"So how does he change that face? One way is to drop the packed-on poundage, which bloated and puffed up his face. He can grow his hair and beard, wear glasses, adopt an alias, and relocate to some part of the country where people don't expect to see him. But by packing on over 100 pounds before the trial, he created a face that he now has the power to radically modify. That weight, because it was rapidly gained, should be relatively easy to drop. And, remember, there was evidence at trial that Zimmerman had previously worked hard at weight loss and his success was impressive."Am I blogging off the fat ... how can I put this?
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Fat
ADDED : Pollo has sent me an e-mail alerting me to an apparent problem with blogger.
"Lem, there seems to be a problem with comments disappearing, particularly in longer threads. Please address it or fix it. It's not fair to people who take the time to compose thoughts addressing specific questions."I don't know how to fix that. What I could suggest is to perhaps move the conversation to a newer post. I don't have concrete rules about commenting, except to ask that anonymous commenters please self identify so as to make it easer for other commenters to respond. Thanks Pollo, Freman Hunt and Icepick for contributing your suggestions.
111 comments:
I haven't found any pictures of George Zimmerman wearing shorts.
I remember remarking at Althouse that whoever portrays Zimmerman in the inevitable reenactment is going to face a challenge even greater than De Niro faced in "Raging Bull."
Lem, yo, stop being such a creepy ass-cracker.
The thong remainth the thame for ath crack creeperth.
I Thought it Well Established in the Previous Post that James Belushi is In the Lead for the Role of Zimmerman. He Has Fully Committed to the Role in Terms of Weight Gain (Complete with Raging Bull reference)and Any Required Nudity.
Man, People Really Do Skip Past My Posts.
But the River Remains the Thames.
Man, People Really Do Skip Past My Posts.
Sometimes, I can't even see my own posts. But I found a work-around.
Why did Althouse grow jowls? Why doesn't Meade go patrol some other neighborhood?
lol.
Seine Thames, next Yar.
betamax3000July 14, 2013 at 10:13 AM
I Thought it Well Established in the Previous Post that James Belushi is In the Lead for the Role of Zimmerman. He Has Fully Committed to the Role in Terms of Weight Gain (Complete with Raging Bull reference) and Any Required Nudity.
@beta: This is what they call prior art: link. Note the time stamp. But you're still an original!
I'm a commenter who is "blogging". It may turn out that this is really not a blog but a place to comment, which is what I've always used to do, love to do and continue to do here.
Lem, the problem is that when your comment threads get long, not all of them load. It's akin to the "over 200" comments thing on other blogger blogs. There's this little button down below that says "load more..." The problem is that it needs to be hit repeatedly (more than once) even if the number of comments is in the mid to low 200's to see them all. That's the work around. I don't know why this is.
El Pollo, Did Not Mean To Imply That I Had the Image First. Your Original Comment Probably Bobbed in the Back of My Brain Waiting to Bubble Forth in Another Stew. I am Full of Stew, I Believe.
I Am Really Happy to See That You Found Your Way Here. Thanks Lem!
A telegram-based diet would work.
He could wire for food.
Lem, I think it's this new-fangled Blogger interface/template. The nesting comments and drop box for replies is highly annoying to the lazy :) Please consider using the old-fashioned one.
The Water is Wide is such a tedious folk song that I won't link to it.
There's a lyric that's nice, suggested by it butnot in it, cited as an example of mutual metaphor, tenor and vehicle interchangeable
She leaned her back against a thorn
(Fine flowers in the valley)
And there she has her young child born
(And the green leaves they grow rarely).
Mutual metaphor shows up in the refrains of ballads.
via Empson.
Don't you feel better now that you are out? Like your "wife's" sons? You probably feel like prancing and so on.
But you didn't answer the question - why did that sad sack of liberal shit that you are married to grow ugly-ass jowls on her face? She really looks hideous.
Lem you should you use the old system. The nesting thing eats comments so when you go over 200 you can't read anything. Change the format back to the regular one and the comments will be in linear order like they were at TOP or at my joint.
But as always it is up to you amigo.
I got a very flattering invitation to contribute to a new blog.
I emailed back asking if I could blog my decision but I got no response.
After giving it some though, I'm writing here to politely decline for several reasons that have occurred to me. I said before, I'm a commenter first, blogger distant far-cry second, and I'm also not college educated. It would be pretentious of me to engage in something people who would interact with have certain expectations.
Sixty Grit seems like some old guy who lives in the woods by himself. I think he sounds like someone who lives in North Carolina. I'm certain he isn't Mary. He is however, a psycho.
The comment nesting works for me. It makes it easier find responses.
As long as it says load more at the bottom, keep loading more, and you'll have it all.
Less whatever blogger screws up and drops, but that happens in either system.
It is also telling that you used the name "Helen" in your comment - was it not the success of Dr. Helen Smith's book that sent you "wife" into her current fugue state?
Of course, just looking in the mirror might do that in her case - fucking Medusa was less scary looking.
Oh wow... I mean good wow.
Yeah, I get it, Anonymous, you speak for Meade because he is too puny to speak for himself. Make sure his socks match when you pick out his little outfit, okay?
Pollo, could I somehow grant you access to this thing so that you can take care of these technical problems for me?
I would really appreciate it.
Zimmerman will probably keep getting fatter and become a shut in. No problems with having to live in the population and constantly look over his shoulder. Not a bad future for him. He can watch cop shows and eat cheesecake until he pops.
Stream of consciousness keeps me anonymous
Sixty Grit spends his days making wooden bowls and vowing he will get revenge on Althouse for her unforgivable sin of ignoring him.
You still didn't answer the question - why did that sad sack of liberal shit that you are married to grow ugly-ass jowls on her face? She really looks hideous.
The fact that you really are Titus is not a surprise, Meade. Only a gay guy could marry someone as fucking ugly as Althouse.
Being college educate can be very helpful for certain things, but it is neither necessary nor sufficient for interesting writing. Write interesting posts, or dull posts with interesting comments. Whatever works for you. And thanks for doing this.
Sixty Grit is old, fat and bald. He is a spurned suitor who lives with his broken heart, which has now broken his mind. Sad story .
You know, I never understood what was meant by "cruel neutrality."
Now, that "vortex" thing I got, but I thought it was too bratty.
Anyway, if I had to put on 100 pounds, I'd do it with beer.
It's worked before.
All true. And I spend my spare time at the range, and we have CCW here. So come on down, y'all, I look forward to having a few shots with you.
Don't knock living in a Unabomber-style shack until you've tried it!
60 grit, are you finding catharsis in these exchanges?
I get a big kick out of reading Sixty Grit's comments although I'm not so sure that's the reaction he's looking for.
I still say Annymous sounds an awful lot like Inga.
Lem,
Do your own thing and wail with it.
I've been reading your comments for years and I know you've got the write stuff.
LOL, Lem. I'd be too tempted to play Meade.
Just email me with what you want to fix.
Oh! Did I say 60 grit was ugly? And lonely.
Zimmerman is making use of the universe's space coordinates.
If he then travels fast, one of them extends his life.
The sheep skim
60 grit has a pet sheep, guess what he named her?
He probably ate some dark energy food.
As he gets bigger, he should also get cooler.
Oops. Sorry, I meant to put "sheep skim" here to show my disdain for credentialism
Big Daddy gives Lem a choice! How kind of him.
Sixty Grit has some odd looking lampshades in his trailer.
Even if he's looking to add weight, he should avoid the skittles and iced tea. That stuff'll kill you.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Zimmerman should never walk in the rain in his own neighborhood, but that won't be a problem when he gets so fat he can no longer walk.
Lem, your comments are great and you would definitely make a great blogger. College? Please, most people in college study binge drinking and avoiding having people paint on their faces with sharpies when they pass out drunk on a Friday.
Obviously follow your heart on this, but you would be successful and great as a blogger.
It is not like anyone else is, it is good advice.
Titus is back and has the same avatar as Meade!
Lem, you've already nailed it. A couple brief observations, a humorous vid or such, and a Socratic question. This place will be a hit once the gratuitous insults subside.
Eventually we'll get a wormhole...but where will it lead?
Lem, I will identify as anonymous #16. Thanks.
I don't know how to fix that.
Lem--is there an option to un-nest comments.
I think that is where the problem is.
Lem, could I make a suggestion? Please don't give anyone here access to your blog account. Or if you do, identify him/her as a co blogger.
Anonymous#16.
Thanks Deborah
Don't knock living in a Unabomber-style shack until you've tried it!
Back when I was actually walking to work, there was a family compound on the road, deep in the woods, where there was a shack back behind the main family house. I'm pretty sure some life-failure scion of that well-off family was living back there. This is more common than you'd think. My great-aunt lives in a neighborhood full of useless fortyish or fiftyish unemployed males living with their parents, including one living in a trailer behind his rich mother's house. Ever since '08, the number of Thoreaus camped out in their mother's outbuildings has absolutely skyrocketed. We're becoming a nation of worthless Thoreaus, I fear.
If I were him, I'd move to Albuquerque like all fictional members of WitSec. Safety in numbers and all that, not to mention the swarms of "white Hispanics" to hide among.
Cruel says it all.
I'd assume he's going to enter the witness protection program.
Zimmerman could always get a job as an oompah loompah at the Chocolate Factory.
Chick is one of the few people I'd trust implicitly with my info, but the above poster is correct that all moderators should be identified. Some people would not feel comfortable posting knowing someone they don't trust/like is at the con.
Here is a link to a tutorial to nest comments. I know you want to UN nest them but perhaps that might help understand how it happens. It seems rather complicated so I doubt that you (Lem) did this process.
Maybe the nesting option came with the template that you have chosen? What if you chose a different pre-made template.
Or....perhaps it isn't worth the trouble??
Are you racist against orange shaded white hispanics?
Blogging is what happens while you're busy making other plans.
What is bad about the suggestion to use a different comment method?
Meade
Knock it off.
I like Lem's Comment blog partially because we get to see Meade around here more than we did there, back in his commenter role like days of yor. (or is it yore? -- Does anyone have an OED around here?!)
As far as Zimmerman (since commenting here about the commenting not happening there is too meta for me to keep up with), I suspect it wasn't as much intentional as stress related. Probably a naturally big guy who tried to stay in shape for his police aspirations, then had to stay inside a whole lot, and experienced a huge amount of stress especially in the early aftermath. Most people won't know what he looks like even still, though, because they're looking for a white guy.
Another thing I like about Lem's place is that it matches my time zone. With Althouse, I'm always posting 2 hours in the future and it messed with my personal time stream.
And about the college-educated stuff, I entirely agree with Madawaskan.
Somebody at the other place said being in the joint tends to pack on the weight.
I hope he stays who he is, no disguises.
Granted, there are going to be a few out there who want to play Bob Ford, but Z is no Jesse James and I don't think this will last. The community organizers must always have new communities to organize.
Don't much like Boehner either. An orange German.
Lem, you should do what you think best. If you like the way the comments are set up then leave it alone. I tried to load more comments but it is not working for me.
Trust me. I know a lot about getting loaded.
But whatever floats your boat. I am not trying to control anything here unlike some other birdbrains I might mention. Just sayn'
What is bad is that Trooper York is a master manipulator. And Lem is a super nice guy who trusts him. York s not a trustworthy individual.
Anonymous #12
Like I said let Lem decide what works best for him.
I just thought that the format that lets all the comments be seen one after another instead of nesting is a better fit. But it is of course Lem's choice.
It is also his choice as to he listens to and what he does. But I think the crazy people are outing themselves here on a simple question of what style format is best. It's like arguing about what shape the conference table should be at the Peace talks.
That's it!
Meade and Inga are Viet Cong!
It is all so clear now!
How are any of the commenters here less anonymous than an anonymous commenter? Unless they have a profile that reveals their actual name.
Anymouse.
Because Fuck you that's why.
That is why the anonymous option should remain, Lem. There are psychos out there.
Anymouse.
On the internet anyone can be anonymous.
There's a particular psychotic nurse on the loose ,that's for sure.
Not entirely true.
That lampshades story reminds me of a trip I took to Waukasha county up in Wisconsin one time.
I stopped in a bar and there was this scabby old prostitute sitting there trading blow jobs for beer. Said her name was Sandra Inga Detrich, and that she was Austrian. I didn't want anything to do with her or her infectious smile - but she wouldn't shut up. Kept talking to herself like a crazy woman.
Anyway, she had these lampshades her uncle had given her - she said he had died in a concentration camp in WWII - turns out he fell out of the guard tower.
They all had tattoos on them, and she just adored the idea that her family had done so well in the war, right up until they became DPs, which was something else she was into.
She told me she was a widow lady - her first husband had committed suicide (self murder according to the bleached blonde whore sitting next to her) after listening to Inga's insanity for a couple of years. I sure understood that - a few minutes of her raving had me looking for something sharp.
Said her daughter was in the service - well, actually, that she serviced men in uniform. Women too - it's a family tradition.
Her mother's maiden name was Braun, they had been providing comfort to dictators for generations.
She kept losing track of how many children she had - sometimes it was three, sometimes four, heck, she was so stupid she wasn't too sure some of them were even hers. Austrians are the Pollacks of Europe that way.
Anyway, I backed out of that hell hole and have never been back to Wisconsin since. Those are some stupid people up there, but they sure are full of hatred.
I second trusting El Pollo.
You have no idea who your father is, so there is that...
There's probably a way to block anybody who posts as Anonymous.
I agree. Perhaps those who comment as anonymous can sign their comments, as a couple of the anonymous commenters already have.
Anonymous #12
The problem as I see it is that there is a problem with civility, as it was on the Althouse blog. Civility is a feature of a civilized society. Civility is not bullshit. Do we want to allow this new blog of Lem's end up like Althouse's comment section? Which sounded like a pack of hyenas fighting over a carcass.
Anonymous# 12
Obama was at an official function and was fidgeting around in obvious discomfort, a secret service agent asked him if he was OK. He said “ I can't wait to get Michelle's panties off.” The agent said to him,”Mr. President, TMI.” He replied, “Sorry but they’re creeping up my crack.”
Dude, good one!
It is still acceptable to shun and mock the three orange stooges.
MeadeJuly 14, 2013 at 1:08 PM
"It bad advice made in bad faith."
Meade write like moron. Moron with dick in mouth.
it is meade. click on the name, goes to meade's about me page.
pretty sure titus, inga, whores, ritmo and a couple of other people are all creations of the meadhouse.
they troll their commenters in so many ways.
Love,
none of the above
it's a damn blogger option. It can be turned off.
stop acting like little hitler, dickhead.
oh, that felt good.
Hey ed, how's the whole head up althouse butt withdrawal thing going for you?
Oh wait...who said that. Ann herself wasn't it?
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