Some sad news to report today. My wife is leaving me. Fortunately, it’s only for two weeks, as she heads out to visit her three daughters, and her new granddaughter. Still, it means I’ll have to clean the litter boxes – a chore for which I have not been inserviced (and which I really have no desire to learn).
But there’s even worse news to report, I’m afraid. My all-too-brief summer vacation is near an end, as I will be rejoining the working world next Monday. It’s not so much for me that I feel bad, as it is for the poor dog, who has gotten very, very used to having me around all the time. He hasn’t been stuck home alone all day in quite some time. I don’t know how to tell him.
Snow ((Hey Oh)) … … … Red Hot Chili Peppers
Alpha :nod: A.I.V. Omega is en route T :joe: Cheers
I’m sure the science is all wrong, but I get the same greeting from my dog if I’m gone one hour or one week- he seems to have no mental capacity for recognizing the difference.
Now Ive heard stories about iguanas who are left alone by their owners with insufficient attention who use their tails to thrash their owners for neglect, in retaliation. Vindictive lizards. :sammy:
my chums and i were on a hippy cross country trek many moons ago. we semi broke down in hartford, connecticut, where we threw ourselves on the mercy of the local quaker church after we got kicked out of colt park (named after the gunmaker). they let us use their parking for the bus and gave us a key to use the facilities, etc.
it was october and daytime temps had been in the low fifties. we were still sleeping in the (old school type) bus. we got invited to dinner one night and were gone for almost five hours. upon leaving our hosts, we found that, surprising to us, indian summer had ended and the temperature had dropped 30 degrees while we were enjoying our dinner.
our five cats, (3 i brought with, 1 we rescued in new york city – “new york city kitty,” and 1 had adopted us in colt park – “connecticut red”) were waiting for us in the unheated bus. one of mine “buggar” actually slapped me and turned away when i picked him up to take him inside. my sister called for red. he jumped off the couch, and while staring straight at her, took a shit on the carpet.
you know what they say about dogs and cats:
dogs think that you’re god.
cats know that they are.
re 2 & 3, :rofl2: 😆 :rofl2:
a.i.v. … Dani California … Red :hot: Chili Peppers
pj, condolences on your solitude. And especially on your new assignment as cat-shit removal specialist.
And now, speaking of cat shit, a poem:
Here lies Reverend Falwell Jerry
His gut is fat, his back is hairy
He hates gays, he hates Jews
If you’re not like him, he hates youse.
Racist, sexist, quite insane,
Getting blown by John McCain,
Now his hatred’s buried here –
Tinky Winky sheds a tear.
tinky winky sez: jerry falwell is still dead.
Kevin M, :rofl2: :yippee: :rofl2: :no: :rofl2: :banana: :rofl2: …A.I.V.
hey Kev…thats great! Thx for the poetics on such a lovely morning…
These poor people with the missing soldier kids…this one, Anzack?…has had his son reported KIA and then 2 wks later …now…MIA….
20 yrs old…
safe trip Granny…have fun with the little one…!
did you write that poem Kev?
PJ….you got a job??? What job did you get?
Congratulations!! But will you be able to blog from work?
David Gregory is now in Imus’ slot on MSNBC…I guess that Joe needed a rest…
Im not fond of Joe, but he is a bit easier to take in the AM with his silly lineup…
Melina, David Gregory hmmmm 😐
I don’t get The Show :yippee: 😉
… a.i.v. Tea Time :joe: Cheers :yippee:
Good Morning :joe: Great poem Kev. You could be the Morning Seditionist official bard :billcat:
isn’t david gregory a straight-news kind of guy?
i’ve never seen him in a casual chat show. (but i don’t watch much tv anymore, other than comedy central.
Dear RAGING Granny :knit: :gate: :yinyang: :pent: :om: AWN :peace: Good Journeys
PJ, Tea :joe: Cheers … re new job …
perhaps treats and/or toys before and returning :pup: … :yippee:
a.i.v. … Slow Cheetah … Red :hot: C. P.
Kristapea, Tea :joe: Cheers
Kevin re Great poem Kev. You could be the Morning Seditionist official bard :billcat:
Comment by Kristapea
:rofl2: :nod: :banana: Part of Base Path = Bard (even Churchill was a Bard … so Kevin The Bard is a way to re-claim your name from the bad one :spank: :rofl2: ), Ovate, then (for a few) Druid
a.i.v. … Snow (Hey Oh) … … Red :hot: C. P.
Tea :joe: Cheers King Kong :yinyang:
Speaking in The Past to give Greetings to the Present and Future :yinyang: :peace:
Morning / Evening :yinyang:
From the discussion on Lionel and the dearth of quality progressive radio shows this was a funny comment I came across:
Lose a debate to a guy that actually mourns the death of Jerry Foulsmell?
WebHubbleTelescope, :slap: You Win… I have been thinking of turning on NPR :omg: 😉 (I cannot listen to :barf: Ben)
WHT … Used to listen to Bill Press in L.A., before his Crossfire days (I was a talk radio junkie. Now I’m an internet junkie). He sucked also. The worst part was that he would frequently debate Hugh Hewitt and get his ass kicked. By HUGH HEWITT, for cryin’ out loud.
except I would even hear him (Press) with Cris Craft on KGO moons ago … it is hard to change :knit2:
I listened today … Li is on but turned way down. well i guess time to lower Press and make louder Li
or who is know … li is on during steph well … i balance the “sound” for both already…. and listen to both at night when working. so YA DIDN’T WIN … :slap: Cheers :rofl2:
Parting Shot … :rofl2: 😉
a.i.v. … Wet Sand … … Red :hot: C. P.
Maybe thats how Condie Lizzard was dealing with Putin
😮
Brian from Everett on Stephanie Miller! :billcat:
Fred, re 22 :rofl2:
Kristapea, … Rats, I was away from desk … I missed Brian again on Steph … Rats aka nuts :nuts:
a.i.v. … Torture Me ….. Red :hot: C. P.
Lionel or whoever and Steph …I need them both to make a whole 🙄
a.i.v. Torture Me 😆 🙄 … Red :hot: C. P.
then … Hey Ho (Snow 😉 )
I FORGOT :smack: Just got back to office and NO ANTS in TEA :joe: :yippee: that equals (=) a good day :dancers:
I just looked over at the Seder blog and so far the new rollout that I think was supposed to be today has not occurred. However, there was a Canadian :bee: story there but I did not see Jim there.
Thanks to all for the greetings yesterday. It looked like it had killed the blog earlier in the day. Some friends kept on insisting on feeding me and :alc: :40: so I disappeared. I drove through the Castro and did not see any Falwell ‘memorials’ except that those reprobates over there continue to flaunt morality and the conventions of society and cross against the ‘don’t walk’ sign at 17th whenever I am driving through.
Melina, I think the SF Maron show is doubtful for me. If I have a good day at the used CD store I may take a last minute shot at a cheap seat if available. Besides, he will probably be pretty spent and hugged out after what he has in store for him in Seattle.
druid: my goodness, what sophisticated ants!
SophisticANTS, pinkies waving.
:omg: there was an anti-ant commercial on Stephie just now with the ‘fight them there so we don’t have to fight them here’ theme.
:tommygun: GOOO :banana: :banana: :banana: OOOD MORNING
The possibility that Brian-from-Everett is a bit recently occurred 💡 to me. Am I stuptd for not thinking of it sooner or crazy for thinking of it at all ❓
Playing indoor fetch the not-yet-destroyed red ball with Porter the anti-red DESTRUCTO adolescent dog is MUCH more interesting than even half listening to the little host who can’t.
Porter DESTRUCTO’S major enemies have beem a really attractive round red dog bed and a red reading pillow thing. I figure the very dense red ball won’t last out the day. I guess his sharp little teeth are politically correct
:yippee: :yippee:
Conratulations on the job PJ! Sorry about the anti-memorial Vern, I thought rachel said Castro district, maybe I got it wrong.
So who all will be seeing him in Seattle? Gypsy and Roxie and Ol’ Zeb?
Besides, he will probably be pretty spent and hugged out after what he has in store for him in Seattle.
:nod: :humming , “Jealousy” LBH teehee 😉
To each and every One of Your Posts … :rofl2: (even Wax or Wan LBH — 😉 ) :rofl2: ….. a.i.v.
wow, someone else a’like’n :tommygun: :pirate: :fist: :pup:
awww “the elan” 😉
Andy, the rally just fizzled. I think sometimes it is just better to ignore the garbage being taken out. I was headed in that direction anyway and I guess I am happy I was not compelled to jump out of the car to acknowledge some new worm dirt.
I think in Seattle sblueheron as well and a friend of mine not from here.
I have this Gumby record on Stephie right now. Brave Combo :yippee: is on it.
Andy, don’t forget SBluefox. She’ll be there, too. I’m baking cookies tonight. I think it’ll be oatmeal with cranberries unless someone thinks of something else that the Maronoid might like. And that I can make.
I think maybe I need to wash the new car before going. And wash some clothes. And take a shower … oh, sorry, was that TMI? :rofl2:
The Repigs had a debate and then decided the winner by a TEXT MESSAGE POLL??? Oh, geez, only on Faux News would that play out.
Gypsy, let Marc know I’ll see him in Philly on the 31st!!! I wish I knew how to bake. Melina may be there as well!
Like I said, by the time Maron gets down here after Giggles it’s all :hot: . :priest: :yawn: :omg:
Vernon, I can’t “read” nor understand your Post :yippee: :rofl2:
giggle , snicker … a.i.v.
:dancers:
I resolve to take better photos for the blog :nod:
Andy…I’m sure you could come up with something poppin’ fresh 😆
Maybe I’ll just give him cash. 😆
I resolve to take better photos for the blog
I’ve got to remember to charge the batteries in my camera. 15 days to go.
Democrats who voted against the Feingold amendment (Lieberman, of course, voted against it, too, but he’s not a Democrat):
Baucus (MT)
Bayh (IN)
Bingaman (NM)
Carper (DE)
Casey (PA)
Conrad (ND)
Dorgan (ND)
Landrieu (LA)
Levin (MI)
Lincoln (AR)
McCaskill (MO)
Bill Nelson (FL)
Ben Nelson (NE)
Pryor (AR)
Reed (RI)
Rockefeller (WV)
Salazar (CO)
Tester (MT)
Webb (VA)
So PJ, where’s the new job?
Oh, it’s here in Syracuse at the medical university. Same place my wife works at, in fact, and where I worked for about 10 years, from 89 – 99.
THX PJ … will be sending post cards (Homeless /Spay/Neuter ) to the above — thx for listing names — , also calling and sending the same to my Sens and Rep… any other suggestions? WTF ❗ :fustrate:
:growl: :fist: a.i.v. … … Dark Angel Butterfly … Stand Down
hit and run morfternoon
car resto bud needs some paint help.
i’ll be doing that during the day for a while.
thanks for the :bee: post on organics, had a chat with
my :bee: keeper bud this weekend, theres are in bood shape.
he went organic with his whole operation years ago. was an interesting chat!
sblueheron, :love: Remember those of us who lives vicariously thru ANY SHAPE 8) Marc Pixs :dancers: Tell Marc there are “US — out in the Wyrd (also 1 of many meanings: The Wyrd Well and other ‘weird’ ones — “we” “other” MSists are out here, waiting with bated (or Panting :hot: ) breath.
a.i.v. … Dark Angel Butterfly …..Stand Down
PJ, congratulations of the job.
Sblueheron (yeah, I do keep calling you by the other name, sorry.) I NEED DIRECTIONS! I can get lost in my own driveway! :doh:
vernon: i just checked my email and found one of those daemon msgs. it was a msg i sent to you on the 12th with my cell # for your friend in tacoma. i’ll send it to your myspace instead.
And it remains to be seen if Ol’ Zeb will survive my choices for road music. He says he can but he hasn’t heard some of my industrial goth selections yet.
Hmmmm … I wonder if there’s someplace I can download old Phil Ochs songs in mp3 format. Sounds like a lunchtime project for me…
gypsy , :banana: but he hasn’t heard some of my industrial goth selections yet.
:rofl2: 8) :rofl2: :omg: :rofl2:
a.i.v. … Don’t Forget Me [We] … … Red :hot: C. P.
Phil’s brother doing OK
vernon: i wonder if getty will have photo exhibits of ochs’ collection up here at emp?
Happy St. Brendan of Ireland day!
from Wikipedia:
Saint Brendan of Clonfert or Bréanainn of Clonfert (c. 484 – c. 578) called “the Navigator” or “the Voyager”, is one of the early Irish monastic saints whose legends have overshadowed their history. He is chiefly renowned for his semi-legendary quest to the Land of Delight. The Voyage of St. Brendan could be called an immram.
His feast day is May 16.
I wonder if directions to the Land of Delight are still available.
did you write that poem Kev?
Comment by Melina — May 16, 2007 @ 7:18 am
Yeah, actually, I did. Off the top of my head, too. I just find Falwell to be inspirational that way, I guess. :barf:
Vern…you have a myspace and you havent requested me as a friend?????? I am truly hurt :omg:
Listen, Marc is never too hugged out…thats the deal. He needs to see his fans…so if you can make it to the thing then do go by all means…
I cant imagine him being tired of seeing fans…well, maybe sometimes hes not in a great mood or tired from travelling so much…but dont not go because you think he will have seen enough sedition people.
Are we back into saints?? OMG! :pope: :yinyang: :cake: :rabbi: :tinfoil: :priest: :tommygun: AIV…!
Unbelievable weather here….we have been under tornado watch, it was raining so freakin hard when I was out that there were flash flood…couldnt even text and drive at the smae time…oh …Im kidding…you know Id never do that!
I’m told I sometimes have the patience of a saint. Does that count?
:sdavid: :alc:
Heres something…I wonder if its been posted here already. Its about Spocks nudie photos of fat chix…pretty cool. I wish they had an image gallery…that might be too forward for the times.
saint gypsy is fine with me anyday! :banana:
Unbelievable weather here….we have been under tornado watch…
I don’t know about you Melina, but I’m blaming Joe Lieberman.
Oh , I like Gypsys, Tramps. and Thieves …
What say you Faraday :pup: ?
:tommygun: and Melina with a gun 😮 … LBH … :peace: 😉 :parrot:
Colette An Irish Saint …Land of Delight … hmmm Oh Avalon :rofl2: LBH
a.i.v. (I have to watch out … Jeff “woos” me a bit onto his radio station… with his 8) Jazz.) But is Eco-Talk still on?
but i need … Dark Angel Butterfly … Stand Down
Melina, I forgot to post … Stay Safe You and Yours :gate: :knit: :yinyang: :pent: :om: AWN :peace: …
Thx for reminding me A aka A,
A.I.V. … :no: Play Nice, Storms :nod:
oh melina, stay off the :omg: streets :no: :rofl2: LBH 😉
I try to blame Joe for everything…but this is truly W and Cheney’s collective faults because the water table has changed and the weather has gone wild…
I went today to the hardware store to pick up the handy dandy freestanding basement pump (that every girl should have) and that I had ordered weeks ago…it has an auto shutoff…I burnt the other one out. Like, youre supposed to stand there all night and watch the thing?? They make it without an auto shutoff…and everyone is flooding so you cant get the auto shutoff ones….so, I pre ordered and it took weeks…but as I was in the store the sky got black and opened up and the girls started to say “oh no…now comes the pump crush…” and AH-HA!! I am prepared for once!!
Will was sick today so we didnt go out this evening to his appt.
I was out in the storm. I love this stuff…weather is so fantastic!
Ask anyone who knows me abotu me and weather. I drive right into the storm usually. I just dont like shovelling snow or pumping the basement. My next house should be on stilts with a chute into the garage where my Jeep will sit with a plow blade on it all winter!
You would have loved my cabin in Gold Hill! White outs, 80+ MPH wind, driving rain and of course lovely meteor showers. No basement to flood. Yeah I pretty much dig weather. I’ll see if I can find some pictures.
OK a couple of pics up. They’re scanned so the quality isn’t great. I wasn’t able to drag them to the first page so they’re a bit scattered.
Oooh, I love to drive in bad weather. I love being in my little secure safe bubble in a raging storm with horizontal rain and lightning!
We need some good thoughts.
Hey, Bo Diddley!
😡 no youtube video today?
Hey, Bo Diddley!
Try this one.
Melina, my “dream” was I always wanted to live on a houseboat in Sausalito, CA.
I did visit a houseboat there, and lived on one for a few weeks on Lake Shasta … oh, I had a water-bed once ….. :rofl2: LBH
another friend lived in a tri-level tree-house, with 3 hot tubs (1 outside)
8) or :hot: or whatever
BUT “stilts” eek 😮 …
but I do so miss my Mountains …being where the only footprints were of the wild … with thunder and lightning and comets and meteors and wolves my muse, my art. sniff
My Computer is :nuts: C-Ya perhaps 🙄 … 😉
Gypsy! I need a recipe for those gigantic portobello mushrooms. All my cookbooks are still buried from moving.
Kp this one?
BTW This is a great page of Gypsy food
Portobello “Friesâ€
(Rachael Ray)
Serves 4
4 large portobello mushroom caps
Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling, plus 1/4 cup
Steak seasoning blend, such as Montreal Steak Seasoning, or coarse salt and black pepper
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup flat-leaf parsley, chopped
1 cup Italian bread crumbs
1/2 cup shredded or grated Parmesan
Preheat a grill pan over medium high to high heat. Scrape the gills off the underside of portobello mushroom caps with a spoon. Brush caps gently with a damp cloth to clean them. Drizzle caps with oil to keep them from sticking to the grill pan and season the caps with steak seasoning or salt and black pepper. Grill mushrooms 3 or 4 minutes on each side under a loose tin foil tent until just tender. Remove from heat and cool 5 minutes. Slice grilled caps into 1/2-inch strips. Turn strips in egg, then coat in mixture of parsley, bread crumbs and cheese. Cook “fries†over medium high heat in enough extra-virgin olive oil to coat a nonstick skillet in a thin layer, about 1/4 cup. “Fries†will brown in 2 or 3 minutes on each side.
Ooooh! Thanks Vern. :boobs:
Kp, thanks for those gigantic portobello mushrooms. :rofl2: I am hearing that there is a drop in morels
The plight of EcoTalk
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/12/DDG0SPPFQ51.DTL&type=printable
Apparently, host Betsy plowed here own money into the show. The wankers at AAR!
Thanks, WHT. I was not a big fan of her show but I never regretted hearing it in passing. I was wondering what was going on with her. I will now walk away from saying another bad thing about Bob Agnew.
:fire: :fire: :fire:
Sams New blog is up and mostly working!
needs a quick registration to post which will sort of keep the trolls somewhat under control!