Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

The revolution will be supervised.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

We still have time to mess this up!

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

The words do not have to be perfect.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

We are aware of all internet traditions.

Americans barely caring about Afghanistan is so last month.

An almost top 10,000 blog!

Accountability, motherfuckers.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

John Fetterman: Too Manly for Pennsylvania.  Paid for by the Oz for Senator campaign.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

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  1. 1.

    Yutsano

    My house smells like Thanksgiving all over again. And I’m not watching the Apple Cup if I can help it. And my phone is turned off. That is all.

  3. 3.

    PurpleGirl

    Went to an arts and crafts fair this afternoon (Crafts at the Cathedral (Cathedral of St. John the Divine)). They had a nice selection of crafts people, mostly repeat vendors from previous years but a few new ones. Enjoyed talking with a a couple of them.

  5. 5.

    General Stuck

    We’ve had nice weather here for a week, but my addicted ass is glued to this fucking computer. These are things I am prone to. I may have to pull the plug again for awhile, to get some other shit done.

  7. 7.

    4jkb4ia

    I am being forced to attend an Israel Bonds dinner with Daniel Pipes. Otherwise I would be cheering for UConn. A big-time bowl for them would be really cool after all they have been through.

    (I think it was kept from me that Daniel Pipes would be at this thing because this shul has had dinners for the sake of having them in the past)

  8. 8.

    danimal

    FTFY works for me, but I would like to add FTFRS as well. My Padres have gone from 1game away from the playoffs to major rebuilding project. Damn tired of the Yanks and Red Sox taking all the fun out of baseball. Baseball needs a soshalist revolution.

  9. 9.

    Corner Stone

    If there’s a better mix than Pantera, Crowbar and Synch on shuffle? I dare you to tell me it.

  12. 12.

    Jim K.

    We had a nice COLD day, finally. It is getting ridiculous for December to still be in the 60’s, in Colorado.

  14. 14.

    evap

    I made bread today and it came out really really well. Nice crispy chewy crust… mmmm…. and cream of mushroom soup to go with it.

    must. not. mention.politics.

  15. 15.

    Maude

    @debit:
    Those are so good. I have a Mirro cookie press, a little one.
    I saw in the supermarket a pre made gingerbread house in a box, that you put together. Why bother?

  16. 16.

    Jewish Steel

    I just finished explaining to my basenji that my pizza is not among the set that includes his resources. And it is futile to ‘resource guard’ it therefore.

  18. 18.

    Thomas

    Man, I can’t believe Auburn working over South Carolina. I thought they win but not like this.

  19. 19.

    Steeplejack

    I got home about 5:15 from a tough day at the store–the first real ZOMG!-Christmas-frenzy day I have seen, much bigger than Black Friday–and am luxuriating in the prospect of an empty evening and a leisurely, open morning tomorrow. Ah . . . the start to my weekend. Just opened a bottle of champagne to be nursed through the evening and am half-assedly trying to decide between Oklahoma-Nebraska or Sherlock Holmes on HBO at 8:00. Missed that in the theaters.

    On a whim I picked up the Big Lebowski Kit on the way out of the store today. Bowling shirt patch (“The Dude”), refrigerator magnet (“The Dude Abides”), coffee mug (“I’m staying, finishing my coffee”–Walter), plastic toe with green nail polish (“You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me”), mouse pad with the design of the Dude’s rug on it (“It really tied the room together”), informative booklet. A bargain at $16.95, even better with employee discount.

    The simple pleasures. Life is good.

    Last night I saw Inside Job, the documentary about the financial meltdown, but that’s a tale for another thread.

  20. 20.

    scav

    Spritz cookies! Too odd, I’ve an egg in the fridge dedicated to that end and washed my press so as soon as I manage to buy the flour (of all the things to be missing!)

  21. 21.

    mem from somerville

    I’m watching The Ashes, a cricket match, taking place in Australia.

    What a civilized sport. Drink breaks out on the field, a nice lunch and dinner break. Of course, this takes place over 5 days, so they need breaks….

  23. 23.

    nevsky42

    Anyone else download the new Pac-Man Championship Edition DX? If you have an XBox/PS3, do it. It’s like Pulp-Fiction-adrenaline-needle plunged directly into the base of your skull…

  24. 24.

    Phyllis

    @Thomas: 49% of the reason I’m +2 on this nice Lambrusco I found at World Market. The other 51%? We found a nice, cozy little house to move to on the other side of town that’s only a $100 a month increase in rent.

  25. 25.

    Corner Stone

    @Maude: My 6 yr old loves those. He and my sister put those together and decorate every year.
    They’re just for fun.

  28. 28.

    Corner Stone

    @Steeplejack: I just don’t understand. Forgive me.
    But how is working in a retail big box store stressful?
    I know coworkers are lazy and people suck but doesn’t that end when you clock out?

  30. 30.

    Kristine

    Harry Potter movies on ABC-Family for the eleventy-seventh time–call me lame, I don’t care. I love Ralph Fiennes’ turn as Voldemort. He moves like a dancer.

    Working off and on. First snow of the season today, 2-3 inches of wet powder. Less than I expected.

    Making marinara tomorrow because it’s the least holiday-like recipe I can think of.

  31. 31.

    kdaug

    My dogs have turned my once-decently lawned backyard into a dustbowl. German shepherd pups really do have some sharp claws, and throw a 100lb Golden Retriever into the mix, each running at full bore in circles after each other, and the grass really didn’t stand a chance.

  32. 32.

    debit

    @Maude: I have a press my grandmother gave me, the old turn handle style. Sadly, I cannot find it, which is vexing since the handle gives the best control during pressing. So I’m making do with the gun my mom gave me.

    @scav: I think it’s that time of year. I was out too; probably from making so much bread lately.

  33. 33.

    Kristine

    @kdaug: My backyard’s taken a hit as well. Gaby’s worn paths in the grass because she walks THE EXACT SAME CIRCUIT I don’t know how many times a day. Then there are the weeds, because I can’t use the usual weedkillers and the organic stuff is 1) expensive and 2) kinda weak, so you need to use a lot of it.

    I’m thinking of mulching the whole thing.

  35. 35.

    eric

    Super Mario, pizza, chocolate milk and a 5.9 year old after throwing snowballs. check and mate bitches….peace to you all.

  39. 39.

    Ross Hershberger

    Shit keeps going way wrong at work on Saturdays when I’m the only one in the building. last week only a broken water line on a mission critical coffee machine. Fixed that.
    This week a chlorine pump doing its best to drain the 600,000 gallon pool all by itself. Luckily that’s not my category of machinery. I’m just an Operator, not maintenance. I get to look on while all hell breaks loose.

    Update;
    Just dodged a phone call from my best friend. I think the phone may just go dark for 72 hours while I get my mood adjusted.

  42. 42.

    Felonious Wench

    I have a sinus infection that feels like Mike Tyson punched me in the nose, then I snorted lemon juice.

  46. 46.

    Josie

    @jeffreyw: Okay – what does that mean – whole clove garlic bread? How do you do it? It sounds devine and I want to steal it. Also, this thread needs some Homer.

  47. 47.

    kdaug

    @Kristine: I wish I had weeds. Just dirt. And not the hard-pack clay that would be normal for Austin – finely ground sub-micron dust from hell.

    Best part is when they lay/play/roll around in it, then come in and you pet them and clouds of the shit plume off of them like mini-volcanoes.

    Good times.

  48. 48.

    debit

    @jeffreyw: I second the request for the recipe. My daughter love garlic with a passion that is almost unholy.

    @ thread: I made the mistake of updating the firmware on my Wii only to find out later there are emulators on Homebrew that can play roms but only for 4.2 and lower. There is a fix, but it means jumping through some hoops. I’m going to jump as much as I have to if it means I can play some of my old favorites that haven’t hit the Wii store yet.

    Also, too I bought organic eggs from chickens fed organic feed. I’m going to assume this means it’s safe for me to make garlic mayonnaise with them.

  49. 49.

    Michael D.

    @eric:

    Super Mario, pizza, chocolate milk and a 5.9 year old after throwing snowballs. check and mate bitches….peace to you all.

    I’ll raise you a really cute Labrador Retriever with a ball and a wiggly backside and a licky personality.

    And Belgian beers.

  52. 52.

    SiubhanDuinne

    It’s been too long since I’ve seen photos of:

    Tunch
    Lily
    Rosie
    Lady Smudge
    SamKitten
    Charlie
    Homer
    Bea
    The Bean
    (I was going to say Pedro, but TattooSydney took care of that craving earlier)
    Tristan
    and all their friends, and all the ones whose names I can’t dredge up right now

    ETA: posted before I saw aws #10. Thx, lovely!

  53. 53.

    JPL

    I posted this on the SEC thread but it’s funny enough to post again

    Cincinnati’s Bearcat mascot was cited for disorderly conduct after a snowball-throwing incident in the stands during a game against Pittsburgh……………………………………………….A school spokesman says the mascot also was told to stop throwing snowballs in the stands and pushed a security guard, knocking both of them to the ground. The mascot was detained and cited. He was not identified………………………
    A backup mascot took his place at halftime
    AJC.com

  56. 56.

    mai naem

    I have had Bravo on in the background. I don’t get America’s Top Model. Do they really become top models or is it just a stupid reality show?And the runway coach guy looks like a cross dresser/transexual or whatever the term is. Also too, I never figured out whether the wicked person on Runway was a guy or a girl. Also also too, I have Top Chef on and don’t get why people think Padma whatshername is considered hawt? She comes across as a beyotch on top of not being particularly hawt. Why is this thread to be without politics? Just wondering. The other politics thread is pretty long already. Are we going to get another open thread with politics?

  59. 59.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @debit:

    My daughter love garlic with a passion that is almost unholy.

    Well, I guess it’s useful to know she’s not of the vampire persuasion.

  60. 60.

    soonergrunt

    Gave my wife her Christmas present early. I bought the parts to upgrade her computer last week, and was keeping them in the attic. Was going to put the CPU in her Christmas stocking, and when she pulled it out and looked at me like WTF? I’d get the rest of the parts and do the upgrade and ‘bing, bang, boom,’ have a happy wife.
    She’s not a big computer geek by any stretch, but she’s been dropping hints about wanting a newer computer for a couple of months. Saying things like “Goddamn, but this computer is slow,” and “Fucking ancient piece of shit makes me want to fucking stab someone.”
    Normally, I can count on one hand the number of swear words she uses in a year, and those are always during our rare fights, so I got the point and visited newegg.
    Well, today she was up in the attic, doing a better job of hiding whatever she got for me, when she found the newegg box and got curious.

  62. 62.

    Ross Hershberger

    No politics? I… can I actually think of anything else?

    I know. Around here since HK started there are trucks and vans driving around with huge menorahs attached. Often they blast what I assume is Jewish music from speakers. This is pretty hilarious at highway speeds.
    The other local minority is Middle Eastern. Unfortunately Ramadan tends not to be this colorful and entertaining.

  65. 65.

    mai naem

    @SiubhanDuinne: John’s trying to increase sales of The Masters of His Universe swag so you have to go there to see pics.

    Also I got stuff I ordered. I was not impressed that some of the stuff I ordered was made in China. I really don’t mind paying a premium for the stuff but c’mon can’t the base stuff be made in the USA? This is one thing I would get into waving my Number One Foam Finger for.

  67. 67.

    jeffreyw

    @The Dangerman: TaMara has threatened me with an unspecified as yet action if I cannot develop a “hearty loaf of bread to go with my Thursday night recipe”. I am still working on it, as you can see by the failure to form a decent looking loaf. My research (typing into Google search: “my bread falls flat when proofing”) leads me to believe that I need to knead the dough longer so that the gluten develops a bit more.

    Anyway, I have a recipe, or rather, I have an ingredient list. The proper method escapes me though I strive to perfect my skills.

    But getting to your assertion, I could provide the recipe, but then TaMara would have to kill you.

  71. 71.

    Ross Hershberger

    @mai naem:

    I don’t get America’s Top Model. Do they really become top models or is it just a stupid reality show?

    \

    I think everyone knows the answer to that one. The idea that someone can become successful in a highly competitive field by being anointed by characters on TV is ludicrous.
    Does anyone fall for that?

    N.B. I stopped watching TV before Reagan so it pretty much all looks stupid to me.

  72. 72.

    stuckinred

    @JPL: It was cute Thursday morning when Lil Bit vanished during our morning coffee. I was fucking frantic for 45 minute, it’s a fairly busy area and she is dumb as a brick. I got very lucky when some country boys found her, called our vet and got her back to me. A valuable lesson was learned by the responsible party!

  75. 75.

    scav

    @jeffreyw:

    But getting to your assertion, I could provide the recipe, but then TaMara would have to kill you.

    Keep up, we’re into full readership capture mode. I’m already off to buy flour, so spill, now. Think of us as your testing (proofing?) program.

  77. 77.

    Ross Hershberger

    Here’s an idea from David Foster Wallace to raise government revenue: sell the naming rights to years instead of assigning non revenue producing sequential numbers.
    Examples:

    CHRONOLOGY OF ORGANIZATION OF NORTH AMERICAN NATIONS’ REVENUE ENHANCING SUBSIDIZED TIME™, BY YEAR
    Year of the Whopper
    Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad
    Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar
    Year of the Perdue Wonderchicken
    Year of the Whisper-Quiet Maytag Dishmaster
    Year of the Yushityu 2007 Mimetic-Resolution-Cartridge-View-Motherboard-Easy-To-Install-Upgrade For Infernatron/InterLace TP Systems For Home, Office Or Mobile (sic)
    Year of Dairy Products from the American Heartland
    Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment
    Year of Glad

    from here

  80. 80.

    donnah

    Today was my kind of day. It snowed gently all day, very pretty and only sticking to the grass, not the pavement. We got about two inches and that’s it. I sat up in my studio, music playing, working on my latest hooked rug commission. No hassles.

    I got a lot done, but I have a lot left and it’s a Christmas gift. Hopefully I can get another day like this tomorrow.

    Maybe this link will work:

    http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d27/Rughooker/Recent%20rugs/rugs%20to%20send/?action=view&current=1677f7fa.jpg&mediafilter=noflash

  82. 82.

    Josie

    @asiangrrlMN: Thanks for the tip on Homer. That picture is too funny, He is obviously planning something nefarious and the dog has no clue. Now if you can just use your wiles to get JeffreyW to share his garlic bread recipe…….

    On another subject, please do cheer for Oklahoma. Nebraska winning the Big 12 (10) at this point would be a travesty.

  84. 84.

    asiangrrlMN

    @stuckinred: In which sport? I got Oklahoma playing Nebraska for the whatever championship.

    P.S. Goooo, Wild!

    @Josie: I’ve never liked Nebraska, so I usually root against them by default. As for getting jeffreyw to share his recipes, I’m afraid even my powers aren’t that strong.

    Damn. Not my day for sports.

    @stuckinred: Crap. I saw Okies for some reason. Duh! But, no I do not have cable.

  93. 93.

    JPL

    @stuckinred: Happy pups. Bohdi appeared to be watching the director at times.

    For those without cable ESPN 3 is streaming both the CT and FSU game.

  95. 95.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Maody: Good lord. That’s gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.

    @donnah: You do beautiful work.

    @soonergrunt: That is one really cute dog. And, congrats on Mrs. SG loving her new computer.

    By the way, Brent, no one works on eating some of the clock in the first quarter of a 7-0 game. Jackass.

    stuckinred, bite me!

  98. 98.

    Wordsmith

    Fine…. no politics.

    I live in a carriage house built around 1901. It has a narrow bathroom – bathtub/shower, toilet – then a bit of a ‘larger’ area where the sink & floor to ceiling built-in shelves.

    What colors could I paint it to give it a more homey, more open look? What kind of theme? I’m trying to think of something original.

  99. 99.

    MikeJ

    Keller’s mon poulet rôti in the oven, butternut squash latkes ready to fry (with sage and pine nut yoghurt sauce). Yes I know, those aren’t *real* latkes. Shoot me. Here’s a real Latka.

  110. 110.

    HRA

    Late with the news of our 36 inches+ snow on the ground and the roofs. Yes, I am from the Buffalo, NY area. I was home with a bum knee on Wednesday and had a clear view through the front bay window of the 3 inches per hour upon hour coming down on us. We have access to the front and driveway. We will hopefully see the backyard in the spring.

    Decorating the house for the holidays today. Starting cookies tomorrow.

  111. 111.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: Quick drugstore run, plus cereal and a few good crunchies. And pineapple mango juice. Haven’t cracked that open yet but I’m afeared I’ll have a new addiction as soon as I do.

  112. 112.

    AnnaN

    Played WoW, put in baseboards in bath remodel. Took doggies for a walk. Its been a very relaxing weekend.

  114. 114.

    JPL

    @Wordsmith: If you have a light in your ceiling, consider getting a small chandelier type of fixture. It’s amazing what that can do for a bathroom.

  117. 117.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: The crunchies ain’t too bad either for a supposed light/diet food. I can eat too many of them in one sitting, so I’ve been saving it more for late night. And right now I feel so damn lazy I may just eat a bowl of cereal for dinner and call it good.

  122. 122.

    Maody

    @Yutsano: i’m afraid that it was just a duncan hines box with chopped dark chocolate added and some leftover red pepper, salt and sugared pecans that I roasted to go on brussels sprouts over thanksgiving. 2 eggs, not one.

  123. 123.

    mr. whipple

    @HRA:

    Good luck this winter. I saw where Lake Erie was 15 degrees above normal temps in the fall(was Lake Ontario as bad?), which means the lake is gonna take forever to freeze, which means snow out the wazoo.

  125. 125.

    BruceFromOhio

    Watching the ‘huskers put the osh kosh, b’gosh on a bunch of Okies, and hiding from the lake effect.

    @Corner Stone:

    Nicely done. Seems to fit with the shorter days, longer nights.

    ETA: Here we go, Brownies, here we go, woof, woof!

  126. 126.

    Maody

    @jeffreyw: cedar waxwings are charming. had my first yellow bellied sapsucker siting at my suet during today’s brief and beautiful snow. do you do bird counts? one of my fav places on the intertoobs is the cornell ornithology lab.

  127. 127.

    Ross Hershberger

    @mr. whipple:

    Good luck this winter. I saw where Lake Erie was 15 degrees above normal temps in the fall(was Lake Ontario as bad?), which means the lake is gonna take forever to freeze, which means snow out the wazoo.

    My dad has been fishing lake Michigan for over 60 years. He told me at Thanksgiving that a surface water temp of 80 degrees was recorded out in the lake this summer, and that that has never happened in his lifetime. He predicted heavy lake effect snow early this winter, especially if the Jet Stream shifts south. I guess Buffalo’s getting some of that now. Detroit has had only flurries so far, but…

  128. 128.

    Yutsano

    @Maody: A good friend of mine who graduated from the CIA says he never makes his own brownies from scratch. He just doctors them up to make them extra special or his. The pecans do sound rather intriguing however.

  129. 129.

    Cliff

    @jeffreyw:

    I am still working on it, as you can see by the failure to form a decent looking loaf. My research (typing into Google search: “my bread falls flat when proofing”) leads me to believe that I need to knead the dough longer so that the gluten develops a bit more.
    —
    Anyway, I have a recipe, or rather, I have an ingredient list. The proper method escapes me though I strive to perfect my skills.

    I give you a fantastically easy and awesome bread recipe:

    Amish White Bread
    http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/amish-white-bread/Detail.aspx

    Uses I recommend:
    Cinnamon rolls
    French Toast

    although a straight loaf is great too if you like sweet breads.

    really though, as french toast its the bomb.

    I await the glorious pics =)

  130. 130.

    Dee Loralei

    @stuckinred: My beloved Sooners are trying to lose this game. But to your point, I was at OU when Marcus was there. And the best story I’ve ever read about the entire fiasco was a book called ” The Courtship of Marcus Dupree”, by Willie Morris. (Unless it was the Courting). It had me, uber, generations- long OU alumna, wishing Marcus had gone to Texas instead. But after watching the ESPN special, I realized Dupree was just as fucked at OU as he would have been at Texas or MsState. And none of it was really his fault, he was a young man, thrust into a limlight he was totally unprepared for and all the adults in his life were using him in different ways for different things. But not one adult in his life stood up for what was best for Marcus. The best guy Marcus ran in to during that time was Lucius Selman, or maybe Leroy,( I get my Selman brothers confused.) But seriously, if you want to read a most excellent account of someone who was following the story at the time, read the Willie Morris book, he was there interviewing Marcus and his family, all the OU coaches, the Miss State coaches and the Texas guys. And he starts it with the murders of Schwerner and Chaney and Lowe in Philadelphia, Ms. And brings in Reagan’s State’s Rights kick off to his Presidential run. Totally a fascinating 500+ page book. And I can heartily suggest anything by Willie Morris, he is an amazing author, whether fiction or true story. He’s my favorite southern author.

    And my Sooners are losing 17-0. YIKES.

  131. 131.

    Chris

    My two sons…(13 and 14)..pizza….(dominos unfortunately) Jingle bell cookie pizza…(wooooo..google it) Cherry Yum Yum…Sour Dots…Yeah…Walking dead (eps4&5). We got it goin on….

  133. 133.

    mr. whipple

    He told me at Thanksgiving that a surface water temp of 80 degrees was recorded out in the lake this summer, and that that has never happened in his lifetime.

    Holy crap.

  135. 135.

    HRA

    @mr. whipple:

    You are right about the Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. You would think we would be wiser by experience by now. It is far from the truth. I could not get to work on Thursday and Friday. You may have seen the NYS Thruway 24+hour parking lot that I use to get to work in the news. The alternate routes were blocked by the town police traveling bans. I had been stuck at work overnight in other storms and was happy to be at home this week.

  138. 138.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @stuckinred #61: Lil Bit and Bohdi are just awesomely awesome. Please tell me it’s not pouring snow in Athens. Please tell me it’s not high summer in Athens. But I could so love those pups. Thanks for the fix.

    @Kristine #76: Both gorgeous, but damn, that Gaby is a wonderful piece of work. I’m not even that much of a dog person, but I could fall in love pretty quickly with that one.

    @debit #79: Oliver and aws’s Smudge need to meet up if only to pose for a picture together. Luther and Rufus made me laugh. Poor Chloe.

    @soonergrunt #92: Very cute puppeh!

    @thread: if I am not mistaken, the UConn game of which (some of) you speak is against my alma mater, University of South Florida. You can see how much I care about USF football. I’m not watching, but if they win, that’ll be fine. If not, well, also fine.

  141. 141.

    Maody

    @Yutsano: I am all over spicy with sweet. One true cure for what ails ya is red pepper in orange juice. Spice with chocolate is so Mexican. Used to be a sous chef and late hubby was a chef. Spices of life live in a rack in my mud room, the coolest room in the house – they last longer that way.

    The pecans:

    12 oz whole halves
    3 Tbs. butter
    2 tsps. red pepper
    1 tsp. salt.
    1 Tbs. sugar.

    Put in 400 degree oven and watch carefully so they don’t burn, stir every couple of minutes. Let cool. Use as wanted in salads, on veggies or even just as a snack on their own.

  143. 143.

    Ross Hershberger

    Now you’re making me hungry.

    Off to raid the ‘fridge…

    Fridge contents = pathetic.

    What can I make with mustard, batteries, earthworms, ASA 400 film and bread heels?

  144. 144.

    Yutsano

    @Corner Stone: Possibly. He’s a former Marine too. Now does security. You might be safe for now however.

    @Maody: Is brown sugar an acceptable variation? Or turbinado? I could seriously go crazy playing around with that base recipe there.

  146. 146.

    stuckinred

    @Dee Loralei: I knew bits and pieces but the documentary helped bring focus. I did like the fact that he seems content and that his brother is doing ok. I’ll pick up the book after I finish Acid Christ about Ken Keysey.

    ps Reading is fine but seeing his high school game film was amazing. “Like Jim Brown in his prime playing with high school kids”.

  151. 151.

    Kristine

    @SiubhanDuinne: You went to USF? So did I. Class of 1981, BS in Chemistry.

    Thanks–Gaby is pretty adorable. I wish I knew which breeds mixed it up and came up with her. According to her DNA test, she’s part Husky. Yes, she loves snow and cold and has a wacky little woo-woo yodel, but she also has to be part terrier, and I wish I could find out which one.

    She could be a double for that dog in the Travelers Insurance commercial (the one with the Trouble song and the anguish over a bone). I tried to find what type of dog he was, and it turned out he was a shelter mutt. So much for that. I may never know for sure.

  153. 153.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @jeffreyw: Did you see the baby hummingbird video I posted the other day for you and Gen Stuck? Maybe you saw it, I haven’t checked threads very carefully recently.

  157. 157.

    Ross Hershberger

    @stuckinred:

    Used to fish for salmon up in Muskegon

    I have a freezer full from dad. He had a good year in the tournaments. I’m Veggie so I cook it for my wife. Worked in a seafood restaurant for a decade. It never comes out the same way twice, but wild caught Great Lakes salmon is always good.

  158. 158.

    asiangrrlMN

    Great. I stop watching the game, and Oklahoma scores. That’s a sign, methinks.

    @andy: Want. Especially the bread!

    Fuck. I’m going back to watch. Oklahoma better keep it up.

  160. 160.

    Maody

    @Yutsano: turbinado would probably work better than brown sugar as it has less of a molasses taste which might overwhelm pecans.

    @stuckinred: speaking of which, i made bread pudding for my first party of the day – breakfast for neighbors which we do on a rotating house basis. instead of syrup or creme anglais, it was served with peach cardamon preserves procured at local farmers’ mkt. this summer. oh my god, was that perfection.

  163. 163.

    marcopolo

    @asiangrrlMN: Well, this last Big 12 championship game has certainly been entertaining for the first half. And as someone not from Nebraska, I really need to see them lose since they are leaving the conference for the Big 10.

  169. 169.

    debit

    Hey, Cole, see how nicely we can play? Seriously, can we do one politics free open thread every day? Pretty please?

  171. 171.

    Kristine

    @stuckinred: Did your test use cheek cells or a blood sample? The one I used required a blood sample. It was more expensive but is supposedly more reliable. However, they do all post disclaimers up the wazoo.

    FWIW, the vet who spayed Gaby guessed she was part Husky. Apparently Huskies are known for whining and howling more and louder than other breeds when coming out of anesthesia–as Gaby was coming around, she howled so loudly they could hear her all over the clinic. Pretty good for a dog who was sick and about 15 pounds underweight. The vet had to hold her mouth closed.

    The testing company mailed the vet a copy of the DNA results. She said that when she read them, she just sat there and giggled.

  173. 173.

    Yutsano

    @Ross Hershberger: I’m a freely confessed salmon snob, so I will argue over the positives of Pacific salmon over Atlantic any day. I won’t turn it down if it shows up on my plate, but give me a good hun of king lightly grilled with a honey-ginger-lime glaze and I’m a happy duck.

    @Maody: Turbinado would be my choice too just because of the final results. I like the smokiness of the brown sugar, but really I think as long as you get the sweet in there somehow that’s the important thing. Though now that I mentioned honey my brain is running…

  174. 174.

    Ross Hershberger

    @stuckinred:

    Except for that wonderful Lake Michigan PCB!

    Over-hyped. If Great Lakes fish was actually dangerous my dad would be showing signs, from eating twice his weight in it yearly since the ’60s. The chemicals are in the older fish, and mostly in the organs and fat. Don’t eat them whole, and cook thoroughly. Only bears really need worry.

  176. 176.

    Maody

    @Yutsano: don’t use honey. no, no, no. honey is better with other nuts like pistachios, walnuts and almonds, even hazelnuts… pecans not so much.

  177. 177.

    stuckinred

    @Kristine: Blood, we won it at our vet. As much as it got poo-pooed here I have to say that when we found Bohdi at 5lbs he looked like a Samoyed. ,check him out. The test didn’t include a picture, I think it went to the UK, so if it’s bullshit they did a nice job of guessing. He has really funny vocal characteristics. When you pet him he growls but it is not aggressive. He does howl now and then but not that much. He plays ball like a lab and people usually think that’s what he is. The other thing about him is how he loves the cold weather, he just runs around and wags like mad.

  178. 178.

    marcopolo

    @Yutsano: As someone who spent a decade in Fairbanks, dipnetting salmon out of the Copper river (either King or Silver) and then grilling it a few hours later with some onions, salt and pepper always led to the best tasting fish I ever ate. Not sure if you can be considered a snob however if you are standing around stinking of fish because your clothes are covered with salmon slime & guts.

  182. 182.

    Cliff

    @jeffreyw:

    BlargleArgle!! I thought I was suffering some random technical failure.

    Still searching for a working version, the youtube ones I had b4 are gone, but I bet they are still out there …

    here is one part, conveniently on the flopping dough bit ..

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FPWvuKkPp4

    there are several other parts, wish i had recorded ’em all.

  184. 184.

    asiangrrlMN

    @marcopolo: Well, now I’m watching again, and fuck. Nebraska takes the lead. What Oklahoma fan wants to pay me not to watch?

    @Yutsano: Guess how I read this.

    with a honey-ginger-lime glaze and I’m a happy duck.

    Go ahead. I got one letter wrong. And, yes I prefer the Pacific over the Atlantic.

  186. 186.

    Ross Hershberger

    @Yutsano:

    give me a good hun of king lightly grilled with a honey-ginger-lime glaze and I’m a happy duck

    We go for simple preparations you can do over a campfire. Like grilled an hour after catching, with salt and pepper. It draws a crowd from downwind.

    With the smaller pieces I poach and chill them, then do a cold salmon salad spread with minced scallions, capers, mayo, celery seed, black pepper, etc.
    It’s awesome on warm toasted sourdough with a slice of fresh tomato and romaine. Very basic.

  187. 187.

    Kristine

    @stuckinred: Bohdi was a little fluffball! Too cute.

    The only thing I can figure–and I never took a genetics class so this could be total BS–is that Husky is some type of proto-breed that is present in many other newer breeds.

  189. 189.

    jeffreyw

    @Cliff: It’s a problem on my end, Cliff. It takes me ten minutes to download a one minute video. I just don’t have the patience to wait as long as it takes. Fuck U Hughes.Net!
    (broadband my ass!)

  192. 192.

    stuckinred

    @Kristine: Yea, and the look on Raven’s face. . .he was diagnosed with cancer shortly after that pic and the Bohdi was a great help in keeping his spirits up during the ensuing 2 + year battle.

  194. 194.

    jeffreyw

    @jeffreyw: Speaking o which, anyone have any dealings with Verizon Mifi? I’m getting a demo 3g mifi next week, if it delivers any speed improvement over my satellite modem I’m drop Hughes quicker than a black widow spider under a picked up rock.

  198. 198.

    burnspbesq

    Stopped at Burrell’s on the way home from picking the kid up at the studio.

    Fried catfish, hot links, baby back pork ribs. Dirty rice, barbecue beans, mac & cheese, and cole slaw.

    Yes, I haz a happy tummy. Why do you ask?

    Think I’ll replay the Duke-Butler game if it’s available on ESPN3.

  199. 199.

    Yutsano

    @Maody: I shall defer to the wisdom of experience. Though I was planning on walnuts just by pure personal preference.

    @asiangrrlMN: I’m guessing it has nothing to do with the quack. :)

  200. 200.

    mem from somerville

    @Calouste: Quite so. Brit fiancé is actually mildly dismayed (as Brits can be) that I’m enjoying my first Ashes from Australia. I’m told they are supposed to be excruciatingly heartbreaking.

  202. 202.

    Ross Hershberger

    Just killing time until an early bed. I’ve been up since 5:45 am for work & I’m shot.
    A small Scotch and a book on Heisenberg should put me under in about 90 seconds.
    When I get back in the am I expect to be able to argue about POLITICS.
    Or else.

  205. 205.

    burnspbesq

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Good day to be a Dookie. Not only did men’s basketball pick up a nice win, women’s volleyball is in the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament for the first time in, like, forever.

  211. 211.

    soonergrunt

    I’m missing this great game. I’m burning in the new PC, and the wife is enduring the latest Twilight Blu-ray which the 11-year-old daughter saved her chore money up to buy.
    It is because of the love of my only daughter that movie is besmirching my blu-ray player and new 47″ 1080P LED-LCD 120Hz television and surround sound system.

    Oh, and apparently somebody broke the internets again. running off to the right.

  212. 212.

    marcopolo

    So I seem to have a comment (or two) in limbo because when I asked if anyone here had any experience with Evernote I created a link for it. So here is the question without a link. Learned about it from the Pogue blog at the NYT and just saw Ezra Klein mention it. Any comments on it from anyone here as I am thinking about putting it on my Mac & iphone.

  213. 213.

    Ross Hershberger

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Or else what? I had to ask.

    I dunno. Could be catastrophic. I’ve never had to avoid discussing po**tics for more than 12 hours before.

  214. 214.

    Yutsano

    @Ross Hershberger: Are you a vegetarian or a vegan? If just a veg, are you ovo-lacto? I’m asking because I’m trying to challenge myself culinarily and develop more vegetarian dishes.

  217. 217.

    Cliff

    @jeffreyw:

    Nope, this time you are Wrong.

    I have dual net verizon and time warner, and I can’t get those stupid vids to work on either in any browser, google, firefox, IE… Somehow I thought they might work for someone else. – sigh –

    for some reason those ifood.tv vids I linked to won’t load on my machine. If I find a working set of the complete set of vids I’ll bring it to your attn, since you actually cook (!!)

  218. 218.

    Ross Hershberger

    @marcopolo:

    Regarding Evernote, Mark Frauenfelder of Boing Boing, Make Magazine and Dinosaurs & Robots swears by it. I trust Mark’s instincts and consider his endorsement a solid one.

  219. 219.

    marcopolo

    @Stillwater: Yeah it is hard to see the Huskers putting many more points up if the Sooner D keeps playing the way they have for about the last quarter. But then the Sooners need to score to win. Making for a good game though. The SEC championship game was boring as all hell.

  220. 220.

    John O

    Shopping online just may catch on.

    Cuddling and playing with the pup, crossing things off my list, cranking some shuffle, wondering if Auburn can stop Oregon, enjoying the NE-OU game, and having a grand ol’ time.

  221. 221.

    Stillwater

    @soonergrunt: It is because of the love of my only daughter that movie is besmirching my blu-ray player and new 47” 1080P LED-LCD 120Hz television and surround sound system.

    One of many – believe me – sacrifices you will make for the little’ens. We’ll keep you posted with exclamations.

  223. 223.

    pseudonymous in nc

    @mem from somerville:

    Brit fiancé is actually mildly dismayed (as Brits can be) that I’m enjoying my first Ashes from Australia. I’m told they are supposed to be excruciatingly heartbreaking.

    This is true: the Aussies have two decades of putting the fear of [preferred deity/force of nature] in the opposition, so their weakness this year is disconcerting and kind of wrong. (Catching the Aussie commentary, including the wonderful Richie Benaud. They’re praying for rain; that’s normally England’s job.)

  224. 224.

    Stillwater

    Tied up!! If I was Vegas, I’d hafta reset at OU minus 6 at this point. Nebraska just can’t seem to make a defensive stop.

  225. 225.

    marcopolo

    @Ross Hershberger: Well, as my aging brain needs all the help it can get to keep track of various pieces of information, I will give it a shot. Maybe I will finally get organized enough to start blogging about the organic farming scene around St. Louis.

  227. 227.

    Ross Hershberger

    @Yutsano:

    Are you a vegetarian or a vegan? If just a veg, are you ovo-lacto? I’m asking because I’m trying to challenge myself culinarily and develop more vegetarian dishes.

    Fair question, and thanks for the interest. I quit eating meat 15 or so years ago. The biggest challenge (no offense intended to present company) is explaining. I eat eggs, dairy and everything else but meat. People act like taking one element out of your daily diet is like going on white bread and filtered water.

    You wouldn’t believe the questions:
    “So fish. Do you eat fish?”
    Would that be fish meat or vegetable fish you’re referring to?

    “Shrimp? My sister’s a Vegetarian and she eats shrimp”
    Shrimp is meat. Your sister is not a vegetarian.

    I’m not an absolutist. If I’m halfway between Detroit and London and only turkey sandwiches are left for the in-flight meal I’ll eat that rather than punish myself over principles.

    My 93 year old grandmother doesn’t know I don’t eat meat. Diet is important to me but hospitality is paramount. I eat the hamburgers, turkey, whatever at her house and don’t fret. I have no right to impose on her to accommodate me.

  229. 229.

    S. cerevisiae

    UMD Bulldogs win the last game ever in the old DECC, 2-1 over Denver. I can’t wait to see the new rink but it will probably be a couple of years before I can get there.

    God I remember some great concerts there back in the day, even though it was too small for many of the big groups. In the old days the whole floor had no seats and everything else was festival. They ruined it when the put seats down there in the late eighties.

  230. 230.

    Stillwater

    @marcopolo: The SEC championship game was boring as all hell.

    Yeah it was. I actually took time off work to watch that game. Thought the ole ball coach could rustle up some magic, but Newton was just too much. That guy is withoutadoubt the Heisman winner. Complete player, unstoppable.

  233. 233.

    Mark S.

    Learned today my sister-in-law is a birther. She also wonders why we elected a Muslim so soon after 9/11. Well, at least that’s better than the brother (not married to the aforementioned sis-in-law) who told me the last time we talked that his favorite blogger is Pam Gellar.

    My family is about 75% wingnut now. I am soooo glad I’m not going anywhere this Christmas.

  235. 235.

    Svensker

    @Wordsmith:

    I like the idea of the creamy yellow with soft green and a rich ivory for trim. If the room is long and narrow paint the shorter walls a lighter color to bring them forward and the long walls slightly darker to make them recede. Stuff on the walls always makes a room feel larger, too.

  236. 236.

    marcopolo

    @Stillwater: Maybe you are getting ahead of the game. Heh, just as I was thinking OU had Nebraska’s number the Huskers finally step up. Glad I didn’t post anything.

  237. 237.

    PanAmerican

    Louisville beat UCLA 5-4 in a wild QF match, so the men’s soccer Final Four is set. Louisville vs. UNC and Michigan vs. Akron.

    16-13 UConn. Does Cole and WVU need USF here?

  238. 238.

    Yutsano

    @Ross Hershberger: “He don’t eat no MEAT??”

    (pause)

    “Oh that’s okay, I make lamb.”

    I think there is a lot of confusion as to what constitutes a vegetarian. For some it means no red meat, for others only seafood, and some (like you) who eschew animal flesh altogether but still eat other animal based products. Because the definitions are all over the map, the questions turn endless. At least I know what I could and could not cook for you should you choose to come to Seattle, and there’s a very good vegetarian Thai place not far from my house. Plus I make eggplant just about everything. It’s amazing how if you get just a little creative you can satisfy even carnivores.

  239. 239.

    Ross Hershberger

    @marcopolo:

    How about insects? I only ask because of this TED presentation, Why Not Eat Insects, I just saw last week.
    As the narrator points out, we are all eating them already all the time.

    I’m gonna politely dodge that one because it’s too close to the vegetarian diet ‘what about?’ game, which I lost interest in playing a decade ago.

    I have had live earthworms in my fridge continuously for 27 years, however* They’re for my twistneck turtle Barney. I’m a veggie but every day I kill two worms feeding them to old Barn. I’m fine with that because he needs to eat live worms. But I don’t, and that’s the difference.

    * not the same ones

  240. 240.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Maody #167: Isn’t it wonderful? Glad you enjoyed it and have been forwarding it. This is why I continue to read all the emails from my siblings, despite the overabundance of that political stuff we’re not allowed to mention on ths thread. Every now and then, brother or sister sends me something really worth watching, like baby hummer vid.

  243. 243.

    John O

    I’m starting to wonder how much money Martinez has on OU.

    I have it on very good authority that Martinez is a prima donna that a lot of his own teammates hate as does Bo, he also has a near Marinovich-grade horror-show father, and will be gone next year.

    (Friends in Lincoln who breathe NE football.)

  244. 244.

    soonergrunt

    @Svensker: I grew up the only son and youngest child with four older sisters. I KNOW color pallettes, and fabrics and all that frou-frou shit.

  248. 248.

    Stillwater

    @John O: If your near Husker country, I’m pretty sure those are fightin words. The Big Red crowd won’t take kindly to their freshman phenom getting shipped.

  249. 249.

    marcopolo

    @John O: Which is interesting because all of the press I have read on Martinez makes him out to be a good kid, whereas Pellini tends to come across as a bit assholish.

  250. 250.

    The Dangerman

    @Ross Hershberger:

    …on cooking and geeking. Interesting books, tools, materials, liquid nitrogen, blowtorches, etc.

    Must check this out; reminds me of an article on ways to make the charcoal briquets hottest/fastest. Winner was pouring liquid nitrogen directly onto the briquets (Disclaimer: Do NOT try this at home unless you live next to a fire station and a burn ward).

  256. 256.

    marcopolo

    Ye gods, yet another Nebraska fumble. I am not a Husker fan but I am starting to feel some sympathy for them.

  258. 258.

    Yutsano

    @Ross Hershberger: There is a gift off that website that I would get for my little brother in a heartbeat. It’d make him go Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, but I bet he’d love it just the same.

    Grilled cheese time, BBIAF.

  262. 262.

    mai naem

    Have a veg friend who says she doesn’t eat anything with eyes. Short, sweet and to the point. Also for people who somehow think that one is a DFH for not eating meat I just ask them if they eat dog? Most people get it after you say that to them.

  266. 266.

    The Republic of Stupidity

    @The Dangerman:

    Winner was pouring liquid nitrogen directly onto the briquets (Disclaimer: Do NOT try this at home unless you live next to a fire station and a burn ward).

    Uhhhhhh… I’m not sure it’s a good idea to pour liquid nitrogen directly on ANYTHING…

    I see you’re serious about your name, though…

    I always have a certain… admiration… for those who deliberately choose to live on certain edges….

    Ever see Punkin Chunkin?

    Anvil firing?

    (Personal disclaimer… I like explosions… I don’t like seeing people get hurt… but I do like explosions…)

  267. 267.

    stuckinred

    @mai naem:

    John Russel is Paul Newman

    Audra Favor: I can’t imagine eating a dog and not thinking anything of it.
    John Russell: You even been hungry, lady? Not just ready for supper. Hungry enough so that your belly swells?
    Audra Favor: I wouldn’t care how hungry I got. I know I wouldn’t eat one of those camp dogs.
    John Russell: You’d eat it. You’d fight for the bones, too.
    Audra Favor: Have you ever eaten a dog, Mr. Russell?
    John Russell: Eaten one and lived like one.
    Audra Favor: Dear me.

  269. 269.

    Admiral_Komack

    Twitter

    If Leni Riefenstahl were an Obama fanatic and had a blog, this is exactly what it would look like:
    http://is.gd/icYrj #CreepyReverence
    about 7 hours ago via web
    Retweeted by 24 people
    .ggreenwald
    Glenn Greenwald

    I say:
    Fuck Glenn Greenwald.

  270. 270.

    marcopolo

    So Connecticut is going to a BCS bowl? Grats to them but man this has been a strange strange season.

  271. 271.

    soonergrunt

    @stuckinred: The Army was kind of the same. Still, when the holidays came around and the care packages started rolling in, I was doing all right. Up to my eyeballs in good stuff.
    My sister Maggie even baked an apple pie one year for my birthday, froze it, packed it in dry ice, and priority mailed it to me. It was in great shape when I got it.

  272. 272.

    Ross Hershberger

    @mai naem:

    For things to live, things have to die. I’d rather have an eggplant or a potato (I LOVE potatoes) die on my behalf than a lamb.
    I grew up in a farm town and worked in a seafood restaurant. Eating animals just eventually got distasteful to me.
    But I don’t give a damn what anyone else eats. Hell, I’ll cook you the best clam chowder you ever had.

    It’s late. Time for book, bed and booze.

    Thanks for the conversation.

    Cheers.

  274. 274.

    Stillwater

    @stuckinred: The Hokies are for real. I don’t think anybody would want to play em in a bowl game. And UConn? Did their bball team play football this year?

  276. 276.

    mem from somerville

    @pseudonymous in nc: Are you watching Willow too? I know the guys have said their names, but I didn’t register them at all.

    Speaking of praying for rain: http://www.cafepress.co.uk/theobo/6843750

    Fiancé also tried to describe the angst I’m supposed to be feeling at this point–years of hope + disappointment, but I said, “I understand, love–I’m a democrat*.” He agreed that was also similar to the Red Sox prior to the end of the curse.

    (Sorry, I know that was political, but true…)

    Pietersen just got 200. Woot!

  277. 277.

    marcopolo

    @soonergrunt: Can’t say the same for any of the B-day cakes that were mailed to me when I lived in Fairbanks. But even a crumby birthday cake was better than none at all.

  280. 280.

    The Dangerman

    @The Republic of Stupidity:

    Personal disclaimer… I like explosions… I don’t like seeing people get hurt… but I do like explosions

    Flames are my thing. This all reminds me of old educational videos I watched from an archive; one was blowing cornstarch through a makeshift tube and at a flame. Poor Johnny burned down the house. Fucking hilarious.

  282. 282.

    soonergrunt

    @marcopolo: Oh, yeah. A lot of stuff arrived crushed up.
    I got a package during Desert Storm with about six different types of cookies, all of them crumbled up and mixed up. The only thing I could do with it was scoop some into my canteen cup, pour some cold milk over it at breakfast, and eat it with a spoon like cereal. It was good as hell, and a little touch of home right when I needed it most.

  283. 283.

    4jkb4ia

    Congratulations UConn.

    In attempting to describe Daniel Pipes, there are the roadblocks of not only politics but I/P, and that nothing I write will stop him from being subjected to ridicule. However I can write something unquestionably nice. Pipes’s criterion for I/P relations is “victory”– P accepts I as J state. After this has happened the matter of dividing up WB/J&S will be simple. By this criterion, O and everything that happened afterwards was a sham. By this same criterion, when evaluating presidents you have to make a distinction between the “music” and the “words”. The “words” are accepting O as legitimate and cajoling the I side to have more and more talks. That could have been a lot more demagogic than it was in the sense that the crowd desired red-meat Obama-bashing. Pipes also said that Obama’s being born a Muslim has no bearing on whether he is one now.

    (Yes, I know Clinton got them to recognize I. That is different from accept. And I am not Pipes anyhow.)

  284. 284.

    marcopolo

    @John O: Well I am not sure exactly where I come by this feeling, but it strikes me that there are a fair number of hard core Nebraska fans that are pissed that Martinez sprained his ankle (which really limits his game), that it didn’t heal particularly fast, and that he doesn’t read the field as well as they want (but he is a true freshman after all). But based on seeing the way Martinez can play when healthy, I just think he is gonna be a monster quarterback with a little more seasoning. The stats he put up before his injury were amazing for a freshman.

  285. 285.

    The Republic of Stupidity

    @The Dangerman:

    Big fires are cool too…

    Know what a BLEVE is?

    Again… I don’t like seeing people get hurt…

    But… explosions… fires… it’s all good…

    About 10 years ago, I got invited to help set up and set off the 4th of July fireworks on the Berkeley pier (SF Bay)… took 25 of us 12 hrs to shoveling and bolting and whatnot to set up all the tubes and get ready… then, we set off 525 4″, 6″, & 8″ charges in a half hr… and all by hand (highway flare actually)… this was prolly the last year they did it manually (electronic ignition from there on in…)

    They used c4 fuse, I believe… talk about fast burning… you’d reach out to hit the fuse w/ the torch and WHHHHHHHHHOOMMMMP… it’s go off before you could blink… and when an 8″ mortar goes off a ft & a half away, you get such a nice thump in your chest…

    One of the coolest things I’ve ever done…

  286. 286.

    marcopolo

    @Stillwater: Did I miss something happening to Helu? Burkhead is definitely doing a smash up job but I though Helu was the go to rusher for Nebraska. Is Helu still injured?

    And I think, and hope I am not writing this prematurely, the game ball goes to the Sooner D.

  288. 288.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: And I’m not going to the thread downstairs anymore. Nope. Not for nothing. Not even if you told me Peyton Hillis was down there naked. No sirree.

  289. 289.

    The Dangerman

    @The Republic of Stupidity:

    Know what a BLEVE is?

    No; google is the next stop.

    Can’t say I’ve done anything big as you described; been around some interesting stuff that could have made a big show. Used to be in satellite manufacturing; to make a longer story shorter, there was a graphite loaded foam used for RF isolation. Anyway, that shit would burn like a motherfucker, so we were always extremely careful. Well, we were ALWAYS extremely careful around hardware that might be valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars, just more so around that insulation and things like explosive bolt cutters.

    and when an 8” mortar goes off a ft & a half away, you get such a nice thump in your chest

    Yeah, that should wake you up.

  294. 294.

    Yutsano

    @4jkb4ia: That sounds intriguing. And I can’t bitch about “authentic” in latke recipes since my family’s is a bit far off the beaten path. I LOVE good latkes though. Went to a Jewish deli in Phoenix and had latkes and rugelach. I was a very happy kid.

    @soonergrunt: Massive threeway flame war one thread down. Nothing to see really, just a bunch of grown men being childish.

  297. 297.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: Yesh, but not the hawt schweaty kind. Unfortunately.

    I swear my kitten cannot do anything without it being massively cute. She was standing on the edge of my bed and had a small sneezing fit. Teh cute, it was too much.

    @soonergrunt: Everybody has one, and some folks think the anonymity of the computer screen means you can become one. If I get that bad you have my permission to come up here and shoot me. And I’ll leave a note to avoid any inter-service conflicts.

  299. 299.

    Yutsano

    Posted, without further comment.

    @asiangrrlMN: She has one good habit I hope she keeps: she’s not real keen on people food. Except chicken. She will claw me mercilessly over chicken. Anything else she’ll sniff at first if she’s never seen it then regard it as just another kitteh toy.

  300. 300.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: Nifty. I disagree with the forgiveness quote, but still, nifty. And, my boys are thoroughly hooked on hooman food (organic). I admit. I am weak.

    P.S. I would do away with Christmas and end-of-year ‘best ofs’ completely.

  301. 301.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN:

    I would do away with Christmas and end-of-year ‘best ofs’ completely.

    Agreed. You get ONE show to sum up the year after Christmas but either just before or after the New Year. That’s it. And it needs to be culturally relevant. Otherwise STFU please and thank you.

  304. 304.

    Wordsmith

    @JPL: The light! yeah I do have a light in the ceiling.

    Wrote down all the color suggestions. Gonna sleep on them. I saw a color tool on one website and actually took pics of the bathroom.

    Oh – and fuck Glenn Greenwald

  311. 311.

    Christin

    Before I go to bed, I almost felt like clicking on every single name her to go “hey, that was great” “hey, i agree” “hey you don’t say what?”
    and put them all in one post with nothing else so no one would know what the hell each one of those 3984398 people said unless they clicked and so John could once see how impossible it is to know what people are talking about but I know I am peeing in teh wind.

    I mean not even a commenting thread like The People’s Voice which is a brand new blog?

    That being said, soonergrunts post about his wife and xmas was adorable and made me almost sick because I have not started to shop yet and our tree is not up or bought and I”m freaking out. So that is all the blogster time I can handle this weekend.

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