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June 19, 2007
PRESIDENTIAL JUGGERNAUT UPDATE
If you want to read random answers to strange questions find out where I stand on the issues in the presidential campaign, you can go here and click on "Dave Barry for Prez." Or not!
Posted by Dave on June 19, 2007 at 06:34 PM in Dave Barry for President | Permalink
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Random Answers, Strange Questions wbagnfarb ...
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | 06:42 PM on June 19, 2007
Besides that, does this count as a hat trick, since I also posted a question ... ?
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | 06:49 PM on June 19, 2007
Well, then ... does this?
(NO, I'm not gonna try fer a hat trick on the question page ... I don't want THAT 'bot mad @ me TOO!!!)
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | 06:51 PM on June 19, 2007
HA!
I may be old and slow, but I can still get the job done!
... um ...
waitaminit ...
Ignore that, please ... nevermind ...
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | 06:52 PM on June 19, 2007
Dave. I was just kidding about the haircut. Really.
Posted by: S(tevie) W | 06:52 PM on June 19, 2007
OMG!
I killed it ... ah, a short, but happy life ... kinda like that of a fruit fly ... eh?
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | 06:54 PM on June 19, 2007
THANKYEWTHANKYEWTHANKYEW, S(tevie) ... I din't kill it ... merely ... um ... Fasther than a speeding ... sloth?
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | 06:55 PM on June 19, 2007
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Posted by: OtheU(manity) | 06:56 PM on June 19, 2007
The Blog's hair almost appears combed in that photo....
Posted by: CJrun | 07:08 PM on June 19, 2007
Allright, who photoshopped Dave's lips?
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | 07:13 PM on June 19, 2007
OtheU, I thought you were just doing your Daffy Duck impression.
*anxiously waits for personal response from presidential candidate*
*checks email*
*checks email*
*checks email*
...sigh
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 07:17 PM on June 19, 2007
I bet he has the option to ignore stupid questions like mine.
Posted by: SW | 07:18 PM on June 19, 2007
Layzee, clearly you are the guy from Nebraska....
Posted by: CJrun | 07:39 PM on June 19, 2007
CJ - Layzee can't hear you right now - he's napping.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | 07:53 PM on June 19, 2007
Dam! "Some questions may not be answered due to inappropriate content." They should said that first off!
Posted by: Bethie | 07:55 PM on June 19, 2007
HAHA! Great questions, great answers! That Dave Barry person is a funny man. He should write a book or something!
OT/
Back from Biltmore w/Siouxie...she is awesome! A great time was had by all, except the kids who were bored out of there minds, and the moms who were sore and tired from walking to h3!! and back three times, and the dad who was sick of the moms and the kids complaining.... ok, let me start again....
Siouxie sure is a lot of fun to hang out with!!!!
/BOT
Posted by: casey | 07:59 PM on June 19, 2007
Major snorkage:
Q: Why is man born only to suffer and die?
Howard, Sacramento 6/15/07
A: I would have to blame women.
This is serious, folks. We must step up to the plate and support our candidate. (Don't forget to change your name to protect the innocent unless, that is, you need a fake tax deduction.)
Posted by: ubetcha | 08:04 PM on June 19, 2007
And Dave, may I suggest the Bot as your head of security? He certainly won't let anyone get near you.
Posted by: ubetcha | 08:05 PM on June 19, 2007
Casey,
I'm so jealous. I do so hope to meet the Queen of the Blog (no offense, judi) my next trip to FL. And CJ too, since I go to St. Pete often. We need to throw a blog party, on Dave of course. It must be deductible, at least for us.
Posted by: ubetcha | 08:09 PM on June 19, 2007
casey, how fun! (Were all those people with you?)
ubetcha: FAKE tax deduction?
Posted by: Just Ducky | 08:09 PM on June 19, 2007
JD, we'll have to consult Siouxie, the tax goddess, on that one.
Posted by: ubetcha | 08:11 PM on June 19, 2007
THE BOT MUST DIE
It's a bitch tonight.
Posted by: ubetcha | 08:12 PM on June 19, 2007
I received a personal response from a Presidential Candidate! YAY! Its a first!
Also, would anyone happen to know where I can find a remote starter for a '74 VW Bus? Becuase if Dave actually wins this thing I believe that I am going to need one.
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | 08:15 PM on June 19, 2007
Great to see so many blog questions in the forum.
ubetcha: yup, Siouxie is a peach, even out of Miami.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | 08:15 PM on June 19, 2007
Casey, road trip with Sio? I am very jealous!
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | 08:16 PM on June 19, 2007
Cheryl, I think you can get one from Hurley.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | 08:17 PM on June 19, 2007
*crosses all available appendages*
*hoping for an answer to my question about squirrels and fighter jets*
Posted by: Nurse Tammy | 08:18 PM on June 19, 2007
Jeff, excellent call my friend! Snork, snork, snork!
Okay, now where can I find the Dave Barry for Prez bumper sticker?
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | 08:22 PM on June 19, 2007
*joins NT in appendage-crossing corner*
Posted by: Just Ducky | 08:23 PM on June 19, 2007
Nuse T: I asked about the really important stuff: Chloe's baby.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | 08:24 PM on June 19, 2007
(what is a "Nuse"?)
Jeff, does that mean Chloe's baby will be abducted by squirrels with fighter jets? Because that would be cool.
Posted by: Nurse Tammy | 08:29 PM on June 19, 2007
Meeting up with Siouxie was a nightmare at first (totally my mom's fault) but it went up hill from there. She is in NC with some friends (a wonderful family of 4). We all hung at Biltmore Estate. I'm sorta shy when meeting people for the first time but by the time I had to leave, I was really feeling relaxed and was ready to let loose, but then I had to leave. Those of you that have not had the pleasure of meeting Siouxie, you don't know what you are missing. If the two of us ever got wound up over a bottle of wine, there would be no stopping us!
One funny story...Siouxie has this totally gorgeous Miami/Cuban accent and I have this totally red-neck hick accent. I asked her twice if a particular person was "blind" and she kept saying "no, his hair is gray". She thought I was saying "blonde". I've got to get rid of this accent.....
Sorry to threadjack, back on topic with the surging juggernaut or however the heck you spell it....
Posted by: casey | 08:36 PM on June 19, 2007
Cheryl, crank up the geezer bus!
Here's your starter! Let's get it on!
Posted by: ubetcha | 08:36 PM on June 19, 2007
Wait - is an alternator a starter? Reason No. 1,347 why we need men, but only #3 counts.
Posted by: ubetcha | 08:39 PM on June 19, 2007
ubetcha, is that because there is no #3?
Posted by: casey | 08:45 PM on June 19, 2007
casey!!! Here real quick cuz we're almost ready for dinner...
Thanks for the kind words. (you too Jeff - *smooch*)
YOU are a total babe and awesome! I had the best time hanging out with you and did NOT want you to leave!!! WE must do this again, in Miami. We'd really get in trouble ;-)
My girls thought you were really great and so did my friends. I will drink that bottle of vino you gave me when I get back home and think of you!!
I LOVE your accent!! LOL
Posted by: Siouxie | 08:47 PM on June 19, 2007
ok...dinner time! I will be back.
casey - I'll load up the pics when I get back and send them to ya. We be hawt! LOL
be back laters!
Posted by: Siouxie | 08:50 PM on June 19, 2007
Next time, Miami it is! SMOOCHES!
Posted by: casey | 08:50 PM on June 19, 2007
Eet ees alwayz zee wooman.
Posted by: S(tevie) W | 09:03 PM on June 19, 2007
Damn drat! I missed Sioux again. but I picked a fine night to pop in on the blog.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 09:08 PM on June 19, 2007
HAR
DE
HAR
HAR
Stevie. Watch where you are steppin', it appears there's only me and you around at the moment and I do be a woman of the female gender type....don't make me borrow Siouxie's hot wax....
Posted by: casey | 09:09 PM on June 19, 2007
OH NOES! I'm outnumbered!
Hiya Wyo!
Posted by: casey | 09:10 PM on June 19, 2007
Yo, wyo! Why don't you ask casey if she and sxi got that bottle of wine we had sent to them at the hotel?
Posted by: S(tevie) W | 09:12 PM on June 19, 2007
ACTUALLY...we did visit the winery and did sample several excellent wines. I brought home two bottles (one of which I couldn't help but break into as soon as I walked in the door) and I bought a bottle for Siouxie, just showin' her some southern hospitality, but I think she is gonna wait 'till she hits Miami again to partake. However, if you wish to send bottles my way, I do take donations...
Posted by: casey | 09:15 PM on June 19, 2007
yes, S(tevie) why don't I?
consider it asked, casey. Hmmmmmm?
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 09:16 PM on June 19, 2007
YAY - I got a personal response from a presidential candidate (yes, of the United States). Dave's gonna grant amnesty to the squirrels sneaking accross the border from New Jersey...and execute them.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 09:16 PM on June 19, 2007
Great diversionary tactics boys, but I aint bitin'
And forgive my spelling. I'm just tired of trying to be all proper and grammatically correct. We're among friends, right?
Posted by: casey | 09:20 PM on June 19, 2007
Annie, I wasn't napping. I was watching the insides of my eyelids for a while.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 09:22 PM on June 19, 2007
obveeuslee, spellin' never ment much two me.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 09:22 PM on June 19, 2007
Layzeeboy, I saw that Q&A an hour ago. Great question! Excellent answer! If we could just get the Prez (yes, of the United States) to execute all New Jersians, we would really be making some progress, huh?
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE forgive me any New Jersians that are bloggers, I mean all New Jersians, xceptin' of course any that are blog pals.
Posted by: casey | 09:23 PM on June 19, 2007
Ubetcha. Man, I need a remote starter because if Dave wins the Presidency, I die. Unless of course we can hardwire this baby to my house in some sort of way...? I really think we are going to need a techinal mind here. And maybe even a perimeter. Oh and wine. We'll need lots and lots of wine.
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | 09:23 PM on June 19, 2007
casey, my grandfather always said, if you can't misspell with your friends...well, he didn't actually say that but he would have.
Hope you and Siouxie had a great time together.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 09:25 PM on June 19, 2007
PERIMETER!!!
*slurp*
Posted by: casey | 09:25 PM on June 19, 2007
Blade???
I was thinking more of the Bloginator
Posted by: Use to be Addicted to 24 | 09:27 PM on June 19, 2007
wine's ok when you can't afford scotch.
just sayin'.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 09:28 PM on June 19, 2007
casey - our corporate HQ are in NJ and I have to go there every week when I'm not travellin'.
CH, I'll bring the chardonay
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 09:29 PM on June 19, 2007
Layzee, people here just seem to be so dang smart and witty with good grammer and spelling and all and most of the time I feel like a schmuck (is that how it's spelled?) but screw it, I'm not stupid, just not the best speller person in the world and if y'all don't forgive me and overlook me, who in the world is going to? Your (not you're) grampy was a smart man!
Posted by: casey | 09:29 PM on June 19, 2007
Wyo, sippin some scotch as we speak (type?)
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 09:30 PM on June 19, 2007
Layzee, you talking about Biltmore? Have you ever been? I was raised w/in 30 minutes of there and have NEVER been 'till today. Sorta sad, huh? Amazing place. I would really like to go back and spend hours and hours just looking at the artwork. Lately, I'm all in to the English monarchy and there is so much artwork there relating to this monarchy and that...I just didn't get enough time to look at what I wanted to.
Posted by: casey | 09:32 PM on June 19, 2007
Not two worry, casey. We love havin ya here.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 09:32 PM on June 19, 2007
Lagavulin, thank you.
by the way, casey, did you know that a schmuck is what's left over after a circumcision? (the part no longer attached, that is.) eewwwwwwww.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 09:33 PM on June 19, 2007
Nothing wrong with some nicely aged Scotch on the rocks. Or a youngly aged Scotch anywhere convenient, as long as it's wearing a kilt.
Posted by: casey | 09:33 PM on June 19, 2007
Scotch is fabulous. Great scotch is worth living for. Just the little measurement thingies come out a little bit weird at the end of the day. Meaning "Oh Hell, just order it and we'll make it fit.
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | 09:34 PM on June 19, 2007
Oh, Wyo, that is just gross. Is that true? I've never heard of that!
Posted by: casey | 09:35 PM on June 19, 2007
Haven't been there myself. Would love to go. I used to have a place on the Outer Banks and always wanted to get over there. I finally got to see The Queen for the first time last night. And after that was Matt Lawry's interview with William and Harry. I'm fascinated by the monarchy too.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 09:35 PM on June 19, 2007
To tag onto casey's 9:33 post...
especially if the nicely aged scotch is Sean Connery.
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | 09:36 PM on June 19, 2007
And schmutz is the stuff you get if you're not.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 09:37 PM on June 19, 2007
Casey, that's pretty funny! Blonde indeed. I say keep the accent though!
Posted by: Bethie | 09:38 PM on June 19, 2007
yes, casey, it's true. I know two Jewish words, schmuck and schlep. to schlep something is to move/carry it from one place to another.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 09:39 PM on June 19, 2007
casey, as you and I attended NC schools and spelling in yiddish was not taught there, you're OK. Schmuck is correct, but be aware it means 'Johnson.'
I suppose, with Sio gone, I have to do sommersaults and shout 'Wyo!' Welcome home, bud.
Posted by: CJrun | 09:39 PM on June 19, 2007
Layzee, I recently read a historical fiction about Marie Antionette and her sister and from there started researching the various lines to the throne around the time of Henry VIII. I'm still working on trying to tie in in the Scottish angle and then working my way down thru the timeline. It is all so fascinating. I am really amazed and consumed with it right now. With all the inbreeding and out of wedlock children, it is so hard to follow the families, but it simply fascinates me. I saw a beautiful portrait of Marie Antionette today.
And, I got to see my first real true live Renoirs! Two amazing portraits. I feel like I've visted heaven!
Posted by: casey | 09:42 PM on June 19, 2007
NTTAWWT.
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | 09:42 PM on June 19, 2007
Thanks, CJ, always nice to be home.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 09:43 PM on June 19, 2007
Well, I guess I'll wipe schmuck from my vocabulary. Never having had foreskin and all, I guess it doesn't apply to me. Hey, my self-esteem just gained 2 points!
CH, totally agree. YUM!
Posted by: casey | 09:45 PM on June 19, 2007
casey, about 5 miles from my home here in PA the British built a cottage for Marie and Louis to escape to. It's still there and it's called The Assylum. Unfortunately they lost their heads and never made it to the beautiful Poconos.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 09:46 PM on June 19, 2007
Speaking of local history, Wyo, I live in the Wyoming Valley from which your state (and you I guess) gets its name.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 09:48 PM on June 19, 2007
Wyoooooo!!!!
I haven't done that in a while. Felt kinda good. But of course I'm still at work, so a sharp stick in the eye would feel good.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | 09:50 PM on June 19, 2007
Funny, Layzee, my mother was raised in PA. I don't know much about the area tho...some day, I would like to to go visit tho!
CJ, you know if/when I visit the Miami area, I'm gonna have to meet you too, right? You up to that?
St. Pete. My grandparents owned a place in Punta Gorda. The homestead passed to the oldest sister in my dad's family years ago, but as far as I know, she still owns it and rents it out. The worst sunburn I ever got in my entire life was visiting St. Pete. I had blisters the size of silver dollars all over my shoulders, back, cheeks and nose. But I found some really cool sandollars and starfish...
Posted by: casey | 09:52 PM on June 19, 2007
Those were some of the finest hand-crafted questions and answers I've ever read. People around here are just crazy. :-)
Posted by: Steve (The 24 Guy) | 09:53 PM on June 19, 2007
Annie, it's quitting time. Need me to write a note to the boss? I will, ya know.
Posted by: casey | 09:53 PM on June 19, 2007
So, Steve, feel like you are in good company?
Posted by: casey | 09:54 PM on June 19, 2007
Wyoming means, "The end of the plains." I've heard that the Wyo Valley is beautiful, but have never been there. It's namesake is a pretty place
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 09:55 PM on June 19, 2007
casey, what part of PA? You're welcome here anytime.
WOW - we got a compliment about our writing from the Amazing Steve. I am truly humbled.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 09:55 PM on June 19, 2007
Casey
Oh, for sure!
Posted by: Steve (The 24 Guy) | 09:57 PM on June 19, 2007
*ninjas in to off Annie's boss*
Posted by: CJrun | 09:57 PM on June 19, 2007
Wyo, the invitation extends to you too. I know some pretty good bars (around here they're called Beer Gardens) in the Wyoming Valley where we can get some decent scotch for .75 a shot.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 09:58 PM on June 19, 2007
I'm there, Lazee, don't know when, but I'm there!
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 10:00 PM on June 19, 2007
Layzee, unfortunately, my family is WIDELY scattered and my mom's family is extremely disfunctional and I never really knew any of them. I'll try to find out tho. As I get older (damit!) I become more interested in my heritage. I know my mom has always told me that I'm Pennsylvania Dutch, which really means nothing to me...I don't know what that means! I'll try to pick her brain tomorrow and see what she can tell me.
Posted by: casey | 10:01 PM on June 19, 2007
*ninjas in to off Annie's boss*
Lol, cj. Let's grab some paper clips and a coupla staplers while we're at it.
Posted by: S(tevie) W | 10:01 PM on June 19, 2007
Hey, guys, thanks - it worked. I'm off like a prom dress. Catch ya on da flip side. Toodles.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | 10:07 PM on June 19, 2007
Guess I'm off, too. Not quite as smoothly as a prom dres, gonna stagger my way to the bedroom, but not all of us can be as smooth as Annie!
'Nite all...
Hope to catch y'all tomorrow. Hope each and every one of you have a wonderful evening!
Posted by: casey | 10:22 PM on June 19, 2007
Off like a prom dress?!?! Was I the only one who went alone to prom? Although it was pretty funny how long it took people to recognize me with so much bazoomage on display, especially because I always wore baggy, concealing clothes....
Mental note: do NOT have daughters.
Posted by: Nurse Tammy | 10:33 PM on June 19, 2007
casey - you're pretty darn smooth your ownself.
Nurse Tammy - I was FORCED to go - my mom got me a prom dress for my birthday. I had never even been on a date. I would have paid good $$$ to not go, or at least go in baggy clothes. I do NOT do dresses.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | 10:36 PM on June 19, 2007
I generally do the baggy (comfortable!) clothes thing, yes... once at age 16 or 17 I decided to do an experiment... I got new glasses. The same day I wore my new glasses to school, I wore a short skirt and a more fitted shirt... My buddy Sean couldn't quite figure it out until our mutual friend Kathleen complimented me on my new glasses. His comment? "I knew there was something else different." That moment pretty well defined my view of those dirty perverts guys.
I see dresses as strategic weaponry, and generally deploy them as such. *evil grin*
Posted by: Nurse Tammy | 10:42 PM on June 19, 2007
First three blogbroads to submit their prom photos win a prize.
Posted by: S(tevie) W | 10:44 PM on June 19, 2007
Nurse Tammy - shhhhh! No giving our secrets away!
But you're right about the boys.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | 10:47 PM on June 19, 2007
Hello all. Where's everyone been? Its been real quiet the past couple nights.
And Tammy, we welcome the assault. :P
Posted by: The blog reader formerly known as Matt | 10:49 PM on June 19, 2007
casey - very happy to hear you and Siouxie had such a good time! And yes SHE DOES have an accent.. she just won't admit it ;) But she says I have an accent too... and I really don't... honest.
Nurse Tammy - we never notice new glasses...just like we rarely notice new haircuts. Just a guy thing.
Posted by: CTProf | 10:50 PM on June 19, 2007
HEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYY NUUUUUUURRRRRRRSE!!
Posted by: The blog reader formerly known as Matt | 10:51 PM on June 19, 2007
I have to admit I'm rather fond of prom dresses. or of the lack of them.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 10:52 PM on June 19, 2007
Agreed Wyo. I think if men high school boys had our their way dresses would come with one long velcro strip down the side.
Posted by: CTProf | 10:57 PM on June 19, 2007
Gives new - and much better - meaning to "having a senior moment."
Posted by: S(tevie) W | 10:58 PM on June 19, 2007
"...one long velcro strip down the side."
I'd worry that the "r-r-r-rippp!" sound would wake her parents.
Posted by: S(tevie) W | 11:00 PM on June 19, 2007
I've bought seen heard some do CT. I've also heard of boxers with the same feature.
Posted by: The blog reader formerly known as Matt | 11:01 PM on June 19, 2007
Why would her parents be in the back of the woody station wagon Stevie?
Posted by: The blog reader formerly known as Matt | 11:02 PM on June 19, 2007
It would take a heckuva guy for me to consider wearing a dress. Never mind getting out of one. And that's all I'm gonna say about that.
Hey, former-Matt-guy - I've been busy transferring to a new dept at work. Waaay nicer people - sanity is a soft cost, ya know.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | 11:04 PM on June 19, 2007
*yawn*
Ex-Matt, it's usually "hellllllllloooooooooo Nurse!"
CtProf - *sigh* I know. I once cut my hair from hip length to shoulder length and my Jewban didn't notice for 6 hours or so... the glasses are actually easier for him to notice with such clues as the check stub left in the checkbook and the "your glasses are ready for pickup" message on the answering machine.
I have a red dress that is quite possibly illegal in 36 states. I deployed it to keep my husband close to me at a wedding. I scored some bonus points for almost making someone drown when I walked past the hotel pool on my way out...
Posted by: Nurse Tammy | 11:05 PM on June 19, 2007
OT Alert?
Spent the last two days in Sio-ville trying to turn everything upside down. It has mostly worked and I would kiss the boys with the chainsaws, except they are boys, and sweaty and covered in sawdust (phbt, phbt). But it's working; we are blowing up a place, doing everything backwards and I love these people. I'm driving home in the morning with a good feeling that we have done something good here. The Client is you, and we can't afford me to park on this job. I'll be back next week, to check. And the following week. It is all backwards and I convinced you (taxpayers) to put up signs that explained we are doing something good. I have to leave, to keep the price down, but I'll see you guys next week when I come down to check on it. I have young, local employees going by everyday to check on it for me. I hope there is no firestorm over what I'm doing on Cypress Creek Road, but you locals please understand that is me. I know what I'm doing and the results are absolutely gorgeous, for what I'm trying to do down here.
Everybody down here thinks I'm nuts, but you have the advantage of knowing I'm nuts. This was what I planned and am trying to achieve and, I promise, we are making that conservation area better. I am doing the happy dance, because I have managed to sell my vision for what I think should be done here. I am going home in the morning (back every week or two), because that will save tax payer's money. Personally, I could not be happier, and if any of you locals have a problem with it, please tell me, not somebody else. What we are doing there is actually amazing, but took close to a year of negotiations.
OK, I am being parochial, but this is not my town. Any of you locals get upset at me implementing this plan, long in the works, please ask me what I'm doing, not some newspaper or radio show. Seriously, when you folks drive past this, please, do not make this a press issue. The city is getting out ahead and posting signs, but I'm not doing what people think... I'm turning this conservation area upside down to save it, before it turns into an ornamental hedge; not clearing it for development. You locals, please just give me the benefit of the doubt, for around three messy weeks. When we are done, it will be gorgeous. Quite frankly, after they see what we do, I expect our toughest critics to ask us to look at the conservation area on the north side of the street. Patience, letter-to-the-editor writers, please. I think being down here, being from down here, means you may need a fast car to drive slowly in... to race to the next red light. That's all I understand about down here. Obviously, I'm not from around here, but these are fine people I'm working for, so I will give it my best shot. Weirdos.
End OT|
Posted by: CJrun | 11:06 PM on June 19, 2007
Congrats, cj. The pride in a job well done is one of life's greatest rewards.
Posted by: S(tevie) W | 11:10 PM on June 19, 2007
Nurse T - excellent use of the word 'deploy.'
And excellent use of a red dress.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | 11:11 PM on June 19, 2007
NICE Tammy! :) That had to be one heck of a dress! :)
Well folks, I'm worn out... heading off to bed. Maybe work will let me slow down enough to catch up with everyone tomorrow.
Posted by: CTProf | 11:14 PM on June 19, 2007
*enjoys picturing Nurse Tammy in a red (or any color for that matter) dress.*
just sayin'.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 11:17 PM on June 19, 2007
Wyo, I've considered sending a picture from that wedding as a replacement for the one you have... the jury's still out. After all, the Jewban hasn't yet bought a shotgun.
Posted by: Nurse Tammy | 11:21 PM on June 19, 2007
NT, My excuse for the error is Texanity is contagious.
Congrats Annie, If we weren't all crazy we'd go insane?
Posted by: The blog reader formerly known as Matt | 11:21 PM on June 19, 2007
Tammy, the little guy in white standin' on my right shoulder thinks it might be best if I never see that photo. never mind what the guy in red on the left thinks.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 11:24 PM on June 19, 2007
thanks, former-matt-guy. Nurse Tammy - I've found that many jewbans don't buy guns - they know somebody who knows somebody....IYKWIM.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | 11:25 PM on June 19, 2007
CJ, it sounds like you're doing the area a huge service. Now send the sweaty, sawdust-covered boys to Connecticut. I have plenty of work for them to do.
Posted by: ubetcha | 11:29 PM on June 19, 2007
OT, to Annie:
the "Farth dimension", was way cute.
Ain't kids grand?
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 11:33 PM on June 19, 2007
Shhhh! Annie, my Jewban would buy a gun if he wished to acquire one. *wink*
Wyo, the wisdom of the dude in white is legendary, is unsatisfying.
Oh, and yay CJ!
*still basking in warm glow of compliments*
Posted by: Nurse Tammy | 11:34 PM on June 19, 2007
*speaking of kids*
Slight change of plans here... the 3 year old is awake and not showing any signs of sleepiness.
*repeating I love my kids... I love my kids*
Posted by: CTProf | 11:36 PM on June 19, 2007
thanks, Wyo - they're amazing. I'm glad I'm writing it down (on my blog).
Now they want a baby sister...as a pet.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | 11:36 PM on June 19, 2007
CTprof - oh, man - so much for sanity. But you get bonus points for handling it. Not sure where they're redeemable.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | 11:40 PM on June 19, 2007
from he who raised three of his own and two more:
Never give 'em what they want, make 'em want what you give 'em.
however, if you've never raised a daughter, you've never lived.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 11:43 PM on June 19, 2007
Annie... I think those points get redeemed without us noticing so much. They may drive us nuts sometimes, but they do some really great stuff the rest of the time.
When I walk into the daycare every day and get the running jump hug accompanied by the sound of "DADDY DADDY DADDY!"... I consider it points well spent :)
Posted by: CTProf | 11:46 PM on June 19, 2007
Hey, Wyo ... good to see ya here ... I've been sorta meanderin' lately ... but I get a look once in a while ... did I ever mention that we'll be goin' sorta sumwhut nearby yer place when we go elk huntin' this fall?
(Well, prolly I-90 is as close as we'll get ... but that's closer than I've been to your neighborhood since y'all moved from Thermop ... )
BTW ... I think I've seen that foto of NT in that red dress ... I'm not sure tho, cuz my eyebones are still scorched a bit ...
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | 11:48 PM on June 19, 2007
CT - been there and yes, that's big. The key is remembering those times when they're wide-stanking awake at midnight.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | 11:49 PM on June 19, 2007
O the U, what's your destination? we got elk.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 11:51 PM on June 19, 2007
Beautiful girl you got there Wyo. My oldest daughter is almost 10... she's proving to be a bit more of a challenge than my sons have been... it's definitely been an experience so far.
Annie it's definitely worth it :) I'll let her get her case of the silles out for a few minutes and then nudge her back off to bed. Not taking that few minutes isn't worth waking the rest of the house up LOL.
Posted by: CTProf | 11:53 PM on June 19, 2007
Thanks, CT, you're (not your) right. she is purdy.
Raisin' purdy ones has gotta be tougher than raisin' them what aint. but then I never did that so I don't know for sure.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 11:58 PM on June 19, 2007
Wyooooooo! Good to "see" you! (And everyone else, too.)
Wyo, that pic of your daughter looks remarkably like a pic of mine. Same lovely smile. ;-)
CT, hug that little girl while you can. Before you know it, you'll be sitting up at this time of night waiting for her to come home from a date.
Posted by: Just Ducky | 12:07 AM on June 20, 2007
Wyo, based on your comment to OtheU, I see a new advertising campaign in Wyoming's future:
Got elk?
Posted by: Just Ducky | 12:09 AM on June 20, 2007
Duuuuuuuuuuuuckkkkkkkkkkyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!
missed you too, girl!
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 12:09 AM on June 20, 2007
RE Got Elk:
yes, we do
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 12:13 AM on June 20, 2007
Sorry, had to slip outta my hotel room to acquire another bottle of scotch.
Wyo, my little girl's named Sarah too. And she's gettin' married next week. The apple of my eye. The plum of my liver. The pomegranate of my spleen.
Nurse Tammy, well, let's just say...um...well, you know.
I just wish all you shy gals knew how much we shy guys...well, you know. We'd all be better off today.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 12:14 AM on June 20, 2007
Whoa! I'd be runnin', too!
Posted by: Just Ducky | 12:14 AM on June 20, 2007
Sarah's the "pimento of my olive." (an' the girl's cute too.)
jus' kiddin' o' course. the horse is "Cowboy." "You are what you eat."
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 12:18 AM on June 20, 2007
Gorgeous, Wyo. Seriously. Ya got a nice filly there. (The horse looks good too).
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 12:20 AM on June 20, 2007
Congrats, Layzee! Are things just totally insane around your house about now?
(And Layzee, my son is one of those shy guys.)
*neighsnork* @ Wyo!
Posted by: Just Ducky | 12:21 AM on June 20, 2007
"I scored some bonus points for almost making someone drown when I walked past the hotel pool on my way out..."
The guy got torpedoed, eh NT?
"Now they want a baby sister...as a pet."
Gee, I'm glad I read that again. I was about to write, "Them and me both," til I realized it was sister and not sitter.
Cute daughter, wyo. I love how she expresses her affection for you.
But I'm glad I have boys.
Posted by: S(tevie) W | 12:27 AM on June 20, 2007
JD, Insane? INSANE???? The piano player I hired back in March called the other night and backed out. Spent the entire weekend trying to find another. Oh, and I'm not home, travelling on business. Her mother, the ex Mrs. Layzee, just sends me the bills. But my Sarah will have the best day of her life.
My "shy" son, (25 years old, lives and works on Wall Street, for all you Moms out there) called tonight and wants me to book a limo for his sister as his wedding present.
'Splains the second bottle of scotch tonight.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 12:29 AM on June 20, 2007
My 10:44pm challenge ("First three blogbroads to submit their prom photos win a prize") has ONE TAKER so far! Woo hoo! And tho' she admitted it's not 100% within the definition of "prom dress," she gets credit cos she's the first.
Come on, you slackers! Two to go!!
Posted by: S(tevie) W | 12:31 AM on June 20, 2007
(((Layzee))) Being Father of the Bride is a tough job. (Did the piano player say, "Don't shoot me, I'm only the piano player"?)
*places bowl of extra-strength gumballs next to bottle of Scotch*
Posted by: Just Ducky | 12:34 AM on June 20, 2007
an' what scotch are you enjoyin' tonight, Layzee?
btw, boys are way easier than girls to raise, and sooner or later, they'll almost always reward you with a daughter (in-law). however, there ain't no substitute for havin' yer own little girl. let's not talk about sons-in-law.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 12:34 AM on June 20, 2007
Stevie, count me out. My senior-year boyfriend broke up with me shortly before prom time, and as a result, I didn't go. Hence, no prom pics for me.
*cue weeping violins*
Posted by: Just Ducky | 12:36 AM on June 20, 2007
Stevie, count me out. My senior-year boyfriend broke up with me shortly before prom time, and as a result, I didn't go. Hence, no prom pics for me.
*cue weeping violins*
Posted by: Just Ducky | 12:36 AM on June 20, 2007
Layzee, I'm just now crawling out of my shell. I'm nice to shy guys, I was a cripplingly shy gal. Now... well... life's short, and most people I meet I'll never see again. *shrug* Congrats on your daughter's wedding. I hope the groom's good enough for her, or if not, that he's appropriately terrified of you.
S(tevie): my prom pictures were before I got all my digital gadgets. I really don't feel like digging out the album, figuring out how to use my new scanner, and all that stuff. I'll just have to be the prom picture that got away...
*makes special batch of blogbrownies for the father of the bride*
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am I too late?
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 12:40 AM on June 20, 2007
Scotch: Johnny Walker (black label, can't afford anything better right now)
Piano player said, "Don't shoot me...you'll find another" (I filed breach of contract suit the next day)
Son-in-law's actually a nice guy (so far). He called me before he proposed to ask my permission.
"Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 12:41 AM on June 20, 2007
Wyo, that picture's a prize all by itself.
Posted by: Just Ducky | 12:42 AM on June 20, 2007
"Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?" is one of my favorite lines!
an', Lazee, there ain't nothin' wrong with a little black johnny!
(thanks, Ducky)
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 12:44 AM on June 20, 2007
Well, folks, I hate to leave you, but it's time for this duck to flap off to bed. Hope to see y'all tomorrow!
Nighty-night, and sweet dreams!
Posted by: Just Ducky | 12:46 AM on June 20, 2007
Lol, wyo. You're a Virgin? ha ha ha ha
Posted by: S(tevie) W | 12:50 AM on June 20, 2007
Black Johnny's talkin' me thru it.
Future SIL's a doctoral student at Catholic University in DC. He's majoring in European Medieval History. Gonna be a professor. Meanwhile Sarah just got her Master's in special ed and yesterday got a teaching job in Silver Spring, MD. She's gonna be the breadwinner for a few years.
We give our kids two things - roots and wings.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 12:52 AM on June 20, 2007
Probably the greatest (saddest) moment of my life was dancing with my little girl at her wedding.
Posted by: pete | 12:57 AM on June 20, 2007
S(tevie) if you look closely it says, "In the Virg..."
ummmmm. sorry.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 12:58 AM on June 20, 2007
We're plannin' on West Yellowstone, Wyo ... got kinfolk (daughter-in-law's cousin and her husband, and his family) there who offered a place to stay, and horses or 4x4s if we need 'em ... plus access to any private land we need, of course ... Yeah, I know y'all got elk in WY too ... one of them licenses a year is about all I can sneak past MB(RH?) ... 'specially since I'm nearin' the status of "fixed income" in another ten days, two hours and three minutes ...
and ... speakin' of raisin' daughters ... I tried it three times ... and yeah, some days I feel as if I've lived three lifetimes ... but the grandkids all make it werthwhile ... trust me on that part ... (older granddaughter hadda call me today, all excited 'cuz she just passed her Hunter Safety course/test ... now she's ready to shoot a few clay pigeons and paper targets in anticipation of huntin' fessunts this fall, and deer a year from now ...
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | 12:59 AM on June 20, 2007
an' pete, thanks for that genuinely insightful point. I dread can't wait for that day.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 01:00 AM on June 20, 2007
My daughter, Angie had her senior picture taken with my horse Blue Boy. If I knew how I would post that pic.
Posted by: pete | 01:02 AM on June 20, 2007
O the U, Happy "retirement" Never, never quit.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 01:02 AM on June 20, 2007
Black John is adequate, I'll accept that concept ... NEbuddy ever tried Blue Johnny? I can't quite bring out the cash fer that label ...
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | 01:03 AM on June 20, 2007
pete, cryin' just thinkin' about it. I have a Beta tape from her first birthday where I'm holding her, trying to get her to go to sleep. I was singing Daddy's Little Girl to her. She had it converted to DVD and is going to put it up on a big screen when we dance to it next week.
Also, I gave her one rose on her first birthday, two on her second, all the way up to 23 last April. She's having all roses at her wedding "for Dad". SNIFFFFFFFFF
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 01:04 AM on June 20, 2007
OtheU, tried it a cuppla years ago in Argentina. It was 45 bucks a bottle (cigarettes were 30 cents). Eh...it was OK.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 01:12 AM on June 20, 2007
I cried like a big old girl all the way through that dance.
She got married at Huelett, WY so we had a reception down here for them a couple of months later.
I recorded myself singing "You Are My Sunshine" and my wife played it at the end of our father-daughter dance.
That time she cried.
Posted by: pete | 01:12 AM on June 20, 2007
Priceless, pete.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 01:15 AM on June 20, 2007
Good thing none of the bloggals are still here to see what saps we really are. On the other hand, if Dave is blurking, Sophie's day will be upon you soon.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 01:17 AM on June 20, 2007
O the U, Johnny Blue is good, but not that much better than black. doesn't justify the cost.
haven't yet attended a daughter's wedding, but am attending my second son's wedding(both possible meanings apply) on July 7.
They're tough enough. (as a member of the clergy, performing the first son's wedding was really cool.)
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 01:18 AM on June 20, 2007
Yeah, those are the moments I'll carry with me forever.
Posted by: pete | 01:18 AM on June 20, 2007
oh, the "retirement" is mostly only from earnin' full-time wages ... I'll still be augmentin' my pecuniousity with part-time werk fer money ... the rest of the time will be *omits looooooooonnnnnnggg list of household & other maintenance-type chores here* ... with the occasional fishin' or huntin' venture squoze in between there somehow ... and some readin' and photographerin' and writin' and stuff ...
"Werk is whut y'all get paid to do ... the rest of whut happens is merely fer fun ..." (Albert Einstein)
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | 01:19 AM on June 20, 2007
Clergy, Wyo? What flavor?
Posted by: pete | 01:20 AM on June 20, 2007
and on the Scots Whiskey question ... I guess I sorta thot that for the price of Blue Johnny, I might as well spend the extra $30 and get some Bush 16 or Laphroaig ... so I din't ... (got a bottle of Glenlivet 12 @ home waitin' fer July 1, tho ... merely anticipatin' ...)
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | 01:21 AM on June 20, 2007
I never could abide the taste of scotch. I've never tasted turpentine but always assumed they came out of the same spiggot.
Posted by: pete | 01:23 AM on June 20, 2007
pete, independent, non-denominational.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 01:23 AM on June 20, 2007
Wyo, if I were clergy and officiatin' I'd fudge the ceremony just a little so she wouldn't REALLY be married. Just sose I could keep her for myself a while longer.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 01:23 AM on June 20, 2007
... and (again? yeah, again) ... speakin' of drinkin' and clergy and stuff ... I've always kinda liked that Irish quasi-toast when the bartender sets up your pint of Guinness ...
"There's your parish priest ..."
(Black, with a white collar ... ya know?)
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Why drink that paint remover when Jack Black is <$20?
Posted by: pete | 01:24 AM on June 20, 2007
O the U. Talisker, Laphroaig, Lagavulin, if you lean toward Isaly scotches.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | 01:25 AM on June 20, 2007
Scotch is an akwired taste. Fortunately I akwired it halfway thru my first glass.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 01:25 AM on June 20, 2007
That's the church I go to. Sorta Baptist if you had to pigeonhole me.
Posted by: pete | 01:26 AM on June 20, 2007
btw, God Himself invented whiskey to keep we Irish from rulin' the world.
just sayin'.
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This last winter I discovered "Hot Damn." Now my favorite is anything you can mix with HD.
Posted by: pete | 01:29 AM on June 20, 2007
OtheU, I used to drink with an old Irish buck in his 90's. He drank Guiness and said the bubbles on the top of the head were the "rosary". If anybody pissed him off he'd take a drink and say, "Shaddup, can't ya see I'm prayin' to the Virgin Mary?" Meeting people like that has made my life complete.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 01:31 AM on June 20, 2007
gotta split for the evenin'. enjoyed you all a gob.
an when ya get a chance, enjoy a black-an'-tan for me too.
see ya.
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Dave,
Don't use the bot as your security! It wouldn't let any of your friends or well-wishers near you, but it would welcome all unfriendlies like spammers and worse!
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I knew a Jewish guy in KC who used to order ham on rye when we would eat at the deli. He always gave it his special blessing.
"You were born a pig, raised a pig, and died a pig. You're now a chicken.
Posted by: pete | 01:34 AM on June 20, 2007
It is past my bedtime too. Catch you all later. I'm only sorry I showed up so late at the party.
Posted by: pete | 01:36 AM on June 20, 2007
LOL, pete. My ex is Jewish and her father (who kept Kosher in his own house) would come over our house for lobster. He'd say, "If God didn't want us to eat them he never would have made drawn butter."
Posted by: Layzeeboy | 01:38 AM on June 20, 2007
nite, all.
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LOL, Layzee. g'nite.
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*turns off the lights over the blog bar*
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Nite ...
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | 01:48 AM on June 20, 2007
This is cool! As long as the joint has become a men's lounge, we don't have to bother cleaning up.
*stretches out full length on leather couch, puts pillow under head, and turns away from the only light source in the room, the TV screen showing what's playing - softly - on the "piano and guitar" audio channel coming in the dish, and starts dreaming of prom dresses...*
Nite, pals. And gals.
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stevie, wakey, wakey!!! coffee' on.
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