jmh123

Hee!  Do you think it's too much? 

Okey dokey, we've got our undies properly hidden again--that was embarrassing.

Yoo hoo. 

Ruben!!!!!!

Yah, quote hell isn't going to be such a big deal for us, I don't think.  It looks like the pre-upgrade images are showing along with the code, so not a bad deal.

So far so good....

Oh, and he's pretty isn't he?  The board now dings at me when someone posts.  Maybe just when it's open....

21 hours ago, FearofH2O said:

Love the summary as Im not even watching the debate. The networks are going to have to put an R rating for the next Republican debate. Mature audiences only. Ha!

OK, testing, testing, testing 1 2 3 4

Alrighty, looks like we are OK going forward.  Too soon to tell about the rest, but so far I've seen quote codes and image codes.  All the threads seem to be here, and the avatars.

Looks like our code is showing everywhere - lol.

Makes sense.    Let me see what happens if I want to quote something now........

ninna, I haven't looked at the levels for a while, but I think you passed "dog walker" many moons ago and was one other thing before becoming "bodyguard."

Ninna you were actually a car washer for awhile, due to my getting cutsey, but according to the list, you should have been a bodyguard for awhile.

I'm keeping my eyes out for possible board issues once they do the big upgrade. Hopefully changes will be minor. I didn't realize how much trouble I was having posting until it started working right again--I think I've had a few glitches for a long time now.

The board is working sooooo much better. I came to give it a test run and was just checking around randomly to see if all the posts in all the threads were still there, and ran across this post. All the same guy on the same night. And thank you bottlecap for keeping them in your photobucket.

Via CV - Lancaster pics by irishbookgal

I got to hear it live - yay! And I didn't know there was going to be a private concert last night. I just happened to have my iPad whistle at me. And Clay and I must have a connection - lol - because after fumbling around getting the iPad open, getting cut off once, I at last made it with a sigh of relief and hoped I hadn't miss too much, and Clay looked at me and nodded (thinking I am sure that jmh123 is here now) and started. Heh.

This is from the Philadelphia Fox station; wonder how many others have picked up the theme of Idol being boring?

‘Jesus’ wigs, boomboxes and Clay Aiken keep ‘American Idol’ auditions exciting in week 2

Clay started something. This recap from the LA TImes is full of criticisms of the judge's behavior: 'American Idol' recap: Is Clay Aiken right about the judges?

Clay Aiken had a point. The former "American Idol" contestant (second place, Season 2) and onetime congressional nominee (Democrat, North Carolina) caused a bit of a foofaraw this week when he tweeted his dissatisfaction with the show's current panel of judges.

"Well ... now I know why the ratings are down," Aiken wrote in response to the show's final season premiere on Wednesday, calling Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick Jr. "boring"; and chiding them for failing to react more emphatically to an untalented aspiring contestant.

"It's VERY clear now that @SimonCowell was the reason @AmericanIdol was a hit," Aiken opined in a series of tweets. "I've watched root canals more entertaining than these judges."

Although I cannot, in all honesty, say I miss Cowell's brand of self-satisfied nasty, Aiken's irritation with "Idol's" current judging panel is not unjustified. On Thursday night's episode, the judges consistently spoke over or physically interrupted the auditions of some of the season's more promising contestants, preventing us from being able to hear and respond to them ourselves. Lopez's steady flow of commentary prompted one talented performer to express concern that he had completely flubbed his audition. But Connick is clearly the worst offender, employing the broadest array of disruptive tools: leaving in the middle of one audition ("Keep singing," he told the confused contestant) and in the beginning of another, only to reappear behind the singer and frighten him with a bear hug at a key lyrical moment.

What's more, in one instance, Connick expressed a willingness to put through to Hollywood a contestant who was a complete train wreck: She insulted Urban, repeatedly forgot her lyrics and came across as woefully adrift. Thank goodness for Urban, who seemed as aghast as the rest of us at Connick's shockingly low standards. "You so don't seem ready for this at all," Urban told the contestant, Californian Sarah Hayes, 26, of Middletown. "Emotionally, physically, mentally, everything was just unstable."

So much for all that talk about setting a higher bar than ever for the show's farewell season.

For example:

Lopez talked all the way through Harmon's performance of "Unaware" by Allen Stone, which seemed to unsettle Harmon, but then she reassured him that she'd only been expressing surprise that he was an R&B, rather than a country, singer and that she was "blown away."

Shoot, I almost finished a reply and then backspaced. Short version, thanks for the explaining. Sounds to me more and more like a way of drumming up some PR for the Idol appearance, in Feb. Makes sense. Regarding the big question of is his career over because of ... , how many times now has that been considered? Hee!! It's possible this is just the beginning of attention paid to Clay between now and then--as to later in the season, those things are so fluid. Idol will do whatever they think will work to get PR. The outlets who reported this first are respected "entertainment news" outlets or more (Vanity Fair). And perhaps he has something else in the works to gain attention as well. I'm still enjoying that concert from Monday.

ETA: I went to find it so I could "save" it, and it was buried by the so-called news articles linked on his FB page about his tweets last night, and almost all of them used really hot photos. I had no idea!! There are dozens!

Not having seen the timeline you mention, ldyj, do some people think the mentoring he mentioned in his web concert has already been done? Not that I feel dramatically about it either away, just curious? Must be Major Speculating afoot. Not that Clay fans would ever speculate.

If the question just happened to be "has Clay blown his opportunity to appear on Idol?" just as a wild guess, mind you, Idol LOVES controversy but someone there is hypersensitive so who the heck knows? All the coverage of this could mean that Clay = Idol still for a whole lot of people. Kanye who, exactly, merrieeee. Surprise. Stealing the show, our Clay.

I agree with you that he's going to say it, whatever, always has, well I'll take that back, he did a pretty good job of keeping it under wraps while a contestant, but not since. Some people love it, some hate it, but that's Clay. What was that quote from camtheman, something about letting Clay off his leash? lol.

I'm excited. Wonder how many people will watch -- he has 57,000 followers.

Guess I'm the only person in the country who is not interested in seeing Star Wars.

I might go, if it is around long enough. I don't think I've seen any of the movies since the first one, but this one might be worth going to. So I guess I'd fall into the "kinda interested if I get around to it" category. I don't go to many movies at all though.

Lots of holiday socializing for me this week, company coming tomorrow. I did see a Clay buddy today and watched some clack--a lovely diversion.

OK - so while I'm posting, Ninna posted, and that makes me want to go. Who knows, will I go, or won't I?

Y'all with bad weather, take care of yourselves and stay warm and safe!

Ho ho ho everybody!!

I found this very good photoshop for the occasion:

Nobody sings Christmas like Clay sings Christmas.

Colour me surprised!

http://www.broadwayw...arade-20151109#

Cool! TV and everything. Has anyone ever watched this before?

Pretty!!

I think the happenings back stage were not made into a media event by CNBC in the way that CNN did; also CNN has more star power to attract folks to come hang around.

Another beautiful new banner brought to you by ldyj!!

Owie owie - hope you've got some painkillers ninna! Honestly living in Iowa right now might be worse than teeth and nail pulling.

Another political thing--I read a good insight about Biden's running on The Daily Beast. Late one night there was a link to a Washington Post article on my news feed and the blurb below the link said Biden was about to announce that he was running, but when I clicked on it, a short line in the middle of the blank page said the article was "published inadvertently." Never saw that before!! Then there was a flurry of articles from the 24 hour news sites, whoever had an alert editor at that hour, about the Post goofing, and "why Biden was wise to wait a few more days." So, I'm guessing a lot went on that we'll not hear about, and it may have to do with that congressional committee that's been after Hilary and further blows to their credibility in the last few days...........but, anyway, this article was written during that period when, due to the Post's "leak," people were sure Biden was going to run. The article suggests that Biden can be the "go to guy" if he is needed just as easily as if he were officially running. And I think since he tends to make "gaffs" a lot, the less "running" the better in case he is needed. I don't agree the author about Sanders not being a viable candidate, but do I agree that the Dems think he couldn't win. We know Clay thinks he can't, but I think he should take heart from this.

It’s hard to imagine why [he would start running now]. Yeah, yeah, because Clinton might implode in scandal, and then he’s positioned to be The One the Party Turns To. But isn’t he already that? Yes. I mean, Bernie—you know as well as I do the party is not going to turn to him in such an event. The immediate response of the party bigwigs in the event of a Clinton collapse would be “Dear God, we have to find someone who can beat Sanders,” and that person would be Biden. Some folks would want Elizabeth Warren (there remains no indication she has the remotest interest in being president). You’d hear a few John Kerrys. Maybe from Oakland would emanate a Draft Jerry Brown movement. But basically Biden is the guy—now, today. There’s that old concept in royal familydom of “the heir and the spare.” Biden is the spare. Already acknowledged. Doesn’t need to get in.

http://www.thedailyb...gets-worse.html