Pull Up A Chair…
Christy Hardin Smith Saturday June 20, 2009 5:12 am
Facebook in real life.
My nephew sent this along to me. Hilarious.
Enjoy the Saturday laugh…and pull up a chair.
In response to barbara @ 1
mornin’ barbara — peekin’ in on my way out the door.
walked the spaniels already and found the footbridge in the park under the riverwater again. flash flooding thanks to this week’s rains.
In response to Prairie Sunshine @ 2
Hi, Prairie! We don’t seem to be able to get balance in the rain thing, do we?
Let me tell you the best part of that video…..It Was Captioned.
If this is the future, I like it.
Well, tomorrow is the longest day and then it’s all downhill from there. (sigh) Thinking of solstice to equinox get-in-shape endeavor. Just can’t decide what the shape is.
Good morning all. It’s a day of destinity in Iran. Please keep the people in you r thoughts and prayers today.
Morning, everyone. My family has been after me to join Facebook. I just sent this to them with the email subject header “Take this!” Thanks for the link, Christy.
Morning everyone, we’re mouldering here, I can’t believe it’s raining again and Prairie only tells me we aren’t getting any relief anytime soon.
*sigh*
MM, that was a really moving video you linked to at Oxdown. Heartstopping.
May the day pass without the shedding of blood.
In response to Millineryman @ 7
Sullivan’s place 10 mins ago:
An unconfirmed Tweet from a usually reliable source says Mousavi is walking from his Ettelaat office to the Ministry of Interior and that 10,000 people are with him.
beautiful ‘tube on prayer tweeted from persian kiwi
In response to cbl2 @ 12
I’ve been following a lot on his page, Nico’s page at HuffPost freezes my browser.
In response to cbl2 @ 12
It is a stunning thing to (not) see. This is reminiscent of radio days. Now to your link.
Good Morning, Pups
Just watched a Jib Jab video, played on CSpan. Hilarious. It made me laugh, which is a good way to start this day.
Here’s a hysterical Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/profil…..3371009205
The parents of Lukas sent him a Friend Request months ago and he hasn’t accepted. The parents want revenge! LOL
The JibJab video of Barack Obama as Superman….
In response to cbl2 @ 12
thanks for both the info and the link, which I’m forwarding to my Bahá’í friend
In response to demi @ 18
heh I just watched it over at Howie’s and put it up at Oxdown, it’s the best animation work they’ve done.
In response to Millineryman @ 16
yes, I have had better luck with IE than FF at Nico’s place.
note: this dfh was in Iran for a month before the Shah’s departure – ’bout 2 weeks in, our Concierge came back to the hotel late at night, took us to the roof of the laundry a few blocks away so we could hear the calls of Allahu Akbar! in the night. believe it was ’safer’ then as SAVAK/security forces were behind the curve, wrongly perceiving the ‘pinging’ as ineffective and sloganeering
Morning all.
Rain . . . again . . . everything is growing mold and I’m allergic. Really tired of this.
But compared to what’s happening in Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq and lots of other places, I can’t complain.
Keeping the brave Iranians in my thoughts and prayers.
Tuesday we will have two kittens in our house to join our Toby who has been lonely since Abby died suddenly. Signed the papers yesterday. It’s going to be interesting!
Adopting pets has gotten more and more complex over the years. But I’m glad we can do that.
In response to KayInMaine @ 20
Thanks, Kay. I can’t link any videos. Computer freezes up, blahblahblah. Some day I’ll get a better ride, but until then… Pretty funny, don’t ya think? Did you see any clips of the Prez speaking at the dinner last night. He’s a funny guy. Such a great straight face. :) WWWLD?
Have to get flowers for our Flower Communion in church tomorrow. Then an ordination in Harrisburg later this afternoon. Full day ahead.
In response to cbl2 @ 23
That must have been quite a experience to hear. Thanks for the info on browsers. I’m on a Mac so IE doesn’t live here. I could try Safari.
Watching BBC news. They don’t know how to cover things in depth without lots of pics and videos so they move on to another topic. Nico is doing a better job than anyone dealing with Iran.
In response to demi @ 25
I had dial-up years ago and it sucks big time! DSL is pretty reasonable (uses your phone line). I have it currently. Do some price checking, Demi! To keep your sanity, spending @ $35/month could be worth it! The price varies, of course, so shop around.
Anyway, yes! I saw President Obama last night hooting it up. He’s got a great sense of humor.
In response to RevDeb @ 24
New kittehs! That’s wonderful news Deb. Hope you put up videos of the little buggers, what a riot it will be at your house with a pair of them, are they related?
As for the rain, it’s feeling like Agnes.
AND it’s giving me ants.
In response to RevDeb @ 24
That’s some good news about the kittens. Congrats! I’m happy for Toby and you and Mr. RevDeb.
In response to demi @ 25
PBO is a funny man. Great timing and delivery. He also has a wonderful laugh and smile. I think I’d like him in person. Think I’ll invite him to coffee on my patio, which will make my new ultra-conservative neighbor (who, in spite of that, is a lovely 86-year-old) simply crazy. Did I tell you I’ve learned the previous owner of my place was a strong, lifelong Dem? No wonder this feels like a good place for me!
In response to RevDeb @ 24
Yea for kittens! Our little Gibby is getting bigger and we just adore him. He’s so much fun!
In response to Millineryman @ 31
Speaking of Toby, where is Toby Wollin? I’m not around here much any more, so maybe I’ve just been missing her.
In response to RevDeb @ 32
Thanks Deb, I forget that I have Safari since I switched over to FF, I haven’t downloaded 4.0.
In response to KayInMaine @ 29
Actually, I have dsl; it’s the computer that’s f’d up. My husband could probably fix it as he’s a ‘puter guy. But, you know, the plumber’s toilet is always broken. We’re getting a new laptop for my son. I’m next on the list. Ha!
In response to Elliott @ 30
Fell in love with one and the sister was very insistent about not being abandoned. I’m sure they will both burrow their way into our hearts. One black with a white patch on her neck. The other is a torti. They will be spayed on Monday and we get them on tues. The DelCo ASPCA is having a June special on cats—2 for the price of one.
Mr. Rev and I just had our 15th anniv. and we got each other the same card—pic of 2 kittens snuggling in a tiny hammock. It was a sign that we needed to get both of them I think.
Scarecrow may be coming down next weekend or the one after. Maybe it will convince him to get his own cat or kitten(s). Who knows.
In response to demi @ 37
Sorry to hear about your computer, Demi. Nothing worse than having computer problems! Ugh. I’ll keep my fingers crossed you get a new one soon. ;-)
In response to barbara @ 33
POB’s timing was exquisite during the Buick bit.
so very happy you’re feeling good in the new place
oooh kittehs!
In response to RevDeb @ 26
Tell me about Flower Communion, please. I’m heading out in a bit for the last day of the Cal Pac Annual Convention – Methodists. Hoping to stay for ordination tonight. I hear it’s a big deal. Plus, I want to hear the Bishop speak in person. She’s a very progressive leader.
from Nico:
9:15 AM ET — AP: Tear gas and water cannons being used.
Witnesses say police are using tear and water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters rallying in Tehran to demand a new presidential election.
Eyewitnesses contacted by The Associated Press say the protesters gathered in central Tehran in open defiance of the cleric-led government.
The witnesses say some 3,000 protesters chanted “Death to the dictator!” and “Death to dictatorship!” near Revolution Square in central Tehran. Police confronted them by using tear gas and water cannon.
Witnesses say thousands of police and plainclothes militia members filled the streets to prevent rallies.
A German news service has similar accounts: “In ongoing confrontations, Iranian police clashed in Tehran with opposition protesters on Saturday, according to reports reaching the German Press Agency dpa in Berlin. The reports cited eyewitnesses as reporting a clash and that police and riot forces had used tear gas.”
In response to RevDeb @ 46
Oh, RevDeb (and all), this is such a frightening scenario. And so foreign to U.S. Americans who generally would not consider moving themselves into harm’s way to defend their values (as we observed for eight years). Blessings and protection for those who care so much. Which, I guess, means all Iranians in the streets.
In response to RevDeb @ 24
New baby tigers!!! Far out. Good on you. They’ll have yer curtains and furniture refinished in no time.
My new tail-less tigers have settled right in. Can clean a table off in a blink. Real good at the let’s trip dad event, too. Maste is no longer incontinent from the injury and loss of his tail. I saw Nagi jump 5 feet straight up onto a bookshelf the other day. Oh, lordy, what have I done.
In response to demi @ 44
Started by a minister in Prague in 1923. He was Baptist became Unitarian was arrested by Gestapo in WWII and killed in Dachau. So there’s Unitarian history involved.
We each interpret it our own way. In mine, people bring flowers to church which are put in vases in front of the church. At one point in the service they come up and pick one flower and take it back to their seats. We then do a guided meditation —taking our burdens, hopes and dreams and putting them into the petals of the flowers. Then we give them to someone else to take home with them and tend for as long as the flower holds together. Community, hope, sharing, etc.
We have had two incidents in the past 2 months where Facebook has been way ahead of any media in informing our community about fast breaking events. The professor shootings last month and the loss of the Georgia Theater to fire yesterday morning.
The most recent tweet from Persian Kiwi is eleven hours old. That has me worried…
In response to SouthernDragon @ 49
My take on these two is that they are very playful cuddlebugs. They didn’t seem to mind being held which isn’t true of all kittens. The only hitch is that they have yet to be tested for FLV. As long as they are OK with that they come home on Tues.
In response to RevDeb @ 50
Wonderful. I am actually pondering a cameo appearance at my old church tomorrow. It’s time. They’re just starting to build water gardens to slow harmful runoff that wends its way directly to the Minnesota River. A very progressive congregation by every definition.
Morning, ‘pups. I see a few of you have been having problems with video and FF; I’ve switched to Google Chrome on both my XP and Vista machines after Microsoft did a major no-no and sent through a patch which opened a back door on FF. Microsoft is supposed to have reversed this after an uproar with yet another patch, but I’m playing it safe by staying off FF for the time being and staying altogether away from IE.
FF’s video problem is related to a media player extension, but I notice the problem on my Vista machine and not on my XP — which means there’s an operating system component to this issue as well.
If you’re trying Chrome, give yourself a little time to get used to it; the URL address bar is like Google search, can type in anything you wish to search for. You can also click and drag tabs to re-order them, click and drag tabs to create new windows. Bookmarking probably takes the most time to get used to. But the browser has so far been much, much faster than FF or IE on either of my machines, regardless of the operating system or available memory.
Thanks for the tip, Rayne! Much appreciated. My FF has been having problems (”not responding”), so I’m wondering if it’s for the reason you mention?
solai (56) — no, haven’t read it, but it’s on my beach reads list, won’t get to it until vacation in August. Hope you’ll share your thoughts about it if you’re going to read it.
In response to JimWhite @ 53
You’re right. And that’s hours before the rally was supposed to start. Usually, he/she warns us when they will be away.
Rayne, I read it and the sequel. Now, I’m going nuts cuz I can’t get my hands on the third book.
In response to Rayne @ 58
Thanks Rayne, I checked Chromoe out when it was launched but didn’t give it the time since I was over the moon about FF.
My thoughts on TGWTDT: Not the best book I’ve ever read but ‘the girl’ is the most interesting character I’ve seen in ages. She makes it a good read. The second is better with ‘the girl’ being in more of the story.
There is a scene in the first which is unlike anything I’ve ever read and makes the book stand out (you’ll know it when you read it).
Overall, the plot lines etc are good, but the real draw is the main character. Reading about her is addictive and I can’t wait to read the third, and final, book.
In response to solai @ 62
Haven’t read it yet but the blurb sounds good. The author died before the 3 books were published. That’s a drag.
63 bucks for Verdammnis. Whoa, that’s a bite.
Time for an “Awww” moment.
Yesterday afternoon, my eighteen year old daughter decided to try to work her way out of being grounded by taking on a major, unprovoked cleaning of her room. She came to me with a precious find. It was a card my father had written to her just after she learned to read. We lost him back in 1999; this card would probably be from 1996 or so. It had a cute picture of a cat. He told her about his dog and asked about her cat. I smiled as she showed it to me and then started to move on.
Two or three steps later, it hit me. She had found the card on his birthday. My voice wasn’t too steady when I returned to tell her that bit. She’s not usually a hugger, but that was one for the ages.
Yes, she will be allowed to go out tonight, the last night before we leave for a two week trip.
Summer has finally arrived in the upper midwest. This is the time of year that during the a warm evening you can literally hear the corn grow. It will be shoulder high by the Fourth of July.
In response to RevDeb @ 57
Thanks for the flower explanation. Sounds wonderful. Joys and sorrows shared, doubled and halved.
Downloading and installing Chrome as we speak. Got more damn browsers than apps.
Heading out to buy a gift for the father of my children. The ‘you’re not my father/mother’ line doesn’t go over well in this house.
In response to JimWhite @ 66
Hugs…sounds like a good kid. Reminds us again it’s Father’s Day as well. Thanks. And a happy one to you and the Lake dads.
nothing from persiankiwi for 12 hours now. That is troublesome.
I called my Mother a couple days ago to find out what Dad needed for Father’s Day and she said, “Make him a lemon meringue pie”. And that’s what he’s getting. Apparently he’s always after my mother to make one (she’s the apple-pie-queen!). LOL
In response to RevDeb @ 75
NYT posting that protesters being “dispersed” …don’t really know what that means…Can guess.
In response to KayInMaine @ 78
Lost my dad in 1980 at age 54. He loved lemon meringue pie. My grandma made the best, from scratch. Mayhaps I’ll get a store bought pie and split it with him.
In response to RevBev @ 74
fyi – via Tex Betsy,
Candlelight vigil is now Monday at 9pm (not 8pm), pedestrian bridge next to Lamar Av bridge, Lady Bird Lake, Austin. Bring candles. Wear dark colors
.
this is a vigil for dead/disappeared
Bets and our Wangdang attended the Weds Solidarity event in Austin – loved hearing so many of the students are of disparate groups who don’t always agree but now banding together for their brothers and sisters back home
In response to SouthernDragon @ 83
cbl’s cheater recipe:
block of cream cheese
sm can cream cheese icing
can of lemon filling
store bought crust
cool whip (spray can stuff doesn’t hold)
- leave cream cheese out for ’bout an hour
– mix 3/4’s cream cheese and 1/2 of icing together (your taste determines level of ’sweet’)
- spread on bottom of crust
- cover spread with lemon filling
- top with cool whip (you can ‘pipe’ it thru a sandwich bag w/hole cut in bottom corner)
- cool in fridge 45 min to an hour
voila
traditionalists usually balk about the spread and whip cream in place of meringue - until they taste it :D
In response to SouthernDragon @ 83
I will be making it from scratch too. Wish me luck! ;-)
Elliott, Dads love pie, huh? Easy way to their heart!
In response to cbl2 @ 86
Thanks. Going to the store later today (it’s supposed to hit the high 90s and with the humidity will feel like 110 – health alert out). My tigers at Rainbow Bridge will go get my dad and his shepherd for a treat.
In response to KayInMaine @ 87
Good luck. I remember whipping the egg whites with a hand mixer for grandma. Gotta get me one of those. Fancy electric stuff don’t work so well when the power’s out.
In response to SouthernDragon @ 90
That is the part I’m worried about! Whipping up the meringue. LOL Should be interesting since I don’t have any fancy gadgets either, SD.
In response to SouthernDragon @ 89
should have added that the cheater recipe is not for the nutrionally timid :D
been dyin to tell you ’bout our tiger as you would be mere putty in her paws – she is two y/o tuxedo, but never grew bigger than a six month old. she’s like the little girl in Interview With A Vampire, in that she looks and acts so sweet and innocent – but she was a feral rescue and eating from the streets is heavily imprinted on her – she is the Butcher of H**** Street and has horrified the neighborhood kids with her bloodlust. “Mrs X, is she gonna eat that bunny ?!?!?”
In response to KayInMaine @ 91
I was looking at cookies the other day (yer talking to the original Cookie Monster) and decided I’d be better off making my own. Discovered the only mixers I have are wooden spoons. Found a great peanut butter cookie recipe I want to make.
In response to KayInMaine @ 91
In response to cbl2 @ 92
LOL. Maste is like that. He’s prolly a little over a year but very small and goes after anything that can be described as edible.
When I lived in LA I had a pure black tiger I had raised from a kitten (Min the First), along with his brothers and sisters, and mom Ishtar. We were getting ready to fry chicken when he jumped up on the counter and grabbed a leg. I went after him. He was under a chair and when I reached in to take it he bit me through the hand. By the time I got to the sink my hand was the size of a softball. I had the leg in the other hand, though. Chicken bones ain’t good for tigers.
In response to cbl2 @ 94
Wow Cbl2! Thanks for this video! I’m not so nervous now after watching it. Seriously. I have an old hand mixer, so I think I’ll be all set.
In response to SouthernDragon @ 98
Have you ever been nervous like that in the kitchen? Over the years there’s been times when I stare at the ingredients on the counter with my palms sweating. Isn’t that awful! Man, some recipes are just too much for me. ;-)
My father will most likely love the pie even if it’s a complete flop. One time I made a peanut butter pie for my grandmother in my early 20’s and I didn’t know it was a flop until I was told that she gave it to my Uncle Sam who loves anything peanut butter. LOL! Too funny.
In response to SouthernDragon @ 93
I can never resist the siren’s song of ‘cheater recipes’
this from a Home Ec Teachers collection
over on 350
2 cup peanut butter
2 egg
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
roll and hetch with fork to the size you want
7 -12 minutes depending on your oven
yummy. my kids were teh shizz of their dorms with this fail proof recipe
In response to cbl2 @ 100
I guess. That’s all p-nut butter and sugar. Makes the teeth I don’t have any more sing.
In response to SouthernDragon @ 101
SOB! I ate peanut butter everyday for all my life and then one day I was allergic. I’ve never gotten over it. I just know one evening when I’m at a party I’m going to mindlessly pop a handful of peanuts in my mouth. I can’t even eat SnoCaps -ye olde movie theater fave – cause they are made in the same factory as Goobers.
In response to Elliott @ 103
Oh, lordy. I’d die. My natural foods store has an older p-nut butter machine. They use dry roasted and I go through a container (1 lb) in about 10 days.
Mornin’ everybody.
It’s always such a treat when Christy shows up. I am so happy that she and Mr. Christy got that well – deserved break down in N.O. – and the follow-up time with the Peanut.
Anyway – glad that you had a great break – nobody can go to war 24/7.
Looking forward to your posts on the S.Ct nomination, and the attending fights, trials and tribulations.
(’Cause I know that you’ve already got that stuff in the bag) (*g*). Could we maybe get something started on the Dawn Johnsen front as well?
P.S. I just realized that I typed the words ” nobody can go to war 24/7″. I am such a liar – or maybe just a strange aberration…….
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