Overnight Open Thread
4477th Test & Evaluation Squadron
"We had eight MiG-23s, two of them the air-to-ground version [MiG-23BN]. At high AOA (angle of attack) they were not as stable as the radar nose types. "It would accelerate until it blew up. The limit was 720-710 knots, but guys would look down inside and see they were going 850-880. "Everyone who flew it spun it at least once. You’d be in a separation maneuver at 1.4 and the nose would start searching from side to side. The stab-aug was terrible – although it was faster than anything we had, you weren’t ever comfortable. "At Red Flag in the 1970s we were told that the MiG-23 would sweep its wings [forward] and kill you. Ron Iverson [4477th operations officer 1975-79, retired as a Lt Gen] flew one of the first ones. He said, “don’t worry about it -- most of the time it’s trying to kill me”.
Man, it's ballsy being a test pilot but this takes it a step further. More here with XBradTC. Kitteh Killers
That mouse carcass Kitty presents you with is just the tip of a very bloody iceberg. When researchers attached kittycams to house cats, they found a secret world of slaughter. While only 30% of roaming house cats kill prey — two animals a week on average — they are still slaying more wildlife than previously believed, according to research from the University of Georgia. Wildlife advocates say it is a frightening level of feline foul play. Based on a U.S. house-cat population of 74 million, "cat predation is one of the reasons why one in three American birds species are in decline," says George Fenwick, president of American Bird Conservancy.
Oh, and your kitteh is a two timin' cheater as the video shows some of the kittehs spend a whole lot of time with other human families. Boozin' Bears
h/t Ben Kitteh Video
Comments
Posted by: logprof at August 11, 2012 10:45 PM (KaIAt)
Posted by: Insaletan Clown Posse at August 11, 2012 10:46 PM (OIuTH)
Posted by: steevy at August 11, 2012 10:48 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: dakota Sioux at August 11, 2012 10:48 PM (xvh1d)
Posted by: logprof at August 11, 2012 10:48 PM (KaIAt)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 11, 2012 10:49 PM (cQmXn)
I was at a party this evening, and someone asked "Who was Beria?". I responded "Oh, he was Stalin's Eric Holder." On reflection, even I think that may be going a bit far.
A teensy, tiny bit far.
Posted by: Weirddave at August 11, 2012 10:49 PM (niboB)
Posted by: logprof at August 11, 2012 10:50 PM (KaIAt)
Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2012 10:50 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: xbradtc at August 11, 2012 10:51 PM (2PsHg)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 11, 2012 10:51 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: steevy at August 11, 2012 10:51 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 11, 2012 10:51 PM (JMmQ9)
Thanks for the link!
Posted by: xbradtc at August 11, 2012 10:51 PM (2PsHg)
Any time my man. That was a good story.
Posted by: CDR M at August 11, 2012 10:52 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: xbradtc at August 11, 2012 10:52 PM (2PsHg)
Posted by: CDR M at August 11, 2012 10:53 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: huerfano at August 11, 2012 10:53 PM (bAGA/)
Nah, not unless it was a DOJ party....
he was a Russian Harry Reid, Searchlight Stalker has a thing for well his thing and Beria the Rostov Rambler his for his
Posted by: sven10077 at August 11, 2012 10:53 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: long suffering dolphin fan at August 11, 2012 10:54 PM (l3RZ9)
A teensy, tiny bit far.
Posted by: Weirddave at August 11, 2012 10:49 PM (niboB)
--That's pathetic compared to what libtards say about us.
Posted by: logprof at August 11, 2012 10:54 PM (KaIAt)
My pants keep falling.
Pants on the ground.
Pants on the ground.
I'm looking like a fool with my pants on the ground.
Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2012 10:55 PM (HWUv9)
I was at a party this evening, and someone asked "Who was Beria?". I responded "Oh, he was Stalin's Eric Holder." On reflection, even I think that may be going a bit far.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha! Just telling it like it is.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at August 11, 2012 10:56 PM (bMLFV)
Beer sucks drawn through a straw?
I did not know that, sir. You have saved me from ruining a bottle of beer.
Thanks and have a nice day!
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...free Miss Marple! at August 11, 2012 10:56 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: DaveA at August 11, 2012 10:56 PM (DVJEd)
Man I love tattooed muscle chicks.
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 11, 2012 10:56 PM (2d71t)
Come on, OJ, we got work to do.
Posted by: Chad Douche-0-Cinco at August 11, 2012 10:58 PM (XzgKk)
Ann Barnhardt has the details of how "legal precedent" could now amount to legalized theft from your bank account in her Aug. 10 entry -- about seven grafs in. She advises everyone to get out now.
http://barnhardt.biz/
Posted by: RushBabe at August 11, 2012 10:58 PM (tQHzJ)
Man I love tattooed muscle chicks.
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 11, 2012 10:56 PM (2d71t)
agitator
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 11, 2012 10:58 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Billy Burton at August 11, 2012 10:59 PM (/YJYi)
I did not know that, sir. You have saved me from ruining a bottle of beer.
Thanks and have a nice day!
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...free Miss Marple! at August 11, 2012 10:56 PM (sJTmU)
--I once tried it through a straw, so other Morons won't have to.
Posted by: logprof at August 11, 2012 11:00 PM (KaIAt)
Posted by: Splunge at August 11, 2012 11:01 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 11, 2012 10:56 PM (2d71t)
Oy vey!
Posted by: logprof at August 11, 2012 11:01 PM (KaIAt)
Posted by: Splunge at August 11, 2012 11:02 PM (2IW5Q)
Perhaps if the beer were to the side, on a rotatable mount ....
Posted by: Arbalest at August 11, 2012 11:02 PM (yVeyN)
Posted by: Barry at August 11, 2012 11:02 PM (HtUdo)
Man I love tattooed muscle chicks.
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 11, 2012 10:56 PM (2d71t) Who use crossbows.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 11, 2012 11:03 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Splunge at August 11, 2012 11:01 PM (2IW5Q)
--We, uh, fleshed the whole issue out (flamingly) in the female athlete thread earlier today.
Posted by: logprof at August 11, 2012 11:03 PM (KaIAt)
And as any psychologist will tell you, if you repeat something long enough you believe it, even if you know it's a lie. This is how liberals make themselves "know" that Mitt Romney wants to give people cancer.
Liberals make shit up and then repeat it until they believe their own lies.
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 11, 2012 11:03 PM (Rc0hz)
Posted by: joncelli at August 11, 2012 11:03 PM (CWlPF)
Posted by: Adam at August 11, 2012 11:03 PM (/YJYi)
Ann Barnhardt has the details of how "legal precedent" could now
amount to legalized theft from your bank account in her Aug. 10 entry --
about seven grafs in. She advises everyone to get out now.
http://barnhardt.biz/
She's a bit...energetic, let us say. Do you have someone of the approximate calmness level of Paul Ryan, to make the same point, in a way that is less overwhelming?
Posted by: Splunge at August 11, 2012 11:04 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: joh at August 11, 2012 11:05 PM (HtUdo)
--We, uh, fleshed the whole issue out (flamingly) in the female athlete thread earlier today.
Ah. Thanks. Off to do my homework, then.
Posted by: Splunge at August 11, 2012 11:05 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: DaveA at August 11, 2012 11:05 PM (DVJEd)
GGE, it is painful to see that beauty in such a condition.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:03 PM (SsG4J)
Yes it was. I couldn't even look at it, I had to turn it around in the driveway until the insurance man had his look, then I put the cover on it until the body man called me to bring it in.
Evening roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 11, 2012 11:06 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: epobirs at August 11, 2012 11:06 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at August 11, 2012 11:06 PM (d9tUw)
I tell my girls, any man that puts his hands on you in anger does not love you and may kill you. As an example I treat Mrs. Sailor like gold. We argue but it's never persoal, just fact based and never violent. Is that it? These girls have no Daddy that has told them what to expect in a relationship? WTF.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 11, 2012 11:06 PM (9TTOe)
Perhaps if the beer were to the side, on a rotatable mount ....
Posted by: Arbalest at August 11, 2012 11:02 PM (yVeyN)
--That's why a straw popped into my mind, which would not be bad if beer was not ideal for drinking that way.
Posted by: logprof at August 11, 2012 11:06 PM (KaIAt)
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, lord of the chartreuse longbow at August 11, 2012 11:07 PM (QTHTd)
That's why a straw popped into my mind, which would not be bad if beer was
Posted by: logprof at August 11, 2012 11:06 PM (KaIAt)
Posted by: logprof at August 11, 2012 11:10 PM (KaIAt)
My Mom's cat sneaks out every chance he gets and my mom sometimes wakes up to a pile of baby bunny heads beside her bed and the bodies all in a neat little row at the foot. Isn't that sweet?
Posted by: Justamom at August 11, 2012 11:10 PM (Os+6p)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at August 11, 2012 11:06 PM (d9tUw)
no advantage, current ones work just fine
Posted by: Jake in ID at August 11, 2012 11:10 PM (xvh1d)
I know I'm in the minority amongst the Horde, but a hard-bodied chick with some nice ink is incredibly sexy.
No tramp stamps, but if there's a nice canvas, why not put some nice art on it?
Full disclosure, Cougar, while being very hard-bodied, currently sports no after market designs.
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 11, 2012 11:10 PM (N/WI2)
That being said, drop Holder into early 1920s Georgia and I have no doubt he'd wind up in the Cheka.
Posted by: Weirddave at August 11, 2012 11:10 PM (niboB)
The Go Plate: Neat idea, but how does one chug the beer without spilling the food?
Get 2 or more beers. This should not require explaining on the Sat ONT.
Posted by: DaveA at August 11, 2012 11:11 PM (DVJEd)
Posted by: long suffering dolphin fan at August 11, 2012 10:54 PM (l3RZ9)
I see he's read my book.
Posted by: Orenthal James Simpson at August 11, 2012 11:11 PM (OIuTH)
Posted by: epobirs at August 11, 2012 11:11 PM (kcfmt)
THEN I start drinking.
Posted by: xbradtc at August 11, 2012 11:12 PM (2PsHg)
That being said, drop Holder into early 1920s Georgia
This idea works for me. Anything to get him off our hands. Any other President would have fired him long ago.
Posted by: Splunge at August 11, 2012 11:12 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at August 11, 2012 11:06 PM (d9tUw)
Interesting...cars / motorcycles have fly by wire throttles...why not a trigger? Can't believe size would be the issue...
Posted by: billygoat at August 11, 2012 11:13 PM (6DDE+)
No tramp stamps, but if there's a nice canvas, why not put some nice art on it?
Full disclosure, Cougar, while being very hard-bodied, currently sports no after market designs.
This. The mrs has one small piece, I've got three. Love em all.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 11, 2012 11:13 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 11, 2012 11:13 PM (cQmXn)
I think that's more a carrying device than meant to be used for drinking in the storage position.
Ace should start up a contest for people to pick the slander that ISN'T used against Romney and/or Ryan by November. I mean probably child rapist is off the table, but who knows with the lunatics on the left these days.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 11, 2012 11:13 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: steevy at August 11, 2012 11:14 PM (6o4Fb)
Heh. Good luck getting anyone to talk about it, much less calmly. At any rate, I'm just being a messenger, putting it out there. Just sayin.'
Posted by: RushBabe at August 11, 2012 11:14 PM (tQHzJ)
door. Pick one (it doesn't matter which.) Now you see a purple door and a
orange door. Pick one (again, it doesn't matter which you pick). Now
you see a door with a golden handle and a door with a silver handle.
Pick one. You finally come to some signs on three doors. One says "Death
from drowning," another says "Death from machine guns," and the last
one says "Death from electric chair." Then you see a big sign off to the
side that says "Or stay in the mansion and starve to death." What do
you choose and still live?
Posted by: grease monkey at August 11, 2012 11:14 PM (VSWPU)
Interesting...cars / motorcycles have fly by wire throttles...why not a trigger? Can't believe size would be the issue...
Triggers provide great tactile feedback. I would not want to give that up.
If that were going to exist, top competition shooters would be using them by now. For all I know, maybe they are. But if they're not, bet there's a good reason.
Posted by: Splunge at August 11, 2012 11:14 PM (2IW5Q)
I love her.
Posted by: logprof at August 11, 2012 11:15 PM (KaIAt)
Posted by: steevy at August 11, 2012 11:15 PM (6o4Fb)
She's a work of art already; I wouldn't scribble graffiti all over a Rembrandt.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 11, 2012 11:15 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Oldcat at August 11, 2012 11:15 PM (rzSn3)
Posted by: rhymin' moron at August 11, 2012 11:16 PM (oRfpi)
I'm thinking mainly shoulders and arms here.
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 11, 2012 11:16 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: steevy at August 11, 2012 11:16 PM (6o4Fb)
Hitler finds out about Romney picking Ryan.
http://youtu.be/3zTW6Ekqn-4
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:16 PM (y2dm+)
THEN I start drinking.
Posted by: xbradtc at August 11, 2012 11:12 PM (2PsHg)
Hardly heretical to me, I cant stand alcohol with food. But after, yeah.
Posted by: cm9000 at August 11, 2012 11:16 PM (lzvtR)
Your idea is way better than mine. *hangs wannabe moron head in shame*. I have so much to learn.
Posted by: Kalneva at August 11, 2012 11:16 PM (cQmXn)
This is why the Sharpie was invented ...
Posted by: Brick Mantooth, Member, The League of Ugly Shirted Gentlemen at August 11, 2012 11:16 PM (yVeyN)
Posted by: DaveA at August 11, 2012 11:17 PM (DVJEd)
Posted by: billygoat at August 11, 2012 11:13 PM (6DDE+)
It should work out of storage immediately without having to do a battery check/switch, and that means mechanical.
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at August 11, 2012 11:17 PM (OIuTH)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 11, 2012 11:17 PM (r4wIV)
THEN I start drinking.
Posted by: xbradtc at August 11, 2012 11:12 PM (2PsHg)
You poor thing. You have missed the joy of a Fume' Blanc with Lobster, a fine Merlot with a Filet or even the fire quenching joy of an Ice Cold Dos Equis after a wonderfully placed Jalepeno on a cheese bathed Tortilla chip. I will sob thinking about your empty life.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 11, 2012 11:17 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Peaches at August 11, 2012 11:17 PM (kpCLl)
I'm thinking mainly shoulders and arms here.
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 11, 2012 11:16 PM (N/WI2)
One thing the tatoo-ee needs to remember is the effect of different distances. People are seen up close and not up close. Most tats look like the wearer is just dirty if seen at a distance.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 11, 2012 11:18 PM (rzSn3)
Posted by: billygoat at August 11, 2012 11:13 PM (6DDE+)
Because it would add cost, weight and complexity to a very simple mechanism. The trigger mechanism in a firearm can be set to any pull weight by competent gunsmiths, do not require an external power source that can fail, and is very lightweight. The only benefit to an electric trigger would be to remotely fire the rifle, something that is already done on aircraft (the Vulcan cannon in the Hornet is electrically fired and hydraulically driven).
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 11, 2012 11:18 PM (yh0zB)
http://bit.ly/TtfsjU
Posted by: RushBabe at August 11, 2012 11:18 PM (tQHzJ)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 11, 2012 11:18 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Peaches at August 11, 2012 11:18 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Splunge at August 11, 2012 11:18 PM (2IW5Q)
I can't drink beer with food . . . or after food. I can only drink it early and then the second I eat food, no further interest.
Sounds like you need to lay off food.
You're welcome.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 11, 2012 11:18 PM (oX7vY)
Posted by: Deli Llama at August 11, 2012 11:19 PM (uv9eO)
BCochran, we've never officially fake Internet met. I've seen you around a bit in my lurking though. You're a young fella like me, right?
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 11, 2012 11:19 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at August 11, 2012 11:17 PM (OIuTH)
...good point.
Posted by: billygoat at August 11, 2012 11:19 PM (6DDE+)
No tats for me. I have, during my life incurred some interesting markings free of charge, and see no reason to pay someone to inflict any further pain for vanity symbols.
Posted by: irongrampa at August 11, 2012 11:19 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 11, 2012 11:20 PM (r4wIV)
But on the right body, a tat can accentuate and draw attention to a particularly nice looking part of a particularly nice looking woman.
How about a price list?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 11, 2012 11:20 PM (oX7vY)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 11, 2012 11:20 PM (r4wIV)
Happy Paul Ryan Day, Morons!
Posted by: eman at August 11, 2012 11:21 PM (u3Rkr)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 11, 2012 11:18 PM (yh0zB)
There was a series called Weapon Masters where a guy improved a duelling pistol by making a wire trigger for the other hand. Pulling the trigger then didn't affect the aim.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 11, 2012 11:21 PM (rzSn3)
I just don't like beer period. Its okay if you put it into batter, but
for the most part it tastes terrible. I've had people tell me "keep
drinking it, eventually you'll come to like it" but then I tell them
that's true about their most hated vegetable and why would I do that to
myself?
Well, does your most hated vegetable get you drunk?
Posted by: Splunge at August 11, 2012 11:21 PM (2IW5Q)
…Mitt Romney has made his campaign slogan loud and clear: EVERYTHING’S FOR SALE! And all of the money that is made on everything that is sold will be made on the backs of the poor and the working class. Take away social security, take away healthcare, privatize education, cut food assistance programs, outsource another war, eliminate services for women and then hide your money in off-shore accounts so we never know how much you made!
[...]
You are two men who will destroy our people and laugh all the way to the bank with your rich friends. I pray this will never happen.
Posted by: steevy at August 11, 2012 11:21 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 11, 2012 11:21 PM (cQmXn)
But I enjoy a good beer, and I enjoy a good dinner. Just not at the same time.
Posted by: xbradtc at August 11, 2012 11:21 PM (2PsHg)
THEN I start drinking.
Posted by: xbradtc at August 11, 2012 11:12 PM (2PsHg)
--I'm mostly with you. I prefer wine or a cocktail with food over beer. If it's really hot, though, a good light summer beer will do fine.
Posted by: logprof at August 11, 2012 11:22 PM (KaIAt)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 11, 2012 11:22 PM (d/5qf)
Its kind of like the gyrojet bullets. Very cool concept, but very expensive and if the air isn't just right you draw a line to your position by firing.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 11, 2012 11:22 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Adam at August 11, 2012 11:23 PM (/YJYi)
particularly nice looking part of a particularly nice looking woman.
Like this? :p
http://tiny.cc/xorwiw
(not really NSFW unless you're a nun)
Posted by: Weirddave at August 11, 2012 11:23 PM (niboB)
Posted by: xbradtc at August 11, 2012 11:21 PM (2PsHg)
Cool.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 11, 2012 11:23 PM (9TTOe)
Genius Russel Simmons(who is very rich himself,indeed)
I can remember when liberals at least felt obligated to make coherent statements that contained some meaning, any meaning. This new world in which they just babble disjoint fragments of talking points is strange to me.
Posted by: Splunge at August 11, 2012 11:23 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 11, 2012 11:23 PM (r4wIV)
Yessir. Just turned 31 a few weeks back.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 11, 2012 11:23 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, lord of the chartreuse longbow at August 11, 2012 11:24 PM (QTHTd)
I have never wanted to get drunk I guess.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 11, 2012 11:23 PM (r4wIV)
Are you married? That helps.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 11, 2012 11:24 PM (9TTOe)
Sounds like you need to lay off food.
way ahead of ya, but thanks for your priceless advice . . .
Posted by: Peaches at August 11, 2012 11:25 PM (kpCLl)
Liberals have exactly one standard. If it gives them more power and control, it's good. If it prevents them from getting more power and control, it's evil.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 11, 2012 11:25 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:25 PM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Peaches at August 11, 2012 11:17 PM (kpCLl)
But that's what's good about it! It's like Ayds candy (dating myself) in a glass. 'Course an Ayds candy doesn't contain 15 million calories, so there might be a flaw in my plan.
Posted by: Kalneva at August 11, 2012 11:26 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 11, 2012 11:26 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: rhymin' moron at August 11, 2012 11:26 PM (oRfpi)
Posted by: Peaches at August 11, 2012 11:26 PM (kpCLl)
Oh, well fuck you very much
I knew I shouldnt click, but I did anyway. Stoopid booze, you drunken me.
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 11, 2012 11:26 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:25 PM (y2dm+)
I totally dig your spidey sense.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 11, 2012 11:26 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: xbradtc at August 11, 2012 11:26 PM (2PsHg)
Posted by: FUBAR at August 11, 2012 11:26 PM (mdhVr)
Posted by: CLemenza at August 11, 2012 11:27 PM (1Irc1)
Posted by: Infidel voting for America's R & R at August 11, 2012 11:27 PM (qnvHI)
Posted by: xbradtc at August 11, 2012 11:21 PM
Food kills the buzz.
Posted by: huerfano at August 11, 2012 11:27 PM (bAGA/)
eventually you'll come to like it" but then I tell them that's true
about their most hated vegetable and why would I do that to myself?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 11, 2012 11:20 PM (r4wIV)
I get the same thing with Scotch. They tell me "It's an acquired taste." I tell them "I've heard the same about cock, but I really don't want to acquire a taste for either one of them."
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 11, 2012 11:27 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 11, 2012 11:20 PM (r4wIV)
--I acquired my taste for beer late (in my late 20's). Have you ever had a brat cooked with beer?
My brother made me a couple last month: Mmmmmmm.
Posted by: logprof at August 11, 2012 11:27 PM (KaIAt)
... shove up my Democrat ass.
On the bright side, unlike the traitorous, stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable tyrant coffeefetcher in the White House (D - Marx), I've never eaten a dog. You don't want to know what I did do with them, but they were always breathing when I got through with them.
Posted by: Bawney Fwankensucker at August 11, 2012 11:28 PM (eQnzo)
Beer with spaghetti
Beer with pizza
Beer with a good steak (or a great steak), or prime rib even
Beer with a burger and fries
Beer is good with food. What's wrong with you people?
(kidding)Food is also good with beer (deep fried shrimp with beer, sitting on the beach, watching the sun go down)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...free Miss Marple! at August 11, 2012 11:28 PM (sJTmU)
I'm in Towson too, BTW. Hope you're going to vote for Bongino this November!
Posted by: Weirddave at August 11, 2012 11:28 PM (niboB)
Posted by: xbradtc at August 11, 2012 11:26 PM (2PsHg)
YES!!! wtf happened to the 'lympics? are they over? was the closing ceremony as cringeworthy as the opening ceremony? why are they torturing me?
Posted by: Peaches at August 11, 2012 11:28 PM (kpCLl)
at the front door. "Whats the password?" the guard asked him. The man
did not know. He hid behind bushes to figure out. Another man went up to
the guard. The guard said twelve. The man said six. He was let in.
After that, another man came up. The guard said six, the man said three.
He was also let in. The man hiding was feeling satisfied that he knew
the answer; he went up to the guard. The guard said ten. The man said
five, but he was not let into the night club. What should the man
should've said, and why?
Posted by: grease monkey at August 11, 2012 11:28 PM (VSWPU)
Posted by: stubborncow at August 11, 2012 11:28 PM (lroAi)
neat cars. Basically a body kit, but the scoops and other tweaks make
that 4.6L look special.
Hope it gets out soon. I had for 18
months a blue 07 GT/CS. Put like 35k miles on it. It was too fun not to
drive. Still got a decent trade in on it when I bought the 08 GT500,
which after 4.5 years has only reached 32k miles.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:28 PM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 11, 2012 11:28 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: Weirddave at August 11, 2012 11:29 PM (niboB)
met. I've seen you around a bit in my lurking though. You're a young
fella like me, right?
Yessir. Just turned 31 a few weeks back.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 11, 2012 11:23 PM (GEICT)
Yep, young uns. They shave their glorious manly hair, leaving me nothing to rub my face in, then tat up their skin.
But I love you anyway.....
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:29 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: CLemenza at August 11, 2012 11:29 PM (1Irc1)
http://tiny.cc/xorwiw
(not really NSFW unless you're a nun)
Posted by: Weirddave at August 11, 2012 11:23 PM (niboB)
Outstanding!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 11, 2012 11:29 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Peaches at August 11, 2012 11:26 PM (kpCLl)
Actually it was a nice little history lesson I watched with my Kids. Now that History in Public skool is mostly about bad white man murders, steals and rapes the indigenous of insert country here, it was kind of interesting.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 11, 2012 11:30 PM (9TTOe)
I'm the world's most boring man.Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 11, 2012 11:30 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:30 PM (y2dm+)
Posted by: steevy at August 11, 2012 11:30 PM (6o4Fb)
Could be bad news. Do you know how many Spider-Women they've gone through? If your name isn't Jessica Drew you've got a target on your forehead, and even she was dead for a few years.
Posted by: epobirs at August 11, 2012 11:30 PM (kcfmt)
NAMBLA is da bomb!
Posted by: Hairy Reed at August 11, 2012 11:30 PM (eQnzo)
now that is something I have to try on my new grill
do you just marinate the brat in beer and then cook it?
Posted by: chemjeff at August 11, 2012 11:31 PM (d/5qf)
No shit, another Towson moron? Outstanding!
There's a mess of Maryland folks here, we really oughta do a meet-up. I'm over by NDP.
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 11, 2012 11:31 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:25 PM (y2dm+)
Even Kalneva'ssuper-powers couldn't help Mooch! There has to be some modicum of believabilty to make it entertaining!
Posted by: Kalneva at August 11, 2012 11:32 PM (cQmXn)
I drink alcoholic beverages for one reason,to get drunk(or at least buzzed).
Posted by: steevy at August 11, 2012 11:30 PM (6o4Fb)
yup
Posted by: chemjeff at August 11, 2012 11:32 PM (d/5qf)
And the Coke from Mexico is bottled by an American family, BTW.
Posted by: xbradtc at August 11, 2012 11:32 PM (2PsHg)
Posted by: Adam at August 11, 2012 11:32 PM (/YJYi)
I dunno, GGE, I took right to it!
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:32 PM (SsG4J)
And yes I am reading yoru story, just not finished going through it all yet whilst mulling over the little red marks
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:32 PM (y2dm+)
Posted by: The Dude at August 11, 2012 11:32 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Peaches at August 11, 2012 11:32 PM (kpCLl)
It allows your hands to guide ever so smoothly over young, taut skin. The artwork, if tastefully down, showcases the abilities of the artist and the quality of the canvas.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 11, 2012 11:32 PM (GEICT)
Hi Peaches!
Posted by: Kalneva at August 11, 2012 11:33 PM (cQmXn)
There used to be a restaurant with a micro brewery on Manteo (the Outer Banks) in North Carolina called "The Weeping Radish" that had great beer brewed on the premises and ALSO had great root beer they made. The kids loved it and I did too.
Alas, I think they went out of business (the last time I was there a few year ago).
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...free Miss Marple! at August 11, 2012 11:33 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 11, 2012 11:33 PM (r4wIV)
neat cars. Basically a body kit, but the scoops and other tweaks make
that 4.6L look special.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:28 PM (y2dm+)
Prepares cannon...
It's a 2011 with a 5.0!!! And yes, it is just a trim kit for the standard GT.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 11, 2012 11:33 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Chad Douche-0-Stinko at August 11, 2012 11:33 PM (XzgKk)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:34 PM (SsG4J)
And yes I am reading yoru story, just not finished going through it all yet whilst mulling over the little red marks
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:32 PM (y2dm+)
Thanks. Remember, if it is bad, I need to know.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 11, 2012 11:34 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: CLemenza at August 11, 2012 11:34 PM (1Irc1)
Posted by: Weirddave at August 11, 2012 11:28 PM
No shit, another Towson moron? Outstanding!
There's a mess of Maryland folks here, we really oughta do a meet-up. I'm over by NDP.
I'm right near where Luskins used to be. Hmm, wonder if you're old enough to remember Luskins?
Posted by: Weirddave at August 11, 2012 11:35 PM (niboB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:35 PM (y2dm+)
If I have a simultaneous ladyboner and schadenboner lasting more than four hours, should I consult a doctor?
***
Anybody that worries about having a boner for more than 4 hours doesn't know what to do with a boner anyway.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 11, 2012 11:35 PM (61yvg)
Nice try, young 'un, but if I wanted to rub my face against smooth skin, I'd go find alexthechick.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:35 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Peaches at August 11, 2012 11:35 PM (kpCLl)
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Posted by: steevy at August 11, 2012 11:36 PM (6o4Fb)
The 4x100 relay between the Jamaicans the US was incredible.
That's all I've got to say in case you haven't read about the results or seen it in your time zone yet. I just watched it here at at about 11:20 EDT pm
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...free Miss Marple! at August 11, 2012 11:36 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:36 PM (y2dm+)
Sounds like it would've been a great talk to listen to.
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 11, 2012 11:36 PM (24aD3)
now that is something I have to try on my new grill
do you just marinate the brat in beer and then cook it?
Posted by: chemjeff at August 11, 2012 11:31 PM (d/5qf)
--You can do that, but my brother just poured the beer into a pan and cooked the brats in it.
Posted by: logprof at August 11, 2012 11:36 PM (KaIAt)
Posted by: xbradtc at August 11, 2012 11:36 PM (2PsHg)
Posted by: steevy at August 11, 2012 11:36 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:36 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: rhymin' moron at August 11, 2012 11:37 PM (oRfpi)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:32 PM (SsG4J)
The Scotch or the...oh lord, this isn't going to turn into one of "those" threads is it?
Is it? *hopeful*
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 11, 2012 11:37 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 11, 2012 11:37 PM (cQmXn)
The 4x100 relay between the Jamaicans the US was incredible.
That's all I've got to say in case you haven't read about the results or seen it in your time zone yet. I just watched it here at at about 11:20 EDT pm
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...free Miss Marple! at August 11, 2012 11:36 PM (sJTmU)
Saw it. Good stuff. I love the Olympics. I hate NBC.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 11, 2012 11:37 PM (9TTOe)
FUCKING BUNK
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 11, 2012 11:37 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: steevy at August 11, 2012 11:38 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:35 PM (SsG4J)
Webcam. Webcam! WEBCAM!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 11, 2012 11:38 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:38 PM (y2dm+)
How did the US get their hands on those MiGs for Constant Peg and the other programs? Defections?
Sounds like it would've been a great talk to listen to.
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 11, 2012 11:36 PM (24aD3)
Read the book Mig Pilot, written by just one such man. Fascinating stuff.
Posted by: Weirddave at August 11, 2012 11:38 PM (niboB)
I don't like drinking beer at all (forgive me Peaches) but I looove to cook with it.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:38 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Neo at August 11, 2012 11:39 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: xbradtc at August 11, 2012 11:39 PM (2PsHg)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:36 PM (y2dm+)
LOL Anna, I can catch...wait...GT500, supercharged...nevermind.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 11, 2012 11:39 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:39 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: The Dude at August 11, 2012 11:39 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 11, 2012 11:40 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:40 PM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:36 PM (SsG4J)
Don't be ridiculous . . . it's the ONT, there is (trust me) no such thing. You made me lol, though. Not like I said "pics or it didn't happen," eh? {that kissy thing we don't have here because pixy hates us}
Posted by: Peaches at August 11, 2012 11:41 PM (kpCLl)
Reminder to Morons that NFL.com invites have gone out for those in the Moron FFB Leagues last year. We also have some open slots for anyone without a team to join if you are new.
(Pick 'Em sign-up will be later.)
Posted by: logprof at August 11, 2012 11:41 PM (KaIAt)
Posted by: irongrampa at August 11, 2012 11:41 PM (SAMxH)
The US got a lot of the Migs from Egypt. Probably some from a few other , uh, sources that sometimes flew Soviet hardware (hint.... India). We have better relations now with India, but I would guess we might have gotten Migs from India in the 19080's inexchange for intelligence on what the Pakistanis were up to at the time.
As the article also said, we got a Chinese version of the Mig 21 (J-7), so the Chinese might have given us some.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...free Miss Marple! at August 11, 2012 11:41 PM (sJTmU)
won't exact any punishment except this: I strongly disagree! (That's me
trying to be stern.)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 11, 2012 11:37 PM (cQmXn)
The only thing I'd go back to Boston for is Demons Hop Yard IPA, but the Drifters is an acceptable substitute. Cheers!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 11, 2012 11:41 PM (yh0zB)
No, no, no! It was mahvelous. Guarantee she won't mind.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 11, 2012 11:41 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: CLemenza at August 11, 2012 11:42 PM (1Irc1)
do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds
of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are
still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to
understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many
of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they
will fight to protect it.
Posted by: Fareed Zakaria at August 11, 2012 11:43 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: Barky Ofucktool at August 11, 2012 11:43 PM (eQnzo)
Posted by: billygoat at August 11, 2012 11:43 PM (6DDE+)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:43 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Peaches at August 11, 2012 11:43 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: irongrampa at August 11, 2012 11:41 PM (SAMxH)
Heck, my "project car" is a '62 Chevy pickup that is still scattered all over my back yard. That reminds me, I need to get with the welder to see how much more he has to do to the cab before I can take it to the body shop. All I need is money and time...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 11, 2012 11:43 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:43 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:38 PM (SsG4J)
--Heh, reminds me of a sign that was in the office when I was at grad school: "I love cooking with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food."
Posted by: logprof at August 11, 2012 11:44 PM (KaIAt)
Hope you don't have this disturbing problem I got, above 120mph my hood starts floating against the factory hood latch.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:44 PM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Guy who always says, "Fuck Obama!" at August 11, 2012 11:44 PM (eQnzo)
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 11, 2012 11:44 PM (BVkEs)
BC, yeah I remember luskins, 'twas right near the Merritt where I sculpt this perfect physique. They been out of business for a good while now. btw, I'm about 2 years younger than you.
Did you go to HS in this area?
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 11, 2012 11:44 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 11, 2012 11:45 PM (cQmXn)
That's the one I meant!alex probably wouldn't care, but she's not on the thread, so I feel tacky having said it.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:45 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 11, 2012 11:45 PM (yh0zB)
I find Fareed Zakaria to be a fascinating fellow, and with the proper guidance, may one day be able to compose an original thought.
Until then, he's just another copycat "journalist", mimicking the words and thoughts of his peers.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...free Miss Marple! at August 11, 2012 11:46 PM (sJTmU)
Oh I think that the two of us together could top "making me feel better."
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 11, 2012 11:46 PM (GEICT)
you're not alone
Posted by: Berserker at August 11, 2012 11:46 PM (FMbng)
'twas right near the Merritt where I sculpt this perfect physique.
Pics or it never happened, Sir.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:46 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 11, 2012 11:46 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 11, 2012 11:47 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: Adam at August 11, 2012 11:47 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: Guy who always says, "Fuck Obama!" at August 11, 2012 11:44 PM (eQnzo)
Amen!
Posted by: The Commenter who goes by Buck Ofama at August 11, 2012 11:48 PM (KaIAt)
209 Peaches and Bcoch, bless you for making me feel better!
Oh I think that the two of us together could top "making me feel better."
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 11, 2012 11:46 PM (GEICT)
Now see there, your youth is showing again. I can't be doing threesies.
Or is my mind so far in the gutter that I have now thoroughly shamed myself???
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:48 PM (SsG4J)
Hope you don't have this disturbing problem I got, above 120mph my hood starts floating against the factory hood latch.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:44 PM (y2dm+)
Auto, it's a 'vert, made for cruisin' with the top down. If I had wanted a track toy I'd have gotten the base model coupe with the Brembos and 6MT and thrown a suspension kit under it. Still, at 130 down the back stretch at VIR she was nice and solid. Much more capable than her driver, I admit that with no shame. One of these days maybe I'll have to get with the Tarheel Sports Car Club guys at one of their High Performance Driving Events and learn how to handle her properly.
And now, off to walk the dog (NOT a euphanism).
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 11, 2012 11:48 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:49 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Peaches at August 11, 2012 11:49 PM (kpCLl)
If we post enough stuff, by the time they get here they will skip over the first couple hundred posts.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:49 PM (y2dm+)
Nah, just married to a big ass man, who steevy (maybe sTevo?) nick-named Thor.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:50 PM (SsG4J)
Chem Jeff? Are you still there? Hi! I was reading.
yeah I'm here, just reading too
and fantasizing about brats in beer mmm
Posted by: chemjeff at August 11, 2012 11:50 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: rhymin' moron at August 11, 2012 11:50 PM (oRfpi)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 11, 2012 11:50 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: Adam at August 11, 2012 11:47 PM (/YJYi)
It will take fifteen fat books to find out the answer.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 11, 2012 11:51 PM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 11, 2012 11:51 PM (cQmXn)
are still knocking back their favorite brews and have not stumbled into
this thread.
If we post enough stuff, by the time they get here they will skip over the first couple hundred posts.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:49 PM (y2dm+)
God bless ya, Anna, I have posted far worse. CDR M is probably on Red Alert.
I have been good for a long, long time. I am just out of practice, haven't been ONT-ing in awhile.
Filters engaged now!
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:51 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:51 PM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:49 PM
Hey I didn't say they're the only ones. I'm an equal opportunity type.. lol
Posted by: Berserker at August 11, 2012 11:51 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: John McEnroe at August 11, 2012 11:52 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 11, 2012 11:50 PM (d/5qf)
--I'm almost starting to as well. Did have some yummy (if plain) quesadillas already today.
Posted by: logprof at August 11, 2012 11:52 PM (KaIAt)
Or is my mind so far in the gutter that I have now thoroughly shamed myself???
Shame? I am...unfamiliar...with this word. Wait a sec. Large husband?!?? (slowly backing away)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 11, 2012 11:52 PM (GEICT)
***
I'm a big ass man myself. Love me some bootay
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 11, 2012 11:54 PM (61yvg)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 11, 2012 11:54 PM (GEICT)
Once seen, you will never unsee it.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:55 PM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:55 PM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:55 PM (y2dm+)
Shoot them both. Save Tasha Yar.
Posted by: eman at August 11, 2012 11:56 PM (u3Rkr)
Why is everyone calling mcenroe a douche?
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 11, 2012 11:57 PM (OTK2G)
Shoot Will?? He'll no. I'm gonna let Worf work off some bloodlust.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 11, 2012 11:57 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:51 PM (SsG4J)
Puh-leeze! All y'all are cool in my book! What happens on the ONT... Played, I know. But that's the sentiment, anyway. Plus the fucking cake girl boyz are never sorry!
Posted by: Kalneva at August 11, 2012 11:57 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 11, 2012 11:58 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: eman at August 11, 2012 11:59 PM (u3Rkr)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:59 PM (y2dm+)
Posted by: rhymin' moron at August 11, 2012 11:59 PM (oRfpi)
BC, yeah I remember luskins, 'twas right near the Merritt where I sculpt this perfect physique. They been out of business for a good while now. btw, I'm about 2 years younger than you.
Did you go to HS in this area?[\i]
I went to St. Paul's. And how exactly do you know how old I am?
Posted by: Weirddave at August 11, 2012 11:59 PM (IyKYr)
[Scissor Sisters, "Kiss You Off"]
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, lord of the chartreuse longbow at August 12, 2012 12:00 AM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Adam at August 12, 2012 12:00 AM (/YJYi)
For the Horde to search for... I saw this on FB.. a picture called 50 Shades of Lego
that is fuckin' hilarious
Posted by: chemjeff at August 12, 2012 12:00 AM (d/5qf)
'nother Drifter in Boston? The former is a big fav of hubby and me for
summer. Light, yet hoppy. Fruity, yet not.
Posted by: Kalneva at August 11, 2012 11:51 PM (cQmXn)
Yes, Widmer Bro's misnamed Drifter, should be named Nectar of the Gods.
Filters engaged now!
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at August 11, 2012 11:51 PM (SsG4J)
I haz a sad
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 12:00 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 11, 2012 11:57 PM (OTK2G)
Might have something to do with his being a long time D-bag.
Posted by: Fareed Zakaria at August 12, 2012 12:01 AM (lzvtR)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 12:02 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:02 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:03 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 12, 2012 12:03 AM (N/WI2)
Sigmund Freud once famously asked, "what do women want?"
Well... I suppose we have the answer, and it's "you really don't want to know"
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, lord of the chartreuse longbow at August 12, 2012 12:03 AM (QTHTd)
I haven't noticed anything. What disappeared on ya?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 12, 2012 12:03 AM (GEICT)
This is how you do it, if you're going to bother. I haven't researched the science, but I think that brats just need very low and slow. No parboiling necessary. I think the parboiling in beer was a whatever-the-fuck machina for people whose BBQ's are too hot, and they wanted to avoid raw sausage. But enough about Paul Ryan. I think we've discussed him plenty 'nough today.
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 12:03 AM (cQmXn)
What's new in the guitar world?
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 11, 2012 11:50 PM
Same old shit really. Fixing some, resurrecting others.
As far as the tats go, I don't like when the chick looks like a billboard. I like the smaller well placed cool tat here or there. I'm not into that feeling like I got my face pressed into a comic book. lol
Posted by: Berserker at August 12, 2012 12:03 AM (FMbng)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:04 AM (y2dm+)
Cool.
Has anyone seen my lighter?
Posted by: Journolist at August 12, 2012 12:04 AM (Ca+zh)
Posted by: rhymin' moron at August 12, 2012 12:04 AM (oRfpi)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:02 AM (r4wIV)
Most people do, because most people just save to folders on the desktop or wherever the default is.
I tend to use smaller partitions for the OS (for faster cleanup and defragging), so most of my work is on other drives.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 12:04 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 12, 2012 12:05 AM (GEICT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:59 PM (y2dm+)
I watched just a little then I switched to Serenity.
I'm planning to restart it tonight.
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 12:05 AM (u3Rkr)
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 12, 2012 12:05 AM (Rc0hz)
Hi ont. Huge thunderstorm here in my neck of the woods. Black lab freakin out.
Why is everyone calling mcenroe a douche?
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 11, 2012 11:57 PM (OTK2G)
Because we always tell the truth?
Posted by: MrCaniac at August 12, 2012 12:05 AM (1grxW)
I find Fareed Zakaria to be a fascinating fellow, and with the
proper guidance, may one day be able to compose an original thought.
Your openness and tolerance is an inspiration. I have read this dude for years (I have a vague impression that I keep getting his name confused with someone with a not-too-different name who writes good stuff, so I keep clicking and reading), and as far as I've been able to tell, he's just a leftist dickhead. Kudos for doing what I could not, seeing the better potential within.
Posted by: Splunge at August 12, 2012 12:05 AM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:05 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Fareed Zakaria at August 12, 2012 12:01 AM (lzvtR)
I thought it might have to do with something said at the Olympics.
I thought he was funny in Mr Deeds. Yeah, I liked that movie, sorry
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 12, 2012 12:05 AM (OTK2G)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:03 AM (y2dm+)
My sleep loss has more to do with your cosplay friends than Paul Ryan.
And nobody can spell my real name, either.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 12:06 AM (bxiXv)
Sigmund Freud once famously asked, "what do women want?"
Well... I suppose we have the answer, and it's "you really don't want to know"
Yeah, it probably involves ironing or expressing feelings or something like that.
Posted by: Splunge at August 12, 2012 12:07 AM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:07 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Zakn at August 12, 2012 12:07 AM (zyaZ1)
Do they then complain about how slowly their computer boots up? Good lord.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:07 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: JOHN MCENROE at August 12, 2012 12:07 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:05 AM (y2dm+)
Indeed so.
It needed more Jayne.
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 12:07 AM (u3Rkr)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 12, 2012 12:08 AM (d/5qf)
Cosplay friends??? As our preezy would say, pass that shit along.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 12, 2012 12:08 AM (GEICT)
Posted by: Journolist at August 12, 2012 12:08 AM (+Aarq)
Posted by: Adam at August 12, 2012 12:08 AM (/YJYi)
getting his name confused with someone with a not-too-different name who
writes good stuff, so I keep clicking and reading)
Fouad Ajami, maybe?
I read some Fareediocy back in '02, and I wasn't impressed then. I saw him as a Muslim Thomas Friedman. Two great tastes that go great together, huh.
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, lord of the chartreuse longbow at August 12, 2012 12:09 AM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:10 AM (y2dm+)
A father and a son are riding in a cable car. At first they are the only people on board. At the first stop a woman gets on, at the second stop two more women get on and the first one leaves the cable car. Before it can reach the third stop there is a terrible accident and everyone aboard the cable car is killed. At the hospital, the doctor takes one look at the bodies and says "These two men were murdered." How were they murdered and how did the doctor know?
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 12, 2012 12:10 AM (Rc0hz)
Posted by: Journolist at August 12, 2012 12:08 AM (+Aarq)
Bring some CFA napkins.
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 12:10 AM (u3Rkr)
In my opinion, none of the psephologists mentioned above has reflected on the degree to which the administrative entitlements state – envisaged by Woodrow Wilson and the Progressives, instituted by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and expanded by their successors – has entered a crisis, and none of them is sensitive to the manner in which Barack Obama, in his audacity, has unmasked that state’s tyrannical propensities and its bankruptcy. In consequence, none of these psephologists has reflected adequately on the significance of the emergence of the Tea-Party Movement, on the meaning of Scott Brown’s election and the particular context within which he was elected, on the election of Chris Christie as Governor of New Jersey and of Bob McDonnell as Governor of Virginia, and on the political earthquake that took place in November, 2010. That earthquake, which gave the Republicans a strength at the state and local level that they have not enjoyed since 1928, is a harbinger of what we will see this November.
Posted by: steevy at August 12, 2012 12:10 AM (6o4Fb)
Reminds me of one of my favorite movie lines, from Dumb & Dumber:
HARRY: We had this incredibly romantic time. Boy, I thought we'd be together forever. (SIGHS) Then about a week later, right out of the blue, she sends me a John Deere letter.
LLOYD: That's cold, Har. Give you any reason?
HARRY: I called her up and she gave me some crap about me not listening to her enough or something like that. I wasn't really paying attention.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:11 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:07 AM (r4wIV)
Constantly.
Honestly, that *is* Microsoft's, fault, because that's the way they designed it.
One of the big disconnects between geeks and users is that when a user says their computer is slow, they aren't talking about rendering 3D images, they're talking about *responsivess* to commands - the first thing the user notices is interface speed.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 12:11 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 12:11 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Adam at August 12, 2012 12:08 AM (/YJYi)
I saw him do an interview with Ryan Lochte, how he did not end up punching him in the face is beyond me.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at August 12, 2012 12:12 AM (ZhEoC)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 12, 2012 12:08 AM (GEICT)
Check last night's ONT.
It's Full Of Links.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 12:12 AM (bxiXv)
As if drinking all my beer wasn't bad enough, that damn bear family ran up my phone bill and never used a fucking coaster!
Posted by: Guy who owned that cabin at August 12, 2012 12:12 AM (Y7XKa)
Fouad Ajami, maybe?
Yes! That's the one. I don't want to miss anything of his, so I've wound up reading a lot of the wrong stuff.
I
read some Fareediocy back in '02, and I wasn't impressed then. I saw
him as a Muslim Thomas Friedman. Two great tastes that go great
together, huh.
That is an excellent analogy, up to a point. The point at which it fails is that few, other than certain current Presidents I could name, and some guy who used to be on cable named Keith, and, okay, that Krugman guy, can match Mr. Friedman's astonishing level of self-regard.
Posted by: Splunge at August 12, 2012 12:12 AM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Adam at August 12, 2012 12:00 AM (/YJYi)
I gave up in the middle of the series, in a book I renamed "Rand A'Thor Goes to Lunch, contemplates own Insanity".
It seemed that almost no progress was being made in the plot, so I gave up.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 12:12 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: clouseau at August 12, 2012 12:13 AM (oRfpi)
The lag monster will be back and very ravenous.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:13 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Journolist at August 12, 2012 12:13 AM (+Aarq)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 12:11 AM (yh0zB)
Did you slug the barrel and make a chamber cast?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 12:13 AM (bxiXv)
An empty rifle can still be a pointy stick.
On the top ten manliest firearms article
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 12, 2012 12:13 AM (N/WI2)
That would be me, although I can tolerate slow, if its CONSISTENTLY slow. If its randomly slow, or slow for no apparent reason, that really annoys me.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:14 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 12, 2012 12:10 AM (Rc0hz)
GSWs to the head?
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 12:14 AM (u3Rkr)
Jordan scarred me as a writer. Because of him when I get on a roll writing good stuff I start wondering if I am going Jordan even as great descriptions appear on the computer.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:15 AM (y2dm+)
The lag monster will be back and very ravenous.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:13 AM (y2dm+)
Microsoft asking me to cloud my desktop is like the government sending me a form letter asking me to mail in all my firearms.
Yeah, *that's* gonna happen.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 12:15 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 12:16 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Agent Smecker at August 12, 2012 12:16 AM (N/WI2)
Posted by: Journolist at August 12, 2012 12:16 AM (+Aarq)
I think I gave up on Rand and the Wheel of Extremely Verbose and Turgid prose about book 6.
I gave up earlier. Sometime around book 3 or 4 I realized I had been suckered into buying and reading basically the same book, multiple times.
Posted by: Splunge at August 12, 2012 12:17 AM (2IW5Q)
Its been a long time Bill Gates dream though. I fear its inevitable, no matter how much I hate it and will resist it.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:17 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 11, 2012 11:50 PM (d/5qf)
*****************
I'm fantasizing about short-a brats in my bed, personally.
Posted by: Hairy "The Ped" Reed at August 12, 2012 12:17 AM (eQnzo)
They call it Smalltimore for a reason [\i]
Indeed, but unless you're a moron for real, you aren't 2 years younger than I am. I'm class of '85.
Posted by: Weirddave at August 12, 2012 12:17 AM (DRG6e)
Damn, I was hoping what I had heard was wrong, given Jordan's life story I was really hoping they were all going to be awesome.
Posted by: Adam at August 12, 2012 12:17 AM (/YJYi)
Posted by: Journolist at August 12, 2012 12:13 AM (+Aarq)
How do they react to that?
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 12:17 AM (u3Rkr)
Posted by: Zakn at August 12, 2012 12:18 AM (zyaZ1)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:15 AM (y2dm+)
Only if you are doing well enough for them not to be able to force an editor on you.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 12:18 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Gene Roddenberry at August 12, 2012 12:18 AM (HtUdo)
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 12, 2012 12:18 AM (BVkEs)
Posted by: xbradtc at August 12, 2012 12:19 AM (2PsHg)
Posted by: Zakn at August 12, 2012 12:18 AM (zyaZ1)
I can write something up if you want
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 12:19 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:14 AM (r4wIV)
The sad thing is, it can be done, but it's not on the whiteboard checklist for OS programmers.
When I get a chance I tell them, they tell me it would be a drag on system performance. I tell them, to 90% of your users, it *IS* system performance. Make it a switch.
Not saying they do *nothing* about it, but it isn't a top priority.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 12:19 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Weirddave at August 12, 2012 12:20 AM (DRG6e)
"I will continue until the day the dead are called to account for their deeds," Abdo said in a low, gravelly voice through the cloth mask.
A federal judge sentenced Abdo, 22, to two life terms plus additional time. The federal prison system offers no chance of parole. He was convicted of planning what he claimed would have been a massive attack on a Texas restaurant filled with troops from Fort Hood.
Abdo referred to Maj. Nidal Hasan _ the Army psychiatrist soon to be tried in a deadly shooting rampage at that Army post _ as "my brother." He said he lived in Hasan's shadow despite "efforts to outdo him."
Posted by: steevy at August 12, 2012 12:20 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:20 AM (r4wIV)
writing good stuff I start wondering if I am going Jordan even as great
descriptions appear on the computer.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:15 AM
Is that the dude who wrote this one book and dragged it out for years across a zillion other books and like a selfish prick died before finishing book#826 or some shit?
Posted by: Berserker at August 12, 2012 12:20 AM (FMbng)
Basically they had East German pilots train up some Luftwaffe pilots to fly the things. And then RIF'd the East German pilots.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:21 AM (y2dm+)
----
better to consult a hooker. Cheaper, no HMO paperworkand less malpractice.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at August 12, 2012 12:21 AM (HPQnO)
Janet Neopolitan has a three strip-ed mane.
One is chocolate, for New Orleans
one is vanilla, for the oppresive overlords
and one is pink, for ...... well you know.
Multi-colored hair folicles were retrieved from the scene and presented to Atty. Gen. (facts with) Holder
I am confident that this case will be solv-ed
Posted by: clouseau at August 12, 2012 12:21 AM (oRfpi)
writing good stuff I start wondering if I am going Jordan even as great
descriptions appear on the computer.
Jordan (and Martin) are excellent cautionary examples for all storytellers. Don't. Lose. The. Plot.
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, lord of the chartreuse longbow at August 12, 2012 12:21 AM (QTHTd)
Fascinating. I can't properly close italics brackets now that I'm on my iPad.
Well, last time you tried to do it with a backslash.
Actually, I was impressed that it didn't carry over to the next post. Perhaps Pixy has been busy.
Posted by: Splunge at August 12, 2012 12:21 AM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 11, 2012 11:44 PM
What kind of car and what year is it? Since the 80s that shouldn't be a problem since the hoods latch behind the nose piece, and cars for the last 20 years have had a hood that curved down in the front. Higher speed would force the hood down
Now this car would have the hood and grille design along with the speed to flip the bonnet
Dodge Dart GTS , late 60's version
http://tinyurl.com/96zooyn
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 12:21 AM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Journolist at August 12, 2012 12:21 AM (+Aarq)
Posted by: Berserker at August 12, 2012 12:20 AM (FMbng)
Yes
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 12:21 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Zakn at August 12, 2012 12:22 AM (zyaZ1)
Posted by: Adam at August 12, 2012 12:22 AM (/YJYi)
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 12:17 AM (u3Rkr)
Guessing, "caw caw caw"
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 12, 2012 12:22 AM (OTK2G)
Yeah, I recall there was a touch of heartburn there. But West Germany was starting to get a case of the ass with a lot of the Osties about then anyway. Given the tensions, the reunification actually has been a LOT smoother than I expected.
Posted by: xbradtc at August 12, 2012 12:23 AM (2PsHg)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:23 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: dorian taupe at August 12, 2012 12:24 AM (IfM3l)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:24 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 12:13 AM (bxiXv)
No, but I did take it to the gunsmith who gave it a clean bill of health. It seemed like a prudent thing to do with a 100+ year old rifle. He said it was in remarkably good shape given its age, the barrel was hardly worn and there were no headspace issues. The brass is bulged ever so slightly near the base when ejected, other than that they look just like unfired cartridges (without the bullet on top of course) On the instances where I manage to hit something the holes are nice and circular. For one thing the sights are zeroed at 300 yards and I'm not shooting anywhere near that distance so I have to put quite a bit of Tennessee elevaton into it. What I need to do is put it on the bench rest to sight it in.
An empty rifle can still be a pointy stick.
On the top ten manliest firearms article
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 12, 2012 12:13 AM (N/WI2)
If he's talking about a bayonetted Mosin it makes a dandy war pike, the damn thing is over 6ft long with the bayonet attached. I'll have to check him out, I know he's a regular commenter on Monster Hunter Nation.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 12:24 AM (yh0zB)
I'd love to hear some "Gimme Back My Bullets" background music at a Romney event.
I doubt that the Romney/Ryan crowd would want any Grateful Dead music, but at the end, nefore Jerry died, they rolled out some new songs that they never recorded in the studio. It would be great fun to hear "Liberty" at some event.
Oh! Freedom
O-oh liberty
O-oh leave me alone
I can find my own way home
(many guitar grooves and improvisations)
Posted by: Splunge at August 12, 2012 12:24 AM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 12, 2012 12:25 AM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, lord of the chartreuse longbow at August 12, 2012 12:25 AM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:25 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 12:18 AM (rzSn3)
I wish someone would force an editor on me.
With librarian glasses.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ckfwmy3
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 12:25 AM (bxiXv)
Splunge @ 280
Well, really, I find Fareed Zakaria to be quite and arrogant and obnoxious asshole. He is the imagined example of the "moderate" Muslim. Western educated, "literate" , not a Jihadi.
And yet, for all the money he has made in this country (and he comes from a rich family in India), he still has the patent 3rd worlders hate for America.
He fits into the whole CNN outlook. If you have never seen CNN - Europe, you have missed a daily hate America - fest.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...free Miss Marple! at August 12, 2012 12:26 AM (sJTmU)
Was Mr. Andrews there when you went?
Posted by: Agent Smecker at August 12, 2012 12:26 AM (N/WI2)
Posted by: Adam at August 12, 2012 12:27 AM (/YJYi)
Posted by: Journolist at August 12, 2012 12:27 AM (OApiq)
Posted by: Zakn at August 12, 2012 12:27 AM (zyaZ1)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:27 AM (y2dm+)
But I think he was just phoning it in on the last couple.
Posted by: xbradtc at August 12, 2012 12:28 AM (2PsHg)
It's Full Of Links.
Damn that requires effort.
And where the hell did the wimmenz go? Peaches? Tammy?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 12, 2012 12:28 AM (GEICT)
Posted by: Zakn at August 12, 2012 12:22 AM (zyaZ1)
Mine is for Ryan only!
Posted by: Cake Gurl at August 12, 2012 12:28 AM (KaIAt)
Posted by: steevy at August 12, 2012 12:29 AM (6o4Fb)
depressed, disgusted, and, yes, angry I've become as I watch the ongoing
attempts at voter suppression in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Iowa, and
other states where Republicans and their Teabagger allies control key
seats of power. -- George R R Martin
Yep. Fork, him, some assembly required
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, lord of the chartreuse longbow at August 12, 2012 12:29 AM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...free Miss Marple! at August 12, 2012 12:26 AM (sJTmU)
Well, now we know he is a thief and a liar, so the door is open for even worse stuff.
I think he is an enemy of the United States.
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 12:29 AM (u3Rkr)
Posted by: Weirddave at August 12, 2012 12:30 AM (DRG6e)
Posted by: Journolist at August 12, 2012 12:27 AM (OApiq)
Good call. I like the CAO cigars from Brazil. Very nice.
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 12:31 AM (u3Rkr)
Posted by: Journolist at August 12, 2012 12:31 AM (eYiNi)
attempts at voter suppression in..."
I can't decide if people who say this kind of thing are so stupid they think its true or have lied so long and often to themselves they believe what they know to be false.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:31 AM (r4wIV)
"Hi I am Siri tonight. And you give me sass I will stop giving you links."
Jessica Nigri - http://www.jessicanigriofficial.com/
Yaya Han [cosplay goddess] - http://yayahan.com/
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:31 AM (y2dm+)
*commits sepukku*
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:27 AM (y2dm+)
I have been staying away from that shit like I stay away from MSNBC. Is it as horrid as I think?
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 12:31 AM (cQmXn)
fnord
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2012 12:31 AM (Dx7Bq)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:20 AM (r4wIV)
Was he talking about the Obama-bots? That would be funny.
Posted by: cm9000 at August 12, 2012 12:32 AM (lzvtR)
Darn.
Seriously, though, what the FZ's of the world fail to appreciate is that the Euro types don't quite really mean it. Every America-hating word is infused with Daddy-resentment and a grasp for smug superiority. But if Daddy stopped being strong, as has begun to happen under President "leading from behind," well, panic-time. What Europeans really fear is another intra-European war, and what they really believe is that without a strong authority figure in the background, it will happen. That's what accounts for the desperate clinging to the EU in the face of obvious disintegration.
Posted by: Splunge at August 12, 2012 12:32 AM (2IW5Q)
But I think he was just phoning it in on the last couple.
Posted by: xbradtc at August 12, 2012 12:28 AM (2PsHg)
He ran out of Napoleonic War first, then out of energy.
I was pretty annoyed at how for some reason he had to have Maturin's wife Diana just die. It really didn't have any real story value except to make him miserable again.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 12:32 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: clouseau at August 12, 2012 12:32 AM (oRfpi)
Posted by: Splunge at August 12, 2012 12:32 AM (2IW5Q)
The other thing they fear is that we just won't care if they hate us.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 12:33 AM (rzSn3)
"Hi I am Siri tonight. And you give me sass I will stop giving you links."
Jessica Nigri - http://www.jessicanigriofficial.com/
Yaya Han [cosplay goddess] - http://yayahan.com/
No ma'am. No sass. Is Nigri the one that got kicked out of some convention for too much skin?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 12, 2012 12:33 AM (GEICT)
Posted by: Agent Smecker at August 12, 2012 12:26 AM (N/WI2)
sigh...where did I put my Geritol... (I was taking my first oath the same day President Reagan was taking his second - 20 JAN 1985. T'was a Sunday.)
Cake for the campaign trail. http://youtu.be/_JR8ols4mYc
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 12:34 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 12:34 AM (cQmXn)
Posted by: steevy at August 12, 2012 12:34 AM (6o4Fb)
So Dave Chapelle is on Bounce (13-2 in L.A.) just now and tells this joke:
Q:How many white people does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: None, cuz they'll get a n------ to do it for 'em
This is on public tv. F anyone who wants to call me a racist
Posted by: DAve at August 12, 2012 12:34 AM (b3RBA)
It started as Twillight fan-fic on fanfiction.net. There it moldered for a good while. Then some foul fiend found it and told the author to change the names and do a little cosmetic tweaking to get rid of the overt Twillight stuff and publish it as an e-book. Which she did and it started to make bank while the moderators on fanfiction.net quickly purged their site of any trace of the offending stories.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:34 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: steevy at August 12, 2012 12:34 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 12:34 AM (cQmXn)
If you want accuracy, you need to know the condition of the barrel and chamber. You could have a bulged barrel, and oversized barrel, corrosive pitting, minor headspace issues, excessive bullet jump, inadequate chamber length... and on and on.
You can get low-melting point metal for a chamber cast, or even use some kinds of wax. You slug with an oversized lead bullet.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 12:34 AM (bxiXv)
I never liked Diana, so having her die was actually good news from where I sat. It made for a much better option on the horizon for Maturin (the South African naturalist girl Christine I think it was). Too bad he died before he could really tell the rest of the tale he had in mind. I think he only had 1 more book to write in the series and couldn't quite get it done.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:34 AM (r4wIV)
fnord
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2012 12:31 AM (Dx7Bq)
Interesting turn of phrase.... where did you develop it?
Posted by: chemjeff at August 12, 2012 12:35 AM (d/5qf)
Tattooed muscle chicks sound fine. Except for the tattoo part. And maybe
some of the muscles. I don't know, I'm starting to doubt the whole
thing. Got a link?
******
You want muscles? I got your muscles right here....
Posted by: Dr. Kegal at August 12, 2012 12:35 AM (41zfH)
Posted by: Agent Smecker at August 12, 2012 12:35 AM (N/WI2)
Posted by: Adam at August 12, 2012 12:35 AM (/YJYi)
Dear Hustler...
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at August 12, 2012 12:35 AM (HPQnO)
I'm lighting another macanudo. Sorry about the smoke.
Posted by: Journolist at August 12, 2012 12:27 AM (OApiq)
Good call. I like the CAO cigars from Brazil. Very nice.
Macanudos are almost always perfectly constructed, which is amazing, considering the norm. My favorite bargain is the Hoyo Robustos. They're not much out of the gate, but stick them in a humidified Igloo cooler for 18 months, and they punch way, way above their weight class. For earlier gratification, try the Hoyo Dark Sumatras, although those too will benefit from aging.
And when flush, consider the Ashton Aged Maduros.
Posted by: Splunge at August 12, 2012 12:35 AM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 12, 2012 12:33 AM (GEICT)
yes for this outfithttp://tinyurl.com/cxgj4d9
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 12:35 AM (tw6Ar)
And then he posts a snide little rant like this. Okay, as of now, I know he has no ability to take the story forward according to its own logic. A "deus ex machina" is inevitable. He's going to Stephen King this series good and hard.
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, lord of the chartreuse longbow at August 12, 2012 12:35 AM (QTHTd)
Was Mr. Andrews there when you went?
Yup. And so was his dog Ralph. Pet of the whole school. He was buried in front of the middle school. Is the plaque still there? He and Mr. Darrell were 2 of the best teachers I ever had.
2yo huh? I was starting to like you. Now I want you to get off my lawn.
Posted by: Weirddave at August 12, 2012 12:36 AM (DRG6e)
I read somewhere he went nuts because he couldn't handle the money and fame and pressure, apparently he hasn't gotten over it.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:36 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:36 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Gene Simmons at August 12, 2012 12:36 AM (41zfH)
Look stage right at the TelePrompTer. You gave a great speech today but you were staring stage left the whole time.
Look left right and straight away.
You otherwise are perfect.
Posted by: Journolist at August 12, 2012 12:37 AM (xoPDv)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 12, 2012 12:37 AM (N/WI2)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:34 AM (r4wIV)
I never liked her either, but she was Maturin's whole existence for about a dozen books or more. If you go by that, its just not sensible that he'd be ready for Miss Perfect Match any time soon, or at all.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 12:38 AM (rzSn3)
No shit. You got time time to run your mouth about this George? Then how bout you get a fuckin book out a little quicker than once every 3 years.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 12, 2012 12:38 AM (GEICT)
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 12:38 AM (u3Rkr)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 12:38 AM (cQmXn)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:39 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Adam at August 12, 2012 12:39 AM (/YJYi)
Of course, I don't care much for the first half of ANY of the books with A/M ashore.
Posted by: xbradtc at August 12, 2012 12:39 AM (2PsHg)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 12:34 AM (cQmXn)
No, you're Spider Woman!
yes for this outfit http://tinyurl.com/cxgj4d9
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 12:35 AM (tw6Ar)
I don't see anything out of place.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 12:39 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:40 AM (y2dm+)
Well I don't see a problem at all. Buncha commie bastards.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 12, 2012 12:40 AM (GEICT)
Yeah that was a bit too hasty a transition, but his total devotion never made much sense to me either. Aside from being really hot, Diana had virtually nothing attractive about her.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:41 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, lord of the chartreuse longbow at August 12, 2012 12:41 AM (QTHTd)
Skip Darrell? Yeah he was there, but he must have been your classmate, not your teacher.
Ya know, since you're an old fart.
*please don't hurt me*
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 12, 2012 12:41 AM (N/WI2)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 12, 2012 12:41 AM (24aD3)
Posted by: clouseau at August 12, 2012 12:42 AM (oRfpi)
Of course, I don't care much for the first half of ANY of the books with A/M ashore.
Posted by: xbradtc at August 12, 2012 12:39 AM (2PsHg)
It wasn't uncommon for Navy folk to be pretty dysfunctional ashore.
I did like the time he had sailors running his house, so they removed all the furniture from the entire place daily just after dawn to clean the floors then put it all back.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 12:43 AM (rzSn3)
Because she's got a GREAT ass!- Vincent Hanna
Posted by: xbradtc at August 12, 2012 12:43 AM (2PsHg)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:39 AM (y2dm+)
outfit doesn't look good, the way that the sewn in cups contorts her tits looks gross IMO
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 12:43 AM (tw6Ar)
Dave Chapelle, he used to be really funny too. His show was half a good
show (and half rap trash), with some hilarious skits. His crazy naked
black guy getting thrown out of stores and calling it racist was
hilarious.
I read somewhere he went nuts because he couldn't handle the money and fame and pressure, apparently he hasn't gotten over it.
He's still talented and funny. I saw an interview he did, post-meltdown, with James Lipton, and he's definitely not burned the funny out of his system the way, say, Eddie Murphy seems to have. But maybe he's not so good at handling stress. Still, I have hopes. That sort of talent is rare.
I remember reading about some celebrity complaining that Chapelle had caused him some sort of medical issue, because he was laughing so hard at the "blind white supremacist doesn't know he's black" sketch. I can sympathize. That was some funny stuff. So was his satire of the "Cheerios Nut 'n' Honey" ad, which was somewhat less printable.
It was odd, though. He was on a fast rocketship to stardom. You don't see too many bailouts from that ride.
Posted by: Splunge at August 12, 2012 12:43 AM (2IW5Q)
That Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 12, 2012 12:43 AM (GEICT)
Alot of the Chappelle stuff was race. He got pressured because many in his community (use quotes EVERYWHERE) thought he was being a traitor.
Because...welll...White People can't laugh about racial shit, not can we...
Posted by: Zakn at August 12, 2012 12:43 AM (zyaZ1)
http://tinyurl.com/crf46zn
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:44 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:44 AM (r4wIV)
Say prayers for Paul Ryan to keep him strong. He is going to be attacked by the pagan liberals like there is no tomorrow.
And Romney too.
How about the whole country for that matter.
Posted by: Journolist at August 12, 2012 12:44 AM (ddb4x)
Posted by: DAve at August 12, 2012 12:44 AM (b3RBA)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:41 AM (r4wIV)
He fell in love with her, and once done its done for good or ill. I'm sympathetic, being of that type myself if not as extreme.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 12:45 AM (rzSn3)
Not all the ashore stuff was awful. It just got tedious at times. Though I understand why in such as The Letter of Marque it was necessary both from a plot perspective, and a historical point.
Doesn't mean I enjoyed it a lot.
Posted by: xbradtc at August 12, 2012 12:45 AM (2PsHg)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 12:45 AM (cQmXn)
all the furniture from the entire place daily just after dawn to clean
the floors then put it all back.
Didn't they scrub the sought-after patina off a bunch of stuff too?
Ashore, at sea, I enjoyed all of O'Brian's books.
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 12, 2012 12:45 AM (24aD3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:47 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:47 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:47 AM (y2dm+)
just call it "Suck My Dick or Die" and it's all good
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 12:48 AM (tw6Ar)
http://tinyurl.com/col2tyg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:48 AM (y2dm+)
Don't underestimate the amount of real hatred that our European allies have for us. Especially from the Left, where it originates. They will make up all kinds of lies to justify what "they believe". This turd polisher George R.R. Martin is just another iteration of that.
It is not some resentment based on misplaced sense of impotence. The Left in Europe reallyhate us, they hate our culture (and who wouldn't based on our movies and TV shows?), they think we are all fat and undereducated slobs. Except for Barack and his friends, because they are so Cosmo and such.
I remember 2000 when our company vice -president(French)calmly predicted that Gore would be the next president and how great he would be. And he traveled a lot in America and had an American wife. Sure, he wasn't being obnoxious about it like a lot of other Europeans have been, but they have a real odd notion of who we are and what people think. I get this all the time, and though it used to be jarring at times, I am not surprised by anything anymore.
A later company president (French) was just short of being a 9/11 truther and was always baiting us with insults about George Bush, waiting for someone to snap at him. I personally though about strangling him on at least one occasion, but really, it wouldn't have been worth it.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...free Miss Marple! at August 12, 2012 12:49 AM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Agent Smecker at August 12, 2012 12:35 AM (N/WI2)
Is good. I have #9, #8 (in God's Own Caliber, AKA .45ACP) and a variant of #6 (Saiga .223).
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 12:49 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 12, 2012 12:50 AM (GEICT)
It is not some resentment based on misplaced sense of impotence. The Left in Europe reallyhate us, they hate our culture (and who wouldn't based on our movies and TV shows?), they think we are all fat and undereducated slobs. Except for Barack and his friends, because they are so Cosmo and such.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...free Miss Marple! at August 12, 2012 12:49 AM (sJTmU)
Well, our Left hates America too.
And they don't really believe the fat stupid American trope. They just wish it were true.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 12:50 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:50 AM (r4wIV)
First in line right now is my wife who is damn near hysterical with glee because a store gave me a senior discount yesterday. I'm 45!
FML!
Posted by: Weirddave at August 12, 2012 12:51 AM (gvWL9)
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 12:51 AM (tw6Ar)
FML!
Posted by: Weirddave at August 12, 2012 12:51 AM (gvWL9)
She might not enjoy it as much if you tell her that makes her a trophy wife. Or a senior herself.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 12:52 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 12:53 AM (u3Rkr)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 12:34 AM (cQmXn)
Pics, etc...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 12:54 AM (yh0zB)
Then later i had to go on 95 south and there was a lone douchebag holding up a sign..."Tax Dodger. Mitt=Shit"
Posted by: RWC at August 12, 2012 12:54 AM (gwWRQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:54 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 12:53 AM (u3Rkr)
Spice and Wolf or School Days
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 12:55 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:55 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...free Miss Marple! at August 12, 2012 12:55 AM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:55 AM (y2dm+)
http://tinyurl.com/col2tyg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:48 AM (y2dm+)
ginnnngerrrrrr!!!!!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 12:56 AM (yh0zB)
Then I did.
Then I got punched. There are times I regret marrying a hard-body. That was one of them.
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 12, 2012 12:57 AM (N/WI2)
This is what is great about America, and I was so happy to hear Ryan say it, this morning, is that America is an IDEA! Reminds me, too, of a"racist" joke one of my beloved hubby's (Mexican) employees told him, the other day:
Why does Mexico never win the gold medal in swimming or running?
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 12:57 AM (cQmXn)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:57 AM (y2dm+)
Don't underestimate the amount of real hatred that our European allies
have for us. Especially from the Left, where it originates. They will
make up all kinds of lies to justify what "they believe".
Yes. The true Left is the Left, wherever it lives, from Caracas to Berlin to Madison, WI. Why we chose to put them in charge, for the first time since FDR, is baffling, but I hope it will be corrected soon.
Outside that unhinged cohort, people are mostly basically sane, yet groping. What leads low-information voters to grope for four more years of the same, vs. the Romney/Ryan ticket, I cannot guess. I can only hope they will make the right choice. Americans have been pretty good at turning utter failures out of the White House, so I'll cling to that. Bitterly, if necessary.
Posted by: Splunge at August 12, 2012 12:58 AM (2IW5Q)
There were plenty of those about then, and now.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 12:58 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:58 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Moron Service Announcement: Anna does not play slow pitch ...
Posted by: Arbalest at August 12, 2012 12:59 AM (yVeyN)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:55 AM (y2dm+)
when ever I see that, I will now think of Tears to Tiara....I shouldn't have looked up that eroge
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 12:59 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 12:57 AM (cQmXn)
If they do well, they are on the US team
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 01:00 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:58 AM (y2dm+)
I lurves gingerz...mmm mmm mmm!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 01:00 AM (yh0zB)
Not her, the reactions of everyone around her. It just didn't seem like she was fleshed out enough to make every single man she met behave the way they did. Maybe I never have met a woman pretty enough or something.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 01:00 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 01:01 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Adam at August 12, 2012 01:02 AM (/YJYi)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 01:00 AM (r4wIV)
Well except for Maturin, the others were getting some for their trouble.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 01:02 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 01:02 AM (y2dm+)
I watched the first 20 or so minutes. It was a bad movie, and not a "good, bad movie."
Then Arnold came onto the scene. Then it became a "good, bad movie." Very fun. The ineptitude of the voice-over is a nice contribution.
When I go back to the rest of it, and that will probably happen, will it become a good movie? Or continue as a "good, bad movie?" or become a "great, bad movie?"
Posted by: Splunge at August 12, 2012 01:02 AM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: xbradtc at August 12, 2012 01:03 AM (2PsHg)
probably happen, will it become a good movie? Or continue as a "good,
bad movie?" or become a "great, bad movie?"
Posted by: Splunge at August 12, 2012 01:02 AM (2IW5Q)
It's pretty much entirely a "good, bad movie".
Posted by: chemjeff at August 12, 2012 01:03 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 01:03 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 01:03 AM (cQmXn)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 01:02 AM (y2dm+)
Shee-ooot, I've been acting this way since 1972 when I saw my first ginger girl in the first grade.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 01:04 AM (yh0zB)
And when things go sideways on them because they never thought about something because they had taught themselves not to think that, they are shocked and really go running around like chickens with the heads cut off.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 01:05 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Peaches at August 12, 2012 01:05 AM (kpCLl)
probably happen, will it become a good movie? Or continue as a "good,
bad movie?" or become a "great, bad movie?"
Posted by: Splunge at August 12, 2012 01:02 AM (2IW5Q)
still be a good bad film, especially if you follow it up with Conan the Destroyer and Red Sonja. Just don't read any Conan before watching any of the films
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 01:05 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 01:06 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, lord of the chartreuse longbow at August 12, 2012 01:07 AM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Peaches at August 12, 2012 01:05 AM (kpCLl)
aw *blush*
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 01:08 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: xbradtc at August 12, 2012 01:03 AM (2PsHg)
And a lot of the books vision is through, or alongside of Maturin's eyes. Sophie often tries to talk him down from chasing Diana, but Maturin doesn't really hear it.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 01:08 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 12, 2012 01:08 AM (GEICT)
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 01:08 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: logprof at August 12, 2012 01:09 AM (KaIAt)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 12, 2012 01:09 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 01:09 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Steve at August 12, 2012 01:10 AM (gwWRQ)
Posted by: Peaches at August 12, 2012 01:10 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 01:10 AM (tw6Ar)
I liked Conan, but I can see why others wouldn't like it. The remake
was about 20 minutes of pretty good then got really boring.
I watched the remake, because I accidentally ordered the remake when first seeking the Arnold version. It was not precisely bad, but it was very very bland and forgettable. Decent special effects, no spark.
Posted by: Splunge at August 12, 2012 01:10 AM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 01:10 AM (cQmXn)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 01:11 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 01:11 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Peaches at August 12, 2012 01:11 AM (kpCLl)
And just where did the bad spider bite you?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 12, 2012 01:11 AM (GEICT)
I'm out of material. Does anyone want to talk about my spider bite? JUST KIDDING!
Please do. Last I heard, it sounded nearly fatal. Some reassurance on that point would be welcome.
Posted by: Splunge at August 12, 2012 01:11 AM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Adam at August 12, 2012 01:12 AM (/YJYi)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 01:12 AM (cQmXn)
Posted by: Steve at August 12, 2012 01:10 AM (gwWRQ)
Time for the Golden Gate.
Let's make the bridge tall guy.
Posted by: Rafi at August 12, 2012 01:12 AM (gwWRQ)
damn mosquitoes
Posted by: chemjeff at August 12, 2012 01:12 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 01:12 AM (yh0zB)
Women, why is it you seem to hate your mother but always run to her when something goes wrong and attack us if we criticize her?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 01:13 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 12, 2012 01:13 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: logprof at August 11, 2012 10:45 PM (KaIAt)
I know that's right!
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 12, 2012 01:13 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 01:13 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 12, 2012 01:14 AM (W2Z3C)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 01:09 AM (r4wIV)
rather have Brak go the HBO route. Would love Howard's boxing stories be made into movies but no one mentions his non-fantasy when they talk of him which is a fucking shame as his his boxing tales are awesome. Nor do people think of Howard when they think of pure horror which though wasn't many of, were all interesting even without his name work
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 01:14 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, lord of the chartreuse longbow at August 12, 2012 01:15 AM (QTHTd)
i'm doin' it anyway, fuck the neighborsPosted by: Peaches at August 12, 2012 01:16 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 01:11 AM (y2dm+)
which sucks considering all his contributions to fantasy. Same with de Camp
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 01:16 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 12:54 AM (y2dm+)
Later.
Watched the first episode. Interesting Scottish accents.
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 01:16 AM (u3Rkr)
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 12:55 AM (tw6Ar)
Tears for Tiara.
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 01:17 AM (u3Rkr)
512
this is exactly why i changed my nic to peaches, lo these many years ago, everybody always thought i was a dude.
hi, eman!
Posted by: Peaches at August 12, 2012 01:18 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 01:17 AM (u3Rkr)
while playing Tears to Tiara
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 01:19 AM (tw6Ar)
You could even use a rotating troupe of regular actors and actresses, cycle them out when they get too popular and expensive and bring in some new blood regularly.
There are so many great stories waiting to be told. Dashiell Hammet's Red Harvest has never been done. Its been adapted several times but the original story, never. I'd love to see stuff like that given a good screen treatment, and a season's worth of shows would give plenty of time to do it right.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 01:20 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Peaches at August 12, 2012 01:16 AM (kpCLl)
Fuc* that. I remember what happened last time.
Posted by: Randy Travis at August 12, 2012 01:21 AM (gwWRQ)
Peaches, nice to hear from you! I had a friend of ours, who is a veterinarian, look at it, today, when he came over to play basketball with my hubby. He's super smart and is used to dealing with large mammals. Gave me the ok to wait it out, until monday, after examination.
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 01:21 AM (cQmXn)
http://tinyurl.com/d9l928b
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 01:21 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 01:22 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 12, 2012 01:23 AM (QjSgY)
357 If you have never seen CNN - Europe, you have missed a daily hate America - fest.
Darn.
Seriously,
though, what the FZ's of the world fail to appreciate is that the Euro
types don't quite really mean it. Every America-hating word is infused
with Daddy-resentment and a grasp for smug superiority. But if Daddy
stopped being strong, as has begun to happen under President "leading
from behind," well, panic-time. What Europeans really fear is another
intra-European war, and what they really believe is that without a
strong authority figure in the background, it will happen. That's what
accounts for the desperate clinging to the EU in the face of obvious
disintegration.
Posted by: Splunge at August 12, 2012 12:32 AM (2IW5Q)
Europe needs us as the boogeyman. They need us to unite their different factions to come together for the "Pan European" EU dream that the leftists have had for over a 100 years. They need to point out the dregs of our society so that everyone forgets that theirs are much worse. They need to tell everyone how racist the US is because of slavery that ended 150 years ago and how enlightened they are on issues of race. The US, a country with a member of one of its minority races as the President while all of Europe's leaders are lily white. The US, where athletes and fans of all races go to watch sporting events and have a good time. As opposed to Europe where they routinely throw bananas and make monkey sounds at athletes from Africa. Europe, the technological leader in the 19th century technology called the choo choo train. The backwards US, where we sent a man to the moon, landed him, and brought him back alive. The great Europe, home of about 5 aircraft carriers, most of which cannot ever get out of port because of a lack of crew or working parts. The US which has 12 "super carriers" that the majority are always at sea, and another 14 smaller ones that are on par with most countries frontline carriers.
If the United States didn't exist, Europe would have to invent the United States.
Posted by: MrCaniac at August 12, 2012 01:23 AM (1grxW)
You could even use a rotating troupe of regular actors and actresses, cycle them out when they get too popular and expensive and bring in some new blood regularly.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 01:20 AM (r4wIV)
I think its called "Masterpiece Theatre"
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 01:24 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 12, 2012 01:25 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 01:26 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Peaches at August 12, 2012 01:26 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 12, 2012 01:25 AM (QjSgY)
Hawks can't carry the weight of a cat
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 01:26 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Peaches at August 12, 2012 01:26 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 01:26 AM (cQmXn)
There's a ton of content they won't even get close to, but they do pretty well yeah. You'll never see a fantasy story done on there, for example.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 01:27 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Adam at August 12, 2012 01:27 AM (/YJYi)
Posted by: Peaches at August 12, 2012 01:26 AM (kpCLl)
Any time. Nice to have another LeDoux fan along. Of course I made my own video for that song...
http://youtu.be/YXfOXlw2Jlk
I apologize for the video quality, my son was holding the camera in the dark ages before the tripod...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 01:29 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 01:29 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 01:29 AM (cQmXn)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 01:27 AM (r4wIV)
Probably a good thing, as I'm not sure anyone does fantasy correctly. I suppose Peter Jackson, at least so far.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 01:30 AM (rzSn3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lkvGCTtZz8
the concrete jungle is really wearin' my skinny white ass out these days . . .
Posted by: Peaches at August 12, 2012 01:30 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 01:30 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 01:31 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 01:29 AM (r4wIV)
Treat someone like a child, they stay a child.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 01:31 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Peaches at August 12, 2012 01:31 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Douglas at August 12, 2012 01:31 AM (YKOnu)
Peter Jackson, the man who is turning The Hobbit into a movie trilogy. Ugh.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 01:30 AM (y2dm+)
not really just The Hobbit though, pretty much everything other than Silmarillion into a trilogy
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 01:32 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Adam at August 12, 2012 01:27 AM (/YJYi)
Nicely done! I gave up on this douchebag when he went all wet in the crotch for O'Bumbles. My favorite character is the midget anyway, so I wrote the whole series over and it goes something like this: the midget KILLS EVERYONE!!! and then has wild passionate sex with the dragon girl until her head explodes. The End, roll credits!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 01:33 AM (yh0zB)
Also any good aerial footagefrom cats hauled off by hawks or peregrine falcons?
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 12, 2012 01:25 AM (QjSgY)
I've seen small dogs carried off by eagles up here in Alaska. I expect the cats would fare not much better. My cat had the sense to stay inside when the ravens were hunting in the back alley in the winter. When the birds are bigger than you....
Posted by: tcn at August 12, 2012 01:33 AM (SJnOF)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 01:30 AM (y2dm+)
I thought he did well in LOTR, considering.
I don't see how you can pad the Hobbit out so far without losing its focus.
There's a software/project problem called the "Second System" effect. The first project you do is curbed because you need to finish. The next one gets all the cool ideas and crap you couldn't do the first time crammed in and fails miserably.
I think this may be the fate of the Hobbit movies.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 01:35 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 01:36 AM (y2dm+)
Oh it's officail, I've been banned by GRRM, fucking liberal asshole.
Posted by: Adam at August 12, 2012 01:27 AM (/YJYi)
Nicely
done! I gave up on this douchebag when he went all wet in the crotch for
O'Bumbles. My favorite character is the midget anyway, so I wrote the
whole series over and it goes something like this: the midget KILLS
EVERYONE!!! and then has wild passionate sex with the dragon girl until
her head explodes. The End, roll credits!
--
Kind of undermines any notion of political insight or savvy in GRRM's work if he can be taken in so wholly by such an obvious phony huckster as the JEF.
Posted by: John Galt's Bile Duct at August 12, 2012 01:37 AM (+/VIS)
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 01:32 AM (tw6Ar)
There isn't anything more than the Hobbit and LOTR and the Silmarillion. So I'm not sure where the extra text comes from.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 01:37 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Kalneva, whose husband could only be improved he was political at August 12, 2012 01:38 AM (cQmXn)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 01:39 AM (y2dm+)
The only reason their degredation isn't amusing is because of whom it empowers.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 01:39 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: tcn at August 12, 2012 01:40 AM (SJnOF)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 01:39 AM (y2dm+)
The stuff in there is from two ages before anything in the Hobbit. It's like if Pride and Prejudice was padded out by including scenes from Ancient Egypt.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 01:42 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Weirddave at August 11, 2012 11:10 PM (niboB)
Ah say, ah say, boy, you drop Holder into 1920's Georgia, he ain't gonna wind up in no cheka, lessn' it's some kindatree.
Posted by: Lloyd Purdy at August 12, 2012 01:43 AM (QjSgY)
I was at a party this evening, and someone asked "Who was Beria?". I responded "Oh, he was Stalin's Eric Holder." On reflection, even I think that may be going a bit far.
A teensy, tiny bit far.
Posted by: Weirddave at August 11, 2012 10:49 PM (niboB)
Holder is an incompetent poseur. I would have already shot Issa and sent the rest of Congress to the gulag!
Posted by: Lavrentiy Beria at August 12, 2012 01:43 AM (sZTYJ)
They'll try to sneak in a leper with a whitegold ring.
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 01:44 AM (u3Rkr)
Given how much invented total crap he shoved into the Two Towers, I'm confident he can stretch it out into two films. I'm also confident I won't watch any of them.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 01:44 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 01:42 AM (rzSn3)
Including zombies worked better.
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 12, 2012 01:44 AM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Peaches at August 12, 2012 01:45 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 11, 2012 11:13 PM (r4wIV)
Romney burned down the Reichstag?
Or would the SCoaMF just torch the Lincoln memorial to pin on him?
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 12, 2012 01:46 AM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 01:46 AM (u3Rkr)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 01:46 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 11, 2012 11:27 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Barack Obama's Secret Gay Boyfriend at August 12, 2012 01:47 AM (sZTYJ)
Yes, what is on your tiny mind?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 01:49 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Bawney Fwankensucker at August 11, 2012 11:28 PM (eQnzo)
Is this Frank's "dog"?
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 12, 2012 01:50 AM (sZTYJ)
Difference between losing the plot and deliberately dragging shit out to be your perpetual cash cow. The last Martin book? Treading water. Not a god-damned thing moved in the overall plot structure. And I'm sure you can look forward to much more of that.
Posted by: dawnfire at August 12, 2012 01:50 AM (bIeax)
He's Catholic.
Catholic priests molest little boys (after the Honorable Reid is done)
Then obviously Ryan is a pedo.
Posted by: Randy Travis at August 12, 2012 01:50 AM (gwWRQ)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 01:44 AM (r4wIV)
There's some timeline stuff - Gandalf goes off after the party with the dwarfs and investigates the Necromancer, and gets some elves to push them out after the 5 armies battle. It's about three sentences in the appendices of LOTR.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 01:50 AM (rzSn3)
To this day, I fondly remember the name Dildo Bugger
Posted by: TexasJew at August 12, 2012 01:51 AM (oiJah)
***
I guarantee you they won't film all of the books.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2012 01:51 AM (AUeaU)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 11, 2012 11:27 PM (yh0zB)
Trust me, my wittle Barry has... he loves it!
Posted by: Barack Obama's Secret Gay Boyfriend at August 12, 2012 01:51 AM (sZTYJ)
P.S. I think Paul Ryan is outside trying to kidnap my cats. And eat them.
Posted by: Peaches at August 12, 2012 01:52 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Peaches at August 12, 2012 01:45 AM (kpCLl)
Its a kids book. The other interesting problem for Jackson is that the Elves are 'bad' guys until the very end. Not sure how the Legolas lovers are gonna like seeing him and his dad throwing Bilbo into jail.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 01:52 AM (rzSn3)
NAMBLA is da bomb!
Posted by: Hairy Reed at August 11, 2012 11:30 PM (eQnzo)
Stop using our acronym!
Posted by: North American Marlon Brando Look Alikes at August 12, 2012 01:53 AM (sZTYJ)
Yes, I do use it. Most mature operating systems provide such a location. It was long overdue when Microsoft finally got around to it in the 90s, and they took even longer still to make proper use of it.
You don't have to use the default location. There are a zillion tweaker apps you can use to specify a different drive and subdirectory. This is especially common for booting off a smallish SSD. Although decent sized SSDs are now affordable, it can still be preferable to reserve it for OS and app installs, leaving the user data to live on the massive conventional hard drive.
As someone who has to do a lot of data recovery work, it's highly preferable when both apps and users play by the guidelines and don't make me go on a deep search for that file they'll die without but didn't have a backup and they cannot tell me where it probably was because they have only a vague understanding of directory structure. One thing we've lost since the DOS days is users having to understand that to be able to do much of anything.
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 01:53 AM (kcfmt)
To this day, I fondly remember the name Dildo Bugger
Posted by: TexasJew at August 12, 2012 01:51 AM (oiJah)
Q: What have I got in my pocket?
A: A snub nosed .38
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 01:53 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 01:49 AM (yh0zB)
lol!!
Posted by: Peaches at August 12, 2012 01:54 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 01:54 AM (yh0zB)
Wait till you fire it up and its emitting CO2. Mosquitoes are drawn to CO2.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 01:54 AM (Quz1Q)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 11, 2012 11:31 PM (d/5qf)
I have a Modest Proposal for you...
Posted by: Jonathan Swift at August 12, 2012 01:55 AM (sZTYJ)
It helps to remember that the story was made up for children. It's deliberately not written to an adult level.
Posted by: dawnfire at August 12, 2012 01:55 AM (bIeax)
My dad saw his cat hauled skyward by a hawk in South Carolina, while the cat was stalking a squirrel. He has 12 acres and found some remains later while walking the property.
I live in suburban Atlanta, and my cat went out one night and never came back. I put up some "Lost Cat" signs, but while doing so, I noticed three other "Lost Cat" signs, for three different cats, and all--including mine--had gone missing in the same 3-day period. I called one of the people, and she said she had found her cat...all over herneighbor's front yard. that was 9 years ago, and now I know well what coyotes sound like.
Posted by: Lloyd Purdy at August 12, 2012 01:55 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: Kalneva, whose husband could only be improved he was political at August 12, 2012 01:55 AM (cQmXn)
Posted by: Peaches at August 12, 2012 01:57 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 01:58 AM (Quz1Q)
Posted by: steevy at August 11, 2012 11:36 PM (6o4Fb)
A govenment based on SOCIAL JUSTICE where the law is whatever crushed the anglo-normative strait patriarchy!!!
Posted by: Social SCIENCE Graduate Student at August 12, 2012 01:58 AM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 12, 2012 01:59 AM (N/WI2)
I will stay my urge to jump in and post til the wine is done and instead take the last glass out under the orange tree and sip slowly while I ponder that which is.......
Paul Ryan.
Remember, we are of the Jolly Roger, and this time it be for "Keeps!"
"Fair winds and following seas....shipmates!"
Posted by: Richard at August 12, 2012 01:59 AM (ed5RO)
Posted by: Weirddave at August 12, 2012 02:00 AM (niboB)
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 12, 2012 02:00 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 01:58 AM (Quz1Q)
Just like my dog! He'll lick it off of anything.
Posted by: Madeleine Albright at August 12, 2012 02:00 AM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: jc at August 12, 2012 02:01 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Peaches at August 12, 2012 02:01 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 12, 2012 12:17 AM (r4wIV)
All you data are belong to us.
Posted by: Bill Gates at August 12, 2012 02:01 AM (sZTYJ)
There's a reason Sox is strictly an indoor kitty.
Had a coyote walk right up to me 2 nights ago here in the heart of Irvine.
Posted by: xbradtc at August 12, 2012 02:02 AM (2PsHg)
There is a memorial thread at WUWT.
I did not see this covered earlier.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:02 AM (bxiXv)
Lloyd, that is the downfall of kitties. The coyotes. I have managed to keep this one for a long time by making sure she's never outside without easy refuge.
Posted by: Kalneva, whose husband could only be improved he was political at August 12, 2012 02:02 AM (cQmXn)
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 12:55 AM (tw6Ar)
Love "Spice & Wolf."
Travelling mediæval merchant meets harvest wolf goddess and they have adventures involving... mediæval economics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN_WgwEmRaw
Posted by: ザ 政治的 帽子 at August 12, 2012 02:04 AM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Kalneva, whose husband could only be improved he was political at August 12, 2012 02:05 AM (cQmXn)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 02:06 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Lloyd Purdy at August 12, 2012 02:07 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 02:08 AM (cQmXn)
Remember when they actually had shows about science and technology?
Sigh...
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 12, 2012 02:08 AM (sZTYJ)
What? Surely you jest!
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 02:10 AM (cQmXn)
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 12, 2012 02:11 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 12, 2012 02:08 AM (sZTYJ)
Actually, not really.
I do remember my friends and I going all MST3K on them years ago, we called them "mockumentaries."
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:11 AM (bxiXv)
I dunno...why in the hell is "Pawn Stars" on the History Channel?WTF?
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 12, 2012 02:13 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 12, 2012 02:13 AM (QjSgY)
Because POTATO!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:14 AM (bxiXv)
Remember when they actually had shows about science and technology?
Sigh...
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 12, 2012 02:08 AM (sZTYJ)
I have a theory about this.
First, it makes money. Obviously. Tons of people out there with shit taste. But I also think it's because.
B. Jackoff leftist bussiness execs actively corroding the culture with garbage. History? Science? That's fucking right-wing noise! Ya know what we need? PAWN SHOPS! Lots of fucking shows filmed at pawn shops. And truckers! On ICE ROADS! Hell yeah, now gimme my fuckin' jillion dollar bonus, bitches.
Posted by: Robert at August 12, 2012 02:14 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 12, 2012 02:08 AM (sZTYJ)
Actually, not really.
I do remember my friends and I going all MST3K on them years ago, we called them "mockumentaries."
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:11 AM (bxiXv)
Serious FACEPALM stuff:
http://tinyurl.com/9roms9z
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 12, 2012 02:15 AM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 02:15 AM (cQmXn)
Posted by: Robert at August 12, 2012 02:15 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: ザ 政治的 帽子 at August 12, 2012 02:04 AM (sZTYJ)
yeah, it was a anime that I thought sounded stupid (econ 101 and no fucking) but a friend of mine made me watch a bit with her and I really liked it.
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 02:15 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 02:17 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 12, 2012 02:13 AM (QjSgY)
At least "Pawn Stars" occasionally deals with antiques that have something to do with history.
It's the "Aliens did it" shows that really irk me.
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 12, 2012 02:18 AM (sZTYJ)
What? Surely you jest!
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 02:10 AM (cQmXn)
Yep. Commented on it at the beginning of the thread.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 02:18 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 02:18 AM (Quz1Q)
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 02:17 AM (tw6Ar)
Give me money and I'll stop spamming you.
Posted by: Mittens Rombley at August 12, 2012 02:18 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 12, 2012 02:08 AM (sZTYJ)
Actually, not really.
I do remember my friends and I going all MST3K on them years ago, we called them "mockumentaries."
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:11 AM (bxiXv)
Serious FACEPALM stuff:
http://tinyurl.com/9roms9z
This is very analogous to the conversation earlier about the shitty "shades of grey" or whatever. It's all LCD. We're doomed.
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 02:19 AM (cQmXn)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 02:20 AM (Quz1Q)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 12, 2012 02:15 AM (sZTYJ)
One of my big puzzlers in life is that people can't say "wouldn't it be interesting if" or "here is a story about", they have to go all "NO THIS IS TOTALLY TRUE ELEVENTY."
Just tell the story and stop pretending it's real, when you don't have anything.
Or if you have weak evidence, just say so, don't overblow it.
It's TV, people. It's freaking entertainment. Just be entertaining.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:20 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 02:18 AM (Quz1Q)
You'd think an hour of panning old paintings and interviewing obscure college professors would be pretty damn cheap as well. I mean where's the savings in production? Not having a script writer?
Posted by: Robert at August 12, 2012 02:20 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 12, 2012 02:13 AM (QjSgY)
It's only a matter of time before we see something like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mq770JKOh4
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 12, 2012 02:21 AM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at August 12, 2012 02:21 AM (qmMAj)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 12, 2012 02:22 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 02:22 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 02:22 AM (tw6Ar)
Somebody mistook him for a fruitcake and mailed him to their grandkids.
The package got lost.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:23 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:20 AM (bxiXv)
Coming this fall to NBC, The Republican! Watch as this oafish Christofascist trips over his own dick every week after being shown up by righteous and good Super Progressives!
Posted by: NBC's marketing department at August 12, 2012 02:23 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 02:20 AM (Quz1Q)
Lies!!1!
Posted by: The Crab People at August 12, 2012 02:23 AM (sZTYJ)
Just tell the story and stop pretending it's real, when you don't have anything.
Or if you have weak evidence, just say so, don't overblow it.
It's TV, people. It's freaking entertainment. Just be entertaining.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:20 AM (bxiXv)
The problem is that if you know it is fiction, you need a better story than these things provide.
Look at bigfoot. One lame 30 second film in 60 years and that's enough to get the conspiracy folks going.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 02:23 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: NBC's marketing department at August 12, 2012 02:23 AM (4ixH5)
AKA "NBC News"
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:23 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at August 12, 2012 02:21 AM (qmMAj)
Don't think I'm pulling out. I'm all in, baby, to the fucking hilt!
Posted by: NBC's marketing department at August 12, 2012 02:24 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Madeleine Albright
Just ... ew.
3.2 megapixels of Maria Kirilenko, stat!
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 12, 2012 02:25 AM (24aD3)
Posted by: Robert at August 12, 2012 02:20 AM (4ixH5)
You have to go to Military History for that kind of thing - although they add some action scenes.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 02:25 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:23 AM (bxiXv)
They make the History Channel's "Aliens Did It!!!" goy look well reasoned.
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 12, 2012 02:25 AM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:23 AM (bxiXv)
*Shrieks*
*Hisses*
*Walks off with a freshly killed patchouli in mouth*
Posted by: Rachel Maddow at August 12, 2012 02:25 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 12, 2012 02:08 AM (sZTYJ)
I dunno...why in the hell is "Pawn Stars" on the History Channel?WTF?
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 12, 2012 02:13 AM
History Channel has become the George Noury Channel
Travel Channel is all a bunch of hipster doofuses bumping around in dark old cellars with night vision cameras
MTV hasn't shown music since the 80s, VH1 since the 90s
Pretty soon, the Weather Channel will just have the forecast scrolling along the bottom while you watch a bunch of Canadians try to start a frozen DC-3
I've been watching a lot of BBC America because of Top Gear, their new series "Copper" looks like it could be pretty good if Levinson and Fontana put out the quality that they did in the early years of Homicide: Life on the Streets
AMC seems to have 10 movies they run in rotation.
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 02:26 AM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 02:25 AM (rzSn3)
I don't get Military History, just the Military Channel.
Reminds me of the good ole days when History was nothing but Hitler.
Posted by: Robert at August 12, 2012 02:27 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 12, 2012 02:25 AM (sZTYJ)
What's funny is that this was all done in the 50s - 70s with Velikovsky, van Daneken, and the UFO crowd. Word for Word a generation and a half later.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 02:27 AM (rzSn3)
forecast scrolling along the bottom while you watch a bunch of Canadians
try to start a frozen DC-3
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 02:26 AM (Y7XKa)
A History of Wet T-Shirt Contests.
Vaguely weather related.
Posted by: Robert at August 12, 2012 02:28 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 02:23 AM (rzSn3)
90% of the content wouldn't have to change if they prefaced it with "some guy said" or "some grainy picture seemed to show," it's mostly recreations or CGI anyway.
Hell, they need to do that with the so-called straight science shows. TV scientists are deathly afraid of saying "as we currently understand it," they just go all "ABSOLUTE TRUTH" and the same thing the next year when the story changes.
Most people won't even notice, and the few who do will be slightly more realistic about what they hear.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:28 AM (bxiXv)
Reminds me of the good ole days when History was nothing but Hitler.
Posted by: Robert at August 12, 2012 02:27 AM (4ixH5)
Its hard to remember what a channel is once you get Tivo.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 02:29 AM (rzSn3)
without a TV I haven't paid for a personal insult to my humanity, politics, or intelligence in over a month. I still get them for free however, that is called family or work.
Posted by: jc at August 12, 2012 02:30 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: John Galt's Bile Duct at August 12, 2012 02:30 AM (+/VIS)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 02:26 AM (Y7XKa)
I stopped watching MTV when they unceremoniously dropped "Headbangers Ball" without warning.
Sigh, and just a year later KNAC disappeared, and signed off with this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu4wvvoA9-s
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 12, 2012 02:30 AM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:30 AM (bxiXv)
without a TV I haven't paid for a personal insult to my humanity, politics, or intelligence in over a month. I still get them for free however, that is called family or work.
Posted by: jc at August 12, 2012 02:30 AM (ufJKx)
I get what I want with Tivo and nothing else. If nothing is on I turn it off.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 02:32 AM (rzSn3)
*Hisses*
*Walks off with a freshly killed patchouli in mouth*
Posted by: Rachel Maddow at August 12, 2012 02:25 AM (4ixH5)
Oh my Kami! You killed Patchouli! You bastard!
Posted by: Remilia Scarlet at August 12, 2012 02:33 AM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 02:33 AM (y2dm+)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu4wvvoA9-s
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 12, 2012 02:30 AM (sZTYJ)
knac.com
Posted by: Robert at August 12, 2012 02:34 AM (4ixH5)
Not terribly likely, but plausible.
That show where Bigfoot hunters talk about Bigfoot like the zoos are full of them is hilarious.
Especially when they go out into the woods and bang sticks on trees.
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 02:34 AM (u3Rkr)
Man Plato makes one mention of Atlantis and wham.... that missing place is everywhere.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 02:33 AM (y2dm+)
Leave my girlfriend out of this!
Posted by: Steve Austin at August 12, 2012 02:34 AM (sZTYJ)
I'm unconvinced that the whole quantum mechanical zillion particles model is accurate at all, and not just some whirling cycles/epicycles type approximation that is utterly and completely wrong.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 02:36 AM (Quz1Q)
They'll be running that "Lincoln: Vampire Slayer" shit next President's day. Five times. And don't get me started on H2. I mean, I like me some "Monsterquest" and "Ancient Aliens"--that wild-eyed guy with the einstein hair lol-- but dammit, rename the channel to, oh, I don't know, the National Enquirer Channel or something.
With two freaking "History" Channels, Inever thought I'd be watching so much PBS. Yet there I am.
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 12, 2012 02:36 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: Robert at August 12, 2012 02:34 AM (4ixH5)
I listen to its stream all the time. Love the fact that streaming stations allow us to listen to stuff that doesn't involve Justin Bieber...
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 12, 2012 02:36 AM (sZTYJ)
Not terribly likely, but plausible.
That show where Bigfoot hunters talk about Bigfoot like the zoos are full of them is hilarious.
Especially when they go out into the woods and bang sticks on trees.
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 02:34 AM (u3Rkr)
I like the one where they found traces in Rhode Island.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 02:38 AM (rzSn3)
Didn't they steal that from the final episode of "Enterprise"?
I hate Alien Nazis !!!
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 02:38 AM (Y7XKa)
But Chariots of the Gods just poisoned the well of credibility on possible early ET contacts. It became SOP for them to basically say 'primitive people were too dumb to build stuff so aliens had to do it for them.' Talk about a warped projection of how socialists view narod, but still there it is.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 02:38 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 02:39 AM (Quz1Q)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 02:40 AM (y2dm+)
I got rid of theupstairs Uverse receiver and hung up a digital antenna. The remaining receiver downstairs is sweating bullets and lobbying the kids.
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 12, 2012 02:40 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 02:36 AM (Quz1Q)
The equations are accurate enough, as in making predictions that are borne out to 10-15 decimal places. If a new model replaces it, it will also have to duplicate all the observed effects of QM.
Anyone who talks about what's 'really' behind it is missing the point - the wave function is what it is.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 02:41 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at August 12, 2012 02:42 AM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 02:42 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Robert at August 12, 2012 02:42 AM (4ixH5)
I've seen a Bigfoot in the glades...but then again it might have just been a possum.
---
The Skunk Ape!
Michelle Disambiguation- did it appear to have a boob belt?
Posted by: John Galt's Bile Duct at August 12, 2012 02:42 AM (+/VIS)
Posted by: Robert at August 12, 2012 02:42 AM (4ixH5)
eyes, don't bother with hitting the triple-six lottery because we can talk about some
sweet, sexy solvency. All. Night. Long.
Posted by: derit at August 12, 2012 02:42 AM (ruiF1)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at August 12, 2012 02:42 AM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Robert at August 12, 2012 02:42 AM (4ixH5)
credibility on possible early ET contacts. It became SOP for them to
basically say 'primitive people were too dumb to build stuff so aliens
had to do it for them.' Talk about a warped projection of how socialists
view narod, but still there it is.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 02:38 AM (y2dm+)
"I GIVE YOU..." long dramatic pause "...STACKING ROCKS!"
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 12, 2012 02:43 AM (r7Ddb)
The problem is, that goes for the believers as well as the debunkers.
Just because the "scientific establishment" is, in fact, a bunch of self-satisfied old-boys-club dorkwads, doesn't mean the "rebels" aren't the same damned thing.
HATE EVERYONE! GNAAAAAHHHHRRRR!!!!!
(thrashes about)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:43 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 02:44 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:44 AM (bxiXv)
If there are civilizations capable of traveling, our solar system is on the outer and less crowded part of the galaxy. Why spend all that time to visit the middle of nowhere? It would be like somebody from Germany traveling to Lubbock Texas
What if they come here, find nothing they want, and decide that humans are raging assholes?
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 02:45 AM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 12, 2012 02:43 AM (r7Ddb)
No one ever stacks books like this.
Posted by: Dr. Peter Venkman at August 12, 2012 02:45 AM (4ixH5)
But Chariots of the Gods just poisoned the well of credibility on possible early ET contacts. It became SOP for them to basically say 'primitive people were too dumb to build stuff so aliens had to do it for them.' Talk about a warped projection of how socialists view narod, but still there it is.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 02:38 AM (y2dm+)
Worlds in Collision, the pseudoscience book, was published in 1950.
When Worlds Collide, a SF book, is older - 1933.
Velikovsky is a hack. The deal is the scientists say that the orbital mechanics and physics and chemistry are crap but the history is compelling. Historians like the science parts, but say the history is crap.
I say it is all crap, and have read it all to boot. And the sequels.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 02:45 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 02:45 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Stuff W.C. Field's tweeted ... at August 12, 2012 02:46 AM (qmMAj)
GUSHIE!
I don't hate Gushie!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:44 AM (bxiXv)
um DOES somebody hate Gushie? (i mean except for my ex, understandably)
...and who?
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 12, 2012 02:46 AM (r7Ddb)
Pyramid power. The secret life of plants.
Elves and Elvis.
Bigfoot flashes the Little Mermaid. Film at 11:00.
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 02:46 AM (u3Rkr)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 02:47 AM (cQmXn)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 02:47 AM (Y7XKa)
What if they come here, find nothing they want, and decide that humans are raging assholes?
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 02:45 AM (Y7XKa)
I read a short-short story about the Galactics finding the naked humans on Voyager plate and going berserk because nudity was taboo in their circles and so blew us all up.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 02:47 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 02:45 AM (Y7XKa)
possible? sure
likely? doubtful
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 02:47 AM (tw6Ar)
No I said in an adjacent post "HATE EVERYONE!"
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:48 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 12, 2012 02:46 AM (r7Ddb)
*Glares
Posted by: Some Guy With A Stick Up His Ass at August 12, 2012 02:48 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 02:48 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 02:41 AM (rzSn3)
Yep. It's just really hard to visualize using macroscopic models.
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 02:48 AM (u3Rkr)
If there are civilizations capable of traveling,
our solar system is on the outer and less crowded part of the galaxy.
Why spend all that time to visit the middle of nowhere? It would be like
somebody from Germany traveling to Lubbock Texas
What if they come here, find nothing they want, and decide that humans are raging assholes?
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 02:45 AM (Y7XKa)
U of T at Lubbok DOES have a Central Asian oral History deptment... i would go just to talk to Professor Paksoy, but then, thats just ME.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 12, 2012 02:49 AM (r7Ddb)
There is some "ghost stories" or some such that my nail salon has on,
sometimes. There's a whole lot of "not there", there. It is so not even
entertaining, I don't know who the audience is. Has anyone seen this
crap?
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 02:47 AM
If it's 20 somethings led by a doofus named Zack, it's "Ghost Adventurers" AKA "Scooby Douchebags"
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 02:49 AM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 02:47 AM (cQmXn)
If the damn ghost can't rattle some chains or drip some phantasmal goo on me, fuck him. I'm not going to run some e-meter crap and pretend.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 02:49 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 02:48 AM (u3Rkr)
Sure, like washing crystal with a sledgehammer. So if you see someone try, you know they are an idiot.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 02:50 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at August 12, 2012 02:51 AM (qmMAj)
*Glares
Posted by: Some Guy With A Stick Up His Ass at August 12, 2012 02:48 AM (4ixH5)
Sticks tongues out.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 12, 2012 02:51 AM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 12, 2012 02:51 AM (r7Ddb)
I keep forgetting your species has more than one tongue.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:52 AM (bxiXv)
Bigfoot at least has the virtue of being plausible.
Not terribly likely, but plausible.
That show where Bigfoot hunters talk about Bigfoot like the zoos are full of them is hilarious.
Especially when they go out into the woods and bang sticks on trees.
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 02:34 AM (u3Rkr)
Those are "wood knocks" and they are how squatches communicate over long distances. If any of you anti science Rethuglicans would open your minds, you would know that there are squatches everywhere.
Posted by: Bobo at August 12, 2012 02:52 AM (1grxW)
We believe ya' . We've seen them guarded by Secret Service agents ...
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at August 12, 2012 02:54 AM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 02:54 AM (y2dm+)
A benevolent one would have been sucked dry by those they tried to help
A neutral one really wouldn't find much here that they don't already know
Time travelers? If time travel is possible, wouldn't a time traveler already have come here and changed our past? I mean in reality, not changing it like leftist historians do
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 02:54 AM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 02:48 AM (y2dm+)
I never had much use for Carl, even when he was right. There were better busters of Immanuel V.
If an object the size of Venus came near enough to earth to form a lightning bolt, the two planets would go to pieces. And aside from that, said bolt would be travelling at some hundreds of miles per hour - remember the earth is still rotating.
Except for Joshua, fifty years later.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 02:56 AM (rzSn3)
Okay, now, how are you going to test the hypothesis?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:56 AM (bxiXv)
Time travelers? If time travel is possible,
wouldn't a time traveler already have come here and changed our past? I
mean in reality, not changing it like leftist historians do
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 02:54 AM (Y7XKa)
Maybe they already did. it would explain a LOT.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 12, 2012 02:56 AM (r7Ddb)
OTOH, planets seem to take their time giving birth to creatures that can boogie into space (figuring that our time of 5 times ten to the ninth years is not unusual).
My hunch is we have the surrounding 10,000 light year radius all to ourselves and will have it so for millions of years.
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 02:57 AM (u3Rkr)
Unless they are {galactically speaking} close by and we are the first Offworld that they visit...
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at August 12, 2012 02:57 AM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 02:57 AM (y2dm+)
My suspicions run even deeper than that...
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 02:57 AM (Quz1Q)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 02:54 AM (y2dm+)
Why would a galactic civilization assume the girl is in the back? Sexist bastards.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 02:58 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 12, 2012 02:58 AM (xKC/c)
Apparently they don't drink beer with food ...
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at August 12, 2012 02:59 AM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 12, 2012 02:58 AM (xKC/c)
Damit! No matter how often I shave, there's always SOMEONE who...
...wait, what? I mean, What A Strange Idea.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:59 AM (bxiXv)
A neutral one really wouldn't find much here that they don't already know
Time travelers? If time travel is possible, wouldn't a time traveler already have come here and changed our past? I mean in reality, not changing it like leftist historians do
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 02:54 AM (Y7XKa
James Hogan had a book where they could send messages into the past. So they planned to send messages into places where they got no messages.
But they got distracted by gobs and gobs of messages they never sent and never did.
The messages reset the timeline so that nothing could proceed until they quit fooling around.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 03:01 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:01 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: John Galt's Bile Duct at August 12, 2012 03:01 AM (+/VIS)
It would be a mistake to attribute human characteristics to aliens.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:02 AM (Quz1Q)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:02 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 12, 2012 03:03 AM (cQmXn)
Since the power is out ... you pick the door that says 'Death by Electric Chair' as it will be inoperable for a short time ....
heh heh heh short time ...
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at August 12, 2012 03:03 AM (qmMAj)
Posted by: buzzion at August 12, 2012 03:03 AM (GULKT)
PJ O'Rourke had nothing to do with Bored of the Rings. He was still in school in Ohio in 1969. The book was almost entirely Henry Beard and Doug Kenney at the Harvard Lampoon, a few years before the founding of National Lampoon.
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 03:03 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 02:56 AM
I have to find an old 85 Delorean and get it to exactly 88 mph for starters ..
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 03:04 AM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:04 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:04 AM (y2dm+)
They weren't warlike, more in the line of Pest Control.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 03:05 AM (rzSn3)
At least they've gotten back to the mammoth battle they wandered away from, right in the middle.
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 03:06 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:02 AM (Quz1Q)
Well, let's start with the basics.
They also have porn.
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 03:06 AM (u3Rkr)
Posted by: Robert at August 12, 2012 02:42 AM (4ixH5)
The fantasy man I schlick to!
Posted by: Ayn Rand at August 12, 2012 03:06 AM (sZTYJ)
The previous generation that birthed our sun is probably the first that produced enough usable elements for life formation and technological development. Before that, solar systems were very boring places.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:06 AM (Quz1Q)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:08 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:06 AM (Quz1Q)
That's what we want you to think.
They. That's what *they* want you to think.
Damit. It's not my night.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 03:08 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:02 AM (y2dm+)
Let me guess, Episode 4,523?
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 03:08 AM (u3Rkr)
If they're organized around a queen/hive model, they might just all be slave/drone workers...no pron.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:09 AM (Quz1Q)
Oh, and the Catalina Channel holds a major UFO underwater base, even though it's kind of in plain sight of Los Angeles and the busiest port on the West Coast
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 03:10 AM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 03:08 AM (u3Rkr)
They stopped it at 366 shows and 5 movies... for now.
Posted by: ザ 政治的 帽子 at August 12, 2012 03:11 AM (sZTYJ)
The crisis that drove the plot is that some bright guy started providing feedback to the aliens that this crank stuff was actually working, even when it actually was not, and the aliens started freaking out.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 12, 2012 03:12 AM (kaalw)
It would be a mistake to attribute human characteristics to aliens.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:02 AM (Quz1Q)
Well, let's start with the basics.
They also have porn.
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 03:06 AM
Are you telling us that aliens travel all the way here just to watch us fap?
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 03:12 AM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 12, 2012 03:13 AM (/izg2)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:06 AM (Quz1Q)
True, but 5 billion years is a long time. It would be very easy for one planet to be millions of years ahead of another. Those beasties could colonize the entire Galaxy before any other started making fire.
If that happens does it shut off natural evolution for extended periods? Are we the ones playing that roles in this Galaxy?
We need more data.
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 03:14 AM (u3Rkr)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VA-111_Shkval
The Soviets developed a superfast torpedo that could approach those speeds. Its entirely possible people were tracking secret test shots.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:14 AM (Quz1Q)
Posted by: The Universe at August 12, 2012 03:14 AM (GULKT)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 12, 2012 03:14 AM (/izg2)
Everybody loves a freakshow.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 12, 2012 03:15 AM (xKC/c)
Great D, our offensive line looked as bad as the orange cones the Bears put in front of Jay Cutler
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 03:15 AM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at August 12, 2012 03:15 AM (qmMAj)
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 03:15 AM (u3Rkr)
http://www.crunchyroll.com/nyarko-san-another-crawling-chaos
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:15 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:09 AM (Quz1Q)
if I had to put money on it, I would go with finding a sequential hermaphrodites species out in space over a hive mind based species
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 03:16 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at August 12, 2012 03:17 AM (qmMAj)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 03:12 AM (Y7XKa)
Well, not to watch just anybody.
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 03:18 AM (u3Rkr)
The previous generation that birthed our sun is probably the first that
produced enough usable elements for life formation and technological
development. Before that, solar systems were very boring places.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:06 AM
Solar Systems? You didn't build those!
Posted by: Barry of the Q Collective at August 12, 2012 03:18 AM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:18 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 12, 2012 03:12 AM (kaalw)
That's a James Hogan story - the final part of the "Inherit the Earth - Gentle Giants of Ganymede - Giant's Star
Trilogy.
Starts with them finding a 50000 year old human corpse on the moon....
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 03:19 AM (rzSn3)
More adaptable to changing environmental demands than fixed sexes are. An insect like exoskeleton could have major advantages too.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:20 AM (Quz1Q)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:21 AM (y2dm+)
That, and we're probably tasty.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:21 AM (Quz1Q)
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 02:57 AM
And whenever shit happens, the Enterprise is always the only ship in the area that can be called on to kick some ass
Posted by: Capt. James T Kirk at August 12, 2012 03:22 AM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:18 AM (y2dm+)
I think I have watched about 200 shows. They were still duking it out with the Arancar and Aizen when I left off.
Posted by: eman at August 12, 2012 03:22 AM (u3Rkr)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:22 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:20 AM (Quz1Q)
Not if you are bigger than a roach it doesn't. You can only grow by shedding it. You can't let your body turn to mush in the meanwhile.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 03:22 AM (rzSn3)
Are you telling us that aliens travel all the way here just to watch us fap?
That, and we're probably tasty.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:21 AM
IT'S A COOKBOOK !!!!!
Posted by: The Kanamits at August 12, 2012 03:23 AM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:22 AM (y2dm+)
Koriel. I loved the ending where you found out that superhero Sargent Koriel made it and founded humanity
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 03:24 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:28 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 03:28 AM (kcfmt)
If present day aliens at 35 light years away capture our broadcasts and decide to fit in covertly, they'll be easily spotted by their polyester leisure suits, platform shoes, gold chains, and fake fros
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 03:28 AM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:30 AM (y2dm+)
Theoretically, every radio wave ever broadcast is wafting somewhere out in space.
If
present day aliens at 35 light years away capture our broadcasts and
decide to fit in covertly, they'll be easily spotted by their polyester
leisure suits, platform shoes, gold chains, and fake fros
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 03:28 AM
Oh Lshnxlny, I'm home!
Posted by: Rznpbrsz Ricado at August 12, 2012 03:30 AM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 03:28 AM (Y7XKa)
Unless they, you know, checked again when they got to orbit.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 03:31 AM (bxiXv)
I used to really enjoy Hogan's work but it got to be a bit much when he dipped into the 'what if this ridiculous myth were true?' well one time too many.
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 03:31 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:31 AM (Quz1Q)
sequential hermaphrodites species
More adaptable to
changing environmental demands than fixed sexes are. An insect like
exoskeleton could have major advantages too.
---
So... what if... on average, the favorable adaptations for attaining sentient dominance on a planetary basis long enough to attain and master spaceflight aren't exactly the same adaptations that support flourishing in space, and vice versa, the problem being you have to achieve both to really start jetting around the universe and featuring in the tabloids of Lesser Beings?
Posted by: John Galt's Bile Duct at August 12, 2012 03:32 AM (+/VIS)
763 Theoretically, every radio wave ever broadcast is wafting somewhere out in space.If present day aliens at 35 light years away capture our broadcasts and decide to fit in covertly, they'll be easily spotted by their polyester leisure suits, platform shoes, gold chains, and fake fros
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 03:28 AM (Y7XKa)
I thought I heard that our radio signals aren't really detectable separate from background radiation much beyond our solar system.
Posted by: buzzion at August 12, 2012 03:33 AM (GULKT)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 12, 2012 02:46 AM (r7Ddb)
No one. No one hates Gushie, in fact even your ex thinks you are adorable, he just doesn't have the balls to say so cause he's afraid of Grim. As well he should be.
Sorry, been doing laundry and cooking so I'll have stuff for work this week. What did I miss?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at August 12, 2012 03:34 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 03:34 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 12, 2012 03:34 AM (/izg2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:35 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 12, 2012 03:34 AM (/izg2)
Try making the walls out of brick, it is a lot sturdier.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 03:35 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:36 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 03:31 AM (bxiXv)
What the glorpf is this swieztel? I thought we'd meet the Fonz. A Snookie? No way in the name of Lkxieal am I going down to planet with that!
Posted by: Gorhforb Z'akcsl at August 12, 2012 03:36 AM (GULKT)
If present day aliens at 35 light years away capture our broadcasts
and decide to fit in covertly, they'll be easily spotted by their
polyester leisure suits, platform shoes, gold chains, and fake fros
Posted by: kbdabear at August 12, 2012 03:28 AM (Y7XKa)
Unless they, you know, checked again when they got to orbit.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 03:31 AM
So how are we going to sell off all this fuckin' polyester?
Posted by: Lt Homos, Klingon Wardrobe Officer at August 12, 2012 03:37 AM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Lt Homos, Klingon Wardrobe Officer at August 12, 2012 03:37 AM (Y7XKa)
That's what the French Fashion designers are for.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 03:37 AM (rzSn3)
Skim everything with compound, then rub it down with a damp sponge when the compound has started to dry a bit. It'll look like a plastered wall, with no sanding at all.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:38 AM (Quz1Q)
Wait, what??? Someone is h8n on Gushie??? Again? I'll step up in between them and take that punch. Gushka is freakin' awesome. Just sayin'.
Posted by: NC Ref at August 12, 2012 03:38 AM (/izg2)
That, and we're probably tasty.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:21 AM
Yes, provided you get the right marinade...
Posted by: Hell-raped soul of Jeffrey Dahmer at August 12, 2012 03:39 AM (sZTYJ)
Dusty Springfield's "I Only want to be with You":
http://youtu.be/osVaF4t-zFc
Posted by: derit at August 12, 2012 03:40 AM (ruiF1)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 12, 2012 03:34 AM (/izg2)
could be worse, could be popcorn ceilings.
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 03:40 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 12, 2012 03:40 AM (kaalw)
The inverse cube thing knocks the shit out of signal strength quick.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:40 AM (Quz1Q)
I'm a big fan of brick everything, kinda pissed that the jackass I bought this house from painted the nice brick fireplace BROWN. Anyone have suggestions for stripping ugly-ass brown paint from brick so I can have a nice brick fireplace again? Because it seems that sandblasting is the only option FML......
Posted by: NC Ref at August 12, 2012 03:42 AM (/izg2)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:42 AM (Quz1Q)
The inverse cube thing knocks the shit out of signal strength quick.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:40 AM (Quz1Q)
So does tin foil...
Posted by: Ron Paul Cultist at August 12, 2012 03:43 AM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:42 AM (Quz1Q)
yep, not worth it, just replace the drywall
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 03:44 AM (tw6Ar)
This is especially true after a certain point in time when we cut back a lot on how much broadcasting we were doing and how much power we were putting behind. To someone struggling to pick up our broadcasts at multiple lightyears distance it could seem we've gone quiet. Since self-annihilation was a big theme in our fiction that might seem the obvious explanation.
Or if they're experienced civilization watchers it might just be par for the course.
After a lifetime of reading stories about sub-light interstellar voyages, I find I just don't believe in it. It would require technologies we cannot even guess at currently, producing a world we would find as alien as an Egyptian pyramid builder would find ours. Possibly more so since we still have the same definition of human. People capable of an interstellar voyage might not be recognizable to us as such.
That brings up another Hogan novel, where the only solution to interstellar colonization is to send frozen embryos to be brought to term in artificial wombs and the first generation raised by robots. The result is a society that is completely human but utterly alien from any previous culture. It played well to the Big L libertarians who like the idea of starting
from scratch after WWIII, retaining only books of useful information but
no history of any kind.
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 03:45 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 03:40 AM (tw6Ar)
LOL this place is all about popcorn ceilings. I've taken a couple of them down so far...bathrooms...and it's not as bad as it seems. I'm actually looking forward to doing the rest of the place.
Posted by: NC Ref at August 12, 2012 03:45 AM (/izg2)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 12, 2012 03:42 AM (/izg2)
I'm fine NC. Sandblasting would probably harm it just as bad. You might just have to have it rebricked
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 03:45 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: derit at August 12, 2012 03:45 AM (ruiF1)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 12, 2012 03:38 AM (/izg2)
This reminds me of that scene in Star Drek 6 where Samantha Jones fired a phaser in the galley, and every 15 seconds after that someone showed up and asked "Who fired that phaser?!?!"
Good times, good times.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 03:47 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 12, 2012 03:48 AM (Quz1Q)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:48 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: derit at August 12, 2012 03:45 AM (ruiF1)
but if you need acoustics, just go with acoustic panels
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 03:49 AM (tw6Ar)
For starters, evolving in a deep gravity well is probably a really bad beginning if you want to travel much. Unless it becomes technologically possible to gain so much control over gravity we can make ourselves comfortable wherever we go. I'm not expecting that any time soon.
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 03:49 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:48 AM (y2dm+)
You know, I think I'm going to have to give up on the "character from another show," joke, because of lot of people don't have access to an internet anymore.
Damn the Obamaconomy!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 03:50 AM (bxiXv)
from scratch after WWIII, retaining only books of useful information but
no history of any kind.
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 03:45 AM (kcfmt)
I did like that one - Voyage to Yesteryear, I think it was.
I think my favorite Hogan of all is the one where they are having trouble with the computers being half smart, but are afraid a sentient coumputer would go rogue. They decide to test it by putting a bunch of testers and soldiers on a space station with a sentient computer with a pre-set survival drive and attack it to see if they can beat it.
This one had a little more chaos than most of his stories - usually the heroes are a bit too much in control of events for my comfort. Real life is messy.
I think it is Two Faces of Tomorrow
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 03:50 AM (rzSn3)
Heh was thinking about just painting it with a nice red brick color and an off-white where the mortar should be. Not wanting to rip out the whole fireplace lol....
Posted by: NC Ref at August 12, 2012 03:51 AM (/izg2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:52 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:53 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 03:53 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 12, 2012 03:54 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:52 AM (y2dm+)
That's what pisses me off about Hollywood - that book would be crazy good to make into a movie. Crazy computers, flying robot bombs with laser weapons, humans fighting against huge odds, and even a nice happy ending.
Instead Cameron spends a billion dollars on "Dancing with Smurfs"
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 03:54 AM (rzSn3)
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 03:53 AM (kcfmt)
are you a premiere member or what ever their club is?
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 03:55 AM (tw6Ar)
Hogan has a big following in Japan. Remember the 'Inherit the Stars' reference in the third Robotech series? (Mospaeda?)
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 03:57 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 03:59 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 03:59 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 03:57 AM (kcfmt)
My limited exposure to Manga/Anime was between the first wave hipster and the everyone sees it current models. I know of Robotech, but haven't seen any.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 03:59 AM (rzSn3)
No.
I am signed up on their forums for the Nook publishing side. But at most they should only have two addresses for me and I've gotten the color Nook price cut announcement five times now.
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 03:59 AM (kcfmt)
I am signed up on their forums for
the Nook publishing side. But at most they should only have two
addresses for me and I've gotten the color Nook price cut announcement
five times now.
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 03:59 AM (kcfmt)
hmmm reason I ask is the last time I was a member, they would email me about 5 times a day
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 04:01 AM (tw6Ar)
There was a sub-plot involving the delivery of a book. It had the title 'Inherit the Stars.' It would have been quaint in that setting, like Jules Verne today. But elements of the Macross continuity may have taken inspiration from Hogan.
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 04:02 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 04:05 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 04:02 AM (kcfmt)
I kind of like the eclectic borrowing of elements in some Anime - Julie Verne, the Bible, all mixed into a big pile that catches you by surprise because its different
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2012 04:06 AM (rzSn3)
Macross is a series of related Japanese animes that deal with Zentradis, Meltranis, humans, and the galaxy itself. From Super Dimensional Fortress Macross to the recent Macross Frontier.
Robotech was Carl Macek merging three different Japense animes who only shared the concept of transforming mecha. These series were combined so Harmony Gold would have enough episodes to sell to TV stations. So they took footage from Macross, Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada. And then wrote a whole new story universe to make it all fit.
It has been a very long time since I have seen the Mospeada/Reflex Point episodes of Robotech so not sure which episode you are talking about. Was the book 'Inherit the Stars' in the original Japanese Mosepada or the Harmony Gold storyline?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 04:12 AM (y2dm+)
week. I'm going to go see if the prices are up yet so I can arrange
in-store pickup before the good stuff is set upon by locusts.
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 04:05 AM (kcfmt)
been up for about 3 and a half hours
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 04:12 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 04:15 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 04:21 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 04:25 AM (tw6Ar)
The book's title wasn't spoken, it was shown onscreen when the book was held up. Whether it was altered I couldn't say but my impression has always been it was in the original that way.
I'd never heard of Robotech until one night in the mid-80s Carl Macek gave a presentation at a LASFS meeting about what he'd been doing and some of interesting difficulties in making it come together, such as placing three separate shows with a common appearance into a single continuity to form a syndication package. Stations wouldn't touch without a minimum number of episodes. (The original Star Trek almost disappeared for having too few episodes in the package since the preference was for at least 100.)
The fansub scene was taking off, largely due to the Amiga making genlocking really inexpensive by the standards of the day. That was the night I can say brought me back to anime since the days when an LA UHF station showed some 60 and 70s series without any subs. Getter Robo, UFO Dai Appolon (which got picked up in Italy but I've never been able to find any with English subs), etc., along with wild live action shows like Lion Maru.
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 04:26 AM (kcfmt)
Actually, I just watched the first episode of the sequel series yesterday. Part of a torrent with the whole kit and kaboodle. Definitely not sending it to the niece.
Should have checked Best buy earlier but I did alright. Funny thing is, the item I most wanted was the wireless GameCube controller for $5. I've gotten spoiled by the current machines. The only way I'm going to catch up with the large pile of unplayed GCN games I have is to not have a cable for people to trip over and enough reach to play while on the treadmill. It wasn't an issue at my previous house because I had it all in an area where nobody else was likely to cross in front of me. But now it has to happen in a shared traffic zone.
Most of the original Xbox library plays on the 360 with its wireless controller. Likewise for PS1 stuff on the PS3. That just leaves the PS2 library but I at least have a good extension cord for that.
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 04:45 AM (kcfmt)
conancimmerian (.) wordpress (.) com
slash-2012-slash-07-slash-11-slash-texas-solution/
Worth a look. More rewarding visually than the meteor shower.
Posted by: Looking Glass at August 12, 2012 04:48 AM (kSVDk)
sequel series yesterday. Part of a torrent with the whole kit and
kaboodle. Definitely not sending it to the niece.
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 04:45 AM (kcfmt)
oh god, Bible Black 2 is worse. Not as bad as the two VN though. Other than the rape shit that I won't touch with a 10 foot pole, it's the vilest hentai I've come across
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 04:53 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 04:55 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: The Dude at August 12, 2012 04:53 AM (tw6Ar)
Then you are not familiar with Boku no Sexual Harassment.
Don't watch it unless you are willing to become sick at even the thought of corn on the cob.
I'd also avoid the "zero" series from AMV Hell if I were you...
Posted by: ザ 政治的 帽子 at August 12, 2012 05:11 AM (sZTYJ)
I think the Narnia movies have been pretty well done fantasy, although they skimped a little on effects in the last one.
***
I guarantee you they won't film all of the books.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2012 01:51 AM (AUeaU)
I keep thinking about how popular "The Horse and His Boy" is going to be.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 12, 2012 05:11 AM (kaalw)
Nearly all of the hentai I recall favorably was heavy on the humor. Another one I recall had a superheroine who charged up her powers by orgasm but was becoming sexually bored. She had to find a new source of excitement or face defeat. I skimmed through that one but plan to watch it properly someday, though I'd likely fast forward through the more tedious sex stuff. If you didn't grab my attention in ten or so seconds, repeating the same frames for a minute isn't going to help.
Posted by: epobirs at August 12, 2012 05:16 AM (kcfmt)
Butthole Surfers' "Who Was in My Room Last Night?":
http://youtu.be/CNAkbbKycCM
Posted by: derit at August 12, 2012 05:24 AM (ruiF1)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 06:22 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 06:49 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 12, 2012 08:00 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Adam at August 12, 2012 08:10 AM (/YJYi)
good morning rons and ronnettes. Fun threads yesterday staring our new friend Paul Ryan. Now it's time to get down to business
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 12, 2012 08:00 AM
Indeed. Moar getting-out-the-word for Romney and Ryan, and continued hammering on Bark Obama.
The squishy "pundits" -- they know who they are -- are already beginning to belch out their "oh, it might have been better if The Mutt had picked *** (insert favored race/gender/more liberal politician's name here) instead" crap. I guess we'll have to put up with that, even if it ends up costing us votes.
Only one thing matters: clearing the fog of choom out of the White House and Congress. ALL else is secondary.
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 12, 2012 08:11 AM (wZI4b)
good morning rons and ronnettes. Fun threads yesterday staring our new friend Paul Ryan. Now it's time to get down to business
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 12, 2012 08:00 AM
Amen! First, I don't know if everyone can do it, but donate to the campaign if you can. Even just a little helps.
Second...and this may seem trivial, but it's not. But get Romney/Ryan yard signs and bumper stickers. Let's get that preference cascade effect moving like a tsunami.
There are those who fear their cars may get vandalized because they are in blue area (Sad, isn't it?) because of a bumper sticker. My problem is a bit different in that in my work I am in settings where my politics would not be welcome.
What I do is use magnets. I use the ones that are designed for business cards. Five of them together fit exactly on the back of the sticker. Staples, Office Depot, etc. have them.
Third. volunteer at phone banks..or for canvassing. I did both last cycle..and I actually had a blast, especially doing the latter when a lefty throws out some bullshit statement.
Fourth, mock any Enemedia on Twitter when they just act as propaganda agents for Ogabe. In my experience, they are sensitive to the criticism.
I'm excited about the Ryan pick. It shows that Mittens is serious.
Let's get to work
Posted by: Albie Damned at August 12, 2012 08:14 AM (Yhu4q)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 08:24 AM (y2dm+)
Posted by: Beefy Meatball at August 12, 2012 08:25 AM (mxnUd)
Wish upon a falling star for Romney to win in a landslide.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 08:26 AM (y2dm+)
http://www.turnto23.com/news/31351286/detail.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 12, 2012 08:30 AM (y2dm+)
Lucky yous, phone is doing its slow typey thing so I'll just lurk and learn.
Posted by: teej says free Miss Marple at August 12, 2012 08:40 AM (B2fm1)
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