longtooth

Until my programmable Cuisinart coffee pot becomes self aware, I'll hail technology too. But I won't fall in love with it.

Footloose, kick off your Sunday shoes

Molty, here's one for you. The Onion's cynical take on Barack's victory. http://www.theonion.com/content/news/natio...hitty_enough_to

Masochism

Oh the Madness of King George. Or the melancholy.

Heave-to

I want to hug a whale, platonically

Wow-ee

Yeah, I feel that too. What do we do now?

I know, I was just bustin' 'em on ya. I so pleased with this. My sweetheart sitting next to me is very happy too.

Be gracious in victory. Woo-Hoo!

Yes, but I wonder if this means that Letterman will be delayed...

Right on. Once the euphoria dispels a bit, we're still on a brake-less train, speeding downhill. We just bought ourselves a few more miles of track. I hope it's enough to buy some time in letting us devise a way to overcome the inertia.

Satty: Oh yeah. I'm not even really a basketball fan-at-large or anything like that. I just thought that MJ brought an elegant sort of ease to doing what he did. That last shot of his last game as a Bull in June of '98 was as fine a capper to a career as any in any sport or endeavour.

Do you really believe this? I mean that your remarks are somewhat tame when measured against a broader standard, but nonetheless are dispiriting in some ways.

Always admired the Bulls for the way they won their Championships with such grandeur. Michael Jordan was something to watch. I started drinking that Citrus-flavored Gatorade, with his picture on the bottle, during summers at work because he 'recommended' it. Glad your chicken was enjoyable.

We ate Chinese tonight. Got fr*ggin' hives from the MSG in Gen'l Tsao's Chicken. The won-ton egg drop soup was excellent. No chads this time.

Obama's strategist Dave Axelrod was/is hoping for as close to 300 EVs so as to proclaim a wider, more inclusive victory. I'd been hoping against hope for so long, so now that a regime-change seems within reach, it feels a little anti-climactic. The real work of rectifying a lot of that which ails this Country will be very difficult. Real people are experiencing real pain out there. I hope that the Democrats can be magnanimous in victory. May God Bless America and protect its President and citizenry.

Yes. Good point. Also, GM and the UAW have to find a way to bury the hatchet (after all the hourly workers are 'hacked'-to-death, figuratively speaking) The constant airing of the dirty laundry does neither any good.

Going forward, if I were in the position to affect matters, I'd strive to ensure that every vehicle was developed and executed in the style of the '08 Malibu. No compromises. Win each sale back on the basis of substance (and style) and court the customers already loyal to the brand(s) through diligence.

TOM WALSH Auto merger would limit the bleeding BY TOM WALSH • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST • November 4, 2008 Forget about whether General Motors Corp. acquiring Chrysler LLC makes any sense. Don't get caught up in the semantic debate about whether federal intervention in the fates of Chrysler, GM and Ford Motor Co. is a bailout, a rescue or descent into a socialist hellhole. The drama over Detroit's future, which resumes after a brief intermission for today's election, boils down to two words: damage control... http://www.freep.com/article/20081104/COL0...1014/BUSINESS01 After the dust from the General Election settles I expect "President Obama" (fingers crossed at this point) to get a coalition right on this. Not that GM/Chrysler/Cerberus execs have forgotten about it. It is very compelling. It means permanent change within the Industry that defined the Nation for decades. To many, the end of the world as they knew it.

Nice neo-classic slung back look. Good looking cockpit arrangement, muscularly squat and purposeful appearance. I drew a picture of a cow once.

My Dad's Family is from Monessen, PA and Mom's Family hailed from the Pittsburgh suburb of Etna, PA. All of the customs from that region were transported to Eastern PA back in the early 50's. My Grandfather Ed was in steel back in Pittsburgh. He came East to open the Fairless Works in Falls Township, PA. My folks met in '54. Dad had come East to work at the mill, fresh-faced and fresh out of High School. These jobs sustained families, communities and that corner of the State of Pennsylvania. The towns of Levittown, PA and Fairless Hills, PA grew around the Mill. My Grandmother told me that where she worked in New Jersey (the Fisher Body plant) was hiring back in '75. She 'pestered' me for months as I was prepping for college to at least put in an application. And here I am, 33 years later. I've weathered a bit of tough times in my life, but I was hoisted, helped by the generations of my family that came before me. Giants all.

Cool. I can picture the scenery in my mind's 'eye'. Nice that your Dad has been honored too. I'm originally from Bucks County, PA. Many of the geographic features that you're fond of in your childhood home are similar to where I grew up. Then the building boom transformed 80% of the landscape. But my favorite fishing creek (Neshaminy Creek) still flows through areas as yet untouched by the hand of man.

It'll take fortitude and sacrifice. I'm 52 and this is worse than anything I've lived through. At least 3 generations living today are unacquainted with the concept of want. We don't need to rebuild the same house of cards that just collapsed either. Our economy needs some balance. I would hope with the hue and cry being directed at Wall Street that we never have to countenance a return to the pitfalls of derivative-based trading. That was one great bubble that just burst. We still have our 'wits' about us as I've read many intelligent posts here, so I think we'll be okay within 24 months or so. But in the meantime we'll need to recalibrate a lot of what we believed to be axiomatic. Thank you for your sympathy. She was a better person than me. The 'receiving' line for the guests at her memorial was over 2 hours long. The presiding priest had to just stop it so that another service could be conducted in the afternoon. That was six and one half years ago.