The Mouth O' The Mule

Agreed. On the occasions when I forget to lay out ...

2012-02-14T23:18:15.981-05:00

Agreed. On the occasions when I forget to lay out every last bit of my workaday uniform, right down to the socks & shoes, before i go to bed I seriously question whether it's worth getting up to go to work in the morning. Because then I know I'm going to be late to work and every freaking wardrobe decision is going to cost me seconds (because no matter what I sleep till the last POSSIBLE second) and hurt my head and i'll end up getting to the office late & headachy and still looking like a slob. For me, being dead -- or retired -- will mean putting on a pair of slippers or if i'm feeling real adventurous, hippie sandals.

Who, it was more than just surrounded -- I ...

2012-02-13T09:20:19.140-05:00

Who, it was more than just surrounded -- I was one of the idiots.

We blanketed the place

Once again Mr. Mule is SURROUNDED by idiots … :-)

you and I are old enough to remember the days w...

2012-02-07T11:42:36.255-05:00
you and I are old enough to remember the days when the swill 7-11 offered up was the best coffee a commuter could buy

I think maybe "only" would apply. I remember a time that McDonalds didn't open for breakfast until around 8:00 (I think I can remember pre-breakfast as well, but I didn't drink a lot of coffee then).

I would hitch my wagon to the rail outside my local 7-Eleven, and mosey in for some java.

You can make a shitload of money selling co...

2012-02-07T11:40:28.383-05:00
You can make a shitload of money selling coffee and those little tacquito things.

I have experienced the longest lines imaginable [for a 7-Eleven) at a 7-Eleven offering no alcoholic beverages at all. Itinerant worker,s firemen, and commuters rack up a boatload of sales.

Not sure what the rpfits are, of course, but the revenue stream must be amazing.

You know, you and I are old enough to remember the...

2012-02-07T11:09:04.020-05:00
You know, you and I are old enough to remember the days when the swill 7-11 offered up was the best coffee a commuter could buy ... while we were walking to work twenty miles uphill barefoot in the snow.

Ah but you fail to take into consideration that in...

2012-02-07T09:30:04.931-05:00
Ah but you fail to take into consideration that in the state where you reside the 7-11, et alia may not sell legal beverages whereas in your previous state they could.

Can't make a lot of scratch selling Ding Dongs.

There. I've run rings around you logically.

I remember Run For Your Life! Great stuff....

2012-02-07T09:11:08.829-05:00
I remember Run For Your Life! Great stuff.

Parks lives!

2012-02-06T18:11:44.685-05:00
Parks lives!

I'll always remember Ben Gazzara for one of my...

2012-02-06T17:33:17.347-05:00
I'll always remember Ben Gazzara for one of my fave TV shows growing up, "Run for Your Life". At the start he finds out he's got a terminal something disease. Doc asks him what he plans to do. Ben: Guess I'll try to squeeze thirty years of living in to one... or two." Cue music and this cool Utah Salt Flats view from a speeding race car.

Turns out he only lived a year. Then the network canned him.

Still one of my faves, right up there with Michael Parks in "Then Came Bronson".

A fine actor indeed. I have him with a Katie Awar...

2012-02-06T12:23:19.405-05:00
A fine actor indeed. I have him with a Katie Award nomination today for his supporting work in Anatomy of a Murder and foresee nominations for, at the very least, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie and Saint Jack.

Criminally under-celebrated.

Who, I'm not sorry that I didn't miss a gr...

2012-02-06T08:35:07.762-05:00
Who, I'm not sorry that I didn't miss a great Super Bowl; I missed a great opera that same night, I'm sure, but it,too, did not move me.

I'm not quite sure where or when my general dislike of football arose. I played as a little kid (left tackle), I followed for years (although I never supported the hometown team; I'd lived earlier in a rival's city).

I just stopped liking the huge, amped up, ballistic-plastic-protected players -- all specialists -- having their little five second explosions followed by 45 seconds of analysis, coaching, and prep for the next explosion of five seconds. And don't forget the minutiae of the rules!

I started to like Australian Rules football -- at least what I saw of it -- because of the relatively constant action, the apparent "two-way" skills of the players, the need to kick the ball competently. . . .

I'd always liked the world's football -- soccer -- and realized during the World CUp that there's a ground game (the dribblers), an air game (the booming midfielders and defensemen, and the gifted "catchers" with chest and knees), some specialized plays, and tough, stout defense. All governed by effectively no stoppage of play, and about three rules total.

Rugby was fun last night, because I generally understand the rules, it provides near-constant action, I didn't know the players, and the announcers did little talking.

OTOH, I could sit and listen/watch a baseball game from 1983 or 2001 for the twentieth time without my interest flagging. SO I like catsup, but not mayonnaise. . . .

I watched the Super B -- by accident, because they...

2012-02-06T00:59:48.785-05:00
I watched the Super B -- by accident, because they streamed it online ... have to say, to my dismay, it was ... Grrrrreat.

Seriously, who'd a thunk it? Not me. I'm a college FB fan, pay no attention to the pros, but ... hooya.

Oh -- you're telling us this shit because it's interesting, silly. Jeez, do i have to explain everything?

I hated it for longer then you Mr. Mule, and reall...

2012-02-04T23:38:00.151-05:00
I hated it for longer then you Mr. Mule, and really only ever got hip to it on account of hitting a memorably long period of temporary cash flow issues where i couldn't afford to go to a rock club with a big honking cover charge but I could get into any number of great jazz places for nuthin' or close to it, and get right close to the musical action too & ... aw, you know the rest. But live jazz is an unbelievable musical bargain ... pls. check it out, all you recession weary people.

You know, when Katie-Bar-The-Door told me she was ...

2012-02-03T17:14:05.322-05:00
You know, when Katie-Bar-The-Door told me she was investing in stocks, this is not what I thought she meant!

context, baby sometimes speed is a hindrance. lo...

2012-02-03T11:13:07.557-05:00
context, baby

sometimes speed is a hindrance.

long, slow, up to eleven is the way to go

But it's not a Speed Knob!?!!!

2012-02-03T11:11:48.374-05:00
But it's not a Speed Knob!?!!!

Boy, are they strict!

2012-02-02T19:48:43.823-05:00
Boy, are they strict!

Do you suppose he showed Newt the monolith?

2012-02-01T14:58:53.401-05:00
Do you suppose he showed Newt the monolith?

I was just thinking about Newt Gingrich the other ...

2012-01-31T15:18:36.338-05:00
I was just thinking about Newt Gingrich the other day, on Who Am Us's blog, as a matter of fact:

Newt likes to think he's complicated, but in fact, he's very simple if you understand one thing: that in his own head, Newt believes himself to be The Emperor of the Moon. And as the sovereign head of a celestial body, reigning by the divine right of kings, the rules that apply to human beings and mere mortals don't apply to Newt. He is The Emperor of the Moon!

If you run everything he does and says through that filter, it all starts to make sense.

Actually, I will say this about the woman in question, that she'd probably make a fine mate for someone. Just not you.

Mitt Romney, maybe.

Which might be the chief problem with the Republican primaries this year.

Word Verification: dally

top notch picture. wish I'd been there.

2012-01-31T12:14:35.874-05:00
top notch picture.

wish I'd been there.

Well, you may be old, but at least you aren't ...

2012-01-31T08:14:20.608-05:00
Well, you may be old, but at least you aren't driving a Pinto.

Dammit, that didn't work -- techno-impaired. ...

2012-01-28T08:51:25.938-05:00
Dammit, that didn't work -- techno-impaired. Will send via email for your viewing pleasure.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3607366239...

2012-01-28T08:45:29.397-05:00
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=360736623955797&set=a.223098324386295.105971.205344452828349&type=1&theater

I think the performance art involved in loudly pro...

2012-01-26T11:30:23.050-05:00
I think the performance art involved in loudly proclaiming no more politics, followed by this, is subtle, eh?

The Mouth O' The Mule

Agreed. On the occasions when I forget to lay out ...

Who, it was more than just surrounded -- I ...

Once again Mr. Mule is SURROUNDED by idiots … :-)

you and I are old enough to remember the days w...

You can make a shitload of money selling co...

You know, you and I are old enough to remember the...

Ah but you fail to take into consideration that in...

I remember Run For Your Life! Great stuff....

Parks lives!

I'll always remember Ben Gazzara for one of my...

A fine actor indeed. I have him with a Katie Awar...

Who, I'm not sorry that I didn't miss a gr...

I watched the Super B -- by accident, because they...

I hated it for longer then you Mr. Mule, and reall...

You know, when Katie-Bar-The-Door told me she was ...

context, baby sometimes speed is a hindrance. lo...

But it's not a Speed Knob!?!!!

Boy, are they strict!

Do you suppose he showed Newt the monolith?

I was just thinking about Newt Gingrich the other ...

top notch picture. wish I'd been there.

Well, you may be old, but at least you aren't ...

Dammit, that didn't work -- techno-impaired. ...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3607366239...

I think the performance art involved in loudly pro...