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Am I going to listen to the actual math nerd who plays with statistics for fun, or the "I got people for that" guy?
I early voted in NV. I never once answered an unidentifiable phone call throughout the interminable election "season" (really, what "season" runs 17 damned months?), and I refuse to believe I am that damned unique. The polls are meaningless.
Anecdote. So, off on an errand. Guy at a major intersection wearing a keffiyeh over his face ISIS style, holding a sign saying: GOOGLE PODESTA EMAILS. Interesting thing to do, thinks I. On the way back, three TPD cars with lights flashing at intersection. Subject being interviewed by officers.
"Sergeant, you got a lot a damn gall to
ask me if I've rehabilitated myself, I mean, I mean, I mean that just, I'm
sittin' here on the bench, I mean I'm sittin here on the Group W bench
'cause you want to know if I'm moral enough join the Army, burn women,
kids, houses and villages after bein' a litterbug."
Kid- we don't like your kind. We're going to send your fingerprints off to Washington.
I used to laugh about having a "permanent record" until it kept me from working on military bases and outposts later in life.
FWIW, when I first started at Livermore Lab, I had heard they were dropping the requirements of "no prior drug use" because they wouldn't be able to hire anyone. Ha ha!
I was in construction, and some of the best jerbs were at the Nevada Test Site and/or the Tonopah Test Range. Lots of my friends worked there during the week and returned home to CA on weekends. I found work, but I had to go to Death Valley. FML
sorry man
Eh, I did OK, considering.
I felt pretty good about voting to legalize marijuana in NV. It being illegal is what ruined my prospects from a young age. Well, not so much that it was illegal, but that I chose to possess it despite it's illegality.
He didn't hear that the parade had been cancelled?
I gotta say, Dunkin' has gone downhill over the years- especially after my roomie stopped working for them about 30 years ago and brought back donuts just the way I liked them. Sad!
Was Dunkin Donuts ever going uphill?
so, my buddy, worked there through college, had some great stories. His first day on the job, he made cinnamon rolls, but didn't realized how much they'd rise. They ended up about the size of dinner plates. His boss was cool "Boy, I'm gonna sell these for five bucks!" he said. His boss always went golfing on saturdays with his buddies, who always brought a case of beer- even in the winter (and this was in NJ- clearly a guy after Blue's heart), one cold day they were playing golf and the guy's beer froze.
I KNOW!!
If the coppers hadn't shown up, I imagined a buncha coal-rollers beating the shit out of the guy as he vainly tried to explain who Podesta is and Hitlery etc……
I tried to send that graph to The Kid, posing as my own work, but he said "I know it's not yours because you didn't label the axes"
I replied: "Speaking of axes", said The Duchess, "off with their heads!"
Not to worry. After Emperor Trump takes over, all commerce will be reduced to barter (at best). I'm kind of counting on your desert hideout along with my ability to see danger at a distance with my optical devices as a prepper scenario.
I'm hopeful to have the NV property sold by then, but the even more remote CA property is currently not considered disposable, because you never know.
[Info on the more remote place.]
Am I going to listen to the actual math nerd who plays with statistics for fun, or the "I got people for that" guy?
|or listen to Sarah instead|
|Or Rory, whose birfday it is today.|
Yeah, talk about somebody who went into a male-dominated genre and kicked some ass.
I regret missing out on her first twenty years of creativity, I wasn't aware of her music until much later.
I early voted in NV. I never once answered an unidentifiable phone call throughout the interminable election "season" (really, what "season" runs 17 damned months?), and I refuse to believe I am that damned unique. The polls are meaningless.
Where the hell is this "Nate Silver is pro-Trump" bs coming from this year? It's all over the place for some reason.
It's possible that he's just trying to scare the complacency out of the timid? Michael Moore tried that tactic earlier on.
Anecdote. So, off on an errand. Guy at a major intersection wearing a keffiyeh over his face ISIS style, holding a sign saying: GOOGLE PODESTA EMAILS. Interesting thing to do, thinks I. On the way back, three TPD cars with lights flashing at intersection. Subject being interviewed by officers.
I've been "interviewed" before, decidedly unpleasant.
have you re-habilitated yourself?
"Sergeant, you got a lot a damn gall to
ask me if I've rehabilitated myself, I mean, I mean, I mean that just, I'm
sittin' here on the bench, I mean I'm sittin here on the Group W bench
'cause you want to know if I'm moral enough join the Army, burn women,
kids, houses and villages after bein' a litterbug."
Kid- we don't like your kind. We're going to send your fingerprints off to Washington.
I used to laugh about having a "permanent record" until it kept me from working on military bases and outposts later in life.
FWIW, when I first started at Livermore Lab, I had heard they were dropping the requirements of "no prior drug use" because they wouldn't be able to hire anyone. Ha ha!
I was in construction, and some of the best jerbs were at the Nevada Test Site and/or the Tonopah Test Range. Lots of my friends worked there during the week and returned home to CA on weekends. I found work, but I had to go to Death Valley. FML
sorry man
Eh, I did OK, considering.
I felt pretty good about voting to legalize marijuana in NV. It being illegal is what ruined my prospects from a young age. Well, not so much that it was illegal, but that I chose to possess it despite it's illegality.
He didn't hear that the parade had been cancelled?
Was weird, since I'm sure people coming to the intersection from three directions couldn't see the sign, just a guy looked like this <img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/512WsQNG9iL._AC_UL200_SR160,200_.jpg" width="400" height="400">
<img src="http://i.bnet.com/blogs/rachael-ray-keffiyeh.jpg">
Riyadh Rachel!!!
I gotta say, Dunkin' has gone downhill over the years- especially after my roomie stopped working for them about 30 years ago and brought back donuts just the way I liked them. Sad!
Was Dunkin Donuts ever going uphill?
so, my buddy, worked there through college, had some great stories. His first day on the job, he made cinnamon rolls, but didn't realized how much they'd rise. They ended up about the size of dinner plates. His boss was cool "Boy, I'm gonna sell these for five bucks!" he said. His boss always went golfing on saturdays with his buddies, who always brought a case of beer- even in the winter (and this was in NJ- clearly a guy after Blue's heart), one cold day they were playing golf and the guy's beer froze.
I'd recognize that guy a mile away
I KNOW!!
If the coppers hadn't shown up, I imagined a buncha coal-rollers beating the shit out of the guy as he vainly tried to explain who Podesta is and Hitlery etc……
I tried to send that graph to The Kid, posing as my own work, but he said "I know it's not yours because you didn't label the axes"
I replied: "Speaking of axes", said The Duchess, "off with their heads!"
I'm somewhat distrustful of anyone who can schedule shit that far in advance.
Until then…………
http://www.prx.org/search/all?q=rory+block+at+the…
<img src="http://www.illinoisblues.com/images/coverphotos/roryblockinterview/Rory_Block_MBBF_2010_0626_0018-e_web_BB.jpg" width="400" height="400">
that'd be after the eclipse. Don't forget your ADD meds.
I also have to be mindful of the decided lack of Ameros, without which travel would be unpossible.
Not to worry. After Emperor Trump takes over, all commerce will be reduced to barter (at best). I'm kind of counting on your desert hideout along with my ability to see danger at a distance with my optical devices as a prepper scenario.
I'm hopeful to have the NV property sold by then, but the even more remote CA property is currently not considered disposable, because you never know.
[Info on the more remote place.]
Don't blame me, I voted for Norton!
I suppose an anti-virus platform is preferable to an anti-vaxxer.
|Burnt?|
Or maybe this one?
<img src="http://www.comicsreporter.com/images/uploads/ednorton_thumb.jpg" />
No, that's Emperor Norton. For my computing devices, I use [Anti-Norton.]