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Early Morning Open Thread

by Anne Laurie|  January 15, 20105:32 am| 10 Comments

This post is in: Music, Open Threads, Popular Culture

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Looks like there will be no pictures from the impromptu San Francisco BJ meet-up until DougJ has a chance to recover from the hangover get back to his desktop. And there was no Thursday Night Menu this week, because Bad Horse’s Filly has been too busy to put one together. So you’re stuck with my pawky sense of humor, and this entertained me, because I found it more catchy than any of the original songs…

John, I hope you’re feeling better… okay, Day Two, settle for “feeling less than completely horrible and hurting in places you didn’t even know you had”. And that Lily has managed to express her gratitude for your chivalry without trying to climb onto the sling supporting your poor shattered shoulder… more than once.

And while we’re counting our blessings, however meagre, let us include the fact that we are not the daughter of Bible Spice. People joke about being “raised by wolves”, but wolves at least show a consistent bias towards their offsprings’ best interests. Gods know I did some amazingly stupid and mock-worthy things when I was 19, but fortunately for me that was post-Roe and pre-cell-cameras, and none of the surviving witnesses have a financial interest in discussing what little they might remember.

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  1. 1.

    asiangrrlMN

    January 15, 2010 at 6:00 am

    Am I the only one here? That’s ok. I can just natter at myself until someone else shows up. I’m digging the video, Anne Laurie–and I don’t even know the originals. Maybe that actually enhances my listening experience.

    Thanks for the link to BP’s life story. I agree with the analysis–what a sad way to make ends meet, but she is being very well compensated for telling her sob story over and over again. (Fighting the urge to ask how this makes her anything other than a well-paid ho, guess I didn’t fight it hard enough).

  2. 2.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 15, 2010 at 6:04 am

    I’m here, just woke up.

  3. 3.

    asiangrrlMN

    January 15, 2010 at 6:12 am

    @SiubhanDuinne: Morning! Glad I’m not the only one up (besides Anne Laurie, of course).

  4. 4.

    demkat620

    January 15, 2010 at 6:13 am

    Me too. Though I have to get ready for work shortly.

    Mornin’ all!

  5. 5.

    asiangrrlMN

    January 15, 2010 at 6:19 am

    @demkat620: YAY! Hello, I am your official BJ Greeter. Welcome to the Early Morning Open Thread.

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    SiubhanDuinne

    January 15, 2010 at 6:25 am

    Yeah, unfortunately I can’t linger. Have an earlier than usual meeting for which I still need to do a bit of prep, so have to get my ass in gear.

    I did take a few minutes to read that BP article and found my reactions toggling madly between pity and contempt. Neither is an emotion I especially wanted to start the day with

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    WereBear

    January 15, 2010 at 7:18 am

    At one point it seemed she did want to go her own way; and realized she cannot. That is the real tragedy.

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    kommrade reproductive vigor

    January 15, 2010 at 7:40 am

    Wait a minnit? Did I just hallucinate a thread about the bank tax?

    John’s meds must be seeping into the internons. That would also explain the penis reduction pills ad in the sidebar.

  9. 9.

    kommrade reproductive vigor

    January 15, 2010 at 7:40 am

    FUCK I’m in moderation for using the word p e n 1 s.

  10. 10.

    Lee

    January 15, 2010 at 8:21 am

    That is an awesome remix.

    I’m sending it to my daughter (13). She’ll love it. I might get a few daddy points for it.

    thanks!

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