Roll Call!

With the founding site mere hours from oblivion now pining for the fjords, it might be nice to see who's made the transition, what name changes have taken place and what stragglers we need to be on the look out for. [Edited To Add:] I was beamdriver on the old site. I'm a left-wing defeatocrat, web geek, former Usenetter and I make my living wrangling electrons in the cause of science. [Update by WM: Posted Sticky for a while so people can register themselves]

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J. Maynard Gelinas

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political blowhard. rewriter of others' hard journalistic research. A youthful far-leftie who has been dragged to the center by middle-age responsibilities.

Hee

(#328)

A youthful far-leftie who has been dragged to the center by middle-age responsibilities.

Been there, done that. I kept going, though, deep into rightness land . . . :)

That's how it is on this bitch of an earth.

The horror!

(#342)
Zelig's picture

;-}

Me: We! -- Ali

Bill White

(#308)

Bill White

Its still me.

The proper balance between defense and welfare are the tectonic plates that lie beneath our political discourse.

HankP

(#309)
HankP's picture

same old same old

I blame it all on the Internet

Formerly spc67, but still a wingnut in paradise nt

(#312)

xxxx

I'm trying to make the best out of a bad situation. I don't need to hear crap from a bunch of hippie freaks living in denial! Screw you guys, I'm going home!

OH! Does this mean you got your power back?

(#383)
Zelig's picture

Hope so.

Aftershocks are fun, huh?

**********

Me: We! -- Ali

Three hours without power

(#386)

and only one aftershock that I felt. The dogs clearly felt a few more.

We were very fortunate here, no real issues.

I'm trying to make the best out of a bad situation. I don't need to hear crap from a bunch of hippie freaks living in denial! Screw you guys, I'm going home!

There's something to that thing about animals...

(#392)
Zelig's picture

...and earthquakes. Not only are they more sensitive to aftershocks than us, but many think that animals can predict earthquakes. The Chinese did some research about this years ago and came to the same conclusions. A neighbor's dog died of a heart attack. My cat was a wreck for a few days after.

I lived on a straight street right by the beach during the Northridge quake. We were all out on the street after the initial shock. When aftershocks came, each time we could see a ripple in the asphalt moving towards us, perhaps a few inches high, and at perhaps 200 mph. Watching the aftershocks barreling towards us was humbling.

**********

Me: We! -- Ali

The Northridge Quake (6.7) was three or four times bigger than

(#394)

this 6.3 and I was maybe 60 miles from the epicenter. I can't imagine 3-4 time stronger right where I stood.

I'd have destroyed Ken White's liquor supply and my dogs may well have died of fright.

I'm trying to make the best out of a bad situation. I don't need to hear crap from a bunch of hippie freaks living in denial! Screw you guys, I'm going home!

Northridge Was a Bad One, Me Standing Outside Naked...

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...and I didn't give a damn, nor did anyone else surprisingly, though I did soon after slip on a towel.

My live-in girlfriend at the time had a wonderful crystal collection that shattered all over and making it to the door and outside, I sliced up my feet pretty badly...I just walked around bleeding everywhere.

Also of some interest, the swimming pool lost about 2 feet of it's water level.

I have some ties and a deep fondness for the Big Island, I hope that things are well there. My friends on Maui are now in Bali...so what the hell do they have to worry about?

Best Wishes,

Traveller

Well Thank Goodness

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aireachail's picture

there weren't any crazed paintball shooters driving by just then!

;-)

Good one! [nt]

(#415)
Zelig's picture

Aaaak. No more empty comment fields. No more [nt]'s.

Mac's right. Change is bad.

**********

Me: We! -- Ali

hey....

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i don't think anyone's added a comment to the improvments page about making the body of comments optional...

heh.

"A Haven of Sanity and Reasonable Manners in a General Atmosphere of Insult-Filled Invective"

Ha!!

(#412)
Zelig's picture

It was chilly that morning. I had a bleeding problem also. As I was walking about some women started screaming and pointing at me. People came rushing over. I had blood all over the front of my boxers and tee shirt. I remembered to put on shoes before getting out, so my feet were OK, but something gashed me pretty bad along an eyebrow. I didn't feel a thing, but those scalp wounds are bleeders. I helped a couple of women in my building with their jammed front doors so they could get out, and as the sun came up, one gal got really mad at me for ruining her expensive robe with all the blood from my tiny little gash.

If it hadn't been for the earthquake I'd have gone to a hospital for a little stitchery to prevent scarring, but considering the problems they were having, I just butterflied it and I live with the scar.

**********

Me: We! -- Ali

Dear Zelig, Nice, Very Visual Story, I Can Almost See You There

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...bleeding and being helpful.

It is a nice image, worthy of you.

Best Wishes,

Traveller

Bedrock.

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Zelig's picture

I don't understand all this geology stuff, but a friend of mine, LA native, tells me that if your house is built over "bedrock" as opposed to softer soil, or worse yet, landfill, then you'll almost always be OK. Just secure everything to the walls and you should be able to ride out a 7 and beyond.

The talk right after the "big ones" I've been through had to do with the concept of the "pre-shock", Some massive earthquakes had modest (6.0-7.0) pre-shocks before the really big one hit. You aren't in the clear for another couple of days yet. That was part of the conversation between geologists as I recall.

Fingers crossed.

**********

Me: We! -- Ali

Thanks for the heads up

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back to the storee for more batteries.

I'm trying to make the best out of a bad situation. I don't need to hear crap from a bunch of hippie freaks living in denial! Screw you guys, I'm going home!

That's for sure

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I lived in a tiny corner of the city of LA proper, right where Culver City, Marina Del Rey and Venice kind of meet (I could throw rocks off my balcony and hit both Culver City and Marina Del Rey). Apparently, my neighborhood is built on silt. I knew people who lived closer and had less damage than we did.

Basically, everything in my apartment that was higher than knee level was on the floor. I had just reorganized my 1,000 (now 2,000+) CD collection too! Me and my roomate were unhurt, but man that was an experience that was scary as hell but an interesting addition to my memory bank.

Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so. - Bertrand Russell

I briefly knew a young Norwegian couple...

(#1219)
Zelig's picture

...that lived in that exact area 5-6 years ago. Their older, but very nice apt. complex, recently torn down, was barely in Venice. Plus, I've got family in the Stavanger-Bryne metroplex. Small world.

And speaking of ears, ever have a sandwich at Van Gogh's Ear?

**********

Me: We! -- Ali

Jay C

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Jay C's picture

with my same (real) name.
How dull.

I also go

(#315)

by the name of James Bond.

:)

This place is my vacation.

I know a guy named James Bond.

(#350)
Zelig's picture

In his work, he travels a lot. He is rather well known in his technical specialty. (Installation of medium/large venue film projectors)

Naturally, he takes a bit of crap and has all the come-backs down pat.

Me: We! -- Ali

I knew a guy named Pete Moss nt

(#353)
HankP's picture

I blame it all on the Internet

OK, beat this.

(#358)
Zelig's picture

I was in high school when JFK was shot. The day after Oswald was shot by Ruby, a new kid shows up in our gym class named....Jack Ruby. He and his brother just moved to town at the wrong time.

Jack got thrown out of every class he tried to attend that day. The principal had to hand-write out a note to all the teachers explaining the unfortunate coincidence.

Jack took more crap than anybody I've ever heard of for being unfortunate enough to have the same name as somebody notorious.

**********

Me: We! -- Ali

Holy cripes, that's about the worst bad name

(#390)

story I've ever heard.

M Aurelius was probably right.

OK, I've got one worse.

(#502)
Zelig's picture

This falls under the heading, mentioned earlier, of "what were the parents thinking?".

The worst name in all of sports:

1984 Olympic Woman's Volleyball Captain Flo Hyman. Sadly, she died of a heart attack two years later during a game in Japan.

What were they thinking? Don't you think she got, um, razzed a bit in high school?

Me: We! -- Ali

Can't beat it

(#458)

but it isn't a whole hell of a lotta fun to be a Foley right now.

"We should not tie the hands of law enforcement in the effort to bring these terrorists to justice"- Leon E. Panetta

Ok

(#479)

I worked with a guy named Michael Hunt in highschool.

Will crush dissent for food

What were his parents thinking?

(#496)

Still doesn't beat Jack Ruby, class of 1965....

M Aurelius was probably right.

Bud Weiser!

(#1370)

Honest. Also Bob White.

They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...
-- General John B. Sedgwick, 1864

If you have Nexis

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Gene Weingarten in the WaPo wrote a wonderful piece on people with awful names. A great bit from it:

"I reached Mr. Richard Head, 71, of Chattanooga. Told him why I was calling: Unusual names, etc.

Richard said he sees nothing unusual about his name.

So, ah, you never use a nickname?

"Never. Why?"

Which is when you learn to politely thank someone for his time, and hang up."

They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...
-- General John B. Sedgwick, 1864

I Once Litigated

(#1376)

against a delightful lawyer by the name of Arcadia Butt. Her husband's name was Hal. I never had the courage to ask if Hal was short for anything.

That's how it is on this bitch of an earth.

I once played postal chess

(#1380)

against a Roy Black. He was assigned the white pieces. The heading on the notation sheet read:

White: Black --- Black: White

The proper balance between defense and welfare are the tectonic plates that lie beneath our political discourse.

I heard that

(#1403)

Jack (Tenacious D) Black was on stage with Jack (White Stripes) White at some music awards thing and Jack Black was like, "Dude, I'm Jack Black. You're Jack White. We should form a band!"

Guard, protect and cherish your land, for there is no afterlife for a place that started out as Heaven.

I don't suppose

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aireachail's picture

his nickname was Flounder, was it?

One of my best friends is named Skip Work.

jerseycityjoan

(#316)

Still in Jersey City, still Joan, so no name change here. [I'm sure you guys are glad that at least two of the old site's females have made it!]

I hope the many "lurkers" who came out at the end will come here -- and that at least some of them will speak up more often.

Still Davinci... for the moment

(#317)

One comment to all of you with name changes.. Please registar your old names some others will not grab them to mess with us.... I might change my handle but need to think about what I would change it to... (Maybe for that alter ego side :)

Ask courageous questions. Do not be satisfied with superficial answers. Be open to wonder and at the same time subject all claims to knowledge, without exception, to intense skeptical scrutiny. Be aware of human fallibility. Cherish your species and yo

heh,

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good point. Hi, I am Elagabalus. Does anybody know if Timmy has signed up yet? Oh..nothing...nothing...just asking is all :)

I had discovered a great secret. That everyone loves themselves more than they love anybody else. And if I wanted them to love me, I better be like THEM!... Ken Nordine

Been there, done that...

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A Timmy has registered...

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I don't know if the Timmy. Shouldn't be hard to tell as soon as he starts to comment. The style is unmistakeable.

I am not a pessimist. I am an incompetent optimist.

If only I had registered 'Timmy' first!

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Im sure no one would have noticed for a week or two.

Its just a model, you wouldn't want to bank on it.

Still Me, I'm Afraid

(#318)
M Scott Eiland's picture

On the bright side, anyone looking for me in a Google search now will be more likely to find my fanfiction than my political ranting and/or baseball diaries--I'm always looking for new readers. :-)

---

The universe may well have been created without a point--that doesn't imply that we can't give it one.

I r still me. I am however younger and more handsome

(#319)

than I was on that other site...

But

(#334)

sober?

"Something I think most liberals don't understand is exactly how stupid many conservative leaders are." - Matt Yglesias

Not when it can be avoided...

(#343)

Still me

(#321)

Though I rarely post. Y'all are good reads.

It is better to get what you want than it is to be right. -me

Come on Corky! Join the fun! <nt>

(#324)

xxx

I'm trying to make the best out of a bad situation. I don't need to hear crap from a bunch of hippie freaks living in denial! Screw you guys, I'm going home!

You are one of the reasons

(#355)

that I don't post!

I find myself in a agreement with you 99% of the time so I'd rather someone with a better writing ability back up my opinions for me, haha.

If you need help with perl scripting or java programming, though...I'm you're man!

It is better to get what you want than it is to be right. -me

99% of the time? My condolences :) nt

(#364)

xxx

I'm trying to make the best out of a bad situation. I don't need to hear crap from a bunch of hippie freaks living in denial! Screw you guys, I'm going home!

No one washes a rental car.

(#357)
Zelig's picture

Sheesh. My first job at an hourly rate was working at a car wash. We did all the cars from the nearby rental agencies. Tough job. Rear windows. Thousand car days left me drained. I still blanch at the sight of a Barracuda or a Mustang fast back.

That was back in the day before the California car wash industry was thoroughly taken over, (the hourly jobs), by the fellers who came from south of the border.

Me: We! -- Ali

Heh

(#359)

Maybe that will motivate me to change to a new sig ;) This one's getting kinda old...

It is better to get what you want than it is to be right. -me

I have a long term rental on an impala

(#404)

it's been 3 months and it hasn't been washed. Now if you REALLY want to feel for someone, pity the poor guys who get to clean the interior!

"A Haven of Sanity and Reasonable Manners in a General Atmosphere of Insult-Filled Invective"

Indeed....

(#608)

and those rental cars make great ATVs :)

Ah, happy days!

Still me.

(#326)

I believe it's best for all of us that I continue to use a pseudonym, as I am perhaps the world's handsomest, wealthiest and most powerful man, whose real name you would recognize instantly.

That's how it is on this bitch of an earth.

Glad to have you here Brad Gatesbush <nt>

(#329)

xxxx

I'm trying to make the best out of a bad situation. I don't need to hear crap from a bunch of hippie freaks living in denial! Screw you guys, I'm going home!

Doh!

(#332)

I gave it away . . . [slaps forehead]

That's how it is on this bitch of an earth.

Reason #124

(#363)

why I don't post very often.

I just image googled Brad Gatesbush.

Also, spell-check is flagging "googled". It is considered a verb now, ya know ;)

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/google

It is better to get what you want than it is to be right. -me

Hilarious

(#369)
aireachail's picture

C'mon corky, get to postin'; you're a perfect fit!

"Hilarious"

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I was away for a bit and just came back to the forums, via the home page.

I looked over the "Recent Comments" to the left, saw yours ("Hilarious") and thought...'Oh man, that one is probably a response to my last post', haha. As my father used to say, "For such a smart kid, you can be pretty stupid"

Aw, shucks...maybe I will post more over here. My friends aren't much for intense debate and perhaps I'll learn a lot more if I stick out my chin a bit.

It is better to get what you want than it is to be right. -me

Having had my rhetorical butt handed to me from

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time to time by some of the lefties here? The embarrassment goes away, and what one learns is valuable.

Everybody here has, at on time or another, said to themselves "how could I write that?" or "how could I think that?"

Get in the game! :)

I'm trying to make the best out of a bad situation. I don't need to hear crap from a bunch of hippie freaks living in denial! Screw you guys, I'm going home!

Still here...

(#327)

and looking forward to the same level of discourse ol' whatsisname use to provide. :)

"I've been on food stamps and welfare.  Anybody help me out?  No!" Craig T. Nelson (6/2/2009)

Stll here...

(#335)
aireachail's picture

just like the rest of you pitiful souls.

Yo

(#337)

But perhaps not here for long--under this nick, anyway.

Same name,

(#339)

same moonbat-ish commentary.

"And now you run in search of the Jedi. They are all dead, save one. And one broken Jedi cannot stop the darkness that is to come." -Darth Sion

I'll be playing the role of 'Jordan'

(#340)

in this multimillion-dollar blockbuster production - "Tacitus.org: Revenge of the Wingbat."

M Aurelius was probably right.

was grunt at the old site-nt

(#348)

mostly a lurker but will sometimes jump into a conversation or post something interesting from the military blogs.

light infantry...why ride when you can walk,why hide when you can fight.

Still Wagster...

(#352)

... but I have mercifully lost the numerical suffix. 44 years old, in the animation business, multinational upbringing. Left of center, but with certain non-leftie proclivities.

"I don't want us to descend into a nation of bloggers." - Steve Jobs

still here

(#368)

to give an emotional rant or two when I deem it necessary

Or beneficial... :) NT

(#399)

Not that anyone cares, but

(#372)

I'm here and lurking about.

KenB, we need ya in the game! :) nt

(#373)

xxx

I'm trying to make the best out of a bad situation. I don't need to hear crap from a bunch of hippie freaks living in denial! Screw you guys, I'm going home!

Well, OK

(#377)

Am I shirts or skins?

Bah, a pox on both their houses, we play arrogant and more

(#385)

arrogant here :)

I'm trying to make the best out of a bad situation. I don't need to hear crap from a bunch of hippie freaks living in denial! Screw you guys, I'm going home!

Whew!

(#388)

That's a relief, I was afraid I would have to bare my flabby abs.

I'm with the more arrogant side...

(#465)

Go more arrogant!

"I don't want us to descend into a nation of bloggers." - Steve Jobs

Still Walsingham, Lord of Intrigue!

(#389)

And thanks to our anonymous benefactor, Mr Scaife. Or Mr Soros. Whichever.

As posted elsewhere ...

(#391)

... formerly Andromeda

I Was Curious Who Livia Was...

(#408)


It is nice to know that you will be here regardless of your name. I rather liked this intro on Livia:

"Livia, as history most often knows her,[[1]] was the wife of Augustus for over fifty years, from 38 BC until his death in AD 14 , an astonishingly long time in view of life expectancy in ancient Rome. Although certainty about their inner lives and proof for what we would consider a loving relationship is necessarily lost to us, we can infer genuine loyalty and mutual respect between the two. They remained married despite the fact that she bore him no child."

Best Wishes,

Traveller

Actually ...

(#429)

... I like the Livia of 'I'Claudius' (BBC series) more.

Not that I'm pro-poisoning, it's just that it's such a great character. She's hysterically funny, evil, and brilliant. You can't help admiring her by the end of the series, especially after Caligula comes into the story.

Admire her?

(#434)
HankP's picture

she's directly responsible for Caligula, due to her poisoning and intriguing aganst any possible contender to the throne that threatened her son Tiberius or anyone she disagreed with. She even poisoned Augustus (in the context of the story, I know it's not accurate history). She is the embodiment of unintended consequences, and evil and amoral to boot.

I blame it all on the Internet

And ...

(#447)

.. still an awesome character. :)
She's kind of one of those villians you love to hate. And there aren't all that many great female villian characters out there who fit that bill.

She isn't a villian

(#459)

she is just misunderstood, or at least she would be if she was North Korean.

"We should not tie the hands of law enforcement in the effort to bring these terrorists to justice"- Leon E. Panetta

Wombaticus

(#396)

That's me.

They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...
-- General John B. Sedgwick, 1864

WetherMan is still WetherMan

(#400)

and maybe i'll be more active at the new site!

"A Haven of Sanity and Reasonable Manners in a General Atmosphere of Insult-Filled Invective"

But?!

(#402)

It says you're "the forum".

I had discovered a great secret. That everyone loves themselves more than they love anybody else. And if I wanted them to love me, I better be like THEM!... Ken Nordine

uh, that's not a bug

(#406)

it's a feature...

"A Haven of Sanity and Reasonable Manners in a General Atmosphere of Insult-Filled Invective"

I'm far, far too lazy

(#423)

... to come up with a new name. Suggestions, however, are welcome - and will be acted upon, for the right price.

A man must be orthodox upon most things, or he will never even have time to preach his own heresy.

 

how about ...

(#430)

... calvin-and-hobbesist ?

Any bidders?

I'm sold

(#597)

But just you wait for the ungodly long, ungodly boring disquisition on the relation between Institutes of the Christian Religion and Leviathan. Then we'll see who's laughing!

A man must be orthodox upon most things, or he will never even have time to preach his own heresy.

 

Tell You What . . .

(#614)

Make it a picto-story, with a bikini-clad babe called "Predestination" chatting it up with a bikini-clad babe called "Nasty B. Short," and you may be sitting on a gold mine, amigo.

That's how it is on this bitch of an earth.

Nasty B. Short!

(#1297)

Hah! Now that might be a name I could live down to.

A man must be orthodox upon most things, or he will never even have time to preach his own heresy.

 

Ken owes me two bottles of tequila!

(#425)

That would be me, Spin Doctor!

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. -Mark Twain

You've got to stop smoking that stuff, it's altering

(#428)

your mind. :)

I guess you missed my two earlier posts elsewhere; I suggested that I owed you and you owed me and we effectively cancelled each other out...

I fully acknowledge the Dubai Ports as a loss on my part. How on earth do you get anywhere near you won the other?

To refresh your memory:

"Plame was in covert (note the very important "t") status and is positively identified in an open source, unclassified legal document as having been covert at the time of the alleged "outing" which should be stipulated as July 14, 2003 in the Novak column of that date." (emphasis added / kw)

And we've got it.

A current retail sale 750ml bottle of of Cuervo 1800® Añejo tequila is more than fine -- I'll match it with a current retail sale 750ml bottle of Wild Turkey Rare Breed, 108 proof. The prices are similar"

So ???

Here...

(#431)

John Spragge, as before...

John Spragge
Peacemaker, student, web-log author
...the truth about atrocities... is that they happen

Was seriously thinking of name change to 'cynical bastard'

(#437)

or something in that vein, but decided to keep the present moniker until at least after Halloween [and the upcoming next stolen election].

Until then I remain yours,

pumpkin ash

“It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.”--William Tecumseh Sherman

I'll hopefully

(#441)

be more active here than I was over at the old place. Just your run of the mill liberaltarian (what I like to call those of us (all two of us) who theoretically would be libertarians if the real world didn't get in the way, pushing us left) living in the socialist paradise of Norway.

Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so. - Bertrand Russell

You didn't manage to get rid of me.

(#442)

Same username, same guy.

Dein Grundsatz war, z'erst überleg'n, / a Meinung hab'n, dahinterstehn / Niemals Gewalt, alles bereden / Aber auch ka Angst vor irgendwem -- STS

Here

(#445)

Thought of changing to a Firesign Theater moniker but uh clem beat me to it.

I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems scary and weird. It'll happen to you.—Abraham Simpson

Nickynicknick

(#491)

?

Go squeeze a tomato, Willard

(#692)

OK, no more obscure FT references after this one. Mudhead.

I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems scary and weird. It'll happen to you.—Abraham Simpson

Glad you're here and didn't slide into the Pacific :)

(#492)

Thanks Ken, but the beer hit room temp.

(#676)

(which was in the 80's) about mid-afternoon, so I'm laid up from work for the week and will be making a large insurance claim.

I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems scary and weird. It'll happen to you.—Abraham Simpson

Ahh, More Science High

(#1189)

Yep. You definitely inhaled.

“Two clichés make us laugh but a hundred clichés move us, because we sense dimly that the clichés are talking among themselves, celebrating a reunion." - Umberto Eco

It's been taken apart

(#1195)

and stacked up and labeled.

Actually, I personally am a Commie Martyrs graduate.

I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems scary and weird. It'll happen to you.—Abraham Simpson

Tomsyl!

(#1402)

After the summer vacation, it's my job to drive the family van from Orcas island to Los Angeles, basically two long days of driving, listening to music, and Ricky Gervais podcasts (a lifesaver). Anyhoo, for the return trip, I stocked up on comedy CDs, from the ridiculous to the sublime. Some old time standup -- a Woody Allen collection. Some newer stuff -- 'newer' a relative term, in this case Richard Pryor and Bill Hicks. But then, after a short night at a bad motel in Stockton, I hit the road and listened to a tale about a boy named Porgy Tirebiter...

Damn. I hadn't listened to Firesign in years. Tens of years. Twenty of years. But it all came back to me and was completely hilarious. Commie Martyrs. Heh.

“Two clichés make us laugh but a hundred clichés move us, because we sense dimly that the clichés are talking among themselves, celebrating a reunion." - Umberto Eco

But did you play Beat the Reaper?

(#1824)

And don't we all miss our topless nurse Judy?

Great taste

(#1830)

I had to relisten to all the Firesign Theater albums last year while I was making a documentary about the 60s--'How Can You Be Etc', 'Don't Crush that Dwarf' and 'Bozos' all held up remarkably well, I thought, though many of the later (and solo) albums suck, with the exception of 'TV or Not TV'.

The Woody Allen compilation has been a feature of my long car drives for many decades; it can wake me from the dead when nothing else does the trick. The album is taken from three recorded in the early 60s, and the first version of it, from '67 or so, has a lot of tracks not found on the later ('78) version and CD. I once made a merged version on cassette but have been too lazy to do it on CD.

For Monty Python enthusiasts--and judging by this thread there are several here--might enjoy the recent 'Songs of the Python', though I've had to give away two copies to nephews after long car rides. For British comedy, nothing can beat Radio 7 online as a resource. The BBC has often made radio versions of TV comedies from Hancock to League of Gentleman, and you can also download plays, serials, and mysteries from their site--along with the Goon Show, which started it all.

Eh, Ya Bloody Round-Headed Manc

(#1883)

In re: Gervais, Karl's explanation of the meaning of the phrase "people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" had me in tears.

That's how it is on this bitch of an earth.

Same old

(#446)

whine in the same bottle here.

I can only hope to be more active here, but constrained by being far far east of most of you lads and lasses here.

I am 27 and been a journalist by trade for over six years now, but don't write or edit much anymore, I just work the plumbing behind the scenes that enable others to do that these days.

Card-carrying member of the Lurkus Maximus party.

Roll Call

(#452)

I'm here, but how to be old school at new digs?

The Jingoist

Yertle here

(#453)

I now return to my lurking.

continue my lurking

(#456)

...now with an account

Ladurin

Too lazy to change

(#457)
uh_clem's picture

Too lazy to change my nym.

Besides, I haven't managed to break the president yet. And even though it's a brand new bus, it appears to be filled with the same bozos as before.

Welcome aboard. Meet the new bus, same as the old bus.

As usual

(#490)

you are already incorrect. This is a much shorter bus...;)

I'm in. n/t

(#461)


This is gonna crimp the socratic habit.

Its just a model, you wouldn't want to bank on it.

Bernard Guerrero.....

(#505)
Bernard Guerrero's picture

I'm here

(#514)

Mr. Chuchundra,

Going by my name.

heet here

(#518)

Still the same me...

Same Bat time

(#524)

different Bat channel.

Same name, more minty goodness!

~At times like these I am reminded of the immortal words of Socrates when he said...."I drank what?"

Lollius

(#652)

nee Lollius

Dogs also bark at those they do not know. -Heraclitus

Finally made it

(#749)

Matthew G. on the old site (and IRL).

"In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad."~Nietzsche

also here

(#825)

Mostly a lurker, though sports (especially my hometown Detroit teams) and other subjects that I might actually know something about get me out of my lurky ways.

formerly booth

(#884)

decided to go a little more anonymous, took me a couple days to come up with a greco-roman name I liked.

Present

(#1198)

and accounted for!

"There are sneakers that cost more than an iPod." -Steve Jobs

ChiMod here.

(#1242)

I was just going to leave it at that, but apparently a comment field is required?

Present

(#1243)

Many of you knew by my formal handle "Darth Cuddly". The spelling's the same but the pronunciation is totally different.

In the medical community, death is known as Chuck Norris Syndrome. 

+4 FP!

(#1260)

Can you provide the phonetics for both versions?

Better yet, do you have a podcast service to which I may subscribe?

The proper balance between defense and welfare are the tectonic plates that lie beneath our political discourse.

Phonetics

(#1412)
uh_clem's picture

The old one was pronounced with a silent R;
the new one is pronounced: THROAT-WARBLER-MANGROVE.

I, of course, pronounce it WIM-BIM-TIM-LIM-PATANG-PATANG-BISCUIT-BARRELL
just to honk him off.

Phonetics?

(#1570)

I ran out of pronouns in the first line. I don't trust myself to take this any further.

In the medical community, death is known as Chuck Norris Syndrome. 

Here

(#1272)

Gaius is here.

Is this thing on?

(#1392)

Marlowe checking in, a.k.a the Philbot, the bastard, the right wing fascist (or sometimes facist) imperialist chickenhawk warmonger, He Who Cannot Be Insulted, The Insufferable.

Well, Mr. Insufferable,

(#1396)
aireachail's picture

you just stomped all over my newest sig.

You'll pardon me then, if I don't extend a warm "Welcome Aboard"!

Signing on

(#1498)

Was a lurker at the old site for the last couple months of its existence. Back to lurk mode.

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise - B. Franklin

Ooops

(#1505)

Sorry, I broke the stickiness.

Guard, protect and cherish your land, for there is no afterlife for a place that started out as Heaven.

I think I fixed it

(#1510)

Ohh, and I liked Beamdriver better...

;-p

.

“I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views.”

What have you got against Kipling?

(#1521)

Chuchundra has been my main nom de internets since about 1997, a name I pulled at random from one of my favorite stories. I was Chuchundra back on Tacitus until I had a small disagreement with the proprietor in the run up to the '04 election.

I'm Beamdriver in a few places where it seems more appropriate, mainly Slashdot and similar venues. It's my occupation, more or less.

Guard, protect and cherish your land, for there is no afterlife for a place that started out as Heaven.

Ha!

(#1536)

He was an apologist hack for Imperialists!

OK, more seriously, I was just yanking your chain.

“I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views.”

I don't know

(#3957)

I've never been kippled.

They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...
-- General John B. Sedgwick, 1864

LOL, I just caught the Dead Parrot reference.

(#1514)

Excellent!

I'm trying to make the best out of a bad situation. I don't need to hear crap from a bunch of hippie freaks living in denial! Screw you guys, I'm going home!

Yes ... I'd like to return this website.

(#1526)

What seems to be the problem? .....

(and awaaaay they go!)

M Aurelius was probably right.

Back from a trip...

(#1600)

...down the River of the Dancing Gods.

Ah, you've been at work... :) NT

(#1603)

History

(#2493)

Well...I've been chasing some demons...all for you Ken. :)

Always appreciated. Keep the faith :) NT

(#2501)

Was mostly a lurker....

(#1899)

... on Tacitus.org, and will probably mostly lurk here. I'm glad you folks decided to do this, and I hope that the debate will be as spirited and diverse as ever.

Hello

(#2000)

I'm also one of the (mostly) lurkers. This is a good community and I'm glad it's still together.

Adsum

(#2586)
mmghosh's picture

Glad you made it... :) NT

(#2587)

Was eeyn525

(#2859)

now resuming lurking

Lose weight? :-)

(#2864)
aireachail's picture

Welcome!

I'm disoriented

(#3189)

spc became jackson mead after he slipped into my subconscious? beamdriver, chimod, andromeda and booth are all using different names?

Thank G*d there's some silly diaries from Timmy + marlowe on the right-hand side of my screen or I'd be downright lost...

Great to see many of you again and many thanks to HankP, MA + weatherman!

To our anonymous patron: you're obviously someone who's trying to relieve some guilt for a past transgression. I know I speak for all of us when I ask if you're really giving as much as you could. I mean, the site could use a few more bells and whistles. Fork it over, guilty man, fork it over!

Man, am I glad you're back

(#3275)
HankP's picture

it was getting weird around here, man ...

I blame it all on the Internet

speaking of

(#3279)

weird... What happened the other night? Did you post and then decide against or did BossMan break your palle?

I had discovered a great secret. That everyone loves themselves more than they love anybody else. And if I wanted them to love me, I better be like THEM!... Ken Nordine

I posted

(#3305)
HankP's picture

but for some reason the image wasn't showing up for me, so I deleted the post. I know, I know, need to work on the caching stuff ...

I blame it all on the Internet

Crionna inna house

(#3379)

when I can, start-up fever's got me busy busy again.

So, is there a post that discusses the last couple months at Tacitus and the movement to Forvm?

There was

(#3381)
HankP's picture

this one and this one, but neither seemed to attract much interest. I don't really care about the old site, on with the new!

I blame it all on the Internet

Reporting for duty!

(#3950)
Bird Dog's picture

And ready to rumble!

Government is merely a servant – merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.

Finally...

(#3953)

I was wondering about you...

Welcome, um, "back"?

I am not a pessimist. I am an incompetent optimist.

Still on hiatus

(#3960)
Bird Dog's picture

Still lurking and commenting occasionally. Blogging will be rare for a while.

Government is merely a servant – merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.

That's fine...

(#3965)

Just wondering if you had been lost in the move.

I'm not sure how somebody could find us since there are no instructions or explanations at the old place.

I am not a pessimist. I am an incompetent optimist.

I mentioned the new site

(#3975)
HankP's picture

in a post at Obsidian Wings, maybe others here can do the same at other sites they frequesnt?

I blame it all on the Internet

I don't frequent

(#4145)

any other site. Actually I do, but I don't regularly post anywhere else. I just lurk a bit in dKos, check out Tom Tomorrow's place, or go to various enviro sites on a rotating basis. But I don't have time to participate anywhere else.

I listen to podcasts too. Do you program in Java, by the way?

I am not a pessimist. I am an incompetent optimist.

I've programmed

(#4148)
HankP's picture

in machine language, assembly, Fortran, Basic, POVRay and now (apparently) PHP and CSS. I only program for fun, if I did it for a living I'd be a miserable person. So no, I don't program in Java, and if this site requires it I'll be seriously wondering if I'm the right person to help with technical issues.

I blame it all on the Internet

Don't worry...

(#4163)

...there is just this cool Java podcast I was going to mention.

We will keep things simple around here if I have anything to do with it.

I am not a pessimist. I am an incompetent optimist.

It's not that hard to find...

(#3989)

I'm not sure how somebody could find us since there are no instructions or explanations at the old place.

Anyone who's motivated enough to Google "tacitus.org" and look at the first page of hits will be able to figure it out pretty quickly. I suppose there might be people out there who get the blank page and just give up, but we wouldn't want to hang with quitters like them anyway.

hey BD

(#3978)

aren't you in west seattle?

Formative years in West Seattle

(#4081)
Bird Dog's picture

Born and raised there. Keggers at Lincoln Park, cruising Alki, etc. Continued wasting my youth at the UW. Now I'm in Everett.

Government is merely a servant – merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.

ahh

(#4100)

I just moved to West Seattle fron Georgia at the beginning of this year. If you're ever up for a beer...

I'll even shake your hand ;) (seems i remember you meeting some bloggers and one wouldn't even shake your hand...anyways)

You left Hotlanta for Cold Seattle? Good town, think you'll

(#4106)

enjoy it. Oldest Son is out there; he loves it.

Seattle is Bergen, Norway's sister city

(#4109)

...with the weather to match. Though we get about about 3+ times more rain than they do. In fact, it's raining now!

Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so. - Bertrand Russell

already

(#4215)

better on my allergies and I don't miss the humidity one single bit..

Do miss those thunderstorms though.

Get back to me in January :)

(#4233)

Hope all goes well for ya...

The problem

(#4251)
HankP's picture

is when March comes and you realize you haven't seen the sun in months.

But May - September (usually) makes up for it.

I blame it all on the Internet

I'm About 30 Miles

(#4110)

from you. The American Taliban is coming. . .

That's how it is on this bitch of an earth.

Ya sure

(#4117)
Bird Dog's picture

I'll be down in the area some time next week. pcbirddog2{at}hotmail.com.

I lived about two blocks east of the West Seattle Nursery, but it was a different place back then, before they built the West Seattle Freeway. Now it's all trendy and expensive.

It's a big change from Georgia. It's not so much the Seattle rain that's the problem. Usually, the rain is so light you don't need an umbrella. For me, it's the cloudy days, especially around February-March. And you're gonna miss those warm Georgia evenings. Otherwise, it's pretty fine.

Government is merely a servant – merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.

Seattle!

(#4120)

Anyone who grew up in Spokane (me) has a modest civic inferiority complex regarding Seattle. But now that I'm spending most of my summers on Orcas Island, I'm spending more time there than I ever have in the past (a good portion of it white-knuckling onto Lake Union in a Kenmore Air sea plane that seems much too small to contain my hysteria). Re-connected with some old high school friends as a result. Discovered a great record store (Easy Street Records). And love the tiny donut machine -- the donuts are tiny, not the machine -- at the Farmer's Market.

“Two clichés make us laugh but a hundred clichés move us, because we sense dimly that the clichés are talking among themselves, celebrating a reunion." - Umberto Eco

I Grew Up

(#4127)

in Selah, and had a modest civic inferiority complex regarding Yakima, which had a modest civic inferiority complex regarding Spokane.

That's how it is on this bitch of an earth.

I can't tell you where I grew up

(#4132)

But when it happens, I'll try to take note.

“I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views.”

Heh!

(#4143)

Good one.

I am not a pessimist. I am an incompetent optimist.

I was almost going to give you fair warning...

(#4164)
Bird Dog's picture

...the day we took a family bike trip on Lopez last August. Gorgeous place.

Government is merely a servant – merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.

Next time, Fair Warning!!

(#4167)

I love Lopez. Hard not to like a place that specializes in wine and pork.

“Two clichés make us laugh but a hundred clichés move us, because we sense dimly that the clichés are talking among themselves, celebrating a reunion." - Umberto Eco

Now hold on there...

(#4171)
aireachail's picture

wouldn't tiny donut machines make tiny donuts by definition? Thus, if the donuts are, in fact, tiny, there's no need to point out that the donut machine is not. In this case (tiny donuts), the size of the machine itself would seem to be immaterial. Obviously, the discussion changes somewhat when considering medium and large donuts, but I want to keep this brief.

Unless of course, the physical properties of the donuts and/or the donut machines is not your point. That would lead me to conclude that it's the affection for the donuts themselves that lies at the heart of your comment. And in that case, I wonder why the size of the donut machine would sway your feelings toward it. The machine that is, not the donut (which we already know you adore).

And what the heck is the proper terminology for a donut machine, anyway?

This post brought to you by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

BD

(#4130)

I edited your post so your e-mail address wouldn't get picked up by a spambot.

“I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views.”

testing spam control

(#4537)

mail http://www.google.com

Email addresses are now converted so spambots are less likely to pick them up

"A Haven of Sanity and Reasonable Manners in a General Atmosphere of Insult-Filled Invective"

I'm in Woodinville

(#4252)
HankP's picture

actually Cottage Lake.

I blame it all on the Internet

Cottage Lake

(#4475)
Bird Dog's picture

What a slum. ;)

Government is merely a servant – merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.

Funny

(#4498)
HankP's picture

that's what the neighbors have been saying since we moved in.

I blame it all on the Internet

It's probably

(#4500)

The homemade El Camino natural gas/electric hybrid sitting on blocks in the front yard and the old couch on the porch with the Greenpeace pillow and Nuclear Freeze throw.

“I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views.”

You got it wrong

(#4506)
HankP's picture

the couch is up on blocks in the front yard and the El Camino is on the porch.

I blame it all on the Internet

We just paint them green. nt

(#4543)
HankP's picture

I blame it all on the Internet

This place just wouldn't be the same

(#3988)

without you sucking and ruining it. :-p

Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so. - Bertrand Russell

Glad you made it. Lotsa ruining to do here. :) -nt-

(#4369)

.

M Aurelius was probably right.

In the house!

(#4645)

Requiring the comment field be filled is truly a tool of The Man to oppress us.

Free me!

Glad you could make it.

(#4646)
Bernard Guerrero's picture

You just need to get out more...

(#4652)

Yup

(#4653)

~

The proper balance between defense and welfare are the tectonic plates that lie beneath our political discourse.

Oh sure,

(#5200)

add homophobia to the mix, why don't you? :)

Dogs also bark at those they do not know. -Heraclitus

You can always hit the space bar once in the comment field nt

(#4748)
HankP's picture

I blame it all on the Internet

The only key with no color on it?

(#4760)

That's your solution?

Free me!

That's A solution

(#4827)
HankP's picture

really mor eof a workaround. We're trying to stay within the framework of what's available in the "official" Drupal and associated modules so it's easier to maintain and upgrade. But if you want to take a crack at programming in PHP and CSS, I'm sure WetherMan, MA and I would be very interested in your contributions.

I blame it all on the Internet

Would it be possible

(#5199)

to set the statement that inputs the comment field to add a space to the beginning if the field is empty?

if comm = "" then inComm = " " & comm else inComm = comm end if

Dogs also bark at those they do not know. -Heraclitus