Tom (tc) negotiates for Blogging Space with Ann Althouse!

TC: [demanding conditions on buying the lot] 1,000, now. If anyone in that tent, or the building we put up, turns a playing card or pours a drink or offers a woman's services, you get the title back and keep our fuckin' money.
Ann: What makes you talk to me in that tone of voice?
tc: I'm makin' a counter offer.
Ann: You come into camp, rent my lot, within six hours you blow in a guy's eye with Wild Bill Hickok backin' your play. Next day, I'm supposed to sell you the lot, put you in business, without askin' who the fuck you are or what the fuck you're doin' here?
tc: As far as what happened in the street, with Bill Hickok bein' involved, that was a turn of events.
Ann: A what?
tc: It was a turn... of events.
Ann: Oh, a turn of events. Your partner calls it a coincidence. So, what with this coincidence and turn of events starin' me in the fuckin' face and five other fuckin' things I'm supposed to be payin' attention to, I still make you a sensible proposal and you answer by insulting me in my own joint.
Cedarford: Seth didn't mean to insult you, Mr. Swearengen.
Ann: You stay out of this! You don't know nothin' about this! You weren't here and you don't have his proxy, so why don't you do whatever you people do when you're not running your mouths off or cheatin' people out of what they earn by Christian work.
tc: You don't want to be talkin' that way!
Ann: Oh, don't tell me how to talk in my own fuckin' place! Now, here's my counter offer to your counter offer - go *fuck* yourself!
Cedarford: Seth...
Ann: Get him... away from me!

"Teen charged with killing woman seeking job
AP MINNEAPOLIS - A 19-year-old man suspected of killing a woman who answered an online ad for a baby sitter was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder.
Michael John Anderson is accused of shooting Katherine Ann Olson in the back at his home in suburban Savage, according to the criminal complaint filed in Scott County District Courthe answered baby-sitting ad; he claims friend killed her
When confronted with evidence, Anderson admitted he was present during Olson's slaying but said the killing was committed by a friend of his who "thought it would be funny," according to the complaint.

Annie Braddock: In Africa they have the saying, it takes a village to raise a child. But for the tribe of the upper-eastside of Manhattan, it takes just one person. The nanny.
(The Nanny Diaries, 2007)

John Wayne Gacy: Hey Clowns are Funny!

The New Boss Same as the Old Boss

"We wanted him to stay a Yankee. We wanted to let him know how much we wanted him," he said. "The bottom line is ... do we really want anybody that really doesn't want to be a Yankee? How the heck can you do that? Compare him with (Derek) Jeter. Jeter, since he was a little kid, all he ever wanted to do was play shortstop for the Yankees. That's what we want."
Hank Steinbrenner

The son of the boss lays it right out there for you sports fans. A-Rod is one greedy bastard and all of his talk about the Yanks was a lot of bullshit. I am glad that Hank called him out. A-Rod could never be a true Yankee and he will not be missed. Let him go to California and hit home runs in a anonymity. The sooner the Yanks sign or trade for a third baseman the better. One intriguing possibility Miquel Tejada. Hmmmmmmmm.

No politics here, just move along, nothing to see here!

I think that I won't post on politics here because it is getting very tedious on most of the blogs that I follow. I don't think I will be getting any commenter's here, so I won't have to worry about the back and forth of pompous pronouncements that seems to plague Althouse, Dr Helen, and the Captain. Of course the one way streets like the Daily Kos and Little Green Footballs are just as boring. So I hope to find interesting topics that don't include the usual suspects.

So long A-rod, don't let the door hit you in the cootch!

Thank God that A-Rod has announced that he is opt-ing out and will be a free agent. Hank Steinbrenner is exactly right when he says that the Yanks won't pursue him. He is a stat machine but as far from a clutch player is as possible to be. I saw what A-Rod is all about in the Yankee series with that big time Seattle team a few years ago. A-Rod was shredding the Yanks until Clemen's shaved him high and tight and he shit his pants. That was the last you saw of A-Rod and his team in the series. So if the Yanks get a couple of role players to platoon at third we will be in the drivers seat as long as the young pitching pans out. I hope A-Rod goes to the Giants, since they love assholes out there and he fit's right into Bonds slot as he chases a stupid record and the team wins squat. I spent ten years in Frisco one weekend and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. See Ya A-Rod. Ya Pussy.

A new series for comments, you be the judge!

I don’t think anyone is reading my pitiful little blog, but if by chance you are, I need some suggestions of a literary, or cinematic style to use in a comments section. I started out dropping appropriate quotes in, but now I think original fiction based on a style is a lot of fun. The Bullwinkle and Rocky E True Hollywood story was pretty cool and I am enjoying both the Slave Girls of Gor meme as well as the new James Bond with althouse characters. Suggestions would be appreciated. I think I am either going to go with 70’s
Blacksploitation or “quotes” from current reality shows. But you imput would be greatly appreciated. Hello….is anyone there…Bueller….Bueller.

Doyle out of control?

It seems that Doyle a frequent commentor on the Althouse blog has his panties in a twist. I expect Oddjob to jump in to bitch slap as he is wont to do when someone musses up the Professor's make-up. I am sure she doesn't care what any commentors say and is proably amused by such opinions. I chalk it up to Wilpon derangement syndrome in which all Mets are nuts. Stay turned, same bat time, same bat channel.

Pussy Galore at the controls?

Now we turn to our Goldfinger parody with various of the commentors as characters from the Bond films. Inspired by the good professor's pose as Pussy Galore on her trip to Florida. As Pussy was Goldfinger's pilot, it is a natural. The question before the house, can you identify the other characters. I bet you can. But it was amusing to while away a sunday afternoon. PS. The Red Sox still suck.

Why am I currently obessed by Gor.

I enjoy posting on Ann Althouse's blog because I think it has one of the biggest collections of pompous, pretensions gasbags in recorded human history. I have only posted one political comment which was expunged and created a firestorm. So I have opted to only comment by using a little english on the cue ball. Using quotes, I can comment in a sort of code. You either get it or you don't. Lately the gas bag quotient has been off the charts. One recurring meme is that the Professor is obsessed with Al Gore and can't seem to leave him alone. The only answer to this opinion is to drop in quotes from the Gor novels of John Norman. Specifically those dealing with slaves and other borderline sexually drenched topics that most of these literally minded nerds will never cop too. Of course there are also a lot of cool people on the blog, who are self-aware enough and hip to what I am doing. Let's see if anyone figures it out. I wonder if the professor will get it or will she ask what it is all about. Watch and learn.

So long Joe!

Well the long national nightmare is finally over. Joe Torre scoffed at the insult of 5 million a year and walked on the Yankees. The bastards. They would only have made him the highest paid manager in the majors. Again. And the typical bullshit is spouted by the asshole media like that midget yuppie asshole Mike Lupica in his implacable hatred of the evil empire. It was just time for Joe to move on. He was more focused on what went on before, and not what he had to do to win now. He stood pat with his old veterans and resisted using the young kids. He had to have his hand forced and he is not the man we want going forward. I bet Larry Bowa is going to get the job. He is hungry enough to do what needs to be done. Damon, Abreu, and Matsui better watch their ass or it will planted on the bench. A-rod is long gone, but Posada and Rivera will resign. The young pitching will lead to a surprisingly smooth ride into the playoff's next year and Saint Joe will be yesterdays newspapers. Let's go Yankees!

Send your check to Joe Torre via Joey's Kids

I want to know the address to send my check for the nonstop Joe Torre telethon that is going on in the New York Media. Joe has had a good run, but enough is enough. The team desperately needs a new voice. Joe did a lot for the Yanks, but the Yankees did a lot more for him. When he was hired most of the media dubbed him"Clueless Joe." But with the backing of the Yankee machine he became one of the winningest managers in baseball history. Just like Joe McCarthy. Just like Casey Stengel. Two other Yankee managers who couldn't leave gracefully when the run was up. This situation exactly parrallels Casey in 1959. They both spent more time looking back than looking forward. They relied too much on older veterans who did it for them in the past. When the Yankees brought in Ralph Houk, he intergrated young players like Jim Bouton, Joe Pepitione, Mel, and even Tommy Tresh. In todays Yankee equation, Torre=Stengal, Giradi=Houk, and Mattingly=Yogi (Yankee hero waiting in the wings to manage after sucess of backup catcher who gets the last few championships out of the toothpaste tube) So it's so long Joe, good luck, see you at the next oldtimers game. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

How do you get some action?

I think I do best as a counter-puncher, so I hope I get a few comments to bounce off. I quess you need to stir the shit a little to get some posts. I will have to see what I can come up with to mix a methaphor and throw a little against the wall to see what sticks.

New beginings.

I have decided to start my own little blog type situatiton. I don't know how far I will go with it, but let's give it a whirl. I hope to say a few interesting things, qoute some interesting people, throw in a joke or an aside that will bring a smile. So let's jump right in to the deep end of the pool.