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Post by the4thpip on Jul 4, 2014 19:28:52 GMT -5
Just spent 5 hours at the emergency room with my boyfriend who had a piece of turkey meat stuck in his esophagus. Good times. I am totally not gonna go to that Pride gala at 11 am tomorrow that I had been looking forward to.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2014 20:16:01 GMT -5
Just spent 5 hours at the emergency room with my boyfriend who had a piece of turkey meat stuck in his esophagus. Good times. I am totally not gonna go to that Pride gala at 11 am tomorrow that I had been looking forward to. Wow, hope he recovers well enough and soon....I hate turkey....
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 4, 2014 22:50:19 GMT -5
Happy 4th of July everyone! Some Holiday tunes Wayne Messmer with the Star Spangled Banner Not only does he perform this better than anyone else, he does Oh Canada better than anyone else too. Not bad for a guy shot in the throat twenty years ago. John Williams and the Boston Pops with Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa And a personal favorite, God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood First two I'm fine with, but Ace, really? Lee Greenwood and that immortal line, "Where at least I know I'm free?" A classic example of a writer needing an extra couple of syllables, tossing in the first two he thinks of, and completely changing the meaning (however vapid and generic) he's trying to create in his song. "Where at least I know I'm free?" In other words, my health care sucks, the infrastructure sucks, Congress sucks, my job sucks, the way we treat veterans and children sucks, and on and on, but, hey, at least I know I'm free! Free to do what, exactly? Become one of the one percent? Pay for schools, roads and bridges in Afghanistan but disparage attempts to do so here as pork and socialism? Have access to the same level of health care as congressmen and senators do? Join the military as a way of "finding direction" in exchange for being sent to whatever part of the empire is experiencing unrest? Reminds me of Ronald Reagan's (more likely his staff's) tone-deaf misreading of Springsteen's "Born in the USA," which they wanted to use as their campaign song! Reagan famously said, "America's future rests in a thousand dreams inside your hearts; it rests in the message of hope in songs so many young Americans admire: New Jersey's own Bruce Springsteen." Yeah, "born in the USA" is a paean to the American Dream, ain't it? Not ticked at you, Ace, just venting. BTW, the best instrumental version of the anthem I've ever heard is Wynton Marsalis and Bruce Hornsby's haunting, poignant arrangement. Best sung version: Marvin Gaye's silky simultaneous deconstruction and remodelling at the NBA All-Star Game.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2014 0:06:42 GMT -5
So the city didn't have the firework show it doesn't look like. Which means the dogs aren't freaking out. They're nervous because the neighbors still have fireworks, but they aren't going berserk. Just pops here and there, no ground shaking booms. Too bad for the residents though, usually we have a pretty good show
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2014 0:08:05 GMT -5
So the city didn't have the firework show it doesn't look like. Which means the dogs aren't freaking out. They're nervous because the neighbors still have fireworks, but they aren't going berserk. Just pops here and there, no ground shaking booms. Too bad for the residents though, usually we have a pretty good show Yeah one of our dogs has been a neurotic mess the last two hours because of neighbor fireworks. The other is too old and deaf to notice -M
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2014 0:14:49 GMT -5
I just found out the vet will give out tranquilizer pills on the 4th. I have three dogs, if I had known yesterday we'd all be partying.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 5, 2014 0:51:07 GMT -5
My dog loves fireworks. She likes to chase them. Hard on her whiskers though.
I absolutely despise "I'm Proud to be an American". I'd rather listen to synchronized toilet flushing.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 5, 2014 2:15:06 GMT -5
I agree w/Kris Kristofferson-Freedoms just another word for nothing left to lose
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2014 8:25:53 GMT -5
I absolutely despise "I'm Proud to be an American". I'd rather listen to synchronized toilet flushing. Yeah -- I was sort of taken aback to see that video posted, too. Sort of like someone expressing a love for Rob Liefeld. I mean, such things happen, but probably the best response is to maintain an embarrassed silence.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 5, 2014 8:50:28 GMT -5
My dog loves fireworks. She likes to chase them. Hard on her whiskers though. I absolutely despise "I'm Proud to be an American". I'd rather listen to synchronized toilet flushing. There are times I'm really not proud to be and so I keep much mouth shut instead of well that. I have zero attachments here. As my wife ranted to me about the Hobby Lobby thing and what a time bomb it is, I told her I'm ready to go, I'm just waiting on you. I also slept through the fireworks and could care less about the holiday other than a day off from work.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2014 9:05:53 GMT -5
And I spent the day reading (Sliver of Truth by Lisa Unger, a very good suspense novelist I discovered by chance ion the library shelves a couple of weeks ago; this will be the 3rd of hers I've read), napping & watching the second half, more or less, of The Devil's Diary (who knew Lifetime Movie Network came out with a decent horror movie, albeit pretty much a combination of The Craft & Death Note? Not me) & then the entirety of Neverlake, both courtesy of YouTube (I'd been planning to rent the latter via Redbox this weekend). Just started watching The Ganzfeld Haunting, also on YouTube.
At some point today, FedEx should be bringing the 100-foot extension cord I ordered from Amazon to go with the hedge trimmer I took delivery of from them a couple of days ago. First one of those I've ever owned, but at this late date I'm finally officially tired of using plain old manual clippers. (The yard of the house I spent my adolescence in was bordered by what must've been close to 100 feet of privet hedges. Clipping them was not my idea of a good time. The set-up here isn't nearly that extensive, but it's not inconsiderable, either.)
The excitement just never ends.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2014 10:52:18 GMT -5
Aaaaand the extension cord arrived hours before I dared expect. Ere long, It! The Living Shrubbery will succumb to my grim determination.
(Well, OK, sometime before nightfall, anyway, barring wrong. I need to head across town to the Farmers' Market, which I think shuts down at noon.)
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Post by impulse on Jul 5, 2014 11:38:38 GMT -5
This is a pretty productive holiday, yeah? We conquered and painted our nursery this weekend for impending baby. Unfortunately, I need to do another coat. So streaky. Ugh, painting. Looks good, though. Shabby-chic Star Wars nursery for our little baby girl.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 5, 2014 12:00:28 GMT -5
This is a pretty productive holiday, yeah? We conquered and painted our nursery this weekend for impending baby. Unfortunately, I need to do another coat. So streaky. Ugh, painting. Looks good, though. Shabby-chic Star Wars nursery for our little baby girl. That's awesome. Pics? Congrats, by the way!
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Post by coke & comics on Jul 5, 2014 16:08:54 GMT -5
While I won't call it a good song, I tend to enjoy "God Bless the USA". It seems to perfectly hit the tone it was aiming for.
And I interpret the "at least I know I'm free" line less cynically than Prince Hal. I hear "Even if other things were bad" rather than "other things are bad".
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