Future bread and cookies...
Wheat is the third most produced cereal, after rice and maize, and it’s used for all sorts of things: bread, noodles, cakes, beer, etc.
What’s your favorite wheat product? Favorite wheat story? Recipes? Jokes?
Don’t hold back!
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"Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins."Integrity:
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Source:Brookings Institution, April 5, 2004.
“People like elected officials with guts who say what they mean... I stand by what I said, I didn’t violate any House rules. I didn’t do anything inappropriate. I’m not under any pressure at all.”Deceit:
Rep Alan Grayson (D-FL) during a press interview on September 30, 2009
“What we have seen over the course of the last 24 hour[s] is a Congressman who is completely consumed with his own spotlight and has absolutely no respect for the citizens who elected him.”
Jim Greer, chairman of Florida’s Republican Party in a statement, September 30, 2009.
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July 12, 2009 at 12:55 am
Oscar Mayer’s passing brings to mind an old saw I heard about 40 years ago. Here is a more modern version of that oldie:
A man, walking along the beach in Malibu came across a salt encrusted piece of metal. He scratched away to remove the salt and revealed an ancient oil lamp. With an embarrassed glance, he gave it a quick rub … a Genie appeared.
This genie, like all genies, was so happy to be freed of the lamp that he immediately granted the man three wishes.
“I wish to be one dollar richer than Bill Gates,” the man said.
“You will forever be one dollar richer than Bill Gates. What’s your second wish?”
“Genie, I want the most expensive Porsche made: Fire engine red, GPS and the finest audio system ever installed in an automobile.”
The genie waved his hand and the requested Ego-mobile appeared.
But what about the third wish… “Genie,” the man said, “I can’t think of anything now. May I save the third wish for later?”
“Gee, this is most unusual. But you’re in control, and I can’t escape from this lamp until you make a third wish. Call me when you’re ready,” and whoosh the genie disappeared back into the lamp.
The lucky man carefully placed the lamp on the passenger seat of his new car, and fastened his seat belt. He turned on the radio and pulled off the beach, heading south along the Pacific Coast Highway.
Soon he was up to 60, then 70, then 80. The Porsche handled perfectly. He was so elated that he began to sing along with a familiar commercial on the radio:
“Oh, I wish I was an Oscar-Mayer Wiener…”
July 12, 2009 at 3:31 am
Good Morning Scouts and Campers!
Sorry to have missed the c’pool party last night. I was doing the mommy thing, and we both fell asleep very early…
FWIW, I’m of 2 minds about the TP situation (schizophrenic?) On the one hand, if we all leave, or simply lurk without comment, the trolls and pseudo trolls win, and a (normally) good progressive forum, which now has national attention, loses some of it’s best, most insightful commenters (you know who you are!) However, if leave en masse (I’m feeling so French today) and each writes to TP to explain just why we’re leaving, siting specific threads w/ comments that were flagged yet allowed to remain, perhaps they’ll get the message and realize that an unmoderated forum is worse than no forum at all.
Damn, I’m long-winded today! See what too much sleep and fresh coffee can do to ya?
BTW, if there are any critters who don’t already know this, to send direct e-mails to the TP staff, their e-mail addresses are:
firstinitiallastname at americanprogress dot org
And they almost always respond.
So off I go, must clean house, brother and nephew arrive from CA today. I’m thinking it might be easier to simply mess the house up a bit more and claim that we’d been burglarized! It wouldn’t take much to be convincing…
July 12, 2009 at 3:38 am
Two more quick things (promise!)
There was talk a few weeks back about a group letter to TP which I thought was a good idea. I’m happy to help in any way needed.
I recall a “who wants AJ to sit down and shut up?” comments list (which reached about 40 names) and it only served to fan it’s ego and make it post even more! Anyone else think that might serve as a good example of what the community as a whole tihnks of thread-jackers? (that sounds dirty…)
July 12, 2009 at 4:44 am
AJ posted 8 of the first 20, 25 of the first 75 comments, 34 of the first 100 comments on the Addington thread.
Seriously, if someone feels he has that much to say, he needs to get his own blog. What a waste of space…
(she hypocritically posts in her 3rd out of the first 4 posts on today’s Watering Hole!)
July 12, 2009 at 6:13 am
Anyone ever see Nothern Wheatear? I need that one…
July 12, 2009 at 7:33 am
I have a new parody up on my blog (where it will stay so I can test the new post- and comment-ratings system.)
spencersmom,
About two dozen of us got fed up with TP’s lack of site registration and actually started this blog. We arranged it all on their own boards.
They got the message. They upgraded their site and improved it and then wrote to each of us asking us to come back. They even link to us on their blogroll. I think a group effort by us may make them take notice.
Famous people may read their blog (like Keith and Rachel) and never comment, so the troll problem might not bother them so much. (They might only be checking for the articles and topic ideas, not to see what any of us have to say.)
July 12, 2009 at 7:35 am
s-mom, what is this “too much sleep” of which you speak?
dbadass, no, I’ve never seen a Northern Wheatear. I could ask my niece (she’s the birder) if she has (too bad you didn’t ask this yesterday, my niece stopped by to take Wayne’s mom out.)
July 12, 2009 at 7:47 am
Did she bring her back?
July 12, 2009 at 7:49 am
Yes, dbadass, she did. And in one piece, too.
July 12, 2009 at 7:52 am
Jane, not too much sleep… never too much sleep.
July 12, 2009 at 7:55 am
s-mom, YOU can never post too many comments. We all enjoy each and every one of them, you’re always so insightful.
July 12, 2009 at 7:57 am
spencersmom. Since you have plenty of comments is there any chance you can swing my my course site and post some crap about PLC’s and curriculum mapping for me? I am sort of sick of it and there are still 4 weeks to go…
July 12, 2009 at 8:00 am
spencersmom,
I was on a roll last night and finished my latest song parody. I didn’t go to bed until around 6 AM. I will be crashing some time today.
July 12, 2009 at 8:13 am
Mom, I vote for the burglary thingy!
db, “Did she bring her back?” PRICELESS!!!!!!
July 12, 2009 at 8:14 am
I’m up for anything everybody wants to do. I’m a follower not a leader.
July 12, 2009 at 8:14 am
Good morning all. Heading over to my moms today to fill bird feeders and fix her computer.
Wayne, it was worth it. I believe Republicans Lie is your best to date.
And I like the idea of a group letter to TP. The trolls and spriggans are getting out of hand and only they can do anything to correct it.
July 12, 2009 at 8:20 am
Spriggans? I don’t know what it means but I like it.
July 12, 2009 at 8:26 am
Spriggans are Cornish faery folk and according to Wikipedia “Certainly their disposition was poor, and they caused mischief to those who offended them.”
July 12, 2009 at 8:26 am
Med, aren’t you a good son. Go fill those birdfeeders, we’ll see you later.
July 12, 2009 at 8:27 am
Thank you, med. Sorry I didn’t recognize your post under yet another of your various names.
I appreciate the kind words. Don’t be shy about using the ratings buttons. It’s all part of the test.
July 12, 2009 at 8:38 am
med,
One other thing about the ratings on my blog. The post itself has its own thumbs up/thumbs down in addition to each comment having one. It looks like as thumbs up was given to your comment. I don’t know if you did it or if someone else was agreeing with you.
And thank you. I’m beginning to like this one more and more.
July 12, 2009 at 8:47 am
5th suggested we call the AJ-types “trollops” instead of trolls (since they don’t quite fit the bill), but “Spriggans” seems very good! I think I’ll use that instead!
July 12, 2009 at 8:48 am
Fill the feeders? Isn’t there enough wild food available this time of year?I am not being jerkish, there are many other reasons a person might feed year round… Is mom a birder? We always get the bear warnings in the spring…
July 12, 2009 at 8:49 am
Hi Zooey, You are just the gal I was looking for. I need a favor…
July 12, 2009 at 8:50 am
Hmm, Zooey, I thought you were going to try to behave?
July 12, 2009 at 8:50 am
What can I do, db?
July 12, 2009 at 8:55 am
Jane, I just meant that when I talk about them here or on TP, I’ll call them Spriggans. Honest…
July 12, 2009 at 9:03 am
Well I need a tour guide/travel planner. I realize there are no waves but I am thinking next year of taking a driving tour of that region. I sort of would like to come when the rape is blooming. The three of us travel pretty lightly and will mostly want to camp or sleep in the rental car. Glacier would be on our Agenda and probably Sitting Bull…
July 12, 2009 at 9:10 am
Cool, db. Glacier is fantastic, but it’s likely that the Going to the Sun road might not be open during the time the rape is in bloom — nor would school be out.
Sitting Bull…?
July 12, 2009 at 9:20 am
db, a possible time frame would be helpful. And maybe the route you’re thinking about taking.
July 12, 2009 at 9:36 am
Well it sure wouldn’t be the Feb vaca so probably summer as the only other one we have is last week of April which is still too early. What do you suggest? I do still need to fill a week to 10 days this August. I figure we might fly into some place other than Chicago and just get a suitable vehicle for a week. Oh the Dakota’s Sitting Bull and Rushmore but we probably can’t cover that much ground with just one driver. Banf is on the wish list too…
July 12, 2009 at 9:39 am
You mean Crazy Horse.
Personally, I’d skip that one. Mt Rushmore is way more impressive, and it costs twice as much to get into Crazy Horse ($20).
Devils Tower is a must if you’re in the area, and the Badlands are interesting. Yellowstone is one of my favs, but might be out of the way. The Custer Battlefield in Montana is worthwhile — eerily peaceful, gorgeous country.
July 12, 2009 at 9:53 am
Did I say Sitting Bull? Damn, I must be out ofit. Thanks for the dope slap…My mom is big on Crazy Horse… Now youunderstand that our travels are more based on which species we can pick up right?
July 12, 2009 at 10:19 am
Well, you’ll see a lot of prairie dogs in Montana.
July 12, 2009 at 10:28 am
Is there any real difference among ‘prairie dogs’, ‘groundhogs’, and ‘woodchucks’? I’m not well-versed in rodentia.
July 12, 2009 at 10:35 am
Prairie dogs are smaller than groundhogs, and way cuter.
I wouldn’t know a woodchuck if it were chucking wood in front of my chucking eyes.
July 12, 2009 at 10:38 am
Funny, Zooey. (snort)
Maybe a ‘woodchuck’ is really another term for a (you should excuse the expression) ‘beaver’?
July 12, 2009 at 10:48 am
A groundhog is the same as a woodchuck. Beavers live in small rivers and creeks.
July 12, 2009 at 10:48 am
Prairie dogs transmit plague. Groundhogs, whistlepigs, and woodchucks are all eastern marmot…
July 12, 2009 at 10:49 am
and beavers are way cuter. Well least all the ones I have seen…
July 12, 2009 at 10:51 am
db, what do you even mean by this? “…is there any chance you can swing my my course site and post some crap about PLC’s and curriculum mapping for me? I am sort of sick of it and there are still 4 weeks to go…”
When you mention PLC, I think of our PatrioticLiberalChristian. If you’re looking for some bullshit, I’m a master, but you’ll have to clue me in…
July 12, 2009 at 10:55 am
dbadass, thanks for the explanation…and the subsequent commentary. Wait, ‘whistlepigs’? Never heard that one.
House, I’ve seen hundreds (okay, maybe dozens) of nature shows about beavers, I just thought that I may have been mistaken all my life about what ‘woodchucks’ really referred to – I thought maybe the ‘wood’ had to do with beavers. Oh, jeez, that didn’t come out well, but you know what I mean.
July 12, 2009 at 10:55 am
Sorry PLC as in Professional Learning Communities. It is the lastest crap I have to pretend to buy for my job…
July 12, 2009 at 10:58 am
“When you mention PLC, I think of our PatrioticLiberalChristian.”
Me, too, mom. PLC has been around so long that those initials are forever associated with him. Good guy, IMO, he brings a good perspective to TP.
July 12, 2009 at 11:03 am
I had a groundhog in my backyard last summer. Trust me, they may be cute but the havoc they reak is not. I borrowed a friend’s have-a-heart trap and it was occupied the next morning… by a skunk! Had to call a pro to come get the skunk which cost me $190, and he swapped out with another have-a-heart. Caught the g’hog the next day and let him loose many, many miles away.
Prairie dogs don’t stand a chance because they live in gun totin’ land.
July 12, 2009 at 11:05 am
Feeders filled but Mom needs a new mouse. She’s still using an old contact kind and it is going spastic.
db, Mom isn’t a probirder. She just likes to watch them. She’s getting up there and, while still reasonably spry, she just likes to have their company. Even has a separate squirrel feeder for the rats with furry tails.
I had a friend in SD who told me about a program they had out there to deal with the whistle pigs. It was a giant vacuum cleaner on a truck and they would go down the median in the interstate and suck the burrowing devils out of their holes for relocation before they undermined the highway.
July 12, 2009 at 11:09 am
“disposition was poor, and they caused mischief to those who offended them.”
Wait, I think I’m a spriggan!
July 12, 2009 at 11:11 am
db, I have a patch of coreopsis out front and the finches love it.
If you could swing by and pick up my kid on your way out west she would love that trip. Because I am never taking her camping, I’m a pansy.
July 12, 2009 at 11:12 am
It took me a while to figure out how you used a mouse to feed the birds med. Mostly because every time I try to feed birds I end up with mouse problems and my husband throws a fit.
July 12, 2009 at 11:17 am
db, if you’re swinging by to pick up Shayne’s daughter, you can pick up Spencer, too! Since you are so familiar with the area and all…
July 12, 2009 at 11:20 am
Spencersmom,
You just got him back, and already you’re trying to deal him off again?
July 12, 2009 at 11:21 am
Shayne, my mom has many visitors to her little deck, both furred and feathered but the ‘mouse’ problem is with her computer. She is an avid gamer and even has her own Nintendo DS.
I suspect we all have a bit of spriggan in us. I just have a teensy problem with using the word trollop for the attention hounds. In my dictionary it refers to a woman of easy virtue. Or, as per Robert Aspirin, a female troll.
July 12, 2009 at 11:24 am
Favorite wheat recipe. The oldest weissbier brewery in the world, dating back to 1872. They were the first commercial brewery to be granted a license to produce beer from wheat; previously, this had been limited to royal breweries.
July 12, 2009 at 11:26 am
HoR, we’re talking next summer. No, I’m not trying to send him away again, just being a good planner. (hah!)
As moms go, I’m not that bad.
July 12, 2009 at 11:28 am
Hey, my wife and I looked forward to the weekends her two boys went to their dad’s house.
July 12, 2009 at 11:38 am
HoR, what I really need is an ex-husband.
Wayne, if you’re done napping, can I just say FANTASTIC job on your version of American Pie?
July 12, 2009 at 11:39 am
dbadass:
May I impose and ask a small favor?
There has been this really annoying troll spamming a thread at TP for a few days. I was wonder if sometime in the next day or so, that perhaps you skim the thread starting at comment 267 and leave the troll a brief message?LINK
July 12, 2009 at 12:03 pm
db
Excuse my poor manners for neglecting to say please.
July 12, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Hey house, mine isn’t even home yet and she’s been gone a month and I’m planning ahead. Mostly because that’s the kind of trip she would love and I would hate. Actually I’m not much of a traveler.
July 12, 2009 at 12:05 pm
I was intrigued so I scanned the thread reggie referred to and while I don’t agree with some of the things this Jandros is saying, I noticed the interchange was coherent. And not just from Jandros. It was actually interesting to read all the postings because, in large part, there was thought given to them.
July 12, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Would one of the Critters check my post in drafts? Re Cheney & CIA. Thnx
July 12, 2009 at 12:14 pm
spencersmom,
Yes.
Yes you can.
Thank you.
BTW, I decided to post it at my diary at dKos. We’ll see how well it’s received there. I once got a diary “rescued” there, maybe I’ll get lucky again. I liked this one.
July 12, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Spencersmom,
Most women say they need a husband, you’re the first one I’ve seen that wants to start out with an ex. Not even a “future ex-husband.
July 12, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Don’t take this wrong, but I need a wife.
July 12, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Mom, there are oodles of ex-husbands out there to choose from. But maybe a dog would be a better choice.
July 12, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Can’t eat wheat unless it’s sprouted.
Question? I have a bunch of slides (pictures) and I was wondering if there is a way to capture these digitally, that is, transfer the pictures to digital storage. I would like to get rid of the slides and I still want the pictures. Does anyone know if this can be done?
July 12, 2009 at 12:19 pm
I hear you, Zooey. My friends and family have been telling me for while now I need to get a wife.
(They all seem to have the same speech impediment.)
July 12, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Cats, there are several magical gizmos out there that can digitize slides. One of my sisters got one to record all of the slides my dad had. I’ll check with her and see what the brand name was.
July 12, 2009 at 12:21 pm
I need an organizer. Yikes, I still have too much “stuff”.
July 12, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Thanks, Med. I knew that there were smart folks here at The Zoo.
July 12, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Med, I just have a bunch of “woman’s work” that needs doing around here, and I don’t want to do it.
July 12, 2009 at 12:23 pm
s-mom, you don’t need an ex and you don’t need a husband and you don’t need a wife. You need someone to share some adult time with. Don’t let them move in because that’s when they become demanding.
July 12, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Med, could you let me know about that as well? My Dad has approximately one million slides.
July 12, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Amen, Cats.
They can live next door.
July 12, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Zooey, you should have seen my sink and counter top yesterday before I bit the bullet.
July 12, 2009 at 12:29 pm
I feel your pain, Med.
I have a dust bunny invasion, but I really hate vacuuming in the heat. And I never remember after dark…
July 12, 2009 at 12:29 pm
It is a Brookstone iConvert. It can digitize both slides and negatives. Plugs into a USB port.
July 12, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Cats, my Epson scanner came with a frame to hold slides, but I didn’t have any so I never used it.
July 12, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Sorry, I didn’t mean to bring up Michael Jackson…
July 12, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Zooey, I have to use a ShopVac that collects roughly the equivalent of 1 dog’s worth of hair every two weeks. I could make blankets out of the dog hair if I knew how to weave.
July 12, 2009 at 12:32 pm
I don’t mean to sound dumb, but can that converter be used on a PC?
July 12, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Zooey, it is a cute little box you plug into a USB port on your PC. It comes with software.
July 12, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Quit your bitching Zooey my dad coolects heavy objects and then makes even heavier sculptures from them…
July 12, 2009 at 12:34 pm
db
thank you
July 12, 2009 at 12:35 pm
I love cute little boxes that plug into USB ports. Thanks for staying at my comfort level, Med.
July 12, 2009 at 12:36 pm
db, you haven’t seen my Dad’s house. It’s scary!
BTW, “quit your bitching?” **arms crossed, foot tapping**
July 12, 2009 at 12:37 pm
cute little boxes? Should I even go there?
July 12, 2009 at 12:39 pm
I checked online and it costs about $100. Check eBay and I’m sure you can find one for less.
Otherwise I can loan this one out once we get done converting the slides of people surprised in outhouses. My dad had a weird sense of humor.
July 12, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Can’t be weirder thenmy dad’s little kabuki theather full if heavy stuff and pedestals…
July 12, 2009 at 12:41 pm
“I have a dust bunny invasion, but I really hate vacuuming in the heat. And I never remember after dark…”
I just came back in here from taking a broom to some of the cobwebs in the kitchen. Last night before I hit the hay, I noticed some huge cobwebs above the lamp behind me in here, so I got those, too. And that’s about all I’ve done this weekend as far as housework is concerned. I keep telling myself that I’m off tomorrow, but now the list of things I can do tomorrow won’t fit into tomorrow.
I’ve got enough dust/cat fur bunnies to make a coupla new cats…
July 12, 2009 at 12:43 pm
With all of the dogs and cats in America, why isn’t there a market for fabric made from their fur?
July 12, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Look! New toys!
July 12, 2009 at 12:44 pm
I would imagine a sweater made from Fluffy’s fur would make more sense as a remembrance than a freeze dried critter.
July 12, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Where’d they go?!?
July 12, 2009 at 12:49 pm
I love invisible toys.
July 12, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Med, you’re making me feel all itchy.
July 12, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Med, isn’t this in your neck of the woods?
Upside down flag has Vet in fight for 1st Amendment rights.
July 12, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Zooey, I am going to be a really good boy and not respond to that straight line.
In the future, please don’t tempt me like that except on Saturday night.
July 12, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Yes, Zooey, it is. Crivitz is a very picturesque town. And what the man is doing is not only not illegal but justified. An inverted flag is a distress signal.
July 12, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Hee hee.
I was thinking of doing a post about the upside down flag matter. That’s a serious violation.
July 12, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Hi guys!
Med, I couldn’t resist….”My dad had a weird sense of humor.”
Hummmm.. something about an apple not falling far from the tree….
July 12, 2009 at 1:08 pm
I have a weird sense of humor, but I’ve never had the desire to take photos of people in outhouses.
Not that I really have an opportunity…
July 12, 2009 at 1:09 pm
On a personal (and happy note), my song is getting good reviews at dailyKos, and one commenter offered to send it to a DJ who likes to get things like that recorded. Maybe it’ll finally happen. I told him that any royalties due me be donated to the USO. I’m not looking to make money doing this, but if money is to be made, I would rather it go to people who deserve it, our Troops.
This could work out nicely, but I won’t get my hopes up too much.
July 12, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Hi krystal. For some reason my dad (and the rest of the rels) had this strange idea that popping the door open on the outhouse and snapping a picture of the poor soul inside was great humor.
Judging by the looks on some of the faces…ok, maybe. There was one time they thought to catch Dad at his own game. Problem was, nobody would develop the picture of the full moon rising.
July 12, 2009 at 1:12 pm
How many outhouses are out there and how do you find them? That sounds like a lifetime project.
The whole idea just cracks me up!
July 12, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Congratulations, Wayne. I’m still working on the poor man’s version for us here. The sound quality on the first effort was horrible.
July 12, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Wayne, I hope that when you become famous you wont forget us the “little people”. From what I’ve see of your creativity, you stand a good chance!
July 12, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Thanks for the information about the slide converter.
July 12, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Krystal, the day I deny this apple fell far from the tree is the day you can put flowers on my grave. It took me a while but I did eventually realize that one of the greatest gifts I ever received from my father was a sense of humor.
It wasn’t until the last decade of his life that we both came to appreciate that. Then the fun really started.
July 12, 2009 at 1:23 pm
I think a post about the poor bastards whose kids now say he didn’t molest them might be interesting. Thank god those crazy daze of suburban satanic worship and daycare molestation have passed…
July 12, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Med, I LOVE it! Your sense of humor mixed with the grumpiness and sharp acerbic tones has put many smiles on my face.
Just don’t get conceited, now!
July 12, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Cats please don’t tell my father I made fun of his art….
July 12, 2009 at 1:29 pm
db, “I think a post about the poor bastards whose kids now say he didn’t molest them might be interesting”
What’s that about?
July 12, 2009 at 1:30 pm
med,
You make me laugh, and I always enjoy your humor. Never stop doing that.
July 12, 2009 at 1:32 pm
krystal, back before WWII, my dad and his brother were known as Cocky and Octy. I’ll give you two guesses as to which was which. The first one doesn’t count.
July 12, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Wayne, right back at you.
July 12, 2009 at 1:36 pm
And Wayne, have you talked to your ego recently?
July 12, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Yay, Mets win 2 in a row! Calloo, callay, o frabjous day!
(yes, Mets fans are pathetic.)
July 12, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Yes, med, I have. We had a nice little chat about what my actual hat size is supposed to be. I’ll just try to enjoy any notice that may come my way, but I know the experience will be ephemeral. I’m cool with that.
July 12, 2009 at 1:44 pm
db – I won’t tell your dad but Breezy might. Is your dad back in K-town?
July 12, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Creative people always appreciate a pat on the back because they are always so pathetically needy. And those who are less than creative are always afraid of saying good job.
One of the reasons I like this place is that appreciation for effort is generally rewarded.
July 12, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Did I mention I consider myself one of the needy?
July 12, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Cats
No he isn’t but he is in PA and I did have to haul all that burnt wood and foundary art up three flights of stairs. You’d think the guy would have a bed and some furniture but no just heavy sculptures… He carried his own sleeping mat that he carries around like Cai Chan Cain or whatever the hell his name was…
July 12, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Kwai Chang Cain.
July 12, 2009 at 2:34 pm
krystalviews
A poor bastard who has been in jail for years based on what appears tobe stupid 80’s hysteria was released when his kids recanted and claimed that the adults manipilated them to suit the agenda of the day…
July 12, 2009 at 2:41 pm
db, the way they manipulated children, asking leading questions, giving praise when the sought response was given, refusing to accept a “no” answer when they were sure the child had been abused, all these things made it all the more difficult to prosecute real cases when they come up.
I can just imagine how a convicted pedophile and child rapist would be treated in prison. There is no about of compensation that could repair the damage to the wrongly convicted.
Of course, the same could be said for anyone wrongly accused and imprisoned. Without DNA, how many fatal needles would have found their way into innocent arms?
July 12, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Thanks for that medjhiesco.
Cats- Funny you should mention Breezy. I just introduced my kids to some cast aluminum I think he did when those two took some sort of metals course together….Not his usual media but for some reason these pieces really appeal to me…
July 12, 2009 at 2:48 pm
I feel so dirty. I plugged my song at Crooks&Liars. I’m hoping it makes Mike’s Blog Round-up. That would be cool. But I can live with it if it doesn’t.
July 12, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Wayne, that song deserves plugging and if the author doesn’t believe, why should anyone else?
July 12, 2009 at 2:53 pm
spencersmom
It only takes one or even the possibility of one to make the death penalty a bunch of crap…
July 12, 2009 at 2:56 pm
The death penalty should be administered at the scene of the crime, to my way of thinking. If that isn’t possible, go fishing.
July 12, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Its kind of funny to hear the Republicans go into Holy Shit mode. Sort of like the designers of the Titanic saying ‘We designed a perfect ship.”
July 12, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Med,
What are the republicans panicked about?
July 12, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Other than fear?
Fear that people are realizing that the fear they have been selling is bogus?
July 12, 2009 at 3:39 pm
It is one of those places in life that no one wants to believe but the fact is when reality meets fantasy, reality will always win. Republicans do not understand reality.
They want to believe in differentiation of people, they hug privilege, they want their fantasy.
Reality just keeps rolling over them and they hate it. That is why they squeal so loudly.
July 12, 2009 at 3:41 pm
My favorite wheat item is hefe weissen beer – everyone talks about how the Germans are so great with engineering, but to me a good beer is more impressive than a Mercedes (until my car breaks down and I have to ride my bike to the liquor store, anyway). Bagels are nice too. Especially with beer…
July 12, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Subject: Slides to digital
I have a VuPoint Solutions WM-FC-VP that I got at WalMart (Flog me a thousand times.) for about 50 bucks. They (not WalMart) have a site at http://www.vupointsolutions.com. The process is a bit slow – about 30 slides per hour (including fumbling), but the quality is pretty good. 4×6 prints are as good or better than Kodak delivers.
July 12, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Welcome, prim8. Can you tell me the exact difference between a good beer and a good car? Other than the beer tastes better.
BTW, I post as Hoodathunk in another reality.
July 12, 2009 at 4:12 pm
My god, we need to take up a collection to buy AJ a gross of crying towels.
July 12, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Zooey
which thread?
July 12, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Or three Shamwows?
July 12, 2009 at 4:14 pm
This one, Reg.
July 12, 2009 at 4:15 pm
That would be a bit more efficient, wouldn’t it, Med?
July 12, 2009 at 4:17 pm
I know one way a good car is better than a good bottle of beer, it’s impossible to make whoopee in a bottle of beer….at least it is for normal sized men.
July 12, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Maybe Aj just needs to get laid.
Or maybe a dog.
Or maybe both, not necessarily exclusive.
July 12, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Point one on the difference to reggie.
July 12, 2009 at 4:20 pm
There is just something about a stick shift….
July 12, 2009 at 4:20 pm
I need to get laid, but I don’t act like I think I’m the center of the frackin’ universe.
Do I…?
Please say no.
July 12, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Sorry, Zooey, but I’m still dealing with the first part of the statement.
And don’t you already have a dog?
July 12, 2009 at 4:24 pm
She’s not my type.
July 12, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Must be AJ’s problem as well.
July 12, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Yeah, my dog doesn’t like him either…
July 12, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Sorry to mess with ya, Med. Sometimes I forget this is not my living room.
July 12, 2009 at 4:28 pm
It is hard to imagine that an animal that will eat poo has taste but I suppose that says something about
AJ.
July 12, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Be advised that AJ seems to lurk over here in case we’re talking about him amongst ourselves. He appears to be a troubled soul.
July 12, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Fuck, AJ.
July 12, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Hi, gummitch.
July 12, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Hmmm, is there some way to moon on the Internet?
July 12, 2009 at 4:30 pm
(|)
July 12, 2009 at 4:31 pm
That doesn’t look all that good.
July 12, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Sorry, elk but that sort of lacks the appropriate impact.
And Hi Gummitch.
July 12, 2009 at 4:32 pm
How about this, moose?
(_|_)
July 12, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Much better
July 12, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Thunderstorm coming on, here. I may disappear if it starts rockin’ & rollin’.
I speak Palin-ese now.
July 12, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Stick with Michael, then most of us will nod and laugh.
July 12, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Nice one!
July 12, 2009 at 4:38 pm
The butt or the Palinese, gummitch?
July 12, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Weather forecast here has been for t-storms and apparently they had something in Eugene. Nothing here but breeze and cool temps and we never have real thunderstorms, anyway.
I did shut down the PC a month or so back, when a huge storm blew through the region but it went around me completely. Ha, even the Storm Gods fear me!
July 12, 2009 at 4:39 pm
(Gummitch, tell her the butt. Women like to hear good things about their butts.)
July 12, 2009 at 4:39 pm
I luvs me some Michael Palin.
Can’t wait for the storm, 91 degrees is making me cranky.
July 12, 2009 at 4:42 pm
The butt!
July 12, 2009 at 4:42 pm
I’ve met gummitch. He knows I won’t believe any flattery about my butt.
July 12, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Ok, fine.
July 12, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Hi Zooey, this is to answer your question from TP.
I’ve been dog sitting with a female German Shepard that was picked up by the county Animal Control. She was pregnant and delivered 8 healthy pups on July 3rd. My cat is jealous!
The county fostered the dog to the owner of a business next door to me. He’s keeping the dog at his office and bribed me with beer to walk her and feed her when he’s not around. So far I’ve been through 6 cases of beer and cleaned up a lot of crap in his office.
July 12, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Hah. You may not think flattery about butts won’t effect you because you think because he has seen you but never underestimate the male thoughts of a female butt. Men are perverse creatures.
July 12, 2009 at 4:46 pm
I was admiring the moon graphic.
Maybe I should eat some more of these cookies . . .
July 12, 2009 at 4:47 pm
8 puppies!!! I bet they are so cute, Pachy.
Well, even if you have a lot of crap to clean up, you have the beer as consolation.
July 12, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Eat more cookies, gummitch.
July 12, 2009 at 4:55 pm
I’m having fun baking and fortunately have co-workers eager to gobble it all up.
July 12, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Thanks, Med. I’ve heard that about men…
July 12, 2009 at 4:57 pm
gummitch, do you have enough for everyone?
July 12, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Chocolate chip oatmeal?
July 12, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Snickerdoodles!
July 12, 2009 at 5:04 pm
I think there may be a way to neutralize AJ and teach him a lesson in humility. It’s not something one can do alone and certainly not something that can be discussed openly here.
It doesn’t involve the Zoo or Think Progress
July 12, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Correction
one can’t do alone
July 12, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Reg,
I think Kay’s got it figured out. She’s going to let the people he plagiarizes know about it every time he does it. She’ll do it, too!
We all should…
July 12, 2009 at 5:06 pm
The puppies are cute Zooey, and noticeably bigger after 8 days. I’m speculating from how the mom treats her pups that she’s had other litters and from how she treats me and my cat that she was once part of a family with children and other pets.
She was picked up in an area where a lot of people have lost their homes and I wonder if she was just abandoned when her owner lost his or her home. When the puppies are weaned they and mom go back to the county to be spayed and neutered before going up for adoption.
July 12, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Zooey, check FB for cookie photo.
I ruined most of a batch of snickerdoodles last week, and will be attacking them again. These are chocolate chip/pecan bar cookies and molasses spice cookies. It’s the second time for the molasses cookies and this time I think I got it right. A tiny bit crispy on the outside, chewy and loaded with flavor.
July 12, 2009 at 5:07 pm
That is a small part of step two in my plan
July 12, 2009 at 5:09 pm
That’s just wrong, gummitch. Now I’m going to have to make cookies…
We call burnt cookies “Cajun cookies.” They taste better that way.
July 12, 2009 at 5:13 pm
That’s so sad, Pachy. I’m sure that will be happening more as these hard times continue.
My Honeybump (German Shepherd/Chow mix) was found living under an abandoned house with her five puppies. She’s a wonderful dog, and very protective.
July 12, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Pachy, I meet a lot of people at dog parks who have rescue dogs. One woman even flew all the way to Florida to pick up two beagles (cuuuuute) who had been abandoned and found wandering alone out in the country. Another woman I met had a very sweet Lab who had apparently been used in a puppy mill for Labradoodles and then summarily abandoned. She told me that the dog clearly had never played nor had any real socialization. Fortunately, she’s learned by now and it was a joy to watch her frolic — and run down and leap out into the river after a ball.
People like that, though, that treat animals as trash? I’d shoot them without any hesitation.
July 12, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Sorry, had to step away for a bit. Reggie, you can’t make whoopee in a bottle of beer, but beer makes it possible – even probable – that you’ll do it anywhere else.
This AJ you speak of, is it that d!ckhead Another Joe? He’s the reason I wanted to check this sight out – I get really tired of him monopolizing the threads, especially since he’s an idiot deluxe. There’s no talking to him, because he has about three pat responses to criticism that he thinks are clever for some reason (plus it appears he has more than one handle, so he can recommend himself).
med, I have read your hoodathunk posts. So this is where the sane TPers hang out…
OK, I’ll shut up now…
July 12, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Same with my dog, gummitch. She doesn’t know what it means to play. And she’s absolutely terrified of other dogs.
Sad…
July 12, 2009 at 5:25 pm
This place is evil. Start talking about cookies, snickerdoodles and such so I just had to go down to the local ice cream shop and get a turtle sundae.
And I still have a yen for snickerdoodles.
July 12, 2009 at 5:26 pm
That’s the guy, prim8, and this is the sane place.
July 12, 2009 at 5:32 pm
“but beer makes it possible – even probable ”
Not at my age, alcohol may still make the mind willing but it also makes the flesh much.more weak.
July 12, 2009 at 5:32 pm
I haveenough smoked salmon for everyone if it matters…
July 12, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Thanks, Med. Thanks a whole lot. Now I’m thinking about ice cream.
July 12, 2009 at 5:33 pm
I got my dog Shorty (a mutt, God lover ‘er) from Orphans of the Storm, a rescue place near here, and she’s a playin’ fool. But the people there told me she was found along the road, hit by a car and almost dead, during a thunderstorm, and to this day – 9 years later – thunder or even just rain makes her go rigid. I give her half a children’s Benadryl to make her sleepy, but if it’s really bad, even that won’t work.
July 12, 2009 at 5:35 pm
And you were the one who brought up schnickerdoodles.
July 12, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Reg, the beer is for your date.
July 12, 2009 at 5:37 pm
I love to see that so many of us have rescued dogs!
prim8, my dog is petrified of fireworks and thunder. There’s a storm in the distance, and although I have taught her not to try to climb inside my skin, she’s plastered to my leg and shaking like a leaf. Poor thing.
July 12, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Med, I’m trying to keep my thoughts pure.
I always try…
July 12, 2009 at 5:40 pm
I wish my dog was afraid of fireworks. My son brought some roman canf=dles and firecrackers over and thought it was funny that Mook wanted to bite them.
No fireworks allowed at my house. Fool dog.
July 12, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Forget beer, it’s easier, faster and more effective to just slip GBL in their one and only drink. you have to buy her.
And of course I am kidding!
July 12, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Oh god, that makes me woozy, Med.
A friend of mind works with a man who blew his hand clean off with fireworks. *shivers*
July 12, 2009 at 5:46 pm
My son was lucky I am a peaceable sort and chose to explain his stupidity to him. My first reaction was to stick a lit roman candle into the first orifice that presented itself.
Come to think of it, that sort of was what I told him I would do if he didn’t start using his head.
July 12, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Sounds reasonable to me!
July 12, 2009 at 5:49 pm
prim8, at times like that the best thing (at least with my dog) is to sit with him and even let him break rules by sitting on the couch next to me (or once, on the bed). My friend Bob’s Labs are the same way; as long as he’s in the room with them (always have to bring dogs inside), they’re fine.
July 12, 2009 at 5:53 pm
My little dog used to be terrified of storms. I would play with her, distract her, whenever one came up and after about the third time at the first rumble of thunder she would bring her favorite chew toy to me.
July 12, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Nice one, Med.
We don’t really have scary storms around here, so Ralphie only gets to worry around July 4th. He’s actually far more upset by smoke alarms. In fact, he tried to run away one time and it took forever to figure out that we had a defective alarm that was emitting a sound only he could hear.
July 12, 2009 at 5:59 pm
gummitch, a few years back I went through some chemotherapy, and at that time I sorta “rediscovered” reefer (I had a . During a storm I shared some with Shorty and she really mellowed out. But since I no longer am doing chemo (clear for three years now) I haven’t bought any.
What’s the ethical thing to do when your dog needs pot?
July 12, 2009 at 6:00 pm
prim8, sometimes ya gotta take one for the team.
July 12, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Put a short skirt on it and pick a good corner?
July 12, 2009 at 6:01 pm
prim8, you got to send the dog to rehab.
Actually, that takes me back about a zillion years. Some guys I knew had a pet rat and they would pass him along behind the joint. Everyone was supposed to exhale into the rat’s face. At the time, I thought it was creepy and now I’m appalled that I didn’t speak up. Still, he did seem to be a happy enough rodent.
July 12, 2009 at 6:03 pm
“Put a short skirt on it and pick a good corner?”
Well, she is awful cute….
July 12, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Sometimes I wish I weren’t such a specist….
July 12, 2009 at 6:06 pm
TMI, Zooey.
July 12, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Heh.
July 12, 2009 at 6:07 pm
If my current dry spell last much longer, I may have to start looking to other species – like Republicans.
July 12, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Though I once dated a woman with an afghan hound….
July 12, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Add another ShamWow to the stack for AJ.
July 12, 2009 at 6:12 pm
How did she feel about you bringing an afghan hound on your dates?
July 12, 2009 at 6:12 pm
All you have to do is wring them out. If it happens to be around AJ’s neck…oopsie.
July 12, 2009 at 6:14 pm
It appears that AJ is outraged that this blog is a place where people come to chat and enjoys each others company in a stress free environment.
It’s a good thing he doesn’t know about the private blog that is hidden and inaccessible to google searches.
Lets keep that hush hush, the little bugger’s head would explode if he knew what was said there.
July 12, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Careful, Med. Apparently talking about AJ here constitutes stalking him on TP.
I know, it’s kooky.
July 12, 2009 at 6:15 pm
It was her dog. And she could have learned things about personality from it. Funny thing is we broke up because her dog liked me better than her.
July 12, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Right, Reg. I almost let that slip.
July 12, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Ouch, Med!
July 12, 2009 at 6:23 pm
It was nothing like that. The darned dog would listen to me and not her.
And Zooey, are you harassing AJ over on TP?
July 12, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Med, Ralphie and I met a lovely young woman at the dog park the other day who had three (count them, three) slate gray Great Danes. Those are some big fucking dogs, let me tell you. I asked how she handled living with three dogs, and after telling me that her roommate had two more she said “They’re no problem, really. They sleep in my bed.”
And I thought, here’s a beautiful young blonde who is never ever getting laid.
July 12, 2009 at 6:25 pm
I was referring to the personality comment, Med. Such a naughty mind.
Harassing, AJ? Me?
Ummmmm, no?
July 12, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Great Danes are very easy going, but no way would they be sleeping in my bed.
July 12, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Did you know your nose twitches when you fib?
Gummitch, any man familiar with big dogs might brave the Danes. I think there are 4 of them in the US at present.
July 12, 2009 at 6:28 pm
I have a story to tell you but it’s going to have to wait until tomorrow. There are 233 comments and I don’t want this story to get lost among the comments. It’s a true story about flight 93 that crashed on September 11 in Pennsylvania. It’s an eyewitness account.
July 12, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Dammit. There’s always a tell.
July 12, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Holy crap, Cats! I look forward to reading that!
July 12, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Looking forward to reading it Cats. For me, I need to go get a few things done yet tonight.
Have fun all.
July 12, 2009 at 6:33 pm
See ya later, Med.
The thunderstorm is over, and the dog has detached herself, so I’m outta here for a while.
July 12, 2009 at 6:37 pm
g’night med
nice meeting you
July 12, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Just checking in! *doing chest curls with my Captain Caveman Troll Bashing Club* I’m in good shape. How ’bout you people? LOL
July 12, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Glad you guys and gals are still here. I just returned from taking mama for a walk. Along the way another nearby neighbor invited me to come back for some good shit. I did and I’m feeling fine now.
I checked over at TP and saw that hanshiro is on his high horse again, another joe is still posting his plagiarized poppycock and the trolls greatglobofspit and Tim Vacusuck have appeared.
I’m not in the mood for their petty BS tonight.
July 12, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Hi, Kay! I’m about to bug out, but I wanted to congratulate you on beefing up the skillz. They were killer to begin with!
July 12, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Why thank you Zooey!
July 12, 2009 at 6:46 pm
I’m out too actually. Hope you all have a great evening!
July 12, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Zooey:
See u later
BTW, I have no issue if you allow Kay access to the Whack-a Troll blog as long as she doesn’t share it’s addy with non clique members.
July 12, 2009 at 6:50 pm
“People come and go so quickly around here!”
Sorry I missed Kay here. But Pachy, it’s always nice to see you.
July 12, 2009 at 6:53 pm
pachydiplax. where does the momma go? Is her home permanent now or is it just a foster home? Now I’m worried about her.
July 12, 2009 at 6:54 pm
I think AJ is Bartlebee and then he doesn’t need to get laid he just needs to fight. It’s his thing. He’s going to clear out the whole site like he who shall not be named did a couple of years ago.
July 12, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Hello Jane good to see you and I assume Wayne is close by? Tell him I like the lyrics he wrote to the tune of “American Pie”.
It’s currently 79 degrees here at 10 PM and the ocean water temperature is 81. Still no tropical activity in the Atlantic and the locals are beginning to wonder what that will mean when a hurricane does develop.
Ah, St. Augustine, a quaint little drinking village with a fishing problem.
One of my unemployed neighbors supplements his income catching fiddler crabs and selling them to bait stores. $80 for a five gallon bucket keeps him in beer for a while.
July 12, 2009 at 7:12 pm
I beg to differ, Shayne, I don’t think AJ is Bartlebee. I think joe’s attitude is a bit different, I’m not sure just how.
I’m actually more struck by hanshiro’s venom, but then again, I’ve never really had my integrity and honesty questioned quite so nastily before.
July 12, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Is there anyone still out there?
July 12, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Pachy, yes, Wayne is sitting across from me at his computer. I just gave him your compliment, “thanks!” Wayne put ‘Republicans Lie’ up on DailyKos and people there are saying nice things about it.
81-degree water sounds marvelous to me! The only ocean water that I’ve ever been in has been at Maine or Cape Cod, usually off-season to boot. Brrr.
July 12, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Hi, s-mom! I have to cut out soon, but I’m here for a bit.
July 12, 2009 at 7:19 pm
No way he’s bartlebee. Bart never whined about being picked on, but just waded in and started swinging. It is true that he could go on and on for hours and hours and always had a huge chip on his shoulder, but not a whiner.
July 12, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Thank you, gummitch, that explains the difference that I felt.
S-mom, BTW, congrats on some excellent comments at TP today – one of yours is the top-rated on the Eric Holder thread.
July 12, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Back for a few minutes.
I just updated my Cheney post with this news.
It’s citing the Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal, so give it whatever weight you think it deserves.
July 12, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Hi Jane! Sorry, I was trying to read a bit at TP, but it’s WhineFest 2009 over there!
Of course, the passive/agressive ones are coming here to see what is posted about them so they can go back and whine about cliques and shit.
Some people just don’t know when to grow up!
Jane, did you and Wayne have mondo thunder last night? It was awesome! Sounded like someone up there was piiiiissssssed!
July 12, 2009 at 7:26 pm
No way is that idiot Bartlebee.
Bartlebee is tenacious, but he’s no dumbass, and like gummitch says, he’s not a whiner.
July 12, 2009 at 7:27 pm
If you feel like it, Mom, start at the bottom. It’s sad.
July 12, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Jane, I’ll have to show Spence tomorrow… he always feels like a super star when his name appears at the top of the “best of”.
Zooey, I hear you’re one of the Mean Girls. Poor lil picked on TPers. I know I’ve taken my share of hits at times, but I never resorted to whining. Threats, yes, whining, no.
July 12, 2009 at 7:29 pm
AJ sure does a great Bartles hair splitting show though…! Must be bald by now…
July 12, 2009 at 7:29 pm
No thunder that I heard, mom. At least it didn’t wake me up. Wayne was up most of the night and doesn’t remember a thunderstorm. (not that that’s saying much…)
Absolutely beautiful day today, though, and no rain forecast ’til Thursday, I think.
Hi again, Zooey!
July 12, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Of course, the passive/agressive ones are coming here to see what is posted about them so they can go back and whine about cliques and shit.
He keeps using that word. I don’t think it means what he thinks it means. We have a much stronger connection to each other than those in a “clique”. We blog together, for crying out loud!
July 12, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Whining is for lightweights!
July 12, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Hi, RUC!!
How’s that baby boy growing? And your beautiful daughter?
July 12, 2009 at 7:31 pm
RUCerious, hello! I almost never cross paths with you these days.
July 12, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Ah, but Wayne, we’re a teeeeeeeny clique. The silent majority support the Troika and ignore the dubious contributions of the zoo animals. Oddly enough, the Troika appears to only have two wheels of late.
And the Mariners beat the Rangers three out of four and are actually above .500. Life is good.
July 12, 2009 at 7:32 pm
I’m only here for 15 more minutes.
I need to fix some dinner.
July 12, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Above .500? Sweeeet.
July 12, 2009 at 7:34 pm
We’ve got thunder rumbling through Seattle right now, loud bangy stuff…
July 12, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Okay, following Zooey’s advice, I started to head for the bottom of the thread, when one little gem caught my eye, AJ #465 @9:43.
It really would be funny if it were parody of which ever troll kept talking about the Soros funding, but he seems to be serious!
July 12, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Shayne, the mother and puppies belong to the county Animal Control and all go to the shelter when the puppies are weaned. They have a no kill policy but will spay and neuter the puppies before they are adopted and mom will be spayed.
One of the employees of my beer benefactor has expressed interest in the mother and a kennel that specializes in training German Shepards will probably get some of the puppies.
Animal Control originally contacted the kennel owner who recommended my neighbor as the foster person. My neighbor knew he could bribe me with beer so things are working out for all!
July 12, 2009 at 7:37 pm
I’m sorry, what does “flame and stalk and stalk and flame” even mean?
July 12, 2009 at 7:38 pm
Jane, the M’s are playing pretty well, but most importantly the GM and manager are smart and decisive. They’ve been unloading deadwood and making some great pickups. One of the best is Franklin Guttierez (known as “death to flying things”), who is not only a joy to watch in the field and at the plate, but sets many hearts afluttering because he is so gorgeous.
July 12, 2009 at 7:41 pm
As far as I can tell, Mom, the spriggan thinks that by mentioning him now and then HERE, we’re stalking him THERE.
As for the flaming, that idiot hasn’t seen flaming yet — not mine anyway.
July 12, 2009 at 7:43 pm
I just got an unexpected reply to my song at dKos. It’s from the guy who said he would send the lyrics to Jeff Farias
I might finally get to hear one of my songs performed. If he likes it, maybe I can get him to look at some of the others. This is getting interesting.
July 12, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Yeah you guys are probably right about Bart. “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know whatcha got til it’s gone …?
Anyhoo pachy I’m glad to hear that the momma will be safe. That is so sad when a dog loses his good home.
July 12, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Not bad, gummitch.
I’d go to one of his bases-ball games.
July 12, 2009 at 7:45 pm
So AJ calls the zoo a clique, hanshiro calls it a klatsch.
“clique klatsch, clique klatsch, clique klatsch, clique klatsch”
Is that the sound of a broken record? A snapped bicycle chain?
All I know is that sound makes me want some coffee. And a biscotti.
July 12, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Franklin Guttierez, easy on the eyes for sure. Don’t tell Zooey.
July 12, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Hey Jane, gummitch! Four games above 500, and four out of first place…
Sweetness. Now for a nice boring All Star break, then back to baseball…
July 12, 2009 at 7:48 pm
I already saw, Shayne!! Hahahahahahahaaa!!11!!!!
Anyhoo, I’m outta here for the evening. Have fun all y’all!
Wayne, keep us posted on that news!
July 12, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Great news Wayne!!!!! Woohoo!!!!!!
July 12, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Gummitch, yesterday’s Mets/Reds game was a joy to watch – the Mets actually looked like a major league team, and Santana, while not at his best, was still pretty masterful.
Hmm, Guttierez ain’t bad-looking. Let me see if this link to a photo of David Wright works http://lh4.ggpht.com/_dblZAAnRdfc/R8bVXm2rURI/AAAAAAAAAFU/TfmARoQdgiw/s512/2008%2002%2025_0486.JPG
July 12, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Wayne, that’s fantastic news, and to think it’s only been a matter of hours! We’ll be watching for it…
July 12, 2009 at 7:53 pm
I think the Zoo can best be described as… a ZOO.
What’s wrong with them there people at TP?
Isn’t a clique what you do to a remote control in French speaking countries?
July 12, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Dueling hotties. I may rekindle my old love of baseball. We went to one White Sox game last month. It cost a fortune and it was the fastest game in history. Three up, three outs, over. What a waste.
July 12, 2009 at 7:54 pm
“And a biscotti.”
Wow, thanks for reminding me I have some biscotti, I’d totally forgotten. Yum!
July 12, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Congrats, Wayne, I’ll be looking out for it…My brother posts as feebog, and I’ll let him know to be on the lookout as well.
July 12, 2009 at 7:59 pm
RUCerious, I’m really beginning to loathe the All-Star break, especially since it ‘counts’. I just hope no one gets injured. I love baseball (or ‘bases-ball’), but I can take or leave the All-Star game.
I have to go take a shower, nice to see everyone! And keep your fingers crossed for Wayne’s parody.
July 12, 2009 at 8:00 pm
I hope this turf battle at Tp doesn’t have an adverse effect on the monthly stipend from Mr. Soros. It would be a shame if I couldn’t make boat and time-share payments because Mr Soros was displeased and withheld the July checks.
July 12, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Really I hope we continue to get our $250K a year. Ever since Mr. Soros heard that the RNC pays that kind of money he’s kicked up the pay. I can’t afford to lose that much money.
July 12, 2009 at 8:10 pm
reggie, boat? Timeshare? Singular?
Clearly you aren’t getting the same bonus bucks I am!
July 12, 2009 at 8:16 pm
OK Who got Jane dirty?
Y’all are almost at 300 comments. Whadaya think this is, Think Progress?
July 12, 2009 at 8:18 pm
spencersmom, it’s a big boat and the time share is 12 weeks a year.
July 12, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Mostly we’re avoiding the crazy at TP.
July 12, 2009 at 8:21 pm
spencersmom, I don’t have nearly as many sock-puppets are you do at TP, so it stands to reason my checks are substantially smaller than yours.
July 12, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Oooh, here’s another one (for Zooey, ssssh).
July 12, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Oh jeebus, he looked better in his hat and shades.
gummitch, that one’s a bit feminine-looking for me.
July 12, 2009 at 8:45 pm
“clique klatsch, clique klatsch, clique klatsch, clique klatsch”
Is that the sound of a broken record? A snapped bicycle chain?
It’s the sound of the Budweiser Clydesdales on a cobblestone road in the rain.
July 12, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Eh, Zooey, it’s a bad photo. I just wanted one that showed his big dreamy Latino eyes. Really, though, you need to see him at bat to get the full effect. And I’m starting to freak myself out . . . still, maybe this one.
July 12, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Before i go to bed, I just saw at dKos this:
http://www.dailykos.com/
My song parody that I posted there made the Diary Rescue. I should confess right now that my name there links to my other blog, as I was hoping to draw attention to all those songs I wrote. It was not someting I did for TheZoo, it was something I did for myself. I wanted to be honest about that. Anyone can go to my silly, personal blog to enjoy my attempts at humor, but I do not think that it would help TheZoo gain a serious reputation if I post stuff like that here. Besides, you could always link to it.
And thank you, everyone, for your support and kind words. If anything comes of this, I would be happy to post future songs here if the Critters (and visitors) want that. I asked that any royalties I might be sue go straight to the USO. Our Troops could make better use of what the money could do than I ever could. They deserve it. I told the guy who sent the suggestion to the Hawaiian DJ, Jeff Farias, that I’d like him to look at “Flag Pin” also. I might as well take advantage of whatever opportunities come from this.
July 12, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Yay, Wayne!
July 12, 2009 at 8:56 pm
And if this DJ does do a recording of the song, I will do what I can to post it here, I promise. I want all of you to enjoy that part of it with me.
July 12, 2009 at 8:59 pm
I have to go to bed now. I did not get much sleep last night because I stayed up until dawn finishing the song (which, on the whole, was time well spent.) But I have to go to work tomorrow, even if Jane is taking a personal vacation day. maybe I’ll sneak out early. I have an extra holiday, maybe I can convince them to let me split it over two days. They do everything by hours anyway, instead of charging you for a half-day sick day even though you went home two hours early, or a full day for going home five hours early, like they used to do. I helped change that.
Good night, my good friends. I love you all.
July 12, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Wayne, the folks at Kos seem to love your song (and you) and it looks like it should be recorded in the next few days. KUDOS to you, friend!
Now get some sleep…
July 12, 2009 at 9:24 pm
Anyone up?
July 12, 2009 at 9:36 pm
BTW, if y’all didn’t notice, Wayne’s song does have a link to the Zoo in the lyrics.
Well, goodnight, and have a pleasant tomorrow.
July 12, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Yep. I’m working in between.
Gummitch, all three are breathtaking. Thanks for sharing. Jane? You only posted 1!
July 12, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Sorry, Shayne, I’ll see what others I can rustle up.
The David Wright photo is actually from 2 seasons ago, I think–my friend and his brother went to Mets spring training camp in Port Saint Lucie with their dad, who lives near there. The photo is from the brother’s photo album.
The Mets have a couple of nice-looking guys. And a few ugly relief pitchers!
I have to go dry my hair–have a good night!
July 12, 2009 at 10:10 pm
At the risk of sounding naive, here, I have to ask;
Why is there so much hostility towards the Zoo over at TP? I don’t get it.
If people don’t want to waste time reading insults and idiotic ramblings, that is their prerogative!
Why all the venom?
When did this mentally ill spriggan become so influential?
July 13, 2009 at 7:00 am
A belated reply to Z and Jane! Baby boy is about 18 lb, a real hunk. And Miss Amber is winning the best sister ever award daily.
After I posted last night, had to take care of him whilst Mrs RUC gave Amber her bath, then got her shower, then I was out….. It seems to be hard to get posting time, but that’s OK, catch you when I can!
July 13, 2009 at 7:06 am
Morning, RUC! Glad to hear that the kids are doing well. Sounds like you’re busy but happy, good for you.
July 13, 2009 at 8:58 am
krystalviews, it’s all in their minds. We only started this site to get away from trolls attacking us just like that. I don’t understand posters constantly complaining about TP’s content but going back. There are thousands of progressive sites to pick from.
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