Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

In after Baud. Damn.

Everyone is in a bubble, but some bubbles model reality far better than others!

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

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

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

Fear or fury? The choice is ours.

He really is that stupid.

with the Kraken taking a plea, the Cheese stands alone.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

T R E 4 5 O N

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

The revolution will be supervised.

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

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  2. 2.

    SiubhanDuinne

    I’d love to contribute something meaningful, but I’m off in about 5 minutes to see *The King’s Speech.*

  4. 4.

    MikeJ

    @JPL: The nook is awesome as soon as you root it and just make it a generic android pad. No idea what you’d have to do to make the kindle worthwhile.

    I can run emacs on my nook! Fuck you B&N!

  9. 9.

    taylormattd

    Well sorry, I’m violating your rule to beg John to ban that firebagging asshole WyldPirate.

    I mean really, how long do we have to put up with his disgusting, vile, insane attacks?

    I mean really, what will it take to ban him? Dennis’ post questioning the nature of anti-Obama rage on the left merits this?:

    Damn, you really broke out the knee pads and lip balm out for this post , Mr Green.
    Be sure to wipe off all that Obama spooge soaking your face before you go back for round two. We wouldn’t want anyone thinking you are Obama’s personal hose bag.

    Here is the link: https://balloon-juice.com/2010/12/26/going-electric/#comment-2316011

  11. 11.

    Chat Noir

    We are now into season #2 of “The Wire” on DVD. Enjoying it immensely although we need to read the episode synopsis on the HBO website after viewing since a lot of “insider” stuff doesn’t often come across in the dialogue. I had no idea that Dominic West is British. And Wendell Pierce is soooooooooooo good! I love his silky-smooth voice. The entire ensemble is brilliant.

    @SiubhanDuinne: Saw it on Saturday and thought it was most excellent.

  12. 12.

    Brick Oven Bill

    I’d like to give a Holiday unity shout out to America’s teachers, who are continually slandered by our leftist would be overlords. Regarding the recent PISA score releases MSNBC states:

    ‘Wake-up call’: U.S. students trail global leaders; Out of 34 countries assessed, U.S. ranked 14th in reading, 17th in science, 25th in math.

    Horse crap MSNBC.

    Educator-in-Chief Arne Duncan states:

    “This is an absolute wake-up call for America. The results are extraordinarily challenging to us and we have to deal with the brutal truth. We have to get much more serious about investing in education.”

    Blow yourself Arne, you stooge. If you think you can handle the Truth, read on.

    When the government data is Logically filtered by a Heretic, certain Truths are revealed. We are able to view that American teachers in aggregate are second only to the teachers of one particular city (Shanghai) when it comes to educating Asian students (556 vs. 541; in contrast Japan scored 520); second only to Finland when it comes to educating White Students (536 vs. 525; in contrast Germany scored 497).

    American teachers are unequaled when it comes to teaching Hispanics (466 vs Mexico’s 425) and blacks (441 vs we are not sure as metrics are never applied to African students in their home countries).

    Well done American teachers. Enjoy your Christmas break, and your summer break, and your 2pm go-home time, and your generous pensions and health care plans. Feel free to tell Arne to pack sand.

  13. 13.

    CADoc

    Got a Kindle for Christmas and I just love the instant gratification of it. Whatever you are in the mood to read, bingo! I can hardly wait to take it on my next trip. Might even root for weather delays so I can just hang out by myself in the airport and read (a rare pleasure for a mom!)

  15. 15.

    MikeJ

    @taylormattd: Fascination with Obama’s massive, hot, black cock shouldn’t be enough to ban anyone, and I doubt it will be.

    It’s sad that wp can’t seem to think of anything else though.

  16. 16.

    Mark S.

    Huh, I didn’t hear Marty Peretz was forced out a couple of weeks ago. New York Times Magazine has a long piece on him, which is probably more Marty than I could possibly care about. Here’s from a synopsis:

    The bigotry charge was what lingered. “I mean, it hurts,” he said. We were in the dining room of the Loews Regency Hotel in midtown Manhattan, where the waiters greet him as “Dr. Peretz.” At a basic level, he said, he can’t be a bigot; he mentioned two close, personal black friends, one who is “so fucking smart,”

    He’s also hired Muslims in the past.

  18. 18.

    licensed to kill time

    I’ve been getting email from a dead person. I know for a fact the person is dead but once in a while I get an email from her which is pretty creepy.

    I mark them as spam and then delete them without opening or reading because I know someone has compromised her old account. But it’s still pretty weird and all.

  19. 19.

    ChrisS

    Does anyone know how to hack sony blu-ray players?

    some of their built in apps for internet content are garbage and I’d like to add some others for streaming.

  23. 23.

    jeffreyw

    @ChrisS:
    I hacked mine, reversed it into a blu-ray projector. Only goes out two feet, but it makes a great light saber! Uh, sorry about the coffee table. I think I can glue the leg back on. Not too sure about the dog. Again, sorry!

  25. 25.

    PurpleGirl

    @Chat Noir
    @SiubhanDuinne

    Re: The King’s Speech

    I’ve been tempted to see it but as I stutter, I have often found that films involving people who stutter make me anxious and uncomfortable. This is a major consideration for me.

  28. 28.

    Chyron HR

    @PeakVT:

    Human Fingerprint #4 – Nights warming faster than days

    Have you considered that the Moon might be getting hotter? HUH?

  29. 29.

    Violet

    @SiubhanDuinne:
    Really want to see that. Colin Firth! Yum! I’ve hardly seen any films from about March onwards this year. Been far, far too busy.

    How about cookies? Anyone want a Christmas cookie? I’ve got mountains of them leftover.

  30. 30.

    KG

    @Brick Oven Bill: I know I shouldn’t feed the trolls, but…

    um, wtf is your point other than race baiting? Do you really think that 14, 17, & 25 out of 34 is a good result? Really? Do you think that those scores are acceptable for the self-proclaimed leaders of the free world?

  31. 31.

    AuldBlackJack

    Hey did you hear Obama was in Vegas at the Blackjack table? Yeah, got served 2 Aces! Kos and Hamsher were there going like ‘Split, Split!’. But Obama was so cool. He just played it like a 2, got served up a jack, then took another hit for an 8. Bing! Like that! Doubled his money, man! He’s sooooooo cool!

  32. 32.

    Maody

    to shovel or not to shovel?

    books
    mac
    red and black
    pie, definitely pie
    ninja kitties
    Ta-Nehisi Coates
    cheese
    cookies

  37. 37.

    danimal

    This is for discussing anything but O-bots vs Firebaggers.

    You’ll never get to 500 comments with this kind of restriction.

    NFL rant to follow: My San Diego Chargers have proven to be a classless organization. From an ownership that is more interested in profitting off a new stadium than winning, to a general manager more interested in winning battles of egos with agents than resolving player contract issues, to a coaching staff that refuses to hold players accountable, to players that can not wake up until they are well behind to teams they should easily beat, this has been an abysmal year.

    Damn them all…and wait until next year.

  38. 38.

    licensed to kill time

    @kdaug: I don’t know because I delete them as soon as I see them without opening. No subject line on one, the other said “HI! Hiiiiii! ” so probably it was about drugs I could buy online. Still, it gives me a little frisson…

  41. 41.

    Carol

    @licensed to kill time:
    Creepy. But I would look at them just to see if they are being sent by a relative. Sometimes that’s the case, they just want to let you know she’s gone, or it’s a spouse who hasn’t gotten their own account yet.

    Once you’ve looked, then you can spam block it if the account has turned to spam.

    I need absolution. That massive storm was supposed to go right through Cincinnati and went south at the last minute. The predictions for Christmas Eve went to near-apocalyptic up until Wednesday. I was buying grocery on Tuesday just to be sure I wouldn’t get caught in the mess. But on Wednesday, they kept dropping the estimates down to about a couple of inches, and I was partly disappointed, partly relieved. I feel guilty for being relieved the massive snow is going elsewhere.

  44. 44.

    Jade Jordan

    OK, I am definitely not an Obot or a Firebagger. I am confused and I don’t know what to think about Obama or the world.

    I would have been all better if the Eagles hadn’t wimped out because of a dusting of snow.

  46. 46.

    licensed to kill time

    @Carol: This person died almost 3 years ago, no relatives or spouse. And it’s only in the last week that I’ve gotten the emails. I’m sure it’s a spammer but I’m not going to open the email and find out. I mean, this person is loooooooooong gone. It’s just such an odd feeling to see that name appear out of nowhere.

    Of course, she could be trying to communicate from beyond the grave and here I am, ignoring the Discovery of the Millennium!

  47. 47.

    Ailuridae

    It snowed over the weekend here in my beloved Chicago which caused me to break out my winter boots and deal with one of the more annoying parts of the winter – having to stop and tie my shoe laces on the boots every two blocks. Its seems to be something with the cheap “waterproof” coating on boot laces. Double knots? Triple Knots? Makes no difference

    Is there some little life trick that I never learned here? Do people swap them out with normal sneaker laces? Use lace locks? Are there special 10 dollar laces I need to buy from REI? Inquiring minds

  49. 49.

    kdaug

    @Carol: BZZZZT!

    That’s precisely the wrong advice. Simply opening an email from someone can launch a trojan, worm, or virus. You don’t have to click on any links. LTKT is following the best security practice.

  51. 51.

    Mnemosyne

    @JPL:

    Kindle (or paper)
    Mac
    Purple
    Cupcakes

    I should probably get up and shower at some point but, damn it, I’m on vacation!

  55. 55.

    tbogg

    @danimal:

    I disagree. The Spanos family wants to win the big one because that is the only way they’ll get people of this flat broke city to vote for their stadium. Personally I get a little thrill every time the Chargers fall on their faces because I know a little bit of Alex Spanos dies with every loss.

  56. 56.

    KG

    @danimal: you would think that owners of sports teams would have realized by now that if you win (and that’s a relative term for most teams) you’ll get whatever you want. The biggest indictment against the GM was the hiring of Norv Turner. 9 years as a head coach before coming to the Chargers and he had 3 winning seasons (his last year in Washington he was fired with a winning record, but I’m not counting that). What possibly makes someone think that’s a good choice for a team that was allegedly a championship contender?

  58. 58.

    Shade Tail

    Probably the one thing I love most about this blog is all the advertisements that come up. Every time a new one gets through my blocked-sites filter, I just find the URL it’s coming from and add that to my blocking list. B.J. gets all kinds of ads from obscure sites I’ve never heard of before. I saw two new ones just today.

    Web surfing is just so much less stressful with all the ads blocked away.

  59. 59.

    Ailuridae

    @KG:

    Actually teams don’t even need to win. Just claim poverty (is is nearly impossible to lose money year to year in the NFL) and leak that you might be willing to relocate the franchise to LA.

    The NFL salary cap has been for well over a decade less than the amount of revenue each team receives from the national television rights. There is like 3M dollars more in the check that comes from the league than the maximum the league let’s a team pay its players. Which means that even if you max out your salary cap you have a 3M dollar cushion before you factor in radio, ticket sales, concessions, merchandising, parking, local radio etc.

  63. 63.

    Gina

    @licensed to kill time: I get emails for a stupid woman who has the same first and last names as I do. Her husband even has the same first name as my husband. I get all kinds of neat stuff, bank account info, car insurance info, social security numbers, confidential mental health info about her oldest kid, names, ages, birthdates of everyone in her family, job info, travel confirmation numbers and dates, multi-million dollar real estate deal details.

    In the beginning, I patiently sent back responses to original senders trying to correct things, and to my email doppelganger as well (her email addy is one letter off). For about five years. Now, I’ve given up. I’m still working on a filter to get this crap directly to Junk, without taking the legit stuff with it.

  66. 66.

    Gina

    Oh, and:

    Nook – can get free stuff from the library
    Mac
    Red. Or purple. And black too.
    Cookies. Or those donuts that have the frosting filling inside. Not that pudding crap.

  67. 67.

    The Republic of Stupidity

    @MikeJ:

    Sheesh…

    And someone actually REMEMBERS the late, great Mr. Gatton…

    And what about Roy Buchanan?

    (Let’s get really obscure here…)

  70. 70.

    JPL

    lol..I just got off the phone with a fan of Fox News..so now have to decide between
    beer or yoga
    in order to relax.
    that can be added to my list

  72. 72.

    ChrisS

    @tbogg @danimal: Unfortunately, the Chargers can’t use the LA threat. The Bills are already the front runners.

    Oh, poor Buffalo, a once proud team they were …

  75. 75.

    danimal

    @Tbogg-Well, Spanos is a freedom-loving, entrepeneurial job-creating rich man stuck in the soshalist NFL begging for public dollars from a cash-starved local government, so I am happy to see him unhappy in that regard. Are there a more despicable lot of hypocrites than NFL owners?

    I just wish Spanos would sell the team to some local folks that want a fair deal for the team and the city.

  78. 78.

    BruceFromOhio

    @danimal: …sell the team to some local folks that want a fair deal for the team and the city.

    This was done in Green Bay with great success, virtually guaranteeing that the NFL will never, ever allow it.

    Perhaps one way around, form an LLC with two or three ‘partners’ at the helm that look good on teevee, and dear Gaia let me never see Jerry Jones fucking ugly mug ever again. Okay, maybe not.

  79. 79.

    danimal

    @Mark S – lol, thx for that. I’m probably the last to join the Fire Norv bandwagon, but that was some pathetic play-calling yesterday.

  80. 80.

    eemom

    there is a new chapter unfolding in the Manning-Assange saga– something about some Wired dude that is the new Scooter Libby, or the new Judith Miller, or something. Hamshwald are hot on his trail, teeth bared, drool dripping…..OMG they just tore his pants off his ass……

  81. 81.

    Mnemosyne

    @ChrisS:

    There’s one eensy problem with any LA threat — we consistently refuse to built a football stadium with public money (which is something I’m very proud of). Unless the team comes up with the funds, they’re not moving anywhere.

  82. 82.

    The Republic of Stupidity

    @MikeJ:

    This is one place where you can never be too hip for the room.

    I’ve noticed that very thing here…

    Tough crowd… tough crowd…

    ***thoughtfully nods head…***

    I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for Tele fanatics…

    Such as the Hellecasters…

  83. 83.

    Carol

    @ChrisS: The Bills are threatening to move to LA? Los Angeles, the graveyard of football teams. Too good weather, too many other things to do with one’s time. In a way it’s like Vegas-even if gambling wasn’t an issue, how many people would leave other entertainment to go see a game?

    It’s going from a place where it’s the top billing in town to a place that barely notices you are around. I mean, there’s a reason why the Los Angeles Raiders once again became the Oakland Raiders, why the Los Angeles Rams finally became the St. Louis Rams, and why no original franchise seems to be in the offing.

    I think the shock of that kills teams. Unlike the Dodgers or the Lakers, where there are dozens of dates where one can attend a game, football requires a less casual approach to attendance and fandom. With only 7-8 or so home games, it’s not a matter of going inside on a bad day, or sitting outside in the sun on a sunny day in order to fill the time. It’s making a commitment on a particular date.

  84. 84.

    Suffern ACE

    @KG: Well, he could have added that we do a better job of educating the white kids than most of the countries in Europe do. Would that have made the statement better?

  85. 85.

    burnspbesq

    @Jewish Steel:

    Different tools for different purposes. Wouldn’t mind having one of each (especially if the LP could be a 1959 or 1960 double-cutaway Special).

    If I had both, I would probably use the Strat as my primary, and set up the LPS action high, for slide.

  86. 86.

    Evolved Deep Southerner

    @licensed to kill time: Licensed, the exact same thing is happening to me pretty well daily.

    I work at a university and one of my students passed away tragically in April of ’09. About three months ago, I started getting e-mails from this student I advised – it was actually an old e-mail they had sent me about four months before they died, just a routine e-mail asking about something mundane.

    I’ve gotten them over and over and over since – but the weird thing is that while they no longer come to my work e-mail or my personal e-mail (to which much of my work e-mail is forwarded) they still come to my blackberry.

    I surmise that the young man had his own school mail forwarded to his gmail account (both e-mail addresses are in the string) and somehow it’s gotten caught in a loop of some kind.

    It was really creepy at first, but now I just delete them.

  87. 87.

    Mnemosyne

    @Carol:

    Too good weather, too many other things to do with one’s time.

    And one of those things is to watch one of our two Pac 10 college teams during the same season as pro football but a day earlier.

    When your audience is already split two ways, it’s hard to come in and make a place for yourself.

  88. 88.

    Carol

    @kdaug: Good point. That’s something I didn’t know, not having relatives or anything. But it would seem to me that unless it’s a yahoo or hotmail or other free account, simply not paying the fee for internet access would kill the e-mail after a certain point.

    But there has to be a way to screen stuff like this so that legitimate contacts from next-of-kin shortly afterwards gets received while setting a drop-dead date where any further use of the account gets automatically deadfiled.

  90. 90.

    The Republic of Stupidity

    @Mnemosyne:

    And one of those things is to watch one of our two Pac 10 college teams during the same season as pro football but a day earlier.

    Well shite…

    I was under the impression that USC under Pete Carroll WAS LA’s professional football team…

  91. 91.

    MattR

    Definitely the most snow I have seen since Ellie joined the family. Last night it was over her back but not quite up to her head. Today, the two feet + covers her head too. I look forward to her taking a dump in the house tonight/tmrw since I dont think she is gonna be able to do it outside with all the snow.

  95. 95.

    Uloborus

    Note to the animationally enthused: Saw Tangled. Very good. I’d have put it as a real work of art worthy of Pixar if it weren’t a Disney Princess Movie and thus the basic themes have been worked over with tire irons for almost exactly 20 years now. I can understand exactly why it was made. Pixar wanted the Princess Movies to go out on a high note – show ’em how it should have been done, end the franchise. Rapunzel was vivacious, complicated, and interesting. The comic relief blended with the story without interrupting the flow. The actual story itself subtleties and twists I didn’t expect, and I thought things like Mother Gothel not having any magic were a nice touch. Maximus, The World’s Most Relentlessly Competent Horse, was great as both an antagonist and an ally.

    Really, if they hadn’t already made 20 movies about a young fairy tale girl breaking away from her family and finding true love in a man she was forb-

    Well, anyway. They went out on a high note.

  97. 97.

    ChrisS

    @Carol:

    Well LA or Toronto. Buffalo isn’t the megaopolis it once was (chortle, guffaw), but the current owner is 92 and the team is only hanging on in Buffalo and its chintzy stadium because of him.

    NFL franchises are goldmines for the owners, especially, like was stated, if they can get a stadium built by the local tax base. I don’t expect the Bills will hang around in NY for much longer.

  98. 98.

    WaterGirl

    @licensed to kill time: Just a thought – how about sending an email message to the administrator of the mail system she uses?

    administrator@whatevercameaftertheperson’sname

    should reach the email administrator (yahoo, gmail, etc) who should be able to look into this and make it stop.

  100. 100.

    asiangrrlMN

    @tbogg: Just like Zygi Wolff and the Vikings. Which is why, even though I am a fan, I do not want the Vikes to make it to the Super Bowl (not that they will this year). We’ve already bought the Twins their stadium (so they could be swept by the Yanks AGAIN in the first round of the playoffs), the (football) Gophers theirs, the Wild! theirs, and now the Vikings? Uh, no. Fuck no. LA can have ’em.

    @Mnemosyne: Please keep that up. Then, maybe, just maybe, my state will see it for the foolish bluster it is. Maybe. I am resigned to us paying for a new Vikings stadium. Damn it.

    @freelancer: So my choice is, “or death?” I’ll take the chicken.

  103. 103.

    licensed to kill time

    @Evolved Deep Southerner: So you get the SAME email over and over again? That IS bizarre.

    Just imagine all the inactive, unused, forgotten mail accounts floating around out there. There are hackers/spammers/probably computer programs actively searching for these accts and glomming on to them to send out spam, virii, worms and nasties to the unwitting. In a way, it IS like a ghost world, seething with spirits and demons.

    Yes, best to just delete on sight. Or, nuke ’em from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.

  106. 106.

    MattR

    @Carol: I have to disagree on two points

    1) LA will be fine as a football city with a good stadium near the downtown area (or not in Anaheim)

    2) Any professional sports team would have no problem filling the seats in Vegas (even if the entire crowd is tourists). But no league will ever give them the chance due to the legalized gambling

  110. 110.

    WaterGirl

    @MattR: One time during a terrible rainstorm my puppy couldn’t hold it any longer. She scratched to go out, got two paws over the threshold, turned around (front paws inside, back paws outside). Her butt was technically outside so she pooped quick like a bunny and ran back inside.

  114. 114.

    Carol

    @Mnemosyne: And the college game is probably way cheaper than even the cheapest Pro seats needed in a major city like Los Angeles. I would guess even the cheapest season tickets would cost a lot of family yearly salaries by a multiple of 2, and regular tickets statospheric.

    Pro Football thrives better in towns where it can at least occasionally take top billing-like DC, Buffalo, Houston, or even New York. The weather pretty much kills any other outdoor anything from time to time in these cities, and guarantees a pretty good tv audience on Sunday. I bet even in December there are plenty of things to do that don’t involve sitting around a radio or tv.

    The city/taxpayers refusing to pay for building a stadium is doubtless an extra obstacle. It’s not as if LA has to worry about tourist downturn if the team threatens to move elsewhere, and there is a argument to be made: why is building a stadium more important than say expanding facilities for Hollywood? Hollywood brings in far more money, has deeper roots, and probably employs directly or indirectly far more people. So why build a stadium and not movie lots?

  115. 115.

    R-Jud

    The Coalition of the Illin’ want to turn the UK into a tiny, colder version of California.

    In an attempt to reduce what is seen as a disconnection between the public and parliament, ministers will ensure that the most popular petition on the government website Direct.gov.uk will be drafted as a bill. It is also planning to guarantee that petitions that reach a fixed level of support – most likely 100,000 signatures – will be ensured time for a Commons debate.

    Basically, they want the public to help them look busy. Whee.

  116. 116.

    MattR

    @danimal: My only bit of pleasure as a Denver Broncos fan this year. I didn’t even have the Raiders or Chiefs to kick while they were down too. Well, actually, firing Josh McDaniels might have given me more pleasure (and hope)

    @WaterGirl: Very cute. She knew the rules and stayed within them, barely :)

    @asiangrrlMN: That would require a shovel. I’m gonna try and find a spot where someone else with a dog has already done the work. One of the nice features of condo living.

  117. 117.

    asiangrrlMN

    @stuckinred: Yup. Atlanta and N’Awlins. Ooooh, that’s difficult. I like N’Awlins, but the Falcons have really come far this year (love a good underdog getting better story). I will have to see how I feel at the beginning of the game.

    @MattR: Maybe you could shovel out a poop place for her? Heh.

    And then, my boys tomorrow night get to be humiliated on national TeeVee!

    @stuckinred: WANT!

  118. 118.

    El Tiburon

    @Southern Beale:
    I clicked over to your site. The Passage was an excellent, summer read. I can’t wait for the movie.

    Also, if you did like The Passage (especially part 1 and you are not just into it for the vampires) I highly, highly recommend Justin Cronin’s two previous works: The Summer Guest and Mary and O’Neill. They are engrossing reads. Cronin definitely has the talent for creating characters that make you feel like you known them all your lives.

    As far as “End of World” sagas, my faves, but I should say the separation between #1 and #4 is like .0001, they are all that good in their own way. And yes, The Passage does seem to be an amalgamation of #1-3, which is a good thing.
    1. The Stand
    2. Swan Song
    3. The Road
    4. The Passage

  120. 120.

    Suffern ACE

    @licensed to kill time: The romantic in me wants the Evolved one to keep responding back to the message with a different answer; one that will settle the spirit who is trying to reach him and move to the beyond. And hopefully then messages will stop. The spirit is looking to an adviser, and who wouldn’t be. I’d be weeping at the movie of the week. I’m a sucker for that.

    Sadly, the technology we have and its potential for abuse is far scarier than the ghosts. It is likely that the spirit will respond back with “I need you to send me 10,000 to an account in Nigeria before I will be at rest. Please provide your account routing numbers.” The ghosts might be in on the scam these days, so we have to ignore them.

  122. 122.

    Evolved Deep Southerner

    @licensed to kill time: I’ve routinely gotten the “hacked account” messages from people I haven’t e-mailed in a dog’s age. Those have a subject line of “hello” or something and then it’s an “online pharmacy” link or something like that.

    This isn’t like that. This is an e-mail that the kid sent me two years ago asking about sideline passes to a ball game that he was trying to arrange, as he was one of the photographers for our yearbook (one of the organizations I advise.)

    In other words, I can’t see how this could possibly help any hacker/spammer.

    Creepy as it may be, open up the e-mail and see if it’s not an old one that you actually did receive from that person when they were living at some point.

  123. 123.

    licensed to kill time

    @WaterGirl: I might do that if it continues, but so far it seems that just flagging the address as spam and deleting the email is working ( I got 2 emails from two old addys). My sense is that responding in any way (via forwarding or whatever) is risky so right into the old trash it goes.

    It’s really more of an oddity than a problem.

  126. 126.

    Evolved Deep Southerner

    @stuckinred: Doing tolerable well here, I reckon. School’s out, I’ve been lazy as a snake, and my nights and day are all mixed up (on top of that I’ve had trouble keeping up with what day of the week it is) but that’s a good problem to have.

    How do you think my Dogs’ll do?

  127. 127.

    Southern Beale

    @El Tiburon:

    LOVED The Passage not for the vampires! In fact, I have been boycotting vampires (well, except for True Blood). Tired of the whole vampire fame-whore thing. Hated those Stephanie Meyer books with a passion. But will definitely check out Cronin’s other work.

    A friend of mine went to the Iowa’s Writer’s Workshop summer program and Cronin was one of the instructors. My friend had never heard of him or The Passage. Cronin apparently said he wrote The Passage after his daughter asked him to write a book about a little girl who saves the world. Well … interesting way to go about it, eh?!

    The only other book on your list I’ve read was The Road. That book totally traumatized me. I read it during the whole “hey let’s nuke Iran for shits and giggles” thing and I swear I just wanted to hide under my bed for 2 weeks.

  129. 129.

    Mark S.

    @MattR:

    I remember reading this after McDaniels got fired:

    As one NFL assistant coach put it recently: “Josh really believes that he’s the reason Tom Brady has been such a success. Not that he helped Tom, that he made Tom” . . . “I know Charlie Weis is cocky,” the assistant coach said, “but Josh makes him look bashful.”

    The sad thing is he’ll never get the chance to make Tim Tebow. On second thought, I could see their paths crossing again in the Arena Football League.

  130. 130.

    JPL

    @stuckinred: My son’s SO is a rabid Tech fan and graduate, so I will be cheering for them although I have to watch it on ESPN3..
    Maybe if we are good John will have an open thread tonight for the Atlanta game.

  133. 133.

    Southern Beale

    @stuckinred:

    That is sweet. A personal message from my dad I would treasure.

    Actually, the day he died he sent me flowers with a sweet little note. He had a little NY apartment that I was borrowing with a friend for a weekend in the city. He sent me flowers to say have a fun weekend. I remember I called him to thank him. I’m forever grateful that my last conversation with him was a loving one, that we were happy and not arguing. It easily could have been the other kind of conversation, where I’m being a bratty kid and he’s just trying to watch out for me.

    He was hit by a car later that day.

  134. 134.

    Kenneth

    Everybody MUST read this post.

    Somehow I doubt many on this blog will. It kind of goes against the Obot/Balloonbagger mantra of “don’t worry, be happy! USA #1!!”

  136. 136.

    burnspbesq

    @realbtl:

    If I could only have one electric, I would have to think about breaking free from the Gibson/Fender duopoly. Ever played a PRS Mira?

  137. 137.

    asiangrrlMN

    Mike Tirico? Again? Seriously? That man fucking haunts me. every time I watch a game. I loathe him. So who is doing MNF tonight then?

    The fuck? Not Tirico? YAY. OK. Go, Tech!

  138. 138.

    stuckinred

    @Southern Beale: That’s is rough. My dad was at a reunion of his WWII ship in the late 80’s. I sent him a telegram telling him how proud I was of him. He called me the next day and said “goddamn it don’t ever send me a telegram”. That’s how they notified the next of kin during the war and he never got over it.

  139. 139.

    burnspbesq

    @Kenneth:

    Your recommendation is sufficient to ensure that huge numbers of people who might otherwise have clicked through, aren’t going to.

  145. 145.

    El Tiburon

    @Southern Beale:
    Yeah, The Road was very intense. It is one of those books that sticks with you after you set it down. I needed a day or so to decompress.

    I love the vampires though, but not the Twilight version and other recent abominations. I must admit I watch True Blood, but that show is so stupid and ridiculous, but oh well.

    Stephen King’s “Salem’s Lot” is a very scary vampire book and another favorite of mine. Robert McCammon, who wrote ‘Swan Song” has a very good vampire book as well: “They Thirst”.

    “The Passage” is supposed to be book one in a trilogy, so we’ll see.

  151. 151.

    WaterGirl

    @licensed to kill time: Up to you, of course, but if it starts to be more bothersome I think you could contact the email administrator without even forwarding the messages (just include date, time and subject for at least one of the messages).

    I also figure that if you’re getting these, then others may be, too, some of whom might find it more upsetting than you.

  152. 152.

    licensed to kill time

    @Suffern ACE: I like the idea of Evolved doing that, too. It’s what came to mind when I got my first email from the dead….what does she want? Can I help her in some way? I mean, it flashed through my head for about a millisecond.

    But, yeah…far more likely to be a Nigerian prince or a really attractive offer for herbal boner pills or a gen-u-ine Rolecks watch :)

  155. 155.

    Mnemosyne

    @Southern Beale:

    In nonfiction, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is just as good as people say it is. I’m nervous about the HBO movie version because it could quite easily fall into the “nice white lady saves po’ black folks” trap that the book manages to avoid.

    @Uloborus:

    The death of the princess film at Disney has been greatly exaggerated. There was some panic on the corporate side when The Princess and the Frog flopped (relatively speaking), but I’m still convinced a huge part of the audience problem was that she was a black princess. The higher ups at the Animation Studio don’t want to kill all princess movies forever (Ed Catmull was misquoted) and Tangled has given them a leg to stand on with corporate.

    You won’t see another one for at least four or five years, but I really don’t think that Tangled will be the end forever.

  158. 158.

    Southern Beale

    This item from Sully is interesting:

    Perhaps the real reason Democrats stopped unapologetically advocating for muscular government action to solve every problem – or at least why most of them did – is that the resulting policies didn’t always work. And how could they? There is no single approach to policy that comes out right every time. Liberals at their best see government performance as it is, not as ideologues wish it to be.

    By the same token, conservatives these days tend to be ideologues, who see private industry as they wish it to be: never corrupt, always abiding by the rules. Somehow when a corporation profits, even by twisting the rules, it somehow benefits us all. Free market fairy dust I guess.

  160. 160.

    Kenneth

    Even the generally “pro-American” DailyKos has had dozens of stories about America’s decline and China’s rise in the past week, The Empire is falling!

  162. 162.

    stuckinred

    @asiangrrlMN: No, this jackass that keeps popping up telling everyone he WAS the revolution in the 60’s and demanding everyone answer his idiotic questions. Earlier he said the Vietnam War didn’t heat up until Tet 68. Fucking moron.

  163. 163.

    NobodySpecial

    @Kenneth: So is our interest level in your drivel.

    Come to think, my Give-A-Fuck-O-Meter is stuck at zero when I see your name. The only good side effect of that is I tend to ignore Ken Burns, too.

  164. 164.

    Southern Beale

    @Mnemosyne:

    I’ve had several people recomment “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” to me.

    For some reason I am remembering there is a Nashville connection to that book … can’t remember what it is though.

    I’ll have to put that one on my list …

  165. 165.

    licensed to kill time

    __

    You can’t handle the TURTH about The Empire.

    “You want the TURTH? You can’t HANDLE the TURTH!”

    LOL.

  174. 174.

    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Hopefully, as frequently as possible, but usually not nearly as frequently as I’d like. There’s a moral there somewhere. Or maybe an immoral.

  176. 176.

    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies. But in four or five years perspective may completely change.

    In the meantime, they saved Princess And The Frog and Tangled and we have two decent movies, finally. I think you’re right about PatF. Racism is only a small (well, a very *subtle*) part of it. Disney Princess Movies sell a certain image, and ‘poor black girl’ is not in that image.

    Shame. Good movie. After three decades of Eisner venting his bowels on the animation industry, Disney’s finally getting back up to speed.

  178. 178.

    The Other Chuck

    @Ailuridae:

    When you tie your laces, you probably tie the standard granny knot everyone was taught. It’s a crappy knot, but it’s easily fixed: when you do the first twist, instead of putting the left lace over the right put the right over the left instead. Then do the loop as you normally do. In other words, one of the twists should be left over right and the other should be right over left.

    If you do tie a proper knot and your laces still come undone, then well, buy better laces.

  181. 181.

    Jay in Oregon

    @Kenneth

    It kind of goes against the Obot/Balloonbagger mantra of “don’t worry, be happy! USA #1!!”

    Aw, come on, you’re not even trying with that one. I expect better for my trolling dollar.

  185. 185.

    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:

    Read the link I posted.

    THAT is the truth.

    Obama just a new smiling black face on the same old Empire that’s assfucking the world with a dildo, and the world has had ENOUGH.

  187. 187.

    JPL

    @Angry Black Lady: Kenneth didn’t read the rules of this post. He can rant all he wants on the earlier posts. So what do you think..cake or pie..beer or yoga..falcons or saints.
    How was your Christmas btw?

  190. 190.

    Mnemosyne

    @Uloborus:

    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies.

    But they do. Inferring from what I’ve been told (at my very small, cog in the corporate machine level, mind you), they want the Disney and Pixar studios to continue to have separate identities, and one of the ways to differentiate them is to keep the fairy tale/princess stories at Disney. It will probably take another little while to get corporate to settle down from their freakout, but it will happen.

    Have you seen the trailer for the new Winnie the Pooh? Go see it and keep my paycheck coming! ;-)

  192. 192.

    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: I don’t give a crap about your racist homophobic rhetoric, so I decline your invitation. I just want to know what the hell “turth” is.

    The world? Lawl. You only wish that were so. The world is happy. You’re one of the contrarian fuckwits crying into your wine purse because no one is paying you no never mind.

  198. 198.

    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    …I… I… I CAN’T, Mnem. I have decades of frothing hatred at how Milne’s work has been sold like a cheap back alley whore that I still haven’t worked through! Even if this is good, how can I spend the sixty seconds necessary holding back my bile in order to find out?

    Don’t even get me started on what they did to The Rescuers…

  200. 200.

    Mnemosyne

    I have to admit, it cracks me up that Kenneth apparently thinks that the rest of the world only just decided they don’t like American imperialism. Because apparently our adventures in Southeast Asia, South America, the Middle East, and the South Pacific over the past 150 years or so didn’t really count and it was only when the blackity black black man got into office that they started to resent being pushed around.

  203. 203.

    Kenneth

    @Mnemosyne:

    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.

    So shut the fuck up and shove THAT up your ass, and go read Chalmers Johnson. Race has nothing to do with it, but apparently our corporate Owners thought that if they could put a BLACK face on it all useful tools and idiot water carriers for Empire like you wouldn’t attack it anymore lest you be labeled “racist”.

    It worked like a charm for certain segments of the useful idiot “left”, I see.

  204. 204.

    Evolved Deep Southerner

    Yo, I’m still in moderation back at #122, apparently. I know what phrase triggered the filter, but I promise I’m not trafficking in boner pills.

  206. 206.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Angry Black Lady: Only for you. Me, I’ll take the boots as long as they are covered in snow. But, I do wear flip-flops when I take out the garbage. So there.

    @JPL: Velcro itself is fine. But, most boots don’t come in Velcro (as far as I know). And, Kenneth has read the rules just fine. All he’s talking about is pie and cake. Man, does he love himself some petit fours.

  207. 207.

    That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal

    And what about the Ashes? What the fuck has happened to Australian cricket? Michael Hussey is the only batsman that has looked at all good in this series, and they almost left him off the side. Mitchell Johnson bowled well in Perth. Peter Siddle is bowling pretty well in Melbourne. That’s it. They need to burn this side to the ground and start over. Ponting’s tantrum yesterday was a cry for help.

    The interesting test is being played in South Africa.

  209. 209.

    stuckinred

    See, this punk ass racist mothefucker is trying to play the Nam card again. He’s one of the sissy fucks that would run their mouths and then run their ass away when the shit started.

  210. 210.

    Mnemosyne

    @Kenneth:

    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.

    So? I was a toddler when Vietnam ended, and now I’m in my 40s. That means that your political life happened a very long time ago.

    Move along, grandpa. You can’t look at every goddamned thing through Vietnam spectacles anymore.

  211. 211.

    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: No idea. Is that how they normally roll? I live in the boonies in Illinois, so all my contact with live music is usually third hand.

    EDIT – Ignore the K thing. Think peaceful thoughts.

  213. 213.

    JPL

    @asiangrrlMN: It’s really been cold in GA and velcro is the greatest invention for doggie coats. I was pup sitting for a 5 pound maltese and her boots have velcro.. so there!!!
    That’s the turth! also,too.

  216. 216.

    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: Yea, they always have a special sale here when they have a show in the ATL. It’s a nice touch that they don’t really have to do. REM has incredibly nice people working for them and they really contribute to the community in many ways.

  217. 217.

    Mnemosyne

    @stuckinred:

    You (and the vast majority of the Baby Boomers who post on here) seem to have managed to move on from the Vietnam era to deal with the world of today. Kenneth seems like he’s stuck in a time warp and just woke up to discover that the president is now — OMG! — black!

    I do think a big part of why Obama won was because he’s the post-Vietnam candidate and people didn’t want to fight those hippie vs Silent Majority wars all over again, but the wars just go on, I guess.

    ETA: My problem with Kenneth isn’t that his political consciousness was awakened by Vietnam, it’s that he doesn’t seem to have learned a goddamned thing in the intervening 40 years.

  218. 218.

    Ailuridae

    @stuckinred:

    Wise ass. The El is further away in any of three directions (1/2 mile north or East, 3/4 of a mile south) than almost anywhere I need to go. Walkscore of 100 for the win! Now I am on two bus routes but, well, I like walking.

    I’m retying (can that possibly be spelled correctly? Is that even a word) my boots once or twice for each shoe every half mile I do walk. And this has been going on as long as I can remember even when I was wearing original Timberland shitkickers in Upstate NY.

    I’m going to try the two knots mentioned by NobodySpecial and The Other Chuck and barring that, I am just going to buy high top basketball laces – I never have problem keeping my sneakers tied.

  219. 219.

    asiangrrlMN

    @JPL: Ha! Score one for the Velcro. I just like black shiny boots, so Velcro is not the best applicant.

    By the way, my pie filter was running slowly, so I actually got to see some of K’s comments. What a sad and bitter man he is. Now, he’s happy again, talking about pie and cake and meringue. YAY!

    @Ailuridae: Zippers, I tell you! They rule! Or, h/t JPL, Velcro.

  221. 221.

    Mnemosyne

    @Ailuridae:

    I have no idea if this would actually work, but maybe you could try steaming the laces over a teakettle or pot of boiling water to loosen them up. I do it with my circular knitting needles with stiff plastic cords that have to be loosened up to lie straight, so I wonder if it would work with your shoelaces.

  224. 224.

    4jkb4ia

    NOT technically Obots vs. Firebaggers, (aka “joining a machloches”), although a response to a comment here in that line.

    NYT today reports on HHS efforts to find more eligible children for Medicaid. We have a factoid that 10% of children are currently uninsured as opposed to 23% of nonelderly adults. To me this supported that DADT was a bigger progressive achievement than sick kids. The achievements of the health care bill will be measured by how it treats that 23% of nonelderly adults. Also, sick kids are not demonized and their inability to join the military is not code for lack of full participation in civic life and the many benefits that the military can give an eligible person. A core progressive principle should be keeping people in instead of leaving people out.
    (Now, in terms of pure ethics sick kids are better because you could save a life. No one is questioning that.)

  225. 225.

    El Tiburon

    @Angry Black Lady:
    I would also like to know what is racist about what Kenneth wrote.

    Also, TURTH appears to be an error as it appears he meant to type TRUTH.

    Perhaps you are not aware of all of TEH internet traditions, but one of the oldest is mistakes people make when typing. Most of us, it seems, don’t have editors or secretaries so we tend to make mistakes when typing.

    But otherwise continue on with your childish game. Perhaps one day you will find the turth. Or Whutever. Oops. There I go again.

    Seriously, though, do explain how saying Obama is the “new black face” is racist.

  226. 226.

    Evolved Deep Southerner

    AIR FORCE RECOVERS!

    C’mon, Falcons, beat the Jackets! For America!

    In all seriousness, damn. Talk about watching two mules fight over a fucking turnip.

  227. 227.

    Evolved Deep Southerner

    Thanks, ABL, for extricating my post from moderation. The person I was aiming it at is long gone, but I do appreciate it.

  229. 229.

    me

    This is pretty surprising.

    They are professional victims, mostly brutal themselves, who originate in the ultra-nationalist and religious right. They are insatiable. And they want America to be Israel’s patsy.

    You’d think he’d have a little self-awareness.

  230. 230.

    jeffreyw

    @Ailuridae: Tie a simple square knot in the laces, use a bow to take up excess lace–with another square knot in the loops perhaps. It can be pulled pretty tight but usually loosens with a tug on one of the laces.

    The reef knot or square knot is an ancient and simple binding knot used to secure a rope or line around an object. Although the reef knot is often seen used for tying two ropes together, it is not recommended for this purpose due to potential instability of the knot.

    [Via]
    My emphasis-“potential instability” is how they say what it is about the knot that makes it so useful for tying shoe laces. Tug on the free end of one of the laces and the knot’s potential instability is made manifest. A simple overhand knot with the loops prevents the inadvertent pulling of one of the laces.

  238. 238.

    Tattoosydney

    @Kenneth:

    Somehow I doubt many on this blog will.

    You know – that post you linked to was actually quite interesting, although I don’t know if it should be that much of a surprise that many of us in the rest of the world are sick of the behaviour of the United States.

    The problem is that very few people here read it, because every single time you have posted on here previously you have behaved like a whiny, overbearing, entitled dickhead, which means people now ignore you. Maybe if you had made your points in a nice way, then people might actually have engaged with you and argued on the merits of your points.

    I find it quite funny that you linked to an article about how the rest of the world is sick of the US behaving like a whiny, overbearing, entitled dickhead.

    Self awareness is not your strong point.

  247. 247.

    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:

    At least SOMEBODY gets it!

    BTW, I hate the US but I just love the rest of the world!! You’re far superior to us in every way!

    Americans are stupid, ignorant, provincial assholes!

  249. 249.

    Kenneth

    I only WISH our dumbass citizens could be as intelligent as Australians!

    Is there anyway I can repay you for the provincial stupidity of my countrymen?

  252. 252.

    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:

    How long does it take you (and others) to realize I’m a goddamn spoof of a firebagger?

    Fuck, I even threw up in gratuitous gay sex references and [white] foreigner worship.

    ETA: If anyone ever asked you about owning pet kangaroos, they were leading you on, too.

  255. 255.

    Tattoosydney

    @Kenneth:

    So, no actual difference then?

    ETA: Except perhaps that a genuine firebagger actually believes the stupid shit that comes out of their mouths and thinks they might change other people’s views, whereas you’re just degrading the quality of the discussion and pissing people off for kicks?

  279. 279.

    Tattoosydney

    @Kenneth:

    I mean that kangaroo quip up above was pretty poor, and he didn’t even engage on the “turth” thing, which could have made for some pretty damn funny trolling. Not to mention that he completely caved on the racism thing – classic material there, but oh so poorly executed.

    I miss Brick Oven Bill. He was funny.

    ETA: The real BOB. Not this weird pod-BOB we have now.

  281. 281.

    Tattoosydney

    @Brian S.:

    Thanks. It’s kind of fun – but I wish the quality of the trolls we get nowadays was a bit better.

    I miss miq2xu as well. He was entertaining. When I called him a goatfucker it felt like it really meant something.

  283. 283.

    Tattoosydney

    @Kenneth:

    Oh, for the days when trolling actually meant something.

    With the “turth” thing, you could have denied that you’d actually misspelled it. That would have got several people involved. If you’d denied it with a good line, it could have been the next “helicopters are not laughing”.

    But no. One quip from licensed to kill time, a desultory back and forth with ABL (she gets points for “Keep telling yourself that, dearie.” however, which was really quite good), El Tiburon agreeing with it, and then, nothing.

    Perfectly good material. Wasted.

    Amateur.

  285. 285.

    Tattoosydney

    @Kenneth:

    I like you a little bit. You’re like a dark and quiet night into which I can fling bits and bobs of anger, knowing that within minutes a frail, almost plangent, reminder of my own faults will put me in my place.

    It’s quite liberating.

  324. 324.

    Tattoosydney

    @Kenneth:

    Unless I broke your bot, that was way too many “dickheads” which must mean there is a real person on the other end here. Hello, sad little man. Have you managed to come yet?

  327. 327.

    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:

    @Tattoosydney:
    Dickhead.
    Reply
    304
    December 28th, 2010 at 1:29 am
    Tattoosydney

    @Kenneth:
    No. What a shame. We could have been like sexy Glenn Reynolds and his sexy cyber babes.
    305
    December 28th, 2010 at 1:30 am
    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:
    Dickhead.
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    December 28th, 2010 at 1:30 am
    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:
    Dickhead.
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    December 28th, 2010 at 1:30 am
    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:
    Dickhead.
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    December 28th, 2010 at 1:30 am
    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:
    Dickhead.
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    December 28th, 2010 at 1:30 am
    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:
    Dickhead.
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    December 28th, 2010 at 1:30 am
    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:
    Dickhead.
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    December 28th, 2010 at 1:30 am
    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:
    Dickhead.
    312
    December 28th, 2010 at 1:30 am
    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:
    Dickhead.
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    December 28th, 2010 at 1:30 am
    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:
    Dickhead.
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    December 28th, 2010 at 1:30 am
    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:
    Dickhead.
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    December 28th, 2010 at 1:30 am
    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:
    Dickhead.
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    December 28th, 2010 at 1:30 am
    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:
    Dickhead.
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    December 28th, 2010 at 1:30 am
    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:
    Dickhead.
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    December 28th, 2010 at 1:30 am
    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:
    Dickhead.
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    December 28th, 2010 at 1:30 am
    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:
    Dickhead.
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    December 28th, 2010 at 1:31 am
    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:
    Dickhead.
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    December 28th, 2010 at 1:31 am
    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:
    Dickhead.
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    December 28th, 2010 at 1:31 am
    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:
    Dickhead.
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    December 28th, 2010 at 1:41 am
    Tattoosydney

    @Kenneth:
    Unless I broke your bot, that was way too many “dickheads” which must mean there is a real person on the other end here. Hello, sad little man. Have you managed to come yet?
    324
    December 28th, 2010 at 1:54 am
    Kenneth

    @Tattoosydney:
    $=string[Dickhead]
    Click to EditRequest Deletion (2 minutes and 45 seconds)
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    December 28th, 2010 at 1:56 am
    Tattoosydney

    @Kenneth:
    Piss poor troll is piss poor.

  328. 328.

    Kenneth

    eth: So is our interest level in your drivel.
    Come to think, my Give-A-Fuck-O-Meter is stuck at zero when I see your name. The only good side effect of that is I tend to ignore Ken Burns, too.
    164
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
    Southern Beale

    @Mnemosyne:
    I’ve had several people recomment “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” to me.
    For some reason I am remembering there is a Nashville connection to that book … can’t remember what it is though.
    I’ll have to put that one on my list …
    165
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
    licensed to kill time

    You can’t handle the TURTH about The Empire.
    “You want the TURTH? You can’t HANDLE the TURTH!”
    LOL.
    166
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: SO IGNORE HIM!
    167
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Ignore who? ;)
    168
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    stuckinred

    There must be 5,000 people at the weedeaterbowl. Tech was selling tix for half-price.
    169
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @tbogg:
    This is Los Angeles, the world’s dream factory—anything is possible!
    170
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: What’s the frequency?
    171
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    WaterGirl

    @MattR: I admired her creativity. She followed all the rules and didn’t get wet. :-)
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    asiangrrlMN

    @stuckinred: Yep. The one who keeps talking about pie (on my monitor, anyway). Pure bliss.
    @MattR: Yes. A shovel. Or your hands might work, too. Ha!
    @WaterGirl: That’s a really cute story. And, yes, she was very creative.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    stuckinred

    @Mnemosyne: They are calling Phillips Arena the Highlight Factory, what a joke!
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Hopefully, as frequently as possible, but usually not nearly as frequently as I’d like. There’s a moral there somewhere. Or maybe an immoral.
    175
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    handy

    @JPL:
    mac vs windows
    How about Windows on a Mac, does that count?
    176
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies. But in four or five years perspective may completely change.
    In the meantime, they saved Princess And The Frog and Tangled and we have two decent movies, finally. I think you’re right about PatF. Racism is only a small (well, a very subtle) part of it. Disney Princess Movies sell a certain image, and ‘poor black girl’ is not in that image.
    Shame. Good movie. After three decades of Eisner venting his bowels on the animation industry, Disney’s finally getting back up to speed.
    177
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: Look, there’s a video.
    178
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
    The Other Chuck

    @Ailuridae:
    When you tie your laces, you probably tie the standard granny knot everyone was taught. It’s a crappy knot, but it’s easily fixed: when you do the first twist, instead of putting the left lace over the right put the right over the left instead. Then do the loop as you normally do. In other words, one of the twists should be left over right and the other should be right over left.
    If you do tie a proper knot and your laces still come undone, then well, buy better laces.
    179
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
    stuckinred

    @Ailuridae: Take the EL.
    180
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Nice! Sounds like he had a cold there, though.
    181
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
    Jay in Oregon

    @Kenneth
    It kind of goes against the Obot/Balloonbagger mantra of “don’t worry, be happy! USA #1!!”
    Aw, come on, you’re not even trying with that one. I expect better for my trolling dollar.
    182
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: What the fuck is “turth”?
    183
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: That’s what they get for gallevanting all over Europe when they could stay here in Athens!
    184
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
    stuckinred

    @Angry Black Lady: ARGGGGH, quit engaging this moron! Oh, and Hi!
    185
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Read the link I posted.
    THAT is the truth.
    Obama just a new smiling black face on the same old Empire that’s assfucking the world with a dildo, and the world has had ENOUGH.
    186
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @asiangrrlMN: And flip flops beat winter boots.
    I WIN.
    187
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    JPL

    @Angry Black Lady: Kenneth didn’t read the rules of this post. He can rant all he wants on the earlier posts. So what do you think..cake or pie..beer or yoga..falcons or saints.
    How was your Christmas btw?
    188
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    stuckinred

    @Angry Black Lady: See, that’s what you get for talking to it.
    189
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Hey, Yurpeans need culture, too.
    I like this one, too.
    190
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @Uloborus:
    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies.
    But they do. Inferring from what I’ve been told (at my very small, cog in the corporate machine level, mind you), they want the Disney and Pixar studios to continue to have separate identities, and one of the ways to differentiate them is to keep the fairy tale/princess stories at Disney. It will probably take another little while to get corporate to settle down from their freakout, but it will happen.
    Have you seen the trailer for the new Winnie the Pooh? Go see it and keep my paycheck coming! ;-)
    191
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
    JPL

    @asiangrrlMN: What about velcro?
    192
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: I don’t give a crap about your racist homophobic rhetoric, so I decline your invitation. I just want to know what the hell “turth” is.
    The world? Lawl. You only wish that were so. The world is happy. You’re one of the contrarian fuckwits crying into your wine purse because no one is paying you no never mind.
    193
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: I wonder if the Athens townies got 1st crack at the tickets for that show too?
    194
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    sashal

    hey , John, have some fun.
    From Sweden got talent:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S37JkVjmJg
    195
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Saying Obama is a “the new black smiling face on the old Empire” is not racist. How is it?
    BTW, most victims of the Empire are People of Color.
    196
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @stuckinred: I know I know. I just felt like poking at the angry hornet’s nest; it’s fun watching people make utter fools of themselves.
    197
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal

    Angry Black Lady: Whatever it is YOU CAN’T HANDLE IT!
    198
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    …I… I… I CAN’T, Mnem. I have decades of frothing hatred at how Milne’s work has been sold like a cheap back alley whore that I still haven’t worked through! Even if this is good, how can I spend the sixty seconds necessary holding back my bile in order to find out?
    Don’t even get me started on what they did to The Rescuers…
    199
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: Keep telling yourself that, dearie.
    200
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    Mnemosyne

    I have to admit, it cracks me up that Kenneth apparently thinks that the rest of the world only just decided they don’t like American imperialism. Because apparently our adventures in Southeast Asia, South America, the Middle East, and the South Pacific over the past 150 years or so didn’t really count and it was only when the blackity black black man got into office that they started to resent being pushed around.
    201
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Explain how that’s racist.
    What is the truth? Well, THIS is part of it.
    Read and be enlightened.
    202
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
    JPL

    @Angry Black Lady: You win..
    203
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
    Kenneth

    @Mnemosyne:
    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.
    So shut the fuck up and shove THAT up your ass, and go read Chalmers Johnson. Race has nothing to do with it, but apparently our corporate Owners thought that if they could put a BLACK face on it all useful tools and idiot water carriers for Empire like you wouldn’t attack it anymore lest you be labeled “racist”.
    It worked like a charm for certain segments of the useful idiot “left”, I see.
    204
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
    Evolved Deep Southerner

    Yo, I’m still in moderation back at #122, apparently. I know what phrase triggered the filter, but I promise I’m not trafficking in boner pills.
    205
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @JPL: I’ve eaten more pie and chocolate than I thought humanly possible!
    Beer or yoga? Why not both? At the same time, even!
    206
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
    asiangrrlMN

    @Angry Black Lady: Only for you. Me, I’ll take the boots as long as they are covered in snow. But, I do wear flip-flops when I take out the garbage. So there.
    @JPL: Velcro itself is fine. But, most boots don’t come in Velcro (as far as I know). And, Kenneth has read the rules just fine. All he’s talking about is pie and cake. Man, does he love himself some petit fours.
    207
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal

    And what about the Ashes? What the fuck has happened to Australian cricket? Michael Hussey is the only batsman that has looked at all good in this series, and they almost left him off the side. Mitchell Johnson bowled well in Perth. Peter Siddle is bowling pretty well in Melbourne. That’s it. They need to burn this side to the ground and start over. Ponting’s tantrum yesterday was a cry for help.
    The interesting test is being played in South Africa.
    208
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Evolved Deep Southerner: I’ll get you out.
    209
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    stuckinred

    See, this punk ass racist mothefucker is trying to play the Nam card again. He’s one of the sissy fucks that would run their mouths and then run their ass away when the shit started.
    210
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @Kenneth:
    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.
    So? I was a toddler when Vietnam ended, and now I’m in my 40s. That means that your political life happened a very long time ago.
    Move along, grandpa. You can’t look at every goddamned thing through Vietnam spectacles anymore.
    211
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: No idea. Is that how they normally roll? I live in the boonies in Illinois, so all my contact with live music is usually third hand.
    EDIT – Ignore the K thing. Think peaceful thoughts.
    212
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
    stuckinred

    @Mnemosyne: easy with that, junior
    213
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
    JPL

    @asiangrrlMN: It’s really been cold in GA and velcro is the greatest invention for doggie coats. I was pup sitting for a 5 pound maltese and her boots have velcro.. so there
    That’s the turth! also,too.
    214
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
    j low

    @Jewish Steel: Telecaster.
    215
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
    Uloborus

    @Angry Black Lady:
    How are you doing processing those offers of marriage, ABL? Because you just reminded me to make sure mine is properly filed and awaiting review.
    216
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: Yea, they always have a special sale here when they have a show in the ATL. It’s a nice touch that they don’t really have to do. REM has incredibly nice people working for them and they really contribute to the community in many ways.
    217
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @stuckinred:
    You (and the v

  329. 329.

    Kenneth

    eth: So is our interest level in your drivel.
    Come to think, my Give-A-Fuck-O-Meter is stuck at zero when I see your name. The only good side effect of that is I tend to ignore Ken Burns, too.
    164
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
    Southern Beale

    @Mnemosyne:
    I’ve had several people recomment “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” to me.
    For some reason I am remembering there is a Nashville connection to that book … can’t remember what it is though.
    I’ll have to put that one on my list …
    165
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
    licensed to kill time

    You can’t handle the TURTH about The Empire.
    “You want the TURTH? You can’t HANDLE the TURTH!”
    LOL.
    166
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: SO IGNORE HIM!
    167
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Ignore who? ;)
    168
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    stuckinred

    There must be 5,000 people at the weedeaterbowl. Tech was selling tix for half-price.
    169
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @tbogg:
    This is Los Angeles, the world’s dream factory—anything is possible!
    170
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: What’s the frequency?
    171
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    WaterGirl

    @MattR: I admired her creativity. She followed all the rules and didn’t get wet. :-)
    172
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    asiangrrlMN

    @stuckinred: Yep. The one who keeps talking about pie (on my monitor, anyway). Pure bliss.
    @MattR: Yes. A shovel. Or your hands might work, too. Ha!
    @WaterGirl: That’s a really cute story. And, yes, she was very creative.
    173
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    stuckinred

    @Mnemosyne: They are calling Phillips Arena the Highlight Factory, what a joke!
    174
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Hopefully, as frequently as possible, but usually not nearly as frequently as I’d like. There’s a moral there somewhere. Or maybe an immoral.
    175
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    handy

    @JPL:
    mac vs windows
    How about Windows on a Mac, does that count?
    176
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies. But in four or five years perspective may completely change.
    In the meantime, they saved Princess And The Frog and Tangled and we have two decent movies, finally. I think you’re right about PatF. Racism is only a small (well, a very subtle) part of it. Disney Princess Movies sell a certain image, and ‘poor black girl’ is not in that image.
    Shame. Good movie. After three decades of Eisner venting his bowels on the animation industry, Disney’s finally getting back up to speed.
    177
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: Look, there’s a video.
    178
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
    The Other Chuck

    @Ailuridae:
    When you tie your laces, you probably tie the standard granny knot everyone was taught. It’s a crappy knot, but it’s easily fixed: when you do the first twist, instead of putting the left lace over the right put the right over the left instead. Then do the loop as you normally do. In other words, one of the twists should be left over right and the other should be right over left.
    If you do tie a proper knot and your laces still come undone, then well, buy better laces.
    179
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
    stuckinred

    @Ailuridae: Take the EL.
    180
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Nice! Sounds like he had a cold there, though.
    181
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
    Jay in Oregon

    @Kenneth
    It kind of goes against the Obot/Balloonbagger mantra of “don’t worry, be happy! USA #1!!”
    Aw, come on, you’re not even trying with that one. I expect better for my trolling dollar.
    182
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: What the fuck is “turth”?
    183
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: That’s what they get for gallevanting all over Europe when they could stay here in Athens!
    184
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
    stuckinred

    @Angry Black Lady: ARGGGGH, quit engaging this moron! Oh, and Hi!
    185
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Read the link I posted.
    THAT is the truth.
    Obama just a new smiling black face on the same old Empire that’s assfucking the world with a dildo, and the world has had ENOUGH.
    186
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @asiangrrlMN: And flip flops beat winter boots.
    I WIN.
    187
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    JPL

    @Angry Black Lady: Kenneth didn’t read the rules of this post. He can rant all he wants on the earlier posts. So what do you think..cake or pie..beer or yoga..falcons or saints.
    How was your Christmas btw?
    188
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    stuckinred

    @Angry Black Lady: See, that’s what you get for talking to it.
    189
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Hey, Yurpeans need culture, too.
    I like this one, too.
    190
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @Uloborus:
    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies.
    But they do. Inferring from what I’ve been told (at my very small, cog in the corporate machine level, mind you), they want the Disney and Pixar studios to continue to have separate identities, and one of the ways to differentiate them is to keep the fairy tale/princess stories at Disney. It will probably take another little while to get corporate to settle down from their freakout, but it will happen.
    Have you seen the trailer for the new Winnie the Pooh? Go see it and keep my paycheck coming! ;-)
    191
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
    JPL

    @asiangrrlMN: What about velcro?
    192
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: I don’t give a crap about your racist homophobic rhetoric, so I decline your invitation. I just want to know what the hell “turth” is.
    The world? Lawl. You only wish that were so. The world is happy. You’re one of the contrarian fuckwits crying into your wine purse because no one is paying you no never mind.
    193
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: I wonder if the Athens townies got 1st crack at the tickets for that show too?
    194
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    sashal

    hey , John, have some fun.
    From Sweden got talent:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S37JkVjmJg
    195
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Saying Obama is a “the new black smiling face on the old Empire” is not racist. How is it?
    BTW, most victims of the Empire are People of Color.
    196
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @stuckinred: I know I know. I just felt like poking at the angry hornet’s nest; it’s fun watching people make utter fools of themselves.
    197
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal

    Angry Black Lady: Whatever it is YOU CAN’T HANDLE IT!
    198
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    …I… I… I CAN’T, Mnem. I have decades of frothing hatred at how Milne’s work has been sold like a cheap back alley whore that I still haven’t worked through! Even if this is good, how can I spend the sixty seconds necessary holding back my bile in order to find out?
    Don’t even get me started on what they did to The Rescuers…
    199
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: Keep telling yourself that, dearie.
    200
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    Mnemosyne

    I have to admit, it cracks me up that Kenneth apparently thinks that the rest of the world only just decided they don’t like American imperialism. Because apparently our adventures in Southeast Asia, South America, the Middle East, and the South Pacific over the past 150 years or so didn’t really count and it was only when the blackity black black man got into office that they started to resent being pushed around.
    201
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Explain how that’s racist.
    What is the truth? Well, THIS is part of it.
    Read and be enlightened.
    202
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
    JPL

    @Angry Black Lady: You win..
    203
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
    Kenneth

    @Mnemosyne:
    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.
    So shut the fuck up and shove THAT up your ass, and go read Chalmers Johnson. Race has nothing to do with it, but apparently our corporate Owners thought that if they could put a BLACK face on it all useful tools and idiot water carriers for Empire like you wouldn’t attack it anymore lest you be labeled “racist”.
    It worked like a charm for certain segments of the useful idiot “left”, I see.
    204
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
    Evolved Deep Southerner

    Yo, I’m still in moderation back at #122, apparently. I know what phrase triggered the filter, but I promise I’m not trafficking in boner pills.
    205
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @JPL: I’ve eaten more pie and chocolate than I thought humanly possible!
    Beer or yoga? Why not both? At the same time, even!
    206
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
    asiangrrlMN

    @Angry Black Lady: Only for you. Me, I’ll take the boots as long as they are covered in snow. But, I do wear flip-flops when I take out the garbage. So there.
    @JPL: Velcro itself is fine. But, most boots don’t come in Velcro (as far as I know). And, Kenneth has read the rules just fine. All he’s talking about is pie and cake. Man, does he love himself some petit fours.
    207
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal

    And what about the Ashes? What the fuck has happened to Australian cricket? Michael Hussey is the only batsman that has looked at all good in this series, and they almost left him off the side. Mitchell Johnson bowled well in Perth. Peter Siddle is bowling pretty well in Melbourne. That’s it. They need to burn this side to the ground and start over. Ponting’s tantrum yesterday was a cry for help.
    The interesting test is being played in South Africa.
    208
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Evolved Deep Southerner: I’ll get you out.
    209
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    stuckinred

    See, this punk ass racist mothefucker is trying to play the Nam card again. He’s one of the sissy fucks that would run their mouths and then run their ass away when the shit started.
    210
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @Kenneth:
    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.
    So? I was a toddler when Vietnam ended, and now I’m in my 40s. That means that your political life happened a very long time ago.
    Move along, grandpa. You can’t look at every goddamned thing through Vietnam spectacles anymore.
    211
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: No idea. Is that how they normally roll? I live in the boonies in Illinois, so all my contact with live music is usually third hand.
    EDIT – Ignore the K thing. Think peaceful thoughts.
    212
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
    stuckinred

    @Mnemosyne: easy with that, junior
    213
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
    JPL

    @asiangrrlMN: It’s really been cold in GA and velcro is the greatest invention for doggie coats. I was pup sitting for a 5 pound maltese and her boots have velcro.. so there
    That’s the turth! also,too.
    214
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
    j low

    @Jewish Steel: Telecaster.
    215
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
    Uloborus

    @Angry Black Lady:
    How are you doing processing those offers of marriage, ABL? Because you just reminded me to make sure mine is properly filed and awaiting review.
    216
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: Yea, they always have a special sale here when they have a show in the ATL. It’s a nice touch that they don’t really have to do. REM has incredibly nice people working for them and they really contribute to the community in many ways.
    217
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @stuckinred:
    You (and the v

  330. 330.

    Kenneth

    eth: So is our interest level in your drivel.
    Come to think, my Give-A-Fuck-O-Meter is stuck at zero when I see your name. The only good side effect of that is I tend to ignore Ken Burns, too.
    164
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
    Southern Beale

    @Mnemosyne:
    I’ve had several people recomment “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” to me.
    For some reason I am remembering there is a Nashville connection to that book … can’t remember what it is though.
    I’ll have to put that one on my list …
    165
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
    licensed to kill time

    You can’t handle the TURTH about The Empire.
    “You want the TURTH? You can’t HANDLE the TURTH!”
    LOL.
    166
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: SO IGNORE HIM!
    167
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Ignore who? ;)
    168
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    stuckinred

    There must be 5,000 people at the weedeaterbowl. Tech was selling tix for half-price.
    169
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @tbogg:
    This is Los Angeles, the world’s dream factory—anything is possible!
    170
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: What’s the frequency?
    171
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    WaterGirl

    @MattR: I admired her creativity. She followed all the rules and didn’t get wet. :-)
    172
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    asiangrrlMN

    @stuckinred: Yep. The one who keeps talking about pie (on my monitor, anyway). Pure bliss.
    @MattR: Yes. A shovel. Or your hands might work, too. Ha!
    @WaterGirl: That’s a really cute story. And, yes, she was very creative.
    173
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    stuckinred

    @Mnemosyne: They are calling Phillips Arena the Highlight Factory, what a joke!
    174
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Hopefully, as frequently as possible, but usually not nearly as frequently as I’d like. There’s a moral there somewhere. Or maybe an immoral.
    175
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    handy

    @JPL:
    mac vs windows
    How about Windows on a Mac, does that count?
    176
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies. But in four or five years perspective may completely change.
    In the meantime, they saved Princess And The Frog and Tangled and we have two decent movies, finally. I think you’re right about PatF. Racism is only a small (well, a very subtle) part of it. Disney Princess Movies sell a certain image, and ‘poor black girl’ is not in that image.
    Shame. Good movie. After three decades of Eisner venting his bowels on the animation industry, Disney’s finally getting back up to speed.
    177
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: Look, there’s a video.
    178
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
    The Other Chuck

    @Ailuridae:
    When you tie your laces, you probably tie the standard granny knot everyone was taught. It’s a crappy knot, but it’s easily fixed: when you do the first twist, instead of putting the left lace over the right put the right over the left instead. Then do the loop as you normally do. In other words, one of the twists should be left over right and the other should be right over left.
    If you do tie a proper knot and your laces still come undone, then well, buy better laces.
    179
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
    stuckinred

    @Ailuridae: Take the EL.
    180
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Nice! Sounds like he had a cold there, though.
    181
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
    Jay in Oregon

    @Kenneth
    It kind of goes against the Obot/Balloonbagger mantra of “don’t worry, be happy! USA #1!!”
    Aw, come on, you’re not even trying with that one. I expect better for my trolling dollar.
    182
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: What the fuck is “turth”?
    183
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: That’s what they get for gallevanting all over Europe when they could stay here in Athens!
    184
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
    stuckinred

    @Angry Black Lady: ARGGGGH, quit engaging this moron! Oh, and Hi!
    185
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Read the link I posted.
    THAT is the truth.
    Obama just a new smiling black face on the same old Empire that’s assfucking the world with a dildo, and the world has had ENOUGH.
    186
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @asiangrrlMN: And flip flops beat winter boots.
    I WIN.
    187
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    JPL

    @Angry Black Lady: Kenneth didn’t read the rules of this post. He can rant all he wants on the earlier posts. So what do you think..cake or pie..beer or yoga..falcons or saints.
    How was your Christmas btw?
    188
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    stuckinred

    @Angry Black Lady: See, that’s what you get for talking to it.
    189
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Hey, Yurpeans need culture, too.
    I like this one, too.
    190
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @Uloborus:
    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies.
    But they do. Inferring from what I’ve been told (at my very small, cog in the corporate machine level, mind you), they want the Disney and Pixar studios to continue to have separate identities, and one of the ways to differentiate them is to keep the fairy tale/princess stories at Disney. It will probably take another little while to get corporate to settle down from their freakout, but it will happen.
    Have you seen the trailer for the new Winnie the Pooh? Go see it and keep my paycheck coming! ;-)
    191
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
    JPL

    @asiangrrlMN: What about velcro?
    192
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: I don’t give a crap about your racist homophobic rhetoric, so I decline your invitation. I just want to know what the hell “turth” is.
    The world? Lawl. You only wish that were so. The world is happy. You’re one of the contrarian fuckwits crying into your wine purse because no one is paying you no never mind.
    193
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: I wonder if the Athens townies got 1st crack at the tickets for that show too?
    194
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    sashal

    hey , John, have some fun.
    From Sweden got talent:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S37JkVjmJg
    195
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Saying Obama is a “the new black smiling face on the old Empire” is not racist. How is it?
    BTW, most victims of the Empire are People of Color.
    196
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @stuckinred: I know I know. I just felt like poking at the angry hornet’s nest; it’s fun watching people make utter fools of themselves.
    197
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal

    Angry Black Lady: Whatever it is YOU CAN’T HANDLE IT!
    198
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    …I… I… I CAN’T, Mnem. I have decades of frothing hatred at how Milne’s work has been sold like a cheap back alley whore that I still haven’t worked through! Even if this is good, how can I spend the sixty seconds necessary holding back my bile in order to find out?
    Don’t even get me started on what they did to The Rescuers…
    199
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: Keep telling yourself that, dearie.
    200
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    Mnemosyne

    I have to admit, it cracks me up that Kenneth apparently thinks that the rest of the world only just decided they don’t like American imperialism. Because apparently our adventures in Southeast Asia, South America, the Middle East, and the South Pacific over the past 150 years or so didn’t really count and it was only when the blackity black black man got into office that they started to resent being pushed around.
    201
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Explain how that’s racist.
    What is the truth? Well, THIS is part of it.
    Read and be enlightened.
    202
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
    JPL

    @Angry Black Lady: You win..
    203
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
    Kenneth

    @Mnemosyne:
    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.
    So shut the fuck up and shove THAT up your ass, and go read Chalmers Johnson. Race has nothing to do with it, but apparently our corporate Owners thought that if they could put a BLACK face on it all useful tools and idiot water carriers for Empire like you wouldn’t attack it anymore lest you be labeled “racist”.
    It worked like a charm for certain segments of the useful idiot “left”, I see.
    204
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
    Evolved Deep Southerner

    Yo, I’m still in moderation back at #122, apparently. I know what phrase triggered the filter, but I promise I’m not trafficking in boner pills.
    205
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @JPL: I’ve eaten more pie and chocolate than I thought humanly possible!
    Beer or yoga? Why not both? At the same time, even!
    206
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
    asiangrrlMN

    @Angry Black Lady: Only for you. Me, I’ll take the boots as long as they are covered in snow. But, I do wear flip-flops when I take out the garbage. So there.
    @JPL: Velcro itself is fine. But, most boots don’t come in Velcro (as far as I know). And, Kenneth has read the rules just fine. All he’s talking about is pie and cake. Man, does he love himself some petit fours.
    207
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal

    And what about the Ashes? What the fuck has happened to Australian cricket? Michael Hussey is the only batsman that has looked at all good in this series, and they almost left him off the side. Mitchell Johnson bowled well in Perth. Peter Siddle is bowling pretty well in Melbourne. That’s it. They need to burn this side to the ground and start over. Ponting’s tantrum yesterday was a cry for help.
    The interesting test is being played in South Africa.
    208
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Evolved Deep Southerner: I’ll get you out.
    209
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    stuckinred

    See, this punk ass racist mothefucker is trying to play the Nam card again. He’s one of the sissy fucks that would run their mouths and then run their ass away when the shit started.
    210
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @Kenneth:
    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.
    So? I was a toddler when Vietnam ended, and now I’m in my 40s. That means that your political life happened a very long time ago.
    Move along, grandpa. You can’t look at every goddamned thing through Vietnam spectacles anymore.
    211
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: No idea. Is that how they normally roll? I live in the boonies in Illinois, so all my contact with live music is usually third hand.
    EDIT – Ignore the K thing. Think peaceful thoughts.
    212
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
    stuckinred

    @Mnemosyne: easy with that, junior
    213
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
    JPL

    @asiangrrlMN: It’s really been cold in GA and velcro is the greatest invention for doggie coats. I was pup sitting for a 5 pound maltese and her boots have velcro.. so there
    That’s the turth! also,too.
    214
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
    j low

    @Jewish Steel: Telecaster.
    215
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
    Uloborus

    @Angry Black Lady:
    How are you doing processing those offers of marriage, ABL? Because you just reminded me to make sure mine is properly filed and awaiting review.
    216
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: Yea, they always have a special sale here when they have a show in the ATL. It’s a nice touch that they don’t really have to do. REM has incredibly nice people working for them and they really contribute to the community in many ways.
    217
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @stuckinred:
    You (and the v

  331. 331.

    Kenneth

    eth: So is our interest level in your drivel.
    Come to think, my Give-A-Fuck-O-Meter is stuck at zero when I see your name. The only good side effect of that is I tend to ignore Ken Burns, too.
    164
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
    Southern Beale

    @Mnemosyne:
    I’ve had several people recomment “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” to me.
    For some reason I am remembering there is a Nashville connection to that book … can’t remember what it is though.
    I’ll have to put that one on my list …
    165
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
    licensed to kill time

    You can’t handle the TURTH about The Empire.
    “You want the TURTH? You can’t HANDLE the TURTH!”
    LOL.
    166
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: SO IGNORE HIM!
    167
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Ignore who? ;)
    168
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    stuckinred

    There must be 5,000 people at the weedeaterbowl. Tech was selling tix for half-price.
    169
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @tbogg:
    This is Los Angeles, the world’s dream factory—anything is possible!
    170
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: What’s the frequency?
    171
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    WaterGirl

    @MattR: I admired her creativity. She followed all the rules and didn’t get wet. :-)
    172
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    asiangrrlMN

    @stuckinred: Yep. The one who keeps talking about pie (on my monitor, anyway). Pure bliss.
    @MattR: Yes. A shovel. Or your hands might work, too. Ha!
    @WaterGirl: That’s a really cute story. And, yes, she was very creative.
    173
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    stuckinred

    @Mnemosyne: They are calling Phillips Arena the Highlight Factory, what a joke!
    174
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Hopefully, as frequently as possible, but usually not nearly as frequently as I’d like. There’s a moral there somewhere. Or maybe an immoral.
    175
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    handy

    @JPL:
    mac vs windows
    How about Windows on a Mac, does that count?
    176
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies. But in four or five years perspective may completely change.
    In the meantime, they saved Princess And The Frog and Tangled and we have two decent movies, finally. I think you’re right about PatF. Racism is only a small (well, a very subtle) part of it. Disney Princess Movies sell a certain image, and ‘poor black girl’ is not in that image.
    Shame. Good movie. After three decades of Eisner venting his bowels on the animation industry, Disney’s finally getting back up to speed.
    177
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: Look, there’s a video.
    178
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
    The Other Chuck

    @Ailuridae:
    When you tie your laces, you probably tie the standard granny knot everyone was taught. It’s a crappy knot, but it’s easily fixed: when you do the first twist, instead of putting the left lace over the right put the right over the left instead. Then do the loop as you normally do. In other words, one of the twists should be left over right and the other should be right over left.
    If you do tie a proper knot and your laces still come undone, then well, buy better laces.
    179
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
    stuckinred

    @Ailuridae: Take the EL.
    180
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Nice! Sounds like he had a cold there, though.
    181
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
    Jay in Oregon

    @Kenneth
    It kind of goes against the Obot/Balloonbagger mantra of “don’t worry, be happy! USA #1!!”
    Aw, come on, you’re not even trying with that one. I expect better for my trolling dollar.
    182
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: What the fuck is “turth”?
    183
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: That’s what they get for gallevanting all over Europe when they could stay here in Athens!
    184
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
    stuckinred

    @Angry Black Lady: ARGGGGH, quit engaging this moron! Oh, and Hi!
    185
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Read the link I posted.
    THAT is the truth.
    Obama just a new smiling black face on the same old Empire that’s assfucking the world with a dildo, and the world has had ENOUGH.
    186
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @asiangrrlMN: And flip flops beat winter boots.
    I WIN.
    187
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    JPL

    @Angry Black Lady: Kenneth didn’t read the rules of this post. He can rant all he wants on the earlier posts. So what do you think..cake or pie..beer or yoga..falcons or saints.
    How was your Christmas btw?
    188
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    stuckinred

    @Angry Black Lady: See, that’s what you get for talking to it.
    189
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Hey, Yurpeans need culture, too.
    I like this one, too.
    190
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @Uloborus:
    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies.
    But they do. Inferring from what I’ve been told (at my very small, cog in the corporate machine level, mind you), they want the Disney and Pixar studios to continue to have separate identities, and one of the ways to differentiate them is to keep the fairy tale/princess stories at Disney. It will probably take another little while to get corporate to settle down from their freakout, but it will happen.
    Have you seen the trailer for the new Winnie the Pooh? Go see it and keep my paycheck coming! ;-)
    191
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
    JPL

    @asiangrrlMN: What about velcro?
    192
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: I don’t give a crap about your racist homophobic rhetoric, so I decline your invitation. I just want to know what the hell “turth” is.
    The world? Lawl. You only wish that were so. The world is happy. You’re one of the contrarian fuckwits crying into your wine purse because no one is paying you no never mind.
    193
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: I wonder if the Athens townies got 1st crack at the tickets for that show too?
    194
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    sashal

    hey , John, have some fun.
    From Sweden got talent:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S37JkVjmJg
    195
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Saying Obama is a “the new black smiling face on the old Empire” is not racist. How is it?
    BTW, most victims of the Empire are People of Color.
    196
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @stuckinred: I know I know. I just felt like poking at the angry hornet’s nest; it’s fun watching people make utter fools of themselves.
    197
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal

    Angry Black Lady: Whatever it is YOU CAN’T HANDLE IT!
    198
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    …I… I… I CAN’T, Mnem. I have decades of frothing hatred at how Milne’s work has been sold like a cheap back alley whore that I still haven’t worked through! Even if this is good, how can I spend the sixty seconds necessary holding back my bile in order to find out?
    Don’t even get me started on what they did to The Rescuers…
    199
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: Keep telling yourself that, dearie.
    200
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    Mnemosyne

    I have to admit, it cracks me up that Kenneth apparently thinks that the rest of the world only just decided they don’t like American imperialism. Because apparently our adventures in Southeast Asia, South America, the Middle East, and the South Pacific over the past 150 years or so didn’t really count and it was only when the blackity black black man got into office that they started to resent being pushed around.
    201
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Explain how that’s racist.
    What is the truth? Well, THIS is part of it.
    Read and be enlightened.
    202
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
    JPL

    @Angry Black Lady: You win..
    203
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
    Kenneth

    @Mnemosyne:
    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.
    So shut the fuck up and shove THAT up your ass, and go read Chalmers Johnson. Race has nothing to do with it, but apparently our corporate Owners thought that if they could put a BLACK face on it all useful tools and idiot water carriers for Empire like you wouldn’t attack it anymore lest you be labeled “racist”.
    It worked like a charm for certain segments of the useful idiot “left”, I see.
    204
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
    Evolved Deep Southerner

    Yo, I’m still in moderation back at #122, apparently. I know what phrase triggered the filter, but I promise I’m not trafficking in boner pills.
    205
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @JPL: I’ve eaten more pie and chocolate than I thought humanly possible!
    Beer or yoga? Why not both? At the same time, even!
    206
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
    asiangrrlMN

    @Angry Black Lady: Only for you. Me, I’ll take the boots as long as they are covered in snow. But, I do wear flip-flops when I take out the garbage. So there.
    @JPL: Velcro itself is fine. But, most boots don’t come in Velcro (as far as I know). And, Kenneth has read the rules just fine. All he’s talking about is pie and cake. Man, does he love himself some petit fours.
    207
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal

    And what about the Ashes? What the fuck has happened to Australian cricket? Michael Hussey is the only batsman that has looked at all good in this series, and they almost left him off the side. Mitchell Johnson bowled well in Perth. Peter Siddle is bowling pretty well in Melbourne. That’s it. They need to burn this side to the ground and start over. Ponting’s tantrum yesterday was a cry for help.
    The interesting test is being played in South Africa.
    208
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Evolved Deep Southerner: I’ll get you out.
    209
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    stuckinred

    See, this punk ass racist mothefucker is trying to play the Nam card again. He’s one of the sissy fucks that would run their mouths and then run their ass away when the shit started.
    210
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @Kenneth:
    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.
    So? I was a toddler when Vietnam ended, and now I’m in my 40s. That means that your political life happened a very long time ago.
    Move along, grandpa. You can’t look at every goddamned thing through Vietnam spectacles anymore.
    211
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: No idea. Is that how they normally roll? I live in the boonies in Illinois, so all my contact with live music is usually third hand.
    EDIT – Ignore the K thing. Think peaceful thoughts.
    212
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
    stuckinred

    @Mnemosyne: easy with that, junior
    213
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
    JPL

    @asiangrrlMN: It’s really been cold in GA and velcro is the greatest invention for doggie coats. I was pup sitting for a 5 pound maltese and her boots have velcro.. so there
    That’s the turth! also,too.
    214
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
    j low

    @Jewish Steel: Telecaster.
    215
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
    Uloborus

    @Angry Black Lady:
    How are you doing processing those offers of marriage, ABL? Because you just reminded me to make sure mine is properly filed and awaiting review.
    216
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: Yea, they always have a special sale here when they have a show in the ATL. It’s a nice touch that they don’t really have to do. REM has incredibly nice people working for them and they really contribute to the community in many ways.
    217
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @stuckinred:
    You (and the v

  332. 332.

    Kenneth

    eth: So is our interest level in your drivel.
    Come to think, my Give-A-Fuck-O-Meter is stuck at zero when I see your name. The only good side effect of that is I tend to ignore Ken Burns, too.
    164
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
    Southern Beale

    @Mnemosyne:
    I’ve had several people recomment “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” to me.
    For some reason I am remembering there is a Nashville connection to that book … can’t remember what it is though.
    I’ll have to put that one on my list …
    165
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
    licensed to kill time

    You can’t handle the TURTH about The Empire.
    “You want the TURTH? You can’t HANDLE the TURTH!”
    LOL.
    166
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: SO IGNORE HIM!
    167
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Ignore who? ;)
    168
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    stuckinred

    There must be 5,000 people at the weedeaterbowl. Tech was selling tix for half-price.
    169
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @tbogg:
    This is Los Angeles, the world’s dream factory—anything is possible!
    170
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: What’s the frequency?
    171
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    WaterGirl

    @MattR: I admired her creativity. She followed all the rules and didn’t get wet. :-)
    172
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    asiangrrlMN

    @stuckinred: Yep. The one who keeps talking about pie (on my monitor, anyway). Pure bliss.
    @MattR: Yes. A shovel. Or your hands might work, too. Ha!
    @WaterGirl: That’s a really cute story. And, yes, she was very creative.
    173
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    stuckinred

    @Mnemosyne: They are calling Phillips Arena the Highlight Factory, what a joke!
    174
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Hopefully, as frequently as possible, but usually not nearly as frequently as I’d like. There’s a moral there somewhere. Or maybe an immoral.
    175
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    handy

    @JPL:
    mac vs windows
    How about Windows on a Mac, does that count?
    176
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies. But in four or five years perspective may completely change.
    In the meantime, they saved Princess And The Frog and Tangled and we have two decent movies, finally. I think you’re right about PatF. Racism is only a small (well, a very subtle) part of it. Disney Princess Movies sell a certain image, and ‘poor black girl’ is not in that image.
    Shame. Good movie. After three decades of Eisner venting his bowels on the animation industry, Disney’s finally getting back up to speed.
    177
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: Look, there’s a video.
    178
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
    The Other Chuck

    @Ailuridae:
    When you tie your laces, you probably tie the standard granny knot everyone was taught. It’s a crappy knot, but it’s easily fixed: when you do the first twist, instead of putting the left lace over the right put the right over the left instead. Then do the loop as you normally do. In other words, one of the twists should be left over right and the other should be right over left.
    If you do tie a proper knot and your laces still come undone, then well, buy better laces.
    179
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
    stuckinred

    @Ailuridae: Take the EL.
    180
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Nice! Sounds like he had a cold there, though.
    181
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
    Jay in Oregon

    @Kenneth
    It kind of goes against the Obot/Balloonbagger mantra of “don’t worry, be happy! USA #1!!”
    Aw, come on, you’re not even trying with that one. I expect better for my trolling dollar.
    182
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: What the fuck is “turth”?
    183
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: That’s what they get for gallevanting all over Europe when they could stay here in Athens!
    184
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
    stuckinred

    @Angry Black Lady: ARGGGGH, quit engaging this moron! Oh, and Hi!
    185
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Read the link I posted.
    THAT is the truth.
    Obama just a new smiling black face on the same old Empire that’s assfucking the world with a dildo, and the world has had ENOUGH.
    186
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @asiangrrlMN: And flip flops beat winter boots.
    I WIN.
    187
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    JPL

    @Angry Black Lady: Kenneth didn’t read the rules of this post. He can rant all he wants on the earlier posts. So what do you think..cake or pie..beer or yoga..falcons or saints.
    How was your Christmas btw?
    188
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    stuckinred

    @Angry Black Lady: See, that’s what you get for talking to it.
    189
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Hey, Yurpeans need culture, too.
    I like this one, too.
    190
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @Uloborus:
    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies.
    But they do. Inferring from what I’ve been told (at my very small, cog in the corporate machine level, mind you), they want the Disney and Pixar studios to continue to have separate identities, and one of the ways to differentiate them is to keep the fairy tale/princess stories at Disney. It will probably take another little while to get corporate to settle down from their freakout, but it will happen.
    Have you seen the trailer for the new Winnie the Pooh? Go see it and keep my paycheck coming! ;-)
    191
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
    JPL

    @asiangrrlMN: What about velcro?
    192
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: I don’t give a crap about your racist homophobic rhetoric, so I decline your invitation. I just want to know what the hell “turth” is.
    The world? Lawl. You only wish that were so. The world is happy. You’re one of the contrarian fuckwits crying into your wine purse because no one is paying you no never mind.
    193
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: I wonder if the Athens townies got 1st crack at the tickets for that show too?
    194
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    sashal

    hey , John, have some fun.
    From Sweden got talent:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S37JkVjmJg
    195
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Saying Obama is a “the new black smiling face on the old Empire” is not racist. How is it?
    BTW, most victims of the Empire are People of Color.
    196
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @stuckinred: I know I know. I just felt like poking at the angry hornet’s nest; it’s fun watching people make utter fools of themselves.
    197
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal

    Angry Black Lady: Whatever it is YOU CAN’T HANDLE IT!
    198
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    …I… I… I CAN’T, Mnem. I have decades of frothing hatred at how Milne’s work has been sold like a cheap back alley whore that I still haven’t worked through! Even if this is good, how can I spend the sixty seconds necessary holding back my bile in order to find out?
    Don’t even get me started on what they did to The Rescuers…
    199
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: Keep telling yourself that, dearie.
    200
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    Mnemosyne

    I have to admit, it cracks me up that Kenneth apparently thinks that the rest of the world only just decided they don’t like American imperialism. Because apparently our adventures in Southeast Asia, South America, the Middle East, and the South Pacific over the past 150 years or so didn’t really count and it was only when the blackity black black man got into office that they started to resent being pushed around.
    201
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Explain how that’s racist.
    What is the truth? Well, THIS is part of it.
    Read and be enlightened.
    202
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
    JPL

    @Angry Black Lady: You win..
    203
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
    Kenneth

    @Mnemosyne:
    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.
    So shut the fuck up and shove THAT up your ass, and go read Chalmers Johnson. Race has nothing to do with it, but apparently our corporate Owners thought that if they could put a BLACK face on it all useful tools and idiot water carriers for Empire like you wouldn’t attack it anymore lest you be labeled “racist”.
    It worked like a charm for certain segments of the useful idiot “left”, I see.
    204
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
    Evolved Deep Southerner

    Yo, I’m still in moderation back at #122, apparently. I know what phrase triggered the filter, but I promise I’m not trafficking in boner pills.
    205
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @JPL: I’ve eaten more pie and chocolate than I thought humanly possible!
    Beer or yoga? Why not both? At the same time, even!
    206
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
    asiangrrlMN

    @Angry Black Lady: Only for you. Me, I’ll take the boots as long as they are covered in snow. But, I do wear flip-flops when I take out the garbage. So there.
    @JPL: Velcro itself is fine. But, most boots don’t come in Velcro (as far as I know). And, Kenneth has read the rules just fine. All he’s talking about is pie and cake. Man, does he love himself some petit fours.
    207
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal

    And what about the Ashes? What the fuck has happened to Australian cricket? Michael Hussey is the only batsman that has looked at all good in this series, and they almost left him off the side. Mitchell Johnson bowled well in Perth. Peter Siddle is bowling pretty well in Melbourne. That’s it. They need to burn this side to the ground and start over. Ponting’s tantrum yesterday was a cry for help.
    The interesting test is being played in South Africa.
    208
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Evolved Deep Southerner: I’ll get you out.
    209
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    stuckinred

    See, this punk ass racist mothefucker is trying to play the Nam card again. He’s one of the sissy fucks that would run their mouths and then run their ass away when the shit started.
    210
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @Kenneth:
    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.
    So? I was a toddler when Vietnam ended, and now I’m in my 40s. That means that your political life happened a very long time ago.
    Move along, grandpa. You can’t look at every goddamned thing through Vietnam spectacles anymore.
    211
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: No idea. Is that how they normally roll? I live in the boonies in Illinois, so all my contact with live music is usually third hand.
    EDIT – Ignore the K thing. Think peaceful thoughts.
    212
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
    stuckinred

    @Mnemosyne: easy with that, junior
    213
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
    JPL

    @asiangrrlMN: It’s really been cold in GA and velcro is the greatest invention for doggie coats. I was pup sitting for a 5 pound maltese and her boots have velcro.. so there
    That’s the turth! also,too.
    214
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
    j low

    @Jewish Steel: Telecaster.
    215
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
    Uloborus

    @Angry Black Lady:
    How are you doing processing those offers of marriage, ABL? Because you just reminded me to make sure mine is properly filed and awaiting review.
    216
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: Yea, they always have a special sale here when they have a show in the ATL. It’s a nice touch that they don’t really have to do. REM has incredibly nice people working for them and they really contribute to the community in many ways.
    217
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @stuckinred:
    You (and the v

  333. 333.

    Kenneth

    eth: So is our interest level in your drivel.
    Come to think, my Give-A-Fuck-O-Meter is stuck at zero when I see your name. The only good side effect of that is I tend to ignore Ken Burns, too.
    164
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
    Southern Beale

    @Mnemosyne:
    I’ve had several people recomment “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” to me.
    For some reason I am remembering there is a Nashville connection to that book … can’t remember what it is though.
    I’ll have to put that one on my list …
    165
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
    licensed to kill time

    You can’t handle the TURTH about The Empire.
    “You want the TURTH? You can’t HANDLE the TURTH!”
    LOL.
    166
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: SO IGNORE HIM!
    167
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Ignore who? ;)
    168
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    stuckinred

    There must be 5,000 people at the weedeaterbowl. Tech was selling tix for half-price.
    169
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @tbogg:
    This is Los Angeles, the world’s dream factory—anything is possible!
    170
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: What’s the frequency?
    171
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    WaterGirl

    @MattR: I admired her creativity. She followed all the rules and didn’t get wet. :-)
    172
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    asiangrrlMN

    @stuckinred: Yep. The one who keeps talking about pie (on my monitor, anyway). Pure bliss.
    @MattR: Yes. A shovel. Or your hands might work, too. Ha!
    @WaterGirl: That’s a really cute story. And, yes, she was very creative.
    173
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    stuckinred

    @Mnemosyne: They are calling Phillips Arena the Highlight Factory, what a joke!
    174
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Hopefully, as frequently as possible, but usually not nearly as frequently as I’d like. There’s a moral there somewhere. Or maybe an immoral.
    175
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    handy

    @JPL:
    mac vs windows
    How about Windows on a Mac, does that count?
    176
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies. But in four or five years perspective may completely change.
    In the meantime, they saved Princess And The Frog and Tangled and we have two decent movies, finally. I think you’re right about PatF. Racism is only a small (well, a very subtle) part of it. Disney Princess Movies sell a certain image, and ‘poor black girl’ is not in that image.
    Shame. Good movie. After three decades of Eisner venting his bowels on the animation industry, Disney’s finally getting back up to speed.
    177
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: Look, there’s a video.
    178
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
    The Other Chuck

    @Ailuridae:
    When you tie your laces, you probably tie the standard granny knot everyone was taught. It’s a crappy knot, but it’s easily fixed: when you do the first twist, instead of putting the left lace over the right put the right over the left instead. Then do the loop as you normally do. In other words, one of the twists should be left over right and the other should be right over left.
    If you do tie a proper knot and your laces still come undone, then well, buy better laces.
    179
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
    stuckinred

    @Ailuridae: Take the EL.
    180
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Nice! Sounds like he had a cold there, though.
    181
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
    Jay in Oregon

    @Kenneth
    It kind of goes against the Obot/Balloonbagger mantra of “don’t worry, be happy! USA #1!!”
    Aw, come on, you’re not even trying with that one. I expect better for my trolling dollar.
    182
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: What the fuck is “turth”?
    183
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: That’s what they get for gallevanting all over Europe when they could stay here in Athens!
    184
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
    stuckinred

    @Angry Black Lady: ARGGGGH, quit engaging this moron! Oh, and Hi!
    185
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Read the link I posted.
    THAT is the truth.
    Obama just a new smiling black face on the same old Empire that’s assfucking the world with a dildo, and the world has had ENOUGH.
    186
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @asiangrrlMN: And flip flops beat winter boots.
    I WIN.
    187
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    JPL

    @Angry Black Lady: Kenneth didn’t read the rules of this post. He can rant all he wants on the earlier posts. So what do you think..cake or pie..beer or yoga..falcons or saints.
    How was your Christmas btw?
    188
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    stuckinred

    @Angry Black Lady: See, that’s what you get for talking to it.
    189
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Hey, Yurpeans need culture, too.
    I like this one, too.
    190
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @Uloborus:
    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies.
    But they do. Inferring from what I’ve been told (at my very small, cog in the corporate machine level, mind you), they want the Disney and Pixar studios to continue to have separate identities, and one of the ways to differentiate them is to keep the fairy tale/princess stories at Disney. It will probably take another little while to get corporate to settle down from their freakout, but it will happen.
    Have you seen the trailer for the new Winnie the Pooh? Go see it and keep my paycheck coming! ;-)
    191
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
    JPL

    @asiangrrlMN: What about velcro?
    192
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: I don’t give a crap about your racist homophobic rhetoric, so I decline your invitation. I just want to know what the hell “turth” is.
    The world? Lawl. You only wish that were so. The world is happy. You’re one of the contrarian fuckwits crying into your wine purse because no one is paying you no never mind.
    193
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: I wonder if the Athens townies got 1st crack at the tickets for that show too?
    194
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    sashal

    hey , John, have some fun.
    From Sweden got talent:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S37JkVjmJg
    195
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Saying Obama is a “the new black smiling face on the old Empire” is not racist. How is it?
    BTW, most victims of the Empire are People of Color.
    196
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @stuckinred: I know I know. I just felt like poking at the angry hornet’s nest; it’s fun watching people make utter fools of themselves.
    197
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal

    Angry Black Lady: Whatever it is YOU CAN’T HANDLE IT!
    198
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    …I… I… I CAN’T, Mnem. I have decades of frothing hatred at how Milne’s work has been sold like a cheap back alley whore that I still haven’t worked through! Even if this is good, how can I spend the sixty seconds necessary holding back my bile in order to find out?
    Don’t even get me started on what they did to The Rescuers…
    199
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: Keep telling yourself that, dearie.
    200
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    Mnemosyne

    I have to admit, it cracks me up that Kenneth apparently thinks that the rest of the world only just decided they don’t like American imperialism. Because apparently our adventures in Southeast Asia, South America, the Middle East, and the South Pacific over the past 150 years or so didn’t really count and it was only when the blackity black black man got into office that they started to resent being pushed around.
    201
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Explain how that’s racist.
    What is the truth? Well, THIS is part of it.
    Read and be enlightened.
    202
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
    JPL

    @Angry Black Lady: You win..
    203
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
    Kenneth

    @Mnemosyne:
    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.
    So shut the fuck up and shove THAT up your ass, and go read Chalmers Johnson. Race has nothing to do with it, but apparently our corporate Owners thought that if they could put a BLACK face on it all useful tools and idiot water carriers for Empire like you wouldn’t attack it anymore lest you be labeled “racist”.
    It worked like a charm for certain segments of the useful idiot “left”, I see.
    204
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
    Evolved Deep Southerner

    Yo, I’m still in moderation back at #122, apparently. I know what phrase triggered the filter, but I promise I’m not trafficking in boner pills.
    205
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @JPL: I’ve eaten more pie and chocolate than I thought humanly possible!
    Beer or yoga? Why not both? At the same time, even!
    206
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
    asiangrrlMN

    @Angry Black Lady: Only for you. Me, I’ll take the boots as long as they are covered in snow. But, I do wear flip-flops when I take out the garbage. So there.
    @JPL: Velcro itself is fine. But, most boots don’t come in Velcro (as far as I know). And, Kenneth has read the rules just fine. All he’s talking about is pie and cake. Man, does he love himself some petit fours.
    207
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal

    And what about the Ashes? What the fuck has happened to Australian cricket? Michael Hussey is the only batsman that has looked at all good in this series, and they almost left him off the side. Mitchell Johnson bowled well in Perth. Peter Siddle is bowling pretty well in Melbourne. That’s it. They need to burn this side to the ground and start over. Ponting’s tantrum yesterday was a cry for help.
    The interesting test is being played in South Africa.
    208
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Evolved Deep Southerner: I’ll get you out.
    209
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    stuckinred

    See, this punk ass racist mothefucker is trying to play the Nam card again. He’s one of the sissy fucks that would run their mouths and then run their ass away when the shit started.
    210
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @Kenneth:
    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.
    So? I was a toddler when Vietnam ended, and now I’m in my 40s. That means that your political life happened a very long time ago.
    Move along, grandpa. You can’t look at every goddamned thing through Vietnam spectacles anymore.
    211
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: No idea. Is that how they normally roll? I live in the boonies in Illinois, so all my contact with live music is usually third hand.
    EDIT – Ignore the K thing. Think peaceful thoughts.
    212
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
    stuckinred

    @Mnemosyne: easy with that, junior
    213
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
    JPL

    @asiangrrlMN: It’s really been cold in GA and velcro is the greatest invention for doggie coats. I was pup sitting for a 5 pound maltese and her boots have velcro.. so there
    That’s the turth! also,too.
    214
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
    j low

    @Jewish Steel: Telecaster.
    215
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
    Uloborus

    @Angry Black Lady:
    How are you doing processing those offers of marriage, ABL? Because you just reminded me to make sure mine is properly filed and awaiting review.
    216
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: Yea, they always have a special sale here when they have a show in the ATL. It’s a nice touch that they don’t really have to do. REM has incredibly nice people working for them and they really contribute to the community in many ways.
    217
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @stuckinred:
    You (and the v

  334. 334.

    Kenneth

    eth: So is our interest level in your drivel.
    Come to think, my Give-A-Fuck-O-Meter is stuck at zero when I see your name. The only good side effect of that is I tend to ignore Ken Burns, too.
    164
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
    Southern Beale

    @Mnemosyne:
    I’ve had several people recomment “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” to me.
    For some reason I am remembering there is a Nashville connection to that book … can’t remember what it is though.
    I’ll have to put that one on my list …
    165
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
    licensed to kill time

    You can’t handle the TURTH about The Empire.
    “You want the TURTH? You can’t HANDLE the TURTH!”
    LOL.
    166
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: SO IGNORE HIM!
    167
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Ignore who? ;)
    168
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    stuckinred

    There must be 5,000 people at the weedeaterbowl. Tech was selling tix for half-price.
    169
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @tbogg:
    This is Los Angeles, the world’s dream factory—anything is possible!
    170
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: What’s the frequency?
    171
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    WaterGirl

    @MattR: I admired her creativity. She followed all the rules and didn’t get wet. :-)
    172
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    asiangrrlMN

    @stuckinred: Yep. The one who keeps talking about pie (on my monitor, anyway). Pure bliss.
    @MattR: Yes. A shovel. Or your hands might work, too. Ha!
    @WaterGirl: That’s a really cute story. And, yes, she was very creative.
    173
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    stuckinred

    @Mnemosyne: They are calling Phillips Arena the Highlight Factory, what a joke!
    174
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Hopefully, as frequently as possible, but usually not nearly as frequently as I’d like. There’s a moral there somewhere. Or maybe an immoral.
    175
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    handy

    @JPL:
    mac vs windows
    How about Windows on a Mac, does that count?
    176
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies. But in four or five years perspective may completely change.
    In the meantime, they saved Princess And The Frog and Tangled and we have two decent movies, finally. I think you’re right about PatF. Racism is only a small (well, a very subtle) part of it. Disney Princess Movies sell a certain image, and ‘poor black girl’ is not in that image.
    Shame. Good movie. After three decades of Eisner venting his bowels on the animation industry, Disney’s finally getting back up to speed.
    177
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: Look, there’s a video.
    178
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
    The Other Chuck

    @Ailuridae:
    When you tie your laces, you probably tie the standard granny knot everyone was taught. It’s a crappy knot, but it’s easily fixed: when you do the first twist, instead of putting the left lace over the right put the right over the left instead. Then do the loop as you normally do. In other words, one of the twists should be left over right and the other should be right over left.
    If you do tie a proper knot and your laces still come undone, then well, buy better laces.
    179
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
    stuckinred

    @Ailuridae: Take the EL.
    180
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Nice! Sounds like he had a cold there, though.
    181
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
    Jay in Oregon

    @Kenneth
    It kind of goes against the Obot/Balloonbagger mantra of “don’t worry, be happy! USA #1!!”
    Aw, come on, you’re not even trying with that one. I expect better for my trolling dollar.
    182
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: What the fuck is “turth”?
    183
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: That’s what they get for gallevanting all over Europe when they could stay here in Athens!
    184
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
    stuckinred

    @Angry Black Lady: ARGGGGH, quit engaging this moron! Oh, and Hi!
    185
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Read the link I posted.
    THAT is the truth.
    Obama just a new smiling black face on the same old Empire that’s assfucking the world with a dildo, and the world has had ENOUGH.
    186
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @asiangrrlMN: And flip flops beat winter boots.
    I WIN.
    187
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    JPL

    @Angry Black Lady: Kenneth didn’t read the rules of this post. He can rant all he wants on the earlier posts. So what do you think..cake or pie..beer or yoga..falcons or saints.
    How was your Christmas btw?
    188
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    stuckinred

    @Angry Black Lady: See, that’s what you get for talking to it.
    189
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Hey, Yurpeans need culture, too.
    I like this one, too.
    190
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @Uloborus:
    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies.
    But they do. Inferring from what I’ve been told (at my very small, cog in the corporate machine level, mind you), they want the Disney and Pixar studios to continue to have separate identities, and one of the ways to differentiate them is to keep the fairy tale/princess stories at Disney. It will probably take another little while to get corporate to settle down from their freakout, but it will happen.
    Have you seen the trailer for the new Winnie the Pooh? Go see it and keep my paycheck coming! ;-)
    191
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
    JPL

    @asiangrrlMN: What about velcro?
    192
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: I don’t give a crap about your racist homophobic rhetoric, so I decline your invitation. I just want to know what the hell “turth” is.
    The world? Lawl. You only wish that were so. The world is happy. You’re one of the contrarian fuckwits crying into your wine purse because no one is paying you no never mind.
    193
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: I wonder if the Athens townies got 1st crack at the tickets for that show too?
    194
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    sashal

    hey , John, have some fun.
    From Sweden got talent:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S37JkVjmJg
    195
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Saying Obama is a “the new black smiling face on the old Empire” is not racist. How is it?
    BTW, most victims of the Empire are People of Color.
    196
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @stuckinred: I know I know. I just felt like poking at the angry hornet’s nest; it’s fun watching people make utter fools of themselves.
    197
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal

    Angry Black Lady: Whatever it is YOU CAN’T HANDLE IT!
    198
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    …I… I… I CAN’T, Mnem. I have decades of frothing hatred at how Milne’s work has been sold like a cheap back alley whore that I still haven’t worked through! Even if this is good, how can I spend the sixty seconds necessary holding back my bile in order to find out?
    Don’t even get me started on what they did to The Rescuers…
    199
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: Keep telling yourself that, dearie.
    200
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    Mnemosyne

    I have to admit, it cracks me up that Kenneth apparently thinks that the rest of the world only just decided they don’t like American imperialism. Because apparently our adventures in Southeast Asia, South America, the Middle East, and the South Pacific over the past 150 years or so didn’t really count and it was only when the blackity black black man got into office that they started to resent being pushed around.
    201
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Explain how that’s racist.
    What is the truth? Well, THIS is part of it.
    Read and be enlightened.
    202
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
    JPL

    @Angry Black Lady: You win..
    203
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
    Kenneth

    @Mnemosyne:
    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.
    So shut the fuck up and shove THAT up your ass, and go read Chalmers Johnson. Race has nothing to do with it, but apparently our corporate Owners thought that if they could put a BLACK face on it all useful tools and idiot water carriers for Empire like you wouldn’t attack it anymore lest you be labeled “racist”.
    It worked like a charm for certain segments of the useful idiot “left”, I see.
    204
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
    Evolved Deep Southerner

    Yo, I’m still in moderation back at #122, apparently. I know what phrase triggered the filter, but I promise I’m not trafficking in boner pills.
    205
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @JPL: I’ve eaten more pie and chocolate than I thought humanly possible!
    Beer or yoga? Why not both? At the same time, even!
    206
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
    asiangrrlMN

    @Angry Black Lady: Only for you. Me, I’ll take the boots as long as they are covered in snow. But, I do wear flip-flops when I take out the garbage. So there.
    @JPL: Velcro itself is fine. But, most boots don’t come in Velcro (as far as I know). And, Kenneth has read the rules just fine. All he’s talking about is pie and cake. Man, does he love himself some petit fours.
    207
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal

    And what about the Ashes? What the fuck has happened to Australian cricket? Michael Hussey is the only batsman that has looked at all good in this series, and they almost left him off the side. Mitchell Johnson bowled well in Perth. Peter Siddle is bowling pretty well in Melbourne. That’s it. They need to burn this side to the ground and start over. Ponting’s tantrum yesterday was a cry for help.
    The interesting test is being played in South Africa.
    208
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Evolved Deep Southerner: I’ll get you out.
    209
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    stuckinred

    See, this punk ass racist mothefucker is trying to play the Nam card again. He’s one of the sissy fucks that would run their mouths and then run their ass away when the shit started.
    210
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @Kenneth:
    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.
    So? I was a toddler when Vietnam ended, and now I’m in my 40s. That means that your political life happened a very long time ago.
    Move along, grandpa. You can’t look at every goddamned thing through Vietnam spectacles anymore.
    211
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: No idea. Is that how they normally roll? I live in the boonies in Illinois, so all my contact with live music is usually third hand.
    EDIT – Ignore the K thing. Think peaceful thoughts.
    212
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
    stuckinred

    @Mnemosyne: easy with that, junior
    213
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
    JPL

    @asiangrrlMN: It’s really been cold in GA and velcro is the greatest invention for doggie coats. I was pup sitting for a 5 pound maltese and her boots have velcro.. so there
    That’s the turth! also,too.
    214
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
    j low

    @Jewish Steel: Telecaster.
    215
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
    Uloborus

    @Angry Black Lady:
    How are you doing processing those offers of marriage, ABL? Because you just reminded me to make sure mine is properly filed and awaiting review.
    216
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: Yea, they always have a special sale here when they have a show in the ATL. It’s a nice touch that they don’t really have to do. REM has incredibly nice people working for them and they really contribute to the community in many ways.
    217
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @stuckinred:
    You (and the v

  335. 335.

    Kenneth

    eth: So is our interest level in your drivel.
    Come to think, my Give-A-Fuck-O-Meter is stuck at zero when I see your name. The only good side effect of that is I tend to ignore Ken Burns, too.
    164
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
    Southern Beale

    @Mnemosyne:
    I’ve had several people recomment “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” to me.
    For some reason I am remembering there is a Nashville connection to that book … can’t remember what it is though.
    I’ll have to put that one on my list …
    165
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
    licensed to kill time

    You can’t handle the TURTH about The Empire.
    “You want the TURTH? You can’t HANDLE the TURTH!”
    LOL.
    166
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: SO IGNORE HIM!
    167
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Ignore who? ;)
    168
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    stuckinred

    There must be 5,000 people at the weedeaterbowl. Tech was selling tix for half-price.
    169
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @tbogg:
    This is Los Angeles, the world’s dream factory—anything is possible!
    170
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: What’s the frequency?
    171
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    WaterGirl

    @MattR: I admired her creativity. She followed all the rules and didn’t get wet. :-)
    172
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    asiangrrlMN

    @stuckinred: Yep. The one who keeps talking about pie (on my monitor, anyway). Pure bliss.
    @MattR: Yes. A shovel. Or your hands might work, too. Ha!
    @WaterGirl: That’s a really cute story. And, yes, she was very creative.
    173
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    stuckinred

    @Mnemosyne: They are calling Phillips Arena the Highlight Factory, what a joke!
    174
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Hopefully, as frequently as possible, but usually not nearly as frequently as I’d like. There’s a moral there somewhere. Or maybe an immoral.
    175
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    handy

    @JPL:
    mac vs windows
    How about Windows on a Mac, does that count?
    176
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies. But in four or five years perspective may completely change.
    In the meantime, they saved Princess And The Frog and Tangled and we have two decent movies, finally. I think you’re right about PatF. Racism is only a small (well, a very subtle) part of it. Disney Princess Movies sell a certain image, and ‘poor black girl’ is not in that image.
    Shame. Good movie. After three decades of Eisner venting his bowels on the animation industry, Disney’s finally getting back up to speed.
    177
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: Look, there’s a video.
    178
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
    The Other Chuck

    @Ailuridae:
    When you tie your laces, you probably tie the standard granny knot everyone was taught. It’s a crappy knot, but it’s easily fixed: when you do the first twist, instead of putting the left lace over the right put the right over the left instead. Then do the loop as you normally do. In other words, one of the twists should be left over right and the other should be right over left.
    If you do tie a proper knot and your laces still come undone, then well, buy better laces.
    179
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
    stuckinred

    @Ailuridae: Take the EL.
    180
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Nice! Sounds like he had a cold there, though.
    181
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
    Jay in Oregon

    @Kenneth
    It kind of goes against the Obot/Balloonbagger mantra of “don’t worry, be happy! USA #1!!”
    Aw, come on, you’re not even trying with that one. I expect better for my trolling dollar.
    182
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: What the fuck is “turth”?
    183
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: That’s what they get for gallevanting all over Europe when they could stay here in Athens!
    184
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
    stuckinred

    @Angry Black Lady: ARGGGGH, quit engaging this moron! Oh, and Hi!
    185
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Read the link I posted.
    THAT is the truth.
    Obama just a new smiling black face on the same old Empire that’s assfucking the world with a dildo, and the world has had ENOUGH.
    186
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @asiangrrlMN: And flip flops beat winter boots.
    I WIN.
    187
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    JPL

    @Angry Black Lady: Kenneth didn’t read the rules of this post. He can rant all he wants on the earlier posts. So what do you think..cake or pie..beer or yoga..falcons or saints.
    How was your Christmas btw?
    188
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    stuckinred

    @Angry Black Lady: See, that’s what you get for talking to it.
    189
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Hey, Yurpeans need culture, too.
    I like this one, too.
    190
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @Uloborus:
    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies.
    But they do. Inferring from what I’ve been told (at my very small, cog in the corporate machine level, mind you), they want the Disney and Pixar studios to continue to have separate identities, and one of the ways to differentiate them is to keep the fairy tale/princess stories at Disney. It will probably take another little while to get corporate to settle down from their freakout, but it will happen.
    Have you seen the trailer for the new Winnie the Pooh? Go see it and keep my paycheck coming! ;-)
    191
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
    JPL

    @asiangrrlMN: What about velcro?
    192
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: I don’t give a crap about your racist homophobic rhetoric, so I decline your invitation. I just want to know what the hell “turth” is.
    The world? Lawl. You only wish that were so. The world is happy. You’re one of the contrarian fuckwits crying into your wine purse because no one is paying you no never mind.
    193
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: I wonder if the Athens townies got 1st crack at the tickets for that show too?
    194
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    sashal

    hey , John, have some fun.
    From Sweden got talent:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S37JkVjmJg
    195
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Saying Obama is a “the new black smiling face on the old Empire” is not racist. How is it?
    BTW, most victims of the Empire are People of Color.
    196
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @stuckinred: I know I know. I just felt like poking at the angry hornet’s nest; it’s fun watching people make utter fools of themselves.
    197
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal

    Angry Black Lady: Whatever it is YOU CAN’T HANDLE IT!
    198
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    …I… I… I CAN’T, Mnem. I have decades of frothing hatred at how Milne’s work has been sold like a cheap back alley whore that I still haven’t worked through! Even if this is good, how can I spend the sixty seconds necessary holding back my bile in order to find out?
    Don’t even get me started on what they did to The Rescuers…
    199
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: Keep telling yourself that, dearie.
    200
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    Mnemosyne

    I have to admit, it cracks me up that Kenneth apparently thinks that the rest of the world only just decided they don’t like American imperialism. Because apparently our adventures in Southeast Asia, South America, the Middle East, and the South Pacific over the past 150 years or so didn’t really count and it was only when the blackity black black man got into office that they started to resent being pushed around.
    201
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Explain how that’s racist.
    What is the truth? Well, THIS is part of it.
    Read and be enlightened.
    202
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
    JPL

    @Angry Black Lady: You win..
    203
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
    Kenneth

    @Mnemosyne:
    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.
    So shut the fuck up and shove THAT up your ass, and go read Chalmers Johnson. Race has nothing to do with it, but apparently our corporate Owners thought that if they could put a BLACK face on it all useful tools and idiot water carriers for Empire like you wouldn’t attack it anymore lest you be labeled “racist”.
    It worked like a charm for certain segments of the useful idiot “left”, I see.
    204
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
    Evolved Deep Southerner

    Yo, I’m still in moderation back at #122, apparently. I know what phrase triggered the filter, but I promise I’m not trafficking in boner pills.
    205
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @JPL: I’ve eaten more pie and chocolate than I thought humanly possible!
    Beer or yoga? Why not both? At the same time, even!
    206
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
    asiangrrlMN

    @Angry Black Lady: Only for you. Me, I’ll take the boots as long as they are covered in snow. But, I do wear flip-flops when I take out the garbage. So there.
    @JPL: Velcro itself is fine. But, most boots don’t come in Velcro (as far as I know). And, Kenneth has read the rules just fine. All he’s talking about is pie and cake. Man, does he love himself some petit fours.
    207
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal

    And what about the Ashes? What the fuck has happened to Australian cricket? Michael Hussey is the only batsman that has looked at all good in this series, and they almost left him off the side. Mitchell Johnson bowled well in Perth. Peter Siddle is bowling pretty well in Melbourne. That’s it. They need to burn this side to the ground and start over. Ponting’s tantrum yesterday was a cry for help.
    The interesting test is being played in South Africa.
    208
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Evolved Deep Southerner: I’ll get you out.
    209
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    stuckinred

    See, this punk ass racist mothefucker is trying to play the Nam card again. He’s one of the sissy fucks that would run their mouths and then run their ass away when the shit started.
    210
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @Kenneth:
    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.
    So? I was a toddler when Vietnam ended, and now I’m in my 40s. That means that your political life happened a very long time ago.
    Move along, grandpa. You can’t look at every goddamned thing through Vietnam spectacles anymore.
    211
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: No idea. Is that how they normally roll? I live in the boonies in Illinois, so all my contact with live music is usually third hand.
    EDIT – Ignore the K thing. Think peaceful thoughts.
    212
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
    stuckinred

    @Mnemosyne: easy with that, junior
    213
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
    JPL

    @asiangrrlMN: It’s really been cold in GA and velcro is the greatest invention for doggie coats. I was pup sitting for a 5 pound maltese and her boots have velcro.. so there
    That’s the turth! also,too.
    214
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
    j low

    @Jewish Steel: Telecaster.
    215
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
    Uloborus

    @Angry Black Lady:
    How are you doing processing those offers of marriage, ABL? Because you just reminded me to make sure mine is properly filed and awaiting review.
    216
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: Yea, they always have a special sale here when they have a show in the ATL. It’s a nice touch that they don’t really have to do. REM has incredibly nice people working for them and they really contribute to the community in many ways.
    217
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @stuckinred:
    You (and the v

  336. 336.

    Kenneth

    eth: So is our interest level in your drivel.
    Come to think, my Give-A-Fuck-O-Meter is stuck at zero when I see your name. The only good side effect of that is I tend to ignore Ken Burns, too.
    164
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
    Southern Beale

    @Mnemosyne:
    I’ve had several people recomment “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” to me.
    For some reason I am remembering there is a Nashville connection to that book … can’t remember what it is though.
    I’ll have to put that one on my list …
    165
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
    licensed to kill time

    You can’t handle the TURTH about The Empire.
    “You want the TURTH? You can’t HANDLE the TURTH!”
    LOL.
    166
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: SO IGNORE HIM!
    167
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Ignore who? ;)
    168
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    stuckinred

    There must be 5,000 people at the weedeaterbowl. Tech was selling tix for half-price.
    169
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @tbogg:
    This is Los Angeles, the world’s dream factory—anything is possible!
    170
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: What’s the frequency?
    171
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    WaterGirl

    @MattR: I admired her creativity. She followed all the rules and didn’t get wet. :-)
    172
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    asiangrrlMN

    @stuckinred: Yep. The one who keeps talking about pie (on my monitor, anyway). Pure bliss.
    @MattR: Yes. A shovel. Or your hands might work, too. Ha!
    @WaterGirl: That’s a really cute story. And, yes, she was very creative.
    173
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
    stuckinred

    @Mnemosyne: They are calling Phillips Arena the Highlight Factory, what a joke!
    174
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Hopefully, as frequently as possible, but usually not nearly as frequently as I’d like. There’s a moral there somewhere. Or maybe an immoral.
    175
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    handy

    @JPL:
    mac vs windows
    How about Windows on a Mac, does that count?
    176
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies. But in four or five years perspective may completely change.
    In the meantime, they saved Princess And The Frog and Tangled and we have two decent movies, finally. I think you’re right about PatF. Racism is only a small (well, a very subtle) part of it. Disney Princess Movies sell a certain image, and ‘poor black girl’ is not in that image.
    Shame. Good movie. After three decades of Eisner venting his bowels on the animation industry, Disney’s finally getting back up to speed.
    177
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: Look, there’s a video.
    178
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
    The Other Chuck

    @Ailuridae:
    When you tie your laces, you probably tie the standard granny knot everyone was taught. It’s a crappy knot, but it’s easily fixed: when you do the first twist, instead of putting the left lace over the right put the right over the left instead. Then do the loop as you normally do. In other words, one of the twists should be left over right and the other should be right over left.
    If you do tie a proper knot and your laces still come undone, then well, buy better laces.
    179
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
    stuckinred

    @Ailuridae: Take the EL.
    180
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Nice! Sounds like he had a cold there, though.
    181
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
    Jay in Oregon

    @Kenneth
    It kind of goes against the Obot/Balloonbagger mantra of “don’t worry, be happy! USA #1!!”
    Aw, come on, you’re not even trying with that one. I expect better for my trolling dollar.
    182
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: What the fuck is “turth”?
    183
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: That’s what they get for gallevanting all over Europe when they could stay here in Athens!
    184
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
    stuckinred

    @Angry Black Lady: ARGGGGH, quit engaging this moron! Oh, and Hi!
    185
    December 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Read the link I posted.
    THAT is the truth.
    Obama just a new smiling black face on the same old Empire that’s assfucking the world with a dildo, and the world has had ENOUGH.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @asiangrrlMN: And flip flops beat winter boots.
    I WIN.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    JPL

    @Angry Black Lady: Kenneth didn’t read the rules of this post. He can rant all he wants on the earlier posts. So what do you think..cake or pie..beer or yoga..falcons or saints.
    How was your Christmas btw?
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
    stuckinred

    @Angry Black Lady: See, that’s what you get for talking to it.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: Hey, Yurpeans need culture, too.
    I like this one, too.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @Uloborus:
    I never saw the original quote, but it would baffle me if the Pixar folks now in charge wanted more Princess Movies.
    But they do. Inferring from what I’ve been told (at my very small, cog in the corporate machine level, mind you), they want the Disney and Pixar studios to continue to have separate identities, and one of the ways to differentiate them is to keep the fairy tale/princess stories at Disney. It will probably take another little while to get corporate to settle down from their freakout, but it will happen.
    Have you seen the trailer for the new Winnie the Pooh? Go see it and keep my paycheck coming! ;-)
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
    JPL

    @asiangrrlMN: What about velcro?
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: I don’t give a crap about your racist homophobic rhetoric, so I decline your invitation. I just want to know what the hell “turth” is.
    The world? Lawl. You only wish that were so. The world is happy. You’re one of the contrarian fuckwits crying into your wine purse because no one is paying you no never mind.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: I wonder if the Athens townies got 1st crack at the tickets for that show too?
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    sashal

    hey , John, have some fun.
    From Sweden got talent:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S37JkVjmJg
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Saying Obama is a “the new black smiling face on the old Empire” is not racist. How is it?
    BTW, most victims of the Empire are People of Color.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @stuckinred: I know I know. I just felt like poking at the angry hornet’s nest; it’s fun watching people make utter fools of themselves.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal

    Angry Black Lady: Whatever it is YOU CAN’T HANDLE IT!
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
    Uloborus

    @Mnemosyne:
    …I… I… I CAN’T, Mnem. I have decades of frothing hatred at how Milne’s work has been sold like a cheap back alley whore that I still haven’t worked through! Even if this is good, how can I spend the sixty seconds necessary holding back my bile in order to find out?
    Don’t even get me started on what they did to The Rescuers…
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Kenneth: Keep telling yourself that, dearie.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
    Mnemosyne

    I have to admit, it cracks me up that Kenneth apparently thinks that the rest of the world only just decided they don’t like American imperialism. Because apparently our adventures in Southeast Asia, South America, the Middle East, and the South Pacific over the past 150 years or so didn’t really count and it was only when the blackity black black man got into office that they started to resent being pushed around.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
    Kenneth

    @Angry Black Lady:
    Explain how that’s racist.
    What is the truth? Well, THIS is part of it.
    Read and be enlightened.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
    JPL

    @Angry Black Lady: You win..
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
    Kenneth

    @Mnemosyne:
    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.
    So shut the fuck up and shove THAT up your ass, and go read Chalmers Johnson. Race has nothing to do with it, but apparently our corporate Owners thought that if they could put a BLACK face on it all useful tools and idiot water carriers for Empire like you wouldn’t attack it anymore lest you be labeled “racist”.
    It worked like a charm for certain segments of the useful idiot “left”, I see.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
    Evolved Deep Southerner

    Yo, I’m still in moderation back at #122, apparently. I know what phrase triggered the filter, but I promise I’m not trafficking in boner pills.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @JPL: I’ve eaten more pie and chocolate than I thought humanly possible!
    Beer or yoga? Why not both? At the same time, even!
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
    asiangrrlMN

    @Angry Black Lady: Only for you. Me, I’ll take the boots as long as they are covered in snow. But, I do wear flip-flops when I take out the garbage. So there.
    @JPL: Velcro itself is fine. But, most boots don’t come in Velcro (as far as I know). And, Kenneth has read the rules just fine. All he’s talking about is pie and cake. Man, does he love himself some petit fours.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal

    And what about the Ashes? What the fuck has happened to Australian cricket? Michael Hussey is the only batsman that has looked at all good in this series, and they almost left him off the side. Mitchell Johnson bowled well in Perth. Peter Siddle is bowling pretty well in Melbourne. That’s it. They need to burn this side to the ground and start over. Ponting’s tantrum yesterday was a cry for help.
    The interesting test is being played in South Africa.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    Angry Black Lady

    @Evolved Deep Southerner: I’ll get you out.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
    stuckinred

    See, this punk ass racist mothefucker is trying to play the Nam card again. He’s one of the sissy fucks that would run their mouths and then run their ass away when the shit started.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @Kenneth:
    I started my political life marching against Vietnam.
    So? I was a toddler when Vietnam ended, and now I’m in my 40s. That means that your political life happened a very long time ago.
    Move along, grandpa. You can’t look at every goddamned thing through Vietnam spectacles anymore.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
    NobodySpecial

    @stuckinred: No idea. Is that how they normally roll? I live in the boonies in Illinois, so all my contact with live music is usually third hand.
    EDIT – Ignore the K thing. Think peaceful thoughts.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
    stuckinred

    @Mnemosyne: easy with that, junior
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
    JPL

    @asiangrrlMN: It’s really been cold in GA and velcro is the greatest invention for doggie coats. I was pup sitting for a 5 pound maltese and her boots have velcro.. so there
    That’s the turth! also,too.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
    j low

    @Jewish Steel: Telecaster.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
    Uloborus

    @Angry Black Lady:
    How are you doing processing those offers of marriage, ABL? Because you just reminded me to make sure mine is properly filed and awaiting review.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
    stuckinred

    @NobodySpecial: Yea, they always have a special sale here when they have a show in the ATL. It’s a nice touch that they don’t really have to do. REM has incredibly nice people working for them and they really contribute to the community in many ways.
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    December 27th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
    Mnemosyne

    @stuckinred:
    You (and the v

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    Mnemosyne

    For someone who claims he was a spoof troll all along, Kenneth sure was determined to try and kill the thread entirely.

    I guess that’s all you can do when you keep getting pwned over and over and over again.

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