tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post6767172622975770601..comments2023-05-23T07:09:38.544-05:00Comments on Fascist Dyke Motors: Acid GravyKatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044608857535811777noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-32929683926076695572013-12-29T11:13:04.759-06:002013-12-29T11:13:04.759-06:00It is weird that you say that, because I was just ...It is weird that you say that, because I was just thinking about how many extra broken dreams I have lying around here gathering dust. I was considering boxing them up and trying to sell them. You get a bowlful of lost promise with every purchase. Katy Andershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-75319353036787660122013-12-29T08:58:08.943-06:002013-12-29T08:58:08.943-06:00Those industrious bastards make all kinds of shit ...Those industrious bastards make all kinds of shit for tourists. Mostly they just sell you lies and broken dreams. Chris Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250478672355808848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-71637941825988948672013-12-27T12:58:51.213-06:002013-12-27T12:58:51.213-06:00I'm going to be honest here: Most of what i kn...I'm going to be honest here: Most of what i know about the Amish comes from the movie, "Kingpin." Do the Amish make something for the tourists? You know, like how in some parts of the country, you can buy beer or... jam or something that the Trappist monks have cooked up at their monastery?Katy Andershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-66871134731314583932013-12-27T09:40:26.426-06:002013-12-27T09:40:26.426-06:00Your Grams sounds like my almost hundred year old ...Your Grams sounds like my almost hundred year old Aunty Rene (pronounced Reen), except she would have said "darky" and instead of a time machine it would have been a senior's bus trip to see the Amish. (pronounced Ay-mish)Chris Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250478672355808848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-75112564123305667672013-11-23T10:48:39.408-06:002013-11-23T10:48:39.408-06:00My great grandparents lived in Hawaii before it wa...My great grandparents lived in Hawaii before it was a state, and they used to talk about the island there that was populated ONLY by people with leprosy. <br><br>It was a leper colony!<br><br>Leprosy just requires some antibiotics, of course. <br><br>In 1996, after Bob Dole told America he'd be our bridge to the past, author Robert Anton Wilson wrote a piece about how he walked with a limp for all of his life because he had polio as a child. <br><br>I'm not saying that science and technology is all that makes life worth living, of course, but the past can be romanticized.... Actually, science, technology, and the low likelihood of lynching ARE probably all modern society has going for it. If it wasn't for those things, any era would be fine or better!Katy Andershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-10409433483951351512013-11-23T10:10:16.212-06:002013-11-23T10:10:16.212-06:00Katy! Good to see you again!I love this - of cour...Katy! Good to see you again!<br><br>I love this - of course, and as you know, I've got an inordinately soft-spot for time travel. I'm gratified to see that your Grams has begun work on The Machine.<br><br>(If you forget about the fact that we didn't have a polio vaccine; abortion was still illegal; sulfa was still the antibiotic-of-choice, Korea was consuming the American conscience and nobody cared about things like Civil Rights, the Fifties were awesome. I once owned a 1956 Packard Caribbean. Most awesomest car built in that era. We went to work on the space program then, which says a hell of a lot about our general optimism. Today, we're worried about all of those sad 1%'ers who might not get to go to Cabo.)<br><br>You have an awesome Gram, even if her politics are a bit extreme. My own Grandmother was a Fundie. I've written enough about her. <br><br>And stuff.Astra Navigohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11182458764131811634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-73920474187297114132013-11-22T20:11:51.172-06:002013-11-22T20:11:51.172-06:00The project for this week is "Black Friday&qu...The project for this week is "Black Friday" - will not be asking for money or bitcoins - just trading links - all black and white stuff - promoting mine and blogging friends stuff - thinking outside the box...GOODSTUFFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297008455232643250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-24398292563856737892013-11-22T05:14:01.006-06:002013-11-22T05:14:01.006-06:00I have linked to this outstanding blog postGet the...I have linked to this outstanding blog post<br><br>Get the low down on Danielle Colby Cushman (American Pickers chick) in this monumental metablog. This issue will show you the way out of the box!<br><br>GOODSTUFF'S BLOGGING MAGAZINE (120th Issue)<br><br>http://goodstuffsworld.blogspot.com/2013/11/goodstuffs-blogging-magazine-120th-issue.htmlGOODSTUFFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297008455232643250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-73783371752688596952013-11-21T10:18:20.368-06:002013-11-21T10:18:20.368-06:00I need to startle some more citizens. Things have ...I need to startle some more citizens. Things have been too comfortable around here for too long!Katy Andershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-85927095770533924762013-11-21T03:19:24.291-06:002013-11-21T03:19:24.291-06:00"The Pranksters were now out among them, and ..."The Pranksters were now out among them, and it was exhilarating--look at the mothers staring!--and there was going to be holy terror in the land. But there would also be people who would look up out of their work-a-daddy lives in some town, some old guy, somebody's stenographer, and see this bus and register...delight, or just pure open-invitation wonder. Either way, the Intrepid Travelers figured, there was hope for these people. They weren't totally turned off...the citizens were suitably startled, outraged, delighted, nonplused, and would wheel around and start or else try to keep their cool by sidling glances like they weren't going to be impressed by any weird shit--and a few smiled in a frank way as if to say, I am with you--if only I could be with you!" — Tom Wolfe<br><br> The Electric Kool-Aid Acid TestGOODSTUFFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297008455232643250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-86984726198358226772013-11-20T20:04:21.722-06:002013-11-20T20:04:21.722-06:00There was an old Steve Colbert sketch from when he...There was an old Steve Colbert sketch from when he was on The Daily Show called "So You're Living in a Police State," where he mumbles a threat against the President in his own home so that he can ask the federal officers who come to arrest him if their survelliance revealed where he'd left his keys...Katy Andershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-51583169588836593072013-11-20T20:02:14.958-06:002013-11-20T20:02:14.958-06:00See? You don't get that sort of high concept t...See? You don't get that sort of high concept thinking on just any blog...Katy Andershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-76602106640603412942013-11-20T11:54:54.221-06:002013-11-20T11:54:54.221-06:00If Mad wants to have something serious to bitch ab...If Mad wants to have something serious to bitch about, he could remind those watching us that we shouldn't need Medic Alert to tell someone we've "fallen and we can't get up!" Right???<br><br> Why don't they see and hear the problem, and just send the rescue team?<br><br>Once again, our government overlords ignore our pleas for help.<br>squatlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00041016017342355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-8659339828968384032013-11-20T11:52:23.338-06:002013-11-20T11:52:23.338-06:00Fossilized adult diapers... what a concept! Fossilized adult diapers... what a concept! squatlohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00041016017342355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-42710249218047030252013-11-20T08:20:08.103-06:002013-11-20T08:20:08.103-06:00I try to reply to every comment. It's easier n...I try to reply to every comment. It's easier now than it was in the past, where I got a whole bunch of comments. People say cool things, though - usually way cooler than whatever was in my post to begin with!<br><br>I don't think there is an era I would rather live in on a permanent basis than this one. It might be fun to visit some other era, but... polio! smallpox! leprosy! bubonic plague!Katy Andershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-43115806414652895852013-11-20T04:25:20.241-06:002013-11-20T04:25:20.241-06:00Hi Katy, You're so good at replying and you do...Hi Katy, You're so good at replying and you do so so meaningfully to every comment.<br><br>I agree it isn't fun to beat up on someone. She's definitely not one-dimensional here or even a person to be scorned. I think your post about grandma shows that her thinking is a product of something far bigger and more dangerous than herself: her time.<br><br>And isn't it interesting how people cherry pick what they like about certain times?Ashley Ashbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17283480344689668408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-56703044610600991682013-11-19T12:17:05.570-06:002013-11-19T12:17:05.570-06:00I would definitely go to the future. I want to see...I would definitely go to the future. I want to see what happens! (although it might be fun to chill out in some pre-human environment, too)Katy Andershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-25348490025698684012013-11-19T11:23:45.387-06:002013-11-19T11:23:45.387-06:00While I do agree that the government spends money ...While I do agree that the government spends money on all kinds of stupid things, I wouldn't go so far as to think my neighbour got his Porsche through welfare ;) ... Although I could be wrong!<br>Just think, perhaps we have it all backwards all this time we've been trying to work and make a living and we have remained dirt poor throughout it, meanwhile all we had to do was start accepting welfare to get rich!! (Sorry, I'm horrible... I know... Don't put me in a room with your Gram.) <br><br>Where would you go if you had a time machine? Backward? The roaring 20's? Would you hang with the hippies? Would you start the lesbian revolution in the Middle Ages? Or would you trek forward and live in a glass bubble among the stars? Or umm... According to Gram can you even go forward? <br>... This is why I'm not an astrophysicist. (Did I even spell that right? Damn...!)Heatherhttp://mommyinthecloset.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-33822501454680348512013-11-19T09:52:13.707-06:002013-11-19T09:52:13.707-06:00Hi, Chiz!You know, there are so many things I DON&...Hi, Chiz!<br><br>You know, there are so many things I DON'T say when I'm around family - I don't mention that their kids are brats, they appear to be hopeless alcoholics, and their marriage appears to be s sham - that I always wonder why they can't grant me the same courtesy and NOT mention politics for like three sentences in the name of family harmony. <br><br>Talk about the damn weather for an hour, you know?Katy Andershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-27999733917057574202013-11-19T09:33:45.728-06:002013-11-19T09:33:45.728-06:00My step-father's father (step-grandfather?) wa...My step-father's father (step-grandfather?) was just like this. He was always yelling at my step-uncle about allowing one of his boys to have dolls. The arguments sounded like they were scripted to be on an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond. So many ridiculous points were made. That being said, I'm pretty sure my step-grandfather was right about my step-cousin being gay, though he could've came up with a better way to support his claim.<br><br>Also, his neighbors were a lesbian couple that he would frequently invite over for dinner, and then complain about the same things your grandmother does.Chizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278752118665353147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-30413310291512431052013-11-19T09:14:22.290-06:002013-11-19T09:14:22.290-06:00I do try to keep the blog a secret... If the gover...I do try to keep the blog a secret... <br><br>If the government is watching me or listening to my phone conversations, then there is some government worker who has a really crappy job. I mean, i'm not thrilled about domestic spying, but... I'm cleverly discouraging the government from spying on me personally by having a life that has gotta be boring as hell to watch!Katy Andershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-88676032579482893962013-11-19T09:02:34.064-06:002013-11-19T09:02:34.064-06:00First of all, I just figured out where you were in...First of all, I just figured out where you were in blogosphere! I don't use Google+ at all, so I had to figure out where your blog was. <br><br>Hi! (ha) <br><br>I LOVED this --- you know, your grandmother isn't the only one who keeps a tinfoil hat on her nightstand. My other half is constantly screaming, "THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING THAT!" I swear to GOD last night I was washing the dishes. We have this incredibly large window in front of my sink. It's beautiful when it's daylight out where I can see everything. But at night, it's pitch black out. So I said, "Geez, I feel like someone's watching me." <br><br>Mad quickly looks at me and says, "RIGHT???" <br><br>"What do you mean? People ARE watching me?" <br><br>"The government is always watching you, Deb! They have cameras on trees and drones as big as flies." <br><br>So, this is what I have to deal with. I'm glad I'm not alone.Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14986475569600734742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-16482093265912852202013-11-19T08:05:20.500-06:002013-11-19T08:05:20.500-06:00The thing is, she's pretty much the only famil...The thing is, she's pretty much the only family I have, so there is some... ethical obligation to stay connected. She's always there, a constant reminder that family is overrated...Katy Andershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-21200900692428283492013-11-19T07:54:18.824-06:002013-11-19T07:54:18.824-06:00It could be something that ALL of our old people a...It could be something that ALL of our old people are doing. You know, like that movie from the Eighties, "Cocoon," where the old folks are all planning to leave with the aliens. Someday, scientists are going to find some fossilized Ensure or Depends from the Paleozoic Era and know what happened.Katy Andershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003982716885685057.post-49000530928189560142013-11-18T16:34:23.779-06:002013-11-18T16:34:23.779-06:00Wow. Your grandmother sure sounds like a character...Wow. Your grandmother sure sounds like a character (bless her heart). <br><br>-BarbThe Beanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09294653760778922184noreply@blogger.com