We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:55:56 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Dang it. Why did Trias tag me with this ‘what do you’ thing? You’se a cruel man Trias. Posting it here because Kat’s Place (middleground) is so serious, unlike Argghhh! 1) What scares me: a) Losing my physical faculties, which I’m already starting to do. b) Losing my mental faculties (I know what you’re thinking, but no, not yet.). c) The idea that the inmates are running the asylum the world over. 2) People who make me laugh: a) Pro-comedians(Bill Cosby, Billy Connley, Gabriel Iglesias) b) People who do the same crap over and over with the expectation of a... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:45:00 -0600 JTG. You crack me up. I blame Saint Patrick. Yeah, I think I inherited the ability to reason(and un-reason) from my Gaelic background as well. Still pushing Denizen Solidarity are we, John? Leave them be. Just because they suck doesn't me we all have to try and emulate the suckitude. I've already got the last laugh: Jess chooses to be with me and not them. Nor am I the only Denizen with IL problems. There's someone else around here who would benefit from the innayouface to the ILs far more than I would. I'm with Cassie and Cricket on this: sometimes it's best just to soldier on mostly stolidly, and then complain about it while devouring mass quantities of choklit every three to four years(in Gollumese that's every three months). http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48528 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48528 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:37:20 -0600 Okay, then we just have a Castle Blogmeet near them, without you, sit next to them at a nice restaurant, and talk about guns. Lots and lots of guns. Especially the gurls. We at least owe you spoiling their dinner... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48511 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48511 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:32:08 -0600 Heck, Ry, I suffer from/enjoy the Celtic timprahmint, m'self! Scotch-Irish on Mom's side (lots of Marine uncles) and, I'm afraid, rather Sassenach on Dad's side. (Cold-blooded strategic-bombing AF types) I do seem to have been reasonably fortunate in the genetic hand I was dealt; I got the Celtic sensibilites of Mom's family without the susceptibility to diseases (knocks wood) and the autistic tendencies of Dad's side without the Saxon nastiness. I think I'm a genuine mix of the Scots and Irish, as I have "the long, narrow head of the priest-ridden race" (extremely dolichocephalic) and the bad teeth of the people from the Big Island. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48508 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48508 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 01:58:35 -0600 ry, I hears you too. My mil thinks I am a spoiled rich brat from CA who somehow tricked her darling into marrying me and goes around saying it to anyone who will listen. We have been married for 20 plus years, have gone through hell and back together, despited dire predictions that we would be divorced within three years. Uh huh. You did the right thing in moving away from that and believe me, there are some parents who don't know how to let go. But they did something right...they had her and so you deal with it. Sometime we should just kavetch about our inlaws. Hang in there. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48507 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48507 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 01:11:41 -0600 Chasing Amy? Brab, "Ry - It would be fun to have a Denizens love-fest at the range for your in-laws. We won't even make them stand in for Barney." Lake Osweego isn't that far from Seattle, but Indiana sure is. "What? Highly evolved West Coast Liberals hate me based on stereotypes and no real personal knowledge? No! Really, bring 'em out here, we'll turn them to the dark side." Sigh. What're trying to do? Make me life worse? I'm not going to subject Jess to that because it'll turn into a real hatefest storm of emails and phone calls. Sorry Boss. Not happening. You're a lovable fuzzball and all, but I really don't need the grief of getting nasty phone calls and emails or Jess getting emails and phone calls from her Parentals demanding that we get divorced(again!). Besides, the last time MIL came east she emberassed the hell out of me by insulting the waitress at me and Jess's favorite eatery(Logans Road House) by essentially calling the nice girl a hick. I'm just happy leaving them in their neuvo riche semi-retirement and calling it a quiet, peaceful, uneventful day that won't come back to haunt me some day when I get called into some sort of family councilling thing with them in the near future(did I mention my FIL is a psychiatrist?).(Jess on the otherhand, wrt her attitudes about weaponry, is a WHOLE other story. ;) ) ANd I haven't heard back from KAt yet. Any chance we could get SWWBO to let Kat(she's kinda local for you guys right?) know there's the potential of a loaner 'puter? ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48502 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48502 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 23:52:53 -0600 Umm, that should be, "a lot of your childhood memorabilia" He did forget to destroy/discard some things. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48465 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48465 Sat, 29 Jul 2006 17:37:06 -0600 Hey, Ry, you married into that family; your choice, you being presumably a grownup qualified to make decisions like that. How would you feel if your own only genetic brother stormed into yer house when you weren't present, grabbed and stole all important records, threw out or stole all of your childhood memorabilia, and then sued you for being insufficiently competent as a trustee of your parents' estate? That's what my *EX*- brother did to me! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48463 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48463 Sat, 29 Jul 2006 17:30:25 -0600 not to be the girl you take home to meet the parents, lol.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48462 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48462 Sat, 29 Jul 2006 17:06:19 -0600 Ry - It would be fun to have a Denizens love-fest at the range for your in-laws. We won't even make them stand in for Barney. By the by - BCR and I finally got to meet Francis Marion today at the Bulls Eye -- Neener, Neener! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48460 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48460 Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:03:26 -0600 What? Highly evolved West Coast Liberals hate me based on stereotypes and no real personal knowledge? No! Really, bring 'em out here, we'll turn them to the dark side. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48438 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48438 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:54:24 -0600 Minor? Trias, are you known for understatement? Try brink of nuclear war. Seriously. The needling and other bullus chitus got so bad over a period of 2 hours that I had to walk out of Jess' grandparents 50th wedding anniversary party to keep myself from loudly going off on my father-in-law. These people don't play fair, ever. they don't believe anyone else but them ever knows what's right for anyone and in particular for their daughter. My gawd, when Jess told them I was working for the republican party here in Indiana back in '04 Jess' mother told Jess to throw me out of the house before I beat her, forced her to quit her career, and made her live barefoot and preggers because she heard Cameron Diaz lay it all on the line on Oprah. I kid you not. Of course, she played the proper victim when I called her on that bullus chitus. CC'd an email containing what I said to the entire family while asking an old friend of mine(Mrs.E, my hs English teacher actually) asking if I was prone to moments of violence and instability. I kid you not. It takes a severe act of will not to break a finger waved not more than 1/2" from my face during a 2hr lecture by Jess' father that my own Mother would never deign to give me. My temper is begining to wear thin with these people. Know what I'm sayin'? Don't even ask what they said when Jess told them that The Armorer wanted to take them to a shooting range as a family and friends outing(they hates you John. Hatessssss. They think you're an evil influence who eggs me on in my violent and evil ways.). And they wonder why I don't want to visit every Christmas, Spring Break, and summer vacation. "It's getting cobwebs." I'm working on it. There's an idea running around in my head, but I'm rather hesitant to write anything substantive. I took a nasty criticism hit when visiting my friend Least Weasel last weekend. He told me I didn't know chit and it showed(particularly wrt information operations)----himself a Ranger and Army Reserve vet who typically likes positive press for the military. So I'm a bit hesitant to do anything right now. I'm tempted to loan a spare 'puter Jess and I have to Kat, but I don't really have the means to get it to her. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48437 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48437 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:31:33 -0600 Mwahahaha. [Sticks pinky in mouth]. Speaking of Kat's place post something. It's getting cobwebs. My magik powas reveal some minor inlaw issues.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48435 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/tagged_gollum_style.html#comment-48435 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:42:09 -0600