I contend there is nothing finer than fresh tomatoes with salt and pepper. Except maybe pets:
I’d post a picture of Tunch, but I left the storage room in the basement open so I probably will not see him until tomorrow morning when he decides to wake me up for breakfast and has cobwebs strewn all over his whiskers and ears.
The change in Rosie in just two weeks has been remarkable. She played all day today with Guesly and Lily, and she sat on dad’s lap and was super affectionate. Mom thinks it is because I bought her some bling, so now she feels secure.
The new Ipad showed up, so I’ll be tinkering with that tonight. Kinda want to check out that new show Memphis Beat to see if it is any good.
*** Update ***
Apparently Tunch escaped outdoors somehow. There was meowing at the door, I looked, and there he was. I guess he got the benefit of an outdoor experience without giving me a heart attack.
joe from Lowell
I contend there is nothing finer than fresh tomatoes with salt and pepper. Except maybe pets
…with salt and pepper.
demimondian
This makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside…just like eating a live kitten.
…with salt and pepper
dmsilev
Welcome to the cult. Have a latte; your black turtleneck sweater will be arriving in a few days.
(seriously, enjoy your new toy)
dms
General Egali Tarian Stuck
Awwe. Two darling doggies. You done good Cole!
Josie
I think your Mom is right. Girls like bling.
Violet
Aww, they’re adorable! You’ve done a good thing, John.
Is it my imagination, or is
PigletRosie losing a bit of weight? Lily sure is eyeing that cord. Good thing she’s not a puppy!Elisabeth
Does Rosie know her knickname is “piglet?”
I went with the more subtle “fluffy butt” for my
fattyFrannie.The Main Gauche of Mild Reason
Fresh tomatoes with salt and
pepperfreshly ground black people.Chat Noir
Has it already been two weeks since Rosie accidentally found her way into your life? I’m SO glad all is working out well for everyone. You are a good soul, John Cole.
Dawg pix are a mighty welcome sight.
lamh32
Oooh open thread! Okay, I gotta a couple of things on my mind, and I’m bored to death right now
Predators
Question: is it bad/embarassing that I’m thinking the Predators redux movie looks interesting?
I means: Adrien Brody, Lawrence Fishburne, Danny Trejo (looks him up, ya’ll know him when you see him) directed by Robert Rodriguez?? What’s not to like? Well, Topher Grace is in it (dude from That’s 70’s Show), but maybe he will be killed…early.
CynDee
Delightful creatures (and that includes your Mom and Dad)!
Lily still looks like a lovely little flower. And so CLEAN here! Has she given up rolling in stuff?
It’s wonderful to imagine her and Rosie chasing around and having fun and then a nice meal and then flop on the rug and then a nice sleep bundled in the bed with the king of the house. (Not Tunch).
It’s just beautiful that Rosie is feeling so safe and secure in the arms of a whole new family of her own, and feels happy. Thank you for sharing these wonderful pics and stories.
It’s pretty mind-boggling to consider where these two doggies might have been by now without you and all your efforts to give them good lives. They won the lotto big-time, and we get to watch.
As for Tunch, here’s a chuck on that webby chin.
arguingwithsignposts
Warning, cole: the solitaire game is highly addictive.
And for those who missed it, I could swear I saw Brick Oven Bill in this display last weekend.
ETA: Blood Beach is also a good shooter game that takes advantage of iPad capabilities.
sukabi
I probably missed it John, but did you ascertain whether Rosie is knocked up or just portly?
CynDee
@demimondian: ICK! No! Cinnamon.
beabea
@CynDee:
Second that.
But I must admit to being rather curious, or perhaps even a bit apprehensive, about what Tunch is up to in the basement. It sounds very ominous. What is he plotting down there? We simply cannot know.
Zuzu's Petals
@dmsilev:
It’s true. Every time I take my iPad to a coffee place, all the youngsters think I’m the hippest thing ever.
PS to John: I caught the pilot of MB, and it was pretty good.
MikeJ
Never heard of it, but looked at the web site. On their broken interactive map of memphis, there’s a yellow icon in the center of midtown that doesn’t click. I used to live about two blocks from where it is. Which makes the show a bit interesting to me.
lamh32
Anyone seen, Knight and Day with tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz
I saw it last week, I had no intention of seeing this flick in theaters. I’m no fan of Tom Cruise, and his action flicks of late have been pretty predictable, and I also admit having a hard time separating the man from the actor ever since the Oprah couch episode, and the Matt Lauer “glib/I know more about psychology” episodes. Also, I can’t really name a Tom Cruise flick that makes it even close to being in my top 100 films, but my friend wanted to see it, so I went anyway.
The movie was fine, but two things that stood out badly:
1) I had heard before seeing the film, that Cameron Diaz looked really old in the film, maybe from her being a surf bunny, and liking to spend so much time in the sun. Well, I’ve gotta say, that they were right. Some of the camera angles were not kind to Cameron. DID look old or maybe weathered is a better word.. It’s not like she was wrinkly, but her skin at times was not as radiant as it used to be.
2) Tom Cruise is not that tall. He’s not short, but he’s def not really tall, supposedly he’s 5’7″, which I don’t really believe, either way, there is NO WAY; he is taller than Cameron Diaz (who’s about 5’9). Yet, it seems like the film went through pains to make it seem as if the Cruise was at least the same height as Diaz.
I know 2″ doesn’t seem like much, but I’m 5’8″ and I have friends who are 5’7″, in my bare feet, yes, we might see eye to eye, but there is no way we are shoulder to shoulder are do our forehead line up. The whole movie, I don’t believe for one minute that they let Diaz where shoes. I wouldn’t be surprised if they made here do the whole movie without shoes.
Katie
I borrowed an iPad for a week and I really wanted to like it. I tried hard to like it, but it’s too expensive, too shiny, and too heavy for me.
lamh32
I’m not sure about Memphis Beat, I like that dude from “My Name is Earl” well enough, but not sure if I like him enough to watch Memphis Beat.
Hopefully someone who watches will post something about it.
debit
@sukabi: Not knocked up. The vet ascertained she was fixed.
@ thread: I decided to try a more challenging bike route home. Hah hah hah. In other words, ow my fucking knees.
South of I-10
So jealous. I want an iPad! I’m working on throwing a little party together for this weekend – no oil spill/hurricane talk allowed. It gets a little overwhelming sometimes. Little South told me today she is going to have a “lemonade sale” to save all the animals in the gulf. I think I will let her set up a stand at the street.
ellaesther
All I’ve contributed to this blog in the last 24 hours was to yell at DougJ in a spittle-soaked fashion and tell mistermix that Taibbi ain’t all that.
It’s a good thing it’s Balloon Juice, where disagreeing with one’s overlords is considered fine art.
ellaesther
@Katie: Too… shiny?
jeffreyw
Dunno,man, meatball sammich ranks pretty damn high.
Zuzu's Petals
Does that mean she’s less needy and less aggressive/protective when it comes to you?
Jim, Once
My son gave an iPad for Mom’s Day. Love it – but would love it more if he’d popped for 3G. I read on both pad and Kindle, but read a LOT more on the Kindle, thanks mainly to the ability to read the latter when I’m outside in bright light. (In summer, I love to read on our patio.) That said, the page display on iPad is beauteous.
ellaesther
@The Main Gauche of Mild Reason: Thread – won.
lamh32
Okay,
any fellow “Futurama” geeks out there as happy as i am that Comedy Central is showing all new episodes of “Futurama”. I’ve always loved “Futurama” long before “Family Guy” and was said when it was cancelled. Glad it’s back!
arguingwithsignposts
@ellaesther:
And screw you too! ;)
ETA: I’m surprised none of the front pagers have commented on Frum’s rejection from the conservative blog ad network.
Mark S.
@lamh32:
I think they do that with all of Cruise’s movies. You’d think the guy was 6 foot if you only ever saw him on screen.
Another bomb for ol’ Tom. I don’t think he’s going to be commanding $20 mil a pic anymore.
Mike Kay
R.I.P. Larry King Show.
Rachel adds another scalp. But ya know, this is all cnn’s fault, they should have gone left instead of fox light, years ago. I wish at this point in time, some PR firm would come up with a better excuse than “I want to spend more time with my family”. Jeez, they guy only works one hour per day.
MikeJ
@lamh32: And a Gore daughter worked on Futurama. So you’re being a good liberal by supporting her work.
Anybody read her books (Sammy’s World, Sammy on the Hill, Sammy Does DC, or whatever they were?) Weren’t they making a movie?
ellaesther
Ok, having contributed nothing but what I mentioned above + a few stray comments in this very thread, I will now say, as I am sometimes wont to do:
Open Thread? Open Thread.
Today I ranted at my place about the fact that fucking eight magazines tried to give me diet tips at the grocery store the other day. Or nine, or ten, depending on how you count. Because you must understand: I have teh lady parts. So I must be in need of dieting tips.
Bloody fucking hell! http://emilylhauserinmyhead.wordpress.com/2010/06/29/your-diet-yourself/
Mike Kay
@lamh32:
She was on Jon Stewart last week and I noticed the same thing. So much so I looked up her age and she’s 38. Have to remember make-up can cause pre-mature aging, as well as partying – Kate Moss at age 35 is a mess.
jeffreyw
Took delivery of a Nook wifi only yesterday. Out in the radio dark boonies where I live the 3g or 4g business wouldn’t work. I like that the Nook can piggyback on my meager satellite bandwidth to register and all. Tons of free epub codex material out there, just drag n drop downloaded files to the Nook over usb. PDF files supported too. Neat-o so far.
ellaesther
@arguingwithsignposts: Backatcha! /counters with swift movement of fingers of right hand joined together in vaguely threatening manner, in the Italian manner/
arguingwithsignposts
@Mike Kay: I heard an interview – extended – with someone on an NPR podcast a year ago, can’t remember who, and King sounded like a likable enough guy. He enjoyed what he did. He’s kind of the George Burns of talkers in that respect. I don’t bear him ill will because of that.
But CNN hired erick son of erick, so fuck them. And, btw, Dave Weigel is an asshole of the highest order if his bigidiotjournalism.com article is to be believed. So now they have Morning Ho and someone who said he “respects” Dick fucking Armey. Keith Olbermann may kiss that ass, but I refuse to.
ellaesther
@Mike Kay: She may just look 38.
I mean, it honestly could just be that we are so used to famous people looking wildly, insupportably younger than they are (or: some plasticine version of “younger”) that we may not be used to what 38 can look like.
Crows’ feet. The woman had crows’ feet on the Daily Show. That’s what smiling a lot and getting a lot of sun will get you, once you start to enter middle age.
lamh32
@Mike Kay:
actually, I think it’s a mixture of ratings, and family problems for Larry King.
Aside from the affair allegations, there is also the attemtped suicide of his wife a couple of weeks ago.
dmsilev
@Zuzu’s Petals: I haven’t gotten much of that from strangers, but it took a few days to wipe the drool from my colleagues off the screen…
“Is that an iPad can I play with it?” was something I heard a lot during the first week. The novelty’s worn off; now it’s just the thing I carry into meetings to use for notetaking, email, and quick web-lookups.
dms
Tattoosydney
@lamh32:
I stood next to Tom at a urinal once (in Sydney, back when he had first started dating Nicole). I’m 5’8″ and he was definitely shorter than me – I think 5’7″ is a real stretch – I’d put him at somewhere between 5’6″ and 5’4″….
When he walked out of the restaurant next to Nicole they both looked like special effects.
lamh32
@Mike Kay:
I think it a mixture of age and bad skin care. Cameron is a known surfer chick, it’s becoming obvious that she hasn’t been taking care of her skin.
Wildthumb
You’re right. I buy those high-lycopene little tomatoes from Trader Joe’s and either just eat them with salt (almost the whole package) or drizzle them with olive oil, salt, garlic powder, and oregano. Bliss. I don’t put pepper on anything any more and I don’t miss it.
(Well, once in a great while maybe on a couple of over-easy eggs.)
arguingwithsignposts
@ellaesther:
This is probably just my over-40 mind talking, but I don’t have a problem with a woman looking 38 (whatever the hell that means). I prefer a 38-year-old brain to a 20-whatever brain, and that – to me – is where true beauty resides (depending, obviously, on how advanced that brain is). I get to hear enough 20-something speech and thought to disabuse me of the May-November romance notion.
arguingwithsignposts
@dmsilev:
Agreed. The “oooohhh” factor was a lot more pronounced a few months ago.
lamh32
Ya’ll wanna see skin care done right???
Check out Stacey Dash from “clueless” fame:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/stacey%20dash%20ebony/jscooby/stacey-dash.jpg
She’s 44 and has a 20 year old son!!!!
When she played that clueless character she was 28 YEARS OLD!!!
My sister swears she must drink babies tears, and dine on children’s blood!
Oh, and for the fellas who like that type of hip/hop “butt” photos, Stacey Dash on the cover of “KING” magazine
ellaesther
@arguingwithsignposts: As a 45 year old, I am ALLLL about looking your age. In fact the Grand Panjandrum (remember him? I miss him!) and I once amused each other over the fact that you know you’ve hit A Certain Age when you see gray hair and wrinkles on your way to pick up the kids and think: “hubba hubba!”
Mike Kay
@lamh32:
you might remember this, cruise had his wedding photo to katie holmes photoshopped to make it look like he was slightly taller, which is really wacked, because not only is Holmes a couple of inches taller, period, but she had to be wearing heels, which only exageraged the gap.
arguingwithsignposts
@ellaesther:
LOL. I am constantly shaving my beard because of the salt-and-pepper. I guess I should let it grow. When I shave it, I literally get carded!
lamh32
@Tattoosydney:
I believe you, if I remember correctly from “Rain Man” photos, Cruise wasn’t much taller than Hoffaman, and he’s listed as 5’5″ (which I’m not sure I beiever either)
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/My34rsrFPBC/Opening+Broad+Contemporary+Art+Museum+LACMA/CNLG1jmQfuv/Dustin+Hoffman
lamh32
Seriously guys check out the pics I posted of Stacey Dash…
I don’t know ’bout the rest of the ladies, but all my friends and I were all flabbergasted with how good that woman looks, and we are all in our early to mid 30’s. Damn if she don’t put us to shame.
Here’s that KING magazine cover photo: http://www.flypaperblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/stacey-dash.jpg
Ailuridae
re: Memphis Beat. I liked it a lot. I have a weak spot for Jason Lee and a weak spot for Memphis so YMMV. I could see it going down a path where it devolves into weird difficult for outsiders to understand sentimentality but at least for one show, I really liked it. Alfre Woodard was excellent and the cast of other characters in the show included Dj Qualls and Abraham Benrubi. It has some promise.
I’ve never understood the Cameron Diaz phenomenon so I can’t comment if she has aged poorly.
Zuzu's Petals
@dmsilev:
For me it’s so funny because I really look like the antithesis of hip: think grey hair and Eileen Fisher casual.
lamh32
@Ailuridae:
I like jason lee, but it’s hard for me to get past his epic turn as “dave” in the Alvin & the Chipmunks movies!
I like Alfre Woodard too, maybe I might give memphis Beat a chance
abscam
Funny how we judge women for skin care, but not men…speaking of Larry King.
lamh32
@abscam:
Not me abscam. Skincare is important to me in men too. Examples of dude with beautiful skin:
Bradley Cooper, Idris Elba, Shemar Moore, Taye Diggs…etc
Skincare is important for men and women too.
arguingwithsignposts
@abscam:
Oh, I don’t know. I judge John Boehner on skin care. Epic Fail!
And it’s weird, but I never looked at HRC or Helen Thomas re: skin care, although I guess I could have.
abscam
@arguingwithsignposts: Agreed, but then no one else seems to be able to achieve that trademark orange. Maybe it’s deliberate?
dmsilev
@abscam: Is Larry King a man? I thought he was some sort of undead creature.
dms
Texas Dem
Just watched the new episode of Deadliest Catch. Even though I know Phil Harris didn’t survive, it’s still hard to watch. Intense.
freelancer
@lamh32:
Oh hell yeah. Watched both the new ones last night. The show didn’t miss a beat.
abscam
@dmsilev: Bwahahahahahaha
abscam
@lamh32: Should I be embarrassed that I don’t know who any of these people are?
2th&nayle
To paraphrase Kramer, “Oh, you have to moisturize….you have to!”
arguingwithsignposts
@dmsilev:
There was a skit on Kimmel (?) last night about Larry King being undead.
freelancer
I love it when hometown boyz try to lay down some DIY hip hop. What the fuck?!
Kristine
I won an iPad in an online contest a couple of months ago. I was considering buying one anyway, so it was nice to win something I actually really wanted. I will use it primarily as an ebook reader, but it’s handy for web surfing, too.
Agreed about the lucky puppies. You don’t want to think where they may have ended up.
Texas Dem
Maybe he’s a Cylon.
Comrade Lary
Tunch escaped?
ARRRGGHH!
He’s back, safe and sound?
AWWWWW!
You use us a picture now, Cole. My poor, poor heart can’t take a single nanosecond of stress about Tunch.
ellaesther
@arguingwithsignposts: Salt n’ pepper, man, that’s the ticket!
I’m currently getting acne on top of my wrinkles. Not sure how to spin that attractively.
moe99
Thanks for the update on the puppies. Best part of my day, John Cole.
JCT
Looks like Lily is enjoying having a sister. Two happy doggies! Our vet always comments on how our 2 beagles are as close as littermates.
And oh boy — I went gray way early, now at 48 I am nearly white-haired. It’s quite amusing, people comment on it all the time (since I guess I look way too young to be white-haired) and every once in awhile someone will ask if I “have it done”.
Always a bit of a WTF moment…
Comrade Mary
(That was me asking for a picture of Tunch. Damn typos.)
abscam
@JCT: I started going gray in my twenties, have never dyed my hair. Am now the most spectaculary gray at 50 and am constantly complimented on the color, as though I had anything to do with it. My take…better than dishwater blond.
debit
@Comrade Mary: I wondered who Lary was. Perhaps your evil twin. Now I know it was just you. Thanks for taking all the magic out of my night.
Alice Blue
I’ll be 57 next month, and I’m told by everyone that I don’t look anywhere even close to that. Kudos to my mom’s good genes. I’m not getting any gray hair–I have a few silvery hairs that are popping up. They sparkle in the sunlight and I think it’s kinda cool.
I’m with you John. Nothing better in the summertime than slices of tomato with salt and pepper except a tomato sandwich. The perfect tomato sandwich must be made on white bread slathered with mayonnaise, and should be “so juicy you have to stand over the kitchen sink to eat it”. (According to my White Trash Cookbook).
Lily and Rosie look precious and I’m glad Tunch returned safe and sound from the his outdoor adventure.
Mnemosyne
I’m three years older than Diaz and look a little younger than her for one reason: sunscreen. I was diagnosed with rosacea at the tender age of 19 and have been obsessively wearing a minimum of SPF 30 (now more like 45) ever since. They say that “visible aging” is mostly the result of sun exposure and it really seems to be true. My hands (where I have not been nearly as good about sunscreen) and my face look like they could belong to two different people.
Though I wouldn’t be surprised if she has cystic acne. If so, it really sucks to be her, because the only really effective treatment, Accutane, is notorious for causing suicidal thoughts, plus birth defects so severe that you’re supposed to sign a contract with your doctor saying that you will use two forms of birth control at all time.
Zuzu's Petals
@Alice Blue:
I’m partial to heirloom tomatoes with real mozzarella and a little olive oil drizzled on top…with a basil garnish. Mmm-mmm.
Comrade Mary
@debit:
Honey, I’m my own evil twin. Isn’t that magical enough?
Still waiting on the Tunch picture, John. Not that I’m nagging.
taps foot
checks watch
lamh32
@Mnemosyne:
sorry to hear that. you’re right Cameron could have a condition. But I wouldn’t be suprosed if it was due to more basic skincare since she really seems to love “sunny” activities. She ‘s always being photographed on the beach of something. Still in her profession, if they are unable to “touch up” blemishes then her skin has to have been even worse than on screen.
Delia
So Tunch settled the agonizing of how to introduce him to the great outdoors. How very feline of him. I had a cat who did that once. He was fine.
How is Rosie doing with leaving midnight treasures on the bathroom floor?
As for tomatoes: My parents always put sugar on their tomatoes and salt on their watermelon. I take mine plain.
Mike Kay
watching Olberman, and Jonathan Turley is on saying Kagan did “very, very well” at the confirmations hearings. This naws at me, because Turley was one of the gang tearing her down the day she was first nominated.
You think he/they learned a lesson – not to jump to conclusions before the hearings or, once again, will they freak out and jump out a window next year when Obama replaces Ginsberg?
JoePo
We started tethering our poodle today, and her behavior was much better, much less neurotic. She didn’t shy away from people, she didn’t try to disappear – not that she’d have much chance to. Thanks to debit for the advice yesterday.
Now if we could get her to stop barking when we put her in her crate at night to sleep.
JCT
@abscam: Yes, it’s a bit of a club – I often get an appreciative nod from other similarly “afflicted” women. Most all of my friends and colleagues dye theirs. And my original color was nearly jet-black, just didn’t want to bother with coloring it.
My 20-year old daughter has no sense of humor about this at all as she has already found a couple of gray hairs (and I hear about every one, it’s my fault after all…). She has already informed me that she will be dyeing hers – hah!
demimondian
@ellaesther: Youngster.
To this day, nobody believes the FDDD is actually older than me. She tells me it’s because the grey hair makes me look distinguished; I know it’s because it makes me look *old*.
General Egali Tarian Stuck
Why the little rascal Houdini. It is an awful feeling when your critter runs off, but it is good that Tunch knows where home is, and where the Tuna Man lives.
JCT
@Jim, Once: I think Virgin Mobile just released their “pay as you go” (eg no contract) MiFi gadget. That would be a good way to add 3G connectivity when you need it. The actual router is *tiny*.
And I really enjoy my iPad, it is a great traveling partner! Loaded it up with movies for a flight to Japan last month and had plenty of battery life, a real pleasure.
JCT
@Jim, Once: I think Virgin Mobile just released their “pay as you go” (eg no contract) MiFi gadget. That would be a good way to add 3G connectivity when you need it. The actual router is *tiny*.
And I really enjoy my iPad, it is a great traveling partner! Loaded it up with movies for a flight to Japan last month and had plenty of battery life, a real pleasure.
madmommy
I’ve been graying since my twenties. If it were a lovely all-over silver I’d be fine. Or that streak of gray like Bonnie Raitt. But no, it’s just a scattering of dull blah. I’ve been coloring my hair for so long I couldn’t tell you the natural color. I considered stopping the color a while back, and my mom talked me out of it. She said she’s too young to have a gray-haired daughter.
General Egali Tarian Stuck
@Alice Blue:
Same age, and when I was fourty, people thought I was 27. Only a couple of gray threads present on a full head of hair, and am only missing 3 teeth.
So do mine, we must be twins.
Elie
Now you pay enough attention to Tunch, John. Cats know a lot. If you go completely DOG, he will find another home. Cats do that all the time.
He demonstrated to you how easily he can escape. If he isn’t feeling the love…well Over the years two of my cats came from homes right in my neighborhood where for whatever reason, the cats had had enough and sought other situations…there are a lot of politics among the critters that you just may not see…
2liberal
The dogs threw him out.
Elie
@2liberal:
Naw, he is testing his options and checking out alternatives — just in case.
Violet
Tunch escaped? You gotta check those doors and windows. That boy is determined to go where he wants.
Jon H
I’m tempted to get an iPad for app development, but am waiting for refurbs to become available so I don’t have to pay full price.
I’ll be the last male in my family to buy one. My 78 year old father bought one on the day they came out. My brother bought one for himself and his son to use.
Jon H
Obvs Tunch quantum tunneled out.
Brachiator
Cute loving pets and an iPad?
You are rubbing it in, sir. Rubbing it in.
In The Year of Living Dangerously, Mel Gibson is filmed so that he is the same height as Sigourney Weaver. It’s the magic of the movies.
I had one gray hair in the front at age 21. The hair on my head is still mainly black, but my beard is salt and pepper.
JCT
@madmommy: You gave me a good chuckle, the fact that I let my hair go gray drives my mother *nuts*. She goes on and on about how “great” it looks on me and how she could never pull it off. Of course she tells my younger sister how quickly I’m aging …
Kered (formerly Derek)
John, Memphis Beat is fucking awful. Don’t waste your time. I watched the pilot yesterday and it was incredibly bad.
Mark S.
Michele Bachmann explains international economics:
That Amero shit is so 2008. If you really want to impress your teabagger friends, start ranting about the Mugabe!
Jim, Once
@JCT:
Yeah, I heard about the no contract thing. The problem with iPad is that you have to purchase 3G installed in the machine, and it costs quite a bit more. If I want it now, I have to buy another iPad (or Virgin gadget). Agree about the movies – between those and the thirty books I’ve downloaded, trips are a pleasure.
Re hair – I was blackhaired for a short time, ’til it turned completely white at age 35 or so. Yeah, lots of compliments. I’m a littlle tired of it, but am too lazy and too cheap to color. Plus, my hairdresser said hair like this doesn’t take color. Don’t know if that’s really true or not . . .
Brachiator
One more thing.
Since this is an open thread, here is the new Doctor Who rocking it out at the Glastonbury Music Festival.
Yes. Rocking it out.
It doesn’t get much better than this.
arguingwithsignposts
All you people with full heads of hair (regardless of grayness) can go DIAF (this is only for the private BalloonJuiceList off-the-record listserv, btw). Male pattern baldness ftmffywp!
MikeJ
@Brachiator: I’d rather see Amy Pond.
Comrade Mary
@MikeJ: You mean Karen Gillan. This universe doesn’t have an Amy Pond. [/wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey]
Anyway, the Orbital/Matt Smith rave is lovely. I’m really impressed with this past season (and yes, I’ve been downloading every single episode as soon as some generous Brit make sit available) and can hardly wait for the next one.
(Please, John? Please, just one Tunch pic?)
MikeJ
@Comrade Mary:
NONONONO! I refuse to live in a universe without Amy Pond.
I have no idea what the actress is like. Might not like her at all. Ok, she seemed nice enough on the chat shows. Set it up and I’ll take her out next time I’m over.
Brachiator
@MikeJ:
Had Karen Gillan. been in the video, your computer would have exploded.
And had Alex Kingston (River Song) been there as well …
Well, there are no words. Timey Wimey.
Mnemosyne
@arguingwithsignposts:
G still has a full head of hair (turning 40 next year) and we’re pretty convinced he’s going to end up looking like Samuel Beckett when he’s an old man.
There is no escape from Irish hair.
Steeplejack
@lamh32:
I am only half embarrassed to admit that I have been thinking the same thing. The original was a classic, the sequel wasn’t awful. (But let’s forget all those Alien vs. Predator travesties.)
Anyway, the cast of this one looks interesting, and the special effects make me think the alien environment could be cool. And it’s got a great tag line: “It’s a game preserve. And we’re the game.”
ETA. Topher Grace was all right in Traffic. Too bad he got typecast in That ’70s Show.
Ailuridae
@arguingwithsignposts:
I started losing my hair at 24 or so. Came out of the pool, could see it thinning and shaved it clean off and haven’t looked back. I was prepared for this as my older brother started losing his at 17 or so when I was about 14 so I knew it was a matter of time.
I’ve lucked out though as head shaving has grown entirely socially acceptable, I don’t have a misshaped noggin and I look a lot like Ed Norton in American History X. But yeah, I’d still prefer a full head of gray hair to the current option.
demimondian
@arguingwithsignposts: BWAHAHAHA.
–demi “with a full head of white hair” mondian
apistat
This is a strong frontrunner for dumbest, most repulsive quote I’ve ever seen regarding constitutional interpretations/the supreme court:
“By way of comparison, I asked him if yesterday’s Supreme Court decision, throwing out a
handgun ban in Chicago, amounted to judicial activism.
Sessions insisted it did not. “It violated the Constitution,” Sessions said of the Chicago law.
How is that any different than Marshall dissenting in death penalty cases?
“Well, first you look at the Constitution as a whole….The Constitution says you can’t inflict cruel and unusual punishment. Well, every state had the death penalty. It wasn’t unusual. It has to be both.””
/head explodes
MikeJ
Ouch. Boston Herald hed about finreg: “Dems Appease Scott Brown”
Kristine
@Brachiator: Oh, I do like Matt Smith.
asiangrrlMN
Cole, you better treat my Tunchie right, or I’m going to go out there and rescue him! And, pics! The girls look great, though, and I’m glad that Rosalita is settling in better.
@Alice Blue: I have many silvery/white hairs that sparkle in the sun. I love them. I have waist-length hair, and I’m waiting for it all to go white a la Storm from the X-Men before I cut it off. I will be waiting a long time. And, both my parents dye their hair resolutely black (it’s an Asian thing), while my brother’s hair is almost all white and mine has a healthy dose of it. It’s funny.
@freelancer: Oh.mah.god. That was just awful, and of course, I had to listen to the whole damn thing.
I have a wicked migraine today, so I might actually turn in early.
Brachiator
@Comrade Mary:
Here’s the thing (which includes an argument against paywalls). I love science fiction, but was not previously a huge fan of Doctor Who. While surfing the web, I came across stories about the new series, and articles about whether the new young Matt Smith could ever measure up against the previous incarnation. I noticed that the stories, reviews, and blogs through the showing of the first new episode tended to follow this arc.
In that first episode, I loved the humor (“You’re Scottish. Fry something”) and the sadness in the first interaction between the new Doctor and young Amy Pond, and how this was dealt with creatively in the relationship of the Doctor and the grown-up Amy (who is also smokin’ hot). I was hooked.
And later episodes, especially the opening minutes of The Time of Angels, are up there with the best of any television, anywhere.
Since I don’t do cable and so can’t view the series on BBC America, I have been good and done iTunes downloads. It’s definitely been worth it.
Church Lady
I don’t have time to sift through all the comments, to see if anyone noted this yet, but our esteemed host got a shoutout in the WSJ from James Taranto:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704103904575337002190061586.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Moooovin on up, to the big time……
MikeJ
@Church Lady: Having a retarded person mention you in their “work” when they wipe feces on the wall is hardly moving up.
Brachiator
@Church Lady:
The shoutout to John Cole (which merits an independent thread) hides two very nasty stings.
The author at least twice mentions that it would be wonderful if reporters were able to get access to the entire Journolist archive in order to go on an open-ended search for other failures to genuflect to conservative overlords.
Worse, Taranto declares that Citizens United v. FEC puts corporations and newspapers on equal footing with respect to First Amendment Rights. This is willfully perverse.
asiangrrlMN
@Tattoosydney: You know, FH#1, I really thought you were going for a Larry Craig wide-stance story there. Damn.
@Brachiator: I’m impressed you read the whole thing. I started skimming after a bit. But, yeah, let’s expose everyone on every list.serv to see if anyone has ever said anything remotely negative about conservatives because that’s real journalism.
arguingwithsignposts
@Church Lady:
The very definition of tl;dr
And from James Taranto in the Wall Street Journal, no less. DIAF.
Brachiator
@asiangrrlMN:
I particularly distrust the Journal now that Rupert Murdoch is in control.
They are living up to my low expectations.
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
Hope you feel better tomorrow. ‘Night.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: I can say this much for FH #1: the man has enough taste to not go after Scientologists. Then again he is a bit, umm, vague about what exactly happened in that loo. It would be irresponsible not to speculate.
I haz a happy. All my dishware arrived today. I’m such a kitchen nerd.
Steeplejack
@Church Lady:
You know who else was movin’ on up?
Bubba Dave
Um, John, for Tunch giving you a heart attack is the benefit of an outdoor experience. I mean, you keep finding and blinging these strange bitches, he’s got to get revenge somehow….
JCT
@Jim, Once: Of course you’re right about the 3G part – shouldn’t post after my brain goes to bed at night!
And my hairdresser told me the exact same thing about how my hair wouldn’t hold color, Could be worse, one of my favorite patients Is seriously losing hers at 55, bothers her more than her angina!
Josie
Re Tunch – check the basement for escape routes.
Jim Lindley
I can tell you as a country boy, there is nothing sweeter than successfully stolen watermelon.
RedKitten
I too, have a few silver hairs peeking out here and there. But for the most part, it’s still red, albeit faded somewhat. I would love to be able to boost it up to a pretty, Laura Prepon-esque red, but most at-home shades are either too auburn or too bright. And the one time I tried getting it done at the salon, it was a disaster — my roots, mid-lengths and ends were three different colours.
twiffer
i contend that fresh tomatoes (romas at least) with fresh basil and fresh mozzarella, sprinkled with sea salt and drizzled with olive oil and a few drops of 25yr old balsamic vinegar kicks the ass of just salt and pepper.
Paul in KY
@lamh32: I heard they made a Bogey movie with him an Lauren Bacall & they dug a trench for Ms. Bacall to walk in so she would appear on camera to be shorter than Bogey.
True story.
donnah
John, I got my iPad today, too.
It’s awesome. It’s beautiful. I bought some cool apps and added a bunch of free ones, including a GPS and a weather site and Sketchbook Pro. I picked up a couple of games and one of those cookbook apps and also a few other locaters, like one that finds restaurants. It’s all kinds of cool.
Have fun playing with your new toy. It’s just amazing!