Thanks to everyone who has contributed! Today is the last day of my, “‘Gee, I sure could use some scratch,’ 2007 protein wisdom fundraiser.” For those of you interested in such things—or for those of you involved in some sort of office pool, the outcome of which depends upon such information —I’ve raised about 77% of my target goal.
I appreciate your continued support. It looks like a few orphans and puppies could end up taking one for the team, but hey—if it’s good enough for Scooter Libby…
Would you consider banning the trolls for one week if a certain amount were collected by noon tomorrow, Jeff?
On a partially-related note, my son is finally kicking his croup—but he’s given me whatever is the adult equivalent: scorched throat pinched tighter than the prom queen’s buttocks, stuffy nose and head, miserable cough.
So if I seem a little unavailable to you over the next couple days, strike it up to illness. My wife is still out of town on business, so I’m going to have to take care of Satch while trying to keep myself hydrated and rested.
Or—failing that—liquored up and giddy.
Trolls are people too, Dan.
Oh stop it with the puppies and orphans, yer not looking to buy a blender. We come here for the raging roosters and throbbing grievances. And we get them, by god!
So keep up the good work, it’s great to have you back!
Just kicked you some more geld.
You’re an important voice, doing difficult work. You shouldn’t be discouraged. Any monetary help I may be able to give, I consider to be money well spent.
I imagine that should be all loosened up by morning. Kids these days, huh?
I think you need a “progress meter”. Shaped like a… well, you know. (See #7.)
Still my favored approach to most minor illnesses. Works for a cornucopia of ailments. Also fun and adds a bit of adventure to the proceedings when doing electrical work.
I applied such medicinal therapy years ago when I was beset with kidney stones. I had no pain meds, and the urologist later asked what I did to cope. I told him that I sat in a luke warm tub and drank beer as fast as I could. I was increasing my fluids, urinary output and taking pain meds simultaneously. The look on his face was not nearly worth it, but was amusing.
I just kicked in some bucks, Jeff. All this talk about puppies getting orphans, or whatever, finally got to me.
BECAUSE OF THE PUPPIES! (Or the gay porn cock of lies. Could go either way.)
Been on the road for over a week, so what cause are we donating to? I can always spare a lil bit for a good cause.
How can anybody tell if they do?
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Laptop / computer upgrade fund, spree.
Well hell, we gotta keep you online now don’t we?
Okies, count me in!
I am assuming here the tip jar is the way to go…thanks for the answer!
When it rains, it pours. Looks like I need to come up with several $k more as a retainer for an ongoing legal battle, the particulars of which many of you are already familiar—although the ongoingness of which I am certain most of you are not. I need to hire out of state counsel.
So yes, I’m being damaged in terms of time and financial burden by pursuing this, but at the end of the day, I’m positive I’m doing the right thing.
Jeff: Dang. Well . . . you could always do Gay Porn, right? Pays pretty well. I mean I’ve heard it pays pretty well. In a pinch so to speak.
[ok, sorry, that’s probably over the top considering the gravity of the situation]
Fight the good fight, Jeff!
And don’t forget, the Eagle flies tomorrow for gummint employees and lots of others, I reckon.
I have to confess I was one who didn’t make time for PW while Jeff was gone the way I did before the Great Kerfuffle. This despite the fact that I invariably enjoyed the guest posts when I did pop in.
This is the only website that’s ever caused me to cry laughing, or blurt out a laugh when my BF’s watching b-ball; then I have to explain the joke. He never gets the same laugh out of my translation though. And of course, that reaction usually comes halfway thru the 2nd page of comments, not from the original post.
TW: economic11 Yes, Jeff, I get it… tomorrow’s payday, like I said
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Just made my contribution, but I have a question now:
Can this be considered a humor offest?
I mean, whenever I tell a bad joke, can it be excused by my contribution to protein wisdom? Cause, to be honest, that would help me out quite a bit.
Now I need to go find a site that will give me some spelling offsets and I’m set.
Hi Jeff- sorry about that!-just wanted to make you aware/ was too lazy to email.
cheers.
Thanks. I’m aware. It is trying desperately to get attention. Ignore it, please. It is driven crazy when it is ignored.
Nick —
You are preemptively forgiven.
At about 55%. Thanks, all!
I’ll be sending out personal thank you notes as soon as I have a new computer set up to download email more reliably.
Oh, @#$!!
There was an interview on the BBC World Service this morning with the Jamaican crooner Harry Belafonte, who is now apparently a “Goodwill Ambassador” for UNICEF.
Mr Belafonte shared with the world his considered opinions that General Colin Powell and Secretary Condoleeza Rice were qua “house slaves”, as they had sold out to the Bush government, and that George W Bush was a greater dictator than was Fidel Castro, the ailing Cuban mass-murderer.
It wasn’t made clear in the course of the interview what qualifications the BBC felt Harry had for broadcasting his interesting opinions so widely.
I came away with the conclusion that he was a senile racist drunkard who should be spared further public exposure, so that some shreds of dignity may remain about his tattered reputation when he finally yodels his last.
Do they broadcast this crap to America? Or are we especially privileged in SE Asia?
They broadcast this crap to America, furriskey. He’s been pushing this crap for years.
In so many words, in fact.
Shame. He had an interesting singing voice. Though why that should make his opinions on race, government or anything other than popular music worthy to be broadcast by the BBC is a bit of a mystery.
The interviewer, whose name escaped me, didn’t just roll over- he did point out that Castro was a Stalinist despot- but Harry, he jus kep rollin along.
Okay, look….I get the whole wingless Angel thing, I mean at this point in MY life purgatory is my last best hope, if you know what I mean. But puppies and imminent euthanizations I don’t understand. What puppy wouldn’t want a young Chinese boy or girl to play with? Or for that matter a nice Thai child….I hear they have dog and pony shows in Thailand…what if they aspire to the arts, you know, I’m just sayin’
Probably should avoid Korea though, huh?
Your description is so far off down here. Bud Light draft is served in actual glass and only costs $3.40. And we sit in the smoking section. Saying……
Noon in which time zone?
You’re absolutely sure, Jeff?
Jeff, I did what I could because you are the man. Never forget that. I love this fucking place. Keep up the good work.
Jeff, bonuses were just paid by my employer, all I need to spend upon is on a new Holley 650 double pumper to replace the 850 on my fair weather toy, gotta be green considering the drowning bear population explosion and starving killer whales, etc., you’re welcome to a chunk of the rest. Check your paypal
Thanks, Dave! That was quite generous of you! I just hope the little land lobster doesn’t decide he needs a new watch.
And thanks to you, too, PolishNizel! At this rate, I could be clacking away on a new box by the end of the weekend.
Ducats deposited via tip jar, to help fund your own “troop surge” of sorts.
Pat’s right, important work is being done here – there’s another tanner in the biscuit tin.
Glad to hear Satchel has turned a corner, too!
Thanks, guys!
Just kicked some change in the jar, hope it helps. Also, for more tips, you may want to consider flirting with the clientele. Or at least showing some cleavage.
I’m wearing a teddy, if that helps…
Winnie the Pooh, or one of the Care Bears?
OT, but allahpundit has a link to an outstanding British documentary debunking the Global Warming hysteria. Highly recommended viewing.
Heh. As long as you’fe fighting the Pickled Witch of the West, I’m in.
Well, yer gonna have ta wait til payday for me to send you anything, so I hope you’re happy about that puppy who suffers for no good reason, YA PUPPY-HATIN’ BASTID!
So, what are the chances we’ll get a nice close up photo of some nice MacBook pr0n outta this deal?
Some of us just like to wach, after all.
Of course, since the ‘dillo has dissapointed us so many times before, well.
TW: …didn’t mean much78 records having passed from fashion…
I just dropped another couple of bucks into the kettle. Not for your dumb computer, but so that the dillo can get some medication for that nasty rash.
Have any of the the trolls ponied up? I guess that would nullify the troll label though. Hunh.
Trolls are entitled, Rusty.
So no. They just TAKE AND TAKE!
Hey, can I buy me one of them orphans?
Let me know about shipping. Or just make the little bastard walk.
Jeff, I really think you made a strategic error with your orphans and puppies angle. You failed to consider that a certain strata of society (some of whom may have recently served as official Edwards for Prez bloggers), might actually hate puppies and orphans.
My advice is that you change your tack. Try a Julie Andrews may get really, really sick approach.
Everyone… and I do mean E-V-E-R-Y-O-N-E loves Julie Andrews.
I love Julie Andrews. So forgiving of Dudley Moore in “10”.
I don’t want to use paypal and would rather send an anonymous contribution. How can I do this?
um, no, Dave. no.
Hmmm. Amazon allows anonymous contributions, I think.
In fact, anonymous is the default; a contributor has to tell Amazon to let the recipient know who gave.
I’m in. It wasn’t the puppies so much as the ‘dillo breaking into your piggy bank. Plus, I’m fighting a nasty sinus infection. It has been in its “last throes” for way too long, but we all know how that goes.
Julie Andrews hasn’t given to a Democrat in almost 15 years. I think she is on balance a force for good in the world.
Hmmm.
Just saw 300 today. Very good movie as long as you realize it’s a movie adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel “300” and is not a film version of Herodotus.
Great CGI and there’s a lot of excellent scenes. Not much in the way of comic relief, which quite frankly IS a relief. I’m pathetically happy that Jamie Foxx wasn’t in it giving the black street-smart Spartan role a try. With bling.
Some gratuitous nudity which is rarely objectionable IMHO. Well except for the male nudity which I really don’t see the point of. Semi-naked women, check. Semi-naked guys, pointless since I can do that by taking off my pants. Really now. When will Hollywood learn?
The battle scenes were really well done. They didn’t get the phalanx tactics right, but this is an adaptation of a graphic novel. On the other hand they got the spear, sword & shield work pretty much down perfectly. In most films the shield is there to be beat on but in 300 the shield is also a weapon, which it easily can be in real life.
Would I see it again? Yes, probably next weekend.
Would I buy the DVD? Absolutely.
Would a woman like it? *shrug* lots of muscular guys wearing skimpy clothing all covered in oil.
Probably not.
Oh. She did a benefit for the AARP. Cute Favorite Things update notwithstanding, someone really should shove her in front of a bus.
Whoa. That was harsh.
I hate to say it…perhaps the legals come first? Not in funds but if you like to defer your purchase – maybe for just a few weeks or months till the next Jobs
masterstroke – would you like a loaner/gift? I have an IBM T22 available. Not studly anymore but corporate hotcha in 2000 – it will run MS Office, Firefox, etc., just fine. Not up to video editing but…hey it’s up to you.
Amazon allows anonymous contributions, I think.
In fact, anonymous is the default; a contributor has to tell Amazon to let the recipient know who gave.
Can I then claim to have given a bigger donation than I did? I prefer Amazon to paypal …
Related – I hope you (Jeff) are getting a Mac. I just got my new iMac up and running and it is just the coolest.
Anyone who once gave to Andrew Sullivan during his just-before-long-vacation blog telethons should give Jeff double as penance.
TW: pay58. Yikes.
Sure—but you won’t be able to take credit for mine.
Ed, I can’t speak for you, but if I could get quite the same visual effect by taking off my pants, I doubt I’d be blogging on weekends…
Kicked in another Jackson for you. Don’t go spending it on Talisker.
Wow. I guess I called that one wrong. How about Wilford Brimley? Does anyone have a serious beef with Wilford Brimley? Anyone?