August 26, 2004
CRASH!
Bad news: When I got home, my computer would not start. Some kind of issue with either the power supply or the mother board, I have no idea what. My old system is dead.
Good news: My main hard drive and network card are fine, so I have my important data, Mozilla, e-mail, bookmarks, and (after WAY too much messing around) internet access.
Bad news: I've got my hard drive & network card in a tiny little case that's running at 300Mhz, has no room for a CD-rom, my video card, or my secondary hard drive (only one power supply plug). Also, I lost 5 productive hours trying to make this thing work, so I'm that far behind on blogging and e-mails. Oh, and surfing in 16 colors with a screen resolution of 480x600 just blows.
Good news: I'm marginally functional in the interim and should be able to catch up eventually. We'll see how tomorrow night goes.
If you'll excuse me, I'm going to drink heavily now.
UPDATE: New system has been ordered. Probably take a week or so :-(
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Damn, sorry to hear that Harvey. But at least you're not stranded. That week will just fly by. I hope.
Hang in there!!!
"Good news: I'm marginally functional in the interim"
Thank-God for that. A day without Bad Example is like a day without Prozac.
Pisser about the computer, Harvey, but I'm really concerned about the "If you'll excuse me, I'm going to drink heavily now" line. Seriously, drinking isn't going to solve anything. Your computer won't magically work better if you start drinking heavily. Ok, not really concerned about your drinking, just concerned about you not leaving any for the rest of us!!!! :)
"Good news: I'm marginally functional in the interim"
One suspects that Mudfish Billie will make a comment along the lines of "So what's new?"
16 colours? 640x480? Do you guys over there have Teletext? Must be like reading blogs using that system...
Well at least now you have an excuse to get a machine that will run Doom 3 smoothly. Be sure to tell us all what you get. Of course, now I'm going to be all jealous since you'll have a better machine than mine. I remember you drooling all over it when I posted the specs.
If you'll excuse me, I'm going to drink heavily now.
Congratulations, Harvey!
Oh, and sorry about the computer. Too bad you're not an IT geek like me. I got one main computer, three back-up Internet-capable machines, a dial-up capable machine, and an eMac right here. And enough spare parts and operating systems scattered around to build Multivac.
Can I get you something? A whiskey and soda? A back rub? Pics of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders?
Computers are great as long as they're working. Once they crash, all hell breaks loose.
"Good news: I'm marginally functional in the interim"
Ummm - can we have a report please from blogless beloved wife regarding your marginal functionality?
*** sorry I just couldn't resist ****
...and while he's being marginal functional, I think it's about time we had a comment party here.
480x600... might as well get out your Crayons & Big Cheif tablet... fuuuuuuck!
I'm marginally functional... that's what she said.....
Heh. LOVE the way you kids pounced on the "marginally functional" line. You make me so proud to know I've raised you right :-)
What pisses me off about this machine is that it's got onboard video. There is NO reason that I can think of why it shouldn't be capable of doing high-end color. Cripes, my P166 did 24-bit. WTF? I should at least be able to squeeze 256 out of it. But tweak as I may, no love to be had.
What a freakin' pain.
Brian - I'm just glad I'm geek enough to have salvaged operability to the point I did. I know a lot of folks who'd have been just flat out fucked.
Susie - Scotch neat, front rub, and YOU in a Las Vegas Outlaws cheerleader outfit (does anyone else miss the XFL?)
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[SHAKING LITTLE PINK BABY RATTLE]
Blogdaughter Boudicca of Boudicca's Voice has presented me with a bouncing baby bloggranddaughter, VW of One Happy Dog Speaks.
Who will probably get nicknamed "Bug" in short order, I imagine.
Let's peek into the crib, shall we?
In her first post she explains the fine art of hurting oneself while trying to take movies
A substantive first post? Trying to scandalize the neighbors already, I see.
Next she frets a little about electromagnetic radiation, citing the interesting phenomenon of getting a flourescent light bulb to glow under a high voltage power line. I wouldn't worry about it, too much, Bug, you get more radiation from sunshine.
A little bit about the joys of having a young Neil Peart giving a 6:30am concert in your living room. That one I can't imagine. I have enough trouble with all my dogs & cats playing the "hairball concerto" at all hours, complete with the mad dash to pull them off the living room rug before the crescendo.
Finally, we have another battle in the "wipe vs. shake" dribbling-weenie-wars. Not an issue at my house, but I can definitely relate to the "large dog, small bathroom" situation. If anyone can explain the fascination my animals have with watching me whiz, please do so.
So, Bug, welcome to the Bad Example Family. Feel free to grab a logo from this post for display in your sidebar, if you're so inclined.
And please don't spit up on Grandpa's nice suit anymore.
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My comment on this didn't take. Hmm.
Many folks worry about the waves. I know someone who works for a neuropathologist and he won't own a cell. He doesn't like what he's seeing.
Most of the people I know in the tech business are not worried, but still joke about it half way. In the back of everyone's mind is wonder... Do we know enough? Is this all really safe? and on an on.
Welcome another JOI to the party....
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August 25, 2004
THE REAL JOHN KERRY
Unedited, in his own words.
Via Charles of The Discerning Texan, I found out that there's a brand new site that lets you read John Kerry's book "The New Soldier" on line for free.
Yes, that controversial, out of print, slap in the face to every patriotic Viet Nam veteran book that Kerry really regrets having written is now available in pdf format.
You might want to download these before the Kerry campaign releases the hounds lawyers.
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Kerry won't let the publisher reprint it... according to Wizbang.
Great link, Harvey. I'll be downloading the documents to keep yet another copy safe from the revisionists.
S
Wizbang and Physics Geek (see my blogroll) are acting as mirror hosts in case the DNC steals your computer :-)
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Excerpt: Now available at John Kerry's The New Soldier. They're pdf files, just right click and 'save as'. As it says on the site: This book is out of print, and kerry will not allow it to be reprinted.
A big thank you to Ricky for offering it up, and ...
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JUST IN CASE I DISAPPEAR
A couple weeks ago, after buying Doom 3 for Blogless Brother Tom for his 40th birthday, I decided it was time for a computer upgrade.
Nothing really wrong with the system I have, except that it can't play Doom 3.
And, for once, I decided to save up for it and buy it after I had the money instead of just charging it and waiting for the bill like I usually do.
Unfortunately, my computer has recently taken to restarting for no particular reason, and it's becoming more frequent.
I'm ordering the new computer today.
Meanwhile, if the old system goes down hard between now & the time the new one gets set up, I may go involuntarily incommunicado, and I didn't want anyone to worry.
And in case you're wondering, this is NOT a distracting cover story that I'm using as an alibi to disguise my secret CIA mission inside near Cambodia.
Unless I come back with a lucky hat, in which case it was.
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Guess your current system sensed those Doom vibes, eh? Congrats!! :)
I half-expected the comment above to be from "Mudfish Billie" saying something like "Who cares if you're gone?" Alas, he let me down.
Luck with the new machine, man.
You can have my computer and my copy of Doom 3 too - it's kinda... disappointing (talking from a design point of view here).
Feel free to flame away but I can substantiate my claims :-p
Hey... if your box is resetting... you have a fucking VIRII....
...nearly forgot... adios, mofo...
Nothing really wrong with the system I have, except that it can't play Doom 3.
Which is exactly why I haven't bought it. I gotta finish paying off the laptop I just had to have. ;-D
New computer - heh. Several things. First before yours dies an unnatural death. Go to zonelabs and download the free zonealarm firewall - burn to a cd. Install on your computer before getting online with the new system.
I am assuming - maybe wrongly that you are going to get a WinXP machine? If you do, don't install SP2!!! It may not let you play Doom. I know that SP2 has caused tons of problems for many. Google it and see if SP2 causes problems playing games before installing. And I would never trust Windows to make a decent firewall - so I wouldn't use the XP one anyway (it gets turned on by SP2 - it's not automatically on in the original install)
Good Luck!
System crashed.
Workaround in progress.
Posting & e-mail responses will be delayed until I can throw something workable together.
I'm looking at some massive upgrades when EverQuest II comes out. I quit the original EverQuest after six months because I got tired of buying expansions, but the second edition of the game looks too cool to pass up.
I'll probably need more memory, a better video card ... other stuff too. Oh, well. I'll just have to use a month's beer money.
Hey Harv, did you ever get around to reading A Fire Upon the Deep?
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I didn't know about the problems with SP2 when I installed, but thankfully there have been no problems with anything, games included.
WTF, does 'Mudfish' have a crush on you? ;)
No problems running Doom 3 on my Windows XP SP2 system. I have heard that Doom 3 doesn't properly handle the multi-user environment, which is a fancy way of saying it won't run right if you're running as a restricted user. I'm guessing it writes its saved game files to its installation directory, which is read-only to a restricted user. The only games I know of that handle this properly are the Max Payne games which write to a subfolder of the My Documents folder.
Pam - The Bartender's all about the man-on-man bloglove :-)
RR - Well, if I have any problems running Doom 3, I guess I know who to call :-)
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BEST ANALOGY EVER
It used to be that, in my more generous moments, I could almost give creedence to the "I support the troops, but I don't support the war" claim.
I can't even get that far anymore.
J of Quibbles & Bits puts it all in perspective by imagining a similar stance by a sports fan:
"Let me get this straight -- You say you support the Cowboys."
"Right."
"And you want them to have the best equipment and facilities, all the stuff they need to get ready for the upcoming games."
"Yep. All the best."
"But you don't want them to play?"
"Damn straight," he said, grinning.
"And if they do play, you'd rather see them come home in defeat?"
"It will keep them from getting arrogant." He seemed to think I understood his thinking.
"You are one [f*****] up individual."
Or in Kerry's case, one f'd up presidential candidate.
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But what if they only played home games?
(Just playin' devils advocate)
Ya bunch of yankee brat smokers...
I will not die happy until the Packers go down to Dallas and beat them in the Girlydome... or whatever it's called.
It'll be a turtle race between that and Matty O'Blackfive's dreams of a Cubs World Series.
So you don't think anyone can be a sincere supporter of a strong defense if they suggest any war anywhere is a bad idea? Iraq plays no role in your argument, it applies equally to all wars - or not.
David: The post wasn't about Iraq per se... it was about the idiotic logic and transparent attempt of some people to be on both sides of the fence... kinda of like 'I was there before I wasn't there' & 'I voted for it before I didn't'... you cannot have it both ways... you cannot 'support the troops' and be 'against the war', no matter which war you are talking about... that's just a bunch of gobbledy-gook nonsense muttered by moonbats and idiots!
You are aware that I came up with something just like this back in November, right?
Oh, wait, you're probably not. Well READ IT!
Cool... great minds think alike :-)
J
That is a great post by Josh.
But, you know, I'd rather wear a Packers jersey at a Bears game than watch the Cowboys...
Sarahk -- You are a Goddess.
Harvey, I knew you were a Packer backer already, but I've got great nose plugs to cover the stench.
Maybe you'll get your win if we have to play the third string QB.. Oh, wait, never mind --
11/24/94 GREEN BAY at DALLAS (31-42) JASON GARRETT 311 YDS 2 TDS ON THANKSGIVING (VG-)
Not that I'd rub your nose in it, that our 3rd stringer came back from a 21 point deficit to a huge win.
Nope, not me, I'm way to nice to grind and grind away at that one.
Blackfive -- Sheesh... at least whe the Packers came to Texas we'd treat y'all pretty well. We're real nice folks...
CD - LOL! Yeah, you did good :-)
Josh - I have to agree with Matty... I'd rather see him wearing a Packers jersey at Bears game than root for the Cowboys, too :-P
Matt - [tosses Guinness] just a little gift to make you stop by here more often :-)
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PARTY'S OVER
Or maybe it's just beginning.
At any rate, Frank's back at IMAO, and I posted my final bit. One of my better efforts from somewhere in the April Bad Money archives. Even if you've read it before, read it again. It's that good.
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August 24, 2004
RUINING YOUR CHILDHOOD INNOCENCE
In the comments to this post wherein I picked some "L" words that made me think of Beloved Wife, Linus of Pepper of the Earth mentioned a certain song about the letter "L" from Sesame Street.
Blogdaughter Boudicca of Boudicca's Voice mentioned that I could do my very own special rendition of it.
She should REALLY learn when to shut up.
Anyway, I copied the lyrics from here, and made some... adjustments...
The result is just plain horrifying, and certainly not for anyone with any sense of propriety, decency or taste. For the sake of The ChildrenTM and people surfing from work, I'm putting this atrocity in the extended entry.
Finally, my sincerest apologies to Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and the Children's Television Workshop.
I will burn in hell for this.
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La La La
-- presented by the letter "L"
sung by Ernie (Jim Henson) and Bert (Frank Oz)
Written by Joe Raposo
spoken parts are in brackets
Ernie: [Hi, Bert.]
Bert: [Oh. Hi, Ernie. Hey, I've been sitting here trying to think of what we can do with this here, letter "L".]
Ernie: [Oh. Well, let's see. You know one thing, you can sing sort of a "La La La" song with the letter "L".]
Bert: [Uh, what do you mean?]
Ernie: [Well, there are all kinds of pretty words that begin with "L".] (Music starts.) [You know, you can sing a few "La La La's" and some pretty words, and you'd have a nice little song.]
Bert: ["La La La," like that?]
Ernie: [Sure. Go ahead. Try it.]
Bert: [O.K. Let's see, uh,..]
La, la, la, la . . . lip lock
La, la, la, la, lubricant
Ernie: [Uh-huh.]
Bert: La, la, la, la, love dart [This is fun.]
La, la, la, la, lump in my Jockeys
Ernie: [Well, that's not quite what I was thinking about, Bert.]
Bert: [No?]
Ernie: [I mean there are a lot of pretty "L" words, and I was sort of thinking of the ones that are more lilting and lovely. You know like...]
La, la, la, la, lap dance
Bert: [Oh, yeah. I see.]
Ernie: La, la, la, la, love doll
Bert: [Oh, like that. Huh?]
Ernie: La, la, la, la, labia
Bert: [Ahhhhhh!]
Ernie: La, la, la, la, little man in the boat.
Bert: [Oh! Oh! Ernie, I've got a GREAT "L" word! This is a beauty. Oh, listen to this.]
La, la, la, LIBIDINOUS!
Ernie: [Ah, no, Bert, uh..]
Listen to me
'Cause "L" is such a lovely letter
For words like "leather" and "lace"
The letter "L" loads on your face
So why not la, la, la, la, laaaaaaaaaaaaah...
Bert: La, la, la, la, laaaaaaah
Ernie: ...with me?
(Bert laughs.)
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LOL You may burn in hell, but so will those of us who la la la laughed!
hehe... loads on your face...
Dammit, I hate when I laugh so hard I snort.
La, la, la, la, lap dance (snicker)
You may end up burning in hell for it, but everyone else will be laughing.
You are such a bad, bad, bad person, Harvey. Really and truly.
You are an inspiration to us all.
LOL! I TRIPLE dare Bou to "Harvey" the letter "C" now.
Crap. Now I have to go and get creative. You forget, I inherited NONE of those damn creative genes from my blogfathers. Something must've happened during the whole 2 Blogdaddy's produce Boudicca thing...
I'm thinking. I 'm thinking!
Bou - you might need to pick something besides "C". That song only has one freakin' word in it, repeated ad nauseum.
Then again...
"C is for C-cup, that's good enough for me!"
I noticed that... other than you are allowed to name 2 or 3 things that are round, if bitten turn into a C. I gotta think of 3 round things that start with 'c' within this new genre? Ain't happenin'.
I'm still thinking.
"C" is for crappy blogging... same as "H" is for Herbey
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MEDIA EXCUSES
(A PRECISION GUIDED HUMOR ASSIGNMENT)
Now that word about John Kerry's misadventures in Viet Nam have started leaking - ever so slowly - into the mainstream press, eventually they'll have to explain why they gave Kerry a two-week pass instead of gnawing his legs off in a hyena-like frenzy as the do with every tiny faux pas of W's.
Here are my predictions on what they might pull out for ass-coverage:
They were distracted by the important-lookingness of Kerry's hair.
All the office computers were running Windows so some data loss was inevitable.
They had to wait for Chris Matthews to steal Michelle Malkin's copy of "Unfit For Command" before they could read it.
Their shipment of journalistic integrity got lost in the mail.
Which is understandable, since it's hard to keep track of thimble-sized packages.
They didn't run the story because they get their marching orders from Karl Marx, not Karl Rove.
All the office computers were tied up with burning DVD's of "Fahrenheit 9/11".
Which took forever, since Windows kept crashing.
They weren't IGNORING the story, they just wanted to be "fashionably late".
They were busy dodging bullets in Cambodia.
Or maybe NEAR Cambodia
They couldn't write the story unless they were wearing their lucky CIA hats, which were apparently stolen out of their briefcases by the Bush administration.
Who killed innocent Iraqis with them.
While lying about it.
Hey, remember Abu Ghraib?
AbuGhraibAbuGhraibAbuGhraibBushLiedYearrrrgggh! *froth*
They were busy staring at the asses of the Brazilian Women's Olympic Volleyball Team.
They were stuck on level 7 of Doom 3
Everyone was at the "Unbiased, Objective Journalists Without An Agenda For Kerry" fundraiser.
There was an entire sentence in the last paragraph on page 28 of the New York Times. What the hell ELSE do you want?
Just as the story was going to press, they ran out of soy-based ink, so they had to hold off.
The check from the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy just now cleared the bank.
And if you think THAT was some doubletalking backpedalling, wait till you see the spin on Kerry's Winter Soldier testimony.
MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!
SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS!
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Mmmm... Beach Volleyball....
i was all set to read yet another funny assignment by you...but then you had to distract me with the picture of the brazil beach vball team's asses. I think we need to hang this up in media offices everywhere so theyll get distracted themselves and let Kerry get overrun by the swifties
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TODAY'S LOVE NOTE
(Introduction)
How blessed I am that I can walk beside you, lean upon you, and live within the warmth of your love.
(CAUTION: Romantics beware - comments may contain naughtiness)
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... 'cuz if I didn't have you to sponge off of, I'd be living in a cardboard box.
How else could I make it home, pennyless, from the bar, totally smashed and then get to say I kept a beautiful woman like you up all night long?
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TODAY'S GRAFFITI CURRENCY
Shortly after Matty O'Blackfive was hired by the Treasury to print the serial numbers on $1 bills, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing instituted a "no Irish need apply" hiring policy.
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NOW WITH EASIER-TO-FIND FIRST CHAPTER
Blogson-in-law Alex of Alex in Wonderland has chapter 3, part 1 of "The Witch Hunter" up.
I've never been sucked in so hard by something outside of a Bangkok whorehouse.
And for your in-sucking convenience, Alex has posted Chapter 1 in a single post. If you've been putting this off, then take the 10 minute challenge. Read the first chapter. If you find that you don't care what happens to the characters, please tell me I'm a weenie in the comments.
And after you get hooked, follow this link to chapter 2, and after that, you can navigate off the calendar, starting with August 21st.
If the white-on-blue type hurts your eyes, just copy & paste into your favorite text editor & read it from there.
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You're a fucking weinie....
Up yours, fuckstick.
And I'm surprised you're just now figuring this out. Damn, boy, you're slower than the New York Times picking up a John Kerry Cambodia story.
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TWO MORE AT IMAO
I dredged my Bad Money archives & came up with a couple more items for IMAO.
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August 23, 2004
SOMETHING ORIGINAL
That I wrote specifically for IMAO guest posting purposes.
You won't see it here.
So go there.
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Very funny. I offered you a bribe in IMAO's comments if you'd do one about New York. How does a bottle of banana ketchup sound. Just in time for labor day's cook out. You'll be the talk of the town with that. I don't live far from Little Manila here in Queens, and when I went to buy my fresh tilapia this weekend I saw they had a few bottles in stock.
Let me know if you take my offer. who knows, maybe you'll get better offers and you can combine them all.
You're already at 24 comments and climbing!
Michele - just bring the banana catsup to the next comment party (wherever that happens)... I'll be happy :-)
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TODAY'S LOVE NOTE
(Introduction)
Love is when thoughts of but one woman fill your heart, when she means more than life to you, when you know you would do anything for her and shall die if she is taken from you. Desire is when you ache to see her and touch her, when she causes your body to burn and tremble.
(CAUTION: Romantics beware - comments may contain naughtiness)
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... on the other hand, it could also mean that you're a sick, obsessive stalker in need of professional help...
Or you could have a feaver of 105 degrees...just a guess!
mac
Lust is when you will take anything warm, moist and concave. Hence the burning and shaking. And the lighter wallet.
She cut your nads off and left with them, eh?
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WITCH HUNT CONTINUES
Blogson-in-law Alex of Alex in Wonderland has posted sort of an odd little interlude, and not described with chapter & part number, yet obviously relevant to the story line.
What I'm really enjoying about this series is that every day there's new little hints and shadows of things to come which are woven elegantly into the narrative.
If you haven't started yet, the easiest way is to go here, click on calendar date August 14th and navigate off the calendar page, day by day.
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Thanks for the direction to the story Harv. This story is leading me by the short hairs. I'm a little miffed that I found it now rather than when the story is completely posted. Nothing like the feeling of mom telling you that the bedtime story is over and it's lights out.
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MEANWHILE AT ALLIANCE HQ
Your Precision Guided Humor Assignment: "What excuses will the "unbiased" major media outlets give for not covering Kerry's lies about Viet Nam?" is due by 8pm Wednesday. Late entries must be accompanied by a lame excuse.
Monday Linky Stuff
A Filthy Lie
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August 22, 2004
L IS FOR...
Blogson-in-law Alex of Alex in Wonderland has a post up wherein he cherishes his darling wife Sally by listing some other appropriate S words.
Since Beloved Wife's name begins with L, my list would include the following:
Lady, likeable, lickable, luscious, lacivious, lay, lusty, and loving.
And lets not forget landcuffs, lindfolds, and londage.
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I can't bring up that site. It's really getting irritating!
La la la ... Linoleum ...
(My favorite Sesame Street song line ever!)
La la la la... lamppost. That's my favorite SS song too. I still sing it to my kids... which helps as I have one learning how to read. I'll skip what could be Harvey's rendition!
"This show was brought to you by the letter 'S'". We're always saying about Tara, "One of these kids is doin' her own thing..."
Hey! We have that video! C is for Cookie, it's good enough for me, Hay!
Bou - I double dare you to do a Harvey rendition ;-)
On the letter C? :) Seriously?
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KEYES AND REPARATIONS
I've been hearing now and again about how Alan Keyes came out in favor of reparations in a recent speech (name drgwandsp password calzephyr - courtesy of BugMeNot):
Keyes proposed that for a generation or two, African-Americans of slave heritage should be exempted from federal taxes-federal because slavery "was an egregious failure on the part of the federal establishment."
Steve of Disaster and Love, Vengeance and Dust has his take on it, but I look at it from a different angle.
I view taxes as a necessary evil - more evil than necessary, for the most part - so whenever someone doesn't have to pay them, I look at it as a GOOD thing. I don't care if it's a sleazy loophole designed to buy votes, I STILL cheer. This country needs MORE and LARGER sleazy loopholes. The more things that are exempt from taxation, the happier I am.
Sure, I'd LIKE to be the guy on the receiving end of the free pass, but at the same time, I'm not petty enough to begrudge someone else their good time.
So I say go ahead and exempt blacks from taxation. Then bring in the browns, yellows & reds. Do the whole freaking rainbow!
Well, not the greens. Hippy bastards.
Anyway, creating exemptions helps establish the point that taxation is a BAD thing that HURTS people. If that idea takes hold, then eventually my snow-colored, melanin-impaired brethren will be have to be exempted, too.
Meanwhile, I don't mind waiting in the back of the bus for my turn.
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What the fuck is THAT? Your license plate?
Well, if they don't have to pay taxes, then they aren't allowed any of the other government benies either. Two way street, all or nothing.
Let's see Keyes or Obama... Keyes or Obama... UMMM ---- Keyes it is. Obama is a waaaayyyyy liberal Dem. Not to mention the fact that Keyes can talk about reparations all he wants, it'll never pass Congress - not if it involves cutting anyones taxes.
Keyes may be wacked, but he's not as bad as Obama. Man, Illinois is such a mess - I really want to get out of this state!
hey... if I were an Illinoisan, I'd vote for Keyes... but he lost brownie points with this. Usually when you break from party ranks to cater to a side on an issue, you usually take the popular stance... but Keyes... way out of left field with this one... to use that expression. I guess the reason taxes exist is, sure, to pay for a kick-ass military and a government subsidized foreign policy (as the feds should be the sole arbiters thereof)... but I guess another reason they exist is to make tax cuts that much sweeter...
and so what if the rich get more $$$ from a tax cut, we lower-middle class bums get money too... and that makes it that much more gang$ta... because Lord knows we don't qualify for government programs for ANYTHING... but we sure do pay for it...
I feel the same as Teresa. I'd rather write Jack Ryan in, but that would be a waste of a vote, and every vote will count in this one. Keyes has to be it, although anyone can tell you that the commie will win. What great choices we have! :/
Well, that's about the only argument I've heard so far that makes Keye's position the least bit palatable.
However, assuming that there is even a moral justification for reparations (and I don't feel the case has been made by a long shot) there are so many faults with any and all ideas for reparations as to make it impossible. For instance, if there was no corresponding cut in spending to the social programs for those blacks no longer paying taxes, the tax burden shifts to the rest of us. And contrary to popular belief, quite a few of us don't have slave-owning ancestors.
I've got no particular interest in the Illinois race, although I am against Keyes running, for the same reasons he and I were both against Hillary Clinton running for NY Senate. Carpetbaggers have no intrinsic connection to their constituency. If the Illinois GOP is that hard-up for viable candidates, maybe they out to suck it up and get rid of their current crop of leaders.
I haven't seen his rationale for changing his mind on this. But then, I haven't been looking and as I said, I've got no particular interest.
So yeah, lets get rid of taxes, but no, let's not give credence to this idea that we are in any way responsible for the sins of our fathers. Frankly, I'd rather continue paying taxes than admit guilt for something I had no part in.
I think he was suggesting it as a "here, now SHUT UP ABOUT IT" measure.
I know I would be eternally grateful if they devised something that would SHUT UP the gimme gimme you-owe-me crowd once and for all. It's a simple idea: Fine. You want reparations? Here's your reparations. Once it's gone, that's it--- so SHUT UP ABOUT IT.
T1G: I am writing in Jack Ryan, and I don't feel it's a waste of a vote. I feel I'm using my vote to show support for who I felt is the best candidate. Also if enough people write in/vote non-traditional lines maybe it will send a message to these elitist crooks, er politicians that we aren't the sheep they want us to be.
Harvey, I must admit I like your "spin" on this topic. I almost am persuaded to vote for you.
Too bad you aren't running this year.
Alan is a good man, he just needs to stick to his guns.
I linked to your post on my post about the same topic.
Keep up the great work rabbit..er Harvey
What I like about Keyes throwing this out there is that it forced Obama to oppose reparations.
Mheh.
And it's not exactly clear from the article if this constitutes a flip-flop on Keyes' part. They cite 2 instances of him opposing reparations, the second one opposes attempting to extract reparations from corporations. The first one... it's not clear, but I would assume it's the same thing, since that's what reparations activists usually bring up. With his current proposal, he's saying "you want to blame someone for slavery? Blame the Federal Gov't for letting slavery be legal, not the private companies that profited from a then-legal activity."
For the record, I think reparations are an assinine concept. I'm just giving this a nod because I like tax cuts. Period.
And krakatoa - you're right, the tax burden shifts, so it's only right to spread the tax cuts further and/or curb spending to make things fair again. It's the GOOD kind of slippery slope :-)
I will not now, nor ever, condone any kind of slavery reparations, even if it sticks a thumb in the eye of the IRS. I find the idea that I share some kind of guilt and owe money to black people because people with my color skin did some horrible crap to black people 300 years ago utter bullshit.
Sure, they'd cut taxes for black people, then raise the taxes of everyone else to make up the difference. In essence this is no different from the government telling me to just write a check straight out of my bank account.
Making Obama oppose reparations is pretty damn funny though :)
Yeah... what Graumagus said!!!
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HISTORY REPEATS
While perusing the Showcase, I came across this excellent piece by Varifrank wherein he most brilliantly and thoroughly discusses the parallels between the Manhattan project and the Iraq war WMD issue.
You see, the whole reason America went to all the trouble of building the atomic bomb is that we thought Germany was building one, and we wanted to beat them to the punch.
Turns out we were wrong.
Does that mean WWII was wrong?
Go check Varifranks's take on it.
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Varifrank is great. I really need to add him to my blog roll. Actually it was Triticale and a couple of others over at Vodka Pundit who talked him into starting his own blog. He even got his first Instalanche today! Way to go Varifrank. *grin*
Erm, Germany WAS close to building an atomic bomb - well, 3 years away. That's what the V2 was about - he had plans to atomic bomb New York. Also there were fears in the US government that they had exported this technology to Japan. The Germans had heavy water plants in Norway and there are accounts of British & Norweigan special forces sabotaging them. You also need to look at the secret factories the Germans had where the forced Jewish labour was made to dig out these things.
Alex - I'll defer to your assessment on this, because I never studied it. But from what I heard, the Germans may have been 3 years away, but they weren't actively pursuing it. I heard that they threw their resources into rocketry instead, and just let their atomic program drift.
However, I'm quite willing to be corrected on this, since I don't recall my source.
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HER BEST POST - PERIOD
Blogdaughter Boudicca of Boudicca's Voice has penned some ponderings on a subject near and dear to her heart - Feminine Hygiene Products.
Actually, it's nearer & dearer to other body parts, but I'm not going there.
Anyway, if you've ever used FHP or been forced to buy FHP for an owner of a near & dear body part, go have a look.
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Oh that's real nice, Harvey! LOL!
That reminds me of the time my mother used to screach at my step-dad, "Earl, Earl!! If you don't go buy me some tampons I am going to paint the whole house red!!!"
Sick and disturbing, I know. Can I get a purple heart for living in that house?
LOL! Gasp! Yes, take one of John Kerry's. I think you deserve all three of them more than he does!
Josh - ROTFL!
Bou - Be nice. That third one where he wound up with a bunch of commie rice stuck in his ass... he EARNED that one :-D
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TODAY'S 1000 WORDS
This picture from the Truth Laid Bear illustrating the relative influence of 527's on both the Republicans & Democrats.
To be fair, there may be larger Republican 527's not shown on the chart, but it's still interesting.
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STUPID CUSTOMERS
Blogson Johnny-Oh of Closet Extremist has a couple excellent pieces on working in retail and dealing with pissy cusomers.
From the first one:
As I came in from the greenhouse patio, I stopped at the register's to inform the cashier's that I was taking my break. As I turned away from them, I noticed a little woman (whom I hadn't even noticed was standing there) standing about eight feet away from the register "Island". As soon as she saw me register her existence, she blurted out the phrase (and rather "pissilly" too) "aren't you supposed to be helping me?". My response was, (Just as pissilly) "No. I'm supposed to be on break!...But...How can I help you?".
From the second one:
As I was talking about this subject with my roommate, he reminded me of the concept of firing customers. Mr. Brodsky really does a good job of saying what I wanted to drive home. There are times when your customer actually hurts your business, and you've got to do something about them.
If you work retail, I highly recommend these.
If you're a pissy customer, then go away. I'm on break :-P
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You're stupid and _Jon is stupid.
[kicks pissy customer out of comments]
Oh yeah! Well you're ugly and your mamma dresses you funny! Of course I already have the ultimate comeback to this insult. (Insert worst redneck voice you can think of) Uhuh, my momma don't dress me. :^)
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THOSE STORIES ABOUT MY ARREST HAVE BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED
Don't believe a damn word you read about me in those disreputable British tabloids.
There were several thousand pornographic magazines.
Nothing but LIES, I say!
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There's something about Harvey that makes me want to trot out old - world aristocratic phrases that I wouldn't dream of using in real life. "Harvey's such a good SORT being one."
Ooops! Forgot to close the speech marks after "sort". Whatever. Harvey's a jolly good sport. Tally Ho old bean!
YAY! Britishisms!
Heh. I was thinking "Harvey's such a good sot", myself :-)
Bugger off, you bleedin idiot!
First one of you to do a Cockney style Dick Van Dyke accent gets Rumsfeld set on them!
Chim-chiminey, Chim-chiminey, chim-chim...
OW GOD! DONALD RUMSFELD IS BITING MY LEG!
OW! GEEZ! GET HIM OFF ME!
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TO KEEP THE KIDS QUIET
... I'm going to mention that I did a couple throw-away posts at IMAO.
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WITCH HUNT CONTINUES
Chapter 2 Part 3 now up.
If you need to catch up, go here and navigate by calendar (start at August 14th).
Oh, and Alex? May I suggest that you put a category link (and instructions to start at August 14th) at the top of each chapter so that someone who stumbles across it can find part 1?
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I might change the category to say "The Witch Hunter" on the sidebar to avoid confusion - will that help?
That would definitely help, but the way your archives are set up, it displays entries on several different pages, which makes is hard to
navigate. Is there a setting you can adjust to increase the number of posts that are displayed?
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ROTFL!
Blogson GEBIV of There's One, Only! has a quick visual for you. 10 seconds, tops.
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WHY I'M BETTER THAN KERRY
I never threw away my ribbons.
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I never betrayed my Band of Brothers.
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For the curious, this picture was taken in Olongapo, Philippines, on November 12, 1989 at the Shark's Cove Bar on Magsaysay Drive. I'm pretty sure it was on the left as you headed into town, and within a couple blocks of the bridge over Shit River.
That guy on the left in the Dodgers shirt? He was getting out of the Navy the next day. This was his farewell party. We paid one of the locals some paltry sum to take this picture and make copies for everybody.
That guy third from the left in the Hard Rock T-shirt? That's me, age 23.
Except for the beard, and a few gray hairs, I haven't changed much.
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#1 - for your service, Thank You.
#2 - what a great picture!!
#3 - WOW, Harvey! Wow! Damn. Yeah. ;-)
Tammi got here first, dangit. What she said. ;)
Third to what Tammi and Pam said. What a cutie! ;-)
Funny, I pictured you now with a bit of a budda belly, some love handles and a shiny chrome at the top of your head.
Ah, the internet, what a wonderful place to let your imagination run wild.
Actually, it's a great picture! Last 2 days here it was very much Manila weather. I know you know what I mean.
Nice to see you were still "hirsute - advanted" in your twenties!
...great photo, Harvey... I notice you got a JMUA.. cool, I got one too!
Wow! What a great looking group of guys! If I hadn't met blogless beloved husband at such a young age, I think I should've been hanging out around military bases *grin*.
Now, what is a JMUA?
Teresa- Joint Meritorious Unit Award (?) It would be the ribbon on the top row.
Harvey- Cool pic. Takes me back to some of my parties!
I think I could be persuaded into giving up firemen for sailors..... ;)
YEAH thats my little brother the one with the mustache.....errr wait he used to wear glasses.....o.k. he's not the blackguy
and he's tall..Hmm
DAMN'IT I was just over to see him last week...well I think It was him OW OW brain hurt Tom confused??
Hey! The guy in the vertical stripes in the middle is doing a pre-Lindie Lindie! All he is missing is the cig!
MB - ROTFL! And I guess that's Susie standing next to me? Those fonts look about right.
Michele - I weighed about 150 pounds when I joined the Navy, and about 160 when I left. It's more like 165 now, but I can still squeeze into my Cracker Jacks with a little effort. The haircut hasn't changed, and I've still got the vast majority of my head hair. Hairline is a little higher, but I've still got about 90% of what I had then, and no bald spot on the crown. Rogaine is my friend :-)
T1G & Eric - Glad YOU guys know what those are. I'm kinda fuzzy except for the Good Conduct & Sea Service. Most of those are for just being on the ship while it did whatever the hell it was doing. Not that working in that freakin' engine room was any sort of picnic...
I'm still waiting for that Purple Heart. Cut myself shaving, once, ya know.
Where's the Brown Underwear Medal?
Wow Harvey!
I think a lot of people had a picture similar to what Michele discribed (I know I did) but hell you are wow!
;)
Ahhhh - Olongopo. Fun memories.....
You all look so very... very... gay.
:P
Marty - if by "gay" you mean "festive and care-free", then you are correct
If you meant "shitface drunk", you got us there, too :-P
Machelle - I worked very hard at not letting myself go after I got out. I weigh myself daily, and if the needle creeps above 165, I do a drastic calorie reduction until I'm back where I should be.
That would make you 38 (maybe late 37). Damn, you're only a few years older than I am. Now I feel old. Thanks a lot....
37 right now, 38 on September 14th.
Well us old farts have gotta stick together. These young-uns don't even remember what it was like to use a modem to connect to a BBS. We must make sure we pass along our geek heritage so that it is not lost in the mists of time (which, these days, takes about a decade).
Sucks getting old
I can hear it now... "How did you upgrade your OS if you didn't have CD-ROM's?"
"6 floppy discs"
"What's a floppy?"
DOH!
And my first connection to the internet used a text browser!
Which is almost what I'm using now since my computer died :-/
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NEW ALLIANCE BANNER
... in the left sidebar, courtesy of blogson-in-law Alex of Alex In Wonderland.
Can you guys read his T-shirt?
And speaking of Alex, it seems that he's trying to cause trouble with some sort of "Brit Eye For The Candidate Guy" post.
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No, Harv. Can't make it out.
It's kind of blurry, but my deductive reasoning tells me it says "That's LAWYER to you". Am I close?
(grinning sheepishly) Uh, thanks, Susie! I "see" it now.
(slaps self in forehead: How did I not figure that out?! Stupid!!!)
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TALKING MY EAR OFF
In the comments to this post, the Bartender asks an interesting question:
I have noticed that your comment count has increased dramatically since you moved off of Radio... would attribute that to just a better pop-up comment system, or would attribute the increase to the show/hide comment script enabling your readers to more easily review the discussion thread... I have my thoughts, you have your thoughts, I wonder what your actual readers/commentors will have to say
I have no freakin' clue.
Personally, I thought it had more to do with raising up a crop of loquacious blogkids, who have the VERY delightful habit of commenting daily.
Also, since moving over here, I've become a little more conversational in my posting style, and I'm asking more questions in my posts.
Finally, with the election season upon us, my posts have become a little more inflammatory and controversial, so I'm more likely to inspire people to sound off.
So get over yourself Bartender, it's all about ME! MUAHAHAHAHA!
Anyway, to answer your question... from personal experience, I know I'm much more likely to review drop-down comment threads. I wish EVERYONE had them. And when I review comment threads, sometimes I'll be inspired to leave a comment, even if the post itself doesn't make anything pop into my head.
What do YOU think, dear readers?
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I love the drop down comment dohickey. I wish I could add it to mine. But I also pretty much know if I'm going to comment or not from the piece it's self. On your place I almost always just go straight to the "add a comment". Every once in a while a commentor will inspire me to post, usually I don't simply because I figure the only person who really goes back and reads the comments more than 1 or 2 times is the author so I usually just correspond with them.
Don't kid yourself, Bartender: It's all about Harvey. I don't even use the comment drop down preview thingy here.... ;)
I LOVE the drop down comments. I think I am more apt to comment on blogs that have them, although there are a few I just automatically hit comments. I wish I could add it to mine. I think it is a most excellent feature.
I like Harvey's comment pop-up box, but I I like the way mine is set up more. When you expand the entry on my site you also get the comments and can post yours. Sometimes people add some very insiteful commentary that enhances the overall discussion.
LOL - I always commented at the old site... even though the comments there were so slow, I could click post, go get a glass of tea (downstairs) and get back to my chair about the time it finally went thru. *grin*
It's easier to read lots of comments using the drop down. That's because they come up with the full screen instead of the little box. So if there are one or 2 comments, I'll use the comment box and read them. If there are more, I'll drop the comments down so I can get thru them more quickly.
Now have I totally confused things???
I think it's partly your progeny, partly the speedier commenting ability, and partly the drop down comments. Although I still prefer the comment box to the comments taking you to the archive page, the way typepad (and Snoozebutton Dreams) do, the drop down way to read the comments is the best. I wish there was a combo thing--drop down with a box...
It wouldn't be a problem to insert the code for making a comment under the drop downs... I'm wondering how the preview function would work... but inserting the basic commenting code should work fine... I'll go test it on my blog and see how it works there, since no one ever goes there anyway...
MB - Hey, dumbass, I'm there every fucking day like a good Corner of the Bar Gang member.
If you gave better service at your scummy little dive, you might have more customers :-P
Anyway, keep me posted on the super fancy drop down thingy.
My site appears to be greaking out right now... I inserted the code for the comment box in the head and the body... I added a Radio.blog... then, the site didn't pull up... I deleted everything and it still won't pull up... WTF?
Herbey... go check it out on my site... I need to figger out the preview thingy so it shows up in the main page, but it's a start anyway... howver, it may slow the load time down some... we can try it both ways and time it... actually, I think Pixy has a script that shows the load time somewhere... anyway, go look at it on my site and tell me what you think.
Another drawback.... increased scrolling to get past the comment entry display....
Maybe I can put the Hide comments code between the previous comments and the new comment box...
Comment preview will be kinda funky till I figger that out....
Plus, when you post the comment, it takes you to the Individual Archives page...
OK... not gonna be able to work this out on a group blog per se... there is a cgi script that processes the comments... I would need to write a new script and I don't have access to the cgi folder... too bad for you.
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TODAY'S LOVE NOTE
(Introduction)
With each glance into your beautiful eyes, I fall in love over and over again.
(CAUTION: Romantics beware - comments may contain naughtiness)
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... and with each dance between your beautiful thighs, I do similarly...
Help me! I'm stuck in a "Groundhog day" cycle with Helen Thomas! Someone please put me out of my mercy! Her eyes! It's like...that black oil from "the x files"! The horror! the horror!
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E-Mail Me (Harvey)
Damn, sorry to hear that Harvey. But at least you're not stranded. That week will just fly by. I hope.
Hang in there!!!
Tammi exemplified on August 26, 2004 at 11:15 AM