Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

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

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

Ron DeSantis, the grand wizard, oops, governor of FL

“Why isn’t this Snickers bar only a nickle?”

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

Thanks for reminding me that Van Jones needs to be slapped.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

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

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

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  4. 4.

    PaulW

    To anyone in Minnesota, I sympathize with your current plight and hope that you can throw out the rightwingnut lege as soon as possible.

  6. 6.

    Villago Delenda Est

    It’s hot and muggy in my house.

    Pick up the house (hire a crane just for Tunch) and move the entire kit and kaboodle to somewhere well west of the Mississippi.

    That will solve your “hot and muggy” problem.

  7. 7.

    PaulW

    Also, just wanted to mention I have a short story published through Smashwords heading to epub readers, hopefully in a week or so.

  8. 8.

    Jewish Steel

    Dusk. The local fireworks are starting. Closing up the house, turning on the AC and blasting every available fan to calm the jangled nerves of our frightened rescue. He hates fireworks.

    And America, natch.

  9. 9.

    burnspbesq

    @ Montysano:

    Good to hear. Just downloaded it, and will be listening after the Mets game ends.

    New Liam Finn record is pretty special.

  10. 10.

    Mouse Tolliver

    I had some reservations after I first saw it, but now I’ve decided Inception is my favorite movie of 2010. Three reasons. Hanz Zimmer’s score, the rolling hallway scene, and because Eames is totally gay and awesome. “You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.” Perfect slogan for a sign at an equality rally.

  11. 11.

    General Stuck

    Good thing you got an all purpose blog, currently sporting a mega gross factor decomposing body in a public swimming pool story, on top of an international lurid rape case, with developing plot twists and turns, complete with the always feral discussions on rape and the legal system.

    And if you want to read something a little more cosmopolitan, check out ABL’s ace reporting on fart sweeteners and vaginal hygiene products. Not to leave out Cher’s formidable Gaydar.

    It’s like the three way spawn of Drudge, Gawker, with a pinch of True Crime magazine.

  13. 13.

    Jewish Steel

    @General Stuck: We could use a little Tom Levenson to raise the tone around here. Some hard science, a pretty picture.

    Then back into the muck! Hooray!

  15. 15.

    burnspbesq

    @ Trollhattan:

    You can have in five minutes. Downloads in all common formats available for $9.99 on her website.

  16. 16.

    Cain

    It’s hot and muggy in my house.

    Jeezus, did we not go through this last year? Get a couple of fans, one blowing air out and a couple blowing air in. Create a system. It works. Do it now. If it is a two story, put the one blowing out upstairs since you know hot air raises (I typed in hair.. haha luckily I corrected myself)

    +1

  17. 17.

    Montysano

    @ burnspbesq:

    My audio thrill of the week, however, was stopping at a yard sale and scoring a seemingly unplayed copy of the original UK issue of “Electric Ladyland”. The sound quality is mighty fine.

  18. 18.

    JPL

    General Stuck..I use ad block except on this site. After notAbL and Sarah’s post earlier, I’m reconsidering.

  19. 19.

    Montysano

    @ trollhattan 12

    Also, too, my favorite GW-DR vid. All may bow.

    If you ever get a chance to see them live, don’t blow it. They’re doing a (rare) tour this summer.

  20. 20.

    AliceBlue

    Bite the bullet and have central air installed in your house. It’s a major investment, but it’s worth it. You and the pets will sleep better and feel better during the hot months.

    Has anyone else seen “Super 8”? Mr. AliceBlue and I loved it–it’s truly the most fun I’ve had at the movies in a long time.

  21. 21.

    NineJean

    It’s hot and muggy in my house.

    Sooo… when I got up this morning, my thermometer told me it was 45 degrees outside. Being the first of July, I resisted firing up the furnace…

    And, just out of curiosity, what is this “AC” that some of you refer to???

  24. 24.

    Gin & Tonic

    Is that “Electric Ladyland” the one with all the naked women on the cover? I’m not sure if that was a UK-only pressing, or US too.

  25. 25.

    chris

    @aliceblue @ 20
    I saw it last week…lots of old memories. I’m that age and it was great remembering the old tunes, being 13. Also it reminded me of the “Alvin Fernald” series of books about a group of mystery solving kids.

  26. 26.

    Spaghetti Lee

    @AliceBlue

    I saw Super 8. I didn’t think it was that great-the plot was kind of derivative and I think there were a couple logic holes lying around-but mostly I’m glad that somebody’s trying to make summer movies that echo classic Spielberg instead of Michael Bay. And I thought the romance between the two main kids was cute.

  27. 27.

    PurpleGirl

    Jewish Steel @ #8:

    One of the retired racing greyhounds my friends’ had hated fireworks and thunderstorms. She’d just shiver and shiver; the only thing we could do was to sit on the floor (or couch) with her and hold her, petting her until the noise was over. We figured that maybe she’d been in transit between tracks when a storm hit and no one was there to calm her down. She’d stand in the living room, shaking and shivering and we felt so sorry for her.

  28. 28.

    Gin & Tonic

    OK, replying to myself. I should learn to check Google before posting. But Wikipedia says the naked women cover was Polydor/UK only. I bought that somewhere in the Village in 1969-70, so it was imported.

  29. 29.

    Anne Laurie

    Jewish Steele:

    Dusk. The local fireworks are starting. Closing up the house, turning on the AC and blasting every available fan to calm the jangled nerves of our frightened rescue. He hates fireworks.

    Our rescue Zevon, who decided he hated thunder (& fireworks) some 18 months after coming to live with us, will choose to spend some portion of this weekend in his crate with a towel draped over it. Because if the Noise Monsters can’t see you, obviously they can’t catch you.

    I tried the ever-popular blanket-burrito trick, and even an expensive ‘anxiety wrap’ shirt, but it’s the dark den that keeps Zevon less-unhapppy. He’s free to go in & out — we don’t latch the crate, just drape the towel over the door.

    Which reminds me, sometime this weekend we have to tack the blanket back up over the bedroom door, so the dogs can go into & out of the a/c on their own…

  31. 31.

    Steeplejack

    Actually kind of pleasant here in NoVa today, even though it got up into the high 80s. The humidity was down around 30 percent, though, which was key. Man-cave windows have been open the last two days. It’s supposed to go down to 66° tonight and then up to 90° tomorrow. Hope the humidity stays down (although I see that it has crept up to 60 percent now).

  32. 32.

    CaseyL

    It’s just plain hot here in Seattle. Temperature in the 70s – to me, that’s hot. But OK hot. 80s is Not OK Hot, 90s is TooFuckingHot and beyond that it’s Kill Me Now Hot.

    Back in the 80s, when the economy collapsed, I had to move back to Miami for a few years. I hated the South Florida climate with every fiber of my being, and summers were too awful for words. So hot, so humid; stepping outside was like getting wrapped in a hot wet blanket. Sweat like a televangelist just standing still, and the air felt too thick to breathe.

    One trick I learned, to help get to sleep on those awful, non-air conditioned nights: Put a box fan at the foot of the bed and turn it up to High so a good wind is blowing across the bed. Get naked, spritz yourself down with water, and lay down in the wind. With any amount of luck you’ll fall asleep before you dry off.

    I do that here in Seattle, too, when summer gets serious.

  34. 34.

    moonbat

    A baboon is loose in the tri-state area. We look forward to making up Fourth of July scenarios for him all weekend.

  35. 35.

    burnspbesq

    @Montysano:

    This might be a good weekend to get up early on Sunday and head for the Pasadena City College swap meet.

    And if you’ve never been to the vinyl swap meet on the last Sunday of the month at the UFCW hall in Buena Park (not far from Knott’s), you really should go sometime.

  36. 36.

    Mouse Tolliver

    Tommorrow, Michigan Rep. Thaddeus McCotter will officially enter the presidential race.

    He has all the charisma of Lurch, from the Addams Family.

  37. 37.

    PurpleGirl

    Anne Laurie @ #29:

    My friends’ greyhounds liked their crates but when a storm hit (or fireworks started), Sardi would begin to shiver and shake. It was the one time we’d have trouble getting her in her crate. So we did the only thing possible — hold her, actually wrap ourselves around her. We didn’t have storm/fireworks trouble with the other hounds, just Sardi.

  38. 38.

    Steeplejack

    Hmm, I’m yawning and actually thinking about going to bed. Is this what you people call normal life? Having the day off has thrown me for a loop and disrupted my night-owl ways.

  39. 39.

    The Fat Kate Middleton

    Ninety-nine degrees in northern IA today – hottest temps in ten years – and unbelievably humid. This is the kind of Iowa summer I grew up in.

  42. 42.

    Gin & Tonic

    @hilts

    I seem to vaguely recall that cover, but I was never a Stones fan. Sacrilege, I know.

  43. 43.

    MikeJ

    Local news people said the past two days in Seattle were muggy. Having moved here from DC I just laughed and laughed and laughed…
    Currently 66° with 41% humidity.

    Almost as funny as when they complain about traffic.

  44. 44.

    jl

    I get to start my fourth of July now. Other than 4th of July picnic, and trip to Yosemite next week, we try to take in Marin County Fair (yipee) which ends this weekend.

    I trolled for County Fair info on a previous open thread, but will try again.

    BJ people are too cool for County Fairs?

    My favorite California County fairs:

    Snooty Richy Rich and Wine Country fairs:
    Marin, Sonoma, Napa
    (Actually these are fun for me because you get see some aspects of those place from before the rich snoots moved in, back when these places were ranches, truck farms, dairies, orchards, and poor European immigrants making jug wine and beer.)

    Coastal County Fairs
    Monterey, Santa Cruz

    Sierra Hillbilly County Fairs
    Mariposa

    Hard Core Central Valley Fairs
    Madera
    Merced
    Stanislaus
    San Joaquin
    (Because I am true to my homeland. These fairs may not be for beginners.)

    I missed Merced and San Joaquin, they moved theirs to June, which makes sense. You can enjoy the fair without heatstroke, but olde timey produce of mid summer aint there no more.

    These damn things stagger along from county to county through the summer, ending up in mid September, so I may troll on this topic once more before Fall.

  45. 45.

    Gin & Tonic

    John Cole has as much chance of being elected President as Thad whats-his-name.

  46. 46.

    Comrade Kevin

    I haven’t been myself, but the Alameda County Fair is on right now, runs through next week, I believe. The fairs in the Bay Area mostly seem to be on a downward slide, Santa Clara county’s is only going to last like 3 or 4 days, and San Mateo was shorter than it used to be.

  47. 47.

    gbear

    Montysano @ 17: Is it the original version of Electric Ladyland with the nude women on the cover? That’s the one to have.

    PaulW @ 4: Thanks. I applied for unemployment this morning and then hid out in my one air conditioned room all day as the temp hit 102 in the Twin Cities. I’m nervous about my unemployment; I was on medical leave for three months this year (insured thru a private insurance company). I’m afraid that the time off is going to count against my unemployment. If it does, I’m totally fucked.

  50. 50.

    Jewish Steel

    @PurpleGirl:

    Aw, poor thing.

    It got so bad here that I loaded old Spencer into the car and took him for a drive in the country.

  51. 51.

    jl

    @46 Comrade Kevin

    I never been to those fairs. I guess those counties seem too ‘urban’ to me for a good county fair. But thanks for mentioning Alameda. The fair’s out in Dublin. And Alameda County goes out almost to Tracy and Patterson, now that I think about it. Probably good livestock. I might check it out.

    alameda county fair
    http://www.alamedacountyfair.com/2011fair/home/index.php

    I’m not sure San Francisco county fair exists anymore. I can’t find a website. I think it degenerated into some decentralized festivals. I wandered into a flower show that had a county fair banner over it in GG park five or six years ago.

  52. 52.

    Suffern ACE

    @moonbat-Poor guy. If he heads to the city, he’ll find it practically empty until Monday. However, the Hester Street Market is open and the very popular Big Gay Ice Cream truck will be at Fort Hamilton Park…

  54. 54.

    Jewish Steel

    @Anne Laurie: And you know what? I think he’s more angry at the loud noises than anything. He’s agitated but not scared.

    I wonder if he has a sort of doggy ad hoc ergo propter hoc reasoning going on here. When I bark at storms, eventually they go away.

  55. 55.

    Comrade Kevin

    @jl:

    The Santa Clara County Fair used to be a big deal, as we used to be a huge agricultural county. There still is a lot of agriculture, particularly in the southern part, but it’s overshadowed by high tech.

    I don’t recall ever hearing about a San Francisco county fair, at all.

    Something else you might consider is the Mid State Fair, down in Paso Robles.

  56. 56.

    Cliff in NH

    @jeffreyw

    I hate try to improve a master… but..

    Why cook any pizza below 500deg?

    I’ll try the recipe, but put a Guess on the time @ ~12-15min@500 in parish magic line on a stone

    You must try your deep dish in parish magic line (13gauge)

  57. 57.

    Valdivia

    @Steeplejack so you’re in NoVa meaning right near the dc area?
    I did think we had glorious weather today. hopefully it’ll last the whole weekend.

  58. 58.

    jl

    @55 Comrade Kevin

    thanks. I will check out the Paso Robles thing. I like that area. Only been to Salinas county fair once, but don’t remember anything distinctive about it. But it was a long time ago when I was a kid.

    I am old enough that I have walked through new developments in Santa Clara county and had a very strange sense of deja vu, then realized I had been in that neighborhood long ago when I was a little kid, when it was an orchard or packing house.

  59. 59.

    Martin

    Why cook any pizza below 500deg?

    You should not. I cook mine at 700. Pizza simply requires high heat.

  60. 60.

    Dennis SGMM

    Beloved Miata is back. Woot! My friend’s backup motor was hotted up a bit. Gearhead stuff: bored .040 over, shaved head, balanced and blueprinted, variable valve timing. Not too hot just definitely better on the low end.

    I’m Rolling by Soul Coughing.

  61. 61.

    opie_jeanne

    We used to love going to the Alameda County Fair when we lived in Castro Valley, but by 2000 it seemed to be going downhill rapidly. Only half the vendors it had had just five years earlier.

  62. 62.

    Montysano

    @ gbear 47

    Is it the original version of Electric Ladyland with the nude women on the cover? That’s the one to have.

    Yep, except the one I found is the first pressing on Track records. It’s mastered a bit hotter, and sounds more raw and electric than the US version.

    @ burnspbesq 35

    And if you’ve never been to the vinyl swap meet on the last Sunday of the month at the UFCW hall in Buena Park (not far from Knott’s), you really should go sometime.

    Sounds dangerous to my bank account.

  63. 63.

    burnspbesq

    @ Montysano:

    If you ever get a chance to see them live, don’t blow it.

    Saw them when they opened for Buffalo Springfield at the Wiltern last month. Nice, but didn’t knock my socks off.

    New record (Apple Lossless download): great songs, but a really poor recording. Very closed in and dead, no treble energy at all. Acoustic instruments all sound like they are badly in need of new strings. Maybe the vinyl will be better when it comes out, but I don’t see this going into heavy rotation at Casa Esq.

  64. 64.

    opie_jeanne

    @ MikeJ: We’ve laughed ourselves at what they consider hot weather, but then they laugh when we say we couldn’t work in the garden because it was raining.
    We’re from SoCal (moved here last summer) so we thought the weather today was gorgeous and it will be even more gorgeous tomorrow.

    We’re heading to a fireworks show at a friend’s house in Snohomish, put together by a bunch of MS geeks. Last time we went (five years ago) it was coordinated with music and nicely organized, but they tell us that it’s 10 times better now.

  65. 65.

    burnspbesq

    @ Montysano:

    Sounds dangerous to my bank account.

    No worse than killing a couple of hours at Amoeba in Hollywood, or browsing acousticsounds.com.

    So, yes, now that I put it in perspective, highly dangerous.

  66. 66.

    Cliff in NH

    @ Martin, One of these days I’m gonna try and cook a small pizza @ 2000 (thin crust) in my kiln. I’m guessing about or less than 2-3 min…

  67. 67.

    Jewish Steel

    @Jewish Steel

    ad hoc ergo propter hoc

    I think you mean post hoc ergo propter hoc, dear friend.

  68. 68.

    Montysano

    @ burnspbesq 63

    Saw them when they opened for Buffalo Springfield at the Wiltern last month.

    How was Buffalo Springfield?

    Hmmm….. I downloaded the new Gillian in FLAC format, thought it sounded fine. Rawlings’s guitar, a 30’s era Epiphone archtop, has a flatter, less resonant sound, I think, and in general their sound is…. restrained. YMMV.

    Yeah, they announced that her whole catalog is going to be released in vinyl.

  69. 69.

    MikeJ

    NineJean @ 53 :

    Laugh all you want,MikeJ—but after you’ve lived here a year or two, you’ll seriously question the sanity of anyone who actually still lives (or tries to) in DC…

    I’ve already been here several years, and yeah, the hellish climate of DC was one reason for being in Seattle.

    It’s still funny when people think it’s muggy though.

  70. 70.

    robertdsc-PowerBook

    the ever-popular blanket-burrito trick

    Or, as known here on BJ, the dead-person-in-a-carpet trick. Tunch once liked being rolled up that way, though I wonder if Omar the tent maker gave John a discount for that.

  71. 71.

    Martin

    @Cliff:

    2000 would be fun to try, but there’s enough heat there to drive the water out in a big hurry. Controlling for that would be a challenge. Hell, 700 is tricky enough.

  72. 72.

    trollhattan

    @jl

    I get to start my fourth of July now. Other than 4th of July picnic, and trip to Yosemite next week, we try to take in Marin County Fair (yipee) which ends this weekend.
    __
    I trolled for County Fair info on a previous open thread, but will try again.
    __
    BJ people are too cool for County Fairs?

    The one I like is Nevada County. Nice grounds with really big pine trees, Job’s Daughters corn dogs (no subtext, really) and the logger olympics. What’s not to like?

  73. 73.

    Cliff in NH

    I’ll record it when I try it, I need a small stone I can use in my small kiln first, don’t want any glass/ceramic fiber in my pizza.

    Maybe some sort of tile, or find a broken pizza stone someone has…

    edit: 1000-1100 … not 2000, woops was thinking bout melting temps, not annealing temps..

  74. 74.

    Susan S

    Ah, today in Seattle was bliss. Pure blue skies, mountains on both sides showing, and a breeze. Sweet! We start in mid-50’s, end up at 75 or so..my convertible loves this weather. Now I am home, looking out at sun setting over Colvos Passage through wall of screened windows. I found this rental on Craigs list..the weekend I knew I had to leave my home of 30 years..one of the lowest points in my life, and I found this dream. Just in case somebody out there thinks losing your home is all bad..I love this place. Oh, and tomorrow is the 42nd anniversary of my first job after college. 1969 was much like now..horrible time to look for work, I had a husband headed for law school and a 3 mos old baby girl to support. I took the job with no credentials..I had a degree in Chinese. And yes, Bill Gross is simply wrong. You don’t go to college to “learn” a career..you go for broad knowledge of the world, people different..to grow up and appreciate diversity, other cultures. Investment world was wonderful to me and I take pride in making other people money. But..I started for less money than I was making working part time in college. My father helped me through college but also told me bluntly..”you will not learn what you need to earn a living in college. Be prepared to come out and learn from scratch.” Very wise, and by taking that low starter job I ended up making millions. Which I gave away..so now I look at a beautiful sunset over the waters…Life has a magical way of working out. Thank God for the Fourteenth Amendment!!

  75. 75.

    Martin

    @Cliff:

    Yeah, I’d be interested in how that turns out. Maybe I’ll bake a few this weekend on the grill. It’s been a few weeks…

  76. 76.

    Dennis SGMM

    burnspbesq,
    You want vinyl? I have several storage tubs full of vinyl albums including an unopened copy of John Martyn’s “Solid Air.” All of them, save the ones I kept from my late parents’ collection, were cared for with a Recoton kit and played on good equipment. I don’t have the interest, or the spare money, to build another decent stereo system and I’d like to see the albums go to someone who would appreciate them. Email me at binhthuy71(at)yahoo.com if you’re interested.

  77. 77.

    A Humble Lurker

    Ya’ll remember the virtual Japanese holographic idol Balloon Juice did a blog-thingy on once? (Link) She’s giving a show in L. A. this weekend. I got me a virtual ticket to watch it live on the Japanese equivalent of YouTube. You can mock me for it, but I’m very excited about her American debut. And I think it’s going to be a cool show.

    Family may be headin’ down to the last day of a local food-fair thingie and peruse local cuisine and maybe get some funnel cakes with ice cream on top for dessert. (Commence Homer-like drooling). Should be fun.

  78. 78.

    Jewish Steel

    @Susan S: Whoa! Back up there.

    I had always heard that summer in Seattle starts on July 5th. What gives?

  79. 79.

    burnspbesq

    @ Montysano:

    How was Buffalo Springfield?

    Indescribably delicious.

    In a funny way, it’s sort of become Richie Furay’s band. His voice is pretty much intact, so the material choices put him front and center. He doesn’t have all of the top end he had in the golden age of Poco, so some songs are strategically transposed down about a third (“Kind Woman,” for example, was played in G instead of the original A), but it’s still a spectacular instrument.

    Because it’s not his show to carry, Young was relaxed and having fun. “I Am a Child” was a highlight of the set.

    Stills’ voice is shot, and the song choices reflected that: “For What It’s Worth” and “Rock & Roll Woman,” but no “Hung Upside Down” or “Question.” Stills can still play, of course, and there were several extended workouts with him and Young trading leads.

    It was big fun.

  80. 80.

    opie_jeanne

    @ 78 Jewish Steel

    We haven’t had Spring yet so let’s not rush things… oh, right: it stops raining on the 5th.

    But it’s predicted to be very nice through the 4th, and then we fly to Minneapolis for thunderstorms and rain which might cancell baseball, and laid-off public workers.

  81. 81.

    Jewish Steel

    @opie_jeanne

    I heard there was massive hail in Chicago today. Crazy weather this year.

  82. 82.

    Cliff in NH

    I’ve got a 10 day old piece of no-knead dough going in the oven -in a few min- @500 will compare to how it was 10 and 5 days ago…

    this recipe was too wet IMHO, but it tasted good the last 3 pies… now testing the staying power… in it goes.

  83. 83.

    opie_jeanne

    @ Jewish Steel

    We had snow really late this year for this area, like mid-April, but we’re in a convergence zone. We had snow for New Year’s Eve and there was none in Seattle that week. We had a new washer delivered on the 1st and the delivery guy was laughing because of the snow. He was really surprised. We’re to the east of Seattle, just north of Redmond.

  84. 84.

    bago

    The weather in Seattle is still nice. However, if MikeJ needs some traffic, he’s welcome to try 520.

  87. 87.

    Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal

    my weekend of rebellion started with drinking budweisers *suck it beer nerds* with an old friend. the topic of what happens when you try to talk about beer, or cigars, or anything that is a matter of taste online, and how it always turns into a battle of “best bottle” where people try to outdo each other by naming the most expensive or obscure brand or type in the category.

    in that spirit we switched to budweisers, snakebites, and the music we listened to that everyone we knew back then hated but us, a lot of hole and pj harvey was played. a lot of yukon and limejuice was consumed.

  88. 88.

    Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal

    my weekend of rebellion started with drinking budweisers *suck it beer nerds* with an old friend. the topic of what happens when you try to talk about beer, or cigars, or anything that is a matter of taste online, and how it always turns into a battle of “best bottle” where people try to outdo each other by naming the most expensive or obscure brand or type in the category.

    in that spirit we switched to budweisers, snakebites, and the music we listened to that everyone we knew back then hated but us, a lot of hole and pj harvey was played. a lot of yukon and limejuice was consumed.

  89. 89.

    Yutsano

    I had always heard that summer in Seattle starts on July 5th.

    What is this “summer” of which you speak?

    However, if MikeJ needs some traffic, he’s welcome to try 520.

    You. Could. Not. Pay. Me. Enough.

  92. 92.

    Jewish Steel

    @opie_jeanne: Sure. Know the area well. I used to live in Ballard c 2003. Taught guitar in Issaqua.

    @Yutsano: Going to be c. 95 tomorrow w/high humidity tomorrow. Nice weather, if you are corn.

    @Nutella: Whoa. That is super freaky.

  94. 94.

    Yutsano

    Going to be c. 95 tomorrow w/high humidity tomorrow

    Tomorrow I head for the blazing deserts of Eastern Washington. Not quite Arizona hot, but still pretty toasty. Oh and almost no humidity, so it’s tolerable.

  95. 95.

    burnspbesq

    @ hilts:

    Yes, they did “Broken Arrow,” in a pretty dramatically simplified arrangement. It was good, but it wasn’t one of the highlights of the set for me.

  96. 96.

    opie_jeanne

    @Jewish Steel

    The house is on Hollywood Hill. We live among people who have tons of money but we don’t. Our house was a little wreck when we bought it last summer. It’s much nicer inside but the outside still needs tons of work.

  98. 98.

    opie_jeanne

    @ Yutsano

    We were going to drive to Madison for the Discworld convention and I was looking forward to the long drive and seeing Eastern WA but my husband chickend out so now we’re flying to Minneapolis for a couple of days, then driving a rental to Madison.

  99. 99.

    Yutsano

    @ burns:

    Have to tell you this tale because you’ll appreciate it. I was on prac gate (primarily talking to attorneys and accountants) and there was this one POA who was the most disorganized one I had ever talked to. Ever. Most of the time shuffling through a file looking for a piece of information once is normal for the large complex files. She would do that for at least every. single. piece. of. information. at least three times. Her record was five. And this case involved full financial analysis. My manager wanted to go over a review afterward…almost ninety minutes later. She said I looked shell-shocked. I almost had to go home.

    I was looking forward to the long drive and seeing Eastern WA but my husband chickend out

    Hop the mountains and take a day trip to Leavenworth some weekend. The trip is worth it just for going over Snoqualmie Pass alone. That place is stunning, especially this time of year. Leavenworth is pretty cool too.

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    Jewish Steel

    Yutsano: I’ve got a little tomorrow repeating problem.

    On the sunnyside. Yes, arid and hot. I’ve been through in June and August.

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    Yutsano

    Puget Sound BJers

    Dear Allah man! I just read your abbreviated CV! And you wonder how in the hell you got a prominent mention for the drama festival you’re participating in??

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    Martin

    @Cliff:

    Wow, that looks fantastic. Excellent work. Kiln is going to have to wait for the retirement property, alas.

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    gwangung

    Dear Allah man! I just read your abbreviated CV! And you wonder how in the hell you got a prominent mention for the drama festival you’re participating in??

    Well, that’s good for third or fourth tier in the scheme of things–that gets you INTO the party. Now, if I were Tony Leung or Daniel Dae Kim or Dave Hwang….now THOSE are headliners….

    (Now, the August show has been fun so far…I’ve been acting like unofficial researcher and filling people in on all the gossip behind the events in the plays—you know, who was sleeping with whom and all that….)

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    Yutsano

    Well, that’s good for third or fourth tier in the scheme of things—that gets you INTO the party.

    Yeah. There’s a reason why I never pursued any sort of career in music, and it ain’t because of lack of talent either.

    I’ve been acting like unofficial researcher and filling people in on all the gossip behind the events in the plays—-you know, who was sleeping with whom and all that….

    Duly noted Alice. ;)

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    Uncle Clarence Thomas

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    Fortunately, President Obama and his administration will wisely allow Israel to kill American citizens in international waters if their unarmed peace mission scares that nuclear-armed government too much.
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    Triassic Sands

    I heard E.J. Dionne on NPR today and his “performance” reminded me of why the Left is in such trouble these days.

    He was on with everyone’s favorite conservative, Bobo. To his credit, Bobo came right out and admitted that we have to raise revenue and so far, Republicans have refused categorically to even consider what every responsible commentator argues is necessary. Bobo also conceded that Democrats had caved repeatedly and made significant concessions to Republicans, who have made no reciprocal concessions.

    Dionne offered the same opinion and then went that predictable step too far — he said both sides had to get serious and get down to business and come up with a solution. But both commentators had already agreed that one side had already been serious; the Democrats had already done their part and made painful concessions. Yet, somehow Dionne managed to frame the finale comment as though neither side had fulfilled its obligations yet.

    Only one side has not been serious. Only one side has behaved irresponsibly. Only one side needs to make future concessions — and that would be the side that has done nothing so far except to threaten to blow the whole system up.

    With friends like Dionne, who needs enemies?

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    Steeplejack

    @Valdivia:

    Yes, I live in Falls Church.

    Supposed to go to 90° today, which won’t be bad if the humidity is low, as it was yesterday. But I see it’s at 80% now. Don’t know if it will stay like that or burn off as the day gets going.

    It will be sunny, I do know that.

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    Valdivia

    @Steeplejack

    Good to know we’re neighbors! It sorta feels like it’s going to be a heavy/humid one. But yes sunny, which is good. Nothing worse than humid and all grey and clouded up…enjoy your 4th weekend.

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