August 29, 2011
— Maetenloch The Top 10 Apocalypse Movies
Here Kurt Schlichter compiles his list of the best doomsday movies in the last 50 years along with plenty of pith and snark.
I have to admit this is one of my guilty-pleasure genres - probably since I happened to catch "When Worlds Collide" late one night as an oh-so-impressionable 5 year old. And don't forget that many of the classic 1970's 'apocalypse' movies were more or less what everyone just assumed the 1990's would be like. Yep - that's how bad things were then.
But at their best, these movies show us something about ourselves and about enduring truths, challenging our intellects and asking vital questions about the nature of man. But mostly they’re just cool and fun to watch.And sometimes they are Zardoz (1974). This is an utterly insane 70’s freakshow starring Sean Connery that can best be described as what it must be like to party with Anthony Weiner and Eric Massa in Thailand with an endless supply of bad Woodstock acid and a substantial NEA performance art grant. Gotta respect any movie that offers the straight-faced line, “The gun is good, the penis is evil.”
Now, here is my list of the Top 10. I accept that haters are gonna hate – and nit-pick about the cosmic question of “what IS an apocalypse film? – so, like it or lump it, these are mine in descending order. They aren’t all great – they are all worth a watch on some Sunday afternoon after the Democrats have yakked about their ruinous policy preferences on the Sunday morning shows and gotten you thinking about disasters
So here are his bottom 5 of the top 10 doomsday movies - you'll have to read the article to see which ones are in the top five:
10. Soylent Green (1973)
9. Escape From New York (1979)
8. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
7. 28 Days Later (2003) and 28 Weeks Later (2007)
6. LoganÂ’s Run (1976)
The facts of life may be conservative but then so are the facts of the Apocalypse:
These are intensely conservative films. In Mad Max, Max is a force for order – even when all order collapses and he takes matters into his own hands. In The Road Warrior, Max is totally burned out until he realizes that civilization is worth defending. But not all the survivors feel that way – despite their leader Papagallo’s speech about the need to defend themselves and their future from the barbarian horde, a fair chunk of the band wants to surrender, preferring the lies of the Humungous over the reality of defending themselves. It’s always astonishing how some people are so eager to submit to tyrants.
Oh and yeah you might want to buy some more ammunition.
New Danger From The Usual Suspects: Passive Overeating
"Health experts blame passive overeating…"Much as I hate to question the wisdom of “health experts,” let alone the even greater wisdom of Guardian contributors, I am tempted to ask how exactly passive overeating works. Is it, as the term implies, like passive smoking? Is such a thing physically possible? Mr Walker seems to believe so, as does Lancet contributor Professor Boyd Swinburn:
Swinburn’s paper comes up with a clear primary culprit: a powerful global food industry “which is producing more processed, affordable, and effectively-marketed food than ever before.”
...He said an “increased supply of cheap, palatable, energy-dense foods,” coupled with better distribution and marketing, had led to “passive overconsumption.”Nothing is ever your fault - well except for your class crimes that is.Again, the mind reels at the implied physics of it. Passivity alone has yet to make that extra slice of blackberry cheesecake merge with my good self. So far as I’m aware, tasty cheesecake molecules can’t be absorbed by osmosis or accidental inhalation in sufficient concentrations to add to my mass. Maybe it’s based on some kind of quantum spooky action – someone in Derbyshire scarfs a doughnut and – somehow, miraculously - my cells metabolise it.
The Price of Weed
If you're a pothead, NorCal, western Kansas, and Dayton, OH are the places to be. And if you're a pot-entrepreneur, S. Dakota, east Texas, and Delaware are the places to go.
A couple years back I was departing from DCA (Ronald Reagan Airport). The TSA has a rule that during the ascent, you have to stay seated due to the airport location. If you standup / get up from your seat, they divert the flight and arrest you (or so claimed the pilot via the intercom).What happens?Some 10 year old next to me proceeds to get sick and throw up all over me just as we take off. I had to sit for 15 minutes w/ barf on me before the flight attendants let me get up and go clean off.
Puzzlewood: Middle Earth in England
‘Puzzlewood is an ancient woodland in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The area contains strange rock formations, secret caves and ancient trees, with a confusing maze of paths. Puzzlewood is said to be one of J. R. R. Tolkien’s inspirations for Middle-earth in The Lord of the Rings.’- Wikipedia
Hollywood's Creepiest Hookups
What's creepier than dating your step-daughter? How about your step-granddaughter.
Johnny Carson, 1976
Tonight's guests are Don Rickles and Frank Sinatra.
Eating placenta might sound like the most hippie of hippie-dippie pursuits. But if an article in New York magazine is to be believed, eating your afterbirth (or placentophagia) is trés, trés chic.Hey why not deep fried placenta? It makes everything else taste better!...This is good news to the ears of “professional placenta preparers.” Mostly women, these folks usually have backgrounds in working as doulas and/or an interest raw food or vegan food. Many professional placenta preparers disintegrate the placenta into pill form, but there is also talk of placental shakes and placental jerky. (Apparently the placenta needs quite a bit of spices for flavor.)
The Yahoo AoSHQ group. Bla bla bla. And don't forget about the Job Bank.
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Posted by: arhooley at August 29, 2011 05:04 PM (3n2lK)
Posted by: Pam Geller's juggs.... at August 29, 2011 05:07 PM (1CXpM)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 29, 2011 05:08 PM (Z75XC)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 05:11 PM (c0A3e)
Or add bacon. Bacon is food's pixie dust.
Posted by: DSkinner at August 29, 2011 05:11 PM (D1Qgc)
Posted by: I am Arhooley at August 29, 2011 05:11 PM (QKKT0)
Plus he was conservative in real life.
/I've already heard about "green" funerals. How long before green funeral= new food source?
Posted by: shibumi at August 29, 2011 05:12 PM (z63Tr)
Posted by: I am Arhooley at August 29, 2011 05:12 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: XBradTC at August 29, 2011 05:12 PM (js2Jx)
Posted by: Y-not at August 29, 2011 05:13 PM (5H6zj)
Evening, everyone!
Posted by: Theresa D., TPT at August 29, 2011 05:13 PM (Zgfnd)
Posted by: rickl at August 29, 2011 05:13 PM (1CfwK)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 29, 2011 05:13 PM (vG00k)
George Romero was always a terrible filmmaker. He lucked into a classic with Night of the Living Dead and with this one too – just look at the total pieces of crap his subsequent films all were. Here, though, his education movie background is perfect for this story. It’s shot like a film you might see in your science class in junior high in 1977. And it totally works.
Agreed - George Romero has ridden that shambing corpse of zombie movies for far too long. With that being said, I marginally enjoyed "Diary of the Dead", even though the sole message of that movie is that the YouTube generation are vapid, shallow jerks.
I saw Survival of the Dead a week ago...dear Lord, that was horrible!
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 05:15 PM (c0A3e)
I remember someone here suggested "Threads" as a good post apocolyptic movie.
It was a good suggestion. It was tough to watch.
Posted by: Ben at August 29, 2011 05:16 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: alexthechick at August 29, 2011 05:17 PM (Gk3SS)
So I'll drink tonight to him, got some Arrogant Bastard Ale to start because it seemed appropriate...he could be one which was fun at times...and have my own little private wake tonight. And then I can get drunk and laugh at y'all and the SCOAMF because that always makes me feel better when I really want to cry.
Cheers! Slainte!
Posted by: NC Ref at August 29, 2011 05:17 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: huerfano at August 29, 2011 05:17 PM (kD+se)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 29, 2011 05:18 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 05:20 PM (c0A3e)
Agreed - George Romero has ridden that shambing corpse of zombie movies for far too long. With that being said, I marginally enjoyed "Diary of the Dead", even though the sole message of that movie is that the YouTube generation are vapid, shallow jerks.
I've met him a bunch of times. He's an odd fellow. I kinda feel bad for him. Night of the Living Dead was such a good movie that it was damn near impossible to top that.
Like we had discussed earlier, I wish he had gotten the go ahead to make the Resident Evil movies.
Posted by: Ben at August 29, 2011 05:22 PM (DKV43)
I'll trade you 1/2 oz. of Dried Placenta for a a 1/2 oz. of Purple Kush.
Posted by: garrett at August 29, 2011 05:22 PM (Zkth+)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff is in BEAST MODE at August 29, 2011 05:23 PM (ESdzV)
Posted by: hobbes at August 29, 2011 05:23 PM (LmOsD)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 29, 2011 05:24 PM (KbEJl)
Yul Brynner in The Ultimate Warrior.
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at August 29, 2011 05:24 PM (McHnx)
Damn you Milla Jovovich and Paul W S Anderson! Damn you both to hell!
Ben, have you ever seen Resident Evil: Degeneration? Apologies if I have already asked...I thought that movie was overall a mixed bag, but that movie was definitely better than any of the live action RE movies.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 05:24 PM (c0A3e)
Rickles was a little too slapstick for me and Sinatra was a mafia type. I would rate them a B+.
Posted by: Ronster at August 29, 2011 05:24 PM (4fcWw)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 29, 2011 05:25 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Jean at August 29, 2011 05:25 PM (TjgR9)
Ben, have you ever seen Resident Evil: Degeneration? Apologies if I have already asked...I thought that movie was overall a mixed bag, but that movie was definitely better than any of the live action RE movies.
Yeah, I saw it for free on On Demand.
I thought it was good. The story was good and I guess because it was computer generated, it freed them up to have sets that were more like the game, whereas the live action RE's were constrained by budgets and the like
I actually liked the first RE movie, but then it became a straight to video production.
Posted by: Ben at August 29, 2011 05:26 PM (DKV43)
Night of the Living Dead was such a good movie that it was damn near impossible to top that.
Tell me about it.
Posted by: M. Night Shyamalan at August 29, 2011 05:26 PM (O6q63)
Posted by: Y-not at August 29, 2011 05:26 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 29, 2011 05:27 PM (SB0V2)
Posted by: Ben at August 29, 2011 05:27 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 29, 2011 05:27 PM (SB0V2)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 29, 2011 05:28 PM (vG00k)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 05:28 PM (c0A3e)
Tell me about it.
I really liked "Signs". Unbreakable wasn't good, but it doesn't fall into the same category as the rest of his garbage films.
Posted by: Ben at August 29, 2011 05:28 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 29, 2011 05:28 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff is in BEAST MODE at August 29, 2011 05:29 PM (ESdzV)
Why hasnt anyone done a fallout movie? Posted by: Jean at August 29, 2011 09:25 PM
Really, The Postman was a very good book and could have made a good movie had it not gotten the Hollywood blockbuster treatment.
Posted by: huerfano at August 29, 2011 05:29 PM (kD+se)
Posted by: OkieTea at August 29, 2011 05:29 PM (lWYUS)
Posted by: Y-not at August 29, 2011 05:29 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 29, 2011 05:29 PM (SB0V2)
The Rapture (no, not the Left Behind movies) was a weird, but strangely interesting apocalyptic movie in its own right.
I saw that. It does stick with you.
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 29, 2011 05:30 PM (KbEJl)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 29, 2011 05:30 PM (SB0V2)
My roommates' cat passed away in his sleep Thursday night, after a week in the vet hospital. He was 16; I first met him in 1998. It's his fault I ended up getting my own cats--I'd never lived around pets before that (my mother refused to let animals in her house)--and he was sweet and slept on my head during one particularly bad summer. The past few months he's been sleeping on my feet in the evenings while I sit at the computer. Very weird around here tonight.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at August 29, 2011 05:30 PM (0vDuM)
Why hasnt anyone done a fallout movie?
I kinda hope they never do, as typically movies based on games are terrible. A Fallout movie might ruin that universe for me.
I thought 'Book of Eli' was a worthy addition to the genre, though 'The Road Warrior' remains my favorite. 'The Road' is probably the most realistic of them all however.
Posted by: hobbes at August 29, 2011 05:31 PM (LmOsD)
Where's GGE with one of his clever analogies when you need him?
Posted by: As If! at August 29, 2011 05:31 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff is in BEAST MODE at August 29, 2011 05:31 PM (ESdzV)
Posted by: The Day After, Threads, & Testament at August 29, 2011 05:31 PM (jtzM6)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 29, 2011 05:31 PM (SB0V2)
Why hasnt anyone done a fallout movie?
Because Fallout borrowed from Mad Max and most of it's been done before, except the whole "1950s alternate reality" thing that would confuse most moviegoers.
Posted by: bernverdnardo at August 29, 2011 05:32 PM (xXhWA)
Here.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at August 29, 2011 05:32 PM (0vDuM)
Posted by: rickl at August 29, 2011 05:32 PM (1CfwK)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 29, 2011 05:33 PM (SB0V2)
Enjoy.
Posted by: As If! at August 29, 2011 05:33 PM (piMMO)
"Logan's Run" and "A Boy and His Dog"? Are you kidding me?
What about "On the Beach"? Now that was REAL downer.
Or how about "The World, The Flesh and The Devil", where the last people on Earth (perhaps) just about start a race war?
The 50's were full of "apocalypse" Cold War type movies.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at August 29, 2011 05:33 PM (sJTmU)
Don Rickles was hilarious back in the day- hell, even recently.
I always thought it amazing the shit he could get away with. He'd single out minorities from the crowd and make fun of them with racial insults that would get most white comics blacklisted at best. Instead he'd get his victims to laugh along with everyone else.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 29, 2011 05:33 PM (SY2Kh)
Our oldest pet right now is only twelve-ish (he was a stray), but he's getting kind of thin. I'm not sure he'll make it to the 18 and 19 yrs his "brother" and "sister" achieved.
Posted by: Y-not at August 29, 2011 05:33 PM (5H6zj)
I saw that. It does stick with you.
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 29, 2011 09:30 PM (KbEJl)
Yep. And part of what makes it so interesting it that it takes Christian beliefs seriously and asks what if the rapture actually happened.
Posted by: Mætenloch at August 29, 2011 05:33 PM (/3HNy)
Posted by: Derak at August 29, 2011 05:33 PM (vcVJa)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 29, 2011 05:34 PM (vG00k)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at August 29, 2011 05:34 PM (npr0X)
What????
No mention of "The Day After Tomorrow?"
I think you deniers are behaving just like a bunch of Bull Conner racists.
Posted by: Al Gore at August 29, 2011 05:35 PM (ffV1/)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 05:35 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 29, 2011 05:35 PM (SB0V2)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 29, 2011 05:36 PM (KbEJl)
Posted by: Jean at August 29, 2011 05:36 PM (TjgR9)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at August 29, 2011 05:36 PM (npr0X)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 29, 2011 05:36 PM (vG00k)
I have a problem where I like the post-apocalyptic world too much? an over-crowded bureaucracy like Brazil or a rainy mess like Blade Runner is scarier to me
Depending on where you are 'post', I suppose it could look better. That's what I like about Beyond Thunderdome. As much as I would like see a hard rain wash the scum off the street, the refiner's fire isn't going to be fun.
Posted by: fluffy at August 29, 2011 05:37 PM (O6q63)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 05:37 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at August 29, 2011 05:37 PM (jtzM6)
That book scared the hell out of me, particularly when I took note of all my much-older relatives who need daily medication. I fear we may not be too far removed temporally from a massive EMP-attack scenario.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 05:38 PM (c0A3e)
Don Rickles was hilarious back in the day- hell, even recently
I agree he could be funny sometimes, but you had to go through a lot of not so funny shit to hear the funny stuff. I guess I find him above average. Different tastes for different people, I guess. To me kissing Sinatra is not funny.
Posted by: Ronster at August 29, 2011 05:39 PM (4fcWw)
Yep. And part of what makes it so interesting it that it takes Christian beliefs seriously and asks what if the rapture actually happened.
The Four Horsemen scene was pretty intense.
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 29, 2011 05:39 PM (KbEJl)
Thank you! That's hysterical.
Did anyone see the Carl's Junior ad for the two for one Western Bacon Cheeseburgers? It talks about times being tough and ends with "Your move, Mr. President."
Posted by: Y-not at August 29, 2011 05:40 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 05:40 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at August 29, 2011 05:40 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 05:40 PM (afWhQ)
Ceo of Gibson guitars on Cam Edwards show, xm satellite channel 125 Patriot. Wow. Gun toting homeland security saving us from rosewood imports. Lucky no one got killed.
They are going to have to shoot me if they want to take my Guitars.
Fucking facist scumbags...they don't do that shit to Martin or PRS Guitars...because they are liberal asswipes. Probably the same for Taylor.
Posted by: garrett at August 29, 2011 05:41 PM (Zkth+)
Oh please let this ONT be heavy on the apocalypse movies and light on the diet and obesity discussions. Ace's last few days posts about diet drew out a lot of holier than thou condescenion.
Posted by: ParanoidStillAGirlInSeattle at August 29, 2011 05:41 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: no good deed at August 29, 2011 05:41 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 05:42 PM (c0A3e)
NC,
Prayers for you and your friend tonight, and I'll hoist one in his honor neath the orange tree tonight
Very Best to ya.
Posted by: Richard at August 29, 2011 05:42 PM (c9wTL)
The thing about OSA is that you could use the book as almost a reference. Forstchen mentions things I never considered.
All the terrorists would really need to do is shut off the lights. This whole country would be the Superdome inside of a month.
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 29, 2011 05:43 PM (KbEJl)
Also, another comment and then I'll go back and read the thread, why is it that a certain commenter that we all agree to shun can change her name to something cutsie and the drooling morons go back to interacting with her like she's some fresh meat that's ready to come to daddy?
Posted by: ParanoidStillAGirlInSeattle at August 29, 2011 05:43 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 29, 2011 05:43 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Jean at August 29, 2011 05:43 PM (UIE9v)
Posted by: rickl at August 29, 2011 05:44 PM (1CfwK)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 29, 2011 05:44 PM (SB0V2)
I got some bad news today. My friend passed away after a long struggle, but he's in a better place now and not in pain and struggling anymore.
My condolences NC Ref.
Posted by: ParanoidStillAGirlInSeattle at August 29, 2011 05:44 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 09:35 PM (HjxoE)
Its not just tonight. And its worth its weight in gold!
*Actually a lot more than that*
Posted by: NC Ref at August 29, 2011 05:44 PM (/izg2)
Fuck you little sweatshop kids who tie these goddamn toys with lacing wire to the cardboard. I hope you don't get a fucking piss break for the next month, you little iron-fingered bastards.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff is in BEAST MODE at August 29, 2011 09:23 PM (ESdzV)
Never put better.
At this point, I've considered just leaving the damn things in their boxes. Not very long ago, they weren't cemented into the boxes like they are now. It's ridiculous. (Don't get me started on the stapling of dolls' heads to the cardboard!)
Did you know that Barbie now has a barbed safety device on her neck joint to keep kids from pulling her head off? Like they're going to choke on her head or something.
Thank g-d they didn't have that shit back when my aunts kept sending me Barbies.... I would have broken more necks trying to take them apart. It's not like it was easy...
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 05:44 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: no good deed at August 29, 2011 05:45 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 29, 2011 05:45 PM (SB0V2)
I should try this some night.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at August 29, 2011 05:45 PM (0vDuM)
or Borderlands, if you could have the robot killed off in the first minute or so
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 29, 2011 09:33 PM (SB0V2)
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 05:46 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 05:46 PM (HjxoE)
Fuck you little sweatshop kids who tie these goddamn toys with lacing wire to the cardboard. I hope you don't get a fucking piss break for the next month, you little iron-fingered bastards.
Preach it Brother Jeff, preach it. Also, what thread did Ace say he didn't like you? Because I think you are pretty funny and that makes me sad.
Posted by: ParanoidStillAGirlInSeattle at August 29, 2011 05:46 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 29, 2011 05:46 PM (9Lm5R)
Ever see that short-lived TV series Jericho? The first two or three episodes were really good, showing the trials and tribulations of a small town trying to survive in the wake of a major nuclear attack against two dozen American cities followed by an EMP strike that knocked out all electrical devices. And then the political nonsense creeped in (apparently, the attack was staged by a major corporation to gain control of the country - spoiler alert!), *sighs*. Thankfully, SyFy didn't continue the series after it ended on a cliffhanger in Season 2.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 05:46 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: hobbes at August 29, 2011 09:31 PM (LmOsD)
"The Road" being the most realistic? You mean the world becomes incredibly boring?
Posted by: wooga at August 29, 2011 05:46 PM (vjyZP)
This administration is a criminal enterprise, and Barack Obama is a Stuttering Clusterfuck of Miserable Failure.
(OK, no more politix from me on the ONT tonight, I promise!)
Posted by: Theresa D., TPT at August 29, 2011 05:47 PM (Zgfnd)
Ok so, according to the New York magazine we shout be eating bugs (based on PGiS mentioning an article the other week) and Placenta.
Yeah, no thanks.
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 05:48 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Theresa D., TPT at August 29, 2011 05:48 PM (Zgfnd)
I think One Second After would make a good movie if done right. Which it wouldn't be.
Holy Moley that book scared the beejeezus out of me. If I had any thoughts of surviving after some sort of major apocalyptic event that book just knocked them right out of my head.
Posted by: ParanoidStillAGirlInSeattle at August 29, 2011 05:49 PM (RZ8pf)
Preach it Brother Jeff, preach it. Also, what thread did Ace say he didn't like you? Because I think you are pretty funny and that makes me sad.
WTF?
If it's any solance, it's the rino new yorker in him. He doesn't know any better...... (that makes me mad).
Posted by: dagny at August 29, 2011 05:49 PM (zeLiy)
whoever posted that Waits vid at 112 - thank you!
You're welcome. "Earth Died Screaming" is #4 on my "desert island" song list, because I'm a ray of fucking sunshine :--)
Posted by: fluffy at August 29, 2011 05:49 PM (O6q63)
Posted by: wooga at August 29, 2011 05:49 PM (vjyZP)
Posted by: nightwitch at August 29, 2011 05:50 PM (11j7G)
For tips.
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at August 29, 2011 05:52 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Ronster at August 29, 2011 05:52 PM (4fcWw)
Posted by: Jones at August 29, 2011 05:52 PM (8sCoq)
And in Thunderdome, the part where the adult plane crash survivors leave the children to die......and the kids never realize it. Creepy.
Was that deliberate, or did they really go to look for help and not live to return? I always assumed the latter.
Posted by: fluffy at August 29, 2011 05:52 PM (O6q63)
Posted by: jake at August 29, 2011 05:53 PM (wSbVg)
Posted by: Jones at August 29, 2011 05:53 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Ronster at August 29, 2011 09:52 PM (4fcWw)
yeah but FYI EoJ ace's bj offer is still legally binding in certain states.
Posted by: Mætenloch at August 29, 2011 05:53 PM (/3HNy)
Ooops, hit the enter key to soon
anyway
The only animals that ate their own placenta were fracking cows.. until I worked with some chick who brought up the subject.
Posted by: jake at August 29, 2011 05:54 PM (wSbVg)
I should try this some night.
Make sure you make it something like "Buckeye Gal" or "Girl Friday" and then do run on sentences which make it the equivalent of being breathless when you speak. And once you have one hooked ask them really dumb questions that appeal to their ego.
Posted by: ParanoidStillAGirlInSeattle at August 29, 2011 05:54 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Onyango Obama’s Nephew at August 29, 2011 05:55 PM (6Cjut)
Posted by: nightwitch at August 29, 2011 05:55 PM (11j7G)
Ok so, according to the New York magazine we shout be eating bugs (based on PGiS mentioning an article the other week) and Placenta.
Yeah, no thanks.
I read an article a few years ago about how, in France, it was so tres chic to eat rotten cheese with maggots in it. I can't remember what they called it, but it was literally rotten cheese with maggots. I remember it being described as having an almost unbearable odor and a very pungent taste.
About 20 years ago I was listening to NPR (as I was going through the Taco Bell drive-through) and they were talking about a D.C. area restaurant which served compost.
WTF is wrong with people. It's like the second person who licked that toad. The first time might have been an accident, but then they succeeded, somehow, in persuading the second person to try it.
Posted by: As If! at August 29, 2011 05:55 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 29, 2011 05:55 PM (SB0V2)
Most female mammals eat their placenta after birth. Think of it as recycling.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 05:55 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 29, 2011 05:55 PM (KbEJl)
Since we're doing depressing movies tonight I'm going back to watching Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
The new season? I stopped part way through the 2nd season, watched a bit of last season and stopped again. I liked the first season best when it was more about the weird kinks of her clients which made for some funny television.
Posted by: ParanoidStillAGirlInSeattle at August 29, 2011 05:55 PM (RZ8pf)
Guess I don't really like apocalyptic movies. At least, not the kind on that list.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 05:56 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at August 29, 2011 05:56 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 29, 2011 05:56 PM (9Lm5R)
one more placenta bit.
Supposedly someone other than Julia Roberts ate her placenta.
Don't remember who.
It was all blended up in a shake in the fridge.
NOW IF I ever drink a placenta milkshake, please take the ValuRite away....
Posted by: jake at August 29, 2011 05:56 PM (wSbVg)
And hello to everyone else!
Posted by: lu at August 29, 2011 05:56 PM (YRW2v)
Posted by: Theresa D., TPT at August 29, 2011 05:56 PM (Zgfnd)
The only animals that ate their own placenta were fracking cows..
I thought it was to get rid of the odor for predators. And, all cows don't eat the placenta. That would be quite a meal.
Posted by: Ronster at August 29, 2011 05:57 PM (4fcWw)
Posted by: nightwitch at August 29, 2011 05:57 PM (11j7G)
Most female mammals eat their placenta after birth. Think of it as recycling.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 09:55 PM (c0A3e)
Think of it as survival. If they didn't the smell would be the biggest dinnerbell around to predators.
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 05:58 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Mætenloch at August 29, 2011 09:53 PM (/3HNy)
apparently I missed Something.......
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at August 29, 2011 05:58 PM (UqKQV)
There was an episode of 1000 Ways to Die showcasing two idiots who indulged too much in toad...
I don't watch that much TV, but this show intrigues me in a sick way. I guess if Death is smiling at you your entire life, all you can do is smile right back...
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 05:58 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at August 29, 2011 05:59 PM (jtzM6)
This.
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at August 29, 2011 09:51 PM (YxBuk)
I didn't really notice. Guess I wasn't paying attention to the actual arguments, since I really only cared that the FLOTUS is on the DC every fucking commercial break. Which lead to getting chewed out for disliking the woman... and that ended my interest in the topic.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 05:59 PM (afWhQ)
Hi lu. Yes, the link to twitter? I was wondering - is it just a shout out or I am supposed to create some sort of twitter feed? I am not very well-versed in Twitter.
I signed up to volunteer (again). This time the RickPerry.org site provided a confirmation code. I'm guessing they are still getting their IT gerbils up and running. Lord, I hope they aren't using the same outfit that does this site!
Posted by: Y-not at August 29, 2011 06:00 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 06:00 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 29, 2011 06:00 PM (vG00k)
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 29, 2011 06:00 PM (H/MnC)
Good question. I always figured that it was deliberate, because it seemed from their oral history that all of the adults left, none stayed.
I was under the impression that the plane was loaded with mostly children, evacuees from a nuclear war.
Gotta put it in the NetFlix queue and watch it again.
Posted by: fluffy at August 29, 2011 06:00 PM (O6q63)
Make sure to read the section on "consumption".
Posted by: As If! at August 29, 2011 06:01 PM (piMMO)
10 years ago when I had my son they asked if you wanted the placenta because everyone was planting trees in honor of their kid and using the placenta in the soil.
So, vaguely related, I am going through books in "1001 Books to Read Before you Die" and they have 2 of Marquis de Sade's on the list. I downloaded (it was free) 120 Days of Sodom and squeamishly flipped my way through it. It seemed to me that his main point, and one that definitely applies today, is that once you start down the path of perversion you have to continue upping the ante because vanilla no longer gets your jollies off. Which I feel is totally where a lot of the world is right now. Also, once you are down the perversion path it is a pretty easy detour onto the torture and murder path.
Posted by: ParanoidStillAGirlInSeattle at August 29, 2011 06:01 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 06:01 PM (HjxoE)
Jones, on what channel are you watching the game? I wanna see the Jets push the Giants around, tooooo! (She whined)
NFL Network
Posted by: Jones at August 29, 2011 06:02 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at August 29, 2011 09:59 PM (jtzM6)
me no like, either, but me no want pets nailed to trees. Jericho bad, tho. Muy mal
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at August 29, 2011 06:02 PM (UqKQV)
Ever see that short-lived TV series Jericho? The first two or three episodes were really good, showing the trials and tribulations of a small town trying to survive in the wake of a major nuclear attack against two dozen American cities followed by an EMP strike that knocked out all electrical devices
I remember that series, but I didn't stay with it long enough for it to go left. I didn't like the acting. Wasn't Skeet Ulirch the main charcter?
Posted by: Ben at August 29, 2011 06:03 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: MikeVick at August 29, 2011 06:03 PM (SB0V2)
Eating placenta = Soylent Green
Not quite people but, human made tissue.Posted by: Tjexcite at August 29, 2011 06:03 PM (/QtpF)
Posted by: Jones at August 29, 2011 06:03 PM (8sCoq)
Wish I got the NFL Network, will have to wait until SportsCenter later on tonight.
Posted by: Theresa D., TPT at August 29, 2011 06:04 PM (Zgfnd)
Posted by: USA at August 29, 2011 06:04 PM (6Cjut)
It seemed to me that his main point, and one that definitely applies today, is that once you start down the path of perversion you have to continue upping the ante because vanilla no longer gets your jollies off.
yeah, internet porn is kinda like that too.
Posted by: Ben at August 29, 2011 06:05 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Jean at August 29, 2011 06:05 PM (OfinX)
Which lead to getting chewed out for disliking the woman... and that ended my interest in the topic.
Yeah, I thought that was pretty unfair. And even after several of us said "Um, yeah her nanny scolding ways are translating into legislation" he ignored it. And then he sort of did a post on it but seemed to dismiss it as no big deal because Congress voted for it or something like that. The whole thing really irritated me.
Actually a lot of the threads lately have really been irritating me. I'm pretty sure we're leading up to another one of those epic banning/apology/ranting cycles.
Posted by: ParanoidStillAGirlInSeattle at August 29, 2011 06:05 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 29, 2011 06:05 PM (H/MnC)
I remember that series, but I didn't stay with it long enough for it to go left. I didn't like the acting. Wasn't Skeet Ulirch the main charcter?
Yes.
Everything Undead said about that show is true. I stuck with it mostly because I liked the concept and I, in my foolish hope, thought the show would get better.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 06:06 PM (c0A3e)
So, vaguely related, I am going through books in "1001 Books to Read Before you Die" and they have 2 of Marquis de Sade's on the list. I downloaded (it was free) 120 Days of Sodom and squeamishly flipped my way through it. It seemed to me that his main point, and one that definitely applies today, is that once you start down the path of perversion you have to continue upping the ante because vanilla no longer gets your jollies off. Which I feel is totally where a lot of the world is right now. Also, once you are down the perversion path it is a pretty easy detour onto the torture and murder path.
Posted by: ParanoidStillAGirlInSeattle at August 29, 2011 10:01 PM (RZ8pf
He is where the term Sadist comes from. He probably came to that point because he was living proof of it.
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 06:06 PM (GULKT)
The first season. I thought I'd give it a run. I'm learning new British slang at the very least. It's a little too strange for me, like a more hardcore (and honest) Sex and the City. But all the other TV shows I watch won't be available until the middle of next month on Netflix. I need to catch up on How I Met Your Mother!
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at August 29, 2011 06:06 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: MikeVick at August 29, 2011 06:06 PM (SB0V2)
Foods like cheeses and wines and breads are so cool because they really show how man has mastered the Earth. I kind of feel sorry for people who don't like to try unusual foods. They're missing out on a lot of cool human history in a way.
I'm becoming more and more a humanist as I get older. Sort of odd since that used to be the purview of the liberals, who now seem to reject anything man has done in favor of "nature."
Posted by: Y-not at August 29, 2011 06:07 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: ParanoidStillAGirlInSeattle at August 29, 2011 06:07 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 29, 2011 06:07 PM (/izg2)
Will we all get to wear clothes like he does, after 5 more years of Obama?
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 29, 2011 06:07 PM (niZvt)
Oh and all of you twin parents out there. Any advice for my sister and bro-in-law soon to be twin parents?
My BIL had testicular cancer in '08, they took a nut, he went through the whole chemo deal. They froze some sperm just in case because there was no guarantee he'd be able to reproduce afterwards.
And at the earliest possible moment the docs said it would be possible, he knocked my sis up. Their boy is about to turn one next month and my sis is three months along with (surprise!) fraternal twins.
I keep joking that that chemo turned his daddy-bags into the Spiderman of daddy-bags.
Posted by: nightwitch at August 29, 2011 09:55 PM (11j7G)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 29, 2011 06:07 PM (kaalw)
Everything Undead said about that show is true. I stuck with it mostly because I liked the concept and I, in my foolish hope, thought the show would get better.
I feel for you. I love the post apocolyptic, dystopia/utopia, alternate history, futuristic stuff too. Often it starts off good but then devolves into the same old shit
Posted by: Ben at August 29, 2011 06:08 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Jeff in PA at August 29, 2011 06:08 PM (45WVs)
In one of those threads someone alluded to an argument they'd gotten into with me *last year* and completely misrepresented my position. I was pissed enough to even go back and find the original argument and am petty enough to say I was still right.
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at August 29, 2011 06:08 PM (YxBuk)
No, you don't have to if you don't want to. I know that some hate twitter. I'm not a huge fan but I'm sloooooooly coming around. However, I'm finding it a rather useful tool for aggregating news. Anyway, the plan is to get all states represented -- XXForRickPerry. Anyway, UTForRickPerry is still open. That's all I was trying to say before I posted the odd message and then took off from work!
Yeah, I *finally* got the email last week from rp.org and like you I'm really anxious to see why they're not updating that one part of the page.
Posted by: lu at August 29, 2011 06:08 PM (YRW2v)
That's the lefty schtick, isn't it--we're all just mammals. Nothing special about humans, except unlike mammals without thumbs we're uniquely and evilly parasitic on the planet.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at August 29, 2011 06:09 PM (0vDuM)
When "W" took over the helm after Clinton, the departing staffers sabotaged computers, super-glued door locks on offices, and stole pretty much everything that was not nailed down from Air-Force One.
Can you just imagine what this army of the un-dead is gonna do when they get their collective tickest punched in 2012?
NOW THAT WOULD MAKE A GREAT DOOMSDAY MOVIE!!
Posted by: Richard at August 29, 2011 06:09 PM (c9wTL)
Thanks for asking!
Posted by: chemjeff at August 29, 2011 06:09 PM (s7mIC)
It's a little too strange for me
Yeah, that's why I only watched some episodes. Mostly I thought she had some pretty lingerie. But weird teeth. Never could get used to her teeth on Doctor Who.
Posted by: ParanoidStillAGirlInSeattle at August 29, 2011 06:09 PM (RZ8pf)
Some of you remember a book "lucifers hammer" i am pretty sure
Remember who the bad guys were? That's why it'll never be a movie.
Excellent book though.
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 29, 2011 06:10 PM (KbEJl)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 29, 2011 06:10 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 06:10 PM (HjxoE)
What exactly did you did you expect from a show named TORCH wood, after all? It's the gayest name for a show since Top Gun.
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 29, 2011 06:10 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: In Exile at August 29, 2011 06:10 PM (+sLXZ)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States
So, are you trying to say you didn't care for the show? 
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at August 29, 2011 06:11 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at August 29, 2011 06:11 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: Jones at August 29, 2011 06:11 PM (8sCoq)
Yeah, that's why I only watched some episodes. Mostly I thought she had some pretty lingerie. But weird teeth. Never could get used to her teeth on Doctor Who.
Posted by: ParanoidStillAGirlInSeattle at August 29, 2011 10:09 PM (RZ8pf)
The Brits are just like us... without the good dental work.
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 29, 2011 06:12 PM (niZvt)
Yes. Emu's even better if you can get it. Also quite good: kangaroo. In general I like fattier meats, but emu and kangaroo are both really delicious and tender, but lean.
A couple of things I'd probably not try: lion (it just seems wrong to eat a carnivore to me, I don't know why) and anything with arms and legs that's still alive (the Japanese eat live lobster; husband had live prawns or languostino, I think - I wasn't there). I will eat raw oysters, though, and they're alive.
I probably would have a hard time eating an elephant, too. They're just too intelligent seeming to eat.
Posted by: Y-not at August 29, 2011 06:13 PM (5H6zj)
In one of those threads someone alluded to an argument they'd gotten into with me *last year* and completely misrepresented my position.
The thing I hate most about diet talk is when people try and deal in absolutes. Because what works for one person doesn't necessarily work for another person. I appreciated the sensible comments Y-Not and I think it was either phoenixgirl or nerdygirl were making. But, they tended to either get ignored or shot down. Because when it comes to diets they are just as much a religion as global warming.
Posted by: ParanoidStillAGirlInSeattle at August 29, 2011 06:13 PM (RZ8pf)
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Posted by: CoolCzech at August 29, 2011 06:14 PM (niZvt)
have you ever had ostrich?
I've seen it live, on the hoof. It's on odd site, driving around in North Dakota, to see a flock of ostrich in a pen. Seen them in New Hampshire, too.
Posted by: fluffy at August 29, 2011 06:14 PM (O6q63)
I think we just discovered the reason for all the crying.
Posted by: Jeff in PA at August 29, 2011 10:08 PM (45WVs)
Huh, so I'm the cheap weed area. Who knew.
Not a high cost of living area though. And of course most of the teenagers around here aren't really all that interested in pot and getting their hands on some beer is enough.
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 06:14 PM (GULKT)
It's too sciencey. The bad guy isn't some demonic alien or nuclear war, but some strange science trivia. That's the problem there.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 29, 2011 06:14 PM (s7mIC)
She has a very wide and full mouth. I had a hard time reconciling her with her character on Dr Who and her character on SDOACG.
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at August 29, 2011 06:15 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 06:15 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 29, 2011 06:15 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 29, 2011 10:07 PM (/izg2)
King was heavily involved in the miniseries, so he kept it in line. I really liked the film version, except Flagg was too "grinning / joking" and not enough "terrifying" to me. Basically, he played it more like Nicholson's Joker instead of Ledger's Joker.
Posted by: wooga at August 29, 2011 06:16 PM (vjyZP)
In the link about apocalypse movies, the reviewer made a horribly snide comment about Romero. Yes, his carrier took a horrible shit after Day of the Dead and Tales From the Darkside, but he didn't make a single bad movie between 1968 and 1985. For a B-movie filmmaker, that's pretty damn rare. Night, The Crazies, Martin, Dawn, Knightriders, Creepshow, TFTDS, and Day were all great.
The same could be said for Carpenter: Assault on Precint 13, Halloween, The Fog, Escape from NY, The Thing, Christine, Starman, and of course They Live were great. His stuff after 1988? Meh.
Posted by: CAC at August 29, 2011 06:16 PM (JIB66)
I probably would have a hard time eating an elephant, too. They're just too intelligent seeming to eat.
Plus, just think of all those leftovers!
Posted by: chemjeff at August 29, 2011 06:16 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 06:16 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 29, 2011 06:16 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at August 29, 2011 06:16 PM (jtzM6)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 06:16 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: XBradTC at August 29, 2011 06:17 PM (js2Jx)
Well, some kids eat their own boogers, after all. Does that count?
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 29, 2011 06:17 PM (niZvt)
@216: RELAX, Francis!
Fuck you.
Posted by: ParanoidStillAGirlInSeattle at August 29, 2011 06:17 PM (RZ8pf)
Someone around here (Orem) has a couple of emus in their pretty urban front yard.
We tried ordering eggs, which are green (how cool is that?!), but the supplier ran out.
I love food.
I meet all these folks here who go on missions for the LDS church and I feel a little sorry for them because they kind of miss out on a big part of some of the cultures they visit. Imagine going on a two year mission to Spain, for example, and not having wine or port. That would be torture1
Posted by: Y-not at August 29, 2011 06:18 PM (5H6zj)
It seemed to me that my mention of Laura Bush got someone all in a tizzy and psychoanalyzing me and invalidating my opinions. Don't really know what she had to do with it except that she didn't try to get her pet project enacted as law (besides, isn't illiteracy something the schools are supposed to do something about anyway? As part of their entire purpose?). Which was my fucking point. Oh, and that she wasn't on my tv commercial breaks every fucking second. And I never said that FLOTUS shouldn't have a project... just that she shouldn't have a holier-than-thou-do-as-I-say-splashed all over my media project.
Yeah. I'm just a little annoyed at that shit.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 06:18 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 06:18 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 10:17 PM (HjxoE)
The thing in the box is one of the best stories ever visualized.
Posted by: CAC at August 29, 2011 06:18 PM (JIB66)
The same could be said for Carpenter: Assault on Precint 13, Halloween, The Fog, Escape from NY, The Thing, Christine, Starman, and of course They Live were great. His stuff after 1988? Meh.
Vampires was okay, mostly due to James Woods' over-the-top performance as a master hunter.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 06:18 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 06:19 PM (HjxoE)
Great point! Although around here... well the folks to the right have 11 kids, the ones to the left have 7 or 8, and the ones across the street also have 11... Maybe it wouldn't be a problem!
Posted by: Y-not at August 29, 2011 06:20 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 29, 2011 06:20 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 06:20 PM (HjxoE)
I thought the illiteracy example was entirely retarded. Literacy is an important part of being functional in society. Of course it's something that should be emphasized.
But good nutrition and exercise lecturing from a woman who is so obviously hypocritical about it? Not the same thing. At all.
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at August 29, 2011 06:20 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Jones at August 29, 2011 06:20 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 06:20 PM (bxiXv)
Hey what about "The Day After?"
Maybe a tad to close to real. That was about the time of "SALT-1" was it not?
Posted by: Richard at August 29, 2011 06:20 PM (c9wTL)
Posted by: Jones at August 29, 2011 06:21 PM (8sCoq)
except Flagg was too "grinning / joking" and not enough "terrifying" to me.
Yeah who cast a blond guy as The Dark Man?
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 29, 2011 06:21 PM (KbEJl)
@258: Jeesh, very nice. Then go piss up a rope, how's that?
Well why did you tell me to relax? Aren't I allowed to express my opinions? What if I change my name to something cute, like "TittyGal" then can I express my opinions?
Posted by: ParanoidStillAGirlInSeattle at August 29, 2011 06:21 PM (RZ8pf)
there's a joke about the sexual habits of vegan girls but y'all don't need me to make it.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at August 29, 2011 06:22 PM (0vDuM)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 06:22 PM (bxiXv)
I think we just discovered the reason for all the crying.
Posted by: Jeff in PA at
Well, Maet mentioned Dayton, Ohio as a mecca for cheap pot, which is NOT in John Boehner's district.
I'll hazard a guess that it is Yankee ingenuity - growing a lot of grass indoors with grow lights and stuff like that to fill the need for cheap pot, when the imported stuff from California and Mexico is too expensive.
In this part of the country, there's always some new bust going down where the cops or the DEA find some incredible indoor pot-growing operation.
Plus, Dayton has become a shithole of a city (I grew up there) since NCR and all the GM plants pulled out. It is pretty sad. Cheap pot eases the pain, I guess.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at August 29, 2011 06:22 PM (sJTmU)
Hey what about "The Day After?"
Maybe a tad to close to real. That was about the time of "SALT-1" was it not?
Posted by: Richard at August 29, 2011 10:20 PM (c9wTL)
Food coloring dye dropped in water never looked so terrifying.
Posted by: CAC at August 29, 2011 06:22 PM (JIB66)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 06:22 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: nightwitch at August 29, 2011 06:23 PM (11j7G)
That really warranted a "Fuck You"? REALLY??
uugh.
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 29, 2011 06:23 PM (niZvt)
and boring,,,,,,,,,,,
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at August 29, 2011 06:23 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 29, 2011 06:24 PM (9Lm5R)
Slumming, but the only way out of tribulation is through it. Still, I can't complain too much. How are you and yours in the wake of the Mother-Of-All-Storms Irene?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 06:24 PM (c0A3e)
WTF??
Who does not have a set of Leathers in their bug out bag?
All this time I thought the ONT'ers were the shizzle, now I find this out....
Posted by: jake at August 29, 2011 06:24 PM (wSbVg)
M-O-O-N, that spells seriously shitty casting.
Ha Ha I think I read where King wanted Springsteen to be Stu Redman.
No one in that movie except Tom Cullen and maybe Abby Fremantle were anyone I'd have cast. Rob Lowe? Molly Ringwald?
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 29, 2011 06:25 PM (KbEJl)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 29, 2011 06:25 PM (JMmQ9)
Just north of Dayton is where 75 and 70 connect. There have an insane amount of drug busts there as you could imagine.
Posted by: lu at August 29, 2011 06:25 PM (YRW2v)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 06:25 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 06:25 PM (dbYHP)
Tomorrow is my birthday. My last of the 40s. Yeah, that'll get gotham princess all excited that I'm soooo old.
Night folks!
Posted by: Y-not at August 29, 2011 06:25 PM (5H6zj)
I could even handle the lecturing if she had any qualifications whatsoever--she's a lawyer, and her formal medical/nutrition training is "may have glanced at the USDA's pamphlets once", or "about the same as any mother using WIC is offered."
Posted by: HeatherRadish at August 29, 2011 06:25 PM (0vDuM)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 29, 2011 06:26 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: SGT. Hulka at August 29, 2011 06:26 PM (KbEJl)
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 29, 2011 06:26 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 06:27 PM (dbYHP)
Glad you're doing well.Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 06:27 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 29, 2011 10:22 PM (niZvt)
"A Boy and His Dog"
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at August 29, 2011 06:27 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 06:27 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: SGT. Hulka at August 29, 2011 10:26 PM (KbEJl)
Fuck You!
Posted by: CoolCzech channeling PGiS at August 29, 2011 06:27 PM (niZvt)
Nonetheless, there were critics who just loved it. How the fuck could that POS be considered anyone's favorite film?
Posted by: As If! at August 29, 2011 06:28 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 06:28 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at August 29, 2011 06:29 PM (jtzM6)
Posted by: Berserker at August 29, 2011 06:29 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Jones at August 29, 2011 10:20 PM (8sCoq)
Well... as fun as that sounds... there's the security issue. Can you image a FLOTUS working somewhere with a Secret Service detail standing about? 
Imagine the complaints.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 06:29 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Ronster at August 29, 2011 06:29 PM (4fcWw)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 29, 2011 06:30 PM (KbEJl)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 29, 2011 06:30 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: Jones at August 29, 2011 10:20 PM (8sCoq)
Can we afford such a woman? The current FLOTUS's last pay raise was about 192% ... and her job was so impportant that it apparently cannot be filled.
Posted by: Arbalest at August 29, 2011 06:30 PM (9Cr0a)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 29, 2011 10:30 PM (KbEJl)
I think it's one too many Obama TV appearances.
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 29, 2011 06:31 PM (niZvt)
Was that deliberate, or did they really go to look for help and not live to return? I always assumed the latter.
.........
Good question. I always figured that it was deliberate, because it seemed from their oral history that all of the adults left, none stayed.
Plus, Mel gets this really creeped out look on his face, like even HE was appalled.
See what you're saying but I was always pretty sure they intended to come back. They risked a lot saving a planeful of kids in the first place. Oral history said the adults thought they had a good chance of dying on the flight and that it was safer with water and food at the oasis. (Max admitted the same later -- it was more dangerous to leave.) The adults called the exit flight the "rescue party."
Plus there's the pretty hilarious "Mrs Walker" joke, which you wouldn't be so concerned about bowdlerizing your ViewMaster fetishes if you were going to leave the kids to die.
Love that oral history scene BTW, and how they reprise it at the end. Always thought George Miller and his cowriter had a terrific time inventing the dialect of the kids.
Posted by: language (and bacon) aficionado at August 29, 2011 06:31 PM (RIkRG)
Fuck You!
Posted by: CoolCzech channeling PGiS
You just made the list.
You touch my posts, I'll kill ya.
Posted by: Psycho! at August 29, 2011 06:31 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 06:31 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 29, 2011 10:30 PM (KbEJl)
No it is properly called TOTUSalaise.....
Posted by: jake at August 29, 2011 06:32 PM (wSbVg)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 06:33 PM (HjxoE)
I could even handle the lecturing if she had any qualifications whatsoever--she's a lawyer, and her formal medical/nutrition training is "may have glanced at the USDA's pamphlets once", or "about the same as any mother using WIC is offered."
Posted by: HeatherRadish at August 29, 2011 10:25 PM (0vDuM)
Which was a point I made about Bush - she's a freaking librarian who chose a cause in which she was qualified - it was her job.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 06:33 PM (afWhQ)
Food coloring dye dropped in water never looked so terrifying.
Posted by: CACOh, shit, I remember exactly what you're talking about. Yeah, never forgot that scene. *shudder*
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 29, 2011 06:33 PM (Z75XC)
Food coloring dye dropped in water never looked so terrifying.
Posted by: CAC at August 29, 2011 10:22 PM (JIB66)
So, you must not like the Mio commercials very much.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 06:33 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 29, 2011 06:34 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 29, 2011 06:34 PM (KbEJl)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 10:31 PM (dbYHP)
Sounds like spoiled mayonnaise... appropriately enuff.
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 29, 2011 06:34 PM (niZvt)
There are some titles missing from that Post Apocalypse Movie best
1977 Damnation Alley
1959 On the Beach
1978 Ultimate Warrior
1980 Ravagers
1983 Red Dawn
Posted by: William Amos at August 29, 2011 06:34 PM (HcYmo)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 10:18 PM (afWhQ)
When someone gets overwrought (my word of the week) like that, you should hit them with a brick.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 10:22 PM (bxiXv)
Well I think Ace's point was about how all first ladies get themself some sort of project. And Ace even admitted that Laura Bush's project of literacy is pretty non-controversial which does admit the One of the the Huge Ass has chosen a controversial issue. For most people her actions on this are seen as on par as Hillary Clinton's actions with her pet project, Healthcare. Ace is also of the view that attacking the Curtain Dressed one doesn't actually help our side and results in a net negative towards us. I think he overreacts in this aspect too much as demonstrated by the fact that he wasn't that informed and needed to write a correction. Her actions have been a lot closer to Hillary than Laura.
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 06:35 PM (GULKT)
Love that oral history scene BTW, and how they reprise it at the end. Always thought George Miller and his cowriter had a terrific time inventing the dialect of the kids.
Yar, I really liked the highscrapers and the v-v-v-video-oo-oooos!
Posted by: fluffy at August 29, 2011 06:35 PM (O6q63)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at August 29, 2011 06:35 PM (HjxoE)
Any dude that cuts his way through walls with a MAC10 gets my vote.
Fuck yeah.
When Obama (or one of his cronies) floated the idea of a "United States Police Force" a few years ago, I thought of that opening scene in Escape from New York , narrated by Sigourney Weaver, where they showed black-clad "police officers" surrounding NYC.
Thank Gaia they haven't remade that movie...yet.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 06:35 PM (c0A3e)
Which was a point I made about Bush - she's a freaking librarian who chose a cause in which she was qualified - it was her job.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a.
She was a gentle woman with a kind smile who never seemed to have a cross word for anyone. That she got cracked on by anyone is a sure sign that our society is coming apart at the seams.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at August 29, 2011 06:37 PM (sJTmU)
Sounds like "Francis" needs to go to a Val-U-Rite and get a gallon of Hobo repellent in 150 proof....."STAT"
I proclaim it THUS!!!...or go ahead and bitch-slap each other for the rest of the thread....either way I'm getting totally ripped and will probably post something related to sexual dysfunction as a barometer to GDP later on.
Posted by: Richard at August 29, 2011 06:37 PM (c9wTL)
Posted by: Berserker at August 29, 2011 10:29 PM
Why would anyone want to Escape from NY? Me and all my friends would never live anywhere else. We don't even want to visit any other place. I can get Escape from LA
Posted by: city cat lady at August 29, 2011 06:37 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff is in BEAST MODE at August 29, 2011 06:37 PM (ESdzV)
They took all the 'W' keys off the keyboards.
Like a bunch of frat boys.
Posted by: As If! at August 29, 2011 06:38 PM (piMMO)
It's like they punched every Hollywood / leftist cliche into a computer and let it spit out the script.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 29, 2011 06:38 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 10:35 PM (GULKT)
I objected to being told that if I don't like MObama, then my opinion of her pet project and intrusions is invalid. Oh, and that I don't like her project because I don't like her, since everything she does annoys me. Not that I just don't like her fucking project and it's overbearing presence everywhere I look.
What I got from it was that I'm apparently subconsciously racist against MO. Dog whistle, my ass.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 06:40 PM (afWhQ)
Is that the one with Ricky Schroeder?
Posted by: Ben at August 29, 2011 06:40 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Ronster at August 29, 2011 06:41 PM (4fcWw)
NCREF, I have raised a glass to the friendship you and your friend enjoyed. May you walk together again in a better place.
PGIS, Good to hear from you.
The Bengals courted the post jail POS Michael Vic. I am not a sports fan but I prefer a losing Bengals team without Michael Vic to a winning team with him.
Eating placenta? What the F is wrong with people?
Post apacalypse movies and TV shows are all the rage. It seams every other show on the History and SciFi channels fit that bill.
Regarding little wire twisties, my brother-in-law called my wife one Christmas Eve with a long diatribe of curse words that would make Eddie Murphy Blush, no small feat, as he assembled a Barbie Funhouse for his daughters.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 29, 2011 06:41 PM (JKNDp)
Psycho!
That's it. I'm out. CoolCzech, I used to really like and respect you as a commenter and enjoyed bantering back and forth with you. Not so much anymore. If that makes me a psycho, so be it.
Posted by: ParanoidStillAGirlInSeattle at August 29, 2011 06:41 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 29, 2011 06:41 PM (KbEJl)
When Obama (or one of his cronies) floated the idea of a "United States Police Force" a few years ago, I thought of that opening scene in Escape from New York , narrated by Sigourney Weaver, where they showed black-clad "police officers" surrounding NYC.
"We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."
Thank God that scoamf breaks 99% of his promises.
Posted by: arhooley at August 29, 2011 06:41 PM (3n2lK)
Fuck yeah.
It always bugged me that they put a freaking scope on it though- mounted on the suppressor no less.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 29, 2011 06:41 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 06:41 PM (bxiXv)
Oh, by the way, I can see you morons all finally came out. What, did Glinda the Good Witch give the signal?
Posted by: arhooley at August 29, 2011 06:42 PM (3n2lK)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 06:42 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff is in BEAST MODE
You just made the list.
You touch my dick, I'll kill ya.
Posted by: Psycho! at August 29, 2011 06:42 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Ronster at August 29, 2011 10:41 PM (4fcWw)
I don't know how people can watch movies and remember all these details from them. Like who the director and actors are. Or that they thought it was bad casting, or something.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 29, 2011 06:43 PM (s7mIC)
I don't remember. I was looking forward to it, then became so extremely disappointed (like everyone else; even leftist cliches aside it sucked platypus balls) that I've purged it from memory. For my own good.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 29, 2011 06:43 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Ronster at August 29, 2011 10:41 PM (4fcWw)
My plan for world domination is almost complete!
Posted by: You Tube at August 29, 2011 06:44 PM (RIkRG)
Psycho!
That's it. I'm out. CoolCzech, I used to really like and respect you as a commenter and enjoyed bantering back and forth with you. Not so much anymore. If that makes me a psycho, so be it.
Posted by: ParanoidStillAGirlInSeattle at August 29, 2011 10:41 PM (RZ8pf)
Psycho was what Francis wanted to be called instead of Francis in Stripes.
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 06:44 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 06:44 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 29, 2011 06:45 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at August 29, 2011 06:45 PM (UqKQV)
Regarding little wire twisties, my brother-in-law called my wife one Christmas Eve with a long diatribe of curse words that would make Eddie Murphy Blush, no small feat, as he assembled a Barbie Funhouse for his daughters.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 29, 2011 10:41 PM (JKNDp)
Best thing I have for those is miniature wire cutters (usually used for making jewelry). Gets in close without nipping the toy with the wire.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 06:45 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at August 29, 2011 06:45 PM (YxBuk)
To hell with that!
Now I know my purpose on Earth...to stop this abomination from ever reaching the big screen!
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 06:46 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 06:46 PM (bxiXv)
Now I know my purpose on Earth...to stop this abomination from ever reaching the big screen!
Can you stop Footloose first?
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 29, 2011 06:47 PM (KbEJl)
In other words, it's not fictional enough.
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 29, 2011 06:47 PM (9RzZV)
I don't know how people can watch
movies and remember all these details from them. Like who the director
and actors are. Or that they thought it was bad casting, or something.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 29, 2011 10:43 PM (s7mIC)
I only remember the actors if they make an impression. (Hello, Karl Urban) Otherwise, it's That Guy. Rarely remember who the director is - that doesn't seem to matter. Unless it's that bastard Verhoeven. Son of a bitch.
Then again, I remember details from movies. It's a curse, for sure, because it means I remember all the crappy movies, too.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 06:48 PM (afWhQ)
I don't know how people can watch movies. I have the attention span of a coked out gnat. Anything over thirty minutes and I'm done. Posted by: Ronster at August 29, 2011 10:41 PM
I once had a boyfriend who was so bad at watching movies he couldn't tell one actor from another. "How did that guy get to Paris so fast?" "Oh, I guess that girl has two jobs." On and on like that in every movie we ever went to.
Posted by: arhooley at August 29, 2011 06:48 PM (3n2lK)
Can you stop Footloose first?
Posted by: USS DiversityI'd be OK if they remade Footloose with everyone dancing with chainsaws. I might actually watch that one.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 29, 2011 06:48 PM (Z75XC)
The scene where Snake was surfing down Sunset Boulevard was kinda cool...
Wait, no it wasn't! However, seeing EfLA before Escape from New York just made me appreciate Escape from New York all the more.
EfLA, in your parlance, is one of those guilty pleasures for me. Not good, but not so intolerable I cannot watch it at all.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 06:49 PM (c0A3e)
Road Warrior is one of the very few movies I own (and the only one I actually purchased for myself, yeah, okay it's one of those VCR cassette thingies, but still) and who would have believe that that guy would end up enlivening my drive-time with the insane vitriol he hurled at the mother of his late-in-life child? Damn.
Also, Maet, even thought I scooted past it just as fast as I possibly could, I doubt I will ever forgive you for that placenta thing. That is jaw-droppingly disgusting and, as I said, I just whizzed past it at the speed of light. GACK!!!!!
Posted by: Peaches at August 29, 2011 06:49 PM (hKbUC)
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at August 29, 2011 10:45 PM (YxBuk)
quite rightly...
(now that's going to be stuck in my head...)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 06:50 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 29, 2011 06:50 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 06:50 PM (bxiXv)
Can you stop Footloose first?
Word. If you're out there, runningrn, you cannot stop me from achieving this aim!
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 06:50 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff is in BEAST MODE at August 29, 2011 09:31 PM (ESdzV)
Similar to my family- except my stepson was 7 when my son was born, with the identical twin daughters a year later. They are now 30, 23, and 22, As busy as the early years are, the fun really begins with adolescence.
Posted by: Museisluse at August 29, 2011 06:51 PM (4Lj43)
O K.......uh?.......!GROUP HUG!!!!
Posted by: Richard
Any of you faggots tries to hug me, I'll kill ya! Got it?
Posted by: Psycho! at August 29, 2011 06:51 PM (sJTmU)
I don't know how people can watch movies and remember all these details from them.
Even the dialoge. I've forgetten that before I leave my seat.
Posted by: Ronster at August 29, 2011 06:51 PM (4fcWw)
Posted by: B O, who shall remain nameless at August 29, 2011 06:52 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 06:53 PM (afWhQ)
I admired Laura Bush quite a bit. And she never told me I shouldn't eat that greasy cheeseburger while her mouth was full of a big-ass bite of greasy cheeseburger.
Posted by: Theresa D., TPT at August 29, 2011 06:53 PM (Zgfnd)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 06:54 PM (afWhQ)
Even the dialoge. I've forgetten that before I leave my seat.
Posted by: RonsterMy husband won't watch any of the Star Wars or Lord of the Rings movies with me, 'cause I say the dialogue along with the movie. Yeah, I know it's annoying and truly geeky. I'll totally understand if he just throws the TV across the room the next time I do that.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 29, 2011 06:54 PM (Z75XC)
Posted by: Peaches at August 29, 2011 06:54 PM (hKbUC)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 29, 2011 06:55 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: Ricky Schroeder, Male Nurse and Jerky Detractor at August 29, 2011 06:55 PM (KxADM)
Yeah no kidding. I barely remember what my coworkers are talking to me about, let alone what some stranger on a movie screen is saying.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 29, 2011 06:55 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 29, 2011 10:55 PM (9Lm5R)
Never saw it.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 06:56 PM (afWhQ)
The greatest scene from any movie, evah!
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 06:56 PM (c0A3e)
I was in high school when that piece of shit was shown on television. We were assigned to watch it, and then had a fucking class assembly so we could all discuss how bad nuclear war was and how President Reagan was trying to start one.
That was about the point at which I stopped having any respect for teachers. Any teachers. One or two managed to earn my respect later on, but as a class I think they range from useless to despicable.
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 29, 2011 06:56 PM (9RzZV)
Besides, you know it was like Carpenter walked into the prop trailer and said "that one, that one, put a scope on that one... Good! Let's go!"
It was probably held on with wire ties.
Yeah, I know they just put it on there because somebody thought it would look cooler, but it just seemed so out of place and phony.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 29, 2011 06:56 PM (SY2Kh)
What we need are some more kittehs.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 29, 2011 10:51 PM (s7mIC)
That was funny, especially the guy getting him loose. Thanks
Posted by: lou at August 29, 2011 06:57 PM (R21xD)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 10:56 PM (c0A3e)
That was great.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 06:58 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 29, 2011 06:58 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 29, 2011 06:58 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: Theresa D., TPT at August 29, 2011 06:58 PM (Zgfnd)
Posted by: Trimegistus
When I was in highschool and college, I used to have nightmares about nuclear war.
When Reagan ended the Cold War, those nightmares stopped. I've never had one since, and I truly credit him with that. God bless him.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 29, 2011 06:58 PM (Z75XC)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 29, 2011 06:59 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: jas at August 29, 2011 07:01 PM (ZM2Bn)
Wow I am the complete opposite. I have seriously gone to the movie rental place, picked out a movie that I thought sounded neat, taken it home, watched it for about 20 minutes, and then thought "hey, that looks kinda familiar, have I seen this one before? I'm not sure..."
I don't know how you guys can do it, really.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 29, 2011 07:02 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 07:02 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 07:02 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: nightwitch at August 29, 2011 07:03 PM (11j7G)
I have them every so often. Vivid and terrifying, probably the clearest dreams I've had. Wish the nuclear threat had actually ended with the Cold War.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at August 29, 2011 07:03 PM (KxADM)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 29, 2011 07:03 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: Arbalest at August 29, 2011 07:04 PM (9Cr0a)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 07:04 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Psycho! at August 29, 2011 10:51 PM (sJTmU)
Uh, C.J. Burch, You might be needin't to go clarify/apologize to PGiS and CoolCzech.
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 07:04 PM (GULKT)
And I need the commercials, I can't do a straight 30 minutes, I need the breaks in between.
I'm glad to have a DVR. That way I can pause, go do something for a minute or two, come back and watch some more. Plus, I can fast forward through the commercials. Especially the male enhancement ones. Those are sick.
Posted by: Ronster at August 29, 2011 07:05 PM (4fcWw)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 29, 2011 07:06 PM (JMmQ9)
We'll get right on that...
... bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Posted by: Wikileaks at August 29, 2011 07:06 PM (szzBO)
Who the fuck is Jeremy Renner?
The psycho from "Hurt Locker".
saw on the web recently where he is going to portray Steve McQueen in a movie
Posted by: Jones at August 29, 2011 07:07 PM (8sCoq)
Some males actually need the "enhancement," my friend. Don't ask me how I know, just trust me. And avert your eyes when you see one . . . they're usually driving cars they can't really afford.
Posted by: Peaches at August 29, 2011 07:07 PM (hKbUC)
Well I wasn't trying to tease Miss PGIS, it was more trying to kid CoolCzech.
People seem to be getting awfully edgy lately.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at August 29, 2011 07:07 PM (sJTmU)
lol. That running gag in EfLA was one of few mildly amusing moments in the movie.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 07:08 PM (c0A3e)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia has announced that the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, characterized by dawn-to-dusk fasting and heightened piety, has ended.
The decision was made after sunset Monday when the new moon was spotted. Muslims follow a lunar calendar.
Saudi Arabia said the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of Ramadan would begin Tuesday.
Whoo hoo! Time to light up the Empire State Building in the traditional Eid al-Fitr green. Ought to make a nice background to the 9-11 memorial preparations.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 29, 2011 07:08 PM (EeYDk)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 07:10 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff is in BEAST MODE at August 29, 2011 07:10 PM (p/mfs)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 29, 2011 07:10 PM (9Lm5R)
And the ones who aren't driving expensive cars may be driving Chevy Cavaliers with the paint chipping off...just an FYI,
. Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 07:10 PM (c0A3e)
Jeremy Renner as Snake? No
Gerard Butler as Snake? Oh hell no. The dud is so overrated. Face like a damn pancake, unconvincing as an actor, so he has to show his "toned" body to at least have some quality.
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 29, 2011 07:11 PM (H/MnC)
Hawkeye from Thor (the guy with the bow).
(Figuring you saw Thor).
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 11:02 PM (bxiXv)
....
Ohhhhhh.
That guy.
What a ripoff, that scene.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 07:11 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 11:10 PM (bxiXv)
Bwahahahahahaha.
Posted by: NC Ref at August 29, 2011 07:12 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith
Are you yelling at me?
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at August 29, 2011 07:12 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at August 29, 2011 07:13 PM (iRlbA)
And avert your eyes when you see one . . . they're usually driving cars they can't really afford.
The one that is most annoying has a guy getting his pickup stuck and pulling it out with a team of horses he happens to have in the trailer. When he arrives at home the upstairs light is on. And the background music. Doot do dittly doot do doot do dittly doot do.......... ad naseum.
Posted by: Ronster at August 29, 2011 07:15 PM (4fcWw)
Well you shouldn't. I don't know, I just don't give movies as much attention as everyone else. For instance, you say Jeremy Remner played some guy with a bow in the movie Thor. I saw Thor, and honestly, I had totally forgotten that there was a guy with a bow, let alone whether he was "emoting" or not or whether I thought he was a good actor or not. It was about this blond haired guy with a big-ass hammer who did some stupid shit and got banished to Earth and then had to have a redemptive moment to have his powers restored so that he could save the world at the last minute. But a guy with a bow? I have no idea. That's how movies work in my head. It's weird. I don't know.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 29, 2011 07:15 PM (s7mIC)
I saw that not long ago. It was pretty damn good, and I noticed it seemed to be trying to make Acting President Darren McGavin, otherwise the stock Reactionary Warmonger character from these kinds of movies, rather sympathetic.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at August 29, 2011 07:16 PM (KxADM)
I can proudly say I don't know nothing' about those guys . . . 'cept I don't park next to them at the Target.
Posted by: Peaches at August 29, 2011 07:16 PM (hKbUC)
WHO HERE IS EDGY, MOTHERFUCKER?!?!?!?!?!
AND YES THEY DESERVE TO DIE, AND I HOPE THEY BURN IN HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Samuel L. Jackson at August 29, 2011 07:17 PM (szzBO)
AAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!
Kittens in the POTATO CANNON!!!! with down range vids of the impacts!
"film at 11-eleventy"
Posted by: Richard at August 29, 2011 07:18 PM (c9wTL)
I can proudly say I don't know nothing' about those guys . . . 'cept I don't park next to them at the Target.
Posted by: Peaches at August 29, 2011 11:16 PM (hKbUC)
I think Kratos was saying that's the car he drives. He doesn't have to overcompensate with a car.
He goes for big pulsating blue weapons.
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 07:19 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: WEEN at August 29, 2011 11:14 PM (Zkth+)
Bookmarked!!! I am forever in your debt, WEEN, that is utterly fabulous.
Posted by: Peaches at August 29, 2011 07:19 PM (hKbUC)
Posted by: Gushka goes blue at August 29, 2011 07:19 PM (QNeKQ)
Beats the fuck outta me.
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at August 29, 2011 07:21 PM (KxADM)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff is in BEAST MODE at August 29, 2011 07:21 PM (p/mfs)
AND YES THEY DESERVE TO DIE, AND I HOPE THEY BURN IN HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Samuel L. Jackson
Okay, now the black guy from the movies is mad at me too. Which movie? Does it matter? Samuel L. Jackson is always mad, except in those Star Wars prequels. Those were a little eerie anyways.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at August 29, 2011 07:23 PM (sJTmU)
I think Kratos was saying that's the car he drives. He doesn't have to overcompensate with a car.
He goes for big pulsating blue weapons.
At least I can afford the weapons...
Back when Family Guy was funny, they had a good episode about Peter trying to overcompensate when felt threatened by Chris. Only downside was that Seth had to get his shot at the NRA, but overall, it was pretty good episode. Family Guy hadn't yet started to insist on itself.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 07:23 PM (c0A3e)
Jeremy Renner as Snake? No
Gerard Butler as Snake? Oh hell no. The dud is so overrated. Face like a damn pancake, unconvincing as an actor, so he has to show his "toned" body to at least have some quality.
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 29, 2011 11:11 PMAdam Baldwin as Snake. And as Jack Reacher.
Posted by: huerfano at August 29, 2011 07:24 PM (kD+se)
WHOOPS!!
my dyslex be showing....how did I ever have a 29 year run in medicine...must have been the drugs I did in H-school
Posted by: Richard at August 29, 2011 07:25 PM (c9wTL)
The Krat-man would be hot even if he was riding the bus. Some people are judged by a different standard . . .
Posted by: Peaches at August 29, 2011 07:25 PM (hKbUC)
His fallacy will be known for all time. Bless you Gore, for providing this wonderful tool!
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 07:25 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch a Teaorrist who is glad GGE is Un-Banned at August 29, 2011 07:25 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 07:26 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 29, 2011 07:26 PM (H/MnC)
http://tinyurl.com/3r3vqtc
She didn't say "Who likes white people?". As you might guess, the video was selectively edited. She said "Who likes WET people?" because apparently it had been raining, and the part right after that, which was edited out of the deceptive video, made it clear she's referring to water and not to skin color.
Posted by: chemjeff at August 29, 2011 07:27 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at August 29, 2011 07:27 PM (sJTmU)
Adam Baldwin as Snake. And as Jack Reacher.
Posted by: huerfano at August 29, 2011 11:24 PM (kD+se)
Hamina. I could see him as Snake.
... I had someone pegged for Jack Reacher the other day. Now I've forgotten. It'll come back to me at some point.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 07:27 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 07:28 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff is in BEAST MODE at August 29, 2011 07:28 PM (p/mfs)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 11:28 PM (dbYHP)
Not surprised, considering the creepy commercials.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 07:29 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 07:30 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: Ronster at August 29, 2011 07:31 PM (4fcWw)
Here's a close representation of what I look like IRL.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 07:32 PM (c0A3e)
Hey, wait a minute! We can't show titties on television!
Posted by: HBO in 1990 at August 29, 2011 07:32 PM (KxADM)
Posted by: Peaches at August 29, 2011 07:33 PM (hKbUC)
Posted by: Ronster at August 29, 2011 11:31 PM (4fcWw)
Hey Ronster, I'd like to say that I remember that you had some very kind words for me a while back. Thank you. I drink to that! Cheers!
Posted by: NC Ref at August 29, 2011 07:34 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Richard at August 29, 2011 07:34 PM (c9wTL)
True story - my sister signed my stepfather up for several free samples of Enzyte. She can be such a witch at times...
Think about the convenience of a small dick: easy to pack when you're traveling and allows your lady to sleep through the entire act of intercourse.
I like it more for tactical reasons, as in it is less target area for a cheap shot during a fight. But you're entirely right of course.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 07:34 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 07:36 PM (dbYHP)
You get a pass because you're funny about it.
And you're helping pump out the Master Race. Please pass Go and collect $200.
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at August 29, 2011 07:37 PM (YxBuk)
I think the Beast Mode is hillarious, specially since I keep reading your hash as PMS
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 29, 2011 07:39 PM (H/MnC)
I'm sure the day will come when I will regret posting this comment, but this is true. When you're not in the mood, but want to be nice, the under-endowed are a bit of a blessing.
Posted by: Peaches at August 29, 2011 07:40 PM (hKbUC)
Thank you. I drink to that! Cheers!
I don't know exactly what you are referring to. Of course I try to be nice to almost everyone.
Posted by: Ronster at August 29, 2011 07:41 PM (4fcWw)
Guns AGAIN!!!?
Fine!! Springfield Armory AA9628 M1A SOCOM II with 20 round box mag is urban knock-down for what ever you may need...and may very well need! Hope I be so wrong...pray I be so wrong!
Posted by: Richard at August 29, 2011 07:43 PM (c9wTL)
I'm sure the day will come when I will regret posting this comment, but this is true. When you're not in the mood, but want to be nice, the under-endowed are a bit of a blessing.
Posted by: Peaches at August 29, 2011 11:40 PM (hKbUC)
im gonna back you up on that.
harder to be rude with one thats not over-sufficient. however tragic insufficiency is... tragic.
Posted by: Gushka goes blue at August 29, 2011 07:43 PM (QNeKQ)
I don't know exactly what you are referring to. Of course I try to be nice to almost everyone.
Posted by: Ronster at August 29, 2011 11:41 PM (4fcWw)
Liar.
Posted by: Dat poor snake at August 29, 2011 07:44 PM (hKbUC)
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 07:45 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Peaches at August 29, 2011 11:40 PM (hKbUC)
Honesty is so refreshing. Thank you for that,
.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 07:45 PM (c0A3e)
my hunch is that chicks get flooded with emails, just for having a pulse and a picture
Posted by: chemjeff at August 29, 2011 07:46 PM (s7mIC)
I've heard several complaints about them that the battles get tedious and the story is kinda "meh". What's your opinion?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 07:47 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff is in BEAST MODE at August 29, 2011 07:48 PM (l9zgN)
We are SERIOUSLY heaping praise on small wangs?
"WAITER!"...."CHECK!!"
over and out........................
Posted by: Richard at August 29, 2011 07:49 PM (c9wTL)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 07:50 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: Ronster at August 29, 2011 07:50 PM (4fcWw)
Posted by: Ronster at August 29, 2011 11:41 PM (4fcWw)
S'ok. I remember. Just after New Year's. Anyways, keep drinking everyone!!!
Posted by: NC Ref at August 29, 2011 07:51 PM (/izg2)
Seriously. Next CAC is going to talk about how much he loves small boobs.
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at August 29, 2011 07:53 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 11:45 PM (GULKT)
Yep! Isn't it a title? (I think Manly Guys Doing Manly Things talked about this, thus ruining a small plot point. Not that I really care about spoilers. 
)
Sten's still my favorite. 
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 07:53 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Richard at August 29, 2011 11:49 PM (c9wTL)
Eh, just funnin'. At least on my end - nobody should take themselves too seriously.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 07:54 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at August 29, 2011 11:53 PM (YxBuk)
I didn't know hell froze over and pigs are flying. ;P
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 07:55 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 29, 2011 07:56 PM (9Lm5R)
*stroking goatee*
Why wouldn't I?!?! More than a mouthful is a waste.
Posted by: Mirror ONT Universe CAC at August 29, 2011 07:57 PM (szzBO)
And Obama is resigning tomorrow,
. Topsy-turvy world!Change of pace - Minnie Driver?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 07:57 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 11:57 PM (c0A3e)
She's looking good. Better than when people went gaga over Demi Moore...
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 08:00 PM (afWhQ)
I've heard several complaints about them that the battles get tedious and the story is kinda "meh". What's your opinion?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 11:47 PM (c0A3e)
Meh, is a good indication as far as I'm concerned. They are definitely playable and you can like them, and there is a lot do in the games if you are of the sort that wants to do everything. Dragon Age Origins is more "diverse" in its areas than Dragon Age 2 which has you going over the same areas continuously and all the "interior/dungeon" areas are repeats that shift between Cave, House, Other area type stuff (which is something Mass Effect 1 suffered from). So it got to the point where I had partially lost interest in the Dragon Age Origins/Awakenings storyline but ended up slogging through them so I could import my game data over to DA2. Some of the boss battles are interesting but they are few and far between. Here just watch a trailer and know that the game is not nearly as interesting or awesome as this shows it to be.
Honestly the Mass Effect games are a much better demonstration of BioWare's abilities at game creation, and you can go out and get Mass Effect 2 on your PS3 and there's a sort of interactive comic for you to go through to get the story of ME1 so you can get those story elements into that game
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 08:00 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States in Bizarro Dick World at August 29, 2011 08:01 PM (KxADM)
Posted by: Mickey Driver at August 29, 2011 08:02 PM (KxADM)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at August 29, 2011 11:03 PM
Anybody not wearing 2 million sunblock is gonna have a real bad day. Get it?
Posted by: Sarah Connor at August 29, 2011 08:03 PM (Y+DPZ)
Yep! Isn't it a title? (I think Manly Guys Doing Manly Things talked about this, thus ruining a small plot point. Not that I really care about spoilers. )
Sten's still my favorite.
Actually I just looked at Sten's Wiki Page and I guess if you have him and Zevran in your party together you might get a conversation between them where Sten says its a title and not his actual name. I wouldn't have known because I barely used Sten since I was already a Warrior and Leilani was a much better Rogue to have in the party than the homo elf.
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 08:04 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Mirror ONT Universe steevy at August 29, 2011 08:07 PM (szzBO)
Posted by: Papa Editor at August 29, 2011 08:07 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: buzzion at August 30, 2011 12:00 AM (GULKT)
Thanks for the information. Mass Effect 2...I'm honestly holding out for Diablo 3, which my labmate swears is coming out soon (at least the beta will be released soon), but I'll give it a look sometime. Many thanks.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 08:08 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 08:08 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 11:28 PM
Not surprised, considering the creepy commercials.
(Happy Whistling)
This is Bob, he's your new cellmate. Bob doesn't let the prison life get him down now that he's taking Enzyte. See how happy Bob is to see you when it's time for nightly lockup
Posted by: FNC late night commercial at August 29, 2011 08:08 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at August 29, 2011 11:03 PM
Anybody not wearing 2 million sunblock is gonna have a real bad day. Get it?
Posted by: Sarah Connor at August 30, 2011 12:03 AM (Y+DPZ)
admission: my vivid terrifying dreams are of the govt taking my animals from me the way the soviets took all the horses and the chinese off and on round up pets.
as a person with friends who have experienced this the glowbull warmists scare the crap outta me on this account.
as for a nuke. sometimes i have terrible dreams of trying to get out of dodge after am EMP attack. those wake me in a cold sweat, crying and terrified. Im convinced i would suffer and die, no matter how those i love try to save me. im just too damn fragile.
Posted by: Gushka goes blue at August 29, 2011 08:08 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: Papa Editor at August 30, 2011 12:07 AM
This is your new life Mr Editor. You'll understand after you've had time to adjust to it
Posted by: Rod Serling at August 29, 2011 08:11 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Pat Caddell at August 29, 2011 08:12 PM (KxADM)
The dark times began when a man named Editor took a hiatus...
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 08:13 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Papa Editor at August 30, 2011 12:07 AM (FZZ94)
Not enough Valu-rite?
More Valu-rite is the solution to my problems tonight! Not saying it'll work for everyone.
Posted by: NC Ref at August 29, 2011 08:14 PM (/izg2)
506
Though u still have my soul, I still love stare....I mean punching u in the shoulder in a good natured way.....Rum...
Posted by: Richard at August 29, 2011 08:14 PM (c9wTL)
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at August 29, 2011 08:14 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Papa Editor at August 30, 2011 12:07 AM (FZZ94)
Yo ed! Good to see you.
Posted by: garrett at August 29, 2011 08:14 PM (Zkth+)
Fuck this! I'll just walk right out of here and.... hey, wait a minute.... ALL THE DOORS ARE SEALED SHUT AND THERE'S NO WINDOW....
Posted by: Roddy McDowell at August 29, 2011 08:15 PM (KxADM)
VFW Outraged After Obama Administration Snubs Veterans Group For First Time in Its History
Every time I think this Administration cannot sink any further, they prove me wrong.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 08:15 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Mirror ONT Universe steevy at August 30, 2011 12:07 AM
I submit to you that your empire is illogical because it cannot endure. I submit that you are illogical to be a part of it!
Posted by: Capt. James T Kirk at August 29, 2011 08:16 PM (Y+DPZ)
Checking out that Price of Weed graph and I'm thinking I could make a little money. It's just that I know the minute I make my capital investment President Rick Perry is going to legalize the stuff and give the concession to his pals at Merck. Not only that, he'll probably declare marijuana a manditory "vaccine" and even though there will be a so-called "opt-out" it won't really be an opt-out 'cause you'll have to sign a paper that will go in your permanent record.
Posted by: somebody else, not me at August 29, 2011 08:16 PM (7EV/g)
That most assuredly is a female black widow spider, hangin' out on her web, inches from the sliding glass door I go in and out of like 50 times a day in my bare feetsies.
I've never seen one before. Kinda cool.
Qustion is, how mobile are they? Do they jump around and shit or go on the prowl?
Is it better to just leave her be, at least knowing where she is or should I make some effort to remove her?
Posted by: Dejah T. Baggins at August 29, 2011 08:17 PM (tydO9)
Posted by: GMB at August 29, 2011 08:17 PM (wY55N)
Youse guys are gonna get exactly what you pay for an' like it.
Posted by: United Brotherhood of Tiny Penises #303 at August 29, 2011 08:19 PM (KxADM)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 08:19 PM (dbYHP)
How you doin'?
Posted by: Will Folks at August 29, 2011 08:19 PM (7EV/g)
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2011 08:20 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States in Bizarro Dick World at August 29, 2011 08:20 PM (KxADM)
527
WELL PAPA....last I checked a localal...I MeAn a local v-U-rite was ...urp..a..urp...RaideD annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn ALL the HoBo juice StOlEn......hummmahummmahummma LIKE THAT....and
Oh i'm goonna be sick....bbbbbaaaaRRRRRAAAACCCCKKKK!!!!
Posted by: Richard at August 29, 2011 08:20 PM (c9wTL)
4.21 miles tonight. 86 degrees with a nice breeze.
This is more like it. It's actually starting to feel good now.
Posted by: sifty: Tea Runner at August 29, 2011 08:21 PM (4CSeG)
Is it better to just leave her be, at least knowing where she is or should I make some effort to remove her?
The Shop Vac is your friend.
Posted by: garrett - arachnophobe at August 29, 2011 08:22 PM (Zkth+)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at August 29, 2011 08:22 PM (KxADM)
This is more like it. It's actually starting to feel good now.
Good. Getting the stamina can be a bitch, but once you're over that..
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 08:22 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Richard at August 29, 2011 08:24 PM (c9wTL)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 08:24 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2011 08:24 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 08:24 PM (bxiXv)
I get this feeling of accomplishment...of power...
like I could get four or five hippies in the van at once!
Posted by: sifty: Tea Runner at August 29, 2011 08:24 PM (4CSeG)
WWCHD - What Would Corporal Hicks Do?
Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Since you probably don't have that kind of ordinance, I would cautiously hunt it down and kill it. Best not to take chances.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 08:25 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 08:26 PM (bxiXv)
No way I'm putting on those gorilla-foot looking hipster fads.
Pride is the first casualty with those things. I'd rather run in yellow crocs.
Posted by: sifty: Tea Runner at August 29, 2011 08:26 PM (4CSeG)
VFW Outraged After Obama Administration Snubs Veterans Group For First Time in Its History
Every time I think this Administration cannot sink any further, they prove me wrong.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 30, 2011 12:15 AM (c0A3e)
I don't know, I quit the VFW when they endorsed Senator Call Me Ma'am and a few other anti military democrats. They seem to have that straightened out now so I should probably rejoin.
Regradless President Downgrade should be able to get off the golf course long enough to give them a shout.
Posted by: robtr at August 29, 2011 08:26 PM (MtwBb)
I had that dream.
Posted by: sifty: Tea Runner at August 29, 2011 08:27 PM (4CSeG)
Regarding spiders, none who come near me are allowed to live - I go into search and destroy mode. I HATE spiders.
Posted by: Theresa D., TPT at August 29, 2011 08:28 PM (Zgfnd)
Posted by: Theresa D., TPT at August 30, 2011 12:28 AM (Zgfnd)
Yeah me too, of course I"m that way with anything that comes into my house uninvited.
Posted by: robtr at August 29, 2011 08:29 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 08:30 PM (bxiXv)
Meh, I can't be bothered with all that running. I just lift this here sword above my head.
Posted by: He-Man at August 29, 2011 08:30 PM (szzBO)
BROTHER robtr...WEL..(shit spilled another one?),...WElcome to the oNT...scuz me I have to freshen up abit...
Posted by: Richard at August 29, 2011 08:30 PM (c9wTL)
Posted by: Theresa D., TPT at August 30, 2011 12:28 AM (Zgfnd)
Yup, any kind of bug whatsoever. Sometimes I'll feel a little bit of remorse over a daddy long legs, but if you ain't payin' rent then you are trespassing and we have capital punishment in the Peaches pad.
Posted by: Peaches at August 29, 2011 08:31 PM (hKbUC)
Alright, so I've got a question concerning computers. My sister has an OLD computer that she wanted to just use so her son could play like Cartoon Network website games on. She had so much garbage on it that it was ridiculously slow. I managed to reformat and reinstall Windows XP on it. Now the only problem is that Bill Gates is a fucking Bastard and its damn near impossible to get the thing updated so it would be safe to use on the internet.
So does anyone have a resource to get the updates for besides microsoft's site since it is basically impossible to update a fresh install of XP from there?
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 08:33 PM (GULKT)
Pride is the first casualty with those things. I'd rather run in yellow crocs.
Posted by: sifty: Tea Runner at August 30, 2011 12:26 AM (4CSeG)
they're really great working out in, more robust workout (tone a lot of shit that is really damn hard to get to tone, quickly increases your stamina (as long as you take it easy at first) and they're really comfy to wear. They're a great product. And really, if your running/working out, why the fuck do you give a shit about how you look?
Own three pair (work out, everyday wear and the thick soles for when I run the trails by the house) and I won't ever go back to regular shoes
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2011 08:33 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: sifty at August 29, 2011 08:33 PM (4CSeG)
That was just how we wore our hair during those crazy rebellious days in the empire.
Posted by: Princess Leia at August 29, 2011 08:34 PM (McHnx)
Because I'm ugly and goofy to begin with and anything worse makes me cry and get snot all over when I run.
Posted by: sifty at August 29, 2011 08:35 PM (4CSeG)
Shit kids,
Nothing like a "Black Widow" crawling off the large rock you are toting and tagging you on your shirtless chest before ya got the chance to pancake it...very interesting 3 hours THAT was...but I lived.
Posted by: Richard at August 29, 2011 08:35 PM (c9wTL)
Posted by: TexasJew at August 29, 2011 08:36 PM (DB7UQ)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 08:36 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 08:37 PM (c0A3e)
She jumped about five feet straight back like she was hit with 220.
Posted by: sifty at August 29, 2011 08:37 PM (4CSeG)
That hurt like hell...
You gotta be pickier about who you let put their mouth on you . . .
Posted by: Peaches at August 29, 2011 08:38 PM (hKbUC)
Own three pair (work out, everyday
wear and the thick soles for when I run the trails by the house) and I
won't ever go back to regular shoes
Posted by: The Dude at August 30, 2011 12:33 AM (M8yfa)
lol
I work out in wifebeater, compression shorts, bright yellow Adidas shorts and black camo Five Fingers
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2011 08:38 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 08:39 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 08:39 PM (dbYHP)
I work out in wifebeater, compression shorts, bright yellow Adidas shorts and black camo Five Fingers
Posted by: The Dude at August 30, 2011 12:38 AM (M8yfa)
Pics?
Posted by: Peaches at August 29, 2011 08:40 PM (hKbUC)
When you say impossible, what do you mean, exactly?
Download sp3 for xp, install it. Then run the microsoft update website. There are other ways, but that's about the easiest.
Posted by: right at August 30, 2011 12:37 AM (RzLbD)
When I say impossible I mean even that might not be possible. She had a crappy wireless card that couldn't find a signal to save its life so I may be going over there tomorrow and using a wired connection. But from the way Microsoft website sounds even I don't have much faith that I can definitely update to SP3 after getting it downloaded.
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 08:42 PM (GULKT)
So does anyone have a resource to get the updates for besides microsoft's site since it is basically impossible to update a fresh install of XP from there?
Posted by: buzzion at August 30, 2011 12:33 AM (GULKT)
Download service pack here (I think)
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at August 29, 2011 08:42 PM (McHnx)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 08:42 PM (bxiXv)
Did you validate the xp install? Usually when you cant do the updates via the ms website your validation code on the sticker is registered to somebody else.
I just reinstalled xp fres on my machine yesterday and it has already went through the update process to sp3 with no problems.
Posted by: GMB at August 29, 2011 08:42 PM (wY55N)
Those 5 fingers remind me of some evolutionary 2 steps backwards
serious.....fuck I need another martini
Posted by: Richard at August 29, 2011 08:42 PM (c9wTL)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 30, 2011 12:42 AM (bxiXv)
This. But you should see some of the test questions I have to answer. FML.
Posted by: NC Ref at August 29, 2011 08:44 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 08:44 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: TexasJew at August 29, 2011 08:44 PM (DB7UQ)
Posted by: Gushka goes blue at August 30, 2011 12:08 AM (QNeKQ)
If you will pardon the expression, horseshit.
You are a delicate flower like Ripley was.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 30, 2011 12:26 AM (bxiXv)
heh. Todays adventure: i just taught ellie to take a bath by tying her to a metal pole with a chain on a swivel and hosing the shit out of her while she ran in circles and learned the water would not kill her, she couldnt kill me no matter how attractive that option felt, and resistance is futile. I had a hat, sunblock and spent most of the time in the shade laughing my ass off, after the initial fight that set this plan in motion.
we created a GIANT lake around the patience pole.
but... when we were done i went in the house threw up and passed out and spent the rest of the day in bed and in considerable pain, twitching. lupus is a bitch when its hot. It does NOT like the sun.
so i guess i get freaked out at the idea of an EMP hitting in the summer and i cant get cooled down.
So, I can fight an 1100lb beast, and win, in 102 degree heat... but then feel like i am a fragile flower cuz i cant do it all day, anymore, and i feel sick afterwards. lol.
does this make you in the camp with the neighbor who insists im made of old boots and broken glass? And am i expecting too much out of myself? Grimmy says we cant all be Marines. I can only glare when he says that shit, when i tell him to fuck off it hurts his feelings.
Posted by: Gushka goes blue at August 29, 2011 08:46 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: TexasJew at August 30, 2011 12:44 AM (DB7UQ)
I shot Spider just because he wouldn't dance for me. Shoulda shown some respect.
Posted by: Joe Pesci at August 29, 2011 08:46 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at August 29, 2011 08:47 PM (3yf25)
Good news; Vick strikes me as the type who slacks off with a big fat contract under his belt
Posted by: kbdabear at August 29, 2011 08:47 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: TexasJew at August 29, 2011 08:48 PM (DB7UQ)
Pics?
Posted by: Peaches at August 30, 2011 12:40 AM (hKbUC)
aww fuck no
Those 5 fingers remind me of some evolutionary 2 steps backwards
Posted by: Richard at August 30, 2011 12:42 AM (c9wTL)
Kinda is as it's pretty much the same as working out barefooted but with that comes positives as you never have to worry about stuff like shin splints. They'll definitely make you run and walk properly
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2011 08:48 PM (M8yfa)
Thanks Mero, I might give that a shot depending on how tomorrow goes. And yeah somejoe that was where I was attempting to Download it on the shit connection, but based on the hoops Microsoft had me going through to get to that I'm not really confident its going to allow me to update from there.
I dare you to try a reformat/reinstall with an 8+ year old CD and after trying to get it back up to date not want to strangle Bill Gates.
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 08:49 PM (GULKT)
I shot Spider just because he wouldn't dance for me. Shoulda shown some respect.
Why don't you go fuck yourself, Tommy
Posted by: Spider at August 29, 2011 08:49 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 29, 2011 08:49 PM (/izg2)
They want into the SEC. Can't say I blame them.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at August 29, 2011 08:50 PM (KxADM)
Posted by: TexasJew at August 29, 2011 08:50 PM (DB7UQ)
Did you validate the xp install? Usually when you cant do the updates via the ms website your validation code on the sticker is registered to somebody else.
I just reinstalled xp fres on my machine yesterday and it has already went through the update process to sp3 with no problems.
Posted by: GMB at August 30, 2011 12:42 AM (wY55N)
Actually I don't even think it needs to do that. I was expecting a pop up note about that but since its reinstalled using Gateway disks I'm not sure it requires that.
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 08:51 PM (GULKT)
bitter clingy racist bastards those vets are.
Posted by: redc1c4 at August 29, 2011 08:52 PM (d1FhN)
Ray Stevenson is turning into my new favorite actor.
It's nice to see a mob movie where the Italians don't get their way all the time.
Plus: It's got Walken.
Posted by: sifty at August 29, 2011 08:54 PM (4CSeG)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at August 29, 2011 08:54 PM (3yf25)
True. Again, this is another "unprecedented" moment for the Administration.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 29, 2011 08:54 PM (c0A3e)
I haven't killed a spider since. Respect and all..
Posted by: TexasJew at August 30, 2011 12:44 AM (DB7UQ)
I don't get it. That would make me want to kill every spider, everywhere, all the time. Oh, wait, I do anyway. Except not tarantulas, I don't even think of them as spiders and I never see them in my neighborhood. Oddly enough, the very first job I ever had in my life was feeding some professor's tarantulas while he was on sabbatical. I was 12 or 13 at the time.
Posted by: Peaches at August 29, 2011 08:56 PM (hKbUC)
It was a small cockamamie committee of dipshits within the VFW that went apeshit and endorsed a bunch of Reds for elections.
The whole committee got shit-canned and the VFW was very pissed off about it.
Posted by: sifty at August 29, 2011 08:56 PM (4CSeG)
Posted by: Claudine Longet at August 29, 2011 08:56 PM (d1FhN)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 08:58 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: TexasJew at August 29, 2011 08:58 PM (DB7UQ)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 08:58 PM (dbYHP)
Stuttering Clusterfuck of a Miserable Failure. Bwahahaha. G'night y'all.
Posted by: NC Ref at August 29, 2011 08:59 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Gushka goes blue at August 29, 2011 09:00 PM (QNeKQ)
The whole committee got shit-canned and the VFW was very pissed off about it.
Posted by: sifty at August 30, 2011 12:56 AM (4CSeG)
Yeah you're right, but what caused that to happen was a bunch of pissed off vets going into their local post and telling them to shove it. Shouldn't have ever happened but shit happens, I should rejoin
Posted by: robtr at August 29, 2011 09:00 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: GMB at August 29, 2011 09:00 PM (wY55N)
Posted by: TexasJew at August 29, 2011 09:00 PM (DB7UQ)
Posted by: Gushka goes blue at August 29, 2011 09:00 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: Peaches at August 29, 2011 09:02 PM (hKbUC)
Posted by: Gushka goes blue at August 30, 2011 01:00 AM (QNeKQ)
Thanks Gushie but now I need to know what I missed. Been workin' and cryin' all day. I'm ready to tear some worthless fkr a new one, that's for sure.
Posted by: NC Ref at August 29, 2011 09:03 PM (/izg2)
I support the VFW all I can.
Dad never had time to join any of that stuff, he was always out in some hay field working right up until he got sick. But the VFW gave us free use of the Hall there in Blythe for Dad's memorial service in 2000.
I go there every year and buy a round.
Highest membership dues of any club short of Arlington, Dad always said.
Posted by: sifty at August 29, 2011 09:05 PM (4CSeG)
Posted by: GMB at August 30, 2011 01:00 AM (wY55N)
Yeah I know the standard practice. Like my old Desktop required the authentication since it used a regular XP install CD. But my Dell Laptop, for instance, can be reformatted/reset to factory standards without at CD and no authentication is required. My sister's computer also did not have a normal XP CD but rather a Gateway specific CD that has Windows XP on it.
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 09:05 PM (GULKT)
The eat all the bugs before they get into the house, maybe a salesman or two if their really hungry.
Posted by: beanervt at August 29, 2011 09:06 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 29, 2011 09:07 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 29, 2011 09:08 PM (/izg2)
Nite all, pleasant dreams! Tomorrow is another day of mocking the Stuttering Clusterfuck of Miserable Failure.
Posted by: Theresa D., TPT at August 29, 2011 09:09 PM (Zgfnd)
Yeah, my first instinct was to scoop it up in its' web and shake it away over the wall but I figgered I gots nuthin' against my neighbors so why do that to them?
No Shop-Vac, but I do recall having an Orek Cannister Vac packed away somewheres. I'd swope it up in that but I'd be extra nervous about removing the little baggie afterwards.
As for fire?
Uhm, I don't know about me trying to singe the critter to death with my Bic Lighter.
Posted by: Dejah T. Baggins at August 29, 2011 09:10 PM (tydO9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 09:12 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: viking at August 29, 2011 09:13 PM (OZymZ)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at August 29, 2011 09:13 PM (3yf25)
Dousing in rubbing alcohol and lighting works.
Eazy-Off Oven Cleaner dissolves spiders and scorpions where they stand like the Arc of the Covenant melts nazis.
Posted by: sifty at August 29, 2011 09:15 PM (4CSeG)
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2011 09:15 PM (M8yfa)
Then you are just having trouble getting the updates? Bear with me, I am no expert on the subject. The last time I did a fresh xp install with a dial up connection it took almost 2 weeks to compete the update process. It is that large.
If that is not the problem, you could take the coa sticker to a computer store and have them burn you a copy of windows that has all the updates with it.
That usually costs around 15-20 bucks.
Posted by: GMB at August 29, 2011 09:18 PM (wY55N)
Posted by: viking at August 29, 2011 09:18 PM (OZymZ)
Oh, fer cry-ei-yie!!!
Now, I'm supposed to check for fucking egg-sacks?
Gawd, I hope that they are labeled and have little tiny handles so's I can carry them to the john.
FML
Posted by: Dejah T. Baggins at August 29, 2011 09:18 PM (tydO9)
Posted by: viking at August 30, 2011 01:18 AM (OZymZ)
no, it burns too fast
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2011 09:21 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 09:21 PM (dbYHP)
John McCain talked about sending US arms to Libya with both Muammar Qaddafi and one of his sons during a 2009 meeting that included three other US senators. Sen. John McCain is the ranking Republican member on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Arizona Sen. John McCain reportedly promised Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi US military assistance during a 2009 meeting outside Tripoli.
The information recently came to light through a leaked diplomatic cable, courtesy of the website WikiLeaks.
Three other US senators, Susan Collins of Maine, Lindsay Graham of South Carolina, and Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, joined McCain at the meeting.
Hope the blowback from this thins out the Rino herd...
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 29, 2011 09:22 PM (EeYDk)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 09:23 PM (dbYHP)
Another option is use the downloads for (over) server installs located on the Microssucks "TECHNET" page. They are bare essential updates made to transfer from server to pc. they don't have the bullshit updates..
Posted by: beanervt at August 29, 2011 09:23 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 09:24 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 30, 2011 01:23 AM (dbYHP)
I'll pay good money to suck turds out of her ass. Plus, she's feisty
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2011 09:24 PM (M8yfa)
Then you are just having trouble getting the updates? Bear with me, I am no expert on the subject. The last time I did a fresh xp install with a dial up connection it took almost 2 weeks to compete the update process. It is that large.
If that is not the problem, you could take the coa sticker to a computer store and have them burn you a copy of windows that has all the updates with it.
That usually costs around 15-20 bucks.
Posted by: GMB at August 30, 2011 01:18 AM (wY55N)
Yeah that's not really the issue. I was just thinking more along the lines of alternate sources for the updates since Microsoft wanted to be such dicks about having to reinstall Windows and making it difficult to download the updates to SP3.
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 09:24 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 30, 2011 01:07 AM (/izg2)
it also brings danger to all the dependants and those closest to the assets blown. the bad guys like to kill all you live spoil your joy, before they ever take you out. our enemies arent just ruthless they are cruel. So did the kids of these people choose to be born to these folks and get caught up in all of this (even some peace- tards blame wives for hooking up with such men and think they asked for whatever they get)
Posted by: Gushka goes blue at August 29, 2011 09:24 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at August 29, 2011 09:27 PM (3yf25)
Posted by: viking at August 30, 2011 01:24 AM (OZymZ)
kinda as it still alcohol still burns too fast compared to the stuff the comes out of a flamethrower. You need to make a molotov for any lasting flame.
awesome song
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2011 09:28 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 09:30 PM (bxiXv)
I honestly haven't had any problems with thier updates at all. I think the software gods are just picking on you. I hate ie, I hate it I hate it I hate it. Did I mention that I hate ie?
I for the life of me can get firefox to work properly at all on any of my machines. Work on somebody elses yes.
The software gods hate me.
Posted by: GMB at August 29, 2011 09:30 PM (wY55N)
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2011 09:31 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 09:31 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2011 09:32 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 29, 2011 09:32 PM (/izg2)
Buncha slackers if you ask me.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 29, 2011 09:35 PM (ENKCw)
Based on Moron advice...
Found some powdery Ortho Ant killing stuff in my Dad's garage and dusted the shit out of the Black Widow, like she was a donut.
I have no idea how old this stuff is (pretty far back on my Dad's garage shelf) or its efficacy even when purchased but it does specifically indicate on it's lable that it works for scorpions and Black Widow Spiders in addition to Ants.
Hope I got the fucking egg-sacs too.
So, now my worry is having all this toxic powder right on the path where some of my favorite lizards like to roam
Posted by: Dejah T. Baggins at August 29, 2011 09:40 PM (tydO9)
Posted by: GnuBreed
There's not much that is disgusting to me but that's getting close Gnu...
Posted by: beanervt at August 29, 2011 09:43 PM (KZLoo)
I'm behind the curve. I live in Chicago with a solid wood front door in a medium sized multi-floor building, that's all.
Posted by: viking at August 29, 2011 09:44 PM (OZymZ)
Posted by: Gushka goes blue at August 29, 2011 09:46 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 09:47 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 09:48 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: Gushka goes blue at August 29, 2011 09:49 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 09:49 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at August 29, 2011 09:51 PM (dbYHP)
She's dead.
All of her legs are all twisted and shrivelled.
Gonna sweep some of the powder around and hope to dilute it for teh lizards whilst discouraging other arachnids.
Posted by: Dejah T. Baggins at August 29, 2011 09:52 PM (tydO9)
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2011 09:57 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: Gushka
Gushka, you gotta get movies of those antics, I can envision her, but "mommy" (you), that water will hurt me....too funny..
I'm just back from 2 weeks off, from the world again.. it was wonderful until I found out we were having a hurricane/tropical storm.. I survived, my boat serviveds.. lifes still good..
Posted by: beanervt at August 29, 2011 09:57 PM (KZLoo)
ugh.
I wouldn't have known because I barely used Sten since I was already a Warrior and Leilani was a much better Rogue to have in the party than the homo elf.
Posted by: buzzion at August 30, 2011 12:04 AM (GULKT)
Heh. I don't like that elf, so I'll never get to hear that conversation. My group's usually a smash-em group - mostly warriors with a mage or rogue as backup. I have a warrior and a mage character. Not sure which one I've played more - been a while, as usual.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 09:58 PM (afWhQ)
Anyway, spiders are a bother. In marinas, on boats, all summer long. Frequent power-wash blasting with the hose is the best remedy.
Posted by: viking at August 29, 2011 10:02 PM (OZymZ)
Yes. Emu's even better if you can get it.
A nice warm Emo who thinks you're a sensitive guy is even better.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at August 29, 2011 10:05 PM (y1xZO)
If anyone has read the Kevin Schlicter article on top 10 apocalypse movies, there are a few clues that he is a moron. The good kind. For instance, he references honey badgers. Plus he is a big fan of The Road Warrior which makes him okay in my book regardless.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 29, 2011 10:06 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 30, 2011 02:06 AM (ENKCw)
dude said that Franco wasn't that bad of a guy
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2011 10:09 PM (M8yfa)
Hey hey hey... Weez take them all on that's for sure...and your right on Maet,, I've noticed a loosening of the journalistic "professionalism" in that one as well Gnu...
Posted by: beanervt at August 29, 2011 10:12 PM (KZLoo)
Maybe its an initiation thing. Yikes, did I write that . . out loud?
Posted by: viking at August 29, 2011 10:19 PM (OZymZ)
Posted by: Gushka
Gushka, you gotta get movies of those antics, I can envision her, but "mommy" (you), that water will hurt me....too funny..
I'm just back from 2 weeks off, from the world again.. it was wonderful until I found out we were having a hurricane/tropical storm.. I survived, my boat serviveds.. lifes still good..
Posted by: beanervt at August 30, 2011 01:57 AM (KZLoo)
glad youre good. i wondered what happened to you. was worried.
NC Ref took video of Ellie when he was out here.
Posted by: Gushka goes blue at August 29, 2011 10:21 PM (QNeKQ)
Maybe its an initiation thing. Yikes, did I write that . . out loud?
Posted by: viking at August 30, 2011 02:19 AM (OZymZ)
actually that's Roberts job
or mine
Posted by: Gushka goes blue at August 29, 2011 10:22 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: viking
It's more a timing thing, the west coasties are hitting the rack and it's pretty slow on tues morn to begin with....
Posted by: beanervt at August 29, 2011 10:24 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at August 29, 2011 10:25 PM (fjoLg)
When I take vacation it's like I said, from the world... I didn't know about the storm until the day before that's how on vacation I was... Thanks for thinking of me but like all your Marines I'm pretty good at surviving pretty much anything.
The boat had to face the brunt of the wind and waves for 12hrs but she's like a fishing bobber and took it like the honey badger boat she is... fuck you wind fuck you waves I'm staying right here.... I watched for an hour and decided she was fine.. the basement flooded/no hot water,, then the power went out for 8 - 10 hrs but we're all back to normal now.
Good that NCRef took some movies of ellie, I'm sorry I missed condolence's to him on his loss..
Posted by: beanervt at August 29, 2011 10:36 PM (KZLoo)
If you ad Robert are the gatekeepers, I say to you "Hello. I am nowhere near as worthy, in most respects, as those who post here. I am not military. I don't have military in my family. I am a daughter of immigrants from Estonia after WWII, first generation.
Maybe you will not have me, but I grew up listening to the stories my parents recited from first hand knowledge of the soviet 'central planners' and their "vision", much less their tactics.
If you want to know more about me I'm happy to reveal more privately. You have my email address. Ask anything you want.
Short of an interview I'm MORE than happy to walk through, don't level veiled threats of disapproval/banning at me . . . or go ahead and do it and disgrace yourself. Bitch.
Posted by: viking at August 29, 2011 10:45 PM (OZymZ)
Posted by: beanervt at August 30, 2011 02:36 AM (KZLoo)
yeah well the Old Man fought till the end and even scared the docs, but in the end, when the Man In Black calls your name you gotta answer. And i have never forgotten that.
SO FAR i have been successful in telling him "Not Today."
May you continue to be as successful as i've been.
Posted by: Gushka goes blue at August 29, 2011 10:49 PM (QNeKQ)
Heh. I don't like that elf, so I'll never get to hear that conversation. My group's usually a smash-em group - mostly warriors with a mage or rogue as backup. I have a warrior and a mage character. Not sure which one I've played more - been a while, as usual.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 30, 2011 01:58 AM (afWhQ)
I did start a Mage character recently and have played some with him, just set up camp for the first time. I wanted one because apparently you are related to the main character in Dragon Age 2 if you go human mage through Hawke's mother's family. My first playthrough was a warrior though and I went dual wielding blades with him too.
And I tended to take a more balanced group. I would always try to have a mage and rogue, for healing and lockpicking purposes. And my third slot would rotate, between a second mage for more spell damage or one of the other warriors. And so that meant I would have Alistair, the Mabari, Oghren, and the golem as options. All who I found a bit more interesting for either conversation or fights than Sten.
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 10:50 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Gushka goes blue at August 29, 2011 10:50 PM (QNeKQ)
Coming up fast: Glengarry Glen Ross Posted by: TexasJew at August 30, 2011 12:50 AM
Put the keyboard DOWN!
Quotes are for CLOSERS ONLY!
You think I'm fucking with you? I'm not ..
Posted by: Blake from Downtown at August 29, 2011 10:54 PM (Y+DPZ)
Gosh, appearing that I'm a thread-kill. How awful.
Maybe its an initiation thing. Yikes, did I write that . . out loud?
Posted by: viking at August 30, 2011 02:19 AM (OZymZ)
actually that's Roberts job
or mineAre you saying that was justa kinda joke? Aaagh, I slay myself. (Where did the Vikings go?) And I take back, "Bitch".
Posted by: viking at August 29, 2011 10:57 PM (OZymZ)
I can't take Sten and the Golem in the same group. Not talkative enough.
But yeah - the Mabari (I hate leaving him behind) usually comes along with Alistair (ugh... he's the love interest... weenie) and then it's Sten/Golem or mage/rogue. I always wish we could just throw them all in at once. Last time I played I tried to rotate everyone in and out just for variety. But I hate that elf and I dislike... Morrigan? And the archer gal somehow decided she has a crush on my character, so that's awkward. "Uh, honey... I don't swing that way," should be a conversation option.
I think my warrior's a dual wielder as well. My tactics tend to either work or get me killed.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 10:59 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: viking
Your plenty worthy to participate without being/having military ties.. It's more about a "like minded" group then who.. if you've survived "lurking" and are still here you probably belong here....Welcome viking.. and I admire the east euros for the shit they've had to endure..
Posted by: beanervt at August 29, 2011 11:00 PM (KZLoo)
ohhh man is she bad
Posted by: Billy Barty at August 29, 2011 11:06 PM (Tv6z3)
Gosh, appearing that I'm a thread-kill. How awful.
Maybe its an initiation thing. Yikes, did I write that . . out loud?
Posted by: viking at August 30, 2011 02:19 AM (OZymZ)
actually that's Roberts job
or mineAre you saying that was justa kinda joke? Aaagh, I slay myself. (Where did the Vikings go?) And I take back, "Bitch".
Posted by: viking at August 30, 2011 02:57 AM (OZymZ)
yeah that came off kind of as a non sequiteur .
i am often one of the latest commenters on the threads late at night. quite literally there are some nights we take turns asking "did i kill this thread or did you?"
usually it ends with posting another music link.
as far as Bitch, well i am sure my ex husband would tell you that its nothing but a statement of fact.
Posted by: Gushka goes blue at August 29, 2011 11:08 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at August 29, 2011 11:11 PM (fjoLg)
May you continue to be as successful as i've been.
Posted by: Gushka
Yep Gushka,, some times you just gotta let him know... it's the honey badger in us I suppose.. :^)
I figure I made it back from a war so it's all gravy now..You should have enough "gold stars" from all your helping animals to last you a long long time....
Posted by: beanervt at August 29, 2011 11:11 PM (KZLoo)
I'm getting a bit on the Drunky McDrunkerson, fyi.
Posted by: viking at August 29, 2011 11:12 PM (OZymZ)
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis
Hey Otis,,, it's well deserving and your work on it as well... beautiful house, and the animals ain't bad either....hehee
Nice your taking the time to document the restoration, that's got to be almost as much work as the actual work..
Posted by: beanervt at August 29, 2011 11:16 PM (KZLoo)
But yeah - the Mabari (I hate leaving him behind) usually comes along with Alistair (ugh... he's the love interest... weenie) and then it's Sten/Golem or mage/rogue. I always wish we could just throw them all in at once. Last time I played I tried to rotate everyone in and out just for variety. But I hate that elf and I dislike... Morrigan? And the archer gal somehow decided she has a crush on my character, so that's awkward. "Uh, honey... I don't swing that way," should be a conversation option.
I think my warrior's a dual wielder as well. My tactics tend to either work or get me killed
If it makes you feel better Zevran tries to get flirty with the male character pretty easy too. There are conversation options to put an end to that and keep the friendship aspects though. But yeah, unless you want to go lesbian as a character your romance option of Alistair and Zevran suck. And I like Morrigan, I romanced her for the first playthrough and she's probably the most "true love" sort of companion in the game, even though at first you can pretty much bang her at will. After "love" comes into play she does not want to anymore and you need to do some fast talking to convince her to stay with the group. I'll be romancing Leilani next time.
Honestly some of the best conversations involve Wynne and Morrigan or Morrigan and the Mabari.
And yeah as a dual wielder that's why I always want a mage with healing properties to help keep me up.
Posted by: buzzion at August 29, 2011 11:18 PM (GULKT)
May you continue to be as successful as i've been.
Posted by: Gushka
Yep Gushka,, some times you just gotta let him know... it's the honey badger in us I suppose.. :^)
I figure I made it back from a war so it's all gravy now..You should have enough "gold stars" from all your helping animals to last you a long long time....
Posted by: beanervt at August 30, 2011 03:11 AM (KZLoo)
i dunno. i think when its your time its time. I wont be able to keep him from the task no matter my kickin and screamin, or good works i have done, but i do think if im given extra time i better make the most of it, if i want to get more
Posted by: Gushka goes blue at August 29, 2011 11:18 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: viking at August 29, 2011 11:25 PM (OZymZ)
Posted by: viking at August 29, 2011 11:30 PM (OZymZ)
Honestly some of the best conversations involve Wynne and Morrigan or Morrigan and the Mabari.
And yeah as a dual wielder that's why I always want a mage with healing properties to help keep me up.
Posted by: buzzion at August 30, 2011 03:18 AM (GULKT)
Yeah, I just got Wynne to join up, so haven't heard a lot from her yet. I like Wynne. Agree on Morrigan and the Mabari.
I think I always choose Wynne over a rogue for the party for the heals.
Eugh. Zevran just creeps me out. Maybe it's his voice or his femme looks. Dunno.
What did MGDMT call it? A dating sim with some D&D thrown in? I'm paraphrasing here, but I's say it's rather accurate.
Alistair's even more weenie-ish if you imagine his voice actor as the character. Love Steve Valentine, but manly, he is not.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at August 29, 2011 11:31 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: viking at August 30, 2011 03:25 AM (OZymZ)
yeah i dont want to die, even though i am painfully ill. because Grim is coming home. if Grim died, and was never coming home again... even he gives it about 6 months.
I lost one marine over 20 years ago. I dont want to livein a world without this one. Grimmy was worried before he left that if we were together and he died it would groieve to death and tried to distance himself. i busted him on it and told him TOO LATE, the time to worry about that was 4 years ago.
hell, knowing me i would live on anyways.
the critters need me and i am very bad at saying no to duty
Posted by: Gushka goes blue at August 29, 2011 11:33 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: viking
Yep and the left has no problem with "state controlled" minds 'cause they've never lived in a "state controlled" country.. they should go try it before imposing it on the rest of us.... oh and drunky mcdrunkerson is cool here... it happens quite a bit..no points off for it either..
Posted by: beanervt at August 29, 2011 11:34 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: viking
Yep and the left has no problem with "state controlled" minds 'cause they've never lived in a "state controlled" country.. they should go try it before imposing it on the rest of us.... oh and drunky mcdrunkerson is cool here... it happens quite a bit..no points off for it either..
Posted by: beanervt at August 30, 2011 03:34 AM (KZLoo)
i always wondered why, if they thought it was so great, that they just dont go live somewhere more authoritarian.
i think they have a deep hatred of their home and want to destroy it and cause anguish to the majority who love it, just out of spite. like a child that smashes a coveted piece of china because they have been told it's something that belongs to sister and they had better not touch.
YOURE NOT THE BOSS OF ME! I'LL SHOW YOU!!!!!!
Posted by: Gushka goes blue at August 29, 2011 11:39 PM (QNeKQ)
Another day, another kidney stone.
Right side this time.
Jesus...well, being awake from the beginning this time I learned that apparently the pain can start in your testicles and work it's way back to the ureter. Wow, wonderful. On top of the pain caused by a fucking rock trying to worm its way through to my bladder, I also had the feeling of being kicked in the nuts. On the brightside, I got felt up! On the downside, it was by a guy. BOOOO!!!!!
To make matters worse, unlike last time, this thing isn't going to pass quickly.
Lousy night, lousy summer, lousy year.
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2011 11:44 PM (4q6A5)
They refuse to see the theory itself is grossly flawed.
Posted by: viking at August 29, 2011 11:47 PM (OZymZ)
Posted by: Gushka
I'm beginning to think it's a virus in their cranium that requires them to THINK their oh so much smarter then us vile persons hence the need to "control" the underlings with their tired already tried and failed idiotology...
they have to rewrite the constitution to "update" it meaning the founding fathers were to stupid to foresee the need for more gov control... ok
they have to demean their greatest threats with barrages of "being stupid" until all believe it
they selected (with enormous effort of the lame ass media) the most intelligent resident evah.... without providing why he is so intelligent..
Posted by: beanervt at August 29, 2011 11:57 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: viking at August 30, 2011 12:00 AM (OZymZ)
Yeah, I just got Wynne to join up, so haven't heard a lot from her yet. I like Wynne. Agree on Morrigan and the Mabari.
I think I always choose Wynne over a rogue for the party for the heals.
Yeah she's definitely got a mother-figure/wise elder characteristic about her.
And I'm still trying to figure out what I did to be called fathead.
Posted by: buzzion at August 30, 2011 12:02 AM (GULKT)
Posted by: viking at August 30, 2011 12:05 AM (OZymZ)
Okay, trying to catch up on the ONT but this Vicodin is making my head swim. Gonna lay down now.
Good night, all. Blessings and dream sweets!
And nekkid women.
Posted by: Robert at August 30, 2011 12:07 AM (4q6A5)
Posted by: viking at August 30, 2011 12:12 AM (OZymZ)
Posted by: buzzion at August 30, 2011 12:14 AM (GULKT)
On the brightside, I got felt up! On the downside, it was by a guy
Sorry to hear about your stones problem Robert,, that shit hurts like hell and back.. sometimes a shit sammich just isn't enough would be the most logical deduction for the "guy" .
Posted by: beanervt at August 30, 2011 12:16 AM (KZLoo)
You're very kind, but in truth the writing about it is what has been keeping me sane, and motivated to do a good job. Writing is actually much more in my line than is renovation; it's just that I can contribute more value right now with the latter.
and the animals ain't bad either....
Thanks! I figure that if a reader is bored by the text, they may enjoy a home-grown lolpet.
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at August 30, 2011 12:24 AM (fjoLg)
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Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis
Heh your right.. gives it the real home feel..
I imagine the writing about it gives you more perspective on the whole project, probably creating even work.. oh boy..
Posted by: beanervt at August 30, 2011 12:34 AM (KZLoo)
I'm so sorry I called you a fathead, . . . so far (reserving the right to call you and anyone else deserving of fatheaded name-calling (in futuro)) just because.
Posted by: viking at August 30, 2011 12:37 AM (OZymZ)
Posted by: buzzion at August 30, 2011 12:41 AM (GULKT)
By the way, this is the 3rd time tonight I understood I was wrong. That is a wild record, for me.
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