KOEB Meeting: 06/21/06 -- Summer Solstice Edition

[Patsy Stone]

:hi:, all!

[Wetzelbill]

1. checking in

two days in a row!!!!!:)

[Berry Cool]

3. Hi Bill & Patsela!

:hi: all!

And it looks as if we bought ourselves more than one new shirt last week, eh?...only, Keith honey, it does NOT go with that suit and tie combo.

Wonder if the cuffs are French.

[Patsy Stone]

12. Combo = Awful

:hi: You can't see the picture of Keith in the OP?

[WolverineDG]

14. It woudl have worked

if he'd worn Richard Wolffe's jacket. I don't think anything goes with that jacket.

:hi: everyone!

dg

[Patsy Stone]

28. True, True

Richard looked lovely. :hi:

[Berry Cool]

16. The picture was slow to come in on dialup. Sorry. :-)

I love seeing his smiling face! :loveya:

And I love it when Keith can't cover Dan Rather without using a Rather-ism. My favorite is still "He was off faster than a calico dress on a West Texas prom night."

[Patsy Stone]

30. Kenneth...

What is the frequency?

[Olney Blue]

24. Hi Lloyd!

:hi:

[Wetzelbill]

51. haha

hello!

I desperately want to make love with a schoolboy!!!!!

[Olney Blue]

56. Me too

:rofl:

[ralps]

2. Hi Patsy, Hi Everyone, Goody Keith's going to cover the AOL story & the

Senate Iraq war debate!!
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Berry Cool]

4. Good for him on both counts.

I admit, the AOL story is dear to my heart. I made the mistake of using one of their free disks about a decade ago, and soon learned that getting AOL to pry its damn fingers off you is harder than getting Bill O'Reilly to let go of his loofah. Luckily, I had an online friend who actually worked there who agreed to cancel my membership without putting me through all the hassle. Her brain hadn't been eaten by her employer yet. She actually believed that if you wanted to cancel AOL, they should cancel you--no questions asked!

[ralps]

11. Hi BerryBush, I wish I could quit my AOL dial up Acc. but my older

computer is connected to a dial up modem & I'm using MacOS 9.something on it. I pay the bare minimum & hardly ever use it, but when my newer computer was in the shop that's what I had to work with. :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :shrug:

[Patsy Stone]

13. Hi, ralps.

How's by you?

[ralps]

17. It's been really rainy & humid here. It poured last night & early this

morning. Now it's sunny & 82. I'm doing good. How are you? :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Patsy Stone]

40. All is well

It's hot and humid here, too. But I know its a big change for you guys. Enjoy your summer!

[Muffstser]

5. Hey, gang! Hate the shirt/jacket combo.

Bring back the navy blue!

[Berry Cool]

6. I have to say, I think this one is not good at all.

It would look much better with the blue suit.

on edit: sorry, hi Muff!

[Muffstser]

9. Hiya, Berry! How's your week going?

One thing I'm really going to miss about my job: the fact that my boss lets us leave early a lot. My "Keith Live" days are going to be limited.

[Berry Cool]

18. Well, my week has been so-so, Muff, but having Keith back makes things

way better than they could have been.

Scooter: "Eager as a bear in a Japanese period-piece novel"! :rofl:

See, this is why things are better!

[Patsy Stone]

15. Hey, Muffstser

Yeah, it's bad. The GSB suit goes with nothing, no matter what they do. It's time for it to move on.

[bleever]

7. "The Druids:

Nobody knows who they were...or what they were doing."

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

26. Eddie Izzard

"And the druids, they were into sex and death in an interesting, night-time telly sort of way."

:hi:

[Wetzelbill]

8. I hate when people refer to Bush's "gut"

like he has some special sense and feel about how people are and what life is, Bush has no instinct whatsoever about anything.

[Berry Cool]

10. Hey, when you have no brains,

what are you gonna use to make decisions with other than your gut?

Oh, I mean non-romantic ones, of course. Brainless guys use another body part for thinking about THAT stuff.

[Patsy Stone]

27. From the gut.

Mr. President, my name is Stephen Colbert and tonight it's my privilege to celebrate this president. We're not so different, he and I. We get it. We're not brainiacs on the nerd patrol. We're not members of the factinista. We go straight from the gut, right sir? That's where the truth lies, right down here in the gut. Do you know you have more nerve endings in your gut than you have in your head? You can look it up. I know some of you are going to say "I did look it up, and that's not true." That's 'cause you looked it up in a book.

Next time, look it up in your gut. I did. My gut tells me that's how our nervous system works. Every night on my show, the Colbert Report, I speak straight from the gut, OK?


:hi:

[ralps]

19. $500 for Libby's defense fund. I hope Libby has to spend All his money!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Patsy Stone]

36. Just like Katherine Harris

I hope she ends up working at McDonald's.

[Botany]

20. It was the longest day of the year and as the sun set over the Bleever ..

...... pond the EDVs started their mating calls.



Drive by blog.

[Berry Cool]

23. You can drive by us anytime, Bot!

That's lovely.

And Keith is kvetchin' and retchin' because he "has" to cover Simon Cowell. Oh well, at least it's not a celebrity baby.

Patsela, don't ya just kove it when he kvetches? Oy.

[CBHagman]

67. Kvetch and retch with Keith Olbermann!

:rofl:

I'm going to put that one next to my "Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye" recording, or perhaps have that slogan put on a t-shirt.

As for celebrity babies, it would be fine with me if I never heard actors/pop stars and conception, pregnancy, epidurals, labor, and/or cesareans mentioned in the same sentence again. In fact, as far as I'm concerned, they can all take vows of chastity AND silence, and that goes triple for Tom @&#!!! Cruise.

[Berry Cool]

70. Yeah, doesn't it kill you when they act as if they invented children?

Not to mention love, sex and marriage...then it's like "Oh wow everybody, we figured out this cool NEW thing to do. We are going to have a BABY!! Let us explain how it works...once they find out how we do it, EVERYBODY will want one!!"

[bleever]

37. Dam, that's a nice looking pond.

I sure do love me some summer solstice.

[ralps]

21. The new Simon Cowell show, another story Keith's producers are forcing

him to do. LOL :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :rofl:

[Olney Blue]

22. Hi everyone!

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

25. Hi Olney!

Welcome to Countdown with Columbo...I mean Keith Olbermann.

[Wetzelbill]

29. woo hoo! My cousin Michelle has been found!

:P

[Berry Cool]

35. Your cousin Michelle? Do tell...

That one flew over my head.

Oh well, at least you're not an ex-Khan.

[RevCheesehead]

31. Drive-By Hello to all!

Brother & kids are here for 2 days. The cats are in hiding, and everything is suddenly sticky. :)

Miss ya, and will check in later. :hi:

Keith: :loveya:

[Olney Blue]

41. Have fun, Rev! We'll miss you too.

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

45. Miss you, too.

Have fun if you find the time. Or the cats. :)

[SharonRB]

32. Hey, everyone

How are you all tonight?

KO needs an appointment with Carson -- WTF is he wearing?

Just got home from helping with a mailing for Nancy Skinner -- the governor's endorsement is going out Friday!
As we were leaving the office, she invited me as her guest to a $250/person fundraiser at someone's house tomorrow night. I'm excited, but I have no idea what to wear.

[Patsy Stone]

42. LOL!

Carson could only help this dire situation.

That's a great invite! Wear black. That's my .02 Can't go wrong with basic black and maybe a bit of sequins or beads.

[SharonRB]

44. Carson certainly couldn't hurt.

I just don't know if it's dressy-ish or if it's more like black suit-ish. If it's dressy-ish I know what to wear, but if it's not, I don't want to be over-dressed.

[SharonRB]

47. Actually, now that I think about it, a good compromise might be

A black sequined tank top under a black silk Dana Buchman blazer and black silk pants.

That might be just the ticket. Business-y with a touch of sequins.

[Patsy Stone]

48. Exactly what I was typing

in another window.

Yes, something fancy under something simple and elegant. I'd say your idea is perfect.

[SharonRB]

50. Thanks, Carsela!

[Olney Blue]

64. Sharon- in case you are still there- your Senator is on Larry King!

[Olney Blue]

43. Do you have a Buck Fush T-shirt?

:rofl:

[SharonRB]

46. LOL -- I think it's definitely dressier than that!

[Clark2008]

33. OK - the Chaka Khan music was the BEST!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

:hi: KOEBers!

[Clark2008]

34. Hey Pats... how come we're not partying at Stonehenge?

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

38. I wish!

Long white robes, the whole nine. :hi:

[Berry Cool]

39. "An ARGYLE prom dress on a West Texas prom night"?!?!?

Uh, Keith, sweetie...prom dresses are NEVER argyle.

They're not calico, either, but at least we can joke that in West Texas they are.

Argyle is for socks, Keith. In fact, you're probably wearing it now under that desk.

Oh my...a fashion maven he is not.

[Berry Cool]

49. Oh, and Keith, don't blame ME for those American Idol stories!

Or any of us...we are faithful and we tune in anyway!!!!

Bad Keith!!

Sharon...be daring. Do what I did once at a formal party. Wear red.

In an ocean of little black cocktail dresses, you'll really stand out.

:rofl:...KO covered his eyes in agony after the Simon Cowell story!

[Patsy Stone]

53. Yes he did.

And I love Simon Cowell. That is all.

I didn't look fast enough to answer the French cuffs question.

[Berry Cool]

71. No French cuffs on this one, too bad.

But hey, this is two shirts of KO's now that have French cuffs. I would say that's progress, if he didn't look so hopelessly rumpled tonight.

But suave or rumpled, he's still our KO. :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

54. And our Worst Person in the World is...

...Ozzie Guillen. Because he used NASTY LANGUAGE in front of reporters. :rofl:

Why do I get a feeling KO is getting a kick out of knocking Oz for this?

Of course, you know KO would never call anyone by any gay epithets, either. And Oz's explanation for why he "isn't prejudiced" was just a laugh riot.

"Hey, I have nothing against gays! I go to WNBA games!! I go to MADONNA concerts, for heavens' sakes!!!!"

[Gogi]

72. The Pale Hose beat the Cards 20 to 6 last nite, grrrrrrrr!

Hi everybody, not a happy camper tonite. Ozzie has no couth. He should know better than to say things like that in front of a gaggle of sports reporters and their infernal recording devices (IRDS).:spank:

[SharonRB]

55. I don't know if it's cocktail-y so I don't want to overdress

That's why I think my solution about is okay -- sort of business-y, sort of cocktail-y.

And, as for red, I own nothing red.

[Berry Cool]

60. Well, your ensemble sounds like a nice idea.

I think that will look very nice.

I've worn black too...but I admit, I own a lot of red...it's my best color, so I use it!

[gkhouston]

75. in West Texas? Not so sure about that... n/t

[Patsy Stone]

52. "Aqua Island"???

:rofl:

Aqua is a new development on a small (s-m-all) island which used to house a hospital and its parking lot. In fact, it was developed by someone I went to high school with.

But, I had no idea she was here this week. Damn, it's about 10 minutes from my house, too.

[Berry Cool]

58. Well, looks like Connie Chung is more popular for how her show ended

than the show ever was when it was on!

MSNBC is getting maximum mileage out of her literal swan song, and if KO's having her on tomorrow, that's proof!

What next? A recording contract for an album of duets with William Hung?

[Patsy Stone]

66. Not a bad idea!

I think you should call Simon and pitch it.

[Berry Cool]

68. "Chung and Hung!"

With a title like that, how can it miss?

[bleever]

57. Smerconish has more breaking news in the Duke rape case!

:boring:

[Patsy Stone]

61. Stop watching that!

The shine off his pate is hypnotizing...

[bleever]

62. Democratic women Senators on Larry King!

Whew...much better.

:)

[gkhouston]

73. it's meant to distract you

from that "shall I eat your liver or your heart first?" stare.

[Patsy Stone]

76. He's a sycophant

of the highest order. :hi:

[Kolesar]

59. John Kerry is speaking on the Senate floor on Cspan live, now

:)

[Wetzelbill]

63. thanks that is awesome

:)

[Patsy Stone]

65. Damn!

I got back here too late. Now it's John Warner. :(

[Berry Cool]

69. Hey, did you guys know Rita Skeeter's doing a bunch of American Idol shows

????

Yes, she has hitched her wagon to that little ratings star.

So. Who's for canning her and replacing her show with an hour's worth of a camera focused on a suitcase full of rocks?

[gkhouston]

74. what's she gonna do? Sing "Bette Davis Eyes"? n/t