Jeez, Ann. Everyone in the blogosphere knows by know that the "fist bump" is called a "dap."
Stuff white people like: lording their urban slang over everyone.
I SAY AGAIN: DID HE DO THE EXPLODEY NOISE?
2 gets it right.
Also, I knew from the beginning that Matthew Broderick would be too easily caricatured by the right-wingers, but no, we had to go and nominate him for president. All because his wife might be more congenial to Eileen in Massapequa than Michelle Obama is.
What's the urban slang for "nasty old crone".
You are not a newblogger either, FL.
Damn-- Tiger out for the season with torn ACL and stress fracture. No wonder he was wincing.
The only hopeful take on Obama's "National Security Working Group" is that maybe he wants to get them all together so he can kill them all at once.
The American people disagree with me about most things, and beggars can't be choosers. My fundamental principles are extremely robust.
2: Hey, I freely admit I had no idea what it was called until the big shitstorm.
Joy asks Michelle what she has for breakfast, and she says:
"Toast, fruit, and I do my protein as: bacon. We're bacon people."
Joy does a mini-cheer: "Bacon! Bacon!" The audience shows enthusiasm. Somers in all seriousness says if you're going to have bacon, you should have Bob Evans Canadian Bacon. Michelle and just about everyone laughs at her for that absurd suggestion. Somers also recommends turkey bacon and "smart bacon" -- and much grumbling is heard. "Smart bacon" is soy. Michelle is all "soy, sounds good" as she elbows Joy Behar. Those 2 seem to be bonding over bacon. Whoopi sneaks over to join the group: "I'm just going to say leave the bacon alone. We'll eat anything, but don't touch the bacon." Ha ha. The health nannying is shot to hell. "Does Obama eat bacon?" Joy asks. Michelle: "He will eat the bacon." Ha ha.
Final shot at the table. Everyone's looking happy. I find myself smiling. Okay. Worked for me. Broderick and Somers were stodgy and dull, but Michelle was just lovely and excellent. Her one little flub/nonflub ("pathetic") was hilarious.
I hate you. Hate you, Labs. I read that whole thing.
The only hopeful take on Obama's "National Security Working Group" is that maybe he wants to get them all together so he can kill them all at once.
"If I get assassinated, I want to choose who goes down with me."
Btw, y'all, since Ogged isn't here I'm going to trash his cheap ass by telling you folks that he and I had a $20 bet on the "whitey" tape, and he's now telling me that he won't pay up until after the election.
14: NO.
I'm taking PK to the zoo with a grad school girlfriend who's up in Santa Barbara with her own two kids visiting inlaws. With any luck I'll *completely forget that Althouse exists*.
8: I gotta say, winning the US Open with a broken leg is fairly impressive.
14: NO.
I'm taking PK to the zoo with a grad school girlfriend who's up in Santa Barbara with her own two kids visiting inlaws. With any luck I'll *completely forget that Althouse exists*.
11: Apo is so fucking easy to pander to.
15: be sure to show him this:
A blogger who supported Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton circulates unfounded claims that Mrs. Obama gave an accusatory speech in her church about the sins of "whitey." Mrs. Obama shakes her head."You are amazed sometimes at how deep the lies can be," she says in an interview. Referring to a character in a 1970s sitcom, she adds: "I mean, 'whitey'? That's something that George Jefferson would say..."A blogger who supported Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton circulates unfounded claims that Mrs. Obama gave an accusatory speech in her church about the sins of "whitey." Mrs. Obama shakes her head.
"You are amazed sometimes at how deep the lies can be," she says in an interview. Referring to a character in a 1970s sitcom, she adds: "I mean, 'whitey'? That's something that George Jefferson would say..."
6: Di for newblogger in '08. And read too, to balance the ticket!
Hell, he had me when "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" got played following speeches. The bacon is just icing.
Hmm, bacon icing...
I was under the mistaken impression Somers was Canadian, because she was married to Al Hamel, whose kids' show Razzle Dazzle was big in my childhood. But no! She's from Cupertino.
But Pammy is all ours.
Actually, Michelle Obama only said that once.
Read is egregiously pro-relationship. I object.
If there are no new bloggers, isn't that a sign that Ogged was always useless?
22: no, just bacon on ice cream.
The saddest thing about the excerpt in 20 is that the NY times felt the need to explain who George Jefferson is.
Hey! What are you doing on my lawn? Shooo!
If I didn't know that was Althouse, I'd say it was a dry, deadpan meditation on the ridiculousness of pop culture and TV viewing.
Anybody noticed how the Dow is tumbling? Down like 800 points in the last month. I'm contemplating emergency intervention in my 401K, but have no idea where to put it. (Yes, it's personal finance blogging to go along with the golf!)
Bacon on ice cream is for posers.
26: Bacon on ice cream is a half-assed measure; put the bacon where it belongs.
There is no shame in being apo-pwned when it comes to bacon.
There was bacon ice cream in the Top Chef finale.
The judges liked it.
28: I'm contemplating emergency intervention in my 401K, but have no idea where to put it.
I understand there are a lot of good opportunities in Nigeria (Two interesting places to be director of e-marketing, a real Nigerian bank and Hormel).
Btw, y'all, since Ogged isn't here I'm going to trash his cheap ass by telling you folks that he and I had a $20 bet on the "whitey" tape, and he's now telling me that he won't pay up until after the election.
And now you know the rest of the story.
28: Take the money out now and burn it. You'll at least get that satisfaction out of your 401k.
I'm contemplating emergency intervention in my 401K, but have no idea where to put it
The Dow. Selling after a huge loss isn't usually considered a good idea.
Gold under the bed.
It's too bad you were once married, Emerson. You'd make a great bachelor farmer.
My sister's no Tiger Woods, but she did play rugby with a stress fracture - in her spine.
I would add that she wasn't no sissy back, neither - she was getting low and driving with that broken back.
I don't particularly like bacon, but even if I ever had, the Internet's enthusiasm would have made me hate it. It's like the Arcade Fire of foods.
1: Calling it a "dap" is a little ... Norman Mailer, but anything for another excuse to link to this.
I guess some poor soul who lost their spot to Obama and ended up going to the UW rather than Harvard is missing out on the $300k salary at a 9-5 job.
IF THIS IS TEACHER, CAN I HAZ TUITION BAK?
Silly FL, it's only merit-based when a white boy does it!
And dude, quit making me dumber, I need all the brain cells I got.
I am aware of all internet traditions, Cala.
Lush Life has characters named Little Dap and Big Dap, I've been pondering the relationship between their names and fist bumping.
Also, when I was playing craps in Vegas a couple of weeks ago a mid-40s accountant from either Vancouver Island or somewhere near there kept wanting to do fist bumps following positive events in craps, until I had to tell him "No more fist bumps, I'll high five if you want."
Selling after a huge loss isn't usually considered a good idea.
Sure, except that maybe this market is like Splash Mountain, and that was the little drop that warms you up for the 50 footer.
40: Chicks can be dumbfucks, too.
Okay, I really gotta go now. Toodles!
The real revelation here is that WD is a problem gambler. Shake'em up, baby!
47: Wrong thread, n00b.
Only a chobo would actually call someone a n00b.
Cala if you speak to me that way again I will set you up the bomb.
Man, that All Your Base guy is cracking me up too. I guess getting high in the office was a great idea.
The real revelation here is that WD is a problem gambler.
Not much of a problem if he keeps falling asleep in airports. Now the partying, that's a problem.
If the fist bump can't replace the high five, nothing will. I guess the Darius Miles two-fisted head bop didn't have much chance to spread throughout the culture.
It's like the Arcade Fire of foods.
That is a widely-held opinion, Flippanter. Among philistines.
55: I guess getting a sugar high in the office my parent's basement was a great idea.
You know, pass out drunk at a party and then again at an airport just one time and people hold it over for the rest of your days.
and people hold it over for the rest of your days.
"Revere you as a hero" is more like it.
59: One would prefer to be classified with the Barbarians, of course:
The Barbarians, again, had the passion for field-sports; and they have handed it on to our aristocratic class, who of this passion too, as of the passion for asserting one's personal liberty, are the great natural stronghold. The care of the Barbarians for the body, and for all manly exercises; the vigour, good looks, and fine complexion which they acquired and perpetuated in their families by these means,-all this may be observed still in our aristocratic class. The chivalry of the Barbarians, with its characteristics of high spirit, choice manners, and distinguished bearing,-what is this but the beautiful commencement of the politeness of our aristocratic class?
where to put it
Japanese small-cap index currently trades at 11x earnings. Alternately, Sands casino is publicly traded, currently heavily indebted with unclear prospects for rolling over debt and trading at like 1000x earnings.
It's like the Arcade Fire of foods.
Bacon: their first album was better.
I was about to say that I wished Althouse had drunk-blogged The View, but I can't be sure that she didn't.
So, bet on the casino? I hear the house always wins.
Bacon: their first album was better.
I'll take the other side, and even give you 7:6 odds. You in?
48: a mid-40s accountant from either Vancouver Island or somewhere near there kept wanting to do fist bumps following positive events in craps
Just be glad he wasn't "a rub-your-belly, grab-your-balls, give-you-a-hug, slap-your-back, pull-your-dick, squeeze-your-hand, cheek-your-face, and pat-your-thigh kind of guy".
Sure, except that maybe this market is like Splash Mountain, and that was the little drop that warms you up for the 50 footer.
In that case buy drugs, because money's not going to worth anything anyway.
For a more diversified portfolio, I recommend both drugs and munitions. They should both hold their value well.
72: In both cases, be aware of best-before dating.
73: so e.g. the drugs might warn you "Best consumed before handling ammo".
Or at least some of the drugs will. The first drugs, they won't have time to say anything before you swallow them.
He's not wearing pantyhose, but white and black striped socks. He has largish feet.
She so thinks that means he has a largish cock, you know she does, and she hates Sarah Jessica for keeping it all to herself. And she has wet dreams about being Michelle, because you know what they say about black men, just like a baby's arm clutching an apple...
Will you Gen-whatevers please stop calling that woman a crone? The Sisterhood of Crones blackballed her and will continue to do so. [Strangely, when we told her, she thought it was some kind of reward...] Have some respect for your elders, please. Otherwise, we will come live with you and eat all of your cheezburgers and describe all of our bodily functions in great detail until you run screaming into the street to be hit by a car driven by a ninety-year-old with a lead foot and an unclear concept of "braking". You have been warned.
stop calling that woman a crone
Old boiler it is, then.
America may be a bit smarter than I feared.
http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Vote2008/story?id=5185695&page=1
I'm looking for predictions on which publication first publishes the article claiming that African American women are predisposed to like Barack because he married a dark brown sister instead of a chocolate brown sister, even though he's half-white himself.
New Republic? Slate? WaPo editorial page? Shoehorned into a book review by Hitchens in The Atlantic Monthly?
he and I had a $20 bet on the "whitey" tape, and he's now telling me that he won't pay up until after the election.
I want some of that action...
76, 77: Either of those, or "rump-fed runyon."
79: I'll give you 7:3 on Modern Love, July.
We are still waiting to see Michele's LSAT scores....[MORE IDIOCY EXCISED]
I take back 28.1. That's my Althouse!
We are still waiting to see Michele's LSAT scores....
Random Althouse commenters needs a remedial lesson in law school admissions and the business of law. Anyone getting "bumped" from Harvard isn't going to end up at Wisconsin (unless they want to be there, in which case who gives a shit?); they'd end up at a highly regarded school like Georgetown or Michigan. And it wouldn't stop them from getting a highly-compensated job down the road. Harvard just isn't that valuable.
We are still waiting to see Michele's LSAT scores....
Yeah, 'cuz she's black, she couldn't possibly have gotten where she's at on her smarts! Argh. I'm grumpy now because my boss just commented at a meeting that He "can't wait until this whole diversity fad is over." If I had to guess, that was 60% just to deliberately piss me off, 40% his sincere sentiment. Or maybe 100% both. Sad thing is, he is one of the "good guys" here...
I can't wait until this whole old white guy fad is over.
78: Whoa. I got stuck on the line discussing the 2 in 10 Americans who describe themselves as feminist. 2 in 10?! That's it? I know, I know, I'm naive to be surprised.
Sad thing is, he is one of the "good guys" here.
...and even sadder: the practice of law is one of the "prestige" vocations where women are comparatively well represented and overt sexism is relatively deprecated.
I can't wait until this whole old white guy fad is over.
That's true. It will probably outlive you.
Well, you've got men...they wouldn't call themselves feminist, in general...then you've got old women...they wouldn't either...then you've got the women who are Republicans for some reason...and listeners to Dr. Laura, which is a lot of people. yep, 2 in 10 sounds about right.
It will probably outlive you.
OTOH, the ultra-secret liberal plan to mongrelize the race is making great progress. Soon all the white guys will be gay married, while the white girls will be miscegenating or pursuing careers well past their peak fertility. Meanwhile, we're doing what we can to encourage the illegal immigration of as many highly fertile brown people as possible. All the trends are working for us as this point.
That's roughly the same number who, when polled, could tell their ass from a hole in the ground? Coincidence?
pretend that extraneous "?" was a period, 'kay?
I am a proud feminist-mecegenator-American.
Further to 92: Of course I would be remiss in not mentioning the success of our allies at preserving abortion on demand for white middle class women, even as it has become increasingly unobtainable for brown women. The GOP has fallen right into our trap! They're legislating the rope with which we will hang them!
2 in 10 Americans who describe themselves as feminist
I think calling yourself a feminist is deprecated. Out of fashion. Sets off alarm bells. Even among people who are actually feminists.
I choose to believe that this is the explanation.
He "can't wait until this whole diversity fad is over."
A charitable view of this would be to assume that the speaker is anxiously awaiting the day when there is true equality, not that he hopes that white privilege will go unnoticed in the near future.
There's nothing easier for a corproation than to insist that its lawyers meet some goal or another. We'll all be certifiably green in a couple years, just wait.
98: That is charitable indeed. No, what he meant was "Why should we have to worry about whether we're diverse? I mean, as long as we have really good people, who cares that they are all white dudes?"
I'm looking for predictions on which publication first publishes the article claiming that African American women are predisposed to like Barack because he married a dark brown sister instead of a chocolate brown sister, even though he's half-white himself.
I guess this is more fodder for such an article than an example of it.
Linky: http://www.theroot.com/id/44409