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Pinniped Predicament
and I speak to the pompatus of luuu---uhhhhv. I happen to luv all three of these boneheaded interlocutors. There, is that what you wanted Nan for, Rocket_J.? Puppy? SIT! No beggin' strips for you tonight, no sirree! Now play nicely, and stop calling MsGrant evil gender-related names. Y'all don't start up with those if you disagree with a poster you suspect to be male. So why do it if she be of the "fairer sex?" Don't answer that. It's spelled "rhe-tor-i-cal." ;)— March 16, 2010 10:21 p.m.
We Filipinos eat with our hands, drive crazy on the road, point with our lips
Hi girasole, can you provide any info on the organization's conclusions about the article? Anybody write anything you can forward a link to? I agree with your conclusions, but get the impression that the article seems to have been published as example of an author's memoir of "callow youth." I think this is how the article would have been perceived, had not representations of Filipino--or any underrepresented--culture been at stake. By the way, I'm not trying to spin this, but just to understand the situation from as many angles, and as fairly as possible. Instead of posting your comment here, I suggest you put it in the "Letters" section, where it is sure to make it into print in the hard copy. :)— March 16, 2010 1:51 a.m.
i guess i just wish...../Pistol Pete
re: #155: Cuddle folksied out with: "... no place where you can't swing a dead cat by the tail" *grimace* Could it really be the only way to express this? Whatabout as the crow flies, etc? I'm starting to wonder about you and cats, Cuddle. Who was it gleefully expressed that a big orange tom looked like coyote food, over on quillpena's blog? Watchin' ya, "cat lady." ;)— March 16, 2010 1:32 a.m.
Pre-gaming
re: #104: SurfPuppy, you are getting senile, perhaps? Every time Banker's Hill comes up, you remind us you used to live there. Should we be finding some kind of canine Aricept for you? ;)— March 16, 2010 12:10 a.m.
Update: Beautiful Jessie has come home! And: What we learned about lost/found animals
Ditto, CF! And Victoria, if there is anything you'd like me to add to the last update, let me know.— March 15, 2010 10:44 p.m.
Update: Beautiful Jessie has come home! And: What we learned about lost/found animals
re: #18: Duhbya, Leo's story sounds like the original for "The Incredible Journey," with two pooches and a Himalayan. :) Amazing indeed! You usually hear about dogs making these arduous journeys. One reason I think cats are less likely to do so is that their senses are so delicate that they are constantly processing large amounts of aural and olfactory information--so much that they don't have time for much else. Of course, if I am wrong, let me know, peeps :) So I will add a few things about Jessie's situation that may help to put the search in an important general perspective--forthcoming, added above to blog entry content.— March 15, 2010 12:27 a.m.
Update: Beautiful Jessie has come home! And: What we learned about lost/found animals
Well, AG beat me to the summary of search tactics. I would like to add that MsGrant's suggestions early on in the thread bear repeating: "Check the lost and found ads in the paper. Post a lost pet ad. Put flyers in all the local vets offices: Sometimes, if someone has found a pet, they take it to the vet, and if there is a flyer, they realize the cat was someone's pet and not a stray. Ask local vets if anyone has brought a cat in recently matching her description. Call animal control and report her missing and give them her description. And please search at night: Cats, if spooked, will hide for weeks sometimes. Call her name, shake a canister of food.— March 15, 2010 12:23 a.m.
Satire Saunters into the Reader! A word on Walter Mencken’s February 24 installment of “S.D. on the Q.T.”
"Tra la la la la la, live for today..." Is that the song, russ? Excellent story about 'prophylactics!' refried ;) --And yes, they quite possibly ARE the answer to everything, aren't they? I'll check out Alberti, as I am interested in whatever bits of satire the American public are able to sit up, chew, and swallow without hurting itself. I do love the Simpsons, or rather, I used to. I would like to know what happened there--the writing stiffened and cheapened... Oh as for Greeks and humor, I seem to recall Herodotus relying quite a bit on humorous anecdote... ;) I'm not so up on my Greek lit, unfort.— March 15, 2010 12:14 a.m.
Morbid Curiosity
re:#26: Guy Fieri is a blowhard. I have it on reliable word from someone who met him personally, though it only confirms what I already suspected of him. He has this "Kool dude, oh that's so money, blah blah blah" attitude on camera, but off camera he is a joik. And seriously, what demographic wants to see a cooking show guy with contrast-dyed roots and tips and a santa jelly belly, and preteen shorts & socks combos? I cried when he won the contest over the gay African-American pastry guy with the sweet Southern accent...— March 14, 2010 10:56 p.m.
Morbid Curiosity
re: #15: AG, wasabi is like crack to a lot of peeps, incl. me. When you dab it on your second-rate sushi (for first rate sushi CANNOT be eaten with wasabi), it sends a rush starting with your nostrils, right through the top of your head, and all through your body. I imagine it is a bit like salvia :) re:#21: I would watch that show, Grant! I would also die for that cupcake in #10. *SWOON* re:#26: AG, I will make you that Texas Pink Cloud when you come, if you like. Hey, I'll make 'em for you and Grant--and refried, if he can make it to the 'party.'— March 14, 2010 10:47 p.m.