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Does that piano stool look kinda low, and uncomfortable, to anyone else?

Morning, Glories. Now to read the post...

BTW, I did a graphical webwork a few days ago I forgot to advertise. Nothing much, nothing others haven't noted. But here 'tis, FTR - I even quoted Ace in the text!

Guilty as Sin - Free as a Bird
No intention of evil-doing, but uncaring about it
http://bit.ly/guilty-hill

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Okay, my moment in the moonshine is up. Gotta crash so I can see what tomorrow brings.

Good night, Gracies!

Tilikum: Are you new here?

Ah, so something of Great Import was discussed and you won't let me in on it. Well... harrrumph!

Speaking of nothing of great import, my favorite tail from the Pet Thread today was washrivergal and the plush frog stealing doggie. Just thought I'd mention it here since I was 'way late to the Pet Thread today.

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&post=364542#c25488443

Wasn't "Round Trip to Moose Jaw" on the flip side of the 45 for the Monkees' "Last Train to Clarksville"?

Evening, folks. Mostly just passing through on my way to slumberland. Anything of great import discussed tonight?

Head below the Gardening Thread

Combined with gardening thread, the Compost Thread?

Huh. I thought at first the thread would be about opossums or rescued animals. Then it started swirling.

I see someone has already mentioned squatty potty.

Now we just need a repeat of that recent comment about the origin of when the excrement interfaces with the oscillator. (SHTF for the vocabulary-impaired.)

Maybe a bit late with this, but...

If you've got mice, and traps aren't working and you can't get a cat, there's only one solution.

Drill large holes in your walls to the outside, so the mice can exit. QED

Morning, Glories!

@votermom #173: Has anyone heard from Sherry McEvil? I don't know what happened after her her little accident in Paris - would love to get updated.[/]

Sherry's back from Europe, stopped at home to change shoes, and off to Chicago for a family thing. (I hope I'm not revealing privileged info there.)

Um.. So says my crystal ball.

Chi: I just learned that Trapper John, MD (not MASH) was Pernell Roberts, AKA Adam Cartwright....

Little Joe grew up to become an angel.

Chester, Gunsmoke's first deputy, got his limp fixed and became a modern NY cop... on horseback.

None of which is as weird as Joe Friday's sidekick going back in time to serve in the Korean war.

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Now it's time to say good-night
to all our com-pa-neeee
A-C-E - 'e you real soon!
O-F-S - 's been real!
P-A-D-E-Ssssss

Good night, Gracies

I'm so done with Star Trek and Star Wars I didn't bother reading the article.

I did, almost, accidentally, read someone's comment about the article.

* exhales, breaks from readingreadingreading comments*

Blano banned - and only recently he had let slip his real name. Now, what good is that info?

OTOH, I'll quit getting him mixed up with Blanco.

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My dissertation on Ace's mentality at #370, prev thread. No one commented about it, so it must be tl;dr.

* big gulp of air, dives back down to readingreadingreading comments *

A post that starts and ends with dog (not counting the banana peel) must be good. Says so in the rulebook.

So, howdy, those left to be howdied.

I was contemplating Ace's 2nd banning post of the week.

Back in the primordial soup days of Compuserve, one of the best forum sysops, GG, was swift and strict. She never let trolls and disruptors linger. She had her strict rules (warning, temp ban, full ban, if you were lucky; immediagte full ban if you were really bad).

She never let the "whuttabout free speeeech?" arguers whine about her bannings linger, either. She'd ban them. Other good sysops on that service did the same.

Mostly, she never talked about it much - she just did her job, keeping the streets safe for normal folk. It wasn't that GG was hard-hearted; it's just that she understood what it took to keep the peace and did it.

When I read Ace fuming about the bannings he does, I think, despite his porcupine exterior and seeming anger, what's really happening is, he's a nice guy, a soft-hearted fellow who doesn't much like the (absolutely necessary) job of playing Cop. Ticks him off to have to do it, even though it comes with the territory of having created the best such place on the web.

I've been a parent, a boss, a landlord, even briefly a sysop, and I know it's not fun banning, evicting, firing, or grounding. If you don't, though, all good folks leave.

SciShow: The Psychology of Trolling
(that guy with the funky hair)
https://youtu.be/5gqHTlBp6iY

"Communities that already have and enforce civil conversations will discourage more harmful trolls."

Bum link:

ICYMI, the Clinton Treatment was softer than soft

is Trump meets with Republicans URL.

Howdy, Horde.

Wow. Last night's ONT was one for the record books. I might say more specifically, but, what goes down in the ONT stays in the ONT. So I heard.

* Scoots respectfully over next to Donna of the Ampersands and sits quietly in sympathy. *

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Dallas suspects in custody - will check in tomorrow to see what's cleared in the fog of battle.

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Good night, Gracies

I try to resist the heartbreaking ginger pix, but, but, gingers...!

Ginger Thursday
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/751100601396854788

I got an adult content warning on this one. Not the first time I've got one on kbdabear links. Odd, because, by my judgment, the warned-about ones aren't any more risque than the others.

Where have I been? Lurking, working, and j... just busy, okay?

I see there's been a disruption in the time-space continuum today, approximately the size of Belgium. I mean Ace wielding mighty Mjolner.

Undeterred, fearless and foolish as ever, I return from lurkdom, bearing gifts of links.

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In the "Ace did it first" department (how long ago was his no-fap month?), an article about some pr0n addict trying to become master of his domain.

Breitbart
http://bit.ly/fap-free

Within a year, he did what any red-blooded Google analyst would do. He started a website. Called NoFap, it refers to the slang term for masturbation. Rhodes calls himself and the habitues of his site "fapstronauts." The NoFap Reddit page now has 183,000 members, up from 70,000 three years ago.

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In the Obsessive-Compulsive department

The New York Times has published a column about Obama's nighttime routine.

Yes, he eats exactly seven salted almonds, every night.

I'll leave witty analysis of this to others.

http://bit.ly/7-nuts

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In BlazingCatFur's pretty pictures set for tonight, there is one of "Snowscape in Fenelon Falls area (Kawartha Lakes, Ontario)."

http://bit.ly/29uISif

So, I thought I'd mention that. For our Fenelon.

Even before viewing the video, I knew the easy answer - cat backpack video, cat stroller video, cat playground-home - of course you're a crazy cat lady! But, perhaps more accurately, you're a psychologically aberrant woman who also just happens to own felines.

At our home, we've had dozens of cats over the years, domesticated and feral, but I don't think we ever had more than a dozen at one time - but back then we had kids at home to help care for them. We're down to "only" four at home and one who does not play well with others and stays alone at the "office" in town now.

It's not so bad when you're in the country, and most of them spend most of their time outside.

Jack the Cat (RIP) in "The Fur Flies"
https://youtu.be/N6TC5J2ulZE

"...IR77 'escaped' again several days later, and engineers said they may have to dismantle the program and start over."

Noooo! No disassemble! Johnny Five alive!