The GUILD 9-29-2003 My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

1. They were never looking for trouble.

2. But when trouble came, they faced it with courage.

3. They were always on the side of right.

4. They defended good people against bad people.

5. They had high morals.

6. They had good manners.

7. They were honest.

8. They spoke their minds and they spoke the truth, regardless of what people thought or "political correctness," which no one had ever heard of back then.

9. They were a beacon of integrity in the wild, wild West.

10. They were respected. When they walked into a saloon (where they usually drank only sarsaparilla), the place became quiet, and the bad guys kept their distance.

11. If in a gunfight, they could outdraw anyone. If in a fist fight, they could beat up anyone.

12. They always won. They always got their man. In victory, they rode off into the sunset.

[pubmom]

It must be a relief to know your brain is actually there!;)

We'll keep praying that the antibiotics do the trick and you won't require any additional, radical treatment.

Sorry to hear your muffler bailed on you.:(

[pubmom]

It looks like some fine shooting there, JL.

[lodwick]

We enjoyed a great afternoon blazing away at Walmart's el cheapo sodas.

Cheers.

[Endeavor]

In the south, we put crushed pecans on our jello salads. In Minnesota at a "hot dish" party, good luck if you can find one thing that doesn't have cream of mushroom soup in it. I don't think minnesotans are capable of making a hot dish w/o it.

When I was a kid, growing up in the church parsonage (of course next door to the church) I used to love every Thursday because that was "Quilting Ladies" day. All these little old ladies would come to work on a giant quilt and they'd all bring casseroles and some of the best chocolate pies I've ever had. I used to make a b-line over to the fellowship hall every Thursday after school to see what the Ladies had left me. It was like taking a trip way back into the past. Cool.

[Endeavor]

HLL, relieved to hear there's no brain tumor. Was never a doubt about the brain. So is it swelling that's putting pressure on the optic nerve itself or on the periorbital area? Surely lasering out the nasal polyps won't take all of your ability to smell will it? That would be a major bummer. I do hope this latest round of drugs knocks out the infection.

Your muffler fell off? Ooohhh, that takes some doing. Maybe it's time for a new car? (I'm thinking one of those cute little two-seater BMW's might be nice.)

[Endeavor]

lodwick, what are you firing in that pic? I'm still waiting on my springfield armory 9 mm. It's been on order for months - they're tooling up now to make more.

Hey great news. One of my professors just won the Nobel Prize in medicine today. He was intrumental in developing the MRI.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I have been looking for a new car, but I just don't want to throw mine away. I am weird that way. I have been needing to replace this muffler for a while, so it came as no suprise.

From the research I have been doing about the surgery, it will lessen or eliminate my ability to smell and therefore I won't be able to taste. This isn't a fatal problem and if the drugs can fix it, fine. But I am going to consider surgery the very last option.

I still don't have all my vision back, but maybe it will come back in a couple of weeks.

Until then at least we know the cause, and that's a huge comfort.

[lodwick]

Way cool!

It's Springfield's .45

People, get E her piece, for crying out loud.

Cheers up there.

[lodwick]

Come'on now!

[Endeavor]

Do you like it, Lod? I've been considering going with the .45 since they are currently easier to come by than the 9 mm. I've fired a Colt .45 which had super smooth action and the recoil wasn't bad at all. It was a wonderful pistol.

[lodwick]

There's not a nickle's worth of difference, and if you can find the .45, I'd say go for it.

They both go, BOOM, very nicely. Just remember the ear protection with anything more than a .22, and it doesn't hurt anything to use it even then.

Have a blast with it, and props to the prof!

I heard it on today's news, but never made the connection.

[lodwick]

Check out the latest Annnuld allegations

[daisyscarlett]

How exciting to know and have been taught by a Nobel Prize winner....

American Paul C. Lauterbur raises his glass while being toasted by friends and colleagues in Champaign, Ill., Monday, Oct, 6, 2003, after winning the 2003 Nobel Prize for medicine for discoveries leading to the development of MRI, now relied on by doctors for getting a detailed look into their patients' bodies. Lauterbur, 74, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Sir Peter Mansfield, 69, of the University of Nottingham in England were honored for work they did independently of each other in the 1970s. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

[lodwick]

Protester-turned-politician must rid his roof of toilets

10/6/2003

MONACA, Pa. (AP) -- A protester-turned-politican says town officials are trying to flush his campaign by claiming the toilets he's displayed on his home the past four years are a health hazard.

Officials in Monaca, about 20 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, last week sent Tom Suica a letter telling him the 10 commodes on the roof of his garage had to come down because they could be a breeding ground for mosquitos and West Nile virus.

Suica, a plumber and Democratic candidate for councilman in the borough of 6,300, claims efforts to get rid of the toilets have more to do with politics than public safety.

"West Nile? Don't you think that's a little much?" Suica said.

The borough soon rescinded its request that the commodes come down after discovering Suica taped the bowls to keep water out.

Suica began his potty protest in 1999 to stop a bank from building a parking lot next to his home. Suica said the toilets symbolize his view that his neighborhood should remain residential.

Suica has successfully argued in court that the toilets are an expression of his free speech and decorations. He routinely embellishes them on holidays -- mounting antlers on them at Christmas, hearts and cupids on Valentine's Day, leprechauns on St. Patrick's Day and patriotic decorations on Memorial Day.

[daisyscarlett]

Looks like the talented WH Pastry Chef has come through again...

The dinner begins with a first course of grilled halibut served with tiny, sweet Cape Cod Bay scallops, lightly caramelized and folded into a risotto. The main course, roasted rack of lamb with wild mushrooms, is served with carrots, beets, asparagus and string beans plus a sweet potato flan. For the flan, pureed sweet potatoes were combined with eggs and creams, baked and then topped with light brown sugar crust.

The desert, titled "The Best of Kenya," features coffee ice cream, assorted pastries and 15 giraffes — one for each table — that are made of sugar, but look like glossy one-foot-tall porcelain figurines. It took White House pastry chef Roland Mesnier about 45 minutes to make each of the tan giraffes with brown spot "It's hand-blown — the same way you blow glass — and shaped at the same time," Mesnier said. "They're all very different because they're all handmade. There's no mold or anything like this involved." link

[lodwick]

That meal would feed dude's country for a year...

What can I say?

[Aggie Mama]

OMG, did I need that laugh. Kids are driving me nuts and my hormones are still out of wack, so my coping abilities are just about nil.

[pubmom]

I'm sure his neighbors are thrilled with his artistic display. I wonder how many votes he'll snare on election day?

Quite a wacky world we're living in.

[lodwick]

Exactly!

Cheers back there.

[MaeWest]

Hey, that's not Barney Frank lurking in the background is it?