So tell me:
1. What are your resolutions for the new year? And —
2. What do you want to see the new Congress do, in what order, why, and how should they best go about it?
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1. 1080p.
2. Repeal pretty much everything the previous Congress did, other than extension of Bush tax cuts, then go on fact finding mission to some tropical clime and stay there.
Hope you had a good one, Jeff.
1. Resolution.
2. A. Reduce spending. Almost everything else is related to this goal and it’s short enough that even our legislators can remember it.
1. I resolved to make only one New Year’s resolution so I’d be sure I could keep it.
2. Repeal everything done by the 111th Congress except the Bush tax-rate extension, which they should make permanent; and abolish the estate tax and the capital-gains tax — and then adjourn and stay the hell away from Washington until after the 2012 election.
A belated Happy New Year to you and the rest of the PW commentariot, too.
My resolution is to find a new job, so that I am not miserable 100% of the time for 40 hours a week. In this economy? Ha. Oh well. This leads me to my second resolution, which isn’t really a resolution as I already do it. But I do resolve to enjoy my children all the more if that is evenly humanly possible.
Congress? Repeal everything!
I resolve to complete the St Louis and Indianapolis mini-marathons. I lost a bet, and that was the wager. Fuck. I also resolve to quit having threesomes with lingerie models.
Years ago I resolved to never make New Year’s resolutions.
I resolve to complete the St Louis and Indianapolis mini-marathons
Woot! Are those halfs?
Yes, Carin. Half marathons. I start running tonight.
WOOT! You know I lurv running.
You are both crazy.
1. Read more
2. Undo healthcare. Defund.
I was doing 5 miles yesterday, just thinking how great it is ;)
My advice? LOOOONG songs on your iPod. None of that 2 and a half minute shit. LOOONG songs.
I can do five miles with 5 or 6 Tools songs ;)
Tool is a tool. Running is Teh Suck. I am only doing it because I lost a bet, and don’t want to die trying to compete them.
Good. You have low expectations. Imagine how wonderful it’s gonna be when you realize how awesome it is?
You are not well. Get help.
Resolution: Make a perfect red ale, porter and Belgian pale ale.
Congress: Repeal, defund and obstruct.
I like to hit myself in the head with a hammer because it feels Sssooooooo Goooood-ah! when I stop.
I imagine running is the same.
Second resolution: Hop over the pond, meet Silver Whistle and drink his ales :)
Ernst hit the proverbial nail on the head.
SW is a wise and kind person. He would prolly buy you an ale and subject you to Euro Futbol should you go visit. And take you shooting.
1) Spend less time on the Internet
2)
I resolve to be more forgiving for those who mock that which they do not understand.
That includes Tool.
You would be most welcome, OI. My last porter was a bit too sweet, and a bit too strong. Two bottles and I needed a lie down. And it was a bit of a Vesuvius out of the bottle.
Any recipes would be gratefully received.
1) Spend less time on the Internet
2)
NOOOO.
Quick. Slart needs an intervention.
As Saint Augustine taught – moderation is more difficult than abstinence, hence more of a virtue.
Everyone likes beer, shooting and Fußball. Sometimes all together, nicht wahr, JD?
You wil have to store up some forgiveness for me, because I will mock mock mock.
Nothing the matter with shooting a Futbol player while drunk.
As Saint Augustine taught – moderation is more difficult than abstinence, hence more of a virtue.
As a man who lived immoderately before living abstemoniously, he should know.
You wil have to store up some forgiveness for me, because I will mock mock mock.
I hope you get shin splints ;)
1. The normal stuff–PT test comming up soon.
2. Repeal would be great, but I’ll be happy with the 112th, up to 2012, if they can hold the line–no new “major” legislation–take ground where the opportunity presents and stymie prog efforts to move forward via funding. Then start repealing in earnest in 2013.
1. I will become the next Iron Chef.
2. If #1 fails, I will marry Oprah.
3. I will get my New Year’s greetings out in a timely fashion.
Second question?
Repeal everything, then audit it all, then repeal it again and then fire everyone else who isn’t wearing a uniform and then fire themselves and go home. We can start over next year.
I expect to be underwhelmed.
While which is drunk — the shooter or the futbol player?
1. For the first time in my life, I’m resolved to lose weight. About fifteen pounds, or whatever it takes to make my pants fit comfortably again.
2. Per the other thread, Congress should “investigate the possibility” of taking our private retirement savings. They should do so loudly and clumsily, and in the most insulting and threatening manner possible. At which point, I’d take SquidCo® public, and move somewhere far away to live on the proceeds and watch the ensuing spectacle.
McGehee – either, or both.
I’ve decided to have more fun this year. Also, to get stronger.
Those two things are going to fight it out for supremacy, I think. Meaning I’ll likely wind up a little stronger and a tad less miserable.
Have more fun. That is a simple basic idea, oft overlooked.
Oh. For fun?
Sim racing. GT5, a playseat, a Thrustmaster T500 RS, Immerz’ KOR-FX, and a Buttkicker Gamer2.
And headphones piping in Asia or Loverboy. But not exclusively.
I just put a Belgian Dubbel into the primary on the 1st, SW. It’s bubbling along nicely but I’ll admit I’m a bit nervous about brewing at the higher temperature.
I might have a recipe for a great imperial stout sitting around here somewhere. If that’s your sort of beer, I’ll see if I can find it. Do you go all grain or are you okay with extract?
Do you go all grain or are you okay with extract?
My Teutonic tendency doesn’t extend to the Reinheitsgebot, but I am an all grain man, bh. An Imperial stout recipe would be great.
Do you have a heater in the fv for the higher temps? I’ve always fancied trying to make a Karmeliet tripel, but the 2-stage fermentation has always put me off. I’ve wondered if a glass aquarium heater would do the trick.
Okay, I’m going to make an effort to do a better job of proof-reading. And to stop abusing commas like red-headed step children. And to generally stop mistreating punctuation. And to avoid confusing commonly confused words. To dust off my Hacker (even if it’s hopelessly out of date) and my Strunk and White (not current, but hardly outdated).
But MLA and APA is dead to me. I’m all about the Chicago. Real Chicago, not that Turabian stuff.
And it’s not a resolution. More of an aspiration really.
I put almost all my ales into a secondary carboy, SW. Don’t worry about that, it’s really no sweat. As long as you pitch enough healthy yeast right off the bat, you can let it sit in your secondary almost indefinitely.
You can buy these belts to sit around your glass carboys but then you need to get a thermostat and you’re out almost a hundred bucks. What I do is put my carboy into a small closet with a ceramic heater with a built-in thermostat ($30). Works like a charm. Other people just put a cheapo electric blanket around them and say that works just fine, too.
I really should dabble in the beer makings. In spite of how much beer I consume, I’ve inexplicably taken to soda making – same basic principles – instead. Probably because there ain’t shit for home brewing stores around here and ordering stuff online is so much more difficult than going to a bar.
Give it a try, Abe. It is — hands down — the best hobby I’ve ever picked up.
Thanks, bh. I shall make another New Year’s resolution – not to be such a pussy and make a tripel.
We’ve got an understanding brewery up the road a piece, they’re happy to give us half bags of grain and end bags of hops for donations to their party fund. It’s better than ordering online, which ends up costing a fortune in carriage.
I live within spitting distance of Northern Brewer, Abe. If I ever inherit the brewing bug from my father, I may have to work there just for the employee discount, lest I bankrupt myself. As it is, I often have to bring ingredients and/or gear to my dad when I go up to the lake for a visit.
I see. For the sport of it, eg?
“Eg” is the new “eh.”
I wonder whether any yous have given sake a go, and if, is it worth the slight bother?
That’s cool, Squid. I get most of my supplies and ingredients from them. Apparently a bunch of us cheeseheads do because they just opened a store in Milwaukee.
They’re a great company.
sdferr, I had a friend whose homemade wine always ended up tasting like sake. Even, shudder, the banana. God, it was ghastly.
double hehs SW
Well, I see that Wyeast has a strain for sake but you’d have to malt the rice yourself with koji mold so I could see that being a bit of work and some real possibilities for mistakes.
I resolve to hack Happyfeet’s wordpress account to replace his avatar with a pic of Sarah Palin.
As for Congress? Vote to require that all congress persons live in their home district and meet in Washington once a quarter.
I also resolve to ask how to get an avatar.
How does one get and avatar?
You’d think the biggest city in the country would have at least one store dedicated to home brewing. But, alas, there’s nothing except a couple of shelves at the Whole Foods in Soho.
Couldn’t you make sake by mixing dirty dishwater with grain alcohol?
Go to gravatar.com, OTT. Go through the registration process with the same email address you use here, then find a picture you like on the interwebs and upload it to gravatar.
How does one get and avatar?
One sticks it on one’s Netflix queue, and then suffers the worst 162 minutes of one’s life.
This makes me think it is a good time to dry my own meat. A trip to the butcher is in order.
dry my own meat
Is this an urban dictionary term?
1) Take a real vacation with my wife.
2) Stop being so damned miserable all the time.
3) Save all my boarding passes so’s I can be part of the inevitable back-scatter x-ray machine class action. (“Wow! Cant blame that on Accutane, how the hell do you walk?” “With pride, Mr. Sokolov, with pride.”)
Is it too late to offer up the desire that Congress (including staff) commit collective seppuku? Prior to enacting any more laws? Or is that going too far?
Oh, Congress? I’d like it to burn down and disband the evening after it repeals this last Congress and appoints me “Legislator to the Stars”. Failing that, I think we should sincerely hope that the Discovery Channel produces the “Congresslicious” reality show, so that We the People might enjoy some sausage being made.
wasn’t drying meat covered under obamacare? i think the death panel’s oversee it.
Is anyone resolving to see/not see True Grit?
Seen it Ernst. Good stuff, though not great stuff: good enough to want to view again, expecting something to be gained from a second viewing. Never have seen the first one, so I’ve no ax to grind, as far as that goes.
Ordered a pork belly today, and will begin my experiments making my own bacon.
saw it the glenn campbell was really good
I thought it was really good sdferr — the exception that proves the rule about John Wayne remakes. I thought Jeff Bridges was almost as good as Wayne, and Barry Pepper nearly as good as Robert Duvall. Hailee Steinfeld was better than Kim Darby. I liked Jeff Corey’s Cheney better than Josh Brolin’s. Matt Damon was way, way better than Glen Campbell.
Almost made me want to attempt Charles Portis’s novel again. But then I remembered how stilted his language is.
but mr. ernst glen was the rhinestone cowboy.
and a wooden texas ranger
nobody’s perfect
tell that to Mary Poppins
I resolve to be even more annoying,……………………….and lose weight.
Hey, sad OT, but I went to look up the old True Grit at IMDb and saw that Pete Postlethwaite has died, aged 64. He’ll be missed.
I haven’t seen True Grit yet, I’m gunna though.
I never had that much of a problem with Glenn Campbell. I have certain cowboy relatives that he nailed, so I guess my perspective is messed up. It could be everyone else, but that seems unlikely…
2) Stop being so damned miserable all the time.
I just finished (about 20 minutes ago) a book called Gross National Happiness by Arthur C. Brooks. I recommend it.
I enjoyed True Grit.
the ending … though.
No spoilers, but …
1. Lose 15 pounds.
2. Switch from the current services benchmark (budget = last year + X%) to the zero baseline benchmark (budget starts from scratch each & every year)
Resolution 2011.0002.a:
Beat my plowshares into saxophones.
1-switch to cheap beer.
2-put a constitutional amendment in motion that would sunset every law, rule or regulation after 20 years or so.
1. Greens in Regulation. Consistently.
1.a Lose some weight so that my tits won’t interfere with my golf swing.
2. Congress, nothing. Red states, secede.
I heart Stephanie. And boobies.
Back at cha! So when you gonna be back this way to play some golf?
I’m hoping to get in at least 9 holes tomorrow. Temps in the mid 50s, woo-hoo.
http://www.globalsportsfraternity.com/football/2009/11/19/jabba-the-rex/
This cracks me up.
1. Par-tay once RTO is out of the country.
2. um, not much.
Soon, Stephanie. We are doing a big big big complex down there, so I will be down a bunch.
Let me know and we’ll play around… uhh… play A round. ;)
Better Half so does not like you.
I was joking.
Meh. I’m harmless. I just couldn’t resist the impulse to be a little flirty. If she plays bring her, too. We’ll make it a foursome and I’ll drag my lesser half along…
Rex is not having a good week, what with the new sexual harassment suit and the nudie pics of his wife hitting the intertubes.
It’s kinda fun watching him with nothing to say, isn’t it? I’m actually going to be a Colts booster Saturday, and that’s not something I take lightly.
Me too! And I might play some golf!
/El Tigre
LULZ… I see this thread has degenerated in a worthwhile direction. Too much doom and gloom is not a Good Thing.
Jabber the Rex is the worlds second largest asshat. He cannot compete with Michael Moore.
Jabba the Rex apparently has a foot fetish, likely a result of him not being able to see his own feet since he was 2 days old.
3rd largest, you forgot about Allan Grayson D-Involuntarily Retired, Florida…
As far as football asshats, though, I still have Bobby Petrino pretty high on my FOAD list. I might live in the south, but I’m pulling for the Buckeyes tomorrow.
Rex has issues because he has never beaten the Colts when we tried.
Right now the rivalry between the Colts and Rex Ryan is similar to the rivalry between a hammer and a nail.
So far, the big bowls have been entertaining – except for one. I don’t think that a school that is outside the top 10 or God forbid unranked (UConn) should be allowed to play in one of the big ones. I don’t care if they won their division or whatever. The top bowls should be the top teams playing each other and screw the Big East or whoever’s auto bid.
I might pay to see Pete Carroll’s team play the Big East winner, though.
So, would Harbaugh going to Denver make JeffG happy? It’s been mentioned. Harbaugh and Tebow would be an interesting dynamic. And I note in passing that Elway is on the Stanford sidelines tonight. Hmmmm….
Yeah, you’re right. He’s not as game as the Big Lebowski, so no way he could jump a four rail fence. I don’t give a damn what Col. Stonehill says.
Harbaugh back to Michigan after they fire Rich Rod?
Sons of Guns. New show on Discovery.
Harbaugh won’t go back to college. He’s headed for SF, Denver or Baltimore… But I wouldn’t put it past Michigan to fire RR on a hope and a prayer and no commitment from Harbaugh first and end up settling for Mike Leach.
Getting Mike Leach is not settling. Not at all.
I love the Mad Pirate, but the sportcenter peeps will spin it as settling for damaged goods due to his run in with Craig James’ caterwauling son. That plus his “antagonizing” and “insubordination” as claimed by the TT administration will be rehashed all over again. I don’t think he will have been UMs 2nd or even 3rd choice, but their attitudes toward RR and lack of time for him to implement his plans can’t have endeared any potential coaches to the heartburn that is their program…
I want that tennesee guy to replace marvin in cincinnati
1 I resolve not to make resolutions anymore.
2 Buy more ammo… Oh shit, that’s a resolution, isn’t it?
As for Congress? Maybe they should stop doing things that make me need to buy more ammo…
Kim Darby made a good Mattie Ross, and a most excellent Jenny Meyer.
I had a thing for Diane Franklin, once upon a time. But I digress.