Call me Ishmael. —Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. —Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Lolita
light of my life, fire of my loins. —Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
You don’t know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain’t no matter. —Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Somewhere in la Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, a gentleman lived not long ago, one of those who has a lance and ancient shield on a shelf and keeps a skinny nag and a greyhound for racing. —Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote
I don’t quite know how Rand Paul’s Political tale began but given that he is a LiberTURDIAN I can say it was “I am a sick man . . . I am a spiteful man. —Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground” and not be too far off the mark.
It would be folly to arbitrarily to castigate those who we do not align with politically without showing the same skepticism to those we support; A support that often is based on nothing more than partisanship—the last time I listened to the start of a tale it went, “Hope and Change” well we all know how that fairytale unfolded.
Fancy Jack
The Realm 
WAKE-UP!!!!!!!!
Where’s Dood!
Here I iz! Beautiful day outside today….just in from the dog park! Clancey is one wet, tired pup! 😉
Good afternoon, Dood! Just did a bike ride. Hope the complicated procedure you had to deal with at work was ok.
All went well! Beautiful day here..warmer tomorrow. I may have to get a ride in!
They you are!
Hiya Haruko! ❤
Too nice a day here to stay indoors! Hope you’re feeling better!
The Kitty Committee!
Cute! Hiya Fi! Hope your knee is continuing to heal!
Its ok, pretty sore today, did a lot of walking, foot swollen.
Hope you can rest and elevate it for a bit!
Good evening to ya, Fi.
Hi Orcas, planning to go back to the island soon?
Less than three weeks now! Starting the garden, backpacking and kayaking lessons. Will be busy!
Sounds wonderful, I’m sooooooooooooooooooooooo jealous!
Going to go see “Woman in Gold” in about half hour.
wiki –
“The film is based on the true story of the late Maria Altmann, an elderly Jewish refugee, living in Los Angeles who, together with her young lawyer, E. Randol Schoenberg, fought the government of Austria for almost a decade to reclaim Gustav Klimt’s iconic painting of her aunt, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, which was confiscated from her relatives by the Nazis in Vienna just prior to World War II. Altmann took her legal battle all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States, which ruled in her favor.”
I saw this Klimit painting in Vienna –
Gotta pop back out for a bit….I’ll be back later!
I gotta go too! C U later, Dood and everybody wut be here.
Interesting Japanese instrumentation plus a famous painting…
Anyone here?
Aw geez, Grammar Nazi heard weekend talking head say “Raul Castrol” AND “Borama Balock er Barack Obama.”
Hi Hobs!
Hi 27 Xs! ❤ Howz you?
Good! How are the new modifications in your bathroom working out?
Dee-lightful! Now on to getting landlord to remove & replace the moldy carpet in the bedroom……
Put your foot down! Threaten to call the health department!
Not quite yet, X. First the honey, then the vinegar. 😉
LOL!
IKR? He’s a real estate mogul ~ um er I mean agent ~ he knows the drill.
WAKE UP JACK!!
Correction: WAKE UP YOU HOBO! 😀
Hey 27 Xs, I’ll brb. {HUGS}
Supper time! later
Hiya Realmsters!..Long day..Had fun roof patching–should finish tomorrow..Was well into the 60s today–I should be playing..er, working in the gardens instead!….8-)
Hiya 4E! Great weather here as well today! Clancey had a great time at the dog park!
Hiya Dood!..I take it everything is dried out there?..We had about 3 days of intense off & on (plus that tornado near enough) rain that did some minor flooding..Is he pooped out now??….8-)
Roof patching! sounds like fun(not)
It’s fun that it’s FIXED (hopefully)–BIG pools inside the building are unacceptable and NOT fun.. 😎 ….8-)
No doubt 4eyes
It’s still pretty wet around here….one end of the dog park is flooded into a big “pond”…Clancey LOVES it! He’s totally out! He was one wet, tired, happy pup! 😉
Has he taken to the water yet?..I recall you were planning swimming lessons for him….8-)
He loves water…just hasn’t been in water where his feet don’t touch much. Swimming lessons Monday! 😀
Super!..Don’t wake him up, but give him a nose rub from me..Any news on the work front?….8-)
3 Day weekend…there’s some meetings next week…hoping to be able to make one!
Anyone home?
Hiya X..I’m popping in-and-out..catching up on stuff….8-)
Where is his Highness? LOL
Not my turn to watch him (Been just waiting for somebody to ask me that).. 😎 ….8-)
Wifey time
Probably, but he won’t admit to more than an hour.. 😎 ….8-)
Hiya x! Multitasking…getting the laundry done!
Hooray!..Gotta provide snackies forthwith…back in a few….8-)
Hey dood! Sounds like you had fun with Clancey
Perfect weather! Really great after so much rain!
Nice
Supposed to be a bit warmer tomorrow…more dog park time! Hopefully I’ll get a bike ride in too….time to get back into that!
Animated Game of Thrones.
One of these days I’m gonna have to watch that series.
Hiya Haruko!
Apparently I pissed off someone on RS….. 😦
Oh, dear. 😦
I’ll be back! 😉
😆 !!
Hey! I can get Archer now, the fifth and higher series on Amazon Prime streaming. Hooray!
The Archer guy sounds exactly like Bob in Bob’s Burgers.
You’re my favorite Kiwi.
Made me realize that Martin really does seem to have some weird castration-fixation…. A pure Freudian would probably read volumes into that…
JAAAAAAAAACCCCCCKKKKKK!!!!!!
Morning!
Hmmmmmm!
What’s wrong with you?
After I watched this video, I said to myself, “I could vote for The Donald.” Because what Mr. Trump said is spot-on. America is in big trouble. And when it comes to repairing America, politicians of either party are not going to get it done. We need to think outside of the box, with a big helping of common sense and love of our country. Donald Trump is saying it and I believe he is sincere. Even if he does not run, would it be so bad for America if Mr. Trump inspired someone else to embrace such values, to rebuild America? http://video.foxnews.com/v/4166213074001/presidential-contenders-donald-trump/?#sp=show-clips
I’ll spin you a tail…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq8z_DSmjDE
Hi Bubba, I hope the Lady of the House is better, much ❤ to you all.
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