Good morning, and welcome to another edition of Hunky Hump Day. If I post a Dean Martin song, will Rosetta show up? Let’s find out.
Nice shoes, Mare.
Okay, that was a funneh I couldn’t wait until Saturday to use. Serious HHD now.
Redhead for Carin.
This one needs coffee.
You wanna go back to the cowboy? Okay.
Too hairy? I don’t think so.
Last, but not least.
Thank you for your attention, and y’all have a good day.
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What?
There are no tuckers here.
Heh
Things are pretty good, I guess. I’m pretty sure I want a babeh.
I think this is another of saying, ‘I’m getting old.’
OH YES. We need a Little MJ. Or a Littler MJ.
Tell the Mrs that many women don’t like babies until it’s theirs. They are usually the most obsessive moms ever, because FINALLY they’ve found a cute/interesting/adorable baby.
All of these men would reject me.
Nicely done.
BUNK!
Hairy Chest Man will be first.
All of these men would reject me.
Nicely done.
What if we got ’em really drunk first?
I think I’d have a shot with hairy dude.
I like a hairy chest. I married one.
This is what I think every Wednesday:
I should go to the gym.
we may have a cat-fight on our hands …
MJ – I think you should be one of our HHD models and then we can tell you if you should go to the gym or not.
For science.
Hey… an all Hostage HHD in their best cowboy / pool boy / between the sheets poses.
Hawt!
OH YES. We need a Little MJ. Or a Littler MJ.
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I don’t know wassup with me, but I’m starting to see it. I can actually picture myself with one.
Sweet fuck all. Life, she is a changin’.
Well, I made the mistake of hitting Drudge this morning. Everything is generally awful.
Um, no. Not gonna happen.
MJ, you’d never regret having a child.
Also, if you enjoy drinking now, just wait until you have a child.
Nice callback, btw.
*flips you a Nobel coin*
Mentioning Rosetta and children made me think of this:
http://tinyurl.com/aun3jbr
You kids ever tossed around the adopting idea? No cankles, plus you still get the same drinking privileges.
I miss that fat douche.
You don’t have to get fat having a baby. Lots of hot MILFs to disprove that.
MJ, did you see the adorable little baby some ass**** left in a Walmart bag…in Florida? She’s a keeper (if you’re not insane or selfish).
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2284856/Baby-Chloe-dumped-plastic-Walmart-bag-street-6-days-old-healthy-smiling–Houston-officials-searching-family.html
Shoot, I meant Texas.
Holy crap, baby Chloe even looks like MJ.
Wow–cutiepatootie.
It’s somewhat amazing to me that children can have children and yet, the older and more responsible (?), would be parents become, the more difficult it is biologically to have a child.
You kids ever tossed around the adopting idea? No cankles, plus you still get the same drinking privileges.
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Yes, but as healthy adults it seems odd to want to adopt out of vanity.
I dunno what I’m thinking anymore.
Plenty of time yet to sort it all out. There are times when I wish we’d have waited a bit longer.
It’s somewhat amazing to me that children can have children and yet, the older and more responsible (?), would be parents become, the more difficult it is biologically to have a child.
there’s nothing inherently bad about a young mom- the problem is that we don’t force our young people to grow up. So they’re selfish little shits.
Too many of them don’t improve with age anyway.
I wish we would have had more.
MJ, how old are you?
Rosetta and children:
http://imgur.com/r/wtf/4NzevDY
D’OH!
Speaking of chirren, time to wake mine with the good morning ritual.
http://bit.ly/ZAq17x
37. I just seem younger because I spent most of my 20s fucking off and I’m terribly naive.
The header pic… hahaha!
Jeebus. The job from the USVI just called and they want to keep talking. WTF is going on today?
God, I hate that fucker Obama.
>> All of these men would reject me.
It’s not personal, it’s gender-preference.
Around yesterday, I heard two people tell me they’re thinking of just giving their house back to the bank.
It’s not personal, it’s gender-preference.
hater.
The header pic… hahaha!
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I actually thought the tagline was kind of funny.
Ace is incorrect in his attack on Morrissey. He didn’t have “one” good song – his band had several good albums. But it wasn’t Morrissey that was the talent. It was the guitar player, Johnny Marr. Morrissey was just the singer. He wrote the lyrics, but so? He did a good job singing, but he wasn’t the creative genius behind the music.
W/o Marr – Morrissey was pretty much nothing, and has merely ridden on the tide of past accomplishment.
Plus, complete idiot.
I think it was both. I like Morrissey.
MJ, you are completely wrong. Point out ONE good song that Morrissey did on his own.
His one album had a few ok songs, but they were very derivative of The Smiths. nothing new. He didnt have anything else musically.
It was Marr.
Suedehead. That’s about it.
Everything he did solo sounded kind of the same.
*Takes MJ’s non-response on this matter as defeat.
*Ignores the fact that he could be working.
*considers that he could be scouring Morrissey’s work in an attempt to counter …
Great song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WBY2mzkxLhs
Better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PshpA-XRztM
Best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv1zy-7-PgE
See. Figured. Why can’t you just accept defeat?
Clearly, I only have Your Arsenal, and the rest are Smiths albums.
But still, I think I put up a good fight.
If you can’t tell the difference between the diversity and richness of sound in the Smiths albums and the droning that is in Morrissey’s solo stuff …
*throws hands up in air
*drones Car in from 30,000 feet.
*wave them ’round like you just don’t care*
Dammit MJ, shouldn’t you be making a baby or something?
If he can’t discern the quality between the Smiths and Morrissey … I don’t know if MJ’s ready.
I mean, this is why we have kids listening to the crap they do.
Poor parenting.
*dresses kids in Walmart bags, drives to Houston*
Power outage at work and the gym. Again. Unscheduled vacation day because the company doesn’t give a fuark.
Why they strung a power line through two miles of thick woods is a complete mystery.
http://chrisonstad.blogspot.com/2013/02/achewood-2013.html
This has to happen.
MJ, BABIES!!!!!! We need more H2 babies.
Comment by Pupster on February 27, 2013 10:07 am
*dresses kids in Walmart bags, drives to Houston*
Lol
Has anyone taught MJ about the birds and the bees?
God, I miss Achewood so much. Funny, funny stuff.
http://achewood.com/index.php?date=02112008
Birds lay eggs and bees sting you.
There. Taught.
Time to try escaping my driveway once more.
Ha! I like the part about the terrorists needing a chuckle.
Achewood is funny. I find South Park funny. Brian Regan is funny. Who or what makes you guys laugh? (other than H2)
http://achewood.com/index.php?date=03172008
Puns make me laugh.
My friends Tony and Kristen makes me laugh uncontrollably. I’m laughing just thinking about them for no particular reason at all.
Uh, Girlfriend In A Coma was solo Morrissey, wasn’t it?
I find all sorts of things funny. I don’t completely get Achewood (*feels inadequate) .
I almost died laughing at work the other day. A party had brought in a cake the night before, and our dumb hostesses had put it in the freezer. The server didn’t even know there was a cake until the party said they were ready for it.
At which point I said that I thought i’d seen one in the freezer.
Frozen. Solid.
I was feeling the server’s pain and panic, until another girl started DYING with laughter .
I had to run around back so the waitresses couldn’t see me.
Hairdresser In A coma, sorry. Shit.
Nope. Strangeways here we come.
Hairdresser on fire.
Actually, the later stuff is a perfect example of how Morrissey sucked. he took Marr’s beautiful music and put (often) silly lyrics to it. With stupid titles.
Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before.
Great song.
*burns offering at Marr altar.
Shoptlifters of the world unite?
Really? Honestly, marr probably left the band for that lyrical monstrosity.
Well, Car (in), the front man always gets the credit no matter how much he sucks (exx. Phil Collins, Sammy Hagar, Rick Astley).
*burns offering at Marr altar.
NOW he gets it.
NOW he gets it.
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Not really, but sometimes surrender is the best option.
Hey look what I just found.
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2013/02/10-great-johnny-marr-guitar-riffs.html
“t might be a no-brainer, but one of Marr’s best-known guitar lines is also one that wraps his playing up pretty nicely. “This Charming Man” kicks off with a two-string spattering of notes and ends up playing out like a style guide for Marr, incorporating the foundations his six-stringed forefathers like Keith Richards. Here we see Marr as rhythm and lead guitarist, bringing equal parts texture, melody and playfulness while bringing something completely new to the instrument itself.”
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Not really, but sometimes surrender is the best option.
Whatever. Agreement. Surrender. Makes no difference to me.
Next: Vince Clarke vs. Martin Gore.
Gabriel v. Collins
John Pertwee v. Tom Baker
Marr is a whore.
David Prowse v. Anthony Daniels
I’m just sad Sean missed this one.
Ozzy v. King Diamond
No kidding. Sean would have backed me up.
Raymond Chandler v. Leigh Brackett
I have no idea who any of these people are, other than Ozzy.
MJ, in regards to having babies, I don’t know how old Mrs. MJ is (you’re 37? SERIOUSLY?!?!?!?!?!?), but the older the woman, the harder it is to get pregnant (this chart shocked me):
http://is.gd/gHS6Si
It’s an unfortunate unintended consequence of the Women’s Lib/Birth Control movement, but nature – like math – is a stone cold bitch.
the older and more responsible (?), would be parents become, the more difficult it is biologically to have a child
We are genetically programmed to be pack animals. A female of prime breeding age is not supposed to raise a cub by herself. Hate to say it, but Hillary was basically right when she said “It takes a village . . .”
She’s 19 so we’re all good.
The reason much of black culture had disintegrated over the last 50 years is because government has systematically destroyed their villages in the name of integration, urban renewal, the war on poverty, affirmative action, affordable housing, etc.
We are genetically programmed to be pack animals. A female of prime breeding age is not supposed to raise a cub by herself. Hate to say it, but Hillary was basically right when she said “It takes a village . . .”
Wrong, that’s what marriage was for.
Not trying to be a downer, MJ – like I said, I was SHOCKED when I first saw that chart; I mean I sorta knew that happened, but I’d never seen a representation of it.
I have to admit, I’ve started nudging DD#1 to educate herself on this stuff (she’s 26) so that she doesn’t find herself weeping in her corn flakes 10 years from now when she finally decides that “it’s time” and her body tells her “you waited too long”.
Of course, she kinda needs a willing partner as well – and the guy she’s with has “a plan” all mapped out of how their life is supposed to go. No doubt he is convinced that when he is finally ready to have a kid, the planets are all gonna align (he’s one of those “Type A” engineers).
Sigh……
I actually thought the tagline was kind of funny.
And eerily spot on.
Marriages don’t exist in a vacuum, Mare.
One of our biggest losses as we became a mobile society in order to adapt to technological progress is that the role of grandparents pretty much disappeared.
It’s an unfortunate unintended consequence of the Women’s Lib/Birth Control movement, but nature – like math – is a stone cold bitch.
Yup, and it’s not going to get any better for those women. Combine increasing age of marriage with more and more women going to college/grad school, and you have a recipe for a lot of sorrow. A lot more women are competing for fewer “acceptable” men.
Most women these days would be better off skipping college and instead focusing on going to the gym, getting a library card and maybe some community college courses in the evening, and working.
http://tinyurl.com/bjulf2p
We are genetically programmed to be pack animals. A female of prime breeding age is not supposed to raise a cub by herself. Hate to say it, but Hillary was basically right when she said “It takes a village . . .”
Wrong, that’s what marriage was for.
No, Micheal’s right (*falls over and dies)
Hillary called them a “village”, but the old time village was really your extended family . Your mom. Your aunts and uncles. That’s who babysat for you, or explained how to make chicken noodle soup. Etc.
If you go to the cities, you see how the breakdown in families has bred generations of people who don’t know how to cook, clean, or raise their own kids. No dad. Moms who became moms at 16, and thus NEVER learned anything from their (underage) moms. etc.
Carin, I’ll go with the Bible you do what you want.
Also, Hillary was referring to the government “village.” No one would argue that Mom, Dad, aunties, sisters, brothers etc. are good to have around.
As late as the 50s and 60s, it was sorta normal for people to live within a short drive of half of their relatives from three generations. Family picnics where kids could play with a dozen cousins were common.
….the role of grandparents pretty much disappeared.
Yup. A granny or grampa has lots of time to hold a baby, leaving Mom and Dad time to do the things that take more energy (cooking, cleaning, yardwork, housework, etc.).
They also have more patience, and the wisdom of experience to help ease young parents’ concerns and teach valuable life lessons to their grandkids.
Of course, if the relationship between the adult child and the older parent is not good, that all goes out the window.
I don’t think it’s any attack on marriage to say that it’s good to also have your extended family w/in a stone’s throw.
And, I’m completely against Hillary’s communist village.
But my grandma did a lot in raising me, as did my aunts and uncles. They all taught me something. I treasure that.
Laura?
http://tinyurl.com/d3t686q
That’s because your mom sucked Carin. Would you have needed your aunts and Gramma as much if your mom wasn’t smoking weed everyday?
My one aunt and uncle are my favorite people. They used to take me for a few weeks every summer.
HIllary’s village = your wallet.
My mom did suck, yes, that much is true. But if my mom hadn’t, they still would have been valuable. They taught me different things- they had other interests. My aunt took me berry picking, and they enrolled me in gymnastic things.
They also let me know I was loved in a broader circle.
Greetings, lackwits and dullards.
If you go to the cities, you see how the breakdown in families has bred generations of people who don’t know how to cook, clean, or raise their own kids.
I have read about experiments with rats where they increase the population density, always providing enough food and water, and can graph a corresponding increase in overall aggressive and territorial behavior, killings (including especially infanticide), rape by males, and homosexuality.
As humans, we adapted to large cities by creating villages within them, organized around racial, religious and cultural commonalities. Then those villages got stigmatized by liberals as “ghettoes” and were wiped out, except for acceptable and tourist-friendly venues like Chinatown and Boston’s Italian North End. As Mare points out, the Hillary-type liberals confused a real village with government programs intended to create a pseudo-village of disparate and unrelated people, and the result was disastrous.
My mother has very fond memories of her Uncles and Aunts, they lived in her neighborhood. Now my mother’s neighborhood is a crack infested, gangland hell hole. I think 60 minutes did a show on it about 15 years ago.
I too enjoyed my aunts from California and my cousins. However, I only saw them once a year.
Yea, in Tacoma, back in the day you had the Slovak area, Italian, Irish, and they all ended up at the same Catholic school, but they were distinct and everyone was cool with that. You wanted to be around people who cooked food you were use to, spoke the same language, etc., makes sense. But there were all Americans and all the sons fought in WWII together.
Hillary didn’t really mean a “village.” she meant government. But his original point is correct- our best breeding years are when we are young; when we may need the help of our older family members to help. That way we also have enough energy to deal with them when they are teens. My cousin had her first at 35. Her husband was 45. He’s going to be 60 as they hit their teens.
Did you know that I used to raise goats?
Nah, I’m kidding.
Family picnics where kids could play with a dozen cousins were common.
Nowadays, it’s hard to FIND families with a dozen cousins – at least, among the well-educated set; the “ideal” family for much too long has been 2 kids.
Mr. TiFW’s paternal grandparents had over 25 grandkids and over 50 great-grandkids; his parents have 12 grandkids (we provided 4 of those) and 3 great-grandkids (only one of the grandkids is married).
My maternal grandmother is 92 – she has 7 grandkids and 14 great-grandkids (again, 4 of those are ours).
My son used to ask me if there really was a number between 7 and 9.
“I think so, son,” I would respond considerately
Black people are the greatest irony for liberals. In the name of “diversity” they have destroyed it.
The legacy of affirmative action is horrible. Black women have succeeded, whether as welfare queens or corporate managers who rose because they were “twofers” on the company’s EEO report. The males got left behind, crowded our prisons, and invented misogynistic rap songs.
Reading upthread, Morrissey had several great songs post-Smiths. Off the top of my head: “Every Day is Like Sunday,” “Last of the Famous International Playboys,” “Suedehead,” “Jack The Ripper,” “We Hate it When Our Friends Become Successful,” “I Know it’s Gonna Happen Someday.”
I stopped listening to his new stuff after “Vauxhall and I,” but he had a few solid years after The Smiths, especially when he teamed up with Mick Ronson. “Viva Hate” and “Your Arsenal” are both solid albums, and a lot of the 12″ singles he put out (some of which I still have) are fantastic. I still like The Smiths better overall than his solo career, but to say that he was nothing without Johnny Marr…I can’t agree with that. The man is (or was, anyway) a talented lyricist.
She’s 19 so we’re all good.
I hate you so much.
….a corresponding increase in overall aggressive and territorial behavior, killings (including especially infanticide), rape by males, and homosexuality
We’re gonna be seeing a LOT of that in the next couple of decades in places like China and India, where the male birthrate far outstrips the female birthrate.
Of course, once men and women “pair up” and start their families, they tend to move out of the extremely crowded areas, so it’s possible that there is a higher concentration of “singles” in the high-population areas – a more target-rich environment, as it were.
And in nature, there is an almost universal tendency for a male to kill another male’s offspring when he hooks up with a female – they don’t want her to expend energy on anything that doesn’t have his DNA.
*makes five-figure donation to the Stab Wiserbud Donation Fund*
My son used to ask me if there really was a number between 7 and 9.
There are an infinite amount of numbers between 7 and 9….. 😛
(Have I mentioned that our kids really hated having engineering majors for parents?)
Do any of you know if sending the aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf was scheduled or was a result of some action by Iran, etc..
I found his Smiths’ lyrics to be truly inspired. But his post-Smith’s music simply lacked something. I had Viva Hate, and probably one other before I gave up on him. I was an OBSESSIVE Smiths fan, and at the time gave Morrissey most of the credit.
I dunno if I feel he was trying to be too clever, but I simply grew tired of the ruse.
Shoplifters and hairdressers, and Hooligans. Whatev.
when he performs-judging by what’s available, half the stuff is from his Smiths years, so that says a lot.
Good morning, Wiserbud.
http://tinyurl.com/yfefc3q
Well, I guess I just have to say it, I have NO idea who Morrissey is and why people are passionate about whether he is a genius or not.
I tried to be emo, but I couldn’t make the cut.
*am now googling Morrissey
I think Cyn just came up with an idea for the greatest meat-up party EVER.
Would you show up for the Stab Wiserbud Meat-Up & Moron Follies™?
I sure would.
xbrad, the puns sucked before and it’s not better now.
Based on this from Wiki, he sounds like a compete assfaced, dick:
Morrissey’s lyrics have been described as “dramatic, bleak, funny vignettes about doomed relationships, lonely nightclubs, the burden of the past and the prison of the home.”[4] He is also noted for his unusual baritone vocal style (though he sometimes uses falsetto),[5] his quiff haircut and his dynamic live performances. His forthright and often contrarian opinions have led to a number of media controversies, and he has also attracted media attention for his advocacy of vegetarianism and animal rights.[6]
Reading upthread, Morrissey had several great songs post-Smiths. Off the top of my head: “Every Day is Like Sunday,” “Last of the Famous International Playboys,” “Suedehead,” “Jack The Ripper,” “We Hate it When Our Friends Become Successful,” “I Know it’s Gonna Happen Someday.”
I stopped listening to his new stuff after “Vauxhall and I,” but he had a few solid years after The Smiths, especially when he teamed up with Mick Ronson. “Viva Hate” and “Your Arsenal” are both solid albums, and a lot of the 12″ singles he put out (some of which I still have) are fantastic. I still like The Smiths better overall than his solo career, but to say that he was nothing without Johnny Marr…I can’t agree with that. The man is (or was, anyway) a talented lyricist.
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And, that’s why we love Sean. Thank you.
I don’t know any relatives other than my mother and brother.
Mare, the Truman deployment was regularly scheduled. And despite Woodward’s argument, it wasn’t Obama that said he couldn’t deploy it, it was the Navy. And the fact is, because the way the sequester and the Continuing Resolution mess is built, the Navy really can’t afford to deploy it. The administration also insisted that the services NOT plan for sequester, and just go along assuming it would not come to pass. So they spent money in the first half of the FY at the “normal” rate. Instead of spreading the pain across the entire FY, they have to take it in just six. Further, personnel accounts are not being touched, but the money that would have been cut by sequester has to be cut somewhere else, and Operations and Maintenance is the only account they can really do that in.
Ironically, the deferred deployment, and deferred maintenance on the Lincoln will eventually cost more than having just spent the money up front.
Scott, that is why you are so nice and normal.
Thank you, xbrad.
That way we also have enough energy to deal with them when they are teens.
^^^^THIS^^^^
One of the couples we are friends with didn’t have their first child until the wife was 38 – their oldest is just now entering his teens.
We just shake our heads, because we KNOW what they’ve got to look forward to 😛
And another thing — the Stab Wiserbud Meat-Up & Moron Follies™ would give us all a chance to try out the knives that people have lately been bragging about, and see which one we really like.
My Muela Bowie is gonna be a contender.
I think Sick Boy pretty much made the same point, C arin.
Pepe could make a fortune selling custom made Stab Wiserbud blades.
I think I want a Kershaw, “Leek” by Ken Onion.
or I may just carry a butter knife.
“his advocacy of vegetarianism and animal rights”
Total douche.
In other news, PETA strangely silent on Beyonce’s latest choice of fashion footwear:
http://is.gd/OSgobN
Oh, who am I kidding? She votes the “right” way, so she gets a pass……
That clip was pretty good, Sean.
We could increase the fun by having a party playlist that consists entirely of early cover songs by artists who later became hugely successful.
My husband put a brisket in the smoker (shut your pimp mouths) last night and it will be ready around 3:00pm.
CAN’T WAIT.
Also, I’m sending some brisket to that dick, Morrissey. We’ll see how devoted he really is.
….the Stab Wiserbud Meat-Up & Moron Follies™ would give us all a chance to try out the knives that people have lately been bragging about, and see which one we really like.
But….but…..but…..
I was gonna bring my dullest, rustiest butter knife.
What fun is a stabbing party if the stabbee expires too quickly? I was kinda hoping to extend the pain as long as possible for the maximum amount of audience participation and pleasure –
Xbrad, another question, what if it was a military “emergency,” would congress have to vote on immediate appropriations even without a budget? If there isn’t a budget, how do you determine spending? Cost of living? Past years spending? What?
shut your pimp mouths
MOM!!!! MARE’S HATING THE PLAYER, NOT THE GAME!!!!
Mare, if the President says go, the Navy will salute and go. But the money would have to come from somewhere, causing even worse effects downstream. For instance, the money for jet fuel would have to be taken from stateside training, or other deployed air wings. They have to hope like hell Congress would quickly pass a supplemental spending bill. And if it was a genuine emergency, that would likely happen. But if not, once the money is gone, everything stops. That’s the ultimate power of Congress to control the President as CinC from using the armed forces improperly.
Oops, missed this:
And, that’s why we love Sean. Thank you.
No problem, Your (heh) Highness.
I read this and thought of MJ.
http://tinyurl.com/czfmmcm
I am all for MJ reproducing!!!
You won’t regret it and you’ll have all sorts of aunties to slobber all over it.
Slobbering sounds unsanitary. I’m pretty sure Trudy wouldn’t approve.
Jimmy Kimmel and the folks of Duck Dynasty poke fun at Morrissey:
http://is.gd/840FgK
Leeks are OK Mare I have several Chives that are fun little knives and last I checked were around $30.
Buy one on a whim.
Animal serial killers? What a douche. If I owned any of their music I would throw it out.
Most of these translate pretty well to business, too.
http://tinyurl.com/ckur7l6
RIP, Van Cliburn:
http://is.gd/N7XdUe
The name may not mean much to most of you, but he was a Fort Worth icon – every 4 years, FTW hosts the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition; I believe the next one is scheduled for this summer.
A gentle man who was a true gentleman. He will be missed.
From Teresa’s link:
Morrissey, Kimmel concluded, “keeps finding ways to depress us.”
I don’t know the guy or his music but based on his wiki link that made me laugh as it’s probably the truth.
And he says idiotic crap like, “animal serial killers” so you know he’s an asshole.
Loved Van Cliburn. A loss for sure.
Let’s talk about it offline, MJ.
Rosetta is such a jackass:
http://tinyurl.com/beqxzly
I just had murder on a bun with sweet potato fries.
Let’s talk about it offline, MJ.
Go ahead and take it offline, but I’m right.
Morrissey had few good album’s worth of lyrics in him and a nice voice.
That’s it.
I have to go serve murder to people in an hour or so.
Hi, my invisible friends! Just got back from walking 18 holes. I played like crap, but it was good to get outside.
I’ve got 2# of murder thawing on the counter right now.
I’ll probably just eat chicken periods today, though.
Excellent, MCPO. It’s just like riding a bike, but there’s no bike, you have walk, swat a white ball and cuss a lot.
“Hit the ball, yell, Gawddammit!”
I’m not invisible. I can see my hands and everything.
We’re having deep-fried “murder-wrapped-in spring-roll-paper” for dinner.
Scott, you were right about those Sumo oranges. Bought some this week on your recommendation, and they truly are a big notch above the average orange.
>> Instead of spreading the pain across the entire FY, they have to take it in just six. Further, personnel accounts are not being touched, but the money that would have been cut by sequester has to be cut somewhere else, and Operations and Maintenance is the only account they can really do that in.
Yup. The Army moved all it’s FY 3rd and 4th Q money for sustainment to the 1st and 2nd quarters and kept the same OPTEMPO, betting on the come that the sequester would get fixed. They now have zero dollars for the last sixth months of the year to maintain vehicles and equipment.
Let’s talk about it offline, MJ.
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Agreed. Huge mistake.
Whole Foods Michael?
Agreed. Huge mistake.
Look, you were on the right track when you merely accepted my premise.
I don’t know why you had to bring it up again and agree with Sean.
Marr made Morrissey.
Dave, a friend of mine just took his battalion through a rotation at NTC. None of his vehicles will roll an inch for the rest of the year.
It WILL be an incredible burden for the Army and the other services. But if we can’t begin to reign in federal spending somewhere, somehow, we won’t have a republic worth defending anyway.
Holy Crap, there are so many issues of projection in this “article” that, well, I don’t know what to say:
http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2013/02/27/two-popes-one-secretary/
I can say that Sullivan is definitely a prick’s prick.
Look, let’s just never speak of this again.
*I wonder if Morrissey ever did cover tunes …
Hotspur needs some music to lighten his day. . .
Sounds like the Voting Rights Act is getting some long overdue skepticism from SCOTUS.
Morrissey is a douche of humongous proportions!
…and down Doheny way…
Ahhh, the memories.
Just heard that another one of our friends got a layoff notice at Lockheed – thankfully, they are offering him a generous package if he takes retirement instead.
We’ve already had one friend retire and another one get a (potential) layoff notice – both of them fairly high up in the FTW division.
Thanks, Obama! Your sequestration just rocks.
HA! My daughter just sent me an article about a guy suing his parents for not loving him enough. She did so without comment.
I’m not complaining about the sequester per se, other than the general stupidity of how it’s being applied. It’s just that there are real consequences. Unfortunately the extremes on both sides “THE WORLD WILL END” and “THIS IS NOTHING” are just making me weary of the politics.
And I know there’s pahlenty of stupid spending in DoD, see recently cancelled USAF multi-billion dollar ERP piece of shit.
I saw that, Mare. He looks like a real winner.
Too bad for the Dems that each of those 3 individuals is part of the (at least) 2% – there’ll be less federal tax revenue rolling in from them once they start collecting their retirement benefits; they know how to shelter their income.
I agree Dave.
I think what angers me the most are the whole agencies that really, other than employing people, do nothing and in fact make policies that make things worse.
There isn’t an area of government that with a little common sense and foresight (and let’s be honest, take the politics out of the decision making) could not be trimmed by a minimum of 10%. And still function well, if not more efficiently.
…a guy suing his parents for not loving him enough….
Well, nothing says “I love you, Mom and Dad!” like a good old-fashioned lawsuit.
I hope they disown the ingrate and spend every last dime that they might have been saving to pass along to him.
You guys gonna talk all serious today?
I am curious if it’s going to end up affecting me. I’ve been told my contract was priced with the assumption of sequestration, rather than the converse. OTOH, 99 weeks is plenty of time to start another career.
Public service announcement!
It may be a regional item but the White Queso at Costco is excellent (on, over, with, around anything).
You haven’t been around to keep us honest, Chief! See what happens when you go away? 😛
You gonna get any of the snow headed that way, or are you guys out of the path of the global warming?
TiFW – It was near 50 degrees here today!!
Chief, I’m a lifelong Texas gal – 50 degrees is practically freezing ’round these parts 😛
(Glad you escaped the snowmageddon!)
True dat!
http://tinyurl.com/cgle5ov
Hit 40 today. I sweated.
Ohmygosh, ohmygosh, the brisket is done, the brisket is done!!!
You are a loser if you are not eating this brisket!
Suck it, Morrissey!!
I would never suggest that to Morrissey.
Email me some, Mare.
For MCPO:
Good point, Dave.
Xbrad…check your douchemail.
Seriously, I can’t believe how good it tastes. I’m already full (in 3 minutes) because I crammed so much down my gullet.
I iz a GO-rilla!
It may be a regional item but the White Queso at Costco is excellent (on, over, with, around anything).
Lets talk about it offline, Mare.
*lights candle under fondue pot*
I must be really old – I don’t recognize any of those “musicians” you folks were talking about..
Does anybody know of a product to test 1000 ESXi servers and 200,000 virtual machines? I’m tired of internet searches that keep bringing up the same useless pay-for-subscription tech help sites.
Test them for what?
Test them for what?
Inherent social anxiety.
Lets talk about it offline, Mare.
*lights candle under fondue pot*
*best party EVER!
http://gardenandgun.com/article/how-wear-white-bucks
Really?
We use the HP Mercury suite and Ranorex for all our automated testing.
I like to save impalas on weekends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqrhTmIdnKg
IB post without going to IB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9eQiz3gfNQ
http://gardenandgun.com/article/how-wear-white-bucks
Really?
LOL…garden and gun….hahahhah
That just proves again, that fashion for men, means fashion for gay men.
“IB post without going to IB”
Oh thank God!
But that was a pretty cool video.
“You know, you could walk into some places and guys might fight you for wearing them,” he says. “But you need to be ready to fight. Take a blow for the white bucks.”
Oh yes, that will happen. However, now it’s called a “hate” crime.
Garden and Gun is actually a pretty good mag. My question was about the white bucks. Are these fashion tips true? I never really notice anybody wearing these.
Yeah, they are nice shoes but somehow, very Lindsay Graham southern, if you catch my drift.
No, I was laughing at the white bucks too. I just happen to love that the name of the magazine was Garden and Gun. I wish I had thought of it.
“very Lindsay Graham southern, if you catch my drift.”
Hence my comment about fashion for men.
I bet their are lots of guys on Fire Island who wear them, with short, shorts.
Test them for what?
If I told you, I’d have to kill you.
very Lindsay Graham southern, if you catch my drift
Ah, yes – the 1950’s/1960’s “Confirmed Bachelor” look…..
Do the gentlemen who wear White Bucks also have perfectly creased pants?
HA!
http://fuckyeahdementia.com/post/13235839194/wtfisthis
Goddamit, Mare, quit stealing stuff from FYD that I’m saving for stupid posts here!
If I can’t post stupid shit from there, I’ll have to go back to buttblogging.
Okay, xbrad, since you’re so passionate about it, but that’s a funny caption isn’t it?
It is. And normally, I wouldn’t mind. But I’d just saved that same jpg not 10 minutes before in my “H2 Fodder” folder for a future post.
Afternoon.
>> I never really notice anybody wearing these.
I ain’t ever seen any and I’m a suit weekdays. I think we don’t wear em because we don’t want to suck dicks. Not sure, just a hunch.
OHAI, Jew.
Here’s a motivational story about the importance of working as a team:
Me: The screw in this hinge is stripped.
B: Fuck. Can we fix it?
Me: Sure. We’ll have to tap these holes and put in bigger screws.
B: Let’s hurry before Manticore sees it. I don’t want to listen to her bitch.
Me: Shit. Here she comes. You distract her while I fix the hinges.
Manticore: *Wanders by
B: *Chit chats
Me: *Drilling
Manticore: *Wanders back
B: Dude. Did she see you?
Me: No. Let’s get this bitch to packing before she comes back.
Fin
Those shoes aren’t real. They are a hoax so the writer can laugh when he sees them worn.
I would love a pair of white bucks, appropriately proportioned.
Jewstin, I like the way you simply, get crap done!
But I’d just saved that same jpg not 10 minutes before in my “H2 Fodder” folder for a future post.
Just tuck it away and use it 3-6 months from now – we’ve all lost our minds anyway; we’ll forget that we’ve already seen it.
*gets distracted by shiny object on floor, walks away*
Hotbride is away, and texted me today asking how the driving was last night. When I told her it took me 45 minutes to get to the ghetto bar, she replied that maybe I needed a hummer.
Heh. Naive Scottish wench.
Mr. TiFW is gonna be so jealous, HS.
“Naive Scottish wench.”
That sounds sexy.
Huh, evidently I’m naive because I just got the joke.
D’OH@!!!
Happy Hump Day!!
There are few men alive that would turn down a hummer on a snowy day.
Or a sunny one. Or rainy…
Hah, I can even imagine hearing her say that, HS.
One of the bennies of attending meetups. Remembering the individual charms of our friends, that we only get to experience in person.
Getting to listen to HotWife, and remember the sound of her cute little high-pitched voice and Scottish accent.
Yep. Meetups are awesome that way.
*very strictly avoids looking at Mare*
Fewk yeah.
*avoids eye contact with everyone*
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3t62td/
For MJ, fingers crossed:
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3t4cxf/#by=ad
Rabbit poo, garden.
Garden, rabbit poo.
How could your garden possibly need more poo, Scott?
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3sunx4/
*gets fire extinguisher for car*
I have no idea.
I’m starting to understand the 20 mile winter bike ride.
I’ve never seen a straight guy wear capri pants. I bet capris are the go to pant for the white bucks. The rolled jeans looked “off.” Maybe a pastel plaid bermuda? Bwah ha ha.
Hey Jewstin, you forget something?
http://tinyurl.com/c2398h8
I’ve only ever seen a few guys in capri pants. Thankfully
I know some folks don’t think Little Caesars is really pizza, but c’mon!
http://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/news/193611901.html?mobile=true
That’s my hometown, and I’ve been in there a few times.
Oso – Aren’t you old enough to remember kids wearing “Clam diggers”?
http://tinyurl.com/cwppu4r
Hey Jewstin, you forget something?
http://tinyurl.com/c2398h8
The original gif is funny but that’s great.
Also, I didn’t think it was possible but I ate too much brisket. Still full from a couple of hours ago.
Chief, only in Gidget and Frankie and Annette movies. I never saw guys wearing capris until recently. BTW 50 is the starting age for Senior discounts in Vegas. In 7 months, I’ll be a Senior.
http://tinyurl.com/cjm8ae6
Huh. I wore odd socks today. Plus one of them is inside out.
Whopsies
http://tinyurl.com/bnl5gye
Hi Tushar
http://dpaf.tumblr.com/post/43925960958/captcreate-feeties
Dammit! That’s the second FYD someone posted today that I’d just saved!
When I spent my childhood on the Jersey shore, we all wore clam diggers. Yes, it was the 60s and early 70s.
Get your own stolen material xbrad.
I hope beanseses doesn’t stab too many people on her last day.
We just wore shorts when we we went clamming
My dad rolled up his pants when we were clamming.
Thanks, Pupster, you brightened my stressful day.
Oh well, I stand corrected. Nobody wore clam diggers. . . I made it all up.
Nobody “straight” wore clam diggers. NTTAWWT.
http://tinyurl.com/cksohz4
I’ve heard of them. I’ve also heard of 8-tracks.
for Tushar –
http://tinyurl.com/cvcbcdx
These are about Obama’s policies
http://tinyurl.com/cldfuam
MCPO, don’t be upset if we are gently trying to tell you, you are gay.
Did anybody toss anybody else’s baby out with the bathwater today?
Lots of virile, straight men wore clam diggers back then. Rock Hudson and Liberace, to name a few.
I think my Mom might of had a pair.
Your mom is a gay guy?
Comment by Hotspur on February 27, 2013 6:30 pm
Hotbride … Naive Scottish wench.
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She’s Scottish? Damn, I thought she was English since she’s giving classes in manners. Scots eat haggis with a knife they keep in their sock, chase sheep, and speak unintelligibly. How’d she learn manners?
Good evening ladies!
How did I wander into a clam digger thread?
Again.
It is HHD after all.
Time Zones…how do they work?
I am quite knowledgeable of clams, however I have never worn any clam related clothing.
Aliens and magnets, Oso.
Are you winning any $$$?
I did not hear from Charlotte today. It has been a week. I am beginning to dispare.
If they’re not returning your calls, Vman, what does that say about them.
Perhaps in March if I can pay my bills I will interview in Montana.
I have not called Cyn. They said they would call in a few days a week ago. I am considering a follow up call in addition to my thank you cards that I mailed today.
Cyn, I don’t gamble. I sit in Sports Books, drink, and watch sports. Like stupid UConn that can’t win in double OT against GT. WTF is a Hoya? (Rhetorical ?)
Get thee to a phone tomorrow stat, good man! Following up with them is a good move.
Oh I am sooo going to have to teach you a little Blackjack and Poker, Oso. Fun stuff!
Gambling Meat-up?? Hmmm…
I have an excess of booze in my hotel fridge.
I’m only here for 1 more night. Time to redouble efforts.
I feel bad for the other guys/girls in my class, they’re here for another 6 weeks (737 school), I just came back from furlough to get my airline Id back, get jumpseat privileges, and restart contributions to my 401K.
I’m going back on military leave on 2 Mar.
Georgetown was favored by 1.
I have an excess of booze in my hotel fridge.
Criminal.
I’m going back on military leave on 2 Mar.
So you start flying commercial then for the airlines (If I’m understanding you right)? Will you have a particular route as well?
Good for you Phat
I flew on a 300J in my recent job hunt.
How many 300’s do they have and do you have to qualify on each variant?
Phat,
Anybody besides the 62nd MAW schlepping the Frenchies and supplies for the MALI campaign?
Laura should do something like this for Bubba.
“I’m going back on military leave on 2 Mar.”
You will be counted as a sequester furlough.
Scott, I know. I was hoping for the “upset” since my Lobos beat UConn. Cyn, I love Vegas. The people watching alone is worth it!
Well, personally, I’m offended.
Cyn,
It was a bit of a cynical move on my part to come off military leave just to do initial orientation (again) and then go right back on mil leave.
I’ve been gone from the airline biz for a few years and wanted to get a snapshot of the new corporate culture since we merged with Continental. Once I retire from the AF and go back, I’m stuck there.
This was a way to dip my toe back into the pool.
Vmax,
At United we have the 737-500, -700,-800, and -900. I’m qualified on all of them.
All but the -500 are what we call ‘Next Gens’ that have a full glass cockpit. We only have about 5 -500’s left and they will be retired this year.
“How did I wander into a clam digger thread?”
Phat, that made me LOL
“Well, personally, I’m offended.”
hahahahaha….mare loves MCPO (even though he wore clam diggers)
Why Phat? Isn’t Glass better?
Did anyone tell a rocket scientist today to read for comprehension?
/Sean
This was a way to dip my toe back into the pool.
I’m all for dipping toes when you can get away with it.
As I understand it, he’s going on leave from UA to go back to the military.
ChrisP, when I left work a couple of weeks ago it was still all McChord (62AW) guys.
Now that out of the ‘deploy’ phase and more into a ‘sustainment’ effort I foresee different units getting tagged for the missions into Mali, Chad and Burkina-Faso,
I’ll be back at the mil job on Sunday, I’ll let you know.
How does J equate to 700-800?
Is Delta different from others?
Vmax,
From a pilot perspective Glass cockpits are better, but the company doesn’t give a shit.
We are still holding on to the -500’s because, old as they are, they still generate revenue, Once the maintenance costs start outpacing revenue, they will be parked or sold.
Important announcement:
I have the day off tomorrow
I’m hopeful that I don’t have the day off tomorrow.
I actually rode a DC-9-51 last year.
I am so confused.
Xbad,
Did you not find the DC-9 seats too frickin’ close together? I HATE that airplane!
They were pretty indistinguishable from a 737’s seats. Little less overhead, but better than an ERJ.
Cyn, I still think a Talking Stick/Cactus League Meat Up would be cool!!! Or Vegas.
XBrad,
I flew the DC-9-30 for many years in the Reserves (C-9A).
It was old school, but I loved that airplane.
I’ve been commuting back and forth to St, Louis from Houston on a regional jet, Last flight was next to a very large lady who was every bit as big as my 230 lbs. That sucked,
Steadily working on reducing the booze stockpile,
May have to invite one of the cute new hire girls over to help polish off the box ‘o Merlot.
After 12 hours to Sao Paulo my ass was pretty indistinguishable from the airplane seat.
Vmax,
I don’t think the ‘J’ variant applies to the 737. Boeing usually doesn’t give their airplanes single letter id’s, they prefer to call it a different series (hence -700). The only exception I can think of for the 737 is the 737-900ER (extended range) and the new 737-900MAX (I think it stands for ‘no shit guys, this is the longest we can stretch this fuselage’).
The Reserves at NAS Whidbey had a two bird transport squadron with DC-9-51s. NOT C-9B’s. These were bought used from Quantas or some other Aussie carrier.
One of them has since replaced the KC-135 vomit comet.
I thought KC was the refueling configuration.
Mr. RFH thinks I’m prepping/hoarding too much. I’m not buying gas masks, antibiotics, or gold, so of course, I don’t think I am.
Dave, yes, but a lot of times, KC’s were modified one off without actually being redesignated.
Aside from removing the boom, and a few internal bits, this particular KC-135 was unchanged.
Roamy, no such thing as too much unless you are a subject on a cable TV show.
ah
I may or may not be screaming curse words at the top of my lungs at an Irish themed casino bar right now!
They couldn’t exactly just remove the K from the designation, since there was already a C-135A. And it isn’t worth it to add a new designation for a one off. Though, for the W and R versions, they usually do.
No wonder they were pukin, the smell of avgas in zero g gots to be hard on a stomach
Thank you, Osita.
Curse words in what language?
My plane knowledge ends with the ones that weigh my luggage and ask how much I weigh before seating me. Everything else is trust and pixie dust.
Roamy,
Mrs. Phat is also questioning my obscene armory.
My answer is, ‘Hey, you go scrapbooking, to Thirty-One and pampered Chef parties, I buy guns and ammo.’
Now, lets see her take out the intruder with a lettuce knife.
I left the Mexican bar for the Irish bar. I’m cursing in Anglo/Saxon.
Cursing in Gaelic is s-o-o-o much more refined.
Now, lets see her take out the intruder with a lettuce knife.
You don’t know Pampered Chef. Between that and the melon baller, that dude would be fuxxored.
I can curse in Mandarin. No Gaelic. (Has a sad as I drink my whiskEy)
I know I’m antsy about what’s happening in politics. I figure if I have what I think I’ll need, I’ll quit worrying, or at least worry less. Mr. RFH just completely ignores the politics.
Are flights to Vegas cheap from just about everywhere?
If any Hostages have CBS sports channel and the Lobos by 5.5 you can curse along with me…heavy on the “F” word.
Cyn, they can be. Southwest and a fare war. Last time we flew United. We make it up in free rooms. You can get sweet deals on off season wknds. Like AZ, summer deals can be sweet.
I just checked out SWA from Tampa and BDL (the two furthest away??) to Vegas and they’re in the low $200s.
Hmmm…
*goes off to check hotel pricing*
Are you On or Off the Strip right now?
Off. I take advantage of free rooms. I’m cheap. Staying at the Gold Coast/Orleans. I rarely stay on The Strip. Did I mention, I’m cheap?
Frugal. Sensible.
Not cheap.
Cheap would be my mom traveling using brown paper bags as luggage.
Treasure Island at $105/night + 2 buffets, Four Stars
Luxor at $110/night + $30 food credit, Four Stars
Stratosphere at $75/night, Three 1/2 Stars
*rubs chin thoughtfully*
Plus this: http://www.monsterminigolf.com/
Since I don’t gamble, I like staying at casinos with movie/bowling/other diversions. South Point has a horse arena. Sun Coast has lots of golf courses nearby.
Hostage Bowling?!! That has serious potential for an afternoon dealie.
So when would be a good time? May and June seem to have worked out pretty well in the past.
Gold Coast coming in at $39/night.
Last time I was in Vegas my room was under $40 and it was about the size of my house. The bathroom had stairs in it.
I’ve never been to Vegas except the airport.
Wow, Scott, you must have been like 10 years old.
Last time I was in Vegas, I don’t remember spending too much time in the room, so cheap works for me (just not scummy, please).
May/June are good. Weekdays are better than wknds. Laughlin on wknds is CHEAP!!! Vegas is what you make it. I’ve never stayed Downtown. Who needs sleep?
Motel 6.
Last time at the Gold Coast was questionable. Upgrading the rooms. We got a free “premium” room. Dan was whining about the shower. Mr 6’4″ was a little tall for the shower. I thought it was very nice. We moved to the Orleans today. New room here too. Cocktail waitresses have cute new outfits.
XB, I would never stay in a regular chain in Vegas. They have no deals. You can get pretty good deals on Strip rooms as long as you don’t mind crap views. Who spends time in their room anyway?
Fuck me!
http://tinyurl.com/d5ldwmh
what the fuck is this shit?
Vegas would be a kick. Maybe let’s kick it around some more.
——————
Howdy Sohos!
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Just off to kick the boys to bed, and me too. Sweet dreams all.
prodigalsonso!!!!!
I can’t help myself, this is my fav Vegas joke.
A businessman goes to Vegas. Meeting ends early, he decides to hit the tables, and loses his ass. Doesn’t even have cab fare to make it to the airport. He stumbles out of the casino, finds one cab out front, climbs in and gives him the story, “I’m outta cash, I’m good for it, I’ll send it to you,” The cabbie tells him to hit the bricks. He gets out and walks five miles to McCarren, just makes his flight.
A year later the same scenario unfolds, only this time he wins big. He struts out of the casino and sees a line of cabs out front, and recognizes the cabbie who kicked him out a year ago at the end of the line.
He starts with the first one in line, and asks “Hey, how much for a ride to the airport and a blow job?” The cabbie says “Get the fuck outta my cab!” He repeats this, all the way down the line, getting the same response until he gets to the cabbie who kicked him when he was down. The cabbie doesn’t remember him at all, he’d heard it a thousand times before. So the businessman climbs in that cab, and tells him “take me to the airport, American terminal.”
And as the cab pulls away, slowly past all the other cabs in line, the businessman looks at each cabbie in the row, and grins and flashes a big “thumbs up”.
Squirrelspider is a shop!!!! Kill it anyway!!! *Waves a Sohita*
Heya Sohot. I was writing my dumb joke. *tacklehugs*
Hey Sohito!
I’m in Houston until Friday. Are you still here?
If you’ve read up thread, I have a beer/wine fridge that needs emptying,
I am still in Houston but haven’t read up thread. How the heck is everyone?
Heh.
I’m pretty much the heck. You?
The fuck?
The only booze in the house is gin?
Shit.
Make it a double.
Phat is in Houston. He needs help with his booze fridge.
I am so fantastic that I am shitting chocolate sundays (anyone hungry)?
Sohita,
Life is good, taking a short break from the military to come back to the airline. Doing flight training at the Continental facility in Houston.
Staying at the Hyatt in Greenspoint, or ‘Gunspoint’ as the locals call it.
Yeah…I don’t leave the hotel at night,
How are things with you?
Ewww, no.
Gunspoint is a pretty scary area. Be careful Phat!!!!
Not really Scooter
It’s nice to see ya.
The hotel is very nice, the food is great and the shuttle will take you wherever you want to go.
I just like the freedom of being able to walk around.
Damn, I may be living a metaphor for Obama’s American Future!
well I miss you sweet boy so thank you for saying that. Houston is great Phat honestly
**waves to Sohos**
Tomorrow is my last night here,
We may go see some native Texan folk dancing,
I hear Rick’s Cabaret is authentic.
Houston will kick your ass in July though.
Randomness.
All serial aside, it’s nice to see you here again Sohot. Missed ya.
And now, Dave sleeps. 7am at work, every day.
Hi Mr xbrad! Texan folk dancing? not really sure what that means hahahaha
New Poat.
Isn’t two-stepping TX folk dancing?
Sohos,
Back many years ago I was recruited by Rice to play football. I had a couple of campus visits and was sold on it.
They took us (17 yr old) recruits to the Ginger Man and made sure no one checked our ID’s (it was 18 legal age back then).
Good time, nice campus. Decided to go to the Air Force Academy instead, I do a LOT of ‘What If I…’
*listens to Dean Martin song, drinks martini*
Nicely done Hot Rocket.
*smooooooooooooooooooooch*