You know I don't miss it at all and it was pretty jarring when Leisure Suit Larry and his pal Inga injected themselves into a thread at Lem's recently. I was hoping I was done with them.
Saturday, August 24, 2013
I haven't been over to TOP in a long time
You know I don't miss it at all and it was pretty jarring when Leisure Suit Larry and his pal Inga injected themselves into a thread at Lem's recently. I was hoping I was done with them.
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LSL was actually pretty funny. My favorite part was when he just split without saying goodbye.
I think it was right after I asked him if she makes him suck the strap on clean or just lets him wash it.
Inga is also a bit of a self-loathing German if you want to talk psychology. She left a couple tell-tale comments on my blog once when we were still friendly.
To know her is to loathe her.
You mean in the biblical sense, Sixty?
You're not missing much by skipping TOP. My recent drive-bys indicate that it's become a large-print version of Instapundit.
It's very intellectual now. I do notice Inga is allowed one comment per thread. You know she submits 10-20.
I do regret not being able to go there and bash those statist clowns who insisted that the NSA could be trusted to only snoop on the bad guys.
I don't bother going there. Is she still shilling for Amazon traffic?
@EBL: yes but not like before.
Its pretty much the same. Inga posted a comment on the Althouse "Conservatives should be color blind" thread and 10 people showed up to argue with her.
Just like always. Yawn.
Plus, the usual "on one hand", but "on the other hand", pompous bores who go on and on....
I thought Simon showed up.
Anyway, I'm always astounded that someone in 2013 thinks it interesting to state they are against "racism" - but maybe there are a lot of reformed boomer racists out there -who still think its 1973.
RE Amazon schilling:
She did a whole post the other day about 'buy from my portal so I'll be sure to know you love me."
ChipS, Amen on the NSA.
I liked Chick's post there.
'which conservatives would that be?'
Which forced dingleberry to stutter a bit and say "I prefer not to name names as the last time I named names my commenters got all mad".
After I finally figured out that "Chick's post there" referred to a comment at TOP and not a post at TOOP, I went over there to take a look.
The post & thread about racist conservatives was boring, obvious red meat intended to jump-start her pathetic recent comments total. But I also noticed her post about lobster prices, and wrote this in response.
Normally I'd've given her a h/t, but fuck it.
Instead, I gave a nod to John Ford.
The Pack gathers
on the black Sunday.
Mrs. Lathers
and Mrs. Grundy
give a party
for all the witches;
the food is hearty,
there are no hitches;
one stitches,
another chatters,
all blather
of small matters.
A-sudden enters
In aged ermine
the Queen Viper,
the Ace of Vermin;
the pied piper
overlooked her,
Cotton Mather
should have cooked her;
a clacking racket,
a great stir,
in the center
the dowager.
Old Hecate
comes seldom;
each hag
and Hell beldam
tells the scandal,
bites a sandwich,
and burns a candle
to the Grand Witch.
After the curses
and incantations,
fetch the hearses
for the reputations!
Just another Sunday in Madison, from the sound of it.
Oh HO! It's two fer one Sunday night in Madison. With two, two, two ZINGS in one, doubling the pleasure and potency of the chum!
With a fresh post on Elmore ending with the big question, "What's my motivation?"
My GOD what a worthless cunt.
Sorry--obviously the Pegging Professor, not MamaM.
I just went and read the post Mama referenced. What a stupid, worthless, pathetic shit for brained cunt.
She thinks she can write just like Elmore. Or better. She's on to his game, by crackey. ON TO IT!
Jesus.
In the comments someone actually challenges her to write 15 pages (what she claims she read of "Bandits") to prove herself right. Of course she bails on the challenge.
Elmore might not be my favorite writer, but there can be no doubting his talent and his ability.
Plus--writing 15 good pages in a row is no easy task. That he could do it over and over for decades...what the hell has that worthless twat ever written? She can't even write a post more than a paragraph.
Just did a quick fly-by at TOP. Tedious, and very few comments on any given topic, unless she throws out some bait, as in the "don't talk about race" topic. Which was all about race, of course.
I think Trooper's blog is averaging more comments these days than TOP.
The celebration of Harley Davidson's 110th Anniversary is being held in Milwaukee beginning today. The festivities will continue through Labor Day.
Something like 150,000 motorcyclists from around the world will arrive here in the next few days. Some arrived early, as this report of a drunk, topless female rider driving her motorcycle down the Interstate in Milwaukee a couple days ago.
I owned a Harley ten years ago and participated in the 100th Anniversary events. That was a really big event, like the 110th will be. Dozens of mega-concerts, the streets in front of the local HD dealers closed down for days to accommodate all the activities, every bar in town packed full. No matter which concert we attended, it seemed to feature women in the audience who removed their tops (sometimes all their clothes) and danced on tables, chairs or whatever. Interesting at first; boring as time passes.
The noise never stopped. This is the "loud pipes save lives" crowd, and most of their motorcycles are dang loud. We live 25 blocks from a major highway, but even at that distance the noise at night is nearly unbearable.
I don't own a Harley anymore. I sold mine nine years ago and bought a Honda, then a BMW, and now a shiny new Victory. It's fast and quiet. I don't do bar rides, I don't do group rides. I go to bed early. I'm now outside of a good chunk of the Harley demographic. I still ride, though, and I ride a lot. Went out yesterday for a quick 750 mile one-day sightseeing ride.
Mrs. Haz and I are going to saddle up later this week and get out of town. There are so many knuckleheads here who are riding drunk, or are lost, or are just riding above their abilities that I simply don't want to be on the road here. There were quite a few fatalities during the 100th Anniversary, and so far four in our area in the week before the 110th Anniversary officially begins.
We're going to go someplace where no one in their right mind wants to be. A Giants game, or Madison perhaps
Many Harley riders are such nonconformists that you can identify them a mile away just by how their nonconformity is identical to all their "nonconforming" brethren.
Very odd, that.
I would like to show up at an event like that on my '71 Harley Davidson AMF Baja 125 dirt bike, wearing my sleeveless jean jacket with a North Carolina rocker on the back and get the crap kicked out of me.
That's why I don't go. Or join clubs.
Well, that and what Groucho said.
How do you like the Victory, Mr. Haz?
Cody - I like it a lot. Exceptionally well built, handles better than my Beemer did, bulletproof engine. I'm tinkering with the 'fit' a little - different seat and bars - but otherwise I'm very happy with it.
Most Harley riders now a days are people who can drop about $20K to $50K for a mid life crisis.
Nothing wrong with that...but I notice a lot of serious motorcycle guys selling their Harleys and getting alternatives like a BMW.
Most of the serious bike guys I know wouldn't be caught dead on a Harley. Like EBL said--they ride BMW. Either the cruisers or the upright touring type that kinda look sport bikery.
I've heard lots of good things about Victory bikes but never knew anyone who had one. I mean--I see them on the road and stuff, I just don't know anyone riding one.
Doesn't the same company that makes Victory make the new Indian bikes?
Except for the price--I'd love one of those.
Poor Ann Althouse. After all that effort to weed the garden, her new commenters are just as disappointing as her old ones. I can't believe they're not more appreciative of deep insights like this:
some approaches are easier than others.
Good to know. Otherwise I'd've thought all writing styles were equally easy. Like "Here's a link. Discuss."
Box wine debilitates one's mind. But as long as she has her retirement she'll always have Larry. So keep working, you Wisconsin stooges, drunks need your money.
Weasel's can't type with their tiny ESL paws.
Classic, Sixty.
Weasels.
No apostrophe needed. Dope.
That was for you, CEO Jody.
My brother is the Apostrophe Avenger. I try to avoid pointing out things like that. But I am weak and sometimes I mock Chip Ahoy for being a member of the Titus/Lem school of bad English you!
But I am working on it.
Victory and Indian are both manufactured by Polaris, a huge manufacturer of ATVs, watercraft, and a lot of other equipment.
I haven't ridden an Indian. I've been invited, but the schedules haven't worked out. From magazine articles and blog comments I've read, it is an extraordinary motorcycle. It should be - Polaris spent $100 million to design, engineer, develop and market it before it got to the showroom floor.
Harley builds good motorcycles. No one does paint and chrome better that HD. Problems I have are Harleys are over-priced and the dealers always want a couple thousand over MSRP, the engines are designed to need a major rebuild at 50,000 miles, and the so-called "lifestyle" is a hoax. It's like promising you that if you buy the right costume, you can get into the treehouse with the other cool kids.
Aww. I love Harleys. (All that sustained noise would get to me too, though!) I hope I'm not too old to learn how to drive a motorcycle...I'm going to check it out.
I checked out the Elmore post. HahahahahaHA. The ego. :)
Darcy - One is never too old! Before you buy any motorcycle, please enroll in a motorcycle safety training school. They're everywhere, and most of them supply smaller motorcycles for students who are being trained.
A good safety school will save your life.
Hi Michael! I will. I just found such a course very close to me. I just need gear and I can learn! :)
Great! Wave when you ride past my house!
Rule one (I learned this from riders) - you "ride" a motorcycle, you don't drive it. You drive a car, or "cage". Cagers are the enemy.
Rule two - keep an eye out for cagers turning left in front of you. They are blind to two wheeled vehicles.
Master those two skills and ride safely into the sunset, Ms. Darce.
That, and what Haz said - he has a lifetime of experience and knows what he is talking about.
LOL. Thanks, Sixty. Good to know.
My brother is the Apostrophe Avenger. I try to avoid pointing out things like that. But I am weak and sometimes I mock Chip Ahoy for being a member of the Titus/Lem school of bad English you!
I try not to be a grammar/punctuation/usage nazi because it's the damn internet and whatever.
But I really hate when I commit typos of any kind. Like when I just said "weasel's". It's embarrassing.
To typo is human. To forgive, well, that's next to impossible.
Darcy, this inexpensive book contains a lifetime of information about riding safely. It's worth your time to read it if you're serious about learning how to ride motorcycles.
This is the kind of people I am drawn to. One of my buddies rode form Key West, Florida to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. He rode 5613 miles in 7 days, 10 hours, 10 minutes.
Of course, he had to ride from Milwaukee to Key West to start the trip, and then from Prudhoe Bay back to Milwaukee at the end of the trip, so double the mileage.
Here's his trip report, with stunning photos.
Wow. That's a pretty crazy adventure.
LOL. I don't even like driving a couple hours away.
Haz, That trip to Alaska sounds like amphetamines were involved?
Oh, did I forget to mention that I could write a novel - it would be a real kick! - IF I were motivated. I'm not. Boring.
Also, I think I could just hop on a Harley and ride off with no problem. I'd rather ride on the back for now, but who knows what will happen if the motivation hits me, right?
If 100 people were to write to me and ask me nicely to write/sing/record a hit song, I'd probably consider it. I'd have to be motivated. That's all it takes, really.
I'm that good.
What is my motivation to motivate you, Darce?
Damn. That's a good question, Sixty. But if I don't motivate you to motivate me, wouldn't that be because you are completely missing my genius?
If 100 people were to write to me and ask me nicely to write/sing/record a hit song, I'd probably consider it
I can't send you a whole note, but here are 4 quarters:
♩ ♩ ♩ ♩
I do miss your genius, Darce, and I must say it brightens my day every time I encounter it.
Aww Sixty. I just melted into a puddle. :)
And hehehe Chip. Now if only I could really do all that.
At the risk of sounding like my sockpuppet, Darcy--
What sixty said. Plus eleventy.
My bro-in-law's mantra, when riding, is this: everyone on the road is trying to kill me. I don't think he's ever had an accident, but has come close.
You'll get it all done before AA, Darcy.
More talent and less box wine.
Cody and Chip. You guys. This goes right to my head. So much better than box wine.
And easier on your liver, too!
Darcy, Your Annie impersonation is spookily good.
I really do wish you guys would cut the "box wine" crap. The good professor, by her own proud proclamation, drinks J. Lohr Cabernet as her "house wine."
It's pretty good for everyday wine, as you can see from the review. It's about $11-15/bottle here in Mass. It may ay be more in Wisc. This is NOT "box wine," but good, California Cabernet from Paso Robles, a place that approaches, IMHO, something like the French concept of a terroir.
Drinking this every night is the wine equivalent of driving an Audi TT, eating lovely nouvelle lunches in charming cafés, and wearing expensive shoes, all of which have been photographically shoved in your schlub faces by our professor, who holds an endowed Chair, which, of course, you don't.
YOU can't afford to drink a couple of bottles of J. Lohr Cab every night, can you?
SHE can! Looserrs!
So you're saying that she drinks outside the box?
*gets serious*
How was move-in day at Cornell, TT? Are you back home yet?
Darcy: Were you in part mocking her oft spoken phrase: "Because I'm that good"? She laid that one on me one time: link.
Chip S: It was pretty good. We got him settled, and a couple of PR people from the school magazine came and photographed his game collection (plus controllers), with the caption, "You can never have too many of these!"
And actually, he's going to Ithaca College, not Cornell. IC is a very solid undergraduate school, with a great music dept. It actually has more undergraduates than Cornell. My son is a math major, thinking of switching to business. His long suit is economics, and he's been advised he really should be in finance eventually. He's thinking of moving in that direction, but with a strong math background. He's also a pretty good amateur violinist, a ranked chess player, and the 9th-best 4 x 400 relay runner in Mass. So, he'll continue violin lessons and will run track at Ithaca. He also can sell refrigerators to Eskimos, so I think with all his talents, abilities and interests (especially refrigerator sales), he'll be fine eventually.
Ithaca College told us they have a 98% placement rate of grads in either graduate school or career-track jobs. Phillips Andover said they were saving civilization. Kind of amounts to the same thing, IMO.
This trip also gave my younger Andover-going son a chance to tour Cornell. He was pretty negative on it before, but he has a friend who is a freshman, and they got to hang out together today. The result is he's a lot more positive about the place.
My youngest, in his heart of hearts, is also interested in Ithaca College. IC has one of the top 2 or 3 musical theater schools. Almost all their grads wind up in the profession. My son's first ambition has been to be on Broadway. He's done extremely well as a singer, both classical and pop, but he's also realistic. It's a little sad to see a kid want to continue as an amateur, but give up on his real dreams so soon. He is very good academically, so, out of Phillips, the Ivies beckon. But he's thinking of places like Oberlin and Yale (his reach school), where he could keep singing and prepare for his eventual law and/or political career, too.
Despite his academic brilliance, I'd still like to see him in a chorus line than in line for a partnership. But those are my romantic ideas, and it's never a good idea to try to live through your kids, especially considering how I turned out.
TT, that sounds like a great place to go to school. Nice that he thinks so clearly about the future already. When I went off to college I hadn't quite surrendered the fantasy of playing LF for the BoSox.
Whether he eventually does Econ or finance, lots of math will make things easier down the road. He's on the right track for sure. Congrats.
Chick, That comment by Annie is delusional.
Thanks, all! I was just very amused by her attitude. I would have been intrigued if she'd taken up the challenge of writing and sharing the first 15 pages of her own novel.
And Chick, it's an uncanny coinky! I am so amazed at your recall.
YOU can't afford to drink a couple of bottles of J. Lohr Cab every night, can you?
LOL Enjoyed that, Tim.
And no, I can't afford that...BUT! I probably would still drink the under tens that I enjoy even if I could afford. There are so many good, cheap (but not CHEAP) bottles to choose from these days.
That said, I have not tried J. Lohr Cab yet. Will check it out. When I splurge a little, I buy 337 and I have never been disappointed in a bottle of that.
Thanks, Darcy!
J. Lohr Cabernet is definitely splurge wine for what it is.
Bogle (my inexpensive alternative) puts up very good Cabernets, Merlots, Pinot Noirs, and everything else, for usually under $10. I'm sipping some Bogle Merlot right now, and it is oddly similar to j. Lohr Merlot and the Paso Robles style in general. There are lots of commodity wines sloshing around California, some even from Paso Robles. Bogle seems to snap them up, stick them in bottles, and sell them cheap to schlubs like me, who nurse them along for economy's sake.
I have to, 'cause I have a kid in college and another in prep school.
Speaking of Paso Robles (an area I know from distant California days), there is also an alternative Althouse and Meade in that neck of the woods. A Lindy Althouse, and her husband, Meade, both of whom seem to have PhDs in biology of one sort or another, run an environmental consulting business out there in Paso Robles Land. I won't supply links, because they're too much trouble to find again. This "Althouse and Meade" seem like really nice, solid people with useful skills who have raised a family and are decent, down-home sorts, despite writing reports on fox scat prevalence and other such for the EPA and similar State of California agencies for the purpose of ending all bothersome commerce and agriculture in the Golden State.
But I won't hold that against them. Being named "Althouse and Meade" is comeuppance enough.
I sincerely hope Meade's foxes haven't been shitting on Althouse's grapes.
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