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

[Salty]

Moose hunting. That seems like it would be better left to, like, orcas and other, less difficult to trample to death, creatures.

That is exactly why WE (humans) have to kill and eat as many of their delicious asses as possible. We can't let THEM get the upper hand.

I'd love to kill and eat one. So far all my encounters involve bring late to work because the damned thing is in the yard with its spawn. I ought to be allow to kill them right then and there, but they have rules about that kind of thing.

[AFK]

The Moose Lottery is a big deal here in Maine.  They will only allow so many licenses in any given season so they'll have a literal lottery to see who gets the opportunity to go after the furry tanks.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

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.

Yeah, no, that doesn't work. We've torn out the entire front lawn and covered it with shade cloth and two inches of bark and it still thrives. Anytime we have to pull up the cloth to relay/replace it, we have to pull out a disgusting network of ghostly pale roots. It also survives boiling water. The leaves don't, of course, but it's back in full strength in a week or two.


Nigel, this is Bermudagrass.

It is an extremely hardy vegetation that thrives in hostile situations?

Naturally, people hate it. We hate anything we can't easily dominate or kill.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Moose Lottery

Moose Lottery

Moose Lottery

Moose Lottery

[The Good Reverend Roger]

AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/03/05/the_ku_klux_klan_a_brochure_for_the_organization_s_summer_resort.html?wpisrc=obinsite

Enough is enough. Going to bed.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I accidentally all topics read.

SHIT, FUCK, DAMN.

YOU'RE FUCKED FOREVER!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

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.

It's the West end of Hayden Island.

Oh! Well then it's probably part of the "conservation effort" out there.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Port of Portland: LOOK, WE'RE ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE. WE BROUGHT A PLANT!

Jesus, I had to spend $850,000 to make this shithole environmentally responsible.

I should have just bought some daisies or some shit.

Or a windowbox, with chives.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/03/05/the_ku_klux_klan_a_brochure_for_the_organization_s_summer_resort.html?wpisrc=obinsite

Enough is enough. Going to bed.

Whaaaaat that is both horrifying and delightful! No dust to avoid! 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

So, I don't know if I really know what I've gotten myself into, here. Four classes, including chemistry prep, is a lot of work and my schedule is mildly insane. Tuesdays are going to be the hardest until my internship ends, as I have to be at school at nine for lab, get out of lecture at 2:20, and have to head straight downtown for my internship, and then don't get home until 8. 13 hours of GO GO GO GO GO.

But, if I can pull four classes off and survive, I am going to double major in biology and psychology. I think it will make me more competitive on my grad school app.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/03/05/the_ku_klux_klan_a_brochure_for_the_organization_s_summer_resort.html?wpisrc=obinsite

Enough is enough. Going to bed.

Rockport TEXAS. 

[tyrannosaurus vex]

Since the Internet has been shown to cause Aspergers after prolonged exposure, I really don't know the answer to this question: Is it dickish of me to, when someone posts a sappy picture of a Southerplantation looking all pretty, say "I bet the view is even better from the slave quarters." ?

And when she replies with the usual butthurt about just enjoying a pretty scene without making a statement*, can I say "even Auscwhitz is probably attractive from the right angle" without being a self-righteous fuck?


*actually what she said was, "everything always looks better from the outside looking in," which to my ears sounds like something Nathan Bedford Forrest would say.

[Cain]

Another book on Gladio out.  *Sigh*, my reading list never seems to decrease in size.

Lets see if this book is actually any good.  I hope so, as there is a significant dearth of decent material on the subject.  Going by the subtitle, he seems to at least understand the basics: Pentagon + Nazis + Mafia, and apparently brings up a lot of new information...but given the kind of people to be interested in such a book, who knows how much of it is actually worthwhile?

Well, I'll find out, I guess.  I do have a week's holiday coming up, after all.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

So...


My son graduates high school at the end of May.

Where the fuck did the time go?!?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

So...


My son graduates high school at the end of May.

Where the fuck did the time go?!?

I warned you about that shit.