RITA's XLVIII: Some Fun Now

[Brian Cronin]

Here's RITA's.

It's a basic off-topic discussion thread. It is named in honor of one of our favorite posters, Awesome Rita!

Think about it as her bar.

Same rules as the regular board apply, except, well, the off-topic part.

In addition, if you really must know stuff like "what is the biggest shit you've taken?" or "why is it hard for ladies to have an orgasim?," then you can ask that stuff here.

Enjoy!

-Brian

[Spike-X]

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[Spike-X]

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[Nikita]

Just got back from my work Christmas party a bit ago. Those are always fun.

I never get tired of watching white people try to dance to hip hop at office Christmas parties. :D heh.


It wasn't too bad I guess. I enjoy the people watching and free food.

[Jack Zodiac]

You say "free food" or "free booze" or any variation thereof, and I'm there. But even besides that, office Christmas parties are hilarious.

[Nikita]

To a certain extent yes. But I'm bitter and jaded from being with the same company for 11 years, so the office parties only hold so much entertainment these days. It was pretty funny to see one of our supervisors trying to dance with his wife. Man, I didn't think anyone could be that bad....but he proved me wrong.

[Jack Zodiac]

He never learned the man secret of letting the woman do all the dancing and just looking good by proxy?

[Nikita]

Apparently not. lol. Poor guy. At least he was trying. I give him kudos for effort.

[Jack Zodiac]

Yeah, he gets credit for trying at least. That's a sight better than most guys would go. I'm all for holding both drinks while the woman does her thing around me.

[Chris Nowlin]

Hello new Rita's

[Mike Smash!]

Hey, folks!

[Puma]

Well, that's not a fun way to wake up.

All of a sudden the light is on and Collin is handing me the phone saying there's a derelict out on the porch going through our stuff. He tried the door into the house. Collin goes out to confront the guy who's wandering around. 911 is called, we don't know if they got the guy but damn, that's scary.

[Paradox]

Could have been worse. No one might have noticed him before something bad happened. Glad you nipped it in the potential bud.

[Puma]

Could have been worse. No one might have noticed him before something bad happened. Glad you nipped it in the potential bud.

Certainly could have been but it is so frustrating. There's been an increase in transients around here and fewer deputies, so every week in the paper the crime beat is getting larger with more home robberies.

[Paradox]

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/128347709988750000duntwurryill.jpg

[Puma]

The cats were stalking through the house all puffed up and acting huffy.

[Jared_Humpherys]

Hope everything is all right, Puma. That's scary as hell.

[Puma]

Just really unnerved right now. Unpleasant way to wake up.

[Chris Nowlin]

I was about to complain about annoying insomnia, but Puma wins.

That is rather unnerving.

[Paradox]

So, the cops came and everything? Or has that yet to happen?

[morna]

eeeeu scary and creeepy. I'm glad it didn't happen here - we don't generally lock the door.

[morna]

huh! everybody's up.

Morning insomniacs

[Puma]

So, the cops came and everything? Or has that yet to happen?

They've been patrolling up and down the road but it is so dark and wooded here that I'm not sure they'll find him.

[Jared_Humpherys]

huh! everybody's up.

Morning insomniacs

Not me. I slept for over 10 hours.

[Paradox]

Puma has 'em looking:

They've been patrolling up and down the road but it is so dark and wooded here that I'm not sure they'll find him.

They're on it, though, which is a good thing.

I find situations like that rougher on you AFTER than DURING. All that adrenaline crash. Ugh.

[Paradox]

morna has me back'ards:

huh! everybody's up.

Morning insomniacs

Night shifter. To my body clock, it's like 6 in the evening. :)

[Puma]

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/funny-pictures-cats-at-dmv.jpg

[Chris Nowlin]

huh! everybody's up.

Morning insomniacs

I'm not even tired.

And tomorrow's (today's?) plan was to grade 500 exams.

Uggh

[Puma]

Not me. I slept for over 10 hours.

I used my nighttime sinus spray around 1am, had it not been for the derelict I'd still be comatose. As it is I'm still kinda groggy.

If anyone is up for scrabble, I'm an easy target.

[Jared_Humpherys]

I used my nighttime sinus spray around 1am, had it not been for the derelict I'd still be comatose. As it is I'm still kinda groggy.

If anyone is up for scrabble, I'm an easy target.

Since Sarah's been sick a good portion of this week, we've been going to bed early a lot. Not a bad thing, as despite my day off from the ice storm, this has been a draining week for me.

And I'm probably going to avoid Scrabulous for today. I've got some D&D stuff to do.

[Chris Nowlin]

I'm going to try for bed again.

Maybe read some Invisibles.

[morna]

Chris, you're still up! go to bed ya looney

Puma, Gary will play with you. He's just putting baked eggs in the oven.

[Tadhg Adams]

I wonder if I'd be allowed to adopt this kitten. I think I'm going to ask.

http://petsconnect.org/photos/cats/dlh_duo/tiger_with_white2_nov_3_2007.jpg

[Paradox]

Possibly. Of course, it doesn't look like that now. That was six weeks ago. I'm sure all the cute has worn off by now. ;)

[morna]

pfft cats are always cute

[Puma]

pfft cats are always cute

except for hairless ones,

they're kinda reptilian.

[Michael P]

except for hairless ones,

they're kinda reptilian.

Sorry, I'm with Joey. Those aren't cats.

[Paradox]

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/funny-pictures-8-lives-cat.jpg

Wot a CUTIE! :p

[Tadhg Adams]

The puppy loves cats, maybe too much. He doesn't understand why they don't want to play with him.

[morna]

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/funny-pictures-8-lives-cat.jpg

Wot a CUTIE! :p

:p ..

[Jared_Humpherys]

Man, there isn't anything good to see this weekend at the cinema. The tomatometer for this week's new releases is rotten after rotten after rotten.

I'm at least relieved that Alvin and the Chipmunks got low-ass scores, although the positive reviews bug me.

"Could've been a lot worse; it's a singing chipmunk movie, for Pete's sake."

"Yes, the movie is juvenile and occasionally stupid. What do you expect in a story about singing chipmunks?"

How the heck are those positive reviews?

[Lance]

Have you seen No Country For Old Men?

[Paradox]

Jared_Humpherys screams AAAAAAAAAAALVIN!:

Man, there isn't anything good to see this weekend at the cinema. The tomatometer for this week's new releases is rotten after rotten after rotten.

I'm at least relieved that Alvin and the Chipmunks got low-ass scores, although the positive reviews bug me.

"Could've been a lot worse; it's a singing chipmunk movie, for Pete's sake."

"Yes, the movie is juvenile and occasionally stupid. What do you expect in a story about singing chipmunks?"

How the heck are those positive reviews?

Hmmm, seem more like "anti-negative" reviews.

[Gingold]

Man, there isn't anything good to see this weekend at the cinema. The tomatometer for this week's new releases is rotten after rotten after rotten.

I'm at least relieved that Alvin and the Chipmunks got low-ass scores, although the positive reviews bug me.

"Could've been a lot worse; it's a singing chipmunk movie, for Pete's sake."

"Yes, the movie is juvenile and occasionally stupid. What do you expect in a story about singing chipmunks?"

How the heck are those positive reviews?

All I can say is that the movie had better not violate any of the continuity from the cartoon. There should at least be a cameo by the Chipettes to appease the hardcore Munkophiles.

[Jared_Humpherys]

Have you seen No Country For Old Men?

Yes I have. Enjoyed it very much.

[Puma]

All I can say is that the movie had better not violate any of the continuity from the cartoon. There should at least be a cameo by the Chipettes to appease the hardcore Munkophiles.

*shudder* all I can imagine is a bunch of furries enjoying that movie





and fantasizing.



I'm sick aren't are I?

[Gingold]

I'm sick aren't are I?

I figure that's got to be at least 10% of the audience for the movie.

[Lance]

Yes I have. Enjoyed it very much.

http://www.lashorasperdidas.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/javier-bardem-en-no-country-for-old-men.jpg

Best villian in years. I love that movie.

[Paradox]

I want to take restless leg syndrome medication so I can experience intense gambling, sexual or other urges.

Seriously, wtf? "My legs feel great, but I just HAVE to go to Vegas now!" :confused:

[Puma]

http://mine.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/AHMCOMINOV128421258233365000.jpg

[Jack Zodiac]

Well, that's not a fun way to wake up.

All of a sudden the light is on and Collin is handing me the phone saying there's a derelict out on the porch going through our stuff. He tried the door into the house. Collin goes out to confront the guy who's wandering around. 911 is called, we don't know if they got the guy but damn, that's scary.

Random bum rifling through your shit? That's a rare one, to be sure. I'm glad that's all he did, though. He sounds more like a bum of the disoriented and confused variety than the aggressively violent kind. I hope the cops find him and you guys don't have to worry about it anymore.

I want to take restless leg syndrome medication so I can experience intense gambling, sexual or other urges.

Seriously, wtf? "My legs feel great, but I just HAVE to go to Vegas now!" :confused:

Wasn't that a Bill Maher joke?

[Gilda Dent]

Just got back from my work Christmas party a bit ago. Those are always fun.

I never get tired of watching white people try to dance to hip hop at office Christmas parties. :D heh.


It wasn't too bad I guess. I enjoy the people watching and free food.

I feel exactly the same way. Except, well, instead of "fun" I'd use relentlessly boring. And Emily has two of them. The one with the lab people isn't nearly as bad as with the business people, all of whom seem to be either obnoxious alphas, or wannabe obnoxious alphas.

At least this year I can sit off to one side and sip some wine instead of sitting off to one side and sipping some Pepsi, which should improve things as long as I limit my intake to no more than a couple of glasses.

[Paradox]

Jack Zodiac suggests plagerism:

Wasn't that a Bill Maher joke?

No idea. I do watch his show but have no recollection of ever hearing a restless leg syndrome joke. 'Course I haven't seen them all.

Probably just a very obvious one. It just strikes me odd that something to help cure your legs can have such seemingly unconnected side effects.

[Jeff Brady]

Morning, fuckers.

There's absolutely no need for me to leave the house today.

Fucking A.

[Athena Bast]

When did 10cm of snow become an god fearing snow storm?

[Spike-X]

Man, they're flogging the hell out of that Mister Magorium movie on TV over here.

[mattx110]

I want to take restless leg syndrome medication so I can experience intense gambling, sexual or other urges.

Seriously, wtf? "My legs feel great, but I just HAVE to go to Vegas now!" :confused:
I'm already working on a comic involving this.


very slowly, so if you wanna do it instead I don't mind.

[Matt Algren]

Certainly could have been but it is so frustrating. There's been an increase in transients around here and fewer deputies, so every week in the paper the crime beat is getting larger with more home robberies.Yikes. Glad everybody's okay. Talk to MacQuarrie, he's been going through that for several years now, and they're apparently making some progress.

Sorry, I'm with Joey. Those aren't cats.
Exhibit A.

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/funny-pictures-gollum-cat.jpg

Prosecution rests, your honor.

[Justin Davis]

I want to take restless leg syndrome medication so I can experience intense gambling, sexual or other urges.

Seriously, wtf? "My legs feel great, but I just HAVE to go to Vegas now!" :confused:

Bullshit medical problems have bullshit medicines with bullshit side-effects.

"You lost $3000 at the casino? Again?!"

"I'm sorry. It must be my RLS medicine. I can't stop gambling since I started taking it."

".....But you gambled before you started taking that stuff."

"Er..., but the doctor said it might have some unknown side-effects. This has to be one of them! I was only gambling every once in a while before. I can't stop now. Unless you want me to stop taking medicine for my medical condition. You don't want that, do you?"

That's the conversation that happened between the rich, spoiled, kept housewife right before she went to the doctor to tell him about the side-effect.

[StoneGold]

All I can say is that the movie had better not violate any of the continuity from the cartoon. There should at least be a cameo by the Chipettes to appease the hardcore Munkophiles.

Yeah, but the real hardcores would be pissed off because it violates the original The Alvin Show cartoon. It was always going to suck, but that's because Alvin and the Chipmunks always sucked. But hey, Ross Bagdasarian is a producer and the star of the film, so at least it's all original in its sucking.

[Gingold]

Yeah, but the real hardcores would be pissed off because it violates the original The Alvin Show cartoon. It was always going to suck, but that's because Alvin and the Chipmunks always sucked. But hey, Ross Bagdasarian is a producer and the star of the film, so at least it's all original in its sucking.

If you'd like, I can email you my fanfic that explains the apparent continuity problems between the two shows. Fair warning- there's some Dave/ Theodore slash in there.

[Puma]

If you'd like, I can email you my fanfic that explains the apparent continuity problems between the two shows. Fair warning- there's some Dave/ Theodore slash in there.

Funny, I always figured Simon as Dave's lover.

[jessecuster3]

Yes I have. Enjoyed it very much.

If you get a chance Before The Devil Knows You Are Dead is really good, with an incredible acting job by Phillip Seymour Hoffman.


Also, no matter how silly you all may consider me, Star Wars Transformers are about the coolest things ever.

[Kid Omega]

Also, no matter how silly you all may consider me, Star Wars Transformers are about the coolest things ever.

I don't even know how to resopnd. I'm just depressed now.

[Guapo Méndez]

I love lazy saturdays.

[Puma]

I love lazy saturdays.

Not sure I know what one of those may be.

[Guapo Méndez]

I usually have lazy sundays, but this time it got bumped up a day.

[jessecuster3]

I don't even know how to resopnd. I'm just depressed now.

Dude:

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/images/products/out/medium/HAS14005.jpg


http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/images/products/aux1/large/HAS14005.jpg


Also:

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/images/products/aux1/large/HAS11874.jpg

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/images/products/out/large/HAS11874.jpg

[Matt Algren]

But they turn into Star Wars stuff. Lame.

[Kid Omega]

Why does Jesse want me to kill myself?

[Guapo Méndez]

Ships and vehicles have always been cooler than the robots, but they'd look nice on the shelf.

I've put a moratorium on buying cool toys because the remains of my Optimus Prime are currently strewn all over my son's room.

[jessecuster3]

But they turn into Star Wars stuff. Lame.

Its original Trilogy stuff, totally not lame.

[Elegance Liberty]

Well, I'm now officially sore everywhere.

Man, I can't wait until Christmas shopping is over.

[jessecuster3]

Ships and vehicles have always been cooler than the robots, but they'd look nice on the shelf.



Oh yeah definitely, they mostly stay in ship form at my house, its just nice to be able to change them for a little while.

[Athena Bast]

Okay... me and the BF and friends when out shopping for about 4 hours and came home at around 3 PM.

I was feeling completely runover tired so I took a nap from 4-6. I got up and felt worse than when I laid down. An hour later, I decided to pack it in for the night and go to bed at 7.

Slept kinda for 45 minutes and now I wide fucking awake.

[Matt Algren]

Its original Trilogy stuff, totally not lame.
I stand by my previous statement.

[Guapo Méndez]

Today we went to Sam's Club and there were a couple of kids playing Guitar Hero III.
Dammiti if I wasn't tempted to buy the whole set.

[Elegance Liberty]

Today we went to Sam's Club and there were a couple of kids playing Guitar Hero III.
Dammiti if I wasn't tempted to buy the whole set.

I really wanna try Rockband, to be honest. Looks like it's more fun than GH, but the downside is that you probably need a couple extra people. =/

[Athena Bast]

Today we went to Sam's Club and there were a couple of kids playing Guitar Hero III.
Dammiti if I wasn't tempted to buy the whole set.

The Futureshop (Best Buy's ugly stepchild) near me has the system out on display since it came out and there's always someone playing it.

[Guapo Méndez]

ooooh, Master Replica lightsabers in eBay for under 50 bucks...

[Guapo Méndez]

The Futureshop (Best Buy's ugly stepchild) near me has the system out on display since it came out and there's always someone playing it.

Sam's had one kid with the guitar and two more handling two of the keys, playing Pearl Jam tunes.

It sounded like cats fighting over a defective turntable.

[jessecuster3]

ooooh, Master Replica lightsabers in eBay for under 50 bucks...

The Millenium Falcon one has sounds from Han and Chewy, and the back lights up blue.


I also have this one:

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/images/products/out/large/HAS13730.jpg

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/images/products/aux1/large/HAS13730.jpg

As Darth, he has a few rotating sounds and with the lightsaber in his hand when you push in, it does the saber power up noise. In Death Star mode, it does the beep, beep, beep, zap of the ray or has a Darth sound, with a lot of the breathing.

[Matt Algren]

If you get a chance Before The Devil Knows You Are Dead is really good, with an incredible acting job by Phillip Seymour Hoffman.


Also, no matter how silly you all may consider me, Star Wars Transformers are about the coolest things ever.
I don't want to be an enabler, but maybe if you can get your fix with others of your kind, you can make some progress. Join here. (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2688276054)

Admitting that you have a problem is the first step to a cure.

[jessecuster3]

I don't want to be an enabler, but maybe if you can get your fix with others of your kind, you can make some progress. Join here. (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2688276054)

Admitting that you have a problem is the first step to a cure.

Ha! Trust me, as soon as I get my Xbox 360 the Transformers won't be as big a deal. Plus, we are about to go into almost a doldrums until late spring.

[Matt Algren]

Equal time. (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2407443104)

[jessecuster3]

Equal time. (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2407443104)

Wow you must be bored!


So what are the chances of meeting up next Saturday?

[Matt Algren]

Wow you must be bored!


So what are the chances of meeting up next Saturday?
Depends on if you bring your Transformers.

Seriously, I was supposed to be singing at a church tonight, but it got cancelled because of the weather. There's a possibillity that it'll be rescheduled for next Saturday. I'll have to wait and see.

[DonC]

Sam's had one kid with the guitar and two more handling two of the keys, playing Pearl Jam tunes.

It sounded like cats fighting over a defective turntable.


Must have been "Lukin."

[Kid Omega]

Seriously, I was supposed to be singing at a church tonight,

Wow... you are gay!

[Matt Algren]

Wow... you are gay!
In costume, even!

[jessecuster3]

Ahh yes, onto my second glass of Beaujolais Nouveau.

[Athena Bast]

Gawd... I'm so craving a Guinness right now.

[Guapo Méndez]

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o123/musicbrokers2/vintagecashregister002.jpg

I think my great-uncle had one of those. I'd love to get one of those, but shipping would me murder.

[Matt Algren]

This was one of my favorite bits as a kid. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Roewb-FxHM0&feature=related#)

[mattx110]

Wow, is it a 1930s?
The flourishes aren't exactly of that period, but the buttons and shape are very.

It's gorgeous.

I want to get old slot machines.

[Guapo Méndez]

Wow, is it a 1930s?
The flourishes aren't exactly of that period, but the buttons and shape are very.

It's gorgeous.

I want to get old slot machines.

1915. (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1915-National-Cash-Register-Co-Model-442_W0QQitemZ120194345111QQihZ002QQcategoryZ13719Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

I would love a slot machine, but mexican Customs would confiscate it in a second.

[Athena Bast]

Blargh... it's supposed to storm tomorrow. I do not want to go to work because no one is going to go shopping out in the middle of freaking nowhere if they don't have to buy food/batteries/propane.

[Matt Algren]

http://ihasahotdog.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/triple-dog-dare-loldogs-christmas.jpg

[Gingold]

Damn. Even Johnny Cash can't make me not hate "The Little Drummer Boy."

[Athena Bast]

Damn. Even Johnny Cash can't make me not hate "The Little Drummer Boy."

The only way I can listen to that song is the duet between Bing Crosby and David Bowie.

[Gingold]

The only way I can listen to that song is the duet between Bing Crosby and David Bowie.

I'm a fan of both of them, but I don't like their version either.

[morna]

woof! gagarama

[mattx110]

1915. (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1915-National-Cash-Register-Co-Model-442_W0QQitemZ120194345111QQihZ002QQcategoryZ13719Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

I would love a slot machine, but mexican Customs would confiscate it in a second.
It's so damn cool.

But oddly enough, a bit out of my price range....

[DarkBlade]

Aiya. So, got a sample for Twenty One. Its "A tribute to New York's 21 Club on West 52nd, formerly the speakeasy Jack & Charlie's Puncheon Club. This is the scent of the perfect martini."

I should not be surprised to find it smelling of a vaugely metallic olive an hour later. Not likin this. Why do I keep trying scents based on alcohol when I don't really drink?

[Puma]

Aiya. So, got a sample for Twenty One. Its "A tribute to New York's 21 Club on West 52nd, formerly the speakeasy Jack & Charlie's Puncheon Club. This is the scent of the perfect martini."

I should not be surprised to find it smelling of a vaugely metallic olive an hour later. Not likin this. Why do I keep trying scents based on alcohol when I don't really drink?

You feel guilty about not drinking so you are subconsciously trying to compensate for the lack of alcohol in your body?

[Michael P]

Why do I keep trying scents based on alcohol when I don't really drink?

I could make a joke about your Irish husband, but I'll be good.

[DarkBlade]

You feel guilty about not drinking so you are subconsciously trying to compensate for the lack of alcohol in your body?
Well, it was also a free sample. They toss in a few when you make an order.

[Puma]

Well, it was also a free sample. They toss in a few when you make an order.

well, free is a whole different thing.

I tried some nihilist gum simply because it came in with an order.

[Spike-X]

Nihilist gum?

What's the punchline?

[Puma]

Nihilist gum?

What's the punchline?

it has no flavor.

[DarkBlade]

well, free is a whole different thing.

I tried some nihilist gum simply because it came in with an order.
Yeah. They tend to toss in one or two samples for each bottle ordered.. which totally works to their advantage, as I've found some oils that I'd never have ordered off the descriptions but loved on testing.

[Michael P]

Genuine New York Moment:

So, I'm walking down 6th Avenue tonight (does anyone other than the tourism board call it "Avenue of the Americas?"), absorbed in my own nonsensical ruminations as usual, when I hear the unmistakable sound of running water.

Or, more accurately, running urine, as some guy is taking a whiz into one of those big potted plants they have on the curbside.

What the hell? It's December, night has fallen, it's about thirty degrees out, what the fuck are you doing whipping your junk out on a crowded street? It's fucking Midtown; find a big box store and hit the public bathroom if you have to go that bad! If you get into one of the stalls, you can even mix your crystal meth, or whatever the hell it is homeless people do in there when I have to take a Brobdingnagian dump!

[Puma]

Genuine New York Moment:

So, I'm walking down 6th Avenue tonight (does anyone other than the tourism board call it "Avenue of the Americas?"), absorbed in my own nonsensical ruminations as usual, when I hear the unmistakable sound of running water.

Or, more accurately, running urine, as some guy is taking a whiz into one of those big potted plants they have on the curbside.

What the hell? It's December, night has fallen, it's about thirty degrees out, what the fuck are you doing whipping your junk out on a crowded street? It's fucking Midtown; find a big box store and hit the public bathroom if you have to go that bad! If you get into one of the stalls, you can even mix your crystal meth, or whatever the hell it is homeless people do in there when I have to take a Brobdingnagian dump!

The volunteer fire department had to install iron gates blocking off the entrance into the community hall because low-lifes were urinating in the corners. This is on main street, small town.

[Jeff Brady]

There's far too much singing in Pushing Daisies.

[Michael P]

I have come up with the perfect murder weapon: Cyanide-laced almonds.

[Cayman]

I have come up with the perfect murder weapon: Cyanide-laced almonds.

They smell like themselves.

[Cayman]

The only way I can listen to that song is the duet between Bing Crosby and David Bowie.

I love that version. I wish David Bowie was my neighbor.

[Stony]

You kids want to hear something funny?

Yesterday I was in some dept. store doing some christmas shopping and I loiter through the Books section, and I look through the SciFi/Fantasy section to see if anything catches my eye... and sure enough something does.

Nestled right in-between the fictional works of Arthur C. Clarke and David Eddings is Richard Dawkin's "The God Delusion".

And it wasn't some carelessly-misplaced book either! There were like, 3 or 4 copies stacked right behind it!

And I laughed and laughed and laughed...



(... and when I left the store I got scooped up by an anonymous white van where I was whisked away to a "Secular-sensitivity training camp" for re-conditioning, so I'm all better now.)

[StoneGold]

I have come up with the perfect murder weapon: Cyanide-laced almonds.

See, I go the opposite direction.

http://www.txroadrunners.com/images/pics/Funny6/redneck_swiss_army_gun.jpg

[Paradox]

It's the hood ornament that really makes it.

[Nikita]

I feel exactly the same way. Except, well, instead of "fun" I'd use relentlessly boring. And Emily has two of them. The one with the lab people isn't nearly as bad as with the business people, all of whom seem to be either obnoxious alphas, or wannabe obnoxious alphas.

At least this year I can sit off to one side and sip some wine instead of sitting off to one side and sipping some Pepsi, which should improve things as long as I limit my intake to no more than a couple of glasses.



That's pretty much what I did. Just sat and laughed at the people attempting to dance.

Office parties...good times.

[Nikita]

I feel exactly the same way. Except, well, instead of "fun" I'd use relentlessly boring. And Emily has two of them. The one with the lab people isn't nearly as bad as with the business people, all of whom seem to be either obnoxious alphas, or wannabe obnoxious alphas.

At least this year I can sit off to one side and sip some wine instead of sitting off to one side and sipping some Pepsi, which should improve things as long as I limit my intake to no more than a couple of glasses.



That's pretty much what I did. Just sat and laughed at the people attempting to dance.

Office parties...good times.

[Alex]

I can't recall, did i tell anyone the store got robbed while i was at work?

[Paradox]

Post-tech-glitch bump.

[StoneGold]

Wow, this is a really bad one

[Paradox]

BUMP darn ya!

[Puma]

Morning people.

[Paradox]

Thank you, Puma! You saved us from Limbo!

Goooood CotM! Have a cookie. :)

[Puma]

Thank you, Puma! You saved us from Limbo!

Goooood CotM! Have a cookie. :)

*nomnomnom*

Looks like the place died around 1am.

[Paradox]

Well, when it looks so much like you're not able to post...

[Puma]

and Howya is off to Nova Scotia.

[Paradox]

I hear they just got electricity there last winter...

[Puma]

no indoor plumbing though.

[Puma]

http://static.dropline.net/cats/images/thriller%20cats.jpg

[Puma]

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/funny-pictures-porn-watching-cat.jpg

[Elegance Liberty]

11 of 25 'copied' masterworks for one of my art classes done, not sure how many left to go. D=

[Puma]

http://mine.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/quotedaraven128422468973365000.jpg

[Winslow]

Rainy. cold, and and sleepy Sunday . . . *yawn*

I'm playing hooky for this year's office party. The advantages of changing careers . . . .

[Guapo Méndez]

Rainy. cold, and and sleepy Sunday . . . *yawn*

I'm playing hooky for this year's office party. The advantages of changing careers . . . .

Try as I might, I can't miss the office party.

[Winslow]

Try as I might, I can't miss the office party.

Just curious, why not?

[Guapo Méndez]

It's the family business, so we have to be there. My sister buys a lot of items to be raffled between the teachers (from kitchen utensils to a TV), we are the ones pulling out the numbers. And since the raffle is the main event, it's usually held after every teacher is there, so we have to get there early and leave late.

It's fun, but sometimes I just like to stay at home and watch a movie with my wife.

[Winslow]

Oh, OK. That makes sense.

[howyadoin]

Howdy, fuckers. How's everybody been the past few days?

[Spike-X]

Howdy, fuckers. How's everybody been the past few days?
Xmas anxiety has well and truly kicked in. I just wanna hibernate for the next week and a half.

[howyadoin]

Xmas anxiety has well and truly kicked in. I just wanna hibernate for the next week and a half.I recommend alcohol, and lots of it.

[Gilda Dent]

Xmas anxiety has well and truly kicked in. I just wanna hibernate for the next week and a half.

Other people get that? I thought it was just a product of my anxiety disorders.

I like order and continuity. Christmas disrupts this.

[howyadoin]

I like order and continuity. Christmas disrupts this.The way I look at that is, the Christmas traditions are the continuity.

[gary bolt]

11 of 25 'copied' masterworks for one of my art classes done, not sure how many left to go. D=

14

Xmas anxiety has well and truly kicked in. I just wanna hibernate for the next week and a half.

I don't get that.

I recommend alcohol, and lots of it.

Maybe that's part of it.

Other people get that? I thought it was just a product of my anxiety disorders.

I like order and continuity. Christmas disrupts this.

I like giving and receiving presents.

[mattx110]

Howdy, fuckers. How's everybody been the past few days?
Nobody called me an irrational moron with horrible grammar.

It suckeeeed.

[howyadoin]

Nobody called me an irrational moron with horrible grammar.

It suckeeeed.Maybe you're just not tryin' hard enough.

[morna]

hey howy, how's the weather out there?

[howyadoin]

hey howy, how's the weather out there?Lots of snow comin' down.

[Ben Morgan]

Lucky.




.

[Athena Bast]

and Howya is off to Nova Scotia.

Well that explains the snow storm.

[morna]

mmmm snowy Christmas. I wish! Partially cloudy and windy today, highs of about 10.

booooring!

[Gilda Dent]

The way I look at that is, the Christmas traditions are the continuity.

How so? In my family, at least, we do a lot of things differently around Christmas than the rest of the year.

I like giving and receiving presents.

Me, too.

mmmm snowy Christmas. I wish! Partially cloudy and windy today, highs of about 10.

booooring!

I do not miss snow one bit. I'd be happy as a clam if it doesn't snow here this winter. Or ever.

[Michael P]

How so? In my family, at least, we do a lot of things differently around Christmas than the rest of the year.

But you do the same things around Christmas every year. Continuity.

[Paul McEnery]

Other people get that? I thought it was just a product of my anxiety disorders.

I like order and continuity. Christmas disrupts this.

Yes. Xmas is teh suxxors. Still, I got through my first two beer Xmas party last night -- and last, I trust, though I might do an orphan's Xmas dinner yet.

[Paul McEnery]

But you do the same things around Christmas every year. Continuity.

Someone in the family has a fit. Someone gets an inappropriate gift and sulks. Someone has one too many cherry brandies and throws up in the fireplace. Someone has thought to make the fireplace an electric.

Oh yeah, continuity.

[Michael P]

Someone in the family has a fit. Someone gets an inappropriate gift and sulks. Someone has one too many cherry brandies and throws up in the fireplace. Someone has thought to make the fireplace an electric.

Oh yeah, continuity.

Well, maybe that's been your experience, Grinchy McGrincherson.

[Gilda Dent]

But you do the same things around Christmas every year. Continuity.

Well, the first few years we were together, Emily and I spent Christmas at Disneyland. Things have changed drastically the last two years.

Growing up, we seldom had Christmas in the same home or with the same people more than two or three years in a row.

But for those who've had a relatively stable home and for whom Christmas is relatively the same, I can see what you're saying.

I'm not saying I don't enjoy certain parts of the holiday, but there is an enormous amount of stress that comes with those things, all the worry about getting things right so that everyone enjoys themselves.

[Paul McEnery]

Well, maybe that's been your experience, Grinchy McGrincherson.

And worse.

And first sober Xmas coming riiiiight up.

[Ben Morgan]

Hey guys, if you have time, vote for the revival theme (http://blog.lunarpages.com/2007/12/10/wordpress-design-contest-round-1-voting/)

[mattx110]

And worse.

And first sober Xmas coming riiiiight up.
You don't get high on children's joy?

It helps if you smile and say "merry christmas".

And wear a big red fat suit.

[mattx110]

Hey guys, if you have time, vote for the revival theme (http://blog.lunarpages.com/2007/12/10/wordpress-design-contest-round-1-voting/)
mike?????????

[Ben Morgan]

mike?????????

That's my friend, he's entered in the contest

[mattx110]

That's my friend, he's entered in the contest
well, he got my vote... Don't let the power go to his head.

[Ben Morgan]

I'll let him know that mattx110 supports him

[Winslow]

The way I look at that is, the Christmas traditions are the continuity.

Yeah, me too. Although I've cut waaaay back on the stuff I do and the presents I buy.

How so? In my family, at least, we do a lot of things differently around Christmas than the rest of the year.

It's just part of the yearly cycle . . like spring, summer, or fall.

[Matt Algren]

Hey guys, if you have time, vote for the revival theme (http://blog.lunarpages.com/2007/12/10/wordpress-design-contest-round-1-voting/)
He almost lost me with the big brown bar across the top. Blech. But otherwise, I like the color scheme and ... ooh! is that a bottom bar? Is it widgitized? It looks like it's widgitized. [downloads and checks] Rats, it's not widgitized. That sucks for anybody who wants to use it.

I really hate that brown turd on the top (with tabs that don't indicate clickage, grumblegrumble) (and it's tied to the blue bar. Switching it will require some finesse.)

So it's kind of generic looking and not without its problems, but this one gets my vote. The others kind of suck.

[StoneGold]

This is a slow starting Ritas.

[Matt Algren]

This is a slow starting Ritas.
Weekend

Christmas

Blech.

[mattx110]

:confused: This is a slow starting Ritas.
The less cautious I am to post somewhere, the less other people want to post there.

It sucks a bit.

[Chris Nowlin]

This is a slow starting Ritas.

I blame myself.

[Jack Zodiac]

I blame myself.

Good. I blame you, too. For everything.

[Matt Algren]

http://ihasahotdog.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/wherrmydanc128413623868552500.jpg

[Ben Morgan]

Let's all just blame Nowlin

[Jack Zodiac]

Let's all just blame Nowlin

I blame him for you not checking your PMs, nowcheckyourfuckingPMs!

[StoneGold]

http://content.ytmnd.com/content/6/a/a/6aaecf5bc76d5e90df169f6f84a46811.gif

[Puma]

Weekend

Christmas

Blech.

Agreed, except you forgot: prepare for road trip.


Now go play scrabble.

[Ben Morgan]

I blame him for you not checking your PMs, nowcheckyourfuckingPMs!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YwEMxYggoKQ

[Puma]

http://mine.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/Imadeyouacoo128423106450240000.jpg

[Josh S]

Futurama the game is apparently rare and costs $60 on Amazon.

Kyle Baker's Plastic Man is not collected in trade.

I am not sure which of these makes me sadder.

[Michael P]

I loves me some Shazam: Monster Society of Evil.

[Jack Zodiac]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YwEMxYggoKQ

Was I your first? Maybe I shouldn't have been so rough...

Futurama the game is apparently rare and costs $60 on Amazon.

Kyle Baker's Plastic Man is not collected in trade.

I am not sure which of these makes me sadder.

Be sad about Plastic Man. The "Futurama" game kinda sucked, unless you like paying sixty bucks for a couple hours of crappy gameplay and thirty minutes of hilarity. Save the sixty bucks, buy "Bender's Big Score" instead.

I loves me some Shazam: Monster Society of Evil.

Who doesn't? Assholes, that's who!

[Gingold]

Futurama the game is apparently rare and costs $60 on Amazon.

Kyle Baker's Plastic Man is not collected in trade.

I am not sure which of these makes me sadder.

http://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Man-Lam-Kyle-Baker/dp/1401203434/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197862855&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Man-Bandits-Kyle-Baker/dp/1401207294/ref=pd_bbs_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197862855&sr=8-3

[Josh S]

I loves me some Shazam: Monster Society of Evil.

I've picked that up at Barnes & Noble a handful of times now, but always end up putting it back. I may have to get it after Christmas, though, as I don't want Jack Zodiac thinking I'm an asshole.


Be sad about Plastic Man. The "Futurama" game kinda sucked, unless you like paying sixty bucks for a couple hours of crappy gameplay and thirty minutes of hilarity. Save the sixty bucks, buy "Bender's Big Score" instead.


I've got plenty of sad to go around. I played the Futurama game, and while far from great, I loved it. I'm a sucker for all things Futurama, though. Apparently I can get Baker's entire Plastic Man (minus #15) for like $36 off MyComicShop, so that's a plus. I just really hate monthlies.

[Josh S]

http://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Man-Lam-Kyle-Baker/dp/1401203434/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197862855&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Man-Bandits-Kyle-Baker/dp/1401207294/ref=pd_bbs_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197862855&sr=8-3

Does that collect all twenty issues, though? I couldn't find that information on those pages and ten issues per trade seems really high especially for those prices. Also, I can't imagine being able to deal with having part of the series in monthlies and part in trade.


Edit: Nevermind. A review gave me the answer. Poop.

[Jack Zodiac]

I've picked that up at Barnes & Noble a handful of times now, but always end up putting it back. I may have to get it after Christmas, though, as I don't want Jack Zodiac thinking I'm an asshole.

*nods approvingly*

Nobody does.

[Gingold]

Does that collect all twenty issues, though? I couldn't find that information on those pages and ten issues per trade seems really high especially for those prices. Also, I can't imagine being able to deal with having part of the series in monthlies and part in trade.


Edit: Nevermind. A review gave me the answer. Poop.

Sorry. It does suck that they didn't collect the whole series. It's definitely worth picking up, in whatever format.

[Josh S]

The Metalocalypse episode where Rockso goes into rehab and Murderface tries to write a song is the best eleven minutes of television ever.

[Paradox]

Paul McEnery brings back memories:

Someone in the family has a fit. Someone gets an inappropriate gift and sulks. Someone has one too many cherry brandies and throws up in the fireplace. Someone has thought to make the fireplace an electric.

Oh yeah, continuity.

Same bad racist jokes from the low-life cousin. Inappropriately Grabby Uncle Al. Cage match wrestling among the children in a big game of "MINE!". Sneaking out back for a left-hander with the two people in the house you can stand.

Ah, the holidays! Happy Mid-Winter Festival of your choice, everyone! :p

[Jack Zodiac]

The Metalocalypse episode where Rockso goes into rehab and Murderface tries to write a song is the best eleven minutes of television ever.

I concur.

"I'm Dr. Rockso, the Rock and Roll Clown, and I used to due cocaine!"

[Winslow]

Whoa . .quiet night. I blame Nowlin and my lack of PMs.

I bought my kids the next two trades of Astro-City for Christmas. I am such a cool Dad. And I finished Christmas shopping this past weekend. :D Except for my wife - she said she didn't want anything because we're financially hemorrhaging . . . . I need a cheap and thoughtful gift idea . . . .

[Michael P]

Whoa . .quiet night. I blame Nowlin and my lack of PMs.

I bought my kids the next two trades of Astro-City for Christmas. I am such a cool Dad. And I finished Christmas shopping this past weekend. :D Except for my wife - she said she didn't want anything because we're financially hemorrhaging . . . . I need a cheap and thoughtful gift idea . . . .

It's cliche, but homemade chore coupons. "This coupon entitles the bearer to ONE NIGHT of Winslow doing the dishes." Of course, if you do the dishes anyway, it'll have to be something else that she normally does, but you get the gist.

[Winslow]

It's cliche, but homemade chore coupons. "This coupon entitles the bearer to ONE NIGHT of Winslow doing the dishes." Of course, if you do the dishes anyway, it'll have to be something else that she normally does, but you get the gist.

That's a good idea . . . I've done that before for Mother's Day.

[Jack Zodiac]

Whoa . .quiet night. I blame Nowlin and my lack of PMs.

I bought my kids the next two trades of Astro-City for Christmas. I am such a cool Dad. And I finished Christmas shopping this past weekend. :D Except for my wife - she said she didn't want anything because we're financially hemorrhaging . . . . I need a cheap and thoughtful gift idea . . . .

Rough sex. Nothing says "cheap" or "thoughtful" like rough, dirty sex.

[Winslow]

Rough sex. Nothing says "cheap" or "thoughtful" like rough, dirty sex.

You romantic bastard . . .

[jessecuster3]

When asked whether or not I love my job, there are 4 people in my group, 3 of them took today off.

[Dreadstar]

7 days without a cigarette, now. Aside from coughing up what looks like wood glue, going through a bag of pretzels in 10 minutes, openly weeping over the lost beer-and-smoke combo, and wanting to kill people for being too "nice," everything's just fine.

[Agent Helix]

7 days without a cigarette, now. Aside from coughing up what looks like wood glue, going through a bag of pretzels in 10 minutes, openly weeping over the lost beer-and-smoke combo, and wanting to kill people for being too "nice," everything's just fine.

Go man, go! If you're up to seven days without, you're pretty much out of the woods, at least where the physical addiction is concerned.

[jessecuster3]

7 days without a cigarette, now. Aside from coughing up what looks like wood glue, going through a bag of pretzels in 10 minutes, openly weeping over the lost beer-and-smoke combo, and wanting to kill people for being too "nice," everything's just fine.

Whoa, congrats, I am a few days away from that myself.

[Winslow]

7 days without a cigarette, now. Aside from coughing up what looks like wood glue, going through a bag of pretzels in 10 minutes, openly weeping over the lost beer-and-smoke combo, and wanting to kill people for being too "nice," everything's just fine.

I can treat you like a jerk if it'll make ya feel better.

Using gum or the patch?

[jessecuster3]

Using gum or the patch?

Nicotine replacement does not eliminate the physical addiction to nicotine.

[Dreadstar]

Go man, go! If you're up to seven days without, you're pretty much out of the woods, at least where the physical addiction is concerned.

Not entirely true. I've been using the Nicorette crutch. So the nicotine addiction is still present, although diminished by a magnitude.

[Dreadstar]

Using gum or the patch?

Nicotine replacement does not eliminate the physical addiction to nicotine.

Using the acrylic!

I think my biggest problem was actually the habitual behavior. Cigarettes were just an omnipresent "addendum."

[Agent Helix]

Well, good luck however you're trying it.

The behavior was the big problem for me, as well. One thing that I found helped, since I only ever smoked outside, was to get up from time to time and just walk around outside. It fulfilled some psychological need or ritual, but without having to actually light up a cigarette.

[Jack Zodiac]

7 days without a cigarette, now. Aside from coughing up what looks like wood glue, going through a bag of pretzels in 10 minutes, openly weeping over the lost beer-and-smoke combo, and wanting to kill people for being too "nice," everything's just fine.

Y'know what, though? Is this your first time trying to quit? Because I've seen people do it off and on, smoke for years, quit for a month, smoke for months, quit for years, but in the end they usually kick it. So good luck, man. I'm sure you'll be able to do it, with or without a patch or gum.

[Dreadstar]

Y'know what, though? Is this your first time trying to quit? Because I've seen people do it off and on, smoke for years, quit for a month, smoke for months, quit for years, but in the end they usually kick it. So good luck, man. I'm sure you'll be able to do it, with or without a patch or gum.

Nope. This is my third time quitting. I quit after college for about 3 or 4 years, I quit when I got married and had a kid (a mutual pact, if you will) for 4 years.

[Winslow]

Nicotine replacement does not eliminate the physical addiction to nicotine.

I thought it was a way to ease off it . . . less Nicotine every day or something.

Worked for my father-in-law.

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

7 days without a cigarette, now. Aside from coughing up what looks like wood glue, going through a bag of pretzels in 10 minutes, openly weeping over the lost beer-and-smoke combo, and wanting to kill people for being too "nice," everything's just fine.

I'm not really seeing the difference from the "smoking" Dread.

Good luck, though, man. My uncle, who smoked from age 13 through age 62 quit just recently. Cold turkey, no patch, nothing. He hasn't touched a coffin nail in over 6 months. Pretty amazing.

[Dreadstar]

The behavior was the big problem for me, as well. One thing that I found helped, since I only ever smoked outside, was to get up from time to time and just walk around outside. It fulfilled some psychological need or ritual, but without having to actually light up a cigarette.

DINGDINGDINGDING!

So many things that just SCREAM "light one up!" to me when I do them. And most of the time, those things aren't accompanied by actual nicotine cravings, either.

[jessecuster3]

Using the acrylic!

I think my biggest problem was actually the habitual behavior. Cigarettes were just an omnipresent "addendum."

Just remember, you are about to be a non-smoker and not an ex-smoker, its all positive from here on out.

[Winslow]

Why aren't cigars addicting? Or are they addicting and I just don't smoke enough to have a problem?

Or . . do they cram cigarettes with more nasty stuff to get you hooked?

[jessecuster3]

DINGDINGDINGDING!

So many things that just SCREAM "light one up!" to me when I do them. And most of the time, those things aren't accompanied by actual nicotine cravings, either.

Its the brainwashing, the mental aspect to cigarette habits.

Its so hypocritical, we smoke when we are stressed, right?

Yet, we also smoke after a good meal, or to relax, right?

[Dreadstar]

Why aren't cigars addicting? Or are they addicting and I just don't smoke enough to have a problem?

Or . . do they cram cigarettes with more nasty stuff to get you hooked?

You don't smoke enough of them. And if you don't inhale (most people don't inhale cigars) the absorption is through the mouth, so less nicotine intake equals less addictive material.

And yes, they *DO* add extra nicotine to a lot of cigarette brands, and in fact most cigarette tobacco is from carefully cross-bred strains with higher nicotine content. No big deal, really.

[jessecuster3]

Why aren't cigars addicting? Or are they addicting and I just don't smoke enough to have a problem?

Or . . do they cram cigarettes with more nasty stuff to get you hooked?

Depending on who you ask, they are addictive. Youa re still treating that little nicotine monster in your system, just teh withdrawl pangs are so minor you never feel them.

If I am physically addicted to nicotine, how come I can go 8 hours a night without smoking, but cannot go 8 hours without smoking during the day.

[Dreadstar]

Its the brainwashing, the mental aspect to cigarette habits.

Its so hypocritical, we smoke when we are stressed, right?

Yet, we also smoke after a good meal, or to relax, right?

Yes. A doctor once explained to me (after taking a drag on a Winston, I might add) that it's not that it either calms or relaxes in and of itself, it's that the body gets to a "familiar feeling" after a smoke and it's that feeling that relaxes us due to it's familiarity.

[Dreadstar]

If I am physically addicted to nicotine, how come I can go 8 hours a night without smoking, but cannot go 8 hours without smoking during the day.

I never figured that out either. I know a guy at work that *HAS* to wake up in the middle of the night for a smoke. Me? I have my last cigarette before I go to bed, and don't light up again until I'm on my way home from work.

[jessecuster3]

Yes. A doctor once explained to me (after taking a drag on a Winston, I might add) that it's not that it either calms or relaxes in and of itself, it's that the body gets to a "familiar feeling" after a smoke and that feeling that relaxes us due to it's familiarity.

Exactly! So you have to stop the brainwashing and the addiction, both.

[Winslow]

You don't smoke enough of them. And if you don't inhale (most people don't inhale cigars) the absorption is through the mouth, so less nicotine intake equals less addictive material.

And yes, they *DO* add extra nicotine to a lot of cigarette brands, and in fact most cigarette tobacco is from carefully cross-bred strains with higher nicotine content. No big deal, really.

That makes sense. I rarely inhale, so the intake is definitely less.

But I read somewhere that the amount of tobacco in a cigar = a whole pack of cigarettes.

[jessecuster3]

I never figured that out either. I know a guy at work that *HAS* to wake up in the middle of the night for a smoke. Me? I have my last cigarette before I go to bed, and don't light up again until I'm on my way home from work.

That's the thing about nicotine, its a physical addictive ddrug but has the weakest most minor withdrawal symptoms of anything, you do not even realize your experiencing them.

[Dreadstar]

That's the thing about nicotine, its a physical addictive ddrug but has the weakest most minor withdrawal symptoms of anything, you do not even realize your experiencing them.

While that may be true about the withdrawal symptoms, the actual level of chemical addiction is pretty close heroin.

[Winslow]

I never figured that out either. I know a guy at work that *HAS* to wake up in the middle of the night for a smoke. Me? I have my last cigarette before I go to bed, and don't light up again until I'm on my way home from work.

The guys on ship in the Coast Guard had a smoke first thing when they woke up.

[Matt Algren]

I was going to make a joke about smoking and oral fixations and such, but you've already heard it. Good luck and stuff, Dread. And change that avatar. Someone mentioned that they used to think you were a woman because of it. Me too.

---

One of our long-time temps died yesterday. Completely unexpected. Had emergency surgery Saturday morning and died Sunday.

This is going to be a rough week.

[Agent Helix]

While that may be true about the withdrawal symptoms, the actual level of chemical addiction is pretty close heroin.

The PHYSICAL withdrawal symptoms are very weak, but the psychological symptoms are supposedly some of the strongest.

[jessecuster3]

I will never understand how anyone could have liked The Mist, it was so bad I about walked out of the theater.


We joked all weekend, when we saw some mist, that we were about to be attacked by bad CGI.

[Dom]

I will never understand how anyone could have liked The Mist, it was so bad I about walked out of the theater.


We joked all weekend, when we saw some mist, that we were about to be attacked by bad CGI.

I never understand how Titanic made a billion dollars.

Chalk it up to one of the mysteries of life.

[Dreadstar]

But... but...


<---------------


It's Bettie Page!

[jessecuster3]

But... but...


<---------------


It's Bettie Page!

Exactly! Who cares what anyone else thinks?

[Paradox]

Dreadstar isn't having a nice day and stop telling him to have one!:

7 days without a cigarette, now. Aside from coughing up what looks like wood glue, going through a bag of pretzels in 10 minutes, openly weeping over the lost beer-and-smoke combo, and wanting to kill people for being too "nice," everything's just fine.

My sympathies. That's a scary place.

Also congrats on the return of Betty the Bunny. ;)

[Ed Cunard]

But... but...


<---------------


It's Bettie Page!

Right, and you're old enough to remember when she was the hot new thing. It's a good thing fandom wasn't as big as it is now back then--how embarassing would it have been to get her autograph only to have her say "Hey, didn't you date my mom?"

[Paradox]

Dreadstar makes me quote Friends!:

I think my biggest problem was actually the habitual behavior. Cigarettes were just an omnipresent "addendum."

Chandler (teaching Joey how to act like he smokes): Don't think of it as a cigarette, think of it as the thing that is missing from your hand."

Arrgh! I could kick the nic fix easy. I'm definitely stuck on the habitual behavior part.

[Puma]

Morning people.

Sinus med hangover, wheeeee.


and definitely not to knock the efforts of the new non-smokers (I quit 14 yrs ago), yesterday was the first day since I was thirteen that I didn't have a soda. I've been tapering off and it is odd but I am having withdrawals, not from caffeine- I still drink coffee like a fiend. Gods only know exactly what they put in the stuff.

[Dreadstar]

Right, and you're old enough to remember when she was the hot new thing. It's a good thing fandom wasn't as big as it is now back then--how embarassing would it have been to get her autograph only to have her say "Hey, didn't you date my mom?"

I only have 4 words for you:

No.

Cigarettes.

Seven.

Days.

[Ed Cunard]

I only have 4 words for you:

No.

Cigarettes.

Seven.

Days.

I'd offer you one, but you're too far away to make giving you one convenient.

Good luck with the quittery, though. I'll probably give thought to quitting again once I no longer have job-related stress.

[jessecuster3]

Morning people.

Sinus med hangover, wheeeee.


and definitely not to knock the efforts of the new non-smokers (I quit 14 yrs ago), yesterday was the first day since I was thirteen that I didn't have a soda. I've been tapering off and it is odd but I am having withdrawals, not from caffeine- I still drink coffee like a fiend. Gods only know exactly what they put in the stuff.

I guess I did the opposite, I had to quit caffeine, but kept up on the nicotine.

[Slam_Bradley]

Got the vast majority of the X-mas shopping done yesterday. Pretty much all that is left is to pick up Nathan's shotgun and something for my Mom. Connor's bongos were $25 less than I was expecting, which was nice. Now...to prepare to listen to him playing the bongos.

[Matt Algren]

I'd offer you one, but you're too far away to make giving you one convenient.

Good luck with the quittery, though. I'll probably give thought to quitting again once I no longer have job-related stress.
But then you'll have lack-of-a-job related stress. The Virginia Slims company owns your soul!




Hey, you could even do your own little NaNoWriMo.

[Matt Algren]

By the way, that movie I've been talking about, Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) (http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Merry_Christmas/70035181?trkid=90529)?

Yeah, you should see that movie. Be warned, though, that it's more of a war movie than a Christmas movie. And you'll need the subtitles turned on unless you speak English, German, and French fluently. Big props on them filming people speaking in the correct languages.

[Winslow]

One of our long-time temps died yesterday. Completely unexpected. Had emergency surgery Saturday morning and died Sunday.

This is going to be a rough week.

That sucks Matt. Sorry for your loss, and hope you have the tact and wisdom to offer condolences if you need to.

[Puma]

By the way, that movie I've been talking about, Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) (http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Merry_Christmas/70035181?trkid=90529)?

Yeah, you should see that movie. Be warned, though, that it's more of a war movie than a Christmas movie. And you'll need the subtitles turned on unless you speak English, German, and French fluently. Big props on them filming people speaking in the correct languages.

It is a very good movie. And subtitles bother much less then dubbing; or having an actor try to speak with an accent, badly.

[Winslow]

But... but...


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It's Bettie Page!

That avatar is classic.

Morning people.

Sinus med hangover, wheeeee.


and definitely not to knock the efforts of the new non-smokers (I quit 14 yrs ago), yesterday was the first day since I was thirteen that I didn't have a soda. I've been tapering off and it is odd but I am having withdrawals, not from caffeine- I still drink coffee like a fiend. Gods only know exactly what they put in the stuff.

My prof in my last class is quittign soda . .he's struggling with it also.

I noticed when I used soda as a "pick me up" after lunch to keep from getting drowsy, I'd miss it if I didn't have it.

Got the vast majority of the X-mas shopping done yesterday. Pretty much all that is left is to pick up Nathan's shotgun and something for my Mom. Connor's bongos were $25 less than I was expecting, which was nice. Now...to prepare to listen to him playing the bongos.

I finished also.

[Matt Algren]

That sucks Matt. Sorry for your loss, and hope you have the tact and wisdom to offer condolences if you need to.
If there are two things I lack, it's tact and wisdom. Way to kick a fella when he's down, Winslow. [winky smiley thing]

We're still waiting to hear what the funeral plans are.

[Winslow]

If there are two things I lack, it's tact and wisdom. Way to kick a fella when he's down, Winslow. [winky smiley thing]

We're still waiting to hear what the funeral plans are.

An encouraging word or memory about the deceased is almost always well received and helpful.

[jessecuster3]

I love this website (http://lastexittonowhere.com/) and wish I wasn't so cheap to buy one of their t-shirts.


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l32/jessecuster2/t-shirt3.jpg

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l32/jessecuster2/t-shirt2.jpg

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l32/jessecuster2/t-shirt1.jpg

[Agent Helix]

The tattoos are there to trick people into thinking those are shirts for cool guys.

[thespianphryne]

Morning people.

Sinus med hangover, wheeeee.


and definitely not to knock the efforts of the new non-smokers (I quit 14 yrs ago), yesterday was the first day since I was thirteen that I didn't have a soda. I've been tapering off and it is odd but I am having withdrawals, not from caffeine- I still drink coffee like a fiend. Gods only know exactly what they put in the stuff.

You might be craving the sugar burst, but it's more likely the sensation of carbonated bubbles bursting on your tongue. I find that drinking seltzer or club soda helps with that -and by 'that' I mean soda craving.



-Das

[jessecuster3]

The tattoos are there to trick people into thinking those are shirts for cool guys.

Agree to disagree and leave at that.

[Winslow]

The tattoos are there to trick people into thinking those are shirts for cool guys.

If you really want to be radical, wear these:

http://www.kitschcapers.com/acatalog/womens_retro_tshirts.jpg