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hmmm. Looking back upthread from the bottom, I'd say commenting on-topic was off-topic at this point.

Blogs. How do they work?

Hi. I was just in the neighborhood and I thought I'd say hi. Hi! Hi!

"...here's all you need: 1- A CLEAR view of the southern horizon...."

Yeah. I live due north of a very luminous city. And south of a bright town. The glow from the north is now as bright as the glow in the south used to be.

We drove up north of bright town one night to do some stargazing on a country road. Which led to cop lights. Siiigh.

@chemjeff: Part of the confusion may be that Islam is just so inimical to our values in so many ways, it seems inherently insulting, whatever the intentions.

"There is no God but (name)" doesn't matter, because a sincere truth-seeker can call Him Clyde and find Him, but the insistence on a particular name, like the insistence that there is one prophet, that's the first clue of exclusivity (definitely NOT "co-exist"!) and intolerance. It's downhill fast from there.

Apologies to every "moderate Muslim."

"Guys are exiting the IIS, going outside to fix a leak."

Wow, I know it's a guy thing. But I thought they recaptured and filtered it.I understand; I have a big private back yard myself, and there's nothing quite like standing under the stars while...

oh... FIX a leak. Right. Um, God be with 'em.

"names carry certain assumed qualities"

Names used to have more power in folks' minds. "In the name of the Lord" contains two anachronisms. They still have power.

As social experimenters (bathed, homeschooling, small govt type), we coolly gave our firstborn daughter her mother's family name rather than mine or the cumbersome hyphenated family moniker we once tried. I was actually once told by somebody that by this I had "disowned" my daughter.

The Mrs was named after her mom, and we named our daughter the same, so she was actually christened "the third."

But with her mom and gramma having the same name, she was initially called "Baby (name)." About the time she outgrew her baby nic, my younger sister noted that the initials spelled a hip nic. Mrs's eldest brother said that's what he'd always thought looking at the initials. Mrs had never noticed! So, beyond our control, her new nickname arose and stuck.

Somehow, she survived it all. But she gets questions.
"Is (nic) your given name? Were your parents hippies?"
"No, my given name is (plain old Catholic name)."
"Oh." (Disappointment)
"But my last name is my mother's and I'm The Third."
(Confused silence)

Ordered flowers for my Mom earlier this week, well, the Mrs did, from the 800 folks; should arrive today. Card says from us, our 3 offspring, and the one's fiancee. But will they chip in? We'll see!

My mom, unlike yours, was not perfect. However, any failings she committed in raising us? She was much younger then than I am now, and I've screwed up my own kids, too, by now, so, we can laugh about it all together.

Next month, she'll turn 93. You know how fortunate we feel to still be able to see her. Tomorrow, we'll go down to help her eat the chocolates we ordered with the roses. Love you, Mom!

"...went to drop off daughter the younger at airport for deployment (6th time) to a part of the world where I don't want her to be, specially with this CiC...."

Well, first, that would be just about anywhere outside of TexOklaMontanIdaho, wouldn't it?

Second, at least she & companions are armed and trained, so, better than being an inner city victim.

Last but not least, we're all in extreme danger thanks to the tyrants and fools in the command seats, but bless all our servicefolk... with righteous purpose and decent commanders. Especially, Lord, please enlighten the ignorant, ungrateful electorate for whom they nobly serve.

Hokay, thanks for the chuckles, the intellectual company while I lurked by the buffet (what is in this cheese dip, anyway?), the Maya Angiewho Latinesque filler text -- that was good -- and the music links. Even liked CCR, which I never did much back when.

You're a child of God. So's the other guy. Family. Pass it along. Maybe it'll catch on.

Two hundred somethingth!

Greetin's cretins! (#racist #self-denounce)

What is up now?

Mystery Aircraft Frightens Quincy Residents
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/05/09/mystery-aircraft-frightens-quincy-...

"I specifically asked, 'Is it a law enforcement flight? Can we tell people that?' He said, 'No, we can't tell you that.' Then I asked that when folks call me can I at least tell them that it is something that they shouldn't worry about, it's something they shouldn't be concerned with? He said, 'I can't tell you that.'"

FAA spokesman Jim Peters would only say, "We have to be very careful this time"...

THIS time? Does that mean something?

"If it's an operation that requires some secrecy, that can be appreciated by residents," said Palmucci. "Just at the very least if the FAA can release something that says there's nothing that should cause folks any concern, I think that would put people at ease."

Why would we want to reassure the public that a manned airplane circling the city at night is no threat? Silly public!

Are we having a riotous weekend while the B team cobs are in charge? (NOT a banhammerable whack at the B team. Serious, you guys!)

Nothing politically Important in this diary. But Stevens' personal life? fap fap fap

"where is this diary which is evidence?"

Just drop that on top of that large pile of questions over in the corner, mm-kay? Thanks. Bye bye now.

"Pentagon orders web page owner to take down 3-D printer plans for a gun from its web...."

Oh, piffle. You have no power here, Begone, before someone drives another plane into you.

Arizona Reeducation Camp riots are not a problem, according to Education Czar Bill Ayers. "Just a little self-weeding among the remnants of the conservatives," he laughed.

just awoke, peeked in. Lively place for an old leftover ONT!

I read some, reload, read the last few, reload....

I'm lost. I paid that guy in the alley for the zircon AoS membership, but you people are all boring. I want my $2.50 back!

Somehow I posted a couple of comments on the end of the last thread meant for this one. Boy, were they great. You shoulda seen 'em. Award-winning. O/T though.

Ah, foop. I'm gonna go back up and read the whole post, insult me a couple coblogger if I can find 'em, and then go to bed and pass out. Not necessarily in that order.

'AoSHQ' CARNAGE

"Ace of Spades" is going nuclear.

None of the coblogers will be asked to return next season, an individual with knowledge of Ace's plans told The Dirge. Longtime producer Pixy Cherry-Minx is expected to get the boot. And despite reports to the contrary, Ace isn't even considering bringing former coblogger [name redacted] back as a lifesaver for next season. ...

But we can do that without a link.

They have declared war on the truth.

It's time we all understood we in a war and stopped giving aid, comfort, and traffic to the enemy.

Posted by Ace at 03:17 PM

I have to break embargo here because his piece is very good and there is no fair way to excerpt it without a link.

Posted by Ace at 07:44 PM

Slightly less than four and a half hours.

Goooo-oo-oo-d evening.

I skip to the end to wave good night and what do I see?

"I love your balls" -DaveA

Uh, okay. Nice to be welcomed. Back in high school, guys in the locker room complained that mine were disturbingly large. I thought, what, you're looking at my junk, perv? I can't compare. They did their job, so I'm ok with mine & figure I'll keep 'em.

And now my original message...
lurk lurk lurk snore

Original Coke + rum: alcohol, cocaine, caffeine, and sugar. Something from each of the four major food groups!

(Altho I think they added caf when they took out the coke, but why spoil a joke with facts? Anyway, caramel coloring....)