Helga, I have to say that in the context of your post, your Mr. Spock quote is hilarious.
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Helga, I have to say that in the context of your post, your Mr. Spock quote is hilarious.
I drink my bad tea mixed with good, strong tea and that makes it OK. I try to buy expensive tea and coffee cause I know it usually is better, this was just a bad brand, and it's Darjeeling, I love that.
Darjeeling's cool. I'm into the lapsang souchang heavily, I drink it day and night. I buy it in huge bags from Amazon.
sounds good, might check it out.
Apparently I don't just talk to the tv I talk to books and the newspaper too, my son pointed it out, he found it odd.
You talk to the TV. I am glad to read this, as it is a steady habit of mine. I am forever rewriting the show as I'm watching it, because shows generally don't go the way I want them to. I insert lines of dialogue, play along, as it were. I comment to the characters, writers and producers. I keep thinking that when interactive VR comes along, driven by AI that will respond to your wishes and moods on the fly, I will at last find satisfaction. I hope.Quote:
Originally Posted by Helga
Now on to my random thought, namely that it is the 11th of February and already the sun is setting entirely too late in the day. I want my short days and darkness back, all this brightness is like a swarm of bees attacking me.
YES, my favourite time of year here on the ice is December and January, when the sun rises around noon and sets at three, it's perfect. I can feel my mood sink when the sun rises early and sets late. Darkness all the way!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyrion Cheddar
but today my son is home sick, so not much work getting done, I have so much work to get through for my thesis and it's a slow motion day.
YES, my favourite time of year here on the ice is December and January, when the sun rises around noon and sets at three, it's perfect. I can feel my mood sink when the sun rises early and sets late. Darkness all the way!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyrion Cheddar
but today my son is home sick, so not much work getting done, I have so much work to get through for my thesis and it's a slow motion day.
Adele was recently reported to have passed the billion dollar mark. Now that's from three albums, I think. Blimey. You know you're popular when you release a few gramophone records and you're a billionaire.
After black history month, can we have cilantro history month?
Where's the doctor when you need him?
Doctor Hunter S. Thompson, that is. Keeeeee-riest he would be having fun this election year.
In the Devil's Dictionary, I mentioned horses and cows evolving and one day being our overlords. Well, it seems canines have gotten a head start. I'll say this for old Elmo, he sounds better than One Direction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xshp5C2foBU
Still here, leaning into this machine.
Some of the Japanese sex dolls/bots coming out now are starting to approach the point of realism. They just need to give them flat heads so I can rest my drink on my dream girl while I, er, make use of her.
My friend was graduating yesterday and I went to a small party, didn't enjoy it, people are very ignorant and annoying and there was not a bookcase in the house! How is that possible?
I heard it said not long ago, never trust anyone whose television is bigger than their bookcase. I like that, except that since I went all electronic and audiobooks, I have no more bookcase and have a big HDTV. ;-) And let me second what you said about people, ignorant, annoying, and most of them are dumber than a sack full of hammer handles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Helga
I have to pee.
My foot hurts.
It's 2:28 AM, and I should be sleepier, not likely.
Jehovah's Witnesses just came to the door for the third time. If they come one more time I'm grabbing my hatchet.
Hey, they came to my door today as well. That's the second or third time ever (on any door I've been on the other side of), I think.
Never drink a shake consisting of bananas, blueberries, strawberries, protein powder and almond milk unless you can be sure you'll have access to a toilet. Several times.
"Be of good cheer, the military-industrial state will soon collapse. Meanwhile we must do everything in our power to oppose, resist, and subvert its desperate aggrandizements. As a matter of course. As a matter of honor."
---Ed Abbey
"The rivers are our brothers. They quench our thirst. The rivers carry our canoes and feed our children...you must give the rivers the kindness you would give your brothers."
---Chief Seattle
F*** yeah!
---Sancho
Sancho, you're a fine man. I like the cut o' yer jib.
Aaarrhh!
^pirate talk
Thanks, T.C., and right back at'cha!
Can things possibly get much better? And by better I mean worse. I'm referring of course to the Republican's presidential debate last night in which they discussed the size one of the candidate's genitalia. I've gotta tell ya, I'll bet Hillary's got a bigger pecker than any of those dudes.
<sound of me falling over>Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
I didn't see all the references online till today, and I just watched the clips on YT. The words "Oh my God..." hardly seem adequate. I'm sure this kind of thing really strikes fear into Vladimir Putin and ISIS. Oh yeah, I bet they're simply quaking in their boots at the prospect of having to face the wrath of Rubio, Trump, Sanders or Clinton. <eyeroll> Save us.
Fun fact: In 1896 Nicephorus Glycas, the 80 year old Bishop of Lesbos, dropped dead. As per the traditions of the Greek Orthodox Church, his body was laid out in state in his church for mourners to shuffle past. On the second day of this activity, the faithful were alarmed when the body suddenly sat bolt upright and demanded to know what everyone was staring at. He then continued in his role of bishop for several more years before taking a second, more successful, run at death.
I think I've actually heard this story, long ago, but without the flair and panache that only you, Lokasenna, can bring to it. Thank you for a satisfying chortle. I will now insert an obligatory joke as to how many of our own elected officials have in fact been dead for some time with no one the wiser. There. That's that done. One day I want to learn more about your job, or studies, Lok, baby, as your knowledge base consists of the kind of stuff I wish I had in my head, and I infer a well spent life on your part from it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lokasenna
For my own random thought of the day, I give you my realization that it will be 70 degrees here next week, say the forecasters, and I'm wondering if I'll be struck at that same moment by Spring Fever, such that I run about my property chasing the turkeys, deer and pheasant in a salacious manner.
I would pay good money to see that.
For Sale:
http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/a...psqy1dqhzz.jpg
Yep, I took that snap on my cellphone today.
Yup, likewise I'm selling this choice Arizona property:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=photo+of+b...ch_parasol.jpg
So, I've been city-hiking Manhattan for the past two days, throwing elbows, head-faking taxicabs, and being a general nuisance to my fellow sidewalk travelers. That said, I've formulated the following philosophy:
In a perfect world, walking would be like riding a bicycle - if you don't do it fast enough, you fall over.
Well said. There's a nod to the Segway in there somewhere, since Dean Kamen intended it to be the next logical evolutionary step from walking. I think they could make a comeback if we were legally allowed to rev them up to full speed and run over much slower pedestrians, with their less evolved bipedal activity. It has a Darwinian logic to it. What do you think?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
Actually, if you think about it, that's pretty much how it works. Walking is just a controlled fall; if you don't get the other leg forward quickly enough to prop you up, down you go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
Indeed. And speaking of getting things up, any other middle-aged men here? (That was a little joke. Just a little joke.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Calidore
Well the boys down at the gym have started calling me the human tripod. I'm not sure why.
But in all honesty, I'd rather have my balls pounded flat with a wooden mallet than climb on a Segway. That contraption would rob me of a good walk. I feel great when I'm in motion. Everything works better - circulation, respiration, nervous system. My mind works better. I have ideas. I get hornier than usual. I'd rather walk than ride. I'd rather take the stairs than the elevator. I'd rather pedal a bicycle than ride a motorbike. I'd rather paddle a canoe than float in a motorboat.
I love the West African greeting - "How da body." I had a friend from Dakar who would always greet me with - "Aye, Sancho, How da Body?" I'd smile and pat my chest, belly, thighs, and lower legs and reply - "Da body good today."
Keep moving, my friends. You stop, you rust.
I couldn't have said it better, Tripod. And the connection between exercise and horniness, ooh baby. Weight training and cardio, that's my secret. That and four bottles of Viagra.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
Hey! What's with all the Hangul data dumps on this website?
Kim Jong?
You here?
So weird because when I logged in earlier and the whole site was spammed with Korean, I was going to post the same question. And thanks for teaching me that Hangul is the name of the Korean alphabet. As for Kim Jong, how I wish we could put him in a blonde wig and cast him as one of the females in Blacks on Blondes 4: Anal Without Mercy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
So I went to The Safeway grocery store today and evidently they are okay with hucksters hanging out and plying their wares in front of the store. So I'm here to tell ya that El Sancho can eat an entire box of Girl Scout Cookies (Peanut Butter Tagalongs) in one sitting.