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ONT 5-23-16: Houston, we Have a Slacker Edition [krakatoa]
Ever spend a day in a hotel just watching whatever came on the tube next?
Good, bad, happy, sad, RomCom or Thriller, I just didn't care. I suppose I should have taken some of the helpful suggestions from the EMT comments and found something more interesting to do, but man, my "free time" for the past 2 weeks at home has been spent on a variety of pain-inducing tasks, I have night work to do tonight, and it just felt right to laze the day away. So I watched most or all of 27 Dresses, Lucy, Saving Silverman and Eagle Eye today. I'm not going to review them for you, other than to say my bar for mindless entertainment was low today, and HBO delivered. If your bar is likewise low (and let's face it: "moron horde" kinda advertises its own limitations), you might enjoy them as well. Well, except for Eagle Eye. Man that movie sucks. I'm pretty confident in saying that considering I've now watched it twice. I think the director must have really hated Rachel Monaghan there at the end, when instead of having her kiss him on the lips, he had her kiss Shia Lebeouf on his patented 5-day homeless-dude cheek-scruff. He looks like he's contracted Bunny Pox.It was a trivial movie day, so here's 51 movie trivia items. I don't know that any of it is particular mind-blowing, other than the suggestion that Charlie Sheen's preparation for his cameo in Ferris Bueller's Day off could be labeled "preparation" rather than just being Charlie Sheen.
If you were looking for a reason to not go to Canada (and some people go so far as to alphabetize their reasons) you can add this to your list. Samuel Jackson has already purchased the movie rights.
Yesterday I texted my wife as my first flight started its 20 minute tarmac delay.
"Holy Crap, but some ahole has decided now is the time to enjoy their tuna-fish salad sandwich"The delay almost made me miss my next flight but too my relief, not only did I make it, but the only food smell on the next plane was pizza. I let my wife know, and she told me something so horrifying and crazy it must be true:
"While in Denmark, I discovered that Scandinavians eat corn and tuna pizzas. Regularly enough that it's on buffets & menus."Stupid snowbillies can't even pizza right. I was tempted to post a picture of that abomination here, but it wasn't long ago that this space was tormented with images of Yoko. The reek of that has only just begun to wear off.
What did you used to do before Ace of Spades HQ? I spent quite a bit of time lowbrowing, where I learned things about alternate toothbrush uses and never trusting farts, and other assorted bits of guttural wisdom.
Girls and ladies:It was a sad that they shut down, but at least the Internet Archive remembers. So any time I really need a shadenfreudian pick-me-up, it's only a couple clicks away. I think most of you could relate:
When you invite any male co-workers to your home on purely non-romantic social occasions. You should, of course, hide the contents of your panty drawer, but, much more important, you should ALWAYS hide your laundry hamper. Or not, as you prefer...
About Lowbrow.com Lowbrow.com is dedicated to bringing you the best user submitted content about scraping the bottom and being a general piece of shit. It is about moments where you said something completely inappropriate, where you stuck your foot in your mouth, or stamped the air out of some poor fuck's lungs. Lowbrow.com is about calling people names, shitting in their pudding, pushing them down stairs, eating white bread and expired fruit pies from the bakery outlet and drinking "charcoal filtered" vodka - straight from the plastic two liter bottle. Lowbrow.com is about vomiting on a city bus, mistaking someone's sex, driving your car through a garage door, taking swings at police, and standing on the front step of your trailer home with a loaded shotgun and a can of Old Milwaukee's Best. Lowbrow.com is about criticizing people, it's about knowing what's right, being better than the next guy, and spouting barstool philosophy. Lowbrow.com is about sweat stains on your wife beater t-shirt, shaving your head, but not your mutton-chops, owning cars with "t-tops," eating at fast food restaurants, and having full-time diarrhea. Lowbrow.com is not about unrequited love, being dumped, or teen angst - unless there is an unbelievably cruel, nasty or embarrassing aspect to the story. Stories of infidelity, incredible sex with strangers, and/or sitting home alone masturbating are, however, encouraged.
So it's Maet's third week in Japan, and I believe he has finally moved into the "vacation" stage of things. One can hope his vacation is at least as joyous & full of introspective illuminations as Strindberg's:
Tonight's ONT brought to you a vague sense of foreboding.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 23, 2016 10:17 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Aviator at May 23, 2016 10:17 PM (c7vUv)
Posted by: Blano at May 23, 2016 10:18 PM (heN73)
Posted by: Blano at May 23, 2016 10:18 PM (heN73)
Posted by: emergency medical team at May 23, 2016 10:19 PM (PLnZs)
Posted by: krakatoa at May 23, 2016 10:20 PM (4yuiq)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 23, 2016 10:20 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 23, 2016 10:22 PM (PuleJ)
Posted by: eman at May 23, 2016 10:22 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 23, 2016 10:22 PM (voOPb)
And in Japan, Mayu Tomita remains in a coma after a fan stabbed her 20 times. It seems she did not appreciate his present to her, no word on what the present was.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/zf49vou
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 10:22 PM (6TBbF)
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 23, 2016 10:22 PM (PuleJ)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 23, 2016 10:23 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 23, 2016 10:24 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: japanese emergency medical team at May 23, 2016 10:24 PM (PLnZs)
All I can say seriously is,
Just goes to show, stay off of social media.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 23, 2016 10:24 PM (PuleJ)
will get shot or be the shooter. They claim an 80% accuracy rate.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hwr63kq
Lawsuit about it being racist in 5, 4, 3 ...
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 10:25 PM (6TBbF)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:25 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2016 10:25 PM (aoFFB)
Well, there was LGF, before they got the pics of Chas with da Sea Lion....
There's still rantburg, if that's your thing....
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 23, 2016 10:26 PM (PuleJ)
http://tinyurl.com/j4ok8db
Posted by: An Observation at May 23, 2016 10:27 PM (D43iv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 10:27 PM (6TBbF)
Exactly what parameters are they predicting?
If it is the one characteristic I'm thinking of, I'm surprised the success rate is not higher than 80%!
Posted by: Hrothgar at May 23, 2016 10:27 PM (wYnyS)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 23, 2016 10:27 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 23, 2016 10:27 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:28 PM (5p18q)
Meanwhile, the Chicago PD is using an algorithm to try and predict who
will get shot or be the shooter. They claim an 80% accuracy rate.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hwr63kq
Person Of Interest?
Posted by: Mister Magoo at May 23, 2016 10:28 PM (/7JDl)
"13 there was something before the hq? "
Well, there was LGF, before they got the pics of Chas with da Sea Lion....
There's still rantburg, if that's your thing....
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 23, 2016 10:26 PM (PuleJ)
oh yes.....that place.....where we all got banned....
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 23, 2016 10:28 PM (0O7c5)
Saving Silverman had it's moments.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 23, 2016 10:28 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: garrett
I rank this statement as mostly....true.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...pondering the future at May 23, 2016 10:28 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:28 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 10:29 PM (6TBbF)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 23, 2016 10:29 PM (PLnZs)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4831420/
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:28 PM (5p18q)
*****
No question, yes you are.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 23, 2016 10:29 PM (YLidQ)
27 dresses
Was one of them blue?
corn and tuna pizzas.
OMFG that is a sacrilege
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:25 PM (5p18q)
You up to making one of those Jeff?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 23, 2016 10:29 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 23, 2016 10:29 PM (PuleJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 10:30 PM (6TBbF)
Or am I just the only one that will admit to frequenting it?
Posted by: krakatoa at May 23, 2016 10:30 PM (4yuiq)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 10:31 PM (ORH8o)
Posted by: Pete Seria at May 23, 2016 10:31 PM (/pOl7)
Scandis are not only unoriginal, but pikers.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 23, 2016 10:31 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 23, 2016 10:29 PM (voOPb)
Are you kidding? Even I have standards
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:32 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2016 10:32 PM (aoFFB)
One of the classic Japanese pizzas is "corn, squid ink and mayonnaise" pizza. To be followed by raw horseflesh ice cream.
Not nuked enough.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 23, 2016 10:32 PM (k4M/B)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 23, 2016 10:32 PM (voOPb)
Do you have an E-Z recipe that I can try?
(please no corn or tuna)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:32 PM (5p18q)
Or am I just the only one that will admit to frequenting it?
Posted by: krakatoa at May 23, 2016 10:30 PM (4yuiq)
****
You just told me about it. I would have been there for years if I had previously known about it.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 23, 2016 10:32 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 10:33 PM (6TBbF)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:33 PM (5p18q)
I saw Raw Horseflesh Ice Cream open for The Meat Puppets at Bonnaroo 94!
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2016 10:33 PM (aoFFB)
http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/g2619/ussr-space-dogs-photos/
In the early days of the Space Age before humans went into space, the US used monkeys and chimpanzees as test subjects, while the Russians used dogs.
There's even a picture of a doggeh space suit.
Posted by: rickl at May 23, 2016 10:33 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:32 PM (5p18q)
Standards? Plural?
Posted by: krakatoa at May 23, 2016 10:34 PM (4yuiq)
Like, do you even Horde?
/s
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 23, 2016 10:34 PM (McRlu)
I think I just threw up a little bit.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 10:34 PM (ORH8o)
Posted by: rickl at May 23, 2016 10:33 PM (sdi6R)
But no kitteh space suit... hmm...
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:34 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 10:34 PM (6TBbF)
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2016 10:34 PM (aoFFB)
Standards? Plural?
Posted by: krakatoa at May 23, 2016 10:34 PM (4yuiq)
1. No corn and tuna pizza
2. No room temperature beer
well okay maybe you are right
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:35 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: Samuel L Jackson at May 23, 2016 10:35 PM (RNm4q)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 23, 2016 10:35 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 23, 2016 10:36 PM (voOPb)
He's likely moved into the Hentai Porn stage of things
Or sex robots
Posted by: kbdabear at May 23, 2016 10:36 PM (RNm4q)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:36 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 23, 2016 10:36 PM (kP16F)
(((qdpsteve turns around, eats slice of pizza slathered in anchovies)))
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 23, 2016 10:36 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 10:37 PM (6TBbF)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 23, 2016 10:37 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:33 PM (5p18q) fnord (5p18q)
A relatively simple web search would disabuse you of this notion.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 23, 2016 10:37 PM (wB8Tg)
He's likely moved into the Hentai Porn stage of things
Or sex robots
Posted by: kbdabear at May 23, 2016 10:36 PM (RNm4q)
are those mutually exclusive categories?
asking for a friend
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:37 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2016 10:34 PM (aoFFB)
*****
Yeah, I predict another 4 line ONT tomorrow night because so much of this ONT is going to the "look at me!", why would a COB bother?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 23, 2016 10:37 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 10:38 PM (6TBbF)
yeah I"m calling bullshit on this one
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:33 PM (5p18q) fnord (5p18q)
A relatively simple web search would disabuse you of this notion.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 23, 2016 10:37 PM (wB8Tg)
Are you serious????
OMFG that is awful
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:38 PM (5p18q)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/734790387479412737
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/734790516672335872
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/734790662499897344
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/734790810340728832
Posted by: kbdabear at May 23, 2016 10:38 PM (RNm4q)
I will be your guest Cob tomorrow night. And believe me I have more than 4 lines for you morons
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 23, 2016 10:39 PM (voOPb)
Do you have an E-Z recipe that I can try?
(please no corn or tuna)
Posted by: chemjeff
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Wop! open a can of bicuits.
Flatten them using a cold can of Rolling Rock.
Spoon on Ragu.
Cover in mozzarella & toppings of your choice.
Bake.
Posted by: Chi at May 23, 2016 10:39 PM (YaSSM)
https://youtu.be/Ui7tHYKoyYs
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 10:37 PM (6TBbF) fnord (6TBbF)
It even has porn music.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 23, 2016 10:39 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 10:39 PM (6TBbF)
And I think it's gonna be a long, long, time
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the dog they think I am at home
Ah, no no no...
I'm a rocket dog
Rocket dog
Chewin' up this bone
Up here alone
Posted by: Rocket Dog at May 23, 2016 10:40 PM (k4M/B)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 23, 2016 10:39 PM (voOPb)
*****
You missed my point, but I gotta believe that was intentional.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 23, 2016 10:40 PM (YLidQ)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/734791002490163200
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/734791152046473217
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/734791308854722561
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/734791471694389248
Posted by: kbdabear at May 23, 2016 10:40 PM (RNm4q)
OMFG that is awful
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:38 PM (5p18q) fnord (5p18q)
The good news is, Koreans love American BBQ.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 23, 2016 10:41 PM (wB8Tg)
because so much of this ONT is going to the "look at me!", why would a
COB bother?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 23, 2016 10:37 PM (YLidQ)
Are you referring to the less-than-50-posts-per-week commenting tear that I have been on lately?
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:41 PM (5p18q)
"That Vietnamese Bikini Airline Just Ordered $11 Billion Worth Of Boeing Jets" (link to maxim.com)
http://tinyurl.com/zzzk4d8
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 23, 2016 10:41 PM (ntObR)
/s
Posted by: Jim at May 23, 2016 10:34 PM (McRlu)
I tell ya, if this wasn't a one-day (night, actually) gig, I would have definitely tried to set up something.
But I came with one change of clothes, so figured a day of debauchery would have potentially made for a flight of shame tomorrow.
The TSA has just started pegging me for extra searches again now that the threat level is up, they have been publicly embarrassed, and I always travel with wires & tools.
I'd try to tell them it's just for clock-making, but I'm not Arab enough to pull that off.
Posted by: krakatoa at May 23, 2016 10:42 PM (4yuiq)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 23, 2016 10:42 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at May 23, 2016 10:42 PM (OjM0b)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 10:42 PM (ORH8o)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 10:34 PM (6TBbF)
Most of the dogs went on suborbital flights into space, and many of them were recovered. Some weren't, as was the case with some of our monkeys. Early rockets weren't terribly reliable.
Laika was the first living creature to orbit the Earth, and it was a suicide mission, because there was no means to bring a satellite back down from orbit. The Soviets were all about scoring propaganda coups in those days, and this was a way to show that their rockets were more powerful and more capable than ours.
Posted by: rickl at May 23, 2016 10:43 PM (sdi6R)
Flatten them using a cold can of Rolling Rock.
Spoon on Ragu.
Cover in mozzarella toppings of your choice.
Bake.
Posted by: Chi at May 23, 2016 10:39 PM (YaSSM)
Okay I will have to try that, thanks
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:43 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2016 10:43 PM (aoFFB)
Tell me about it.
Posted by: Radio Shack executive at May 23, 2016 10:43 PM (PLnZs)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 23, 2016 10:44 PM (voOPb)
Flatten them using a cold can of Rolling Rock.
Spoon on Ragu.
Cover in mozzarella & toppings of your choice.
Bake.
Posted by: Chi at May 23, 2016 10:39 PM (YaSSM) fnord (YaSSM)
Biscuit pizza is indeed simple and awesome.
I would not use Ragu (and personally I can't use the canned biscuits, and this is a huge annoyance, because they are *so* good and easy).
Prego makes good pizza sauce, Contadina canned with italian herbs is better.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 23, 2016 10:44 PM (wB8Tg)
http://tinyurl.com/zzzk4d8
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 23, 2016 10:41 PM (ntObR)
Is Barry going to demand that they hire trannies or is Air Force One already fully stocked with those?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 23, 2016 10:44 PM (45oDG)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 10:45 PM (ORH8o)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 10:45 PM (6TBbF)
"http://tinyurl.com/zzzk4d8"
Third from left is mine. Don't none you bastards be ogling her.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 10:45 PM (ORH8o)
Oh man they all look good. But I call dibs on second from right.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:46 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2016 10:46 PM (aoFFB)
Wonder if they have an in-flight game called Spot The Tranny?? ("Guess which one correctly and your next flight is free!")
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 23, 2016 10:46 PM (ntObR)
It might just be that movies are no longer something I can enjoy.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 23, 2016 10:46 PM (AroJD)
President Obama Says Death of Taliban Leader Is a "Milestone"
Apparently not a grim one.
Notice the delicate phrasing, sounds like the Leader died of old age rather than being blown up and burned beyond recognition along with his wife.
War is so antiseptic these days compared to the Burning Bush Times. When was the last time you heard anything about collateral damage?
Posted by: Meremortal, Someone's French sucks at May 23, 2016 10:47 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 23, 2016 10:46 PM (AroJD)
Just wait!
Posted by: J.J. Abrams with his new and improved lens flare! at May 23, 2016 10:47 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 23, 2016 10:47 PM (PLnZs)
Posted by: Chi at May 23, 2016 10:39 PM (YaSSM)
----------------
I can't do that.
It frightens me. Y'no, when it goes POW!!!! and the little dough boy jumps out.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 23, 2016 10:48 PM (T/5A0)
Not really.
Posted by: sinalco at May 23, 2016 10:48 PM (yODqO)
HELLO everyone.
Posted by: iforgot at May 23, 2016 10:48 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: An Observation at May 23, 2016 10:48 PM (D43iv)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:48 PM (5p18q)
I think I just threw up a little bit.
Coincidentally, that's another classic Japanese pizza...
Posted by: t-bird at May 23, 2016 10:48 PM (mxCgt)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 23, 2016 10:48 PM (PLnZs)
Let me bark among the stars
Let me see what butts smell like
On Jupiter and Mars
Posted by: occam's brassiere at May 23, 2016 10:49 PM (OjM0b)
Posted by: rickl at May 23, 2016 10:33 PM (sdi6R)
But no kitteh space suit... hmm...
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:34 PM (5p18q)
No, but here are cats in zero-G:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTkFIE_-kL8
Posted by: rickl at May 23, 2016 10:49 PM (sdi6R)
Rush Limbaugh won't endorse Trump. It's a moot point. Hannity continues to suck away. [Mis. Hum.]
Fuck you Mis. Hum.
Posted by: Nevertrumps are traitors at May 23, 2016 10:49 PM (pQ7f/)
I used to blog and do social media and make comments on other weblogs. But now...
Posted by: sinalco at May 23, 2016 10:49 PM (yODqO)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 23, 2016 10:49 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Bill Clinton at May 23, 2016 10:49 PM (BO/km)
President Obama Says Death of Taliban Leader Is a "Milestone"
That guy was droned in Pakistan and the Pakis aren't real happy about it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 23, 2016 10:50 PM (k4M/B)
It might just be that movies are no longer something I can enjoy.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 23, 2016 10:46 PM (AroJD)
---------------------
Try something different. How about Weiner, the documentary? I'mma see an advance screening this Thursday! You don't live in Texas by any chance, do you?
Posted by: iforgot at May 23, 2016 10:50 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 10:51 PM (6TBbF)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2016 10:51 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: krakatoa at May 23, 2016 10:51 PM (4yuiq)
Hi iforgot
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:48 PM (5p18q)
-----------------
Personal attention, I like that.
Posted by: iforgot at May 23, 2016 10:51 PM (5o5ek)
We've got pistol ranges, BBQ and coffee goes quite well with a fine cigar.
Adapt, improvise, overcome.
Worry not though, rain checks are honored 'round here.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 23, 2016 10:52 PM (McRlu)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTkFIE_-kL8
Posted by: rickl at May 23, 2016 10:49 PM (sdi6R)
oh those poor kittehs!
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:52 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: sinalco at May 23, 2016 10:52 PM (yODqO)
"http://tinyurl.com/zzzk4d8"
Third from left is mine. Don't none you bastards be ogling her.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 10:45 PM (ORH8o)
Oh man they all look good. But I call dibs on second from right.
Posted by: chemjeff
****
Wow. They tuck their penises in really well.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 23, 2016 10:52 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 10:53 PM (6TBbF)
He probably argues that his Pakistani passport entitles him.
Posted by: t-bird at May 23, 2016 10:53 PM (yddCj)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:53 PM (5p18q)
Most of my time was on hockey blogs, and then Hot Air and Ponytail Boys place. Was there in 2008 when he started to go off the rails and ban anyone who even dared to think of disagreeing with him in the slightest.
Late August of 2008 is when this became my go to political/social/economic source.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 23, 2016 10:53 PM (1JnAL)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 23, 2016 10:54 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 23, 2016 10:54 PM (k4M/B)
Posted by: Sixkiller at May 23, 2016 10:54 PM (pcyHg)
which led to me wasting time watching more videos of Maoris singing, including this amazing video of the 100th Battalion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFe97vHRvIE
Posted by: biancaneve at May 23, 2016 10:54 PM (xa+7G)
And since we're taking dibs on Ricardo's pic, pale Gemma Arterton impersonator center right.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 23, 2016 10:54 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 10:55 PM (6TBbF)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 23, 2016 10:55 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 23, 2016 10:55 PM (hVdx9)
https://www.google.com/#q=tortilla+pizza
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 23, 2016 10:54 PM (k4M/B)
I had a taco pizza, last night, from Casey's, who have pretty good pizza IMO. It was a bit underwhelming. Won't be ordering that again.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:55 PM (5p18q)
He said that weed was prevalent and cheap.
The place he stayed at offered "special tea", i.e. tea brewed with weed.
And the people who stayed in their room just before them had just up and left them a present of a giant honking plastic baggie full of weed.
No word on the trannies. I think you still gotta go to Thailand for them.
Posted by: Lewis at May 23, 2016 10:56 PM (Kvk9o)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 23, 2016 10:56 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 23, 2016 10:56 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 10:56 PM (ORH8o)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 23, 2016 10:56 PM (08Znv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 10:56 PM (6TBbF)
That's because they're girls, so....
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
****
keep telling yourself that.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 23, 2016 10:57 PM (hVdx9)
iforgot - what's shakin'?
Are you in Texas?
Posted by: Sixkiller at May 23, 2016 10:54 PM (pcyHg)
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Yup, Austin.
Posted by: iforgot at May 23, 2016 10:57 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: Sixkiller at May 23, 2016 10:57 PM (pcyHg)
I was wandering the vast wasteland of the Internets and sat down wearily on the steps of the ONT. Someone gave me a blanket and after some time and the fever passed I knew I had found a home.
Posted by: freaked at May 23, 2016 10:58 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 23, 2016 10:58 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:58 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 23, 2016 10:58 PM (C9pBZ)
Actually tried it one time. Girl I used to see like it so I tried it. It was not what I expected.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 10:58 PM (ORH8o)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:58 PM (5p18q)
Kill Sunni Gaddafi, kid gloves for Shia Assad.
Valerie, is that you?
Posted by: Meremortal, Someone's French sucks at May 23, 2016 10:59 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2016 10:51 PM (EZebt)
Goulash would be better
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 23, 2016 10:59 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: iforgot at May 23, 2016 10:57 PM (5o5ek)
Ahhhh...Austin. The blue pond in a red state.
Posted by: Sixkiller at May 23, 2016 10:59 PM (pcyHg)
i did act as a judge on Iron Blogger and did product reviews for someplace I can't remember now. and of course did a blog, wrote a novel and some gaming stuff etc etc. What we all do, basically.
Lowbrow sounds awful, sorry.
Posted by: The King of Cartoons at May 23, 2016 10:59 PM (Cq0oW)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/za59gzn
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2016 10:59 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 23, 2016 10:59 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 23, 2016 11:00 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 23, 2016 10:28 PM (0O7c5)
PG!!! That was quite the night we all got banninated. I hope our not so little friend & his bag o'snakes will pay us a visit. It's been far too long...
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 23, 2016 11:00 PM (bpTue)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at May 23, 2016 11:00 PM (Cq0oW)
Posted by: Cheri at May 23, 2016 11:00 PM (TmVQX)
The Orient is light years ahead of us in Penis Tape Technology.
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2016 11:00 PM (aoFFB)
Before that, I hung out at "neutral" places like CNN when they had a chat room. of course it wasn't all that neutral. but I did enjoy the discussions occasionally.
before that, it was Usenet
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 11:01 PM (5p18q)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Those 'eggs' were actually listening devices.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2016 11:01 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: chemjeff
****
Ok. Ok. They don't all have penises. One does, but not all of them.
Tranny surprise.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 23, 2016 11:01 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 23, 2016 11:02 PM (C9pBZ)
LGF and then Discarded Lies.
Ace likes to rant about Chuckles never hotlinking him (which is true), but Ace was just so damn on fire that Chuckles was linking him thrice weekly, and so I was like, I gotta read this guy's blog.
And so here I am. (With an interim couple years at Discarded Lies, admittedly.)
Posted by: Lewis at May 23, 2016 11:02 PM (Kvk9o)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 23, 2016 11:02 PM (fC9RO)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 23, 2016 11:03 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2016 11:03 PM (9mTYi)
Before that, I hung out at "neutral" places like CNN when they had a chat room. of course it wasn't all that neutral. but I did enjoy the discussions occasionally.
before that, it was Usenet
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 11:01 PM (5p18q)
****
I'm surprised at this. I'm sure you and Staypuffed Erik have much in common.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 23, 2016 11:03 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 11:03 PM (5p18q)
I think I got here thru Powerline. They were appalled by the language, but linked a post over here. I'd consult Google to be sure, but I just deleted (yeah, right) a zillion years of tracking data the other day.
Posted by: t-bird at May 23, 2016 11:03 PM (yddCj)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/734790387479412737
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/734790516672335872
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/734790662499897344
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/734790810340728832
Posted by: kbdabear at May 23, 2016 10:38 PM (RNm4q)
Must...not...use...work....computer...
Posted by: Blano at May 23, 2016 11:03 PM (heN73)
Yes. All of Pearl. I hear some bad things about HNL in general (dirty, homeless people EVERYWHERE) but still. I don't know if you can still see anything at Wheeler or Bellows.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 11:03 PM (ORH8o)
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at May 23, 2016 11:04 PM (R5HRU)
LFG, proudly banned.
FreeRepublic, still go there.
The Captain's Quarters
Trans-Asian Axis - anybody go there?
Posted by: Meremortal, Someone's French sucks at May 23, 2016 11:04 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 11:04 PM (5p18q)
Heard many terrible things in San Franpsycho belly.
Next day, volunteered for duty in Siberia.
Posted by: Disgusted Russian at May 23, 2016 11:05 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: L, Elle at May 23, 2016 11:05 PM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 23, 2016 11:05 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 11:05 PM (5p18q)
And in Japan, Mayu Tomita remains in a coma after a fan stabbed her 20 times. It seems she did not appreciate his present to her, no word on what the present was.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/zf49vou
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 10:22 PM (6TBbF)
People suck
Posted by: bill-o at May 23, 2016 11:06 PM (AWwDY)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at May 23, 2016 11:06 PM (sl+zA)
Posted by: Disgusted Russian at May 23, 2016 11:06 PM (hVdx9)
That's the Tranny.
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2016 10:46 PM (aoFFB)
He knew that.
*ducks and runs*
Posted by: Blano at May 23, 2016 11:07 PM (heN73)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 23, 2016 11:07 PM (bpTue)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 11:04 PM (5p18q)
The Scary Devil Monastery was fun in the early 90s.
(Anagram for alt.sysadmin.recovery, kind of the Geek Of Geeks hangout).
I remember during the showing of Babylon 5 some of the writers/cast would show up on the usenet forum. That would be beyond insane today.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 23, 2016 11:07 PM (wB8Tg)
Then I found HughHewitt.com, before I realized Hugh was a complete GOPe apparatchik. However, he did turn me onto a lot of other great blogs, including Michelle Malkin and here.
There also was a great blog that I've told you all about before, called Right Thinking From The Left Coast. Wasn't actually righty so much as hardcore libertarian, and its founder was also unfortunately hugely biased against people of faith. But then said owner/founder, Lee, passed away. It's still around but under different management, and isn't nearly as un-PC as it used to be IMHO. Haven't been there in a long time.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 23, 2016 11:07 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 11:05 PM (5p18q)
*****
You place far too high a value on what you have to offer, my man.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 23, 2016 11:07 PM (YLidQ)
before, for instance, i was a regular at the Kung Fu Online forums. Long enough to have enemies anyway. Then somewhere in between i got caught up in the Zombie Squad forums, which is honestly just a gear porn place. Good for some things I guess.
I prefer writerly sites.
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at May 23, 2016 11:08 PM (Cq0oW)
Posted by: Lewis at May 23, 2016 11:08 PM (Kvk9o)
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2016 11:08 PM (aoFFB)
There was a real cool site with constant updates of the EgyptAir crash, and even a little animation showing its course. Anyone know what that is? I think it was British in some way.
Posted by: iforgot at May 23, 2016 11:08 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at May 23, 2016 11:08 PM (kFEcz)
And was back then, the blog roll here turned me on to some cool sites.
Posted by: Chi at May 23, 2016 11:08 PM (YaSSM)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 23, 2016 11:09 PM (ntObR)
If you looked at the length of WW II ( US involvement) , it would be the almost same time period as Christmas 2012 to now. Or last election to now .
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 23, 2016 11:09 PM (MNgU2)
Get the tickets way early in the morning for the Arizona Memorial, And then get swarmed by tourists when you get there, half of which are Japanese. There are guided tours of USS Missouri but the upkeep of the ship is a bit shabby, on the pier with the battleship is a canteen and gift shop. Then there is the submarine to tour.
On Ford Island is a museum and parked outside on display, in 2010, was an F-14D Tomcat. The bus tour guide on Ford Island will explain the control tower with the red and white checkers, as seen in Tora Tora Tora was actually completed in 1942 after the attack.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 11:09 PM (6TBbF)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 10:53 PM (6TBbF)
Run Tilikum, RUN!!!!
Posted by: bebe's boobs
****
Whale with fins? Run?
Besides, why own AKMs (AK-47 variant) and body armor if they never get used?
Posted by: Disgusted Russian at May 23, 2016 11:10 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 23, 2016 11:02 PM (fC9RO)
I remember A Small Victory. Also Rachel Lucas and Steven den Beste's USS Clueless. And Belmont Club before it became part of PJM.
Bill Whittle started out as a commenter on Rachel's old blog, before he created his own blog, Eject Eject Eject.
Posted by: rickl at May 23, 2016 11:10 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 11:10 PM (6TBbF)
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at May 23, 2016 11:08 PM (kFEcz)
*****
Ain't it always?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 23, 2016 11:10 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 23, 2016 11:10 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 23, 2016 11:07 PM (ntObR)
Unfortunately, I have seen many "apolitical" discussion places ruined by this, usually because a sympathetic mod lets them get away with one-sided abuses and everyone else leaves.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 23, 2016 11:10 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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The crust was chef-curated artisanal whole grain bread infused with organic polonium.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 23, 2016 11:10 PM (sl+zA)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 11:10 PM (ORH8o)
Posted by: Josephistan at May 23, 2016 11:11 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at May 23, 2016 11:08 PM
----
Of course, AoS has the freshest hell ever. Enjoy it.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 23, 2016 11:11 PM (I9SqL)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 23, 2016 11:11 PM (kP16F)
The question was Texas, therefore the answer should be "no, I'm in Austin"
Heh.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 23, 2016 11:00 PM (C9pBZ)
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so you're not *yet* in Texas...
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2016 10:58 PM (5p18q)
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Heh, y'all got me there.
Posted by: iforgot at May 23, 2016 11:12 PM (5o5ek)
Still read Wretchard every once in a while and need to go there more.
And of course, there was....
"Face It, It's A Face"
Who gets that reference?
Posted by: Meremortal, Someone's French sucks at May 23, 2016 11:12 PM (3myMJ)
HNL in general (dirty, homeless people EVERYWHERE) but still. I don't
know if you can still see anything at Wheeler or Bellows.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 11:03 PM (ORH8o)
It's not THAT bad...they do have a homeless problem, but they try to keep them away from the touristy areas. Pearl is great...Schofield Barracks is also worth a look. I know you're somewhat a history buff from past threads...I look my BiL up into the mountainous terrain at Schofield where the Zeros came in for the attack on Wheeler. It's eerie standing there when you realize, "Holy shit! This is THE pass those shitbirds flew through."
I spent three years there...probably walked a lot of the same ground as SMFH...interesting times indeed.
Posted by: Sixkiller at May 23, 2016 11:12 PM (pcyHg)
I cannot stay, I came to say I must be going.
I'm glad I came but just the same I must be going.
Ta ta!
Posted by: Insomniac at May 23, 2016 11:13 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 23, 2016 11:13 PM (voOPb)
I was recently beginning to enjoy RealClearPolitics' threads, but they have some trolls who for whatever stupid reason they just will not (or cannot) get rid of. Also, virtually every comment thread turns into a pissing contest between the Trump boosters and NeverTrumpers.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 23, 2016 11:13 PM (ntObR)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 23, 2016 11:13 PM (fC9RO)
It's ok. Conroe area here...
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 23, 2016 11:13 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Sixkiller at May 23, 2016 11:14 PM (pcyHg)
Some of the D&D guys would drop by rec.games.frp.dnd back in the day: Bruce Cordell, Sean K Reynolds (who was often rude). Frank Mentzer even came by once. But that wasn't common, excepting maybe Reynolds when he was in flamin' mood.
The Star Wars forums by contrast had lots of expanded-universe authors. People should study Kevin J Anderson on how to interact with fans in public fora, BTW. He was always gracious and eloquent, and I'm sure it led to more $ for him (which he deserves).
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 23, 2016 11:14 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 23, 2016 11:15 PM (bpTue)
Before this place I was addicted to craigslist rants and tmz.com. I lurked here a lot and posted about once a year and I could never remember my username so I always used things like "me" or "someone" and finally I settled on the simple fact, "iforgot."
Posted by: iforgot at May 23, 2016 11:15 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2016 11:15 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: rickl at May 23, 2016 10:33 PM (sdi6R)
Interview with a Russian doggeh cosmonaut:
"So, how was space travel?" "Ruff."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 23, 2016 11:16 PM (49Lge)
Posted by: An Observation at May 23, 2016 10:27 PM (D43iv)"
Well, as we say in H-town, "It's a great place to live, but I'd never want to visit there."
FYI, Athena gun range has half-price offers ($10) on Tuesday and Thursday (CCW HOLDERS on Tues, Word of the day found on Facebook on Thursdays), and Memorial Shooting Range is $10 on Weds all day. Neither one is underwater, thank goodness!
Posted by: Meriadoc at May 23, 2016 11:16 PM (cFUQq)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 23, 2016 11:16 PM (MNgU2)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 23, 2016 11:14 PM (6FqZa)
Gygax showed up once in a while, but he never said anything useful until after the discussion was over (D&D module joke).
The Star Wars expanded universe is one of my favoritest things ever, as some people have guessed.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 23, 2016 11:16 PM (wB8Tg)
Centex, Conroe? I don't get out much. Mostly wear a groove in the freeway between my house and work.
Posted by: iforgot at May 23, 2016 11:17 PM (5o5ek)
Alex!!!! Still shuffling around. How are you? Have you decided on a school? When you planning to hit town?
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 23, 2016 11:15 PM (bpTue)
It's looking like Cal Lutheran, simply because I haven't been able to find work. I'd rather go to school full time for a year, with a schedule that leaves my days free to try to find something down there.
The current plan is to head out that way around the 5th, and spend five days house hunting, meeting with people at the school, etc.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 23, 2016 11:17 PM (fC9RO)
Oh, at least.
" I look my BiL up into the mountainous terrain at Schofield where the Zeros came in for the attack on Wheeler. It's eerie standing there when you realize, "Holy shit! This is THE pass those shitbirds flew through."
six, that is exactly what I'd love to do.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 11:18 PM (ORH8o)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 23, 2016 11:19 PM (6TBbF)
I'd start with pre made crust and just work on the sauce and getting the toppings just so. That's a minor feat in and of itself.
Next, the insane-but-works 2 ingredient pizza dough:
1 cup of greek yogurt
1 cup of all purpose flour - sifted, not packed down.
Mix, let rest in fridge, roll out thin - about 9 or 10" in diameter. Bake that at 400F or so on a prepared sheet pan for 10 min. Remove, add toppings, and return to oven for another 10min or until cheese is melted.
Last, if you've mastered all of those, then try Alton Brown's 2-day, multi-stage, multi-power tool, ultimate pizza dough. Or not.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 23, 2016 11:20 PM (p2X2f)
Lurked at rec.arts.sf.written
Neptunus Lex
Captain's Quarters
Theo Sparks
The Stupid Shall Be Punished
Hot Air
Restonian
Commander Salamander
XBradTC's Bring the Heat, Bring the Stupid
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 23, 2016 11:20 PM (u82oZ)
What do?
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at May 23, 2016 11:21 PM (R5HRU)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 23, 2016 11:21 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 23, 2016 11:17 PM (fC9RO)
That always sounded like your preference though. We all gathering at Gushie's? Hopefully I'll be able to drive that far by then.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 23, 2016 11:22 PM (bpTue)
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at May 23, 2016 11:22 PM (R5HRU)
What do?
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at May 23, 2016 11:21 PM (R5HRU)
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 23, 2016 11:22 PM (fC9RO)
Then stumbled across Zerohedge, early on in it's day, then somehow stumbled across the HQ almost a year ago already.
I must be a poor time manager, 'cause I don't have time to comment on multiple sites, play games for hours, etc. Never have had the time.
Posted by: Blano at May 23, 2016 11:23 PM (heN73)
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at May 23, 2016 11:23 PM (R5HRU)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 23, 2016 11:23 PM (bpTue)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 23, 2016 11:24 PM (EzgxV)
That always sounded like your preference though.
We all gathering at Gushie's? Hopefully I'll be able to drive that
far by then.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 23, 2016 11:22 PM (bpTue)
It was from an educational perspective, but San Diego seems like a far nicer place to live. I'll make it all work. I don't know about any meetup at Gushie's place just yet. I'll probably try to swing that way on Friday and we can all meet up for dinner or something. I'll have to hit the road on Saturday and drive all day if I want to get home at a reasonable hour on Sunday.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 23, 2016 11:24 PM (fC9RO)
===
is this a gaming question?
anyway my opinion
boxing, then whatever.
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at May 23, 2016 11:25 PM (Cq0oW)
Met some cool people to hang with along the way, and stay in touch with some that've walked off the field, altogether.
Things change, always. But those old blog days were simply put, a blast.
Before the blogs all became businesses, they were just simply more fun.
Ah, well.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 23, 2016 11:25 PM (McRlu)
rec.games.frp.dnd back in the day: Bruce Cordell, Sean K Reynolds (who
was often rude). Frank Mentzer even came by once. But that wasn't
common, excepting maybe Reynolds when he was in flamin' mood.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 23, 2016 11:14 PM (6FqZa)
Gygax showed up once in a while, but he never said anything useful until after the discussion was over (DD module joke).
The Star Wars expanded universe is one of my favoritest things ever, as some people have guessed.
Posted by: Merovign"
Timothy Zahn was nice enough to sit and discuss various parts of the Thrawn trilogy (way back when it first came out) for about an hour with me. A very polite person.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at May 23, 2016 11:25 PM (9ltS8)
the insane-but-works 2 ingredient pizza dough:
1 cup of greek yogurt
1 cup of all purpose flour - sifted
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WHAT? This works?
Posted by: iforgot at May 23, 2016 11:25 PM (5o5ek)
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at May 23, 2016 11:23 PM (R5HRU)
You'll get a better overall balance between striking and grappling and integrating the two. Is this for self-defense, or something else?
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 23, 2016 11:25 PM (fC9RO)
Gaming? LOLWTF.
No I did martial arts for almost 10 years. Stopped to play ball, and I've got the itch to practice again.
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at May 23, 2016 11:26 PM (R5HRU)
What do?
Posted by: thathalfrican
Haven't done any of them, but the questions are "what is thy goal?", and "how good is your insurance?"
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 23, 2016 11:26 PM (p2X2f)
Posted by: mindful webworker perused the content at May 23, 2016 11:26 PM (5a8XA)
How ya doing pg?
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 23, 2016 11:23 PM (bpTue)
tired.....sis in law left this morning...she came for my youngest girls hs graduation......husbands uncle just arrived today....we have to entertain him thru wed........how are you?
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 23, 2016 11:27 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 23, 2016 11:24 PM (fC9RO)
Yeah San Diego is fun. Way more to do than up towards Oxnard. Shit, I hope I can get out of work early enough to make dinner on Friday. Month end can make things iffy.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 23, 2016 11:27 PM (bpTue)
to explain
boxing, because you will fight. thats it. you'll take a full force punch or three and train to keep your feet and win.
the rest is academic.
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at May 23, 2016 11:27 PM (Cq0oW)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 23, 2016 11:25 PM (fC9RO)
I love martial arts. Did it in my teens, I don't regret playing ball but I do regret not getting back into it when I was in the off season.
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at May 23, 2016 11:27 PM (R5HRU)
Posted by: iforgot at May 23, 2016 11:17 PM (5o5ek)
Conroe's near Houston. Bit North of it. Drove through it on my last trip the airport there (which was enough to convince me to always fly out of CLL from now on. Houston's parking garage is a ripoff.)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 23, 2016 11:27 PM (HalrA)
Hot Air
Freeper
Found both links (and to AoS) off the Drudge page. Nothing else than here anymore.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 11:28 PM (ORH8o)
Posted by: El Gobernador Jeb Bush at May 23, 2016 11:29 PM (sl+zA)
He and mom were there. My oldest brother was just a baby.
Dad did his career on subs.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 23, 2016 11:29 PM (08Znv)
Posted by: concrete girl at May 23, 2016 11:29 PM (ceWrl)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 11:29 PM (ORH8o)
Posted by: iforgot
It does if you limit your expectations. It's not the bubbly golden disk from your favorite pizza place. It's just a serviceable delivery vehicle for sauce and molten cheese.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 23, 2016 11:29 PM (p2X2f)
Posted by: Jen the Original at May 23, 2016 11:29 PM (obLhz)
regret playing ball but I do regret not getting back into it when I was
in the off season.
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at May 23, 2016 11:27 PM (R5HRU)
Ok, gotcha. Then try them all out and see which ones you like the best.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 23, 2016 11:29 PM (fC9RO)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at May 23, 2016 11:30 PM (9ltS8)
Ugh, sounds super busy. I'm still shuffling around post slice & dice that turned out to be more slicey & dicey than anticipated. Dermatologists, always finding icebergs...
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 23, 2016 11:30 PM (bpTue)
towards Oxnard. Shit, I hope I can get out of work early enough to make
dinner on Friday. Month end can make things iffy.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 23, 2016 11:27 PM (bpTue)
Well, this should be about June 10th or 11th, but we can play it by ear. I've got leave to burn through before the end of July, so I'm not too worried.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 23, 2016 11:31 PM (fC9RO)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at May 23, 2016 11:31 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 23, 2016 11:31 PM (sl+zA)
Really can't do that unfortunately. I could do all three but it's another 60$ a month I don't have.
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at May 23, 2016 11:31 PM (R5HRU)
Saw one bad accident on the way back, car totally flipped, hope they survived. 2 dogs w/ us, they were so excited to see their Grandpa, then slept, we got away w/ the whole 4 hour drive w/ no stops, unusual.
Posted by: Farmer at May 23, 2016 11:32 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 23, 2016 11:32 PM (fC9RO)
I got my first internet-connect computer in 1999. Then, it was looking for sites on 80s music and comic books. Rachel Lucas, Eject Eject Eject and Instapundit were among the first blogs I followed, along with USS Clueless and LFG pre-meltdown.
I really don't remember how I ended up here. I lurked for years before making my first post.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 23, 2016 11:32 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: rickl at May 23, 2016 10:49 PM (sdi6R)
Good Lord, I've heard about this. Cat Juggling!
Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2016 11:33 PM (ry34m)
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at May 23, 2016 11:33 PM (R5HRU)
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at May 23, 2016 11:31 PM (R5HRU)
I figured that most places would have intro courses to let you try it out without committing a huge amount of money each month.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 23, 2016 11:33 PM (fC9RO)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 11:29 PM (ORH8o)
Yep, I'm a bean counter.
Ooh hey Coothie. That person you called out as being bad news & in need of being dismissed when I started? Let go recently.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 23, 2016 11:33 PM (bpTue)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 23, 2016 11:33 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 23, 2016 11:33 PM (kP16F)
First, for the reasons Bigby stated.
Second, for the fact that Boxers are perhaps the most highly trained Martial Artists in the skill of not being punched in the first place.
A black belt in whirlybird-fu is just beating up air, if the boxer keeps slipping the punches.
And they make it look so deceptively simple and easy, don't they? A inch-sideways twitch of the head, the strike misses. A bob, a weave, a feint. And the punches just don't land.
Plus, it's as much a foundation to every other martial art, is the piano to every other instrument in the orchestra.
Myself, I prefer the study of Ching Chang Pow.
*picks up 1911, racks slide "ching chang!", presses trigger.... POW!*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 23, 2016 11:33 PM (McRlu)
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London is my favorite city, muzztard mayor notwithstanding. Great history, great pubs.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 23, 2016 11:34 PM (sl+zA)
Posted by: eleven at May 23, 2016 11:34 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 11:34 PM (ORH8o)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at May 23, 2016 11:35 PM (WTSFk)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 11:36 PM (ORH8o)
Anyone remember the aol chatrooms? Used to frequent one call FTR, along with the counterpart, FTL.
Back in the day.
Posted by: irongrampa at May 23, 2016 11:37 PM (X35Yt)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 23, 2016 11:32 PM
I love London and was trying to line up a year long deal there while I was at my last job, but with everything going on over I'm not interested in visiting at this point.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 23, 2016 11:37 PM (bpTue)
I find her eyebrows vexing.
Posted by: garrett at May 23, 2016 11:37 PM (aoFFB)
Posted by: Jim at May 23, 2016 11:37 PM (McRlu)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 23, 2016 11:33 PM (0O7c5)
Yeah, it wasn't anything bad thank God. But doc was all, let's just get rid of that.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 23, 2016 11:39 PM (bpTue)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 23, 2016 11:39 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
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No, no, Johnny. That was just a rumor. The Cartwrights weren't gay at all. No sirree.
But thank goodness Hop Sing was!
Posted by: Little Joe at May 23, 2016 11:40 PM (YaSSM)
But the gang-up cliquish behavior of liberals, and the conservative or libertarian aloof reluctance to praise like-minded people was instructive.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 23, 2016 11:41 PM (VdICR)
Egads, the times they have flown.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 23, 2016 11:41 PM (McRlu)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at May 23, 2016 11:41 PM (WTSFk)
I still miss the old freerepublic from the years 1997 to about 2004. There was no better site for conservative activism on the web. Lately I've been going back to it, and it's improved from its low point in 2011/12. Jim Robinson is still totally awesome and the commentary is not as uptight as it used to be. They even have UFC thread now! (It gets trolled a lot though).
Posted by: Meriadoc at May 23, 2016 11:43 PM (cFUQq)
Thursday (CCW HOLDERS on Tues, Word of the day found on Facebook on
Thursdays), and Memorial Shooting Range is $10 on Weds all day. Neither
one is underwater, thank goodness!
I get reminded how old I am when I shoot my .45. The first magazine is dead in the center - then I get tired and subsequent shots start spreading out; when I start missing the whole target I quit for the day. Didn't used to be like that. Its why I prefer rifle shooting now.
Posted by: An Observation at May 23, 2016 11:43 PM (D43iv)
I remember ICQ. Not until you mentioned it, but, then it came back to me. Can't even remember what I did there.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 11:44 PM (ORH8o)
I used to blame the Internet, but I know now it just made it easier to give in to her natural tendencies.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 23, 2016 11:44 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 23, 2016 11:46 PM (kP16F)
I think I spent a grand total of about a week in ICQville.... left it as a bad thing to be avoided.
Don't seemed to have missed out on anything there, either.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 23, 2016 11:46 PM (McRlu)
I don't shoot .45 so not sure what you mean. After the first 4-5 rounds the hand starts to go dead?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 11:48 PM (ORH8o)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 23, 2016 11:50 PM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Sixkiller at May 23, 2016 11:50 PM (pcyHg)
Bill Whittle made a few essays from Eject! Eject! Eject!. I bought the book, read it twice, gave it to a friend and bought it again.
I found Ace of Spades and immediately became rapt with the ineffably disreputable vibe.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 23, 2016 11:52 PM (VdICR)
There were other subscription forums that turned into giant lefty circle-jerks. I did get some useful stuff there but in the end I got tired of being banned for badthought.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2016 11:54 PM (ry34m)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at May 23, 2016 11:35 PM (WTSFk)
*should I tell him 'she' was born Aaron Peters???
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 23, 2016 11:54 PM (hlMPp)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 23, 2016 11:57 PM (hlMPp)
I remember eject eject eject. I also lurked for years.
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 23, 2016 11:57 PM (egOGm)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 23, 2016 11:58 PM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 11:29 PM (ORH8o)
Yep, I'm a bean counter.
Ooh hey Coothie. That person you called out as being bad news & in need of being dismissed when I started? Let go recently.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 23, 2016 11:33 PM (bpTue)
One thing about accounting.....lotta stuff is inevitable.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 23, 2016 11:58 PM (EzgxV)
You're just jealous she/he had a bigger dick.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 24, 2016 12:00 AM (ORH8o)
I used to blame the Internet, but I know now it just made it easier to give in to her natural tendencies.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 23, 2016 11:44 PM (rJUlF)
Heh. Nutty ex is still 'friends' with my real life friend.
"Did you know she has three alias accounts?"
Doesn't surprise me and don't care.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 24, 2016 12:02 AM (hlMPp)
For what it's worth, I never saw a pizza with herring on it. So that's something. But they did have steak and egg pizzas.
Posted by: Miley's Tongue at May 24, 2016 12:03 AM (knRe2)
You're just jealous she/he had a bigger dick.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 24, 2016 12:00 AM (ORH8o)
But I have bigger natural tits so neener neener
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 24, 2016 12:04 AM (hlMPp)
I'll never understand why so many so-called conservatives are so happy to just let their blog comment sections become completely dominated by hateful leftist trolls, especially while no one can even *mildly* criticize a lefty at most "liberal" sites.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 12:04 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 24, 2016 12:07 AM (ORH8o)
BourbonChicken, exactly. I'm sick of the fact that libs are so happy to gang up on people, but can any of my conservative friends at FB *ever* be bothered to help out a fellow traveler being attacked? Of course not, they've ALWAYS got something better to do. I'm sorry and I know conservatives have lives that liberal trolls don't, but I personally am sick of it.
Here if a troll shows up, EVERYBODY gets in the act of ridiculing them into oblivion, even well after they're banned. I love that.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 12:08 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 12:04 AM (ntObR)
I hear ya. But trolls are fun to bat around if they actually stay and try to argue.
But with the HQ....well, it even takes like-minded lurkers some confidence to post. So I'm not sure if TBH3K takes care of most or if we just get shit quality trolls nowadays.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 24, 2016 12:08 AM (hlMPp)
- As soon as you argue with someone, they start telling you about their degrees, their yearly salary, and their super-hawwwwt wife.
I've learned the best way to respond to this? Tell 'em you don't give a shit, *and* call 'em liars to boot. My personal fave is "LMAO. I doubt you've left your mama's basement for at least five weeks, you're too busy jacking off to child porn."
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 12:09 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Sharkman at May 24, 2016 12:10 AM (rc0Q2)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 24, 2016 12:10 AM (kP16F)
I think the word is out amongst most libs that if they dare to come here, they're gonna get skinned, filleted and eaten, and there is NOBODY they can go crying to. And I love that, even though it *is* fun to bat them around.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 12:12 AM (ntObR)
My 0.02
Posted by: random lurker at May 24, 2016 12:14 AM (+tRIN)
"Did you know she has three alias accounts?"
Doesn't surprise me and don't care.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 24, 2016 12:02 AM (hlMPp)
My ex is on FB, but that's all I know. The kids tell me that every once in a while still she tries to paint me as the Bad Father. I know the truth, though, and so do my kids.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 24, 2016 12:15 AM (rJUlF)
I always have to take what this guy says with a grain of salt, but it makes for a nice story. Hubby hating performing though. He wasn't one for bragging, so even if it's true, he never said anything about this.
Posted by: Miley's Tongue at May 24, 2016 12:15 AM (knRe2)
That was fun.
Man, I miss that more innocent time in Hollywood...
Posted by: Chi at May 24, 2016 12:15 AM (YaSSM)
I am sitting here in bed reading this and chuckling and wife is wondering wtf I am reading
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 24, 2016 12:16 AM (UpGcq)
And heaven forbid you show any support for anything conservative on FB. Libs will come out of nowhere to attack you, and you're usually on you're own.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 24, 2016 12:17 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2016 12:17 AM (Doh4+)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 24, 2016 12:18 AM (kP16F)
Went there about 15 years ago just once and I've never been able to unsee what I saw there.
More recently, saw a picture depicting what the Chinese call: "spare rib soup". Also not something I will never unsee.
Posted by: Sharkman at May 24, 2016 12:19 AM (rc0Q2)
Posted by: random lurker at May 24, 2016 12:19 AM (+tRIN)
Posted by: Meriadoc at May 23, 2016 11:43 PM (cFUQq)
My favorite site, to, at the time. It was THE place for breaking news.
I think I posted there as DallasMike, but I got tired of the arguments and started reading here around 2004-2005. I didn't post at all here for years and still mostly lurk,
I think it was FR that led me here. I recognized a lot of the same names, though some of them have dropped away.
I also read Captain's Quarters and a few others.
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at May 24, 2016 12:19 AM (nvMvs)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 24, 2016 12:20 AM (EzgxV)
But as I've said before, I have too many apolitical friends on FB and whenever in the recent past I've gone apeshit on someone... I worry they see it, and start wondering about me/my mental state. So nowadays I prefer to really mouth off at Twitter; I have far fewer personal friends there, and much more many online/conservative friends.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 12:21 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: random lurker at May 24, 2016 12:21 AM (+tRIN)
Posted by: JTB at May 24, 2016 12:22 AM (V+03K)
She's still not wanting to eat much, and just wants to go to her room and lie in bed. The staff forces her up and tries to get her to talk. She will not initiate any conversation, but will respond when spoken to.
It's killing my father. He gets very down every time he sees her. I can't keep him away, but I think it would be better if he didn't see her every day. It just gets him so down.
I just don't know. They can get her to drink some Ensure, but she'll basically just pick at regular food. I managed to spoon feed her myself one time, but now, she won't even let me do that.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 24, 2016 12:22 AM (DW+jj)
Last week he finally lost it and posted that, since DT is so big on Putin, he hopes Vlad shares some polonium with him.
Okay, stupid. But he's behaved himself for a *long* time, like I have, and he's not posting this BS every day, just once in a blue moon. So I actually posted back to him words along the lines of, "that's cool, get it off your chest." Hope that wasn't too condescending, but thankfully he was okay with that. And I think this guy *knows* I'm a conservative, I 'like' so many conservative posts at FB.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 12:24 AM (ntObR)
That's why if we do get an original troll it's just rug droppings.
Horde, why do you have to be so mean
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 24, 2016 12:25 AM (hlMPp)
I read WZ for the flying jhadi porn.
I feel like an internet virgin.
Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2016 12:25 AM (Doh4+)
Twitter is where I keep most of my poltiical stuff, though since my interest in politics these days is quite small, I don't tweet much anymore.
On FB, most of the time, I used the custom lists feature to share the political posts with just the people who don't mind. Every once in a while, though, I forget, and it goes out all over the friends list.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 24, 2016 12:25 AM (rJUlF)
CW, yup, good ideas. Although I still prefer to keep the politics to a minimum at FB, I'm never sure exactly who sees what anymore.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 12:26 AM (ntObR)
Dude when did you sleep?
Posted by: random lurker at May 24, 2016 12:21 AM (+tRIN)
When I was younger and my vision was better, I used to read 250-page novels in a day. And the way I did all the blogs is that I'd use their blogrolls as links to skip through them -- I actually wrote a petulant email to the Powerline guys because they changed their blogroll and, instead of being my usual superhighway, it became "no through traffic."
IIRC, I got the majority of those blogs off of Insty's blogroll.....which he doesn't even do anymore....
Posted by: cthulhu at May 24, 2016 12:26 AM (EzgxV)
I don't shoot .45 so not sure what you mean. After the first 4-5 rounds the hand starts to go dead?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 11:48 PM (ORH8o)
When you're 68 you just aren't physically strong enough to handle that much pistol for more than a few shots - my arms start trembling.
Posted by: An Observation at May 24, 2016 12:26 AM (D43iv)
I'd go with boxing and Jiu Jitsu. Boxing for the reasons Bigby stated and Jiu Jitsu for when the fight will likely go to the ground or your opponent gets inside and tries to lock you up.
This assumes you're asking for reasons of practicality.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 24, 2016 12:26 AM (Wckf4)
Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2016 12:27 AM (Doh4+)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 24, 2016 12:27 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 24, 2016 12:27 AM (kP16F)
Concerning the latest 4 year delay in the railroad line to fiscal destruction, Rick Moran had a sensible suggestion over at American Thinker:
Put Jerry Brown (and others) in jail for malfeasance. What a mess.
Posted by: KT at May 24, 2016 12:27 AM (qahv/)
Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2016 12:28 AM (Doh4+)
...if you're after something else you'd have to say and weigh the particular teacher i guess
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at May 24, 2016 12:28 AM (Cq0oW)
Posted by: dissent555 at May 24, 2016 12:29 AM (GdgAM)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki
So what you're sayin' is there is still a chance 'AAA Bastard Commentary' could surmount Ace's success?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 24, 2016 12:29 AM (p2X2f)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 24, 2016 12:15 AM (rJUlF)
Good for the kids
. They recognize truth.
I have no ties to her beyond casual 'relationships' but she did a number on my head. Looking back I would drop SMOD on myself and thank it afterward.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 24, 2016 12:29 AM (hlMPp)
I don't shoot .45 so not sure what you mean. After the first 4-5 rounds the hand starts to go dead?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 23, 2016 11:48 PM (ORH8o)
When you're 68 you just aren't physically strong enough to handle that much pistol for more than a few shots - my arms start trembling.
Posted by: An Observation
Thats why my range gun is CZ83. The 380 is easier on the ears and hands. And, its a tad big for a little pistol, that makes it easier too.
Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2016 12:30 AM (Doh4+)
Used to do the old Volokh Conspiracy site and also Baltimore Sun forums before 9/11 when their commentariat went all troofer insane.
Before that I'm not really sure, and before that was AoHell.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 24, 2016 12:31 AM (Wckf4)
newsfromme.com
Its owner/master, Mark Evanier, drives me crazy. A lot of his stuff is on his experience in Hollywood working on cartoons, and he knows a lot of people who've worked in classic live-action series as well. Some of his stories are fascinating.
But then he gets political... and it's obvious it doesn't matter what the facts are, he looooves Hillary and that's it. He also looooves Sanders but acknowledges he doesn't have much of a chance against the Clinton machine.
So he links to every freakin' Jonathan Chait article he can find, he loves Matt Taibbi and Amanda Marcotte too. At those points I'm ready to stop reading him. Then, he writes stuff like this:
http://www.newsfromme.com/2016/05/22/one-six-nine/
...which makes total sense. He's also the *only* liberal I've ever read who acknowledges, nobody on *either side* who supports a candidate should have to "own" everything said candidate says. Every other lib I've ever read ALWAYS assumes conservatives ALWAYS support 100%+ of everything that comes out of a Republican's mouth, even while they also ALWAYS exempt themselves from that rule. Not Evanier, apparently.
Anyway, I write to him at Twiter, though he never responds. The last I wrote to him, I said "How can this guy @evanier be so right about some things, and so wrong about others?"
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 12:33 AM (ntObR)
Anyone remember the aol chatrooms? Used to frequent one call FTR, along with the counterpart, FTL.
Back in the day.
I'll never forget - some guy started a chat, and the premise was that you had stumbled into his bar, he was the bartender, and what'll you have? What's on your mind? I was the first response/customer, and, man, a year later there were a hundred people in there every night. It really was hilarious.
Posted by: Vertov at May 24, 2016 12:35 AM (RTOcO)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On The All-Night Request Line at May 24, 2016 12:36 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 24, 2016 12:27 AM
LOL w/ that. I've found the commenters addictive. Smartest bunch I've found around the net in a long time.
Ages ago used to hang around LFG. Since then bothered some music & history blogs and then found this site.
Some smart funny folks keep me amused here.
Be well the Horde. Wishing I could sleep tonight, but so far no.
Posted by: Farmer at May 24, 2016 12:36 AM (o/90i)
That was the Golden Era though I believe.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 24, 2016 12:37 AM (McRlu)
Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2016 12:28 AM (Doh4+)
Aikido is a still better choice -- it relies on subtly influencing the exertions of others into unproductive channels....like having someone who attempts to tackle you meet the ground rather forcefully instead.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 24, 2016 12:37 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 24, 2016 12:37 AM (kP16F)
"Makin' your way in the world today
takes everything you got..." ;-)
(BTW, if you listen to the *entirety* of that theme, there's a funny line in the second verse: "And your husband wants to be a girl...")
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 12:38 AM (ntObR)
Hsing i, if you can find a fighting teacher, hits very hard. its often mixed with Ba Gua which, eh. its neat, it's just odd to me.
Aikido is always mentioned. its OK. I'm not a Nipponophile though.
Tai Chi is foisted on the elderly at every turn. all of it is useless for anything. Which is funny because it used to be extremely powerful. Everything taught is "outside the gate", for the rubes stuff.
theres a few others, much of which are rare to find taught anywhere.
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at May 24, 2016 12:39 AM (Cq0oW)
Yeah, it was a liberal dungfest. *But...* there were a few libs there willing to have a conversation, not just spout and call names.
I also learned some of my first great back-jabs there. One apparently young woman was always busy calling every Repub she could think of 'evil.' I once responded, (so-and-so) sees more evil everywhere than Pat Robertson." That shut her up for a while.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 12:40 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2016 12:43 AM (Doh4+)
Big thing with the aol chats was exposing the screen berets and other posers.
Darn near a cottage industry.
Posted by: irongrampa at May 24, 2016 12:43 AM (X35Yt)
Posted by: Elliott at May 24, 2016 12:44 AM (HkKfS)
Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2016 12:28 AM (Doh4+)
Aikido is a still better choice -- it relies on subtly influencing the exertions of others into unproductive channels....like having someone who attempts to tackle you meet the ground rather forcefully instead.
Posted by: cthulhu
Anything involving the use of a heavy stick is also nice.
Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2016 12:46 AM (Doh4+)
"I'm a meat-eater!! I hate vegans! Meat-eating is the most natural, healthy thing in the entire friggin' universe!! I DEMAND you stuff some veal and foie gras into these mud and kale pot stickers!!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 12:46 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: cthulhu
Everyone under 40 needs to take at least a few classes in how to fall. It should be mandatory for any .GOV exercise class.
After you're 70, practicing a safe falls is not in the cards.
That said, aikido schools vary; some are ultra-pacifist. Others are just practical, those acknowledge few antagonists are going to take your arm as an opening move. And even others are Cobra-kai, nuts in your face stupid.
I'd shop around. Few schools don't have an introductory / free lesson. Observing a few lessons is usually quite informative.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 24, 2016 12:47 AM (p2X2f)
I just don't know. They can get her to drink some Ensure, but she'll basically just pick at regular food. I managed to spoon feed her myself one time, but now, she won't even let me do that.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 24, 2016 12:22 AM
I'm so sorry to here how this has gone publius, been following your travails.
I won't go into the details we experienced here but if you ever want to chat and have a listening ear just shot me an email, it's below.
Posted by: Farmer at May 24, 2016 12:48 AM (o/90i)
"Makin' your way in the world today
takes everything you got..." ;-)
(BTW, if you listen to the *entirety* of that theme, there's a funny line in the second verse: "And your husband wants to be a girl...")
I'm telling ya, it really was that funny. The thing is, the guy who hosted/bartended NEVER broke character, and everyone's post began with their drink order. Then he opened a kitchen, and there was all sorts of issues with the soup and/or special of the day. Someone volunteered to donate a karaoke (sp?) machine, and the multitude debated the pro's and con's of that. Then there was the dartboard flanked by bird cages. And all this surrounding some really interesting, in-depth discussions. I really wish I had cut and pasted that stuff. It was the most interesting and surreal stuff I've ever seen online.
Posted by: Vertov at May 24, 2016 12:49 AM (RTOcO)
look for an old teacher, say in his or her 60s but they should look shockingly clear eyed and young. If they show you a form and it looks like total made up hand crafted shit, thats your man or woman. Final test, try to push them over. its a whole other world.
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at May 24, 2016 12:49 AM (Cq0oW)
Look out Vertov, you're going to give ace and Maet ideas. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 12:50 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Vertov
--------------
Guest you weren't here on that fateful Memorial Day thread?
Posted by: Chi at May 24, 2016 12:54 AM (YaSSM)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 24, 2016 12:54 AM (hlMPp)
Taco Bell is coming out with a chalupa... where the *shell* is made of fried chicken. Story at Hot Air.
"Calgon, take me awayyyy!!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 12:54 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 12:54 AM (ntObR)
Judo instructors and sparring partners are easier to find then some of the exotic stuff; throw in a few elbow strikes and lower leg kicks and some stick/knife work. Then spend the rest of your time at the range.
Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2016 12:56 AM (Doh4+)
Posted by: Vertov
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Guest you weren't here on that fateful Memorial Day thread?
OK, I'll bite. But I'm telling ya - the bar's high.
Posted by: Vertov at May 24, 2016 12:58 AM (RTOcO)
It's Rockford O'clock, time for lurk level 3.
Posted by: Chi at May 24, 2016 12:58 AM (YaSSM)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 24, 2016 12:58 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at May 24, 2016 12:59 AM (Cq0oW)
But my little daily treks up to that hospital have presented another little dilemma, well, something interesting. Well, we'll say for a friend. What would you do if a lady puh-sychiatrist that worked up there seemed to be getting awful friendly. You know, sort of manages to run into you a lot.
Now my friend would run like a scalded dog away from any thought of sort of interfacing with a puh-sychiatrist, and he's hoping it's just his imagination. But his little radar is picking up signals. And they are disturbing.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 24, 2016 12:59 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 24, 2016 12:59 AM (/xPBi)
Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2016 12:59 AM (Doh4+)
Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2016 01:00 AM (Doh4+)
Posted by: The Barrel at May 24, 2016 01:01 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 24, 2016 01:01 AM (kP16F)
♦
Before AOSHQ... there was a time before, wasn't there?
I remember being on CompuServe...
and then that net thing came along. I used to put content up on my own website where nobody ever ventured
...and hung out on some usenet groups...
I heard about these things called blogs long before I found any. I remember finding Hillbuzz, weirdly enough, which led to other sites...
...and then I don't remember how found AoSHQ. And as I sunk deeper and deeper into the horde, all other activities faded away...
...except drinking... and bacon...
Posted by: the variable mindful webworker at May 24, 2016 01:02 AM (gECZB)
====
well i dunno. maybe she's got the cake. maybe after all her pointed questions about your masturbation habits she'll be like "do you like leather? hot wax? these clamps?"
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at May 24, 2016 01:04 AM (Cq0oW)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 24, 2016 01:04 AM (hlMPp)
Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2016 01:04 AM (Doh4+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 01:05 AM (ntObR)
Before AOSHQ... there was a time before, wasn't there?
I remember being on CompuServe...
and then that net thing came along. I used to put content up on my own website where nobody ever ventured
...and hung out on some usenet groups...
I heard about these things called blogs long before I found any. I remember finding Hillbuzz, weirdly enough, which led to other sites...
...and then I don't remember how found AoSHQ. And as I sunk deeper and deeper into the horde, all other activities faded away...
...except drinking... and bacon...
Posted by: the variable mindful webworker at May 24, 2016 01:02 AM (gECZB)
....and boobehs....
Posted by: cthulhu at May 24, 2016 01:05 AM (EzgxV)
Bad news: He was taking my McDonalds order.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 01:05 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2016 01:04 AM (Doh4+)
Had the same nic on Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link [the WELL], back in the day.....
Posted by: cthulhu at May 24, 2016 01:06 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 01:07 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2016 01:08 AM (Doh4+)
Just remember, y'all,we are Americans, so the head is held HIGH--now especially.
Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at May 24, 2016 01:09 AM (X35Yt)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 01:10 AM (ntObR)
Fvuking slackers.
I'm off to the snoozer. Cause I'm inebriated too to type moreany.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 24, 2016 01:10 AM (McRlu)
Snark overloads the circuits. Or I'm told to believe.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 24, 2016 01:13 AM (p2X2f)
Enjoy Mark's work, from Groo to Garfield animated series to DNAgents. Met him once at Chicago comic con. Interesting guy. I followed his blog for a while, but eventually gave it up, based on the politics. But I miss his stories a lot.
The classic Elephant Story:
http://www.newsfromme.com/pov/col226/
Posted by: the variable mindful webworker at May 24, 2016 01:15 AM (gECZB)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 01:07 AM (ntObR)
You're only thinking that because you subscribed to tech magazines, and you'd get separately packaged AOL disks each month for every subscription you had. Typically, there were no more than two actually attached to each magazine (in a pocket on the front and on the inside).
Posted by: cthulhu at May 24, 2016 01:17 AM (EzgxV)
But I shudder to think what kind of kinky stuff a puh-sychiatrist could be into. Let me tie you up.......nope, not going there.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 24, 2016 01:18 AM (DW+jj)
Got the blades off no problem using my air impact, and sharpened and balanced them, and also did the spare set of blades, so next go-round, I can simply swap blades out.
Putting the blades back on; it all went sideways. The bolt for the middle blade sheared off as I ran it in with the air impact. Shouldn't have happened; I've done it numerous times, and I'm not rattling the shit out of them with the impact wrench. Anyway, spent 2 hours lying on the ground, drilling out the stub of the bolt (3/8 NF) with ever-larger left-handed drill bits, and breaking one in the process. Ultimately wound up drilling it with a 13/32 bit, and tapping it for 7/16-20 NF. Screw was a little loose in the tapped hole, but I slathered it up with red Loctite, and it's holding. Mowed for about an hour, and the blade has stayed on. About 6:00 PM, it started raining, so I quit mowing, and came inside.
Guess I will order up 3 new blade arbors for the mower deck.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 24, 2016 01:18 AM (/xPBi)
1. Tasty
a. Dough, bread, from scratch
b. Paste, tomato, 1 can. Thin a bit with water. Add oregano and basil. No salt (see meat)
c. Cheese. I like mozarella and Asiago
d. Toppings, fresh, assorted
e. Meat. I like prosciutto
f. After baking, drizzle with basalmic glaze, grarnish with fresh basil leaves.
2. Fast/easy
a. Pita bread
b. Sauce, tomato/pizza/spaghetti, jar or can
c. Cheeze, pizza blend
d. Toppings, canned
e. Meat, leftover or cold cuts
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at May 24, 2016 01:20 AM (di1hb)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 01:20 AM (ntObR)
But seriously folks, even with only two per mag, it just became funny *and* sad after a while. "500 hours free!" "2000 hours free!!" "Five billion hours free!!!!!!" :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 01:21 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 24, 2016 01:22 AM (EzgxV)
Be sure to order new mounting bolt for your arbors. Expect 50% casualties removing those. Arbors housing often aluminum and bolts will seize. Use wrenches on a deck. It's a lawn mower, not a D9, fer cryin' out loud.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at May 24, 2016 01:24 AM (di1hb)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at May 24, 2016 01:24 AM (Cq0oW)
But seriously folks, even with only two per mag, it just became funny *and* sad after a while. "500 hours free!" "2000 hours free!!" "Five billion hours free!!!!!!" :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 01:21 AM (ntObR)
You'd have 9 CD's fall out of your mail.....it's just that only 2 were out of a magazine.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 24, 2016 01:25 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 24, 2016 01:25 AM (ZxmMG)
cthulhu: ....and boobehs....
...which fall into two categories. Those which can be seen but not touched (live or in pix) and those which can be touched but that's Milady's so we don't talk about that. Even when I've had too much to drink after Midnight after a Monday...
Posted by: the variable mindful webworker at May 24, 2016 01:26 AM (gECZB)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf
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I've two crack at the deck bolts.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 24, 2016 01:28 AM (ZxmMG)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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I've had two crack at the deck mounting bolts.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 24, 2016 01:29 AM (ZxmMG)
Posted by: Citation X Driver at May 24, 2016 01:29 AM (aBNkm)
Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2016 01:30 AM (Doh4+)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at May 24, 2016 01:32 AM (di1hb)
Posted by: Jean
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If 50 ft-lbs. is good, 150 ft-lbs. has to be awesome.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 24, 2016 01:32 AM (ZxmMG)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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I've had two crack at the deck mounting bolts.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
What a coincidence...
Posted by: Hon. Marion Barry. at May 24, 2016 01:32 AM (p2X2f)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 24, 2016 01:33 AM (ntObR)
Oyasumi nasai, Horde!
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 24, 2016 01:34 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf
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The spindle housings on my JD did not have zerks. I added those when I replaced them
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 24, 2016 01:34 AM (ZxmMG)
He has eidetic memory - like photographic except with text. When we met, I was impressed that he actually recognized me from the CompuServe comic book forums. Since I can barely remember what I had for dinner, I'm envious.
You know who else we memorably met at Chicago comic con? Marginal Mad-man, and Groomeister, Sergio Aragones. Totally charming gentleman. My wife and daughter were especially (dangerously) impressed by him.
Posted by: the variable mindful webworker at May 24, 2016 01:34 AM (gECZB)
Yeah, I remember seeing corn and mayo, but not squid ink, on pizza over there.
I'm not sure if there's a statute of limitations on such outrages, and I don't think that the Far Eastern Military Tribunal included any charges involving such pizza, but it's worth considering. Certainly rises to the level of culinary war crime.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 24, 2016 01:35 AM (QDnY+)
Spenard is, well, a state of mind, and not always a great one, if you know what I mean. Spenard is where defunct motor vehicles are considered landscaping, you neighbor may have a highly groomed lawn, and the next house throws parties where people pass out on said groomed lawn before the night is over. And are still there the next day.
Spenard is a great place to raise kids, if you want them to know a lot about the world and the people in it. Spenard has no minorities because everybody is here. It is approximately 400 yards between a very old and venerable trailer park and the brand new, gated multimillionare "estates" of Turnagain. Spenard lives and breathes and I have never encountered anyone who is grumpy for more than one day.
So, lowbrow, but fabulous.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 24, 2016 01:36 AM (+YMhA)
Posted by: bill-o at May 24, 2016 01:37 AM (AWwDY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z5-qQU8KnY
Rapper threatens to kill Donald Trump if he takes away his mom's food stamps
It's as bad as it sounds.
Then the comments are as bad as the video.
How this country has avoided a race war thus far, I cannot fathom.
Heck, maybe we're already in a race war, but no one's allowed to admit it.
Posted by: zombie at May 24, 2016 01:39 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 24, 2016 01:39 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: bill-o
Und vhen vas the last time du tought dis a funny?
Posted by: Bill-o's internet joke therapist at May 24, 2016 01:39 AM (p2X2f)
Posted by: bill-o at May 24, 2016 01:43 AM (AWwDY)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at May 24, 2016 01:45 AM (di1hb)
♦
I'll leave you with this:
Here's some great pix of what the Agenda21 futurists want for all human habitat.
http://dailym.ai/1TtliVn
Wow-- bitly re-did their website... and it really sux!
Adios, amigos and amoebas.
Posted by: mindful webworker the variable at May 24, 2016 01:50 AM (gECZB)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at May 24, 2016 01:24 AM (di1hb)
These arbor housing are cast iron, with zerks. I use the 1/2" drive air impact because it's hard to brace the blades against turning when using a wrench. Like I said, I don't run the darn thing endlessly once the bolt's run in. Quick zip is all it takes. My guess is the bolt that failed was fatigued, anyway.
I just priced out spindle assemblies. Hoo Boy! Hundred and forty bucks for the center one, and eighty or so for the side ones. Three hundred for the set! I don't thiiink so. For that kind of coin, I'm prepared to spend a few hours shop time fabricating, and pressing in new bearings as required. As long as it continues to mow OK, I will leave well enough alone. If it sheds the middle blade, or if another spindle goes bad, then I will take them all off and service them. I can build up the damaged shaft with weld; then bore it true on the lathe, and rethread to standard size. The pilots on the spindles which center the blades are worn undersize, too, and that could be corrected at the same time.
Good tip about using stainless steel bolts. I am a big believer in anti-seize myself.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 24, 2016 01:50 AM (/xPBi)
Just figured a good way to look at things....for self-defence, want to ventilate the guy enough to where his blood pressure drops below the possibility of further action. If you're aiming for center-mass, it's probably a good thing to have a 9" grouping instead of a 3" grouping, because he'd have more organs to bleed-out from.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 24, 2016 01:51 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 24, 2016 01:51 AM (EzgxV)
But if you were aiming to shoot the gun out of his hand, you might miss altogether, or shoot his nuts off, and deny him the right to spawn 15 new
Posted by: every SJW, ever at May 24, 2016 02:01 AM (1gGcE)
Live coverage should be available here:
https://tinyurl.com/gwmbbpe
Posted by: rickl at May 24, 2016 02:03 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2016 02:04 AM (Doh4+)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 24, 2016 01:51 AM (EzgxV)
But if you were aiming to shoot the gun out of his hand, you might miss altogether, or shoot his nuts off, and deny him the right to spawn 15 new thugs justice-involved youths.
Posted by: every SJW, ever at May 24, 2016 02:01 AM (1gGcE)
This is near to inspiring my rant about "movie reality", where you shoot the gun out of someone's hand. In most cases, if you are justified in shooting; you are justified in shooting to kill.
And, then, there's my least favorite trope in adventure movies -- the bad guys have taken over a boat, and the good guy sneaks aboard....he captures the bad guys, one-by-one, and stashes them in a closet. Right as he confronts the boss man from a superior position, the escaped bad guys arrive to turn tables.....
That should never happen in any sane world. The place to stash bad guys is not a passenger berth's closet -- but, rather, Davy Jones' locker. If you prevail in your discussion with the boss man, there's plenty of time to have the Coast Guard seek out any bad guys with advanced treading-water and shark-avoidance skills along the path you travelled. In the meantime, they're miles in the rear-view while you and the boss man enjoy face-time.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 24, 2016 02:15 AM (EzgxV)
Practice, practice, practice - especially dry firing.
Not sure what your "awful" consists of - low, low/left of POA (typical right-handers semi-auto error - and mine on most platforms), or something else.
For self-defense, and not just in CA, you really *are* talking about fairly short ranges, for logical reasons. Shots at longer ranges might raise eyebrows and not just among the "zealous prosecutors" haunting fun forum imaginations (or some real-life jurisdictions).
Grip, trigger finger placement, stance - some combo that works for *you*, and may/may not conform to some respectable standard.
And with that ..... off to pack the range bag for a range session tomorrow afternoon.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 24, 2016 02:17 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 24, 2016 01:39 AM (QDnY+)
That'd be the Whale Fat Follies, and yes, it is still a go. The Fly By Night Club is gone, but Mr. Whitekeys is still putting on the shows in the summer. Truly nasty stuff, that.
His latest statement was that the State legislature was trying to purchase a building for offices in Spenard, but the bar owners, hookers, drug dealers and homeless drunks got together and decided they didn't want to screw up the neighborhood by letting them in.
Just about perfect.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 24, 2016 02:18 AM (+YMhA)
Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2016 02:04 AM (Doh4+)
There are ranges and ranges and ranges and ranges. Train for a range of circumstances.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 24, 2016 02:19 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 24, 2016 02:23 AM (1gGcE)
Practice, practice, practice - especially dry firing.
Not sure what your "awful" consists of - low, low/left of POA (typical right-handers semi-auto error - and mine on most platforms), or something else.
For self-defense, and not just in CA, you really *are* talking about fairly short ranges, for logical reasons. Shots at longer ranges might raise eyebrows and not just among the "zealous prosecutors" haunting fun forum imaginations (or some real-life jurisdictions).
Grip, trigger finger placement, stance - some combo that works for *you*, and may/may not conform to some respectable standard.
And with that ..... off to pack the range bag for a range session tomorrow afternoon.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 24, 2016 02:17 AM (QDnY+)
I might use a CZ, were it not for that terrible ocean kayak incident. Those fucking kayaks will roll if you think bad thoughts -- and only the drink coolers will float along with you.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 24, 2016 02:24 AM (EzgxV)
Practice, practice, practice - especially dry firing.
Not sure what your "awful" consists of - low, low/left of POA (typical right-handers semi-auto error - and mine on most platforms), or something else.
For self-defense, and not just in CA, you really *are* talking about fairly short ranges, for logical reasons. Shots at longer ranges might raise eyebrows and not just among the "zealous prosecutors" haunting fun forum imaginations (or some real-life jurisdictions).
Grip, trigger finger placement, stance - some combo that works for *you*, and may/may not conform to some respectable standard.
And with that ..... off to pack the range bag for a range session tomorrow afternoon.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 24, 2016 02:17 AM (QDnY+)
My shootin' buddy prefers a CZ P1, to the point where the range guys will put it in the basket when they see him walk in. He's 20+ years younger, and shoots better with the P1 than I do with whatever I use.........but not that much better.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 24, 2016 02:37 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at May 24, 2016 12:59 AM
Good luck w/ those signals. Any professional sending them off to you under these circumstances I'd be let's say...vewwy, vewwy wary of.
Best wishes to you in your circumstances.
Posted by: Farmer at May 24, 2016 02:37 AM (o/90i)
I just want to say, not in response or reply to anything -- I've been reading, and scratching my head and fretting, and I can't think of a goddamned thing to do better than what you're doing.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 24, 2016 02:44 AM (EzgxV)
Heck, maybe we're already in a race war, but no one's allowed to admit it.
Posted by: zombie
No, just a low-grade, sad culture war.
Thank Gaia for Hillary!
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 24, 2016 02:58 AM (p2X2f)
Aim for coa and keep shooting, rapidly.
Posted by: Kaspar Gutman at May 24, 2016 03:16 AM (imC+1)
Posted by: Falaful at May 24, 2016 03:27 AM (h8I+V)
Posted by: Falaful at May 24, 2016 03:29 AM (qOH6Y)
Posted by: Smash'em at May 24, 2016 03:45 AM (4A5fG)
So glad I went to Europe in the 80s & 90s. Too much yute trouble these days. Even the last time I was in France they were blowing up trash cans in the metro.
Posted by: bill-o at May 24, 2016 03:46 AM (AWwDY)
Posted by: Smash'em at May 24, 2016 03:49 AM (4A5fG)
Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2016 04:09 AM (3wHFl)
1. All the rednecks . . . with guns.
2. Blacks are only 13% of the Population. Even they can figure the odds. (jk)
3. Blacks get more stuff whining about Race than trying to . . (wait what WOULD be the purpose of a Race war for them?)
4. Remember the rednecks in #1? They need someone to feel superior to. And complain about. (although lately their reasons are becoming real)
5. All the Whites have at least one Black friend, past or present, thanks to busing (integration). So we can't otherize them as easily as could be done 100 years ago.
The media is doing it's best though.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at May 24, 2016 04:12 AM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2016 04:18 AM (3wHFl)
Posted by: Dogbert at May 24, 2016 04:36 AM (26ffX)
Posted by: Dogbert at May 24, 2016 04:38 AM (26ffX)
"Ever spend a day in a hotel just watching whatever came on the tube next?"
I did that with YouTube once. I ended up on a cooking show in Arabic, of which there are apparently hundreds of episodes.
Posted by: sinalco at May 24, 2016 04:59 AM (yODqO)
Question: Every time I log in I am nagged to do the Dropbox setup. How do I shut off Dropbox notices, updates , and other such annoyances?
I am (still, defiantly) using Windows 7.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at May 24, 2016 05:28 AM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: MicroSoft at May 24, 2016 05:50 AM (2hcmo)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 05:56 AM (vvmPQ)
http://fxn.ws/1XtlK5e
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 05:56 AM (vvmPQ)
http://fxn.ws/1WPlqzw
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 05:56 AM (vvmPQ)
A massive $2.8 billion annual corporate tax hike is likely headed to Oregon voters in November, a move that could create the most aggressive tax climate for big business of any state in the nation.
OR has been running as fast as it can into the communist realm and soon there will be no one left in the State to pay all these taxes.
http://fxn.ws/1qGsi3M
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 05:56 AM (vvmPQ)
A transmasculine teacher at an Oregon elementary school has been awarded $60,000 by her school district as compensation for harassment she claims to have suffered on the job, including being referred to by the wrong pronoun.
Yeah a new PC word has been invcented.
http://bit.ly/1TTHXV2
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 05:57 AM (vvmPQ)
He's a Democrat so you know damn well he is crooked as hell and broke the law. The question is will they actually do anything about it? Likely not.
http://fxn.ws/1WeNZpx
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 05:57 AM (vvmPQ)
http://fxn.ws/1TJ6MHj
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 05:57 AM (vvmPQ)
http://fxn.ws/1TtJ1on
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 05:58 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 05:58 AM (vvmPQ)
The VA once again displays why it is such a massive failure. It is led by a Klown Kar full of idiots.
http://fxn.ws/1Vg22tz
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 05:58 AM (vvmPQ)
http://fxn.ws/1XN4gBi
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 05:58 AM (vvmPQ)
Hispanics in Texas are up in arms because a history book in TX schools dares to speak the truth about the wave of migrants from Mexico entering the US.
http://bit.ly/25dBhZL
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 05:59 AM (vvmPQ)
http://wapo.st/1TrmAA8
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 05:59 AM (vvmPQ)
http://cbsloc.al/1TFW7Nt
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 05:59 AM (vvmPQ)
As expected, a Soros backed black agitator is not happy with that jury verdict.
http://bit.ly/1TJdKMt
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 05:59 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 06:00 AM (vvmPQ)
http://bit.ly/27R6WT5
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 06:00 AM (vvmPQ)
http://bit.ly/1WLSyHH
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 06:00 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 06:00 AM (vvmPQ)
http://bit.ly/1Xts3pq
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 06:01 AM (vvmPQ)
Remember when I asked the question where was Obama going to get the money to pay for that promise he made in Paris for the global warming scam to bilk the US of funds for third worlds shit holes? Well we now know where he is illegally diverting funds.
http://dailysign.al/1TAOqH7
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 06:01 AM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 06:02 AM (vvmPQ)
Extra! Extra!!
Posted by: Hot Gas newsboy on the corner of 5th & Main at May 24, 2016 06:11 AM (ADni6)
Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2016 04:18 AM (3wHFl)
Heh. TOO.LATE.
Posted by: Soldiers of Allah, Londonistan Command at May 24, 2016 06:16 AM (ADni6)
Posted by: Fewenuff at May 24, 2016 06:28 AM (T/sbU)
Skip: you missed England and Europe, sadz. Look on the bright side you
can go see Islamist shit hole countries without traveling all the way to
the ME. SADZ
Posted by: Fewenuff at May 24, 2016 06:28 AM (T/sbU)
Soon you will not even have to leave the US.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 06:30 AM (vvmPQ)
I wonder if Steyn and Spencer ever feel good about being REALLY , REALLY right about Mo and his brethren/sisters and the progressives.
Posted by: Fewenuff at May 24, 2016 06:34 AM (T/sbU)
Skip: you missed England and Europe, sadz. Look on the bright side you
can go see Islamist shit hole countries without traveling all the way to
the ME. SADZ
Posted by: Fewenuff
Meh, go to Dearborn, MI and you can see them here.
Posted by: Gmac- All politics in this country now is just dress rehearsal for civil war. at May 24, 2016 06:43 AM (4pjhs)
Posted by: FCF at May 24, 2016 06:43 AM (kejii)
People working it in preparation for the long weekend? I'm PST so my sorry little attempts at contributing typically take place prior to my daily generating and consuming of tax dollars.
Posted by: Fewenuff at May 24, 2016 06:45 AM (T/sbU)
Thanks Vic and good morning all!
It finally stopped raining here
Posted by: FCF at May 24, 2016 06:43 AM (kejii)
It was a really nice day yesterday and finally no rain. Looks like more of the same today.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 06:47 AM (vvmPQ)
Ericson joins the long list of "CON-servatives" long on bullshit cant and so-called principles, short on demonstrable real world application of so-called principles.
Posted by: Kreplach at May 24, 2016 06:54 AM (mWPzY)
Why do you think the GOP gave and give Obama more money than he requests?
It's to fund his illeagal shit and to give walking around money to his thug army of Donk affiliated organizations and muscle operations.
The GOP needs to be destroyed.
Posted by: Kreplach at May 24, 2016 07:00 AM (mWPzY)
Soon, I, Princess Lieawatha run for Vice President with Great White Grannie, Queen Cankles of Chappaqua. Her Snake-In-Grass man make-um big party, Princess Lueawatha make-um big Whoo-Whoo-Whoo war-cry and Rain-Dance when we win!
Posted by: Princess Lieawatha of the Algonquin Kennedy Tribe at May 24, 2016 07:04 AM (EXkrA)
IRS head refuses to appear at his impeachment hearing.
If only there were such as thing as. . .oh, I don't know. . .some sort of opposition party who could find an officer of the law - perhaps a federal marshal of some sort (is there such a thing?) - who might find this recalcitrant fellow and persuade him to appear at the hearing?
What boils my potatoes is not just the IRS cockholster laughing at the GOP - I expect that - but that the feckless nickelfuckers in the GOPe can't even be bothered to exert the least amount of pressure in order to give even a fig leaf pretense that they actually care about the IRS' abuse of power.
And people wonder why Trump leads.
I said it before and I'll say it again - this country desperately needs a Reign of Terror.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 24, 2016 07:05 AM (X6fMO)
A friend of mine, who lives in Portland, is always bitching about how much it costs to rent or buy housing in the area. She never associates the building restrictions they've placed in the area, a la San Francisco, as the reason. Gee, what happens when you limit building and have an influx of people?
Posted by: no good deed at May 24, 2016 07:06 AM (GgxVX)
If
only there were such as thing as. . .oh, I don't know. . .some sort of
opposition party who could find an officer of the law - perhaps a federal marshal of some sort (is there such a thing?) - who might find this recalcitrant fellow and persuade him to appear at the hearing?
What
boils my potatoes is not just the IRS cockholster laughing at the GOP -
I expect that - but that the feckless nickelfuckers in the GOPe can't
even be bothered to exert the least amount of pressure in order to give
even a fig leaf pretense that they actually care about the IRS' abuse of
power.
And people wonder why Trump leads.
I said it before and I'll say it again - this country desperately needs a Reign of Terror.
.
.
.
.They didn't issue a subpoena they just sent him a letter asking him to appear. Election year dramatics.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 24, 2016 07:08 AM (iONHu)
Posted by: Minneapolis at May 24, 2016 07:09 AM (r4VQU)
Posted by: Weasel at May 24, 2016 07:11 AM (6xtq3)
OK, MP, calm down.
How about a Ziegfeld Girl? Here's Mary Alice Rice, who also went by the rather goth name of Drucilla Strain:
http://goo.gl/7ERWJp
Much work to do. Thanks for the news, Vic, and perhaps will see you all later.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 24, 2016 07:11 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: no good deed at May 24, 2016 07:06 AM (GgxVX)
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Heh. I hear this conversation all the time in Seattle (where I spend a lot of time). Nobody ever seems to put together 1+1 and figure out why it's so fucking expensive. Just wait until $15 fully kicks in, that should lower housing prices, right?
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at May 24, 2016 07:12 AM (r4VQU)
Posted by: Hillary "Felon" Clinton at May 24, 2016 07:12 AM (22uju)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 07:16 AM (vvmPQ)
58 degrees, some high light clouds, coffee level and temperature nominal. All is well, at least on a strictly local basis.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez_and_the_dogs at May 24, 2016 07:16 AM (gUoN4)
The times we live in.....mucho interesting indeed.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at May 24, 2016 07:18 AM (r4VQU)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez_and_the_dogs at May 24, 2016 07:19 AM (gUoN4)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 07:16 AM (vvmPQ)
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The state is enacting an increase of the min. wage. They're debating how much. Some people want it all the way to $20/hr.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at May 24, 2016 07:20 AM (r4VQU)
Posted by: Weasel at May 24, 2016 07:21 AM (6xtq3)
Posted by: Ripley at May 24, 2016 07:21 AM (1BQGO)
http://dilbert.com/
Posted by: @votermom at May 24, 2016 07:21 AM (7lVbc)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at May 24, 2016 07:12 AM (r4VQU)
Hi, I'm the idiot living in Austin, Texas who complained about paying all those wonderful taxes I voters for!
Posted by: Gretchen Gardner at May 24, 2016 07:23 AM (EXkrA)
Posted by: grammie winger at May 24, 2016 07:23 AM (dFi94)
The state is enacting an increase of the min. wage. They're debating how much. Some people want it all the way to $20/hr.
Great! They'll have the highest poverty level in the country!
Posted by: Herpes at May 24, 2016 07:26 AM (iLoHX)
much it costs to rent or buy housing in the area. She never associates
the building restrictions they've placed in the area, a la San
Francisco, as the reason. Gee, what happens when you limit building and
have an influx of people?
Posted by: no good deed at May 24, 2016 07:06 AM (GgxVX)"
I am considering a move to the Portland area but the high cost of housing is one of the main things holding me back. Well, that and the liberal infestation. So many beautiful places in that area there but the moonbattery is intense and pervasive.
Posted by: Ripley at May 24, 2016 07:26 AM (1BQGO)
Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at May 24, 2016 07:27 AM (2fhZE)
As many as 500 top evangelical and social conservative leaders, including Dr. Ben Carson and Tony Perkins, will have a closed door meeting with Donald Trump on June 21 in New York City to ascertain what he has to offer to the country.
"Our goal is to be able to have a conversation that could lead to a better understanding of what Donald Trump has to offer to the country," said Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, according to Fox News, which says Trump has agreed to meet with the evangelical and social conservative leaders.
Posted by: grammie winger at May 24, 2016 07:29 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez_and_the_dogs at May 24, 2016 07:33 AM (gUoN4)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 24, 2016 07:36 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Glorious Ungent at May 24, 2016 07:37 AM (2b4/v)
http://dailysign.al/1TAOqH7
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 06:01 AM (vvmPQ)
And just last week the queen was wagging his finger at Republicans for not raising money to fight Zika.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 24, 2016 07:38 AM (45oDG)
I saw his video on News-Max last night. The students were giving money to kill Jews at schools and hospitals. It was disgusting.
Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at May 24, 2016 07:43 AM (cfHE9)
I've never been a fan, but he's right on this one.
I'm certainly not a motherfucking Republican, and I won't vote for Donald Trump.
I think our country is finished. The Left won.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at May 24, 2016 07:46 AM (eHpnh)
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