I am in a grumpy mood. Thought I had secured a new place to live (for August 1), but it fell through today. So I had to reboot the now increasingly frantic apartment search. And I’ve got a doctor’s appointment downtown tomorrow that is going to take a huge chunk of time out of the day.
Grumble, grumble, grumble. Probably should just go to bed.
There seem to be a lot of places out there, what with CraigsList and just seeing apartment buildings and signs as I am out and about, but winnowing them down and getting to the point of actually looking at viable places is very tedious. Lots of no replies, no call-backs, interminable phone menus and voice-mail cul-de-sacs. Frustrating and time-consuming.
Okay, now I am going to bed, but I just got a small ray of light: an e-mail about an apartment on CraigsList that is one of my top prospects. Yay! Possible bad news is that the place could be too good, as the e-mail said the place is being shown by appointment only between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. WTF?! Which I can’t do tomorrow because of a doctor’s appointment. Dagnab it.
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David Koch
“Breaking Bad” returned tonight and in a timely coincidence the drug king has his fortune hidden in the….. wait for it… Cayman Islands.
@Steeplejack: I liked how they used “Silicon Valley” and “Palo Alto” in a sinister way in the episode, it gave me a good laugh.
12.
Luthe
From Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me‘s Listener Limerick Challenge this week:
Carl: I can face all the undead hordes calmly
Even if they can learn how to bomb me
In my fort, I keep fresh, and they won’t eat my flesh
My new home will protect me from-
Caller: Romney!
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the Senate majority whip, stated on NBC’s Meet the Press, “Why is Mitt Romney running away from his company, Bain Capital, like a scalded cat? Because there’s abundant evidence that under Bain Capital they were exporting American jobs to low-wage countries and he doesn’t want to be associated with it.”
I have talked to them. Only three or four miles from where I am now, and I like the area.
18.
RadioOne
quick question: how many of you were accepted to elite private universities in high school, without the ability to get the necessary scholarships and student loans to pay for it?
19.
suzanne
@RadioOne: Moi. I was accepted to NYU (graduated high school in’98) and offered a ten-grand-a-year scholarship, but the price tag was still waaaaaaay too steep. Ended up accepting a full scholarship to the University of Arizona. Go Wildcats, I guess.
20.
suzanne
@RadioOne: That’s if you consider NYU elite, I guess. I studied art, and NYU’s Tisch School for the Arts is very prestigious.
Took them a while to come up with the real meat in the coconut. Here is a question a journalist could ask Romney. “Do you approve of Bain’s business practices between 1999 and 2002?”
Either way Romney answers puts him in a box.
22.
Jewish Steel
@Suzanne:
Go Wildcats, I guess.
Not the most inspiring school cheer. But one I could get behind. I guess.
23.
Yutsano
@RadioOne: I got into both Stanford and Rice. Couldn’t even begin to afford either.
(And Rice offered me a ton of bucks, but it was still only half the cost.)
Boy, am I happy that I went to a school without a Division 1 football program. The football team, Division 2 when I was there, was something that was fun to go watch on a Saturday night, and that’s about it. They canned the team a few years after I graduated, primarily because the NCAA decided that schools that were otherwise Division 1 couldn’t have a Division 2 football teamm. Why? I have no idea.
@NotMax: I gave the 10ft rod I bought to a dude on the beach this morning, local cat who said he drove a truck in Mississippi for 10 years. I fed my family all the tuna they could eat and took the rest down to some folks that were bbq’n on the beach. They seemed to like it!
Take it you enjoyed your island sojourn and Iron Man fishing trip.
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Odie Hugh Manatee
OT: Our son overheard me telling my wife of the stupid way the wingers ‘cuss’ at Redstate, using terms like EE’s “bull shiitake mushrooms” and another member saying “bull sheetrock”, as if they were cussing in front of their parents or teachers and trying to hide it in plain sight. Our seventeen year old son laughed at the lameness and fired back with one I’ve never heard before:
“Bulk wrap!”
So there ya go, a bunch of winger adults outwordsmithed by a kid.
31.
Raven
@NotMax: I cannot overstate how happy I am. The whole week was spectacular and the fishing trip, while very rough, was one of the highlights of my life. We did the eco-zipline today and it was a nice family outing.
If you can squeeze in just one more thing, the aquarium (just north of Kihei, on the way to the airport) is world-class.
Or a quick stop at Iao Valley in Wailuku (state park — free!!) to breathe in tropical nature and rainforest one last time. Important to make sure your car is locked if you leave it in the parking lot there.
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mai naem
Watching MTP. Dancin’ Dave asked Gillespie about what the Mittster thinks about the Olympics uniforms being made in China. Gillespie hemmed and hawed about it. WTF is wrong with this campaign? How hard is it to say “ofcourse the committee needs to make very effort to manufature the clothes in the U.S.? This is like when they couldn’t give an answer to the Lilly Ledbetter Act question. Seriously incompetent.
You say this like it’s a surprise. That said, WELL DONE LITTLE MANATEE!
37.
Raven
@NotMax: OK, I think the Lao Valley. We’re going to bolt early, before sunrise. We rented a total beater and have been leaving it unlocked with nothing in it. We have not driven all the way around from Lahaina to Kahalui but I worry about time.
38.
PurpleGirl
@The prophet Nostradumbass: Yes, it was pretty good. I like how they had Lewis grow into the job and out from under Morse’s shadow. I also like his interactions with Hathaway.
Did you see the Inspector Morse prequel — Endeavour? That looks very interesting and 4 episodes have been ordered of it.
Leveling out now that the docs have pretty much spelled out the problems. It turns out that I did have pneumonia and got it from inhaling some milk about three weeks ago. When they did the CT scan they found that I have fairly advanced RA and it has invaded my lungs to a degree that surprised them (and me). I’ve had problems with gout in the past and thought some of the joint problems I had been having were because of that. Nope, I have it pretty bad, enough that I dropped smoking that evening and haven’t looked back at it one bit.
I would say that it got my attention, fully. They are setting me up with a specialist in Medford, Oregon and I’m waiting for the call for the appointment date. It explains a lot of things but at 52 years old, this has been going on since my mid-30’s. No other doc caught it, and I’ve seen plenty of docs with all of the surgeries I’ve had related to my work injuries. One clue was that I have a recurring problem with scar tissue building up in the surgical areas that they have had to go in and clean up several times now.
I guess my body hates itself.
Like everything else in life, it’s another thing to have to deal with, just like we all do. Now it’s just my turn at dealing with the crap a lot of us have to. As they say, shit happens.
I have to go do a few things but will be back on in just a bit. I hope your are doing everything I would while over there in the land of sun, sea and beaches. :)
@PurpleGirl: Used to live in Oxford and you’d see the various film crews around town. Laurence Fox (Hathaway) is a million feet tall. He looks like an alien in real life.
Driving around the north shore way from Napili to Kahului is not recommended. Not so much a road as a cowpath or goat track for long stretches, and should you experience any problems, just being on that route could void your rental agreement.
I just thought I’d throw this out there for all the concern trolls and pearl-clutchers who wailed at the time that an Obama supporter had handed the Republicans potent ammunition that would hurt us in November.
Remind me again who Hilary Rosen is and how much the completely truthful things she said about Ann Romney matter now?
Yeah, that’s what I thought. I even had to go look it up to be sure I’d remembered her name right. Thanks for playing. Next time consider playing for the Democrats who don’t back down when Republicans demand apologies for telling the truth about them.
I’ll let him know that he has the official Balloon Juice Member’s stamp of approval. :)
44.
Raven
@NotMax: Great, the Lao Valley it is. As far as a rental contract, this is a 94 Nissan with peeling paint, what sounds like a shot wheel bearing (that was fun on the Hana Road, and scratches all over. For $200 for the week it’s was just down my alley. My family came to our condo and can’t believe what we are paying compared to the frickin Grand Wailea. We did managed to get totally screwed by a pineapple and trinket guy down near Makena but it makes a funny story and since we stole this place from him, fuck it. Just for grins would you share your general vicinity? Your guidance has really helped.
45.
Turgidson
Is our Sully learning is still on the beat. Two Sunday posts on Romney’s web of Bain lies and the incompetents who are trying to carry his water.
46.
Raven
@Odie Hugh Manatee: Sounds provisionally OK. I’m choppin in high cotton here. The hour long fight with the yellow fin and 12 hrs on the high seas have tamed me fo sho.
47.
PurpleGirl
@TheMightyTrowel: I’d love to see Oxford. I’ve also wanted to see the Stonehenge and the other stone circles (esp. Avebury, which you mentioned in another thread).
I’ve seen a handful of filming sites around Manhattan but only once saw the actors getting ready. You can often see the generator trucks, dressing trailers or the food service tables.
ETA: The vibrations for stopped for now so I’m off to bed. Have a good day everyone.
Beautiful view of the central valley, West Maui mountains and ocean (both Kihei coast and Kahului/Specklesville/Paia coast) out the front door; Haleakala looming up staunch and large in the back door view.
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TheMightyTrowel
@PurpleGirl: Oxford is very pretty. I recommend visiting in September – the American (and most other EU) tourists are gone and the students have yet to arrive. It’s about the only month that you don’t risk death-by-tourist/-by-panicked-student on the sidewalks.
@NotMax: Ah, wonderful. We went to the Lavender Farm for their little tour after sunrise.
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Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason
@RadioOne: Selective private school, before school loans. Parents made just barely too much to qualify for scholarships, even though they were sending two kids off simultaneously. We paid list price.
52.
David Koch
HA!
Rob Lowe has a sad: “The rhetoric of both campaigns so far is stultifying, uninspiring and divisive. I hope it’s just a phase, but I doubt it.”
This from a guy who used to gang bang underage girls on home video. The true sign of sensitivity: taping felony acts w/ kids.
Has anyone come across any liberal bloggers (including rank and file) wringing their hands over Obama’s commercials? Everyone I’ve read absolutely loves it, including the usual detractors and delicate flowers.
@mai naem: Mitt’s campaign can’t say that about the Olympic uniforms.
He can’t say that because, as Bob Schieffer pointed out on Face the Nation, when Mitt was running the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics–he outsourced the US Olympic uniforms. Some to Myanmar and some to a Canadian apparel firm called Roots.
I had friends in college from both ASU and UA. The Sun Devils on the whole were more fun.
Well, I did ASU for graduate school, so I’m a Sun Devil, too.
Having said that, my daughters won’t be allowed to go to ASU as undergrads. It’s a shitty degree factory at that level. UA is better in that regard. I had actual professors, even as a freshman. ASU holds classes in the basketball arena.
56.
David Koch
Shorter Sunday show republicans: Obama will lose our vote if he keeps punching our candidate.
LMMFAO.
Except that "crap" is already what one says when censoring oneself.
I'm not really sure why that is, as "crap" is a far more hilarious word. More onomatopoeic.
If you need to eat before the flight, highly recommend Da Kitchen in Kahului. Huge portions, extremely tasty and very reasonable prices. Practically spitting distance to the airport. Local and standard fare food – very informal. The chicken katsu is very good.
Just uploaded a map in case you want to stop by. Think they now open at 11.
A corporate document filed with the state of Massachusetts in December 2002 — a month after Romney was elected governor — lists him as one of two managing members of Bain Capital
Twelve hours on the ocean will tame any wild soul…lol! That sounds like one hell of a wrestling match you had with that tuna though.
That would make for one relaxing evening afterward fer sure. :)
I forgot to mention that the nodule they found will be on hold for another six months then there will be another CT scan to see if it has changed. As the doc said, “cancer can’t be cured with antibiotics”. The coughing up blood stopped within two days of starting the Z-pac antibiotics, thus it was because of the pneumonia, not the nodule bleeding. He said that the Fleischner Society recommendation on the nodule calls for a CT scan in a year for nodules less than 4mm in size but he is having me get a follow up CT scan in six months because of the damage to my lungs from RA.
There’s more to all this but that’s a pretty good (?) start for public consumption.
Did anybody see the new miniseries in which Sigourney Weaver plays an ex first lady that wants to be president? Wondering if it’s as awful as it sounds.
Haven’t even heard of it, but now can’t get the image of her galumphing onto the debate stage while wearing an exoskeleton out of my head.
68.
MikeJ
@NotMax: I would watch nothing else but that for the rest of my life.
69.
TheMightyTrowel
OT: the shitstorm over the woman in Indiana who tried to kill herself while pregnant, survived, lost the baby and is being prosecuted for murder just gets shittier and stormier.
70.
Origuy
@jaywillie: Why does this sound like a Romney organization?
Most of the 1,000 activists who emailed protests to the IOC since earlier this week have received replies signed by the Media Relations department of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC) which indicated that the Committee thought Burma and Myanmar were two separate countries.
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“The torch relay clothes were NOT made in Burma. They were manufactured in Myanmar,” said the response. “In fact they were made in the exact same factory that produces clothes for GAP, North Face and other major clothing labels.”
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When it was pointed out in subsequent emails from activists that Burma and Myanmar were in fact the same country, the department apologized for the “misinformation,” admitted that the pants and shell top of the uniform were manufactured at a textile plant in “Burma/Myanmar” and noted that their manufacture “complied with all applicable laws.”
Jeffraham Prestonian
Get down on it.
Steeplejack
I am in a grumpy mood. Thought I had secured a new place to live (for August 1), but it fell through today. So I had to reboot the now increasingly frantic apartment search. And I’ve got a doctor’s appointment downtown tomorrow that is going to take a huge chunk of time out of the day.
Grumble, grumble, grumble. Probably should just go to bed.
freelancer
@Steeplejack:
Steep, what city do you live in? This site is great for crowdsourcing this king of thing.
wag
credit where credit is due. Thanks to James Fallows at the Atlantic
Steeplejack
@freelancer:
Arlington/Falls Church swath of NoVa.
There seem to be a lot of places out there, what with CraigsList and just seeing apartment buildings and signs as I am out and about, but winnowing them down and getting to the point of actually looking at viable places is very tedious. Lots of no replies, no call-backs, interminable phone menus and voice-mail cul-de-sacs. Frustrating and time-consuming.
The prophet Nostradumbass
Been watching a pretty good episode of Inspector Lewis on PBS.
JGabriel
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While we’re highlighting Obama ads, let’s throw in this reminder that if you want a terrorist caught, you should vote for a Democrat.
(via TPM)
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Steeplejack
@The prophet Nostradumbass:
Damn, I missed that because of DVR overloading (recording two other things). I’ll have to catch it later in the week. Thanks for reminding me.
Steeplejack
@Steeplejack:
Okay, now I am going to bed, but I just got a small ray of light: an e-mail about an apartment on CraigsList that is one of my top prospects. Yay! Possible bad news is that the place could be too good, as the e-mail said the place is being shown by appointment only between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. WTF?! Which I can’t do tomorrow because of a doctor’s appointment. Dagnab it.
David Koch
“Breaking Bad” returned tonight and in a timely coincidence the drug king has his fortune hidden in the….. wait for it… Cayman Islands.
Oooooooooooof.
The prophet Nostradumbass
@Steeplejack: I liked how they used “Silicon Valley” and “Palo Alto” in a sinister way in the episode, it gave me a good laugh.
Luthe
From Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me‘s Listener Limerick Challenge this week:
Carl: I can face all the undead hordes calmly
Even if they can learn how to bomb me
In my fort, I keep fresh, and they won’t eat my flesh
My new home will protect me from-
Caller: Romney!
freelancer
@Steeplejack:
Be very careful about Craigslist. There are buyers and sellers out there that prey on crises.
http://www.ic3.gov/preventiontips.aspx
http://www.ic3.gov/crimeschemes.aspx
David Koch
HA!
burnspbesq
@Steeplejack:
Worst case, you could hole up in the Oakwood for a month while the search continues. Pricy, but convenient.
Jewish Steel
@David Koch: That’s My Senator!
Sounds like a sitcom, so I capitalized it. Or better still: Pardon My Senator!
Steeplejack (phone)
@burnspbesq:
I have talked to them. Only three or four miles from where I am now, and I like the area.
RadioOne
quick question: how many of you were accepted to elite private universities in high school, without the ability to get the necessary scholarships and student loans to pay for it?
suzanne
@RadioOne: Moi. I was accepted to NYU (graduated high school in’98) and offered a ten-grand-a-year scholarship, but the price tag was still waaaaaaay too steep. Ended up accepting a full scholarship to the University of Arizona. Go Wildcats, I guess.
suzanne
@RadioOne: That’s if you consider NYU elite, I guess. I studied art, and NYU’s Tisch School for the Arts is very prestigious.
namekarB
@David Koch:
Took them a while to come up with the real meat in the coconut. Here is a question a journalist could ask Romney. “Do you approve of Bain’s business practices between 1999 and 2002?”
Either way Romney answers puts him in a box.
Jewish Steel
@Suzanne:
Not the most inspiring school cheer. But one I could get behind. I guess.
Yutsano
@RadioOne: I got into both Stanford and Rice. Couldn’t even begin to afford either.
(And Rice offered me a ton of bucks, but it was still only half the cost.)
@suzanne: FALL DOWN ARIZONA!!
(I had friends in college from both ASU and UA. The Sun Devils on the whole were more fun.)
NotMax
@RadioOne
Yes for me. However, it was then (and still is) a college, not a university.
Although I fail to see what the point is, if any, as ‘elite universities’ are far from a homogenous group.
Jebediah
@namekarB:
Is that like “You put the lime in he coconut” except…different?
The prophet Nostradumbass
Boy, am I happy that I went to a school without a Division 1 football program. The football team, Division 2 when I was there, was something that was fun to go watch on a Saturday night, and that’s about it. They canned the team a few years after I graduated, primarily because the NCAA decided that schools that were otherwise Division 1 couldn’t have a Division 2 football teamm. Why? I have no idea.
ETA: Yes, I know I rambled a bit there.
Raven
@NotMax: Hey I caught your message way late. We just watched our last sunset at Kameole III. Here’s me and Fuzzy after a swell trip! We have till 1:30 pm tomorrow to poke around.
Raven
@NotMax: I gave the 10ft rod I bought to a dude on the beach this morning, local cat who said he drove a truck in Mississippi for 10 years. I fed my family all the tuna they could eat and took the rest down to some folks that were bbq’n on the beach. They seemed to like it!
NotMax
@Raven
Ahi.
Yummy.
Take it you enjoyed your island sojourn and Iron Man fishing trip.
Odie Hugh Manatee
OT: Our son overheard me telling my wife of the stupid way the wingers ‘cuss’ at Redstate, using terms like EE’s “bull shiitake mushrooms” and another member saying “bull sheetrock”, as if they were cussing in front of their parents or teachers and trying to hide it in plain sight. Our seventeen year old son laughed at the lameness and fired back with one I’ve never heard before:
“Bulk wrap!”
So there ya go, a bunch of winger adults outwordsmithed by a kid.
Raven
@NotMax: I cannot overstate how happy I am. The whole week was spectacular and the fishing trip, while very rough, was one of the highlights of my life. We did the eco-zipline today and it was a nice family outing.
Raven
@Odie Hugh Manatee: How ya doin?
Jewish Steel
@Odie Hugh Manatee: The punning apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, Manatee.
NotMax
@Raven
If you can squeeze in just one more thing, the aquarium (just north of Kihei, on the way to the airport) is world-class.
Or a quick stop at Iao Valley in Wailuku (state park — free!!) to breathe in tropical nature and rainforest one last time. Important to make sure your car is locked if you leave it in the parking lot there.
mai naem
Watching MTP. Dancin’ Dave asked Gillespie about what the Mittster thinks about the Olympics uniforms being made in China. Gillespie hemmed and hawed about it. WTF is wrong with this campaign? How hard is it to say “ofcourse the committee needs to make very effort to manufature the clothes in the U.S.? This is like when they couldn’t give an answer to the Lilly Ledbetter Act question. Seriously incompetent.
TheMightyTrowel
@Odie Hugh Manatee:
You say this like it’s a surprise. That said, WELL DONE LITTLE MANATEE!
Raven
@NotMax: OK, I think the Lao Valley. We’re going to bolt early, before sunrise. We rented a total beater and have been leaving it unlocked with nothing in it. We have not driven all the way around from Lahaina to Kahalui but I worry about time.
PurpleGirl
@The prophet Nostradumbass: Yes, it was pretty good. I like how they had Lewis grow into the job and out from under Morse’s shadow. I also like his interactions with Hathaway.
Did you see the Inspector Morse prequel — Endeavour? That looks very interesting and 4 episodes have been ordered of it.
Odie Hugh Manatee
@Raven:
Leveling out now that the docs have pretty much spelled out the problems. It turns out that I did have pneumonia and got it from inhaling some milk about three weeks ago. When they did the CT scan they found that I have fairly advanced RA and it has invaded my lungs to a degree that surprised them (and me). I’ve had problems with gout in the past and thought some of the joint problems I had been having were because of that. Nope, I have it pretty bad, enough that I dropped smoking that evening and haven’t looked back at it one bit.
I would say that it got my attention, fully. They are setting me up with a specialist in Medford, Oregon and I’m waiting for the call for the appointment date. It explains a lot of things but at 52 years old, this has been going on since my mid-30’s. No other doc caught it, and I’ve seen plenty of docs with all of the surgeries I’ve had related to my work injuries. One clue was that I have a recurring problem with scar tissue building up in the surgical areas that they have had to go in and clean up several times now.
I guess my body hates itself.
Like everything else in life, it’s another thing to have to deal with, just like we all do. Now it’s just my turn at dealing with the crap a lot of us have to. As they say, shit happens.
I have to go do a few things but will be back on in just a bit. I hope your are doing everything I would while over there in the land of sun, sea and beaches. :)
And babes, can’t forget the babes!
@Jewish Steel:
No it do not. :D
TheMightyTrowel
@PurpleGirl: Used to live in Oxford and you’d see the various film crews around town. Laurence Fox (Hathaway) is a million feet tall. He looks like an alien in real life.
NotMax
@Raven
Driving around the north shore way from Napili to Kahului is not recommended. Not so much a road as a cowpath or goat track for long stretches, and should you experience any problems, just being on that route could void your rental agreement.
Catsy
I just thought I’d throw this out there for all the concern trolls and pearl-clutchers who wailed at the time that an Obama supporter had handed the Republicans potent ammunition that would hurt us in November.
Remind me again who Hilary Rosen is and how much the completely truthful things she said about Ann Romney matter now?
Yeah, that’s what I thought. I even had to go look it up to be sure I’d remembered her name right. Thanks for playing. Next time consider playing for the Democrats who don’t back down when Republicans demand apologies for telling the truth about them.
Odie Hugh Manatee
@TheMightyTrowel:
I’ll let him know that he has the official Balloon Juice Member’s stamp of approval. :)
Raven
@NotMax: Great, the Lao Valley it is. As far as a rental contract, this is a 94 Nissan with peeling paint, what sounds like a shot wheel bearing (that was fun on the Hana Road, and scratches all over. For $200 for the week it’s was just down my alley. My family came to our condo and can’t believe what we are paying compared to the frickin Grand Wailea. We did managed to get totally screwed by a pineapple and trinket guy down near Makena but it makes a funny story and since we stole this place from him, fuck it. Just for grins would you share your general vicinity? Your guidance has really helped.
Turgidson
Is our Sully learning is still on the beat. Two Sunday posts on Romney’s web of Bain lies and the incompetents who are trying to carry his water.
Raven
@Odie Hugh Manatee: Sounds provisionally OK. I’m choppin in high cotton here. The hour long fight with the yellow fin and 12 hrs on the high seas have tamed me fo sho.
PurpleGirl
@TheMightyTrowel: I’d love to see Oxford. I’ve also wanted to see the Stonehenge and the other stone circles (esp. Avebury, which you mentioned in another thread).
I’ve seen a handful of filming sites around Manhattan but only once saw the actors getting ready. You can often see the generator trucks, dressing trailers or the food service tables.
ETA: The vibrations for stopped for now so I’m off to bed. Have a good day everyone.
NotMax
@Raven
I’m Upcountry.
Beautiful view of the central valley, West Maui mountains and ocean (both Kihei coast and Kahului/Specklesville/Paia coast) out the front door; Haleakala looming up staunch and large in the back door view.
TheMightyTrowel
@PurpleGirl: Oxford is very pretty. I recommend visiting in September – the American (and most other EU) tourists are gone and the students have yet to arrive. It’s about the only month that you don’t risk death-by-tourist/-by-panicked-student on the sidewalks.
It’s an extraordinary case study in class-struggle and town gown relations. Marx studied the oxford slums and there’s always the St. Scholastica’s day massacre and it’s consequences.
I found it very difficult to live there.
Raven
@NotMax: Ah, wonderful. We went to the Lavender Farm for their little tour after sunrise.
Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason
@RadioOne: Selective private school, before school loans. Parents made just barely too much to qualify for scholarships, even though they were sending two kids off simultaneously. We paid list price.
David Koch
HA!
Rob Lowe has a sad: “The rhetoric of both campaigns so far is stultifying, uninspiring and divisive. I hope it’s just a phase, but I doubt it.”
This from a guy who used to gang bang underage girls on home video. The true sign of sensitivity: taping felony acts w/ kids.
Has anyone come across any liberal bloggers (including rank and file) wringing their hands over Obama’s commercials? Everyone I’ve read absolutely loves it, including the usual detractors and delicate flowers.
Lockewasright
@Odie Hugh Manatee: Your commet brought this to mind:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFoe3wYvFUA
jaywillie
@mai naem: Mitt’s campaign can’t say that about the Olympic uniforms.
He can’t say that because, as Bob Schieffer pointed out on Face the Nation, when Mitt was running the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics–he outsourced the US Olympic uniforms. Some to Myanmar and some to a Canadian apparel firm called Roots.
suzanne
@Yutsano:
Well, I did ASU for graduate school, so I’m a Sun Devil, too.
Having said that, my daughters won’t be allowed to go to ASU as undergrads. It’s a shitty degree factory at that level. UA is better in that regard. I had actual professors, even as a freshman. ASU holds classes in the basketball arena.
David Koch
Shorter Sunday show republicans: Obama will lose our vote if he keeps punching our candidate.
Raven
Sunset
suzanne
@Odie Hugh Manatee:
LMMFAO.
Except that "crap" is already what one says when censoring oneself.
I'm not really sure why that is, as "crap" is a far more hilarious word. More onomatopoeic.
NotMax
@raven
If you need to eat before the flight, highly recommend Da Kitchen in Kahului. Huge portions, extremely tasty and very reasonable prices. Practically spitting distance to the airport. Local and standard fare food – very informal. The chicken katsu is very good.
Just uploaded a map in case you want to stop by. Think they now open at 11.
NotMax
Try that again.
Here’s the map.
http://thumbsnap.com/pcOcGwlh
David Koch
B R E A K I N G
Ooooopsie
Romney left more evidence at the crime scene than OJ
MikeJ
@David Koch:
Haven’t seen it from bloggers but we’ve had an influx of concern trolls here in the comments.
Odie Hugh Manatee
@Raven:
Twelve hours on the ocean will tame any wild soul…lol! That sounds like one hell of a wrestling match you had with that tuna though.
That would make for one relaxing evening afterward fer sure. :)
I forgot to mention that the nodule they found will be on hold for another six months then there will be another CT scan to see if it has changed. As the doc said, “cancer can’t be cured with antibiotics”. The coughing up blood stopped within two days of starting the Z-pac antibiotics, thus it was because of the pneumonia, not the nodule bleeding. He said that the Fleischner Society recommendation on the nodule calls for a CT scan in a year for nodules less than 4mm in size but he is having me get a follow up CT scan in six months because of the damage to my lungs from RA.
There’s more to all this but that’s a pretty good (?) start for public consumption.
@Lockewasright:
I laughed my ass off when I first saw that commercial on TV. Good one. :)
Narcissus
@Jebediah: except gross more likely
Also fuck rob lowe
NotMax
Well, this is passing strange.
French far right to sue Madonna over swastika images
MikeJ
Did anybody see the new miniseries in which Sigourney Weaver plays an ex first lady that wants to be president? Wondering if it’s as awful as it sounds.
NotMax
@MikeJ
Haven’t even heard of it, but now can’t get the image of her galumphing onto the debate stage while wearing an exoskeleton out of my head.
MikeJ
@NotMax: I would watch nothing else but that for the rest of my life.
TheMightyTrowel
OT: the shitstorm over the woman in Indiana who tried to kill herself while pregnant, survived, lost the baby and is being prosecuted for murder just gets shittier and stormier.
Origuy
@jaywillie: Why does this sound like a Romney organization?
owlbear1
@MikeJ: Sigourney Weaver in “Political Animals”
SRW1
@MikeJ:
Is her screen name by any chance Ellen Mitchell and her husband died of a stroke?
NotMax
@MikeJ
With a title to look up, here’s some cast info. And apparently she’s divorced, not a widow, in the program.
Steeplejack
@freelancer:
Thanks, I’m on the alert.
Steeplejack
@Raven:
That’s a great picture. Frame-worthy!
Raven
@NotMax: Cool, there is one 2 blocks from here!