No KO tonight!

[Gogi]

But I'm not surprised, figured it would happen anyway.


KO:loveya:

[crispini]

1. What? why tonight, there is no baseball?

Well, that's good, I can go shopping instead. :)

[Gogi]

2. Get some early Christmas shopping in.

Better yet do what I'm gonna do: hit the Halloween candy sales tomorrow!
Dark chocolate bars and candy corn here I come!

[RevCheesehead]

6. *snort*

A VERY TALL Harry Potter, I think. :rofl:

[Berry Cool]

4. Yeah, Gogi, why'd you figure he'd be off tonight?

Did you just assume he has to go out searching for victims whose blood he can drink to keep himself animated for another year?

Or is he secretly a Wiccan and this is a holy night of obligation for him?

Or does he have to take the kids trick-or-treating? (WHAT kids??)

...Oh, no wait. That's it.

KEITH has to go trick-or-treating. Himself.

Here's hoping he covers a lot of territory.

Be listening for your doorbell tonight, and if you answer it to find a really tall kid with caterpillar eyebrows, glasses and a chin dimple holding out his bag, be sure to fill it up with gluten-free candy.

That's YOU, of course. I have a slightly different treat in mind.

[Patsy Stone]

8. Hey, Berry!

Long time no see. It certainly hasn't been the same around here without you. Glad you're back where ya belong.

The Newsletter sez Lisa Daniels. Whoever that is. I think they got the no Alex memo. :)

[Berry Cool]

5. Oh, and one more thing...

It IS possible...given that he HAS done it before...that KO takes time off for things other than baseball.

And no, I did NOT mean that as an excuse for a salacious thread to commence...

[SharonRB]

3. What's up with that?

Who's filling in?

I have to run up and down the stairs tonight anyway, so I guess it's not so bad. The cable guy replaced our upstairs box today and now our downstairs box isn't working for some stupid reason. He didn't touch that one. They can't get back out here until Thursday.

Damn, I'm pissed.

[Patsy Stone]

7. Lisa Daniels?

That's what the newsletter says. Hey, Sharon!

[SharonRB]

9. Who's she?

Hi, Pats. :hi:

A little birdie told me you have a photo of you and DG. Any chance you'll post it so we can see it?

[SharonRB]

10. Should we just stay here or start a new thread?

She's already better than Alex Witless.

[Patsy Stone]

12. Berry started one, but I think you found it. n/t

[Olney Blue]

11. Halloween is winding down in my neighborhood....

anybody want a Baby Ruth or a Snickers?

[SharonRB]

13. We only had five kids

until just now when we got about 6 or 7 older kids from a neighboring community. I'm about ready to shut off the light.

As I went to shut the light off, I got about 6 more older kids, all girls -- I gave them handfuls of candy just to get rid of most of it. Then I turned out the light and someone still rang the bell, but I didn't bother answering it.

[Patsy Stone]

15. I'm done too.

I thought there would be more Harry Potters, but I got a lot of "Brides of Dracula" instead.

At least they don't go to that elementary school in MA that cancelled Halloween. I guess it's retribution for the "War on Christmas" we're waging.

[SharonRB]

17. My daughter said they cancelled Trick or Treating in WPB

Because there are still lights out, etc.

[Patsy Stone]

22. Which is a much better reason that Fundie Christian psychosis.

Actually, I think there are a few neighborhoods in Broward who have postponed Halloween because they have no power.

[Olney Blue]

16. Yes, me too. I have Countdown on, and my wireless laptop at

the kitchen table. I need to get away from these candy bars ASAP.

[crispini]

85. No candy for me! I managed to avoid it all day at work.

I didn't even do Halloween this year. Just not in that holiday spirit right yet. :)

[SharonRB]

89. You're way better than I am

I haven't stopped eating it since I bought it yesterday.

[crispini]

90. One coworker brought fruit and a veggie tray.

She was very popular. The candy-avoidance syndrome. :rofl:

[SharonRB]

91. Wish I had had that option

I feel like such a pig.

[Patsy Stone]

96. No fun!

Nothing says Halloween like crudités! :rofl:

I'll bet she's that annoying person in the neighborhood who gives out pennies instead of candy, too, isn't she?

[RevCheesehead]

101. One of my neighbors in my hometown used to hand out toothbrushes.

Yes, he's a dentist. He looks at the kids, then says "I'm doing you a favor. Really - trust me."

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

104. That's funny and horrible at the same time.

LOL! The pennies always made the bag heavy, too.

"I got a rock."

[RevCheesehead]

110. Poor PigPen.

How did you know it was me?

[Patsy Stone]

111. Awwww.

How couldja not love Pigpen? :loveya:

[gkhouston]

142. because that was before you met Sparky

who always had something to roll out on the floor...?

[crispini]

118. Hey, we the coworkers liked it!

There's nothing worse than having people force sugary shit down your face all day. It's really hard to avoid that stuff at work.

[Patsy Stone]

123. I know it is. But once or twice a year

isn't really so bad. Is it?

[crispini]

126. No, but if you're going to eat candy, eat GOOD candy.

That's my philosophy.

It's waaaaaaaaaay too easy to eat the assorted hard candies and junk that coworkers bring in to try and pawn off on you, just because it's there. :)

[Patsy Stone]

131. So very, very true!

I'm with you 100%. :thumbsup:

[Patsy Stone]

95. Not even a Mounds bar?

I've eaten quite a few tonight, I must say. :hi:

[SharonRB]

99. I prefer Almond Joy.

I'm a milk chocolate kind of gal.

[Patsy Stone]

102. Then we will never fight over chocolate! :)

Although I love both. I just love that dark Peter-Paul Mounds chocolate. It's so bitter, it almost burns.

Sometimes you feel like a nut. Sometimes you don't. :rofl:

[crispini]

120. You'll be fighting me over chocolate. :)

Scharfenberger 86% dark is my faaaaaaavorite. The darker the better! :)

[Patsy Stone]

124. No

We will fight over crudités. :)

Yum! Dark chocolate is soooo good.

[crispini]

127. En garde! :) nt

[Patsy Stone]

132. With my "buck and a quarter quarter staff!"

[gkhouston]

143. you like bittersweet chocolate?

Ghiradelli's bittersweet dark chocolate 60% cocoa baking chips. Bought a big bag of 'em a while back. One of these days I might even bake something with 'em. :blush:

[Olney Blue]

14. I'm worried about Alito.

I need more information.

How are you guys feeling about it?

[SharonRB]

18. Not very good at all.

I think he's a disaster. I sure hope the Dems are planning to filibuster.

[Berry Cool]

20. Not good. But then again, I figured I wouldn't.

The conservatives hated Miers so much that * had no choice but to go with someone who's essentially a Scalia clone. That way at least the guys on HIS side of the aisle would stop beating on him. *sigh*

However, I don't like Scalia clones.

Oh, and I've had one kid so far tonight. Not tall, no glasses, no caterpillars, no chin dimple *sigh*

Thanks for the welcome back, Pats. Life's been crazy lately.

[Patsy Stone]

27. Nervous

But I do like the framing of the "weakness" and Dean's use of "activist judge". I don't like him, no sir.

I think that if there's enough of a paper trail to show that he hates women and minorites, and wants to turn the clock back 200 years rights-wise, he might not get enough R votes.

Still :scared:

[crispini]

87. Not good.

But there will be a biiiiiiig fight, and we Dems will do our best. They better, anyway. If they roll over on this one I'll be totally disgusted with them.

[SharonRB]

19. LOL -- The big elephant in the oval office

Great way to describe Cheney.

[WolverineDG]

137. correction

that should be "big pile of elephant poo" if you're describing darth cheney. ;)

dg

[Patsy Stone]

21. Please... Which thread are we using?

I keep posting to both. Help! Should I stay here?

[SharonRB]

23. Me, too

I think there are more people here. Let's just stay put.

[Patsy Stone]

25. Done.

Berry! Come here! :)

[Berry Cool]

26. Worry not. The other thread I began was not meant as a show thread.

I didn't think this one was either, but...hey, if it's becoming one, so be it!

Anyway, I'm done speculating on what KO is dressed as this year.

I think Countdown itself offers inspiration for any number of costumes.

[Patsy Stone]

28. Lisa's not too bad.

Much better than Alex, nowhere near Alison, just fine. If I can't have KO, I don't want nobody, baby... But, I don't need to turn it off as I do with Alex.

[SharonRB]

30. I totally agree

She falls somewhere between Witless and Alison. She's really not bad.

[Olney Blue]

32. Hi Patsy- I agree with you about Lisa.

:hi:



But I miss Keith!

:loveya::loveya:

[Patsy Stone]

24. Kudos to Countdown!

Never let it be forgotten: This is just a distraction!

So proud of them for hammering the point home. :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

31. Countdown-Themed Halloween Costumes

1. The obvious: Keith. Fake eyebrows, glasses, suit with shoulders padded up the wazoo, and a little chin dimple drawn on with face makeup.

2. The Dumb Criminal from Top 3 Newsmakers. Striped jail uniform, big smiley head with smile turned upside down, red gloves and shoes.

3. Mr. Floatie. One comment: ewww.

4. A giant donut with chocolate shavings on it...double ewww.

5. Bill O'Reilly. Big giant head, carry a loofah and a falafel.

Post your own...

[SharonRB]

33. Ann Coulter with eye patch

[Gogi]

141. And brandishing a used toilet brush!

Don't forget the toilet brush!

[Patsy Stone]

35. LOL!

3. Mr. Floatie. One comment: ewww.


How about a Bay-Air?

[SharonRB]

37. On a trampoline?

[Patsy Stone]

40. We're gonna need a tree. :) n/t

[SharonRB]

41. Too many props to carry around

[Olney Blue]

36. Michael Jackson on a stick from Puppet theater.

Woo hoooooo hooooo

[SharonRB]

38. Good one!

[Berry Cool]

42. You guys are coming up with good ones.

How about couples costumes?

TomKat?

Ashton and Demi?

Charles and Camilla (complete with tiara)?

[SharonRB]

44. George and Harriet

[Olney Blue]

53. I envision a chimp lumbering down the street, trying to shake

a little monkey off his back.

Oops. There goes the monkey.

[SharonRB]

55. LOL

:rofl:

[Berry Cool]

86. A friend of mine was thinking of going as Harriet

complete with sentimental gooey cards with big-eyed puppy dogs on them containing mash notes to Georgie.

She decided against it, though. Decided she didn't want to go to a Halloween party and have to wear a suit all night.

edited to fix typo, I'm typing real well tonight...

[Patsy Stone]

100. Imagine all the brooches she'd have to find!

And the added weight? Feh! :)

[gkhouston]

144. is it just me

or did it seem like O'Reilly was trying to break the bank last week on the number of assholish things he could say/do? Almost as if he was gunning to make "Worst Person in the World" more than once in the same week. Geez, ya think he likes the attention from KO?

[Olney Blue]

29. "Bush has renewed his popularity with the right"

with the Alito nomination.

Ugh.

[Patsy Stone]

34. Not ALL of the right

I'm sure. Not every one of them is a NeoCon psycho.

[Patsy Stone]

39. Loved Dana Milbank's snark, btw.

When they were discussing how Miers' draw was that she was not a judicial insider and hadn't sat on the bench, and now Alito's draw is his years of judicial experience.

"Everyone can just swap talking points now, and we'll continue." :rofl:

[Olney Blue]

43. Yes, that was excellent!

[Patsy Stone]

45. Always, it comes back to the 16 words...

Berlusconi pressured Italian intelligence, floated info for the war --to "make friends"???

[SharonRB]

47. I'm so glad they're finally covering the forged documents

Yay, Countdown!

[Patsy Stone]

48. And doing a great job of it!

I'd love to have had KO's take on this, but go!

[SharonRB]

49. Rocco Martino?

You couldn't make up a better name.

[Patsy Stone]

51. Jinx! n/t

[SharonRB]

54. Owe me a Coke!

I just saw your post.

Fitzgerald so has to start including this in his investigation, if he isn't already!

[Patsy Stone]

56. It was mentioned wasn't it?

In the press release, if not the press conference?

[SharonRB]

58. I'm not sure, to be honest

I don't remember him talking about the documents.

[Patsy Stone]

59. I have to check again.

I'll let you know.

[bleever]

46. Happy Halloween, EDVs!

No Keef, but covering the forgeries and OSP!

Excellent.

[Patsy Stone]

52. Are you in a pirate costume?

:hi: They're doing very well.

[Olney Blue]

60. Same to you, Bleever!

Would you like a Snickers or a Baby Ruth?

[Patsy Stone]

50. Rocco Martino?

No way is that a real name... He made that up! I call BS!

[Patsy Stone]

57. "Just Can't Get Enough" by Depeche Mode

Behind the Top 3 Bites.

Countdown :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

62. Hey everybody, MSNBC is ahead of us!

Go to http://www.msnbc.com/modules/masks/keith_olberman.pdf (yes, they DID misspell his name) and you can download and print your very own KO mask!

[crispini]

83. LOL! That's too funny!

It's kind of green-looking, though. Hm.....

[Berry Cool]

92. KIND of green-looking????

Make that "waaaay green...BANG!"

But I do believe that's what they intended...

Of course, if they DID have masks of Imus or Cosby, they wouldn't need to make them green to make them terrifying.

Of course, with Cosby the mask itself wouldn't be nearly as terrifying as the voice.

[RevCheesehead]

97. I can't open the link!

I even tried going to MSNBC directly. Apparently, I need a better version of Internet Explorer. Now, if Microsoft would find a way to upload IE 6.0 on Windows Millenium, I'll stop bitching. :grr:

[crispini]

119. The link goes straight to a .pdf

Do you have Adobe installed?

[RevCheesehead]

129. Yes, I do... that's what's so weird.

I still think it's an IE problem.

[crispini]

136. Right click and save as.

Save it to your puter and then open it. :D

[Patsy Stone]

61. Throaty McHuskington

I've been meaning to post this for days. It was Jon Stewart's name for Rita Skeeter in his story on her DeLay interview. If you didn't catch that bit, btw, it was hysterical.

[SharonRB]

63. I watched the clip, once Rev walked me through starting it up

It took me a while, but we finally got it.

[Patsy Stone]

68. Now you are dangerous.

Wolfie and I had a lovely dinner. I hope she's having a great time on her vacay. I have a picture, but I'll wait until she checks in. I don't think she'd mind, but I'll wait.

[SharonRB]

70. She already told me you'd probably post it

I know she won't mind.

[Patsy Stone]

71. Then I'll do it, damn it!

Did she say she hates me now that we've met? :)

[SharonRB]

80. No, silly

She said she had a great time and that you're "loads of fun."

[Patsy Stone]

94. Here you go

The light in the lobby was really yellow. We look like we have jaundice. :)

[SharonRB]

103. So cute --

You're so tiny! I've met DG and she's definitely taller than I am, but not that much, I don't think. How tall are you? I'm 5'3".

[Patsy Stone]

106. On a good day?

Five feet. My license says 5'2", such a lie. :)

[SharonRB]

108. My daughter is 5'. Maybe 5'1" if she's lucky.

[crispini]

122. Patsela! I didn't realize you were so short!

Wolvie is about my height, and I think of myself as short!

And aren't ya'll just both so cute! :D

[Patsy Stone]

125. In my next life

I will be at least 5' 9". I will. :)

[crispini]

128. or we could just put you on the rack. :D nt

[Patsy Stone]

133. I've thought of it. :)

Where does one get that done? Is there a spa I could go to?

[WolverineDG]

139. 5'7"

is short????? :wow:

dg

[crispini]

145. Well, you're taller than me, for sure.

And I don't think of YOU as short, I think of ME as short. :)

How's the cruise going? :D

[WolverineDG]

146. well

the maitre'd of my dining room is really hot, so when he wanted me to join the conga line tonight, :evilgrin:


dg

[crispini]

148. AwRIGHT!

:yourock: Very cool! Glad you're having a lovely time! :D

[gkhouston]

152. hey Crispi!

like the new sig (Pink Fuzzy Handcuffs) but isn't it missing something? Did the Bay Air escape?

[RevCheesehead]

130. Geez - if we ever meet in real life,

I'm going to be lumbering above all of you.

Cute pic, but it kinda dashes the "Patsy" image planted in my mind.

[Patsy Stone]

134. Was I blonde? n/t

[RevCheesehead]

135. In my mind,

you are your avatar. (Love the vodka shot)

[gkhouston]

151. agreed.

Patsy, the real you looks far too unintoxicated! ;-)

[WolverineDG]

138. all that green

doesn't help too much either. :(

:hi: pats! thanks again for dinner! :)

dg

[Patsy Stone]

140. Hey, girl!

Thanks for meeting me. How's the trip? Where are ya?

:toast:

[WolverineDG]

147. somewhere in the middle of the ocean

headed for roatan. we were in grand cayman today & i went to sting ray city & screamed like a girl....i have a very low startle reflex. it was interesting & fun to be out there with all these huge stingrays. they really are very calm & gentle. but, sometimes they would sneak up on me...one almost knocked me down to get at the squid i was holding in my hand to feed it...boy, i think some folks on my tour are still deaf from that scream.... :blush:

:toast:

dg

[Patsy Stone]

149. LOL!

Eek! A stingray! That sounds idyllic. Good to hear you're having fun. I'm sure your shipmates will forgive you, matey. :)

[gkhouston]

150. that's all right

I have a pretty low startle reflex, too. Annoys the hell out of my husband when he unwittingly "sneaks up" on me while I'm washing the dishes or something and don't hear him come into the room. And believe me baby, I am the definition of LOUD. I was in a minor car accident years ago with a friend who was truly impressed by the volume; she said it was more frightening than the actual collision. :7

[Olney Blue]

66. LOL- I heard that!

Throaty: How could you kill and how did you feel and what do you want to say to us?

[crispini]

88. Ha ha ha ha ha!

Ok, I have to go find it now. I (heart) John Stewart.

[Patsy Stone]

64. Society columnist Suzy reports

Camilla is much better looking in person. She also notes it's true even though you may have trouble believing it. :)

[Olney Blue]

67. This country is going to hell in a handbasket.

Camilla is the least of my concerns, and I mean LEAST.

[Patsy Stone]

69. Yep.

But they always do fluff stories at the end. I read Suzy because I get "W" (the magazine -- the occupant of the WH, I don't get at all!). It made me laugh that she'd bother to say she was better looking in person.

[Olney Blue]

74. Your post was fun! I was just venting because I am worried

about the non-Rove indictment and the nomination of a woman-hater to the SCOTUS!!!!!

[Patsy Stone]

79. I know

It's a scary time. I just like to throw in stupid facts whenever I get the chance. :)

He a monster. Just in time for Halloween.

[SharonRB]

98. Suzy used to live in my neighborhood

Her husband is a big real estate developer in the area. They now live in another suburb not too far from here. I don't know if you're familiar with it, but she wrote a book about how her marriage almost fell apart and how they worked thing out. It's called "Betrayal:....." I forgot the rest of it. Her husband had cheated on her.

[Patsy Stone]

109. Oooh.

Juicy! I didn't know. I love reading her stuff. It's so damn fluffy! Who cares who was at David Rockefeller's 90th birthday... the real question is "What were they wearing?"

[SharonRB]

112. But of course!

It was a big deal locally when the book came out. They're a very high profile couple.

[Patsy Stone]

65. RIP Rosa Parks.

I'm glad she won't have to see what America will become if the BFEE get their way.

[Berry Cool]

72. Not meaning to be disrespectful of Rosa Parks here or anything, but...

You guys HAVE to download the Keith mask!

It takes about half a year on dialup, but what a reward!

Talk about a Big Giant Head!

And here's the best part...it's a sickly shade of GREEN!

Thank goodness they don't have any of Don Imus or Rita Cosby. I think I'd run away screaming from my own computer!

[Patsy Stone]

75. I'm going to see it now.

How cool that they thought of us.

:loveya::loveya:

[SharonRB]

78. The Big Dawg will be in town Wednesday for her funeral

As far as I know, * isn't coming.

[Patsy Stone]

73. WTF is this woman's problem?

Her 9-year old is irritated by a tombstone that reads I.P. Freely? I don't think so!

Chill the hell out, lady!

[Olney Blue]

76. She prefers a Bush/Cheney sign.

[Berry Cool]

77. Some people simply cannot live and let live.

And the righties complain about people being offended by CHRISTMAS. Sheesh.

Have to hand it to Lisa. She probably throws the paper better than Keith does. LOL.

[Patsy Stone]

113. Did you just say that out loud? LOL.

I was okay with the woman's insanity with the tombstones until she used the word "irritated". At that point, I knew the kid had nothing to do with it and it was all her idea.

Shame on her.

[crispini]

81. Ok, ladies, I just have to say that Lisa Daniels did a nice throw.

Good for her!

Now, you wanna known something annoying? XM was rebroadcasting The Abrams Report in Keith's timeslot. All the way home I was wondering, "What the heck is up with the MSNBC lineup?" and then I get home, and Countdown is in fact on. Weirdness.

Anyhoo! Hi ya'll! Off to read the thread!

[Patsy Stone]

82. Oh, Nora...

How much do they pay you to shill for the Dark Side?

Trust me, I've seen it in Karen, Harriet and Condi, evil does a girl's complexion no favors.

[SharonRB]

84. Well, gues I have to leave Rita on

Jim Marcinkowski is on.

:loveya:

[Berry Cool]

93. Don't know how you can watch her without the sound muted.

But if you must...

Anyway, I gotta try to have some semblance of dinner. Otherwise there will be far too many untaken Milk Duds boxes calling my name. 'Night all.

edited to add: Given that Lisa didn't say Keith would be out all week, here's to seeing him again tomorrow night...I miss him *sniff sniff* His big green head just isn't enough.

[Patsy Stone]

105. Hey, my local news on Rita Skeeter!

We only employ reporters with strange names here, btw.

[SharonRB]

107. Are you in Coral Gables?

[Patsy Stone]

114. Beautiful Miami Beach, baby!

Come on down. :)

[SharonRB]

115. I'd love to after hurricane season.

I have a feeling that my daughter won't be there much longer. I think she may come home in January and stay home for six months or a year to regroup and figure out what she really wants to do. She really wants to go back to DC, but needs to seriously change course. She needs a real job with benefits and regular pay and she doesn't like it in FLA.

[Patsy Stone]

121. Florida is all about where you are and what you're there for.

I love DC. Love, love, love it! I'm sure once she figures it out, she'll find a job doing what she wants to do. Strangely, the easiest way to success is to first figure out what it is that you want. It's just a very difficult thing to do. :)

[SharonRB]

116. Well, I think I'm going to call it a night and try to get to bed early

See you tomorrow.

[Patsy Stone]

117. Night, Sharon!

Sleep well.