Apparently Everyone is AWOL
So sorry to neglect you all. I’ve been busy all day and just had no time to post. My good friends Harry and Chatman are having a fundraiser tomorrow for Dreams of Hope, which is a Pittsburgh based organization that works to develop lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and allied youth leaders who promote social change by educating audiences. Part of their fundraiser is having blues musician Gaye Abegbalola and Roddy Barnes play, and they also had a concert tonight. Chatman asked if I would cook for them before the show, and of course I said yes, so I was running around getting everything ready for 20 people to hit the house.
The menu was simple tonight- I made a bunch of stuffed hungarian hot peppers and stuffed poblanos, and then made salmon burgers and sweet potato fries and a couple other things. Had about 16 people, and worked out well.
The funniest part of the evening was that Rosie was just drawn like a magnet to Gaye. She was putty in her hands. At one point, she rolled over on to her back on Gaye’s lap while Gaye serenaded her- as soon as Chatman sends me the picture, I will post it. I’ve never seen Rosie behave this way.
This post will have to tide you over, because I have a kitchen to clean before everyone gets back from the concert.
Oh, btw, I’ve asked Zandar from Zandar Versus the Stupid about front page access, and you should see posts soon.
September 30, 2011 7:26 pm
Posted in: Gay Rights are Human Rights, Open Thread
142 Comments
142 Responses
trollhattan - September 30, 2011 | 7:30 pm · Link
Hmm, Gaye’d best check her luggage when she leaves town, especially anything with airholes. Furry stowaway!
Gotta admit, salmon burgers and sweeet potato fries sound damn good right now.
JPL - September 30, 2011 | 7:37 pm · Link
What a great picture and thanks John for posting it. Surely, Tunch was allowed to sample the leftover salmon.
patroclus - September 30, 2011 | 7:38 pm · Link
Regardless of what anyone says, the incessant rumors that potential Texas Senatorial candidate Craig James killed 5 hookers while at SMU have not been supported as yet by direct evidence that would be admissible in a court of law. I urge everyone to google this matter as often as possible and determine the facts for themselves.
PeakVT - September 30, 2011 | 7:38 pm · Link
@trollhattan: Stowaway? I bet Cole is in her hotel room as we speak, trying to stuff Rosie into a suitcase.
ETA: On Tunch’s orders, of course.
yoyo - September 30, 2011 | 7:41 pm · Link
Which beach you be talking about?
West coaster here, and I thought you lived in W virginia?
(think of the blog content Rosie generates b4 you start lobbying Gaye)
Violet - September 30, 2011 | 7:43 pm · Link
Birkenstocks and socks! I love your dad! Dinner sounds yummy. I’m having leftovers. Have shrimp, scallops and chicken in the fridge. It’s just an eat-up kind of night. Plus alloo gobi I made the other day, without the aloo. It’s yummy.
lamh34 - September 30, 2011 | 7:43 pm · Link
My sister sent this to me on FB, look at this pic at ur own risk. I literally spit out my soda almost soaked me computer. (look closely at the 2nd picture)
Nude Strech Leggings Are NOT for everybody
Like my granny usta say, just cause they make something in your size don’t mean you should wear it.
Lojasmo - September 30, 2011 | 7:54 pm · Link
Wait! ABL shares Zandar’s stuff on the book of faces. Be prepared for more trollish gnashing of teeth.
PurpleGirl - September 30, 2011 | 8:06 pm · Link
@lamh34: They might—I said might!—be okay if she wore a mid-thigh or knee length tunic shirt. Those things are not meant to be worn with hip length tee shirts.
PurpleGirl - September 30, 2011 | 8:08 pm · Link
The picture of Lily and Rosie intently watching your friends and their child is just adorable.
Samara Morgan - September 30, 2011 | 8:09 pm · Link
@Lojasmo: well if ABL friends him he cant be a firebagger or a glibertarian. Sounds like a ginormous improvement over your last two picks.
Hill Dweller - September 30, 2011 | 8:10 pm · Link
@PurpleGirl: I think they’re intently watching her plate.
danimal - September 30, 2011 | 8:10 pm · Link
@lamh34: I suppose there is someone attracted to that, but for the other 99%, run for the hills before clicking the link.
Yay, Zandar!
hildebrand - September 30, 2011 | 8:12 pm · Link
Wiener-schnitzel, home-made pretzels, kraut, and Paulaner Oktoberfest for dinner. Now I can’t move.
Corner Stone - September 30, 2011 | 8:14 pm · Link
This “Occupy” generalized protest is going to fucking blow up huge.
PurpleGirl - September 30, 2011 | 8:15 pm · Link
@Hill Dweller: Yeah, that too. Food, food, drop some food…
Corner Stone - September 30, 2011 | 8:15 pm · Link
I’m just curious, but why?
TooManyJens - September 30, 2011 | 8:19 pm · Link
The question you all are overlooking is: if we took the pictures of Cole’s sister and his dad and sort of smooshed them together, how close would we be to finally knowing what the elusive John Cole looks like?
Short Bus Bully - September 30, 2011 | 8:20 pm · Link
Waaaaaah! I had to work.all.fucking.day. How can I be productive at work if I don’t get good posts around here?
I feel so unloved.
Zandar - September 30, 2011 | 8:23 pm · Link
@Corner Stone:
Yeah, who is this g….oh crap, HE DID WHAT?
MikeJ - September 30, 2011 | 8:25 pm · Link
Had some rubbed, then marinaded, then spiced chicken left over from fajitas. Add some caramelized onions and a little bacon, mix up the moz with some extra sharp Tillamook cheddar. Very tasty pizza topping.
jl - September 30, 2011 | 8:25 pm · Link
thanks for pet and people pix.
So that person to the left is the father of the supposed Cole? Assuming the riotous and implausible Cole blog character actually exists.
He looks somewhat concerned that the food transfer over upholstery and rug with perhaps unpredictable pets watching intently for their chance has slop/mess potential.
But maybe I am reading things into the picture.
cathyx - September 30, 2011 | 8:25 pm · Link
@lamh34: I would love to buy one of those for Halloween but I can’t find it? Any idea?
jl - September 30, 2011 | 8:28 pm · Link
Zandar from Zandar Versus the Stupid: I have no idea what this is.
As for Cole family, Cole’s sister, from previous pics and descriptions, she seems like a very well adjusted and attractive person, so probably does not give much info on… how should I put this politely…
Never mind.
SiubhanDuinne - September 30, 2011 | 8:30 pm · Link
@TooManyJens:
Well, we do know now that everyone in the family has decent-to-good-to-spectacular legs.
lamh34 - September 30, 2011 | 8:31 pm · Link
@PurpleGirl: I agree. What possessed the woman to wear it with such a short shirt, I don’t know. My sister is not a small woman by any means, but she loves to wear leggings but she NEVER wears them with a short shirt. First of all, cause she’s heavy in the thighs and second of all, she has way too much “junk in her trunk” so to speak, to wanna draw that much attention to it.
tulip - September 30, 2011 | 8:31 pm · Link
@Corner Stone:
Speaking for myself, probably because he writes about really interesting stuff. And he writes well.
(Now we just need to get Steve Benen over here and I’ll just have to check one blog a day, instead of three ;-))
boss bitch - September 30, 2011 | 8:31 pm · Link
@TooManyJens:
I can tell he has his father’s legs.
Zandar - September 30, 2011 | 8:32 pm · Link
meh.
Corner Stone - September 30, 2011 | 8:32 pm · Link
@Zandar:
I read through your site. I’m not sure either.
tulip - September 30, 2011 | 8:33 pm · Link
BTW anybody watching the baseball playoffs?
Texas got taken behind the woodshed and beaten, the fairy tale continues for the Rays as they win going away 9-0.
I’m very conflicted because I love Wash, hate Texas and like the Rays but hate FL. What to do?
Linda Featheringill - September 30, 2011 | 8:35 pm · Link
@Corner Stone: #15
Occupy:
I agree. May I recommend a website
http://www.occupytogether.org
They collect news from NYC and dozens of other places.
Jenny - September 30, 2011 | 8:45 pm · Link
Bad Mutherfucker: http://cache.daylife.com/image.....7/610x.jpg
http://cache.daylife.com/image.....H/610x.jpg
trollhattan - September 30, 2011 | 8:47 pm · Link
@PeakVT:
Too right, I forgot to put “stowaway” in quotes. We’d know from the Evian water and doggie crepes packed with her.
John Cole - September 30, 2011 | 8:47 pm · Link
@Corner Stone: Because he is interesting.
trollhattan - September 30, 2011 | 8:49 pm · Link
@Jenny:
‘at’s my president. Ours, too. And I’m still quite happy about that fact.
Nom de Plume - September 30, 2011 | 8:51 pm · Link
@Corner Stone:
I’m just curious, but why?
Because this blog doesn’t have enough posters, duh. The recommended number of posters on a blog is 9324157092384579023875.
SiubhanDuinne - September 30, 2011 | 8:53 pm · Link
Mention of salmon generated an ad up top for Wild Alaska Seafood.
Twinky P - September 30, 2011 | 8:55 pm · Link
Yay, Zandar! Great choice!
RossInDetroit - September 30, 2011 | 8:56 pm · Link
We went out to a diner for a quick meal. I was distracted and irritated by an insistent intermittent BEEP coming from behind me. I thought it must be some piece of kitchen equipment.
Well, sort of. It was some Gordon Ramsay TV show on the tube and they were bleeping him. What a filthy mouth.
I’d rather eat a PB&J made by a smiling pleasant person than have a gourmet meal cooked for me by that arrogant bully. He may be genius but he’s mostly a foul mouthed prick from what I can see.
General Stuck - September 30, 2011 | 9:00 pm · Link
@John Cole:
So is Corner Stone, and Java the Hut. Six half dozen twixt the other.
erlking - September 30, 2011 | 9:02 pm · Link
How were you ever a Republican? I lived in San Francisco for 12 years and didn’t have friends with such a cool CV.
Mnemosyne - September 30, 2011 | 9:02 pm · Link
@RossInDetroit:
Have you seen Mitchell & Webb’s takedown of Ramsay?
Baud - September 30, 2011 | 9:04 pm · Link
Watching Rachel. Apparently, al-Qaeda has a great graphic design program.
Corner Stone - September 30, 2011 | 9:05 pm · Link
@General Stuck: “Things are things. Then there are sayings about other things. Twixt what we know about things and the things others say about things we know things. Except when we don’t know those things. Some times we know those things. This is not one of those times. Or things”
jeffreyw - September 30, 2011 | 9:05 pm · Link
I opened up a jar of home made sauerkraut and baked some NY deli rye bread because the pastrami demanded it.
MikeJ - September 30, 2011 | 9:06 pm · Link
I only have one concern about Zandar. I checked out ZvS and there was not one use of the word “fuck” on the front page. The only mention of drinking was a sidebar link to a DL chapter. I haven’t checked, but it wouldn’t surprise me if there were zero mentions of skull fucking kittens on the entire site.
Is this really the type of person you want posting?
RossInDetroit - September 30, 2011 | 9:06 pm · Link
@Mnemosyne:
No, but I’ll look at that. Thanks. He’s one of the reasons I don’t go back to watching TV.
If I was his dwarf pr0n double I’d crawl into a badger den, too.
lamh34 - September 30, 2011 | 9:07 pm · Link
Alrighty, time for Fringe. I hear tonight’s episode is a good one.
Samara Morgan - September 30, 2011 | 9:08 pm · Link
@Zandar: are you a glibertarian and/or an emoprogg firebagger?
If you can answer no to both, you will be a vast improvement over the last two Cole picks.
Omnes Omnibus - September 30, 2011 | 9:08 pm · Link
@jeffreyw: The meat is a harsh mistress.
Thoughtful Black Co-Citizen - September 30, 2011 | 9:09 pm · Link
Cole, thanks for your part in this. That’s really great.
Please ignore the last two Death by Mop & Shower jokes I made about you.
General Stuck - September 30, 2011 | 9:10 pm · Link
@jeffreyw:
Hey Jeffrey, I been meaning to ask you if I could use that hummer pick with the weird sunset for my screensaver. I love that pic.
Omnes Omnibus - September 30, 2011 | 9:11 pm · Link
@Thoughtful Black Co-Citizen: Just the last two? What about all the oth… Oops, I’ll shut up now.
burnspbesq - September 30, 2011 | 9:12 pm · Link
Rain delay in da Bronx.
Alex S. - September 30, 2011 | 9:13 pm · Link
Oh John, you …probably… are not gay, but you should be an honorary member of the club. Also, your dogs have no manners! And I don’t want to be a frontpager, but I’d like to be asked!
jeffreyw - September 30, 2011 | 9:13 pm · Link
@Omnes Omnibus: I read a book by that name, by Robert “The Butcher” Heinieliner.
jeffreyw - September 30, 2011 | 9:14 pm · Link
@General Stuck: Not a problem, happy to oblige you.
ETA: sunrise
Felinious Wench - September 30, 2011 | 9:15 pm · Link
This evening, I am writing the content for a class on agile development methodologies while doing waterfall shots. Much props for those who see what I did there.
Wench, +2
tulip - September 30, 2011 | 9:16 pm · Link
@RossInDetroit:
He is arrogant, but he’s doing some real good. He’s taken up the cause of banning shark fin soup. It’s a horrible, horrible thing, and raising awareness on this disgusting, horrible practice has to be worth giving him a wee break.
I don’t watch any of his shows, but I think it’s important to recognize the good he’s doing. Or at least the good he’s trying to do regarding banning shark fin soup.
General Stuck - September 30, 2011 | 9:17 pm · Link
@jeffreyw:
Thanks!
RossInDetroit - September 30, 2011 | 9:19 pm · Link
@tulip:
Agreed. Finning is a brutal and wasteful practice, akin to the ‘harvest’ of ivory.
SIA - September 30, 2011 | 9:22 pm · Link
I like Le Zandar. And your papa looks cozy and sweet.
SiubhanDuinne - September 30, 2011 | 9:23 pm · Link
@General Stuck:
This is also for jeffreyw because FYWP, you won’t let me reply to more than one poster.
I’d love to see that photo. Hummers, sunrises? Awe to the Some.
Corner Stone - September 30, 2011 | 9:25 pm · Link
@SiubhanDuinne:
There is absolutely nothing better than hummers and sunrises.
SIA - September 30, 2011 | 9:27 pm · Link
@SiubhanDuinne: Hiya SD! I’m loving this cool air blowing through, aren’t you?
jeffreyw - September 30, 2011 | 9:27 pm · Link
@SiubhanDuinne:
Ma’am.
Baud - September 30, 2011 | 9:27 pm · Link
Congrats, Zandar. Please don’t neglect us like Cole does.
Yutsano - September 30, 2011 | 9:33 pm · Link
@Zandar: Since no one else is going to
demandask:Pets. Pics. Opinions. First post. Please and thank you.
Oh and congrats on getting the keys to the car.
SiubhanDuinne - September 30, 2011 | 9:39 pm · Link
@jeffreyw:
Sir, thank you SIR. Exquisite photo.
@SIA:
I love this weather so hard, I can’t TELL you!
How the heck are you, SIA? Keep missing you.
SiubhanDuinne - September 30, 2011 | 9:41 pm · Link
@Corner Stone:
:-)
You ARE talking about hummingbirds, right?
SiubhanDuinne - September 30, 2011 | 9:45 pm · Link
@Yutsano:
Yup. Zandar, most of us (I say MOST) are pretty tolerant of some range of political philosophies, but you gotta have pets and post pics to prove it, or you’re going to be trolled within an inch of your life. Camera to the ready before you craft your first thread topic.
Yutsano - September 30, 2011 | 9:52 pm · Link
@SiubhanDuinne: We do have traditions here. And stuff.
John Cole - September 30, 2011 | 10:00 pm · Link
I look like my dad with my sister’s hair. I have golden blonde hair, a big head like a church bell, glasses, and the sparkling disposition you all know and love.
jeffreyw - September 30, 2011 | 10:01 pm · Link
@Yutsano:
Some traditions are worth saving.
SiubhanDuinne - September 30, 2011 | 10:06 pm · Link
@jeffreyw:
That photo is full of awe and win and yummy goodness.
Zandar - September 30, 2011 | 10:07 pm · Link
I umm…don’t have any pets.
MattR - September 30, 2011 | 10:10 pm · Link
@Zandar: Heretic!! Better find a neighbor who will let you take pix of their pet.
SiubhanDuinne - September 30, 2011 | 10:10 pm · Link
@Yutsano:
Yup. Ours are the good kind of traditions.
SIA - September 30, 2011 | 10:11 pm · Link
@SiubhanDuinne: Now that the good air is coming in, I may come out of my bad mood. :) I’ve been buried in work, which is better than the alternative, so not complaining. Enjoy the breeze!
lamh34 - September 30, 2011 | 10:12 pm · Link
@John Cole:
Sooo you look like Chris “Tweety” Matthews????
Wait…ARE you Chris Matthews?
SiubhanDuinne - September 30, 2011 | 10:12 pm · Link
@Zandar:
It’s never too late: http://www.charliesangelsanimalrescue.com
Corner Stone - September 30, 2011 | 10:12 pm · Link
@Zandar: Are you at least highly accident prone, for God’s sake?
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q) - September 30, 2011 | 10:13 pm · Link
Zandar!! Writes well with an interesting perspective. I can’t wait. I’d prefer some pet photos as well, but I’ll cut some slack…
SiubhanDuinne - September 30, 2011 | 10:13 pm · Link
@lamh34:
LOL
jeffreyw - September 30, 2011 | 10:13 pm · Link
@SiubhanDuinne: I have to admit that those toes are yummy looking to Li’l Bit. She rather enjoys chewing them.
Short Bus Bully - September 30, 2011 | 10:15 pm · Link
@John Cole:
My curiosity was piqued… Now not so much. Your sister is cute though from what I remember of the pic, so there’s that.
clayton - September 30, 2011 | 10:15 pm · Link
@Lojasmo: Zandar is male. The force you speak of will be halved. Trust me.
neal peart - September 30, 2011 | 10:22 pm · Link
Geddy, Alex and I approve wholeheartedly.
In fullonaynrandiangaltiangoodness,
Canada
jeff - September 30, 2011 | 10:22 pm · Link
Furniture is really ridiculously expensive, but if John has the time, I bet he can find an acceptable sofa online that wouldn’t cost so much.
piratedan - September 30, 2011 | 10:25 pm · Link
@John Cole: and you suffer spontaneous break outs with the affliction known as “jazz hands”.
Mnemosyne - September 30, 2011 | 10:30 pm · Link
I am very tired and cranky today. What ultra-genius at my company decided that our self-reviews should coincide with the end of the fiscal year? Some of us have a lot of goddamned work to do right around then, idiot!
MattR - September 30, 2011 | 10:37 pm · Link
@neal peart: Did you have a good Rush Hashanah?
Yutsano - September 30, 2011 | 10:44 pm · Link
@MattR: Dude. I call foul. As soon as I stop LOLing.
Belafon (formerly anonevent) - September 30, 2011 | 10:45 pm · Link
At the Heath high school football game tonight in Rockwall, TX, the Arkansas Razorback band played at half-time, since they play TA&M tomorrow in Dallas and the Heath band director graduated from Arkansas. Their half-time show featured the themes from American Dad and Family Guy. I loved it.
SiubhanDuinne - September 30, 2011 | 10:47 pm · Link
@jeffreyw:
And who can blame her?
MattR - September 30, 2011 | 10:47 pm · Link
@Yutsano: Unfortunately, I can’t take credit since VH1 Classic had a marathon over the holiday. So I only get stuck with the blame for reusing it :)
SiubhanDuinne - September 30, 2011 | 10:49 pm · Link
@Mnemosyne:
That’s happened to me, too, although my FY is 6 months the other direction from yours. But I’m already dreading March.
Raven (formerly stuckinred) - September 30, 2011 | 10:51 pm · Link
Just watched an insane sunset over Hermosa Beach and making Jambalya for the family!
Amanda in the South Bay - September 30, 2011 | 10:58 pm · Link
@Zandar:
Be sure to mention ED Kain, the League of Ordinary Gentleman, and how true Islam is at heart most conductive to libertarianism. That’s the best way to gain supportive fans here at BJ.
Corner Stone - September 30, 2011 | 10:59 pm · Link
@Yutsano: Mmmm…stuffed eggplant…
Corner Stone - September 30, 2011 | 11:01 pm · Link
@neal peart: Scotty Rockenfield says, “Hello!” and also “Fuck off chump!”
Dee Loralei - September 30, 2011 | 11:02 pm · Link
My son turns 21 at midnight. So we’re heading down to Tunica in 1/2 an hour to hit the cas1nos at 12 AM. Damn, I’m too old for this.
And I’m the designated adult tonight, so I can’t drink!
Corner Stone - September 30, 2011 | 11:02 pm · Link
And Danny Carey is laughing his balls off at both of you.
Jewish Steel - September 30, 2011 | 11:05 pm · Link
@Zandar:
Oh, ho! That’s what you think. Look who’s getting ready to hump your leg:
Yutsano - September 30, 2011 | 11:07 pm · Link
@piratedan: They have drugs for that now you know.
@Corner Stone: Clap louder. Maybe someday you’ll get over yourself.
@Jewish Steel: Dude! I would not wish that upon anyone! Regardless of the lack of pets!
TooManyJens - September 30, 2011 | 11:09 pm · Link
@Amanda in the South Bay: Oh, that is just cruel.
Corner Stone - September 30, 2011 | 11:10 pm · Link
@Yutsano: What’s your fucking problem? I happen to like stuffed eggplant.
Jewish Steel - September 30, 2011 | 11:10 pm · Link
@Yutsano: Me neither. Sometimes, just ask mistermix, our pets choose us.
Don’t forget to walk her daily, Zandar. Someone else will always feed her.
Yutsano - September 30, 2011 | 11:13 pm · Link
@Jewish Steel: Ya think he would get something in the vein of Max. Or something.
Comrade Mary - September 30, 2011 | 11:22 pm · Link
@John Cole:
Must not make blonde jokes, must not make blonde jokes, must not make blonde jokes, why did the blonde mop the bathtub while naked?, must not—FUCK!
Yutsano - September 30, 2011 | 11:25 pm · Link
@Comrade Mary: Impulse control? What’s that? :)
Anne Laurie - September 30, 2011 | 11:26 pm · Link
@Zandar:
You want a twenty-pound Border Collie look-alike with a really, really assertive personality? ‘Cuz right now I’d be willing to ship her to you, free of charge. Yes, she will hump your leg (assuming you meet her standards), but she’ll also encourage you to take healthful exercise, and AFAIK she’s never crufted any blog-threads…
Comrade Mary - September 30, 2011 | 11:27 pm · Link
I need POOR IMPULSE CONTROL tattooed on my forehead, that’s all.
Lysana - September 30, 2011 | 11:38 pm · Link
Awesome to see Zandar joining the pack. Even if I am going to have to stock up on the popcorn.
ABL - September 30, 2011 | 11:40 pm · Link
@Lojasmo: he cross-posts at ABLC. He’s awesome sauce. (Here’s his tag.)
Corner Stone - September 30, 2011 | 11:44 pm · Link
Wow. More reflexive cross posts with 2 or 3 sentence addendums.
That’s the recipe.
Short Bus Bully - September 30, 2011 | 11:47 pm · Link
@Dee Loralei:
Wait, what?
Your son is going out with parents in tow on his 21st? I don’t know what to make of this…
Omnes Omnibus - September 30, 2011 | 11:50 pm · Link
@Comrade Mary: Gothic lettering?
Yutsano - October 1, 2011 | 12:01 am · Link
@Comrade Mary: Awesome. I know who to call if I need a hasty Canuckistani marriage now. :)
burnspbesq - October 1, 2011 | 12:07 am · Link
@Mnemosyne:
I’m sure that the rationale for that has to do with determining and paying bonuses within 2 1/2 months after year-end, so they can be deducted.
You remember bonuses, don’t you?
Comrade Mary - October 1, 2011 | 12:09 am · Link
@Omnes Omnibus: Yes, evermore.
@Yutsano: Any time, hon.
Corner Stone - October 1, 2011 | 12:29 am · Link
Can’t.Wait.
Omnes Omnibus - October 1, 2011 | 12:29 am · Link
@Amanda in the South Bay: It’s cruel you are.
MattR - October 1, 2011 | 12:30 am · Link
@Yutsano: Thanks for reminding me to look into flights to Winnipeg for my mom. I think the odds of being able to use my frequent flier miles for a trip in less than two weeks are exceedingly slim.
MattR - October 1, 2011 | 12:38 am · Link
@MattR: And suprisingly decent options still available for only 25K miles. Not the flights that I am on of course, but not terribly inconvenient either.
Yutsano - October 1, 2011 | 12:44 am · Link
@Amanda in the South Bay: That’s just mean. Funny, but mean. :)
(are we hazing the new FPer?)
@MattR: I suppose you could get up there whenever and leave whenever and tell your mom to keep her plans open.
MattR - October 1, 2011 | 12:53 am · Link
@Yutsano: We are heading up for a wedding. I booked my trip a couple weeks ago when I was booking a work trip to Atlanta for the week before the wedding. Mom finally decided she wants to come so she will have to take what she can get. She hates driving to the airport so I would pick her up if we were on the same flights (despite the fact that it would add about an hour and a half to my 30 minute trip), but there is a shuttle from a rest area about 20 minutes from her so she can manage to get there and back on her own if she has to. She also might not want to take the 7:30 am flight home that I am on. (EDIT: I also had no interest in taking early flights on the way there on Friday after arriving home from Atlanta about 1 am that morning though I did play with the idea of staying at the airport and catch a 6 am flight Friday morning)
Raven (formerly stuckinred) - October 1, 2011 | 1:11 am · Link
One more day in Southern California. I looked for ABL at the Pedro Fish Market. . .Zip!
burnspbesq - October 1, 2011 | 1:24 am · Link
@Raven (formerly stuckinred):
Been to a Wahoo’s Fish Taco yet? It’s mostly an Orange County chain, but they are in Manhattan Beach and Santa Monica.
burnspbesq - October 1, 2011 | 1:26 am · Link
Good AFL match on ESPN2: the ancient rivalry, Collingwood vs. Geelong.
And the Merseyside derby tomorrow morning (4:45 Pacific time).
burnspbesq - October 1, 2011 | 1:31 am · Link
Sacrilege! The AFL goal officials no longer wear those long white lab coats and matching fedoras.
StarStorm - October 1, 2011 | 1:49 am · Link
Awesome. Good luck with it, Zandar.
Wilson Heath - October 1, 2011 | 1:59 am · Link
I miss Roddy’s residency at the Elephant Room. Good times.
Mnemosyne - October 1, 2011 | 2:35 am · Link
@burnspbesq:
I don’t get bonuses—I’m in the union. Thank you for reminding me of a recent painful incident when we found out the whole division was getting a generous bonus … unless you were in the union. Feh.
handy - October 1, 2011 | 2:43 am · Link
@burnspbesq:
You like that place?
burnspbesq - October 1, 2011 | 3:54 am · Link
@handy:
Yes, I do. Excellent food at good prices.
burnspbesq - October 1, 2011 | 3:59 am · Link
@Mnemosyne:
Ouch, unless you got something good in exchange for bargaining away your right to bonuses.
droog - October 1, 2011 | 5:50 am · Link
Maybe Rosie has memories of someone?
harlana - October 1, 2011 | 7:01 am · Link
Is it the food the doggies are interested in, or the spawn? hmm
Thoughtful Black Co-Citizen - October 1, 2011 | 8:47 am · Link
@Amanda in the South Bay: Now cut that out.
cpinva - October 1, 2011 | 1:11 pm · Link
my wife and i know gaye from her “3 uppity blues women” days here in the ‘burg. she puts on a hell of a show, you will not be disappointed.