It’s the weekend.
Go out, get some beer, hang out, and relax.
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I thought the Olympic spirit was supposed to transcend political differences and highlight the innocence of these young people to compete to the best of their abilities while maintaining camaraderie.
http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/07/27/lebanese-olympic-team-demands-barrier-separation-from-israel-squad/
Why weren’t these racists sent home like that poor girl from Greece?
I promise that I posted the above comment before I read this one. Great minds do think alike I guess.
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Silver jacket, now that’s just silly.
Yesterday I saw on one of those lottery screens in a convenience store with a “Silver Alert” on it describing this Hispanic male. I did not know what a Silver Alert was, thought it was a “Wanted” message and was thinking to myself we sure are a racist country talking about his ethnicity and all. I see now it is an “Amber Alert” for old folks. 😀 -
Bundled up like that? In this heat? Run??
Good morning Hamsters. Actually cool 74 this morning at 6 lasting until about 7:30. As soon as the Sun gets very far above the horizon the mugly switch goes on for the day. The mares were in a mood to run a bit when turned out, but that enthusiasm vanished quickly. They are content to quietly graze.
There was a line at the polling place inside the Randall’s on FM 359 at Plantation Dr. at 6:40 yesterday evening. And there were brave souls out in the parking lot working for their candidates; it was still hot. Definitely many more Cruz signs than Dewhurst. So all settles down until Tuesday–except of course on radio and TV where they will be in an ultra-frenzy. -
And here I thought we would be talking beer all day.
Why weren’t these racists sent home like that poor girl from Greece?
I would be eager to here how anyone could conclude from your article that there was racism involved.
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#2 El Gordo
Sad, sad state of mind–and mouth–at the Olympics already. With the weak-kneed geldings on the IOC demonstrating anatomically impossible things so early, what else shall happen to the amazement/utter disgust of many before the Closing Ceremony?
My interest in watching the Games just narrowed considerably to fewer sports. Sorry NBC, would guess lots of other folks have the same idea. -
Here we go again.
http://spectator.org/archives/2012/07/27/and-you-thought-the-housing-crAs in most such cases, Wells Fargo chickened out about going to court and refused to admit any wrongdoing but agreed to all kinds of diversity training and sensitivity counseling. The bank will have to “prominently display” a notice informing minority customers that they cannot be turned down for loans just because they are receiving public assistance such as unemployment benefits, welfare payments or food stamps. (Maybe they can even use food stamps for the down payment.) Wells Fargo must provide minority customers $50 million for down-payment and closing-cost assistance, including “Borrower Assistance Grants” of up to $15,000 per individual. It was also ordered to pay $125 million to as yet unnamed victims of previous discrimination. But get this! If those past victims don’t show up, the money must be handed over to community organizing groups. President Obama, you have a job waiting for you if you lose office this fall.
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#7 Tim
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I’d forgot about this; Palin wows The Woodlands. Did anyone here go?
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Hey, she wore her cowboy boots. 😉
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OOPS Button bounce?
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According to the article, given to her by Rick Perry
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That Palin woman is pretty hot, for an old lady.
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#7 GJT
Another must item for President Romney’s First Day Fix-It List. 🙂 -
Stuck behind a late seventies, beat up, low rider pickup, wandering all over the road, between Bellville and Brenham. 49mph in a 70. Florida plates. Two crackers inside.
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#9 Super Dave
It must have caused Joe Holley of the Chron severe pain to write each word of that piece.
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The federal government (or President Obama if you’re Republican) has approved the construction of the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline. All that stands in the way is some cantankerous Texas landowners supported by Debra Medina who object to ” … a foreign company who wants to take our land for what appears to be a profit-making endeavor.”
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A thousand families a day moving to Texas.
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A 62-YEAR-OLD Gokwe man has come out in the open and claimed ownership of a goblin which has been terrorising women in his village by taking off their panties at night while they were asleep. ….
“Following the mysterious incident that saw 26 females missing their panties, I then consulted the police who then advised me to take the necessary measures. With the outcry from the affected females, I then quickly moved in and said the only way was to invite these tsikamutandas. I know Government does not recommend using these n’angas but there was nothing I could do when faced with such a dilemma. I also invited an apostolic church prophet to assist in the cleansing, which we witnessed today. No one was charged for being found in possession of these things like the accused,” said Chief Njelele.Apparently Speedos are safe.
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I don’t think these two crackers are drunk, but they are having an arm-waving, animated conversation.
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) has blocked the White House’s nominee to be the next Air Force chief of staff.
“My hold on General Welsh will remain until I feel the Air Force is adequately addressing the unacceptable situation at Lackland and taking corrective steps to reform their training program to prevent this from happening again,” Cornyn said in a statement to The Hill.
Welsh is going to have to agree to put more Air Force money into Texas, if he wants the job.
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103 shamaal says:
July 27, 2012 at 6:57 pm
Whew! It’s a good thing we think that boycotting business for things or actions their executives do is nonsensical.Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon.com, and his wife, MacKenzie, have agreed to donate $2.5 million to help pass a same-sex marriage referendum in Washington State, instantly becoming among the largest financial backers of gay marriage rights in the country.
Yes.
And no Republican Mayor said that he is unwlecome in his city, no Republican poltician used the power of his office to do his business harm, none of them said he did not share their values while at the same time welcoming an actual hate group to patriol the streets of his city to “fight crime. And no Christian or Conservative Group has called for a boycott of Amazon or said that he believes what he does because he hates people. -
Post in the bucket.
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This looks like great fun. Reminds me of the old Sunfish we sailed as kids.
The Pixel
The guy who designed and builds them lives in Rowayton, Conn, one of the most beautiful, old sailing ports in New England. It’s about an hour from here and we like to go up there and have lunch at the marina sometimes. -
My favorite columnist, Dave Barry, the Pulitzer-prize winning humor columnist, book author, and booger fan, has been honored with the 2013 Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists (NSNC).
Honestly, I’m a little nervous, since winning this type of award suggests my lifetime is over. I’m going on the assumption that they simply ran out of people to give this award to, so now it’s my turn. ….
People tell me that Americans don’t care about the issues. Write about Neil Diamond, and you’ll see if they care or not. -
Gypsy’s trip to the vet yesterday resulted in good news. Upon aspiration, the lump on her chest consisted of fat. I’ve seen these on labs before, just not this big or well defined.
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It looks like some folks in Idaho have had quite enough of the Buffoon currently defiling the White House.
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Better than any Batman movie.
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#28 Shannon
The jib is what’s so cool about it on a small craft.
Jeffro (link here) , my boating compadre and dedicated left-winger, and I have been having a blast running around the Hudson River in this old 13 foot Whaler. He built a center saddle seat like a jetski to sit on. It looks like it was part of the original design. People look at it and even though it is obviously a Whaler they ask, “What kind of boat is that ?”
The big boat is a Trojan like in this photo. You have to plan your outings and empty your checking account into the fuel tanks.
Whaler is cheap and you can jump in it and haul a$$ in 3 minutes. Boating is supposed to be fun, but it’s hard to be spontaneous with a larger boat. -
Darren
From last nights discussion about pugilistic endeavors I would add only this
don’t get all enamored with Joe Judo or Karl Karate. Even in ultimate fighting circles most knock downs come form a well timed punch. In bar room fight I’ll side with a grappler or street wise fighter any day. in the ring I will put my money on a good boxer.
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#32 Squawk, 😀
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New old fashioned way to stop auto theft. Can’t find one on Amazon though.
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#34 EG
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#32 Squawk: Priceless! You will never see a Krav Maga practitioner engaging in the kind of flashy crapola the canvas eater displayed.
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Well, the wife has been wanting to recycle three old computers that have been in the garage forever. The only reason I would let her take them was because I wanted to destroy the hard drives. This morning I finally got a “Round Tuit” and took them apart, two mid 2000 vintage Dells and my mom’s old 1999 HP running Windows 98. I took the drives out and removed the individual discs and reinstalled the hardware. This was probably overkill because I doubt that these units will ever be resurrected, does anyone know what they do with this junk when you recycle it. Oddly enough they all had almost identical drives made by Seagate, the Dell’s 250 MB and the old HP, 1 MB. They all had two hard drives, the dells were .07” thick and the HP .05”. The Outside dimensions were the same. Man they had these rare earth magnets to stabilize the stylus and DANG they were strong, kept grabbing my # 7 Torx driver. I’m going to put the discs in an old Wells Fargo coin bag and beat the he!! outta’ them :girn:
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Goodwill takes them.
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Good grief. Six thousand showed up for Texans practice this morning. Starting at 2:30am.
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#23 Sarge
Not sayin’ anythang negative about the guy but I now have a slightly used Kindle for sale cheap. -
Ebola rears its deadly head again, this time in Uganda.
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – The deadly Ebola virus has killed 14 people in western Uganda this month, Ugandan health officials said on Saturday, ending weeks of speculation about the cause of a strange disease that had many people fleeing their homes.
The officials and a World Health Organization representative told a news conference in Kampala Saturday that there is “an outbreak of Ebola” in Uganda.
“Laboratory investigations done at the Uganda Virus Research Institute…have confirmed that the strange disease reported in Kibaale is indeed Ebola hemorrhagic fever,” the Ugandan government and WHO said in joint statement.I hope the UN and WHO can remove their collective heads from their “dark places” and quarantine the infected area. This is not a disease that can be toyed with, it is extremely virulent and can kill within 48 hours, there is no cure and no vaccine to prevent infection other than avoidance. Imagine some “suicide bomber” who chooses to use this virus as a bio-weapon, gets on a plane to London or NYC, then spends as much time as possible in crowded places like subways and restaurants before he dies. It does not take a whole lot of imagination to see the spread of the disease on a global basis. How does one quarantine a metropolis like London or NYC, how does one possibly prevent the spread to the globe in this scenario?
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Big Jolly has been known to recycle computers to deserving folks. Give him a heads up. -
#34 El Gordo
Now that is hysterical. Bet it isn’t available through LL Bean either even though its logo appeared below the screen. 🙂 -
SuperDave
The man who own The Sport Shoppe on the Southwest frwy between Fry’s and the beltway also has a 501C3 company called God’s Exploits. He refurbs the computers and gives them to single mothers. He gives tax receipts. His name is Gene Mitchell Jr. and the phone number is 281 879 0929. Also a great place to go to get custom fitted for custom golf clubs. -
What a good egg the Queen is.
I was sure it was going to rain.In what would be the ultimate Bond movie opening, the Queen brings in the Daniel Craig-potrayed 007 to give him his next mission: kicking off the Olympiad. And she didn’t stop there, as she (or, and this is just a hunch, someone dressed up like her) joined the intrepid secret agent in a skydive into the London stadium where the festivities were being held.
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Watts Up With That, a leading blog dedicated to exploding the MMGW myth, has suspended publication from 7/27 until tomrrow so that he can write what he describes:
Something’s happened. From now until Sunday July 29th, around Noon PST, WUWT will be suspending publishing. At that time, there will be a major announcement that I’m sure will attract a broad global interest due to its controversial and unprecedented nature.
To give you an idea as to the magnitude of this event, I’m suspending my vacation plans. I weighed the issue, and decided (much to my dismay) this was more important. I can go on vacation trips another time, but this announcement is not something I can miss now and do later. -
I had to go to the 9:20 showing of Batman last night, as the 8:35 showing was in a theater with no a/c. I figgered I could wait an hour. About halfway through the movie, a man came and leaned against the wall near me. Annoyed, I looked at him – and realized it was fully armed constable. He stayed there for about five minutes, then wandered off.
This morning, I got up and helped Hubby and Handsome start tearing down our old garage. Found a lot of the kids’ toys and things I had forgotten about. A lot of it got thrown into the trailer. It’s hard, getting rid of all of those memory makers.
I have taken my shower and some aspirin, as the heat and the exertion are more than I am used to.
While Hubby was in the middle of using his backhoe to tear down what was left of garage, some nosy neighbors wandered down and came up into our driveway. This is the same man who wandered into the middle of the construction crew as we were pouring the slab for the dome. Just too nosy and a little unclear on boundaries. I asked him and his wife twice to leave, as it was a construction zone and I didn’t want to worry about his safety. I returned to picking up debris and throwing it into the trailer, when Hubby turned and said, “Tedtam, there’s a lady over there.” They STILL had not left! I then told them in no uncertain terms that they were on private property and that I wanted them to leave. The man gave me a “gee, I don’t understand why you’re so upset” kind of look and they left.
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Serge #46
Perhaps he’s planning on taking a powder and blaming it on Al Gore?
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#47 TT: The neighbor has demonstrated (at least twice) that he is unreasonable; therefore he can not be trusted. I would suggest a reasonably strong letter by certified mail barring him from your property. It is miscreants like that who choose to file lawsuits because they can, not because they are in the right. Better erect a hedge of protection against him.
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Well continuing my archaeology dig to
finddiscover the garage floor, I found another computer, the one that my wife used in Insurance Biddness and removed the disc drives from it. It is a heavy duty unit that a buddy of mine at NASA made back in 2004, it has an AMD processor and a big honker power supply with two muffin fans on it. 😉 -
Shamaal, Shannon and Bones, Thanx! 😉
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Our government considers Israel a spy threat, more so than some of the mooslime countries in the area. Given JugEars statements about how he will side with the mooslimes and his shabby treatment of Netanyahu, I think it would be grossly irresponsible on the part of the Israelis to not keep close tabs on the direction we are heading, particularly with this administration.
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More sign of the apocalypse…
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There’s a whole lot about this that just doesn’t seem right to me.
Headline: Oregon Man Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail — for Collecting Rainwater on His Property
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Sorry phil.
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Dang, Dammit, digging on down to the 2002 level in the garage, I find another computer, my first “Off Lease Dell” so I brought it into the house which has BTU’s BTW and gallantly dissembled the hard drive! Hey, I even took a bunch of stuff to Good Will while my Lil’ 100Lb Bride worked on the garage. The Chebby truck ALSO has BTU’s. 😉
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Dave, instead of disassembling the hard drives, why not simply reformat them; doesn’t that wipe out all that is on them yet leaves them intact?
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Chinese Bluegrass (RedGrass). Interesting instruments.
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Rube Goldberg gets into percussion. Animated, but very creative none the less.
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I never realized the Patrick/Dewhurst/Perry relationship had blossomed so much.
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#61: I’m getting deja vu all over again.
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This morning, I got up and helped Hubby and Handsome start tearing down our old garage. Found a lot of the kids’ toys and things I had forgotten about. A lot of it got thrown into the trailer. It’s hard, getting rid of all of those memory makers.
Tell me about it, we’ve been throwing away everything that we can and when we came across the little life preserver that the boy wore when he was 2 years old, he used to sit at the very front of the Sea Ray bow rider on his knees and hold on to the rails, my wife tied a rope to the loop on the collar so she could rein him in if he got too close to the bow. We both had a hard time sending it to Good Will, but I said, we have lots of pictures, and after my wife put it in the back of the Tahoe, tears in her eyes, daughter called and I told her about it and a few other things and she said “you’ve got to keep that”! So I said,…OK, I’ll bring it over to your house for your kid/kids, she declined, sometimes you just have to let it go. 😉
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Hmm, the few Perry for Dewhurst ads I’ve seem appear rather tepid. He kinda has to support Dewhurst. Delicate situation there. 🙂
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Everybody smile !
It’s time for Sunny TV.
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So it turns out that the bust of Churchill that was in the Oval Office was in fact removed and is now currently sitting in the residence of the British Ambassador in DC. There were two busts of Churchill in the White House, one in the residence section of the WH and the other was in the Oval Office.
Obama started his presidency by returning to the British Embassy the bust of Winston Churchill that had graced the Oval Office.
Krauthammer’s response:
It’s astonishing. He doubled down. All he had to say is, ‘We got it wrong the first time.’ The British ambassador, today, said that the bust that’s in his residence, the one that was returned when Obama came into office exactly as I had written — 100% as I had written.
So not being able to deny it, he pretends that it never happened and he says the idea that the bust was returned is false. And then he talks about the reason that the bust was returned was because of antipathy. I never talked about antipathy. He should have honorably have said, ‘We made a mistake. It was an old bust in the White House [that’s] been around for 50 years and we got them confused. That would have been understandable, that would have been the end of [the] story.
That would have been honorable, but you don’t expect that out of this communications office in this White House.Expecting honor and honesty from liberals is a fools errand.
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Link for the blockquote, which is different from the first link.
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#63 SuperDave
sometimes you just have to let it go.
I’m still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Lovely has a new life without me, and that we’ll probably drift further apart as time goes on. She had friends over last night – and I remember when I used to know when friends were invited over. Heck, sometimes I was included. Now I really have to hold myself back, trying not to be too intrusive. She probably doesn’t realize what I’m going through, trying to let go. /wiping tears
I know that at some point I’ll stabilize, but I’ll always wish for those days where we’d sit together and cuddle. Today, I had to throw away some of those things from her childhood, and it was difficult. But I did it.
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I’m still trying to wrap my head around the fact that1) Lovely has a new life without me, and 2) that we’ll probably drift further apart as time goes on.
1) She has a new life in addition to not in place of the one she has with you.
2) Malarky! You may drift apart a little as mother/daughter, however you will grow closer as friends. You can’t choose your parents or siblings, you do choose your friends and that’s what makes friendship really special. As one door appears to be shutting (it really isn’t), another is opening. -
#71 Shannon
From your link:Lee described Cruz as a “genius” — “this man belongs in the U.S. Senate,” he said.
Interjected DeMint, “If he’s a genius he doesn’t belong in the Senate. He won’t fit in at all.”/grinning
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“If he’s a genius he doesn’t belong in the Senate.
True that. There are some real mouth-breathing sub-humans in the US Senate.
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Tedtam,
I’m still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Lovely has a new life without me, and that we’ll probably drift further apart as time goes on.
NOT AT ALL! Bonecrusher is right, it will only get better, it will be different but I’m as close to daughter as I’ve ever been, she often calls me to talk politics and sometimes we wind up screaming at each other even though we’re in total agreement, just like when my dad was alive, he and I did the same thing. The boy took a while to come back around because he’s soo independent, but after he started doing so well at his job we talked a lot, he even asked me for advice a few times, something he didn’t do much when he was 15-19.
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DeMint knows that august body has included such mental midgets as Frank Lautenberg and Joe Biden.
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Not to mention the times when you seriously consider burning the house down so there will be no traces left; thus making it much harder for your kids to find you so they can show up unannounced and dump off their unrully spawn for a weekend or (gasp) longer.
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#77 Simple, I’ll NEVER have that problem and neither will Tedtam, I know this because of the way my kids were raised and from what I can tell Tedtam kids are the same. I know that you are raising your granddaughter and I think that’s commendable, you are a good man but, your statement makes me think that you’re VERY unhappy about something, I do hope everything works out good for you and your kids,….God Bless.
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You guys are the BEST support group EV-ER!
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Well, we
founddiscovered the garage floor after our all day archeological dig and afterwards I got to run the Kawasaki Brute Force 750i 4X4 up and down the street under the guise of charging the battery since I had to start it up to get it out of the garage. 😀
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I discovered a writing contest that I might be interested in.
Question: I have a story, directed towards the pre-teen crowd, about a fairy and her journey away from home, to fulfill a quest of sorts. It is highly descriptive – I showed it to a fellow writer years ago, and after reading the first ten pages his response was “This is really good – Ican see everything you described!” I wrote it for Lovely, and it contains certain life lessons within the story of her journey. Then I have my “Perspectives” stories from the Bible – the stories of Mary and Thomas, for example.
Which do you think I should submit?
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13 years after it opened, I’m watching Matrix for the first time.
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#81 Tedatm, I and a few other twisted guys here perfer the “Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest”
My favorite, the 2005 winner;As he stared at her ample bosom, he daydreamed of the dual Stromberg carburetors in his vintage Triumph Spitfire, highly functional yet pleasingly formed, perched prominently on top of the intake manifold, aching for experienced hands, the small knurled caps of the oil dampeners begging to be inspected and adjusted as described in chapter seven of the shop manual.
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13 years after it opened, I’m watching Matrix for the first time.
So,…What is Matrix, a, movie, cable TV show? ❓
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‘Tis a film, SD.
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Sample (Latira – the heroine – and her friend Rollo are fairies; Eston is her friend, an owl):
After their lunch, which they took from a trumpeter vine, Latira and Rollo flew to the big oak just north of the Glen. Latira stood on the branch and called softly, “Eston! Eston! Are you awake? It is I, Latira, come to visit you!” Rollo stood behind her. Latira knew why he would not stand beside her to announce their presence, and she smiled a little, remembering how angry Eston had been when he discovered that he had been clipped. Of course, Rollo didn’t clip enough feathers to cause Eston any real problems, but the big bird’s pride had been clipped along with his wings.
Something moved inside the dark hollow of the tree. There was a ruffling of feathers, and a deep, soft voice spoke, “Whoo-whoo do you have with you, my child?” Eston put his head out of the hollow, staring with his big, round eyes.
“I have Rollo with me, Eston. Would you like to talk for a little while?” Latira replied. Rollo peeked out from behind Latira and gave a little wave and a small smile.
“Rollo, eh? You are both welcome. Yes, I can talk for a few minutes. I hear there are great goings-on in the Glen,” said Eston, staring at Rollo for a moment. Rollo did not move any closer, but sat down where he was.
“Oh, Eston, it’s so exciting! The elves are coming for the Evening Dance. We’ll have stories, and songs, and we’ll have so much fun! Will you be coming?” Latira was almost breathless from excitement.
Eston replied, “No, I won’t be coming this evening. The dance is for magical folk, not for me. I will have my dinner, then return to my tree and watch from this branch.” He looked fondly at Latira. Of all the fairies, she had something special. Eston could not define it, but he felt that even if she wasn’t the most beautiful or the wisest fairy of the Glen, she had something that the other fairies didn’t have. He had seen her gazing off into the distance, thinking thoughts that he was sure the other fairies did not dare to think. No, even though a few might consider Latira average – for a fairy – she wasn’t an average fairy. -
The Americans just finished their high bar routines. One guy fell, but overall they did really great routines. The parents are almost as much fun to watch as the athletes.
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#81 tedtam
Looking at the link you provided it appears submission were to be in by the 24th with voting starting on the 27th. In addition to your link my rule source is here.. These fellows reserve the right to make changes as necessary, so your information may be more up to date than mine.
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Ah! I saw that the contest had been extended to the 31st, but I didn’t see the multiple entries condition. Excellent.
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Egads! The are using a wussified version of our national anthem! It’s all upper registers, and hardly any emotion to it all. I guess, since they are English, I should have expected it.
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SD can see his garage floor now, that makes me sad. Think I’ll go out and clean a little spot to reacquaint.
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Good, good.
If I may be so bold to make a suggestion, use a disposable email account for your submission as the entries will be harvested by the participating parties. Reduce your personal information to the smallest footprint; if you provide a phone number they will call, an address will draw mailings.
California has pretty strong intellectual property laws and give very serious thought to any assignations of copyright.
Again good luck!Sponsor may collect personal data about entrants online, in accordance with its privacy policy and as may be more specifically set forth in these Official Rules. Please review these Official Rules and Sponsor’s privacy policy at http://www.stumbleupon.com/privacy/. By participating in the Contest, entrants hereby agree to Sponsor’s collection and use of their personal information and acknowledge that they have read and accepted these Official Rules and Sponsor’s privacy policy.
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With regards to your topics, either one would reach existing markets, but to assure a bestseller attempt to work in zombies. With the biblical stuff it’s easy.
And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, and the earth shook; and the rocks were split, 52 and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many.
Josephus wrote of the difficulties of getting a cross town taxi due to all the stiff saints shuffling about and gumming up the traffic.
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With the odds of a zombie takeover as likely as a Marxist takeover, I think $24K is a bit of a stretch to carry a joke.
Z.E.R.O., short for Zombie Extermination, Research and Operations, is a kit that contains everything someone would need to keep alive in the end times. Initially priced at $31,375, the kit has been discounted to $23,999 with delivery available to the customer’s home or armed complex.
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His presidency would be overturned. The entire edifice of the ruling elites, Hollywood, the mainstream media, the federal bureaucracy, the unions, the big banks, the various regulatory regimes and their czars and czarinas, they would all fall with him.
They are the ones that have invested all their credibility, not to mention their money and power, into defending Obama’s legitimacy, going so far as to block any effort to prove or disprove it. They have demonized anyone who actually claimed to be interested in the truth and have invented a pejorative — “birther” — designed to marginalize them as conspiracists. -
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A math/engineering convention was being held. On the train to the convention, there were a bunch of math majors and a bunch of engineering majors. Each of the math majors had his/her train ticket. The group of engineers had only ONE ticket for all of them. The math majors started laughing and snickering.
Then, one of the engineers said “here comes the conductor” and then all of the engineers went into the bathroom. The math majors were puzzled. The conductor came aboard and said “tickets please” and got tickets from all the math majors.
He then went to the bathroom and knocked on the door and said “ticket please” and the engineers stuck the ticket under the door. The conductor took it and then the engineers came out of the bathroom a few minutes later. The math majors felt really stupid.
So, on the way back from the convention, the group of math majors had one ticket for the group. They started snickering at the engineers, for the whole group had no tickets amongst them. Then, the engineer lookout said “Conductor coming!”. All the engineers went to one bathroom. All the math majors went to another bathroom. Then, before the conductor came on board, one of the engineers left the bathroom, knocked on the other bathroom, and said “ticket please.” -
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Squawkbox #32;
Darren
From last nights discussion about pugilistic endeavors I would add only this
don’t get all enamored with Joe Judo or Karl Karate. Even in ultimate fighting circles most knock downs come form a well timed punch. In bar room fight I’ll side with a grappler or street wise fighter any day. in the ring I will put my money on a good boxer.
Right on the nose.Heh, I saw that video before and it’s always enjoyable to see again. Out of all the UFC champions there’s the same number of boxers and ballet dancers…ZERO. That’s because their art is not full enough to get very far amongst mixed martial artists. Ditto to those who use Capoeira. This latter art is more of a dance than a serious fighting style. Sure there will be moments of success with boxers and Capoeiraists in MMA fights but their success is few and limited. By and large the most common forms of fighting with MMA fighters are Muy Thai Kickboxing for punching and kicking and Brazilian Jui-jitsu for grapling. By and large in unarmed hand-to-hand fights the superior grapler will win. Keep up a good guard and the body can easily absorb several punches and kicks, even tothe head.
The nose is naturally vulnerable and even my link last night pointed out tha no matter how strong a person is, they cannot resist what the nose does. Smack the nose and recipient can get his eyes swollen with tears and the nose can swell as well. Bow out a broken nose and the person’s eyes will swell to the point of being almost completely shut.
Now, as for knockout,s yes, punches are the best way to achieve them. While kicks are harder, they are slower and more telegraphed. But they can bwe affective. Pound-per-pound, Anderson Silva is arguably the best fighter there is. He holds the title in two weight divisions. After demolishing everyone in his own division they bumped him up one just for the competition and he’s cleaned everyone’s clock with only one time where he almost lost but his opponent was found to have use performance enhancers before that fight so had Silva lost he would have been granted a win anyway. Watch his knockout clips below. While the majority of his knockouts were done by punching his oponent he uses his legs very effectively as well.
Anderson Silva Highlights and Knockouts
Note that at around 52 seconds Silva knocks his opponent out with a a reverse elbow strike. That was after Silva worked his opponent over with both punches and knees.
James Toney is an accomplished boxer. Randy Couture is an accomplished Greco Roman wrestler. At the one minute 6 second mark you see Toney ktaken to the ground. During the remaining 5 minutes of the video, what good did all his decades of boxing do for him in that fight?
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An entry in the loopy fantasy category.Spoken like a true and faithful member of the Obumma flock–an Obumm’er, so to speak.
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Looking at Ronda Rousey many a man would say, “hubba hubba, I’ll grapple with her”, until…
ronda rousey judo throwing bas rutten
UFC’s Nick Diaz + Strikeforce’s Ronda Rousey Submit Layzie The Savage 6 Times (Warning: double middle fingers “flicked” and the bad English word for caca word spoken)
Ronda Rousey Busts Reporter’s B*lls (Warning: As per title – crude reference to anatomy)
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The Freedom Works sponsored “FreePac” extravaganza went off without a hitch up in Dallas, culminating in Glenn Beck’s and Mercury Ones’s Restoring Love campaign last night. According to his website his 65,000 attendance drew more folks than Paul McCartney.
Also attending to support the super PAC were Senators Rand Paul and Mike Lee, Glenn , Ted Cruz, Deneen Borelli, Dana Loesch, FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe and Dick Armey. The Westboro and Code Pink knuckleheads were scheduled to protest and provide comedy relief.Tonight, I charge each of you with a mission. No matter your age. No matter how you got here — or how far you traveled. A mission. To act. To commit. To shape the future. ….
I think there are two kinds of Americans. Those who like to be pushed. And those who push themselves. Those who see our problems and refuse to see our blessings. And those who see our problems as our blessings. -
Interesting rumour this morning out of one of the Koch sponsored global warming think tank and sushi shops called Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST).
Our results show that the average temperature of the Earth’s land has risen by two and a half degrees Fahrenheit over the past 250 years, and one and a half degrees Fahrenheit over the most recent 50 years. Moreover, it appears likely that essentially all of this increase is due to the human emission of greenhouse gases.
What’s noteworthy is that this is a Koch Industries sponsored group like Freedom Works. Perhaps Koch has determined there’s money to be made?
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peeeyou, what is that smell?
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Good morning Hamsters. Another 74 and decent early morning until the Sun got over the treeline and ruined it all. West breeze comes and goes, and it will be hot and dry today. If the breeze hangs around it will be more tolerable. We’re in the dead of summer, dog star Sirius is ascendant, and August is at the doorstep. ‘Tis supposed to be downhill to Fall starting sometime soon.
Tiptoe around the subject so as not to awaken the weather gods, but it has been blissfully quiet offshore, way offshore. Lotsa Sahara sand blowing west supposedly has something to do with it.
We watched the men’s gymnastics qualifiers last night and ached with every performance, doubly so when somebody fell. Agree with TT that watching the parents in the stands is most interesting as well. They who have given so much love, support, and funding to get their children this far in their dreams deserve cheers. 😉 -
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, Romance Dishonorable Mention, 2011;
“She gazed smolderingly at the mysterious rider, his body cloaked in enough shining black leather to outfit an Italian furniture store, wrapped so tightly each muscle stood out like a flamboyant Mexican hairdresser at an Alabamian monster truck rally; and he met her gaze with an intensity that couldn’t have been matched by even a starving junkyard dog in the aisle of a suburban supermarket”
Chris Kemp, Annapolis, MDMornin’ Gang 😉
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I think the parents angle is neat too, their stories are part of what makes the whole Olympic Games experience interesting. But man the broadcasters go over the top. I said one more shot with the lady with the flag in her hair and I’m done. They did and I was.
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Sometimes when one of the world’s most exclusive and elusive events relies solely upon large corporate block purchases of tickets, strange things can happen – like empty arenas and the like.
http://twitchy.com/2012/07/29/outcry-over-empty-seats-at-many-olympic-venues/?utm_source=autotweet&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=twitter
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#109 SD: I am also a fan of the Bulwer-Lytton contest.
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Like a bird gliding over the surface of a Wyoming river rippled by a gentle Spring breeze, his hand passed over her stretch marks.
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The Black Bra (as told by a woman)
I had lunch with 2 of my unmarried friends.
One is engaged, one is a mistress, and I have been married for 20+ years.
We were chatting about our relationships and decided to amaze our men
by greeting them at the door wearing a black bra, stiletto heels and a
mask over our eyes. We agreed to meet in a few days to exchange notes.
Here’s how it all went.
My engaged friend:
The other night when my boyfriend came over he found me with a black
leather bodice, tall stilettos and a mask. He saw me and said, ‘You
are the woman of my dreams…I love you.’ Then we made passionate love
all night long.
The mistress:
Me too! The other night I met my lover at his office and I was wearing
a raincoat, under it only the black bra, heels and mask over my eyes.
When I opened the raincoat he didn’t say a word, but he started to
tremble and we had wild sex all night.
Then I had to share my story:
When my husband came home I was wearing the black bra, black
stockings, stilettos and a mask over my eyes. When he came in the door
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Well, I’ve given into the dark side. It’s to hot and humid for Gypsy to walk to and from the pipeline, so today I drove her. She was reluctant to enter the car as she associates it with trips to the vet.
She still gambols on the pipeline, but no longer is there that look of desperation and lingering in the shade on the way back.
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Mr Bean goes to Israel
This politics and protocol stuff is tricky, he sets up a meeting with the head of the labor party, insists on having it although it’s no longer a protocol necessity, then cancels it after speaking to Netanyahu. I don’t think Yachimovich will ever become Prime Minister by why make enemies needlessly?And then Romney went into a meeting with Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s Bureau in Jerusalem. During the course of the meeting the candidate’s staff contacted Herzog to inform him that the meeting had regrettably been cancelled, “for reasons of protocol.” Herzog and Yacimovich have no doubts: Netanyahu, or his people, didn’t approve of the Yacimovich meeting and pressured Romney to cancel it – and succeeded.
Herzog was dumbfounded to hear of the cancellation on two hours’ notice. He said that Romney was “intentionally misguided by political elements that were unsettled by the steady strengthening of Yacimovich and her transformation into the only alternative to the prime minister.” Circles close to Yacimovich said it clearly: “This is the crude hand of Netanyahu and his people against the background of the disagreement between him and Yacimovich over the economic measures his government is about to adopt.” -
Wow, Drudge is going for the crazy
HeadlinesREPORT: ‘HOMELAND SECURITY’ GEARS UP FOR CIVIL UNREST PRIOR TO ELECTION
DRONES TO BE USED FOR ‘PUBLIC SAFETY’
SCALIA WARNS: GUNS MAY BE REGULATEDAnd just to make sure all bases are covered
Michelle Obama wears $7,000 jacket to soiree
I could get used to this ‘news as entertainment’ schtick
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Anyone had LASIK surgery?
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Hey — it just hit me. That -ectomy is the onliest thing that Sarge hasn’t been able to get for twenny bucks at the Main Gate.
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#119 Sarge
I do understand that the effects are immediate, but it takes a while for things to grow back enough to be able to sit down.
Yes, but bowel movements are soooooo much easier!
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Shammy, never had eye surgery. Except for the fact that I can’t afford it, I’ve thought about it from time to time. Does it work for those of us who need reading glasses? Hubby said he thought it was for one of either near-sightedness or far-sightedness, not both.
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Man, digging through the garage yesterday brought back memories, from the boys little life jacket and homemade bow and sling shot, both made with peach tree limbs, to daughters winning science project, along with the water ski that I made for my wife back in the 70’s, plus the little 30” ski that I cut down on a dare, only two people on the planet ever skied on it and I was one of them, though many tried, most just did a imitation of an approaching submarine. BTW; Check out ole Dave learning to ski on the dang thang it’s at about the 23 second mark. I actually have pictures of that……Hey you scratched my anchor. 😀
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Where the HECK DID ALL THOSE MUSCLES COME FROM? I’m sore in places I didn’t know I had. -
I see you as Rosie the Riveter.
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My garage floor is currently covered in sawdust and various hand held and bench top power tools. Yes, life is very good.
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#130 Bones that sounds like fun, what are you making? I’m not much into woodworking because I never invested in all the good equipment, a few years back I helped a buddy of mine some and he one of the old Shopsmith’s. He said that he’d rather have a bunch of individual pieces of equipment but had the Shopsmith because it was so compact and didn’t use up his garage. He still has it but he now has a standalone table saw and a drill press.
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Hubby and I dreamed of having a woodworking shop of our own. Along with many other things along the way. Someday…
I ordered his birthday present today. That item is out of the way, now I must go see my mother and visit with her, then go grocery shopping for dinner. I’d like to get some saxophone playing in today, and then do some writing/editing for the contest (I have to finish typing the 20 pages needed from my hardcopy – thank goodness I printed it out years ago!). Somewhere in there, I’d like to get some bookkeeping done, too.
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Hey — it just hit me. That -ectomy is the onliest thing that Sarge hasn’t been able to get for twenny bucks at the Main Gate.
There is no -ectomy that one would want to make at the Main Gate at Fort Sill.
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I’ve always liked Netanyahu’s crude hands and smooth delivery.
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#131SD: Right now, banjos. I think they are prolly the simplest of the stringed instruments to make. My task at hand is to build a sanding jig to the cut neck where it joins the rim. The neck has to have a concave radius cut of about 11 inches with a 1/4″ step (to handle the tension hoop) AND the neck needs to tilt down at the peg head about 5 degrees. That particular joint has vexed me so I am going make it idiot proof. The rim is relatively easy, I cut 12 pieces from a plank of 5/4″ x 3 1/8″ x 48″maple stock. Each piece has a 15 degree bevel on each side and then, when assembled they form a real nice 12 sided circle. I then glue to a sacrificial board and turn on the lathe to make round inside and out. The end product is pretty because each piece reflects the light differently. Sometimes I stack 2 different kinds of wood for the rim pieces where the top wood is really dense and use that as a tone ring.
As far as the neck goes, I use at least 3 pieces of wood laminated together and the middle one is usually a different color than the outside just for a little flair. Laminating the pieces together makes for a stronger neck (if you alternate the grain direction) than what you can do with a single piece, it also doesn’t cost as much. I am teaching myself (with the help of youtube) how to do this. -
#131 SD: As far as equipment, I have a table saw, router, lathe, dremel, hand held jointer/planer and a multi-tool. None of these tools are top of the line and they work just fine for my skill level or lack thereof. I would love to have a cutting torch and a wire welder in addition to the above so that I could make my own metal tone rings. The big difference between working with wood vs metal is that if you mess up wood you have to live with it or start over, with metal you can fix it.
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Bones, man that is neat! You obviously have talent to do that. How long will it take to put it all together? Also talk about a small world my buddy has recently started build an Appalachian dulcimer, a gourd shaped stringed instrument, I’ve not seen any part of it but a while back he was telling me that he had made a “steam box” to bend the wood. FWIW; This is his first try at this. I can’t remember what kind of wood it was but has wood from all over the world. He claims to know how to drive one of those things.
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How long will it take to put it all together?
If I get off my lazy butt, and our lunch guest leaves, I should be able to turn the wheels on the lathe this afternoon. My solution to the sanding jig problem is as follows: I am going to stack 2 or 3 2 x 12 x12 blocks on top of each other and glue/screw together, then I am going to turn 1/2 of it at 11″OD and the other at 11 1/4″ OD. Then I can use adhesive backed sandpaper, coarse grit, and put around the circumference of the wheels. With the assembly still in the lathe, I will build a rest for the stock to be cut and with a 5 degree wedge on the stock I can cut the joint in one operation. If this goes as I envision (which seldom happens) I should be able to produce a fully functional, completed neck (after glue up) in a couple of hours. Using previous methods for the rim/neck joint and the peg head would take me almost a week.
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Well, I’ve been out in the garage working on empting out the old work bench and cleaning off the back shelf that I built years ago, it runs all the way across the back wall and is about 4 feet from the ceiling. Also the triangular set of shelves in the corner. Every now and again I have to come inside and sometimes I get sidetracked by my computer. Oops, my little Bride just came in with an old cast iron skillet that I picked up somewhere, I might just better get back out there. 😀
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#134 Sarge, WIMPS! When my boy was about 11-12 and weighed about 80 Lbs soaking wet, he could shoot my 44 magnum Super Blackhawk. Once in dear camp he hit 4 outta 6 cans at about 10 yards, beating a couple of grown men with their 45 LC and 357. Everytime he shot he’d take a step back because of the recoil.
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A glimpse into the future – Barry readies for his victory speech on election night.
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Is this a Great Country or what? Kim Rhode Wins Olympic Skeet Shooting Gold Medal With Record Performance.
LONDON — Kimberly Rhode won the gold medal in women’s skeet shooting Sunday, making her the first American to take an individual-sport medal in five consecutive Olympics.
Rhode tied the world record and set an Olympic record with 99 points. Wei Ning of China took silver with 91 points and Danka Bartekova of Slovakia got bronze by beating Marina Belikova of Russia in a shootout after they tied with 90 points.
On Twitter, Monrovia Mayor Mary Ann Lutz congratulated Rhode on her win.
“Congratulations to Monrovian Kim Rhode who made Olympic History today by winning her 5 th consecutive medal — individual sport (Skeet Shooting — Gold!) in 5 consecutive Olympics!” -
I’m gonna boycott the Olympics until drag racing is recognized as a sport. Style points for wheelies should be part of the program..
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Monster Trucks, free stylin’ baby!
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Dang Bonecrusher, banjos, that’s impressive. I had no idea you were into the cultures.
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Now yer talkin’. Show those Euro weenies what real sport is!
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#142 Hamous
Sadly, how true.
#143 Super Dave
Much happier note, saw the interview with her on the news. What a happy lady, and she has a chance for another medal. Good luck to her. -
Ms Adee, what do you know about Ann Romney’s horse? Isn’t it one of those Dressage Horses?
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Well I got the sanding wheel cut to spec (or close enough) but the wimpy-&*%^$##^ self adhesive sandpaper refused to stick so I still do not have my super slick home made sanding jig. Blast it doggone it (insert a plethora of forbidden words here)!! It looks like I am gonna hafta buy skinny belt sanding belts and rig up some sort of idler pulley system, this just got a whole lot more complicated.
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The silver and bronze medals are the consolation prizes for the first and second losers.
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One thing I never understood was single gender match (shooting) competitions. It seems to me this would be a sport where gender differences would be minimized through padding and skill. Not that I’m trying to reduce the number of sports, but separate men and women’s sharpshooting doesn’t seem necessary.
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I’m guessing Shemp ain’t shot much, and never competitively
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I can’t believe I am actually going to type this, but I agree with #152 above. Ditto that for shooting pool, billiards or snooker, even though they are not Olympic sports yet.
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Shamaal Junior has learned why we disconnect battery cables and remove jewelry prior to working on cars, particularly when removing alternators. His wedding band burned the skin off around his finger and I had to squeeze my fat a$$ under the car to finish the removal and installation.
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I shot trap for a couple years when I was a lad, but then I grew up.
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Cordless detail sanders are new a tools to me. They make cleaning and re-oiling teak on small boats much easier. The Rockwell line at Lowe’s has lots of accessories for their entry into the market. But the rest of the line is lacking. Stripping the old varnish off was a pain. I have also noticed with all the recent rain that the teak oil is leeched out rather too soon. Any thoughts on oil vs. varnish?
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I’m not denigrating anyone’s medal. Heck, to come in second or third in the whole world? Even to compete? All the dedication and training and lost personal lives put aside to chase a dream?
I’ll never make fun of any Olympic athlete. I would never be able to do what they do, hold up under the pressure they face, deal with the schedule they endure, and handle the pain from the injuries.
Even the Jamaican bobsled team. Even they come from a country/team never expected to get attention or win, they still are pursuing a dream. I would never take that from anyone.
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#155 Shamaal, he didn’t know to disconnect the battery?! That said I do hope that his finger is OK, crap it would be very sad to lose a digit on something so avoidable.
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I made cheese cake for dessert tonight, and I needed heavy cream as part of the recipe. I had about a cup of cream left over, and I rarely use cream, so I made butter.
Never made butter before. I had read instructions somewhere, so I knew I needed to drain the buttermilk at least three times. I actually got more butter than I thought I would, and now it’s all tucked away in the frig.
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Now, what do I do with the buttermilk?
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I’m guessing Shemp ain’t shot much, and never competitively
Well I have and I agree with Shamaal. I am not sure that “padding” would be required either.
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‘However, I’m interested in hearing anyone’s theories on why wimmens shoot different than men.’
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Drink it! Or make biscuits.
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Make pancakes!
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Make bread or hot rolls.
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#159 SD
Oh he knows, I told him it was to keep the airbags from discharging. He got distracted and it didn’t register until he started disconnecting the battery lead from the alternator and his ring started to heat. He’s got a white blister all around his finger with some skin slough, no charring though.
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#152, OK, Ole Dave is about to wander into a “mine field” BUTT, there is a “SCHOOL OF THOUGHT” that say that the Wimmins aren’t as naturally completive as the men and that they are very good at attention to detail, that is they tend to repeat the same instructions exactly every time, this added together is said to give them an advantage in the shooting sports because, size, weight, strength doesn’t matter. That said, the feminists will say I’m a male chauvinist pig because I said that they weren’t as competitive and the guys will say I’m wrong because they’ve seen MANY women that are VERY competitive. So Flame on!
I might add that I personally know some Wimmins that can shoot the eye out of a Gnat @ 50 paces, wife, sister, and daughter come to mind.
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I’m not sure if anyone still cares whether we survive as a free nation or not, but if we are to do so, it seems to me that we have to scratch and claw one political seat at a time to take our country back. We are obviously fighting the Dems but also the RINO’s, so it often seems to be an unfair fight. Nevertheless, don’t forget to vote in Tuesday’s runoff, and remember that one of the candidates in the Senatorial race is actually a conservative who is battling long odds and short money.
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#149 Super Dave
Ann Romney’s horse is on the American Dressage Team. Her trainer is riding. Wish I knew more about how that competition is going, as it is on the tube overnight. Nothing about it in the Chron so far. 🙁 -
When I was growing up in Wisconsin, the school curriculum for 6th grade had us visit a Dairy Farm and return to the classroom with a pickle jar of cream that was passed around the classroom for everyone to shake. The resulting butter was applied to the fresh baked bread from the school cafeteria. Yum, yum!
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Tedtam “I’m just really glad I have one of those Kitchen Aid mixers. I’d hate to use the “shake the jar” method.”
Dang Dammit, you actually know how to make butter, you can use a churn, I guess but when I was growing up in the 60’s we made all our butter. We didn’t have a cow but my uncle did, a guernsey and out of every gallon of milk there was at least a quart of pure creamg and we used to put it in a gallon jug and set it by the propane space heater, then sit and rock it like a baby on our laps while we were watching the TV. 😉 -
#155 and # 167
Unqualified supervision resulted in injury to unqualified labor? Was pay involved? Dude, I have been sued for less. I could take this to the NLRB and file a compliant. Dare me. This is the world you want? Seriously. -
However, I’m interested in hearing anyone’s theories on why wimmens shoot different than men.
Cuz they’re girls?
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#173 Goat Racker
I employ less than 50 people and family employees are exempt in this case.
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I do not employ more than 50 people. That did not bother them. Exempt your ass. My Father owned the company when this started and here I am. Welcome to your world.
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175 shamaal says:
July 29, 2012 at 9:54 pm
So you got nothing, as usual.
I thought so.Dude I ain’t gonna make anything up, and the answer really is pretty dam simple.
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Still nothing.
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Shamaal, how many people do you employ?
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Shamaal #152;
It seems to me this would be a sport where gender differences would be minimized through padding and skill. Not that I’m trying to reduce the number of sports, but separate men and women’s sharpshooting doesn’t seem necessary.
I do follow your logic as I’ve thought along similar lines. however, my mother and father in laws have entered into several hooting competitions during their years and the usual result is that my mother-in-law wins the women’s division and my father-in-law wins the men’s and overall best scores. Go figure. Then again, he shoots a lot more than his wife.
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Five months to go.
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Super Dave #159;
That said I do hope that his finger is OK, crap it would be very sad to lose a digit on something so avoidable.
Take it from me, that’s very true. 😉
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Shamaal;
The laternator puts out some high voltage. Lil’ Shamaal is blessed that all he did was burn the ring on his finger and the flesh under it. Had that not stopped his work on the alternator, with the battery connected, the thing could fly out and have done some serious damage to him or to someone else. I learned that watching others work in the auto shop in high school. Fortunately at tha time the only thing that appened was a bolt hit the cieling and fell behind another student’s safety goggles. -
None, I have no business.
As a manager in a company employing over 10,000 people I can cite chapter and verse of the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act, the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act, and oddly enough, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) which exempts children on family farms.
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In Israel, Romney talks Iran, angers Palestinians
Those last two words tell me Romney did something right in Isreal. (Bold mine):White House hopeful Mitt Romney held top-level talks in Israel over Iran’s nuclear ambitions but quickly drew fire from the Palestinians for endorsing Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state.
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Gypsy says it’s bedtime.
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#181 Darren
Then again, he shoots a lot more than his wife.
And she survived?
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Good news!!!
PPP’s final poll of the Republican Senate runoff in Texas finds Ted Cruz opening up a 52-42 lead, an increase from our survey two weeks ago that found him ahead 49-44.
Cruz’s victory is driven by 4 things: the Tea Party, the enthusiasm of his supporters, a generational divide within the Texas Republican ranks, and the lack of regard the party base currently holds for Rick Perry.
Cruz is ahead by a whooping 75-22 margin with Tea Party voters, more than making up for a 56-39 deficit to Dewhurst with voters who don’t consider themselves members of that movement. There has been too much of a tendency to ascribe any Republican primary upset over the last few years to Tea Party voters, but this is one case where it’s well justified.
Cruz has a 63-33 advantage with voters who describe themselves as ‘very excited’ about voting in Tuesday’s runoff election. He also has a 49-45 advantage with those describing themselves as ‘somewhat excited.’ The only reason this race is even remotely competitive is Dewhurst’s 59-31 lead with voter who say they’re ‘not that excited’ about voting. It’s an open question whether those folks will really show up and if they don’t it’s possible Cruz could end up winning by closer t0 20 points.
The greater excitement among Cruz voters can also be measured by their eagerness to get out and cast their ballots during the early voting period. Cruz leads 55-40 among those who say they’ve already voted, so Dewhurst will likely need a huge advantage among election day voters to overcome the deficit. But Cruz has a 49-44 lead with those who have yet to vote too.
Cruz’s likely victory Tuesday is also indicative of a generational gap within the Texas Republican ranks. Dewhurst leads handily with seniors, 56-39. But he’s getting destroyed with younger voters, trailing 60-33 with those between 18 and 45 and 59-35 with those in the 46-65 age range.Cruz leads going into Tuesday
The good news is…I was worried I missed the voting entirely. 😉 -
Super Dave
From what I’ve seen on Fox Sports Olympic results, Mrs. Romney’s horse’s event has not yet taken place. -
#189 Darren
Thanks for the link to the PPP poll. I’m sure it galls them to report Ted Cruz’s lead over Dewhurst, as their organization leans left of center. They are likely scrambling to explain this situation as an anomaly in upsets in ascribing it to the Tea Party Movement in Texas and in essential denial of TPM influence in other GOP upsets around the country.
I think they may be misreading voter disgust/dislike of Dewhurst for equal voter dislike of Perry, for Perry’s endorsement and ads for Dewhurst have been rather tepid, and he pretty much had to endorse him. Should Greg Abbott decide to run for Governor he would be a formidable candidate; he would also be a formidable candidate for Lt. Gov. The PPP folks seem more wedded to their polling techniques/numbers and far less involved/bothered with really attempting to understand the temperatment and political climate in which their interviews take place. In brief, they do not understand that Texas is a state of mind as well as a place.
However, they are not alone in that regard, much to the detriment of the liberal/progressive/socialist mindset. That, however, is their problem. 🙂 -
Speaking personally, I have never been a particular fan of Mr. Cruz. And, unlike Sarge, I never seems to develop a profound antipathy toward Mr. Dewhurst. Until this election.
After watching and reading the ads that he paid for personally, I have come to the conclusion that Mr. Dewhurst is really a Democrat, and a vile one at that. I will never cast a vote in his favor, period. If by chance he manages to win the runoff against Cruz he will have to survive in the fall without my vote. I think he is beneath contempt.
Also, I don’t live in Mr. Patrick’s senatorial district, but his endorsement of Dewhurst has me thinking that he may have worn out his welcome in Austin also. -
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