RITA's LXII: Painting My Age with Beauty of Thy Days.

[mattx110]

My complex office [dunno what you call the office for an apartment complex, so...] has an employee that makes very, very good cookies. Soft and hard at the same time!
Y'know what else is soft and hard at the same time?


Yes, my heart.

[DoctorDoom]

Indeed. Cook a man a breakfast fit for the gods, and he's yours until the stars go cold.

I've come to learn that.


When the mood strikes me.

Which is often.

The Fresh Prince with Shatner was fucking hilarious.

I liked when they were in jail.

"Tell olllllld Phaaaaaroah...to let my people gooooooooooooo."

"One is the lonliest number that you'll ever dooooo."

And of course, Carlton's shocking reveal.... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwHf_06A-P0)

[Radioactive Zombie]

Y'know what else is soft and hard at the same time?


Yes, my heart.

Get a bypass.

[howyadoin]

Which is often.I yam what I yam.


http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e157/kingnat000/Popeye.jpg

[kmeyers]

Fortunately math people also study chaos and random systems.

So...how can you visuslly represent that?

[mattx110]

So...how can you visuslly represent that?
Is art always visual?

Also, the point is to use math, not provide diagrams of it.

[StoneGold]

So I'm watching Rambo. Now, I know the people of Myanmar are probably not the tallest of people, but how much of a midget do you have to be for Stallone to tower over you?

[howyadoin]

So...how can you visuslly represent that?I bet there's a way to represent it musically.

[kmeyers]

Is art always visual?

Also, the point is to use math, not provide diagrams of it.

Now youu're seeing the different perspectives. Because, yes.

I use math but I'll let the experts calculate the facial angles on the artwork. Just in case i'm a bit off....

[mattx110]

I bet there's a way to represent it musically.
Best heard with "mute" on, I bet.

[kmeyers]

Is art always visual?

Also, the point is to use math, not provide diagrams of it.

Absolutely not.

Well, some art is strictly visual. As is some music is purely audible.

[kmeyers]

I bet there's a way to represent it musically.

That was pretty much a rhetorical question, because now, "I wanna Rock!

[DoctorDoom]

I yam what I yam.


http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e157/kingnat000/Popeye.jpg
"But I meanst ta say 'Blow me down!' "

Ah...the Savaage Dragonbert.

[howyadoin]

That was pretty much a rhetorical question, because now, "I wanna Rock!http://youtube.com/watch?v=jV1bRfLHA3A

[mattx110]

Now youu're seeing the different perspectives. Because, yes.

I use math but I'll let the experts calculate the facial angles on the artwork. Just in case i'm a bit off....
Well, when it comes down to it. I believe I can draw a representation of a sphere pretty OK, but I let myself get lazy with formulas that are pretty important to understanding the relationships between shapes, and the more I get into stage drafting, and other kinds of drafting, I need to relearn all that junior high math, and take out that old TI calculator. If you're thinking in 3dimensions, you either learn the math, or have a really good swipe file... err... reference file. Maybe keep a few balls and 2X4s in your studio. Agh, the more I wanna have nothing to my name but a few books, some pens and paper, and a guitar, I realize how much other stuff it takes!

If you train your eye, there are things you can get away with, but it's always better to know more than less. Any myths about losing your voice, or being too mathematical or precise are just that, myths.

[kmeyers]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jV1bRfLHA3A
This rocktasticity was never in question.

[kmeyers]

Well, when it comes down to it. I believe I can draw a representation of a sphere pretty OK, but I let myself get lazy with formulas that are pretty important to understanding the relationships between shapes, and the more I get into stage drafting, and other kinds of drafting, I need to relearn all that junior high math, and take out that old TI calculator. If you're thinking in 3dimensions, you either learn the math, or have a really good swipe file... err... reference file. Maybe keep a few balls and 2X4s in your studio. Agh, the more I wanna have nothing to my name but a few books, some pens and paper, and a guitar, I realize how much other stuff it takes!

If you train your eye, there are things you can get away with, but it's always better to know more than less. Any myths about losing your voice, or being too mathematical or precise are just that, myths.

I honestly don't understand. I know I've drawn and painted in 3D, and I sure as shit never consulted a calculator.

[mattx110]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jV1bRfLHA3A
That video might be too good for the music. I'm very impressed.

[StoneGold]

Wow, what an oddly paced movie. I'm not sure it had a third act.

[mattx110]

I honestly don't understand. I know I've drawn and painted in 3D, and I sure as shit never consulted a calculator.
If the drawing is a step in a process, the dimensions need to be right.

[howyadoin]

Well, when it comes down to it. I believe I can draw a representation of a sphere pretty OK...Well, sure. That would be a circle, no matter which angle you're viewing it from.

[howyadoin]

If the drawing is a step in a process, the dimensions need to be right.Depends on what the goal of the process is.

[mattx110]

Wow, what an oddly paced movie. I'm not sure it had a third act.
This post may be missing it's first act.
Well, sure. That would be a circle, no matter which angle you're viewing it from.
Well, with a light source... it's more than a circle. It's a circle with stuff.

[kmeyers]

If the drawing is a step in a process, the dimensions need to be right.

Right, or digitally precise?

[StoneGold]

This post may be missing it's first act.

.

Look up a bit, I said I was watching Rambo

[gary bolt]

So I'm watching Rambo. Now, I know the people of Myanmar are probably not the tallest of people, but how much of a midget do you have to be for Stallone to tower over you?

It depends on how tall the box is that the special effects people provided Sly. Stallone is 5' 10", how tall are you?

[mattx110]

Depends on what the goal of the process is.
I think the definition of "right" is the subjective part. And "right" was a stupid word. "Exact" is a better word. And again, what "exact" means depends on the goal.

In the example I gave, building a set, you need to be exact. You may be working with a carpenter you really trust so some sketches are loose, but at a certain point someone needs to know exactly what this thing is gonna look like when it's done or your actors are gonna be bruising knees.

This is what I get for going all Sith and speaking in absolutes.

The point is, the more information in the drawing, the better it will be translated. All that maths stuff helps here.

[mattx110]

Right, or digitally precise?
As good as a ruler and fine pencil, along with a legend of dimensions can give. So technically, digitally precise would be for the best.
Look up a bit, I said I was watching Rambo
Aha. Thanks, I read it, but it didn't register. My mind was somewhere else.

[kmeyers]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/kmeyers/P1120358.jpg
I'm no jedi knight, but this painting rocks...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/kmeyers/trailnew1-1.jpg

[mattx110]

I dunno.... you're a pretty convincing Jedi knight.

[Chris Nowlin]

So...how can you visuslly represent that?

It's done all the time. It would look like the above picture, but less symmetrical. I doubt I'll be able to find a good example right now.

My research doesn't involve anything particularly visually appealing, unfortunately.

[kmeyers]

I dunno.... you're a pretty convincing Jedi knight.


I thought it looked more like a jawa...

I'm missing the light saber, but I think that pick is pretty young Obi Wan Kenobi.

[StoneGold]

It depends on how tall the box is that the special effects people provided Sly. Stallone is 5' 10", how tall are you?

In his elevator lifts, maybe. That's the height on Stallone's official bio. Just like Andre the Giant was nowhere near 7'4". Sly's closer to 5'7".

Easy way to check. Here's Sly and Hulk Hogan in Rocky III. Hogan is 6'4". Hogan has more than 6 inches in this pic.

http://images.quickblogcast.com/62246-54604/hulk.jpg

[kmeyers]

It's done all the time. It would look like the above picture, but less symmetrical. I doubt I'll be able to find a good example right now.

My research doesn't involve anything particularly visually appealing, unfortunately.

See...that's what I'm talking about. I can show you countless examples of how art incorporates a bit of math. But I'm having a hard time trying to figure how long division can be turned into a beautiful painting.

Enlighten me, please. Seriously.

[mattx110]

It's done all the time. It would look like the above picture, but less symmetrical. I doubt I'll be able to find a good example right now.

My research doesn't involve anything particularly visually appealing, unfortunately.
3x/y=4y-Scarlet Johannson.

[kmeyers]

It's done all the time. It would look like the above picture, but less symmetrical. I doubt I'll be able to find a good example right now.

My research doesn't involve anything particularly visually appealing, unfortunately.

It would look like the above picture. Ok, but who would recreate that above picture?

[mattx110]

Anyone know any really awesome BBC miniseries? I guess I should ask the TV forum. I guess I'll try there at an hour more conducive to that sorta thing, but for now, if anyone has a suggestion.:biggrin:

[howyadoin]

Think I'll wrap it up for the night.

Later, fuckers.

[StoneGold]

Anyone know any really awesome BBC miniseries? I guess I should ask the TV forum. I guess I'll try there at an hour more conducive to that sorta thing, but for now, if anyone has a suggestion.:biggrin:

Aren't all BBC series basically miniseries? And if so, is it too obvious to say Blackadder?

[mattx110]

Think I'll wrap it up for the night.

Later, fuckers.
Have a good night.

[mattx110]

Aren't all BBC series basically miniseries? And if so, is it too obvious to say Blackadder?
I've only seen a few scattered. It's so weird to see Laurie sound so... girly.

I was thinking more of suspense thriller type things, but anything goes. Thanks.

[StoneGold]

I've only seen a few scattered. It's so weird to see Laurie sound so... girly.

I was thinking more of suspense thriller type things, but anything goes. Thanks.

You must watch them all. It is imperative.

[kmeyers]

yep, I'm out. I've ruined Rita's way too many times...Later Fiends.


HEEE-HAHAHAHAHAHHA

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/kmeyers/joker.jpg

What's math got to do with it?

[Pól Rua]

"Usually"?

I get some bad gas sometimes.

[Pól Rua]

So...how can you visuslly represent that?

fractal imaging is the first thing to come to mind for me...

[Pól Rua]

Anyone know any really awesome BBC miniseries? I guess I should ask the TV forum. I guess I'll try there at an hour more conducive to that sorta thing, but for now, if anyone has a suggestion.:biggrin:

'Life On Mars'? See it now before the American version messes it up.

Ooh! 'The Fixer'. Fucking awesome. Really mean-spirited crime series.

I'd recommend the six part series 'Jekyll' on the basis of the first three episodes, but the fourth, fifth and sixth episode suck donkey's balls. It's frustrating as hell.

[mattx110]

'Life On Mars'? See it now before the American version messes it up.

Ooh! 'The Fixer'. Fucking awesome. Really mean-spirited crime series.

I'd recommend the six part series 'Jekyll' on the basis of the first three episodes, but the fourth, fifth and sixth episode suck donkey's balls. It's frustrating as hell.
I saw Jekyll, I liked the end. Didn't quite make sense, but I liked it.

I saw the first 3 episodes of the fixer, and all of Life on Mars and so far of Ashes to Ashes.

I would have made a better Sam Tyler than the guy they got for ABC. Simm is a very... subtle actor. I really wanna see this "tuesday" thing starring every BBC actor and a bank.

Was the rest of The Fixer good?

[Ben Morgan]

What's goin on fuckers?

[Josh S]

What's goin on fuckers?

That's my cue.

Night folks.

[mattx110]

That's my cue.

Night folks.
g'night. JS notBach

[kmeyers]

This actually is math related, because it's a wood block carving, and I can make multiple prints.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/kmeyers/wolv3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/kmeyers/wolv2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/kmeyers/wolverine.jpg

[Pól Rua]

I saw Jekyll, I liked the end. Didn't quite make sense, but I liked it.

I saw the first 3 episodes of the fixer, and all of Life on Mars and so far of Ashes to Ashes.

I would have made a better Sam Tyler than the guy they got for ABC. Simm is a very... subtle actor. I really wanna see this "tuesday" thing starring every BBC actor and a bank.

Was the rest of The Fixer good?

Yeah, the Fixer keeps getting better. The last episode of the series gets a little bit overwrought, but aside from that, it's top-notch.
I really can't stand the actor they have playing Sam Tyler in the US series. Sam shouldn't look like more of a thug than Gene Hunt.

If you haven't seen them already, 'Edge of Darkness' (journalists vs unsafe nuclear reactors), 'Harry's Game' (cop goes undercover in the IRA) and 'GBH' (brutal psychological piece about local politics) are all top-notch miniseries'. All three have been around forever, but are well worth catching up with.

And if you're enjoying 'The Fixer' and 'Life on Mars', I have to recommend the series' which influenced them.

'Callan' - brutal, hard edged and nihilistic espionage series with Edward Woodward,
'The Professionals' - bad-ass macho thugs beating the baddies at their own game, and,
'The Sweeney' - starring John Thaw as Regan. Like Gene Hunt but not quite as big a cuddly teddy bear.

Not exactly MINI series, but what're you gonna do?

[Pól Rua]

'Night Josh.

That's some sweet Wolverine action there, mate.

[kmeyers]

'Night Josh.

That's some sweet Wolverine action there, mate.

Thank you good sir. I always appreciate your comments and compliments.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/kmeyers/bja.jpg

[mattx110]

Yeah, the Fixer keeps getting better. The last episode of the series gets a little bit overwrought, but aside from that, it's top-notch.
I really can't stand the actor they have playing Sam Tyler in the US series. Sam shouldn't look like more of a thug than Gene Hunt.

If you haven't seen them already, 'Edge of Darkness' (journalists vs unsafe nuclear reactors), 'Harry's Game' (cop goes undercover in the IRA) and 'GBH' (brutal psychological piece about local politics) are all top-notch miniseries'. All three have been around forever, but are well worth catching up with.

And if you're enjoying 'The Fixer' and 'Life on Mars', I have to recommend the series' which influenced them.

'Callan' - brutal, hard edged and nihilistic espionage series with Edward Woodward,
'The Professionals' - bad-ass macho thugs beating the baddies at their own game, and,
'The Sweeney' - starring John Thaw as Regan. Like Gene Hunt but not quite as big a cuddly teddy bear.

Not exactly MINI series, but what're you gonna do?
Saw Edge of Darkness, which gets pretty freaky, and is directed like a maze. Big fan of Martin Campbell and Michael Kamen (who did the music w/ Eric Clapton). Didn't see Harry's Game ever, but Murphy's law is pretty good. Your description of GBH seems good.

And they're remaking The Sweeney I think...:biggrin: I've heard Callan referenced before, umm, in another show and didn't catch the meaning then.

[Pól Rua]

Love the composition on that piece (the guitarist), it's got a real sense of movement. You really capture that instant of mid-movement there.

I think the reason I like the Wolverine piece is that the method matches the subject. Carving out notches with a blade gives it a kind of sharp, high contrast, primitive look. Plus, the high contrast gives it the look of intense directional light, like he's just been caught in a flash of lightning.

[Pól Rua]

Saw Edge of Darkness, which gets pretty freaky, and is directed like a maze. Big fan of Martin Campbell and Michael Kamen (who did the music w/ Eric Clapton). Didn't see Harry's Game ever, but Murphy's law is pretty good. Your description of GBH seems good.

And they're remaking The Sweeney I think...:biggrin: I've heard Callan referenced before, umm, in another show and didn't catch the meaning then.

Oh fuck, man. See 'Callan'. It's really downbeat, but fantastic. It's just the grinding oppression of being a killer for a morally ambiguous government. A really nice counterpart to the romantic spy adventure stuff.

GBH is a great series. Essentially the story of two people thrown together by outside forces who break themselves into pieces trying to destroy one another. Stars Michael Palin in a very straight, not at all funny role.

[kmeyers]

Love the composition on that piece (the guitarist), it's got a real sense of movement. You really capture that instant of mid-movement there.

I think the reason I like the Wolverine piece is that the method matches the subject. Carving out notches with a blade gives it a kind of sharp, high contrast, primitive look. Plus, the high contrast gives it the look of intense directional light, like he's just been caught in a flash of lightning.


My printmaking teacher called him the coolest monster she's seen. I love the Wolverine woodblock, the carving took some time, but now I can do crazy colors with it...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/kmeyers/wolv4.jpg
Super everyone...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/kmeyers/superselfportraitdisc.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/kmeyers/wolvbarnew.jpg

Oh, and that's Billie Joe, the guitarist/lead singer from Green Day.
.

[Pól Rua]

Thought he looked familiar.
Yeah, that's some really striking stuff, mate.

Ah well, I gotta split. 'Night all.

[Spike-X]

Hogan has more than 6 inches

Not after all those steroids, he doesn't.

[Paradox]

HomerJay lets the machine get it:View Post (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=6881286&postcount=3740)

I'm the same way.
I never answer the phone at home unless I know it's for me AND I actually feel like talking to them.

I haven't answered the phone at my house without knowing who it was already in about 15 years.

[Paradox]

Dr. Hfuhruhurr mentions a fave:View Post (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=6881365&postcount=3765)

Heh. My freshman year in college the fashion for girls was to get the big, XXL athletic dept sweatshirts and wear them with black spandex tights.

I mean, what was the point of the spandex if they're just going to wear a potato sack over the top of it?

I liked that early '80s look with the big sweater of that type. Because sweatshirts don't tend to cling tantalizingly to certain areas. :biggrin:

[Chris Nowlin]

I haven't answered the phone at my house without knowing who it was already in about 15 years.

That was my parents policy since as far back as I can remember.

My dad would sometimes answer the phone, but any of the rest of us waited for the answering machine and answered if relevant to them.

Now I don't have a house phone. And I answer my cell phone if it's called even if I don't recognise the number. Because for the most part, I can assume it's for me. (Occasional wrong number of course)

[Chris Nowlin]

How'd it become 3 am?

I think the last piece of math I wrote down was at 10:30.

Maybe with better work habits I'd be able to go home sooner.

Anyways, let me try to finish what I'm doing.

[Spike-X]

let me try to finish what I'm doing.

Sure, don't let us stop you.

[Chris Nowlin]

Monica seems to be enjoying herself.

[Puma]

flipping through the music channels right now and and there's Def Leppard in a duet with Tim McGraw on VH1 and on the country channel Robert Plant with Allison Krause.


I will admit to liking the Plant/Krause partnership.

[Typo Lad]

I have an overwhelming urge to 'splode something.

[Puma]

I have an overwhelming urge to 'splode something.

Still to early for me to get riled up.

What's got you going ballistic?

[Valmore]

Sounds like a local fault, not the USPS. Maybe even the companies you're dealing with. It's easy to bitch about the postal service, but if you consider that most times, you can get something hand-delivered to any place in the country for under a dollar? Kind of amazing.

Under a dollar? Nay, not so. This was a book and DVD, not a credit card bill. These I paid more for, my friend, because they're slightly heavier and bulkier to carry.

I've had worse. This past semester, I ordered a couple CDs the week before spring break, so that I could listen to them on the way home. They never came. I expected 'em to be there after vacation (two weeks) and still nothing. It came a couple days after that.

Shit happens. Whaddya gonna do?

Complain about it on the internet, of course. Though fire may become a solution if this keeps up.

[Valmore]

I have an overwhelming urge to 'splode something.

Might I direct you to the U.S. Post Office on the corner of Orange Ave and Adams Street in Tallahassee?

[Typo Lad]

What's got you going ballistic?

Less ballistic and more... destructive for the sake of amusement.

[Puma]

Less ballistic and more... destructive for the sake of amusement.

okay.

I'm just trying to figure out why I woke up at 4am.

[Chris Nowlin]

okay.

I'm just trying to figure out why I woke up at 4am.

Go back to bed.

No waking up before I go home for the night.

[Puma]

Go back to bed.

No waking up before I go home for the night.

Tried that; no go. You go to bed.

[Chris Nowlin]

Tried that; no go. You go to bed.

A couple hours yet.

I'd like to get a bit closer to finish what I was working on.

Plus I've decided I don't want to leave earlier than 6:30 for a bit of time at least.

[jessecuster3]

Good morning.

I have an overwhelming urge to 'splode something.


Hey Typo did you see where Osama Bin Laden spoke out in favor of Palestine. How do you feel about that?

[Typo Lad]

It just goes to show that Bin Laden and Bush can agree on some things.

Ain't nothing wrong with being in favor of Palestine. Something wrong with being in favor of establishing it via terror.

[jessecuster3]

It just goes to show that Bin Laden and Bush can agree on some things.

Ain't nothing wrong with being in favor of Palestine. Something wrong with being in favor of establishing it via terror.

True enough, but isn't Bin Laden's favor a little like damning with faint praise?

[Typo Lad]

Think of it more as a stopped-clock scenario.

Just because a murdering thug likes something doesn't mean it's bad.

[jessecuster3]

Think of it more as a stopped-clock scenario.

Just because a murdering thug likes something doesn't mean it's bad.

Yeah, I get that.

[Typo Lad]

I'm going out to a potential client for a meeting.

My knees, they be knocking.

[Puma]

http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/5/17/woahshoodn128555558266225686.jpg

[jessecuster3]

Oh man, I am reading some excellent Transformers nerd rage.

[Puma]

Oh man, I am reading some excellent Transformers nerd rage.

*blinks*
excellent
transformers
nerd
rage


something doesn't belong in that grouping.

[Agent Helix]

I swear to god, Krispy Kreme fills their "cream-filled" donuts with frosting flavored shit.

[jessecuster3]

*blinks*
excellent
transformers
nerd
rage


something doesn't belong in that grouping.

This one is hilarious.

So in 2007, there was a Transformers convention exclusive, and it is this highly prized set of figures. Individual figures from the set go for upwards of $200 on Ebay. There is no other way to get these figures, they were limited in number and are completely sold out.

Cut to today, some Japanese site revealed that two of those exclusive figures are going to get a release, although some of the colors will be slightly different.


Cue nerd rage.

[Puma]

This one is hilarious.

So in 2007, there was a Transformers convention exclusive, and it is this highly prized set of figures. Individual figures from the set go for upwards of $200 on Ebay. There is no other way to get these figures, they were limited in number and are completely sold out.

Cut to today, some Japanese site revealed that two of those exclusive figures are going to get a release, although some of the colors will be slightly different.


Cue nerd rage.

The "I have the exclusive, highly collectible how dare you cheapen my trophy" type of rage?

[jessecuster3]

The "I have the exclusive, highly collectible how dare you cheapen my trophy" type of rage?

And the "ha ha your exclusive is not exclusive anymore" rage as well.

[Puma]

I swear to god, Krispy Kreme fills their "cream-filled" donuts with frosting flavored shit.

why do you even get krispy kremes? I much prefer a small, family owned donut shop two towns down the valley.

[Puma]

And the "ha ha your exclusive is not exclusive anymore" rage as well.

wouldn't that be spiteful glee?

[jessecuster3]

wouldn't that be spiteful glee?

but you can see how those comments would incite rage, though, right?

[Royal]

http://www.ep.tc/problems/25/05.jpg

[Agent Helix]

why do you even get krispy kremes? I much prefer a small, family owned donut shop two towns down the valley.

Believe me, it isn't by choice.

Also, we don't have small, family owned donut shops two towns down the valley, here.

[Puma]

but you can see how those comments would incite rage, though, right?

Certainly. And as a non-collector I'd find it appallingly funny.

[Puma]

Believe me, it isn't by choice.

Also, we don't have small, family owned donut shops two towns down the valley, here.

C'mon I live in the sticks and have options; there isn't any other options than the sugared mess? or is it because you didn't buy them?

[Royal]

I swear to god, Krispy Kreme fills their "cream-filled" donuts with frosting flavored shit.

True story. KK Eclairs totally fucked my stomach up for two days.

Twice.

Either they make that shit too sweet or it's filled with biowaste.

[Agent Helix]

C'mon I live in the sticks and have options; there isn't any other options than the sugared mess? or is it because you didn't buy them?

Oh we have small bakeries, I'm sure. But in the south, Krispy Kreme is pretty much it. These people LOVE these shitty little diabetes bombs.

[Dreadstar]

Tim Horton's for teh win!!1!!

[jessecuster3]

Certainly. And as a non-collector I'd find it appallingly funny.

Oh yeah its a riot, I am cracking up and I like these things.

[Agent Helix]

Tim Horton's for teh win!!1!!

Those are great. Wish we had one down here.

[Jared_Humpherys]

Certainly. And as a non-collector I'd find it appallingly funny.

Even as a comic nerd, I do not understand the collector mentality.

[DoctorDoom]

A good morning and howdy to everyone!

[DoctorDoom]

I swear to god, Krispy Kreme fills their "cream-filled" donuts with frosting flavored shit.
I know.

*drool*

[DoctorDoom]

Even as a comic nerd, I do not understand the collector mentality.
Neither do I. But I do understand the hero mentality.

"Give them a whiff of a good cause and they're in like Flint!"

[Jared_Humpherys]

Neither do I. But I do understand the hero mentality.

"Give them a whiff of a good cause and they're in like Flint!"

Well, when I buy something, I need to be able to interact with it somehow. Putting an action figure on the self, for me, isn't really interaction. I'm cool with folks who do(my friend Wes is obsessed with getting video game strategy guides that he never uses), but it's not my thing.

[jessecuster3]

Even as a comic nerd, I do not understand the collector mentality.

I actually don't either. Its frustrating that variant covers seem to be coming back. I could give two shits about them, I just want a good story inside.

[jessecuster3]

Well, when I buy something, I need to be able to interact with it somehow. Putting an action figure on the self, for me, isn't really interaction. I'm cool with folks who do(my friend Wes is obsessed with getting video game strategy guides that he never uses), but it's not my thing.

I will never understand the guys who leave them in their boxes to display. I take mine down and transform them at least once a week.

[Royal]

I actually don't either. Its frustrating that variant covers seem to be coming back. I could give two shits about them, I just want a good story inside.

I can understand the "art quality" aspect, but using foolish tricks just to get the speculator market to buy in to the series just to keep that series afloat instead of writing a great story really pisses me off.

[jessecuster3]

I can understand the "art quality" aspect, but using foolish tricks just to get the speculator market to buy in to the series just to keep that series afloat instead of writing a great story really pisses me off.

I concur. I both individual issues for the first time in a few years last week, and each of the ones I bought had variant covers, it really pissed me off and reminded me why I stopped.

[Gilda Dent]

I look better in person than in my pictures, I think.

But I take horrible pictures.

I'm the opposite; I look better in pictures than in person. Which isn't to say I look good so much as in a good picture I'm "Ewww," while in person I'm the poster child for the need to reinstate ugly laws.

Yay!

*hugs*

Math and Physics rock!

And Chemistry. Don't forget chemistry.

We like things like this (http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2007/03/the_mapping_of_the_e8_lie_grou.php) (the picture down the page).

Also, we're into fractals, abstraction and 2/3-dimensional representations of 4 (or higher)-dimensional objects like the hypercube (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Hypercube.svg/417px-Hypercube.svg.png) or a Klein bottle (http://www.sgocity.com/pix/klein_bottle.jpg).

Also of course things like the Mobius strip, which is best found in that issue of Promethea.

Etcetera.

All cool. It's when Em starts to say things like, "If you describe the human body using topographical geometry, the lungs, digestive system, and female reproductive system are technically on the outside of the body" that I start to tune out.

'Life On Mars'? See it now before the American version messes it up.

I'd love to see Life on Mars. There are no DVDs available and it isn't on Hulu or iTunes or BBC America online, or anywhere else that I've been able to find.

[Royal]

I also feel real bad for the real collectors during the 90's. Not only did they have to mess with the constant L&L knockoffs, they have to mess with the constant barrage of 10 issue series that are utterly worthless thanks to speculators.

[Royal]

I'd love to see Life on Mars. There are no DVDs available and it isn't on Hulu or iTunes or BBC America online, or anywhere else that I've been able to find.

Maybe the Dreaded Pirate Roberts has a copy?

[Justin D.]

Morning, people.

I look better in person than in my pictures, I think.

But I take horrible pictures.

I usually think the same. Mostly because people use bright flashes, which washes me out a lot and makes my hair look even thinner than it is.

Right now, I have this weird dull ache in the middle of my back. It's like my muscle is just on the verging of relaxing, but is holding onto it's tight bands for a while longer first. Feels like what happened to me right before another time when it was like someone slapped me hard in the back with the palm of his hand right before a great relaxing of muscles. I'm waiting for that to happen.

[Puma]

I've been noticing a pickup in the lot at work for the last three weeks. It tends to be in different spaces at different times of the day. On occasion a guy has been in the cab reading throughout the day. Just seemed like maybe he was living in the in the parking lot but I couldn't be sure. Today I found him asleep, wrapped in a blanket. He wasn't causing a problem but to deter others, and because I'm really wondering where he is 'doing his business' I did the tap on the window, move along bit.

Now I am feeling a tad guilty. I feel for folks in his situation but I can't have the parking lot becoming a campground.

[Gilda Dent]

Maybe the Dreaded Pirate Roberts has a copy?

Possibly, but if I went to him, he'd most likely kill me in the morning, so I don't think it worth the risk. Not that I'd know how to find him anyway.

[Guapo Méndez]

Possibly, but if I went to him, he'd most likely kill me in the morning, so I don't think it worth the risk.

I dunno. He cut that kid Westley some slack.
(just between us, I think he's going soft in his old age)

[adoggoesmeow]

The weirdest thing I have seen today : A lady pulling a dead scorpian out of her backpack.


wtf I say


wtf.

[jessecuster3]

Possibly, but if I went to him, he'd most likely kill me in the morning, so I don't think it worth the risk. Not that I'd know how to find him anyway.

I'll see what I can find. Maybe I can burn a disc for you.

[Gilda Dent]

I'll see what I can find. Maybe I can burn a disc for you.

I appreciate the offer, but that isn't necessary.

[jessecuster3]

I appreciate the offer, but that isn't necessary.

I was going to get them anyways. But its all cool.

[Royal]

Figure Your Way Out Of This One, Kasparov!! (http://www.sharenator.com/Flying_penis/)

NSFW

[Puma]

Just received this in my work e-mail:

This is to officially inform you that ATM Card with a fund worth $6.8

Million Dollars has been accredited in your favor, Please Contact Mrs.

Linda Hill (mrslindahill1011@yahoo.com.hk) With the following,

Full Name:

Delivery Address:

Age:

Occupation:

Phone Number:



Best Regards.

Senator David Mark

the return address: Senator David Mark [tjjaz_onelove@yahoo.com]

who falls for these things?

[Dreadstar]

Just received this in my work e-mail:

This is to officially inform you that ATM Card with a fund worth $6.8

Million Dollars has been accredited in your favor, Please Contact Mrs.

Linda Hill (mrslindahill1011@yahoo.com.hk) With the following,

Full Name:

Delivery Address:

Age:

Occupation:

Phone Number:



Best Regards.

Senator David Mark

the return address: Senator David Mark [tjjaz_onelove@yahoo.com]

who falls for these things?

Yeah, I know, moronic.

Curious though, what are they asking that's sensitive information? That stuff is pretty much public domain shit for the most part. Guess they just want to see who nibbles before they throw the whole "We require a deposit" spiel?

[Slam_Bradley]

who falls for these things?


A talking moose wants my credit card number. That seems reasonable.

[Puma]

Yeah, I know, moronic.

Curious though, what are that asking that's sensitive information? That stuff is pretty much public domain shit for the most part. Guess they just want to see who nibbles before they throw the whole "We require a deposit" spiel?
That's all I could think of; or the next e-mail they send has a trojan in it.

[morna]

morning gang.

[mattx110]

Hello Morna and more. Welcome to my world of excitement and adventure! I'm going to the dentist today!


Can we all say "dentist"?

Wait... comics aren't for kids, nobody here is under 7 years old?

Wow, I look like a jerk.

[jessecuster3]

Wow, I look like a jerk.


If only you would remember this more often.

[mattx110]

If only you would remember this more often.
Apparently, you don't just look like one....









:biggrin:

[Gilda Dent]

Hello Morna and more. Welcome to my world of excitement and adventure! I'm going to the dentist today!


Can we all say "dentist"?

Wait... comics aren't for kids, nobody here is under 7 years old?

Wow, I look like a jerk.

It's tooth day!

I had to go to the orthodontist this morning. I had a wire poking me in the cheek and needed to get it clipped off.

[morna]

It's tooth day!

I had to go to the orthodontist this morning. I had a wire poking me in the cheek and needed to get it clipped off.

Gilda I like your sig. Is it new?

[Puma]

Hey Morna! you still scrabble?


cause I am damn bored at work.

[mattx110]

It's tooth day!

I had to go to the orthodontist this morning. I had a wire poking me in the cheek and needed to get it clipped off.
Cool. Well, not that cool, but it's cool that it's the same day. Sort of.

I'll just enjoy this moment, I'll be in slight pain the next few days, ROCK!

[Typo Lad]

My meeting took me pretty close to Ground Zero.

I has a sad.

[Gilda Dent]

Gilda I like your sig. Is it new?

Nope, it's been there for a few months now, but it is strangely appropriate given the CASC ruling last week, no?

I have a Ukrainian sister-in-law. "No?" as a tag question is one her linguistic quirks that I have taken to emulating because it sounds just a little off.

Of course it's mildly possible that I find it cute because she looks like Audrey Hepburn and has a very mild Russian accent.

[mattx110]

Nope, it's been there for a few months now, but it is strangely appropriate given the CASC ruling last week, no?

I have a Ukrainian sister-in-law. "No?" as a tag question is one her linguistic quirks that I have taken to emulating because it sounds just a little off.

Of course it's mildly possible that I find it cute because she looks like Audrey Hepburn and has a very mild Russian accent.
I wish I met a girl who looks like Audrey Hepburn and has a russian accent. Some people have all the luck.

[Gilda Dent]

Cool. Well, not that cool, but it's cool that it's the same day. Sort of.

I'll just enjoy this moment, I'll be in slight pain the next few days, ROCK!

The ortho said we're getting pretty close to time to get my braces off, which will be very nice. I probably have two or three months left. Then the retainer 24/7 for six months except when eating or brushing my teeth, then at night for a couple of years.

[DoctorDoom]

Back from the salon.

Normally I do my own hair, and it's never anything fancy, but I would like to look (more than) decent for graduation tomorrow.

[Puma]

My meeting took me pretty close to Ground Zero.

I has a sad.

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/funny-pictures-kitten-rwar.jpg

[mattx110]

The ortho said we're getting pretty close to time to get my braces off, which will be very nice. I probably have two or three months left. Then the retainer 24/7 for six months except when eating or brushing my teeth, then at night for a couple of years.
Woohoo! You can handle a retainer. Braces suck!
Back from the salon.

Normally I do my own hair, and it's never anything fancy, but I would like to look (more than) decent for graduation tomorrow.
Jeeze... a graduation in May? Yours? Or your boyfriends from Junior High?

[DoctorDoom]

Well, when I buy something, I need to be able to interact with it somehow. Putting an action figure on the self, for me, isn't really interaction. I'm cool with folks who do(my friend Wes is obsessed with getting video game strategy guides that he never uses), but it's not my thing.

I have a confession. When I can I still buy Beast Wars/Machines and transform them.

And I have a Starscream collecting fetish.


I actually don't either. Its frustrating that variant covers seem to be coming back. I could give two shits about them, I just want a good story inside.

I'm not a fan, either. Variety's nice, but I hate when "collect them all!" is on the cover.

I will never understand the guys who leave them in their boxes to display. I take mine down and transform them at least once a week.

You're in good company.

And Chemistry. Don't forget chemistry.



Never.

[DoctorDoom]

Jeeze... a graduation in May? Yours? Or your boyfriends from Junior High?

Mine. College.

[mattx110]

Mine. College.
Congrats! I'll go get drunk for the occassion. And I wasn't going to do that anyway.

[Dreadstar]

I've been feeling a bit... empty. Kind of on the edge of depression a bit, I think. To put that in perspective, I rarely feel depression. Sometimes flat and emotionless or sad, yeah, but not depression. It dawned on me why.

My kid graduates on Friday. He goes away to college this fall. Yesterday, he took a trip down to OU to visit his future roommate and get an early feel for the place. He didn't even tell me he was going to do that.

My son is no longer "my kid."

That makes me sad.

[Michael P]

That reminds me, Doc: Watch yourself when you go out celebrating. It's Fleet Week.

[DoctorDoom]

That reminds me, Doc: Watch yourself when you go out celebrating. It's Fleet Week.
I'll be sure to avoid all the sea men.

But seriously, I forgot about that. Thanks for the heads up.

[mattx110]

I've been feeling a bit... empty. Kind of on the edge of depression a bit, I think. To put that in perspective, I rarely feel depression. Sometimes flat and emotionless or sad, yeah, but not depression. It dawned on me why.

My kid graduates on Friday. He goes away to college this fall. Yesterday, he took a trip down to OU to visit his future roommate and get an early feel for the place. He didn't even tell me he was going to do that.

My son is no longer "my kid."

That makes me sad.Agh. You made it farther than most parents, who like to treat their children like they're 5 when they're fricken 21 Mom!!!!

That reminds me, Doc: Watch yourself when you go out celebrating. It's Fleet Week.
Does this involve those enemas? Ew...

[DrewTheXenocide]

I've been feeling a bit... empty. Kind of on the edge of depression a bit, I think. To put that in perspective, I rarely feel depression. Sometimes flat and emotionless or sad, yeah, but not depression. It dawned on me why.

My kid graduates on Friday. He goes away to college this fall. Yesterday, he took a trip down to OU to visit his future roommate and get an early feel for the place. He didn't even tell me he was going to do that.

My son is no longer "my kid."

That makes me sad.

Well, now that he's an adult, that means you don't have to buy him Christmas and Birthday presents.

...by my parents' logic, at least.

[Guapo Méndez]

I've been feeling a bit... empty. Kind of on the edge of depression a bit, I think. To put that in perspective, I rarely feel depression. Sometimes flat and emotionless or sad, yeah, but not depression. It dawned on me why.

My kid graduates on Friday. He goes away to college this fall. Yesterday, he took a trip down to OU to visit his future roommate and get an early feel for the place. He didn't even tell me he was going to do that.

My son is no longer "my kid."

That makes me sad.

Ian is all grown up.
I remember when you told us for the first time about his martial arts prowess. He was such a cute kid.

My own is 7 and, for the life of me, I canot imagine how time passed so fast.

[DrewTheXenocide]

That reminds me, Doc: Watch yourself when you go out celebrating. It's Fleet Week.

Fleet Week?

[jessecuster3]

And I have a Starscream collecting fetish.



Geez, there's a lot of really ugly ones, too.

I mean why get:

http://tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/Starscream/vehiclemode.jpg

When he should look like:

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l32/jessecuster2/img0479ur8.jpg

[Puma]

Fleet Week?

The Navy is in town.

[mattx110]

Fleet Week?
Apparently, sailors come portside and give people enemas.

[DrewTheXenocide]

The Navy is in town.

Oh.

Apparently, sailors come portside and give people enemas.

Oh?

[Slam_Bradley]

Cooked buffalo (or bison for you purists) burgers last night on my brand grill. The only problem was that I couldn't find my smoke box. They were really good. But would have been better with a little applewood smoke.

[Gilda Dent]

Woohoo! You can handle a retainer. Braces suck!

And I can eat apples again! I miss just biting into an apple.

Jeeze... a graduation in May? Yours? Or your boyfriends from Junior High?

We're having graduations Thursday and Friday. It isn't unusual at the college level, which generally has a somewhat shorter semester than public schools.

[mattx110]

And I can eat apples again! I miss just biting into an apple.



We're having graduations Thursday and Friday. It isn't unusual at the college level, which generally has a somewhat shorter semester than public schools.
My school is still in finals week. Or maybe that just ended. Either way, don't think I'll bother with graduation when it comes. The class size is like... too massive for me to really care. There's not as much a connection as when my graduating class was 127.

[Michael P]

Apparently, sailors come portside and give people STDs.

Allow me to correct your mistaken impression.

[Typo Lad]

Allow me to correct your mistaken impression.
You're just bitter that you've yet to find a navy lass to raise your mizen mast.

[Gilda Dent]

My school is still in finals week. Or maybe that just ended. Either way, don't think I'll bother with graduation when it comes. The class size is like... too massive for me to really care. There's not as much a connection as when my graduating class was 127.

We have several hundred getting various degrees and certificates, from high school diplomas to associate's degrees and everything in between for the technical disciplines. They like for instructors to come to the ceremony for their particular area. Since I'm in the college transfer program, very few of my students are graduating, so I'm off the hook.

[Michael P]

You're just bitter that you've yet to find a navy lass to raise your mizen mast.

No, I just don't want barnacles on my hull.

[Royal]

I'll be sure to avoid all the sea men.

But seriously, I forgot about that. Thanks for the heads up.

Funny.

You like Starscream but you don't like Shipwreck.

[Michael P]

Funny.

You like Starscream but you don't like Shipwreck.

I think whether or not she likes Shipwreck is irrelevant.

[Matt Algren]

Fleet Week?
I just watched Hercules in New York last week. It's an awesomely bad movie from 1969 with Arnold Schwarzenegger (with someone else dubbing (badly) his voice) in the role of Hercules and includes a fistfight with a bear. That is, the bear throws a right hook.

Anyway, in the movie Hercules arrives in New York (hence the title) by freighter. As soon as he steps off the ship he meets "Pretzie", a pretzel selling vendor who wanders the harbor selling pretzels. Pretzie is played by Arnold Stang, who at one point slips his pinky into his mouth while watching Schwarzenegger flex with his shirt off.

I'd imagine Fleet Week is something like that, but more graphic and with more bears.

[mattx110]

I think whether or not she likes Shipwreck is irrelevant.
Dude, you don't know about the StarShip Alliance?

[Michael P]

Dude, you don't know about the StarShip Alliance?

That band fucking sucked.

[Royal]

I think whether or not she likes Shipwreck is irrelevant.

I know now that I found out Latta wasn't Shipwreck.

[thespianphryne]

[]http://www.ep.tc/problems/25/05.jpg[]

That ad is so gay. I like it.


-Das

[darkhanamaru]

ug hi guys! we just had a very long company meeting and looked at new work. we are also adopting the triple bottom line as a company: all 80,000 of us now will be measured by social and sustainability metrics as well as profit. I have been talking about this for years so it will be interesting to actually work at a company with it in place.

[Gilda Dent]

ug hi guys! we just had a very long company meeting and looked at new work. we are also adopting the triple bottom line as a company: all 80,000 of us now will be measured by social and sustainability metrics as well as profit. I have been talking about this for years so it will be interesting to actually work at a company with it in place.

What does "measured by social and sustainability metrics" mean?

Being evaluated in the workplace on a social basis is something that I would, and do find bothersome. I ended up getting screwed over in my last job because I wasn't participating in the social atmosphere of the workplace despite my being damn good at doing the actual job.

The only people who should be evaluating my social skills are my therapist, family, and if I ever acquire any, friends.

[darkhanamaru]

What does "measured by social and sustainability metrics" mean?

Being evaluated in the workplace on a social basis is something that I would, and do find bothersome. I ended up getting screwed over in my last job because I wasn't participating in the social atmosphere of the workplace despite my being damn good at doing the actual job.

The only people who should be evaluating my social skills are my therapist, family, and if I ever acquire any, friends.

no, no, i meant social responsibility -- as in, does the office do no evil and gives back to the community.

[Michael P]

The price of progress: Most kids today will never understand why "Kodachrome" is such a good song.

[Puma]

http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/5/20/thisiswhywec128557786342337185.jpg

[Gilda Dent]

no, no, i meant social responsibility -- as in, does the office does no evil and gives back to the community.

Oh. That's cool.

[jessecuster3]

The price of progress: Most kids today will never understand why "Kodachrome" is such a good song.

Hopefully they will all learn what "Cecilia" is about, then.

[Matt Algren]

no, no, i meant social responsibility -- as in, does the office do no evil and gives back to the community.
So it'll be considered collectively or individually? I'm trying to figure how they would judge it individually.

[Gilda Dent]

So it'll be considered collectively or individually? I'm trying to figure how they would judge it individually.

In education they do a thing called PBE, or performance based evaluation. One of the categories that is standard is social interaction. "Establishes and maintains positive relationships with colleagues" for example is a common criterion. Add in four or five other categories and you have an entire section.

It's somewhat vague as to whether this refers strictly to professional relationships or professional and social relationships. My current supervisor interprets it as the former, my previous principal as the latter.

I don't do well in environments where the latter method is what is used.

[darkhanamaru]

So it'll be considered collectively or individually? I'm trying to figure how they would judge it individually.

Most of the measuring will be performed at the office level but individuals will get special recognition for participating and organizing community and environmental activities. They will be giving us time off to do these activities. We also get judged on whether we turn our computers off and follow the office's strict environmental policies. Our bosses are also supposed to be working with employees who drive on getting them out of their cars, mostly through setting up effective work at home arrangements and coordinating car pools.

Honestly this place would be a very hard place to work at for people who are not at least partly on board with environmentalism.

[Michael P]

Hopefully they will all learn what "Cecilia" is about, then.

I imagine that happens automatically during puberty.

[Matt Algren]

In education they do a thing called PBE, or performance based evaluation. One of the categories that is standard is social interaction. "Establishes and maintains positive relationships with colleagues" for example is a common criterion. Add in four or five other categories and you have an entire section.

It's somewhat vague as to whether this refers strictly to professional relationships or professional and social relationships. My current supervisor interprets it as the former, my previous principal as the latter.

I don't do well in environments where the latter method is what is used.
Until I'm in a PR type position, my social interactions with anybody outside business is no business of theirs.

[Matt Algren]

Most of the measuring will be performed at the office level but individuals will get special recognition for participating and organizing community and environmental activities. They will be giving us time off to do these activities. We also get judged on whether we turn our computers off and follow the office's strict environmental policies. Our bosses are also supposed to be working with employees who drive on getting them out of their cars, mostly through setting up effective work at home arrangements and coordinating car pools.

Honestly this place would be a very hard place to work at for people who are not at least partly on board with environmentalism.
No offense to you or your boss or your company, because maybe I'm missing something, but that sounds like it'd be easy to manipulate and easy to bring charges of discrimination on.

I'd imagine that the father of three young kids has less time and energy to do charity work and the single guy has more. Should I be judged better because I don't have a family? Should he be pushed to spend more time away from his family than he already does?

And what community activities are judged as being worthwhile? Is there a scale? If I do a one day walk for cancer research or something, does that count the same as someone who protests a seafood shop for the same amount of time? If I'm already involved in my church, do I get a pass, and if I'm an athiest am I punished accordingly?

I'm a show-me-the-numbers type of guy, and I can't imagine the program not being abused to the nth degree.

[Royal]

That ad is so gay. I like it.


-Das

It's off Eisner's Rifle Manual.

[darkhanamaru]

N
I'd imagine that the father of three young kids has less time and energy to do charity work and the single guy has more. Should I be judged better because I don't have a family? Should he be pushed to spend more time away from his family than he already does?



That's why we get additional time off to be used to participate in activities during the day. So i don't see how this taking time away from our families since we would be using time we would normally be at work. People can choose to use those days participating in company wide activities that are being organized throughout the year or on your own stuff. I have worked in places who have done this before and it works great.

[DoctorDoom]

I'm off to get some affairs in order.

See you all later.

[darkhanamaru]

oooh, kennady has a malignant brain tumor

[Matt Algren]

That's why we get additional time off to be used to participate in activities during the day. So i don't see how this taking time away from our families since we would be using time we would normally be at work. People can choose to use those days participating in company wide activities that are being organized throughout the year or on your own stuff. I have worked in places who have done this before and it works great.
What happens when the company goes through a round of layoffs and consequently everybody has more work to do and the company can't have them off doing other stuff instead of doing their jobs?

I'm glad it works. Seriously, I am. I just can't imagine not feeling a sort of invasion of privacy or something.

[Paradox]

Matt Algren gives ME a sad:

I jus watched Hercules in New York last week. It's an awesomely bad movie from 1969 with Arnold Schwarzenegger (with someone else dubbing (badly) his voice) in the role of Hercules and includes a fistfight with a bear. That is, the bear throws a right hook.

Anyway, in the movie Hercules arrives in New York (hence the title) by freighter. As soon as he steps off the ship he meets "Pretzie", a pretzel selling vendor who wanders the harbor selling pretzels. Pretzie is played by Arnold Stang, who at one point slips his pinky into his mouth while watching Schwarzenegger flex with his shirt off.

I'd imagine Fleet Week is something like that, but more graphic and with more bears.

It is just a sign of my age that I both know about this movie AND know who Arnold Stang is. :frown:

[Gilda Dent]

Until I'm in a PR type position, my social interactions with anybody outside business is no business of theirs.

I agree. So long as I maintain appropriate professional relationships with others at work, colleagues, students and parents, that should be enough.

[Valmore]

I'm off to get some affairs in order.

See you all later.

You've only started dating that guy and you're already organzing infidelities? Yikes!

[darkhanamaru]

What happens when the company goes through a round of layoffs and consequently everybody has more work to do and the company can't have them off doing other stuff instead of doing their jobs?

I'm glad it works. Seriously, I am. I just can't imagine not feeling a sort of invasion of privacy or something.

I don't know why you are having such a problem with this. Wouldn't you rather have a company that is willing to work on life/balance than just the bottom line? Jeez, next you'll tell me they should cut our the 4 week vacation packages we get starting.
BTW, we grew 80% last year. We work hard when needed and they try to compensate us for that. This is a program employees WANT to do and i don't see how going to plant trees 3 times a year on a work day is an invasion of privacy.

BTW, i have worked at plenty of places who also didn't do those things and got laid off anyway so i don't get your link.

[Typo Lad]

Warren Buffett just endorsed Obama.

[Matt Algren]

It is just a sign of my age that I both know about this movie AND know who Arnold Stang is. :frown:
I looked for a good picture of him, but can't find anything decent. The movie's available for free at hulu.com, though the music has been removed. (An improvement, in my opinion.) Honestly, you can't appreciate the bear scene without having seen it. It just makes me so happy that it exists.
Warren Buffett just endorsed Obama.
SOLD!

[Typo Lad]

SOLD!

Lemming!

Interestingly enough, I can't recall hearing anything about Obama's fiscal policies...

[Merey]

My meeting took me pretty close to Ground Zero.

I has a sad.

I work across from it. And my company is going under. I work in a happy, happy place!


oh, but I did spend my lunch in the linen department at Century 21. I have a new duvet and two sheet sets. I love bedding!

[Gilda Dent]

Warren Buffett just endorsed Obama.

Cool. And I mean that in the sense of I couldn't care less at this point who gets the Democratic nomination. I decided sometime back, once it became clear that it was McCain against Clinton or Obama that I'd be voting third party in the upcoming election

[darkhanamaru]

ICentury 21.


.....can be a dangerous place.

[Dreadstar]

I decided sometime back, once it became clear that it was McCain against Clinton or Obama that I'd be voting third party in the upcoming election

Hi! Welcome to the "You're just throwing away your vote" Club. Mike Smash will show you the handshake.

Would you like a Coke to go with that disillusionment?

[Typo Lad]

I'm thinking of throwing mine away too.

[Merey]

.....can be a dangerous place.

Yes, but I still mainly to the basement (bedding/kitchen/bathroom/luggage/knick-knacks) and the shoe department. I don't dare venture into the clothing departments. Yikes!

Oh, you probably meant dangerous to the wallet. That too, but those crowds are scary.

[darkhanamaru]

Damn. my hangover is kicking in hardcore. drank too much for rory root.

[Gilda Dent]

Hi! Welcome to the "You're just throwing away your vote" Club. Mike Smash will show you the handshake.

Would you like a Coke to go with that disillusionment?

I drink Dr.Pepper.

If not voting for a candidate from the big two parties is being disillusioned, it's far too late for that. I've been disillusioned for close to a decade now.

I vote for the person I believe to be the best candidate for the job. I don't see either of the two major party candidates as fitting that description in the upcoming election, so I plan to look elsewhere. If I don't find someone better, I may come back.

For congressional elections, I'm definitely going third party. The Democrats in my state are much too conservative for me.

In my mind, nobody who votes is throwing their vote away. They're using it for what it's intended to be used for. It's those who are eligible to vote, but don't that throw their votes away.

[darkhanamaru]

For congressional elections, I'm definitely going third party. The Democrats in my state are much too conservative for me.

In my mind, nobody who votes is throwing their vote away. They're using it for what it's intended to be used for. It's those who are eligible to vote, but don't that throw their votes away.

What congressional district are you in Gilda?

[Dreadstar]

I drink Dr.Pepper.

If not voting for a candidate from the big two parties is being disillusioned, it's far too late for that. I've been disillusioned for close to a decade now.

3 decades for me.

[Justin D.]

I have to clean it up some (lose my barely-there red eyes and sharpen the image), but here's a publicity photo I took yesterday with the other member of another troupe I'm in called Mr. Rather. I'm the one in blue for those that don't know. We're supposed to look like we're contemplating some deep dilemmas.

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/1156/mrrather006ws6.jpg

[Puma]

3 decades for me.

since the first newspaper article I read was about Nixon and Watergate....

I don't like any of the candidates but I will vote for whoever has the best chance at defeating the Republican candidate because I can't take another four years of loosen environmental protections, reduced personal liberties, and reduced state's rights.

[Guapo Méndez]

I have to clean it up some (lose my barely-there red eyes and sharpen the image), but here's a publicity photo I took yesterday with the other member of another troupe I'm in called Mr. Rather. I'm the one in blue for those that don't know. We're supposed to look like we're contemplating some deep dilemmas.

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/1156/mrrather006ws6.jpg

Coming this fall to NBC: The adventures of Stripes and Red.

[Slam_Bradley]

Hi! Welcome to the "You're just throwing away your vote" Club. Mike Smash will show you the handshake.

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As a long-time member of that club I feel like I should welcome her. But I'm sure I'd just be throwing away my greeting.

[Jared_Humpherys]

Hi! Welcome to the "You're just throwing away your vote" Club. Mike Smash will show you the handshake.

Would you like a Coke to go with that disillusionment?

Sarah voted for Nyarlathotep once as a write-in.

True story.

[Paul McEnery]

Sarah voted for Nyarlathotep once as a write-in.

True story.

And then he bloody won, didn't he.

[jessecuster3]

Warren Buffett just endorsed Obama.

This is a half truth.

Warren Buffett says supports both Clinton and Obama

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said on Tuesday he supports both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for U.S. president, and will continue to hold fundraisers for each of them until the Democratic Party candidate is set.

The Berkshire Hathaway chief told both Clinton and Obama he would back them before they launched their competing presidential bids, putting him in an awkward position once they both decided to run.

"I have been supporting both of them ever since. I will be very happy if either one of them is president of the United States," he said at a news conference in Switzerland, where he is seeking businesses for his investment company to acquire.

"I think they are outstanding candidates and both would make outstanding presidents," he said of the two Democrats competing to face Republican John McCain in the November presidential election.

Oregon and Kentucky are holding primaries on Tuesday, and after the results, Obama will likely be able to claim a majority of pledged delegates won in the lengthy state-by-state campaign. But Clinton has vowed to fight on until the last nominating contests are held on June 3.

[Jared_Humpherys]

And then he bloody won, didn't he.

I consider Bush more like Azathoth. Blind, stupid, and insane; undulating in the center of the universe while others keep playing the pipes for him.

[jessecuster3]

Any of you who work in customer support, you know those customers that are totally fucking stupid, you wonder how they even figure out how to breathe?

[Royal]

Hi! Welcome to the "You're just throwing away your vote" Club. Mike Smash will show you the handshake.

Would you like a Coke to go with that disillusionment?

No thanks.

Us Reds love RC though.

[Gilda Dent]

What congressional district are you in Gilda?

I'd rather not give out information that detailed about my location in such a public place.

3 decades for me.

Ah. I missed the irony there. My bad.

As a long-time member of that club I feel like I should welcome her. But I'm sure I'd just be throwing away my greeting.

Oh pish-tosh.

I say that because it's fun to say, not because it has any relevance whatsoever.

[jessecuster3]

Here's one that needs to be saved:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/Frost327/Joker/1181911796832.gif

[Ray R.]

since the first newspaper article I read was about Nixon and Watergate....

I don't like any of the candidates but I will vote for whoever has the best chance at defeating the Republican candidate because I can't take another four years of loosen environmental protections, reduced personal liberties, and reduced state's rights.

I might make overtures and threats to do otherwise, but that's where I fall as well.

In a larger context, if Obama gets elected, I may think about taking a legal job at the Justice Department or one of the other federal agencies, so there's personal interests in play too.

Oh, and good afternoon, friends.

[Royal]

When in doubt, go Ronin.

[Jared_Humpherys]

I might make overtures and threats to do otherwise, but that's where I fall as well.

In a larger context, if Obama gets elected, I may think about taking a legal job at the Justice Department or one of the other federal agencies, so there's personal interests in play too.

Oh, and good afternoon, friends.

Hiya, Ray. What's up? As for me, my psychologist tells me that I seem to be doing very well today, and I see that as a good sign.

[Ray R.]

Hiya, Ray. What's up? As for me, my psychologist tells me that I seem to be doing very well today, and I see that as a good sign.

Hey Jared.

In my very limited peek-through-the-keyhole perspective, you seem to be making positive steps forward in your life, as well as handling adversity with balance and confidence. Good for you. I hope the path forward continues.

I do warn that it is day-to-day though. At least from my perspective. Never a straight line. Always bumps and holes in the road.

I'm considering going back on Xanax for generalized recurring anxiety, but trying to leave that as a last option. Hoping exercise and social activity pin it back a bit.

[Jared_Humpherys]

Hey Jared.

In my very limited peek-through-the-keyhole perspective, you seem to be making positive steps forward in your life, as well as handling adversity with balance and confidence. Good for you. I hope the path forward continues.

I do warn that it is day-to-day though. At least from my perspective. Never a straight line. Always bumps and holes in the road.

I'm considering going back on Xanax for generalized recurring anxiety, but trying to leave that as a last option. Hoping exercise and social activity pin it back a bit.


Thanks Ray. I hope your anxiety levels off, and the Xanax won't be necessary.

And yeah, I'm hoping we're taking some steps forward. Sarah's going back to school this fall(night classes), and we'r elooking into renting an actual house instead of an apartment.

Anywho, work is coming to a close, and I need to stop by and pick up the latest Penn and Teller dvd. Cya!

[Paul McEnery]

Hey Jared.

In my very limited peek-through-the-keyhole perspective, you seem to be making positive steps forward in your life, as well as handling adversity with balance and confidence. Good for you. I hope the path forward continues.

I do warn that it is day-to-day though. At least from my perspective. Never a straight line. Always bumps and holes in the road.

I'm considering going back on Xanax for generalized recurring anxiety, but trying to leave that as a last option. Hoping exercise and social activity pin it back a bit.

What Ray said.

And Ray -- yeah, it's good to have the Xanax in your back pocket for when things get a bit much, but have you thought about doing something like Yoga or a martial arts practice?

[thespianphryne]

I stole this image off http://englishfail.wordpress.com/

It made me wince and laugh at the same time:
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m262/phryneateleusis/CBR/fresh3.jpg

-Das

[Michael P]

Someone must have rearranged that sign.

It would not at all be out of place in front of a synagogue, though.

[thespianphryne]

Someone must have rearranged that sign.

It would not at all be out of place in front of a synagogue, though.

Actually, I'm wondering if that's a creative spelling for "peonies".


-Das

[Radioactive Zombie]

So... hey, kids.

[darkhanamaru]

What Ray said.

And Ray -- yeah, it's good to have the Xanax in your back pocket for when things get a bit much, but have you thought about doing something like Yoga or a martial arts practice?

Yoga has helped me!

And SF FREAKS LIKE THIS

http://laughingsquid.com/giant-lego-boulder-chases-indiana-jones-down-san-francisco-hill/

[Michael P]

http://laughingsquid.com/giant-lego-boulder-chases-indiana-jones-down-san-francisco-hill/

That was awesome.

[thespianphryne]

That was awesome.

"Do you think they'll notice?" Ha!


-Das

[howyadoin]

Hopefully they will all learn what "Cecilia" is about, then.The lesson to be learned is not to wash your face.

Or only have sex in the bathroom.

Most of the measuring will be performed at the office level but individuals will get special recognition for participating and organizing community and environmental activities. They will be giving us time off to do these activities. We also get judged on whether we turn our computers off and follow the office's strict environmental policies. Our bosses are also supposed to be working with employees who drive on getting them out of their cars, mostly through setting up effective work at home arrangements and coordinating car pools.

Honestly this place would be a very hard place to work at for people who are not at least partly on board with environmentalism.Nice to see companies doin' that sorta thing. I'd almost consider a salary job again if it were in an environment like that one.

[howyadoin]

... shitty little diabetes bombs.Note to self: remember this phrase.

"Give them a whiff of a good cause and they're in like Flint!"It's "in like Flynn".

As in Errol.

[darkhanamaru]

Nice to see companies doin' that sorta thing. I'd almost consider a salary job again if it were in an environment like that one.

Yes, I am really lucky to have ended up here. The only detraction is the office is really crowded because we have grown so much. We may have to move.

[Athena Bast]

Holy mother of Jeebus!

That Captain America omnibus is OOGE.

[Radioactive Zombie]

Mrrph... I hate signing up for Community College... especially as a high school student... I should sign up at SJSU or Stanford, but the latter is far [dunno how much an all-month train pass is] and the former... I don't know if they have summer courses.

[Radioactive Zombie]

Holy mother of Jeebus!

That Captain America omnibus is OOGE.

I assume that's a good thing?

[darkhanamaru]

Mrrph... I hate signing up for Community College... especially as a high school student... I should sign up at SJSU or Stanford, but the latter is far [dunno how much an all-month train pass is] and the former... I don't know if they have summer courses.

I am pretty sure SJSU does have classes.

You can look at fares here for caltrain

http://www.caltrain.org/caltrain_zones_04-02-2007.html

[Athena Bast]

I assume that's a good thing?

Good thing but a wee awkward.

[Athena Bast]

I had a Paul McInery come through my cash today. I must say he was not good enough to lick our McEnery's boots though.

[Pól Rua]

Not after all those steroids, he doesn't.
Haw! Burn! Take THAT, ya 400 year old lobster!

Less ballistic and more... destructive for the sake of amusement.
May I recommend Fire? It's the Biblical cleanser!

*blinks*
excellent
transformers
nerd
rage

something doesn't belong in that grouping.
Angry nerds is funny.

I'd love to see Life on Mars. There are no DVDs available and it isn't on Hulu or iTunes or BBC America online, or anywhere else that I've been able to find.
All-region DVD players are your friends.

Maybe the Dreaded Pirate Roberts has a copy?
He's a good feller. And a snappy dresser.

I just watched Hercules in New York last week. It's an awesomely bad movie from 1969 with Arnold Schwarzenegger (with someone else dubbing (badly) his voice) in the role of Hercules and includes a fistfight with a bear. That is, the bear throws a right hook.

Anyway, in the movie Hercules arrives in New York (hence the title) by freighter. As soon as he steps off the ship he meets "Pretzie", a pretzel selling vendor who wanders the harbor selling pretzels. Pretzie is played by Arnold Stang, who at one point slips his pinky into his mouth while watching Schwarzenegger flex with his shirt off.

I'd imagine Fleet Week is something like that, but more graphic and with more bears.
Man, I laughed so much at that. I was wondering where this story was going.
And yes, I have seen the film.

I have to clean it up some (lose my barely-there red eyes and sharpen the image), but here's a publicity photo I took yesterday with the other member of another troupe I'm in called Mr. Rather. I'm the one in blue for those that don't know. We're supposed to look like we're contemplating some deep dilemmas.
Sweet sideburns there, Justin.

Sarah voted for Nyarlathotep once as a write-in.
True story.
There's no way the electorate will vote for a Black Pharaoh.

Note to self: remember this phrase.
It's "in like Flynn".
As in Errol.
In like Flint.
As in James Coburn.
But yeah, the Tasmanian Nazi also applies. Whatever floats your boat.

[Pól Rua]

Holy mother of Jeebus!

That Captain America omnibus is OOGE.

You can read it, or you can use it for stunning charging rhinos.
It's multi-functional.

[Radioactive Zombie]

I am pretty sure SJSU does have classes.

You can look at fares here for caltrain

http://www.caltrain.org/caltrain_zones_04-02-2007.html

Oh, thanks. Ick, that's a lot. And I'd bet it'd be tiring to travel a while just for two classes each summer, too...

[howyadoin]

Yes, I am really lucky to have ended up here. The only detraction is the office is really crowded because we have grown so much. We may have to move.Nice to see things worked out so well.

In like Flint.
As in James Coburn.Nope. The phrase "in like Flynn" predates that movie by 20-odd years:

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/198700.html

[Puma]

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/funny-pictures-basement-cat-clw.jpg

[DWEarhart]

In like Flint.
As in James Coburn.

But still a nifty flick with a decent sequel.

Good day, everyone.

[Pól Rua]

Nice to see things worked out so well.

Nope. The phrase "in like Flynn" predates that movie by 20-odd years:

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/198700.html

Yeah, I know. But Doomy may prefer Coburn to Errol.
Coburn is kinda dishy.

[howyadoin]

Yeah, I know. But Doomy may prefer Coburn to Errol.
Coburn is kinda dishy.I just figured she got it wrong because she's blonde.

In other news, apparently Errol Flynn died somewhere in my neighbourhood.

Unlike his son Sean, obviously.

[Ben Morgan]

Pol set anyone on fire yet?

[Pól Rua]

Let's just say, before I met him, he was just James Co.
's all I'm sayin'.

[Guapo Méndez]

You can read it, or you can use it for stunning charging rhinos.
It's multi-functional.

It can also stop a bullet.

If only Cap had been interested in reading his own stuff, he'd be alive today.

[mattx110]

Good morning folks! I miss anything cool?