January 19, 2004
Why not to shoot at an Apache
Can you say
holy shit?
(Hat tip to Jonny E)
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I saw that about a week ago, that was some great footage.
Posted by: Linda at January 19, 2004 11:02 AM (GChd/)
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Yeah, some of the folks at the Agonist were up in arms about it. http://agonist.got.net/ I'd like to get a good copy of the WHOLE engagement showing the weapon these guys dumped before the apache shot em up. There's a longer one I downloaded but it didn't show video, just audio. There was a weapon, either a shoulder fired misile or an rpg type, that they dumped in a field. I'd like to see it for myself.
Someone at another site pointed out that they didn't waste much ammo, but with that ammo they don't need much. (30 mm?)
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If puppy's what Baby wants, puppy is what baby gets.
Baby being Lovely Wife, of course. And puppy being...well...a puppy.
Lovely Wife loves dogs. And cats. And birds. And fish. And hamsters. And turtles. And just about any other pet type creature excepting ferrets. So what better gift could I give her than a puppy? Well, yes, a diamond ring would probably be a better gift but I can't get her the one I want at the moment so that's out. Okay, a new car would indeed be better but you're not thinking of the right class of gift here. Should I rephrase the question? Okay - What better gift could I give her than a puppy, said gift causing little to no strain upon my barren wallet? Nuthin', that's what. Glad you agree.
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Posted by: LW at January 19, 2004 09:10 AM (fkewd)
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Nope, that's Red Fish, Blue Fish you're thinking of.
Posted by: Jim at January 19, 2004 09:23 AM (IOwam)
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Yellow Dog comes from that Chevy Chase movie where he wanted to be a writer, but whose name escapes me.
The dog is so cute I think I heard my ovaries thump. Welcome to dog ownership! I named mine after the bowling alley lawyer "Ed", however he is commonly known by his nickname-"The Evil One".
Posted by: Helen at January 19, 2004 09:40 AM (QV3iL)
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That's the one, H. Funny Farm starring Chevy Chase. Red Dog was the high spirited one that ran away as soon as they let it out of the car. Yellow Dog was the one that was so calm he had to use tongs to remove its tail from the fire.
1 point for Helen!
This is actually dog number 2 for us. Well, dog number 3 overall but the second that we have right now as dog number 1 remained in the Great White North when we moved down here. Nicky, the other canine we have currently, is also an uber-calm doggy and these two will be able to have competitions on who can lay down the longest.
Posted by: Jim at January 19, 2004 09:47 AM (IOwam)
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Damn Yakees? Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets?
Posted by: Susie at January 19, 2004 11:50 AM (0+cMc)
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Sorry, Susie. No Yankees. By the way, do you know the difference between a Yankee and a Damn Yankee? A Yankee comes down south to visit. A Damn Yankee comes down south and stays.
Posted by: Jim at January 19, 2004 01:15 PM (IOwam)
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LOL! Well, if it's not from the song "Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets" it's a takeoff of that song....
Posted by: Susie at January 19, 2004 04:32 PM (0+cMc)
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It's not from a song at all. Much older than the Damn Yankees and from TV.
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January 18, 2004
Bestofme Symphony, 7th Performance
The
7th Bestofme Symphony is up and damn does it look great. Start your week right with a tour of the best of the Blogosphere.
Would you like to host the Symphony? Send me a note.
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see i got something for best of me.. but i havent posted it yet so it wont work.. damnit..
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January 17, 2004
Tease Time
The household has grown by one. Info will come when I can put it out. Gotta go, the new baby is crying.
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Please tell me that's a dog...
Posted by: Rob at January 17, 2004 08:23 PM (NWr79)
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WHAT? You are reproducing without prior written approval from the blog community?
It had better be a chia pet, a family of Weeble-Wobbles, or an electronic dog, otherwise you are busted, mate.
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What were you thinking??LOL
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The Hunt is On
The weekly
Snark Hunt is in fine fettle. Wander over and bag one for yourself.
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"W" is for "Welcome"
The
Letter of the Day is
"W".
"W" is for Welcome, as in "Welcome to blogdom, Clancy!"
Clancy is a long time commenter here and elsewhere and he has launched his own blog called "Clancy's View". Click the welcome link above and go say hi.
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January 16, 2004
I crave your submission
ItÂ’s time to send those submissions in for the Bestofme Symphony. Robert at
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Another strike against capitalism
Gwinnett County, where I live, has passed a no-smoking ban. This will go into effect in April and is causing quite a bit of consternation with some local businesses.
Gwinnett Outlaws Indoor Smoking
Lawrenceville, Ga. (AP) -- Gwinnett County commissioners unanimously approved a broad indoor smoking ban on Tuesday.
The regulation covers virtually all buildings, public and private, except for smoke shops, private homes and designated smoking rooms in motels or inns.
The law, which makes no exemptions for restaurants or bars, will go into effect in two to three months.
It does not exempt restaurants and bars. Excuse me? Let me read that again. "makes no exemptions for restaurants or bars"
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No offence to non-smokers but a bar where I will not be allowed to smoke,I will not go to.Just as much as a non-smoker has the right to a smoke free area,does a smoker have the right for a smoking area.Its rediculous to tell bar owners they can't allow smoking since it is a freaking privatly owned business and no public place.
Bill Gentry,who ownes Wild Bills here,is going against the no-smoking law.He spent THOUSANDS to install a superficial smoking filter just to hear now that he cannot permit smoking anymore.And honestly....Wild Bills filtration is so excellent that even on crowded days (the dance floor alone fits 5000 people) you do not even notice people smoking there!Go BILL GENTRY!
Screw those idiot laws!
Posted by: LW at January 16, 2004 02:37 PM (fkewd)
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One of the loopholes that they tried to use in Delaware was to make the bars and restaurants "Private" clubs since the ban went against "Public" buildings. Long story short, it didn't fly.
But, looking over the articles links, they are exempting "Smoke Shops." Perhaps Wild Bill's answer (and others) is to add a smoke shop to his business.
That or get busy building outside decks...
Posted by: Clancy at January 16, 2004 03:14 PM (EGVPL)
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How does an outside deck work in winter? It pretty much has to be enclosed at that point in order to retain heat and that makes it an enclosed public space, ergo no smoking.
Posted by: Jim at January 16, 2004 03:19 PM (IOwam)
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Good point. One place downtown (which just went out of business) added an awning and outdoor heaters over the protected center courtyard of their building. Other places try to do a similar thing.
One restaurant/bar just down the block has their deck totally enclosed (I ate there yesterday - on the deck) with canvas and clear vinyl windows but I don't think they allow smoking (I've never seen anyone) so, yeah, it defeats the purpose.
For the most part, I know a lot of people who have quit or are trying to quit since the ban. I doubt that the ban had a DIRECT impact on their decision to quit, but it probably had some effect. Let's face it; you look pretty stupid outside a nightclub, shivering to feed your habit.
Posted by: Clancy at January 16, 2004 04:35 PM (EGVPL)
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Gwinnett businesses will suffer because of this ordinance.
I see the authorities in Gwinnett have met Mayor Laura Miller of Dallas . . . except even Dallas' ordinance allows an exemption for bars that make less than 70% of their sales through food.
But those business WILL suffer. Mark and I used to hang out a couple nights a week at a TGIF in north central Dallas. That place was always packed to the gills. It attracted a lot of regulars.
We don't go there anymore, obviously. Now the bartenders from that store are all moving to other TGIF's, including the non-Dallas one we visit now. I've seen three of them from the Dallas store, and they all cite the same reason for bailing: it's a ghost town. No business.
I don't imagine it will be long before it's closed completely.
Here's what I want to know: If bans on smoking don't hurt the restaurant/bar business, and if nonsmoking facilities are in such demand by consumers, why don't more restaurants and bars ever choose to ban voluntarily?
Whenever the government has to use force like this, it's a sure sign that they are not, in fact, serving the will of the people.
But we knew that already. Sigh.
Posted by: ilyka at January 16, 2004 04:38 PM (EO/By)
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Uh, "those businessES." Doh.
Posted by: ilyka at January 16, 2004 04:39 PM (EO/By)
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My city passed a similar ban, although with the exception that restaurants with separate enclosed rooms for smoking could carry on. Still, quite a few restaurants who couldn't or wouldn't spring for the "separate but equal" law of the 90's have gone out of business...
Posted by: Susie at January 17, 2004 02:41 PM (0+cMc)
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"V" is for "vignette"
The
Letter of the Day is was
"V".
"V" is for Vignette. A vignette is a short story or act in a play. This little bit by Harvey qualifies both ways.
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Entrapment
The Scene: Dopple-G and I are on the way home from work. It's a beatiful sunny Atlanta day, traffic is light, spirits are high.
Me: So, any plans for next Saturday?
Dopple-G: I plan on not doing any work. Period. No construction. No cleaning. No moving things about. Nothing.
Me: Easy, killer. I'm not trying to get you to do work.
Dopple-G: Yes you are. Any time you have something fun in mind you say "Hey, do you want to do this fun thing next Saturday?" When you are trying to get me to do work you say "So, any plans for next Saturday?" and then I either have to lie and say I've got plans or make up something really quick because as soon as I say that I don't have any plans you'll say "Great, then you can help me do somethingorother" and somethingorother is always work.
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The ultimate cousin-trap.Always works.
Posted by: LW at January 16, 2004 08:31 AM (fkewd)
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Heh heh, this is why I'm glad nobody trusts me to be semi responsible for their kids... of the two I'd go for Brother Bear. I saw it with a couple of similarly aged friedns and we all enjoyed it
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Brother Bear was pretty good. I saw that a couple weeks back with Bacon (child #2). Some of the parents are probably going to be concerned with the killin' in the beginning of the movie though so I'm thinking we'll end up with Looney Tunes.
Posted by: Jim at January 16, 2004 09:01 AM (IOwam)
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really? i figured it'd have big kid jokes in it...
Posted by: pylorns at January 16, 2004 10:42 AM (FQQ7F)
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Yeah but we are dealing with some kids from PBS-only homes.Know what I mean?
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The setup for the central plot involves one of three brothers dying in a bear attack and then the youngest brother hunting down and killing that bear. It was a good movie and my 3 year old enjoyed it but he's a lot like me when it comes to scary stuff. I know that the big guy (4 yrs) would have a problem with it.
The last thing I want is a half dozen 4 year olds who can't get to sleep 'cause they're scared a bear will get them. Heh.
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OK, so I'm one of the 5 or 6 people who liked LXG. *sigh*
On the other hand, the movie named after this post... even Catherine Zeta-Jones' rear couldn't save it.
Posted by: Jon at January 16, 2004 03:20 PM (B9rRW)
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This is wrong on too many levels
Watch out behind you hunter!
This is a flash game that is a definite time hog. As near as I can figure, it's about an American GI in France.
(Hat tip to Dopple-G)
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That was most definitely wrong on way too many levels. Definitely about an American GI in france though...
Posted by: Clancy at January 16, 2004 06:32 PM (pvWt0)
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Oh what a beautiful mornin', oh what a beautiful day!
It's Friday and that means that the odds are better than even for a new
Cheddar X! This is one of them there fancy cheddars. The mission was to pick an actor (or actress, I presume) and answer the questions using the titles from his (or her, I presume) body of work. Can you guess which actor is my favorite? I guarantee that everybody has heard of him (or her, I presume) and just about everybody has seen some of his (or her, I presu...forget it, that joke's getting old) movies.
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Posted by: phillip at January 16, 2004 05:37 AM (1hRqD)
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Yup, Sean is one of my top two favorite actors, and is the one I used for this Cheddar. Phillip gets a point!
One more point still available for the source of this post's title.
Posted by: Jim at January 16, 2004 05:52 AM (fkewd)
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All that comes to mind is the movie "Oklahoma"! But back to the favorite actor thing. I feel bad about getting the point because I'm an early riser. I won't feel offended if you award it to someone else. Perhaps, (and this is only a suggestion)posting them a little later in the morning would be more fair to everyone.
Posted by: phillip at January 16, 2004 06:05 AM (1hRqD)
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That's the one. Total of 2 points (already updated).
Don't feel bad, Phillip. I posted this one ultra early on purpose to give the early risers and overseas readers a shot.
Posted by: Jim at January 16, 2004 06:50 AM (IOwam)
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Jim,
Phillip has a point (literally). Normal sane rational people are not awake and posting to their blog, especially a post entitled 'Oh What A Beautiful Mornin', Oh What A Beautiful Day!' at 4:42 IN THE FRICKING MORNING!!!
It's not normal. You need help.
Posted by: Clancy at January 16, 2004 08:47 AM (EGVPL)
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But...but...but...
It really was a beautiful morning. And it's Friday so it doesn't get a whole lot more beautiful than that now, does it?
Of course that's totally besides the point - I need help regardless.
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January 15, 2004
Am I the widower of a woman or the husband of a fish?
Yesterday my Lovely Wife, she of normally impeccable style and grace, perpetrated a horror upon my household. An unmitigated affront to all that is good and holy was brought into my castle, shattering the previous sanctity of the household. While at the dollar store
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Isn't the dollar store the bomb? Damn! What a feeling to be able to go into an establishment with the certain knowledge that you can have anything, anything, that your eyes alight upon. Even the certain knowledge that the base concept of the dollar store is either to get people to pay money for landfill items or that it's a complicated plot by the Vast Rightwing Conspiracy to lull the working class into a dull statis of conformity and acceptance of our lot can affect the pure joy rush feeling of financial power that us po' folks get when we walk into such an establishment.
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she happened upon bags of M&M candies. These are the ultimate favorite universal candy of our household. Any trip to a store that has checkout aisles will elicit joyous and demanding cries of "MMMMSSSS! MMMMSSSS!" in three part harmony. Lovely Wife quite quickly took advantage of the presence of large M&M bags for a dollar and stuffed several in the shopping cart. Without. Looking. At. The. Bags.
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I'm guessing "Splash"...?
FWIW, You're taken the right approach to the M&M's. Look at it as an ancient tribal thing, like consuming your enemies or something. Eating the Colors will give you their strength...
Posted by: Kelley at January 15, 2004 11:50 AM (81rmv)
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I'm guessing "Splash"...?
FWIW, You've taken the right approach to the M&M's. Look at it as an ancient tribal thing, like consuming your enemies or something. Eating the Colors will give you their strength...
Posted by: Kelley at January 15, 2004 11:50 AM (81rmv)
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I barely survived the wrath of my husband when I brought home a GA Tech ornament.
Yes, I am a Dawg to the grave, but COULD HE LET ME 'SPLAIN??
It was for my daughter's teacher. SHE's the Tech fan. The GA ornaments were gone. Sorry, honey, we're just more popular.
Probably the same deal with the M&Ms.
You know when life gives you discolored M&Ms, they make wonderful cookies.
Posted by: Key at January 15, 2004 01:05 PM (EOpw8)
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Guessing, but is it from "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid"?
Posted by: MojoMark at January 15, 2004 03:24 PM (E+LQu)
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Nope, it's not Mr Peabody.
Posted by: Jim at January 15, 2004 03:58 PM (fkewd)
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The Little Mermaid?
(total guess, no google)
Posted by: Clancy at January 15, 2004 04:56 PM (EGVPL)
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Whooo Hooo IMDB to the rescue!!!
The answer is:
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058230/quotes
Posted by: Clancy at January 15, 2004 05:09 PM (EGVPL)
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Oops - missed Kelley's guess. Even though she submitted it twice!
It's not Splash or Little Mermaid. No mermaids at all.
Posted by: Jim at January 15, 2004 05:13 PM (fkewd)
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Mr Limpet's the one. Points for Clancy!
Posted by: Jim at January 15, 2004 05:43 PM (fkewd)
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...she bought DOLPHIN M$Ms???
Let me tell you what happened when my wife tried to dress my 2 little Buffalo Bills in NY Jets pajamas...
1) I disposed of the offending garments, in the only way appropriate.
2) I yelled to my wife.."honey they really were flammable"
3) I made my wife sing 14 verses the Bills fight song...."they make ya wanna shout, git ya hands up and shout.."
4) She had to go out and buy a proper pair of Bills jammies.
5) Finally, I made her drop and give me 20, just because.
Considering your wife was trying to stick the emeny down your precious children's throats, as opposed to just ON their body, she should be put right next to Mrs. Fastow and do some serious jail time!
Posted by: jim at January 15, 2004 06:01 PM (lN8eP)
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I was after a quote that matched the title. Instead it was "inspired" by? damn semantics.
RTF Post Mojo...grrrrrr.
Posted by: MojoMark at January 16, 2004 01:17 AM (FXawF)
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Semantics is all that separates us from the French.
Posted by: Jim at January 16, 2004 04:09 AM (fkewd)
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Hey....if ya'all done ratting then...
I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE DOLPHIN M&MS UNTIL I CAME HOME!!And to my defence....the dollar store doesn't exchange things or take them back.:-P
I can proove that I don't like the Dolphins.I have about 20 of G's "Fuck Miami" shirts hidden in the house.:-)
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Hmmm...those would make a pretty decent prize...
Posted by: Jim at January 16, 2004 07:32 AM (IOwam)
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I guess if I was a "diehard Buffalo Bills fan" I would grow to hate the "Orange, white and that green/blue/aqua/seafoam color that proves that homosexuals do have a place in the NFL" Miami Dolphins if they savagely beat the bills like they have the past couple years. The days of Jim Kelly are over. Buffalo starts a QB that lost his postion to a Rookie that had never seen the field before. Now I too understand the hate of a team because I myself hate the Patriots. But to poke fun at a team that has been victorious at home and on the road is no show of sportsmanship. Not to mention the Dolphin is one of the most feared mammals in the Ocean having no natural predators except humans and the buffalo being as dosile and endangered as it is poses no threat to anything besides grass and maybe a tree or two. I guess we have only until next season seeing that neither team has made the journey into the postseason. Then we can again make our assumtions or poke fun at each others pride.
Posted by: Josh at January 18, 2004 05:22 PM (gPeyE)
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Josh, I wish you'd left your email address as I would have replied to you there. As it is, I'll just write here in the hopes that you come back to check for a response.
I'm a bit torn. On the one hand I have a diabolical urge to yell out any of the huge number of anti-Dolphin slogans in my repertoire. On the other hand I've got another diabolical urge to say that Joe Theismann is the biggest Dolphin fan and let that speak for itself. On the third hand it appears that you were genuinely upset so it would be pretty mean of me to push any more buttons.
Let me just recommend that you read a couple of the other posts on this site that were written in the style that this one was. On the sidebar of the main page is a "Best of" section. Anything under the "Snooze Button Dream" category should fit the bill. You'll find that I use a grand amount of hyperbole to generate a humorous over the top type of diatribe. If I was seriously as hyper agressive as my writing indicates I would be in a straight jacket, not a nice duplex in the suburbs of Atlanta.
I'm sorry if you took this post personally as it wasn't meant that way.
Sincerely,
Jim
PS:
SQUISH THE FISH!!
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Calling all Atlantans
Miss Kelley has invited you
to a blogmeet this coming Saturday. Unfortunately, I'll be unable to attend. This is my first weekend since November where I have zero committments and I'll be spending the days doing fun and interesting things with the boys and the evenings doing fun and interesting things to Lovely Wife. Y'all should go though - at least long enough to snap some pictures for blackmail purposes.
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January 14, 2004
The Dog Needs A Dentist
Our mutt is in need of a doggy dentist. He's got some bad tartar build up as well as gingivitis. As a result, his gums are sensitive. He's come up with a solution to the hard dog chow problem until we take His Dogginess to the cleaners. He picks up the dry food and drops it in his water dish. He leaves it and comes back to it a while later when it is soft and mushy so it's easy to eat.
Is he overly clever or am I anthropomorphizing?
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My cat used to do that when he was teething as a kitten. He'd knock pawfuls of food into the other side of his food/water dish and then push them around in the water before he'd eat them. He probably didn't eat his food dry for about 3 months. He still does that occasionally, but now I think it's just because he likes to play in the water (yeah, a cat that likes watersports - he's weird like that).
Posted by: Mike the Marine at January 14, 2004 03:45 PM (Zw7Hl)
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No, that's a clever one. If only my kitty with bad teeth would show some brains like that.
Posted by: ilyka at January 14, 2004 07:50 PM (O3xNO)
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I wish the dentist work for the dog wouldn't be so freaking expensive.Between 200-300 bucks.They are SOOOO out of their freaking minds!!!!
He doesn't apear to be in pain with it at all,but they told me that the nasty teeth and gingivitis can kill him in the long run????
Great...I should ask the previous owner for money to pay for it!Right....
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Another two bite the dust
We lost another couple of people here. We have three software products, each with their own teams. The one that was affected was the very old static product that was purchased whole from Big Blue years back. They were re-organized to fall under Customer Service instead of Development and one full timer and one part timer (both tech support) got pink slips.
It really was a reorganization though, not a cost cutting manuever. I talked with the full time fellow and he said he's been expecting it for a while. It's an aged product that has not been able to replace customer attrition with new sales and there simply wasn't enough work to justify the number of support personnel. He's not overly concerned about the job loss either. This will give him the chance to join a professional bass tour. I work with unique individuals here.
We also had a company meeting where the Pres explained the changes, why they were made, and told us that this was the extent of organizational changes that are planned. He meant, of course, to tell us that no more positions are being cut but I wish he'd just come out and said that point blank. The way he couched it sounds like there are no more changes planned at all and I know of at least one position that is being added. I hope that doesn't come back to bite him with a loss of credibility.
Am I in danger? No. There's no realistic way that my position could be org'd out and I am a virtual wizard at my job so there are no performance reasons that I'd be sent off. What bothers me the most about the recent terminations is that I didn't know about them before they happened. You see, in my last job I knew about such things well in advance of them happening. I knew about them in the discussion phase and was a part of the decision process for some of them. In this job I'm totally out of the loop and that's a big change that didn't really come to my attention until now.
And I don't like it. I love surprises when they are of the gift wrapped variety but I do not like them at the company that I get my rent payments from. I guess I'm going to have to see about growing into a management position.
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My dad was not too bright
When I was 6, I asked him where babies came from, and he said, "The stork!"
I replied incredulously, "You fucked a stork?"
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You're shittin' me, right? I mean, I saw the category and everything but that has the ring of truth to it.
I swear you're funnier than that dude over at Anger Management.
Posted by: Victor at January 14, 2004 07:57 AM (L3qPK)
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Yup, it's pure joking there. I stopped saying Fuck at around 4, when I could finally say the "TR" sound, and didn't start again until I was 7.
Posted by: Jim at January 14, 2004 08:16 AM (IOwam)
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I didn't know that your dad was THAT tolerant.I mean...you are still alive after saying that.
;-)
Posted by: LW at January 14, 2004 08:48 AM (fkewd)
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When my son was about six he asted me the question, and I spun some nonsense about ordering him from the baby factory. So he went to his mother and told her that I didn't know.
Posted by: triticale at January 14, 2004 09:10 PM (Ypal2)
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Our oldest thinks they come straight from the docters office.Last week I let him watch "birth day" on Discovery Health channel,so he saw the whole nine yards.He asked me if the baby (just born) cried because of all the doctors and that he doesn't believe that babies are born naked,because our yougest had clothes on when he came home!
Posted by: LW at January 15, 2004 08:26 AM (fkewd)
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The Carnival of the Vanities, issue #69
Welcome to the 69th edition of the Carnival of the Vanities. Hosting this bear has been quite a fun experience. As I received the entries piecemeal I was actually able to read all of them instead of cherry picking that I usually do. Some are great, some are phenomenal, some I agree with and some I don't. Without a doubt though, they're all quality posts. I've presented them in the order they were received as it turned out to be a pretty nice tour the way they came in. Plus I'm incredibly lazy and that's the easiest way to do it.
Next week's Carny will be held at PoliBlog. Without further ado, here's the Carnival of the Vanities, 69th Edition:
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Um, the link to Dissecting Leftism (Hillary deserves a break) appears to be miscoded.
Posted by: Kevin Baker at January 14, 2004 08:48 AM (X3MkM)
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Thanks for the hedzup, Kevin. It's fixed now. It was actually the link to eTalkinghead that wasn't closed and it ran all the way over the next entry as a result.
Posted by: Jim at January 14, 2004 08:55 AM (IOwam)
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Someone has got to tell those blogspot folks about republishing the archives before submitting a link.
I know: they should get off blogspot, yada yada. But republishing the archives with each new post would provide a temporary fix, at least.
Some of those posts sounded interesting to me, but you know, if I can't find your entry, I'm going to lose patience and give up.
Posted by: ilyka at January 14, 2004 11:33 AM (Ud4Xw)
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Thanks for the heads up on my delinquent tag, Jim! Got it all fixed up and am ever-so grateful!
Posted by: Da Goddess at January 14, 2004 04:54 PM (ubPTm)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 14, 2004 06:11 PM (jtW2s)
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And a second-order Instalanche for me.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 14, 2004 06:14 PM (jtW2s)
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The Instanumbers are quite impressive. I wonder how many Carnival purveyors will remain when the dust settles?
Goddess - Always happy to help. ;-)
Posted by: Jim at January 14, 2004 06:55 PM (fkewd)
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Indirect Instalanche for me too.
Thanks, Jim!
Posted by: The Commissar at January 14, 2004 11:42 PM (X4HGR)
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