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BTD is watching Fringe. For me, it's Survivor and Grey's Anatomy.

I'm signing off for the night, here's an open thread for you, all topics welcome.

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    Goldfinger on Universal HD (5.00 / 1) (#14)
    by andgarden on Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 11:35:10 PM EST
    It's hacked up and stretched out with commercials, but the HD master done by Lowry Digital  is really magnificent. The Miami Beach process shots finally don't look like cr@p.

    How does the crunched up car look? (none / 0) (#16)
    by oculus on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 12:27:55 AM EST


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    Still couldn't see the gold bars! (none / 0) (#18)
    by andgarden on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 12:59:52 AM EST


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    No time for TV. Still researching (5.00 / 2) (#17)
    by oculus on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 12:28:54 AM EST
    Polanski case on behalf of steve m and BTD.  Hope they appreciate all my hard work.  See my comment in "nose" thread on Miura case.

    Why's everything a retread? (5.00 / 1) (#19)
    by mcl on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 02:45:15 AM EST
    Is it just me? Or is every hot new TV show now a retread of some other TV show or movie?

    Battlestar Galactica -- retread of a 70s TV series.
    Fringe - retread of The X Files.
    Supernatural - Retread of Charmed.
    Dollhouse - Retread of the 1990 movie Total Recall.
    Moonlight - Retread of the 1992 TV series Forever Knight.
    Chuck - Retread of the TV show Jake 2.0.
    Bones - retread of Quincy M.E. or Crossing Jordan, whichever you prefer.

    Numb3rs is original. But that's about it.

    Count your blessings. (none / 0) (#22)
    by Fabian on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 04:38:22 AM EST
    Think of all the things they could have brought back, but didn't like Three's Company.  My excuse was that I watched when I was a kid - and that's about the level it was written for.

    On the plus side, they now write animated superhero series a WHOLE lot better than they did when I was a kid.  Someone brought a DVD of SuperFriends to share and I expected it to be bad.  It was worse than that, it was truly painful.


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    Most SitComs (none / 0) (#30)
    by andgarden on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 08:42:50 AM EST
    are written to be appreciated by 12-yaer-olds.

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    Apparently. (5.00 / 1) (#32)
    by Fabian on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 08:59:26 AM EST
    I don't think I can stomach sitcoms anymore.  It's a helluva challenge to write a twenty two minute script, chop it up into three or four segments, make each piece interesting, funny and intelligent.  Try keeping the characters reasonably consistent - without repeating the same jokes, the same scripts ad nauseaum.  

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    I've been watching ... (5.00 / 1) (#38)
    by desertswine on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 10:00:52 AM EST
    the National Parks PBS series. Nice work by Ken Burns. I've gained a new respect for TR.

    It is trash night (none / 0) (#1)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 09:04:22 PM EST
    out to the curb.  I also took Zoey's old baby furniture out too for hopeful recycling.  On my second trip to the curb my neighbor was already recycling the changing table.  She thought it would make a decent plant shelf for her back porch and it probably will.  She is going home though with her daughter who is a classmate of Joshua's from swim lessons, three nights a week.  Two nights in a row though they have passed my house while a six foot snake was leaving my yard and crossing the street.  Same time of night both times though.  My neighbor is Korean and is not familiar with the snakes of America.  She did tell her husband the first time she saw it though so he told her if he saw it again to get a better look if she could.  The second time she saw it she stopped, opened the car door to look at it, she thinks it has a viper shaped head.  Great!  This is that one thing that failessly happens the minute the testosterone of the lean to goes someplace else.  This is also the reason why God made terriers.

    My dogs think (5.00 / 2) (#15)
    by TeresaInSnow2 on Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 11:53:45 PM EST
    God made terriers to terrorize Labradors....

    Your story reminds me of a good friend's ex-husband's "hunting" trips in their back yard.

    Friend had a beautifully seasoned cast iron frying pan.  Her pride and joy.  Husband, who was born and raised in China where the eating habits can be a little wierd, habitually "hunted" for things like slugs and bugs and probably snakes in the back yard and threatened to cook them in the frying pan.

    Friend's favorite saying, "not in my frying pan, you don't!"

    (They divorced when he caught the 40 year itch and decided to move back to China.  She refused to raise her DAUGHTER there.)

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    In one of my husband's (5.00 / 2) (#35)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 09:28:24 AM EST
    units in Korea they had an Apache going down over the ocean.  They managed to safely land on a small island and once the command knew they were safe they didn't go and get them for a few days.  The Korean islanders had probably never seen an American and had probably been told many tales of how pale and white we are, so it threw everyone into giggles thinking about how their first exposure to Americans was a helicopter canopy opening and 6'2" black guy unfolding himself followed by a 5'6" Puerto Rican.  And the pilots lived on some fish and various snails for a few days, they were not happy with being left there for a bit but said you'd be amazed at what you'll eat when you are hungry.

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    I've eaten periwinkles, and they aren't bad (5.00 / 2) (#36)
    by Dark Avenger on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 09:49:14 AM EST
    with a little butter, after being steamed:

    Human use

    Common periwinkles have been gathered for food by humans for hundreds of years. Usually they are picked off the rocks by hand or caught in a drag from a boat. The are eaten in Great Britain and Ireland where they are commonly referred to as winkles or in some areas willicks or wilks and in Belgium where they are called crickles. They are commonly sold in paper bags near beaches in Ireland, salted and with a pin attached to the bag to assist extracting the mantle from the shell. Periwinkles are considered a delicacy in African and Asian cuisine. The meat is high in protein and low in fat; according to the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, raw snails in general are about 80% water, 15% protein, and 1.4% fat.

    Mandatory Link

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    YIKES (none / 0) (#2)
    by Inspector Gadget on Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 09:25:20 PM EST
    What I love most about living in Western Washington state is that we have no snakes with venom...very few snakes overall. I don't recall ever seeing a snake here, actually.


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    Well, I know there's at least one ... (5.00 / 1) (#7)
    by Donald from Hawaii on Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 09:54:58 PM EST
    ... and unfortunately, Mt. Vernon gave him the keys to the city.

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    Ba Da Bum (none / 0) (#26)
    by easilydistracted on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 07:31:40 AM EST
    I enjoyed the humor.

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    Yes, I almost went back to add that (none / 0) (#28)
    by Inspector Gadget on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 07:49:21 AM EST
    native snake :)

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    have a kitty right now that is actually (5.00 / 1) (#29)
    by athyrio on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 08:26:51 AM EST
    recovering from a rattlesnake bite...She actually survived...that is one tough kitty...

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    Ouch (none / 0) (#34)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 09:20:17 AM EST
    Our cat is sort of a rescue, our daughter found him fishing out of the Capt D's dumpster when he was about six months old.  He eats cat food but he comes and goes as far as inside/outside, and he likes to bring me gifts of small garden snakes he has taken care of for me.  He leaves them by the front door.

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    Not many in CO or WY either (none / 0) (#3)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 09:29:55 PM EST
    and the ones there are small.  I killed a six foot eastern diamond back the first year here.  Don't be too impressed though, it was a vehicular homicide with lots of forward and back. You know who I was hoping would show up with an idea for this...that ppj person.

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    Well, I' m here (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by jimakaPPJ on Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 09:48:35 PM EST
    what ya got on ya mind? Want me to kill a perfectly helpful black snake?

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    Black snakes good (none / 0) (#12)
    by gyrfalcon on Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 11:27:23 PM EST
    Diamondbacks on the street in front of your house, not so much.

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    Well, if it was a rattlesnake (5.00 / 1) (#21)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 04:37:37 AM EST
    it would have rattles.

    And if it is a six foot copperhead....wow.

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    This is all you have to say? (none / 0) (#27)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 07:35:37 AM EST
    Your advice on Southern gardening proved to be sound.  You told me to clean all snakes out.  I have. Now I have a BIG snake Jim of some kind.

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    There's enough. (5.00 / 1) (#44)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 02:00:39 PM EST
    Almost got bit by a rattler hiking with my nephews when they were young along the Upper Rio Grande.  I've never jumped so far or reacted to anything that fast in my life.  

    Scared the living crap out of me.

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    Which, of course, led me to wonder ... (none / 0) (#4)
    by Donald from Hawaii on Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 09:46:58 PM EST
    The Associated Press | October 1, 2009
    Santorum says he wants role in GOP's future - "Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum argued Thursday that only a sharply conservative Republican message can 'stem the tide' of change President Barack Obama is seeking in Washington, and he wants to play a role in that debate."

    ... about what the odds are that Little Ricky is actually a connoisseur of online porn.

    I just love trash science (none / 0) (#6)
    by jimakaPPJ on Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 09:51:28 PM EST
    I bet the author also believes in global warming and thinks we need to save the snail darter.

    lol

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    Oh, I know. (5.00 / 2) (#8)
    by Donald from Hawaii on Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 10:06:19 PM EST
    Those crazy dagburned liberals - next thing you know, they'll tell us that lack of affordable health care causes the deaths of some 44,000 Americans annually. Have they no shame?

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    No, us social liberals. (2.00 / 1) (#9)
    by jimakaPPJ on Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 10:12:17 PM EST
    as opposed to members of the far left, recognize that the way to get single payer health care is to try and use facts, not laughably inaccurate "studies" that any RWNJB can dispute....

    That would include telling everyone how we would administer it (Medicare example), how we would deliver it (Medicare example) what it would cost and how we would pay for it. (National sales tax)

    Try facts sometimes. They taste great and are very very filling!

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    who are of course, self-defined (5.00 / 1) (#10)
    by Dark Avenger on Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 10:37:27 PM EST
    not laughably inaccurate "studies" that any RWNJB can dispute....

    Well, then logically, you aren't a RWNJB, are you, PPJ?

    Try facts sometimes. They taste great and are very very filling!

    No, PPJ, you should go first for demonstration purposes.

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    Being neither of the Right or the Left (none / 0) (#20)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 04:33:15 AM EST
    it is above my pay grade.......

    But perhaps you can estimate how long it will take someone to extrapolate an answer they want...

    In the meantime keep denying reality.

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    Is a convenient fiction (none / 0) (#25)
    by Dark Avenger on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 07:20:35 AM EST
    and if anyone believes that, I've a bridge over the Tule River that I'm entertaining bids on right now.

    How does that old quote by A. Lincoln go?:

    If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg don't make it a leg.

    But perhaps you can estimate how long it will take someone to extrapolate an answer they want...

    Yes, folks, the two words that set off PPJ's BS detector after it failed to work during the last Administration.............

    As for an answer you like, I'm sorry that I'm fresh out of those, as I deal what is real, not the dream land of your fevered imagination.

    In the meantime keep denying reality.

    Actually, to bend one of Jeralyns' rules here, let's see what happens when PPJ has denied reality, and was called on it by someone who wasn't a Leftie:

    Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 10:59:54 AM PDT

    PPJ - granted there is a lot of dissemination from the leftists here, but aren't you twisting the facts somewhat in terms of Byrd using the "n" word? I watched the interview (both parts) and he doesn't use it except in a rerun clip from the incident in 2001. Ergo, he only made that mistake once (publicly).

    Mandatory Link

    Again, thanks for being so entertaining, PPJ.  If I wasn't afraid of you ranting about evolution, I'd say you've been more fun than a barrel of monkeys.

    Sorry I kept you up so late without anything productive on your part to show for it.

    TTFN

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    In the meantime (none / 0) (#45)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 05:23:03 PM EST
    be sure to pay attention to estimates and use them to extrapolate scary data that has no real factual basis.

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    I'm sorry if I disturbed your dogmatic slumber (none / 0) (#46)
    by Dark Avenger on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 05:44:46 PM EST

    The researchers examined government health surveys from more than 9,000 people aged 17 to 64, taken from 1986-1994, and then followed up through 2000. They determined that the uninsured have a 40 percent higher risk of death than those with private health insurance as a result of being unable to obtain necessary medical care.

    Take a whole bunch of people and study them for 8 to 14 years, it isn't gonna tell you anything.

    Yep, that's what them fancy-pants "doctors" at that there Harvard College or whatever it's called do, they publish them fancy papers with scary data that have no factual basis like it was an everyday thing showing how smart they are and not dumb like they think we folks round these parts are.

    Thanks for increasing my understanding of the problem, PPJ.

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    Isn't "santorum" now a curse word? (none / 0) (#23)
    by mcl on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 05:11:09 AM EST
    As in "Sarah Palin just spewed a bunch of santorum"...

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    Thank God (none / 0) (#11)
    by CDN Ctzn on Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 10:52:18 PM EST
    for the return of Hockey. NHL season began tonight. Great tribute in Colorado to a true gentleman and athelete in that order; Joe Sakic. Wish more sports profiles would take his lead.

    Senate Finance Still meeting (none / 0) (#13)
    by Stellaaa on Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 11:34:05 PM EST
    Ugh....!!!

    Morning news LetterMan screwing staff for years (none / 0) (#24)
    by joze46 on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 06:15:16 AM EST
    Letterman outing himself as having sex with his staff, guess the jokes on him...

    Letterman might very well go bust in his career as a funny man ridiculing everyone for sex.

    Hypocracy at it finest.

    The media has been working in this conflict of culture for decades. Letterman is just one who is caught. Barbara Walter admitted to adultry...

    MSNBC is reporting now likely floating in sex scams, One wonders how Andra Mithcell got her job...

    Discretion is the better part of ardor. (5.00 / 2) (#33)
    by Fabian on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 09:05:03 AM EST
    I appreciate that.  I wish more people would appreciate it!

    Please, I don't really want to know.  Could you keep your private lives a little more...private, please?

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    Seeing as an arrest for felony extortion (5.00 / 1) (#37)
    by Dark Avenger on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 09:52:02 AM EST
    was made in this case, it was going to come out in the news anyway.

    Howie Kurtz was on GMA today saying that a lot of politicians could learn from how Letterman handled the issue of unflattering news coming out about oneself.

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    I heard the rest of the story (none / 0) (#39)
    by Fabian on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 10:40:47 AM EST
    on NPR this morning - the extortion attempt.

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    Perhaps the extortionist was (5.00 / 1) (#40)
    by Inspector Gadget on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 10:44:01 AM EST
    a Palin supporter who thought it was worth the risk of prison time to bring Letterman out in the open.

    I enjoyed Letterman's claim that he was coming forward ahead of the tabloids because it was necessary for him to protect the women, his family, himself, and his job....in that order :)

    Perhaps this backstage activity was the reason behind him waiting soooo long to marry his son's mother. He was a single man who didn't have to explain anything to anyone as long as that was his status.

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    2016 (none / 0) (#31)
    by CoralGables on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 08:56:56 AM EST
    The site of the 2016 Olympics will be announced at about 12:30 ET with the four finalists being Madrid, Tokyo, Rio and Chicago.

    Rio is the obvious choice with Tokyo being the least probable IMO. Madrid has made competitive bids in the past but should be edged out by either Rio or Chicago.

    With South America having never hosted an Olympics, Rio sounds like a natural choice. With Brazil scheduled to host the 2014 World Cup however, that might be just enough to have the Committee in Copenhagen lean towards Chicago.

    If I was a betting man however...Rio.

    CHICAGO is a NO GO (none / 0) (#41)
    by Inspector Gadget on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 11:09:20 AM EST
    First city knocked out of the running for the 2016 Olympics.

    If Rio wins, I'm going to start saving my money to go!!

    So celebrities (5.00 / 2) (#42)
    by Cream City on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 11:21:36 AM EST
    from Barack and Michelle Obama to Oprah Winfrey and more is not what the committee wanted to see.  The IOC always wants to see money, money, money -- not just those who spend, spend, spend it.

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    Good for the IOC! (none / 0) (#43)
    by Fabian on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 12:31:39 PM EST
    I was skeptical of the Obamas involvement having a significant impact.  If the IOC does their job properly their questions would be "What can you do?" and "How will you pay for it?".

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