June 23, 2011
— Maetenloch The Seven Year Itch: When Do People Get Married and Divorced?
Of course based on this data it really should be called the seven-and-a-half year itch.
Young people are waiting to marry much more than they did 25 years ago which is a good thing. But it also flies in the face of my usual cynical advice to get hitched early so you can get your first marriage out of the way while you still have your looks and few communal assets.
Well that's been the breathless claim from lefty, anti-nuclear sites for the last few weeks - "Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident has caused a 35% increase in infant mortality in several cities on the West Coast of America." But is it actually true?
Well Michael Moyer of Scientific American looked into the study and found that when you look at all of the data over a longer period the average infant death rate actually trended down after Fukushima. The creaters of this 'study' seem to have cherry-picked the data to make a political point, and the whole thing is just be typical activist bullshit.
San Francisco To Ban The Sale of Fish As Pets
Because they're afraid that they might be flushed or abandoned.
First kittens, then puppies and hamsters and now goldfish?Apparently the city must have solved that whole homeless-shitting-in-the-streets problem since they seem to have time to work on the dead goldfish issue.San FranciscoÂ’s Animal Control and Welfare Commission is recommending that the City ban the sale of goldfish, tropical fish and guppies in its borders, according to Matier and Ross.
The recommendation to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is part of the commission’s ongoing efforts to discourage “impulse buys” of animals.
The commissionÂ’s ban would cover pet stores and breeders in the City. It comes after more than a year of study and findings that aquarium fish are often mass bred under inhumane conditions or stripped from the wild.
How To Commit Suicide The Jackass Way
Well first you do shots until you blood alcohol is at least .19, then you take your Porsche out for a 140mph spin on PA back roads. Bonus points for keeping your dental records up to date so they can identify what was left after the impact and fire.
And here are some actual suicide notes.
They're all sad and more ambivalent than you'd expect. Plus from the outside the circumstances they describe don't seem nearly enough to drive someone to take their own life. So it's not about the actual circumstances but more about their own mental state. And untreated severe depression is a fatal disease.
10 Actual Scientist Rock Stars
Okay Brian May of Queen is pretty well known for his Ph.D. in astrophysics, but who knew that Art and Dexter were also smarty-smarts?
Topless Celebrities!!!
Well topless under their handbras.
American Culture Comes To Japan
In the form of Hooters. It's always nice to see America doing something to improve the cultural trade imbalance.
Yahoo group. That is all.
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Posted by: Prezident Fore Fore at June 23, 2011 06:10 PM (ZUWaD)
Posted by: The Half-Dozen Threads Waiting to Bury This One Tonight at June 23, 2011 06:10 PM (wAxwp)
That is the Jackass way. But why would anybody get into a car driven by somebody obviously very intoxicated and is known to do dumb-shit things even when sober?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 06:14 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 06:14 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 06:17 PM (YxBuk)
I'm sorry, but maybe I missed it. Where are the gravure idols at that hooters? They look like rejects from a 1980s teen movie.
Rum would KILL at that job
Posted by: Truman North at June 23, 2011 06:18 PM (K2wpv)
The toughest part about a suicide note is that you can't get help proof reading it. I would think it the height of embarrassment to have spelling and grammar errors in your farewell note.
Posted by: Ben at June 23, 2011 06:18 PM (DKV43)
Ok so before we get started here I wanna share..I wanna share a story about me. Uhh I was uh sposed' to award a medal to some guy for Uh..I think honor or something, and Uh as I'm pinning it on him I stick myself with it. I said well it looks like I deserve a Purple Heart...Uhh
Don't let Biden pin it on me...so yeah I've awarded medals...won one too! A purple Heart!
Posted by: President Barack Hussein Obama at June 23, 2011 06:19 PM (ZUWaD)
Posted by: Polliwog at June 23, 2011 06:20 PM (2JuNh)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 23, 2011 06:20 PM (s7lks)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 06:21 PM (HjxoE)
In Boulder they have Yoga Festivals with hobos hiding in the crappers.
Up here we have a Bacon Festival, no hobos.
Ours is better.
Posted by: gebrauchshund at June 23, 2011 06:21 PM (iYwUw)
Still time to check it out if you haven't.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 23, 2011 06:22 PM (0vDuM)
So did James Dean and he fucked up a perfectly good Porsche Spyder too. Bastards.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 06:23 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 06:23 PM (HjxoE)
There are 144 Disney movies on the shared drive at work. I'm thinking of calling it one Rum's worth.
Oh yeah... three days until Spain!
Posted by: Alex at June 23, 2011 06:24 PM (r9Nf8)
The "argument" for getting hitched early is that you are more adaptable when you are younger, so there is a greater chance you'll grow closer over time.
Posted by: Y-not at June 23, 2011 06:24 PM (TFxd0)
Posted by: Anonymoose at June 23, 2011 06:24 PM (ZgvjV)
Does it seem to anyone else as though everyone is . . . waiting for something? Like the whole country is kind of listening for the shoe to drop?
I don't know if it's worry about Iran, or the economy, or what, but I get that feeling when I talk to people. Anyone else pick up this vibe?
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 23, 2011 06:24 PM (ELNEk)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 23, 2011 10:22 PM (0vDuM)
Very cool Miz Radish. Thank you for letting us know about the Troop-a-thon. How long does it last?
Posted by: Polliwog at June 23, 2011 06:25 PM (2JuNh)
Rear a child or two when you are young and then do it again when you are older- then get back to me about this being a good thing.
Posted by: kdny at June 23, 2011 06:26 PM (C4bBq)
Posted by: Polliwog at June 23, 2011 06:26 PM (2JuNh)
Posted by: some asshole at June 23, 2011 06:26 PM (KFWIY)
LOL! That's awesome.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 06:26 PM (YxBuk)
"But why would anybody get into a car driven by somebody obviously very intoxicated and is known to do dumb-shit things even when sober?"
I'll go out on a limb here and suggest that there may be a slight possibility that they had also consumed a fair amount of alcohol.
Just a wild guess.
Posted by: gebrauchshund at June 23, 2011 06:26 PM (iYwUw)
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 23, 2011 10:24 PM (ELNEk)
The misery index is as high as it has been since 1983. Might be related to what you are feeling.
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 06:27 PM (MtwBb)
Yes.
Posted by: kdny at June 23, 2011 06:27 PM (C4bBq)
Yup. The current favorite appears to be Iran nuking Israel.
Posted by: alexthechick at June 23, 2011 06:27 PM (sf+iw)
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 23, 2011 10:24 PM
I know what you mean....
Posted by: Waiting for the electrician or someone like him at June 23, 2011 06:27 PM (ZUWaD)
/Although some of their current cases I cannot complain about too much.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 06:27 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 23, 2011 06:27 PM (0vDuM)
Posted by: One marriage at June 23, 2011 06:28 PM (sgopI)
2. A doctorate in political science
Paging Dr. Amish- Paging Dr. Amish.....
Posted by: kdny at June 23, 2011 06:28 PM (C4bBq)
Posted by: JeepGirl at June 23, 2011 06:28 PM (ZrOu1)
Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at June 23, 2011 06:28 PM (C6OjH)
So Japan is building its own stealth fighter from scratch.
Great, it looks like we've got an old fashioned arms race on our hands.
Posted by: Ben at June 23, 2011 06:28 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 06:28 PM (NtTkA)
Since January 20, 2009.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 06:29 PM (YxBuk)
I have the same feeling. It's as if the Hoover Dam is leaking and then WHAM something is gonna give.
Posted by: mpfs at June 23, 2011 06:29 PM (3TjSM)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 06:29 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 06:30 PM (NtTkA)
Posted by: kdny at June 23, 2011 06:30 PM (C4bBq)
Posted by: Princess Di at June 23, 2011 06:30 PM (Amj6y)
Posted by: CDR M at June 23, 2011 10:27 PM (5I8G0)
I suspect that a lot of world hotspots that Obama has been mismanaging and/or ignoring are going to start boiling over in the next year. Current affairs have a strong whiff of 1979.
Posted by: Mætenloch at June 23, 2011 06:30 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 23, 2011 10:27 PM (0vDuM)
Darn! I was hoping it was days and not hours since I'd wanted to talk to the kids about it and they're in bed by now.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 23, 2011 06:30 PM (2JuNh)
Young people are waiting to marry much more than they did 25 years ago which is a good thing.
I believe that's called "argument by assertion."
Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at June 23, 2011 06:30 PM (2Oas0)
That video the Iranian Revolutionary Guard released about the Madhi does not elicit happy thoughts from me. Neither does some of the "leaked" info from the Guard's own website about how the day after Iran becomes nuclear will be a "normal" day.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 06:31 PM (c0A3e)
They even have a copy of Song of the South, which you can't find in the US anymore.
Posted by: Alex at June 23, 2011 06:31 PM (r9Nf8)
Posted by: USS Diversity at June 23, 2011 06:31 PM (RPYjQ)
A reunion tour would be a sign of the End Times.
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 23, 2011 06:31 PM (s7lks)
I'm only feeling it online. My office is full of young people and idiots (some are both) carrying on like I did during the dot-com boom.
The recent drop in gas prices is making me uneasy, because I don't understand it.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 23, 2011 06:31 PM (0vDuM)
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 23, 2011 10:24 PM
For a while, but Ben Bernanke admitting he doesn't have a clue why the economy is still dragging clinched it for me
Posted by: kbdabear at June 23, 2011 06:32 PM (so1xa)
What is this world coming to?
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 23, 2011 06:33 PM (ENKCw)
Oddly no. Everyone I see on a daily basis seems to be going through their daily routine ignorant of what is going on, or they're simply doing a very good job of hiding their concerns.
Posted by: Ben at June 23, 2011 06:34 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 23, 2011 06:35 PM (0vDuM)
Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at June 23, 2011 10:28 PM (C6OjH)
That pretty much describes John and my relationship as well, although there were a few times that going our seperate ways seemed tempting (for about 24 hours). Since we ended up with a lot less years together than planned, I'm so glad we had time to get past the rough growing up/together part and were able to move into the really sweet part.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 23, 2011 06:35 PM (2JuNh)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 23, 2011 10:31 PM (0vDuM)
I read on yahoo that Preznit Awesome was opening up the SOR and that JUST might be the kickstart the economy needs...saved again!
Posted by: Red Shirt at June 23, 2011 06:35 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 23, 2011 10:31 PM (0vDuM)
They started down as soon as the economy started/continued only faster going south again. Refineries are stocked up on oil, people don't use it when 425,000 of them get laid off each week.
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 06:35 PM (MtwBb)
!!!!!!! Would you be able to burn me a copy or something? Seriously. I want it just to have it.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 06:36 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Alex at June 23, 2011 06:36 PM (r9Nf8)
So Japan is building its own stealth fighter from scratch.
Did I miss a link?
Posted by: Ben at June 23, 2011 06:36 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 10:29 PM (HjxoE)
A turtle, huh? Is it at least a cute turtle?
Posted by: Polliwog at June 23, 2011 06:37 PM (2JuNh)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 23, 2011 10:31 PM
It was driven up by a combination of supply disruptions, dollar depriciation, and speculation
It dropped due to oversold futures, demand slack, and manipulation by the CME with big hikes in margin requirements
Without resupply due to drilling, it'll go back up again
Posted by: kbdabear at June 23, 2011 06:37 PM (so1xa)
For me it is the home market- A few of us discussed this the other day but the banks are just not in a hurry to cut their losses. Which makes no sense. Unless there is a less obvious ploy in the offing.
Someone predicted a mass bulldozing which made me think that the banks may be looking to let the houses rot and then try to make claims on insurance. Pop goes the insurance market.
My wife doesn't think they can do that so the alternate paranoid theory is they get to write of the house on their taxes. Essentially another bank buyout.
Tilt goes the playing field.
Posted by: kdny at June 23, 2011 06:37 PM (C4bBq)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at June 23, 2011 06:38 PM (cbyrC)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 23, 2011 10:31 PM
They've yet to see "All Hands Meeting at 9:00 AM in the main conference room" in their inbox
Posted by: kbdabear at June 23, 2011 06:38 PM (so1xa)
I agree. It's best to be from the same cohort, or at least, adjoining cohorts. You are more likely to have the same cultural history and expectations.
Posted by: toby928™ at June 23, 2011 06:38 PM (GTbGH)
I read on yahoo that Preznit Awesome was opening up the SOR and that JUST might be the kickstart the economy needs...saved again!
Posted by: Red Shirt at June 23, 2011 10:35 PM (FIDMq)
Yup, that will do it. What they are going to release is 16 hours worth of oil on the world market and we aren't giving it away as in stimulus. We are selling it. He can see prices headed south because of the economy and wants to be able to take credit for it.
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 06:38 PM (MtwBb)
And when the SHTF between Iran/Syria/Israel in the next few months, we'll be begging for 4 dollar gas.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 06:38 PM (c0A3e)
The recent drop in gas prices is making me uneasy, because I don't understand it.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 23, 2011 10:31 PM (0vDuM)
There's a leftward shift in the demand curve caused by reduction in aggregate income.
Posted by: Truman North at June 23, 2011 06:39 PM (K2wpv)
Posted by: Alex at June 23, 2011 10:31 PM (r9Nf
Hmm, never could figure that one out.
Sort of like the crows in Dumbo...
Never could see how that was offensive...
oh and evening all.
Posted by: CAC at June 23, 2011 06:39 PM (OXDIe)
I wonder about this. When I was young, I dated men my age. When men my age finally wanted to marry, ten years later, they wanted to marry women ten years younger than me. My advice to my niece will be to skip the guys her age and go for old guys, unless she really wants to end up like me.
(I think my ex's wife is about nine years younger than me...she kind of pissed me off a couple weeks ago nattering about how going out drinking beer was soooooo immature, compared to sitting on the couch with your husband watching reality shows. Mmmrph.)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 23, 2011 06:41 PM (0vDuM)
Hey, Truman North!
See that fourth Japanese Hooter girl from the left?
On a scale of one to ten. . .
(awesome joke, BTW)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at June 23, 2011 10:38 PM (cbyrC)
FINISH IT!!!
Posted by: Green Goblin, to Aunt May at June 23, 2011 06:41 PM (K2wpv)
I downloaded it. I hadn't seen it since I was a kid at the Princess Theater on a RC Cola bottlecap Saturday.
Posted by: toby928™ at June 23, 2011 06:41 PM (GTbGH)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 06:41 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: toby928™ at June 23, 2011 10:38 PM (GTbGH)
You never know.
Sometimes radically different backgrounds breed similar people. Just date and court longer before you marry.
Posted by: CAC at June 23, 2011 06:41 PM (OXDIe)
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 23, 2011 06:41 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: Green Goblin, to Aunt May at June 23, 2011 06:42 PM (K2wpv)
Someone predicted a mass bulldozing which made me think that the banks may be looking to let the houses rot and then try to make claims on insurance. Pop goes the insurance market.
My wife doesn't think they can do that so the alternate paranoid theory is they get to write of the house on their taxes. Essentially another bank buyout.
Tilt goes the playing field.
Posted by: kdny at June 23, 2011 10:37 PM
As long as the homes aren't foreclosed and for sale the banks don't have to enter their current market value on the books. As long as they stay off, the banks can pretend those homes and their mortgages are still at 2006 market value on the books
As for losses, when the taxpayer and Federal Reserve cover your bets, what's to worry about
Posted by: kbdabear at June 23, 2011 06:42 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Gem at June 23, 2011 06:42 PM (zw+pb)
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 23, 2011 10:41 PM (FZZ94)
Diapers already? You looked younger than that when we met.
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 06:43 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 06:43 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 23, 2011 06:44 PM (0vDuM)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 06:44 PM (NtTkA)
As long as the homes aren't foreclosed and for sale the banks don't have to enter their current market value on the books. As long as they stay off, the banks can pretend those homes and their mortgages are still at 2006 market value on the books
Yeah, I've been looking for investment properties and you'd be amazed what people think their homes are worth. I live in an area that wasn't hit by the boom or the bust, but people still over estimate the value of their home.
Posted by: Ben at June 23, 2011 06:45 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 06:45 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at June 23, 2011 06:45 PM (cbyrC)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 10:41 PM (HjxoE)
Ah, it sounds like you meant a specific turtle. I'd assumed you meant a species.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 23, 2011 06:46 PM (2JuNh)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 23, 2011 10:44 PM (0vDuM)
I have a feeling that uneasiness will be a common malady until JEF is out of office(probably afterwards too)
Posted by: Red Shirt at June 23, 2011 06:46 PM (FIDMq)
/Duh - he was in a "mansion" right outside a major city. Of course the Pakistani Intelligence apparatus knew he was there.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 06:46 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 23, 2011 06:46 PM (0vDuM)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 10:44 PM (NtTkA)
Y U RITE 2 M3? N00b
Posted by: Truman North at June 23, 2011 06:47 PM (K2wpv)
They even get Cooter from Dukes of Hazzard to come some years.Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 06:47 PM (HjxoE)
This makes sense but I am mostly thinking of the homes they have listed. They are no where near the fire sale prices I would expect and the I have even heard of them pulling them off market while there were competing bids. Meanwhile the places are being neglected. Tons have been winterized after the pipes froze etc.
Posted by: kdny at June 23, 2011 06:47 PM (C4bBq)
Diapers already? You looked younger than that when we met.
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 10:43 PM (MtwBb)
It just happens to different people at different times, I guess.
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 23, 2011 06:47 PM (FZZ94)
What is the US Navy Northwest Radio Station and why does it have so much real estate in the Dismal Swamp?
Posted by: fluffy at June 23, 2011 06:47 PM (SwkdU)
Posted by: CAC at June 23, 2011 06:48 PM (OXDIe)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 06:48 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Peaches at June 23, 2011 06:48 PM (afUO8)
Posted by: GhostShip at June 23, 2011 06:50 PM (sbaXF)
I'll see what I can do.
Posted by: Alex at June 23, 2011 06:50 PM (r9Nf8)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 06:50 PM (HjxoE)
This is a question-question: Here in Northern Virginia (where the market is way down but not nearly as bad as other parts of the country), most (70%+) of the assessed value is tied-up in the land and whether gas and sewer is available. Is this the same elsewhere?
The reason I ask is because I would think that insurance would cover only the improvements. Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at June 23, 2011 10:45 PM
Back in Oct 2007 the ARM's were kicking into the higher rate and home sales were lagging. A lot of homeowners in CA were missing payments and they were starting to go underwater
At the time there were huge brushfires from Castaic down to San Diego. I said out loud that there were a lot of people who wouldn't be heartbroken to see their house burn down
Posted by: kbdabear at June 23, 2011 06:50 PM (so1xa)
Awesome. And next time you're in LA drinks are on me.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 06:51 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 10:45 PM (YxBuk)
Splash mountain's based on a movie? I haven't been to DL in a long time so I don't recall the interior of the ride, just the drop.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 23, 2011 06:51 PM (2JuNh)
I'll take "What is the number one reason we about to see a shitload more bank failures for $200, Alex!"
Posted by: Sean Connery at June 23, 2011 06:51 PM (afUO8)
!!!!!!! Would you be able to burn me a copy or something? Seriously. I want it just to have it.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 10:36 PM (YxBuk)
I saw that one in a theatre once.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 06:52 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Ktnxbai *cough* at June 23, 2011 06:52 PM (Amj6y)
The reason I ask is because I would think that insurance would cover only the improvements.
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at June 23, 2011 10:45 PM (cbyrC)
Depends, some homes here all the value is in the land. People buy the house and tear it down and build a McMansion on the lot. That is only in certain areas though and after they build the new home the land/home ratio goes way down.
New houses developers will only have about 25% land value in the home.
Insurance is a whole different animal. The insurance only covers the improvments but you can value the improvements at more than replacement costs with some policies. If you have a mortgage the insurance must cover the amount of the mortgage. Does that make sense?
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 06:52 PM (MtwBb)
If you mean repairs to the neglected homes I am not sure. I bet most banks are praying for a rash of arson.
Plus, if the roof goes on a house, it doesn't take too long before the repairs would equal the value of the home. In other words- total loss.
Posted by: kdny at June 23, 2011 06:53 PM (C4bBq)
Posted by: jewells45 at June 23, 2011 06:54 PM (Z71Vg)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 23, 2011 10:53 PM (c5Nbw)
Wes' Si-eeeeeeeede representin'!
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 23, 2011 06:55 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: Gem at June 23, 2011 06:55 PM (zw+pb)
Most of the rides are based on a movie or cartoon. When you go to WDW this year, take a ride on Splash Mountain. Brer Bear, Brer Fox and Brer Rabbit are all from Song of the South. Splash Mountain at WDW is slightly different from the one at DL, but it's based on the same thing.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 06:55 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Gran at June 23, 2011 06:55 PM (kmmbv)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at June 23, 2011 06:56 PM (cbyrC)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 06:56 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 06:56 PM (NtTkA)
I agree. It's best to be from the same cohort, or at least, adjoining cohorts. You are more likely to have the same cultural history and expectations.
Actually, I think that a decent age difference may help. From what I recall from my college days, women historically have married at around 22, while men married at about 28-29.
Since women mature faster than men, in certain ways, you're more likely to share the same values and expectations, while being at different points in your careers helps to provide support for each other. You're both not worried about working all hours to impress the boss, and one of you can be stable while the other is trying to find their niche, etc.
Posted by: Alex at June 23, 2011 06:58 PM (r9Nf8)
Posted by: jewells45 at June 23, 2011 10:54 PM (Z71Vg)
Hope all is well with you and yours Jewells. How is your husbands treatment going?
Posted by: Polliwog at June 23, 2011 06:58 PM (2JuNh)
Interesting.
Posted by: kdny at June 23, 2011 06:59 PM (C4bBq)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 10:57 PM (NtTkA)
Hi yourself! How's life treating you?
Posted by: jewells45 at June 23, 2011 06:59 PM (Z71Vg)
The best part about arguing is the make-up sex.
Which is why I hate fighting with my dad.
Thanks for the laugh. I needed it!
Posted by: jewells45 at June 23, 2011 07:00 PM (Z71Vg)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at June 23, 2011 10:56 PM (cbyrC)
You firesale to someone who's too bad, the whole neighborhood could start to bail. If the bank holds more good than bad, it might be better to wait for a better offer.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 07:00 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at June 23, 2011 07:00 PM (cbyrC)
Posted by: Peaches at June 23, 2011 07:00 PM (afUO8)
Banks are refusing to contact or speak to anyone about foreclosures. There is one down the street from me I wanted to buy for a rental. It has been abandon for almost 9 months. I was told by the bank that it is still tied up in legal, whatever that means.
I've found similar issues here. I've been looking at foreclosures and short sales, and the banks and owners want full market value(or perceived full market value).
It's just not going to happen. No one seems to be willing to accept the loss. They're mindset is full market value or total loss apparently.
There is no inbetween for these people.
Posted by: Ben at June 23, 2011 07:01 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 10:55 PM (YxBuk)
Thanks Rum. I need to get our reservations in for dining and have been reading those e-mails from a couple months ago very carefuly to decide where we should eat.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 23, 2011 07:01 PM (2JuNh)
Anyway, how's everybody doing tonight?
Posted by: Theresa D. at June 23, 2011 07:02 PM (he4b4)
Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at June 23, 2011 07:02 PM (2Oas0)
So Japan is building its own stealth fighter from scratch.
Did I miss a link?
oops, i was reading the article and forgot to link to it.
Pretty interesting stuff. Not sure why they wouldn't just buy F-35s, though.
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 23, 2011 07:02 PM (s7lks)
Posted by: jewells45 at June 23, 2011 07:03 PM (Z71Vg)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 10:56 PM (NtTkA)
It means they can't legally foreclose on it because they don't legally own it and someone has figured it out. Not taking a side, but it's the facts.
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 23, 2011 07:03 PM (FZZ94)
get your first marriage out of the way while you still have your looks and few communal assets.
Heh, heh. Does that mean you've been in the matrimonial trenches dodging the shrapnel, Maet?
And good eeeeeevening, 'rons.
Posted by: RushBabe at June 23, 2011 07:03 PM (Ew27I)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at June 23, 2011 07:03 PM (cbyrC)
Except that in a great many neighborhoods you have multiple forclosures. Banks don't generally mow the lawns and unoccupied places have a way of going down hill quickly. So your values drop anyway.
Posted by: kdny at June 23, 2011 07:03 PM (C4bBq)
Posted by: Peaches at June 23, 2011 07:03 PM (afUO8)
Feel free to email me anytime if you need any more recommendations.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 07:04 PM (YxBuk)
If you make a half-Japanese, half-German baby, be sure to avoid naming it Hitlershima.
Posted by: Truman North at June 23, 2011 07:04 PM (K2wpv)
He's not part of the clique.
Posted by: andycanuck at June 23, 2011 10:53 PM
He showed up here one night last week and he saw us with our pants down
Posted by: kbdabear at June 23, 2011 07:04 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 07:04 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 23, 2011 11:02 PM (s7lks)
Probably trying to give sweet contracts to local companies. Then when the giant robot with large breasts doesn't work, they buy some F-35s
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 07:04 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Truman North at June 23, 2011 11:01 PM (K2wpv)
God Hates Signs.
/Has the ALLCAPS, but no exclamation points. B+ for effort.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 07:04 PM (c0A3e)
Scientific America,? The organization that believes in AGW? Debunking a 'study' that was done for political reasons?
THE DEUCE YOU SAY?!
Posted by: John P. Squibob at June 23, 2011 07:05 PM (/U/Mr)
They're probably telling the truth about that considering the Robo-signing scandals. Those mortgages were resold so many times without proper documentation it's questionable who legally holds the mortgages
Posted by: kbdabear at June 23, 2011 07:05 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: kdny at June 23, 2011 11:03 PM (C4bBq)
Not as much as when the crack family moves in.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 07:06 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 23, 2011 10:24 PM
For a while, but Ben Bernanke admitting he doesn't have a clue why the economy is still dragging clinched it for me
Posted by: kbdabear at June 23, 2011 10:32 PM (so1xa)
Rush mentioned that today and said Weekend at Bernanke's is doing exactly what he's expected to.
Posted by: RushBabe at June 23, 2011 07:06 PM (Ew27I)
My point was that an REO gone total loss around here would not be good for the bank because even a replacement payout for the improvements would not put much of a dent in the amount owed.
Figured that out on rereading. Still, could the payout and a sale of the land work better for the bank than the fire-sale price of a neglected home?
Because otherwise what they seem to be doing makes no sense.
Posted by: kdny at June 23, 2011 07:06 PM (C4bBq)
So Japan is building its own stealth fighter from scratch.
Did I miss a link?
oops, i was reading the article and forgot to link to it.
Pretty interesting stuff. Not sure why they wouldn't just buy F-35s, though.
Just asked my hubby, he says it is a mock up and that they want to buy F-35s
Posted by: California Witch at June 23, 2011 07:07 PM (Pbji2)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 10:56 PM (NtTkA)
I don't know where you are but if home values have only gone down 20% you are lucky. They're down around 45% here in King County, WA if you look at it on a house by house basis instead of medial sales price.
Tied up in legal means they are forclosing. The bank can't sell it until they buy it on the courthouse steps. You can sometimes get deals at forclosure sales but you have to bring cash, closing is the day of the sale.
There are a lot of short sales here now which means the bank agreed to close for less than what is owed on the house but the bank can't initiate those sales because they doen't own the property yet.
Regarding the house you are looking at you could find the owner and make an offer and see if the bank would agree to a short sale. It doesn't mean the owner is off the hook for the balance but it might or at least they could work out some terms with the bank.
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 07:07 PM (MtwBb)
Pretty interesting stuff. Not sure why they wouldn't just buy F-35s, though.
would you trust America at this point?
Something we'll begin to see as we decline in power is our allies taking on more and more responsibility for their own defense.
Japan clearly took the unveiling of the Chinese J-20 far more seriously than we did as we dick around with the F-22 and F-35 programs
Posted by: Ben at June 23, 2011 07:07 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: kbdabear at June 23, 2011 11:05 PM (so1xa)
I have heard that the government is dragging its feet so that the number of forclosures doesnt rise and cause bad press. Its the kind of King Canute crap that these guys could go for.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 07:07 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 11:04 PM (HjxoE)
Um, wut? I was commenting on the foreclosure stuff. You totally lost me.
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 23, 2011 07:08 PM (FZZ94)
Ahem
Posted by: Demi Moore at June 23, 2011 11:05 PM (afUO
Word.
Posted by: Mae West at June 23, 2011 07:09 PM (c0A3e)
That happens pretty frequently to unoccupied places.
Posted by: kdny at June 23, 2011 07:09 PM (C4bBq)
Which should telegraph more than I can actually share in actual words about my ridiculous life. Sigh.
Posted by: Peaches at June 23, 2011 07:09 PM (afUO8)
Something we'll begin to see as we decline in power is our allies taking on more and more responsibility for their own defense.
Posted by: Ben at June 23, 2011 11:07 PM (DKV43)
ha ha ha ha. We wish.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 07:09 PM (CN+Qv)
I have heard that the government is dragging its feet so that the number of forclosures doesnt rise and cause bad press. Its the kind of King Canute crap that these guys could go for.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 11:07 PM (CN+Qv)
The government doesn't have to. The banks fucked themselves over. The courts are finding in favor of the "home owners" more and more.
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 23, 2011 07:09 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: sifty at June 23, 2011 07:10 PM (BARAe)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 23, 2011 07:10 PM (0vDuM)
Ok, so I'll be at 5.5 or so...B+ right?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 23, 2011 07:11 PM (bgcml)
Just asked my hubby, he says it is a mock up and that they want to buy F-35s
Posted by: California Witch at June 23, 2011 11:07 PM (Pbji2)
Well based on how quickly they've repaired stuff after the tsunami their mock-up will be a working fighter and in production before the F-35 is even close to being ready.
Posted by: buzzion at June 23, 2011 07:11 PM (3LZ83)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 07:11 PM (NtTkA)
Our Pacific Rim allies may be willing to contribute more towards their own common defense, but everybody else - probably not.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 07:12 PM (c0A3e)
ha ha ha ha. We wish.
I'm speaking in terms of the next few decades.
It'll happen.
Either they will begin preparing for themselves, or they will begin to make alliances with other regional powers.
The world changes pretty quickly.
Posted by: Ben at June 23, 2011 07:13 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 07:14 PM (NtTkA)
Posted by: toby928™ at June 23, 2011 07:14 PM (GTbGH)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 11:12 PM (c0A3e)
There's also a generation or more of tech development to work through. Even Britian was getting left behind in Iraq. Everyone else was dependent on our infastructure.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 07:14 PM (CN+Qv)
I get a good bitter laugh out of this assumption men have that women decide whether or not they will be married. Like men have no choice in whether or not they will marry a particular woman. Right.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 23, 2011 07:14 PM (0vDuM)
Our Pacific Rim allies may be willing to contribute more towards their own common defense, but everybody else - probably not.
Europe is lost. They will never spend money on defense again.
The future is with Asia, not Europe.
Posted by: Ben at June 23, 2011 07:14 PM (DKV43)
Thank you, Sir!
Posted by: fluffy at June 23, 2011 07:14 PM (SwkdU)
Posted by: booger at June 23, 2011 07:15 PM (9RFH1)
If China has it's way, Chinese territory will stop at the Rocky Mountains by 2050.
Posted by: sifty at June 23, 2011 07:15 PM (BARAe)
In other words, they fucked up and waited too long. These are carreer women with good incomes that are not unatractive. However, I think they have seen one to many chick flicks.
Either that or they really think there is the "perfect man" out there. My SIL has been married 3 times and that is exactly her problem. There is so such thing. Too bad she has gotten herself into a real mess now, can't afford to do shit, can barely make her house payment. All her own fault. I knew husband 2 and 3 and they were both good men.
Posted by: jewells45 at June 23, 2011 07:15 PM (Z71Vg)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 23, 2011 07:15 PM (c5Nbw)
Posted by: moki at June 23, 2011 07:16 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Truman North at June 23, 2011 11:12 PM (K2wpv)
/Greece is boned. Next time, I'll just let Ares raze the place.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 07:16 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at June 23, 2011 07:16 PM (cbyrC)
Posted by: jewells45 at June 23, 2011 07:17 PM (Z71Vg)
Posted by: Jeff in PA at June 23, 2011 07:18 PM (45WVs)
Posted by: toby928™ at June 23, 2011 11:14 PM (GTbGH)
That and 5 bucks get you a mocha latte.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 07:18 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 07:18 PM (HjxoE)
Our Pacific Rim Allies are facing down the barrel of a Chinese gun. They have every reason to pitch in.
If China has it's way, Chinese territory will stop at the Rocky Mountains by 2050.
Vietnam is considering letting American and Russian ships use their ports now because of their fear of China. After the Vietnam War and Cold War ended, they swore Russian and American warships would never re-enter their ports, but now that china grows hungry they've changed their tune.
China is going to over reach. It is a powerful nation, but it is surrounded by nations with large populations and fairly developed economies.
Posted by: Ben at June 23, 2011 07:19 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 11:11 PM (NtTkA)
I think this is a big problem in our culture.
There is occasional discussion in the media about whether porn sets unrealistic sexual expectations, but what about rom coms and romance? And perhaps preciously because no one ever talks about it, some women do seem to let it have an effect on their real world expectations.
Why can't he read my mind?
Why can't be make grand romantic gestures?
etc?
And I will say this was not a problem in my marriage, but I see this constantly with my friends...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 23, 2011 07:19 PM (bgcml)
Ever read One Second After? Guess what the Chinese do after an EMP cripples virtually everything in the US...(you only find out near the end though).
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 07:19 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: A representative college graduate in the humanities at June 23, 2011 07:20 PM (K2wpv)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 07:20 PM (NtTkA)
The government doesn't have to. The banks fucked themselves over. The courts are finding in favor of the "home owners" more and more.
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 23, 2011 11:09 PM (FZZ94)
Yeah they have, I am getting ready to bet on it I think. Maybe, maybe not. I have never been in this position before. I just sold the last of the homes in a short plat I built and over the course of the loan I paid back all of the principle and $500,000 in interest.
The bank wanted more though and we said no so they agreed to a short sale. We stayed with this project for the last 3 fucking years feeding it money, taking checks to closings and making sure the bank got paid instead of walking away and giving them the keys like everyone else did. Now they still want more although they are willing to negotiate on how much, nice of them.
I am getting ready to see how popular they are in front of a jurt i think.
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 07:20 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: jewells45 at June 23, 2011 07:20 PM (Z71Vg)
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.
Shit happens. There's a certain amount of dumb luck in whether or not you meet the right person. All you can do is try to live a good life and be prepared to take the opportunity when it comes along. If it comes along.
I think my husband and I were fortunate to find each other at a young age, but the other reason it worked for us is that neither of us was concerned with being popular or doing what was expected. I guess we had a certain amount of maturity or seriousness or purposefulness at a fairly young age.
The folks who sow their wild oats and then decide to get married at some point because they think it's "time to settle down" are the ones who seem destined to have bad marriages.
Posted by: Y-not at June 23, 2011 07:21 PM (TFxd0)
Europe is lost. They will never spend money on defense again.
The future is with Asia, not Europe.
Well, I wouldn't be so certain of that. Europe looked pretty pacifistic in the 20s too and it didn't take them all that look before they perfected war and genocide again...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 23, 2011 07:21 PM (bgcml)
And here are some actual suicide notes.
No explanation of where they came from, who took the time to retype and format them uniformly? Does every suicide really include a P.S.?
Posted by: CJ at June 23, 2011 07:22 PM (9G+G5)
Posted by: sifty at June 23, 2011 11:15 PM (BARAe)
Only if they are renting chalets. Its not so easy supplying a cross ocean war. They can't. Pressure the rim countries into a trade/domination zone kind of like the Russians did in Europe? Possibly.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 07:22 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Dogs playing poker at June 23, 2011 07:22 PM (NtTkA)
Posted by: Peaches at June 23, 2011 07:22 PM (afUO8)
The folks who sow their wild oats and then decide to get married at some point because they think it's "time to settle down" are the ones who seem destined to have bad marriages.
+1
Especially when you meet the woman you really want to spend the rest of your life with, and the two of you are both already married with young children.
Hypothetically.
Posted by: A representative college graduate in the humanities at June 23, 2011 07:24 PM (K2wpv)
Posted by: moki at June 23, 2011 07:25 PM (dZmFh)
The folks who sow their wild oats and then decide to get married at some point because they think it's "time to settle down" are the ones who seem destined to have bad marriages.
Hubby and I sowed our wild oats together. We went out every Saturday, got drunk and crazy... then after 3 years we decided we pretty much kinda liked each other and decided to get married. Thirty one years and still going strong. He's my best friend.
Posted by: jewells45 at June 23, 2011 07:26 PM (Z71Vg)
There may be something to the bank mumbling about houses being tied up in legal. There was an abandoned rancher in our neighborhood that prospective buyers looked at non-stop. There were no-trespassing notices on the door from the bank, but whenever house hunters called the bank, they were given quite a runaround. About 18 months later an elderly couple bought it. If I don't miss my guess, they paid cash, and that's why it finally sold.
As for owners being delusional about home values, our next-door neighbor was asking top dollar for his house in '09 even though lookers were few and faaaar between. It finally went into foreclosure. The new owners got it from the bank for $100K less than the original owner wanted. The buyers laughed at the original owner's asking price the previous year.
Posted by: RushBabe at June 23, 2011 07:26 PM (Ew27I)
China is going to over reach. It is a powerful nation, but it is surrounded by nations with large populations and fairly developed economies.
Posted by: Ben at June 23, 2011 11:19 PM (DKV43)
Mao's demographics will hit them pretty hard in the mid-term too.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 07:26 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 23, 2011 07:26 PM (c5Nbw)
Posted by: Dogs playing poker at June 23, 2011 07:27 PM (NtTkA)
Posted by: Amish Guy at June 23, 2011 07:27 PM (DKV43)
The article Ben linked mentions that Japan is prohibited by its constitution from spending more than 1% of GDP on defense. I have no idea of what their procedures are for amending their constitution, but I imagine that's something which could be changed ... although that would be certain to raise a Chinese eyebrow or two.
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 23, 2011 07:27 PM (s7lks)
That's the coolest, Jewells. How's he doing? Feeling better, I hope.
Posted by: Peaches at June 23, 2011 07:27 PM (afUO8)
(Checks Chow Yun Fat's status. Dang it.)
Posted by: not the droid you seek at June 23, 2011 07:27 PM (xc/va)
Posted by: jewells45 at June 23, 2011 07:27 PM (Z71Vg)
/end whining
Posted by: Y-not at June 23, 2011 07:28 PM (TFxd0)
Posted by: jewells45 at June 23, 2011 07:28 PM (Z71Vg)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 07:29 PM (NtTkA)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at June 23, 2011 07:30 PM (cbyrC)
Given China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea, the Japanese might be more amendable towards changing their Constitution.
And we really do have to let our allies start defending themselves more. We simply don't have the money anymore for all these free-riders on defense.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 07:30 PM (c0A3e)
And the friggin' "swamp cooler" (or whatever the heck it is that is not an air conditioner but some sort of ultra-loud blowing thingy) does not work for shit.
Posted by: Y-not at June 23, 2011 07:30 PM (TFxd0)
Posted by: Y-not at June 23, 2011 11:28 PM (TFxd0)
Well, you could discover a mosquito bite in your asscrack. Now THAT'S annoying!!
Posted by: jewells45 at June 23, 2011 07:30 PM (Z71Vg)
Well, I wouldn't be so certain of that. Europe looked pretty pacifistic in the 20s too and it didn't take them all that look before they perfected war and genocide again...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 23, 2011 11:21 PM (bgcml)
Germany was everyone's butt-boy in Europe unitl 1860
China was a walking corpse until the Nationalists, and moreso the Commies took over.
France used to be the state everyone feared, even before Napoleon.
England was a minor player and satellite of France until William of Orange took over.
The US was nothing special until after the Civil War.
Japan was as isolated as North Korea until 1850.
Times change
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 07:31 PM (CN+Qv)
Pretty interesting stuff. Not sure why they wouldn't just buy F-35s, though.
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 23, 2011 11:02 PM (s7lks)
Probably trying to give sweet contracts to local companies. Then when the giant robot with large breasts doesn't work, they buy some F-35s
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 11:04 PM (CN+Qv)
They need a fallback position from the F-35. If JugEars gets reelected, look for an F-35 cancellation within the first year, no matter what Congress has to say about it.
'sup pendejos
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 23, 2011 07:31 PM (8rHXV)
Posted by: moki at June 23, 2011 11:16 PM (dZmFh)
I'm very proud of myself 'cause I took all four kids yesterday. They were really good, particularly since it was a six hour day and included a couple classes for me. I think we've got our curriculum nailed down. It's not all here yet since I waited until the end of the day to order, but it won't be long now.
My oldest says this is the first time she's ever been excited about school which goes a long way in aleviating the "oh my God, I can't believe we're doing this" factor.
Posted by: Polliwog at June 23, 2011 07:31 PM (2JuNh)
Posted by: jewells45 at June 23, 2011 07:32 PM (Z71Vg)
Unfortunately, here in Los Angeles, that is not a possibility (and hasn't been since the 70's when the Persians arrived with their suitcases full of cash and kicked off the bubble). I never could figure out how soooooo many people could pay over a million bucks for 1000 square foot houses on postage-stamp lots. I still can't.
Posted by: Peaches at June 23, 2011 07:32 PM (afUO8)
Posted by: moki at June 23, 2011 07:32 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 07:32 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Cormac McCarthy at June 23, 2011 07:32 PM (wAxwp)
Posted by: Polliwog at June 23, 2011 07:33 PM (2JuNh)
And the friggin' "swamp cooler" (or whatever the heck it is that is not an air conditioner but some sort of ultra-loud blowing thingy) does not work for shit.
Check the pads and the pump to make sure it is working at all.
If it's humid, though, they don't work.
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2011 07:33 PM (h9FAJ)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 23, 2011 11:26 PM (c5Nbw)
Thanks but that doesn't work for me. Mine was a commercial loan. If I had it to do over again I would have just walked 3 years ago. The houses would have sold for more at forclosure than we ended up selling them for and overall would have cost me less money.
That's what you get for trying to do the right thing.
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 07:33 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Y-not at June 23, 2011 07:34 PM (TFxd0)
Posted by: Peaches at June 23, 2011 11:32 PM (afUO
I can touch my chimney with one hand and the back wall with the other no problem. A "California Acre"
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 07:35 PM (CN+Qv)
I'm watching Legion. Came into it right where the old lady goes psycho and climbs the walls. So far the thought I have is "God this movie sucks"
Posted by: buzzion at June 23, 2011 07:35 PM (3LZ83)
250- I am not being gay you ass.
Dude, relax. I thought you were talking about marriage.
Nowhere in your post is there anything but allusions to marriage.
It was a joke.
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2011 07:35 PM (h9FAJ)
Posted by: moki at June 23, 2011 07:35 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 11:32 PM (c0A3e)
Looks like it doesn't matter, Kratos says I'm going to die anyways.
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 07:35 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 07:36 PM (NtTkA)
My point is, it's not always choice. I never wanted a career; I was raised to be a homemaker. I just needed something to do to pay my own way through life until I got married. Unfortunately, I'm hideously ugly--I make Eleanor Roosevelt look like Christina Hendricks--and the "something to do" ended up being software, and every time I managed to attract a guy (my age instead of my father's age, I'll admit that was a mistake) with my sparkling wit and fantastic cooking, he'd meet someone pretty (and younger, and bad at math).
Easier to marginalize and ridicule women if you think it's all about "choice" though.
Victoria Jackson cracks me up.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 23, 2011 07:36 PM (0vDuM)
Don't be gay.
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2011 11:27 PM (h9FAJ)
Lounging around in spandex bibs?
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 23, 2011 07:36 PM (FZZ94)
Dude, srsly? All you can say after that is "relax, it was a joke?" Stop digging. And maybe demonstrate a little humanity and compassion. Jeez.
Posted by: Peaches at June 23, 2011 07:37 PM (afUO8)
Why, yes.
Posted by: "Bill and Ted" Part 3 at June 23, 2011 07:38 PM (wAxwp)
They need a fallback position from the F-35. If JugEars gets reelected, look for an F-35 cancellation within the first year, no matter what Congress has to say about it.
'sup pendejos
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 23, 2011 11:31 PM (8rHXV)
Might not be all that bad. I know little about it, but some contracts get bloated and fouled up in politics and are worse than nothing. Like that Arty thing.
Our fighter airframes aren't so old as to be worthless, so its not the end of the world if we delay, or start over.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 07:38 PM (CN+Qv)
My landlord is an idiot. Really, I think he's missing part of his brain. He never finishes anything, never does things on schedule, and doesn't know how to fix shit. Worst of all, he thinks he's a great landlord.
It is not worth it to embark on a two week odyssey of getting him to look into what's wrong. We'll be gone soon.
Posted by: Y-not at June 23, 2011 07:40 PM (TFxd0)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at June 23, 2011 07:41 PM (cbyrC)
Posted by: Peaches at June 23, 2011 11:32 PM (afUO
Our county reaalllly wants to go the Agenda 21 route, but the main fighter is a force to be reckoned with. She told us that early adoption of those asinine U.N. rules are a major reason Cali is being abandoned and home prices are 10X higher than before that crap took effect. Her stats showed that homes in northern VA counties (that also signed on to sustainability plans years ago) have increased in price five fold. The goal is to nix property ownership by making home prices and/or the ensuing tax rates/rules untenable.
Posted by: RushBabe at June 23, 2011 07:41 PM (Ew27I)
Hey there, Polliwog.
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at June 23, 2011 07:41 PM (MyByM)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 23, 2011 07:42 PM (c5Nbw)
All you can say after that is "relax, it was a joke?" Stop digging.
The fuck.
It was a joke.
Someone wants to take the snark to heart and suddenly I have to be there with the bacitracin?
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2011 07:42 PM (h9FAJ)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 07:42 PM (NtTkA)
Posted by: Truman North at June 23, 2011 07:44 PM (K2wpv)
I don't have much experience dating, but I wonder if you could meet someone through either cooking classes, wine tasting classes, or one of the foodie-oriented "MeetUp" groups.
Posted by: Y-not at June 23, 2011 07:44 PM (TFxd0)
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Someone wants to take the snark to heart and suddenly I have to be there with the bacitracin?
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2011 11:42 PM (h9FAJ)
You don't have to do shit, garrett. I just find it unfortunate that you were unable to exhibit a molecule of human compassion when the opportunity presented itself.
Posted by: Peaches at June 23, 2011 07:45 PM (afUO8)
Dennis Quaid overacting. Swear words for no reason. Crappy effects. Yeah Legion is one crap movie.
Posted by: buzzion at June 23, 2011 07:45 PM (3LZ83)
Looks like it doesn't matter, Kratos says I'm going to die anyways.
Not if I can help it.
/I'm off to kill Poseidon...again.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 07:46 PM (c0A3e)
Look for the quality control inspection tag left by the gorilla.
Posted by: andycanuck at June 23, 2011 07:47 PM (c5Nbw)
Posted by: Dr. Christian Szell at June 23, 2011 07:47 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 23, 2011 07:48 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at June 23, 2011 11:41 PM (cbyrC)
Yeah you would think that the way times are that a bank that got ALL of it's fucking money back PLUS $500,000 interest might think that's a pretty good deal on a real estate deal these days.
When the market first started going south we met with them to try and work out the same type of deal that they were working out with other builders and they said no, you guys will pay us back. So they let the slimeballs that were in over their head walk and held us to our original deal.
I am about ready to say fuck em and let the jurry decide unless the Tsunami gets me first. I live on hill though so that won't even work
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 07:48 PM (MtwBb)
I also know people who are mowing the bank owned neighboring lawn, Front.
After reading Andy's post I posit paranoid home market problem 3- The banks are letting the places rot because they fear that they can't prove their right to sell them.
Number 4 is all of the above.
Posted by: kdny at June 23, 2011 07:49 PM (C4bBq)
I just find it unfortunate that you were unable to exhibit a molecule of human compassion when the opportunity presented itself.
Molecule of Compassion?
I'll use my moral imagination next time and see if that helps, Peaches.
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2011 07:49 PM (h9FAJ)
Posted by: swarm of butt-seeking mosquitos in jewells' bedroom at June 23, 2011 07:50 PM (TFxd0)
It's been pointed out in other places, but the sexual revolution and second / third wave feminism have arguably been harmful to women overall, by creating a fiction that marriage and family be put on hold in favor of career and self-gratification.
Posted by: Alex at June 23, 2011 07:50 PM (r9Nf8)
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 23, 2011 07:53 PM (FZZ94)
He keeps returning!
/That first boss battle in GoW3 was epic. In fact, I enjoyed battling Poseidon more than I did facing Zeus in combat.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 07:53 PM (c0A3e)
Dennis Quaid overacting. Swear words for no reason. Crappy effects. Yeah Legion is one crap movie.
One crap movie is an understatement. I dumped it when they started shooting from the roof. And it was a frickin' bittorrent.
Also, it's another case of that shitty Hollywood exception to the law that felons can't even touch a firearm (Charles S. Dutton, convicted of manslaughter).
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 23, 2011 07:53 PM (8rHXV)
That would be scary as hell to experience. Everyone alright?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 07:54 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Polliwog at June 23, 2011 07:54 PM (2JuNh)
They felt it on the water! A 300' vessel was jumping on the water.
That's so fucking scary to think about
...how deep was the quake?
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2011 07:55 PM (h9FAJ)
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 23, 2011 11:53 PM (FZZ94)
They just said on fox that the tsunami warning for now is only for Alaska and not here. I am not sure why that would be the case but that's what they said.
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 07:55 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 23, 2011 11:53 PM (FZZ94)
Holy crap, Editor!
Posted by: Peaches at June 23, 2011 07:55 PM (afUO8)
I'm watching Legion. Came into it right where the old lady goes psycho and climbs the walls. So far the thought I have is "God this movie sucks"
Posted by: buzzion at June 23, 2011 11:35 PM (3LZ83)
Exorcist 3: Legion or the recent Paul Bettany movie? If the latter, it's just gonna get worse.
Posted by: not the droid you seek at June 23, 2011 07:56 PM (xc/va)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 07:56 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Polliwog at June 23, 2011 07:56 PM (2JuNh)
Posted by: Theresa D. at June 23, 2011 11:56 PM (he4b4)
Alaska, in the Pacific not on land.
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 07:57 PM (MtwBb)
I assume you recognize that men postpone marriage, too.
Or maybe that's your point? Men are getting sex for free. They have no biological clock so they can postpone getting married and then marry a gal 5-10 years younger later.
I am a little baffled by what a 22 year old woman is supposed to do if she has not met the right man. She still has to work. Employers still expect top performance from their employees. It would be foolish to not work your hardest, male or female. Why does a woman's work life mean she is putting marriage on hold? Are guys so backwards that they don't want to date women who are successful at their careers?
Posted by: Y-not at June 23, 2011 07:57 PM (TFxd0)
One crap movie is an understatement. I dumped it when they started shooting from the roof. And it was a frickin' bittorrent.
Also, it's another case of that shitty Hollywood exception to the law that felons can't even touch a firearm (Charles S. Dutton, convicted of manslaughter).
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 23, 2011 11:53 PM (8rHXV)
That scene was hilarious. Blasting a bunch of zombies with guns, then a character being asked "Why do you carry a gun?" Uh, probably for situations like that.
Posted by: not the droid you seek at June 23, 2011 07:57 PM (xc/va)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 07:57 PM (HjxoE)
They just said on fox that the tsunami warning for now is only for Alaska and not here. I am not sure why that would be the case but that's what they said.
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 11:55 PM (MtwBb)
Intensity drops with distance, like a candle dims from far away.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 07:57 PM (CN+Qv)
One crap movie is an understatement. I dumped it when they started shooting from the roof. And it was a frickin' bittorrent.
Also, it's another case of that shitty Hollywood exception to the law that felons can't even touch a firearm (Charles S. Dutton, convicted of manslaughter).
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 23, 2011 11:53 PM (8rHXV)
Yeah I'm got through that part. They've just had their little lull in action for some character "development" or whatever. The Archangel Michael is a bit decent. Seems like he's in a completely different movie.
Posted by: buzzion at June 23, 2011 07:57 PM (3LZ83)
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 23, 2011 07:59 PM (FZZ94)
Thanks for answering my panicked inquiry, Robtr.
Posted by: Theresa D. at June 23, 2011 08:00 PM (he4b4)
Posted by: Polliwog at June 23, 2011 08:01 PM (2JuNh)
in re. bank owned property ---- bingo on them not knowing who owns. Chain of title is broken and real ownership is likely a special purpose vehicle SPV spun off by the bank, sold off to an aggregator, sold off as CDO's presented as bonds, sliced up in tranches, sold to a European bank ---- while Goldman Sachs shorts the entire market while purchasing default swaps as a counterparty on the German bank, except Goldman has no interest in the German bank per se, other than wishing for it to suffer a credit crisis and the triggering of the counter-party swap --- a swap originally sold by AIG, because a certain NY Atty. General named Elliot Spitzer previously ran out Hank Greenberg at AIG, who never sold swaps on residential real estate. Enter Hank's replacement, one Martin Sullivan ---- who sold billions of swaps due to their "favorable" modelings across risk, which of course was supported by statements made by Alan Greenspan as Fed Chair, which of course ushered in a host of derivative products as heretofore discussed, which placed the entire financial system in its present state of collapse, causing the fed to maintain an inorganic fed fund rate at net rate zero, so as to mask the fact the entire commercial banking sector is insolvent ---- which has a shadow inventory of foreclosed homes and or non-peforming loans at risk.
Folks ---- we are inches away.
Now carry on. And thanks for listening.
Posted by: journolist at June 23, 2011 08:02 PM (QM8jX)
Is that a comment about the marriage topic?
;^)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 23, 2011 08:02 PM (c5Nbw)
Posted by: buzzion at June 23, 2011 08:02 PM (3LZ83)
Posted by: Y-not at June 23, 2011 11:57 PM (TFxd0)
Generations ago, you got that over with by, say 25. My mother was a college professor for a few years before she got mairried and had us. Less educated women did that a few years after high school.
Now, childhood is pushed out for everyone a decade, but biology hasn't changed. My sister married and had kids late, and her son had some defects that appear only mostly when the mother is above 40.
So if the dad wants more than one kid, there's a tendency to look younger.than his age group.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 08:03 PM (CN+Qv)
I saw a bottle of HEPES today that I initially read as HERPES.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 08:03 PM (c0A3e)
Not a problem, just so long as the woman isn't more successful than we are.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 23, 2011 08:04 PM (wAxwp)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 24, 2011 12:03 AM (c0A3e)
lol, Kratos, I did, too, before I even finished reading your sentence. giggle-fit
P.S. WTF is HEPES?
Posted by: Peaches at June 23, 2011 08:06 PM (afUO8)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 24, 2011 12:03 AM (CN+Qv)
Anybody wishing to engage in battle with biology soon finds out that biology doesn't fight fair.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 08:06 PM (c0A3e)
Hey all!
I'm reading the suicide notes. I like that the guy who committed suicide after killing his girlfriend is listed as "Single Male."
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 23, 2011 08:07 PM (tsC/8)
Posted by: Y-not at June 23, 2011 11:57 PM (TFxd0)
Nope, I always keep an eye out for a nice microsoft millionaire. I'm open minded like that.
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 08:08 PM (MtwBb)
HEPES is a buffer used for cell culture and solutions you want to keep around physiological pH.
HEPES (4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 08:09 PM (c0A3e)
That scene was hilarious. Blasting a bunch of zombies with guns, then a character being asked "Why do you carry a gun?" Uh, probably for situations like that.
Actually, I was referring to real life. A real-life felon can't even touch a firearm without triggering another felony. Yet, Hollywood actors who are felons like Dutton, Danny Trejo, Mark Wahlberg and Robert Downey Jr. get a pass for making films with guns, while your ordinary Joe Felon would get slammed. Not sure if it's a refusal to prosecute or an actual legal exception. Either way, it pisses me off.
But now that you mention it, I remember that bit. Heh.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 23, 2011 08:09 PM (8rHXV)
Posted by: Single Male Who Killed His Girlfriend at June 23, 2011 08:09 PM (wAxwp)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at June 23, 2011 11:45 PM (cbyrC)
Yeah, and that would be the UN, one of Sorea$$'s major players in this One-World horse shite. So far, the dirtbags planning groups that worm their way into US communities have snared 1,200 and their goal is to add about 1,000 each year. Just try and get out of the contract once it's signed. Rumor has it Spokane did, but it's been scrubbed from the interwebz. Ogabe wants to have the new and improved secretary-general role at the UN, so we're all to be herded like cats into high rises and mass transit that preserves green space and manges to redistribute land in a nifty way.
Posted by: RushBabe at June 23, 2011 08:11 PM (Ew27I)
Nope, I always keep an eye out for a nice microsoft millionaire.
I took one Fly-Fishing once. She could have been a Playmate.
Single. Blonde. Stacked.
In Hip Waders and a Gold Bikini Top...
I was glad that stream was cold.
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2011 08:11 PM (h9FAJ)
Nope, I always keep an eye out for a nice microsoft millionaire. I'm open minded like that.
lol, even I might be inclined to date/marry if some rich woman was interested in me and all my duties consisted of were maintaining the upkeep on her house and show up for social functions and look presentable (moderate exercise is a given).
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 08:12 PM (c0A3e)
If I knew what the other 10% was, I wouldn't be posting here almost every evening.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 08:13 PM (bxiXv)
It wasn't a grocery store. I saw the bottle in our supply store.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 08:14 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 11:57 PM (HjxoE)
of course not!
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 23, 2011 08:14 PM (54F2e)
Posted by: Squatters Local #001 at June 23, 2011 08:14 PM (Ew27I)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 23, 2011 08:14 PM (wAxwp)
Posted by: Theresa D. at June 23, 2011 08:14 PM (he4b4)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at June 23, 2011 08:15 PM (MyByM)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 24, 2011 12:14 AM (c0A3e)
Oh. Your post was somewhat misleading. Very decadent of you, my dear.
Posted by: Peaches at June 23, 2011 08:15 PM (afUO8)
Actually, I was referring to real life. A real-life felon can't even touch a firearm without triggering another felony. Yet, Hollywood actors who are felons like Dutton, Danny Trejo, Mark Wahlberg and Robert Downey Jr. get a pass for making films with guns, while your ordinary Joe Felon would get slammed. Not sure if it's a refusal to prosecute or an actual legal exception. Either way, it pisses me off.
But now that you mention it, I remember that bit. Heh.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 24, 2011 12:09 AM (8rHXV)
Maybe its something like I just saw on Pawnstars. They mentioned that they can't buy any firearms built after a certain time. But the guy had brought in a prop gun that was only capable of firing blanks. So could it be possible that the guns they are using are only "prop" guns?
Posted by: buzzion at June 23, 2011 08:15 PM (3LZ83)
I'd go with 40% luck to fill in that last 10%. Or maybe that's just for those of us who are red at heart living in blue cities.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 08:15 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 24, 2011 12:09 AM (8rHXV)
Most of them are legally non-firearms - modified blank-firing, propane special effect guns, airsoft with photoreactive gel, whatever.
I'm sure some of them are breaking the law, but there's at least a way for them to do it all on screen legally.
It's no wonder so many of the dorks are gun-control fans, they're jealous of people who didn't become felons.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 08:16 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: soulpile is...expendable, s.a. at June 23, 2011 08:16 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius
Oh, is that how they do it?
Posted by: Brandon Lee at June 23, 2011 08:16 PM (tsC/8)
Lacey could be late for work tomorrow. Damn Zombies
The Democrats are testing those out early. On Election Day they're using them to help their voters find their polling places.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 23, 2011 08:17 PM (wAxwp)
Because otherwise what they seem to be doing makes no sense.
Posted by: kdny at June 23, 2011 11:06 PM
You're thinking of it as a small business with simple profit and loss terms. You're not seeing it as a huge ponzi scheme wrapped up in the derivatives cited by jornolist above. As long as those homes stay in shadow inventory, they aren't on the books as a huge dump on the bottom line, with domino effects we can't even conceive of.
In a normal free market economy, it makes no sense. We are not in a normal free market economy.
Posted by: kbdabear at June 23, 2011 08:17 PM (so1xa)
I think that was the actual defense used for the Menendez Brothers.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 23, 2011 08:17 PM (wAxwp)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 08:18 PM (NtTkA)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 24, 2011 12:15 AM (YxBuk)
You're killin' me here.
Actually I live in a purple city, but I just don't get out much. I never was much of a social animal. I do okay when I get there, I just don't go.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 08:18 PM (bxiXv)
Oh, is that how they do it?
Posted by: Brandon Lee at June 24, 2011 12:16 AM (tsC/
Well, now, yeah.
(That totally sucked, by the way. Especially the part where no one saw time for reckless endangerment.)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 08:20 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: gagrett at June 23, 2011 08:20 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 23, 2011 08:20 PM (wAxwp)
Posted by: buzzion at June 23, 2011 08:21 PM (3LZ83)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 24, 2011 12:20 AM (wAxwp)
That's just an excuse to do an investigation and get to watch it at work for free
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 08:22 PM (CN+Qv)
(Sound familiar?)
If I seem to recall, and I do, you were being quite descriptive about how many times your aged-ass made your husband ejaculate in a given day...
I can only guess it was by leaving the house and giving him a chance to beat his meat in peace and quiet.
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2011 08:23 PM (h9FAJ)
Meanwhile, next Tuesday and Wednesday a general strike is being called to hold off the austerity measures required for the next hit of heroin
Just picture the Capitol Records Building instead of the Acropolis and you're looking at a preview of what's coming to CA
Posted by: kbdabear at June 23, 2011 08:23 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 24, 2011 12:20 AM (wAxwp)
As usual, the headline and the story don't match.
Basically they were trying to say that welfare EBT cards could not be used to buy porn. They disagreed about amendments and thus didn't push the bill.
It's like these people never heard of an internet.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 08:24 PM (bxiXv)
Some of them are the propane & flashpaper fake guns for shooting close to the actors, not to mention the rubber guns used in stunt scenes, but a large number of them are the real thing, modified for blank use as necessary. Even after the modifications, they're still firearms under the law.
Sorry for the rant, it's a sore spot for me.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 23, 2011 08:24 PM (8rHXV)
Not to be ungrateful, but the topics tonight were not the best. Suicide? Radiation? Divorce?
Then the housing market dooooom...
But I had a crummy day. And my dog is sick.
Posted by: Y-not is getting sick of taking the pup out to poop at June 23, 2011 08:25 PM (TFxd0)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 08:25 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 08:26 PM (NtTkA)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 08:27 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 24, 2011 12:25 AM (bxiXv)
And you were just talking about your social chops...
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 08:27 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 24, 2011 12:25 AM (bxiXv)
Someones' gotta be the fall-guy.
Posted by: BATFE at June 23, 2011 08:27 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 24, 2011 12:25 AM
I am for you, War Between the Undead States
Posted by: Losira at June 23, 2011 08:27 PM (so1xa)
And what is the main purpose of the Internet?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 24, 2011 12:27 AM (c0A3e)
Kitty pictures with funny captions!
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 08:28 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: booger at June 24, 2011 12:18 AM (9RFH1)
I did. Except for the part where the black dude jumps from cover on a roof into 300 baddies with only 2 mags for his MP5.
There's brave, and then there's stupid.
Posted by: tangonine at June 23, 2011 08:28 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 08:28 PM (NtTkA)
You made dagny feel uncomfortable, as I recall. Here. That's quite an accomplishment in this place.
I wasn't trying with dagny. That was purely collateral.
You I dislike.
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2011 08:28 PM (h9FAJ)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 24, 2011 12:28 AM (8rHXV)
That's such a shock with material like that to work with!
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 08:29 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 08:29 PM (HjxoE)
Yeah, I think it's the heat. (No it's not really that bad, but she's got all that double collie coat.) Didn't eat today and dry heaves.
Now she wants to go out again, but I'm a little worried there's some sort of critter out there. They've spotted bear in addition to cougar around here.
And hubby isn't home.
If I don't come back... AVENGE ME!!!! ;-)
Posted by: Y-not at June 23, 2011 08:29 PM (TFxd0)
Oh and Ace ---- if you are scanning.
Thank you, seriously, thank you for all of your work here.
You sir --- if prose were king, you would be it's sire.
Stay strong baby and don't let the bastards wear you out.
Oh, and hi Breitbart.
Posted by: journolist at June 23, 2011 08:30 PM (QM8jX)
And what is the main purpose of the Internet?
Albanian Wheelchair Lesbian Creamed Corn Wrestling Pron.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 23, 2011 08:30 PM (8rHXV)
Yeah, that's what you just said about Moki, too. DIAF, asshole.
Posted by: Peaches at June 23, 2011 08:30 PM (afUO8)
This has been like the most depressing week ever.
I'm beginning to think last weekend was all a dream that never happened.
Posted by: soulpile is...expendable, s.a. at June 23, 2011 08:31 PM (afWhQ)
Tsunami warning is canceled for the coastal areas of Alaska http://1.usa.gov/jyngoJ
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 08:32 PM (c0A3e)
Or maybe that's your point? Men are getting sex for free. They have no biological clock so they can postpone getting married and then marry a gal 5-10 years younger later.
Yup. Biology sucks, but it's there. A man who postpones marriage in order to build up his career helps himself, because he can bring more to a relationship. A woman, unfortunately, has about fifteen good years of fertility, which is when she offer the most for a relationship. (That's not to imply that a woman's only value is in her fertility, however it does mean that fertility and the promise of a family do have a value when considering mates)
I am a little baffled by what a 22 year old woman is supposed to do if she has not met the right man. She still has to work. Employers still expect top performance from their employees. It would be foolish to not work your hardest, male or female. Why does a woman's work life mean she is putting marriage on hold? Are guys so backwards that they don't want to date women who are successful at their careers?
First of all, define "the right man". Half the problem is that perfectly normal guys get ignored / brushed aside by women who think they can do better. Five or ten years later, their biological clocks start winding down and they get desperate, so all of a sudden they are willing to slum it in order to get married and pregnant.
Posted by: Alex at June 23, 2011 08:32 PM (r9Nf8)
I've got 7mm of magnum love for a critter that would take you out Y.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 08:32 PM (GE1+K)
Yeah, I think it's the heat.
Sometimes a cold cloth on their ears and neck can help with that...and a haircut.
Also, a pool.
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2011 08:32 PM (h9FAJ)
Posted by: Theresa D. at June 23, 2011 08:33 PM (he4b4)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 08:33 PM (NtTkA)
It's the Lafayette Advertiser, the worst newspaper in this entire dimension of existence, so it might have been confusing.
This started out as the state's attempt to ban porn in any venue receiving public funds. Lafayette just happens to have a publicly-owned cable/ISP service, the only one in the state (and a disastrous boondoggle that's losing an assload of money), so legislators in the area were trying to carve out an exemption for the city.
That didn't go over so well in the Legislature, so some idiot spoke up and said "hey, suppose we enact a statewide ban on porn for ALL cable systems operating in the state?" The Acadiana delegation, mostly Republicans, rushed to the microphones and said yeah, that sounds GREAT! Fuck PRON! in response to this hilarious notion of telling private cable companies that operate nationally what programming they would and wouldn't be allowed to carry in Louisiana.
Democrats, Republicans; it makes no difference here. We're just a nanny state of a different streak.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 23, 2011 08:34 PM (wAxwp)
Well Merovign, this is "Teh Suck Edition" ONT......
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 24, 2011 12:28 AM
Wow, everyone is either depressed or giddy. Maybe a crewman brought a virus that he picked up in the water and it's spread throughout the ONT.
Crikey, even Spock has gone all emo and he's bawling like a Kos Kid who found out that The Real World was cancelled
Scotty's not crying and he's trying to keep this bucket from burning up in the atmosphere with all the engines out
Maybe he's got something with that warp core coolant he ingests
Posted by: Dr Leonard McCoy at June 23, 2011 08:35 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: stuiec at June 23, 2011 08:35 PM (heFS3)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 08:36 PM (GE1+K)
Yeah, the article didn't say that, as far as one could tell between the writer tripping over their tongue.
CONTEXT!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 08:36 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 08:37 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 08:38 PM (NtTkA)
Posted by: Y-not at June 24, 2011 12:29 AM
When I hear of dry heaves, I worry a bit about possible dehydration. Hope not
Posted by: kbdabear at June 23, 2011 08:38 PM (so1xa)
Kicked the ronette cage hey Garret? Sucks to be you.
Apparently I spilled some wine on the vagina monologues, tonight.
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2011 08:38 PM (h9FAJ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 24, 2011 12:37 AM (bxiXv)
Yeah, and chemjeff isn't even around.
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 23, 2011 08:38 PM (FZZ94)
"First of all, define "the right man". Half the problem is that perfectly normal guys get ignored / brushed aside by women who think they can do better. Five or ten years later, their biological clocks start winding down and they get desperate, so all of a sudden they are willing to slum it in order to get married and pregnant."
Got that right. And then you have a bitter wife who finds fault with everything you do. yah, I speak from experience.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 23, 2011 08:39 PM (w7K7d)
Who's laughing NOW?!
Posted by: Ash, Housewares Dept. at June 23, 2011 08:39 PM (wAxwp)
You're right. How to lighten the mood...
May this help?
Meet Reggie Bush's new girlfriend (who's the mirror image of ex Kim Kardashian)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 08:39 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 24, 2011 12:37 AM (bxiXv)
Yeah, and chemjeff isn't even around.
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 24, 2011 12:38 AM (FZZ94)
< I tried to spice up the housing stuff with doom.
Posted by: journolist at June 23, 2011 08:40 PM (QM8jX)
OK, change of topic.
How about them butt-ugly gladiator shoes the chicks are sporting? To whom are they supposed to appeal, anyway?
Alternatively, did anyone watch the NBA draft? I didn't, but it was big news here that Jimmer didn't wind up on the Jazz.
Posted by: Y-not is back and not eaten by a bear at June 23, 2011 08:40 PM (TFxd0)
Posted by: Applebee's Waitress Blowing Chemjeff Senseless at June 23, 2011 08:40 PM (wAxwp)
< I tried to spice up the housing stuff with doom.
Posted by: journolist at June 24, 2011 12:40 AM (QM8jX)
Doom chicka bow wow.
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 23, 2011 08:40 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: Brandon Lee at June 23, 2011 08:41 PM (tsC/8)
The bayou version of California.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 08:41 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Ash, Housewares Dept. at June 24, 2011 12:39 AM (wAxwp)
Hail to the king, baby!
Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This... is my boomstick! The twelve-gauge double-barreled Remington. S-Mart's top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That's right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retails for about a hundred and nine, ninety five. It's got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger. That's right. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart. You got that?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 08:41 PM (c0A3e)
There's a flaw in my plan somewhere, I just can't put my finger on what it is...
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 08:42 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Applebee's Waitress Blowing Chemjeff Senseless at June 24, 2011 12:40 AM (wAxwp)
I'm assuming the back door is off limits, what with the colon issues n'all.
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 23, 2011 08:42 PM (FZZ94)
How about them butt-ugly gladiator shoes the chicks are sporting? To whom are they supposed to appeal, anyway?
Oh good, shoes
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 08:42 PM (MtwBb)
Chicks if your single and over 30, you passed up 50 perfectly nice guys that are successful and stable, and would have made good fathers so you could date the dick who treated you like shit but was popular. You have no sympathy from me.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 08:42 PM (GE1+K)
It's only been a couple of times. Not much volume. She - unlike the kittehs who love to leave secret treasures - is good about getting my attention to go out, so I see what she's doing. I think she's ok. Just a little out of sorts and a little pesty.
Posted by: Y-not is back and not eaten by a bear at June 23, 2011 08:42 PM (TFxd0)
What's the ONT for if I can't come here for deep bull sessions and my every little twinge of emotion
Come on everyone, have a good cry so we can all share
Posted by: Mick in a Midwestern State somewhere at June 23, 2011 08:42 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 23, 2011 08:43 PM (NuCbo)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 23, 2011 08:43 PM (wAxwp)
< I tried to spice up the housing stuff with doom.
Posted by: journolist at June 24, 2011 12:40 AM (QM8jX)
Doom chicka bow wow.
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 24, 2011 12:40 AM (FZZ94)
< Editor ---- I think Monty should lead with that in the next Doom cycle.
Posted by: journolist at June 23, 2011 08:44 PM (QM8jX)
Oldsailor was right, as usual.
Posted by: Peaches at June 23, 2011 08:45 PM (afUO8)
Posted by: Y-not is back and not eaten by a bear at June 24, 2011 12:40 AM (TFxd0)
I long ago passed the point where I don't really care what women wear as long as they're happy and I don't have to stand next to them for a picture.
Though, you'll never see me object to comic-book costumes, either. Well, almost never.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 08:45 PM (bxiXv)
441 Somehow the ONT turned into being about housing and relationships, how could it NOT suck?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 24, 2011 12:37 AM
I blame the speech today at Ft. Drum by King Putts. It is really demoralizing to realize the CIC is that much against us. The mask really slipped.
No one wants to play for the coach that wants to blow the big game. It's like kissing your sister. Sure she has a sweater full of goodies, but it's just wrong!
Posted by: Lt. Topper Harley at June 23, 2011 08:45 PM (ZUWaD)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 08:46 PM (NtTkA)
I kicked the Moronette cage once on accident. It was hell. And they like me. Good luck.
I'm not too worried. Eczema flare-ups occur from time to time. Makes a lady grouchy.
A little cocoa-butter on the episiotemy scar and she'll be good as new.
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2011 08:46 PM (h9FAJ)
Posted by: Y-not is back and not eaten by a bear at June 24, 2011 12:42 AM
OK, glad nothing that requires an emergency trip
Posted by: Bear yelling at his family because someone took the last human from the fridge at June 23, 2011 08:47 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 24, 2011 12:42 AM (GE1+K)
Yeah, but how does that help the perfectly nice guys?
It doesn't that's how.
Remember that "advice to your younger self" thread a while back? "Go ahead, be a dick. It works!"
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 08:48 PM (bxiXv)
I just meant someone you loved.
I confess I never had a circle of girl friends, so I don't really know how they are. I gather they can be pretty shallow and conniving about selecting their men.
Me, I just went for falling for the guy who was my friend. So Lord knows if that strategy still applies. I hope to not find out.
I'm sorry my fakey internet friends are fighting. FWIW, I misunderstood moki's post (in response to my post), too, the same way garrett did. As long as he keeps supplying me with sweet food porn, he's ok by me!
Posted by: Y-not is back and not eaten by a bear at June 23, 2011 08:48 PM (TFxd0)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 23, 2011 08:48 PM (w7K7d)
Posted by: Peaches at June 23, 2011 08:49 PM (afUO8)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 08:49 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Theresa D. at June 23, 2011 08:49 PM (he4b4)
Posted by: SuzyTheBlowUpDoll at June 24, 2011 12:48 AM (wAxwp)
word.
*cuddles Captain America BlowUpDoll*
Posted by: palin steele at June 23, 2011 08:49 PM (c0A3e)
No one wants to play for the coach that wants to blow the big game. It's like kissing your sister. Sure she has a sweater full of goodies, but it's just wrong!
Posted by: Lt. Topper Harley at June 24, 2011 12:45 AM (ZUWaD)
Boy, you picked the wrong blog for that metaphor.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 08:49 PM (bxiXv)
There's a flaw in my plan somewhere, I just can't put my finger on what it is...
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 24, 2011 12:42 AM (bxiXv)
Could you send us a resume. We are looking to fill that Uni-bomber position.
Posted by: The Terrorists at June 23, 2011 08:50 PM (54F2e)
Why hello there. Care to play a game of World War 0?
Posted by: Frederick the Great at June 23, 2011 08:50 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Theresa D.
The Tea Party wishes it had the success of the Coffee Party.
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 23, 2011 08:51 PM (tsC/8)
Yeah after I understood that, my life got a lot better. Being nice does not help get you laid. Being a dick paradoxically does. I figured it out finally and adjusted my dating strategy accordingly.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 08:51 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: Donald Duck at June 23, 2011 08:53 PM (wAxwp)
If there were a "cutest typo of the night" award, Oldsailor, you would be tonight's winner. Particularly when coupled with the phrase, "I hate fucking people." tee hee
Posted by: Peaches at June 23, 2011 08:53 PM (afUO8)
Posted by: SuzyTheBlowUpDoll at June 24, 2011 12:48 AM (wAxwp)
word.
*cuddles Captain America BlowUpDoll*
righty!
(grips souvenir shop obama knick knack firmly)
Posted by: andi sullivan at June 23, 2011 08:54 PM (so1xa)
'Dying was the best thing to ever happen to me': Jackass star Ryan Dunn's haunting words in last unseen film role
/If he had a second chance, I'd bet he'd amend those words.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 08:54 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 24, 2011 12:46 AM (NtTkA)
I love fucking people, but at the same time I fucking hate people.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 23, 2011 08:54 PM (54F2e)
Posted by: Y-not is stuck in the 80s at June 23, 2011 08:55 PM (TFxd0)
A nit perhaps, and not your point, but why is it a common conception that men disvalue intelligence in a woman? I think there is no question woman value intelligence in a mate more then men do, but from my own personal experience I've never had a male friend look at it as a negative...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 23, 2011 08:55 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 08:55 PM (NtTkA)
Undead you can disagree all you want. My observations run right along with a lot of studies about female attraction.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 08:56 PM (GE1+K)
You'll never take our pron from us!
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 24, 2011 12:53 AM
No, but we will
Posted by: Miami & Las Vegas at June 23, 2011 08:56 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Y-not is stuck in the 80s at June 24, 2011 12:55 AM (TFxd0)
I have no expectations, it just feels like you're almost accomplishing something when you complain on the internet. After all, you type things, and people respond to them.
*Almost* accomplishing something.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 08:56 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 08:57 PM (NtTkA)
Being nice does not help get you laid. Being a dick paradoxically does.
"Bullshit."
Sorry, but "nice" = no confidence, to most. "dick" = confidence, to most.
It is what it is.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 23, 2011 08:57 PM (w7K7d)
Comes from feminist thinking. They need excuses for why men don't like them even as they trash the very men they're vying for attention from.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 08:57 PM (YxBuk)
Average Joe, is that you?!? :-)
Yeah, I'm just so painfully old-fashioned. I don't really understand what people want out of relationships.
Posted by: Y-not is stuck in the 80s at June 23, 2011 08:58 PM (TFxd0)
I think there is no question woman value intelligence in a mate more then men do, but from my own personal experience I've never had a male friend look at it as a negative... Posted by: 18-1
For us, it's like comparing intelligences of termites.
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 23, 2011 08:59 PM (tsC/8)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 23, 2011 08:59 PM (wAxwp)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 24, 2011 12:57 AM (YxBuk)
I don't think I've ever met a feminist. Either my radar works well or theirs does.
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 09:00 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Maureen Dowd at June 23, 2011 09:00 PM (so1xa)
The pros are dead to me. We're taking the money we would have spent on NFL Sunday ticket and going with fiber optic thingamajiggy internet stuff instead.
Posted by: Y-not is stuck in the 80s at June 23, 2011 09:00 PM (TFxd0)
"So how long do the morons expect to have to wait to get laid by the right gal as opposed to just getting laid by any gal? I mean, is the goal to meet Miss Right? And, if so, wouldn't that tend to mean that gal would not jump in the sack right away."
At one time I was definitely in the "anything with two tits and a pulse" stage.
For young Morons , the Cougar phenomenon is worth working, if only to gain "experience points" (D&D reference--the mark of a true Moron)
Older Morons should have picked up enough wisdom via hard knocks by now.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 23, 2011 09:00 PM (w7K7d)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 09:00 PM (HjxoE)
Average Joe, is that you?!? :-)
Posted by: Y-not is stuck in the 80s at June 24, 2011 12:58 AM (TFxd0)
I didn't say "You disguise your hash and bait people with imitations of other people so you can passive-aggressively chide them for responding to you afterward, and presumably masturbate at all the attention you're getting."
So, no, I'm not average joe.
(Is that "being a dick?" Am I doing that right?)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 09:01 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 24, 2011 12:59 AM
WAR, YOU'RE RELIEVED!!
Posted by: Capt James T Kirk at June 23, 2011 09:01 PM (so1xa)
Has anyone here worked the whole cougar thing? From either side.
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 23, 2011 09:01 PM (tsC/8)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 24, 2011 12:59 AM
It did say Teh suck edition in the headline......
Posted by: Socks Mc Socksy at June 23, 2011 09:02 PM (ZUWaD)
I wouldn't say it is disvalued, I would say the objective value is low. I don't date a chick because she is smart and going to have a great career. I'm looking for a suitable companion. The few times I've dated really smart girls, they had superiority complexes and didn't like that I was smarter than them.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 09:03 PM (GE1+K)
Has anyone here worked the whole cougar thing? From either side.
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 24, 2011 01:01 AM (tsC/
heh, fuck no I'm 59
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 09:03 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 24, 2011 12:57 AM (YxBuk)
Another thing - there is a reason a lot of single women (and men) are single.
Sometimes I think that's one reason the "go for the married man" option is so popular, it's like only hiring people who are currently employed.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 09:03 PM (bxiXv)
Hasn't that been true for most of recorded history? The change in recent years in the age women marry at.
Looking at the US in 1900, marriage ages were men 25.9, and women 22. Now it is 26.8 and 25.1 - so men are waiting an extra year, women three.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 23, 2011 09:03 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 09:03 PM (NtTkA)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 09:04 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 09:04 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: kbdabear at June 24, 2011 01:03 AM (so1xa)
I BAN YOU!!!! :wink:
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 09:04 PM (bxiXv)
Has anyone here worked the whole cougar thing? From either side.
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 24, 2011 01:01 AM (tsC/
heh, fuck no I'm 59
Posted by: robtr at June 24, 2011 01:03 AMAlways looking for a good young man, Bobby!
Posted by: Helen Thomas at June 23, 2011 09:04 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 09:04 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Y-not is stuck in the 80s at June 24, 2011 12:55 AM (TFxd0)
All of those other gals are for training purposes. You don't want to meet the right one and then embarrass yourself by not knowing any tricks.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 23, 2011 09:05 PM (54F2e)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 09:05 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Helen Thomas at June 24, 2011 01:04 AM (so1xa)
see what i mean
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 09:05 PM (MtwBb)
lol, even I might be inclined to
date/marry if some rich woman was interested in me and all my duties
consisted of were maintaining the upkeep on her house and show up for
social functions and look presentable (moderate exercise is a given).
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 24, 2011 12:12 AM (c0A3e)
And a tongue that could lick your own fore head.
Posted by: Said Millionaress at June 23, 2011 09:05 PM (bgcml)
Hey, at least the place has a pulse tonight....
Oh, and fuck you! BANNED
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 23, 2011 09:05 PM (wAxwp)
Posted by: kbdabear at June 24, 2011 01:03 AM (so1xa)
I BAN YOU!!!! :wink:
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 24, 2011 01:04 AM
Yeh, well I double-dog ban you!
Posted by: Schwartz at June 23, 2011 09:06 PM (so1xa)
"Has anyone here worked the whole cougar thing? From either side."
After my divorce, totally.
I was married fresh out of college for a year, to someone who only wanted a Green Card and what she could steal, not that I had anything for her to steal then. In the San Fransicko area where we met, there was/is a saying: The women who like men don't speak English and the women who speak English don't like men.
So I am in my mid to late 20s, even into my 30's and discovered I could either be a teenybopper's "old man" or a middle-aged divorcee's "boy toy".
Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 23, 2011 09:06 PM (w7K7d)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 24, 2011 01:04 AM (HjxoE)
Are you Average Joe? (You can never tell.)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 09:06 PM (bxiXv)
My problem has often been the opposite. I don't like feeling smarter than my date. I would like to feel my intelligence is equal to his.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 09:07 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 09:07 PM (GE1+K)
Now what use would that be to anybody?
I'm not Gene Simmons./Sorry, no decadence please.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 09:07 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 09:08 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 09:08 PM (NtTkA)
Oh, and fuck you! BANNED
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 24, 2011 01:05 AM
Yeh ... well double dumb ass on you!
Posted by: Admiral James T Kirk in 1986 San Francisco at June 23, 2011 09:08 PM (so1xa)
See, it's FUNNY 'cause the Duck is a complete psycho to those two chipmunks and yet somehow he never gets laid by Daisy which makes him even more of a psycho which in turn leads to, uh....
Ahh fuck it, I never liked the little bastard very much either.
Posted by: Cryogenically-Frozen Walt Disney at June 23, 2011 09:09 PM (wAxwp)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 09:09 PM (HjxoE)
You know both the chicks I dated that were sharp said that till they dated me. They dated stupid guys after.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 09:09 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: Erick Erickson at June 23, 2011 09:09 PM (wAxwp)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 24, 2011 01:03 AM (GE1+K)
Wow. How awful for you!
Posted by: Theresa D. at June 23, 2011 09:09 PM (he4b4)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 24, 2011 01:07 AM (GE1+K)
Yeah, earlier today. In the Breaking x2 thread.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 09:10 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Frederick the Great at June 24, 2011 12:50 AM (bgcml)
Freddy nearly was crushed for stealing one crummy province from a Girl. Queen of Austria, but still. Prussia needed the stuff they were after holding Russia's coat while they beat Napoleon to be strong enough for Bismark to make them a major power.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 09:11 PM (CN+Qv)
No biggie I got over it. It helps I couldn't hear them very clearly over the sound of how awesome I am.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 09:11 PM (GE1+K)
---
You and AmishDude should double-date sometime. At least you'd have company after your dates never returned from the ladies room.
Posted by: Y-not at June 23, 2011 09:12 PM (TFxd0)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 24, 2011 01:07 AM (YxBuk)
Let's talk theoretical physics. Dirac's sea of negative energy and Maxwell's lost equations, anyone?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 09:12 PM (bxiXv)
No one wants to play for the coach that wants to blow the big game. It's like kissing your sister. Sure she has a sweater full of goodies, but it's just wrong!
Posted by: Lt. Topper Harley at June 24, 2011 12:45 AM (ZUWaD)
So wrong its RIGHT!
Posted by: Angelina Jolie's Brother at June 23, 2011 09:12 PM (bgcml)
I've dated a guy with a degree in nuclear physics. He was smart and shit in science, but when it came to other stuff, not so much. I can't date someone dumber than I am. It doesn't work. I want to be able to mention Kant and Sartre in one breath, while talking about Jacques Louis David in another, followed by the current state of affairs.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 09:13 PM (YxBuk)
I'm happily married now. And I've gone tow to tow with Amish more than once. That date could be televised.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 09:13 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 09:13 PM (NtTkA)
Ack, I didn't finish my thought before I hit post. I meant to add, "Without the other person looking at me blankly." I believe in well rounded educations.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 09:14 PM (YxBuk)
Let's talk theoretical physics. Dirac's sea of negative energy and Maxwell's lost equations, anyone?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 24, 2011 01:12 AM (bxiXv)
Dirac is fulla crap. Everyone knows its turtles all the way down, not electrons.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 09:14 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 24, 2011 01:14 AM (YxBuk)
Basket ball?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 09:14 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 24, 2011 01:13 AM (YxBuk)
I Kant stand Sartre, sorry.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 09:14 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 09:14 PM (HjxoE)
Only if you're willing to discuss Kant, Burke, Berkeley, Rorty, Wittgenstein and Sartre afterwards. Categorical imperative?
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 09:15 PM (YxBuk)
Oh, and fuck you! BANNED
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 24, 2011 01:05 AM
Alright you mutinous disloyal computerized halfbreed .. What makes you think you're a man, you're an overgrown jackrabbit .
Posted by: Capt James T Kirk at June 23, 2011 09:15 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 24, 2011 01:13 AM (YxBuk)
but do you like to go fishing? I like to fish.
Posted by: robtr at June 23, 2011 09:16 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 09:16 PM (NtTkA)
Well I am a tech head all the way. But I have a classical education (US Naval Academy) and a serious interest in history, so my knowledge of humanitarian subjects is not shy. Kant is a hack BTW, I felt he couched some pretty marginal thinking in churched up language to make it sound a lot more profound than what it was. He never answered any fundamental question about the concept of morality and left us in no better condition than the Greeks all said and done.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 09:16 PM (GE1+K)
I don't think I've ever met a feminist. Either my radar works well or theirs does.
Posted by: robtr at June 24, 2011 01:00 AM (MtwBb)
Lucky you.
I once had an argument about whether missiles were shaped they were do to aerodynamics or because of the patriarchy's fetish for phallic symbols. Good times...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 23, 2011 09:16 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 09:16 PM (HjxoE)
"Ack, I didn't finish my thought before I hit post. I meant to add, "Without the other person looking at me blankly." I believe in well rounded educations."
It is also important to beware of The Chumpsky Effect: those who are geniuses in one area of study or expertise and think that this allows them to be utter scumbags in other facets of life. Named after Noam, as you might have guessed.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 23, 2011 09:17 PM (w7K7d)
I've dated dumb girls and hated it every time. There's nothing to talk to them about. Which makes it harder to distract them from noticing I'm staring at their boobehs.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 23, 2011 09:17 PM (wAxwp)
Posted by: kbdabear at June 24, 2011 01:03 AM (so1xa)
I say let this thread get as testy as it needs to get.
Posted by: Andi Sullivan at June 23, 2011 09:18 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 23, 2011 09:18 PM (tsC/8)
There are no new ideas, but I liked the categorical imperative. Seemed like a pretty basic thing to live by and applicable to a lot of things.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 09:19 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 24, 2011 01:15 AM (YxBuk)
Most of those guys wrote that way to score with the chicks. Srsyly.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 09:19 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 23, 2011 09:20 PM (NtTkA)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 24, 2011 01:15 AM (YxBuk)
I have to say I'm kind of surprised at your emphasis on Sartre, given that he was a complete dipstick.
I mean, I know he's high on the academic list, but how is he substantially distinguished in terms of the consequences of his ideas from Focault or for that matter William Ayers?
I admit to a dash of eclectic utilitarianism in my philosophy, discarding and retaining elements of the same author... but I don't find much redeeming value in the works of that French fry.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 09:20 PM (bxiXv)
Kant is a hack BTW, I felt he couched some pretty marginal thinking in churched up language to make it sound a lot more profound than what it was. He never answered any fundamental question about the concept of morality
The Imperative doesn't set out to do this. Rather, it sets out to justify the Appeal to Reason.
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2011 09:21 PM (h9FAJ)
"I have to say I'm kind of surprised at your emphasis on Sartre, given that he was a complete dipstick."
Got that right. A disgusting Stalinist toady and pussy whipped by that Beauvoir bitch. Camus had him pegged.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 23, 2011 09:22 PM (w7K7d)
You see, churched up language to say, I have a moral obligation so I must act.
Moral obligations require actions? WOW DEEP THINKER....
Except he tried to cross tie it with drinking water.
Which just confused the whole concept.
F* what was his problem?
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 09:23 PM (GE1+K)
I admit to a dash of eclectic utilitarianism in my philosophy, discarding and retaining elements of the same author... but I don't find much redeeming value in the works of that French fry.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 24, 2011 01:20 AM (bxiXv)
But it gives you the excuse to use the phrase "Descartes before the horse"
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 09:23 PM (CN+Qv)
You know there is something to that. I'm reading Greek mythology, my wife is watching American idol. What the hell do we talk about? Answer not much.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 23, 2011 09:23 PM (bgcml)
That may be true but I really liked No Exit. Hell is other people, indeed.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 09:24 PM (YxBuk)
Camus had him pegged.
I thought Camus was a dude?
Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2011 01:24 AM (h9FAJ)
They were French. You know.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 09:24 PM (bxiXv)
OK, I'm banning myself for that bit of silliness. Have a great night/morning, everyone!
Posted by: Theresa D. at June 23, 2011 09:25 PM (he4b4)
I don't always drink beer but when I do
I beat my wife savagely
Posted by: The most interesting man in the world at June 24, 2011 01:22 AMNo matter how testy, depressed, or angry we get, eventually us morons will bring out teh funny.
Group noogie!
Posted by: kbdabear at June 23, 2011 09:25 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 09:26 PM (YxBuk)
"Most of those guys wrote that way to score with the chicks. Srsyly."
By the way, the great historian Paul Johnson has a book "Intellectuals", where he eviscerates a lot of these fucks like Sartre and Bertrand Russell and Chumpsky.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 23, 2011 09:26 PM (w7K7d)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 24, 2011 01:24 AM (YxBuk)
(sigh)
You aren't in Hell, Hell is in you.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 09:26 PM (bxiXv)
Got married at age 22 to a wonderful wife, and we now have 5 kids. That said, nothing comes easy and could certainly understand someone who states that life sucks - regardless of their situation.
Posted by: pud at June 23, 2011 09:27 PM (uVLh6)
Daffy >> Donald
I always preferred Donald. Daffy just got to be more and more of a headcase as time went on, until he became a parody of himself. Donald was nice and simple, and never let societal pressures deter him from a good bugshit temper tantrum.
Sylvester >> Tom
No dice! Tom can't even talk! But yeah, I'll take Sylvester. Though I hated Jerry just as much as Tweety and wanted their respective pursuers to just fucking eat them and be done with it.
Okay, so it ain't Kant.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 23, 2011 09:27 PM (wAxwp)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 24, 2011 01:26 AM (YxBuk)
Did somebody say BOOBS!?!?!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 09:27 PM (bxiXv)
You aren't in Hell, Hell is in you.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 24, 2011 01:26 AM (bxiXv)
Speaking of that, any of you fine moronettes want to see the ceiling of America's favorite ex-president's office?
Posted by: Bill Clinton at June 23, 2011 09:28 PM (bgcml)
You aren't in Hell, Hell is in you.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 24, 2011 01:26 AM (bxiXv)
Well, if you live in France, it seems to fit pretty well.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 09:28 PM (CN+Qv)
My favorite philosopher. Free society is built off of what he laid down in Ethics and Politics.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 09:29 PM (GE1+K)
Did somebody say BOOBS!?!?!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 24, 2011 01:27 AM (bxiXv)
Now there's a categorical imperitive, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 09:29 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: The most interesting man in the world at June 23, 2011 09:29 PM (ZUWaD)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 09:30 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 24, 2011 01:26 AM (YxBuk)
Ok, I've been good and talked about philosophy. Now who's going to give me a good link to boobage?
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 09:30 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: Albert Camus at June 23, 2011 09:30 PM (4Kl5M)
By the way, the great historian Paul Johnson has a book "Intellectuals", where he eviscerates a lot of these fucks like Sartre and Bertrand Russell and Chumpsky.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 24, 2011 01:26 AMP.J O'Rourke takes those types apart and then pisses on their bloodied carcasses for laughs
His takedown of Thoreau was brilliant
Posted by: kbdabear at June 23, 2011 09:30 PM (so1xa)
We make Hell real; we stoke its fires.
And in its flame our hope expires.
Posted by: The Book of Counted Sorrows at June 23, 2011 09:30 PM (c0A3e)
"Camus had him pegged.
I thought Camus was a dude?"
Dang, wrong word. But Camus' description of Sartre as "a man who never did more than throw his armchair in the direction of history" and "a man whose mother had to pay his income tax" was spot on.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 23, 2011 09:30 PM (w7K7d)
Posted by: The most interesting man in the world at June 23, 2011 09:30 PM (ZUWaD)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 24, 2011 01:30 AM (HjxoE)
Well standard evolutionary theory says egg.
Lamarck and Lysenko, chicken.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 09:31 PM (CN+Qv)
Ok, I've been good and talked about philosophy. Now who's going to give me a good link to boobage?
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 24, 2011 01:30 AM (GE1+K)
Here's some boobs
Posted by: 18-1 at June 23, 2011 09:31 PM (bgcml)
I'm waiting for the Bill and Ted reference.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 24, 2011 01:27 AM (YxBuk)
Geek!
Posted by: Socrates at June 23, 2011 09:31 PM (3LZ83)
Well scientifically on the evolutionary timeline since organisms reproduced with mitosis prior to meiosis(required to make eggs) the chicken clearly came first.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 09:32 PM (GE1+K)
I am sooo late to the party. I have worked 15 hour days since Saturday, just finished the project a half hour ago. Hooray, now I am unemployed again.
Anyway, couldnÂ’t comment on SlutWalk thread today, but had a barista at Starbucks debate me that the SlutWalk was a great thing because it was bringing attention to sexual violence against women. Also, I resent the remarks by some fellow commenters that there are not attractive women in the Seattle area and I hope runningrn defended us.
And, the photograph of the remains of Ryan DunnÂ’s Porsche is horrifying. Absolutely horrifying.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 23, 2011 09:32 PM (RZ8pf)
Steel isn't strong, boy, flesh is stronger!
Posted by: Thulsa Doom at June 23, 2011 09:32 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 09:32 PM (HjxoE)
For philosophy I tune in to Larry the Cable Guy
Posted by: kbdabear at June 23, 2011 09:32 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Bill S. Preston, Esq. and Ted "Theodore" Logan at June 23, 2011 09:33 PM (wAxwp)
Posted by: Thulsa Doom at June 24, 2011 01:32 AM (c0A3e)
I disagree
Posted by: The Terminator at June 23, 2011 09:33 PM (bgcml)
Because the feminist redefinition of rape hasn't been plaguing us for the last 25 years?
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 09:33 PM (YxBuk)
"P.J O'Rourke takes those types apart and then pisses on their bloodied carcasses for laughs
His takedown of Thoreau was brilliant''
Oh yah, P.J. is always awesome. ""At the core of liberalism is
the spoiled child - miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied,
demanding, ill disciplined, despotic, and useless. Liberalism is the
philosophy of sniveling brats."
Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 23, 2011 09:33 PM (w7K7d)
I'm waiting for the Bill and Ted reference.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 24, 2011 01:27 AM (YxBuk)
Geek!
Posted by: Socrates at June 24, 2011 01:31 AM (3LZ83)
My favorite is the Star Trek equation - the great philosophers
"Plato, Arisotle, Klondak or Saros V....."
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 09:34 PM (CN+Qv)
What the hell, did I enter the ONT Twilight Zone? Philosophy? You bunch of crazies.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 23, 2011 09:34 PM (RZ8pf)
Conan the Barbarian on the second meeting with James Earl Jones.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 09:34 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: The most interesting man in the world at June 23, 2011 09:34 PM (ZUWaD)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 09:34 PM (HjxoE)
What the hell, did I enter the ONT Twilight Zone? Philosophy? You bunch of crazies.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 24, 2011 01:34 AM (RZ8pf)
It could all be your imagination, since reality can't be proved...
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 09:34 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: fluffy at June 23, 2011 09:35 PM (4Kl5M)
And, the photograph of the remains of Ryan DunnÂ’s Porsche is horrifying. Absolutely horrifying.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 24, 2011 01:32 AM (RZ8pf)
I wish he had just given me the pink slip and keys and lit himself on fire, cut out the middle man.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 09:35 PM (bxiXv)
Well scientifically on the evolutionary timeline since organisms reproduced with mitosis prior to meiosis(required to make eggs) the chicken clearly came first.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 24, 2011 01:32 AM
The rooster goes with the chicken ...So who's having sex with the hen?
Posted by: Frank Costanza at June 23, 2011 09:35 PM (so1xa)
Speaking of Larry, why in the hell did he stay on for Cars 2 when they were pushing that "oil is evil" crap?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 09:35 PM (c0A3e)
So are mine.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 23, 2011 09:35 PM (wAxwp)
Posted by: Billy the Kid at June 23, 2011 09:36 PM (3LZ83)
Meanwhile our libtard washington hogs applaud the move to add more debt, to be paid later, days after blaming the 14 trillion debt on 2 unnecessary wars...continue on..
Posted by: beanervt at June 23, 2011 09:36 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 09:36 PM (GE1+K)
Or H Beam Piper -
"everything must happen at once for five week old puppies, five year old children, and reformers of any age"
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 09:36 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 24, 2011 01:26 AM (YxBuk)
Ok, I've been good and talked about philosophy. Now who's going to give me a good link to boobage?
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 24, 2011 01:30 AM (GE1+K)
Be careful what you wish for.
Posted by: dude who has 973 Tera bytes of pron on his computer at June 23, 2011 09:37 PM (54F2e)
Because the feminist redefinition of rape hasn't been plaguing us for the last 25 years?
Because it isn’t right to say a woman is “asking for it” by dressing provocatively, so in order to protest that you have to dress provocatively or something. I don’t know, I chose not to debate because I prefer my coffee saliva and dirty dishwater free.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 23, 2011 09:37 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: The most interesting man in the world at June 23, 2011 09:37 PM (ZUWaD)
Posted by: beanervt at June 24, 2011 01:36 AM (KZLoo)
...
...
If it was, do you think for one second that would stop him?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 09:37 PM (bxiXv)
I read that navel gazing prap in high school. O'Rourke eviscerated Walden Pond and I thought THAT should be the required reading.
Posted by: kbdabear at June 23, 2011 09:38 PM (so1xa)
Your not a petabyte yet. ffffft Amateur. My wife probably has more nudie pics than you.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 09:39 PM (GE1+K)
Stroke of the pen, law of the land. Kinda cool.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 09:39 PM (c0A3e)
"Don't look at me, my tastes in high culture are limited to opera and classical music
So are mine."
Moron straw poll (generation gap identifier?): When you hear Wagner's Flight of the Valkyries, do you think:
1. "Apocalypse Now" or
2. Bugs and Elmer?
Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 23, 2011 09:39 PM (w7K7d)
Posted by: United Brotherhood of Discourse Lowerers Local 303 at June 23, 2011 09:39 PM (wAxwp)
That you Schrödinger?
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 24, 2011 01:38 AM (RZ8pf)
I ain't getting in that box. its dangerous.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 09:40 PM (CN+Qv)
Bugs and Elmer.
Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit!
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at June 23, 2011 09:40 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 09:41 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 24, 2011 01:39 AM (c0A3e)
Obama doesn't even write it down, he just knows no one is going to do anything about it when he breaks the law.
That's what the last 50 years of Democrats setting the expectation bar flat on the ground has done.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 09:41 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 24, 2011 01:35 AM
Big career exposure. Who's going to hear Larry's philosophy if he's only heard on Hannity or The History Channel?
My biggest laugh at the writer's ignorance was his cheerleading of ethanol. I assume he didn't hear of worldwide corn shortages because of that horse piss
Posted by: kbdabear at June 23, 2011 09:41 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 23, 2011 09:42 PM (wAxwp)
True story - Many years ago i was perusing the ads in the back of an adult magazine, one of the ads was for a blow up doll, the picture of said doll looked pretty damn sexy and when i looked at the price i was astonished to see that it was only $1. So i'm thinking ok, there's a catch here somewhere, but there wasn't any fine print, nothing saying that if i bought this sexy blow up doll for $1 i'd be put on a mailing list or anything like that, so i figured what the hell and sent my $1 in anticipation of some good times ahead.
So, fast forward a few weeks and i finally receive an envelope with the return address of the company i had sent the $1 to and i'm thinking well, the offer must have ended and they sent my $1 back. So i open the envelope and find not my $1, but a regular party balloon like this with a shitty black ink outline of a woman on it, so yeah, that's why it only cost a buck.
Posted by: booger at June 23, 2011 09:42 PM (9RFH1)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 09:42 PM (HjxoE)
Help. Help me quick. What's that book out now by the New York Times financial writer about how the financial crisis occurred? It goes back to the CRA, names all the Democrat villains. What the hell, it's driving me crazy and someone wants to know about it.
Posted by: Californian with college degree arhooley at June 23, 2011 09:43 PM (3n2lK)
But you can drill through it.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 24, 2011 01:41 AM (c0A3e)
My wave function has a node in the box. Because i'm not in there.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 09:43 PM (CN+Qv)
comb your hair
Wear clean clothes that fit
brush your teeth
read some books
watch John Wayne movies
learn how to cook
pick up after yourself
try to keep a job. If you can't, keep looking for a job
don't be addicted to anything
listen when she talks
don't break promises
have something inside you that you know you are excellent at. Even if you never mention it.
Not too hard to be acceptable on the dating market.
Even someone of aggressively average and unremarkable appearance such as myself can be successful if they do these things.
Posted by: sifty at June 23, 2011 09:44 PM (BARAe)
Posted by: Californian with college degree arhooley at June 23, 2011 09:44 PM (3n2lK)
Posted by: Californian with college degree arhooley at June 24, 2011 01:43 AM (3n2lK)
reckless Endangerment by Gretchen Morgensen
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 09:45 PM (bxiXv)
No Merovign,,but you can always prosecute and jail him later. I can wait.
Posted by: beanervt at June 23, 2011 09:45 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: booger at June 24, 2011 01:42 AM
You are lucky you didn't get the Jihadi Blow up doll
Posted by: Ahmed "Stumpy" Mufarak at June 23, 2011 09:45 PM (ZUWaD)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 09:45 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: booger at June 24, 2011 01:42 AM (9RFH1)
Can I interest you in an exciting new technology that will allow you to dry 6 months worth of clothes for under $10?
Posted by: Solar Clothes Dryers For Sale at June 23, 2011 09:45 PM (h9FAJ)
Posted by: booger at June 24, 2011 01:42 AM
What you REALLY need is this handy device that makes your dick HUGE
Only 9.99 plus shipping and handling
Posted by: Guys who sell shit on the back of adult magazines at June 23, 2011 09:46 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: fluffy at June 23, 2011 09:47 PM (4Kl5M)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 09:47 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 24, 2011 01:47 AM (HjxoE)
He watches those videos for the scenery.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 09:48 PM (CN+Qv)
My favorite Shannon Tweed movie was
Where Do You Think You're Putting That?
I think it was Shannon Tweed. I fast-forwarded through the credits and stuff.
Posted by: sifty at June 23, 2011 09:49 PM (BARAe)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 09:49 PM (HjxoE)
No. Nobody wants to see or even hear about that shit. I was just feeling nostalgic, that is all.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 09:49 PM (c0A3e)
Huh. I've held an actual suicide note in my hand. My wife's father left a note before he shot himself. It said, nobody is responsible for this but me, do not blame yourselves, and here are the accounts where all my money is. It was very business-like, just like he was in life.
Kind of creepy, I must say.
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 23, 2011 09:49 PM (a+MmI)
Too bad Ace doesn't have an amazon linky...
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 09:49 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 09:50 PM (HjxoE)
Where Do You Think You're Putting That?
Someday IÂ’d like to meet a man who would be worthy of that questionÂ…
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 23, 2011 09:51 PM (RZ8pf)
Too bad Ace doesn't have an amazon linky...
I know. I want to buy a copy of a expensive cookbook.
I was hoping Ace would hook that up soon.
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2011 09:52 PM (h9FAJ)
Oh, and because I couldnÂ’t keep up on the drama around this place, but have noticed a curious lack of someone, it makes me curious, did something happen?
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 23, 2011 09:53 PM (RZ8pf)
Slaanesh accepts us all.
I detest his decadence. Let him have all the weak Eldar souls - mine belongs to Khorne, the true God of War.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 23, 2011 09:53 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 09:54 PM (HjxoE)
Curiously we have a new nic of Raquel under that hash.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 09:55 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 24, 2011 01:53 AM (RZ8pf)
So the entire global corporation got shut down?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 09:55 PM (CN+Qv)
Wish I knew why I wrote myself a post-it with the words “background check” and an obscure number and left it on my desk…
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 23, 2011 09:55 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Papa Editor at June 23, 2011 09:55 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 09:55 PM (HjxoE)
Garrett, the $695 Molecular Gastronomy one by Nathan Myrhvold?
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 23, 2011 09:55 PM (RZ8pf)
So the entire global corporation got shut down?
Huh? Is that in reference to the worthy dick comment or the drama comment?
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 23, 2011 09:57 PM (RZ8pf)
Too bad Ace doesn't have an amazon linky...
I know. I want to buy a copy of a expensive cookbook.
I was hoping Ace would hook that up soon.
Posted by: garrett at June 24, 2011 01:52 AM
Keep up the potty mouth postings and he never will
you douchebags....
Posted by: Ace's accountant at June 23, 2011 09:57 PM (ZUWaD)
I have 606 unread messages on my home computer, hang on a sec, IÂ’ll find it and reply.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 23, 2011 09:57 PM (RZ8pf)
They exist. Sometimes they just wear really plain wrappers. Kinda like a bar of great booze in a paper sack.
Posted by: sifty at June 23, 2011 09:57 PM (BARAe)
It beat the shit out of the Woody Woodpecker version.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 23, 2011 09:59 PM (wAxwp)
Love is a Stranger - The Eurythmics
Loved the song, the video weirded me out
Posted by: kbdabear at June 23, 2011 09:59 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: The Dude at June 24, 2011 01:58 AM (Ig1Wo)
I take it the event you mentioned a few day ago sucked?
Posted by: buzzion at June 23, 2011 10:01 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at June 23, 2011 10:01 PM (HjxoE)
Annie Lennox looks pretty damn hott in that blonde wig.
Posted by: booger at June 23, 2011 10:02 PM (9RFH1)
Editor, answered you, hopefully coherent, I stopped making sense about 4pm this afternoon, which is going to make for some very interesting reading for the execs. when they get to the end of the book.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 23, 2011 10:02 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: sifty at June 23, 2011 10:02 PM (BARAe)
chat in a video sex line:
ToxiC_Game: Tease me
Zirba: FUCK NO BITCH, TAKE OFF YOUR CLOTHES! I'M NOT PAYING $2 A MINUTE FOR BULLSHIT!
Posted by: The Dude at June 23, 2011 10:02 PM (Ig1Wo)
I take it the event you mentioned a few day ago sucked?
Posted by: buzzion at June 24, 2011 02:01 AM (oVQFe)
it's still going on but they nerfed the shit out of warriors to the point where we will never get into raids. You need to be top of the line gear to do 400dps lower than what I was pulling
Posted by: The Dude at June 23, 2011 10:04 PM (Ig1Wo)
They told me this shit would be confidential.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 23, 2011 10:04 PM (wAxwp)
No...ad hoc by Thomas Keller
Have you been to the French Laundry? I had dinner there way back when. 9 bazillion courses, all amazing.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 23, 2011 10:05 PM (RZ8pf)
I torched my neurons today at work. I was working in a never mind it's engineer stuff. If I talk about it you might not wake up in time to stave off starvation.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 10:05 PM (GE1+K)
I can bring the hurt songs. A cryin drunk never forgets his cryin drunk songs.
http://tinyurl.com/25efwos
Posted by: sifty at June 23, 2011 10:06 PM (BARAe)
I was working in a never mind it's engineer stuff. If I talk about it you might not wake up in time to stave off starvation.
Did you forget I’m the ‘ette who gets turned on by engineering/math/science talk?
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 23, 2011 10:06 PM (RZ8pf)
You know what. I've been meaning to go. I only live a couple hours away.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 10:07 PM (GE1+K)
It would be nice if game developers would finish the game before selling it.
Looks like they changed a lot.
Posted by: sifty at June 23, 2011 10:08 PM (BARAe)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 23, 2011 10:08 PM (wAxwp)
Did you forget I’m the ‘ette who gets turned on by engineering/math/science talk?
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 24, 2011 02:06 AM (RZ8pf)
I tried physics on Rum earlier but she wanted to talk about commies. 
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 23, 2011 10:09 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 24, 2011 02:06 AM
Once while factoring polynomials on Tahiti as I figured the proper equations to lift an integral part of the new fresh water delivery system for the orphanage into place, I was breifly distracted by some activity in the waves...
Posted by: The Guy at June 23, 2011 10:10 PM (ZUWaD)
I was implementing a drawing method for a gas turbine performance algorithm I designed for meainingful HMI display. The process included a horizontal linear meter, and I was working inside of a double relative coordinate system trying to use single pixel width line objects to draw the big and little ticks of my linear meter. The language that I was working with painfully wouldn't allow me to either loop or recursively call my methods. My mind was cooked when I was done.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 10:11 PM (GE1+K)
Have you been to the French Laundry? I had dinner there way back when. 9 bazillion courses, all amazing.
Sadly, no.
I want that book something fierce, though.
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2011 10:11 PM (h9FAJ)
Posted by: The Guy at June 24, 2011 02:10 AM (ZUWaD)
Messed up with 'orphanage'. Sub in 'lepton collider'
Posted by: Oldcat at June 23, 2011 10:12 PM (CN+Qv)
Ok, don't blame me you asked for doom and gloom songs
Posted by: beanervt at June 23, 2011 10:14 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: fluffy at June 23, 2011 10:14 PM (4Kl5M)
designed for meainingful HMI display. The process included a horizontal linear meter, and I was working inside of a double relative coordinate system trying to use single pixel width line objects to draw the big and little ticks of my linear meter. The language that I was working with painfully wouldn't allow me to either loop or recursively call my methods. My mind was cooked when I was done.
I understood that. FML.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 23, 2011 10:15 PM (RZ8pf)
Did you forget I’m the ‘ette who gets turned on by engineering/math/science talk?
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 24, 2011 02:06 AM
Posted by: Everybody want meet Buckaroo Banzai at June 23, 2011 10:16 PM (ZUWaD)
I'm givin' 'er all she's got, sir! But if I push 'er too hard she'll BLOW!
Posted by: Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott at June 23, 2011 10:18 PM (wAxwp)
FML allows loops, and recursive calls. Try working without them sometime.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 10:19 PM (GE1+K)
Curiously we have a new nic of Raquel under that hash.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 24, 2011 01:55 AM (GE1+K)
Not the same hash.
Posted by: buzzion at June 23, 2011 10:20 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Pi at June 24, 2011 02:18 AM
We talked about this
See how you are?
Posted by: Infinet lupe' at June 23, 2011 10:20 PM (ZUWaD)
What the hell did I do now?
You failed to help me impress that boy in junior high school. IÂ’ve had it in for you ever since. Though you have managed to help me win several employee morale quizzes when no one guessed how intimately I knew you once.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 23, 2011 10:21 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 10:21 PM (GE1+K)
FML allows loops, and recursive calls. Try working without them sometime.
Day-um you are a serious geek.
Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 23, 2011 10:23 PM (RZ8pf)
http://tinyurl.com/6arfxw7
also, the screens of Alice: Madness Returns makes me want to buy it now instead of waiting to pick it up
Posted by: The Dude at June 23, 2011 10:24 PM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 23, 2011 10:26 PM (wAxwp)
On that note, I'm off to start the day. You morons have fun.
Posted by: Alex at June 23, 2011 10:26 PM (r9Nf8)
Posted by: Pi at June 23, 2011 10:26 PM (4Kl5M)
I suck the souls out of weaker geeks that get within a 100yds of me.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 10:26 PM (GE1+K)
Finally someone gives me some country I can listen to. Western would be better.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 10:28 PM (GE1+K)
Baby, it was good, but we just went around in circles.
Posted by: Pi at June 24, 2011 02:26 AM
Where's my slice you bastard
The settlement was months ago..
Posted by: Mrs. Pi at June 23, 2011 10:28 PM (ZUWaD)
Posted by: Jean (Rudy, to stop Romney) at June 23, 2011 10:29 PM (7P7Ij)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 23, 2011 10:30 PM (wAxwp)
http://tinyurl.com/b3y2kt
Posted by: sifty at June 23, 2011 10:32 PM (BARAe)
also, the screens of Alice: Madness Returns makes me want to buy it now instead of waiting to pick it up
Posted by: The Dude at June 24, 2011 02:24 AM (Ig1Wo)
Sounds like reviews on Alice are a bit mixed.
Posted by: buzzion at June 23, 2011 10:35 PM (oVQFe)
Sounds like reviews on Alice are a bit mixed.
Posted by: buzzion at June 24, 2011 02:35 AM (oVQFe)
yeah, shit looks gorgeous though
Posted by: The Dude at June 23, 2011 10:35 PM (Ig1Wo)
No a [roprietary HMI language; From Trihedral Engineering.
The problem lies with the structure. It has two structures, simultaneous, where all statements (or lines of code if you will) in a particular segment are considered to execute simultaneously, specifically such that you cant guarantee which order they execute in and they loop infinitely in a static state (get executed over and over again as fast as the processor can evaluate them). Then they have a sequential structure which runs like a language should run. Unfortunately all the drawing methods are in simultaneous. So you have to write without order of execution or the ability to call recursively (although it worked sort of, a 10th level recursion sapped 90% cpu power) or use loop controls and only very limited conditional controls.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 23, 2011 10:36 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: soulpile is...expendable, s.a. at June 23, 2011 10:36 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Mætenloch at June 23, 2011 10:37 PM (NGTv1)
Check out this drummer. That is one cool mofo. I want to be that cool when I grow up. At this pace I'm set to achieve that in 400 years.
http://tinyurl.com/6b52cz
Posted by: sifty at June 23, 2011 10:39 PM (BARAe)
Posted by: Jean (Rudy, to stop Romney) at June 23, 2011 10:41 PM (7P7Ij)
Posted by: buzzion at June 23, 2011 10:46 PM (oVQFe)
http://tinyurl.com/263ubo9
another version
http://tinyurl.com/6asr3z5
Posted by: sifty at June 23, 2011 11:00 PM (BARAe)
Posted by: soulpile is...expendable, s.a. at June 23, 2011 11:02 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 23, 2011 11:08 PM (wAxwp)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 24, 2011 03:08 AM (wAxwp)
He's no Webb Pierce
Posted by: TexasJew at June 23, 2011 11:22 PM (6wdVn)
I don;t often bring this bad boy to the fight. It's brutal.
http://tinyurl.com/69vwzt4
I can't get more than 10 secs into this before they start rollin down.
Posted by: sifty at June 23, 2011 11:25 PM (BARAe)
I come with movie reviews.
Okay, so I took in a double feature. Ya know, cause I have absolutely no life. None whatsoever. Zero. So...I do things like this on occasion. I didn't see Super 8 when it came out. Or Green Lantern. So...I gotta, ya know...catch up. *Cries*
*Wipes tears away*
So, right, first up...
Green Lantern.
So all those bad reviews you've read? Yeah. Pretty accurate. Some of them are too harsh, but overall? Piece of shit. Not the biggest piece of shit, though. For instance, Avatar was far far bigger piece of shit. But, yeah, I can't recommend it.
Ryan Reynolds, who plays the lead character Hal Jordan, actually isn't so bad. I still don't see him as Hal Jordan, I only ever thought "Ryan Reynolds (in the role of Hal Jordan)," but he could have done worse.
Blake Lively plays Rya...Hal's love interest, Carol Ferris. Blake Lively can't act. She's like this movie's Katie Holmes. Dude...recast for the sequel (if there is one).
Peter Sarsgaard plays Hector Hammond. Why they included this character is pretty much beyond me. The character sucks. He's a guy who, in an accident, somehow gets a giant swelled head and telepathic and telekenetic abilities. Whoever was in charge of the make-up department for this movie needs to get fired cause in the movie Sarsgaard's head swells into the shape of a giant, unshaved testicle. Tim Robbins plays Senator Hammond, Hector Hammond's father. This was baffling. Tim Robbins is only 13 years older than Sarsgaard. It looks...weird.
Mark Strong plays Sinestro. I'll tell you what, they get the look of Sinestro. But two things, Strong doesn't bother acting either. PEOPLE! EARN YOUR FUCKING PAYCHECKS! GAWD!!!!!! But he's at least not in the movie much. But the sequel? Oh yeah, they go there. Mid credits sequence. I'll get to that in a moment.
The other villain is a character called Parallax. Who? Yeah, it's complicated and convoluted.
So how was the story? Well, in a word? Stupid. Nothing happens for any particular reason. Things happen cause they're supposed to. Not organically, it's just because...because. Hector Hammond becomes the villain *because.* Hal Jordan and Carol Ferris are all googly eyes *because.* Hal Jordan becomes Green Lantern just *because.* There's never really anything that happens for any real reason except because the writers have certain story elements that need inserting and by God they were gonna shoehorn them all in there regardless. And the sad thing was that one of the scriptwriters is a guy named Marc Guggenheim, who has much experience in Hollywood and writing comics. So when *SPOILER ALERT* Sinestro slips on the yellow ring for the first time at the end in the mid credits sequence, it's like...why? Why you do that? Why did you even pressure the Guardians of Oa into creating it? What the hell? Who am I? What am I doing here? I'll not get into the completely baffling changes they made to the comic book, why the chose the villains they did and why Sinestro wasn't a villain from the get-go. There's no point except to mention that this movie was a series of bad decisions, one after the other. Which sucks. The director, Martin Campbell, does all sorts of cool stuff. He's done two awesome James Bond movies and last year's Mel Gibson thriller, Edge Of Darkness. But he's a conventional action director, not one of those you can stick on a sound stage and expect him to go nuts. But I will say, the movie looked very good. Except for some bizarre close-ups in the beginning of the movie, just really good looking. Otherwise it was a piece of shit. Two out of five stars.
Super 8
I liked it. Very Spielbergian. But JJ Abrams needs to take his lens flares and shove them up his ass. FUCK YOUR FUCKING LENS FLARES, JJ, YOU FUCKING AMATEUR! Jesus...
Otherwise, it was great. I really enjoyed it. So many good characters, some really good fx work...the alien was okay looking, but you don't see it much anyway. It's just a big goofy monster movie. Air Force gradually takes over a town when an alien monster gets loose and these kids are running around trying to make an little homemade zombie films the entire time. It's that schmaltzy Spielbergy style set in the...70s, 80s...slightly anachronistic era where the military looks 50s, characters dress 70s and then there's some dude with a Walkman. But it's about puppy love, amateur filmmaking and pissed off alien monsters out for revenge. And it's really good. Totally worth seeing if you have the time.
I want to give it four stars but...mmmmmm, it's not exactly the end all be all of summer movies. And there's not much more to say about it than what I just wrote. Mmmmmmmm, three point five out of five stars.
Posted by: Robert at June 23, 2011 11:33 PM (4q6A5)
Posted by: sifty at June 24, 2011 03:25 AM (BARAe)
G'evenin', sifty! If you're still around. Friday was a lot of fun!
Posted by: NC Ref at June 23, 2011 11:43 PM (Q8v6h)
Relationships and housing stuff chemjeff.
Oh and garrett being incapable of giving any sort of an apology if he offends people.
Posted by: buzzion at June 23, 2011 11:49 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 24, 2011 03:44 AM (28mus)
Read my movie review at comment #816 and learn where to spend your hard earned money.
Posted by: Robert at June 23, 2011 11:53 PM (4q6A5)
There's a hole in my pocket where my money should be, there's a hole!!!
Posted by: John Redcorn at June 24, 2011 12:03 AM (Q8v6h)
Posted by: NC Ref at June 24, 2011 12:18 AM (Q8v6h)
A 61-year-old Vermont man is facing up to five years in prison after being convicted of assaulting a farmhand who was spreading manure by aiming a .45-caliber pistol at the victim and then firing the weapon into the woods.
gotta be a flatlander..who don't love the aroma of fresh fallen cow manure...
Posted by: beanervt at June 24, 2011 12:20 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: NC Ref at June 24, 2011 12:34 AM (Q8v6h)
Safe travels and Great Eats!
I was hoping you'd get some good B-B-Q in KC ...
We can't really afford to do much this summer, but I suggested to the hubby that we do a few in-state road trips and visit some funky restaurants and local microbreweries.
(I don't drink beer, but the hubby does ... )
Posted by: Adriane at June 24, 2011 12:35 AM (L9W0l)
Footloose.
I can understand remaking crappy horror movies and just released Swedish action movies, but...Footloose?
Footloose.
Footloose.
Footloose!
My God...
Posted by: Robert at June 24, 2011 12:35 AM (4q6A5)
Everywhere I went in L.A. I felt like a hunted animal. I've never gotten that anywhere else.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 24, 2011 12:37 AM (wAxwp)
Now if they only made a zombie film out of it ...
foot loose, get it?
I crack myself up!!!
Posted by: Adriane at June 24, 2011 12:38 AM (L9W0l)
I'm having a good time doing just that, and the stars have aligned for me on this trip like you wouldn't believe. Kinda excited about the drive home!
And I am thankful that I get to do something like this. Once I get home, its back to a starvation diet so I can pay my bills!
Posted by: NC Ref at June 24, 2011 12:39 AM (Q8v6h)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 24, 2011 12:39 AM (28mus)
Posted by: NC Ref at June 24, 2011 12:42 AM (Q8v6h)
Posted by: The Dude at June 24, 2011 04:27 AM (Ig1Wo)
wow that's a good way to really fuck yourself up
Posted by: chemjeff at June 24, 2011 12:42 AM (28mus)
NC Ref thanx
I am still at my apartment now, I am moving my big furniture on Saturday. Most of my stuff is moved over there now though.
Posted by: chemjeff at June 24, 2011 12:43 AM (28mus)
peanut butter is your friend ...
I hope your LA visit goes well.
We usually do Pasadena and/or Torrance but we have friends there, rather than "downtown" LA.
Maybe go downtown and do the Omega Man or Bladerunner tour some day.
Posted by: Adriane at June 24, 2011 12:44 AM (L9W0l)
Well don't you be surfing the mud slides if there is one...Temps sound fabulous, and dammit have so fun out there..
Posted by: beanervt at June 24, 2011 12:46 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 24, 2011 04:39 AM (28mus)
Did you ever see the Star Trek remake? Or any modern pop music video clip?
Lens flares are are flares or streaks of light across the film. In JJ Abrams case, lots of long blue streaks of light across the image on screen.
Pop filmmakers think they're cool beans. The rest of the world thinks they're amateurish and obnoxious since they tend to either obscure what's on screen or dominate the whole image. It sucks but JJ Abrams, for some reason that makes sense only to him, wants that to be his signature style.
Posted by: Robert at June 24, 2011 12:48 AM (4q6A5)
Posted by: Zakn at June 24, 2011 12:49 AM (PSTR8)
Posted by: Adriane at June 24, 2011 04:38 AM (L9W0l)
Dude, dancing zombies? I like it. It's a fresh take on a popular concept.
Hollywood will avoid it at all costs.
Posted by: Robert at June 24, 2011 12:49 AM (4q6A5)
Cheap entertainment,, just feed some to your dog or cat and watch them lick....there's also the pron use but I won't get into that tonight..
Posted by: beanervt at June 24, 2011 12:51 AM (KZLoo)
If you can imagine it, someone on the internet has parodied it or fetished it ...
Posted by: Adriane at June 24, 2011 12:56 AM (L9W0l)
Earl Lie in the morning ...
GN & TGIF, all.
Posted by: Adriane at June 24, 2011 12:57 AM (L9W0l)
Word Adriane!!! ain't teh intratubz wonderful...GN
Posted by: beanervt at June 24, 2011 01:05 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: beanervt at June 24, 2011 01:06 AM (KZLoo)
Ahhha,, a little duct tape and that one would be ok. I do feel for the poor peep who saved up all those years to see it a pile of kindling... due to buffoons..
Posted by: beanervt at June 24, 2011 01:09 AM (KZLoo)
oh, guilty pleasure:
so I have been hanging out at Fark for a while today.
(they tend to be kinda leftist over there.)
And so there was this article about Republican economic policy, or something, and the usual comments emerged about "Republicans suck", "Republicans hate children", "Republicans are economic terrorists", yada yada.
But then - and I was surprised to see this - there was an article by some Brit declaring "liberals are the stupidest creatures on earth". And, right on cue, came the navel-gazing - "you know, the biggest problem today with the discourse is the polarization, the demonization, the desire to try to make the other side into 'the enemy'..."
I almost fell out of my chair laughing, they were a complete pardoy of themselves
Posted by: chemjeff at June 24, 2011 01:18 AM (28mus)
beanervt yeah I have a house now
I'm starting to get anxious about it now, I don't know the first thing about maintaining a house
Posted by: chemjeff at June 24, 2011 01:25 AM (28mus)
Yet even when a peer tells it like it is they can't/won't change.. it's like it goes in but never sticks with any of the gentry lefties....
Posted by: beanervt at June 24, 2011 01:29 AM (KZLoo)
Kewl and don't worry you can get plenty of advise here (though some could be of the bogus varity but the culprits would be recognizable heehee) also LOWEs or Home Depot always have nite mini classes *free* on doing anything that needs doing..and buy duct tape,, it's your friend.
Your in KC? in the city?
Posted by: beanervt at June 24, 2011 01:34 AM (KZLoo)
beanervt no I'm in St. Joseph
Didn't know about the night classes, that's cool! (see I told you I didn't know the first thing
)
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