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New Moat Less RAIN!!!
Posted by: Mad Scientist Weasel | June 24, 2009 at 01:17 PM
I think we should bring back naming the moat and the jello slip-n-slide!!!
Posted by: Mad Scientist Weasel | June 24, 2009 at 01:20 PM
May have to christen this the MISSING Moat. As in, everyone is missing!
Posted by: Higgy | June 24, 2009 at 01:40 PM
oooh, a brand new slip n slide!
that oughta cool things off a bit
*grabs a drink and jumps onto the slide*
*slips*
*spills*
dang, maybe i should have jumped, and then grabbed that drink...
Posted by: southerngirl | June 24, 2009 at 01:44 PM
Yay! New MOAT at last.
Thanks, Mad.
YMMV
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 24, 2009 at 02:10 PM
Now where did that cabana boy get to?
Somebody! I need a drink.
I am sooooooooooo proud to live in SC.
I'll have to find a good link about our governor.
Posted by: Susan | June 24, 2009 at 02:45 PM
*Slips in*
Hi!
*Slides out*
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | June 24, 2009 at 02:53 PM
Susan, yeah, what's up with that? I thought going walk-about was an Aussie thing...
So, how has everybody been?
Posted by: jamester | June 24, 2009 at 03:32 PM
Yay!!!
I am sitting here reading a science article entitled Sexual intercourse involving giant sperm in Cretaceous Ostracode.
I don't understand most of the article, but they are talking about fossil sperm larger than the female.
Thoughts:
1. Ouch that would hurt
2. Fossil sperm WBAGNFARB
3. there is no 3
4. the reconstruction pictures are very colorful!
Posted by: Mad Scientist Weasel | June 24, 2009 at 03:39 PM
jamester...I just don't know what's coming up next with him...First he's missing...(on Father's day? He has four sons!)...then he's hiking the Appalachian Trail...no, he's been in Argentina, dove hunting. Nope, he was in Argentina...with his mistress.
Then there's all kinds of fun stuff with the solicitor's office up here in the north eastern part of the state.
We aren't lacking for news right now.
(There was also the transformer fire knocking out power to all of Cheraw Saturday morning from around 3-6am...but that's a whole other story...)
Posted by: Susan | June 24, 2009 at 03:59 PM
Here you go, Susan.
Another guy who wanted Clinton to resign during the Monica scandal.
What a hypocrite.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 24, 2009 at 03:59 PM
Mad, they're gonna need a lot more lubricant with Fossil Sperm.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 24, 2009 at 04:00 PM
Ah, just another 'traditional values Republican politician cheating on his wife' thing. Nothing to see here.
Oh, wait. I guess it is noteworthy, after all.
He was with a woman...
Posted by: jamester | June 24, 2009 at 04:16 PM
Huh. I'm only 7 years younger than he is.
And ouch on the sperm.
Posted by: Susan | June 24, 2009 at 04:21 PM
Seems Mrs. Sanford tossed him out two weeks ago. I doubt she expected him to take off for Argentina, however.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 24, 2009 at 07:01 PM
don't try to find me, argentina!
the 'truth' is that i've been hiking
no hills and valleys
my girlfriend's body
it's really worth it
(more fun than biking!)
Posted by: insomniac | June 24, 2009 at 08:48 PM
*checks in*
Posted by: Crash | June 24, 2009 at 11:02 PM
*checks things out*
*bellies (not belies) up to the bar and then belly flops down th(e) slip(e) and slid(e)*
Posted by: neophyte | June 24, 2009 at 11:51 PM
hum ... sorta arid around here ...
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | June 25, 2009 at 03:26 AM
*breaks out jello for slip 'n slide*
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | June 25, 2009 at 03:26 AM
*cannonball!*
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 25, 2009 at 07:14 AM
Happy Birthday, Meanie!
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 25, 2009 at 07:14 AM
happy meanie birthday!
Posted by: insomniac | June 25, 2009 at 08:43 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLUE!
*sees jamester's dropped by too*
This jello's a little sticky, seems it's TOO arid for effective jello....
... might be a multiple post ... but I still mean it! ;-)
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | June 25, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Birthday, meanie. Happy!
Posted by: Susan | June 25, 2009 at 11:21 AM
!sknahT
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | June 25, 2009 at 03:28 PM
*leaves super sized tub of special Blue birthday blog butter (Tm thingy)*
Watch out for the exploding confetti!
Posted by: Mad Scientist Weasel | June 25, 2009 at 04:30 PM
Happy birthday blue meanie!
Posted by: neophyte | June 25, 2009 at 06:03 PM
So Michael Jackson is in the hospital, may or may not be dead.
Is it wrong for me to be hugely amused by the woman on CNN reading his children's names (Michael "Prince" Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, and Prince Michael "Blanket" Jackson II) in her serious voice?
Posted by: Crash | June 25, 2009 at 06:19 PM
Blanket?
WTFBBQ?!
Everyone is pretty much saying he's dead at this point.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 25, 2009 at 06:37 PM
Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson.
They go in threes right?
Walter Cronkite lucked out for the next couple months.
Posted by: Crash | June 25, 2009 at 06:54 PM
Farrah's dead? Thought I saw her getting married again?
*goes to social web sites*
Will miss Ed, won't Michael.
... seems a little excessive with naming his kids after him ....
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | June 26, 2009 at 03:56 AM
They go in threes right?
these days, with so many celebrities, maybe it's up to 3.2 or so...
Posted by: insomniac | June 26, 2009 at 07:55 AM
Kibby, Farrah died before they got remarried.
I bet Mark Sanford is thinking, "WHY didn't I wait one more day to come home?"
Michael has knocked everything else off the news.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 26, 2009 at 09:02 AM
... guess he (O'Neal) dodged that bullet ...
And what's with this "Stanford"/"Sanford" thing? Shouldn't we start going by FIRST! names ... gets me confused on who got screwed.
"Good use of 'FIRST!' kibby"
"Thank you!"
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | June 26, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Abe Vigoda, still alive
Posted by: trillian | June 26, 2009 at 01:12 PM
Rumors say Patrick Swayze is in very bad shape.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 27, 2009 at 07:15 AM
When JU told me on Thursday (or whenever the CNN email alerts started streaming into his phone) that the 3rd death was MJ, I said to him YES! Abe Vigoda will live to see another day! We were worried for a few days there.
Had anybody else initially thought that MJ faked his death? Or that he did something deliberately to cause heart failure? No? Ok then.
Posted by: Leetie | June 27, 2009 at 10:16 AM
i dunno...he's got to have one of the more identifiable corpsesses...
Posted by: insomniac | June 27, 2009 at 02:37 PM
Totally. And JU told me that they had the body and that there was an autopsy.
BTW, *SNORK@Insom*
and
Happy Birthday Meanie!
Posted by: Leetie | June 27, 2009 at 05:37 PM
I had the fleeting thought earlier...what if the highly plastic surgery-ed "MJ" we've been seeing WASN'T really MJ...no idea who it would have been...but it's not like it looked anything like MJ used to...
Or I could be rambling.
I spent a large part of the day outside, doing a little mowing, and a LOT of time working on the bench (for which I needed the studs.) Went with 4 foot. And it wasn't too hard to put together, once I realized what I was doing wrong and started over...
I mean, it was only 100 degrees out there today...and yes, I drank lots of water. And I had a good supper, salad, baked potato, large steak, and a beer. (First one of those in well over a year.) Despite my daughter's accusations that I am, and I quote, "slarmied", I am not.
I am, however, tired.
Posted by: Susan | June 27, 2009 at 09:53 PM
*now knows why the gov. flew off to argentina ...to cool off!*
Posted by: insomniac | June 27, 2009 at 11:32 PM
Susan, Joan Crawford looking MJ explained here.
Posted by: Crash | June 28, 2009 at 12:17 PM
looks like Billy Mays is the 0.2
Posted by: Trillian | June 28, 2009 at 01:42 PM
RIP Mighty Putty Buddy
Posted by: Leetie | June 28, 2009 at 03:11 PM
I liked the reality show he was doing, Pitchmen. One episode had this really hot french fireman.
Posted by: Trillian | June 28, 2009 at 04:03 PM
I've been thinking very kind thoughts about whoever invented affordable indoor airconditioning...and indoor plumbing.
Is summer over yet?
Posted by: Susan | June 28, 2009 at 07:43 PM
Trillian - was that the guy with the really cool uber-powerful hand saw? The one he cut into an EGG with without breaking the entire shell? I was pretty damn amazed at that thing. Of course, that's the only episode of pitchmen I'd even seen, but still...
Posted by: Higgy | June 29, 2009 at 12:12 AM
slarmied????
Guess I'll miss Billy Mays, another "Fine PA Product". He's from "The Rocks" as we call McKees Rocks.
*blames Al Gore*
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | June 29, 2009 at 05:17 AM
One thing Billy Mays did was make sure your volume control was working! The guy was loud.
RIP
I'm off to round two of jury duty this a.m.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 29, 2009 at 06:23 AM
that was the one.
Posted by: Trillian | June 29, 2009 at 11:05 AM
A little black humor from 'texts from last night':
(972): they say celebs die in threes. leave it to billy mays to throw in one extra COMPLETELY FREE!
Oh, I got dismissed from a jury at 10:30 and got to go home.
Good deal.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 29, 2009 at 12:48 PM
Prague river, Vlatava, is 1 meter (3 ft) above "normal". I'll need to check Astarte's mooring lines to make sure she's floating free. If they get too tight water can (I just figured this out) flood the cockpit through it's "normal" drains and if it gets too high it could enter the cabin.
I'd have LOTS of bailing and drying out if that was the case - would ruin my day...
Posted by: kibby F5 | June 30, 2009 at 01:55 AM
*wonders where the monkey's are when you need them*
Posted by: kibby F5 | June 30, 2009 at 01:59 AM
monkeys?
I saw some story about someone drowning in the flooding in Prague, kibby.
Be careful out there!
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 30, 2009 at 07:01 AM
Monkeys? What monkeys? There were never any monkeys..nope...never
*whistles over top of the monkey screeching coming from her lab*
Posted by: Mad Scientist Weasel | June 30, 2009 at 02:36 PM
I've got a bunch right now, in a secret location.
Typing away like mad.
They have produced nothing that even remotely resembles Shakespeare.
Hunter Thompson, sure, but no Shakespeare...
Posted by: jamester | June 30, 2009 at 09:15 PM
would hunter s. thompson-monkeys produce 'bonzo' journalism?
Posted by: insomniac | June 30, 2009 at 11:08 PM
And would bonsai journalism result in clipped speech?
Posted by: neophyte | July 01, 2009 at 01:26 AM
Went out to loosen lines yesterday and walking on the cement dock the water came up over my knees. The boat floated 4 inches higher when I loosened the lines. I'm watching the on-line water levels to see what needs to happen next... so far it's levelling out.... no monkeys were seen.
I'd think that "Bonsai Journalism" should reflect what midgets report, no? They look like the full-sized versions, but only smaller?
*considers definition of "Komakazi Journalism"*
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | July 01, 2009 at 06:45 AM
The health care system in this country is a shambles and anyone opposing the current bills needs to go away now.
Jackie went to the doctor and found out she has bronchitis. He gave her an antibiotic - 5 pills for 5 days - and it cost $121.
This is way beyond wrong.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 01, 2009 at 08:56 AM
Czechs have "universal" care. While meds are low and visits are, for the most part, free. They have had a problem with people going for "the h2.5ll of it" and draining the system. They're now charging 60 krowns ($3) per office visit and people are complaining.
Hospital staff has, for years, complaining about lack of funding and IF you're going to have a baby you'd better reserve a room 10 months in advance (as soon as you know you're preg). I've heard stories of maternaty hospitals beeing booked 12+ months in advance ... yea, figure that one out!
Oh, and the country's been having a declining population rate - more people leaving/dieing than being born.
I'd hate to see the US get to that point. Rather than bringing everyone "down" to a universal coverage, wouldn't it be better to bring everyone "up"? I've a pretty good plan, I don't want to lose it... selfish as I might be.
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | July 01, 2009 at 11:03 AM
or have at least something out there for people who have no coverage...neither of kylie's parents has health coverage, she couldn't be covered under my plan unless the mrs. and i adopted her, her operation was covered under a special children-and-infants program mercifully...
so the taxpayers (apparently) have no problem in funding health care for children, but adults are on their own...
Posted by: insomniac | July 01, 2009 at 11:35 AM
"Blame Canada!"
Just has Aussie friends over for a day. Good time! I like them!
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | July 01, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Holy diodes you people are hard to catch up to. Took me darn near 15 minutes of googling and eating applesauce to get here.
It might interest you MOATies to know that our fearless leader is a-twittering, literally. I have it on the highest authority (my own) that the following electronic presence belongs to Mr. Barry (not Fishair)
http://twitter.com/rayadverb
So there you go. Please continue with your normal business of blaming canada and talking about celebrities, or whatever you humans do nowadays.
Posted by: Marvin | Paranoid Android | July 01, 2009 at 08:43 PM
hi Marvin!
Posted by: Trillian | July 01, 2009 at 09:18 PM
I take a medication that has no generic, and it runs me $25 a pill. A pill. I need them somewhat frequently.
Every time the need arises, I have to seriously consider whether I need to be a human that day and whether it's worth it. Roughly half the time it doesn't even work.
I just got health insurance (and dental!) today. Pepper is still SOL. It costs me an arm and a leg, and Pepper is a little angry I chose to get it.
Hi Marvin!
Posted by: Crash | July 02, 2009 at 12:35 AM
Was that a "fly through Android" sighting?
MARVIN COME BACK!!!!
kibby's dental has annual cleaning and health has annual full physical. shamelessly he hasn't taken advantage of the latter.... scared he is.
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | July 02, 2009 at 07:41 AM
It's either the doctor or ColonBlow™, kibby.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 02, 2009 at 09:19 AM
I'm much more scared of the dental than the physical.
Posted by: Leetie | July 02, 2009 at 10:07 AM
I'm really behind on the physical...I can't remember the last time I was at the doctor...for myself, that is. Probably the last time I broke my hand...
Dentist I don't mind too much.
And my daughter survived the tooth removal. The surgeon said it went well, she had just worked herself up so much she was fighting the sedation. I don't think the valium really did anything. She has admitted it wasn't as bad as she thought. She's feeling kind of rotten today, though, and I'm sure it's because she's not really eating or drinking anything and is a little dehydrated.
Not that I know anything.
Posted by: Susan | July 02, 2009 at 05:00 PM
Heya Marvin!!!
Crash-tell pepper to move up the wedding date and he too can have super expensive medical coverage.
Look I have no problem paying for medical coverage, but why should it be tied to your job? And it certainly shouldn't cost 50% of your annual income. There has to be a happy medium. I would pay a $25-$50 copay into a nationalized system that covered everything else. Of course below a certain income no or low copay.
I think whatever the plan is that congress gets should be the plan the rest of America gets. After all they are suppose to represent us.
Posted by: Mad Scientist Weasel | July 02, 2009 at 05:03 PM
I'll drink to that.
Posted by: Leetie | July 02, 2009 at 05:24 PM
Amen, Mad. Our co-pay is $15, but they often double that by ordering "tests" we may or may not need. Still, we're lucky we have pretty decent coverage.
For endoscopies and colonoscopies our insurance company was charged $9,000 for each of us.
I mean, WTFBBQ?!
We have to pay $200 deductible each, for the year, so if we have another "procedure" we don't have to pay anything.
The system needs fixing, badly.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAVE!
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 03, 2009 at 07:03 AM
Sarah Palin resigns!
Film at 11
/end update
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 03, 2009 at 06:22 PM
Maybe I need to visit NZ.
Posted by: Crash | July 03, 2009 at 08:25 PM
I guess no one ever told her that the withdrawal or "pull out" method is not very effective.
(ba-zing)
Posted by: Crash | July 03, 2009 at 08:33 PM
What Mad said. If it's good enough for Congress, it should be good enough for the rest of us!
Very soon I will sign up for a crappy HMO (Kaiser) which will run me around $500. But I've been using a really lousy insurance plan which has no prescription coverage, and my scripts have been known to run me $500/month (sometimes more), so it's actually a better deal. Not this paycheck though...this paycheck is for visa bills... :)
In what universe does this make sense?
Posted by: Blogchik | July 03, 2009 at 08:34 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, USA!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: slyeyes | July 04, 2009 at 10:02 AM
They had a nice ceremony at the Yankee game - first, they did a Lou Gehrig tribute on the 70th Anniversary of his "luckiest man in the world" speech with the guy who got Major League Baseball to sponsor a search for an ALS cure/treatment, and who was able to slowly walk out to the mound to throw out the first ball.
They had five returning vets injured in Iraq (one looked like he had lost an arm) being cheered and Ronan Tynan singing "God Bless America" during the 7th inning stretch.
And the Yankees beat Toronto 6-5 in 12 innings, so a pretty good day.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 04, 2009 at 09:03 PM
I hope you're all getting a look at Aretha's outfit (not to mention the rest of her) on A Capitol Fourth.
The mink cuffs needs to be seen to be believed. The rest of her, not so much.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 04, 2009 at 09:04 PM
HELLO MOAT!!!
Posted by: Bangi | July 05, 2009 at 02:30 PM
Hi guys! I've missed the MOAT.
I am doing well, living at "home" with my parents. My mom has been on an organizing spree with my stuff. So I come home from work and everything has been rearranged. She's threatening to do it to my room next. Granted, my room is kind of a disaster, owing to the boxes being there. They are there because they need to be unpacked, but I don't know where to put their contents. And I started this new job and have been coming home tired and really not wanting to bother with it.
But still. Can't I have one little island of space that won't be messed with? *sigh*
I'm getting a storage unit soon. REALLY soon. As soon as my bank account allows. Which I can't access, since my password isn't working. I must have changed it and forgotten I changed it, and have no idea what I changed it to. So now I've got to call my bank. This does not make me a happy camper.
My job is ok. I can tolerate it. It is much better than what I dealt with last year. But I miss the job I had over Christmas break. I hope I can go back there.
Posted by: Blogchik | July 05, 2009 at 03:19 PM
Also, a belated *snork* at insom, and a belated Happy Birthday to Meanie! :)
Posted by: Blogchik | July 05, 2009 at 03:19 PM
HELLO BANGI!!!
Posted by: Leetie | July 05, 2009 at 05:25 PM
*waves at Bangi and Blogchik*
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 06, 2009 at 07:19 AM
Snorkworthy chandelier:
here. And I can't even come up with a funny comment...losing my touch!
Posted by: Blogchik | July 06, 2009 at 10:41 PM
*looking for another episode of Bangi Vision (R-thingie)*
How's the married life!?
Blogchik, it's so wrong in many ways. Most important one is "why was it put up?"
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | July 07, 2009 at 03:27 AM
The erection of that chandelier must have required a crane or a lift.
Posted by: Crash | July 07, 2009 at 09:33 AM
FIRST!
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | July 07, 2009 at 11:34 AM
... so said the chandelier ...
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | July 07, 2009 at 11:34 AM
NINETY SECOND!
Posted by: Trillian | July 07, 2009 at 10:25 PM
I don't know, Crash. It might not take much to erect that chandelier. After all, it's pretty light.
Posted by: neophyte | July 08, 2009 at 01:25 AM
Considering its orientation, I don't think it's very erect at all!
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | July 08, 2009 at 06:05 AM
Shrinkage!
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 08, 2009 at 07:17 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DJTONYB!!!
*leaves out extra special DJ Birthday Blog Butter (TM thingy)*
Watch out for the exploding turn tables!!
Posted by: Mad Scientist Weasel | July 08, 2009 at 01:11 PM
Happy BDAY DJ. (It's still today here.)
Posted by: Crash | July 09, 2009 at 12:25 AM
Howdy back at y'all. Also:
HAPPY POST-BIRTHDAY DJTONYB!
People like to be yelled at the morning after their birthday, right?
Seems like posting is less frequent round the MOAT nowadays. Oh how costly the toll of a recession!
*milk & cookies*
Posted by: Marvin | Paranoid Android | July 09, 2009 at 01:45 AM
Happy belated birthday, DJT!
Kibby, you missed this one.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 09, 2009 at 06:38 AM
Oh crap! Sorry DJ! Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | July 09, 2009 at 12:28 PM