Happy Birthday Ghoti

Today, February 24 is Abe Vigoda's birthday. Have a great day Fish.

Well, it's no Elvis face on Mars, but interesting

Atlantis?

Read article in the Telegraph. Could this be Atlantis? or maybe a deep-sea listening grid? mythology or conspiracy, your choice.

UPDATE: Already debunked. It's the grid pattern of the mapping boats. (Or maybe they are trying to keep the secrets of Atlantis from us....)

Am I getting old?

(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Or is the swimsuit issue just not what it used to be?

Dolly tells it like it is

Via Think Progress

Yesterday, legendary country music singer Dolly Parton had the “usually sedate crowd” at the National Press Club “cracking up with her self-deprecating humor and one-liners, including a few on politics.” Parton, who was in town for her role as an ambassador for Great Smoky Mountains National Park said, “Somebody said to me, ‘Well, you know what — you’ve got such a big mouth and you know how to talk to people, did you ever think about running for president?’ … I said, ‘I think we’ve had enough boobs in the White House, but hopefully [President] Obama ain’t gonna be one of them.’”

Today's deep thought

I don't smoke pot, but if I did I wouldn't share it Michael Phelps who probably has the lung capacity of a Clydesdale. I can see it now, "pfffft, sorry dude I smoked all your pot at once, again."

I learned (at least) two things today

1. "$500,000 is not a lot of money."
Well, roger me ragged, I always thought half a mill was not quite a sh*tpot full of money.

2. The true meaning of Christmas Waltzing Matilda. (from Climate Progess)



After you watch that,
Watch this, "And the band played Waltzing Matilda" by the Pogues, a great anti-war song.

Contact Reid

Please send Reid some spine! He must expose the obstructionism!
Here's what I wrote:

Call their bluff.
Make them filibuster!

Dear Senator Reid,

The republicans in the Senate seem intent on obstructing the stimulus bill (and probably other upcoming legislation as well.)

Please, please do not let the mere threat of a filibuster dissuade you.

Expose their obstructionist tactics to the light of day. MAKE THEM FILIBUSTER!!!!!

Best regards,
etc.,

Smugglers build ramps

Who could have anticipated ...?

From RawStory

US border fence found remarkably ineffective and difficult to complete
John Byrne

Smugglers build ramps
The planned 670-mile fence along the US border with Mexico has proven remarkably ineffective at deterring or stopping illegal crossers to the United States, advocates and critics of the fence admit.

Moreover, the fence's construction remains in limbo in numerous areas, where legal, political and engineering obstacles have brought its implementation to a halt.

While we were worrying about 16-foot ladders, and using ground penetrating radar to look for tunnels, the smugglers were building ramps. That' s just not fair.
In a related story, smugglers were also able to discover the extent of the wall and walk around the end of the fence.

Daschle withdraws

I'm a little surprised, but I don't know if I'm surprised that he stayed so long or that he withdrew.

(I initially supported him, but his relationship with the healthcare industry turns out to be too meretricious for my tastes.)

Can't we just find someone who overpaid their taxes?

Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow

Global Warming to end

In today's press conference, Sen James Inhofe (R-Dumbistan) said that Punxsutawney Phil seeing his shadow confirms that not only is global warming over, but people didn't have anything to do with it, anyway.

Groundhog Pie
* Servings: 6-8
* 1 groundhog skinned and cleaned
* 1/4 cup onion
* 1/4 cup green pepper
* 1/2 tablespoon minced parsley
* 1 tablespoon salt
* 1/8 teaspoon pepper
* 4 1/2 tablespoon flour
* 3 cups broth
*
* Biscuits:
* 1 cup flour
* 2 tablespoon baking powder
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 2 tablespoon fat
* 1/4 cup milk

DIRECTIONS

1. Cut groundhog into 2 or 3 pieces.
2. Parboil for 1 hour.
3. Remove meat from bones in large pieces. Add onion, green pepper, parsley, salt, pepper, and flour to the broth and srit until it thickens.
4. If the broth does not measure 3 cups, add water.
5. Add the meat to the broth mixture and stir thoroughly.
6. Pour into baking dish.
7. For biscuits:
8. sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Cut in the fat and add the liquid.
9. Stir until the dry ingredients are moist.
10. Roll only enough to make it fit the dish.
11. Place dough on top of meat, put in a hot oven (400 degrees F.) and bake 30 to 40 minutes or until dough is browned.

It's not all fun and games after the inauguration

REUTERS/Jim Young

Obama has a lot of work ahead of him. I'm glad he's getting started early.

R.I.P. Patrick McGoohan

The Prisoner was a favorite of mine.

'Prisoner' actor Patrick McGoohan dies in LA

By ANDREW DALTON

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Patrick McGoohan, an Emmy-winning actor who created and starred in the cult classic television show "The Prisoner," has died. He was 80.

McGoohan died Tuesday in Los Angeles after a short illness, his son-in-law, film producer Cleve Landsberg, said Wednesday.

McGoohan won two Emmys for his work on the Peter Falk detective drama "Columbo," and more recently appeared as King Edward Longshanks in the 1995 Mel Gibson film "Braveheart."

But he was best known as the title character Number Six in "The Prisoner," a surreal 1960s British series in which a former spy is held captive in a small village and constantly tries to escape.

I found an appropriate school

I'll be changing careers come the end of February. I think I have found a suitable mentor to nurture my skills.



Excuse me while get back to practicing my Judy chops.

Helicopter drivers?

Man, Bush is such a moron. He should have skipped this final presser.

Petulant.
Rambling.
Incoherent.
Evasive.

And just plain out of touch.

Bush wants gated community

(My Uncle always told me that the building above was the biggest hotel in Atlanta.)

Apparently GWB wants federal funding for a gate to his community. If he wants a federally subsidized gate I suggest he move into one of the already existing gated communities run by the feds. I hear Atlanta is very nice. And it's just a few miles from the chimp house at the Atlanta Zoo.