IÂ’ve discovered the truth of what has happened to Graumagus of Frizzen Sparks. It appears that the Frizzen Spouse © has gone and made her own blog. So we welcome Maranda of Maranda Under Stress. As I have recently discovered, having to bloggers under one roof with one computer seriously cuts back on your blogging time.

Now in a little about her post she states that I called her Maranda as I thought it was her name. That isn’t correct. When I first met her I was gung-ho about going into Law Enforcement. So I started calling her Miranda as in Miranda Rights. (MIRANDA v. ARIZONA, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), You know: “You have the right to remain silent…”)

Now to be honest I did think that her name was Maranda, but thatÂ’s not why I called her that. I was just hoping she'd excercise her right.

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1 Have you known any women that ever exercised their right to remain silent?

Posted by: Dr. Phat Tony at January 31, 2006 08:32 AM (fk/lm)

2 What? Exercise her right fist? right foot?

Posted by: vw bug at January 31, 2006 12:04 PM (OD3ab)

3 LMAO! Of course you read me my rights many times. I chose to ignore them. That is a woman's right you know As for calling me Maranda because you thought that was my real name, you did because you said that isn't your real name? I picked the spelling of Maranda over Miranda because I like it better and it's really close to the spelling of my real name. My first link, I feel special

Posted by: Maranda Rites at January 31, 2006 07:16 PM (f8Ai+)

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In the post that Sarah of That’s Not Very Nice wrote welcoming Ktreva to the Blogosphere, I left the comment telling her to “Stop wife baiting”. She bugged me to tell her what wife baiting was. Since I am a surly arsehole I refused to tell her. She took it upon herself to try to figure out what it was and tried on three different posts to continue the wife baiting. Unfortunately she didn’t have it right.

Most of us know what a Troll is. Those nasty commenters that come to a blog for no other reason than to leave nasty and snarky comments trying to get a response from the blogger and their regular commenters.

Troll baiting is when you post something or make a comment that the whole purpose is to get a response from a Troll.

Wife Baiting, which is much duller than it sounds, is when someone does something to encourage a wife to continue doing something to the husbands chagrin.

Sarah had encouraged Ktreva to continue blogging, thus giving me less computer time. She was wife baiting. Unfortunately she took it to mean that Wife Baiting is when you do something to get the husband in trouble. Why would I care about that? I get myself in plenty of trouble on my own, why do you think I have to keep buying Ktreva jewelry.

Sarah, upset at her valiant attempts being flushed down the drain, finally resulted in the most loathsome of all activities. She posted a comment on her own blog under the guise of it coming from me. For shame Sarah, for shameÂ…

I do have to be honest; it was fun egging her on. Especially when she was getting frustrated. I feel sorry for the next blogger she decides to be “not very nice” with.

I'm also starting to wonder if she doesn't have an unhealthy obsession with me.

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1 I was just trying to piss you off. It was fun till your feelings got hurt. Sorry about that, and as I said before, I will stop now.

Posted by: Sarah at January 26, 2006 07:46 PM (+nTRJ)

2 My dearest Sarah... Have you missed my posts about work? I'm pissed off enough about that. Your posts where entertaining!

Hurt feelings! BAHAHAHAHAHA... I have no feelings. In order to have feelings one has to have a heart.

Posted by: Contagion at January 26, 2006 07:49 PM (e8b4J)

3 Well for petes sakes, go to Sharper Image or something and get one then, they still sell human hearts, right?

Posted by: Sarah at January 26, 2006 07:53 PM (+nTRJ)

4 So, if you misuse the word "then" say, twice in a post, is that considered RM baiting?

Posted by: Raging Mom at January 27, 2006 08:12 AM (0ALfL)

5 Corrected just for you RM... Just for you.

Posted by: Contagion at January 27, 2006 08:24 AM (Q5WxB)

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It looks like Graumagus of Miasmatic Review Annex Frizzen Sparks finally decided to get off his lazy arse and update my other his blog. Since heÂ’s gone and proven heÂ’s not dead, the judge ruled that I had to return the property.

Go over, welcome the guy back to the land of the living, oh, and watch out for trolls. Apparently, they multiplied while he was away.

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I feel sorry for the poor schmuck that found me while searching for Sensitivity Class. Anyone want to bet that I wasnÂ’t what that person was looking for?

CÂ’mon, thatÂ’s just funny!

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I know something you don't know, I know something you don't know. I know something you don't know.

...and I'm not telling!

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I have a secret, and I'm not telling!

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Well it looks like my blog Momma-sis canÂ’t keep her hands off of my blog Dad-pa. I guess she decided I needed another blog sibling besides my Nie-sters VW and Sissy. Instead of actually letting the family tree fork, she decided to jump in the blogging sack with Harvey the wonder blogger again.

Let me welcome the next Genetic freak to the family, Blue Tige of, well, ummmÂ… Blue Tige!.

HeÂ’s a military man, has a fetish for photos of military aircraft and blue tinted tigers. I think that has something to do with his handle and maybe even call sign.

Head over and say hello to the newest person to bump me down a notch my momma-sisÂ’ importance list. Like I needed someone else for her to like more!

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Multiple bloggers I read are touting the fact that it is National De-Lurking Week. Maybe itÂ’s just me, but I find this annoying. I am probably one of the worst lurkers on the face of the earth. My standard operating procedure when I find a new blog is to read it for two to three months before I leave my first comment. Then I tend to lurk a while longer before I leave a second comment, and finally once I get comfortable, I will leave my comments all over your blog.

Since my sense of humor is a little off kilter, I like to get a feel for the author before I comment. All that lurking makes me more familiar with the blogger, thus I can better gage if they will appreciate my sense of humor or if it truly will be a comment bomb. (Comment Bomb: The blogging equivalent to having your dog leave a mess in your neighborÂ’s yard).

I read Harvey for 4 months before I left my first comment there. Tammi for five months, T1G for three months, Eric for 4 months, CalTechGirl for six months, Blackfive for just over a year now and counting. You get the idea; it can take me a long time to comment. Occasionally I violate that rule, IE if I meet someone or if IÂ’m leaving a reciprocal comment, but in general I am a lurker.

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1 yes, but I saw you. That kilt sticks out of the bushes

Posted by: caltechgirl at January 10, 2006 02:22 PM (uI/79)

2 Good thing no one can hear you breathing heavy when posting on their blog, ya voyeur.

Posted by: Dr. Phat Tony at January 10, 2006 02:27 PM (fk/lm)

3 But that's just because you're so damned shy...

Posted by: That 1 Guy at January 10, 2006 02:32 PM (lfQya)

4 Should I be honored since you commented on my blog when it had existed for a far shorter period of time than your norm?

Posted by: MathCog Idiocy at January 10, 2006 06:11 PM (2FI98)

5 I thought it was because you have an accent? ;-)

Posted by: Sissy at January 10, 2006 08:17 PM (gCk3+)

6 How long did you lurk at mine? I don't think you ever lurked!

Posted by: Bou at January 10, 2006 09:45 PM (iHxT3)

7 So you're a blurker that borders on cyber stalker?

Cool!

Ya know, after seeing those pictures of Fitzfest, I swear I swear you're pulling our leg by saying your shy. Anyone that wears a Kilt in mid January in No Illois has got a pair that are bigger than bowling balls!

Just sayin'

Posted by: michele at January 10, 2006 10:52 PM (beN4P)

8 Kilt? Did someone say kilt?

Or did someone get kil't?

Either way, I don't remember if I've de-lurked here before. I've had you on my blogroll for some time in any case.

Best Regards,

Posted by: Consul-At-Arms at January 11, 2006 04:50 AM (B+qrE)

9 Yes, I just lurk in cyberspace stalking all of my potential victims new regular reads.

Posted by: Contagion at January 11, 2006 07:13 AM (Q5WxB)

10 Yeah. We've heard that about you. Minions. Victims. Fan girls. Whoohoo!

Posted by: Omnibus Driver at January 11, 2006 09:06 AM (6VG2d)

11 If I had *my* way, I'd just lurk here, but the court ordered me to leave at least one comment a week.

This blogchild support is killin' me... :-P

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Tomorrow I have to go to court. These will not be pleasant proceedings, not pleasant at all. For tomorrow, I will have to go to court over a death. ItÂ’s not the death of a family member, but of a close personal friend. A friend that IÂ’ve known for years. Some of you know this friend and will be shocked to learn this. I guess its better coming from me then some stranger or by a surprise.

Tomorrow IÂ’m having Graumagus legally declared dead.

Sure technically he may have a beating heart in his chest and what passes for a functioning brain in his head, but heÂ’s no longer around. In addition, if I have him declared dead it will help another case of mine.

Under salvage laws, IÂ’m trying to claim Frizzen Sparks as my own. HeÂ’s abandoned it since December 18, which is over 3 weeks ago, 22 days at this time to be precise. That means it is abandoned and the previous owner doesnÂ’t want it anymore. Thus, I should be able to have it legally transferred to my name. Now, since Grau has been gone for over 3 weeks with nary a word or comment, which should be grounds to have him declared dead. IsnÂ’t it blogging death to not post for more then two weeks? I believe so.

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Just a reminder to everyone that this weekend is Fritz Fest in good olÂ’ Stillman Valley, Illinois. T1G has been good enough to give directions on how to get there, even if you are coming from Galena, IL. It took some quick thinking on my behalf to get them, and one very unpleasant task that involved shards of glass and a certain orifice of T1G's. Hey, he asked for it! Harvey was even nice enough to provide the address for those of us that like to know exactly where we are going.

For those of you that donÂ’t already know, this is the list of people that are going to be there:

Some people are just way too sensitive. How sensitive, how about this? We have a guy that is offended at the Bucs/Saints game. What offended him? IÂ’ll give you a hint; it was part of the half time show. Still donÂ’t know? It involves cheerleaders? Are you guessing costuming?

RRRRNNNNNNTTTTT!!!!! WRONG!

ItÂ’s not the costuming; it was the song that offended this man.

Bob Corry, Offended By Song:
"The first song that I hear is 'Rock You Like a Hurricane' by The Scorpions and I thought to myself, 'Is it me, or is this just totally out of place and inappropriate?'"

During the halftime show, the Tampa Bay Buccaneer’s Cheerleaders (Yes gratuitous hotty link) did a routine to “Rock You Like a Hurricane” by The Scorpions. Why was this offensive? Duh, people, the Bucs were playing the New Orleans Saints. You know, New Orleans, they had that incident back in late August. You may have heard once or twice about it, Hurricane Katrina.

IÂ’ve only been to a couple of hundred profession, semi-pro and college sporting events in my lifetime. Yet, I seem to have the impression that this is a fairly common song to be played. IÂ’m not thinking any malice aforethought was meant. To me, this was just a common dance routine song. Hell, you may not like the song, but you have to admit that it does have a catchy beat for the cheerleaders to dance to.

Also, I know that Katrina didnÂ’t devastate Tampa, but unless IÂ’m mistaken and you Floridians can correct me, Tampa Bay has been affected by numerous hurricanes over the years. Okay, it wasnÂ’t almost scoured off the face of the earth like God was using water vaporous Brillo pad to remove some caked on filth, but still itÂ’s not like itÂ’s hurricane immune.

If the BucÂ’s cheerleaders had intentionally based their routine around that song just to rub in the fact that the Saints lost their home to Katrina, fine. If they didnÂ’t this guy has no basis to be offended. That would be like those of us being offended in the Midwest by some network showing Twister. That just doesnÂ’t make sense to me.

Ya know what? Screw it, IÂ’m going to be offended that this guy is offended.

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The New Year is here, and IÂ’ve seen everyone making resolutions. The only New Years resolution IÂ’ve ever lived up to was one I made 6 years ago. I resolved to never make any more New Years resolutions. Over the last six years, I havenÂ’t made a resolution.

However, I do occasionally decide I need to make changes in my life, and the New Year seems to be a good time to do it. With some of the troubles I’ve had over the last year, I decided that it’s time for me to do something about it. Starting today I’ve been weeding out the “friends” I no longer want to associate with. The ones that have been either causing me problems, the ones that irritate me, or the ones that I’ve just decided I don’t want anything to do with anymore.

Yes, it’s kind of assholish, okay it’s very assholish, but I’m doing it for my own selfish reasons. These are people that have done nothing but given me grief, pissed me off, or just plain make me want to re-shape a frying pan over their heads. Technically I started doing this back in December, but I’m putting it into overdrive today. Some might want explanations, which I’m not about to give. I’ll just spout off my standard, “I’m making changes, and getting rid of the people I don’t want in my life anymore” when asked.

You might remember I was lamenting over whether or not Ktreva and I had a New Years party. Well we decided we were going to, and just not invite those people we donÂ’t want to the party. Some people we did want to attend werenÂ’t invited just to not put them in the middle of a bad situation, like a couple of my re-enacting friends. I feel bad for those friends as, I personally felt like I did wrong by them. When I get a chance to talk to them, IÂ’ll explain.

When we sent out our invites, we included a slip of paper that stated not everyone who was invited in the past was going to be invited this time. We also included on there that if they decided not to attend because of this, we fully understood. We did have some guests that opted not to come so they werenÂ’t in the middle of the unpleasantness.

The party went off with out a hitch, which was great. We invited some new friends of ours to join us. Harvey and TEE-n-t. At one point I found out a guest of mine wasnÂ’t going to come because she had told me she wasnÂ’t going to make it and her plans changed at the last minute. Normally IÂ’m shy, but when IÂ’ve been drinking I had no problem calling (yes, dear readers I actually used a phone) and telling her she had to come or I would come and get her. When Tammi finally showed up it was nice to have her. She always brightens up a party.

Our party was much smaller this year then it was in years past, but that was kind of nice. We werenÂ’t as crowded and it was nice to be able to spend more time with each guest. Of course I did maintain my party tradition of being slightly inebriated before the guests started arriving. Harvey helped me drink down a bottle of Glenmorangie 12 year Port Wood Finish single malt Scotch. Not as good as their 18 year, but still a damn fine Scotch. TEE-n-t kept giving me crap because I couldnÂ’t pronounce her name properly. I had one crasher at the party, but since he I was about to legally declare him dead, I felt it was okay. It wasnÂ’t that he wasnÂ’t invited; it was just that he didnÂ’t RSVP.
IÂ’d like to think that everyone that was showed up had a good time. I know that Ktreva, Boopie, Clone and Myself did.

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1 It was a wonderful party and I had a great time. Thank you so much for making sure I made it. I wouldn't have changed a thing!!!

Posted by: Tammi at January 02, 2006 03:18 PM (lfQya)

2 Happy New Year... I'm glad you got Tammi's butt out

Posted by: talulazephyr at January 02, 2006 08:09 PM (/Vg0b)

3 Sounds like fun was had by all!

Posted by: Oddybobo at January 03, 2006 08:04 AM (6Gm0j)

4 Exquisite :-)

Posted by: Harvey at January 03, 2006 08:52 AM (ubhj8)

5 I had even more fun 'cause I didn't yakk all over your basement... again... and *finally* got to meet Harvey and (once you wrenched her arm out of it's socket via the phone) Tammi. ;^)

You throw an awesome party, dude. Thanks!

Posted by: Wes at January 03, 2006 03:30 PM (XKQLY)

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