Yes, I am still sick. I don’t think I’ve ever had every joint ache this bad before. Sleep is crappy and you end up drenched in sweat.
Cruel Wife is on the mend.
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Bill Mahr said:
Let us be perfectly clear:
I do not care who you are – if you think you are going to threaten me with violence in order to get me to vote the way you want, I encourage you to test your theory. Try, just try, to endanger me or mine for voting in whatever way I see fit. I will not threaten violence except in defense of myself and my family and I promise that you will have cause to reflect upon the wisdom of your choice if you try to harm anyone under my roof. And in that, I am completely color blind – threats to my family will be dealt with regardless of who you are or what you look like.
Under no circumstances will I riot if Romney loses. That’s the difference between me and those threatening violence and riots if Obama does not win.
So there, Bill. “Plea” or threaten all you like, this is one vote that won’t be swayed by threats.
If Mitt Romney wins, nighas gon riot like when Dr. King died. It’s gon be a sight to see.
Wait a minute here… MLK died after championing a world where color blindness is a virtue, and the loss of a Presidential election for a black guy and a win by a white guy is cause for riots?
The double-standard here is astounding.
Oh, by the way… any bets on how many days New York and New Jersey delay the election? Just think how many votes can be fudged in ten to twenty days.
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Halloween pics, as promised. Pics may or may not embiggenify.
The obligatory cannibal pumpkins.
Flaming pumpkins through the liberal application of 1/2 gallon of kerosene.
Flaming green pumpkins through chemistry.
Pumpkins using road flares. Who knew that pumpkins were so flammable? I actually did have to caution kids “Do NOT look directly at the pumpkin!!!”
Halloween needs the obligatory black cat…
She has “Data” eyes. Kinda spooky. She also steals my chair all the time. As do the other two cats and Lemurita and Hacker-Boy.
I wouldn’t be surprised if those two states tried to hold up the election.
Maher has got a personal ring in Hades awaiting him. he may not be a believer, but I am.
Awesome pumpkins!! Love the green fire one. Also, your kitteh has taken over. Resistance really is futile.
CW looks at me with the kitten and says “You’re pathetic” daily.
Resistance was never really an option.
She’s right. As always 😀
I’m pretty sure my HOA would frown on flaming pumpkins. Yours look nice though. Took me a second to figure out what “Data eyes” are. Lol.
What do they have against flaming pumpkins? It can only raise property values.
Sorry to hear about your joint pain, LK. I’m having the same issue – except for the hip with the Titanium Knob ™ installed in it. Hydrocodone really takes the edge off – but don’t expect to think deep technical thoughts on it.
Your kitten is absolutely precious!
And I’m envious of your awesome pumpkin-fu skills!
Cytokines are responsible for my joint pain and shall pass. I just hate getting colds and flu in general. Hydrocodone would take care of my joint pain, yes, but I had too many years on the crap and you’re right, it frombulugates any thoughts you may have. Glad to not need it anymore.
Ti:Knob is giving you grief, eh? Catch me up on it sometime.
The kitten also has this little trilly-meow that I’ve never heard a cat do. It’s as endearing as underboob is captivating so yeah, I guess I’m doomed as far as the kitten goes.
No – the Titanium Knob ™ is the only joint NOT giving me pain. “Titanium does not feel pain”. They build ’em good at Cyberdyne! May get my whole body done someday!
Sounds like your kitty is truly “Hellish cuteness”. I want one. But there is the “Coyote Question” out here.
I’d been off that hydro crap for 5 years – and loved every minute free of it, wallowing in un-frombugulated creative thought. But this winter is BAD….
How’s your space probe doin’ lately? Last I heard it was firing on all eight cylinders. Perfect. (McGoo sighs with techno-dweeb envy).
Yes, there are times when you do wish you had that “little extra”. Lately I’ve been getting migraines that are stress-caused but triggered by foods. Those days I ask CW if she has “a suicide pill with a mild laxative side-effect”.
Space around Mercury seems to be pretty good. Still works. I’ve gotten praise and attaboys, which is nice because we all had nightmares about crispy hardware – did you know that it’s damn hot there? They do this highly elliptical orbit so they have time to dump heat from the sun on the frontside and Mercury on the backside. The thermal cycling is horrific. If you knew some of the things inside that were true single-point failures you’d break out in a sweat. But it was done well, and as well as we could do, so it continues to survive.
Yep – I read about the IAA Laurels award. Would that make you a Laurel Laureate?
Sounds swishy…. 🙂 I wouldn’t put that on the ol’ resume. 🙂
Aw shucks, no. The award is to the mission team at JHU/APL for the MESSENGER s/c, not to the science payload teams.
No, I shall be happy to remain in shadows until it crashes into the surface of Mercury – scheduled for 2014, I think. At that point I shall cry “Yes! Yes! I have something littering the surface of another planet with my initials on it! HA HA HA HA! Take THAT, you eco-terrorists!”
And I can do that because it’ll be true.
And yeah, a “Laurel Laureate” sound pretty gay all right. Like a purple silk shirt, pink velour, pants and glittery suede shoes.
Awesome pumpkinage!