tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46688506029957529242024-03-13T07:04:55.877-05:00Chéz MictlantecuhtliWords of comfort from the Aztec god of the underworldCthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.comBlogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-47513642594711153472017-08-02T23:20:00.001-05:002019-01-22T13:17:42.602-06:00ChatterThere, in the distance, the light fades. Where has the chatter gone? Imagine standing beside a busy set of train tracks. Now, imagine the 5:03 coming down the line. Do you stay put? Do you step aside? Do you run for the hills? Do you turn and face it as the thunder grows and the vibrations crescendo? The thrum of all that energy moving through you.... Is it too much? Are you aware as theRadicalsingularityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01527328176132643602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-53872765605244145782012-01-23T08:38:00.001-06:002012-01-23T08:39:49.383-06:00Taber-Chuckle : 2012-Jan-23Bad traffic forced me to take a back route to work today and that means passing by the original home of the Taber-Chuckle. I didn't have time to snap a photo but have recreated the sign with one of those handy meme generators. Enjoy.
Either way, you've run aground.CthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-53139477692878896602011-12-25T08:33:00.001-06:002011-12-25T08:33:40.621-06:00Taber-Chuckle: 2011-Dec-02The joy of the lord is your strength.(As I write this a few weeks later, I honestly cannot remember what was the point I had at the time. Fortunately, you need only see the phrase in context to find something egregious about it. Historical context illuminated by James R. Davis at FocusOnG**.com)To its credit, this little ditty is inspirational. Replace the theological aspect with scientific CthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-66565821031174367582011-12-25T07:36:00.001-06:002011-12-25T07:36:56.285-06:00Nonsense everlasting, plain and simpleFrom Penn Jillette's book, God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales:There is no god and that's the simple truth. If every trace of any single religion died out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be CthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-54491895075193257682011-11-27T11:07:00.004-06:002011-11-27T11:28:23.792-06:00Men who begWhen did men become so insignificant that they let some impotent mindless activity fill their days? In the past, men did not join causes to try and pimp some crafted social moment or cause to try and guilt people into giving of their time, effort, and money. Men just told people about the problem, rolled up their sleeves, and got to work. Now, these pseudo men join causes. They go about Radicalsingularityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01527328176132643602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-8446034636325191532011-11-23T05:54:00.000-06:002011-12-25T07:27:44.181-06:00Taber-Chuckle II: Nov 23, 2011Psalm 119:105 — Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.At least, that's what the sign wanted to say, if there were enough room. Now that I have a new route to and from work, I miss my old Taberchuckle source. That had some beauties. In it's place, I have chosen a big Lutheran church by the freeway. While they typically do not make up inspirational phrases as the old Taber did, CthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-12951050016343201502011-11-15T16:16:00.000-06:002011-12-28T16:17:04.214-06:00When cometh the monsterWhile I was out doing my morning constitutional, I was turning over in my head the idea of contacting tech support for the company that provides a storage service at work to see if they have any improvements that would greatly benefit me. In particular, this service is very slow on my machine because the file system method they use is a nightmare when using the normal standard to access it and CthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-19826132762895259412011-03-01T06:52:00.002-06:002019-01-22T13:24:10.719-06:00Blank StareThere are moments when terror truly rises to confront us. Being in a small dingy on the open ocean during a hurricane. While performing a space walk, your ship explodes; thus, leaving one all alone-drifting in space, and of course being talked to by Jebus lovers. These noxious bastards have that vacant kind of stare that dope fiends have. The empty, blank stare confronting one when these Radicalsingularityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01527328176132643602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-36240109847121801082010-10-27T12:49:00.001-05:002010-10-27T12:49:33.360-05:00Just doing my part (from 2010-07-26)I finally broke down and decided to actually cook a real dinner last night. Pork chops, sauerkraut and homemade macaroni and cheese. None of these things I had so I was off to the store.Going in and out of the store, I had the thrill of shooing away a panhandler making his pitch for something for some kid or kids somewhere. Not sure what it really was because he was still rattling of his CthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-22574275140138534582010-09-13T19:39:00.001-05:002010-09-13T19:39:41.673-05:00A thought about stem cellsThere is no rational reason to prohibit stem cell research. It is good for mankind and expanding human knowledge, which never is bad.That's why "people of faith" are against it.I was motivated by the recent federal circuit judge ruling that blocked federal funding for stem cell research. It has now been reversed but I am sure that an appeal is already working its way into the system. Ignorant CthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-88235866245406074862010-09-13T19:07:00.001-05:002010-09-13T19:07:53.622-05:00We need some ConquistadorsA couple of weekends ago, I saw a banner for a Mayan exhibit at the Kimbell Art Museum. I made a note to myself to go and see this as I enjoy Mesoamerican antiquities. I've even visited some of the better known places in Mexico. Fascinating stuff, and a pity. It chaps my ass to think of how much we lost to the plague of European conquerors. While the Maya still exist today, they are a pale shadowCthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-27768599065736219522010-08-07T16:42:00.000-05:002010-08-07T16:42:13.835-05:00Taberchuckle time!Since I've moved, Taberchuckles are a luxury, so I was pleased that this came about recently but displeased that it was at the expense of expedient driving. Shivering in antici......pation, I slowed the car as the sign came unto view:
Don't let your praying knees get lazy.
Taberchuckles are a hit-and-miss and this one is a miss. There's nothing to drive me apoplectic but it is still funny. CthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-36080665746871209182009-10-28T12:53:00.001-05:002009-10-28T12:53:46.591-05:00Free Speech and religionWho would dare support anti-defamation of religion? 1) It's subjective. 2) Laughing at retards is fun!After all, at one point, especially with religion, any discussion about a new faith was dangerous. You could be killed for it. Hypocrites. Their take is defamation is intolerance. I say anti-defamation is intolerance.It's the same side of the same coin.Source: PharyngulaCthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-69772916920860164982009-10-25T17:24:00.001-05:002009-10-25T17:24:49.744-05:00Pat Condell: Wake up, AmericaBravo.CthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-49322922345284276782009-10-19T17:25:00.001-05:002009-10-19T17:25:06.814-05:00Pat Condell: The arrogance of clergyBack from the summer vacation season and on fire!CthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-45954725621780220552009-10-16T07:03:00.001-05:002009-10-16T11:35:25.593-05:00...And Misery for AllLink: http://tinyurl.com/yf9gs5uAn amusing trial is going to occur in California early next year. In it, the constitutionality of the state's recent Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage, will be assessed. Unfortunately for the backers of the porposition, they are in Judge Vaughn Walker's court. There was today a preliminary hearing with the attorneys, as highlighted in the link at the CthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-16872472090157576432009-07-18T20:11:00.001-05:002009-07-18T20:11:18.288-05:00De theocracy naturaThe blogs that keep tabs on the religious nut jobs have plenty of quotes from their mouthings off that make it clear, though not always explicit, that these bozos would like nothing more than to live in an American theocracy. I have some thoughts on that.There are few true theocracies in the world because they require one hundred percent commitment from the populace. Most of them, to obtain that CthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-5068738806856212202009-06-11T18:25:00.001-05:002009-06-11T18:25:54.824-05:00Asshole alert: Newt GingrichSource: blog.au.orgI read this article on the toilet this morning, strangely appropriate.The gist of it is that the former Bozo of the House was speaking to the Republican Senate-House Dinner about, as described in the article, the importance of religion in American political life and public policy.AU does their usual, wonderful job talking about this and how vile and inappropriate his words wereCthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-75051473703441743892009-06-11T13:57:00.000-05:002009-06-11T13:57:59.866-05:00Taber-Chuckles: 2009-05-19So many posts, so little time.I can appreciate the attempt to give an encouraging message to the sheep but the short space makes for some damn funny clauses. This is one of them. I could be wrong, and this is the pure message as intended. Yikes. Let's start, as I always like to do, by analyzing the language. It is always a source of amusement.Actually, the clause itself is fine but for two singleCthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-47012212952112033122009-06-10T12:14:00.001-05:002009-06-10T12:14:18.931-05:00Regarding Dr. TillmanI told myself that I was not going to comment on the vicious, hypocritical murder of Dr. Tillman, the late-term abortion doctor in some flat part of the country.Considering how much gawd-lovers scream about abortion and children, do they not realize that children and reproduction technically are their gawd's curse to women and punishment to both men and women? Of course it is. To be funny, one CthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-31597234707671623622009-06-04T12:51:00.001-05:002009-06-04T12:51:12.092-05:00Pat Condell: Children of a stupid godBack from a little time off, Pat flies out of the gate with both barrels blazing!CthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-86819299629322697652009-05-29T12:02:00.001-05:002009-05-29T12:10:15.550-05:00Squirm, selfish cultist, squirm!No matter which way I turn when I leave, I have to pass by a church. When I do, it starts my mind to race and my blood to heat. Today was no different. What popped into my head today was the phrase, "my personal relationship with <your brand of pasta here>..." I then responded, "yes, it is a personal relationship. Mine is different. Howdy Doody's is different. Why are you talking to me?"As CthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-81098565838898757452009-05-08T21:07:00.003-05:002009-05-08T21:17:13.044-05:00Fiat Snotbubble!A lot of synergy went into capturing this photo:1. Decide on which place to stop at for dinner.2. Decide to take the back way instead of the freeway.3. They are out of one item in my order so I have to wait about ten minutes extra.4. Leaving the place, traffic sucks so I decide to take another alternate route.5. At the stop sign, one car in front of me makes a u-turn, letting our two vehicles CthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-35794297258413936342009-05-08T13:31:00.001-05:002009-05-12T17:31:11.045-05:00Defend your Faith?!!?I was driving in to work one morning when I saw this little ditty stuck on the back of a SUV. Worse still, it was one of those magnetic ribbons that I see, usually ordering me to support the military. Even more recently, I saw one that ordered me to pray for the troops. Heh. There also is a ribbon ordering me to save the boobies...Major General Mictlantecuhtli reporting, sir!This message takes CthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668850602995752924.post-33258009537141200232009-05-07T12:18:00.002-05:002009-05-12T17:31:55.788-05:00Taber-Chuckles: 2009-04-29What the hell does this mean?gawd already takes things, and from what I hear others saying, he takes the stuff they want: "gawd took my mother," "gawd took my leg." For a thing that is supposed to be omniscient and omnipotent, it sure it needy. Sounds more like a bully who needs his kneecaps busted. The only thing that I would let it take is the burning bag of doody I let go of on its porch.Then CthulhuTVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110265064673514613noreply@blogger.com0