Althouse: At the New Café...

July 18, 2015

At the New Café...

... you can plug right in.

48 comments:

David said...: She has ways of making you talk.; 7/18/15, 1:20 PM
Rusty said...: is that yours, Althouse?
It's a good composition.; 7/18/15, 1:28 PM
Ann Althouse said...: It's my photograph.

It's not my café.; 7/18/15, 1:35 PM
rhhardin said...: Meanwhile, below.; 7/18/15, 1:46 PM
YoungHegelian said...: Okay, I was talking to the missus the other day & I noticed a pattern: all of our nieces who have past puberty & are low 20's or younger, on her & my side of the family (total of 5), have issues around food. Not bulimia or anorexia, mind you, just some sort of weirdness around food. Not true for any of the nephews, who are fairly omnivorous.

Small sample size, I know. But, is the way it is now for girls/young women? Or, do me & the missus just both have strange extended families?; 7/18/15, 1:56 PM
Chris N said...: Nicely done, Althouse.; 7/18/15, 1:58 PM
Hagar said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 7/18/15, 2:43 PM
Hagar said...: I think Gloria Steinem was wrong in her comment that a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.

Every woman needs a man to complain about.; 7/18/15, 2:58 PM
Julie C said...: Saw Van Halen last week. Eddie is amazing. David Lee Roth not so much.; 7/18/15, 3:06 PM
Will Cate said...: Bit of an odd place for an AC outlet...; 7/18/15, 4:06 PM
MayBee said...: New question for Democrat presidential debates: Do all lives matter? Do white lives matter?; 7/18/15, 6:35 PM
Curious George said...: Juan Williams is the dumbest motherfucker on the planet.; 7/18/15, 7:31 PM
rhhardin said...: Heel.

The lines I've seen from Trump on McCain, I side with Trump.

It's not often that Iowahawk gets something that wrong.

You honor people for being called and going, not for being shot down. Everybody gets that wrong.; 7/18/15, 7:32 PM
Rusty said...: Ann Althouse said...
It's my photograph.

It's not my café.

Yeah. I got that.
Good eye, though.; 7/18/15, 7:35 PM
Laslo Spatula said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 7/18/15, 7:39 PM
Laslo Spatula said...: I once had sex with an office chair.

No, really.

It belonged to this hot young accounting chick who routinely wore short skirts and high heels. She would sit and rub forwards against the chair seat, push herself languorously backwards, cross and uncross her legs and hip-squigglely wiggle: the dark gray herringbone chair fabric remembered everything.

So I was in the office after hours when I had to know: does the hot young accounting chick wear panties?

The chair told me 'No'.

By smell.

So I fucked that chair-seat rotten.

I am Laslo.; 7/18/15, 7:39 PM
pm317 said...: Nice picture.; 7/18/15, 7:39 PM
pm317 said...: @Will Cate, old house is my guess.; 7/18/15, 7:41 PM
Laslo Spatula said...: I fucked that office chair every way a man could fuck an office chair: missionary, cowgirl, reverse cowgirl, doggy-style, frog-style -- everything. I spoke French into its tight mesh and whispered sweet nothings to its rollers.

I fucked that chair so hard it should've had triplets.

Then, one day: new office furniture. I had to look away as that chair was wheeled out of the office into the furniture van.

Time passed; memories fade. I rubbed my naked testicles against the lip of the hot accounting chick's coffee cup, but it was not the same.

But then I noticed the hot accounting chick on her new chair. A new and special chair that just begged for it.

All was good again.

But -- please take note -- I was not the guy who ejaculated in her purse on that darkened Thursday: that is for amateurs.

I am Laslo.; 7/18/15, 8:03 PM
Meade said...: Of all the candidates running for president, only one is competent for the job of chief commander of our military and it isn't Don Trump.; 7/18/15, 8:17 PM
traditionalguy said...: As a good balance to the point of view of the Margaret Mitchell rural family from 20 miles south of Atlanta, PBS ran the stage play of Driving Miss Daisey tonight with Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones . The point of view was from the Atlanta-residents that had never run plantations. It was very true to life in Atlanta during segregation days.; 7/18/15, 8:44 PM
Birches said...: Saw Van Halen last week. Eddie is amazing. David Lee Roth not so much.

Saw them on Kimmel. Knew that I wouldn't spend any money to hear DLR screech. I bet Sammy could do much, much better.; 7/18/15, 9:38 PM
Phil 314 said...: Trump jumped the shark today.

And to mix metaphors, he will keep digging.; 7/18/15, 9:46 PM
Anonymous said...: Blogger Phil 3:14 said...
Trump jumped the shark today.

And to mix metaphors, he will keep digging.

Yeah, you can tell they were all just waiting in the wings to try and take down Trump at the first opportunity.

Will this kill his campaign? I doubt it. Trump was a jerk to McCain, belittling his military service.

But McCain was a jerk to thousands of Trump supporters, calling them "Crazies". If I were Trump, I'd say something like, "I'll apologize to that loser right after he apologizes for calling thousands of Americans crazies."; 7/18/15, 9:55 PM
Meade said...: "Trump jumped" actually says it all. And without the messy mixing mess of metaphor mixing. 😃; 7/18/15, 10:00 PM
Michael K said...: Trump is vulnerable on this issue but so was Billy Jeff. And he got elected but, of course, he had Hillary to fend off bimbo eruptions,. Trump, not so much.; 7/18/15, 10:02 PM
Anonymous said...: Blogger Meade said...
Of all the candidates running for president, only one is competent for the job of chief commander of our military and it isn't Don Trump.

Rick Perry?

I think he's the only one who served in the military.; 7/18/15, 10:04 PM
Julie C said...: Birches -- part way through the show I told my husband that David Lee Roth was probably one of those guys who could get on your nerves very quickly.

But Eddie is such an amazing guitarist. That made it all worth it.; 7/18/15, 10:05 PM
Anonymous said...: Blogger Michael K said...
Trump is vulnerable on this issue but so was Billy Jeff. And he got elected but, of course, he had Hillary to fend off bimbo eruptions,. Trump, not so much.

Let's make a couple of assumptions.

1) Trump remains steady in the polls, or increases his lead.
2) Trump doesn't apologize for what he said about McCain.
3) The media pile on and continue to demand apologies while Trump doubles down and continues to insult McCain and his service.

Would this say more about the electorate, or more about the strategy of giving in when the media pile on starts vs sticking to your guns?; 7/18/15, 10:07 PM
MaxedOutMama said...: Men in shorts with pink ruffled tops! NYC Fashion Week for Men! Gypsy Sport - Althouse trigger alert:
http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/fashion/daily/2015/07/16/16-gypsy-sport.w529.h352.2x.jpg

More shorts here!
http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/07/stoners-goths-schlubs-welcome-at-mens-week.html

My favorite men's short EVER, by Alexandre Plokhov, now on sale for only $434:
http://www.farfetch.com/shopping/men/Alexandre-Plokhov-textured-track-shorts-item-11023639.aspx?fsb=1&origin=product-search&bfdqbt={keyword}&source={ifpla:pla}{ifpe:pe}

Ann, you have lost the battle over men in shorts.; 7/18/15, 10:11 PM
Meade said...: mccain need not apologize. Trump IS crazies.; 7/18/15, 10:11 PM
Meade said...: "Ann, you have lost the battle over men in shorts"

I'm pretty sure when it comes to grown men wearing short pants she will Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small short pants, large or petty short pants - never give in except to convictions of honour and good weather sense.; 7/18/15, 10:29 PM
Meade said...: I wonder if Winston Churchill ever wore short pants.; 7/18/15, 10:30 PM
Johhnybandit said...: If we are speaking about crazy. Did anyone catch the crazy going on at the NetRoot Townhall? Today, I discovered: Only Black lives matter, not all lives; it is now OK to interrupt planned events if you are people of color, or women of color; NetRoot audience members can't afford Obamacare either.; 7/18/15, 10:32 PM
Saint Croix said...: When I was young, I used to pray for myself. "Help me with this test. Help me with this job. Help me with this woman." I would pray for good things to happen to me.

Did not help. Nothing. So I gave up on prayer.

Anyway, now that I'm older, and I look back at my life, and I think about all the good things that happened to me, all the happiness and joy that came out of nowhere, and it hit me.

Other people have been praying for me. And that works.

So now, when I pray, I pray for others. I try to send them a little help.; 7/18/15, 10:33 PM
Saint Croix said...: I still pray for me too! Selfish bastard.; 7/18/15, 10:53 PM
J said...: Meade I forget beyond being a citizen of the USA what special qualifications do you hold to comment on the qualities required in a commander-of any type? Perhaps you can elucidate the number of years you have studied military history.Or the number of posts you have held in far flung lands among hostile peoples.Or your personal observations of good to great commanders in tense situations.Or your long personal associations with names many former servicemen would recognize.
Many of those of us have and did serve look at Mr. McCain-son and grandson of four star admirals as not having lived up to the hype.At the same time we honor his service and torture at the hands of his enemies.But it doesn't make him a MacArthur or Patton or King or Leahy or Nimitz or Burke or Ridgeway or Marshall or even a Stockdale.; 7/19/15, 1:25 AM
J said...: La Professora the temperature today in my sunny corner of Florida was a just delightful 94F. Humidity was staggeringly 96%.Shorts make sense.At some point those of us who wear them on a regular basis look at your shorts thing as just another not so microaggression versus our Southern masculinity.; 7/19/15, 1:28 AM
Carnifex said...: Meade said--Of all the candidates running for president, only one is competent for the job of chief commander of our military and it isn't Don Trump.

We haven't had one is 7 years. Why worry about it now?

You might not respect John McCain as a Senator, I actually loathe him. But to belittle his service is stupid. If you look, you'll note he was actually shot down twice in Viet Nam. The first time, he was stationed on the USS Forestal. His plane caught fire with him in it the morning of the fire. He was able to escape. He went back later, and was shot down for real. That he was even there shows more guts than our current CinC, and the current crop of dildoes. Excuse me...I mistake dicks that want to fuck me with dicks used for fucking. Candidates.

The only redeeming feature Trump has, as far as I can tell, is that he's too busy being vain to be evil, like most politicians. Especially the head of the choom gang.

Ps.

Laslo...you better put a ring on that chair. I myself had a brief affair with the office fax machine till I found out the whore would take it from anybody.; 7/19/15, 2:35 AM
dustbunny said...: Ok Meade,I'll bite, who is the only candidate qualified to be Commander in Chief? And is he a good candidate in other ways?; 7/19/15, 4:47 AM
Saint Croix said...: I wonder if Winston Churchill ever wore short pants.

I read somewhere he used to walk around the corridors of power naked!; 7/19/15, 5:14 AM
Clyde said...: @ Jeff Teal

As a fellow Floridian, I agree with you 100%. Our climate makes them the right choice most of the year.; 7/19/15, 5:25 AM
Curious George said...: Brett Favre arrives in Green Bay wearing....

http://prod.images.packers.clubs.nflcdn.com/image-web/NFL/CDA/data/deployed/prod/PACKERS/assets/images/imported/GB/photos/clubimages/2015/07-July/temp150717-favre-returns-12--nfl_mezz_1280_1024.jpg?width=620&height=465; 7/19/15, 6:09 AM
campy said...: "Ok Meade,I'll bite, who is the only candidate qualified to be Commander in Chief?"

Has to be the one who dodged sniper fire.; 7/19/15, 6:43 AM
Rusty said...: Blogger Meade said...
I wonder if Winston Churchill ever wore short pants.

Yes; 7/19/15, 7:19 AM
MaxedOutMama said...: Meade, thank you, that was simply magnificent.

Churchill was not a prude, used to dictate to his secretary in the bathtub, and on occasion was reported to discuss matters with important visitors while in the bathtub. He was a nude-napping, clothing optional type of guy:
http://spectator.org/articles/41433/nothing-hide

For this eventuality (the impending perilous omnipresence of men in shorts), I believe that the appropriate Churchill quote would be:
"We shall not fail or falter, we shall not weaken or tire ... give us the tools and we will finish the job."

I picture Ann, head bowed, wearing a serious expression, marching along the lakeside. At a respectful distance she is followed by a group of men wearing khakis. Her hands are folded behind her back - in one of them a cylindrical object. She stops, she frowns, the head rises with an imperious expression. The hands separate and move to her front, and a laser pointer flashes its red light of ignominy upon the bared-not-bronzed legs of a man caught in shorts! "You, Sirrah, deface my realm!" she cries.

From her retinue leaps Meade, her faithful chronicler, who, in a flash, expertly captures photographic evidence of this sartorial shame. Behind her, a band of students wearing LONG PANTS and oxfords surges toward the offender brandishing a selection of sweatpants. "Cover those legs," they cry!

The startled offender flinches and flees into the water's edge like a hart beset by hounds! He then tries to escape by running north through the surf toward freedom. Tragically, the gang of students founders as their shoes fill with sand, their pant legs absorb water, and their frenzied splashing drenches their cargo of sweatpants. Heavy-laden with the best intentions, they fall behind.

Sometimes, evil lives to mock virtue another day.

MORE SERIOUSLY, I think Ann's theme Churchill quote for cafe posts should be: "I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns."; 7/19/15, 7:22 AM
Hagar said...: I'm beginning to think the only one of these candidates whose speaking impresses me favorably is Carly Fiorina.
She may not make it to the presidency, but as a top-level cabinet secretary, she is apt to look like the only grown-up in the group.; 7/19/15, 7:58 AM
Anonymous said...: Phil 3:14: Trump jumped the shark today.

I dunno, Phil, I doubt "insulting"* an insulting jerk like McCain is going to bother too many people. In a nobler nation, that corrupt little sneer-bag McCain would have been insulted out of public life a long time ago. Insulted? Not insulted enough, I say.

*(Apparently Trump didn't even say what he was alleged to have said, as per MSM SOP.)

And to mix metaphors, he will keep digging.

I certainly hope so. It's highly entertaining watching all the soi-disant "serious people" getting the sweats over the Scary Clown. Why, it's almost as if the Republicans don't want anybody forcing the public debate-space to the right.; 7/19/15, 8:23 AM