See, in my fantasy, when I'm kissing you... you're kissing me. It's okay. I can wait.

Oz ,'First Date'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


smonster - Jan 22, 2010 4:49:29 am PST #3451 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Cutie sleepyhead pictures.

Man, I will own up to having chronic lateness issues, and all around not being the world's best employee, but New Guy continues to astound me.


Sophia Brooks - Jan 22, 2010 4:56:11 am PST #3452 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

New Guy is older--late 40s, early 50s, maybe? That sort of entitled.

Wow, I totally was picturing frat boy entitlement, not man-entitlement. he seems like even more of an ass to me, then.


Steph L. - Jan 22, 2010 5:15:30 am PST #3453 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

New Guy is older--late 40s, early 50s, maybe? That sort of entitled.

Wow, I totally was picturing frat boy entitlement, not man-entitlement.

Me too!

he seems like even more of an ass to me, then.

Big time.


tommyrot - Jan 22, 2010 5:17:01 am PST #3454 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

It's be cool if New Guy had a blog or something, so we could find other stuff to criticize him for. I mean, for when Tino's not busy....


§ ita § - Jan 22, 2010 5:18:31 am PST #3455 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

In not-particularly-mature news I'd have to admit I'd browbeat the hell out of New Guy if he were younger than me. As is I just try different methods to get the best out of our interactions.


Frankenbuddha - Jan 22, 2010 5:20:03 am PST #3456 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

It's be cool if New Guy had a blog or something, so we could find other stuff to criticize him for. I mean, for when Tino's not busy....

Maybe we should just start calling New Guy "Tino".

Or "Schmacky".


tommyrot - Jan 22, 2010 5:21:40 am PST #3457 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Or "Schmacky".

ita, I dare you to call New Guy "Man-pony."


Tom Scola - Jan 22, 2010 5:37:00 am PST #3458 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I left home, took the A and the Air Train to the airport, and made it through security in about an hour! It's a record! I couldn't have done much better if I cabbed it!


tommyrot - Jan 22, 2010 5:37:31 am PST #3459 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

'Oath Keepers' Leader Arrested for Child Rape; Cops Find Stolen Grenade Launcher In His House

We first noticed Marine Sgt. Charles Dyer, aka "July4Patriot," back in March, when we ran one of the first reports on the "Oath Keepers" bloc of the Tea Party movement -- an organization devoted to recruiting military and police-force veterans into a Patriot-movement belief system predicated on a series of paranoid conspiracy theories, especially the notion that the federal government intends to begin rounding up citizens and putting them in concentration camps.

Dyer played a prominent role in connecting the Oath Keepers to the Tea Party movement, speaking at a July 4 Tea Party rally in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. And he's been involved in organizing militia "maneuvers" in Oklahoma.

Dyer cropped up again in the news -- this time in the police blotter for allegedly raping a 7-year-old girl:

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Meanwhile, unsurprisingly, the folks at American Resistance Movement -- a group Dyer was also prominently involved in -- are claiming that Dyer was set up, and the girl who accused him was "programmed" to do so. Accordingly, they've set up a "Free July4Patriot" fund, with a little button on their front page so you can donate.


tommyrot - Jan 22, 2010 5:43:10 am PST #3460 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Hail Fail (But Nice Try)

So someone sent in a photo purporting to be of large hail that hit his house.

Note that the 'hail' appears to be ice cubes.