 PM (n22zQ)
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 08, 2016 11:16 PM (egOGm)
There are few things in life that give me such joy, as reading your words and ideas every day. That goes for the co-blogs and commenters too.
You are the best thing on the Internet. Keep up the excellent work. We are still surrounded by idiots, and their ranks are getting deeper. Never bothered the 101st Airborne, shouldn't bother us.
Posted by: Commander Jimmy Doolittle at February 08, 2016 11:16 PM (HpwDR)
Posted by: fluffy
*waves at fluffy*
Being useful today put me behind schedule on my minimum bourbon intake.
Glad you were paying attention better than I was.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, let all the children boogie at February 08, 2016 11:16 PM (QwqN0)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... I'd say "Go, Broncos", but they already went. All. The. Way. at February 08, 2016 11:16 PM (0OG8D)
See, there ya go. Plug your generator into the house? How? I'm an electrical idiot but I understand run lines from genny into house to direct strips.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 11:17 PM (MYl0x)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 11:17 PM (V0CWC)
... wait, now? Hadji is playing the sands now.
No. Not the casino.
Hadji is just playing now. In sand.
It is a Muslim thing, you of the Infidels are not understanding of it.
Posted by: Hadji the Muslim Comic at February 08, 2016 11:17 PM (8Q1Gy)
If you try that with a dinky little generator, and there's shorted/faulted lines or significant load, you little generator can't handle it and will see an effective short.
However, if there's an open line feeding you with no load on it somehow, you can nicely backfeed and have a live high voltage line for the lineman to deal with.
If they follow safety protocol properly, they'll ground the hell of the hot lines to make sure which will short your generator.
Some linemen buddies of mine told about one time they found some idiot back feeding. It pissed them off royally. They did the worst thing they could do. The re-energized his back feed spur line, producing and out-of-sync connection. (Two sine waves out of phase). That will be the equivalent of a kick in the little generator's pants, throwing it through the roof, if the breaker's can't open in time.
They were hoping to do as much damage to the idiots generator as possible.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 08, 2016 11:17 PM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Commando Jimmy Doolittle at February 08, 2016 11:17 PM (HpwDR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 08, 2016 10:12 PM
I had that happen to me. All of a sudden the site went to like 4-5 pt, weird.
Someone, CaliGirl?, gave me the advice to hit control +. It worked.
Posted by: Farmer at February 08, 2016 11:18 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Renewed subscription no shirt at February 08, 2016 11:18 PM (45xbG)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 11:19 PM (V0CWC)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
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A 'Transfer Switch' is a switch which takes your residential circuit completely OFF of the mains, your service drop, and connects it to the generator. It's the safe way to do things.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:19 PM (n22zQ)
Posted by: Gabriel Malor, Maritime Law Scholar at February 08, 2016 11:19 PM (8Q1Gy)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 08, 2016 11:20 PM (ucDmr)
No, understand. What if you bit that sum-bitch in the ass? Real good and hard for doing that shit. Just thinking out loud.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 11:20 PM (MYl0x)
Posted by: rickl at February 08, 2016 11:20 PM (sdi6R)
Time Machine Version, Fall 2004.
300 comments, and none by Right Wing Sparkle?
We have been good ... really, really good ...
Posted by: Arbalest at February 08, 2016 11:21 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: fluffy at February 08, 2016 11:21 PM (AfsKp)
Ev-erryboday must get stoned!
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 08, 2016 11:21 PM (wh/0F)
Where is the "Transfer switch?" On the box?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 11:23 PM (MYl0x)
Glad you enjoyed the show.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 11:23 PM (V0CWC)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
And it makes sure you don't back feed power from your generator into the power company lines and kill a lineman.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 08, 2016 11:23 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: dogfish at February 08, 2016 11:13 PM (0O2Lr)
It's a veritable institution. I mean a venerable institution.
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 08, 2016 11:24 PM (wh/0F)
Then you switch over to generator.
I don't mind jury-rigged setups in a pinch, but only if you know what you're doing. Do not set up a possible back-feed (you're backfeeding the mains and transformer feeding your house). That's dangerous to lineman and dangerous for other reasons.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 08, 2016 11:24 PM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
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Separate box. Typical small pieces :
http://tinyurl.com/z2of6g4
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:25 PM (n22zQ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
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A 'Transfer Switch' is a switch which takes your residential circuit completely OFF of the mains, your service drop, and connects it to the generator. It's the safe way to do things.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:19 PM (n22zQ)
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Cheaper fic: wait until the neighbors are gone, and plug an extension cord into one of their outdoor outlets. Use a trenching spade to cut a slit in the sod in which to conceal the cord until it rises on your side of the property line. Plug that into your powerstrip.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 08, 2016 11:25 PM (lutOX)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, let all the children boogie at February 08, 2016 11:25 PM (QwqN0)
Posted by: Madeline Albright at February 08, 2016 11:26 PM (fYFz4)
Venereal institution.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, let all the children boogie
Vestigial incision.
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at February 08, 2016 11:27 PM (zmW4B)
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 08, 2016 11:27 PM (wh/0F)
I agree, thanks for all you do. You are my favorite site. I don't remember when I found Ace, but it was a long time ago. I remember Nice Deb, Laura W.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 08, 2016 11:27 PM (egOGm)
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Awesome Chavez
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 11:27 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 11:06 PM (MYl0x)
I'll take "dissent is not tolerated" for $200, Alex.
Posted by: Blano at February 08, 2016 11:28 PM (3eoPa)
I wish 2004 was here again.
Posted by: In Exile at February 08, 2016 10:32 PM (Z7AXG)
Has your mom had a recent catastrophic head injury? Has she taken to smoking crack?
Posted by: redbanzai at February 08, 2016 11:28 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 08, 2016 11:28 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 11:29 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Frank N Furter at February 08, 2016 11:30 PM (AWwDY)
Get someone in who knows what he's doing.
Lineman do have safety protocols for possible idiots backfeeding as I mentioned about. If a downed or damaged line is supposed to be dead, treat it as hot until you securely ground it. That shorts out any dinky little generators trying to backfeed it.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 08, 2016 11:30 PM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
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A 'Transfer Switch' is a switch which takes your residential circuit completely OFF of the mains, your service drop, and connects it to the generator. It's the safe way to do things.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:19 PM (n22zQ)
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Cheaper fix: wait until the neighbors are gone, and plug an extension cord into one of their outdoor outlets. Use a trenching spade to cut a slit in the sod in which to conceal the cord until it rises on your side of the property line. Plug that into your powerstrip.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 08, 2016 11:30 PM (lutOX)
Posted by: speedster1 at February 08, 2016 11:30 PM (vUcdz)
http://tinyurl.com/z2of6g4"
Okay, I have zero experience with a transfer box. Never been around a generator connection. Makes sense now. I was worried about the conflict but that takes care of it.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 11:30 PM (MYl0x)
Donald Trump isn't a car salesman. He's a massively personal-brand mogul and TV personality.
What do I do about the cognitive dissonance and self-loathing of rooting for someone from a caste (self-promoting personal-branders and TV personalities) I consider responsible for the downfall of our once great nation and who will clearly say anything, literally anything at all, to get what he wants?
I channel it into contempt for noted gang-member marco rubio.
Ok sorry I'm done being serious now I don't usually hang on the ONT and I didn't get to post today.
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 08, 2016 11:30 PM (wh/0F)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 08, 2016 11:31 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 08, 2016 11:31 PM (wh/0F)
Posted by: free tibet, with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at February 08, 2016 11:31 PM (lAXNl)
Just funning you about yer mom Exile... my mom is going to vote for Scankles.
Posted by: redbanzai at February 08, 2016 11:32 PM (NPofj)
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L,Elle I would love to.
I learned for example today dogs can get inner ear infections & scare the shit out of you
Old boy is feeling better after trip to vet
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 11:32 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: free tibet, with purchase of equal or greater value tibet
And the ettes get wet t-shirts.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at February 08, 2016 11:33 PM (zmW4B)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 11:23 PM (V0CWC)
Never saw AC/DC either; I did get to see Zep on my 17th B-day however...memories
Posted by: bill-o at February 08, 2016 11:34 PM (AWwDY)
Ok sorry I'm done being serious now I don't usually hang on the ONT and I didn't get to post today.
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 08, 2016 11:30 PM (wh/0F)
Can rubots join gangs?
Posted by: redbanzai at February 08, 2016 11:34 PM (NPofj)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 11:23 PM (V0CWC)
I saw Van Halen live once. But, it was during the brief Gary Cherone era so I'm not sure it counts. Also, Eddie couldn't play for shit. I've still got the official "Van Halen 3" shirt somewhere in the event I want to wear it and pretend I'm an ironic hipster doofus.
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at February 08, 2016 11:34 PM (jV8Mq)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... I'd say "Go, Broncos", but they already went. All. The. Way. at February 08, 2016 11:35 PM (0OG8D)
Get someone in who knows what he's doing. "
Not dick-ish at all. Couldn't figure out how to seperate one electric source from another. I am not an expert and will require a lot of help.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 11:35 PM (MYl0x)
Posted by: chemjeff at February 08, 2016 11:35 PM (uZNvH)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 08, 2016 11:35 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 08, 2016 10:15 PM
I posted about her sexist rant the night she did it. I see Ace has since then.
It was just all around offensive. In fact it was so unexpected that Hillary maybe reacted w/ hilarity.
But they played ir for their side. Crazy.
Posted by: Farmer at February 08, 2016 11:35 PM (o/90i)
Fed up with it - year of the Fire Monkey, my ass! More like the year of the hangover and pockets stuffed with crumpled receipts and empty hong bao that probably never held more than $2 each.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 08, 2016 11:36 PM (lutOX)
My guess: HAL 9000.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2016 11:08 PM (ntObR)
El Wormo.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 08, 2016 11:36 PM (zc3Db)
I saw van halen with diamond Dave 2 times. First time in 83. I am too young to have seen Zeppelin. My sister saw them at the earl warren show grounds in the early 70's. I would love to see AC/DC.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 08, 2016 11:37 PM (egOGm)
Posted by: CANDIDATES FOR SALE at February 08, 2016 11:37 PM (oaHu2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:38 PM (n22zQ)
Posted by: dogfish at February 08, 2016 11:38 PM (0O2Lr)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 08, 2016 11:38 PM (ucDmr)
So, on balance, and subtracting the hangovers, a net plus.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 08, 2016 11:38 PM (lutOX)
Posted by: CMU VET at February 08, 2016 11:39 PM (ejB0r)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 08, 2016 11:39 PM (UpGcq)
Power goes off. You fire up your generator and then switch over the emergency subpanel to the generator.
That make special subpanels that use some interlocked breakers to serve as a transfer switch and subpanel all in one package.
If you want to get fancy, there are automatic transfer switches that sense power outage and automatically start up the generator and switch over. Then switch back when mains power is restored.
Those cost some bucks though, but are cool.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 08, 2016 11:39 PM (dvuhZ)
My guess: HAL 9000.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2016 11:08 PM (ntObR)
El Wormo.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
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The obvious, 'Dondi'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:39 PM (n22zQ)
Just replaced a curlicue CFL bulb. I'm thinking that I just replaced the
sonofabitch recently. Sure enough, I mrked it when I installed it
7/11/15. "5 Year Bulb" the GE packaging said...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:38 PM (n22zQ)
The only good thing about those damned CFL bulbs is that sucked so hard that they led to the widespread marketing of LED bulbs.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at February 08, 2016 11:39 PM (HalrA)
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Yay! Okay, I sorta white lied. Sorry. Forgive me?
Chi didn't volunteer to do a weekend post, but he did suggest you do one with a partner. I'll try to find him and get him to sign on. Weekends are busy for people so you need a partner to cover if you have real life stuff interfering and can't do the post. I promise I'll contribute with stupid doggeh vids and pics in the background.
Once we find you a partner, we can appeal to our Betters here to make it happen.
I hope this happens! I'm so excited at the possibility.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 11:40 PM (V0CWC)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 08, 2016 11:40 PM (sl+zA)
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 08, 2016 11:37 PM (egOGm)
I saw them around '81. I went to the show two nights in a row and was amazed to see them put the same exact show on - down to Michael whatshisface (the bass player) throwing his bass down on the stage at the same point in the same song. The SAME EXACT SHOW, without even a single note off of script. Pretty disappointing - even though I enjoyed the show the first night.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 08, 2016 11:41 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... I'd say "Go, Broncos", but they already went. All. The. Way. at February 08, 2016 11:35 PM (0OG8D)
AB showed up here once in a while?
Posted by: Blano at February 08, 2016 11:41 PM (3eoPa)
Posted by: Stacey Keach at February 08, 2016 11:41 PM (0OG8D)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:38 PM (n22zQ)
Marketing. It's just marketing. People paying more for an inferior product and feeling good about themselves while doing it.
Sometimes I wish I was stupid enough, or an asshole enough, to buy that crap and feel comfortable using it on other people. Instead I'm just stupid and an asshole and pissed off about it.
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 08, 2016 11:41 PM (wh/0F)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... I'd say "Go, Broncos", but they already went. All. The. Way. at February 08, 2016 11:42 PM (0OG8D)
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Unless they fail. Sister and BIL cabin (they live hundreds of miles away) had a power failure, generator auto-started, but never shut off. Burned off couple hundred gallons of propane fuel before the generator engine bearings burned out.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:42 PM (n22zQ)
Trump: Mighty Mouth
Cruz: The Furriner
Christie: I (heart) Pizza
Kasich: The Mole
Carson: Easy Rider
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2016 11:42 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: CANDIDATES FOR SALE at February 08, 2016 11:37 PM
So you are voting for?
Posted by: Farmer at February 08, 2016 11:43 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:38 PM (n22zQ)
Yeah ... those CFL bulbs are the worst pieces of shit on Earth. They don't really last longer than incandescents, their light sucks donkey shlong and they go dim by the day (so that you think you eyes are failing when it's just the piece of shit, mercury laced bulbs). They are the worst. Fred Upton ought to pay each of us, personally, for the expense he's caused us .. or he can find some other way of making it up to us ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 08, 2016 11:43 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 11:43 PM (MYl0x)
Now, by a decent incandescent, or - better - by lamplight or candlelight, everything is artistic, and everyone is beautiful.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 08, 2016 11:46 PM (lutOX)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 08, 2016 11:46 PM (q2o38)
Posted by: Awnree at February 08, 2016 11:46 PM (HLYqz)
Posted by: free tibet, with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at February 08, 2016 11:46 PM (lAXNl)
Posted by: GOPe (c. 2005) at February 08, 2016 11:47 PM (zmW4B)
Posted by: Ghost of kari
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Well, one reason older people become curmudgeonly is that they have the time to be curmudgeonly. I will pack this bulb up, and send it with a letter to GE, expressing concern about their process/quality control. It won't be the first time.
Most likely they will return a coupon good for $20.00 or so, which is fine. Even if they do nothing, I have taken some small portion of their time, and proven to be a minor annoyance.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:47 PM (n22zQ)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 08, 2016 11:47 PM (lutOX)
That should get us through the election. Well, that and plenty of single-malt scotch.
Posted by: elaine at February 08, 2016 11:48 PM (Y0Piu)
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at February 08, 2016 11:48 PM (jV8Mq)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 11:48 PM (V0CWC)
Hey you Cthulhu. How goes you?
That rhymed.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 11:13 PM (2x3L+)
You could probably do an Al Yankovic of this song with it -- https://youtu.be/7_QveXWAZoo?t=2m46s
Goes well enough. How 'bout you?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2016 11:49 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 08, 2016 11:49 PM (VdICR)
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Well, sure, just look at spectrum. I expect LEDs are as bad, possibly worse.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:49 PM (n22zQ)
Posted by: Ghost of John Brown at February 08, 2016 11:49 PM (Jy5Y7)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 08, 2016 11:50 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 11:50 PM (voOPb)
- Van Halen
- Van Halen II
- VH, Women and Children First
- VH, Fair Warning
- VH, Diver Down
- VH, 1984
Also got 5150 and OU812.
Read a story just now on the cover art on Fair Warning. Yikes, some disturbing imagery there.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2016 11:50 PM (ntObR)
And what are LEDs?
(I still prefer natural light).
Posted by: Bandersnatch, let all the children boogie at February 08, 2016 11:50 PM (QwqN0)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine
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Vaseline... for the lens.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:50 PM (n22zQ)
Fair cop, but: GM's an actual cob, and your examples are plays on a commenter's nic.
BIG diff.
Posted by: speedster1 at February 08, 2016 11:51 PM (vUcdz)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2016 11:51 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2016 11:52 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: jake at February 08, 2016 11:52 PM (Rtn6b)
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at February 08, 2016 11:52 PM (jV8Mq)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 08, 2016 11:52 PM (hlMPp)
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Well, sure, just look at spectrum. I expect LEDs are as bad, possibly worse.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:49 PM (n22zQ)
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I imagine those versed in the dark arts of digital imaging might be able to do something to overcome the cold, flat look of their medium, but us film-users have no choice in the mater. WE pick the light, or we don't snap the shutter.
(I will say, I've had a few commissions where they've paid out the nose and through the ass for me to shoot them on film and present them with uncorrected negative scans when we're done. They all seem to ask if I can do that with their cell-phone or other digital images.....dumbassess.)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 08, 2016 11:52 PM (lutOX)
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Summer of 81? Maybe 80? Road trip from NE Wisconsin to Milwaukee. I remeber the guys I went with and very little after that. Heavy days of booze & drugs. It was the original VH with Diamond Dave
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 11:53 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2016 11:49
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Dealing with stuff. Lost a shoe.
That rhymed too.
:-)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 11:53 PM (V0CWC)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at February 08, 2016 11:53 PM (9ltS8)
Posted by: Steve the Pirate at February 08, 2016 11:53 PM (TnZp4)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 08, 2016 11:53 PM (VdICR)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine
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Vaseline... for the lens.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:50 PM (n22zQ)
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No such cheap tricks for me - and that stuff's a bitch to clean up.......
So I hear.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 08, 2016 11:54 PM (lutOX)
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 08, 2016 11:54 PM (egOGm)
Posted by: jake
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Well, the one in my hand is "Made in China". It is possible that the lighting division doesn't even exist anymore as a real part of GE. I know they were trying to sell their appliance division to Electrolux, but the Feds scotched the deal.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:54 PM (n22zQ)
Saw that earlier. I hope he cherry picks freaks.
If not, then we truly are over the falls.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 08, 2016 11:55 PM (FkBIv)
The standard joke, of course: they charged you $50 to get in... and $200 to get out. ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2016 11:55 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, let all the children boogie at February 08, 2016 11:55 PM (QwqN0)
Posted by: Jean at February 08, 2016 11:55 PM (cXiMR)
I saw them around '81. I went to the show two nights in a row and was amazed to see them put the same exact show on - down to Michael whatshisface (the bass player) throwing his bass down on the stage at the same point in the same song. The SAME EXACT SHOW, without even a single note off of script. Pretty disappointing - even though I enjoyed the show the first night.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 08, 2016 11:41 PM (zc3Db)
That was what made the Grateful Dead so unique. On more than one occasion, I saw them three nights in a row and they didn't play the same song twice.
Posted by: rickl at February 08, 2016 11:56 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at February 08, 2016 11:56 PM (jV8Mq)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine
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Wait.. you can't push process an iPhone?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:56 PM (n22zQ)
Ok sorry I'm done being serious now I don't usually hang on the ONT and I didn't get to post today.
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 08, 2016 11:30 PM
OK, what is dope on Rubio? I've seen some allegations. Sounds like BS to me.
Give us legit sources if you want to be credible. I'm no one's fan at this point.
Posted by: Farmer at February 08, 2016 11:56 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 08, 2016 11:56 PM (hlMPp)
Posted by: qdpsteve
That's how we made money back when I was stripping.
Posted by: Hillary! Rodham-Rodham at February 08, 2016 11:57 PM (zmW4B)
Gave my friends $14 for tickets and they spent the entire morning looking for weed to get, then got the tickets...
which were 3 rows from the very back in the very top.
from there DLR was about the same size as my out stretched thumb
thos loosers slept through almost the entire show
Posted by: jake at February 08, 2016 11:57 PM (Rtn6b)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 08, 2016 11:53 PM (VdICR)
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Light-quality depends on subject, film, and purpose.
Example - when I shoot machinery in black and white, I shoot in direct sunlight, with plenty of bounce, on Fomapan underexposed by a full stop, then develop in a cold Rodinal, with a dash of borax.
Shooting people - I go for Portra, the slower the better, and I'll underexpose by a half-stop or so, using only shadowed daylight when I can't shoot in the golden hour.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 08, 2016 11:57 PM (lutOX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:38 PM (n22zQ)
Yeah, they're absolutely horrible.
Cree has great LED bulbs that will last for a decade or more. There are other good brands, too.
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at February 08, 2016 11:57 PM (dPpmC)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Sold to Haier.
China's Haier buys GE's appliance unit for $5.4 billion
http://tinyurl.com/jmpnpvk
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 08, 2016 11:58 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at February 08, 2016 11:53 PM (9ltS
Also, devious and evil. There was a little startup app called Paydiant near me.
Acquired by paypal.
Venmo is a sweet app and was a nice alternative to paypal.
Owned by paypal.
bastards
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 08, 2016 11:58 PM (wh/0F)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine
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Wait.. you can't push process an iPhone?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 11:56 PM (n22zQ)
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You can, but you need a bucket of used motor oil and a hydraulic die-press.....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 08, 2016 11:59 PM (lutOX)
Yes we are RWC at Wally World tonight with 2 furnace filters & 2 rugs. Single mom, rough looking woman. 3 kids I'm guess in13-18. Girl about 16 4 fucking count em nose rings 5 eye brow rings 2 on one side 3 the other.
Mrs . MH wouldn't allow me to ask her if she was off balance. The othe pr 2 kids were boys dresses up as only people of Walmart can dress up. We left that line for another. Mrs. MH wonder if they were going to pay our SS. I said dear we are probably paying theirs at this time
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 11:59 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: jake at February 08, 2016 11:59 PM (Rtn6b)
Next time you run into Chi ask if he is willing to do a weekend doggeh post with MisHum. It was his idea for someone else to do one with MisHum. I think he and MisHum should do the weekend post together. I will volunteer to send cute doggeh pics and vids their way as an assistant to their efforts.
I'll try to ask him myself. I thought it was a great idea.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 11:59 PM (V0CWC)
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 09, 2016 12:00 AM (wh/0F)
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 09, 2016 12:00 AM (wh/0F)
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at February 08, 2016 11:56 PM (jV8Mq)
You do know that the rules of the HQ are a bit more complicated than Calvinball right?
*dammit, I used more than 3 'a's. Is that a barrel or a banning or do I just need to bring out the gimp.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 09, 2016 12:00 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: rabidfox at February 09, 2016 12:00 AM (EW9tX)
China's Haier buys GE's appliance unit for $5.4 billion
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One supposes that a handsome commission was paid to some apparatchik in the Obama administration.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2016 12:00 AM (n22zQ)
It solves a lot of the issues of shorting out the neighborhood, and if you are going to use a generator, the short lines and not much of a load, the parts are not overly expensive.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2016 12:00 AM (q2o38)
Keep it up Marco, make me like you.
Posted by: Ralph at February 09, 2016 12:01 AM (CCNCh)
"This Is A Recording"
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2016 12:01 AM (ntObR)
All this healthy shit I've done, doctors visits, meds, etc for what
If he made to fifty, wtf am doing wrong.
Posted by: Jean at February 09, 2016 12:01 AM (cXiMR)
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 09, 2016 12:02 AM (wh/0F)
I guarantee whatever they bought you helped pay for.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 09, 2016 12:02 AM (hlMPp)
I want my god dam incandescent light bulb. Fuck Bush 43 and Kate Uptons uncle, uncle Fred the dead Upton
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 09, 2016 12:02 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: RWC
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Yes, but you cursed, which buys a 5 minute indemnity, so you're cool.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2016 12:03 AM (n22zQ)
All this healthy shit I've done, doctors visits, meds, etc for what
If he made to fifty, wtf am doing wrong.
Posted by: Jean
Still standing...I think. Yeah, more or less.
Posted by: Keith Richards at February 09, 2016 12:03 AM (zmW4B)
Posted by: John Katsick at February 09, 2016 12:04 AM (H9MG5)
That pause that LED's now have after you flick the switch gets some getting used to
Posted by: jake at February 09, 2016 12:05 AM (Rtn6b)
Now, he ain't exactly a guy you can't sock, but I'm going to make a ruling. Don't sock him.
- Mr. French
Posted by: Bandersnatch, let all the children boogie at February 09, 2016 12:05 AM (QwqN0)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 09, 2016 12:05 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 09, 2016 12:05 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: Old Blue at February 09, 2016 12:05 AM (9iR5/)
>>>Goes well enough. How 'bout you?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2016 11:49
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Dealing with stuff. Lost a shoe.
That rhymed too.
:-)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 11:53 PM (V0CWC)
If you back the same vid up to the beginning, you see it starts off with "Sailin' Shoes".
How did you lose said shoe?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2016 12:05 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: jake at February 09, 2016 12:06 AM (Rtn6b)
All this healthy shit I've done, doctors visits, meds, etc for what
If he made to fifty, wtf am doing wrong.
Posted by: Jean at February 09, 2016 12:01 AM (cXiMR)
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Srsly? When I saw GnR in concert, I thought they were just a little bit older than me. He's 50?? He'd tell me to get off his lawn.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 09, 2016 12:06 AM (V0CWC)
So a view of the local circus side show was entertaining
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 09, 2016 12:07 AM (voOPb)
I remember the time several months ago when Ace asked us Trump supporters not to slam Rick Wilson here, because he's a "friend of the blog".
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... I'd say "Go, Broncos", but they already went. All. The. Way. at February 09, 2016 12:07 AM (0OG8D)
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L,Elle I would love to.
I learned for example today dogs can get inner ear infections & scare the shit out of you
Old boy is feeling better after trip to vet
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 08, 2016 11:32 PM
Our best to you and the dogs. Bailey is recovering but it's been a long slow process.
Posted by: Farmer at February 09, 2016 12:07 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: jake
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Curiously, I find the abrupt ON-OFF transition of LED brake lights distracting. And, when some vehicles are turning corners, the modulation of LED tail lights becomes apparent, as they become a little streaky. Instant ON-OFF is not natural.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2016 12:08 AM (n22zQ)
Whole Horde 1 dollar each?
Posted by: baldilocks at February 09, 2016 12:08 AM (ys2UW)
Mail Man's Son gets the Notch.
Let the tears flow!
Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2016 12:09 AM (NHG6e)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, let all the children boogie at February 09, 2016 12:09 AM (QwqN0)
Posted by: jake
My LEDs come on instantly. The CFLs did not.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 09, 2016 12:10 AM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 09, 2016 12:10 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 09, 2016 12:10 AM (hlMPp)
If hell was relocated next door to a Wal-Mart, could anyone tell the difference?
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2016 12:12 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: D. Trump at February 09, 2016 12:12 AM (H9MG5)
I'm not sure which candidate would play Rage Against the Machine, but Bernie would tell them to turn it down and use a broom to poke the ceiling.
Walk-in closet superbowl ad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r0FrXXKeiA
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 09, 2016 12:12 AM (VdICR)
I set up the camera on its tripod with the cable release, then broke out the meter. Metering for a good color shot takes some time, as I use reflected and direct readings.... gets me 'closer' to my subject, which is always nice.
"What's that?'
It's my light meter - it tells me where to set the aperture and shutter speed to get the best image with the light we have.
"Can I see it?"
I hand it over.
They both read the label out loud, after fiddling with the clunky dials and buttons on the thing.
"Made in West Germany."
Pause, puzzled face....
"What does that mean?"
Ahh...bless the young....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 09, 2016 12:12 AM (lutOX)
Leaving for Kenya on Sunday. Ticket and hotel given to me as a gift, but I have expenses. Check my nick if interested.
Whole Horde 1 dollar each?
Posted by: baldilocks at February 09, 2016 12:08 AM (ys2UW)
....or, you can buy her book.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2016 12:13 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 09, 2016 12:14 AM (V0CWC)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...now older and senile at February 09, 2016 12:15 AM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2016 12:15 AM (6aEEx)
Posted by: Old Blue at February 09, 2016 12:15 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki, Chief of Proctology, Dixson Notch Regional Medical Center at February 09, 2016 12:15 AM (5csB/)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, let all the children boogie at February 09, 2016 12:15 AM (QwqN0)
Posted by: Old Blue at February 09, 2016 12:17 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 09, 2016 12:19 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: Old Blue at February 09, 2016 12:19 AM (9iR5/)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 09, 2016 12:19 AM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, let all the children boogie at February 09, 2016 12:09 AM
Always so weird. Does this ever correlate w/ the results?
Posted by: Farmer at February 09, 2016 12:19 AM (o/90i)
still do it but won't. I don't think my already craptastic hearing could
take it. Remember that "if its too loud, your too old'. Well, I guess
I'm too old. Last concert I went to was Handels Messiah at the Kennedy
Center in DC. I kind of want to see Postmodern Jukebox now. They seem to
just tour in Europe. Basically I will only go to concerts if I can keep
my fading hearing a little longer. So no loud stuff. My CD player will
have to do when it comes to AC/DC or RUSH.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2016 12:15 AM
Eh. It's just not the same without Bon Scott. I caught AC/DC a number of times back in the old days. THAT was AC/DC. They're ok, now... I really dig "Back in Black" LP... but... they just remind me how much I miss Bon.
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2016 12:20 AM (EWg9n)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 09, 2016 12:21 AM (lutOX)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 09, 2016 12:22 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2016 12:22 AM (EWg9n)
And with that, the silly hour of the primary season is over.
Later 'rons and 'ettes.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, let all the children boogie at February 09, 2016 12:23 AM (QwqN0)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... I'd say "Go, Broncos", but they already went. All. The. Way. at February 09, 2016 12:07 AM (0OG8D)
That was less than three weeks ago.
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 09, 2016 12:23 AM (wh/0F)
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at February 09, 2016 12:23 AM (dPpmC)
But I'll be at work because 'liberal leave' obviously means all the liberals leave.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 09, 2016 12:23 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 09, 2016 12:22 AM (VdICR)
***
"We shut off the gas in Madame's bedroom...."
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 09, 2016 12:24 AM (lutOX)
there will literally be an earthquake in DC from the massive, incredible tantrum she will throw.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2016 12:25 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: D. Trump at February 09, 2016 12:25 AM (H9MG5)
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Hey, puddlegum, don't give up on live music yet. Classical is still incredible and usually in smaller venues with great acoustics. Beethoven, Bach, even Carmina Burana, O Fortuna sound incredible live.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 09, 2016 12:25 AM (V0CWC)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki, Chief of Proctology, Dixson Notch Regional Medical Center at February 09, 2016 12:26 AM (5csB/)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2016 12:27 AM (6aEEx)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2016 12:27 AM (6aEEx)
You sound like the perfect candidate for Quello Concerts! Watch any live concert from your home whenever you want! That's Quello Concerts. We constantly advertise on the radio over and over again! Quello Concerts!
Posted by: buzzion at February 09, 2016 12:29 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2016 12:27 AM (6aEEx)
***
If you're ever down in Texas, go to Kerrville, for the Kerrville Folk Festival.
Good music, good people, heap-big bunch of hippy chicks....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 09, 2016 12:29 AM (lutOX)
Then there's the jazz. Real jazz.
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 09, 2016 12:29 AM (wh/0F)
Posted by: Kevin Canuck at February 09, 2016 12:30 AM (Hlv/w)
Just watched Watters World.
Fuck we are fucked.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 08, 2016 11:52 PM
Indeed. Sorry to say.
Posted by: Farmer at February 09, 2016 12:30 AM (o/90i)
Tomorrow Trump will either be crowned or grounded.
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 09, 2016 12:30 AM (wh/0F)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 09, 2016 12:31 AM (ucDmr)
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Love Bluegrass too! Or a Jazz festival or Zydeco in NOLA or blues in Memphis. Consider it. That would be a great weekend trip.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 09, 2016 12:31 AM (V0CWC)
Posted by: buzzion at February 09, 2016 12:32 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Ghost of kari at February 09, 2016 12:29 AM (wh/0F)
It's all yours. "Real jazz" gets on my nerves. It reminds me of fingernails on a blackboard.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 09, 2016 12:32 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 09, 2016 12:34 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2016 12:22 AM
One of my favorite driving songs.
Thunderstruck...........
But then they tell me I'm old?
F*** that.
Posted by: Farmer at February 09, 2016 12:37 AM (o/90i)
@W7VOA
In afternoon session Nikkei index not covering. Now down more than 900 points. #Japan
Posted by: Thrawn at February 09, 2016 12:39 AM (s87AC)
In other news, I'm coming down with something reallly bad, and I'm going to be hugging the porcelain convenience soon.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 09, 2016 12:40 AM (TnUKj)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2016 12:40 AM (6aEEx)
Easily. Hell would be cleaner and everyone would be forced to use a hoveround with a .25 MPH governor.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 09, 2016 12:40 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 09, 2016 12:41 AM (ucDmr)
If by "real Jazz" you mean let's see how many notes we can squeeze out into space...yeah...annoying. I do like some of the 50s classics though
Posted by: bill-o at February 09, 2016 12:41 AM (AWwDY)
Self immolated, then started fighting the fire crews trying to put him out.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 09, 2016 12:42 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2016 12:43 AM (6aEEx)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2016 12:43 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Zakn at February 09, 2016 12:46 AM (d2pTe)
Just checked YouTube. No "Hitler Reacts to Hillary Losing New Hampshire" yet. A bit surprising. Perhaps this time tomorrow.
Posted by: Arbalest at February 09, 2016 12:47 AM (FlRtG)
Personally, I like vocals with my music, so I'm more of an Anka/ Louie Prima/ Julie London/ Bobby Darin kind of guy when it comes to jazz
I also tend to prefer opera to other forms of classical music, for the same reason. But at least we have a separate classification for opera; jazz doesn't really have that. Pretty much any form of jazz will have vocals, or no vocals, and it doesn't really change the category. Ragtime, Dixieland, Big Band... they can all have vocals, or not, and it doesn't change the style.
Posted by: Stacey Keach at February 09, 2016 12:47 AM (0OG8D)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 10:27 PM (2x3L+)
Funny, the only trouble I have had with them is that they demanded I reset my password to a stronger one. Never any unauthorized charges. Maybe it's not PayPal, maybe it's the people you used them to pay. (and no, I'm not accusing you of buying porn; there's skeevy people selling any number of things)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2016 12:50 AM (Z8fuk)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2016 12:43 AM (6aEEx)
I assume kari meant something that wasn't meant to be watered down for public consumption - i.e. not Sting sort of jazz. At least, that's how I took it. The real atonal, scattered, dissonant sort of jazz.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 09, 2016 12:55 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: In Exile at February 08, 2016 10:34 PM (Z7AXG)
Spurwing (or a damned good copy thereof) comments frequently at Small Dead Animals.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2016 12:55 AM (Z8fuk)
Posted by: MAx at February 09, 2016 12:58 AM (LAliD)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... I'd say "Go, Broncos", but they already went. All. The. Way. at February 09, 2016 12:58 AM (0OG8D)
Really this blond chick is distracting (NHLN On The Fly). Kelly Nash is her name.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2016 12:59 AM (6aEEx)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 09, 2016 12:41 AM
Awesome.
T...trundling off to bed.
Be well you Morons.
Posted by: Farmer at February 09, 2016 01:01 AM (o/90i)
Evening, y'all.
There are some things in life that are just perfect. Like movies you think, I've seen this so often, I can't enjoy watching it again, but then you start, and it sucks you right in. Like what Milady and I watched tonight.
"Ray, if somebody asks you if you're a god, say YES!"
( *sniff* say, this hot tub hasn't had any Syrian Refuse-ees in it, has it? )
Posted by: mindful webworker - you are going to call who? at February 09, 2016 01:02 AM (BN/jk)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 08, 2016 10:46 PM (oFSUK)
I had an ROK MP jacket. Cotton duck exterior, padded, quilted nylon sateen lining. Soft, you could wad it up into a ball, and then shake it out again. Comfortable as Hell. Many pockets. The zipper failed. I think I still have it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2016 01:05 AM (Z8fuk)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at February 08, 2016 10:12 PM (jR7Wy)
SmELl Segundo as we locals like to refer to it?
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 09, 2016 01:07 AM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Frosty the Sta-Puft! at February 09, 2016 01:08 AM (BN/jk)
Posted by: L, Elle at February 08, 2016 10:56 PM (2x3L+)
Heh. I have Z8fuk right now. My best hash ever.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2016 01:10 AM (Z8fuk)
Posted by: Marybeth at February 09, 2016 01:10 AM (7egrg)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 09, 2016 01:10 AM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Arbalest at February 09, 2016 12:47 AM (FlRtG)
Iron Sky, the Citizen Kane of trash-genre movies, has a pretty good spoof.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 09, 2016 01:11 AM (VdICR)
I have an offer you can't refuse. (well, Pixy)
Find the hamster(s) that ate my IP, extract it from it/them so's I can do some posting from the bunker and I'll tip he donation jar generously, $50.00 and two bottles of the high dollar Val-U-Rite so the Head Ewok can have a good night on the town hunting hobos or chasing whatever it is that he chases.
Posted by: Gmac - Waiting on Colombus #two weeks at February 09, 2016 01:12 AM (4pjhs)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 09, 2016 01:16 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 08, 2016 11:17 PM (MYl0x)
TOTALLY SERIOUS Before you plug your house into the generator, you MUST disconnect the house from the power line. If you fail to do this, the most likely result is that the generator dies from trying to power the other 8 houses on your transformer, but there is a small, but non-zero chance that you could electrocute some poor lineman who puts his hand on a 15kV line he expected to be de-energized. (Yes, linemen are supposed to and normally do put shorting bars on lines under repair, but mistakes get made, especially in stormy weather, when there are a great many line problems to fix.)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2016 01:20 AM (Z8fuk)
Posted by: speedster1 at February 09, 2016 01:29 AM (vUcdz)
I used to wear it when I had long hair. I had to stop wearing it when I started going with a buzzcut, though, because people started mistaking me for an actual Marine sergeant, and I don't approve of impersonating a member of the Armed Forces.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... I'd say "Go, Broncos", but they already went. All. The. Way. at February 09, 2016 01:31 AM (0OG8D)
Posted by: Noam Sayen at February 09, 2016 01:33 AM (bIhmV)
Go well with my grandfather's WW1 uniform and my father's WW2 Navy flight jacket.
Useless but precious
Posted by: MAx at February 09, 2016 01:35 AM (LAliD)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 09, 2016 01:38 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 09, 2016 01:38 AM (voOPb)
Well, this was refreshing, in an odd sort of way.
My beverage has been consumed
I have to meet the morning
When we will find how else we're doomed
By Vic's or Monty's warning
Good night, gnats
Posted by: mindful webworker - wrinkly fingers at February 09, 2016 01:39 AM (BN/jk)
In other news, I'm coming down with something reallly bad, and I'm going to be hugging the porcelain convenience soon.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 09, 2016 12:40 AM (TnUKj)
Junior Brown is way cool! You lucky bastard.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2016 01:39 AM (Z8fuk)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at February 09, 2016 01:39 AM (GzDYP)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 09, 2016 01:40 AM (VdICR)
Junior Brown is great. I love his Surf Guitar Medley.
Hello, Horde! Thought I'd check in while I wait for the NyQuil to take effect.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at February 09, 2016 01:43 AM (rJUlF)
Personally, I like vocals with my music, so I'm more of an Anka/ Louie Prima/ Julie London/ Bobby Darin kind of guy when it comes to jazz
I also tend to prefer opera to other forms of classical music, for the same reason. But at least we have a separate classification for opera; jazz doesn't really have that. Pretty much any form of jazz will have vocals, or no vocals, and it doesn't really change the category. Ragtime, Dixieland, Big Band... they can all have vocals, or not, and it doesn't change the style.
Posted by: Stacey Keach at February 09, 2016 12:47 AM (0OG8D)
Scott Joplin was ragtime, and that style is (was) distinct from jazz. At least from the outset, ragtime was composed music, and jazz was collective improvisation. Of course jazz musicians incorporated ragtime melodies into their repertoire, and eventually blurred the distinction.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2016 01:44 AM (Z8fuk)
My brand-new, just bought it a week ago last Friday cell phone.
Meanwhile, my wife and two boys can make all the calls they want on their older phones.
Ain't technology grand...
Posted by: GGE of the Working Horde, NC Chapter at February 09, 2016 01:49 AM (30qi/)
Michelle Jenneke cameltoe at 2:50 in the vid at the sidebar.
Posted by: Noam Sayen at February 09, 2016 01:33 AM (bIhmV)
Ms. Jenneke is a fine specimen of the human female, and it is a joy to watch her move -- just as much as it is wondrous to observe a jumping horse or springing cat. She obviously likes to move and moves well.
But she's also healthy enough to be tickled by the fact that human males will drop one wing and cluck in circles around her.....and it amuses her enough that she wants to share her amusement with other females and males alike. It doesn't cost her anything.
As such, it is a certain kind of feminism -- "I can have fun, be strong and powerful, and make you twitch whenever I want. I am not downtrodden -- I live in an empowering society where we can laugh together about each others' foibles."
I hope Australia's still holding true to that -- I fear that the US is folding into nasty, bitchy, man-hating SJW feminism.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2016 01:54 AM (EzgxV)
Last week it hit 40 at night which is freezing. Now, it's still in the 70s. I hate extremes. The worse was a wind storm last week. I thought my windows were going to be blown out. Weird.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 09, 2016 01:54 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Elvin Jones at February 09, 2016 01:55 AM (CCNCh)
Posted by: Hank Jones at February 09, 2016 01:56 AM (CCNCh)
MAx, that's a nice collection of historic and personal treasures.
The only thing I have from my father's WWII service (he never left CONUS) are the utensils from his mess kit. But they're sort of cool, too. Big "US" stamps on the handles, built very heavy. I keep them in a kitchen drawer with various cooking tools, see them every day when opening that drawer. As a kid we used to play with dad's GI web gear, backpack, helmet liner, binoculars, canteen.
Old friend has the swastika cut out of the rudder of an ME-109 his father shot down - we used to play with that as kids, too (it was just stuck in between the studs of the unfinished garage, like so much WWII treasure has been). He's got it properly stored now.
Then again, guess I could consider that I've got some GI's M1 carbine (1943 Quality Hardware) and the rifles of several soldatsfrom the Red Army (several Mosin Nagants).
Posted by: rhomboid at February 09, 2016 01:56 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Thad at February 09, 2016 01:57 AM (CCNCh)
Posted by: Mel Lewis at February 09, 2016 01:58 AM (CCNCh)
I've been on a Peter Ustinov kick. You can find many of his Poirot movies on youtube and most of them are very good. There are so many productions of Poirot. If only I were an Agatha Christie heir!
There is even an updated Murder on the Orient Express starring Alfred Molina on youtube. It's pretty good. Molina is a great actor.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 09, 2016 02:02 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Kenny Clark at February 09, 2016 02:05 AM (CCNCh)
Posted by: Francy Boland at February 09, 2016 02:06 AM (CCNCh)
I'm not sure what "real jazz" means. Jazz covers such a broad spectrum
of styles. Scott Joplin and Paul Anka are very different, but they're
both jazz legends.
Personally, I like vocals with my music, so I'm more of an Anka/
Louie Prima/ Julie London/ Bobby Darin kind of guy when it comes to jazz
I also tend to prefer opera to other forms of classical music, for
the same reason. But at least we have a separate classification for
opera; jazz doesn't really have that. Pretty much any form of jazz will
have vocals, or no vocals, and it doesn't really change the category.
Ragtime, Dixieland, Big Band... they can all have vocals, or not, and it
doesn't change the style.
Posted by: Stacey Keach at February 09, 2016 12:47 AM (0OG8D)
Scott Joplin was ragtime, and that style is (was) distinct from
jazz. At least from the outset, ragtime was composed music, and jazz was
collective improvisation. Of course jazz musicians incorporated ragtime
melodies into their repertoire, and eventually blurred the distinction.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2016 01:44 AM (Z8fuk)
There is jazz and jazz and jazz and jazz.....
I particularly dislike arhythmic aharmonic collective improvisation. I believe that music should have a beat (though I cherish odd meters); I believe music should mostly be melodious, because I believe that people are built to respond to such; and I believe that music should be structured (though improvisations such as a called-out "12-bar-blues in D" have produced wondrous results).
Where jazz has been refreshing and attractive, it has remained within these bounds; where jazz has become cacophonous noise, it has strayed.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2016 02:07 AM (EzgxV)
There is even an updated Murder on the Orient Express starring Alfred Molina on youtube. It's pretty good. Molina is a great actor.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 09, 2016 02:02 AM (iQIUe)
Peter Ustinov is reputed to be one of the anonymous performers who created the "Crepitation Contest" audio recording back in the 1950's, about a British Empire farting contest, held at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. You can find it on YouTube, but beware, there are many imitations. The original is actually a satire of the CBC style of the day, performed anonymously by CBC regulars, who would have been fired, had they done it publicly. It is a real hoot.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2016 02:08 AM (Z8fuk)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2016 02:07 AM (EzgxV)
Agree wholeheartedly. It's got to have a beat, and a melody, or at least some sort of pattern to it. Sound totally lacking pattern is just noise. Random tweets and honks, or musicians seemingly playing endless scales are not what I call jazz. Leastwise, not what I care to listen to.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2016 02:13 AM (Z8fuk)
Posted by: Bill Basie at February 09, 2016 02:13 AM (CCNCh)
I've been on a Peter Ustinov kick. You can find many of his Poirot
movies on youtube and most of them are very good. There are so many
productions of Poirot. If only I were an Agatha Christie heir!
There is even an updated Murder on the Orient Express starring
Alfred Molina on youtube. It's pretty good. Molina is a great actor.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 09, 2016 02:02 AM (iQIUe)
I think Suchet nailed it to the point where other Poirots are superfluous.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2016 02:16 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2016 02:18 AM (Z8fuk)
Posted by: Bill Basie at February 09, 2016 02:13 AM (CCNCh)
I knew I could count on you for a contrary opinion.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2016 02:20 AM (Z8fuk)
Where jazz has been refreshing and attractive, it has remained within
these bounds; where jazz has become cacophonous noise, it has strayed.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2016 02:07 AM (EzgxV)
Agree wholeheartedly. It's got to have a beat, and a melody, or at least some sort of pattern
to it. Sound totally lacking pattern is just noise. Random tweets and
honks, or musicians seemingly playing endless scales are not what I call
jazz. Leastwise, not what I care to listen to.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2016 02:13 AM (Z8fuk)
Jazz has long had the reputation of bending the rules -- scales that didn't go "C, D, E, F, G, A, B", or didn't even fit in the "Iorian, Dorian, Lydian" space....but like the "bebop scales" were different on the way up or on the way down. Meters like 5/4, 12/8, 9/8. Tonalities that were found in Indian ragas....but, still, they acknowledged the rules, the scales, the rhythms, and the tones. They bent them without breaking them, and that worked.
Break too many, and it's noise.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2016 02:28 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2016 02:16 AM (EzgxV)
Agreed. Just like Jeremy Brett nailed Sherlock Holmes so well that all others are poor imitators (looking at you, Benedict Cumberbatch).
Posted by: RickZ at February 09, 2016 02:34 AM (Ix+HS)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2016 02:28 AM (EzgxV)
Yeah. But if one's ear is not educated as to the rules in effect, it may sound like noise anyway. It's not just jazz. Some rock musicians get too full of themselves, too, and start bending the rules to the point that they lose the thread.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2016 02:34 AM (Z8fuk)
Posted by: RickZ at February 09, 2016 02:34 AM (Ix+HS)
No love for Nigel Rathbone?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2016 02:36 AM (Z8fuk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2016 02:37 AM (Z8fuk)
Kojak is a good one tonight, with Susan Sullivan playing the rich bitch wife of a boring dude, with a big trust fund. He's an ecologist who likes to film birds and other wildlife.
She's an actress, and she sets up an identity as hooker from Texas, on call in a sleezy apartment. Now, she get's her husband to help her read lines from the dialogue of plays and shows she's in (he doesn't pay any attention to what's she really in).
Those lines just happen to be about having an affair with a woman, who gets pregnant and then the man demands an abortion. Which she then plays and records on the hooker identity's answering machine.
She's getting a boyfriend (who happens to be her hairdresser, or is posing as him) to kill the husband, using a gun she bought on the street in her hooker identity.
Kojak stumbled on the case after a robbery of the supposed Hooker's apartment and has heard the messages. He's trying to find out who the man is..... but it unaware the hooker is a fake identity.
I had forgotten how good Kojak stories could be...
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 09, 2016 02:40 AM (dvuhZ)
IMHO, Rathbone slept walked through a lot of those old Sherlock movies.
The only Hollywood treatment to get the mania of Sherlock Holmes was the '76 version, The Severn-Per-Cent Solution, using Holmes' cocaine habit in the plot line. But not good a good movie overall.
Posted by: RickZ at February 09, 2016 02:46 AM (Ix+HS)
I think Suchet nailed it to the point where other Poirots are superfluous.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2016 02:16 AM (EzgxV)
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Even as a big Suchet fan, I say bullshit.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 09, 2016 02:46 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Vertov at February 09, 2016 02:49 AM (UTQ/n)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 09, 2016 02:40 AM (dvuhZ)
From back when tv had decent writers as well as accomplished actors transitioning from the big screen to the little one. Even Mister Ed had good writing, better than most of the garbage on tv today.
Posted by: RickZ at February 09, 2016 02:53 AM (Ix+HS)
Kenneth Brannaugh is next up as Poirot.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 09, 2016 02:54 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2016 02:16 AM (EzgxV)
Suchet played a great Marco Rubio sort of lowlife in The Little Drummer Girl.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 09, 2016 02:56 AM (zc3Db)
Sheesh, you people really disappoint me sometimes...
Posted by: navybrat at February 09, 2016 02:57 AM (8QGte)
One of the worse movies I saw last year was The Lobster. How does that shit even get made???
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 09, 2016 02:57 AM (iQIUe)
Watched Angel Heart again. Disliked it in the 80s and disliked in 2016. Mickey Rourke and Charlotte Rampling were great. Deniro didnt count. All the other actors were horrible. The sets were great, tho.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 09, 2016 03:00 AM (iQIUe)
I think Suchet nailed it to the point where other Poirots are superfluous.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2016 02:16 AM (EzgxV)
Agreed. Just like Jeremy Brett nailed Sherlock Holmes so well that
all others are poor imitators (looking at you, Benedict Cumberbatch).
Posted by: RickZ at February 09, 2016 02:34 AM (Ix+HS)
I think Brett nailed it in period, but Cumberbatch has room to do it in current time -- and did a couple of strong episodes that I saw some nice parts of.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2016 03:03 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Vertov at February 09, 2016 02:49 AM (UTQ/n)
To me, that is why Brett's Sherlock nails it. I also think Cumberbatch is a little young to portray Sherlock, but YMMV on that score. I will admit, though, that I liked Martin Freeman's Watson. He didn't portray the airhead Watson Nigel Bruce did.
As for Bruce WaW, how could someone not appreciate Suchet's fastidious eccentricities as Poirot? He gives OCD a good name. No movie version has even come close to Suchet's wonderful portrayal of Poirot. Suchet's waddle is simply the best. (Also was surprised to find out Suchet is a born again Christian, doing one of those 'Land of the Bible' series on tv.)
Posted by: RickZ at February 09, 2016 03:05 AM (Ix+HS)
I dont know what to think of this:
The Secret Agent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P7mzWQszlk
It's about anarchists. Suchet and a very young Peter Capaldi and based on a Conrad story.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 09, 2016 03:05 AM (iQIUe)
He recognizes them, gives his wife a dirty look, but says nothing and continues to deny. Kojak warns him that hooker is going to kill him, but to no avail, and he leaves.
The guy has a confrontation with Susan Sullivan, and finally starts figuring it out. Just as that moment, her boyfriend calls with what was supposed to be the set-up to get her husband to come meet the boyfriend and shoot him.
He then realizes she's likely going to kill him, and then Susan Sullivan knocks him over the head with something. She gets the boyfriend up there and orders him to shoot the husband right then. He chickens out and she throws him out in disgust. She picks up the gun, and hesitates herself.
Now, Kojak and the boys happen to see the boyfriend coming out, he runs, and they catch him.
Meanwhile, Susan is getting her courage up and finally pulls the trigger. But nothing happens. Safety is still on. She fumbles around with it, and then reaims. At that moment , Kojak bursts into the room, and shoots here, winging her in the gun arm.
The husband then starts coming to.
And now, McCloud is coming on.
Yep, they don't write TV like that any more.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at February 09, 2016 03:06 AM (dvuhZ)
I think Suchet nailed it to the point where other Poirots are superfluous.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2016 02:16 AM (EzgxV)
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Even as a big Suchet fan, I say bullshit.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 09, 2016 02:46 AM (iQIUe)
....and your evidence is.....?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2016 03:07 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 09, 2016 02:54 AM (iQIUe)
Now Kenneth Branagh can be hit or miss in a tv series. I did not like his cop role in 'Wallender', and I really wanted to like it. Branagh, for me, will always be the best Henry V, though.
Posted by: RickZ at February 09, 2016 03:08 AM (Ix+HS)
I actually like Benedict Cumberbatch's Holmes quite a bit. If you read
the originals, Holmes is supposed to be pretty much a prick. A genius,
but still a prick.
Posted by: Vertov at February 09, 2016 02:49 AM (UTQ/n)
I like what I've seen of his Holmes -- but it isn't period. Brett did a great job in period.....I won't give him the closeout of Suchet's Poirot, but it's a really high bar.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2016 03:11 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Vertov at February 09, 2016 03:13 AM (UTQ/n)
Posted by: Vertov at February 09, 2016 02:49 AM (UTQ/n)
Cumberbatch's best work was as the "ass man" cop in Four Lions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLwOmmELQ3E
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 09, 2016 03:13 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Vertov at February 09, 2016 03:16 AM (UTQ/n)
Posted by: Vertov at February 09, 2016 03:13 AM (UTQ/n)
Yeah, I caught that. Really came full circle with that. But like Social Justice Wankers everywhere, one can not expect them to have any literacy. Wailing and gnashing of teeth does not require any kind of historical literacy.
Posted by: RickZ at February 09, 2016 03:20 AM (Ix+HS)
Posted by: Vertov at February 09, 2016 03:21 AM (UTQ/n)
Posted by: RickZ at February 09, 2016 03:05 AM (Ix+HS)
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Did I say that I did not appreciate Suchet or his Poirot?? No, I didnt. Again, Ustinov is also very good. Suchet plays Inspector Jape to Ustinov's Poirot.
Suchet did a couple of docs on St Peter and St Paul which are also very good.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 09, 2016 03:21 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Vertov at February 09, 2016 03:21 AM (UTQ/n)
A very, very funny movie about a bunch of jihadis in England planning an attack. See it if you can. It's friggin hysterical. And the interesting part is that it doesn't really sugarcoat anything. A very sharp, dark humor.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 09, 2016 03:25 AM (zc3Db)
I hear ya. I work at the university that wants to censor MLK for not being diverse enough.
Don't blame the kids. They're being screwed by the adults around here. It's simply pathetic.
Posted by: Vertov at February 09, 2016 03:27 AM (UTQ/n)
and disliked in 2016. Mickey Rourke and Charlotte Rampling were great.
Deniro didnt count. All the other actors were horrible. The sets were
great, tho.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 09, 2016 03:00 AM
Mickey Rourke carried that movie. Such a waste of potential, Mickey Rourke. Great actor, tremendous character portrayals. But, had a poor record of picking films.... with a few exceptions. Angel Heart is actually one of the better ones.
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2016 03:33 AM (EWg9n)
The Pope of Greenwich Village is a classic.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 09, 2016 03:35 AM (zc3Db)
More will be coming, You post pro-socialist shite, I fund Ted Cruz. Hell yes!
Posted by: sexypig at February 09, 2016 03:35 AM (dZQh7)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 09, 2016 03:35 AM
Ah, yes. That was a very good one. I might catch shit for this, but I loved "Barfly" as well.
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2016 03:38 AM (EWg9n)
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2016 03:38 AM (EWg9n)
Absolutely. Barfly was awesome.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 09, 2016 03:39 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Vertov at February 09, 2016 03:27 AM (UTQ/n)
Of course I can blame the kids, especially college-aged ones. They never heard of a library, or visited one? (One has to wonder if they've ever had a library card at all.) Hell, I remember the first time I was taken to the downtown Norfolk Main Library, somewhere around age 6 or 7. I was in awe of all the books. I still remember one of the first books I checked out, the story of the only US survivor of The Battle of The Little Big Horn, a horse name Comanche. At my local branch, I read every WWI fighter book by age 10, Richthofen, Rickenbacker, et.al. In grade school, the nuns cut me off from ready any more WWII/Hitler books, forcing me to read 'something else'. Boy was I bummed.
In my not so humble opinion, many/most of today's college snowflakes are lazy. May not be fair, but that's my view.
Posted by: RickZ at February 09, 2016 03:40 AM (Ix+HS)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 09, 2016 03:41 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 09, 2016 03:39 AM
*fist bump* Awesome. I thought I was a weirdo for loving that drunken, brawling, don't give a fuck, movie. It's a crime it's so little known, or recognised as a classic.
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2016 03:42 AM (EWg9n)
Amen
Posted by: bill-o at February 09, 2016 03:45 AM (AWwDY)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 09, 2016 03:41 AM
Absolutely. Testament to his abilities that he could steal the movie with such a small role. Have you seen his bit part in "The Pledge"? Powerful stuff.
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2016 03:46 AM (EWg9n)
I can't argue with this. It's just - hell, I can't argue. Today's college campus' are - toxic.
Posted by: Vertov at February 09, 2016 03:53 AM (UTQ/n)
Absolutely. Testament to his abilities that he could steal the movie with such a small role. Have you seen his bit part in "The Pledge"? Powerful stuff.
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2016 03:46 AM (EWg9n)
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No. Sounds depressing, tho.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 09, 2016 03:57 AM (iQIUe)
What's up with that?
Posted by: Chi at February 09, 2016 03:58 AM (OUpHg)
Posted by: Vertov at February 09, 2016 03:58 AM (UTQ/n)
What's up with that?
Posted by: Chi at February 09, 2016 03:58 AM (OUpHg)
Tucker get into the hot chilis, then lick your ear while you were asleep?
Posted by: RickZ at February 09, 2016 04:04 AM (Ix+HS)
Posted by: Slapweasel (Cold1) (T) at February 09, 2016 04:08 AM (OQ9R7)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 09, 2016 03:57 AM
It is a downer of a film. It's not a particularly good flick, but it's interesting with a great cast. It's worth it just to catch Rourke's couple of minutes as the father of a long missing girl. Amazing stuff.
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2016 04:11 AM (EWg9n)
Ha!
(That was actually directed at L'Elle, but I fugue she's kinda normal, and sleeping about now)
You do know that the Kirn Memorial Library has been shut down for years now, right? Sad, as i have some pretty fond memories, myself.
I forget what the excuse was - probably to build another unneeded hotel, or a light rail station?
Posted by: Chi at February 09, 2016 04:12 AM (OUpHg)
Posted by: Vertov at February 09, 2016 03:58 AM (UTQ/n)
Today, it's all about being a part of the 'in' crowd: To be liked on Tweeter, to be friended on Farcebook, to text a person sitting across the table from them. I'm not sure kids can be alone with themselves today. They wouldn't know how to entertain themselves without electronic toys. And, of course, teachers teaching down to the lowest common denominator.
Until the government gets out of the education financing business, it will not get better. Now if schools held the loans, and were subject to the defaults, you'd better believe shit would change on campuses lickety-split.
Posted by: RickZ at February 09, 2016 04:12 AM (Ix+HS)
Fine. Be that way, then!
Posted by: Chi at February 09, 2016 04:13 AM (OUpHg)
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2016 04:16 AM (HWcaz)
Chi, no, I didn't know. The last time I was down there, 2008, the branch library off of Little Creeek (across from Little Creek Elementary) was still open. So they don't have a main library anymore, or did they relocate it? And if they just closed it down, what did they do with all the books?
My friend's Mom was the head librarian at the NATO HQ off Hampton Blvd. She had to have a security clearance just to have that job.
Posted by: RickZ at February 09, 2016 04:17 AM (Ix+HS)
Posted by: RickZ at February 09, 2016 04:12 AM (Ix+HS)
That's because teachers ARE the lowest common denominator (going by SAT/GRE scores).
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 09, 2016 04:23 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 09, 2016 04:23 AM (zc3Db)
Yeah, I never understood the reason for an 'education' degree, a degree which teaches one how to teach, not what to teach, or form over content. But one would think colleges/universities would be better than that, but I guess with all the leftist social justice wankers on selection committees, self-selecting for stupidity is their celebratory raison d'etre.
Posted by: RickZ at February 09, 2016 04:31 AM (Ix+HS)
Not sure if they actually relocated it or not, Rick. I know that was the plan, but...
If I wasn't such a lazy shitheel, I'd Google it.
This town has become so craptastic, that it wouldn't surprise me if all the books were just dumped into the Elizabeth river & they "forgot" to open a new main branch. Or "ran out of money!"
But I'm curious now - I'll have to see whatever became of the plans.
Last day or so, free time has been dedicated to research getting my CCP. Which I now understand is easier than getting a library card, so I have that going for me.
I mentioned to one guy on the phone "John Lott" & he said "shit. You're already a mile in front of everyone else. Just by mentioning his name, if you walked in here today, I'd sign off on your certificate."
After that, $50 & an application at city hall, and I should be good to go.
Posted by: Chi at February 09, 2016 04:41 AM (OUpHg)
Posted by: RickZ at February 09, 2016 04:46 AM (Ix+HS)
Posted by: Baldy at February 09, 2016 04:54 AM (1SCTq)
Not far behind journalism majors.....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2016 04:55 AM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 09, 2016 04:55 AM (Zu3d9)
I prefer to call them journaljizm majors. After all, they are our Knee Pad Wearing Media, greedily clutching their well-earned pearl necklaces.
Posted by: RickZ at February 09, 2016 04:58 AM (Ix+HS)
I have always wondered what the hell they teach in those vaunted schools. How to write? Isn't that just called "liberal arts?" Or English 101 and English 102?
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No snow here, just rain, so it's off to work I go.
If you're snowed in, here, edumacate yerself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am7EwmxBAW8
NASA intro to orbital mechanics.
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Sent $50 a few years back.
Since then I've been basically ignored (with the exception of Y-not for a short period-thanks for trying) when the font size shrunk, called an idiot by ace in a broad brush way, too many times to count and now it's never loading adds.
Only reason I show up now is to see how a few commenters I care about are doing.
And since you're always lurking, morning Nam Grunt.
ps- surprised my browser didn't crash while typing this.
Now off to a site that is called looney for reporting stuff years before ace does.
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Aw damn, that's worth a click. And, she's a black African-American woman. Huh. You don't meet a lot of black women named Dagny? You're not looking hard enough. You want to have a drink with her, or with Beyonce?
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That.......and I just wanna be noted as "slicing like a effin hammer" !
The rest of you deadbeats......pull on your big(gender appropriate garments) and send a buck or two.
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