June 07, 2011
— Maetenloch Dear Sixteen-Year-Old Me
If you could write a letter to your 16-year-old self, what would you write?
Without veering into platitudes - "Be happy" - or the overly specific - "for Gods sake stay home the night of Oct. 14th, 1984".
Well that's what a group of celebrities did back in 2009 for a charity book.
Below is a small selection of the many letters featured in Dear Me, these six written by Jonathan Ross; Debbie Harry; Emma Thompson; Danny Wallace; Alan Carr; and Patsy Kensit.
Emma Thompson's letter is pretty good but I also like this cartoon letter by Jonathon Ross.
Wait you didn't think they were actually going to let you get a full slurp at the trough did you?
Policy experts have focused on alternative ways of eliminating Social Security's 75-year financing gap, but lost in the debate is the fact that even under current law Social Security will provide less retirement income relative to previous earnings than it does today. Combine the already legislated reductions with potential cuts to close the financing gap, and Social Security may no longer be the mainstay of the retirement system for many people.And just remember this is under current laws - future laws will only whittle it down further.In 2002, the frequently quoted replacement rate for the "medium earner" who earned about $42,000 in today's dollars and retired at age 65 was 41%; that is, Social Security benefits were equal to 41% of the individual's previous earnings. Under current law, three factors will reduce this replacement rate: 1) the extension of the full retirement age; 2) the increase in Medicare premiums; and 3) the taxation of Social Security benefits.
Comedian Jokes About Killing Sarah Palin
Well I actually liked Chris Titus before this - mostly based on a special of his a few years ago about his fucked-up family - so this was disappointing to hear. Of course he won't ever be called on his "joke" because it's always funny to talk about "killing" evil Republicans. [clown nose back on] Ha ha ha.
But whenever someone jokes about killing the president what they're actually saying is that they don't truly believe in democracy. Sure the President may have been elected by a majority of the American people in an election, but hey they know better. So vote for whomever you want but just remember that Chris gets the final veto.
The Great Comic Book Crash of 1993
Here's an interesting article by Jonathon Last that talks about what led to the comic book bubble and then crash in the early 90's. And what we can learn about the real estate crash from it. Even if you have no interest in comics, it's still a good read.
At the retail level, comic-book stores were popping up all across the country to meet a burgeoning demand. As a result, even comics of recent vintage saw giant price gains. A comic that sold initially for 60 cents could often fetch a 1,000 percent return on the investment just a few months later.Luckily for me most of my comic book "investments" were mid-60's hand-me-downs from my uncle which I enjoyed the hell out of.But 1992 was the height of the comic-book bubble. Within two years, the entire industry was in danger of going belly up. The business’s biggest player, Marvel, faced bankruptcy. Even the value of blue chips, like Action Comics #1 and Detective Comics #27, plunged. The resulting carnage devastated the lives of thousands of adolescent boys. I know. As a 12-year-old I had a collection worth around $5,000. By the time I was ready to sell my comic books to buy a car—such are the long-term financial plans of teenagers—they were worthless.
Ga + Al + H20 = Moar Fun
Gallium is a metal with a melting point of 85 degrees F which means it will melt in you hand. Now mix in some aluminum to create a liquid Ga-Al alloy and then add some water for some reactive entertainment.
Before and After D-Day: Color Photos From LIFE
Some nicely restored photos from before, during, and after the D-Day landing. Almost all of these were new to me.
Estonian Runaway Brides
Apparently this from a "runaway brides" parade in Narva, Estonia where marriageable women show off their stuff while competing in wedding gowns. The good news is that they're 23% less likely to break your heart than Russian brides.
Remembering STARLOG Magazine
Back in the dark pre-Star Wars days of the 70's sci-fi was not cool and barely catered to by mass media. But then Starlog magazine appeared.
Back in the mid-1970's, being a science fiction fan just was not cool. Prior to Star Wars, anyone admitting to liking science fiction – at least in the rural Maine schools I attended – was subject to ridicule and occasional physical abuse....I spotted a colorful painting of Kirk and Spock on the magazine shelf above the comics. Normally those shelves were off-limits to me, but certainly this particular magazine had to be okay – it was Star Trek.
Better – it was Starlog.
Cocktails for Your Zodiac Sign
Gemini (May 21 - June 20)Or you could just get whatever the hell you feel like drinking instead of basing it on the day you happened to be born on decades ago.
The talk is as important as the drink at the places Gemini frequents. No lonely dive bars for the Twin -- he or she needs social and mental stimulation. Add a cool, refreshing beverage like a white wine spritzer (wine and club soda over ice) or a melon martini and all will be well in Gemini's world. Summer wine tastings and drink sampler nights appeal to the Twin's curiosity as well. Just make sure he or she has a designated driver for the ride home.
The Yahoo AoSHQ group. You know the way.
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Posted by: fluffy, no longer a newt at June 07, 2011 05:47 PM (SwkdU)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at June 07, 2011 05:47 PM (l8yvX)
that sun sign cocktails is BS, not the stuff I like at all.
Well, I do like Sangrias but not because of the "produce" in it. More cause of the BOOZE in it.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 05:48 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 07, 2011 05:49 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 05:49 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at June 07, 2011 05:49 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at June 07, 2011 05:50 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 07, 2011 05:50 PM (HjxoE)
If you could write a letter to your 16-year-old self, what would you write?
Complete the time machine; disregard the advice to base it around the Back to the Future design.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 05:50 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at June 07, 2011 05:51 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: guy stuck with a lot of cardboard at June 07, 2011 05:51 PM (GfhFm)
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 09:48 PM (RZ8pf)
Cancer said locally produced stuff too. Screw that.
My favourite booze in Korea is Soju - I guess it's locally produced. 19% alcohol and $2.50 American for a beer bottle. My 30 year old heavy drinking female co-worker and I started quite an extensive bottle collection.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 07, 2011 05:52 PM (GKQDR)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 07, 2011 05:52 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 05:52 PM (c0A3e)
I'm so sorry Berserker. My prayers and good thoughts will continue to go out to all of your family.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 07, 2011 05:53 PM (GKQDR)
Awww, I'm boring. I just get beer as a Taurus. Though I do like Sam Adams.
And as for drinks with Dairy, well I am a fan of making my own White Russians.
Posted by: buzzion at June 07, 2011 05:53 PM (oVQFe)
I am going to share this link here because maybe you guys will find it funny, because I couldn't tell on the other thread if it was being implied I was being mean or something, but I wasn't. I just think it is funny that wholesome Lawrence Welk had two of his singers sing "One Toke Over the Line" because he thought it was a modern spiritual and didn't know what a toke was.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 05:54 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 07, 2011 05:54 PM (6neGz)
Posted by: Berserker at June 07, 2011 09:47 PM (FMbng)
sorry to hear that.......... cancer touches a nerve with me.
Posted by: Racefan at June 07, 2011 05:54 PM (sTorr)
These might have been on the ONT a while back.
Anyway, I had one for breakfast and it is almost too much.
Posted by: sTevo at June 07, 2011 05:55 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 07, 2011 05:55 PM (5I0Yr)
And as for drinks with Dairy, well I am a fan of making my own White Russians.
Posted by: buzzion at June 07, 2011 09:53 PM (oVQFe)
*fist bump*
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 07, 2011 05:55 PM (6neGz)
Posted by: jewells45 at June 07, 2011 05:56 PM (Z71Vg)
The battle of the bikinis: Miss USA 2011 contestants assemble in Las Vegas
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 05:56 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: conanthelibertarian at June 07, 2011 05:56 PM (R4UAB)
Oh, man, that is fucked up. I will keep your mom and you in my prayers, Berserker.
Posted by: Peaches at June 07, 2011 05:56 PM (afUO8)
If you could write a letter to your 16-year-old self, what would you write?
It's called horse tranquilizer for a reason ass hole, don't ingest it.
Posted by: Ben at June 07, 2011 05:56 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Gran at June 07, 2011 05:57 PM (kmmbv)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 07, 2011 05:57 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Insomniac at June 07, 2011 05:57 PM (Agcgs)
Posted by: jewells45 at June 07, 2011 05:58 PM (Z71Vg)
Posted by: buzzion at June 07, 2011 05:58 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Peaches at June 07, 2011 05:58 PM (afUO8)
Posted by: The Mega Indepedent at June 07, 2011 05:58 PM (5I0Yr)
Posted by: sTevo at June 07, 2011 05:59 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: Racefan at June 07, 2011 06:00 PM (sTorr)
You are wrong about just about everything. Sorry to break it to you like that, but it's true. When you're 45 you'll understand that everything you think now is a ridiculous fantasy that you've made up to make yourself feel good.
Also, don't worry about girls. You'll get some. It'll be awesome.
45 Year old me.
Posted by: Farmer Joe at June 07, 2011 06:01 PM (ZGhSU)
Berserker,
Damn ugly, painful business that. Been not many years since my wife's mom "not feeling right " just after the christmas holidays got the Dx. of Panc. Ca. with mets to the liver and lungs. Tried the chemo..said to hell with that and it was over in less than 6 weeks. Fine woman, 29 years a teacher in LAUSD middle-school in PACOIMA with all those fine upstanding Honor-roll "Winners!"
She was a F**KING SAINT!
I'll send a plea and a hope upstairs for your mom.
Posted by: Richard at June 07, 2011 06:01 PM (+qNON)
Posted by: The Mega Indepedent at June 07, 2011 06:01 PM (5I0Yr)
Posted by: The Mega Indepedent at June 07, 2011 10:01 PM (5I0Yr)
And also fruit companies.
Posted by: Mætenloch at June 07, 2011 06:02 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 06:02 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: steevy at June 07, 2011 06:02 PM (+01MZ)
Posted by: rabidfox at June 07, 2011 06:02 PM (fhug3)
Oh, speaking of which, did anyone here if Todler (?) got the job this morning?
Posted by: Peaches at June 07, 2011 06:03 PM (afUO8)
Posted by: Insomniac at June 07, 2011 06:03 PM (Agcgs)
Posted by: jewells45 at June 07, 2011 06:04 PM (Z71Vg)
Posted by: steevy at June 07, 2011 06:04 PM (+01MZ)
1) Invest in Amazon.
2) Don't talk to people with olive skin who venerate Princess Di.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 06:04 PM (c0A3e)
Forget the Dungeons and Dragons playing witch chick you had the hots for all year long. She hates you. She really does. Fucking accept it and move on.
And while I'm on that, don't date women. Period. They. Are. Not. WORTH. THE. FUCKING. TROUBLE. CAPISCE?
Oh, and tell Mommy to sell the house and invest the money in Microsoft. Trust me.
Posted by: The Man Between The Cans at June 07, 2011 06:06 PM (TCyyS)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 07, 2011 06:06 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: steevy at June 07, 2011 06:06 PM (+01MZ)
Posted by: Peaches at June 07, 2011 10:03 PM (afUO
my boss is out of town all week so work is good.........
Posted by: Racefan at June 07, 2011 06:06 PM (sTorr)
Posted by: Berserker at June 07, 2011 09:47 PM (FMbng)
I'm sorry to hear that, man. Godspeed to you and your ma.
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2011 06:07 PM (4q6A5)
Posted by: Breitbart Wins at June 07, 2011 06:07 PM (lT0LC)
Dear 16 year-old me:
Where do I start?
1. Clearasil does work
2. don't drink so much at that graduation party next year
Posted by: USS Diversity at June 07, 2011 06:07 PM (RPYjQ)
Posted by: Richard at June 07, 2011 06:07 PM (+qNON)
did the comics market ever reboud? i have a ton of spiderman comics from my youth
Posted by: Ben at June 07, 2011 10:04 PM (DKV43)
I don't think so. Especially if your "youth" qualifies as late 80's early 90's.
I think the action figure market suffered a similar fate, though never had as big of a bubble. Just so much product being pushed out and all the collectors buying up everything thinking it would be worth something but its not.
Posted by: buzzion at June 07, 2011 06:08 PM (oVQFe)
I remember my parents getting the comics and hoping they'd be worth something down the road. Which unfortunately didn't pan out since everyone else on the fucking a-hole planet had the same idea.
Posted by: The Man Between The Cans at June 07, 2011 06:08 PM (TCyyS)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 07, 2011 06:09 PM (cSkZ5)
did the comics market ever reboud? i have a ton of spiderman comics from my youth
Posted by: Ben at June 07, 2011 10:04 PM (DKV43)
not yet but hang on to them, they will...... same as cards...
Posted by: Racefan at June 07, 2011 06:09 PM (sTorr)
Dear 16 year old me, if a boy is willing to show up at a restaurant with a bow on his head because you ask him to as a favor, it's probably an indication that he really likes you.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 06:10 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at June 07, 2011 06:11 PM (dbYHP)
TitusNation Christopher Titus
@AlexMarlow Palin, wanted to "not retreat, reload" against a ton of people and put targets on the website. while holding a rifle. Hypocrite.
TitusNation Christopher Titus
Killing is wrong...unless you do it from a helicopter like Sarah Palin.
TitusNation Christopher Titus
By the way, not liberal or conservative, conscious. Palin quit Alaska. doesn't read and said Paul Revere warned the brits.President? Really?
TitusNation Christopher Titus
You keep people under educated and it's a lot easier to run them. My point again is... 900 billion on bombs, 90 billion on books. USA! USA!
TitusNation Christopher Titus
@ImRyanWarner Sorry scum like me want our guys home, safe, with thier loved ones. I bow to you oh great American lover of the body count.
TitusNation Christopher Titus
@ImRyanWarner But your uneducated reaction to what I said proves my point. Bush lied. Good men died. Needlessly.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 07, 2011 06:11 PM (EeYDk)
Actually, If I could tell my 16 year old self something.
I would say, "Something terrible is going to happen next year, you're going to have a gut reaction to join the military, please do so otherwise you'll miss the opportunity to fight in your generation's war"
Easily one of my biggest regrets
Posted by: Ben at June 07, 2011 06:11 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: t-bird at June 07, 2011 06:11 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: steevy at June 07, 2011 06:11 PM (+01MZ)
Note to 16 year old self
Don't believe them, by the time you're ready they'll be divorced and they won't be able to send you to college anyways.
Screw the SATs, learn a frigging trade.
Did I think that or type it?
Posted by: KZnextzone at June 07, 2011 06:11 PM (ZUWaD)
16 year old me: Okay. What does modicum mean? Is that like "a lot"?
Me: Yeah. It means "a lot". Now go away.
Posted by: The Mega Indepedent at June 07, 2011 06:12 PM (5I0Yr)
Debbie Harry wants to have my babies; I'm sure of it. When I went to her concert last year she looked in my direction once so it is just a matter of time.
Call me anytime!
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 07, 2011 06:12 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 06:13 PM (AZGON)
Yeah, your suspicions about Dad are correct. That's all I got. Have no idea how to deal with it.
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 07, 2011 06:13 PM (6neGz)
1) Buy gold at $32 an oz
2) Sell half the gold and buy Microsoft when it goes public
3) Dump the girl you meet in college, and by all means do NOT marry her
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 07, 2011 06:13 PM (cSkZ5)
Yeah, it was essentially a small book. I don't think i got the one with the armband. i remember reading it. it was enjoyable.
Posted by: Ben at June 07, 2011 06:13 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: The Mega Indepedent at June 07, 2011 06:13 PM (5I0Yr)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 07, 2011 06:13 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 06:13 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Ben at June 07, 2011 10:04 PM (DKV43)
There are a few few very few modern comics worth quite a bit (Ultimate Spider-Man #1, for instance) but...no. Not at all. Indeed, the comics business, like the print industry in general, has been in a downward spiral for many many years now.
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2011 06:13 PM (4q6A5)
Them underwear got laundry numbers on them. You remember your number and always wear the ones that has your number. Any man forgets his number and says “I lost my Weiner cover” spends a night in the ONT box.
There's no playing grab-ass or mentioninÂ’ the Weiner in the building. You got a grudge against another man for beatinÂ’ you to a Weiner joke, you fight him Saturday afternoon. Any man playing grab-ass or mentioninÂ’ the Weiner in the building spends a night in the ONT box.
First bell's at five minutes of eight when you will get in your bunk without mentionÂ’ Weiner. Last bell is at eight. Any man not in his bunk at eight or makes a Weiner joke spends the night in the ONT box.
There is no smoking in the prone position in bed. To smoke you must have both legs over the side of your bunk. Any man caught smoking in the prone position posinÂ’ for a BlackBerry photo in bed with or without cats in the background... spends a night in the ONT box.
No one'll sit in the bunks with dirty pants on. Any man with dirty pants on sittin’ on the bunks and says he’s got “a dirty Weiner” spends a night in the ONT box.
Any man loud talkinÂ’ Weiner jokes spends a night in the ONT box.
You got questions, you come to me. I'm Carr, the floor walker. I'm responsible for order in here. Any man don't keep order spends a night in the ONT box.
Posted by: carr, the weiner floor walker at June 07, 2011 06:14 PM (DUOUR)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at June 07, 2011 06:14 PM (2wfuC)
When you meet a brunette named Gretchen with amazing blue eyes, run for your life.
Posted by: SurferDoc at June 07, 2011 06:15 PM (STdkO)
I know you said not "overly specific," but: when that cute girl keeps looking at you over her shoulder every week, ask her out instead of moving to the other side of the country and never seeing her again.
Posted by: MuppetFart at June 07, 2011 06:15 PM (5vS4v)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 07, 2011 06:15 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 06:15 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: RushBabe at June 07, 2011 06:15 PM (Ew27I)
Also I would tell myself to keep a diary I have had one since 2002 and it comes in handy!
Posted by: jewells45 at June 07, 2011 06:16 PM (Z71Vg)
N. Korea test launched short-range missile near Yellow Sea last week
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 06:16 PM (c0A3e)
You keep people under educated and it's a lot easier to run them. My point again is... 900 billion on bombs, 90 billion on books. USA! USA!
Yes, keeping people undereducated enables no talent douchebags like Titus to make lots of money. USA! USA!
Posted by: kbdabear at June 07, 2011 06:16 PM (vdfwz)
Don't chase that crazy chick back to Australia. Instead, I have the name and number of this chick in Alaska. Just go straight to the goods. You won't be as jaded and will treat her better.
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 07, 2011 06:16 PM (6neGz)
Dear 16-year-old self,
You're fucked. Take this year to get used to the idea. It's all downhill from here on out.
Me.
Yeah. It would have been nice to know.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 06:16 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 06:16 PM (AZGON)
I wouldn't change my marriage because then I wouldn't have my son. Not really a lot major I'd change in my life before 2001 because I've gamed out alternate outcomes to most decisions. But, there are definitely some pretty major things I'd do differently since 2001.
Makes me wonder if in 20 years I'll look back at these things and go "naw, wouldn't change those either." But, I doubt it. Man, I made some really fucked up decisions in the last 10 years.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 06:16 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 07, 2011 06:16 PM (sB3/i)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at June 07, 2011 06:17 PM (dbYHP)
Math is not this fuckwit's strong suit.
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 07, 2011 06:18 PM (l5lUf)
Posted by: steevy at June 07, 2011 06:18 PM (+01MZ)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 06:19 PM (AZGON)
That's exactly why i didn't like him, he based his whole act on his fucked up family. I can laugh at jokes about a comedians family doing stupid things, but not at a family that's truly a pile of fucked up shit, he needs to save that crap for his therapist and quit trying to make a career out of it, it's depressing not funny.
Posted by: booger at June 07, 2011 06:19 PM (9RFH1)
Unless we're counting graphic novel collections. Fables reads better in that format.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 06:19 PM (afWhQ)
So it's the government's job to buy everyone books?
I did not know that. </carson>
Posted by: Mætenloch at June 07, 2011 06:19 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Barry O at June 07, 2011 06:19 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: steevy at June 07, 2011 06:20 PM (+01MZ)
Posted by: USS Diversity at June 07, 2011 06:20 PM (RPYjQ)
Posted by: jewells45 at June 07, 2011 06:20 PM (Z71Vg)
Don't change a thing. You're a Democrat. No consequences.
Be reeelz, bro.
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at June 07, 2011 06:21 PM (6neGz)
Posted by: mpfs at June 07, 2011 06:21 PM (wwjxz)
"So it's the government's job to buy everyone books."
You jest, but I'm just waiting for the day they end up jailing parents for not reading to their kids.
Posted by: ChuckOH at June 07, 2011 06:21 PM (cDD9N)
I have no firm recollection of what exactly was in my collection but all were used (read). I was a Marvel fan. I never bought any more.
Fucking thieves.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 07, 2011 06:22 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 06:22 PM (AZGON)
Also, did the birthday Rum ever show up?
Posted by: Peaches at June 07, 2011 06:22 PM (afUO8)
My point again is... 900 billion on bombs, 90 billion on books.
So it's the government's job to buy everyone books?
I did not know that. </carson>
not only that, if the kids can't read then what good are the books. To further that point, when is the last time you read one of your kids books.
I was cleaning out my old room at my parents house and read my old highschool history books and man are they ridiculously partisan.
Didn't Titus's entire family commit suicide or something? Isn't that his schtick?
Posted by: Ben at June 07, 2011 06:22 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: dagny at June 07, 2011 06:23 PM (u8cj+)
Oh shit, I've had a really bad week so far.
Posted by: Charles Comic Book Johnson at June 07, 2011 06:23 PM (vdfwz)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at June 07, 2011 10:17 PM (dbYHP)
Yeppers. People forgot about the simple rule of supply & demand.
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2011 06:23 PM (4q6A5)
That is a salient point. If you could go back an undo all the major mistakes you've done, would you really be better off? Odds are just as likely that you might end up even worse off because you might make even bigger mistakes.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 06:23 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 10:16 PM (RZ8pf)
Not much I'd change either. I'm afraid if I told my 16y.o. self "take extra good care of him, you won't have him as long as you think" I wouldn't, at that age, have had the courage even to begin.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 06:23 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: steevy at June 07, 2011 06:24 PM (+01MZ)
Put on this wig and bend over you cutie. Although you are a little old for me.
Posted by: Roman Polanski at June 07, 2011 06:24 PM (5I0Yr)
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 07, 2011 06:24 PM (sB3/i)
Posted by: Racefan at June 07, 2011 06:24 PM (sTorr)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 07, 2011 06:24 PM (HjxoE)
If you could go back an undo all the major mistakes you've done, would you really be better off?
I can think of one that was a life changer and yeah, if I could I would change it. But, it is what it is. I was young and dumb.
Posted by: jewells45 at June 07, 2011 06:25 PM (Z71Vg)
You keep people under educated and it's a lot easier to run them. My point again is... 900 billion on bombs, 90 billion on books. USA! USA!
Shhhh, OUR warmonger is in charge now. It's 900 billion for Kinetic Actions
Posted by: Bill Maher, fellow hilarious douchebag at June 07, 2011 06:26 PM (vdfwz)
Posted by: steevy at June 07, 2011 06:26 PM (+01MZ)
Yeah, where is Rum? Has anyone confirmed she made it out of DL last night? Or is she in Disney jail?
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 06:26 PM (RZ8pf)
If you could go back an undo all the major mistakes you've done, would you really be better off?
no no, don't call the police, it's really just like masturbation when you think about it.
Posted by: Ben at June 07, 2011 06:26 PM (DKV43)
On a sad note, my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer last weekend. They found it when her back started hurting bad, because it spread to her spine and brain. I'm hoping for a miracle, but I saw this movie before. Its been unreal.
Posted by: Berserker at June 07, 2011 09:47 PM (FMbng)
FUCK CANCER!
Posted by: Unclefacts Luxury-Yacht at June 07, 2011 06:26 PM (6IReR)
Actually, yeah.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 06:26 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Donna V. at June 07, 2011 06:26 PM (XntVG)
Posted by: buzzion at June 07, 2011 06:26 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 06:27 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at June 07, 2011 10:17 PM (dbYHP)
My take on anything theoretically collectable is that I'm doing my bit to make everyone else's more valuable.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 06:27 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 10:16 PM (c0A3e)
Is there a compelling reason why we haven't rendered that little scrote carbon-neutral yet? Why can't the irl CIA be more like they are in the books I so love?
And, yeah, the letter to the 16-year-old Peaches? I wouldn't change a thing. Except I would have bought Apple on the IPO. That was a huge faux-pas, but I am hardly alone.
Posted by: Peaches at June 07, 2011 06:28 PM (afUO8)
Posted by: steevy at June 07, 2011 06:28 PM (+01MZ)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 10:23 PM (c0A3e)
So then you would have to go back in time sometime in the future to tell your current self not to say anything to your 16 year old self about your past mistakes. But would that also be a mistake?
Hmm... deep.
Posted by: The Mega Indepedent at June 07, 2011 06:28 PM (5I0Yr)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at June 07, 2011 06:29 PM (dbYHP)
Oh, and a note to 16 year old me...
Dude, you should have boinked her friend.
Posted by: Berserker at June 07, 2011 06:29 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: steevy at June 07, 2011 06:29 PM (+01MZ)
This is a pretty big one for a so-called "psychic" to make (I'm leaning towards "outright hoax" myself:
Psychic's mass grave tip apparently false
Authorities were looking for evidence of human remains at a residential property near the Liberty County town of Hardin on Tuesday night after the sheriffÂ’s office received a phone tip from a self-professed psychic that 25 to 30 dismembered bodies were buried there.
A preliminary search by law enforcement officers found evidence of what they believed was blood but no sign of anything else, leading them to suggest the call may have been a hoax.
Posted by: Barrack Obama at June 07, 2011 06:29 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Leonard McCoy reboot version at June 07, 2011 06:29 PM (AZGON)
If you could go back an undo all the major mistakes you've done, would you really be better off?
I would have told myself, among other things i've listed, not to watch the movie American Beauty despite all the rave reviews, you will never get those 2 hours of your life back.
Posted by: Ben at June 07, 2011 06:29 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: J. Howard Marshall at June 07, 2011 06:30 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 06:30 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Pixy at June 07, 2011 06:30 PM (5I0Yr)
Yeah, where is Rum? Has anyone confirmed she made it out of DL last night? Or is she in Disney jail?
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 10:26 PM (RZ8pf)
i'm sure around here we can round up her bail.............
Posted by: Racefan at June 07, 2011 06:30 PM (sTorr)
Posted by: Chris Titus at June 07, 2011 06:31 PM (AZGON)
Time travel makes my brain all hurty.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 06:31 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: The Great Satan's Ghost at June 07, 2011 06:31 PM (UrPTC)
118,
Caught that before I stepped away from the desk. Look, it would be so very nice if "Regrets" could be kept at the point of realization of the mistake and forever buried " there with the inner promise not to go that way again. What sucks for most of us with a "conscious" is that these past mistakes have a nasty habit of just "popping" back into our thoughts without invite usually when we are under stress from some other vector. Maybe these past issues are never completely put away but serve us to keep from EVER taking that road again. Just a thought before I go out to the orange tree.
Posted by: Richard at June 07, 2011 06:31 PM (+qNON)
Drink less. You made some really stoooooopid decisions under the influence.
Don't listen to the feminazis.
Posted by: someone at June 07, 2011 06:32 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 10:19 PM (afWhQ)
I collected Excalibur for awhile but got fed up with all the cross-over adventures pretty quick. Even as a teenager I resented the need to buy other titles in order to know what was happening in my chosen title.
Sort of on topic. Anyone else think that a complete universe reboot makes it look like DC is seriously desperate?
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 06:32 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: Lucifer at June 07, 2011 06:32 PM (AZGON)
Dear 16-year-old self,
You're fucked. Take this year to get used to the idea. It's all downhill from here on out.
Me.
Yeah. It would have been nice to know.
I am so there with you.
Mine would be something like this:
Dear 16 year old self:
If I tell you what's going to happen, you either not believe me, or fall into a depression from which you will never recover.
So keep listening to those Doors song, they will help.
Kind of.
Me.
Posted by: shibumi at June 07, 2011 06:32 PM (eeGvE)
Sort of on topic. Anyone else think that a complete universe reboot makes it look like DC is seriously desperate?
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 10:32 PM (Acdhq)
Yes. It's also bullshit.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 06:32 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 06:32 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 10:30 PM (afWhQ)
Jon Edward. No S. Though both have at different times claimed to be channeling dead people. Edward is also the biggest douche in the universe.
Posted by: buzzion at June 07, 2011 06:33 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: River Phoenix at June 07, 2011 06:33 PM (DKV43)
Thoughts and prayers to PattyAnn's family as well.
Posted by: jcjimi at June 07, 2011 06:33 PM (FGyRu)
There was a great SP episode about John Edwards:
The Biggest Douche In the Universe.
/The two John Edwards should have shared the prize,
. Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 06:33 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: steevy at June 07, 2011 06:34 PM (+01MZ)
Posted by: moki at June 07, 2011 06:34 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Randall Hoven at June 07, 2011 06:34 PM (AI5dd)
Jon Edward. No S. Though both have at different times claimed to be channeling dead people. Edward is also the biggest douche in the universe.
Posted by: buzzion at June 07, 2011 10:33 PM (oVQFe)
Oh, yeah. Him too. 
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 06:34 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 10:30 PM (afWhQ)
But But, I talk about this psychic forum site I go to all the time and they have been talking about praying for something bad happening soon. They're praying for a tragedy! They must know something!
Posted by: incurious at June 07, 2011 06:34 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at June 07, 2011 06:34 PM (AZGON)
I am so sorry, Berserker. Your mom will be in my prayers.
I went through something similar with my mom over 18 years ago. Feels like yesterday. The only advice I have is to spend as much time with her as you can. Don't let the endless doctor appointments, bill paying, errands, chores, planning, and the demands of others rob you of every chance you have to enjoy her. God bless you both.
Posted by: Y-not at June 07, 2011 06:35 PM (pW2o8)
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 10:32 PM (Acdhq)
Excalibur was the shit! I got a letter published in that book once.
I'm thinking what I would say to my 16 year old self...hmmm...
Dear 16 year old self. Lighten the fuck up! And if your friends ask you to toke up with them, say YES!
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2011 06:35 PM (4q6A5)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 07, 2011 06:35 PM (DUOUR)
Posted by: Lucifer at June 07, 2011 10:32 PM (AZGON)
wtf............. no you tell us.
Posted by: Racefan at June 07, 2011 06:35 PM (sTorr)
Try to be more spontaneous and stop obsessing about grades. One day you'll discover that being a perfectionist isn't all it's cracked-up to be.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at June 07, 2011 06:35 PM (2wfuC)
*to 16 year old self*
Drinking and driving is bad. It might get someone killed. Remember to never do it, it could absolutely ruin your life!
Posted by: Teddy Kennedy at June 07, 2011 06:35 PM (dCQqG)
Dammit, moki, your story about your mom actually gave me goose bumps. Wow.
Posted by: Peaches at June 07, 2011 06:36 PM (afUO8)
Fuck computer science. Learn a trade that cannot be outsourced and master it. Oh, and as for every instinct you have? Do the opposite.
Posted by: Herr Blücher at June 07, 2011 06:36 PM (cG1Pp)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at June 07, 2011 06:36 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: Jame T Kirk reboot version at June 07, 2011 10:27 PM
Ditto for the Olds
Posted by: Ted Kennedy at June 07, 2011 06:36 PM (vdfwz)
Hold off on making your "action film with an environmental message" for a few years. Oh, and take some acting lessons.
Posted by: Steven Seagal at June 07, 2011 06:36 PM (c0A3e)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid broke the silence.
"I wish there were some way that I can defend him, but I can't," the Nevada Democrat told reporters. Asked what he would do if Weiner called for advice, he replied he would tell him "call somebody else."
OUCH.Most Democrats maintained an uncomfortable silence about Weiner's future, part of what several senior congressional officials described as a hope that over a few days, Weiner would reconsider his refusal to resign. If not, several noted pointedly, his district might be eliminated when lines are adjusted before the 2012 elections to account for a population shift that will cost New York two House seats.
Double-OUCH.
Posted by: looking closely at June 07, 2011 06:36 PM (KNy97)
Note to 16 year old self:
Buy stocks in Dec 1, 1988 after crash - sell off stocks in January 1, 2001.
Buy stocks in Oct 1 2002 after crash - sell off stocks in October 1, 2007
Buy as many houses as you can in 1990 and sell all of them in 2005.
Move to Chile and enjoy being rich.
Oh - and follow your gut, don't marry her, pick another, trust me, it's better that way.
Posted by: dscott at June 07, 2011 06:37 PM (NGe7F)
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at June 07, 2011 06:37 PM (AZGON)
Dear 16 year old me,
Just build the bomb for the Libyans, it's not as big a pain in the ass as what happens if you don't
Posted by: Doctor Emit Brown at June 07, 2011 06:37 PM (DKV43)
Lay off the cheeseburgers and donuts. Even rich guys can't get laid if they're 450 lb slobs
Posted by: Michael Moore at June 07, 2011 06:38 PM (vdfwz)
Write what? That I've made the wrong choices in my life? Turned left when I should have turned right? I know what my weaknesses are; I don't need these celebrity con men to take me on a tour of them.
Damn it Maet, you're a blogger. You know that pain and guilt can't be taken away with the wave of a magic wand. They're the things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are! If we lose them, we lose OURSELVES! I don't WANT my pain taken away; I NEED my pain!
Posted by: Captain James T. Kirk at June 07, 2011 06:38 PM (KxADM)
Posted by: Rip Taylor at June 07, 2011 06:38 PM (5I0Yr)
Hey Moki,
I ordered a ebelskiver pan and recipe book today. My neighbor wants me to show her how they work once I get the hang of it.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 06:38 PM (Acdhq)
Go into politics. The pay is outstanding and you don't have to do anything.
You can hit all the nice interns and party all you want on the public dime.
Just one thing: What ever new technology that may come along, do not ever snap a pic of your junk. just don't do it.
Posted by: sTevo at June 07, 2011 06:39 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: looking closely at June 07, 2011 10:36 PM (KNy97)
They want him gone so Republicans can't use him in a manner like they used Mark Foley.
Posted by: buzzion at June 07, 2011 06:39 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Monica Lewinsky at June 07, 2011 06:39 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: CAC at June 07, 2011 06:39 PM (lap0q)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 07, 2011 06:40 PM (NtTkA)
Posted by: CAC at June 07, 2011 06:40 PM (lap0q)
Posted by: carr, the weiner floor walker at June 07, 2011 06:40 PM (DUOUR)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 06:40 PM (AZGON)
Democrats turn on their own in half a second the moment it becomes beneficial. They are jackals.
Posted by: The Mega Indepedent at June 07, 2011 06:41 PM (5I0Yr)
Dear 16 year old me:
Put a few more strongly worded qualifiers in the Constitution. Maybe capitalize the "no" in "Congress shall make NO law".
Also: that growth spurt you hoped for? Totally won't happen.
Posted by: James Madison at June 07, 2011 06:41 PM (cDD9N)
Posted by: moki at June 07, 2011 06:41 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 06:41 PM (AZGON)
So screw it. Just print out some advanced 21st-Century Pick-Up-Artist techniques, tuck in some stock price data and a friendly warning about AIDS, and pop it in the time mail.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 07, 2011 06:41 PM (sB3/i)
Dear sixteen year old me,
remind those guys before the show to wear nice collared shirts. also, just in case they don't, pick up a hammer at the hardware store
Posted by: Paul Anka at June 07, 2011 06:41 PM (DKV43)
Dear Me,
Try not to do anything to make the scandi you married kick you out of the house until after the kids have left for college.
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 06:42 PM (MtwBb)
*to 16 year old self*
Enjoy you're looks while you can.
They won't last forever... no matter what the doctors say, or how very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very very, very hard they try.
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at June 07, 2011 06:42 PM (dCQqG)
Posted by: booger at June 07, 2011 06:42 PM (9RFH1)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 07, 2011 10:40 PM (NtTkA)
And if you're on a high fiber diet, farts are never to be trusted. Ever.
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2011 06:43 PM (4q6A5)
Posted by: CAC at June 07, 2011 06:43 PM (lap0q)
Move to Florida and get a job at on of the resorts that caters to college kids. They will invent this thing called spring break.
Posted by: sTevo at June 07, 2011 06:43 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: moki at June 07, 2011 06:43 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Ronster at June 07, 2011 06:43 PM (ZgcMU)
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 06:44 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: Vincent Van Gogh at June 07, 2011 06:44 PM (5I0Yr)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at June 07, 2011 06:44 PM (dCQqG)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at June 07, 2011 10:36 PM (dbYHP)
Certs is a breath mint...
Posted by: TexasJew at June 07, 2011 06:44 PM (Ha1Xm)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 07, 2011 06:45 PM (KxADM)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 06:45 PM (AZGON)
Look up David Jaffe and invest in any game he's working on. Remember "Kratos".
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 06:46 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: CAC at June 07, 2011 06:46 PM (lap0q)
Dear 16 year old me:
While we're still on the issue of the Constitution, I'll save you some trouble and suggest putting this Twelfth Amendment in right at the start.
Posted by: James Madison at June 07, 2011 06:47 PM (cDD9N)
Christina Hendricks covers up her curves in a turtleneck and high-waisted trousers
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 06:47 PM (c0A3e)
It's not? .
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 10:38 PM (c0A3e)
A minor irritation with me because I worked for a guy once who claimed to be a perfectionist.
He was also the most depressed, dreary individual I ever met.
Point is, it's impossible to be perfect in an imperfect world.
Posted by: ErikW at June 07, 2011 06:47 PM (C07mQ)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at June 07, 2011 06:47 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: moki at June 07, 2011 10:41 PM (dZmFh)
dang man, my mom and dad were married for 48 years also when he died of cancer....... his last real wish was for him to live until they made 50....... after 50 he was like the Honey Badger, he didnt give a shit..... came up 2 years short.
Posted by: Racefan at June 07, 2011 06:48 PM (sTorr)
Dear 16 year old me,
make sure to always have someone in the room with you, or at least learn how to tie knots that are easy to release
Posted by: David Carradine at June 07, 2011 06:48 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: moki at June 07, 2011 10:41 PM (dZmFh)
Wow, and I thought the first part was awesome. It sounds like you come from some pretty special people.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 06:48 PM (Acdhq)
Congratulations on being accepted to college. Now, remember that plan about learning accounting so that you don't end up code-slaving away maintaining someone else's buggy applications? -- if you become an accountant, you'll be slaving away maintaining someone else's buggy financial records....but unlike a compiler, they'll whinge and deny there's a problem every time you try to fix something.
Try something else, like biochemistry or something.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 07, 2011 06:48 PM (kaalw)
You are mortal, you can fail after winning all sorts of Oscars for one movie
Posted by: Kevin Costner at June 07, 2011 06:49 PM (vdfwz)
Posted by: Garo Yepremian at June 07, 2011 06:49 PM (FcR7P)
Oh. And write a letter to your future great-grandson to stay armed and keep an eye out for assholes behind him after he makes a moving picture about the Moslems.
Posted by: Theo Van Gogh at June 07, 2011 06:49 PM (DUOUR)
Posted by: CAC at June 07, 2011 06:49 PM (lap0q)
Posted by: John F. Kennedy at June 07, 2011 06:49 PM (KxADM)
Posted by: PRESIDENT Barack Hussein Obama at June 07, 2011 06:50 PM (sB3/i)
Just hit a deer on the way home. Hit the hind quarter and the hoofs pointed to the sky. I'm surprised the passenger's side air bag didn't deploy.
Only two weeks ago I hit a tree that had fallen down across the road 30 seconds before I got there. Creased the hood but nothing more than cosmetic damages.
Too dark (and tired) right now to fully evaluate today's' damage. The hood still opens and closes and the only thing immediately apparent is the front corner of the driver's side hood looks a bit higher than after I hit the tree. No smell of radiator fluid or apparent loss of other fluids and the lights still work.
The deer is doomed to limp off and die.
I was driving an old Ford Escort wagon beater so I won't be paying to have it fixed up.
The one good thing about those shitty little cars is their wedge (aerodynamic) shape tends to launch things like deer over them instead of absorbing full impact like the cars from the 70's with a flat grille. A great feature unless it launches the deer into your windshield.
Anyway, tonight was NOT boring to me.
Think I'll hop off the water wagon for a shot and a beer or two.
Posted by: Ed Anger at June 07, 2011 06:50 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: tmitsss at June 07, 2011 06:51 PM (BkCyz)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at June 07, 2011 06:51 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: polynikes-EX Romney supporter at June 07, 2011 06:52 PM (1QAha)
Posted by: CAC at June 07, 2011 06:52 PM (lap0q)
Posted by: moki at June 07, 2011 06:53 PM (dZmFh)
You already know how to throw a football. Growing some balls would be a good idea
Posted by: Jay Cutler at June 07, 2011 06:54 PM (vdfwz)
Dear 16 year old me:
Don't run for president. You could get shot and they still wouldn't remember you.
Posted by: James A. Garfield at June 07, 2011 06:54 PM (cDD9N)
Note to 16 year old me:
Dude you gotta so get someone to read this to you.
Bad News Kennels is a bad idea. When yo biscuit sopping the Gravyo keep sopping.
You never read it did you Asshole?
Posted by: Michael Vick at June 07, 2011 06:55 PM (ZUWaD)
Stop reading, stop eating, stop thinking. Spend every waking moment on diet, clothes, hair, and makeup.
Nothing good will happen if you keep doing math instead of manicures. NOTHING.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 07, 2011 06:55 PM (0vDuM)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 07, 2011 06:55 PM (SB0V2)
Posted by: Tommy DeVito at June 07, 2011 06:56 PM (5I0Yr)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 07, 2011 06:56 PM (SB0V2)
Posted by: Donna V. at June 07, 2011 06:57 PM (XntVG)
Posted by: moki at June 07, 2011 10:53 PM (dZmFh)
Thanks Moki for both the advice and prayer chain. It's great to have experienced people who can be coaches for this.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 06:57 PM (Acdhq)
Trying to trap her now, but we haven't seen her outside at all. Hope she's sticking around and goes inside one of these contraptions.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 06:57 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Bernadette Peters, Rosanna Arquette, and too many other actresses to name here at June 07, 2011 06:58 PM (dbYHP)
Remember young lad, sometimes a piece of paper is nothing but rubbish
Posted by: Neville Chamberlain at June 07, 2011 06:59 PM (vdfwz)
Posted by: Zombie Ray Charles at June 07, 2011 07:00 PM (+mhhR)
dear 16 year old me,
yeah, you should just do it, and remember to cut vertically, not horizontally.
Posted by: Joseph Cannon at June 07, 2011 07:00 PM (DKV43)
Dear 16 year old me:
Saw this is in a movie: "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
Posted by: Edward Kennedy at June 07, 2011 07:00 PM (cDD9N)
Also, I will tell my doctor friends to get their ass in gear on that cancer thing, now that they cured AIDS.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 07:01 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 07:01 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Bernadette Peters, Rosanna Arquette, and too many other actresses to name here at June 07, 2011 10:58 PM (dbYHP)
Aint that the truth. I've always found it interesting that the "Queen of Sex" has been dead for 30+ years while the "King of Sex" may be mouldering but is still pushing the air in and out.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 07:01 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: moki at June 07, 2011 07:01 PM (dZmFh)
Dear 44-year-old me:
Thanks for the stock tips and the advice on getting chicks! Now that I'm a wealthy asshole I'm going to get into politics so I can lecture people on how to behave.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 07, 2011 07:01 PM (sB3/i)
Posted by: Donna V. at June 07, 2011 07:01 PM (XntVG)
Re the repulsive Christopher Titus (Louis C.K. is a nasty piece of work, too, re Palin), it'll be interesting to see her get the last laugh. Here's a snippet from the review of the Palin film, Undefeated, from Salon:
"The Undefeated" was tested before focus groups of liberals who, according to the filmmaker, almost uniformly came away with a greater appreciation of Palin. This was especially true of women. Two different people told me that a liberal producer at a major television network (it was not Fox News) left the movie in tears after "realizing" how badly Palin had been treated by the media.
Later, 'rons.
Posted by: RushBabe at June 07, 2011 07:02 PM (Ew27I)
Because darn it the blood blisters still hurt. A lot.
Ouch, that sounds painful just reading it.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 07:03 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: moki at June 07, 2011 11:01 PM (dZmFh)
Thanks.
She never really liked us anyway... still hope she comes back, even if it's unwillingly.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 07:03 PM (afWhQ)
Alaska is quiet and very beautiful. Probably best to just stick around here.
Posted by: Sarah Palin at June 07, 2011 07:03 PM (dCQqG)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 07, 2011 11:01 PM (LJVX0)
Is the intestinally challenged waitress there?
Posted by: RushBabe at June 07, 2011 07:04 PM (Ew27I)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 11:03 PM (afWhQ)
Probably a stupid question but do you have any treats she really likes?
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 07:05 PM (Acdhq)
Hi from ncref and me at applebees
That sounds dangerous. We gonna have to raise bail money for you two?
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 07:05 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Hugh G. Rection at June 07, 2011 07:06 PM (+mhhR)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at June 07, 2011 07:07 PM (dbYHP)
Dear 16 year old self,
It'll be ok if you try a little weed. Just make sure you "don't inhale". Got it?
Posted by: Bubba Clinton at June 07, 2011 07:07 PM (dCQqG)
Probably a stupid question but do you have any treats she really likes?
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 11:05 PM (Acdhq)
We've put up three traps with tuna fish inside. 
She's a semi-feral, so we can't do a treat-shake, either. it's the traps or nothing, unfortunately. Probably out there laughing at us...
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 07:07 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 07, 2011 07:08 PM (nyKxa)
Posted by: Racefan at June 07, 2011 07:08 PM (sTorr)
Posted by: Michael Jackson at June 07, 2011 07:08 PM (dbYHP)
We've put up three traps with tuna fish inside.
She's a semi-feral, so we can't do a treat-shake, either. it's the traps or nothing, unfortunately. Probably out there laughing at us...
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 11:07 PM (afWhQ)
Hope you enjoy your new raccoon. Careful taking him out of the cage.
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 07:09 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 11:07 PM (afWhQ)
Well if tuna won't do it I don't suppose much will. Our cat's very non-feral so the treat-shake has worked wonders the few times he's succumbed to the call of fresh air and birdsong.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 07:10 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: mpfs at June 07, 2011 07:10 PM (wwjxz)
Posted by: moki at June 07, 2011 07:11 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at June 07, 2011 07:11 PM (dbYHP)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 11:07 PM
Tomorrow you'll have miss kitty back and be the proud new owner of a Honey Badger and a Possum.
Nite thread, going to check out the remake of True Grit, just got it from redbox..
Posted by: KZnextzone at June 07, 2011 07:11 PM (ZUWaD)
Pretty sure we don't have racoons around my neighborhood (up north, definitely, if that corpse was any indication...). more worried that we'll catch someone else's cat.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 07:11 PM (afWhQ)
Oh, and you have Celiac disease. Look it up.
Spend more time with your parents and grandparents.
And your cats.
Oh, and here's a list of serial killers who won't be caught for several years. Get to work. Oh, and here's where Bin Laden will be in 1999. And a list of flights in September 2001. Dude, you have a *lot* of work to do.
(appendices A-L attached)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 07:11 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 11:09 PM (MtwBb)
Now that's just mean. But really, really funny.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 07:11 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: A sturdy yet plain coed at June 07, 2011 07:12 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 07, 2011 11:01 PM (LJVX0)
take notes from him.............
Posted by: Racefan at June 07, 2011 07:13 PM (sTorr)
Well if tuna won't do it I don't suppose much will. Our cat's very non-feral so the treat-shake has worked wonders the few times he's succumbed to the call of fresh air and birdsong.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 11:10 PM (Acdhq)
Yeah, that used to work as well with my non-feral cat (who died last Thanksgiving - miss that guy). He was a sneaky bastard who loved to ninja himself outside, but he always stayed near the house - and responded to treat-shakes and name-yelling. 
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 07:13 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 11:11 PM (bxiXv)
I'm guessing you like lists a lot. What do you intend to do with the serial killers though?
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 07:14 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 11:11 PM (afWhQ)
I have two who live in my backyard. You would need a bear cage to fit either one of them in though.
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 07:14 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 07, 2011 07:15 PM (SB0V2)
I have two who live in my backyard. You would need a bear cage to fit either one of them in though.
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 11:14 PM (MtwBb)
Those bastards could probably squeeze down into a cat trap, don'tcha think? Or pop the back open, more likely.
Wiley beasts, they are.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 07:16 PM (afWhQ)
Those bastards could probably squeeze down into a cat trap, don'tcha think? Or pop the back open, more likely.
Wiley beasts, they are.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 11:16 PM (afWhQ)
I don't know about these. The first time I saw one coming over the fence I thought it was a bear. I think they are bearcoons.
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 07:18 PM (MtwBb)
Ask her out, it's not that hard.
When mom offers to take you along each year, accept it. You'll have fun and learn how to ride.
Don't go to West Virginia, you're just going to end up going to school in-state anyways. That said, don't join the army until 2006.
Two words: Argentine Tango. When you get to college, look it up on campus.
Start running. Every day, two to three miles. It sucks, but it'll pay off in the long run. Also, try hitting the weights regularly.
You don't have to choose between being a geek and a jock. Be the smart kid who can play sports if he wants.
Look up fencing lessons over the summer. Portland has a few places and you'll have fun.
You can never make mom or dad change, only time will do that. Don't let their antics draw you in.
Take advantage of every opportunity. You have a bad habit of going the safe route and that needs to be fixed.
Posted by: Alex at June 07, 2011 07:18 PM (kwNeL)
Posted by: Rondinellamamma at June 07, 2011 07:18 PM (165ZM)
Damn. Probably just knock over the trap and get it open, then.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 07:19 PM (afWhQ)
Remember the rules:
1) Do not have sex. This automatically marks you for death.
2) Do not drink and/or do drugs. This also automatically marks you for death.
3) Do not ever say "I'll be right back". 'cause we all know you won't be back!
Posted by: Teenagers in Horror Films at June 07, 2011 07:19 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Donna V. at June 07, 2011 10:57 PM (XntVG)
I know, right? For the life of me I can't remember what possessed me to think that electric blue was a good color for eyeshadow.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 07:20 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: moki at June 07, 2011 07:20 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Hugh G. Rection at June 07, 2011 07:21 PM (+mhhR)
Take a cab.
Posted by: John Kennedy Jr. at June 07, 2011 11:20 PM
Hell of a cab that would have to be...
Maybe take the yacht...
Posted by: KZnextzone at June 07, 2011 07:22 PM (ZUWaD)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 11:19 PM (afWhQ)
Oh yeah or just eat the whole damn thing. When I cook salmon on the grill and I don't clean it off good they knock over the weber. Firt time they did it it still had hot coals in it and I think they got burned. Now they just wait until it cools off.
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 07:22 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 11:18 PM (MtwBb)
Yikes! A regular size racoons a terror, can only imagine the damage something like that could do.
Are you positive they aren't bears?
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 07:22 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2011 07:23 PM (bgcml)
Dear 20 year old me,
if you ever meet Brenda from Houston, RUN......... RUN LIKE THE WIND............
Posted by: Racefan at June 07, 2011 07:23 PM (sTorr)
Oh yeah or just eat the whole damn thing. When I cook salmon on the grill and I don't clean it off good they knock over the weber. Firt time they did it it still had hot coals in it and I think they got burned. Now they just wait until it cools off.
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 11:22 PM (MtwBb)
Wow. That's insane.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 07:25 PM (afWhQ)
Look up fencing lessons over the summer.
The boy is taking fencing lessons this summer. So, guess he won't need to write that to his future past 16 year old self.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 07:25 PM (RZ8pf)
Are you positive they aren't bears?
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 11:22 PM (Acdhq)
They're bearcoons, I am sure of it;
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 07:25 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Scott Smith, bassist for Loverboy at June 07, 2011 07:26 PM (nyKxa)
You are going to date someone in early 2011.. no matter how she acts, she doesn't like sex.
Posted by: The Great Satan's Ghost at June 07, 2011 07:26 PM (UrPTC)
Hangs head in shame. Sometimes I still wear bllue and green glittery eye shadow. But not Tammy Faye amounts. Honest.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 07:26 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 07:26 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: The Dude at June 07, 2011 07:27 PM (Ig1Wo)
Y'all hear about all the mob attacks (no, not THAT mob) we've been having in Chicago lately in the downtown/touristy/gentrified areas?
Four different instances (or maybe it ended up being more - I know of four) last weekend of gangs of dozens of youths clubbing people with baseball bats and taking their shit.. another two tonight, where they boarded city buses a la the James Gang and relieved the riders of their iPods/cash/whatever.
4th of July fireworks?
Canceled.
Due to budget constraints.
Is this making national news yet?
Posted by: Cathy at June 07, 2011 07:27 PM (NvxsG)
Posted by: The Great Satan's Ghost at June 07, 2011 11:26 PM (UrPTC)
And you didn't get that from the pronoun?
Posted by: Some Moron at June 07, 2011 07:28 PM (bgcml)
For the love of God, always put enough lifeboats on any ships you design. Find a way to make space for the extras!
And never go on maiden voyages no matter how fancy the trip sounds.
Posted by: Thomas Andrews Jr. at June 07, 2011 07:28 PM (DUOUR)
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 11:26 PM (Acdhq
Balmy 53 here.
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 07:28 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 07:28 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 11:25 PM (RZ8pf)
I hope he really enjoys it. John took some lessons at the university shortly after we were married and had a blast.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 07:29 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 11:28 PM (RZ8pf)
uhmm sometimes that's me. sorry
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 07:29 PM (MtwBb)
So sorry Beserker, prayers out for you and your mom.
Posted by: thunderb at June 07, 2011 07:29 PM (MrGes)
Is this making national news yet?
Drudge has links to it so I was reading about it. But it mostly sounds like the Chicago media isn't really covering it enough, or connecting the dots well enough between incidents. Or, more likely purposefully burying the continuing stories because of the racial implications. (since the "mobs" seem to be disproportionately made up of one minority group)
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 07:31 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 07, 2011 07:31 PM (KxADM)
Posted by: The Dude at June 07, 2011 11:27 PM (Ig1Wo)
Wasn't that one of the main causes of the crash? My understanding was that they managed to reach a point of consumer burn-out while having pretty well comitted themselves to the extra expense of all the varients.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 07:31 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 11:26 PM (RZ8pf)
i think i can speak for the Morons....... thanks, Tammy was a bit much.
Posted by: Racefan at June 07, 2011 07:32 PM (sTorr)
If I could be young again, or magically get my 16 year old self to listen (fat chance), what I'd want most to make myself know is that I was not the least bit overweight at size 7 instead of size 2, was amazingly sexy, and none of my joints hurt and even if I'd never be a Kung Fu master, I should enjoy, truly enjoy, my youthful body.
But I don't think I'd have listened unless I got put into my old body for a while... which still isn't half bad, but I wasted so much time feeling fat and ugly.
16 year old girls are STUPID.
Posted by: Synova at June 07, 2011 07:32 PM (P0X9Q)
Worst summer I've ever seen and it's only the beginning of June. I need to go find something for this heat-induced migraine.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 07, 2011 07:33 PM (KxADM)
uhmm sometimes that's me. sorry
Oh, that's OK then. But the clatter you made last night freaked me out so much the blood blister on my foot popped and turned my staircase into a set from CSI, so please stop knocking over the patio furniture.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 07:33 PM (RZ8pf)
Wasn't that one of the main causes of the crash? My understanding was that they managed to reach a point of consumer burn-out while having pretty well comitted themselves to the extra expense of all the varients.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 11:31 PM (Acdhq)
yeah, when every comic being released had at least 5 different variant covers, you knew shit was about to go belly up (though I will give Valiant some credit, their variants and the first comics they released had extremely small print runs)
Posted by: The Dude at June 07, 2011 07:34 PM (Ig1Wo)
heh,
In the defense of all the moronettes around these parts, that is the first time I ever ran across a woman who didn't enjoy a little belly rubbing.
Posted by: The Great Satan's Ghost at June 07, 2011 07:35 PM (UrPTC)
Posted by: moki at June 07, 2011 07:35 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 11:25 PM (MtwBb)
At that size, is there an appreciable difference? Unless maybe bears might be slightly less dangerous?
Is it usually that cold in Seattle or are you just getting to enjoy this year's version of climate change?
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 07:35 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 11:33 PM (RZ8pf)
Quit moving it to different places then. jeeees just because I am a stalker it doesn't mean I can see in the dark.
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 07:36 PM (MtwBb)
Yeah, Rahm said on Memorial Day "the beaches were closed for heat."
I've lived here for a while and can assure him it's been higher than 90 several times. That's when we generally like the beaches to be open. FFS, there's a lot of people who don't have AC here. If you look at the 911 call records for the North Ave and Oak St beaches (both tony) that day, it's call after call of thugs, drugs, beatdowns, hundreds of gangbangers crawling all over the place, etc.
It took the local guys a while, but they're covering the crimes now. Still won't say the offender race, but hey, baby steps.
Posted by: Cathy at June 07, 2011 07:37 PM (NvxsG)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 07:37 PM (afWhQ)
Is it usually that cold in Seattle or are you just getting to enjoy this year's version of climate change?
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 11:35 PM (Acdhq)
We are going into our second year of below normal temps. I learned though that when it is colder than usual it isn't climate change, it's just the weather.
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 07:38 PM (MtwBb)
OK that is kind of creepy robtr because I did move some patio furniture.
But not all of it because the wrought iron is too heavy fpr me to move by myself..
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 07:40 PM (RZ8pf)
The local news seems to have "Climate Change" stories in a holding pattern as they try to figure out how to spin it.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 07:40 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: George Armstrong Custer at June 07, 2011 07:40 PM (nyKxa)
Posted by: tcn at June 07, 2011 07:40 PM (QuGK2)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 11:37 PM (afWhQ)
yeah, I have no fucking clue what Nintendo is thinking. I also like how they're talking about how they will have third party support.....just like how the 64, Gamecube and Wii did. Shit will look okay for maybe 2 years and then they will be so far out of the running when the new Sony and Microsoft systems are released.
The idea for golfing games was interesting and at least the whole "Two <last Nintendo console> duck taped together" meme still lives
Posted by: The Dude at June 07, 2011 07:41 PM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: Cathy at June 07, 2011 11:37 PM (NvxsG)
It's taken 3-4 generations but it looks like the statists are finally getting the class warfare thay've worked towards for so long. As with Alinsky I doubt they've really thought about how this is all going to play out in real life.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 07:41 PM (Acdhq)
Oh and E3 has been a huge bust so far
Posted by: The Dude at June 07, 2011 11:36 PM (Ig1Wo)
What's the new game? I'd been playing Crusader Kings again recently.
And EU3 just doesn't have the same spirit as EU2 for some reason. Its ok - but I logged *SO* much time against EU2...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2011 07:41 PM (bgcml)
OK that is kind of creepy robtr because I did move some patio furniture.
But not all of it because the wrought iron is too heavy fpr me to move by myself..
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 11:40 PM (RZ8pf)
haha, just put some post its where you want it moved and I will do it next time.
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 07:41 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 07, 2011 07:41 PM (6neGz)
Please find enclosed a long list of fine young ladies who, during this brief period of your being really intensely sexually appealing for reasons you don't understand now and won't remember later, are really trying to get you to bang them, but you're mostly not hittin' it, because you're too cool and busy and busy being cool to bother closing the deal.
Fuck that shit, kid. It don't last. In twenty years, only crazy gay teenagers will chase your old cock.
Rack 'em up!
(The girls. Not the dudes. You'll never be into that, unfortunately.)
Yours,
Posted by: oblig. at June 07, 2011 07:43 PM (xvZW9)
The idea for golfing games was
interesting and at least the whole "Two <last Nintendo console>
duck taped together" meme still lives
Posted by: The Dude at June 07, 2011 11:41 PM (Ig1Wo)
The only thing about it that I liked was the drawing part... if only actual tablet makers would make something with that capability.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 07:43 PM (afWhQ)
Note to 16 year-old self.
Get over the Hebrews. There are plenty of other people you can use as slaves.
Posted by: Ramses II at June 07, 2011 07:44 PM (Txl/u)
Posted by: SarahW at June 07, 2011 07:45 PM (Z4T49)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 11:32 PM (c0A3e)
Yeah, no shit. As an architect, I could have told these weenies about this a long time ago. In the 1970's architects started doing super-insulation, which basically meant no air change in your house. About a year into that disaster, and architects started putting in air-to-air heat exchangers, because no fresh air means indoor nastiness. Now here we are, 40 years later, doing the same stupid shit, except now it's even more expensive.
Posted by: tcn at June 07, 2011 07:45 PM (QuGK2)
Oh that's right, Kimberly, you're gonna talk about that dicpic. TALK ABOUT IT BITCH.
Where's that Tylenol...
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 07, 2011 07:45 PM (KxADM)
Go ahead and fuck her brains out. Some other guy does when you don't.
But hey.. wear a condom.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at June 07, 2011 07:46 PM (qsodE)
What's the new game? I'd been playing Crusader Kings again recently.
And EU3 just doesn't have the same spirit as EU2 for some reason. Its ok - but I logged *SO* much time against EU2...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2011 11:41 PM (bgcml)
Pride Of Nations. It's set in the 1800's
The only thing about it that I
liked was the drawing part... if only actual tablet makers would make
something with that capability.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 11:43 PM (afWhQ)
they have, it's called Cintiq and it's really fucking expensive (bout $1800)
Posted by: The Dude at June 07, 2011 07:46 PM (Ig1Wo)
They're only effing snakes. I mean, come on. You beat the Nazis all by yourself.
Posted by: Indiana Jones at June 07, 2011 07:46 PM (6neGz)
There going to die just as painfully, only like little cowards.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2011 07:46 PM (bgcml)
When I was young and lived with my grandparents on an acreage I had a pet raccoon. Rocky was a great lot of fun. I know they are nuisances, but I have a special place in my heart for their clever and creative antics.
Posted by: someone at June 07, 2011 07:46 PM (bqjJT)
Not seeing the problem here.
Posted by: Jim Nabors at June 07, 2011 07:47 PM (KxADM)
I learned though that when it is colder than usual it isn't climate change, it's just the weather.
Hah, yep 'cause it's not like climates can very or anything. Our masters have spoken.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 07:47 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: tcn at June 07, 2011 11:45 PM (QuGK2)
We do super insulation super tight homes here then we install windows with permanent vents in them to let the cold air in and whole house fans that run on a timer to suck the hot air out. Makes sense right?
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 07:48 PM (MtwBb)
they have, it's called Cintiq and it's really fucking expensive (bout $1800)
Posted by: The Dude at June 07, 2011 11:46 PM (Ig1Wo)
It's also not a standalone computer.
I have a tablet pc, but I don't want the keyboard... just a slate. Not easy to find, so I'm waiting for the tech to get better.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 07:48 PM (afWhQ)
if you ever meet Brenda from Houston, RUN......... RUN LIKE THE WIND............
Posted by: Racefan at June 07, 2011 11:23 PM (sTorr)
Odd, I've spent the last quarter-century with a Brenda who moved here from Houston....could you be a bit more specific?
Posted by: cthulhu at June 07, 2011 07:48 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: tcn at June 07, 2011 07:48 PM (QuGK2)
But Marshall - he was with us for years.
It's so cute to see them washing their food.
Posted by: Cathy at June 07, 2011 07:49 PM (NvxsG)
Posted by: Racefan at June 07, 2011 07:49 PM (sTorr)
How's about that Wii WTF?!?
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 11:37 PM (afWhQ)
Yeah nothing all that interesting at E3 yet for me. I'm still a bit disappointed because I was looking forward to ME3 this fall and they've announced the release for March 2012. Which for Bioware means Fall 2012. They still don't have a release for The Old Republic. I also wonder if that voice command function they showed off on X-Box Kinect for ME3 will work with a regular PC microphone set up.
Oh well maybe Arkham City tomorrow will impress me.
Posted by: buzzion at June 07, 2011 07:50 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Cathy at June 07, 2011 11:49 PM (NvxsG)
not when it's a small child.
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 07:50 PM (MtwBb)
I have a tablet pc, but I don't want the keyboard... just a slate. Not easy to find, so I'm waiting for the tech to get better.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 11:48 PM (afWhQ)
yeah, you'll be waiting for awhile for something like to be at a somewhat reasonable price.
Other than ME3 and Battlefield 3, the game of the show for me was more info on Dust 514
Posted by: The Dude at June 07, 2011 07:50 PM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: tcn at June 07, 2011 07:51 PM (QuGK2)
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 07:51 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 07:52 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: tcn
There's entire blog / IPO in that there post alone.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 07, 2011 07:53 PM (qaU+h)
Posted by: Cathy at June 07, 2011 07:53 PM (NvxsG)
It is. And their little hands are so ... dexterous
We had a small pool table. Rocky liked to sit on the edge of the table and scamper from pocket to pocket grabbing the pool balls as they'd drop.
Posted by: someone at June 07, 2011 07:55 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: buzzion at June 07, 2011 07:55 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 07:56 PM (afWhQ)
Make sure you nail that chick and nail her hard. It'll be the last 'tang you ever get.
Posted by: Jack Dawson at June 07, 2011 07:56 PM (6neGz)
Posted by: The Blob at June 07, 2011 07:57 PM (KxADM)
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 07:57 PM (Acdhq)
Fuck the shit out of Lindsay. In 10 years you will still want to hit it but you will be too scared that you might catch something.
ps pills and booze don't mix when your trying to fuck Amber
Posted by: The Dude at June 07, 2011 07:57 PM (Ig1Wo)
But, (now I have to caveat for the hard core gamers that are here) Wii isn't targeting the same hard core gaming market, or if they are, no matter how hard they try they won't succeed. Where they do succeed is sucking in people who wouldn't have in a million years considered buying a video game console before the Wii came out. But, now Kinect has overtaken them there.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 07:57 PM (RZ8pf)
Good for him. It's good exercise and fun. Just don't ever tell him about singlestick fencing.
Posted by: Alex at June 07, 2011 07:58 PM (kwNeL)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 07, 2011 08:00 PM (YxBuk)
...
Fuck it, still be a selfish bitch and hog the door (you'll figure out what I mean). You'll soon find another man, and get a huge-ass diamond to boot!
Posted by: Rose Dawson at June 07, 2011 08:00 PM (c0A3e)
Where they do succeed is sucking in people who wouldn't have in a million years considered buying a video game console before the Wii came out.
And they were doing that admirably too. Our family hadn't had a console in 15 years but the Wii looked like so much fun, and so much more active, that we finally gave in.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 08:01 PM (Acdhq)
Coons are smart though, when I lived in North Bend I was into quail hunting in eastern WA. I bought a dozen quail to train a new Irish Setter pup I bought. The pen had a funnel thing made out of chicken wire so when you were done chasing a couple of the quail around with your dog the other birds call them back. They go into the pen through the funnel by can't get back out.
The coons would rip the funnel out and take a bird and then shove the mangled funnel back in the hole so the rest of the birds couldn't get out.
I think it was coons, I never saw them do it. It could have been a bigfoot.
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 08:01 PM (MtwBb)
There going to die just as painfully, only like little cowards.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2011 11:46 PM (bgcml)
They're trying to be friends.
You're killing your friends.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 08:02 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 07, 2011 08:02 PM (nyKxa)
And they were doing that admirably too. Our family hadn't had a console in 15 years but the Wii looked like so much fun, and so much more active, that we finally gave in.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 08, 2011 12:01 AM (Acdhq)
out of curiosity, when was the last time you turned yours on?
Posted by: The Dude at June 07, 2011 08:03 PM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 08, 2011 12:00 AM (YxBuk)
I'm making that Masuka laugh from Dexter right now.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 08:04 PM (bxiXv)
Regular exercise, lean meats, whole grains, and LOTS of green, leafy vegetables.
Posted by: Michael Moore at June 07, 2011 08:05 PM (NvxsG)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 07, 2011 08:05 PM (KxADM)
I'm making that Masuka laugh from Dexter right now.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 08, 2011 12:04 AM (bxiXv)
You know that the warm and fuzzies come from all the souls I have, right?
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 07, 2011 08:06 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Dumb_Blonde at June 07, 2011 08:06 PM (q1/Wn)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 08, 2011 12:05 AM (KxADM)
rather have Fangoria to go. Piece of $10 shit
Posted by: The Dude at June 07, 2011 08:06 PM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: The Dude at June 08, 2011 12:03 AM (Ig1Wo)
My kids were having so much fun with it today that I actually gave some of the Wii sports a try. My son is working his way through the Lego Indiana Jones and would probably use it 6-8 hours a day if I let him.
We were also using it to stream Netflix to our TV until we started having trouble with the wireless network.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 08:07 PM (Acdhq)
I think it was coons, I never saw them do it. It could have been a bigfoot.
Oh, I loved visiting North Bend!
Posted by: FLOTUS at June 07, 2011 08:08 PM (dCQqG)
That was me and Epic Mickey. And I hadn't seriously played video games since I was 12 or 13.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 07, 2011 08:08 PM (YxBuk)
Do more fishing and less drinking. Spend more time with Dad while you can. And seriously, less drinking.
Posted by: sifty at June 07, 2011 08:08 PM (2dbd9)
Oh, I loved visiting North Bend!
Posted by: FLOTUS at June 08, 2011 12:08 AM (dCQqG)
quail stealer!
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 08:09 PM (MtwBb)
However!
There are a couple of Agatha Christie games that are really fun for Wii.
And I hadn't had a video game system since my Atari 2600 when I was, what, 10?
Posted by: Cathy at June 07, 2011 08:10 PM (NvxsG)
Posted by: Tiger "The Big Fat Pussy" Woods at June 07, 2011 08:10 PM (hEuC6)
Posted by: Dumb_Blonde at June 07, 2011 08:11 PM (q1/Wn)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 08, 2011 12:02 AM (nyKxa)
That was probably over by the Admiralty. The pix were Palace Square; I'm now convinced I wasn't in 'em because -- at the time -- I was on Nevsky Prospect.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 07, 2011 08:11 PM (kaalw)
January Jones makes a new enemy as Lost creator claims she 'sucks at acting'
'Emma FrostÂ’s THREE mutant powers: Telepathy, Transformation to Solid Diamond and last but not least, Sucking at Acting,' he wrote.
....
'I was at a party — I'd never met her — and she was like, 'Come sit down.' So I sit at her table and talk for 10 minutes, and she goes, 'I think it's time for you to leave now.'
Galifiniakis
certainly wasn't going to let her rudeness go unmentioned and told
January exactly what her thought of her behaviour.
So I say, 'January, you are an actress in a show and everybody's going to forget about you in a few years, so f***ing be nice,' and I got up and left. And she thinks that's funny?'
/If she was smart, she would have been a bit politer and told him that if the LOST writers had superpowers, one of them would be incoherent plot writing.Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 08:11 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Dumb_Blonde at June 07, 2011 08:12 PM (q1/Wn)
You know that the warm and fuzzies come from all the souls I have, right?
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 08, 2011 12:06 AM (YxBuk)
(Masuka laugh)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 08:12 PM (bxiXv)
Daisy can go fuck herself. Find a cute young Asian girl and settle down in a quiet corner of Toontown.
Oh, and don't take in anyone else's spoiled-brat kids.
Posted by: Donald Duck at June 07, 2011 08:12 PM (KxADM)
There are a couple of Agatha Christie games that are really fun for Wii.
What are those like? The only AC games I'm familiar with are hidden object web games. I'm assuming they must be a bigger deal than that or there wouldn't be much point in having them on the Wii.
One of my friends bought Zoomba fitness for their Wii. She says it's much better than doing Zoomba in public when you don't know what you're doing.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 08:13 PM (Acdhq)
When Nintendo releases the Wii, beg them to port Die by the Sword to this console.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 08:14 PM (c0A3e)
i live in the neighborhood where the chicago mob attacks are taking place, another few tonight, scary! like they were saying upthread, initially the media did its best to cover up the story, but as it kept on happening they finally had to report it, tonight it led the news. i really wish chicago weren't a gun-free zone, because i don't think i can hold off twenty guys just with my devilish good looks. ten maybe, but not more. unless i break out the styling mousse. hmm, desperate times...
Posted by: Adrian at June 07, 2011 08:15 PM (PY4xx)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 08:16 PM (c0A3e)
The one I really liked was "And Then There Were None" - based on the book "Ten Little Indians" - you and ten other people are brought to an island mansion by an unknown person and one by one, people start to die. It's your job to figure out whodunit before DUN DUN DUNNNNN you get killed too!
Posted by: Cathy at June 07, 2011 08:16 PM (NvxsG)
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 08:17 PM (Acdhq)
You're killing your friends.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 08, 2011 12:02 AM (bxiXv)
4 legs good, 2 legs better, 8 legs bad bad bad
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2011 08:17 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Donna V. at June 07, 2011 08:17 PM (XntVG)
Posted by: Adrian at June 08, 2011 12:15 AM (PY4xx)
That's bad luck that all that stuff happens in gun free zones isn't it? It's almost like it causes it or something.
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 08:17 PM (MtwBb)
my brother and his wife took their 3-year-old daughter to disneyworld a couple weeks ago, she had a wonderful time. she got to meet all her princesses and everything. a couple things they were really impressed with: there's a pool with a sand bottom, which they'd never seen before, and there's an aquarium that's apparently the size of an apartment building.
Posted by: Adrian at June 07, 2011 08:17 PM (PY4xx)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 07, 2011 08:17 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 08:18 PM (RZ8pf)
So we didn't go on it.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 07, 2011 08:18 PM (YxBuk)
Even seems to be tugging her mouth to one side.
And come on, Anthony.... her?
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 07, 2011 08:18 PM (KxADM)
As a fellow Chicagoan, let me assure you I have an arsenal in my house.
And I do not give two shits what city code says.
"Judged by 12 rather than carried by 6" yada yada.
Break into my house, scumbags?
Triple.
Dog.
Dare.
Posted by: Cathy at June 07, 2011 08:19 PM (NvxsG)
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 07, 2011 08:19 PM (tsC/8)
the other thing about it that amuses me is that many of my classmates spend many a sleepless night trying to figure out ways to better devote their lives to helping 'under-served' populations, now these very same populations have come up with the fun new hobby of beating the crap out of us. i wonder if my classmates will reconsider private practice...
Posted by: Adrian at June 07, 2011 08:20 PM (PY4xx)
Posted by: Cathy at June 08, 2011 12:16 AM (NvxsG)
I've read most, if not all of the books. From your description it sounds like that might cause the games to be a little flat. Also, I sucked at Myst because I'm terrible at puzzles. I wonder if the games might get the kids interested in the books though.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 08:20 PM (Acdhq)
I love that pool! (The only one I know of is the one at the Beach/Yacht Club.) That's my favorite pool in the entire resort. It also has an awesome shipwreck pool slide. And yes, I was the only 26 year old woman going on that slide again and again among all the little kids. It was awesome.
There is a really nice aquarium at The Seas at Epcot. They also have manatees there. And part of the aquarium is also one of the walls of the restaurant on the other side of the The Seas.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 07, 2011 08:21 PM (YxBuk)
I'm sooooo excited to see all of you next month! I can't wait!
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 07, 2011 08:22 PM (YxBuk)
Alas, they'll have to play the games to generate any interest in the books - despite the author's intentions, the two are inextricably linked, lol.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 08:22 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Donna V. at June 08, 2011 12:17 AM (XntVG)
Now that I'm a parent I realize the truly heroic efforts my parents must have put into not saying anything, much less not bursting out laughing.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 08:22 PM (Acdhq)
I loved, loved, loved Myst even though I needed help (ahem) with the puzzles, etc.
I like pretty visuals and audio waaay more than action. (I thought the Myst soundtrack was hauntingly beautiful.)
As long as the kids are, say, at least 10, they might like the game and want to read the books too.
Posted by: Cathy at June 07, 2011 08:23 PM (NvxsG)
UN Treaty Looks to Gut American's 2nd Amendment Rights
It may not come as surprising news to many of you that the United Nations doesn’t approve of our Second Amendment. Not one bit. And they very much hope to do something about it with help from some powerful American friends. Under the guise of a proposed global “Small Arms Treaty” premised to fight “terrorism”, “insurgency” and “international crime syndicates” you can be quite certain that an even more insidious threat is being targeted – our Constitutional right for law-abiding citizens to own and bear arms...
The full story is from the Forbes blog.
Just, you know, in case you want a little heartburn before bed.
*sigh* It is really, REALLY exhausting being sane in today's world. Don't you think?
Posted by: MWR at June 07, 2011 08:23 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Adrian at June 08, 2011 12:15 AM (PY4xx)
It's some kind of weird coincidence that bad things keep happening in places like that.
I bet they don't even let you have pepper spray.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 08:23 PM (bxiXv)
1) There's a reason why they call it denatured alcohol.
2) Remember: VHS, not Beta. Don't ask questions.
3) Caffeine, eggs, fat? All okay. Have fun.
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at June 07, 2011 08:23 PM (fjoLg)
Dear Self,
Those jokes you make in your 30's that since you have both American and Canadian citizenship, if one country ever goes really bad, you have a fallback country...sorry...no..
America is going to soak anyone successful and Canada is going to have Human Rights Commissions. You'll be in South Korea, when a fellow Canadian ( 24, female, liberal) barges into your classroom asking if you should be telling the students you don't believe in global warming which she heard you say from her adjoining classroom with only 2 students.) You renounce American citizenship to protect future earnings from a greedy, broke American government. After Human Rights Commissions are established, Canadian citizenship means shit to you, you'd give up Canadian citizenship for a Subway Sub.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 07, 2011 08:24 PM (GKQDR)
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 08:24 PM (MtwBb)
4 legs good, 2 legs better, 8 legs bad bad bad
Posted by: 18-1 at June 08, 2011 12:17 AM (bgcml)
6 legs bad, 8 legs good. 8 legs eats 6 legs, yum.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 08:24 PM (bxiXv)
I like pretty visuals and audio waaay more than action. (I thought the Myst soundtrack was hauntingly beautiful.)
Yes, somebody else who likes the Myst soundtrack!
Did you know that originally Myst was not going to have any background music at all, that the visuals would be enough to set the mood? But one of the Rand brothers made a "test soundtrack" and volia, instant soundtrack!
And if you thought Myst was hard, try playing Riven.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 08:25 PM (c0A3e)
Hot chicks in Hollywood are a dime a dozen. Fire the bitch the first time she's a constant pain in the ass on the set
Posted by: Michael Bay at June 07, 2011 08:25 PM (vdfwz)
Posted by: Adrian at June 07, 2011 08:25 PM (PY4xx)
Posted by: buzzion at June 07, 2011 08:26 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 08, 2011 12:22 AM (c0A3e)
That's what I get for combining two seperate thoughts. I was musing on the possibility the Agatha Christie games might spark the kid's interest in her books, since leaving them laying around in accessible places doesn't seem to be doing the trick.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 08:26 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 08, 2011 12:21 AM (YxBuk)
You see, THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout.
Sith have fun, we're not cloistered monks!
You don't see a bunch of Sith kids separated from their families and slowly waving glow sticks back and forth like they were at a Sting concert.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 08:28 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 07, 2011 08:28 PM (tsC/8)
That's what I get for combining two seperate thoughts. I was musing on the possibility the Agatha Christie games might spark the kid's interest in her books, since leaving them laying around in accessible places doesn't seem to be doing the trick.
Eh, maybe I should learn how to read better.
Anyways, the Agatha Christie books would be much better than the Myst books for your kids to read.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 08:28 PM (c0A3e)
542. Yep, I was planning on going to Grant Park Music Festival for AT LEAST 3rd of July concert. I wanted to take the kids to the lakefront a couple of times. I like shopping on Mag Mile (well, mostly window shopping) and going to the Symphony and Howl at the Moon and Russian Tea Time and all that...
Since this started - no way. I'll find some nice burb where I can spend my money (less of it!) and remain relatively safe.
And after tonight's bus attacks, I will NOT be riding the CTA any time soon.
Posted by: Cathy at June 07, 2011 08:29 PM (NvxsG)
I love that pool! (The only one I know of is the one at the Beach/Yacht Club.) That's my favorite pool in the entire resort. It also has an awesome shipwreck pool slide. And yes, I was the only 26 year old woman going on that slide again and again among all the little kids. It was awesome.
Haha. Yeah, they thought it was so cool that kids could build sandcastles and stuff in a pool, very neat idea.
Posted by: Adrian at June 07, 2011 08:29 PM (PY4xx)
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 07, 2011 08:29 PM (tsC/8)
My memory though is the cops will *not* stop you from being mugged, err, panhandled...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2011 08:29 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: MWR at June 08, 2011 12:23 AM (CA2NO)
One of these days, they're going to regret that whole "baby blue helmet" thing.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 08:29 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 08, 2011 12:29 AM (tsC/
Um, you already did and then made it disappear.
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 07, 2011 08:30 PM (6neGz)
And also...I made the monumental decision to make ASOQ my home page..
Really...I did....Yahoo..MSN...AOL/HUFFTARD POST...
The decision is clear....
Join me or go fuck yourself...
and I wish I had a sock to put that out there because 'Join Me or Go Fuck Yourself' is the most awesome thing I've ever came up with...
Vodka....is a hellava.....
Posted by: Portnoy at June 07, 2011 08:30 PM (azgo2)
If not, several noted pointedly, his district might be eliminated when lines are adjusted before the 2012 elections to account for a population shift that will cost New York two House seats.
Note: Our own cinyc pointed this out early on.
Posted by: AmishDude at June 07, 2011 08:31 PM (73tyQ)
They did pretty damn well for being basically glorified slideshows, but they haven't aged well. Except Riven still gets a pass, as the artwork there is still pretty good.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 08:31 PM (c0A3e)
There is a really nice aquarium at The Seas at Epcot. They also have manatees there. And part of the aquarium is also one of the walls of the restaurant on the other side of the The Seas.
Yes, just looked it up, that must have been it, because they said it was part of a Finding Nemo thing.
Posted by: Adrian at June 07, 2011 08:31 PM (PY4xx)
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 07, 2011 08:31 PM (6neGz)
So am I.
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at June 07, 2011 08:31 PM (KxADM)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 08, 2011 12:25 AM (c0A3e)
The visuals of both were absolutely stunning, which I appreciate since my first "big" game was the DOS based Moria. And yes, being temporarily insane, I bought Riven as well and failed to get very far in either.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 08:32 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 07, 2011 08:32 PM (tsC/8)
Posted by: Adrian at June 07, 2011 08:33 PM (PY4xx)
Posted by: Charlie Brown at June 07, 2011 08:33 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 08, 2011 12:29 AM (bgcml)
They are backing off bothing crimminals altogether now. They are in the paper every week about some group mad at them for the way they arrested someone or killed someone. Holders crew is in town investigating them now.
Get this, last week three of them got suspended for cussing at two MS13 gang members. Our new cheif of police didn't want the hurt the delicate little ears of the gangbangers.
A freind of mine is a cop and he said that unless someone is getting attacked they are starting to just ignore the crimminals.
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 08:34 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 08, 2011 12:29 AM (tsC/
I've got a webcam I'm not using anymore if you need one.
Posted by: Little Tony Weiner at June 07, 2011 08:34 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 08, 2011 12:32 AM (tsC/
Yeah, my damned email. I gotta turn that feature off.
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 07, 2011 08:35 PM (6neGz)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 07, 2011 08:35 PM (KxADM)
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 07, 2011 08:35 PM (tsC/8)
Whoever said that they beat Riven without cheating is lying, and that includes the game designers.
For these older games, it was alleged that they made the puzzles so difficult and obtuse that it forced you to either use a hint-book or call a video game tip line (charging .99 to 2.99 a minute for tips). Sierra and it's Kings Quests games in particular got this accusation thrown at them (throwing a custard pie to defeat a Yeti for example - how would you logically figure that out?)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 08:37 PM (c0A3e)
Yeah, my damned email. I gotta turn that feature off.
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 08, 2011 12:35 AM (6neGz)
I told you to get AOL, no features no problems. No unwanted dicpics flying around the intertubes, nothing just sweet peaceful 20th century email.
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 08:37 PM (MtwBb)
Ravinia, though, doesn't let you bring booze like Grant Park Music Festival. They're a lot more by-the-book up in the burbs.
Still, it's supposed to be a great place to spend the day. You can take Metra there, too, and they DO let you booze on Metra trains.
Posted by: Cathy at June 07, 2011 08:38 PM (NvxsG)
Yup. I actually like their Nemo ride better than the one at DL. It's nice having the submarines back, but I miss the old submarine ride. It had mermaids and a sea monster!
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 07, 2011 08:38 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Crazy-Eyed Restasis Lady Whom I'd Still Fuck Senseless at June 07, 2011 08:39 PM (KxADM)
I figured out the Yeti and custard pie. Now... Kings Quest 3? That game came out before Sierra had a tipline, so it was practically impossible.
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 07, 2011 08:39 PM (tsC/8)
What? That's not funny?
Does anyone have a users manual for this thing?
Posted by: 5th Level Fighter at June 07, 2011 08:41 PM (hfWKa)
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 07, 2011 08:43 PM (6neGz)
Evening, morons. Thank you all for the birthday wishes yesterday. Y'all made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Rum, with this crowd that probably means you should go see a doctor.
Aaaawwwww, you are so cool, Alex!
Peaches, thanks! You're cool as well!
Posted by: Alex at June 07, 2011 08:44 PM (J2ejK)
heh, ace is still banging the media.
@AceofSpadesHQ Ace of Spades wasn't the story unleashed when he sent out that Tweet? Is your journalistic instinct to bury/suppress? @joanwalsh @benpoliticoPosted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 08:44 PM (MtwBb)
What? That's not funny?
Does anyone have a users manual for this thing?
Posted by: 5th Level Fighter at June 08, 2011 12:41 AM (hfWKa)
You're a fucking idiot. You kill his loved ones...
Preferably while he watches....
Damn, our side has to balls up.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 07, 2011 08:44 PM (GKQDR)
Rum, are you sure they were mermaids? Maybe the ride was located at a rift between universes and they were just the holographic projection of an alien spaceship's automated emergency medical program? That would be the logical assumption, at least. /stupiddrwhoepisode
Posted by: Adrian at June 07, 2011 08:45 PM (PY4xx)
Posted by: troy mcclure at June 07, 2011 08:45 PM (DUOUR)
Thanks, PE. It's back up. For the Moronettes. That was just yesterday in Minneapolis. I was surprised to find that flag in my sandwich, though it was a Cuban.
Do I get a Swastika if I order sourkraut?
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 07, 2011 08:45 PM (tsC/8)
Posted by: gushka at June 07, 2011 08:46 PM (ITjNa)
Um, you already did and then made it disappear.
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 08, 2011 12:30 AM (6neGz)
Damn. Beat me to pointing that out.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 08:47 PM (afWhQ)
Heh. As I told Merovign, it's the souls that keep me warm and fuzzy.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 07, 2011 08:47 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: robtr at June 08, 2011 12:44 AM (MtwBb)
I took a look at Fark, and was amused to see the resident libtards had no idea what AoS is.
We've tasted blood...we aren't going away.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 07, 2011 08:48 PM (bgcml)
You're a fucking idiot. You kill his loved ones...
Preferably while he watches....
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 08, 2011 12:44 AM (GKQDR)
That's the spirit.
Posted by: Titus Andonicus at June 07, 2011 08:49 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 08:49 PM (Acdhq)
A freind of mine is a cop and he said that unless someone is getting attacked they are starting to just ignore the crimminals.
You know, I kind of want some community to simply declare that they have no faith in the police, and form an armed militia to patrol their streets.
Posted by: Alex at June 07, 2011 08:50 PM (J2ejK)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 08, 2011 12:47 AM (YxBuk)
I didn't notice you being particularly fuzzy when we met. I'll have to pay closer attention next time.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 07, 2011 08:51 PM (kaalw)
Sure, but can you really be sure that we exist, and aren't just the products of a fevered mind?
/'night.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 08:51 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: 5th Level Fighter at June 08, 2011 12:49 AM (hfWKa)
Celebrate like Palestinians on 9/11 as he weeps. The irony is hilarious.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 07, 2011 08:51 PM (GKQDR)
Posted by: Adrian at June 07, 2011 08:51 PM (PY4xx)
Don't smoke.
Mom and Dad are always right.
You are lazy. Work harder in school and at home.
Your friends are losers, so dump 'em. Make friends with the honor students, and don't pick on anyone, ever.
Worry less about sex and more about dating. You aren't gonna miss anything if you save yourself for marriage, and you will spare yourself some major headaches.
Posted by: ShreddyK at June 07, 2011 08:52 PM (c3DCZ)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 08, 2011 12:51 AM (c0A3e)
I'm pretty sure I'm in the "fevered mind" column, myself.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 07, 2011 08:52 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: gushka at June 07, 2011 08:53 PM (ITjNa)
The mermaids were the best part of the movie, imo.
I hope they don't add them to the ride. I don't mind the minor alterations they made it to tie it in with the movie, but it should stay truer to its old self than to the franchise.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 07, 2011 08:53 PM (YxBuk)
A freind of mine is a cop and he said that unless someone is getting attacked they are starting to just ignore the crimminals.
You know, I kind of want some community to simply declare that they have no faith in the police, and form an armed militia to patrol their streets.
Posted by: Alex at June 08, 2011 12:50 AM (J2ejK)
Carolla on his podcast says in LA, they've totally given up on actual crime, and just target rich people for speeding tickets. Who cares about the social order, got to make some money!
Posted by: Adrian at June 07, 2011 08:53 PM (PY4xx)
Night all. Thanks for hanging out in my computer.
Night Polliwog, thanks for making your computer such a nice place to hang out.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 07, 2011 08:53 PM (RZ8pf)
Did you see the story about the LAPD going to crack down on BB guns and make them less likely to be mis-identified as a real gun?
/As if that will solve anything in that decaying city.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 08:56 PM (c0A3e)
Carolla on his podcast says in LA, they've totally given up on actual crime, and just target rich people for speeding tickets.
A friend of mine got into a single car accident and took out part of a guardrail in the process. Two years later the city of Los Angeles sent her a bill for $3700 for the guard rail. Um, WTF am I paying taxes for?!
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 07, 2011 08:56 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Donna V. at June 07, 2011 08:57 PM (XntVG)
Carolla on his podcast says in LA, they've totally given up on actual crime, and just target rich people for speeding tickets. Who cares about the social order, got to make some money!
Posted by: Adrian at June 08, 2011 12:53 AM (PY4xx)
I think you guys missed my point. The cops were doing a fair job but there were 3 or 4 caught on cellcam incidents and the usual civil rights groups started raising hell. Now they are just saying ok fuck it. We won't stop them anymore.
Posted by: robtr at June 07, 2011 08:57 PM (MtwBb)
I didn't notice you being particularly fuzzy when we met. I'll have to pay closer attention next time.
There's a Zach Galifianakis joke in here somewhere.
Posted by: Alex at June 07, 2011 08:58 PM (J2ejK)
If you could write a letter to your 16-year-old self, what would you write?
Tell mom and dad that you want to change your sex now. Start the hormones and don't look back.
Don't wait until you're truly unhappy.
Posted by: Conservative Transsexual at June 07, 2011 08:58 PM (jwQpK)
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 09:00 PM (Acdhq)
Damn. Beat me to pointing that out.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 08, 2011 12:47 AM (afWhQ)
It seems as though our minds are going in the same direction, lately. I'm not a nerd, though.
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 07, 2011 09:00 PM (6neGz)
Yep. It's ok. Not everyone's perfect.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable at June 07, 2011 09:01 PM (afWhQ)
Had beers with chemjeff tonight in St. Joe. The earthquake was caused by my Camaro driving too fast. Sorry!
Posted by: NC Ref at June 07, 2011 09:01 PM (QAJGa)
lol. I would know nothing about that, being a mindless war deity and all.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 09:02 PM (c0A3e)
I think you guys missed my point. The cops were doing a fair job but there were 3 or 4 caught on cellcam incidents and the usual civil rights groups started raising hell. Now they are just saying ok fuck it. We won't stop them anymore.
I have mixed feelings about filming police. On the one hand, it can be usefull for ensuring that cops don't abuse law abiding citizens. On the other hand, it's easy to instigate something and use a camera to make it appear that the cops are at fault. Plus, if they are exonerated later by any investigation, you get to scream about a police coverup and riot.
Posted by: Alex at June 07, 2011 09:05 PM (J2ejK)
Good night, all!
Posted by: Adrian at June 07, 2011 09:06 PM (PY4xx)
A freind of mine is a cop and he said that unless someone is getting attacked they are starting to just ignore the crimminals.
Posted by: robtr at June 08, 2011 12:34 AM (MtwBb)
Seems like our only choices are gunning down people who are on their iPod crossing the street or in the wrong house at the wrong time, or nothing.
Well, that wasn't actually as hard a decision as I thought it was going to be.
Seriously, the policing situation is a clusterfuck of bureaucrats and popularity and a handful of bad cops used by activists, bureaucrats and psychos to screw *everyone* else.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 09:06 PM (bxiXv)
Chemjeff and NC Ref out on the town. Mothers, lock up your daughters. They define the word prowl
and sexual battery.
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 07, 2011 09:07 PM (tsC/8)
Posted by: NC Ref at June 08, 2011 01:01 AM (QAJGa)
You're forgiven. I know I woke up about that time and thought maybe the cat was leaving my room, although I knew he'd left earlier and rarely returns. No one I know in the area has said anything so it seems likely to be a coincidence.
It doesn't sound like there was any damage which is always a blessing.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 07, 2011 09:07 PM (Acdhq)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 08, 2011 01:04 AM (YxBuk)
Bwahahahahahahahahaha! *yes, they confirmed that way up thread. Heh.*
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 07, 2011 09:07 PM (6neGz)
Posted by: fluffy at June 08, 2011 01:05 AM (4Kl5M)
Damit.
Posted by: Poo-Flinging Monkey at June 07, 2011 09:07 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 07, 2011 09:07 PM (kaalw)
Ah, missed you. Well, here it is for anybody interested:
LAPD seeks tighter regulations on toy guns
/'night.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 09:08 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at June 08, 2011 01:06 AM (vbh31)
Add it to the list with "Selected, not elected" and "Bush lied, people died."
And "I can see my house from Russia."
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 09:09 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: joan at June 07, 2011 09:09 PM (KxADM)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 09:10 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: fluffy & moldy at June 07, 2011 09:11 PM (4Kl5M)
Sweeeeeeet!
Red Eye's got Breitbart on tonight, along with Robot Theater reenacting the Weiner sex chats.
Posted by: excited Moron (no, not A. Weiner) at June 07, 2011 09:12 PM (dCQqG)
I used to like him a lot, but if he cannot stop being a douche, I won't listen to him any more. I wonder about any person who feels they have to say the right things over and over again to verify their membership in the proper "club" or whatever his problem is.
Posted by: cranky-d at June 07, 2011 09:13 PM (2TU9p)
/'night.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 08, 2011 01:08 AM (c0A3e)
Next they will have to ban real guns that have any color on them.
Also note the ban on *possession* of realistic imitation guns. In LA. Not just sales.
I'm buying airsofts cheap if they pass that.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 09:13 PM (bxiXv)
fun to hang out with
I think you'll enjoy hanging out with him at Disneyland
Posted by: chemjeff at June 07, 2011 09:14 PM (7mSYS)
Posted by: Prostitutes Hanging Around in Chili's at June 07, 2011 09:14 PM (KxADM)
Posted by: fluffy at June 07, 2011 09:14 PM (4Kl5M)
back from Applebee's
Posted by: chemjeff at June 08, 2011 01:12 AM (7mSYS)
You left out a *hic*.
So does NC Ref have a smaller second head and set of arms on his shoulder like they all say?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 09:15 PM (bxiXv)
He's making me think KC only has one restaurant and that one restaurant is Applebee's.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 07, 2011 09:15 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Prostitutes Hanging Around in Chili's at June 08, 2011 01:14 AM (KxADM)
Chili's.
Now.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 09:15 PM (bxiXv)
it's barely noticeable, really
Posted by: chemjeff at June 07, 2011 09:15 PM (7mSYS)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 08, 2011 01:15 AM (YxBuk)
I think they have like 9 Subways, also.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 09:16 PM (bxiXv)
no, KC has a ton of great restaurants
it is the BBQ king of the midwest!
St. Joseph is different... it has some good restaurants too but Applebee's is just kinda where I ended up when I first moved here
Posted by: chemjeff at June 07, 2011 09:17 PM (7mSYS)
Posted by: gushka at June 07, 2011 09:17 PM (ITjNa)
(6/6)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at June 08, 2011 01:16 AM (2wfuC)
Good. We need more Democrats to scream so long they have aneurysms.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 09:18 PM (bxiXv)
Anything you want to get off your
chest?
Posted by: fluffy at June 08, 2011 01:14 AM (4Kl5M)
It's a trap!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at June 07, 2011 09:19 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: gushka at June 08, 2011 01:17 AM (ITjNa)
The cops take a lot of crap everywhere, but not many places moreso than LA.
Unfortunately, it rolls downhill, which doesn't help the community support.
It just sucks all around, nobody knows how to turn it around. Electing non-psychos would probably not hurt.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 09:20 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 09:22 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 08, 2011 01:20 AM (YxBuk)
Wait, what?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 09:22 PM (bxiXv)
I was typing fast and didn't want to fix my type to : twisted : which is this smiley:
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 07, 2011 09:23 PM (YxBuk)
jeff,
Ever been up the coast to Santa Maria? Some die for tri-tip done in the tradition of the vaquero's from days past before Cali was a state. Spices rubbed on the day before then slow roasted over red oak.
Awesome with the pinto beans and fresh made from the fields salsa
I do attest....
Posted by: Richard at June 07, 2011 09:24 PM (+qNON)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 09:29 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: :fluffy: at June 07, 2011 09:30 PM (4Kl5M)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 08, 2011 01:29 AM (bxiXv)
*Robert Likes This*
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2011 09:33 PM (4ixH5)
:sneezy: :dopey: :bashful: :happy: :grumpy: doc: :sleepy: so goodnight, all!
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 07, 2011 09:33 PM (tsC/8)
Posted by: Rep Weiner's mom at June 07, 2011 09:34 PM (4Kl5M)
Posted by: gushka at June 07, 2011 09:35 PM (ITjNa)
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 07, 2011 09:35 PM (6neGz)
So a net friend of mine posts this to his FuckFace page.
I reply, smart alecky..."Lions gotta eat, too."
Cute, sweet yet kind of obnoxious and libtarded iFriend replies..."Well yeah, but cmon. That's just a bunch of hideous garbage that doesn't need to be going on. Hopefully it will go the same way as Rome. China just... I don't know what their deal is. I know there are people all over the world with base ideals and disgusting practices, but they really multiply them all to a degree that is flat out inhumane..."
To which I just can't help being as asshole..."Yeah, the Chinese need to learn that this is the kind of thing that really upsets Westerners. They should just throw Falun Gong to the lions instead, no one will say a thing."
Not that I'm down with animal cruelty, but honestly, this is the shit that's gonna raise people's ire?
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2011 09:38 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Venezuelan Beaver Cheese? at June 07, 2011 09:39 PM (4Kl5M)
"Lions gotta eat, too"
I suggest appointing a government commission to study solutions for converting lions to a herbivore lifestyle.
Posted by: ChuckOH at June 07, 2011 09:41 PM (cDD9N)
Deport them, too. To Siberia.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 07, 2011 09:42 PM (YxBuk)
Oh well guess I don't need to apologize to the gotham princess for calling her dense last night
Posted by: buzzion at June 08, 2011 01:42 AM (oVQFe)
No way. It got the best of the best reactions. "I'm going to blog somewhere they like me a lot!"
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 07, 2011 09:44 PM (6neGz)
Posted by: gushka at June 08, 2011 01:35 AM (ITjNa)
Was that a rhetorical question?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 09:44 PM (bxiXv)
Notice how they don't show the gory animals eating animals on Animal Planet anymore?
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 07, 2011 09:44 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: buzzion at June 07, 2011 09:44 PM (oVQFe)
I saw that and laughed my ass off. That was hilarious.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 07, 2011 09:44 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at June 08, 2011 01:41 AM (2wfuC)
What would it take to geek a "dork" smilie, I wonder?
There's a great Iron Maiden fan community I'm part of and it has this little nerd faced smilie with cap and buck teeth. It's great! It's sort of like... :B
I think it would get used here a lot.
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2011 09:45 PM (4ixH5)
No way. It got the best of the best reactions. "I'm going to blog somewhere they like me a lot!"
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 08, 2011 01:44 AM (6neGz)
Which was really funny because today she said this is the only blog she's on or some such, at least how she posted it is how it read. But she likely meant this is the only blog she posts as curious on.
Posted by: buzzion at June 07, 2011 09:46 PM (oVQFe)
No way. It got the best of the best reactions. "I'm going to blog somewhere they like me a lot!"
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 08, 2011 01:44 AM (6neGz)
Sometimes I think she's basically trying to run the world's longest troll-imitation sock game.
Or she decided to play that role and got stuck.
The rest of the time I feel a *little* bit sorry for her. Less and less.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 09:47 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 07, 2011 09:49 PM (6neGz)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 08, 2011 01:44 AM (YxBuk)
Yeah? Since I got digital cable I watch nothing but the Military Channel. Nothing but tanks, airplanes and Hitler 24/7.
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2011 09:50 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 08, 2011 01:45 AM (bxiXv)
First thing that comes to mind? Office Space. The "pieces of flare."
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2011 09:54 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: inappropriately fluffy at June 07, 2011 09:56 PM (4Kl5M)
Posted by: gushka at June 07, 2011 10:00 PM (ITjNa)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 10:02 PM (AZGON)
Enclosed is a list of names, along with times, dates, places, and appropriate courses of action.
You must understand, I wouldn't ask this of you if it wasn't very important.
Don't worry much about the personal consequences of those task. The safer route wasn't worth it anyway. If you do this right, live what comes next on your own terms. Don't let them cow you into doing otherwise. You have nothing to gain by it.
Oh, and there's a list of suggested investments. It may help your other tasks.
Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at June 07, 2011 10:03 PM (Fs7RJ)
Yeah, my nephew learned that stuff after-the-fact, after he conned his mom into bankrolling his purchase of a comic book store in Philly.
In his case the lesson was, "buy high , sell low" is not a Business Plan.
For his mom the lesson was, "My son is a fucktard, and I am boned".
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at June 07, 2011 10:19 PM (FVhEi)
She's talked about the fashion blog or whatever it is before, though who knows if it really exists.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at June 07, 2011 10:19 PM (2wfuC)
She's talked about the fashion blog or whatever it is before, though who knows if it really exists.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at June 08, 2011 02:19 AM (2wfuC)
Its as real as her friends.
Posted by: buzzion at June 07, 2011 10:20 PM (oVQFe)
Holy shit that shot out with enough force to move it over a 1/4 of the sun surface..That's some power.
Posted by: beanervt at June 07, 2011 10:22 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 08, 2011 02:03 AM (bxiXv)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2011 10:31 PM (4ixH5)
He sounds like he's in the "I dislike Weiner but it's a private matter" crowd. This paragraph fits with that, along with scorn for fake apologies:
"And IÂ’ve heard enough tearful on-camera contrition to last me the rest of my life. I donÂ’t want to hear WeinerÂ’s apology. ItÂ’s got nothing to do with me, tells me nothing I want to know; the cable news media, conservative and liberal, would do the public a favor if they would agreed to a blanket tearful-apologies ban effective this instant. And in the future, let Weiner and everyone else who has done some trivial stupid thing that no one actually gives a damn about keep his apologies to himself."
I heard this argument quite often during the Lewinsky scandal. As for the author, appears this is only his 2nd post at NRO. He doesn't really reflect their overall opinion on this, so maybe they asked him to provide a contrarian view?
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at June 07, 2011 10:32 PM (2wfuC)
Posted by: rdbrewer at June 07, 2011 10:35 PM (s2WKl)
Posted by: anti-Padres fan at June 07, 2011 10:36 PM (Rx9BH)
good night
Posted by: chemjeff at June 08, 2011 01:46 AM (7mSYS)
Sleep well. I finally found a hotel. Who'da thunk St. Joe needed more hotel rooms! Business must be good around here.
Posted by: NC Ref at June 07, 2011 10:37 PM (9WmeS)
Sleep well. I finally found a hotel. Who'da thunk St. Joe needed more hotel rooms! Business must be good around here.
Posted by: NC Ref at June 08, 2011 02:37 AM (9WmeS)
Damn, dude, sleep!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 10:38 PM (bxiXv)
Apollo, firing all his hot energetic particles at Gaia in great big spurts.
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2011 10:40 PM (4ixH5)
Heh. No problem there. It just takes me a while to shake off 800 miles of driving.
Posted by: NC Ref at June 07, 2011 10:41 PM (9WmeS)
Guess what: you end up doing for a career exactly what you've been taught and self-taught since age 6, and you like it. All that hippy dippy shit you believe in now? Guess what, you actually start to become somewhat conservative. Oh and stop smoking weed, you don't even like it.
You have recently heard or will soon hear some advice: not to go into a partnership with family. Many years later you will remember this advice, but disregard it. This is future you telling you to heed this advice. You think it is the only way. You will be stubborn and proud. Don't be.
Get a head start on learning the piano, you do it eventually, future you just wants a few more years under his belt.
*details excluded* around *date* and you have the chance to stop it by knowing this. Please do.
You eventually have the chance to ********. It'll make sense when you're older. I say go for it, what the hell.
Don't buy a house during ... etc... invest in ... etc...
Also, you should get over ****** right fricken now, because you eventually do anyway, I just want to save you some time. And seek out other chicks: future you would like a few more notches on his bedpost if it's not too much to ask.
Posted by: That was fun... at June 07, 2011 10:42 PM (7Paz9)
Posted by: rdbrewer at June 08, 2011 02:35 AM (s2WKl)
The writer refers to it as a "prominence eruption" which I take it is different from a coronal mass ejection.
Maybe it's some kind of premature coronal mass ejection.
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2011 10:43 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at June 07, 2011 10:45 PM (jn3w5)
Posted by: davidt at June 07, 2011 10:46 PM (GfhFm)
Posted by: NC Ref at June 07, 2011 10:47 PM (9WmeS)
He's not on the cover. He's in a short, pointless story in the back of an issue of The Incredible Hulk.
Now, you'd think it was worth some money, right? But nO0oO0o! From weakypedia:
"Sometimes a character first appears in the last page of an issue, foreshadowing his or her greater role in the next issue. Arguments can ensue over whether the first appearance is the issue containing the final page cameo or the subsequent issue which more adequately introduced the character. Wolverine was first seen in the last page of The Incredible Hulk #180 (Oct. 1974) but makes a more full appearance in issue #181 (Nov. 1974). Stricter fans may consider The Incredible Hulk #180 WolverineÂ’s first appearance but most consider it #181. ComicsPriceGuide.com lists a copy of issue #180, rated very fine, at $149 and #181 at $2,075. Comparatively, The Incredible Hulk #179 (Sep. 1974), which has no special importance, is listed at $11, so both types of first appearance add value to a comic book."
Posted by: K~Bob at June 07, 2011 10:49 PM (amz4v)
Pay no attention to the price guides. They're worthless and arbitrary.
However, it does make more sense that Hulk #181 would be worth more cause no one in their right mind would pay more for a one page appearance. If #181 features the first whole story around the character, yeah, it would likely be more sought after.
But if you're looking to sell, hit up online comic shops like Mile High Comics and eBay to get an idea of what prices people are really trading it at.
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2011 10:55 PM (4ixH5)
*They won't of course.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at June 07, 2011 11:01 PM (2wfuC)
I walked right into that one. Whoops.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at June 07, 2011 11:04 PM (2wfuC)
Posted by: NC Ref at June 07, 2011 11:04 PM (9WmeS)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at June 08, 2011 03:04 AM (2wfuC)
Your hash is welcome in my hash anytime!
Posted by: NC Ref at June 07, 2011 11:06 PM (9WmeS)
Going to bed the other night, I noticed people in my shed stealing things.
I phoned the police but was told there was no one in the area to help. They said they would send someone over as soon as possible.
I hung up. A minute later, I rang again. "Hello," I said. "I called you a minute ago because there were people in my shed. You don't have to hurry now, because I've shot them."
Within minutes there were half a dozen police cars in the area, plus helicopters and an armed response unit. They caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the officers said, "I thought you'd said you shot them?"
To which I replied, "I thought you said there was no one available."
- Tony Gladstone
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 11:14 PM (bxiXv)
Oh yeah,, a political hack who openly admits he lied "to save his career" and will remain a lawmaker 'cause lying ain't no big thing is and always will be a dick head..
Posted by: beanervt at June 07, 2011 11:15 PM (KZLoo)
It reinforces the extent to which power can further corruption in people with such tendencies. He's now not even pretending he's sorry he got caught, which isn't all that surprising given his personality but it really speaks to the lack of moral standards in the D Party. I recognize that a number of Rs are only pretending but they at least hold their members to higher standards.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at June 07, 2011 11:15 PM (2wfuC)
Admittedly, it gave my visiting family quite a laugh last weekend.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 11:17 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at June 08, 2011 03:15 AM (2wfuC)
Well said. And thanks for doing so, 'cause I'm drunk now, and my responses would probably center around juvenile penis jokes, which we all know are completely inappropriate here.
Posted by: NC Ref at June 07, 2011 11:20 PM (9WmeS)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at June 07, 2011 11:20 PM (jn3w5)
Well said. And thanks for doing so, 'cause I'm drunk now, and my responses would probably center around juvenile penis jokes, which we all know are completely inappropriate here.
Posted by: NC Ref at June 08, 2011 03:20 AM (9WmeS)
Yeah you don't want to come across as a dick or anything.
Posted by: buzzion at June 07, 2011 11:21 PM (oVQFe)
yeah right!!! speaking of which did you and chemjeff get a chance to make a applebes waitress sammich??
Posted by: beanervt at June 07, 2011 11:23 PM (KZLoo)
Did I already say Hmmmmm?
Posted by: K~Bob at June 07, 2011 11:25 PM (bkSCK)
We're going to probably re-direct his efforts into a more potentially lucrative opportunity. My research has paid off, and the results will be conveyed to the M'ettes soon. For just compensation, of course!
Posted by: NC Ref at June 07, 2011 11:26 PM (9WmeS)
Posted by: NC Ref at June 07, 2011 11:32 PM (9WmeS)
How about someone takes a trimmer to Breitbart's hippie haircut? It's looking pretty shaggy.
Posted by: NC Ref at June 07, 2011 11:35 PM (9WmeS)
Posted by: NC Ref at June 08, 2011 03:26 AM (9WmeS)
Are you spying on us to report to the 'ettes?
If so, I'll have to get a haircut.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 11:35 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Robert at June 07, 2011 11:35 PM (4ixH5)
Are you spying on us to report to the 'ettes?
No. Of course not. It shocks me...SHOCKS ME!...to think that you would even suggest that I might have tweeted that pic of my dick be gathering info on morons and 'ettes that might benefit me personally....
Like I would try to benefit from gathering private, personal info. Get real.
--Google
Posted by: NC Ref at June 07, 2011 11:40 PM (9WmeS)
No. Of course not. It shocks me...SHOCKS ME!...to think that you would even suggest that I might havetweeted that pic of my dick be gathering info on morons and 'ettes that might benefit me personally....
Posted by: NC Ref at June 08, 2011 03:40 AM (9WmeS)
I'll get the haircut.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 11:46 PM (bxiXv)
Dude I'm on your side. Not sure about the 'ettes' end game, but I think we need to work together to win. Dark si-eede, right?
Posted by: NC Ref at June 07, 2011 11:49 PM (9WmeS)
Dude I'm on your side. Not sure about the 'ettes' end game, but I think we need to work together to win. Dark si-eede, right?
Posted by: NC Ref at June 08, 2011 03:49 AM (9WmeS)
Hey, "winning" means living. After this horseshit is over, I can worry about how pathetic my social life is.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 07, 2011 11:52 PM (bxiXv)
And on AICN, they have a great video remix of the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo trailer along with the new poster. Be warned, NSFW due to tittehs.
And The Rock will be in the GI Joe sequel. Which I won't watch.
Posted by: Robert at June 08, 2011 12:09 AM (4ixH5)
I hear ya,, the last Rock movie I watched he was a teh geah body guard.. kinda ruins the whole tough guy image for me...
Posted by: beanervt at June 08, 2011 12:21 AM (KZLoo)
For the bad gey it's hideous color mismatch glitter they have to scrub off...Oh the humility...
Posted by: beanervt at June 08, 2011 12:35 AM (KZLoo)
I was too fucking dumb to realize.
I hang my head in shame.
Posted by: Robert at June 08, 2011 12:44 AM (4ixH5)
Heh. "Weiner wife"
Excerpt from Ann Coulter's new book is there, too.
And I am tha-roo!
Posted by: K~Bob at June 08, 2011 12:48 AM (bkSCK)
You might have just had a early "goth" streak starting so there's that,, unless you followed thru...hehe
Posted by: beanervt at June 08, 2011 12:57 AM (KZLoo)
What would I have told my 16 y.o. me? Nothing, it would just be another adult giving advice to a know-it-all who wouldn't listen.
SS benefits? Yes, I have talked about all that on the Monty doom threads previously. All that was part of the previous two "fixes" which the Dems turned around and spent. Which is why I am opposed to anymore "fixes" that do not involve privatizing it or simply phasing it out entirely.
Posted by: Vic at June 08, 2011 01:15 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: beanervt at June 08, 2011 01:26 AM (KZLoo)
If you get something on your inner thigh that doesn't go away. In fact, if it just gets bigger and worse looking? See a fucking doctor.
Fuck me, this hurts.
Posted by: Robert at June 08, 2011 01:42 AM (4ixH5)
Where's Jack Kevorkian when you need h...ooooohhhhh, riiiiiggghhht!
Posted by: Robert at June 08, 2011 01:43 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Vic at June 08, 2011 01:44 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Robert at June 08, 2011 01:49 AM (4ixH5)
Can't,, the "EttEs" like his shoes..there's be hell to pay if you mess with the wimminz shoes....
Posted by: beanervt at June 08, 2011 01:56 AM (KZLoo)
Why can't the 'Ettes attract useful Spam?
Like cheap liquor and cigarettes?
My favorite kind of 'Ettes.
Posted by: Robert at June 08, 2011 02:03 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: beanervt at June 08, 2011 02:26 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Robert at June 08, 2011 02:39 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: beanervt at June 08, 2011 02:48 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Vic at June 08, 2011 02:49 AM (M9Ie6)
I hope you mean other pairs of boobeh...other wise that's just plain cruel
Posted by: beanervt at June 08, 2011 02:55 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Vic at June 08, 2011 02:58 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Cobalt Shiva at June 08, 2011 04:34 AM (l7zzn)
Dear Me,
Join the Marines sooner rather than later - so they can extract your stupid empty head from your ass.
Fuck lots of American girls - but don't marry any. Take a trip abroad - India or maybe Estonia to fnd a wife when you get sick of dating.
Posted by: Old Marine at June 08, 2011 04:43 AM (K5g5u)
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On a sad note, my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer last weekend. They found it when her back started hurting bad, because it spread to her spine and brain. I'm hoping for a miracle, but I saw this movie before. Its been unreal.
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