Apr
11

First Annual Daily Hourly SFly, No! Drink-a-thon




Posted at 22:28 by D. Aristophanes

Where: Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary St., San Francisco, CA 94109, (415) 885-4074

When: Friday, April 18, 2008

Who: Everybody who wants to meet up with S,N! and Three Bulls! regulars and their extensive, high-maintenance entourages

Password: The Gary Ruppert soars at dawn

Zeitgeist and the Starry Plough also got a lot of votes. Let’s keep the Starry Plough in mind for an East Bay S,N! drink-a-thon at a later date. And here’s the vote tally on meet-up locations as pulled interpretively out of comments on this thread:

10 votes: Edinburgh Castle, Zeitgeist (I tie-broke for the Castle, due to my mastery of alphabetical order)
6 votes: Starry Plough (Berkeley)
2 votes: Kilowatt
1 vote: Albatross, Half Moon Bay Brewing Co., Inner Mission, Jupiter, Mr. Bings, San Jose (the city), SF Brewing Co., Tommy’s Mexican, Toronado, Uptown, Zinc Bar

154 Comments »

  1. Gary Ruppert said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:31

    The fact is, I will certainly be attending said event.

  2. DocAmazing said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:33

    Don’t think of this as an RSVP, but rather, an ASAP. Barring unforeseen weirdness, I’ll see you there.

  3. Sagra said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:33

    Dammit. I was in SF last week, but did you have a get together then? NoooooOooOOoooo.

  4. Jingles said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:34

    What time does the bar open?

  5. D. Aristophanes said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:35

    Gary Ruppert presents ‘The Big Reveal’ … catch it LIVE! at the first annual daily hourly SF Drinking Sadlyly event … Edinburgh Castle, SF, 4/18/08 … 6pm to whenever

  6. RandomObserver said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:36

    Still no Boston get together? Come on people!

  7. D. Aristophanes said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:36

    I have to work, so I’ll be getting there round about 6pm.

  8. Kathleen said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:37

    awesome. I’ll bring a photo of my kitchen countertops.

  9. J— said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:38

    What time does the bar open?

    The castle’s web site.

  10. a different brad said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:39

    Grrrrr. Took you a couple days to set this up.
    Over on the east coast? Sadly, never.

  11. kindness said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:41

    Toranado’s has better beer in SF.

    Pacific Coast Brewery in downtown Oakland also has better beer than Starry Plow, but I do like the Starry Plow….if only Flints was as good a bar-b-que place as it once was.

  12. Gary Ruppert said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:42

    The fact is, you liberals are being discrimigatory in not having a “fest” here in the Heartland where I could attend close to my favorite line-dancing warehouse bar.

  13. Righteous Bubba said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:43

    Gary Ruppert presents ‘The Big Reveal’ … catch it LIVE!

    When legless Gary knuckle-drags himself in on his rollerboard you’re all going to feel awful.

    Plus he’s a frog.

  14. jimmiraybob said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:45

    Young Bull: Let’s go to all the bars and drink a little at each.

    Old Bull: Hey let’s go to one of the bars and drink a lot. (Disclaimer: know when to say when.)

    Of course the original joke that I heard involved two bulls, a fence, a pasture and some heffers (and I’m not talking Hefeweizens).

    Any chance of getting John Yoo as featured tortu…uh, speaker? John Yoo, taking the tort out of torture since 2003.

  15. Doodle Bean said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:46

    RandomObserver,

    Boston-area Sadlyfest is coming! Now if I could just get a member of the staff to post a planning post we could get down to brass tacks…

    (looks hopefully at D. Aristophanes while drawing a little doodles in the dust with the tip of a highly polished oxford…)

    In the meantime, here.

  16. Doodle Bean said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:47

    a different brad,

    Same as above.

  17. J— said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:48

    Grrrrr. Took you a couple days to set this up.
    Over on the east coast? Sadly, never.

    The good news is national trends start in California and then spread across the rest of the country. See, for example, Prop 13.

  18. Doodle Bean said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:50

    Sorry. This is a more direct route.

  19. D. Aristophanes said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:51

    DB – I’ll let Brad or Gav handle the Boston posting for now … I’m sure something will happen soon.

  20. Jake H. said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:52

    I’m far away. Can you get a webcam? I’ll Paypal you money to show your nipples. If I don’t have too much Jergen’s on my fingers to work the mouse.

  21. Doodle Bean said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:52

    Thanks, D.!

  22. Doodle Bean said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:54

    Righteous Bubba,

    Gary is French?!?!?!

  23. Pinko Punko said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:55

    Well, if K is gonna be there, I guess I know what I’ll be wearing.

  24. Arky "I Just Get These Headaches" The Blasphemer said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:56

    I wish I could play with the S,N! San Friskies [sniff].

  25. J— said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:59

    Does Capt. Trollypants live in the Bay Area? Will Capt. Trollypants be in attendance? Does D. Aristophanes, Sadly, No! poster, dare to show his face if Sadly, No! has not responded to Capt. Trollypants’ battle rap by the evening of April 18?

  26. Capt. Trollypants said,

    April 11, 2008 at 23:03

    CRITICAL BEATDOWN!

  27. Capt. Trollypants said,

    April 11, 2008 at 23:05

    YOU CAN’T HANDLE MY FLOW

  28. Jingles said,

    April 11, 2008 at 23:08

    5pm? But I do my best drinking before noon!

  29. Smut Clyde said,

    April 11, 2008 at 23:10

    I for one would welcome a drinkathon at the Toronado or the Pacific Coast Brewing Company in the first few days of August.

  30. t4toby said,

    April 11, 2008 at 23:21

    We’re gonna have one of these in Seattle, whether or not any of you Fancy Dans live here.

  31. a different brad said,

    April 11, 2008 at 23:24

    J–, J–, J–. Normally I have such respect for your words, but pullleaze.
    Everything starts in NYC.
    The coming hipster explosion, and no, it hasn’t hit outside NYC yet in full, sorry folks, will be our revenge for your error.
    If we have to live with these people, everyone does.

  32. t4toby said,

    April 11, 2008 at 23:28

    Sorry, adb. You haven’t seen Capital Hill in Seattle.

    Its skinny jeans and white belts as far as the eye can see.

    The hipsters are here, too. No one knows where they came from here, either.

  33. pedestrian said,

    April 11, 2008 at 23:33

    Hell, we even had them in Pittsburgh. There are few things sadder than a hipster in Pittsburgh.

  34. ice weasel said,

    April 11, 2008 at 23:35

    EC rocks. I love that place. Great bar and the best fish and chips in SF.

    I wish I still lived in the City.

  35. NutellaonToast said,

    April 11, 2008 at 23:37

    Um, stupid question from someone new to the internet but….

    How are we gonna know each other.

    and I’ll be there. You’ll know me cause I’m fucking SEXY.

  36. pedestrian said,

    April 11, 2008 at 23:44

    It didn’t even start in NYC. Tokyo was plagued with hipsters before NY hipsters were born. You know Tokyo, that bigger, cooler, more expensive city that is everything that NYC used to be and thinks it still is?

  37. Tom Hilton said,

    April 11, 2008 at 23:47

    Sounds great–hope to make it.

    Meanwhile, the BARBarians (Bay Area Readers & Bloggers) are getting together tomorrow at Ben ‘n Nick’s in Oakland (College just south of Rockridge BART). We’re an affable bunch, if a trifle opinionated, and if you’re reading this you’re cordially invited to join us (no dues, except for maybe buying a round at some point).

  38. a different brad said,

    April 11, 2008 at 23:50

    No, we don’t think we’re all that anymore.
    The Upper East Side, Sex and the City, and the fucking Strokes have won out, at least for the moment.
    Roy Edroso speaks for many on this topic.

  39. Ted said,

    April 11, 2008 at 23:51

    Um, stupid question from someone new to the internet but….

    New to the internet? Is there an interesting backstory to that?

  40. Blue Buddha said,

    April 11, 2008 at 23:53

    Doodle Bean said,

    April 11, 2008 at 22:50

    Sorry. This is a more direct route.

    I’ve been to a few of the DL’s at the Republik, and it’s a great venue. Prices are really reasonable, but it’s cash only.

  41. J— said,

    April 11, 2008 at 23:56

    It looks as if the site’s World Press comments god has gone all Saturn again, eating its young.

  42. pedestrian said,

    April 12, 2008 at 0:00

    I’m sorry brad, I didn’t mean to judge unfairly. I guess NY has taken some rough blows lately. If it helps, Boston may have an even bigger attitude problem and with significantly less cause. Which reminds me, I need to move.

  43. NutellaonToast said,

    April 12, 2008 at 0:03

    New to the internet? Is there an interesting backstory to that?

    Does sarcasm count as a backstory?

    Seriously, how are we supposed to know each other?

    A new window seems to be fixcing the comment problem

  44. Ted said,

    April 12, 2008 at 0:06

    Does sarcasm count as a backstory?

    Damn. I was hoping you were serious.

    Seriously, how are we supposed to know each other?

    I won’t be able to go, but I would imagine you could use the password DA provided. Or just announce that you’re looking for Gary. Then you’ll be collected into the group.

  45. (Lex) It's All In My Head (Azagthoth) said,

    April 12, 2008 at 0:11

    testing….

  46. Smiling Mortician said,

    April 12, 2008 at 0:12

    Is this thing on?

  47. Smiling Mortician said,

    April 12, 2008 at 0:13

    Oh, sure, it works when I’m not really saying anything. WordPress is objectively anti-Seattly-No-athon. I’m being oppressed.

  48. (Lex) It's All In My Head (Azagthoth) said,

    April 12, 2008 at 0:14

    Dammit, I could leave that, but not how sexy I am for a slightly disabled chick? Man, comments sections are all messed up these days all over the place. New-To-The-Web-Person, good luck leaving comments places!! Oh, and I am sexy. Verifiably. You can verify anything on the net. Even my sexiness. These peop[le are definitely NOT sexy, regardless of what Juggs says, but they are EXTREMELY drunk. And I mean totally sloshed. Shit, I need to steal this while it lasts….

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRgAsKrVTHg

  49. NutellaonToast said,

    April 12, 2008 at 0:20

    Islamophobia is Islamorealism?

    Hmm, does that mean I should go beat up or run from the next Muslim I see?

    And is that Pam’s voice? That’s horrible. she could grate cheese with that voice

  50. Dagoril said,

    April 12, 2008 at 0:27

    From the previous thread, which no one is probably following now…

    What the hell happened to Talk Left? Christ in Crisper, their hatred of Obama is bigger than Chris Matthew’s hard-on for Hillary. OK, that’s pretty small, but you know what I mean. I get that they prefer Hillary. I just don’t understand why their brains stopped functioning on every other subject at the same time.

    Wish I could attend the SF festivities, but alas I’m too far south. I hope none of those out of control gay people anally rape you while you sip Mojitos. We know what goes on in that crazy city!

  51. kindness said,

    April 12, 2008 at 0:38

    Ahhh, guess you don’t know the libertine Drinking Liberally SF style….

  52. A Warm Gopher said,

    April 12, 2008 at 0:43

    t4t, Mort, say the word, I’m sooo there.

  53. OneMan said,

    April 12, 2008 at 0:44

    Well crap. It pays to check one’s handle in these circumstances.

  54. Smiling Mortician said,

    April 12, 2008 at 1:02

    No worries, OneMan. You can’t really go wrong bringing a warm gopher with you to a pub in Seattle . . .

  55. OneMan said,

    April 12, 2008 at 1:04

    You’ll know me…I’ll be the one man with a warm gopher on his arm.

  56. EnfantTerrible said,

    April 12, 2008 at 1:14

    San Francisco!
    Open your Golden Gate.
    You let no strangers wait
    Outside your door.

    San Francisco!
    Here is your wandering one,
    Saying I’ll wander no more.

    I’ll be there if I can manage it, but crossing the Bay Bridge is hell on earth at 5 PM.

  57. mikey said,

    April 12, 2008 at 1:18

    You wanna be careful warming that gopher. If you overdo it, you could end up with charred gopher, and hey, nobody wants that.

    Dammit. I’m going to be attending the fiftieth birthday party for a lovely young russian lady with long, shapely legs while y’all are doing the slap n tickle next friday.

    If somebody’s going to be blogging a live thread, I’ll check in on you, and who knows? If you’re still going strong when I come back south I could stop in then.

    Does this castle place have wifi?

    mikey

  58. tigrismus said,

    April 12, 2008 at 1:19

    Darn you west coasties with your relentless drive and crackerjack organizing skills. Darn you! Darn you all to Heck!

  59. Tom Hilton said,

    April 12, 2008 at 1:22

    I’ll be there if I can manage it, but crossing the Bay Bridge is hell on earth at 5 PM.

    That’s why God invented BART.

  60. Badonkadonk said,

    April 12, 2008 at 1:23

    Let’s meet at Gary’s favorite bar, “The Fact Is”.

    It’s right next to my favorite bar, “The Office”.

  61. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,

    April 12, 2008 at 1:30

    I can hz comment now?

  62. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,

    April 12, 2008 at 1:32

    Damn, now it works.

    I tried to post something unbelievably funny before, but ummm…I can’t remember what it was now

  63. fish said,

    April 12, 2008 at 1:41

    Plus he’s a frog.

    That’s not funny, that’s sick.

  64. mikey said,

    April 12, 2008 at 1:43

    They should tell you around here, but you just gotta make it automatic.

    {CNTRL} A

    {CNTRL} C

    Submit Comment…

    It’s fast and easy, and prevents heartache, indigestion and overuse of spittle – flecked invective….

    mikey

  65. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,

    April 12, 2008 at 1:45

    I’m a control c, control v guy myself, mikey.

    But sometimes, I get complacent.

  66. OneMan said,

    April 12, 2008 at 1:49

    mikey,

    I warm the gopher the proper way, by tucking it under my arm!

    It tickles sometimes.

  67. Richard Gere said,

    April 12, 2008 at 1:52

    I don’t think that’s really where you tuck the gopher.

  68. mikey said,

    April 12, 2008 at 1:56

    Don’t turn your back on this little commie bastard wordpress, thunder, and his evil, grinning hamster minions.

    This is the digital virtual embodiment of all that’s foul and evil and rotten on the intert00bz and throughout the known galaxy.

    Oh sure, he’ll give you smiles and sparkles, love and brilliant, instant efficient gratification, but it’s just sleeper comment code, waiting, drooling, biding his time (hey, didja ever wonder if joe biden bides his time? Yeah, me too) until he can spring his execrable javascript/cookies terrorism on fine, upstanding and most importantly WHITE young men like yourself.

    Best just to lead it around the corner, get somebody to get the Ell Tee’s attention, and just shoot it when nobody’s lookin…

    mikey

  69. gbear said,

    April 12, 2008 at 1:59

    The good news is national trends start in California and then spread across the rest of the country.

    We in the midwest refer to that as being on the cutting edge of the decline of western civilization. Wish I could be there. I heart SF.

    How many of us are in or near the Twin Cities? We need a drinking party because it’s still snowing here.

  70. mikey said,

    April 12, 2008 at 2:00

    I warm the gopher the proper way, by tucking it under my arm!

    Hmmm, somehow, that seems kind of, oh, I dunno, unsat, y’know?

    As a good liberal, shouldn’t you at LEAST put the gopher in your pants?

    Or in the front lawn of the local cop shoppe?

    I’m smelling a collaborator….

    mikey

  71. Dirty Fucking Hippie said,

    April 12, 2008 at 2:03

    I’m smelling a collaborator….

    Sorry, I’d bathe but my chapter is pretty strict about these things…

  72. acrannymint said,

    April 12, 2008 at 2:08

    We need a DC area drink-a-thon!

  73. Jennifer said,

    April 12, 2008 at 2:15

    I’d put together a drinkathon here, but I’d be the only one attending. I live in the fricken’ boonies compared to the rest of you folks.

  74. gbear said,

    April 12, 2008 at 2:24

    Jennifer, you could webblog a solo drinkathon ala Ann Althouse. That would be fun (for everyone else).

  75. Gary Marvolo Ruppert said,

    April 12, 2008 at 2:34

    The fact is, I will be bringing my Heartland butt-plugs. The fact is you will thank me for them.

  76. mikey said,

    April 12, 2008 at 2:38

    Jennifer, you could webblog a solo drinkathon

    Umm, isn’t that pretty much what many of us do every night?

    mikey

  77. Gary Ruppert said,

    April 12, 2008 at 2:41

    The fact is, I will be bringing my Heartland butt-plugs. The fact is you will thank me for them.

    The fact is, you will not need to, because the godless liberals going to the “fest” will already have their own Baby Jesus Butt-Plugs to show how much they hate the Heartland and Confederate Yankee.

    The fact of the matter is, stop impersonating me.

  78. Smut Clyde said,

    April 12, 2008 at 2:48

    Bugger, the bloodybastard pet shop ripped me off. They swore that it was a gopher, the last one in the shop… “It’s been pining for the prairies,” they said, “that’s why its hair fell out.”
    No way am I sticking a naked mole rat down my pants.

  79. gbear said,

    April 12, 2008 at 2:50

    Umm, isn’t that pretty much what many of us do every night?

    I may have used the wrong term. Hopefully noboby here makes a video of their solo rantings and then posts it on their blog. Anybody want to ‘fess up?

  80. gbear said,

    April 12, 2008 at 2:52

    oops. forgot to block Mikey’s quote.

    Well, acutally I did do it the first time, but that comment was eaten.

  81. lesley said,

    April 12, 2008 at 2:54

    Since Gary is attending, there’ll be no need to burn him in effigy. You’ll have the real thing to play with, cat and mouse style; Gary being the rodent of course. Be gentle…remember, he’s mentally challenged due to home schooling in the heartland where zombies outnumber human beings.

    I hope to see some t-shirts emerge from the event. Not sure what they’d say but I’m visualizing politically incorrect sammiches.

  82. tigrismus said,

    April 12, 2008 at 2:54

    Smut Clyde said:
    No way am I sticking a naked mole rat down my pants.

    gbear said:
    Umm, isn’t that pretty much what many of us do every night?

    I love you guys! *sniff*

  83. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,

    April 12, 2008 at 2:56

    Dammit I tried to post the same thing tigrismus did, but word-depress f*xed wit me again.

    Fuck you wordpress, you shittly little shitstain on the buttpimple of god-damned humanunkind!

  84. Gavin M. said,

    April 12, 2008 at 2:59

    Lemme go into the Spam filter and see what’s happening…

  85. Gavin M. said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:01

    There’s nothing caught in there. What’s WordPress doing?

  86. mikey said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:02

    Um, Ok, Gavin, but if you don’t come back can I have your stereo?

    mikey

  87. Gary Marvolo Ruppert said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:03

    The fact is, it is saying that I need to enable Java Scripts.

  88. mikey said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:04

    It’s the old “Enable Cookies and Javascript” error.

    It needs a good old fashion reset.

    Or a combat boot upside the “head” ….

    mikey

  89. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:04

    Sorry, there was an error. Please enable JavaScript and Cookies in your browser and try again.

  90. mikey said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:05

    The interesting thing is that while it doesn’t ALWAYS fail on the first try, it pretty much ALWAYS works on the second try…

    mikey

  91. Gary Marvolo Ruppert said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:08

    The fact is, it was only doing it when I was cutting and pasting bad Hong Kong cinema translations. The fact is, that is some finely tuned filter!

  92. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:09

    The interesting thing is that while it doesn’t ALWAYS fail on the first try, it pretty much ALWAYS works on the second try…

    mikey


    Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
    – Homer Simpson

  93. mikey said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:10

    The fact is, it was only doing it while I was trying to smoke some of this incredibly shitty brown tar heroin.

    The fact is, that is some finely toned filter…

    mikey

  94. tigrismus said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:13

    WordPress ate my “Eat it, ITTDGY!” endzone victory dance!

    I dance because I love.

    FWIW, it always seems to fail on me the second time, too. If I keep that tab open, open another and change the color scheme or delete the scheme cookie, then reload the tab with the error it submits.

  95. tigrismus said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:14

    Hey, third time worked without the interpretive dance!

  96. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:20

    tigrismus said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:13

    WordPress ate my “Eat it, ITTDGY!” endzone victory dance!

    :rocket:
    :rocket:
    :rocket:

  97. lesley said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:21

    Here’s the error message that shows up when attempting to post comment for the first time.

    Sorry, there was an error. Please enable JavaScript and Cookies in your browser and try again.

    works on second try though.

  98. J— said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:23

    There’s nothing caught in there. What’s WordPress doing?

    It nixed my totally awesome comment about silly hats and meetups, bit my sister Nell, and put whitey on the moon.

  99. mikey said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:24

    My simplistic take on it?

    One of the stored procedures has gone stupid.

    The application server needs a reboot.

    This has been another episode of “keep the server close, and the applications closer”.

    Thank you. Cheers…

    mikey

  100. mikey said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:25

    Then it kicked over my lego steam engine, spilled my listerine all over the hall and threw up beans and weenies on the dining room table…

    mikey

  101. Smut Clyde said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:26

    What’s WordPress doing?
    It ate all the food from the cats’ bowl and then pissed in the fireplace.

  102. mikey said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:28

    Ok, I found an old UHF scanner in a box in the closet.

    If I can figure out how to program the damn thing, I’m gonna listen to the local cops.

    I’ll report back on my success…

    mikey

  103. Gary Ruppert said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:33

    The fact is, WordPress blows Mickey Kaus while he blows goats. The fact is, it’s that bad.

  104. Smut Clyde said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:36

    Well in any case WordPress began to fooster around the house and inside the hour he has the stairs on fire. I ordered all hands to the pumps, so to speak. We got the fire out after about an hour, but in the meantime this program is inside in the kitchen with all the taps in the gas meter full on, full bore. In any case the wife goes in and offers him a cigarette to get him out of the way, and the next salute is the whole kitchen is blun up and the wife killed on the spot, without a scratch on your man. WordPress then gets a hold of a sledgehammer when I’m doing the needful about the wife and away up with him into an attic under the rafters.

    Well in any case, when I got the wife’s body covered under blankets, WordPress was working on the ceiling with the sledgehammer, working from above, and didn’t the unfortunate piece of software knock a lump of plaster down on Nicky, the eldest boy. Killed him outright. There I was with the wife and the eldest dead, the half of the house in ruins — and I wouldn’t mind, only on the way out WordPress kicked the milk bottles to pieces and the young chisler Tomaus roaring his head off for his breakfast.

  105. protected static said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:38

    One of the stored procedures has gone stupid.

    The application server needs a reboot.

    This has been another episode of “keep the server close, and the applications closer”.

    No, probably, and hell-yes. WP uses MySQL which didn’t support sprocs until recently. Inline SQL FTW, baby!

    Which is another way of saying (as all programmers do when not laying blame at the feet of users, clients, dbas, managers, sunspots, or bitrot) – stupid network admins.

  106. tigrismus said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:40

    WordPress has wind and poor taste in end tables.

  107. pedestrian said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:40

    It nixed my totally awesome comment about silly hats and meetups, bit my sister Nell, and put whitey on the moon.

    gold.

  108. mikey said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:41

    That’s it.

    I’m leaving for New fucking Zealand in the morning.

    Clearly, I am Herr Clyde’s long lost offspring.

    He’ll have to adopt me?

    Or go in the freezer.

    Y’know?

    mikey

  109. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:42

    Which is another way of saying (as all programmers do when not laying blame at the feet of users, clients, dbas, managers, sunspots, or bitrot) – stupid network admins.

    You left out hangovers.

    /former programmer (from back in the days before they had these newfangled things the kidz call innert00bz)

  110. Gary Marvolo Ruppert said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:42

    I feel obligated to say something about WordPress because, as the Talmud says, “Silence is akin to assent.” I would like to start by discussing WordPress’s indiscretions, mainly because they scare me. The thing I’m the most frightened about is that I challenge WordPress to point out any text in this letter that proposes that going through the motions of working is the same as working. It isn’t there. There’s neither a hint nor a suggestion of such a thing. To summarize my views: WordPress exhibits bad sportsmanship.

  111. Jennifer said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:47

    WordPress is HAL.

  112. Gavin's Fiancée said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:49

    Gary Marvolo Ruppert = Lavatory Romp Purger

    Are you the one who ratted out Larry Craig?

  113. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:52

    Gavin’s Fiancée said,
    April 12, 2008 at 3:49

    Are you the one who ratted out Larry Craig?

    Are you the one who rooted out Larry Craig?

    Fixed yur typo.

  114. mikey said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:53

    WordPress has wind and poor taste in end tables.

    Umm.

    So do I.

    Dammit…

    mikey

  115. Lesley said,

    April 12, 2008 at 3:54

    If SadlyNo was a dog it would be Bo (on the left teaching a young dog old trix).

    Have you ever seen a cuter dog in your life?

  116. mikey said,

    April 12, 2008 at 4:02

    Me and you and a dog named Bo
    Travelin and a-livin off the fat
    Me and you and a dog named Bo
    How I love bein a bad cat….

    I can still recall
    That family we killed in St. Paul
    And the morning we got caught
    Burnin the bloody clothes
    Old McDonald, he asked us why
    Kinda sad that he had to die
    He had thirty dollars in his pocket
    And it’s back on the road again…

    mikey

  117. tigrismus said,

    April 12, 2008 at 4:02

    Oh, Mikey, my illusions are shattered. Please, at least tell me you are a polka master on the Onde Martenot. Let me have one intact dream in this world of despair and mismatched tablery.

  118. PeeJ said,

    April 12, 2008 at 4:07

    The hipsters are here, too. No one knows where they came from here, either.

    Portland. No, the other one. No, not that one, are you daft? The other other one. Yes, that one.

    The infestation came without warning. We think they may have been hiding among the chefs and brewers that have similarly over-run the place. We’re doing our best to ship them out as quickly as possible. Hang in there folks, we’ll get them out to you just as quickly as possible, yessirree.

    I’d ship a few now but, umm, some Fat Tire seems to be getting in my way.

  119. pedestrian said,

    April 12, 2008 at 4:17

    I have flawless taste in endtables.
    If my decor doesn’t pass, blame my neighbors.
    They’re the ones who never throw out anything good.
    And really, its time for them to buy a new couch already. Their old one is getting pretty shabby.

  120. Smut Clyde said,

    April 12, 2008 at 4:31

    We are now in the End Tables.

  121. mikey said,

    April 12, 2008 at 4:34

    I’ve got this really cool maple pedestal table.

    It’s like being at a bar.

    But without the annoying other people…

    mikey

  122. Matt McMahon said,

    April 12, 2008 at 4:36

    I’ll be there. I look foward to meeting y’all face to face. We’ll have a nice friendly chat about the issues over a few drinks. I’m a pretty down to earth guy. Who knows maybe we’ll become friends despite our political differences. I’m open to it.

  123. mikey said,

    April 12, 2008 at 4:38

    Memo to the Edinburgh Castle management.

    Please go to the bank on thursday.

    You may get a surprising demand for rolls of nickels on friday.

    It would be in everyone’s best interest if you didn’t run out of nickels…

    mikey

  124. PeeJ said,

    April 12, 2008 at 4:43

    Yo! Ped Xing! Bud! You can find some great decorating tips and mayve even a few good pieces right here.

  125. PeeJ said,

    April 12, 2008 at 4:47

    btw, WordPress sux gigantic putty balls whether I’m using Firefox on Fedora, Firefox/Windoze, or Opera/Windoze.

    It aint me, babe, it aint me.

  126. PeeJ said,

    April 12, 2008 at 4:49

    Yo! Ped Xing! Bud! You can find some great decorating tips and maybe even a few good pieces right here.

    WordPress, I’m on the verge of disliking you.

  127. commie atheist said,

    April 12, 2008 at 4:53

    Hey, I only comment here occasionally, but I’m totally up for this. Should I wear a name tag or something?

  128. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,

    April 12, 2008 at 5:05

    commie atheist said,

    April 12, 2008 at 4:53

    Hey, I only comment here occasionally, but I’m totally up for this. Should I wear a name tag or something?

    I can’t make it, but if I could, my nametag would say, “I’m Gary Ruppert, and the fact is…”
    ~

  129. mike said,

    April 12, 2008 at 5:14

    testing

  130. Gavin's Fiancée said,

    April 12, 2008 at 5:16

    Hey look! The mike is on!

  131. OneMan said,

    April 12, 2008 at 5:20

    So, a bike ride home, a shower, dinner of sorts and Daily/Colbert on the DVR and you people have gone completely apeshit here. Jeez.

    Anyway, I was trying to protect y’all’s tender sensibilities when I mentioned putting that gopher “under my arm.” Whassamatter, you never heard of a euphamism before? Of course, “gopher” is a euphamism too.

    When my gopher comes out of his hole, he never sees his shadow.

    And it wasn’t a storm that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald. It was WordPress.

  132. mikeinaCentralLeatherstocking said,

    April 12, 2008 at 5:28

    I’m happy to report that the first annual South-End-of-Nowhere=East-of-Somewhere S,N!Fest is going well. All of ….me showed up, and the last pumpkin is almost gone.

    Charred mole-rat? Mmmmmmmmmmm! Clyde, is that better with barbecue sauce, or Worstershestershire?

    Btw, Shorter Megan has discovered in the last couple days, that there’s a lot of Iraqi refugees, and we’re not taking any . “Shameful!” Maybe there’s hope!? She’s actually trying to unwing the nuts, but they’re not buying it much .( I tried to help ; doesn’t seem to be taking)

  133. commie atheist said,

    April 12, 2008 at 5:43

    One question on the password: is it pronounced “RUPP-ert” or “ru-PERT”?

  134. Candy said,

    April 12, 2008 at 6:00

    I’ve always thought it was RUPP-ert, like rupture. If one did ever meet Teh Real Gary in the flesh, however, it might be cool to pronounce it in a “French” fashion, Roo-pear. That ought to frost whatever passes for his balls.

    gbear, I’d love to come to the Twinly Cities and have a fest. It’s only a four hour drive for me, or a 45 minute flight, but at this juncture someone else would have to pay for it, alas. I don’t have bus fare across town these days.

    It’s not snowing here in Des Moines, although they say it might. There is light at the end of this tunnel, though, as they* say it will be 70 degrees and sunny on Tuesday. I’ve decided to go on living until Tuesday. They’d better keep their promise.

    *”They” in this case being local weather prognosticators par excellence KCCI, where your own Jeanette Trompeter was once the goddess of the six and ten.

  135. Rightwingsnarkle said,

    April 12, 2008 at 6:03

    Matt McMahon said, “…maybe we’ll become friends despite our political differences. I’m open to it.”

    Oh, just shut the fuck up.

  136. Capt. Trollypants said,

    April 12, 2008 at 6:40

    It’s ru-pear, and if WP eats my thoughtful comment that has been made with so much care…

  137. Mr. Roarke's Brand Salad Dressing's Poops said,

    April 12, 2008 at 6:41

    Tattoo and I shall attend.

  138. g said,

    April 12, 2008 at 6:45

    I just know you’ll have fun. mikey, will you be there?

    I have been having a fuck of a week, and I think the zodiacal signs that govern computers are in some kind of retrograde. My computer at work is on the fritz, and my computer at home is getting….er…eccentric.

    I will have to wait for the Sadly No gathering in LA – whenever that may be.

  139. g said,

    April 12, 2008 at 6:46

    I always thought of it as “Rooo-pert”

  140. Matt McMahon said,

    April 12, 2008 at 6:48

    WordPress can go fucking die that damn cocksucking moterfucking piece of shit!

  141. Matt McMahon said,

    April 12, 2008 at 6:49

    In an earlier thread I had a very long elaborate comment about how Israel would be justified in exterminating the Palestinians but fucking wordpress ate it!

  142. g said,

    April 12, 2008 at 6:58

    good thing

  143. Some Guy said,

    April 12, 2008 at 7:16

    http://bagnewsnotes.typepad.com/bagnews/images/cheney-naked-woman.jpg

    So, am I the only one who sees this pic, and can think of nothing except Brokeback Mountain?
    http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3701576192/tt0388795

    “I wish I knew how to quit you, Oil.”

  144. Bertrand Ruppert said,

    April 12, 2008 at 7:27

    The fact is either a simple particular exhibiting a quality, or multiple simple particulars standing in a specific relation to one another. The logical or ‘atomic’ fact cannot be broken down any further. Each atomic fact is metaphysically independent of every other, and any one could obtain or fail to obtain regardless of the obtaining (or not) of any other.

  145. Kate said,

    April 12, 2008 at 7:39

    I’ve not read any comments, yet, because due to the fascist nature of my office which prohibits(in case I’ve not bitched enough about this) this website as a “personal page”. So no parties unless I get to be invited, but I live far from SF, so let’s get farther NE.

  146. Scott C. said,

    April 12, 2008 at 7:44

    Awww…Crap! If only the shenanigans, tomfoolery, and monkeyshines were scheduled for a Saturday, then World O’ Crap could make the flight up north and represent. Alas…Perhaps next year.

    You kids have fun, now!

  147. Bennett Marco said,

    April 12, 2008 at 7:51

    WordPress is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful blogging provider I’ve ever known in my life.

  148. protected static said,

    April 12, 2008 at 8:03

    You left out hangovers.

    Not me! I’m working on the Ballmer Peak

    Now, ’bout them rolls of nickels… Don’t we want quarters instead? Or do we just want to stuff soap in our socks?

  149. richardofmystery said,

    April 12, 2008 at 8:30

    I’m gonna be there! I know everybody’s gotta be pretty excited about that.

  150. Righteous Bubba said,

    April 12, 2008 at 15:40

    My latest WordPress just died libelously and with all the edible shit in this life a WordPress story would make my day. She took a metronome to the tentacle and died truculently some years thereafter. She used to cross those colons with that sense of concentration each time she used the litter-box.

  151. D. Aristophanes said,

    April 12, 2008 at 16:25

    Comments no workee?

  152. Righteous Bubba said,

    April 12, 2008 at 17:11

    Until I logged in all my comments over the last couple of days were eaten.

  153. Les Izmore said,

    April 13, 2008 at 9:58

    Isn’t that 1909 Earthquake Day? Wish I could go the Isle of Jura single malt is delicious and I’m missing the fish and chips reading about this…

  154. Angie said,

    April 15, 2008 at 4:16

    Odd I didn’t know the Sadly, No! gang was in SF area. Or maybe I just didnt’ pay attention (most likely that is the case). Unfortunately I have plans that night (I’ll be in SF, but at the Great American Music Hall). So will have to miss the 1st annual. Perhaps the 2nd annual. :)

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