12/13/05 KOEB

[Botany]

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know,
His house is in the village though.
He will not see me stopping here,
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer,
To stop without a farmhouse near,
Between the woods and frozen lake,
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake,
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep,
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

-- Robert Frost

[crispini]

1. Hi Botany!

I get to be here from the beginning! Yaaaaaaaaaaaay! :loveya::loveya::loveya:

[SharonRB]

2. Hi, Crispi and Botany

How are you this lovely winter's eve?

[crispini]

5. I was a lot better until John "My Annoying Useless Senator" Cornyn

showed up on my teevee :puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

Nah, doing OK. :hi: How about you?

[WolverineDG]

12. STFU CORNYN

I still remember that lousy speech he gave at my law school graduation, just because he didn't like the dean. :grr:

dg

[SharonRB]

16. Hey, DG

What time does your flight leave NY on Monday? I'm getting ready to book and will try to coordinate. The flight I'm looking at leaves about 12:30. I hate to wait until the 4:00. I'd love to hsve more time in NY, but hate to get home that late.

[WolverineDG]

36. the one i booked

leaves at 2:46 pm. that was the earliest i could get leaving nyc. i won't get home until super late. :(

dg

[SharonRB]

42. Unless you don't mind getting to the airport really early, we

won't be able to share a ride the LGA on Monday, then. Maybe someone else will be leaving at about the same time. I'm going to go ahead and book the 12:30, then.

[WolverineDG]

85. we can play it by ear. :)

maybe there's an earlier flight i can go standby on. :)

dg

[crispini]

22. Hey Wolvie!

My, doesn't he look stripey tonight. :loveya:

PM me your flight info if you got it already and I'll see if I can hook up with your Friday flight. :D

[WolverineDG]

38. that's the tiggr tie, missy

;)

check your pm. :)

dg

[gkhouston]

135. Honey, even if he'd liked the dean

that speech would have been lousy. John Cornyn. :thumbsdown:

[WolverineDG]

138. he gave a graduation speech again

a couple of years (and a new republican dean) later...rave reviews. asshole. :grr:

dg

[Patsy Stone]

20. Hey, Sharon

How are ya? It's beautiful here tonight. A light sweater'll do ya fine. :)

[SharonRB]

23. That would never do here.

It's going down to 19.

[Botany]

15. and for that I am glad.

snark & cuffs for 60 minutes :bounce:

[Berry Cool]

74. Hey Botany!

Berry After the Show saying :hi: to you and everyone else, and saying "Thank you for the memory of someone I knew back in college who used to recite that poem by singing it as if it were a reggae song."

It really works, you know.

[ralps]

3. Hi Botany, Hi Everyone, Yay for Zogby!!! * at 38% approval

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[SharonRB]

6. Hi, ralps

That Zogby 38% sounds a lot better than the ABC 42%.

[ralps]

8. Hi SharonRB

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[crispini]

7. Hi ralps!

I (heart) Zogby, but I am in fact starting to wonder if he doesn't skew liberal just a bit..... :D

[ralps]

10. Hi crispini, to me Zogby seems more truthful/ i.e.not fudging the numbers

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[noamnety]

32. the latest zogby poll was weird

Asking the ladies what they want for Christmas, and it's all crap about jewelry, appliances, etc.

Not one mention of Guinness. What the hell kind of poll is that?

[Patsy Stone]

39. LOL! Please allow me:

Merry Christmas, fern!

[SharonRB]

43. I just filled one out and it didn't ask any questions like that.

[noamnety]

55. I got two almost back to back after a long dry spell

So I'm guessing you'll get this one in a day or two.

Unless ... hmmm. Unless zogby is actually planning on getting me a gift this year, and he cleverly disguised it as a poll.

[Berry Cool]

78. Not one mention of women wanting Keith for Christmas, either, I bet

Which makes you wonder: what kind of idiots did he poll?

[noamnety]

122. Hey!!!

It's none of your business what kind of idiot I am!

[Botany]

19. 38% and falling!

* does have a 26% fundie base that will follow him @ all costs

except if you can get a * & Jeff Gannon picture.

[SharonRB]

28. That visual is freaking me out.

[RevCheesehead]

4. Beautiful, Cuddles!

Love that picture.
Maybe after Wednesday, I might change my mind (big storm coming).











:hi:

[ralps]

13. Hi RevCheesehead, please let the storm hit after 9:30 pm on Wed.

pretty please!!!!!!!!! :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: Too bad there isn't a praying smilie

[RevCheesehead]

31. Hi ralps

I know there is one, but I'm too lazy to look for it right now. :)

Sorry it took so long - darn phone call just as I posted!

:hi:

[Botany]

25. Wisconsin & Snow

[RevCheesehead]

34. Damn, Bot-bot....

all I can see is the dreaded Red X. :cry:

[Botany]

37. I know just google Wisconsin Snow pictures

and click on imagines ... and look at the pictures of the naked snow blower.

[RevCheesehead]

40. You mean this?

http://photos1.blogger.com/img/139/1337/640/photo%20-%20snow%20blowing%20wisconsin%

[Patsy Stone]

41. Sorry to hear you'll be gettin' a storm

I can't say the same. I do wish it would snow here every so often, however. :hi:

[RevCheesehead]

46. Actually, I love them

Any old excuse to stay home is fine by me!

Hiya, Patsy! :hi:
Are ya fabulous tonight?

[Patsy Stone]

80. Semi-fabulous.

Lazy on the couch. Sittin' staring into space.

[RevCheesehead]

83. Hopefully, with one of these:

[bleever]

9. It's "stanch", not "staunch", Keith. The only reason this stands out

is that you so very seldom misspeak.


:hi:


ed: "stonch" is an accepted pronunciation of "stanch". That's probably what he said. My bad.

[Patsy Stone]

14. Maybe

it's just another case of a New York accent rearing its head? :hi:

[SharonRB]

21. Hey, Pats

How's by you tonight?

[Patsy Stone]

26. I answered upthread. :)

I didn't think I'd make it here, but I did. However, I don't feel like posting much.

SOP to ship 'em home frieght? OMG.

[SharonRB]

29. I saw it after I posted.

[bleever]

49. I think you're right.

Boy, my computer is slow tonight. Argh!

[bleever]

48. I saw the Narnia movie this weekend. It was quite good, to me,

and I read all the books multiple times.

Definitely not too thick on the overt religious stuff.

[RevCheesehead]

75. I'm looking forward to seeing it.

Is Aslan believable? Loveable? That, to me, will be the true test.

[bleever]

93. Yes and yes. Aslan was very well done.

As were Mr. Tumnus, the White Witch, and all four kids.

Some of the White Witch's army were a little too much like guys in rubber masks, but that is my only complaint aside from some scenes being a wee bit over-scored.

bleev says: :thumbsup:

[RevCheesehead]

95. Then I shall see it on Friday.

I need some quality personal time. Narnia sounds like it's just the place to visit. :)

[bleever]

105. Believe me, I had very high expectations.

I thought during the film: "If only C.S. Lewis could have lived to see this".

Can't wait for the Perelandra movies. Or "Pilgrim's Regress".

:)

[RevCheesehead]

107. Perelandra!!

Long, long overdue. :thumbsup:
That trilogy changed my perception of the world - and myself... (in a good way, that is).

[bleever]

116. I might need to reread those.

I was just a punk kid, high school junior when I read them.

Now I am older and wiser, but still shamed by the love-child I left behind.

My little Sammy. It's my fault he grew up angry.

[gkhouston]

136. I second bleev's vote

I really liked it. The kids did a good job, and Aslan was great. I'm not sure this should be getting quite so much press as a "religious" movie. Yes, it's an allegory, but not a heavy-handed one. I saw it more as a straightforward good vs. evil fantasy flick. If you didn't know about C.S. Lewis and his other writings, you might not necessarily see Christian messages in it. Sacrificing oneself for others and rebirth are not messages unique to Christianity -- although there may be some Christians who believe that to be the case.

[bleever]

73. The man does a mean Dr. Zachary Smith impression.

[bleever]

77. And by the way -- these ladies only lack tin-foil hats:

[Patsy Stone]

82. Angela Cartwright!

Maybe she'll sing for us? Doe a deer a female deer. Ray a drop of golden sun...

[Berry Cool]

81. Thanks for pointing that out, bleev.

"Stanch" is "stanch," "staunch" is "staunch."

And Keith has obviously worked hard to avoid having an accent. He's hilarious when he does imitations of "New Yawkers" on Dan Patrick's show, though. He knows how to do all the accents.

[crispini]

11. Every excuse to tighten down our freedoms.

Shocked. I am so shocked. :sarcasm:

[Patsy Stone]

18. Your tax dollars at work.

:hi:

[crispini]

Howdy Pats!

:hi:

[gkhouston]

137. Don't you mean

"greetings, fellow subversive"?

Quakers as a threat to our society. Such utter bullshit.

[tatia_s]

17. I wonder if that Defense Dept doc is online anywhere n/t

[crispini]

24. Now THAT would be bad-ass.

Since NBC broke the story I'd check on their website. I'd also bet if it were out there would be a link somewhere on DU.

:hi: Hi tatia!

[tatia_s]

51. Hi hi!

:hi:

~Tatiana

[Patsy Stone]

129. Here you go

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10454316

The link to the .pdf is after the two paragraphs under Lisa's headshot.

[tatia_s]

130. Thanks, Patsy!

~Tatiana

[Clark2008]

27. I'm so glad Keith is doing this story about Matthew's

body being shipped as cargo.

So sad.


:hi: all.

[Patsy Stone]

33. He was upset about it too

:loveya:, KO.

Hi, Clark!

[Berry Cool]

84. Once again, our guy shows his heart.

:loveya: Keith for caring about what matters.

[crispini]

30. LOL! Getting help from Boxer's office!

What a sad situation.

[Botany]

35. Send em over and ship em back.

:cry:

how many more george, how many more?

[RevCheesehead]

44. Underwater nativity?

Are we evangelizing sharks now?

Hey, guess what I found at the Google store: Nativity Puppet Theater!

[Botany]

54. Hey Rev

Do you know why Jesus wasn't born in Wisconsin?

They couldn't find the 3 wise man and the virgin.

:rofl:

[crispini]

67. Bwahahahahahaha!

We haven't had Puppet Theatre much lately have we?

[Botany]

45. Gay Cowboys ..... get along little doggies

[bleever]

56. Quick, somebody cover Cheese's eyes!

:rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

57. Oh, I can't get along, little doggie,

I can't even get one that's small.
No, I can't get a long, little doggie,
I cain't git a dawgy at all.

-Yosemite Sam

[bleever]

68. Brava! Too damn funny.

:applause:

[RevCheesehead]

70. Is it me, or does Yosemite Sam look a little like Sparky?

Then again, he does look like Bleev, too:

[bleever]

91. Alright, I'll confess: he's our love-child. One summer, we were herding

sheep on Brokeback Mountain, and things got kind of...complicated.

And yet so simple.


*sniff*

Never mind. Forget I said anything.

[RevCheesehead]

94. ROFLMAO!

:rofl:

Of course! That's why you guys are always coughing and kicking the ground.

I can understand your weakness. Sparky melts me. :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

100. Didn't I just tell ya? Our men's auxiliary is dying to star in their own

slash fiction extravaganza. :rofl:

Gives a whole new meaning to "rope 'em and brand 'em."

[bleever]

102. "Melts in your mouth, not in your hand"?

I'll never tell.

Yep, nothin' more manly than men being manly with other manly men.


:rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

104. I wouldn't mind either one.

;)

Where the hell IS he?????

[bleever]

108. I'm locking this thread.

With these:

[Berry Cool]

110. Ooh, now I'm excited. Crispi's locked the thread!

Now, just bring Keith over here right away. Tell him I'm helpless in this state; he can do anything with me he pleases.

Oh, and I'd also be helpless in New York. Not just this state.

[crispini]

125. Bwahahahahaha!

:thumbsup:

[bleever]

126. Heh heh.

:toast:

[ralps]

47. Christian Skateboard parks!!!! What the frell!!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Olney Blue]

50. Hi everyone!

Just got home.

Oh, Botany, what a lovely picture- and one of my favorite poems!

[crispini]

52. Howdy Olney!

It's beer-thirty! :toast:

[Olney Blue]

58. Hi Crispini!

[Botany]

69. The picture is from Wisconsin

My mom used to read that to my brother & I many years ago in front of
the very woods outside of Amherst Mass. that frost used to live by.

I have been warped ever since.

My little horse doth think it queer .....

[Olney Blue]

But warped in a GOOD way.....

:D

[Berry Cool]

111. The poor little horse was watching bleever and Sparky

on Bay Air-Back Mountain.

Look out, Dobbin! You'll go blind!

[RevCheesehead]

113. ROFLMFAO!!!

Oh. My. Goddess.

:rofl:

[crispini]

53. Wolvie -- Check your PM. :) nt

[ralps]

59. AAAWWWWW Cool story about the Christmas presents

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[crispini]

66. It was cool, but the FedEx story made me think,

yeah, FedEx and UPS hiring a zillion people to deliver their freakin' packages and my brother still can't find a job. :eyes:

[RevCheesehead]

60. Plastic Handcuffs?

Oh, Crispi - another shout-out for you!!! :evilgrin:

[crispini]

63. But were they pink?

:rofl: I am really starting to enjoy Worst Person in the World. It doesn't QUITE make up for the loss of the beloved Friday News Quiz, but it helps. Plus, it's every day!

Hi Rev! :hi:

[RevCheesehead]

65. They didn't say....

And I'll bet they weren't fuzzy either.

But even so - who else would Keith be thinking of?? :7

[crispini]

76. Hee!

For KO: :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

86. Yeah, and I for one never get tired of

the image of Bill O'Reilly in a Santa hat, winning yet again.

I'm gonna miss it when Christmas is over!

[SharonRB]

61. Love WPITW

Wally O'Dell and O'Lielly get the to two spots!!!!

[Patsy Stone]

62. O'Dell upstaged by O'Lielly!

I think Wally got a raw deal. :(

[Berry Cool]

89. Hey, I was just delighted to see Wally get mentioned at all.

I was starting to wonder whether Keith had forgotten all about Ohio and our election follies. Turns out he hasn't after all. What a delight to know that, at a time when one of the crooks is exiting the stage. :loveya:

[ralps]

64. Yay!!! Wally O'Dell is # 2, & O'Reilly is # 1 worst person in the world

LOL Guess where Bill gets this nonsense!! :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :popcorn:

[ralps]

71. LOL Keith ranting about there not being enough robots

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :rofl: :rofl:

[crispini]

79. I enjoyed that little piece.

I think I spotted a clip from Metropolis. And I *immediately* thought of Roomba-- 'cause I've been thinking of getting one. :D

And I myself have often said, "Hey, it's 2005! Where's my flying car?!" :D

[Berry Cool]

92. And once again, Keith gets a roll of stamps and mails in his #1 story

by rerunning the robot feature for the umpteenth time...

I get the feeling Keith would love to have a robot write and deliver his #1 story every night so he didn't have to do it. :-)

And aw man, Keith, did you HAVE to go remind me of that creepy PSA from the late '60s that asked if we didn't become physically active, "by the year 2000, will automation and machines do away with our bodies?" The guy with his disembodied head in a box, waiting for robots to come and carry it someplace else...and waiting, and waiting...and nobody came...

Yes, I remember it all too well...it used to CREEP ME OUT! :scared: It figures Keith would remember it too...he remembers everything else I've ever seen on television!

[crispini]

112. Heh, well I hadn't seen it.

So it was fun for me. :D

[RevCheesehead]

72. Reeter bragging, I got to see him put to death!

Bitch.

[Botany]

87. She is everything that is wrong about the 24/7 "news" channels.

I saw a little of her interview w/ Tookie Williams

"So how are you getting ready for the execution?" or something like that she has the class of a rat's ass.

[WolverineDG]

88. it's called the "off switch" rev

or did she say this before you could get to the remote?

dg

[RevCheesehead]

90. Definately before.

I'm making up for it by watching "the year without a Santa Claus." :)

[Berry Cool]

97. Oh, that's the BEST!

The Heat Miser and the Snow Miser!

TOO MUCH!

[RevCheesehead]

99. They're on right now!!

And check out my lounge poll:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4439546&mesg_id=4439546

[Berry Cool]

115. Wow, looks as if people prefer the hothead

to the tutti-frutti snow cone!

You know you're too old for Christmas specials when you watch them just because the Miser Brothers strike you as being great "gay camp."

[Botany]

101. My remote is broke ....

.... but she was turned off PDQ ..... how did she get her job in the first place?

[Berry Cool]

117. Our best guess as to how Rita got her job

is that she promised something to Rick Kaplan...but we can't say what it is on a family thread. O8)

[Botany]

119. Does the words job or throat come into play?

:rofl:

[Berry Cool]

123. Yeah, she said

"Please hire me, I so badly want this job...despite the fact that I have a nasty sore throat." :rofl:

[Berry Cool]

96. Yeah, well, our buddy Muffster got to put her in her place!

And well done it was, too! Talk about a ghoul. She's still out there talking about it. Ugh. Talk about a creep-out.

But, in other Keith news, I have to give him props for apparently having a crush on Tilda Swinton. Hey, I'm feeling generous tonight. If he will allow me Ralph Fiennes, I'll allow him Tilda. :loveya:

[spooky3]

98. I'd tell you you're my favorite EDV

but I don't know what that means.

:hi:

[Botany]

103. ROFL

thanx but I could never be an EDV ..... an EDV = Estrogen Driven Vixen ..... they take many forms but
always female ..... maybe a gay male could be an EDV but Patsy or GK would have to make that call.

I just hang out here for some pity snark. :rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

106. That would be a TDV, silly.

with perhaps a smidge of E thrown in for flavor. ;)

[Berry Cool]

120. Yeah, but what flavor???

and why am I reminded of Bertie Botts' Every Flavor Beans?

Can't you just see our boys digging through their own boxes now..."Drat! I found one that tastes like vomit, one that tastes like ear wax, but...jeez, where are the OTHER bodily fluid flavors???"

[RevCheesehead]

121. !

:wow:


:spank::spank::spank:

[spooky3]

132. Isn't a vixen a female fox? So that would be TDF for Botany?

Thanks for the explanation for the acronym-challenged. :hug:

[RevCheesehead]

133. Excellent point.

I don't think we ever narrowed down the male species. The focus previously had been on the Brigade.

But I still maintain that for the gay males, a TDV is more appropriate. Or perhaps an EDF. :)

[Patsy Stone]

109. Well, you know what they say:

"No, it isn't very pretty what snark without pity can do." :rofl:

[Botany]

114. love you too ......

You had to get your little dig in didn't ya?

[Berry Cool]

124. I'd gladly dig in to that lasagna!

You're so multilayered, Botany! :loveya:

[Patsy Stone]

127. You bet I am -- for Worm Lasagne!

Thanks! :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

118. Hey, spooky3, I'm not particular.

Go ahead and say it. I'll glow regardless. :blush:

[bunny planet]

128. Hi Everyone.

I was able to fiddle with my knobs (yes I know how that sounded)and get my cable box to receive KO again, thank Gawd. Didn't want to wade through construction debris to post during the show though.

Some passing comments on tonights show.

I will clean your kitchen for free Keef.
I love it that Falafalhead is worst person in the world every week now. Keith's dedication to the cause of poking holes in that blowhard, lobotoloofah's pinhead is a pleasure to behold.

I love it when Keith refers to the Preznit as Mr. Bush, which he did repeatedly this evening. You can tell he really means it, is as disgusted as the rest of us, and yearns for him to lose his present title of His Fraudulency just as much as I do.

He complimented Tilda Swinton, one classy actress, and of course he is one classy guy. If I see Narnia it will not be because of the talking Christian lion but because I hear Swinton's snow queen is supposed to be phenomenal.

I really hoped Countdown would've had Jim Vanderhei on to talk about his little 'error' last night but that was not to be expected. They must be keeping 'pool boy' as he is referred to over at firedoglake under wraps for now, no more teevee for you Jim. Jimmy wants to leak. Jimmy knows something you don't know. Whatever.

The story about the soldier being shipped home as freight was so important to cover and Keith handled it with his usual grace as did the father of the young man. When will this all end? It is utter madness.

I'll try and post real time tomorrow. Nighty night. Let's hope there are indictments in time for Christmas and Channukah (I'll take one for each night).



:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: Floaties to all.

[Berry Cool]

131. So glad you could pick up Keith again, Bun-Bun!!

We were worried about you there!

I agree with most of what you have to say, too...except for the part about cleaning Keith's kitchen for free. Sorry pal, it's all I can do to clean my OWN kitchen!

[bunny planet]

134. Berry, it's KEITH's kitchen, and I'd find some way for him to pay me if

you catch my drift.
:evilgrin:

[Berry Cool]

139. Well, you have a point there.

Damn, Bunny, GIVE ME THAT DAWN DISH BRUSH ALREADY!