First! When it matters.

Good to see yez. Happy Flag Day!

And there was much rejoicing!

LOL INTERNETS

Was the Friday 13th + full moon what did it? Inquiring minds want to know.

I have been thinking about a certain someone screaming in great anguish at the recent demise. His ‘L’ key is prolly dead from overuse by now.

Full moon? More like the Conjunction of a Million Spheres.

Pup–

I was hoping the upside of such a long downtime was that said someone, desperate to find new outlets for his frustration, managed to autoerotically asphyxiate himself.

I’m torn between yelling “Woooo!” and “shh, don’t be too loud, the fail twins might notice…”

Anyway, yay!

Feckin’ W00t!!1!

Now bring forth teh good news, such as Maureen Dowd’s copy of Fifty Shades of Plaid was killed and eaten by her teacup poodle after she attempted to do a chocolate bar blowback on little Clenis.

whoah. I was thinking this was forever gone.

And now I have to pick up dog poop. So I am feeling a bit like the Tears IN Rain Patrol that keeps the Sadly House in order.

Maureen Dowd’s copy of Fifty Shades of Plaid was killed and eaten by her teacup poodle after she attempted to do a chocolate bar blowback on little Clenis.

You are a sick man. Minnesota is damaging you, friend.

Woo hoo!

Just thinking outside the box here… could we send all the Republicans to Iraq!

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”

I posted on my Facebook the following:
“I’m starting to think that gun control is like the metric system; no matter how many countries use it with no problems, there will always be a plurality of Americans who just refuse to consider it.”

I got multiple likes and no criticism. I must have the right people for Facebook friends.

Also, nice to have Sadly, No! back.

Well, it’s about bloody time you whipped those hamsters into gear. They’re lazy little moochers – need bootstraps.
Good to be back at the fireside.

Welcome back!

Well, it’s about bloody time you whipped those hamsters into gear.

They had to make a tiny defibrillator from a 9-volt battery and a pair of tweezers.

They had to make a tiny defibrillator from a 9-volt battery and a pair of tweezers.

And used the famed Parkers Brothers simulator.

Twentyfirst!

Yay! Let there be (jungle-inflected political indie) rock!

Ah, Flag Day. Burn baby burn!!

(All this & still on Central Euro Time?)

welcome back!

also that spain v the netherlands match was brilliant!

“I’m starting to think that gun control is like the metric system; no matter how many countries use it with no problems, there will always be a plurality of Americans who just refuse to consider it.”

Robert, will that internets be carry-out or delivery? I’d like you for it, but I’d have to be on Facehuggerbook to do so, and it’s only recently that I’ve had something happen in my life that might require me to get on Facehuggerbook.

(True story: in the recent Franklin County [PA] Democratic primary, since nobody was running for the vacant seat on the county Democratic Committee from my precinct, I took Michael Moore’s advice and wrote myself in. Turned out mine was one of two names to get written in, and the other turned out to belong to a party non-resident of precinct 5-2, so as of Monday night’s committee reorganization meeting, I will officially be a politician.)

Well, it’s about bloody time you whipped those hamsters into gear.

I think there might have been one o’ those medicinal candy bars involved. Whether the eating of it by the hamsters had a precipitating or curative effect, I don’t know.

Austin, congratulations! Enjoy seeing how the sausage is made.

And thanks for the shiny Internets. It’s an honor just to be nominated.

Heh. Read the whole thing.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/06/14/oak-hill-tn-commissioner-candidate-who-was-victim-of-anti-atheist-smear-campaign-gets-elected/

Austin, you’re supposed to write a (reliably liberal) friend’s name in, not your own! Now you’ll have to go to [gasp] meetings!

Teh horrors!

[But srsly, congrats. Hope it’s a fruitful, pleasant, and rewarding experience. ]

WHEW! I thought we’d lost yez.

Just a note. Cerb and I are mad soccer/Football fans. I got the univision app for the phone and just watched most of both games on my phone.

Just saying, we might both be in our bunks for a bit.

I do intend to cross the street and update, while waiting for the next match.

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Thanks for bringing it back!

One of my UK buddies is attending.

Oh man, don’t get me started on motherfuckin’ RAID arrays … I’ve got a 500Gb drive at home that’s dead like Elvis because I aborted an installation* on it with one of those buggers in process – & we’re talking ultra-dead: computers don’t even perceive its existence when you plug it in.

Depending on the size of the server, how long the problem took to find, the RAID level used & extent of data FUBAR, the resuscitation of the Mothership may have actually been fast … restoration/recovery can take days on end to work itself out.
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* Sure, it was technically my fault for being berzerk/every computer’s worst nightmare come to life/impatient, but if you can’t blame machines for your screw-ups, what the hell are they good for? I’m crazy enough that I then went right back & installed said “killer” distro on my ancient spare laptop for the lulz, sans RAID – & it’s been a total sweetheart to run.

You are a sick man. Minnesota is damaging you, friend.

minnesota only makes us as hardy as you weirdo wisconsinites wish you were my friend…

Sure, it was technically my fault for being berzerk/every computer’s worst nightmare come to life/impatient, but if you can’t blame machines for your screw-ups, what the hell are they good for?

ha! this happened to me at ‘girl’s weekend’ and instead of machines it was people and i blame vodka…and an overabundance of william clark…

jim (some assembly required) said,
June 15, 2014 at 7:43

Oh man, don’t get me started on motherfuckin’ RAID arrays”

*pokes with stick*
I guess you were using RAID 0, the only RAID setting that has zero fault tolerance?
(Disclosure: I use RAID 1. That and the info in the RAID wiki is all I know about RAID, so I’m willing to have my ignorance challenged.)

Sadly, let me be the first to say this…

“The reign of Spain, it’s plain, is down the drain.”

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/06/fifa-world-cup-netherlands-51-spain-dutch

http://www.theonion.com/articles/resigning-house-leader-cantor-reflects-on-all-the,36268/

Also, too, I was adopted by a smallish male Siamese cat a week ago Thursday which has required certain adjustments…

TELL ME ABOUT IT.

I’ve heard that Siamese cats are fairly “high maintenance” but am skeptical about any significant differences in disposition among various breeds. For the record, I am partial to marmelade cats. We had a marmie who taught himself how to use the toilet… Smartest cat I’ve ever encountered.

I’ve heard that Siamese cats are fairly “high maintenance” but am skeptical about any significant differences in disposition among various breeds.

All I can say is I was raised by with one, and he was a lovely fellow. Killed afoot-long centipede near my crib when we were in Cuba, was patient with small children in general (if he was so incautious as to allow a child to grab his tail, he’d just wait the kid out, then remove himself from the vicinity). He was an “apple head,” so I’m inclined to view that variant as “real” siamese. But my elder cat is definitely of the Siamese tribe – she has the points and eyes, though not the voice, and is decorated with white patches.

Just don’t ever show fear, and you’ll be fine.

Also, too, I was adopted by a smallish male Siamese cat a week ago Thursday which has required certain adjustments…Single no more, and I will admit that there have been a couple of brief moments wherein I kinda wished we had not crossed paths…but he is a good boy and adjusting to the new circumstances, settling in, and of course, training my ass.

So needy, but super affectionate.
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LarryElvis loves his new fambily, and his new Curly.
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minnesota only makes us as hardy as you weirdo wisconsinites wish you were my friend…

How tough can it be in Minnesota, what with your healthcare, and good economy, and jobs, and raising the minimum wage, and gay marriage, and Al Frankens….

Of course, you have to live with the Vikings (complete with collapsing inflatable stadium) and the Twins, so maybe that is what you mean.

Curly is, on the whole, happier with me all to hisself. Fat and sassy.
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And here I thought I could beat any addiction that I was sucked into !! (Including serving as a Dem officer in my county)…but I digress. Google kept telling me that this site was down. Nooooooooooo……..
I kept hoping, waiting, searching…. found the alter-ego and the good news was that I only had to wait a bit to get the daily “fix”. Ahhhh! anditfeelsogood. Welcome back to the intrtoobz, SN! I am glad to see you.

Sidenote: Spousal unit, although not a true soccer fan, chose Nederlands v.Portugal for a final. What say you all? Is the big betting pool money pot going to be ours to spend?

The 90s are over. Let’s let RAID rest in peace.

Footie? But no U.S. Open? Really?

No mention of which team (& city) won hockey this yr.?

DON’T MAKE ME TAKE MY BUSINESS ELSEWHERE.

PENIS

MOAR PENIS

https://m.facebook.com/103418466362690/photos/a.480183688686164.105655.103418466362690/691871750850689/?type=1&source=46&refid=17

Going off the air for a bit. Time to update crappy old machine w/ new mobo and chip. Also finally dropping teh Windoze fer good.

Thanks very much for the tip! I work on a tug boat and thought I’d miss it all, but you and Univision have me covered.

Does Facebook exist solely for my friends to post links to stupid right-wing bullshit?

Am I the last person on the planet to figure this out?

Also finally dropping teh Windoze fer good.

So what OS do you plan to use?

I’m going with Debian / Gnome

Major Kong, I just finally had to unfriend a person who I find relatively pleasant except for his habit of pasting excessively offensive right wing crap in my feed. The immediate aftermath of the paranoid right wing rampage in Vegas is exactly the wrong time to post some reactionary meme comparing those who advocate for gun control to Hitler, Mao, Pol pot and Stalin.

a smallish male Siamese cat a week ago Thursday which has required certain adjustments…
If you want to have nice things, anchor them to the mantelpiece with Blu-tack. Think what you would do to protect your breakables from earth tremors; then double it.

Does Facebook exist solely for my friends to post links to stupid right-wing bullshit?

Funny, I thought it was for invites to memorial services, wakes, & silly “cultural” events featuring a bunch of over-50-yr. olds trying to avoid the realization of grim mortality.

Where do all these right-wingers y’all know come from? Even the three or four contrarians therefore libertarians I knew in the ’90s have wised up & gone left.

Funny, I thought it was for invites to memorial services, wakes, & silly “cultural” events featuring a bunch of over-50-yr. olds trying to avoid the realization of grim mortality.

I thought it was for various friends to send me invites to play silly-looking games. Games, which, based on their apparent advertising budgets, must be making lots of money for someone. Selling what, I always wonder.

As for where my RW contacts come from, they’re mostly family.

Where do all these right-wingers y’all know come from?

Most of them are people I knew in the Air Force.

If you want to have nice things, anchor them to the mantelpiece with Blu-tack. Think what you would do to protect your breakables from earth tremors; then double it.

There’s stuff out there called earthquake wax that may be even better. (Blu-tack sometimes leaves an oily residue– least it did on some posters I had in college).

…update – blu-tack does not stick well to cat fur; cat does not like it

If you are trying to anchor the cat to the mantelpiece, you are not clear on the concept.

Now, as I was young and easy under the apple boughs..
I was a Trivia Queen and the only serious competition I had at Pub Quizzes was a smart, funny actor and we became good mates. He now harasses me with anti-climate change material every frigging day. It is to weep.

I have pretty much managed to purge all the wingnuts out of my Facebook because I have zero tolerance for friends who fall for that shit. One exception is a guy who’s a phenomenal music journalist who has done great research on post-punk and indie-pop of the 80s and 90s and is generally a decent sort, but his Zionist streak has pulled him to the right ever since 9/11. He’s not malicious though, and I still respect him for his work, but he’s got a blind spot you can drive a truck through. Anybody who starts repeating Fox News disinformation gets unfriended by me faster than you can say “I don’t need this shit”, so generally my Facebook experience is pretty pleasant unless the Greens are fighting with the Democrats during an election.

I remember being on MySpace when you could “friend” all kinds of famous people, dead or alive. I friended someone who was supposed to be the legendary blues singer Robert Johnson, and then “Robert Johnson” started posting nonstop “global warming is a hoax” articles all the time. So I let his old evil spirit take a Greyhound bus and ride.

Also finally dropping teh Windoze fer good.

WooooooooooooHoooooooooooooo!!!! You might wanna give LMDE (Linux Mint Debian edition) a try

Jeffraham,

His inestibleness, Viscount Underfoot, Earl of the Duchy of Yellington, and Duke of Lappington* is very affectionate, and loves to tell me about everything. The little guy bagged a mouse that had foolishly made it into our room. All and all a good guy and not unlike Larry E as you have described him. He definitely has all of the Lapseeker 5000™ updates and add-ons. I mean sometimes you look down at your lap and think “How in hell did you get there and how long…”

Brendan,

My pleasure. Though depending on your data plan you might want to be parsimonious in its use.

*The little guys title is a work in progress
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If you want to have nice things,…

This made me laugh, Smut, for I decidedly do not, nor plan on the acquisition of same. However little boots has been really good and seems to possess no destructive tendencies.

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Out of like 98 friends or so, I only had one woman pass along that right wing shit. I cut her dumb ass loose after arguing with her once, only to find that she’s even dumber than I thought.

Adios, dummy!

http://www.dailykos.com/?detail=action

Oopsie… ignore previous link…

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/16/1307129/-Cartoon-The-anti-party

You know what would be cool?

A ready made generic response to send back to rightwing e-mailers an FB posters, sort of a “Wingnuts greatest hits” … a plethora of rotten, stinking mangoes from the past decade or so… “Interesting things I’ve learned from Fux News over the past ten years”

Hurray! I was worried you were gone forever and I hadn’t saved enough pages for posterity.

A ready made generic response to send back to rightwing e-mailers an FB posters, sort of a “Wingnuts greatest hits” … a plethora of rotten, stinking mangoes from the past decade or so… “Interesting things I’ve learned from Fux News over the past ten years”

They’d pretend it never happened- they always shove their past failures down the Memory Hole.

There’s stuff out there called earthquake wax that may be even better. (Blu-tack sometimes leaves an oily residue– least it did on some posters I had in college).

A friend keeps recommending stickum museums use, available in some museum shops. I keep meaning to look in my local museum, but … Meanwhile, my glass paperweights mostly stay in a drawer. And since they’re glass, blu-tack, or an equivalent, shouldn’t be a problem.

With cats, sometimes you have a tap-tap-tap-crash! aficionado (my late Chewie, bless his barn-cat-in-a-Himalayan-suit soul, and my present Nani Wai were/are such, and you find out pretty quickly), the rest are just occasionally clumsy. I know, goes against their carefully maintained rep, but cats are, occasionally, less than fully in control.

Oh, and Provider – sounds like you have a really good start on the proper naming of the little guy.

Thanks VC 🙂

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Come to think of it, just copy and paste this

http://www.stonekettle.com/2014/06/absolutely-nothing.html

.. and send it to all your wingnut friends and relations.

If there were an “Epic Rant Hall of Fame”, I’d vote for this one.

I have found an absolutely foolproof way to deal with idjit friends, acquaintances, and family members who should really know better when they rant on Facebook. It’s kinda tricky so you’ll have to bear with me as I list the steps:

1) Never join Facebook in the first place.

1) Never join Facebook in the first place.

I have teen daughters, eliminating any choice in the matter.

For you cat people, be sure you have your cat deactivation system handy at all times.

Never join Facebook in the first place.

Not sure what I was thinking. It must have seemed like a good idea at the time.

I wish Facebook would stop sending me emails tell me I should log on and look at my messages and friend requests and etc. When I log on, I can’t access them and I don’t care. Ihate thinking I got a real email when it’s just facebook or twitter.

If there were an “Epic Rant Hall of Fame”, I’d vote for this one.

Yep. That’s pretty righteous. Thanks for the link.

My RA made me join Facebook.

OBS, agreed with suggestion re facehugger. The cat deactivation device, well, lets just say I am still chuckling between making Sir shifty mittons with outright lol.

I am gonna have to check the office for one.
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I get a constant barrage of invitations from my “friends” to play various games that I’m sure suck colossal ass. I get way more of that than right wing jackassery.

Tsam, twood appear that you have chosen friends wisely.
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The Iberian penesula has given up nine goals in two games.

Someone walked away with alot of loot.

Wow!

Tsam, twood appear that you have chosen friends wisely.

The minute I see anything anti gay or racist (deemed so at my sole discretion), they are GONE. I don’t neither the time nor the inclination to put up with a single bit of that bullshit. It wasn’t so bad even a few years ago, but right wingers just continue to get more and more vicious and petulant and shitty as the tea party and fox news continues to influence the mentally challenged public. I think they have, anyway, it sure seems like they have. Point is, I don’t want anything to do with racists and bigots. Tolerating them is tacit approval of their rantings, and I refuse to have it.

If there were an “Epic Rant Hall of Fame”, I’d vote for this one.

Yeah, Jim Wright does really good rants. I don’t always agree with him, but it would be a really bad world if I did.

As far as I’m concerned, there are Certain People who should only be listened to as guides for what not to do. John “bomb, bomb, bomb!” McCain is one of them.

Just saying.

GO, GHANA !
I just thought I’d put that out there. (Whistles innocently.)

Bugger. A premature ejaculation.

Bugger. A premature ejaculation.

Ah, I seem to remember those…

Bugger. A premature ejaculation.

relax, honey. Happens to everyone.

As far as I’m concerned, there are Certain People who should only be listened to as guides for what not to do. who should be first onto the Ark B.

John “bomb, bomb, bomb!” McCain is one of them.

fucking WordPress, who is nearly as reprehensible as John McCain.

McCain sometimes reminds me of what JFK said about Curtis LeMay.

If you have to go, you want him in the lead plane. But you definitely don’t want him deciding if you have to go or not.

I’ve always thought that if McCain was a Lt. in the ground forces, he would have been the first one fragged.

His inestibleness, Viscount Underfoot, Earl of the Duchy of Yellington, and Duke of Lappington* is very affectionate, and loves to tell me about everything. The little guy bagged a mouse that had foolishly made it into our room. All and all a good guy and not unlike Larry E as you have described him. He definitely has all of the Lapseeker 5000™ updates and add-ons. I mean sometimes you look down at your lap and think “How in hell did you get there and how long…”

Sounds to me as if you’re now possessed by a Grade-A Extra Fancy Love Sponge.

And yeah, when they shut up, you’d better go lookin’ for ’em, ’cause they’re up to no damned good.
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Testing. One Two Three.

Ah yeaaaaah! NEW POST!

“Where do all these right-wingers y’all know come from?”

Tennessee, y’all.

Well, question answered. I don’t have any family & stopped working before Facebook (Not that I would be “friends” w/ any fellow wage-slaves.) so it’s all close personal acquaintances from meatspace.