Everybody likes to tease Vito because even though he has a very Italian name he doesn't seem like your typical Guido. But like me the Italian in him leaks out like the grease in the bottom of a bag of zeppole.
So when his wife had a chance to bust his balls she bought him a big red Italian horn at souvenir shop. Not that it fazed him. We had them all the time when we were kids. So we decided to bring it around with us and photo it all over the place.
Here it is with the cheese cake.
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Uber Dago.
What do you do with the damned horn?
Some kind of Mafia signal or what?
It's no wonder the Prods threw out the some of the symbols when they decided to reform.
This one's all tangled up with the Moon goddess, Mary, and Mojo.
In addition to being worn by Italian men to protect their genitalia from the evil eye.
No use deflecting with cheesecake when the cornuto is right there on the table.
MamaM, I like the constant jabs regarding "Prods." I thought all that Catholic/Protestant horseshit died decades ago. Disconcerting to have seen it cause turmoil here. This needs to be dealt w/ directly. We need Sixty back here. We need these 2 men to bury the hatchet. More than anything else it's just sad. Maybe some back channel diplomacy.
I did a blog post once dedicated to horny Eyetalians. It was primarily about Prima.
Now when I hear Louis Prima I think of the film Big Night and immediately associate that with Tropper, Spinelli, and i cibi italiani.*
* Italian lessons (for Darcy).
chick, What a great flick!
We need these 2 men to bury the hatchet. More than anything else it's just sad. Maybe some back channel diplomacy.
I agree. To quote Freeman Hunt:
I hope we can all be reconciled, one to another, in the end. Our conversations on that blog sometimes brought out the very best in each of us.
Kudos to EBL for getting linked on Instapundit. It's the Elizabeth Warren on a motorcycle post.
Thanks Nick. It caught me by surprise, I noticed comments on a two year old post and was surprised it wasn't spam.
I am having a Negroni, but I was out of gin so I made it with bacon vodka. It is not bad that way.
I hope Sixty comes back. I did see Troop apologize to him, but Sixty runs hot sometimes. I welcome his comments for the most part, even if I have had him go after me a couple of times. He has a Scots Irish temper. I do not take it personally, and I am sure Troop doesn't either.
I also love the movie Big Night.
I didn't take it personally until he brought Lisa into it. He crossed the line and he is dead to me.
You can say anything you want about me but when you bring my wife into it then I have no use for you. She is not on-line and does not deserve that. Don't use her to attack me.
Althouse did that and she is my bitter enemy until the end of days.
He will never be welcome here again.
I had no idea he insulted Lisa.
Somethings do cross a line.
Evi, I am one of the few people not into vodka. I don't dislike it, but I like other liquors much more. When I was in a very nice hotel they served me a Negroni w/ bourbon. I love bourbon, but gin and Campari are the ticket for me.
The hotel was the Excelsior Palace in Rapallo.
I prefer gin in a Negroni (or for that matter a Tom Collins) but since I like Martinis dirty, vodka works just fine for that.
Fuck 60 and his pseudo-campaign for another person. Some walked and others talked. It's not about who is right, it is about who really stepped up without pre-conditions. Bullshit is as bullshit does. Period.
"Time heals all wounds." But, Inga went after my bride and DAUGHTER. So, I do understand.
From what I recall, Sixty Grit became exercised over a perception of hypocrisy involving a request made by Trooper York for post closure/deletion at Lem's following Meade's insulting remarks toward Catholics and demeaning behavior toward Fr. Fox.
That's what started the ball rolling. Following that, there was an exchange in which two men inappropriately brought two women who weren't online into the conversation. One wrongly used TY's wife's name and the other used the term, "Meade's ex-wife", when neither of the two women belonged in the discussion.
Sixty Grit, as a commenter is/was someone of worth who brought value, humor and heart to this blog, along with his grit and crust. Painting him as some kind of slandering, boundary crossing, pseudo-sincere villain doesn't work for me. Neither does the "he is dead to me" bullshit". For God's sake and the testimony of a faith that appears to be important here, detach and be done.
I miss him. And I probably won't stop poking about Dirty Prods, since they're still on the list of fair game.
Well, maybe I need to amend the boundary crossing part, as that was apparent here, along with the rest of the crossings that show up as par for the course in these parts.
Well, I've got boundaries...pretty modest ones, I think. But they've been crossed anyway once or twice.
Anyway, Sixty asked to be banned here. He never crossed any of my boundaries, but I can see how he crossed a few people's, including TY's. And I think he'd agree w that, being a hard guy and a straight shooter.
MamaM, I do not equate a reference to Meade's ex wife (who was not even personally named as far as I can tell) with Sixty doing what he did. But if Sixty misspoke, a timely apology is how a man deals with something like that.
Troop has the right to accept it or not. And since I do not think Sixty ever apologized, it is not an issue. We should leave it at that.
And from what I know of Meade, being his "ex" wife would be a decidedly good thing (relative to the present).
To change the subject, what ever happened with helping out Palladian?
Project HTH is still on track. We have covered the rent on his storage unit till the end of July. I am trying to arrange to have Omar to check out his stuff to get a price on moving it. It all depends on how far and how much and if they have to rent a truck.
It is a work in progress.
Trooper, thanks. I told Palldian to let us know when he needs $ for moving. He wrote me a heartfelt thank you.
This whole clusterfuck w/ 2 good men just reinforces my disdain for organized religion.
And I think he'd agree w that, being a hard guy and a straight shooter.
That's what I like about him and most who comment here.
I understand and accept the fact that one of those 2 good men left of his own accord, and I'll endeavor to keep encouraging the other to continue blogging his way through life.
Y'all will seldom hear or read my apologizing unabashed for being an asshole, but you will now; I regret my comment about 60-Grit at 9/9 11:46 AM. It was uncalled for besides that, on Lem's I'd already apologized to him for my part in our disagreement. My remark thus made no sense. This is one of only a couple that I value for its people and content and it usually makes me laugh at my self.
I will offer only a brief reason, not an excuse, and this is simply that certain days of the year trigger a form of depression in me that I cannot explain...those days are Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Veterans Day. Usually I am just cranky, but now and then I get downright mean spirited.
I gave the best part of my life to the Army and the military per se and what I see today happening in our country's policy is depressing in its own right. I think I need to cut off my periodic contract with my former associates and my involvement in Army matters per se...which I have given willingly gratis for several years. I think it is hurting me more than helping them, if you know what I mean. This will be hard to do because I genuinely adore the people who once gave me their total trust and dedication. Anyway I am thinking about it...may not be able to actually do it.
Fortunately I did not do my most vile and ugly here, but I did elsewhere, triggering calls from as far away as Israel and those I love there, as well as others in the USA who've known me for years and know when I go off the tracks.
All of you "guys" (oh, please it means male & female) here are great and I enjoy your company even if just virtual. If I did not I'd not have written this post.
You are a good egg Airdog and a patriot.
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