RunningBare ... um ... thinking ... wait .. geez... this beer is making me crazy ...
Yeah, let's make this a New Orleans kind of place ... yeah, crawling out of Johnny White's when it's daylight ... always bring the shades ... sweet ...
RunningBare ... you going to hell for that ... son ...
I saw Cheech and Chong once in the early 70s ... they were opening for Bread at the Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans .. can you believe it ... anyway ... they were a hit ... Bread was booed off the stage ... lol ... it was hilarious ... everyone was stoned and Bread was not the act people were going to see ...
It is intended to highlight the plight of the endangered Western Lowland Gorillas - Fryer said that despite the setting, the aim is to provoke debate, not to cause offence.
@zigzagging: if you remember Cheech and Chong you must remember Flo and Eddie (they used to gig with Frank Zappa and before that had a hit with "Happy together" as The Turtles). They put out a wicked comedy rock album called "Illegal, immoral and fattening": some of the humor is similar to Cheech and Chong, some of it ventures into Zombie photoreportage territory ;-), and some of it quite un-PC by today's standards.
It is intended to highlight the plight of the endangered Western Lowland Gorillas - Fryer said that despite the setting, the aim is to provoke debate, not to cause offence.
Oh good grief.
Christian symbols are just fair game these days. Sheesh.
Finally Free ... Yes! ... I saw The Turtles once in New Orleans they were playing as the opening act for the remaining members of the Doors ... I love Flo and Eddie ... they were crazy ...
Thanks, Z2! He was born in 1940 - so he's almost 70, which is wild to think about. I didn't know this either, but "Everything I Own" was written about his father who had passed away. Never realized that.
And Instapundit is on a roll. Go here here and keep scrolling. ("Shrill, desperate, and bullying" indeed.)
Plus quote of the day: "Here’s the nut of it: The GOP establishment sees their problem as being that they are out of power. People like me see the problem as being that they are out of power because they have turned their backs on the principles those who once voted for them believe in." From the man (Bill Quick) who coined both "blogosphere" and "sh*t sandwich Republicans".
Personally I have nothing against real, principled moderates. It's the weather vanes, the chair warmers, and the "Larry Craig Republicans" that I think p*ss people like myself off more. It's obvious that some of the GOP establishment fear the Tea Partiers as a leaderless movement they cannot control.
RunningBare ... hahaha ... I did a bunch of mescaline to Zappa .. dynamo hum stuck in my mind for years ... blah ... makes sense why my brain is mush ...
RunningBare ... hahaha ... I did a bunch of mescaline to Zappa .. dynamo hum stuck in my mind for years ... blah ... makes sense why my brain is mush ...
And people wonder why I am the way I am, when guys like Zappa, et al were my early influences ROTFL
Done, K/B - thanks for the tap on the shoulder there - I lost track and I thought we had you already. If you need anything, ever, and I'm not on it, just feel free to hit me over the head - sometimes I need it!
And by the way, I was STRICTLY a Davey Jones girl back then. LOL
As you know, I sing professionally. I hadn't heard him in a long time, and I was listening to the radio and I guess it was George Noory (Coast to Coast) who played "Daydream Believer" the other night - OMG, I could believe how bad his voice sucked. Nasally, just yucky.
In my mind I had always kept my eight year-old impression, you know?? Horrible!
A friend of our used to roadie with Zappa. According to him Zappa shoved a baby grand piano out the window of a high rise building. I could be wrong but I think it happened in Vegas.
I gotta go ... early morning business trip ... but I just want to say that to be serious ... it is a war now ... sad but that is the way it is in this country now ... no playing nice and "hoping" things change ... I am in it ... and I "hope" that the side I believe is right wins ... and that is not to say that is the "right" side as some want to name it ... anyone who has not taken sides now ... is not paying attention IMO ... stand up and make a difference because they sure will shout it out ...
Let them call anyone who opposes them crazy ... f*ck them ... they expect us to stay silent ... don't let it happen ... they will try to paint anyone who opposes them as racists or whatever the flavor of the day is ... I ain't falling for it and I will go down fighting ... and no that is not a threat to violence (just in case anyone is listening ... um or lurking) ... but there are many ways to make our voices heard ...
So sick of this crap ... and there are many just like me ... I know it ...
They think they have a monopoly on "Change" ... guess what ... it ain't all about your type of "Change" ... you can keep that ... cuz me and many of your exiled brothers and sisters know what you are all about ... and we are not gonna keep quiet ... ever ...
hey think they have a monopoly on "Change" ... guess what ... it ain't all about your type of "Change" ... you can keep that ... cuz me and many of your exiled brothers and sisters know what you are all about ... and we are not gonna keep quiet ... ever ...
Stop the victimization ...
ZZ, I'm sure glad you're on our side.
You be real safe out there tomorrow ...stay in touch with us. Have some fun and get back soon. Love you!
Dreamy...yeah. That was it. (I don't think I used that word once, but I'm from a little town in Wisconsin where the rabbit ears couldn't quite pick up "The Brady Bunch". LOL)
Hey Bare, look at all the people I have two degrees of separation from (in George Duke's wiki):
Duke's other high-profile collaborators include Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, Cannonball Adderley, his cousin Dianne Reeves, Deniece Williams, Jeffrey Osborne, George Clinton, Anita Baker, Regina Belle, Rachelle Ferrell, Marilyn Scott and Mike Mainieri's fusion group Steps Ahead, for whom he produced the track "Magnetic Love." He also served as a producer and composer for two instrumental tracks on Miles Davis albums: "Backyard Ritual" (from Tutu, 1986) and "Cobra" (from Amandla, 1989). He has also worked with a number of notable Brazilian musicians, including singer Milton Nascimento, percussionist Airto Moreira and singer Flora Purim. Sheila E appeared on Duke's late-1970s solo albums Don't Let Go and Master of the Game.
CC'll probably have me hanging around too, Bare ...so I may be there myself.
Awesome! While you gals are speeding through the hallways of The Home in your wheelchairs, I'll be the old guy what stops you all, and administers the breathalyzer...
An elderly couple were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, so they decided to return to the little town where they first met. They sat in a small coffee shop in the town and were telling the waitress about their love for each other and how they met at this same spot. Sitting next to them was the local cop and he smiled as the old couple spoke. After the waitress left the table, the old man said to his wife, "Remember the first time we made love, it was up in that field across the road, when I put you against the fence. Why don't we do it again for old times sake? The wife giggled like crazy and said, "Sure, why not." So off they went out the door and across to the field. The cop smiled to himself, thinking how romantic this was and decided he better keep an eye on the couple so they didn't run into any harm. The old couple walked to the field and as they approached the fence they began to undress. The old man picked up his wife when they were naked and leaned her against the fence. The cop was watching from the bushes and was surprised at what he saw. With the vitality of youth, the wife bounced up and down excitedly, while the husband thrashed around like a wild man, then they fell to the ground exhausted. Eventually, they stood up, shook themselves, and got dressed. As they walked back towards the road, the cop stepped from his hiding spot and said, "That is the most wonderful love making I have ever seen." "You must have been a wild couple when you were young." "Not really," said the old man, "when we were young, that fence wasn't electric."
I see on your blog that you have GMCR on your watch list. How do you think a declining dollar will affect their profitability?
I own a good chunk of it it and when I update tomorrow, it'll be the only stock on the list in a buy range.
/I don't think think a declining dollar will affect their profitability, they're aggressively expanding their market base into wide open territory, single serving is a growing trend, and coffee drinkers won't give up their coffee no matter how high inflation or coffee prices might go
Also, GMCR is mostly a distributor and licensor, they don't really manufacture much of anything. They recently cut a deal with Wal-Mart in time for the holidays and they're looking to roll out a line of lower cost brewers.
They're so convinced theirs is the "correct" reality, that if any network gives the right even a VOICE, it's "un-American" now. Do they not notice all the left wingers on FNC? There are tons of them, for heaven's sake.
By showing that ideologically distorted news can drive ratings, Ailes has provoked his rivals at CNN and MSNBC to develop a variety of populist and ideological takes on the news. In this way, Fox hasn't just corrupted its own coverage. Its example has made all of cable news unpleasant and unreliable.
Fox is responsible for making EVERYONE else bad, too.
/because...you know... cnn and msnbc were so pleasant and reliable before.
I think it's going to backfire, and big time! next election. Who is going to show up at the polls?
1. People who are upset with the way things are going and want to put the brakes on.
2. 15 million unemployed, some of whom are going to be shocked (SHOCKED!) that George Bush isn't on the ballot, but hey! that guy's my rep., and things are awful right now!
Who ISN'T going to show up?
1. First time or one-time voters who came out for Obama because....you know...he's not running.
Can you detect the pattern? About 15,000 postal workers, including (so far) more than a dozen in Waterbury, will spend at least part of some or all of their shifts this year in "standby rooms," where they will collect their paychecks but will be prohibited from earning them. The cost to the Postal Service of paying 7 percent of its work force to do nothing will exceed $50 million this year.
Responding to demands from the United Auto Workers for better income and employment security for its members, the nation's Big Three automakers in 1984 created "jobs banks" where laid-off employees with little hope of returning to the industry would go and be paid most of their wages (these days, that's up to $77 an hour) to do nothing. Indefinitely. At their height in 2006, the banks hosted 15,000 idle UAW members. The union only let the companies close the banks after the Obama administration agreed to nationalize General Motors and turn Chrysler over to the UAW.
New York City schools maintain five "rubber rooms" for 600 teachers who have been suspended pending the outcome of arbitration hearings into misconduct allegations against them. These teachers spend an average of three years away from their classrooms, sleeping, playing cards and board games, chatting and whiling away the years in other ways. All the while, they collect their paychecks, some exceeding $100,000 annually, and accrue seniority and retirement benefits. "You can never appreciate how irrational the system is until you've lived with it," School Chancellor Joel Klein told The New Yorker not long ago.
Yes, this is one of the ways "don't-kill-the-job" unions fight the American work ethic. But consider how artifacts in their contracts have wrecked the balance sheets of long-unionized employers.
/taxpayers paying union deadbeats tons of money not to work, how cool is that?
I hope we surive these four years. Seriously. He is driving us off a cliff, and sometimes I almost think it's intentional. Sometimes I think he's just in way over his head - that liberals tend to think they know how to do it until they're in the driver's seat and reality hits them in the face - but sometimes it just seems like he WANTS a weak America.
I self-deleted that one - I don't want to sound like I'm SURE Obama is trying to destroy the country - I'm not completely sure of that. But I think those with a radical liberal mindset - and that includes people he has surrounded himself with and most likely agrees with - often seem to think the world does not benefit from a strong America, or even from America's existence at all.
I would hate to think we have a president who believes those things. I don't WANT to believe we have a president who believes those things. And I would like it very much if he would prove my concerns completely without merit.
first first first!
ReplyDeleteHa! Yeeessss!
ReplyDeletethird!
ReplyDeleteDamn! Hi Sage!
ReplyDeleteThe other thread was behaving oddly.
ReplyDeleteI could not post to it.
Syrah, it paged over ...everything past 200 is on page 2
ReplyDeleteHey Sage, did you go to Tehachapi? (sp?)
ReplyDeleteWow, what a bunch of slowpokes!
ReplyDeleteSyrah - it starts "paging" at post 200... Look for the "newer" link etc... :)
ReplyDeleteThat was a good number of posts for the sober up thread.
ReplyDeleteI like that blinkie sign! It's from Doc Holliday Ceramics, and we thank Doc Holliday (whoever that is) for its use tonight.
ReplyDeleteI think I'm going tomorrow, PBJ
ReplyDeleteLove that sign too, CC.
ReplyDeleteFun to have a .gif for a change, PBJ! Nice to see a little movement up there (plus I love that classic-looking stuff).
ReplyDeleteVery cool, CC. Can we keep it?
ReplyDeleteSyrah, it paged over ...everything past 200 is on page 2
ReplyDeleteOK.
I did not know about the 200 rule. It keep dropping me back to the dead thread.
I will be mindful of it.
Crap .. did ya'll see my post on Lightning Hopkins ... I don't care I am posting it again ... he is one of my favorites ...
ReplyDeleteLightning Hopkins ... Glory Be ...
don't make me come over there RunningBare ...
Have a nice time tomorrow Sage. Did you get my message awhile ago?
ReplyDeleteU.S. must live within its means: Geithner
ReplyDeleteToo early to send more US troops to Afghanistan: Kerry
/you know, I thank God every day that the children are in charge
Hi zigzag, good to see you!
ReplyDeletedon't make me come over there RunningBare ...
ReplyDeleteThreatening me with a lickin' again?
Lightning Hopkins ... Glory Be ...
ReplyDeleteOooh, nice, zigzag.
PBJ .. thanks you too ...
ReplyDeleteRunningBare ... um ... thinking ... wait .. geez... this beer is making me crazy ...
Yeah, let's make this a New Orleans kind of place ... yeah, crawling out of Johnny White's when it's daylight ... always bring the shades ... sweet ...
Blind Melon Chitlin was always one of my faves.
ReplyDeleteSay, it's okay that I blogrolled CC, right? I always like to ask.
ReplyDelete/I had a blank spot to fill after removing a "bad link"
I'm on FB, PBJ
ReplyDeleteOf course, KB!! And thank you!
ReplyDeleteNight all, setting tile tomorrow so won't see ya all till late if at all.
ReplyDeleteRunningBare ... you going to hell for that ... son ...
ReplyDeleteI saw Cheech and Chong once in the early 70s ... they were opening for Bread at the Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans .. can you believe it ... anyway ... they were a hit ... Bread was booed off the stage ... lol ... it was hilarious ... everyone was stoned and Bread was not the act people were going to see ...
Good night, JCM!
ReplyDeleteGood night, JCM! No morning Bulldog, I guess? No worries - have fun with your tile! And thanks for today's!
ReplyDeleteGoodnight, JCM. Thank you for everything, you're wonderful!
ReplyDeleteeveryone was stoned and Bread was not the act people were going to see ...
ReplyDeleteBread? Man, THAT brings back memories. I think. I may have been stoned, though, so I disremember exactly.
Good Night JCM ... and take care of the kids ... you are a much better person than most ... love ya ...
ReplyDeleteBread was booed off the stage ... lol ... it was hilarious ... everyone was stoned and Bread was not the act people were going to see ...
ReplyDeleteOh man...that must have sucked for those guys! LMAO! Now you have me curious - I have to find out what happened to David Gates.
Gorilla crucifixion 'not meant to offend'
ReplyDeleteIt is intended to highlight the plight of the endangered Western Lowland Gorillas - Fryer said that despite the setting, the aim is to provoke debate, not to cause offence.
/right
Nice change to your nick, Bare. LOL (You just like to mock people, don'tcha? ; )
ReplyDeleteKillian ... wtf ... what was that all about ?
ReplyDeleteBread? Man, THAT brings back memories. I think. I may have been stoned, though, so I disremember exactly.
ReplyDeleteMake It With You
@zigzagging: if you remember Cheech and Chong you must remember Flo and Eddie (they used to gig with Frank Zappa and before that had a hit with "Happy together" as The Turtles). They put out a wicked comedy rock album called "Illegal, immoral and fattening": some of the humor is similar to Cheech and Chong, some of it ventures into Zombie photoreportage territory ;-), and some of it quite un-PC by today's standards.
ReplyDeleteIt is intended to highlight the plight of the endangered Western Lowland Gorillas - Fryer said that despite the setting, the aim is to provoke debate, not to cause offence.
ReplyDeleteOh good grief.
Christian symbols are just fair game these days. Sheesh.
RB, I love Blind Mellon Chitlin. LOL
ReplyDeleteCC ... well, I guess still cashing in on old times ... here he is in 1997 ...
ReplyDeleteAubrey ... David Gates ... blah ... 1997 ...
Sorry, I was busy listening to Beatallica - The weirdly awesome Beatles/Metallica hybrid band...
ReplyDeleteFor Horsemen
Flo and Eddie, Zappa... oh man... Good times... Goooooood times.
ReplyDeleteFinally Free ... Yes! ... I saw The Turtles once in New Orleans they were playing as the opening act for the remaining members of the Doors ... I love Flo and Eddie ... they were crazy ...
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Zappa tune. Hands down.
ReplyDeleteTitties and Beer
Thanks, Z2! He was born in 1940 - so he's almost 70, which is wild to think about. I didn't know this either, but "Everything I Own" was written about his father who had passed away. Never realized that.
ReplyDelete/wikisurfing
Corre∫pondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteOf course, KB!! And thank you!
/any chance of getting linked here?
[repost from now-dead thread]
ReplyDeleteMore seriously now: Egg, face at the White House.
And Instapundit is on a roll. Go here here and keep scrolling. ("Shrill, desperate, and bullying" indeed.)
Plus quote of the day: "Here’s the nut of it: The GOP establishment sees their problem as being that they are out of power. People like me see the problem as being that they are out of power because they have turned their backs on the principles those who once voted for them believe in." From the man (Bill Quick) who coined both "blogosphere" and "sh*t sandwich Republicans".
Personally I have nothing against real, principled moderates. It's the weather vanes, the chair warmers, and the "Larry Craig Republicans" that I think p*ss people like myself off more. It's obvious that some of the GOP establishment fear the Tea Partiers as a leaderless movement they cannot control.
RunningBare ... hahaha ... I did a bunch of mescaline to Zappa .. dynamo hum stuck in my mind for years ... blah ... makes sense why my brain is mush ...
ReplyDeleteNow that's a sign!
ReplyDelete/Says the guy from Vegas
RunningBare ... hahaha ... I did a bunch of mescaline to Zappa .. dynamo hum stuck in my mind for years ... blah ... makes sense why my brain is mush ...
ReplyDeleteAnd people wonder why I am the way I am, when guys like Zappa, et al were my early influences ROTFL
CC! David Gates is almost 70!?
ReplyDeleteNo way. No freaking way.
/Says the guy from Vegas
ReplyDeleteAll in for Fort Stinking Desert!!
K/B, of course! I thought you were already (hits self in head) - two seconds!
ReplyDeleteDinah-Moe Humm
ReplyDelete/never got much radio play
Much better, CC! I thought we had too.
ReplyDeleteDone, K/B - thanks for the tap on the shoulder there - I lost track and I thought we had you already. If you need anything, ever, and I'm not on it, just feel free to hit me over the head - sometimes I need it!
ReplyDeletePinkie, yeah - almost 70! Guys we grew up listening to are not supposed to age!
ReplyDeleteI had a pretty bad crush on him, CC ...I musta been all of 14.
ReplyDeleteHe's from Tulsa...you probably could have hitch-hiked up there, Pinkie. LOL
ReplyDeleteOk ...who's gonna volunteer to go wake up littleoldlady?
ReplyDelete/never got much radio play
ReplyDeleteYup. Man, I love me some Zappa. LOL.
He's from Tulsa...you probably could have hitch-hiked up there, Pinkie. LOL
ReplyDeleteOh no, CC. I was a very tame, mindful, sedate teenager.
*cough*
And by the way, I was STRICTLY a Davey Jones girl back then. LOL
ReplyDeleteAs you know, I sing professionally. I hadn't heard him in a long time, and I was listening to the radio and I guess it was George Noory (Coast to Coast) who played "Daydream Believer" the other night - OMG, I could believe how bad his voice sucked. Nasally, just yucky.
In my mind I had always kept my eight year-old impression, you know?? Horrible!
Or course, I mostly just thought he was cute. LOL
Oh no, CC. I was a very tame, mindful, sedate teenager.
ReplyDeleteI'm certain you were, Pinkie. : )
Montana
ReplyDelete/it's amazing that he never did drugs, all his fans did
I was a very tame, mindful, sedate teenager.
ReplyDeleteOh, me too. Me, too.
Oh yes, especially you, Bare. LMAO
ReplyDeleteOr course, I mostly just thought he was cute.
ReplyDelete*Dreamy*. Get it right, CC.
LOL!
Or course, I mostly just thought he was cute. LOL
ReplyDeleteThere was a time when I could have passed for a slightly darker version of him.
A friend of our used to roadie with Zappa. According to him Zappa shoved a baby grand piano out the window of a high rise building. I could be wrong but I think it happened in Vegas.
ReplyDeletePink Freud said...
ReplyDeleteOk ...who's gonna volunteer to go wake up littleoldlady?
I'm not about to try and wake up anyone who uses a "Cranky Flakes" avatar.
/it's amazing that he never did drugs, all his fans did
ReplyDeleteYou kind of HAD to.
I gotta go ... early morning business trip ... but I just want to say that to be serious ... it is a war now ... sad but that is the way it is in this country now ... no playing nice and "hoping" things change ... I am in it ... and I "hope" that the side I believe is right wins ... and that is not to say that is the "right" side as some want to name it ... anyone who has not taken sides now ... is not paying attention IMO ... stand up and make a difference because they sure will shout it out ...
ReplyDeleteLet them call anyone who opposes them crazy ... f*ck them ... they expect us to stay silent ... don't let it happen ... they will try to paint anyone who opposes them as racists or whatever the flavor of the day is ... I ain't falling for it and I will go down fighting ... and no that is not a threat to violence (just in case anyone is listening ... um or lurking) ... but there are many ways to make our voices heard ...
So sick of this crap ... and there are many just like me ... I know it ...
They think they have a monopoly on "Change" ... guess what ... it ain't all about your type of "Change" ... you can keep that ... cuz me and many of your exiled brothers and sisters know what you are all about ... and we are not gonna keep quiet ... ever ...
Stop the victimization ...
Sam Cooke ... Change ... it's not just for Obama ...
Hope Ya'll have a great Sunday ...
I'm not about to try and wake up anyone who uses a "Cranky Flakes" avatar.
ReplyDeletePut her hand in a bowl of warm water and leave. She'll wake herself up fairly quickly...
ROFL, Pi Guy! No no ...it's GONE! She's defanged at the moment!
ReplyDelete/it's amazing that he never did drugs, all his fans did
ReplyDeleteThat keyboard player looks like George Duke. Is it, I wonder??
Hey, have a good trip and be safe, ZigZag! See you when ya get back!
ReplyDeleteZ2, hurry back - we love you!!!
ReplyDeleteThere was a time when I could have passed for a slightly darker version of him.
ReplyDeleteNow people just think you look like Johnny Depp, you poor thing. : )
hey think they have a monopoly on "Change" ... guess what ... it ain't all about your type of "Change" ... you can keep that ... cuz me and many of your exiled brothers and sisters know what you are all about ... and we are not gonna keep quiet ... ever ...
ReplyDeleteStop the victimization ...
ZZ, I'm sure glad you're on our side.
You be real safe out there tomorrow ...stay in touch with us. Have some fun and get back soon. Love you!
Now people just think you look like Johnny Depp, you poor thing. : )
ReplyDeleteYeah... Sigh.
Frank Zappa on Crossfire
ReplyDelete/Frank takes 'em to school
Dreamy...yeah. That was it. (I don't think I used that word once, but I'm from a little town in Wisconsin where the rabbit ears couldn't quite pick up "The Brady Bunch". LOL)
ReplyDeleteYeah... Sigh.
ReplyDeleteYou should be ok, Bare. I hear the sense of humor kicks in when the looks fail ...
Oh, man! How could I forget Muffin Man!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt would be fun to fill this thread up. I think we'd freak out littleoldlady if she followed two full late night threads. : )
ReplyDeleteHey Bare, look at all the people I have two degrees of separation from (in George Duke's wiki):
ReplyDeleteDuke's other high-profile collaborators include Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, Cannonball Adderley, his cousin Dianne Reeves, Deniece Williams, Jeffrey Osborne, George Clinton, Anita Baker, Regina Belle, Rachelle Ferrell, Marilyn Scott and Mike Mainieri's fusion group Steps Ahead, for whom he produced the track "Magnetic Love." He also served as a producer and composer for two instrumental tracks on Miles Davis albums: "Backyard Ritual" (from Tutu, 1986) and "Cobra" (from Amandla, 1989). He has also worked with a number of notable Brazilian musicians, including singer Milton Nascimento, percussionist Airto Moreira and singer Flora Purim. Sheila E appeared on Duke's late-1970s solo albums Don't Let Go and Master of the Game.
I like this game! : )
You should be ok, Bare. I hear the sense of humor kicks in when the looks fail ...
ReplyDeleteCool, I guess for an old man, I'll be freakin hilarious.
You're going to be the coolest old man ever, Bare! And I'll be there!
ReplyDeleteI like this game! : )
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Have I mentioned lately how so very proud of you I am?
But, you should see my list... :(
*insert large list of names that no one would ever recognize, or care about*
Running Bare said...
ReplyDeleteNow people just think you look like Johnny Depp, you poor thing. : )
Yeah... Sigh.
And now, I'd like to tell you the story of Running Bare, and his adventures in the Great Wide Open.
You're going to be the coolest old man ever, Bare! And I'll be there!
ReplyDeleteREALLY? YAY!!!!!!
So, did anyone stick LittleOldLady's hand in a bowl of warm water to wake her up yet?
ReplyDeleteinsert large list of names that no one would ever recognize, or care about*
ReplyDeleteNot true! You're a supahstah, Bare!
CC'll probably have me hanging around too, Bare ...so I may be there myself.
ReplyDelete/things are looking up!
So, did anyone stick LittleOldLady's hand in a bowl of warm water to wake her up yet?
ReplyDeletePiGuy is going to do it.
CC'll probably have me hanging around too, Bare ...so I may be there myself.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! While you gals are speeding through the hallways of The Home in your wheelchairs, I'll be the old guy what stops you all, and administers the breathalyzer...
;)
PiGuy is going to do it.
ReplyDeleteOh, good ;)
Not true! You're a supahstah, Bare!
ReplyDelete;-)
Where'd Syrah go?
ReplyDeleteCorre∫pondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteSo, did anyone stick LittleOldLady's hand in a bowl of warm water to wake her up yet?
PiGuy is going to do it.
Sorry. I live in the desert, and water is scarce. You know how it is.
Someone else will have to do it.
HI KB,
ReplyDeleteI see on your blog that you have GMCR on your watch list. How do you think a declining dollar will affect their profitability?
Not true! You're a supahstah, Bare!
ReplyDeleteIn my own head LOL...
But, I suppose I am 3 degrees separated from those people in your list, so... ;)
i have ice cream right now
ReplyDeletei have ice cream right now
ReplyDeleteI have... ummm... damn. Nothing.
pi, i volunteer k/b
ReplyDeletea cigarette, bare?
ReplyDeleteWhere'd Syrah go?
ReplyDeleteHere for a littler longer.
heading off to bed shortly.
a cigarette, bare?
ReplyDeleteSure. Ok.
Ah, there you are. :)
ReplyDeleteYou've discovered KB's blog.
An elderly couple were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, so they decided to return to the little town where they first met. They sat in a small coffee shop in the town and were telling the waitress about their love for each other and how they met at this same spot. Sitting next to them was the local cop and he smiled as the old couple spoke. After the waitress left the table, the old man said to his wife, "Remember the first time we made love, it was up in that field across the road, when I put you against the fence. Why don't we do it again for old times sake? The wife giggled like crazy and said, "Sure, why not." So off they went out the door and across to the field. The cop smiled to himself, thinking how romantic this was and decided he better keep an eye on the couple so they didn't run into any harm. The old couple walked to the field and as they approached the fence they began to undress. The old man picked up his wife when they were naked and leaned her against the fence. The cop was watching from the bushes and was surprised at what he saw. With the vitality of youth, the wife bounced up and down excitedly, while the husband thrashed around like a wild man, then they fell to the ground exhausted. Eventually, they stood up, shook themselves, and got dressed. As they walked back towards the road, the cop stepped from his hiding spot and said, "That is the most wonderful love making I have ever seen." "You must have been a wild couple when you were young." "Not really," said the old man, "when we were young, that fence wasn't electric."
ReplyDeleteI have cashews.
ReplyDeleteTime to get to work here, folks. Yes, it's Sunday, but the work meeting is with a fellow Red Sea Pedestrian :-)
ReplyDeleteG'nite/G'morning all!
That's funny every time I see it, Bare. : )
ReplyDeleteGoodnight, goodmorning, FF! Nice seeing you, as always :-)
ReplyDeleteBARE!!! SWAT!!!! LOL
ReplyDeleteSee you, F2!
ReplyDeleteSyrah said...
ReplyDeleteI see on your blog that you have GMCR on your watch list. How do you think a declining dollar will affect their profitability?
I own a good chunk of it it and when I update tomorrow, it'll be the only stock on the list in a buy range.
/I don't think think a declining dollar will affect their profitability, they're aggressively expanding their market base into wide open territory, single serving is a growing trend, and coffee drinkers won't give up their coffee no matter how high inflation or coffee prices might go
I'm a fan of money.
ReplyDeleteNewsweek ups the ante:
ReplyDelete"Fox News isn't just bad. It's un-American."
Rather than in any way maturing, Fox has in recent months become more boisterous and demagogic. Fox sponsored as much as it covered the anti-Obama "tea parties" this summer. Its "fact checking" about the president's health-care proposal is provided by Karl Rove. And weepy Glenn Beck has begun to exhibit a Strangelovean concern about government invading our bloodstream by vaccinating people for swine flu. With this misinformation campaign, Fox stands to become the first network to actively try to kill its viewers.
That Rupert Murdoch may tilt the news rightward more for commercial than ideological reasons is beside the point. What matters is the way that Fox's model has invaded the bloodstream of the American media. By showing that ideologically distorted news can drive ratings, Ailes has provoked his rivals at CNN and MSNBC to develop a variety of populist and ideological takes on the news. In this way, Fox hasn't just corrupted its own coverage. Its example has made all of cable news unpleasant and unreliable.
What's most distinctive about the American press is not its freedom but its century-old tradition of independence—that it serves the public interest rather than those of parties, persuasions, or pressure groups. Media independence is a 20th-century innovation that has never fully taken root in many other countries that do have a free press. The Australian-British-continental model of politicized media that Murdoch has applied at Fox is un-American, so much so that he has little choice but go on denying what he's doing as he does it. For Murdoch, Ailes, and company, "fair and balanced" is a necessary lie. To admit that their coverage is slanted by design would violate the American understanding of the media's role in democracy and our idea of what constitutes fair play. But it's a demonstrable deceit that no longer deserves equal time.
And Newsweek has no agenda of its own. Nope. Nosireeeeeeeee.
ReplyDeleteAlso, GMCR is mostly a distributor and licensor, they don't really manufacture much of anything. They recently cut a deal with Wal-Mart in time for the holidays and they're looking to roll out a line of lower cost brewers.
ReplyDelete/and there's been takeover rumors too
I'm a BIG fan of money, too!
ReplyDelete/...but for some reason it doesn't like me. :-/
It's a disgusting article. That's only part of it.
ReplyDelete/Can we say 'Axelrod'?
Wait. I thought dissent was patriotic!
ReplyDeleteArgh! I can't keep up with all these rule changes!
/hands towel to littleoldlady
ReplyDeleteGOODMORNING!
Thanks, Pink!
ReplyDelete/where did that bowl of warm water come from anyway?
Wait. I thought dissent was patriotic!
ReplyDeleteNo no no, Bare. We're now "post nationalist". There is no more patriotism. Globalism is the new order of the day.
I'm a BIG fan of money, too!
ReplyDeleteMe and mine get in fights all the time. What ends up resulting is, it storms out, slamming the doorr, and leaves me all alone.
Then a few weeks later it comes back, and like a fool I take it back and believe it will change. But it never does.
littleoldlady said...
ReplyDeleteThanks, Pink!
/where did that bowl of warm water come from anyway?
Not from here in the desert!
Wait. I thought dissent was patriotic!
ReplyDeleteThey're so convinced theirs is the "correct" reality, that if any network gives the right even a VOICE, it's "un-American" now. Do they not notice all the left wingers on FNC? There are tons of them, for heaven's sake.
/where did that bowl of warm water come from anyway?
ReplyDeleteNot from here in the Pacific Northwest! No way! We dont' have warm water!
Good morning, lol. : ) (Nobody wanted to put your hand in water...I couldn't figure that out.)
ReplyDeleteYou're lucky, Bare! My problem is worse. It's like there's a QUARANTINE sign on the door.
ReplyDelete(Graphic: Dollar, red circle, slash through)
Do they not notice all the left wingers on FNC?
ReplyDeleteSell-outs. Enemies of the Revolution.
CC! :-)
ReplyDeleteThe bowl is there, though.
/must be the threat of deadly kitchen utensils...
Thanks KB,
ReplyDeleteI will look into it some more.
Anyhoo, it's good to see you Lol! We got the crowd all warmed up for ya! And I only got hit with like 4 rotten tomatoes, so it's all good!
ReplyDeleteI hope this thread will last until fruit cup!
ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite part:
ReplyDeleteBy showing that ideologically distorted news can drive ratings, Ailes has provoked his rivals at CNN and MSNBC to develop a variety of populist and ideological takes on the news. In this way, Fox hasn't just corrupted its own coverage. Its example has made all of cable news unpleasant and unreliable.
Fox is responsible for making EVERYONE else bad, too.
/because...you know... cnn and msnbc were so pleasant and reliable before.
Yeah, what's with the extra thread? Usually we're on life support this time of night.
ReplyDeleteSyrah said...
ReplyDeleteI will look into it some more.
/in buy range up to $75.70 off the current pattern
I hope this thread will last until fruit cup!
ReplyDeleteThe thread may last, but I won't.
Sleep deprivation is taking its toll on me.
Goodnight everyone.
People passed on the usual pub hang tonight, and ended up in here. Strange, huh? It's a weekend pattern, kind of.
ReplyDeleteGood night, Syrah! Sleep well!!
ReplyDeleteHi and Bye, Syrah! :-)
ReplyDeleteRunning Bare said...
ReplyDeleteWait. I thought dissent was patriotic!
Argh! I can't keep up with all these rule changes!
This should make things clear.
So our posters didn't...drink tonight?!
ReplyDelete/is it a full moon?
;-)
Yeah, what's with the extra thread? Usually we're on life support this time of night.
ReplyDeleteCC. Bare. Syrah. JCM. Killain. PBJ. Zigzag. Pi Guy.
Everyone showed up!
I don't know, lol - maybe they spent time with their families and stuff. The nerve!! : )
ReplyDeleteFAMILIES?!
ReplyDelete/what means "families"?
Drive-by post:
ReplyDelete@Pink: truly disgusting Newsweek article. Remember when "dissent was the highest form of patriotism"?
/It's gonna get uglier still.
Finally Free said...
ReplyDeleteDrive-by post:
@Pink: truly disgusting Newsweek article. Remember when "dissent was the highest form of patriotism"?
/It's gonna get uglier still.
Yes, that ended January 20th at 11:59AM Eastern Time.
/It's gonna get uglier still.
ReplyDeleteCan't be any uglier than my ex-wife. I survived THAT, I can survive anything.
I think it's going to backfire, and big time! next election. Who is going to show up at the polls?
ReplyDelete1. People who are upset with the way things are going and want to put the brakes on.
2. 15 million unemployed, some of whom are going to be shocked (SHOCKED!) that George Bush isn't on the ballot, but hey! that guy's my rep., and things are awful right now!
Who ISN'T going to show up?
1. First time or one-time voters who came out for Obama because....you know...he's not running.
U.S. can't afford pay for no work
ReplyDeleteCan you detect the pattern? About 15,000 postal workers, including (so far) more than a dozen in Waterbury, will spend at least part of some or all of their shifts this year in "standby rooms," where they will collect their paychecks but will be prohibited from earning them. The cost to the Postal Service of paying 7 percent of its work force to do nothing will exceed $50 million this year.
Responding to demands from the United Auto Workers for better income and employment security for its members, the nation's Big Three automakers in 1984 created "jobs banks" where laid-off employees with little hope of returning to the industry would go and be paid most of their wages (these days, that's up to $77 an hour) to do nothing. Indefinitely. At their height in 2006, the banks hosted 15,000 idle UAW members. The union only let the companies close the banks after the Obama administration agreed to nationalize General Motors and turn Chrysler over to the UAW.
New York City schools maintain five "rubber rooms" for 600 teachers who have been suspended pending the outcome of arbitration hearings into misconduct allegations against them. These teachers spend an average of three years away from their classrooms, sleeping, playing cards and board games, chatting and whiling away the years in other ways. All the while, they collect their paychecks, some exceeding $100,000 annually, and accrue seniority and retirement benefits. "You can never appreciate how irrational the system is until you've lived with it," School Chancellor Joel Klein told The New Yorker not long ago.
Yes, this is one of the ways "don't-kill-the-job" unions fight the American work ethic. But consider how artifacts in their contracts have wrecked the balance sheets of long-unionized employers.
/taxpayers paying union deadbeats tons of money not to work, how cool is that?
I hope we surive these four years. Seriously. He is driving us off a cliff, and sometimes I almost think it's intentional. Sometimes I think he's just in way over his head - that liberals tend to think they know how to do it until they're in the driver's seat and reality hits them in the face - but sometimes it just seems like he WANTS a weak America.
ReplyDeleteKillian,
ReplyDeleteMaybe they could deliver the mail on Sundays?
They're talking about cutting off service on Saturdays in some parts of the country.
ReplyDeleteWe still get it here on Saturdays, but I'm not sure everyone does now - or that's what's in the works, anyway.
CC,
ReplyDeletebut sometimes it just seems like he WANTS a weak America.
I was resisting that kind of thinking but it's very difficult. This is some kind of punishment for being great. And we did it to ourselves!
Now all that remains to see is how many of us have/agree with this dysfunctional self-image.
CC,
ReplyDeleteYeah, I know about nixing Saturday delivery. So what does that mean? Even MORE people sitting in a room doing nothing?
If they're going to get paid, at least make them be useful!
I self-deleted that one - I don't want to sound like I'm SURE Obama is trying to destroy the country - I'm not completely sure of that. But I think those with a radical liberal mindset - and that includes people he has surrounded himself with and most likely agrees with - often seem to think the world does not benefit from a strong America, or even from America's existence at all.
ReplyDeleteI would hate to think we have a president who believes those things. I don't WANT to believe we have a president who believes those things. And I would like it very much if he would prove my concerns completely without merit.
Just a thought for the day:
ReplyDeleteA Bag of Tools
R.L. Sharpe
Isn't it strange how princes and kings,
and clowns that caper in sawdust rings,
and common people, like you and me,
are builders for eternity?
Each is given a list of rules;
a shapeless mass; a bag of tools.
And each must fashion, ere life is flown,
A stumbling block, or a Stepping-Stone.
These Chia Pet commercials - Washington, Lincoln, and Obama - "great American presidents!"
ReplyDeleteLMAO
"These say, 'I'm proud to be an American!'"
Yeah, right. That's what they say. LOL
Everyone's being quiet...too quiet.
ReplyDeleteWaiting for fruitcup?
Sorry Pi Guy, I was getting some laundry going
ReplyDelete/midnite chores ... weird, I know
OY. That time...already?!
ReplyDelete↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑
ReplyDeleteDrive-by #2:
ReplyDelete@CC: Ever heard of Grey's Law:
"Any sufficiently advanced level of incompetence is indistinguishable from malice."
(A play on both Hanlon's Rule and Clarke's Third Law, obviously.)
I hadn't ever heard that before, F2. How very apropos!
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