Happy New Year, LGF
Here’s an open thread as 1/1/11 begins to dawn across America…
Here’s an open thread as 1/1/11 begins to dawn across America…
3 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:53:06pm |
4 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:53:10pm |
Stay scaly in the coming new year.
5 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:55:20pm |
My predictions for this coming year:
Pamela Geller's spelling and grammar will continue to slide.
Barrett Brown will produce at least three more entertaining videos.
The President and Congress will not get along, particularly.
War will go on, in multiple places. In Africa, horrible things will happen to people. Nobody will have any idea how to stop this.
People will starve. Other people will try to stop this.
Someone will publish a PhD on the lolcat phenomenon.
An interesting fossil will be unearthed.
A starlet will go to rehab. It won't work.
I will eat my body weight in chocolate.
6 | Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:56:14pm |
re: #5 EmmmieG
My predictions for this coming year:
Pamela Geller's spelling and grammar will continue to slide.
Barrett Brown will produce at least three more entertaining videos.
The President and Congress will not get along, particularly.
War will go on, in multiple places. In Africa, horrible things will happen to people. Nobody will have any idea how to stop this.
People will starve. Other people will try to stop this.
Someone will publish a PhD on the lolcat phenomenon.
An interesting fossil will be unearthed.
A starlet will go to rehab. It won't work.
I will eat my body weight in chocolate.
And Hillary Clinton will go on a diet.
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7 | Daniel Ballard Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:56:35pm |
Happy New Year Charles. One thing we noted around my home is how far the blog has come in the last year. Pages and constant upgrades. How it appeals across the most reasonable spectrum of politics and opinions. How it draws the ire of the extremists and theocrats. Well done. Very well done.
8 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:57:24pm |
I have my shot glass full of Vodka ready. Let the ball drop!
9 | jaunte Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:58:45pm |
Live stream Times Square:
[Link: www.livestream.com...]
10 | Varek Raith Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:59:58pm |
I am from the future and I bring you WAR!!!
MUHAHAHAHA!
13 | Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:00:11pm |
May conservatism grow and wingnuttery decrease.
14 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:00:20pm |
The Perfect New Year's Resolution.
St. Francis, who's father always called him "Asissi"
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury,pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen
16 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:01:32pm |
Stoli tastes so much better when the year changes for some reason.
17 | Digital Display Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:03:26pm |
Happy New Year Lizards!
/who the heck sang Imagine a minute ago..It rocked
18 | blueraven Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:03:42pm |
19 | Varek Raith Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:03:48pm |
People down the street and their firecrackers.
GET OFF MY LAWN!
What?
20 | jaunte Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:03:50pm |
Happy New Year, may we be entertained with many new and interesting nontroversies in the eleventies.
21 | CuriousLurker Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:04:02pm |
Just stopping by to say Happy New Year from the East Coast!
22 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:04:28pm |
re: #19 Varek Raith
People down the street and their firecrackers.
GET OFF MY LAWN!
What?
Sith have lawns? Really?
24 | jaunte Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:05:10pm |
re: #21 CuriousLurker
Happy New Year to you, too; we have another hour to wait for the major celebratory gunfire to start up here.
25 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:05:38pm |
re: #5 EmmmieG
You left out the possibility that I will make phalli jokes or references to onanism.
/But I guess some things are so certain that you can't really call them "predictions".
27 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:06:15pm |
28 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:06:31pm |
re: #7 Rightwingconspirator
Happy New Year Charles. One thing we noted around my home is how far the blog has come in the last year. Pages and constant upgrades. How it appeals across the most reasonable spectrum of politics and opinions. How it draws the ire of the extremists and theocrats. Well done. Very well done.
QFMFT!
29 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:07:31pm |
31 | Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:08:17pm |
re: #26 CapeCoddah
Happy New Year, everyone!!!
Glad to have you for the celebration. Finally got to see True Grit tonight and it was well worth it. Not sentimental at all, but very well done.
32 | CuriousLurker Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:08:22pm |
re: #24 jaunte
Happy New Year to you, too; we have another hour to wait for the major celebratory gunfire to start up here.
Heh, some guy outside just screamed "Happy New Year " at the top of his lungs. Lots of firecrackers. Hope you have a great one, jaunte. ;o)
33 | Varek Raith Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:08:35pm |
re: #22 EmmmieG
Sith have lawns? Really?
Yes.
All forms of deadly plants.
In fact...
All are welcome on my lawn!
MUAHAHAA!
34 | Eclectic Infidel Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:09:28pm |
Got 2 hours and 49 minutes to go here.
35 | Walter L. Newton Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:09:32pm |
Going to bed... before someone breaks out in a drum circle or something.
36 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:09:40pm |
re: #33 Varek Raith
Yes.
All forms of deadly plants.
In fact...
All are welcome on my lawn!
MUAHAHAA!
Venus fly traps do not constitute a lawn.
Actually, they are hard to keep alive.
Just ask the Princess.
37 | jaunte Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:09:54pm |
re: #32 CuriousLurker
I'm planning to keep a roof between my head and falling objects for the next few hours.
38 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:10:15pm |
39 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:10:33pm |
Perfect time to see this...This is the Amazing Criswell on the New Years Eve 1965 Tonight Show.
40 | Eclectic Infidel Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:10:35pm |
re: #5 EmmmieG
My predictions for this coming year:
Pamela Geller's spelling and grammar will continue to slide.
Barrett Brown will produce at least three more entertaining videos.
The President and Congress will not get along, particularly.
War will go on, in multiple places. In Africa, horrible things will happen to people. Nobody will have any idea how to stop this.
People will starve. Other people will try to stop this.
Someone will publish a PhD on the lolcat phenomenon.
An interesting fossil will be unearthed.
A starlet will go to rehab. It won't work.
I will eat my body weight in chocolate.
Israel will be blamed for global warming. :)
42 | CapeCoddah Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:11:51pm |
re: #31 Dark_Falcon
Nice to be here! I have not seen the new one yet, but it is on my list. I have heard nothing but rave reviews, so I want to see it.
Hope you have a wonderful New Year, DF!
43 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:12:05pm |
re: #41 jaunte
One always hangs lower than the other, for some reason.
44 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:12:59pm |
45 | CapeCoddah Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:13:13pm |
re: #43 Slumbering Behemoth
Not talking about NY anymore, are we?
50 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:14:44pm |
re: #45 CapeCoddah
I thought we were talking about descending balls. What's going on in NY?
/
51 | Walter L. Newton Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:14:55pm |
54 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:15:22pm |
re: #44 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
And you.
G'night Knuckleheads!
Don't drive like my brother!
And don't drive like my brother!
55 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:16:10pm |
57 | Max Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:16:25pm |
At 12:06 am on 1/1/11, North Korea announced that it wants dialogue with the South .
Six minutes into the new year and the Earth has already spun off its axis.
58 | Mr Pancakes Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:16:28pm |
60 | reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:16:45pm |
re: #5 EmmmieG
My predictions for this coming year:
Pamela Geller's spelling and grammar will continue to slide.
. . ..
Have you checked Atlas today? Charles mentioned it in the previous thread. She must have been writing that thing all year long. Good grief.
61 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:17:02pm |
63 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:17:11pm |
64 | reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:17:40pm |
re: #42 CapeCoddah
Nice to be here! I have not seen the new one yet, but it is on my list. I have heard nothing but rave reviews, so I want to see it.
Hope you have a wonderful New Year, DF!
Hey, CC - I bet it's the New Year where you are! I still have 45 minutes to go. Fireworks at all the neighbor's houses now, it will go on 'til midnight and beyond, driving all the animals nuts.
65 | reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:18:23pm |
66 | jaunte Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:18:29pm |
The new year has brought an unprecedented escalation of superscripts
67 | jaunte Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:19:12pm |
re: #65 reine.de.tout
He's got a keyboard with one of those glissando buttons.
68 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:19:37pm |
Watch the violinist on Fox News right now. Incredible.
69 | reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:19:39pm |
re: #67 jaunte
He's got a keyboard with one of those glissando buttons.
LOL.
I gotta find one of those.
70 | CapeCoddah Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:20:10pm |
re: #64 reine.de.tout
It is the New Year here, Reine, My big dog is already in the closet, fireworks next door... big ones. Little dog sawing wood on the couch. She is sleeping like she went wading in the punchbowl.
Happy New Year to you! Hugs!
71 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:21:46pm |
re: #65 reine.de.tout
witchcraft. burn him.
/if his teeth start to elongate, that is just further proof he is a witch, so... burn him more.
72 | reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:21:51pm |
re: #70 CapeCoddah
It is the New Year here, Reine, My big dog is already in the closet, fireworks next door... big ones. Little dog sawing wood on the couch. She is sleeping like she went wading in the punchbowl.
Happy New Year to you! Hugs!
{{hugs}} all the way around!
73 | Varek Raith Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:23:32pm |
74 | jaunte Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:23:55pm |
Black Cats
lit down the block
hop at the curb
poppoppoppoppoppoppoppop
76 | Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:25:24pm |
re: #74 jaunte
Black Cats
lit down the block
hop at the curb
poppoppoppoppoppoppoppop
ELEVENTYELEVENTYELEVENTYELEVENTYELEVENTYELEVENTYELEVENTYELEVENTY
79 | Varek Raith Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:26:20pm |
80 | Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:27:31pm |
re: #79 Varek Raith
No, he was off by eleventy.
ELEVENTYELEVENTYELEVENTYELEVENTYELEVENTYELEVENTYELEVENTYELEVENTY
ELEVENTYELEVENTYELEVENTYELEVENTYELEVENTYELEVENTYELEVENTYELEVENTY
81 | Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:27:50pm |
re: #57 Max D. Reinhardt
At 12:06 am on 1/1/11, North Korea announced that it wants dialogue with the South .
Six minutes into the new year and the Earth has already spun off its axis.
That's just what the Norks do: They fire on the South, scream about provocations, and then ask to talk. What they really want is free food and fuel, which they won't get without making some form of substantive concession.
82 | Varek Raith Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:27:58pm |
84 | Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:28:23pm |
Too bad we don't do the Fiskie anymore: A late but worthy entry....
End human rights imperialism now
Groups such as Human Rights Watch have lost their way by imposing western, 'universal' standards on developing countries
Founded by idealists who wanted to make the world a better place, it has in recent years become the vanguard of a new form of imperialism.Want to depose the government of a poor country with resources? Want to bash Muslims? Want to build support for American military interventions around the world? Want to undermine governments that are raising their people up from poverty because they don't conform to the tastes of upper west side intellectuals? Use human rights as your excuse!
This has become the unspoken mantra of a movement that has lost its way.
Human Rights Watch is hardly the only offender. There are a host of others, ranging from Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders to the Carr Centre for Human Rights at Harvard and the pitifully misled "anti-genocide" movement. All promote an absolutist view of human rights permeated by modern western ideas that westerners mistakenly call "universal".
85 | Varek Raith Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:28:47pm |
87 | reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:29:41pm |
90 | CapeCoddah Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:30:12pm |
OK, I don't drnk, and I feel drunk reading the new script.
Going to bed!
Everyone enjoy your upcoming celebration!
Please dont drive if you have been drinking, and don' let anyone else.
So not worth it.
91 | Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:31:09pm |
93 | Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:31:43pm |
re: #90 CapeCoddah
OK, I don't drnk, and I feel drunk reading the new script.
Going to bed!
Everyone enjoy your upcoming celebration!
Please dont drive if you have been drinking, and don' let anyone else.
So not worth it.
Take care. happy new year.
94 | Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:31:52pm |
re: #84 Killgore Trout
Too bad we don't do the Fiskie anymore: A late but worthy entry...
End human rights imperialism nowGroups such as Human Rights Watch have lost their way by imposing western, 'universal' standards on developing countries
That one is indeed worthy of a Fiskie. We should do a 'Fiskie' for the left, and a 'Becker' for the right. But that piece is truly rancid. The human rights movement comes from the left, but now its being called "imperialistic". Truly a case of the left eating its own.
95 | Varek Raith Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:32:00pm |
96 | reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:33:11pm |
re: #88 jaunte
ChristopherWalkendancesupanescalator
[Video]
I'm always surprised by how good a dancer Christopher Walken is.
Not working. How do I get each section to go up?
97 | karmic_inquisitor Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:34:08pm |
re: #84 Killgore Trout
The Guardian is very reliable.
Reminds me of this clip from "Yes, Prime Minister" wherein the different London dailies are explained to viewers.
98 | jaunte Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:34:20pm |
re: #96 reine.de.tout
Just put a < sup > in between each word (without the space).
99 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:34:44pm |
100 | Shiplord Kirel Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:35:13pm |
Dick Clark's Rockin' New Years Eve has gone ahead for the 107th consecutive year, if memory serves.
Earlier tonight, vandals briefly changed Clark's date of birth to "November 30 1889" in his Wikpedia bio. (screenshot)
101 | reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:35:52pm |
I'm always surprisedre: #98 jaunte
Just put a < sup > in between each word (without the space).
Ah. thanks!
I'm alwayssurprisedby howgood a dancerChristopherWalkenis
102 | Varek Raith Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:36:20pm |
re: #101 reine.de.tout
I'm always surprised
Ah. thanks!
I'm alwayssurprisedby howgood a dancerChristopherWalkenis
Fun, no?
:)
103 | karmic_inquisitor Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:36:24pm |
re: #94 Dark_Falcon
That one is indeed worthy of a Fiskie. We should do a 'Fiskie' for the left, and a 'Becker' for the right. But that piece is truly rancid. The human rights movement comes from the left, but now its being called "imperialistic". Truly a case of the left eating its own.
Leftism is intrinsically Western.
104 | reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:37:19pm |
105 | Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:37:28pm |
re: #94 Dark_Falcon
That one is indeed worthy of a Fiskie. We should do a 'Fiskie' for the left, and a 'Becker' for the right. But that piece is truly rancid. The human rights movement comes from the left, but now its being called "imperialistic". Truly a case of the left eating its own.
It would be tough to do both properly. As bad as that Guardian piece is it's an opinion. It's wrong and morally bankrupt but it's still an opinion. Fox is reporting a completely different reality based on lies and conspiracy theories. It's hard for me to get worked up about a lefty with a stupid opinion while the wingnuts are reporting on a fictional paranoid fantasy that exists only in their heads.
I wish stupid lefties were still worth picking on.
106 | Varek Raith Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:37:35pm |
107 | reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:38:35pm |
re: #105 Killgore Trout
It would be tough to do both properly. As bad as that Guardian piece is it's an opinion. It's wrong and morally bankrupt but it's still an opinion. Fox is reporting a completely different reality based on lies and conspiracy theories. It's hard for me to get worked up about a lefty with a stupid opinion while the wingnuts are reporting on a fictional paranoid fantasy that exists only in their heads.
I wish stupid lefties were still worth picking on.
Some are.
BB for instance.
You were a master.
108 | karmic_inquisitor Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:39:04pm |
re: #105 Killgore Trout
It would be tough to do both properly. As bad as that Guardian piece is it's an opinion. It's wrong and morally bankrupt but it's still an opinion. Fox is reporting a completely different reality based on lies and conspiracy theories. It's hard for me to get worked up about a lefty with a stupid opinion while the wingnuts are reporting on a fictional paranoid fantasy that exists only in their heads.
I wish stupid lefties were still worth picking on.
Spoken like someone who has been drinking fluoridated water for too long!
/
109 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:39:42pm |
re: #105 Killgore Trout
I wish stupid lefties were still worth picking on.
Or even being concerned with.
/FML :(
110 | Daniel Ballard Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:40:33pm |
re: #104 reine.de.tout
Remember the text to image games we played with the old golfball IBM Selectric's?
111 | SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:40:39pm |
112 | reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:40:44pm |
Varek, I need a unicode something to put up on my FB page.
Suggestions?
I have a friend I need to one-up.
113 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:41:00pm |
re: #107 reine.de.tout
I'm not sure that dude is so much a "lefty" type, as he is a "left reality behind" type.
114 | reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:41:18pm |
re: #110 Rightwingconspirator
Remember the text to image games we played with the old golfball IBM Selectric's?
yep.
Hell, I could probably still do those.
115 | Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:41:55pm |
re: #107 reine.de.tout
Some are.
BB for instance.
You were a master.
He would have melted down on his own without me. He's having some sort of meltdown or identity crisis or something.
116 | reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:41:55pm |
re: #113 Slumbering Behemoth
I'm not sure that dude is so much a "lefty" type, as he is a "left reality behind" type.
You got that right.
117 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:42:16pm |
re: #110 Rightwingconspirator
You're drunk, grandpa. Go home.
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118 | jaunte Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:42:53pm |
re: #113 Slumbering Behemoth
More of a royalist; 'le monde, c'est Moi!'
119 | Varek Raith Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:42:57pm |
re: #117 Slumbering Behemoth
You're grandpa, home. Go drunk.
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120 | Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:42:59pm |
re: #84 Killgore Trout
Too bad we don't do the Fiskie anymore: A late but worthy entry...
End human rights imperialism nowGroups such as Human Rights Watch have lost their way by imposing western, 'universal' standards on developing countries
Bleh. I've always known there are people like this around.
121 | reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:43:57pm |
re: #115 Killgore Trout
He would have melted down on his own without me. He's having some sort of meltdown or identity crisis or something.
I suspect it was there, always, just right below the surface.
A bit of success and celebrity (without much financial remuneration, apparently) and he couldn't figure out what to do with it. Or, he just started to really believe he's as brilliant as everyone was telling him he was.
122 | Varek Raith Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:44:09pm |
re: #112 reine.de.tout
Varek, I need a unicode something to put up on my FB page.
Suggestions?
I have a friend I need to one-up.
♕
123 | Varek Raith Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:44:27pm |
124 | Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:44:54pm |
re: #100 Shiplord Kirel
Dick Clark's Rockin' New Years Eve has gone ahead for the 107th consecutive year, if memory serves.
Earlier tonight, vandals briefly changed Clark's date of birth to "November 30 1889" in his Wikpedia bio. (screenshot)
Sadly, the show also included Jenny McCarthy this year. I don't really like having Bad Craziness with my New Years.
125 | Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:46:08pm |
re: #105 Killgore Trout
It would be tough to do both properly. As bad as that Guardian piece is it's an opinion. It's wrong and morally bankrupt but it's still an opinion. Fox is reporting a completely different reality based on lies and conspiracy theories. It's hard for me to get worked up about a lefty with a stupid opinion while the wingnuts are reporting on a fictional paranoid fantasy that exists only in their heads.
I wish stupid lefties were still worth picking on.
Well, I still thank you for bringing it up. It's important to smack down that kind of insanity as soon as it pops up.
126 | reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:46:50pm |
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(¯`’★♫♪•♥ WISHING YOU ALL HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! ♥ •♫♪★’´¯) ●●●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬●●●
That's what I have to one-up.
127 | Varek Raith Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:47:44pm |
re: #126 reine.de.tout
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Ah, you meant a big old unicode message.
Neat.
128 | reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:48:13pm |
re: #127 Varek Raith
Ah, you meant a big old unicode message.
Neat.
hehehe.
Yep. She does this all the time.
Time for me to take her down a peg or two.
129 | SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:49:54pm |
re: #111 SanFranciscoZionist
"Do not worry, young Sith," said Yoda. "Sunday this is, work for Wal-Mart I do now. Meet me Monday, lightsaber your ass I will. Today, show you quality merchandise at low low prices I must. What need you?"
"The grass mocks me," said Darth Maul. "I will have revenge."
Yoda shook his head and clucked softly. "I sense much anger in you, young Sith. Careful you must be. Anger leads to hatred. Hatred leads to divots. And bald spots. How big this field of grass is, that mocks you so?"
130 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:52:55pm |
re: #119 Varek Raith
Oh, I would kick your ass if I could make a fist.
:P
131 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:53:22pm |
I just went outside. It's completely dark and I can see all the stars. It's beautiful. Fireworks & guns are going off in the distance.
132 | Varek Raith Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:53:43pm |
re: #131 NJDhockeyfan
I just went outside. It's completely dark and I can see all the stars. It's beautiful. Fireworks & guns are going off in the distance.
Damn Paulians...
/
133 | reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:00:14pm |
Alrighty - midnight here, finally!
Happy New Year, all!
and goodnight!
134 | Daniel Ballard Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:02:17pm |
re: #117 Slumbering Behemoth
Heh. Rookies.
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135 | jaunte Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:02:17pm |
re: #133 reine.de.tout
Happy New Year to you and the Roi, Reine.
136 | Varek Raith Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:03:48pm |
Happy new year and Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
Night!
138 | Daniel Ballard Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:09:21pm |
Be well Varek, & of Course Reine & Roi. "See" ya next year.
Hmm. New indulgence discovered. M&M Mint chocolate and Irish Cream. Guaranteed to enliven the taste buds.
139 | Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:10:23pm |
140 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:11:04pm |
141 | Escaped Hillbilly Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:12:05pm |
re: #84 Killgore Trout
So... hate to sound all ignorant and everything. But what was the Fiskie?
144 | wee fury Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:14:00pm |
145 | Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:15:39pm |
re: #141 Escaped Hillbilly
So... hate to sound all ignorant and everything. But what was the Fiskie?
It was our award for left wing stupidity. Inspired by an article by British journalist Robert Fisk where he tells about how some Muslims beat him up but he understood his attackers' rage because he was part of an evil imperialist culture.
146 | Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:16:19pm |
147 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:16:41pm |
Gonna need a bigger lighthouse.
148 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:19:22pm |
re: #145 Killgore Trout
It was our award for left wing stupidity. Inspired by an article by British journalist Robert Fisk where he tells about how some Muslims beat him up but he understood his attackers' rage because he was part of an evil imperialist culture.
It should be taken out of the closet, dusted off, and returned. The amount of nominees must be huge by now.
149 | wee fury Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:19:34pm |
Off to drink more Bailey's -- and munch peppermint bark from Williams-Sonoma. Happy 2011!
Bliss.
150 | Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:20:45pm |
re: #149 wee fury
Off to drink more Bailey's -- and munch peppermint bark from Williams-Sonoma. Happy 2011!
Bliss.
mmmmmmmm, peppermint bark!
151 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:20:54pm |
re: #134 Rightwingconspirator
Heh. Rookies.
///
I loaded up early (with beer) and hunkered down. I don't go out on amateur night unless I've got a hot date, a hot suit, and a thick wad of cash.
/it's been a while...
152 | Daniel Ballard Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:21:30pm |
☸☸☸☸
The wheel turns for another year, a mere spec in the maha kalpa. Eternity.
153 | Escaped Hillbilly Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:21:30pm |
re: #145 Killgore Trout
Oooh. Ok, the whole thing makes sense now.
154 | Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:22:13pm |
What will various Lizards being doing in 2011.
Not asking for resolutions, but personal predictions.
I think I'll be using my Kindle ALOT.
155 | Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:23:10pm |
re: #152 Rightwingconspirator
☸☸☸☸
The wheel turns for another year, a mere spec in the maha kalpa. Eternity.
4.32 billion years? I don't think I can count that high.
156 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:24:22pm |
Coby Kyros Android Tablets Come Stocked with X Rated Content
Oh dear, oh no. It appears that in Marion, southern Illinois a couple of parents are pretty disturbed at the stock contents of the Coby Kyros tablets they gave their 12 and 15 year old daughters for Christmas. Actually only one of the devices, as opposed to both, had a few apps that were, well, less than appropriate for anyone opening the package for the first time – much less a young person such as this young lady in Illinois. One of the apps found right there on the home screen was called “Boobs! Butts! Babes!” and the other was called “Undress Me.”
“She touched it once to switch screens, and all of a sudden something that shouldn’t have been there came up,” Jay Hardin, the father of the family, said, “I actually thought she was kidding me. I walked in there and I looked at the screen of this thing and, sure enough, there were some things on there that should not have been on there for any kid.” – WSIL TV added that he said his daughters did not even have them long enough to connect to the internet.
157 | Escaped Hillbilly Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:25:10pm |
re: #154 ggt
I will be completing three novels I have had half finished for about four years. New jobs sometimes have real perks! Time, beautiful time. Too bad it ends when the deployment ends.
158 | Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:25:30pm |
re: #154 ggt
What will various Lizards being doing in 2011.
Not asking for resolutions, but personal predictions.
I think I'll be using my Kindle ALOT.
Gardening, cooking and eating more fish.
159 | Daniel Ballard Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:26:49pm |
Well I have an hour and a half before midnight. So, a little music. You can't get this anywhere else.
160 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:27:51pm |
161 | Escaped Hillbilly Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:28:18pm |
re: #156 NJDhockeyfan
I just relayed that to my Soldier and he is angry he didn't get one for Christmas! There was also an article about a kid's video being sold at Walmart with some bad language in it. Every year it happens. Old news.
162 | Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:30:23pm |
re: #161 Escaped Hillbilly
I just relayed that to my Soldier and he is angry he didn't get one for Christmas! There was also an article about a kid's video being sold at Walmart with some bad language in it. Every year it happens. Old news.
Wasn't there some hoopla last year about some talking toy saying something it shouldn't? I remember listening to the video and thinking . . huh? I guess if I played the Beatles vinyls backwards enough times, stoned, I'd hear things too.
163 | Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:33:31pm |
I'm exhausted.
Have a great first day of 2011 all!
164 | Escaped Hillbilly Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:33:47pm |
re: #162 ggt
Wasn't there some hoopla last year about some talking toy saying something it shouldn't? I remember listening to the video and thinking . . huh? I guess if I played the Beatles vinyls backwards enough times, stoned, I'd hear things too.
I played Alice Cooper backward and he said "Mind your parents and do your homework." Actually it really did. It was a joke. I'm not sure that was the actual line he inserted. But we messed a lot of records up after that, even burned out a turntable.
166 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:36:52pm |
re: #156 NJDhockeyfan
Heh.
Walked in there? This seems suspicious. In one sentence he says they didn’t have enough time to connect to the internet, and in the other he says he “walked in there and looked at the screen.” We’re a teeny bit suspicious of this fellows knowledge of how fast kids understand technology and can connect to the internet with a device such as this.
Of course the Coby group responded instantly to the news. Coby Senior Product Manager Michael Paladino said in a written statement: “There is nothing pre-programmed from Coby. Like any other internet device with an open platform, a wide range of content is available which may require parental oversight. Coby is always looking for ways to improve our offerings.”
Object lesson? Parents: If you can't wrap your head around it, don't hand it to your kids and expect someone else to do your job for you. Get your head in the game, and make your children your responsibility.
167 | Escaped Hillbilly Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:41:37pm |
re: #166 Slumbering Behemoth
They may have had time to connect, but not download 2 apps! It takes a minute. First you find it, then you download it. And why would the kid call dad to show him the app if they were tee-heeing behind his back? Nah, probably one someone returned and got put back on the shelf. Nobody would bother to check to see if someone had downloaded an app before returning it.
168 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:47:58pm |
re: #167 Escaped Hillbilly
They may have had time to connect, but not download 2 apps! It takes a minute. First you find it, then you download it. And why would the kid call dad to show him the app if they were tee-heeing behind his back? Nah, probably one someone returned and got put back on the shelf. Nobody would bother to check to see if someone had downloaded an app before returning it.
Oh, but they should. It is a new era we live in. Pleading ignorance and pointing fingers just shouldn't cut it anymore.
Buying your kids an internet ready device and handing it over to them without engaging in "due diligence" is parental negligence.
169 | SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:50:33pm |
re: #145 Killgore Trout
It was our award for left wing stupidity. Inspired by an article by British journalist Robert Fisk where he tells about how some Muslims beat him up but he understood his attackers' rage because he was part of an evil imperialist culture.
I never knew that was where the title came from. Anyone got a link for the article?
170 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:51:05pm |
171 | lostlakehiker Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:54:30pm |
re: #1 NJDhockeyfan
one, one, one one
The ONLY time, ever, that anybody will get away with a first post that says nothing but "first". Bravo!
172 | Escaped Hillbilly Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:54:58pm |
re: #168 Slumbering Behemoth
I would say, buying them such a device at that age is a little ridiculous anyway. But expecting parents to peer over their children's shoulder as the open the package is silly. You got a kid? Do you hover over them as they flip through the channels or turn on their computer...constantly? Come on. No sane person is that diligent. He was right in the next room and came in immediately. Sounds pretty responsible to me. It's not really that big an issue. Kids get peaks of adult stuff all the time. It was nipped in the bud. I'm sure he returned it right away. No big deal. But I don't think you should make it sound as if he's a negligent parent because they got a peak at a booby. I remember sneaking in to cut up my dad's Playboys for paper dolls. Kids get into things. Parents do what they can within reason and without smothering. I don't even see why this made the news.
173 | Decatur Deb Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:56:27pm |
We're one hour into it in CST. Happy run-up to the 2012 elections. 'Nite, all.
174 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:59:20pm |
re: #171 lostlakehiker
The ONLY time, ever, that anybody will get away with a first post that says nothing but "first". Bravo!
No, it says 'one'. There is a difference ;)
175 | Escaped Hillbilly Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:02:18pm |
re: #174 NJDhockeyfan
Binary. You could say positive, positive, positive positive.
176 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:02:53pm |
This day in history 1944:
* In the south Pacific, the airfield of New Britain is captured by US Marines. [522.2004]
* (evening) 421 British bombers attack Berlin, Germany. [84.212]
I love reading about us kicking Nazi & Japanese ass in WWII.
177 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:03:23pm |
re: #175 Escaped Hillbilly
Binary. You could say positive, positive, positive positive.
'One' was easier to spell.
179 | Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:10:42pm |
Just heard a guy barking like a dog during the fireworks. The weird part is that he sounded like a real dog. A small sized dog too with a short quick bark.
180 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:10:57pm |
re: #172 Escaped Hillbilly
I would say, buying them such a device at that age is a little ridiculous anyway.
Disagree. Today's kids are far too savvy for the "See 'N Say" type toys that you or I had in our youth. The need greater intellectual challenges.
But expecting parents to peer over their children's shoulder as the open the package is silly.
Certainly. The parents should educate themselves on the internet ready devices they intend to give their kids, and give those devices a good "once over" before giving them to their kids.
Much the same would have been done back in the day with "Assembly Required" bicycles and the like. No responsible parent would have sent their kid down the road on one of those without giving that a good "once over".
You got a kid?
Irrelevant to the topic.
Do you hover over them as they flip through the channels or turn on their computer...constantly? Come on. No sane person is that diligent.
Agreed.
He was right in the next room and came in immediately. Sounds pretty responsible to me.
His story, and it seems hinky to me.
It's not really that big an issue. Kids get peaks of adult stuff all the time. It was nipped in the bud. I'm sure he returned it right away. No big deal. But I don't think you should make it sound as if he's a negligent parent because they got a peak at a booby.
Not at all. Perhaps I worded it poorly, but it seemed to me that he was trying to blame his lack of due diligence on the manufacturer.
I remember sneaking in to cut up my dad's Playboys for paper dolls.
No comment. :P
Kids get into things. Parents do what they can within reason and without smothering. I don't even see why this made the news.
Word.
181 | Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:12:39pm |
re: #169 SanFranciscoZionist
I never knew that was where the title came from. Anyone got a link for the article?
My beating by refugees is a symbol of the hatred and fury of this filthy war
Report by Robert Fisk
182 | Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:14:39pm |
Oh Great Atom of the Sky Crane. Please make 2011 a better year than the shit hole that was 2010.
183 | Escaped Hillbilly Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:14:56pm |
re: #180 Slumbering Behemoth
Hah! We not only rode the bikes without our parents checking them out first... We didn't wear a helmet! Without shoes! The good ol' days eh?
184 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:14:59pm |
I'm tired & drunk & have to get the house ready for guests tomorrow afternoon. I have to get some sleep now. Happy New Years lizards!
185 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:15:33pm |
re: #179 Gus 802
One neighborhood I used to live in, there was a stray cat that sounded like Froggy from the Lil Rascals, crying out in pain.
Seriously, it sounded like a hoarse throated child in jeopardy. Made me cringe every time.
186 | Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:16:04pm |
re: #181 Killgore Trout
They started by shaking hands. We said "Salaam aleikum" – peace be upon you – then the first pebbles flew past my face. A small boy tried to grab my bag. Then another. Then someone punched me in the back. Then young men broke my glasses, began smashing stones into my face and head. I couldn't see for the blood pouring down my forehead and swamping my eyes. And even then, I understood. I couldn't blame them for what they were doing. In fact, if I were the Afghan refugees of Kila Abdullah, close to the Afghan-Pakistan border, I would have done just the same to Robert Fisk. Or any other Westerner I could find.
I miss the days when the left was crazier than the right.
187 | Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:17:36pm |
re: #185 Slumbering Behemoth
One neighborhood I used to live in, there was a stray cat that sounded like Froggy from the Lil Rascals, crying out in pain.
Seriously, it sounded like a hoarse throated child in jeopardy. Made me cringe every time.
Yeah. I don't mind the screaming on New Years Eve. But the barking thing had me about ready to say WTF? Seriously, that was kind of freaky to see coming out of grown man.
188 | NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:17:43pm |
189 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:19:09pm |
re: #183 Escaped Hillbilly
Our parents sucked donkey balls.
///
Heh. In this day and age, I guess the motto should be "If you ain't smarter than your kids, just get them socks for Christmas. Dumbass."
/Red Forman
190 | Escaped Hillbilly Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:21:30pm |
re: #181 Killgore Trout
My beating by refugees is a symbol of the hatred and fury of this filthy war
Report by Robert Fisk
I couldn't read it all the way through. Disgusting. No recognition at all that his style of reporting was at least partly to blame for the anger at all Westerners the refugees felt. Sensationalism and blame American first has real consequences for America guy! Go figure. But of course, what he is really saying isn't "I'm at fault for this." But rather, "Those terrible war mongers in power are at fault for this. See, I told you!" False modesty, hypocricy, and martyrdom. Blech. I see why you named the "award" for him.
191 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:23:27pm |
re: #188 NJDhockeyfan
I can't tell the difference anymore.
Alex Jones, once a pariah on the right, now linked to by the likes of Matt Drudge and Rush Limbaugh, and often imitated without attribution by Glenn Beck.
I can't tell the difference anymore.
192 | Shiplord Kirel Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:28:24pm |
re: #190 Escaped Hillbilly
I couldn't read it all the way through. Disgusting. No recognition at all that his style of reporting was at least partly to blame for the anger at all Westerners the refugees felt. Sensationalism and blame American first has real consequences for America guy! Go figure. But of course, what he is really saying isn't "I'm at fault for this." But rather, "Those terrible war mongers in power are at fault for this. See, I told you!" False modesty, hypocricy, and martyrdom. Blech. I see why you named the "award" for him.
Yes, we have our disagreements with Mr. Fisk. Nevertheless, if Fisk shows up in your community, please extend him every courtesy due a distinguished visitor, show our tolerance and enlightenment by listening patiently to his dissident but beautifully expressed views, praise him afterward for his sagacity and moral vision and ensure that he is the center of attention at the tasteful gathering of cognoscenti that will surely follow.
Then beat him up.
193 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:34:46pm |
re: #192 Shiplord Kirel
Yes, we have our disagreements with Mr. Fisk. Nevertheless, if Fisk shows up in your community, please extend him every courtesy due a distinguished visitor, show our tolerance and enlightenment by listening patiently to his dissident but beautifully expressed views, praise him afterward for his sagacity and moral vision and ensure that he is the center of attention at the tasteful gathering of cognoscenti that will surely follow.
Then beat him up.
30 Quatloos on the other guy.
194 | Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:36:30pm |
re: #188 NJDhockeyfan
They still are.
Not even close. Today's wingnuts have gone so far beyond Fisk, Rather, and Moore that it's not even close. Fox news and Republican leadership are further removed from reality than the old liberal loony left ever was.
195 | Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:38:56pm |
Sooo.. 'bout half an hour 'til the New Year arrives in my time zone.
Meh, gonna finish this beer and play a vid-yuh game.
Laters all.
197 | Bob Dillon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:47:32pm |
Happy New Year to all from the left coast.
198 | Escaped Hillbilly Fri, Dec 31, 2010 11:49:51pm |
re: #194 Killgore Trout
Not even close. Today's wingnuts have gone so far beyond Fisk, Rather, and Moore that it's not even close. Fox news and Republican leadership are further removed from reality than the old liberal loony left ever was.
Balogne. They just were never allowed the free reign the loonies today have. If you make that kind of excuse for them, they will soon be the next wackos annoying you on satelite tv. Remember, the right wing said the exact same thing such a short time ago. Ignore it, excuse it, or say it's not as bad as someone else, and it gets bigger and ugglier. Wish the right had realized that before the complete takeover by the utterly insane. Hopefully, they can still pull back from it.
200 | Mr Pancakes Sat, Jan 1, 2011 12:09:47am |
201 | freetoken Sat, Jan 1, 2011 12:15:20am |
"Auld lang syne" is Scottish (English literally as "old long since") ... and the minimalist English translation, according to Wikipedia, is as follows:
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind ?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and days of old lang syne ?
CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
And surely you’ll buy your pint cup !
and surely I’ll buy mine !
And we'll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
CHORUS
We two have run about the slopes,
and picked the daisies fine ;
But we’ve wandered many a weary foot,
since days of auld lang syne.
CHORUS
We two have paddled in the stream,
from morning sun till dine ;
But seas between us broad have roared
since auld lang syne.
CHORUS
And there’s a hand my trusty friend !
And give us a hand o’ thine !
And we’ll take a right good-will draught,
for auld lang syne.
CHORUS
Sounds very British Isles - the reference to seas and streams.
205 | researchok Sat, Jan 1, 2011 4:11:08am |
re: #201 freetoken
Can't have a New Year's in the English speaking world without at least one round of 'Auld lang syne'.
206 | PhillyPretzel Sat, Jan 1, 2011 5:04:56am |
To all of my fellow Lizards and their families and friends: A Joyous Prosperous and Happy New Year.
207 | Kronocide Sat, Jan 1, 2011 5:19:06am |
Happy new year from Hawaii. Fireworks show on the beach was sweet.
208 | psyop Sat, Jan 1, 2011 5:23:34am |
Happy new year! Life can be crazy, but you must always believe the year to come will be better than the year that has passed.
209 | Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 5:33:56am |
Heh, just saw Barrett Brown's videos at RSM's and DD's places, with respectful comments from both of them. Now that's a 180.
210 | Amory Blaine Sat, Jan 1, 2011 5:37:52am |
"In his traditional Christmas address yesterday to cardinals and officials working in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI also claimed that child pornography was increasingly considered “normal” by society.
“In the 1970s, paedophilia was theorised as something fully in conformity with man and even with children,” the Pope said."
211 | Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 5:39:42am |
re: #210 Amory Blaine
People are shaped by their environments, so I guess his perspective is skewed.
////
ducks
212 | RogueOne Sat, Jan 1, 2011 5:45:00am |
"Harrngpy Nuuuugh Yeaarrgh!" - Zombie Dick Clark
213 | Varek Raith Sat, Jan 1, 2011 6:01:36am |
214 | RogueOne Sat, Jan 1, 2011 6:02:11am |
I was making a playlist, picking the top songs of last year, and noticed 2010 was a lousy year for music. Here's hoping 2011 is a better year.
Fav New Band/Album for 2010: Taddy Porter
215 | researchok Sat, Jan 1, 2011 6:02:48am |
216 | researchok Sat, Jan 1, 2011 6:03:28am |
re: #213 Varek Raith
Projection and deflection on behalf of the Vatican.
Yeah, he'll be calling that back by tomorrow.
217 | Varek Raith Sat, Jan 1, 2011 6:04:16am |
218 | RogueOne Sat, Jan 1, 2011 6:09:41am |
re: #215 researchok
That's cold.
But pretty funny.
Poor Dick. I couldn't stop laughing but I'm blaming the drugs. I'm pretty sure he died somewhere around 2008 and Ryan Seacrest keeps his zombie animated corpse in his basement and only brings him out for New Years.
219 | Varek Raith Sat, Jan 1, 2011 6:11:31am |
re: #218 RogueOne
Poor Dick. I couldn't stop laughing but I'm blaming the drugs. I'm pretty sure he died somewhere around 2008 and Ryan Seacrest keeps his zombie animated corpse in his basement and only brings him out for New Years.
Weekend at Dick's?
220 | researchok Sat, Jan 1, 2011 6:12:18am |
Clark's ghost will haunt you.
On an episode of America's Most Haunted.
221 | RogueOne Sat, Jan 1, 2011 6:13:49am |
Nomination for Fav song of the year:
If It Wasn't For Hate, We'd Be Dead By Now
LostProphets
222 | researchok Sat, Jan 1, 2011 6:16:22am |
Calling George Costanza! and other top 10 oddball golf stories from 2010
Golf in 2010 had its share of moments -- from the memorable (Phil Mickelson’s shot from the pine straw on 13 at the Masters) to the bizarre (Dustin Johnson’s gaffe from the yup-it’s-a-bunker at the PGA Championship).
And then there were the truly weird stories involving golf courses, carts, clubs, balls, an oil spill, an assortment of body parts, and even some stiffs. Here, then, are 10 of the somewhat golf-related oddball stories from the year about to pass (viewer discretion is advised):
223 | researchok Sat, Jan 1, 2011 6:19:40am |
re: #221 RogueOne
Nomination for Fav song of the year:
If It Wasn't For Hate, We'd Be Dead By Now
LostProphets
[Video]
Better than I thought it would be.
224 | RogueOne Sat, Jan 1, 2011 6:22:54am |
re: #223 researchok
I'm a big fan of Lostprophets. I really liked this album too:
Middle Class Rut
New Low
225 | Varek Raith Sat, Jan 1, 2011 6:29:32am |
Here's a vid that makes you think you're trippin'
227 | sattv4u2 Sat, Jan 1, 2011 6:40:33am |
Okay ,, so here we are
1st newspaper of rthe New Year,,, but same old (incompentent) proof reading!!
[Link: www.boston.com...]
Origami for a good cause helps Hamilton food panty
hmm,,, i usually keep extra food in a pantry, but I'm willing to try something new!!
228 | Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 6:43:49am |
Hava Nagila:
Texas style:
Played by the IDF Orchestra on the Red Square:
By Iosif Kobzon and the Academical Song-and-Dance Ensemble of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation:
Turetsky's choir:
Artsy Japanese rendering:
229 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 6:52:52am |
230 | Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 6:54:55am |
re: #229 Walter L. Newton
[Video]
Это видео содержит материалы от партнера Sony Music Entertainment. В вашей стране доступ к этим материалам не предоставляется.
231 | sattv4u2 Sat, Jan 1, 2011 6:58:27am |
And on that note, the long quiet drive home beckons
232 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:00:49am |
re: #230 Sergey Romanov
Ok... so, that video is blocked in your location... It's Kate Smith singing "God Bless America" ... I'll reserve comment and let the obvious speak for itself.
233 | Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:01:23am |
re: #225 Varek Raith
Here's a vid that makes you think you're trippin'
[Video]
Is that the infamous "Barrett Brown and his girlfriend argue" video?
234 | Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:05:00am |
In Soviet Russia Auld Lang Syne sing you!
Happy New Year everybody!
(Ens Chekov) - Everybody knows that eggnog was invented in Russia.
235 | Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:07:39am |
re: #186 Killgore Trout
I miss the days when the left was crazier than the right.
˙ǝɹoɯʎuɐ ssɐןb buıʞooן ǝɥʇ ʇou sı sıɥʇ 'ǝɔıןɐ 'dnʎ
Seriously, though, when was that? The Right was crazy all along and I don't remember the left being crazier, unless you're talking decades ago.
236 | Sionainn Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:07:57am |
Happy new year, everyone. Sure hope this year is better than the last.
237 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:10:25am |
re: #232 Walter L. Newton
re: #230 Sergey RomanovOk... so, that video is blocked in your location... It's Kate Smith singing "God Bless America" ... I'll reserve comment and let the obvious speak for itself.
Was that too nuanced of an answer?
238 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:10:47am |
re: #236 Sionainn
Happy new year, everyone. Sure hope this year is better than the last.
It's only going to be as good as you make it for yourself.
239 | Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:12:05am |
240 | Sionainn Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:12:30am |
re: #238 Walter L. Newton
It's only going to be as good as you make it for yourself.
Well, that's true to a certain extent, but I have no control over things like a parent dying.
241 | Wozza Matter? Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:12:41am |
happy new year from the UK.
I hope it makes more sense than last year.
I left 2010 with no job but the most awesome Girlfriend in the whole world - who unfortunately lives half a world away.
Fate is a cruel, cruel cruel mistress.
242 | Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:16:13am |
Well, I'm starting off the new year the same as ending last year... at work.
I guess my wish for 2011 is continued employment, since not being employed will massively increase my stress levels among other things. And may the Lizards seeking employment/better positions be successful in finding them.
Walter, you working on a musical about grocery store employees yet?
243 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:16:15am |
re: #241 wozzablog
happy new year from the UK.
I hope it makes more sense than last year.
I left 2010 with no job but the most awesome Girlfriend in the whole world - who unfortunately lives half a world away.Fate is a cruel, cruel cruel mistress.
You want me to bring her with me in two weeks... I can drop her off at the Gare de L'Est... you can take over from there?
244 | RogueOne Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:26:22am |
Poor Helen, she just wants to be loved....
Helen Thomas: Thrown to the wolves
At a time of forgiveness, why is Helen Thomas still being ostracized?
[Link: english.aljazeera.net...]
245 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:32:06am |
re: #244 RogueOne
Poor Helen, she just wants to be loved...
Helen Thomas: Thrown to the wolves
At a time of forgiveness, why is Helen Thomas still being ostracized?
[Link: english.aljazeera.net...]
When was this time of forgiveness you're talking about?
246 | Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:33:52am |
re: #244 RogueOne
Poor Helen, she just wants to be loved...
Helen Thomas: Thrown to the wolves
At a time of forgiveness, why is Helen Thomas still being ostracized?
[Link: english.aljazeera.net...]
Love how he frames the issue: "angry remarks she made about Israel".
247 | RogueOne Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:36:27am |
re: #245 Walter L. Newton
When was this time of forgiveness you're talking about?
Not me, I was just quoting the header. I'm full of forgiveness year round because I care.
248 | Wozza Matter? Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:37:04am |
re: #243 Walter L. Newton
You want me to bring her with me in two weeks... I can drop her off at the Gare de L'Est... you can take over from there?
We had been pondering meeting in Paris for her birthday, alas, she can't get here for her birthday now.
*sigh*
Thanks though. How is CO this morning?
249 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:40:00am |
re: #244 RogueOne
Poor Helen, she just wants to be loved...
Helen Thomas: Thrown to the wolves
At a time of forgiveness, why is Helen Thomas still being ostracized?
[Link: english.aljazeera.net...]
Wow... that article was right out of the Al-Jazeera playbook.
Not to toot my own horn (when did that ever stop me), I remember during the Democrat Convention in Denver, I was part of a 3 panel round robin on Al-Jazeera English. We were watching Bill Clintons convention speech, his subject was on the economy. After the speech, the reporter when around the table asking us opinions on the speech and the content.
The live, impromptu (my ass) spin that the reporter was putting on out answers was poetic propaganda in motion. And yes, he managed to slip something in there about Israel, even though the content of the speech was mainly about domestic affairs.
Side note : The reporter was a ex-marine information officer now working for Al-Jarzeera.
250 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:41:44am |
re: #248 wozzablog
We had been pondering meeting in Paris for her birthday, alas, she can't get here for her birthday now.
*sigh*
Thanks though. How is CO this morning?
Minus 3 degrees (f) right now, has been as low as -30 to -45 wind chill in some areas in the mountains. we had a low of about -11. Denver has been hovering just below zero. In general, most of the state has been below zero for the last 24 hours.
251 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:42:49am |
re: #248 wozzablog
We had been pondering meeting in Paris for her birthday, alas, she can't get here for her birthday now.
*sigh*
Thanks though. How is CO this morning?
Addendum... I should have said "Gare de Nord," that's where the connections to England run.
252 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:43:59am |
re: #249 Walter L. Newton
Wow... that article was right out of the Al-Jazeera playbook.
Not to toot my own horn (when did that ever stop me), I remember during the Democrat Convention in Denver, I was part of a 3 panel round robin on Al-Jazeera English. We were watching Bill Clintons convention speech, his subject was on the economy. After the speech, the reporter when around the table asking us opinions on the speech and the content.
The live, impromptu (my ass) spin that the reporter was putting on out answers was poetic propaganda in motion. And yes, he managed to slip something in there about Israel, even though the content of the speech was mainly about domestic affairs.
Side note : The reporter was a ex-marine information officer now working for Al-Jarzeera.
P.S... I have pictures to prove it :)
253 | Wozza Matter? Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:44:15am |
re: #250 Walter L. Newton
Minus 3 degrees (f) right now, has been as low as -30 to -45 wind chill in some areas in the mountains. we had a low of about -11. Denver has been hovering just below zero. In general, most of the state has been below zero for the last 24 hours.
Was last year particularly calm - or is this year par for the course?. When i was over in Denver/Boulder/Westminster in January last year it was chilly, but not massively cold.
254 | Wozza Matter? Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:44:46am |
re: #251 Walter L. Newton
Addendum... I should have said "Gare de Nord," that's where the connections to England run.
It is indeed.
255 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:47:52am |
BBIAB... I have to manhandle the Prius out of the driveway for the girlfriend... there's about 3 inches of packed snow at the end of it, slight upgrade, I don't know why ANYONE living in the Rocky Mountains would own a Prius... shitless in winter driving conditions. Has no clearance, no weight, no traction... no life.
256 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:48:34am |
re: #253 wozzablog
Was last year particularly calm - or is this year par for the course?. When i was over in Denver/Boulder/Westminster in January last year it was chilly, but not massively cold.
Answer forthwith... I got to attend to the Prius.
257 | Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:54:51am |
258 | Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:57:00am |
This one is also good:
259 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 7:59:14am |
re: #253 wozzablog
Was last year particularly calm - or is this year par for the course?. When i was over in Denver/Boulder/Westminster in January last year it was chilly, but not massively cold.
It's been par for the course. Days have been generally 30's, nights 20's (F), sometimes dipping into the teens. What's been different is east of the continental divide has only had minimal snow until this past Thursday/Friday. We are having one of those winter weather patterns where the jet stream is pushing storms up and over (north) of the east side of the state, around the continental divide. So, places like Vail is getting 2-3 feet snow events, 100 miles east of that, nothing.
The steady below zero over the last 24 hours is not rare at all, fortunately it doesn't happen consistently over any long period of time any given winter.
Of course I've noticed that Europe/Paris has had a more wintery winter, with temps dipping regularly into the 20's (f) at night.
That doesn't bother me. That's why when I visit France, I do it in the winter. I can stand a Paris winter better than any Paris summer. And all in all, less crowds and the prices are somewhat better.
I'll be there in a couple of weeks.
261 | reine.de.tout Sat, Jan 1, 2011 8:08:29am |
262 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 8:08:50am |
263 | Wozza Matter? Sat, Jan 1, 2011 8:10:22am |
re: #259 Walter L. Newton
cheers for the info.
Happy New Year and have a great time in Paris.
all the best.
264 | darthstar Sat, Jan 1, 2011 8:16:02am |
re: #255 Walter L. Newton
BBIAB... I have to manhandle the Prius out of the driveway for the girlfriend... there's about 3 inches of packed snow at the end of it, slight upgrade, I don't know why ANYONE living in the Rocky Mountains would own a Prius... shitless in winter driving conditions. Has no clearance, no weight, no traction... no life.
I drove a Prius in the snow once...fucking power to the front wheels gets cut off at the first sign of slipping. So going up hill is damn near impossible.
265 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 8:19:03am |
re: #264 darthstar
I drove a Prius in the snow once...fucking power to the front wheels gets cut off at the first sign of slipping. So going up hill is damn near impossible.
Is that what the problem is. I don't know jack about cars. I do know how to drive in the snow. I do know the Prius doesn't know how to handle the snow. Sometimes I win, sometimes it wins, depends on the type of snow and the depth.
266 | darthstar Sat, Jan 1, 2011 8:30:42am |
re: #265 Walter L. Newton
Is that what the problem is. I don't know jack about cars. I do know how to drive in the snow. I do know the Prius doesn't know how to handle the snow. Sometimes I win, sometimes it wins, depends on the type of snow and the depth.
The safety features in the Prius will kill you in the snow.
267 | Daniel Ballard Sat, Jan 1, 2011 8:38:43am |
re: #266 darthstar
I wonder if the other hybrids or pure electric cars will have that issue. Imagine sitting there stuck, push the accelerator and all you get is that UFO sound.
268 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 8:40:51am |
re: #266 darthstar
The safety features in the Prius will kill you in the snow.
I believe you. When I drive it, there is all sorts of fucking warning lights coming on... I sit there, asking my girlfriend... "What's that mean?" "Is that important?" It's a bit scary. I'm wondering when a voice is going to come out of the dashboard announcing "Please let go of the steering wheel, slide your seat back and recline it, I will take over the navigation of the vehicle for the next 5 miles!"
269 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jan 1, 2011 8:45:14am |
re: #268 Walter L. Newton
My wife's 4-Runner has a feature kind of like that for going downhill. Engage the system and steer. That's it. System brakes, sends power to tires and everything on its own.
It is really cool/eerie, you are steering and you feel the stuff going on under the car.
270 | Crimsonfisted Sat, Jan 1, 2011 8:48:45am |
Happy New Year fellow lizards!
2011 is a going to be a good year for me. When I got married 30 years ago, I didn't realize until recently that my 30th anniversary is going to be:
11-11-11!!
How cool is THAT?!
I think that means we should celebrate all year.
271 | darthstar Sat, Jan 1, 2011 8:49:54am |
re: #267 Rightwingconspirator
I wonder if the other hybrids or pure electric cars will have that issue. Imagine sitting there stuck, push the accelerator and all you get is that UFO sound.
I'm not a big fan of drive-by-wire technology...I fear I'll end up going back to pre-airbag vehicles eventually because I like my gas pedal to be connected to a steel cable that winds its way up to the carburetor and connects to a little metal arm that, when pulled in one direction, allows more fuel to enter the engine.
272 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 8:50:51am |
re: #269 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
My wife's 4-Runner has a feature kind of like that for going downhill. Engage the system and steer. That's it. System brakes, sends power to tires and everything on its own.
It is really cool/eerie, you are steering and you feel the stuff going on under the car.
I remember the days when we had to navigate our own cars, uphill, both ways.
273 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jan 1, 2011 8:51:43am |
re: #271 darthstar
At least I can kind of work on one of those.
274 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 8:54:48am |
re: #271 darthstar
I'm not a big fan of drive-by-wire technology...I fear I'll end up going back to pre-airbag vehicles eventually because I like my gas pedal to be connected to a steel cable that winds its way up to the carburetor and connects to a little metal arm that, when pulled in one direction, allows more fuel to enter the engine.
Like I said above, I don't know a lot about cars. But I know what works. I have a 12 year old Chevy Prism (which is a Toyota Corolla), with front wheel drive, 89,000 original miles, and it does fine in all weather. It can navigate uphill with 4 inches of new snow on the highway, passing the 4-wheel slide vehicles stuck on the side of the road or in the ditches.
275 | Daniel Ballard Sat, Jan 1, 2011 8:54:53am |
re: #271 darthstar
I agree. Drive by wire is a misapplication of fuel air management tech.
276 | Daniel Ballard Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:01:48am |
re: #274 Walter L. Newton
This will be my winter to learn to drive in the snow. I'm taking the Chevy Colorado up to the snow for some hiking and photography. Chains, and easy does it.
277 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:02:52am |
re: #276 Rightwingconspirator
This will be my winter to learn to drive in the snow. I'm taking the Chevy Colorado up to the snow for some hiking and photography. Chains, and easy does it.
When.. and what area are you going to be in?
278 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:04:07am |
Dear GOD:
In 2011 I'd like to have a big, fat bank account & a slim body. Please don't mix these two up like you did last year!
FBV
279 | Daniel Ballard Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:05:21am |
re: #277 Walter L. Newton
San Gabriels, MT Baldy, Mt Wilson, Big Bear, etc. Not going to Colorado darn it, going IN a Colorado. All Winter long. Most weekends.
280 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:07:02am |
re: #279 Rightwingconspirator
San Gabriels, MT Baldy, Mt Wilson, Big Bear, etc. Not going to Colorado darn it, going IN a Colorado. All Winter long. Most weekends.
Oh... see... I mentioned above, I don't know much about cars... I didn't even know there was a Chevy Colorado... I thought you mistyped.
281 | Daniel Ballard Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:09:00am |
re: #280 Walter L. Newton
The Colorado is the mid size truck. Straight 5 cylinder 220 hp. Very reliable, yet not 4wd.
282 | Digital Display Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:09:15am |
re: #279 Rightwingconspirator
San Gabriels, MT Baldy, Mt Wilson, Big Bear, etc. Not going to Colorado darn it, going IN a Colorado. All Winter long. Most weekends.
I got an old buddy that lives in Big Bear...Sends me pics of the big snow storms
283 | Walter L. Newton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:12:45am |
See you all later.. tomorrow, or before I go in to work tonight. I have to work overnight tonight, start at midnight, it's a little early for bed, but, it's below zero here, this office of mine on the north side of the house is chilly, I'm going to curl up on the bed with the electric blanket, listen to some radio and read or piddle with a game on the Ipod... it's too chilly to sit in this room any longer.
My electric heater, usually sitting next to me in this room, is in the bathroom doing double duty today, helping make sure the whole plumbing system doesn't freeze. This is a big old house, not as lockdown tight and shut as the newer homes.
At least the outside can invade my environment enough to remind me that I live in the mountains.
284 | Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:16:06am |
re: #283 Walter L. Newton
See you all later.. tomorrow, or before I go in to work tonight. I have to work overnight tonight, start at midnight, it's a little early for bed, but, it's below zero here, this office of mine on the north side of the house is chilly, I'm going to curl up on the bed with the electric blanket, listen to some radio and read or piddle with a game on the Ipod... it's too chilly to sit in this room any longer.
My electric heater, usually sitting next to me in this room, is in the bathroom doing double duty today, helping make sure the whole plumbing system doesn't freeze. This is a big old house, not as lockdown tight and shut as the newer homes.
At least the outside can invade my environment enough to remind me that I live in the mountains.
Have a good day, Walter.
285 | Daniel Ballard Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:19:29am |
re: #282 HoosierHoops
I loved Big Bear last July. Looking forward to a winter visit, though I'm not a skier.
286 | Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:20:15am |
"In many ways, it is a disaster of biblical proportions," Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser told reporters in the flooded city of Bundaberg on Saturday.
Dogs and cats living together. Mass Hysteria!
288 | Killgore Trout Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:22:25am |
Bomb hits Egypt church at New Year's Mass, 21 dead
A powerful bomb, possibly from a suicide attacker, exploded in front of a Coptic Christian church as a crowd of worshippers emerged from a New Years Mass early Saturday, killing at least 21 people and wounding nearly 80 in an attack that raised suspicions of an al-Qaida role.The attack came in the wake of threats by al-Qaida militants in Iraq to attack Egypt's Christians. A direct al-Qaida hand in the bombing would be a dramatic development, as the government of President Hosni Mubarak has long denied that the terror network has a significant presence in the country.
290 | Daniel Ballard Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:32:04am |
re: #288 Killgore Trout
Right there should (won't though) shut up the war on Christmas crapsters. Because when fanatical killers like AQ go after your people you have to set aside the day to day BS and focus on stopping the killers.
291 | Dark_Falcon Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:42:45am |
re: #290 Rightwingconspirator
Right there should (won't though) shut up the war on Christmas crapsters. Because when fanatical killers like AQ go after your people you have to set aside the day to day BS and focus on stopping the killers.
Some on the right would rather focus on riling people up for the culture wars. While some like Victor Davis Hanson and Ralph Peters are far-seeing enough to know this to be folly (even they don't call it folly, they never join these skirmishes) that sort of culture war politics has grown greatly on the right because it is a favorite of 'conservative' media personalities. It provides them with a hook for their viewers to keep them angry and listening while also providing an issue that cannot be solved (because those who feel differently culture-wise are far too numerous to sweep away) thus allowing the issue to be used for a long time. It's great for show hosts, terrible for a party.
BBL
292 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:43:11am |
re: #288 Killgore Trout
I have such respect for Christians in the Middle East.
Being Christian here is a cinch.
293 | Lidane Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:44:51am |
294 | (I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:45:39am |
295 | Lidane Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:47:10am |
re: #292 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Being Christian here is a cinch.
You wouldn't know that listening to the wingnuts and fundies. They make it sound like they have it worse than everyone else. It's damned irritating.
296 | Killgore Trout Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:52:56am |
297 | Charles Johnson Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:00:39am |
Ignorant racist cretin Robert Stacy McCain takes a swipe at me today for not being a global warming denier. He linked to LGF right at the top of his post; usually he doesn't link when he smears me.
And now I know why. It's been up for more than an hour, and so far the number of referrals from his link totals -- 5.
298 | darthstar Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:01:02am |
299 | Daniel Ballard Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:02:00am |
re: #296 Killgore Trout
Hey you scored the first WTF for the new year.
300 | Gus Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:02:19am |
re: #296 Killgore Trout
They're still reeling from the DHS report of 2009. Funny. It was OK for them when DHS and the FBI were monitoring anti-war groups during the Bush administration.
301 | Charles Johnson Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:02:46am |
302 | darthstar Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:03:08am |
re: #297 Charles
Ignorant racist cretin Robert Stacy McCain takes a swipe at me today for not being a global warming denier. He linked to LGF right at the top of his post; usually he doesn't link when he smears me.
And now I know why. It's been up for more than an hour, and so far the number of referrals from his link totals -- 5.
Happy New Year, Charles...though it's just like the old year for RSM apparently.
I hereby resolve to not give a fuck what Robert Stacy McCain, Pamela Geller, Michelles Malkin, Bachmann and Palin, or any of the idiots at Fox News have to say. (it's always good to have an easy resolution to keep)
303 | darthstar Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:07:02am |
Happy New Year Acrobotica from my friend...a before/after slideshow...
304 | Charles Johnson Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:11:16am |
As usual, in the comments for RS McCain's post, there's someone nic-jacking me. McCain never cleans that stuff up - it's very amusing to him. I suspect he's the one posting that crap.
305 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:18:12am |
New Year's Day is the weirdest holiday.
The holiday is really the night before.
There's no real tradition, other than regretting what you did the night before and making yourself promises you won't keep.
No foods, no gifts (thank heavens), no decorations or things to do.
It's just kind of...here.
307 | Daniel Ballard Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:18:39am |
re: #304 Charles
This does not cover nic-jacking but is worth watching for anyway.
SB 1411 makes it a misdemeanor to maliciously impersonate someone via a social media outlet or through e-mails.
308 | researchok Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:20:09am |
re: #305 EmmmieG
New Year's Day is the weirdest holiday.
The holiday is really the night before.
There's no real tradition, other than regretting what you did the night before and making yourself promises you won't keep.
No foods, no gifts (thank heavens), no decorations or things to do.
It's just kind of...here.
Have a burrito.
You can't go wrong with that.
309 | yasharki Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:20:28am |
re: #305 EmmmieG
You've obviously never lived in a communist country. New Year's day was the only proper holiday allowed us by the overlords...
310 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:21:55am |
re: #309 yasharki
You've obviously never lived in a communist country. New Year's day was the only proper holiday allowed us by the overlords...
As opposed to America, in which our capitalist overlords are currently looking around for another holiday for us to spend money on. American capitalist overlords LOVE holidays, especially ones involving massive gift-giving.
I am waiting for the advent of Halloween and Fourth of July gifts and cards.
311 | Reginald Perrin Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:23:50am |
re: #304 Charles
As usual, in the comments for RS McCain's post, there's someone nic-jacking me. McCain never cleans that stuff up - it's very amusing to him. I suspect he's the one posting that crap.
Once a troll, always a troll.... he can't ever let go of his nasty old habits.
312 | Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:25:05am |
re: #309 yasharki
You've obviously never lived in a communist country. New Year's day was the only proper holiday allowed us by the overlords...
Yup.
For those who don't know, the New Year in USSR was "created" as a secular equivalent to Christmas, thus all the attributes - the Christmas tree, the gifts, Ded Moroz=Santa Claus.
Christmas is still a pretty secondary, even tertiary holiday in Russia, especially as it post-dates the New Year celebrations (unlike Catholic Jesus, Russian Orthodox Jesus was born on Jan. 7).
313 | yasharki Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:26:39am |
re: #310 EmmmieG
I don't think you know what you're talking about. You've got a choice weather you buy into commercial drive to spend money on holidays, we were herded to attend state approved holidays, under threat of life and limb...
315 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:32:58am |
re: #313 yasharki
I don't think you know what you're talking about. You've got a choice weather you buy into commercial drive to spend money on holidays, we were herded to attend state approved holidays, under threat of life and limb...
Actually, the Russian textbooks sitting in my bookcase were produced under the CCCP, so I have a slight inkling. Most of my Russian is gone, but I still remember the feeling of reading them and seeing the propaganda in the writings. It was subtle, but pervasive.
We were told about the Russian New Years, and how it was the bigger holiday.
What, exactly did you do on New Year's Day (as opposed to New Year's Eve.) My point was that, in America, the real holiday is the day before, but everything is closed today. Today is the official holiday, but there's nothing to do today, not really.
316 | yasharki Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:35:43am |
re: #315 EmmmieG
Ahh, now I get it. I guess we were nurturing the hangover on the NYD :) Some do it with beer, other with more Vodak! And there's always leftovers to munch on.
317 | Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:37:05am |
re: #305 EmmmieG
New Year's Day is the weirdest holiday.
The holiday is really the night before.
There's no real tradition, other than regretting what you did the night before and making yourself promises you won't keep.
No foods, no gifts (thank heavens), no decorations or things to do.
It's just kind of...here.
Some places do have more active traditions. In Philly there is the annual Mummer's Parade. Streets blocked off and everything near here (Central City).
318 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:39:51am |
re: #316 yasharki
Ahh, now I get it. I guess we were nurturing the hangover on the NYD :) Some do it with beer, other with more Vodak! And there's always leftovers to munch on.
I've got it! The official food of New Year's Day!
Cold Pizza for breakfast/lunch.
Pineiapple optional.
319 | yasharki Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:51:55am |
re: #318 EmmmieG
I've got it! The official food of New Year's Day!
Cold Pizza for breakfast/lunch.
Pineiapple optional.
Nah, pineapple was considered food of the bourgeois (Жри ананасы, рябчикоб жуй, день твой последний приходид буржуй). Or in translation - Munch on pineapple, eat your grouse, you last day is coming ..blah.. bourgeois.
321 | ClaudeMonet Sun, Jan 2, 2011 8:24:21pm |
re: #94 Dark_Falcon
That one is indeed worthy of a Fiskie. We should do a 'Fiskie' for the left, and a 'Becker' for the right. But that piece is truly rancid. The human rights movement comes from the left, but now its being called "imperialistic". Truly a case of the left eating its own.
It's what the left does. They can't stand the idea of being successful or right. They don't have confidence that the right will chew them up, so to be sure they experience the right level of angst, they chew themselves up.
322 | ClaudeMonet Sun, Jan 2, 2011 8:30:47pm |
re: #179 Gus 802
Just heard a guy barking like a dog during the fireworks. The weird part is that he sounded like a real dog. A small sized dog too with a short quick bark.
Even when someone kicked the yappy little sh** and yelled, "STFU!"?
323 | ClaudeMonet Sun, Jan 2, 2011 8:36:31pm |
re: #212 RogueOne
"Harrngpy Nuuugh Yeaarrgh!" - Zombie Dick Clark
I managed to avoid that, but instead was "treated" to CNN's coverage with Anderson Cooper (bad) and Kathy Griffin (hideous, down to the multiple plastic surgeries and the Raggedy Ann red hair color). She kept asking him inappropriate, unfunny, and stupid questions, and I kept hoping he'd be a man about it and throw her off the platform.
324 | ClaudeMonet Sun, Jan 2, 2011 8:53:08pm |
re: #244 RogueOne
Poor Helen, she just wants to be loved...
Helen Thomas: Thrown to the wolves
At a time of forgiveness, why is Helen Thomas still being ostracized?
[Link: english.aljazeera.net...]
She's being ostracized now because she got away with being mean, nasty, rude, and anti-Semitic for years, and finally went public with her anti-Semitism. Her alleged clout disappeared. No one is afraid of her any more. She's getting payback--and if she and her friends don't like it, gee, too f'in bad.
re: #267 Rightwingconspirator
I wonder if the other hybrids or pure electric cars will have that issue. Imagine sitting there stuck, push the accelerator and all you get is that UFO sound.
I bought a Ford Fusion hybrid this fall, and in snowy conditions so far, haven't had problems. If it starts to perform in snowy conditions like a typical Cincinnatian drives in any conditions beyond pure, cloudless sunlight (i.e., flailing about uselessly and getting in the way of those of use who know how to drive in the sh**), I still have my old, beat-to-heck '95 Escort, which looks like hell but which goes just about anywhere.
re: #274 Walter L. Newton
Like I said above, I don't know a lot about cars. But I know what works. I have a 12 year old Chevy Prism (which is a Toyota Corolla), with front wheel drive, 89,000 original miles, and it does fine in all weather. It can navigate uphill with 4 inches of new snow on the highway, passing the 4-wheel slide vehicles stuck on the side of the road or in the ditches.
I've always experienced schadenfreude at the SUVs, BMWs, Mercedes, etc., that can't handle a little snow, ice, etc. IMO it's the driver more than the vehicle when the weather is a little bad.
325 | ClaudeMonet Sun, Jan 2, 2011 9:03:02pm |
re: #154 ggt
What will various Lizards being doing in 2011.
Not asking for resolutions, but personal predictions.
I think I'll be using my Kindle ALOT.
Reading actual books, some of which I haven't touched in years. I love the feel of books; reading them is both an intellectual and tactile pleasure.
Doing less theater. The crap/pleasure ratio has swung the wrong way lately, plus my CRS disease cripples my ability to learn lines.
Of course, if, like my last gig, I'm getting paid for it, that's another story.
Managing my windfall inheritance money, trying to avoid buying and selling too often. Taking advantage of the lower tax rate on dividends and long-term capital gains. Investing aggressively but prudently.
Spending some of that money on a condo, closer to the office.
Trying to stay out of the nearby casinos.
Taking less crap from people who don't really matter. Taking more from those who do without exploding.
Staying in touch more with my 80-year-old mother, whose childhood best friend just passed away in NYC. I'm glad they were able to see each other one last time last month when Mom was overnighting in New York on her way back from Egypt.
Going to more baseball games.