From a distance she looks like a triumph of marketing over substance. Then again, our brand of conservative politics is much different to yours, so much so that anything the Republicans do makes them look like caricatures of themselves to me.

But seriously, folks...

With Sarah Palin, what you see is not what you get. Her leadership skills consist mainly of hiring her friends and firing her enemies, defined as anyone who disagrees with her or who doesn't believe that dinosaurs and people lived at the same time. There's a reason that McCain limits access to her. She's perfectly capable of looking you directly in the eye and lying to you. (In that regard she's a pretty good match for McCain.)

Don't get me started, John...

Yes--and her name is Sarah Palin.

*rimshot!*

Hi Skipvia. Alaska is much in the news these days. I was wondering, as our resident northern light, do you have any inside dope for us?

At-choo!

And thank heavens for that. :-)

I like to think he does. :)

Hee hee. Not this time, Pro, but I try.

Do you appear as soon as someones calls your name, like Bob in the Bottle?

A myrtle is a nice plant. I like crepe myrtles. Their bark is lovely in winter. And then there is Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I grew up with myrtles, and I knew women named Myrtle. To me, Myrtle is a solid old-fashioned name, and I am surprised we have not seen a resurgence in its popularity

Whahaha! Biff!

I have the same issue with that Biff! list. I've learned to live with it.

Interesting, bilby. I didn't favorite any of the lists above It Has a Name?, nor did I favorite whippersnapper. I'm going to speak to John about this. Reverentially, of course.

But technically you don't have time to scratch yourself?

Hi Skipvia. My family and I went on our Alaskan cruise two weeks ago, and while we were onship I thought of the comment you left me. I saw disappointingly few ravens on the trip, but I did see a black bear, a whale, a porcupine, and some very, very distant mountain goats. :)

Spikvia, we need your help now. Please turn Pandora off and open her box.

Hey Skip...
Do you know about the Music Genome Project? That ongoing project resulted in Pandora.com. It is a pretty cool online radio project where you can essentially program your own musical tastes...but anyway...they have some pretty kick-ass obscure garage bands on there...I thought I knew the genre well...ha!

Thought you might dig it.

Hi skipvia! I'm really sorry I didn't reply to your comment (on that fabulous firmament-clogging list, which still amuses me endlessly, because -- godless and rock-shivering blast! Oh my) earlier, particularly because it was the first to be directed to me on this site. :) Thank you for your compliment on my username; ravens and I have a funny relationship that I'm still trying to condense into an articulate explanation.

Where in Alaska do you live? My family and I are going on an Alaskan cruise a few months from now, and as cliche (and as unlikely, in June) as this might sound, all I'm really hoping for right now is to see the northern lights.

What? And bring a halt to my trip down memory lane?

I caught that, Treeseed, and immediately deleted my entry. I was getting kind of carried away with musicians. Perhaps I had better stop...

Hey skipvia, I guess great minds think alike...I think we both entered Paul and Paula at the exact same second.

Oh, I'm sure. Bird nicknames, obsolete words--all the good things in life. :->

Whatever you do, don't stop contributing. I am learning so much...

Aww...do I have to?

Well, I can't let that slack bastard get ahead of me. Thank you, reesetee. Only ten thousand more and I'll be in your ballpark, assuming you stop contributing immediately.

Hey, skipvia, congrats to you too on reaching 1,000 words! (You're tied with John.)

Thanks so much for that classic toy article. Loved it!

Thanks, treeseed. You were the inspiration for the list. I enjoy following the internal logic of your posts.

Skipvia, I love your new list of free associations. I hope lots of people play.

'artificial intelligence test'
Nice one, skipvia, I really like that.
Keep them coming!

That's haXorific! Now I'm all paranoid about people vandalizing my precious, precious profile.

Well, that does it. I'm locking the back door to my profile. This used to be such a nice neighborhood....

Wait...if it wasn't me and it wasn't you, who was it?

Has anyone seen seanahan lately?

Wow -- wasn't me! Someone has found a back door! Not sure who, but I'm pretty sure I know what they did. My compliments, back-door person, whoever you are! And thank you for using your powers for good, rather than evil.

I'd like to claim credit for that, folks, but it was not I who did the deed. I suspect our über-guru John had a hand it in.

It sure wasn't mi-vox.

He's a technology guru, is our skipvia. :)

How the huckleberries did you manage to "fill in the rest of mi-vox's profile?!?" I was stunned to see all your suggestions actually taken. (Well the ones that were allowed, anyway). The mi-vox has eyes!

I enjoy your posts skip! Hope to see you when I return :-)

Haha, like any good game show, I did what I could to generate the ratings. It's all about the ratings!

You might also have done better if I'd thought of calling myself caffeinated--which, clearly, I did not.

Then again, I might also have done better if...oh, never mind. Words fail me. ;-)

I thought it would throw people off, and didn't know uselessness was going to throw moist around for that purpose. *glares at u*

Well, I could have done more better if you had not called yourself "obnoxious." You're the least obnoxious person on Wordie. Among the least, anyway...

Skipvia, ROFL!!

Well...I believe...such like...some people might not have a dictionary...such like...and in South Africa...education...world peace...such like...ummm...

*collapses in wringing sobs at winning, even though he shares this incredible honor with reesetee and rocks...*

You have emerged victorious from Identify the Wordie. You are an astute observer of people on the internet! I mean that in a good way! Make sure to come back for the next game so you can retain your title, champion.

This comment is your trophy. Display it with love for all the world to see.