I don't know what's going to happen to us. Everything's so screwed up. I keep getting sucked back into politics only to realize how useless it all is. Nothing ever goes my way. The crazy conservatives never go away. The lies get debunked, but the lies keep getting told and repeated. Ug.

Saw some friends at the bar last night. Did my heart good. Beats the hell out of sitting there all alone.

Hope you have a great weekend.

In reply to this comment by peggedbea:
he is my congressman. and we don't hail from butt-kissing land. we prefer the epithet, heavily manipulated, angry and logically impaired populist town.
but we're only logically impaired because we're so busy being wage slaves to our corporate masters and then eyes slaves to the tv's they told us we should watch regularly and the churches they said would give us hope and raise our spirits. we don't have much time to think for ourselves anymore.

oooh who will liberate the citizens of heavily manipulated, angry and logically impaired populist town???!???!

In reply to this comment by rougy:
The congressman from butt-kissing land has spoken!

How dare you question the wisdom and resolve of the gentleman from butt-kissing land!

Bugging you again.

Told C that I wanted to date other people.
Considering all alternatives, it went well.
It wasn't something that I wanted to tell her.
It was something that I had to tell her.

In retrospect, I think it went about as well as thing like that could go. We held hands. Kissed. Pressed our old middle-aged heads together. Smelled her hair. It soothed me.

We went out to the parking lot to neck, and some guy—some asshole came out and started filming us. We had to laugh. As if that sorry son of a bitch didn't have something better to do.

At, what? Two in the morning?

I flashed him my titties as we drove off. That'll show him!

Two can play at that game, but I probably won't, because anybody lame enough to film to old farts necking in an empty down-town parking lot isn't going to expose himself to anything more radical than...what...over-caffination?

A pair of cargo shorts that mis-match his death-metal tee-shirt?

Thinking of you, my long away Austin (but not Austin) firecracker.



In reply to this comment by peggedbea:
i take in strays. i sing songs. i go to baseball games. i have a sore rotator cuff.

The Bronze! The Bronze!

Great sifts. Look forward to more.

As long as you can hold your tequila, woman, you're alright by me.

Good to see you again.

I had my first date with my thirty-years-ago high school sweetie.

It went well.

Her boobs have gotten bigger. Always a plus.

A great way to while away the hours, boobs. So big and soft.

She wouldn't let me make race tracks for my hot wheels...but I'll convince her yet.



Love ya.

In reply to this comment by peggedbea:
i take in strays. i sing songs. i go to baseball games. i have a sore rotator cuff.

I really enjoyed our chat last Friday.

Take care. Hope all is marvelous in Muncie.

In reply to this comment by JiggaJonson:
Oh also
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5997040150951355473

No, I've never had a problem with the lounge. I have been having problems with partial or incomplete page loads on VS for a few months, though.

Take it easy. Cheers.

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
Howdy! Fuckin' A. VS doesn't appear to be working right for me in both Chrome and FF. Every time I try to say something in the lounge, the page just refreshes. Anyone else having that problem?

Hey baby. How did your night go?

Hope you got laid. Had a great meal.

I hope you had two or three men trying to steal you away.

I hope that they were all so beautiful that you could not decide.

Welcome home.

Good to see you.

Glad you're back.

Stick around.

The place wasn't the same without you!

Hey.

I think I got off on the wong fut wit chew.

I think we are on the same side.

No small calculation, considering the times.

You made me laugh at least twice.

Hey. "Whore house rules."

And that means nothing.

Welcome to the Sift.

Look forward to seeing you around.

Please dear...if I say something stupid...ignore.

I try. I really try.

And you inspire me.

You always have.

I was thinking "Should we take Stellar with butterfly nets, or tranquilizer darts?"

In reply to this comment by imstellar28:
This discussion to me draws the line between half full and half empty. Can you find something positive in an overwhelming negative subject, or can you only see the negative?

Yeah, don't leave. Take a break, sure, but come back when you can.

You weren't totally horrible.

Next time I need a public defender, you're the first on my list!



But seriously, yours is a good voice. I would consider it a real loss if you left, even if we don't always agree.

Hello my dear. My roller derby baby. My thinks too much Cleopatra.

It is imperative that you be happy.

I guess...nobody sent you the memorandum.

Well, here I am...again...making up for the screwed up priorities of the world....

To remind you...how wonderful you are.

And how, with every sunrise that you see, I can breath more easily.

Ah! Relax. She's still here.

The world hasn't ended yet.

Sounds good, hombre.

I need to watch myself, too. I'm so mad...I'm like an open sore sometimes, and I fly off the handle when little things rub me wrong...sort of like when somebody pats you on the back when ya have a sunburn.

Cheers, Truckchase!

I'll drink a shot of Cuervo in your honor.

In reply to this comment by Truckchase:
I agree with you; I'm sorry I was so abrupt with my comment. I do agree that the content was very important. The comment came from a place of fear honestly. We're fighting cultural battles on so many fronts that I feel overwhelmed. I'll try to put my comments (jokes included) in a little better context in the future with the understanding that relative strangers don't know that I'm not a Beck/Limbaugh follower.

In reply to this comment by rougy:
I didn't specifically call you an asshole, but the humor reminded me of something that real assholes would say like O'Reilly or Beck or Hannity or five dozen other internet pundits who think things are going great in Afghanistan.

Yes, his voice was high and a little embarrassing to me, but his words were spot on. It reminds me of when Howard Dean got squashed because of the pitch of his yell at a rally. There are other examples, too, of how something superficial totally derailed what would otherwise have been a valid progressive opinion or candidate.

Our country puts show over substance, and it's killing us. Millions of people actually think that Sarah Palin is a viable presidential candidate. I find the notion horrifying.

I admit, I go berserk sometimes. I'm in my late forties and I've never seen this country more askew than it is today. Nothing seems to help. It just slowly keeps getting worse and I honest to god fear for our future.

In reply to this comment by Truckchase:
I'm fine with that... humor is all relative after all, but would you mind not calling me an asshole? I assure you the joke wasn't based off the content.

In reply to this comment by rougy:
>> ^Truckchase:
In reply to this comment by rougy:
Not as rough as having to live with the assholes who think that what he said was funny.

Really? A downvote AND that comment? Do you think you're taking yourself any my comment a bit too seriously? Is that the sort of attitude that can help this country and our current state of affairs? You won't win any converts by being mean to people trying to lighten the mood, and I suspect I'm already on "your side". Chill out doctor.
edit: reworded "being a prick"; language too strong. Srry; I was just very disappointed to see that comment...


I didn't downvote you, but no, I didn't think your comment was funny.

Sorry, maybe next time.

Was flipping through the channels last night and saw that asshole Bill O'Reilly lying to the nation again in regards to this video.

It's just not a joking matter with me.

I didn't specifically call you an asshole, but the humor reminded me of something that real assholes would say like O'Reilly or Beck or Hannity or five dozen other internet pundits who think things are going great in Afghanistan.

Yes, his voice was high and a little embarrassing to me, but his words were spot on. It reminds me of when Howard Dean got squashed because of the pitch of his yell at a rally. There are other examples, too, of how something superficial totally derailed what would otherwise have been a valid progressive opinion or candidate.

Our country puts show over substance, and it's killing us. Millions of people actually think that Sarah Palin is a viable presidential candidate. I find the notion horrifying.

I admit, I go berserk sometimes. I'm in my late forties and I've never seen this country more askew than it is today. Nothing seems to help. It just slowly keeps getting worse and I honest to god fear for our future.

In reply to this comment by Truckchase:
I'm fine with that... humor is all relative after all, but would you mind not calling me an asshole? I assure you the joke wasn't based off the content.

In reply to this comment by rougy:
>> ^Truckchase:
In reply to this comment by rougy:
Not as rough as having to live with the assholes who think that what he said was funny.

Really? A downvote AND that comment? Do you think you're taking yourself any my comment a bit too seriously? Is that the sort of attitude that can help this country and our current state of affairs? You won't win any converts by being mean to people trying to lighten the mood, and I suspect I'm already on "your side". Chill out doctor.
edit: reworded "being a prick"; language too strong. Srry; I was just very disappointed to see that comment...


I didn't downvote you, but no, I didn't think your comment was funny.

Sorry, maybe next time.

Was flipping through the channels last night and saw that asshole Bill O'Reilly lying to the nation again in regards to this video.

It's just not a joking matter with me.