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FenelonSpoke, left a quick reply / thanks at end of dead thread. Nice note.

FenelonSpoke, just saw your comment, so I'll leave reply here even though the thread is dead now.

I'll just say, thanks for the note.

and

"ignorant cannon"? - hope that's not what I said! Indignant, maybe?

Life with family, weekend edition.

Our front door is two doors with six glass panes each.

A couple weeks back, as I reported, after many months of three ugly, taped-over broken panes (wind-caused), we finally got around to replacing them with plexi. Door looked clean and pretty once again.

Replacing the door glass with plexi has been ongoing for years. By this point, only one pane of glass was left. I didn't anticipate breakage because it's on the little-used side. Figured I'd get to it in the Spring.

Out-of-town son was in-town this weekend with his two dogs, the shy economy-sized dog and the frantic oversized beast. (These are urban critters who must be leashed to walk around the farm. And ought to be tied up when inside, at least the oversized beast.)

I let our own perfect-size dog out, along with Mr Cool the cat, and oversize beast goes frantic. He actually smashed the one remaining glass pane. Dog wasn't hurt, but once again I've got an ugly taped-over pane in the door.

Well, looked nice for a couple weeks.

Read the first 160 comments. Seems kind-of quiet this morning. Only dispute was between Victionary.com and MP4 over the origin of "vamp." Need some more serious dispute about that! As Wimpy says, let's you and him fight.

I did learn something. Didn't know that Amos & Andy started out as Sam & Henry. Wise change, that.

I don't know if MWW is up this early OK time or not occupied something else, but in case he is, I'll put this here. I have a partial life today and won't be here much if at all. except maybe briefly for the art thread

I thought about what you said, and yes, I apologize for hounding J, West about his comment It only needed to be said once. I guess it'a because although I certainly can get angry and say the F word, I generally think that when I use it its sort of lazy speech. It's the shortest way to express displeasure, but it doesn't explain anything. In fact, since the word means literally to copulate why use it in that in complaining about charity?. He didn't explain what he meant he in his initial comment so all we're left with is "screw charity" and not in the sexual sense. Maybe if he had said, "I don't like charity; I think you should give people a hand up instead of a hand out" and then explain how he would do that it would have been better He sort of said that later, (about how charity can be misused) but the initial comment stood on is own. Since he didn't explain it, all I am left with is that he doesn't want to help[ anyone but his own family.

And since you expressed displeasure for "F the GOP" as a mantra and I disliked it used to refer to a landscape painting in the art thread maybe we're both in agreement as to the overuse or inappropriate use of that word. By quoting him so much I overused it

I enjoy your posts and I'm sorry if you think I was blasting my "ignorant cannon" at you. I like you and I like your posts and I would hope that whatever lapses I have here (and no doubt there are many), you can extend the grace to me in a way that I will didn't extend to J West by giving him the benefit of the doubt. Nobody s perfect here and we can all get agitated-I certainly can.

Take care

Rose-rimmed horizon
Pale blue canopy
Not so bitterly cold
Another day wakes up

Morning, Glories!

The Heavenly Orchestra and Choir must be amazed at the rockers our world keeps sending up.

(Christ smiles: Dig my world!)

Young Americans, Life on Mars, Heroes - finished listening. Not all that familiar with Bowie's catalog, so, thanks for the suggestions, Horde.

Time to sail home.

Good night, Gracies!

Regressives continue plugging away on gun grabbing...

Remember how they kept failing on socialized health care? (Like, Hillary?) Then, suddenly, here we are.

Speaking of which, Stilton Jarlsberg's daughter's horror story, on Hope 'n Change today:
http://bit.ly/1Rjdwv5

Glad I lived long enough to see astronaut Chris Hadfield doing his version of Space Oddity ... in space. Kinda brought things full circle... or full orbit, or something.

https://youtu.be/poZCINzxzrQ

Semi-interesting comicbook.com article
David Bowie's Lasting Influence on Geek Media

http://bit.ly/1SL8bMF

The White House has announced the official list of honored guests that will be present to watch as President Obama delivers the last State of the Union address of his presidency on Tuesday. Among those seated in the box with Michelle Obama, Dr. Jill Biden and Valerie Jarrett, will be an adorable three-legged puppy named Blanket, who will be sleeping on the First Lady's lap....

http://bit.ly/1ZXDkhL

(People's Cube)

Started watching Man Who Fell to Earth.

Milady and I both thought we'd seen it before, decades ago, but none of it was familiar. Then again, that would've been in the '70s. Lots of brain cells under the bridge since then.

Paused to make some dinner and saw that we had seen about 30 minutes of ... a 47-hour file. ?!? I think Media Player Classic may have trouble calculating M4V file length.

MWFtE was a little intense, and looked like it was about to start turning bad for Bowie, so we watched some YouTubes, including Bowie's Lazarus video. Yeah, I want to go out still creative on my deathbed... but I'd like to make it older than 69, seven years from now. As we say, F cancer.

Then, we ended up watching the last half of Day the Earth Stood Still we'd started last night It was as stupid as the first half. Funny how I never noticed that so much before.

Oh, yeah.. guess I'll go read the post now.

Dang, I took so long on my reply, got willowed by Ace. Well, things to do in so-called real life. L8r, gang.

Fen, it might take too many words and too much time and energy to really engage with you here, especially on two fronts, but I'll make one try, and try to be concise. Which is dangerous.

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I am concerned about your level of indignation. What someone else does with their own is their business, really, and what someone else might mean by f charity might not be what you might think. Far be it for me to take j's side in this, but it's not that out there to think of charities as generally a bad deal and to hold to "charity begins at home." Like Cato said about starting one's own endowment.

That said, it was hilarious that j singled out the Salvation Army - which, as mustbequantum said, "have topped the charity efficiency rankings for many years now" - as if the Army were the Clinton Foundation. I think this shows why it's silly to get so riled up about him! You're being troll-rolled.

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As for devil caused Okie quakes, hey, don't turn your indignant cannon on me; I didn't ask about it at the time because I didn't see your comment until later. (Maybe I shouldn't be trying to engage you while you're heated. Daddy always told me not to get in the middle of a dog fight - still learning.) If they're "two unrelated comments" then why relate them? It's just - trying to say "I'm not saying," while juxtaposing statements is a typical Leftie "am too saying" tactic. And you did it again.

FenSpok, You know I love you, right? So, not sure what to make of your "charitableness-shaming," and across several threads at that.

Of course, I generally ignore some folks' stuff, rather than engage and encourage them to post more. And prefer the positive approach, like when Jesus praised the widow's mites.

But then, I'm still a bit dumbfounded that you associated Oklahoma's earthquakes with a few devil-worshiping idiots the other day.

Are you getting enough Vitamin D this winter?

The black diamonds are eliminated by changing the page encoding from Unicode to Western (anything).

Of course, it won't accept comments then...

(YMMV)

The "team" they are talking about is the Communist-regressive agenda.

Is that alternative Flying Spahgetti Monster cult headgear?

Obama Invited Syrian Refugee To SOTU

Everyone else going in is searched and groped by TSA.

But, just like at the airports, not the special guest.

Boom?

Morning, Glories.

Ow! The sunshine and I have arrived at my desk simultaneously. Another freezy frozen night, but supposedly warmer today. And temperatures in the 50s by Thursday. Ah, Oklahoma!

Things to do this morning. I may have a little time to chit, but not much to chat.

It's late, but I wanted to come on one last time tonight and ...

Wait, did someone already say that?

well, anyway...

Good night, Gracies!