RITA'S XXXVII: Habits Old and New

[DarkBlade]

My guess is that it got pulled by what's left of Dean. I'm thinking it'll rush back no later than this week.

Campeche is one of those legendary ports that were attacked by pirates way back when. The forts are impressive to this day.
A few years ago, they pulled a Netherlands and reclaimed about half a square mile from the ocean and built hotels and other buildings, so I hope the sea doesnt' take it out on them.

But yeah, going strolling on the ocean floor is damn tempting.
I remember that, 20-22 years ago, one summer night we were at the beach and the sea retreated about 100-200 yards. You could see boats lying on the moist sand for miles around you. We played futbol, tag, sandball wars for hours.

Oooo, neat! I wanna go to the beach. I'm hoping to maybe hit south Florida next summer, but it probably won't happen with finances (Tadhg and I are both going back to school soon) and scheduling around working summer school. I dunno, maybe.


To this day, I don't know what maritime cataclism caused that. I know I'm damn grateful it wasn't a tsunami prelude, like it was in Indonesia.

o_O Very much so.

[DarkBlade]

Don't forget to turn off the circuit breaker.

Maybe I should find that first...

Right now, we just have one of those old dial thermostats.

[Guapo Méndez]

I must say again that I'm amazed on how fast gold pours in at 70. It took me, since launch, to get to 1,200 gold (I used 900 for Riding skill and the mount). I even spent 100 gold to respec from Armorsmithing to Hammersmithing (geez, I gotta update that at the Sawed-Off board).

Last night I was *this* close to 1,000.

[Dreadstar]

Maybe I should find that first...

Right now, we just have one of those old dial thermostats.

That's exactly what I replaced. Those old mercury switches just aren't that accurate.

[Dreadstar]

I must say again that I'm amazed on how fast gold pours in at 70. It took me, since launch, to get to 1,200 gold (I used 900 for Riding skill and the mount). I even spent 100 gold to respec from Armorsmithing to Hammersmithing (geez, I gotta update that at the Sawed-Off board).

Last night I was *this* close to 1,000.

Sitting around $2000 myself.

Damn. I need to get keyed for Karazan. I also need to do the Mana Tombs and pretty much every low instance from that level on.

Hell, I don't even know how or where to grind for the Epic Flyer reputation.

[Guapo Méndez]

This one looks nice, but it's BoP. Longrifle. (http://www.thottbot.com/i30724) Can be jeweled and has a bit more DPS.

[Winslow]

Do you guys play WOW online with each other?

[HomerJay]

I'm not sure whether to be proud or to feel bad that I have little idea what Dread & Guapo are talking about.

[HomerJay]

Do you guys play WOW online with each other?
They just play with themselves.



Too easy.

[Winslow]

I'm not sure whether to be proud or to feel bad that I have little idea what Dread & Guapo are talking about.

It's the huge World of Warcraft online stuff.

I've never played . .but the idea of playing online with nerd-friends on a quest sounds really fun.

[Winslow]

They just play with themselves.



Too easy.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

[Dreadstar]

This one looks nice, but it's BoP. Longrifle. (http://www.thottbot.com/i30724) Can be jeweled and has a bit more DPS.

I'll take about any upgrade, but the thing is, the proc on the Don Santos is actually quite frequent, and the +250 AP puts its DPS over the gun you get at Mount Hyjal.

[Matt Algren]

Happy Birfday Mac Danny!

I installed a new thermostat once. It didn't work when I was done. I was never sure whether that was because I'm that incapable or because my grandfather built the house and probably rigged the wiring.

Probably a bit of both.

[Ray R.]

Virtua Fighter is so deep that you'll never master it. Don't bother.

Soul Caliber 3 and Tekken 5 are better choices for non-insane people and people with girlfriends.

I agree with this statement. My eight-year little girl does pretty well at Soul Caliber 3. So I think Ed could handle it.

[Dreadstar]

Yes, that does read like Greek to the uninitiated, doesn't it?

[Mac Danny]

Don't forget to turn off the circuit breaker.

Circuit Breakers are for Sissys...

[Dreadstar]

I agree with this statement. My eight-year little girl does pretty well at Soul Caliber 3. So I think Ed could handle it.

I got very good at Tekken 10 years ago. Tekken 3, maybe?

Then I played my 8-year-old son, he took Eddie and kicked my ass.

Button-mashing for the win!

[Ed Cunard]

Yes, that does read like Greek to the uninitiated, doesn't it?

Actually, I think I understand Greek better than whatever it is you guys are talking about.

[jessecuster3]

Damn you guys, all I can think about is getting Bio-Shock now.

[Guapo Méndez]

Damn. I need to get keyed for Karazan.

Ditto.

I also need to do the Mana Tombs and pretty much every low instance from that level on.

Ditto. I think I did a run or two of Blood Furnace.



Hell, I don't even know how or where to grind for the Epic Flyer reputation.

Well, the Blue Nether Ray (http://www.thottbot.com/i32319) is Exalted with the Shatari Skyguard (http://www.thottbot.com/f1031). Fly SE of Allerian Stronghold and up those mountains.

Or thisquest (http://www.thottbot.com/q11111) from this guy. (http://www.thottbot.com/c23463)

[Dreadstar]

Ditto.



Ditto. I think I did a run or two of Blood Furnace.


Wednesdays are bad for you, if I recall correctly, right?

[Ray R.]

Thanks Guys!

Happy birthday, Mac. I designed a birthday toy for you out of binder clips, rubber bands and paper clips, but I accidentally dropped it and it took my secretary's eye out.

I think it has potential, though.

[DarkBlade]

Tadhg says the reason we keep blowing lightbulbs is that the fixtures are old and need replacing.

I don't think I'm that adventurous.

However, when we DO replace the bedroom one? With a lighted ceiling fan. So not negotiable. (Fortunately, I -think- he agrees.)

[DarkBlade]

Yes, that does read like Greek to the uninitiated, doesn't it?

I've never played WoW, but it halfway made sense to me..

[Ray R.]

I got very good at Tekken 10 years ago. Tekken 3, maybe?

Then I played my 8-year-old son, he took Eddie and kicked my ass.

Button-mashing for the win!

Eddie's got those mad capoeira skillz. Tough to beat, unless you're super quick and beat him to the punch.

[Guapo Méndez]

It's the huge World of Warcraft online stuff.

I've never played . .but the idea of playing online with nerd-friends on a quest sounds really fun.

Yeah, we do. When our schedules match and there is a raid planned, it's awesome goodness.

Some started playing EQ. I jumped in with CoH and then WoW.

Dread: yeah, the 250 is the decider. I moved around a couple of things in Kyroson's configuration and he's godly for a few seconds.

Let's just say that 400 extra spell damage, a seal, a judgement and two trinkets that, activated at the same time give mee 200 and 250 extra spell damage plus a 30% extra damage button for 15 seconds, plus a button that guarantees a critical with Holy Shock...

Godly.

[Dreadstar]

Yeah, we do. When our schedules match and there is a raid planned, it's awesome goodness.

Some started playing EQ. I jumped in with CoH and then WoW.

Dread: yeah, the 250 is the decider. I moved around a couple of things in Kyroson's configuration and he's godly for a few seconds.

Let's just say that 400 extra spell damage, a seal, a judgement and two trinkets that, activated at the same time give mee 200 and 250 extra spell damage plus a 30% extra damage button for 15 seconds, plus a button that guarantees a critical with Holy Shock...

Godly.

Wait. You're Holy? I thought you were retribution.

[Guapo Méndez]

Wednesdays are bad for you, if I recall correctly, right?


Since we're having Masters class on thursdays, I'm thinking about switching thurdsay game night to another day. I'll check if I don't have meetings on wednesdays. If not, we're in business.

[Joe Rice]

Holy Christ! Something must have crawled up my ass and died while I slept last night.

[Guapo Méndez]

Wait. You're Holy? I thought you were retribution.

Nah, that's Rommie. I've been Holy (http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Silver+Hand&n=Kyroson) since launch.

[Dreadstar]

Nah, that's Rommie. I've been Holy (http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Silver+Hand&n=Kyroson) since launch.

Heh. I thought Rommie was protection.

Then I stopped and thought: "Waitaminute. We're talking Rommie, here..."

[Guapo Méndez]

They whisper "Rommie, respec to Prot" in guildchat nowadays.

[HomerJay]

Holy Christ! Something must have crawled up my ass and died while I slept last night.
I thought you were supposed to let the gerbil exit too.

[Dreadstar]

They whisper "Rommie, respec to Prot" in guildchat nowadays.

Well, that's better than what we used to say:

"Rommie, respect to a combat rogue or a Fury warrior."

[Dreadstar]

I thought you were supposed to let the gerbil exit too.

It depends on how much you spend on the Habitrail.

[Winslow]

Yeah, we do. When our schedules match and there is a raid planned, it's awesome goodness.

Sounds like a blast.

Ever take newbs under your wing?

[Winslow]

Holy Christ! Something must have crawled up my ass and died while I slept last night.

TMI post.

Yeah, I've had exploding wet BMs for the past two days. It's like I lobbed a shit grenade in the toilet.

[Dreadstar]

Sounds like a blast.

Ever take newbs under your wing?

All the time.

Back before the beginning of the summer, I helped a friend level his new Dranei past the Scarlet Monastery. (what that means is: I helped a guy do about 3 weeks worth of game content in a long weekend.)

I do NOT however recommend getting a lot of help for the first 8-10 levels. THAT'S where you get the learning curve worked out.

[Matt Algren]

TMI post.

Yeah, I've had exploding wet BMs for the past two days. It's like I lobbed a shit grenade in the toilet.
I started taking my lactose incontinence pills again. I just couldn't stay away from Frosties anymore. The constipation sucks, though.

Looking for the silver lining, shitting once a week sure is a time saver.

ganedenbiotech DOT com/prod_adult_li.html

[Guapo Méndez]

Sounds like a blast.

Ever take newbs under your wing?

Sure.
Silver Hand server. We have people trying out new alts all the time. I got 2 myself.

[Dom]

I am so tired, my ears are bleeding.

[Matt Algren]

I can't remember where this yesterday, but it's interesting that the settlement between Harlan Ellison and Fantagraphics basically boils down to Cronin splitting up a flamewar and telling everybody to shut up.

“Plaintiff and Defendants agree that henceforth (1) Defendants shall refrain from making ad hominem, personal attacks on the Plaintiff so long as Plaintiff shall live, and (2) Plaintiff shall refrain from making ad hominem, personal attacks on the Defendants so long as Defendant shall live (or be in existence, in the case of a business entity). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties agree and affirm that they shall be free at all times to review, criticize or comment upon one another’s work, writings, advocacy, public statements or other public activities, broadly construed. The Parties further agree that they shall make no further statements or nonverbal communications regarding the settlement of the Lawsuit…”

All that's left is the bannings.

[Dreadstar]

All that's left is the bannings.

No bannings forthcoming. They knew just how much of a dick they could be without crossing into the "total asshole" zone. It's a feat practiced daily at CBR.

[Ray R.]

No bannings forthcoming. They knew just how much of a dick they could be without crossing into the "total asshole" zone. It's a feat practiced daily at CBR.

Tightrope without a net.

[Matt Algren]

No bannings forthcoming. They knew just how much of a dick they could be without crossing into the "total asshole" zone. It's a feat practiced daily at CBR.
I'm not saying that you're stupid, but that statement is a pretty stupid one, and not surprising, coming from you.

[Chris Nowlin]

I'm not saying that you're stupid, but that statement is a pretty stupid one, and not surprising, coming from you.

That's something an asshole would say

[Ray R.]

I'm not saying that you're stupid, but that statement is a pretty stupid one, and not surprising, coming from you.

stu·pid (stū'pĭd, styū'-)
adj., -er, -est.
1.) Slow to learn or understand; obtuse.
2.) Tending to make poor decisions or careless mistakes.
3.) Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless: a stupid mistake.
4.) Dazed, stunned, or stupefied.
5.) Pointless; worthless: a stupid job.

I fail to see how what Dread said was stupid, but playing devil's advocate, I can see how others can find Dread a complete moron at times.

[jessecuster3]

I fail to see how what Dread said was stupid, but playing devil's advocate, I can see how others can find Dread a complete moron at times.


Quoted for truth!

[Guapo Méndez]

Well, that's better than what we used to say:

"Rommie, respect to a combat rogue or a Fury warrior."

I know.
I often think I should have rolled a priest or a warrior.

(I'm currently, more off than on, levelling both).

[Dreadstar]

That's something an asshole would say

Dick.



.

[Dreadstar]

I fail to see how what Dread said was stupid, but playing devil's advocate, I can see how others can find Dread a complete moron at times.

Ray... *YOU* complete me.

[Matt Algren]

Quoted for truth!
This coming from the guy who likes Transformers porn.

[Ed Cunard]

Ray... *YOU* complete me.

I've always suspected you were incomplete.

[Dreadstar]

stu·pid (stū'pĭd, styū'-)
adj., -er, -est.

BTW, this post made me smile in ways that scare people who see it.

Thanks!

[Dreadstar]

I've always suspected you were incomplete.

Well, that's better than 90% of CBR, who just think me incontinent.

[Matt Algren]

BTW, this post made me smile in ways that scare people who see it.

Thanks!
Yeah, that was the best part.

[DarkBlade]

*blinkblink*


.. I think I'm gonna go run errands. Lemme know when y'all run out of weird koolaid.

[Ray R.]

BTW, this post made me smile in ways that scare people who see it.

Thanks!

Language is my bidness. If I can't twist it like taffy, I'm not doing my job.

[Ed Cunard]

Well, that's better than 90% of CBR, who just think me incontinent.

No, Dread, they just think you're empty inside.

Semantics, you know.

[Jeff Brady]

Holy Christ! Something must have crawled up my ass and died while I slept last night.

Such decorum. I'm disappointed.

[jessecuster3]

This coming from the guy who likes Transformers porn.

maybe Dread was right about you...

[Guapo Méndez]

*blinkblink*


.. I think I'm gonna go run errands. Lemme know when y'all run out of weird koolaid.

Around these times I switch off my translator.

[Dom]

Well, that's better than 90% of CBR, who just think me incontinent.

I just thought it was that one time.

[Rallura]

Can someone please
be having a good day?
I need it to offset mine.

[darkhanamaru]

Ok, since you guys are gamers...

Any wonderful and realistic martial arts games out there?

i love the tenchu series which is of the stealth ninja genre

[Chris Nowlin]

Can someone please
be having a good day?
I need it to offset mine.


I'm sorry to hear your day sucks.

I'm having a standard fine day, if that helps.

[Dreadstar]

Can someone please
be having a good day?
I need it to offset mine.


I am so far.

[Gingold]

Can someone please
be having a good day?
I need it to offset mine.


So far, so good. I just ate a cheese sandwich.

Sorry you're having a bad day.

[jessecuster3]

Can someone please
be having a good day?
I need it to offset mine.


Mine is so boring I have started playing my psp at my desk.






Unless someone has a good web game for me?

[Rallura]

I'm sorry to hear your day sucks.

I'm having a standard fine day, if that helps.

Good, good.


I am so far.


Good.

I think I need one more though,
since I have a lot to offset.
Which is understandable
on a day that started at 4 am
with a stupid drunk person
invading my home.

So I think,
someone needs to like,
have a picnic,
or, go to the beach.

[Chris Nowlin]

Good, good.





Good.

I think I need one more though,
since I have a lot to offset.
Which is understandable
on a day that started at 4 am
with a stupid drunk person
invading my home.

So I think,
someone needs to like,
have a picnic,
or, go to the beach.


Uggh. That sounds about as annoying as can be.

I'd love to go to the beach. It is a beautiful day here. But there's work to do and class to teach.

[darkhanamaru]

Good, good.





Good.

I think I need one more though,
since I have a lot to offset.
Which is understandable
on a day that started at 4 am
with a stupid drunk person
invading my home.

So I think,
someone needs to like,
have a picnic,
or, go to the beach.



I have a hard day today but my work is taking a bunch of us to the giants game tomorrow and we get most of the day off and then i am going to the london wine bar with a hot indian girl (i think she is hot).

[Rallura]

So far, so good. I just ate a cheese sandwich.

Sorry you're having a bad day.

Oh cheese is good!
And thank you.


Mine is so boring I have started playing my psp at my desk.

Unless someone has a good web game for me?

Boring isn't good
but having a psp is.
I have been going to iwin
lately.
Though most of their games
are like the rest of their games.

[jessecuster3]

I'd love to go to the beach. It is a beautiful day here. But there's work to do and class to teach.

No, seriously, you mean stay home and post, right?

[Dreadstar]

So I think,
someone needs to like,
have a picnic,
or, go to the beach.

You know what would be a really good picnic? Some good ol' Kentucky Fried Chicken. Not this KFC crap.

[thespianphryne]

Speaking of hot Indian girls...has any one here seen The Last Legion? If yes, what did you think?


-Das

[jessecuster3]

I have a hard day today but my work is taking a bunch of us to the giants game tomorrow and we get most of the day off and then i am going to the london wine bar with a hot indian girl (i think she is hot).

I know a hot Pakistani girl but that's about it.

[jessecuster3]

You know what would be a really good picnic? Some good ol' Kentucky Fried Chicken. Not this KFC crap.

So Popeye's is ok though, right?

[Rallura]

Uggh. That sounds about as annoying as can be.

I'd love to go to the beach. It is a beautiful day here. But there's work to do and class to teach.

Yeah, it's damn annoying
waking up to a strange person
in your bedroom
demanding to know where their things are.

And,
take the class to the beach!



I have a hard day today but my work is taking a bunch of us to the giants game tomorrow and we get most of the day off and then i am going to the london wine bar with a hot indian girl (i think she is hot).

You know,
I have yet to be to a
major league game.
I really need to rectify that soon.

[Dreadstar]

So Popeye's is ok though, right?

Never been, no reference. Game for anything except KFC though. Church's ? Enh.

[Rallura]

No, seriously, you mean stay home and post, right?

I think he means,
go to work and post.


You know what would be a really good picnic? Some good ol' Kentucky Fried Chicken. Not this KFC crap.

Let's see,
cast iron skillet, check,
oil, check,
flour, spices, check.
but there's no chicken in the house...

[thespianphryne]

Yeah, it's damn annoying
waking up to a strange person
in your bedroom
demanding to know where their things are.

[....]





Um...Yikes!


-Das

[Slam_Bradley]

Speaking of hot Indian girls...has any one here seen The Last Legion? If yes, what did you think?


-Das


I haven't seen the movie, but yes...she's hot.

[darkhanamaru]

So Popeye's is ok though, right?

Popeye's is the shit! Spicy wings, cole slaw, mmmmmmm.

[Gingold]

Yeah, it's damn annoying
waking up to a strange person
in your bedroom
demanding to know where their things are.



That sounds scary. Did you call the cops?

[jessecuster3]

Popeye's is the shit! Spicy wings, cole slaw, mmmmmmm.

I know I may have just been inspired, too.

[Rallura]

Um...Yikes!


-Das

Yeah.
Just an idiot though.
Got drunk at some party,
and apparently wandered up the hill,
without her purse or shoes.
And the lock on our door
sometimes doesn't catch,
and I must not have doublechecked it last night.

[darkhanamaru]

Yeah.
Just an idiot though.
Got drunk at some party,
and apparently wandered up the hill,
without her purse or shoes.
And the lock on our door
sometimes doesn't catch,
and I must not have doublechecked it last night.



oh my! robert downey jr territory! well in other good random news, a stanford researcher was able to identify the 33 genes responsible for some patients not rejecting their transplanted organs and not having to stay on those nasty drugs. go science!

[jessecuster3]

Yeah.
Just an idiot though.
Got drunk at some party,
and apparently wandered up the hill,
without her purse or shoes.
And the lock on our door
sometimes doesn't catch,
and I must not have doublechecked it last night.



Are you sure it wasn't Robert Downey Jr or Matthew McConaghey?

[Slam_Bradley]

Jesse's doppleganger is upset again. How shocking.

[thespianphryne]

I haven't seen the movie, but yes...she's hot.

Not her, wise guy, the movie. Was it any fun? All things considered it should be a fun movie: Arthur, Merlin, Swords, Romans, Sorcery. But these days there's no guarantee.


-Das

[Matt Algren]

God help me, I've resorted to using Microsoft Paint and PowerPoint to edit an image.

[Chris Nowlin]

Yeah, it's damn annoying
waking up to a strange person
in your bedroom
demanding to know where their things are.

And,
take the class to the beach!




The beach is at the edge of campus; I don't think it's practical today, though. I may try to fit a beach day in before the end of summer.

If it helps, I mainly just sit in front and bounce a ball because it amuses me. I also drink Coke.

Every so often somebody raises their hand and asks why they aren't learning math. I distract them by doing something cool with the ball.

[Dreadstar]

Jesse's doppleganger is upset again. How shocking.

He's only upset because he's incorrect.

[Rallura]

That sounds scary. Did you call the cops?

No.
The phone is in the living room,
I went for BB's walking stick first,
then realized she was just an idiot.
She bust out crying
when I said I would call the cops to take her home.
So I took her home
and I already got two lectures on being too nice
so I know, I KNOW!
But she was just a stupid drunk girl
with no shoes.


oh my! robert downey jr territory! well in other good random news, a stanford researcher was able to identify the 33 genes responsible for some patients not rejecting their transplanted organs and not having to stay on those nasty drugs. go science!

Are you sure it wasn't Robert Downey Jr or Matthew McConaghey?

I am quite sure it wasn't,
as I would still be drooling
had it been either of them.

[Schuimend Mormel]

Can someone please
be having a good day?
I need it to offset mine.


I'm late, but I've had a pretty good day. I woke up with a fever like you wouldn't believe. And now I'm fit as a fiddle. I feel indestructible.

Also, I think this is reasonably funny:

WHO is the BAND on stage?!?!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BlXjIg4fH74

As for the rest, I'm wondering if you can only send a Private Message to someone who is online, or does it work when they're offline, too? :o

[Chris Nowlin]

Speaking of teaching, I'm concerned about the honesty of kids these days.

Yesterday a student came to my office with her exam she'd gotten back the day before to point out I'd made a mistake grading her test.

She had missed a problem but I hadn't noticed and hadn't marked it wrong. She wanted to make sure I knew. The answer should have been arctan(x) and she wrote tan(x). I glanced over it too quickly I guess.

I'm very concerned.

In my day, we took the answer marked wrong, changed what we had written and showed that to the teacher

[Slam_Bradley]

Not her, wise guy, the movie. Was it any fun? All things considered it should be a fun movie: Arthur, Merlin, Swords, Romans, Sorcery. But these days there's no guarantee.


-Das


Who cares about movies if there are hot Indian chicks to ogle?

[thespianphryne]

[...]
As for the rest, I'm wondering if you can only send a Private Message to someone who is online, or does it work when they're offline, too? :o

You can send the message, but the person won't see it until he/she logs in.


-Das

[jessecuster3]

WHO is the BAND on stage?!?!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BlXjIg4fH74



Thanks, I loved that one. Its my second favorite Animaniacs sketch.

[thespianphryne]

Who cares about movies if there are hot Indian chicks to ogle?

I spend enough time in front of the mirror already, thanks very much. Sometimes I like to expand my horizons and watch a movie. So? Good action adventure or not?


-Das

[jessecuster3]

I haven't seen the movie, but yes...she's hot.

Is it Aishwarya Rai?

[Gingold]

Speaking of teaching, I'm concerned about the honesty of kids these days.

Yesterday a student came to my office with her exam she'd gotten back the day before to point out I'd made a mistake grading her test.

She had missed a problem but I hadn't noticed and hadn't marked it wrong. She wanted to make sure I knew. The answer should have been arctan(x) and she wrote tan(x). I glanced over it too quickly I guess.

I'm very concerned.

In my day, we took the answer marked wrong, changed what we had written and showed that to the teacher

I blame the parents.

[Rallura]

The beach is at the edge of campus; I don't think it's practical today, though. I may try to fit a beach day in before the end of summer.

If it helps, I mainly just sit in front and bounce a ball because it amuses me. I also drink Coke.

Every so often somebody raises their hand and asks why they aren't learning math. I distract them by doing something cool with the ball.

You should answer
"Why aren't you doing the
Brownian motion calculations
on the bubbles in the Coke???"


I'm late, but I've had a pretty good day. I woke up with a fever like you wouldn't believe. And now I'm fit as a fiddle. I feel indestructible.

Also, I think this is reasonably funny:

WHO is the BAND on stage?!?!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BlXjIg4fH74

As for the rest, I'm wondering if you can only send a Private Message to someone who is online, or does it work when they're offline, too? :o

That's a good take
on Who's on First.

[Dreadstar]

Not her, wise guy, the movie. Was it any fun? All things considered it should be a fun movie: Arthur, Merlin, Swords, Romans, Sorcery. But these days there's no guarantee.


I saw it. Two of the things on that list are spoilerish final 10 minute revelation kind of things. One is pure misdirection.

What it seems like to me is a grand Bollywood style 4 hour epic trimmed to an hour and a half for American audiences.

What it *is* is a straight to video style sword epic reminiscent of the 80s. Think of all those Krull wannabes and you're there.

The final scene though? The final "reveal" that was telegraphed back about 30 minutes before and basically PRE-revealed 5 minutes earlier?


A guy stood up on that final reaveal and yelled at the screen "JESUS CHRIST! Beat us over the HEAD with it, why don't you?!?!?!"


And he was right.

[Winslow]

Who cares about movies if there are hot Indian chicks to ogle?

Yeah, the local PBS station shows gawd-awful Bollywood music videos on Saturday afternoon.

My wife eyes me suspiciously when I tune in . . .

"There are really good honey . .. . ."

[Slam_Bradley]

I spend enough time in front of the mirror already, thanks very much. Sometimes I like to expand my horizons and watch a movie. So? Good action adventure or not?


-Das


Oh, the openings to creepyness I'm deciding to forego.

That movie isn't playing within 100 miles of where I'm living. It wasn't previewed for reviews, however, and the few it got are very negative. Make of that what you will.

[Matt Algren]

Jesse's doppleganger is upset again. How shocking.Paranoid-me has come to believe that the doppleganger is a sockpuppet, but not for the real jesse. I'll let you figure out who.

Think of all those Krull wannabes. . .Does not compute.

[Joe Rice]

Can someone please
be having a good day?
I need it to offset mine.


Having a great day. Lisa made chocolate buttercream cupcakes the other day and I just had one. I tells ya, a little 'Beto Hernandez, a little cupcake, and the love of wonderful people, that's all I need.

[Schuimend Mormel]

You can send the message, but the person won't see it until he/she logs in.


-Das

Thanks, thespianphryne.

Thanks, I loved that one. Its my second favorite Animaniacs sketch.

Rilly? What's your first?

[jessecuster3]

Paranoid-me has come to believe that the doppleganger is a sockpuppet, but not for the real jesse. I'll let you figure out who.


I would be surprised as the music and movie knowledge is kind of esoteric.

[jessecuster3]

Rilly? What's your first?

The Video Revue sketch, but I have yet to find that one on youtube or anywhere else.

[Matt Algren]

Having a great day. Lisa made chocolate buttercream cupcakes the other day and I just had one. I tells ya, a little 'Beto Hernandez, a little cupcake, and the love of wonderful people, that's all I need.
You're on vacation! Your good days don't count.

[Rallura]

Having a great day. Lisa made chocolate buttercream cupcakes the other day and I just had one. I tells ya, a little 'Beto Hernandez, a little cupcake, and the love of wonderful people, that's all I need.

I saw a recipe for
pistachio cupcakes the other day.
Cupcakes are good.
I need to put muffin paper on the shopping list.

[Guapo Méndez]

No.
The phone is in the living room,
I went for BB's walking stick first,
then realized she was just an idiot.
She bust out crying
when I said I would call the cops to take her home.
So I took her home
and I already got two lectures on being too nice
so I know, I KNOW!
But she was just a stupid drunk girl
with no shoes.


No lecture from me, Rally. You just wento into Den Mother mode, as if it were a CBR gathering at the SDCC.

Thank God it was just a drunk girl and nothing more serious.

[Matt Algren]

I saw a recipe for
pistachio cupcakes the other day.
Cupcakes are good.
I need to put muffin paper on the shopping list.

I don't "get" cupcakes. They're so much messier, and they taste the same.

[Joe Rice]

I think I've officially become a 'Beto-over-Xaime guy.

[Merey]

Can someone please
be having a good day?
I need it to offset mine.


A few coworkers and myself decided to go out to Ave. J Brooklyn for lunch and have some famous Di Fara pizza. YUM! That 2 hour tour was a nice way to break up the work day.

Having a great day. Lisa made chocolate buttercream cupcakes the other day and I just had one. I tells ya, a little 'Beto Hernandez, a little cupcake, and the love of wonderful people, that's all I need.

Lisa is a woman after my own heart.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/MereyGnome/GroomsCake.jpg

[Joe Rice]

I don't "get" cupcakes. They're so much messier, and they taste the same.

Not when they're made right. Because of their size you can do more with them, flavor-wise.

[jessecuster3]

I think I've officially become a 'Beto-over-Xaime guy.

Hmm, so far I am a Xaime-over-'Beto guy. But I still have a ton of 'Beto to read, I just got turned off by the science fictiony stuff.

[Joe Rice]

Lisa is a woman after my own heart.



SHE WILL CRUSH IT!

[Guapo Méndez]

I don't "get" cupcakes. They're so much messier, and they taste the same.

I'm gonna make girardhelli's triple chocokate brownie cupcakes before the weevils take them.

[jessecuster3]

I saw a recipe for
pistachio cupcakes the other day.
Cupcakes are good.
I need to put muffin paper on the shopping list.


Just thinking of Pistachio cupcakes makes me drool, you may have to send me that recipe.

[Merey]

SHE WILL CRUSH IT!

Are you challenging me (on the behalf of your wife) to a bake-off, sir?

[Slam_Bradley]

I think I've officially become a 'Beto-over-Xaime guy.


I think they have a cream for that now.

[Paul McEnery]

I think I've officially become a 'Beto-over-Xaime guy.

Well, about time, then!

No offence to Xaime. But it's like the Marx Brothers. Only one of them gets to be Groucho.

[Slam_Bradley]

Well, about time, then!

No offence to Xaime. But it's like the Marx Brothers. Only one of them gets to be Groucho.


What does it say about me that I'm a Gummo fan?

[Rallura]

No lecture from me, Rally. You just wento into Den Mother mode, as if it were a CBR gathering at the SDCC.

Thank God it was just a drunk girl and nothing more serious.

Thank you.
My therapist also absolved me.
And yeah,
fighting, I do not like.


I don't "get" cupcakes. They're so much messier, and they taste the same.

Messy is fun!

Also, there's less fighting
about who got a bigger piece.


A few coworkers and myself decided to go out to Ave. J Brooklyn for lunch and have some famous Di Fara pizza. YUM! That 2 hour tour was a nice way to break up the work day.



I miss New York pizza soooo much.

[Merey]

Just thinking of Pistachio cupcakes makes me drool, you may have to send me that recipe.


I'd also like that recipe. A new bakery in my neighborhood has pistachio cupcakes, but they were pretty disappointing. Why, oh why is it so hard to make a proper cake/cupcake?

[Rallura]

Just thinking of Pistachio cupcakes makes me drool, you may have to send me that recipe.

I haven't made them yet,
so I don't know how good they are.
I might tonight
if BB gets to a point
he can handle cleaning the kitchen.
Poor guy has awful awful toothache,
and can't see the dentist until 2
so he's in bed.

[Slam_Bradley]

I'd also like that recipe. A new bakery in my neighborhood has pistachio cupcakes, but they were pretty disappointing. Why, oh why is it so hard to make a proper cake/cupcake?


It's because pie is so much superior that their hearts aren't really into making the cakes.

[Joe Rice]

Are you challenging me (on the behalf of your wife) to a bake-off, sir?

Oh, no! I meant she will crush your heart.

I will not bring up a bake-off, because she gets crazy when she bakes.

[thespianphryne]

Oh, the openings to creepyness I'm deciding to forego.
Okay, okay! Thanks.

That movie isn't playing within 100 miles of where I'm living. It wasn't previewed for reviews, however, and the few it got are very negative. Make of that what you will.

I went to metacritic and rottentomatoes (19%). Best quote: "Trust me, it's worth the price of admission to see Colin Firth, an actor of such steely emotional reserve, play butch for two hours in a Mike Brady perm." Brian Orndorf/ eFilmCritic.com

Damn it! I was hoping it would be good.


-Das

[Merey]

Oh, no! I meant she will crush your heart.

I will not bring up a bake-off, because she gets crazy when she bakes.

HA! Good because my heart I can handle, but NO ONE crushes my cake!

[Joe Rice]

Well, about time, then!

No offence to Xaime. But it's like the Marx Brothers. Only one of them gets to be Groucho.

Xaime's art is absolutely amazing, and his work is quite great. But now that I'm finally reading Beto's stuff in order, just the sheer magnitude of his talent just punches me in the face on every page.

[Puma]

afternoon people.

apparently I was the best interviewee yesterday.

oh well.

[Rallura]

I found it online.
It's zucchini pistachio (http://www.rachaelraymag.com/recipe/44399/).
It caught my eye because I used to
make zucchini bread all the time
when I had a decent kitchen.

[Rallura]

afternoon people.

apparently I was the best interviewee yesterday.

oh well.

Does that mean you have to take it?

[Dreadstar]

Baking is the one skill I never mastered in the kitchen. There's a certain... touch... required that I just don't have/get.

I'm talking flour-type baking. I can do lasagna, meatloaf, casseroles.

[jessecuster3]

Messy is fun!

Also, there's less fighting
about who got a bigger piece.





You forgot to mention hat most cupcakes have sprinkles on them whereas few cakes do.

[Slam_Bradley]

Baking is the one skill I never mastered in the kitchen. There's a certain... touch... required that I just don't have/get.

I'm talking flour-type baking. I can do lasagna, meatloaf, casseroles.


My dad always said; don't let your meat loaf.

[Rallura]

Baking is the one skill I never mastered in the kitchen. There's a certain... touch... required that I just don't have/get.

I'm talking flour-type baking. I can do lasagna, meatloaf, casseroles.

I can do both,
but baking is really a different creature
then cooking.

[Puma]

Does that mean you have to take it?


as no one has called offer to deal, no, I don't think so.

[jessecuster3]

Totally scratch what I said 'Beto is the one I like more. I get their names confused.

[jessecuster3]

afternoon people.

apparently I was the best interviewee yesterday.

oh well.

Good for you Puma, see, I bet it was good practice.

[Rallura]

You forgot to mention hat most cupcakes have sprinkles on them whereas few cakes do.

I'm sorry
but I don't like sprinkles.
I have tried and tried
but
I always end up scraping them off.

[Puma]

Good for you Puma, see, I bet it was good practice.
It was; id it wasn't for the location of either position I would've like to have taken one of the spots but they are in the main HQ and that is a vipers nest.

[Puma]

I'm sorry
but I don't like sprinkles.
I have tried and tried
but
I always end up scraping them off.


You're very weird.

[Joe Rice]

Off I go to Rocketship!

[Tages]

Virtua Fighter is so deep that you'll never master it. Don't bother.

Soul Caliber 3 and Tekken 5 are better choices for non-insane people and people with girlfriends.

Been a while since I played VF. What makes it deeper than the Namco titles?

[Rallura]

You're very weird.

As I don't even really like frosting,
I think the adjective you're looking for is
extremely.

[Gingold]

'Beto's the better writer. I prefer Xaime's art. But they're both really good at both things.

[Ed Cunard]

I think I've officially become a 'Beto-over-Xaime guy.

One of us! One of us!

[Puma]

As I don't even really like frosting,
I think the adjective you're looking for is
extremely.



would that be an adjective or a modifier?

in other news....http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/images/2007/08/21/rrrrrrrrrrrrr_2.jpg

good doggies.

[jessecuster3]

One of us! One of us!

I thought you liked Xaime better? i remember talking to you about how much I preferred the Palomar stories.

[jessecuster3]

I found it online.
It's zucchini pistachio (http://www.rachaelraymag.com/recipe/44399/).
It caught my eye because I used to
make zucchini bread all the time
when I had a decent kitchen.


The zucchini scares me.




Also, not liking sprinkles is un-American.

[Rallura]

would that be an adjective or a modifier?



Frakking lack of sleep...
Qualifying adverb?

[Gingold]

would that be an adjective or a modifier?

in other news....http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/images/2007/08/21/rrrrrrrrrrrrr_2.jpg

good doggies.

Racist!!!!

[Slam_Bradley]

Kenny Wayne Shepherd just came on my net radio. Never again. Man he sucks.

[Slam_Bradley]

Racist!!!!


Those are ethnically diverse dogs.

[Rallura]

The zucchini scares me.




Also, not liking sprinkles is un-American.

Zucchini is very good
in bread.

And if you're going to deport me
may I please go to Canada?

[Gingold]

Those are ethnically diverse dogs.

And they're fighting! Just like dogs do naturally. Some crime.

[Paul McEnery]

What does it say about me that I'm a Gummo fan?

Good taste.

He was born on my birthday!

[Paul McEnery]

Xaime's art is absolutely amazing, and his work is quite great. But now that I'm finally reading Beto's stuff in order, just the sheer magnitude of his talent just punches me in the face on every page.

You come for Jaime, you stay for Beto.

[jessecuster3]

Zucchini is very good
in bread.

And if you're going to deport me
may I please go to Canada?


I suppose, but we are sending you to the Yukon Territories.

[Slam_Bradley]

Good taste.

He was born on my birthday!


Weren't you born on his birthday?

[i_mmmchocolate]

It's been a very quiet day over here. The lulls are making me sleepy.

[Rallura]

I suppose, but we are sending you to the Yukon Territories.

I wonder if I can grow
zucchini
there.

[Ed Cunard]

You come for Jaime, you stay for Beto.

That's true in two ways, generally.

[Paul McEnery]

Weren't you born on his birthday?

I don't know. Let's ask him.

Hey, Gummo, if you were born on my birthday, just stay silent.













My birthday.

[Slam_Bradley]

I don't know. Let's ask him.

Hey, Gummo, if you were born on my birthday, just stay silent.



My birthday.



"Lord, if you want me to eat this donut, give me absolutely no sign"


"Thy will be done"

[Ed Cunard]

Only a capitalist would be so possessive.

[Puma]

Frakking lack of sleep...
Qualifying adverb?


http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/thinking-cat-is-thinking.jpg

[Jared_Humpherys]

Been a while since I played VF. What makes it deeper than the Namco titles?

Simply put: the combat system.

[jessecuster3]

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/pscoop/badasscat.jpg

[Rallura]

Tired cat is googling...
http://www.corollarytheorems.com/images/gm_adverb_1.png

[Dreadstar]

Chart M7.1.2 are the kind of charts that make us math guy's eyes glaze over.

It's like Ed's OED; we know it exists, our minds just won't accept it.

[Slam_Bradley]

Nathan brought home a letter from his Advanced Placement English teacher yesterday (first day of school). As background, she and my wife don't get along and Nathan doesn't like her from past encounters. The class will be in a two hour block and takes the place of separate English and Reading classes.

The letter begins by stating there is one rule for the class. It then goes on to set out three rules. This does not bode well for her ability to write properly.

[Dreadstar]

The letter begins by stating there is one rule for the class. It then goes on to set out three rules. This does not bode well for her ability to write properly.


Oh, she can write properly.

She just can't COUNT.


sigh Right-brainers... what are you going to do?

[Matt Algren]

Nathan brought home a letter from his Advanced Placement English teacher yesterday (first day of school). As background, she and my wife don't get along and Nathan doesn't like her from past encounters. The class will be in a two hour block and takes the place of separate English and Reading classes.

The letter begins by stating there is one rule for the class. It then goes on to set out three rules. This does not bode well for her ability to write properly.
Get out your red pen, mark it up, and send it back, requesting a corrected copy. Teachers of AP English should be able to count and write short notes.

[Matt Algren]

Dawwwww...

http://chris-dolley.chez-alice.fr/cuddle.jpg

[Slam_Bradley]

Get out your red pen, mark it up, and send it back, requesting a corrected copy. Teachers of AP English should be able to count and write short notes.


You'd think, wouldn't you.

She told Nate last year when the kids were doing a mock trial that his defense theory for John Wilkes Booth wasn't any good. He then explained to her that his Dad, The Defense Attorney and former Prosecutor thought it was the only viable defense. She then changed her mind and decided it just needed "tweaked." She was just the mother of another student at the time.

It's going to be a LONG year.

[Matt Algren]

Wait, she was teaching her own kid? WTF!

[Slam_Bradley]

Wait, she was teaching her own kid? WTF!

She wasn't then. She is now. They've moved from the grade school "pull-out" program to the Junior High. So she was just an annoying parent. Now she's the teacher. The worst part is her daughter pulled out of their groups History Day project at the last minute leaving Nathan and another girl having done a ton of work with no payoff.

[Winslow]

Fracking Teachers.

waitaminute . . . .

[jessecuster3]

A guy I know just got back from defCon 15, which is the hackers' convention, and ended his report with this:

Lesson learned: no matter how well protected, cautious, or 1337 you are, if you go online you can be pwned.

[Ed Cunard]

Chart M7.1.2 are the kind of charts that make us math guy's eyes glaze over.

It's like Ed's OED; we know it exists, our minds just won't accept it.

Does this version help any?






http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/edcunard/nat.jpg

[Dreadstar]

Does this version help any?

Yes and no.


I can see it, but my eyes are still glazed over.

[Michael P]

I finally understand Alex's occasional suicidal urges.

[Ed Cunard]

Yes and no.


I can see it, but my eyes are still glazed over.

I can't do anything about the glaucoma.

[Dreadstar]

I can't do anything about the glaucoma.

I bet you can, but you just bogart it for yourself.

Bastard.

[Ed Cunard]

I bet you can, you just bogart it for yourself.

Bastard.

I may need it when I'm your age in fifty years.

[Matt Algren]

I finally understand Alex's occasional suicidal urges.
Red Jack's back!!!

[Dreadstar]

Red Jack's back!!!

Heh. I doubt that's what prompted Michael's post.

[Ray R.]

And they're fighting! Just like dogs do naturally. Some crime.

For true moral relativistic loop-de-loops, check out Courtland Milloy's opinion-piece in the Washington Post.

He basically equates training, having them kill each other in combat and murdering dogs through drowning, hanging and smashing their bones into the ground with eating steak.

I actually did one of those cartoon headshakes when I was done reading.

[Dreadstar]

For true moral relativistic loop-de-loops, check out Courtland Milloy's opinion-piece in the Washington Post.

He basically equates training, having them kill each other in combat and murdering dogs through drowning, hanging and smashing their bones into the ground with eating steak.

I actually did one of those cartoon headshakes when I was done reading.

Man, you're slipping. That would have been the "jaw-actually-hits-the-floor" take for me.

[Michael P]

Heh. I doubt that's what prompted Michael's post.

Actually, he's right. What were you thinking of?

[Ray R.]

Nathan brought home a letter from his Advanced Placement English teacher yesterday (first day of school). As background, she and my wife don't get along and Nathan doesn't like her from past encounters. The class will be in a two hour block and takes the place of separate English and Reading classes.

The letter begins by stating there is one rule for the class. It then goes on to set out three rules. This does not bode well for her ability to write properly.

The one rule is that there is three rules. Four is right out.

[Matt Algren]

Heh. I doubt that's what prompted Michael's post.
Yeah, but it's prompting my suicide attempt. (I'm thinking of going the murder/suicide route this time.)

Dear "da bum of bums", I think I know who you are, but I'm not going to bust you. Thanks for the comments, and crossing out words isn't corny, it's teh awesome!

[Dreadstar]

WOOHOO!


I just got a BUNCH of stuff done for work. All in the background while playing on CBR. And ALL TWO DAYS EARLY.

But, will that garner me any praise for a job well done from my superiors? No. If anything, it will set a difficult deadline precedent for the future.



what to do, what to do...

[Slam_Bradley]

The one rule is that there is three rules. Four is right out.

Where the hell are my Pekinpah reviews?

[Matt Algren]

Actually, he's right. What were you thinking of?
Woo! Mark this down on your calendars, kids. It only happens once a year!

I'm betting he was thinking of the whinging about the new book thread.

[Slam_Bradley]

WOOHOO!


I just got a BUNCH of stuff done for work. All in the background while playing on CBR. And ALL TWO DAYS EARLY.

But, will that garner me any praise for a job well done from my superiors? No. If anything, it will set a difficult deadline precedent for the future.



what to do, what to do...


Sit on it and turn it in 6 hours early.

[Dreadstar]

Actually, he's right. What were you thinking of?

Nothing in particular, really, I just didn't think you'd be jousting with the Jack.

Save that final brain cell, I can tell you the final upshot. It's the same upshot as the Jesse Custer Clone.


He's always right. And if he's NOT right, you're WAY more wrong.

[Michael P]

Nothing in particular, really, I just didn't think you'd be jousting with the Jack.

Save that final brain cell, I can tell you the final upshot. It's the same upshot as the Jesse Custer Clone.


He's always right. And if he's NOT right, you're WAY more wrong.

Oh, I'm not taking part. I'm just shaking my head whilst watching from the cheap seats.

[Dreadstar]

Sit on it and turn it in 6 hours early.

EXACTLY! You have the brain this week, don't you?

[Slam_Bradley]

EXACTLY! You have the brain this week, don't you?


It shows competence without setting expectations too high. Win-win.

[Ray R.]

Where the hell are my Pekinpah reviews?

I'm still waiting on the Wild Bunch.

I ended up with these four movies: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie Disk 2, Sunset Boulevard, Ride the High Country and Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Bastards at Blockbuster are messing with my mini-review livelihood. I'll probably watch Sunset Boulevard and Invasion tonight, and wait for the next shipment with Wild Bunch hopefully in there.

[Ray R.]

Sit on it and turn it in 6 hours early.

Absolutely......

[darkhanamaru]

WOOHOO!


I just got a BUNCH of stuff done for work. All in the background while playing on CBR. And ALL TWO DAYS EARLY.

But, will that garner me any praise for a job well done from my superiors? No. If anything, it will set a difficult deadline precedent for the future.



what to do, what to do...

play games for two days and deliver on time?

[Matt Algren]

Absolutely......
Jeez, get two lawyers and a state worker together, and this is what they come up with.

[Ed Cunard]

...

Damn you, nerds. Damn you.

[Matt Algren]

...

Damn you, nerds. Damn you.
Ha ha! We made Ed read shit!!!

[Joe Rice]

Batman = awesome. Williams . . .wow, what an artist.

[Ed Cunard]

Ha ha! We made Ed read shit!!!

Just on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

[Slam_Bradley]

I ended up with these four movies: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie Disk 2, Sunset Boulevard, Ride the High Country and Invasion of the Body Snatchers.



I'm gonna sue.


I've never seen Aqua-Teen Hunger Force.

Sunset Boulevard I love. Billy Wilder was a chameleon of a director, able to do almost any genre brilliantly. Swanson and Preminger are wonderfully over-the-top.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is high on my list of favorite movies. I firmly believe that Don Siegel is the most underrated director ever. Siegel could do more on a shoe-string budget than anyone else and Invasion is one of the Great B-films.

[Paul McEnery]

Nathan brought home a letter from his Advanced Placement English teacher yesterday (first day of school). As background, she and my wife don't get along and Nathan doesn't like her from past encounters. The class will be in a two hour block and takes the place of separate English and Reading classes.

The letter begins by stating there is one rule for the class. It then goes on to set out three rules. This does not bode well for her ability to write properly.

She's obviously with the Spanish Inquisition.


Now, who do I owe a coke?

[Matt Algren]

Batman = awesome. Williams . . .wow, what an artist.
Is Mouse Guard out?

edit: Got confirmation elsewhere. Gotta run.

[Slam_Bradley]

Not even Frank Sinatra can make Send in the Clowns a decent song.

[Matt Algren]

Not even Frank Sinatra can make Send in the Clowns a decent song.
But there ought to be clowns. There really ought to be.

[Paul McEnery]

Not even Frank Sinatra can make Send in the Clowns a decent song.

Especially not Frank. Just sounds like a sad sack.

I have seen it done well once. Some middle aged actress who couldn't sing giving it the full emotional welly. Glynis somebody, I want to say. Nope, it's gone.

Mind, that's one case of the singer not the song.

[Mac Danny]

Especially not Frank. Just sounds like a sad sack.

I have seen it done well once. Some middle aged actress who couldn't sing giving it the full emotional welly. Glynis somebody, I want to say. Nope, it's gone.

Mind, that's one case of the singer not the song.

Krusty does a nice version.

[Mac Danny]

Not even Frank Sinatra can make Send in the Clowns a decent song.

Frank Sinatra is great for Karaoke. Grab a Scotch on the Rocks and kind of Sing / talk your way through a song. I like using Summer Wind.

[Ray R.]

Jeez, get two lawyers and a state worker together, and this is what they come up with.

Usually it's a qui tam suit.

[Ray R.]

Frank Sinatra is great for Karaoke. Grab a Scotch on the Rocks and kind of Sing / talk your way through a song. I like using Summer Wind.

Who can't sing "I Did It My Way?"

Correction: who except the thousands of drunk Irish and Italians who try and fail.

[Slam_Bradley]

Usually it's a qui tam suit.

I haven't heard that since law school.

[Ray R.]

I haven't heard that since law school.

And technically, it's a federal worker, not a state one, but the obscurity of the joke made it too juicy to pass up.

[darkhanamaru]

i am learning today how much i detest the jon spencer blues explosion and how much i love boxhead ensemble and yo la tengo

[Slam_Bradley]

i am learning today how much i detest the jon spencer blues explosion and how much i love boxhead ensemble and yo la tengo


I have no idea who those people are.

[Slam_Bradley]

I've learned that Dave Pike plays some mean vibes and Kenny Dorham was underappreciated as a trumpter.

[Winslow]

I watched half the BSG mini-series last night, I may watch the other half tonight.

When is Season 3 coming out? *sobs*

[Spike-X]

Have you tried Songbird yet?

I have, and it's gonna be the killer music app once it's finished. It's just too buggy and resource-hogging for everyday use yet, though.

What bothers you about AmaroK?

[Tadhg]

I watched half the BSG mini-series last night, I may watch the other half tonight.

When is Season 3 coming out? *sobs*

Move to the UK, they're getting it first.

[Merey]

Not even Frank Sinatra can make Send in the Clowns a decent song.


Blasphemy!

Actually, I don't think it does well outside the show. I'm partial to the Judy Collins version, but that's because that's how I was introduced to the song. Within the context of the musical, it paints a nice sadly ironic picture of the Desiree/Frederik relationship. It's by no means Sondheim's best, but it does service the characters well. But hey 95% of showtunes don't do well outside of their shows. And on the flip side, the ones that do sometimes don't service their shows well. And nowadays with these commerical megamusicals, that's more often the case than not.

[Gingold]

My store didn't get Mouse Guard in today. Grrr.

Batman was awesome, though, and Walt drawing Superman 666 was pretty cool.

[thespianphryne]

Man, why the hate for Send in the Clowns, it's a great moment in the show.

But where are the clowns?
Send in the clowns
Don't bother ... they're here


Like Mer said, it's just not meant to do well outside of the context of the show.



-Das

[Tadhg]

I like Angela Lansbury's recording.

[thespianphryne]

I like Angela Lansbury's recording.

Stephen Sondheim played the piano on that recording.


-Das

[Merey]

Your Angela Lansbury mention reminded me that Judi Dench's recording is actually my favorite version of the song. I also enjoy Lansbury's. Dench can do ANYTHING!

[Paul McEnery]

Move to the UK, they're getting it first.

Them, and anyone with a computer.

Fortunately, nobody here has a computer, or we'd all be tempted to do something really quite naughty.

[Paul McEnery]

I have no idea who those people are.

Blues Explosion!

You are not expected to know the Box BLUES EXPLOSION!!! head Ensemble. They are very good, though. Like Americans playing BLUES EXPLOSION!!!German jazz from the 70s, smooth, ambient, a little BLUES EXPLOSION!!!unsettling, but spikier than the Germans.

BLUES EXPLOSION!!!

[Tadhg]

Stephen Sondheim played the piano on that recording.


-Das

Really? That's cool. The piano doesn't stand out to me, but that's still cool.

[Paul McEnery]

I have, and it's gonna be the killer music app once it's finished. It's just too buggy and resource-hogging for everyday use yet, though.

What bothers you about AmaroK?

Wake me up when it's ready. And what's Amarok?







God, I'm so old and in the way.

[Tadhg]

Your Angela Lansbury mention reminded me that Judi Dench's recording is actually my favorite version of the song. I also enjoy Lansbury's. Dench can do ANYTHING!

She can't play a convincing Air Elemental.

[Tadhg]

Wake me up when it's ready. And what's Amarok?







God, I'm so old and in the way.

AmaroK is a digital music player/manager for KDE

[darkhanamaru]

AmaroK is a digital music player/manager for KDE

I am waiting for him to ask what KDE is :evilsmile

[Gingold]

What is this KDE?

[Tadhg]

What is this KDE?

A desktop environment for the X-window system. Much more robust than GNOME.

[Paul McEnery]

What is this KDE?

Bless you.

Now, what is this X-Window thingie?

[Tadhg]

Bless you.

Now, what is this X-Window thingie?

It's an application that runs on top of *NIX systems allowing a unified building Graphical User interfaces and windowing.