KOEB 8/9/05: The Floatacular

[Berry Cool]

So named because of how I feel tonight after last night...



Thanks, Keith. Just for being clear-eyed and just for being you.

[RevCheesehead]

1. Hi, KOEBers (and the men who love us)

:hi: Sounds like Keith got our letters! :loveya:

[crispini]

5. eh? he did?

I missed the intro. what did he say that makes you say that?

[Patsy Stone]

2. I'm so sorry for Dana Reeve

and I'm happy you're well, KO.

:loveya::loveya::loveya:

I would have liked him to have had Cindy on, too. In the story on the front page of DU it says that three other MSNBC shows cancelled for no reason. I wonder if Countdown is one of them? Maybe she'll be on later this week.

Hi, everyone!

[RevCheesehead]

3. Who's calling the shots at MSRNC?

What neo-con is running the place?

Hi, Patsy :hi:

[Patsy Stone]

9. Not a clue

Who can say anymore? Let's all go watch Network together.

:hi: Rev!

[Berry Cool]

58. I hope Cindy is on, and I ache for Dana too.

Other DU'ers are starting to give him a hard time for not covering Cindy, implying it's an eeevul MSNBC conspiracy of some kind.

And my heart is breaking for Dana Reeve.

:hi: and :loveya: for all. Including Keith.

[CC]

92. Hello all, a quick read through and

some comments. First, the SO is still alive but living on the edge with the deck building and all. Rained today so that gave him one more day to live. :rofl: End of Monday finally stop his yelling and cussing at inanimate objects by threatening to go in the house and lock him out until he finished the deck alone. (His keys, phone etc were in the house.). He loses his temper at his stupidity too easily.

Saw KO yesterday but well decided not to post when it was still raw. Glad he is doing ok and does not have cancer, understand his wanting to lecture on smoking. also good thing you have a good dentist that checked and that you went to the dentist regularly.

On a personal note here, if anyone finds a new lump, bump knot that is unexplained, get it check right away. That can be the differences between a great outcome and death. SO has had Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma 3 times in the last 10 years. Not cured but manageable and is considered chronic at this point. The second time he almost waited too long and before his first chemo that time was considered terminal and chemo was only to keep him alive through Xmas, he started chemo in April. He got lucky because his "responds so well to chemo."

BTW love the SO to death but he still better watch himself on the deck building if he wants to be pain free. :rofl:

[Berry Cool]

82. For the record, Countdown is not listed among the shows

that canceled with Cindy.

I have to admit, I am getting really ticked off at DU in general this week. There are at least three or four separate threads of people bitching that Keith is just a MSM whore because he isn't covering Cindy Sheehan. All with posts from people who appear to have no idea what he went through last week. And all ripping him to shreds for the Military Idol segment and for showing a single lousy clip of the Runaway Bride mowing a lawn. As if he made those his two top stories of the day or something.

Of course, I was pissed with DU last week too, with all the threads whose basic theme seemed to be: "So, Ohio is losing a lot of kids in the war. Too damn bad. They voted Bush into office and stuck us with him--it is time all those idiots woke up. They deserve what they get." And many of them ripping into the families of the dead, assuming they were all Bush supporters, when I was reading newspapers in which several of them were saying they were NOT and they didn't even want their kids to go.

How soon they forget that not everyone in Ohio voted for Bush. How soon they forget that we may never know how many didn't, or might not have given the chance. Why should they, when it's so easy to just blame a whole state for reelecting him?

This is bitter medicine but it has to be doled out. The left can be as damn priggish and self-righteous as the right when it wants to be. And I, for one, am sick of it.

[RevCheesehead]

83. Berry, these are the same assholes who were hating on Kerry

right after the election. It's a friggin herd mentality, and some people just wanna bitch, ya know?

Hey, I was just in the lounge, and TWO of the threads I was on got locked! DU is in a fighting mood, that's all.

[gkhouston]

125. agreed, DU has been in a very ugly mood lately

and I don't get dumping on the military families. A lot of people joined up before Iraq started, a lot truly want to serve their country, and frankly a lot of them join the military because that's the best option they have in this shit economy. To pain them all as mindless Bushbots is grossly unfair. I don't support this war at all, but that's no excuse to crap on the young men and women caught up in the middle of it -- or their families.

[CC]

94. Hang in the Berry

Most of us know OH was stolen and don't blame most of Ohio. In any group of people you will have those that find pleasure in knocking anyone they can. Its best just to ignore those since the worst thing you can do to a person is refuse to acknowledge they are there.

[crispini]

4. Hello possums!

I get to be here for the live thread tonight. And how splendiferous does our guy look tonight, eh? Il est tres beau!

[RevCheesehead]

6. Hi, Crispini

Did you hear the opening? Keith is going to help you quit! :loveya:

[crispini]

8. LOL, I know what kind of prize I'd like

as a reward! :evilgrin:

[Berry Cool]

60. Yeah. So, is that enough incentive for ya????

Damn, he's making me wish I smoked, so I could tell him my quitting stories.

I doubt that was his intention, but oh well.

Anyway, see? Uncle Keef is going to help you.

In case no one else noticed, he made last night's lecture into a blog today. Only he completely mis-dated it so it reads last night at 9-something pm. Guess he was a bit distracted.

[Patsy Stone]

7. Que handsome!

He does look yummy.

Did you see Dame Edna on Broadway? Is she still there? If she is, and you haven't -- do!

[crispini]

13. Seen her touring a couple of times.

She is too fun.

[Patsy Stone]

15. By the end of the show your face hurts, doesn't it?

So good.



ed: photy-graph

[crispini]

17. Oh yes.

Most excellent.

[CC]

96. Welcome back

crispini! Glad you had a great time in NYC but I was really hoping to see an oddball segment on Keith getting jumped by a woman on the streets of NY and being placed in pink fur-lined handcuffs.

[RevCheesehead]

10. See Keith's tumor on the web.

I wonder if he named it... like the kid with "Frank," or Andy's "Bev".

[crispini]

12. Gick. I'll wait till I've finished eating.

of course those carcinomas he showed right after that were pretty ick-tastic.

[Patsy Stone]

14. LOL

Ick-tastic.

I thought same thing myself. "Why these?"

[RevCheesehead]

18. He could auction it on e-bay.

The tumor OR the photo. Guaranteed, someone would buy it.

[crispini]

19. ROFL!

Double icktackular! And I'm sure you're right!

[Berry Cool]

61. And he put the video from last night online

in PC format, of course...ghhhh.

But of course that's not his fault.

Gee, I never thought I'd get up close and personal in Keith's mouth. Just goes to show you, you never know.

[Patsy Stone]

11. Spectacular idea, KO.

Tips to quit. And thanks for the choice on whether to view the tumor picture.

See, emails do work. :)

[crispini]

16. I am so glad they got home ok.

BIG relief when I turned on the news this AM.

[RevCheesehead]

20. "Our nightly stroll down the boulevard of brainless endeavors"

**swoon** I love it when he does that. :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

62. Me too.

Boy, he was just full of silly giddy glee tonight...the silly giddy glee of a man who has dodged a bullet (for the time being anyway) and knows it. And it was a joy to see.

:loveya: for Keith in silly giddy glee.

[RevCheesehead]

69. Not to mention the Simpsons AND Python reference,

along with Bob and Ray. :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

74. Yeah, but he missed SCTV!

and Lord knows they have predicted most of the happenings of the past two decades!

[crispini]

21. I would SO watch this kind of bullfighting.

Most excellent.

GET OUT, he's showing the Novak clip again. :rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

22. And he adds "I just love that clip"

The SNARK is back!!

[Patsy Stone]

23. Who loves Squeeze???

Show of hands.

Like I could love you any more, Keef. :loveya:

[bettyellen]

31. love squeeze!

:hi:
crazy busy, but always checking your threads, guys!
:loveya:

[Patsy Stone]

43. Of course you do...

and that's why :loveya:! Hey, lady.

[Berry Cool]

64. My hand is waving frantically in the Squeeze fandom...

Couldn't have picked a better song!

I don't have enough floaties for him tonight. :loveya:

[RevCheesehead]

24. I do wish they'd drop the "Runaway Bride" thing.

Jack McCaffrey (?) on CNN had a good observation. Wolf was trying to get him to make a snarky comment, asking "what do you think about Jennifer Wilbanks having to push that mower?" Jack responded with, "well, it's community service. What she did wasn't so awful, except that the media got ahold of the story and wouldn't let it go, days on end. If this happened to anyone else, we wouldn't know about it." :thumbsup:

[crispini]

27. a fuckin men, alleluia! nt

[Berry Cool]

65. But at least Keith had fun with it.

"She's not preparing for a wedding, but a WEEDING..."

The fun he had with that clip was just too much.

[Patsy Stone]

25. The Kool-Aid finally wore off.

It's like Dorothy and her pals waking up in the poppy fields because of the snow...

Why did it take so long?

[RevCheesehead]

28. Because Glinda was drinking heavily during the war?

Even she couldn't conjure up enough magic to make that disappear.

[crispini]

26. what did they know and when did they know it?

I'm so tired of all this bs.....

[bleever]

29. Hola, amigas. Is Keef going to get better marks in attendance

now that he's dealt with his cancer scare?

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

30. Well, if it ain't "Long Joe Bleever"

Arrgh! ;)

[bleever]

33. Actually, "bleever" is a pseudonym. My real name is

Joe Shlabotnik. And I had to become a pirate after the loss of one eye resulted in a .127 batting average, thus ending my major league career.

Argh.

[RevCheesehead]

35. One moment of passion, and you NEVER live it down.

Then again, I don't recall inviting anyone to peek. :evilgrin:

[bettyellen]

36. boy sounds like i missed some good stuff! !

hiya cheese, bleever!!
what have you all been up to?

[RevCheesehead]

40. Hi, bettyellen.

Have you accidentally gotten engaged again?

Nothing new here, we're still re-hashing old stuff from the spring... you know, how Bleever lost his eye when a flying bodice-snap hit him in the face. :)

[bleever]

48. I'm back after a week of internet trouble, changing ISPs.

Got my ringside seat for the demise of the evil * empire.

How are you, BE? Did you get that bathtub yet?

[Berry Cool]

66. Welcome back, bleev!

We missed ya! :hug:

[bettyellen]

77. Bathtub saga: They made me an offer I couldn't refuse!

If I wait a couple more months and agree to live one floor higher i get to pick up a new deep one! and one of the rooms is a bit bigger. So I'm going to be in for Thanksgiving. Or Xmas. by the time i get it, i'm going to
but it could be the tub of my dreams.
:D

[Patsy Stone]

44. Tell us all about it

The Doctor is WAY in. :hi:

That'll be five cents please.

[bleever]

57. One day, a long time ago, I was minding my own business,

rearranging the cases of Fresca, Tab, and Mountain Dew in the KOEB storeroom, when I heard small, furtive cries that sounded like someone in distress.

I was able to catch a glimpse, through a small (1/4") hole in the wall, of two writhing figures. Realizing that I was intruding on a private moment, I lingered no more than ten or fifteen minutes, when BING a button or snap or some other bodice-fastening item scored a direct hit on my innocent eye.

That ended my ability to hit breaking pitches, and I was quickly sent down to the minors, where I began drinking heavily to deal with my shattered self-esteem.

It was only later, when I was sitting in a bar in beautiful downtown Burbank, that my eye patch attracted the attention of one of Harlequin's top editors, who informed me that I would be perfect as a model for the cover of their fine literary offerings.

Thus was I saved from the ruin brought about by my selfless desire to safeguard the well-being of fellow KOEB members.

[Berry Cool]

75. And you know what the best thing is, folks?

His rookie card is still highly valuable, according to Keith, who should know.

Because of, well, the fun of collecting, of course. It's not worth a dime monetarily. Let's get serious.

[Patsy Stone]

79. And who said chivalry was dead?

That was a beautiful and touching tale.
Arrr...

[CC]

99. You gotta

watch the size of those peepholes. Should never drill one over 1/8 inch, 1/16 if the bodice has small snaps. :rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

101. Sweetie,

There isn't much about me that's small at all. :)

[CC]

105. Small snaps means

lots more of them to make that ripping sound. lol

[RevCheesehead]

108. True, dat.

But remember, speed is essential. :7

[CC]

110. Thought that

was why it had snaps instead of tiny buttons.

[RevCheesehead]

111. Actually, it's because they're re-useable.

I don't have enough cash to keep myself supplied in bodices, so I go for the economical, practical, yet always sexy snaps. :)

[crispini]

32. damn, that tie is so nummy.

Must. Post. Floaties! :loveya:

boy, this guy is really laying it out re: Iraq! :thumbsup:

[bleever]

59. I saw that tie and thought: good night for crispi to be here.

:hi:

[bleever]

34. Bratwurst eating contest! How come the winners are always skinny?

One of those divine mysteries.

:shrug:

[RevCheesehead]

37. She's one of those "professional eaters"

(I'm an amateur) Seriously, she was in the Hot Dog eating contest over the 4th of July. They broadcast it on ESPN, because apparently now "competitive eating" is a sport. :shrug:

[Muffstser]

38. Hi, gang! Have I missed much?

Just walked in the door. If I've missed Britney Spears Puppet Theatre, I'll never forgive myself. :)

[Berry Cool]

67. Unfortunately, he didn't do Puppet Theatre for it as implied.

Too bad, really. But hey, he can't do everything (or CAN he?).

[crispini]

39. Is this reporter wearing our tie?

It's everywhere. It's the omni-tie. :P

[Patsy Stone]

46. I thought the same thing!

How funny. I have to say that sheriff didn't instill confidence in me. What was with that courthouse insanity? OMG! :crazy:

[Berry Cool]

68. It's another KOEB Vulcan mind-meld!

My word, does that tie get around! :-)

[SharonRB]

122. I had to tape last night and watch when I got home

I thought the same thing about that tie. Hubby had the computer dismantled when I got home from dinner with a friend and he couldn't get it put back together correctly,so now he has to take it in again. I wish he's just stop fooling with it. It's been working so well since we got it back.

[crispini]

123. are you married to my dad?

same thing -- can't stop messing with PCs. luckily he's got a million lying around the house. total geek. :P

[SharonRB]

124. I don't think so....

LOL He just can't leave well enough alone. Always messing around. We finally got it fixed and he was trying to hook up an extra fan or something -- who knows. Put it back together and it didn't work anymore. The people at the computer store are going to start running in the other direction when they see him coming. And he's a computer consultant -- been out of work for two years, but that's what he did and is trying to do again. Unfortunately we only have the one computer at home (if you don't count the old, old, old TRS-80 still sitting upstairs that he refuses to get rid of).

[crispini]

41. "Pop-tart Britney Spears!"

I am SO stealing that. :rofl:

[Muffstser]

42. Multiple Paris! Parie?

Oh, Gawd. That made my day.

[Patsy Stone]

45. Parii, I believe. :)

How are ya?

[RevCheesehead]

47. Again with the fluff for the #1 story???

This is getting disappointing. If this is Carey's doing, he's gotta go.


BTW, Crispini, David :loveya: Gregory was doing Hardball tonight. He did a fantastic job - I could actually follow the interviews, because he didn't keep interrupting them with his own comments.

[crispini]

50. The #1 story is usually pretty fluffy.

David :loveya: Gregory... I'll haveta make a point of catching the Hardball rerun.

OMG, this guy in the pastel shirt! :rofl: Yippee!

[Muffstser]

51. I gotta VERY respectfully disagree here.

Maybe not on a regular basis, but there's been so much dark stuff the past few days, I'll take a laugh at the end of the day.

[crispini]

54. By the way, the Wikipedia entry for David Gregory?

Authored by... moi. :blush: Hey, I dropped by, there was bupkis, so I just whipped something up. I'm not saying it's wonderful but it also hasn't been changed or added to in a while (feel free to add to it, btw.)

[RevCheesehead]

55. Is there drool involved?

Not that he'd mind, but it could be used for DNA evidence.

[crispini]

63. LOL.

No, I was good. It's pretty bare-bones, though. Feel free to add anything you run across!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gregory_%28journalist%29

[Berry Cool]

70. Now, don't get so mad at Carey.

Especially after his wonderful essay on Peter Jennings.

We don't know he did this. One thing we do know is that it made Monica smile. And even better, it made KEITH smile no end. He had a GREAT time with that story. And anything that makes Keith smile makes me happy.

[Muffstser]

49. KO is SOOOOOOOOOOOO back...

That snarky smile before more "military idol" says it all.

[Patsy Stone]

53. Not the rolling of the eyes before the Britney story?

That was delicious. :)

[Berry Cool]

71. The eye-roll was the most deliciously snarky moment of the night.

This whole night told me that emotionally, he's going to be okay.

Maybe his mouth is hurting less too. We can sure hope.

[Patsy Stone]

52. Why, oh why, do people try and sing the Star Spangled Banner?

It is the most impossible song to sing. Pick something else, people!

[Berry Cool]

73. Yeah, like "Nessun Dorma."

It might be less challenging!

All in all, this was a wonderful night for Keith.

Now he just has to deal with the criticism of the fatheads who think:

1. he's deliberately avoiding the Cindy story (yeah, as if Keith ever deliberately avoids ANYTHING like that)

and

2. that by making his statement as he did last night, he took the spotlight away from Peter Jennings and tastelessly turned it on himself.

I should have known some losers/Keith-haters would say that. But those people just don't get it. They missed his whole message...which is that people are in denial about cancer until it happens to THEM. And that he was one of them. And that until it happens to YOU, you are one of them, too.

I highly suspect the people who accused him of turning the spotlight on himself have never had cancer and don't know one iota of what it feels to feel like he did. And they won't...until it happens to them. In the meantime, they have missed the entire point.

[Patsy Stone]

120. There are so many people

who focus on one issue. There are also so many small-minded people.

The mark of great writing is if it's personal and engaging and evokes a response. That piece did all of that. Don't waste energy with haters.

[Berry Cool]

121. I know I shouldn't waste time with the monmaniacs

but even I get overcome sometimes.

[RevCheesehead]

56. Can anyone do a rain dance for me?

It is trying so hard to rain! Overcast, windy, distant thunder, but no rain yet. We are so dry - I haven't had the grass cut since the 4th of July weekend. (I miss the lawn-boy)

[RevCheesehead]

72. PRAISE JESUS! IT'S RAINING!!!!

Whoever did the rain dance, THANK YOU!!! :woohoo:

[Berry Cool]

76. And God said, "Let there be rain..."

Hey, it's the least Ohio could do after the torrents we got yesterday at one point.

[bleever]

78. Falling from heaven.

Maybe someone up there was doing the dancing.

When you wake up tomorrow I hope everything smells fresh and alive (mental nature photograph).

:)

[RevCheesehead]

80. Actually, everything smells fishy and harbor-y.

The rain must have come off the Lake. :freak:

[sparky_in_ma]

81. Hi Rev

It was me...I had fish for dinner.:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

84. SPARKIEEE !!!!!!!!

:hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya::hug::loveya:

[sparky_in_ma]

85. How ya doin sweetie?

:loveya: I had to set the blueprints down and indulge for awhile.

[RevCheesehead]

86. Indulge away.

Looks like nearly everyone's gone. Wanna sit by the fireplace? Or go outside and smell the rain?

[sparky_in_ma]

87. Smell the rain

We got some here today. It was nice. :D

[RevCheesehead]

88. I don't know if I can take all this joy..

first the rain, then YOU come back!! *sigh* Life is good!

[sparky_in_ma]

89. I've missed being on

Hopefully I can do it in moderation.:D

[crispini]

90. Well look what the cat drug in!

:hi: Howdy boy! You've been missed around here! :hi:

[sparky_in_ma]

93. Hi crispini

:hug:

[RevCheesehead]

91. I have complete faith in you.

How's work going? Still keeping you occupied?

[sparky_in_ma]

95. Work's been wicked busy.

I bring prints home every night. x( You haven't been hanging around any strange boiler rooms while I've been gone have you?

[RevCheesehead]

97. Nope, not me.

Thought about it, maybe, but nope - I knew you'd return. :P

[sparky_in_ma]

98. Thinking about it is OK

Even Jimmy Carter lusted in his heart.:P

[CC]

102. Hi ya sparks

Good to know you are a live and well. Now seito needs to check in and any other MKOs (Missing KOEBers.)

[sparky_in_ma]

103. Hi CC

:hug:

[CC]

107. I have learned the hard

way to go looking at profiles of those that are missing for a long time. Just to be sure they are able to get back.

:hug: back at ya. Work can so get in the way of fun.

[RevCheesehead]

104. As I recall, he was also attacked by a killer rabbit.

I'm just sayin'. :shrug:

[sparky_in_ma]

112. LOL

I did have to brake for a bear on the way to work this morning.

[RevCheesehead]

114. Was it frolicking with Berry?

And how is Jamie, the wonder-kitty? Give her a scratch behind the ears from me, will ya?

[sparky_in_ma]

116. : )

She's doing great. Her Highness is getting a belly rub right now.

[RevCheesehead]

118. It's wonderful seeing you again.

Come back, often, if you can. :hug:
I've got to get to bed - I have a meeting tomorrow morning.

[sparky_in_ma]

119. Nite Rev

:hug:

[CC]

100. Glad you got

rain now please keep it out there at least until Sunday. Must get this deck finished or I might have to wait another 3 f'ing years before the man starts on it again.

[RevCheesehead]

106. If it were up to me, it'd stay for a week.

Of course, this is Shanty Days weekend, and we're supposed to be in the parade on Saturday. Forecast? Possible rain. It's hard to not be disappointed, but I think we need the rain more.

How are the ferrets doing? And what do they do when he gets mad? Do they hide, or bite him?

[CC]

109. Well if it leaves

you for Sat. and slowly heads this way for Sunday would be ok.

The ferrets are great and he stays downstairs after having a temper tantrum cause I do not do tantrums and ummmmmmm make it worse on purpose.:evilgrin: They are a bit confused as to why he is sleeping in their bed these days and have been biting his toes to move his feet from their sleeping spot. The cats have been trying to push him out of the bed too.

[RevCheesehead]

113. Critters.

You're lucky they haven't kicked YOU out of the bed - or the house.
Oh, wait - they did, didn't they? :rofl:

[CC]

115. Its me that feeds

them and its me they sleep on...so figure I am safe.

BTW saw you note on Roo's food, Big hugs. I had so much frozen for Gizmo that I have been heating it up and feeding it to the other ferrets as a treat. Can't keep it frozen long and well was hard to just throw it out, and the others love it as a treat. He is still with you.

I need to get to bed since I am setting the alarm for 5 am so we can be working by 7. Gives Terry that couple hours of relaxation (the only he will get for the day) and me time to not be morning mean before working. Have a good night and sweet dreams.

Edited for typos and for a sweet dreams to Sparks. night

[RevCheesehead]

117. Nite, Ferrettessa.

Good luck, and good weather tomorrow! :hi: