Time to put on those travelin’ shoes and go a-fishin’

The first time I saw the great Elvin Bishop, we were both younger men. It was back in the early ’70s, in Raleigh, N.C., right about the time he put out his excellent and underrated album “Let It Flow.” Looking through the song list from that album — “Travelin’ Shoes,” “Stealin’ Watermelons” — is like going back in time.

That album also included Elvin’s classic celebration of fishing, the aptly titled “Fishin’.” It’s a critically important theme, so important that Mr. Bishop felt obligated to revisit it at more length in a later song, the equally aptly titled “Gone Fishin’ Again,” as in “me and my no-good friends are gone fishin’ again.”

Which of course we are. See ya’ll back here in a couple of weeks. Be good, be cool and be wishin’ you were with us, ‘cuz we plan on having us a damn good time.

– Jay Bookman

4,302 comments Add your comment

getalife

July 26th, 2012
9:54 pm

We want American busts in the WH scout.

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
9:56 pm

Tweedledee and tweedledum,

For Doomy they’re his personal fun.

TaxPayer

July 26th, 2012
9:56 pm

A quote is a quote which means it wasn’t mine. Just passing on a little joke but then you have to take a personal shot re: petty thief.

Don’t try to pass your failed rabbit hole — aka, pothole — off on me. I can’t help you do better with your cut-n-pastes. Have you considered signing up for Sean Hannity’s, “How to be a Pro Cut-N-Paster in fifty easy lessons” yet? It could work wonders for ya.

0311/8541/5811/1811/1801

July 26th, 2012
9:56 pm

Does anyone know if we are getting close to the all time number of posts for a thread ????

Will we break the record?

Are we still on topic?

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
9:58 pm

“A quote is a quote which means it wasn’t mine. Just passing on a little joke but then you have to take a personal shot re: petty thief.”

Scout,

What did you expect? His game is weak. You know your game is weak when all you can do is whine about the quotation marks in a quote or a typo, etc.

Keep Up the Good Fight!

July 26th, 2012
9:59 pm

TaxPayer

July 26th, 2012
9:59 pm

I’m betting he’ll keep his feet off the Oval Office desk too.

If Romney ever got in there, he’d trickle down on everything in sight.

0311/8541/5811/1811/1801

July 26th, 2012
10:00 pm

Condi takes a shot at Obama ……….. she must be a racist.

Editorial: “US must recall it is not just any country”

“The American people have to be inspired to lead again. They need to be reminded that the US is not just any other country: we are exceptional in the clarity of our conviction that free markets and free peoples hold the key to the future, and in our willingness to act on those beliefs.”

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f4837046-d67b-11e1-ba60-00144feabdc0.html#axzz21mfzUPm5

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:00 pm

Doomy having fun with his 3 socially awkward penguins. Each yearning to stand out but yet drowning collectively in their own infinite sea of stupidity.

0311/8541/5811/1811/1801

July 26th, 2012
10:01 pm

Thulsa:

Exactly ……… and sometimes even the spelling ……….. or “rabbit hole”.

Did I get those quotes right ?

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:03 pm

Are the yapping chihuahuas still yapping? Yep. They are.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATPi3VQsEv0

getalife

July 26th, 2012
10:04 pm

will robme will mess up the furniture with all that crap in his hair.

Keep Up the Good Fight!

July 26th, 2012
10:04 pm

Scout, right now the Brits don’t think too highly about Mitt…. what a gaff!

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

July 26th, 2012
10:04 pm

Did I say Flo?

I meant the Flobot.

TaxPayer

July 26th, 2012
10:04 pm

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:06 pm

Scout,

When they got no game they got to come up with whining about quotation marks and yap like the chihuahua at 10:03. Who do that yappy chihuahua remind you of?

getalife

July 26th, 2012
10:08 pm

” Reporter: Officials In Dismay At Debut… ‘Total Car Crash’… ‘Worse Than Palin’…
PM’s Dig At Romney: ‘Easier If You Hold Olympics In Middle Of Nowhere’…
WATCH: London Mayor, Crowd Of 60,000 Mock Mitt… Calls UK Opposition Head Milliband ‘Mr Leader’… Spills Beans On Confidential Meeting With Spy Chief… Snubs Reporters… The Best Reactions… Harry Reid: Romney Embarrassed U.S. ” Aol.

Epic melt down like doomy today.

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:08 pm

TP, you still yapping? Or whining like a beyotch? Both are very befitting you.

getalife

July 26th, 2012
10:09 pm

Do Jay a favor doomy.

Self ban so he does not have to.

TaxPayer

July 26th, 2012
10:10 pm

Did I get those quotes right ?

Actually, no. When you pick a portion of another’s post and put quotes around it, you should also indicate that you are selectively quoting with “… rabbit hole… ”

Perhaps, Hannity’s fifty lessons will cover the finer points at some point.

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:11 pm

Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 26th, 2012
10:04 pm

Scout, right now the Brits don’t think too highly about Mitt…. what a gaff!

Yeah. Sure buddy. I’m sure they think more highly of the idiot who gave them some freaking movies and a DVD player that doesn’t even work in Britain. Geez.

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

July 26th, 2012
10:11 pm

…and yap like the chihuahua at 10:03. Who do that yappy chihuahua remind you of?

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Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:12 pm

OMG. Is he still droning on about some quotation marks in a damn cut and paste?

TaxPayer

July 26th, 2012
10:13 pm

Talk about old routines. Thulsa’s done pulled out his Taco Bell dog collection and started up a conversation with them.

Keep Up the Good Fight!

July 26th, 2012
10:15 pm

For those who prefer the video version of “doom dumbstroked”, here it is

TaxPayer

July 26th, 2012
10:16 pm

Doom needs to take up a collection for another 12-pack. He’s done run out of steam for the evening. Scout, help a bud out. Give Doom a payday loan.

0311/8541/5811/1811/1801

July 26th, 2012
10:17 pm

Good Fight:

You forget he knows about the Olympics. It wasn’t a gaff ……… it was the truth.

It’s been in all the papers over there that they weren’t ready !

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:17 pm

Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time Doomy is near
Just like Keep they long to be
Close to Doom.

La la la….la la la la…. la la la…..la la la

Keep longs to be
Close to Doom

Why do stars fall down from the sky
Every time Doomy walks by,
Just like kam they long to be
Close to Doom

On the day that Doom was born the angels got together
and decided to create a dream called Doom
So they sprinkled moondust in his hair,
of gold and starlight in my eyes so blue,

That is why all the kooks in town,
Follow Doom all around,
Just like TP they long to be
Close to Doom
La la la…. la la la la la…… laaaaa laaaaa laaaaaa

Close to Doom.

The triple kook obsession with the Doom is duly noted.

Close to you by the carpenters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y_m-CoUIRs

Keep Up the Good Fight!

July 26th, 2012
10:19 pm

Scout, well I am sure you would say the same thing is Obama made the gaff. :roll: But of course, you are in the know. :roll:

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:22 pm

TP,

Run out of steam? Hell I’m just getting started. Did you actually think the three of you mental midgets could match wits with me? Whatta we got here? A welfare check guy claiming to be wealthy, another welfare check guy who got retired early by Mexicans cause he couldn’t compete by his own admission, and an ambulance chaser.

I gotta quit laughing though after my Carpenters song. Bout to start crying I’m laughing so hard.

getalife

July 26th, 2012
10:24 pm

Told ya willard is not ready for prime time.

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:24 pm

gaffes???

57 states
Austrians speak Austrian
Navy corpse man 3 times
Hawaii is part of Asia
“They didn’t build that. Someone else did!

Thanks Keep. I knew I could count on you for some lib foolishness to keep me laughing.

0311/8541/5811/1811/1801

July 26th, 2012
10:25 pm

Obama doesn’t know the Olympics. Romney ran one if you remember.

getalife

July 26th, 2012
10:28 pm

What will willard screw up in Israel.

This trip was a disaster.

Send that clown home before he does anymore damage.

Keep Up the Good Fight!

July 26th, 2012
10:29 pm

Scout, yep.. he lobbied for a govt bailout and he told the althetes how they had help from their communities to get there. And now he’s for bank regulation. :lol:

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:31 pm

TP,

Its always been my experience that the people who talk the most about money as if they have it are always the ones that are especially broke. And I’m certain that anonymous bloggers hiding behind a computer typify that more than anyone. Sad.

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:32 pm

“Obama doesn’t know the Olympics. Romney ran one if you remember.”

Facts don’t matter to libs.

TaxPayer

July 26th, 2012
10:33 pm

Romney dressed the US players in Burmese uniforms.

TaxPayer

July 26th, 2012
10:34 pm

Sadly, the one thing you have, Doom, is experience talking about your inflatable life.

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:35 pm

I am the only white man in a 100% black neighborhood!

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Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:39 pm

TaxPayer
July 26th, 2012
10:34 pm

Sadly, the one thing you have, Doom, is experience talking about your inflatable life.

Sez the guy who is always talking about his supposed big bank account. I was a stockbroker for 6 years TP so obviously I dealt with a lot of people who had money. Never new one of them who bragged about money. Not one. New lots of BS ers who talked a good game and when it got down to crunch time they wanted to do a $1,000 trade as opposed to a 10 or 20 or 50k trade. We called these little guys pikers piker.

getalife

July 26th, 2012
10:39 pm

Get lost doomy.

You are losing it.

TaxPayer

July 26th, 2012
10:39 pm

Oh well. I’ll have to check in on Doom in the morning to see if he ever came up with the money to cover that second 12-pack. It doesn’t look too promising for Doom getting a payday loan from Scout. I don’t believe Scout drinks so he might not be into funding such behavior.

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:40 pm

Knew not new but I’m sure TP can figure out a typo when he sees one. At least maybe anyway.

TaxPayer

July 26th, 2012
10:41 pm

I was a stockbroker for 6 years

While you stayed at which Holiday Inn, Doom. :lol:

Now you’re just getting sillier than usual.

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:41 pm

Good night piker.

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:41 pm

I guess the piker didn’t have much steam left.

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

July 26th, 2012
10:41 pm

I was a floor trader at the NYSE for 50 years.

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:43 pm

TP,

If you doubt that then you can watch me and Butch Cassidy have a conversation one day. Butch would know better than anyone if I know the industry lingo or not. You can’t BS your way through things that we know.

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:44 pm

A floor trader? Good one. More like you were on your knees installing tile in someone’s bathroom. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAAHAH!

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:45 pm

Kam was trading in tile flooring. HAHAHAHAHAH.

TaxPayer

July 26th, 2012
10:45 pm

Someone must have spiked old Doom’s inflatable aircraft carrier with helium. He’s squeeling like a… Doom, you hear that banjo… stock broker turned commissioned insurance sales to those on medicare advantage. My how the might Doom has fallen. One too many 10k trade, eh Doom. :lol:

getalife

July 26th, 2012
10:46 pm

Scout,

scout,

Even your favorite rag drudgey is attacking your kook:

“ROMNEY QUESTIONS IF BRITS ARE READY” drudgey.

Fox news could not believe it.

A great day for President Obama.

Four more years!

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:48 pm

TP,

Its obvious by your comments that you never had brokerage accounts and I can pretty much prove that. Why do you doubt that I was a broker for a while? And also like I said if Butch is on tomorrow have Butch ask me some questions that only brokers who traded a while would know. He would know in 2 minutes if I was full of it. Just out of curiosity why do you doubt that?

TaxPayer

July 26th, 2012
10:49 pm

You can’t BS your way through things that we know.

Doom wouldn’t know a spread from a put if it were laid out on a bed of rose petals. I hear Bruno might have a good deal for you on some shares of Citi, Doom. Go for it, Mr. Stock broken insurance salesman. :roll:

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

July 26th, 2012
10:53 pm

I owned Paine-Webber and E.F. Hutton.

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:54 pm

TP,

Actually if you knew what the hell you were talking about you would have said the difference between a call and a put instead of a spread and a put. That right there tells me don’t have a damn clue.

getalife

July 26th, 2012
10:54 pm

Next doomy will tell us he is the joker.

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:55 pm

Kam is still trading in flooring tile. Too funny. Now I know kam never had crap. That’s pretty obvious.

Oscar

July 26th, 2012
10:57 pm

Weird. Just . . . very weird.

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:57 pm

That’s the other thing that’s kinda funny about you TP. You’ve never told anyone what you did to earn all those gazillions of yours. I guess it woulda been hard to convince folks on a janitor’s salary I suppose. You coulda at least been Kam’s gofer and handed him or rather traded the flooring tile to him. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAH.

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
10:59 pm

Oscar,

Yeah. I’ve been playing with my 3 jesters for a few hours now. Its been pretty fun.

Looks like TP must be googling some investment stuff to act like he has had some type of investment portfolio.

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
11:02 pm

Allright. Gonna take the dawg out for a few minutes to see what kinda crap TP is going to come up with after googling. I already busted his dumb arse on calls and puts and spreads- showing clearly that he didn’t know the damn difference between the 3.

TaxPayer

July 26th, 2012
11:03 pm

Go sleep it off, Doom. When talking about differences between two terms, Doom’s drunken “logic” does not apply. Now get back to your medicare advantage insurance sales tomorrow. You got lots of work to do to support us job creators. :lol:

TaxPayer

July 26th, 2012
11:07 pm

Doom is the joke, er.

TaxPayer

July 26th, 2012
11:10 pm

Doom the six year-term stock broker. :lol: Damn. Where does he pull this stuff out of. :lol:

On second thought, I don’t want to know.

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
11:16 pm

Taxpayer,

The fact that you think that is so unusual tells me that you just don’t know what the hell you are talking about. You just don’t.

TaxPayer

July 26th, 2012
11:20 pm

Doom got so rich in six years on Wall Street he just felt a need to turn to medicare advantage insurance sales as his way of giving back to the retirement community. :lol:

Ahem

July 26th, 2012
11:21 pm

Moderate this. The truth is sometimes unpleasant, especially after a quart of Kool-Aid.

Ahem

July 26th, 2012
11:22 pm

G Mare

July 26th, 2012
11:26 pm

Josef, please elaborate on the frozen people. I’ve never heard that one, tho, thinking about it, it does seem to make a bit of sense. I think….

HELLO

July 26th, 2012
11:26 pm

Thulsa

PASSED OUT

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
11:27 pm

Taxpayer,

The fact that you think its so hard or difficult or that its some kind of prestigious job to be a stockbroker is amazing. It just shows you know nothing. A stockbroker is nothing more than a professional telemarketer who passed a helluva hard securities and licensing exam called the series 7. There are lots of brokers who work at the smaller firms that were just high school grads and didn’t know the first damn thing about investing until they took a course on the series 7 and passed the exam. They are just telemarketers who know a little bit more about the market than the average person. The guys who started at the bigger firms like Merrill had to have a college degree and generally needed some type of connection to get in the door. But there were guys who were just high school grads working at places like Bear Stearns making 300-400k a year that were just great salesman. I know cause I worked there. I didn’t make that much though or even close to that much. And another thing is that most seasoned investors know that that little punk 25 year old cold calling him doesn’t know any more about the markets than he does. If you were as sophisticated or as wealthy as you pretend to be you would know this. Its obvious that you don’t since you seem to act like its some type of difficult or prestigious position to hold and its shocking that Doomy would be in such a profession. It aint. Lotta average Joes and even some damn morons in that business.

Thulsa Doom

July 26th, 2012
11:29 pm

Taxpayer,

Nope. I never got rich. Made decent money and being young and stupid a lot of it went to fast women, expensive bars and restaurants every night, a nice house in Buckhead but I sure as hell didn’t get rich. Not even close.

G Mare

July 26th, 2012
11:56 pm

To the people here commenting re abortion, it seems to me that if you have a male appendage, you do not have the proverbial dog in this fight. To put it another way: Against abortion? Don’t have one. And, you male-appendaged people do NOT get to judge why any woman would
want/need/decide to have an abortion. Aah, this just really makes me SO angry. “MY BODY, MY CHOICE!”
I have been reading & commenting on this blog for a few months now. I have agreed & disagreed with many posters here. But NEVER before have I been this upset and ANGRY. If you do not have the biological equipment to get pregnant, STFU!!!

And please spare me your anti-choice rhetoric. I’m not buyin’ it, and I won’t read it.

getalife

July 27th, 2012
12:08 am

Let it be known on this day of blogging without supervision, doomy the con was the only blogger that could not act like an adult.

G Mare

July 27th, 2012
12:12 am

Yeah, getalife, you got that right.

Okay, stopping for now, before I type something that will get me banned.

Jerome Horwitz

July 27th, 2012
7:04 am

Kam – From last night. Where are you hearing Markgraf and Hucles commentary? I’d like to listen in. Snarky? Are they a bit jaded because they’re not longer there? Remember Kate as a top notch defender. Angela was pretty good, too.

Gale

July 27th, 2012
7:51 am

GMARE @ 11:56pm last night. I agree 100% I get very tired of men telling me I cannot have an opinion about the military because I cannot be drafted, but then blasting their own opinions about abortion. While I have half a leg in the draft discussion because I do believe in compulsory military service for all, men will never be able to become pregnant by law.

Soothsayer

July 27th, 2012
7:56 am

barking frog

July 27th, 2012
8:02 am

Gale
Your tax dollars pay for the
military so you can say what
you want.

barking frog

July 27th, 2012
8:06 am

Sooth
Other world leaders should
remember that all our
leaders are elected by the
people.

USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout

July 27th, 2012
8:37 am

dude … when a Republican can’t get a break in the Daily Frickin MAIL or Telegraph, you KNOW it’s a bad day …

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2179582/Mitt-Romneys-Olympics-2012-gaffe-Devoid-charm-offensive-wazzock.html

Speaking anonymously behind the scenes, officials were even more scathing in their verdicts, describing Mr Romney’s second day in London as a ‘total car crash’ and saying he was ‘worse than Sarah Palin’.

Another official who met with the former Governor of Massachusetts said he was ‘apparently devoid of charm, warmth, humour or sincerity’.

The Daily Telegraph’s Lucy Jones branded him a ‘wazzock’ (which the Urban Dictionary defines as ‘an idiot or daft person’) after the candidate questioned Britain’s desire to host the Games.

She said: ‘Who does Mitt Romney think he is? I feel a glimmer of protectiveness and pride… there’s one thing Romney could learn while he’s in Britain this week: some manners.’

Gale

July 27th, 2012
8:45 am

Romney appears to have failed Diplomacy 101. Don’t insult the host’s party to their faces. Rude that. I figure London to be similar to Atlanta when the Olympics were here. An annoyance until the fired up, then a great deal of excitement. For London’s sake, I hope the mayor does not sanction steet peddlers on every corner selling cheap goods as happen here.

the cat

July 27th, 2012
8:46 am

Any truth to the rumor that Ann was measuring for drapes in Buckingham Palace?

USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout

July 27th, 2012
8:48 am

the cat – :lol: – I’m sure she would have been measuring for drapes, but also planning an extension …

Tundra Dude

July 27th, 2012
8:51 am

describing Mr Romney’s second day in London as a ‘total car crash’ and saying he was ‘worse than Sarah Palin’

Oh, WOW! Now that’s “beyond the Pale”.

barking frog

July 27th, 2012
8:54 am

dudette
Romney will lose as many
british votes as Obama did
when he gaffed the Queen.

carlosgvv

July 27th, 2012
8:54 am

USinUK

When you’re worth over 200 million dollars and destined to enter into the highest degree celestial kingdom and eventually become “exalted”, you don’t need no stinkin charm, warmth, humor or sincerity.

Keep Up the Good Fight!

July 27th, 2012
8:57 am

Well the car elevators are much smaller over there.

Joe Hussein Mama

July 27th, 2012
8:59 am

TBS — “But as I mentioned earlier today, yes some bloggers go too far at times in their ridicule of Christianity. Maybe we need a few Muslims, Buddhists, etc. A little more variety so the “love” can be spread around by the equal opportunity discriminators.”

I think you’ll find that some of the harshest critiques of religion, religious practice and religious adherence are posted by people who are *themselves* theists. There have been some pretty nasty posts about islam posted by some of our resident christians, for example.

USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout

July 27th, 2012
9:00 am

carlos – you know what they say, “Sincerity – if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”

Gale

July 27th, 2012
9:02 am

faking sincerity. I like that. lol

Keep Up the Good Fight!

July 27th, 2012
9:05 am

Apparently after all his drunk blogging last night, Doom made this video for the ladies [and maybe a few men?] :lol:

Warning: be sure you have already eaten.

Joe Hussein Mama

July 27th, 2012
9:06 am

Doom — “The dishonesty in the abortion debate revolves around one thing that liberals don’t like to admit. We have abortions for the lack of a better word convenience. Its inconvenient for the 18 year old to have an unplanned baby or a 25 year old to have an unplanned child when she is unmarried and the pregnancy is the result of a fling or a guy she is dating that she is not serious about. That’s really what it boils down. Its a major inconvenience for whatever reason for a woman or young girl to have that child at that point in her life. We can sugarcoat it all we want, we can call Doomy an MCP. But it doesn’t change the fact that for lack of a better word that’s why we do it.”

And since abortions are legal, it doesn’t really *matter* why some people do it. That’s their lookout, not yours. Insofar as any given abortion is legal, the woman’s reason for having it isn’t any of your business.

Joe Hussein Mama

July 27th, 2012
9:07 am

Doom — “But if you don’t think that the majority of women have abortions for the simple fact that the pregnancy occurred at an inconvenient point in her life or is simply not wanted then you’re just kidding yourself. And the fact that I’m bringing up what you know to be true simply makes you angry because its true.”

You misread us.

We *know* it’s true. It’s simply beside the point. And it’s the fact that we feel that was is what makes *you* angry. You want it to matter to us.

the cat

July 27th, 2012
9:08 am

Keep-scared to open at work.

barking frog

July 27th, 2012
9:10 am

JoeHusseinMama
Just for clarity have you
considered that your
nom de blog appears to
be a racist comment on
the president’s name ?

Keep Up the Good Fight!

July 27th, 2012
9:10 am

cat, its an MSN video…. no porn

USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout

July 27th, 2012
9:12 am

“We have abortions for the lack of a better word convenience. Its inconvenient for the 18 year old to have an unplanned baby or a 25 year old to have an unplanned child when she is unmarried and the pregnancy is the result of a fling or a guy she is dating that she is not serious about. ”

you say “convenience” – I say “responsibility” – I think it’s responsible to make the decision to not bring a child into the world that you can’t care for.

(and, before you start spouting off about birth control which fails or abstinence … I’ll throw in a prophylactic “get real”)