Overnight Open Thread (12-27-2012)
Paul Krugman says in this Guardian piece that he "grew up wanting to be Hari Seldon, using my understanding of the mathematics of human behaviour to save civilisation." For those of you who have read one or more of the books in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, this makes a lot of sense.
I remember feeling the same way after reading Asimov's Foundation series. But then later I came to understand how complex (and even random) human behavior can be and how the mathematics of even deterministic systems often preclude meaningful long-term predictions. So Asimov-style psychohistory will probably always be science-fiction fantasy.
But as WRM points out Krugman has not only given up on the idea of psychohistory itself but today is now playing the role of Seldon's imperial enemies:
But there is an irony in Krugman's claim to have been inspired by Hari Seldon to take up social science: In his column in the NYT, he often comes off not so much like Seldon but like one of the Galactic Empire's elites, mistrustful of the Hari Seldons out there predicting the collapse of the "empire"-or, that is, the blue model.In "The Psychohistorians," the head of the imperial committee charged with prosecuting Seldon reaches an important decision. This politician intuitively understands that Seldon's theory of imperial decay is right, but as a card-carrying member of the elite he can't just let Seldon off the hook for his dangerous ideas. So he splits the difference: he reduces the sentence for Seldon and his followers from death or imprisonment to exile to the galactic hinterland of Terminus, where they can work out the plan to save civilization in peace.
That's pretty much what the blue intellectual establishment does today: it doesn't silence freethinkers but it pushes them out to the fringes.
[These are actually the old covers for the series but since my copies were hand-me-downs from my father they're the only ones I ever knew]
Why UofRI Professor Erik Loomis Should be Fired
Because of the incipient fascism in his writings.
You see the real reason why Loomis should be fired-or at the very least investigated for what he said-is that his comments are fascist. Bear in mind, I define fascism as nothing more than a lack of belief in democracy itself.*Consider for instance this comment by Loomis:
You are goddamn right we should politicize this tragedy. F__k the NRA. Wayne LaPierre should be in prison. [Cursing censored by me.]
So he believes that LaPierre should be imprisoned for what exactly? To the best of my knowledge, LaPierre has broken no laws. All he has done is advocate for a policy-reduced restrictions on gun ownership-that Loomis disagrees with. Advocacy of the criminalization of opinions you don't agree with is the very essence of fascism. He repeats that thought several times:
Wayne LaPierre is a criminal and should be in prison for complicity with murder. 27 counts.-
Dear rightwingers, to be clear, I don't want to see Wayne LaPierre dead. I want to see him in prison for the rest of his life. #nraterrorism
So What Do We Really Know About the Sandy Hook Shootings?
Even now a lot of the reporting seems to be guessing and just making shit up:
But as it turns out, a great deal of the reporting in the Newtown massacre was incorrect, whether merely irresponsible or purposefully misleading it's difficult to say. As far as we know now (which isn't very far), the killer's "mental illness" seems to not have been of the commitable variety, and there seems to have been no prior hints of his dangerousness. He took the guns from his mother, but how she stored them and how he obtained them is completely unknown. Reports from a friend or friends that she had taken her son to shooting ranges seem to be unsubstantiated as well (although he visited one, he apparently was alone at the time, and there doesn't seem to be a clear record of him shooting there).
Also can you predict future violence from mental patients? Not really says Theodore Dalrymple:
In fact, psychiatrists are no better than others at predicting violence by disturbed people, except possibly among the psychotic. They tend to overestimate the dangers, and in making predictions, they face the problem of the false positive and the false negative. In the case of a false positive, you think that someone is dangerous when he isn't; in the case of a false negative, that he is not dangerous when he is. False predictions of rare events (such as mass killings) generally outweigh true ones by a large factor-an important point to remember, especially if you wish to grant or withdraw civil liberties on the basis of such predictions.
Not long ago, I was asked to participate in an inquiry into a spate of murders committed by psychiatric patients. The killings seemed to be statistically abnormal (recalculation showed that they were not). We were asked to determine whether there was a single type of act, or omission, by the psychiatric services common to all the murders which might help explain them. ...Yet, except in one case, I found no evidence that the low standard of practice had actually resulted in a preventable killing, despite the immense power of the retrospectoscope-the medical instrument that provides us with wisdom after the event and that sometimes does lead to improvements in practice that saves lives, though at other times it provides us only with scapegoats.
8 US Sailors Suing TEPCO Over Fukushima Radiation
In March 2011, the USS Ronald Reagan participated in Operation Tomodachi, an American military effort to provide aid and assistance to Japanese tsunami victims. The aircraft carrier, which was equipped with advanced radiation detection devices, kept a safe distance from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. At one point, the media reported that the ship had been exposed to a tiny and non-dangerous amount of radiation:"The maximum potential radiation dose received by any ship's force personnel aboard the ship when it passed through the area was less than the radiation exposure received from about one month of exposure to natural background radiation from sources such as rocks, soil, and the sun."
The ship was apparently about 100 miles away from the plant, way beyond the evacuation distances recommended by both the Japanese government and U.S. government.
And now eight sailors aboard the ship are suing TEPCO over potential reduced lifespans due to radiation exposure. Given that the USS Ronald Reagan is itself nuclear-powered I'm pretty sure that the radiation exposure of the crew is carefully monitored and any dangerous levels would have been enough for the ship to move further away and follow decontamination procedures. So count me completely skeptical.
College Student Being Stalked by Parents
There are helicopter parents and then there parents who really really need a new hobby not involving their adult daughter.
A music theater student has won a stalking order against her parents who admitted they installed monitoring software on her computer and phone to ensure that she succeeded.David and Julie Ireland have been ordered to have no contact with their 21-year-old daughter - their only child - before September 23, 2013 and must keep 500 feet away from her at all times.
The unusual case concerns Aubrey Ireland, a musical theater major who regularly fills lead roles at Cincinnati's prestigious College-Conservatory of Music and has made the Dean's List every quarter.
Despite this success, her parents often drove 600 miles from their home in Leawood, Kansas, to visit her unannounced and to accuse her of promiscuity, of using drugs and of having mental issues.
They even informed her head of department that she had mental problems and that they were considering going to court to force her to get treatment, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
What Does the International Space Station Sound Like?
Well it's kinda loud.
12 Letters That Didn't Make the Alphabet
All of these sadly failed to make the cut - among them my favorite:
You’re probably familiar with this guy from old-fashioned Greek or Roman style text, especially the kind found in churches. It’s even still used stylistically in words today, like ćther and ćon.
What you may not know, however, is that at one time the ae grapheme (as it’s now known) was an honorary English letter back in the days of Old English. It still had the same pronunciation and everything, it was just considered to be part of the alphabet and called “ćsc” or “ash” after the ash Futhark rune, for which it was used as a substitute when transcribing into Latin letters.
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Comments
Posted by: fluffy at December 27, 2012 09:28 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: otho at December 27, 2012 09:29 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 09:29 PM (cnS/d)
Posted by: fluffy at December 27, 2012 09:29 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 09:30 PM (cnS/d)
Entertained family 3 times in 4 days. Fun, but fuck me I'm tired.
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 27, 2012 09:30 PM (Ai+tZ)
Posted by: votermom at December 27, 2012 09:30 PM (4IJeR)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 09:30 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: fluffy at December 27, 2012 09:30 PM (z9HTb)
-Loomis looks kinda like that Messina creep; sorta pederast-y
-Prediction: The Cyberman invasion will come from Norway.
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at December 27, 2012 09:30 PM (Y5I9o)
Look at the American duplex electrical outlet, it's fucking gorgeous!!!
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 09:31 PM (zOP5o)
And the Chinese ones look like a racist caricature.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 27, 2012 09:31 PM (hgdEm)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 09:31 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 09:32 PM (5H6zj)
MT @ExJon To [find] your #EPASecretEmailName, 1st name is your favorite pet, 2nd is your hometown. Mine is "Chester Toledo."
Mine is "Sushi Columbia"
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 09:33 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 09:33 PM (zOP5o)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 27, 2012 09:34 PM (hVYE+)
Posted by: steevy at December 27, 2012 09:34 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 09:34 PM (cnS/d)
That's a series I should read again someday, but I've lost track of how many books there are now.
Posted by: Dave in San Diego at December 27, 2012 09:35 PM (g9fFO)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 09:35 PM (cnS/d)
You mean the holes.
Posted by: Slippery Pete at December 27, 2012 09:35 PM (7Kjey)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at December 27, 2012 09:36 PM (opLk0)
Posted by: fluffy at December 27, 2012 09:36 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 09:37 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2012 09:37 PM (7Kjey)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 09:37 PM (cnS/d)
"Sure, Lisa Jackson was an extremist Luddite who used fake identities to
skirt corruption laws. But on the upside, she was incompetent at it."
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at December 27, 2012 09:37 PM (opLk0)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 09:37 PM (cnS/d)
So Asimov not only imagined a magical new science, he imagined one of the ways it could fail. And, as the plot further shows, Hari Seldon had in fact taken steps to ensure his plans continued to work even despite unknown factors.
Classic SF, folks. Well worth your time. In fact, I need to re-read those... it's been years.
Posted by: mr_jack at December 27, 2012 09:38 PM (TMG3G)
Posted by: Buzzion at December 27, 2012 09:38 PM (mNctV)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 09:38 PM (cnS/d)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 09:38 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Daybrother at December 27, 2012 09:39 PM (n5uqx)
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 27, 2012 09:39 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 09:39 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: mon nom est mpfs at December 27, 2012 09:39 PM (Mkhiu)
Fingers crossed.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at December 27, 2012 09:39 PM (opLk0)
I hear it tastes like cough syrup.
Had 1/2 a Screaming Nazi the other night.
Posted by: fluffy at December 27, 2012 09:40 PM (z9HTb)
It's called "no product liability lawsuits in that country", I think.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 27, 2012 09:40 PM (OevbG)
Government and Industry, living in perfect harmony...
Posted by: Benito at December 27, 2012 09:40 PM (fDGF1)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 09:40 PM (cnS/d)
General Schwarzkopf was our Coalition Force Commander in Operation Desert Shield/Storm. He was a true warrior and not a political General. He helped restore our country's pride in our military and removed the public specter that had loomed since Vietnam. The victory parade after the First Gulf War was as much for "Stormin' Norman" and my brother's generation who had served in those jungles than for us.
I will never forget when our Brigade Task Force, 2d Bde 1st Inf Div, under the Command of COL Tony Moreno was tasked to secure the Safwan Airfield for the surrender talks. I was a young Captain assigned to TF 2-16 Inf, part of 2Bde, as the Fire Support Officer. I and others strained to get a glimpse of the towering stature of the man, General Schwarzkopf. I remember, even though we were not close, when Gen Schwarzkopf turned our way, gave us a thumbs up, to which we stood tall and rendered salutes.
To a great General who led us to victory in what was our first combat operation, I offer a salute.
No mission too difficult, No sacrifice too great.
Duty First Sir!
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 09:41 PM (5H6zj)
Loomis reminds me of a Psychology professor I had in Behavioral Psychology back in college.
What a self-satisfied prick. And a slob too, I'll bet.
Universities are full of people like thatl; above normal IQ, but socially backward and inept. Tends to think of themselves as superior, but has trouble functioning in the rest of society, and thinks that is because he is so much smarter than the rest of society, but really because he has retarded social skills.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 27, 2012 09:41 PM (Md8Uo)
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Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 09:31 PM (5H6zj)
What breed of dog is that? He's cute!
Posted by: joncelli at December 27, 2012 09:41 PM (CWlPF)
Posted by: John Stark Dark at December 27, 2012 09:42 PM (0JB89)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 09:42 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 09:42 PM (cnS/d)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 27, 2012 09:42 PM (KDq5l)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 27, 2012 09:43 PM (KDq5l)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..
____
Which is why they are for gun control. They are mentally unstable, so assume everyone else is....and they know guns are not a good thing for them to have around. The best example I can give you is Nancy Pelosi.
Posted by: John Stark Dark at December 27, 2012 09:44 PM (0JB89)
Foundation and Earth drives the whole thing right off a fucking cliff once Asimov apparently decides that it's a good idea for humanity to become some kind of creepy galactic hive-mind.
Then he wrote two prequel novels, which are very much in the George Lucas school of prequels: take all the cool stuff from your original work and retroactively make it less awesome and interesting. Oh, and there are robots. So not only do humans not have free will because of the Seldon Plan, everything we've been doing for the entire history of the Galactic Empire has been secretly controlled by robots.
I admire Asimov as a writer, but in his later years the toxic liberalism began bubbling to the surface more and more. The Foundation series becomes a liberal's wet dream: the masses are directed by a secret elite of super-smart guys, and any horrors they feel like committing are perfectly all right because they know it's for your own good. Bah. I liked it better when the Foundation was trying to preserve knowledge in the face of barbarism.
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 27, 2012 09:44 PM (hgdEm)
Krugman. What a rat faced little bastard. I wouldn't trust that guy to park a car, let alone balance my checkbook or do my taxes. And the New York Times has him as their Economics Editor.
End times are near.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 27, 2012 09:44 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 09:45 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: otho at December 27, 2012 09:45 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 09:46 PM (5H6zj)
Reached the half way mark on Rosetta Stone Spanish tonight, should finish around the first of February.
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at December 27, 2012 09:47 PM (9HhTH)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 09:49 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 27, 2012 09:49 PM (Ai+tZ)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 09:46 PM (5H6zj)
Oh, I don't think he will be out of the mix for long.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 09:50 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 09:51 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 27, 2012 09:51 PM (hgdEm)
I have the Foundation series with the Science Fiction Book Club covers. Whoeverinhell drew them.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at December 27, 2012 09:51 PM (opLk0)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 09:51 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: steevy at December 27, 2012 09:52 PM (9XBK2)
NOT SportsCenter@NOTSportsCenter
With Greg McElroy having a concussion, the #Jets announced "Buttfumble 2: The Dirty Sanchez Rises" will premiere on Sunday in Buffalo
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 09:52 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 09:52 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 09:51 PM (QupBk)
You answered your own question.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 09:52 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 09:53 PM (cnS/d)
Posted by: joncelli at December 27, 2012 09:53 PM (CWlPF)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 09:53 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: steevy at December 27, 2012 09:53 PM (9XBK2)
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I saw read an interview of one of a family friend saying he was a free market capitalist or something like that. The friend added "as most Americans are" so it wasn't intended as a slight.
I'll see if I can find it.
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 09:54 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: steevy at December 27, 2012 09:54 PM (9XBK2)
Indeed. I still want to know whether she had her guns locked up and/or how he got to them, seeing as how she was reportedly trying to have him committed.
Posted by: rickl at December 27, 2012 09:54 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 09:53 PM (QupBk)
He's probably spent every day since he entered preschool in some kind of academic institution. Probably never had to get his hands dirty and looks down on those who do.
Posted by: joncelli at December 27, 2012 09:55 PM (CWlPF)
Rematch of JDS (current champ, Brazilian) and Cain Velasquez (former champ, Mex-American.)
Cain sports a giant super racist "Brown Pride" tattoo across his chest.
Dana White got angry about people saying it's racist, called them morons.
Of course, UFC wouldn't let a white guy sport a White Pride tattoo anywhere.
But Brown Pride in giant letters on his freaking chest is apparently cool with UFC.
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 27, 2012 09:55 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Stark DickflĂĽssig at December 27, 2012 09:56 PM (mKlzx)
Now, if AW had argued that universities should fire all faculty members with Twitter accounts, then I'd be jumping on that bandwagon.
Posted by: Fabio9000 at December 27, 2012 09:56 PM (WdYfg)
Posted by: joncelli at December 27, 2012 09:56 PM (CWlPF)
But you didn't get to Safwan first!
Prepared and Loyal!
(HHT 1/4 Cav. 1989-1991)
Duty First! Nice to see another BRO vet here.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 09:56 PM (Kgm0Y)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 09:53 PM (QupBk)
His skin is almost translucent. Like he has never seen the sun, and some sort of blemishes on his face, most likely from and addiction to addarol or some other speed like substance. Yep, he's teaching the future generation.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 09:56 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Retief at December 27, 2012 09:56 PM (jPVBi)
What's not to like.
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 09:57 PM (QupBk)
Russia boosts space spending
Published: 12.27.12, 23:52 / Israel News
The country that oversaw the launch of the world's first artificial satellite hopes to regain some of its former glory with a big boost in space spending announced by Russia on Thursday after a series of failures.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved a plan to spend $68.71 billion on developing Russia's space industry. "The programme will enable our country to effectively participate in forward-looking projects, such as the International Space Station, the study of the Moon, Mars and other celestial bodies in the solar system," Medvedev told state-run RIA news agency. (Reuters)
NASA's budget is in the area of 18 billion? Now I am sure if you add in what the Military spends in space that figure increases however, it still sucks we are seemingly gutting NASA
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 09:57 PM (79ueO)
Mine is "Sushi Columbia"
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 09:33 PM (5H6zj)
Tobias (Toby) Atwater.... Sounds like an Edwardian Character.... LOL
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 27, 2012 09:57 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 09:57 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: steevy at December 27, 2012 09:57 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 27, 2012 09:58 PM (kaalw)
http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/17/
15976160-new-details-emerge-on-private-lives-of-school-gunman-adam-lanza-and-his-mother
"Ellen Adriani and Russell Hanoman, both of whom said they were close friends of Nancy Lanza’s, said the 52-year-old single mother was devoted to her youngest son, whom they described as intelligent, mild-mannered and socially awkward. He also had an aversion to human contact, they said.
Hanoman, who said he had met Adam on several occasions, recalled him as a “very mild-mannered” young man who was interested in technology and engineering and liked to maintain his distance from other people.
{snip}
Adam Lanza also was “an organic vegan” with a conservative worldview, he said.
“He was actually politically aware for a teenager,” he said. “… He was always very free-market economics and capitalism, as I think most people are in this country.”
Bear in mind that this is from NBC and from early reporting, so Lord only knows if it's accurate.
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 09:58 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 09:58 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 09:58 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 09:58 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: steevy at December 27, 2012 09:59 PM (9XBK2)
Fuck that. I'll take God. He gave me free will so that the Marxists would have something to destroy.
Go for it. I'll die first.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at December 27, 2012 09:59 PM (zrM7+)
Thank God, we're gonna need a ride.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 09:58 PM (l86i3)
Yeah but remember we used to kids from there also until Putin stopped that as of today.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:00 PM (79ueO)
It shows up in lots of writers' work: Heinlein flirted with it, as did Poul Anderson (both of whom derived it from Rudyard Kipling, I suspect). More recently you see it in Bujold and Banks, among others.
One writer who bucked the trend was Alfred Bester: in Stars My Destination his hero gives humanity the secret of an incredibly powerful -- and incredibly dangerous -- energy source and basically says "You guys figure out how to handle it."
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 27, 2012 10:00 PM (hgdEm)
guns locked up and/or how he got to them, seeing as how she was
reportedly trying to have him committed.
Posted by: rickl at December 27, 2012 09:54 PM (sdi6R)
I read somewhere that she took off for 3 days on some vaca right before he did this. That he shot her the first morning after she got back. I've also read that she wasn't trying to have him committed, but was trying to push him out of the house into, who knows what, she obviously knew better than anyone what a fuckin' basket case this guy was.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 10:00 PM (kpCLl)
But is that 68.71 billion in one year or over a period of time? The comparison might not be as bad as it looks.
Posted by: rickl at December 27, 2012 10:00 PM (sdi6R)
Krugman's prescriptions are equally disconnected from reality.
Posted by: Phinn at December 27, 2012 10:01 PM (oFH2D)
Jaegermiester is the piss of the devil.
Evening roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 10:01 PM (yh0zB)
it has become obvious, however, in recent days, that she is way more into me than I am into her. and that is a new thing for me. not sure.
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 10:01 PM (cnS/d)
Posted by: steevy at December 27, 2012 09:52 PM
And set a pretty high bar as a writer with "Who Goes There?"
Posted by: otho at December 27, 2012 10:01 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 10:01 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 10:01 PM (IvVLN)
Peaches, I'd keep that boy so safe and warm he'd forget what the NFL was!
I wish I knew what the issue was.... I know he's bad, maybe they don't want to lessen his trade value? Maybe they're afraid he'd have a good game and Rex would look like an idiot?
There was also a rumor circulating around FL that he is due a payout if he gets a certain amount of snaps.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:02 PM (66ST/)
Buddy Fremont.
Sounds almost like the first/original Nutty Professor movie...
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at December 27, 2012 10:02 PM (opLk0)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 10:02 PM (jucos)
So, C.S.Lewis was the Anti-Wells then.
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 10:02 PM (QupBk)
You mean other than our wives?
No, I think we're good.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 10:03 PM (Kgm0Y)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 27, 2012 10:03 PM (lpfU8)
What's wrong with this picture?
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at December 27, 2012 10:03 PM (79AXR)
Posted by: rickl at December 27, 2012 10:00 PM (sdi6R)
That's true, and I don't know. I took that story from YNet, Israeli News, since the American networks don't seem to care much? But at the moment, they are the only show in town if you want a ride into space.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:04 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 10:04 PM (Kgm0Y)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 10:04 PM (5H6zj)
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Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 10:04 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 10:04 PM (cnS/d)
Wait... Adam Lanza was a VEGAN???
Explains everything.... THEY are NUTS!
Outlaw Vegans... Bacon for ALL!
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 27, 2012 10:04 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: steevy at December 27, 2012 10:04 PM (9XBK2)
http://www.newser.com/story/159929/cops-nab-guy-who-posed-as-uncle-of-adam-lanza.html
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 10:05 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Stark DickflĂĽssig at December 27, 2012 10:05 PM (mKlzx)
See, that's the way it is with the menfolk. Always wanting a woman, then when you get one that adores you, you don't want her.
All y'all always want those bitchy, trouble-making wimmenz. Ask me how I know this.
But Thor is very. very happy now, and I was by no means his first or even second or third choice.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:05 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 10:05 PM (5H6zj)
I went to my favorit liquor store tonight to find everything was 40% off. It turns out that it is their last night in business. The owner is in his late 60's and can't take the tax hikes that are coming along with all of the regulatory crap. He is going to take his little dog Copper - who is always in the store - and live in his RV. His one remaining employee is in his late 50's and asked if I knew of any job leads.
The looks of dejection on their faces broke my heart. Damn Barky and his fellow Marxist travelers. I hate them with a passion that I never knew I could ever feel.
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2012 10:05 PM (EAgmr)
I think he REALLY overestimates his intellect.
The Foundation series was interesting but the idea of psychohistory truly was the dream of both insecure social scientists and totalitarian busybodies.
Just imagine! Social science that isn't pseudointellectual crap! And it works! And you can create a perfect world! And there are no unintended consequences! (It reminded me of the Doctor Who parody in the sidebar with various retcons with time travel.)
Even when libs create utopia in a fantasy world, it's creepy.
Posted by: AmishDude at December 27, 2012 10:05 PM (huD71)
I know, girl, I know . . . Rex Ryan is a toe-munching shitbag married to an internet ho and I truly wish the best for your Timmy. Although, he'll never find a better place than by your side. Even Thor would understand, I just know it!
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 10:06 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: rickl at December 27, 2012 10:00 PM (sdi6R)
That's true, and I don't know. I took that story from YNet, Israeli News, since the American networks don't seem to care much? But at the moment, they are the only show in town if you want a ride into space.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:04 PM (79ueO)
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved a plan to spend 2.1 trillion rubles ($68.71 billion) on developing Russia's space industry from 2013 to 2020, the state-run RIA news agency reported.
yup your right it is over 7 years--never mind- but we should still be spending more
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:06 PM (79ueO)
Yeah.... Those dang Anti Pure Democracy Science Fiction guys... not like the Founding Fathers had any problems with Democracy.... oh... wait....
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 27, 2012 10:06 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 10:07 PM (5H6zj)
BC: http://pxlpl.us/u57v
Click to embiggen.
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 27, 2012 10:07 PM (Ai+tZ)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:07 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at December 27, 2012 10:07 PM (9HhTH)
It's over 8 years.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/c284j7f
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 27, 2012 10:07 PM (lpfU8)
So, C.S.Lewis was the Anti-Wells then.
Posted by: toby928ďż˝ for TB at December 27, 2012 10:02 PM (QupBk)
I think Lewis would agree with that, yes. He & Haldane also had their differences, to put it mildly.
Posted by: Stark DickflĂĽssig at December 27, 2012 10:07 PM (mKlzx)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 10:07 PM (cnS/d)
Posted by: sirsurfalot at December 27, 2012 10:08 PM (EEmvK)
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2012 10:05 PM (EAgmr)
In one of the swankiest areas in Wilmington NC there is a fun store and spa called Sweet and Sassy, Shutting their doors. I know, Swank and Wilmington?
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 10:08 PM (l86i3)
A lot of people around here are losing hours or their jobs outright because of Obama. G-D prick.
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 10:08 PM (5H6zj)
No, I think we're good.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 10:03 PM (Kgm0Y)
Y'all are gonna have to pick up the slack with your wives. I'm at the in-laws. For another week and a half. And the 2 yr old is on a sleeping bag in the same room as the wife and I.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 10:09 PM (IvVLN)
Cheri - which one. I live in GJ. Tonight is the last night?
Posted by: Infidel at December 27, 2012 10:09 PM (vfUX8)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 10:09 PM (Kgm0Y)
Every single one does.
They all have that "punch my face so fuckin' hard I'll speak in tounges" look on their mugs. The chicks, too.
Weird.
In the chicks' defense, some of them have that hot naughty librarian look going on and I never punch a woman....as long as they qualify on that count.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at December 27, 2012 10:09 PM (zrM7+)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 10:09 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 27, 2012 10:09 PM (AUeaU)
My favorite: Vic Kevlar.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at December 27, 2012 10:09 PM (opLk0)
They should've followed my advice and squashed that football into a nice basketball shape...
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 10:10 PM (5H6zj)
You damn kids. I have to teach you everything!
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 10:10 PM (Kgm0Y)
Just relax and enjoy the ride, CJ!
Ans yes, Peaches, Thor probably would understand. Which would piss me the hell off!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:11 PM (66ST/)
***
I've seen a few conservative bloggers arguing that he should not be fired, which perplexes me.
He's called for the death of a public figure, and the imprisonment of those that disagree with him.
Yet so many conservatives are so damn meek that even faced with an obvious case were we should be demanding a scalp, they demure.
This is a big part of the reason we lose. Most of our leadership has neither the will nor the ability to actually fight.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 27, 2012 10:11 PM (AUeaU)
Maybe that's why they're always ranked so high in the happiest nations index.
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 27, 2012 10:11 PM (lpfU8)
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2012 10:12 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: toby928ďż˝ for TB at December 27, 2012 10:09 PM (QupBk)
No, it's been moved & seconded, discussion is over, time for a vote. That's what moving (& seconding) means.
I vote that we require all vegans to register their digestive tracts & be fingerprinted.
Posted by: Stark DickflĂĽssig at December 27, 2012 10:12 PM (mKlzx)
I'm pointing out a genuine trend within science fiction, one which has been shown in the real world to lead to Bad Things, and all you can do is throw out trollish nitpicks?
Why don't you open a refreshing can of Shut The Fuck Up and stop demonstrating what an idiot you are, okay?
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 27, 2012 10:12 PM (hgdEm)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 10:10 PM (5H6zj)
Well, at least they are in a bowl game. My favorite teams, Wisconsin and Alabama are, oh, nevermind.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 10:12 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: JohnJ at December 27, 2012 10:12 PM (Tt6ky)
I'm gonna try that line next time she comes in the room. If I disappear suddenly, in the immortal words of Curly Bill: well, bye.
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 27, 2012 10:12 PM (Ai+tZ)
I read a lot of Clarke when I was young, and was always a little troubled by some of his morbid cynicism.
Later he moved to Ceylon (Sri Lanka now) and was fully revealed as a homosexual with a preference for young boys, which was tolerated in Sri Lanka. He even endured getting polio and being crippled to stay there.
While I still like some of his writings, Clarke is really not a healthy mind to evaluate. "Childhood's End" is one really depresssing book.
Asimov was at times funny and clever, but was also pretty full of his own bullshit. One of his bestest pals was Harlan Ellison. Harlan was also a clever writer at times, but really a bit of a sociopath.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 27, 2012 10:12 PM (Md8Uo)
***
They were the unpopular kids in school, so now they want to be the ones on top of the social pyramid. They certainly won't get there by innate abilities, so raw force will have to do.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 27, 2012 10:12 PM (AUeaU)
Moved and seconded then. Discussion?
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 10:09 PM (QupBk)
Fore Score, and a couple of hours ago, my ForeMother brought forth a New Pound of Bacon.... conceived on a Pig Farm, and dedicated to the propostition that all Men should have tasty Bacon...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 27, 2012 10:12 PM (lZBBB)
“He was actually politically aware for a teenager,” he said. “… He was always very free-market economics and capitalism, as I think most people are in this country.”
Bear in mind that this is from NBC and from early reporting, so Lord only knows if it's accurate.
Bullshit. I smell a raging lib. Somebody who uses the phrase "organic vegan" (I've never even heard of this particular distinction) will always use the term "politically aware" to mean liberal.
Oh, I looked him up here:
http://www.dir.ct.gov/sots/LookUp.aspx
I got his birthdate from an astrology webpage (April 22, 1992). No voter registration.
"Politically aware" my ass.
Posted by: AmishDude at December 27, 2012 10:13 PM (huD71)
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And here I thought that was a euphemism for a strip tease.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 10:09 PM (Kgm0Y)
It's not????
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 10:13 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 27, 2012 10:00 PM (hgdEm)
The anti-Morbius.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at December 27, 2012 10:13 PM (zrM7+)
Baylor is my upset choice for the evening.
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 10:13 PM (QupBk)
Peaches, chemjeff, good to see you!
chemjeff, I'd whack you in the back of the head if I were there, but since I'm not I'll just send you this:
http://ftf-comics.com/?comic=omars-rebuttal
sigh...I am omar...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 10:13 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: NCKate at December 27, 2012 10:14 PM (XwChs)
Posted by: steevy at December 27, 2012 10:14 PM (9XBK2)
But Heinlein was the Libertarian of the bunch....
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 27, 2012 10:14 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Infidel at December 27, 2012 10:14 PM (vfUX8)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:14 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 10:14 PM (jucos)
How egotistical is that? Is it normal? I never read the Foundation series and pictured myself as Hari Seldon, or The Mule, or any of the high status characters ..
I was always the poor schlub trying to figure out what was going to happen next, and how would they get out of it?
Is there something wrong with me?
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at December 27, 2012 10:15 PM (U6sF8)
Their are a few things going on here.
The idiot owner basically made a trade for a guy that the head coach and the offensive coordinator did not want and as a result used him as little as possible.
This tension turned Rex's heart black as the season started to slip away and the qb that he chose in the daft falterd and the calls for Tebow grew, instilled what i feel is a hatred for Tebow evidenced by him not playing him and going to the 3rd string qb when even he couldn't deny what was obvious,that Sanchez was done.
And now with Mccalroy suffering a conclusion the obvious choice would veto start Tebow but instead he goes to Sanchez the failure and not the good soldier.
Even though I am a giants fan I has never been a jets hater until now.
The Jets cannot lose often enough as far as I'm concerned.
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:15 PM (zOP5o)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at December 27, 2012 10:15 PM (DoZD+)
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But it is the left's dream isn't it? Everyone losing their individually to some collective that will "achieve great things".
Liberals are full of hate and evil, so they want to subsume the self to something that is not inherently vile. And now that they are materialists (more or less) and believe in nothing more then the physical the only way to achieve this dream is some sort of groupthink collective political action.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 27, 2012 10:15 PM (AUeaU)
And note.... in Babylon 5, the PsiCop was... Alfred Bester.... coincidence? or Homage?
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 27, 2012 10:16 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:15 PM (zOP5o)
They need to clean House from the GM on down.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 10:16 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at December 27, 2012 10:09 PM
It used to be the bolshevik guerilla look. Or, the soviet strongman. That's out of fashion now. Too obvious and honest. Also it required a certain amount of discipline and effort. It's the hipster poet look these days.
Posted by: otho at December 27, 2012 10:16 PM (yBF/9)
Like we didn't see that coming.
Pffftt, Conservative, my ass. He was a psychotic loner, created by pediatric over-medication.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at December 27, 2012 10:16 PM (zrM7+)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 10:13 PM (IvVLN)
BC, have you been drinking the stupid juice? I'm here. Obviously, there is not a hardbodied Cougar taking off her clothes anywhere near me. Damnit.
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 27, 2012 10:17 PM (Ai+tZ)
I forget the name, but it is the onenext toGold's Gym onthe I-70 loop near 32 road. Not the Gold's by the mall.
Sorry - bad with names. All I see is "Liquor" and I go in
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2012 10:17 PM (EAgmr)
Uh... wait. I mean... err... Fancy a song?
Posted by: Pete Townshend at December 27, 2012 10:18 PM (qR+xF)
Posted by: Florida A&M Professor at December 27, 2012 10:18 PM (CakGS)
Tammy, I didn't say that I didn't want her. I am just in a place where I have not been before, that is all.
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 10:07 PM (cnS/d)
Y'know, my mom took me aside one time and said, "It is mathematically impossible for two people to love one another the exact same amount.....and, for your sake, I hope you are always the one that loves less."
Posted by: cthulhu at December 27, 2012 10:18 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:18 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Meaningless Drivel at December 27, 2012 10:19 PM (k4wRs)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 10:19 PM (cnS/d)
Posted by: otho at December 27, 2012 10:16 PM (yBF/9)
The Tom Courtneay "Strelnikov" look from Zhivago.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at December 27, 2012 10:19 PM (zrM7+)
Sounds like me and the Bills over Doug Flutie's treatment.
Posted by: andycanuck at December 27, 2012 10:19 PM (jPVBi)
There's a chart on the wall where I work. I forget which one it is, but there's one type of American outlet that looks like a guy with an eye injury. He's making an "oh no" face.
Posted by: rickl at December 27, 2012 10:19 PM (sdi6R)
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Man, I would have been sorely tempted to get the manager and ask why s/he employs someone unwilling to do their job.
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 10:20 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 27, 2012 10:18 PM (kaalw)
Good advice, I heard it differently, you never want to be the last in love.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 10:20 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 27, 2012 10:20 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:15 PM (zOP5o)
They need to clean House from the GM on down.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 10:16 PM (l86i3)
Look I am a Jet's fan. Now I don't brag about it, but if I am anything, I am loyal. But even I realize the Jet's are cursed. Joe Namath must have sign with the Devil to win Super Bowl 3. And ya know it might have been worth it. It was a great day, but we are cursed. Us and the Cubs. I've come to terms with that.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:20 PM (79ueO)
Nope. Seconding gives the motion to the assembly for consideration.
How are Motions Presented?
1. Obtaining the floor
2. Make Your Motion
3. Wait for Someone to Second Your Motion
Another member will second your motion or the Chairman will call for a second.
If there is no second to your motion it is lost.
4. The Chairman States Your Motion
The Chairman will say, "it has been moved and seconded that we ..." Thus placing your motion before the membership for consideration and action.
The membership then either debates your motion, or may move directly to a vote.
Once your motion is presented to the membership by the chairman it becomes "assembly property", and cannot be changed by you without the consent of the members.
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 10:20 PM (QupBk)
If you enjoyed that then I commend to you the Harvest Co-Op located in the heart of Emotopia, Central Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
It's conveniently located directly across Mass. Ave from the Center for Marxist Education.
No, I am totally serious.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 10:20 PM (Kgm0Y)
Posted by: Infidel at December 27, 2012 10:20 PM (vfUX8)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 27, 2012 10:20 PM (jPVBi)
is mathematically impossible for two people to love one another the
exact same amount.....and, for your sake, I hope you are always the one
that loves less."
Posted by: cthulhu at December 27, 2012 10:18 PM (kaalw)
I agree completely! Back when I was having husbands and boyfriends and loves of my life, the most important quality was how much they loved me. This is probably tmi, but I never loved them as much as they loved me. Which was totally cool . . .
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 10:20 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 27, 2012 10:21 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: Berserker at December 27, 2012 10:21 PM (FMbng)
Some pretty good games today. Bowling Green/San Jose St. was good. I guess I'm glad the Spartans won. They had to fly all the way across the country and play in old rickety RFK stadium in DC in late December. The Duke/UCinc game was good until Duke remembered they are a basketball school. Hopefully UCLA/Baylor will be an entertaining shootout.
Posted by: puddleglum at December 27, 2012 10:23 PM (CakGS)
Go Infidel!
"Politically aware" my ass.Posted by: AmishDude I've never heard of a conservative that was an organic vegan unless it was medically necessary. Even then....
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2012 10:23 PM (EAgmr)
guns with a "military characteristic" what the fuck does that mean? It's
scary looking? It's used to kill people? Someone in the military once
owned it? What?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 27, 2012 10:20 PM (HDgX3)
Shoulder things that go up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5dT3r_oHoo
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 10:23 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 10:24 PM (cnS/d)
Went to the Organic Food Market today to get some Wild Rice. While
there I also bought a smoked turkey breast. The emo checker scans it
and sends it down the belt to a older lady who refused to touch it. I
asked what the problem was and she said she was a vegan and would not
touch it. I dropped some mild snark and put it in the fucking bag
myself. How these people get along in the world is beyond me. Everyone
in that store lived up to some ridiculous libtard stereotype. Every.
Single. One.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 10:14 PM (jucos)
___________________
Enjoy....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgqf0yX5r4A
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 27, 2012 10:24 PM (HDgX3)
No. Rex and soprano did not want Tebow.
You do not put your offensive weapons in to block punts.
You do not continuously run you offensive weapon straight up the gut.
Out of 76 touches Tebow was allowed to throw 7 times. Seven!!!
Rex and soprano are clowns, they both desere to be fired
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:24 PM (zOP5o)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 10:20 PM (5H6zj)
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I would have but I couldn't stand being in there any longer. The smug was so thick you could cut it with a knife.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 10:24 PM (jucos)
Did they frown at you not bringing your own natural hemp fiber shopping bag?
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 10:25 PM (QupBk)
My guess is that any politics he had was similar to the Tucson shooter -- paranoia, conspiracies. Betcha he was a fan of OWS.
Posted by: AmishDude at December 27, 2012 10:25 PM (huD71)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 10:25 PM (QupBk)
Bet he asked for plastic.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 10:26 PM (l86i3)
Robert Heinlein and Arthur Clarke actually worked in the same building for the US Navy during WWII and knew each other well. Also working in that building was Virginia, Robert's third (and last) wife. His "soul mate".
By all accounts, Virginia was a ginger and a real looker, too.
Heinlein was early on a "one worlder" who believed in World Government. He outgrew that eventually, and did, in fact, become something of a Libertarian (and he and Virginia were Methodists, too). "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" is maybe his earliest reveal of what kind of Libertarian he was.
I think one of the telling things about Heinlein was that just about everyone who knew him thought he was a great guy. Philip Dick was a political opposite of Heinlein, but Heinlein befriended him, loaned him money when he was sick and had no income, and Philip Dick thought he was a prince of a guy.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 27, 2012 10:27 PM (Md8Uo)
That's NBC for you. If they can't find some way to call a bad guy a conservative, they'll make it up.
Posted by: JohnJ at December 27, 2012 10:27 PM (Tt6ky)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 10:24 PM (jucos)
Ah, jeez, Truck, every time I am in teh Holy Foods, I get so fuckin' irked by the assholiness of it all, I am sorely tempted to stand outside the door and burn a parlie and watch 'em all freak out before I get in my {non-prius} car and leave.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 10:27 PM (kpCLl)
You do not put your offensive weapons in to block punts.
You do not continuously run you offensive weapon straight up the gut.
Out of 76 touches Tebow was allowed to throw 7 times. Seven!!!
Rex and soprano are clowns, they both desere to be fired
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:24 PM (zOP5o)
This season had disaster written all over it from the minute they signed Tebow. And I have nothing against Tebow, but his signing made no sense for anybody, including Tebow. Now the Jets would have sucked anyway since they had no skilled players at the skill positions and a sub par Offensive Line. But signing Tebow made the season a joke
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:27 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 10:19 PM (cnS/d)
An odd bit, this, where you have someone right where she wants you...almost...and you're not quite sure how you feel about that. You can either play it safe and retreat back into the shell she is dragging you out of...or you can risk total annihilation.
The down side to taking this risk is that occasionally you will be annihilated.
Totally worth it.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 10:27 PM (yh0zB)
They used Arabic numbers back in those days?
What are we up to now, LVXCMCIIV?
Posted by: rickl at December 27, 2012 10:28 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:24 PM (zOP5o)
I'll take your word for it! I sure as heck don't get the way this all went down. I mean, I am definitely blinded by lust for Tebow, and despite that even I know he isn't very good at QB, but Sanchez has been atrocious.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:28 PM (66ST/)
They used Arabic numbers back in those days?
What are we up to now, LVXCMCIIV?
Posted by: rickl at December 27, 2012 10:28 PM (sdi6R)
??? Hell if I know. Jet's fans stopped counting after 3.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:28 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 27, 2012 10:28 PM (ibZz4)
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 10:27 PM (kpCLl)
Parlie, no shit Parliment? God I like you.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 10:29 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 10:25 PM (QupBk)
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They gave me a nice paper bag with handles. For the price of their shit the emo checker should have gone down on me too.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 10:29 PM (jucos)
So what's up with this Chuck Hagel nomination? The guy's a Republican right, but also anti-Israel, right? Was the point to have a few weeks of calling a Republican a Jew-hater or did Obama really think this guy would get approved?
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 10:29 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 10:29 PM (Kgm0Y)
[i[The emo checker scans it and sends it down the belt to a older lady who refused to touch it. I asked what the problem was and she said she was a vegan and would not touch it. Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 10:14 PM (jucos)
You should've blown it out. "What? The FOOD HERE IS CONTAMINATED??? Why won't you touch it??"
Said loudly enough, that would've done it, and at least gotten the old bitch to pull in her horns in the future.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 27, 2012 10:30 PM (4u2LN)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 10:29 PM (5H6zj)
Well also turns out he hates Gays, so now the libs are hating on him
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:30 PM (79ueO)
Based on what? He hasn't played this year and last year he won a ton of games, including a playoff game at Pittsburgh.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 10:30 PM (IvVLN)
It certainly did but Rex compounded it by not going away from Sanchez earlier.
If he did they might, might have made the playoffs and now the team is going to be blown apart.
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:30 PM (zOP5o)
guy's a Republican right, but also anti-Israel, right? Was the point to
have a few weeks of calling a Republican a Jew-hater or did Obama really
think this guy would get approved?
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 10:29 PM (5H6zj)
_____________________
A little bit of both. The MFM calls Republicans Jew haters for 2 weeks and Obama has a Jew hater at State. Win-Win.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 27, 2012 10:30 PM (HDgX3)
GGE is a wise, wise man!
With excellent taste in women, I might add!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:30 PM (66ST/)
minority won't go for that but good thoughts would be appreciated. I
have never seen someone change so much with the thought they might die.
I am living with a whole new man.
Posted by: Molly k. at December 27, 2012 10:28 PM (ibZz4)
Sweetie, you will get prayers. I'm sure lots of them. And a big fakey internet hug, too. {{{{{}}}}}
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 10:31 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 27, 2012 10:31 PM (NzBQO)
I'm also internally applying Widmer Brothers Rotator IPA, made with grapefruit, for the pain. Delish! These Widmer Brothers, fucking GENIUSES I'm telling you!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 10:31 PM (yh0zB)
The down side to taking this risk is that occasionally you will be annihilated.
Totally worth it.
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+1
No pain, no gain.
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 10:31 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 10:32 PM (cnS/d)
This is due to the dog-chase-car syndrome. I developed this theory in college in the '70s.
Dog sees car. Dog chases car. Dog catches car (at stop sign). Dog has no further interest.
I have no clue why this is. It just is.
Posted by: Tobacco Road, is no longer chasing cars at December 27, 2012 10:32 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 10:32 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 10:30 PM (IvVLN)
Spotscenter and the rest of the Libtard sporties Palinize him like a MF. He's prolly an average QB, but he is a leader and most importantly, a winner.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 10:32 PM (l86i3)
Molly, my FIL has bladder cancer. Good treatment options with high survivability rates. Hang in there. Prayers for you and H heading your way.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 10:32 PM (Kgm0Y)
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2012 10:33 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 27, 2012 10:30 PM (HDgX3)
Actually, that would be Defense....at State, it's pretty much a given.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 27, 2012 10:33 PM (kaalw)
Nice choice. Lucky Strikes also good, or bare-assed Camel. Old Gold, if you can find them. They're responsible for the voice of Tom Waits.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at December 27, 2012 10:33 PM (AMoyz)
Ouch!
FWIW, I fell and hurt my back a couple of weeks ago. Got a lot of relief from those Salonpas thingies. Funny name, but they really helped.
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 10:33 PM (5H6zj)
Based on his entire body of work, Tebow is a really good QB and a leader, something the jets have never had.
Oh and joe Namath is quite possibly the most overrated athlete to ever play in any sport let alone football.
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:34 PM (zOP5o)
Based on that he throws a football like he's pitching a baseball, at least that's what it looks like to me.
I don't know much about football, but I know plenty about baseball and IMHO, that boy was born to be a baseball player.
(Full Disclosure: There is a slight possibility that my love of baseball and lust for Tebow has merged into a Major Fantasy and is clouding my judgement. But he does have a beautiful pitching motion)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:34 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 10:34 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 27, 2012 10:34 PM (HDgX3)
Holy crap, I will pray for you. Many times the support network in a sick persons life forgets to take care of themselves. Think about it and Prayer sent.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 10:35 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 10:32 PM (l86i3)
All I know is that the guy succeeds to the highest of levels at every stage. He set all kinds of records at Florida, including several PASSING records. I'd sure like to, as he said, "Judge him based on his performance on the field."
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 10:35 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 27, 2012 10:33 PM (kaalw)
___________
Right. Like it matters. Kerry, Hagel, Hillary....all the same shit.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 27, 2012 10:35 PM (HDgX3)
"Despite this success, her parents often drove 600 miles from their home in Leawood, Kansas, to visit her unannounced and to accuse her of promiscuity, of using drugs and of having mental issues."
She's a theater major. If she's a promiscuous drug user who has mental issues she should fit right into the entertainment industry. She'll make boatloads of money, waste it all on blow and low rent deadbeat sex partners, make lawyers rich defending her, and spend a few weeks in rehab babbling to counselors every year.
The next Lindsey Lohan, Cher, Charlie Sheen, Nick Nolte, et al.
Her parents will be happier if they just accept it and move on with their lives.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 27, 2012 10:35 PM (9lZO4)
With excellent taste in women, I might add!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:30 PM (66ST/)
Not so much wise as experienced. You know how you get to be experienced?
By fucking up a lot. But you have to live through it, so there is that.
Posted by: Molly k. at December 27, 2012 10:28 PM (ibZz4)
I hate this fucking disease.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 10:35 PM (yh0zB)
If You Know What She Means And We Think That You Do.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 10:36 PM (Kgm0Y)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:36 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 27, 2012 10:36 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2012 10:37 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: Museisluse at December 27, 2012 10:37 PM (SsWgR)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:37 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 10:38 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 27, 2012 10:38 PM (NzBQO)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:37 PM (66ST/)
LMFAO
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 10:38 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:34 PM (zOP5o)
Actually that is not true at all. At Alabama before he tore-up both his knees Bear Bryant said he was the best Athlete he ever coached. The truth is by the time he got to the AFL/NFL he was on 2 of the worst wheels in sports. But he still had a great arm and guts. He stood in there and took every hit, hits that would be illegal today and never complained. Joe's ok in my book.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:38 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 10:36 PM (Kgm0Y)
I think we all know what she means, Sean . . . except, perhaps, the hapless and physically revolting Professor Loomis, who would still be unable to buy a clue if you spotted him the first 3 letters.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 10:39 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Y-not at December 27, 2012 10:33 PM (5H6zj)
I'll have to look into it.
Does this thing have a name and is it available at Wal-Mart?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:37 PM (66ST/)
Probably. You can get everything else there.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 10:39 PM (yh0zB)
That game was in Denver and fuck you for reminding me. grumble grumble
Posted by: puddleglum at December 27, 2012 10:39 PM (CakGS)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 10:39 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 10:36 PM (Kgm0Y)
Oh my. Have I said something vulgar?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:40 PM (66ST/)
Anyone else think the the Icelandic/Brazilian socket looks like one of the three eyed alien dolls from Toy Story?
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 10:40 PM (LUnTP)
I have a cluebat in my trunk that might help him.
No, that's not a metaphor.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 10:40 PM (Kgm0Y)
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 10:40 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 27, 2012 10:41 PM (ibZz4)
For Christmas, Cougar got me a bottle of Woodford Reserve Double Oaked. I know there are some woodford fans around here, and I highly recommend it. Not as strong as, say, Bakers or Bookers, but hands down the best bourbon I've ever had.
*stuffs lighted wicker Rudolph into box*
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 27, 2012 10:41 PM (Ai+tZ)
The Foundation series is crap -- didn't always think that -- and Asimov's BS to link it to his Robots series is crap.
And Paul Krugman is a horse's ass.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at December 27, 2012 10:41 PM (Jcd0S)
The depths of this administrations suckitude know no bounds.
It's not enough the odious joe Biden is the vp, but he has upped the anti with a military hating secretary of state pick and a Jew hating secdef pick.
I can't stand it!
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:41 PM (zOP5o)
Remember the good old days when academics stood for open discussion of issues, listening to both sides.
No kidding. I was in college from '68-'72 and they really did believe in listening to all viewpoints as long as people justified their arguments. Also, they weren't as predictably leftwing as they are today, and they seldom discussed politics unless students brought it up. I really hope that someone at Loomis' university explains freedom of speech to him. Or else sends him on a long sabbatical to Cuba.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 27, 2012 10:41 PM (9lZO4)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 10:42 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: NCKate at December 27, 2012 10:42 PM (XwChs)
If you want to get a lot more prayers going, you can even email the Fr. Solanus Casey Center and the friars will pray with you .http://tinyurl.com/d94zg9u
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at December 27, 2012 10:43 PM (53riN)
With God as my witness, I do not know how I am going to make it til he's gone.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:43 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 10:43 PM (Kgm0Y)
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 10:40 PM (LUnTP)
Now see, I was so Jealous that you knew the country of all the flags, so I went to look and felt like an idiot cause I knew about half. But hooray, I'm not totally ignorant.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 10:43 PM (l86i3)
Good friends, good food, good booze and good sex.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 10:44 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:43 PM (66ST/)
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This. Made worse by the fact that I was SURE that Mittens was going to win. How could he lose going up against Jimmah Carteh on steroids?
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 10:44 PM (jucos)
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Please, please tell me that's NOT a euphemism.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 27, 2012 10:43 PM (Kgm0Y)
Rule #1!!!!!
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 10:44 PM (IvVLN)
You must be in eastern NC? I grew up on the GA/NC border and we got plenty of snow.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:44 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:40 PM (66ST/)
Not yet, but we keep hoping...
That Adele looks to be a pleasing handful, plus she's got a set of pipes on her. Too bad she's so young.
I'd still hit it, but I promise I'd feel like a dirty old man for the entire five seconds or so...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 10:45 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:45 PM (zOP5o)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 10:44 PM (GsoHv)
My husband and I are apart til next Fall, save for a few quick trips and I don't drink.
I am beyond doomed.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:46 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:45 PM (zOP
I keep wondering about this new comet.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:47 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 27, 2012 10:41 PM (Ai+tZ)
Dude, you're gonna burn the house down. Put that out.
Tammy, in the Piedmont, just north of Raleigh. If it snows here we shut the place down.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 10:47 PM (yh0zB)
stage. He set all kinds of records at Florida, including several PASSING
records. I'd sure like to, as he said, "Judge him based on his
performance on the field."
The NFL institutionally hates anyone who doesn't play their position in a cookie-cutter manner. It's hard to remember now, but Michael Vick was NFL Enemy #1 back when he first started simply because he could run very well, and they didn't do that in the sainted 1960s so it's obviously wrong.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 27, 2012 10:47 PM (OevbG)
1. I don't pray, but I am not offended in the least that you have asked for prayers. It is a wonderful request, and in this country especially it will be rewarded with heartfelt prayers.
2. Bladder cancer is treatable and survivable. He'll die of something else. Hopefully not for a long, long time.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 10:48 PM (GsoHv)
Ho.
Lee.
SHIT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ0XNlPCcI4
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 10:48 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 10:49 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 10:49 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:50 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 27, 2012 10:47 PM (OevbG)
Well
A) Vick is an idiot
B) he is stupid
C) he has a strong arm but inaccurate and no touch and by the way did I say he is stupid
D) he doesn't know when to slide, get down, or get out of bounds so he is always hurt because he is an idiot
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:50 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 10:50 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: rickl at December 27, 2012 10:51 PM (sdi6R)
A) Vick is an idiot
B) he is stupid
C) he has a strong arm but inaccurate and no touch and by the way did I say he is stupid
D) he doesn't know when to slide, get down, or get out of bounds so he is always hurt because he is an idiot
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:50 PM (79ueO)
Oh and having said all that, he'll probably be a Jet next year!
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:52 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:43 PM (66ST/)
Tammy, I've been feeling the same way. Christmas (Christmas!!) was like a chore for me, I wasn't feeling it. When I woke up the day after Christmas (otherwise known as "yesterday"), I had my usual chat with teh Big Guy and expressed my disbelief. And, I had a little epiphany. I thought, damn, there's been plague and pestilence and famine and horrific wars and who ever promised me that the age of innocence I grew up in would last forever? Nobody. There is nothing special about me or the rest of us. We're in for some dark days and there is absolutely nothing special about it. Just pull in and concentrate on what is close and good and realize that these are cycles that mankind goes through. We in the shit. We're not the first and we won't be the last. Will I live to see it get better? Probably not, but I can find plenty to be grateful for and I have resolved to narrow my field of vision and try to remain in that place of gratitude.Yeah, I know, it sounds kinda stupid, but it was a real moment and I am going to try and roll with it.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 10:52 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 10:52 PM (yh0zB)
And rg3 is everything that Vick wishes he could be, but if he doesn't start playing smarter when he runs with the ball he's going to get blown up.
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:53 PM (zOP5o)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:50 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 10:53 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 10:54 PM (cnS/d)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:54 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 10:54 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:55 PM (zOP5o)
Faster LBs will kill a scrambling QB. The only advantage that Tebow has is that he can run down a LB because he is so damned big and strong.
But the Jets will never use him, because Woody Johnson chose him without consulting Ryan and that idiot GM.
They should all be fired.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 10:55 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 10:55 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:53 PM (zOP5o)
yeah he has to be careful. The players in the NFL are so much bigger and faster than they were in the 60s. And so does that guy Wilson in Seattle. I mean he looks pretty good also. But RG3 seems like he has a great head on his shoulders.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:56 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 27, 2012 10:56 PM (Ai+tZ)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 10:52 PM (yh0zB)
I wuv you.
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 10:56 PM (LUnTP)
If y'all get to feeling too down about things, just sit down and take a deep breath.
Then consider the alternative.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 27, 2012 10:56 PM (SAMxH)
First you get all skinny, now this. I am beginning to doubt you are even my son.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:56 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Cheri"
Sorry, Cheri, the music theater college student who got a court order against her over protective parents for stalking her.
They said they had to watch her because she was promiscuous, used drugs, and had mental issues.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 27, 2012 10:56 PM (9lZO4)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:53 PM (zOP5o)
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Great kid. Smart. Role model. You are right though. If he keeps leaving the pocket and running around like he has he is going to get his career cut short by some guy that is 6'6", 350 pounds.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 10:56 PM (jucos)
the minute they signed Tebow. And I have nothing against Tebow, but his
signing made no sense for anybody, including Tebow. Now the Jets would
have sucked anyway since they had no skilled players at the skill
positions and a sub par Offensive Line. But signing Tebow made the
season a joke
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:27 PM (79ueO)
When an owner gets a player that the coach doesn't want, there is only 4 ways it will go:1. Player sits on the bench, owner and fans get pissed, team doesn't win, coach gets fired.2. Player plays, owner and fans are happy, team doesn't win, coach gets fired.
3. Player doesn't play, team wins, fans and owner are happy, but always wonder how much better it would have been with player. Rift between owner and coach starts, any struggle in the future gets the coach fired.
4. Player plays, team wins, fans and owner both estatic, coach gets fired because owner knows more.
This is why every coach wants input on player personnel. If they don't have what they need to win, they shouldn't be judged on their wins and losses. NFL teams can only dress 46 players for a game. The punter, kicker, QB, long snapper, backup QB, starting left tackle, are all set in stone, and most teams don't carry a 3rd QB on the 46 man roster because once you do that, you start having a hard time filling out a KO, KO return, punt and punt return teams. Once you realize that about 26 players are pretty much not going to play on those teams, you are left with 20 players. A 3rd QB to run the wildcat becomes a luxury that most teams don't want, so they would rather run the wildcat with a running back or wide receiver that can also play on all the special teams.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 27, 2012 10:56 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: butternut at December 27, 2012 10:57 PM (nbYoV)
Posted by: sherlock at December 27, 2012 10:57 PM (f29LO)
I was watching a show on the NFL Network and Jimmy Johnson was talking to the Hoody, the hoody says, "I told my staff if I ever hire another stupid player to hit me in the head with a hammer.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 10:58 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Molly k. at December 27, 2012 10:28 PM (ibZz4)
My Dad is going through that now. After several operations and courses of treatment he is finally looking like he beat it, at 70 years old. Cancer isn't the sentence it was a hundred years ago. Bladder cancer is definitely a beatable diagnoses.
Tell him to keep his chin up, and remember to keep yours up as well.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert at December 27, 2012 10:58 PM (ial2b)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:54 PM (66ST/)
Girl, I have just been thinking that we simply cannot go on this way, bitching and crabbing and depressed and angry. It's bad for the body and bad for the soul. And if the view isn't going to change, then the perspective has to. I just can't do it anymore, it's too dispiriting.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 10:58 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 27, 2012 10:56 PM (Ai+tZ)
Thanks for the reminder, I got to get up in the AM and take the car to the shop, The front tilt motor on the drivers seat stopped working. Of course you have to change them as a set with the seat track. About 5 bills in parts alone, and I drove it out of warranty last summer. FML.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 10:58 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:56 PM (79ueO)
Bright kid. Hopefully he will learn his position and figure out that he can't go toe-to-toe with LBs and safeties. At least not every play. it sure is fun to watch though.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 10:58 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 10:56 PM (66ST/)
Don't be disappointed, ma!
It just happens that I saw Les Miserables yesterday and came back with a positive recommendation and suddenly I got a reputation.
Posted by: Robert probably shouldn't mention he owns The Sound Of Music at December 27, 2012 10:59 PM (LUnTP)
I'm a giants fan and even i can see that rg3 is solid at qb.
He has probably the best play action I have ever seen and his accuracy is freakish.
Solid, solid qb.
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:59 PM (zOP5o)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 10:58 PM (GsoHv)
yup. Did you see that Wilson Kid in Seattle?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:59 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 11:00 PM (kpCLl)
I've known people who had cancer 10 years or more ago and are still cancer free.
Help him stay positive. My prayers are with you.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 27, 2012 11:00 PM (9lZO4)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 11:01 PM (yh0zB)
I'm a giants fan and even i can see that rg3 is solid at qb.
He has probably the best play action I have ever seen and his accuracy is freakish.
Solid, solid qb.
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:59 PM (zOP5o)
Good Military parents. Even if they are Army
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 11:01 PM (79ueO)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:59 PM (79ueO)
I watched him in Wisconsin. He is very special. I'm thinking Seahawks, Broncos Super Bowl.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:01 PM (l86i3)
Also, just got back from the Hobbit. I largely agree with Ace's review. However, I liked it despite its flaws. Three stars out of four.
Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 27, 2012 11:01 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:01 PM (l86i3)
And they picked him up in the 3rd round right? Great pick
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 11:02 PM (79ueO)
And with that, I'm out since I have to be up in the AM. Later roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 11:02 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 11:00 PM (kpCLl)
It's got people talking.
And apparently there's also a live cover of that same song on Heart's 2004 reissue of their album, Little Queen, that Amazon now appears to be selling out of.
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 11:02 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 11:02 PM (yh0zB)
Good night, save your back, you aint 20 no more.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:03 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 27, 2012 11:01 PM (yh0zB)
You're too good to me.
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 11:03 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 10:59 PM (79ueO)
Another great athlete with a brain. i love that shit.
And they kicked the crap out of the 49ers. That was ugly.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 11:03 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 11:03 PM (LUnTP)
Even if he is a blonde.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:03 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:04 PM (66ST/)
Yep, I got my wife a Clay Mathews Jersey for her Birthday, she wears it a little too much.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:04 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 27, 2012 11:05 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:05 PM (66ST/)
there I also bought a smoked turkey breast. The emo checker scans it
and sends it down the belt to a older lady who refused to touch it. I
asked what the problem was and she said she was a vegan and would not
touch it. I dropped some mild snark and put it in the fucking bag
myself. How these people get along in the world is beyond me. Everyone
in that store lived up to some ridiculous libtard stereotype. Every.
Single. One.
The turkey was probably vegan ,too. Shoulda been pals!
Posted by: freeTibet with purchase ofequal or greater value Tibet at December 27, 2012 11:05 PM (quLHy)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:06 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:04 PM (l86i3)
Heh, I got a 52 Shades Of Clay T-shirt from one of my cousins who was tired of my Tebow jerseys.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:07 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Erik Loomis, Jr. at December 27, 2012 11:07 PM (rzTDZ)
TMI
All Moronettes are 23, with smokin hot bodies and faces to match. And so smart that it's tough to talk to them in bars.
Get with the program.
http://tinyurl.com/btsdgx2
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 11:07 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:07 PM (66ST/)
You just made Mrs. Sailor LOL.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:08 PM (l86i3)
Yet another illusion shattered.
Your book will be mine tomorrow, by the way! I am so excited!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:08 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Trevor (@tjexcite) at December 27, 2012 11:08 PM (Ea64Y)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:08 PM (66ST/)
Thank you so much, I have no money for Marketing so it's all word of mouth.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:09 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:05 PM (66ST/)
Even better, Anne Hathaway.
She'll win all the awards, just you watch.
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 11:10 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:04 PM (l86i3)
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My wife would let Clay Matthews do unspeakable things to her and she him. I am not jealous and I am sure she is not serious. Her interest in him just makes her feel alive. No different than my infatuation with Kate Upton.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 11:10 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Trevor (@tjexcite) at December 27, 2012 11:08 PM (Ea64Y)
IDK, she's young and hot, she could prolly swing an Mrs degree.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:10 PM (l86i3)
@214
It certainly did but Rex compounded it by not going away from Sanchez earlier.
If he did they might, might have made the playoffs and now the team is going to be blown apart.
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 10:30 PM (zOP5o)
Jets don't have any talent on offense. No O line, no receivers, no running backs. If Tebow was in, the team would be losing. When the Jets were succesful several years ago, Sanchez had good talent at RB and WR. Now? No one.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 27, 2012 11:10 PM (Zd/NW)
oh, can we get a "hell, yeah?" never been partial to a blond man myself, but damn, that boy is fine.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 11:11 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 11:10 PM (jucos)
Stay the fuck away from her. She's taken.
http://tinyurl.com/5tcxp9p
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 11:11 PM (GsoHv)
God bless your sweet heart, that took me back! I had a huge crush on him my junior year of high school. He was so cute!
I was pretty okay at 23, FWIW!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:11 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 27, 2012 11:10 PM (Zd/NW)
Good point, I always thought it was a little unfair to dump on Quarterbacks. Then again, they get the glory when they win.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:12 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:13 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 11:13 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:12 PM (l86i3)
And $17,000,000 even if they lose.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 11:13 PM (GsoHv)
Was it the future Mr. Peaches who did that?
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 11:14 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: fluffy at December 27, 2012 11:14 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 27, 2012 11:14 PM (KDq5l)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 11:13 PM (IvVLN)
AtC has a nuclear powered.....diversion.
Talk with her.
Just watch out for the 'raptors.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 11:15 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 27, 2012 11:14 PM (KDq5l)
Two Words, I mac
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:15 PM (l86i3)
http://tinyurl.com/5tcxp9p
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 11:11 PM (GsoHv)
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See..... she is calling out for me in that picture. "Truck Monkey, Truck Monkey" she is saying. She is thrusting her turd cutter out to show me that she is fertile and available for coitus.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 11:15 PM (jucos)
(my apologies if this was done up-thread...I got here late and I didn't get a program)
Posted by: Gunther at December 27, 2012 11:15 PM (JMmQ9)
We'll score that as "User wants more features"
Posted by: Microsoft marketing team at December 27, 2012 11:16 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 11:11 PM (kpCLl)
Seriously. He gives Timmy a little competition. Just a little, mind you.
Thor was built in a similar fashion in his younger days. ( He didn't have those big neck muscles, though)
I prefer Tebow's build, he is a little stockier, but Matthews reminds me of Thor in his body type, kind of longer versus broader. Thor has Tebow's coloring though, and purdy mouth.
Sigh....
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:16 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 27, 2012 10:47 PM (OevbG)
That's absolute nonsense. The general tone of the NFL punditocracy was that he was the wave of the future, and they were all hoping that he would be what McNabb could have been if he hadn't gotten fat (and had a more accurate arm). He was promoted extensively and his jerseys. etc. were everywhere.
Posted by: somebody else, not me at December 27, 2012 11:16 PM (nZvGM)
I work next door to where they manufacture the fuel rods, Maybe a couple of pellets?
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:16 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:11 PM (66ST/)
I'll bet you still are.
It's all in the mind anyway.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 11:16 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 11:10 PM (jucos)
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Stay the fuck away from her. She's taken.
http://tinyurl.com/5tcxp9p
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 11:11 PM (GsoHv)
http://tinyurl.com/bvpxlud
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 11:16 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: puddleglum at December 27, 2012 11:17 PM (CakGS)
And they picked him up in the 3rd round right? Great pick
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 11:02 PM (79ueO)
Scary thing is that if Wilson was still available when the Redskins were drafting, they were going to take him also. As good as Cousins has been, putting Wilson and RG3 together would have been deadly.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 27, 2012 11:17 PM (Zd/NW)
Longer vs Broader? You're on a roll kid.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:17 PM (l86i3)
That's a woman!
No celery and quinoa diets for her.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 11:18 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 11:18 PM (QupBk)
OSP, I will talk about it far and wide, I promise!
Peaches, no, it wasn't, but you'd probably like him. (He's married, though!)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:19 PM (66ST/)
Ah, Truck, she is serious as hell. . . we all are when it comes to that boy.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 11:19 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Robert at December 27, 2012 11:19 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Cowboy at December 27, 2012 11:19 PM (WcgMM)
No celery and quinoa diets for her.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 11:18 PM (GsoHv)
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Soft in all the right places. Not some anorexic/bulemic headcase. That is what a woman should look like.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 11:19 PM (jucos)
Soanother handful or so ofpeopleout of jobs andanother half-empty office building.
It can't be said often enough: Thanks, Obama!
Posted by: Gem at December 27, 2012 11:19 PM (zw+pb)
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 11:19 PM (kpCLl)
LMAO
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:20 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: puddleglum at December 27, 2012 11:20 PM (CakGS)
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 11:19 PM (kpCLl)
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More power to her. If she could make it happen, I would grant her the freedom to cavort.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 11:21 PM (jucos)
Don't go toe-to-toe with me boy...you'll lose.
http://tinyurl.com/ctg9may
http://tinyurl.com/ca67qfn
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 11:21 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:17 PM (l86i3)
Really? I just meant he has that kind of long muscle like bicyclists and swimmers have, as opposed to that sort of bulky muscle football players get, even though he is a big man. And he has lovely big arms and shoulders but more like Matthews than Tebow.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:22 PM (66ST/)
Merry Christmas (yeah, it's over but this Jew likes to say it anyway) and have a happy New Year!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 11:23 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Peaches I have been trying to stay positive. It is the everyday little things - like letting the lady in back of me in the grocery store get ahead of me because she only has a few items compared to mine. Saying a silent prayer for some stranger I see that looks sad/depressed. Playing with my doggeh and kitteh. Giving a co-worker a sincere compliment. Hugging my kids everyday and making sure that I tell them I love them. Smiling at a veteran and thanking them for their service to our country. These are some of the things keeping me sane and not totally depressed.
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2012 11:23 PM (EAgmr)
Don't go toe-to-toe with me boy...you'll lose.
http://tinyurl.com/ctg9may
http://tinyurl.com/ca67qfn
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 11:21 PM (GsoHv)
You boys keep right on a warrin and i'll keep right on a clickin.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:24 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:24 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:25 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:22 PM (66ST/)
OK, I believe you.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:25 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 11:25 PM (QupBk)
What's the email for the NY NJ meet up? I tried sending an email but I must have screwed up the address (nynjmeetup at optimum dot net?)
Posted by: Lurkasaurus at December 27, 2012 11:25 PM (wBtFp)
Posted by: puddleglum at December 27, 2012 11:26 PM (CakGS)
http://tinyurl.com/cn74pl7
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 11:26 PM (IvVLN)
She's got nothin' on Tebow and Clay, but mighty cute, nonetheless.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:27 PM (66ST/)
Had a cartoon demonizing the NRA. Up in the pulpit in vestments was a revolver. One person wondered at the low attendence. Another answered they were attending funerals. Real knee-slapper that was. But what really caught my eye were the scripture readings in the lower left. First was Colt 45, wow some cheap booze. Second was AK 47, seems comrade knew that one. Final reading was, wait for it, M-15. WTF is an M-15?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 27, 2012 11:27 PM (uHgI5)
Question, people keep asking me to sign my book. Whats that about?
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:27 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 11:27 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 27, 2012 11:27 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: jc at December 27, 2012 11:28 PM (17oya)
The great science fiction illustrators - Punchatz, Schoenherr, Jack Gaughan and of course Frank Kelly Freas...they're all gone, and how would our childhoods have unwound had they not been there to post images as guideposts.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 27, 2012 11:28 PM (xjpRj)
http://tinyurl.com/cr3bk6k (Lawyers, Guns and Money blog)
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at December 27, 2012 11:29 PM (rzTDZ)
Posted by: Cicero Kid at December 27, 2012 11:29 PM (OOL+m)
Well, my goodness, it's because you're a rockstar now!
A freaking author, for Pete's sake!
If I wasn't too shy to ask for your address, I'd do the same!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:30 PM (66ST/)
http://tinyurl.com/cn74pl7
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 11:26 PM (IvVLN)
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You win. I would kill to be the dude with the hose. Seriously.
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 27, 2012 11:30 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet,
MS Live is an online game portal, not a OS thing. Mac users have to use it as well if they make the mistake of buying shitty games like I did.
That distinction may be confusing for you Mac users but frankly I don't care.
Now piss off and dance in silhouette or something.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 27, 2012 11:30 PM (KDq5l)
B) he is stupid
C) he has a strong arm but inaccurate and no touch and by the way did I say he is stupid
D) he doesn't know when to slide, get down, or get out of bounds so he is always hurt because he is an idiot "
And he'll probably end up in hell.
Posted by: nerdygirl's beagle at December 27, 2012 11:30 PM (9lZO4)
The Jets offensive line sucks. I am surprised MacElroy could even walk on Monday.
OSP, I will talk about it far and wide, I promise!
Peaches, no, it wasn't, but you'd probably like him. (He's married, though!)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:19 PM (66ST/)
Well he does have a concussion, so I'm guessing he was walking kind of like Otis from Andy Griffith.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 27, 2012 11:30 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:30 PM (66ST/)
So I am supposed to sign them?
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:30 PM (l86i3)
It's all about your technique and the moans of ecstasy...Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:31 PM (66ST/)
Now piss off and dance in silhouette or something.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 27, 2012 11:30 PM (KDq5l)
Well, I only know the hustle and the monster spank.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:31 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:32 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:31 PM (66ST/)
Dammit. Now I have to clean up.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 11:33 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:34 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 27, 2012 11:34 PM (7KxSm)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:30 PM (l86i3)
I will totally buy one, OSP. I will do it sooner if you sign them.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 11:34 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:32 PM (66ST/)
OK, thanks. I'm not a writer, I don't know anything about books other than reading them and I don't know shit about the business.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:34 PM (l86i3)
hope you had a nice Christmas. You are keeping everyone on the edge of their seats again, I see.
Posted by: jc at December 27, 2012 11:35 PM (17oya)
No, ow you have to go buy Mrs B some Hershey's syrup!
(And have the boy sleep in the living room!)Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:35 PM (66ST/)
OMG, I have that, it's just in the fridge, that is WAY better. Tammy, you are such a goddess and I am so lucky to have your counsel. brb
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 11:35 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 11:34 PM (kpCLl)
Sure, anything you want.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:35 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Witchfinder at December 27, 2012 11:35 PM (s/PhC)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:31 PM
Not sure what thread I stumbled into, but I'm totally gonna get comfy for this one. lol
Posted by: Berserker at December 27, 2012 11:36 PM (FMbng)
How 'bout you?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:37 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Robert"
Don't apologize.
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Think of those lyrics when they start talking about taking your guns.
Posted by: nerdygirl's beagle at December 27, 2012 11:37 PM (9lZO4)
I fucking hate making toys.
Posted by: Herbie the elf at December 27, 2012 11:37 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:37 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:35 PM (66ST/)
If I thought I would have any chance of success....
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 11:38 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 11:38 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 11:34 PM (kpCLl)
Sure, anything you want.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:35 PM (l86i3)
If you want you can shoot me an E-mail @ amylynnbraxton@gmail.com and i'll send you my address.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:38 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:39 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:37 PM (66ST/)
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Twas nice. Nothing extraordinary, but definitely nice.
Posted by: jc at December 27, 2012 11:40 PM (17oya)
Posted by: Senor Eatum at December 27, 2012 11:40 PM (OOL+m)
I never thought about serving that to folks, but I have eaten it plenty of times! Under some rather fantastic circumstances, too, though sometimes just right out of a bowl.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:40 PM (66ST/)
That sounds really complicated, OSP. And I am a simple girlie. I will totally buy your book regardless. Can't wait to read it. The synopsis sounds quite wonderful and I am very proud of you!
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 11:41 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:41 PM (66ST/)
Posted by:
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 11:41 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:42 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Trevor (@tjexcite) "
She can go to New York and get a job as an unpaid intern.
Posted by: nerdygirl's beagle at December 27, 2012 11:42 PM (9lZO4)
==
Robert apologized? Wow. This post-Mayan-apocalypse time is very strange indeed.
Posted by: jc at December 27, 2012 11:42 PM (17oya)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 27, 2012 11:43 PM (l86i3)
She'll win all the awards, just you watch.
Posted by: Robert "
Makes sense. I've seen pictures of her where she looks malnourished.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 27, 2012 11:43 PM (9lZO4)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 11:44 PM (cnS/d)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 11:44 PM (IvVLN)
nynjmeet at optimum dot net
I hope to set something up for January. The storm killed Hoboken, and that was the central point for most of us, but the PATH is up and running now so......
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2012 11:44 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:44 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: nerdygirl's beagle at December 27, 2012 11:42 PM (9lZO4)
Well, she sure as hell can't go home to those fuckin' lunatic parents of hers.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 11:45 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 11:46 PM (kpCLl)
457 She can go to New York and get a job as an unpaid intern. Posted by: nerdygirl's beagle at December 27, 2012 11:42 PM (9lZO4) Well, she sure as hell can't go home to those fuckin' lunatic parents of hers.
Posted by: Peaches at December 27, 2012 11:45 PM (kpCLl)
After seeing her picture, she can come live with me. I'm only like 2-3 hours from cincy anyways. And I can make sure her computer doesn't have any spyware on it.
Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2012 11:48 PM (GULKT)
I know men are mostly visually oriented, but I go nigh about wild when Thor talks dirty and makes er, the Noises of Love and I wondering if I am in the minority or not.
Maet, please delete this if it is too bad. I thought I worded it pretty good.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:48 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 11:49 PM (IvVLN)
I have been working since........E.R.....missed funerals of.... and have maintained an ETOH level of at least 0.19 since...bout my usual for crisis mode when the crap hits the floppy things.......dang.....I would say "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"....if there even WAS such a thing this year.....shit....OBAMA???? for another 4???!!!
I wish RUM would come aboard lest so I could be "Stompy Boot'd out of my misery!THAT is my dream......
Posted by: Richard at December 27, 2012 11:50 PM (Pj/A8)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 27, 2012 11:51 PM (66ST/)
Posted by: Bob, Person of Hench at December 27, 2012 11:51 PM (1efte)
Posted by: puddleglum at December 27, 2012 11:26 PM (CakGS)
The whores of Westwood as they are so often called in my neck of the woods.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 27, 2012 11:52 PM (NzBQO)
Oxymoron right there, if you ask me. Any "organic vegans" I've met have tended to be raging moonbats.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2012 11:52 PM (L2co/)
I'd agree, except that they're perfectly happy to fight you and anyone who gets caught representing you, as many recent primaries and committee purges show, so it's not like they don't/won't fight. They're just not on your side.
Or at the very least, they don't want to be.
Posted by: oblig. at December 27, 2012 11:53 PM (cePv8)
Oh man. The best friend has unearthed a pic of us back in college. wow.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 11:49 PM (IvVLN)
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The 70's never happened. If they did happen, I wasn't there. If I was there, I never wore those clothes. That wasn't me. Aw, shit.
Posted by: jc at December 27, 2012 11:54 PM (17oya)
Posted by: puddleglum at December 27, 2012 11:55 PM (CakGS)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JzXG-G3Asg
Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2012 11:56 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 27, 2012 11:56 PM (uHgI5)
Posted by: Berserker at December 27, 2012 11:56 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 27, 2012 11:27 PM
A modified M-14. Heavier. Also a .223 rifle, "Armalite".
Posted by: otho at December 27, 2012 11:56 PM (yBF/9)
They're not that bad. Only bout a decade old. Just odd to see how much we've changed in that time.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 27, 2012 11:56 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 27, 2012 11:57 PM (cnS/d)
463
This is how bad I feel right now, that I should harken back to she who still has my soul.....(lust) and longing for the days before this SCFOAMF sucked the life out of us all....I am a man not in his full because of this and am becoming aware that I may have to give the FULL MEASURE to give this nation one more chance.
Posted by: Richard at December 27, 2012 11:58 PM (Pj/A8)
Aren't the Cetagandans the enemy? Or are you referring to the Vor military caste?
Posted by: Fox2! at December 27, 2012 11:59 PM (1Qpmy)
Posted by: jc at December 27, 2012 11:54 PM
Never be ashamed of the 70's. It was a funkier time, back then.
Posted by: otho at December 27, 2012 11:59 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: puddleglum at December 27, 2012 11:55 PM (CakGS)
The UCLA nursing school has produced some of the craziest party girls I have ever seen. I'm not sure if it's just the stress of the job or schooling.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 28, 2012 12:01 AM (NzBQO)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 28, 2012 12:01 AM (cnS/d)
Posted by: buzzion"
Just close the drapes in case daddy and mommy are skulking in the bushes with binoculars.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 28, 2012 12:02 AM (9lZO4)
Posted by: George Clinton at December 28, 2012 12:03 AM (z9HTb)
The brief and shining moment between The Pill and AIDS.
Also tall shoes.
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 28, 2012 12:03 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 28, 2012 12:01 AM
Well he was talking about a chick also. I'm thinking chick...giving the full measure...maybe a poetic way of saying balls deep?
Posted by: Berserker at December 28, 2012 12:04 AM (FMbng)
Posted by: Berserker at December 27, 2012 11:56 PM (FMbng)
How was Xmas? Working on anything fun?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 28, 2012 12:04 AM (66ST/)
For those of you who like "show tunes", but missed the 70's I give you the best of both:
http://www.plaidstallions.com/mattel/dm.html
Posted by: Brick Mantooth, Member, The League of Ugly Shirted Gentlemen at December 28, 2012 12:05 AM (rCltd)
Posted by: puddleglum"
Apparently there are different levels of whore. I was watching "Cops" one night and they were doing prostitution stings. Of the type of prostitutes who charge $20, then let themselves be haggled down to $15. These gals don't look anything like those NFL cheerleaders.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 28, 2012 12:07 AM (9lZO4)
Posted by: otho at December 28, 2012 12:09 AM (yBF/9)
that is remarkably sad
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 28, 2012 12:09 AM (cnS/d)
Posted by: buzzion at December 28, 2012 12:10 AM (GULKT)
No quips at the end ...
Posted by: Waterhouse is watching TOS at December 28, 2012 12:10 AM (lpfU8)
480,
I speak only in the tense that foresees the possibilities of the next 4 years.
I wish this was not my vision, yet, I will ask you Jeff, ...What would you doif you saw your Country going down a path of total ruin? What would you think wasyour part to stop this? I only ask this because I am having a daily mental MMA match over this very thought....
Posted by: Richard at December 28, 2012 12:10 AM (Pj/A8)
491 So The City at the Edge of Forever was a pretty good episode, if quite the downer. No quips at the end ...
Posted by: Waterhouse is watching TOS at December 28, 2012 12:10 AM (lpfU
I decided that Spock's Brain is likely one of the "Chompers" episodes of TOS.
Posted by: buzzion at December 28, 2012 12:13 AM (GULKT)
Thanks for a fun evening, y'all..... don't go getting all bummed, now!
Night!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 28, 2012 12:13 AM (66ST/)
that is remarkably sad
Posted by: chemjeff getting drunk at applebee's at December 28, 2012 12:09 AM
Not so fast, Mister.
I could probably scrape up $15....
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 28, 2012 12:13 AM (JMmQ9)
The age-old advice is to lie back and think of England. Really, it's probably eve more effective now.
Posted by: Peaches at December 28, 2012 12:14 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: RWC at December 28, 2012 12:15 AM (sqp6o)
Yes, it is sad. In the real world a good share of prostitutes are addicts who will let the dregs of the earth maul them for a few bucks.
And they don't look like Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman".
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 28, 2012 12:15 AM (9lZO4)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 28, 2012 12:17 AM (JKNDp)
494
Did not mean to "Harsh your magic fingers". I will tone it up to "LETS PARTY THIS HOUSE STATUS!!!"....now........
Posted by: Richard at December 28, 2012 12:18 AM (Pj/A8)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at December 28, 2012 12:04 AM
Christmas was good. Working on a few things, neither of them fun, because both had one foot in the grave. One is a resurrection of a 1960's Martin that for no explainable reason somebody band sawed the face off the headstock, took the fingerboard off, and ripped the neck out of the body like they were pulling weeds. Its brutal.
The other thing is a late 1800's parlor guitar. The bracing was original ,so the top was sinking in real bad. I had to rebrace the entire top with new bracing, fixed a bunch of top cracks, remove all the 3 stooges repairs that were done over the years, and I have to make a new back, because the knucklehead before me ruined it. Yeah another gem.
Other than that, just partying my ass off through the holidays.
Posted by: Berserker at December 28, 2012 12:18 AM (FMbng)
The director of this food-bank came to give the laborers a little background. This is a prosperous country town of about 2500 (and was when my mother lived near there during the Great Bipolarity of the 1930's), and she's almost apologetic that they're only supporting about 150 families. She's hoping to get permission to use the lab room to give some food-prep guidance, because "all our younger ones" only want boxed food -- Hamburger Helper was her example -- and she can get raw foodstuffs easily but can't afford brand-name pre-made food to give away.
Now, in the day, the high school graduation rate in this town was 90+%. The farmers are aggressively progressive scientific operators, and the townspersons staffed a stone quarry, a glass plant, a nuclear power plant, a beryllium works, all those cute little shops and car dealers, and the army that beat the Wehrmacht, with their crappy li'l old small town HS diplomas. Nine out of ten people walking around in this town learned to do basic chemical processes involving heat and catalysts -- in this room.
This room, that, with permission from the State, will now be used to teach grown-ups already on the federal dole how to cook dinner without pouring it out of a box.
What. The. Hell.
Posted by: comatus at December 28, 2012 12:18 AM (qaVK+)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 28, 2012 12:19 AM (9lZO4)
At the risk of sounding terminally unaware, what is a "Chompers" episode?
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 28, 2012 12:20 AM (lpfU8)
Aussie socket looks like sad face
American socket looks like, WTF face
Posted by: Eisenhorn at December 28, 2012 12:21 AM (OjQYm)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 28, 2012 12:17 AM (JKNDp)
I live on 12 cents a day...life's a bitch.
Posted by: Abubuka drummond at December 28, 2012 12:22 AM (sqp6o)
504 I decided that Spock's Brain is likely one of the "Chompers" episodes of TOS.At the risk of sounding terminally unaware, what is a "Chompers" episode?
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 28, 2012 12:20 AM (lpfU
Something I came up with as of today. Since I got Galaxy Quest for Christmas. I think the clip will explain nicely. And if you haven't watched Galaxy Quest shame on you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZODzdqVptUs
Posted by: buzzion at December 28, 2012 12:22 AM (GULKT)
I have discovered the secret to a peaceful holiday visit with Mom:
Drink enough bourbon to fall asleep in the middle of her guilt trip and feign amnesia the next morning.
I love the holidays.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 28, 2012 12:23 AM (JDIKC)
Posted by: Richard at December 28, 2012 12:24 AM (Pj/A8)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 28, 2012 12:25 AM (lpfU8)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 12:25 AM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Peaches at December 28, 2012 12:27 AM (kpCLl)
Hamburger Helper is horrible. I hope someone shows them how to make things like split pea soup and bean soup. And potato soup that you throw some cheese and left over ham into.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 28, 2012 12:27 AM (9lZO4)
480,
I speak only in the tense that foresees the possibilities of the next 4 years.
I
wish this was not my vision, yet, I will ask you Jeff, ...What would
you doif you saw your Country going down a path of total ruin? What
would you think wasyour part to stop this? I only ask this because I am
having a daily mental MMA match over this very thought....
Posted by: Richard at December 28, 2012 12:10 AM (Pj/A
well, I guess I look at it in the same way as I look at someone that I care about who is doing something very destructive. I give advice as best as I can, but if that person refuses to listen, then I can't spend time worrying about it, I have done all that I can, the only thing left for me to do is to change what is in my power to change.
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 12:29 AM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 28, 2012 12:29 AM (JDIKC)
Tammy al-Thor,Peaches
Please don't tell me you know anything about a golf ball and a garden hose.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 28, 2012 12:30 AM (+9AX9)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 12:31 AM (BBWjt)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 12:31 AM (BBWjt)
Or as we call it, Tuesday night.
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 28, 2012 12:31 AM (QupBk)
I got a laptop for Christmas and it's giving me fits. My understanding
is Windows 8 is not written for pc's but more for tablets. nothing is
the same. Also now it's changing text size, zoom rate and giving me
serviceadministration exceptionerrors. I am having a hell of a time
getting used to this thing.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 28, 2012 12:17 AM (JKNDp)
Got MrsCaniac a new laptop for Christmas, and when I was looking at the laptops, Windows 8 was so aggravating to try to figure out. Since she is very anti-technology, I had to make sure that whatever I got was as close to Windows Xp (what her old laptop was running) as possible. Windows 7 is somewhat similar, so she is happy.
I really believe that Microsoft has royally fucked this up by trying to tailor all of their products now for Windows 8, Surface tablet, and Windows phone. But I am probably wrong because I saw some tech analyst that said that computers are the past and we are moving into a tablet future.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 28, 2012 12:32 AM (Zd/NW)
Saute onions and celery and carrots, add minced garlic, add staple item of choice, and cover with water or broth. Viola, you have every basic soup recipe you ever need.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 28, 2012 12:36 AM (o1kXv)
What happens when a gun grabber can't distinguish between the manufacturer's designation (AR-15) and the military nomenclature (M-16), but knows he's seen both used to refer to the same rifle.
Posted by: Fox2! at December 28, 2012 12:36 AM (1Qpmy)
I see a tablet as really just a toy. It would be nice to have but I don't see how I can use it to replace a laptop.
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 12:36 AM (BBWjt)
you'd think that would be something out of some disaster/armageddon story, but no, it's modern america
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 12:38 AM (BBWjt)
I'm always annoyed by the assertion that today's youth are "tech-savvy", because they're not. They have toys but no idea for the most part how to use them fully, or how they work. They just know buttonology, but it's enough to feed their need for the new shiny.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 28, 2012 12:39 AM (o1kXv)
yup - the same yoots who overwhelmingly choose Apple products because then they don't have to think about how to set up their computer
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 12:40 AM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Cowboy at December 28, 2012 12:40 AM (WcgMM)
Besides the fact that Alton Brown is going to slap you, using the chem lab for a cooking class is the best place to do it. You have all the necessary safety equipment, a space large enough to hold everyone and arranged to best teach the hands on portion. Plus, a leasta couple of these knuckleheads will end up burning something.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 28, 2012 12:41 AM (o1kXv)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 12:41 AM (BBWjt)
I see a tablet as really just a toy. It would be nice to have but I don't see how I can use it to replace a laptop.:::
You can't. My wife has an iPad 3, oldest daughter has an Android tablet. They are browsers. Period. You can't do any actual computing on them.
But they have their niche - display only surfing/shopping.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 28, 2012 12:42 AM (JDIKC)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 28, 2012 12:41 AM (o1kXv)
Well sure, a chemistry lab is a good and practical place to cook food, but that's not its intended purpose, which is why it would be a great place in a disaster/armageddon scenario to make your dinner if you didn't have access to a kitchen for whatever reason.
Besides, who knows what's been on those countertops previously.
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 12:44 AM (BBWjt)
I'm getting messages on how to setup the phone. I use an old flip phone that has nothing to do with my computer. I have installed a program called touch freeze to keep the touchpad from driving me nuts with mixed success.
And screwthe 12 cent a day sock.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 28, 2012 12:45 AM (JKNDp)
Posted by: Uncle Jed at December 28, 2012 12:46 AM (AVfT8)
I'm not going to lug a laptop into the outhouse...that is where the tablets make their mark.
Posted by: RWC at December 28, 2012 12:47 AM (sqp6o)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 12:47 AM (BBWjt)
530 :::523 Well of course we are in a "tablet world", that is because that's what all the Seattle hipster doofuses use. Grr. I see a tablet as really just a toy. It would be nice to have but I don't see how I can use it to replace a laptop.::: You can't. My wife has an iPad 3, oldest daughter has an Android tablet. They are browsers. Period. You can't do any actual computing on them. But they have their niche - display only surfing/shopping.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 28, 2012 12:42 AM (JDIKC)
Yep, its not a replacement. Its a nice secondary for people that want one. I have a desktop, a laptop, and a smartphone. I do not need a tablet. If I did not already have a laptop I could see getting a tablet instead.
Posted by: buzzion at December 28, 2012 12:48 AM (GULKT)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 28, 2012 12:49 AM (JKNDp)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 12:49 AM (BBWjt)
Posted by: zeera at December 28, 2012 12:50 AM (3dXwx)
537 Other screwy things about windows 8 and ie 10 that comes with it, if you go to a corner with the cursor it brings up a command bar on the right that gets in the way and you have to remove it to access the slidebar. Not a major thing but a pain in the neck that I guess I will have to get used to. I am seriously looking at Google Chrome.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 28, 2012 12:49 AM (JKNDp)
That'll teach you to not follow the standard "only get every other Windows Upgrade"
Posted by: buzzion at December 28, 2012 12:50 AM (GULKT)
Posted by: Google at December 28, 2012 12:50 AM (BBWjt)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 12:51 AM (BBWjt)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 12:52 AM (BBWjt)
514
I don't do interventions....when the topic is such...intervention is a very weak sister....serious brother!!! you of all morons should know better??
Switching to Single Malt Scotch and will re-post when the topics meld.....
Posted by: Richard at December 28, 2012 12:54 AM (Pj/A8)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 28, 2012 12:57 AM (JKNDp)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 28, 2012 12:58 AM (JKNDp)
Posted by: puddleglum at December 28, 2012 12:59 AM (CakGS)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 01:00 AM (BBWjt)
(BBWjt) BBW Junior Team??
Posted by: puddleglum at December 28, 2012 12:59 AM (CakGS)
I was thinking maybe BBW Just (the) Tip
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 01:01 AM (BBWjt)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 28, 2012 01:01 AM (lJJMb)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 01:02 AM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 28, 2012 01:05 AM (9Qc6B)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 01:01 AM
Big Bitch With Jangly Tits.
Posted by: Berserker at December 28, 2012 01:06 AM (FMbng)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 28, 2012 01:08 AM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Richard at December 28, 2012 01:14 AM (Pj/A8)
I'm thinking of Galvani and his frog's legs, here. Or Goodyear's stove.
It could be safer to cook in a lab than, for instance, to do chemistry experiments on top of what used to happen in kitchens. Or, "abbatoirs," as they were once known.
Yes, I got a pretty strong "Omega Man" vibe about the whole project. That, and the thought that any scout above First Class could probably teach the cooking course to the tragically ignorant.
Posted by: comatus at December 28, 2012 01:15 AM (qaVK+)
Posted by: zeera at December 28, 2012 01:17 AM (3dXwx)
love the soundtrack though ...
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 28, 2012 01:17 AM (9Qc6B)
http://tinyurl.com/ccqtceq
This could mean a tectonic shift in the MFM. Anyone familiar with the Orange County Register knows that this is one paper NOT on the left.
Then again, it may be nothing more than someone looking to pick up some distressed property on the cheap.
Posted by: Bill H at December 28, 2012 01:19 AM (3sZO1)
Posted by: zeera at December 28, 2012 01:20 AM (3dXwx)
Interesting. I saw that the LAT is part of that deal...seeing as how Jonah Goldberg is priceless, I say they should do it.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 28, 2012 01:22 AM (lJJMb)
https://pbs.tw___.com/media/A_LkjyECcAIX27U.png:large
That's just wrong, and yet I'm laughing.
Posted by: Weirddave at December 28, 2012 01:25 AM (aH+zP)
I hear it tastes like cough syrup."
That's because it is cough syrup. In Germany/Austria/Switzerland, they call these "herbal liquors" and they are designed for use as medicines.
My stomach ached while at a friends house in Switzerland, and he brought out his kräuter liqueur, and after a couple of shots, I did feel better.
Posted by: Sexypig at December 28, 2012 01:26 AM (dZQh7)
And what the hell is with those unpolerized and groundless outlets!
If they're using a 220/240 type standard that doesn't have a notion of neutral, then polarization makes no sense.
A 3rd prong for a ground would be useful though...
The US 15/20A standard plug is kinda weak mechanically. Too easy for the hot/neutral prongs to get bent and the ground prongs bust off too easy. Too late now though.
The Brit plug is sturdier, and some incorporate device fusing within the plug cap itself.
The US electric code is probably the best and safest on the planet for residential stuff.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 28, 2012 01:26 AM (hPavS)
Posted by: Bill H at December 28, 2012 01:19 AM (3sZO1)
Interesting. I saw that the LAT is part of that deal...seeing as how Jonah Goldberg is priceless, I say they should do it.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 28, 2012 01:22 AM (lJJMb)
Link didn't work for me -- came up with a Cox page.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 28, 2012 01:27 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: DAve at December 28, 2012 01:27 AM (XDC0v)
this will give you nightmares don't click if you want to sleep tonight
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 3rd day of Christmas at December 28, 2012 01:28 AM (GVxQo)
Well of course we are in a "tablet world", that is because that's what all the Seattle hipster doofuses use. Grr.
I see a tablet as really just a toy. It would be nice to have but I don't see how I can use it to replace a laptop.
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 12:36 AM (BBWjt)
I sort of thought that way, but with the changes I saw 25 years ago in the radio industry, I am beginning to think in 10 years, tablets will be the norm.20 years ago when I joined the local Multiple Listing Service, the lockbox key was unchanged from 20 years earlier when my dad was a member of the MLS. 10 years ago we switched to an electronic key that was updated over the phone. 7 years ago to an electronic key that was updated over the internet. This summer we changed to a "key" that is an Android phone app that communicates via bluetooth.
25 years ago, the radio station I was at had an IBM System 34 that was used for accounting and commercial scheduling/invoicing. Period. 20 years ago it was replaced by a desktop unit, that did all of that plus whatever else we needed a computer for. 15 years ago computers started being used for production. 13 years ago computers became to norm for music storage and for music playing. 10 years ago, radio stations pretty much became computer automated.
If my accounting software ever goes to a tablet form, I would happily dump my laptop for the tablet.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 28, 2012 01:28 AM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 28, 2012 01:22 AM (lJJMb)
Ahyup. That, the Chicago Tribune, the Baltimore Sun, and several other lefty papers. Like I said, that would be one hell of a major shift. Just the idea of forcing the LA Times rightward makes me want to fap with joy.
Posted by: Bill H at December 28, 2012 01:31 AM (3sZO1)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 28, 2012 01:31 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: DAve at December 28, 2012 01:31 AM (XDC0v)
I'm going for a 4 hour segment of RUSH music....just for shits and grins!
Any and all MM's are welcomed to join me.......(serious! we need diversions from the MSM!!!!)
Posted by: Richard at December 28, 2012 01:32 AM (Pj/A8)
538 until I see someone write their entire Ph.D. thesis on a tablet, then I'll know it's possible to replace an ordinary computer with a tablet
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 12:49 AM (BBWjt)
Hell, that's just what the winner of The Bancroft Award did a couple of years ago!
Posted by: Ed Anger at December 28, 2012 01:32 AM (tOkJB)
Essentially, they're delivery devices, not general purpose computing devices.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 28, 2012 01:32 AM (hPavS)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4581871.stm
These dopes really think that with enough laws, regulations, social engineering and indoctrination disguised as education that they can create paradise. Just don't mention anything to do with Judeo-Christian traditions that kept society held together for thousands of years.
Posted by: Lurkasaurus at December 28, 2012 01:33 AM (wBtFp)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 28, 2012 01:34 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 28, 2012 01:34 AM (hPavS)
http://tinyurl.com/d8cf7a2
this will give you nightmares don't click if you want to sleep tonight
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 3rd day of Christmas at December 28, 2012 01:28 AM (GVxQo)
Same color as a Squatch's natural color.
Hawaii is squatchy.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 28, 2012 01:34 AM (Zd/NW)
Any and all MM's are welcomed to join me.......(serious! we need diversions from the MSM!!!!)
Posted by: Richard at December 28, 2012 01:32 AM
Thats just enough time to squeeze in Fly By Night to Hemispheres.
Posted by: Berserker at December 28, 2012 01:35 AM (FMbng)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 28, 2012 01:27 AM (kaalw)
Click on "San Diego" on the map that comes up, and you'll be directed to the article.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 28, 2012 01:36 AM (lJJMb)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 3rd day of Christmas at December 28, 2012 01:28 AM (GVxQo)
Urp....that looks like an uncontrolled fungus. That, or she read in Zimbabwe Beauty that French's Mustard is an acceptable substitute forthe usual Glidden house paint.
Posted by: Bill H at December 28, 2012 01:37 AM (3sZO1)
I presume stone knives and pointy sticks will still be legal...maybe not..
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 28, 2012 01:37 AM (hPavS)
Posted by: The Dude at December 28, 2012 01:41 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: The Dude at December 28, 2012 01:41 AM (tw6Ar)
Given that the food in Britain is a lumpy mess before the banning of kitchen knives, I can only wonder what it will be like after ...
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 28, 2012 01:45 AM (9Qc6B)
Now that I'm pouring the single malt....and the ROCK of RUSH is pounding out of the mighty mega-.......ear buds.....I give it up to my M+M's
go forth....and slay the dragon, ye scurvy dogs!!.....(and bitches)
snooze me much..............
Posted by: Richard at December 28, 2012 01:47 AM (Pj/A8)
Isaw apuketastic bumper sticker in the window of a SUV today. It said "I (picture of a heart) equality. Freaking simpletons. Equal what, opportunity, outcome, competition, intellect, athletic ability, station in life, ability, effort?
We live in a jingoistic society.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 28, 2012 01:47 AM (JKNDp)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 01:48 AM (BBWjt)
Posted by: L, elle at December 28, 2012 01:49 AM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 28, 2012 01:50 AM (JKNDp)
Posted by: Richard at December 28, 2012 01:52 AM (Pj/A8)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 28, 2012 01:54 AM (JKNDp)
Any Zeppelin fans awake among the morons?
Posted by: L, elle at December 28, 2012 01:49 AM (0PiQ4)
Probably all of us that are still up.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 28, 2012 01:55 AM (lJJMb)
L, elle at December 28, 2012 01:49 AM
Used to be but that was years ago. Not so much now. Switched over to country music. Easier on the ears and nerves.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 28, 2012 01:55 AM (+9AX9)
http://tinyurl.com/d8f4tzc
Posted by: Bill H at December 28, 2012 01:57 AM (3sZO1)
Posted by: Richard at December 28, 2012 01:58 AM (Pj/A8)
It's been a long time
Been a long time
Been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely time.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 28, 2012 02:00 AM (zMouK)
Posted by: Exasperated Expat at December 28, 2012 02:01 AM (gkfSV)
Posted by: DAve at December 28, 2012 02:02 AM (XDC0v)
Watching Kennedy Center Honoring Led Zeppelin with Barack and Michelle pretending. I am so depressed. I thought Jimmy Page was Jesus before I found Jesus. I am devastated.
Posted by: L, elle at December 28, 2012 02:02 AM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: DAve at December 28, 2012 02:03 AM (XDC0v)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 28, 2012 02:03 AM (lJJMb)
Those authoritarian statists loooooove their federal databases, don't they?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 28, 2012 02:04 AM (zMouK)
Posted by: L, elle at December 28, 2012 02:02 AM (0PiQ4)
Page also thought he was Jesus, until all the guitarists he helped to create rose up and blew him away. He's the father whose sons outshone him.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 28, 2012 02:05 AM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 28, 2012 02:07 AM (9Qc6B)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at December 28, 2012 01:54 AM (JKNDp)
I would love to have seen that one. I see far too many 0bamanite jackass-mobiles here in NJ. It's fucking depressing. They're not all bottom feeder cars either. Sometimes Audi or Merc
Posted by: Lurkasaurus at December 28, 2012 02:09 AM (wBtFp)
Posted by: L, elle at December 28, 2012 02:11 AM (0PiQ4)
So - who's worse: me, for accepting others' possibly race-based voting, or them, for possibly voting based on race?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 28, 2012 02:14 AM (lJJMb)
Posted by: zeera at December 28, 2012 02:16 AM (3dXwx)
After a certain age, a rational man accepts that he does not live in a rational world ...
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 28, 2012 02:17 AM (9Qc6B)
Posted by: L, elle at December 28, 2012 02:18 AM (0PiQ4)
StPatrick_TN at December 28, 2012 02:14 AM
Only the fools who voted for DUUH WON.
Time to call it quits for the night.
Good night to all.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 28, 2012 02:21 AM (+9AX9)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 28, 2012 02:22 AM (lJJMb)
Actually, Good Night at all here at the ONT. Not feeling the greatest.
Happy 3rd Day of Christmas ...
Posted by: Adriane ... at December 28, 2012 02:25 AM (9Qc6B)
Posted by: L, elle at December 28, 2012 02:25 AM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 02:36 AM (BBWjt)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2012 02:38 AM (BBWjt)
Or maybe I misunderstood it. But anyway As he got old, Asimov tried to link all of his stuff together and frankly it all came together like a steaming hot mess.
Posted by: Cackfinger at December 28, 2012 02:56 AM (CCHli)
Posted by: puddleglum at December 28, 2012 03:01 AM (CakGS)
This is what I call the Marvel Universe effect. Marvel had long had the habit of taking different IP they owned and retroactively stuffing it together in a single history. DC Comics tried the approach of having multiple realities that could be accessed from each other. That way they could have their cake and eat it too by having a stable of characters who first appeared in the late 30's and WWII era, and also the modern versions that were introduced in the late 50s, such as Green Lantern and Flash. Then there were all of the Fawcett characters like Capt. Marvel who were long kept off in their own universe.
Heinlein did it with his books by introducing dimension hopping to allow characters from different timeline to meet. Once you introduce multiple universes in which somewhere any fiction ever conceived is real, all bets are off.
The best way to deal with the Foundation books is to only consider the ones that have Asimov's name alone on the cover as true entries in the series. Everything else was forced and calculated for money more than quality.
Posted by: epobirs at December 28, 2012 03:48 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 28, 2012 03:52 AM (jfSqj)
Your understanding sounds about right.
Even the original Foundation books had stilted characters with weak dialogue and virtually no sub plots, but the huge ideas carried them along. In the later novels, those ideas did indeed drift across the line between extreme but plausible to quite implausible in.
I still recommend the entire series to anyone serious about science fiction. If for no other reason than to allow them to understand the ubiquitous references and homages strewn across more than the last half century of the genre.
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 28, 2012 03:52 AM (jts1f)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 28, 2012 03:54 AM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 28, 2012 03:55 AM (jts1f)
We can name a handful of the people who made a living at writing novels a hundred years ago. For every one still in print there are dozens long forgotten, their works long disintegrated and returned to the Well of Lost Plots. (Per Jasper Fforde.) This can also be said of far more recent decades.
Posted by: epobirs at December 28, 2012 05:45 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: walknot at December 28, 2012 11:02 AM (vo2je)
Posted by: EROWMER at December 28, 2012 11:38 AM (kxlCQ)
"I am Paul Krugman. You will of course by now have resolved the latest world crisis. The displacement of the internal combustion engine by portable mag-lev hispeed rail caused much disruption. Yet, by concentrating all political power into the World Government, you will restrain all but the extremist fringe into a cooperative, caring society. That radical element will be resolved, in time, by demographics--"
"HE'S GOT THE WRONG CRISIS!"
Posted by: Chris Balsz at December 28, 2012 12:07 PM (3GtyG)
Posted by: Hube at December 28, 2012 04:15 PM (PbgI6)
Posted by: Hari Seldon, Psychohistorian at December 28, 2012 07:06 PM (aZrqG)
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