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The Freaks Come Out at Night

by John Cole|  February 13, 20142:01 am| 28 Comments

This post is in: Military, Clown Shoes

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Just had a good laugh with Shawn about the night a couple of the brothers in the unit tried to teach me, Geoff and Shawn how to dance to Bell Biv and Devoe’s Poison while we were pre-gaming before heading out to the Green Goose:

We looked something like this, but it was funny as fuck and funnier in retrospect:

Such good times.

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  1. 1.

    trollhattan

    February 13, 2014 at 2:08 am

    The Elaine dance!

    Read she sat next to Biden at last night’s state dinner. That’s one conversation I’d give anything to have listened to.

  2. 2.

    SarahT

    February 13, 2014 at 2:20 am

    @trollhattan:Ditto ! And Stephen Colbert was next to FLOTUS – damn ! He went into it a bit on last night’s show, but MORE, please !

  3. 3.

    SarahT

    February 13, 2014 at 2:24 am

    Also, too – Time Warner / Comcast merger is the worst corporate shit show since Citizens United. Please tell me this can be stopped ?

  4. 4.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    February 13, 2014 at 2:38 am

    Getting set to watch Japan and Germany play in women’s hockey on the NBCOlympics.com streaming.. I’m really hoping that Smile Japan can come away with a win after they got screwed against Russia. And getting to watch their awesome goal celebration a few more times would be great.

  5. 5.

    srv

    February 13, 2014 at 2:54 am

    @SarahT: Also, not. Don’t you want to talk about the state dinner while the world burns?

    I’m sure Obama and Brian Roberts talk about the weather during their golf sessions.

  6. 6.

    ? Martin

    February 13, 2014 at 3:05 am

    @SarahT: Look on the bright side – thanks to the merger they’ll be up to two customer support reps.

  7. 7.

    srv

    February 13, 2014 at 3:16 am

    @? Martin: No, silly, they’ll RA one, and the one rep will support both.

  8. 8.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    February 13, 2014 at 3:30 am

    Damn. 1-0 Germany on the power play.

  9. 9.

    Ian

    February 13, 2014 at 3:38 am

    @SarahT:
    Come up with a few billion dollars and we may have a strategy

  10. 10.

    SarahT

    February 13, 2014 at 3:42 am

    @srv: what@srv: Please repeat – hard to hear you from way up on that cross.

  11. 11.

    SarahT

    February 13, 2014 at 3:43 am

    @? Martin: hahahaha

  12. 12.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    February 13, 2014 at 5:10 am

    4-0 final. I love watching Team Japan play but they have no idea how to score.

  13. 13.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    February 13, 2014 at 5:18 am

    Patriot Majority has joined the Kay Hagen fight, hitting Tillis about allowing pre-existing conditions and supporting the raising of the prescription out of pocket for seniors (I assume that refers to repealing the donut hole fix.)

    I am so sick of the “it’s about families” woman.

  14. 14.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    February 13, 2014 at 5:37 am

    Correction, it’s the “it’s about people” woman from AFP.

    It’s a good ad, sadly. It’s quiet, and it grabs one of the better approaches for arguments FOR the ACA and turns it on its head.

  15. 15.

    Keith G

    February 13, 2014 at 6:32 am

    Halfway through the video and I had a flash back of kids wearing Starter Jackets.

  16. 16.

    kdaug

    February 13, 2014 at 6:35 am

    @SarahT: I loved this part:

    Comcast is apparently willing to divest three million subscribers to satisfy any regularity issues about the deal, Faber subsequently tweeted, and he wrote in a subsequent bit, “Comcast deal for $TWC does not face ownership cap restrictions, but sure to get tough review from FCC. $CMCSA wants to avoid consent decree.”

  17. 17.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    February 13, 2014 at 6:51 am

    Why people don’t accept that dead is dead.

    I suspect that if we could see the paperwork, this woman and Munoz and McMath would not look at all the same.

  18. 18.

    NotMax

    February 13, 2014 at 7:24 am

    Bell Biv and Devoe’s Poison while we were pre-gaming before heading out to the Green Goose

    English translation, please?

  19. 19.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 13, 2014 at 8:26 am

    @NotMax:

    English translation, please?

    Bell Biv Devoe was an R&B group in the late 80s/early 90s. Poison was one their popular songs. Pre-gaming is drinking the a barracks or dorm room before going out to a bar. Based on context, the Green Goose was a bar.

    Just in case that was a serious request.

  20. 20.

    NotMax

    February 13, 2014 at 8:28 am

    @Omnes Omnibus

    It was, and I thank you.

  21. 21.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 13, 2014 at 8:43 am

    You are welcome and I am glad you could get past the pre-coffee typos.

  22. 22.

    Hightower

    February 13, 2014 at 11:10 am

    “Bell Biv and DeVoe”? That is, by far, the whitest thing I’ve read all week. Adorable! That’s even better than my Mom asking if I had fun “playing the basketball.”

  23. 23.

    Mnemosyne

    February 13, 2014 at 11:15 am

    @Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism:

    We don’t even have to see the paperwork, because that story has two vital facts in it:

    1) Benson was 22 weeks pregnant, while Munoz was only 14 weeks pregnant, so the fetus had a much higher chance of survival.

    2) Benson’s husband was offered a choice of whether or not she should be kept on life support, while Munoz’s doctors put her on without the family’s consent.

    Also, too, Canada.

  24. 24.

    The Other Chuck

    February 13, 2014 at 11:49 am

    And yet no Sweet Fancy Moses tag on the post?

  25. 25.

    S.Irene

    February 13, 2014 at 2:51 pm

    Speaking of friendship, a movie that stunned me by how beautifully friend-love is shown: Jack Goes Boating. Which, wouldn’t you know, was directed/produced by//stars P S Hoffman. It’s free on Hulu this week (but rated “mature” so you have to register). It also covers anxiety, trying, driving. With swimming, cooking.

  26. 26.

    S.Irene

    February 13, 2014 at 5:25 pm

    And speaking of Hoffman, I saw that City Arts in SF is showing 9 movies of Hoffman’s over 2 days, all free, so that people can come and watch and grieve together. Wish I could do that to handle the sorrow. Been thinking of how his performances seem to have both hope and mourning rolling around inside one character, alongside all the dialogue and action.

  27. 27.

    Paul in KY

    February 14, 2014 at 1:42 pm

    @Hightower: Listening to the Hippity Hop.

  28. 28.

    Tone In DC

    February 14, 2014 at 2:28 pm

    Elaine should have used “Genius of Love” for that dance.
    Just sayin’.

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