I’m going to do something a little different for HHD this week. I’ve been blogging over at XBrad’s for a few months, including putting up Load HEAT several times, so I learned how to do the gallery of pics. (Watch me screw it up after bragging.) I started off with a surfer theme, until I found a new redhead for Carin and one with a cup of coffee that had better be for me. Click on each pic to get the full washboard abs goodness.
Let me know if this works for you, or if I should go back to the old format.
Thank you for your attention, and y’all have a good day.
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Insomnia sucks.
Huh?
Ohi Romy!
Most excellent roamy. do i spy two redheads here today?
Hey, C arin, did you watch the No Reservations with the guy from QOTSA last night?
Uh, yea. Duh.
lol
For anyone who might be interested, I’m getting an iPad.
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Excellent. I’ve been using my Mom’s while she’s here and may pick one up.
I hate you all so very much.
I see rosie finally made an appearance last night. and no one told him he’s in danger of being voted off the island about the lack of pictures?
Is that iPad that everyone keeps yammering about some kind of new-dangled feminine protection?
It’s an Apple product intended purely as a lure so the FedGov can track us at all times and identify us with facial recognition.
Also, you can watch movies on it.
You know, I think my chickens were traumatized by the raccoon the other night. They’ve practically stopped laying.
dangit.
So my neighbor (with whom I share a driveway) had a rock asphalt driveway put in on the shared portion yesterday without consulting us. He says they were going door to door offering services early in the morning, and that they’d tried my house first, but no one answered. Mrs. Caruthers was here, but comatose on pain meds (hurt her back in AK).
And yes, I already confronted him about it, and ended up walking away from it feeling a little like a dick, but that’s just my nature (feeling guilty after any confrontation). I’m not going to push the issue, but I’m worried this is going to sour things between us. He wasn’t worried about that, apparently. I’m still upset, because even if I was going to get our shared stuff worked on and someone offered a deep discount to do it that day, I wouldn’t have done anything without talking to the neighbors, and the difference in our approach offends me more than anything.
I wouldn’t have done anything without talking to the neighbors,
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My neighbor just put up a new fence, but was kind enough to ask if we should share it, rather than have two fences on the same property line. We are going to replace the fence this fall, so I offered to pay her half of the part we share.
Good kid. Maybe there’s hope.
Yeah, anything shared like that, I would ask first. Who buys a driveway from a travelling salesman?
I am still hoping to outlast him, but I don’t like my chances. Guy’s in his 50’s and I think this is the last time he wants to move. Also, it was his grandmother’s house. I’m probably looking at 15-20 years next to these folks, so I really didn’t want this kind of thing. I hope this is the last of it.
Also, I was fine with the gravel. I guess I was the only one.
Yeah, there is that. I didn’t pay for it, and I’ll be using it.
Humn. I wouldn’t ok work for anyone but myself either Leon.
did it really need to be done?
we had a dirt (not enough stones) driveway and in the winter it became … impassible at times. I’d have to park by the road and walk in (it’s a LOOONG walk, too). we got some extra stones (and it’s pricey) and it’s been a godsend.
I’m not trying to excuse, just wondering if it was a situation that really needed to be addressed, damn the consequences.
sometimes workers are in an area, and if they can get more in the same location (even for less money) it works for them.
I’ve gotten stuff done from people like that.
The shared part was 6″ of good gravel (which they removed, making me believe the whole thing may have been a gravel-theft scam!), but it was dirt on his side of the Y, so yeah, his side needed it. It’s just that it’s not what I would have done. I’ll probably just let it go, but, well, it was yesterday, and I can still smell it.
sometimes workers are in an area, and if they can get more in the same location (even for less money) it works for them.
Yeah. That’s what happened when we were re-doing sidewalks in my AA neighborhood. Must have been a dozen new driveways that month, including mine.
Right now I’m missing the old house, though. I was older than both of my new neighbors, had been there 7 years, so I was the established neighbor and they were the new people. It wasn’t so bad. /sigh
The things I do for love of wife.
PETA has sent a plea to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk asking that he helps make Mars a meat-free planet. “A PETA-inspired vegan colony would replicate another tradition of the settlement of the American frontier: groups of religious zealots wanting to remove themselves from the corruption of civil society.”
I’m all for shipping vegans to another planet.
Sftoopid vegans will find that beans won’t grow on Mars and will wind up frying up each other.
Mars can be meat free until I get there, then I’m eating the first vegan I meet.
On a practical note, it’s entirely possible that the first colonists will be pescatarians (veggies and fish) out of necessity, but ruminants cycle carbon better if you have any interest in topsoil creation.
Time for work.
I didn’t like the way the nurses manhandled my kids when they were born.
And rosie better learn to say no to visitors. Momma needs maximum relaxation for maximum milk output – at least tip she’s a pro at it. Unless she doesn’t mind whipping it out whenever/whoever.
Hahahahaha
RosettaHenry rocks.I was okay with the nurses, it was the phlebom…shit, I’m not looking up the spelling. Blood-draw person. That son of a bitch came in to draw blood for a bilirubin check on Mini-me and fucked it up big time. Not only did he have her screaming bloody murder for 20 minutes (IN FRONT OF ME WHEN I COULDN’T GET OUT OF THE DAMN BED), but then he fucked up the blood test, too. Doc looked at the results and said, “They did this wrong. If this was right, she’d be dead.” (shudder)
When he gets old enough to type we kick Rosetta off the island.
When is Henry scheduled to do his first BBF? That will be a day to celebrate.
THere’s a poat at AoSHQ on books for young readers. My Side of the Mountain by Jean George is #2. I loved that book, even though I didn’t find out about it until I had kids of my own.
Hotspur, I’ve only read 5 of those books, and I was a voracious reader as a kid. Don’t know how I missed out on that many, though I read Nancy Drew instead of Hardy Boys.
Seriously, am I the only one who thought the singer here was a chick?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG8fugqFn9Q
Sounds kind of like the singer from Garbage to me.
Their bassist is female, she’s good, and she’s actually kind of cute.
When he gets old enough to type we kick Rosetta off the island.
Excellent idea Scott. See, I was only commenting out of anger.
But, you? You’re a problem solver.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE8KBWgUZxw
If you haven’t read My Side of the Mountain, I highly recommend that you do. At least get it for your son.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGkRUb_k-Mo
I’m so happy for Rosetta and Mrs. Rosetta – it sounds like Henry will have them trained as house staff in no time 🙂
That request from PETA just confirms that veganism causes severe loss of brain cells –
And my favorite book as a child was “The Best-Loved Doll” by Rebecca Caudill – it’s the only one that I actively sought out for my girls when they were little.
I also liked a book that my grandfather had at his house (which I “inherited” when we moved him to a nursing home) from the “5-Foot Library” which contained Aesop’s Fables and fairy tales from Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen. Every time we would visit my grandparents, I would grab that book and start reading…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTuPbJLqFKI
(Can’t sleep and in a mood for 60s and 70s stuff for some reason.)
I’m still trying to decide how I feel about the “gallery” format, Roamy – it’s too early in the day to have to work that much!
Personally, I like seeing all of that luscious goodness when I scroll through the post, but I’ll defer to what is easier for you and what everyone else likes…..
(And I’m on a laptop all day, not a cell phone, so it might be a different issue for those folks!)
I had a pretty big crush on Sue Lyon in those days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NanaVb77plI
Why do we have to carry on?
Always singing the same old song?
Looks like the GOP kept 4 of the 6 seats that were being contested in Wisconsin, so they keep the Senate.
And they have a better than equal chance of picking up one of the Dem recall seats.
Suck on it, unions – you wasted a whole lot of your members’ pension fund money for nothing……
I had a pretty big crush on a boy named Sue
Lyon in those days.fixt
The fucking WHO predicted the future. How scary is that?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fay1uk7wpnQ
*loads photo #2 from yesterday*
*changes Mare to Carin*
*posts on Facebook*
I never realized that Ione Skye was Donovan’s daughter –
The things you learn on YouTube…..
The toad working the morning shift today, Sean?
Seriously, watch this…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvbiGp_Evgo
NSFW.
Phlebotomist. I also like to call a blood pressure monitor a “sphygmomanometer” just for the hell of it. (It’s about the only way I use my biomedical engineering degree.)
So glad to hear from you, Rosetta. Thanks for the preview 😉 I’ve had so many people express interest in coming to visit us (meaning me & baby; Will is “only” the daddy and is apparently relegated to sideshow status at first) in the hospital that I keep thinking, “There won’t be time for all these people to be there!”
The pediatrician suggested the same thing on the baby-scented item for the animals, so I’m glad to hear it seems to be working out. I’m not too worried about the dog, since dogs are pack animals anyway and Sable is a total beta who will easily accept that the baby is above her in the pack hierarchy. (It goes Will, me, baby, cat, dog.) I’m more worried about the cat, who doesn’t show much inclination to accept that I’m above her in the hierarchy, Super Soaker notwithstanding.
I’m trying to remember … I think when I brought the baby home, I came in first since they missed me. Let them greet me, etc. then brought the baby in.
My dogs all loved the babies. greta would try to help me clean them.
Or … she was tasting them.
Hard to be sure.
I can’t believe we’re going to meet our firstborn son within a week or so. 🙂
From politico
The end of the 1970s…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQwm1v1R-qM
It’s all very unbelievable, Peel. I remember just holding my firstborn – hardly able to comprehend the miracle of it all.
I just couldn’t believe they were going to let me take him home. LOL. Just take him home.
It took me a while to get used to it. I loved every minute, it’s just so life changing.
who believes obama is really going to be riding in that bus?
My heelspur (I’m going to rename it a “hotspur” because it feels like Hotspur is poking my foot with a piece of glass from last night’s chardonnay) is killing me today. I’m just gonna sit here as long as I can.
I have that heelspur thing too sometimes, Car in, and it truly does suck.
Hope it goes away quickly.
Carin, have you looked into getting orthopedics for your heelspur? You may be starting to get fallen arches. I remember when my heels started hurting, my doctor recommended I get fitted for orthotics – what a relief!
(When I started eating GF, though, I stopped needing the shoe inserts – haven’t had to wear them in over 3 years; my muscles tightened up all on their own…..)
If it doesn’t (go away) I’m going to have to kill Hotspur.
It’s the only way.
teresa – I like to go the other way. go barefoot to strengthen my entire foot.
I’ve been wearing my crocs way too much this summer, and I think that’s why it flaring up. My foot is losing it’s strength and when faced with a long run (7.5 miles yesterday) it revolted.
so, back to the barefoot shoes everyday for me. as soon as this flare up dies down.
I have switched to wearing Merrell shoes, and I think it’s helped a lot. The podiatrist I saw when the pain was horrible recommended them.
After I stopped wearing “the boot” of course.
My gosh, Peel – is it only a week or so more to go? Wowsers!
Our animals all did fine when we brought the girls home – as long as they know they’re not in competition with the babies, they do just fine. All of our animals were sort of mellow to begin with, though – I think that makes a huge difference.
I’ve got a picture around here somewhere of one of our cats draped across the back of the couch, then over my shoulder, sleeping on me at the same time that our oldest was asleep in my arms. All of our cats just LOVED the babies – we’d even find them sometimes in the crib, curled up next to them when they were a little bit older. And they’d just be purring away…..
I can’t believe we’re going to meet our firstborn son within a week or so. 🙂
It must be such an awesome (in the original sense of the word) feeling, Peelie. Plus being able to see a foot through your skin–wow.
just fyi – there is a caravan of SEALS driving cross country taking some of their brothers home to be buried. They overnighted in Louisville last night and are stopping in Indianapolis this morning – they are inviting anyone to come out and greet them.
From Marcus: Want to meet the guys headed to Iowa? They will be at the Medal of Honor Memorial in Indianapolis in 2 hours. Stop by and say Hi
Hehehe, Schlichter is on fire:
I’m ALWAYS barefoot around the house – I do wear socks, though – sometimes my toes get too cold!
What you described sounds about right, Carin – your feet are so used to being barefoot that wearing shoes “pampered” your arches too much!
I saw the tweet for that this morning, GMLand. Wish I could go see them in Iowa, but they don’t need more people clogging things up at a funeral.
All of our cats just LOVED the babies – we’d even find them sometimes in the crib, curled up next to them when they were a little bit older. And they’d just be purring away…..
That wasn’t purring, THEY WERE STEALING THE BABY’S BREATH AWAY!!11ty!
Glad they got those bastards in Afghanistan.
GMLand, is there a site where we can go to see where that caravan is heading? If they pass by here, I’d sure like to pay my respects (I think one of those guys was from near Austin, if I read it right).
Bunch of assholes, almost as bad as Pollutico. Salon photoshops picture of Perry over a Confederate flag.
Salon: If Rick Perry is seriously a presidential front-runner there’s something wrong with all of us
Truer words never spoken:
I can’t find one Tifw – I am just keeping up with it by what Marcus is posting on fbook.
This cat is NOT mellow…she still hasn’t adjusted to the dog, and they’ve been living in this house together for 6 months. And by “still hasn’t adjusted to” I mean “daily attacks”. I’m concerned that she’s going to attack the baby as well. (Part of the reason she hates the dog is that Sable is one more thing that takes Will’s attention off her. She’ll accept attention from me [sometimes], but Will is the one she really cares about, so I worry that she’ll be jealous of the baby as well as of the dog.)
Lips, I can’t quite see the feet, but I can feel them…last night, Will was playing whack-a-mole trying to get the baby to tuck his feet back in. Hahaha.
Salon photoshops picture of Perry over a Confederate flag.
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What a bunch of cocksmokers. The Democrat party is traditionally the party of racists. Always has been, always will be.
In the past they were at least honest about it, now its dressed up as affirmative action or soul crushing welfare.
OH MY GOD!!!!!!
I guess I never saw this the first time, but this made me laugh until I almost fell out of my chair! This was on the Wisconsin election thread over at HotAir:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQoaTrQEvos
That one’s definitely going in my “Favorites” file for when the Dems have me ready to choke a bitch…..
Good morning cool kids.
If I suddenly show up dead, I want you guys to send the link to this poat to the cops.
Justice shall prevail.
This won’t end well: National Journal: Democrats Murray, Baucus, Kerry on Super Committee
No way, Hotspur. what happens at the H2 stays at the H2.
We’re gonna pin your murder on the Client from Hell™.
You’re welcome.
Most excellent HHD, Roamy! Always a nice way to wake up!
Morning everyone! Alert the media… Lawn is mowed.
I like the gallery format for HHD, Roamy.
Dudes are lookers too… Nice job. Smooch.
We should have a baby gallery poat where we all put our own baby pictures in.
I want to see the one of Cathy on the bear rug.
You first, Hotstuff.
The miracle of birth.
THE CIIIIIIRCLE OF LIIIIIIFE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh2iyPmucFk
Bwaaaaa-hahahahahahahahahaha!
Upton and Camp picked for super committee.
@ Wisconsin democrats: How you gonna get the taste of ass out of your mouth?
Hotspur, you have too much time on your hands. That was imaginative.
You are a hunk, Hotstuff. Always were… Always will be.
That’s pretty cool, Hotspur. Great idea!
So who are Upton, Camp and whoever this third guy are?
I’ve never heard of ’em.
Why do I have a suspicion they aren’t bastions of conservative political activism?
Hensarling is ok. Don’t know about the other two at all. And really, not Paul Ryan???
The cool thing about working from home is that H2 is not blocked.
Upton = Light bulb ban. Camp and Upton are agreeable to “tax reform”
I don’t like it. Hensarling (TX) is a good choice, though.
Ryan declined, according to various twitter sources.
they’re both out of Michigan.
HAHA! Flood warning…sweet.
Glad to see libs/union goons lose.
Hope they lose again with the Dems recall.
Sean’s little buddy made an appearance at my home last night.
http://xbradtc.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/toady/
I just got the happy news that my insurance will not go up until Rocketboy actually gets his driver’s license next year. He got his learner’s permit Monday. If he can keep his grades where they are at and take a safe teen driving course, we are looking at only an extra $600 a year. That is not nearly as bad as I feared.
$600/year?
Not bad.
I mean, not bad for your own designated driver.
Yeah, that leaves me enough for some Valium.
Yeah, that leaves me enough for some
Valiummeth.FTFAlabama.
Hahahahahahaha, true.
Comment by lauraw on August 10, 2011 11:38 am
THE CIIIIIIRCLE OF LIIIIIIFE
That reminds me of a funny DD#2 story:
One day, Mr. TiFW and I were outside, working on the yard, when we heard a Godawful screaming from the house.
Thinking that one of the kids was badly hurt, we both rushed inside, only to discover that DD#2 was singing “The Circle…. of Liiiiife!” at the top of her lungs along with the “Lion King” video.
Poor kid STILL hasn’t lived that one down all these years later…..
Jewstin?
http://tinyurl.com/3my6fux
How far should I run today? I’ve had two days off in a row, and Car in is gimpy so I have to pick up the hostage slack.
If you want an example of why gun control is bad, look at what is going on in England. Even the cops don’t have guns, so they have to retreat from street thugs.
That whole fucking country is boned.
France is next.
How far should I run today? I’ve had two days off in a row, and Car in is gimpy so I have to pick up the hostage slack.
well, i should run 5 miles, so add that to whatever you were going to do.
I’m gonna hope on a bike for an hour or so.
Want:
http://tinyurl.com/3d8psr5
MJ, I was gonna run 30 miles, but I’m tired. Can you add that to your total?
roamy, we have usaa, and we have no additional charge at all until they hit 18, because when they are younger than that they have a restricted license.
so. yea.
He starts “segment 2” next tuesday. we have two segments and there is supposed to be 3 months between the first and second. Ian’s had over a year – lol.
It’s not as if we have a car he could drive anyway.
Until he got his girlfriend he didn’t really care. Now, he’s got stuff coming up – homecoming for example. He wants to drive.
the beauty? They Have to be home by 10 pm. Until they are 18 – they’re not allowed to drive after 10 pm any day of the week.
anyone hear anything about the new Mark Steyn book?
I bought my first car and had to pay for my own insurance and gas when I was seventeen. I didn’t want to be caught dead driving the family station wagon. Fuck that.
The family station wagon had plenty of room for sex in back, so it had that going for it.
well, i should run 5 miles, so add that to whatever you were going to do.
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I’ll try, but no promises.
Hmmm, 5-year-old Volvo station wagon for safety or 12-year-old Dodge Intrepid for age?
Go with the Dodge. Volvos have terrible service records and they are motherfucking expensive to repair.
http://tinyurl.com/3my6fux
ZOMGSQUEEEE! So adorable!!
But if it can’t bring me a cocktail and give me a massage, then it’s wasting oxygen. And prolly contributing to our CO2 woes. Evil squirrels.
Is that Hank in the header?
No, it’s not Hawtspur. I wish though!
Rosie stopped in last night and said that today would be picture day.
Agree with Hotspur. Have a roll bar installed if you’re worried about safety. The larger size Dodge should be safe enough, though.
OMG, no wonder kids today are such sissies. I got some free issues of Parents magazine, and here’s their advice on what to do if your child is competitive with another child in gym: “You can help them get along by asking the school counselor to hold mediation sessions between them until the issue is resolved.” WHAT?!?!?
I can just imagine the conversation.
Teacher: I’m concerned about your son.
Me: Why’s that?
Teacher: He’s very competitive in gym class.
Me: *blink* *blink*
Teacher: He and Aaron are always racing and trying to beat each other.
Me: …And?
Teacher: Aren’t you concerned about his competitive nature?
Me: No.
Mrs. Peel: Is my boy winning or losing the races?
Teacher: Uh, that’s not the point!
Mrs. Peel: **beats teacher with a Louisville Slugger**
Only caught the tail end, but John ‘The Mustache’ Bolton was just on FNC discussing why he may run in 2012.
*whispers please please please please*
Eh, I love The ‘Stache, but there’s no way he can win. He might make a nice attack dog against Obama, but he would just clog up the primaries.
I know, it’s just wishful thinking.
So, who here is a fan of Friday Night Lights?
I just started watching it.
Liked the first season, xbrad. Made it halfway through season 2 before I quit watching. I heard it improved, but I never went back to watch.
I’m doing my best to act interested in what you people are discussing.
Xbrad *Surprise* We loved it. We watched the first two seasons every week then they canceled the show and then it got picked up again then canceled again then picked back up… and I have caught a few here and there but never kept up after the end of the second season. It is so realistic in its portrayal of Texas high school football and how small towns are. Count’s Dad loved that show. He was a small town high school football/baseball star and he watched it every week.
OK, I’ll make it through at least the first season.
I mean, right now, my only other summer option is to start downloading Dawson’s Creek.
The movie is really good too, if you haven’t seen it, xbrad and sohos.
I saw the movie years ago. Really liked it.
Do you watch the O.C.?
Jay Carney: “There’s no such thing as a presidential vacation, the presidency travels with you.”
If this mother fucker had a brain, he’d take it out and play with it.
I watched The O.C. during Season 2. Kinda gave up on S3.
Battery is dying. later, cool kids.
Where is Jewstin? I need some more Japanese movie recommendations.
canned the cry baby
. . . runs the all-time loser, headlong his to his death.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgfHz792Kqs
Count – Good move. Now, find some “workin’ sumbitch”.
Got this in my e-mail from my cousin:
So, who here is a fan of Friday Night Lights? I just started watching it.
Used to live the REAL Friday Night Lights since we were high school band parents and marching band’s performances at Friday night football games was a requirement. The culture TEXAS high school football is TRULY something to behold. And the band competition is almost as good in my book. Dang, those kiddos work hard.
Saw the movie. Liked it. But I don’t watch network TV.
Another hand-out forced on a private concern by one of Obama’s regulatory committees:
http://dailycaller.com/2011/08/10/comcast-to-offer-subsidized-internet-service-to-low-income-families/
Holy shit. -530??????
White. Hot. Hatred. For. Obama and his European counterparts.
Spam bucket?
canned the cry baby
Yeah, Count and Sohos! DANG! So PROUD of you guys!!!!!!!!!
Woo-hoo!!!!!!!! Woo-Hoo! Woo-HOO-Hoo-HOOOOOOOO!!!!
*does happy dance*
If I can get Friday Night Lights via Netflix…
…AFTER all 100+ episodes of No Reservations, and after I get through Ice Road Truckers and Dirty Jobs, I MIGHT CONSIDER it.
*giggle*
Glad you like it Sohos.
For all of my Texas friends:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F7QWtDUjoM
But now what will Count and Sohos do for their daily entertainment?
…ok, never mind
Peel – How you doing today, missy?
You live in the same area, Peel – you know darn well there’s plenty more where that boy came from!
For all of my Texas friends
*looks around*
Does somebody here in Texas like MCPO?
That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness
Teresa, my husband has a really bad habit of choosing from the dangerous column. My eyelid twitches alot.
London 2012 Olympic logo.
http://imgur.com/YER86
If you can’t afford a jar of peanut butter for your kid’s lunches, then your ass can’t afford 9.95 a month for more ass sitting. FUCKERS!!
Does somebody here in Texas like MCPO?
*gingerly and slowly raises hand…*
*takes deep breath, confidently smiles*
*raises both hands waiving and winking at Chief*
Dow down 520 points
Very well, Michael!
Thank you, sweet Cathy.
“there’s no point trying to explain complicated matters to the American people. The president has tried reasonableness and he has failed.”
http://reason.com/archives/2011/08/10/the-crumbling-cult-of-obama
This essay is depressing:
http://tinyurl.com/4ybgmwn
It’s just as true here in this country.
Liberalism is a disease. It needs to be wiped out like we did with smallpox and polio.
Unbelievable
Another hand-out forced on a private concern by one of Obama’s regulatory committees:
http://dailycaller.com/2011/08/10/comcast-to-offer-subsidized-internet-service-to-low-income-families/
Extortion, pure and simple.
Either a merger is beneficial and legal or it is damaging and illegal. But only allowing it after the parties agree to provide bread and circuses to your constituency is revolting banana-republic style corruption.
How nobody sues over this extortion is beyond me. We all pay for it.
LauraW – I cannot even express how ANGRY this makes me.
It’s so out in the open, MCPO. It blows my mind. I’m sure these deals happened fifty years ago, but it would be hidden, and if it was found out there would be indictments handed out!
But now? Right out in the open and nobody seems to put two-and-two together that a huge crime has been committed in open sight of everybody.
Mindblowing, really.
It’s funny because just today they had a news item that people are canceling their pay tv services.
The producers are making economic choices based on reality, while the non-producers are finding new ways to get goodies.
It’s funny because just today they had a news item that MIDDLECLASS people are canceling their pay tv services.
ftfy
The anger is growing though. I can’t have a political discussion at the gym without people joining in-in agreement.
I never had pay tv in the first place, and I sure won’t be adding it now…
($600/year [for cable & dvr]? I could spend $600 at amazon and get WAY more than a year’s worth of TV for me – and no commercials to fast forward through.)
I dropped cable tv three years ago. Haven’t missed it for a second.
Between football and new there is no way my husband could do without tv. And since were in the boonies regular rabbit ears don’t work. You need one of those serious antennas.
Another hand-out forced on a private concern by one of Obama’s regulatory committees:
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These are just taxes in a different form. We pay extra for cell phone service so they can provide free phones and minutes for the poor. We pay extra for internet service so it can be…etc etc etc etc etc.
I don’t have rabbit ears or an antenna either.
Do you watch football?
Yes, occasionally at the ghetto bar.
*pokes poat with shovel*
*looks at watch and checks thermometer*
Here in Texas it would be time for the turkey vultures to show up, or time for a shovel and some lime…
*puts on work gloves*
*starts digging hole*
I remember reading about that last year, but as I recall, the Dems thought that was just hunky-dory for that kind of a “deal” to happen. I believe that the cable companies also had to agree to provide many more Spanish-speaking channels as well.
If it’s the same “deal” I’m thinking about…..
I was looking forward to a nice swim in a cool lake after work.
Instead I am changing a tire on a driveway that’s about 110 degrees.
FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU
It is Teresa. I am pretty sure the deal included computers too.
Did anyone give anyone else a hot foot today?
Fixed!
And the spare is a real tire!
I told Laura if she keeps it under 100 mph in the corners she should be fine.
Ok, who kilt it?
Did anyone give anyone else a hot foot today?
Why, yes. Got a snarky one delivered right into my behind.
Didn’t see it coming.
But I got better.
Cathy, do we need to go beat up Michael?
Heh. I guess it could be worse.
http://imgur.com/PuPn0
Ha ha haa…
Cathy, do we need to go beat up Michael?
Hahahaha. Nope, Not this time, Roamy.
But it would still be fun to gang up on Michael with Super-Soakers sometime. Michael and I have enjoyed water-fights during our entire marriage. One time we both were playing with little water guns, and Michael came into the house with the garden hose. You should have seen the look on my face. We laughed our asses off after that one…
I’ll remember that for the next meetup.
I’ll remember that for the next meetup.
Cool, Roamy. I’m counting on you now.
Thank you, sweet Cathy.
Oh fer cryin’ out loud. Cathy likes everybody. She doesn’t count.
and Michael came into the house with the garden hose
And I used it.
Took awhile for the living room to dry out.
Michael’s only redeeming quality is his choice in women. . . just sayin’.
Michael’s only redeeming quality is his choice in women. . . just sayin’.
People have been saying that to me for 40 years. They just don’t understand me.
That can’t be true if you think about it.
Teresa, that chart was fantastic!
Just to be clear my last statement was directed at samwiser,
Forty years…
Michael is a slow learner.
Teresa, that chart was fantastic!
Yea, Teresa.
That was cute.
Did anybody find anybody else’s secret stash today?
Did anybody find anybody else’s secret stash today?
Not telling.
Would have to kill you.
Mare! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOIFnwt20Cs
Drive-by mini-rant:
Idiot douchebag at the music store outdid himself today.
We were talking about the stock market and he was all “hey, but it was up by almost 500 yesterday!” And I said “Yeah, but it had fallen about 1200 points combined over the few days prior.” His response?
“Yeah, but it’s up over the last 100 years, right?”
Later, I tried to explain what a “dead-cat bounce” was and he stopped me, saying he doesn’t “get” all those “technical stock market terms.”
But the best part was when, as he was about to leave, he checks his phone and sees that “in something called after-market trading,” the market is back up to “only being down about 500 points. So it’s not as bad as it could be.”
And he was serious.
The fact that I haven’t beaten this idiot to death with a bassoon is a testament to my incredible patience.
TELL HIM, CATHY!!!
GO AHEAD AND TELL HIM!!!!
*don’t forget to kill him, also.
Teresa, what did you do all day?
Incredibly, I used the term “beaten to death with a bassoon” just the other day in a real life conversation.
Drive-by mini-rant:…
*waves bye-bye to Wisersbutt*
Xbrad, I will only if you come help me with the body.
Sean says he’s a big guy. I’ll need help.
A guy came to show his buddy my house while I was getting my mail today. Seemed really interested.
*crosses toes*
Cathy, isn’t that what the Texas state bird, the Texas Turkey Vulture is for?
On the other hand, he asked if I knew whether the back yard could be legally privacy-fenced, which would sorta suck for my former neighbors.
And makes me wonder if he’s planning to film gay pr0n in the yard.
**looks around for bassoon.
Will an oboe suffice?
Xbrad, I will only if you come help me with the body.
Sean says he’s a big guy. I’ll need help.
I really am a two person job.
Take the cannoli.
I could haul Sean solo, but that would mean touching him.
Ew.
somebody fetch me a juicebox:
http://tinyurl.com/3gjaowz
wiser, I believe an oboe would be much more sporting.
Is it wrong to pour sauerkraut juice into a glass and drink it like a beverage?
I’m asking for a friend.
And makes me wonder if he’s planning to film gay pr0n in the yard.
Would that really stop you from selling it? I’m asking for a friend.
**looks around for bassoon.
Will an oboe suffice?
Heh; I’d have reached for the cello. Silly wind instruments–like they could do much damage.
Get out of my head!
Roamy, oboes are kinda small, but maybe if we both have our own and swing harder and faster, that will do the job.
Cathy, isn’t that what the Texas state bird, the Texas Turkey Vulture is for?
Xbrad, that will only work if they show up. They just might not be into Sean.
btw — when we lived in the outskirts of San Antonio, I watched a crew of 3-4 turkey vultures work together to move a full size deer off the road so they could enjoy their dinner without interruption.
Would that really stop you from selling it?
I wish I could say yes, but it’s no. I’d sell it to a meth manufacturer if they got pre-approved.
I’d call the DEA the day after closing, but I’d sell it.
Leon, got my fingers and toes crossed for you.
No. Will not cross my legs.
Get out of my head!
Hahahahaha
No. Will not cross my legs.
Do you mind if I sit across from you, then?
You can kill with an oboe but you have to drive it through the heart.
Is it wrong to pour sauerkraut juice into a glass and drink it like a beverage?
Only if there’s no pickle juice in the fridge.
Heh; I’d have reached for the cello. Silly wind instruments–like they could do much damage.
stupid string instruments break too easily. You ever see a bassoon? Those fuckers will mess you up something fierce.
No pickle juice. I hate pickles. It’s a character flaw.
I’m reasonably certain Sean will fit in the back of my truck. I’ll volunteer.
**tackles Cathy**
**gives her “the timpani”**
For band-related bludgeoning, brass is your go-to.
*former french hornist*
I hate pickles.
http://tinyurl.com/3c5c7mg
The Tuba!
*gets an image in my head of Joe Biden saying that with a finger in the air; shakes head, opens desk drawer to get vodka*
Jewstin – I need another movie recommendation. Your last one was excellent.
It’s a damn shame we don’t stock these…..
http://tinyurl.com/3oay93r
hornist
Heeellllooooo Leon!
The Tuba!
too flimsy. You need something made out of a good, solid wood.
Sure, thing MCPO. What did I recommend last time?
Cyn, my embouchure would take your breath away.
You know, it strikes me that quite a few of you seem fairly eager to murder me and/or help to dispose of my body.
So much for that “new tone.”
You need something made out of a good, solid wood.
Exactly. Something like a hurdy gurdy should do the trick.
So much for that “new tone.”
New?
A tuba mouthpiece makes one helluva blackjack.
**drops a piano on Sean**
Good enuff?
my embouchure would take your breath away.
HAHAHA!
Leon: marry me?
I’m thinking the oboe might not be such a bad idea after all.
I mean, it won’t do that much damage to the victim, but anything that removes another oboe from the planet is always a good thing.
**drops a piano on Sean**
Good enuff?
Never hurt Elmer Fudd all that much.
>> anything that removes another oboe from the planet is always a good thing
The ER docs will be pondering how to remove it from some other place I think.
Good evening.
You need something made out of a good, solid wood.
I see the words strung together, but it’s been so long, they make no sense to me.
I’m waiting for my son to finish football practice
Leon: marry me?
Darlin’, I’m sad to say it just ain’t in the cards. We’ll have to be content to just have a torrid, guilty affair that makes us both feel sexy and a little bad about ourselves.
Wind instruments are responsible for global warming.
You need something made out of a good, solid wood.
I see the words strung together, but it’s been so long, they make no sense to me.
Heh.
Awright, off to meet the ‘rents for dinner. If any of you is interested in killing me,you can find me here:
http://www.owensbistro.com/
Off to dinner too.
*makes that phone hand thing with the pinky and thumb extended raised to ear, looks at Leon, nods and winks*
>> I see the words strung together, but it’s been so long, they make no sense to me.
*Golf clap*
How are the kids doing Andy?
Comment by xbradtc on August 10, 2011 8:31 pm
somebody fetch me a juicebox:
http://tinyurl.com/3gjaowz
I don’t remember seeing any juiceboxes on the bus at the STLMU – one of you guys holding out on me?
Comment by scott on August 10, 2011 8:19 pm
Teresa, what did you do all day?
We’re taking DD#3 up to Rochester, NY in a couple of weeks to move her into her dorm and attend Freshman Orientation, so I’ve been playing “Travel Agent” the last couple of days, trying to find good hotel deals and the best driving route.
I used to be able to go a LOT longer in the car than I can now.
Rebecca will be going with us this time, so we’re going to stop one night at the Great Wolf Lodge in Mason, OH – it’s right off of the Interstate. I’m hoping she’ll like it…..
*makes that phone hand thing with the pinky and thumb extended raised to ear, looks at Leon, nods and winks*
*Blushes, fans self. Makes sure wife didn’t see it*
This was good
http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/2011/08/10/jimmy-carter-is-the-best-case-scenario/
>> How are the kids doing Andy?
OK. The Mrs., OTOH …
She’s been out of town but is coming home tonight.
Jewstin – If you’re still around. . . Azumi
I gave it 5 out of 5 bald heads.
Sorry – wrote another book. Prolly kilt the thread right in its tracks….
We bailed ’em out twice already and they turned their backs on freedom. The Brits are on their own this time. God help them.
MCPO, you just recommended Azumi to me since I haven’t seen it. Maybe Geoff or Leon?
But, I can recommend a good anime series called Noir.
Wadn’t me, he thought it might be. I think it was Geoff.
All of Death Note is on Netflix instant now, too.
Someone give me a good reason why I shouldn’t drive to Dairy Queen RTFN for an M&M blizzard.
You’ll be setting Peeloffspring up for teh diabeetus.
>> Someone give me a good reason why I shouldn’t drive to Dairy Queen RTFN for an M&M blizzard.
Because Will can go RTFN and get it for you.
Andy,
Would you like the name of a GR Rescue group in your area? Goldens are addicting and when you are done mourning rescuing a golden is rewarding.
Someone give me a good reason why I shouldn’t drive to Dairy Queen RTFN for an M&M blizzard.
Because two large order of McDonald’s fries would be soooooo much better.
Get Will going – NOW!
It is his sacred duty as a husband!
Too late, I’m going. YES
So Peel is craving blizzards? Ice Cream will not do?
Get with the times Peel.
Call 911.
Hey, Vmax, let me ask you what would a 2004 Dodge Ram Cummins diesel with about 100K miles bring? My old man might be looking to sell.
Is it appropriate for the President to salute if he has never been in the military?
There’s a photo of iWon in silhouette saluting, out at Drudge.
Cyn, the modern trend of the President saluting only dates back to Reagan, in his role as Commander in Chief. Having said that, he IS the commander in chief, and if he wants to salute, who is to say it is inappropriate?
I think so, cyn. ‘cuase he’s the CIC, right? but the sight makes me want to hurl.
Is it wrong to pour sauerkraut juice into a glass and drink it like a beverage?
Yes.
It means you have unresolved issues about your opposite-sex parent.
I’m not saying it’s inappropriate.
It’s forced
It’s hypocritical
It’s pathetic
It’s a lot of things. Not necessarily inappropriate.
Carin, it is where he is saluting that is so offensive…Dover. After the families of the Fallen asked for no photos.
It means you have unresolved issues about your opposite-sex parent.
Go ahead, make it sound like you weren’t the friend I asked for. They all know, though.
Car in, Cyn:
Here, have some wine.
Jew
On 8/9 in Pcola a 2500 quad cab rwd sold for $8k
In DFW the same truck with 132k sold for
In Nevada w quad cab 4×4 with 98k sold for $18.5k
in Orlando 87k sold for $18.4k
The only person more in love with the camera than King Putt is Chuckles Schumer.
Oopsie DFW was $11k
Obama also has a higher security clearance than I do, purely by virtue of being elected. He couldn’t get it any other way. He’d never pass a poly, and his associations would disqualify him from even the most menial paper-shuffling at my job.
Hey, I’m not saying I’m getting jiggy with Obama saluting. It’s very off-putting. but to say its somehow incorrect in so far as protocol?
How about a 94 Dakota Extended Cab with 156k on it, 5 speed, 6 cyl 4WD that is slowly falling apart?
cyn, I think J’ames is trying to get us drunk? what does he think we are? floozies?
Like we’re gonna start making out if we have a few too many?
I will say, though, you’re looking especially tiger-sexy tonight.
slowly falling apart
You don’t need to add this qualifier, it applies to all Dodge products.
Hey, I’m not saying I’m getting jiggy with Obama saluting. It’s very off-putting. but to say its somehow incorrect in so far as protocol?
Agreed on the bad taste in the mouth. And yes, it was ‘protocol’ that was really my question. Thank you for helping to read my mind Carin!
I literally started crying when I read that Peel was going for a blizzard.
I will say, though, you’re looking especially tiger-sexy tonight.
*sits very still and stays quiet so as not to interrupt the moment*
Oh, surely he is not trying to get us drunk, Carin. But that tank top on you, that color, Rawr.
I don’t mind the President rendering the hand salute. That’s just me. I’m sure it sticks in some people’s craw.
I DO mind that the JEF turned the return of the fallen into another chance to shine the spotlight on him.
Many thanks, Vmax. I’ll tell pops next time we talk.
Not to mention it was a pretty pathetic salute to begin with…..
Ouch Jay
Extra cab 160k miles with a stick sold for $600 in AZ
Autos ranged from 600 to 1800
Regular cab SLT and Sports were 1000 to 1500 1 auto and 1 stick in each
I caught like 5 min of Laura Ingraham’s show the other day. He also connected the deaths of the Seals to the need to raise taxes. Another “if Bush had done it…” moments the media missed entirely.
Also, I’m wholeheartedly in favor of Hostagettes getting drunk and making out with other Hostagettes.
I think when it’s as hot and humid as it is in the Houston area right now, and when a woman is as heavy with child as Peel is, it’s best to just give her the M&M Blizzard and hope that you don’t pull back a nub where your hand used to be….
Am I the only one hoping that her name is Mediocrity?
It’s not uncommon at all for Presidents to render a salute. GWB did it, Reagan did it..
It’s fucking despicable to have a professional photo taken, and release it, at Dover.
That’s what he deserves scorn for doing. Privately? Fine. Photo-op. Not fine.
19 families said no photos, dammit.
or put better, what xbrad said
>> Also, I’m wholeheartedly in favor of Hostagettes getting drunk and making out with other Hostagettes.
Yes, please.
*Buys Hostagettes 2 drinks apiece*
Guess I’m not gonna retire selling that truck!
And to the sommeliers. It was a play on Teresa’s chart.
Prolly not Jay
But these are wholesale auction prices. Retail is more
Well, pour me a drink, dammit! I’m cold sober here.
Toga
Toga
Toga
J’Ames, if you wait about 45 years it’ll be a classic.
Have a juicebox, Roamy:
http://tinyurl.com/3gjaowz
Jay, there is a pic of me somewhere in a toga. I should find it and scan it.
I haven’t seen Sons of Anarchy, so I really don’t get that pic, XBrad.
The juicebox is Jameson whisky.
Jewstin, in 45 years I’ll be able to sweep up the rust, and put it in a bag.
They missed the undercoat on a seam on the bed, half of it is almost split in half. And the paint is off the hood. Lovely work, Dodge.
I’ll have one of what Roamy’s having.
. . . sweep up the rust, and put it in a bag.
KILL XBRAD WITH THERMITE!!
And the paint is off the hood. Lovely work, Dodge.
Sadly, the same is happening to mine, except it’s the hood and everything else.
Well, Iron oxide is only half of thermite.
Where are you planning on finding aluminum powder?
Anyone have a pickup that isn’t turning to shit? I may be in the market if the house sells, and I’ll need recommendations.
I have some aluminum pans and a grinder.
If you have a lathe or grinding wheel, aluminum powder is pretty easy to make, or does it have to somehow be protected from oxidizing?
Leon, having made my own thermite in the past, no, you don’t really have to protect it from oxidation, unless you’re planning on storing it for quite some time.
In many ways, finding good rust is harder.
I have a pile of rusty metal out in the woods. I think I’m set.
In many ways, finding good rust is harder.
Go to a Dodge dealer. Problem solved.
Sorry, Sohottie 😦
Time to go sleep and hopefully be anabolic.
new anger-filled poat
That’s a hit:
HAHAHAHA! I’m watching this show on ABC called Modern Family. Before that it was The Middle. I don’t even remember the last time I watched anything on this network.
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