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Man Eegee is your semi-host
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May the 4’s be with you
Mmmm… that looks tasty! Can I get about a dozen of those to go? Shaken, not blended please. 🙂
the appearance of being blended, I assure you they are merely filled with that rabbit-turd looking ice you get from Sonic or Dairy Queen.
🙂
Oh, so that’s the deal eh? LOL, I have never heard that kind of ice called “rabbit turd ice” before!! Too funny by far. As you can see that if I’m finding humor in ice, my day has been a bit of a mind number and waaaay too busy!
Thx for hosting today, Manny!
because I just made it up! heehee
way too busy here as well, but what can you do, eh? See you in abit.
And a good one at that. Well, about time for me to flee the cubicell and get home soon. Need to get a quick nap in tonight early, then water a bit (I will taunt the rain!)
Hope to make it back later, if not, everyone have a great evening!
Manny, I’m thinking you could use your possible sleep apnea as a pickup line. Tell them you need to sleep with someone so they can tell you if you stop breathing in the middle of the night. I mean someone besides Bud.
Not that you NEED to resort to pity like that. But it might work. 🙂
to keep digging that hole?
I’m doing okay without it, aren’t I?
Doing a great job so far SN. 🙂
You’re just glad I finally gave up on finding you some action and moved onto someone else.
Yes, but Manny is a younger man than I am and could use your wisdom.
Whereas you have shriveled away and given up. So to speak, of course.
No to both, so to speak. 😛
or worried about having to loan out your helmet?
I’m thinking of getting the helmet glued to my head. I think it would save time.
but I would hate for you to break a sweat and have your flour face mask run into your eyes.
You’re trying to get her to start pounding me about the head for flour face.
You’re doing fine SN, just keep on with this thread. 🙂
That might be cool. You could make a Second Nature pinata out of my face and whack me with a stick.
thread going? Action, pounding, now whacking with a stick. Must’ve been the offer of wet noodles at the top.
I like it.
**sigh** you’ve seen right through me.
to work on your definition of cool.
I didn’t say it would be cool for ME.
we need to work on your willingness to sacrifice yourself to the cool of others.
Virtually, of course.
What’s for dinner? We’re having breakfast.
We had my favorite — leftovers (green peppers stuffed with millet, black beans, corn, onions, garlic, and salsa).
That sounds good – and healthy. I’ve never had millet before. Isn’t that birdseed? My lovebird’s favorite snack is millet sprays.
I really like millet (and bulgur and quinoa and kasha). My Jewish name is sipporah which means bird — think there’s a connection?
I think my German name means carnivore.
Mexican name means “God is with us” which is why I don’t need to use your pickup line.
(I’ll groan for you)
Oh man, does that look inviting right now!!
“Hello, Ajax Liquor Store? I’d like 60 gallons of tequila, 300 gallons of marguerita mix, 20 dozen limes and 50 pounds of salt. Please deliver it to the swimming pool out back.”
if the tequila is too much for you, there’s plenty of blended bliss available to the fine denizens of the frog pond.
my recipes from my head so watch out
Take one partially slushy frozen concentrate container of Raspberry Lemonade
pour that into a blender
Then fill up that concentrate container about … ohhh 2/3 full of spiced rum.
A dash or two of Peach Schnapps
Some grenadine
then two cups of rabbit turd ice.
Blend that suckah. NO SALT!
and you have at least two 16 oz drinkiepoos to share with a friend.
Wait – they aren’t margies if they use rum… so can use Tequila in this recipes, too.
Rum – Daquiries
Tequila – Margies.
Sorry.
I’ll take 20 of them and make them all doubles and top shelf.
That’s gonna cost you, RF. Big time. Has it been that kind of day?
Tough day and sick to death of hearing people BITCH about Dkos here at Booman. What a total fucking waste of energy, time and dairy space. I think some people really do need to get a life besides the bloggs. LOL Well, that was my bitch moment. LOL and I feel oh so much better.
a gold star for that one
LOL thought a lot of people would agree on that one.
x 5, of course.
Thank you!!!!!!!
Oh, my!! Clean tables and fresh drinks!
didn’t get a chance to comment, but wanted to say thanks for those practical tips on not snacking at work. It’s my biggest downfall and your post helped me resist.
Thanks Manny — I’ve got another idea for that too.
Hey there KB!
How’s things down your way? Thinking rain? Send it here please …. though supposedly we have good chances later tonight and into tomorrow. Uh huh.
No rain. It looked like it might for a while. But it missed us. Sorry.
Otherwise, everything’s fine.
How’s everybody doing? I just got back from a trip to the city. Had to buy more groceries and pick up a few things for Family Mom.
I’ll tell you what, you women are being ripped off. I had to go into the mall and get Family Mom a compact of face powder. I know it’s called something else, but that’s the onlything I can think to call it. That little compact cost $23. Geeze. I was thinking hell get some flour and add food coloring.
Drug store makeup is way cheaper, FM. But anything to make Family Mom happy, that’s the important thing.
Yep you’re right on Family Mom. I still think flour and food coloring is a good idea. 🙂
you’re talking to someone who doesn’t own makeup except for chapstick.
Then you’re just the person to try flour and food coloring. Just think, you already have them at home and you might come up with a new formula that would bring you wealth an fame.
But if you have my luck, you would just end up with flour and food coloring. 🙂
So how have you been doing today? Still basking in your full night of sleep?
Are you saying I need to spread makeup on my face with a butter knife? Huh? Got that helmet on, Buddy?!
I am basking in the hum of AC right now after venturing out to take the boy to TKD. Yuck, it’s sticky out.
Plus I’m to tired to find the helmet at the moment. I’ve done a lot of walking today. I know I must have walked 300-400 yards.
While we were in the city, I saw where it was 99, but don’t know the humidity. But it was like walking into a steam room when you went outside.
I hate sweating unless I’m actively trying to sweat, i.e. exercising at the gym. If it would only be like March all year round down here I would be grateful. Barring that I will just stay inside until October.
My plans also. Venture out only when you have to.
LOL well I know makeup from my years in theatre and working for a major makeup cahin doing make overs at malls. LOL
Update from my horrible morning.
My husband called and said he’d see about getting Tuesday off. See, he said I wouldn’t be able to do the national call for action because of tuesday so I came up with saturday…
Anyways he says it’s really hard to love a person who is so passionate aka pig-headed. Someone who has ideals and cares too damn much. I admit, it must be hard loving a kite that likes to soar.
Then… CodePink National called me on my cell and asked me what was up with Saturday, what were my plans, strategy, support network. Then they said… go Tuesday. We’ll give you radio committments, call ins on Tom Hartman, KBOO and press releases. They want me to try to get a contingent of Portland Pinkers and Veterans for Peace to attend the event at Ft Lewis and call and bug the local media with it.
They said there’s no safety net for me out on saturday. IF I get arrested Tuesday… it’s easier to locate and bail ten people out of jail rather than just one lone woman. There’s safety AND public attention in numbers.
They said I wasn’t stupid… just that courage does require support and I wasn’t getting that much needed physical safety support. So they want me to do this and as an actual codepink action.
I have my “Pink Orders”.
It’s weird how this all works out sometimes.
I’m sorry for worrying everyone. I just can’t stand this illegal act of aggression and I have to do something physical. Press releases, phone interviews from the road… AND stand and show my support.
Not alone. I guess my Pink Sisters refuse to allow me to be alone. I am humbled beyond words and grateful for the friendships.
I’m glad things are working out for you DJ.
What does he mean by this:
Because he can’t match your level of commitment? Just wondering. It’s hard when people don’t share the same passions to the same degree, but wouldn’t the opposite be incredibly boring? (Don’t know, of course – never been in that situation!)
Thanks Lisa, my closest friend called me in tears last night, too. I was really going off half-cocked on this. All I could think was “I must support this”… and didn’t realzie that I was really putting myself into some serious danger.
I’m not sure it’s that he can match me level of committment… it’s more along the lines of my friends just want to protect me while I try to defend others. There has to be some balance and me, being a Scorpio, and in this crazy time… I tend to go with my gut and emotions rather than think things through.
I know I’m hard to love and live with. I realize that. Not just politically but in an “artsy fartsy sense” I’m horrid with time management issues and I am so not a housewife or domestic person.
I have to let those around me love and protect me. So that I can do things that will really matter.
I want to make things matter. Not be a martyr you know.
And thank you for your actions. I really appreciate those who put bodies and souls on the line for the rest of us. Way to go.
Thanks Lisa but I must be honest. I wasn’t willing to lay in the street for other activists. I wasn’t even doing it for me.
I was doing it for Lt. Watada but most importantly for those other military men who are waiting to see how this all pans out. If we as citizens will support them when they do speak out.
The military is gagged. But they should have a voice so when they speak up… we should do everything to support that. That is how this illegal war will be stopped. When the military men have a voice and say “NO MORE! WE WON’T GO”. ;D
You got some good Karma working…:{*)
There you are!!!!
Part of me wished I had your number last night and this morning.
I think I was trying to force something and everything around me but me was saying “NO”… I was really having to work hard at just trying to get there in time and all… camping with Sally TH and FR and all… and not enough time…
And this huge fight with the Mr. My friend calling in tears last night after the game. But everything in me said… YOU MUST DO THIS.
Then today… everything was falling apart. Peace Activism should be this hard on the the good things in life ya know. I realized that my safety was a HUGE concern to my friend and my spouse but it’s always a bit dangerous. Hell Fleet week and the bridge… but.. I still have to do things. Anyways…
So. Today I just went to clean the apartment and I said to no one as my body was half in the tub with soft scrub… “I must do something to help this man… but not at the cost of hurting my loved ones. if it is done with truth and love… please guide me”.
I rinsed out the tub and Katie called me from DC.
but we each have to work through our decisions based on a lot of variables and potential consequences.
It occurs to me that the others who you may have perceived as opposing your view/wishes/desires were, in fact, very concerned for you…expressing that concern, ie: love, succinctly is a difficult road for all to travel, and not always clear.
I’m thankful that it worked out, and confident that, at the end of the day, you, and those you care about and care about you, will find an appropriate path.
It is a long journey and best embarked upon with friends.
And your bar tending skills should insure the later…now, how ’bout another marg?…:{)
Peace
It’s really hard some days, Dada. Which is why I think so many don’t become active… Peace takes alot of committment and personal growth and it can really really suck. LOL.
It’d be much easier for me to stick a yellow bumper magnet on my forehead and repeat the freepers… “Let’s kill em all!” and that way I could party on the 4th of July instead of fasting… I could leave my car running as I run into Wal-Mart for some Darth Vader Lava Berry Pop Tarts which are always on sale and so yummy… nutrition is something those dirt humping hippies worry about…
Oh look! Cheetohs on sale!
🙂 Thanks you guys.
But I read what you posted earlier and I was worried about ya … So it’s good to see that things have worked out … D’s right … people love you and don’t want to see you get hurt in any way {{{{{{{DJ}}}}}}}
We are with you in spirit and I would be standing beside you if getting arrested wouldn’t cost me my job and stop me from being able to do my other civil rights and political work.
{{{{DJ}}}}}
My reply to your earlier comment here.
Well I’m off to take a nap, but I get dinner ready.
Later.
Well, I’m feeling good. I figured out how to do something really interesting, if incredibly geeky — use my home Internet connection to surf from work, thereby bypassing things like site blockers that might keep me from seeing the good stuff, if you know what I mean.
Um, strictly for research purposes, of course.
Hey, my son did that so he could use the home computer to surf at school and get past the firewalls. He even figured out how to hook up the security camera at work so he could watch everyone during the day while he was at school. That kid is scary.
Well, the information about how to beat the firewall is only posted on about a quarter gazillion websites out there. I’m surprised he found it. 🙂
If you do it right the added benefit is that the data is encrypted. Even if the principal is “listening in” he can’t tell what you’re doing or where you’re going.
In my case I couldn’t get it to work for about a day and a half until I figured out I had my end of things set up wrong. Double smiley.
The security camera thing, he gets extra points for that.
A couple margs if you would Manny, rocks, no salt…and ladies, time to get out of the pool
a sequel for the guys titled Something Shriveled This Way Comes?
Cheers:
is that dada hiding in the bushes??
Which “bush”? 🙂
HA! damn that made me blush!
Excellent … 😛
Ma’am:{*)
How ya doing colonel d?
waitin’ for someone to tell me it’s time to eat.
I think my mind’s still in the gutter but I’m thinking you’re talking about Bu … 🙂
correct on both counts…:{P
See ya at the Hookah
I never knew you had such lovely locks… is that what those things are called?
with my cousin and her husband, I’ll be back later with the hookah. [evil grin]
Hope to see you, Bud and the hookah later, Manny! Have a great dinner… just sandwiches here since it’s so hot.
Whooot
Sent out a prelim email to the Pinkers and already we’ve got a van of pinkcarpoolers ready for a road trip!!! Work party on Sunday, even.
This is much much better.
Thanks for putting up with me you all. I’m a fledgling. I wish I was cool and had it all down… but I don’t. What you read is what you get.
Oh… we need a video camera.. ACK… I forgot to ask for that. DAMN!
Shot this a little while ago after I got off work…
Ever see a Calendula quite like this?
Sure looks like a flame … 🙂
Did you notice the ring of extra buds? That’s very very weird.
And C just got home so have to show him the weird flower out there… Here’s some pink to tide you pink fans over till later…
Hope to make it back for Hookah time… if not, everyone have a great evening!
Just checking in, made it through another abbreviated work day with only one strangling-coughing fit and lots of other incidental coughing. Just about down for the countdown, though, if you know what I mean!
Dear MythMother, I’m sorry you’ve been having such hard nights and coughing spells. I’ve found that mother nature helped me alot with some nasty insomnia/nightmare issues. I had tried sleeping pills but that was horrid and I ended up cracking my head one night when I got up to go pee. This way… I can still wake up and check on the kids, go pee if need be and don’t need any “mothers helpers” to wake me up. Alas I’m dealing with insomnia issues as I need to find a compassionate doctor up here.
And… today – things had a way of working out. It’s been tough and I think me and the Mr. needed that argument and there’s much to talk about tonight with him. I wish I could write I have it all together and laid out and I know what I’m doing… but I don’t. I don’t think too many do really. 🙂 But I’m here trying. And I’m so grateful for your wisdom, experience and willingness to pass on what you know.
xoxox!
{{{{DJ}}}}
Look for my linked comment above.
We are the insomnia warriors, I am totally with you on that. Sadly, one thing that has made an impact in the past couple of days is resorting to NyQuil, something I abandoned decades ago because of the hangover, to help me get through the night without being rudely awakened by strangling-coughing fits. As a result, I have had several nights in a row with record hours of sleep (plus the hangover…thank you very much!).
Hang in there, kiddo. Relationships are complicated and you are fighting the good fight on two fronts, sticking up for your principles and keeping your family together.
Come on in and vent anytime! What are froggie friends for?
Yup I saw it and thank you. Life’s been rather chaotic and strange for me… for several others I know, too.
Good news though – we may have found a place to protest in Ft. Lewis. There’s been a lone VFPer standing vigil for four days now there. all alone. Well no more. 🙂
Just been alerted that Portland Pink crew is leading the way on Ft. Lewis event.
We heard of a lone Veteran standing four hour vigils at Ft. Lewis for the 4th day now. I’ve emailed him asking if we can stand with him Tuesday. He’s been getting some major nasty stuff slung at him as you can imagine.
will open up new lounge shortly.
come on over to the new 24/7 Froggy Bottom Lounge