Conquest of the Planet of the Bride of the Son of the Return of the Open Bar

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'd like to further mention that the potted plant was on the trail in the woods... nowhere near the water line. It could not have been washed ashore.

Either someone hiked a potted plant out into the woods, or...


Yeah, I don't really have an "or" for this.

[Cain]

Or the plant hiked itself.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

WHO IS WATERING PLANT?

[East Coast Hustle]

I'm assuming  you're talking about Sauvie Island, and that's a weird scenario.

however...

It would be SO MUCH WEIRDER if you were talking about Government Island.

[LMNO]

So, something happend over the weekend, and it wouldn't have without this board.

My Brother-In-Law was in town to see my show on Saturday, and his wife and Mrs LMNO and I went out to eat and have a few drinks.  Now, I get along with him; he's about 7 years younger, ex-marine, tattoo junkie, and a pretty stand up guy.  He does sort of revel in "white trash" cliches, though, and tends to promote an "I'm cool because I'm dumb" sort of attitude (even though he can be pretty damn smart when he wants to be).

So that's why I was kind of surprised when, after I had dropped a comment about never really liking basketball, he said, "yeah, it's boring.  Sometimes I call it [looks around furtively] 'Nigger Tennis'."  Then he giggled.  The two women nervously chuckled, in that "well, this is awkward" sort of way, and looked guilty and embarrassed.

That's where PD got involved.  I instantly flashed to the conversations we've had here, not only about race, but about what is Right To Do when you encounter it.  So rather than clear my throat, change the topic, and give him a pass, I said, "I don't think you looked around enough right then.  Because you didn't see me standing right here.  That was Not Cool."  Then I changed the subject and had a sip of my beer. 

I don't think it will change his behavior, except that he probably won't say that kind of shit around me anymore.  But I didn't feel that slimy residual guilt/shame that happens when I do the "don't want to start something, just ignore it" dance.

So thanks, PD.  I feel like you've helped me make myself a better person.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

So, something happend over the weekend, and it wouldn't have without this board.

My Brother-In-Law was in town to see my show on Saturday, and his wife and Mrs LMNO and I went out to eat and have a few drinks.  Now, I get along with him; he's about 7 years younger, ex-marine, tattoo junkie, and a pretty stand up guy.  He does sort of revel in "white trash" cliches, though, and tends to promote an "I'm cool because I'm dumb" sort of attitude (even though he can be pretty damn smart when he wants to be).

So that's why I was kind of surprised when, after I had dropped a comment about never really liking basketball, he said, "yeah, it's boring.  Sometimes I call it [looks around furtively] 'Nigger Tennis'."  Then he giggled.  The two women nervously chuckled, in that "well, this is awkward" sort of way, and looked guilty and embarrassed.

That's where PD got involved.  I instantly flashed to the conversations we've had here, not only about race, but about what is Right To Do when you encounter it.  So rather than clear my throat, change the topic, and give him a pass, I said, "I don't think you looked around enough right then.  Because you didn't see me standing right here.  That was Not Cool."  Then I changed the subject and had a sip of my beer. 

I don't think it will change his behavior, except that he probably won't say that kind of shit around me anymore.  But I didn't feel that slimy residual guilt/shame that happens when I do the "don't want to start something, just ignore it" dance.

So thanks, PD.  I feel like you've helped me make myself a better person.

Well done.

And my interbutts have risen from the dead, stronger than ever.  The computer, however, is groaning about "brains", and I have to smack it with a wrench now and again.

Also, 3 chapters added to LOBB.

[Juana]

Sometimes that's all you can do, LMNO. I'm glad hear the conversation, fraught or not, helped. 

Bermuda grass is an evil, ugly alien life form. You have to get all of the rhizomes, down to the last section, or it will invade and strangle everything in a given area.

at least it can be passed of as intentionally planted.
dallisgrass is the devil of grasses afaict.

It seems to be the grass of choice out here. Which makes sense, since it's nearly impossible to kill and the Fresno sun is murderous. We've tried everything, and the only way is to yank it out the hard way. I should dig a trench between my garden and the lawn, such as it is, to prevent it from invading.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Idiot Boss is demanding more stupid changes to things he already greenlit.

I want him to get hit by buses. ALL THE BUSES.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Sometimes that's all you can do, LMNO. I'm glad hear the conversation, fraught or not, helped. 

Bermuda grass is an evil, ugly alien life form. You have to get all of the rhizomes, down to the last section, or it will invade and strangle everything in a given area.

at least it can be passed of as intentionally planted.
dallisgrass is the devil of grasses afaict.

It seems to be the grass of choice out here. Which makes sense, since it's nearly impossible to kill and the Fresno sun is murderous. We've tried everything, and the only way is to yank it out the hard way. I should dig a trench between my garden and the lawn, such as it is, to prevent it from invading.

Grass.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Well, I can see that this is going to be one of those slow days on PD.  Given that, I think I'll write a little more for tomorrow.

I'll be back later on.

[Juana]

Sometimes that's all you can do, LMNO. I'm glad hear the conversation, fraught or not, helped. 

Bermuda grass is an evil, ugly alien life form. You have to get all of the rhizomes, down to the last section, or it will invade and strangle everything in a given area.

at least it can be passed of as intentionally planted.
dallisgrass is the devil of grasses afaict.

It seems to be the grass of choice out here. Which makes sense, since it's nearly impossible to kill and the Fresno sun is murderous. We've tried everything, and the only way is to yank it out the hard way. I should dig a trench between my garden and the lawn, such as it is, to prevent it from invading.

Grass.

Yeah, well, we're not quite a desert out here. Although I'm not sure that the grinding Sun of Tucson would kill it. We've tried to kill it before by not watering. Alas.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Sometimes that's all you can do, LMNO. I'm glad hear the conversation, fraught or not, helped. 

Bermuda grass is an evil, ugly alien life form. You have to get all of the rhizomes, down to the last section, or it will invade and strangle everything in a given area.

at least it can be passed of as intentionally planted.
dallisgrass is the devil of grasses afaict.

It seems to be the grass of choice out here. Which makes sense, since it's nearly impossible to kill and the Fresno sun is murderous. We've tried everything, and the only way is to yank it out the hard way. I should dig a trench between my garden and the lawn, such as it is, to prevent it from invading.

Grass.

Yeah, well, we're not quite a desert out here. Although I'm not sure that the grinding Sun of Tucson would kill it. We've tried to kill it before by not watering. Alas.

In Tucson itself, we have weeds, but that's because Tucson is basically a bowl.

[Elder Iptuous]

Sometimes that's all you can do, LMNO. I'm glad hear the conversation, fraught or not, helped. 

Bermuda grass is an evil, ugly alien life form. You have to get all of the rhizomes, down to the last section, or it will invade and strangle everything in a given area.

at least it can be passed of as intentionally planted.
dallisgrass is the devil of grasses afaict.

It seems to be the grass of choice out here. Which makes sense, since it's nearly impossible to kill and the Fresno sun is murderous. We've tried everything, and the only way is to yank it out the hard way. I should dig a trench between my garden and the lawn, such as it is, to prevent it from invading.

Grass.

Yeah, well, we're not quite a desert out here. Although I'm not sure that the grinding Sun of Tucson would kill it. We've tried to kill it before by not watering. Alas.

you know what kills it?  shade. 
i don't know if it's SOP where you are, but here, when they plant a suburb, they make sure the land is flat and treeless, then sprinkle house seeds on the ground, and then put Bermuda sod around them.  then, in order to say that the lots have trees, they plop some quick growing saplings on each yard, and the grass looks fine. then after a decade or so, the trees are big enough to provide shade, and the bermuda flees the shadow of it in terror, clinging doggedly to the sunny spots in the yard. then the homeowner either figures out that he has to have more than one type of grass, or goes mad trying to make it grow where it doesn't want to.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

You know what kills it?

[Lenin McCarthy]

Just discovered that if my county was an independent country, it would have the second or third highest gun ownership per capita in the world, roughly equivalent (54 per 100 inhabitants, but the number of unlicensed weapons could make it higher) to Yemen and behind only the US.