...and some nice ones. They go to auction this afternoon, so if you need me for emergency political or philosophical consultation I'm afraid I won't be here.
The queen of the hop is an apparently original Rem-Rand 1911A1. The joker of sadness is a Colt GI issue .45. Chromed. Add some Pythons to the mix and you at least have plenty of eye candy.
I seriously doubt I'll bring anything home. Auction prices around here have been astounding recently -- not just over the market, but off into the realm of stratobucks (thanks in part, of course, to Ben Bernanke's starship Kwee* Three Et Seq.)
I'll be leaving in about 90 minutes, so if you want to place a proxy bid...
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*Q.E., quantitative easing, i.e. the Charminization of the Greenback.
Oct 21, 2012
Oct 19, 2012
Gun porn from the tin-bra set
Some Denver folks are wetting their stepins because Madonna used a gun in one of her acts. Her defense:
In a statement before beginning the tour, Madonna said she does not condone the use of guns. She said she is using the guns as symbols of intolerance and "the pain I have felt from having my heart broken."
I was about to label that as pure celeb blather. On second thought she has a point.
Now, my heart has been broken here and there, although never in a way that would justify the use of guns. On the other hand, I usually have one handy as -- just as the Material Girl says -- a symbol of intolerance. It symbolizes my intolerance for some subhuman critter who wants to relieve me of my possessions or my life.
'course she stops a stroke shy of fulfillment. If it doesn't work to symbolize, a person can always actualize.
In a statement before beginning the tour, Madonna said she does not condone the use of guns. She said she is using the guns as symbols of intolerance and "the pain I have felt from having my heart broken."
I was about to label that as pure celeb blather. On second thought she has a point.
Now, my heart has been broken here and there, although never in a way that would justify the use of guns. On the other hand, I usually have one handy as -- just as the Material Girl says -- a symbol of intolerance. It symbolizes my intolerance for some subhuman critter who wants to relieve me of my possessions or my life.
'course she stops a stroke shy of fulfillment. If it doesn't work to symbolize, a person can always actualize.
Oct 18, 2012
England reacts!
I often tease Brits, so it's only fair to thank one of them for as good a line as I've seen about the recent debate-like teevee show. Able of England says:
As a 'damn furiner' I had the impression that dear Cindys new job was as a replacement for the O's teleprompter (since last time its absence was all too obvious in effect).
Well said, Sir. And an extra nod for intimating that your politicians are as moronic as ours, or nearly so.
H/T Roberta, comments section.
As a 'damn furiner' I had the impression that dear Cindys new job was as a replacement for the O's teleprompter (since last time its absence was all too obvious in effect).
Well said, Sir. And an extra nod for intimating that your politicians are as moronic as ours, or nearly so.
H/T Roberta, comments section.
Oct 17, 2012
Ick. Never shake hands with a Brit
Over across the pond live the dirty-handed, and this isn't the claim of a Jingo Yank. Their own Royal Radio Station says so.
In a recent UK-wide study, 99% of people interviewed at motorway service stations toilets claimed they had washed their hands after going to the toilet. Electronic recording devices revealed only 32% of men and 64% of women actually did.
Huh? The Sceptred Isle rulers find time and money and motivation to digitally track their subjects' personal sanitary habits? What's next? An electronic usage recorder on English condoms? (A tickling concept, eh wot?)
Oh well. I suppose it's easier than tracking down the thugs who manipulate the LIBOR.
Still, all in all, the next time The Queen extends her hand to me in a reception line, I think I'll just curtsy.
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H/T Tam
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Puts me in mind of the last time I visited my healer, two or three years back. Some kind of test was taken and the results said the guy's OK and has just "normal bodily flora" in his juices. I think that is quite an elegant way to report that I'm no germier than average.
In a recent UK-wide study, 99% of people interviewed at motorway service stations toilets claimed they had washed their hands after going to the toilet. Electronic recording devices revealed only 32% of men and 64% of women actually did.
Huh? The Sceptred Isle rulers find time and money and motivation to digitally track their subjects' personal sanitary habits? What's next? An electronic usage recorder on English condoms? (A tickling concept, eh wot?)
Oh well. I suppose it's easier than tracking down the thugs who manipulate the LIBOR.
Still, all in all, the next time The Queen extends her hand to me in a reception line, I think I'll just curtsy.
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H/T Tam
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Puts me in mind of the last time I visited my healer, two or three years back. Some kind of test was taken and the results said the guy's OK and has just "normal bodily flora" in his juices. I think that is quite an elegant way to report that I'm no germier than average.
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