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Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 9:13 am

buckethead alien wrote:Check it! Edamame! BHA LOVES Edamame!

i'm completely addicted. i want some now.
when i see you, BuckIt, i will make you a nice big bowl. you like it with or without pods?

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 9:16 am

thanks Rian....did you check out Michael Lerner's piece in the Stand and Fight thread?
edamama sounds good.....I think I'll go kayaking in the bay today
nother Pete's please...I like Rockstar too Sam...what if Weiner put GMO stuff in there that turns us into conservatives?

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 9:20 am

Rian Jackson wrote:
buckethead alien wrote:Check it! Edamame! BHA LOVES Edamame!
i'm completely addicted. i want some now.
when i see you, BuckIt, i will make you a nice big bowl. you like it with or without pods?

PODS all the way! Get it, pods? Hehehheheh.

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 9:58 am

buckethead alien wrote:
Rian Jackson wrote:
buckethead alien wrote:Check it! Edamame! BHA LOVES Edamame!
i'm completely addicted. i want some now.
when i see you, BuckIt, i will make you a nice big bowl. you like it with or without pods?
PODS all the way! Get it, pods? Hehehheheh.

Don't the pods eventually replace all the humans? And I thought Edamame moved back to Nebraska some time ago... Hell, she was a hottie.... and scotchsh and warkstar together taste funny and do funny things to the brain....

Edamame? Is that like sedagive?

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 10:02 am

Cowboy, oh how quickly you replaced me...

wahhh....

oh, and,

feeling a little sheepish, here, but Rian, I have no goddamned clue what you are talking about...

Edamame?

*thick Russian accent* Of what ees thees you speak?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 10:12 am

Zulegoona wrote:Cowboyangel, have you read George Lakoff's Moral Politics I believe it's called ? I heard him on the radio and his concepts sounded like they could be on make and something anyone shaping a political message needs to take into account.

Dam, I can't stop

I read it. Fascinating stuff, his ex-wife has written some good stuff too and she taught Dorothy Tannen. I found Moral Politics to be a little too academically written but I"ve been thinking about it post-election too. Some of the hateful stuff that's been coming out of the right the past couple of days really plays into what he says about worldviews/familyviews. This particular (Berkeley?) school of linguistics is well worth checking out. I read a fair amount of it back in the 90s. In fact, right in the middle of this post I was asked to do something by a co-worker, and there was a miscommunication about it and I was able to "meta-communicate" about the miscommunication and solve the problem. So it continues to positively effect my life.

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 10:27 am

cowboyangel wrote:I waited for you all night in the hot tub and now I'm a human pickle

does that mean you are green and smell of vinegar?

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 10:31 am

Simply Joel wrote:
cowboyangel wrote:I waited for you all night in the hot tub and now I'm a human pickle
does that mean you are green and smell of vinegar?

Or perhaps sour and wrinkly?

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 10:37 am

i choose "all of the above"

tonytohono · Post by **tonytohono** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 10:39 am

Hey Joel... are there actually Salmon in the land of Lincoln?

They were/are running the rivers in my neighborhood.

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 10:43 am

tonytohono wrote:Hey Joel... are there actually Salmon in the land of Lincoln?

They were/are running the rivers in my neighborhood.

Lake Michigan has CoHo Salmon stocked in it... tasty too.

and i have caught a few on guided fishing trips... otherwise i am 2.5 hours south of Chicago on I-57. lots of corn and soybeans fields.... 45 minutes from Archer Daniels Midlands, ADM supermarket to the world.

tonytohono · Post by **tonytohono** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 10:49 am

Okay, I got ya. They have this big salmon fest here in N Cali, actually they have them all over the place in Cali. I drive by this river almost everyday and there are gangs of fishermen out there trying to snag them with massive lures.

I gather you don't want your salmon slapped by a large 3 pronged hook?

lol.

Are we drinking in here yet? Or is it too early? I better stick with the coffee.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:08 am

Okay, the cocktail waitress is back! What can I get for everyone... I'm only makin' ONE trip, so tell me your drinking preferences now, or forever hold your peace (until I make the next round, of course.)

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:14 am

calicowboy925 wrote:Whew, a stormy night by any measure.....I was gonna order a Lone Star, but then I do feel guilty at starting antagonistic threads just cuz I was hurt that so many opposed my views...So, I'll have a Corona and when can we get back to just being Americans???? Remember, United We Stand?

So, does anyone have any thoughts about making this a "teachable" moment and introducing ccb925 to the idea that it was--at least for some of us--less about his opinions than about the antagonistic way in which he chose to express them? We were americans the entire time. I just see that he could have avoided a sea of trouble by saying something like "Ya got like Thompson's gonzo gusto for life, but I find it hard to take him seriously politically," instead of bringing strawmen and then getting touchy at his receptions. Unfortunately, I've made my attempt at "meta-communication" with him and he missed it, so I'm reluctant to touch this tar-baby again.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:16 am

Rob the Wop wrote:
GuinivereElise wrote:well, there's a certain amount of flirtation going on here, just like in real bars...

cowboyangel wrote:after 4 or 5 J's I'd probably lick that out of yer bellybutton Rob.
And some of it is pretty ugly, just like in real bars.

Bar rule #324: If you have to shave your tongue after a body shot, it probably isn't worth it.

Dang it Rob, you can always gargle with Nair.

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:16 am

Hey GE, you were asking about this:

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:18 am

GuinivereElise wrote:oh.... you unwittingly assume you'll be using them!

Maybe he's gonna spend Sunday eating dusty flannell.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:19 am

WOW! that's cool....

I love that I can amost feel the movement...

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:20 am

cowboyangel wrote:
regynalonglank wrote:whuzzup cowboy! well that's one way to wet my whistle...hee

how's everylittlething?
feeling fine today....knowing I'll work harder for social justice, labor unions and creativity! sex is a good thing to work for too.

All the same thing really. Human dignity and freedom.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:22 am

Zulegoona wrote:Some where in the bottom of a book box I haven't unpacked after moving 4 years ago there is a conversational Klingon book. Geekster's google tool bar comes through again.

I'll have a flagon of mead.

I kind of wish I had learned Klingon it's such a good language to growl at each other when your drinking.

There are plenty of organic languages that you could learn. Many need additional speakers.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:24 am

Sensei wrote:Everyone, I believe, has an inner geek. I have to admit I love the original Star Treks because of their ultra cheesy-ness. That and Shatner's acting...

I don't know that "acting" is the word I'd use. But he sure does suck in his belly good.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:26 am

Lydia Love wrote:There's a kind of Desitin that has cod liver oil in it I think.

We bought and used one tube of it.

The baby smelled like fish. I smelled like fish.

it was odd.

Sounds normal to me.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:29 am

Fishy:

I love the way your brain works!

you always make me giggle...

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:31 am

theCryptofishist wrote:
calicowboy925 wrote:Whew, a stormy night by any measure.....I was gonna order a Lone Star, but then I do feel guilty at starting antagonistic threads just cuz I was hurt that so many opposed my views...So, I'll have a Corona and when can we get back to just being Americans???? Remember, United We Stand?
So, does anyone have any thoughts about making this a "teachable" moment and introducing ccb925 to the idea that it was--at least for some of us--less about his opinions than about the antagonistic way in which he chose to express them? We were americans the entire time. I just see that he could have avoided a sea of trouble by saying something like "Ya got like Thompson's gonzo gusto for life, but I find it hard to take him seriously politically," instead of bringing strawmen and then getting touchy at his receptions. Unfortunately, I've made my attempt at "meta-communication" with him and he missed it, so I'm reluctant to touch this tar-baby again.

I've said it before and it still holds true: you can't reason with an idiot. If they don't want to learn, they won't. The same goes for trolls, which this person clearly is...

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:33 am

Here's another one for sense of scale:

re: Star Trek, I was thinking just today about the episode where the Enterprise crew lands on some planet to discover a population that worships the U.S. Constitution or Declaration of Independence or something. Anybody remember that one?

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:33 am

Guin, edamame are soybeans. they're super addictive. it's ok, they're too exotic for the midwest. we won't hold it against you. in fact, it's a recent addiction for me, too.

speaking of which, here, ya'll. eat up would ya?

CBA, yeah, i read the Lerner piece (unless there were several. i think i read the second article you posted). There's a lot of truth to it. Let me try to refocus....i just read a report back from a friend of a friend who just decended on the West Bank; my head is filled with some interesting cultural observations of secular Israeli society.

Hey, wait! People will get mad at me if i talk about all of this here.

Maybe I'll start a global concerns thread - for politics that aren't us electoral or partisan politics. just so long as it doesn't go the way of the last political thread... one article after another....

BuckIt, i think you promised me a shot yesterday....

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:34 am

GE
It's growing up in earthquake country--nothing is really solid.

(besides--do you know what giggling is like underwater?)

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:37 am

Bucket: woooooowwwww.... pretty lights..... so high.....

that's feckin' awesome...

And Rian, thanks for not holding it against me (well, not the beans anyway). You'll have to educate me more about them, some other time. Teach me how, master....

regynalonglank · Post by **regynalonglank** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:37 am

whuzzup peepholes...

i would like to soundly and roundly apologize for my unelaborate exit last night...a friend stopped by and played guitar until i fell asleep...on the bar stool? schlumped down onto the floor? over in the corner somewhere? fell asleep at the bar and now i look like i got hit by a wrinkle bomb!

is my soup still here? it's probably cold, huh? dang...

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:37 am

Rian Jackson wrote:long as it doesn't go the way of the last political thread... one article after another....

BuckIt, i think you promised me a shot yesterday....

YEAH! But I gotta run out for an hour or so. I was kinda hoping you'd slurp it outta the palm of my hand. Sweetly banal. Think about it and we'll see what happens later.

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