"I knew that would get a rise out of you."

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!!!

At my age, anything that gets a rise out of me is sincerely appreciated!

Do you realize that most folks down hereabouts don't even know what rhubard is, much less how to make a pie out of it?

I got a hankerin for some of Grosmutter Ella's rhubard pie a few years back and it took forever to find a green grocer that would order it in for me. Mighty fine eatins. Oh, Yes, 'twas.

He reminded me of a man who used to deliver veggies from his mule drawn wagon when I was a wee child in Connecticut. Saul Sack was his name. He used to allow me to ride his mule up the street while he made his rounds. 'Course, that was back in the day when kids were allowed to be kids and not forced to wear helmets to ride their bikes as they rode them all over town...just as long as we were home before the street lights came on. Back when the mail boxes were painted olive drab and US Navy blimps were routinely seen drifting across the sky. No Goodyear signage on them...just black block letters U.S. NAVY.

There were also Quonset huts in all the public parks to house our soldiers enroute to Europe. The New Haven railroad took us to The City.

Sheesh.....Glenn had best get a new post up soon or I'll be remembering things like poison ivy toilet paper and getting my tongue stuck on the railroad track after taking a dare from my older brother to lick the steel in the dead of winter.

Ella said that I was a böse boop. Now, all folks here call me is Yankee. Holly knows how that goes.

Bop, have you ever eaten ramps?

"You can be sure that Ron Paul and Lew Rockwell actually believe this drivel." - LWM

Sorry folks. You'll have to wait another week to see Pedinska, SWMBO, and I do the Hully Gully in the buff.

Be sure to address your comments and/or complaints to LWM.

Compliments, of course, should still be addressed to either me or Ms.Pedinska@Orb.Heaven.

Click my sig for something you can chew on.

It makes about as much sense as you do and has much more credibility.

Cheers.

"You didn't disclose whether or not you shop at LL Bean. ;-}"

Such a disclaimer is not necessary since anyone who follows my posts with any regularity at all, knows that I am a frequent LL Bean shopper. I have a different plaid shirt for each day of the week and their shoes and snow boots are extremely comfortable and warm.

I also shop at Bass Pro Shops.

That's where I met Mr. Thrasher. He was there in handcuffs after being caught shoplifting trolling gear. (video to follow)

As an aside......I wonder if Holly knows how to do the Hully Gully.

"That's not what Glenn asked us to do, nor would he. He's a "free speech activist," remeber? Some people behave more like RWAs than others here. Can you spot them?"

The contest has nothing whatever to do with Glenn's request. It has everything to do with mentioning the name of He Who Shall Not Be Named -- on Fridays. If we can go for an entire 24 hour period without mentioning He Who Shall Not Be Named, Pedinska has promised to perform her rendition of Swan lake, in the buff.

We need your help in this endeavor.

Pedinska seems to be having diffuculty locating her voles.

I ask that each and every reader here, search their attics, closets, basements, outhouses, PODs and old purses for any spare, unused voles so that she will be able to collect a full set of 7 voles to perform her version of The Dance of the Seven Voles.

Of course if that fails, the great State of Tennessee should be able to supply an ample number of voles as long as people here don't mind listening to "Rocky Top" continuously for eons.

Please! I beseach you to search dilligently for your spare voles. If you find any, please email:

Prima.Pedinska@Barenekkid.com

and arrange for shipment, ASAP.

"Those things look like ankle biters to me. Look for the veils. They float and caress rather than nibble and gnaw."

Since our Prima Ballerina is rather vertically challenged, I would suggest that she protect her knees, rather than her ankles.

I also believe the veils would be better. One can never tell when a vole will take an attitude and scamper off stage right in the middle of a performance and Pedinska would be left sans props. Now, I'm not suggesting that would be a bad thing...but there may be children in the audience.

mer·kin /ˈmɜrkən/ Pronunciation Key [mur-kuhn]–noun false hair for the female pudenda.

Glenn's readers are certainly getting their money's worth today.

Is pudenda yiddish?

p.s. I miss Ondelette too.

"Now, what we need is a firm authoritarian hand to come in and establish some order around here ... :>"

Here come da judge

Here come da judge

Order in da court

Here come da judge

In full accord with my powers as the duly elected, err appointed, official blog arbiter, I hereby declare that order shall be restored.

If order isn't restored immediately, Pedinska, Holly, and SWMBO will be dispatched to pinch each violater's wenis.

So let it be written

So let it be done.

Thanks for the addy.

Click sig

"As Joan McCarter at Kos reports, efforts to negotiate a compromise with Rep. Chris Carney over his leading support for telecom amnesty have failed,..."

Can you be a little more specific as to what issues were subject to compromise and why the effort failed? The referenced article leads one to believe that no negotiations took place and it seems that Carney just told Blue America to take a hike.

Is this the case?