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Overnight Open Thread (6-14-2015)
So Romance + Dinosaurs Fighting = Box Office Gold?
Despite lukewarm reviews and accusations of sexism Jurassic World had the highest-grossing global opening of all time with $511.8 million this weekend.
This may be the magic bullet for rom-coms: write out your Girl Meets Boy story, and toss in a dinosaur fight every single time the guys in the audience start fidgeting. I'm not talking out of my rear on this one, by the way. I pitched my idea to my wife on the way home from the park, and she nodded vigorously at the idea. Added a good wrinkle, too: dinosaurs that bond with individual humans, forcing the Girl and Boy to work together to. we dunno. Capture the old Alpha dinosaur, or something.
The point is: romance + dinosaur fights = gold. Gold, Jerry!
I'm surprised that Hollywood hasn't picked up on the rom-com-dino-action/rom-dino-action genre before this. Just imagine Romancing the Stone only with large mutant crocodiles or The African Queen with a cryptosaur subplot. And for an example of what you can achieve in this genre with a small budget checkout Monsters (2010) which is a mix of Before Sunrise and Cloverfield.
Fred Schwarz: Is It Just Me or Does Hillary Talk Like a Robot?
She truly is a terrible, awful candidate.
Seriously, she does. Not only does she pronounce the word "a" slowly and distinctly, like it's the answer to a multiple-choice question, without linking it to the words before or after, and not only does she sometimes put little pauses between each word ("it's . . . America's . . . basic . . . bargain") or in inappropriate spots ("it's the same old . . . song"), but she often puts odd stresses on words, seemingly at random: "too many of our kids never learn as they should"; "we see far more opportunities than threats"; "fight back against those who would drive us apart." Toward the end of her speech she began to seem a bit more natural, but for most of it, she sounded like a machine that had been programmed to synthesize speech and was still learning the fine points.
And her campaign re-launch was about as organized and thrilling as you'd expect from Grandma Hil:
If you've ever been to a high-school pep rally, it was almost certainly better organized than this event. First a blind college student gave a so-so rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner," and then a "DREAMer" who recently graduated from the University of Texas came out and told her presumably inspiring life story - in Spanish. They were followed by a drum line from Brooklyn, which lent an incongruous note of excitement to the soporific proceedings. Then a decidedly mediocre rock band came out (after 15 minutes of setting up by their roadie) and did three forgettable songs whose lyrics no one could understand. The bass and guitar guys wore suits with the trouser cuffs rolled up so you could see their ankles. The band was followed by 40 minutes of silence, occasionally punctuated by random people wearing ID badges who walked onto the stage, looked around, and left. Then Bill Clinton showed up in the audience, and everyone got more excited for him than they would for Hillary. Finally, just before noon, Herself arrived. Before the event began, nobody who was standing on line had any idea when Hillary was scheduled to speak; evidently, neither did the organizers....Hillary's speech contained more boilerplate than a steamboat factory, but the gist of it was: "I'm down with the working class and I have lots of innovative new ideas." Yeah, that'll work. (She quoted lyrics from a Beatles song to explain that the GOP is stuck in the past.)
...Hillary also said: "No nation is better equipped than ours to meet the threat of cyber-attacks." She actually said that (and was cheered for it). Evidently she's been too busy to read the paper the last couple of days.
Glenn Reynolds: What if Pearl Harbor Happened and No One Noticed?
The Clinton Foundation has also pulled in a legal big-gun, former Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick, to lead its defense against the racketeering suit filed in March by Larry Klayman of Freedom Watch.
In her first filing in the case last week, Gorelick - a partner at D.C. law firm Wilmer Hale - called the claims in the lawsuit "fatuous." She argued that Klayman's grievance is derived from what he contends were incomplete responses to Freedom of Information Act requests his organization filed with the State Department. Klayman contends those responses could not have been complete because Hillary Clinton used a private email account and server for all her email and only returned some of her messages to the department at its request last year.
Her last federal litigation experience was defending Duke University against a lawsuit filed by members of the Duke lacrosse team over persecution for a non-existent rape. The university settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.
Mark Steyn on Christopher Lee: Fangs, Light Sabers and a Supernumary Papilla
As he did so often in recent years, Lee gave it his best - to the point where the sincerity of Pa Wonka's scenes with Depp seems weirdly out of place in a film whose heart is icy cold and never shakes the feeling that everyone's only doing it because someone told them it would be an easy way to make a pile of money. By now, Lee, in his mid-eighties, had more work than ever. On the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, he was the only member of the cast who'd actually known Tolkien. Yet my favorite moment in the series isn't even on camera, but in the DVD commentary. It's the scene on top of the tower where Lee's Saruman gets stabbed in the back by Grima Wormtongue, for which the director, Peter Jackson, wanted Lee to let out a scream.The actor felt obliged to explain to Sir Peter why that would be all wrong. He proposed to let out a small groan, a quiet gasp, as the air is pushed out of his punctured lungs. The director was resistant, so Lee said: "Peter, have you ever heard the sound a man makes when he's stabbed in the back?"
"Um, no," replied Jackson.
"Well, I have," said Lee, "and I know what to do.'" And from somewhere deep in the recesses of his memory an old SOE agent conjured the sound a Nazi makes when you plunge the knife in.
A full life, on-screen and off.
Creditors have walked away from Greek negotiators but then as always Europe will delay the inevitable as long as possible, maximizing their pain and disruption.
There is a moment in Greek tragedy, called anagnorisis, where the hero, having pushed past the point of no return due to his own hubris, realizes in a moment of horror the full scope of his folly and the disaster to come. If the Greeks are lucky, something like that might be going on in Athens right now. The eurocrats have stopped talking (usually a reliable sign of the apocalypse), but there's still a way for Greece to come back to the table. Unfortunately, it would require something a lot closer to capitulation than a truly negotiated compromise at this point.
For a number of reasons, though, that might not happen. (And initial signs do not look promising.) Bunker mentality can be a strong force during a crisis-there's a reason why a government in peril (or the hero in Greek tragedy) is often the last to realize what's going on. Furthermore, woven deeply into Syriza's hard-left DNA is a series of impulses that might welcome a final split, either on monetary grounds or for the larger chance to build a Bolivarian-style socialist experiment on the Aegean.
Gawker in the Fight of its Life with Hulk Hogan Sex-Tape Suit
Between unionization and the likely payout from this lawsuit this could spell the end of Gawker. And good riddance.
Nick Denton is preparing for the biggest fight of his life. The Gawker Media founder and C.E.O.'s opponent: celebrated professional wrestler Hulk Hogan (real name: Terry Bollea), who sued Denton and Gawker in 2012 after the gossip blog published a supercut of his sex tape and refused to take it down. The case has seen numerous twists and turns over the past three years, but it's finally set to come to trial in Pinellas County, Fla.-where Hogan lives-on July 6.
Denton faces a judge and jury who are skeptical of, if not outright hostile to, his blog empire and philosophy of reporting the "story behind the story," and some inside Gawker say that they expect the company to lose the case. A loss, and an award of even a fraction of the $100 million Hogan's attorneys are seeking, could empty the company's coffers, forcing Denton to either sell the company outright or to hand much of its equity over to deep-pocketed investors.
And given their lack of assets (most patents have been sold off) this may result in liquidation this time.
Iowa Supreme Court: Yes A Man's Porch is Still His Drunken Castle
Lions, Tigers, Bears, and Hippos Roam Tbilisi, Georgia
Early Morning Walks Can Be Deadly
Weekly Commenter Standings
Top 10 commenters:
1 [602 comments] 'Mike Hammer, etc., etc.' [84.53 posts/day]
2 [469 comments] 'Ricardo Kill'
3 [423 comments] 'J.J. Sefton'
4 [394 comments] 'ThunderB'
5 [361 comments] 'rickb223'
6 [353 comments] 'Lizzy '
7 [339 comments] 'Pappy O'Daniel'
8 [329 comments] 'artisanal 'ette'
9 [289 comments] 'logprof'
10 [285 comments] 'Vic We Have No Party'
Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [129 names] 'Caitlyn Jenner' [18.11 unique names/day]
2 [84 names] 'Narco Rubio'
3 [77 names] 'The Political Hat'
4 [76 names] 'Turd Ferguson'
5 [67 names] 'Mike Hammer, etc., etc.'
6 [67 names] 'Cicero (@cicero)'
7 [49 names] 'Islamic Rage Boy'
8 [41 names] 'RedMindBlueState'
9 [41 names] 'Ready For Hillary!!11!!'
10 [39 names] 'Blue Hen'
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 14, 2015 11:02 PM (RXf63)
Posted by: Farmer at June 14, 2015 11:02 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 14, 2015 11:03 PM (96Yxe)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at June 14, 2015 11:03 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 14, 2015 11:03 PM (RXf63)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 14, 2015 11:05 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Y-not at June 14, 2015 11:05 PM (RWGcK)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2015 11:06 PM (08Znv)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 14, 2015 11:02 PM (RXf63)
You should be cleaning some walleye by now.
Posted by: Farmer at June 14, 2015 11:06 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 14, 2015 11:07 PM (KVS7H)
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 14, 2015 11:07 PM (96Yxe)
Damn. Am I wrong to be excited?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2015 11:07 PM (08Znv)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 14, 2015 11:08 PM (KVS7H)
Well, duh. She sounds phony because she's completely insincere. Lord only knows what she's thinking while she mouths the speech. Probably something along the lines of "I wonder if there's a way we can milk these morons for money."
Posted by: Nerdygirl at June 14, 2015 11:09 PM (NjBm8)
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at June 14, 2015 11:09 PM (QWgGZ)
Posted by: Northernlurker at June 14, 2015 11:10 PM (nlHrF)
You should be cleaning some walleye by now.
Posted by: Farmer at June 14, 2015 11:06 PM
Doing some remodeling at the cabin. Then my flowers got to see me work on weeds this afternoon.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 14, 2015 11:10 PM (RXf63)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 14, 2015 11:11 PM (KVS7H)
Happy Flag Day! There are many historical flags associated with the United States, particularly during the War of Independence. One such flag is the "Serapis" Flag. This is the flag used by Captain John Paul Jones on captured British ship Serapis.
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=9271
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 14, 2015 11:11 PM (7YlUk)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at June 14, 2015 11:11 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 14, 2015 11:11 PM (RXf63)
And what's [redacted] all about? I can't think of there being something usually in that spot.....
Posted by: cthulhu at June 14, 2015 11:11 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 14, 2015 11:08 PM (KVS7H)
And this is from RK? LOL
Be well guys, you keep me entertained.
Posted by: Farmer at June 14, 2015 11:11 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 14, 2015 11:12 PM (7YlUk)
Again. Duh. Scumbag that he is, he still has a likable personality. Everyone's pretty sure that Hillary was spawned by Satan.
Posted by: Nerdygirl at June 14, 2015 11:12 PM (NjBm8)
That was called Lake Placid.
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at June 14, 2015 11:09 PM (QWgGZ)
Giant mutant Crocs in Lake Placid??? Really????
Posted by: Nessie, perusing the dating websites at June 14, 2015 11:12 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2015 11:12 PM (08Znv)
Some sort of rolling disaster, I'm sure.
Colt should have fled the NE when they had a chance.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 14, 2015 11:12 PM (96Yxe)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at June 14, 2015 11:12 PM (NaeCR)
She truly is a terrible, awful candidate.
Yes, Hillary sucks as a candidate, which is exactly why I want her to be the Democratic nominee, which is why we need to somehow find a way to shut up about it until she has that locked up.
Posted by: AD at June 14, 2015 11:13 PM (yBmlR)
Posted by: keena at June 14, 2015 11:14 PM (RiTnx)
Posted by: keena at June 14, 2015 11:14 PM (RiTnx)
****
Sexist!
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at June 14, 2015 11:15 PM (cIoI4)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 14, 2015 11:16 PM (KVS7H)
And as Mittens pointed out, she will still have a minimum of 47% of the vote locked up.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 14, 2015 11:17 PM (96Yxe)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2015 11:17 PM (3pRHP)
Posted by: keena at June 14, 2015 11:14 PM
Sexist Broad
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 14, 2015 11:17 PM (RXf63)
Hopeful sign for America of the week: I read that modern-day feminism (in the personage of Bryce Dallas Howard) takes it on the chin numerous times in "Jurassic World." (At least according to John Nolte's review.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 14, 2015 11:18 PM (elbY7)
The media is incredible.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 14, 2015 11:18 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 14, 2015 11:18 PM (UVfht)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 14, 2015 11:18 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 14, 2015 11:18 PM (elbY7)
Isn't that the name of the photo of Sir Madam Rodham creepily ogling Christina Aguilera's decolletage?
Posted by: don't stand so close to me at June 14, 2015 11:18 PM (XHWPr)
When a cyber attack takes down the electrical grid or the banking industry, then we'll we can talk about "Cyber Pearl Harbor."
Posted by: Country Singer at June 14, 2015 11:19 PM (nL0sw)
Posted by: keena at June 14, 2015 11:19 PM (RiTnx)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at June 14, 2015 11:19 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 14, 2015 11:19 PM (RXf63)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2015 11:20 PM (S55pX)
I saw it covered plenty on CNN and FNC.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 14, 2015 11:20 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 14, 2015 11:21 PM (KVS7H)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2015 11:17 PM (3pRHP)
Does it have a dinosaur fight in it? Because if so, I'm open. But as I recall it was a 3 page mopey fantasy with minimal actual dino content.
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 14, 2015 11:21 PM (wqVD1)
Still typin' as fast as I can for a living. Found out most of the work at my new gig is typing law firm letters. The good news is... they're workers' compensation defense firm letters.
They literally have their own language, but dang if some folks who thought they could hop the gravy train are finding it awful slow-moving.
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 14, 2015 11:21 PM (elbY7)
Posted by: Oedipus at June 14, 2015 11:21 PM (CXLVd)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 14, 2015 11:22 PM (W5DcG)
Nah. Taurus or Remington or Ruger will buy them up.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 14, 2015 11:21 PM (KVS7H)
Nope.... looks for a Chinese company to get permission from our Government to buy them out...
Because... FREE TRADE!
Posted by: BB Wolf at June 14, 2015 11:22 PM (qh617)
"Uh... I gotz mo' free munny for yer'all!!!1!"
((the crowd roars))
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 14, 2015 11:23 PM (elbY7)
Posted by: Country Singer at June 14, 2015 11:19 PM (nL0sw)
Yup. This and Hillary's servers is basically the Alfred Redl affair.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2015 11:23 PM (3pRHP)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 14, 2015 11:23 PM (2XMpf)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2015 11:17 PM (3pRHP)
Does it have a dinosaur fight in it? Because if so, I'm open. But as I recall it was a 3 page mopey fantasy with minimal actual dino content.
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 14, 2015 11:21 PM (wqVD1)
It was a sub-par Tumblr rant.
Posted by: The Unranting Hat at June 14, 2015 11:23 PM (7YlUk)
Well, can't rule anything out.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 14, 2015 11:24 PM (KVS7H)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at June 14, 2015 11:24 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: rickl at June 14, 2015 11:24 PM (sdi6R)
57 hi all
ugh Monday morning comes too soon
Posted by: chemjeff at June 14, 2015
No shit Sherlock
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 14, 2015 11:25 PM (RXf63)
59 "Nope.... looks for a Chinese company to get permission from our Government to buy them out..."
Well, can't rule anything out.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 14, 2015 11:24 PM (KVS7H)
and soon.... we will all be calling them...
Cort... 45s....
Posted by: BB Wolf at June 14, 2015 11:25 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 14, 2015 11:10 PM (RXf63)
We've got weeds out the azz w/ all this rain.
Posted by: Farmer at June 14, 2015 11:26 PM (o/90i)
Is it about that time of year for a NY/NJ Moron Meetup? I missed it last year. Do not want to miss it again.
Posted by: Iasonas at June 14, 2015 11:26 PM (DU875)
Everything else is public domain.
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.
.
* Or was that Arma-Lite.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at June 14, 2015 11:26 PM (NaeCR)
Do characters in the movie claim that the dinosaurs are acting all hostile because they're having their periods?
Are the female human characters not using the movie to bitch about rape culture?
Was their female nudity for no logical reason? Actually lesbians probably would like that.
Posted by: Nerdygirl at June 14, 2015 11:26 PM (NjBm8)
Maybe the dinosaurs only go after the women having a visit from Aunt Flo. They can smell it, you know.
Posted by: Country Singer at June 14, 2015 11:27 PM (nL0sw)
Posted by: Caitlynsaurus Rex at June 14, 2015 11:27 PM (2XMpf)
The medias gotta media what's infuriating is that the dopes who run the GOP haven't said boo.
All you have to do is ask yourself what would
the democrats be doing and saying if there was a Republican president.
Posted by: Kreplach at June 14, 2015 11:27 PM (VRdqG)
Skipped the Bond flick this weekend. Last night I watched "Saving Mr. Banks" instead.
Go ahead and call me a chick-flick lover if you want, but I really enjoyed it. Am also surprised it didn't get more love from Oscar, but it's an open secret what AMPAS likes and what the people like are two very different things nowadays.
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 14, 2015 11:28 PM (elbY7)
Posted by: gracepmc at June 14, 2015 11:28 PM (xvd51)
I'm going to disagree with this notion of Glenn Reynolds' that the hack
of OPM, et al, is the cyber version of Pearl Harbor. It's espionage,
just on a larger scale than has previously been conducted (as far as we
know).
When a cyber attack takes down the electrical grid or the banking industry, then we'll we can talk about "Cyber Pearl Harbor."
Posted by: Country Singer at June 14, 2015 11:19 PM (nL0sw)
I disagree -- the OPM hack, like Pearl Harbor, was specifically targeted toward our military and government. Neither was targeted toward civilian infrastructure or finance. Both were un-announced acts of flagrant aggression. Both will cause large amounts of chaos and wasteful expenditures on ultimately ineffective countermeasures before successful counterstrategies are found.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 14, 2015 11:29 PM (EzgxV)
Am actually interested in seeing "Inherent Vice." I've read it's basically plotless but still it looks to me like fun.
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 14, 2015 11:29 PM (elbY7)
Everything else is public domain.
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.
* Or was that Arma-Lite.
AR-10 belongs to Armalite.
Posted by: Fox2! at June 14, 2015 11:29 PM (VnxtC)
So I signed up today with the monitoring service that OPM CSID offered.
After having to enter birth day and SSN plus address, they then asked for even more personally identifiable information.
For example they asked for me to enter the following:
1. additional email addresses.
2. bank accounts.
3. credit cards.
4. driver's license number.
5. passport number.
Suffice to say, they got jack extra.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2015 11:30 PM (S55pX)
Because... FREE TRADE!
Posted by: BB Wolf at June 14, 2015 11:22 PM (qh617)
Eh. Colt is basically a shell of company anyway at this point. So the Chinese wouldn't be getting much more than the name and some expensive manufacturing facilities in the NE US.
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 14, 2015 11:30 PM (wqVD1)
Hell, I'd buy them out if I had the money. They've been living off of gov't contracts for 20 years.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 14, 2015 11:30 PM (KVS7H)
Love me for who I really REALLY am!
Posted by: Caitlynsaurus Rex
Don't you mean Caitlynsaurus Regina?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 14, 2015 11:31 PM (W5DcG)
I'd guess S&W but could be wrong, of course.
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 14, 2015 11:32 PM (elbY7)
Posted by: Nerdygirl at June 14, 2015 11:32 PM (NjBm8)
Life finds a way.
Posted by: transitioning dinosaur at June 14, 2015 11:33 PM (w/7Fi)
Posted by: Farmer at June
Gives a new definition to that phrase
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 14, 2015 11:33 PM (RXf63)
Posted by: gracepmc at June 14, 2015 11:28 PM (xvd51)
That's a good question. I've never watched or heard an entire speech by her until Campaign Kickoff: Part Deux, but she was very mechanical. I also noticed that even though there were two teleprompter screens up she didn't use them and relied on a print copy on the lectern. Made me wonder if the funky lenses in her glasses don't function well with the teleprompter.
Posted by: Country Singer at June 14, 2015 11:33 PM (nL0sw)
I guess I am small potatoes to all these people talking this is not a
cyber Paul Harbor. Obviously I do not matter even as all of my
information, as written on the SF86, was compromised.
So I signed up today with the monitoring service that OPM CSID offered.
After having to enter birth day and SSN plus address, they then asked for even more personally identifiable information.
For example they asked for me to enter the following:
1. additional email addresses.
2. bank accounts.
3. credit cards.
4. driver's license number.
5. passport number.
Suffice to say, they got jack extra.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2015 11:30 PM (S55pX)
Yeah, considering how well they guarded your original submission, you really, really, really, really want to give the ChiComs an update.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 14, 2015 11:33 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: CDR M at June 14, 2015 11:34 PM (TWXpK)
Posted by: PaleRider at June 14, 2015 11:34 PM (iA/+T)
Posted by: Nerdygirl at June 14, 2015 11:32 PM (NjBm
**
Really? Are you new to the ONT? It's kind of a requirement....
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at June 14, 2015 11:34 PM (cIoI4)
Posted by: Weirddave at June 14, 2015 11:35 PM (7TK5d)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 14, 2015 11:35 PM (KVS7H)
Hated Birdman which was a narcissistic Hollywood remake of All That Jazz which was way better and less pretentious
Posted by: keena at June 14, 2015 11:36 PM (RiTnx)
AP, I'm in the same boat as you, and while it may be a personal Pearl Harbor, I don't think it's something that will affect the country on the scale of PH. It could potentially turn into that, of course, but I'm just not there yet.
Posted by: Country Singer at June 14, 2015 11:36 PM (nL0sw)
Suddenly, an ONT appeared!
Posted by: Weirddave at June 14, 2015 11:35 PM (7TK5d)
A door slammed! The maid screamed!
Posted by: cthulhu at June 14, 2015 11:36 PM (EzgxV)
At least the security challenge questions were not on the SF86.
And when I did a check on my credit, they already knew such information as the remaining balance on my mortgage. *thud*
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2015 11:36 PM (S55pX)
Do I smell spin-off???
Posted by: the Lesbian "Lizard" Lady in Doctor Who at June 14, 2015 11:37 PM (w/7Fi)
Shouldn't that be The Sheldon Cooper Hat?
Posted by: Weirddave at June 14, 2015 11:37 PM (7TK5d)
#TWOWEEKS
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at June 14, 2015 11:37 PM (EAAFS)
Well, well, well.....
Posted by: cthulhu at June 14, 2015 11:38 PM (EzgxV)
Suddenly, an ONT appeared!
Posted by: Weirddave at June 14, 2015 11:35 PM (7TK5d)
A door slammed! The maid screamed!
******
HEY!!
Posted by: Arnold Schwarzenegger at June 14, 2015 11:38 PM (RiTnx)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 14, 2015 11:23 PM (2XMpf)
This one's for you: http://youtu.be/8y6daUp6DAY
Posted by: pookysgirl can walk (a few yards) at June 14, 2015 11:38 PM (FDfVQ)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 14, 2015 11:38 PM (EzgxV said
***
Wow, the Phreak is back. Interesting.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at June 14, 2015 11:40 PM (3F6F8)
I was completely out of the system, inactive you know. But not anymore...
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2015 11:41 PM (S55pX)
Life is full of these unanswerable questions
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2015 11:41 PM (3pRHP)
Coming week should be fun, though.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 14, 2015 11:43 PM (EzgxV)
Suddenly, an ONT appeared!
Posted by: Weirddave at June 14, 2015 11:35 PM (7TK5d)
A door slammed! The maid screamed!
******
HEY!!
Posted by: Arnold Schwarzenegger at June 14, 2015 11:38 PM (RiTnx)
That does sound like the first sentence to a Bulwer-Lyton contest entry.
Posted by: Northernlurker at June 14, 2015 11:43 PM (nlHrF)
Not sure why I like blimps and Zepps so much
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2015 11:43 PM (3pRHP)
Posted by: Bruschetta Jenner at June 14, 2015 11:43 PM (oZr5y)
Posted by: buzzion at June 14, 2015 11:43 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2015 11:41 PM (S55pX)
I'm still there. 22 years now...where the hell did my youth go???
Posted by: Country Singer at June 14, 2015 11:44 PM (nL0sw)
Aside from Fallout 4 (which I'm told is pretty much Fallout 3 save for a few new features), all the games Bethesda is coming out with are garbage.
And Doom...yeah, it's been butchered all to hell. It looks like a hybrid between HALO and Metroid.
Posted by: Thrawn at June 14, 2015 11:44 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at June 14, 2015 11:45 PM (oZr5y)
Some people sure can pack a lot of stupid into a very few words. #Efficiency
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at June 14, 2015 11:45 PM (Q819Q)
It's the chip that was implanted after her stroke.
Posted by: bergerbilder at June 14, 2015 11:46 PM (+jijM)
Posted by: Thrawn at June 14, 2015 11:46 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: Thrawn at June 14, 2015 11:46 PM (wZ2hu)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2015 11:46 PM (S55pX)
Posted by: Weirddave at June 14, 2015 11:35 PM (7TK5d)
A door slammed! The maid screamed!
Posted by: cthulhu at June 14, 2015 11:36 PM
It was the Hillary who did it in the library. With the candlestick.
Posted by: Farmer at June 14, 2015 11:46 PM (o/90i)
Hillary has been dead for years, that is just her robotic corpse up there.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2015 11:47 PM (S55pX)
Although I've heard Birdman is really funny in spots. And at least it depicts self-absorbed drama-llama New Yorkers as the... creatures they are.
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 14, 2015 11:48 PM (elbY7)
See the thing about trolls is that they are immune to any warnings or counseling about their behavior or consequences from it. That is is the true nature of a troll.
Ira, you know what will happen if you keep spamming the comments, right?
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 14, 2015 11:48 PM (wqVD1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2015 11:46 PM (S55pX)
Nah, that was just the first ten years!
Posted by: Country Singer at June 14, 2015 11:48 PM (nL0sw)
Isn't it hard to post comments when everyone knows what you are thinking beforehand by reading your thoughts?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2015 11:49 PM (3pRHP)
I pity the folks in the audience the day Hillary's face mask comes off, revealing the hideous circuitry below. CIA will have to have them all -- AND their cell phones-- liquidated within about 10 seconds flat.
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 14, 2015 11:49 PM (elbY7)
Like Anna Nicole Smith when she had the clown makeup on and was zonked out on hypnotic commands and drugs.
Posted by: RKae at June 14, 2015 11:49 PM (UIZf4)
Not sure why I like blimps and Zepps so much
I was riding my bicycle in a park in Louisville back in the late 1960's and the Goodyear Blimp passed over head at about 1500 feet. Man, that thing was LOUD!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 14, 2015 11:49 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Weirddave at June 14, 2015 11:35 PM (7TK5d)
A door slammed! The maid screamed!
Posted by: cthulhu at June 14, 2015 11:36 PM
It was the Hillary who did it in the library. With the candlestick.
Posted by: Farmer at June 14, 2015 11:46 PM (o/90i)
But only after lacing the curry with a sedative so the jockeys wouldn't hear the horse being led away ...
Posted by: Adriane the Mystery Critic ... at June 14, 2015 11:50 PM (nSOh+)
****
GFY, Ira/MUMR. Freaking sickness.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at June 14, 2015 11:50 PM (cIoI4)
Aside from Fallout 4 (which I'm told is pretty much Fallout 3 save for a few new features), all the games Bethesda is coming out with are garbage.
And Doom...yeah, it's been butchered all to hell. It looks like a hybrid between HALO and Metroid.
Posted by: Thrawn
Yerp.
Never played Dishonored so didn't care. Doom, I don't have a good enough cxn for multi-player and I saw a lot of single player fans get hosed on D3.
Anyone with an ouce of biz sense knew they were going to use the SKyrim engine and remap for Fallout. SO the grphics are underwhelming, but I did like the crafting and large-scale crafting stuff.
My only unresolved beef is whether or not they cleaned up the inventory. F3 inven was a mess. It seems from the clips they may have fixed some of the categorization.
And Yay! on the mobile game, but boo on iPhone first bullshit. Fuck Appleholes.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 14, 2015 11:50 PM (uctT+)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/610111619377573889
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/610111945400786944
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/610112359026323457
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/610112678397386752
Posted by: kbdbear at June 14, 2015 11:50 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: The Truth, the whole Truth etc. at June 14, 2015 11:50 PM (6jKOp)
Posted by: buzzion at June 14, 2015 11:50 PM (zt+N6)
Yeah, that's what's Hillary! speech sounds like.
Posted by: bergerbilder at June 14, 2015 11:51 PM (+jijM)
Posted by: Country Singer at June 14, 2015 11:52 PM (nL0sw)
98 93 89
Suddenly, an ONT appeared!
Posted by: Weirddave at June 14, 2015 11:35 PM (7TK5d)
A door slammed! The maid screamed!
******
HEY!!
Posted by: Arnold Schwarzenegger at June 14, 2015 11:38 PM (RiTnx)
That does sound like the first sentence to a Bulwer-Lyton contest entry.
Posted by: Northernlurker at June 14, 2015 11:43 PM (nlHrF)
There was actually a Peanuts book where Snoopy was writing a Bulwer-Lytton-esque book, with help from the rest of the gang, and the actual book was printed on slick paper inside.
I actually have a copy somewhere in this dump, under my current "compromised computers/bad network/cyberstalking" crap, which is layered over my "why the hell do I have 20 years of Keyboard magazine back-issues blocking access to the actual keyboards I own?" project, which was phase 2 of the "I can't see the damned guitars behind the stack of Guitar Player" project, which overlays the "I never really liked Dr. Dobbs....why did I subscribe for so long and save them?" dealio, which is on top of the "holy crap -- when I went to look at how much computer hardware I should scrap, I started labeling systems with 'A, B, C...' and ran out of letters" situation....
Posted by: cthulhu at June 14, 2015 11:52 PM (EzgxV)
Check out the album cover for "Dead Reckoning" by Threshold. I've always loved that picture. And like you... I don't know why.
Posted by: RKae at June 14, 2015 11:52 PM (UIZf4)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 14, 2015 11:50 PM (uctT+)
I'm sure there will be mods to clean up the inventory. Of course the dipshits at Steam will probably attempt to monetize it again.
Posted by: buzzion at June 14, 2015 11:52 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 14, 2015 11:52 PM (elbY7)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2015 11:53 PM (S55pX)
Only 2 scenes worth a damn in Return of the King.
1) Charge of the Rohirrim, with the speech before hand. Manly and awesome.
2) Ghosts pouring through the side of the ship to attack the orcs.
That's pretty much it.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 14, 2015 11:53 PM (39g3+)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/610112975484153856
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/610113429668515841
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/610113729888432128
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/610114040157863936
Posted by: kbdbear at June 14, 2015 11:53 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 14, 2015 11:53 PM (Vm8WO)
Piss hot and explain why you ineligible for driving under DOT rules.
We need candidates that can handle stressful situations without crawling into some sort of bottle.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2015 11:54 PM (3pRHP)
It was Snoopy's novel "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night." Great spoof of most novels then *and* now.
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 14, 2015 11:54 PM (elbY7)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2015 11:54 PM (S55pX)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
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It's all a filthy lie. I've been framed. I think Ira has hacked my hash.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 14, 2015 11:54 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 14, 2015 11:55 PM (elbY7)
Makes me think of the scene in West World where you think Yul Brynner is dead, then that hand grabs the door frame.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 14, 2015 11:55 PM (39g3+)
"It looks like you're about to post something that will destroy your entire career. Can I help?"
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 14, 2015 11:56 PM (elbY7)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
-------------
It's all a filthy lie. I've been framed. I think Ira has hacked my hash.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 14, 2015 11:54
La la la.
Posted by: Hammer's Cat at June 14, 2015 11:56 PM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, man of few words at June 14, 2015 11:44 PM (EAAFS)
See the thing about trolls is that they are immune to any warnings or counseling about their behavior or consequences from it. That is is the true nature of a troll.
Ira, you know what will happen if you keep spamming the comments, right?
Posted by: Maetenloch at June 14, 2015 11:48 PM (wqVD1)
Please save copies for me -- I haven't started my own forensics and I don't even get the drive back until later this week.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 14, 2015 11:56 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Northernlurker at June 14, 2015 11:43 PM (nlHrF)
There was actually a Peanuts book where Snoopy was writing a Bulwer-Lytton-esque book, with help from the rest of the gang, and the actual book was printed on slick paper inside.
I actually have a copy somewhere in this dump, under my current "compromised computers/bad network/cyberstalking" crap, which is layered over my "why the hell do I have 20 years of Keyboard magazine back-issues blocking access to the actual keyboards I own?" project, which was phase 2 of the "I can't see the damned guitars behind the stack of Guitar Player" project, which overlays the "I never really liked Dr. Dobbs....why did I subscribe for so long and save them?" dealio, which is on top of the "holy crap -- when I went to look at how much computer hardware I should scrap, I started labeling systems with 'A, B, C...' and ran out of letters" situation....
Posted by: cthulhu at June 14, 2015 11:52 PM (EzgxV)
Went to take a look at the Bulwer-Lytton website--gave me a good chuckle, or was it a chortle. Perhaps it was a guffaw. I always confuse those.
Posted by: Northernlurker at June 14, 2015 11:56 PM (nlHrF)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 14, 2015 11:52 PM (elbY7)
Thank God, no. Although I did have to wear the "Freida Frog" getup once for a charity event. Nope, next three weeks is work stuff in the lab.
Night, y'all!
Posted by: Country Singer at June 14, 2015 11:56 PM (nL0sw)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 14, 2015 11:57 PM (F2IAQ)
So fearless but dreaded Horde, what would be another way for Sluggor to end the story?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 14, 2015 11:57 PM (S55pX)
Yeah, that's what's Hillary! speech sounds like.
Posted by: bergerbilder
Rather, it's as if you are her child, brought to Bring Your Kid to Work Day only to find out her work persona is entirely different, and you have to listen to her try to not sound like an alien in front of you.
"Good.Morning, BOB. This is my, umm, Daugh-ter. Say hello, Daugh-ter."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 14, 2015 11:57 PM (uctT+)
of OPM, et al, is the cyber version of Pearl Harbor.
I think it was overstated quite a bit, too. This was mostly a Mission Impossible type strike on the USA. Very bad, but not a catastrophic act of war.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 14, 2015 11:57 PM (39g3+)
Does she know its not working?
Posted by: Northernlurker at June 14, 2015 11:57 PM (nlHrF)
Damn. Am I wrong to be excited?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2015 11:07 PM (08Znv)
Nope. Twas a fun mix.
Posted by: tbodie at June 14, 2015 11:57 PM (EUw/L)
It started with a cover picture of a photoshop of Hillary in a Robin Hood costume with a particularly stupid look on her face (a scream/roar smile) and she is getting ready to fire off an arrow. The headline was Haillrt reboots campaign with attack on rich and RODHAM HOOD!"In the bolton right hand corner was an inset picture of a grinning Bill Clinton as Friar Tuck in a monk's tonsure. The article and editorials only got worse after that.
And re "National Review" and why Hillary talks as a robot. I think she had a strokes or several (worse than the media suggested) can't think clearly and she has been programmed to give her special talking points. It's scary that someone who is quite possibly very ill would be pushed to be President.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2015 11:58 PM (OSs/l)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Have you asked him how he wants it to end?
Give him half a loaf and see what that reads like.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 14, 2015 11:58 PM (uctT+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2015 12:00 AM (S55pX)
* ponders copies of Byte Magazine stored in the basement *
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 14, 2015 11:57 PM (F2IAQ)
Want more? You could be closer to having a complete set!!!
And, BTW, there's a certain Moron in SoCal that I thought I had lined up for mine....
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 12:00 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 15, 2015 12:01 AM (W5DcG)
RE Lot 49: I kept imagining "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter" (or Tune in Tomorrow if you are more into screen adaptations). It had the same LSD trip twisting of scene to scene.
That being said, I think I like Latin-American magical realism more than Pynchon's American drug-trip realism. And if I am going to do American drug-trip realism, I think I like "Been Down So Long, It Looks Like Up To Me".
RE Boehner and Ryan and sell outs (oh my)... apparently their latest ploy to pass TPA is to bribe the Dems with a stealth small business tax in the form of doubled or trebled fines for misfiling common small business ta forms.
Posted by: redbanzai at June 15, 2015 12:01 AM (5DGKy)
He goes to Scotland, buys a kilt and the fitting session is secretly photographed and the jpeg gets put on the web.
Bebe's see the jpeg and races over to save him ...
... on a dark and stormy night, of course ... makes for air flight drama, slick roads and car chases, bolts of lightning illuminating the zombies and so many other plot twists ...
Posted by: Adriane the Mystery Critic ... at June 15, 2015 12:01 AM (nSOh+)
It's not that hard. People want to be entertained - not lectured.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 15, 2015 12:02 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: bergerbilder at June 15, 2015 12:02 AM (+jijM)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 15, 2015 12:02 AM (39g3+)
Went to take a look at the Bulwer-Lytton
website--gave me a good chuckle, or was it a chortle. Perhaps it was a
guffaw. I always confuse those.
Posted by: Northernlurker at June 14, 2015 11:56 PM (nlHrF)
It was a dark and stormy night, full of ominous guffaws and chortles...
Posted by: chemjeff at June 15, 2015 12:03 AM (2XMpf)
And re "National Review" and why Hillary talks as a robot. I think she had a strokes or several (worse than the media suggested) can't think clearly and she has been programmed to give her special talking points. It's scary that someone who is quite possibly very ill would be pushed to be President.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2015 11:58 PM (OSs/l)
There's something there I don't get. She's no longer young and she seems older than her years. I suspect she's not well and she's trying to do something she is appallingly bad at.
It doesn't make sense. But what does these days?
Posted by: Northernlurker at June 15, 2015 12:03 AM (nlHrF)
We live a couple miles from the airdock and about a dozen from their home airfield. Son-in-law's dad is a former blimp pilot.
We get low level overflights quite often. Always pause to get a good look.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at June 15, 2015 12:03 AM (di1hb)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Meaning, resolve it partially in his favor, aka less stab wounds in the neckal region, but not a clear victory.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 12:03 AM (uctT+)
* Part I *
It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly, a shot rang out! A door slammed. The maid screamed.
Suddenly, a pirate ship appeared on the horizon!
While millions of people were starving, the king lived in luxury. Meanwhile, on a small farm in Kansas, a boy was growing up.
* Part II *
A light snow was falling, and the little girl with the tattered shawl had not sold a violet all day.
At that very moment, a young intern at City Hospital was making an important discovery. The mysterious patient in Room 213 had finally awakened. She moaned softly.
Could it be that she was the sister of the boy in Kansas who loved the girl with the tattered shawl who was the daughter of the maid who had escaped from the pirates?
The intern frowned.
"Stampede!" the foreman shouted, and forty thousand head of cattle thundered down the tiny camp. The two men rolled on the ground grappling beneath the murderous hooves. A left and a right. A left. Another left and right. An uppercut to the jaw. The fight was over. And so the ranch was saved.
The young intern sat by himself in one corner of the coffee shop. He had learned about medicine, but more importantly, he had learned something about life.
THE END
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 15, 2015 12:03 AM (elbY7)
Who will be Hillary's VP? The person who will take over
when she has a medical condition?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 15, 2015 12:01 AM (W5DcG)
I am available.
Posted by: HAL 9000 at June 15, 2015 12:03 AM (2XMpf)
I can't remember which president it was, but one of them was very ill
the last few years of his presidency and spent his whole time behind
closed doors in the White House and rumor is his wife ran things for
him. Just makes me think of Hillary's health and Bill.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 15, 2015 12:02 AM (39g3+)
That was Woodrow Wilson (according to Drunk History).
Posted by: redbanzai at June 15, 2015 12:04 AM (5DGKy)
----
I'll let "neckal" pass, but it's "FEWER stab wounds," not "less."
Posted by: RKae at June 15, 2015 12:04 AM (UIZf4)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/selection-du-weekend-144-51.jpg
If you value your sanity and not want to turn to stone, only look at this image in a mirror while wearing Joo Janta 2000 Peril Sensitive Sunglasses AND after downing three Pan-Galactic Gargle-Blasters.
In other words Ethel, don't look!
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2015 12:06 AM (S55pX)
... on a dark and stormy night, of course ... makes for air flight drama, slick roads and car chases, bolts of lightning illuminating the zombies and so many other plot twists ...
Posted by: Adriane the Mystery Critic
Including Goth Fonzie running interference.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 12:06 AM (uctT+)
Posted by: Adriane the Mystery Critic ... at June 15, 2015 12:06 AM (nSOh+)
Bebe's see the jpeg and races over to save him ...
... on a dark and stormy night, of course ... makes for air flight drama, slick roads and car chases, bolts of lightning illuminating the zombies and so many other plot twists ...
Posted by: Adriane the Mystery Critic ... at June 15, 2015
Zombies give me the creeps. He would have to look reaaalllyy hot in the kilt, and have the blue ribbon going on iykwimaittyd!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 15, 2015 12:06 AM (Vm8WO)
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 14, 2015 11:56 PM (elbY7)
Types question *Is it more effective to say "Director, you have the morals of a meth-addicted ferret" or to spell it out with, "It is your prerogative to hire 16 year old interns, but I feel requiring them to perform oral sex on you is detrimental to the morale and functionality of the division"?*
Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2015 12:06 AM (3pRHP)
And not a small one....
Posted by: Thor's feather duster at June 15, 2015 12:07 AM (JgC5a)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 12:07 AM (F2IAQ)
Of course you can. Are you living in the Third World?
Posted by: rickl at June 15, 2015 12:07 AM (sdi6R)
I actually have a copy somewhere in this dump....
Posted by: cthulhu at June 14, 2015 11:52 PM (EzgxV
You crack me up. if you ever come thru Chicago let me know. I think you'd like N IL just a few miles away.
Posted by: Farmer at June 15, 2015 12:08 AM (o/90i)
----
I'll let "neckal" pass, but it's "FEWER stab wounds," not "less."
Posted by: RKae
I've heard it both ways, SNNNNIIIIIIFFFFFFF.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 12:08 AM (uctT+)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2015 12:08 AM (OSs/l)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 15, 2015 12:06 AM (Vm8WO)
It's Anna's story!!! I'm just trying to help ... really, I am ...
:- )))))
Posted by: Adriane the Mystery Critic ... at June 15, 2015 12:08 AM (nSOh+)
face mask comes off, revealing the hideous circuitry below. CIA will
have to have them all -- AND their cell phones-- liquidated within about
10 seconds flat.
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 14, 2015 11:49 PM (elbY7)
Hillary's a replicant? Wait, make that a Demlicant.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2015 12:09 AM (wfQnl)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/selection-du-weekend-144-56.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2015 12:09 AM (S55pX)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 15, 2015 12:09 AM (elbY7)
I would do bad things to goth fonzie. Bad bad things, not good bad things.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 15, 2015 12:10 AM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 15, 2015 12:10 AM (iQIUe)
Fewer fires, less smoke.
Fewer lakes, less water.
Fewer politicians, less bullshit.
The confusion is that they both have the same antonym: "more."
Posted by: RKae at June 15, 2015 12:10 AM (UIZf4)
Posted by: Dave M at June 15, 2015 12:10 AM (Cbzos)
There was actually a Peanuts book where Snoopy was writing a
Bulwer-Lytton-esque book, with help from the rest of the gang, and the
actual book was printed on slick paper inside.
I actually have a copy somewhere in this dump....
Posted by: cthulhu at June 14, 2015 11:52 PM (EzgxV
You crack me up. if you ever come thru Chicago let me know. I think you'd like N IL just a few miles away.
Posted by: Farmer at June 15, 2015 12:08 AM (o/90i)
No, it's a real thing -- qdpsteve quoted the entire thing @172 [numbering subject to change]. Not that I wouldn't love to visit, but this is not some insane fever-dream.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 12:10 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: RKae at June 15, 2015 12:11 AM (UIZf4)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 15, 2015 12:11 AM (OSs/l)
http://tinyurl.com/nnbo382
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 12:11 AM (F2IAQ)
He'd look good in a kilt ... - ish ...
Posted by: Adriane the Mystery Critic ... at June 15, 2015 12:11 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: RKae
Fantastic. Now explain my wonderful invention of 'neckal.'
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 12:12 AM (uctT+)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 15, 2015 12:12 AM (39g3+)
"How to Write Good"
- Avoid alliteration. Always.
- Be more or less specific.
- NEVER EVER use all caps or multiple exclamation points!!
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 15, 2015 12:12 AM (elbY7)
----
I do not explain it. I just let it hang there in space and marvel at its splendor.
Posted by: RKae at June 15, 2015 12:13 AM (UIZf4)
Posted by: Skynet at June 15, 2015 12:13 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: buzzion at June 15, 2015 12:13 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Adriane the Mystery Critic ... at June 15, 2015 12:14 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2015 12:14 AM (S55pX)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 15, 2015 12:14 AM (39g3+)
face mask comes off, revealing the hideous circuitry below. CIA will
have to have them all -- AND their cell phones-- liquidated within about
10 seconds flat.
Posted by:
Posted by: bergerbilder at June 15, 2015 12:14 AM (+jijM)
Posted by: Adriane the Mystery Critic ... at June 15, 2015 12:11 AM (nSOh+)
He has quite the mullet, doesn't he?
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 15, 2015 12:15 AM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: buzzion
That's because Ace was a jock in high school. Made Varsity LogTrap. All Endor Team.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 12:15 AM (uctT+)
Apparently Newfoundland was a regular waypoint for trans-Atlantic zeppelin flights.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2015 12:16 AM (wfQnl)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 15, 2015 12:16 AM (elbY7)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 15, 2015 12:16 AM (W5DcG)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 15, 2015 12:17 AM (elbY7)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at June 15, 2015 12:18 AM (RXf63)
http://tinyurl.com/nnbo382
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 12:11 AM
Very cool, thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Farmer at June 15, 2015 12:18 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 15, 2015 12:19 AM (39g3+)
Posted by: bergerbilder at June 15, 2015 12:02 AM (+jijM)
But we get a plaque every year for 100 percent participation... pause... If you change your mind, you have until the end of work tomorrow to let us know.
Posted by: Charitable Employers Everywhere at June 15, 2015 12:21 AM (z0fUc)
Wilson. he did plenty of damage before falling ill, God knows what worse hell we'd be in if he'd been spry for his full second term.
Posted by: Weirddave at June 15, 2015 12:21 AM (7TK5d)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 12:22 AM (F2IAQ)
Who's got the white cheddar popcorn? I've got a few bottles of merlot. Looks like it's party time.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 15, 2015 12:22 AM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2015 12:23 AM (S55pX)
"Well, here we are finally at the campsite. Too bad Dad fell in that mudhole and then put the tent post through his foot. Oh no, and now he's gotta wrassle a bear!!"
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 15, 2015 12:23 AM (elbY7)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 15, 2015 12:24 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 15, 2015 12:24 AM (W5DcG)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 15, 2015 12:25 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 15, 2015 12:25 AM (elbY7)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Indeed. Flag Day concert at church. Did my part.
Thank you to your father and your family for their service.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 12:26 AM (uctT+)
My mom still forgets to add the "under God" phrase. She's 84 and sometimes forgets that past 50 years, bless her heart. I figure it's okay.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 15, 2015 12:28 AM (+YMhA)
The Conan thing is that the machinations of a corrupt court tend to slip under the hero's guard. I don't know what got Slugor into a fix, but you clearly have to make the death interesting to you, or a way to get him out of it.
There is the Crockett/ El Cid besiegement, full of last minute defenses of the breach and desperate fights in the rubble
There is the Caesar action getting offed by your allies and knowing the bastards will tear each others' guts out within a month
There is the classic capture/imprisonment/blinding,
There is the King Lear type of exile...
There is sudden ambush, pursuit, prey turning at bay to counter ambush like a maddened boar, evasion, hiding in marshes, finding the woodcutters and screwing up the baking of the oat-cakes, and fear of betrayal while planning to retake the kingdom or slip off and join some mercenary band on the marches...
If he's gotta go down you can decide if he has the dagger marks in the front where he was fighting or in the back where he tried to outrun destiny
Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2015 12:29 AM (3pRHP)
He "kept us out of war" until he sent us "OVER THERE"
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 15, 2015 12:29 AM (W5DcG)
Look at them luscious little bottles, sittin' up on the shelf
Red green and yellow, Lord, they are somethin' else, hmmm
They mesmerize me, the way they sparkle and shine
Drink-a that wine wine, wine
Keep your head stoned all the time
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 12:30 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 15, 2015 12:30 AM (+YMhA)
Sorry I can't reciprocate with a picture. (My brothers and sisters scarfed everything,up.) My dad is buried with my mom in the Rittman, Oh, veterans cemetery, which is only 4 miles from our house. We left some flowers on Memorial Day. Dad lived to 87, and my horribly lonely mom followed a little lover a year later (they were married 67 years.) The cemetery is only about 15 years old now, but they have made a beautiful place for our fallen soldiers/parents.
Posted by: bergerbilder at June 15, 2015 12:31 AM (+jijM)
;-)
(is a joke I'm sure will get you slapped in those towns)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 15, 2015 12:17 AM (elbY7)
Steve, the Graf Zeppelin had a perfect safety record, and made quite a few trans-Atlantic crossings. Zeppelin travel was quite a fad amongst the "beautiful people" of the day.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2015 12:32 AM (wfQnl)
See, this is what I'm nervous about. Dad is a little frail these days, since his stroke. Mom can't remember much, but she is healthy as a horse otherwise. She's fine so long as Dad is there to point her in the right direction, but once he fails, heaven only knows what I'm gonna have to do.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 15, 2015 12:33 AM (+YMhA)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 15, 2015 12:33 AM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2015 12:33 AM (3pRHP)
Wilson. he did plenty of damage before falling ill, God knows what
worse hell we'd be in if he'd been spry for his full second term.
He "kept us out of war" until he sent us "OVER THERE"
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 15, 2015 12:29 AM (W5DcG)
....consistency never being a problem to Progressives -- just start again at Year Zero!
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 12:34 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 15, 2015 12:34 AM (2XMpf)
Which reminds me, whose brilliant idea was it at Volkswagen to adopt their new ad slogan, "It's time for German engineering"????
As I recall there was a certain world leader sometime around 1933 who said the same thing. Then in 1941 us Americans had to reverse-engineer the process, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 15, 2015 12:35 AM (elbY7)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 15, 2015 12:35 AM (2XMpf)
http://tinyurl.com/obyq4tv
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 12:35 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 12:38 AM (uctT+)
Fahrvergnügen
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 15, 2015 12:38 AM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 15, 2015 12:33 AM (W5DcG)
That's it, then. I'm signing up to get a free ride....
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 15, 2015 12:38 AM (+YMhA)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 15, 2015 12:33 AM (W5DcG)<<<
I do, but to be honest, I bought it used off of Mr. Mook Mook.
Posted by: Narco Rubio, Senator by day, drug kingpin by night at June 15, 2015 12:38 AM (w/7Fi)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 15, 2015 12:40 AM (10ydV)
Wildfires up here are mostly left to burn unless there are houses or people in the vicinity. This one in Willow was started by an idiot burning trash and not paying attention, and we had very little snow this winter and now almost no rain, so, it got big fast. The highway to Fairbanks is shut down since the fire jumped the road. Lots of folks and dog teams and such up there. But to my knowledge, everyone evacuated.
Not fun, and we may go up to help once it's all put out.
Just got a real job architecting up here again, so progress is being made. At some point, we may even get out of debt.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 15, 2015 12:41 AM (+YMhA)
Red green and yellow, Lord, they are somethin' else, hmmm
They mesmerize me, the way they sparkle and shine
Drink-a that wine wine, wine
Keep your head stoned all the time
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 12:30 AM (F2IAQ)
Another wine song, with a pretty entertaining slide show to go with it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNeDRm1IpLY
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2015 12:41 AM (wfQnl)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 12:42 AM (uctT+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 15, 2015 12:42 AM (dRtHa)
Did I miss kbdabear's obligatory Flag Day compliance pics?
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 12:44 AM (foBj9)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 15, 2015 12:44 AM (2XMpf)
http://tinyurl.com/q55s4qx
My father was one of the earliest buried there. His grave marker is 677.
Posted by: bergerbilder at June 15, 2015 12:46 AM (+jijM)
Evening, all.
Did I miss kbdabear's obligatory Flag Day compliance pics?
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 12:44 AM (foBj9)
Yo, chi!!! How go the wars?
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 12:47 AM (EzgxV)
Return of the King: Great moment when Gandalf talks to Pippin. Of course Fellowship was the best of the three. Everything from the start of the mines until the end of the movie is terrific film-making.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 15, 2015 12:48 AM (+4uXG)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 15, 2015 12:50 AM (elbY7)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 15, 2015 12:48 AM
HA, that's the picture I had in my head!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 15, 2015 12:51 AM (Vm8WO)
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tcn - please, ma'am, don't complain about mid eighties temps.
it's been upper nineties here for the better part of a week. Weather channel predicts 97 tomorrow, 100 for Wednesday.
And the cherry on top? Virginia humidity
*sorry, ace - I won't be hitting th tip jar anytime soon. I will be out tomorrow finding a cheap window unit for the bedroom.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 12:52 AM (iBH87)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 12:53 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: BourbonChicken
The stage quality of the Gandalf on the parapets of Minas Tirith was shite.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 12:53 AM (uctT+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 12:54 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 12:55 AM (uctT+)
84 friggen degrees today, in the great white north. Dammmit.
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tcn - please, ma'am, don't complain about mid eighties temps.
it's been upper nineties here for the better part of a week. Weather channel predicts 97 tomorrow, 100 for Wednesday.
And the cherry on top? Virginia humidity
*sorry, ace - I won't be hitting th tip jar anytime soon. I will be out tomorrow finding a cheap window unit for the bedroom.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 12:52 AM (iBH87)
Drove up to Sacramento on Friday for godson's HS graduation Saturday morning. 102 degrees. Fiancee issued ultimatum if I didn't have car AC working for the trip.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 12:57 AM (EzgxV)
And there it was! Lying on the floor, under the passenger side of the seat, was the King Dick! And what's a King Dick, you may ask? Well, it's a pocket-sized monkey wrench, about 4" long, with the knurled adjusting nut embedded in the middle of the handle. Solid steel, and the opening of the jaws is at 90 degrees to the axis of the handle, and quite shallow. The jaw adjustment range is from zero to nearly two inches. I sprayed a little Liquid Wrench on it, and it works slick as can be.
Now, this thing is next to useless as an actual wrench, because jaws too shallow, and too bulky, and handle too short to apply much torque to the fastener. You could probably loosen the nuts that hold a bicycle wheel to the forks, if you were pressed, but that's about it.
But it's got "King Dick" stamped right on the sliding jaw, all in capital letters, with the K and D in a larger font. How cool is that?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2015 01:00 AM (wfQnl)
Posted by: cthulhu
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Hey, man.
You know - like a cat I a tree...
This heat has really affected my sleep. An hour here, an hour there. I swear it's worse at night than during the day somehow.
Got outside with the mutt for a while today. He chased a stick for three minutes, then promptly threw up.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 01:01 AM (E5w0w)
Apropos of nothing at all, I got a King Dick today. I was parting out an
old car, and decided to take out the front bench seat. The bolts were
real rusty, and hard to get at, anyway, so I got out the blue-tipped
wrench and burned away the bolts and cage nuts on the underside of the
floor, which I could easily reach. The left side of the seat broke free
of the floor easily, but the right side resisted until I put some muscle
on a big pry bar.
And there it was! Lying on the floor,
under the passenger side of the seat, was the King Dick! And what's a
King Dick, you may ask? Well, it's a pocket-sized monkey wrench, about
4" long, with the knurled adjusting nut embedded in the middle of the
handle. Solid steel, and the opening of the jaws is at 90 degrees to the
axis of the handle, and quite shallow. The jaw adjustment range is from
zero to nearly two inches. I sprayed a little Liquid Wrench on it, and
it works slick as can be.
Now, this thing is next to useless
as an actual wrench, because jaws too shallow, and too bulky, and handle
too short to apply much torque to the fastener. You could probably
loosen the nuts that hold a bicycle wheel to the forks, if you were
pressed, but that's about it.
But it's got "King Dick"
stamped right on the sliding jaw, all in capital letters, with the K and
D in a larger font. How cool is that?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2015 01:00 AM (wfQnl)
Awesomesauce! Now, having one King Dick under your sway, does that make you Emperor?
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 01:02 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Colorado Alex
Alex, I didnt see you slip in! How are you? Still nothing on dream job.
Resuming job hunt tomorrow. Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 15, 2015 01:03 AM (Vm8WO)
http://tinyurl.com/pg96qeu
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 01:04 AM (F2IAQ)
Something like a American hating, hard Left, Racialist, with no accomplishments to speak of winning 2 terms of the Presidency?
Posted by: puddleglum not at work at June 15, 2015 01:05 AM (+mBzB)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at June 15, 2015 01:05 AM (XrHO0)
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It is all about obtaining power and control..., has nothing to do with the well-being of the Republic.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 01:06 AM (F2IAQ)
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, Al Quaeda commander responsible for an attack on an Algerian gas plant in 2013 that killed 40 workers, including 3 Americans and 6 Britons has ended his reign of terror due to hash tag campaigns and being blown to meaty chunks by 500 lb. bombs, but mostly due to being blown to meaty chunks by 500 lb. bombs.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at June 15, 2015 01:06 AM (J+mig)
Yo, chi!!! How go the wars?
Posted by: cthulhu
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Hey, man.
You know - like a cat I a tree...
This heat has really affected my sleep. An hour here, an hour there. I swear it's worse at night than during the day somehow.
Got outside with the mutt for a while today. He chased a stick for three minutes, then promptly threw up.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 01:01 AM (E5w0w)
We went to a window unit in the bedroom for just that very reason.....then finally went whole-house HVAC being that it was getting old hanging out in the bedroom (in the dark) all day. I can totally sympathize, and you're making the right choice.
When I lived in a place that got to 127 one year, our dogs loved to hang out in a cheap-o plastic kiddie pool -- the kind you can get for $20 at Walmart. They'd submerge their bodies and rest their chins on the edge.
I was hoping to guardedly talk about some texts.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 01:07 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 01:07 AM (E5w0w)
I'm doing well. Had a slow week last week, but this one will be busier. Boo! to the silence from Dream Job. I'll keep you in my prayers.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 15, 2015 01:08 AM (10ydV)
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 01:07 AM (E5w0w)<<<
See, it would sound so much better in metric!
Posted by: Lincoln Chafee at June 15, 2015 01:09 AM (w/7Fi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 01:10 AM (F2IAQ)
She's good at what she does. Fundamentally Transforming a nation is hard work. You need someone good at destruction.
Posted by: puddleglum not at work at June 15, 2015 01:10 AM (+mBzB)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 15, 2015 01:08 AM
Thanks! Only a month till you visit, yay!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 15, 2015 01:10 AM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 01:02 AM (EzgxV)
Naw, I'm still a Peon. Well, I just learned something. King Dick is a British tool manufacturer, and they are still in business, and seem to make quality mechanics' tools. This little wrench I got is vintage stuff, though, probably better than 50 years old.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2015 01:10 AM (wfQnl)
Mitt Romney is proof anyone can fail if they try hard enough.
Posted by: eman at June 15, 2015 01:11 AM (MQEz6)
WTF. Ira, you are a bad monkey!
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at June 15, 2015 01:05 AM (XrHO0)
No fair! He's probably misbehaving to have me see something, and I've only seen one all night -- that I quoted. It'd be more effective if he just emailed me.....oh, wait -- that would have worked before all my emails were shut down.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 01:12 AM (EzgxV)
"At that time the King Dick name and logo was adopted. It was that of the Company Owner's show winning bulldog, and was seen as being symbolic of British tenacity and strength of character:- The KING DICK brand was born."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 01:12 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 15, 2015 01:12 AM (W5DcG)
http://tinyurl.com/pg96qeu
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 01:04 AM (F2IAQ)
Exactly, Mike. Except I'm not certain if the sliding jaw is radiused where it joins the stem.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2015 01:13 AM (wfQnl)
A friend who worked in New Orleans after Katrina agreed. 2 tours in Iraq - Katrina and dogs way worse in many ways.
Poor Tblisians.
Posted by: Shan at June 15, 2015 01:14 AM (O7Swd)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 01:14 AM (F2IAQ)
Thanks! Only a month till you visit, yay!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 15, 2015 01:10 AM (Vm8WO)
I'm excited! There's still a lot of stuff to do between now and then.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 15, 2015 01:14 AM (10ydV)
Posted by: DC in River City at June 15, 2015 01:14 AM (e+1S5)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 15, 2015 01:15 AM (UVfht)
Speaking from first hand experience. Post apocalypse you do not want
wild dogs running around. Hippos - I know they look cute, but are
vicious, but people will tranquilize him and put him to beddy by. But
the dogs... I have gone thru a hurricane (Andrew) and could not find my
way back to my house after going for water. I was relatively close to
where monkeys and apes ran free from Monkey Jungle and the zoo where all
sorts of animals got loose and had food on their mind 3 days post daddy
feeding them night after night. Dog are everywhere after a natural
tragedy and are the scariest thing ever. Worse than humans.
A friend who worked in New Orleans after Katrina agreed. 2 tours in Iraq - Katrina and dogs way worse in many ways.
Poor Tblisians.
Posted by: Shan at June 15, 2015 01:14 AM (O7Swd)
Far more people are killed each year by hippos than by Nile crocodiles. They are extremely dangerous.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 01:16 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: DC in River City
The West Coast Horde Impericum approves.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 01:16 AM (uctT+)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 15, 2015 01:16 AM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 01:17 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: DC in River City
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SMFH just informed me that today was not only Flag Day & Army Birthday, but also National Bourbon Day.
Pour me one, will ya?
As luck would have it, I haven't had bourbon in the house fora few days. (I will fix that fucking problem ttomorrow)
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 01:18 AM (E5w0w)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 01:20 AM (F2IAQ)
wild dogs running around. Hippos - I know they look cute, but are
vicious, but people will tranquilize him and put him to beddy by. But
the dogs...
Posted by: Shan
Also, don't stand behind hippos. Shan has been polite in not mentioning the reasons to not stand behind a hippo, but the reasons need to be enunciated.
Hippos shit with effect. We're talkin' blast radius of shit-spray here.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 01:20 AM (uctT+)
This is your first offense, so I guess we can let you slide with a warning. Everybody gets one. Nobody gets two.
Posted by: DC in River City at June 15, 2015 01:21 AM (e+1S5)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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It's all of the raw greens...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 01:21 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: the barrel at June 15, 2015 01:22 AM (E5w0w)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 15, 2015 01:22 AM (UVfht)
292 Yo, horde. It's way past my bedtime and I'm doing bourbon shots. Good life choices. I makes them.
Posted by: DC in River City
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SMFH just informed me that today was not only Flag Day Army Birthday, but also National Bourbon Day.
Pour me one, will ya?
As luck would have it, I haven't had bourbon in the house fora few days. (I will fix that fucking problem ttomorrow)
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 01:18 AM (E5w0w)
Are you ok?
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 01:23 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 01:23 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 01:24 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 01:24 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at June 15, 2015 01:25 AM (cIoI4)
https://youtu.be/aA7iAMTAWHM
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 01:25 AM (uctT+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 01:14 AM (F2IAQ)
Indeed it is. I went out to the garage and fetched it. Man! beautiful evening out there. Jupiter and Venus shining in the western sky, buildings silhouetted against the fading twilight. A few clouds on the horizon, but clear, starry sky overhead, and still, no wind. Not quite full dark, but I needed my flashlight to pick my way through the debris field.
Yep, this wrench is exactly 4 inches long, and is like the picture, with the radius on the moving jaw.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2015 01:26 AM (wfQnl)
Posted by: cthulhu
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Probably not. Been drinking Busch beer early, then transition to Chardonnay evenings last few days.
One of the best beers I ever had was an ice cold Busch about 25 years ago...
Re: 276,
gimme a second to re-read & comment.
Posted by: the barrel at June 15, 2015 01:26 AM (E5w0w)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 15, 2015 01:27 AM (10ydV)
Planetary conjunction coming up at the end of the month-ish ....
Posted by: Adriane the Astronomy Critic ... at June 15, 2015 01:28 AM (nSOh+)
One of the best beers I ever had was an ice cold Busch about 25 years ago...
Posted by: the barrel
And here I thought the barrel only drank the tears of it's unwilling occupants.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 15, 2015 01:29 AM (UVfht)
Posted by: the barrel at June 15, 2015 01:29 AM (E5w0w)
Remember, these are nutrients from Outside the Water, making their first appearance in an aquatic setting. There is a strong evolutionary bias towards being the first to exploit these nutrients.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 01:30 AM (EzgxV)
off the plane from Indiana who complains all the time about her
vegan-pothead boyfriend.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 15, 2015 01:27 AM (10ydV)
sounds like now is the time to introduce your non-vegan, non-pothead self
Posted by: chemjeff at June 15, 2015 01:31 AM (2XMpf)
off the plane from Indiana who complains all the time about her
vegan-pothead boyfriend.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 15, 2015 01:27 AM (10ydV)
Tell her you know a cool guy who is neither a vegan nor a pothead, and who knows ballroom dancing. And the horizontal mambo.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2015 01:31 AM (wfQnl)
step in the barrel once, and it sticks to you for hours...
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 01:31 AM (E5w0w)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 01:31 AM (F2IAQ)
If your current relationship status is single or fuckthatbitchimupgrading, you could be in a really good spot.
Posted by: DC in River City at June 15, 2015 01:31 AM (e+1S5)
Find out where he went & follow?
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 15, 2015 01:34 AM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 01:31 AM (F2IAQ)
Thanks, Mike. I was kind of joking on the name of it, but it is a neat piece. I think I will keep it by my lathe, as one thing it would be good for is adjusting square-headed set screws, as are used in tool bit holders.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2015 01:35 AM (wfQnl)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 01:35 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 15, 2015 01:35 AM (2XMpf)
Tell her you know a cool guy who is neither a vegan nor a pothead, and who knows ballroom dancing. And the horizontal mambo.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2015 01:31 AM (wfQnl) Funny you should say that. She works Wednesday nights, which is when the tango group holds their milonga there. I mentioned that I occasionally attend and she lit up. So I may have to make an appearance this Wed in suit and tie.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 15, 2015 01:35 AM (10ydV)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 15, 2015 01:36 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 15, 2015 01:37 AM (10ydV)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 15, 2015 01:35 AM (10ydV)
Well, there you go! Good luck, Alex.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2015 01:37 AM (wfQnl)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 15, 2015 01:38 AM (10ydV)
Find out where
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy
Yeah, about that flair...
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 01:38 AM (uctT+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 01:39 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Adriane the Ornithology Critic ... at June 15, 2015 01:40 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 15, 2015 01:35 AM
Not may! Yes, do it!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 15, 2015 01:40 AM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 01:41 AM (F2IAQ)
Hey, I think this Gingko stuff really works. Has anyone else tried it?
Posted by: chemjeff at June 15, 2015 01:35 AM (2XMpf)
I was chatting with a Chinese guy one time who was going on-and-on about how the commercial preparations did X, which was good, but you really want the home preparation that does Y. I believe the color yellow figured into it heavily, but I really don't recall the conversation that well.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 01:41 AM (EzgxV)
going on-and-on about how the commercial preparations did X, which was
good, but you really want the home preparation that does Y. I believe
the color yellow figured into it heavily, but I really don't recall the
conversation that well.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 01:41 AM (EzgxV)
sounds like SOMEONE needs more Ginkgo...
Posted by: chemjeff at June 15, 2015 01:42 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2015 01:41 AM (F2IAQ)
"...but be careful not to step in the goolaroolonga."
Posted by: Just The Punchline at June 15, 2015 01:43 AM (wfQnl)
Good point. If I may expand on that topic, I think the real question is "can she be taught how to make a proper martini?"
Also, are her tits good enough to put up with her blabber about how they used to make a martini at the Applebee's in Evansville?
Posted by: DC in River City at June 15, 2015 01:43 AM (e+1S5)
I was chatting with a Chinese guy one time who was
going on-and-on about how the commercial preparations did X, which was
good, but you really want the home preparation that does Y. I believe
the color yellow figured into it heavily, but I really don't recall the
conversation that well.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 01:41 AM (EzgxV)
sounds like SOMEONE needs more Ginkgo...
Posted by: chemjeff at June 15, 2015 01:42 AM (2XMpf)
I already have odd strengths and holes in my memory.....that have worked out fairly well so far. Why would I want to change them for a different set?
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 01:44 AM (EzgxV)
Chemjeff,
It's called The Red Martini and it's a piano bar tucked between two nightclubs. In the summer it's a good place to sit outside, smoke a cigar, and watch the go-go dancers run by and the stupid drunk tricks.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 15, 2015 01:44 AM (10ydV)
Posted by: buzzion at June 15, 2015 01:45 AM (zt+N6)
Yeah, the big 220v a/c out front does fine for majority of the house (for 20+ years now). But I haven't found a small unit for the bedroom that will last more than four.
I'll have to look around for a cheapo pool for him. Maybe a neighbor throwing one away come trash day? I'd hate to waste $20 if he won't use it. (He didn't like the full size pool when he was a puppy too much, but there were also a ton of brats running around screaming)
As to those emails - I've been waiting to hear you were secure again. You have my # - call or text anytime.
or if you think we could "guardedly" chat here, I'll try to use code words.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 01:45 AM (E5w0w)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 01:46 AM (uctT+)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at June 15, 2015 01:46 AM (kmtse)
Posted by: buzzion at June 15, 2015 01:46 AM (zt+N6)
http://tinyurl.com/pdhlago
http://tinyurl.com/po9lbnd
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at June 15, 2015 01:47 AM (Gosad)
Not sure how big the puppy is, but you right be able to make one out of 42 gallon trash bags and get a preview of the kiddy pool ...
Posted by: Adriane the Red Green Critic ... at June 15, 2015 01:49 AM (nSOh+)
Thanks to Tobacco Road and Country Singer for some info re: Kahr on previous thread.
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at June 15, 2015 01:49 AM (Gosad)
Posted by: buzzion
Iphone game is free for now. Hints that the Android game is on the way.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 01:50 AM (uctT+)
Good point. If I may expand on that topic, I think the real question is "can she be taught how to make a proper martini?"
Of course she can. And I'm willing to implement a rigorous regimen of spankings until she learns.
Also, are her tits good enough to put up with her blabber about how they used to make a martini at the Applebee's in Evansville?
Luckily none of that so far. However, she strikes me as a pretty standard lefty who moved out her for the outdoors. That might get on my nerves.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 15, 2015 01:51 AM (10ydV)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 01:50 AM (uctT+)
Yeah I was watching the press conference, just a bit ago, and as soon as I saw that it was available I downloaded it
Posted by: buzzion at June 15, 2015 01:52 AM (zt+N6)
I can just imagine...
"Elder God, this is Jesus Bread, how do you read? We've got hostiles under the bridge, keep it on the DL, over."
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at June 15, 2015 01:53 AM (Gosad)
http://tinyurl.com/po9lbnd
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at June 15, 2015 01:47 AM (Gosad)
Cute kid. Love the staged photos!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2015 01:53 AM (wfQnl)
Posted by: buzzion
Fallout Shelter for android is available?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 01:54 AM (uctT+)
as a pretty standard lefty who moved out her for the outdoors. That
might get on my nerves.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 15, 2015 01:51 AM (10ydV)
You never know, she might be trainable.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2015 01:55 AM (wfQnl)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 15, 2015 01:51 AM
Ooooo. And then the oral sex?!
Posted by: Zoot at June 15, 2015 01:55 AM (Vm8WO)
Got a local photographer who likes the kid shoots, she's pretty talented too. I just mooched those with my iPhone while she was trying to get much prettier professional shots.
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at June 15, 2015 01:55 AM (Gosad)
Posted by: Adriane the Red Green Critic
----------------------------
That's genius, Adrianne. He's only a 17 pound min-pin.
But I have a few rolls of VERY heavy duty plastic meant to waterproof crawlspaces. 30mil at least - and 5 ft wide.
I can easily make a box with 2x6's & line it with that stuff.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 02:01 AM (E5w0w)
if he wants a diving board, though, he's on his own ...
: -))
Posted by: Adriane the Red Green Critic ... at June 15, 2015 02:04 AM (nSOh+)
Pitch Black just started. TNT.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 02:05 AM (P4eV4)
Cooth @ 276
Yeah, the big 220v a/c out front does fine for majority of the house
(for 20+ years now). But I haven't found a small unit for the bedroom
that will last more than four.
I'll have to look around for a cheapo pool for him. Maybe a neighbor
throwing one away come trash day? I'd hate to waste $20 if he won't use
it. (He didn't like the full size pool when he was a puppy too much,
but there were also a ton of brats running around screaming)
As to those emails - I've been waiting to hear you were secure again. You have my # - call or text anytime.
or if you think we could "guardedly" chat here, I'll try to use code words.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 01:45 AM (E5w0w)
(1) Ever considered doing the ductwork switcheroo to make the big boy cool the bedroom in 1/10 of a second? The small units do tend to last about four years -- and most of 'em don't have fittings to be recharged, they're just crimped-off, so they're throwaways.
(2) The pool will be an adaptation thing -- he won't go near it at first, you'll put him in it and he'll get all pissy, he'll start drinking out of it, he'll start standing in it to drink out of it....but, like I said, our dogs eventually got to lolling in it with their heads on the rim. Then they'd stand up, shake off, and trot around going, "I'm cooler than you are!" until they were dry and hot again -- when they'd climb back in.
(3) Emails remain a bad idea. Once I get my contacts back, I'll be lighting things back up (with a different email addy). OTOH, there is a certain situation that I am concerned about......and I think we talked past each other. So I'd like to clarify here by being intentionally confusing.
Someone (A) was trying to backchannel me. They thought they could through (B), possibly about a third party (C). (B), in fact, can only backchannel me through email [down]. You had mentioned something about knowing the (A) situation. (B) had mentioned sharing a telephone number.
I'm very concerned about (A), but if (A) was concerned about (C) and not on (A)'s own behalf, it's safer that I never contact (A) and that (C) be taken care of. If you know the (A) situation and (A) is under control, please advise and I will stop fishing for ways to backchannel (A).
Furthermore, if you know that (C) is under control, please advise so I can wallow in my own problems and not risk infecting anyone else.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 02:07 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 15, 2015 02:10 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: goon at June 15, 2015 02:17 AM (gy5kE)
shit, like anyone is truly "secure" anymore.
Hey y'all.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at June 15, 2015 01:46 AM (kmtse)
The protocols are all Swiss-cheese....and it says a few things that I'm more paranoid than my hardware firewall [I'll probably end up "rolling my own" to replace this one I bought] or the fiancee's IT department [who have to meet Federal standards for security] -- but there are still things you can do.
Chief among which is cultivate human contacts at somewhere nearby. If Fidelity gets hacked, your retirement can be gone in seconds and you'll be notified when 1099's come out. If LocalYokel Credit Union is used to seeing you, you'll drop by next week and they'll say, "someone tried to hack your butt last week but they didn't know the name of your dog -- so we just laughed at them."
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 02:19 AM (EzgxV)
228 Hey qdp if you're still around L.A. lemme know what you do and how I can help.
Professional slackers such as myself have summers off and I'll be down there this week
Posted by: MAx at June 15, 2015 02:25 AM (YJeFl)
Posted by: Office of Personnel Management at June 15, 2015 02:25 AM (kmtse)
Posted by: MAx at June 15, 2015 02:26 AM (YJeFl)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 02:30 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: MAx at June 15, 2015 02:31 AM (YJeFl)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at June 15, 2015 02:31 AM (kmtse)
"Federal standards for security???"
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Posted by: Office of Personnel Management at June 15, 2015 02:25 AM (kmtse)
My point, and why I'm considering "rolling my own".
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 02:32 AM (EzgxV)
Mexico or Canada might be easier to walk to ...
Posted by: Adriane the Pop Culture Critic ... at June 15, 2015 02:33 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 02:34 AM (EzgxV)
Oh, I just cannot WAIT to see what FUBAR bullshit hits the news this week.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at June 15, 2015 02:31 AM (kmtse)
{{{SMFH}}} I wish I could tell you it'll be ok.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 02:36 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: MAx at June 15, 2015 02:37 AM (YJeFl)
Roses are red,
Venus and Mars are all right,
Got some chores done, but not enough,
Tomorrow is another day, so Good Night ...
Posted by: Adriane the Pop Culture Critic ... at June 15, 2015 02:38 AM (nSOh+)
I know it's not.
I might as well lay down the snark and just continue to...smfh.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at June 15, 2015 02:38 AM (kmtse)
And the little units don't get tossed until they get scrapped.
(2) I may take some materials I have lying around & make a pool. If he won't use it, I will! Heck, I can even put an old sillcock on it to drain old water pretty easily.
(3) Here is where I need the bourbon to follow along...
Bear in mind that I was speculating about why (A) was trying to contact you. But I suspect it was about (C). (A) was looking for (B) first, i believe, tried for you, then asked (D) about me, but I was sleeping.
I have no backchannel to either (A) or (C), btw. Can only catch them when I see them here.
That said, I believe (A) was simply concerned for (C), and assumed (wrongly) that(B) had been in touch.
I'll bee keeping my eyes open -especially for (A) so I can confirm this and put everyone's mind at ease.
As to (C) - I really think we can only wait for the next cryptic message.
I hope I got all the characters right...
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 02:38 AM (ls1Zc)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 02:36 AM (EzgxV)
Pretty soon we're going to be so damn busy shaking hands with friends, we won't have time to worry ..
Posted by: Adriane the Pop Culture Critic ... at June 15, 2015 02:39 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at June 15, 2015 02:41 AM (kmtse)
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 02:43 AM (ls1Zc)
Posted by: Adriane the Pop Culture Critic/i]
Oh no, that MegaPus is going to insist on tentacle shakes.
( ah-buuu )
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 02:43 AM (uctT+)
Back at ya, cooth : )
I know it's not.
I might as well lay down the snark and just continue to...smfh.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at June 15, 2015 02:38 AM (kmtse)
I don't want to sound too negative -- there is a nonzero probability that this massive data breach will not result in massive problems. I certainly wouldn't bet that way, nor would I commit any of my resources to a scenario where "no adverse consequences" was an input.....
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 02:45 AM (EzgxV)
If you're sick, only 2 things can happen: either you'll get better or you'll die.
If you get better, why worry?
If you die, either you'll go to Heaven or you'll go to Hell.
If you go to Heaven, why worry?
If you go to Hell, you'll be so damn busy shaking hands with friends, you won't have time to worry ...
====
This was very popular during finals week at my school, back in 19stoneages. So my attempt at hand basket humor for the days to come...
Posted by: Adriane the Pop Culture Critic ... at June 15, 2015 02:48 AM (nSOh+)
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Posted by: Adriane the Pop Culture Critic ... at June 15, 2015 02:52 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 15, 2015 02:55 AM (dULJN)
Posted by: puddleglum not at work at June 15, 2015 02:56 AM (+mBzB)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 15, 2015 02:56 AM (dULJN)
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 02:58 AM (ls1Zc)
I don't get who (D) is. It may not matter, but it's out there.
You seem to concur that (A) was really concerned about (C), and that I shouldn't concern myself with contacting (A). Problem being, I'm not exactly sure who (C) might be. I'd like to help. I have a feeling I need to check in with (B) once I HAVE MY EMAIL CONTACTS BACK.
Well, I'd totally hoped to clarify everything, but we all seem to be using incomplete communication methods with incomplete information. Yay, us!
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 02:59 AM (EzgxV)
I forgot to add that (B) mentioned that (A) has expressed concern for (C) a few times in the past.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 03:05 AM (dQN2K)
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 03:13 AM (7gPaq)
Posted by: MAx at June 15, 2015 03:16 AM (YJeFl)
It is sad though to see how many of these girls appear to just not be very bright and unable to get out after they reach the 2-3 month expiration date for "traditional" pron and have to start doing fetish scenes that are often violent and abusive. (not trying to scold anyone, I'm as guilty of watching it as the next moron, just thought I'd mention the doc)
Posted by: Kenway at June 15, 2015 03:19 AM (oef+Q)
Cooth, check your text.
I forgot to add that (B) mentioned that (A) has expressed concern for (C) a few times in the past.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 03:05 AM (dQN2K)
Still don't get who (D) might be. I've been concerned about (C) myself, at times (not hyper-sensitive at the moment) -- but all my contact info is on the drive I won't get back for a few days.
If (B) gave (C)'s phone # to (A) [since it wasn't me or you and (B) said he gave a phone], that might be the best possible outcome right there.
OK, I'll be able to sleep tonight. If you would do me a solid and ask (B) to confirm that the phone drop was from (A) to (C), then everything's done. Please pass on my regards to (A) [via (B)], (B), and [by proxy] (C). They probably little know how dear they are to me.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 03:22 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: MAx at June 15, 2015 03:23 AM (YJeFl)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 03:24 AM (uctT+)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 01:54 AM (uctT+)
No I have an iPhone.
Posted by: buzzion at June 15, 2015 03:26 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Kenway at June 15, 2015 03:30 AM (oef+Q)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 15, 2015 03:24 AM
It's pronounced "Shh-born".
Posted by: otho at June 15, 2015 03:32 AM (tBSrv)
(B) has NO backchannel contact info for either (A) or (C).
I have no backchannel contact info for either.
(B) dropped me the phone number (offline), with a strong admonishment not to share with anyone but (A) and (C).
But I can only do that if I happen to see either online, drop my email addy on the blog, and they contact me.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 03:32 AM (6gMVz)
Posted by: otho at June 15, 2015 03:36 AM (tBSrv)
Text explicitly said who (D) is. I talk offline to (D) everyday.
(B) has NO backchannel contact info for either (A) or (C).
I have no backchannel contact info for either.
(B) dropped me the phone number (offline), with a strong admonishment not to share with anyone but (A) and (C).
But I can only do that if I happen to see either online, drop my email addy on the blog, and they contact me.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 03:32 AM (6gMVz)
Aw, shit. I knew it was too easy.
<recalculating>
OK, who was the phone that B dropped? B's?
If yes, I still need to fret about (A) and (C), and hope that I have (C) contact info in my wrecked and drecked inbox that I can share securely with (A).
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 03:39 AM (EzgxV)
--------------
Exactly.
I see (A) around on the day threads, usually. I will scout tomorrow. I ain't really afraid to drop my email addy, so I'll try that.
Hopefully, (A) will get in touch, I'll relay our talks (as best I can) and contact info for (B).
As to (C), I can only hope he/she/it shows up one day. Near as I can tell, no one has backchannel contact. MAYBE you.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 03:47 AM (jnN8+)
OK, who was the phone that B dropped? B's?
--------------
Exactly.
I see (A) around on the day threads, usually. I will scout tomorrow.
I ain't really afraid to drop my email addy, so I'll try that.
Hopefully, (A) will get in touch, I'll relay our talks (as best I can) and contact info for (B).
As to (C), I can only hope he/she/it shows up one day. Near as I can tell, no one has backchannel contact. MAYBE you.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 03:47 AM (jnN8+)
I have some backchannel to (C) on dead comp I get back in days. There is also an obvious blog.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 03:53 AM (EzgxV)
"Despite lukewarm reviews and accusations of sexism Jurassic World..."
One can not help but notice that, unlike a real woman, the movie's lead actress Bryce Dallas Howard apparently does not have a penis. While one may suspend disbelief as far as invisible cloned Velociraptors riding motorcycles, this is just too much.
Jurassic World? More like Jura-cis World!
Posted by: Beverly de Glamour - NYT Film Reviewer
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 15, 2015 03:55 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: DFCtomm at June 15, 2015 03:58 AM (xONYH)
Posted by: cthulhu
----------------------------
Really? I had no idea about the blog.
I'll try for (A) tomorrow & let you know. You get that hard drive back and try for (C).
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 04:02 AM (4ydPC)
I wonder the same thing.
I'm no gun nut, but I would've thought they were one of the most stable companies out there.
Bad management is my only guess.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at June 15, 2015 04:03 AM (4ydPC)
How much longer will this story go on? Stay tuned to days of our spades
to find out. The cliff hanger ending of the season is on the way.
Posted by: apersoson09 at June 15, 2015 04:02 AM (54m6x)
Hello, there....
Posted by: cthulhu at June 15, 2015 04:06 AM (EzgxV)
I forgot to add that (B) mentioned that (A) has expressed concern for (C)
Posted by: chi's sandwIch
If (B) gave (C)'s phone # to (A) [since it wasn't me or you and (B) said he gave a phone], that might be the best possible outcome right there. If you would do me a solid and ask (B) to confirm that the phone drop was from (A) to (C), then everything's done. Please pass on my regards to (A) [via (B)], (B), and [by proxy] (C).
Posted by: cthulhu
*ping* *ping* *ping* *ping* *ping* *ping* *ping* *ping* *ping*
Posted by: The NSA Suspicious Activity Webcrawler
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 15, 2015 04:08 AM (kdS6q)
That is what happens when you don't write your own stump speech. Skiming it in the limo on the way with the first time one reads it entirely is when it is given from the teleprompter will give the jagged delivery. That is why Nixon had the tapes. So his speech writers understood his off the cuff flow and work it into his speeches not collect evidence for his impeachment.
Posted by: TJ at June 15, 2015 04:23 AM (Z/8NL)
Will the mask come off gently or will ripping and screaming be involved? Stay tuned to the search for the spade.
Posted by: apersoson09 at June 15, 2015 04:15 AM (54m6x)
I am the sock-puppet king.
And yes, I have an army of thousands of voices in my head to back me up!!1!
Posted by: Voice Nº 42 in the Political Hat's head at June 15, 2015 04:26 AM (7YlUk)
Has anyone did the upgrade to Windows 10? Is there any non sarky improvements from Windows 7?
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at June 15, 2015 04:47 AM (U7H1n)
410
I wonder the same thing.
I'm no gun nut, but I would've thought they were one of the most stable companies out there.
Bad management is my only guess.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch
Colt has been sucking off the government tit for far to long on the AR's they sold to them. They do not make what could best be described as 'a wide array' of guns and because they put all their eggs in one basket they are now up the creek without a paddle and are about to start wading.
Posted by: Gmac - Driving into the future from the past at June 15, 2015 05:53 AM (4pjhs)
Posted by: The Political Larch at June 15, 2015 05:56 AM (7YlUk)
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 15, 2015 06:04 AM (7YlUk)
Posted by: Sandstorm Williams at June 15, 2015 07:27 AM (kk2ap)
That site is horrible. It is a nest of vipers, rumors, snakes, and gossip.
There is a Topix site for every small town in America and pretty much all of them harbor malicious rumors, gossip, and personal hate.
I can't believe you would link to that site.
Posted by: Small Town at June 15, 2015 08:05 AM (+f7nz)
So why are people claiming that the Jurassic Park movie is sexist?
Do characters in the movie claim that the dinosaurs are acting all hostile because they're having their periods?
Are the female human characters not using the movie to bitch about rape culture?
Was their female nudity for no logical reason? Actually lesbians probably would like that.
*
*
When I read the headline last week that JW was "a big sexist mess," I knew right off I had to see it. Our Politically Cowed media would never complain about a movie that was sexist against men; so it meant the film showed men in a positive light. And so it did. Pratt's character is sharp, doesn't apologize for things that are true or that have to be done, and Gets Them Done. The redhead lady displays a good character arc; she starts off as someone who understands marketing and spreadsheets more than she does her nephews. But when things Go Really Bad, she yells for Pratt's character to help, backs him up, and doesn't get in his way.
Y'know, the way men and women used to be portrayed in movies.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 15, 2015 10:38 AM (uWhPn)
Confusing, once again, what I have for a personal schedule, last Saturday, while anticipating a hockey game, I ended up seeing the NBC evening news coverage of both Hillary's re-announcement and Jeb's pre-announcement.
I would offer a comparison of the two as a warning about how next year's Presidential campaign coverage is likely to go. The Republicans won't be running against just Hillary.
Posted by: 11B40 at June 15, 2015 11:17 AM (evgyj)
Posted by: Leonard Pinth-Garnell at June 15, 2015 12:28 PM (Ilm6f)
Posted by: Ronald Reagan at June 15, 2015 01:13 PM (e8kgV)
It's called "motivation".
Posted by: HAL at June 15, 2015 03:09 PM (OmBeX)
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