tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post5427506613481552744..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: While Obama attacks Arizona, Juarez Drug Wars IncreaseDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger232125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3799342004133697772010-07-25T07:47:59.496-04:002010-07-25T07:47:59.496-04:00"...and 'lick his pecker' for your am..."...and 'lick his pecker' for your amusement."<br /><br />Dear Allen, that would not be amusing. That would be genuinely alarming.<br /><br />But you have a "blessed day," too.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The horrible, horrible Wolcott:<br /><br />I didn't post anything about the whole Andrew Breithart/Shirley Sherrod/white farmers/USDA/NAACP/Tea Party manufactured shambolic nothingburger unfolding this week because--well, Al Giordano laid it out lucidly and ringingly in a recent essay at The Field:<br /><br /> A wonderful essay is circulating by Alain de Botton in City magazine (I came across it via Andrew Sullivan), titled, On Distraction. In just 333 words, de Botton captures one of the central problems of this present moment in history:<br /><br /> “One of the more embarrassing and self-indulgent challenges of our time is the task of relearning how to concentrate. The past decade has seen an unparalleled assault on our capacity to fix our minds steadily on anything. To sit still and think, without succumbing to an anxious reach for a machine, has become almost impossible.<br /><br /> “The obsession with current events is relentless. We are made to feel that at any point, somewhere on the globe, something may occur to sweep away old certainties—something that, if we failed to learn about it instantaneously, could leave us wholly unable to comprehend ourselves or our fellows.”<br /><br /><br /><br />“The obsession with current events is relentless."<br /><br />Indeed.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-92028896844912449092010-07-25T07:19:17.026-04:002010-07-25T07:19:17.026-04:00Dear Trish,
Few things are as enjoyable as prepar...Dear Trish,<br /><br />Few things are as enjoyable as preparing a warm breakfast for a hot woman in bed, on a lazy, hazy Sunday morning. <br /><br />Sadly, duty calls. If you tell him he is the greatest thing since sliced bread, Quirk would probably fetch the Sunday paper and "lick his pecker" for your amusement.<br /><br />You all have a "blessed day", as we say in Dixie.allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798524644256471907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54170150067964382792010-07-25T07:09:27.653-04:002010-07-25T07:09:27.653-04:00MeLoDy said...
Allen why do you keep coming back i...MeLoDy said...<br />Allen why do you keep coming back if that is the way you feel?<br /><br />Sat Jul 24, 11:33:00 PM EDT<br /><br /><br />I will be forever in your debt for having pointed out the obvious. How something so simple escaped notice is really troubling.<br /><br />O, Mel, I generally try not to allow how I feel to govern my actions. On the whole, there is method to the madness.allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798524644256471907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56432092588330049692010-07-25T07:07:31.570-04:002010-07-25T07:07:31.570-04:00Alrighty, then. Which one of you two is in charge ...Alrighty, then. Which one of you two is in charge of the breakfast shift?<br /><br />I'd like an Irish cheddar omelet made with two eggs from happy chickens; no pulp, low acid, calcium fortified orange juice; a cup of Juan Valdez; and a kind word for our good president.<br /><br />In return, I'm prepared to treat this as Serious Solemn Sunday.<br /><br />Throw in a little institutional flattery of Top Secret America and I may even lay off the opposition talking points.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53176474338515572742010-07-25T06:30:02.748-04:002010-07-25T06:30:02.748-04:00Jethro Tull: Won't be pressured into canceling...<a href="http://www.haaretz.com/culture/jethro-tull-won-t-be-pressured-into-canceling-planned-israel-show-1.303802" rel="nofollow">Jethro Tull: Won't be pressured into canceling planned Israel show</a><br /><br />Surely, Quirk will set Anderson straight with a wiki-wad of factoids, bigotrty and personal animus.allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798524644256471907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-60413165222397336672010-07-25T01:04:52.440-04:002010-07-25T01:04:52.440-04:00"Most normal people don't get excited abo...<i>"Most normal people don't get excited about it growing, windrowed, or baled."</i><br /><br />Well there's the problem Bob. I was talking about windrowed alfalfa.<br /><br />Baled it just looks like someone took a giant aerator to the field and left the plugs laying there.<br /><br />But the windrowed alfalfa is kind of scary looking. Impressive though.<br /><br />City slicker. <br /><br />Right.<br /><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-40399228836288861432010-07-25T00:51:16.756-04:002010-07-25T00:51:16.756-04:00noght trishnoght trishMeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4335419392510187802010-07-25T00:50:18.137-04:002010-07-25T00:50:18.137-04:00that's for sure, Trish, there are some that pe...that's for sure, Trish, there are some that people that just can't...be.MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65812850908748491992010-07-25T00:49:37.887-04:002010-07-25T00:49:37.887-04:00Night, Quirk.Night, Quirk.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70117951816114225532010-07-25T00:48:03.577-04:002010-07-25T00:48:03.577-04:00Night, bob.
Night, Melody.Night, bob.<br /><br />Night, Melody.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-27083020293332588832010-07-25T00:45:08.720-04:002010-07-25T00:45:08.720-04:00I deleted that comment because I left and came bac...I deleted that comment because I left and came back and I thought Trish repeated her comment about not ridiculing me but it was the same one from the page before.MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54637190551353766412010-07-25T00:44:58.335-04:002010-07-25T00:44:58.335-04:00"That's why I'm here, Trish, to keep ..."That's why I'm here, Trish, to keep all you guys sane."<br /><br />Well. A few of us anyway.<br /><br />: )trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-8893519641203449622010-07-25T00:43:58.729-04:002010-07-25T00:43:58.729-04:00Having gotten myself all stimulated over that alfa...Having gotten myself all stimulated over that alfalfa bale, I'm going to bed too.<br /><br />good nightbobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-27627800253781164592010-07-25T00:41:25.170-04:002010-07-25T00:41:25.170-04:00I know...I know...I know
:)I know...I know...I know<br /><br /><br />:)bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77709571750169997382010-07-25T00:40:31.498-04:002010-07-25T00:40:31.498-04:00Then there's fly fishing, that's exciting ...Then there's fly fishing, that's exciting too.....<br /><br /><br />And it, at least for me, really is.bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-64905741786179177632010-07-25T00:38:07.105-04:002010-07-25T00:38:07.105-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55360099501860242452010-07-25T00:37:25.421-04:002010-07-25T00:37:25.421-04:00Dang it, we seem to be having trouble with words h...Dang it, we seem to be having trouble with words here.<br /><br />Alfalfa <i>hay</i> IS hay, least out here.<br /><br />I like to look at it windrowed best, but that only lasts four or five days adrying.<br /><br />Maybe that's why I like it.<br /><br />Most normal people don't get excited about it growing, windrowed, or baled.bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72919773959772721192010-07-25T00:34:00.571-04:002010-07-25T00:34:00.571-04:00Here Quirk<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Alfalfa_round_bales.jpg" rel="nofollow">Here Quirk</a>bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25428252572767163132010-07-25T00:33:24.832-04:002010-07-25T00:33:24.832-04:00It is?It is?MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-85637354981977192242010-07-25T00:32:41.926-04:002010-07-25T00:32:41.926-04:00hay is much more fun to look at than alfalfa. Don...hay is much more fun to look at than alfalfa. Don't ya think?MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57567154887483173332010-07-25T00:31:53.645-04:002010-07-25T00:31:53.645-04:00The alfalfa is the bales of hay, you fool, baled u...The alfalfa <i>is</i> the bales of hay, you fool, baled up.<br /><br />City slicker.bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31466601110084793052010-07-25T00:30:59.648-04:002010-07-25T00:30:59.648-04:00When I told the crossing guard I drove by every mo...When I told the crossing guard I drove by every morning that I was not crazy for buying her a plant because she waved to me after six months, she said I was not crazy that I was unique...<br /><br />...as she stepped back ten feet while she was saying it.MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81401027325749489712010-07-25T00:26:44.121-04:002010-07-25T00:26:44.121-04:00"I wanted to put up my bales of hay as my pic...<i>"I wanted to put up my bales of hay as my picture but can't seem to get it right."</i><br /><br />What about the alfalfa?<br /><br />I thought it was supposed to be impressive.<br /><br />Although, I know it too can be a little intimidating.<br /><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1732643766313455782010-07-25T00:26:23.675-04:002010-07-25T00:26:23.675-04:00Quirk me too. I was going to say it yesterday but...Quirk me too. I was going to say it yesterday but never got the chance.MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90079158472924180622010-07-25T00:25:19.465-04:002010-07-25T00:25:19.465-04:00That's why I'm here, Trish, to keep all yo...That's why I'm here, Trish, to keep all you guys sane. <br /><br />And it would take a whole lot of your brains to invent someone like me, that's for sure.MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.com