January 29, 2010
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Mel Gibson Working on Realistic Viking Movie
Apparently it's been a dream project of his for a long time:
my first thought about ever being a filmmaker was when I was sixteen years old and I wanted to make a Viking movie. And I wanted to make it in old Norse, which I was studying at the time. ItÂ’s odd because at that age thatÂ’s a stupidly ridiculous idea cause how will I ever be a filmmaker.
And the best part - it will be in Old English and Old Norse:
I think itÂ’s going to be English - the English that would have been spoken back then - and Old Norse. Whatever the 9th century had to offer. IÂ’m going to give you real
The not so good part: it will star Leonardo DiCaprio.
US Military's Airborne Laser Tracks and Engages a Missile, in Mid-Air
I believe this is the first time the Boeing YAL-1 has ever fired on a target while in the air. If you're not familiar with it, the ABL is basically a 747 that's been emptied out and then filled with a megawatt chemical laser. Perfect for shooting down Nork missiles while still in their boost phase. Megawatts baby!
The Mad Scientist of high school physics and chemistry
His name is Preston Q Boomer and he has his own castle, guillotine, and organ. And he's been teaching students for over 50 years.
How to Use a Semicolon
The most feared punctuation on Earth. And is the adverb dying?
Top Signs You're Dating a Bitch
Shouldn't #1 be that she is always bitchy?
Reminder: the Yahoo AoSHQ group. You can figure out the rest.
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Posted by: jcjimi at January 29, 2010 06:03 PM (XSikc)
Editor, you're so dumb... you're really, really dumb.
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 06:04 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 06:04 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: mystry at January 29, 2010 06:05 PM (kmgIE)
ItÂ’s odd because at that age thatÂ’s a stupidly ridiculous idea cause how will I ever be a filmmaker.
Oh I've been a filmaker ever since Giner & Marion on Gilligans Isle! IYKWIMAITYD
Posted by: dananjcon at January 29, 2010 06:05 PM (B1sBB)
That sissy-boy couldn't even survive being in the Atlantic for several minutes (although his whore of a gf was hogging the door), so I can't see him as a bad-ass Viking either. Unless he was a cabin-boy or used as 'old cannon fodder.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 29, 2010 06:05 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: dananjcon at January 29, 2010 06:08 PM (B1sBB)
Posted by: Mel Gibson at January 29, 2010 06:10 PM (d7Px0)
Oh, dear, did I use that apostrophe incorrectly?
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 06:11 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: huerfano at January 29, 2010 06:11 PM (n6X5O)
I will flame war myself until you all join in...
Hey editor, you aren't half of much of a dickbag as Rosetta or wiserbud.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 29, 2010 06:11 PM (4Rlzw)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ygp8mnz
Posted by: kevmalone at January 29, 2010 06:11 PM (u8Lof)
Posted by: Mel Gibson at January 29, 2010 10:10 PM (d7Px0)
Riiiight, and we never made it to America, either. Keep telling yourself that.
Posted by: Lief Ericson at January 29, 2010 06:12 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: steevy at January 29, 2010 06:13 PM (j1Dd/)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at January 29, 2010 06:13 PM (CCcDq)
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 29, 2010 10:11 PM (4Rlzw)
You're not helping, you know. Peoples lives are on the line, here.
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 06:14 PM (YX6i/)
Even though the Vikings never raided Israel - Iwill!!!
I thought the Phoenicians (including some jews) had made it as far as Israel, hence the Cowan (cohen) types of names.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 29, 2010 06:14 PM (4Rlzw)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 06:14 PM (3RWnU)
You're not helping, you know. Peoples lives are on the line, here.
Oh, sorry. You ARE just of much of a bag of dicks as Rosetta, and easily twice as much as wiserbud?
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 29, 2010 06:15 PM (4Rlzw)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 29, 2010 06:15 PM (QECjC)
He may take you up on those suggestions. Does his current movie (The Edge of Darkness) suck royal monkey balls?
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 29, 2010 06:15 PM (otlXg)
What a scumbag.
Get your popcorn and join me, there's room on the couch.
Posted by: shibumi at January 29, 2010 06:15 PM (OKZrE)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 06:16 PM (3RWnU)
I didn't know Vikings were hermaphrodites.
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 29, 2010 10:15 PM (QECjC)
Maybe he will play a valkyrie?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 29, 2010 06:17 PM (bgcml)
I wonder if he's willing to cast a Sicilian Viking who's pretty handy with a lupara?
That would be the Sergio Leone version.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 29, 2010 06:17 PM (4Rlzw)
Gibson: I want a Viking to scare you. I don’t want a Viking to say, “I’m going to die with a sword in my hand.” I don’t want to hear that. It pulls the rug out from under you. I want to see somebody who I have never seen before speaking low guttural German who scares the living shit out of me coming up to my house. What is that like? What would that have been like?
Posted by: Amused Observer at January 29, 2010 06:17 PM (EioPx)
Posted by: Bill R. at January 29, 2010 06:18 PM (EhlQq)
Riiiight, and we never made it to America, either. Keep telling yourself that.
Posted by: Lief Ericson at January 29, 2010 10:12 PM (YX6i/)
So hey, why did you guys settle in that frozen wasteland of Greenland?
Posted by: Al "I know a lot" Gore at January 29, 2010 06:18 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: steevy at January 29, 2010 06:18 PM (j1Dd/)
I want to see somebody who I have never seen before speaking low guttural German who scares the living shit out of me coming up to my house.
Ewww, is Mel having teh ghey german fantasies in his dotage?
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 29, 2010 06:19 PM (4Rlzw)
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 06:19 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Amused Observer at January 29, 2010 10:17 PM (EioPx)
You know, WWII wasn't that long ago...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 29, 2010 06:19 PM (bgcml)
Yes.
You'd better hope that Lord Hades isn't reading that dating article and then making comparisons with Persephone to you. He might think that you're plotting to destroy everything by unchaining Atlas and getting him to destroy the pillar that holds up the Earth over the underworld.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 29, 2010 06:20 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: dananjcon at January 29, 2010 06:20 PM (B1sBB)
Posted by: mystry at January 29, 2010 06:20 PM (kmgIE)
Posted by: KelliD at January 29, 2010 06:21 PM (Q9Cny)
>5 Give a big clap for Maet this week moron/etts.
Mæt,
Penicillin- $5 bucks a pop. The real thing..how many?
Posted by: sickinmass at January 29, 2010 06:21 PM (Dxfei)
Posted by: Mel Gibson at January 29, 2010 10:10 PM (d7Px0)
Be very quiet. We are hunting Jews, err Neocons.
Posted by: Some Moonbat at January 29, 2010 06:21 PM (bgcml)
I wish that I'd gone to Boomeria as a student. Sounds very interesting. My geometry teacher in HS was cool like that, but not so extreme.
I'll only watch a Viking movie with DiCaprio if he dies in the first 10 minutes.
Posted by: soulpile at January 29, 2010 06:21 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Rightwingdeathbeast at January 29, 2010 06:22 PM (WHdFb)
Yes, yes, wasn't that the conflict caused by those Jews with sugar-tits financing the Nazi war machine?
Posted by: Mel Gibson at January 29, 2010 06:22 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: steevy at January 29, 2010 06:22 PM (j1Dd/)
BREAKING!
"Y2Kyoto: Meltdown via Small Dead Animals.
“Climate chief was told of false glacier claims before Copenhagen“, contradicting his previous testimony.
Timing of the release seems suspicious, on a Friday night and all.
The image at Small Dead Animals is perfect. Please steal it.
Posted by: Looking Glass at January 29, 2010 06:23 PM (pS1b2)
Posted by: Rewrite! at January 29, 2010 10:21 PM (d7Px0)
I bet you that went through a layer of expert fact checkers too...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 29, 2010 06:23 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 06:23 PM (YX6i/)
Never fear. Any morons who choose to mate with me is guaranteed to never have a ginger child.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 06:23 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 29, 2010 06:24 PM (QECjC)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 29, 2010 06:25 PM (QECjC)
FIFY.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 29, 2010 06:25 PM (otlXg)
Is it so much to ask for to be treated like the Disney princess I am???
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 06:26 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Jones at January 29, 2010 06:26 PM (JL3qV)
Posted by: Harry Reid at January 29, 2010 06:26 PM (d7Px0)
Posted by: steevy at January 29, 2010 10:22 PM (j1Dd/)
Well, the new Left, which has done such damage to our country, is based on German philosophy...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 29, 2010 06:26 PM (bgcml)
Editor, you stink so bad, when monkeys catch a whiff of you they try to throw you at other monkeys.
Hey, you said it, not me...
After "The Passion" and "Apocalypto", Gibson realized he could make a movie about whatever the fuck he wanted and people would go. Dead languages? Hyper, extreme, gory violence? Whatever, dude, let's GO! Of course, it didn't hurt that they were, well, pretty interesting movies.
Posted by: Secundus at January 29, 2010 06:27 PM (WuvMD)
Posted by: mokimoki at January 29, 2010 06:27 PM (IrV7s)
I'll take one for Team Moron and do it with a smile.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 06:27 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 10:26 PM (gofDd)
So we should lock you in a castle until you go so crazy you think the candle sticks are talking to you?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 29, 2010 06:27 PM (bgcml)
I've had similar thoughts. I dunno if anybody tried that for reals. Maybe the majority of those on Titanic didn't really know there wasn't enough lifeboats for everyone? *shrugs*.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 29, 2010 06:28 PM (otlXg)
God bless Sen. Sessions! He's on FNC showing proof that BHO has ignored every letter that he and others have sent to the WH and Justice.
Post-partisan my arse!
Posted by: Rewrite! at January 29, 2010 06:28 PM (d7Px0)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 06:28 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: Unclefacts, Proprietor, International House of Bacon at January 29, 2010 06:30 PM (erIg9)
Oh, don't get me started. I went to a writing high school so I learned the art of essay writing and how to write a five page handwritten essay in 50 minutes. When I got to UCLA, I used to walk out of finals after 45-50 minutes because I'd learned to write fast in high school. Then came papers. I hated professors that made me outline my goddamn paper before I wrote it. I can write cohesive papers on the fly and my idiot professor needed us to prove we had all the information in an outline. It was a waste of time and effort.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 06:31 PM (gofDd)
His name is Lumiere!!!
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 06:31 PM (gofDd)
my bad, I didn't include the rest of the clause. Whoops.
Damn Miss80's, we have standards* here you know.
*very, very, very low ones
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 29, 2010 06:32 PM (4Rlzw)
Posted by: fluffy at January 29, 2010 06:32 PM (4Kl5M)
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 06:32 PM (YX6i/)
I've been mostly unplugged for 48 hours and haven't had a chance to ask.
Have you tried chocolate and toffee cookies yet?
Posted by: jcjimi at January 29, 2010 06:33 PM (XSikc)
I'll only watch a Viking movie with DiCaprio if he dies in the first 10 minutes.
Just cast him as a monk in some luckless monastary. Have giant swarthy Vikings hack him to death with axes. Hmmm, this might actually be good.
Posted by: Secundus at January 29, 2010 06:33 PM (WuvMD)
Posted by: Jones at January 29, 2010 06:33 PM (JL3qV)
Never fear. Any morons who choose to mate with me is guaranteed to never have a ginger child.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 10:23 PM (gofDd)
What is the hate on for gingers? Alicia Witt, Amy Adams, Daphne Blake, what's not to love?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 29, 2010 06:33 PM (bgcml)
I always loved when historical movies feature everyone with a British accent, including supposed Frenchmen.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 06:33 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: mokimoki at January 29, 2010 06:34 PM (IrV7s)
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 10:32 PM (YX6i/)
That would explain Leo's blue-painted native Halloween costume that year...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 29, 2010 06:34 PM (bgcml)
Never fear. Any morons who choose to mate with me is guaranteed to never have a ginger child.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 10:23 PM (gofDd)
An excellent selling point for any woman (to a man that wants kids, that is). The ginger gene should be irradicated from the human species. As Cartman says, the Gingers have no souls, so we really shouldn't feel guilty about it.
Regarding Rum herself as a breeder - I've noticed that asian hybrids have a tendency to produce very handsome children. A good friend of mine is an asian lady who mated with a white man - her daughters are both stunners. My father said the best looking women in Viet Nam were the French Vietnamese - they blend of Viet and Euro produced excellent specimens.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 29, 2010 06:34 PM (4nbyM)
You're just mad that I joined the cult of Dionysus last night. Besides, why would I unchain Atlas? To do so would mean no souls to pluck from Earth.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 06:34 PM (zmiSr)
I once got an F on a high school history paper I wrote about the Soviet strategic retreat strategy after the German invasion. It was so well researched the teacher thought I'd bought it somewhere. Took a while to convince him my personal war history library at home was about 10X more extensive than the schools...then he gave me an A.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 06:34 PM (3RWnU)
Posted by: Jones at January 29, 2010 10:33 PM (JL3qV)
It's our highest national priority.
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 06:35 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Jones at January 29, 2010 10:33 PM
This actually gives me hope. A sitting president bringing issues like this to the table? Really? Fuck, it's bad enough when congress does it. The more scatter-shot he is, the better.
Posted by: jcjimi at January 29, 2010 06:35 PM (XSikc)
I haven't yet. I forgot to pick up some toffee when I was at Target today. I'll try to remember next time I go.
What is the hate on for gingers?
Just a running in joke. Some of the regulars here are gingers (*cough* Blazer *cough*) and we love them. Mostly.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 06:35 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: 29Victor at January 29, 2010 06:36 PM (HaMuw)
I always loved when historical movies feature everyone with a British accent, including supposed Frenchmen.
And Russians, Romans, Jews, Egyptians...
Except for Germans, of course; they always get the comic book style "Ve haff vays off makink yoo tok!" treatment.
Posted by: Secundus at January 29, 2010 06:36 PM (WuvMD)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 10:33 PM (gofDd)
Or how in the Evil Galactic Empire every one speaks with a British accent except for James Earl Jones?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 29, 2010 06:36 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: 29Victor at January 29, 2010 10:36 PM (HaMuw)
Can someone explain how they turned into ABBA?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 29, 2010 06:37 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: sonnyspats at January 29, 2010 06:37 PM (68tQb)
Say whaaaaat?
Who sees Leo and thinks "Hey, that pasty emo fuck would make a good Viking!"?
Liam Neeson. Daniel-Day Lewis. Russell Crowe. Vikings.
Leo DiCaprio? Eunuch slave to some Hammurabi prince.
Posted by: Waterhouse at January 29, 2010 06:37 PM (Opmig)
Posted by: Reactionary at January 29, 2010 10:34 PM (4nbyM)
Hey, we're all gonna be beige one day, anyway, right?
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 06:38 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: True facts at January 29, 2010 06:38 PM (d7Px0)
Posted by: Salish at January 29, 2010 06:38 PM (GU29T)
Regarding Rum herself as a breeder
- I've noticed that asian hybrids have a tendency to produce very
handsome children.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 29, 2010 10:34 PM (4nbyM)
Hey, actually isn't red hair present in east Asian populations too?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 29, 2010 06:38 PM (bgcml)
For what it's worth the idea is inspired by Starbucks' brownie-like thing with 1/8" to 1/2" chunks of toffee and chocolate.. The "brownie" (cake-like) part is caramel colored. Holy crap it's good. I don't know if it would work in a cookie, though.
Posted by: jcjimi at January 29, 2010 06:39 PM (XSikc)
In high school, we did a mock trial in which we sued White Star Line for negligence. IIRC, they were told there were enough life boats. They most likely didn't realize they were doomed until it was too late.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 06:39 PM (zmiSr)
What the hell is going on with any English teachers today?
I gave trying to figure it out in freshman English, when I got some homework back. It had essay-type questions that called for the student's opinion, and mine were marked wrong.
Posted by: Secundus at January 29, 2010 06:39 PM (WuvMD)
Posted by: mokimoki at January 29, 2010 06:40 PM (IrV7s)
Yea, Sicily has pretty much been occupied by everyone at one time or another over the millennia. About the only ones never took a crack at it were the Eskimos.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 06:40 PM (3RWnU)
Posted by: dananjcon at January 29, 2010 06:40 PM (B1sBB)
The only time I ever wrote "outlines" was to study for in class essays. I'd essentially memorize key words and phrases (usually in chronological order--history major), then jot them down right before I started writing my essay. No cheat sheets were allowed so I learned how to memorize outlines on 3-4 different topics.
I went to a humanities magnet. It was an interdisciplinary curriculum so we were learning a lot at once. The way the classes were done was similar to the UC quarter system. It was all college level course work. It was also more liberal than Berkeley.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 06:40 PM (gofDd)
Or how in the Evil Galactic Empire every one speaks with a British accent except for James Earl Jones?
Easy: he's dumber than a box of rocks. Ever heard him in an interview?
Posted by: True facts at January 29, 2010 06:41 PM (d7Px0)
Hey, actually isn't red hair present in east Asian populations too?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 29, 2010 10:38 PM (bgcml)
Can't speak for everwhere but the only ones I saw in almost 7 years in east Asia got it from a bottle.
Posted by: Bill R. at January 29, 2010 06:42 PM (EhlQq)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 06:42 PM (zmiSr)
Haven't learned anything worthwhile about writing since.
Posted by: jcjimi at January 29, 2010 06:42 PM (XSikc)
Posted by: eliot, former governor of NY at January 29, 2010 06:42 PM (p302b)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 10:33 PM (gofDd)
In Spartacus, Tony Curtis portrayed the only Greek slave from Brooklyn.
Posted by: Salish at January 29, 2010 06:43 PM (GU29T)
Posted by: Secundus at January 29, 2010 10:39 PM (WuvMD)
I got that in College. It was one of the last straws before dropping out. Paper came back with 2 red marks for actual use of the language, but there was a big long lecture in red on the last page. C-.
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 06:43 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: mokimoki at January 29, 2010 06:43 PM (IrV7s)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 29, 2010 06:43 PM (QECjC)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 10:42 PM
Trees are a renewable resource. Use the paper. It keeps good people employed.
Posted by: jcjimi at January 29, 2010 06:43 PM (XSikc)
Hey, actually isn't red hair present in east Asian populations too?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 29, 2010 10:38 PM (bgcml)
If they are, they aren't in my lineage. Everyone in my family has brown eyes and dark brown hair.
I've noticed that asian hybrids have a tendency to produce very handsome children.
They most certainly do. If I have babies, I want them to be hapa babies. Although I already get people asking me if I'm Hawaiian or half white fairly often.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 06:43 PM (gofDd)
You have very shifty deity alliances. Weak. Perses will crush Dionysus with his iron fingers, just like he did to Helios.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 29, 2010 06:44 PM (otlXg)
Well done, PA. I can somewhat understand a teacher being suspicious of a really well researched paper these days,since there are so many available for sale.
Everthing I write has to be referenced (never wiki), and run through the Turnitin Plagiarism Checker before turning it in.
Posted by: Bill R. at January 29, 2010 06:44 PM (EhlQq)
Posted by: sonnyspats at January 29, 2010 10:37 PM (68tQb)
Who rocked the casbah? I ROCKED THE CASBAH
Posted by: Robert Guiscard at January 29, 2010 06:44 PM (bgcml)
Hey, actually isn't red hair present in east Asian populations too?
My parents have a book about some mummies that were dug up in central Asia. Apparently, at least one was a shocking redhead. For what that's worth.
I also knew a full-blooded Mexican dude a few years ago whose hair would have stood out in Ireland. So who the hell knows.
Posted by: Secundus at January 29, 2010 06:45 PM (WuvMD)
"Ownership battle brews over Virginia meteorite."
The man can write a headline.
Posted by: Looking Glass at January 29, 2010 06:45 PM (pS1b2)
Posted by: curious at January 29, 2010 06:45 PM (p302b)
Who wants to bet that the Viking movie will (rightly) portray them as bloodthirsty, raping, robbing, violent, cruel barbarians....And no one of Norse descent will complain a bit.
Can someone explain how they turned into ABBA?
Socialism.
Posted by: huerfano at January 29, 2010 06:46 PM (n6X5O)
Self-Centered: check
Criticizes everything about you: check
Cold-Hearted: check
Expects to be treated like a queen: check
Slights you in bed: n/a
Treats people like rubbish: check
Never pays: check
Bosses you around: check
Embarasses you in public: check
Flirts with other men: check (as long as they're named Chavez, Putin or Ahmedinejad)
The results are clear: President Obama is a bitch.
Posted by: Trimegistus at January 29, 2010 06:46 PM (OW3Eh)
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 06:47 PM (YX6i/)
I knew that you would...and Kratos..of course.
And Blazer. He didn't get that nick from sparking himself up, afterall.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 29, 2010 06:47 PM (4Rlzw)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 10:40 PM (3RWnU)
Hey, if I get bored...
Posted by: Tod Palin at January 29, 2010 06:47 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: mokimoki at January 29, 2010 06:48 PM (IrV7s)
I never had to outline a paper. Ever. I just sat down and wrote. It would take me four hours to write a paper (researching as I wrote) but never did I make an outline before I started. And I somehow managed to graduate with an A average.
Koreans tend to admire European looks: girls get their eyes "fixed" to be rounder, they stay out of the sun to stay as white as possible
Not just Koreans, pretty much all Asians. I get Asians envying me because I have "double lids." Japanese girls are also notorious for trying to look white.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 06:48 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 29, 2010 06:49 PM (rQTdM)
Hey, we're all gonna be beige one day, anyway, right?
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 10:38 PM (YX6i/)
Perhaps. Happily I will not live long enough to see that day. It would take almost forever, though, to get to true homogeneity. I think there will always be people who are proud to be lighter skinned, or aggrieved because they're darker. People will find differences.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 29, 2010 06:49 PM (4nbyM)
Of course, I was taught Cicero's 6 parts of a discourse*, so I may be biased. That's classical education for you.
*http://tinyurl.com/yaf5xxz
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 06:49 PM (zmiSr)
One of the presidents of...Peru (I think, somewhere in South America) was named Bernardo O'Hara. South America is an interesting mix of Indians, Europeans and Asians.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 06:51 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: mokimoki at January 29, 2010 06:51 PM (IrV7s)
Can someone explain how they turned into ABBA?
Small population, all the alphas got killed off fighting. The only thing left are the nancy boys.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 29, 2010 06:52 PM (4Rlzw)
Odd to continuously transition from Bowie to Seger to Missing Persons, etc., but it passes the time...
Posted by: lincolntf at January 29, 2010 06:52 PM (V2pCF)
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 29, 2010 10:52 PM (4Rlzw)
We concur.
Posted by: Autralia & Canada at January 29, 2010 06:52 PM (YX6i/)
I'm off to enjoy some grilled salmon. Just bought three fresh one's at Costco, got my rub, butter and lemons. The the charcoal has been lit at my destination.
Life is good.
Posted by: jcjimi at January 29, 2010 06:53 PM (XSikc)
That also happened to France.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 06:53 PM (gofDd)
My parents have a book about some mummies that were dug up in central Asia. Apparently, at least one was a shocking redhead. For what that's worth.
Posted by: Secundus at January 29, 2010 10:45 PM (WuvMD)
For some reason it appears that there was a ridiculous amount of genetic variation among the people that lived in central Asia before the great migrations into Europe and south Asia begun...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 29, 2010 06:53 PM (bgcml)
Who said you can't have multiple allegiances? Better protection (ect, ect.) that way, you half-naked lout.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 06:53 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 29, 2010 06:53 PM (QECjC)
It's me, I used eliot for one post to be funny the other night and he keeps coming back. Anyway, I'm so sorry to hear about your daughter and you so have your hands full. I just added you all to my prayers. I'm sure your son can talk to his teacher. But, since she is just out of college, then maybe he ought to take a friend along so he and the teacher aren't alone in the classroom. Teachers who are inexperienced often don't know how to seperate a snarky comment from a good student from a snarky comment from a student who is just not ever wanting to be a good student and only wants to be snarky. I think 5 points is a lot. The best english teacher I ever had gave everyone in the class to earn a hundred on every assignment. He would grade the assignment and then discuss it with you. You could revise it and meet with him as many times as you wanted until you were satisfied with your grade. Some kids got all hundreds and sadly, not realizing the gift they were getting, some just accepted all failure. It was truly a learning experience about people.
Posted by: curious at January 29, 2010 06:54 PM (p302b)
hmmm, top signs you're dating a bitch followed by a ginger, guess that's your number one sign right there
hi m/m's
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 29, 2010 06:56 PM (s6LZk)
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 10:55 PM (CfmlF)
What are you saying? I don't stink and I'm not dumb?
Posted by: Autralia & Canada at January 29, 2010 06:56 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: mystry at January 29, 2010 06:56 PM (kmgIE)
Have you ever seen that girl that had that truly translucent skin that you see the blue traces of her veins lace her heaving bosom? Yep, me , too.
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 29, 2010 06:56 PM (rQTdM)
Posted by: lincolntf at January 29, 2010 06:56 PM (V2pCF)
I get sick of self-proclaimed "writing teachers" at community colleges and adult-ed classes who teach that the key to writing is to "free yourself" and let your emotions flow onto the page. Bull. Decide what you want to say, plan how you're going to say it, and then choose your words to convey your ideas as clearly and succinctly as possible.
(That said, it does sound like the teacher is being a twat.)
Posted by: Trimegistus at January 29, 2010 06:56 PM (OW3Eh)
For an essay or a few page high school paper, the outline is a waste of time.
I knew a novelist (now dead) some years ago who would sit down and crank out a complete book in about three days...and that was using an ancient 4.77mhz PC with dual 360K floppies and the first version of WordStar. When he used a typewriter and sheet paper, it only took about three days too.
He wrote and edited the book in his mind before committing anything to media.
Recently I've been mulling the notion of writing a book about the human aspects of software testing and how to organically grow an effective test organization from scratch. Most companies fail miserably at this and do everything wrong.
I might use an outline or sort of story-arc kind of thing for that.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 06:57 PM (3RWnU)
Posted by: lincolntf at January 29, 2010 10:56 PM (V2pCF)
I hope you're female, because I'm fairly certain I love you.
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 06:57 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: lincolntf at January 29, 2010 10:56 PM (V2pCF)
THIS
Posted by: Griff at January 29, 2010 06:58 PM (MKyfs)
Listening to Green Day is like having a spike made of burning barbed wire slammed into my skull by an industrial jack hammer.
Ummm.....Yeah?
"Hey, Doctor, my foot hurts whenever I hit it with my sledgehammer."
"Well, don't do that."
Posted by: Secundus at January 29, 2010 06:59 PM (WuvMD)
Have you ever seen that girl that had that truly translucent skin that you see the blue traces of her veins lace her heaving bosom? Yep, me , too.
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 29, 2010 10:56 PM (rQTdM)
Terri Hatcher.
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 06:59 PM (YX6i/)
That's one practice Americans and Europeans do I never understood. Is it because your people come from snowy places? It's one thing to get tan while being outside during the summer while playing sports or doing outdoorsy things. But all the women who lay down on the beach and bake every summer...I don't get that. 1) It's boring laying there and 2) hello skin cancer!
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 06:59 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 10:48 PM (gofDd)
I don't know much about the "double lids" but even in the days before Europeans got to Japan, didn't the old Japanese poems sometimes mention white/pale skin as a desireable feature?
While I find the idea of fatherhood distasteful, if I ever went down that road I think making a hybrid would be good. Heaven knows I would need to bring some fresh DNA into the line to help suppress my own genetic deficiencies. Given the 50% risk of having a daughter, best to give her every opportunity to come out good looking. It carries so many advantages...
Posted by: Reactionary at January 29, 2010 06:59 PM (4nbyM)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 29, 2010 07:00 PM (WFRTh)
Yea, Sicily has pretty much been occupied by everyone at one time or another over the millennia. About the only ones never took a crack at it were the Eskimos
Thats what I hear but with the ice caps melting the Eskimos still have a shot of floating there.
Posted by: sonnyspats at January 29, 2010 07:00 PM (68tQb)
I know a lot of writers who have already thought about it and don't put anything down until they hit the keyboard. That being said, guess they are brainstorming but have no need to write it down as it is all planned in their head ahead of time. I don't like to use outlines. I really think that the "writing process" if taught to someone who writes the way I and some of my friends do is excruciating and had I had to do it in high school I probably would have hated writing. Everyone is different and they have their own way of making it to the same end. Glad you agree that the teacher was harsh.
Posted by: curious at January 29, 2010 07:00 PM (p302b)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 07:01 PM (3RWnU)
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 10:47 PM (YX6i/)
My wife is half Chilean(hawt) and half outta control, money-spending- pain the ass.
Posted by: dananjcon at January 29, 2010 07:01 PM (B1sBB)
Regarding Rum herself as a breeder - I've noticed that asian hybrids have a tendency to produce very handsome children.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 29, 2010 10:34 PM (4nbyM)
Hey, actually isn't red hair present in east Asian populations too?
I was born with red hair. It turned brown later, but in the summer when I was younger it would get reddish highlights. All of my grandparents are from Japan.
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 07:01 PM (CfmlF)
I think it's just a means of differentiation. How else to pick one dyed-blonde, vacuous young girl over another? Heaven forbid they should have to develop personalities
Posted by: Griff at January 29, 2010 07:02 PM (MKyfs)
Posted by: lincolntf at January 29, 2010 10:56 PM (V2pCF)
Do you know they wrote a song about me? American Genius or something like that.
Posted by: Joe "Genius" Biden at January 29, 2010 07:02 PM (bgcml)
all the women who lay down on the beach and bake every summer.
My german/scot ex-wife did that, and she's born and raised in Houston, hardly the snow belt. Maybe it's genetic memory from living in the arctic circle and being D deficient.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 29, 2010 07:02 PM (4Rlzw)
Who said you can't have multiple allegiances? Better protection (ect, ect.) that way, you half-naked lout.
*grr*. Multiple allegiances are good, but if they're with weak and petty gods, then they aren't much use to you.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 29, 2010 07:03 PM (otlXg)
That also happened to France.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 10:53 PM (gofDd)
I've long held that theory to be true. I assume that the last brave Frenchmen died out in WWI charging the trenches. Their few decent sons were the hand full that made up the resistance during WW2.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 29, 2010 07:04 PM (4nbyM)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 11:01 PM (3RWnU)
Seriously, i gotta nice mix of Clutch, Megadeth and Slayer going on right now...too sexy for this thread!
Posted by: dananjcon at January 29, 2010 07:04 PM (B1sBB)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 29, 2010 07:04 PM (QECjC)
Japanese women used to blacken their teeth to make their skin look paler. It's also a class thing (so I was taught) in China. Peasants are tan from working in the field and the paler are wealthy because they get to stay indoors.
While I find the idea of fatherhood distasteful
OMG. Marry me. Seriously. I have no desire to have kids.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 07:05 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 07:05 PM (3RWnU)
My wife is half cracker half eskimo. Hawt
My wife is half Chilean(hawt) and half outta control, money-spending- pain the ass.
my wife is female and has a heartbeat...all my requirements are met
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 29, 2010 07:05 PM (s6LZk)
Yeah, the consort of Hades went there. Now I'm hoping Tartarus falls on her after Hades' defeat. Ra won't save her then.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 29, 2010 07:05 PM (otlXg)
That's like going on a trip or exploration without a map. Without an outline or basic structure, the manuscript will be weaving and winding without sense of direction.
/yeah, that was heavy-handed
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 07:05 PM (zmiSr)
All the real men moved over to the Americas to settle new lands.
Posted by: soulpile at January 29, 2010 07:05 PM (afWhQ)
my wife is female and has a heartbeat...all my requirements are met
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 29, 2010 11:05 PM (s6LZk)
How YOU doin?
Posted by: Rachel Maddow at January 29, 2010 07:06 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: curious at January 29, 2010 07:06 PM (p302b)
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 07:07 PM (CfmlF)
I also read/heard that France's population lost height because Napoleon(?) sent the tallest men to war and they were killed off.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 07:07 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 29, 2010 07:07 PM (rQTdM)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 07:07 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: mystry at January 29, 2010 07:07 PM (kmgIE)
I. Outlines improve organization
A. Outlining allows you to plan your argument
B. Outlining often helps identify weak points
C. Outlining provides a guide for research
II. Outlines improve style
A. Outlining allows you to present supporting evidence in order
B. It lets you create thematic connections between sections
C. Because the structure is already in place it allows the writer to concentrate on style while actually writing the text
III. Outlining trains the mind
A. Eventually the writer learns to think in "outline style"
B. You can distinguish between the logical structure of a piece and its rhetorical style
C. Fuck you if you disagree
Posted by: Trimegistus at January 29, 2010 07:07 PM (OW3Eh)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 29, 2010 11:04 PM (QECjC)
For four hundred years the best and brightest have been leaving Europe. That the continent is spent should be no surprise.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 29, 2010 07:08 PM (bgcml)
I was born with red hair. It turned brown later, but in the summer when I was younger it would get reddish highlights. All of my grandparents are from Japan.
I was born w/blonde hare but now i'm bald and the copious hair on my back is grey. FUCK! And all Of my grand parents are onion farming polocs and brick building guinies. (too much info?)
Posted by: dananjcon at January 29, 2010 07:08 PM (B1sBB)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 07:08 PM (gofDd)
Taking government money is like borrowing from the mob.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 07:09 PM (3RWnU)
Yes? Who in the realm of mythology would you recommend? Hera? Khepri? Oromë? You?
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 07:10 PM (zmiSr)
I think writing is an art so maybe it is more personal than one would think. Which is why High School teachers have to be really positive and encouraging, otherwise people, when they get to college will only take the required writing course and miss a lot of great courses. And, when they later have to write will think back on those bad high school memories. I have friends who send me and email and say "I need to write this Senior Vice President" an email. Can you put something together for me and then we can work it together?". Happens all the time. They can do it but they are just so fearful.
Posted by: curious at January 29, 2010 07:10 PM (p302b)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 11:07 PM (gofDd)
Between the revolution and the 20 years of war, Frenchmen of all heights died regularly. But hey, at least they didn't let the bourgeois run things, right?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 29, 2010 07:10 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: mrfixit at January 29, 2010 07:10 PM (Bsm1s)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 11:05 PM (3RWnU)
PA, Clutch is da bomb..too lazy to link. You know what to do.
Posted by: dananjcon at January 29, 2010 07:11 PM (B1sBB)
Either the Celtic genes are damn strong, or my mother was lying.
Posted by: North Dallas Thirty at January 29, 2010 07:12 PM (ZX104)
Posted by: Secundus at January 29, 2010 07:12 PM (WuvMD)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 07:12 PM (3RWnU)
216 I also read/heard that France's population lost height because Napoleon(?) sent the tallest men to war and they were killed off.
Ooh, I can see the movie title now: "Short Man Syndrome: This Time it's Personal!" (Sorry I couldn't work in a semi-colon there.)
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 07:12 PM (CfmlF)
All caught up on the thread--very intellectual here at the ONT tonight!
Hey Dang, just happy hour and I just got home.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 29, 2010 07:12 PM (6ILDX)
Have you ever seen that girl that had that truly translucent skin that you see the blue traces of her veins lace her heaving bosom? Yep, me , too.
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 29, 2010 10:56 PM (rQTdM)Seen her? I married her. She was from Wis GON son (still is, I guess) and she was Scandi (still is, I guess).
I need a tissue. Thanks a lot, man.
Posted by: Jones at January 29, 2010 07:12 PM (JL3qV)
Posted by: Amused Observer at January 29, 2010 07:12 PM (EioPx)
I'm not going to argue with you. There is no way to adjudicate the situation. What, are we going to have a "how much money have you earned this year from your writing?" fight? There is not way to really prove either of us correct as I can produce successful writers who don't outline on paper. Some of it is total paranoia that someone will steal the idea and some of it is well, just the way they write.
Posted by: curious at January 29, 2010 07:13 PM (p302b)
I agree. I also think it depends on what you're writing. I despised writing outlines for papers. But if it were something extensive, like a dissertation, then I would have an outline done up.
I also used to take notes in outline form. So maybe that's why I never wrote outlines for papers.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 07:13 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Secundus at January 29, 2010 11:12 PM (WuvMD)
F-U
Posted by: Napolean at January 29, 2010 07:14 PM (B1sBB)
While I find the idea of fatherhood distasteful
OMG. Marry me. Seriously. I have no desire to have kids.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 11:05 PM (gofDd)
First I have to ask - by blacken, do you mean to actually make them BLACK?
Rum, I've said it before and I'll say it again - you need to proseletize more women to share your views. Granted - that will not convert them all into hot stompy-boot wearing asians, but at least they will have the right mindset. Maybe you should start a newsletter or something. You hate/dislike all the right things!
Oh - and I'd marry ya, but I probably couldn't afford to keep you in the Disney Princess lifestyle you deserve... >
I was born with red hair. It turned brown later, but in the summer when I was younger it would get reddish highlights. All of my grandparents are from Japan.
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 11:01 PM (CfmlF)
Wow - DNA is amazing. I bet your dad was a little concerned at first... Heh heh. I had blonde hair and blue eyes until I was 4 yrs old - but then they went brown and green respectively. Alas...
Posted by: Reactionary at January 29, 2010 07:14 PM (4nbyM)
Posted by: lincolntf at January 29, 2010 07:15 PM (V2pCF)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 29, 2010 11:12 PM (6ILDX)
It took me a while to catch up too! I can't believe how early Maet had it up.
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 07:15 PM (CfmlF)
217 gingers are lots of fun...
In high school, I dated twin, copper -heads. Actually, I was caught in the middle. They fought so much that when one (Sondra) broke up with me that the other one (Rhonda) would take her revenge by dating me. Serious fun for me. I felt so used.
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 29, 2010 07:15 PM (rQTdM)
wtf Mel Gibson? The Jew baiting and marriage crack-up were bad enough, but DiCaprio in a Viking flick? That's a little too much.
Dude's lost his mind.
Lay off the hootch, Mel. Come home, baby, come home.
Posted by: Cowboy at January 29, 2010 07:15 PM (zwrlc)
Posted by: kawfytawk at January 29, 2010 07:15 PM (NPvz/)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 29, 2010 07:15 PM (QECjC)
If you don't agree, we're gonna settle this Gaucho style.
Posted by: Trimegistus at January 29, 2010 07:16 PM (OW3Eh)
It explains why so many Europeans are so danged short.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 07:16 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Tommy Klinf at January 29, 2010 07:16 PM (7Mvvx)
I meant 'that exist and are in service right now.'
And, F-U right back.
And it's spelled 'Napoleon.'
Posted by: Secundus at January 29, 2010 07:16 PM (WuvMD)
Kind of like the reverse Jesus thing, reverse blackface?
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 07:17 PM (CfmlF)
Taking government money is like borrowing from the mob.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 11:09 PM (3RWnU)
Funny you should say that cause a friend of mine recently said they are "starting to remind him of the mob". And one of my other friends said "starting?"
And I thought to myself, this is not a good sign.
Posted by: curious at January 29, 2010 07:18 PM (p302b)
/Contractions? What contractions?
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 07:18 PM (zmiSr)
Did anybody notice the finger he gave to the republican congress?
Didn't watch, but that sounds like par for a jakarta street kid/chicago dirtbag.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 29, 2010 07:18 PM (4Rlzw)
by blacken, do you mean to actually make them BLACK?
Oh yes, I mean black. I forgot what they used. Kohl, maybe, like Egyptians?
Oh - and I'd marry ya, but I probably couldn't afford to keep you in the Disney Princess lifestyle you deserve
As long as I get taken to Disney World once every couple of years, I'm happy.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 07:19 PM (gofDd)
All caught up on the thread--very intellectual here at the ONT tonight!
Hey Dang, just happy hour and I just got home.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 29, 2010 11:12 PM (6ILDX)
hehe, its early, won't last long.
Posted by: Napolean at January 29, 2010 07:19 PM (B1sBB)
@ kawfytawk at January 29, 2010 11:17 PM (NPvz/)
I guess I'd reveal a little about my ageism, but that was way, way back in 1973 in Norfolk.
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 29, 2010 07:19 PM (rQTdM)
237 Yes they are all scum, but I ain't gonna lie: I very much want to read that book. One story is more vile than the next and I have always detested the Silky Pony so I plan to read with enjoyment.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 29, 2010 07:19 PM (6ILDX)
Initial presentations to executives is the easiest thing in the world! I have two rules that guide everything.
1) One page. They'll go MEGO on you with anything longer.
2) Bullet points - no more than 10.
The idea with execs is keep it simple as possible and don't waste their time with some turgid 10 or 20 page exegesis they'll be forced to either ignore or foist off on some lackey.
If they want to know more, then they'll ask for more if you caught their attention.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 07:19 PM (3RWnU)
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 07:20 PM (CfmlF)
'night, all.
Posted by: Trimegistus at January 29, 2010 07:20 PM (OW3Eh)
Bleh, I hate Disney World. They aren't forcing me to be "happy" and I hate the "speed" line where you pay extra to wait in another line. When the pillars of Olympus crumble, I hope they take out Disney World.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 29, 2010 07:21 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 07:21 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: curious at January 29, 2010 07:22 PM (p302b)
Well, that's different then, especially when you're doing classes where (1) you can get away with that or (2) are doing your own research. That works.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 07:22 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 11:07 PM (gofDd)
Makes sense. I know that the grenadiers and Imperial Guard had height requirements, and they were NOT just ceremonial forces.
I notice you mention having a book by Dalrymple. I have everything he's written other than Romancing Opiates and If Symptoms Persist. I can't get enough of his work. If it were up to me, every person dreaming of any kind of medical or civil service work would be required to read him, and best vigorously tested to verify they understood the lessons. There are some great internet sites that have substantial collections of his articles.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 29, 2010 07:23 PM (4nbyM)
I don't want another penny going to those two. They are beyond vile. And I am without words for Edwards.
Posted by: kawfytawk at January 29, 2010 07:23 PM (NPvz/)
I wish that applied to law. I've put together pleadings that were 3 or 4 inches thick and metal prongs wouldn't hold together. Seriously, what judge is going to read 1,000 pages of paper about two people fighting over a dog?
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 07:23 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: mystry at January 29, 2010 07:23 PM (kmgIE)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 29, 2010 11:15 PM (rQTdM)
Ha! You were exploited like a piece of meat. You poor, poor man!
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 07:24 PM (CfmlF)
H'm. I stand corrected. Or sit, in this case. But I believe my point stands.
Posted by: Secundus at January 29, 2010 07:25 PM (WuvMD)
264 I hate to even admit this. But when I was in undergrad. If they insisted on seeing an outline I would write the paper first and then write the outline.
Oh...hehe shit, you mean thats not the right way to do it??
Posted by: Napolean at January 29, 2010 07:25 PM (B1sBB)
Umm, that's not at Disney World. Six Flags has that but Disney World does not. Fast Pass is free. If you were paying to cut in line at a Disney Park, you were scammed.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 07:26 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 29, 2010 07:26 PM (rQTdM)
Enlil.
Good choice, especially considering GoW doesn't target the Sumerian pantheon.
Random: The funniest god name is Enki-du.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 07:26 PM (zmiSr)
The bloods would kick his ass.
heh! They would probably muzzle him within five minutes. He talks incessantly (about himself) and he's fricking annoying.
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 07:26 PM (CfmlF)
I didn't notice that but it was one thing when it was done to hillary, since they were candidates, rivals. It's quite a slap in the face to the office if it was done by a sitting president to congress. So, I hope you are assuming a rhetorical "finger".
Posted by: curious at January 29, 2010 07:26 PM (p302b)
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 07:26 PM (YX6i/)
266-Library. I won't pay for it either.
There was an article by one of his former staffers in the Daily Beast (I think) and he said that JE is so delusional that he most likely thinks that he can redeem himself and run for office again in the future.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 29, 2010 07:27 PM (6ILDX)
I also have In Praise of Prejudice. All on my stack to read. I'm so far behind, lol. I've read some of his articles online, too. He's a great writer.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 07:27 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 07:27 PM (CfmlF)
Posted by: alaska trash at January 29, 2010 07:29 PM (R0rtK)
BANG BANG BANG BANG -VOMA NOS -VOMA NOS!!
Posted by: Napolean at January 29, 2010 07:29 PM (B1sBB)
That was so funny. I am now cleaning the desk. The very nature of law is that it should be brief and succinct. Somehow these concepts are being lost. Look at the size and heft of the bills that many of these trained attorney in congress are a party to, it's disgraceful.
Posted by: curious at January 29, 2010 07:29 PM (p302b)
Seriously, none of them. NOT. A. ONE. You could bind 950 pages worth Sears catalog in there and the judge would never know it. They're going to skim a couple of pages and make their decision in about 5 minutes or less.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 07:30 PM (3RWnU)
So, I hope you are assuming a rhetorical "finger".
No, not at all; he does the classic 4th grade 'scratch your nose with your middle finger' and then most likely chortles about it with m'chell - "did you see me flipping off all them honkeys?!" It's freaking unbelievable, I know, but the turd actually does this. In public. And isn't called out on it, of course.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 29, 2010 07:30 PM (4Rlzw)
Posted by: curious at January 29, 2010 11:26 PM (p302b)
I didn't watch it, (the speech today at the Republicans retreat) but several people have commented that he did it there today. He is completely unpresidential, unprofessional and a total big whiny cry baby.
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 07:30 PM (CfmlF)
I think he is in Haiti making a fool of himself. He is almost as delusional as Obama...what is it about the quest for power and these narcissistic men?
Posted by: kawfytawk at January 29, 2010 07:31 PM (NPvz/)
Fortitude, perseverance, & steadfastness are mightier than weapons.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 07:31 PM (zmiSr)
You could bind 950 pages worth Sears catalog in there and the judge would never know it.
Yup, but if it ever get's introduced as evidence and needs to be tiffed for Summation or Concordance, our company will be happy to do so for you at $800/gb. You should see some of the crap I process, it's crazy.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 29, 2010 07:32 PM (4Rlzw)
I can't do it alone... I'm gonna need a lotta help...Crompton wasn't built in a day...Can't just wish those bullets into T-Squiff's head...gotta come together...Gotta get this right...
Posted by: Crip Obama at January 29, 2010 07:32 PM (V2pCF)
I didn't watch it, (the speech today at the Republicans retreat) but several people have commented that he did it there today. He is completely unpresidential, unprofessional and a total big whiny cry baby.
F-U cracker, thats my daddy!!
Posted by: malalia at January 29, 2010 07:32 PM (B1sBB)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 11:26 PM (zmiSr)
And the most surprising character in the Gilgamesh epic?
Noah.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 29, 2010 07:33 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: alaska trash at January 29, 2010 11:29 PM (R0rtK)
Nice to meet you! (virtually shakes hand)
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 07:34 PM (CfmlF)
293 Errr...my homies...we stand here...at the precipice of a great....a great...drive-by shooting...
I can't do it alone... I'm gonna need a lotta help...Crompton wasn't built in a day...Can't just wish those bullets into T-Squiff's head...gotta come together...Gotta get this right...
Oh, hell yeah.
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 29, 2010 07:34 PM (rQTdM)
Posted by: curious at January 29, 2010 07:35 PM (p302b)
Posted by: malalia at January 29, 2010 11:32 PM (B1sBB)
so who your baby mama, Jesse Jackson? Michelle only gave birth to Sasha and Malia.
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 07:35 PM (CfmlF)
Yeah, I'm sure you just figured that out and didn't use the magic of Google at all...
I guess I can let it pass, as you are losing your happy home in Tartarus in less than 2 months. And then when Dante's Inferno comes out...
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 29, 2010 07:36 PM (otlXg)
I really think there should be a law limiting how long bills are. 10 pages max, size 12 font, plain English. If you can't get it done in 10 pages, and can't write it in a way that normal people can understand, then maybe it shouldn't be done at all. I blame the massive size of these bills on the country being overlawyered.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 07:37 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: curious at January 29, 2010 11:35 PM (p302b)
And the nanny state shall live.
Posted by: malalia at January 29, 2010 07:37 PM (B1sBB)
If you don't agree, we're gonna settle this Gaucho style.
Bolas and wide legged short pants at twenty paces?
Posted by: huerfano at January 29, 2010 07:38 PM (n6X5O)
Posted by: kawfytawk at January 29, 2010 11:31 PM (NPvz/)
Once they get the roads clear in Haiti, Edwards will have plenty of ambulances to chase. I can only imagine the hoardes of class action clients he's lining up...
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 07:38 PM (CfmlF)
No, we talked about it here on AoSHQ some time back, IIRC. Besides, Google is
. I guess I can let it pass, as you are losing your happy home in Tartarus in less than 2 months. And then when Dante's Inferno comes out...
?
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 07:39 PM (zmiSr)
I've seen that. I was also at a pet store yesterday and saw a woman with a small dog in her purse. I've also noticed that the majority of Asians in my neighborhood have small, itty bitty dogs.
If a dog is smaller than a football, it's not a real dog.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 07:40 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 11:27 PM (gofDd)
My favorite of his books is Life a the Bottom. There are reasons why our country (and the West in general) is plagued by human trash, and he lays them out pretty plainly.
I hesitate to presume to suggest an addition to your reading pile, but if you ever want a great read about how great things once were, before the disasters of the 20th Century wrecked the world, I suggest The World of Yesterday, but Stefan Zweig.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 29, 2010 07:40 PM (4nbyM)
Posted by: malalia at January 29, 2010 11:32 PM (B1sBB)
so who your baby mama, Jesse Jackson? Michelle only gave birth to Sasha and Malia.
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 11:35 PM (CfmlF)
Yeah what evah..daddy sais it does'nt madder cuz im gonna be the princess of da whirled!!
Posted by: malia at January 29, 2010 07:40 PM (B1sBB)
Gilgamesh is just a mythological character
I disagree; I think they both are actual historical figures.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 29, 2010 07:40 PM (4Rlzw)
Sadly, you are probably right. Sadder still, his betrayed wife is still fighting for her life.
Posted by: kawfytawk at January 29, 2010 07:41 PM (NPvz/)
If I ever catch up on my stack, I'll look him up. His name sounds familiar.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 07:41 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Crusty at January 29, 2010 07:42 PM (qzgbP)
Didn't someone publish a paper stating that they felt he was a real person.
Posted by: curious at January 29, 2010 07:42 PM (p302b)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 07:42 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: Secundus at January 29, 2010 07:43 PM (WuvMD)
Rum, look, as you get older the dogs get smaller. I've seen it in my own parents. I guess, one day soon, I'll have a pack of kleekai. Sled pulling ankle-biters.
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 29, 2010 07:43 PM (rQTdM)
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 29, 2010 07:43 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 07:43 PM (CfmlF)
So what happens when the dog decides to ummm...do its business in their purse? Its gotta be embarrassing when you pull out your wallet and it reeks of dog piss.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 07:43 PM (3RWnU)
1) Woman got divorced and lost her health insurance. Now she's looking to marry a guy just for his health insurance.
2) Some other "man" is now pregnant and "he" is married to another "man" that used to be a woman. I don't get this at all. I'm sorry, but if you have the desire to get pregnant, that does not make you a man, no matter how many parts you surgically remove/add. And if you still have woman parts in you that enable you to get pregnant, that does not make you a real man.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 07:44 PM (gofDd)
#313 Cut it up into tiny little pieces before it takes you down for the count.
Posted by: mystry at January 29, 2010 07:44 PM (kmgIE)
I have suggestions, but I don't want to be visited by the Secret service.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 07:44 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Crusty at January 29, 2010 11:42 PM (qzgbP)
Well...when I was in college we would have...
Posted by: dananjcon at January 29, 2010 07:45 PM (B1sBB)
I got a life-size Michelle Obama stand-up for my birthday. Any suggestions on what to do with it?
Two words: Penis. Camera.
Posted by: Secundus at January 29, 2010 07:45 PM (WuvMD)
I don't want anything smaller than a Corgi. This whole teacup dog thing is ridiculous.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 07:46 PM (gofDd)
the game's based off the first part of Dante's Divine Comedy.
I don't get it, is Dante supposed to be some kind of roided-up badass that kicks ass in the 7 circles or something? Doesn't seem very plausible.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 29, 2010 07:46 PM (4Rlzw)
I got a life-size Michelle Obama stand-up for my birthday. Any suggestions on what to do with it?
MAKE HER be proud to be an American
Posted by: Rewrite! at January 29, 2010 07:47 PM (d7Px0)
It was a special purse made for the dog. Like a dog carrier purse. I do wonder about that, though. Is the dog trained not to doo doo when it's in the purse?
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 07:47 PM (gofDd)
Get a nice lace wig for it, leave it on overnight, then decide in the morning.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 07:47 PM (3RWnU)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 11:07 PM (gofDd)
True: In Panmunjom, the South Korean guards and most of the Americans up there are the tallest ones they can find. It's done for intimidation purposes. Most North Koreans aren't that tall because most didn't eat well before they went onto the military.
Posted by: Bill R. at January 29, 2010 07:47 PM (EhlQq)
Posted by: curious at January 29, 2010 07:47 PM (p302b)
Its been my experience that those little yappy rat dogs do their business wherever they damn well please. Larger dogs you can train, smaller ones train you.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 07:49 PM (3RWnU)
True: In Panmunjom, the South Korean guards and most of the Americans up there are the tallest ones they can find. It's done for intimidation purposes. Most North Koreans aren't that tall because most didn't eat well before they went onto the military.
Bill R., did you do some time in the JSA?
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 29, 2010 07:49 PM (rQTdM)
True: In Panmunjom, the South Korean guards and most of the Americans up there are the tallest ones they can find. It's done for intimidation purposes. Most North Koreans aren't that tall because most didn't eat well before they went onto the military.
I think I read somewhere that the average North Korean is more than 4" shorter than the average South Korean. Kim Jung Il is an evil, vile man who's going to burn in Hell. Too bad he's not there already.
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 07:49 PM (CfmlF)
Re: the teacup dog thing
My friend works with a vet and this women came in with her teacup chihuahua, never knew there was such a thing...anyway, it was wearing one of those cones because it was pulling all it's hair out...apparently the family cat continually stalks it.
Posted by: kawfytawk at January 29, 2010 07:50 PM (NPvz/)
Posted by: Reactionary at January 29, 2010 07:50 PM (4nbyM)
Posted by: koopy at January 29, 2010 07:50 PM (XllG0)
Gilgamesh is just a mythological character; Noah is real.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 11:37 PM (zmiSr)
Because I did not expect to run across a central Christian figure in a Babylonian story? Especially since it, apparently, isn't considered to be a big deal....
Posted by: 18-1 at January 29, 2010 07:50 PM (bgcml)
I sense a market opportunity here for a robot Japanese fashion dog that WON'T do any business in your purse.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 07:51 PM (3RWnU)
Precisely.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 29, 2010 07:51 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: Jones at January 29, 2010 07:52 PM (JL3qV)
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 07:52 PM (CfmlF)
Dood - he lives in North Korea.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 07:52 PM (3RWnU)
Send pictures of it in ridiculous outfits to the fashion magazines and see the on the covers next month?
Isn't she beautiful in her mu mu with a baatleth!
Posted by: 18-1 at January 29, 2010 07:53 PM (bgcml)
But I was talking more about fiction.
Like writing about "Giner" and Mary Ann?
Posted by: andycanuck at January 29, 2010 07:54 PM (2qU2d)
I think I read somewhere that the average North Korean is more than 4" shorter than the average South Korean. Kim Jung Il is an evil, vile man who's going to burn in Hell. Too bad he's not there already.
Posted by: runningrn at January 29, 2010 11:49 PM (CfmlF)
Starvation/malnourishment is a bitch. The biggest losers of the Korean war were the Norks. They should have rolled over.
On a related note, I've read that Chinese people, properly fed, are not so different in height from Americans. Can anyone confirm or deny that?
Posted by: Reactionary at January 29, 2010 07:54 PM (4nbyM)
I don't want anything smaller than a Corgi. This whole teacup dog thing is ridiculous.
If you can't stand up straight and pet the dogs head it's not big enough to be called a dog.
Posted by: harleycowboy at January 29, 2010 07:54 PM (LTCDr)
Posted by: curious at January 29, 2010 07:54 PM (p302b)
Yes.
Posted by: Yao Ming at January 29, 2010 07:56 PM (XllG0)
Its been my experience that those little yappy rat dogs do their business wherever they damn well please. Larger dogs you can train, smaller ones train you.
I also heard people who own the small yappy dogs don't bother training them because the dogs are "so cute." Big ones you have to train because of their size, but the little ones do what they will because they're easier to pick up and carry or something.
Tiny dogs are just ridiculous. It's even more ridiculous that they're bred that way.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 07:56 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Crusty at January 29, 2010 11:42 PM (qzgbP)
See post #320 for a hint.
Posted by: Bill R. at January 29, 2010 07:57 PM (EhlQq)
Bill R., did you do some time in the JSA?
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 29, 2010 11:49 PM (rQTdM)
Only visiting. I was down in Kunsan.
Posted by: Bill R. at January 29, 2010 07:58 PM (EhlQq)
Dating bitches. If it wasn't for the erotica; there would be a bounty on them.
Dating bitches.Heh I'm getting older also.
I need a bitch detector.
Posted by: chicocano at January 29, 2010 07:58 PM (2n5cq)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 07:59 PM (3RWnU)
I don't know about the older=smaller dogs. I'm no longer young and still don't own a dog under 40 lbs. (my mom does have a small dog, but he's a Jack Russell and a stone cold killer -- ram a baby bunny down and bit its head off on the neighbor's porch; he's a great conversation starter like that).
And watch it with the cracks on red heads; my son is a red head (and probably the best behaved one out of the lot).
As for the scary somebody coming to my door, speaking low guttural German...heck, I get that everytime my husband is having a bad day making something out in his workshop (although he is somebody I know and there are usually English expletives liberally sprinkled within the low guttural German). He'd tell you Germany is hardly fit for a real man anymore...something about feminist takeover of society and turning men into sissy boys.
Posted by: unknown jane at January 29, 2010 07:59 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: GregInSeattle at January 29, 2010 07:59 PM (B5cM9)
Posted by: mystry at January 29, 2010 07:59 PM (kmgIE)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 08:00 PM (3RWnU)
Posted by: hutch1200 at January 29, 2010 08:00 PM (Z0vis)
My mom has cousins who were born in China that later came here. The older one was in her teens when she came here and she's pretty short. The younger siblings came here when they were 4 or 5 and are super tall. It's amazing what American nutrition will do.
That said, genetics is also at play. My dad is 5'11" and my mom is 5'3.75". I'm 5'4" and my sister is 5'2".
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 08:01 PM (gofDd)
Something to look forward to here.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 08:04 PM (gofDd)
Something to look forward to here.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 30, 2010 12:04 AM (gofDd)
Can't happen here.
Posted by: dananjcon at January 29, 2010 08:06 PM (B1sBB)
Posted by: Secundus at January 29, 2010 08:06 PM (WuvMD)
It's amazing what American nutrition will do.
America, fuck yeah!!
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 30, 2010 12:05 AM (rQTdM)
Its the flouride and bacon.
Posted by: dananjcon at January 29, 2010 08:07 PM (B1sBB)
One of you wenches fetch me another Yuengling.
Posted by: Rewrite! at January 29, 2010 08:08 PM (d7Px0)
Posted by: mystry at January 29, 2010 08:08 PM (kmgIE)
Size is definitely subject to both DNA and nutrition. The outputs can be surprising sometimes. My great-uncle is a robust 6' 4" (or so), and his wife is in the low 5' range. But their sons are 6' 8" and 7' 0" tall. The corelation in size between parents and children is often weak.
I sometimes wonder if our species will stratefy dramatically in time. Generally the best male and female specimens will mate with each other, and also the worst will mate with each other. I envision two divergent populations - one advancing, one degrading.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 29, 2010 08:09 PM (4nbyM)
Can't happen here.
Posted by: dananjcon at January 30, 2010 12:06 AM (B1sBB)
I hope you're right. Looking around LA (and Seattle), it's depressing.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 08:09 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Reactionary at January 30, 2010 12:09 AM (4nbyM)
You might be on to something...
Posted by: HG Wells at January 29, 2010 08:10 PM (bgcml)
Fuck you asshole! I thought of it first!
Posted by: H.G. Wells at January 29, 2010 08:10 PM (Opmig)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 08:11 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 08:11 PM (3RWnU)
Sort of reverse Morlocks vs. Eloi? The more advanced ones get bigger, and the less advanced get scrawnier?
Posted by: Secundus at January 29, 2010 08:11 PM (WuvMD)
382 People must have lives on a Friday night. It got quiet.
I'm personally offended. I have no life.
Posted by: Tommy Gunnar at January 29, 2010 08:13 PM (rQTdM)
I hope you're right. Looking around LA (and Seattle), it's depressing.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 30, 2010 12:09 AM (gofDd)
You just need to get out of the larger urban areas. But the root of this problem may be more than just feminism. I read that the water supplies in some areas are badly contaminated with estrogen. That stuff is pure poison to a man. It affects both body and mind.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 29, 2010 08:13 PM (4nbyM)
and whatever else it is people shove down toilets.
Korans? Slightly used.
Posted by: andycanuck at January 29, 2010 08:13 PM (2qU2d)
and whatever else it is people shove down toilets.
Korans? Slightly used.
Posted by: andycanuck at January 30, 2010 12:13 AM (2qU2d)
Ha! The Koran - now in 2 ply.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 29, 2010 08:15 PM (4nbyM)
There was an episode of South Park where the Crab People attempted to take over the world by making men into metrosexuals through TV shows like "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy". There's this part where a fire broke out in SP, but all the men in town were now sissified and couldn't deal with the fire. The ladies of SP realized they didn't want their men to be totally pussified. Thus, they went and killed the producers of Queer Eye, who turned out to be Crab People.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 29, 2010 08:16 PM (otlXg)
Sadly, I am a big city girl. I like the big city and need to be at least within two hours of it by car.
Although I guess Orlando isn't "big city" but I'd move to the fancy suburbs around it.
I asked my dad about us moving to Houston and this time he actually said it might not be a bad idea. He's there right now on business and remarked to me about how nice a city it was. And how cheap it is to live there (compared to here).
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 08:17 PM (gofDd)
Can't happen here.
Posted by: dananjcon at January 30, 2010 12:06 AM (B1sBB)
I hope you're right. Looking around LA (and Seattle), it's depressing.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 30, 2010 12:09 AM (gofDd)
I gotta tell ya, North Jersey(Sussex County) is very rural, blue collar, manly & succesful, we have a less than 5% unemployment rate as compared to the rest of the state, the problem is we cannnot comptete with that slack asses in union, Essex & Passaic County (to name a few) they completly destroy the curve.
Were ok in North NJ!!
Posted by: dananjcon at January 29, 2010 08:19 PM (B1sBB)
Posted by: OregonMuse at January 29, 2010 08:20 PM (hoowK)
Thinking about expanding your food supply to Texans? They might have lots of silver bullets there, Rum, just a warning.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 29, 2010 08:20 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: mystry at January 29, 2010 08:21 PM (kmgIE)
I had a roommate once who decided to use paper towels as toilet paper. The problem of course, is that paper towels don't dissolve quick like TP. so he actually used them for quite a while before the pipe got so clogged we had to snake it to get it flowing again.
Posted by: koopy at January 29, 2010 08:22 PM (XllG0)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 30, 2010 12:11 AM (3RWnU)
Eh, hem...i know someone who may be available for the job soon.
Posted by: maddows middle finger at January 29, 2010 08:24 PM (B1sBB)
Can you blame her? What's between here and there--Mississippi (whose residents probably taste like Natty Ice and Night Train) and right here in good ol' Looseeana, where the people probably taste like crawfish and daquiris.
Posted by: Secundus at January 29, 2010 08:25 PM (WuvMD)
Posted by: koopy at January 30, 2010 12:22 AM (XllG0)
Yikes. I can take care of just about any household repair, but dealing with poop really gives me pause. Of course, some days at the office I find that I'd rather be dealing with litteral shit, rather than the figurative shit so common to quality assurance work.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 29, 2010 08:26 PM (4nbyM)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 08:27 PM (3RWnU)
I did see an outlet mall when we were heading to the fancy mall off the highway (forgot which one). Two million is doable--that's about how many people live in the Valley alone. Although I think more people are moving here because even Valley traffic is starting to suck more than it used to. Westsiders, stay on your own damn side!
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 08:28 PM (gofDd)
In heavy Hispanic populated cities, I've heard stories of people throwing their TP in the trash because in Mexico the plumbing is so bad you can't even flush TP. So they think that's the same here and trash cans overflow with used TP.
My ex also dumps his cat litter down the toilet. It's not the pebble kind, but looks like sawdust. He says it's corn husks.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 08:30 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Reactionary at January 29, 2010 08:30 PM (4nbyM)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 08:32 PM (3RWnU)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 30, 2010 12:27 AM (3RWnU)
Arg. That is truly disturbing. People who do such things should be put down like rabid dogs.
Posted by: Reactionary at January 29, 2010 08:32 PM (4nbyM)
Posted by: mystry at January 29, 2010 08:35 PM (kmgIE)
Posted by: Reactionary at January 29, 2010 08:36 PM (4nbyM)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 29, 2010 08:36 PM (3RWnU)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 30, 2010 12:30 AM (gofDd)
Um, yes. Saw it in Ensenada. I just don't see what people like about Mexico.
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 08:36 PM (YX6i/)
Well, I don't like East Indians because their curry flavor doesn't appeal to me. Mexicans are tasty, especially with some good salsa. I'm fond of Europeans, but French and Germans tend to be too rich because of all the meat Germans eat and the cream sauces French use.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 08:37 PM (gofDd)
I have a septic system...and over my bowl I have a sign that reads:
"Please help Mr. Hankey complete his journey. Flush toilet paper only!!! If you don't, our septic system will explode, Mr Hankey will not have a home and you will have to clean up the mess! Thank You.
I haven't had a back up in 4yrs..
(picture of MR. Hankey courtesy of Comedy Central & South Park)
Posted by: dananjcon at January 29, 2010 08:38 PM (B1sBB)
I just don't see what people like about Mexico.
I've never been to Mexico even though it's so close. No desire to. I've been to Canada, been to the UK, all farther away than Mexico. If I never go to Mexico, it won't bother me. However, I do love Mexican food. Thank God that's all over LA.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 08:40 PM (gofDd)
I read it twice that's how good it was.
Get it used because Amazon is not selling it new.
Barnes and Noble has it new.
Just throwing this out there and not expecting anyone to comment nor actually read it.
cats ate my chocolate mousse
dogs drank my hot coco with marshmellows
my goldfish did synchronized swimming in my toilet bowl for about 10 seconds.
Posted by: kay at January 29, 2010 08:41 PM (TW1NB)
The outlets around here are all premium ones, too. PGiS and I were talking about this the other night. The prices really aren't all that much cheaper, but they do have things in the stores there that the "regular" stores don't have. I don't really like outlet malls, though. I prefer the normal upscale malls.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 08:42 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: mystry at January 29, 2010 08:43 PM (kmgIE)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 30, 2010 12:32 AM (3RWnU)
PA...you obviously have never been to Camden, NJ.
Posted by: dananjcon at January 29, 2010 08:43 PM (B1sBB)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 08:45 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: mystry at January 29, 2010 08:49 PM (kmgIE)
Heh, that's how I used to take tests, too, it's a great method.
I also had a french teacher big on brainstorming, I always left the first page of the exam book blank to write in fake brainstorming after I finished the essay.
Curious, I heard that segment on Levin today. But the worst was the little boy who was assigned a paper on how to fight global warming and he wrote that global warming was a bunch of bs and the teacher gave him a zero. Then the mom goes in to complain and the principal blames it on the state, saying the standardized test the state uses fails you for denying global warming so the school has to do it, too. Ugh.
Miss'80sBaby, my college had a mandatory writing class first semester, I was honestly shocked and just disillusioned I guess reading some of my classmates' essays, they had no idea how to write, it was just awful, I have no idea what they 'learned' in high school. There are always lots of fights about how to improve the college curriculum, my take is that the problem really lies with the high schools. Way too much of college is spent teaching stuff you absolutely should have learned in high school.
Oh, and Editor, you were a college drop-out? With the way you write and contribute here at the ONT, color me sincerely surprised. I would have guessed high school.
That's right, Editor, you big dummy, I said it!
(who am i kidding, i am no good at flame wars, editor is awesome.)
Posted by: Adrian at January 29, 2010 08:50 PM (HqFA1)
Posted by: koopy at January 30, 2010 12:46 AM (XllG0)
I have to admit, I was routing for the trap. I lose, again.
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 08:52 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Adrian at January 30, 2010 12:50 AM (HqFA1)
You people really are not getting the hang of this. Practice on your vaginas, then come back.
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 08:54 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: mystry at January 29, 2010 08:57 PM (kmgIE)
In high school we had to watch a video about how some black kids in Oakland watching Schindler's List laughed when someone got shot in the head and so they were put through sensitivity training, which apparently was teaching them about how bad slavery was. After we watched the video we were told to write down our thoughts about it. I wrote a half page screed about how genocide and slavery are NOT the same thing and that if they wanted to teach the kids about black genocide, they should have educated them about Ethiopia and Rwanda. (I was 16 when I wrote this, btw.)
And then I made the mistake of raising my hand and saying so in class. Oh boy, did that set off a firestorm. Two of the black girls in my class got mad at me and said it was the same thing because hundreds died in the Middle Passage. And my teacher (who has more white guilt than anyone I ever met) jumped on the bandwagon and told me I was insensitive. She also wrote on my paper after I turned it in, "Think again." And underlined it twice.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 08:57 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at January 29, 2010 08:57 PM (JZa9d)
Posted by: mystry at January 29, 2010 09:03 PM (kmgIE)
Posted by: Dave in Singapore at January 29, 2010 09:04 PM (OBDWE)
Bite me.
Posted by: MPFS at January 29, 2010 09:07 PM (QuP9W)
Posted by: Adrian at January 29, 2010 09:08 PM (HqFA1)
Not with liberals, anyway. And my high school (that year) made Berkeley look centrist.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 09:12 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: mystry at January 29, 2010 09:12 PM (kmgIE)
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at January 29, 2010 09:16 PM (JZa9d)
Posted by: Adrian at January 29, 2010 09:17 PM (HqFA1)
Posted by: Adrian at January 29, 2010 09:19 PM (HqFA1)
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 09:24 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 09:27 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Granny Jan at January 29, 2010 09:29 PM (d6oxZ)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at January 29, 2010 09:31 PM (tyiS8)
Posted by: pat at January 29, 2010 09:32 PM (TCZ5c)
Posted by: Adrian at January 29, 2010 09:35 PM (HqFA1)
375 -- Nah, he's of the opinion that the sissification started before Merkel; have you ever checked out who her successors were? Compared to them, Merk's got brass ones. The sitting to pee thing over there just about sent him over the top -- says all the real men need to get out while they still can (and that we shouldn't let it happen to us -- for refernce, see the bitchy date link).
The clogged toilet would not be the thing to drive me into the arms of the manly men. I can fix a clogged toilet (and my car, and fix a roof, and kill creepy crawlies). But killing the rodents...ah, that's where the men, they have me (and my girls -- none of us can hack rodents). As long as they can dispatch a mouse or two, men will always be indispensible (well, I could get myself a dog like my mom's...but men are pretty nice to have around anyway).
Posted by: unknown jane at January 29, 2010 09:36 PM (5/yRG)
Don't mess with Texas!
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby, Texan by the grace of God at January 29, 2010 09:36 PM (zmiSr)
a) you are too stupid to live
b) you deserve to be spiritually eroded by her until she literally suffocates you in your sleep
Yeah. You would think that the major bitchiness would be a tell...
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at January 29, 2010 09:38 PM (JZa9d)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 29, 2010 09:45 PM (Gk/wA)
Beyond the path of the outmost sun through utter darkness hurled --
Further than ever comet flared or vagrant star-dust swirled --
Live such as fought and sailed and ruled and loved and made our world.
They are purged of pride because they died, they know the worth of their bays,
They sit at wine with the Maidens Nine and the Gods of the Elder Days,
It is their will to serve or be still as fitteth our Father's praise.
'Tis theirs to sweep through the ringing deep where Azrael's outposts are,
Or buffet a path through the Pit's red wrath when God goes out to war,
Or hang with the reckless Seraphim on the rein of a red-maned star.
They take their mirth in the joy of the Earth --
they dare not grieve for her pain --
They know of toil and the end of toil, they know God's law is plain,
So they whistle the Devil to make them sport who know that Sin is vain.
And ofttimes cometh our wise Lord God, master of every trade,
And tells them tales of His daily toil, of Edens newly made;
And they rise to their feet as He passes by, gentlemen unafraid.
To these who are cleansed of base Desire, Sorrow and Lust and Shame --
Gods for they knew the hearts of men, men for they stooped to Fame,
Borne on the breath that men call Death, my brother's spirit came.
He scarce had need to doff his pride or slough the dross of Earth --
E'en as he trod that day to God so walked he from his birth,
In simpleness and gentleness and honour and clean mirth.
So cup to lip in fellowship they gave him welcome high
And made him place at the banquet board -- the Strong Men ranged thereby,
Who had done his work and held his peace and had no fear to die.
Beyond the loom of the last lone star, through open darkness hurled,
Further than rebel comet dared or hiving star-swarm swirled,
Sits he with those that praise our God for that they served His world.
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at January 29, 2010 09:45 PM (JZa9d)
kewl
Posted by: chemjeff at January 29, 2010 09:47 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby, Texan by the grace of God at January 29, 2010 09:49 PM (zmiSr)
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 29, 2010 09:51 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 29, 2010 09:52 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at January 29, 2010 09:55 PM (tyiS8)
I have made for you a song,
And it may be right or wrong,
But only you can tell me if it's true;
I have tried for to explain
Both your pleasure and your pain,
And, Thomas, here's my best respects to you!
O there'll surely come a day
When they'll give you all your pay,
And treat you as a Christian ought to do;
So, until that day comes round,
Heaven keep you safe and sound,
And, Thomas, here's my best respects to you!
R. K.
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at January 29, 2010 09:56 PM (JZa9d)
I feel like that line was quoted in Interview with the Vampire. It's been awhile since I saw the movie. Anyone recall if it is?
btw, not a big fan of poetry...
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 09:58 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 29, 2010 09:59 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 10:01 PM (gofDd)
meaning
BEFORE YOU DIE, DO SOMETHING WORTHWHILE
Make your life meaningful
Do something you'll be proud of
Follow your passion
Posted by: chemjeff at January 29, 2010 10:02 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Algore at January 29, 2010 10:05 PM (YX6i/)
Do what your passion calls you to do
Posted by: chemjeff at January 29, 2010 10:08 PM (Gk/wA)
Being drunk sure makes him, um, passionate. About poetry, that is.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 10:09 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 29, 2010 10:09 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: soulpile at January 29, 2010 10:10 PM (afWhQ)
Wait, why am I asking the morons...
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 10:10 PM (gofDd)
Do what your passion calls you to do
Posted by: chemjeff at January 30, 2010 02:08 AM (Gk/wA)
Yeah, but if your passion also pays you dollars you're golden.
Posted by: Ron Jeremy at January 29, 2010 10:10 PM (YX6i/)
I was just thinking that! My passion is traveling in style and shopping. Kinda hard to follow that without endless amounts of money.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 10:11 PM (gofDd)
You must discover your own passion. Whatever that is, pursue it.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 29, 2010 10:11 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 10:12 PM (zmiSr)
Passions?
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 10:12 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 29, 2010 10:13 PM (Gk/wA)
No one's going to pay me for reading and sleeping. Ok, sure, I have a hobby outside that, but I suck at it. It's not good to have a "passion" at which you have no talent.
Posted by: soulpile at January 29, 2010 10:14 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 10:14 PM (gofDd)
meaning
BEFORE YOU DIE, DO SOMETHING WORTHWHILE
Make your life meaningful
Do something you'll be proud of
Follow your passion
I always considered it a admonition to take a lot of the sons o' bitches with me when I go....
Though in its entirety it would seem to admonish people to live their lives to the fullest. The how of that is, as always, up to each of us to decide.
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at January 29, 2010 10:14 PM (JZa9d)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 29, 2010 10:15 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Navin R. Johnson at January 29, 2010 10:16 PM (YX6i/)
Also, you can get paid for reading. Children's librarian, researcher, research librarian, continuity expert, editor, etc.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 10:18 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 29, 2010 10:19 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 30, 2010 02:15 AM (Gk/wA)
This sounds like a killer story for a movie idea. Thanks, chemjeff. Another screenplay in the bag.
Posted by: Studio Executives at January 29, 2010 10:19 PM (YX6i/)
Ahoy polloi. My cat is trying to steal sponge cake and cheese. And he's eyeballing the tomatoes. Thought you guys would wanna know.
Posted by: rdbrewer at January 29, 2010 10:20 PM (wkpyC)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 10:20 PM (gofDd)
I thought that meant you have to fight death, b/c it's coming to drag you away against your will. The poet also believes this life is all there is.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 10:20 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 29, 2010 10:22 PM (Gk/wA)
Ahoy polloi. My cat is trying to steal sponge cake and cheese. And he's eyeballing the tomatoes. Thought you guys would wanna know.
Oddly enough; yes, yes we do.
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at January 29, 2010 10:22 PM (JZa9d)
ops:, but, uh, it's my birthday!Posted by: rdbrewer at January 29, 2010 10:25 PM (wkpyC)
Cats are sneaky.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 10:25 PM (gofDd)
You want to be 007. lol
Posted by: Berserker at January 29, 2010 10:26 PM (gWHrG)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at January 29, 2010 10:28 PM (tyiS8)
Ceramics.
Unfortunately, anything to do with reading requires a different degree than mine (incredibly worthless)... and I refuse to go back to school. College sucked out my brains and left mush in it's stead (I swear I used to be intelligent). Spending more time in class would leave me pretty much intellectually suicidal. I've thought about it, though. Almost went back for a masters in business.
Also, no one's hiring. That's the worst part. I'm looking, though... maybe I'll find something interesting. Too bad our museums suck.
Posted by: soulpile at January 29, 2010 10:28 PM (afWhQ)
Old & single, as in old maid. I think I should have been born a gentleman's daughter in the 1800s. However, I'm happy to be alive another year. Excited & hopeful (mostly hopeful) about the future.
How's that for honesty?
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 10:30 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: Charvanek at January 29, 2010 10:30 PM (M8Tbi)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at January 29, 2010 10:30 PM (tyiS8)
Ceramics.
Yeah, museums, shops, certain ethnic restaurants, & downtown districts love to hire people to do ceramic work. The Thai restaurant next to my former place of employ had the local art museum do ceramic work for their entrance.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 10:33 PM (zmiSr)
/Was it bad if I was hoping to get a comment out of chemjeff?
513 Just finish your pie.
Love you, too.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 10:35 PM (zmiSr)
Now that is awesome. Stop motion animation is going to be a lost art soon. even Wallace and Grommit is going CG, to my regret. I'd love to be able to put together props for such animations.
Posted by: soulpile at January 29, 2010 10:36 PM (afWhQ)
Awww. Yeah, I've been feeling a bit of that, too. (Not the old maid part. Yay singledom!) I feel like my 20s are getting away from me. I used to have a steady full time job I loved. When I left it, because I started to hate the job, I felt directionless. I still feel directionless.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 10:36 PM (gofDd)
No! Say it ain't so! Nooooooooo!
I hope to God Robot Chicken never goes CG.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 10:37 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Editor at January 29, 2010 10:37 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: GreenGasEmissions at January 29, 2010 10:38 PM (jVHWM)
What is it that Tim Burton uses? I love that.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 10:41 PM (zmiSr)
Unfortunately, I'm a rube at ceramics. I just love throwing pots on the wheel, but have no talent at it. I'd like to take more classes, but our local gallery basically shut down last year and now that they've re-opened classes, they're too expensive. Still trying to set up a studio for more practice, though. Practice makes perfect, after all. Just need to get that sink and cabinets installed... (oh my g-d. I have too many excuses! That's it. I'm done with the damn excuses. Time to get off my duff and just do it.)
I could probably get a job at a museum in some kind of conservation if I went back to school for it... I have a small background in related classes. Not as much, though, as I would like. Looked into conservation courses last year and it does look interesting. I'd probably have to go out of state, but maybe I could wrangle a two year stint instead of 6....
Posted by: soulpile at January 29, 2010 10:42 PM (afWhQ)
School is going to be my life for a long time, if I'm really serious about being a historian. Seriously, though, if I fell in love and got married, I would give it up for a family. Then, when my children got older, I would go back to my career passion.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 10:44 PM (zmiSr)
I could probably get a job at a museum in some kind of conservation if I went back to school for it...
My prior vocation was archiving/museum work, & there is an absolute lack of conservationists. I know UT-Austin has a great program for that, but I'm not sure about other states other than New York. Bush 43 is also asking for people for his library. Regardless, conservationists are amazing!
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 10:48 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at January 29, 2010 10:49 PM (tyiS8)
Blech, I disdain the Bamster. He's destroying the English language by making hope an epithet.
PS Happy birthday, you've only go so many left, you know.
Maybe, just maybe, I can be like my great grandma & live to 102. Not banking on it, though.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 10:52 PM (zmiSr)
I just joined the Yahoo dealio for AosHQ.
I'm so screwed.
No matter what I tried, I couldn't make it link to a special AoS email account.
I linked it to one of my old, long standing yahoo e-mails.
I still like that one though...
I'm gonna get a shitload of spam on that one, aren't I?
Posted by: Deety at January 29, 2010 10:52 PM (aVzyR)
I really want to try my hand at a stop motion short... but I have only a tiny idea of where to start. Research time.
One problem in having interests in everything - you say you'll dabble, but nothing gets done.
Some of my favorites from one stop motion guy:
Making of...
Bumblebee vs Optimus
Bumblebee
The Evolution of Dance
Posted by: soulpile at January 29, 2010 10:52 PM (afWhQ)
snort - kids these days -
I'm well WTR, thanks for asking. Cold, but well.
Rage against the dying of the light means "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it any more!"
Posted by: GreenGasEmissions at January 29, 2010 10:54 PM (jVHWM)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at January 29, 2010 10:56 PM (tyiS8)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 10:56 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: GreenGasEmissions at January 29, 2010 10:56 PM (jVHWM)
And I liked Bill Pullman's speech at the end of the movie. That sounded kinda like Bush's 9/11 speech. It's also far more patriotic than anything coming out teh Dumbo's mouth.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 10:58 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at January 29, 2010 10:59 PM (tyiS8)
Yes. It was really cool--Corpse Bride has a short feature showing the hand-done work. That must have been an awful lot of work!
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 10:59 PM (zmiSr)
I could probably get a job at a museum in some kind of conservation if I went back to school for it...
My prior vocation was archiving/museum work, & there is an absolute lack of conservationists. I know UT-Austin has a great program for that, but I'm not sure about other states other than New York. Bush 43 is also asking for people for his library. Regardless, conservationists are amazing!
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 30, 2010 02:48 AM (zmiSr)
ooh.. that sounds like good news. Last I was checking, no one wanted conservationists. Probably wasn't looking in the right places. Also, I hadn't heard that Austin had a program - was looking at a school in NY that has an intense program. Also, Colorado has a program that could work.
As to local colleges, well... I haven't seen anything in conservation specifically. I should probably look that up again. We're supposed to have a great Anthro school, but I found that it kind of wasn't so great. Then again, I did have a rude awakening about academia back then. Threw me through a loop, that experience did. We do have a Museum Studies graduate program. It's not conservation, though.
Posted by: soulpile at January 29, 2010 11:00 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: GreenGasEmissions at January 29, 2010 11:02 PM (jVHWM)
Posted by: GreenGasEmissions at January 29, 2010 11:03 PM (jVHWM)
Posted by: GreenGasEmissions at January 29, 2010 11:05 PM (jVHWM)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 30, 2010 02:59 AM (zmiSr)
Well, now I have to see that. Wallace and Grommit, Curse of Wererabbit had the same type of feature on their dvd release. It was awesome. I just wonder if there's anyone who just sits and makes props - doesn't come up with them, just gets directions on how to make them and does so for hours on end. I loved watching them make all the vegetables and squashes.
Posted by: soulpile at January 29, 2010 11:05 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: soulpile at January 29, 2010 11:09 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: GreenGasEmissions at January 29, 2010 11:10 PM (jVHWM)
Posted by: GreenGasEmissions at January 29, 2010 11:11 PM (jVHWM)
Posted by: Tresjin at January 29, 2010 11:11 PM (l7K0j)
Posted by: John F'n Edwards at January 29, 2010 11:12 PM (jVHWM)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at January 29, 2010 11:13 PM (tyiS8)
Posted by: GreenGasEmissions at January 29, 2010 11:14 PM (jVHWM)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at January 29, 2010 11:15 PM (tyiS8)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at January 29, 2010 11:16 PM (tyiS8)
Posted by: soulpile at January 29, 2010 11:18 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: GreenGasEmissions at January 29, 2010 11:18 PM (jVHWM)
Posted by: GreenGasEmissions at January 29, 2010 11:19 PM (jVHWM)
I could prep myself for another long ass day doing my duty.
But, seriously....
Posted by: Deety at January 29, 2010 11:20 PM (aVzyR)
LOL! The image of that in my head is making me giggle madly.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 11:24 PM (gofDd)
ROTFLMAO
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 11:34 PM (zmiSr)
Good early morning Morons;
GGE; you getting the "stuff" up there in NC yet? It hasn't started here in SC yet as the predicted yesterday.
Posted by: Vic at January 29, 2010 11:34 PM (QrA9E)
Posted by: GreenGasEmissions at January 29, 2010 11:36 PM (jVHWM)
Forget Queen on CD!
I just discovered a tape of Foreigner.
I'll bet I can get that to play on that god-damned POS , "stereo" I inherited from Grandma.
(I also inherited a POS piano from Gramma too, in case you think I'm mean.)
It means that I have to budget $300 dollars for moving expenses at the start whenever I think about moving.
Whatever....
I'm gonna listen to some Queen and some Foreigner right now....
Posted by: Deety at January 29, 2010 11:37 PM (aVzyR)
Posted by: GreenGasEmissions at January 29, 2010 11:39 PM (jVHWM)
Posted by: GreenGasEmissions at January 29, 2010 11:42 PM (jVHWM)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 11:43 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at January 29, 2010 11:43 PM (JZa9d)
Posted by: soulpile at January 29, 2010 11:43 PM (afWhQ)
Guess no one cares about the other "man" that got pregnant. Different from the first "guy." Stuff like that drives me batty.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 11:45 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: GreenGasEmissions at January 29, 2010 11:47 PM (jVHWM)
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at January 29, 2010 11:47 PM (JZa9d)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at January 29, 2010 11:49 PM (o10xL)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 29, 2010 11:50 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at January 29, 2010 11:53 PM (o10xL)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at January 29, 2010 11:57 PM (o10xL)
Posted by: GreenGasEmissions at January 29, 2010 11:58 PM (jVHWM)
I had always taken for granted that this was a fact-of-life. Totally agree that it still is.
If you have girl plumbing and are pregnant, that makes you a girl.
I know there are some rare cases of children being born with both sets, but this is [obviously] totally different. The male body was not designed for pregnancy, & for good reason.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 29, 2010 11:59 PM (zmiSr)
Posted by: soulpile at January 30, 2010 12:03 AM (afWhQ)
There are always going to be genetic oopses, but yeah, this is completely different. This whole progressive gender redefinition thing is bullshit. I believe in some aspects of equality, but some things are simply biologically different. There's nothing wrong with it, it just is. Progressive idiots can't stand it and do everything they can to change it.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 30, 2010 12:04 AM (gofDd)
Posted by: Vic at January 30, 2010 12:06 AM (QrA9E)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at January 30, 2010 12:06 AM (o10xL)
We disagree! STRONGLY!!
Posted by: East German Olypics Team at January 30, 2010 12:07 AM (JZa9d)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at January 30, 2010 12:07 AM (o10xL)
The weirdest thing I saw (that made me really mad) was that the youngest person (on record) to have a sex-change op is 8yo, IIRC. 8 years old!
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 30, 2010 12:08 AM (zmiSr)
Posted by: GreenGasEmissions at January 30, 2010 12:08 AM (jVHWM)
According to the news bit I heard, "he" couldn't afford to go all the way. But if "he" was really a man, why not adopt a child? Wanting to be pregnant is strictly a female urge.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 30, 2010 12:13 AM (gofDd)
Shock value. It's the only thing that comes to mind. It was obviously a stunt for the first couple who did the pregnant "man" thing.
Posted by: soulpile at January 30, 2010 12:15 AM (afWhQ)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at January 30, 2010 12:16 AM (o10xL)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at January 30, 2010 12:18 AM (o10xL)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 30, 2010 12:18 AM (gofDd)
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at January 30, 2010 12:25 AM (JZa9d)
Usually when they do that the kid is a bit of both. It's not so much a reassignment as an assignment.
Posted by: Ace's liver at January 30, 2010 12:34 AM (LtIsn)
Posted by: a bunch of (4) of guys on various horse riding types of note at January 30, 2010 12:41 AM (JZa9d)
Oh, no, the child wanted to be another gender. The parents said it was a matter of expression, & they felt it was important to their child's self esteem.
It was on some 20/20 thing I stumbled across online.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 30, 2010 12:42 AM (zmiSr)
Whatever happened to teaching people "Life's not fair. Deal with it."
Posted by: wherestherum at January 30, 2010 12:43 AM (gofDd)
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at January 30, 2010 12:43 AM (JZa9d)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 30, 2010 12:45 AM (gofDd)
I clicked them twice in one day before; I am moron enough to do it again...
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at January 30, 2010 12:49 AM (JZa9d)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 30, 2010 12:51 AM (gofDd)
Posted by: GreenGasEmissions at January 30, 2010 12:53 AM (jVHWM)
Posted by: soulpile at January 30, 2010 12:54 AM (afWhQ)
Posted by: last week at January 30, 2010 12:57 AM (JZa9d)
Posted by: wherestherum at January 30, 2010 12:58 AM (gofDd)
I thought there be at least a few more here, trying to push on to the magic number.
Posted by: little evil at January 30, 2010 01:04 AM (Y9WXU)
I fell asleep in the silence
Before the street fights the fire
Free in the world that you've given
Lay in the sound,
The water still calls,
Still calls
Afraid of the dark that surrounds me
Hide in the dirt of the ground
Free in the wind that surrounds me
I'm not afraid to sleep in the night
Not afraid,
To sleep in the night
Free like a bird of the holders
Holding the wake of the sun
I know the road that you send me
I know the way it leads to home
Real like the bones in my body
Real like the flesh that covers the grave
It's real,
Like the flesh
That covers, The grave
Wait for the guards that you send me
Before I'll show myself,
Wait for the storm that comes to me
Maybe I'll just change my mind
Plea for the will of forgiveness
I'm not afraid to say I was wrong
I was wrong
Maybe I won't
So long
So long
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at January 30, 2010 01:21 AM (JZa9d)
Boobies and bacon have failed, The four hoarse men weep!
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at January 30, 2010 01:49 AM (JZa9d)
Posted by: royalmewigs; bitches at January 30, 2010 02:23 AM (JZa9d)
Posted by: The Drunken Conservative at January 30, 2010 04:13 AM (Yip20)
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 30, 2010 04:36 AM (otlXg)
In the end, there will be only chaos.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 30, 2010 04:38 AM (otlXg)
Posted by: fluffy understands at January 30, 2010 04:38 AM (4Kl5M)
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 30, 2010 04:40 AM (otlXg)
Posted by: reverse Polish fluffy at January 30, 2010 04:43 AM (4Kl5M)
Full of hate, you are
I am what the gods have made me!
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 30, 2010 04:46 AM (otlXg)
Posted by: fluffy at January 30, 2010 04:50 AM (4Kl5M)
And Blazer. He didn't get that nick from sparking himself up, afterall.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 29, 2010 10:47 PM (4Rlzw)
Yea, that wasn't me Dang, that was some deadbeat socking me. This is the first comment I've made on this thread.
Posted by: Blazer at January 30, 2010 05:09 AM (t72+4)
"#" is the one that baffles me. I mean, I call this person at work, and a machine says "If you know the extension of the person you're trying to reach, enter the extension followed by the number sign." Then, the same machine on the same phone call, tells me the name of the person and says, "If this is correct, press the pound sign."
Well which is it -- number sign or pound sign?
Posted by: FireHorse at January 30, 2010 06:06 AM (cQyWA)
Sounds like a dead-ringer description of Dimokrats... Doncha think?
Posted by: TennDon at January 30, 2010 06:57 AM (o6Yv2)
#675 Yes he is.
At least I'm not a fountain of decadence such as you. Your comeuppance will come soon, in March.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 30, 2010 07:46 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: Jade Sea at January 30, 2010 08:52 AM (1unj7)
BTW: crapweasel Howard Zinn bought the farm.
http:// news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/ap_en_ot/us_obit_zinn
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