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14125. arkymalarky - 3/13/2005 7:35:20 PM Thanks Judith, and congrats on the letter!
I will try to hold my nose and read the Greenberg piece. Considering a blind hog, and all. He's generally such a sanctimonious simp with a thesaurus I can barely stomach more than a line or two. He fancies himself witty and urbane, and to most Arkies who read his rag of a paper, maybe he is. But I get very weary of reading his empty platitudes sprinkled with what he thinks are incisive cuts and words he knows damn well most Arkies, even educated ones, don't know. He treats his colums like a verbal Hummer, imo. 14126. robertjayb - 3/13/2005 7:35:21 PM Good stuff Judith and Magoseph. But for a panicky moment there I thought Paul Greenberg had moved to Texas. Seems to be just a mishmosh of bylines. 14127. arkymalarky - 3/13/2005 7:44:29 PM Good letter, Judith!
I agree the Greenberg piece is good. Being Jewish, I know he tires of the Christian Right injecting itself into government (and for anyone else who might chime in, yes, I know where the Ten Commandments come from--it's the overall religion-based policy pushing that's irksome to lots of Christians, to say nothing of non-Christian Americans), but he was more direct and, frankly, better in his writing than usual. He gets into the sound of his own typing and he can be unbearable, like watching two people make out in public--but I didn't catch that tone in this piece. Guess he saves his better work for other states. 14128. arkymalarky - 3/13/2005 7:45:29 PM I wish, Robert. Y'all can have Hutchinson, too. In fact, we'd give you two Hutchinsons for the price of one.
And no, we don't want to trade them for Tom DeLay. 14129. prolph - 3/14/2005 1:48:57 AM Should the commandments be in Religion? and/or politics? Never mind.I don't care. There has been an ongoing ferver over the large cross looming over Soledad in San Diego. It is finally tp be takedn down mudst tears and cheers. Again I don't care--it is ugly though.
I failed to say hello. Hello all. I have been not s o much llurking as lurchng. I intend to reply to a various posts but by the time I return the talk is of ffunerals or such,
Here are a few answers:
no Wabbit did not go to Florida for several reasons including twp giant rcedars ofand breaking many tiles Leb enon at my neigbors yard falling on my roof. 14130. prolph - 3/14/2005 2:03:00 AM more. Congratulations to A5, the lovely hands wearing his ring.
I can't seem to fix errors in preview,I ment midst not must.
I know the weather has been bad everywhere but the rains here have been devestaating. Houses sliding down hills , sink holes appearing in many places. The sink holes ar due to antiquated underground drain pipes. We've known about the crumbling infrastrlucture for years but
the city preferred a crumby ball park instead of repaiirs.
A lot of roof damage and falling trees, my roof is tile and not seriously damaged but I had to wait awhile for repairs because there wer so many
roofs far worse than mine.
lightning bugs, Patsy 14131. wonkers2 - 3/14/2005 4:01:24 AM Cap'n Dirty sez, "Is a verbal hummer the same as an oral hummer?" 14132. arkymalarky - 3/14/2005 4:23:04 AM You'd have to ask Paul, Cap'n D. ;-)
HEY PATSY! Great to see you here! 14133. Magoseph - 3/14/2005 12:47:45 PM The Cap'n sez, "Are you kiddin'? Wonkers won't let the missus come near the Tomater Sloop!"
I just saw that answer in Sex & Gender, Cap’n—you mean to tell me that Mrs. Wonkers objects to your presence on the sloop?
Hello, Mac, Ali, and every Motie on earth, still lurking…maybe, or rather hopefully—I KISS YOU! Who said that “I kiss you”, it rings a bell--who used to say that, do you remember?
14134. alistairconnor - 3/14/2005 12:57:56 PM Come now Mago - let's not call the roll of the dear departed. That only leads to talking about people behind their backs. You never know when they are going to pop up again.
They are all welcome back. Especially the one you are referring to. 14135. Magoseph - 3/14/2005 1:40:39 PM Oh, I wouldn't do that, talking about them that way--you know, Ali, I always make a point of only saying nice things behind people’s backs. As a child of six, I was vilified because I said to everyone who listened that I saw the priest kissing Mme Barnouin on the lips—I was long gone when the priest decamped with her, but I never forgot how ostracized I was for a long time, which was for ever at that age.
Anyway, I suspect that some Moties may not mind coming back and say hello to us, but maybe if they did, some may be the butt of jokes elsewhere.
14136. Macnas - 3/14/2005 3:35:15 PM I am so disappointed that I did not win 5 million in the weekend lottery. 14137. alistairconnor - 3/14/2005 4:03:02 PM So am I, but this disappointment is mitigated by the fact that I didn't buy a ticket.
In the same vein : I'm disappointed that I didn't get jumped by Catherine Zeta-Jones, but it's not really surprising because I didn't invite her to drop in. 14138. thoughtful - 3/14/2005 4:20:48 PM Pelle, glad to hear that you're ok, just stressed. I was getting quite concerned. (NOT to be confused with 'concerned'!) 14139. Macnas - 3/14/2005 4:29:16 PM Was she in the locality? you have to play the odds alistair. 14140. judithathome - 3/14/2005 5:53:49 PM We won $120 on Saturday's Lotto! 14141. alistairconnor - 3/14/2005 6:51:03 PM $120... play the odds... you mean, like trying for a pull in a local bar? 14142. Macnas - 3/14/2005 6:54:17 PM Well, the odds of pulling Ms Jones go up substantially if you happen to be in the bar at the same time she is. Never mind the odds of her being there in the first place.
Well done judith!
What would I do with $120?...hmmm......I could use them as beer vouchers I suppose. 14143. Ms. No - 3/14/2005 8:29:15 PM Mago,
I KISS YOU!!!
Comes from a website created by a Turkish guy to try and get dates. It was sort of a personal ad and one of the things most often repeated on it was "I KISS YOU!".
Diva-licious brought our attention to it and it just sort of stuck and became a standard greeting. One of my faves!
14144. arkymalarky - 3/14/2005 8:37:56 PM Hey all. Congrats to Judith!
Home with a sinus infection. It's sorta depressing, since it's the first since I began an allergy program last summer. I had a headcold a couple of weeks ago that everyone else had, and I don't know if that's what started it or not. I thought I was just having an allergic reaction to something last night, but evidently not.
And I've got a huge stack of papers to finish and grades to figure by tomorrow morning, so I took meds and will hopefully get a nap in before starting on them. I didn't sleep last night, because this hit as I was going to bed. I used to call it the "fish-flop," when you have to constantly switch sides to keep your nose unstopped. I hadn't experienced that since last summer. Oh well.
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