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I figured I'd pay tribute to the passing of Wesley Willis and the mortal ailment of Warren Zevon with, what else, a review of U-Boat history

from Black May by Michael Gannon, a book about U-boat defeats in May of 1943, a passage about how subs were supplied at long range:

"Beginning in April, boats operating in the Gulf and Caribbean were able to extend...
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tunnelslats:
Yeah, I know he's here, but I don't know how I feel about talking to a hamster....
confused
whiskeyfightpit:
See there, Cheech? You always got something wholesome for us SGers to chomp on. You're like that one aunt in everyones family who is really into macrobiotics and spreads the gospel. I for one like it.

I wanna boat to drink on.
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I'm a bit pissed off at these people...but I'll give you the URL anyway, since some of you will be able to enjoy this. I won't, but you might...

So next year is the 100th anniverary of Dr. Seuss's birthday, Mr. Giesel's, and the Seussentennial Tour Celebration is going out to over 40 cities in the USA, with plays, displays, and artwork based on...
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fil:
So what's your take on the new (and forthcoming) wave of Dr. Seuss movies being produced? I thought the Grinch was a travesty, and in spite of my love of Mike Meyers, the Cat in the Hat looks like it's going to make me upset.
cherry:
Well, I don't know what's all that tough about banking, but the holidays go back hundreds of years. And the reason everyone gets the day off is because 100s of years ago businesses couldn't function when the banks were closed. Sooo no one went to work biggrin

I'm not complaining now either because if you work for the government or a large organisation you get paid for the day off!

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I hate it when something you really wanted to see isn't touring near by. Living on the west coast of Wales has made me realise how lucky I was where I used to live.

Cherry xox

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The Velvet Underground and braveliltoaster
The Velvet Underground and crazybob
The Velvet Underground and TunnelSlats
The Velvet Underground and Morgan
The Velvet Underground and joss
The Velvet Underground and Jilly
The Velvet Underground and Kikka
The Velvet Underground and Too
The Velvet Underground and WhiskeyFightPit
The Velvet Underground and Telesis
The Velvet Underground and clovesbud
The Velvet Underground and EveL
The Velvet Underground and plasticfangs...
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tunnelslats:
No. The Velvet Underground and Cheech!

I came to the same conclusion about my conversation. But I'm still a social idiot!
whiskeyfightpit:
The only problem with this whole scenario is that I don't want amphetamines or Lou Reed playing with my testicles when he's bored. Other than that it all sounds pretty groovy.
I'm afraid of New York....don't really want to ever go there. I do want to meet John Zorn though. It's not like I'll have anything interesting to say to him.

Donald Rumsfeld could possibly benefit from a 1966 Lou Reed ballwash. Who knows, maybe Donald would've stuck around The Factory scene and made little films with Andy Warhol instead of laying waste to the world.

"Donald you're so VICIOUS..."
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I have had a mostly excellent day, with some IMing to vaj and a walk out on the southside of Huntley Meadows...but there's something really bothering me that I have to mention.

Allegations have been kicked around that Phish's bass player, Mike Gordon, got up to some illicit behavior with a young girl. There isn't a lot written about it in the news; I only...
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ayin:
I think what really gets to me about this that of all the bands in the world you would expect to hear things like this about, Phish is probably the least likely, you know? I mean, I've never heard any right wing christian nuts or PC types talk about how Phish was destroying the morals of the nation's youth or something. People just like to hear good reputations get spoiled, I guess...surreal confused bok
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this is a continuation of yesterdays journal, so read that unless you like stuff that makes no sense out of contextwhich describes about 75% of my jokes but anywaysorry I wasn't online last night. I was kinda sick-feeling yesterday, took the day off.

Carlos bragged that he knew all the tricks repeatedly to officialsbut his mission hung up on three snags: 1) an Algerian OPEC...
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whiskeyfightpit:
Even with that devil-bat flanking you in the photograph, you still speak the truth.

I'm reading your Carlos The Jackal story while listening to THE ORIGINAL STACK O'LEE BLUES. That's gotta be some form of omen.

"Hold on loosely, but don't let her go. If you cling too tightly, you might lose control"

GOD BLESS .38 SPECIAL AND GOD BLESS AMERICAN BEER.
rubbersoul:
Cool story. I always like a happy ending. confused
Be sure to check out Cherry's journal.
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It's gonna be impossible for me to keep this short. I was reading this book about Carlos the Jackal again, called Tracking the Jackal, and found the story of the 1975 OPEC ministers' kidnapping fascinating.

In 1975, a gang lead by Carlos took all of the attending members of an OPEC conference in Vienna hostage. The author of this book, David Yallop, points out...
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joscelyne:
Heavy stuff indeed -- and that is a very disturbing picture when first glanced upon.

Thank you for the bday wishes, monkey!
whiskeyfightpit:
FINISH THE FUCKING STORY. Throw in a little more random killing and clown cars and you've got a checkmate. That movie with Bruce Willis was downright silly. What manner of beast is that beside you? When and where can I worship this new demon god?
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Wow, a lot of people chimed in on that quiz. I wonder if I'd get more responses if I kept journals short like that. ARRR!!! robot bok

I'm surprised nobody picked seals or dolphins...of course, seals were up against penguins. I suppose I can't say I like seals more than penguins, but then I can't say the reverse either.

I'm not even sure if I have a definite...
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crazydasaint:
I've always thought it would be fun to set that one to music, especially with the last two lines begging for it as they do. But every melody I come up with turns into "I'm Just Wild about Harry" by the end...
crazydasaint:
PS, that's a nice dog you got there, feller
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Cheech's Wildlife Quiz

Which is your favorite?:

1. sharks, whales, or dolphins?

2. penguins or seals?

3. grizzly bears, polar bears or panda bears?

4. African lions, tigers, or mountain lions?

5. Kiss or Aerosmith?

6. koalas or kangaroos?


...no peeking at the answers... confused
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alisa:
whales...ever since i was a little girl..my first fav. animal

penquins...from that little cute puppdy dog eyed penquin from the bugs bunny cartoon

grizzlies...just because i do

mountain lions...except for when they eat cats in backyards

KISS ARMY all the way

kangaroos...because they jump around and have a cool pouch

and i didn't peek
kiss
drunkpunk:
1) Sharks - Coz they tend to star in better movies than whales or dolphins.
2) Penguins - Coz they walk stupidly and make me laugh just by looking at them.
3) Panda Bears - Coz they woudn't try to eat me if i bumped into one.
4) Tigers - Coz Tiggers are wonderful things ya know.
5) Kiss - Coz they ain't got a fuckin ugly singer with huge lips.
6) Koalas - Coz Koalas are cuddly, whereas kangeroos will gladly kick the fuck out of you at the drop of a hat.
whatever
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8/17 update included!

I'm at work and don't have much time to write immediately, but I will update later, if possible.

Spent time with alf and crazybob last night. To those who didn't show up-- you missed some nice groove-outs from the sounds of Kaleidoscope and Luna, and an excellent chicken chevre salad...

...so sue me, I'm exhausted... ARRR!!!

afternoon ps-- I just realized I'm an...
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alisa:
franchise is back and his name is "too" now. he says he came back just for me...isn't that just the sweetest?

and what did you mean by THAT ALISA?? thi one of whiskey's journal or have you heard things about me around the site? hmmm come on spill your guts biggrin
clara:
Thanks. I'm sorry we didn't get to meet. Next time. smile
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Some little notes...

1) Item I saw at work-- a guy named Juju Jiang was arrested for putting tracking software on a public internet station in a Kinko's. The software secretly kept people's keystrokes, allowing him to see everyone's email/banking passwords. Just a heads-up, sorry if it makes anyone ultraparanoid...
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/jiangPlea.htm

2) I was looking at some more wildlife books at work, leading me to...
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vastad:
Hey Cheech, wassup?

RE: The isopod. Very freaky looking. I never liked anything with too many legs. Jumping Spiders I really love, but big hairy ones give me the willies. Problem is, it's hard to tell just how big the isopod is. The bigger, the better of course.

I saw video footage of a related creature which they called the Arctic Sea Flea. It lives on the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, deep underneath the ice caps, and really does look like a flea, only it's the size of a standard NFL football!!!

Even more freaky than the trapeze crab is the giant Japanese Spider Crab whose habitat is off the eastern coastline around the edge of the Marianas trench. I have seen a preserved skeleton on display in the Natural History Museum of Dublin in Ireland. Imagine a crab body you could comfortably sit on, about a foot, a foot-and-a-half wide between the two futhest points.

Now imagine articulated legs 4 metres long!!!

In the same documentary (it seemed to be focused on strange sea creatures) they had footage of a group of these guys. They move very slowly, and let me tell you, it is just creepy to have these things moving towards the submarine camera knowing that the only reason they STILL look sort of small, is because of the size of the submarine. A small man could probably stand comfortably underneath one and have his head rub the belly of the body. In reality, the pressure of their natural depth would preclude that by having to be in a WALDO.
rubbersoul:
I think "favourite" smells like O coded it.
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MY DAMNED PHONE LINE IS WORKING AGAIN

Pretty much what you'd have expected; a short in the box, crossed wires, etc.

This is the second time I've seen an MSN article on what I wrote just hours before in my journal. Is MSN reading this?? Ventura warned Arnold not to take dirty money and that the media will be mean to him. Um, doesn't he...
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starsandsmokes:
... i haven't seen any of those, i've just really loved where the wild things are since i was very, very young. i used to read it every day in first grade. i have all of the mcfarlane figures of the monsters & max, but i haven't really seen any of his other stuff. i think there was a show or something recently, maybe in philly with some of his other stuff...
26oo:
You tend to write interesting journals as does Alisa...who else? hmmm...I dunno...Gotham usually as well and Chandler...basically everybody on my friends list.
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Hi all. Sorry for the boring post but I'm at work and just here to say--

MY DAMNED PHONE LINE IS OUT AGAIN

but at least this time the phone company has acknowledged that there's a problem that they need to come fix...which they're supposed to do tomorrow morning...so I suppose I'll be writing to most of you, I dunno, Wednesday or Thursday or whenever...
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whiskeyfightpit:
"This stuff will make you a goddamned sexual tyrannosaurus, just like me"

I don't think Jesse will help Arnold out. Jesse is way more old school show-biz to be dealing with the next Reagan. Arnold is too much of a non-entity. Jesse just has that something extra....pizzazz maybe. He can talk a mean bullshit and can swing those dead cats around. They used to call em snake oil salesman....spinning a yarn....whatever.

Brad Dourif should join the cast of Blues Clues. Either that or my drinking buddy.

I drank a bottle of clear off brand Robitussin today. Tummy HURT.

But the Edgar Varese LP sounds much more......clear.
starsandsmokes:
... i have your profile pic ( at least the start of it) tattooed across my stomach...