Comments on: The Shit Monsoon: Repairs revisited

By: weaksides (@weaksides)

weaksides (@weaksides) — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:16:56 +0000

Yes Patrick…yesterday was a good day for a bike ride. Mine went a bit awry though. I managed to bridge up to our one-man break and give him a rest for a few seconds before pulling over to let him take the front so I could get a rest. There was a wheel overlap, but this time I didn’t avoid the collision. Down I went around 25-30 mph- luckily I got to the grass. The tally was one right clavicle, several right ribs and one partially collapsed right lung- which might not have been high score, but it did get me a night in the local hospital. I’m home now and applying scotch instead of hydrocodone. Hopefully I’ll get more sleep tonight.

By: khal spencer

khal spencer — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:42:10 +0000

One of the first things I did in my girlfriend’s condo in Honolulu was replace a dead toilet. Man, talk about weird ways for someone to fall in love with you.

“Hey, Norton, you doing anything for dinner tonight?”

By: john

john — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:16:28 +0000

HPD — funny you should mention the trolling thing. Here’s an excellent little article on this:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/dec/13/astroturf-libertarians-internet-democracy

By: john

john — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:08:19 +0000

I thought Porgy was helping Porcelain make the bed, not Linoleum. Or am I missing something?

By: khal spencer

khal spencer — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:40:56 +0000

Here is the direct link to the Times op ed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/opinion/paul-ryans-fairy-tale-budget-plan.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all

Patrick, did you or the city put in the anti-backflow valve yet on the sewer line? I’d hate for you to have to do this yet a third time…..

By: Larry T.

Larry T. — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:29:02 +0000

I’m wondering why we came back from Italy about now, we could have voted from there and avoided all the political insanity. Being in a “toss-up” state (which is what I want to do every time I hear Mitten’s TV spots) we’re bombarded with it during the network newscasts. I guess I’ll have to watch PBS exclusively (again) to escape most of it. As to the toilet, the job is done – it HAD to get done, the water was shut off, so it was do the business in the back yard otherwise! Where’s your cave? I may want to join you.

By: High Plains Drifters

High Plains Drifters — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 03:49:45 +0000

Too weird not to tell you about this.

Hadn’t been on Facebook in ages but had something to report. (New bambino, so there are now five of us, and I’m the only one who pees standing up. Although, I’m thinking, if we were staying at your place, the ladies might need to learn how.)

Anyway, I’m reading Charles Pelkey riff on the 1%, and someone chimes in, changing the subject, that collectivism has never worked, and it’s legacy is 100 million dead in the last century alone.

But then I’m reading something else, and again, apropos of nothing, someone else spouts the exact same thing.

And again over here.
And again over there.

Another guy uses it as a parting shot when it had no bearing on the subject at hand.

Another dude slips it in somewhere else where it was equally off topic.

So I scroll through a couple of hours worth of posts, and I counted 27 utterances of almost the exact same verbiage: collectivism has never worked, and the socialists, communists, and fascists killed 100 million during the 20th century.

Had to be some ditto- head twilight zone shit going on. The talking points went out, and the minions had to obey.

And if that’s what we have to look forward to, then I’m looking for a cave in which to spend the next two months.

With or without working plumbing.

By: Libby

Libby — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 03:29:05 +0000

Hah!
So you must be brushing your teeth at the kitchen sink to spare HIs discomfort and your hands.

By: Patrick O'Grady

Patrick O'Grady — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 03:03:54 +0000

Happily, Libby, the Turk’s chosen sink is in the upstairs bathroom, the one that remains functional.

Lately the big galoot has been napping on my drawing board, which I have been compelled to cover with a blankie so that he may be spared the rigors of its harsh wooden surface.

The other day I had to remove His Majesty in mid-snooze in order to meet a deadline and it’s a wonder I still have enough fingers with which to draw. Don’t be surprised if you see a few ragged lines and the odd bloodstain or two in the latest “Shop Talk” strip in BRAIN.

By: Libby

Libby — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:51:13 +0000

Paul Ryan, Paul Schryan. The important thing is restoring the bathroom sink so HRH The Turk regains a favorite sleeping place.