I’m a little under the weather today (and the weather here in LA is low enough as it is…), but I don’t want to deprive you all of the chance to chat. Have at it, and I’ll see you tomorrow, dear readers.
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53 comments
ice weasel
February 27, 2006 at 6:26 pm
1Feel better Adam.
Have some ice cream. It always helps.
Siobhan
February 27, 2006 at 6:30 pm
2How long will it take RRRRR to find this thread and tell you that you’re wrong - you’re not feeling bad, and besides, it’s not the Republican’s fault that you are.
Siobhan
February 27, 2006 at 6:32 pm
3(In any case, stay the course on getting better.)
Hot Tub Tommy
February 27, 2006 at 7:04 pm
4Adam, yeah, ice cream, but not the French Vanilla of Appeasement. (Send *Cash*) I’m not an appeaser. (Big box; FedEX) I find that appeasers get walked all over in DC. and I’ve got this new pair of puppy skin hip boots…
Rep. Thomas Delay, (R, TX.)
Sugarland, TX
dee
February 27, 2006 at 7:56 pm
5Oh sure…Chicago, Salt Lake City, Baghdad, LA…you just keep flitting around in those germ-infested airplanes and screw up your biorhythms traversing the time zones and see where it gets you. You need to take better care of yourself mister. Don’t make me come out there!
(How’d I do, Momma?)
Murray
February 27, 2006 at 7:59 pm
6Adam, get well soon, and you can rest assured that your loyal troops are hard at work fulfilling your agenda.
Our 8 prong approach, (as you know), is to:
1. Promote the gay life style on innocent children and their fathers.
2. Entice teenagers to have sex by teaching sex education in the schools, (which they would never have thought of on their own).
3. Stop “abstinence only” education (which is the only thing that defies human nature and keeps the children chaste and pure).
4. Encourage pregnancies so that we can kill the babies. The more the better! Nothing we like better than slaughtering babies.
5. Install evolution in the classroom, in order to displace God in the lives of the students.
6. Promote Atheism in every venue possible.
7. Discredit the only president who has ever loved the US.
8. Blame America for all the problems on Earth.
Adam, your minions are hard at work. We are here to make you proud.
Pete IVDL
February 27, 2006 at 8:08 pm
7Don’t forget the chicken soup, dude. Ice cream and chicken soup. MMMMmmmm…
Monad
February 27, 2006 at 8:55 pm
8hey, have i not been paying close enough attention, or has Erwin just been banished from your book cover?
i like ladies’ legs as well as the next physicist, but give us our icons please.
–Single H. Monad
ps. get well soon!
Julia
February 27, 2006 at 9:29 pm
9Good green chile stew pumps vitamin C into your system, and the chiles don’t even need to be hot.
I hope it (whatever it is) departs as quickly as, thank Lobster, February is about to do.
Julia
Jay
February 27, 2006 at 10:12 pm
10So, if you are under the weather, and the doctor says to go on a liquid diet, does that mean you can have melted ice cream?
Just wondering.
Chuggo
February 27, 2006 at 10:48 pm
11Vanilla, baby. Stirred is okay, but it has to be in a bowl with nothing else.
Now leave me alone. I have to start working on Murray’s #6 above, from which (IMHO) all else derives.
Happy Entrails
February 27, 2006 at 10:48 pm
12Had some thoughts re: the t-shirt concession at Felberpalooza. (Anybody come up with a better name yet? Fanatical Apathy ‘06 - The “event”? “Apathyfest ‘06″?)
Dare to not care
I had a dream … once
Ennui or the highway
Veni, Vidi, Abscedi (I came, I saw, I left)
What happens in PA, stays in … (who are we kidding, nothing happens in PA)
My favorite (I’ll buy one if somebody prints it up):
Hell no, I didn’t go!
David
February 28, 2006 at 12:58 am
13No ice cream while you’re sick, unless you feel like pigeon shit and it doesn’t really matter what the congestion implications are because you’re too far gone, and ice cream is a level one comfort food. Chicken soup works - it’s the chicken fat, so health store or honest to lobster home grown chickens without every toxin known to man in their systems provide better fat. If you take care of yourself, you’ll get well in x days. If not, you’ll get well in x+3 (more or less) days. Anything involving green chilis is just damned good for you. Stewing a green chile, on the other hand, could well piss off a whole village of Martians, but then we are baby killers…
SeattleTammy
February 28, 2006 at 1:08 am
14Oh, dear, do get well soon!
have you heard about “Airborne”? it was developed by a grade school teacher! I had so many authors tell me they take one before every flight, to stay healthy on tour, I started taking them and this past week, I managed to knock out a cold the second day!
They are a alka-seltzer fizzy thing and you MUST plunk them into a glass of water. Or else, I can add you to the list of guys who think they can just eat one. It’s really funny when that happens, but I’m not allowed to tell the stories anymore. (what can I say? I like it when guys foam at the mouth)
Gypsy Cold Formula Tea is also very nice and is available at most groceries out west here….
Hot Tub Tommy
February 28, 2006 at 8:17 am
15Come ON, people! Where’s the dough? (*Cash*) We’re down to 6 days now! Tom Campbell is running all over the district trying to out Jesus and Country me. He’s also horning in on my crowd; driving around in that god-awful RV of his, parking at all the Walmarts, pressing flesh and kissing babies… He’s even speaking at the Greater Houston Dental Society annual legislative dinner tonight! That used to be my gig. I’m stuck here in DC, for God’s sake. Voting on pointless laws and putting on the “Strong Face on Democratic Action”. Bullshit!! I NEED MONEY FOLKS!!! Send it now. I know if I can just run that new ad once during primetime on Sunday, I’ll be back in the High Life again. So, SEND DOUGH!!! FedEx!!! NOW!!! The complementary payback will be tremendous, you’ll see. And you thought cops had the best dope! HA!!!!!
Rep. Tom Delay, (R, TX.)
Sugar Land, TX
SEND NOW!!!
Sharon
February 28, 2006 at 9:16 am
16While Adam’s recovering from his travels, please read this story from the L.A. Times about Stephen Heller, the whistleblower who is being prosecuted for revealing that Diebold marketed and sold its systems before gaining federal qualification and had installed uncertified software on election machines in 17 California counties. Meanwhile, Diebold has not been charged with anything, not even breach of contract. Then mosey on over to blackboxvoting.org for more details.
Mary
February 28, 2006 at 10:28 am
17Rats! Late again. Happy Mardi Gras all.
Adam - Hope you are feeling better.
Murray - Shouldn’t there also be something about undermining “real” Americans (i.e. Republicans; promoting false science via Global Warming, and plotting the down fall of the US economy by claiming people should buy fuel efficient vehicles?
Sharon
February 28, 2006 at 10:45 am
18William F. Buckley, Traitor.
RRRRyan
February 28, 2006 at 12:41 pm
19you’re wrong - you’re not feeling bad, and besides, it’s not the Republican’s fault that you are.
Sharon
February 28, 2006 at 12:42 pm
20The finger-pointing has already started, but I don’t think any of us anticipated that the military would get the first finger, courtesy of Bill Kristol.
Murray
February 28, 2006 at 1:06 pm
21“It’s the end of the world as we know it and I’m feeling fine”. (repeat as needed)
Mary, I think that promoting science (evolution) by definition undermines Republicans.
Christine Lavin has a song called “We are the true Americans” written as a Republican. I’ll have to look up the lyrics, but it ends with “and hating is what makes us so damn strong.”
Murray
February 28, 2006 at 1:47 pm
22H. Entrails
We do need to come up with T shirt designs and I would like to get pre orders so that I don’t end up with 2 gross shirts saying something like, (I think) I survived Felberpalooza, (I’ll have to check).
I suggest that people forward great sayings on to the Felberpalooza site at http://www.convergencetime.com/felberpalooza/ and we can sort out the best.
Landis
February 28, 2006 at 3:42 pm
23As opposed to your ‘kissing flesh and pressing babies’.
Mary
February 28, 2006 at 3:46 pm
24When is evolution going to give us permanent-press babies?
Allison in Santa Cruz (alas, now reduced to lurker status)
February 28, 2006 at 3:55 pm
25Adam,
I hope you’re feeling better soon. Keep ladling in the hot chicken soup! And if you’re game to try a different cold remedy, there are these Cold-Eeze tablets that you can buy OTC at any drugstore. The active ingredient is zinc, I think. The lozenges make everything you eat or drink taste bad, but I think they did knock several days off the last cold I had.
And, off topic, I’d like to say that the FA lurkers’ lounge is really nice! There are some comfy couches, the bar is well stocked, and it’s great fun watching all the activity from front-row seats.
Harold
February 28, 2006 at 4:13 pm
26Adam, perhaps your illness is a warning from God. To us, your readers. Yes, dear readers, unless everybody clicks on the PayPal thingie and also pre-orders a crate of Adam’s books, God just might call Adam home. And boy, will he get a talking-to.
Get well soon, Adam!
A little FYI: I probably won’t be slinging out my pathetic half-witted comments here or anywhere else for the nxt three weeks or so because I will be in Ireland, where internet dial-up fees are something like 100 euros a minute. Save my seat while I’m away!
Hot Tub Tommy
February 28, 2006 at 5:29 pm
27Landis, only a Democrat would think that’s funny.
cooper
February 28, 2006 at 5:35 pm
28Harold, Jeez, three weeks?! Well, kiss at least one of the beautiful red-haired green-eyed females for me. Jeez, three weeks…
Murray
February 28, 2006 at 8:02 pm
29Mary, I think you will need to look to Intelligent Design for stay pressed babies.
Murray
February 28, 2006 at 8:10 pm
30Coop, Harold, I dated 3 Irish women and none worked out. Then I got smart, found and married a Scottish woman. (What else would a guy named after the Murray Clan do).
Those Irish cuties are attractive but if you want stability in a Celtic woman go Scottish.
(Adam has his Maker’s Mark, but I’m partial to Famous Grouse Scotch).
Siobhan
February 28, 2006 at 8:32 pm
31AAAAA-hem….
Siobhan
February 28, 2006 at 8:33 pm
32… course, I’m not a redhead. But still.
Leslie
February 28, 2006 at 9:40 pm
33Well, Siobhan, Murray doesn’t say how many American women he dated. He probably dated a whole lot more than 3 of us, so he apparently isn’t overly impressed with us, either. That’s okay. We know both Irish and American women are terrific.
jrm
February 28, 2006 at 10:52 pm
34Herold are you going into the west?
I just got back form Connamara.
Drink a few for me.
Don’t play 25, you’ll loose your sheep.
And sing late into the night.
cooper
March 1, 2006 at 12:18 am
35Siobhan, a wildlife photographer, an artist, AND you’re Irish? Forgive me, I realize I was being much too superficial before. This crowd never ceases to amaze me - well, except for the trolls.
Murray
March 1, 2006 at 12:32 am
36Uhh… Ok, Irish descent, Scottish descent. Jane is 11th generation and can trace her lineage to the Mayflower. (He was the cook and fell overboard, probably drunk; they had to haul his ass back up, funny huh?)
You know, I tried Dutch, (that’s me) and that didn’t work at all, but I did end up with 3 very good kids.
David
March 1, 2006 at 12:49 am
37Sharon,
Some quite interesting links. I’m beginning to think the neocons, especially following the weaseling of the Yellow Rose into the White House, have succeeded in leading us into the republic as farce, while most certainly not delivering us from evil.
Now back to thoughts of my red-headed Irish/English beauty.
cooper
March 1, 2006 at 8:44 am
38Murray, Irish and Scottish makes for an interesting combination. My mom’s family - Joyces and Lockes - I see that mix all around me.
Pete IVDL
March 1, 2006 at 9:25 am
39Landis, two words, one magic drink : Tullamore Dew. I can’t get it down here anymore (I used to have a real bad drinking problem, but at least I had a real good drink choice!)
Talk about Uisghe Beatha… Oh, my lobster, what I wouldn’t do to get some of that ol’ Janx spirit…
Repeat after me : Guinness (from the tap), Tullamore Dew (from the angel’s arses, I think), Guinness, Tullamore Dew… The weeks will pass like seconds.
jrm
March 1, 2006 at 11:09 am
40Here in west Michigan, the land of Calvinist Dutch and Lutheran Germans we have a real Irish Pub with fresh Guinness, Tullamore Dew, and good music. A local law forbids beer and wine sales on Sunday, but the stronger drinks are allowed. When St. Patricks day fells on Sunday, the Guinness tap was draped in black and the Tullamore Dew flows all day.
Julia
March 1, 2006 at 11:21 am
41Let’s hope Scottish women are easier to live with than Scottish men…
And I’ll add my fave to the scotch list: Bunnahabhain (which I can only afford every two or three years). And Pete, you’re right, it’s Guinness on tap to while away the between-times.
Landis
March 1, 2006 at 11:51 am
42Pete, I’d never heard of it, but I’m certainly willing to give it a try. My Russian heritage has always made me partial to vodka, but Adam (without bearing any actual responsibility) has gotten me quite hooked on the Maker’s Mark Manhattan.
cooper
March 1, 2006 at 3:03 pm
43Julia, ya’ nay con get da devilish good looks an’ wicked sense o’ humor wit’out da devil.
Julia
March 1, 2006 at 3:07 pm
44Coop: och, aye, tha noo, though I’d settle for a man who could find his own socks and pay for his own pint.
Nae bother; I had the polis after him; he’s long gone, for all I know he’s away…
Julie
(now can we POUR the bloody Bunnahabhain?)
cooper
March 1, 2006 at 4:53 pm
45Julie, pour away, sweethairt! Bless ya. Looks like you made the right choice - in drink and in men.
Julia
March 1, 2006 at 6:53 pm
46And one (at least) for you, Cooper, for all the posts I’ve enjoyed reading. Fortunately, my taste in men is far outmatched by my taste in scotch - and in blogs.
Julie (scotch makes me familiar)
David
March 1, 2006 at 10:10 pm
47A sip of scotch nestled on the tongue, then slowly down the throat - oh, yeah, that does trump even the best corn squeezins.
Pete IVDL
March 2, 2006 at 3:56 am
48Whisht, lassie, we dinna’ ken whet ye’re sayin’…
David, there’s a lot to be said for roastin’ and toastin’, before brewin’.
Although, I have had a verrrry nice bourbon.. It was… hmm… Wild Turkey? One of those fancy schmancy bottles in a little cardboard tube with lots of gold lettering, and one of those fucking lids that takes your fingernails off…
If I’m after a sweet treat, Drambuie hits the spot. I know, there’s a million reasons why Glayva and all the other honey/mead whiskies are better, but it was my first sweet scotch, and it went right to my heart and stays there… Mmmm, sweeet…
Julia
March 2, 2006 at 8:39 am
49Oh, Pete…(bats eyelashes) - You’ve always been one of my very favorite Felbernauts. Bein’ called ‘lassie’ again is like comin’ hame.
I might even have to give Drambuie another try, although the very thought of ’sweet scotch’ disturbs me.
Julia
cooper
March 2, 2006 at 6:27 pm
50Pete, you’re winning over all our celtic ladies with your accent and your Aussie ways. Us broad “A” and consonant slurring yanks don’t have a snowball’s chance against that… unless we’re rich, which I’m not. Cun ya’ tane it don’ a wee bit, laddie? Great altogether!
Julia
March 2, 2006 at 8:03 pm
51An’ if this goes on any longer I’ll be greetin’ all over my keyboard - whether from thirst or from laughter or both, I dinnae ken…
Pete IVDL
March 4, 2006 at 5:08 pm
52Och aye, wee the noo. Sorry, that’s my cute Scots exhausted… Oh, apart from “it’s a grae’ breet moonlicht nicht ternicht”. That’s it.
On a not entirely unrelated subject, an ex-colleague just sent me an ad for an English language school. It starts off in the comms room of the German Coastguard. The senior officer is hurriedly pointing out (in German) all the important bits to a very junior operator, then takes his coffee cup and leaves him. The radio bursts into noise with “Mayday, mayday, we are sinking!”. The inexperienced German operator answers “Zis is ze Cherman Coastguard. What… are you… er, sinking about?”. Instant keyboard drenching. Very cool, I’m sure it’ll be making the rounds, and now I’ve spoiled it for everyone.
Murray
March 8, 2006 at 3:17 pm
53Pete,
And just WHY would your friend be sending you an ad for an English language school?