KOEB Meeting 5/19/06--Keefless Baseball Hooky Night Edition

[Berry Cool]

If you look at the show tonight and ask "Where's Keith?"

...no need to ask. He's doing this:



and watching these guys:

and, well, you get the idea.

Shoulda seen that Subway Series coming...but I was kinda hoping he'd skip tonight and just go to the other games.

Oh well. :shrug:

Damn Yankee apologist.

[RevCheesehead]

1. Rats.

:cry: I want my Keith!

Hiya, Berry! :hi:

[Patsy Stone]

2. Evenin', Rev!

Brian's doing it from LA, too. Why not just phone it in? :hi:

[RevCheesehead]

3. "Amurikan"

He got that right! :)

Hiya Pats. :hi:

[Berry Cool]

5. Aw, come on, you know why.

Because the NSA would listen in and take it off the air. :rofl:

[SharonRB]

6. Hi, everyone

Boy, I don't watch last night and now he's not even here tonight. I'll have to watch the tape of last night's show after this.

[Patsy Stone]

57. Have I said

Shabbat Shazzam! yet? Hi!

[SharonRB]

61. Back atcha, Patsy

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

10. Hiya Rev! And all!

:hi: everyone! Sorry it couldn't be a happier occasion!

[Clark2008]

4. Who is this guy?

I don't believe I've ever seen this guy....

:hi: all (wondering, now, why I'm not out driving...)

[Patsy Stone]

Brian Unger

Who used to be on The Daily Show back in the day.

Hi, Clark!

ed: sp.

[Clark2008]

9. I know the name - didn't know the face.

Thanks!

:hi: Pats!

[Berry Cool]

7. Go out for a drive. Enjoy.

It's Brian Unger. He seems to be the new sub for Keith since Alison got her own show.

[RevCheesehead]

8. Hooray! Russ gets his props!

"Even in a political stunt, manners never hurt."

Stunt? :wtf:

edit to get my cussing smiley!

[Patsy Stone]

12. Dems are uppity

Didn't ya hear?

[WolverineDG]

42. Well, he deserves it

for standing up Steph at the altar this morning. :cry:

;)

dg

[WolverineDG]

11. He would have skipped the game

if the announcement of Rove's indictment had been made today. :cry:

oooh, looky up there...2 KO stickies!

dg

[SharonRB]

13. I can't imagine who did those

[WolverineDG]

16. I only did one

I never could figure out how to do a graphic sticky. :cry:

dg

[Patsy Stone]

20. If you have

any program where you can resize pictures, do it to 98 x 98, and save it as a .jpg. Save it on your desktop and then upload it to DU where it asks you to. If you want to have it link somewhere, just put the URL in the box.

[WolverineDG]

27. I tried w/Paint

& resizing to 92x92. It kept giving me only a portion of the pic, so after much swearing & carrying on, I decided to stick with text stickies. Plus, now I'm out of stickies, so it's all moot anyway.

Thanks for the tips! :thumbsup: I'll save them for next time.

dg

[SharonRB]

30. I used Paint and had to experiment a lot before I finally got it done

When I put it in Photobucket and tried to use the URL I couldn't get it to work, but I was able to upload it from the computer directly.

[Patsy Stone]

31. Is there a program in your Microsoft bundle-o-crap

called Microsoft Office Picture Manager? That works well. If not, see if you can crop the area in the original picture and save that first. Then reduce it. Good luck. Lemme know if it works.

[RevCheesehead]

34. You can also use Word.

Although I did a mix of working with Word, then copying to Paint.
Worthless Microsoft piece of shit. :grr:

[WolverineDG]

40. I'll check

I just know there's got to be an easier way to do this.

dg

[Clark2008]

73. Send to me

IM me and I'll give you my email.

I've got programs out the wazoo to help you. I'll send it back and you can post it ! :)

[WolverineDG]

80. I'm out of stickies

but maybe I can post it in my sig line instead! :)

Thanks!

dg

[RevCheesehead]

21. Not only is he holding our buddy SpongeBob,

He's wearing your favorite suit. O8)

[Patsy Stone]

33. I love that sticky.

Big smile. :)

[SharonRB]

22. So the one about Murrow wearing Garcia ties isn't yours?

I thought for sure it was. Okay, whose is it?

[WolverineDG]

23. The Murrow wore Garcia ties IS mine

Sponge Bob is not.

but :thumbsup: to whoever that shot, since he's wearing THE gray suit in that one (thanks for the catch, Rev) :loveya:

dg

[RevCheesehead]

25. That would be me.

:evilgrin:

[SharonRB]

26. Yeah, I just saw your response in the other thread I started

I knew that had to be you. I wasn't sure about Spongebob.

[Patsy Stone]

14. We're so cool

How's things DG?

[WolverineDG]

17. Just fine

Incredibly hot, though. Whoda thunk that Sunday night I was cowering in a closet praying the tornado(s) wouldn't hit my house? :scared:

dg

[Patsy Stone]

24. It's summer here too.

And it's arrived most unceremoniously. Tornados :scared: me. Hurricanes you got warning. Tornados, earthquakes, zip.

Happy Friday!!! :toast:

[SharonRB]

29. It's rained here at least part of every day for the past 10 days

I think it's supposed to clear up for the weekend. I sure hope so, as I'm having a garage sale. I had a killer headache starting Tuesday and finally going away today. Really sucky weather.

[WolverineDG]

65. Has your husband started measuring lumber

in cubits? ;)

Are the animals lining up 2 by 2?

dg

[SharonRB]

71. It's not quite that bad yet

It hasn't been steady rain every day...some days just a little bit, some days more, but no flooding around us.

[WolverineDG]

32. Especially when the storms come up suddenly

AT NIGHT!!!

There I was, innocently playing on the computer when WHAMMO! the storm hit. Then I open the door to see what's going on, all sorts of sirens go off, I hear a roar that sounds like a train & close by, but the tracks are a couple of miles from me & the trains don't sound that loud and a siren on top of the others that sounds like an air raid siren. So, it's either a tornado or the Luftwaffe. I pick "tornado." HOLY CRAP! Cats flee to parts unknown, I dive in the closet, keeping my hand on the door. Door starts shaking, I start praying really hard.

It must not have come too near my place because there wasn't too much damage, just branches & signs down, in my area. But, I was still :scared:

dg

[SharonRB]

35. Tornados scare the hell out of me, too.

[Patsy Stone]

Wow.

That's a way to spend an evening. I'm glad it passed by (waaaay too close) and that you and the kitties are okay. :hug:

This weekend begins a twelve day tax-free holiday so we can buy hurricane supplies. :)

[WolverineDG]

63. We don't get the tax-free thing

but I discovered a good hidey-hole for me, the furballs, & supplies should the coast get hit with a major storm this year.

dg

[RevCheesehead]

15. Hi, Wolvie!

Happy Friday! :bounce::bounce:

[WolverineDG]

19. Damn straight, Rev

TGIF, indeed. This was one long freaking week.


dg

[babylonsister]

18. Brian Unger, MUCH better than that chirpy blonde bimbette. Hi, all!

But no KO!

[Patsy Stone]

28. He has chosen the Yankees this evening

(sigh)

Oh, well... Brian's an acceptable (if not really trying too hard ) substitute -- and he's not Alex Witt.

:hi:, babylonsister! Happy Friday! :toast:

[babylonsister]

36. Yes, Ms. Witt. She's somewhat obnoxious, imho. I feel like she's

talking to someone in kindergarten.
Hi, Patsy! :hi: Happy Friday yourself! I'm bummed; KO's doing his thang, and Maher's on hiatus.

[WolverineDG]

38. It's ok, sis

I suspect KO would have been here had Rove been frogmarched today.

dg

[SharonRB]

39. It's been such a disappointing week

I sure hope something happens next week -- in time for Fitzorial Day.

[WolverineDG]

41. Now is the time for all good Leopolds

to disclose the names of their sources.

just sayin'

dg

[SharonRB]

45. I just hope no one was setting Jason up

I still trust him -- I just think he was ahead of the news and he'll be vindicated.

[babylonsister]

48. Im with you, Sharon, but had to remove myself from those bloody

threads!

[SharonRB]

I barely ventured in

I kept seeing them pile up, I read a teeny bit, but kept myself from commenting. Some folks have nothing better to do, I guess.

[Patsy Stone]

87. Number 19 just started.

Nineteen!?! :eyes:

[SharonRB]

92. At this point I have no idea what they're finding to talk about

If they're at 19 now, I don't even want to imagine how many threads there will be when the shit really hits the fan -- whenever that winds up being.

[Patsy Stone]

93. It's the same folks

in all of them lying in wait for flies to drop in. They're actually chatting amongst themselves; and it's nice to have them all in one place -- so you know where to avoid.

[WolverineDG]

51. That's been my concern all week

and it only got worse as each minute ticked away today, making it less & less likely that Rove was going to be frog-marched out of the White House. :cry:

Oh well, at least I have a bridal shower for a gay wedding to attend this weekend. To round out the festivities & further piss off the right wing, I'm going to see the DaVinci Code. :evilgrin:

dg

[Berry Cool]

49. I was saying the same thing.

Leopold said he was going to out his sources if things didn't go down the way he claimed they would.

Well, I think now is the time.

Unless we need to give him 24 business hours to get his affairs in order.

[babylonsister]

47. Disappointing week if you ask me. I told my dad LAST week

Rove was going to be frogmarched. So much for faith in my sources, though I'm sure there has been frantic stuff going on under the surface. I'm thinking that because of the total blackout by the so-called MSM. :hi:

[WolverineDG]

55. Just keep praying my prayer

NO, not "DEAR GOD, DON'T LET THAT TORNADO KILL ME" but "Dear God (of your choice), please surround the White House with the Light of Truth so that it can shine through."

dg

[babylonsister]

62. That is ALL I want-the light of truth to shine! Great prayer, dg! nt

[Berry Cool]

56. I don't think there IS any blackout. That's the point. Nothing happened.

And now Leopold has "some 'splainin' to do, Loosy."

"Ahead of the news cycle," my eye. I could say right now that * was going to resign next week according to my "sources." If he didn't, people would laugh me off DU. If * resigned next winter, know what would happen if I said "See, I wasn't wrong, I was just ahead of the news cycle"? I'd be laughed off DU again.

[babylonsister]

66. I think someone has some explaining to do, but I also think there's

something going on that we aren't privy to. Fitz supposedly told Rove & Co. he'd have a determination in 10 days (a few weeks ago that was said). So why have we heard nothing? I do think there's something there that we will eventually hear about. If it's that KKKarl or someone else is squealing, I can wait.

[RevCheesehead]

37. I was confused.

Was that an HBO documentary? A movie? or a mini-series?

[bleever]

43. Is this the right place? I went left at the corner of Vitriol and Hysteria

then I had to detour around an upside down car that was burning in the next thread over, then I had to avoid a mob with torches and pittforks. I never thought I'd get here.


:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

44. "Pitt-forks"

:rofl:

[WolverineDG]

46. pittforks?

Only to be used on Will? :shrug:

dg

[bleever]

74. Jason gets impaled on leopoles.

:hi:

[WolverineDG]

75. Hey Bleev!

:hi:

dg

[babylonsister]

50. bleever! That about sums it up! LOL! nt

[Patsy Stone]

54. Bored mob behavior

Pittforks: LOL!

We're over here, in the kitchen. Near the keg.

:hi:

[bleever]

68. I knew there had to be a sane room somewhere.

Kee-rist, people can be mean. And man, they can really crank it up when they feel like they've got carte blanche because someone has been mean to them.


SHEEEEESH!!!


Pour me a big one, and prepare to refill.

[Patsy Stone]

78. People suck.

[RevCheesehead]

81. *sniff*

I miss Sparky. :cry:

[Patsy Stone]

83. Honest to goodness

I thought of you and Sparky when I first saw that picture on Google. :rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

85. Caption: "Uff-da!"

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

88. Wouldn't that be

Lars? Or Petre? :)

[CBHagman]

95. Bleever, your post #43 is a thing of beauty and a joy forever.

Left at the corner of Vitriol and Hysteria! :rofl:

I'm loving those directions!

[bleever]

97. Thanks, CB.

:hi:

[Clark2008]

52. OK - that lead-in sucked.

The DaVinci Code does NOT deny that Jesus was divine - only that he lived as a man and had a wife. Duh. He could still have been Divine. Geesch.

And, it doesn't potray the Catholic Church as evil - but more as trying to preserve itself.

:eyes:

Who wrote THAT copy?

[Patsy Stone]

58. Someone who didn't read it?

That's my guess. :)

[Clark2008]

67. Yea - they didn't read the book, but sure as hell read

the anti-DaVinci Code pamphlets distributed by the Fundie Network.

[Patsy Stone]

72. Part of the reason I finally read it

was that I wanted to read all of those books about it. :)

I still can't bring myself to contribte to Jack Van Impe. Although, I admit I love his hair -- and Rexella.

[WolverineDG]

69. It's asking too much of them to actually READ something

Analysis is something only weak, cowardly, terrorist-coddling liberals do, don'tcha know?

dg

[WolverineDG]

59. My plan (in case I get interviewed)

is to say something along the lines of "Who's to say that DIDN'T happen? What is more important? The message Jesus taught or whether or not he got it on with someone. And those protestors over there? Where the hell were they when all those priests were molesting kids? Why the hell aren't they protesting the war? Both of these things contravene EVERYTHING Jesus taught."

heh

dg

[CBHagman]

96. I always catch that stuff too, Clark.

And may I say that filed under Careers I Don't Understand is Sharon Waxman's. I thought she was a hack and totally clueless about the movies when she was at The Washington Post, and I had to scrape my jaw off the floor when she landed at The New York Times.

Waxman didn't even know in what DECADE Martin Scorsese made The Last Temptation of Christ (Yet another movie based on a novel, and something my then-pastor announced -- right from the pulpit -- he was interested in seeing). Where's that guy with the hook when you need him?

[RevCheesehead]

53. OK, I confess....

My sermon for this Sunday is titled "The Jesus Code." :hide:

[WolverineDG]

60. Is that like Sudoku?

:hide:

dg

[RevCheesehead]

64. Nope, more like MadLibs.

(not to be confused with mad Libs in GD)

Except in this code, there's only one verb: to love.

[Berry Cool]

76. I'd love to read that sermon.

When's the last time anyone said THAT to you? :-)

[RevCheesehead]

79. Too bad I don't write them out.

Last time? Well, Rabrrrrrr often asks me to post my sermons either in the Liberal Christians group, or even in the Lounge. But in real life, it's been a while.

[RevCheesehead]

70. Is Oliver gonna rewrite 9/11 history, too?

I can't imagine how this will turn out. Oy.

[RevCheesehead]

77. I just knew they'd use that Jon Stewart clip!

"...in New Hampshire, having an affair with a volunteer firefighter he calls 'Jonny-Cakes.'" :rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

82. Anyone else finding the Wilbanks story NOT funny?

Jesus, give it a rest.

[Patsy Stone]

84. Like so many other things

Does this really increase ratings? Is there a study on this I can read somewhere? Jeez.

[RevCheesehead]

86. It ain't news, it's gossip.

And vicious gossip, at that. I think Countdown should be above crap like that.

[Berry Cool]

89. Yeah, Keith should get back in there and give 'em all a dressing down.

And for the record, I don't think I'm being mean about Leopold. He and the Truthout gang said some pretty nasty stuff about the MSM and how they were suppressing this story and so on, and they were pretty cold about it. Now they're looking less and less credible by the day, and the tables are turned, and now we're supposed to go easy on 'em when they were thumping their chests all week about having scooped the MSM and what a bunch of Bush-lovin' cowards the MSM were?

Well, I know we don't know the whole truth yet, but we do know one thing: nothing happened this week, and they made this week sound like a slam-dunk. A lot of people popped champagne corks merely reading what they said. I didn't. Precisely because I was afraid of something like this.

Maybe they got used and used good. Maybe there's more to all this than meets the eye. In the meantime...they're going to get some heat, and it's to be expected.

I will stop there, lest this become a thread about that.

[WolverineDG]

90. I have ALWAYS had a problem with this story

AFAIK, women are still free to do what they want in this country. SHE wasn't the one who created a huge firestorm over "disappearing." It was whipped up by a bored/lazy media. Okay, she lied when she was discovered & she should be called on that, BUT I don't think SHE should have to pay back ANY money to the city/state/county law enforcement for the searches being done. She wasn't the one who got everyone all riled up. Everything she did (up to lying about being kidnapped) was/is perfectly legal for a woman to do: get on a bus & get out of town. There is no law requiring a woman to let someone know what she is doing or where she is going.


dg

[RevCheesehead]

91. Ah, you've identified the true culprit.

Been taking Colbert lessons? :thumbsup:

[WolverineDG]

94. Hee! No

I've always felt that way about this story.

dg

[Berry Cool]

98. But she cost a lot of people a lot of money with her lies

and that alone made this a story...for a while, anyway.

Now, it is no longer a story. Move along. Nothin' here to see. Just two more people who broke up. :shrug: