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Step away. From the news. NOW.

snowflakes and unicorn

Absolutely no analysis you read or hear in the immediate aftermath of this election will be accurate. Except this one, of course. Duh.

I live in the most reliably blue state in the country. All my friends are lefties (art school! What a great idea!). I’ve been in this place many times. It is not a nice place, but every political junkie gets a turn in the box now and then.

We ran a dreadful candidate with a dreadful campaign at a dreadful time and we got good and beaten. But we didn’t get drubbed. And that is very, very interesting. We’ll think about that. Later.

But now is the Time of the Gloating , and you really don’t need a dose of that. So just…don’t do it to yourself. Don’t go there. Nothing to be gained. Stay off the news sites. Have you seen how much great radio is being streamed these days? How many books available on Project Gutenberg have you always meant to read? How about now?

A jet fuel truck rolled over on I-95 this morning, and my boss won’t be in for hours. There’s always something good, if you aren’t the guy driving the truck.

Comments


Comment from S. Weasel
Time: November 6, 2008, 8:51 am

I know what you’re thinking. It sucks to read books in HTML. Well, it does…sorta. But save the book file locally, adjust your browser window so it isn’t too wide for comfortable reading, and make a text file on your desktop called bookmark.txt. When you’re done reading for a bit, copy the last sentence you read and paste it into bookmark.txt. Then the next time you open the file, paste that sentence into the search function. Viola!

It beats the hell out of working, folks.


Comment from Steamboat McGoo
Time: November 6, 2008, 8:54 am

Does that mean TWWSNTY is late, too? Yes? Then blog, Weas! Blog like the…no, wait. That’s been used.

Nice unicorn. Reminds me of a tune…

I haven’t turned the TV on since Nova last Tuesday week. And won’t again until next Nova-time. I seem to be no worse for wear from it…

Watched “Get Smart” movie. Meh. Had a chuckle or two, and one or two original funny pratfalls. I wouldn’t buy it (the DVD). Someone gave it to me, if you must know. Won’t watch it again.

Edit: I read Truth Machine online years ago. Knocked my back out for weeks – sittin’ in my PC chair for hours.

Edit N+1: thank god I can edit out most of my mistakes.


Comment from Farmer Joe
Time: November 6, 2008, 9:15 am

I mostly read about science. It’s a good antidote for what passes for “intellectual” discussion these days.

It’s gonna be a shit train of media fawning from now till inauguration day. I plan to avoid as much of it as I can.


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Comment from Pavel
Time: November 6, 2008, 9:32 am

I’m gonna get me one of those fancy Kindle book readers off of Amazon. I will learn every little nuance about the machine, will download a million trillion books, and then never bother to actually read one of them. Would this count?


Comment from S. Weasel
Time: November 6, 2008, 9:38 am

That Kindle thing looks deeply cool. Apparently it’s paper-white — it doesn’t glow. I’d really like one. Don’t like the fact it’s proprietary, though. And e-books are usually as expensive as paper ones, which is stupid.

I used to read books on my Clié, so I’m hardcore.


Comment from apotheosis
Time: November 6, 2008, 9:41 am

This is not the Project Gutenberg I knew.

It’s full of borkborks now, and where’d all the Dutch come from? Who knew they even had books? I mean honestly, if any reasonable English-speaking person heard this:

Vorträge, Reden und Schriften sozialpolitischen und verwandten Inhalts!!!

…they’d assume a second Anschluss was underway and shoot first.

Note: I may have added the exclamation points.

and YAY, rasslin’ weasel is back!


Comment from Nicole
Time: November 6, 2008, 9:42 am

Kindles are awesome. I got one for my husband before his last business trip. He has one hand so I figured it would be a nice way for him to be able to read in the airports and on the plane. I took it with me on my trip to St. Louis by train (blech-don’t do it). I read 2 books on the way there and 2 on the way back. It is a awesome little reader. Pricey than free Gutenberg for sure, but awesome. It took me a bit to get used to the page turning mechanism and I would like a redesign to make the page turning buttons not take up the entire side of the device, but hands down, it is one of my best electronic purchases ever.


Comment from steve
Time: November 6, 2008, 10:13 am

Today should be “Snapshot Day”

Most of the “whining class” are those who complain that they cannot make ends meet with whatever meager government handouts they are receiving…so they need the wealth spread around a bit more….

Everyone should take a snapshot of their condition on this day. How much money you earn by your hard work to maintain yourself and your family, how many people you work with, how much your FICA, Medicare and Medicaid and all other taxes cost you, how much it costs to heat your home, how much it costs to light your home (as Obama has stated, “electricty prices will necessarily skyrocket), and so on.

With a Democrat-Socialist as President, and Democrats in charge of the House and Senate, there’s no reason why Obama’s programs will fail. His programs will succeed.

On this same day, four years from now, therefore, you’ll be living in Obama’s America. Take out that snapshot and compare what you had then with what you have now.

Happy Snapshot Day!


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Comment from S. Weasel
Time: November 6, 2008, 10:20 am

I just hit ENTER on my visa application, y’all.

I’m scared shitless.

Next Wednesday, I drive to Hartford to have my fingerprints took.

Oh, god.

Ohhhhh.

Oh.

Oh.


Comment from Steamboat McGoo
Time: November 6, 2008, 10:20 am

I’ve been doing that very thing the last day or two, steve. Add these to your “memory file” also:

A gallon of gas cost $1.98 (MO)
(Connecticut) electricity cost 11.9 cents per kWhr
There were no reports of electrical brownouts or blackout anywhere in the US in 2008.
Unemployment was at 6%
Inflation was at 4%
Israel was not at war
Iran was not at war
The Iraqi government was in full control of 13 of its 18 provinces
China was not at war
Russia was in the process of leaving Georgia
There was no draft. Military service was voluntary.
There had been no terrorist attacks on US soil for over 7 years.
The federal tax rate on families earning between $65K and $131K was 25%

The above are from Kickin’ and Screamin’ – here:

http://antzinpantz.com/kns/?p=3519


Comment from Steamboat McGoo
Time: November 6, 2008, 10:26 am

Weaz – will they give ’em back? *bites lip nervously*

Congrats! Scratch one more item off that ever-shrinking list of things to be *ahem* a bit overly-nervous about!

You gonna be jes’ fine, m’lady! You outa here cum turkeyday or thereabouts!


Comment from Nicole
Time: November 6, 2008, 10:30 am

Weasel, the e-books on Amazon are generally a bit cheaper than the paper versions. Of course, it also depends on if you want the new releases. I bought Turn of the Screw for like $2.97 or something. The other non-new releases I got were $10 each. Their selection does leave a bit to be desired at times, but I expect it will only grow.


Comment from Jill
Time: November 6, 2008, 11:14 am

Don’t worry, Weazer. They don’t really ‘take’ your fingerfrintz. Just frints of ’em. And it don’t hurt a bit.

You get to take them home wif yew.

🙂


Comment from S. Weasel
Time: November 6, 2008, 11:16 am

But I’ll be ON FILE. With the DHS! This seriously puts a crimp in my long-term goal of knocking over gas stations for a living. 🙁


Comment from Steamboat McGoo
Time: November 6, 2008, 11:31 am

Have ya ever had them taken, Weazmeister?

Used to be (for DoD shit) – you had this tar-like substance rubbed all over you, or at least your fingers. Then they proceeded to break your wrist wrolling your wrigglers on the paper (“Ink zee papers!”, the interrogator screamed, whopping you upside the haid.). Then they give you a postage-stamp sized piece of cardboard to clean off the quart of sludge left on your digits. Also, usually, they sneered at you just on general principles.

Now they use this clear shit that feels like some kind of light lubricant used in private for personal reasons. It smears on clear, and they develop your prints like a photograph. Its neat. But they still sneer at you.

DoD security requires fresh ones every x years. My time came up one year and I had to have them taken 4 times on 4 separate appointments because I had a winter dry-skin rash on ’em. The security office kept rejecting them. It sucked a lot. I felt like a spy or sumpin. Even my boss was looking askance at me.


Comment from Enas Yorl
Time: November 6, 2008, 11:52 am

I’ve been fingerprinted by police. It’s not so bad. I was flicking around the tv stations last night until happened upon Keith Olberman’s insane, gibbering face and I had to turn it off. When I get home tonight I’ll delete all the so-called newz channels off my set to prevent that from happening again.

Here’s a plus though – my Dad gave me all of his old Edgar Rice Burroughs books that he’d collected over the years. I started the Martian series this weekend.


Comment from S. Weasel
Time: November 6, 2008, 12:04 pm

Oh, Burroughs is fun! Potato chips for the brain!

No, I’ve never been fingerprinted. I’ve had a background check, but that doesn’t involve smearing stuff on my stuff.

I got my last doctor appointment, my last dental appointment and Charlotte’s next-to-last checkup (she gets wormed shortly before we get on the plane).

Damn. I’m beginning to think this is going to happen.


Comment from Nicole
Time: November 6, 2008, 12:34 pm

Burroughs was one of my faves growing up. That and Robert Adams’ Horseclans were what I read all through Jr High. Thank goodness my mom never found the more questionable parts of Horseclans… 😛


Comment from jwpaine
Time: November 6, 2008, 12:35 pm

I’d like to read something, but right now, I and most of my fellow Americans are busy with more pressing national business, to whit: what sort of puppy should the First Family take with them to the White House.

Until that’s settled, please don’t distract me.


Comment from Pupster
Time: November 6, 2008, 12:39 pm

A lot of the fingerprinting stuff is now digital, you place your hands on the glass and a machine scans them like a copier. No more inky stuff.

The digital machines are looking for the circular patterns of your prints, so if your skin is dry or you have a lot of horizontal lines across your fingertips (dry skin, wrinkles) that break-up the circles, you may not get a good scan.

Many agencies (such as The FBI) will still take ink and paper cards as a last resort, but here in Ohio it’s all digital for background checks, and even the FBI wants two digital scans before they’ll accept a paper card. That’s three trips to the fingerprint place for those of you keeping score at home.

I recommend using a high-end hand lotion a couple of times a day, starting now, to get your fingerprints ready for their big database debut. Most of the fingerprint scanning software will provide a print quality % right after the scan, so chat up the fingerprint technician (try to act fascinated with the whole process, ask questions, bat your eyes at him/her), and try to make sure your prints are AT LEAST 65% quality or better, or they may be rejected and you’ll have to get scanned again, which would suck mightily for you on your tight deadline.

The company I work for does background checks and pre-employment screening. We don’t do immigration work though, so YMMV.


Comment from porknbean
Time: November 6, 2008, 12:44 pm

so if your skin is dry or you have a lot of horizontal lines across your fingertips (dry skin, wrinkles) that break-up the circles, you may not get a good scan.

I have always had a lot of lines on my fingers/hands…all over my palms and lots of horizontal lines on my fingers. Palm reader would probably go cross-eyed trying to decipher them. What’s with that?


Comment from Steamboat McGoo
Time: November 6, 2008, 12:44 pm

Pup – I’ve been out of all that for years and years. So its not surprising that the tech has improved. Fortunately – until the Obamastappo comes after me – I will never have to do it again.

Lotion for my dry fingers is in fact what finally saved me. Gawd, I got tired of having gooey fingers all the time. but it worked the 4th time.

Edit: Weasel – what Pup said about lotion! I haven’t a clue as to your fingers condition, but you probably don’t want to make a second trip.


Comment from Jill
Time: November 6, 2008, 12:44 pm

They can’t take a pit bull, because that would be stereotyping.


Comment from Scubafreak
Time: November 6, 2008, 12:47 pm

Yes, all hail the Obamastappo – may they long play leapfrog with Unicorns……..


Comment from Pupster
Time: November 6, 2008, 1:01 pm

P&B,
If you work with your hands a lot or if you handle a lot of paper, you actually can wear down your fingerprints.

I just did a project where I fingerprinted all of the local school district’s employees, and I had the most problem with the older teachers (wrinkles) and the janitors and lunch ladies (work with their hands).

I also had difficulty with some of the admin staff and many of the teachers because they work with a lot of paper all day. Only the suits, as a group, had good fingerprint quality across the board.

My standard ‘joke’ for someone I couldn’t get good prints from, “So…have you ever considered a life of crime?”


Comment from jwpaine
Time: November 6, 2008, 1:04 pm

Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for our National Anthem!


Comment from Steamboat McGoo
Time: November 6, 2008, 1:09 pm

Ah…but Pup…I have to ask….do they still sneer at the victim, er, I mean subject? Or has that fine tradition gone by the boards, too, along with the tar fingerprint goop? 🙂


Comment from Pupster
Time: November 6, 2008, 1:10 pm

Sorry if I’m making that ‘wooowoowhoo’ sound in your head louder Stoaty, I’m not trying to make you more nervous. Get some ‘spensive lotion with the word ‘healing’ in the title and use it liberally.

We use Corn-husker’s lotion, not because it was the best, but because it doesn’t make the men feel too emasculated with having to smear on Oil of Olay Advanced Healing Extra Fragrant Girly Lotion – Now with MORE ESTROGEN!


Comment from apotheosis
Time: November 6, 2008, 1:17 pm

Udder butter. A lady at work swears by it. She seems untroubled by the fact that it’s made for moisturizing COW BOOBS.

I cannot comment on whether her hands are silky soft, but she raves about the stuff. And I guess it’s like a nickel per metric ton, since it’s sold at farming goods suppliers.


Comment from S. Weasel
Time: November 6, 2008, 1:19 pm

My fingertips look pretty good. Second and third joints are line-y, but I don’t suppose that matters. Three horizontal lines across my right thumb, is all.

Oh, hey, I’m so far out on this limb, it ain’t funny. I made reservations for a quick trip to visit my dad (and drop off a gun). I now have an appointment to do something on nine of the next twenty days, culminating in Old Blighty.

Y’all know I’m, like, really REALLY lazy, right?


Comment from Pupster
Time: November 6, 2008, 1:19 pm

McGoo,
I guess it would depend on the technician and whether or not they enjoyed the job. Most places look at fingerprinting as a pain in the ass, so if they have trouble with your prints they’ll take it out on you. Police officers especially fall into that category. (Don’t get me wrong, I heart cops!)

I personally thought it was a lot of fun meeting new people, and showing them my wiz-bang digital finger print scanner. It’s not my normal job, so I enjoyed it a lot and had fun with my customers.


Comment from Pupster
Time: November 6, 2008, 1:26 pm

I’m not sure if by ‘Biometric’ they take more than finger prints Weazey. They may scan your whole hand, but if they do they are recording the geometry of the palm and fingers, not just the fingerprints.

If it’s just fingerprints, the nothing below the first joint matters.

And if they ask you to take your shirt off, you may be in the wrong office.


Comment from S. Weasel
Time: November 6, 2008, 1:34 pm

Thanks for the shout-out at Ace’s, pups. I wondered why those hits were coming in 🙂


Comment from porknbean
Time: November 6, 2008, 1:41 pm

If you work with your hands a lot or if you handle a lot of paper, you actually can wear down your fingerprints.

I was born with all of the lines. Now the fingerprints…prolly not there so much because I have worked a lot with my hands.


Comment from Scubafreak
Time: November 6, 2008, 1:42 pm

Well, when it comes to my dry feet, I usually use BagBalm.


Comment from Pupster
Time: November 6, 2008, 1:44 pm

Welcome. Gabe hasn’t credited your ‘nartwork though. Maybe he still holds a grudge since you called him a no talent hack?

(Just kidding Gabe.) *smooches*


Comment from Steamboat McGoo
Time: November 6, 2008, 1:45 pm

“…if they have trouble with your prints they’ll take it out on you.”

That’s probably it, ‘ster.

Sounds like Stoaty is suspiciously well-organized. Hmmm…


Comment from jwpaine
Time: November 6, 2008, 1:48 pm

Yup, all the “Udder-Eaze” type products are great for hands. They have to work; a cow’s teats get unbelievably chapped to the point of bleeding cracks, and when you try to milk the cow when her teats are in that condition, she don’t complain, she just kicks the living shit right out of you. So, to summarize: Keep those teats soft and silky? You bet your sweet ass.


Comment from Scubafreak
Time: November 6, 2008, 2:07 pm

Well, South Park has officially weighed in on the Election,,

http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/207897/


Comment from apotheosis
Time: November 6, 2008, 2:27 pm

Keep those teats soft and silky? You bet your sweet ass.

See, that’s marketing I can believe in. Would you listen to that commercial?

I would.


Comment from jwpaine
Time: November 6, 2008, 2:35 pm

I am a trained professional.


Comment from Scott
Time: November 6, 2008, 3:14 pm

Get an eBookwise (http://www.ebookwise.com). Simply save the Gutenburg file as HTML, then run it through the eBookwise Librarian software (or any HTML file). Copy it to the book and enjoy. It’s great.


Comment from QuasiModo
Time: November 6, 2008, 3:24 pm

“But now is the Time of the Gloating , and you really don’t need a dose of that. So just…don’t do it to yourself. Don’t go there. Nothing to be gained. Stay off the news sites.”

Excellent Advice…don’t look at the stock markets either.


Comment from Barbula
Time: November 6, 2008, 3:26 pm

Mr. Pretty Unicorn,

Can I haz my money now?


Comment from jwpaine
Time: November 6, 2008, 3:54 pm

The stock markets! arrrrggggg! Too late, I LOOOOOKED!!!!!!!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!


Comment from Rodent
Time: November 6, 2008, 4:28 pm

Yep, DJIA down about 9% since Red Tuesday.
(I can’t call it “black tuesday”, now can I? People would get the wrong idea.)
But of course now market losses will be called “profit taking” and only rich bankers with tophats, monocles and spads should care.
Just like during episodes 92 thru 20…


Comment from Alfred Nonny Mouse
Time: November 6, 2008, 4:33 pm

I usually run my texts through GutenMark. And then plant a forest to make up for the one I killed in the omitted intermediate step, but I omitted it because the final PDF is still a little more readable.


Comment from apotheosis
Time: November 6, 2008, 4:43 pm

Is Barack gonna have to use his middle name when he takes the oath? I thought they made the guy on the stand use his full name. Wonder if they’ll CHAAAANGE that.

I am a trained professional.

I would watch Lifetime to see that commercial.

And I’d tell the wife I was just catching up on Army Wives so we could have common interests, because I’m a good mate like that.


Comment from jwpaine
Time: November 6, 2008, 5:10 pm

Chicks dig shit like that.

/man, I should charge for this stuff


Comment from Scubafreak
Time: November 6, 2008, 5:13 pm

Wease, You GOTTA imbed this one….. 🙂

http://www.stud.tu-ilmenau.de/~haku-in/pics/retarded.jpg


Comment from S. Weasel
Time: November 6, 2008, 5:15 pm

Heh, Scubafreak…didn’t you see the Democrat operative in Tennessee who got in deep shit for spreading that one around? I think he captioned it differently, however.


Comment from Jill
Time: November 6, 2008, 5:32 pm

Let me tell you what: if ANY scrap metal dealer in the area buys what was stolen, they should be shot on the spot:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08311/925923-100.stm


Comment from harbqll
Time: November 6, 2008, 5:37 pm

After class, I (as usual) went over to the library to study.

Walked in, sat down, took out my stuff, and started trying to read about brain development.

I say “tried to” because right now the only thing I’ve got running through my head, over and over again is:

llama llama
there’s a llama
etc etc etc
llama llama duck

It won’t go away. I’ve tried. This is all YOUR fault!!!


Comment from Steamboat McGoo
Time: November 6, 2008, 5:55 pm

Jill,

This is one of those situations that just cry out for Scientific Experiments to be performed upon the perps. The utter scum.


Comment from Scubafreak
Time: November 6, 2008, 6:00 pm

“Heh, Scubafreak…didn’t you see the Democrat operative in Tennessee who got in deep shit for spreading that one around? I think he captioned it differently, however.”

Ah. Didn’t see that one.

Whups


Comment from Scubafreak
Time: November 6, 2008, 6:12 pm

I swear, Weaz, it was the alchohol. Those cops were just out to get me because I’m famous!!!!!!

I PROMISE I’ll go to rehab…….

🙂


Comment from Scubafreak
Time: November 6, 2008, 8:18 pm

damn, i really know how to clear a room…… 🙁


Comment from S. Weasel
Time: November 6, 2008, 8:29 pm

Heyyyyy….speaking of you…where are my goddamned cat pics? Schroedinger ought to be a strapping big boy by now. Adult even.

C’mon. Render unto Weasel that which is Weasel’s.


Comment from Scubafreak
Time: November 6, 2008, 8:45 pm

I keep trying, but he keeps attacking the camera. Something about me letting the vet stick a hoop up his hoopadoop.

He was NOT a happy Puddie… (wait till he figures out what ‘getting fixed’ entails… LOL)


Comment from jwpaine
Time: November 6, 2008, 8:45 pm

I got pix of some of our foals. Would that suffice, Weez? I mean, until Scubafreak remembers his Duty.


Comment from S. Weasel
Time: November 6, 2008, 8:55 pm

Baby horsies!? Oh, yes! Yes, indeedy. That would be lovely.

Which isn’t letting Scubafreak off the hook. Not at all. Could we have a nice, big testicle shot before they…you know…go the way of all flesh?


Comment from S. Weasel
Time: November 6, 2008, 8:56 pm

Anything that can run within an hour of being born is alright by me.

And I don’t mean testicles.


Comment from Steamboat McGoo
Time: November 6, 2008, 9:07 pm

Harrumph!

What’s the interest rate on delinquent kitten photos?

Wasn’t it one genuine original limerick – on any subject – no matter how bad?

Cough it up, SF!


Comment from jwpaine
Time: November 6, 2008, 9:16 pm

Okay, I’ve not posted pics here before, so this’ll be a test:

/edit: Dunno, it won’t take the usual img src= stuff, so here’s a straight link to one pic:
http://www.pirateballerina.com/ponies/Sally_Sierra.JPG


Comment from jwpaine
Time: November 6, 2008, 9:21 pm

And here’s one of a freshly-minted foal, before the cleaners and the make-up crew arrived:

http://www.pirateballerina.com/ponies/Tommy_Marygold.jpg

and after they were rendered more presentable:
http://www.pirateballerina.com/ponies/Tommy_Marygold2.jpg


Comment from Steamboat McGoo
Time: November 6, 2008, 9:21 pm

Works fine, jw! Excellent photos.

Oh, yeah. I forgot:

“Aaaawwww! They’s soooo cute!!”


Comment from jwpaine
Time: November 6, 2008, 9:27 pm

Okay, one last one: Here’s that same foal, trying out those long things attached to his body for the very first time:
http://www.pirateballerina.com/ponies/Tommy_Marygold3.jpg


Comment from jwpaine
Time: November 6, 2008, 9:30 pm

Thanks, Steam. My wife took a lot of the pix, but she is not too good at remembering that whole “fingerprints are not good for camera lenses” thing; some of the shots are hopelessly blurred.

Of course, the hay that fills our jacket pockets (hers and mine) at all times probably isn’t too good for the camera, either.


Comment from qrstuv
Time: November 6, 2008, 10:00 pm

Your words are wise, Weaz.

I too live in the Very Bluest State. I might just develop a split personality. It would help me cope at work.

But for now, a time out.


Comment from Mrs. Peel
Time: November 6, 2008, 11:23 pm

Aw, cute little foal. I love horses.

Re: e-book readers, the Kindle does have a nice screen, but I am holding out for an e-tome. I want an actual book, about the size of a medium-size hardcover, made of e-paper. (Yes, this is possible. Expensive, but possible.) The memory would be in the spine, and the controls would be inside the front cover. You could load up a book from the control screen and then turn actual pages while reading. It would be great.

It would be really awesome to have a big one for college textbooks. Instead of buying a whole book, you buy a file formatted for the book, and then you have all of your textbooks in one big e-tome. Much less to carry around, and big savings to everyone except college textbook manufacturers.

Yeah, I know, it’ll never happen. But I can dream, right?


Comment from Jill
Time: November 6, 2008, 11:34 pm

Beautiful lil’ foal, JW, but that first shot almost made me hork up my chips and salsa.


Comment from jwpaine
Time: November 7, 2008, 12:05 am

Yeah, Jill, that foal was mere minutes out of the womb. I hadn’t yet grabbed the afterbirth so I could spread it out on the barn floor to check for missing pieces (any of the placenta left inside the dam can cause fatal sepsis). The last pic of that foal was after my wife and I (under the close supervision of the dam, of course) cleaned him (and mom) up.

There’s a sad ending to this story, unfortunately. That foal—Tommy, we called him (all foals that year got T names)—mysteriously got too weak to stand about two weeks later, and we frantically trailered him and his mother to the vet 50 miles away, our ranchhand riding illegally in the trailer to mind the foal. Tommy died about two blocks from the vet. I helped the vet while he opened Tommy’s chest, open his chest, where we discovered his pericardium (the sack around his heart) full of blood. In short, congestive heart failure. Not a good day. Naturally, he’d been everyone’s favorite that year.


Comment from scubafreak
Time: November 7, 2008, 12:15 am

Schroedinger shots en-route. No hairy ball shots (he’s been touchy about that area since the thermometer incident), but a good one of him praying at the temple of swirling waters….. 🙂


Comment from Steamboat McGoo
Time: November 7, 2008, 9:22 am

Will there be any photos in which Schroedinger waves?


Comment from S. Weasel
Time: November 7, 2008, 9:49 am

Awwww…beautiful horse pitchers, JW. I’m sorry about Tommy. I once watched my mother give mouth-to-mouth to a beautiful stillborn puppy, to no avail. It’s hard to lose the babies.

I wish you could post pictures, but WordPress doesn’t allow it by anyone other than the admin. I’ll have to see if there’s a plug-in I can get that will allow it.


Comment from rob roy
Time: November 8, 2008, 12:37 am

Fact: John McCain was and is a sell out.
Fact: 5000 plus dead Americans, plus who knows how many others
Fact: Torture was never American, last time I looked.

And where the HELL do you get off calling Obama a Socialist, and having a Gestapo? Last I looked, Palin was trying to ban books, which is a warning sign of Totalitarianism


Comment from porknbean
Time: November 8, 2008, 1:02 am

rob roy, get your head out of your ass, wanker.


Comment from Mrs. Peel
Time: November 8, 2008, 1:06 am

*points at troll and laughs*


Comment from apotheosis
Time: November 8, 2008, 3:39 am

Remember before the election, when trolls were kept in good fighting trim by the brutal demands of cutthroat competition, clawing over one another in a desperate game of one-upmanship, a primal need to assert their dominance, to achieve, to become the very avatar for their chosen profession?

Man, it’s just not the same anymore. Now the pros have gone home, leaving the batboys and greenskeepers to swat spitballs around with rakes and slump their pasty, gamy chunks of cottage-cheese ass around the bases to the imagined roars of fans long since departed.

FACT: If you don’t think torture is American, you haven’t spent an afternoon at your local DMV. Which, let’s face it, is probably fortunate for the rest of us.


Comment from S. Weasel
Time: November 8, 2008, 6:46 am

I don’t know. I never got very good trolls. It is a deep and abiding sadness.

That one at least has the advantage of being a tad surreal. I mean, those ideas don’t actually go together and make an argument. They’re just sort of disparate concepts tossed into a statement salad.

Maybe it’s just me. I find randomness amusing.

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