We Must Stress Test The New Server! Eat Pie!

[Valmore]

So post here! Post early! Post often! Post... uhm... I guess a topic wouldn't hurt.

Pie is tasty and good!

[Jonah Weiland]

This is one of those times where I actively encourage people to post about everything and anything in this thread. Consider it a chat thread gone wild -- but keep it clean, folks. Don't go putting anything up on the glass.

[JimmyDee]

I'm stressing. I'm testing. I'm out of words that end in -ing.

[howyadoin]

Don't go putting anything up on the glass.Once again, my brilliant ideas are crushed by the fascists!

[Valmore]

You're posting! That's an -ing word!

Just remember, do it now, or else you'll just have to do it in Rita's 8 after the stress testing period ends.

[Jonah Weiland]

Maybe one day we'll have to create a CBR Forums off-shoot called the CBR XXX Forums. Then such behavior will be allowed.

[howyadoin]

Guess who figured out how to take night-time photos?

http://static.flickr.com/49/136257785_3d9ae69a40_o.jpg













































Give up? It was me.

[JimmyDee]

You're posting! That's an -ing word!

Just remember, do it now, or else you'll just have to do it in Rita's 8 after the stress testing period ends.Rita's scares me. Just a wee bit.

But, I'm easily frightened and don't like squirrels one bit, so that should tell you something.

[howyadoin]

Maybe one day we'll have to create a CBR Forums off-shoot called the CBR XXX Forums. Then such behavior will be allowed.Eh. I can have those conversations in the real world any time.

[JimmyDee]

Howy - BEAUTIFUL pick. What city is that of?

[howyadoin]

Rita's scares me. Just a wee bit.

But, I'm easily frightened and don't like squirrels one bit, so that should tell you something.Well, they are pretty ferocious. I saw a squirrel eat a car, once.

[Valmore]

Oooooooooooooooooooh, Vancouver at night?

And Rita's isn't so bad. They just go through stuff so quickly.

[howyadoin]

Howy - BEAUTIFUL pick. What city is that of?That is the greatest city in the world, Vancouver, as seen through my living room window tonight.

[Jonah Weiland]

Eh. I can have those conversations in the real world any time.Where are you having these conversations? I wanna join in! Town square? Local haberdashery? The local zoo?

[Valmore]

Where are you having these conversations? I wanna join in! Town square? Local haberdashery? The local zoo?

I tend to have them at work. I have rather strange bosses.

[howyadoin]

Where are you having these conversations? I wanna join in! Town square? Local haberdashery? The local zoo?They happen a lot at my bar:

http://static.flickr.com/48/131207162_894cf62f8a_o.jpg

[Valmore]

That looks like the "Emily's Toybox In-Concert Salute" you're giving us there!

[howyadoin]

That looks like the "Emily's Toybox In-Concert Salute" you're giving us there!I don't know what that means, but it sounds positively filthy.

[Valmore]

I don't know what that means, but it sounds positively filthy.

Emily's Toybox is a band from Pennsylvania who were fond of flipping people off in the middle of songs and sets. They also liked to mangle lyrics of popular songs as well as sing their own raunchy tunes. Needless to say, they were most popular amongst the York College of PA crowd.

[howyadoin]

Emily's Toybox is a band from Pennsylvania who were fond of flipping people off in the middle of songs and sets..
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c109/partytillyoupuke/New%20Years%20Eve%202005/Dscf1195.jpg


http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c109/partytillyoupuke/New%20Years%20Eve%202005/IMG_0161.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c109/partytillyoupuke/San%20Diego%202005/27276817_2e87a6414d_o.jpg

[Jonah Weiland]

I tend to have them at work. I have rather strange bosses.My work is in the loft of my home. If I had those conversations here, well, it would be odd considering I live alone and would be talking to my turtle and hey, that's just inappropriate.

[Jonah Weiland]

There is a lot of bird flipping action in those photos.

[howyadoin]

There is a lot of bird flipping action in those photos.I blame it on Valmore, personally.

[Valmore]

Check out http://www.emilystoybox.com

They should have music downloads for you to check out. "So F**kin' Cool" is a classic.

[Valmore]

My work is in the loft of my home. If I had those conversations here, well, it would be odd considering I live alone and would be talking to my turtle and hey, that's just inappropriate.

It's only bad if the turtle starts talking back. Then you might need to talk with someone. Probably while lying on a leather couch. And the someone will probably have a clipboard or something.

[Jonah Weiland]

It's only bad if the turtle starts talking back. Then you might need to talk with someone. Probably while lying on a leather couch. And the someone will probably have a clipboard or something.You know, my Father was a Psychiatrist and he had the typical Psychiatrist couch. But it wasn't leather. Some floral pattern of some sort. Not a very good looking couch, if I recall correctly.

And no, he never made me lie on it and ask questions about my mother.

[howyadoin]

You know, my Father was a Psychiatrist and he had the typical Psychiatrist couch. But it wasn't leather. Some floral pattern of some sort. Not a very good looking couch, if I recall correctly.Cool story, but it kinda fell apart towards the end.

[Valmore]

You know, my Father was a Psychiatrist and he had the typical Psychiatrist couch. But it wasn't leather. Some floral pattern of some sort. Not a very good looking couch, if I recall correctly.

And no, he never made me lie on it and ask questions about my mother.

That would be an oddity.

"Now son, tell me... are all of your mental problems due to your mother? Say yes. It was her overbearing nature that made you walk everywhere with a security blanket, right?"

Fortunately, my dad worked at a power plant.

[howyadoin]

Fortunately, my dad worked at a power plant.Yeah, that's always a plus.

http://www.rob-clarkson.com/duff-brewery/blinky/01.gif

[Valmore]

It was a coal plant. Krusty hacking up a lung would be better.

[kmeyers]

I blame it on Valmore, personally.
I like the angriness...and where the fuck is Hawk?

(he looked the angriest in that pic!)

[Rachel Grey]

They happen a lot at my bar:

http://static.flickr.com/48/131207162_894cf62f8a_o.jpg

Dude, you're buddies with Remus Lupin? Glad to see he's gotten some meat on his bones.

BTW wonderfull pic one previous page, I'm kinda jealous! :D

[Jonah Weiland]

Cool story, but it kinda fell apart towards the end.I live to disappoint.

[howyadoin]

Dude, you're buddies with Remus Lupin? Glad to see he's gotten some meat on his bones.Remus who, now?

[kmeyers]

I live to disappoint.
Then why live at all?

[howyadoin]

I live to disappoint.Maybe if it had a car chase or a gunfight.

Or a gunfight in a car chase.

[kmeyers]

Maybe if it had a car chase or a gunfight.

Or a gunfight in a car chase.
or a driveby shooting.

[howyadoin]

or a driveby shooting.Followed by a car chase.

And then pie.

[Reptisaurus!]

Maybe if it had a car chase or a gunfight.

Or a gunfight in a car chase.

Hmmm. Definite potential.

But needs dinosaurs.

And lesbians.

[Valmore]

And nice boobs of the female variety.

A gunfight in a car chase with nice boobs of the female variety.

[kmeyers]

Followed by a car chase.

And then pie.
and then everyone getting high while eating pie.

[kmeyers]

And nice boobs of the female variety.

A gunfight in a car chase with nice boobs of the female variety.

lesbians usually have nice boobs..and are also female

but I hate guns

[Rachel Grey]

Remus who, now?

Lupin. He's a character played by David Thewlis who I thought your friend resembled a little :)

[Jonah Weiland]

or a driveby shooting.Entirely possible and believable since I"m located in Los Angeles.

[Reptisaurus!]

Lupin. He's a character played by David Thewlis who I thought your friend resembled a little :)

Remus Lupin? Sounds like he's full of home-spun, folksy wisdom.

And also a werewolf.

[Jonah Weiland]

Lupin. He's a character played by David Thewlis who I thought your friend resembled a little :)He missed a Harry Potter reference. That makes me sad.

[kmeyers]

Entirely possible and believable since I"m located in Los Angeles.\
I've heard of this Los Angeles, lived there...and then I got the fuck away from it.

[howyadoin]

He missed a Harry Potter reference. That makes me sad.I liked Harry Potter better when his name was Tim Hunter.

[howyadoin]

I've heard of this Los Angeles, lived there...and then I got the fuck away from it.You moved? Where are you now?

[Jonah Weiland]

\
I've heard of this Los Angeles, lived there...and then I got the fuck away from it.Oh, come now. Yes, it's a very odd city, indeed, but it's a great place.

My biggest complaint about the city is how bad the urban planning is (sprawwwwwwwwwwwwwl), but it's getting better. The city has been changing pretty dramatically the past five years. It's going to be a very different looking city soon.

[kmeyers]

I liked Harry Potter better when his name was Tim Hunter.
To be fair, your friend totally looks like Lupin...but i'm a Harry Potter nerd

and I don't know and don't care who tim hunter is...but Potter rocks

[howyadoin]

Oh, come now. Yes, it's a very odd city, indeed, but it's a great place.

My biggest complaint about the city is how bad the urban planning is (sprawwwwwwwwwwwwwl), but it's getting better. The city has been changing pretty dramatically the past five years. It's going to be a very different looking city soon.About the only thing I didn't like about it was the amount of time you have to spend driving.

[kmeyers]

You moved? Where are you now?
I'm a nomad.

I'm in florida...but that is subject to change.

[Reptisaurus!]

He missed a Harry Potter reference. That makes me sad.

Oh please.

HARRY CATFREAKING POTTER?

I scoff at your popular, mainstream nerditry.

Us Hardcore nerds avoid that bestseller shit like the French avoid bathing.

I can tell you every character that's ever appeared in Marvel Team-Up, in order. Every character that's ever appeared in Eightball, in order, and every sideman who's ever played with Charles Mingus from 1960 to 1980.

If your nerd-knowledge puts you MORE in touch with society instead of scaring and alienating it, it's not real nerd-dom.

Harry Potter.

Bah.

[Jonah Weiland]

If your nerd-knowledge puts you MORE in touch with society instead of scaring and alienating it, it's not real nerd-dom. As odd a point as that is, you make a good one.

[howyadoin]

and I don't know and don't care who tim hunter is...Now I'm sad.

http://members.aol.com/just1page/J1P2/timhunter.jpg

[kmeyers]

Oh please.

HARRY CATFREAKING POTTER?

I scoff at your popular, mainstream nerditry.

Us Hardcore nerds avoid that bestseller shit like the French avoid bathing.

I can tell you every character that's ever appeared in Marvel Team-Up, in order. Every character that's ever appeared in Eightball, in order, and every sideman who's ever played with Charles Mingus from 1960 to 1980.

If your nerd-knowledge puts you MORE in touch with society instead of scaring and alienating it, it's not real nerd-dom.

Harry Potter.

Bah.

Mruh???

I can tell you every Harry Potter character...whart's nerdiness got to do with it?

[Jonah Weiland]

and I don't know and don't care who tim hunter is...but Potter rocksDon't know "Books of Magic" do ya? The original series was quite good.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Hunter

[kmeyers]

Now I'm sad.

http://members.aol.com/just1page/J1P2/timhunter.jpg
if it makes you feel better, I'm wasted, and that looks recognizable.

and is fuckin good

[Jonah Weiland]

FYI to those posting in this thread here at 1:00 in the morning, I'm doing a big DB query and keeping the forums live at the same time. It's meant a couple of 2 or 3 second delays, but nothing like would happen before.

[Reptisaurus!]

Don't know "Books of Magic" do ya? The original series was quite good.

I honestly liked the post-Gaiman Ney Reiber/Peter Gross run better. Tim and Molly are so dang cute. Heard their was a new series, but I never picked it up.

Although, yeah, DC should head over to Neil Gaiman's front door with tractor trailers full of money to get 'im to write John Constantine.

[howyadoin]

I'm a nomad.

I'm in florida...but that is subject to change.Like this?

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/5655/freeze.jpg

[Reptisaurus!]

FYI to those posting in this thread here at 1:00 in the morning, I'm doing a big DB query and keeping the forums live at the same time. It's meant a couple of 2 or 3 second delays, but nothing like would happen before.

Yeah, I was wonderin'. Good to know that this isn't permanent.

[kmeyers]

do what must be done....you should have claws...

[Jonah Weiland]

Like this?

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/5655/freeze.jpgNow you're just being mean.

[howyadoin]

FYI to those posting in this thread here at 1:00 in the morning, I'm doing a big DB query and keeping the forums live at the same time. It's meant a couple of 2 or 3 second delays, but nothing like would happen before.So are we still gonna have the 2:30AM bump, or is that a thing of the past?

[kmeyers]

Like this?

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/5655/freeze.jpg
where did you get that photo of Fabian?

[howyadoin]

Now you're just being mean.I liked the miniseries he was in, but the regular series went down the crapper pretty quick.

[Reptisaurus!]

Now you're just being mean.

Wasn't Nomad Captain America? That's.... That's really, really not Captain America. Nope.

[Rachel Grey]

... DC? We're taling about a DC character? Goes off to have a shower.

[Jonah Weiland]

Yeah, I was wonderin'. Good to know that this isn't permanent.I hope not. There may be some fine tuning yet to do on this new server. I wouldn't be surprised if a few things need to be tweaked here and there, which is precisely why I'm asking people to post more frequently than they may usually today.

[kmeyers]

Wasn't Nomad Captain America? That's.... That's really, really not Captain America. Nope.
it's Captain America...if you believe...really hard...

[howyadoin]

Wasn't Nomad Captain America? That's.... That's really, really not Captain America. Nope.The first iteration was Cap, after he retired. Then it was Jack Monroe, who used to be the second Bucky. (Jack was recently murdered, by the way.)

[Weapon Ick]

http://images.ifun.ru/q/qyTBd695DP.jpg

no random thread is complete without a cat picture

[howyadoin]

... DC? We're taling about a DC character? Goes off to have a shower.You should read some Vertigo books.

[Jonah Weiland]

So are we still gonna have the 2:30AM bump, or is that a thing of the past?At 2:30 in the morning we'd run our DB backup script. It's not set to run yet, but will be by next week. Hopefully the time it takes to back up the full DB should be lessened by the more powerful server.

I'm also working on deleting more of the older threads. Currently there are over 400 days of posts on these forums-- who needs 400 days of posts! I'm going to begin keeping only 365 days of posts here at any given time. Keeps the size of the DB down to a much more manageable size. Before I began deleting old threads and posts, the DB was 3.3 Gigs.

[Jonah Weiland]

http://images.ifun.ru/q/qyTBd695DP.jpg

no random thread is complete without a cat pictureThose cats are mouse meat.

[howyadoin]

Before I began deleting old threads and posts, the DB was 3.3 Gigs.Yikes. I'm glad I got a Photobucket account for my art; otherwise that might be even worse.

[Reptisaurus!]

The first iteration was Cap, after he retired. Then it was Jack Monroe, who used to be the second Bucky. (Jack was recently murdered, by the way.)

Thank God. I didn't have that much belief in me.

Was this the fifties Bucky? Who fought Cap and Falcon right before Nomad? Or were their more Buckys?

(Still, Cap's doing better than Batman. He's up to what, Robin 14? 15?)

[Jonah Weiland]

Allright, folks. I'm off to finish up my work and get some sleep. If you notice any prolonged periods of weirdness, or even some short periods of weirdness, drop me a line with any details you might have and the time it happened.

Thanks. I'll be back in the morning to harass the lot of you.

[Reptisaurus!]

Those cats are mouse meat.

I was gonna say exactly th' samish thing. Look at the killer look in that li'l bastard's eye!

[howyadoin]

Thank God. I didn't have that much belief in me.

Was this the fifties Bucky?Yup, that's the guy. Did you hear who murdered him?

[howyadoin]

Allright, folks. I'm off to finish up my work and get some sleep. If you notice any prolonged periods of weirdness, or even some short periods of weirdness...I take it you mean more than the usual periods of weirdness.

[Reptisaurus!]

Yup, that's the guy. Did you hear who murdered him?

... Peggy Carter? (I didn't even know he's been around since the early seventies. Still, makin' him Nomad sounds pretty cool in theory.)

[howyadoin]

Peggy Carter?Wow, there's a name I haven't heard in years.

Have you been reading Captain America lately? Man, it's good.

[thehod]

They happen a lot at my bar:

http://static.flickr.com/48/131207162_894cf62f8a_o.jpg

Howy, are you drinking out of a jam jar in that picture?

If so, coooool.

[Reptisaurus!]

Wow, there's a name I haven't heard in years.

Have you been reading Captain America lately? Man, it's good.

It was a few months back. I read, like the first 150 issues of Cap. Engelhart's whole run was brilliant. He was the first guy to say "So. This is, like, the living symbol of America. I wonder how that would make him feel."

(Although I hated the Falcon retcon at the end.)

[howyadoin]

Howy, are you drinking out of a jam jar in that picture?

If so, coooool.Mason jars are indeed my drinking glass of choice.


http://static.flickr.com/56/110418916_3e02fafd8d_o.jpg

Highly functional, hard to break, and they hold almost as much as a beer glass.

[howyadoin]

It was a few months back. I read, like the first 150 issues of Cap. Engelhart's whole run was brilliant. He was the first guy to say "So. This is, like, the living symbol of America. I wonder how that would make him feel."You're preachin' to the choir, my friend. That's my favourite comic run of all time.

[StoneGold]

Thank God. I didn't have that much belief in me.

Was this the fifties Bucky? Who fought Cap and Falcon right before Nomad? Or were their more Buckys?

(Still, Cap's doing better than Batman. He's up to what, Robin 14? 15?)
Actually, there have been more Buckies than Robins. With Bucky, you've got the original, Fred Davis, who replaced the original and fought alongside Spirit of 76 and the Patriot, Jack Monroe, Rick Jones, and Lemar Hoskins, AKA Battlestar. And if you want to count her, Rikki Barnes, although that kind of makes my head hurt.

Batman just has Dick, Jason, Tim, and Stephanie.


Although granted, Steve Rogers has only worked with the original Bucky, Rick Jones and (kinda sorta) Rikki.


Suck on that little nerd tidbit.

[Reptisaurus!]

You're preachin' to the choir, my friend. That's my favourite comic run of all time.

Nice. I pretty much decided that the early seventies were the peak of mainstream comics. The Fourth World, Starlin's Warlock, Engelhart's Cap, Strange, and Avengers, the whole Steve Gerberverse (http://circumstantial.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-challenge-blogoverse.html), Tomb of Dracula, Wrightson on Swamp Thing... With a VERY few exceptions (Moonshadow, Stray Toasters) iit wasn't 'till Vertigo that anyone even tried for that level of conceptual coolness.

But there was a kind of smarmy too-cool-for-school-ness to 'even them. Engelhart et. al. did stuff that worked on a Grown Up level AND quality kid's entertainment, without that kind of ironic hipster-dom.

[howyadoin]

Suck on that little nerd tidbit.Now that's no way to talk about yourself.

[Reptisaurus!]

Actually, there have been more Buckies than Robins. With Bucky, you've got the original, Fred Davis, who replaced the original and fought alongside Spirit of 76 and the Patriot, Jack Monroe, Rick Jones, and Lemar Hoskins, AKA Battlestar. And if you want to count her, Rikki Barnes, although that kind of makes my head hurt.

Batman just has Dick, Jason, Tim, and Stephanie.


Although granted, Steve Rogers has only worked with the original Bucky, Rick Jones and (kinda sorta) Rikki.


Suck on that little nerd tidbit.


Lemar? BATTLESTAR? This was a showed-up-for-two-issues and no one ever mentioned them again type deal, right? If so, we gotta count all the time's that Jimmy Olsen's dressed up as Robin. And we're even. (And, of course, DKR Robin/Catgirl ties the Liefeld Robin.)

[Reptisaurus!]

And, oh yeah, the Earth Two Robin. The first "Oh, how shall I fulfill my superhero legacy ANGST! ANGST!" character. Geoff "I can't spell Jeff" Johns and Mark Waid owe their careers to him.

[Jonah Weiland]

I'm back! Now I'm REALLY off to sleep.

Promise.

Oh screw it, I'm staying up all night and watching friends reruns on my TiVo.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ...

[thehod]

Mason jars are indeed my drinking glass of choice.


My preferred drinking vessel is the "jug" or "Dimple mug".

Proper beer served in a proper glass.

[Reptisaurus!]

My preferred drinking vessel is the "jug" or "Dimple mug".

Proper beer served in a proper glass.

I prefer something a little more manly.

http://birthdayexpress.speedera.net/images.birthdayexpress.com/bexpress/assets/product_images/e7140.jpg

[StoneGold]

Lemar? BATTLESTAR? This was a showed-up-for-two-issues and no one ever mentioned them again type deal, right? If so, we gotta count all the time's that Jimmy Olsen's dressed up as Robin. And we're even. (And, of course, DKR Robin/Catgirl ties the Liefeld Robin.)
He got introduced in front of a press conference as Bucky. And before that, he was a BUCky, a Bold Urban Commando.

And the key difference here is that Gruenwald counted Lemar as Bucky IV in the handbook. Whereas DC never did, and Jimmy hasn't dressed as Robin since pre-Crisis, anyways.

[Reptisaurus!]

He got introduced in front of a press conference as Bucky. And before that, he was a BUCky, a Bold Urban Commando.

And the key difference here is that Gruenwald counted Lemar as Bucky IV in the handbook. Whereas DC never did, and Jimmy hasn't dressed as Robin since pre-Crisis, anyways.

Ooh. I'm probably not equipped to argue continuity with Gruenwald. So I'll call it even at five each.

RECENT RUN OF CAP SPOILERS....

Cap never got any of his Bucky's killed, though. So he still wins.

[David Bedlam]

My preferred drinking vessel is the "jug" or "Dimple mug".

Proper beer served in a proper glass.

I have a glass like that!

But I don't drink beer from it. I'm a total lightweight so I have milk instead.

[ProjectX2]

*pops in thread*

*looks around*

*drinks alcohol*

*dances*

*vomits*

*looks around*

*leaves*

[David Bedlam]

Here! Have some milk!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/images/300/milk_doorstep.jpg

[thehod]

I have a glass like that!

But I don't drink beer from it. I'm a total lightweight so I have milk instead.

My old man used to drink Malibu and milk. (Admitidly after 15 pints of Brew XI)

God knows why, it sounds vile.

[David Bedlam]

Isn't Malibu a beach somewhere? Sand and milk does sound like the drink of the drunk. ;)

[thehod]

Isn't Malibu a beach somewhere? Sand and milk does sound like the drink of the drunk. ;)

Malibu (http://www.webtender.com/db/ingred/36)

To be fair, the taste of the fucking stuff, it may just as well be sand.

[OzBat!]

Degenerates! I hereby claim this thread in the name of moral outrage, animal activism, and cool shoes! Stop giving those kitties "milk", you bastards! We KNOW you've been adding crap to it! And the little mungrels went and puked on my new sneakers!

[OzBat!]

the taste of the fucking stuffThat was very, very naughty.

If you don't clean up your act, I will have to invoke the Mutant Killer Snow Goons of DOOOOOOM! on your potty mouths.

[David Bedlam]

Ah....

I was thinking of Malibu Barbie, so I automaticly assumed that it was a beach or something somewhere.

So does that mean we're getting an Alcoholics Anonymous Barbie this summer?

[J Dog]

Pie is tasty and good!
I'm more of a cookie guy, myself.

[Harlock]

Getting this message with Firefox when trying to view pages:
Bad Request
Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.

Size of a request header field exceeds server limit.

Apache/1.3.33 Server at kara.boilingpoint.com Port 80

It had a cookie: with tons of code following, maybe it's just that?

[ocelotrevs]

Actually, why not just open some of the old Rita's Threads and the like.


Country Nyack, New York, USA
Years active 1995–present
Genre(s) Progressive Rock
Label(s) Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Columbia Records
Equal Vision Records
Members Claudio Sanchez, vocals, guitar
Travis Stever, guitar
Michael Todd, bass guitar, vocals
Josh Eppard - drums
Coheed and Cambria (sometimes abbreviated to "Coheed" or "Co&Ca") is an American progressive rock band from Nyack, New York. Coheed and Cambria has released three studio albums, one live album, and various special-edition re-releases. Their albums are concept albums, all telling the same story in different parts. So far, there are a planned five albums for the Bag On Line Adventures, the current storyline running through the songs. To date, three studio albums have been released: The Second Stage Turbine Blade (2002), In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 (2003), and Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005). These albums make up the second, third, and fourth parts of the five-part saga of Coheed and Cambria, respectively. The albums are being released out of sequence; the second part was released first, and the first part will be released last. Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Volume One is the first half of a two-part conclusion to the saga, which will be followed by the story's introduction.

Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Influences and similarities
3 Interpretations
4 Other projects
5 Discography
5.1 Studio albums
5.2 Live albums
5.3 EPs
5.4 Singles
6 Music videos
7 See also
8 External links



[edit]
History
When a band called Toxic Parents, featuring Travis Stever and Claudio Sanchez, dissolved around the same time as Nate Kelley's project, Moe & The Boogie Cats (who disbanded after their lead singer left New York to join a UFO cult in Arizona), the members came together to form a new band in March 1995.

The band was Beautiful Loser, and it featured Travis Stever on lead vocals and guitar, Claudio Sanchez on guitar, Nate Kelley on drums and Jon Carleo on bass. The group was short-lived, breaking up by June of the same year they started the band, due to an argument over gas money. Stever left the band, and Kelley was initially kicked out, but came back when asked by Sanchez. Without Stever, the band became a trio, and Sanchez took control of the lead vocals and guitar.

Renaming themselves Shabütie (a name taken from African tribe chants for "naked prey" in the movie Naked Prey), the band spent nearly a year experimenting with a multitude of different sounds—punk rock, indie rock, acoustic rock, funk and heavy metal—and purportedly wrote as many as 100 songs, few of which they kept. When Carleo left the band in August 1996, Kelley recruited Michael Todd, with whom he had worked on an acoustic side project called Esme 9, to take his place. Todd, primarily a guitarist, picked up the bass specifically for Shabütie.

With this near-final formation of the band, they entered their most productive and mature period. According to Kelley, the band sometimes wrote up to seven new songs in one five or six hour sitting. Also during this period, the band put out its first public release, the Penelope EP (in 1999) and Stever rejoined the band on second guitar, making them a four-piece once again.

Around 1999, the band members had developed a habit of drinking too heavily during shows, and the quality of their performances declined. During one such show, Sanchez allegedly screamed the lyrics of the song "Life Without You", a Cassiopeia-esque ballad, prompting Kelley to pack up his drum set in front of a packed audience and leave the stage. Thus, on February 19, 2000, Shabütie's original lineup, apart from Sanchez, was gone.

Following Kelley's departure, Sanchez and the others chose Josh Eppard, then of the band 3, to take his place. They finished out the year and performed halfway through 2001 before changing their name to Coheed and Cambria and releasing the Delirium Trigger EP, and the history of Shabütie was finished.

The band now consists of four members: Claudio Sanchez (vocals/guitar), Travis Stever (guitar), Michael Todd (bass), and Josh Eppard (drums). When playing live, Dave Parker (keyboards/guitar), joins the lineup. If Josh Eppard is sick, Aaron Otoka fills in. The group primarily uses these standard instruments, but occasionally their songs call for a lapsteel or a mandolin.

[edit]
Influences and similarities
Coheed and Cambria's music is often compared to that of Rush, partly because of lead singer Sanchez's vocal range, Dream Theater, for their technical phrasing and intricate time changes, and Yes, partly because of the intracacy and "dueling" style of guitar work. Their technical precision, terse rhythmic phrases and the advanced compostional structures of songs evoke earlier similarly crafted rock. Story elements and melodic themes are cohesively wrought throughout their albums to date. Co&Ca are the most visible arbiters of a new sort of "prog-rock opera" style for the 2000s. Notably, though, the futuristic sci-fi storyline from which all their music is based harkens back to the epic sound and feel of 1970s progressive-rock.

[edit]
Interpretations
Coheed's albums tell a story, but its details can be difficult to decipher, leading to a morass of speculation by fans spurred on by cryptic lyrics and hints from the band. For example, some fans have suggested that Sanchez's higher vocals reflect the teller of the story (a young boy). Those fans point out that now that the storyteller has grown up in the new album, Sanchez's vocals have become slightly lower-key.[citation needed]

The meanings behind Coheed and Cambria's lyrics are explained in two comic books (The Second Stage Turbine Blade) and one graphic novel (Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV).

[edit]
Other projects
The Bag On Line Adventures — Claudio Sanchez is writing a graphic novel series to further illustrate this story. There are currently two Second Stage Turbine Blade comic books, illustrated by Wes Abbot, and a graphic novel entitled Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Volume 1: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness, illustrated by Christopher Shy. (It is undetermined whether or not these artists will continue to illustrate the rest of the story.)
The Prize Fighter Inferno — Side-project of Claudio Sanchez. An album entitled "My Brother's Blood Machine" is slated for a 2006 release.
Weird Science — Josh Eppard's hip-hop project. An album entitled "Friends and Nervous Breakdowns" has been released on Equal Vision Records.
Fire Deuce — Travis Stever's side-project, that has released one EP, "Children of the Deuce".
The English Panther — Travis Stever's solo side-project. No album is scheduled for release.
[edit]
Discography
Includes work done as Shabütie.

[edit]
Studio albums
The Bag On Line Adventures are being released out of sequence. The first part will be released last, following the second half of Part 4.


The Second Stage Turbine Blade

(2002)

Part Two of The Bag On Line Adventures
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3

(2003)

Part Three of The Bag On Line Adventures
Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

(2005)

Part Four of The Bag On Line Adventures (Volume 1)
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Live albums
Year Title Label
2005 Live at the Starland Ballroom EVR/Columbia
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EPs
Year Title Label
2000 The Penelope EP Wisteria Records
2000 Delirium Trigger Wisteria Records
2004 Live at La Zona Rosa EVR/Columbia
2005 Live at the Avalon EVR/Columbia
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Singles
Year Title Label Album
2003 Devil in Jersey City EVR SSTB
2004 A Favor House Atlantic EVR/Columbia IKSSE:3
2004 Blood Red Summer EVR/Columbia IKSSE:3
2005 Welcome Home EVR/Columbia GAIBS4,V1:FFTEOM
2005 The Suffering EVR/Columbia GAIBS4,V1:FFTEOM
2006 Ten Speed (of God's Blood & Burial) EVR/Columbia GAIBS4,V1:FFTEOM
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Music videos
Delirium Trigger from The Second Stage Turbine Blade (featured on the IKSOSE:3 Albums bonus DVD)
Devil in Jersey City from The Second Stage Turbine Blade
Devil in Jersey City (Alternate) from The Second Stage Turbine Blade
A Favor House Atlantic from In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Blood Red Summer from In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Welcome Home from Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
The Suffering from Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
A series of six vignettes that showcase music from Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (featured on Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: Special Editions DVD)
[edit]
See also
List of bands from New York


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[OzBat!]

It had a cookie: with tons of code following, maybe it's just that?It's code all right... code for CORRUPTING KITTENS! First milk, now "cookies"?? I bet it's chock full of that "hash" stuff all the kids freak out too these days, isn't it? Please don't! THINK OF THE KITTENS!!

[west3man]

Lemar? BATTLESTAR? This was a showed-up-for-two-issues and no one ever mentioned them again type deal, right? If so, we gotta count all the time's that Jimmy Olsen's dressed up as Robin. And we're even. (And, of course, DKR Robin/Catgirl ties the Liefeld Robin.)
I'm gonna stick my nerdy little nose (oh, that's not my nose; oh well) into this, despite not knowing you got here.

Lemar was Battlestar for a good while, I think. There was their debut, some amount of time in which Lemar was "Bucky," then folks realized "Bucky" was something of a racial slur in some parts of the U.S. and changed his name to "Battlestar." THEN the guy who was his Captain America went off the deep end and Lemar tried to find him. During all of this time, Steve Rogers was wearing the black,white, and red uniform and called himself "the Captain." Steve's stint as "The Captain" lasted more than just a couple of issues and the guy who'd replaced him, John Walker ("Battlestar's Captain America), adopted Steve's black, red, and white costume, becoming USAgent (when Steve became Captain America, again). Since then, Walker's been a West Coast Avengers, changed the costume a bit, and shown up as recently as 2006, as I recall.

Not quite a two-day-nobody-mentioned-them-again type deal.

[ocelotrevs]

Is there any good stories with Union Jack?

[Jonah Weiland]

Getting this message with Firefox when trying to view pages:
Bad Request
Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.

Size of a request header field exceeds server limit.

Apache/1.3.33 Server at kara.boilingpoint.com Port 80

It had a cookie: with tons of code following, maybe it's just that?Very odd. Has anyone else experienced this? And does it happen more than once?

Please e-mail me with any troubles you might have at jonah@comicbookresoruces.com. I very well might miss them in this thread.

[OzBat!]

Is there any good stories with Union Jack?"Are there any good stories". Or, "Have there been any good stories". Get it right, or yo' moma gonna go grammarian on yo' ass!

[Jonah Weiland]

You know, reading through the assorted chat threads here (including this one), I swear a sociologist masters student could do a thesis paper examining the various directions a chat thread goes in and what it means on a larger, societal level. These things end up going in so many directions, none which are usually related to one another.

They're the oddness.

[Winslow]

Jonah called us odd.

*cries*

[Valmore]

I'm more of a cookie guy, myself.

Cookies are good, but PIE reigns supreme!

[Jonah Weiland]

Jonah called us odd.

*cries*No, just the thread itself. You're all normal.

Well, relatively normal.

Hey, I'm weird, too! We're all in good company here.

Oh forget, we're all batnuts and should be locked in an asylum. OR a cookie factory. Cookie factories have got to be fun.

[OzBat!]

But it's a special kind of oddness, right? Like one of those prime time family specials which starts off with a hilarious misunderstanding that threatens to tear relationships apart but rights itself after a poignant moment from the comedy relief and all is right with the world and returned to the status quo once more and all within the constrictions of an hour minus commercials?

I really hate those.

[Valmore]

But it's a special kind of oddness, right? Like one of those prime time family specials which starts off with a hilarious misunderstanding that threatens to tear relationships apart but rights itself after a poignant moment from the comedy relief and all is right with the world and returned to the status quo once more and all within the constrictions of an hour minus commercials?

I really hate those.

I want to be Cody, who lives out of the van outside.

[ocelotrevs]

"Are there any good stories". Or, "Have there been any good stories". Get it right, or yo' moma gonna go grammarian on yo' ass!

Not'd

Are there any good stories with Union Jack. With just him, or where he's featured?

[Winslow]

But it's a special kind of oddness, right? Like one of those prime time family specials which starts off with a hilarious misunderstanding that threatens to tear relationships apart but rights itself after a poignant moment from the comedy relief and all is right with the world and returned to the status quo once more and all within the constrictions of an hour minus commercials?

I really hate those.


I HATE MARSHA!


Jan - the hero of every middle child . . . .

[tricksterpup]

Guess who figured out how to take night-time photos?

http://static.flickr.com/49/136257785_3d9ae69a40_o.jpg
Give up? It was me.
WOWOW Howy, that was incredible.

[tricksterpup]

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g160/tricksterpup/snakecartoon.jpg

[tricksterpup]

Maybe one day we'll have to create a CBR Forums off-shoot called the CBR XXX Forums. Then such behavior will be allowed.
Tell that to these 2.
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g160/tricksterpup/coon.jpg

[K'Nort]

Doesn't Kara die all the time?

[tricksterpup]

Doesn't Kara die all the time?
Only during orgasim.

[tricksterpup]

http://www.tvacres.com/images/pie_cherry5.jpg

[K'Nort]

Boo Hiss!!!
http://www.stuckinthe70s.com/images/tb0774midol.jpg

[tricksterpup]

Boo Hiss!!!

LOL cant anyone do a Shakespear reference around here?

[tricksterpup]

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g160/tricksterpup/JLA2.jpg

[BoosterBronze]

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g160/tricksterpup/JLA2.jpg

Did Batman and Forefinger... SPOON?

[Forefinger]

This is one of those times where I actively encourage people to post about everything and anything in this thread. Consider it a chat thread gone wild -- but keep it clean, folks. Don't go putting anything up on the glass.
DOH!!! But I want things on the glass!!!


SPOON!!!

[tricksterpup]

Did Batman and Forefinger... SPOON?
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g160/tricksterpup/tickarthur2.jpg

[Forefinger]

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g160/tricksterpup/JLA2.jpg
DOH!!! That never happened!!! Well.....at least not after the retcon punch.

[Jonah Weiland]

Couple of hiccups with the server this morning. Keeping banging away. It's helping us figure out what needs to be fine tuned.

[Forefinger]

Couple of hiccups with the server this morning. Keeping banging away. It's helping us figure out what needs to be fine tuned.
I was going through withdrawal!!! I actually did some work!!!

[Forefinger]

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g160/tricksterpup/tickarthur2.jpg
HAW HAW HAW. So, now I'm Arthur?


SPOON!!!

[tricksterpup]

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g160/tricksterpup/idog.jpg

[StoneGold]

I guess that was too much stress

[Forefinger]

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g160/tricksterpup/idog.jpg
Does that count as irony?

[Jonah Weiland]

I guess that was too much stressA wee bit, but keep it coming. We've done some fine tuning to the Apache Web server and now we're working on the MySQL config. I may add additional memory to the server this weekend. Keep banging away! We gotta get this sucker set up right!

[Wyclefdoug]

I like to eat crunchy boogers.

[tricksterpup]

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g160/tricksterpup/deadpoolvsforefinger.jpg

[tricksterpup]

I guess that was too much stress

It may have been the realization that Forefinger was violoated by Batman that cracked the internet.

[Forefinger]

It may have been the realization that Forefinger was violoated by Batman that cracked the internet.
It was Superboy Prime's retcon punch that made sure that never happened. It never happened!!!!


*curls into ball in corner and cries*

[Forefinger]

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g160/tricksterpup/deadpoolvsforefinger.jpg
Wade always leaves out the times before that when I did his girlfriend and ripped out his spleen.

[Augie De Blieck Jr.]

I got Perl working against a Microsoft Access database this week at work. I'm as giddy as a little kid on Christmas morning, but I don't know why.

Am I oversharing now?

-Augie

[Typo Lad]

You have to wonder...

did Alfred like to watch?

[Forefinger]

I got Perl working against a Microsoft Access database this week at work. I'm as giddy as a little kid on Christmas morning, but I don't know why.

Am I oversharing now?

-Augie
Hey. I re-read your Freak Force story in Savage Dragon a couple of days ago.

[Forefinger]

You have to wonder...

did Alfred like to watch?
Sicko.



SPOON!!!

[Jonah Weiland]

Hey. I re-read your Freak Force story in Savage Dragon a couple of days ago.Hey, which issue is that in? I need to check that out.

[Typo Lad]

"Oh I do with Master Bruce and Master Dick would clean up after themselves.

Ah well. It's cheaper to just keep buying new sheets".

[Forefinger]

Hey, which issue is that in? I need to check that out.
I think it was in # 115.

I won't spoil it for you but an eccentric millionare (Augie) decides to put Freak Force together in Savage Dragon's new dimension after getting inspired by Dragon's autobiography about his life in his first dimension. It has some some funny moments. I wish Erik would put me in one of his comics.

[Jonah Weiland]

I think it was in # 115.

I won't spoil it for you but an eccentric millionare (Augie) decides to put Freak Force together in Savage Dragon's new dimension after getting inspired by Dragon's autobiography about his life in his first dimension. It has some some funny moments. I wish Erik would put me in one of his comics.Oh, that one! Yeah, I've read that ... I thought you meant a story that Augie wrote.

[Forefinger]

"Oh I do with Master Bruce and Master Dick would clean up after themselves.

Ah well. It's cheaper to just keep buying new sheets".
HAW HAW HAW. "Master Dick" HAW HAW HAW

[Jonah Weiland]

Allright folks, keep banging away! We've done some fine tuning of the database and things seem to be rolling nicely once again. So, post post post! Read read read! Monkeys monkeys monkeys!

[Typo Lad]

You know, I figure that somewhere int eh DCU, there's a guy comitting crimes hoping to be caught by Wonder Woman and tied up.

"This... it the greatest day of my life."

[dingo]

HAW HAW HAW. "Master Dick" HAW HAW HAW

Now there is a mna with simple tastes in his humour.

[Forefinger]

Oh, that one! Yeah, I've read that ... I thought you meant a story that Augie wrote.
Sorry, I guess I should have written: "I just reread the SD story that you were featured in..."

[Jonah Weiland]

Guess - how many replies will this thread see by days end?

I'm guessing 500. I could be overestimating.

[Typo Lad]

The other day at work someone asked me why I was so paranoid. I immediatly responded "I'm not paranoid. Who told you I was paranoid?"

[dingo]

Guess - how many replies will this thread see by days end?

I'm guessing 500. I could be overestimating.

Do you want 500?
Cause, you know, we could just post random crap.

No, wait. We do that anyway.

Nevermind.

(I guess 700) :p

[west3man]

♪ "It's a thin line between love and hate." ♪

http://www.cnv.co.il/pics/previews/dc/dec/large/GreenLanternCv9.jpg
http://www.cnv.co.il/pics/previews/dc/dec/large/GreenLanternCv9.jpg

[Typo Lad]

I love the tension between Bruce and Hal

"Those tights... that brooding... those muscles. Oh how I want him. My will power controls the most powerful weapon in the universe but I'm unable to control... my heart."

[Michael P]

It occurs to me we haven't yet tested the reslilience of the new server to hot babes.

I'm at work, but anyone else who wants to rectify this situation is welcome to do so.

[Typo Lad]

I'm at work too, but if we want to test the server's resiliance to superdickery...

[Forefinger]

Guess - how many replies will this thread see by days end?

I'm guessing 500. I could be overestimating.
325


SPOON!!

[Forefinger]

I love the tension between Bruce and Hal

"Those tights... that brooding... those muscles. Oh how I want him. My will power controls the most powerful weapon in the universe but I'm unable to control... my heart."
Thanks to that and tricksterpup's posts....well, I'll never be able to read Batman again.

I also can't read Hal's comic either. He's just too violent for me. And I idolize Lobo! I mean, Hal turned on Hector Hammond's pain receptors by doing some brain surgery with his ring, just so he could torture the bastich!

[Typo Lad]

The difference is that Lobo's at least honest about his dickery. Hal's just a fascist who thinks the end justifies the means. It's something I don't enjoy either.

[Michael P]

What creeps me out is the intimation that it's this exact attitude that made Hal the Best. Green Lantern. Ever.

[Dreadstar]

Good news. After running through all the emotions I went through with my kid this week, I finally got to a pretty even keel yesterday (put his ass to work in the garden, big time). I got to thinking: You know, he changed those grades not to defraud the school, he changed those grades because he was afraid I'd get mad at him. Yesterday morning I called a friend who serves as a Principal at a local school, and a friend who's a guidance counselor and has been a vice-Principal at another school and told them what was going down. Basically their thoughts were: "TEN days? For forging a report card? A report card that has ZERO chance of changing the actual grade in the grade book at his school? DAMN. Ten days is the kind of thing we give for weapons and drugs. That ain't right."

So the ex called the Principal of his school up, and we got a hearing set for Monday. (LOOK. I might bitch about my ex, and post a good pissy rant about her at times, but the truth is: Beelzebitch is a helluva mother. No pun intended) 30 minutes later, the Vice Principal (the person who originally expelled and then decided on the 10-day) called her up and told her that he'd probably gone a bit overboard. So Ian gets a 4 day instead. Which is pretty lucky, because two very important assignments were due next Wednesday, and he might actually salvage this year.

And is it wrong that I have WIDELY mixed feelings about that outcome? On the one hand, he's only screwed up his chances for the really picky colleges, so he's still got a good chance that this didn't screw hi life up too much at all. On the other hand, will he learn anything from a slap on the wrist?

Times like this, I really wish I could get away with the "woodshed." I know that was a major deterent for me. enh.. times change.

[Forefinger]

The difference is that Lobo's at least honest about his dickery. Hal's just a fascist who thinks the end justifies the means. It's something I don't enjoy either.
I guess you put into words what was bothering me about Hal all along....wow.


Also

HAW HAW HAW "Dickery'

[Forefinger]

What creeps me out is the intimation that it's this exact attitude that made Hal the Best. Green Lantern. Ever.
I like Kyle the best. Guy and Killowog tie for a close second. Then it's John, and then it's the planet, and then the hot chick from Recharge...............some where down the list is Hal. Not totally at the bottom, but yeah.

[Forefinger]

Good news. After running through all the emotions I went through with my kid this week, I finally got to a pretty even keel yesterday (put his ass to work in the garden, big time). I got to thinking: You know, he changed those grades not to defraud the school, he changed those grades because he was afraid I'd get mad at him. Yesterday morning I called a friend who serves as a Principal at a local school, and a friend who's a guidance counselor and has been a vice-Principal at another school and told them what was going down. Basically their thoughts were: "TEN days? For forging a report card? A report card that has ZERO chance of changing the actual grade in the grade book at his school? DAMN. Ten days is the kind of thing we give for weapons and drugs. That ain't right."

So the ex called the Principal of his school up, and we got a hearing set for Monday. (LOOK. I might bitch about my ex, and post a good pissy rant about her at times, but the truth is: Beelzebitch is a helluva mother. No pun intended) 30 minutes later, the Vice Principal (the person who originally expelled and then decided on the 10-day) called her up and told her that he'd probably gone a bit overboard. So Ian gets a 4 day instead. Which is pretty lucky, because two very important assignments were due next Wednesday, and he might actually salvage this year.

And is it wrong that I have WIDELY mixed feelings about that outcome? On the one hand, he's only screwed up his chances for the really picky colleges, so he's still got a good chance that this didn't screw hi life up too much at all. On the other hand, will he learn anything from a slap on the wrist?

Times like this, I really wish I could get away with the "woodshed." I know that was a major deterent for me. enh.. times change.
Yeah, 4 is much better than 10. "Beelzebitch" Haw haw.

[Typo Lad]

Honestly Dread, I see your conviction.

If it were me, I'd tell him that if he wants "a"s he has to earn them. Have the school do the slap on the wrist, sure, but at home? Major restrictions. No TV, no video games, nothing. Just schoolwork, chores and bed. In addition, I'd talk to the ex and have her do the same. Basically put him under house arrest. If his english grades go up, he gets privlages back one at a time.

[Forefinger]

Honestly Dread, I see your conviction.

If it were me, I'd tell him that if he wants "a"s he has to earn them. Have the school do the slap on the wrist, sure, but at home? Major restrictions. No TV, no video games, nothing. Just schoolwork, chores and bed. In addition, I'd talk to the ex and have her do the same. Basically put him under house arrest. If his english grades go up, he gets privlages back one at a time.
Horrible. I'd rather get a severe beating than all that! I guess it must be good punishment then!

[The Blue Devil]

...

Woo. I saved a baby rabits life from cats and a dog. What have YOU done today?

[Michael P]

...

Woo. I saved a baby rabits life from cats and a dog. What have YOU done today?
I sent a bunch of cats and a dog to bring me back as many baby rabbit heads as possible to appease my dark gods and prevent them from swallowing the Earth whole.

So good work there, man.

[StoneGold]

...

Woo. I saved a baby rabits life from cats and a dog. What have YOU done today?
Fed some rabbits to my cats and dogs. Hah! Now what you did is totally negated! Bet you feel like a total asshole now!

[Forefinger]

...

Woo. I saved a baby rabits life from cats and a dog. What have YOU done today?
Nothing yet.....except collect a paycheck by sitting here at work, but tonight I'm working at a Staind concert.

Also, great job on resueing a bunny.

[Typo Lad]

What creeps me out is the intimation that it's this exact attitude that made Hal the Best. Green Lantern. Ever.

Which is nuts, since it's an late 70's retcon.

You know what's funny? Come the late 70's/early 80's, I have to find other comics to read to Tot from my collection. That's really when The "comics need to grow up with me!" era kicks off.

[Forefinger]

Fed some rabbits to my cats and dogs. Hah! Now what you did is totally negated! Bet you feel like a total asshole now!
Haw haw haw.

[Forefinger]

Which is nuts, since it's an late 70's retcon.

You know what's funny? Come the late 70's/early 80's, I have to find other comics to read to Tot from my collection. That's really when The "comics need to grow up with me!" era kicks off.
So, were you reading Tot those insane Batman comics that constantly featured Batmite and other dumb shit from the 60's?

[Dreadstar]

Honestly Dread, I see your conviction.

If it were me, I'd tell him that if he wants "a"s he has to earn them. Have the school do the slap on the wrist, sure, but at home? Major restrictions. No TV, no video games, nothing. Just schoolwork, chores and bed. In addition, I'd talk to the ex and have her do the same. Basically put him under house arrest. If his english grades go up, he gets privlages back one at a time.
Already done.

In fact, *HE* made a deal with *ME.* He's REALLY intensly worried that he might not get all his TKD requisites in for his 2nd DAN in July (which I had already told him to kiss good-bye). So he has a set of goals in place (very difficult with the missed days, in fact) which will allow him to get to test in July.

PLUS. He needs to ace all of the English from here out (his worst subject) or else he could be looking at Summer school. Summer School which is 3 weeks of 5 hour days right smack dab when his Mom has already set up their vacation to Hilton Head. Flunk English? Stay home with Dad.

I really would have loved to see the blood drain from his face when that realization sunk in.

[Jonah Weiland]

...

Woo. I saved a baby rabits life from cats and a dog. What have YOU done today?Sat here and stared at server reports in between answering e-mail.

You've been far more productive.

[Typo Lad]

Then I think you're doing just fine Dread.

You could alo try putting him on dishwashing duty and say 'Because this is what you'll be doing to pay the bills if you can't get into college."

But that might be cruel.

[Jonah Weiland]

Do you want 500?
Cause, you know, we could just post random crap.

No, wait. We do that anyway.

Nevermind.

(I guess 700) :pIt's gonne end up being like Price is Right where everyone guesses too high and we all have to come up with new, lower guesses.

Dammit.

[Typo Lad]

So, were you reading Tot those insane Batman comics that constantly featured Batmite and other dumb shit from the 60's?

I haven't gotten to my Batman stacks yet. I look forward to it with glee. However, right now my plans are to finish up the FF v1 set and then move on to glorious Aquaman.

[Forefinger]

It's gonne end up being like Price is Right where everyone guesses too high and we all have to come up with new, lower guesses.

Dammit.
I said 300 something. I think that's going to be close. I'm the only poster with absolutly nothing else to do right now. Oh sure, I could be working, but I think that they would have to pay me extra for that.

[Typo Lad]

Hey, am I the only one not getting thread subscription updates?

[Forefinger]

Hey, am I the only one not getting thread subscription updates?
What's that?

[Augie De Blieck Jr.]

Hey. I re-read your Freak Force story in Savage Dragon a couple of days ago.

I miss my cute blonde girlfriend so much. . .

-Augie

[Augie De Blieck Jr.]

Take a trip with me into the time machine, all the way back to 1998:

http://www.nic.com/~augie/scripts.htm

-Augie

[Typo Lad]

What's that?

Everytime someone posts to a thread, I get a notification.

Usually it's an e-mail, but I've been here so long that it just manifests as a a direct stimulus to my pleasure receptors.

I need my tingle!

[Forefinger]

I miss my cute blonde girlfriend so much. . .

-Augie
I thought it was kind of odd that Erik killed her off and destroyed your building leaving you with nothing. What did you do to piss him off? :)

[Forefinger]

Everytime someone posts to a thread, I get a notification.

Usually it's an e-mail, but I've been here so long that it just manifests as a a direct stimulus to my pleasure receptors.

I need my tingle!
Sounds like too much trouble. I'll just post random bullshit on a thread and then totally forget about it, thus snubbing anyone who responds to my initial nonsense post.

[Augie De Blieck Jr.]

I thought it was kind of odd that Erik killed her off and destroyed your building leaving you with nothing. What did you do to piss him off? :)

I stopped letterhacking. ;-)

-Augie

[Forefinger]

I stopped letterhacking. ;-)

-Augie
Bastich! What happened to Olav Beemer eh?

[Augie De Blieck Jr.]

Even worse with Olav -- I believe he stopped reading the book!

-Augie

[Forefinger]

Even worse with Olav -- I believe he stopped reading the book!

-Augie
Doh! It was funny; for a time I was seeing Olav's letters in almost every single book I was collecting.

I almost gave up SD after 122 (?) came out after a year's delay. I've been dissapointed with the reduced quality and just the general tone of the book for awhile, but I've decided to give Erik until # 125 to impress me enough to stick with the book for the long run.

[tricksterpup]

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g160/tricksterpup/bennett_hulk2.jpg

[StoneGold]

It's gonne end up being like Price is Right where everyone guesses too high and we all have to come up with new, lower guesses.

Dammit.
700.01!!!! Hah! Suck on that!!!



Seriously, is there ever a bigger asshat than the guy on PIR who bids what the last guy bid, plus a penny?

[Steven F.]

What happened to Olav B? I used to see his letters in EVERYTHING.

[Jonah Weiland]

Hey, am I the only one not getting thread subscription updates?Ahh, I hadn't thought of that. I'm not getting any myself. Once my admin gets back, I'll have him look into it. Is anyone actually getting them?

[Jonah Weiland]

700.01!!!! Hah! Suck on that!!!



Seriously, is there ever a bigger asshat than the guy on PIR who bids what the last guy bid, plus a penny?When the show is over, the contestant who does just that gets a sticker he must wear that says, "Thanks, from all of us at the Price is Right, for being a douche bag." I'd KILL to get my hands on that sticker.

[tricksterpup]

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g160/tricksterpup/wolverineVS4.jpg

[BoosterBronze]

So... anybody here like to listen to the works of Richard Wagner?

[Augie De Blieck Jr.]

What happened to Olav B? I used to see his letters in EVERYTHING.

Last I heard, he was writing for this website: http://www.weeklydose.com/

If you don't speak the Dutch, you're outta luck.

He also worked at translating American comics for a publisher over there -- I believe JuniorPress.

-Augie

[Augie De Blieck Jr.]

Doh! It was funny; for a time I was seeing Olav's letters in almost every single book I was collecting.

He WAS in every book. It was insane. I don't think I ever topped 100 letters printed in a year. Maybe I did once. For Olav, that was likely a good quarter. He read everything.

I almost gave up SD after 122 (?) came out after a year's delay. I've been dissapointed with the reduced quality and just the general tone of the book for awhile, but I've decided to give Erik until # 125 to impress me enough to stick with the book for the long run.

#125 came out last week. Bonus sized. Lots of fun, though probably not what you're looking for. From what I've heard, he's working towards a new storyline that will simplify and straighten things out. We'll see.

-Augie

[Forefinger]

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g160/tricksterpup/wolverineVS4.jpg
That is the post of the day!

[Forefinger]

He WAS in every book. It was insane. I don't think I ever topped 100 letters printed in a year. Maybe I did once. For Olav, that was likely a good quarter. He read everything.



#125 came out last week. Bonus sized. Lots of fun, though probably not what you're looking for. From what I've heard, he's working towards a new storyline that will simplify and straighten things out. We'll see.

-Augie
I've written one to Erik that got printed, and then another to Bendis to go in Powers that got printed. I've never written any others.

Yeah, if 125 is decent at least, I'll stick with it since I've been with the book since the start.

[StoneGold]

So... anybody here like to listen to the works of Richard Wagner?
He was great as #2 in Austin Powers.

[Forefinger]

Blueberry are my favorite!

[Eternal Torment]

I wonder what would happen if Vincent Price and Alex Trebek fought against each other?

[Puma]

I'm stressed, where's my pie?

[Jonah Weiland]

I wonder what would happen if Vincent Price and Alex Trebek fought against each other?The universe would implode, but when it reemerged it would be one year later and we'd all be one year older.

[Forefinger]

I'm stressed, where's my pie?
I've got some "pie" for you.

[Forefinger]

The universe would implode, but when it reemerged it would be one year later and we'd all be one year older.
I think a retcon punch would take care of it after the year, so it never would happen in the first place. Just like that whole Batman thing....*shudders*

[Puma]

I've got some "pie" for you.
talk, talk, talk





MOON!

[Forefinger]

talk, talk, talk





MOON!You know you want some "pie".


SPOON!!!!

[JimmyDee]

Wow, I go to sleep, get some work done, then come back to this thread only to find I have 14 pages of posts to read.

Yeah, I think I'll just start from here like it's the beginning.

So, what's everyone been up to?

[DrewTheXenocide]

Wow, I go to sleep, get some work done, then come back to this thread only to find I have 14 pages of posts to read.

Yeah, I think I'll just start from here like it's the beginning.

So, what's everyone been up to?
I just found this thread. Think of how I feel!

15 is the new 1, everyfifteen.

[Stephane Garrelie]

I've nothing to say, and that's why I post.

[Stephane Garrelie]

I've nothing to say, and that's why I post.
Do the same thing :evilsmile

[howyadoin]

My preferred drinking vessel is the "jug" or "Dimple mug".

Proper beer served in a proper glass.I've got a few of those as well. They're pretty universal, I guess.

[Harlock]

Just for reference if anyone else had that freaky error with Firefox, just go into tools and delete the forums.comicbookresources.com cookies and log back in. Everything is smooth now.

[howyadoin]

Keeping banging away.Never heard that from a guy before.

[Sanagi]

*kicks the server's tires*

How's the gas mileage?

[Winslow]

Never heard that from a guy before.

That made me laugh

Also reminded me of a story.

A friend was in the hospital for a bowel obstruction. He was treated, and went home for some rest and relaxation before returning to work. He was feeling much better, so he and the wife decided to enjoy some afternoon delight.

Iin the middle of banging fun - his Mom called. Of course they let the answering machine pick up. All was fine until his Mom started chanting while leaving a message: "Go sonny go, Go sonny go, Go sonny go"

[Azrael52]

Hey. How are you? Fine I hope. I'm just sittin here doing whatever Jonah tells me to. Today, he tells me to type on this thread, tomorrow it will be that one. That's ok, I'm bored. I think I'll eat some Kixx. They are kid-tested, mother approved, you know?


Ah, these taste like paste! No freakin' wonder kids love them. Just what the heck do mother's approve them for? Gluing school projects? Crap! I can't believe I'm eating this garbage.


So, what do you guys think about this weather we've been having? Yep, no matter where you are. I don't really care, honestly, but if it makes Jonah (the boss) happy, I'm all game.

Ok, peace, I'm out.

Pick up the check for me?

[Winslow]

D'Oh!

Double post . .

My fault - computer farted.

[Jonah Weiland]

I just found this thread. Think of how I feel!

15 is the new 1, everyfifteen.I thought we were all in this together and now I find some of you are cheating. This makes me sad.

[Jonah Weiland]

Hey. How are you? Fine I hope. I'm just sittin here doing whatever Jonah tells me to.I am all powerful.

[ocelotrevs]

Why not just do some contro. stuff (banning people who are well known members). That'd cause a lot of noise, and more server usage, testing it to the max.

[ocelotrevs]

Hell, just put in someone who was banned in the thread that it's talked about or CotM will get the bloodboiling.

Do it. You know you wanna.

Or start some Star Wars fights, and start a board invasion. Or Dragonball Z. Or Wolverine feats.

[west3man]

Never heard that from a guy before.
No coke for you. (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=3031079&postcount=508)

[Winslow]

Or start a thread about abortion, illegal immigration, or Terri Schiavo . . .

[Ronald Bryan]

I am feeling rather stressed. And there is that tightness in my chest and shortness of breath. And hey, my arm just went numb.

[Winslow]

or evolution, or atheism, or homosexual marriage.

[ocelotrevs]

Or underage sex.
Or Jesus being gay.

[Winslow]

or Hal Jordan vs. Kyle Rayner

No wait scratch that . . .

[Sanagi]

Who would win in a fight, Han Solo, or Jesus, who is gay?

[Winslow]

Of the two, I'm betting Han Solo is a repressed homosexual.

Was that the question?

[Nikita]

New........server........still...........slow. (and it ain't my computer)

Pages still "freezing up" and taking forever to load. (sowy) :(

[Winslow]

That's odd Nikita

I'm from home and my dialup is loading pages just fine.

Update your spyware.

You may have some unnecessary programs running.

[tricksterpup]

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g160/tricksterpup/spoon.jpg

[Nikita]

That's odd Nikita

I'm from home and my dialup is loading pages just fine.

Update your spyware.

You may have some unnecessary programs running.



I do and I did. CBR......still......slow......and......I......have ......DSL......at......work......which......is.... ..much......faster......then......dialup.