Sunset over The Great Salt Lake
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Heather talks about public tantrums (from kids) on today's Momversation.
- Bedtime, Leta lingering defiantly in the hallway. Jon: "If you want fart stories, you better get in bed RIGHT NOW."
- RIP Louis Mortimer Armstrong: http://bit.ly/1R4tv6
- Hugs and kisses to you, too! RT: @Monkey_Tree: @dooce he probably committed suicide because he was tired of LISTENING TO YOU WHINE.
1. Suzanne said:
How gorgeous. Damnit, you're making me want to visit Utah - which is something I NEVER thought I'd want to do!
2. Brad said:
First? Sweet.
3. Angela said:
Oh, very pretty. You take such lovely photos.
4. libbiegrrl said:
Beautiful!!!
5. red said:
BEAUTIFUL!
6. gina said:
that is breathtaking. almost makes me want to move to utah but not really :)
7. Eleni said:
top 10!!! beautiful picture!
8. twaci said:
you would think by this picture that the great salt lake would be a beautiful mountain lake... but i have to say, i find it to be sort of fugly. leave it to dooce to make it look gorgeous with her handy-dandy d70.
9. joy said:
i've read your site for ages and never seen less than thirty-gazillion comments on one of your photographs. Only five is somehting bordering on the miraculous!
10. ashik said:
What? I thought your camera was capable of only taking pictures of Leta (wearing pink), Chuck (molested in some way) or GEORGE! (exuding all that is good)
11. joy said:
ok, so nevermind. nice pic, btw. makes me want to go snowboard in utah.
12. Jadde said:
Thats a beautiful picture! It reminds me of the years I lived there in The Great Salt Lake and that maybe, not quite, but maybe, it would be nice to move back there again...
I've never posted before, and I'm new to reading your blog, but here I am this morning.
13. Lis said:
That is beautiful!!
14. tone said:
Beautiful! Utah sure is photogenic.
15. peggy said:
Only 10 comments so far (until I get this typed - then there'll be 25. Sig'h) so here's my redundant comment:
Gorgeous!!!
16. amit said:
soooo perrrrty
17. Liz said:
Almost makes me forget that it is the land of BYU. Beautiful picture. :)
18. stacy said:
Dooce, just out of curiosity, how many of your photos are enhanced by photoshop? Utah seems to be a beautiful place, (and you obviously are a talented photographer) but all your photos seem so vibrant.
19. christy said:
If you had "Visit Utah!" in a nice curly script on the bottom it would be a classic postcard. First postcards - then the WORLD! Mwah hah hah!
20. Beth said:
The sky always seems to be gorgeous in Utah. Sometimes I get tired of gray!
Beeyotiful.
21. Dana said:
Not as fab as the Jersey sunsets, but a close second.
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
22. Heidik81 said:
I am a long time lurker, but couldn't wait to join the fun!
What a beautiful view....
23. Heidik81 said:
I am a long time lurker, but couldn't wait any longer to join the fun!
What a beautiful view....
24. Fish said:
There are so many things I liked about yesterday's Chuck-post:
1. Jon's freakish present wrapping ability. I am not alone.
2. Camel Bladder
3. Southern Dooce. I love it when southern dooce comes out to play.
4. Dress-up boots
5. Boohbah=Fuck. Hope Leta doesn't associate the sounds of the second with the visuals from the first, or you're gonna have a lot of explaining to do to her preschool teacher.
6. Dog-eating goats.
Thanks, heather.
25. Dazed & Confuzed said:
Poor Chuckles - he just wants to sew what wild oats he has, poor thing. And hey, Pringles kick ass.
26. Heidik81 said:
Oops - I'm a loser. I posted twice, and you can see what I changed. Well, may as well take this opportunity to say that I think you're cool, Dooce, and I get a kick out of all your stories and pictures.
27. Michele R said:
Stunning!
28. Wayne said:
I'm also a long time lurker on your blog. It's always a great read and your pictures are so sharp and amazing. Thanks for the laughs! :D
29. Claude said:
Ooh, great pic. That's nature, relatively untainted by pollution (not like in NJ, which has spectacular sunsets but it's cos of all the crap in the air).
I spent a week in southern Utah a couple of weeks back, around Escalante National Park and Zion Canyon. It's just too beautiful out there. I'd go back in a heartbeat.
30. Scott said:
Excellent sunset.
For some reason it makes me want to shout "Riiiiiiiiii-coooolaaaaaaaaaa!"
31. tiffany said:
Oooh cool! I'm totally queer for sunset pictures. :)
Here's a neat trick I've used for pics like this that might be fun to play with... (let's call it the boogaloo effect :-P)
1. Create two duplicate layers of your original.
2. On the bottom layer, adjust the curves until the sky looks more or less like you want it.
3. Then on the top layer, go into curves and bring the shadows WAY up, like unnaturally so, push the shadows part of the curve all the way to the top. It'll be grainy but you'll be amazed at the amount of detail hidden in those shadows!
4. Then I erase away the sky and bring the opacity of the top layer down to like 25%. It adds back in a lot of the details that otherwise would have been lost.
5. CTRL-A to select all, CRTL-SHIFT-C to copy merged, CTRL-V to paste into a new layer
6. Adjust the color balance on the whole thing.
Here are a few examples...
http://www.electricboogaloo.net/archives_2004_10/07/index.htm
http://www.electricboogaloo.net/archives_2004_10/04/index.htm
http://www.electricboogaloo.net/archives2004_09/09/index.htm (scroll down to the bottom two pictures)
--Sorry everyone for nerding up the place. We now return you to your scheduled discussion of poop.
32. Lisa said:
This is scary: I read the Chuck-almost-missing post and when I finished, I realized I was all anxious, as if my own dog had had an unauthorized trip down the block. Either I'm too in love with Chuck, too sympathetic because I love my own dog so much (and yet realize he's just waiting to find ways to make my heart race, and that he loves pepperoni more than me), or your writing is quite vivid. Probably all three at once.
All best to Chuck, Leta, Jon (none of us has that wrapping gene) and you,
Lisa
33. Bucky Four-Eyes said:
I believe nerdery is always welcome here, Tiffany (#31)!
What's a little suspect here is people who don't check the gate before letting precious doggies out into strange yards.
Bad Jon. Bad!
Do you think Chuck was trying to rendezvous with Mouse for the Great Escape?
34. Michelle said:
My canon digital rebel is KAPUT. But on a good note, honey now knows not to put it behind his rocking chair. It was just a matter of time before his hyperkinetic rocking moved the chair within striking distance of the camera... The body and innards are probably toast, but the lenses and other peripherals are all okay. But seeing this quality pic (woohoo, Utah!) I may now be convinced that the d70's the way to go - screw the $1500 in canon lenses!!
35. Kathleen said:
Beautiful pic; I also like the Chuck story, especially the fact that he is referred to as "my dog", not "our dog". Damn right. Same with my Puppylicious (that's right, MY Puppylicious).
36. Dr. Johnny Fever said:
Let's all go skinny dipping!
37. Geremy F said:
wow... great colors.
38. Paige said:
People have always told me that Utah is really beautiful, and I believed them -- yet, the recent lack of sun here in Germany has made me all the more wistful for great sunsets like this one. Thanks!
39. Scott said:
Tiffany - Excellent photos on your site. What do the kids say these days? Oh yeah, you've got mad skills.
What if Chuck really did have "relations" with that yorkie slut? Can you imagine rorkie/chuck puppies?
40. Michelle said:
And on the Chuck-Goes-A-Courtin' (mmmm hmmmm) thread - my honey and I adopted a dog last month from a rescue group here in Austin, TX (www.bluedogrescue.com - GREAT organization). Tater (the new baby in the family) had been a stray, but had not otherwise had a terrible life - healthy, affectionate, loyal. But as a part of his Daschund/basenji mix (props for being Chuck's cousin mixbreed) - he is SUCH an escape artist. Plus honey leaves the garage doors open all the time (ass-hat).
On the VERY DAY that we were supposed to sign the adoption contract (you know - I will not breed this dog, I will not allow him to ride unsecured in the back of a pickup truck, I will not alter his tail or ears for cosmetic reasons, I will give him health care...) TATER WENT MISSING! Honey had been carrying lumber into the backyard and away went the pup. So not only did I have that frantic, sphincter-tightening fear of mashed tater on the road, but I aslo thought - we're BAD adoptive parents. They won't let us keep him if he's not here when they come with the adoption contract!!
So to make things worse, I work 25 miles from home...Honey walked and drove the neighborhood for an hour before I got there. I finally called Blue Dog to ask if someone had found him (their number on the tag) - they had received that call and had already picked him up. He was happily returned to us when they brought the contract over to sign and we were just given a 'responsibility' lecture...
Just for the record, Tater has NEVER gotten out (of his 3 escapes) when I've been home.
41. Sissychong said:
Beautiful picture, makes me want to grab my husband (OK so I want to grab him with out the picture) to curl up with and watch the sunset!
42. Stephanie said:
Very pretty pic. Thanks for sharing.
43. Amy said:
Hey! What is the obsession with being first to respond? I didn't realize that we were having a contest. I realize that Dooce.com is my fave and I can't wait to read the latest Heather/Leta/Jon/Chuck/George/Etc antics. I never realized that I should be trying to wake up at the crack of dawn to be the first one to respond to the Pic o the day. Silly me! Love you guys!
44. amelia said:
When left alone he only strews toilet paper about? Heck, Chuck is an angel. My dog somehow opens the closet door, digs in the dirty clothes basket to find the underwear and chews the crotch out. One of these past holiday party nights we came home to three - THREE - pairs of underwear on the kitchen floor with the crotch chewed out. Your former congressman is a saint.
45. Danielle said:
Dooce - incredibly beautiful. You have oodles of talent.
Tiffany - thanks for not just linking to your pics, which are also fabulous, but for explaining how to boogaloo. I'm still learning the ins and outs of Photoshop, so the explanation is quite handy and timely.
46. africankelli said:
Thank God Chuck came back. How could you live without Chuck and George? I know I couldn't.
Yay for Chuck's great return!
47. Fran said:
You've probably got job prospects on the Utah Tourism Board if they don't mind being written about in your blog.
48. Susan said:
partly because of your pictures, my friend and I have started planning (dreamingly) a trip to utah to see how gorgeous it is (and also to get in some photography and climbing) ... beautiful!!!
49. JulieT said:
Very pretty! It's so weird for me to see a sunset over anything but the ocean.
50. JulieT said:
btw, please continue to post nerdery... I get all of my PShop skills from online nerdery.
51. Fish said:
For whatever reason, everything is coming up Violent Femmes:
"Every time I look at that ugly lake, it reminds me of me."
52. Amanda B. said:
I'm really glad you found Chuck. That had to be freakin scary. I love the fact that he was at the neighbors gettin his groove on. "Hey...how YOU doin'?"
53. Zach said:
Tiffany, do you want to have sex, seriously. I've been trying to get that effect out of two of my flyfishing pictures for a while now. Now they look perdy.
Utah is beautiful, Great Salt Lake is not. I've lived here for 7/10th of my natural life and only been to the shores of the Salty once. Now, the Wasatch Mtns., Arches, Lake Powell, Zions, Green River, etc. is a different story.
54. honestyrain said:
yep, that's gorgeous. lovely. catching a sunset like that is either Perfect Timing or Photoshop Enhanced. it ain't easy taking a good sunset picture and this one is simple divine.
55. Cristin said:
Hiya Heather! I have been a *blush* lurker for quite a while on your wonderful site. Thanks so much for your great writing and pictures!
So glad you found Chuck without having to kill Jon. My adorable pain in the butt basset hound/terrier/ llhasa mix has pulled that one a few times. EEEK
btw, Amelia, you are not alone. Jazz the wonder dog has chewed quite a few pair of undies in his day. What the heck is that, anyway?
56. Cristin said:
hey, I just found out how to make words in bold type by accident!
the word blush is not meant to be in bold in my post above, duh lol
57. John Sloas said:
good for chuck--at least someone is getting some.
58. shellibells said:
Absolutely breathtaking!!
59. bushra said:
generic 'beautiful picture heather' comment here. seriously, you have an eye for some great shots (i'm not sure what people mean when they say that, but it sounds clever enough).
60. Mo said:
very nice...
*smacks jon's gate-open-leavin hand*
:-P
61. The Mighty Jimbo said:
ya know, of all the times i've stared out the window over seat 14 b, the prettiest landing i've ever seen was at sunset over salt lake. i have still naver seen those colors in water anywhere else.
62. Chris From Ohio said:
What the Hell am I doing in Ohio anyway? Beautiful picture.
63. nique said:
i'm from Ohio and i'll never know what i'm doing here!
64. amelia said:
Cristin- I don't know why my dog chews our underwear but it is an expensive habit that we need to help her break. We have ten different chew toys that she loves and plays with/chews on when we are around. However when we leave she goes right for the dirty clothes...
65. lulu cornichon said:
In our old apartment, we had a bit of a mouse problem. We also had a bit of a dirty-laundry problem.
This is how I know that mice, too, enjoy a good panty-chew.
I'm still a little freaked out.
66. TracyDee said:
Beautiful... It's been cloudy in my place in the world for days on end... I miss the sun and the sunsets :)
67. Elizabeth said:
It must just be a Utah thing because sunsets are like that here all the time (not everyday, but generally when the weather is nice out). I don't see it as being photoshopped or enhanced in anyway. Nor would I think it's a specific camera thing either as I have taken similar photos with both an old point and shoot nameless camera and a digital Canon G3. I can remember lots of times that I've been here, looked up and thought it was beautiful out. Not something random in the least. ^_^ We just have very pretty skies.
Here's a description of the skies from a Utah tourist site.
http://www.utah.com/stateparks/great_salt_lake.htm
68. AyEnDeeAreEeAyAitch said:
I was on my tippy toes about the missing Chuck and so glad he came back!
Beautiful pic and P.S. I have been 'dooce glow-effecting' the shit out of all my photos. Thank you for sharing that fun bit if photoshop technique!
69. Scott said:
All this talk of panty chewing is making me excited and hungry at the same time. I think I need to go get an erotic lunch. I mean... exotic lunch. Thai food anyone?
70. Stacy said:
Elizabeth, the sunsets and sunrises in Texas are absolutely amamzing, too. People here just don't seem to pay attention. I hate it when people that live here oh and ah about a sunset in a picture, I'm like "Do you ever look out the window, like in the real world?" I was asking the photoshop question in general, seeing as how I recently acquired a digital camera and photoshop and still suck ass. I'll learn, though. Tiffany did have some really good tips for spicing up sky pics. It never hurts to enhance. :)
71. Girl.A said:
Dried smegma is very nutritious, or so I hear. Especially compared to plain clean dry cotton.
Now that's fiber, but not many nutrients.
72. Amanda B. said:
Scott- Mice are pretty sexy, the way they bat their eyelashes and gnaw at the undergarments.
73. Love a dog?!? said:
Love that Chuck is okay- if you haven't found it, PLEASE check out "The Dog WHisperer" on uh... the Nat'l Geographic channel. It's AMAZING!!! I've NEVER seen anything like it- I now have a perfect dog... now that I'VE changed how I behave!! It's just the coolest thing. Cesar Millan is my new hero, and his personality is just adorable!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/channel/dogwhisperer/
http://www.dogpsychologycenter.com/
74. romy said:
beautiful. thanks for that reminder of the west ...
75. Carol said:
GirlA - thank you for saying what I've been thinking. Yes, there is a reason. Ew.
Heyamandab!
76. closet metrosexual said:
Dogs and mice luvvv the smell of "girl stuff." I used to work with a creepy guy who went to a strip club wearing a baseball hat. While he was up in Sniffer's Row, one of the "dancers" took his hat and wiped her crotch with it. (how charming!) When he woke up the next morning, he found that his dog had eaten a giant hole in the hat.
77. Fish said:
Is mouse-panty-chewing anything like squirrelling?
78. Amanda B. said:
Ack! I will thank all dogs, mice, etc. to stand clear! I love the critters but not like *that*.
Howdy Girl A and Carol!
79. Fish said:
This from the woman who brought us pooka.
80. Girl.A said:
Carol, Happy to oblige. I'm headed backto civilization and was praying for my first opportunity to discuss gratuitously and facetiously the bodily excretions of non-geriatric humans and the non-bovine / non-equine mammals.
Amanda B, bon apres midi beeeyotch.
81. Carol said:
oh my good god almighty...sniffer's row!!
what can you NOT learn at dooce?
82. Amanda B. said:
Hola Fish! Yes, but I do not endorse beastial pooka.
"Don't let em squirrel ya, oh no."-B. Marley
83. Fish said:
Carol: refined conversation.
84. Fish said:
re: "beastial pooka." Oh great, I can only imagine the search terms that Girl.A is googling right now.
85. Amanda B. said:
That's our special girl.
86. beachgal said:
jeez, what to respond to first:
1. awesome picture as usual.
2. Poor almost missing Chuck. so glad you found him. One of my dogs will run off if out off leash, hence the reason she's NEVER off leash.
3. My OTHER dog is the one that eats my undies. Lordie, I thought I was the only one with that problem. Always mine, never hubby's. She'll dig for them too, the twit.
4. umm...i think that's it.
87. Scott said:
Amanda B - Undergarment gnawing is a highly underrated skill.
I have seen dogs give females the "nose ride", but never heard of the actual devouring of panties. I thought only frat guys and truckers did that.
88. victoria said:
Girl, get yourself an agent and start making some money off your talent. I just read Laurie Notaro over Xmas; you're more talented than she, and she's written a best seller. Why are you giving this away for free? (Of course, I would be heartbroken without my daily dose of dooce, but I'd get over it when I could buy you in print form.)
89. Fish said:
beachgal: Yeah. Beastial Pookah left me a little speechless too. Concerning dogs' preference for women's undergarments over men's, I'm not sure why its a mystery. I mean, well, I'll stop right there ...
Scott: re "nose ride." You are funny.
90. Girl From Ipanema said:
wow! beautiful shot!
91. closet metrosexual said:
I'm with Victoria - I'd buy the book.
92. Girl.A said:
Can't google... Eating sushi and driving wrx on Rt 90. Yes, sushi. No, not stinky.
93. closet metrosexual said:
Fish - Bestial Pookah in my house would leave you fingerless, not speechless.
94. Fish said:
So let's get this straight. Girl.A is driving her Subaru, eating sushi and posting on dooce? Some may call that wreckless, but I call it multi-tasking!
95. closet metrosexual said:
Girl.A's not wreckless, she knows her limits. (No Googling.)
And I am so jealous about the wrx.
96. Kahli said:
Zach:
Salty can actually be stunning:
http://www.patrick-nelson.com/gallery/gb.htm
Great hike:
http://www.patrick-nelson.com/hiking/frary.htm
and Zion National Park is quite nice as well.
The perdy factor is the only reason we stay here. Cause Honey, it ain't the beer.... we'd go back to Wisconsin for that!
Hi EVERYBODY how are you today?
97. JulieT said:
Welcome back Chuck! Keep your ass nearby from now on.
98. Big Gay Sam said:
Dr. Johnny Fever said at 08:10AM, 12.29.2004:
Let’s all go skinny dipping!
Do we have to be skinny?
just asking...
99. Girl.A said:
Thx Fishy - I may be good at multi-tasking but I do have a sushi asst for the piling of the ginger and wasabi and I am not using chopsticks. For Christmas I got a mount for my notebook for the car. But it is kinda dangerous.
100. cb said:
Another blog I read, one by a veterinarian who is, in her home life, now pregnant after years of infertility, wrote this in a recent post:
"And I have never pulled tinsel from a cat's butt, but there was one memorable occasion involving women's panties and a labrador puppy butt..."
101. Scott said:
Girl A - Does that WRX have auto pilot? If it's a stick shift then you must be amphibious, you know, equalliy skilled with both hands.
JulieT - Hope the rain tucked tail and ran from the sun out there today.
102. pismire said:
Dogs go bonkers for "girl stuff," and cats enjoy "boy stuff" - at least my cat likes my boy's stuff (um, yeah, that sounds bad and is filled with innuendo - she just likes to sniff and chew his boxers).
103. Amanda B. said:
In my defense let me just say that pooka is not sexual in nature. It is meant as the ultimate preemptive defense against tickles, zerberts, wet willies, poots, and wedgies.
And no matter what my husband says about my Scottish ancestory, I am not prone to pooka my pets. (although I have been known to sneak up behind them and pinch them from time to time)
So there.
104. closet metrosexual said:
Amanda B - What's a poot?
105. Girl.A said:
Scott, do u think I am a pussy? Of course it's manual. But I am in slow lane with cruise set during the sushi extravaganza.
It's only reckless if you have offspring. My only offspring is my newborn blogpie, who's hangin in her Depends hammock at the moment.
And before you get too jealous MetSex, this aint no sti. But it's only 23 horsepower lower and the wagon means I can take it climbing with me gear and me friends and the added benefit that it is not a theft target living in the city.
We gonna lose signal in Utica pert'soon...
106. Kahli said:
Duh.
Heather, the picture is lovely. I thought I had put as much... do you miss LA this time of year?
Everytime we go out to le Lake and it is sunset-y I sort of harumph and wonder what the ocean version is going to look like in an hour or so and I sort of wish we lived by it.
Usually though, it is pretty enough here to forget about the ocean. Except cold, non-ski days.
107. ashik said:
Hey hey hey - don't knock automatic til you've tried it.... oh, who am I kidding, I want to learn to drive stick sooooo bad... especially while holding chopsticks!
108. closet metrosexual said:
Girl.A - you still have my Forrester by 62 horsies, so I can be jealous.
Sam - Straight Skinny or Gay Skinny? According to Jack on W&G, there's a difference.
109. Stacy said:
correction- it's only reckless if you are driving on the road with other people, or around other people's property. other than that, being reckless it OK.
110. Kate said:
I LOVE your website. I read while I wait for my psd files to print on the 5000. (in case my boss is reading? it is true.)
I think Djinimi is jealous of you. Very jealous. You have a very unique and great writing style. Your website is web designer's dream. Your daughter is gorgeous (can her eyes get any bigger?), you are gorgeous and your husband is pretty damn cute too!
111. Girl.A said:
Who's goin to tha Polah Beah swim at Southie on New Yeahz Day?
112. Circus Kelli said:
Wow, Heather... that is a truly gorgeous shot.
113. Laura said:
Coupla things:
Victoria - I completely agree that Heather is a much better writer than Laurie Notaro. I've read three of her books, each time getting more disappointed. However, Heather cracks me up daily.
On the dog/panty note: I have a chihuahua that would burrow her entire body into a laundry basket to retrieve a worn pair of panties at the bottom. I finally bought a tall, skinny, solid-sided rolling laundry basket for that reason alone. The worst part is, she still finds them occasionally and I find myself judging which panties are still wearable based on the size of the holes she nibbled. Try explaining THAT one to the boyfriend.
Gorgeous picture, Heather.
114. Fish said:
Kahli: Where in Wiscaansin are you from? Let me know if you want your site listed in my "WI Speaks" section on my site.
symbioticfishes@yahoo.com
115. Fish said:
re: hippo shit: I know its not a hippo, but "hippo shit" made me think of possibly the funniest rhino scene of all time is when Jim Cary emerges from the fake rhino's ass while some vacationers watch in horror in Ace Ventura.
Oh, sorry. Ummmm ... cock-knocker!
116. Don said:
What a lovely sunset!
117. melle said:
I've been to Salt Lake ones and its pretty different and interesting. The view of The Great Salt Lake is beautiful, but it really isn't the greatest thing to smell at night.. ahem... just say it almost smelled like poopie. hehe.
118. Slim said:
Dooce: Okay you might need to listen to your instinct about not snowboarding because seriously I doubt that cars get stolen or broken into in your neighborhood.
I'm just saying...
119. dooce said:
just last week my friend who lives up the street had her car borken into IN HER DRIVEWAY and the thief stole all her CDs and her wallet. it happens all the time here.
120. Fish said:
I hate it when my car gets borken itno.
sorry heather. you may ban my IP address now.
121. Holy Schmidt said:
Muh-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
I saw the GEORGE! In the flesh!
He's so lucky my husband was there with me, or I would've pounced on him!
122. tiffany said:
Okay all the drinking and premarital sex was one thing but actual CRIME happens there? My image of Utah is totally shattered now.
123. Elle Wiz said:
You're making me want to buy a Nikon D70 of my own...
124. Carrie said:
This is what I get for not reading the comments here more regularly.
Pooka? Zerberts? Poots?
I am SO lost.
125. Renae said:
Damn dude, I've *been* there!! At sunset, no less.
My favorite parts of Utah were the lake, and the temple thingie, and then I got across that fucked-up salt flats place. Neat-o.
126. Zach said:
Kahli, I'm all over that Antelope Island hike this spring (after the lambing season of course).
The beer does struggle a bit here, but when your sipping it on the bank of a river or up on the slopes it tastes all the better!
127. Stacy said:
I don't knwo what's creepier, djnieme, or the fact that some one would take the time to post her info. That's dangerous. What is some psycho-dooce-obsessed (aren't we all, but i'm talking about in a bad way) person gets ahold of that and actually causes her harm? I think it's all fun and games with the email address, but the home address is a little much for me. I know, I know, a smart person wouldn't harass some one with a published email address, but still.
128. Littlehoney said:
The reason to visit Utah is simply because that's where they film Everwood. (I think it's everwood...) lol
129. Stacy said:
Sorry about the typos, I'm multitasking and I have trouble even walking and chewing gum at the same time.
130. Graygirl said:
Carrie: I'm right there with you. WTF????? And I lurk all the time!
And a resume....on the comments page..???? HUH????
131. Carol said:
OK, I was gone for 6 days and missed so much!!
George! is gone? To Texas? and all the other stuff, too (i.e. ladybug imposters...). It was so fun reading up on all I missed.
OK, that's all. Just wanted to share.
Now I'm going to be fired because I have done NOTHING all day.
132. Kahli said:
Zach-
and actually if you do have a beer say, at the Goldminer's Daughter, then you TOTALLY have a buzz by the time you get to the valley.
In fact, last time we were inWisco, I had two big beers at the Terrace and I was so not even drunk, lack of elevation was my suspect. How weird.
We are going to Australia in two weeks and thus, I will see plenty of ocean sunRISES and I am hoping to acclimate or it will be a waste of an open bar....
In spite of low alcohol content,the beer here is pretty tasty nonetheless.
133. Kate said:
http://home.ripway.com/2004-3/88318/debisis.html
134. Kate said:
oops...that site is if anyone wants to see some really bad graphic design.
by the infamous Djnieme
I think her mother put her in way too much pink.
135. Graygirl said:
Kate: Just tried to check out that Djenemie page....been removed!
Was it that bad?
136. closet metrosexual said:
Personal Information: thirty-something, brown hair, green eyes, skinny, likes walks in the...
*Cease?*
nevermind
137. Fish said:
Dooce: queen of the retro insult word. My faves: mel, 'tard (blacklisted in my house), four-eyes, square, gomer, etc.
I thought for SURE the new favorite word was going to be pooka.
138. stella said:
two posts, two posts, two posts in one!
139. Kristine said:
Dooce-
Do you think George will get a blog someday?
140. Hippo shit... said:
Funny thig about that...
We were watching a documentary about hippos last week (they are totally mean)and (this makes the grace comparision funnier) they sort of helicopter shit, they twirl their tail rapidly and flail shit over their backs and they opposing male take this as a "wanna take this outside Chumpy?!" and they begin to chew on eachother.
I am sure you have more grace than that, or at least better delivery.
141. Dr. Johnny Fever said:
You're not a KNOB. You're a TOOL!
142. jules said:
knobknobknobknobknob
that's almost as fun to say as
smocksmocksmocksmock!
(:3
143. Carol said:
I'd say you're a SPAZ. Or a SPED.
But mostly I'm jealous that you may be going snowboarding.
144. Stacy said:
I'm glad I eased on over to dooce's mainpage and took a gander at the new post instead of just refreshing the comments ver and over. I was wondering where all the hippo shit nad knob talk was coming from...
145. Darcie said:
Oh, Heather! I swear, my heart was racing as I read the story of your frantic search for Chuck. Ever (and only) since I brought The Boy Child into the world 18 months ago, my scheming Keeshond will break out of prison (run out the front door) every chance he gets. I am sick with worry when it happens, and I'm not sure what's up with him. No, he's not the center of our universe anymore (and maybe that's more traumatic than I know), but The Boy Child is so in love with the Dog and very gentle, too. Have you seen new signs of "sibling rivalry" now that Chuck has figured out Leta really isn't leaving?
(BTW, My husband wouldn't have checked the gate first, either.)
146. PKD said:
Important baby assvice: Get Leta her own set of keys before she loses yours!
Go to your nearest big box home improvement store and ask for some leftover or miss-keyed blanks, or string a group of old keys together for her. One day she'll drop yours in a toilet or snowbank.
147. Zach said:
Kate is all up in Debby's grill.
Kahli, it's funny you brought up the Goldminer's Daughter, I spent half the day there last Wednesday when Alta turned into a shitty whiteout.
148. Kate said:
oops...I thought it didn't post. Can you delete one please?
Yes graygirl...it is bad. No wonder she decided to go after dooce. Like it is dooce's fault she has talent and djininnie doesn't?
149. Jenie said:
Hmm...Kate? Chill out. That whole thing is over with...let's not start the whole thing over again.
150. Dooce please make it stop said:
End the ridiculous over-hatin, pleeeeeease.
151. Kate said:
Oops...for some reason I am posting challenged. You can delete at your leisure.
152. tiffany said:
Thanks everyone for the nice comments.
Stacy - I'm in Texas too. I notice. :-) I get teased for doing long runs of nothing but sunset shots sometimes. But it's not my fault! The sky is too incredible. I took this one at a red light (it's scanned film, not photoshop-enhanced)
http://www.electricboogaloo.net/archives_2004_10/30/index.htm
But I draw the line at eating sushi and posting on Dooce while photographing the sunset with an SLR, since I usually have a child with me in the car. That's what responsible parenting is all about.
153. Kahli said:
I thought all Anthropology majors were nice like me.... what with the "awareness" we have, superior beings that we are. Golly.
154. dooce said:
please cease posting anyone's personal information here or I will ban your IP address and close comments.
please.
155. Fish said:
Easy there, melanie.
156. dooce said:
fish: you're swimming in shallow water BUD.
157. Nikki said:
*sigh* She's right, Salt Lake is full of theiving motherfuckers. Someone broke into my roomates gas tank and siphoned gas... in a "nice" part of town.
158. becca said:
Are those actually mountains in the distance or just glorified hills? I always thought Salt Lake was relatively flat...? I could be wrong (and probably am).
159. Nikki said:
Unless you count the famous apartment across the street....!
160. Slim said:
Dooce: I stand/sit corrected. Speedy recovery to your toe and Chuck's head:-)
161. Fish said:
*eeep*
162. dooce said:
Nikki, I still have nightmares about seeing the Hacking apartment building. I AM SO FREAKED OUT.
163. Slim said:
Nikki:"siphoned gas" I know gas prices are ridiculous but DAMN.
164. mihow said:
I have a Utah/SLC question.
When my husband and I drove through SLC on our cross-country move, we saw TWO dead horses (You know, those things you ride around.) on the side of the road. Roadkill, mind you. Now, I have brought this up before and no one seems to find it all that strange. Maybe my description sucked, who knows. Or maybe that's a normal occurrence in Utah, sort of like the plethora of dead deer in Pennsyltuckey. But we were blown away. One of them had a hole bored into it as well.
Will someone please make the horses stop screaming and tell me why? WHY was there horse roadkill in Utah? Does this have anything to do with the thieves?
165. Sad said:
Nikki-you live over there? I am so, so sorry. My husband used to live next door to there and he moved but we still check on the house for his grandma. How awful for you.
I hadn't thought about that for awhile. It is so,so sad.
166. Holy Schmidt said:
Fish,
Given the chance, I probably would've licked his beard. For no reason other than to say that I had done it!
Rarrr!
167. mihow said:
Bad timing on my last post. It turned all serious and stuff. Disregard my question regarding the dead horses. Killing your wife is much, much more horrifying.
168. Slim said:
Dooce: "Charmed" I think Petra would be honored... didn't even know SHE was running:-)
169. LadyBug said:
Licked his beard????? No way I woulda done that. Maybe a pooka, but no licking.
170. Nikki said:
Ps: Confidential to Heather: You never responded to the Masonic Temple Email... Ryan hasn't stopped pouting. Dude, he got Celestial Pursuit for Christmas!!!
171. LadyBug said:
Um, sorry. My comment was directed at Holy Schmidt, but so many people posting at once make it look kind out-of-place and well, weird.
172. Fish said:
Melanie. I can't make any smart-assed comments now, 'cause dooce will give me a borken arm with a swift kick from her borken toe.
*I wonder if she has the power to ban me from the entire internet?*
173. Holy Schmidt said:
Well, maybe licking the beard would be to weird. Maybe I wouldv'e just pinched his cheeks and asked for a kiss and a hug, tongue optional! : )
174. Carol said:
I still don't know what a Pooka is.
175. mihow said:
Horses, dude. Horses.
176. Fish said:
Mihow: gotten over the tiny donkey obsession, and gone on to screaming horses? Do you hear the Lambs, Clarice?
Carol: Amanda B will answer that one.
177. LadyBug said:
Amanda B. said at 12:00PM, 12.14.2004:
Dooce. I see you have not been introduced to Pooka.
Pooka is the ultimate defense against any would be assailant. It was invented (around here anyway) by my friend John Cowart (cruel little bastard englishman) many years ago.
It works like this:
1)Take index finger and hold it in a pointy fashion.
2)Sneak up behind unsuspecting husband, friend, co-worker, etc.
3)Insert finger into victim’s behind (clothed only)and proclaim, “Pooka!â€.
4)Measure the success of Pooka by the strange noise made by your victim as well as the amount of time they spend airborne.
It works best if victim is wearing boxer’s and is bent down to look for missing item under couch.
Of course the depth at which you Pooka is strictly based on the intimacy of you and your victim.
I promise, the next time they think about tickling you…oh yes, they will remember Pooka.
178. Something like this said:
Carol: POOKA has something to do with finger/s being inserted in the anus unexpectedly while the other person is bent over at which the poker yells POOKA to the pokee.
179. Something like this said:
Sorry for the double post Lady Bug said it much better
180. Holy Schmidt said:
Wow! Who'd thunk that anal probing could be so entertaining?
181. Carol said:
Got it. We call that "being goosed."
Pooka. Knob. Nose Ride. Sniffer's Row. Boohbah. Panty chewing. My husband won't know what hit him tonight : )
182. mihow said:
Lay off Nestor, fish.
183. Holy Schmidt said:
Is performing the Pooka during "The Procedurs" off limits?
*Evil Grin*
184. Carol said:
Not if you have a stick of butter close by.
*evilererer grin*
185. Jenie said:
LMAO!!
186. Stacy said:
My boyfriend is so cute. I told him "the procedure" story way back when it was new. The other night he metioned "the process"; I think he is a little confused, but now we refer to it as that anyways.
187. closet metrosexual said:
Carol - "Pooka. Knob. Nose Ride. Sniffer’s Row. Boohbah. Panty chewing" all accompanied by a photo of a lovely sunset. Hope you find the inspiration at the proper moment: Hubby: "Carol, come look at the beautiful sunset."
Carol: "That reminds me; Pooka!"
188. Holy Schmidt said:
My son was sitting in the car and was asking us why he couldn't watch some random movie. We told him that it was rated R and he just wasn't allowed to see it. He looked at me and said "Mom, is it because there is sex-o-ation in it."
Now we call it sex-o-ation. It makes me giggle!
189. Amanda B. said:
Holy Crap did I miss a lot. Dooce put the smack down. Damn! I always miss it.
Fish- i'm sure she didn't mean to stop *all* smart ass comments. You wouldn't be you otherwise. I mean that in a good way.
Metro- poot= flatulence. I can't say the other "f" word because it gives me the heebie jeebies. As do the words moist, kumquat, and marzipan.
190. Holy Schmidt said:
Buttery pooka! Ha!
191. Fish said:
Re: "Not if you have a stick of butter close by."
Oh. Yeah. And I'M the guy who's gonna get banned????
That's right, four fuckin question marks. Take that.
192. Kahli said:
You guys,
Brisco died. I am totally bummed, that was my favorite Wednesday night thing for like ever, until this year. Sad, sad. I am not even going into the dick earthquake/tsunami today. Sad.
Going out to wander in the rain and look for a coffee me thinks.
See you guys later.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/29/arts/29cnd-orba.html?hp&ex=1104382800&...
193. E said:
Yeah, yeah, BriscoE... it still sucks.
194. Kristine said:
fish---fish?? you still here???
We can't lose a fish and GEORGE! all in one week. We will go through some sort of shock.
hee hee
195. Zach said:
You see, in Salt Lake, one can measure a neighborhoods crime rate by the the distance/time away from West Valley it is. West Valley is the epicenter of all that is evil and it's just a matter if the evil chooses your neighborhood that night.
The evidence, my best friends car was stolen at his condo by Trolley Square and was recovered in West Valley in the following condition.
http://www.zachhowes.net/ganked/
Mihow, how close were you to Salt Lake? I've seen a ton o' splattered deer in my day, some lunched elk in parley's canyon, and even heard about a car full that DIED after they hit a moose in Big Cottonwood Canyon but I've yet to see many dead horses on the side of the road.
196. Liisa said:
Knob. Tool. Smock?
GOD! I'm so old. My new favorite word/s is/are Makeshift Dickie.
(That's when you can't get one of those fake turtleneck things (a dickie)(heeheehee, dickie)and you have to fake it.)
Say it. Over and over. Say it in different ways. Like: makeshiftdickie, real fast. It's, well, it's funny to me.
197. amelia said:
The word pus gives me the creeps.
198. Kristine said:
i can't stand the word tchotchke.
which of course means I can't watch Christopher Lowell.
199. Sissychong said:
Yes, that is a GOOD man who doesn't know who Petra is, lol
200. kat said:
"I am as graceful as a hippo taking a shit."
Having had the opportunity to witness this event (a hippo taking a shit) firsthand, I can attest to the fact that it is anything but graceful :)
201. closet metrosexual said:
I had to google Petra's name. Does that make me GOOD or Clueless?
202. Kristine said:
Metro:
You have a cute dog and a sexy pink guitar and don't know who Petra is...you're a keeper!
203. LadyBug said:
Oh, Geez. I must be channeling the spirit of Girl.A, 'cause I googled "pooka" and ended up here (I'm so ashamed I'm even posting this...):
http://www.resort.com/~prime8/gallery/commercial/pooka.html
204. Girl.A said:
Guess what I am having fo dinnah Amanda B?
Moist pussy marzipan-chunked fart residue.
That's pus-sy not vaginal.
And if you think I am going to tell anyone what grosses *me* out, you're crazy. A girl like me never gives away her Kryptonite.
I'm finally coming out the ass-end of Worcester. I've switched to copilot duty.
205. Fish said:
Ladybug:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*BREATHE*
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Phew. Now that that's out of my system, on to the next topic: Drunken Neil Diamond Dancing.
206. eco2geek said:
Y'all are funny today!
When I was a teenager, my sisters liked to lick their fingers, stick them in your ear, and yell "Wet Willy!" Thank God no one was there to tell them about Pooka.
A friend of mine told me about a German Shepherd of hers that ate all the crotches out of the uwashed panties she'd left sitting in a laundry basket. Interesting to hear this was not an isolated case.
207. Amanda B. said:
Oh man. Jerry Orbach! :( No more doink doink.
I didn't know who Petra Spankalouva was either. I bet that was not a fun experience though, poor kid.
Fish- come back he-ah. Don't be a Knob.
208. Amanda B. said:
Girl A.- noooooooo!
Ladybug- that is most definatly *NOT* my pooka.
209. Carol said:
OMG, LadyBug!!! I can't stop laughing to myself. That is classic! Of course, the bossman came whistling by just as I opened that link. Oops.
GirlA - You're hilarious. Is there any other end to Worcester... other than the ass end?
210. Fish said:
seeing has how we're doing creative googling today in Girl.A's absence. I thought that "rhino" & "petra" may make an interesting combination.
http://www.sosrhino.org/news/images/field_0704_01.jpg
Is she doing what I think she's doing?
211. LadyBug said:
I believe that's a *serious* rhino-pooka, Fish.
212. closet metrosexual said:
Thanks Kristine. I'm playing the damn little guitar again today. Very poorly. If anyone else plays guitar, they should know about "http://www.olga.net/" (On-Line Guitar Archive, not porn by some chick named Olga.)
213. TulsaOkie said:
Nice shot Dooce.
You guys crack me up.. Seriously! I haven't laughed this much in a very long time.
214. Now no longer associated with pooka said:
I'm glad you guys are here today. Yesterday i'd try to make a funny and I got nothing. *crickets*
My superpowers of cracking-wise only work when my fellow wise crackers are around.
215. Fish said:
Dear, dear Amanda. You'll always be associated with pooka to me.
216. This might not be Amanda but rather Wayne Newton said:
DOH!
217. Fish said:
Damn. I forgot to change my URL back from the rhino-UBERpooka. How's THAT for an associate you don't want?
218. Carol said:
"UBER pooka"....let's see it's almost 5:00 here. Unsuspecting Hubby walks in around 6:30. Gotta get me to the sto' and get me some knobs and some painties (yes, painties) mebbe some butter (but not margarine, you know the real stuff) and a pink flowery geetar. Ooooh, we gonna have somes fun too-night!
219. Mandy said:
Great photograph and a beautiful scene.
Whenever I see a photograph of one of these in particular I always think "AFS" As those in the business of developing photographs know its the abbreviation for "Another fucking sunset"
No offense intended just information.
220. Girl.A said:
My name is Pouka
I live in yo backdoor...
221. closet metrosexual said:
Girl.A - you have me looking over my shoulder in fear.
222. eco2geek said:
Now here's something *really* weird: BBC educational Flash animations with versions "for boys":http://www.bbc.co.uk/teens/lads/sexandlife/amiafreak/ep_willywonky/index.shtml and "for girls":http://www.bbc.co.uk/teens/girls/sexloveandlife/amiafreak/ep_funnyflaps/index.shtml where they explain that your penis/"flap" size does not make you a freak.
Pooka!
223. LadyBug said:
eco2geek: Those links are hilarious.
and Pooka! right back atcha.
224. AyEnDeeAreEeAyAitch said:
Best new tagline of 2005
Dooce: Graceful as a hippo taking a shit.
225. jelene said:
holy crap, so that's utah. who knew that an overpopulated family abundance state could be so dern purty?
226. shelli said:
wow. purty.
227. Dr. Johnny Fever said:
I cannot WAIT to see some pics of Petra Nemcova's shattered pelvis in the next swimsuit issue. I think the pelvis gets in the way of "the procedure" anyway.
228. ashik said:
Wow - I left for two hours and come back to a full blown anatomy lesson.
Apparently "the thing that shall remain nameless and that I am forbidden to ever do to my boyfriend EVER again (it's just not nice, honey)" has a name.
Pooka!!!! I love it!!
229. christy said:
Amanda B. - 'Moist' is in my trilogy of despised words also! The other two are panties, and pork. The three can be combined in so many vile and interesting ways though (Pork my moist panties!) it almost makes it hard to hate them, but I do. *shudder*
230. Carol said:
"Nipple" used to be my word. Could never say it. Nevah! But then I had kids. Now, I can... nipple. See?
But, pus and fart are right up there, too.
I have to go shower now.
231. Carol said:
Oh, and the pretty sunset pic. That's a nice view. Must be from someone's house. Whose?
232. Carol said:
And I think I know who Wayne Newton is...right? Why so shy?
233. Taylor said:
You are very good for businesses. Nikon, Utah Travel Co., adopt-a-pet, boobah...you really should start asking for a share of the profit.
234. jm said:
ohmigosh! I read the Chuck escape story and all of the terror of a similar experience came back to me--cold sweats and all. Nothing like a little PTSD to wake you up in the afternoon.
I love Chuck. I love that Chuck goes for the toilet paper. I would like to trade you one Chuck/"toilet paper celebration" experience for one chocolate lab/"thinking the kitty litter box is a personal candy dish" experience.
please let me know if you would like to trade.
235. Colleen from NJ said:
Hey Carol,
I, too, have a problem with "nipple" (eewwww).
Once, in college, the guy behind me in class found out about my fear and loathing of "nipple." He kept saying it in my ear one time when I was experimenting with marijuana and state-dependent learning. (Class was on Thurs. pm. )I had to leave after 10 minutes.
I thought I was the only one with this problem.
236. Carol said:
Colleen - No, you are NOT alone.
But, and I missed the last week of comments, how did it go? I hope well.
237. Kate said:
Dooced Heather,
I am sorry about what I posted in the comment section.
I hadn't yet read the comments from yesterday.
I now realize...the position...we and I all put you in.
238. Amanda B. said:
Christy- I hear you darlin. But you may have just sent Scott over the edge. Good thing you didn't mention mice.
239. Colleen from NJ said:
Carol,
I have a beautiful boy named Colin hanging on my shoulder as we speak. The section was really not that bad and the boy is healthy and so far, really easy compared to the other 2... or maybe I'm finally learning. Ooh, I can give you a link to show a pic.. lame log I just started, but great to show pics. Never did this before. see if link from my name works...
240. Amanda B. said:
http://svt.se/hogafflahage/hogafflaHage_site/Kor/hestekor.swf
Dooce and homies, if you haven't seen this, you must. It's fun and a useful tool to annoy friends, family and coworkers.
241. Colleen from NJ said:
oh, and boy, what weird events happened here when I was away... holy hateful woman. I do believe she committed a federal felony, by the way. Maybe.
242. Mari said:
Dooce,
I think you need this t-shirt:
http://www.shopkitson.com/index.php?pageId=3&view=product&productId=1495...
243. closet metrosexual said:
Amanda B - you owe me $400.
244. Carol said:
Colleen - the link worked, but can't post anonymously, so sorry Dooce et al, but...
He's gorgeous!! Sweet little baby! Congratulations!! We'll have to talk further on email or your site. I may be headed your way (3 boys) but can't decide. And c-sections (I've had two). Yes, thank God for those.
Good luck to you!! You already know all about it. : )
p.s. Hubby is cute, too!
245. Carol said:
Too curious and nosey not to ask... why $400?
Oh, and just as I put my little one to bed...there's not really a word for it, but he dropped a toy on his toenail about 6 months ago and tonight he was pulling the toenail off!!! EEEeeeeeewwwwww! Sorry for the long post. But, YUCK!! Ugh.
246. Kristine said:
half the shirts on tshirthell.com remind me of something dooce should wear. she could totally pull them off.
247. Dara said:
knob is a cool word. but in Europe it means "cool" so i'm told...
248. Amanda B. said:
Dude! You got an ax?
249. Carol said:
Ha!! amandab! heygirliegirl. i need an axe.
Mari - I love that t-shirt! Too bad I couldn't really wear it.
250. yeah, I got an axe... to GRIND! said:
Pooka!!
251. closet metrosexual said:
the grinder wasn't me.
I bought me a geee-tahr, as they say in Southern Speak.
252. Carol said:
CM - did you really buy the guitar? a new one for you? after christmas? GOOD!
253. Gia on Guam said:
Amanda B, The singing horsies are hilarious!!!
All those posts by "dooce" seem off. She usually only answers nagging questions and limits to one post...I have a sneaky suspicion that she has an imposter.
254. Carol said:
Gia - I think you're right. I thought I was so smart finding out it was "her" but now I don't really think it's her. And by the way, last week ... yes, it was you I was mentioning : )
Hope you had a great holiday. I've been thinking of you... were you affected by the Tsunami?
255. Gia on Guam said:
You're so sweet Carol!
No the tsunami did not affect Guam. There was not a direct path from the earthquake to Guam...Indonesia blocked it. But we are no strangers to strong earthquakes...the largest in recent history was in 1993. An 8.2 ... no deaths.
Sorry to prattle on Dooceland. Cheers to all. Happy New Year!
256. closet metrosexual said:
Gia, I'm sweet too. I thought about you, and figured out that I have no idea where Guam is. Glad to hear you're ok, anyways.
257. Gia on Guam said:
Haha ... Hi Closet Metrosexual :)
Guam is a US Territory in the Pacific Ocean about 7 hours flight west of Hawaii. just 13 degrees above the equator ... yes I'm wearing a tank top today.
258. Carol said:
OK, I have been madly searching and asking Hubby about Guam. It's not so close to Sri Lanka, but not so far, either. Same area of the Globe, basically, uh..right?
Today on the radio, I heard that an earthquake once started in Chile and sent a wave 6,000 miles to Hawaii that still had the power to kill 100s of people. So I stand by my question. Stupid or not.
Just glad you are safe, Gia!!
259. closet metrosexual said:
Gia, tomorrow I'll be shoveling snow, so you know where you can put your dirty tank top. (right in the laundry hamper with the rest of the dirty clothes. You didn't think I was going to say something nasty did you?)
260. Gia on Guam said:
Carol,
Guam is a lot more east of Sri Lanka. I guess I should have said "in the middle of the pacific ocean". We are close to the Mariana's Trench. That, plus the massive reef system we have additionally protect us from tsunamis. They do nothing to protect us from Typhoons tho. But I'm also happy to report...no deaths from those either. Some with winds 200MPH+!
Closet,
I was hoping you'd make reference to dirty panties and hoping my dirty tank top got chewed up as well :p.
I hope this gives you a better idea than the last one ^^
261. Sherly said:
Hello, Carol, Metro, all -
Finally back from backwoods relative hell.
Congrats, Colleen & Family!
262. closet metrosexual said:
Gia, please don't say "dirty panties." I'm too close to the gutter (but some of us are looking at the stars, to steal from Oscar Wilde).
263. Danielle said:
Congratulations, Colleen from NJ!!
I was thinking about you around Christmas and wondering if you had a Christmas baby after all.
Cute pics. :)
264. Sherly said:
p.s. my cat has always LOVED to roll in any clothes (work out tops, socks) that smell like my sweat and will throw her 4 lb body against the hamper to knock it over and then dig to the bottom of the hamper to get at them. Or even chew through the vented gym bag. Sometimes if I go to bed with any trace of b.o. she will haul off and bite my armpit in the night. YOWWWWWWW!
But she cares not a whit for my underwear.
265. Carol said:
Sherly!!! Welcome Back from Hell! We've been talking about panty chewing and the global positioning of Guam as of late.
266. Danielle said:
I was thinking that dooce would delete any comments from a dooce imposter... but it sure is hard to tell these days what is "real" and what isn't.
*sigh*
267. Carol said:
Posted too late, as per usual.
268. closet metrosexual said:
Welcome Back Sheryl. Pooka to you.
269. MrsDoF said:
There have been some lovely sunsets on the prairie the last couple weeks. Wonder what happened up in the atmosphere, I don't remember any volcano ash spewing. I remember some gorgeous sunsets after Mt. St. Helens blew its top.
Hey, #153 Holy Schmidt--do you figure that maybe last week the fellow you spied might have been one of GEORGE!'s brothers? in Dallas!
270. Sherly said:
[Ouch, Metro :O]
Carol, "too late"?
Hi Danielle.
271. Carol said:
Sherly - Too late = telling you about panty chewing when you have obviously read those comments....
272. Sherly said:
ahhh so, is this one of the last nights with your good friends Shiraz and Merlot??
[On a side note - I have to find a new name to post by, may need your help in choosing one.]
273. Carol said:
Yes, two more days!! Ah, I will not be the same... thankfully for some.
Let's start now... Ooooommm.. uh, no, let's not.
But Jesus-H-Christ-on-a-Popsicle-Stick, Mr. Poon, the in-laws can throw back quite a few, so that didn't help my cause.
Over to email.....
274. GEORGE! said:
Sherly -- I'm a fan of the name "TaterTots". Feel free to use it if you like.
275. Sherly said:
George! Is that you?
I have been called tater tots before, but only by my BF in chilly situations. He might wonder at my blogging interests if I told him I choose that name.... lol
276. Carol said:
GEORGE!
How's Texas? I missed the whole good-bye. So, um, bye. We'll miss you. But not so much because this is the internet and well, here you are!!
277. GEORGE! said:
Texas is awesome. I love the Mexican food out here. The best in the nation in my opinion.
278. closet metrosexual said:
Sherly-
TaterTots, HighBeams, Turkey'sDone, HappyToSeeMe, Bink-Bink, AtAttention, eminems, Cock-eyed-Sue.
Anything strike you?
How about "Trouble?" As in, here comes...
279. Carol said:
Mexican food is the best!! I was up north for the holidays...NO Mexican food... today at work? black bean burrito, chips, queso...mmmmm.
280. Amanda B. said:
Howdy Sheryl!
Metro-congrats on the seagull!
George! Is this really George!? You shouldn't fuck around with George! if you aren't George! That's wrong.
281. Julie said:
George! Damn, this is better than a George spotting in a picture! :)
Heather~My sympathies on the broken toe. I've done that twice now. Stay off your feet, your right, it's a sign. From someone. Or something. Perhaps of France!!!
282. Carol said:
OMG, CM... I think "trouble" yes, definitely. That's what we say when our youngest comes into the room.
And "turkey's done" have to use that one for myselft one of these days.
Mrs. George2: I'll take my valium now. Thanks.
283. GEORGE! said:
No imposter here. No worries.
284. Julie said:
crap...I hate drunk commenting. Because otherwise I know that the contraction of "you are" has an apostrophe. *sigh* "You're right"...
285. Sherly said:
George! I agree about teh Mex food with the possible exception that Mex food in San Diego is effing awesome too.
Amandabird! How I missed me girls!
LOl Metro, I would consider trouble, but nothing strikes me otherwise from your list.
Anything strike *you* lately??
286. GEORGE! said:
Drunk commenting....sounds familiar.
287. Julie said:
George!~a man after my own heart. Drunk commenting has replaced drunk calling...well, maybe not entirely.
288. Dr. Johnny Fever said:
Is commenting under the influence of bad Texas Mexican food the same as commenting drunk? I've had some pretty rotten carnitas in my day.
289. Julie said:
Dr. Johnny~Bad Mexican commenting sounds more like hangover commenting than drunk commenting.
290. Sherly said:
I am commenting under the influence of the after effects of being around very talkative NRA folks for the last 4 days.
291. Sherly said:
Doctor, did you eat a Ptomaine Tamale?
292. closet metrosexual said:
Sherly - "Oppositional Child" or "Here have a Peppermint-F-O" struck me.
Speaking of "striking," if Dooce kicks hard enough to break her foot, maybe Jon really does need the titanium codpiece. The poor man must live in fear!
293. Carol said:
next time my child acts "oppostional" I shall tell him to "peppermint-fuck off"
yes, that's my new parenting skill.
294. Sherly said:
Oppositional Child may have to be a category on the blog...
But I am not always a minty pain in the ass.
Amandabird, do you do the pooka with a peppermint stick???
295. GEORGE! said:
Drunk commenting, like I'd do such a thing. If it was really me, I don't drink, ever. I haven't even commented today at all. If I do comment it's usually only once or twice a day. Texas does have good mexican food though, Angelina's is a good place to eat. Imposter's should really get a life, maybe once or twice is ok, but five times a day? Seriously, you need to find a hobby.
296. Karen Rani said:
That sucks about your toe Heather! Feel better soon! I once opened the fridge freezer too fast and a HUGE beer mug landed on my baby toe. Only dogs heard me screaming.....it was horrid.
Also, after reading Chuck's disappearing act story, our lovely Ruffy-Doodle got an hour long cuddle session which included lots of tummy rubs....my heart hurt reading about Sir Chuck but I'm sure glad he is okay!
Hugs,
Karen
297. Carol said:
O.M.G!!! Really, George??!! That wasn't you? There needs to be an honor code or something. I don't know... that kind of sucks... Well, All the comments before to you... still the same.
As we would say... Byummmer.
298. Sherly said:
George!
Is that the Angelina's in Lewisville or The Colony?
299. Amber said:
That is a really beautiful picture.
300. Library Girl said:
Well doesn't that picture just make you want to get all sexy.