Can I tell you what I had for dinner? Kinda random. Green beans. Cranberry sauce (homemade). Chick peas. And ... mmmm .... homemade carrot parsnip soup. Most delicious.
Dearly benighted, we have blathered together here on this the site of our poor, departed ogged...
Way back when, in the waning days of the Roman Republic, a small town in southern Italy was well known for its annual agricultural fair, which was such a production that people came from far away to visit, show off their produce, if it could survive the trip, and meet exotic people. One such hardy trekker had come all the way from cisalpine Gaul with a crop of strawberries, which quickly became the hit of the fair—nearly everyone came by the man's stall. By the third day, his supplies had dwindled quite a bit, but there were still many who came by. That night, a few men came by his camp site as he slept and asked him where he was keeping his remaining berries. He tried to explain to them that he would set up the following morning in the same place as before, but they were quite insistent, even after he promised to set some aside for them. They explained: "we come not to praise your berries, but to seize them."
Whatever the cause, SPS can become a serious mental illness, and if unchecked in its early phases, can result in minor injury (from beatings), major injury (from worse beatings), and even death (from still worse beatings).
If I were Bush, I wouldn't want to be nominating a new Justice in the middle of all this; don't you think getting a hardliner through will be even more difficult if it happens in the wake of indictments? Maybe Miers just gave up of her own accord.
You could be right--although I also think Bush may want to screw the hardliners over the S.Ct. nomination right now. If a group beats up one of Bush's friends, I don't think his instinct is to appease them.
I think Ogged went on hiatus because he didn't want to have to defend the inevitable Kaus post about how it is irresponsible for democrats to be cheering for indictments because indictments will mean that Bush has no choice but to invade Syria to create a distraction.
This may be true, but then it makes me think of that asshole Frum who said that she just doesn't have the personality for it. Didn't ogged write something about that? Was there even some guy named ogged, or was that my imagination?
Yes, yes it is wishful thinking. The thing to remember about Bush is that he's perfectly capable of royally pissing off principled conservatives without ever doing a darned thing that would make liberals happy (See his fiscal policy: Conservatives want the government to spend nothing. Liberals want the government to spend as much as necessary to cope with society's needs. Bush splits the difference by simply setting stadiums full of money on fire.)
LB, Billmon suggested that b/c of the nature of sealed indictments, the public would not know that indictments had been handed down until the suspects had been notified, taken into custody, or whatever needed to be done. What's your weighty opinion?
Am I really supposed to give a shit that that basketball player chick is gay? Just wondering.
Posted by profgrrrrl | Link to this comment | 10-26-05 8:07 PM
PS: I'm eating these
Posted by profgrrrrl | Link to this comment | 10-26-05 8:08 PM
weren't those the guys who were caught lying about the nutritional information in an effort to make the snack seem healthier? it is tasty, tho.
Posted by alameida | Link to this comment | 10-26-05 8:16 PM
Oh, don't tell me they're lying. I can't handle that. Why do men always lie to me?
Posted by profgrrrrl | Link to this comment | 10-26-05 8:17 PM
only 2 posts to threadjack about food! muahahahaha!
Posted by alameida | Link to this comment | 10-26-05 8:17 PM
Can I tell you what I had for dinner? Kinda random. Green beans. Cranberry sauce (homemade). Chick peas. And ... mmmm .... homemade carrot parsnip soup. Most delicious.
Posted by profgrrrrl | Link to this comment | 10-26-05 8:19 PM
Did you know that if you shove food into your ass, you can crap out of your mouth?
Posted by text | Link to this comment | 10-26-05 8:37 PM
Yes, I've seen that South Park.
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 10-26-05 9:06 PM
Do you think anyone was dumb enough to try it, IRL?
Posted by profgrrrrl | Link to this comment | 10-26-05 9:07 PM
Or better yet, if you were to feed your ass, what would it want to eat?
Posted by profgrrrrl | Link to this comment | 10-26-05 9:07 PM
Pudding.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 10-26-05 9:14 PM
The best part about this post is the past tense of the title. I feel like I'm at a wake, only everyone is making fun of the dearly departed.
Posted by FL | Link to this comment | 10-26-05 9:15 PM
Moses Hadas: cool or tool?
Posted by FL | Link to this comment | 10-26-05 9:17 PM
Dearly benighted, we have blathered together here on this the site of our poor, departed ogged...
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 10-26-05 9:38 PM
Should I get #1?
White Sox won, btw.
Surely someone, somewhere, is doing a comparative study of the comparative average penis size of male Democrats versus male Republicans.
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 10-26-05 10:11 PM
Hadas = tool. (And would he have been a suitable tool for Housman?)
Posted by Mark | Link to this comment | 10-26-05 10:53 PM
Dearly benighted, we have blathered together here on this the site of our poor, departed ogged...
Way back when, in the waning days of the Roman Republic, a small town in southern Italy was well known for its annual agricultural fair, which was such a production that people came from far away to visit, show off their produce, if it could survive the trip, and meet exotic people. One such hardy trekker had come all the way from cisalpine Gaul with a crop of strawberries, which quickly became the hit of the fair—nearly everyone came by the man's stall. By the third day, his supplies had dwindled quite a bit, but there were still many who came by. That night, a few men came by his camp site as he slept and asked him where he was keeping his remaining berries. He tried to explain to them that he would set up the following morning in the same place as before, but they were quite insistent, even after he promised to set some aside for them. They explained: "we come not to praise your berries, but to seize them."
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 10-26-05 11:33 PM
Do you think anyone was dumb enough to try it, IRL?
If something is dumb enough to be tried, there is always someone dumb enough to have tried it. It's some Yogi Berra-meets-Jackass rule.
Posted by ogmb | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 12:22 AM
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 12:30 AM
Fortunately, I make most of mine up out of whole cloth, so I got a fairly low score on that test.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 12:38 AM
Standardized tests never really measure anything, anyway.
Posted by Matt F | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 12:40 AM
Here's a good 'un.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 12:55 AM
Miers out.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 7:46 AM
(Do you think that means something big is going down and they're trying to knock it off the front page?)
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 7:47 AM
yeah, that was my first thought.
Posted by silvana | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 7:56 AM
If I were Bush, I wouldn't want to be nominating a new Justice in the middle of all this; don't you think getting a hardliner through will be even more difficult if it happens in the wake of indictments? Maybe Miers just gave up of her own accord.
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 8:01 AM
You could be right--although I also think Bush may want to screw the hardliners over the S.Ct. nomination right now. If a group beats up one of Bush's friends, I don't think his instinct is to appease them.
Anyway, nothing from Fitz today.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 8:04 AM
Um, am I hitting the same crack pipe as those RedStaters who are saying that the Wilsons are getting indicted?
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 8:04 AM
Goddam.
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 8:05 AM
The goddam was to 27. What are you talking about with 28?
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 8:06 AM
I think Ogged went on hiatus because he didn't want to have to defend the inevitable Kaus post about how it is irresponsible for democrats to be cheering for indictments because indictments will mean that Bush has no choice but to invade Syria to create a distraction.
Posted by pjs | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 8:14 AM
Miers gave up of her own accord
This may be true, but then it makes me think of that asshole Frum who said that she just doesn't have the personality for it. Didn't ogged write something about that? Was there even some guy named ogged, or was that my imagination?
Posted by silvana | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 8:15 AM
28 meant "Isn't awful, horrible wishful thinking to think that Bush will nominate Larry Tribe just to piss off Brownback?"
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 8:16 AM
Yes, yes it is wishful thinking. The thing to remember about Bush is that he's perfectly capable of royally pissing off principled conservatives without ever doing a darned thing that would make liberals happy (See his fiscal policy: Conservatives want the government to spend nothing. Liberals want the government to spend as much as necessary to cope with society's needs. Bush splits the difference by simply setting stadiums full of money on fire.)
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 8:24 AM
Why do men always lie to me?
Not me, baby. Honest.
Posted by Tripp | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 8:29 AM
LB, Billmon suggested that b/c of the nature of sealed indictments, the public would not know that indictments had been handed down until the suspects had been notified, taken into custody, or whatever needed to be done. What's your weighty opinion?
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 8:29 AM
34: Miers was a great example, wasn't she?
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 8:32 AM
Sorry, I've done so little criminal work that I don't know a thing about how sealed indictments work.
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 8:33 AM
Who was it that coined the term "Fitzmas"? Was it that diarist on Kos?
That thing spread like syphilis in Baltimore, in that fun book by that guy. I've now seen it on every blog I visit.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 10:02 AM
It's spreading to real life, too. I've heard people use it who don't read blogs.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 10:06 AM
I hadn't read it before I used it, but everyone beat me to it anyway. Oh well.
I like to think I made one useful contribution:
On the first day of Fitzmas, my Preznit said to me
I withdraw my Supreme Court nominee.
Posted by Armsmasher | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 10:28 AM
smashing.
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 10:32 AM
To 31: pjs, I like your thinking.
To 34: Those stadiums full of money are actually taxpayer subsidized stadia for the Texas Rangers. (Bush believes in all kinds of corporate welfare.)
Posted by bostoniangirl | Link to this comment | 10-27-05 12:38 PM
Re 41: To continue what Armsmasher started:
On the second day of Fitzmas, my Preznit said to me
Scooter gets indicted
And I withdraw my Supreme Court nominee.
Posted by My Alter Ego | Link to this comment | 10-28-05 9:17 AM
Why do I think that five will involve this?
Posted by Mo MacArbie | Link to this comment | 10-28-05 1:19 PM