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Both Josh and I are a bit crowd averse (hence our camping ethics, i guess), and that place was packed like a slaver, so we didn't stay long. I would have liked to catch up with all the folks who were there and meet Jason and others who I've had the pleasure of chatting with here, too. I did scan the audience but didn't seem to see anyone I knew save a handful - apparently there were a bunch more tucked in there. Apparently I'm the FIRST Bulger finisher to be officially and immediately stripped of club membership by the Grand Poobah of Dumpster Diving himself (do I get another T-shirt?) due to my minor suggestion regarding the rather adequate duration and blistering pace of the presentation portion. - rockin' it Boeing style, baby! I cannot believe Fred fell asleep during it. I'll just have to catch up with you in the mountains I guess. For the record, I do like the T shirt.

Is our FW pontificating on yet another subject he knows fuck all about again? I'd guess his wife told him to just STFU a long, long time go, so I guess its all about us.

Wow. My wanting to just catch up with some old friends (and not being able to) at the party must have really touched a nerve. Very petty response. I'm guessing you were part of the party planning committee. I didn't realize that mingling was frowned upon at certain kinds of parties. I kinda thought re-connecting with friends was the point of any party. Hey, it's your show, man. Now I know!

Hmmm. Let's see. It had rained for five days straight prior to shooting, and Josh and I were the only high schoolers in that area, unless someone parachuted into our camp in the middle of the night. But, hey, thanks for the concern! We'll give it all the consideration its due LOL.

"America doesn't want green cars, it wants jobs!" - Hannity

Damn. Guess I should have gone with the "Bombs over Baghdad" soundtrack. Some people just don't like reggae, I guess. Sorry man.

Actually, the number of drone strikes has gone way up under Obama. Way up. It's the only part of a hugely failed series of wars that is actually producing 'results'...of course those results include killing a whole lot of innocent people, but hey, fuck it, they're not American so who gives a rip?

All ideas are welcome.

We have some enhancements for next time involving multiple canisters and duct tape. I think we're gonna need a fish eye lens, though.

They should cut out most of the staged stuff and just let people mingle.

You're on, buddy. I didn't see anyone I know...too damn crowded! I'm not much of a crowd guy....

Trip: Hyggelig - Of Campfires, Serenity, and Fellowship - Chiwakum Creek to Larch Lake and Ladies Pass Date: 11/7/2010 Keep watching...you've gotta trust me on that.

Toasted TJ's Shepards bread, light spread of sour cream, TJ's cherry preserves - better than any cherry pie, Billy Boy.

Olberman's, apparently. He started the whole MSNBC thing.

My only response to the firing of Olberman, one of only two cash cows at MSNBC, is that somebody in executive management probably needs to be fired, and perhaps shot. What a dumb-as-fuck business decision over a minor contract clause.

Watched Fox again on the treadmill this evening. They're running a fair and balanced 'documentary' on the history of conservatism entitled "The Right, All Along" LOL. Hannity observed that Americans don't want green cars, they want jobs. Apparently the concept of jobs making green cars hadn't occured to him. Then some kook got on demanding immediate, full repeal of Obamacare...and threatening electoral punishment for the newly elected crop of morons if it didn't happen. Apparently an arithmetically, and politically, challenged individual. LULZ. Then Rick Santorum (Yes!) got on as a pundit...and said in a somber tone that repeal would be......unlikely, and that punishment should not be levied on those who try rully, rully hard anyway. Oh...and apparently the Teabaggers are blaming Rush for losing the senate! No Palin, but holy shit, still a great line up tonight. Its the only reality show I watch, but I can see why the genre is so popular. Its the manga of news programs. Even at your max heart rate you don't miss a thing...no cognitive function required.

Trader Joe's shepards bread, lightly toasted and buttered, and wrapped around a banana with coffee. FUCK YEAH

Is there any better food? Seriously. Period.

Assumptions. The basis of the dumbshitz world view. Brown and Murray were the only races I really cared about. We cockblocked you morons in the senate. Good luck passing anything. Never seen oberman. Good to go. Great week, actually.

Peter, where would we be without those freshettes of enlightenment that are you links? I never bother to click on them, but I know that others here are occasionally riveted by the jewels you've managed to mine from your apparent wealth of compelling bookmarks. If it were not for you and Billcoe, well...I don't even want to think about it.

it may actually be universal to all creatures, great and small - small brained, especially. Have you seen my new vid?

the cutest little jugular slashing machine there ever was

Definitely superior to you, anyway, but that's like shooting fish in a barrel.

Conservatives don't acknowledge the private sector's painfully obvious fuckedupedness because stupidity is relative. You have to be relatively smarter than the problem to see it. Its no secret that the GOP attracts left half of that bell curve. But modern conservatism isn't really about analysis and problem solving, its about emotional stroking and affirmation. It's hate and fear based - blacks, libruls, gays, women, poor people, damn, the list is endless - so it attracts those with that dysfunctional mental set. As such, it's also the party of envy - those with such a train wreck for a psyche tend to be inherently dissatisfied, hence the focused eye on what's on other people's plates and fetish for material wealth and property - but not the well being of others. Essentially, its the philosophy of a two year old. That's why conservatives ALWAYS stick with the amorphous grand themes - 'freedom', 'patriotism', whatev - details to follow? Don't hold your breath. It's a tribal thing. That's why you can cook the conservative agenda down to 3 or four soundbite sized maxims - free market, etc. Gotta keep that shit simple, cuz complex and real world just isn't the end of the playing field where that constituency plays. There are, of course, a healthy supply of less 'principled' conservatives who are whip smart and just couldn't give less of a shit about anyone but themselves. Health of the nation as a whole? FUCK THAT. Darwinism, bitch.