Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

No one could have predicted…

You cannot shame the shameless.

The revolution will be supervised.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

Second rate reporter says what?

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

White supremacy is terrorism.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Despite his magical powers, I don’t think Trump is thinking this through, to be honest.

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Pretty much the only thing getting me through today is that there is a new Chuck in three hours. Felt really good this morning when Rosie woke me up at 5:30, and thought I was over this cold, but now I have a sinus headache and feel crappy. At least the congestion is mostly gone.

Think I’m off to have dinner and watch last year’s season finale in preparation.

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  1. 1.

    Punchy

    Holy shit, and here I thought this post was about MNF. Really, a show obstensibly referencing bulemia is better than watching Brees breeze for 400+ and Frenchie Thomas run for 150 plus?

    Cole’s full on Metro, if ya ask me. Which no one has.

  2. 2.

    Cacti

    This warmed my heart…

    At a ceremony to welcome back 483 rehired workers at GM’s Spring Hill, Tennessee plant, workers booed Bob Corker for trying to take credit for the GM rescue package that he actually opposed.

  3. 3.

    dmsilev

    For me, the countdown is at roughly 16 hours and counting. Civ 5, here I come! Course, I *do* have to go to work tomorrow, so I guess it’s more like 24 or so hours. Boss probably wouldn’t like it if I sat at my desk all day trying to send my horde of swordsmen swarming across the border with the Aztec Empire…

    dms

  4. 4.

    Belafon (formerly anonevent)

    The second half of the season finale of Warehouse 13 is tomorrow night. Then, no sci fi shows for me to watch until Christmas. Though I hear AMC is doing a zombie show.

  5. 5.

    Gus

    @Punchy: So the other option is watching 300 lb. steroid cases inflict life shortening injuries on each other? Okay, so I’m a bitter Vikings fan.

  7. 7.

    jeffreyw

    Strange dream. I felt asleep and I was in a gay pride parade. It’ll all be fine now, won’t it Lil Buddy? Perfessor? WTF is everyone!? Ginger?!?

  8. 8.

    Phyllis

    Billboards & bumper stickers observed whilst traveling between South Carolina, Georgia and the Florida Gulf Coast and back this past weekend:

    ‘Who is John Galt?’ Billboard just before entering Fla southbound on I-95 between exits three and one; and coming into GA on I-95 around the Richmond Hill exit.

    ‘Change the Change in 2021-Take Back America in November’; billboard southbound near Jacksonville and,

    ‘If 10% is enough for God, it’s enough for the IRS’-bumber sticker on a company work truck near I-4 in St. Augustine.

    And in conversation with a classmate (I was down for my 30th high school reunion):

    Him “Fedex just laid off 500 workers, but UPS didn’t have any layoffs. You know why, don’t you?”

    Me: “Because UPS doesn’t make any left turns?”

    Him: “No. UPS is union, so they get all those government kickbacks; Fedex isn’t, so they have to cut workers.”

    Me: “Is that Boogie Shoes the DJ is playing? I love that song, gotta hit the dance floor. Nice talking to you.”

  10. 10.

    Elizabelle

    John: glad you are feeling better. Is it for sure you don’t have any kind of pneumonia (walking, blogging, whatever)?

  16. 16.

    lamh32

    Damn, there are a lot of shows premiering this week. I’m kinda interested in watching “the Event” on NBC (who can resist watching hot ass Blair Underwood as the President, I sure can’t. I’m telling ya, this Black woman’s trifecta is Denzel Washington, Blair Underwood, and Idris Elba, look ’em up if ya want to).

    Anyone else gonna check out “The Event”?

  19. 19.

    Allison W.

    I’m going to watch The Event and if it turns out to be whack I am going to my back up plan: Family Guy marathon while visiting my non-political blog roll.

  20. 20.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Cacti: I smiled myself as I read that. I only hope more Americans catch on to the bullshit that is the right.

    Out of curiosity, is there anyone out there who has a TV who doesn’t watch any regular programming?

    @Gus: Tell me about it.

  21. 21.

    Belafon (formerly anonevent)

    BTW, John, have you made it to Series three of Torchwood yet? I want to know what you thought of Children of Earth.

  22. 22.

    MattR

    @lamh32: @Allison W.: Eh. I’ll wait until it is a half dozen episodes in and see what people say (or if it is cancelled) then catch up using On Demand/Hulu. That is pretty much my default approach for new shows these days.

  23. 23.

    MikeJ

    @asiangrrlMN: I watch TDS and Colbert, random documentaries and HBO series. Don’t recall the last time I watched something on what my parents call “the regular channels.”

  24. 24.

    lamh32

    @MattR:

    yeah, I’m gonna record it on DVR. I’ve got so many old shows to watch, I barely have enough time to watch those. Last year, the only “new” show I began to watch was “Fringe”, and that’s only cause I missed the whole first season, and caught up that summer.

    I’ve heard good things about Castle from here at BJ and other places, but I’ve never had the time to catch up.

    Still, like I said, I love me some Blair Underwood, so hopefully the show has legs! Cause I missed him on tv Him and Jimmy Smits are bout the ONLY reason I watched LA Law!

  27. 27.

    Brachiator

    Pretty much the only thing getting me through today is that there is a new Chuck in three hours.

    What? You mean you’re not watching the season premiere of the new and improved Hawaii Five O ?

  28. 28.

    JenJen

    Cole, sound like you might have the typical Ragweed shit I deal with, living in the Ohio River Valley, every September-October, until the first frost.

    Never knew it existed until about seven years ago, been hating it ever since. For me, short-term Claritin does the trick, and since before it went OTC and the Doc had to prescribe it for me. Hope nothing more serious is going on; really hope it’s just ragweed.

    @General Stuck:

    I got baseball fever. Reds magic number is 8 and they are 6 up. No Choke dudes!! GO Reds!

    I’m practically squealing, watching my Reds, still alive (MORE than alive!!), in late September! It just doesn’t get any better than this. It’s actually interfering with my NFL love. I just can’t get enough of these Reds.

  29. 29.

    Belafon (formerly anonevent)

    @Brachiator: Are they going to be looking for Obama’s birth certificate? I can’t think of any other reason to bring back that show.

  30. 30.

    MattR

    @lamh32: Love Fringe. One of the exceptions to my rule that I started watching from day one. Without spoiling too much, I like that they are toying with the idea that we are the bad guys in some ways (but of course they have to counter that by making the other side even worse). Have seen a few episodes of Castle and I like it but never became obsessed even though I like Nathan Fillion.

    Just realizing that my rule of thumb really only applies to the networks. I am willing to give a shot right away to shows on TNT, USA, SyFy, etc. Not sure if that is because they give them more of a chance before killing them or if it is the summer season when there is very little new competing with them. Started watching Haven (I like) and Covert Affairs (lost interest as the season wore on) this year.

  31. 31.

    El Cid

    Alan Grayson is trying to destroy the nation by letting ACORN keep all the free houses Jimmy Carter & Barney Frank made FannieFreddie give to them.

    Representative Alan Grayson of Florida has asked the Florida Supreme Court to halt all foreclosures in the state in light of an investigation by its attorney general into allegations of pervasive foreclosure fraud by so-called “foreclosure mills”.

    September 20, 2010
    __
    Chief Justice Charles T. Canady
    Florida Supreme Court
    500 South Duval Street
    Tallahassee, FL 32399-1900
    __
    Dear Chief Justice Canady,
    __
    I am disturbed by the increasing reports of predatory ‘foreclosure mills’ in Florida. The New York Times and Mother Jones have both recently reported on the rampant and widespread practices of document fraud and forgery involved in mortgage assignments. My staff has spoken with multiple foreclosure specialists and attorneys in Florida who confirm these reports.
    __
    Three foreclosure mills – the Law Offices of Marshall C. Watson, Shapiro & Fishman, and the Law Offices of David J. Stern – constitute roughly 80% of all foreclosure proceedings in the state of Florida. All are under investigation by Attorney General Bill McCollum. If the reports I am hearing are true, the illegal foreclosures taking place represent the largest seizure of private property ever attempted by banks and government entities. This is lawlessness.
    __
    I respectfully request that you abate all foreclosures involving these firms until the Attorney General of the state of Florida has finished his investigations of those firms for document fraud.
    __
    I have included a court order, in which Chase, WAMU, and Shapiro and Fishman are excoriated by a judge for document fraud on the court. In this case, Chase attempted to foreclose on a home, when the mortgage note was actually owned by Fannie Mae.
    __
    Taking someone’s home should not be done lightly. And it should certainly be done in accordance with the law.
    __
    Thank you for your consideration of this request.
    __
    Sincerely,
    __
    Alan Grayson
    Member of Congress

    I have no idea what connection the Chief Justice of the FL Sup Ct would have with a letter written by a Congressman, but let’s say somehow the FL Sup Ct did carry out this action, maybe after some lawsuit came up via the AG, anyway, I’m sure Roberts-Scalia-Alito would jump into hyperspace and appear their instantly to block the ruling as an appended note to Bush V. Gore.

  32. 32.

    lamh32

    @MattR:

    I actually woulda watched Fringe from the beginning, but I have an aversion to all things “Dawson Creek” (i.e. Joshua Jackson played “Pacey” on Dawson Creek) and I was a big X-Files fan, so I didn’t wanna give my “tv heart” to a crappy copycat. But I was proven wrong and now I really like Fringe. I think last season was even better than the first, and I’m just hoping that the 3rd season is just as good.

  35. 35.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Belafon (formerly anonevent): I hear James Marsters (Spike from Buffy) is the baddie in the pilot ep. Not enough to make me watch, but still…

    @MikeJ: I’m just curious because I don’t have cable, so I watch Colbert and Stewart online. I don’t watch any cable shows online, and every time the glut of new shows comes around, I think I should try to watch something, anything. Nothing ever catches my interest, though. The one time I tried, I lasted ten minutes for one show, half an ep for another, and one ep for the third. There is nothing that appeals to me. It’s just strange.

  37. 37.

    goblue72

    Anyone catch the town hall with the President? From the NY Times, sounds like he got fairly raked over the coals by dissappointed supporters.

    This is not going to end well. Too many middle class voters out there completely unwilling to choke down the hard fact that we’ve been living off debt-fueled high for the last 20 years and the bill has finally come due. And the demonic GOP is sitting there more than willing to point fingers of blame at the less powerful members of society (the poor, brown immigrants, minorities in general, gays, Muslims, etc.) while claiming its because of “tax and spend”
    liberals that the economy is in the toilet.

  38. 38.

    RedKitten

    Why does everything interesting have to be on Monday at 9pm? I am absolutely watching Chuck, no question. But it pisses me off that there are other new shows on that I want to watch as well at that time.

    I know, I know…I really need to get a DVR already.

    BTW, if y’all are interested, there may be a few new pics of SamKitten at my URL.

  39. 39.

    valdivia

    @goblue72:

    that wasn’t the take from SIA who commented in a different thread and said he kicked ass. But the NYT pretty much has to make it all bad for Obama no?

    ETA: @RedKitten: samkitten is the cutest ever. That last pic of him in the drawer is killing me.

  40. 40.

    Greenhouse Guy

    @MikeJ: Do you watch any showtime stuff? Dexter, Weeds, The Big C… all good stuff. Much better programming in the last few years for them.

  45. 45.

    FlipYrWhig

    @Phyllis:

    Him: “No. UPS is union, so they get all those government kickbacks”

    I don’t follow this at all. Am I missing something, or is it as much of a grab-bag as it sounds like to me?

  46. 46.

    goblue72

    @valdivia: Thx. The Times article was depressing. Regardless, I still think he’s completely loss the third of the electorate that are “independents” – which roughly translates as “voters who could care less about anything than what have you done for my pocketbook lately?”

    Its hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel out here in California, where the nutjobs in the state GOP have almost completely destroyed the state and yet Red Queen Meg is likely to buy the governor’s office on eBay because Jerry Brown raised taxes on somebody 20 years ago.

  50. 50.

    ruemara

    @asiangrrlMN:
    moi. Although to me, Syfy, TLC, Discovery and travel channel are regular programming.

    Still haven’t watched any awful ___ with the Stars or Survivor ___ anything. GO ME!

    @goblue72:
    Good lord. Are you just set to negative or is this a phase?

  51. 51.

    Brachiator

    @Belafon (formerly anonevent):

    Are they going to be looking for Obama’s birth certificate? I can’t think of any other reason to bring back that show.

    Heh. No, I think they’re saving that one for the inevitable remake of Magnum, P.I.

  52. 52.

    JPL(formerly demo woman)

    @Phyllis: Hmm.. Their stock prices sure have risen lately. Could it be that UPS is just better managed? Amazing how that happens.

  53. 53.

    Lolis

    About three weeks ago, I was in a yoga class with John Noble, the actor who plays Walter Bishop in Fringe. It was weird cause I live in Austin and I have no idea why he was there. Nobody else seemed to recognize him. He is very fit in his yoga clothes!

    I am excited for the new TV shows. I watch too much TV.

  54. 54.

    valdivia

    @goblue72:

    I don’t know that Obama has lost all the independents. I think that term in general is problematic and I think that given how the economy is right now his approval is actually holding pretty steady. This election is not about independents actually so it’s more about liberals who wanted their pony and didn’t get it or those who are deluded into thinking if they don’t vote somehow they will get revenge or something. I say: it ain’t over til the fat lady sings!

  55. 55.

    MattR

    @asiangrrlMN: Can you give us any hints for the kind of show you like or don’t like? I’m sure we can come up with something for you to waste your time watching.

  56. 56.

    ruemara

    I’m having high hopes for Mr. & Mrs. Smith But With Black People. Sexy, smart black persons kicking butt? I am so all over that.

  58. 58.

    lamh32

    @ruemara:

    That was the same first thought that popped into my head when I saw this preview for this show.

    I love me some Boris Khodjoe (sp?), so I’m gonna def be DVR’in this one.

  59. 59.

    morzer

    Think I’m off to have dinner and watch last year’s season finale in preparation.

    John Cole has now revealed his secret identity. He is, in fact,

    BRETT FAVRE!

  60. 60.

    asiangrrlMN

    @stuckinred: I know, I know. I’m just a freak in that no show looks remotely interesting to me. Sad, I know. I thought I should like Heroes because I like graphic novels and because it’s racially diverse. NBC did a back-to-back-to-back re-run of the first three eps, and I started fast-forwarding halfway into the first ep. I tried to watch a show about private eyes because I like mysteries, and it sucked. I can’t remember the third show except it had Carla Gugino and Peter Dinkage–both of whom I really like. And, it was Threshold, so says IMDB. Really disliked all three.

  64. 64.

    asiangrrlMN

    @morzer: Every thread? I’m coming after you with a VERY rusty pitchfork.

    @MattR: OK. I liked Miracles for the blink of time it was on. I adored the first season of Murder One, but I did not watch it until many years after–and I watched it three or four episodes at a time.

    And, I liked Xena and Buffy, but more for reasons of pulchritude (Lucy Lawless and Hudson Leick for the former, James Marsters and Anthony Head for the latter). I liked the campiness and the musical eps of each.

    I liked Without a Trace for the first season as well as Numb3rs for the first three. Again, it had more to do with pulchritude and diversity than anything else (though the combo of math and crime-solving of the latter) intrigued me. I like murder mysteries, but more psychological than gruesome.

  67. 67.

    cat48

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Don’t know….noticed prez hasn’t been under 45% or higher for the last 2 weeks on Gallup and had a spike to 47% for the last 2 days. If it holds, he may be making progress w/public. He’s been at least good or excellent recently at appearances. Hope his approval “trickles down” to candidates. Just don’t know. I only follow Gallup daily.

  68. 68.

    asiangrrlMN

    FYWP, Part I:

    @MattR: OK. I liked Miracles for the blink of time it was on. I adored the first season of Murder One, but I did not watch it until many years after–and I watched it three or four episodes at a time.

    And, I liked Xena and Buffy, but more for reasons of pulchritude (Lucy Lawless and Hudson Leick for the former, James Marsters and Anthony Head for the latter). I liked the campiness and the musical eps of each.

    I liked Without a Trace for the first season as well as Numb3rs for the first three. Again, it had more to do with pulchritude and diversity than anything else (though the combo of math and crime-solving of the latter) intrigued me. I like murder mysteries, but more psychological than gruesome.

  70. 70.

    soonergrunt

    @Phyllis:
    Funny thing that — FEDEX has the contract to manage the civilian charter airline service that the military uses to move troops to and from the middle east.
    Now, they don’t use FEDEX cargo planes, they subcontract to other airlines like Omni Air International with its ominous omega symbol, and North American Airlines and a bunch of other airlines of which you’ve never heard, including American Trans Air, which went bankrupt when FEDEX dropped them from the contract. The hell of it is that I’ve flown all three of those airlines in the service, and ATA had the best service.

  71. 71.

    asiangrrlMN

    FYWP, Part II:

    @morzer: Every thread? I’m coming after you with a VERY rusty pitchfork.

    @ruemara: Glad to know I am not the only one. Although, Margaret Cho is on the dancing show with Bristol Palin. I loooooove Margaret Cho.

  72. 72.

    morzer

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Didn’t see you lurking in the weeds, MEH. Bring your pitchfork. I have faith in my defense – now with extra Jason Allen spicy goodness…

    Feed the wolf!

  79. 79.

    El Cid

    @goblue72:

    Anyone catch the town hall with the President? From the NY Times, sounds like he got fairly raked over the coals by dissappointed supporters.

    Not quite. Much of the time he was smacking down the pouty rich and the GOP to strong applause.

    Don’t listen to the NYT, watch the videos on CNBC.

  80. 80.

    cat48

    As Howard Fineman says about Obama “he’s too cool for school” among all the other niceties abt Obama like saying he’s a “Kenyan runner”; not enough room to list them all. It appears he has the same problem now. He thinks he’s on the “cutting edge” since he works at HuffHo now. May be true; but he’ll continue w/his old content I would imagine.

  82. 82.

    ruemara

    @asiangrrlMN:

    I am looking forward to Margaret Cho’s unrestrained feedback on dancing with the wanna bes. This will be some epic standup and I too love the Choliciousness. But I just can’t watch this.

  83. 83.

    El Cid

    @Lolis: I think the two greatest actors in American TV series today are John Rogers and Tim Roth. Of course, that reflects the shows I watch.

  85. 85.

    asiangrrlMN

    @ruemara: I hear you. I probably will watch the clips of her and read about her take on Bristol, et. al, but I just can’t watch the actual show–despite an FB friend posting about it every day (she likes David Hasselhoff).

  86. 86.

    lamh32

    @valdivia:

    Just found this out from a poster at another blog:

    ” Idris Elba has a new show coming on BBC America next month called “Luther.” He plays a London detective who specializes in serial killer-type crimes. I have to throw in a “viewer discretion advised” disclaimer though because I saw Luther when it originally aired in the UK, and some of the cases were so disturbing it made “Dexter” look like a Disney show. “

  88. 88.

    MattR

    @asiangrrlMN: Hmmm, thinking. Will have to get back to you with actual show recommendations, but one random suggestion might be to read the Wikipedia summaries of the first season of some shows and then try to jump into them in the second season (or midway through the first season). Even very good shows often need a few episodes to figure out exactly what works.

  89. 89.

    asiangrrlMN

    @stuckinred: I just rather not. I am not registered on YouTube, either. Worse comes to worse, I can just get the first disc on Netflix after I kick off another disc. Yes, I keep my queue at 50, why do you ask?

    @MattR: Good point. The problem is, I don’t like TV in general (same with movies), so there has to be an overwhelming reason for me to watch rather than ‘I’ll give this a shot’. It’s like Inception. I know I am going to hate it. Yet, I feel I should watch it in part because it was so widely-discussed. But, I know I will hate it, so why waste my time? So, since I am lazy, I will wait for your suggestions.

    @lamh32: Ooooh! Now that sounds intriguing. Never got into Dexter because I tried to read the first book, and it sucked. Hmm….

  90. 90.

    WaterGirl

    @lamh32: I went to your link and felt kind of sick to my stomach as I was reading. It’s one thing to know there is voter suppression but it’s another thing to see it all laid out like that. It’s really evil.

  92. 92.

    Phyllis

    @JenJen: I did feel as if I’d stepped into a timewarp of sorts. Which was disconcerting as hell, since I live in SC, where it’s still the ’60’s in a lot of places. And I mean the 1860’s.

  93. 93.

    morzer

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Pain? Did I mention the Vikings being 0 and 2? One harmless joke about Ol’ Man Dither and its rusty pitchfork alert time… Seems like a little bit of an over-reaction to me….

  96. 96.

    stuckinred

    @WaterGirl: Hey, saw your note late. I was born in Mercy Hospital in 49. Moved away when I was a mere pratt and came back to C-U in 69. I lived there till 84.

  97. 97.

    morzer

    @stuckinred:

    Ah, you raise one of the great conundra of our age:

    Brett Favre or Jay Cutler for the title of “Most annoying NFL QB of the last five years”…

    That said, congratulations to the Bears!

  98. 98.

    asiangrrlMN

    @stuckinred: Sorry, that’s my joke at keeping my queue at 50. I’m CDO (OCD in alphabetical order). Nothing to do with your question.

    @morzer: You mentioned THAT NAME! And, in answer to your question, Favre–hands down.

    @WaterGirl: I know. My DVR can also record two shows only as well. Sometimes, there are three sporting events on at the same time, and then what’s a grrl to do?

  99. 99.

    morzer

    @asiangrrlMN:

    That name? Hans von Spakovsky? Jay Cutler? Voldemort? Which name has raised your hackles and pitchfork?

    UPDATE: Oh, you mean Brett Favre. Cheer up – just imagine what he and Vincent Jackson might achieve together.

  101. 101.

    WaterGirl

    @asiangrrlMN: When that happens to me (not with sports, though) I have Tivo record two shows and watch the third one in real time. But that means I actually have to pay attention to when shows are on and stay home on certain nights to catch a show live. It’s just not right! How much for a rusty pitchfork these days?

  102. 102.

    stuckinred

    @WaterGirl: Really, cool! I hung at Chins, The Esquire and Tod and Johns. Ran the sports programs at the Urbana Park District. Many great friends there.

  107. 107.

    soonergrunt

    All,
    I feel like somebody cut a great big fucking hole in my chest and then sewed and stapled it up about 12 days ago.
    No really, I feel pretty good, considering. I’m working on a couple of certifications for my IT career, and pondering what might have been had I gone to Afghanistan and then gotten pneumonia. I’m supposed to get the staples removed on Wednesday, and then I’ll have this great dirty Frankenstein scar on my chest, which is actually kind of cool in an odd way.
    Since I got home from the hospital, I’ve started watching the sunrise and the sunset. Oklahoma ain’t that pretty, but some of the sunrises and sunsets are nice. I miss my home, Colorado, even more. I’ve decided that as soon as my wife vests in her pension in a couple of years with the state of OK, I’m moving us back to Colorado.

  109. 109.

    stuckinred

    @soonergrunt: Sounds pretty good all-in-all. I broke my back in 75 and had rods put on my spine. 9 months in a body cast and another 7 in a brace. The best thing I learned was that you can experience incredible pain and, if you are lucky like I was, it goes away. When you come that close you do look at the “what might have been”. I’m glad your feeling better.

  111. 111.

    ruemara

    @soonergrunt:
    Great to see you’re back and posting. Soon you’ll be able to flex your pecs and claim the scar was a relic of a bar fight with a Nausicaan.

  113. 113.

    Hunter

    Just watched the first seven minutes of Chuck. I’ve learned to give new shows a wide berth. Less than two hours till Weeds though.

  116. 116.

    WaterGirl

    @stuckinred: I hung out at Tod and Johns for awhile from 83-85 and went to lunch at the esquire for their ribeye sandwiches. Chins, not so much. I had a lot of contact with the guy who ran the volleyball program at the urbana park district, but that wouldn’t have been until long after you left. Small world!

    edit: forgot to add that Tod, who always seemed like a good guy, was elected mayor of urbana (on his mom’s coattails, I think) and turned out to be a real ass as a mayor. (hope he wasn’t a good friend of yours)

  118. 118.

    WaterGirl

    @soonergrunt: So glad to get an update. Tried to catch you a few times in previous threads but was never successful. You are definitely one tough cookie.

    Were you about to ship overseas before you got sick?

    Also have to ask… does your wife get a say in whether you move? :-)

  119. 119.

    SIA

    @valdivia: No indeed. I thought he was erudite, informed, and charming. But what do I know. I’m just a damned Obot who doesn’t particularly need the prez to ‘feel my pain’ or promise what can’t be delivered.

    There was a lot of applause and nods and smiling faces in the crowd though. Clearly they were wrong in their perceptions as well.

    As for the NYT, where’s asiangrrlMN’s rusty pitchfork?

  120. 120.

    SIA

    @goblue72: @valdivia: I agree with valdivia. I think any independents (or at least a lot of them) that Obama has “lost” were ashamed republican who slinked out of the GOP after their monumental country-shattering reign of terror. The number of “registered repubs” went down significantly, and “indies” went up. They’re republicans in hiding, now they’re going back to the fold of stupid where they belong!

  121. 121.

    stuckinred

    @WaterGirl: He was and I was surprised how bad it got with him. I stay in touch with his x. Anyone who worked at the UPD sports programs in those years would have worked for me.

  126. 126.

    soonergrunt

    @WaterGirl: My wife is the reason we’re here in OK. My parents moved to OK when I was stationed in Germany and I needed a place to stay while I looked for work. I had a firm job offer in Astoria, Oregon, but my wife wanted to be near family and San Diego, where her people are, was too expensive for two college students with a kid. I’ve been in this state for about 14 years now.

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    WaterGirl

    @soonergrunt: I was actually just teasing about the way you worded your last sentence. What I should have done instead was say how happy I am that you are doing so well!

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    soonergrunt

    @WaterGirl: It’s all good. That’s actually a sore point with me and my wife, but you couldn’t have known that. And thanks for the good wishes!

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