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[Félix]

It'll chew on your leg if you give it the chance.

[Sally, la reina]

Naw, probably not.

[Félix]

Gnaw?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I'm just glad it was a raccoon and not a person. I would have freaked the f... out.

I did observe its movements and then went on Youtube to observe rabid raccoons to make sure it wasn't rabid. It seemed healthy, just overly unafraid.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Apparently some animals appear "tamer" if they are rabid, such as bats. But raccoons don't fall in this category.

[Félix]

The raccoon is a very successful species. Quite intelligent and adaptable. Not unlike the coyote.

[Cheri]

Don't leave dog or cat food outside. The raccoons and opossums and skunks love it and tell all their friends, "Free food at your place". And raccoons are hell on the fish in the koi pond. Bastards!

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Obama is visiting Gail today.

[Phil]

Well, she does have great influence over Oprah.

[Cam]

Seems like a fun discussion...is everyone as confused as I am?

[Phil]

No.

[Cam]

I didn't think so....

[Félix]

I am.

[Jim]

You am what?

[Félix]

Confoosed. Continually so.

[Jim]

Con foosed ball?

[Félix]

Lucille ....

[[deleted user]]

I am visited by all the greats. What they don't realise is that I really don't care for them. ::yawn::

[janine]

In the awesome and unexpected compliments category: apparently my walk is stately.

[Félix]

janine wrote: "In the awesome and unexpected compliments category: apparently my walk is stately."

Okay now you must post a video of your walk.

[Félix]

Bobcats from The Oatmeal:

[~Geektastic~]

He's right, though. It is very distracting. Also distracting: when my cat decides that she is more important than what I'm typing and decides to sashay across my keyboard.

[RandomAnthony]

janine wrote: "In the awesome and unexpected compliments category: apparently my walk is stately."


This does not surprise me.

[Jammies]

Catherine wrote: "Insert 4 double A's here"

Oh, dear, I've spent too much time with Phil and Larry.

[Phil]

Welcome to the dark side, my dear.

[Sally, la reina]

::scoots ficus in front of Phil, Larry, Jim and Jammies::

[Félix]

But ....

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Someone said today that since Blagojevich won't have haircolor in prison, by the time he gets out he's going to look like Newt Gingrich.

[The Ficus]

::waits patiently::

:rustles:

[Félix]

Catherine wrote: "What is the McRib sandwich really made of?"

Dead pig.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Catherine wrote: "What is the McRib sandwich really made of?"

"...ground-up low-value pork trimmings mixed together with salt and water to create "meat logs" that are then carved to size." - The Consumerist

[Sally, la reina]

I heard there was some sort of styrofoam or rubber involved.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

"Most people would be extremely unhappy if they were served heart or tongue on a plate," he observed. "But flaked into a restructured product it loses its identity. Such products as tripe, heart, and scalded stomachs are high in protein, completely edible, wholesome, and nutritious, and most are already used in sausage without objection." Pork patties could be shaped into any form and marketed in restaurants or for airlines, solving a secondary problem of irregular portion size of cuts such as pork chops. In 1981 McDonald's introduced a boneless pork sandwich of chunked and formed meat called the McRib, developed in part through check-off funds [micro-donations from pork producers] from the NPPC [National Pork Producers Council]. It was not as popular as the McNugget, introduced in 1983, would be, even though both products were composed of unmarketable parts of the animal (skin and dark meat in the McNugget). The McNugget, however, benefited from positive consumer associations with chicken, even though it had none of the "healthy" attributes people associated with poultry.

Food Chains: From Farmyard to Shopping Cart

[Sally, la reina]

chewey hairey fried skin again!

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Sally wrote: "I heard there was some sort of styrofoam or rubber involved."

You're thinking of Circus Peanuts.

[Sally, la reina]

Now I am. Magic!

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Unless you're in a mud bath.

[Phil]

I googled the word "anagram."


At the top of the results page it asked, "Did you mean nag a ram ?"

[[deleted user]]

Catherine wrote: "What is the McRib sandwich really made of?"

Pig anus.

[Phil]

Pig anus anagrams to pausing.

For some reason I've had anagrams on my mind.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

We wouldn't have guessed.

[Sally, la reina]

1979 was not the best of years, musically.

[Cynthia]

I enjoyed the hell out of 1979.

[Félix]

I don't think I did. I was in a miserable marriage and working 7 days a week night and day to try to stay afloat financially. It kinda sucked.

[Cynthia]

I was in my first year of college, went on lots of dates, heard lots of live music, started writing for the campus paper, fun times. Sorry to hear you didn't enjoy it Felix. What does not kill us makes us stronger though, eh?

[Félix]

True, I guess. And actually I really didn't recognize how bad it was until things got better later in my life.

[Félix]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, anyway.

[Jonathan]

I was ten years old. The Yankees had a bad year, finishing 13 games out of first place. John Wayne died. Both of those things seemed sad to me at the time. I was too young to have any strong opinions about music, but I remember "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" was a big hit, and everyone listened to Michael Jackson's "Off the Wall" album, which I could probably still listen to today. I think the Donna Summer album "Bad Girls" came out that year as well; it was considered pretty risque and not so suitable for kids. I had a pretty awesome teacher that year and really enjoyed school.

[Félix]

Barb wrote: "I was probably potty training in 1979."

And I bet you were spectacular at it.

[Phil]

In 1979 I was in high school. I was in the marching band so most of the music I listened to was what we were playing. I also listened to a lot of symphonies and some occasional Cheap Trick. It was the year I moved with my mom & stepfather from Pasadena to San Jose, and started my junior year at a new high school.