Hey, #tcot, we didn't have to pretend W. was a massive failure or make up scandals that a Google search could debunk.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 12, 2014
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Netroots Nation is next weekend! Via DailyKos, a “short list of VIPs“:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA), Rev. William Barber, Gov. Howard Dean, Sen. Chris Murphy (CT), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (MI), Kos, Elon James White, Rep. John Conyers (MI), Rep. Keith Ellison (MN), Rep. Raul Grijalva (AZ), Sandra Fluke, Rep. Alan Lowenthal (CA), Rep. Gary Peters (MI), Rep. Mark Pocan (WI), Rep. Mark Takano (CA), next governor of Michigan Mark Schauer…and a first-timer who goes by the name Joe BFD Biden.
If I weren’t an aspiring agoraphobe, I’d be a little jealous. Anybody from the Balloon Juice community going to be there to network/party with Kay?
What else is on the agenda for the evening?
Karen in GA
Not going. Never been to one. Limited funds/vacation time; sadly, I can’t do everything I’d like.
Speaking of things I like (for example, I like awkwardly segueing into blogwhoring), The Iggy Dialogues got a nice mention on another blog today. Of course, Iggy’s not handling it well.
burnspbesq
USA off to a solid start against Australia at the world championship. 5-2 after the first quarter.
schrodinger's cat
I just posted another recipe using mangoes, a sweet and sour drink using green mangoes.
Baud
I hope Biden shows up in his corvette.
lamh36
So I had to be up early this Saturday morning, because my baby Maddie was “graduating” from nursery today (although I still don’t get how u graduate from nursery at 3 when u still have at least 1 year before pre-k, but whatever). Well they actually call it a “moving up” ceremony. She’s moving on from the 3y.o. class to the 4y.o. class.
Here is a pic of the “graduate”: Maddie movin’ on up
So towards the end they had all the kids come to the microphone and say what they wanted to be when they grow up. So the teacher says “when I grow up” and the kids says “I wanna be…” so majority of girls said Princess, one Lil girl said Ballerina.
Maddie said ” I wanna be a DOCTOR!”
It was a cute lil ceremony. The had all the kids in Maddie’s class participate. The most out-going kids had did readings and performances on their own. The more shy kids were coupled with another kid or two and they all had lil skits to perform.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Baud: The yellow one?
Corner Stone
Barton Gellman has pretty much wiped out The Parsing Patrol ™ re: his recent WaPo article.
They can keep talking about targets and “minimization”, but it’s probably not going to be enough.
Baud
@BillinGlendaleCA:
I just assumed he had a collection.
Corner Stone
@Baud: The Secret Service doesn’t let him off the grounds in that thing.
Corner Stone
On foodnetwork the Chopped contestants are teen chefs. Kind of crazeballs.
schrodinger's cat
@Corner Stone: Do they still have Iron Chef?
Corner Stone
@schrodinger’s cat: I think so. Both the American contestants and also old school once in a while.
Mainly new version USA Iron Chef epis.
satby
@lamh36: She’s beautiful! Nice pics!
Corner Stone
Who the hell knows what to do with rhubarb, hummus, leg of goat?
schrodinger's cat
@Corner Stone: Do you have to use everything in the same recipe?
satby
Probably will fall asleep in front of the TV tonight in the next 2 hours, I hardly slept last night and had to sub for someone today at work when I was supposed to be off. So I’m beat.
currants
Love that list. Can we pick someone who can do the most good and whose absence will cause the least damage (nationally & locally respectively)?
Corner Stone
@Corner Stone: By the way, FlipYrWhig and taylormattd, this pretty much puts the lie to your ridiculous attempts to force “minimization” as the lead story for the NSA.
satby
@Corner Stone: Goat is great, roast it. Chicken or goat was the only meat we ever got when we were working in Haiti after the earthquake. And that was pretty rarely.
lamh36
I remember this dude. The “throp-edo” right? Good for him, it’s gotta be easier than always trying to hide anything. Gotta be easier for the soul
Corner Stone
@schrodinger’s cat: In Chopped they gave you a basket of items and you have to use some amount (up to you) of each item.
If you choose to use none of an item they judge you pretty harshly.
But, for example, you can make an apple jalapeno chutney to spread on a baguette sandwich with sliced goat meat and cereal cracker crumbs.
Corner Stone
@satby: I love goat. I will gnaw the fuck off a plate of goat.
Mike in NC
Going to check out “Lilyhammer” on Netflix tonight. “Welcome to Sweden” was so-so. Having just visited Scandinavia we’re curious. Also have been searching for movies and documentaries about Saint Petersburg. “In Transit” was OK.
burnspbesq
@Corner Stone:
Crapola. Not surprised you fell for it.
schrodinger's cat
deleted, duplicate comment.
schrodinger's cat
@Corner Stone: Indian Muslims make a goat biryani (a rice casserole, with fragrant spices and nuts) at the end of Ramadan, it is to die for. Actually the entire feast is a culinary delight.
Corner Stone
@burnspbesq: Yeah, douche. I fell for it. Thanks for that detailed rebuttal you fucking garbage time piece of shit.
Go fuck yourself.
PurpleGirl
@Mike in NC:
“Lilyhammer”
Do you mean the town where the Olympics were held in Norway? In that case the town is Lilhammer. No “y”. I had a penpal who was born there.
Corner Stone
@schrodinger’s cat: I am a big fan of biryani.
Corner Stone
@burnspbesq: Derp. Not sooprised you derped.
Shut the fuck up, dumbass.
Baud
Is NN covered by c-span?
schrodinger's cat
@Corner Stone: Me too. I have only attempted chicken biryani, at home though.
lamh36
So I love me some romantic movies. I’m a big fan of Rom-Coms. I do find that I always wonder if any of the “stories” in them could actually happen in real life.
I mean, sure I can imagine some of the basic scenarios taglines that play out, ya know…older woman/younger man, smart girl/dumb guy, “ugly duckling”/hot guy, etc. But when it comes to the more the the nitty gritty bits of the plotline, I’m not too sure.
I mean I’m watching My Best Friends Wedding. Aside from the whole “girl as best man” plot twist (does this really happen in real life?), I don’t know if I believe that the whole “I love my best friend, so I’m going to steal him from his bride” actually happens much. It’s a classic trope in these types of movies though. I’d think in real life, it be like some weird Jerry Springer/Cheaters episode
schrodinger's cat
@lamh36: I have had many good friends who were guys. When you are a physics major, sometimes you are the only woman around.
Baud
@lamh36:
You mean rich 1%ers aren’t constantly falling in love with prostitutes?
Karen in GA
@PurpleGirl: The show’s title is purposely misspelled.
I went on a two-week solo motorcycle trip in Norway a few years ago. I spent most of my time in the western part of the country (fjords! Fuck yeah!) and didn’t get to Lillehammer or Oslo or a million other places I wanted to go — I don’t think a two year trip would be long enough.
I love Norway.
Corner Stone
@schrodinger’s cat: Oh wow, no. I have not given it a go yet. I have an excellent place right on the edge of my neighborhood that kicks it from their home recipes. They have a grocery and to go order place.
So good.
Cassidy
@burnspbesq: Drink and stupid is no way to go through life.
lamh36
@Baud: OMG! I know right. I have always hated that movie. The whole bit about the hooker who seems to never actually ya know…”hook” finding the “john of her dreams”…ugh.
And speaking on “My Best Friend’s Wedding” it’s funny how age changes how you view some things.
I used to love My Best Friend’s Wedding when I was younger, but now as I am older, I hate it. I find myself sympathizing with Cameron Diaz’s character more than Julia Roberts. I used to be “Julia go get your man”. Now I’m like, “how dare she mess us this girls wedding. she missed her chance”…lol
Cassidy
@Cassidy: drunk…silly autocorrect.
lamh36
Ugh…damn gun nuts. I sure do hope the Secret Service is looking into her ass!
@GrooveSDC 8s
White Moms With Guns founder shares Obama pic on Facebook, adds ‘where is assassin when you need one’ http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/12/moms-with-guns-founder-shares-obama-pic-on-facebook-adds-where-is-assassin-when-you-need-one/ … #p2 #UniteBlue
Corner Stone
@Cassidy: Always blaming some external something for your problems.
Please don’t beat your wife tonight for your poor spelling. We’re not judging you.
Kay
@Baud:
I went in 2010 and I didn’t see any tv.
Oh, you were probably kidding right? :)
I’ll be there Thursday by 9 AM. Rev. Barber is the opening keynote. He’s everywhere now-he was just the speaker at a teachers union convention.
I’ll go to Warren’s speech and Bidens. I’ll also talk to Ready For Hillary people (I think) and the governor campaigns for MI and OH.
I haven’t planned the rest as far as
workshops, etc. but I’ll post before I go.
Rep Grijalva’s staffer has emailed me in the past (they are big on voting rights) so I’ll try to get to him too.
John Cole is a famous person so he got BJ a press credential this time out so maybe I can do real interviews! :)
lamh36
@schrodinger’s cat: my professions seems to have more females than males. The few males are either using it as stepping stones to Med School, or just were never interested in Med School and like the job security of being a Med Tech.
MattR
@lamh36:
Well, I was my sister’s “man of honor” at her wedding though I stayed out of any involvement with the bachelorette party.
(EDIT: Along those same lines, I heard Escape (The Pina Colada Song) on the radio recently and was wondering how many couples would happily reunite after discovering they were each looking to cheat on/leave the other)
Corner Stone
@Kay: That’s pretty nuts. Good luck there.
CT
I don’t get it. It’s Saturday night. What’s wrong? Hasn’t Digby or Atrios or another white progressive written something about how Obama has failed us?
Baud
@Kay:
Well, since they covered CPAC, I thought there was a small chance….
schrodinger's cat
@Corner Stone: The recipe I use is from Madhur Jaffrey’s book called Indian Cooking or something similar. She breaks it down step by step.
lamh36
@MattR: yeah, there was that scene in the movie too as I recall. I’m not sure how that would work out though. Particularly the opposite case, with a female Best Man, particularly if the groom would like the “Tom Hanks” type of Bachelor Party or a “Hangover” type of party.
Though I guess shoot it’s all about the planning.
schrodinger's cat
Last week I saw the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, was kinda disappointing, with the exception of Judi Dench.
schrodinger's cat
@Kay: Cool! Introduce yourself as a reporter for the TNN, Tunch News Network.
Kay
@Corner Stone:
It’s very BUSY -I didn’t really understand that last time. I have to plan better this time. I kept trying to find somewhere to stop and post something and then getting distracted.
It would help if I wasn’t so horrible at taking photos. That was the fractious netroots too, last time, where there was the big row with the Obama official -I don’t know-it didn’t seem that negative while in the room when it was happening but maybe it translated differently on blogs.
Baud
@Kay:
Hard to believe that blogs would exaggerate a conflict like that.
Mnemosyne
@lamh36:
So the next gift-giving occasion is going to be all Doc McStuffins, all the time, right? ;-) You can buy her a doctor’s bag.
(Okay, technically she’s veterinarian (of stuffed animals), not a people doctor, but a four-year-old isn’t going to be picky.)
Kay
@schrodinger’s cat:
Well, you have an ID or whatever and it says “Balloon Juice” and so people come up to you and ask you where John is- I had one person actually look behind me like maybe John was there.
I was gonns say “he’s not real, you know” and then just walk off :)
raven
Supermoon coming up through the trees.
Mnemosyne
@lamh36:
IMO, My Best Friend’s Wedding only works because she fails to break them up. Otherwise, you would end up just absolutely hating her.
Mike in NC
@raven: Not here. Too many clouds tonight.
Baud
@Kay:
I hope you attend the Benghazi panel. It seems as if it’s the most important issue of our time.
raven
@Mike in NC: Yea it came up at 9 but we couldn’t see it until 9:40 because of the clouds.
Karen in GA
Trying to learn She Moved Through the Fair on my new low D whistle. It would probably be better if I were used to the stretch this thing requires. Gonna give up and throw in A Hijacking. I feel like I’ve had it forever; I should probably watch it, huh?
And I’ve got my little Iggy by my side. I’m getting him used to being calm and doing nothing — he’ll need to stay this way for a month after he gets the heartworm-killing injections. I’m still kind of scared — after all, worms near my Iggy’s heart!!! — but when I stop, take a deep breath and think rationally, I know that between me, my husband, and Iggy’s good vet, we’re on top of this.
Corner Stone
@Kay:
He clearly isn’t.
Whoever that was in the pantsless photo last night, I hope he did not ruin his fresh manicure while petting Steve.
Corner Stone
@raven: “I’m Batman!”
mikefromArlington
Clinton should go
Scamp Dog
@lamh36: The curmudgeon in me must complain about the concept of this sort of graduation, but, boy, do you have a cute little daughter/niece/other right there. Congrats!
KS in MA
@schrodinger’s cat:
Aw, you must not be old enough. It charmed the hell out of me. Especially Bill Nighy, of course.
Corner Stone
@mikefromArlington: Indeed. She should go to my house.
I’d enjoy holding her close, humming soft sweet nothings into her ear while we danced to old vinyl records.
mikefromArlington
I meant Bill. :p
scav
@Corner Stone: Nice ascidic thing like rhubarb? When did we lose the local habit of throwing fruit, especially tart fruit in with our meats. It’ s hanging on in cranberry sauce but rhubarb, which can probably edge nicely toward vinegary too would be a natural.
Randy P
Just saw Boyhood. Amazing movie, highly recommend it.
Hey, any wine connoisseurs out there in the BJ community? I had the opportunity to go to Italy recently, and I was determined to ask for some local wine while I was there. One place served me something called a Barbera (a red, I don’t much like whites) which seemed quite nice but I don’t have much of a palate.
Is this known in the States?
FYI I was in the far north of Italy, in Como, spitting distance from the Swiss border.
Corner Stone
@scav: I honestly have never had rhubarb in my life, that I can recall.
I’ve had hummus and goat, though.
Yum.
Corner Stone
@mikefromArlington: Oh. Well, I mean. He is a pretty smooth talker. So, …I guess I’d be open to that, too?
satby
@KS in MA: Yeah, you have to be a certain age to really get it. I loved that movie, but then I’ near retirement age.
satby
@KS in MA: Yeah, you have to be a certain age to really get it. I loved that movie, but then I’m near retirement age.
scav
@Corner Stone: Wow, no Rhubarb? I thought that was one of the holy three: watermelon, rhubarb and, a distant third, strawberries because they go with the rhubarb (all religiosity due to my father, mother would have been pragmatic, and included a lot more apples, oranges, pears, blueberries, raspberries, bananas et al which would have made for a complicated pantheon). People tend to add too much sugar to it, but it’s well worth playing with.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Randy P: It is one of the more common grapes grown in Italy. It makes a nice, but rustic, medium bodied red. It also blends well with other grapes.
smintheus
@Randy P: Barbera is a fine regional wine of the Piedmont region. It’s probably not as well known in the US as Barolo from the same region, but I’m sure it must be imported fairly extensively.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@smintheus: A lot of Barbera is grown in California.
mai naem
@mikefromArlington: I would be shocked if Hillary Clinton went. She would likely come out with several viral youtube moments. Besides, the Clintons always liked hippy punching and they’ll consider not showing up hippy punching.
Cassidy
@Corner Stone: Man did that kid of yours get the shit end of the stick: an alcohol addled rage addict who drive his mother away and lives in Texas. Say all you want sunshine. When I go to bed holding my wife of 15 years after tucking my kids into bed, I’ll do it knowing that I’m happy, they’re healthy, and you’re still a sorry sack of shit. Try not to beat your kid when you’ve had too much.
smintheus
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name): Didn’t know that. Here in PA I haven’t heard of anybody growing Barbera.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@smintheus: A sample.
lamh36
@schrodinger’s cat: I heard people loved that one.
Was Helen Mirren in that movie?
Well if not, just wanted to say I’m really kinda looking forward to her new movie. I swear I read it’s produced by Spielberg and Oprah???
Anyway, it looks good to me.
The Hundred Foot Journey
Kropadope
@mai naem: She may like hippie punching, but she also likes the fighting, take-no-prisoners left. I don’t know much about netroots, but Hillary has decent cred with some really lefty people.
Gin & Tonic
@lamh36: Aside from the whole “girl as best man” plot twist (does this really happen in real life?)
Way late on this thread, but I attended a wedding about 25 years ago with this configuration.
Lyrebird
@lamh36: Congrats — she is adorable and with such an insightful mama (sfaik from your comments), I’ve got no doubt about her building up whatever skills she needs to get to her doctor dreams and/or other ones that come along later.
Lyrebird
@MattR:
Oh yeah oh yeah… grew up thinking that song was such an ideal, and now I think, “hmmmmm”. Not nearly as bad as what I think when I actually pay attention to, say, Sting’s “Every Breath You Take”. (sorry if that’s still from The Police)
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Lyrebird: It is The Police and it was intended as a creepy stalker song not as a romantic love song.
gbear
@Kay: Was that also the event that we were supposed to have a meet-up at a bar on Nicollet Mall but the reservations person was a total dick about it?
lamh36
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name): it really amazes me how many people think it’s a romantic song.
We need DougJ to talk about songs that people think are romantic, but that actually when you read the lyrics are actually really not very romantic at all.
Don’t know how much R&B music you guys listen to, but Usher has a song called “Good Kisser” I know grown women (mother’s even) who love the song, based on rhythm and beat, but the song is about BJs not actually ya know “kissing”.
Prince was an artist who was perfect at writing songs like that.
Cacti
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name):
And “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” is a Lolita-esque song about a male school teacher’s feelings of lust/guilt about one of his schoolgirl students.
The Police’s catchy pop hooks made a good cover for some fairly dark subject matter.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@lamh36:
Raspberry Beret Is actually a nice romantic song. I have frequently confessed my love for When You Were Mine, it is so cheery and upbeat musically, but how amazingly sad are the lyrics?
Cervantes
@Randy P: Barbera d’Alba and Barbera d’Asti are two of the better known. And yes, you can find them and others here (for example).
TaMara (BHF)
@burnspbesq: I saw some good games. Japan-Iroquois Nationals (who seems to be the darlings of the whole championship). Russia- New Zealand (sorta), Thailand-Latvia, Poland -Turkey. But got totally soaked in a monsoon just before the Australia- US game, when they announced the 90 minute delay, I had to call it quits. Bummer, because we had great seats (while all the rest I had to stand).
Everyone there was so nice and it was a big party. I wish I had time go again later in the week. I really like Lacrosse, but this was all totally new to me.
TooManyJens
Well, I’ll be at Netroots, and would love to meet up with any other Juicers.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Cacti: I bought that album about two weeks before EBYT went mega. I put it away and didn’t listen to it again for about 15 years.
@Cervantes: I want the ’64 Haut Brion. Badly. One of my birthday traditions has been to get a bottle damned good wine and drink it on my birthday. I will be 50 this year, so the Haut Brion would be perfect. And, yeah, I go so far as to not use toothpaste so as to not spoil my palate. *
*Christ, if you take these two comments together I am such a hipster snob.
Gin & Tonic
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name): The correct term, I think, is hipster douchebag.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Gin & Tonic: I believe that is redundant. For what I wrote, snob needs to go in as well.
MikeJ
@Cacti:
Since he mentions Nabakov by name in the lyrics, that’s pretty safe to say.
Corner Stone
@Cassidy: Well, unlike your poor kids, he has a father who has managed to stay gainfully employed for the last 20+ years.
Instead of crying himself to sleep at night, and beating his wife during the day. So sorry about that, champ.
One day your violent fantasy posts here will most likely be entered into record in court proceedings. Hope they’ve moved on by that time.
Corner Stone
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name): Man. No wonder you’re so interested in hanging out with hipster douche Psi.
This explains much.
⚽️ Martin
@Cacti:
Should be noted that Sting was employed as an english teacher before The Police took off.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Mike J: Well, if you want creepy and The Police, this is a good place to start.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Corner Stone: Gosh that is a heck of a negative thing to say.
Corner Stone
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name): Heck I think this should be noted. Hipster doucherism is a pox on our pax americana.
MobiusKlein
what is TCOT? Some random #tag about obama sucking?
MikeJ
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name): And end with this one.
Note that the song you picked and the one I picked were both written by Andy, not Sting.
Corner Stone
@MobiusKlein: Yes. “Top Conservatives On Twitter”
Don’t ask me how I know.
***Shutters***
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@MobiusKlein: Top Conservatives on Twitter
@Corner Stone: Too short and not enough about Lake Woebegone.
amk
so, who will they insult this year? uncle joe?
Suffern ACE
Yeah. About the outlook for those human-simian peace talks…I wouldn’t be too optimistic.
trollhattan
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name):
It’s definitely a thing, hereabouts.
Amador County Barbara Festival
aimai
@lamh36: Maddie is just adorable. I can’t stand how cute she was in that little dress and the way she just bellowed out “Doctor” was wonderful.
GregB
@MikeJ:
It was well into the 90’s until I realized the lyrics were: Just like the old man in that book by Nabakov.
I always thought it was a gibberish sentence: Just like the old man in that book by now becomes….
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
A reference to Can’t Stand Losing You gets marked as spam? FYWP.
A Humble Lurker
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name): It’s yandere.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@A Humble Lurker: Retro-fitted, sure.
MikeJ
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name): That whole first album is great. Everybody always talks about the backbeat, which was different in pop at the time, but many people don’t know that much of their sound was influenced by the fact that Sting couldn’t really play and sing at the same time. He’ll just play the pedal note on Andy’s chord progression. Everything else just sort of changed around that bom-bom-bom, at least until the breaks. Simple playing that created a sophisticated sound that only theory geeks ever noticed.
Anne Laurie
@schrodinger’s cat: I think it’s best appreciated if you’re in the target (i.e., oldies) audience.
Spousal Unit and I both loved it — our movie tastes don’t always overlap but after 35 years we can predict which ones will pretty well. And we could laugh when we agreed that, under those circumstances, I would be the bitch-wife who couldn’t wait to get back to Britain, while he’d be her sunny-tempered husband. Except that he can’t stand Indian food, too much spice for his supertaster mouth, while I’m fond of the milder sissy dishes (like samosas, lamb biryani, paneer palak). But I’m a terrible traveller, cranky & anxious, while he’s quite laid back about delays & mixups & crappy hotels & disappointing excursions!
Yatsuno
@Randy P: Interesting. Seems to be more a blending wine in the US. I’d never heard of it until now but it’s grown in my region. I might do some scrounging around tomorrow at the store.
Anne Laurie
@lamh36:
Hah, like “Rasberry Beret”. When that was at its peak of popularity, one of my bosses — a very staid librarian — gave me a that-shade-of-pink beret at a gift exchange, and could not understand why everybody was snickering…
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Mike J: During this discussion, I listened to it again. I was reminded of this.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Anne Laurie: Travel either works out well and is awesome, or it doesn’t and it becomes an adventure. Which is also awesome.
Anne Laurie
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name): I hate adventures. They make you late for dinner!
Spousal Unit, on the other hand, is the descendant of Vikings. Not very successful Vikings, since they ended up in Njordfiord, but the genes are strong.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Anne Laurie: Fucking hobbits. Adventures are wonderful; just eat some of the pemmican. Once you get back, pâté and wine are wonderful.
scav
@Yatsuno: Blended more in the US than Europe? That’s one for the books if so. Am hoping for reports on your research.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Anne Laurie: Successful vikings showed up someplace and stole their shit. They then traded it for other stuff and went home. The most successful would have been happy to stay around Scandinavia for a long time.
BruinKid
I’ll be there! I’ve only missed the very first one in Vegas, and then the one in Rhode Island because they held it during finals week in June. Met Kay very briefly at either the 2010 or 2011 Netroots Nation.
Cassidy
@Corner Stone: Sure, sure, sure. I’m sure that makes up for being a raging asshole of a drunk.
Steeplejack
@Corner Stone:
Gosh, you know it’s shudders, not shutters. I’ve told you about this before. Heck, several times.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Steeplejack: I found the idea of window coverings to be amusing.
Anne Laurie
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name): And if you avoid the adventures, pate and wine are still wonderful, and you haven’t wasted your youth hanging around with wood elves and other creepy characters…
Steeplejack
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name):
Oh, right, because if the slats are slanted the right way you can see the #tcot but they can’t see you. Gosh, my bad. Didn’t even think of that. Not in a million years.
Corner Stone
@Cassidy: Give your schnookums a quick hug from me, punkin. I mean, when the TRO runs out and you’re allowed back within 500 feet of her and the kids. Whenever that may be.
Corner Stone
@Steeplejack: I’m afraid that is where you are wrong, pedant.
Some things in life are simply too horrible to contemplate, and my beautiful mind must be protected.
Plus, I’m trying to drive Svensker crazy. Similar to how I refuse to add the word “of” after typing “could” because of a certain someone’s pedantic obsession.
Steeplejack
I’m going to bed. I think I pulled a muscle single-handedly dragging this blog and that dead weight Little Boots across the finish line the other night.
Corner Stone
@Steeplejack:
Well, if you’re going to call it a muscle then I guess it needs to be exercised regularly. Usually the blogtariat will say that knowing you pulled it is TMI, but as it’s after hours…I guess we’ll just admire your dedication to duty.
Xenos
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name): I am neither a hipster nor a snob, but I totally get you re the toothpaste. Just don’t breath on anyone.
Not Adding Much to the Community
Is Corner Stain winning friends and influencing people again? What a charmer, that one.
another Holocene human
@lamh36: We need a perp walk! Make these brainiacs afraid of their own shadows again. It was better when they were whining about how PC had silenced them than now when they spew what they really think in all directions.
We say it’s better to know but it’s just psychic violence by a thousand cuts. And the more shit in the air the more Jared Loughners. Sad reality. Time to nab these clowns for criminal harassment and threats. Not every cop is a chip on shoulder white supremacist.
another Holocene human
@Not Adding Much to the Community: He needs to stay off the brown liquor. Tripping that vagus nerve angers the blood.
another Holocene human
@MattR: Yeah, I have an aunt and uncle who were close as teenagers and young adults (siblings). They were the two youngest in a big Catholic family. When the youngest uncle finally got married he had only one person same with him–his sister. She was his ‘best man’ but dressed like the bride’s maids. The wedding had a Norwegian theme (upper midwest, ufta) so it was actually very nice, white linen blouse, green aline skirt and the fancy piece, a white lace apron. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that aunt in anything off the shoulder like your typical bridesmaids getup.
another Holocene human
@lamh36: They don’t know what it means or they pretend? I mean it doesn’t take a genius to figure out what a lover with a slow hand does for you, lol. It’s amazing where you hear some of these songs played.
As for inappropriate, an ex church organist friend used to complain to me how often the religious anthem “On Eagle’s Wings” would be requested at weddings when it contained a verse about the “terrors of the night”.
Cervantes
@another Holocene human:
I’m not sure. I think [1] their Battle against Political Correctness was good for them politically, whereas [2] their new-found candor hurts them politically.
schrodinger's cat
@Anne Laurie: I loved the British cast but they could not rescue the movie for me. The less said about the Indian characters and the actors who portrayed them the better. Maggie Smith’s transformation did not seem plausible either.
Just like you can’t bury people anywhere you want, you can’t cremate people any where you want either. They got a lot of details, both major and minor, about India wrong and because of that I could not enjoy the movie. I had similar problems with Slumdog Millionaire.
As for English language movies set in India are concerned Mira Nair is among the few directors, whose movies don’t make me yell at the TV screen in exasperation when I am watching them.
Cassidy
@Corner Stone: I’m sorry. While you were on here until 2am hiding from your life I was spending time with my family. My intact family. Now, we’re gonna go do some stuff together and this evening I’ll sort through a couple amazing job prospects. You go stay drunk and angry, sunshine.
Heliopause
So Netroots is now an event where you go hang out with Very Important Politicians? Aren’t there more pleasant ways to spend a few days? Like having your head trepanned, something like that?
Corner Stone
@Cassidy:
At 2am? For their sake, I hope you remembered to untie them after you were done holding the gun to their mother’s head and screaming at her about what would happen if she ever tried to leave you again.
Good luck on the job prospects!
LAC
@Corner Stone: continuing to shit the bed on any thread, I see. Thanks for your service.
Corner Stone
@LAC: And thank you for your always substantive additions to threads you jump into 18 hours later!
MaryRC
@lamh36: I’ve always hated Pretty Woman too, especially the “Big mistake” scene where she returns to the store where she was snubbed by the snooty saleswoman, laden down with purchases, and says “You work on commission, right? Biiiig mistake!”. Well, yes, Julia, she does work on commission, she has to decide at a glance whether she can afford to spend time with a customer and she probably makes less in a year than your rich sugar daddy just gave you to spend.
I’ve read that My Best Friend’s Wedding was intended to revive Julia’s career after a few flops by humiliating her character, somewhat in the same way that The Philadelphia Story rescued Katherine Hepburn’s career by humiliating her character Tracy Lord (not just Tracy’s ex-husband shoving her to the ground but also the scenes where her ex and her father sanctimoniously blame her for their failures). Audiences were getting a little sick of both actresses and wanted to see them knocked off their pedestals. So Julia’s character had to lose the battle and eat humble pie, the movie couldn’t have ended any other way.
LAC
@Corner Stone: well corner stoned, I have a life. Which means going out, seeing people and not trying to get the last word in like an angry drunk or chasing people off threads. But please proceed…
MaryRC
@MattR: I was the (female) best man for a college friend, but my role was more of a witness than the traditional throwing-a-bachelor-party handing-over-the-ring making-a-risque-speech definition. It was a simple inexpensive registry office wedding. I didn’t even get a boutonniere. I definitely didn’t have romantic designs on the groom.
Corner Stone
@LAC: Thanks, I shall!
Yeah, you have a great life. There are about 6 to 8 new threads to comment on, a couple being OT.
But somehow, your magical life keeps you from commenting in a contributive way to any ongoing, interactive thread. Of course, I have seen what you have to say and I guess you’re really doing people at BJ a favor by sticking to 95% dead threads.
For some reason you like to pop through and try and end a thread on a low, utterly stupid note. Keep it up, little skip!
Cervantes
@Corner Stone: To be scrupulously fair: we can’t tell when someone jumped in, only when they landed.
With apologies to Lenrie Peters.
LAC
@Corner Stone: thanks big skip ! I got big bourbon soaked shoes to fill with the lack of contributions you have made over the years, but fingers crossed. It’s happy hour your way, right?
And as long as you and your ego are flapping your mouth on the thread, it’s live.
Corner Stone
@LAC: Mmmm, since your post is incoherent, it’s glaringly obvious you started pretty early today.
Cassidy
@LAC: Other than making fun of the chicken shit, I wouldn’t bother. At some point, we just keep living well while it’s liver gives out and that kid finally gets a qualified caretaker.
Corner Stone
@Cassidy: It’s so sweet you’ve finally found someone on an, um, intelligence level you can bond with.
Cassidy
@Corner Stone: someone should consider getting CPS involved. Can’t be good for someone who needs care to have their caretaker drunk all the time.
Corner Stone
@Cassidy: I have CPS at the house all the time.
Of course, it’s my sister, but yeah. Regular visits.
So, how many doors has the wife walked into this weekend? Or was it a fall from a bicycle? Maybe she didn’t see that broom falling when she went to do laundry?
Cassidy
@Corner Stone: Says the guy who’s wife left. Lol
Face it chicken shit. You’re just a sad, miserable drunk taking out your rage on the internet when the kid has had too much. But, you keep raging and drinking. I’m going to go grill some food and have a nice, big family dinner.
Cassidy
@Corner Stone: And go ahead, you can have the last comment. I know you can tell yourself and you just need that so bad. So consider it my gift to you. Consider it my gift to a lesser thing who really needs my charity.
Corner Stone
@Cassidy: Thanks! You’re such a giver!
Of course, to your wife it’s most likely black eyes and wrenched arms. And the notion that the next time might be the last.
To your kids, I’d say that one day they’re going to start hoarding something steel and really sharp. So the next time you try to take out your roid addled frustration on them they might make it the last time.
Face it, loser. You’re a sad excuse for a rage aholic who beats his wife and terrifies his kids. Try spending less time in the gym pumping iron and more time in group.
Corner Stone
“Would you like some fries?”
…
…
“I said, DO YOU WANT SOME FUCKING FRIES?”
“Yes, Papa.”
“Yes, assho-…poppa. Ow, ow, OWW!!”
Cassidy
@Corner Stone: You’re welcome. It’s nice to know when lesser things know to accept my pity and charity.
Corner Stone
@Cassidy: I hope your poor kids also know how to accept your merciful charity.
This is going to be one fucking ugly “Florida Man” headline in the near future.
Corner Stone
“Florida Man Murders Family and then chicken shits out when police challenge him to take the easy way out”
Corner Stone
“Florida Man murders wife, cries like a baby when police show up”
Corner Stone
“Florida Man cries when battered wife leaves him. She indicates impotence as prime cause behind violent outbreak”
Corner Stone
“Florida Man slaps children around, feels complete, somehow”
Corner Stone
“Florida Man to officials: I bench my own bodyweight, you know”
Cassidy
That’s a lot of projection and insecurity you got going there, on top of the bad genetics. Wow.
Corner Stone
“Florida Man to police: I just couldn’t help myself; Leads them to stash of bodies”
Cassidy
Something tells me if we replace “Florida” with “Texas” we would now have the true story of how chicken shit became a drunk and bitter pile of shit. I’d normally find that sad, but I’m really just hoping you take a one way trip to the desert.
Corner Stone
@Cassidy: Something tells me you’re a douche. I, for one, hope you don’t take out your roid rage and impotency laced anger on your wife and kids, again.
One of us likes to threaten violent outcomes for people we disagree with. The other hopes there is an adequate defense fund for survivors of brutal domestic violence.