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November 18, 2009
I cant believe that I have only known this man for a bit more than a year!! He has become such a part of my lexicon that even my hubby knows who Panda is ; ). Torroid is the big brother I never had, only its not incestuous to get a cuddle from him <lol>. He makes me feel warm and happy and zen and safe, and I love him a TON. I was right when I said that a better partner in crime would be hard to find. I love doing art things with him...it is always an adventure. And he knows how to pick the GOOD bacon when I make waffles fro breakfast. Simply one of the more awesome, solid people that I know, and I am thrilled to call him my friend. *hugesmoooooshofthevariousheartcoveringparts>
March 28, 2009
Charming, intelligent, funny and without a doubt, completely helpful in times of need. If I need an honest opinion or a little help in the barn, I know who I can count on. Thank you so much...
And he fixed my electric fence, shocked himself and never once complained.. HUGE hugs.. priceless..
March 24, 2009
Minä rakastan tätä miestä. Hän on oikein hyvä ystävä. Hyvin huolehtien, halukas ja aito. Hänellä on makea sielu ja paha nokkeluus. Minä palvon häntä ja olen siunattu tunteakseni hänet ja kutsuakseni häntä ystäväksi. Rakastakaa teitä, Bear. Kiitos, että olette minun elämässäni.
Ich Liebe dieses bemannen. Er ist ein allerhand Bekannter. Sehr sorgend , willig und echt. Er hat ein Süßspeisen Seele und ein übel Witzbold. Ich anbeten ihm und bin gesegnet zu kennen ihm und wecken ihm Bekannter. Liebe Sie Bear. Danke als dasein in mein Leben.
*ahem*
I love this man. He is a very good friend. Very caring, willing and genuine. He has a sweet soul and a wicked wit. I adore him and am blessed to know him and call him friend. Love you Bear. Thank you for being in my life.
Aloha!
: D
November 11, 2008
I'd like to add that Torroid is a bit of a "closet cheesecake photo" fan...who knows?? He's probably into hard porn...but, the proof is in the pudding. Hey...by the way, Tor....I've got LOTS of wormwood if you wanna make some absinthe....my brutha by nutha mutha...
October 26, 2008
Torroid is made of meat!! Okay, and water, and minerals, and probably some random stuff. But mostly, he's made of fun, and wit, and awesome! I look forward to sharing many further adventures searching for Fuzzy Finnish Muppet Babes, and Shakespearean Mice, and bizarre works of art. A better partner in crime, I think, would be hard to find : ).
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۞ Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. - Plato
۞ Economists might not be a religious bunch, but I do see a frightening amount of 'blind faith' regarding certain old theories within the profession. - from Freakonomics blog
۞ You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing -- that's what counts. - Richard Feynman
۞ You can only be young once. But you can always be immature. - Dave Barry
۞ I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. - Douglas Adams
۞ Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. - Wyatt Earp
۞ Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. - Arthur C. Clarke
۞ A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth. - George Bernard Shaw
۞ If anything can survive the probe of humor it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted. - Eric Idle
۞ I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately. - George Carlin
۞ Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. - Albert Einstein
۞ Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil. - Plato
۞ Lack of money is the root of all evil. - George Bernard Shaw
۞ It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. - Arthur C. Clarke
۞ It's never just a game when you're winning. - George Carlin
۞ Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time. - Steven Wright
۞ I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy. - Richard Feynman
۞ The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato
۞ My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted. - Steve Wright
۞ If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion. - George Bernard Shaw
۞ If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. - Quentin Crisp
۞ It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice – there are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia. - Frank Zappa
۞ A wise man once said, never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment. - Frank Zappa
۞ The first thing you have to do if you want to raise nice kids, is you have to talk to them like they are people instead of talking to them like they're property. - Frank Zappa
۞ Gail has said in interviews that one of the things that makes our relationship work is the fact that we hardly ever get to talk to each other. - Frank Zappa
۞ Mohawks may look cute, but they do nothing to retain body heat. - Guy Trebay of the NYT
۞ There is nothing in this world more terrifying that somebody who thinks he is right. - Peter Hitchens
۞ All sorts of new life forms are emerging out of the corpse of the music industry. - Peter Gabriel at a promotion of The Filter
۞ The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. - F. Scott Fitzgerald
۞ Beware the fury of a patient man. - John Dryden (by way of Gordy)
۞ MySpace is actually where all porn stars go to die. - Violet Blue
۞ Dance like nobody's watching; love like you've never been hurt. Sing like nobody's listening; live like it's heaven on earth. - Mark Twain, via aurelia
۞ Not responsible for advice not taken. - Larry Niven
۞ Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. - Albert Einstein
۞ The future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed. -William Gibson
۞ Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away. - Philip K. Dick
۞ The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. -- Niels Bohr
۞ We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. -- Oscar Wilde
۞ We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming. -- Wernher Von Braun
۞ Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. -- Arthur C. Clarke
۞ Life's too short to return soup. - Fang
۞ Exactly! - Mickey
۞ I'm cool with rebellion, as long as you still worship me. - Grrr Argh
۞ I'm an artist....I can make drool look GOOD. - Grrr Argh
۞ Prostitution seems the high road (by FAR) in this instance... - Barbary Blue
۞ A sorrow shared is halved, a joy shared is doubled - Nic
۞ Sometimes nudity happens... - Paul
۞ There's something normal about everyone. - Margie
۞ They may all be going postal now, but it was still there when I left. - Grrr Argh
۞ It's so much more natural when I swallow. - Lola (referring of course to the choce of spitting or swallowing coffee)
۞ Alove - Lola (Freudian typo of alive and in love)
۞ Maybe this group could out-perv a room full of jaded snake-eyed souls with soft pink hands, sandpaper tongues and leather lined orifices.... - Paul
۞ Are you going to bring pants just in case? - Margie
۞ I believe boiled peanuts float. - Denisey
۞ Most things are better with moaning... - Denisey
۞ I'm cheap and anal - PatFireCat
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about me
I think I exist, but you might not think I do. If certain theories of consciousness, or string theory and holographic universes, prove to be true, you may be right. However for the time being, and for the sake of conservation of trouble, please assume that I do exist. I am my own alt. If there are multiple of me, they use the same handle, so as far as you need to believe, I, or we, are one, and you can blame all of this shit on me, or us. No, really, there is only one me, I think, but I, or we, sometimes manifest my, or our, other personalities, especially when I'm, or we're, tired, but all still use the same handle, so it still boils down to the same thing. Except on Tuesdays.
And no, I don't cry over diamonds.
News is trickling out about the identity and background of the soldier who shot and killed soldiers at Fort Hood today.
www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06...uspect.html
In the vein of media for whom one data point makes a line, of legislators for whom one incident is justification for legislation, of the public for whom one story is worthy of discussion, what are we to learn from these details?
- You don't have to be a terrorist to commit mass murder. This guy was in the Army, one o...
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I commented ( tribes.tribe.net/threadsav...dcb5e0a9e) on a New York Times article
( www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21...1pope.html) about the Catholic Church recruiting Anglicans who don't like women priests and gay bishops (is the other way around OK?). And while poking around I ran across this stunning picture. So I looked up 1 Timothy 2:11, which is from one of Paul's letters.
Yup, there it is:
"A woman should learn in quietness and ...
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I'm having some amount of trouble today.
I personally did not know anyone who either died in or escaped the World Trade Center bombings, so I'm looking at the event somewhat impersonally.
2,993 people died as a result of the attack. That is roughly 3000 people who's lives ended, who leave behind family and friends, and all that that entails.
In all of 2000, there were 75,684 gun deaths in the United States (CDC data), both suicide and homicide. That is roughly 25 times the number of ...
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Dust, wind, heat, cold, stink, porta-potties, survival, good friends (old and new), cool people, art and performance and exhibition all over the place, stark wilderness, great food, lots of alcohol ... and that was just the first few days.
I'm going back.
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Tue, September 8, 2009 - 10:31 PM
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I know I haven't been around much lately, what with work. getting the kid off to college, a social life, and getting ready for Burning Man, but now I'm definitely going to be not around for a little more, cause I'm off to Burning Man.
I miss you folks.
I'll be back in 2 weeks. With stories and hopefully pictures (if the equipment holds out).
See ya.
Thu, August 27, 2009 - 6:51 PM
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Mojito
Irish coffee
Snakebite (Guinness on top, cider on bottom)
Chocolate (dark, European)
Espresso
Five strands of electro-luminescent wire in a Coke bottle. The strands are set off in a pattern by a sequencer, but the time lapse picture catches them all at one.
This is felted wool, by Stephanie Metz. Please visit her site at www.stephaniemetz.com. [Used with permission from the artist.]
Re: Hot Dog On A Stick
(in The Wet Willie)
Only if I can wash the cats too.
discussion post on Fri, November 20, 2009 - 6:50 PM
Re: OCD
(in The Wet Willie)
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discussion post on Fri, November 20, 2009 - 6:45 PM
Durian, a fruit, native to southeast Asia.
"Completely rotten, m...
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Re: Hot Dog On A Stick
(in The Wet Willie)
Didn't do that much for me, except make me clean everything.
discussion post on Thu, November 19, 2009 - 9:07 AM
Re: Hot Dog On A Stick
(in The Wet Willie)
They make pills for that. See above.
discussion post on Thu, November 19, 2009 - 9:06 AM
Re: The Wet Willy Recipe
(in The Wet Willie)
Something reminiscent of ear wax color?
discussion post on Thu, November 19, 2009 - 9:04 AM
Re: Reminder - Photo Contest - Spiral
(in The Wet Willie)
If I win, everyone gets the spanking.
discussion post on Thu, November 19, 2009 - 9:04 AM
Re: Hot Dog On A Stick
(in The Wet Willie)
Those must be big ears.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 10:22 PM
Re: gives me the willies
(in The Wet Willie)
They would never allow such pollution nowadays.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 9:29 PM
Re: Hot Dog On A Stick
(in The Wet Willie)
If it went bad, it didn't have enough horseradish in it.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 8:55 PM
Re: OCD
(in The Wet Willie)
What exactly does she mean by handbook?
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 8:47 PM
Re: Hot Dog On A Stick
(in The Wet Willie)
Gone.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 8:41 PM
Re: OCD
(in The Wet Willie)
What exactly do you mean by handbook?
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 8:40 PM
Re: The Thermostat
(in The Wet Willie)
Woah. I'm bringing a camera next time.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 8:39 PM
Re: OCD
(in The Wet Willie)
I have a bum, spelled b .. u .. m.
I sometimes am a bum, spelled a .. s .. s.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 7:37 PM
Re: The Thermostat
(in The Wet Willie)
Chased with Pepto Bismol shots.
Actually, over the last several years my relationship with hot foods has been changing. I still enjoy the immediate experience. It's the after affects that are increasing. So make it pints.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 6:01 PM
Re: OCD
(in The Wet Willie)
Believe it or not, that's the first time I've seen what Siouxsie looks like. And found a piece of trivia: Sid Vicious, before he was know as, played drums in the band. (I wonder how many future lifetimes it's gonna take before that question comes ...
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discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 5:55 PM
Re: The Thermostat
(in The Wet Willie)
I do. Just not with everything. Or anything being mentioned here.
In fact, I like jalapeños (thank you for the ñ) best all by themselves. With a fire extinguisher hear by, of course. In the form of vodka. Which then requires a real fire extingu...
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discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 5:48 PM
Re: Hot Dog On A Stick
(in The Wet Willie)
That's it. I'm gonna find me some Polish Sausage. With sauerkraut.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 5:44 PM
Re: Hot Dog On A Stick
(in The Wet Willie)
You put vicodin on your hot dog on a stick? Or did you skip the stick? And the hot dog?
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 5:43 PM
Re: The Thermostat
(in The Wet Willie)
I was with you there, until you said jalapenos.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 5:42 PM
Re: The Thermostat
(in The Wet Willie)
Mmmphmphmfmphf.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 5:41 PM
Re: Have you heard about the lonesome loser?
(in The Wet Willie)
I didn't know Vince Lombardi knew set theory.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 5:40 PM
Re: OCD
(in The Wet Willie)
Don't kiss them cause your friends will think you are weird.
And so will the mouse's friends. And then you have a friendless mouse. Who moves in. And wants a muffin.
Or is that a cookie?
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 5:38 PM
Re: OCD
(in The Wet Willie)
OK, maybe not definitely.
Just ... don't kiss them.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 5:36 PM
Re: OCD
(in The Wet Willie)
Well ... maybe not only.
But definitely if you kiss them.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 5:36 PM
Re: OCD
(in The Wet Willie)
Only if you kiss them.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 5:36 PM
Re: The Thermostat
(in The Wet Willie)
Are you saying your friends are going mute, or are you going deaf?
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 3:15 PM
Re: The Thermostat
(in The Wet Willie)
I've been poking (reading in a quasi-random, disjoint fashion) a book called The Book of Dead Philosophers, and in the section on Sartre, after a quote from Sartre about God that is entire out of line with Sartre's atheism, the author writes "Then...
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discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 2:57 PM
Re: Ok, as much as I hate this
(in Z's *SECRET* Tribe)
I need garb too. You have luck with eBay buying?
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 2:35 PM
Re: Ok, as much as I hate this
(in Z's *SECRET* Tribe)
That reminds me, I need to wear that hat more often. Now I have a dilemma, because I also have the bear hat to wear. Why is life so complicated?
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 2:34 PM
Re: The Thermostat
(in The Wet Willie)
I've been keeping a list on my profile. Here's the current contents:
۞ Life's too short to return soup. - Fang
۞ Exactly! - Mickey
۞ I'm cool with rebellion, as long as you still worship me. - Grrr Argh
۞ I'm an artist....I can make drool lo...
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discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 1:56 PM
Re: Reminder - Photo Contest - Spiral
(in The Wet Willie)
But I still get to be the spanker.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 1:54 PM
Re: The Thermostat
(in The Wet Willie)
> I'm cheap and anal
That's quotable.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 1:43 PM
Re: Reminder - Photo Contest - Spiral
(in The Wet Willie)
Different house, then.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 1:42 PM
Re: Have you heard about the lonesome loser?
(in The Wet Willie)
A girl phoned me the other day and said, "Come on over, nobody's home. " I went over. Nobody was home. --- Rodney Dangerfield
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 1:40 PM
Re: Reminder - Photo Contest - Spiral
(in The Wet Willie)
You misunderstand. The winner gets to do the spanking.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 12:28 PM
Re: OCD
(in The Wet Willie)
So if you don't take the test, is that a 0? And that makes you ultra-normal?
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 12:27 PM
Re: OCD
(in The Wet Willie)
Awww. You have pets at work. How nice.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 12:25 PM
Re: Ok, as much as I hate this
(in Z's *SECRET* Tribe)
I don't like carols.
I don't like decorating, in fact this year I'm not.
I don't like the gift giving all that much.
I like the holiday season though.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 12:14 PM
Re: Ok, as much as I hate this
(in Z's *SECRET* Tribe)
> My kids and I are going to decorate her place while there gone.
Straight up, or mischievously?
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 12:03 PM
Re: Ok, as much as I hate this
(in Z's *SECRET* Tribe)
Yup, still got a bunch of clown noses. Turns out the hosts from last Easter saved a bunch that I brought, so now it's gonna be ... something ... over Thanksgiving.
discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 12:02 PM
Re: Ok, as much as I hate this
(in Z's *SECRET* Tribe)
Can you get tofurkey in the shape of a turkey?
Does it have a wishbone?
discussion post on Tue, November 17, 2009 - 8:53 AM
Re: Ok, as much as I hate this
(in Z's *SECRET* Tribe)
It's time to bring out the clown noses?
farm4.static.flickr.com/3549/3...b80.jpg
discussion post on Tue, November 17, 2009 - 8:33 AM
Re: Calvin and Hobbes
(in The Wet Willie)
I'm rereading Far Side, and coming to the same conclusion. That you are a curmudgeon.
discussion post on Mon, November 16, 2009 - 10:40 PM
Re: OCD
(in The Wet Willie)
> 10. Have you worried about acting on an unwanted and senseless urge or impulse, such as
> physically harming a loved one,
No.
> pushing a stranger in front of a bus,
Stranger? No.
> steering your car into oncoming traffic;
No....
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discussion post on Mon, November 16, 2009 - 10:36 PM
Re: The Thermostat
(in The Wet Willie)
Could it be related to why in California they advertise Florida oranges, while in Florida they advertise California oranges? Or why what they call Hawaiian potato chips are called in the mid-west California potato chips? Or why hot dogs and hot do...
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discussion post on Mon, November 16, 2009 - 10:33 PM
Re: OCD
(in The Wet Willie)
My point is ... sharp as a, uhm, let's see ... sack of wet mice.
people.tribe.net/torroid/p...8d09f3dced
discussion post on Mon, November 16, 2009 - 11:31 AM
Re: OCD
(in The Wet Willie)
But ... O2 started it.
discussion post on Mon, November 16, 2009 - 11:15 AM
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