Althouse: At the Fluffy Cloud Café...

June 9, 2013

At the Fluffy Cloud Café...

... it's a serene place, but you can stir things up.

25 comments:

Saint Croix said...: Everybody's got something to hide!

Except for me and my monkey.; 6/9/13, 5:06 PM
Anonymous said...: The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'

Ronald Reagan; 6/9/13, 5:12 PM
Aridog said...: A cafe thread...yay. I've got a question to ask El Pollo Raylan...

Is that avatar of a piece of Navajo Folk Art, a chicken in cowboy hat and boots, something you collect, or just a coincidence because you liked it?; 6/9/13, 5:19 PM
rhhardin said...: New edge peened on scythe, with dog forced to pose ("sit") to make the pic interesting.

I'm turning the edge up a little less as the grass gets tougher to cut in June, but still turned up enough so that the scythe rides easily on the average grass height rather than digging down to the ground as scythes are meant to.

That way it just levels the tops.

The test will come when the clover areas get tall. Clover is a major scythe dragger.; 6/9/13, 5:33 PM
edutcher said...: Haven't seen anything like that since our last trip to Jamaica, mon.

Send us some of that sun.

Please.

PS Remember how Moochelle got on with Carla Bruni?

This past week, she didn't want to meet the Red Chinese First Lady.

Does she have a problem with being in the company of women better-looking than her?; 6/9/13, 6:09 PM
MountainMan said...: So, will we see some US Open blogging next week?

http://www.wcyb.com/sports/kresge-in-us-open/-/14590878/20460012/-/u0jr6g/-/index.html; 6/9/13, 7:03 PM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: Does she have a problem with being in the company of women better-looking than her?

If so, then Michelle must be living in a closet somewhere in the White House.

We have big fluffy clouds here too. Except they are thunderheads and with temps over 100 degrees, humidity less than 7% for the last week and relentless 20 to 30 mph winds that feel like an industrial strength blow dryer, we are cringing and awaiting dry lightening to spark some forest fires.

Ah, well......at least it might break the heat.; 6/9/13, 7:59 PM
Anonymous said...: Seventies Van, Parked at the Rest Stop.
Glowering Clouds on the Horizon.
Adding water from a Jug to the Radiator.; 6/9/13, 8:11 PM
Anonymous said...: Seventies Van in the Far Left Lane.
Eighteen-Wheel Semi Passing Slowly on The Right.
Long Steady Horns directed at cut-off shorts/cwwboy boots Girl in The Passenger Seat.
Her feet dangle Outside the Open Window.
Toe Ring.; 6/9/13, 8:20 PM
chickelit said...: Is that avatar of a piece of Navajo Folk Art, a chicken in cowboy hat and boots, something you collect, or just a coincidence because you liked it?

The name "Raylan" as a pun on "Real" and the new avatar were suggested to me by a friend on a different thread on a different blog.; 6/9/13, 8:21 PM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: New edge peened on scythe, with dog forced to pose ("sit") to make the pic interesting

Your dog looks somewhat apprehensive.

:-D; 6/9/13, 8:24 PM
Anonymous said...: Seventies Van Pulls off the Freeway.
Radiator Hose, Hissing.
Duct Tape.
Girl in Denim Cut-Offs and Cowboy Boots has Sweat darkening the Back of her Tank-Top.
Solved.; 6/9/13, 8:24 PM
Anonymous said...: It has Been a Long, Long Drive.
No One wants to Have Sex.
Anymore.
They Just want to Sleep.; 6/9/13, 8:26 PM
rhhardin said...: Your dog looks somewhat apprehensive.

Posing makes no sense to her, so it's a matter of waiting it out, whatever it is for.; 6/9/13, 8:29 PM
Anonymous said...: Seventies Van.
Male Hitch-hiker Smiling on the On-Ramp.
Uneasy Feeling: Drive Past.
Looks Nothing Like Jackson Browne.; 6/9/13, 8:34 PM
Chip Ahoy said...: Para bailar la bomba se necesita un poca de gracia, pero agitar la mar se necesita un chuchara de madera muy grande.

You can stir things up all you want over an dover but it just keeps returning to normal.; 6/9/13, 9:34 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: I think I saw Stephen King at the grocery store today. Neat! His name loomed large in my childhood because my father collected special editions of his books, and I would sneak off with them. I need to reread his book about writing. I remember liking it.; 6/9/13, 10:31 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: Got some InstaMorph plastic the other day. Great fun!

I bought it to make triominoes, but I haven't made the molds yet. (I'm also not certain that the material is suitable.)

Anyway, as I had no immediate use for it, I made a tree. Then my four year old colored the tree. I think his tree coloring was superior to my tree sculpting. Fun was had in any case.; 6/9/13, 11:12 PM
Saint Croix said...: It's kind of astounding how so many people don't give a shit until it hits them personally.

For instance, the press let all of Obama's scandals slide until he started spying on them.

Or consider this article. Congress is in an uproar because they use Verizon.

Ruh-ro Shaggy!

So now Congress is actually reading the Constitution and getting upset about all the violations.

"This seems like a violation of the Speech and Debate Clause of the Constitution."

And Senator Mark Kirk is worried about his own phone calls.

"could you assure to us that no phone inside the Capitol were monitored of members of Congress that would give a future executive branch, if they started pulling this kind of thing off, would give them unique leverage over the legislature?" he asked.

Yes, it's all about you, shit-for-brains.; 6/10/13, 4:18 AM
Saint Croix said...: This flagrant self-absorption reminds me of the Casey opinion, the most narcissistic judicial opinion ever written. Is Justice Kennedy pro-life? Is he pro-choice?

No, he's pro-Supreme Court! Lookin' out for #1.

And in his dissent, Scalia reduces slavery and the Civil War to How It Made The Supreme Court Look Bad.

Oh, poor Justice Taney! Poor, poor Justice Taney! His portrait is devastated.; 6/10/13, 4:20 AM
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Saint Croix said...: This flagrant self-absorption reminds me of the Casey opinion, the most narcissistic judicial opinion ever written. Is Justice Kennedy pro-life? Is he pro-choice?

No, he's pro-Supreme Court! Lookin' out for #1.

And in his dissent, Scalia reduces slavery and the Civil War to How It Made The Supreme Court Look Bad.

Oh, poor Justice Taney! Poor, poor Justice Taney! His portrait is devastated.; 6/10/13, 4:25 AM
Saint Croix said...: Yes, we are all governed by self-interest. Including me!

What's so annoying about liberals is that they are so out of it, they can't even recognize their own self-interest. So, for instance, Newsweek proclaims, "We Are All Socialists Now!" and heads right into bankruptcy.

Rather brilliant of the Framers to assume massive corruption by the people in government. Separation of powers and federalism, incredibly brilliant.

The people in power are so pissed at this thwarting of their will, they keep Madison off our money just for spite.; 6/10/13, 4:26 AM
rhhardin said...: Trevon Martin's mother, clip on the radio, "This month he would have been graduating..."; 6/10/13, 6:14 AM
Rusty said...: rhhardin said...
New edge peened on scythe,

Gotta ask.
Nerdy tech guy question.
Does peening work harden the edge so that it lasts longer?
Or what?; 6/10/13, 7:10 AM