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Chuck Open Thread

by John Cole|  May 9, 20118:04 pm| 84 Comments

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  1. 1.

    Steeplejack

    May 9, 2011 at 8:19 pm

    I’m two episodes behind. Plan to watch the one about losing the wedding money in a little bit, maybe carry on if the momentum builds. Waiting to see if the Twins-Red Sox games catches fire.

  2. 2.

    Neil

    May 9, 2011 at 8:27 pm

    I can’t wait for someone to start a band called Barry Soetero and the Birthers

  3. 3.

    OzoneR

    May 9, 2011 at 8:31 pm

    Don’t tell Joe Beese

    Navy chaplains will be trained about their ability to perform same-sex civil marriage ceremonies under new guidance that would take effect if the Defense Department moves to recognize openly gay military service.

    http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GAYS_IN_MILITARY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-05-09-19-29-55

  4. 4.

    mcd410x

    May 9, 2011 at 8:33 pm

    If the Mississippi River flood overwhelms the Old River Control Structure, the Mississippi could jump to the Atchafalaya River channel (Dr. Masters at Wunderground will have more soon):

    “In the aftermath of the huge floods that would cause the main flow of the river to jump to the Atchafalaya River, aside from the cost, anxiety, tragedy, and aggravation of dealing with massive amounts of water being in the wrong place, there would be lingering issues that would change the way of life on the lower Mississippi. Instead of 70% flow down the lower Mississippi and 30% flow down the Atchafalaya, the percentages would probably reverse. … Morgan City would have to be relocated, as would other communities and many businesses, possibly including the massive infrastructure of the offshore oil and gas industry. Fisheries would be altered measurably all across the delta. It would probably take two decades to adapt to the new environment around present day Morgan City. Additionally, pipelines, bridges, and the like that cross the Atchafalaya would be destroyed or rendered unsafe. The ruptured natural gas pipelines would place stress on fuel supplies for energy companies, but they would quickly change to more costly fuel sources and have little or no interruption of service. “

  5. 5.

    Comrade Mary

    May 9, 2011 at 8:40 pm

    I just spent 2 hours half-cleaning my garage. I got to my dust threshold and stopped. If deadlines hold off, I can finish cleaning it by the weekend.

  6. 6.

    Roger Moore

    May 9, 2011 at 8:47 pm

    @mcd410x:

    If the Mississippi River flood overwhelms the Old River Control Structure, the Mississippi could jump to the Atchafalaya River channel

    Nasty. Anyone who wants to know a lot about this should read John McPhee’s excellent “The Control of Nature”, which talks about the Old River Control Structure (as well as Iceland’s fight against a volcano and Los Angeles’s debris control structures). It’s fascinating and scary.

  7. 7.

    Anoniminous

    May 9, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    @mcd410x:

    Only a matter of time before the Mississippi ventures forth, once again, a new route to the Gulf to plow. When it does the entire Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio river complex goes ker–ppfffttttt as a transportation system. Among other things, it will cause about a 5 to 10 percent reduction in US GNP for a couple of years.

  8. 8.

    jeff

    May 9, 2011 at 9:01 pm

    My late grandfather was an engineer from Louisiana. I didn’t know him well, but one of the few things I do remember is that he would say every Thanksgiving that the Mississippi levees were totally a mistake. There were amazingly smart people from that generation, no matter how parochial they were in some regards. He called the 9th ward disaster 20 years before it happened.

  9. 9.

    RedKitten

    May 9, 2011 at 9:09 pm

    Loved the Star Wars references in tonight’s ep. There were a lot of neat little in-jokes (like when Linda Hamilton was doing the chin-ups in the jail cell.)

  10. 10.

    PurpleGirl

    May 9, 2011 at 9:13 pm

    @RedKitten: You’ve changed some of the pictures at your flckr link — cool. SamKitten must be a handfull now — running, not walking?

  11. 11.

    Joel

    May 9, 2011 at 9:15 pm

    I have to admit, I’m an ageist. Under 5 and over 90, can’t trust that you haven’t pooped your pants. Examples of both on my bus right now…

  12. 12.

    Loneoak

    May 9, 2011 at 9:21 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    Mad love for McPhee.

  13. 13.

    MazeDancer

    May 9, 2011 at 9:30 pm

    Boehner has announced the Repubs opening bargaining position in the debt ceiling vote: Trillions in cuts, or no raising the limit.

    Article in NYTimes about his speech in NYC launching the Repubs opening salvo: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/us/politics/10boehner.html?hp Boehner wants to seize the opportunity.

    Hoping that the President announces: No negotiating with terrorists. It is still my humble opinion that this should not be a negotiation at all. That once any discussion opens, the Republicans win as their willingness to let the nation default is legitimized. Instead, the Dems should just say: no negotiations. This is not a discussion. This is about whether or not America has a future. And if the Republicans decide that America does not, then they’ll let the nation default.

  14. 14.

    Martin

    May 9, 2011 at 9:34 pm

    @MazeDancer:

    Boehner has announced the Repubs opening bargaining position in the debt ceiling vote: Trillions in cuts, or no raising the limit.

    Obama: So you still want us to eliminate Medicare?

  15. 15.

    Maude

    May 9, 2011 at 9:39 pm

    @Martin:
    We could start by cutting off the utilities at the capital.
    Then we move onto their pay and benefits.

  16. 16.

    Roger Moore

    May 9, 2011 at 9:48 pm

    @Maude:
    No, let’s start with the big stuff. We’ll cancel all military procurement except supplies and parts for existing equipment. Then we’ll end farm subsidies. Then we can start looking at symbolic cuts.

  17. 17.

    jeffreyw

    May 9, 2011 at 9:51 pm

    Thread needs kitties (slight reprise).

  18. 18.

    Martin

    May 9, 2011 at 9:52 pm

    @Maude: Just keep tying the GOP back to their desire to cut Medicare. Never let them off of that vote. Every time they want to cut, the Dems need to talk about the GOP cutting Medicare.

    Every. Time.

  19. 19.

    Joel

    May 9, 2011 at 9:55 pm

    Only the Bulls (should they survive) can stop the NBA’s equivalent of Paul Ryan from reaching the finals this year.

  20. 20.

    Roger Moore

    May 9, 2011 at 9:56 pm

    @jeffreyw:
    Squeeeee!

  21. 21.

    South of I-10

    May 9, 2011 at 9:57 pm

    Re the Mississippi: all of you go and find yourselves a copy of Rising Tide by John Barry. Very interesting history of the flood of 1927 and the corps. I sure hope those levees hold, but I really don’t have a lot of faith in the corps.

  22. 22.

    ksmiami

    May 9, 2011 at 10:03 pm

    Open thread comment – the GOP insane clown posse running for 2012 is starting to make me ill. Hate filled, greedy jerks representing the worst of America… Frankly, I am not sure the Republican party will survive their own insanity – I thought it was bad under Clinton, but now everyone knows who these people are…

  23. 23.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    May 9, 2011 at 10:07 pm

    @ksmiami: Erik Erikson has announced he will never vote for Huntsman, which is good news for people who love bad news for VSP-favored Republican candidates.

    and that asshole teacher in Texas who made a little girl of Arab descent cry about the death of her “uncle” bin Laden was shit-canned.

  24. 24.

    Martin

    May 9, 2011 at 10:10 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    and that asshole teacher in Texas who made a little girl of Arab descent cry about the death of her “uncle” bin Laden was shit-canned.

    Unpossible! It takes years to fire a tenured union teacher, even if they’ve murdered one of their students and confessed!

  25. 25.

    MazeDancer

    May 9, 2011 at 10:10 pm

    @Martin:

    Good point about there probably are no Repub “trillions” in cuts without axeing Medicare.

    And, also, too, one assumes they still want trillions in tax cuts for rich people.

  26. 26.

    BattleCat

    May 9, 2011 at 10:13 pm

    How come you guys don’t talk about cats?

    I know this sweet cat that falls over when I rub her on the back.

    She claws me if I rub her stomach, though.

  27. 27.

    Joe Beese

    May 9, 2011 at 10:16 pm

    The Navy ceremonies would be allowed at military facilities such as chapel and catering centers, but only in states that already recognize same-sex unions. And, even if a marriage is performed, same-sex partners would not get any health, housing or other benefits that are provided to married couples involving a man and woman.

    FREE AT LAST! FREE AT LAST! THANK GOD ALMIGHTY, I AM FREE AT LAST!

  28. 28.

    gnomedad

    May 9, 2011 at 10:22 pm

    @mcd410x:
    Fascinating stuff; thanks! Learned a new word: “distributary”.

  29. 29.

    Martin

    May 9, 2011 at 10:22 pm

    @MazeDancer:

    Good point about there probably are no Repub “trillions” in cuts without axeing Medicare.

    Even if there were, you keep suggesting that their cuts include Medicare. Make them deny it every time they get a microphone in their face. The GOP has been pushing ‘tax and spend’ for 30 years straight. Even when Obama cut taxes, the tea party went out to protest the tax increases. Repeat something often enough…

  30. 30.

    ruemara

    May 9, 2011 at 10:23 pm

    @OzoneR:
    Not a bad development at all, but I do not like this “if” language. I want it to be “when the Defense Dept, yadda”

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Yay!

    I feel bad for him since he lost his job under really bad circumstances he caused, but I hope he learns not to be such a bigot.

  31. 31.

    gogol's wife

    May 9, 2011 at 10:49 pm

    @BattleCat:

    You have to be very careful with the belly rub. I find that it works best if you approach from behind. If you go for the belly while facing the cat you will end up with a bloody hand.

  32. 32.

    James E. Powell

    May 9, 2011 at 10:54 pm

    @gogol’s wife:

    I cradle my cat in the football hold. He lays on his back and purrs while I rub his stomach. I feel like Vito Corleone in the opening scene of The Godfather.

  33. 33.

    gnomedad

    May 9, 2011 at 11:01 pm

    Via @pourmecoffee:
    NRA-backed Florida bill makes it illegal for physicians to ask patients about guns in the home.

  34. 34.

    Xantar

    May 9, 2011 at 11:01 pm

    OH NOES! Please, don’t kill Sarah!!

    Oh wait, she’s alive in the previews.

    That’s some high quality work, NBC promo monkeys.

  35. 35.

    Jeffro

    May 9, 2011 at 11:06 pm

    OMG, Richard Cohen had something worthwhile to say today:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-myth-of-american-exceptionalism/2011/05/09/AF2rm0bG_story.html?hpid=z3

    For realz!

  36. 36.

    handy

    May 9, 2011 at 11:09 pm

    @Jeffro:

    What the hell is this, did Rove give him a wedgie at last night’s cocktail party or something? Tim Kaine stop giving him backrubs?

  37. 37.

    Suffern ACE

    May 9, 2011 at 11:11 pm

    @Martin: What I’d like them to do is propose to pay off existing debt at .75 on the dollar…just because I’d like a little turmoil for Memorial Day….

  38. 38.

    Jeffro

    May 9, 2011 at 11:20 pm

    @handy: @handy: Nah, I think he’s just lining up for the Very Serious Campaigns of Huntsman or Daniels…

    ..that or the stopped clock thing…

  39. 39.

    J

    May 9, 2011 at 11:33 pm

    Loved the Death Cab for Cutie song in tonight’s ep, but can someone explain how that phoney baloney DNA weapon thingy is supposed to work?

  40. 40.

    Elie

    May 9, 2011 at 11:43 pm

    Just watching Steve Schmidt (repub consultant) on MSNBC on O’donnel’s Last Word show.

    Lordhavemercy, the man has no blink response. His eyes look like they are painted on a blank pink mannekin. HOW does he do it? Are his eyelids stappled to his frontal bone?

    He said some nice things about Obama so I give him some pass, but its amazing how his eyes look.

  41. 41.

    Chuchundra

    May 10, 2011 at 12:08 am

    Oh come on with the preview complaints, does anyone seriously think they’re going to kill Sarah? Really really?

    Sorry to see Ray Wise get killed, but he was mostly wasted anyway.

  42. 42.

    RossInDetroit

    May 10, 2011 at 12:22 am

    Made it through the day’s threads and I’m off to bed. I didn’t want to do yard work on my day off but it was nice to find a dozen morel mushrooms growing in the yard. I do like an exotic mushroom omelet. I left a few little ones in the ground to see if they get bigger.
    Cheers!

  43. 43.

    fhtagn

    May 10, 2011 at 12:27 am

    The Tea Party shows what makes it really tick. Hint: NOT fiscal issues….

    http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/tea-party-leader-well-take-the-debt-ceiling-hike-if-you-bring-back-dadt.php?ref=fpb

    The two sides of the debate over whether the tea party is at heart a socially conservative movement or a fiscally conservative one smashed together Monday morning at a press conference in Washington, where a tea party leader told reporters he’d be willing to accept a bump in the debt ceiling if Republicans promise to put an end to “military effeminzation.”

  44. 44.

    Evolved Deep Southerner

    May 10, 2011 at 12:38 am

    Something finally clicked with me tonight with regard to some of the messes that Obama has had to clean up in the wake of the Republicans’ disastrous turn at the rudder.

    It seems like “tax cuts, two unfunded wars and Medicare Part D” seem to be the triumvirate of things most often invoked.

    Tax cuts and two unfunded wars are one thing, but Medicare Part D … God bless the fuckers for bringing that to pass, unfunded or not. I don’t give a good God damn how it affected the deficit. My parents would be (more) broke without it, and in an ironic way, within that largesse lay the seeds of the Ryan plan’s doom – the seeds of any substantial change to Medicare’s doom, really, unless you’re talking about expanding it. The Republicans have found that it’s much easier to giveth than to taketh away. I know it was just a naked, shallow pander for votes, but by GOD if that won’t end up being the gimmick that just keeps on giving and giving and giving.

  45. 45.

    fhtagn

    May 10, 2011 at 12:40 am

    @Evolved Deep Southerner:

    Right. Once a group has received an entitlement, you’ve got more chance of achieving peace on earth and goodwill to all men than you have of extracting from their clutches – provided they are largely white, vocal, and show up to vote if angered.

  46. 46.

    Rihilism

    May 10, 2011 at 12:40 am

    Can someone explain this or how to fix it? When someone responds to someone on a thread (i.e., Reply) I sometimes like to click on the @ link to see what/who they are replying to. So far, so good. Then, 200 comments later, I click on someone’s link and travel offsite. When I back-page, instead of sending me back to the last comment (the one with the link) I get scrolled back to that @ link I viewed 200 comments ago and am forced to scroll through the page to get back to where I left off. I use Firefox. Can someone help me stop this madness before it drives me bonkers??????

    Thanks, I’ll shut up now…

  47. 47.

    Comrade Mary

    May 10, 2011 at 1:00 am

    Huh.

    Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife of 25 years, Maria Shriver, announced Monday that they are separating.
    __
    The statement, issued by a spokesman for Mr. Schwarzenegger, said the two were working on the future of their relationship while living apart and would continue to parent their four children together.

  48. 48.

    Uncle Clarence Thomas

    May 10, 2011 at 1:09 am

    .
    .
    I don’t understand why President Obama has, by his actions, invited Iraqi Seal Team 6 to come to the U.S. to assassinate former President George W. Bush and dump his body into the sea for his unprovoked war crimes and hundreds of thousands of murders of innocent Iraqi civilians.
    .
    .

  49. 49.

    Suffern ACE

    May 10, 2011 at 1:14 am

    @Comrade Mary: Turns out, now that he’s retired, all he does is sit around the house all day watching TV, saying that he’ll get to fixing things “tomorrow,” and getting all testy when called on it. A few months of that will hurt any marriage. Also, after said that he was looking forward to Bristol Palin’s new reality show, something had to give.

  50. 50.

    Roger Moore

    May 10, 2011 at 1:20 am

    @Rihilism:
    Normally when you use the browser’s back button, you’ll be taken straight back to the page as you last saw it, including your place. But the revised BJ web site has a little Javascript doohickey that automatically scrolls within the page to the comment mentioned in the URL. It looks kind of slick, but it’s annoying if you’ve scrolled elsewhere on the page.

    The solution I’ve found is to click on the “Link” tag in the comment header (right next to the date and time stamp). That tells the browser that you’re interested in that specific comment. If you navigate away from the page and back or just hit the refresh button, it will now scroll you back to the comment whose link button you pressed. Of course you can also make life easier by following off-site links in separate tabs.

  51. 51.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    May 10, 2011 at 1:24 am

    @Comrade Mary: Is it wrong that I hope it gets ugly? I”ll never forgive that vile prick for his smug, smirking “economic girlymen”

    Make him cry, Maria, and then write a tell-all

  52. 52.

    fhtagn

    May 10, 2011 at 1:40 am

    @Suffern ACE:

    Well, even the most reasonable of women would lose patience after hubby comes home for the eighth year in a row and sheepishly admits that he didn’t quite get around to fixing California – but he’ll definitely do it tomorrow, as well as getting the gutters looked at and unblocking the toilet.

  53. 53.

    JC

    May 10, 2011 at 1:42 am

    Hey, is there ever a New Music thread around these parts?

    Anyone listened to the new Arctic Monkeys album?

    Is Vampire Weekend coming out with a new album soon?

    MY always done some musical references. Is everyone on this site an old fart, never listening to any new stuff?

  54. 54.

    Sarah Proud and Tall

    May 10, 2011 at 1:47 am

    @Uncle Clarence Thomas:

    I don’t understand why President Obama has, by his actions, invited Iraqi Seal Team 6 to come to the U.S. to assassinate former President George W. Bush and dump his body into the sea for his unprovoked war crimes and hundreds of thousands of murders of innocent Iraqi civilians.

    This sounds like a great plan to me.

  55. 55.

    fhtagn

    May 10, 2011 at 1:49 am

    @Sarah Proud and Tall:

    Needs more Cheney though, and a splash of Rumsfeld.

  56. 56.

    Sarah Proud and Tall

    May 10, 2011 at 1:53 am

    @JC:

    Is everyone on this site an old fart

    Them’s fightin’ words.

  57. 57.

    fhtagn

    May 10, 2011 at 1:54 am

    @JC:

    The Arctic Monkeys are like so yesterday, dude.

  58. 58.

    Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal

    May 10, 2011 at 1:57 am

    i know that a person being sentenced for attempting to distribute child porn, isn’t funny. but if the convicted is named vernon lee furby, the prosecutor was named soo c song, and he was tracked down at a boy scout camp and arrested(no homo!), i can’t help it, i lol’d.

  59. 59.

    Yutsano

    May 10, 2011 at 1:59 am

    @fhtagn: Think cooking instead of baking. Add in ingredients as you go until the mix looks just right. A wingnut here, a Bushie there…

  60. 60.

    Sarah Proud and Tall

    May 10, 2011 at 2:03 am

    @Yutsano:

    Hello, youngster.

  61. 61.

    arguingwithsignposts

    May 10, 2011 at 2:05 am

    @Uncle Clarence Thomas:

    I don’t understand why President Obama has, by his actions, invited Iraqi Seal Team 6 to come to the U.S. to assassinate former President George W. Bush and dump his body into the sea for his unprovoked war crimes and hundreds of thousands of murders of innocent Iraqi civilians.

    Because you’re an asshole?

  62. 62.

    Yutsano

    May 10, 2011 at 2:08 am

    @Sarah Proud and Tall: Good evening m’dear Euvegenia. How goes the night east of the hills?

    @arguingwithsignposts: And sadly uncreative. Also.

  63. 63.

    Joel

    May 10, 2011 at 2:10 am

    @Comrade Mary: I guess it means Arnold’s done with politics after all..

  64. 64.

    Sarah Proud and Tall

    May 10, 2011 at 2:11 am

    @Yutsano:

    I’m very well, thankyou dear. A little sad because Fuckhead thinks I don’t like him, but otherwise…

    Marge is outside barking at squirrels and I’m trying to finish my story about Ronald Reagan.

    How are your ailments?

  65. 65.

    Martin

    May 10, 2011 at 2:15 am

    @Sarah Proud and Tall: Fuckhead doesn’t think anyone likes him. It’s true, but he shouldn’t think it.

  66. 66.

    Yutsano

    May 10, 2011 at 2:16 am

    @Sarah Proud and Tall:

    A little sad because Fuckhead thinks I don’t like him

    A warm cookie and milk would help there I expect. But he tends to think that of a lot of us.

    How are your ailments?

    The quest to turn myself bionic had a minor setback (couldn’t get in touch with a particular physician but I’ll try later) and I gave in and bought a parking permit downtown. Which promptly decided to malfunction on the way home. Supposedly on the morrow it gets healed.

    @Martin: Just for the record, there is room for only one human in my brain. :)

  67. 67.

    Martin

    May 10, 2011 at 2:23 am

    @Yutsano: Well, if she’s going to just leave those gems lying out in the open, she shouldn’t be surprised when everyone shows up to pick them up.

  68. 68.

    Yutsano

    May 10, 2011 at 2:25 am

    @Martin: I do suppose that is the definition of low hanging mango. Plus this gives creedence to a comment I made earlier regarding commenting and the relative brainpower here.

  69. 69.

    Martin

    May 10, 2011 at 2:30 am

    @Yutsano: What? That it climbs as the day progresses? I would agree with that.

  70. 70.

    Yutsano

    May 10, 2011 at 2:36 am

    @Martin: More along the lines of if you have a thought type fast because odds are someone else will think of it and post it before you do. Then all of a sudden you’re owing a refreshing fizzy beverage.

    EDIT: but the comments do get more halcyon as the day goes on. And teh night shift has no parallel in cyberspace.

  71. 71.

    Martin

    May 10, 2011 at 2:42 am

    @Yutsano: Indeed. I miss asiangrrlmn, though. Her ability to reference future comments is unparalleled.

  72. 72.

    scav

    May 10, 2011 at 2:44 am

    @Yutsano: Had to check that it meant what I think it meant and then I learned that this blog turns into a mythical kingfisher as the day wears on. Or did you mean more like a mythical kingfisher because I’m not sure it ever really gets serene.

  73. 73.

    Yutsano

    May 10, 2011 at 2:53 am

    @Martin: Wifey is still about, though I am waiting for her to eventually throw up her hands in frustration and just give in to her vampiric sleep schedule tendencies. It’s not making her any happier, and if it doesn’t improve that then I’d just as soon she go for happy.

    @scav: This blog turns ineffable at night. Most folks just sleep right through it.

  74. 74.

    Martin

    May 10, 2011 at 3:00 am

    @Yutsano: She should just move to a proper time zone, rather than suffering through the permanent disaster that is CST. When you need a disclaimer for when all of your TV shows are on, that should be a clue.

  75. 75.

    Yutsano

    May 10, 2011 at 3:10 am

    @Martin: I tried to talk her int Whitehorse, but she seems to have an odd affection for MaryTylerMooreville. I suppose if I went and became ebil gubmint worker in Juneau that might work.

  76. 76.

    Martin

    May 10, 2011 at 3:21 am

    @Yutsano: I don’t like Alaska time zone. It’s greedy as it should be 3 zones. I’m quite fond of Newfoundlands – a half hour earlier than EST. That’s classy.

  77. 77.

    Yutsano

    May 10, 2011 at 3:40 am

    @Martin: If I thought wifey had tolerance enough for kids, I could totally see her being an au pair for teh Sam Kitteh. Plus I have to admit for purely selfish reasons I would LOVE to visit Nova Scotia. I think I could get lost there for about a week or two. The possibility of stalking Sidney Crosby is just gravy.

    Appointment on the morrow, must dash. Keep the faith and fight the power.

  78. 78.

    scav

    May 10, 2011 at 4:09 am

    Here, cheap fun with time zones from the beeb. Play with their interactive globe. There are even some distinctly odd 15 minute offsets (I’m pretty sure) for Martin to play with and/or swoon over.

  79. 79.

    scav

    May 10, 2011 at 5:34 am

    whoa, weird day for time zones and the ilk, Samoa’s skipping a whole day and crossing over to the Australia side of the International Date Line. American Samoa is staying on this side. Weird wiggly line gets wigglier. Cartographers stay employed.

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    Steeplejack

    May 10, 2011 at 7:14 am

    @Rihilism:

    I agree with what Roger Moore said: clicking the “Link” button by a comment will “pin” the current page to that position for purposes of going away and coming back.

    But it is much, much better to open your discursions in different tabs. Just right-click the hyperlink and then select “Open link in new tab.” Then when you’re done you can close that tab and come right back here.

  81. 81.

    Rihilism

    May 10, 2011 at 7:15 am

    @Roger Moore: Thank you so much for your help! I will try both solutions.

    Regards,
    Rihilism

  82. 82.

    Rihilism

    May 10, 2011 at 7:22 am

    @Steeplejack: Ooops! Didn’t see your reply before I replied. Also, too, thank you very much for your reply and assistance.

    Irregardless,
    Regards,
    Rihilism

  83. 83.

    Steeplejack

    May 10, 2011 at 7:24 am

    @JC:

    Fleet Foxes’ new album is pretty good. And I like Lykke Li’s Wounded Rhymes. It’s like a ’60s girl group forced to attend an emo/goth reëducation camp.

  84. 84.

    JC

    May 10, 2011 at 3:09 pm

    Steeplejack,

    Thanks for the recommendations. Fleet Foxes seems pretty good. I added a Pandora station, based around them, some good tunes.

    Fleet Foxes themselves, this year, are too ethereal for me. (Next year I may want a softer sound.) But some of the singer-songwriter stuff that showed up, Band of Horses tunes I hadn’t heard – I’ve enjoyed the station.

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