Cheers and Jeers: Wednesday

From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE...

Let's Play A Game of Seek 'n Find!

The Human Rights Campaign is out with its list of U.S. Senate endorsements. One of them doesn’t belong. See of you can spot it:

2008 U.S. Senate endorsements as of April 28, 2008:

Max Baucus, D-MT
Joe Biden, D-DE
Susan Collins, R-ME
Dick Durbin, D-IL
Al Franken, D-MN
Tom Harkin, D-IA
John Kerry, D-MA
Mary Landrieu, D-LA
Frank Lautenberg, D-NJ
Carl Levin, D-MI
Jack Reed, D-RI
Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH
Mark Udall, D-CO
Tom Udall, D-NM

Yeah...Collins. Republican. Best friend of Joe Lieberman and John McCain. Voted for Roberts and Alito. Voted for the Iraq war. Jealous as hell that Laura married George before she could pitch her own woo. Chosen by the HRC over true-blue challenger Congressman Tom Allen, who responds via email:

"I am proud of my record of fighting discrimination on all levels and for standing up for equality. When I was on the Portland City Council, we led the state in nondiscrimination practices by banning bias based on sexual orientation for housing, credit and employment. As a Member of Congress, I have consistently supported fairness and equality measures while opposing discrimination. As a member of the Senate, I will continue to do what is right for all people. Specifically, I will not support judicial nominees like Sam Alito who don’t understand fairness and equal rights."

And let's check HRC's own ratings to see who really deserves the endorsement:

109th Congress: Tom Allen 100%, Susan Collins 78%.
108th Congress: Tom Allen 100%, Susan Collins 88%
107th Congress: Tom Allen 100%, Susan Collins 86%

All I can figure is either Tom Allen slashed their tires or Susan Collins bribed 'em with CDs of K-Tel's Disco Classics. Whatever the reason, this stinks like a crate of week-old fish rotting on a pier in the hot sun.

HRC wants you to donate money to Susan Collins because she's a little less batshit crazy than her Republican "colleagues." Screw that. Give to Tom instead. He's earned it.

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Cheers and Jeers for Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Note:  Republicans tell you what to think.  Democrats tell you what to think about.  Deep, huh.

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By the Numbers:
Days 'til Mother's Day: 11
Days 'til the first presidential debate Sept. 26 at the University of Mississippi: 149
Number of sexual assault cases the U.S. Department of Defense has investigated in Iraq and Afghanistan: 742
Number involving American civilians or contractors: 26
Number of civilian cases that have so far been tried in court, according to testimony in recent Defense Department hearings: 0
(Source: TIME)
Percent of senior corporate executives who own a private jet: 5%
Percent who own a yacht: 14%
(Source: The New York Times via The Week)
Ratio of John McCain '08 campaign flip-flops to John Kerry '04 campaign flip-flops: 6:1

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Mid-week Rapture Index: 168 (including 1 new book by Jim Hightower and 1 new book by Glenn Greenwald).  Soul Protection Factor 16 lotion is recommended if you’ll be walking amongst the heathen today.  

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Puppy Pic of the Day: An overhead shot of what it looks like after a naughty cat bowls a strike

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CHEERS to speaking up.  This is a gutsy, patriotic move:

The Defense Department's former chief prosecutor for terrorism cases appeared Monday at the controversial U.S. detention facility [at Guantanamo Bay] to argue on behalf of a terrorism suspect that the military justice system has been corrupted by politics and inappropriate influence from senior Pentagon officials.

Air Force Col. Morris Davis...took the witness stand to declare under oath that he felt undue pressure to hurry cases along so that the Bush administration could claim before political elections that the system was working. ...

Davis also decried as unethical a decision by top military officials to allow the use of evidence obtained by coercive interrogation techniques. He said Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Hartmann, the legal adviser to the top military official overseeing the commissions process, was improperly willing to use evidence derived from waterboarding.

Memo to our next president: Start a file on people like Davis.  Label it: "January 21, 2009 Medal of Freedom Recipients."

CHEERS to "#1."  219 years ago today, on April 30, 1789, George Washington took the oath of office as the first president of the United States.  This scene from HBO's John Adams---which makes me simultaneously laugh and bawl---perfectly captures the mix of awkwardness (How do we do this?), solemnity (Shit, we're really doing this), and euphoria (We did it!) that hung in the air that day.  No truer words were ever spoken than, "Finally!  Finally!"  Make sure you take the poll before you leave.  And then throw some confetti.  Big day.

JEERS to local jitters.  We all know from national headlines that things are suckety suck sucking in Economyville.  But these headlines, all clustered in yesterday's Portland Press Herald, reveal anxiety here in the Pine Tree State:

[Maine] Truckers call for lawmakers to act on fuel prices.

Food delivery: Gas eats profits.

Maine incomes outpaced by health insurance costs.

Gas prices may send blueberry profits up in smoke.

I originally thought that last item said "Blueberry pancakes."  Which reminds me: if you ever find yourself hyperventilating, breath in and out of a paper bag.  It works.

JEERS to phonin' it in.  President Bush, looking like he barely gives two shits about anything anymore, held a pointless press conference yesterday.  His robotic manttra: "Democrats still bad; oil still good."  Gee, I hope somebody etched that on parchment for posterity.

CHEERS to settling things once and for all.  Yesterday Barack Obama, his patience exhausted, stepped up to a podium and verbally paddled Reverend Jeremiah Wright's bottom:

On Tuesday, the Illinois senator used words such as "divisive and destructive," "ridiculous," "outrageous" and "wrong" to describe the words of Wright, a man who was Obama's pastor for two decades, performed his wedding and baptized his children.  Obama also said he was "particularly angered" by Wright saying that Obama's denunciation of some of Wright's earlier remarks was only political posturing.  He said that Wright isn't the same man he thought he knew 20 years ago and that some of Wright's ideas have given "comfort to those who prey on hate."

There was an unexpected moment of drama later in the day when the two met accidentally at a function, as picked up by this amateur video.  Yeah...that looks final to me.

P.S. Can we puh-leeeeze start talking about Iraq and the economy and health care again???

CHEERS to Mac vs. Mac.  John McCain v.2008 says we should stay in Iraq until Fox News wins a Pulitzer (i.e. forever).  But John McCain v.2005 says not so fast, you flip-flopping maverick wannabe:

"I would hope that we could bring them all home," he said on MSNBC. "I would hope that we would probably leave some military advisers, as we have in other countries, to help them with their training and equipment and that kind of stuff." ...

I think one of our big problems has been the fact that many Iraqis resent American military presence," he responded.  "And I don't pretend to know exactly Iraqi public opinion.  But as soon as we can reduce our visibility as much as possible, the better I think it is going to be."

I'm not sure why the DNC is bothering with TV ads when the old man seems to be gumming himself to death.  What other gems ya got, LexisNexis?

JEERS to debate by filibuster.  Oh, goodness.  Keith Olbermann explains what a Lincoln-Douglas debate---which Hillary Clinton is calling for---would be like if the original rules were followed:

"The Lincoln-Douglas debates followed formal rules.  One candidate spoke for an hour. The other rebutted for an hour and a half.  The first then concluded with a rebuttal of half an hour."

I believe I speak on behalf of everybody in this room and the universe when I say, "We'll pass, thanks."

CHEERS to Great Moments in Real Estate.  On April 30, 1803, Robert Livingston and James Monroe concluded a deal with France that increased the size of the United states by 828,000 square miles.  Price tag: $23,000,000.  We know it as The Louisiana Purchase.  Century 21 agents know it as "What we all think about just before we have a simultaneous orgasm."

JEERS to hypocritics.  Ladies and gentlemen, the Conventional Wisdom Police have informed me that any American caught not wearing a flag pin on their lapel shall be branded a traitor, a heretic, a bedwetter and a scalawag (not necessarily in that order).  That being the case, it appears that virtually all members of the traditional media should be immediately sentenced to death from a thousand lapel-pin pricks.  Rachel Sklar summarizes:

What does all this mean?  That the whole flag-pin wearing thing is ridiculous---a personal choice, just like most other things in this great and democratic country, terrific if you choose to wear it and just as terrific if instead you choose to show your love of country and fellow countrymen and women through your actions, of which wearing a flag pin is but one?  Seems that way to me.  But what do I know---I'm Canadian.

Oh sure.  Rub it in.

JEERS to willing pawns.  Barack Obama went on Fox last Sunday and was being slimed on the network before his seat got cold.  Reason: Republicans don’t want to face him in the fall.  Tonight Hillary Clinton will sit down with Bill O'Reilly and she'll be treated oh so kindly.  Reason: the GOP machine desperately wants her to be our nominee, so they're gonna give her the Lieberman treatment.  Billo will be like, "Oh, you're such a moderate!"  "Oh, you can reach across the aisle!"  "Oh, you're so strong on defense!"  "Oh, you don't pander to the looney far-left fringe like Daily Kos and MoveOn!"  And she'll be like, "Oh, thank you!"  "Oh, I respect your views!"  "Oh, let's work together!"  "Oh, this is fun!"  When it's all over, he'll go to the men's room, she'll go to the ladies' room, and they'll both throw up.  I'll have beaten them to the hurl by about 59 minutes.

CHEERS to the ice cream cone.  It was invented 104 years ago today.  Okay, now that's intelligent design.

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Four Years Ago in C&J:  April 30, 2004...

JEERS to the Sinclair Broadcast Group.  They're refusing to air tonight's `Nightline' showing the names of soldiers killed in Iraq.  Their excuse: Ted Koppel is motivated by a "political agenda."  But I'm sure the $200,000 (so many zeroes!) you've donated to the RNC and GOP candidates have NOTHING to do with your decision, Sinclair. Nnnnnnnothing!

CHEERS to the World War II Memorial.  The reviews are in: Veterans love it.  And how cool is it that kids were asking them for their autographs yesterday?

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And just one more...

JEERS to the huddled masses yearning to swan-dive into silver chalices of brie.  Let us bow our heads in solidarity with latest victims of the Bush recession: millionaires who no longer "feel" wealthy.  C&J considers this a crisis.  After all, these are the people at the top of the almighty Republican "trickle-down" chain.  If they start thinking pauperish thoughts, you and I may be eating Little Friskies out of a dumpster by the weekend.  So if you see a multi-millionaire today, please help lift their spirits by falling to your knees and kissing their wingtips and stilettos.  But careful around the pant cuffs...they're Armani.

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Sorry, but I won't be able to do another C&J until next month.  Ha Ha Ha!!!!  Floor's open...What are you cheering and jeering about today?

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Today's Shameless C&J Testimonial:

"We want Bill in Portland Maine to have his say.  That's over on June 3."
---Howard Dean
4/27/08

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•  Central Misery Cheers

  Cheers to recovering data from a failed hard drive.  My drive bombed last Thursday.  Here's a trick kids:  wrap the drive in a paper towel, put it in a ziplock bag, and freeze it overnight.  Then use KNOPPIX freeware as a boot cd, plug the drive back it, reboot and then quickly transfer your data.  I are an Eye Tee propheshunul.

  Cheers to a progressively better recovery.  Mrs. Grog's back post-surgery continues to get better.  Will she ever be 100?  Nope but she's mostly pain free and able to do most everything (on a daily basis) she was before to include.....sitting.  Something as simple as sitting.

  Cheers to leaving this afternoon for Springfield MO for our first real gig this Friday.  Gonna spend tomorrow afternoon rehearsing and listening to the rythmn guitarist stress over the whole thing.  Now I know why most musicians I know are stoners.

  Cheers to fellow Rescue Ranger Unitary Moonbat's publication, Crusade of Kings, a historical module for a role playing campaign game.  Batty and I are birds of a similar feather who didn't realize it until we started talking in the ranger workroom.  His diary, Role-Playing Games, the Crusades, and Moonbat's Book, splains it all.

  by grog on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:50:15 AM PDT

  •  Thanks for the UM link!

    by khereva on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:53:28 AM PDT

    •  I figured if anybody would want to see that

      it would be you.

      I started playing D&D in 1975, Batty in 1980.  Alas, when I moved to Central Misery, D&D was the one thing I couldn't keep doing (no group here).  It was the main thing I missed, initially at least, from the great move.

      by grog on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:59:46 AM PDT

  •  About that Drivesickle

    I had a catastrophic drive failure in November of 2006. With much medical care and good drugs, I recovered, but the drive didn't.

    I'm still shedding a few tears over a missing picture of my nephew and the odd bit of data never to be seen again.

    Wondering if I coulda put the drive in the freezer, but I'll know next time. Thanks for the tip.

    by JG in MD on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:04:56 AM PDT

    •  It doesn't work all the time

      and you still need a ton of software (most usually free) to be able to read the drive in that narrow window of time you have to get it started again.

      But, I'm amazed at how well this multi-pronged approach works.

      by grog on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:32:25 AM PDT

      •  This public safety message brought to you ...

        ... by Pooties Make Me Shiver:

        Backup.  Go out this weekend, buy an external HD the size as your internal HD, find a backup program which works (I use Apple's TimeMachine, but it only works with Apple computers), and

        Backup all your data all the time!

        I have worked with hundreds of hard drives.  At least a dozen have died.  Y, as they say, MMV, but sipping my flower nectar this morning I'm pretty happy I don't have to worry what would happen if my primary HD suddenly failed.  I'd restore everything up to 45 minutes ago, and get back to work.

        We now return you to Seein' Jays.

        by Yellow Canary on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 07:19:20 AM PDT

        •  There is no religion like back-up religion...

          We teach our students that every bit of downtime is a good time to make a backup.  But no one gets back-up religion like those who have recently suffered a catastrophic loss.

          My solution(s):

          1. Stay with a smaller HDD.  750 MB sounds so cool until you stuff it with everything you've ever created and it gives up the ghost.  Smaller drives require more frequent pruning and maintenance which leads to good back-up habits.

          2. Keep your data files separate from your executables and back-up the data files on a set schedule.

          3. Invest in an external HDD with back-up software installed.  It's usually labeled on the box as "one-touch" back-up.  I use a Mac with Time Machine and am ordering the 1TB Mac Mini looking external drive in the near future.  But there's plenty of Windoze back-up software.

          4. Make it fun.  I've got a friend who sits down every Saturday with a six-pack and some DVDs and makes a complete data back-up of his home PC.  It's a bit redundant, but as he says, "after the third beer, who cares?".

          by CybScryb on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 09:36:43 AM PDT

          •  A lightly warbled response ...

            ...

            1.  Pruning takes time and expertise.  I gave it up when I gave up maintaining MS-Windows machines.  HD's are cheap.  I mean really, truly, "what a value!" cheap.  You don't have to prune your data garden -- just copy it whole.

            2.  Absofuckinglutely.  Again.  Absofuckinglutely.

            3.  Absofuckinglutely II:  child of Absofuckinglutely.  That said, multiple smaller drives are prob. a better idea than one mega-drive.  I know nothing of your HD use and needs, but you might be better served by three 300 MB drives.

            4.  Make it invisible.  Set it and go.  Confirm that it works every couple of weeks.  I never "backup".  My computers back themselves up.  Once in a while I make sure it works.

            by Yellow Canary on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 09:58:18 AM PDT

  •  Missouri love in C&J

    Let's hear it for the St. Louis World's Fair, where the ice cream cone was invented!  

    by the chavi on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:28:22 AM PDT

    •  Woot!

      Being born there I've been to the leftover Pavilion many times.

      Where would the world be without the ice cream cone?

      by KMuniz on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:40:12 AM PDT

  •  Adams Memorial? Check my sig line...

    I have had the sig line below for a few weeks.  Glad to see this poll.  

    by LarsThorwald on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:38:26 AM PDT

    •  The Adams HBO series got into my head

      I'd read and loved the book but watching the performances....Since it started I'll be working on something, suddenly remember something from one of the episodes, the theme music creeps into my head and BAM...stays in my ear all day!

      by St Louis Woman on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:56:14 AM PDT

      •  I read the book

        but I've been stuck at college where the TVs don't have HBO, and hence have missed out on the series. Gotta wait for the DVD, I guess... but I did really enjoy the book. The fact alone that Adams kept us out of a war that would have made him politically popular in the short-term presents a jarring contrast to our own present-day reality, and makes him worthy of a memorial, in my opinion.

        by BlueTape on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 07:55:43 AM PDT

        •  Yeah, even if there'd been nothing else he

          effectively poisoned his own reputation and ended his career to keep us out of war with France.  Some would call him hard-headed.  I call him brave.  Think of the lives he saved...

          I believe you'll enjoy the series when you get to watch it.  High end production values and, imho, outstanding performances by the actors.

          by St Louis Woman on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 08:47:52 AM PDT

        •  Loved the book, too.

          For me, it was "Best Read of 2007."

          by mofembot on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 10:32:43 AM PDT

    •  Good catch

      If you hadn't mentioned it, I was going to point out your sig line to him.

      by FultonDem on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 07:02:58 AM PDT

    •  Rear Window

      I presume your nom de blog is from this movie.  No?

      by FultonDem on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 07:04:26 AM PDT

      •  Oh mais oui

        by LarsThorwald on Fri May 02, 2008 at 08:32:41 AM PDT

    •  See my comment downthread.

      You should make the trip this summer.  Only ten miles from Boston.

      by oibme on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 07:43:09 AM PDT

  •  How can you say

    that Mrs. Grog won't live to be a hundred. Do you have evil plans?

    by Phil N DeBlanc on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:57:16 AM PDT

  •  For some reason....

    ....HRC has never figured out that a vote for Collins is a vote for Republican Senate leadership...however acceptable her G/L bona fides might be. Thus we get the occasional endorsements like D'Amato over Schumer. Since that happened, HRC hasn't seen a nickel from me.

    by Doug in SF on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 08:21:47 AM PDT

•  Cheers to Timroff!

  Cheers to Timroff, today we celebrate our 3rd anniversary.  According to Wikipedia, we are supposed to get each other gifts of leather.   No, really.  

  He's the most supportive, loving spouse ever and I don't know what I would do without him.

  We're going out to eat, and then coming home for Married People Private Time.

  A pair of pooties and sprinkle of 4y dust to you all!

  

  Cheers to you all!

  by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:50:18 AM PDT

  •  Congratulations!!!

    

    by jetskreemr on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:53:37 AM PDT

    •  Thank you!

      :D

      by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:54:59 AM PDT

    •  Happy happy happy

      and cheers to good partners everywhere!  Don't know what I'd do without mine!

      by juslikagrzly on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:59:13 AM PDT

  •  Happy anniversary!

    And cheers to many more.

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    by Bill in Portland Maine on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:54:39 AM PDT

    •  thank you!

      :D

      by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:56:52 AM PDT

  •  Happy anniversary Dania and Timroff!!!

    by gchaucer2 on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:54:55 AM PDT

  •  I got mine in a little late...

    it's down there a ways...
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    by Timroff on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:56:20 AM PDT

    •  my love

      I'll take you anyway I can.  Sun of my morning, moon and stars of my delight, my paladin, my big strong man.  Love ya, babycakes.

      by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:03:21 AM PDT

    •  Hey you two ... get a room!

      I got mine in a little late... it's down there a ways...

      by RevJoe on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:46:01 AM PDT

      •  yes, that's the idea.

        :D

        by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 07:17:30 AM PDT

  •  Happy Anniversary!

    and many more.

    by KMuniz on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:56:20 AM PDT

    •  thank you!

      :D

      by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:03:43 AM PDT

  •  Happy Anniversary

    Leather & Hump Day too?

    Lucky.

    You guys enjoy.  :)

    by Debbie in ME on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 05:56:25 AM PDT

    •  All the luck, huh?

      Happy Annimaversary!

      by khereva on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:01:08 AM PDT

      •  thank you!

        :D

        by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:07:41 AM PDT

        •  SLAP that leather!

          yeee-hawwww!!!

          by voila on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:12:02 AM PDT

          •  oh god I was so afraid to expand that comment.

            lol, I'm sure Timroff will be taking plenty of suggestions.  I'm not saying he'd act on  any of them...

            by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:25:42 AM PDT

            •  Oh, I'm guessing he's old enough, like me,

              not to be so quick on the trigger...

              by khereva on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:32:59 AM PDT

              •  mmm, I'd say it's an old fashioned rifle

                rather than a hand gun, and that suits me just fine!

                by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:35:04 AM PDT

                •  Lucas McCai-- I mean, Chuck Connors?

                  by khereva on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:37:14 AM PDT

                  •  mmm, the kind you have to

                    take a long time to prep, but the results are explosive.

                    man, i'm suprising myself today.  sheesh!

                    by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:58:40 AM PDT

    •  I know!

      it's actually making me a little nervous!

      but these are cute...

      

      by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:07:26 AM PDT

    •  Happy Anniversary to you both !!

      And  best wishes from all the perennials and annuals in the garden, including the (deers love me, ouch!) Tulip clan.

      by Tulip on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:10:45 AM PDT

      •  thank you!

        all the best to you and yours!

        by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:23:40 AM PDT

  •  Happy Anniversary!!

    and, umm... have fun with your anniversary presents, whatever they are...

    :-)

    by brillig on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:02:55 AM PDT

    •  lol,

      thank you!  I think I want a bookmark, and I'll get him a belt.

      We'd rather cuddle then, erm, dress up.  :D

      by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:08:46 AM PDT

      •  save the dressup...

        for that other life :-).

        by brillig on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:11:12 AM PDT

        •  lol, he is never _in_

          SL.  

          plus, there is no reason to practice safe sex anymore!

          by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:22:51 AM PDT

          •  Sure there is

            There's no way I'm getting into some contraption that might hurt either you or me...

            by Timroff on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:39:36 AM PDT

            •  absense of contraception.

              SL = Second Life.  When you are doing it with pixels, that's about as safe as one can get!

              by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 07:00:22 AM PDT

            •  there will be no vehicles involved.

              unless you take me to lookout point!

              by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 07:04:50 AM PDT

      •  Hey, you might be surprised

        what you can do with a bookmark and a belt!

        by RevJoe on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:34:51 AM PDT

        •  o_0

          =giggles nervously=

          by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 07:15:43 AM PDT

          •  Please don't call me "giggles" ...

            by RevJoe on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 07:57:50 AM PDT

  •  Happy Anniversary!

    What year is the gift of kittens?

    by sheddhead on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:02:56 AM PDT

    •  Sadly, I am allergic

      so that won't be happening....

      by Timroff on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:05:05 AM PDT

    •  ooh, I'd love a kitten

      I think kittens are year 20.

      by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:09:33 AM PDT

      •  nah, year twenty is platinum

        maybe, if you're good - you'll get a platinum kitteh...

        

        by voila on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:15:59 AM PDT

        •  that's funny

          wrong in several ways, but funny.  Cute and useful is always a winning combination, but I think Timroff would balk at using a salt shaker shaped like Hello Kitty.

          by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:21:31 AM PDT

    •  Every Day is Kitten Day!!

      by CityLightsLover on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:14:46 AM PDT

      •  of course

        by Crisis Corps Volunteer on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:39:50 AM PDT

        •  AAAaaWWWw! Reminds me of my Dear, Mickey!

          I found one of my cats, Mickey, behind some bushes in front of my house. Part of his umbilical cord was still attached, eyes obviously closed, etc. The way I found him was his "mmmmeeewwww!!", hence the name Mickey 'cause he squeaked and squealed like a mouse. I brought him in my house, hubby and I fed him with an eyedropper every 4 hours, got all excited when he "pee"ed and "poo"ed (not anymore), etc. We said at the time that if he survived the week, we'd take him to the Humane Society. Right... Today, he is our best "balanced" kitty and an absolute joy.

          by CityLightsLover on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 08:16:06 AM PDT

  •  Happy Anniversary you two yougsters.

    We renewed our vows a couple of summers ago and now I don't know when our anniversary is. Do you think I'm in trouble?

    by Phil N DeBlanc on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:06:08 AM PDT

    •  Look inside your wedding ring

      It may be there in tiny, faint writing, engraved a long long time ago.  We're at 32 this November.  Jeez.

      by escapee on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:07:29 AM PDT

      •  I can't get it off.

        Seem to have put on some weight since I last removed it.

        by Phil N DeBlanc on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:09:07 AM PDT

        •  I assume you're referring to the ...

          um ... ring ... ?

          by RevJoe on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:35:37 AM PDT

          •  LOL!

            WSP!

            by Phil N DeBlanc on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:48:05 AM PDT

            •  Did someone say WSPs?

              Has sound, which is perhaps not SFW.  Video is SFW.

              by Texas Blue Dot on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 09:11:38 AM PDT

      •  woah, I did not know you two

        were married!  congratulations!

        by Dania Audax on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 06:11:18 AM PDT

        •  Nor did I