So on the last Terra Nova that we saw last night, Commander Taylor is out in the jungle alone when he is captured by the rebel leader Mira. They spar back and forth and he gets the upper hand and captures her. They are walking back and suddenly they are attacked by a pair of raptors. They flee because even with their advanced weapons it would be dicey thing to kill a couple of rampaging dinosaurs with a rifle and a pistol. The raptors chase them and the end up at the edge of a cliff near a waterfall. Of course. So they jump off to escape. They survive a two hundred foot drop but lose all their equipment. Right.
So what do they do? They are still being chased. They can't out run them. So they start making spears and bows and arrows and what not. Now they do dip the tips in oil or tar or something so they can light them. The dino's attack at night and of course they get them with the flaming spears and chase them away. Very believable. Not.
I mean seriously. How are you going to take this seriously when they can't stop them with modern weapons but can with a flint tipped spear? All the great special effects goes out the window. I know it is escaptist TV but I wish there was a modicum of believablity. But that is too much to ask these days.
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Romancing the Stone Age?
For those of you Ipod, Iphone and Ipad users are there fun "apps" you are using.
I am thinking educational, informational and fab.
There are so many to choose from.
tits.
My Indian Husband wants me to learn Hindi.
All I know is "tickey, tickey" and "acha".
Clouds.
Need energy to outrun those Raptures.
So, I'm making gluten free Gumbo. Try making a roux without real flour, it's no easy, but can be done. I use a combination of almond flour, oat flour and coconut flour mixture as my substitute for white flour.
As the fat for the roux, I use coconut oil. Nice brown,bubbly, roux, tastes just like real thing.
Chicken wings, andouille sausage and shrimp, along with all the other goodies, it's simmering on my stove, a pot of pure love, comfort food. Mmmmmm.
For mood music I found a Zydaco channel on the radio app on my iPad.
Trooper, there's a post up at Althouse about wound-licking.
I think you should pop in and start a conversation. Just my two cents' worth.
Vern: You think Mighty Mouse could beat up Superman?
Teddy: What? Are you cracked?
Vern: Why not? I saw the other day he was carrying five elephants in one hand!
Teddy: You don't know nothing. Mighty Mouse is a cartoon. Superman is a real guy. No way a cartoon could beat up a real guy.
Vern: Yeah. Maybe you're right. Would be a good fight though.
Raptures/ Raptors, oops another Fruedian slip. My iPad did it , not me.
That's pretty typical these days.
More common is the firing of automatic firearms and then--when that fails to do the trick--resorting to fisticuffs.
Punches are apparently more powerful than bullets.
*sigh*
Hi Pasta!
Some people tweak better than others. Trooper can laugh at himself. :)
I think you should pop in and start a conversation. Just my two cents' worth.
That might be like pouring salt.
Hi Darcy!
Pasta--good to see you here with the exiles :)
Let it be. This is a totally different blog, little politics, and a lot of fun. I mean really--we talk about fun stuff (mostly tits)--would you rather listen to a dude in a mexican wrestler mask telling us smart is all the time?
Tits rule
Hi, Bruce! :)
OK, I'm letting it be , good advice from you and Trooper and others, time to let it go for me too.
The horse went and died, time to give it a burial. Going to go put on my weeds.
I had to work this morning, but I'm back and representing the womb lickers here.
@Pasta, I thought your point was topical!
Hi Darcy!
nd: work is the curse of the drinking class--you heard it here
Oh--and good to see Darcy--damn, missy--you have the best picture on the net. Wow
Hi Shanna!
Wow. The gang's all here. :)
Thanks, Roger. I'm blushing all over the place now. lol
The guy in the blue mask was scary, think he'll stop by here too? Eddutcher scared me too , sort of. Well not really.
Haha, Darcy gets even prettier when she blushes I bet, kind heart to boot, Darcy are you spoken for? My son needs a woman with a kind heart.
Miss Darcy--if you are going to frequent Trooper's blog you simply cannot throw those high hanging curve balls re blushing all over the place :) Otherswise the Boston Red Sox will want you as a reliever.
Darcy watch out for Roger, he's a tricky one ;)
I'm sensing some lesbo action..call Howard Stern!!!
Spinelli, Darcy and I are not lesbians, get over it, sheesh first Trooper, now you!
Allie: recall I am 70 and also recall the old adage: old age and treachery will overcome youth and ability--the old limelighters song: "have some madeira my dear?"
Besides I'm old enough to be Darcy's mother.
And as a matter of equal opportunity, I dont care what team is playing as long as I get a shot in the lineup
What a huge compliment, Allie! Heh. I suspect I am much closer to your age than your son's, though. :)
OK Roger I'm almost 60, I can still out run you, Darcy can run even faster, she runs 3 miles a day!
Allie--almost anyone can out run me now :)
The race is not, however, to the swift--but to those who persevere
Darcy, you cannot be my age, girl, what products do you use on your face, your skin glows, or probably good genetics.
Wow. The gang's all here. :)
I know. I had no idea but Trooper has been mentioned so much lately I thought I'd come by and see what's going on :)
I'm 48.
Damn--48! almost a woman :) Two more years to go.
Oh darn,my son is 28. But I bet Darcy still turns some young stud muffins heads, lol.
Hi ya Shanna, we are having some silliness here and no one is stopping us! Free, free at last!
Nothing like cluttering up a thread with impunity.
Uh oh, what WAS the topic of this thread? Trooper and company being chased by Raptors, oh yeah. Trooper is gettin' out his arsenal while we act silly here.
Or was it about Raptor shit?
To all a pleasant day--and please do take a few minutes to remember what happened in 1941--
Will do, Roger. :) My dad served in WWII on the USS Idaho. We will remember.
Catch ya later Roger, me too , thought of it earlier today, maybe Trooper will have a nice surprise for us later on.
please do take a few minutes to remember what happened in 1941
Absolutely. They finally got the flag to half mast, but it took them half the day.
Well Allie, Can't we fantasize you 2 are lesbians? Or do you liberals have thought police?
A Cow Based Economics Lesson
SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
You give one to your neighbor.
...
COMMUNISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and gives you some milk.
FASCISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and sells you some milk.
NAZISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and shoots you.
BUREAUCRATISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away.
TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
You sell them and retire on the income.
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND (VENTURE) CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows.
The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company.
The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more.
You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States , leaving you with nine cows.
No balance sheet provided with the release.
The public then buys your bull.
SURREALISM
You have two giraffes.
The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
Later, you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow has dropped dead.
A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike, organize a riot, and block the roads, because you
want three cows.
A JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
You then create a clever cow cartoon image called a Cowkimona and market it worldwide.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows, but you don’t know where they are.
You decide to have lunch.
A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you.
You charge the owners for storing them.
A CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity.
You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.
AN INDIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You worship them.
A BRITISH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Both are mad.
AN IRAQI CORPORATION
Everyone thinks you have lots of cows.
You tell them that you have none.
No-one believes you, so they bomb the ** out of you and invade your country.
You still have no cows, but at least you are now a Democracy.
AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Business seems pretty good.
You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate
Spinelli, just don't hurt yourself.
You bet Roger J; Michael Haz and I did over @ EBL. My old man and 6 uncles served in the big one..both theatres. They all lived but my Uncle Dom nearly died @ the Bulge. He spent 6 months in a UK hospital. Carried shrapnel in his body till he died.
Allie, That's hilarious. But it sure doesn't sound like a liberal. Being a paisan..the Italian one is perfect.
I'm going toe to toe w/ EBL. Meade posted a sane and much more open policy regarding deletions. I asked him if his bride signed on to that. Right after my question, my comment rebutting EBL's snarky wound licking post was deleted. I know this is middle school shit but I have to vent. The 2 are either playing goodcop/badcop or they're not on the same page. I'll find out soon enough. With these 2 it's probably Machiavellan. Or maybe cocktail hour just started early. Please indulge me folks..I'm fighting a guerilla war over there and I need to debrief.
Have at it Spinner dude. Understand that the EBC will never admit being anything other than wonderful, and Meade's junk is in a lockbox.
Just keep in mind that you will never make a dent in their smugness and in the end, this is all a dust-up over nothing.
Sixty, I agree w/ everything except that it's "over nothing." Believe me, I realize it's not life and death, but truth is what I spent my entire career seeking. I am relentless in seeking truth. And truth is important no matter the venue.
I never speak with anyone at the gym. I am on my Ipod and in another world.
My gym is 100% straight, thank God.
Some guy started talking to me today. His wife owns the place. He was a boxer, now is a trainer. I have seen him at the gym forever. He talks to everyone. We got into talking about roids, 60% of the guys at the gym are on roids. He had me speak when one of his "clients" Justin, who was exceptional, he even took his shirt off for me...thanks. Sold. Also, of course, there is a website, where you can reviews on his services and products, kind of like Emily's List. He even does injections Friday from 2-4 in the stalls which I was reminded is a service the other two dealers in the gym don't offer. He is setting himself apart from the pack and I like that and I can't stick myself.
So not only I am going to get bigger I am going to get to see Justin's ass. Win/win.
I am starting roids on Friday. Winstral-if you may ask. I haven't done a cycle for like 5 years and he and I both agreed it would be a nice New Years Present. 300.00 for 12 weeks.
tits.
Titus, please be careful with that.
Titus on Roids, hmmmmm. Titus ragin ' on Roids. Like Darcy said, better be careful with that. Make sure they use fresh needles still in wrapper. Fresh vial with cap intact.
Better yet, don't do it.
Allie and Darce, done it before.
I am not a habitual roider. Those are the ones that get in trouble.
Every 5 years isn't a problem. It's just testosterone. And after the age of 40 (I am 40) you start losing it big time. It's kind of a replacement therapy.
My only problem when I am on it is I sometimes don't like traffic. When a friend of mine was doing a cycle with me he would always say, Oh God Traffic!
Also, the entire package from the tin it comes in to the sticks are each individually packaged. They make it look like candy canes for travel purposes.
I am narcissistic but not crazy.
And unfortunately, in my world, you have to look amazing.
I want to get beyond benching a 45 and 25 on each end and do two 45's. And creatine and protein powder just doesn't make it happen. Two 45's is really a requirement.
How does this Titus story have any more credibility than any other heap of bullshit he comes in here with? Jamming stuff in his ass is nothing new.
Titus--
140?
Kg, I assume. You shouldn't need 'roids to do 140 pounds. Heh. (You shouldn't need it for kilograms, either.)
I think Titus does a lot of performance art in the comments, SixtyGrit. But I do also sense that he very often mixes truth in with his fun.
I've really grown fond of him.
Now watch, him call me a dyke again. lol
Titus don't you know all that Protien powder and creatinine is hard on your kidneys? Wouldn't be sexy to have to go to dialysis three times a week.
Allie--
I don't think protein is inherently hard on healthy kidneys. It's only if your kidneys are malfunctioning to begin with that it's a problem.
Check it out:
http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/2/1/25
Dunno about creatine.
I've heard that limited steroid use can be done safely and intelligently, but it's one of those things that are so heavily politicized I'm not really sure.
Titus please be careful with the roids. You should be careful about what you stick in your ass.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Thanks to everyone who showed up to chat. Talking about roids and girl on girl is a lot more fun than talking about you know who.
Be careful with the 'roids Titus. You don't want to end up like Lytton Strachey--"a martyr to the piles."
I'd link to the scene in "Carrington" if I could find it.
Pasta I am sure they have a lot to say over there and some of the lickspittle will be paticular vociferous in their ass kissing but I had better things to do.
I went to Mass and then worked all day.
Now to TV on Demand.
Not that there's anything wrong with martyrdom.
Blake, I know athletes and body builders do the cycling of diet from high Protien then carb up , before an event., but wonder about consistently high protien diets.
Back in the Atkins and Stillman diet days there were cases of kidney damage, but you may be right, perhaps those kidneys were diseased to begin with.
I eat high fat, moderate protien, very low carb, basically a Paleo/ Primal diet and feel wonderful, lost 30 pounds and feel quite strong for someone almost 60.
@Allie: You spell "protein" like a German would. Cute.
*turns off Sixty Grit voice*
Chickie, guilty as charged, if the sound is e , the e should come after the i. It's the German, yep, not poor spelling, yep that's it, of course.
She speaks Austrian.
Festivus by any other name ... .
@Sixty Grit: I misread your comment last night. Went you wrote "glad you went there" I thought you meant you were glad that I "went over" to the Althouse blog."
My mistake.
Sixty, I do speak German with an Austrian dialect. Germans call us Most Schadels, meaning "hard apple cider heads", referring to the Austrians love of drinking that stuff.
My Opa used to make it in the basement and once in a while one of the big bottles would explode. I was scared to venture into the basement because of that.
You too rcommal. I mistook your cheese comment for something ricpic wrote and misaddressed my reply to him instead of you. Musta been a bad night everywhere.
No prob, my writing is not always that clear in any case. Just not always a linguist of great, what's the word I am lookin' for?
Then there's this, just a snippet** linked herein.
**would've gone with the orig vid had it not required viewing of a political ad for access; OK, however grudgingly, by me, but an absolute bar for others, I acknowledged.
I was mocking that half-white jugged eared ninny in the White House - he of the 57 states, corpse-man and "I don't speak Austrian".
As you were.
Yes I know , Sixty, I was ignoring that.:)
Just not always a linguist of great, what's the word I am lookin' for?
I'm sure it was clever. :)
Of great renoun. Or is it renown?
It's being that chick.... I am just over it.
With my new project starting next month I don't have time for this so I not going to make it worse.
I just hope we can all have fun here and not worry about other joints.
That's just not our problem anymore.
Aw Troopie, you are the King of Funmakers, you do some terrific serious stuff too. You are well rounded.
"renoun" - when you apply a second name to an object.
"renown" - a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored.
"reknown" - when something is generally recognized twice.
English - a big ol' bucket o' fun.
Which is why I love Have Gun, Will Travel. With writers like Sam Peckanpaw and Gene Roddenberry, those shows rocked. Who said fifties shows were bad, those were amazing and while a bit un-PC, they are so in a very good way. They are not dated in terms of the writing.
I did check out Pan Am. Stupid show with poor writing, but with all the eye candy I managed to sit through it.
Dude did you see the outfit the Wensday Adams chick wore in her Greenwich Village apartment?
Hamana hamana hamana!
I appreciate all of the Trooper York commenters and concern but I am a pro. And Darce I was kidding about the dykey stuff, natch.
I know when and how many times to get stuck by testosterone.
I have researched it, spoken with medical professionals and docs, and weighed every possible outcome.
I am all about outcomes and ROI (return on investment).
My most important concerns are quality, health, compliance (kind of commie) and most importantly results.
And lastly I just want to have an incredible body, like most Amercians' want. Who wants to get naked in front of someone they want to turn on and lack confidence. I believe lack of confidence, with a partner, because of body insecurity, is the most devastating thing a person can endure.
Oh and finally, Sixty I am completely and totally serious. I thought you knew me? I will do anything and everything to look good, including sticking a needle in my cheek.
Winstrol, which I am on, is a cutting cycle. So I am not really looking for mass but more cut.
Cut is most important, specifically abs.
Abs are everything.
It doesn't matter how big your chest, arms, shoulders, back or legs are.
If you don't have a tight middle section the rest doesn't matter. Because it all about symetrics.
I see guys at the gym who have huge arms, back, chest and shoulder but their abs are shit. It ruins all their work they did on the other body parts.
sticking a needle in my cheek.
Huzzah! Huzzah!
(Oh, Bravo, Titus. Well done. Ho!!!)
Titus, you are a fool and a liar. You don't even know you. But keep sticking things in your ass - you do seem to enjoy that.
Well, I think there's a maximum amount of protein the body can effectively absorb at once, like, 50 grams?
And high fat can cause trouble, too.
Of course, the big thing some are realizing is that the whole message of "but, hey, eat all the carbs you want, no problem" that became en vogue in the '60s isn't on target either.
So, at some point, if you need the calories, I think you have to break them up into more meals.
Hey, Titus...I knew you were teasing. I thought it was funny way back then. :)
Why did rcommal call Titus a "Ho"?
Heh. Didn't mean that kind, for which I usually employ an apostrophe.
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