Overnight Open Thread (4-24-2012)
So What's Your College Major Actually Worth?
Here's a nice chart from the Chronicle of Higher Education that takes census data and shows the median income for college graduates according to their major. And I'm guessing that a lot of colleges would prefer that incoming students not see it.
As you might expect, some of the tastiest salaries come from the toughest subjects. Petroleum engineering majors earn $120,000. Brown jobs really do rule. Ecology majors on the other hand get a little more than one third of that: $44,000. And remember: that isn't a starting salary; it's the median income for all the people in the field up to age 65. Stuffing envelopes for Greenpeace does not often lead to great things.
Yes this is median lifetime earnings. So if you're a college student and your major is to the right of say biology, well you really have no business borrowing money for college. It's a bad investment.
And this article leads Don Surber to declare that underemployment is good for college graduates:
What a life lesson these 20-somethings are learning. The law of supply and demand trumps a sheepskin. Always has. Always will. I am 58 years old and no one has ever asked what my GPA is. People come to this blog and they don't know whether I have a PhD or an eighth-grade education. They judge me on what I have to say and how I say it. Underemployment rocks because it knocks out that sense of entitlement. People also learn what real work is.
At the Izhmash factory.
6 Kindle Book Classics You Can Download For Free
Don't cost nuthin.
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes
The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
King Solomon’s Mines
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland
Great Expectations
Dorothy & The Wizard In Oz
MP3 or Lossless: See If You Can Hear the Difference
You can run this test yourself in your favorite music program, but Windows favorite foobar2000 actually has an ABX plugin that makes the process easy. Check out the video at the top of this post to see how the plugin works, and try it out for yourself in foobar2000. The general consensus is that, while a low-quality MP3 (128kbps) might be discernible from a lossless file (~1,411kbps) file, higher quality MP3s (320kbps) rarely-if ever-are. Of course, this can differ depending on the type of music (classical music is often easier to discern), how familiar you are with the music, and how nice your audio equipment is.
ENS CHUCK HORD
USNA, CIRCA 1898
LOST AT SEA 1908
Well he was until those meddling reporters at the Wall Street Journal got involved.
CaC2 + H2O + spark = redneck space program and FUUUNN!
The Myth of the Benign Nature of Herbal Remedies
We have beliefs but other people have superstitions. Furthermore, there seems to be a law of the conservation of superstition: if it does not attach to one thing, it will attach to another. Man does not live by rationality alone. One superstition among their middle-class, educated, and worried-well patients that most irritates doctors is that "natural" preparations, particularly herbal ones, are necessarily benign. People persist in believing this despite the fact that men (and women) have been poisoning one anther to death with herbal extracts since the dawn of recorded history, and most gardens have enough poisonous plants in them to decimate a countryside. No; if you did a word-association test with "herbal remedy," the chances are that words such as "gentle," "healing," "safe," and "non-toxic" would emerge.
Note that until recently nearly all poisons used in murders were also herbal 'remedies'. And read the rest to find out which herbal extract actually causes cancer.
Moar Hawt Ladies of Yesteryear
Well since pron was only invented in the early 60's 80's and nudity didn't appear until the 1940's, clearly these must be time-traveling hotties. (NSFW)
The Yahoo AoSHQ group. You know the way.
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Comments
Posted by: Mark formerly in Spokane,now in Sandy Ut at April 24, 2012 10:22 PM (8ac7j)
Romney says, "I am different...
I have no idea if dog tastes like chicken....
When I hear BLT I think sandwich not Black Liberation Theology....
When I hear CRT I think old giant tube screens not Critical Race Theory....
In other words, I am not an incurious thin skinned little bitch who
never had a real job and "grew up" in the circle jerk bubble of radical
academia....
While I am not exactly like you, we are twins compared to Professor Arugula prissy pants."
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 24, 2012 10:23 PM (RfvTE)
Posted by: Barack LRobama in OK at April 24, 2012 10:26 PM (7yvLv)
http://tinyurl.com/7688l44
actually it's kind of frightening. I can't even imagine who thinks this is a good idea.
Posted by: someone at April 24, 2012 10:26 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 24, 2012 10:26 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Buford Gooch at April 24, 2012 10:26 PM (sGMTC)
Thank you, Saint Jobs!
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 24, 2012 10:26 PM (niZvt)
I almost bought a Romanian Dragunov before they ran out of stock.
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 24, 2012 10:27 PM (RfvTE)
Posted by: fluffy at April 24, 2012 10:28 PM (4pSIn)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 24, 2012 10:28 PM (vpe0k)
That is just. So. Wrong.
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 24, 2012 10:28 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: MrCaniac in the OBX at April 24, 2012 10:29 PM (FoNan)
Posted by: Hayabusa at April 24, 2012 10:29 PM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Barack Obetterthanyou at April 24, 2012 10:30 PM (3vND9)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 24, 2012 10:30 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Ben at April 24, 2012 10:31 PM (UvdzB)
Posted by: fluffy at April 24, 2012 10:31 PM (4pSIn)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 24, 2012 10:31 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: King Barry the Dog Diner at April 24, 2012 10:32 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: twit-free fluffy at April 24, 2012 10:32 PM (4pSIn)
That's been "news" several times lately, and clearly the authors don't take it very seriously, because they never say what it is up front.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 24, 2012 10:33 PM (bxiXv)
Where the hell was this article when our idiot kid was babbling about getting a degree in puppetry?
Posted by: ParParents of Occutard Who Got Masters in Puppetry at April 24, 2012 10:33 PM (V/Aej)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 24, 2012 10:33 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 24, 2012 10:33 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2012 10:33 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at April 24, 2012 10:33 PM (X8/ER)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at April 24, 2012 10:33 PM (tKFT6)
Posted by: Maetenbarack at April 24, 2012 10:34 PM (r98n4)
Posted by: ErikW at April 24, 2012 10:34 PM (UTHNU)
Lol
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 10:35 PM (R5yLq)
the hijacking of #dontdoublemyrate
What is that one about?
Posted by: twit-free fluffy at April 24, 2012 10:32 PM
Lefty hash tag to keep student loan interest rates from going up on July 1
Posted by: kbdabear at April 24, 2012 10:36 PM (Y+DPZ)
Someone cheer me up.
Posted by: Radish A. Radish at April 24, 2012 10:37 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Clemenza at April 24, 2012 10:37 PM (YlSwz)
ONT Weak! I should say not. It has charts. Graphs. Ok, none of us
really understand the charts or graphs but we take great comfort in the
fact that they are there.
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 10:35 PM
Those charts have sharp elbows !
Posted by: kbdabear at April 24, 2012 10:37 PM (Y+DPZ)
You, Sir, are management material.
Posted by: fluffy at April 24, 2012 10:37 PM (4pSIn)
Posted by: eman at April 24, 2012 10:37 PM (YrBvI)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 24, 2012 10:38 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 24, 2012 10:38 PM (7yvLv)
Jane Austen books
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 24, 2012 10:38 PM (V/Aej)
All thanks to the DEMOCRAT led Congress in 2007. The fookers always postdate their shenanigans.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 24, 2012 10:38 PM (cujSl)
Egypt Central - White Rabbit http://tinyurl.com/3b6enrf
Posted by: buzzion at April 24, 2012 10:38 PM (GULKT)
Kevlar my friend. Kevlar. Man's real best friend. Even though you can't eat it and then go on to be president some day.
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 10:38 PM (R5yLq)
How the Anglosphere is supposed to work.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 24, 2012 10:39 PM (nU/dt)
Posted by: Tough,Tougher,Crunchy at April 24, 2012 10:39 PM (c3mby)
Posted by: eman at April 24, 2012 10:39 PM (YrBvI)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 24, 2012 10:39 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 24, 2012 10:39 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 10:39 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Barry at April 24, 2012 10:40 PM (4pSIn)
If you can't work with that, morons, we're in trouble.
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 24, 2012 10:40 PM (7yvLv)
I have to steal that. My father often notes that some people have a "lead deficiency"; now I can recommend a dosage. Heh.
Posted by: Radish A. Radish at April 24, 2012 10:40 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 10:40 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Fortunata at April 24, 2012 10:41 PM (90H1N)
I already pledged $3 to have dinner with Bo.
...wait. Shit.
Posted by: Radish A. Radish at April 24, 2012 10:41 PM (hO8IJ)
They were. And, no, that's not a compliment.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 24, 2012 10:41 PM (nU/dt)
49 Someone cheer me upIf you pledge $3, you might get to have dinner with me.
Posted by: Barry at April 24, 2012 10:40 PM (4pSIn)
But you have to give it as a 3 Dollar Bill.
Posted by: buzzion at April 24, 2012 10:41 PM (GULKT)
It's an exemplar of an ONT.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 24, 2012 10:41 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Radish A. Radish at April 24, 2012 10:37 PM (hO8IJ)
Radish, what's wrong? You know you can unburden yourself here . . .
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 10:42 PM (lJ2es)
appear until the 1940's, clearly these must be time-traveling hotties.
****
Well, to hear Ken tell it, pron didn't start until the 80s and women never had sex outside of marriage until the 70s.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 24, 2012 10:42 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 24, 2012 10:42 PM (DGIjM)
It's the blogging version of Groundhog Day. Hmm...
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 10:43 PM (R5yLq)
Sometimes that is the best - just take an entire day and get nothing accomplished.
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 10:43 PM (R5yLq)
If you can't work with that, morons, we're in trouble.
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 24, 2012 10:40 PM (7yvLv)
Yep the ever resourceful morons of the past would have already used this ONT to take down a deer, build a river-worthy ship, and have a mighty fap session.
Posted by: Mætenloch at April 24, 2012 10:43 PM (pAlYe)
I'm impressed. I've tried that and apparently I need some kind of "Doin' Nothing for Dummies" book or something. Kudos, Shrimp!! I bow to your all-around awesomeness.
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 10:44 PM (lJ2es)
Posted by: The Jackhole at April 24, 2012 10:44 PM (DU15A)
Oh, the usual. Wasted my life. People sneer at me for being self-supporting. Tired of being self-supporting, but I'm too ugly to be anything else. Worked 11 hours today...why? Why do I bother to wake up in the mornings?
Posted by: Radish A. Radish at April 24, 2012 10:44 PM (hO8IJ)
have already used this ONT to take down a deer, build a river-worthy
ship, and have a mighty fap session.Posted by: Mætenloch
Not necessarily in that order.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 24, 2012 10:44 PM (ABzUJ)
Than Barack Obama:
10. Can actually work with white people.
9. Much cooler wallet.
8. Defuses violent situations instead of fomenting them.
7. Appreciates a tasty burger.
6. Doesn't mangle his Bible quotes as badly.
5. Accomplishes tasks.
4. Only discards friends after they've been splattered all over the back seat of his car.
3. Willing to admit ignorance of foreign cultures.
2. Ultimately gives up crime.
And the Number One reason Jules Winnfield would be a better President than Barack Obama . . .
1. Doesn't eat dog.
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 24, 2012 10:45 PM (LrKfv)
I think you have to work your way up to it. You know, start by doing something productive and then spend the rest of the day undoing it. Repeat a few times until you realize you might as well not do anything productive, and finally, bam! A whole day of nothing.
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 10:45 PM (R5yLq)
I am really good at it.
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 24, 2012 10:46 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 24, 2012 10:46 PM (nU/dt)
Posted by: The Jackhole at April 24, 2012 10:46 PM (DU15A)
1) You are a valued member of MoronNation
2) We're gonna need your vote in November
3) BACON!!!!
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 10:47 PM (lJ2es)
Famous person cured from RCC: Steven Spielberg
Posted by: Jade Sea at April 24, 2012 10:48 PM (6kE8K)
As long as were all agreed no Holodeck episodes. I really dislike stupid looking hats.. lol
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 10:48 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: NC Ref at April 24, 2012 10:48 PM (/izg2)
I am really good at it.
If you were that good at it you're first thought would have been to dictate a book on being a lazy ass.. lol
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 10:49 PM (R5yLq)
I hated hiring people straight out of college, they thought they were as smart as their professors.
They were. And, no, that's not a compliment.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 24, 2012 10:41 PM (nU/dt)
Exactly the way I meant it.
Posted by: MrCaniac in the OBX at April 24, 2012 10:49 PM (FoNan)
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 24, 2012 10:50 PM (RfvTE)
I'm at the "Create an Amazon account" screen that asks for the name, e-mail and password but hitting the "create account button" at the bottom does nothing.
Posted by: ErikW at April 24, 2012 10:50 PM (UTHNU)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 10:48 PM (R5yLq)
Hey whatdo you have against a form of "safe" entertainment that fails every three weeks endangering the lives of the people inside it and half the time the entire ship as well?
Posted by: buzzion at April 24, 2012 10:50 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Ronster at April 24, 2012 10:50 PM (8oQw/)
Someone cheer me up.
Posted by: Radish A. Radish at April 24, 2012 10:37 PM (hO8IJ)
I busted a can of Pledge all over the floor by accident, slipped and fell on my ass as a result of the zero friction environment but now my shoes look friggin' great.
Posted by: Robert at April 24, 2012 10:50 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 10:49 PM (R5yLq)
Touche!
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 24, 2012 10:50 PM (DGIjM)
Or swine.
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 24, 2012 10:50 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 24, 2012 10:50 PM (bxiXv)
http://tinyurl.com/6opwqnz
Zombie reviews Robert Spencer's Did Mohammed Really Exist.
Posted by: Robert at April 24, 2012 10:51 PM (F79HU)
I won $11 on the lottery Saturday, but I didn't even quit my job. I need help, badly . . .Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 10:51 PM (lJ2es)
And in the category of questions that answer themselves, we have this winning entry.. lol
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 10:51 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Robert at April 24, 2012 10:51 PM (F79HU)
I'm terrible at nothing, and yet it's what I do most of the time.
Ironic.Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith
I'm stealing that.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 24, 2012 10:52 PM (ABzUJ)
>>Ben: renal cell carcinoma, the most common kidney cancer, is highly
curable with nephrectomy if caught before metastasizing. Even with
mets, progress has been made with some of the new chemo agents.
>>Famous person cured from RCC: Steven Spielberg
When you say curable, what does that mean? 5 years? Does it come back even if cut out? One you have that type of cancer, doesn't that mean you're essentially going to get it or another cancer again?
It's my understanding that they don't perform chemo. They simply cut it out.
Posted by: Ben at April 24, 2012 10:52 PM (UvdzB)
Good decision, Peaches. I hear a lot of lottery winners go broke.
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 24, 2012 10:52 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: buzzion at April 24, 2012 10:52 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 24, 2012 10:52 PM (cujSl)
Posted by: Samuel L. at April 24, 2012 10:53 PM (4pSIn)
asks for the name, e-mail and password but hitting the "create account
button" at the bottom does nothing.
Posted by: ErikW at April 24, 2012 10:50 PM (UTHNU)
Check out your local library. Seriously. Its all free, well, at least paid for by the taxpayers and government grants anyways.
Posted by: NC Ref at April 24, 2012 10:53 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 10:51 PM (lJ2es)
Winning the lottery changes your life.. do you feel any different?
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 24, 2012 10:54 PM (DGIjM)
accident, slipped and fell on my ass as a result of the zero friction
environment but now my shoes look friggin' great.
Posted by: Robert at April 24, 2012 10:50 PM (F79HU)
No lawyers where you live, Robert? I think you could parlay that into something sweet . . .
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 10:54 PM (lJ2es)
Anyone know if it rings true, because it's pretty interesting.
http://bit.ly/J7APiE
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 24, 2012 10:54 PM (piMMO)
Second week at work. First week was kind of a wash, on account I had the flu the first half and was getting over said flu for the second half.
So far it's a... little scary, on account that my boss(es) still haven't found anything for me to do. I mean, it's not like I've been sitting at my desk posting HERE all day... I'm just... doing nothing.
I've been trying to tell them, hey, you hired me, and I don't know the system well enough to start coding on my own, so shouldn't you be assigning me shit to do?
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 24, 2012 10:55 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at April 24, 2012 10:55 PM (bMLFV)
Meh.... city boy. Horseshit is green...
Posted by: fixerupper at April 24, 2012 10:55 PM (ffV1/)
accident, slipped and fell on my ass as a result of the zero friction
environment but now my shoes look friggin' great.
Posted by: Robert at April 24, 2012 10:50 PM (F79HU)
And, oddly enough, that sounds like my usual attempts at keeping house. Looks like we came to the right place this evening.
Posted by: tcn at April 24, 2012 10:55 PM (WhSRj)
All the Love in the world Good Night..
Posted by: Clemenza at April 24, 2012 10:55 PM (YlSwz)
Posted by: mpfs at April 24, 2012 10:55 PM (TlwCF)
On The Internet, You Are A Star!
Honestly, I just get up in the morning because of habit. And sometimes it's not morning.
But I get up because, WTF else am I gonna do?
I joke, but I get it. I catch myself resenting normal humans sometimes. It's unworthy but understandable.
But sometimes you can let go of worrying about regrets or expectations, and it's wonderful. You don't even have to do it all the time, just find a time to block out and let go *for that time*.
It gets easier with practice.
Hell, some of the time I even forget what the pressure to be normal was even like. Honestly that's probably the meds screwing up my brain, but it's still nice.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 24, 2012 10:55 PM (bxiXv)
Did you try to polish the floor? No?
Good. Good.
Here's my card.
Posted by: Jackie Chiles, Esq at April 24, 2012 10:55 PM (ABzUJ)
I am the very model of the modern major ONT
Posted by: HMS Pinafore at April 24, 2012 10:56 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 24, 2012 10:56 PM (OWjjx)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 24, 2012 10:54 PM (DGIjM)
I blew most of it on extra mashed potatoes and gravy at lunch. I'm kind of honorary trailer trash at this point, no?
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 10:56 PM (lJ2es)
Posted by: mpfs
I haven't seen you in forever and now you're leaving.
The story of my life...
Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 24, 2012 10:57 PM (ABzUJ)
{{our Radish}} Is that how to do the "hugs"?
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at April 24, 2012 10:57 PM (X8/ER)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 24, 2012 10:58 PM (nU/dt)
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 10:58 PM (lJ2es)
It has a picture of Barky and it says "Under my plan, energy prices will necessarily skyrocket"
the tea party group is selling them for $5.00 a pad.
I bought 2.
Since I travel all over.. I am going to slap those everywhere.
He even said he will send me more for free because he wants Obama gone in November.
Pretty clever idea.
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 24, 2012 10:59 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: mpfs at April 24, 2012 10:59 PM (TlwCF)
Posted by: NC Ref at April 24, 2012 10:53 PM (/izg2)
LOL! True that. This thing is way too fucking small to read a book on anyways.
I'm stubborn tho, I'll probably keep trying and keep bitching about it.
Posted by: ErikW at April 24, 2012 10:59 PM (UTHNU)
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 11:00 PM (lJ2es)
One of the moron faves, Cee Lo Green, reunited with his band, The
Goodie Mob, last night on the voice. Here's their new song, Fight to
Win.
http://bit.ly/IljV0l
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 24, 2012 11:00 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: mpfs
Enjoy the trip. Catch some sun....but not too much.
You're a ginger after all
Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 24, 2012 11:00 PM (ABzUJ)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 10:49 PM (R5yLq)
'Swhy people *stay* disorganized, they and organized people live in completely different worlds. The words just don't make sense when you explain it.
The person who bridges that gap will be a kajillionaire.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 24, 2012 11:00 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 24, 2012 11:01 PM (OoWvj)
Posted by: mpfs at April 24, 2012 11:01 PM (TlwCF)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 24, 2012 11:00 PM (piMMO)
Did you get to hear him fart?
Posted by: buzzion at April 24, 2012 11:02 PM (GULKT)
every three weeks endangering the lives of the people inside it and half
the time the entire ship as well?
I'm going to have to kill you for that.
Posted by: evil abraham lincoln hologram chanelling president obama at April 24, 2012 11:03 PM (nU/dt)
Not once the opposing counsel discovers that he broke it on purpose and something kinky was involved.. lol
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 11:03 PM (R5yLq)
I will have major freckles!
Posted by: mpfs at April 24, 2012 11:04 PM (TlwCF)
Posted by: Ben at April 24, 201
Hey Ben, you may already be gone, but if not, I had surgery for kidney cancer back in November. So far so good, although I am having issues getting the followup PET scan, and am fighting with the surgeon's billing office, who keep insisting that my husband's birth year was 1903. THe insurance company seems skeptical that a 109 year old man would be married to a 48 year-probably because I am too old, they would have some 19 year old plastic boobed bimbo.
Posted by: moki at April 24, 2012 11:04 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 24, 2012 11:05 PM (OoWvj)
Posted by: mpfs at April 24, 2012 11:01 PM (TlwCF)
Take some Aleves with you (don't ask me how I know). The generics from Costco work just fine . . . Have a great time and tell Mr. mpfs welcome to the dark side.
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 11:05 PM (lJ2es)
Survival rates are averages for a population, not a perfect prediction for any one individual. I had an aunt with breast ca and mets whose doc told her to go away because she only had 6 months. She lived 5 really good years after that. When she went back to see the doc, she found out that he had died very shortly after that last visit 5 years before.
God only knowsvthe outcome for an individual person.
Ben, I hope for the very best for your loved one (or you if that's who is being diagnosed)
Posted by: Jade Sea at April 24, 2012 11:05 PM (6kE8K)
SoS, it was Pledge, not Wesson Oil . . . . . . . .
My boss says he wants to go out in a tragic accident involving two nubile young ladies, a coupla gallons of Wesson Oil and a kiddie blow-up swimming pool.
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 24, 2012 11:05 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: Ben at April 24, 2012 11:05 PM (UvdzB)
Sure I'm in. Been nice to have people to cook for again.
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 11:05 PM (R5yLq)
just a drive-by tonight: I got laid off this afternoon (if you're keeping score at home, that's now twice since The Won occupied the WH)
I should have knowd: I was at one of our plants last week and was astounded by the lack of activity; an 800,000 sf building, 30 people on the production floor. Rows and rows and rows and rows and rows of parts queued up with no one to ship them to.
The "rows and rows" of parts? They're all for the Chevy Volt. Once again, I can say "Thanks, Barack!". I lost a house the last time; this time I'll lose everything else.
I fcukin' hate The Stoopid Business™, don't get me started on The Stuttering Clusterfuck of Miserable Failure.
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 24, 2012 11:06 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 24, 2012 11:06 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: EROWMER at April 24, 2012 11:06 PM (sIm3i)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 24, 2012 11:06 PM (QTHTd)
Over five thousand years ago, Moses said to the children of Israel , “Pick up your shovels, mount your asses and camels, and I will lead you to the Promised Land.”
Nearly 75 years ago, (when Welfare was introduced) Roosevelt said, “Lay down your shovels, sit on your asses, and light up a Camel, this is the Promised Land.”
Today, Obama has stolen your shovel, taxed your asses, raised the price of Camels and mortgaged the Promised Land!
I was so depressed last night thinking about Health Care Plans, the economy, the wars, lost jobs, savings, Social Security, retirement funds, etc . . . I called a Suicide Hotline. I had to press 1 for English. I was then connected to a call center in Pakistan . I told them I was suicidal. They got excited and asked if I could drive a truck.
Posted by: buzzion at April 24, 2012 11:06 PM (GULKT)
And if it were anyone but Robert, that might mean something.. lol
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 11:07 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 24, 2012 11:07 PM (OWjjx)
It sucks more when the MBM tells everyone the employment situation is "improving"
Hang in there
Posted by: kbdabear at April 24, 2012 11:08 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 24, 2012 11:08 PM (DGIjM)
That sort of stuff.
Posted by: Ben at April 24, 2012 11:08 PM (UvdzB)
Posted by: NC Ref at April 24, 2012 11:08 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 11:09 PM (lJ2es)
It was empty almost every time someone went to use it.
I know that doesn't sound like a question, but it is.
If you had a machine that could do live interactive porn, would you ever leave the damned thing? Not to mention the places you always wanted to go, or for that matter training scenarios and simulators.
That was BS, everyone but the captain would have to schedule ahead like a year to use the damned thing.
Then again, everyone in Star Trek works their whole life for the reward of having done so, because they get just as many resources for sitting on their ass. Stupid commie fantasy.
In the real world, that entire civilization would look like Cuba, and the Ferengi would be running everything because they're the only ones who have *jobs*.
It also bugged me that they went out of their way to make ferengi look and sound like simian Jews. I was waiting for the sleepy Mexican aliens or the rigid and humorless German aliens. Friggin' racists.
...
I turned that into an angry rant, didn't I?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 24, 2012 11:09 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Ben at April 24, 2012 11:10 PM (UvdzB)
Here is a good link: http://networkedblogs.com/wPEq3
Posted by: JewishOdysseus at April 24, 2012 11:10 PM (Dd+yB)
****
I think it's a great song about our soldiers.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 24, 2012 11:10 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 24, 2012 11:11 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 24, 2012 11:11 PM (i0App)
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 11:11 PM (lJ2es)
Posted by: fixerupper at April 24, 2012 11:12 PM (ffV1/)
Posted by: mpfs at April 24, 2012 11:12 PM (TlwCF)
Of course, if you'd asked me even five years ago if I'd have my current position, I'd have laughed at you. So...all I can say is, if you're good at what you do, you can make it. Even in nonprofit world.
Posted by: Dianna at April 24, 2012 11:12 PM (mKMj1)
True, but on the upside - well, it its for the childrenz. Or as our first wookie once said, "Let them eat dog!"
Hmm.. ya, were fucked.
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 11:12 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 24, 2012 11:09 PM (bxiXv)
On Deep Space Nine, the holosuites were always busy, you had to have it scheduled and several times there were problems because they needed to kick someone out of the holosuites. And they had a much safer track record than the Starship Holodecks. Only the Julian Bashir - Secret Agent episode was anyone actually in danger.
Posted by: buzzion at April 24, 2012 11:13 PM (GULKT)
Oh moki!! Paperpusher can be very strange, although I suppose it could be their computers. Glad you're around though.
I'm not sure that was actually coherent.
Hugs back to you Peaches.
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at April 24, 2012 11:13 PM (X8/ER)
I'm stubborn tho, I'll probably keep trying and keep bitching about it.
Posted by: ErikW at April 24, 2012 10:59 PM (UTHNU)
Do you meant you have the Kindle app pre-loaded on your Phone? I read on mine when I'm unexpectedly stuck in line somewhere with nothing to do. Since you can adjust the type size it's actually not bad for a few minutes of reading.
Posted by: Retread at April 24, 2012 11:13 PM (joSBv)
Posted by: NC Ref at April 24, 2012 11:13 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 24, 2012 11:14 PM (V/Aej)
90 foot bases, 60 foot pitching distance, etc. As the bats and balls improved and the speed of the runners got better, the fielding and throwing techniques have improved. A two-hopper to the shortstop still results in a close play at first. The fly balls stay in the air longer, but the outfielders' arms are better so the tag and go plays at home are close. Pretty cool.
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 24, 2012 11:14 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: Dianna at April 24, 2012 11:14 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 24, 2012 11:10 PM (piMMO)
Okay, good, thanks and sorry for my stoopid comment. All I heard was noise and a beat. It's prob'ly cause I'm old . . . I do like CeeLo . . .
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 11:14 PM (lJ2es)
Man, we had a bodacious thunderstorm last night, then the rain. I love falling asleep to the sound of rain on the roof.
Posted by: Theresa at April 24, 2012 11:14 PM (Cf5RM)
They had the rigid and humourless German aliens - they were the Cardassians.
Yes, the Ferengi were antiSemitic stereotypes. Excepting for Rom in DS9, who was a passive-aggressive commie douchebag. Which when I come to think of it, is also a Jewish stereotype . . .
I rooted for Quark, as best I could, given the bullshit the writers foisted upon him.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 24, 2012 11:15 PM (QTHTd)
Ok, three simple rules. Never point it at anything you don't want to kill. Second, it's always loaded. Even if you are absolutely certain it's not loaded, you still treat it as if it were loaded. Third and final rule, always obey the first two rules.
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 24, 2012 11:15 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 24, 2012 11:06 PM (JMmQ9)
I am glad you're trying to make a little bit of funny out of it, but it's not funny.
So many people are in your position because of the freaking backstabbing left, the media (BIRM), and the whole economy is in the freaking tank, I know so many people running their savings down (mine are gone)...
And if my new Doc does get me out of this damned hole, I'll be trying to re-enter the "job market" with a 2+ year hole to explain in this moffer-facking economy.
So we're with you, brother. Maybe in more ways that we'd like, but we're with you.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 24, 2012 11:16 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 24, 2012 11:01 PM (OoWvj)
Hmmmmm those crab cakes look almost as good as mine! ;p
Posted by: NC Ref at April 24, 2012 11:16 PM (/izg2)
TNG had a recurring character who was addicted to the holodeck and appeared in several episodes including ones in Voyager. And they did mention having to schedule for sessions. Still crap, mind you; it turning into Better Than Life™ from Red Dwarf would be the more likely outcome.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 24, 2012 11:16 PM (nU/dt)
90 foot bases, 60 foot pitching distance, etc.
Didn't the pitching distance actually get lengthened at some point and the mound lowered? I'm too lazy to look it up.
Posted by: booger at April 24, 2012 11:16 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: buzzion at April 24, 2012 11:16 PM (GULKT)
Ben-I had Stage 2 Renal Cell Carcinoma-the tumor was 2 centimeters. It was on top of my right kidney, attached to my lung and liver, and 1/4 centimeter from my adrenal gland. My urologist had it biopsied, and decided I was a candidate for cryosurgery-they stuck me full of meat thermometers, and froze the tumor, and parts of my liver and lungs, and my body then absorbed the cancer slushie. I went home that day, felt like crap for a couple of days, and then started getting back to normal. The key is where the tumor is-if it's outside, it's a higher risk of invading other organs, like mine was trying to do. If the tumor is inside, then you will likely have the kidney resected-meaning the part with the tumor taken out, or the entire kidney removed. If that is the case, ask the urologist to check the function on your surviving kidney, to make sure you will be okay with only one. Both my dad and my brother had RCC, and had kidneys removed-my brother is a 15 year survivor.
Generally, chemo doesn't work on RCC-if the cells have spread they use interferon treatment, which is also quite successful, although a bitch to go through. I didn't read up thread, do you mind sharing what your diagnosis was again?
Posted by: moki at April 24, 2012 11:16 PM (dZmFh)
noise and a beat. It's prob'ly cause I'm old . . . I do like CeeLo . .
****
Okay, okay.
I'm getting off your lawn.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 24, 2012 11:16 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: TexasJew at April 24, 2012 11:17 PM (6fuWH)
Posted by: JewishOdysseus at April 24, 2012 11:17 PM (Dd+yB)
I copied and pasted it and did so, because I like and respect you . . .
or I did 10 minutes ago. And because I've been watching The Voice,
which I am now SO over, because they picked all the wrong peeps, but I
was riveted by CeeLo's freakishly tiny hands. Okay, I'm just gonna stop
right here.
Let me be clear... I can sing better than all those losers. Can I get an "amen"?
Posted by: BeeHo Bama at April 24, 2012 11:17 PM (r98n4)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 24, 2012 11:18 PM (Z9EHQ)
Yup, and all those good Catholic girls had premature babies.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 24, 2012 11:18 PM (V/Aej)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 24, 2012 11:19 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: Retread at April 24, 2012 11:13 PM (joSBv)
It won't accept my registration. I'm hoping it's just a glitch that gets worked out.
It's one of those deals where I fill out the information fields and when I click "accept" nothing happens. At all.
Posted by: ErikW at April 24, 2012 11:19 PM (UTHNU)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 24, 2012 11:19 PM (nU/dt)
The distance from the mound to the plate has always remained the same (60 feet, 6 inches). After the 1968 season, when pitchers were extremely dominate (Bob Gibson has a 1.12 ERA for the season) the mound height was lowered.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 24, 2012 11:19 PM (OWjjx)
I've heard/read that there's no point in dissembling on this anymore. You just look 'em straight in the eye and say, I got fucked by the current state of affairs (rephrase to suit the occasion). Who the hell isn't going to understand that? Of course, it helps if you're not old, which I will be when it happens to me (again) in a couple of months.
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 11:19 PM (lJ2es)
181 "Well, to hear Ken tell it, pron didn't start until the 80s and women never had sex outside of marriage until the 70s." Yup, and all those good Catholic girls had premature babies.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 24, 2012 11:18 PM (V/Aej)
And they really did spend the summer away just visiting relatives in the country because they really really missed them.
Posted by: buzzion at April 24, 2012 11:19 PM (GULKT)
Remember when people wrote things on the internet? Good times.
I wish I had the patience to watch a bunch of lefty douchebags prattle. But if I did I'd do something else anyway.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 24, 2012 11:19 PM (bxiXv)
Ahhh so you can participate in the cookoff too.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 24, 2012 11:20 PM (OoWvj)
What's really scary about college is that most professors think that they are smarter than their students.
Anyone who spends his life trying to impress 20-year-olds with his intellect is a fucking loser.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 24, 2012 11:21 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 24, 2012 11:11 PM (i0App)
Good luck getting less dangerous to yourself and loved ones, and more dangerous to those who require it - you will enjoy it all the way. I hope you enjoy shooting and never have to fire a single shot in anger or fear.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 24, 2012 11:21 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 24, 2012 11:21 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: BeeHo Bama at April 24, 2012 11:17 PM (r98n4)
I was thinking about a quick fap and then I thought, peaches, you could never do this as well as Obama could, why bother?
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 11:22 PM (lJ2es)
They were doing tests for something else and noticed something on/in the kidney. (not sure which).
They have scheduled him for a surgery in about three weeks to cut it out. He implied that they won't know what stage it is until they cut it out.
I just found out tonight, so I don't really have many facts. I've been reading non stop for the past two hours.
You said your father and your brother had it and your brother is a 15 year survivor.
What about your father?
Posted by: Ben at April 24, 2012 11:23 PM (UvdzB)
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 11:22 PM (lJ2es)
No please go on get to it.
Posted by: Ghost at April 24, 2012 11:23 PM (GULKT)
“It ain’t about hating you. We ain’t got no time for that. But we know who we’re dealing with. We know what we’re dealing with,” he said. ”We know your origin in the world and we know how long you were set to live and unless you change, your end has come.”
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 24, 2012 11:23 PM (DGIjM)
1) All guns are always loaded.
2) Never cover anything with your muzzle unless you are willing to destroy it.
3) Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire.
4) Always be aware of your target and what is behind it.
Some people think 2 and 4 are redundant, but they're not. You have to do both. 2 is handling and 4 is downrange safety.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 24, 2012 11:23 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: mpfs at April 24, 2012 11:23 PM (TlwCF)
*****
Spoken succinctly and directly and with more than just a smidge of the common sense which comes with maturity.
When the hell are professors going to stop playing the popularity game?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 24, 2012 11:23 PM (piMMO)
you don't want to kill. Second, it's always loaded. Even if you are
absolutely certain it's not loaded, you still treat it as if it were
loaded. Third and final rule, always obey the first two rules.
Posted by: StuckOnStupid
Listen to SoS.
I have never been stupid with a firearm because I believe these rules in my soul.
Never, ever, point a gun at anything you do not mean to kill - even if it's a really obnoxious stain on the wall (because dry firing can be embarrassing if you were dumb enough to have forgotten that all guns are loaded until you, personally, have verified that said weapon is not).
Even if you are absolutely certain (in the abstract, because you took the magazine out this morning before you put the gun and magazine in the safe) the gun is not loaded, treat is as if it is. That way, you never have an unpleasant surprise.
Posted by: Dianna at April 24, 2012 11:24 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 24, 2012 11:24 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 24, 2012 11:25 PM (Z9EHQ)
The holodeck would be the last thing humanity would ever invent.
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 24, 2012 11:25 PM (9/ZQ6)
37Physical sciences seems quite compressed...how many of those are high school teachers?
That's because a BS in the physical sciences ain't shit, and a master's isn't much better. To get anywhere in the (real) sciences requires a PhD, which practicing scientists would generally consider a learner's permit. (The lab lore of fuckups by newly minted PhD scientists would make a many volume set.)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 24, 2012 11:25 PM (bylA8)
As a tax lawyer, Texas Jew, the only thing standing between your money (and your employer's money) and the government is me,,,,,,,,,,,,,
you can thank me later......when my bill arrives.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 24, 2012 11:25 PM (OWjjx)
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 11:26 PM (lJ2es)
It's one of those deals where I fill out the information fields and when I click "accept" nothing happens. At all.
I'm not clear what you mean by registration. Have you ever bought anything from Amazon in the past? If you have then log on with your e-mail and pw. No need to register the phone with Amazon. Or do you mean you're a newbie at Amazon?
Posted by: Retread at April 24, 2012 11:26 PM (joSBv)
If there is any good news - maybe this is some. Hopefully it means that it is at an early stage and wasn't causing symptoms. Maybe whatever the other problem is will end up being a good thing as (hopefully) this was caught early.
Posted by: someone at April 24, 2012 11:27 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 24, 2012 11:27 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 24, 2012 11:27 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: Thomas at April 24, 2012 11:27 PM (/5A+N)
As a Petroleum Engineering major, you are all my bitches..
Posted by: TexasJew
Thhbbbbttt!
Nope.
Posted by: Dianna at April 24, 2012 11:27 PM (mKMj1)
Game. On.
Yum! I don't think anyone would actually lose that competition.
Posted by: NC Ref at April 24, 2012 11:28 PM (/izg2)
Make sure your finger isn't on the trigger when you pull the slide back. This is a common mistake. People with their left hand try to grip the gun and pull the slide back with their right hand. They sometimes don't even realize they're holding the trigger down with their left hand.
Posted by: Ben at April 24, 2012 11:28 PM (UvdzB)
1. Every gun is loaded always.
2. Never point a gun at anything you don't intend to destroy.
3. Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire.
4. Know your target, and what is beyond it. You are responsible for every bullet that leaves your gun.
Be safe, and have fun turning money into noise!
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 24, 2012 11:28 PM (ND9u8)
My granddad had a calcium carbide miner's lamp. It was a head mounted version. AFAIK, he never used it to launch barrels though.
I have a collection of things my plant made back in the day I was running the joint. One of them is ~30 SF of silicone coated kevlar made for Israel's use in tank seats. I've been saving it for the zombie apocalypse.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 24, 2012 11:28 PM (ccXZP)
Polli!! Thanks! It's been six months, and we are still battling trying to get the bill paid before I start the follow up-which is another nightmare. The doctor said call the hospital and schedule, the hospital said call the doctor and schedule. I'm starting to get a bit testy about the whole thing. So Ben, I highly advise that you NOT have your procedure down in the Panhandle of Florida. It is just too damn complicated.
I also realized that my ramble really didn't make much sense. If the tumor is outside the kidney, is may be more invasive, but you are a better candidate for cryosurgery-freezing the sucker. IF the tumor is inside the kidney, you will probably have to have it removed.
As to recurrence, that is what I am trying to find out. Both my dad and my brother did not have recurrence of kidney cancer. My doctor said that it generally does not come back if you remove all of it. We'll see. But my prayers are yours, Ben, if you need them. Cancer is scary, and some doctors do a better job of guiding you through it than others. I will definitely pray that you get a better doctor.
On a similar note, my daughter has had medical issues for a number of years, and it appears that it's due to her kidney reflux she had as a baby-congenital defect of the kidneys/ureters and bladder. Now she is having serious reactions to the medication that keeps her from having chronic bladder infections, so we are back to square one. Kidneys aren't having much luck at our house.
Posted by: moki at April 24, 2012 11:29 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 11:19 PM (lJ2es)
I wouldn't do it if there was a point. I had another hole in my resume before, the problem is not that you can't explain it, it's that you never make it to the interview process.
Last time it took two years and about, oh, I don't know, 1500-2000 applications? Finally got a *great* job through a temp agency, then the stupid bug.
It's not impossible, I'm just not looking forward to it.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 24, 2012 11:29 PM (bxiXv)
This may be the pinnacle of pranks: succeeding with a marvelous prank that is so good that others are willing to take the heat for it just to bask in its glory.
Well done sir...well done.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 24, 2012 11:29 PM (nEUpB)
2. Never point a gun at anything you don't intend to destroy.
3. Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire.
4. Know your target, and what is beyond it. You are responsible for every bullet that leaves your gun.
Be safe, and have fun turning money into noise!
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 24, 2012 11:28 PM (ND9u
FYI, same for flame throwers.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 24, 2012 11:29 PM (Z9EHQ)
We don't seem to need one.
Posted by: Softball Pitchers at April 24, 2012 11:29 PM (OWjjx)
I rooted for Quark, as best I could,
Who was also Stan the Caddy from Seinfeld.
Posted by: andycanuck
And the Principal from a season of Buffy, The Vampire Slayer.
Posted by: Dianna at April 24, 2012 11:29 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Bo at April 24, 2012 11:29 PM (V/Aej)
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 24, 2012 11:30 PM (LrKfv)
Somewhere NCJ is celebrating by eating a weiner with a pickle on it.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2012 11:31 PM (nkg21)
Posted by: Bo at April 24, 2012 11:31 PM (V/Aej)
What's really scary about college is that most professors think that they are smarter than their students.
Anyone who spends his life trying to impress 20-year-olds with his intellect is a fucking loser.
Mixed review on this one. Most professors are probably smarter than their students, since they presumably mastered the material that two-thirds of the students will struggle with to varying extents.
OTOH, fully agree with the second proposition. If, after untold years of study, you don't know more about the subject than a late adolescent who's never heard of it before, it's a pretty sorry lookout. A corollary: as a lecturer, you're the least important person in the lecture theater. It's not about you.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 24, 2012 11:31 PM (bylA8)
That's what Jerry Brown did back in the 80s for CA, and look what it got us.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at April 24, 2012 11:32 PM (mJDLm)
Posted by: cm9000 at April 24, 2012 11:32 PM (MwTP4)
213 Ahhh so you can participate in the cookoff too.Game. On.Yum! I don't think anyone would actually lose that competition.
Posted by: NC Ref at April 24, 2012 11:28 PM (/izg2)
I beg to differ.
Posted by: The button on your pants. at April 24, 2012 11:32 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Thomas at April 24, 2012 11:32 PM (/5A+N)
5. And no smoking while filling up the reservoir.
[Flamethrower specific; ignore for small-arms.]
Posted by: andycanuck at April 24, 2012 11:32 PM (nU/dt)
Well done sir...well done.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 24, 2012 11:29 PM (nEUpB)
Thank you sir. It doe make me grin to remember the whole thing. In fairness, I am not sure they were willing to take the heat. They were blowing hot air to impress some girls and one of the girls turned them in. The administration assumed they were necessarily guilty because they claimed to have perpetrated the prank and the admin really wanted to make an example of someone. liberals indeed.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 24, 2012 11:32 PM (Z9EHQ)
Two nights in a row.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 24, 2012 11:32 PM (OWjjx)
Excellent. And worth repeating every week or so.
I have never had a ND (some people call them "ADs" but that is bullshit. It's negligent, not accidental), and I plan on being careful enough that it never happens.
Jeff Cooper was great to read (aside from that pompous "we" shit).
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 24, 2012 11:32 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 24, 2012 11:21 PM (nEUpB)
Well, I ain't gonna impress 'em with my physique or my bank account, I have to use something!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 24, 2012 11:33 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 24, 2012 11:29 PM (Z9EHQ)
Sure, not to mention slingshots, crossbows, longbows, etc.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 24, 2012 11:33 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 24, 2012 11:29 PM (bxiXv)
I feel for you, Merovign. Been there, done that, survived only by a simple twist of fate. And about to go under the bus again, very possibly. This isn't the life we were promised, that's for sure . . .
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 11:33 PM (lJ2es)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 24, 2012 11:34 PM (nU/dt)
Sure, not to mention slingshots, crossbows, longbows, etc.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 24, 2012 11:33 PM (ND9u
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 24, 2012 11:34 PM (Z9EHQ)
It could happen.
Posted by: mpfs at April 24, 2012 11:35 PM (TlwCF)
Posted by: Retread at April 24, 2012 11:26 PM (joSBv)
Yeah, that and I just got done figuring out the new phone. I guess in order to work correctly, Google, Amazon and god knows whatelse has to have everything in perfect order to work correctly.
Or I'm an idiot, which is also possible.
Posted by: ErikW at April 24, 2012 11:35 PM (UTHNU)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 24, 2012 11:32 PM (OWjjx)
maybe it's their year?
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2012 11:35 PM (nkg21)
WTF kind of job does he expect with adegree in creative writing?
Posted by: Bill R. at April 24, 2012 11:35 PM (ZjexS)
221Here's a question my local librarian took two years to answer. "why is there a pitcher's mound?"
We don't seem to need one.
Posted by: Softball Pitchers at April 24, 2012 11:29 PM (OWjjx) Duh. One of the things that makes softball pitching effective is the rising trajectory. A pitcher's mound would hurt a softball pitcher's performance, by requiring her either to throw a slower or a flatter pitch to throw a strike.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 24, 2012 11:35 PM (bylA8)
239 I'll keep an eye out for him if I ever get around to watching the Buffy series, Dianna, that several of my friends do recommend.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 24, 2012 11:34 PM (nU/dt)
Season 2 and 3 of Buffy is when he was the principal.
Posted by: buzzion at April 24, 2012 11:36 PM (GULKT)
What about your father?
Posted by: Ben
Ben, kidney cancer was the BEST thing that happened to my dad-the man had over twenty heart attacks, a shattered lumbar that required 3 disc and fusions, lung cancer, lupus, and the chronic pain of all the above. He was a tough old codger who loved the Lord, loved his wife of 48 years, his family of five kids, and generally blessed anyone who crossed his path. He passed away in 1990, but not from the kidney cancer.
This is a scary diagnosis, and if you could go with your loved one to the doctor, and hear their prognosis from him, that might relieve some of your worry. Generally, kidney cancer is very survivable, unless it is very late stage. Most RCC is found when the patient is being seen for something else-which is how mine was found as well.
Posted by: moki at April 24, 2012 11:36 PM (dZmFh)
I don't equate mastery of arcane and sometimes trivial material with intelligence.
Yes, some professors are extremely bright. So are some carpenters and plumbers and guys who pump gas.
But Carpenters and plumbers and gas jockeys haven't chosen their fields specifically to inflate their egos and their sense of superiority.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 24, 2012 11:37 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: AD at April 24, 2012 11:37 PM (XtUaw)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 24, 2012 11:37 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 24, 2012 11:32 PM (nEUpB)
Newsletter? I'll at least take the free trial subscription, so long as it's delivered in a plain brown wrapper. Where I live, I doubt it pays to be spotted walking from the mailbox with "Charlie's Dildo Times and Adventure Stories for Boys".
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 24, 2012 11:37 PM (ND9u8)
(60 feet, 6 inches). After the 1968 season, when pitchers were extremely
dominate (Bob Gibson has a 1.12 ERA for the season) the mound height
was lowered.
Ahh ok, knew it was at least one of those.
Posted by: booger at April 24, 2012 11:37 PM (HI6wa)
Depends on a number of things. First, did you file electronically or old fashion paper. Second, did you claim certain credits that somehow always get subject to review by the IRS (EIC, energy or American opportunity). Some of the problems with these credits are not that you are not entitled to them, but (in the case of education credits) your institution of higher learning may have forgot to submit the supporting documentation (1098-T) and the IRS computers can not match information up. Third, did you use and outside preparer or do it yourself. If you used an professional preparer, give that person a call.
One thing you can do is go to the IRS website (IRS dot gov) and click on the "My Refund" link. You will need to know the first social security number on the return, your filing status and the amount of your refund. From there, they will let you know your status (not received, received and being process, refund issued this date).
Also, sometimes things like direct deposit can slow it down.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 24, 2012 11:38 PM (OWjjx)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 24, 2012 11:38 PM (nU/dt)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 24, 2012 11:37 PM (nEUpB) And professors necessarily have?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 24, 2012 11:39 PM (bylA8)
I just knew there was someone, somewhere who would empathize...
tomorrow night, mi amigos
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 24, 2012 11:39 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 24, 2012 11:39 PM (jucos)
Posted by: ErikW at April 24, 2012 11:35 PM (UTHNU)
Did you finally get signed up at Amazon. I've been buying stuff from them for so long I have no memory of signing up with them. They used to send me coffee mugs once in a while and they haven't done that since Hector was a pup.
Posted by: Retread at April 24, 2012 11:40 PM (joSBv)
Posted by: Thomas at April 24, 2012 11:40 PM (/5A+N)
All the lies of the people running round,
They're castles have burned.
Now I see change,
But inside we're the same as we ever were.
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Posted by: Living On A Thin Line at April 24, 2012 11:40 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 24, 2012 11:40 PM (Z9EHQ)
Or perhaps fact-checking for Obama? Seriously, why would a person knowing the economy not go for a degree that is at least somewhat in demand?
Posted by: Bill R. at April 24, 2012 11:41 PM (ZjexS)
Not this year. Three words that will kill the Cubs. Carlos "Fucking" Marmol. My children think his actual name is fucking Marmol. They wonder what type of mother would give her son a first name of Fucking.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 24, 2012 11:41 PM (OWjjx)
Mallamutt, should it worry me that I received my state, (ILL) tax return weeks ago, and have yet to receive my Fed return
I mailed my taxes in on 3/19 (snail mail). My fed money was in my account on 4/4. I was gobsmacked! My state, well, it's california, pigs will fly before I see that money . . . Did you do the automatic deposit? I don't trust the PO to bring my check to the right place, so I do give 'em account info.
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 11:41 PM (lJ2es)
Posted by: irongrampa at April 24, 2012 11:41 PM (SAMxH)
Obviously I am being a bit provocative, but my original point stands. Academics have chosen a field in which their intellectual discourse occurs with rank amateurs. It's a stacked deck.
Let me guess...you are an ethnic studies professor.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 24, 2012 11:42 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 11:22 PM (lJ2es)
Practice makes perfect!
Posted by: booger at April 24, 2012 11:42 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 24, 2012 11:15 PM
I did all the Cardassians. Kim Cardashian has a great ass, and I didn't need a fantasy machine or 3D porn projector
Shit, the Holodeck had scenarios of what I did for real. I didn't have to sign a fucking waiting list either
Posted by: Capt. James T Kirk at April 24, 2012 11:42 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Thomas at April 24, 2012 11:42 PM (/5A+N)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 24, 2012 11:43 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: Alex at April 24, 2012 11:43 PM (jdZlf)
Posted by: booger at April 24, 2012 11:43 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2012 11:44 PM (nkg21)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 24, 2012 11:45 PM (bylA8)
Electronic thru my accountant. He's out off the office for two weeks, Ha, must be great to be an accountant. Will check the IRS website, thanks for the advice.
Posted by: cm9000 at April 24, 2012 11:45 PM (MwTP4)
everybody who became a lawyer (yeah, the market's shitty, but some are
doing well), and PhDs in the sciences and engineering.
Yeah, if you stop with a bachelor's degree in Political Science, you're basically qualified to be a hobo. But if you let it ride to a law degree, you can make good money.
Posted by: Cicero at April 24, 2012 11:46 PM (Wratz)
Geez, it seems like every other week, someone on this blog has lost their job.
Economy improving my ass.
Keep looking though. My brother in law was out of work twice in one year. Got a job within a month of his first lay-off.
That company was operating poorly. He lost that job in 6 months. Then got another job in about 6 weeks, with a much more stable company. Keep the good thoughts.
Posted by: Bo at April 24, 2012 11:46 PM (V/Aej)
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 24, 2012 11:47 PM (V/Aej)
Posted by: Thomas at April 24, 2012 11:42 PM (/5A+N)
Really? I majored in Philosophy and did not join the Navy. There was a study a few years ago that indicated Philosophers started out low but ten years or so down the road there were at or near the top of the income range. You do not think you have any advantage over someone that majored in some nonsense where the willing suspension of critical think is prerequisite?
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 24, 2012 11:48 PM (Z9EHQ)
Anyone who spends his life trying to impress 20-year-olds with his intellect is a fucking loser.
*****
Spoken succinctly and directly and with more than just a smidge of the common sense which comes with maturity.
When the hell are professors going to stop playing the popularity game?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 24, 2012 11:23 PM (piMMO)
They are libs, they have to be the hippest and most popular.
Posted by: MrCaniac in the OBX at April 24, 2012 11:48 PM (FoNan)
I'll keep an eye out for him if I ever get around to watching the Buffy
series, Dianna, that several of my friends do recommend.
Posted by: andycanuck
I never saw the last season, on the grounds that sticking Spike with a soul was just cruel and unusual punishment - for the viewers!
Aside from that, it's good. It's got bad episodes, and poor sequences, but I generally enjoyed it, and I'm pretty harsh as a critic.
Posted by: Dianna at April 24, 2012 11:48 PM (mKMj1)
Yeah, someone needs to tell those dolts that their commie rag is going belly up.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 24, 2012 11:48 PM (V/Aej)
I went to college knowing a fair ammount of carpentry, plumbing and residential electric.
Of course, I wasn't worried about figuring out how to make a living...I was more motivated by the ample 'me' time that major afforded.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2012 11:49 PM (nkg21)
everybody who became a lawyer (yeah, the market's shitty, but some are
doing well), and PhDs in the sciences and engineering.
Yeah but being a doctor isn't necessarily profitable anymore.
Private practices go under fairly often and that will only increase with the Obamacare rules and regulations.
Specialist doctors make a lot of money. The rest probably make above per capita income, but it's probably not high enough to justify 7 years of schooling/residency and all the costs associated with it.
Posted by: Ben at April 24, 2012 11:49 PM (UvdzB)
Ok, so who did Counselor Troi, her Mother, and Dr. Crusher represent? Door #2 was usually best avoided, but I could never decide between Door #1 and Door #3.
Posted by: Arbalest at April 24, 2012 11:49 PM (+0904)
Oh wait........I wasn't supposed to type that outloud.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 24, 2012 11:50 PM (OWjjx)
Posted by: Arbalest at April 24, 2012 11:51 PM (+0904)
I will continue to generalize and say that my science professors were far more intellectual and intelligent than my liberal arts professors.
Although...I hated my Chemistry 1 professor. Professor Markowitz was an evil, evil man.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 24, 2012 11:51 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 24, 2012 11:51 PM (Z9EHQ)
Academics have chosen a field in which their intellectual discourse occurs with rank amateurs.
Actually, that's not true at all. Intellectual discourse occurs with other researchers who are also at the frontiers of science. Having to teach - especially undergraduates - is, like administration,a relatively mundane aspect of the job, much like doing the laundry or mowing the lawn. The twentieth time one has taught carbonium ion rearrangements, or ligand field theory, or the Boltzmann distribution, is just not that edifying. Out of professionalism, one feigns enthusiasm, but imagine teaching long division for twenty years. And then having some clown assert that that's the source of one's ego gratification.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 24, 2012 11:51 PM (bylA8)
Although...I hated my Chemistry 1 professor. Professor Markowitz was an evil, evil man.
You went to Berkeley??
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 24, 2012 11:52 PM (bylA8)
As long as they've got guns and tool belts (and know how to use them), where's the harm?
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 11:52 PM (lJ2es)
Posted by: Bill R.
Frack, I have no clue! Even I, and I'm here to tell you that "practical" just doesn't enter into my vocabulary, understood that Creative Writing was an *AVOCATION*, not a profession, and a degree in CW was akin to a suicide note in terms of one's resume.
Of course, then I went off and majored in Soviet Studies, and then didn't bother to get a degree...I'm not quite sure when I ended up gainfully employed. Or how.
Humility? Hard work? "Give me a job, you name it!"?
Posted by: Dianna at April 24, 2012 11:52 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 24, 2012 11:53 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 24, 2012 11:53 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 24, 2012 11:54 PM (Z9EHQ)
just doesn't enter into my vocabulary, understood that Creative Writing
was an *AVOCATION*, not a profession, and a degree in CW was akin to a
suicide note in terms of one's resume.
We've got a spot for you.
Posted by: The New York Times at April 24, 2012 11:54 PM (Wratz)
It is called sarcasm. Sarcasm. My daughter is a softball pitcher. I am extremely aware of the physics of softball pitching.....and have the bruises to prove it.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 24, 2012 11:54 PM (OWjjx)
There's pretty good money in technical writing. Not a lot of room for creativity, but you can do well writing manuals, instructionsand such.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2012 11:55 PM (nkg21)
I'll assume I'm the clown, and direct you to a statistics textbook where you will learn that generalizations and statistics describe groups and populations, but tend to be useless when describing individuals.
Pace (that's Latin for: "peace").
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 24, 2012 11:55 PM (nEUpB)
Yup. And you? When?
I got my PhD there, in the early 70s. I TA'ed chem 1, although for Pimental, not Markowitz.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 24, 2012 11:56 PM (bylA8)
Posted by: Arbalest at April 24, 2012 11:51 PM (+0904)
Their soldiers were "noble savage natives" right down to the articulate, honor-driven involuntary servitude.
The shapeless leaders were the isolated royalty of Europe living off the stolen wealth of the Third World.
The management class were the uncaring but fun-loving Euro expats who managed the theft of the resources of the Third World.
Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING from TNG on would be thematically familiar to any bigoted, self-righteous "ethnic studies" or other "PC studies" professor.
Right down to the stereotypical drooling greed and ignorance of everyone who actually worked for a living.
No, I'm not grumpy. Shut up.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 24, 2012 11:56 PM (bxiXv)
There's pretty good money in technical writing. Not a lot of room for creativity, but you can do well writing manuals, instructionsand such.
Posted by: garrett at April 24, 2012 11:55 PM (nkg21)
budget director in the obama administration.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 24, 2012 11:58 PM (Z9EHQ)
I did, actually.
I'm mostly a cash only guy and pretty utilitarian so I like to hoard the paper.
I do like the ability to purchase items online but I'm still distrustful of the technology.
There's always some cocksucker named Sergei who's sunning his feet on the eastern shore of the Black Sea who just hacked your account and stole everything.
Posted by: ErikW at April 24, 2012 11:58 PM (UTHNU)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 24, 2012 11:59 PM (OWjjx)
http://tinyurl.com/7z7bgcj
In case anyone is interested.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 24, 2012 11:59 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Peaches at April 24, 2012 11:59 PM (lJ2es)
Not sure what you mean by old, but I know three people in their fifties to 60 years old who've managed to find jobs. 2 of them in Michigan. Focus on your experience. I suspect that there are so many poor quality, entitled employees out there, that at least some employers appreciate someone who is dependable.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 24, 2012 11:59 PM (V/Aej)
People really have no idea how stupid their professors are.
I recently sat in on a "food science" lecture. I could have constructed a better lecture based on Wikipedia articles.
Posted by: AmishDude at April 24, 2012 11:59 PM (J5tI6)
Markowitz took the concept of a weeder course very seriously. I understood the material but still had to kill myself for a grade. My roommate was a senior Chemistry major and he had a tough time with the problem sets.
of course 30 years later I can help my brat with her chemistry homework without any struggle. So, I guess Markowitz did a good job after all.
One of the problems was the text: Mahan. Awful book.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 24, 2012 11:59 PM (nEUpB)
(I'm not trying to be an a**, and there was a large hiatus between skool and enlistment, I just want to point out that philosophy is more an art than a vocation. Otherwise, you are absolutely correct)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 12:00 AM (/5A+N)
Posted by: helofixer at April 25, 2012 12:00 AM (H0fLg)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 25, 2012 12:01 AM (nU/dt)
Specialist doctors make a lot of money. The rest probably make above per capita income, but it's probably not high enough to justify 7 years of schooling/residency and all the costs associated with it.
I realize they're getting hit. I also realize it's getting worse. For right now, though, the average general practitioner makes in the mid-100s and specialists regularly make 250-350 (varying widely).
Yeah, it's a hard job to get there. It can be a hell of a psychological toll and for some specialties the hours suck. Not factoring in those salaries, though, skews these numbers.
With me (not a doctor, but I got another graduate degree), if I stopped after undergrad, I'd basically have the qualifications of a secretary, but I knew all along I planned to go to grad school, so I didn't focus on vocational skills in undergrad. A number of people are in the same position.
Posted by: AD at April 25, 2012 12:01 AM (XtUaw)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 25, 2012 12:02 AM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Jared Loughner at April 25, 2012 12:02 AM (e8kgV)
Pace (that's Latin for: "peace").
OK, fair enough. (I had four years of Latin too!)
But seriously, scientists don't become professors to lord it over undergraduates (or even graduate students). That's like saying you bought a house in suburbia just so you could mow the lawn. The attraction is to gain access to the grad students and facilities to doresearch. Teaching, like administration, is just part of the package.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 25, 2012 12:02 AM (bylA8)
Posted by: booger at April 25, 2012 12:03 AM (HI6wa)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at April 25, 2012 12:03 AM (e8kgV)
I sort of fell for all the negative stuff about Cruise, but then I saw part of a Biography program on him and from what I saw, he seemed like really a pretty cool dude. Apparently, if I remember correctly, he does most of the stunts in his movies himself.
Posted by: Theresa at April 25, 2012 12:04 AM (Cf5RM)
Posted by: Arbalest at April 25, 2012 12:05 AM (+0904)
Posted by: helofixer at April 25, 2012 12:05 AM (H0fLg)
I always did think he was getting a bad rap, all the guy did was jump on a couch for fucks sake and people wet their panties about it, stupid.
Posted by: booger at April 25, 2012 12:06 AM (HI6wa)
Posted by: Peaches at April 25, 2012 12:06 AM (lJ2es)
I'd go for the freebie books to start. You can download a free app to read on the computer, too.
I've got Sherlock Holmes complete in one book and several collections, all free.
Posted by: Retread at April 25, 2012 12:06 AM (joSBv)
Posted by: Peaches at April 25, 2012 12:08 AM (lJ2es)
Posted by: soledad o'brien at April 25, 2012 12:08 AM (nU/dt)
At the risk of violating the peace treaty: You have a PhD in a science from the premier public university in the world (screw you Michigan). Your experience is of a slightly more rarefied academia than most people know.
How many Nobel laureates were wandering the halls when you were at Berkeley? I think there were five when I was there.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 25, 2012 12:08 AM (nEUpB)
This is the movie they are filming
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1483013/
Looks promising except for Morgan Freeman, who i have to say, i'm getting a little tired of seeing, guy just brings movies down.
Posted by: booger at April 25, 2012 12:08 AM (HI6wa)
The attitude of entitlement is pervasive
Posted by: kbdabear at April 25, 2012 12:08 AM (Y+DPZ)
One of the problems was the text: Mahan. Awful book.
I never actually read it, but the funny thing is that almost any given textbook speaks to some people, but not others, so if you think the textbook sucks, find another one that speaks to you and work from that.
I learned that lesson later in my career than I would have liked, but at one juncture I went from hating thermodynamics to loving it simply from recognizing that principle.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 25, 2012 12:08 AM (bylA8)
smart dudski back in the day, but they made him drink mushrooms. (not
the good kind).
The guy could have gone into exile. He chose to drink the hemlock.
True philosophy major to the core.
Posted by: AD at April 25, 2012 12:09 AM (XtUaw)
But we're never gonna survive unless
We get a little crazy
Posted by: Jared Loughner at April 25, 2012 12:02 AM (e8kgV)
Um, I hope you didn't spend a lot of time working on that... poem?
Posted by: cm9000 at April 25, 2012 12:09 AM (MwTP4)
(I'm not trying to be an a**, and there was a large hiatus between skool and enlistment, I just want to point out that philosophy is more an art than a vocation. Otherwise, you are absolutely correct)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 12:00 AM (/5A+N)
No offense taken. I do have to tell you that you are wrong. I am not a college professor and I am not a coffee house philosopher. I am not going to divulge all my personal information but philosophy majors are eminently employable by many fields. Outside of the hard sciences I am sure there is not a more useful undergraduate major and not one that has been less corrupted by political correctness.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 12:10 AM (Z9EHQ)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1483013/
Posted by: helofixer at April 25, 2012 12:05 AM (H0fLg)
Sounds like Avatar 2
Posted by: nevergiveup at April 25, 2012 12:10 AM (eCnLg)
Posted by: Arbalest at April 25, 2012 12:05 AM (+0904)
I had my verbosity set to maximum.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 12:10 AM (bxiXv)
At the risk of violating the peace treaty: You have a PhD in a science from the premier public university in the world (screw you Michigan). Your experience is of a slightly more rarefied academia than most people know.
It's worse than that. I became a professor in the Ivy League.
How many Nobel laureates were wandering the halls when you were at Berkeley? I think there were five when I was there.
That sounds about right, give or take one. One of 'em was my dissertation advisor.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 25, 2012 12:10 AM (bylA8)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 12:10 AM (Z9EHQ)
I've always been intrigued by philosophy, as well as history and literature (which I minored in). At one juncture (temporarily pissed off at chemistry), I considered trying to become a writer (!).
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 25, 2012 12:12 AM (bylA8)
Why am I alone in pointing this out? Philosophy majors, I have severe questions for you!
The first key to defining what a thing is, is defining what a thing is not.
Posted by: Dianna at April 25, 2012 12:13 AM (mKMj1)
He may not be a "great actor" but he seems to do his homework for the roles, which means he doesn't always look like nothing but a line-reader in his work. So, better than average.
I hope Oblivion is not Avatar 2, we need more watchable sci-fi.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 12:13 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Socratease at April 25, 2012 12:13 AM (vaIln)
That's exactly what I did. I went to a local JC and bought a second-hand Chem 1 text. It saved my ass.
Professor Mahan died soon after and they immediately switched to a different textbook.
By the way, I went to Columbia for a semester, and took 1st semester Organic Chemistry there. Chemistry at Cal was much, much more rigorous.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 25, 2012 12:13 AM (nEUpB)
Actually, I have two degrees. The other one is in English.
I retired on my investments at age 50.
Posted by: Comatus at April 25, 2012 12:14 AM (ZOlM3)
Posted by: Dianna at April 25, 2012 12:13 AM (mKMj1)
is that a question?
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 12:14 AM (Z9EHQ)
Take very good care, Moron Horde.
Posted by: Dianna at April 25, 2012 12:14 AM (mKMj1)
I became a professor in the Ivy League.
Do you know who released the Kagan? ... or Van Jones?
Posted by: Arbalest at April 25, 2012 12:15 AM (+0904)
Posted by: toby928© at April 25, 2012 12:15 AM (NG097)
Told the interviewer the truth, that i can make a cup of coffee and that was it, well she liked my honesty I guess and is sending my application to a couple of the local bars this casino chain owns for a bartending job, keep your fingers crossed for me, this would be a really good paying job if I get it. Sorry so long.
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 12:16 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: thunderb at April 25, 2012 12:17 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: helofixer at April 25, 2012 12:18 AM (H0fLg)
Posted by: cm9000 at April 25, 2012 12:18 AM (MwTP4)
Posted by: Comatus at April 25, 2012 12:14 AM (ZOlM3)
That's awesome!
Posted by: runninrebel at April 25, 2012 12:19 AM (N/1Dm)
My tv is connected to my home network and it's also hooked up to my stereo so i listen to mp3's by sending them to my tv and through the stereo, sounds pretty good, but most of mine are 320 anyway.
Posted by: booger at April 25, 2012 12:19 AM (HI6wa)
Chemistry at Cal was much, much more rigorous.
Interesting, but it jibes with my experience. Traditionally the private schools, especially in the Ivy League, think that their courses are the more rigorous. I didn't that was true, but ... kept that to myself, for obvious reasons.
The difference may be that students (and faculty) in public universities know that they'll have to perform to get ahead. They won't be able to trade on aura and connections.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 25, 2012 12:20 AM (bylA8)
Posted by: booger at April 25, 2012 12:21 AM (HI6wa)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 25, 2012 12:21 AM (bylA8)
Posted by: Theresa at April 25, 2012 12:21 AM (Cf5RM)
Posted by: Abe Vigoda's knees at April 25, 2012 12:21 AM (lJ2es)
Tom Cruise is filming the movie, One Shot. He is Jack Reacher, the excellent, Lee Child protagonist.
Posted by: madamex at April 25, 2012 12:23 AM (5+Fw+)
Posted by: zeera at April 25, 2012 12:23 AM (XtxRN)
Posted by: thunderb at April 25, 2012 12:17 AM (Dnbau)
I am pretty sure that most of the benefits of a philosophy major are gained in the first half of the major. even if you only learn a priori and a posterori you are leagues ahead of your peers.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 12:24 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 12:24 AM (/5A+N)
both spooked me pretty good, nobody got hurt.
The AD was a SKS that after I hit the bang switch went 'ping'. Waited a bit, then pulled the bolt back to see if there was a round in the chamber. yep it was loaded, let the bolt go, it slammed forward and the rifle went bang.
The ND was a weak hand only IDPA stage, and I didn't like my grip so I was tweeking it (aparently with my finger on the trigger) and sent a bullet into the berm about 3 foot over the target
Posted by: jake at April 25, 2012 12:24 AM (AZ8Mb)
Abe Vigoda Status: Alive
In case you were wondering.
Posted by: toby928© at April 25, 2012 12:15 AM
Present
Posted by: Jeff Goldblum at April 25, 2012 12:24 AM (Y+DPZ)
This job could really help hubby and I get way ahead. We are lucky and doing ok, but a cushion would sure be nice, especially in this economy.
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 12:24 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: The Dude at April 25, 2012 12:25 AM (M8yfa)
Ahh, Dianna is an innovator. I've seen several studies that show that lazy people devise the best labor saving devices. I recall a time I persuaded my boss to let me use 40 hours of company time to write a computer program that automated experimental design calcs. Since I woefully underestimated how long the programming would take (a common problem), I actually devoted 120 hours to the project. the extra 80 hours were gratis from me, nights and weekends.
All in an effort to be lazy.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 25, 2012 12:25 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 12:26 AM (Z9EHQ)
My favorite classes at Cal (aside from one English class) were chemistry and physics. Ignoring the difficulty (pre-med weeder classes), I learned to think in them.
P.S. My wife is an Ivy League grad, so obviously I can look past that flaw!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 25, 2012 12:26 AM (nEUpB)
Posted by: helofixer at April 25, 2012 12:00 AM (H0fLg)
He came to Osan AB for an F-16 ride when I was at Kunsan in the mid nineties. A close friend worked life support at Osan and said pretty much the same thing. She said he was really short but alsoa nice guy. She wanted to ask him how they made him look tall in the movies but bit her tongue.
Posted by: Bill R. at April 25, 2012 12:26 AM (ZjexS)
Posted by: madamex at April 25, 2012 12:23 AM (5+Fw+)
Please tell me you are having sport with us, madamex . . . I just last night finished The Affair and have read every Reacher book and, well, just no. Ach, I will have nightmares.
Posted by: Peaches at April 25, 2012 12:29 AM (lJ2es)
Amazing that shooters remember our mistakes perfectly! And probably have nightmares about them too!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 25, 2012 12:29 AM (nEUpB)
Posted by: cm9000 at April 25, 2012 12:29 AM (MwTP4)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 12:24 AM (/5A+N)
I have been recommending the pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez site all day. He had an interesting piece sometime ago where he talked about the importance of "learning to learn." I do think one of the most important things one needs to succeed, and is in no way related to any degree, is an interest in and an ability to learn on one's own on an ongoing basis.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 12:30 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: madamex at April 25, 2012 12:31 AM (5+Fw+)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 12:31 AM (/5A+N)
Ignoring the difficulty (pre-med weeder classes), I learned to think in them.
The weeder aspect is one of the big problems all chem departments face, and it makes teaching lower division courses something of an ordeal. Students often figure that the only thing standing between them and their dream is ... you. When in fact you're just the poor slob tasked with teaching the course, and you don't have a dog in this fight.
Can't say I miss that aspect.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 25, 2012 12:32 AM (bylA8)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 12:31 AM (/5A+N)
She is hot. She may be hot now. I am afraid she would break.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 12:32 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 12:10 AM (Z9EHQ)
This. Teach yourself / Learnto think and everything else gets easier. Go figure.
Posted by: garrett at April 25, 2012 12:32 AM (nkg21)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 12:31 AM (/5A+N)
as a rule I usually encourage girls to use nudity instead of camera angles to distract me from their shortness.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 12:33 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 12:33 AM (/5A+N)
That's probably true, but me, I'm thinking it wasn't how tall she was that people were always looking at. ( . Y . )
Posted by: Theresa at April 25, 2012 12:33 AM (Cf5RM)
Posted by: thunderb at April 25, 2012 12:33 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: madamex at April 25, 2012 12:31 AM (5+Fw+)
Better than some of the more recent ones, which started to seem a little too formulaic for me. But, Tom Cruise is about my size (5'6") and Reacher is about a foot taller. Plus he's not a closeted ghey cult-worshipper. This is yet another reason I am not a movie person . . .
Posted by: Peaches at April 25, 2012 12:34 AM (lJ2es)
When he sat in an F14 all you could see was the top of his helmet if he was not on his pillow.
Posted by: jake at April 25, 2012 12:34 AM (AZ8Mb)
Reacher is big! Well over six feet and well muscled. How they will convince me that the Scientology midget is him is going to be interesting.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 25, 2012 12:34 AM (nEUpB)
Posted by: garrett at April 25, 2012 12:32 AM (nkg21)
Kinda screwed without that huh.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 12:34 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Jeff Goldblum at April 25, 2012 12:35 AM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: jake at April 25, 2012 12:34 AM (AZ8Mb)
That made me lol, I dont know why, just did.
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 12:35 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 12:36 AM (/5A+N)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 25, 2012 12:32 AM (bylA
Speaking as a lowly undergrad, I can't say that I miss it either!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 25, 2012 12:36 AM (nEUpB)
herbal 'remedies'. And read the rest to find out which herbal extract
actually causes cancer.
***
A post last night prompted me to look up the fatal dosage of hemlock - a little googling showed that yes, some people use hemlock as an herbal remedy.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2012 12:36 AM (3aXbg)
Bought some ammo today. I now have a gun and some bullets, and no
idea how to use either! I am officially dangerous. Looking for training
courses now.
Ok, three simple rules. Never point it at anything you don't want
to kill. Second, it's always loaded. Even if you are absolutely
certain it's not loaded, you still treat it as if it were loaded. Third
and final rule, always obey the first two rules.
Trust me, I am very afraid of guns. I always treat them as if they are about to GO NUCLEAR, and don't even point them at the cat in fun. The gun and the ammo are in the furthest corners of the house. No way am I going to do anything unless I am trained.
It's funny, it's the Dems (Holder, mostly) who drove me to the Dark Side. I will not do anything until trained.
But, I have the tools.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 25, 2012 12:36 AM (i0App)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 25, 2012 12:37 AM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 12:33 AM (/5A+N)
Yeah. I wish I had time to make a useful comment there. One line snark does not garner the same response there.
I do not know his education background but he gives the impression of someone who learned a lot on his own; and learned it very well on his own.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 12:37 AM (Z9EHQ)
Hopefully as a homeopathic medication (speaking of profoundly stupid).
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 25, 2012 12:37 AM (nEUpB)
Lee Child talking about Cruise in the role.
Posted by: madamex at April 25, 2012 12:38 AM (5+Fw+)
Low center of gravity
Posted by: Jeff Goldblum at April 25, 2012 12:35 AM (Y+DPZ)
she did not graduate hs.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 12:38 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 12:38 AM (/5A+N)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 25, 2012 12:29 AM (nEUpB)
No nightmares, but sure don't repeat them.
Never ever point a gun at somethng you don't want to shoot.
you gotta know where your muzzle is pointing 100% of the time.
Posted by: jake at April 25, 2012 12:38 AM (AZ8Mb)
Posted by: thunderb at April 25, 2012 12:39 AM (Dnbau)
seems to be a law of the conservation of superstition: if it does not
attach to one thing, it will attach to another. Man does not live by
rationality alone.
***
When a Man stops believing in God he doesn't then believe in nothing, he believes anything.
Posted by: GK Chesterton at April 25, 2012 12:40 AM (3aXbg)
Hopefully as a homeopathic medication (speaking of profoundly stupid).
You don't think molecules leave impressions in the water? The science is settled!
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 25, 2012 12:40 AM (bylA8)
Good for you. The nice thing is that the learning is fun. And before you know it you will be proficient.
A few things:
Bullets are the projectiles that are fired from weapons.
Cartridges are the entire package of bullet, powder, case and primer.
And...have fun!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 25, 2012 12:40 AM (nEUpB)
(I very rarely swear on the internet, so I tried to come up with something that conveyed the F word.)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 25, 2012 12:40 AM (i0App)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 12:41 AM (/5A+N)
Posted by: thunderb at April 25, 2012 12:41 AM (Dnbau)
I knew she was small, I remember her next to Bob Hope in his Christmas shows. Even with heels she was smaller than him. But yes, I would probably still hit it today. (But now I'm old, too)
Posted by: Bill R. at April 25, 2012 12:42 AM (ZjexS)
Why do I assume that everyone who believes in Homeopathy also believes in AGW?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 25, 2012 12:43 AM (nEUpB)
But yes, I would probably still hit it today. (But now I'm old, too)
OK, so at least you'd try to hit it. /kidding!
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 25, 2012 12:43 AM (bylA8)
As long as you follow those three rules, there is nothing to fear.
Posted by: Bill R. at April 25, 2012 12:43 AM (ZjexS)
A good instructor makes all the diffrence.
Take more than one class also
Posted by: jake at April 25, 2012 12:44 AM (AZ8Mb)
Ha! I'm older and slower buteverything still works for now.
Posted by: Bill R. at April 25, 2012 12:45 AM (ZjexS)
Excellent point. Being taught more than one perspective is a great way to learn.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 25, 2012 12:46 AM (nEUpB)
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 12:46 AM (fHyXI)
Get a recent translation, or one with a lot of philological notes, and some of the sparkle comes through. They weren't meant to be the dry-as-a-popcorn fart scareaways presented in sophomore courses (at my school, there was no 101. They knew better than to let freshmen get into philosophy).
That sort of answers "what job would you expect to get with a Creative Writing degree?" Many will not remember -- because it predates the MBA, back in the days when English or History would get you in the corporate door as a management trainee -- but in the 60's and 70's, there was booming demand for feature writers. Magazines were the biggest startup industry, and every newspaper expanded its non-news coverage, with book and movie reviews, lifestyle columns, and general interest articles. There was a paper shortage! Very "middlebrow," and those pieces were not written by journalism majors.
Sure, every Workshop writer wanted to do the Great American Novel (I was poet once, myself), but there were lots of ways to pay the bills. And while you're laughing at that, let me point out that my local blacksmith retired in the mid-60's, when the Interstate eminently domained his shop, not from lack of business. Ah children, it was a different world 'way back then. Engineering school was five years!
Posted by: Comatus at April 25, 2012 12:47 AM (ZOlM3)
Why do I assume that everyone who believes in Homeopathy also believes in AGW?
Because they do?
The same reason I assume that believers in homeopathy and AGW also believe in crystals, pyramid power, herbal crap, and think that we can meet our energy needs with batteries.
I guess someone's gotta provide the left half of the bell curve. Is that why they're called leftists?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 25, 2012 12:47 AM (bylA8)
I tried to be nice and explain to her that the issue with solar power in the frozen tundra we live in isn't the evil power companies but the restrictions in generating solar power without year round sun...but I don't think I got through to her.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2012 12:47 AM (3aXbg)
1) stroke, don't strike.
2) the angle of incedence is equal to the angle of exit.
3) the balls are ROUND.
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 12:47 AM (/5A+N)
I mean, honestly, I never expect to use this gun, unless there IS a zombie outbreak. And I think in that case, my training will count as a positive.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 25, 2012 12:47 AM (i0App)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 25, 2012 12:48 AM (bylA8)
***
You forgot the "dangers of vaccination".
Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2012 12:48 AM (3aXbg)
If you are interested in getting a well rounded set of skills and abilities you should look into going to frontsight or something similar.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 12:49 AM (Z9EHQ)
One of the problems with having a solid, basic understanding of the sciences is that it is incredibly difficult to bite back "are you really that fucking stupid?" about 20 times each day.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 25, 2012 12:49 AM (nEUpB)
I'm guessing she's never been to Fairbanks in the winter where dusk is as good as it gets at noon?
Posted by: Bill R. at April 25, 2012 12:49 AM (ZjexS)
You forgot the "dangers of vaccination".
Yup. Also, that all world problems can be solved by slapping a moronic "Coexist" bumper sticker on your car.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 25, 2012 12:50 AM (bylA8)
You may find that once you learn to use it properly, you'll like it and go target shooting often. You'll need to anyway just to stay proficient.
Posted by: Bill R. at April 25, 2012 12:51 AM (ZjexS)
sciences is that it is incredibly difficult to bite back "are you really
that fucking stupid?" about 20 times each day.
***
I had a discussion with a woman studies prof about missile design.
She would not believe that the shape was due to aerodynamics, not because we want to shoot metal dongs at our enemies.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2012 12:51 AM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 12:52 AM (/5A+N)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 25, 2012 12:47 AM (i0App)
Assuming it is a handgun.
When you get accustomed to it, you should checkout IDPA or USPSA.
super fun gun sports.
a good way to practice and retain skills
also a good group of folks generally
(there are jerks in all groups, but jerks at shooting matches are extreemly rare)
Posted by: jake at April 25, 2012 12:52 AM (AZ8Mb)
Posted by: Theresa at April 25, 2012 12:53 AM (Cf5RM)
Hey Lou's,, yep we do. I watched the Celtics game (TNT) which got over at 10:39 and another game was starting at 11pm when I was leaving..
Posted by: beanervt at April 25, 2012 12:53 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 25, 2012 12:53 AM (i0App)
Was she hot?
Posted by: cm9000 at April 25, 2012 12:53 AM (MwTP4)
****
I had my moment of bumper sticker zen a couple of months ago.
A luxury SUV with one person in it commuting from the city to the burbs with two bumper stickers:
Coexist
Reduce your carbon footprint or die
Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2012 12:53 AM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Satan at April 25, 2012 12:55 AM (g86v0)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2012 12:55 AM (3aXbg)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 25, 2012 12:49 AM (nEUpB) Yup. In my old age, I've learned not to get into it, butI once had some friends in the Bay Area hold forth at length on the urgentnecessity of a low fat diet (when that was the fad du jour), then suggest we go out for pizza. Over dinner, pointing at the greasy spots from the pizza, I gently revisited the low fat diet issue. They assured me that pizza was low fat.Oh.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 25, 2012 12:55 AM (bylA8)
She would not believe that the shape was due to aerodynamics, not because we want to shoot metal dongs at our enemies.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2012 12:51 AM (3aXbg)
some years ago some feminist wrote and published an article about the phallic nature of nuclear weapons. she goes into some feminazi chomsky analysis of megaton, throweight, and other nonsense and their relation to stuff. sounded like a desperate case of penis envy.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 12:55 AM (Z9EHQ)
dosage of hemlock - a little googling showed that yes, some people use
hemlock as an herbal remedy.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2012 12:36 AM (3aXbg)
Quite a bit of medicine is essentially controlled doses of poison. Which shouldn't be surprising -- you're asking for a substance to make your body do something different than what it's doing "naturally" on its own. You need to slow your heartbeat, thin your blood, interrupt the pain signals? You're asking for things that MUST eff you up given enough of a dose.
Posted by: sistrum at April 25, 2012 12:56 AM (AyryN)
Posted by: booger at April 25, 2012 12:56 AM (HI6wa)
OMG OBAMA ON JIMMY FALLON RIGHT NOW. MY PLAN IS COMING TO FRUITION!!!!!
***
Don't forget I still want a pony and some Transformers! I'll leave plenty of milk and cookies!
Posted by: Joe Biden at April 25, 2012 12:56 AM (3aXbg)
For jokes, you should've asked her what shape of rocket she thought the Amazons would've created.
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 25, 2012 12:57 AM (IAHKQ)
***
See, we needed MORE stimulus.
Posted by: Barack Obama at April 25, 2012 12:58 AM (3aXbg)
She would not believe that the shape was due to aerodynamics, not because we want to shoot metal dongs at our enemies.
Stop! You're inflaming all of my prejudices!
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 25, 2012 12:58 AM (bylA8)
Posted by: Comatus at April 25, 2012 12:58 AM (ZOlM3)
Socrates was kind of a douche.
I mean he was smart and all, but you didn't want to be the one who brought him to the party, iykwim.
Posted by: Thrasymachus at April 25, 2012 12:58 AM (nkg21)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2012 12:55 AM (3aXbg)
Al says........YES!
Posted by: cm9000 at April 25, 2012 12:59 AM (MwTP4)
Posted by: beanervt at April 25, 2012 12:53 AM (KZLoo)
Yeah, cable.
Does this mean when the world ends in Dec 2012, us west coasters will have an extra three hours?
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 12:59 AM (fHyXI)
Ever read Woody Allen's 'My Apology'?
Probably the best thing he ever did.
Posted by: garrett at April 25, 2012 01:00 AM (nkg21)
boy o boy sure sucks to be unarmed....
Posted by: jake at April 25, 2012 01:01 AM (AZ8Mb)
One of the problems with having a solid, basic understanding of the sciences is that it is incredibly difficult to bite back "are you really that fucking stupid?" about 20 times each day.
The worst part is the Kelly Bundy effect, when someone says something totally idiotic, and does so in a condescending way, when he doesn't know shit about the subject. Kinda like someone proposing traveling to the sun, and answering objections by saying he'll travel at night. That sort of thing.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 25, 2012 01:01 AM (bylA8)
Too technical. You gotta boil stuff like that down into terms imbeciles can understand -- for example: do you think driving around towing a 20' diameter parachute behind your car will impact your gas mileage?
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 25, 2012 01:01 AM (Ygf78)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 01:03 AM (/5A+N)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 25, 2012 01:01 AM (Ygf7
I was surprised how much advantage adding an aerospike to the nose cone yielded.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:04 AM (Z9EHQ)
I'm laughin'. We've all seen the Fat Man bomb, right?
http://tinyurl.com/7alhb4k
Posted by: Comatus at April 25, 2012 01:04 AM (ZOlM3)
I'm laughin'. We've all seen the Fat Man bomb, right?
http://tinyurl.com/7alhb4k
Posted by: Comatus at April 25, 2012 01:04 AM (ZOlM3)
I think one of their key disdvantages that they did not have any long point weapons, only weapons wit two big pendulous balls.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:06 AM (Z9EHQ)
Also, I'm not sure any guy has ever wanted to throw his schwang at a foe.
"Take that, jackass! .... oh, wait ..."
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 25, 2012 01:06 AM (IAHKQ)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2012 12:51 AM (3aXbg)
Did she groom herself or colleagues and/or fling poo during the discussion?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 01:07 AM (bxiXv)
Probably helps a lot with the subsonic/supersonic transition and smooth development of the pressure wave. Everything I've read about supersonic seems to indicate you pretty much toss everything you know about subsonic out the window.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 25, 2012 01:08 AM (Ygf78)
There is a reason Barney Frank hates the military ...
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 01:08 AM (VVZaH)
Also, I'm not sure any guy has ever wanted to throw his schwang at a foe.
"Take that, jackass! .... oh, wait ..."
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 25, 2012 01:06 AM (IAHKQ)
well, when all you have is a hammer everything is a nail. when all you are is a bulldyke lesbian with penis everything is a schlong.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:09 AM (Z9EHQ)
***
http://tinyurl.com/2nkdlj
Posted by: 18-1 at April 25, 2012 01:11 AM (3aXbg)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:11 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:11 AM (Z9EHQ)
Well with them penis envy is everything, so theres that.
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 01:13 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: S Daniel at April 25, 2012 01:15 AM (BVkEs)
"New Fashion Wrinkle: Stylishly Hiding the Gun"
http://tinyurl.com/6qfz4d8
Too metro for me; I figure the next step should be a suit, tailored to accomodate a .45
Posted by: Arbalest at April 25, 2012 01:16 AM (+0904)
Posted by: lous
Heh Lou's,,, not unless they move "world time" to the Colorado Atomic clock... otherwise times over. no time no tv...
Posted by: beanervt at April 25, 2012 01:16 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: S Daniel at April 25, 2012 01:17 AM (BVkEs)
What?
Posted by: S Daniel at April 25, 2012 01:15 AM (BVkEs)
Maybe there's another reason they've been hiding his college records.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 25, 2012 01:18 AM (bxiXv)
@429 No, Xenophon and Aristophanes both knew him. And there is a prosaic
account of his trial, where he doesn't come off so highminded.
Posted by: Comatus at April 25, 2012 12:58 AM (ZOlM3)
Ahhh, "Clouds", I remember it well from my college days. Socrates was made to look the fool.
Posted by: MrCaniac in the OBX at April 25, 2012 01:18 AM (FoNan)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 01:18 AM (/5A+N)
someone says something totally idiotic, and does so in a condescending
way, when he doesn't know shit about the subject. Kinda like someone
proposing traveling to the sun, and answering objections by saying he'll
travel at night. That sort of thing.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 25, 2012 01:01 AM (bylA
Backyard at a Hollywood party, the liberal crap-trap was getting too annoying so my husband changed the subject by drawing attention to the beautiful night sky. Somebody else wondered, was that (pointing to bright spot) a star or a planet?Husband was getting into his stride of explaining how you can tell that by whether the light was steady or "twinkling" due to...then one of the lefty pontificaters broke in to say it couldn't be a planet, because planets were just big rocks.Letting the subject of alternate planetary compositions go for the moment, Hubby replied that rocks might not shine of themselves but could reflect light just fine, thank you.Lefty says -- well, maybe, if they were close to a star.Hubby said yes, and that star is the SUN.
Posted by: sistrum at April 25, 2012 01:19 AM (AyryN)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:20 AM (Z9EHQ)
-- (on Fallon)
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at April 25, 2012 01:20 AM (nkg21)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 01:21 AM (/5A+N)
Posted by: beanervt at April 25, 2012 01:16 AM (KZLoo)
Well thats good, would not like to know all the east coast morons=Americanswere gone anyway.
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 01:22 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:23 AM (Z9EHQ)
are is a bulldyke lesbian with penis everything is a schlong.
"You're a good guesser, Thrasymachus" is one of the boffo Plato jokes that F.Cornford overlooked. I can well imagine The (actual) Symposium, with personages arrayed on couches of myrtle and yew, holding forth with just such suppositions. Dude, that would really rock in Attic. "And how else, Glaucon, would we provide for a city...of pigs?
Ever tell you about the blind date a singing pal set me up with back in the day? "Comatus, you're gonna love this chick. She's a Philosophy major, just like you!"
She majored in Womyn's Philosophy, at the Univ of Meeshegan. Actually studied under Mackinnon, where she had learned that since Aristotle once [physically] described woman as an "imperfect" or "unfinished" man, then the rest of his writing could be safely discounted. I told her that womyn must be pretty special, if they had a special philosophy just for them. It was a memorable evening. And then it snowed on the way home. Snowed and snowed.
Posted by: Comatus at April 25, 2012 01:24 AM (ZOlM3)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:24 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:20 AM (Z9EHQ)
Eating homemade kettle corn, does that help?
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 01:24 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 01:25 AM (/5A+N)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 25, 2012 01:26 AM (IAHKQ)
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 01:24 AM (fHyXI)
I hear michelle finds that that and playing angry birds while in the sack makes the whole thing more tolerable.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:27 AM (Z9EHQ)
Doctors are not Gods, I have met a few I consider idiots.
Conventional medicine does not have all the answers.
AGW is bullshit.
Environmentalist are evil.
CO2 is necessary for plant life and I contribute to this on a daily basis.
Not everyone can be lumped into clear categories.
Posted by: California Witch at April 25, 2012 01:27 AM (Xcvk0)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:27 AM (Z9EHQ)
Well, you made me lol.
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 01:28 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 01:29 AM (/5A+N)
Posted by: Comatus at April 25, 2012 01:24 AM (ZOlM3)
I have had a few of those. Usually wearing birkenstocks. You usually had to decide early on how much intellect you were going to suspend in pursuit of sexual gratification. surprisingly, sex is not as big a motivator as you would think in a twentysomething.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:29 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at April 25, 2012 01:29 AM (2fe76)
I didn't get enough sleep again today. I might lose my shit at some point and fling myself off the edge of sanity.
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 01:30 AM (4ixH5)
Like yankeefifths 484michelle comment.
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 01:31 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 01:28 AM (fHyXI)
well there we go then, his presidency was not an entire waste.
who's your angry bird michelle, who's your angry bird? oh baraka you're my angry bird you are barak.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:32 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 01:32 AM (/5A+N)
"I was a Liberal Arts major" - Obama (on Fallon)
What?
Posted by: S Daniel at April 25, 2012 01:15 AM (BVkEs)
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why on earth do we decide government is supposed to solve problems and then elect people without the slightest clue how to go about solving any of them?
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 01:33 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:32 AM (Z9EHQ)
Deleting Angry Birds off my laptop when I get home.
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 01:33 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Comatus at April 25, 2012 01:33 AM (ZOlM3)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:32 AM (Z9EHQ)
Nah, he's a "green" pig.
Posted by: sistrum at April 25, 2012 01:34 AM (AyryN)
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 01:34 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 25, 2012 01:35 AM (i0App)
Like yankeefifths 484michelle comment.
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 01:31 AM (fHyXI)
you mean the worst of the aoshq?
in fairness it is not all my fault. I am at the intersection of government inefficiency; required to take med by court order but prevented from getting them because of my ankle bracelet and house arrest orders. - only kidding.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:35 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Comatus at April 25, 2012 01:33 AM (ZOlM3)
OK lol again, you guys are making me laugh even though this thread is slower then however you spell mollases.
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 01:36 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 01:36 AM (/5A+N)
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 01:37 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 25, 2012 01:35 AM (i0App)
one, if the aoshq were anything it would be a blackhole. two, painter with bullets - paintball.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:37 AM (Z9EHQ)
I'd comment here more, but I stutter
Posted by: AlaskaGal at April 25, 2012 01:29 AM (2fe76)
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Hey there, long time no see. Enjoying some sun?
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 01:37 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 01:36 AM (/5A+N)
Only if the floor is coated in Pledge.
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 01:38 AM (4ixH5)
Calvin fuckin Coolidge (Amherst '95) was a Liberal Arts major.
Posted by: Comatus at April 25, 2012 01:38 AM (ZOlM3)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:38 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:35 AM (Z9EHQ)
Yes, I think it would be fun. We all know each other by the stupid shit we say. We could guess who the comment came from. Or just list the stupidity/awesomeness for laughs.
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 01:38 AM (fHyXI)
Ahhh yes, the 70's "Earth Shoe". invented by Danish yoga instructor, Anne Kalso ... female ...
IIRCshe noticed, looking at footprints at the beach,that the heel part of a foot print was deeper than the ball part, ergo, proper shoes should have the heel lower than the ball of the foot ... this lead to all kinds of tendon problems for long-tem wearers, effectively killing the design after a few years ... although they're still available.
Posted by: Arbalest at April 25, 2012 01:39 AM (+0904)
/s
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 01:40 AM (/5A+N)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at April 25, 2012 01:40 AM (2fe76)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 25, 2012 01:40 AM (Ygf78)
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 01:38 AM (fHyXI)
yankeefifth blanches - you think you could identify me by my quotes? need to find that effin rock and crawl back under. where did I put that thing?
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:41 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 01:41 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 01:42 AM (/5A+N)
Posted by: Arbalest at April 25, 2012 01:39 AM (+0904)
So this fucking hippy ruined a bunch of peoples feet with her new age hooey, figures.
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 01:43 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at April 25, 2012 01:40 AM (2fe76)
years agoa some guy recorded a song about a dog called "stains" he spends a large part of the song calling the dog to him.
here ya go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6MTTkGsz3E
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:44 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at April 25, 2012 01:44 AM (2fe76)
As a matter of fact it is a glorious sunny day JC, I can finally see my lawn which I haven't seen for months
Posted by: AlaskaGal at April 25, 2012 01:44 AM (2fe76)
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mine still has a few big piles, but they are disappearing pretty fast. Can make it to my shed now, so the studs come off tomorrow.
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 01:46 AM (ufJKx)
Lots of money in it, though. The way you're doing it. Free room, too.
This is just getting good and I have to go. Spot seeded some grassy knoll today, and still farting around with moving and pruning trees. I only do it because Roootherfurd Hayes did. It does involve diesel power and satisfyingly schlong-like large tools, though, so there is that. Chixdiggit.
Posted by: Comatus at April 25, 2012 01:47 AM (ZOlM3)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:41 AM (Z9EHQ)
Maybe not, but you know I would be easy. Example:
Love you all, god bless, ya'll are the best, eating candy and drinking beer. Etc Etc
Come on is that not me to a tee. Plus my angry rants I choose to forget.
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 01:47 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 01:48 AM (/5A+N)
Hey Robert,,, first order,,, down below with the lot of ya for mattress pressing duty... oh yeah.
Posted by: beanervt at April 25, 2012 01:48 AM (KZLoo)
I'm keenly interested in going back for an arts degree. I'm particularly
interested in ummmm....metal engraving and the intaglio printing
process.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 25, 2012 01:40 AM (Ygf7
I took a printmaking class where a student wanted to make a woodcut of a dollar bill and asked for tips. Tip 1: a one dollar bill, seriously? and 2. it's not a woodcut you'd want if you're being serious about this. The student didn't come back after the first class, I wonder why.
Posted by: sistrum at April 25, 2012 01:48 AM (AyryN)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at April 25, 2012 01:49 AM (2fe76)
Posted by: Comatus at April 25, 2012 01:50 AM (ZOlM3)
If the only crowd you hang with is a bunch of stoners who shuffle around like zombies, maybe not.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 25, 2012 01:51 AM (Ygf78)
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 01:47 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 01:53 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 01:54 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 01:55 AM (/5A+N)
Never challenge me to a bullsh*t contest thing. I will kill you.
If you need ammo, "beckoningchasm" "at" "gmail" "dot" "com"
I am the deadliest weapon a "liberal arts" major ever faced.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 25, 2012 01:56 AM (i0App)
part of a foot print was deeper than the ball part, ergo, proper shoes
should have the heel lower than the ball of the foot ...
Posted by: Arbalest at April 25, 2012 01:39 AM (+0904)
Because what happens in sand must be mimicked in the harder terrain we're walking on 99.99% of our lives.
Posted by: sistrum at April 25, 2012 01:57 AM (AyryN)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 01:57 AM (/5A+N)
Jeff Wears Birkenstocks
http://tinyurl.com/yjxuezg
Posted by: NoFX at April 25, 2012 01:57 AM (nkg21)
Birkentocks...would now be a bad time to admit that I have long hair and wear birkenstocks?
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 01:34 AM (4ixH5)
With white socks?
Perfekt for TPAKTOP!
Posted by: cthulhu at April 25, 2012 01:59 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 01:57 AM (/5A+N)
Yea, not really watching it, hubby had the game on and heard his voice.. But good gravy, this mf and his wife think they are on American Idol or some cheesy reality show. God help us.
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 02:00 AM (fHyXI)
Birkentocks...would now be a bad time to admit that I have long hair and wear birkenstocks?
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 01:34 AM (4ixH5)
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and drive a subaru?
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 02:00 AM (ufJKx)
$1's are the perfect counterfeit candidate. You can print them on ordinary notebook paper and they won't get any scrutiny.
Everyone is looking for bogus $100's, $50's, and even $20's these days...nobody is looking for $1's. $5's might work OK too.
I have a friend who got a counterfeit $10 in change at some store years ago. FL was flooded with bogus $100's and $50's at the time, but nobody was looking for $10's and some enterprising counterfeiter was just quietly passing them for his daily pocket money.
I think the key to successful counterfeiting is to not be too greedy. If I were into counterfeiting rare coins, I wouldn't go for high dollar shit like an 09' "S" penny, I've read that about 90% of the claimed 09' S's in circulation are counterfeits. I'd go for something more modest in the $10 range that won't get any close inspection.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 25, 2012 02:01 AM (Ygf78)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 02:02 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 02:03 AM (/5A+N)
I have a degree in Fine Arts.
Never challenge me to a bullsh*t contest thing. I will kill you."
Speaking as a Fine Arts BA (concentration in commercial art), I can attest there's few better training grounds of bullshittery. Project crits in front of the entire class teaches you how to come up with arguments on the fly on how the failures in concept or craftsmanship being noted were actually carefully considered artitstic "choices".
Posted by: sistrum at April 25, 2012 02:03 AM (AyryN)
Posted by: NoFX at April 25, 2012 02:03 AM (nkg21)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 02:03 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at April 25, 2012 02:04 AM (2fe76)
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 02:05 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Thomas at April 25, 2012 02:08 AM (/5A+N)
Posted by: sistrum at April 25, 2012 02:09 AM (AyryN)
Subarus... The bane of my existence....always driving in the Monford lane doing 55
Posted by: AlaskaGal at April 25, 2012 02:04 AM (2fe76)
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those drivers are all morally superior to me.
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 02:09 AM (ufJKx)
I got a jar of silver plating powder around here somewhere....
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 25, 2012 02:09 AM (Ygf78)
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 02:10 AM (VVZaH)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 25, 2012 02:10 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 25, 2012 02:09 AM (Ygf7
Not another Pejazzling Thread!?
Posted by: garrett at April 25, 2012 02:11 AM (nkg21)
I'm thinking woodcut $1 counterfeits probably wouldn't fly...even in a dark lit stripper bar.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 25, 2012 02:12 AM (Ygf78)
I am congratulating myself on not typing "learn how to blow glass" on the ONT ....
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 02:12 AM (VVZaH)
Posted by: lous a girl at April 25, 2012 02:12 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at April 25, 2012 02:12 AM (2fe76)
Ummm...I think it's silver cyanide powder, so its not getting anywhere near my junk.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 25, 2012 02:13 AM (Ygf78)
The printmaking technique she intended though would still be risible today.
I'm thinking woodcut $1 counterfeits probably wouldn't fly...even in a dark lit stripper bar.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 25, 2012 02:12 AM (Ygf7
Once the hyperinflation hits, you'll be able to pass $1M notes pretty easily because nobody will know what they're supposed to look like.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 25, 2012 02:14 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: Phillip Glass at April 25, 2012 02:15 AM (nkg21)
Pretty sure that's what killed 'Mikey'.
Posted by: garrett at April 25, 2012 02:16 AM (nkg21)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 25, 2012 02:17 AM (Ygf78)
I'm thinking something like counterfeit silver/gold coins might fly....
Remember the fake gold ingot found in Britain? Got tungsten?
Posted by: sistrum at April 25, 2012 02:17 AM (AyryN)
They are a good car with a bad rap Cooth.. the leftards using them for billboards did it for me. My dad and sister both have and love them but would never put stickers on them. The 4x feature is useful around here.
Posted by: beanervt at April 25, 2012 02:17 AM (KZLoo)
Ummm...I think it's silver cyanide powder, so its not getting anywhere near my junk.
My father was a watch repairman and had a jar of some proprietary cyanide solution in his office. He joked about it being the "jeweller's cocktail."
Posted by: sistrum at April 25, 2012 02:19 AM (AyryN)
http://tinyurl.com/3fxaqfe
J.S.G. Boggs, drawer of his own money ...
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 02:19 AM (VVZaH)
First lesson Adriane,, don't suck... in when the tubes in your mouth...
Posted by: beanervt at April 25, 2012 02:21 AM (KZLoo)
Dealers routinely do an abrasion/scuff/reaction test, so you gotta leave enough real gold that someone can do significant testing and still find real gold.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 25, 2012 02:22 AM (Ygf78)
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 02:23 AM (VVZaH)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at April 25, 2012 02:23 AM (2fe76)
Dealers routinely do an abrasion/scuff/reaction test, so you gotta leave enough real gold that someone can do significant testing and still find real gold.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 25, 2012 02:22 AM (Ygf7
I think you are better off loading you your shotgun and salting some gold mines.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 02:25 AM (Z9EHQ)
Silver and Gold cyanide would work great for touching up worn gold and silver plated stuff. There's a method called "brush plating" that uses the cyanide solution (which is conductive) and a felt brush end with an electrode in the middle. All you need is the metallic cyanide solutions, the plating brush and a few batteries to do touch up work on stuff. No elaborate tanks, rectifiers, etc.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 25, 2012 02:26 AM (Ygf78)
Subaru hates men,have you seen their ads, one guy can't put up a tent,
another loses his car while hiking in white socks and Birkenstocks and
another can't find his sunglasses in his hoodie
Posted by: AlaskaGal at April 25, 2012 02:23 AM (2fe76)
Yeah, that's kind of the impression I've received lately.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 25, 2012 02:27 AM (kaalw)
Bre-X!!!! Fuck yea.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 25, 2012 02:28 AM (Ygf78)
Perfekt for TPAKTOP!
Posted by: cthulhu at April 25, 2012 01:59 AM (kaalw)
I...have...in fact worn white sock with my birks. I am not ashamed.
and drive a subaru?
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 02:00 AM (ufJKx)
Ford.
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 02:31 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Leprechaun at April 25, 2012 02:33 AM (MwTP4)
Posted by: Dead men tell no tales at April 25, 2012 02:35 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: Leprechaun at April 25, 2012 02:33 AM (MwTP4)
Holy shit, a tiny person! Someone toss it!
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 02:35 AM (4ixH5)
Probably had too many "real" ones call them on their questionable repair procedures.. was cheaper in the long run to only sell to dolts who'll pay no questions asked.
The local dealer charged my Dad (82) for new subaru parts brake parts and put on 1/3 cheaper ones.. My bro in law check them when he got home and tore them a new a hole.
Posted by: beanervt at April 25, 2012 02:36 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: sistrum at April 25, 2012 02:37 AM (AyryN)
Posted by: Either the Beatles or an optometrist at April 25, 2012 02:38 AM (VVZaH)
With white socks?
Perfekt for TPAKTOP!
Posted by: cthulhu at April 25, 2012 01:59 AM (kaalw)
I...have...in fact worn white sock with my birks. I am not ashamed.
and drive a subaru?
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 02:00 AM (ufJKx)
Ford.
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 02:31 AM (4ixH5)
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local stereotype -- probably female, but not mandatory -- birks, white sox, hemp dress, pigtails, glasses, drives subaru, works for enviro agency or ngo. morally superior. could bore paint off your walls.
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 02:39 AM (ufJKx)
Golden Slumbers fill your eyes ...
Posted by: Either the Beatles or an optometrist at April 25, 2012 02:38 AM (VVZaH)
...Or Thomas Dekker (the Elizabethan poet, not the actor).
Posted by: sistrum at April 25, 2012 02:41 AM (AyryN)
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 02:35 AM (4ixH5)
Hey, I resemble that remark.
Posted by: Some midget at April 25, 2012 02:41 AM (MwTP4)
Posted by: Thomas Dekker, the Beatles, or an optometrist at April 25, 2012 02:46 AM (VVZaH)
Posted by: sistrum at April 25, 2012 02:47 AM (AyryN)
So Thomas Dekker, The Beatles and an optometrist walk into a bar...
and the bartender says, "you want the right glasses for your beer? Fie, you peevish knaves! Next time don't stiff the cover charge by coming in through the bathroom window!!!!"
Posted by: Thomas Dekker, the Beatles, or an optometrist at April 25, 2012 02:53 AM (VVZaH)
So Thomas Dekker, The Beatles and an optometrist walk into a bar...
Posted by: sistrum at April 25, 2012 02:47 AM (AyryN)
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where they meet up with a rowdy crowd of soccer hooligans ....
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 02:54 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 02:39 AM (ufJKx)
As long as I get to bore my schwanz into her hooha.
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 03:02 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 03:03 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 03:04 AM (4ixH5)
could bore paint off your walls.
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 02:39 AM (ufJKx)
As long as I get to bore my schwanz into her hooha.
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 03:02 AM (4ixH5)
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you'd find that pretty damn dull, too.
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 03:07 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 03:07 AM (ufJKx)
I throw my laptop on her back and catch up on blog reading. Kill two birds with one money shot.
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 03:09 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 03:11 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 03:16 AM (4ixH5)
Sounds like a 4 and twenty blackbirds kind of pie day ...
Posted by: A less cynical Adriane at April 25, 2012 03:17 AM (VVZaH)
Posted by: A less cynical Adriane at April 25, 2012 03:22 AM (VVZaH)
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 03:24 AM (4ixH5)
I've been away reading up on replacing my shocks, my new Bilstein sport shocks have arrived. now to just get them on..
Posted by: beanervt at April 25, 2012 03:25 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: A less cynical Adriane at April 25, 2012 03:31 AM (VVZaH)
Sounds like a 4 and twenty blackbirds kind of pie day ...
Posted by: A less cynical Adriane at April 25, 2012 03:17 AM (VVZaH)
I think I heard a bout a scene in that californication thing that was kind of like that.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 03:32 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: beanervt at April 25, 2012 03:25 AM (KZLoo)
Perhaps she's gone all Red Sonja and is hacking and slashing her way through the commie hordes.
We'll need pics of her in the teeny loin cloth.
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 03:33 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: beanervt at April 25, 2012 03:34 AM (KZLoo)
Welding the commie blood stained sword of course....
Posted by: beanervt at April 25, 2012 03:39 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: beanervt at April 25, 2012 03:41 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 03:42 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 03:42 AM (VVZaH)
I know if I had them tits swinging in my face I probably wouldn't notice the huge axe.
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 03:47 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 03:47 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: beanervt at April 25, 2012 03:49 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 03:50 AM (VVZaH)
and then the AXE work comes in,, so don't be her enemy.....
Posted by: beanervt at April 25, 2012 03:51 AM (KZLoo)
I'm working on a FarScape story, fan fiction obviously ... but I was once gainfully employed as a Tech Writer and Editor ...
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 03:50 AM (VVZaH)
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got an ear for dialog?
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 03:52 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Zakn at April 25, 2012 03:52 AM (2/9jx)
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 03:50 AM (VVZaH)
No shit? Neat.
So, you guys want to help me write a movie script?
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 03:47 AM (ufJKx)
First suggestion, lots of boobies.
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 03:53 AM (4ixH5)
First suggestion, lots of boobies.
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 03:53 AM (4ixH5)
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of course, everything but a chase scene.
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 03:54 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Zakn at April 25, 2012 03:52 AM (2/9jx)
Hey, Zakn! What ya up to this weekend?
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 03:56 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 03:54 AM (ufJKx)
Three chase scenes, minimum! One involving the chasing of boobehs.
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 03:57 AM (4ixH5)
psuedo yes.
The short stories that I did write my friends all said that various aspects of my own speech appeared in the different characters.
My husband says that I write for the pleasure of being heard, so my stories are too wordy for him.
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 03:58 AM (VVZaH)
well crap.
youtube has Monty Python's 'chased by a band of naked women' blocked ...
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 04:02 AM (VVZaH)
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 04:02 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 04:05 AM (VVZaH)
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 04:08 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 04:05 AM (VVZaH)
Ghosts who enjoy watching people fap?
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 04:11 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 04:15 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 04:16 AM (VVZaH)
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 04:17 AM (VVZaH)
DOOM has come to the ONT.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 25, 2012 04:25 AM (kaalw)
Meetings in secret places,
Lots of boobies during chases,
Detective, this ONT is the strangest of cases ...
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 04:30 AM (VVZaH)
DOOM,
Ancient gods, waiting to be fed,
DOOOM,
Violets are blue,
DOOOOM,
I'm getting the hell out, you?
too late - DOOOOOM!!!!!
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 04:32 AM (VVZaH)
google "camille chen, californication" there is a short clip in which she says she would rather have sex doggy style so she can return emails in the process. also has some thoughts about manscaping. nsfw.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 04:34 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 04:35 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 04:38 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 04:39 AM (VVZaH)
I'll ck when I get home Y5,, in the mean time as long as she throws in a few ooohhhs and ahhhhh's I'd be ok with that for a quickie...
Posted by: beanervt at April 25, 2012 04:39 AM (KZLoo)
Sleep high above the fishes,
May the new day dawning,
Bring some good news and best wishes ...
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 04:41 AM (VVZaH)
Posted by: beanervt at April 25, 2012 04:39 AM (KZLoo)
yeah definitely NSFW and not worth having an opportunity to full time at aoshq. she is a cutie and she is nekkid and naughty. nearly broke my fingers and monitor trying to spank all that wagon she is dragging - for a chinese girl.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 04:43 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 04:44 AM (Z9EHQ)
Black Velvet can be sipped,
People wearing platform shoes,
Can hurt themselves, if tripped ...
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 04:44 AM (VVZaH)
I canna' give it any morety,
I'm running out of bad poetry,
On this here comment, 640 ...
Posted by: Adriane at April 25, 2012 04:48 AM (VVZaH)
Posted by: jc at April 25, 2012 04:48 AM (ufJKx)
Yeah Y5,, The virtual display and keyboard should help with the safety factor,,, and a bootyfull oriental you say... oh ya...
Posted by: beanervt at April 25, 2012 04:49 AM (KZLoo)
Yeah Y5,, The virtual display and keyboard should help with the safety factor,,, and a bootyfull oriental you say... oh ya...
Posted by: beanervt at April 25, 2012 04:49 AM (KZLoo)
Indeed. she is a little dispassionate but I would be of the "I got mine" school of thought in that scenario.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 04:52 AM (Z9EHQ)
They are lumping in Math Ed. and JuCo CS wonders with professionals. That's like throwing candy stripers in the medical prof.
Posted by: steved at April 25, 2012 04:55 AM (ZuMxH)
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Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 05:14 AM (4ixH5)
Gubmint fucked up on the whole Megaupload thing, apparently.
Government fuck ups. What will they think of next?
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 05:15 AM (4ixH5)
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Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 05:25 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 05:24 AM (4ixH5)
be careful. nothing worse than a huge bruise down there. hurts like a effer every time you see a picture of that girl from big bang.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 05:26 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 05:26 AM (4ixH5)
http://tinyurl.com/7rum2dl
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 05:25 AM (4ixH5)
wagon man, more wagon!
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 05:26 AM (Z9EHQ)
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Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 05:29 AM (4ixH5)
baraka on the white mosque slipnslide after another romantic evening of
watersports.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 05:28 AM (Z9EHQ)
You know the first thing he did as president was eat Mooch out in the Oval Office.
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 05:30 AM (4ixH5)
http://tinyurl.com/bu6et8o
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 05:29 AM (4ixH5)
I guess they got all those kardashian sisters in one photo.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 05:31 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Robert at April 25, 2012 05:30 AM (4ixH5)
I was thinking it involved bending him over the desk in her best klingon battle costume.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 05:31 AM (Z9EHQ)
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Posted by: teej at April 25, 2012 05:58 AM (Y5LDn)
Posted by: JC at April 25, 2012 06:00 AM (lkdo/)
Morning Joe talking heads stridently insistent Romney is an "underdog" against Jimmy Carter II.
But boy... They be looking nervous. You can smell the stench of fear right thru the TV screen. You know they're in trouble when they take comfort in the Electoral College. Remember back in the day, when they demanded getting rid of it?
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 25, 2012 06:16 AM (niZvt)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 25, 2012 06:16 AM (niZvt)
yeah, they sound like I did in the week before the election while pulling for McCain. Keep whistling if it makes you feel better ladies.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 25, 2012 06:17 AM (Z9EHQ)
R-R-R--I-I-I-I-GHT....
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 25, 2012 06:21 AM (niZvt)
IF???
The economy IS in the skids. The economy IS a giant skidmark.
Da Nile! Da Nile! Da Nile!!!
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 25, 2012 06:24 AM (niZvt)
due to a tiff between the two. Don't know what's behind it but guessing it has something to do with Boners lack of nadular fortitude. We. Need. A. New. Speaker.
Posted by: teej at April 25, 2012 06:44 AM (Y5LDn)
PA elected two candidates to the left of Kucinich last night, one of which is sure to win a House seat.
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at April 25, 2012 06:44 AM (7+pP9)
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