ABC News:
It’s day one of the G20 Summit and world leaders are already getting cozy.
The world’s most powerful leaders put aside talks on the economy and Ukraine to cuddle with irresistibly cute koalas…
.
Beats the heck out of APEC’s Mao tunics for visuals, I think.
Saturday night’s all right for fighting, but what’s on the agenda for the rest of us?
Hungry Joe
At last Obama shows his true marsupial origins. Koalagate!
Mike G
Another Texas chemical plant kills people. Business is booming!
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/nov/16/four-die-in-texas-chemical-leak
skerry
I was standing in the Sydney Zoo admiring the koalas and full of general amazement at the oh-so-different animals when I overheard a woman near me tell her companion, “boring. they look the same as the ones in my backyard.” I thought her experience was probably like me going to the Baltimore zoo to see the squirrel exhibit. Perspective is a wonderful thing.
Little Boots
good lord, there is so much going on.
Karen in GA
Why can’t he hug an American bear, the commie fascist!
Meanwhile, Iggy rises and shines. Sort of.
RobertDSC (Quad Intel Mac)
We told you Obummer wuz a Commie! He wears their stuff perfectly! IMPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEACH!!!
/wingnut
Little Boots
@Karen in GA:
it’s probably omnes fault.
maybe steeplejack.
schrodinger's cat
Since I don’t have access to a koala, I am cuddling boss kitteh, who has ensconced himself on my lap as I type.
Little Boots
maybe some tina:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKpISNtgJMs
trollhattan
There goes your next conservative meme: “Stop Big Koala from Taking Yer Gunz and Freedumbz!”
In other news, the antivaxxers aren’t done trying to revive previously conquered diseases. They’re having a conference!
Cost ya a hundred bucks to go mock and yell at them, which totally would be worth it.
BillinGlendaleCA
@schrodinger’s cat: There are Koalas about a mile from here.(LA Zoo)
kindness
I read somewhere that koalas can be mean and bite. OK photo-op I guess.
Morzer
Barack Obama with a slow-moving, dopey and evolutionarily stunted creature from Australia. Also a koala.
BillinGlendaleCA
@efgoldman: Ever see video of Obama with a baby? I’m sure he can charm a koala as well. Republicans, not so much.
schrodinger's cat
@efgoldman: So they are just like kittehs then.
Little Boots
@BillinGlendaleCA:
oh, good lord, did you mean to say chimp?
redshirt
John Lennon wanted to be a koala. FYI.
Pogonip
@efgoldman: They do. I think you can only handle juveniles.
Nice to see Putin put on a shirt for a formal occasion.
Tree With Water
Remember that woman that had her face torn off by that house pet [slash] orangoutang? I did when I looked at that photo.
Pogonip
@Hungry Joe: Oh, no! Koalagate! Smithers! Release the hens!
I read somewhere that pandas also have very bad dispositions.
dmsilev
@efgoldman:
I trust Obama will be bringing a bunch back as welcome gifts for the new GOP Senators then.
Or to replace those Senators. Because, really, there isn’t much difference between the average Republican politician and a bad-tempered miniature bear that spends most of its time sitting in trees eating leaves.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Here’s one for you.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Little Boots: No, a baby. People hand their crying babies to Obama and they stop crying. As I noted, it doesn’t work with Republicans.
schrodinger's cat
@dmsilev: Why do you hate the koalas?
scav
@dmsilev: The native exemplars don’t serve much as positive tourist attractions though.
Betty Cracker
Dumb tech question: Is there any way to see where a link goes without clicking it on a touchscreen device, e.g., iPad or iPhone? On my PC, I can hover and decide if it’s worth clicking or not, and I like that.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Betty Cracker: Point your mouse over the link, Chrome for windows shows the link contents.
ETA: Never mind, didn’t see the touch device.
Little Boots
damn I love steeplejack. is that so wrong?
schrodinger's cat
@efgoldman: You forgot the weapons grade cute, GOP Congress critters, not so cute akshully.
heckblazer
Putin’s attempt at smiling is causing that koala to panic.
Tree With Water
His secret service agents are standing there all thinking to themselves, “No way am I going to take the blame for this one”.
Perhaps it was a cry for help by the president. Recall that when Nixon chose to ride in that open car motorcade through the streets of Cairo in 1974, many agents reasonably assumed he was intentionally courting death rather than return home to the final act of the Watergate drama. One thing is certain- if Obama was done in by a koala, no one would ever refer to him as “no drama” again.
Little Boots
@heckblazer:
much like cornerstones’
srv
Glen Larson is dead.
Creator and writer of Automan, Battlestar Galactica, B.J. & the Bear, Buck Rogers, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Knight Rider, Magnum P.I., Manimal, McCloud and Quincy M.E.
Basically, many of y’alls lives.
Morzer
Apparently Nick Drake’s sister has written a book about her brother:
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/nov/15/i-want-to-complicate-the-nick-drake-story
Morzer
People are finally asking Cosby some pointed questions – and not before time, IMHO:
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/15/bill-cosby-silent-questions-sexual-assault-allegations
Baud
Dammit, Obama. Why couldn’t you hug a koala before the election? It could have made a difference.
Steeplejack
@Betty Cracker:
I have an Android tablet, but I think this will work on an iPad:
Touch and hold the link, and when the submenu pops up to allow you to open the link in a new tab, etc., the actual hyperlink that you will be going to should be displayed.
Hope this explanation is not too murky. I’m not on the tablet right now.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
oh that’s splendid, can you post music now?
Betty Cracker
@Steeplejack: Brilliant! Many thanks!
Morzer
@Baud:
It should be interesting to see HRC’s peeps polling the broad masses to determine how many votes koala-hugging could be worth.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Did you see this one?
And here’s one that has been helping me through the post-election blues.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
goddammit, you are the best. it’s kind of amazing.
trollhattan
@Morzer:
“And when we got to the airport all the koalas were shooting at us.”
Oops, wrong meme.
skerry
@Morzer: Today, Cosby cancelled a planned appearance on David Letterman’s show next week.
JPL
@Baud: That is so sad. If there are no chargeable offenses due to the statue of limitations, Crosby needs to disappear. It’s unfortunate though, that history will still treat him as a star.
Morzer
@trollhattan:
Call of Duty 2016: Operation Sniper Koala
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Forgot to mention, listening optional after 3:55 on the Curtis Mayfield.
Baud
@trollhattan:
Wrong meme, but far more awesome.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
actually, the whole thing was pretty cool.
Morzer
@skerry:
I saw that, which makes me think that he is going to skulk off into the undergrowth.
I do wonder what’s going to happen about the new series he’s signed up for.
Culture of Truth
@skerry: If I see one more deer in my driveway I will not be responsible for my actions
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Also, bit of a downer, but I’ve searching for this one for ages, and it just showed up on YouTube: Tom Rush, “Wind on the Water.” From his excellent 1972 album Merrimack County.
Morzer
@Culture of Truth:
You murdered Donner and Blitzen as part of the War on Christmas, didn’t you, you liberal fascist?
trollhattan
@Morzer: @Baud:
If Hillary’s [non]campaign team hires Joan Embry, we’ll know Operation Huggable Critter is a “go.”
“I want to see Depends on all the baby orangutangs, am I making myself clear?“
Steeplejack
@Morzer:
“I love the smell of eucalyptus in the morning!”
trollhattan
@Morzer:
To be fair, Blitzen had it coming.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Morzer: Kirk Cameron will be the Kwisatch Haddock to save Christmas! or something.
Major Major Major Major
Gettin’ evicted
Havin’ a party
That rhymes with evicted
Folks best not be tardy
When I’m stressed I write bad songs.
Morzer
@trollhattan:
Yeah, I’ll give you that one. Never was much of a fan of old Wolf.
trollhattan
@Steeplejack:
And in this instance, Charlie actually surfs.
Morzer
@trollhattan:
I can see the campaign book already:
Eats, Shoots And Leaves…
Oh, wait…..
trollhattan
@Major Major Major Major:
“C-I-L-L my landlord!”
Morzer
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
I think Ted Nugent is more likely. The Lice Must Flow.
Little Boots
for steeplejack, just cause:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rOz-yAzxy4&feature=youtu.be
Poopyman
@Morzer: You bet.
Little Boots
it might be weird, but it is meant with love.
skerry
@Culture of Truth: I have seen more this year (both in my yard and as roadkill) than I remember for a long time. It saddens me. They do a harvest around here and donate the meat to food banks, but it seems like there could much more of a cull.
Morzer
@Poopyman:
Is it me, or does that koala look suspiciously like Biden!!! ?
trollhattan
@Morzer:
Best. Grammar. Book. Ever. (Sorry, E.B.)
scav
@trollhattan: Blitzen was the calm, meditative twin: Blitzkrieg was the evil twin to watch out for. Kicked off the team in fact, after one of Donner’s wilder parties.
trollhattan
@Morzer:
If it has a “Pantera” tattoo, that’s a tell.
Baud
@Morzer:
Can’t tell. I’d need to see the koala in a corvette to be sure.
trollhattan
@scav:
He led the Krieg on Kringle, for starters.
Poopyman
A PSA for the northern states and all of Canada: The aurora forecast looks pretty good for tonight, and there’s no moon.
trollhattan
Alright you mooks, must go consume dinner. Don’t behave yourselves.
Baud
@trollhattan:
All this talk of koala must have made you hungry.
trollhattan
@Poopyman:
A PSA for the northern states and all of Canada: The aurora forecast looks pretty good for tonight, and
there’sthat’s no moon.Fixded
Betty Cracker
@Morzer: Cosby has seemed cognitively impaired for a while now. Even before this scandal blew up, he seemed like he was losing it. I figured he had dementia.
Morzer
@Betty Cracker:
He was sufficiently compos mentis to land a new show on NBC next year. I wouldn’t be entirely surprised to learn that he was using old age as a way of deflecting the numerous rape/sexual abuse allegations.
Little Boots
is it wrong that I’m okay with the election as long as steeplejack is still here?
is that a problem?
Davebo
Sh#t,
My girl is gonna want one now. Thanks Australia…
Morzer
@Little Boots:
If you get an election lasting more than four hours, talk to your doctor.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Speaking of the election . . .
Poopyman
@Betty Cracker: Rumor has it he’s been going blind. I had occasion to run into him a couple of years ago in a hotel and from what I could tell I’m afraid it might be true.
Little Boots
@Morzer:
if only, damn, it seemed to be about an hour then …
Baud
@Little Boots:
I’d sell Steeplejack to a Chinese sweatshop if it would get us a Democratic Congress.
Morzer
@Baud:
I am trying to work out what the appropriate reserve price on Steeplejack would be before I contact Alibaba.
Mike in NC
I’ve heard that Aussies like kangaroo burgers. Do they have recipes for koalas as well?
Major Major Major Major
@trollhattan: playlist is currently Gaucho on loop until anybody shows up.
Steeplejack
@Baud:
Hey, now!
Baud
@Steeplejack:
Nothing personal, man. It’s for the good of the nation.
Betty Cracker
@efgoldman: Yes. But he’s not 1/10th as annoying as Gary Danielson. Good lord I want to reach through the screen and stuff a sock down his throat at least half a dozen times per quarter.
Little Boots
so much cruelty.
Steeplejack
@Morzer:
Make sure you’re getting quotes on the light sweet Steep and not the Brent blend Steep. And preferably denominated in woolongs.
gogol's wife
@Baud:
LOLOLOL
Little Boots
there is so much anger here.
clearly, steeplejack, you must run away with me.
gogol's wife
@skerry:
I thought you were talking about koalas.
Steeplejack
@Baud:
Well, all righty, then.
gogol's wife
@Morzer:
The old Gigante dodge, huh?
gogol's wife
I left my husband alone with the computer for a few minutes to see the koalas, and then I heard him say, “Wow, there’s a new laser weapon in the Persian Gulf.” I said, “You clicked on Newsmax!” He’s not aware of all internet traditions.
Morzer
@Baud:
I thought we were going to make enough money to have fries with the collective burger for a change.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@gogol’s wife: I actually click fairly frequently. Doen’t it cost them money? Also, sometimes I have to see just what the hell they’re talking about. I’m still trying to figure out exactly what Sheryl Atkinson thinks her Benghazi scoop is.
Morzer
@gogol’s wife:
Let (s)he who is aware of all internet traditions cast the first cyber stone.
It’s in the Bible, that is.
Morzer
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
It’s the Atkinson Low-Information Diet.
lamh36
I’ve seen the pic from another angle and the claws are definitely there and look pretty darn scary, but they are basically just wrapped around Obama’s arm
Little Boots
@gogol’s wife:
you left a husband alone with a computer.
this is on you, lady.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Let’s work to make this an anger-free zone.
Alternately, for Omnes.
gogol's wife
@Little Boots:
I know, right?
Raven
Hell yes
Morzer
@Little Boots:
Misandrist!
FlyingToaster
Seriously, koalas are pretty effing vicious. At Taronga Zoo in Sydney, the ones they keep for tourists to pet (with photo) are drugged to the gills to make sure they don’t claw the visitors.
Personally, I prefer wombats, but they’re pretty destructive too. And generally too big to pick up.
gogol's wife
Okay, I tried and failed to watch Dead Ringer with Bette Davis and Karl Malden, so it’s off to bed.
skerry
@Mike in NC: Kangaroo is tasty. Relatively common on menus. Never ate koala or saw it on a menu.
@gogol’s wife: Nope, local area is over-run with deer. Have yet to see a wild koala in MD. I’ll certainly let folks know if I do. The deer population problem is a direct result of over-building and habitat loss. I feel sorry for the deer, but the fact is that they are a nuisance. A few years ago, a teenage boy was killed when his vehicle struck a deer and it broke through the windshield. Very sad.
I’m in favor of the controlled hunt with meat donated to families that can use it.
MomSense
@Little Boots:
You don’t need the approval of a bunch of jackals.
Gotta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1pYKdqD1ls
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
srrsly. you sadden me.
Morzer
@skerry:
IIRC, Australia has a pretty serious rabbit over-population problem.
Steeplejack
@gogol’s wife:
Dang, and I thought you got him over the hump with the golden slacks. I guess it’s an ongoing process.
Betty Cracker
@Raven: Now you need the Aggies to come back!
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Tigers stalking the outskirts of Paris, rage-a-holic koalas taking world leaders hostage, dogs and cats living together!
Can the rise of the dolphins be far off?
Little Boots
@MomSense:
this on the other hand, superb.
Morzer
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Dolphins are 6-4 and have already whupped the Patsies but good this year.
Steeplejack
I can’t go to YouTube for just one thing without getting sucked in. The late great Teena Marie.
Anne Laurie
@Mike in NC:
Apart from the whole “endangered species” thing, I would suspect the flesh of any animal that lives on eucalyptus tastes strongly of Vicks Vapo-Rub.
Steeplejack
@MomSense:
They do one of Little Boots’s favorite songs.
Debbie(aussie)
@Morzer: many thumbs up!
This will give you a good idea of just how horrendous he really is http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/15/g20-tony-abbott-whingeing-about-domestic-agenda-on-world-stage
ETA; notice how they are inside. Nursing of koalas is usually an outside activity, but here in SEQld we are experiencing a heat wave. Yesterday (Sat) was November record of 42C today is the same + hot 30kmh winds. Can’t have these dignitaries experience the heat.
Morzer
@Anne Laurie:
I’ve heard that Vicks Vapo-Rub tastes exactly like chicken.
Cervantes
@Mike in NC:
The first Australians did.
skerry
@Morzer: Yeah, they are an invasive species. I know folks there that hunt them. There is open season and no limits. Fox is another invasive species that they are trying to eliminate.
A campaign has started to replace the Easter bunny with the Easter Bilby, an endangered marsupial native to Australia. You can even buy chocolate Easter Bilbies. The bilby somewhat resembles a rabbit – long ears and roughly the same size, but with a long tail. The lesser bilby became extinct in the 1950s. The greater bilby survives.
Morzer
@Debbie(aussie):
Well, I guess the loathsome Gina Rinehart is getting what she paid for. I really don’t know why more countries don’t declare all mineral resources to be national property and use them to create national wealth funds, rather than letting greedy oligarchs steal the wealth.
MomSense
@Steeplejack:
Oooh, I like this game. Little Boots and I share some favorites.
Been thinking about this song with the Republicans trying to keep people from voting–and all the hours I’ve spent working lately.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeMfwUN5z_4
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
goddamn I love you.
Betty Cracker
@skerry: Wow, I looked bilbies up — odd looking creatures. Looks like a cross between a possum and a rabbit with a dash of mole thrown in.
raven
@Betty Cracker: Just got home and watchin!
Steeplejack
Hang on, Mizzou! Up 34-27 over Texas A&M with 2.54 to go. A&M fourth and one on the goal line.
Felonius Monk
@Morzer:
I guess that would indicate that you took too large a dose of “Vote-agra.”
Morzer
@Felonius Monk:
It might seriously vi-aggravate pre-existing conservative conditions.
raven
@Steeplejack: Dumb ass slow developing play, pound the goddamn rock.
Betty Cracker
@raven: I’m watching the Criminoles attempt another come-from-behind win. I told myself I wouldn’t get sucked in again, but the possibility of their defeat is too alluring. They’ll likely dash my hopes again. Damn it all.
Steeplejack
@Steeplejack:
Why is Laurence Fishburne reffing this game?!
Missouri held and got the ball. Now run out the clock.
raven
@Betty Cracker: Oh, I thought is was over, something happened in the ATL and the news was on when I looked.
WTF, where is it????
wrong station
mai naem mobile
I never thought Cosby was that funny. I’m probably one of the few people who never watched the Cosby Show. I didn’t really have an opinion on him until he went on the black people need to stop blaming others and pull themselves up by their bootstraps crap. I’m guessing there’s something to the rumors. Too much smoke for there not to be a fire.
Morzer
@Betty Cracker:
Food scientists recently crossed a duck and a mole. The result was quackamole wings.
I’ll get my coat.
Steeplejack
@raven:
ABC. Commercials right now.
ETA: Game back on. 4:45 to go.
MomSense
@Steeplejack:
Totally got sucked in to youtube myself.
Over the top?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCP2-Bfhy04
Omnes Omnibus
@Morzer: And your hat, sir.
Morzer
@mai naem mobile:
I saw some episodes of the Cosby Show and I can’t now remember a single memorable thing that Dr Huxtable said or did. I thought the kids and Mrs Dr Huxtable were much more interesting.
Admittedly, this was so many moons ago that there was still a viable population of sane Republicans in the wild.
Morzer
@Omnes Omnibus:
Thank you, Jeeves. Where would I be without you?
raven
@Morzer: His records were funny WAY before TV.
Omnes Omnibus
I am obviously in a different musical place than most of you tonight.
Omnes Omnibus
@Morzer: The Drones Club?
Morzer
@raven:
Well, that I never experienced, so I shall take your word for it. Still think he wasn’t that special as Dr Huxtable though.
Morzer
@Omnes Omnibus:
If Aunt Agatha should call, tell her I’ve emigrated to Patagonia for the foreseeable future.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
the beastie boys. that is splendid.
Steeplejack
@MomSense:
Whoa, didn’t see that combination coming!
Omnes Omnibus
@Morzer: Look, you watched the show back then for Lisa Bonet. BTW she should have been a far bigger star that she ever was.
raven
@Morzer: Bill Cosby My Brother Russell
NotMax
@Morzer
Always smile a little when come across a nom de screenwriting which W. C. Fields created.
Mahatma Kane Jeeves
Morzer
@Omnes Omnibus:
I rather liked Phylicia Rashād, but I can see your point of view.
Steeplejack
Okay, Mizzou held on, and now FSU has overtaken Miami. Tell me again, Betty, who am I supposed to be rooting for here?
raven
@Morzer: I liked Amhad.
Steeplejack
@Omnes Omnibus:
She had that career-self-destruct gene. No known cure.
Little Boots
need more omnes.
less beastie boys.
raven
@NotMax: That’s why they called him Honest John.
Little Boots
or just more steeplejack, who actually has better taste.
Betty Cracker
Fuck. FSU takes the lead. Oh well. Maybe their team bus will have a flat on Alligator Alley and be swallowed by a giant python. May the spirit of Tigertail make it so!
raven
@Betty Cracker: It ain’t over.
eta Which I said A LOT tonight!
Betty Cracker
@Steeplejack: I’d root for the Taliban over the Noles.
Steeplejack
@Betty Cracker:
“Tell me again, Betty, who am I supposed to be rooting for here?”
So Miami, then?
ETA: Got it.
raven
Who Says Elderly Dogs Aren’t as Cute as Pups?
Felonius Monk
Seems like a good night for some Smokehouse out on Highway 49.
MomSense
@Omnes Omnibus:
She was in Enemy of the State and I remember wondering why her career didn’t take off.
@Steeplejack:
I’m full of surprises.
Sometimes I get in a mood and I can’t get this song out of my head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttwuRgY88Wo
raven
@MomSense: It’s called an ear worm.
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: No, he has taste more aligned with yours. Doesn’t mean better or worse. Might be a function of chronological age. For example, the Beasties are my contemporaries: Adam Yauch was born two days after me.
Betty Cracker
Aaaaand, ballgame. I wonder who the Bucs are losing to tomorrow?
Omnes Omnibus
@MomSense:
She did a couple of controversial things and played a price.
Little Boots
fine, somebody is in a mood.
Betty Cracker
@raven: My Daisy dog is going gray on the muzzle and around the eyes. I think it looks distinguished!
MomSense
@raven:
Oh I miss my old salty lab so much. I love the gray hair on those pups.
Howard Beale IV
@MomSense: I saw this when I was visiting my aunt and cousins in Europe in 1992. Seeing Annie Lennox made up like a raccoon was bizarre.
raven
@MomSense: Yea, Lil Bit has a grey muzzle. When Raven went through chemo his grey mug turned back black!
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: More modern, but maybe more to your taste.
raven
@Howard Beale IV: I saw her open for Sting and she blew him away.
Omnes Omnibus
@raven: The problem with Sting.
raven
@Omnes Omnibus: Ever see Quadropehnia?
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
that is cool. you are always cool.
you know who’s actually kind of nice to be around? steeplejack.
raven
I’ve never seen someone tackle someone by pushing them down from behind!
Howard Beale IV
@trollhattan: I may have to go there and record it.
raven
God, I feel like a one legged man in an ass kickin contest!
Steeplejack
“When I Was a Boy.”
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: There are a whole bunch of these “A Take Away Show” videos. Here is the link. This is actually my favorite of those I have seen.
Violet
@Omnes Omnibus: Wasn’t Lisa Bonet kind of a mess? Vaguely remember something like that.
raven
We beat Nick Marshal like he stole something. Wait. . . he did!
Omnes Omnibus
@Violet: Define mess… I think she was lovely and a very good actress and should have been given at least the chances that Lindsay Lohan (who is also lovely and very good actress) got. She didn’t. One wonders why.*
*One suspects that Ms. Lohan’s translucence and freckles helped her.
seaboogie
@Culture of Truth: What are these deer doing to annoy you so? I gave it some thought, and figured that they are either:
a) setting up cones, donning neon vests and using a jack-hammer on your driveway
or
b) standing up on their hind legs, front legs crossed in front of their chests chanting “Hell No – We Won’t Go!”
or
c) Throwing gang signs and pointing.
I think your safest solution, no matter the cause is to crawl over the fence to your neighbor’s yard, run in a crouch down the block to the main road and catch the bus to work. It’s tough livin’ in the ‘hood.
And in reference to an earlier comment, I knew a fellow who lived in Australia who was annoyed when there were kangaroos in his driveway.
MomSense
@Violet:
Gosh I missed the mess part. I thought she went vegan, had dreadlocks and said some true but uncomfortable things about the superficiality of Hollywood.
@raven:
That is so weird. His fur didn’t fall out but rejuvenated? Huh.
Omnes Omnibus
@seaboogie: Deer do overpopulate without predators. Then a number of them starve to death over the winter. If a state does a good job of managing deer tags, the population stays at a sustainable level.
Edited slightly.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
okay, i might get a bit maudlin sometimes, but for omnes and steeplejack, my favorite juicers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrhAC0dFis0
Steeplejack
Really looking forward to sleeping in my own bed tonight. Over at the bro’ man’s place with the greyhound last night, and, while he has every amenity, it’s just not home. Plus I stayed over there today to await delivery of and oversee installation of a crib and chest of drawers with changing-table top. Bro’ man and his spouse were bringing the new baby home from Florida tonight, but I haven’t heard any news yet. Will check in tomorrow and see about going over to take a look at the little mite. She’s only one month and four days old!
In fact, I may toddle off to bed right now. The housecat is making her eyes look puffy, which is her sarcastic way of telling me it’s time.
Sting can be a bit of a douche, but he does a good version of one of my favorite Elton John songs, “Come Down in Time.”
. . . Gee, that’s not as good as I remember. Maybe better go out with the ever reliable “Englishman in New York.”
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: Unexpected.
Also, I’ll offer the original of this one.
Yeah, I get hipster about country music too.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Little Boots: Now i’m hurt.
Omnes Omnibus
@BillinGlendaleCA: Don’t be. You aren’t stalked.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
plus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEllHMWkXEU
Omnes Omnibus
@Steeplejack: Noapte buna.
Little Boots
hate when bodies are just oozing life.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
An underrated good one.
Roger Miller did not make me think of Billy Joe Royal.
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: Hipstered. Done by Kurt Weill’s lover and original Jenny, Lotte Lenya.
ETA: Or we could be theatrical with Ute Lemper.
Steeplejack
@Steeplejack:
Billy Joe Royal did make me think of younger Billy Joe Royal. “Down in the Boondocks.” The Ramones should have covered that.
Debbie(aussie)
@efgoldman: Don’t think so. He’s in class of asshole all of his own, strings pulled by that evil SOB Murdoch.
Little Boots
@BillinGlendaleCA:
Oh,I love you too, but there’s somthing about those two. it’s a sickness, really.
Steeplejack
@Omnes Omnibus:
Heh, say hey to Yoko Romo from this old gadjo dilo, eh? If you happen to talk to her.
John Revolta
Christ, can’t anybody get a date around here?
Omnes Omnibus
Sticking with my theme……
Omnes Omnibus
@Omnes Omnibus: Seriously? Pirate Jenny gets moderation?
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@Omnes Omnibus: I’m as serious a TVZ fan as you’ll find in my state, with the possible exception of my psychiatrist. But this version is as fine a cover as I’ve heard. And it’s dynamite live also too.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
he is brutal sometimes.
Omnes Omnibus
@a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): How ’bout this?
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: Check it out when it comes out of mod.
Little Boots
I’m going to go monkees. just cause it might upset omnes. that’s how I am:
https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?hspart=Lkry&hsimp=yhs-SF01&p=youtube%20monkees&type=YHS_SF_2200¶m1=iyzTqxyuayxkXZEXjiqI44smW9UdeThDjBlbfLknSTRZdOdFxjgUcBiGiLgpnMao0_Az7Sw_uUdZCp0HiLdXiLF2f4TtVix5brQzDqYHLru0lnxx7eEzNUX2nsy_7k-QSA%2c%2c
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: Do better with your links. Please.
Omnes Omnibus
Woohoo!
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
that was a bit inept.
you’re supposed to be angry, though, dammit.
let’s try this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfuBREMXxts
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: Deal with this.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@Omnes Omnibus: It don’t pay to think too much on things you leave behind. Happy Saturday, Omnes, and please think good thoughts for my new gig search.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
cannot believe you pulled the tom waits card. that is hard core.
Omnes Omnibus
@a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): You will always have my best thoughts.
@Little Boots: You think so?
Little Boots
the hell is steeplejack?
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
oh goddammit, that is the ultimate. you can’t pull out the ultimate tom waits song! can you?
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: In bed.
dance around in your bones
Dudes and dudettes!!!! I got laid tonight, first time since my husband died.I actually thought I’d never have sex again in my lifetime.I’m gonna be 61 next month, doncha know.
Coolest thing? He was born the same year as my daughter (1972) and he was gentle and true and vigorous and multi- well, you know, like young guys are :)
Little Boots
@dance around in your bones:
well, damn. good for you, girl!
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: Deal with this.
John Revolta
@dance around in your bones: Thank God! Somebody’s holding up our reputation here!
Omnes Omnibus
@dance around in your bones: Be careful of your hip.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
glad you’re sleeping in your own bed tonight. hope you’re okay, that was a lot of words. hope you are okay. cause … well there is no cause, hope you are okay.
sharl
@dance around in your bones:
Congrats!!
GregB
In Russia, Koala bears you!
GregB
@dance around in your bones:
Goooooaaaaaaal!
Anne Laurie
@dance around in your bones: Good for you, lady!
My mother-in-law’s second husband is a couple years younger than her eldest son… but still older than her youngest, as she was careful to point out. It’s worked out well for everybody, not least her kids.
Anne Laurie
P.S. New thread up top, come talk about dogs, or whatever…
ruemara
Where’s Mem? I sent off to the great evil corp and I think they had the best job hunting experience I’ve seen in a decade. Done in less than 15 minutes? Inconceivable.
Dance, you got laid with a young dude? Gurl. I’m putting your icon up on my altar.
Violet
@dance around in your bones: Wow! Way to go! Sounds like a good evening.
dance around in your bones
@Omnes Omnibus: Dude was very careful and sensitive to my hip problem.
We actually spent a long time skritchihng.each other between fucking, At least for some hours,. Like I said before,,I’d forgotten how young guys can go on and on.. Not that I’m complaining!!!!!
I’ll definitely fuck him again if we csn get away with it in this household of two femmes and two dudes.,
dance around in your bones
@Violet: @ruemara: @John Revolta: @Little Boots:
Ok, I have to cut one of my respondents because too many fucking links.,
YES!!!!! ruemara!!! Remember when I told you today that shit can happen when you least expect it????!! Well, I never expected to get fucked by a young man the same age as my daughter, Borrn in the same year.
We went out to dinner together, and then we looked at a bunch of photos that I had on my laptop and iPhone? And then I went into my bedroom, and he came in a few minutes later and asked if I’d like to ‘hang out’.
I said, “You mean you want to fuck?” And he said well,we’ll see what develops.
What a sweet guy, And he liked this old lady :)
Of course, I blinded him with my stories :)
dance around in your bones
Anne Laurie, can you rescue my last comment from moderation?
tried to eliminate one of the 4 people who replied to me,but somehow they all got through.
Hence, I am in the moderation zone. FML, despite the great sex I had tonight :)
Viva BrisVegas
@Mike in NC:
Here is some minor koala related trivia. Herbert Hoover saved the koala.
In the 1920s, tens of thousands of koala skins were being shipped to the US each year to make furs.
When Hoover became President an early Australian environmental group wrote to Hoover and asked him to ban the trade, and he did.
If he hadn’t the koala would now probably be extinct.
The reason that they wrote to Hoover was because they knew he had previously lived in Australia for a number of years while working as a mining engineer, so at least he knew what a koala was.
Even though he was a Republican bastard, he still had a soft spot for koalas.
AxelFoley
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Well, they are 6-4 this year, and might make the playoffs.
Wait, wrong dolphins, right?
AxelFoley
@Morzer:
Aaaaand ninja’d.
Shoulda known someone would already make that joke.