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Last day of the current fundraiser — and last fundraiser until the run-up to the 2008 Presidential elections, which I hope to swing by way of unscrupulous media manipulation and a steady torrent of character assassinations.
Bunnies will likely make an appearance.
To those of you who’ve contributed to this current fundraiser, again, thanks. I hope to use the funds to work on incorporating video and audio blogging to PW. To those of you who haven’t contributed — and who have sent emails expressing disapproval about either this fundraiser or fundraising in general — you’ll be happy to know that you are STILL under no obligation to pitch in.
But thanks for the economic treatises just the same. And you’re welcome for the years of free content.
At any rate, I’m just going to leave this post up today and take the rest of the day off. You all need time to think — and me, I have to go fashion together a Josh Beckett voodoo doll, then get to work raising a nasty blister on its right index finger.
— Oh. Then there’s all the experimenting I’ve been doing in an effort to come up with the perfect ROCKtober punch. So far, all I’ve managed to do is stain my teeth a pastel purple, then wander out into the backyard — naked save for a pair of Under Armor batting gloves and purple stirrup socks — to take a long nap.
Which, I suppose that’s what I get for using the cheap spiced rum.
It’s kind of like TimesSelect but without the Krugman person or the Dowd person. And also you don’t lie and undermine national security and promote the general decline of like the country and stuff.
Precisely so. Plus, occasional profanity, and frequent drug humor.
It’s like an R-rated university seminar run by a drug-addled killer of the poor, infirm, gay, and brown/yellow/red.
This shit would bring big bucks in Hong Kong. If I could translate it into Hong Kongian, I mean.
Can I earmark some fundage for such translation? I’ll even find a Hong Kongian chick and get
it on herher on it.I’ll make sure she knows what she’s doing is what I’m saying.
OK, I’ll kick in… but I expect to see some armadillo dancing.
No shit. The armadillo getting some tang might be appreciated, too. Then again, I’ve been drinking so don’t mind me if that’s going beyond the pale.
See if Pelosi isn’t available to service the ‘dillo. Maybe the ‘dillo will dance, and mayhaps San Fran Nan won’t have any more frustrations to vent.
I’m not yet an Oligarch, yet I find myself compelled to offer you something.
you do these fundraisers at the worst times, Jeff…
It’s after Ramadan and before Halloween. Works for me.
Enjoy my contribution to Jeff’s Internet Fueled Beer Fund. It’s not much, but I hope it helps.
In an effort to free up some extra for the wee one’s Christmas I’ll take December but Amazon seems to have a low limit.
So, a question; can I do that through Paypal and can I trust them? I have gotten spam telling me there is a problem with my Paypal account and I don’t have one.
I’ll get it done either way but I have to say I don’t know if the “wide band” excuse is going to survive on appeal.
As a proud right-wing elitist pig engaged in the downfall of the constitutional order and a war for oil and Halliburton profits, I hit the jar.
I forgot exploiter of children and Armenian holocaust denier.
“If I could translate it into Hong Kongian, I mean.”
Hold out your hands, Jeff, ’cause here comes the cash…
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(Probably doesn’t come close to what you meant, so don’t be surprised if a 2076 copies of the Little Red Book shows up on your doorstep.)
Look, I’ll go hang out at Watt & 80 (Sacramento Joke) after I stop shaving for a few days and rub my face in dirt, and I’ll let you have the proceeds. I think I have Friday morning available.
The proceeds depends on how many of the other beggars I shove into traffic, of course.
If I don’t get anything, I’ll try Arden & Business 80 on Monday.
But I’m not going downtown, not even for you, Jeff.
Money? What is this mythical substance?
When I am done divorcing my fifty/twelve year old wife, I will put you on “almost Easy Street”.
PW is at least one half of the secret to keeping my sanity.
I was all ready to leave my man mayo in a cup for this good cause until I realized I was in a mens room stall at the Minneapolis airport. Instead, I euchred some Nigerians into fronting me some dough on the ridiculous promise that I had a huge corporate check that needed to clear. Saps. Anyway. I left you a couple of bucks.
Jeff,
I got this message overnight. Perhaps you’re interested?
“My name is Sgt. Robert Cox, I am an American soldier, I am serving in the military of the 1st Armored Division in Iraq, as you know we are being attacked by insurgents everyday and car bombs. We managed to move funds belonging to Saddam Hussein?s family. The total amount is US$25 Million dollars in cash, mostly 100 dollar bills. We want to move this money to you, so that you may invest it for us and keep our share for banking.”
Your cut for helping them is 25%. I can hook you up with his email address, for a small piece of the action of course.
* Clink *
– I’ll hit it next Wednesday, but nix on the “Dancing with grating gramma Nan” thing. You’ve got enough expenses without having to pop for neurosis therupy for the ‘dillo.
I can haz yr egznow pls?
Which do you like better, Pay pal or Amazon?
I’m only asking because last time I didn’t get my personalized shout-out. So I figured I should check to see if you really got it.
And then I got pulled over on the way to the airport and the cops impounded the van. I had to walk 30 miles back home with the hacksaw and all of those garbage bags.
And the entrenching tool was ripping holes in the bags while I was walking and I kept dropping it and that pissed me off and that mailman never should have asked me if I needed a ride when I was in that kind of mood.
So, paypal or amazon?
Amazon’s really easy if you’ve done business with them before.
Keep those ping-pong balls flying! (Oh! Heh… wrong site. I meant “political commentary” of course. Must have been the Hong Kong ref above.)
“Why lie? I need a beer.”
Oops, wait — that guy was at the Fulton exit.
I’m in. Because lawd almighty, Jeff, you do get the right peoples’ fists all curled up in balls of impotent rage.
Better to hang out and beg near Mikuni’s on Hazel.
Sashimi-chomping state workers will gladly recycle CA tax $$$…
For those who’ve asked, either Amazon or Paypal seems to work fine.
I’ve been using PayPal for years, and I’ve never had any trouble with the system.
$10 in the tip jar.
Now you just need 207 of the same.
Well, I am packing for Tortolla, having my Hummer detailed and adding the indoor basketball court to the west wing of the home, but what the hell, I think I can spare a few bucks for you Jeff. Thanks for all you do. I still have to do without Health Insurance, though. Those bastards are just too damned expensive and so UNACCOUNTABLE! Unlike the Gubment. The kids will just have to NOT get sick. Damn deadbeats…
So, OI, are you the “working poor,” “middle class poor,” “lower/upper middle class poor,” “lower/upper middle class working poor,” “upper class idle poor,” …
Yikes, we could be here for a while…
But if you use Amazon you need to tell the system to let Jeff know who ponied up.
I can’t use Paypal because it seems they won’t let me set one up with them in my own name while using the same bank account that’s on my wife’s Paypal account — and of course I don’t know the password on my wife’s Paypal account.
Wow, lots of good begging advice from Sac area pplz!
I never used to see beggars at Mikunis – what state office is near there? Is it the data center down by 50? I used to drive by there every day. I used to work next to that data center, actually.
Anyway, I gave to Jeff a few weeks ago, but I dropped another tenner anyway – not like I have an excuse, I just blew $30 on F*%&*#&! halogen lightbulbs. F&*%#$@ homebuilders and their F&%#^@()! non-standard crap.
Sorry. This is about Jeff, not me. Ahem.
So, if y’all see a guy in a suit at Watt & 80 with a sign saying “will work for $65,000/yr + benefits,” please, give generously. Or at least wave, you antisocial bastards! :)
I like my eggs over-medium. Toot sweet.
Jeff – lemme know what the hosting reqs are for this lumbering pile and I’ll see if I can find you a gratis (and secure, yes, I know the loons are after you) place to serve this piece o’ chit. As long as I can be referred to as Savior of the Vulgaristas from now on….
Rather than asking for a subsidy Goldstein, perhaps you should become a more efficient capitalist and look for a lower cost hosting platform like Maiahost.com. I am disappointed in this lack of protein wisdom.
Don’t be a pill, Roman…. ;)
Does that mean you won’t be ponying up any cake, Roman?
I realize I have absolutely NO sway here either way, but I do know Roman (I suggested he take a look at your site Jeff) very well and can attest to his good intentions. And we all know about intentions, now don’t we. Anyway, Roman is INDEED a capitalist’s capitalist. Plus his kids are too freaking cute. Jeff, the familiarity is from me talking up your site. Roman is most definitely good people. Just my .02.
BJ…I believe I would be of the moderate middle and not making enough money but definitely not poor and I made my own bed middle middle class persuasion. The Tortolla thing? EXTREME fantasy. Oh well…
I’ll take your word for it, OI.
So. Does that mean he’ll be ponying up some cabbage? I have hookers who like their Grey Goose cocktails…
Yeah, I remember that time I pissed off . . . well, practically everybody.
I have a cocktail that likes Grey Goose hookers. Wait, did I say that, or was I just thinking that? But seriously, we just moved our blog to Maia and are pretty pleased. They did all the heavy content lifting for us. We don’t need a dedicated server though so it may not work for you. Being a capitalist’s capitalist however, I will admit that OI is my dedicated bitch.
Ahh, Grey Goose. Nice. And we all love hookers. Right? Ahem, right? As for Roman ponying up, well, of course, that’s up to him. A little note about my man, Roman, though. He is a conservative/somewhat classical liberal voice in a class warfare waging blue collar democrat stronghold in NE Ohio. Think socially conservative people that LOVE big government. He is fighting a hard, prolonged fight against an incredibly entrenched and wide spread adversary.
As for me, I know I’m hitting the tip jar, all the while holding a dram of 16 year old Lagavulin with a very small drop of spring water. My follow up to that fine expression is a Jinx Ale from the Magic Hat Brewing Company (S. Burlington, Vermont). Another very good beverage and one that I would heartily recommend.
Roman is somewhat of a faggot, though. NTTAWT. He also lives in castle with a fucking mote. The guy is loaded to the hilt.
Yes. It is an excellent ale. I still prefer Harpoon, though. I pretty much like all the poons, for that matter.
Or “moat” as the case may be…
Dan, I love poon. Of any variety. Anyhow, I haven’t tried that particular ale, but damn, this Magic Hat stuff is really good. Their IPA is my second favorite beer EVAH. Just quality beer.
“I can always sell my eggs.”
¿Sus huevos? ¡Cómo es triste!
¿Cuánto?
OI you gotz to give some props to Great Lakes Brewery in the land of Cleve, no? As for myself, I will put in a recommendation for Dogfishead Chicory Stout out of Milton, Delaware.
Ro…I have some Christmas Ale chilling in the fridge as we type. That will be gone in due time. Think Tribe clinching tomorrow! Notice, I said the Magic Hat IPA was my second favorite brew. Nothing, IMHO, beats the Great Lakes Christmas Ale. Dat shit is dope, yo!
C’mon, Jeff. The Rockies are already in the World Series. What more do you need? :-)
Sticky in WP…
I did it with a WP plugin that put a new checkmark in the post properties.
the one I used is called “Adhesive”.
Opps, I lied…
http://miracles.heaven.fr/wp_stickpost/
um, yeeeeaaaah, I heard on the radio today about tickets for a certain sporting event only being sold online. then it all clicked. ;D
I have more obligations than a NYC G.O. bond. But Jeff is worth more than type O blood to paradoxes.
Exonerate me, hang me long in the sun, yeah, yeah Gordie-baby.
Thx for all.
* clink! *
Caught me at EXACTLY the wrong time. I’ll drop something in the till early next month.
No, really. I will. Why are you looking at me that way?!
… and your seed.. Dont forget your seed.. It’d would fetch a good chunk of change at the local fertility clinic.. High IQ, smart Jew seed is always in demand.. Every family wants a doctor or dentist or a Nobel Prize winning researcher… Ok.. scratch the last one.. Gore kinda stunk that one up..
Yeah.. or like, MySpace… You could have pictures and everything..Wouldnt cost you a dime..
Ok, ok..I’m in for a sawbuck .. but you’ll have to wait til after work.. The company freaks at online payments through the company network..
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Or “moat†as the case may be…”
Dangnabit, I was gonna slap you with a Larry Niven reference……
Jeff, I sent a contribution yesterday. You’re a lot easier to deal with than the UJA.
Roman,
Which part of NEO, I live in the armpit (yo-war).
JEFF!!!!! YOU JUST GOT MENTIONED ON RUSH!!! HE MENTIONED PROTEIN WISDOM! You better get more money, quick. You’re gonna need it for the bandwith!
You just got mentioned on Rush, so you’re gonna need that bandwidth.
Oops, a little exuberant there. Stole Paul’s thunder and it’s bandwidth. Pretty cool, though.
Melissa:
Great minds think alike.
Merovign undt McGehee,
Hey! I ddin’t know some of youse was local to me; I live in Galt. I work in Fairfield with occasional trips to higher HQ on Goethe Rd in Sac. I used to work at the 58th Street Armory as well.
We may have to have a West Coast PW drink-fest. Maybe Old Sac brewery or that new one off of the Laguna exit in elk Grove. It has a full bar and great food.
Well, I’m not, anymore. Got smuggled out in 1994. Now I live (if you can call it living) in metro Atlanta.
When my brother and I were kids, we used to play little-league baseball in the ballfields behind St. Mary’s on M Street, and my dad worked for a while at the girls’ high school behind that NG armory.
I’m working on it. I have to wait until my excuse gets back from the euphemism.
Wait. Rush Limbaugh mentioned Protein Wisdom? And Jeff’s made grousing noises about not enough love from Malkin and Reynolds? I want the audio clip!
There’s gonna be a lot of confused people out there, folks.
The linky-love from the big boys and girls has starting coming in again, but it’s a relatively recent phenomenon. There was a long dry spell.
Shouldn’t the government provide you bandwidth?
I heard the Rush shoutout, too.
Here’s a Jackson to help with the hosting. Thanks for doing what you do. ‘Specially the gay cake of armadillo cock kind of stuff.
Even if we tear up every Friday KNOWING the dance ain’t gonna happen, no matter how hard we clap…
ONLY in America!
I’m in, and it is a double bonus for me – support JG and piss off Dr. Deborah Ellen Frisch, pedophiliac lefty troll at large! Bonus!
CCS –
I live in the dying old Democratic steel mill town of Lorain that is desperately hoping the unions will bring back the good jobs. I tell folks not to keep their fingers crossed. We’re about 30 miles west of Cleveland along the Great Lake of Erie. As OI noted, I am a bit of a crunchy con capitalist but shit I grew up here and sometimes it’s nice to be from somewhere, even if it’s Lorain.
Roman,
At least Lorain still has the mill, the big mill in Youngstown has been gone for 20 years, but the unions will bring in jobs soon. Of course we also have Delphi and GM Lordstown, oh wait thos are moving out too, thank you union. Luckily I have an edumacated type job, no union to drive it away.
Jeff I know without even asking he would never pronounce neanderthal with a ‘t’ and that is one of the things I like about this blog.
True True CCS. And if you get the Union endorsement here you will still be elected Mayor since you are also promising to bring back the “good” jobs. From what I read Y-town is getting pretty innovative with growing smaller and being diligent about razing deteriorating properties. Do you concur? Is the new Mayor making a difference?
I actually live in Vienna, about 10 miles north of Y-town and 10 miles east of Warren. They have been clenaing up some of the old and putting in new, but hte new is mostly service jobs. A friend of mine got a job at a distribution center after his job left town, within 6 months a union was voted in. The distro center closed up and moved within 3 months. Appearently they didn’t thing that moving boxes from one truck to another truck was a $20/hr job, the employees didn’t think it was a $12/hr job, so goes the armpit of OH.
The worst part of living here is the fact that if you are running for office and have the (D) behind your name you will win. Most elections it’s hard to even find an (R).
It’s a Kevin Bacon moment. One of my sis-in-laws lives in Youngstown. We have had Christmas there twice in the last four years, in her beautiful old home (Bob Villa would be proud!) on the tree lined street…
She manages and dispatches for a nationwide moving company. From her basement. And is damned good at what she does.
She’s not conservative; Jacksonian enough to make a mugger cross a freeway to avoid her, though. Each Christmas that we’ve been there she’s pointed out the businesses that unions killed, and the numerous pork projects that clutter the her part of the rust belt.
I highly recommend the locally run Veteran’s Museum to anybody who passes through the area. It’s a basement + three story frame building housing exhibits donated by Ohio Veterans and represents every conflict since the Revolution. One of the random gems: I picked up a folio book from one of the displays and found myself reading a combat engineer captain’s study of the German defenses in the Argonne forest and at Chatteau Thierry. Sketches, french military maps with handwritten English notes in the margins, and loose pictures in an envelope. The VFW rep agreed they needed better archival storage… but hey, it’s just the stuff that men and women bring in…
Not more frequent than Dowd and Krugman’s drug humor.
Anyway, you’re another 3% closer. *clink*
Your blog is worth much more than my paltry donation Jeff, but here you go – *clink*
Tmj –
That’s cool stuff. Lots of good history in this neck of the woods.
I must admit, I am getting closer to blowing my load and hoisting my heavy tip into the jar.
The future awaits us.
Jeff G – I am happy to pony up anytime. I spend waaaaaaaaay too much of your bandwith $’s arguing with the mental midgets that stroll by. That is my way of saying that I am hoping against hope that the ‘dillo will be back, soon.
TMJ – We have a place in your little slice of heaven, otherwise known as Utah. One only need to spend a couple of days out there to witness the proof of a higher power.
“and of course I don’t know the password on my wife’s Paypal account.”
Why of course?
Jeff,
When I read your request for money to keep this site going, I had tears rolling down my cheeks (did I ever tell you I was a contortionist..? Another time, huh?)
Well, anyway, once I’d stopped laughing, I decided there was no time for prevarication and, pausing only to look up the word prevarication in my dictionary, and before you could say Anarcho-syndicalist anti-distestablishmentarianism, I was on the phone organising a whip ’round for your esteemed organ (well, you know us Brits – one crude double entendre and we’re anybody’s….)amongst my fellow Conservative MPs.
It’s not much, I know, but I hope that the 4 shillings and sixpence we raised from selling villagers from our PR stunt, mock up of a Rwandan village back into slavery will help you out at this difficult time.
Keep up the good work, and if you need a home for any of your less-discerning readers when you eventually do go out of business, please bear us in mind…
L.U.V. on ya,
Bob
“Thursday morning update: Thanks so much to all you who’ve contributed thus far. I’m about half way to my goal, but even half way is better than, say, a third of the way, or a quarter of the way, or an eighth of the way, etc.
“Conversely, it ain’t as good as three-fifths of the way, or five-eights of the way.”
I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that putting Zeno in charge of your fundraiser is a pretty good way to ensure you never reach your goal . . . however incrementally close you may come.
Bob used to be one of the hottest trannies on the tubes.
Roman, Give! Give my brother!
And I completely agree about the historical and cultural significance that NE Ohio does definitely possess. One of it’s most endearing assets. That along with, and this will surprise many of you out there, it’s abundance of natural beauty. From the coast line to the beautiful river valleys of Lake Erie’s many tributaries. It’s just the politics and economy that aren’t too desirous. Oh well…If and when I ever leave (actively seeking new digs down South as you know) it will be with a bit of a heavy heart.
“Bob used to be one of the hottest trannies on the tubes.”
*Used* to be, Dan???
I’ll have you know I take the underground to work *every* day….
(Well, *you* try cycling in a boob, tube, mini-skirt and 14 inch heels, Buster!!)
Bob
TMJ
Could you get me contact info the vet’s museum from your sis-in-law? My google-foo seems to be broken today. We’ve been looking for places to take our scouts and this sounds interesting.
I’d be happy to kick down some baksheesh (a good word, baksheesh, don’t you think?), but check your e-mail.
This site rocks in stereo with quadraphonic surround sound.
My attorney discourages giving details, but let’s just say once you drive the Lamborghini off the lot, you can’t sell it back for the original sticker price.
I don’t know why she got so upset — I was gonna go back and get her one too.
I saw a little gray dude cleaning out the candy aisle at the PX here in the IZ today.
Didn’t give it a second thought.
Until now…BECAUSE HE WAS DANCING. And then he flew away hanging on a Hellfire hardpoint on an Apache.
Such a tease …
We have a place in your little slice of heaven, otherwise known as Utah. One only need to spend a couple of days out there to witness the proof of a higher power.
Oh, so Tooele? No, Panguitch? Vernal? West Wendover?
That first place name is a shibboleth, BTW. You can always tell the farners by their struggle to say it.
aw, had the Poles already cleaned out all the Red Bull? (I hear stories, and may have gotten the nationality wrong….)
Confirmation Number: 1H721210B0904390A
THERE! ARE YOU FREAKIN HAPPY?
I just gave you more than I give my freakin barista at Christmas.. My favorite barista who bats her big blue 19 yr old cheerleader eyes and leans over the counter to give me great cleavage views or bends down to show off the hot Tribal tattoo hidden under her shirt between the dimples over her perfect ass while fixing me a tasty hot coffee treat to lift me out of the fog..
I don’t just expect some dancing armadillo for this.. I expect a freakin Armadillo Lapdance.
Now get ’em out ‘ere before ah av to call me mate Begbie to pay yaz a little visit..
JD –
Tiger has his slice in the project I’ve been working on for the last three years.
Bob Swipe –
Thanks for the mental image. And I thought I was all done with therapy.
Dan –
PLEASE look where the muzzle is pointed before you pull any more triggers. More therapy…
Dicentra –
Try dropping Doo – chess – nee in conversation sometime. That’ll get you some “you’re not from around here” looks, too. (Duchesne, up in the Uinta Basin.)
I’ll be shooting at my slice of heaven Sunday morning: Lee Kay Hunter Education Center
Atd,jsmtbny.
ok i give up
So on second thought, give ’til it frickin’ bleeds, people.
Well, it already bleeds over here buddy. I’ll have to hit you next time. Or, claim I gave through amazon or paypal – whichever doesn’t tell you the donor.
Not only did I just move (I’ve been offline at least a month), but my (beloved) dog got hit by a car ten days ago while I was away at a wedding. Two surgeries and a week at the doggie hospital; I’ll let you wonder on how much that costl. I’ll be driving my POS ten y/o van for a few more years.
Geez, Carin . . . sorry abot your pal. Nice to see you back again, though.
Also, be careful using “chicanery.” Chicanos might get angry.
Pastey!!
Carin, that sucks. I’ve become a big believer in pet insurance after seeing the sort of expenses hit people from out of nowhere. Myself, I thought I was more of an oh well time for the big sleep type of guy. Until I was actually in that situation.
*these* sort
It was still under a thousand though for the surgery, but I have a feeling I would have rationalized quite a bit more than that.
It was a really hard call to make – at first we weren’t sure if she would be paralyzed, yet she need surgery because her diaphram was torn – collapsed lung, internal organs in the wrong spot – etc. But she is the best dog I’ve ever had – and probably got hit because she was waiting by the road for me to return – new house, etc. The way I look at it, I could have my dog, or a new car. The dog won.
Good call.
Sweet comment.
I am sure you’ll check out my blog..
Sayonara
dicentra – Nothing like that. On the slopes at The Canyons, and some truly deserted hunting ground about 30 minutes from Park City.
Carin – All my best. That is always a tough situation. One of my friends was just crushed going through that, and then figured, maybe JD will take my dog to be put to sleep for me. The vet made me hold her dog while he did it. I still have not forgiven her (the vet), or her (my friend).
oof, JD, that’s harsh. RTO and I once had to take a stray kitty to be destroyed. We would have adopted it, but it had Feline Leukemia (a better description is “kitty AIDS”) and so, NOONE would adopt it. We couldn’t risk infecting our kitties so we took it to the county pound, told them what was up, I couldn’t go in, RTO took him in, came back to the car and we both just bawled for a few minutes. I still tear up about it.
I carried my wee girl out into the woods, to the spot she liked best, and petted her, and put a bullet in her head. Then I got the shovel and buried her there.
I’ll see what I can come up with – this mobilization won’t be as expensive as last one. Uncle Sam is going to give me a lot more of what I need, rather than me having to buy it. I can probably divert a few shekels your way…
ok
I gave, didn’t bleed but it frikken hurt
As for the dillo, Hummel Figurines are dense and some of them are massive, could be an accident might crush his drug addled head.
Just sayin’
PS: I’ll have you know that PW is now more expensive than my subscriptions to Time, National Geographic and Playboy combined.
Better money never spent.
Welcome to Boston. Mr. Goldstein.
Oh, yeah, it’s on.
Dropped in a wee bit there Jeff.
‘Cuz, you know, on account of you’re a genius and all…
Mu.
!
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OK everyone. I have had a second glass of prot (I’m home for a few days before going off to Fort Riley, train and deploy). Time for the tipsy call out – if you can kick in anything, please do. I didn;t give a great sum, just $25. However, if all of us give just a bit, I’d feel a lot better about the home front while I go off to OEF.
Do it for the children. Uh, strike that. Do it for the small peace of mind just one soldier will feel as he goes off to war. [cue in Sally Struthers like close up of concerned lookng Major John] Just the cost of one [insert applicable consumable, beverage or incidental here] a day for two or three weeks!
Uh, that should read “port”. prot sounds interesting, but not as good as some 10 year old tawny port right now…
I always have to google these forts. That one’s been there since 1853. It’s in Kansas. George Custer was there for awhile, and lots of other stuff.
Dear Santa, please send Jeff some serious Bachman Turner Overdrive.
Happyfeet, you can always tell the branch of service by what they call their places of central assemblage. The Army uses ‘Forts’, the Marines use ‘Camps’, the Air Force uses ‘Bases’, and the Navy uses ‘Stations’.
TMI, I’m sure, but hoping to help. :-|
So what does the Salvation Army call theirs?
Col. Nathan Jessep: I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you are entitled to.
which I hope to swing by way of unscrupulous media manipulation and a steady torrent of character assassinations.
Actually, you’ll have more luck squeezing a bunch of Chinese busboys for a cool M-note apiece. I hear they’re very generous.
Last night swapping “Bachman Turner Overdrive” in for the word “bandwidth” seemed so g-damned hilarious. And there’s your answer to just how drunk I was.
Drumwaster – I did not know that. I bet a lot of people don’t know that. Now that you say that it clicks perfectly. I am officially less ignorant today, I’ll have all of you know. That’s pretty damn exciting.
exciting on TOP of imminent bunnies
oh a messenger friend wants to know about the Coast Guard. Anyone?
I don’t think they use Portavoci in the Coast Guard.
I hate it when Jeff’s wife goes out of town. There’s good stuff in the Pub, though, including insights from other people and teh funny from me.
Cosat Guard seems to use “stations” too, either just USCG station or USCG air station – they also sometimes glom on to forts it seems…
Well, I pitched in as much as could afford this month. It ain’t much, but I appreciate your efforts as much as anyone, Jeff.
And please, keep up with the “occasional profanity, and frequent drug humor”.
;^)
“Collection centers”. At least that’s what they call it here…
I think they are too busy saving ignorant civilians to be gathered together in one spot long enough for it to be called anything at all.
SEMPER PARATUS!
(I’m ex-Navy and while those puddle jumpers in their boats with the training wheels on them will get no respect from me, God bless ’em, every one!)
I must have the HIGH-END spiced rum, you infidel dog!
Now go buy some before I put a jihad on you!
YOU BURIED THE LEDE!!!
It’s worse than that, Karl. Both Days of Heaven and House of Games are out in Criterion editions, and I didn’t even know it.
Nnnngh! I’d drop some dough, but this entire month has raped my finances. :(
” in an effort to come up with the perfect ROCKtober punch. So far, all I’ve managed to do is stain my teeth a pastel purple, then wander out into the backyard  naked save for a pair of Under Armor batting gloves and purple stirrup socks ”
Sounds awesome! I hope you wrote down the recipe…hint,hint.
Major, Godspeed.
Breath deeply America until you deploy, then kick ass and take names.
I’m not a veteran myself, but I appreiciate you guys alot. Besides ponying up here, I give to Disabled American Veterans as well as Soliers Angels.
In fact, I’ll issue a challenge. All the rest of you fat bastards, do what you can to keep moral high in Iraq and Afganistan.
You’ll make Major Johns job less fucked-up.
Your poor fiance…
Oops, that’s Soldiers Angels of course.
By the way, which is more annoying, making a spelling mistake, or correcting it after the fact?
This week I had to have custom millwork done to replace sills and sashs on custom windows. I paid for burnished concrete flooring in my basement and theatre, and installed new vanities and slate flooring in the bathrooms in the the basement and theatre. But, I will be happy to pony up what I can, since my wife left a couple of bucks in my checking account.
Just rub a little lye on Josh’s appropriate digit. That should do it. And remember the code of the voudun: “Contagion and Similarity: it’s not just a good idea… it’s the law!
A third option suggests itself: Missing yet another misspelling from the same post. (Hint: I think you meant “morale” in the penultimate sentence.)
Which immediately brings up yet a fourth category for the “which is more annoying” struggle now going on – having someone like me point out those misspellings for you.
But hey, at least this way, you get to give medals for Gold, Silver and Bronze, with space left over for some Also-Rans to stand around looking jealous…
150th!
Bacardi!
Thanks Drumwasher.
One likes to have options…
Normally, I could give a shit about posting misspellings, but getting the name of a charity right is important, dammit!
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Misspellings? Typos?
I am Platinum baby. Just hand the prize over now, and nobody gets hurt.
Which brings up an interesting question. What is the difference between a misspelling and a typographical error? Does the difference lie in who makes the error (author vs. typesetter?, or is it a purely semantic one?
Someone is responsible for a misspelling. A typo just happens.
Actually, I have a fondness for a little cocktail I like to call ‘Old Spiced Rum’ in honor of my late father: it’s half Captain Morgan’s and half Old Spice. Sweet!
“to work on incorporating video and audio blogging to PW”…
Cool, I missed that in the latest revision of this sticky. I would love to add listener and viewer to already avid reader of Protein Wisdom.
American Idols Live Tickets The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion…
ok… this is getting ridiculous.. i think its safe to say.. with“ Malice In Wonderland” droppin Dec. 8th- Snoop is about to drop album of the year.. this dude hasnt sounded this focused- in years.. this time around he flips the OG Rob Base sample, with …