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Time for some fun and humor Sunday night. Here are some photos. Some were taken by me. Some were taken by friends. Some I have stolen off the internet.
Your job? Caption This Photo! I'll re-post each photo as a comment below to make the game a little easier.
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| We'll start with a wildife shot. Here's a green anova that I spotted on my apartment building the other day. Caption This Photo! |
| Here's another scary creature... John McCain buying pizza in Brooklyn, via the New York Times. Also interesting is the picture of his teleprompter. Maybe the prompter will help you Caption This Photo! |
| This one's just weird. In fact, it's more than mildly disturbing. I saw this graffiti on the sidewalk today. I am not even sure exactly what it is. Are you? If so... Caption This Photo! |
| Another local wildlife submission, my fellow Austin Kossack lirtydies contributed a photo of the rooster that lives in the West Campus neighborhood. She notes that the rooster survives on "Frat Boy Scraps" and hangs out by a law office, if anyone wants to make any easy jokes when they Caption This Photo! |
| More animals. I'm sensing an animal theme tonight. This is an exotic gecko (via the New York Times that only lives in Madagascar and is part of a conservation project that focuses on particular habitats. What is he yelling about? Caption This Photo! |
| Here is a crawfish. He was shortly thereafter boiled alive and eaten at a big crawfish boil. Does he have any last words? Caption This Photo! |
| Ok, this one just struck me as funny. I took this from the Press gallery at the Austin Obama rally. I took literally hundreds of photos, and in most of them, the O-man is either blurry or making a funny expression. He moves his face a lot when he talks. I have another one in which it looks like he's giving me the eye. Hee hee. But this one is funnier. Caption This Photo! |
| One last one... Can't leave out Texas. The state is a leader in wind production, as West Texas has become home to turbines where oil pumps once thrived. I've seen 'em, the huge wind farms are fantastic, just so incredibly huge. Good news for the planet, and an interesting sign of a welcome change in energy policy. And also, an opportunity to Caption This Photo! |
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On to the Comments!
From cultural worker:
trivium pens an ode.
From madame defarge:
Christin hits the target.
From noweasels:
Duck! lineatus explains it all in Trix's brilliant -- and shameless -- um, "candidate" diary. As for begone, well, see for yourself. And as for the rest of us? Well, Wee Mama knows.
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BeninSC Has Top Mojo!!
Top Mojo - excluding search-identifiable tip jars and first diary comments (top 22 tonight of each plus ties):
1 Thanks, everyone by Scott Kleeb - 188
2 This really points out by Audio Guy - 153
3 PUT THIS ON THE REC LIST by MasterSitsu - 143
4 yeah, the big important fight isn't against Rs by Mr Bula - 112
5 This is a b.s. scandal by existenz - 99
6 I think that Hillary is OVERPLAYING her hand by Drdemocrat - 95
7 There are two in this race by dannyinla - 81
8 Hillary still on Offense by Billary Redux - 80
9 kid by Carnacki - 79
10 What's wrong with wanting America to live up by One Pissed Off Liberal - 79
11 The sad thing by boonagain - 75
12 watch this one too by Billary Redux - 73
13 Good lord! by notquitedelilah - 68
14 Hillary Clinton does not have a drinking problem by justmy2 - 67
15 And us Kossers as Red Staters see us: by Wee Mama - 66
16 You don't need a weatherman by Dragon5616 - 65
17 A photo of the great man. by Asinus Asinum Fricat - 65
18 Uninformed people are liabilities in a Democracy by trashablanca - 63
19 As Barack Obama himself said by smash artist - 63
20 None of us should let this torture thing go by snackdoodle - 61
21 Fox should take a lesson by accumbens - 60
22 The insanity continues..... by rickeagle - 59
23 just found this..... by wargolem - 58
24 And his baby: by Asinus Asinum Fricat - 58
25 Hope you're right, and I think you by jeff in nyc - 57
26 So no "gutter" politics for you, eh? by pat208 - 57
27 Also, by jenontheshore - 57
28 Another way to counter this media garbage by Deoliver47 - 55
29 Elitists Send Americans Off To Kill And Die In A by leonard145b - 54
30 I like to imagine it was like this: by SpamNunn - 54
Top Mojo - everything included:
>1 Tips for total fucking outrage? by One Pissed Off Liberal - 499
2 I guess this is why we have to leave by Uncle - 485
3 Tip Jar by PsiFighter37 - 467
4 Who is the elitist? by kid oakland - 333
5 Don't Just Tip. . . by Muzikal203 - 321
6 Tipping is for the birds by Trix - 317
7 Once more, into the breech.... by Troutfishing - 251
8 There is a huge coalition that does NOT want by la urracca - 241
9 Wars are terrible and unjust. by Asinus Asinum Fricat - 229
10 The more I am seeing coming out of this "scandal" by smash artist - 226
11 tip jar n/t by maineiac - 197
12 Thanks, everyone by Scott Kleeb - 188
13 This really points out by Audio Guy - 153
14 very nice by rilkas - 150
15 PUT THIS ON THE REC LIST by MasterSitsu - 143
16 tip jar here or rec jar to the right by slinkerwink - 121
17 yeah, the big important fight isn't against Rs by Mr Bula - 112
18 Tipped! And... by begone - 110
19 This is a b.s. scandal by existenz - 99
20 I think that Hillary is OVERPLAYING her hand by Drdemocrat - 95
21 With sorrow and respect by joyful - 91
22 Tip jar by auntialias - 90
23 There are two in this race by dannyinla - 81
24 Hillary still on Offense by Billary Redux - 80
25 What's wrong with wanting America to live up by One Pissed Off Liberal - 79
26 kid by Carnacki - 79
27 The Panderers Panderers Have Been Waiting For. by haruki - 77
28 The sad thing by boonagain - 75
29 I'm supposed to ask for tips, yes? by Dracomicron - 74
30 watch this one too by Billary Redux - 73
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