Daleks.
It wasn’t too long ago that I had no idea what a Dalek was. Now that I’m working through the Dr. Who episodes (and enjoying them thoroughly), I tend to see Daleks all over the place. They pop up in the weirdest places on the ‘net. Like this Snoopy Dalek. Who’d’a thunk it? (BTW – Notice the doctor sign to get the joke.)
I don’t find Daleks terribly frightening, although The Doctor seemed to find them a real threat. Perhaps because I’m not facing one, nor likely to do so, I am able to keep my adrenaline at a normal level. I do, however, find their speech incredibly annoying. It reminds me of a whiny baby speaking by drawing his full-grown fingernails across a chalkboard. And every other word seems to be “Exterminate!”
Another feature of the Daleks is their inability to be wiped out completely. Just when you think you’ve ended the Dalek threat, they come back, like roaches. And like roaches, they seem to appear at the most inconvenient times. But then, it is never a convenient time to be exterminated, I suppose. Squash them, and all you need is one of their brethren to go into hiding and return with a whole swarm the damned things, determined to ruin your day.
It seems that Daleks usually survive by getting out of sync with reality by using a temporary temporal shift. For those not gifted with a science fiction vocabulary, let’s just say they hide within time itself. Hard to search all of the universe AND all of time to find the little buggers. As long as they aren’t connected to the current reality, The Doctor just gives up chasing them down. Usually he attacks them with a righteous and vigorous anger, but once they start using trickery, he has no choice but to let them go to come back again another day.
And the real Dalek “being” is just butt ugly. Meant to be disgusting, they are. They are just shadows of living beings, a small blob surrounded by an artificial shell, within which they hide and from which they mete out punishment and destruction, not caring a whit who they harm. Old people, young people, men, women, children – all are not safe from the Dalek efforts at exerting their will upon the universe in an attempt to transform the entire space into their personal playground, with no other being able to dissent.
They cannot be reasoned with. If you try talking sense and compassion to them, you are likely to be exterminated. That is mainly because you have to stand still to talk to them, enabling them to aim and shoot.
Ugly. Unreasonable. Selfish. Brutal. Imposing their will upon others. No compassion. Tricky. Out of sync with reality. Persistent. Annoying. An unlikely looking, but real threat to safety and prosperity. Wants everyone to conform to their idea of perfection or disappear.
Holy cow, I think I just described Pelosi.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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Well, seeing as Tedtam went to the trouble to get up early to have today’s open post up, I thought I would pop in and say good morning to y’all. It’s going to be a wonderful day.
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Well, seeing as Tedtam went to the trouble to get up early to have today’s open post up, I thought I would pop in and say good morning to y’all. It’s going to be a wonderful day.
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Daleks killed the blog already.
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Daleks killed the blog already.
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Hey, MOTOROLA (MMI) Closed @ $38.12 yesterday, it was around $24.00 on Friday but on Monday Google offered $12.5 billion for the company. Works for me. 😀
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Hey, MOTOROLA (MMI) Closed @ $38.12 yesterday, it was around $24.00 on Friday but on Monday Google offered $12.5 billion for the company. Works for me. 😀
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Back in the’80s Channel 8 ran Dr Who leading up to their beg-a-thons. Seems that was the only show people would tune in to watch and they were embarrassed by it.
There is a show about how missing episodes are found. They were recorded on tape and sent about the world to stations for broadcast. Most were recorded over for other uses. If you find one the BBC will give you a full scale Dalek. Last I read some tapes turned up in Australia.
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Back in the’80s Channel 8 ran Dr Who leading up to their beg-a-thons. Seems that was the only show people would tune in to watch and they were embarrassed by it.
There is a show about how missing episodes are found. They were recorded on tape and sent about the world to stations for broadcast. Most were recorded over for other uses. If you find one the BBC will give you a full scale Dalek. Last I read some tapes turned up in Australia. -
This is how we can all release our inner bird. What an absolute blast this must be, gotta watch the video then let your imagination run wild.
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This is how we can all release our inner bird. What an absolute blast this must be, gotta watch the video then let your imagination run wild.
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Obama meets a Tea Party guy. I suspect this will be dissected on the news/talk circuits today.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/15/obama-conversation-with-tea-partier-gets-heated/
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Obama meets a Tea Party guy. I suspect this will be dissected on the news/talk circuits today.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/15/obama-conversation-with-tea-partier-gets-heated/ -
Morning everyone. Had an email from Mayor Parker in my inbox informing me that mandatory water conservation went into effect yesterday as had been predicted. For me — odd-numbered address — Sat and Wed only, after 8 pm and before 10 am. None of this will be convenient. Seems to me they must restrict it it to 2 schedules only, for odd and even addresses, to encourage people to report their neighbors. Otherwise wouldn’t it make more sense to spead it out more across the whole week?
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Morning everyone. Had an email from Mayor Parker in my inbox informing me that mandatory water conservation went into effect yesterday as had been predicted. For me — odd-numbered address — Sat and Wed only, after 8 pm and before 10 am. None of this will be convenient. Seems to me they must restrict it it to 2 schedules only, for odd and even addresses, to encourage people to report their neighbors. Otherwise wouldn’t it make more sense to spead it out more across the whole week?
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This is going one of the many persistent attacks made against Jimmy Dick Perry.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry may have forgotten a thing or two about the Al Gore presidential campaign he helped lead in 1988.
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But in fact, global warming was already a significant theme for Gore in 1987 and 1988 — long before his activism led to several books, a Nobel Prize and a part in an Academy Award-winning film. It was also well before the right gave him the “Mr. Ozone” nickname and talk radio heaped endless mockery on the future vice president.I can only imagine there are gonna be a few re-writes of the Pecos Perry ads as well. He talked tough before the election and within 3 months backtracked on everything. Even still he will be a whole lot better than the jug-eared Jack-a$$ we have there now.
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This is going one of the many persistent attacks made against Jimmy Dick Perry.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry may have forgotten a thing or two about the Al Gore presidential campaign he helped lead in 1988.
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But in fact, global warming was already a significant theme for Gore in 1987 and 1988 — long before his activism led to several books, a Nobel Prize and a part in an Academy Award-winning film. It was also well before the right gave him the “Mr. Ozone” nickname and talk radio heaped endless mockery on the future vice president.I can only imagine there are gonna be a few re-writes of the Pecos Perry ads as well. He talked tough before the election and within 3 months backtracked on everything. Even still he will be a whole lot better than the jug-eared Jack-a$$ we have there now.
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You may have heard that there is a strike going on at Verizon in Pennsylvania. An internal memo from the union boss is very revealing.
The company is using out of state cars/vehicles that are unmarked except for verizon door magnets. There is a possibility that other Unions may be accessing our facilities whether building or manhole. If they are you may first beat them repeatedly with a tire iron then advise them that we are on strike.
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You may have heard that there is a strike going on at Verizon in Pennsylvania. An internal memo from the union boss is very revealing.
The company is using out of state cars/vehicles that are unmarked except for verizon door magnets. There is a possibility that other Unions may be accessing our facilities whether building or manhole. If they are you may first beat them repeatedly with a tire iron then advise them that we are on strike.
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Good morning Hamsters. Wow, a reasonably decent 75 at 6. Likely the legacy of another 100 yesterday, meaning it’s relatively dry judging by the miniscule dew on the newspaper sleeve this morning. Spouse attended the monthly county Emergency Management meeting in Richmond last night and said enough rain had fallen realier to leave puddles. Arrrgh! It always stops at the river–the other side of the river.
We used to watch Dr. Who on Channel 8 way back when and saw several Dr. Whos in that time. Recognized Peter Davison as one of them and recalled him playing Tristan Farnon on All Creatures Great And Small. We recently retrieved and watched all 87 episodes of ACGAS on Netflix, and spouse did a search for more info since those made in the late 80s were missing Tristan in many episodes. That was because Peter was busy being Dr. Who and had little time to be Tristan. He finished pretty much the last year of the program. We read all the Dr. Herriot books long before the show began, and recalled many of the incidents. It was fun watching it again and diagnosing the ailments presented with the horses before they were diagnosed on screen. 🙂
Hmm, seems we had another Joe The Plumber moment in Decorah, Iowa yesterday between Obama and a Tea Party Movement member. Good for him. Hope he has no skeletons in his closet, ’cause the Dems will find and expose them.
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Good morning Hamsters. Wow, a reasonably decent 75 at 6. Likely the legacy of another 100 yesterday, meaning it’s relatively dry judging by the miniscule dew on the newspaper sleeve this morning. Spouse attended the monthly county Emergency Management meeting in Richmond last night and said enough rain had fallen realier to leave puddles. Arrrgh! It always stops at the river–the other side of the river.
We used to watch Dr. Who on Channel 8 way back when and saw several Dr. Whos in that time. Recognized Peter Davison as one of them and recalled him playing Tristan Farnon on All Creatures Great And Small. We recently retrieved and watched all 87 episodes of ACGAS on Netflix, and spouse did a search for more info since those made in the late 80s were missing Tristan in many episodes. That was because Peter was busy being Dr. Who and had little time to be Tristan. He finished pretty much the last year of the program. We read all the Dr. Herriot books long before the show began, and recalled many of the incidents. It was fun watching it again and diagnosing the ailments presented with the horses before they were diagnosed on screen. 🙂
Hmm, seems we had another Joe The Plumber moment in Decorah, Iowa yesterday between Obama and a Tea Party Movement member. Good for him. Hope he has no skeletons in his closet, ’cause the Dems will find and expose them. -
To this comment, all I can muster is a guffawing BS cough. I could not find the appropriate Animal House clip.
We had reversed the recession, avoided a depression, gotten the economy moving again,” Obama told a crowd in Decorah, Iowa. “But over the last six months we’ve had a run of bad luck.” Obama listed three events overseas — the Arab Spring uprisings, the tsunami in Japan, and the European debt crises — which set the economy back.
. . . . . .uh, yeah, rrrrrrrrrrrrrright.
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To this comment, all I can muster is a guffawing BS cough. I could not find the appropriate Animal House clip.
We had reversed the recession, avoided a depression, gotten the economy moving again,” Obama told a crowd in Decorah, Iowa. “But over the last six months we’ve had a run of bad luck.” Obama listed three events overseas — the Arab Spring uprisings, the tsunami in Japan, and the European debt crises — which set the economy back.
. . . . . .uh, yeah, rrrrrrrrrrrrrright.
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#9 Texakanukian: In a sane world not run by drooling zombies or demoncraps, that e-mail would be used as evidence in a RICO trial. Why is it that the unions are never charged under the RICO statutes when their members commit violence, assault, property crimes, etc under orders from the higher ups??
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#9 Texakanukian: In a sane world not run by drooling zombies or demoncraps, that e-mail would be used as evidence in a RICO trial. Why is it that the unions are never charged under the RICO statutes when their members commit violence, assault, property crimes, etc under orders from the higher ups??
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Some people’s KIDS!!
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Some people’s KIDS!!
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In a sane world not run by drooling zombies or demoncraps, that e-mail would be used as evidence in a RICO trial.
Maybe it could also implicate the union as an accessory before the fact when some goon actually does what the email says and gets charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon with the intent of causing grievous bodily harm.
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In a sane world not run by drooling zombies or demoncraps, that e-mail would be used as evidence in a RICO trial.
Maybe it could also implicate the union as an accessory before the fact when some goon actually does what the email says and gets charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon with the intent of causing grievous bodily harm.
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#9 texanukian
Some cognitive dissonance:The company line is that WE are greedy. The truth is they don’t want to pay our health care. Keep in mind we are already footing 7% of the cost.
Heavens! 7%! How ever can they survive? I pay about 25% or so of my family’s and I think that is pretty generous on the Company’s part.
They claim in the letter to have the support of the public. As the strike drags on, and service levels suffer, the public support will turn. Customers will also seek other alternatives, making the union’s position that much weaker.
I’ve never understood why unions strike any more. The employees lose more in lost pay than they can make up through any raises or benefits increases they might win. Every strike puts them further behind.
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#9 texanukian
Some cognitive dissonance:The company line is that WE are greedy. The truth is they don’t want to pay our health care. Keep in mind we are already footing 7% of the cost.
Heavens! 7%! How ever can they survive? I pay about 25% or so of my family’s and I think that is pretty generous on the Company’s part.
They claim in the letter to have the support of the public. As the strike drags on, and service levels suffer, the public support will turn. Customers will also seek other alternatives, making the union’s position that much weaker.
I’ve never understood why unions strike any more. The employees lose more in lost pay than they can make up through any raises or benefits increases they might win. Every strike puts them further behind. -
This is going one of the many persistent attacks made against Jimmy Dick Perry.
Those too young to remember wouldn’t recognize the Al Gore of 1988. He opposed the federal funding of abortion, supported a moment of silence in schools for prayer, approved funding of the Nicaraguan contras and was against the ban on interstate handgun sales. Gore’s platform was one that a conservative West Texas Democrat like state representative Perry could support when he signed up to chair the Senator’s Texas campaign.
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This is going one of the many persistent attacks made against Jimmy Dick Perry.
Those too young to remember wouldn’t recognize the Al Gore of 1988. He opposed the federal funding of abortion, supported a moment of silence in schools for prayer, approved funding of the Nicaraguan contras and was against the ban on interstate handgun sales. Gore’s platform was one that a conservative West Texas Democrat like state representative Perry could support when he signed up to chair the Senator’s Texas campaign.
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Wow. I was up late again last night and checked the admin site around midnight to find no postings for today. I slapped this post together, reading it through bleary eyes, and went ahead and posted it before I went to bed. I just re-read it and was amazed to find so few typos. I’ve made the few corrections that I found so far, but I apologize if there’s something else in there that makes no sense.
I certainly don’t want to upset the Daleks, after all.
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Wow. I was up late again last night and checked the admin site around midnight to find no postings for today. I slapped this post together, reading it through bleary eyes, and went ahead and posted it before I went to bed. I just re-read it and was amazed to find so few typos. I’ve made the few corrections that I found so far, but I apologize if there’s something else in there that makes no sense.
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In the story about TBO and the Tea Partier, I saw one woman was upset because she thought the Tea Partier was “extraordinarily rude” to the President. Nuts, woman! He’s destroying our economy, inciting class warfare, standing behind union organizations that intimidate and use violence, and you’re worried his feelings might be hurt!?
/waaaay too early in the morning for my blood pressure to get this high….
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In the story about TBO and the Tea Partier, I saw one woman was upset because she thought the Tea Partier was “extraordinarily rude” to the President. Nuts, woman! He’s destroying our economy, inciting class warfare, standing behind union organizations that intimidate and use violence, and you’re worried his feelings might be hurt!?
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I saw this headline: Obama adviser: Obama not obsessed with keeping job
Good, he won’t be terribly disappointed then, when we kick his ever-lovin’ wiss out of the White House. The only problem is then he can claim a “win” of sorts when he’s booted out. I’m with Rush – plus. I not only want his policies to fail, but I want him to feel like a failure. Maybe then he can learn a lesson.
I’m not holding my breath.
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I saw this headline: Obama adviser: Obama not obsessed with keeping job
Good, he won’t be terribly disappointed then, when we kick his ever-lovin’ wiss out of the White House. The only problem is then he can claim a “win” of sorts when he’s booted out. I’m with Rush – plus. I not only want his policies to fail, but I want him to feel like a failure. Maybe then he can learn a lesson.
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The IBEW’s head goon statement. He ain’t too happy.
http://www.ibew.org/articles/11daily/1108/I110813_PHillStatement.htm
If you can stand it, another goon point of view.
And in their paranoid whacked out world, the Obama administration is pursuing unsubstantiated claims of sabotage.
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The IBEW’s head goon statement. He ain’t too happy.
http://www.ibew.org/articles/11daily/1108/I110813_PHillStatement.htm
If you can stand it, another goon point of view.
http://blog.aflcio.org/
And in their paranoid whacked out world, the Obama administration is pursuing unsubstantiated claims of sabotage.
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I’ve learned to assume that the level of vitriol applied to an individual or to a politician is directly proportional to the level of fear they feel from said individual. Sarah Palin, for instance, is not announced as running for any office and holds no public office – yet the liberal media follows her around looking for anything they can use to defame her. Why – because they fear her as a self sufficient, mentally mature family oriented woman which flies in the face of the liberal mantra that women are an oppressed species. If word were to get out that women were in fact capable of making logical decisions and taking care of themselves, that would be the end of the liberal mantra.
Now I notice they have turned their guns on Gov. Perry. As I previously understood their plan, it was to attack and kill Romney, but he seems to have disappeared off their radar screen for now. To me that suggests that their polling indicates they need to fear Perry more than anyone else for not at least.
The louder they shriek and howl, the more afraid they are, so keep it up. They’ll probably wind up joining forces with Romney to knock him off the way it looks right now.
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I’ve learned to assume that the level of vitriol applied to an individual or to a politician is directly proportional to the level of fear they feel from said individual. Sarah Palin, for instance, is not announced as running for any office and holds no public office – yet the liberal media follows her around looking for anything they can use to defame her. Why – because they fear her as a self sufficient, mentally mature family oriented woman which flies in the face of the liberal mantra that women are an oppressed species. If word were to get out that women were in fact capable of making logical decisions and taking care of themselves, that would be the end of the liberal mantra.
Now I notice they have turned their guns on Gov. Perry. As I previously understood their plan, it was to attack and kill Romney, but he seems to have disappeared off their radar screen for now. To me that suggests that their polling indicates they need to fear Perry more than anyone else for not at least.
The louder they shriek and howl, the more afraid they are, so keep it up. They’ll probably wind up joining forces with Romney to knock him off the way it looks right now. -
From this IP Hill statement.
What we are seeing as this strike unfolds is the fruit of 30 years of unremitting class warfare waged by
corporate America and their political allies against the workers of our countrythe democrats and their union supporters.cry me a river union goons
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From this IP Hill statement.
What we are seeing as this strike unfolds is the fruit of 30 years of unremitting class warfare waged by
corporate America and their political allies against the workers of our countrythe democrats and their union supporters.cry me a river union goons
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#16 Sarge
Yep, I can remember when I thought Al and Tipper Gore were an admirable couple, in spite of being Dems. -
#16 Sarge
Yep, I can remember when I thought Al and Tipper Gore were an admirable couple, in spite of being Dems. -
#20: In the last link. I like how the workers complain the barracades keep them from getting at the scabs. You can imagine what they would do if allowed to get close.
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#20: In the last link. I like how the workers complain the barracades keep them from getting at the scabs. You can imagine what they would do if allowed to get close.
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#21 EG
If word were to get out that women were in fact capable of making logical decisions and taking care of themselves
El Gordo, are you on medication or other drugs today, or a victim of identity theft? This does not sound like you!
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#21 EG
If word were to get out that women were in fact capable of making logical decisions and taking care of themselves
El Gordo, are you on medication or other drugs today, or a victim of identity theft? This does not sound like you!
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In the last link. I like how the workers complain the barracades keep them from getting at the scabs. You can imagine what they would do if allowed to get close.
Consider the source. There’s a link on the right side of the page to an article that heaps praise on a favorable biography of Leon Trotsky and slams an unfavorable one.
They call themselves socialists, but they are deep red commies.
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In the last link. I like how the workers complain the barracades keep them from getting at the scabs. You can imagine what they would do if allowed to get close.
Consider the source. There’s a link on the right side of the page to an article that heaps praise on a favorable biography of Leon Trotsky and slams an unfavorable one.
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In addition to No. 6, I looked at the story and apparently there are questions as to what was said and who said it. Obviously there are going to be some misunderstandings because here is a list of “Top Ten” things I thought I heard the president say:
1) “There is nothing wrong with this country that a new president couldn’t fix.”
2) “I said I would create jobs and they are all in the federal government sector.”
3) “Your reference to Obamacare means Obama “cares” for me and me alone.”
4) “What is yours, is mine.”
5) “My vision for America is a country run by a dictator like me.”
6) “If you are not better off than you were in 2008, then its your fault, not mine.”
7) “Give me four more years and I guarantee you “we will all be equal’ in this country.”
8) “I have plenty of things to put in my presidential library but they are all current items.”
9) “Why are you bothering me with questions when I got a tee time waiting for me.”
10) “The taxpayers owe me a vacation for all the hard work I do.”
Let’s have the president tell us if these statements are true or not and if not, why not.
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In addition to No. 6, I looked at the story and apparently there are questions as to what was said and who said it. Obviously there are going to be some misunderstandings because here is a list of “Top Ten” things I thought I heard the president say:
1) “There is nothing wrong with this country that a new president couldn’t fix.”
2) “I said I would create jobs and they are all in the federal government sector.”
3) “Your reference to Obamacare means Obama “cares” for me and me alone.”
4) “What is yours, is mine.”
5) “My vision for America is a country run by a dictator like me.”
6) “If you are not better off than you were in 2008, then its your fault, not mine.”
7) “Give me four more years and I guarantee you “we will all be equal’ in this country.”
8) “I have plenty of things to put in my presidential library but they are all current items.”
9) “Why are you bothering me with questions when I got a tee time waiting for me.”
10) “The taxpayers owe me a vacation for all the hard work I do.”
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The oil and gas play in South Texas must really be something. I’m talking to a guy doing a road bore for me and he says you can’t find a motel room south of San Antonio.
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The oil and gas play in South Texas must really be something. I’m talking to a guy doing a road bore for me and he says you can’t find a motel room south of San Antonio.
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#29 – Drill Baby DRILL!!!
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#29 – Drill Baby DRILL!!!
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#29: Good luck finding anything around Midland-Odessa as well. Everyone is blowing and going strong.
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#29: Good luck finding anything around Midland-Odessa as well. Everyone is blowing and going strong.
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#29 Shannon
I remember the eighties when people in Giddings were living in old, used gasoline storage tanks sitting on top of the ground.
That is hard to imagine — you mean the underground tanks, hauled up to the surface? Or those cylindrical tanks you sometimes see already on the ground? How would you get inside? How could you breathe? Where would you hang your jammies?
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#29 Shannon
I remember the eighties when people in Giddings were living in old, used gasoline storage tanks sitting on top of the ground.
That is hard to imagine — you mean the underground tanks, hauled up to the surface? Or those cylindrical tanks you sometimes see already on the ground? How would you get inside? How could you breathe? Where would you hang your jammies?
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Regarding Daleks, ebay has long done a booming business in sales of Dr Who collectibles, including Daleks, various Doctors and Companion action figures, monsters, aliens, Gallifreyan councilmembers, etc. One of my husband’s favorite Christmas presents was a battery powered Tardis that with the flip of a switch, flashes a blue light on top of the booth and makes that Whoop-whoop leaving-the-plane-of-normal-time-and-space sound.
That was a few years back and I don’t see any of those up on ebay today. There is a Tardis mug that I rather like the looks of:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Doctor-Dr-Tardis-Mug-New-/120743951125?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1ce67b15
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Regarding Daleks, ebay has long done a booming business in sales of Dr Who collectibles, including Daleks, various Doctors and Companion action figures, monsters, aliens, Gallifreyan councilmembers, etc. One of my husband’s favorite Christmas presents was a battery powered Tardis that with the flip of a switch, flashes a blue light on top of the booth and makes that Whoop-whoop leaving-the-plane-of-normal-time-and-space sound.
That was a few years back and I don’t see any of those up on ebay today. There is a Tardis mug that I rather like the looks of:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Doctor-Dr-Tardis-Mug-New-/120743951125?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1ce67b15 -
Today’s the DAY!
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Today’s the DAY!
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Heck, I don’t know. Steel, cylindrical tanks with a door hole cut in it. And a sheet for a door. -
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Heck, I don’t know. Steel, cylindrical tanks with a door hole cut in it. And a sheet for a door. -
Not her.
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#29 Shannon:
I have it on excellent authority the same is true of North Dakota. A friend who was there told me you can land a private jet but there is no place to park it due to the traffic and you can forget about a hotel room.
Nice problems to have.
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#29 Shannon:
I have it on excellent authority the same is true of North Dakota. A friend who was there told me you can land a private jet but there is no place to park it due to the traffic and you can forget about a hotel room.
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Good luck finding anything around Midland-Odessa as well.
Yep. I got there about a month ago and discovered I had no rental car reserved. Every one of the rental companies was out of cars. You also have to wait sometimes for cars to get cleaned up even when you have a reservation because they are running so thin on inventory.
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Good luck finding anything around Midland-Odessa as well.
Yep. I got there about a month ago and discovered I had no rental car reserved. Every one of the rental companies was out of cars. You also have to wait sometimes for cars to get cleaned up even when you have a reservation because they are running so thin on inventory.
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On Drudge: A good neighbor to have:
http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/crime/neighbor-chases-kidnapper%2C-saves-girl -
On Drudge: A good neighbor to have:
http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/crime/neighbor-chases-kidnapper%2C-saves-girl -
#39 Mharper
I saw that story and had the same reaction. God bless him, and her, too. She’ll probably have nightmares for a while. At least she’ll be able to have nightmares.
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#39 Mharper
I saw that story and had the same reaction. God bless him, and her, too. She’ll probably have nightmares for a while. At least she’ll be able to have nightmares. -
When most of the news is about loons (guy on a tower in Oklahoma) and criminals (that “collar-bomb” dude from New Zealand was caught in the US) and riots (everywhere) — it is great to see some downhome good news every now and then!
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When most of the news is about loons (guy on a tower in Oklahoma) and criminals (that “collar-bomb” dude from New Zealand was caught in the US) and riots (everywhere) — it is great to see some downhome good news every now and then!
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Interesting development here:
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Republican Primary voters, taken Monday night, finds Perry with 29% support. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who ran unsuccessfully for the GOP presidential nomination in 2008, earns 18% of the vote, while Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman who won the high-profile Ames Straw Poll in Iowa on Saturday, picks up 13%.
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Interesting development here:
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Republican Primary voters, taken Monday night, finds Perry with 29% support. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who ran unsuccessfully for the GOP presidential nomination in 2008, earns 18% of the vote, while Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman who won the high-profile Ames Straw Poll in Iowa on Saturday, picks up 13%.
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Perry/Rubio in 2012. You heard it here first.
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Perry/Rubio in 2012. You heard it here first.
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#42 Hamous
Perry/Rubio in 2012.
I’d vote for that ticket in a heartbeat.
Of course, I’d vote for the ubiquitous grilled cheese sammich, too. (pan fried only – toaster and microwave GCS are poseurs).
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#42 Hamous
Perry/Rubio in 2012.
I’d vote for that ticket in a heartbeat.
Of course, I’d vote for the ubiquitous grilled cheese sammich, too. (pan fried only – toaster and microwave GCS are poseurs). -
Speaking of loons, Drudge’s link to this news item did not give the whole story that was easily findable elsewhere.
Police: Oregon woman used box cutter to circumcise son at home
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Speaking of loons, Drudge’s link to this news item did not give the whole story that was easily findable elsewhere.
Police: Oregon woman used box cutter to circumcise son at home
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If this is a repeat so Solly – my cranium may just explode on THIS…………
Video: Obama Ag Secretary says rise in food stamps is putting people to work
no really……………………………REALLY!!
beam me the hell UP Mr. Scott!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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If this is a repeat so Solly – my cranium may just explode on THIS…………
Video: Obama Ag Secretary says rise in food stamps is putting people to work
no really……………………………REALLY!!
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I must speak up on this grilled cheese sammich conversation. A GCS made in a frying pan is a fried cheese sammich, like a fried egg. To get a real GCS you put in on a cookie tray or similiar flat object and grill it under a broiler. That is a real GCS.
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I must speak up on this grilled cheese sammich conversation. A GCS made in a frying pan is a fried cheese sammich, like a fried egg. To get a real GCS you put in on a cookie tray or similiar flat object and grill it under a broiler. That is a real GCS.
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Of course, I’d vote for the ubiquitous grilled cheese sammich, too. (pan fried only – toaster and microwave GCS are poseurs).
Well, then–
You’d be voting for a pan fried cheese sammich, wouldn’t you?
WOULDN’T YOU?
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Of course, I’d vote for the ubiquitous grilled cheese sammich, too. (pan fried only – toaster and microwave GCS are poseurs).
Well, then–
You’d be voting for a pan fried cheese sammich, wouldn’t you?
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#46 Katfish, Yes, I recall that mind-numbing story. Can’t decide if he’s 1) off his meds, or 2) on something exotic and off the pharmacy chart. Good grief.
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#46 Katfish, Yes, I recall that mind-numbing story. Can’t decide if he’s 1) off his meds, or 2) on something exotic and off the pharmacy chart. Good grief.
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Of course, I’d vote for the ubiquitous grilled cheese sammich, too. (pan fried only – toaster and microwave GCS are poseurs).
I’d vote for a poseur “grilled” “imitation processed cheese food” sammich before I’d vote for Passion Fingers.
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Of course, I’d vote for the ubiquitous grilled cheese sammich, too. (pan fried only – toaster and microwave GCS are poseurs).
I’d vote for a poseur “grilled” “imitation processed cheese food” sammich before I’d vote for Passion Fingers.
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My fears are confirmed.
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My fears are confirmed.
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Probably puts noodles in his chili, too. 🙂
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Probably puts noodles in his chili, too. 🙂
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My fears are confirmed.
Canadians are clueless about grilled cheese sandwiches, too.Ahem—
What do you call chicken that is battered and cooked in a frying pan?
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My fears are confirmed.
Canadians are clueless about grilled cheese sandwiches, too.Ahem—
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What do you call chicken that is battered and cooked in a frying pan?
Yummy?
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What do you call chicken that is battered and cooked in a frying pan?
Yummy?
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Behold the POWER of Prayer!! (please keepem coming folks)
Just heard that Shooter is out of Surgery and in recovery. There were no problems and she should be transferred to a room in a little while.
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Behold the POWER of Prayer!! (please keepem coming folks)
Just heard that Shooter is out of Surgery and in recovery. There were no problems and she should be transferred to a room in a little while.
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Actually, the “grilled” in GCS is the result of them being grilled on a big griddle like they have in pancake houses. They are not fried, because the oil/butter is used as a lubricant, not as the cooking medium. Fried food is cooked by being at least partially surrounded by hot oil. A skillet is substitute for the wide expanse of a griddle.
Food cooked by/in a broiler is “broiled” not grilled.
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Actually, the “grilled” in GCS is the result of them being grilled on a big griddle like they have in pancake houses. They are not fried, because the oil/butter is used as a lubricant, not as the cooking medium. Fried food is cooked by being at least partially surrounded by hot oil. A skillet is substitute for the wide expanse of a griddle.
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Actually, the “grilled” in GCS is the result of them being grilled on a big griddle like they have in pancake houses
A mere technicality as it is therefore a “griddled” cheese sammich.
Cuz I got a grill in my back yard and that’s where I get my grilled burgers and chicken from.
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Actually, the “grilled” in GCS is the result of them being grilled on a big griddle like they have in pancake houses
A mere technicality as it is therefore a “griddled” cheese sammich.
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Pedanticalness. Every recipe you can find for a grilled cheese sandwich (except those freaky ones y’all invent yourselves involving toasters, microwaves and such) calls for cooking it in a skillet or griddle. Regardless of what you call “grilling”, a cheese sandwich fried in a skillet with gobs of butter is a grilled cheese sandwich. Go into any diner and order a grilled cheese sandwich and see what you get. It may not make any sense. Personally I think its silly that you park in a driveway and drive on a parkway but it is what it is.
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Pedanticalness. Every recipe you can find for a grilled cheese sandwich (except those freaky ones y’all invent yourselves involving toasters, microwaves and such) calls for cooking it in a skillet or griddle. Regardless of what you call “grilling”, a cheese sandwich fried in a skillet with gobs of butter is a grilled cheese sandwich. Go into any diner and order a grilled cheese sandwich and see what you get. It may not make any sense. Personally I think its silly that you park in a driveway and drive on a parkway but it is what it is.
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A real fried cheese sammich would be made by placing cheese (plus whatever seasonings, condiments, amendments, accoutrements, et al.) between a couple of pieces of bread, dunking it into some batter, then putting into a pot of hot oil until it turns GB&D.
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A real fried cheese sammich would be made by placing cheese (plus whatever seasonings, condiments, amendments, accoutrements, et al.) between a couple of pieces of bread, dunking it into some batter, then putting into a pot of hot oil until it turns GB&D.
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Go into any diner and order a grilled cheese sandwich and see what you get. It may not make any sense.
Ah, yes, but
Every good Texican know you can also order Barbeque Chicken in the same restaurant, even though we know that chicken can’t stand up to proper barbequing.
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Go into any diner and order a grilled cheese sandwich and see what you get. It may not make any sense.
Ah, yes, but
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What do you call chicken that is battered and cooked in a frying pan?
A chicken without much of a future.
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What do you call chicken that is battered and cooked in a frying pan?
A chicken without much of a future.
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#58 hamous
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#58 hamous
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I love you guys! (gals included)
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I love you guys! (gals included)
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PS: I had a grilled cheese sammich for lunch today. It was delicious.
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PS: I had a grilled cheese sammich for lunch today. It was delicious.
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I ain’t had a decent grilled cheese sammich in a while.
My toaster is broken.
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I ain’t had a decent grilled cheese sammich in a while.
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Just set it outside on top of a fence post for ten minutes.
The turtle might eat it.
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Just set it outside on top of a fence post for ten minutes.
The turtle might eat it.
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#51 Shannon
Canadians are clueless about grilled cheese sandwiches, too.
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#51 Shannon
Canadians are clueless about grilled cheese sandwiches, too.
Let’s parse Shannon’s implication here.
1. Is he saying Canadians are clueless about many things? or
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#56 I agree with Pyro’s definitions, but I am now making my CS’s with toasted bread and melt the cheese in the microwave. No added cooking grease, it’s fast, and pretty dayyaaaaam tasty.
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#56 I agree with Pyro’s definitions, but I am now making my CS’s with toasted bread and melt the cheese in the microwave. No added cooking grease, it’s fast, and pretty dayyaaaaam tasty.
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#60 Pyro
That sounds like a Monte Cristo. Used to be my high-cal fave at Binnegan’s till they closed down in Houston. -
#60 Pyro
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#64 TT
I love you guys! (gals included)
You mean cuz 2 hours+ were spent here arguing about sammich prep?
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#64 TT
I love you guys! (gals included)
You mean cuz 2 hours+ were spent here arguing about sammich prep?
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mharper42
That sounds like a Monte Cristo. Used to be my high-cal fave at Binnegan’s till they closed down in Houston.
The Texas Bennigan’s Begin Again.
In the comments;
From jack:
if they bring back that monte christo sandwich, i will be there.From Corey:
monte cristo, the single most unhealthy sandwich ever concocted, and true I too will be back. Miss the old days of cocktail arcade machines, virgin daquiris, and cheese sticks.. Ah what an unrefined pallete I once had.. -
mharper42
That sounds like a Monte Cristo. Used to be my high-cal fave at Binnegan’s till they closed down in Houston.
The Texas Bennigan’s Begin Again.
In the comments;
From jack:
if they bring back that monte christo sandwich, i will be there.
From Corey:
monte cristo, the single most unhealthy sandwich ever concocted, and true I too will be back. Miss the old days of cocktail arcade machines, virgin daquiris, and cheese sticks.. Ah what an unrefined pallete I once had.. -
I love you guys! (gals included)
You mean cuz 2 hours+ were spent here arguing about sammich prep?
It’s been going on for a few days now.
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I love you guys! (gals included)
You mean cuz 2 hours+ were spent here arguing about sammich prep?
It’s been going on for a few days now.
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1. Is he saying Canadians are clueless about many things?
Don’t know about “many”, but apparently at least one other.
2. Is he saying that Canadians — in addition to many other ethnic groups 🙂 — are clueless about GCS’s?
Nope. Just Canadians, although he didn’t preclude others being in a similar state of clue.
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1. Is he saying Canadians are clueless about many things?
Don’t know about “many”, but apparently at least one other.
2. Is he saying that Canadians — in addition to many other ethnic groups 🙂 — are clueless about GCS’s?
Nope. Just Canadians, although he didn’t preclude others being in a similar state of clue.
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The Monte Cristo is also one of my fav artery closers. Darn hard to find down here.
Ahem, are you saying my mother, who raised and nurtured me and taught me not argue with foolish people is clueless about how to make a sammich?
Don’t make me come over there…
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The Monte Cristo is also one of my fav artery closers. Darn hard to find down here.
Ahem, are you saying my mother, who raised and nurtured me and taught me not argue with foolish people is clueless about how to make a sammich?
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Mharper, et al –
I luv you guys & gals because you make my workday so much more enjoyable. The sense of humor over items so prosaic as grilled cheese sammiches lightens my load and brightens my day.
The turtle might eat it. /chuckling still
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Mharper, et al –
I luv you guys & gals because you make my workday so much more enjoyable. The sense of humor over items so prosaic as grilled cheese sammiches lightens my load and brightens my day.
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#56 I agree with Pyro’s definitions, but I am now making my CS’s with toasted bread and melt the cheese in the microwave. No added cooking grease, it’s fast, and pretty dayyaaaaam tasty.
Another convert. My work on this planet is nearly done.
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#56 I agree with Pyro’s definitions, but I am now making my CS’s with toasted bread and melt the cheese in the microwave. No added cooking grease, it’s fast, and pretty dayyaaaaam tasty.
Another convert. My work on this planet is nearly done.
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#59 Pyro
Interesting blog find. Comments were interesting too; mainly adults, no loopy illiterates aka public schooled morons posting there. -
#59 Pyro
Interesting blog find. Comments were interesting too; mainly adults, no loopy illiterates aka public schooled morons posting there. -
#73 Dave
I see that Bennigan’s was closed so long I forgot how to spell it. According to another comment:Monte Cristo= Fried Heaven
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#73 Dave
I see that Bennigan’s was closed so long I forgot how to spell it. According to another comment:Monte Cristo= Fried Heaven
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taught me not argue with foolish people
Apparently some of her lessons didn’t stick too well.
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taught me not argue with foolish people
Apparently some of her lessons didn’t stick too well.
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Monte Cristo’s are pretty tasty, but for a real yummy artery-clogger, you gotta go with an Elvis Presley.
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Monte Cristo’s are pretty tasty, but for a real yummy artery-clogger, you gotta go with an Elvis Presley.
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And now for something completely different, as they used to say on Monty Python’s Flying Circus:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/silicon-valley-billionaire-funding-creation-artificial-libertarian-islands-140840896.html -
And now for something completely different, as they used to say on Monty Python’s Flying Circus:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/silicon-valley-billionaire-funding-creation-artificial-libertarian-islands-140840896.html -
#82 Pyro
you gotta go with an Elvis Presley.
Never heard of it, enlighten us.
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#82 Pyro
you gotta go with an Elvis Presley.
Never heard of it, enlighten us.
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Grilled banana, PB, & bacon sammich.
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Grilled banana, PB, & bacon sammich.
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Grilled banana, PB, & bacon sammich.
Is it really grilled or griddled?
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Grilled banana, PB, & bacon sammich.
Is it really grilled or griddled?
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ya mos tagot the twinkies fried in bacon grease to go on the elvis sammich.
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ya mos tagot the twinkies fried in bacon grease to go on the elvis sammich.
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Nah, just pommes frites fried in horse lard.
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Nah, just pommes frites fried in horse lard.
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You pig eaters are prolly just droolin at the thought of twinkies fried in bacon grease, ain’t ya?
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You pig eaters are prolly just droolin at the thought of twinkies fried in bacon grease, ain’t ya?
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New Rasmussen Poll on GOP candidates. Perry, McCotter, and Johnson responded.
Perry 😆
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New Rasmussen Poll on GOP candidates. Perry, McCotter, and Johnson responded.
Perry 😆
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Now I can’t decide if I want a grilled cheese or pork for dinner.
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Now I can’t decide if I want a grilled cheese or pork for dinner.
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Grilled ham & cheese.
You’re welcome.
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Grilled banana, PB, & bacon sammich.
Doesn’t seem doable with toaster + microwave… Not to mention, PB and bacon? Yuck
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Grilled banana, PB, & bacon sammich.
Doesn’t seem doable with toaster + microwave… Not to mention, PB and bacon? Yuck
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#78 Sarge
My work on this planet is nearly done.
What else is on your dance card, Sarge?
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#78 Sarge
My work on this planet is nearly done.
What else is on your dance card, Sarge?
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Doesn’t seem doable with toaster + microwave…
Why not? I’ve cooked bacon in a MW. Toast some bread, apply PB & bananas, nuke, add dead pig strips, feast.
Not to mention, PB and bacon? Yuck
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Doesn’t seem doable with toaster + microwave…
Why not? I’ve cooked bacon in a MW. Toast some bread, apply PB & bananas, nuke, add dead pig strips, feast.
Not to mention, PB and bacon? Yuck
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My current favorite use of PB is take a small bowl, dip out one heaping teaspoon of crunchy PB, dip out another heaping teaspoon of Nutella (although I personally prefer Kroger’s house brand of hazelnut spread), then pitch in a big handful of pretzel sticks. Use each stick to dip up a mass of these spreads, can stir and mix at will. Scrumptious! Relatively healthy for you too.
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My current favorite use of PB is take a small bowl, dip out one heaping teaspoon of crunchy PB, dip out another heaping teaspoon of Nutella (although I personally prefer Kroger’s house brand of hazelnut spread), then pitch in a big handful of pretzel sticks. Use each stick to dip up a mass of these spreads, can stir and mix at will. Scrumptious! Relatively healthy for you too.
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Remember all those times on taxes that Perry helped Dewhurst and Craddick stab us in the back? Well, payback time has arrived.
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Remember all those times on taxes that Perry helped Dewhurst and Craddick stab us in the back? Well, payback time has arrived.
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As of 2 PM here it was 80 degrees with an expected high of 81, and a low of 68.
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As of 2 PM here it was 80 degrees with an expected high of 81, and a low of 68.
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Well, hello there b45i!
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Well, hello there b45i!
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hey, hello b45, long time
BB and bacon mmmmm
BB and banana mmmmmm
BB, bacon and banana…. oh, yeah mmm mmm mmmmm heaven
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hey, hello b45, long time
BB and bacon mmmmm
BB and banana mmmmmm
BB, bacon and banana
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As of 2 PM here it was 80 degrees with an expected high of 81, and a low of 68.
Some like it hot.
Me, I’m on my way, make room on you sofa. 🙂
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As of 2 PM here it was 80 degrees with an expected high of 81, and a low of 68.
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Whatever you Yankees want to do with two pieces of bread and some cheese is fine with me.
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Whatever you Yankees want to do with two pieces of bread and some cheese is fine with me.
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How’s that hope and change working for you?
When graffiti artist Shepard Fairey turned his talents to US politics, his reward was international acclaim and a letter of thanks from Barack Obama. When he employed a similar tactic in Denmark, however, the response proved altogether less edifying.
Last weekend, Fairey – creator of the famous “Hope” poster that came to encapsulate Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign – was beaten up after the opening of his exhibition at a Copenhagen gallery.
Earlier this month he was involved with a controversial mural that has enraged leftwing anarchists throughout the city.
Hah hah
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/aug/12/shepard-fairey-beaten-danish-mural?CMP=twt_fd -
How’s that hope and change working for you?
When graffiti artist Shepard Fairey turned his talents to US politics, his reward was international acclaim and a letter of thanks from Barack Obama. When he employed a similar tactic in Denmark, however, the response proved altogether less edifying.
Last weekend, Fairey – creator of the famous “Hope” poster that came to encapsulate Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign – was beaten up after the opening of his exhibition at a Copenhagen gallery.
Earlier this month he was involved with a controversial mural that has enraged leftwing anarchists throughout the city.Hah hah
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/aug/12/shepard-fairey-beaten-danish-mural?CMP=twt_fd -
Yankees live above the Canadian River in Texas and below the 49th parallel. Nuff said.
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I used to consider anything above Conroe as the North.
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I used to consider anything above Conroe as the North.
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Lots of Texans here. Of the 8 units on the ground floor of our condo, one couple from The Woodlands just moved out, and another from The Woodlands just moved in next door to me.
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Lots of Texans here. Of the 8 units on the ground floor of our condo, one couple from The Woodlands just moved out, and another from The Woodlands just moved in next door to me.
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As of 2 PM here it was 80 degrees with an expected high of 81, and a low of 68.
Well, I bet you’re hating life right now, aint’ ya’, BigIron? 😉
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As of 2 PM here it was 80 degrees with an expected high of 81, and a low of 68.
Well, I bet you’re hating life right now, aint’ ya’, BigIron? 😉
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Daleks;
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Doood eaten by a Shark?
Damn.
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Doood eaten by a Shark?
Damn.
I don’t care what some people said about him, I was quite fond of him. -
#102 – Just goes to show that when your number is up, it’s up. Nothing you can do about it. That’s why I get so disgusted with all these nanny government people who want to add another layer of protection anytime there is an accident of any kind anywhere. Maybe in this case, they should outlaw sharks, or outlaw people swimming with sharks, or just outlaw people all together – the solutions are numerous. They could build cages for people to swim in or for the sharks to swim in. Maybe they should outlaw drowning also. If those people just wouldn’t go into the water, maybe they wouldn’t drown (although I did see a story recently about a toddler who drown face down in the doggie’s water dish), so maybe the EPA should just outlaw water all together……
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#102 – Just goes to show that when your number is up, it’s up. Nothing you can do about it. That’s why I get so disgusted with all these nanny government people who want to add another layer of protection anytime there is an accident of any kind anywhere. Maybe in this case, they should outlaw sharks, or outlaw people swimming with sharks, or just outlaw people all together – the solutions are numerous. They could build cages for people to swim in or for the sharks to swim in. Maybe they should outlaw drowning also. If those people just wouldn’t go into the water, maybe they wouldn’t drown (although I did see a story recently about a toddler who drown face down in the doggie’s water dish), so maybe the EPA should just outlaw water all together……
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Might be a barn burner in Wisconsin tonite:
State Senate – District 12 – General
August 16, 2011 – 08:50PM CT
Wisconsin – 37 of 166 Precincts Reporting – 22%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Holperin , Jim (i) Dem 3,774 52%
Simac , Kim GOP 3,433 48%Earlier this evening, Holperin (boooooooo) had 59% of the vote, but as more precincts report in, that lead has gone down. He is now only 340 votes over his Simac (yayyyyyyy)
In the other race:
State Senate – District 22 – General
August 16, 2011 – 08:45PM CT
Wisconsin – 15 of 100 Precincts Reporting – 15%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Steitz , Jonathan GOP 6,373 56%
Wirch , Bob (i) Dem 5,068 44%Steits quicly took the lead and it has only increased.
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Might be a barn burner in Wisconsin tonite:
State Senate – District 12 – General
August 16, 2011 – 08:50PM CT
Wisconsin – 37 of 166 Precincts Reporting – 22%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Holperin , Jim (i) Dem 3,774 52%
Simac , Kim GOP 3,433 48%Earlier this evening, Holperin (boooooooo) had 59% of the vote, but as more precincts report in, that lead has gone down. He is now only 340 votes over his Simac (yayyyyyyy)
In the other race:State Senate – District 22 – General
August 16, 2011 – 08:45PM CT
Wisconsin – 15 of 100 Precincts Reporting – 15%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Steitz , Jonathan GOP 6,373 56%
Wirch , Bob (i) Dem 5,068 44%Steits quicly took the lead and it has only increased.
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Well;
That was fast:
State Senate – District 12 – General
August 16, 2011 – 08:59PM CT
Wisconsin – 57 of 166 Precincts Reporting – 34%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Holperin , Jim (i) Dem 7,494 55%
Simac , Kim GOP 6,196 45%State Senate – District 22 – General
August 16, 2011 – 08:59PM CT
Wisconsin – 17 of 100 Precincts Reporting – 17%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Steitz , Jonathan GOP 7,522 55%
Wirch , Bob (i)Looks like the Dems hold on to one and lose one.
Glad they wasted all that cash and got nothing too much for it. The only Pubbies they were able to oust was one who barely won his original election in a heavily Democrat district and another who no longer lived in his district because he had left it to go live with his mistress.
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Well;
That was fast:State Senate – District 12 – General
August 16, 2011 – 08:59PM CT
Wisconsin – 57 of 166 Precincts Reporting – 34%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Holperin , Jim (i) Dem 7,494 55%
Simac , Kim GOP 6,196 45%
State Senate – District 22 – General
August 16, 2011 – 08:59PM CT
Wisconsin – 17 of 100 Precincts Reporting – 17%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Steitz , Jonathan GOP 7,522 55%
Wirch , Bob (i)Looks like the Dems hold on to one and lose one.
Glad they wasted all that cash and got nothing too much for it. The only Pubbies they were able to oust was one who barely won his original election in a heavily Democrat district and another who no longer lived in his district because he had left it to go live with his mistress. -
Im for outlawing Dooood-eating sharks.
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Im for outlawing Dooood-eating sharks.
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Darren, you just can’t beat the weather here.
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Darren, you just can’t beat the weather here.
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#101 Big45! Where ya been? How ya been? You have not posted in a very long time.
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#101 Big45! Where ya been? How ya been? You have not posted in a very long time.
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#107 Shannon
Whatever you Yankees want to do
Suh, you are insultin’ a native born Texan.
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#107 Shannon
Whatever you Yankees want to do
Suh, you are insultin’ a native born Texan.
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The only native born Texans fighting in the Alamo were Mexicans….on BOTH sides of the wall!
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The only native born Texans fighting in the Alamo were Mexicans….on BOTH sides of the wall!
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Well—-
Looks like the Dems held onto both seats.
Which means they’re back to square one.
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Well—-
Looks like the Dems held onto both seats.
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#117 EG
I agree with you in principle, but you are on a rant. 🙂 -
#117 EG
I agree with you in principle, but you are on a rant. 🙂 -
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How many times do I have to say it?
“I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination…”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-FibDxpkb0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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How many times do I have to say it?
“I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination…”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-FibDxpkb0&feature=youtube_gdata_player -
#124 B45I
native born Texans fighting in the Alamo
I said I was a native born Texan, but I did NOT say that I fought at the Alamo!
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#124 B45I
native born Texans fighting in the Alamo
I said I was a native born Texan, but I did NOT say that I fought at the Alamo!
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mHarper, you should never leave me an opening like that!
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mHarper, you should never leave me an opening like that!
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Well then, Hon, I guess my comments were not directed towards you.
Unless of course you’re baking your peanut butter and cheese sandwiches on a cookie sheet in an oven, after toasting your bread in a toaster before zapping it all in a microwave. -
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Well then, Hon, I guess my comments were not directed towards you.
Unless of course you’re baking your peanut butter and cheese sandwiches on a cookie sheet in an oven, after toasting your bread in a toaster before zapping it all in a microwave. -
Shannon, that sounds like something an attorney in NYC would do.
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Shannon, that sounds like something an attorney in NYC would do.
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Nothing about my food prep shortcuts, methods, or peculiarities will ever make me a Yankee.
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Nothing about my food prep shortcuts, methods, or peculiarities will ever make me a Yankee.
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There’s a new study about women and how they feel about their a$$es. The results were pretty interesting.
30% of women think their a$$ is too fat,
10% of women think their a$$ is too skinny,
the remaining 60% say they don’t care… They love him, he’s a good man, and they wouldn’t trade him for anything in the world. 😈 -
There’s a new study about women and how they feel about their a$$es. The results were pretty interesting.
30% of women think their a$$ is too fat,
10% of women think their a$$ is too skinny,
the remaining 60% say they don’t care… They love him, he’s a good man, and they wouldn’t trade him for anything in the world. 😈 -
I will explain tomorrow how to make the perfect GCS. I have a busy tomorrow and can’t take the to explain the intricacies of the art right now.
Out.
Glad to hear you’re around lurker b’45.
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I will explain tomorrow how to make the perfect GCS. I have a busy tomorrow and can’t take the to explain the intricacies of the art right now.
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Sorry mharp.
If anyone called me a Yankee I’d be upset too. -
Sorry mharp.
If anyone called me a Yankee I’d be upset too. -
Unless of course you’re baking your peanut butter and cheese sandwiches on a cookie sheet in an oven, after toasting your bread in a toaster before zapping it all in a microwave.
BUTTER!
You forgot the BUTTER!
On the bread, after the toaster, but before the microwave (and its NOT about lubrication)
OR
On the bread, after the peanut butter, but before putting it into the oven. Ditto on not being about lubrication.
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Unless of course you’re baking your peanut butter and cheese sandwiches on a cookie sheet in an oven, after toasting your bread in a toaster before zapping it all in a microwave.
BUTTER!
You forgot the BUTTER!
On the bread, after the toaster, but before the microwave (and its NOT about lubrication)
OR
On the bread, after the peanut butter, but before putting it into the oven. Ditto on not being about lubrication. -
An Amish boy and his father were in a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and then slide back together again. The boy asked, ‘What is this, Father?’ The father (never having seen an elevator) responded, ‘Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life. I don’t know what it is’.
While the boy and his father were watching with amazement, a large old lady in a wheel chair moved up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched the small circular numbers above the walls light up sequentially. They continued to watch until it reached the last number and then the numbers began to light in the reverse order.
Finally the walls opened up again and a gorgeous 24-year-old blonde stepped out. The father said quietly to his son….. ‘Go get your mother.’
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An Amish boy and his father were in a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and then slide back together again. The boy asked, ‘What is this, Father?’ The father (never having seen an elevator) responded, ‘Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life. I don’t know what it is’.
While the boy and his father were watching with amazement, a large old lady in a wheel chair moved up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched the small circular numbers above the walls light up sequentially. They continued to watch until it reached the last number and then the numbers began to light in the reverse order.
Finally the walls opened up again and a gorgeous 24-year-old blonde stepped out. The father said quietly to his son….. ‘Go get your mother.’ -
#136 Sarge!
There is no call, no reason, for butter on a T/M cheese sammich.Oh, and I’m not interested in any of those unnatural combinations like bacon and peanut butter.
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#136 Sarge!
There is no call, no reason, for butter on a T/M cheese sammich.
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Oh yes there is.
Butter adds lotsa flavor.
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Oh yes there is.
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If you use flavorful cheeses, you do not need butter. I agree that butter tastes great (especially on those authentic fried-in-butter GCS’s) — but you don’t need it.
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If you use flavorful cheeses, you do not need butter. I agree that butter tastes great (especially on those authentic fried-in-butter GCS’s) — but you don’t need it.
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heretic
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heretic
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Gotta get prepped for the office tomorrow, nitey nite Couch Critters.
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Gotta get prepped for the office tomorrow, nitey nite Couch Critters.
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Skillet-grilled cheese for President!!!
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Skillet-grilled cheese for President!!!
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Way cool.
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Redneck Linux installation.
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#135 – You ARE north of I -10 Yanno………………
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#135 – You ARE north of I -10 Yanno………………
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1 word…………….
VELVEETA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1 word…………….
VELVEETA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -
I need some Cathoic clarity form this site’s experts.
I recently got into a blogging specticle with an Evangelical. I mentioned that Catholics believe that people need to do good works for salvation. The Evangelical’s persective wa that once you’ve accepted Jesus, faith alone inHim is enough to be saved despite what a person does afterward accepting Him. So, in essence, this was my reply to him regarding salvation from a Catholic perspective.
A eprson is moved by God to come unto Him through repentence. This inner prompting/desire is a gift from God who gave it by grace and mercy and it is not merited. it is the free will of the person to accept or reject this grace. Once that person desires to come unot God, that person begins to fear God’s justice but place hoe in His mercy which is realized by the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ (The Most Holy Passion): the second in the Holy Trinity. The person is to continue to grow through charity via the Sacrament (Euchrist) and/or Pennance. (Wagonburner needs the latter a lot 😉 ). Most poignant to my blogging with the Evangelical wis this. That the person must have “final perseverance”. My understanding of “final perserverance” is that the person may lose the grace of God he/she had received through his/her choice of actions. Though repentence and returning to grace is absolutely possible, my point to the Evangelical is that it can be lost. To an Evangelical, that’s a very foreign idea though, if I’m understanding what “final penance” means correctly, I agree 100% with it.
So, how accurate was this description? And if anyone could explain to me simply but accurately what the catholic Church means by performing acts of charity, I’d be most grateful. Doctrinally-speaking, is it limited to the sacrament and Pennance or does it refer to choice of behavior as well? In other words, if a person chooses not to behave in a charitable manner, is Sacrament and Pennance sufficient for salvation?
Here’s my two sources:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13407a.htm
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s1c3a2.htm (Paragraphs 2007-2010 specifically).
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I need some Cathoic clarity form this site’s experts.
I recently got into a blogging specticle with an Evangelical. I mentioned that Catholics believe that people need to do good works for salvation. The Evangelical’s persective wa that once you’ve accepted Jesus, faith alone inHim is enough to be saved despite what a person does afterward accepting Him. So, in essence, this was my reply to him regarding salvation from a Catholic perspective.
A eprson is moved by God to come unto Him through repentence. This inner prompting/desire is a gift from God who gave it by grace and mercy and it is not merited. it is the free will of the person to accept or reject this grace. Once that person desires to come unot God, that person begins to fear God’s justice but place hoe in His mercy which is realized by the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ (The Most Holy Passion): the second in the Holy Trinity. The person is to continue to grow through charity via the Sacrament (Euchrist) and/or Pennance. (Wagonburner needs the latter a lot 😉 ). Most poignant to my blogging with the Evangelical wis this. That the person must have “final perseverance”. My understanding of “final perserverance” is that the person may lose the grace of God he/she had received through his/her choice of actions. Though repentence and returning to grace is absolutely possible, my point to the Evangelical is that it can be lost. To an Evangelical, that’s a very foreign idea though, if I’m understanding what “final penance” means correctly, I agree 100% with it.
So, how accurate was this description? And if anyone could explain to me simply but accurately what the catholic Church means by performing acts of charity, I’d be most grateful. Doctrinally-speaking, is it limited to the sacrament and Pennance or does it refer to choice of behavior as well? In other words, if a person chooses not to behave in a charitable manner, is Sacrament and Pennance sufficient for salvation?
Here’s my two sources:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13407a.htm
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s1c3a2.htm (Paragraphs 2007-2010 specifically). -
Gotta get prepped for the office tomorrow
Time to grow fur?
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Gotta get prepped for the office tomorrow
Time to grow fur?
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An 80 year old couple were having problems remembering things, so they decided to go to their doctor to get checked out to make sure nothing was wrong with them. When they arrived at the doctor’s, they explained to the doctor about the problems they were having with their memory.
After checking the couple out, the doctor tells them that they were physically okay but might want to start writing things down and make notes to help them remember things. The couple thanked the doctor and left.
Later that night while watching TV, the old man got up from his chair and his wife asks, “Where are you going?”
He replies, “To the kitchen.”
She asks, “Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?”
He replies, “Sure.”
She then asks him, “Don’t you think you should write it down so you can remember it?”
He says, “No, I can remember that.”
She then says, “Well, I also would like some strawberries on top. You had better write that down cause I know you’ll forget that.”
He says, “I can remember that, you want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries.”
She replies, “Well, I also would like whip cream on top. I know you will forget that so you better write it down.”
With irritation in his voice, he says, “I don’t need to write that down, I can remember that.” He then fumes into the kitchen.
After about 20 minutes he returns from the kitchen and hands her a plate of bacon and eggs.
She stares at the plate for a moment and says, “You forgot my toast.”
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An 80 year old couple were having problems remembering things, so they decided to go to their doctor to get checked out to make sure nothing was wrong with them. When they arrived at the doctor’s, they explained to the doctor about the problems they were having with their memory.
After checking the couple out, the doctor tells them that they were physically okay but might want to start writing things down and make notes to help them remember things. The couple thanked the doctor and left.
Later that night while watching TV, the old man got up from his chair and his wife asks, “Where are you going?”
He replies, “To the kitchen.”
She asks, “Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?”
He replies, “Sure.”
She then asks him, “Don’t you think you should write it down so you can remember it?”
He says, “No, I can remember that.”
She then says, “Well, I also would like some strawberries on top. You had better write that down cause I know you’ll forget that.”
He says, “I can remember that, you want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries.”
She replies, “Well, I also would like whip cream on top. I know you will forget that so you better write it down.”
With irritation in his voice, he says, “I don’t need to write that down, I can remember that.” He then fumes into the kitchen.
After about 20 minutes he returns from the kitchen and hands her a plate of bacon and eggs.
She stares at the plate for a moment and says, “You forgot my toast.” -
When my dad was recalled to active duty during Korea, my family was stationed at Quantico and Camp LeJeune. I remember a young priest telling my dad that if you lived by the 10 Commandments, you pretty well had it made.
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When my dad was recalled to active duty during Korea, my family was stationed at Quantico and Camp LeJeune. I remember a young priest telling my dad that if you lived by the 10 Commandments, you pretty well had it made.
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I wouldn’t eat any of that stuff: President Obama = Toast
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I wouldn’t eat any of that stuff: President Obama = Toast
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When graffiti artist Shepard Fairey turned his talents to US politics, his reward was international acclaim and a letter of thanks from Barack Obama. When he employed a similar tactic in Denmark, however, the response proved altogether less edifying.
Last weekend, Fairey – creator of the famous “Hope” poster that came to encapsulate Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign – was beaten up after the opening of his exhibition at a Copenhagen gallery.
Earlier this month he was involved with a controversial mural that has enraged leftwing anarchists throughout the city.
“I have a black eye and a bruised rib,” Fairey told the Guardian.
A black eye? Oucie!!! As a lefty himself, Fairey should no betterthan to provoke the lefty anarchists. If he’s not opposed to meat, he should put a frozen steak on that eye. If not, then give the steak to me.
Shepard Fairey beaten up after spat over controversial Danish mural
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When graffiti artist Shepard Fairey turned his talents to US politics, his reward was international acclaim and a letter of thanks from Barack Obama. When he employed a similar tactic in Denmark, however, the response proved altogether less edifying.
Last weekend, Fairey – creator of the famous “Hope” poster that came to encapsulate Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign – was beaten up after the opening of his exhibition at a Copenhagen gallery.
Earlier this month he was involved with a controversial mural that has enraged leftwing anarchists throughout the city.
“I have a black eye and a bruised rib,” Fairey told the Guardian.A black eye? Oucie!!! As a lefty himself, Fairey should no betterthan to provoke the lefty anarchists. If he’s not opposed to meat, he should put a frozen steak on that eye. If not, then give the steak to me.
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Being non-union is now life-threatening.
/spits
Too late for a theological dissertation. Ask tomorrow. It looks like another one a.m.-er for me.
/back to grindstone
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Being non-union is now life-threatening.
/spits
Too late for a theological dissertation. Ask tomorrow. It looks like another one a.m.-er for me.
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You’ve all seen it: the media sensationalizing footage of birds covered in oil after a spill, but what you haven’t heard about are the thousands of birds killed every day by windmills in California, until now. And the birds being killed aren’t just any birds, they are protected species.
(snip)
In the Bay Area, when activists in the 1980s demanded a cleaner planet, the state responded with the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area. The state-approved wind farm, built with federal tax credits, kills 4,700 birds annually, including 1,300 raptors, among them 70 golden eagles, according to biological reports generated on behalf of the owners.
Stupid eagles. And isn’t it good to kill rapotrs? They may look cute but they’re deadly.
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You’ve all seen it: the media sensationalizing footage of birds covered in oil after a spill, but what you haven’t heard about are the thousands of birds killed every day by windmills in California, until now. And the birds being killed aren’t just any birds, they are protected species.
(snip)In the Bay Area, when activists in the 1980s demanded a cleaner planet, the state responded with the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area. The state-approved wind farm, built with federal tax credits, kills 4,700 birds annually, including 1,300 raptors, among them 70 golden eagles, according to biological reports generated on behalf of the owners.
Stupid eagles. And isn’t it good to kill rapotrs? They may look cute but they’re deadly.
Oops: Greenies Killing Thousands of Protected Birds Daily -
(sticks head out of LurkCave, enjoys “cool” night air)
Howdy Hamsterousians! I see we have a new “old” lurker, according to 134 Texanadian, our pal Big45Iron. Ha, he should know that anyone above 1960 is a Yankee! 😉
from yesterday #63 Shannon, Well now, part of the fun of home dwelling is the responsibility of the head of the household to catch his own dillos. It’s really not too hard, I gave you some perfectly good instructions!
The backup should be an extra box or two for the bystanders. More chance of catching him alive. Of course, you could try El Gordo’s method, but it sounds too boring for me.
The baby dillo showed up tonight. He was under the bushes too far to get a good pounce. Heh, he doesn’t know how little time he has left… 😈
Kneemails to the hurting ones.
(retreats back into LurkCave, salivating at the thought of that cold adult beverage in the fridge. And if you don’t use a cast iron frypan, with butter, it ain’t a grilled cheese sandwich no matter what you put in, on or around it.)
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(sticks head out of LurkCave, enjoys “cool” night air)
Howdy Hamsterousians! I see we have a new “old” lurker, according to 134 Texanadian, our pal Big45Iron. Ha, he should know that anyone above 1960 is a Yankee! 😉
from yesterday #63 Shannon, Well now, part of the fun of home dwelling is the responsibility of the head of the household to catch his own dillos. It’s really not too hard, I gave you some perfectly good instructions!
The backup should be an extra box or two for the bystanders. More chance of catching him alive. Of course, you could try El Gordo’s method, but it sounds too boring for me.
The baby dillo showed up tonight. He was under the bushes too far to get a good pounce. Heh, he doesn’t know how little time he has left… 😈
Kneemails to the hurting ones.
(retreats back into LurkCave, salivating at the thought of that cold adult beverage in the fridge. And if you don’t use a cast iron frypan, with butter, it ain’t a grilled cheese sandwich no matter what you put in, on or around it.) -
(retreats back into LurkCave, salivating at the thought of that cold adult beverage in the fridge. And if you don’t use a cast iron frypan, with butter, it ain’t a grilled cheese sandwich no matter what you put in, on or around it.)
That does it. I’m making a grilled cheese with eggs sandwhich on the cast iron skillet and with butter for tomorrow’s lunch. Through in some broccoli (served separatly) for health and I’ll be set.
Thanks, Lurker.
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(retreats back into LurkCave, salivating at the thought of that cold adult beverage in the fridge. And if you don’t use a cast iron frypan, with butter, it ain’t a grilled cheese sandwich no matter what you put in, on or around it.)
That does it. I’m making a grilled cheese with eggs sandwhich on the cast iron skillet and with butter for tomorrow’s lunch. Through in some broccoli (served separatly) for health and I’ll be set.
Thanks, Lurker. -
TT;
Too late for a theological dissertation. Ask tomorrow.
Thanks. I’ll look on tomorrow’s post for any respnses. Take care tonight.
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TT;
Too late for a theological dissertation. Ask tomorrow.
Thanks. I’ll look on tomorrow’s post for any respnses. Take care tonight.
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