I am going to have a fun weekend. I am going to be riding motorcycles all weeekend long. Fuck yeah! But sadly I think I will miss SGDFW bowling. But we'll see how I feel tomorrow night.
Ever feel like all the good people are in relationships and you are just trying to find the best of the broken? "this is my girlfriend. I found her at a garage sale, but you would never know it." But then again they are probably thinking the same thing about me. 
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halsparks:
""Something needed to be done to protect the Louisiana coast for an eventuality not unlike this," says Chris Paolino, a spokesman for Rep. Bobby Jindal, R-La. "For the most part, it has been an unheeded cry by Louisiana." As recently as June, the Bush administration told the Senate that it opposed a provision in the energy bill that gave Gulf states about $1 billion to shore up their coastal protections, including possible levee and pump work. Despite the objections, Congress kept the provision in the final bill, but the money won't begin to arrive in states like Louisiana and Mississippi until 2008.
The scale of such funding is almost laughable now, considering the scope of the devastation in southern Louisiana and Mississippi. Politicians and lobbyists are just beginning to turn their attention to the massive cleanup and reconstruction bill, which will likely take years and cost tens of billions of dollars. But observers like Tolbert hope that the nation's leaders learn some lessons from the experience.
The blame, he says, lies not with the local and federal officials who warned for decades of the coming disaster. It lies with those elected officials who refused to sign the checks. "The country deserves better than that," he says."
June 2004: The Army Corps of Engineers budget for levee construction
in New Orleans is slashed. Jefferson Parish emergency management
chiefs Walter Maestri comments: "It appears that the money has been
moved in the president's budget to handle homeland security and the
war in Iraq, and I suppose that's the price we pay."
June 2005: Funding for the New Orleans district of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers is cut by a record $71.2 million. One of the
hardest-hit areas is the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control
Project, which was created after the May 1995 flood to improve
drainage in Jefferson, Orleans and St. Tammany parishes.
August 2005: While New Orleans is undergoing a slow motion
catastrophe, Bush mugs for the cameras, cuts a cake for John McCain,
plays the guitar for Mark Wills, delivers an address about V-J day,
and continues with his vacation. When he finally gets around to
acknowledging the scope of the unfolding disaster, he delivers only
a photo op on Air Force One and a flat, defensive, laundry list
speech in the Rose Garden.
The scale of such funding is almost laughable now, considering the scope of the devastation in southern Louisiana and Mississippi. Politicians and lobbyists are just beginning to turn their attention to the massive cleanup and reconstruction bill, which will likely take years and cost tens of billions of dollars. But observers like Tolbert hope that the nation's leaders learn some lessons from the experience.
The blame, he says, lies not with the local and federal officials who warned for decades of the coming disaster. It lies with those elected officials who refused to sign the checks. "The country deserves better than that," he says."
June 2004: The Army Corps of Engineers budget for levee construction
in New Orleans is slashed. Jefferson Parish emergency management
chiefs Walter Maestri comments: "It appears that the money has been
moved in the president's budget to handle homeland security and the
war in Iraq, and I suppose that's the price we pay."
June 2005: Funding for the New Orleans district of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers is cut by a record $71.2 million. One of the
hardest-hit areas is the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control
Project, which was created after the May 1995 flood to improve
drainage in Jefferson, Orleans and St. Tammany parishes.
August 2005: While New Orleans is undergoing a slow motion
catastrophe, Bush mugs for the cameras, cuts a cake for John McCain,
plays the guitar for Mark Wills, delivers an address about V-J day,
and continues with his vacation. When he finally gets around to
acknowledging the scope of the unfolding disaster, he delivers only
a photo op on Air Force One and a flat, defensive, laundry list
speech in the Rose Garden.
littlecooter:
Do you really have a girlfriend??? If so, how come she wasnt at the party?
Are you gonna go bowling this weekend?
Are you gonna go bowling this weekend?
sometimes you just need a smoke and there is nothing around... 
suzy_kabloozy:
Isn't THAT the truth! How are you, sweetie? Have a nice 3 day weekend? 
BTW, I don't think I ever came back and said anything about it, but you sell way more interesting stuff on eBay than I ever will.
BTW, I don't think I ever came back and said anything about it, but you sell way more interesting stuff on eBay than I ever will.
frozensunshine:
Anytime you need one.. your welcome to come on over. 
I'm thinking 'bout my doorbell. When you gonna ring it? When you gonna ring it?
I'm thinking 'bout my doorbell. When you gonna ring it? When you gonna ring it?
I'm thinking 'bout my doorbell. When you gonna ring it? When you gonna ring it?
I'm thinking about my doorbell...
I'm thinking 'bout my doorbell. When you gonna ring it? When you gonna ring it?
I'm thinking 'bout my doorbell. When you gonna ring it? When you gonna ring it?
I'm thinking about my doorbell...
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halsparks:
Heya...
I'm not blaming him for the Hurricane.
I'm blaming him for his lack of preparation before and lack of response after. He didn't show till the relief supplies did. FEMA was instructed to WAIT until he arrived to allow supplies in. That is so intensely irresponsible.
He golfed while the floods came. How many will die because of his lack of leadership ability?
Sorry if this sounds preachy but I don't care who is president when something like this happens. If your response is this pathetic you deserve to have your ass handed to you.
Cheers,
Hal
I'm not blaming him for the Hurricane.
I'm blaming him for his lack of preparation before and lack of response after. He didn't show till the relief supplies did. FEMA was instructed to WAIT until he arrived to allow supplies in. That is so intensely irresponsible.
He golfed while the floods came. How many will die because of his lack of leadership ability?
Sorry if this sounds preachy but I don't care who is president when something like this happens. If your response is this pathetic you deserve to have your ass handed to you.
Cheers,
Hal
I'm thinking of my doorbell. When you gonna ring it? When you gonna ring it?
I'm thinking of my doorbell. When you gonna ring it? When you gonna ring it?
I'm thinking of my doorbell. When you gonna ring it? When you gonna ring it?
I'm thinking about my doorbell...
I'm thinking of my doorbell. When you gonna ring it? When you gonna ring it?
I'm thinking of my doorbell. When you gonna ring it? When you gonna ring it?
I'm thinking about my doorbell...
When did Hugh Hefner stop being the cool playboy and start being just a really creepy old dude?
xcdat:
Very localized drama... Wasn't much to see.
Your saying Hef is not cool? Hmm...
Your saying Hef is not cool? Hmm...
merd22:
1997
I'm just kidding, I have no idea when that happened.
I'm just kidding, I have no idea when that happened.
new favorite tv shows. Starved and prisonbreak.
merd22:
I love that new show "Starved" it is hilarious! I cannot get enough of it! I am not familiar with "Prisonbreak". What channel is it on?
thyrist:
Have you watched It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia (I think) I didn't think I would like it but I kinda do. And I like Fritos too.
Is this the beginning of the end when the SG dvd is being pimped on collegehumor.com? Oh sad days ahead.
Thanks again to xcdat for the party. It was fun. Hope he wasn't too worthless at work today. It was good to meet some of the people I'd been talking to...
Every two or three weeks I get a call from my brother who has some problem with one of his cars. Today he was stuck at the blockbuster up the street with a broken...
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Every two or three weeks I get a call from my brother who has some problem with one of his cars. Today he was stuck at the blockbuster up the street with a broken...
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emily_m:
If I didn't still feel sick, I would definitely blame the jello shots. Damn the sugary sweetness mixed with alcohol!
masaba:
Good to meet you at the party. This is littlecooter (the girl with the ACDC shirt), im using my friend's log-in. Wish I would of stayed longer. We could of talked more about Ken Kesey, SG demographics, and the like.
Ill be back on soon, keep an eye out for me so we can become SG buddies.
Ill be back on soon, keep an eye out for me so we can become SG buddies.
456 BC: Aeschylus, Greek dramatist, according to legend, died when a vulture, mistaking his bald head for a stone, dropped a tortoise on it.
453: Attila the Hun, suffered a severe nosebleed and choked to death on his wedding night.
1063: Eight Deer Jaguar Claw, Mixtec ruler, served as a human sacrifice.
1277: Pope John XXI was killed in the collapse of his scientific laboratory....
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453: Attila the Hun, suffered a severe nosebleed and choked to death on his wedding night.
1063: Eight Deer Jaguar Claw, Mixtec ruler, served as a human sacrifice.
1277: Pope John XXI was killed in the collapse of his scientific laboratory....
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xcdat:
If you don't have a name badge, how can you sign up for goodies at the various vendor's booths? I guess just bring a business card.
tigerangel:
Really? They were MORE sensitive? But there is still the risk of losing it. *shudder* that would be awful.
Hello Boys and Girls. I really need to do something but I don't know what. Any suggestions?
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roxymoron:
Throw out/give away/sell ..anything you haven't really used in the last 6 months. It's liberating! That's all I have for you right now. Oh yeah...go sit down in the middle of a field and eat a PB&J with koolaid.
thebluelotus:
then take a step forward and do something about it.
sillyokio:
oh my goodness!
i can't stop laughing. that's fantastic!
i can't stop laughing. that's fantastic!