RITA's XLVIII: Some Fun Now

[tricksterpup]

It's definitely creepy and probably unhealthy but not that much more unhealthy than the childhoods of the majority of American children.

Its unhealthy at the other end of the spectrum.

[Chris Nowlin]

For the love of-

Bad picure, 'pup! Bad!

No dead mouse pictures, please

[Ray R.]

Its pretty easy, you get bitten by one or 2 mice you have no problems. I personally feed ALL my snakes thawed frozen mice.
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j82/iguanajim/ebony.jpg

This probably sounds morbid, but I'm genuinely interested. How do you thaw them, pup? In the microwave?

[Tadhg]

This is definitely the kid. I'm not sure how it's unhealthy though. That kid's got better tendons, muscles.... everything than most of us do.

Not in the least because the type of lifting he's doing is stressful on his still developing spine, plus it's likely that his tendons aren't better, it's too much stress on a still growing body. I have no idea what that kind of regimen could do in regards to his internal organs, but it's definitely not good for his spine or tendons. It's probably not seriously threatening, but it's not ideal.

[tricksterpup]

For the love of-

Bad picure, 'pup! Bad!

No dead mouse pictures, please
oh just view as a steak with a fur coat.
Everything needs to eat, be it a snake or a cat.
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j82/iguanajim/albert02_230907.jpg

[Spike-X]

Then of course, there's the psychological factor of being pushed so hard, so young.

Which of course isn't unique to this kid, but still...

[Tages]

Flipping through the channels and seeing World's Strongest Man leaves me with a question, How much HGH are these guys pumped with, some of them barely look human.

You should see when they become pro wrestlers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaVPd9PngmQ).

[Spike-X]

You should see when they become pro wrestlers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaVPd9PngmQ).
I'd not seen him with that hairstyle before.

Guy looks like frickin' Doomsday or something.

[Ray R.]

Not in the least because the type of lifting he's doing is stressful on his still developing spine, plus it's likely that his tendons aren't better, it's too much stress on a still growing body. I have no idea what that kind of regimen could do in regards to his internal organs, but it's definitely not good for his spine or tendons. It's probably not seriously threatening, but it's not ideal.

That's what I was thinking. Tendons don't really grow the way the rest of the body does, so all that repetitive stress can't be good. I've seen little girls screw up their knees, spine and elbows on a permanent basis before even seeing puberty because of gymnastics-related wear-and-tear.

[Spike-X]

Tendons and the like are also the parts that tend to fuck up a lot with heavy steroid use, I believe. The user is pushing weights that the muscles can handle, due to the steroids, but the tendons can't.

[Ray R.]

Tendons and the like are also the parts that tend to fuck up a lot with heavy steroid use, I believe. The user is pushing weights that the muscles can handle, due to the steroids, but the tendons can't.

Yup. You hit the nail on the head, Spike. The most common misconception about steroids is that taking them makes you bigger. (That is the case with HGH, though). Taking steroids just makes your workouts more productive over time because your muscles' refraction time decreases, i.e., you get to work out harder, longer and with heavier weights because of the increased level of testosterone. The steroids' primary effect is to make you a workout demon, not to increase muscle mass. HGH does increase body mass though. That's what I thought Bonds took when you look at his before/after pics.

[tricksterpup]

This probably sounds morbid, but I'm genuinely interested. How do you thaw them, pup? In the microwave?

I personally first thaw them in the fridge over night, It takes Rats and Rabbits a while to thaw. *yes, I feed my big snake 10 pound rabbits."
Then I place them in HOT water from the tap. Not enough to cook them but to warm them up all the way through. As long as they are warm the snakes will eat them.

Some times it can be a bit morbid feeding them. I would have some live baby mice that I would have to feed some of my young snakes. They would get to the point of eating them while the small pink fleshy things squirmed. That was mainly my corn snakes that would get to lazy to even kill their prey.

Now they do sell gadgets that can heat up the rodent in your microwave. But most people in the industry just laugh at as a joke. I mean what happens when you place a hot dog in the microwave?

[Tadhg]

Tendons and the like are also the parts that tend to fuck up a lot with heavy steroid use, I believe. The user is pushing weights that the muscles can handle, due to the steroids, but the tendons can't.

Tendon ruptures are more common from the use of corticosteroids as opposed to anabolic steroids

[SOGG]

Hmm. We do quite a bit of tendon work, but I guess that's more for flexibility. Yeah, not really sure if you can 'develop' tendons. I'm just guessing that his folks might have given him good training habits since they were pros as well...

[Matt Algren]

Hmm. We do quite a bit of tendon work, but I guess that's more for flexibility. Yeah, not really sure if you can 'develop' tendons. I'm just guessing that his folks might have given him good training habits since they were pros as well...
I remember that reality show he was on and his parents wouldn't let the cameras see what was in the shake they kept feeding him.

I have a feeling they were giving him something other than good training habits. No kid looks like that. Not without 'help'.

[Ed Cunard]

I remember that reality show he was on and his parents wouldn't let the cameras see what was in the shake they kept feeding him.

2 placentas, fresh
3 bananas, ripened
7 egg whites
500mg Ritalin, ground
1 habenero pepper, seeds removed
1 bottle Gatoraid, lemon-lime
2 tbsp cinnamon

[tricksterpup]

2 placentas, fresh
3 bananas, ripened
7 egg whites
500mg Ritalin, ground
1 habenero pepper, seeds removed
1 bottle Gatoraid, lemon-lime
2 tbsp cinnamon

I hmmm.. love my placentas as burgers please.

[Tadhg]

Hmm. We do quite a bit of tendon work, but I guess that's more for flexibility. Yeah, not really sure if you can 'develop' tendons. I'm just guessing that his folks might have given him good training habits since they were pros as well...

Not "develop" as in "train". Develop as in natural maturation. Putting that amount of physical stress on an immature body is not healthy. Good training habits for adults do not equate to good training habits for children.

[SOGG]

2 placentas, fresh
3 bananas, ripened
7 egg whites
500mg Ritalin, ground
1 habenero pepper, seeds removed
1 bottle Gatoraid, lemon-lime
2 tbsp cinnamon

I think it's the cinnamon that's the killer there.

[Tadhg]

HGH does increase body mass though. That's what I thought Bonds took when you look at his before/after pics.

It's been awhile, but if I remember the list of stuff from Game of Shadows, HGH wasn't on the list. Female Fertility drugs and Bovine Growth Hormone were.


Edit, it was HGH not BGH. Though he took Bovine steroids too. Kinda freaky.

[SOGG]

damns. I guess some people just have no job pride. I asked for a data feed from one of the support guys and got a bunch of copy+paste from screenshots.

... and here I thought I was going home early...

[gary bolt]

Happy Boxing Day fuckers!

After a nice lazy Christmas day, Morna and I are having friends over for turkey dinner tonight. Morna makes the best stuffing ever!

[morna]

I'm with your daughter. I hate spiders but love snakes.

I'd get a snake except that I think mice are cute and wouldn't be able to feed it.

ditto that.

[Matt Algren]

Is it too early to start a MoCCA 2008 thread? The dates were released as June 7-8.

[Chris Nowlin]

oh just view as a steak with a fur coat.
Everything needs to eat, be it a snake or a cat. [/IMG]

See the difference there though... cows aren't cute. And even less cute when they look like steak.

And my bologna isn't looking up at me with innocent eyes as I scarf it down.

[Athena Bast]

http://www.rdfrights.com/Images/programmes/2445big.jpg



that's that little hercules kid. His parents were gymnasts and russian or at least eastern european. A little wacko too.

[i_mmmchocolate]

Is it too early to start a MoCCA 2008 thread? The dates were released as June 7-8.
HellllloooOooo!

Yes.

It's not even 2008 yet, boron.

[gary bolt]

HellllloooOooo!

Yes.

It's not even 2008 yet, boron.

I liked bumcicle better.

[jessecuster3]

Howdy folks, just got back from Ohio. Her family totally welcomed me with open arms and it was really fun weekend. We got in Friday night and her father had a Halloween decoration sawed off leg waiting in the door for us. It became the running joke the rest of the weekend, I put it in his car door before he left work, he put it in the bed I was to sleep in, I wrapped it in a present that he opened Christmas day.


I have been around a whole family for the holidays in years so it was very nice to do.


They also hooked me up with some loot. Advance knowledge that I really only wanted an XBox360 yielded me a few Best Buy Gift Cards, they also got me the Bourne DVD set that I am totally drooling over and of course this excellent t-shirt:

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l32/jessecuster2/stylinonline_1977_818832814.jpg

[i_mmmchocolate]

I liked bumcicle better.
But boron goes wayyyy back.

I must've told the origin story before, but I'll say it again anyway. In 4th grade, we had to do a project on an element. We had to pick one out of a hat. My friend got boron.

"Boron?! Haha..."

"That's funny!"

"I know, boron!"

...

[Matt Algren]

HellllloooOooo!

Yes.

It's not even 2008 yet, boron.

::sniff:: You hurt my feelings. I don't know how I'll get through the night.

Wait a minute . . .

http://gfx.aftonbladet.se/multimedia/archive/00089/4__Olof_Mellberg__89179w.jpg

I'm sorry, was I saying something?

[i_mmmchocolate]

I had magic bars tonight, as a snack, for the first time.

They were pretty good.

[i_mmmchocolate]

WANT
____

[Matt Algren]

WANT
____
BACK OFF BITCH! HE'S MINE!!!

::ahem::

Sorry bout that. I don't know what came over me.




New Christmasy blog! (http://betterlate.wordpress.com/2007/12/26/movie-review-a-christmas-story/)

[Michael P]

Sorry bout that. I don't know what came over me.


Although we do know what you wish had come over you.

[i_mmmchocolate]

Although we do know what you wish had come over you.
OK, that was good.

[Spike-X]

OK, that was good.
...

No, I can't possibly say that.

[Matt Algren]

Although we do know what you wish had come over you.
I'm so glad I left that open.





And "who", not "what".

[i_mmmchocolate]

It's been a looooooooooooooooooooooooooong day.

oooooooooooooo.

[Athena Bast]

Watching the Doctor Who Christmas ep (the one with Kylie - gawd she's adorable)

[howyadoin]

Is it coming home with you?? ;)No, but I'm getting one of my own in a couple months.

Happy holidays to you to fucker.And likewise to you, my friend.

[Spike-X]

No, but I'm getting one of my own in a couple months.


Ooh, splendid!

I'm planning to build a new computer for myself soon. Then Reilly gets this one to replace the old Windows 95 clunker he's got that I haven't even bothered setting up for him yet but I really should I suppose.

[i_mmmchocolate]

...

No, I can't possibly say that.
...

Thank you.

[Ronald Bryan]

Rock Band is cool. I can now sing terribly in the privacy of my own home and get told I can at least hit the notes.

[Puma]

Just got back from a one horse open sleigh ride!

http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v172/145/108/615038140/n615038140_294923_4480.jpg

Puma and horse, having a conversation

http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v172/145/108/615038140/n615038140_294925_5123.jpg

along the river at sunset

http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v172/145/108/615038140/n615038140_294935_4429.jpg

[Gingold]

Nice pics, Puma.

[Winslow]

Just got back from a one horse open sleigh ride!

Puma and horse, having a conversation

along the river at sunset

Looks like fun and that sunset pic is gorgeous.

Christmas was safe and fun for me. No big news.

I did polish off a bottle of wine Christmas Eve . . but it was over about four hours and a big meal so I didn't get very drunk. BUT I DID get a huge hangover the next morning . . no fair.

[gary bolt]

Just got back from a one horse open sleigh ride!

http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v172/145/108/615038140/n615038140_294923_4480.jpg

Puma and horse, having a conversation

http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v172/145/108/615038140/n615038140_294925_5123.jpg

along the river at sunset

http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v172/145/108/615038140/n615038140_294935_4429.jpg

Awesome photos! My grandfather used to take us for sleigh rides when I was very young.

[Chris Nowlin]

This is old news, but my brother was just telling me how great an artist Liefeld is, so I dug this up and had a laugh.

http://progressiveboink.com/archive/robliefeld.html

Sometimes, his art is so bad that it's funny. And sometimes it's much worse.

[Ben Morgan]

Heh, someone showed me this
http://members.cox.net/nullbearing/images/emo.gif

[Tadhg]

This is old news, but my brother was just telling me how great an artist Liefeld is, so I dug this up and had a laugh.



Was your brother being facetious?

But speaking of Liefeld, I think his Captain America was better than the Robinson/Bennet Captain America.

[Gilda Dent]

That's what I was thinking. Tendons don't really grow the way the rest of the body does, so all that repetitive stress can't be good. I've seen little girls screw up their knees, spine and elbows on a permanent basis before even seeing puberty because of gymnastics-related wear-and-tear.

This is also why it's bad for little boys playing little league to throw or attempt to throw curve balls.

[Chris Nowlin]

Was your brother being facetious?



No.









.

[Ben Morgan]

This is old news, but my brother was just telling me how great an artist Liefeld is, so I dug this up and had a laugh.

http://progressiveboink.com/archive/robliefeld.html

Sometimes, his art is so bad that it's funny. And sometimes it's much worse.

I don't get it, most of that stuff is pretty good

[Tadhg]

This is also why it's bad for little boys playing little league to throw or attempt to throw curve balls.

That may be true, but there are studies coming to different conclusions about that. Of course, I hurt myself throwing simple fastballs, so personally I think a lot of it comes down to individual mechanics. But yeah, conventional wisdom says Curveballs are bad for pre-pubescent kids and I'd probably stick with that thought.

[Tadhg]

I don't get it, most of that stuff is pretty good

Are you being facetious?

[Gilda Dent]

That may be true, but there are studies coming to different conclusions about that. Of course, I hurt myself throwing simple fastballs, so personally I think a lot of it comes down to individual mechanics. But yeah, conventional wisdom says Curveballs are bad for pre-pubescent kids and I'd probably stick with that thought.

Yeah, but I figure that as long as things are uncertain, why take the risk for the sake of a game?

[Gilda Dent]

So we're watching We Are Marshall this afternoon, and I noticed an interesting dub. At about the halfway point, Coach Lengyel is talking to coach Dawson about the "Winning is everything" attitude. He says something along the lines of this being something that every coach "worth a darn" believes.

"Darn" had been dubbed over "damn".

What was intended to be a big emotional scene instead ended up making me grin at the thought of a college football coach saying "worth a darn" along with the thought that someone thought "worth a damn" was worthy of being dubbed in an era when that would be fine in an 8:00 sitcom.

[Athena Bast]

This is old news, but my brother was just telling me how great an artist Liefeld is, so I dug this up and had a laugh.

http://progressiveboink.com/archive/robliefeld.html

Sometimes, his art is so bad that it's funny. And sometimes it's much worse.

Looking at pictures by Liefield his hazardous to your health.

*cleans soda spit from keyboard*

[Athena Bast]

So we're watching We Are Marshall this afternoon, and I noticed an interesting dub. At about the halfway point, Coach Lengyel is talking to coach Dawson about the "Winning is everything" attitude. He says something along the lines of this being something that every coach "worth a darn" believes.

"Darn" had been dubbed over "damn".

What was intended to be a big emotional scene instead ended up making me grin at the thought of a college football coach saying "worth a darn" along with the thought that someone thought "worth a damn" was worthy of being dubbed in an era when that would be fine in an 8:00 sitcom.

Will someone think of the children?:p

[Tadhg]

I'm probably going to need to buy a new car within a year, and I looked at the Smart Car which is coming to the US next year and just have one question that seems to be overlooked in all the literature I've found. What in the world is "Automated Manual Transmission?"

[SOGG]

This is old news, but my brother was just telling me how great an artist Liefeld is, so I dug this up and had a laugh.

http://progressiveboink.com/archive/robliefeld.html

Sometimes, his art is so bad that it's funny. And sometimes it's much worse.

This is awesome.

I'm still laughing.

[Ben Morgan]

Are you being facetious?
No, I really do like most of those. But to each his own I guess ;)

[Gilda Dent]

This is old news, but my brother was just telling me how great an artist Liefeld is, so I dug this up and had a laugh.

http://progressiveboink.com/archive/robliefeld.html

Sometimes, his art is so bad that it's funny. And sometimes it's much worse.

To my eternal shame, when I was in my mid teens and he was drawing New Mutants and X-Force, I thought his artwork was cool.

At the time, though, I was only barely aware of writers and artists. I just bought the books with the characters I liked, or whatever had a cool cover when I went into the grocery store with my mom.

[Athena Bast]

Jayne!
The Man they call Jayne!

Oh, He robbed from the rich
and he gave to the poor.
Stood up to the man
and he gave him what for.
Our love for him now
ain't hard to explain.
The hero of Canton
the man they call Jayne.

Our Jayne saw the mudders' backs breakin'.
He saw the mudders' lament.
And he saw the Magistrate takin'
every dollar and leavin' five cents.
So he said: "You can't do that to my people."
said "You can't crush them under your heel."
So Jayne strapped on his hat
and in 5 seconds flat
stole everythin' Boss Higgins had to steal.

Oh, He robbed from the rich
and he gave to the poor.
Stood up to the man
and he gave him what for.
Our love for him now
ain't hard to explain.
The hero of Canton
the man they call Jayne.

Now here is what separates heroes
from common folk like you and I.
The man they call Jayne
he turned 'round his plane
and let that money hit sky.

He dropped it onto our houses
he dropped it into our yards.
The man they called Jayne
he stole away our pain
and headed out for the stars!

(Here we go!)

He robbed from the rich
and he gave to the poor.
Stood up to the man
and he gave him what for.
Our love for him now
ain't hard to explain.
The hero of Canton
the man they call Jayne...

[SOGG]

To my eternal shame, when I was in my mid teens and he was drawing New Mutants and X-Force, I thought his artwork was cool.

At the time, though, I was only barely aware of writers and artists. I just bought the books with the characters I liked, or whatever had a cool cover when I went into the grocery store with my mom.

See, I think it's really because Liefeld never expected people to spend more than a few seconds on his 'art'.

I think that's why I don't have too many Liefeld-drawn comics. They were just too expensive for what they offered.

[SOGG]

I'm probably going to need to buy a new car within a year, and I looked at the Smart Car which is coming to the US next year and just have one question that seems to be overlooked in all the literature I've found. What in the world is "Automated Manual Transmission?"

We've had that in the Phils for awhile. It's basically manual transmission without a clutch.

I know it sounds weird, but it's great.

[Athena Bast]

I'm probably going to need to buy a new car within a year, and I looked at the Smart Car which is coming to the US next year and just have one question that seems to be overlooked in all the literature I've found. What in the world is "Automated Manual Transmission?"

they kinda explain it at the Canadian site

http://www.thesmart.ca/index.cfm?id=6844

[mattx110]

See, I think it's really because Liefeld never expected people to spend more than a few seconds on his 'art'.

I think that's why I don't have too many Liefeld-drawn comics. They were just too expensive for what they offered.
Wouldn't everyone rather critique Michael Lark's artwork anyway?

He takes some chances and makes choices, and it comes out beautiful quite often. Train wrecks are fun, and bashing artists is fun, but at a certain point, once a year is enough.

And lucky me, I always bought comics for the artists and writers even when I had to have other people buy me comics (and yea, I knew all the big words cause I haven't gotten smarter over the years, but I started out pretty brilliant by 6 year old standards). Nothing embarassing in my collection. There's a single issue of "DIE-CUT!" that was part of some 5 for 5 bucks kinda thing or something and I still have no idea if Beast lives to issue 2 or not... I'm kind of assuming he did, but apparently I've got the first appearance of some version of "DarkBeast", which makes it quite the not a collector's item. :(

Comics in the 90s were great. especially when half your collection is backissues from the late 70s and mid 80s.

[howyadoin]

Ooh, splendid!My feelings exactly.

I did polish off a bottle of wine Christmas Eve . . but it was over about four hours and a big meal so I didn't get very drunk. BUT I DID get a huge hangover the next morning . . no fair.That's not a fair deal at all.

No, I really do like most of those.My condolences.

[Paradox]

Matt Algren gets me thinking:

http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/276540-poster594x420mm_eng.jpg (http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/185-the-doctorspatients-map-of-the-world/)

Geez, I'd hate to see one that was "number of lawyers per inhabitant". And, no, I said that EXACTLY how I meant it. :)

[Paradox]

Matt Algren is a big bully!:

Some people (http://secretsun.blogspot.com/2007/12/worst-time-of-year.html) shouldn't be allowed to write.

And yes, I'm harping (http://secretsun.blogspot.com/2007/12/so-anyway.html). Don't come into my house and get haughty at me for not buying your supposed proactive paradigm-shifting bullshit, especially when you wouldn't know a fully formed thought if it something something something.

Matt, Matt...you're having a battle of wits with someone who's unarmed. Have a heart! ;)

[Ben Morgan]

Has anyone seen that Tristram Shandy movie?

[Paradox]

Ray R. has a question:

This probably sounds morbid, but I'm genuinely interested. How do you thaw them, pup? In the microwave?

I'm more interested in how he gets the snakes to eat them. None of the snakes I've been around would even TOUCH dead mice, unless they were starving. It it because they were all constrictors?

[Wesley Dodds]

Has anyone seen that Tristram Shandy movie?

I have. I fell asleep.

The Tristam Shandy bits were brilliant but the "making of the movie" story was boring. I'd like to see it again.

Well, the Tristam Shandy bits, anyway.

[Ben Morgan]

I have. I fell asleep.

The Tristam Shandy bits were brilliant but the "making of the movie" story was boring. I'd like to see it again.

Well, the Tristam Shandy bits, anyway.

I saw it at Hollywood Video in their 3 for $10 bin so I picked it up

[Paradox]

Ben Morgan invites me to open the large economy sized can of worms:

I don't get it, most of that stuff is pretty good

You may like it, but good it isn't.

[Spike-X]

I don't get it, most of that stuff is pretty good
No, it's not.

We can prove it with graphs.

[Paradox]

Can I draw pointless triangles on them, too?

[Ben Morgan]

What about schematics?

[Paradox]

Oh, it's a scheme all right. ;)

[Spike-X]

Can I draw pointless triangles on them, too?
Sure. And lots and lots of tiny little lines.

[Paradox]

Arbitrary, though. I have to make sure there's no actual design elements involved in the lines.

[Ben Morgan]

AVPR was pretty good

[Spike-X]

...

...

...what?

[Paradox]

Aliens vs. Pretador - Requiem.

Yeah, I had to look it up.

[Ben Morgan]

What was your favorite movie of 2007?

[Paradox]

Beats me. I never go to the movies any more. I won't see my favorite of 2007 until sometime this spring, probably.

[Ben Morgan]

Can you buy new games from Hollywood Video?

[Typo Lad]

I'm up! I'm up!

Oh wait, that's not my alarm.

Stupid Tinitis.

[Spike-X]

Hey Morts. What's shakin'?

[morna]

go to bed !

[Spike-X]

I don't have to! You're not the boss of me!

[morna]

oo[s I shprin jd ir mce





sorry = can't type wiyh the lihghts off

[morna]

or on


apparemtly

[morna]

ok ok g'night

[Typo Lad]

Hey Morts. What's shakin'?
n'much. Some Australian guy commented all over my blog. Funny man.

[Spike-X]

Sounds like he needs to get a life.

[Typo Lad]

At the very least, he should get out more.

Maybe buy some nice boots.

[Spike-X]

At the very least, he should get out more.

Maybe buy some nice boots.
Not until I'm married, sir!

[Typo Lad]

I thought you'd been there, did that, made the ultrasound t-shirt?

[Spike-X]

Sure, but I never got married!

[Typo Lad]

Fornicator!

[Spike-X]

And proud of it!

[Elegance Liberty]

Hmmmm, draw some stuff or play Tomb Raider Legend on my shiny new Ecks-bawks 360...?

I think I'll do the latter until my brother wakes up. Otherwise I'll never get the chance to play it until I get home from work tonight.

[Adam West]

Merry Christmas everyone!!

Sorry it's a late greeting! :D

[Typo Lad]

Today I'm going to call every managment company in Washington Heights.

OCD FTW!

[jessecuster3]

Good morning, I hate coming back to work after a vacation.

[Paradox]

Spike-X is a little deaf:

Hey Morts. What's shakin'?

Didn't you hear him? His eardrum.

Wait...

DIDN'T YOU HEAR HIM... :p

[king mob]

Apparently the latest fashion thing is winter sunglasses. Now this might be fine if you're in the south of France or the Algarve, but in Bristol on a glum, overcast, cold December day it makes you look like a twat.

[Paradox]

I need my sunglasses far more in the winter around here than the summer. Damn snow glare!

Yes, even when it's overcast.

[Typo Lad]

I've always needed sunglasses in winter. One guy in HS tried to give me a hard time for it and my friends basically told him to piss off.

It's good to have friends.

[jessecuster3]

I've always needed sunglasses in winter. One guy in HS tried to give me a hard time for it and my friends basically told him to piss off.

It's good to have friends.

Those were tough Jews in school with you, huh?

[Typo Lad]

Those were tough Jews in school with you, huh?
One of them became a sniper in the IDF, so yeah.

[Paradox]

Typo Lad has it, too:

I've always needed sunglasses in winter. One guy in HS tried to give me a hard time for it and my friends basically told him to piss off.

It's good to have friends.

What color are your eyes? I've been told that pale blue-gray eyes like mine are often hypersensitive to UV.

I can't stand bright sunlight. Oddly, when I'm inside I like everything brightly lit.

[jessecuster3]

One of them became a sniper in the IDF, so yeah.


That doesn't mean anything when you are in HS.

[Ed Cunard]

What color are your eyes? I've been told that pale blue-gray eyes like mine are often hypersensitive to UV.

I can't stand bright sunlight. Oddly, when I'm inside I like everything brightly lit.

So there's maybe a reason why I'm so sensitive to UV light? Interesting.

I thought I was just a pussy.

[Slam_Bradley]

So there's maybe a reason why I'm so sensitive to UV light? Interesting.

I thought I was just a pussy.


The two aren't mutually exclusive.

[Typo Lad]

What color are your eyes? I've been told that pale blue-gray eyes like mine are often hypersensitive to UV.

My eyes shift from darker to lighter (kinda odd), but they never get that light.

My grandfather was blue-gray. Maybe it's a gene?

I can't stand bright sunlight. Oddly, when I'm inside I like everything brightly lit.

You're a Mogwai?

That doesn't mean anything when you are in HS.

Maybe in your HS, but in mine, it was pretty obvious who had the aptitude for that kind of thing and who didn't.

[jessecuster3]

Maybe in your HS, but in mine, it was pretty obvious who had the aptitude for that kind of thing and who didn't.


My HS was not all Jewish, we had tall people.

[Paradox]

Typo Lad had me paranoid:

You're a Mogwai?

I'm glad I looked that up.

I was scared to ask "What's a Mogwai?" for fear the answer was "Oh, about 40 lbs." :p

[Typo Lad]

My HS was not all Jewish, we had tall people.
Ours too. We had a great basketball team. Also an awesome wrestling team, but I never went to a game.

The hockey team did well too.

Any more sterotypes you wanna throw out there?

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

Howdy, everyone. Hope everyone had a nice holiday.

I posted this on "Post a pic of your pride," but it's so damn awesome, I have to share it here. My 6-year-old daughter made it for me for Xmas:

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j135/skpetersen/DSC04444.jpg

[jessecuster3]

Ours too. We had a great basketball team. Also an awesome wrestling team, but I never went to a game.

The hockey team did well too.

Any more sterotypes you wanna throw out there?

It was actually meant to be a joke....

[king mob]

I need my sunglasses far more in the winter around here than the summer. Damn snow glare!

Yes, even when it's overcast.


Snow, ahh, I remember snow.

[Paradox]

Awww, that's nice, Doc.

You're a human refrigerator! :)

[Slam_Bradley]

Awww, that's nice, Doc.

You're a human refrigerator! :)


Well he's the right size.

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

Awww, that's nice, Doc.

You're a human refrigerator! :)

Well he's the right size.

I feel like a refrigerator after the holidays.

Ooo. Too much of ... everything.

[Slam_Bradley]

Howdy, everyone. Hope everyone had a nice holiday.

I posted this on "Post a pic of your pride," but it's so damn awesome, I have to share it here. My 6-year-old daughter made it for me for Xmas:



That is an awesome shirt Doc. I have a couple with various kid drawings and hand-prints.

[Dom]

I feel like a refrigerator after the holidays.

Ooo. Too much of ... everything.

I think there is something wrong with your cooling system, because that is one god awful smell.

The milks has gone bad.

[Matt Algren]

Ours too. We had a great basketball team. Also an awesome wrestling team, but I never went to a game.

The hockey team did well too.

Any more sterotypes you wanna throw out there?
Money Management Quizbowl?

Horn-sharpening class?

Sidelocks Challenge?

Guess My Jew Gold?

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

That is an awesome shirt Doc. I have a couple with various kid drawings and hand-prints.

Thanks. I have another one from my daughter from last Xmas.

My son, inexplicably, declined to do a T-shirt for me, but instead decided that I needed Star Wars underpants. So, he decorated a pair of tighty-whiteys for me. Decorum prevented me from posting a pic of them here...

for now.

[Elegance Liberty]

I need my sunglasses far more in the winter around here than the summer. Damn snow glare!

Yes, even when it's overcast.

I wear my sunglasses at night.

[Paradox]

Dr. Hfuhruhurr gives my head a jerk:

Decorum prevented me from posting a pic of them here...

for now.

Well, that was startling. I was all ready to respond "I did NOT!", as that's my City of Heroes name (well, my main one, anyway).

[jessecuster3]

I wear my sunglasses at night.

So you can keep track of visions in your eyes?

[Matt Algren]

Thanks. I have another one from my daughter from last Xmas.

My son, inexplicably, declined to do a T-shirt for me, but instead decided that I needed Star Wars underpants. So, he decorated a pair of tighty-whiteys for me. Decorum prevented me from posting a pic of them here...

for now.You know, you could take a picture of them when you aren't wearing them. After they've been washed, of course.

If he got the light saber in the right place, I shall be concerned.

[Typo Lad]

Money Management Quizbowl?

Horn-sharpening class?

Sidelocks Challenge?

Guess My Jew Gold?
We had a model UN. They sat around all day condeming Israel.

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

Well, that was startling. I was all ready to respond "I did NOT!", as that's my City of Heroes name (well, my main one, anyway).

"Tighty-whiteys" is a funny COH's name.

[Ray R.]

Thanks. I have another one from my daughter from last Xmas.

My son, inexplicably, declined to do a T-shirt for me, but instead decided that I needed Star Wars underpants. So, he decorated a pair of tighty-whiteys for me. Decorum prevented me from posting a pic of them here...

for now.

*Shudder*

.......

[Ed Cunard]

Any more sterotypes you wanna throw out there?

I thought the only thing you people threw were dreidles and the 1919 World Series.

[Elegance Liberty]

So you can keep track of visions in your eyes?
Absolutely!

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

You know, you could take a picture of them when you aren't wearing them. After they've been washed, of course.

If he got the light saber in the right place, I shall be concerned.

Well, all I can tell you is that the Death Star exploded in a very embarrassing spot.

[Dom]

Ours too. We had a great basketball team. Also an awesome wrestling team, but I never went to a game.

The hockey team did well too.

Any more sterotypes you wanna throw out there?

I went to a Jewish highschool, while they were measuring who had the biggest nose, but it was to do the plumbing and move some furniture.

See, Jewish and Italian stereotypes. I'm a pro.

[Slam_Bradley]

We had a model UN. They sat around all day condeming Israel.


So, much like the real UN.

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

*Shudder*

.......

I wanted to post them today, but I haven't shaved my back yet.

[Paradox]

Dr. Hfuhruhurr thinks he's kidding:

"Tighty-whiteys" is a funny COH's name.

Heh, like I HAVEN'T seen that name on characters in various spellings. :)

[Dom]

Well, all I can tell you is that the Death Star exploded in a very embarrassing spot.

I'm thinking of 2 places, and each of them is funny.

[Ed Cunard]

Heh, like I HAVEN'T seen that name on characters in various spellings. :)

With as much time as you've spent playing CoH, I'm not surprised.

[Ray R.]

I went to a Jewish highschool, while they were measuring who had the biggest nose, but it was to do the plumbing and move some furniture.

See, Jewish and Italian stereotypes. I'm a pro.

You're not totally dumb like most guineas.

[Ed Cunard]

I'm thinking of 2 places, and each of them is funny.

1. His pooper.
2. His ballsack.
3. Mrs. Hufflpfuaf;jaf's mouth.

[Ray R.]

I wanted to post them today, but I haven't shaved my back yet.

Oh, so you received the "Big and Swarthy Waxing Kit" I sent?

[Dom]

You're not totally dumb like most guineas.

I prefer dago. It's more dignified.

[Typo Lad]

I thought the only thing you people threw were dreidles and the 1919 World Series.

That was nicely done.

I went to a Jewish highschool, while they were measuring who had the biggest nose, but it was to do the plumbing and move some furniture.

See, Jewish and Italian stereotypes. I'm a pro.

You know what you get when you mix a Jew and an Italian, right?

Billy Joel.

There's an argument against intermarriage right there.

So, much like the real UN.

You should have seen our debate team. Nothing formal. You would just get three of us in one place and ask a simple question.

[Ray R.]

I prefer dago. It's more dignified.

Wop. It's a description AND the sound effect when you punch one.

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

1. His pooper.
2. His ballsack.
3. Mrs. Hufflpfuaf;jaf's mouth.

Stonegold, how did you get a hold of Ed's sign-on info?

Oh, so you received the "Big and Swarthy Waxing Kit" I sent?

I'll treasure it always. The "weed-wacker" attachment works like a charm (although, a piece of advice: don't use it "down south," if you know what I mean).

[jessecuster3]

I'll treasure it always. The "weed-wacker" attachment works like a charm (although, a piece of advice: don't use it "down south," if you know what I mean).


Funny, I figured you are small enough to fit between the blades.

[Matt Algren]

Well, all I can tell you is that the Death Star exploded in a very embarrassing spot.
The force is strong in this one.
Wop. It's a description AND the sound effect when you punch one.

Careful, Ray. I hear Dom's got connections in the mob.

[Ray R.]

You know what you get when you mix a Jew and an Italian, right?

Billy Joel.

There's an argument against intermarriage right there.

More like a mandate.

I come from Irish and Italian stock. It meant I had multiple options to deal with anger and depression: food, drink, screaming, throwing up, passive-aggressiveness, and fighting. So many options, so little time.


You should have seen our debate team. Nothing formal. You would just get three of us in one place and ask a simple question.

"Who should pick up the check? And......begin!"

Kidding...;)

[Dom]

Oh, so you received the "Big and Swarthy Waxing Kit" I sent?

I tried that, but my Italian body hair is too strong for wimpy wax and razors. I am using nuclear energy to remove body hair now.

Wop. It's a description AND the sound effect when you punch one.

Winner.


Careful, Ray. I hear Dom's got connections in the mob.

I have never heard of the Mafia, La Cosa Nostra or this mob you speak of. By the way, that guy took care of that first thing for you and is waiting on that second thing.

[Slam_Bradley]

I tried that, but my Italian body hair is too strong for wimpy wax and razors. I am using nuclear energy to remove body hair now.




Gamma radiation? I noticed the Hulk doesn't have much body hair.

[Ray R.]

Gamma radiation? I noticed the Hulk doesn't have much body hair.

Nair Force One.

[Typo Lad]

More like a mandate.

I come from Irish and Italian stock. It meant I had multiple options to deal with anger and depression: food, drink, screaming, throwing up, passive-aggressiveness, and fighting. So many options, so little time.

The nice thing about being dispersed among the nations is we get to pick all those up.

As long as they're next to the pennies, why not?

"Who should pick up the check? And......begin!"

Kidding...;)

No you're not.

"I didn't order that."
"Sure you did, I saw you eat it."
"Well, I ate it, sure. But I didn't order it."
"Why would you eat it if you didn't order it?!"
"I thought you were giving me a gift!"

Or maybe I should give a real example.

"I'd like to order two half falafels."
"You mean a whole falafel."
"No. I mean two halves."
"Two halves are a whole."
"Firstly, two half falafels are actually larger than one whole. Secondly, I want what I ordered, not what you want to give me. Thirdly, I want two because the other is for my friend!"
"But two half are a whole!"

[Matt Algren]

I have never heard of the Mafia, La Cosa Nostra or this mob you speak of. By the way, that guy took care of that first thing for you and is waiting on that second thing.
It is good that he has found this time to be productive. I hope for his continued success in his professional and personal endeavors.

[Ray R.]

"I didn't order that."
"Sure you did, I saw you eat it."
"Well, I ate it, sure. But I didn't order it."
"Why would you eat it if you didn't order it?!"
"I thought you were giving me a gift!"

Or maybe I should give a real example.

"I'd like to order two half falafels."
"You mean a whole falafel."
"No. I mean two halves."
"Two halves are a whole."
"Firstly, two half falafels are actually larger than one whole. Secondly, I want what I ordered, not what you want to give me. Thirdly, I want two because the other is for my friend!"
"But two half are a whole!"

Brilliant.

Russian version:

[Loud talking, burping, drinking, etc.]
"Okay. Who should I give the check to?"
[Crickets]
"Ray. Surely a gentleman offers to pay for the women at the table?"
"Okay."
"And surely a gentleman offers to pay for the spouses of those women."
"Okay."
"And that leaves the children. Do you expect them to wash dishes for their food? Some father you are."
"No. Okay, give me the check. I'll pay for it all"
"About time. A real man wouldn't need to be scolded about it, and would jump at the chance to pay for the 'family'. Some day you'll leave your uncultured ill-breeding behind."

[i_mmmchocolate]

I come from Irish and Italian stock.
Huh. For some reason, I remember you saying you were of French-Canadian descent.

[Ray R.]

Huh. For some reason, I remember you saying you were French-Canadian.

1/4. On my dad's side. There's a bunch of mutant Rivards running around in Dom's neck of the woods.

1/4 Italian, 1/4 Irish, 1/8 English, 1/8 Welsh. Spent most of my formative years with the second generation Italian grandmother and first generation Irish grandfather.

[Typo Lad]

Brilliant.

Russian version:

[Loud talking, burping, drinking, etc.]
"Okay. Who should I give the check to?"
[Crickets]
"Ray. Surely a gentleman offers to pay for the women at the table?"
"Okay."
"And surely a gentleman offers to pay for the spouses of those women."
"Okay."
"And that leaves the children. Do you expect them to wash dishes for their food? Some father you are."
"No. Okay, give me the check. I'll pay for it all"
"About time. A real man wouldn't need to be scolded about it, and would jump at the chance to pay for the 'family'. Some day you'll leave your uncultured ill-breeding behind."

The Jewish response would have kicked in at line 3.

"So wait, the women's spouses aren't gentlemen? I think that's a very insulting thing to say."

[Ray R.]

The Jewish response would have kicked in at line 3.

"So wait, the women's spouses aren't gentlemen? I think that's a very insulting thing to say."

Better to take the path of least resistance. Better that than:


ANSWER #1:

"Serguey came all the way here to America at great expense. He doesn't work for a law firm like you do, but go ahead and take his last rubles so you can feel better."

ANSWER #2 [IN A LOUD VOICE SO THE WHOLE TABLE CAN HEAR]:

"Just like an American to invite everyone out to dinner [I didn't], and then sneak away when the bill comes due. Should we pay you for the gasoline for driving us here too?"

ANSWER #3

"You spend plenty of money on comic books, but nothing on your family. Shame on you."

[Typo Lad]

You're well out of that allright. Dang.

You've made me stop regretting not hitting on that cute Russian girl way back when.

[Ed Cunard]

"You spend plenty of money on comic books, but nothing on your family. Shame on you."

"My comics give me joy."

[Typo Lad]

So many of these managment offices have little grandmotherly-sounding ladies answering the phone.

"Vher did you get de numbeer?"
"Off of a web site."
"A vhat?"

[Ray R.]

You're well out of that allright. Dang.

You've made me stop regretting not hitting on that cute Russian girl way back when.

It's rather masterful passive-aggressive posturing, actually. I tip my hat at the manipulative qualities honed and perfected over years.

And not all Russians are like that. Just the 100 or so I've met. That little dyevushka you met might not have been bad. Maybe.

[i_mmmchocolate]

I went to a tango performance a while back. I was kind of surprised to find that I was one of only a few attendees that wasn't Russian. I think the event must've been sponsored or advertized on a local Russian channel.

Never seen so many leather jackets in one auditorium in my entire life. One for the record books.

[Ray R.]

"My comics give me joy."

"Go sleep on the couch with your comics then. I'll talk to you again and recognize your existence with something other than dripping contempt if and when you apologize to me, my mother and every single person at this table for your uncultured, lazy, idiotic behavior."

[Typo Lad]

You know what's sad?

The utter dripping contempt is getting me kind of worked up.

[Ed Cunard]

"At least the couch is warm and inviting."

[Ray R.]

I went to a tango performance a while back. I was kind of surprised to find that I was one of only a few attendees that wasn't Russian. I think the event must've been sponsored or advertized on a local Russian channel.

Never seen so many leather jackets in one auditorium in my entire life. One for the record books.

Ha! How many of them had their cell phones on during the entire performance. I'm guessing close to 90%.

[Dom]

Never seen so many leather jackets in one auditorium in my entire life. One for the record books.

Never been to an Italian wedding? Leather in the summer, makes for an interesting smell.

[Matt Algren]

You know what's sad?

The utter dripping contempt is getting me kind of worked up.
"This isn't about you!"

[Typo Lad]

Maybe we need to give Ed the former Mrs. R's number. He seems to think he can take her.

[Ed Cunard]

Maybe we need to give Ed the former Mrs. R's number. He seems to think he can take her.

Well, I'm arguing from a fairly safe position--the "I have no cares in the world and don't give a fuck" position. It's probably different when there are things like kids and finances and stuff involved.

[Typo Lad]

Never been to an Italian wedding? Leather in the summer, makes for an interesting smell.
You haven't experienced "smell" until you've been to an outdoor Chassidic wedding in the middle of August.

In Israel.

Whoo-doggie.

After the dancing, no less.

I do not miss my coat-check job.

[Ed Cunard]

Also, I've spoken to her on the phone once. The impression she left wasn't favorable.

[Ray R.]

You know what's sad?

The utter dripping contempt is getting me kind of worked up.

Oh, I'm sorry. I was going for comic value over hate.

I can laugh about it now. Objectivity, perspective and emotional distance does wonders.

My underlying point was that when you've been mindf--cked by Russians, you've been screwed with by masters.

[i_mmmchocolate]

Ha! How many of them had their cell phones on during the entire performance. I'm guessing close to 90%.
DING DING DING! We have a winner!

Actually, everyone was on good cell-phone behavior. Intermission, however...

Never been to an Italian wedding?
Hah!

[Ray R.]

Maybe we need to give Ed the former Mrs. R's number. He seems to think he can take her.

Not a chance in hell.

[Typo Lad]

This phone tree says press 1, then they say "invalid mailbox".

...

all the choices are invalid!
'
HUH?

[Ray R.]

Also, I've spoken to her on the phone once. The impression she left wasn't favorable.

Ask koop about her. He went face-to-face. Ed, you were referred to as "some comic weirdo from the internet, who probably is also lazy and has no job."

I said that I thought you did have a job. :D

[Dom]

Not a chance in hell.

Of giving him the number or that Ed can take her?

[Paradox]

Geez, Morts, even Voice Mail is calling you a loser.

"No matter what you do, you're WRONG!" :p

[Matt Algren]

Ask koop about her. He went face-to-face. Ed, you were referred to as "some comic weirdo from the internet, who probably is also lazy and has no job."
Say what you will, but she has good instincts.

[Ed Cunard]

Ask koop about her. He went face-to-face. Ed, you were referred to as "some comic weirdo from the internet, who probably is also lazy and has no job."

I said that I thought you did have a job. :D

Boy, if you guys were still together in two weeks and two days, she'd be dead-on!

[Typo Lad]

I'm in voicemail hell

[Ed Cunard]

Matt's was waaaaay better.

[i_mmmchocolate]

You haven't experienced "smell" until you've been to an outdoor Chassidic wedding in the middle of August.

In Israel.

Whoo-doggie.

After the dancing, no less.

I do not miss my coat-check job.

Or, if you want to keep things local:

A Monsey Trails ride en route to Brooklyn in the middle of the humid summer!

[Ray R.]

Of giving him the number or that Ed can take her?

Knowing Ed's genial demeanor and concurrent history with the women-folk, it'd be like me putting the equivalent of a Prince Albert-studded chihuahua in with one of Michael Vick's pitbulls in a dogfight to the death.

We'd need a dustpan to get all the remains.

[Paradox]

From what I've heard about your ex, I think you'd need a pooper scooper.

Whoa-oh, here she comes...

[Ray R.]

From what I've heard about your ex, I think you'd need a pooper scooper.

Whoa-oh, here she comes...

She's been through six battle-hardened divorce attorneys in eighteen months. And she didn't fire them. They quit. People who deal with domestic discord and family trauma for a living threw in the towel after a couple of months of working with her.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

[i_mmmchocolate]

Stupid Womenz !!!!11

[Paradox]

Ray R. thinks he can get me to hit that??:

She's been through six battle-hardened divorce attorneys in eighteen months. And she didn't fire them. They quit. People who deal with domestic discord and family trauma for a living threw in the towel after a couple of months of working with her.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

No thanks!

Did you not see what I used for the "bad for you" avatar contest? I don't even like to watch crazy women on TV!

[Ray R.]

Stupid Womenz !!!!11

If I were only a woman or gay and liked rugged hirsute soccer stars. Life would be so much easier.

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

If I were only a woman or gay and liked rugged hirsute soccer stars. Life would be so much easier.

Wait a minute.

I don't play soccer...

[Winslow]

My 12 year old son keeps kickin' my ass in the game he got for Christmas.

I wish it was a video game, alas it's a game of strategy, logic, and wits. (http://www.educationallearninggames.com/how-to-play-gobblet-game-rules.asp)

[Ed Cunard]

Knowing Ed's genial demeanor and concurrent history with the women-folk, it'd be like me putting the equivalent of a Prince Albert-studded chihuahua in with one of Michael Vick's pitbulls in a dogfight to the death.

We'd need a dustpan to get all the remains.

It sounds kinda hot.

...

What? Dryspell.

[Ray R.]

Wait a minute.

I don't play soccer...

If you were an option, I'd go ungay.

[jessecuster3]

My 12 year old son keeps kickin' my ass in the game he got for Christmas.

I wish it was a video game, alas it's a game of strategy, logic, and wits. (http://www.educationallearninggames.com/how-to-play-gobblet-game-rules.asp)


Maybe you need to check his drinking, it does involve gobblets, after all.

[Paradox]

That looks TOUGH, Win. Better sharpen up that mental agility.

[Ed Cunard]

My 12 year old son keeps kickin' my ass in the game he got for Christmas.

I wish it was a video game, alas it's a game of strategy, logic, and wits. (http://www.educationallearninggames.com/how-to-play-gobblet-game-rules.asp)

You're just letting him win because you are a good daddy.

Or something.

http://www.portlandmercury.com/binary/ee39c4aa/film-4642.gif

[Ray R.]

My 12 year old son keeps kickin' my ass in the game he got for Christmas.

I wish it was a video game, alas it's a game of strategy, logic, and wits. (http://www.educationallearninggames.com/how-to-play-gobblet-game-rules.asp)

That looks simple in theory, but challenging in practice.

[Winslow]

Maybe you need to check his drinking, it does involve gobblets, after all.

My kids are always keeping tabs on my drinking . . "you're not going to have another beer are you Dad?"

That looks TOUGH, Win. Better sharpen up that mental agility.

I'm "the abstract one" . . the wife is "the logical one" . . and yeah she kicks my ass too. Sucks to be me playing this game.

[i_mmmchocolate]

If I were only a woman or gay and liked rugged hirsute soccer stars. Life would be so much easier.
Dem wimmenz just EVILLLLLLLLLLLL.

[i_mmmchocolate]

OK, the caps lock finally worked that time.

Carry on.

[Ray R.]

You're just letting him win because you are a good daddy.

Or something.

http://www.portlandmercury.com/binary/ee39c4aa/film-4642.gif

Winslow: "I'm not a smart man... but I know what love is."

http://www.gargoylehosting.com/250px-ForrestGump2.jpg

[Ray R.]

Dem wimmenz just EVILLLLLLLLLLLL.

Yeah, but some of 'em smell good and look purty. Kinda balances out on occasion.

[Winslow]

You're just letting him win because you are a good daddy.

Or something.

http://www.portlandmercury.com/binary/ee39c4aa/film-4642.gif

My ego would delight in this if it were only true.

Dem wimmenz just EVILLLLLLLLLLLL.

"Can't live with them, can't live without them"

(what Muppet movie is that line from? I don't remember)

Winslow: "I'm not a smart man... but I know what love is."

http://www.gargoylehosting.com/250px-ForrestGump2.jpg

I'm a simple man, in every sense of the word.

[Paradox]

You kiddin', Ray? That's part of the EEEEEEEVIL!

See, that's how they suck ya in...

[Dreadstar]

You're talkative bastards today.

[Dreadstar]

Kid and I went to see Walk hard last night (his request).

I can't remember the last time I was embarrassed FOR a movie.

[jessecuster3]

"Can't live with them, can't live without them"

(what Muppet movie is that line from? I don't remember)




I prefer the Norm Petersen version:


"Can't live with 'em, ...pass the beer nuts."

[Typo Lad]

"Can't live with them, can't live without them"

(what Muppet movie is that line from? I don't remember)

From The Muppet Movie (http://youtube.com/watch?v=1vvV9LjBsNw)

A pro gay marriage song if ever there were.

[jessecuster3]

Kid and I went to see Walk hard last night (his request).

I can't remember the last time I was embarrassed FOR a movie.

not funny?


bad songs?

[i_mmmchocolate]

You're talkative bastards today.
I was just about to say that.

I've noticed there have been quite a few lulls in Rita's, even before the Holidays.

[Dreadstar]

You kiddin', Ray? That's part of the EEEEEEEVIL!

See, that's how they suck ya in...

All this talk of women, evil, and sucking...


I expect Ed's head to explode.

[Ray R.]

You're talkative bastards today.

Happy f--ng holidays to you too.

Saw a pretty good documentary on HBO last night that focused entirely on the Michigan/Ohio State rivalry. I think you'd enjoy it, if only for the insults going back and forth.

I don't think we'll ever see the likes of a Woody Hayes/Bo Schembechler border war ever again. Crazy.

[Winslow]

I was just about to say that.

I've noticed there have been quite a few lulls in Rita's, even before the Holidays.

That's usually when Dread shows up.

[Dreadstar]

not funny?


bad songs?

More miss than hit on the funny meter. But the songs were actually kinda catchy. Professional.

It was just that the biggest laughs from me and Ian were in places where we were laughing at the writing because the jokes sucked so bad.

[Winslow]

I don't think we'll ever see the likes of a Woody Hayes/Bo Schembechler border war ever again. Crazy.

It was a great time to be an Ohio State fan.

Great memories of those games . . .

[Matt Algren]

Kid and I went to see Walk hard last night (his request).

I can't remember the last time I was embarrassed FOR a movie.
Darn. I'd had high hopes for it.

[Ray R.]

That's usually when Dread shows up.

If there's a lull, he'll plop down in it.

[Dreadstar]

Happy f--ng holidays to you too.

Saw a pretty good documentary on HBO last night that focused entirely on the Michigan/Ohio State rivalry. I think you'd enjoy it, if only for the insults going back and forth.

I don't think we'll ever see the likes of a Woody Hayes/Bo Schembechler border war ever again. Crazy.

Yeah, saw it again last night. Love it. Some of the commentary is brilliant.

Dan Dierdorf, a UM alum: "I keep talking Jim Tressel up to every NFL GM I see. We have to get rid of that guy down there."

[Ray R.]

It was a great time to be an Ohio State fan.

Great memories of those games . . .

I had an inkling of the rivalry, but not how absolutely vicious it was. Epic battles back in the seventies. The "Ten Year War".

[Winslow]

If there's a lull, he'll plop down in it.

I'm still trying to figure out whether he's "the cause" or "the effect."

[Dreadstar]

If there's a lull, he'll plop down in it.

Philistine. The proper nomenclature is "repose upon."

[Ray R.]

I'm still trying to figure out whether he's "the cause" or "the effect."

Maybe both. He's meta-versatile in that way.

[jessecuster3]

Darn. I'd had high hopes for it.

I really did, too, and was pleased at a B in EW.

[Ed Cunard]

All this talk of women, evil, and sucking...


I expect Ed's head to explode.

You forgot to add "sneering condescension."

[Dreadstar]

You forgot to add "sneering condescension."

Wouldn't that be redundant?

[jessecuster3]

Oh Matt, I meant to tell you, their address is considered Springfield, but her grandmother who is basically across the street has a New Carlisle address. And, I think they are closest to North Hampton.

[Ray R.]

I really did, too, and was pleased at a B in EW.

They're still publishing Entertainment Weekly?

And people really call it "EW?"

The perfect storm of studio marketing, by-the-numbers reviewing, and shameless pandering. "Wizard" on HGH.


Speaking of HGH, nice to see the NFL doing the right thing with the Patriots/Giants game. First time they've ever simulcast on three different networks (CBS, NBC, and NFL Network) as far as I can remember.

[Dreadstar]

I really did, too, and was pleased at a B in EW.

It may be that it just didn't enter my zone of humor. I don't know. The only words I can use for it is "kinda lame."

[Winslow]

I bought my kids the Naruto anime box set (points at avatar) for Christmas, and I'm pleasantly surprised at how entertaining it is.

Fun stuff . . . although the themes are very similar to Harry Potter (coming of age story about a boy at a special school)

[Ray R.]

It may be that it just didn't enter my zone of humor. I don't know. The only words I can use for it is "kinda lame."

Well, La-ti-da.

How was the box office take? I'll reserve judgment til then.

[Slam_Bradley]

Well, La-ti-da.

How was the box office take? I'll reserve judgment til then.


Because we all know that box-office is the final arbiter of quality.

It could charitably be called a mega-flop.

[jessecuster3]

They're still publishing Entertainment Weekly?

And people really call it "EW?"



Well their website is ew.com, so it does kind of make sense.


I don't rely on it, but its usually a good populist opinion. I like when Stephen King writes his column, he really is one of us most of the time.


The magazine as a whole is just McDonald's for the brain, with "bite-size" articles that never last longer than 3 pages, smattered between blurbs in one or another.

[Winslow]

Speaking of HGH, nice to see the NFL doing the right thing with the Patriots/Giants game. First time they've ever simulcast on three different networks (CBS, NBC, and NFL Network) as far as I can remember.

It may be crazy for an Eagles fan to cheer for the Giants, but I'll be cheering for the Giants.

Sorry Ray . . . .

[Ray R.]

Because we all know that box-office is the final arbiter of quality.

It could charitably be called a mega-flop.

"It's called show business, not show art." TM

[Dreadstar]

Well, La-ti-da.

How was the box office take? I'll reserve judgment til then.

Heh heh heh...

In that case it really really sucked.

[mattbib]

Kid and I went to see Walk hard last night (his request).

I can't remember the last time I was embarrassed FOR a movie.Go see "Juno" to make up for it.

[jessecuster3]

It may be crazy for an Eagles fan to cheer for the Giants, but I'll be cheering for the Giants.

Sorry Ray . . . .

I don't know, it is kind of impressive to see a 35 year old record to be equaled.

[Dreadstar]

Go see "Juno" to make up for it.

Yeah, definitely on the "to see" list. Somewhere around 3rd or 4th.