That was a fun party. Now for an hour of Little Feat before bed.
Gotta get the daily dose in to keep the spirit solid. Also, we have now been linked by Epicurious, so media domination must be close.
Also, I have Tunch Ilkin’s address, and I will be sending him a Feed apron and other Tunch paraphernalia. How funny is that?
BGinCHI
Tunch on Tunch action.
I had a feeling this blog would end up in pr0n.
Martin
Mmm. Candy cane Jo-Jos in June.
There are planners, and then there are people who don’t have minty cookies with ice cream on a warm summer night.
Omnes Omnibus
Dude, don’t cause the man to take out a restraining order. Just sayin’.
BGinCHI
@Omnes Omnibus: Hey you, go get in line to vote. I assume there are lines to vote for Barrett in Dane Co.
How do you think it’s gonna shake out?
Omnes Omnibus
@BGinCHI: Voted already. In-person absentee. There has been a steady line of folks voting early in Madison for the past two weeks. In-person absentee ended today. As far as predictions go, I can’t give one. Because of my job…
ETA: In other news, my ex is going to be in Madison this weekend and she wants to meet me for lunch or coffee.
joeyess
Awhile back folks were posting videos of Balloon Juicers that were in bands.
Well, your humble misanthropic douchenozzle, joeyess is in a band in KCMO.
I know, I’m not comfortable in crowds, I hate everyone on the road when I’m driving, even though I’ve had my turn signal on for 3/4 of a mile, but I continue to do this for recreation……. it must be a neurological disorder.
Anyway, here’s Kansas City’s own: Kink Aflred.
Give a listen if you care to.
BGinCHI
@Omnes Omnibus: Gotcha. Fingers crossed for you and for the future of America.
You all are the first mutants in the X Men world of the political future.
OK, that made sense in rehearsals.
BGinCHI
@Omnes Omnibus: Hmm. Did that with the ex. Follow your gut. I don’t know the facts on the ground, but go with what you feel. Sounds obvious, but in my experience it’s tough sledding.
Omnes Omnibus
@BGinCHI: I’ll take it as encouragement and support, and then I’ll take another drink.
ETA: We handled everything in a “friendly” and mature fashion, but I haven’t seen her for almost a year. It will be odd, but not to meet her while she is in town would be gratuitously rude.
BGinCHI
Since this is an open thread and I’m going to bed, I want to highly recommend the most recent New Yorker Science Fiction issue. Chocked full of reading goodness. Amazing stuff. Well worth the cover price.
Trust me.
BGinCHI
@Omnes Omnibus: In solidarity, but gotta get up really early and roll 70 miles, so sayanora.
Blog, drink, and prosper.
piratedan
well done joey!
DH
Obviously you need to have Tunch(the NFL player) meet Tunch(our feline Overlord), and take appropriate pictures for us. Say, have Tunch the cat sitting, for example, relaxed on top of Tunch the football player as if Lord Tunch had tackled him. It would be am immortal piece of Art. Like Les Demoiselles d’Avignon :)
Omnes Omnibus
@joeyess: Turn off the fucking turn signal, please. I am begging you. My compulsion on the road is, if I see a car ahead of me – even up on the horizon – I need to catch and pass it. I can take my time while doing it, but still. I blame running X-C in high school.
Omnes Omnibus
@DH: You’ve been drinking, right?
Anne Laurie
@Omnes Omnibus:
If you’re not sure about both parties’ comfort levels, coffee is easier to walk out in a huff on. Or at least pick a restaurant that’s not a favorite, so if there is unpleasantness you won’t be embarrassed to go back to a place you’ll actually miss.
Of course, my people are Irish-plus-Viking, so I’m biased towards assuming the worst about such things….
Corner Stone
@Omnes Omnibus: Why bother?
I talk to mine a few times a week but that’s because we have a child together.
With no kid, nothing else to be said. Ever.
Yutsano
@Omnes Omnibus: It does sound like the sort of creativity that comes from chemical enhancement. Or I’m just being needlessly cynical. Either way I have a border collie on my bed.
Citizen_X
Stalker.
Liquid
Hey John, if you’re into being surrounded by several inches of armor while plinking the OPFOR then look no further — http://www.mwomercs.com
A tank on legs is one thing but the Abrams outweighs (IIRC) most of the mechs.
jl
” I have Tunch Ilkin’s address, and I will be sending him a Feed apron and other Tunch paraphernalia. How funny is that? ”
Not funny at all. The noose tightens, and the hapless Cole jumps in, smiling.
Sad. Tunch (the Cat) is up to something. But Cole won’t listen. He never does.
Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)
I’ve really gotten into the German prog band Sylvan over the last year. Their new album, Sceneries has been almost on endless loop for me lately, because it fits the project I’m writing perfectly.
Of course that link doesn’t go to anything from the new album and yes, it is 19 minutes long. They’re a prog band.
Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)
Also, I have my tickets for Marillion in Chicago next month. What I don’t have is anyone to use the second ticket.
I need more friends, or at least another couple of friends that are into prog.
Omnes Omnibus
@Anne Laurie: There will be no huffs. It wasn’t that kind of divorce. It is more likely to be a vaguely awkward hour or so.
@Corner Stone: Because I am not an asshole. She will be in town. We had a relationship; no one cheated, no one hit anyone, time passed, people changed, and it ended. I don’t intend to be the first one to be a shit.
Corner Stone
@Omnes Omnibus: Well then why is she fucking with you then?
This is a complete mindfuck. She ain’t coming back, she’s in NYC now and you’re in a little pup tent looking out at the big wide world.
Aw, whatever.
Origuy
Saturday is National Trails Day. I’ll be working on a trail at Almaden Quicksilver County Park, south of San Jose. It was once the site of a large mercury mining operation, started before the Gold Rush.
Yutsano
@Citizen_X: @jl: Ahh c’mon. Let JC have his squee moment here.
TaMara (BHF)
Oil in baked sweets? Have I taught you guys nothing? Butter is your friend. I can see what our winter recipes exchanges will look like.
EDIT: for clarification, Winter because I try not to turn my oven on in the summer.
Omnes Omnibus
@Corner Stone: Dude, you have a remarkably negative outlook on the world. Who said she was coming back? I neither expect nor want that. I am probably going to have coffee with someone with whom I had a long relationship. It might be a bit weird or awkward, but it isn’t a mindfuck. I am not going to look at the world that way, and, as a result, I am unlikely to end up on a corner bar stool bitching about how women suck and that is the only thing the are good for. YMMV.
Yutsano
@TaMara (BHF): To be fair, oil is the backbone of a chiffon cake. Not to mention Italian olive oil cake and such. Butter is a superior fat for baking true, but oil does have its place. And since I am not a baker, that is the end of my advocacy.
TaMara (BHF)
@Yutsano: Exceptions make the rule and all. But epicurious is on my side.
What a funny post for them to pick up on, don’t you think? Wonder if she posts here and who she might be…
Corner Stone
@Omnes Omnibus:
This is too good. Thank you.
MattR
@Yutsano: Back feeling any better? I got a taste of your misery after having an infectious cyst on my upper back cleaned up earlier today, but I know it is not nearly the same since Tylenol with codeine is more than enough pain medicine for me, though I am currently waiting for it to kick in so I can get to sleep. I hope you have improved enough that you are able to get some sleep even if your movements are still limited while awake.
J.W. Hamner
@TaMara (BHF):
Regina has apparently never made pot brownies before… and good for her! Me neither! /cough
MattR
@J.W. Hamner: If they are pot brownies, there is no coughing involved ;)
Yutsano
@MattR: The good news is Percocet knocks me out. So sleeping (which is in my discharge orders, two naps a day) is not an issue. Getting up and moving around is the challenge. And I had to voyage out and run a couple errands today. My brother snarked I should drive myself. I about killed him.
Omnes Omnibus
@Yutsano: Perc put me out for hours. Not in a fun way, just out.
suzanne
@Omnes Omnibus: Don’t go. You can say you have a conference or something. There’s nothing to be gained.
MattR
@Yutsano: Glad to hear it. I would love to have doctor’s orders for two naps a day. As I was gingerly driving myself to the pharmacy, I finally came up with a reason I wish I was married. (If only I could train my dog to run those errands for me) Actually I had that thought a day or two earlier as I struggled to clean and change the bandage on my own. Back of the shoulder is just an inconvenient place to work – and I get all sorts of screwed up trying to use multiple mirrors to guide my hands (It makes sense that I would get confused between left and right but somehow I even have trouble with up and down)
MattR
@Yutsano: Glad to hear it. I would love to have doctor’s orders for two naps a day. As I was gingerly driving myself to the pharm_cy , I finally came up with a reason I wish I was married. (If only I could train my dog to run those errands for me) Actually I had that thought a day or two earlier as I struggled to clean and change the bandage on my own. Back of the shoulder is just an inconvenient place to work – and I get all sorts of screwed up trying to use multiple mirrors to guide my hands (It makes sense that I would get confused between left and right but somehow I even have trouble with up and down)
(reposted to avoid moderation – is the store where you get prescriptions filled a bad word?)
Omnes Omnibus
@suzanne: Have to. More or less said I would. Won’t break my word – even if casually given. I am brave enough to handle it. No harm will come from it.
Yutsano
@MattR:
Yes. FYWP.
Heh. The only reason for me to do that is if I need an escape route to Canada. And I’d think about that heavily if Willard wins.
Mnemosyne
@MattR:
When I had my knee injury and subsequent surgery, I was VERY glad that I had my then-boyfriend (now husband) to help out. I’m not really sure what I would have done without him, especially since one of our cats was diagnosed with cancer at the same time and had to have surgery, too.
My coworker broke her ankle badly enough that it required surgery and she had to move back in with her parents for her post-op recovery.
MattR
@Mnemosyne:
My mom lives an hour away so that is always my fall back option. Luckily this was so minor I did not need the assistance. (EDIT: But when I had nasal surgery 10 years ago, I had to schedule it with a doctor/hospital near her – which made all the follow up appointments very convenient)
@Yutsano:
They are too interconnected so I don’t think Canada will be much of a safe haven when Romney destroys the US economy. I will consider you for my fake husband if I ever decide to escape across the border (if I go, it will be for the health care)
Mnemosyne
@MattR:
My parents live out of state (I’m in California, they’re in Phoenix), so it would have involved having my mom (and possibly both of them) move in with me.
Bullet. Dodged.
MattR
@Mnemosyne:
I am chuckling at the thought of putting off surgery and dealing with the pain to avoid this possibility.
tjmn
@Anne Laurie:
Scotch-Viking here. Always living on the ragged edge of disaster. Hard-headed about it too.
asiangrrlMN
@Omnes Omnibus: Good luck, OO. You can do it!
Me, I need to clean. Mom is coming on Monday. UGH.
Cole, it would be cool if Tunch the human met Tunch the cat!
@Yutsano: Hope you’re doing better, hon. I haz my back-up Canadian plan as well for the very same reason.
Ash Can
That’s every possible kind of awesome. If he sends back pictures of him wearing his Tunch gear, you’ve gotta post ’em.
muddy
So after the post about how John does not want to meet up with people with whom he is not already acquainted, now he’s the one trying to make a connection with Mr. Ilkin.
Note how he sends presents first, this is the grooming portion of the stalking festivities. I think this post is John trolling the blog, giving hints that people that want to meet him should soften him up by sending gifts in advance.
muddy
@Omnes Omnibus: I think you have a good attitude about it. Aside from relationships that involved some sort of abuse (of the person, of trust, whatever), I don’t see why people can’t be civilized about things later.
I figure if I liked the person well enough to fk them in the first place, then I hope that later I can still like the person enough to have a coffee, for the christ’s sake. Otherwise it kind of implies that one has chosen poorly in the first place.
I am always wary of people that say they are not on speaking terms with any of their exes, in my experience if you get with them you will find out why that is.
beckya57
@BGinCHI:
Did you all see that a commenter on Tbogg’s site thought Tbogg’s basset Wembley should challenge Tunch to a glaring contest? LOL!