FlaSoxxJim

I was pondering these fine hams... ... but then I got distracted by these golden globes...

Therre's not nearly enough jas cats out there in SoxTalk land, but he was trhe last of the Big Band era superstars. 'Begin the Beguine (Cole Porter ) and 'Sttardust' were the big chart toppers, but some of the stuff done with the smaller Grammercy group really swings. Check it out if you get a chance. http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=373341 You've got to accentuate the positive Eliminate the negative And latch on to the affirmative Don't mess with Mister In-Between You've got to spread joy up to the maximum Bring gloom down to the minimum Have faith or pandemonium's Liable to walk upon the scene

Yes, I can tell a nice pear when I see one...

How would you like to get your hands on these bazookas?

Get a load of these funbags!

Ach, there's nobody actually freaking out over it, as far as I can tell. And it's not that everyone is rushing in to protect anyone or spare spare anybody hurt feelings - gays have to endure a whole lot more than the coopting of their title every day of their lives in a 'straight and narrow' world. It's more about trying to be respectful, regardless of who is looging on to read. People who put on one vulgar, slur-ridden persona in some social settings and then another, "PC" persona at other times are rather two-faced individuals.

Am extremely important question when one is a NeverNude.

Arrested Development "Dad, I have Pop Pop up in the attic." "Well, just knowing that's what you call it tells me your are not mature enough for it yet."

...or these hooters...

Yep, nice rack. But they got nothing on this set of knockers...

5K posts! Man, that's a lot of bulls***. I shouldn't talk, as it looks like I'm about to hit 3K.

Visionary folks that we are here at SoxTalk, I remember a year or more back suggesting all that hardened ammunition was going to become a human and environmental health nightmare, in stark contrast to others who insisted it was safe as milk. I mean, it's not like our government would ever compromize the health of our servicemen -- or a few hundred nondescript brownish non-American types who we'll either liberate or obliterate, depending on which way the wind is blowing.

Did you start going to the Gage School of English Grammar?

So you stiil have us over KC then? Well, it's a start.

Tell us how you really feel about Offman?

Methinks some of you are a tad too erudite for the likes of this place.

I don't have much more, since the IOOS is still a concept and they are only putting it together now. The Industry liason officer for the program used to be the director of the marine engineering division at my institution and he shares an office (and good cigars and single malt scotch!) with me in his current liason role. FWIW, here's a bit on the July 2004 congressional bill that green-lighted this particular project: http://www.theorator.com/bills108/hr5001.html and a little more about IOOS itself and the Ocean.US partnership putting it together: http://www.ocean.us And, finally, in today's news everyone is of course wondering why we don't have one of theme there fancy early warning systems in place already... http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=370063 And that's what really chaps my ass. That piece has Bush in it saying, 'Oh yes, we need this international observing system and it will save lives and...' yada yada., But when it comes time for us and other partner nations to actually cough up money to make it happen it is eerily quiet. Two weeks ago, Bush ordered the creation of a Cabinet-level Committee on Ocean Policy, in response to the reports of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and the Pew Oceans Commission. These reports were a couple of years in prep and basically conclude what we already know - there will be dire human and ecological consequences if we don't stop f***ing up the oceans. Conspicuously absent from Bush's directive was ANY monetary increase in investment in ocean science, management and education. So, 'yeah, go fix everything, but don't tell us about the $billions it will actually take to make it happen.' f***ing lip-service

"Step Right Up and Try yer luck!"

Brother

It wasn't me!!!

"adultescent" -- I think that one describes a bunch of us, eh?

Way to not sound ignorant there, kiddo...

hehe, merkins are funny. Why the bluebloods of yore thought a pube toupee was a necessity I'll never know.

Yeah, sorry. I start to froth at the mouth and my eyes glaze over a little when FZ comes up in a conversation.

First, I too support prayer in school. Just not public school. Problem for me is the public schools suck so bad here I have my kids in an Episcopal school. Resident atheist I am and my kids go to chapel five days a week and are becomeing the theologians of the household. It's all good though - it's a great school and there will be time enough for their deprogramming. As for the rest of your post, it got me thinking about something I had thought of earlier when the use of derogatory slurs was chalked up as good clean 'old school' fun (lynching was good old school fun too, but I digress). I actually got to thinking that Juggs' comments were not that far off the mark and that is really very damning evidence of how s***ty we humans all can be to each other. Recall that was one of the many profound insights Heinlein put into Stranger in a Strange Land - the notion that jokes are only funny because someone gets hurt somehow, physically, emotionally, or whatever. The whole of human humor is based on the pain and suffering of other entities, be they individuals, races, creeds, religions... When you take the time to ponder that, it is very hard to find exceptions to that rule. Not only are we dumb f***ing monkeys, we're also mean sons of b****es as well.