RITA'S XXXVII: Habits Old and New

[Matt Algren]

Ya know we live in a very sexulized world now. I was asleep and woke up to CNN (I need something on TV to put me down) and I awoke listening to people discussing how America compares to the old Roman Empire.


1. Over-Sexed culture:

How we pretty much as a culture have sexulized everything for kids and now have a brand line of baby thongs.

2. Leaders who do not care:

Like how Nero and others basically did little caring of the people who put them in power. The rulers of today have no cares and show it.

3.Worshipping false gods:

The claiming that faith is a reason why we invaded Baghdad . That god speaks tells you to do acts.

4. Money and faces of power:

That money has became the root and care for many. It comes in different colors and has different faces on it as well.

I found this to be a pretty wild explanation when I awoke and heard this.Wait, the TV was tuned to CNN? When did they start broadcasting wrestling?

[Athena Bast]

Probably because it sounds like your objectifying him, and it sounds like you're in a relationship just to be in a relationship, and it sounds like both of you are just coasting, and it sounds like you're both incredibly dissatisfied, and it sounds like both of you are expressing anger in passive-aggressive ways.

And frankly, all of that makes looking down the barrel of lifelong impotence a helluva lot more palatable.

I'm not about to make his home life shit while he work life his shit. I'd rather like to have a balanced discussion with him.

I see him for all of maybe 12 hours a week. An hour when I get home before he goes to bed at 9 so he can get up early for work. He's gone before I get up and he's going to bed just as I'm getting home a lot of the time.

The only time I do get to see him is on my days off when I try to be home when he's off work so I can spend time with him. The more time he and I have together the more we get to talk and sort shit out.

When I don't get to talk to him, yes, there's tension and irritability. I would like to be telling him some of the stuff he does that annoys me but most of the time he's asleep when I discover that stuff and I'm not about to wake him up to bitch at him.

[Paul McEnery]

hey paul

it wasn't asia carrera, it was tera patrick

Okay, I can see how you got from tera patrick to tea leone. I guess.

But I am at work, and don't remember who tera patrick is.

So now I am annoyed.

[Dreadstar]

Oh tell us again, unca dread!

You want the whole thing, the Reader's Digest or the one line sound-bite?



Oh, sound-bite it is:

"Never go on a cruise that has an all-you-can-eat buffet (open 18 hours a day) with a bulimic stripper."

[Ray R.]

Actually, I paid good money for the week.

I'm not going down that slippery slope, so to speak. I want to, but I just can't.

[Dreadstar]

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Sorry, Matt, I'm not SURE of your dirty laundry.

You're a virgin, right?

[Ray R.]

Okay, I can see how you got from tera patrick to tea leone. I guess.

But I am at work, and don't remember who tera patrick is.

So now I am annoyed.

Hot Asian. Just like Asia Carerra. Getting long in the tooth, though.

[Matt Algren]

Sorry, Matt, I'm not SURE of your dirty laundry.

You're a virgin, right?
Duh. But that's my clean laundry.

[Ray R.]

You want the whole thing, the Reader's Digest or the one line sound-bite?



Oh, sound-bite it is:

"Never go on a cruise that has an all-you-can-eat buffet (open 18 hours a day) with a bulimic stripper."

I think you should spice up the story a bit with a mother-daughter stripper angle. Just for shits and giggles.

[Athena Bast]

Oh balls.

Jesse and I both made a drive-by. Athena made a drive-by yesterday about the pong in my ping. Didn't lead to endless weepy posts by me about the perilous state of my love life.

Then again, it's not like I want to draw attention to how much sex I'm incapable of getting.

I was trying to make a joke at that point and was hoping you'd make some kind of witty comeback as you were prone to do but it seems you took it the wrong way.

I'm one of those we're all in this together, chin up old bean kinda people.

[Matt Algren]

Hot Asian. Just like Asia Carerra. Getting long in the tooth, though.
Ow.






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[Ray R.]

Sorry, Matt, I'm not SURE of your dirty laundry.


I heard he gazes at his navel occasionally in the presence of comic book giants.

[Typo Lad]

So, are you guys telling jesse how to practice Christianity AND Judaism, all at once?

Well someone needs to.

[Paul McEnery]

I'm not about to make his home life shit while he work life his shit. I'd rather like to have a balanced discussion with him.

I see him for all of maybe 12 hours a week. An hour when I get home before he goes to bed at 9 so he can get up early for work. He's gone before I get up and he's going to bed just as I'm getting home a lot of the time.

The only time I do get to see him is on my days off when I try to be home when he's off work so I can spend time with him. The more time he and I have together the more we get to talk and sort shit out.

When I don't get to talk to him, yes, there's tension and irritability. I would like to be telling him some of the stuff he does that annoys me but most of the time he's asleep when I discover that stuff and I'm not about to wake him up to bitch at him.
Well, that puts you ahead of at least one ex of mine. Boy, that was great!

But seriously, it sounds like you've hit the arse-end of being a couple, and not in the superfreak fun way.

And nothing will kill the damn thing off faster than being Miss Codependent 2007. When all you've got left to talk about is the relationship, it's time to fuck somebody new. And if a relationship becomes a refuge rather than the bouncy castle of luuurrrrve, it's time to move out.

[Athena Bast]

Well, if she didn't want it to be discussed, she should have said so at first, rather than rolling the complaint wagon out for a few pages, then exploding when it became clear that today might not be the usual "he sucks!" chorus.

Excuse me for defending myself.

[Ray R.]

I was trying to make a joke at that point and was hoping you'd make some kind of witty comeback as you were prone to do but it seems you took it the wrong way.

I'm one of those we're all in this together, chin up old bean kinda people.

That won't work with Paul unless you bring a stepladder to climb up on his pedestal to commiserate with him.

[Paul McEnery]

Well someone needs to.

But he'll have to spend his days listening to Slow Train Coming.









Then again, he probably likes Slow Train Coming.

[Paul McEnery]

That won't work with Paul unless you bring a stepladder to climb up on his pedestal to commiserate with him.

Heh.

Bitch.

Okay. Putting my inner fag advice columnist back in the drawer until tomorrow.

[Ray R.]

Well, that puts you ahead of at least one ex of mine. Boy, that was great!

But seriously, it sounds like you've hit the arse-end of being a couple, and not in the superfreak fun way.

And nothing will kill the damn thing off faster than being Miss Codependent 2007. When all you've got left to talk about is the relationship, it's time to fuck somebody new. And if a relationship becomes a refuge rather than the bouncy castle of luuurrrrve, it's time to move out.

I'll take your situation, and raise you a couple of kids. Makes it even better.

[Ray R.]

Heh.

Bitch.

Okay. Putting my inner fag advice columnist back in the drawer until tomorrow.

I kid because I love.

[Typo Lad]

Athena, if I may give a word of advice?

Just don't respond to the one-lines like Jesse's.

Although the "baby smurf" line rocked.

[Athena Bast]

Everyone pay attention to meeeeeee! My life is terrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrible! Hey wait, don't expect me to do anything about it. I was just kiddddddddddddding.

Sorry, Athena. It's just how guys react when a woman is venting. Which is why women should never vent to guys.

We know you've made your bed, and you intend to lie in it. And like as not, we've been with women who've done the same. And then bitched our ears off.

So we're probably not the best audience.

I'm not one of those attention whore women though. I loathe them actually. I'm rather dude like in my approach to a lot of things.

If we were all in a room in person I probably would have still said it and then bought drink for myself and probably each of you at some point in the night just for letting me say something and not have to worry about it being some kind of huge deal.

[Paul McEnery]

You want the whole thing, the Reader's Digest or the one line sound-bite?



Oh, sound-bite it is:

"Never go on a cruise that has an all-you-can-eat buffet (open 18 hours a day) with a bulimic stripper."

I'm trying to figure out a way to make that a metaphor to make myself less nauseated.

But the metaphor angle is even worse.

[Athena Bast]

I'm chiming in late here, but how old is your BF?

And, really, if you're feeling frustrated and unhappy in your relationship, let him know and get him out of your apartment. I remember you mentioned he also refuses to relocate, which is something you might be interested. It just seems like a vicious cycle.

He's 28.. I'm 31.

His issue of relocating is that the city we're in the perfect size. He doesn't want to live anywhere larger or smaller. We're a small city with big city benefits... minus good concert showings. Us getting The White Stripes a couple weeks ago was a freak occurance rather than the norm.

[Paul McEnery]

I'll take your situation, and raise you a couple of kids. Makes it even better.

There's another one for the Room of Validation. Cheers.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

So, how do you figure your TV changed to TBN while you were asleep?

I used to love watching TBN. Someone has to build those satiliates for Christ and all they need is a donation. Perferbly in large bills because God likes it if you donate a lot.

Wait, the TV was tuned to CNN? When did they start broadcasting wrestling?

Wrestling is all around us now. I can't wait til the Weather Channel starts airing wrestling. :p

[Athena Bast]

I most certainly did not.

Not you personally but I'm using the general you at this point. I wasn't sure who exactly did it first. I know I did not.

[darkhanamaru]

Hot Asian. Just like Asia Carerra. Getting long in the tooth, though.

the wiki is safe for work

[jessecuster3]

I know Robbie Robertson's daughter.

Just saying.


She hot?


Uh.... no.

She brought up their sex life, complaining about how rarely he wants to have sex.

Actually, jesse brought it up as we were discussing how the BF should become "unavailable" for the job, and mentioned that he was unavailable in other ways.

Athena gets a pass, because she did NOT bring it up first. We did.

Oh balls.

Jesse and I both made a drive-by. Athena made a drive-by yesterday about the pong in my ping. Didn't lead to endless weepy posts by me about the perilous state of my love life.

Then again, it's not like I want to draw attention to how much sex I'm incapable of getting.


Thanks guys!


Athena, if I may give a word of advice?

Just don't respond to the one-lines like Jesse's.

Although the "baby smurf" line rocked.


Typo I always thought if you can't stand the heat...


I insult away, you give me fuel I am going for it any chance I get.


I know it comes back to me and I am fine with it.

[Athena Bast]

No fish rises that easily to bait unless it wants to be caught.

Again, excuse me for defending myself.

[jessecuster3]

Oh I totally forgot, Paul and Dark, all I am doing is putting this (http://albatross38.blogspot.com/) out there. What you guys do with it, is none of my business.

[Typo Lad]

Jesse, I just re-read the thread and you completely initiated it. Don't be a lying douche.

yes, she got defensive, but she's asked us time and agein to shut up about it and just let her vent.

Sometimes you don't complain aboiut things because you want a solution... you just want to bitch.

[Ray R.]

There's another one for the Room of Validation. Cheers.

Did I mention I walked to school two miles in the snow with a pail of coal under each arm?

[Paul McEnery]

She hot?

She was.

Shit.

I've just realized how long ago it was she left for LA.

It's not just the days that go past quickly anymore.

[Typo Lad]

Again, excuse me for defending myself.
Don't bother with it Athena. just ignore it.

Oh and for the record, I've turned down sex.

[Puma]

I'll cop to being out of it today. Just got back from the eye-doctor. I've had a headache for about two weeks. He's not sure what it is, but I have a whole group of nerves in my left eye that are not communicating with my brain. So he called my Doc to get me an immediate appointment for bloodwork and maybe an MRI. (Immediate being Thursday afternoon).

Still a bit dizzy about it.

that doesn't sound good.

[jessecuster3]

Jesse, I just re-read the thread and you completely initiated it. Don't be a lying douche.

yes, she got defensive, but she's asked us time and agein to shut up about it and just let her vent.

Sometimes you don't complain aboiut things because you want a solution... you just want to bitch.

I never bitched, I made fun of the fact she isn't having sex, show me where I bitched?


WTF Typo?

[Jared_Humpherys]

I'll cop to being out of it today. Just got back from the eye-doctor. I've had a headache for about two weeks. He's not sure what it is, but I have a whole group of nerves in my left eye that are not communicating with my brain. So he called my Doc to get me an immediate appointment for bloodwork and maybe an MRI. (Immediate being Thursday afternoon).

Still a bit dizzy about it.

Best wishes, Slam.

[darkhanamaru]

She was.

Shit.

I've just realized how long ago it was she left for LA.

It's not just the days that go past quickly anymore.

delphine? she does stuff on "big love".

[Paul McEnery]

Jesse, I just re-read the thread and you completely initiated it. Don't be a lying douche.

yes, she got defensive, but she's asked us time and agein to shut up about it and just let her vent.

Sometimes you don't complain aboiut things because you want a solution... you just want to bitch.

Yes.

And like I said, if you're smart, you don't vent about your lovelife to a bunch of guys. The result is very rarely pretty.

[Athena Bast]

Well, that puts you ahead of at least one ex of mine. Boy, that was great!

But seriously, it sounds like you've hit the arse-end of being a couple, and not in the superfreak fun way.

And nothing will kill the damn thing off faster than being Miss Codependent 2007. When all you've got left to talk about is the relationship, it's time to fuck somebody new. And if a relationship becomes a refuge rather than the bouncy castle of luuurrrrve, it's time to move out.

We also talk about WoW, CoH/CoV, the snazzy new Cadian backpack Games Workshop is putting out to carry all your gear so you don't look like too much of a dork, the new Chaos Space Marine rules, why Bruce Campbell is The Man, why Doctor Who rocks... the list goes on...

Most of this comes before any of those a-typical relationship talks.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Yeah I can tell Athena was getting pissed thats why I didn't try and make any lame jokes or anything. As a solution Athena perhaps one day you should convince him to take an entire day off and you 2 go out and enjoy yourselves. Maybe that can help. :)

[jessecuster3]

I am confused though, when did I lie?


I thanked you guys for "telling" her I started it.

[Ray R.]

Yes.

And like I said, if you're smart, you don't vent about your lovelife to a bunch of guys. The result is very rarely pretty.

Eh. Give her a break. Noone asks to be dogpiled. As Typo said, sometimes people want to vent. Doesn't mean they need to be ripped for it.

This isn't a dunk tank, it's a message board.

[Athena Bast]

Don't bother with it Athena. just ignore it.

Oh and for the record, I've turned down sex.

Did she sigh with relief?

[Athena Bast]

I never bitched, I made fun of the fact she isn't having sex, show me where I bitched?


WTF Typo?

I made a smart ass comment back and then it all went down the poop shoot from there because apparently since I have ovaries I can't make jokes about stuff like you people with the testicles do.

[Merey]

I hate Australians. I admit it.

Just don't confuse them with New Zealanders.

[Puma]

WANT

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http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/414GZZ6TEYL._AA280_.jpg

[Ray R.]

I am confused though, when did I lie?


I thanked you guys for "telling" her I started it.

jesse.....man up for Christ's sake. You started the ball rolling on your own, the rest of us kept pushing it. End of story.

And if you're worried about us calling you out, then don't stir up the shit in the first place.

Come on now.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Originally Posted by Slam_Bradley
I'll cop to being out of it today. Just got back from the eye-doctor. I've had a headache for about two weeks. He's not sure what it is, but I have a whole group of nerves in my left eye that are not communicating with my brain. So he called my Doc to get me an immediate appointment for bloodwork and maybe an MRI. (Immediate being Thursday afternoon).

Still a bit dizzy about it.

Slam I'll be honest and heres what happened to me as a kid. I hurt my right eye and had stitches placed in my eyebrow as a 5 yearold kid who loved to run around and raise hell. Something happened... and well as an effect I've lost vision in my right eye since then.

I have not had vision in that eye forever it seems. An eye-doctor recommended I have a surgery and feels the stitches may have impacted some nerves then but I was too scared and never did it. Its not bad seeing outta 1 eye. My only questions are...whats it like to see outta both eyes ?

[Athena Bast]

Yes.

And like I said, if you're smart, you don't vent about your lovelife to a bunch of guys. The result is very rarely pretty.

You are the only guys that have ever treated me as a female unless it was for sex. I've always been too much into guy stuff for most to notice that I'm actually genetically supposed to have breasts.

[Typo Lad]

I never bitched, I made fun of the fact she isn't having sex, show me where I bitched?

Not you, you self-absorbed headcase - her. Athena just wants to bitch, not to be fixed.

Doesn't give you carte blanch (do you need this term explained?) to make out-of-the-blue digs.

If she mentions it? Sure - which is why Alex was funny and you're a douchebag.


WTF Typo?

TF is you were being a douche.

Did she sigh with relief?

yes, but in our case that's because I'm lousy in bed.

I'M SORRY HONEY I THOUGHT THE SAFETY WORD WAS "OLDSPICE' NOT "OHFUCKNOIT'STHEWRONGHOLE".

[Athena Bast]

Yeah I can tell Athena was getting pissed thats why I didn't try and make any lame jokes or anything. As a solution Athena perhaps one day you should convince him to take an entire day off and you 2 go out and enjoy yourselves. Maybe that can help. :)

We're trying to arrange to go to AnimeNorth next year. I'm trying to get him to go to SDCC or at least a WW.

He just needs a job that allows for vacations.

[jessecuster3]

jesse.....man up for Christ's sake. You started the ball rolling on your own, the rest of us kept pushing it. End of story.

And if you're worried about us calling you out, then don't stir up the shit in the first place.

Come on now.

WTF Ray I am manning up. I said I started it



Here, I FUCKING STARTED IT what more do you want?

[Typo Lad]

WANT

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http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/414GZZ6TEYL._AA280_.jpg
ARE... ARE THEY REMOTE CONTROLLED?

BECAUSE THAT'D BE THE AWESOME.

[Typo Lad]

WTF Ray I am manning up. I said I started it



Here, I FUCKING STARTED IT what more do you want?
You to stop it?

[jessecuster3]

Not you, you self-absorbed headcase - her. Athena just wants to bitch, not to be fixed.

Doesn't give you carte blanch (do you need this term explained?) to make out-of-the-blue digs.

If she mentions it? Sure - which is why Alex was funny and you're a douchebag.

TF is you were being a douche.



Holy fuck you are out of line here, we make fun of each other day in day out, you do the same fucking thing. Why am I douche for doing it?


Seriously, you are really starting to piss me off.

[Ray R.]

WTF Ray I am manning up. I said I started it



Here, I FUCKING STARTED IT what more do you want?

Not to come in here and start yelling "tattletales." That's a start.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

We're trying to arrange to go to AnimeNorth next year. I'm trying to get him to go to SDCC or at least a WW.

He just needs a job that allows for vacations.

Heres a solution....quit the job. Lifes too short to be pissed all the time. If the work job is getting him 90% of the time and its effecting his moods , have him find something else. Because in the end its better to have something you enjoy a little than having a job that owns you mind , body and soul 24/7.

[jessecuster3]

Not to come in here and start yelling "tattletales." That's a start.

I didn't, I thanked them for saying what I was about to, except I was on the train home from work.

How is that tattletales?

[Typo Lad]

hey, if it's okay for you to be out of line, then it's okay for me.

You're like a little kid jesse. man the fuck up or go the fuck away, okay? You're a decent guy sometimes. The other 90% of the time you tend to chap my ass.

[Michael P]

You guys keep this up, and I'm gonna go to YABS for the evening. There seems to be less drama there.

[Ray R.]

Holy fuck you are out of line here, we make fun of each other day in day out, you do the same fucking thing. Why am I douche for doing it?


Seriously, you are really starting to piss me off.

Okay, time out.

Please. This tone is getting more aggressive than it needs to be.

I fucked up too, and I should have kept my mouth shut.

[Paul McEnery]

WTF Ray I am manning up. I said I started it



Here, I FUCKING STARTED IT what more do you want?

Off the hook at your expense, apparently.

[jessecuster3]

I am so confused here I am telling them that i was the one who made jokes and I am being attacked for not saying that?

[Ray R.]

I didn't, I thanked them for saying what I was about to, except I was on the train home from work.

How is that tattletales?

I take it back, I misunderstood your post. I apologize.

[Ray R.]

Off the hook at your expense, apparently.

Don't instigate, Paul. It's beneath you. Or at least it should be.

[Typo Lad]

You guys keep this up, and I'm gonna go to YABS for the evening. There seems to be less drama there.
Oh. That hurt.

That said, my kid is crying... and is still more mature than jesse.

Neener-neener.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

You guys keep this up, and I'm gonna go to YABS for the evening. There seems to be less drama there.

But drama makes the world go round. I picture CBR as a soap opera.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V76UmYtI0Ws


Passion is running wild in..... SANTA BARBARA !!!

[Typo Lad]

Don't instigate, Paul. It's beneath you. Or at least it should be.
I thought paul was complaining that nothing is beneeth him right now?

[Matt Algren]

Have all of our periods finally synced up? Is that the problem?

[Athena Bast]

Heres a solution....quit the job. Lifes too short to be pissed all the time. If the work job is getting him 90% of the time and its effecting his moods , have him find something else. Because in the end its better to have something you enjoy a little than having a job that owns you mind , body and soul 24/7.

The hotel is closing in a month and he's already been looking. He's got 6 months of bills and rent saved up just in case.

With the way things have been just this week alone so far, something is telling me he's quitting very soon. Like the 2 best housekeeping personel being 'laid off' possibly because they are squeaky wheels. They squeak because they are doing all the work while the others get to call in hungover.

[Paul McEnery]

Don't instigate, Paul. It's beneath you. Or at least it should be.

Since when was calling people on their crap instigating? I'm really not seeing why Jesse's getting dogpiled here.

Or why Morts is getting so personal.

[i_mmmchocolate]

This is so embarassing. Let it go, folks. It's over. That's it. Stop stirring the shit.

[Ray R.]

Have all of our periods finally synced up? Is that the problem?

I don't know about you, but the cramps are bugging me to no end.

[Paul McEnery]

I thought paul was complaining that nothing is beneeth him right now?

I hate you and I wish you were dead.

[i_mmmchocolate]

hey, if it's okay for you to be out of line, then it's okay for me.

You're like a little kid jesse. man the fuck up or go the fuck away, okay? You're a decent guy sometimes. The other 90% of the time you tend to chap my ass.

Not you, you self-absorbed headcase - her. Athena just wants to bitch, not to be fixed.

Doesn't give you carte blanch (do you need this term explained?) to make out-of-the-blue digs.

If she mentions it? Sure - which is why Alex was funny and you're a douchebag.




TF is you were being a douche.
So completely unnecessary.

[Typo Lad]

Or why Morts is getting so personal.

I'm not "getting so personal". I'm "calling people on their crap". isn't that how it's done?

[Paul McEnery]

I don't know about you, but the cramps are bugging me to no end.

I hate the way that applicator chafes my urethra.

[Typo Lad]

I hate you and I wish you were dead.

Honey? Is that you?

So completely unnecessary.

Dad?

[Ed Cunard]

I got you, Custer.

I like the drama.

Forget what's on-limits and what's off-limits. There comes to be a point where people get all "you know, if she really can't stand the guy that much but stays with him because it's easier to do that than to move out or find a roommate or take some initiative," over and over and over again, people who read that? They may become testy.

I mean, I know from shitty living situations. We've all mocked me for mine. I take it like a big boy, but I also take measures to find my own happiness that aren't focused solely on my broken, craptastic marriage.

[Athena Bast]

Either we have the cheapest weed in the world or there's a bloody sale or something.

This is 10 days now.... 10 flipping days. They only used to smoke like once a month.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

The hotel is closing in a month and he's already been looking. He's got 6 months of bills and rent saved up just in case.

With the way things have been just this week alone so far, something is telling me he's quitting very soon. Like the 2 best housekeeping personel being 'laid off' possibly because they are squeaky wheels. They squeak because they are doing all the work while the others get to call in hungover.

Thats cool. With that place going down I'd be already outta there and he has rent saved up as you said. Whats your BF like to do work wise if ya don't mind me asking. Is he an outside guy who enjoys the sweat and work with his hands or he an inside guy ?

[Ed Cunard]

I hate you and I wish you were dead.

You used to talk to me like that.

I miss drunk you.

[Ed Cunard]

I don't know about you, but the cramps are bugging me to no end.

You know what's supposedly good for menstrual cramps?

Sex.

...

Come here, Ray. I'll pay you in those hats I've been too lazy to mail to you.

[Ray R.]

Since when was calling people on their crap instigating? I'm really not seeing why Jesse's getting dogpiled here.

Or why Morts is getting so personal.

Read a couple more posts up. I'm willing to admit I was wrong in how I read jesse's post. I apologized.

As to the dogpile, there wasn't one, unless you count two people pissed off at each other.

I saw it as instigating since you chose not to specify names, but merely stirred the shit about "people" getting off the hook. My interpretation of your post, with no real offense intended.

In any case, Lena's right. Let's put this dead horse in the ground.

[Typo Lad]

Either we have the cheapest weed in the world or there's a bloody sale or something.

I'll be right over.

That said, I just think it's fascinating that this is coming from jesse, who bitched about his girlfriend constantly (for being attentive and caring) and then got mad at us for saying he should dump her.

The cussing was out of line though.

[i_mmmchocolate]

Look! A Baby Seal!
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e90/vervegrrl/seals/Baby_seal.jpg

...

[thespianphryne]

You know, Ed, that user icon of yours was a little confusing for me at first because I kept expecting to read Joe Rice's posts. But now all I do is mentally complete the picture with your face on it.

It's really quite disturbing


-Das

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Look! A Baby Seal!
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e90/vervegrrl/seals/Baby_seal.jpg

...

Wonders how many are in a bad mood would be thinking... damn we should kill that seal for his coat ! :p

[Ed Cunard]

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/12/19/weapon_wideweb__470x295,0.jpg


http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e90/vervegrrl/seals/Baby_seal.jpg


Fixed it.

[Ray R.]

You know what's supposedly good for menstrual cramps?

Sex.

...

Come here, Ray. I'll pay you in those hats I've been too lazy to mail to you.

Forget it. I'm pissed you never snuggle afterwards. One of these days I WON'T make you a sandwich on your way out the door.

[thespianphryne]

Look! A Baby Seal!
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e90/vervegrrl/seals/Baby_seal.jpg

...

I hear they're tasty.


-Das

[Typo Lad]

You know, Ed, that user icon of yours was a little confusing for me at first because I kept expecting to read Joe Rice's posts. But now all I do is mentally complete the picture with your face on it.

It's really quite disturbing


-Das
I just threw up a little.

Sorry about yesterday Das.

[Puma]

ARE... ARE THEY REMOTE CONTROLLED?

BECAUSE THAT'D BE THE AWESOME.

it's a slingshot.

[Athena Bast]

Thats cool. With that place going down I'd be already outta there and he has rent saved up as you said. Whats your BF like to do work wise if ya don't mind me asking. Is he an outside guy who enjoys the sweat and work with his hands or he an inside guy ?

He's a computer dork. Playing lots of city of heroes and city of villians at the moment and can't wait for the new Chaos space marines codex and army box from GW in September.

Depending on whether or not he gets a new job I may buy him the army box to cheer him up. He's been waiting for it since like January or whenever. It would be a nice pleasant surprise since when I was unemployed last year, he went and bought me a 19inch flatscreen widescreen monitor for my computer to cheer me up. Did the exact opposite though because all I saw was my half of the rent gone down the pooper. He bought one for the both of us.

[Ray R.]

I hear they're tasty.


-Das

I use a cajun ranch dipping sauce, personally.

[Typo Lad]

it's a slingshot.
That is the awesome.

[thespianphryne]

[...]

Sorry about yesterday Das.

You missed playtime with a very playful puppy. But on the other hand you missed the weird assholes behind us who kept talking all the time.


ETA: Oh, how is the sickie anyway?



-Das

[Athena Bast]

You know what's supposedly good for menstrual cramps?

Sex.



I concur. The release of endorphins and what not. A nice warm bath/shower is also a joy.

[Typo Lad]

They talked during Casablanca?

Now I wish I'd gone so I could hit them.

[Ray R.]

They talked during Casablanca?

Now I wish I'd gone so I could hit them.

"Hit 'em again, Sam."

[thespianphryne]

They talked during Casablanca?

Now I wish I'd gone so I could hit them.

They were foreigners.


-Das

[Michael P]

They were foreigners.


-Das

So were the ones ahead of us. They were actually kinda funny when they joined the whooping for the "HBO Feature Presentation" graphic without understanding why.

[Ray R.]

They were foreigners.


-Das

They haven't finished the wall to keep them out yet? Damn contract overruns.

[Jeff Brady]

Back from the Doctor's. I'm getting an MRI done because he thinks I have cartilage damage in the meniscus and tendonitis in the patella tendon. If I do have cartilage damage it will mean surgery again.

Ouch. Good luck with that.

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/3549/pantsox1.gif

Heh.

Ooh, ooh, somebody do me!

That's my line.

Oh and for the record, I've turned down sex.

Me, too. Four times, in fact.

Did she sigh with relief?

Ha!

You guys keep this up, and I'm gonna go to YABS for the evening. There seems to be less drama there.

I might join you.

[thespianphryne]

So were the ones ahead of us. They were actually kinda funny when they joined the whooping for the "HBO Feature Presentation" graphic without understanding why.

The poor Spaniards, they were so confused about that.


-Das

[Typo Lad]

They were foreigners.


-Das
Damn furriners! No appreciation for the arts!

Why can't they be more like us?

[Typo Lad]

Me, too. Four times, in fact.




She says you can call any time!

[SUPERECWFAN1]

He's a computer dork. Playing lots of city of heroes and city of villians at the moment and can't wait for the new Chaos space marines codex and army box from GW in September.

Depending on whether or not he gets a new job I may buy him the army box to cheer him up. He's been waiting for it since like January or whenever. It would be a nice pleasant surprise since when I was unemployed last year, he went and bought me a 19inch flatscreen widescreen monitor for my computer to cheer me up. Did the exact opposite though because all I saw was my half of the rent gone down the pooper. He bought one for the both of us.

I'd do it. I mean the guy could use the lift from it. Ya only live once is my saying. Tell him good luck with the job search and hey outside work may help pep him up energy wise. Its just a suggestion...I remember that dorky guy in Office Space who wasn't happy and at the end... once he was outside working and sweating he had found something. ;)

[Jeff Brady]

She says you can call any time!

Make that five times.

[Typo Lad]

I never thought I would say this but...

WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU CRYING?

[Typo Lad]

Make that five times.
SMART man.

Ain't nobody that desperate to face the Sarlac.

[Tages]

It's about 50-50. Depends how in love with the latest collaborator he is. While the sparks are flying, he's excellent.

Isn't Morissey the guy who tried rhyming "Keats" with "Yeats" in a song with a misspelled title ("Cemetry Gates")?

[Guapo Méndez]

Again, excuse me for defending myself.

That's why I only vent the minor, minor stuff here.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I never thought I would say this but...

WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU CRYING?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC6s3QL35fk


.....................;)

[Paul McEnery]

Isn't Morissey the guy who tried rhyming "Keats" with "Yeats" in a song with a misspelled title ("Cemetry Gates")?

It's an internal half-rhyme:

"Keats and Yeats are on your side;
But Wilde, Wilde is on mine."

And he gets both of them right, of course.

[Athena Bast]

I'd do it. I mean the guy could use the lift from it. Ya only live once is my saying. Tell him good luck with the job search and hey outside work may help pep him up energy wise. Its just a suggestion...I remember that dorky guy in Office Space who wasn't happy and at the end... once he was outside working and sweating he had found something. ;)

I'm down for at least the Codex for him, we'll see what happens.

We might be going halfsies on a company box of Space Marines (him for his Chaos and me for my Space Puppies). He's also buying a plastic Baneblade or two. When he saw the box of 10 Imperial tanks for the Apocalypse campaign he had visions of finally doing the armoured company he always wanted to do.

[K'Nort]

It's an internal half-rhyme:

"Keats and Yeats are on your side;
But Wilde, Wilde is on mine."

And he gets both of them right, of course.

And then Wilde's grave gets totally coated in Smiths graffiti and an 18-year art punk threatens to kick my teeth in.

[Jeff Brady]

The nice thing about Wellbutrin so far is that I'm mildly drowsy, instead of the whammy of Effexor. I think it's going to be this combined with an SSRI.

[Kid Omega]

Excuse me for defending myself.

That's not "defending yourself". Don't move that goalpost. No one would begrudge you defending yourself.

What you're doing is saying "Why are you jerks talking about my private life?!?!?" when you opened that pandora's box, sister.

Don't turn this shit around on us... you allowed this can of worms to be opened, and even pulled out a few grubs yourself.

If you want to defend yourself, feel free. But don't play the "I didn't want to talk about this" card. Because that's a lie.

[Typo Lad]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC6s3QL35fk


.....................;)
Mmm.... perspective.

Poor thing is sick, tired, and wants her mommy... but I hate when she whines. Rare occurance, but so grating.

[Ray R.]

I'm down for at least the Codex for him, we'll see what happens.

We might be going halfsies on a company box of Space Marines (him for his Chaos and me for my Space Puppies). He's also buying a plastic Baneblade or two. When he saw the box of 10 Imperial tanks for the Apocalypse campaign he had visions of finally doing the armoured company he always wanted to do.

I must be getting old, because I didn't understand a word of that. ;)

[Typo Lad]

Mmm.... perspective.

Poor thing is sick, tired, and wants her mommy... but I hate when she whines. Rare occurance, but so grating.
It hurts to say this... but Alex is right Thena.

Just don't talk about it anymore.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I'm down for at least the Codex for him, we'll see what happens.

We might be going halfsies on a company box of Space Marines (him for his Chaos and me for my Space Puppies). He's also buying a plastic Baneblade or two. When he saw the box of 10 Imperial tanks for the Apocalypse campaign he had visions of finally doing the armoured company he always wanted to do.

LOL I really have no clue about any of that stuff. My biggest nerd things are my comics and Video Games I try and get to play .

[Michael P]

The nice thing about Wellbutrin so far is that I'm mildly drowsy, instead of the whammy of Effexor. I think it's going to be this combined with an SSRI.

If you wind up on Anafranil, it will just be too weird. Especially since I'm considering a switch to Wellbutrin.

[Puma]

I must be getting old, because I didn't understand a word of that. ;)

you're not alone.

[Typo Lad]

Welbutrin has a catchy name.

I feel left out, all unmedicated.

maybe I have some leftover Xanax?

[jessecuster3]

Isn't it great how Flight of Concords puts all right into perspective.



Now where is my mermaid?

[darkhanamaru]

The nice thing about Wellbutrin so far is that I'm mildly drowsy, instead of the whammy of Effexor. I think it's going to be this combined with an SSRI.

wellbutrin made me ragey and gave me tremors. never again will i let a doctor give me an anti-depressent for off-label use. but then again, i am the only person around me who acted that way while on it.

[Ray R.]

If you wind up on Anafranil, it will just be too weird. Especially since I'm considering a switch to Wellbutrin.

I've heard quite a few good things about Wellbutrin, particularly in the side effects category, that is they're less harsh.

I'm really looking forward to getting rid of the buzzing in my head before I take my Lexapro.

[thespianphryne]

wellbutrin made me ragey and gave me tremors. never again will i let a doctor give me an anti-depressent for off-label use. but then again, i am the only person around me who acted that way while on it.

Were you trying to quit smoking?


-Das

[Michael P]

you're not alone.

Hell, I'm 25, and I don't know what the hell she's talking about.

[Typo Lad]

Right here:

http://z.about.com/d/gocalifornia/1/0/F/t/ManateeRescue-sw.jpg

G-d, old sailors were hard up.

[darkhanamaru]

Were you trying to quit smoking?


-Das

yeah, my ob-gyn gave it to me for that. BAD IDEA. i quit cold turkey instead.

[Kid Omega]

Jesse, I just re-read the thread and you completely initiated it. Don't be a lying douche.

yes, she got defensive, but she's asked us time and agein to shut up about it and just let her vent.

Sometimes you don't complain aboiut things because you want a solution... you just want to bitch.

And that's wholly obnoxious, and you shouldn't expect people to just sit there and watch you do it.
Jeeez man, I'm starting to think I had to devil's advocate for this guy because I'm getting a taste of what his life is like....

BITCH COMPLAIN BITCH COMPLAIN
GET DEFENSIVE
CIRCULAR ARGUMENT
ACCUSE ACCUSE
GET DEFENSIVE
CIRCULAR ARGUMENT
BITCH BITCH BITCH
COMPLAIN ABOUT "NOT BEING ALLOWED TP" BITCH
GET DEFENSIVE

I'd have a hard time getting a boner, too!

[thespianphryne]

yeah, my ob-gyn gave it to me for that. BAD IDEA. i quit cold turkey instead.

My former room mate had the same gig for trying to quit. She became all moody and shit for a while when she went off it. But then again, maybe she was moody and shit because she wasn't smoking.


-Das

[Ray R.]

wellbutrin made me ragey and gave me tremors. never again will i let a doctor give me an anti-depressent for off-label use. but then again, i am the only person around me who acted that way while on it.

Wow, dark, that's harsh. In fact I'd say that's actionable. If you're not on a regimen for depression, I certainly don't see any benefit to taking those kinds of meds, period.

The kick and particularly the withdrawal symptoms are fucking harsh.

[Michael P]

Stolen from the Something Awful forums. I know my fellow younger brothers will appreciate this.

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/4000/peckingorderce0.jpg

[Typo Lad]

I honestly had no idea darkhanamaru was a woman.

I'm so out of touch.

[Guapo Méndez]

My Holy Paladin needs a better healing cloak than Hide of the Wild. I thought White Remedy Cape was the ticket (bought it at the AH for 93 gold...mats alone are about 120g), but it has no Int nor Sta.
I may get an enchant on it, but I'm woefully behind on TBC 'chanting.

[darkhanamaru]

My former room mate had the same gig for trying to quit. She became all moody and shit for a while when she went off it. But then again, maybe she was moody and shit because she wasn't smoking.


-Das

actually it worked really well for the smoking part but i had all the documented side effects - the loss of bowel control, unexplained losses of temper and body tremors. thank god i didn't have the seizures.

all in all, we have no way of knowing who has what balance of neurotransmitters.

wellbutrin has worked well for all my friends who couldn;'t take paxil and effexor. it affects a different neuro pathway.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

To change the topic to something nicer....


How many have their comics on Stashmycomics.com ? Because it is AAAWWESSSOOMMEE. Mines under Superecwfan1 there. How many here have theirs on there ? I know Coke does and Typo has his on there. (Typo I don't know if ya know this... but I couldn't get your comics to pull up. It says page 1.... and nothin else)

[Kid Omega]

I made a smart ass comment back and then it all went down the poop shoot from there because apparently since I have ovaries I can't make jokes about stuff like you people with the testicles do.

I call bullshit on this comment.

Insulting bullshit at that. At no point, in any way, did anyone even remotely insinuate anything like what you're saying.

(Unless it was Paul, whose comments I ignore, in which case that's even worse; painting us all with the same brush because of McEnery)

[Athena Bast]

That's not "defending yourself". Don't move that goalpost. No one would begrudge you defending yourself.

What you're doing is saying "Why are you jerks talking about my private life?!?!?" when you opened that pandora's box, sister.

Don't turn this shit around on us... you allowed this can of worms to be opened, and even pulled out a few grubs yourself.

If you want to defend yourself, feel free. But don't play the "I didn't want to talk about this" card. Because that's a lie.

I was talking about his job, in no way was that saying, "Here take target practice on a totally other subject, dredging up old crap that I stopped talking about because I was told to not talk about it".

[K'Nort]

I honestly had no idea darkhanamaru was a woman.

The heck?
--

[Typo Lad]

Try it now, Supes.

[Puma]

I honestly had no idea darkhanamaru was a woman.

I'm so out of touch.

where have you been?


sheeesh

[thespianphryne]

Wow, dark, that's harsh. In fact I'd say that's actionable. If you're not on a regimen for depression, I certainly don't see any benefit to taking those kinds of meds, period.

The kick and particularly the withdrawal symptoms are fucking harsh.

Apparently, its use an anti-smoking aid is well-documented and FDA approved.


-Das

[Typo Lad]

The heck?
--
i've been away!

[Kid Omega]

I honestly had no idea darkhanamaru was a woman.

I'm so out of touch.

I know, it's a bummer. One more person you have to defend and agree with no matter what.

YOU PUSSY.

[Athena Bast]

I must be getting old, because I didn't understand a word of that. ;)

Games Workshop and their games Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 (mostly known as 40K).

They've been around for like 30 years or so. British RP type game with little model army men or dwarves or rats or bugs depending.

[Typo Lad]

where have you been?


sheeesh
Doing actuasl work, trying to keep up on a Treo.

Wait no...

I've been AT work... not exactly "working" though.

[Typo Lad]

I know, it's a bummer. One more person you have to defend and agree with no matter what.

YOU PUSSY.
Yes. Because I agree with every single woman. Automatically.

[K'Nort]

And speaking of not getting pop culture references, I'm catching up on the last few days' worth of posts and when/where exactly was Voltron on? It's a cartoon, right? Considering the age range of the people who talk about it on here, I'm surprised I've never heard of it outside of Rita's.

And please don't say snarky things about Google. Sometimes we don't want something that impersonal.

[darkhanamaru]

Wow, dark, that's harsh. In fact I'd say that's actionable. If you're not on a regimen for depression, I certainly don't see any benefit to taking those kinds of meds, period.

The kick and particularly the withdrawal symptoms are fucking harsh.

yeah i considered suing but i don't like to sue so i didn't. they went away a few days after i stopped taking them - which i did without her advice which was probably bad. a

lso, at the time, the drug company was publicizing this off-label use and its success so i could see how a young ob-gyn could think it was safe. too nice maybe? maybe. what i do fault her for was not having a follow-up appointment soon after like a psych would - it took my bf at the time to point out the mood changes and right after that the other side effects kicked in.

[Puma]

Doing actuasl work, trying to keep up on a Treo.

Wait no...

I've been AT work... not exactly "working" though.

sure, sure...excuses excuses



and with that I gots to go

[jessecuster3]

And speaking of not getting pop culture references, I'm catching up on the last few days' worth of posts and when/where exactly was Voltron on? It's a cartoon, right? Considering the age range of the people who talk about it on here, I'm surprised I've never heard of it outside of Rita's.

And please don't say snarky things about Google. Sometimes we don't want something that impersonal.

Early 80's cartoon and toys, they were like robotic lions that came together and formed a giant robot.

[Typo Lad]

Early 80's cartoon and toys, they were like robotic lions that came together and formed a giant robot.
There was a vehicle version too.

[darkhanamaru]

I honestly had no idea darkhanamaru was a woman.

I'm so out of touch.

oh don't feel bad. the fact that i sleep with mcenery throws everyone off.

[Athena Bast]

LOL I really have no clue about any of that stuff. My biggest nerd things are my comics and Video Games I try and get to play .

Evil hobby Warhammer is... evil...

http://www.games-workshop.com/

[Ray R.]

Apparently, its use an anti-smoking aid is well-documented and FDA approved.


-Das

Hmmm.......I'm sure you're absolutely right, Das. It just seems to me like curing a hangnail with a sledgehammer. Did people forget there was a gum?

[Typo Lad]

oh don't feel bad. the fact that i sleep with mcenery throws everyone off.
You sleep with him?

What waste of a perfectly good McEnry.

if it were me, I'd screw him.

'Sleep'... kids today.

[Jeff Brady]

If you wind up on Anafranil, it will just be too weird. Especially since I'm considering a switch to Wellbutrin.

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

Hmm. Probably not.

I've heard quite a few good things about Wellbutrin, particularly in the side effects category, that is they're less harsh.

I'm really looking forward to getting rid of the buzzing in my head before I take my Lexapro.

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

Wellbutrin actually counteracts some of the SSRI side-effects, particularly the sexual ones (like anorgasmia). You might want to look into staying on Lex and introduce Well.

[K'Nort]

I picked up that Gene Wolfe sci-fi book you nerds like so much this weekend. It came in a two-for-one deal with the second book of the series.

I got the same one. I have to finish Reading Comics first, however.

The omnibus I ordered from the library has arrived. I figure I'll read it before Reading Comics though. I'll have a better chance of being capable of discussing the Wolfe book(s).

First I have to finish The Woman in White.

[Paul McEnery]

actually it worked really well for the smoking part but i had all the documented side effects - the loss of bowel control, unexplained losses of temper and body tremors. .

When are they supposed to go away? :evilsmile

[JeffreyWKramer]

Hmmm.......I'm sure you're absolutely right, Das. It just seems to me like curing a hangnail with a sledgehammer. Did people forget there was a gum?

It helps reduce cravings associated with tobacco withdrawl.

There are now other meds on the market that do so better, with fewer side effects, though.

[Michael P]

Wellbutrin actually counteracts some of the SSRI side-effects, particularly the sexual ones (like anorgasmia). You might want to look into staying on Lex and introduce Well.

Oh, *fuck* yes. Why did none of my previous shrinks tell me about this.

[darkhanamaru]

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

Hmm. Probably not.



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

Wellbutrin actually counteracts some of the SSRI side-effects, particularly the sexual ones (like anorgasmia). You might want to look into staying on Lex and introduce Well.

Yes i know many people this has worked for. does wonders for the sex drive...

[Athena Bast]

And that's wholly obnoxious, and you shouldn't expect people to just sit there and watch you do it.
Jeeez man, I'm starting to think I had to devil's advocate for this guy because I'm getting a taste of what his life is like....

BITCH COMPLAIN BITCH COMPLAIN
GET DEFENSIVE
CIRCULAR ARGUMENT
ACCUSE ACCUSE
GET DEFENSIVE
CIRCULAR ARGUMENT
BITCH BITCH BITCH
COMPLAIN ABOUT "NOT BEING ALLOWED TP" BITCH
GET DEFENSIVE

I'd have a hard time getting a boner, too!

Uh... my boyfriend and I never fought.. we mostly laugh at stupid shit one does to the other.

[Paul McEnery]

You sleep with him?

What waste of a perfectly good McEnry.

if it were me, I'd screw him.

'Sleep'... kids today.

Hey, it's about what I'm good for these days.

On the plus side, I'm very comfy, and I don't move very much.

[thespianphryne]

Hmmm.......I'm sure you're absolutely right, Das. It just seems to me like curing a hangnail with a sledgehammer. Did people forget there was a gum?

You know there're plenty of doctors out there who believe that it's not a treatment unless drugs are being prescribed.


-Das

[darkhanamaru]

When are they supposed to go away? :evilsmile

i am not done with you yet so i'll just have to deal with them...

[JeffreyWKramer]

Oh, *fuck* yes. Why did none of my previous shrinks tell me about this.

Because unlike SSRI meds, it doesn't have any real benefit for anxiety, and can in fact worsen anxiety in some people.

[Typo Lad]

Hey, it's about what I'm good for these days.

On the plus side, I'm very comfy, and I don't move very much.
Just lay there and let daddy work.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Try it now, Supes.

Thanks.... I find it so odd we both have nearly the same gaps in our Uncanny X-Men runs. I know I'm missing the Mutant Massarce from 211-213 (you have 211 ) and we both are missing 222.

Damn Typo...I never figured you for a Titans fan. Thats a hell of a run on Titans thru the 80's.

[Paul McEnery]

Yes. Because I agree with every single woman. Automatically.

Married man syndrome.

It's sad.

[K'Nort]

Early 80's cartoon and toys, they were like robotic lions that came together and formed a giant robot.

Thanks!

Weird. No recollection. But I missed a big chunk of early 80s cartoons. We'd stopped watching Saturday morning stuff for a several years before we started watching Transformers and Thundercats after school.

Plus, of course, it was Alaska and ABC, CBS, and NBC all shared one channel. So we only got a third of what the rest of the country did. And we didn't have cable.


Isn't it great how Flight of Concords puts all right into perspective?

I'm hearing very positive things about that show from a remarkably diverse range of people.

[darkhanamaru]

Hey, it's about what I'm good for these days.

On the plus side, I'm very comfy, and I don't move very much.

Better to steal the blanket from. <private joke>Plus you bring back the "titles"</private joke>

[Athena Bast]

I honestly had no idea darkhanamaru was a woman.

I'm so out of touch.

I have to keep reminding myself Puma's a girl.

Puma's a girl right?

[Paul McEnery]

yeah i considered suing but i don't like to sue so i didn't. they went away a few days after i stopped taking them - which i did without her advice which was probably bad. a

lso, at the time, the drug company was publicizing this off-label use and its success so i could see how a young ob-gyn could think it was safe. too nice maybe? maybe. what i do fault her for was not having a follow-up appointment soon after like a psych would - it took my bf at the time to point out the mood changes and right after that the other side effects kicked in.

Trans: My boyfriend said I was acting nutso, so I shat myself. :D













No, really. We get along like a house on fire.

[Kid Omega]

I was talking about his job, in no way was that saying, "Here take target practice on a totally other subject, dredging up old crap that I stopped talking about because I was told to not talk about it".

Er..... no. It may have started about his job, BUT...

The first post I saw on the subject was you entirely degrading the guys manhood. Several posts, actually, about he wouldn't give you sex.

Then I (and Ray) tried honestly to hash it out a bit, and it turned into accusations of a "dogpile" right quick.

(Which is irony most delicious, since you have been known to jump on a few angry dogpiles yourself.)

So don't play this game, where we're all assholes.

I'll beat this dead horse to fucking pulp... you may not have started this rodeo, but you let the bulls out happily, and now that they're bucking, you can't blame the clowns, cowgirl.

[K'Nort]

You sleep with him?

What waste of a perfectly good McEnery.

I'm not familiar with that version.

[Kid Omega]

Yes. Because I agree with every single woman. Automatically.

TOTALLY BUSTED!

[Athena Bast]

My Holy Paladin needs a better healing cloak than Hide of the Wild. I thought White Remedy Cape was the ticket (bought it at the AH for 93 gold...mats alone are about 120g), but it has no Int nor Sta.
I may get an enchant on it, but I'm woefully behind on TBC 'chanting.

Have you gone to the Armory and seen what possible upgrades there are?

I'm so out of touch with TBC gear since I haven't to the Outlands in like a month (been playing my belf hunter and Moo Shaman who are 28 and 20 respectively)

[Ray R.]

yeah i considered suing but i don't like to sue so i didn't. they went away a few days after i stopped taking them - which i did without her advice which was probably bad. a

lso, at the time, the drug company was publicizing this off-label use and its success so i could see how a young ob-gyn could think it was safe. too nice maybe? maybe. what i do fault her for was not having a follow-up appointment soon after like a psych would - it took my bf at the time to point out the mood changes and right after that the other side effects kicked in.

You didn't cycle off? You went cold-turkey off buproprion? You're lucky you didn't have a seizure. I have issues with ob-gyns prescribing psychotropic substances, particularly if they were the sample packs handed out like candy by the big pharmaceuticals. I hate to sound like a nay-sayer but there are dark days coming in this regard.

[Guapo Méndez]

OTOH, Quest Reward Gold for completing quests at 70 increased big-time.
Most of the quests give now over 10 gold per turn in.

I can see that Epic Flying Mount getting closer and closer.

...that is if I manage to get into the teams that my quests require. 20 quests, all 20 requiere a group of at least 3.

[Athena Bast]

To change the topic to something nicer....


How many have their comics on Stashmycomics.com ? Because it is AAAWWESSSOOMMEE. Mines under Superecwfan1 there. How many here have theirs on there ? I know Coke does and Typo has his on there. (Typo I don't know if ya know this... but I couldn't get your comics to pull up. It says page 1.... and nothin else)

I'm there under Evanandra iirc

[Matt Algren]

I finally got my first spam yesterday. I was so excited.

[Chris Nowlin]

I honestly had no idea darkhanamaru was a woman.

I'm so out of touch.

At first I knew she was, then I learned she was with Paul and got confused.



In other news, my problems in life result from a contentedness in my ennui leading to a lack of motivation. Discuss.

Or bring up Athena's sex life. Whichever sounds more interesting to you.

I know Puma's a woman because she's on my buddy list, so her name appears with a +.

Wouldn't happen if she were a man. You'll notice for instance that Paul's not on my buddy list.

[darkhanamaru]

You didn't cycle off? You went cold-turkey off buproprion? You're lucky you didn't have a seizure. I have issues with ob-gyns prescribing psychotropic substances, particularly if they were the sample packs handed out like candy by the big pharmaceuticals. I hate to sound like a nay-sayer but there are dark days coming in this regard.

yes it was bad. i don't think i was in my right mind and i didn't have a follow-up so yeah, i went right off. bad. bad. bad. never again like i said.

[thespianphryne]

You didn't cycle off? You went cold-turkey off buproprion? You're lucky you didn't have a seizure. I have issues with ob-gyns prescribing psychotropic substances, particularly if they were the sample packs handed out like candy by the big pharmaceuticals. I hate to sound like a nay-sayer but there are dark days coming in this regard.

Actually, that's really interesting to me: how are ObG's allowed to prescribe psych drugs?


-Das

[Paul McEnery]

At first I knew she was, then I learned she was with Paul and got confused.



In other news, my problems in life result from a contentedness in my ennui leading to a lack of motivation. Discuss.

Or bring up Athena's sex life. Whichever sounds more interesting to you.

I know Puma's a woman because she's on my buddy list, so her name appears with a +.

Wouldn't happen if she were a man. You'll notice for instance that Paul's not on my buddy list.

If I tuck it between my legs, will my manboobs convince you?

[Guapo Méndez]

Have you gone to the Armory and seen what possible upgrades there are?

I'm so out of touch with TBC gear since I haven't to the Outlands in like a month (been playing my belf hunter and Moo Shaman who are 28 and 20 respectively)

Oooh! Armory! Good idea. I'll check it out.

My last purchase was the Oathkeeper (a bargain at 35g), with almost 100 dps. I managed to kill three 67 Elite demon engineers (not at the same time, mind you) that had kicked my ass soundly at 69.

I have lots of gems, but I have no clue which cut is the best and which armor has the right sockets for it. I think I'll hang on to them for a while and see what goodies Shadow Labs and the like drop. Then I'll commit.

[Athena Bast]

I call bullshit on this comment.

Insulting bullshit at that. At no point, in any way, did anyone even remotely insinuate anything like what you're saying.

(Unless it was Paul, whose comments I ignore, in which case that's even worse; painting us all with the same brush because of McEnery)

He made a snark.. I snarked back in a bit of yeah, tis the suxxors kinda vein and then all of a sudden it becomes a dump the bastard campaign.

In fact, just before he went to bed I was telling him about all this and he was laughing at it all.

[Chris Nowlin]

I made a smart ass comment back and then it all went down the poop shoot from there because apparently since I have ovaries I can't make jokes about stuff like you people with the testicles do.

Thank god one of you finally understands.

[Chris Nowlin]

If I tuck it between my legs, will my manboobs convince you?

Yes.

But not enough to get on my buddy list

[Kid Omega]

Uh... my boyfriend and I never fought.. we mostly laugh at stupid shit one does to the other.

I never said you "fight". But if you behave at home like you do with us, you certainly turn things into circular arguments.

Cripes dude. That's like four of my posts in a row where you entirely misrepresent what I've said. It's crazy. I say something, and you pick out a weird point I was making to deny. So I have to make my point again.

Kind of ... circular... in it's style of arguing. Which is not fighting.

SEE?

EDIT: Make that five in a row!

[darkhanamaru]

Yes.

But not enough to get on my buddy list

can i be on your buddy list?

[Athena Bast]

And speaking of not getting pop culture references, I'm catching up on the last few days' worth of posts and when/where exactly was Voltron on? It's a cartoon, right? Considering the age range of the people who talk about it on here, I'm surprised I've never heard of it outside of Rita's.

And please don't say snarky things about Google. Sometimes we don't want something that impersonal.

Um... wild guess being 1982-1984ish. I got the first set of DVDs and the copyrights are all 2006 for those because there was no original print of the show to remaster so they had to go back to the two series it was cobbled together from... clean up THOSE and then the remastered versions of those into original series going shot by shot from the old copies.

[K'Nort]

I finally got my first spam yesterday. I was so excited.

I was reading the history of spam at lunch today.

The first piece was sent out in spring of 1978. Yes, 1978. Marketing guy at DEC announcing their latest product. Few enough people were on Arpanet back then that there was a directory, like the phone book. He got in a lot of trouble. But they also sold over 20 systems at over a million dollars apiece.

[Kid Omega]

He made a snark.. I snarked back in a bit of yeah, tis the suxxors kinda vein and then all of a sudden it becomes a dump the bastard campaign.

In fact, just before he went to bed I was telling him about all this and he was laughing at it all.

YOU'RE NOT RESPONDING TO THE POINT I MADE.

[Michael P]

IMDB says Ultron ran in 1984.

It didn't run on TV where I lived, but I did get to see it on home video.

[Typo Lad]

Thanks.... I find it so odd we both have nearly the same gaps in our Uncanny X-Men runs. I know I'm missing the Mutant Massarce from 211-213 (you have 211 ) and we both are missing 222.

lemme know if you want any.

Damn Typo...I never figured you for a Titans fan. Thats a hell of a run on Titans thru the 80's.

I loved Titans, once upon a time. I was at just the right age to enjoy it. Looking back, I can say that "Titans Hunt" was the first time I kept buying a title in hopes it would 'get good again". Started strong, with Grummet's strongest work due to a different inker (over a decade ago, how sad) and an engagin g story, and then just became utter crap.

Married man syndrome.

It's sad.

I don't have that! I really don't! I disagree with wiminns all the time.

I have to keep reminding myself Puma's a girl.

Puma's a girl right?


Nyet. She is a woman.

[Matt Algren]

YOU'RE NOT RESPONDING TO THE POINT I MADE.
It's almost like she's a woman.



(Athena: This is a joke.)

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I finally got my first spam yesterday. I was so excited.

Ohhhh yeahhh... was it from the Nigerian Prince ? Because I hear he loves sendin e-mails to people. That wacky Prince.

[Ray R.]

Actually, that's really interesting to me: how are ObG's allowed to prescribe psych drugs?


-Das

Again, I'm guessing ob-gyns can hand out sample packs that last for two weeks to a month. After that you need to get a formal prescription, but would the pharmacist make the distinction between, let's say a general practitioner (who I've got psych drugs from in the past), an ob-gyn, or a pharmacologist (who I get them from now).

It's an interesting issue, Das. I think there's real cause to be concerned, particularly if the prescriber or sample pack distributor isn't fully aware of the brain mechanics being re-ordered or the side effects, addictive qualities and withdrawal syndromes associated with the drugs. Real Pandora's Box, as dark showed.

[Kid Omega]

It's almost like she's a woman.


It's almost like she's refusing to address anything where she might be remotely at fault, instead finding new ways to blame the rest of us.

SEE A PATTERN?

[Ray R.]

IMDB says Ultron ran in 1984.

It didn't run on TV where I lived, but I did get to see it on home video.

I'm pretty sure it ran on either Channel 9 or Channel 11 out of New York around that time, and that's where I would have seen it in Connecticut. It ran daily in the afternoon.

[Athena Bast]

Er..... no. It may have started about his job, BUT...

The first post I saw on the subject was you entirely degrading the guys manhood. Several posts, actually, about he wouldn't give you sex.

Then I (and Ray) tried honestly to hash it out a bit, and it turned into accusations of a "dogpile" right quick.

(Which is irony most delicious, since you have been known to jump on a few angry dogpiles yourself.)

So don't play this game, where we're all assholes.

I'll beat this dead horse to fucking pulp... you may not have started this rodeo, but you let the bulls out happily, and now that they're bucking, you can't blame the clowns, cowgirl.

When did I degrade his manhood? Was is the baby smurf comment?

Jesus H Christmas. If you recall back to the CARTOON, a baby smurf comes along once in a blue moon. My sexlife IS the baby smurf in the regards that I get laid about as often as the Smurfs get a baby smurf which is once in a blue fricking moon.

Men... if you're not thinking with the penis, you're thinking about the penis.

[Typo Lad]

Athena, let it the heck go.

[darkhanamaru]

If I tuck it between my legs, will my manboobs convince you?

keep talking about your manboobs and you may have to fuck me tonight ...

[Guapo Méndez]

Hey!

It's the Vindicator of Men Everywhere show!

[Michael P]

*Everybody* let it go.

Hey, about Voltron: When they entered the tubes that took them to the lions, they were wearing their normal clothes. When they arrived in the cockpits, though, they were wearing their pilot uniforms. Obviously, there was some machine in the tubes that slapped the uniforms on them. What I'm wondering is, did it put the uniforms (which looked very form-fitting) on over their clothes, or did it strip them naked first? And if the latter, did anyone at any point sneak hidden cameras into Princess Allura's tube?

[Chris Nowlin]

So, Athena has in the past vented about sexual issues. Which makes people assume it's okay to joke about such things with her and perhaps give advice.

Today she was talking about bf's job difficulties. Jesse made a joke abou bf's sex drive, which led to a snarky comeback which led to many people giving advice about bf and sexual situation that wasn't really wanted when Athena was just talking about his job.

She got a bit miffed at what she felt was a downpour of advice and snark on a topic she has brought up in the past, but did not today and wasn't particularly interested in. When she asked people to stop, she was then dogpiled with why she should expect people to say what they're saying and not be miffed.

I noticed her initial "drop it" just before 3:00. Now it's 5:15. And people still don't seem to be dropping it.

I'm not sure I can blame her for any annoyance experienced at this moment.

[Chris Nowlin]

*Everybody* let it go.

Well, you could have said that before I started typing.

[Ray R.]

Thanks.... I find it so odd we both have nearly the same gaps in our Uncanny X-Men runs. I know I'm missing the Mutant Massarce from 211-213 (you have 211 ) and we both are missing 222.

Damn Typo...I never figured you for a Titans fan. Thats a hell of a run on Titans thru the 80's.

Interesting site, Super. My only problem is that they really don't have any of the Golden and Atomic Age books I collect, except for the main D.C. and Timely (Marvel) titles.

[Typo Lad]

*Everybody* let it go.
Except you, there.... squeeze tighter.

[Athena Bast]

Oooh! Armory! Good idea. I'll check it out.

My last purchase was the Oathkeeper (a bargain at 35g), with almost 100 dps. I managed to kill three 67 Elite demon engineers (not at the same time, mind you) that had kicked my ass soundly at 69.

I have lots of gems, but I have no clue which cut is the best and which armor has the right sockets for it. I think I'll hang on to them for a while and see what goodies Shadow Labs and the like drop. Then I'll commit.

I wouldn't put any gems into anything less than a blue item. Also, if you have a better gem you can put that into an already occupied slot and thusly destroying the previous lower level gem.

[thespianphryne]

Again, I'm guessing ob-gyns can hand out sample packs that last for two weeks to a month. After that you need to get a formal prescription, but would the pharmacist make the distinction between, let's say a general practitioner (who I've got psych drugs from in the past), an ob-gyn, or a pharmacologist (who I get them from now).

It's an interesting issue, Das. I think there's real cause to be concerned, particularly if the prescriber or sample pack distributor isn't fully aware of the brain mechanics being re-ordered or the side effects, addictive qualities and withdrawal syndromes associated with the drugs. Real Pandora's Box, as dark showed.

Okay, so there are no laws about this; but do you know if there are AMA/Medical Council/Licensing Board guidelines about this? Something where you get censured or put on probation for prescribing drugs or courses of treatment that are out of your field of expertise.

I have a buttload of doctors in my family and it's honestly never occurred to me to ask them about this. I always just assumed there were rules. Or maybe the rules in India are different.


-Das

[Matt Algren]

Well, you could have said that before I started typing.
There's an edit button there on your post so you could erase it.

The more you know...

[Chris Nowlin]

There's an edit button there on your post so you could erase it.

The more you know...

I'm aware of that button.

I use it when I feel I should

[Paul McEnery]

keep talking about your manboobs and you may have to fuck me tonight ...

Yeah! Let it go!

*sweats*

[Guapo Méndez]

I wouldn't put any gems into anything less than a blue item. Also, if you have a better gem you can put that into an already occupied slot and thusly destroying the previous lower level gem.

I got a couple of blues, but they are under 65 stuff. I need to hunt for the good stuff. I got a couple of Deep Peridots, some draenite and a dawnstar. Mining has been generous.

[Athena Bast]

I never said you "fight". But if you behave at home like you do with us, you certainly turn things into circular arguments.

Cripes dude. That's like four of my posts in a row where you entirely misrepresent what I've said. It's crazy. I say something, and you pick out a weird point I was making to deny. So I have to make my point again.

Kind of ... circular... in it's style of arguing. Which is not fighting.

SEE?

EDIT: Make that five in a row!

What the fuck are you talking about?

What am I misrepresenting? If I am misrepresenting and it's clear to you that I am why don't you make sure I understand what the fuck is going on before you slam me for it?

You have me pegged as some kind of shrew it appears and one of those high maintainance girls which can't be any farther from the truth.

[Chris Nowlin]

Athena, I will point out we have an ignore list. I use it.

[Paul McEnery]

Okay, so there are no laws about this; but do you know if there are AMA/Medical Council/Licensing Board guidelines about this? Something where you get censured or put on probation for prescribing drugs or courses of treatment that are out of your field of expertise.

I have a buttload of doctors in my family and it's honestly never occurred to me to ask them about this. I always just assumed there were rules. Or maybe the rules in India are different.


-Das

They're all proctologists?

[Matt Algren]

Well, there's obviously no end to this in sight.

Fuck all y'all, I'm going home.

[Typo Lad]

Tot is in our bed, singing instead of sleeping.

[Athena Bast]

It's almost like she's a woman.



(Athena: This is a joke.)

Dunnae worry.

(that is poor Scottish or Irish - damn your blog Typo)

[thespianphryne]

They're all proctologists?

Come on, Paul. This is India we're talking about. Land of amoebic dysentery, what do you think?


-Das

[Guapo Méndez]

Today my kid decided he wants to be know by his middle name, not his first name. So he's Anthony instead of Mark.

[Ray R.]

Okay, so there are no laws about this; but do you know if there are AMA/Medical Council/Licensing Board guidelines about this? Something where you get censured or put on probation for prescribing drugs or courses of treatment that are out of your field of expertise.

I have a buttload of doctors in my family and it's honestly never occurred to me to ask them about this. I always just assumed there were rules. Or maybe the rules in India are different.


-Das


I know for the state licensing boards there are enumerated Standards of Conduct, and the boards take complaints involving the standards very seriously. But if there are no complaints, then they will take no action whatsoever against a particular doctor. And the state licensing boards are broken down by category, from medical doctor to social worker, so I'm not sure right off, how the medication prescription responsibilities break down.

It seems to me like a situation ripe for tort/liability claims irrespective of medical speciality, as well as malpractice claims, separate and apart from licensing complaints.

[Athena Bast]

*Everybody* let it go.

Hey, about Voltron: When they entered the tubes that took them to the lions, they were wearing their normal clothes. When they arrived in the cockpits, though, they were wearing their pilot uniforms. Obviously, there was some machine in the tubes that slapped the uniforms on them. What I'm wondering is, did it put the uniforms (which looked very form-fitting) on over their clothes, or did it strip them naked first? And if the latter, did anyone at any point sneak hidden cameras into Princess Allura's tube?

I bring up the case from the late 1960's of Batman and Robin versus the Golden Fireman Poles, Your Honour.

[Paul McEnery]

Today my kid decided he wants to be know by his middle name, not his first name. So he's Anthony instead of Mark.

Oh you didn't.

You got a whole bunch more called Cassius and Brutus, etc.?

[Chris Nowlin]

Well, there's obviously no end to this in sight.

Fuck all y'all, I'm going home.

I also want to go home. Except first I want to work for another hour then go get pizza

[Paul McEnery]

Come on, Paul. This is India we're talking about. Land of amoebic dysentery, what do you think?


-Das

All the more reason to take up engineering.

[Athena Bast]

I got a couple of blues, but they are under 65 stuff. I need to hunt for the good stuff. I got a couple of Deep Peridots, some draenite and a dawnstar. Mining has been generous.


ooh a dawnstar.. My priest was stuck at 350 JC last I checked. She's got none of the good stuff... of which the dawnstar is one.

[thespianphryne]

[...]

It seems to me like a situation ripe for tort/liability claims irrespective of medical speciality, as well as malpractice claims, separate and apart from licensing complaints.

Hmmm...I'm surprised then that we haven't already seen suits relating to this. Maybe it's right there, bubbling under the threshold mark. It would be a real riot and not in the fun way.


-Das

[Athena Bast]

Athena, I will point out we have an ignore list. I use it.

Did it once already but I gave them the benefit of the doubt.

[thespianphryne]

All the more reason to take up engineering.

Or leave.


-Das

[Chris Nowlin]

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/corinnerae/numbers.gif

[Guapo Méndez]

Oh you didn't.

You got a whole bunch more called Cassius and Brutus, etc.?


Nah, I wanted him to have my name and his own name. My dad and my older brother have the same name so it was a pain answering calls for them.
The choices were Mark Anthony, Joseph Anthony or Louis Anthony (Marco Antonio, Jose Antonio or Luis Antonio), and Mark won.

It's hard to strip off 7 year of calling him "Mark." I think I can manage "Tony" more often than "Anthony."

[Athena Bast]

Today my kid decided he wants to be know by his middle name, not his first name. So he's Anthony instead of Mark.

He's how old?

[Chris Nowlin]

Did it once already but I gave them the benefit of the doubt.

Now you've learned:

I'll never change, nor will you miss anything at all by ignoring what I say

[thespianphryne]

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/corinnerae/numbers.gif

Ha ha ha ha ha!

I'm stealing this.


-Das

[Michael P]

Now you've learned:

I'll never change, nor will you miss anything at all by ignoring what I say

Oh, we all learned that a long time ago.

[Chris Nowlin]

Ha ha ha ha ha!

I'm stealing this.


-Das

A student just sent it to me via facebook.

I was amused

[Paul McEnery]

Nah, I wanted him to have my name and his own name. My dad and my older brother have the same name so it was a pain answering calls for them.
The choices were Mark Anthony, Joseph Anthony or Louis Anthony (Marco Antonio, Jose Antonio or Luis Antonio), and Mark won.

It's hard to strip off 7 year of calling him "Mark." I think I can manage "Tony" more often than "Anthony."

I'm just imagining it's real hard to take your mum seriously when she's doing the whole name scold.

Mark Anthony Méndez, you go to your room!
But ma, I'm the Emperor of Rome!
You'll still do as you're told!

[Guapo Méndez]

ooh a dawnstar.. My priest was stuck at 350 JC last I checked. She's got none of the good stuff... of