[Winstonm]

gwnn, on 2012-January-09, 17:00, said:

cats are planning a conspiracy

The cats are working on the secret Cat-powered Zamboni project:

[Winstonm]

The history of curling. Day One:

[Winstonm]

The history of curling. Day Two:

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The history of curling: Day Three:

[Winstonm]

The history of curling. Day Four: (Not a sober soul to be found anywhere in the buidling)

[y66]

Curling is hazardous for zombies.

[y66]

In "Zombie Stand-Up" Shappy Seasholtz captures the sweaty desperation of a putrefying funnyman making a last appeal:

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Me may not be the funniest zombie comic you'll ever see -- but it's un-living!

From What Rhymes With "Undead" by William Grimes.

[Aberlour10]

Following the nominations fever in forums I nominate Winstonm for the Unofficial-BBO-Zamboni-Man-Of-The-Year2011 Award

[kenberg]

When a guy is wrong he should admit it. After Katrina I really could not see why anyone would want to go back to New Orleans, but I landed in Louis Armstrong a few hour ago and I have to admit to thoroughly enjoying myself. Where else can you wander out for a bite to eat at six in the evening and end up getting gator gumbo with wine and live music for seventeen bucks? It's truly a different sort of place down here.

[y66]

[Winstonm]

kenberg, on 2012-January-18, 21:22, said:

When a guy is wrong he should admit it. After Katrina I really could not see why anyone would want to go back to New Orleans, but I landed in Louis Armstrong a few hour ago and I have to admit to thoroughly enjoying myself. Where else can you wander out for a bite to eat at six in the evening and end up getting gator gumbo with wine and live music for seventeen bucks? It's truly a different sort of place down here.

Unless you were really, really drunk, why would you want to find gator gumbo and wine, music or no?

[kenberg]

Winstonm, on 2012-January-21, 15:35, said:

Unless you were really, really drunk, why would you want to find gator gumbo and wine, music or no?

We must all carpe diem, or whatever!


The gator gumbo was actually pretty good, definitely better than the turtle soup I had the next day. And the music was good.

Still, I fade. I was only there for two evenings and on the second evening I decided that a nice quiet walk along the river was really what I needed. I never got down to the Treme section, despite my enjoyment of the HBO series of that name.

Now I am back in Eldersburg, Maryland. There are times I think I wandered into a very weird life. Like when the woman across the street came over to tell me that her husband had left her and took almost all of the guns with him. She has only five now. What's a gal to do? They say you should always check out the neighborhood before moving in.

[Winstonm]

kenberg, on 2012-January-21, 17:36, said:

We must all carpe diem, or whatever!


The gator gumbo was actually pretty good, definitely better than the turtle soup I had the next day. And the music was good.

Still, I fade. I was only there for two evenings and on the second evening I decided that a nice quiet walk along the river was really what I needed. I never got down to the Treme section, despite my enjoyment of the HBO series of that name.

Now I am back in Eldersburg, Maryland. There are times I think I wandered into a very weird life. Like when the woman across the street came over to tell me that her husband had left her and took almost all of the guns with him. She has only five now. What's a gal to do? They say you should always check out the neighborhood before moving in.

My brother lives in Summerland, MD. He's got some guns. I bet he would loan her some in a pinch.

[Winstonm]

Breaking news....

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COLUMBIA, S.C.-- Newt Gingrich has won South Carolina's Republican presidential primary....

Pending an actual count of any votes, and provided those guys from Madison got there in time and did what we told them to do.

CNN is reporting they spoke with Larry Mashburn, a retired dentist from Columbia, who said, "Well, it sure looked like there were a lot of 'Newt' bumber stickers around today."

(The poll has an error margin of +/-what-the-hell-does-larry-know, anyway.)

[Aberlour10]

kenberg, on 2012-January-21, 17:36, said:

Now I am back in Eldersburg, Maryland.

Its sounds like one of these quiet and peaceful places where the only gun you need is a water pistol just in case one of the neighbours drunk a little over and confound the front doors ;-)

[blackshoe]

Aberlour10, on 2012-January-23, 06:47, said:

Its sounds like one of these quiet and peaceful places where the only gun you need is a water pistol just in case one of the neighbours drunk a little over and confound the front doors ;-)

I lived in one of those places (a small village) when I was in England in the early 90s. No guns, so when this homeowner objected to a bunch of teenagers (none related to him) using his back garden for a late night party, they beat him to death.

[kenberg]

Aberlour10, on 2012-January-23, 06:47, said:

Its sounds like one of these quiet and peaceful places where the only gun you need is a water pistol just in case one of the neighbours drunk a little over and confound the front doors ;-)

Yes, you have it right. I think that it is not unknown for the police to raid a meth lab somewhere in the countryside, but those of us who are not in the trade have little to fear.

I don't entirely discount the usefulness of guns. There was an incident in my childhood with my mother pointing my father's 12 gauge at a potential intruder. He wisely left. But I am overweight, and that is far far more likely to contribute to my death than the fact that I don't have a gun. I grew up learning to hunt, carrying my own shotgun by age 11 or 12, but I quit long ago and I prefer not to have a gun. To each his own.

Mostly I find the local enthusiasm for guns to be just one more way in which I am out of sync with my neighbors. The story about the man taking all but five of the guns has, you probably won't be surprised to hear, a setting that makes it less bizarre. He is a gun collector, the five guns that he left had been presents from his wife during the forty year course of their marriage. The breakup is a true tragedy and I suppose I should not make jokes about it, but her showing up to tell me about only having five guns was just too much to resist.

[Aberlour10]

Occupy this thread!

[Winstonm]

On days like today, my thoughts automatically turn to potatoes, ketsup, and of course....Finland.

[Winstonm]

Mitt Romney picks up Jon Voight’s endorsement– tries to sell it back at discount