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

[DWEarhart]

I'm having a Hendricks and soda with lemon. We have cheap mother's day lobsters and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang to watch later.

Damn fine film. The cast is good enough, but I've got a soft spot for Shane Black. I'll at check out, at least once, anything he's involved in.

[Agent Helix]

Hey Helix! I concede on the Iron Man thing. Not sure whether you got the message earlier.

sorry i musta missed it

glad you agree though i just though it was mor deep than peopel wer saying

[Agent Helix]

Evening, folks.

Just did my first raid. Four hours. Two bosses; didn't get either one.

I'm not sure it really qualified as fun.

what raid was it?

that was were i stopped really having fun with wow

[Josh S]

I want cheap mother's day lobster.

Who the fuck is Joe Boy alley cat
Bitch where ya momma at
You better fall back for she end up in all black
I'm never caught slippin
Wood grain grippin
Still Hoover crippin
Fixin ta leave ya whip flippin



No?

[Spike-X]

I could barely make out the individual words, let alone try to discern a meaning. I'm really getting sick of entire episodes where everybody speaks in stage whispers all the time.

Yeah, I've found the only way to hear anything this season is to turn the bass right down. There's always this low-level rumbling going on that drowns out anything that isn't yelling.

[kmeyers]

I'm having a Hendricks and soda with lemon. We have cheap mother's day lobsters and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang to watch later.

Oh, and pretend that Harold(Downey Jr.'s character) is a younger, more inept Tony Stark. It's fun.

[morna]

Heya Josh how's tricks... or things rather, how are things.

[Spike-X]

I have a 30g Zune, I don't think my 350+ CDs would all fit...or would they?

Should come close. Depends on the bitrate they're encoded at. Too high, they take up too much space. Too low, they sound like arse. Try VBR at ~192kbps.

[DoctorDoom]

i played for like an hour and a half tonight and i had a motorcycle gunfight, a garbage truck chase, a chase through central park, and a gunfight in a museum with evil jews that is how awesome this game is

Awesome. Thanks.

[DWEarhart]

Oh, and pretend that Harold(Downey Jr.'s character) is a younger, more inept Tony Stark. It's fun.

I thought about that, but I can't. I've been witness to too many Downey Jr roles. Back to School. Less Than Zero. Weird Science. The Pickup Artist. Johnny Be Good. Home for the Holidays....and I can go on and on and on and on and on.

I'm just glad he cleaned up and landed something that could potentially set him up for life - - if he wasn't already.

[Spike-X]

Does Apple put the color of your iPod in the code so that iTunes can tell what color it is?

Not sure if it shows up in iTunes (haven't used that in ages), but mine shows up as black when I plug it into AmaroK, so that info is in there somewhere.

[Josh S]

Heya Josh how's tricks... or things rather, how are things.

Good. Putting music on my new iPod and watching Masters of Horror. In a few I'm gonna go grab a bite since I didn't get cheap mother's day lobsters.

[howyadoin]

Also, Time After Time is a great song.Yup. It really is.

Personally speaking, eff Madonna...I think as an "artist", she's completely worthless.

I prevent all the time.Attagirl.

leave me be ive ben drinkignMa says you best come home right now!

I'm having a Hendricks and soda with lemon. We have cheap mother's day lobsters and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang to watch later.I've got No Country for Old Men, finally. I thought I had Shine a Light, but it turned out to be a 700-meg ad for some fucking spammer.

[K'Nort]

Well, that was a fun evening. I learned that if you play the only cleric in the group, the other players will kiss your ass.

I did have that going for me.


what raid was it?

that was were i stopped really having fun with wow

LoTRO.


And I loooved Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. That's one of those criminally underwatched movies. Like The Limey.

[Agent Helix]

I did have that going for me.




LoTRO.

.

Oh

I couldn't get past the fact that that game felt like WoW's sulky kid brother

man was it humorless

[howyadoin]

Yeah, I've found the only way to hear anything this season is to turn the bass right down. There's always this low-level rumbling going on that drowns out anything that isn't yelling.Nice to know it wasn't just me.

I thought about that, but I can't. I've been witness to too many Downey Jr roles. Back to School. Less Than Zero. Weird Science. The Pickup Artist. Johnny Be Good. Home for the Holidays....and I can go on and on and on and on and on.Oh man, Less Than Zero was almost as horrible as the book.

[kmeyers]

I thought about that, but I can't. I've been witness to too many Downey Jr roles. Back to School. Less Than Zero. Weird Science. The Pickup Artist. Johnny Be Good. Home for the Holidays....and I can go on and on and on and on and on.

I'm just glad he cleaned up and landed something that could potentially set him up for life - - if he wasn't already.

I get what you're saying, and I've seen all of those movies too, but Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang just reminded me of his Tony Stark, very much. Downey Jr. just oozes charisma in both of those roles.

He's pretty good in Less Than Zero too, but it's been awhile since I've seen that one.

[morna]

I thought about that, but I can't. I've been witness to too many Downey Jr roles. Back to School. Less Than Zero. Weird Science. The Pickup Artist. Johnny Be Good. Home for the Holidays....and I can go on and on and on and on and on.

I'm just glad he cleaned up and landed something that could potentially set him up for life - - if he wasn't already.

I haven't seen any of those. I was realizing that I've missed some good stuff - I really like his acting (ya that's the ticket) but I've only seen Natural Born Killers - he was really great in that IMHO, and we were kinda watching Ally Mcbeal when he was there and he made it watchable again. Possibly a couple of other things but nothing I remember. Can you recommend a couple of good Downeys to see next?

[kmeyers]

Yup. It really is.

I think as an "artist", she's completely worthless.

Attagirl.

Ma says you best come home right now!

I've got No Country for Old Men, finally. I thought I had Shine a Light, but it turned out to be a 700-meg ad for some fucking spammer.

No Country is fucking great. I forget, have you seen There Will Be Blood yet?

[Agent Helix]

No Country is fucking great. I forget, have you seen There Will Be Blood yet?

Both of those movies are brilliant

but i think my favorite of 2007 was still zodiac

[DWEarhart]

Nice to know it wasn't just me.

Oh man, Less Than Zero was almost as horrible as the book.

Yup. The only redeeming quality I found at that time, for me, was the Bangles cover of Hazy Shade of Winter. And I like some Breton Easton Ellis books, but definitely not all of them.

I get what you're saying, and I've seen all of those movies too, but Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang just reminded me of his Tony Stark, very much. Downey Jr. just oozes charisma in both of those roles.

He's pretty good in Less Than Zero too, but it's been awhile since I've seen that one.

I get it. 10-4.

His performance in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang did put a smile on my face. I finally could say, HE'S BACK. Liked him in Wonder Boys too.

[howyadoin]

No Country is fucking great. I forget, have you seen There Will Be Blood yet?Not yet. But soon...

Yup. The only redeeming quality I found at that time, for me, was the Bangles cover of Hazy Shade of Winter.Hell yeah. Probably the best thing they ever did, too.

[Agent Helix]

Morna Downey is great in Zodiac, he has a big part

[Athena Bast]

I haven't seen any of those. I was realizing that I've missed some good stuff - I really like his acting (ya that's the ticket) but I've only seen Natural Born Killers - he was really great in that IMHO, and we were kinda watching Ally Mcbeal when he was there and he made it watchable again. Possibly a couple of other things but nothing I remember. Can you recommend a couple of good Downeys to see next?

CHAPLIN !

[K'Nort]

I haven't seen any of those. I was realizing that I've missed some good stuff - I really like his acting (ya that's the ticket) but I've only seen Natural Born Killers - he was really great in that IMHO, and we were kinda watching Ally Mcbeal when he was there and he made it watchable again. Possibly a couple of other things but nothing I remember. Can you recommend a couple of good Downeys to see next?

Scanning imdb, I've really seen very little of his stuff.

I do NOT recommend Restoration. Ye gods but that sucked.

Oohh! Heart and Souls. My favorite obscure c-list movie. No, really. I love it. Charles Grodin too.

He was pretty irrelevant in Richard III, although that's a good movie in general.

Soapdish was a hoot. Esp Terri Hatcher.

Chances Are was lame.

[Spike-X]

I just saw this guy outside wearing pink plaid pants, a green-and-yellow-striped warmup jacket, and a yellow sideways baseball hat.


And of course, the biggest fucking headphones in the history of the human race.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Spike-X/headphones.jpg

[kmeyers]

Yup. The only redeeming quality I found at that time, for me, was the Bangles cover of Hazy Shade of Winter. And I like some Breton Easton Ellis books, but definitely not all of them.
Maybe that's why I remember that movie as being decent...Hazy Shade of Winter fucking rocks...and Suzannah Hoffs is superhot.

I get it. 10-4.

His performance in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang did put a smile on my face. I finally could say, HE'S BACK. Liked him in Wonder Boys too.
Yeah, Wonder Boys is pretty good too. But that's another one I haven't seen for a long time.

[DoctorDoom]

I just saw "The Inside Man" on demand. It was pretty good.

[morna]

Morna Downey is great in Zodiac, he has a big part
Ok I will get that next - thanks
CHAPLIN !
ya Gary says we've seen it but I don't remember it at all - must've been a drinking movie night :redface: must re rent that one
Scanning imdb, I've really seen very little of his stuff.

I do NOT recommend Restoration. Ye gods but that sucked.

Oohh! Heart and Souls. My favorite obscure c-list movie. No, really. I love it. Charles Grodin too.

He was pretty irrelevant in Richard III, although that's a good movie in general.

Soapdish was a hoot. Esp Terri Hatcher.

Chances Are was lame.

Ok thanks, Heart and Souls will go on the list - if I can find it.

[Athena Bast]

It seems like the older the CD is the slower it reads. At least on this computer.

[K'Nort]

http://archives.obs-us.com/obs/english/films/mx/rest/pics/restor02.jpg

[morna]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/Spike-X/headphones.jpg

Oh yeah that SO qualifies!



http://marvel.com/i/content/st/3380header_banner9406788.jpg

[Spike-X]

Time to watch Doctor Who!

[DWEarhart]

I haven't seen any of those. I was realizing that I've missed some good stuff - I really like his acting (ya that's the ticket) but I've only seen Natural Born Killers - he was really great in that IMHO, and we were kinda watching Ally Mcbeal when he was there and he made it watchable again. Possibly a couple of other things but nothing I remember. Can you recommend a couple of good Downeys to see next?

Chaplin's already been recommended....Friends and Lovers (Neil Labute fan here, although he remade Wicker Man - blech). Robert Downey jr.'s really been regulated to side roles most of his career, but he's always made an impact. Air America's maybe.

A Scanner Darkly - the book's good too. Short Cuts. Only You. I liked Soapdish. Most recently: Charlie Bartlett.

[Royal]

*raises glass*

To the college student who decided to live frugal.

An undeserved government fucking they've gotten.

Feel free to overtip your waitstaff for at least a month. They'll definitely need it.

[howyadoin]

Latest on the eclipse painting. The white areas will be transparent when they're dry, so it'll look less like a billion single-minded sperm looking to fulfill their manifest destiny.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/2481505113_ac6e5704dd_o.jpg

[Nick Soapdish]

Nice to know it wasn't just me.

Oh man, Less Than Zero was almost as horrible as the book.

I'm impressed that you managed to finish both.

Then again, I've watched and read Battlefield: Earth.

I finished the book out of sheer bloody-mindedness because of all the rave reviews that it had supposedly gotten. The character development and plot were amazing. Worse than your average fanfiction (but the grammar was a lot better).

And I watched it with friends. So we could chat and basically just tune it out. I'd love to get a MST3K version of it. But bootleg. I'm not giving Scientology any money. (It looks like I do have some exceptions to my morality when it comes to piracy.)

[tricksterpup]

I'm impressed that you managed to finish both.

Then again, I've watched and read Battlefield: Earth.

I finished the book out of sheer bloody-mindedness because of all the rave reviews that it had supposedly gotten. The character development and plot were amazing. Worse than your average fanfiction (but the grammar was a lot better).

And I watched it with friends. So we could chat and basically just tune it out. I'd love to get a MST3K version of it. But bootleg. I'm not giving Scientology any money. (It looks like I do have some limits to my morality when it comes to piracy.)

you really hate yourself don't you?

[Ed Cunard]

I haven't seen any of those. I was realizing that I've missed some good stuff - I really like his acting (ya that's the ticket) but I've only seen Natural Born Killers - he was really great in that IMHO, and we were kinda watching Ally Mcbeal when he was there and he made it watchable again. Possibly a couple of other things but nothing I remember. Can you recommend a couple of good Downeys to see next?

You should ditch Gary and get with me. I have all of ALLY MCBEAL on DVD, partially thanks to Tadhg.

Sigh. I wish the british DVD player wasn't downstairs. I'd like to curl in bed and watch ALLY and yes I know I have a big vagina shut up boys I mean it.

[DWEarhart]

*raises glass*

To the college student who decided to live frugal.

An undeserved government fucking they've gotten.

Feel free to overtip your waitstaff for at least a month. They'll definitely need it.

To any college student that has chosen to live in excess - WTF?

The dominoes are falling. It has begun.

[K'Nort]

That reminds me. We watched the new MST3K this morning. Not Rifftrax. Cinematic Titanic. Joel and Dr F and Frank and Mary Jo and Josh. The movie was much gorier than what they did for television. Still pretty fun.

[howyadoin]

I'm impressed that you managed to finish both.Couldn't finish the book. I think he might be the worst "successful" writer of the 20th century.

[Nick Soapdish]

you really hate yourself don't you?

It's not like it's a challenging read. I bet I could've read it pretty quick all in one sitting.

It's just boring. Bland and uninteresting characters, poor and non-sensical plot, mixed in with jingoism and diatribes against psychology. But it's really only offensive in its stupidity.

I've also read Angels and Demons, but I speed-read that one.

[Athena Bast]

One of my favourite albums.... Robbie Robertson's Storyville

[Athena Bast]

Couldn't finish the book. I think he might be the worst "successful" writer of the 20th century.

You have never read The Da Vinci Code.

[morna]

You should ditch Gary and get with me. I have all of ALLY MCBEAL on DVD, partially thanks to Tadhg.

Sigh. I wish the british DVD player wasn't downstairs. I'd like to curl in bed and watch ALLY and yes I know I have a big vagina shut up boys I mean it.
you're a funny man
Chaplin's already been recommended....Friends and Lovers (Neil Labute fan here, although he remade Wicker Man - blech). Robert Downey jr.'s really been regulated to side roles most of his career, but he's always made an impact. Air America's maybe.

A Scanner Darkly - the book's good too. Short Cuts. Only You. I liked Soapdish. Most recently: Charlie Bartlett.

Scanner Darkly looks interensting. I did see Shortcuts ages ago I need to revisit that too - i remember really liking it. Can't remember The Downey action in it though.:redface:

[Agent Helix]

i just did a jailbreak with rocketlaunchers this game is awesome

[DoctorDoom]

i just did a jailbreak with rocketlaunchers this game is awesome
Why do I want to play now?

[Athena Bast]

Hmm.. I do have Traveling Without Moving.. nice

[Michael P]

The Q episode of DS9 has one of the most egregious idiot plots I've ever seen.

[Nick Soapdish]

You have never read The Da Vinci Code.

I haven't either - just Angels and Demons and I was reading it fast. But based on those two, Dan Brown is actually a worse writer than L. Ron. Than L. Ron was, I mean.

[Athena Bast]

The Q episode of DS9 has one of the most egregious idiot plots I've ever seen.

Yeah, but there's only one moment in that ep you need remember/care about.

[howyadoin]

You have never read The Da Vinci Code.No, but I've had the misfortune of reading Digital Fortress.

[Michael P]

Yeah, but there's only one moment in that ep you need remember/care about.

If you're not talking about the scene between Odo and Quark, I don't agree.

Then again, you can say that for a lot of episodes of Season 1 DS9. Shimmerman and Aberjounois were acting circles around the entire rest of the cast.

[Athena Bast]

I haven't either - just Angels and Demons and I was reading it fast. But based on those two, Dan Brown is actually a worse writer than L. Ron. Than L. Ron was, I mean.

I haven't read Angels and Demons but I'm told it's actually his best book.

[Nick Soapdish]

I haven't read Angels and Demons but I'm told it's actually his best book.

I heard the reverse - that it was his first and he was "still polishing his craft". Didn't it only get released after The DaVinci Code made it big?

[DWEarhart]

I haven't either - just Angels and Demons and I was reading it fast. But based on those two, Dan Brown is actually a worse writer than L. Ron. Than L. Ron was, I mean.

Predisposed apologies to those that may feel it is warranted, but:

I read the first ten pages of the Davinci Code in a bookstore, then, went and read the first two pages of Angels and Demons - threw both of them on the floor and pissed on them.

Dan Brown = I hope my books get made into movies.

Again, not meaning to offend, but that's how I felt.

[DoctorDoom]

"When I die, I'll go to Heaven...because I've spent my time in Hell."

Good quote.

[Athena Bast]

If you're not talking about the scene between Odo and Quark, I don't agree.

Then again, you can say that for a lot of episodes of Season 1 DS9. Shimmerman and Aberjounois were acting circles around the entire rest of the cast.

I was refering to when Sisko punches Q and says "I'm not Picard!" To me that was Ira Stephen Behr putting his 2 cents in.

If you like that, there's an ep a couple seasons away that you'll adore.

[Ed Cunard]

I heard the reverse - that it was his first and he was "still polishing his craft". Didn't it only get released after The DaVinci Code made it big?

There's a "polishing a turd" joke here, but the fact that people like his stuff just depresses me too much for jokes.

[Athena Bast]

I heard the reverse - that it was his first and he was "still polishing his craft". Didn't it only get released after The DaVinci Code made it big?

Maybe re-released. Gawd. I'd hate to think that it's worse than DaVinci.

[howyadoin]

"When I die, I'll go to Heaven...because I've spent my time in Hell."

Good quote."Gonna find my time in heaven,
'Cause I did my time in hell,
Wasn't lookin' too good,
But I was feelin' real well."

Better quote.

[howyadoin]

There's a "polishing a turd" joke here...I was thinkin' "still polishing his shaft".

[Michael P]

I was refering to when Sisko punches Q and says "I'm not Picard!" To me that was Ira Stephen Behr putting his 2 cents in.

If you like that, there's an ep a couple seasons away that you'll adore.

It was cute, but I think anyone who was watching had already figured that out.

[jessecuster3]

My girl has never seen Hellboy, we are about to watch the director's cut, yay!

[Athena Bast]

Predisposed apologies to those that may feel it is warranted, but:

I read the first ten pages of the Davinci Code in a bookstore, then, went and read the first two pages of Angels and Demons - threw both of them on the floor and pissed on them.

Dan Brown = I hope my books get made into movies.

Again, not meaning to offend, but that's how I felt.

I only read it because it was the Big Thing and the movie had just come out and I had just started at the bookstore and wanted to connect with what people were buying.

I stopped reading it after about 30 pages in and then started it again when it came out on DVD and people were buying the book again. They were the dumbest smart people on the planet.

[Michael P]

I only read it because it was the Big Thing and the movie had just come out and I had just started at the bookstore and wanted to connect with what people were buying.

I stopped reading it after about 30 pages in and then started it again when it came out on DVD and people were buying the book again. They were the dumbest smart people on the planet.

What makes you think they were smart in the first place?

[Athena Bast]

My girl has never seen Hellboy, we are about to watch the director's cut, yay!

It's a great date movie.

[howyadoin]

They were the dumbest smart people on the planet.There oughta be a crossover between the movie and CSI, then.

[Athena Bast]

What makes you think they were smart in the first place?

They were described somewhere in the book as experts but dear lord they were fucking stupid.

[DWEarhart]

I only read it because it was the Big Thing and the movie had just come out and I had just started at the bookstore and wanted to connect with what people were buying.

I stopped reading it after about 30 pages in and then started it again when it came out on DVD and people were buying the book again. They were the dumbest smart people on the planet.

The Irish are some of the most brilliant drunk people I've ever conversed with. I'd love to go back to Ireland.

I felt extraordinarily bad for urinating on books (principles and such), but I couldn't stand for what Dan Brown was trying to sell. I wished it were his forehead the whole time (I keep telling myself).

[Michael P]

They were described somewhere in the book as experts but dear lord they were fucking stupid.

Oh, I thought you were talking about the readers.

Yeah, never trust an author's narrative descriptions of his characters. If he sucks, they're wrong and he's too dumb to know it. If he's any good, they're wrong and he's pulling a fast one on you.

[Athena Bast]

There oughta be a crossover between the movie and CSI, then.

OMG... while I enjoy watching CSI there is just so much excess explanation of shit. People that were halfway intelligent in the first season are like complete morons by the end of 2.

[Valmore]

I haven't either - just Angels and Demons and I was reading it fast. But based on those two, Dan Brown is actually a worse writer than L. Ron. Than L. Ron was, I mean.

I never read it, but thanks to KODT and the rant page, I learned the big secret and wondered why the Catholic Church got their panties in a bunch, since an 8-year old could blow a huge hole right in the big secret.

[Michael P]

OMG... while I enjoy watching CSI there is just so much excess explanation of shit. People that were halfway intelligent in the first season are like complete morons by the end of 2.

Again, I'm not sure if you're describing the characters or the audience.

I tried using CSI as white noise once. I had to turn it off because the constant "Holy shit, that's wrong" had my blood pressure up as high as my grandfather's. I refuse to pay any attention to the work of writers who are dumber than I am.

[Athena Bast]

The Irish are some of the most brilliant drunk people I've ever conversed with. I'd love to go back to Ireland.

I felt extraordinarily bad for urinating on books (principles and such), but I couldn't stand for what Dan Brown was trying to sell. I wished it were his forehead the whole time (I keep telling myself).

I want ed to set it on fire and launch it off my balcony if that helps as well.

[Nick Soapdish]

They were described somewhere in the book as experts but dear lord they were fucking stupid.

That was what annoyed me about Angels and Demons so much and early on. He introduces the main character and gives some background about how he's such an awesome guy because he still stays in shape and his students think he's cool. Don't tell me; show me! That, and that he's a Gary Stu.

[DoctorDoom]

"Gonna find my time in heaven,
'Cause I did my time in hell,
Wasn't lookin' too good,
But I was feelin' real well."

Better quote.
I'm learning from the Master.

[Athena Bast]

Oh, I thought you were talking about the readers.

Yeah, never trust an author's narrative descriptions of his characters. If he sucks, they're wrong and he's too dumb to know it. If he's any good, they're wrong and he's pulling a fast one on you.

I kinda figured he understood what he was righting but since his wife did his research and his plot was driven by pigeons landing on his windowsill....

Really fucking stupid people.

[DoctorDoom]

OMG... while I enjoy watching CSI there is just so much excess explanation of shit. People that were halfway intelligent in the first season are like complete morons by the end of 2.
Glad I'm not the only one who noticed.

[Athena Bast]

I never read it, but thanks to KODT and the rant page, I learned the big secret and wondered why the Catholic Church got their panties in a bunch, since an 8-year old could blow a huge hole right in the big secret.

I laughed at the Opus Dei. It showed they had no level of comprehensive reading skills.

[DocAbsurd]

My cousin gave me one of those extended special editions of DaVinci Code 2 years ago. I've moved it around 3 or 4 times in my 'eventual read' stacks and that's about it. As much as I admire DaVinci the artist (first cartoonist and all), I haven't even cracked the book to look at his drawings.

[howyadoin]

I'm learning from the Master.It's an interesting experiment to see what I can mold you into.

My cousin gave me one of those extended special editions of DaVinci Code 2 years ago. I've moved it around 3 or 4 times in my 'eventual read' stacks and that's about it. As much as I admire DaVinci the artist (first cartoonist and all), I haven't even cracked the book to look at his drawings.Yeah, you'd be much better off getting an actual book on DaVinci.

[Athena Bast]

Again, I'm not sure if you're describing the characters or the audience.

I tried using CSI as white noise once. I had to turn it off because the constant "Holy shit, that's wrong" had my blood pressure up as high as my grandfather's. I refuse to pay any attention to the work of writers who are dumber than I am.

Characters.

They kept using Nick and Warrick as the "what?" guys who seemed to need things explained to them constantly when they were more than competent when the show started. Grissom used to be a great guy until they had Sarah cut his balls off.

There was just some things that I knew about grade school science and stuff that had me throwing things at the TV for them being so stupid.

The constant need for writers or producers to make the audience Mary Sue'd in to the show instead of just having the people be smart and admired for their intelligence.

[gary bolt]

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i14/mornagary/lobster002-1.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i14/mornagary/lobster004.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i14/mornagary/lobster-1.jpg

Dinner! Lemon butter and lobster. We'll work on the rest of the food pyramid tomorrow.

[howyadoin]

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i14/mornagary/lobster002-1.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i14/mornagary/lobster004.jpg
Did he scream like a character in a Japanese horror movie?

"Aiiieeeeeeee!"

[Valmore]

I laughed at the Opus Dei. It showed they had no level of comprehensive reading skills.

"Hey, we can prove Jesus had babies if we just get some Jesus DNA... wait, we don't have any, and there's no chance of us getting any..."

Characters.

They kept using Nick and Warrick as the "what?" guys who seemed to need things explained to them constantly when they were more than competent when the show started. Grissom used to be a great guy until they had Sarah cut his balls off.

There was just some things that I knew about grade school science and stuff that had me throwing things at the TV for them being so stupid.

The constant need for writers or producers to make the audience Mary Sue'd in to the show instead of just having the people be smart and admired for their intelligence.

I stopped watching when they made the show so Catherine-centric.

[Athena Bast]

That was what annoyed me about Angels and Demons so much and early on. He introduces the main character and gives some background about how he's such an awesome guy because he still stays in shape and his students think he's cool. Don't tell me; show me! That, and that he's a Gary Stu.

Second book he's trying to make us believe he's Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. Even describes him as that.

[Athena Bast]

My cousin gave me one of those extended special editions of DaVinci Code 2 years ago. I've moved it around 3 or 4 times in my 'eventual read' stacks and that's about it. As much as I admire DaVinci the artist (first cartoonist and all), I haven't even cracked the book to look at his drawings.

That's the edition with the pictures right? The pictures help the book because Lord knows Brown can't describe shit.

[Michael P]

The constant need for writers or producers to make the audience Mary Sue'd in to the show instead of just having the people be smart and admired for their intelligence.

Well, that would be elitist.

[Athena Bast]

"Hey, we can prove Jesus had babies if we just get some Jesus DNA... wait, we don't have any, and there's no chance of us getting any..."


I stopped watching when they made the show so Catherine-centric.

The Opus Dei was cranky about the book because it made the Opus Dei all crazy and evil and nasty. Um, no. It made two fictional members of the group look are crazy and evil and nasty. They couldn't see the fucking trees if someone hit them with one.

OMG... she's completely lost her fucking mind and something tells me Helgenberger has had some kind of procedure done.

[kmeyers]

My girl has never seen Hellboy, we are about to watch the director's cut, yay!

If she likes it...Even if she doesn't, you should make her watch Pan's Labyrinth.


And I've just spent a fun almost 2 hrs dealing with my internet company. Fun times.

[gary bolt]

Did he scream like a character in a Japanese horror movie?

"Aiiieeeeeeee!"

That's an old wives tale in my experience. No lobster or crab cooked in our home has ever screamed when we dropped it into the boiling water. They all tasted great though.

[Michael P]

something tells me Helgenberger has had some kind of procedure done.

Yeah, I think that something would be your vision.

[mattx110]

It's an interesting experiment to see what I can mold you into.So far you turned her into an alcohol-glorifying amazingly prolific poster. Just need to turn her onto painting and maybe the fine world of facial hair and you can take nights and weekends off.

Yeah, you'd be much better off getting an actual book on DaVinci.
There's probably more than one big giant book of sketches by him. The man seemed to enjoy a bit of drawing before breakfast. after breakfast. during lunch. while doing anything else at all. Just a month ago I visited his gravesite and I swear I heard a pencil scratching inside the tomb...

[Athena Bast]

Yeah, I think that something would be your vision.

Her lips and her eyes look different. She's practically developed Meg Ryan's trout pout.

[kmeyers]

Latest on the eclipse painting. The white areas will be transparent when they're dry, so it'll look less like a billion single-minded sperm looking to fulfill their manifest destiny.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/2481505113_ac6e5704dd_o.jpg

Looking good. Although I am curious to see how transparent that white paint is. because I've used supposedly transparent paint before, and when I painted it thick, it wasn't very transparent.

[howyadoin]

That's an old wives tale in my experience. No lobster or crab cooked in our home has ever screamed when we dropped it into the boiling water. They all tasted great though.Oh, I know. I wouldn't eat one of the nasty creatures, but I've been there to see plenty of them meet their doom.

[DoctorDoom]

It's an interesting experiment to see what I can mold you into.



Not going to go for the easy joke.

[mattx110]

Second book he's trying to make us believe he's Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. Even describes him as that.

That's the edition with the pictures right? The pictures help the book because Lord knows Brown can't describe shit.
Either he wastes space describing, or he can't do it...

Which one? Unless it's both... which would suck.

Not feeling the Brownie love, here.

[Gilda Dent]

Term papers are graded. All I have left to do is enter the scores into the gradebook at school Monday and I'm done with everything but finals. 40 multiple choice questions and two essays on each test. That will go quickly, as the multiple choice section is machine scoreable.

The 13 zeros from those that were not turned in shortened the process somewhat.

[DocAbsurd]

Got a second job today. Found an ad in the paper Monday for a book wholesaler that's opening up -- get this -- right across the street from where B&N is right now. I called the guy Thursday and did a pretty decent selling of myself.

I got outta work at 1 and ran directly there. I almost shite when I realized he's opening up not only across the street but in our old building!

He hired me on the spot. He wants me in as manager but I can't work nights right now. Told him mebbe when school's over and I don't have to worry so much about getting the Things in bed so early. He told me not to worry about it, that we'll talk about it Tuesday. If it wasn't for this bullshit with public assistance, I coulda started fecking Monday. I am so gonna read them the goddam riot act.

Oh, and when I check the mail when we got home, I found a notice from the employment complex at social services. They want me to come in for training.

Training!?! WTF!?! I'm working 2 jobs now and they want me to come in for training? Am I missing something here? The Hag is $22k in arrears and they give her an adjournment so she can fight the child support cuz she 'can't afford it'. But it's okay if I work myself to death, hopefully not ignoring or neglecting the Things, ruining our vacation plans in the process and jumping through the extra hoops the government constantly throws in my path.

[howyadoin]

There's probably more than one big giant book of sketches by him. The man seemed to enjoy a bit of drawing before breakfast. after breakfast. during lunch. while doing anything else at all. Just a month ago I visited his gravesite and I swear I heard a pencil scratching inside the tomb...You went to his grave? I'd love to do that. Did you happen to get any photos?

Looking good. Although I am curious to see how transparent that white paint is. because I've used supposedly transparent paint before, and when I painted it thick, it wasn't very transparent.It's not paint; it's high solid matte gel. The same stuff I've been building the background out of all along.

So far I've used an entire 8-oz. jar.

[Michael P]

George Carlin makes an interesting point that we only eat lobsters the way we do because they look like science fiction monsters. Can you imagine if they looked like otters? I dare anyone here to be able to look a live otter in the eye and then drop it into boiling water.

[gary bolt]

"Hey, we can prove Jesus had babies if we just get some Jesus DNA... wait, we don't have any, and there's no chance of us getting any..."

Isn't the shroud of Turin soaked in Jesus' blood? They could make Jesus clones some day.

[Agent Helix]

it's soaked in jesus poops

[Michael P]

Oh, and when I check the mail when we got home, I found a notice from the employment complex at social services. They want me to come in for training.

Training!?! WTF!?! I'm working 2 jobs now and they want me to come in for training? Am I missing something here? The Hag is $22k in arrears and they give her an adjournment so she can fight the child support cuz she 'can't afford it'. But it's okay if I work myself to death, hopefully not ignoring or neglecting the Things, ruining our vacation plans in the process and jumping through the extra hoops the government constantly throws in my path.

[twat from social services]Well, if you bothered to make yourself more employable, then you wouldn't have to be dependent on your ex-wife's income.[/twat from social services]

[howyadoin]

Not going to go for the easy joke.Me either.

[howyadoin]

Isn't the shroud of Turin soaked in Jesus' blood? They could make Jesus clones some day.A whole army of them.

[mattx110]

You went to his grave? I'd love to do that. Did you happen to get any photos?

I'm sorry. I feel terrible, I should've put a disclaimer. I never do anything cool. I've been to that poet's alley thing in Westminster where a bunch of writers are buried, but not Italy or anything cool gravesites.
It was just a joke.

Anyway, the painting looks fricken epic. Makes me think there's not enough of the quieter, more elegant side of scifi in films. And remaking another version of Dune doesn't count.

[kmeyers]

George Carlin makes an interesting point that we only eat lobsters the way we do because they look like science fiction monsters. Can you imagine if they looked like otters? I dare anyone here to be able to look a live otter in the eye and then drop it into boiling water.

Or what if kittens were delicious when cooked that way?

[DoctorDoom]

Me either.
Wow. I really have learned!

[Athena Bast]

Either he wastes space describing, or he can't do it...

Which one? Unless it's both... which would suck.

Not feeling the Brownie love, here.

Largely both. He takes the easy route or gives up entirely.

[Michael P]

Anyway, the painting looks fricken epic. Makes me think there's not enough of the quieter, more elegant side of scifi in films. And remaking another version of Dune doesn't count.

Well, they did that in 2001, and most people bitched that they couldn't understand it.

[DocAbsurd]

That's the edition with the pictures right? The pictures help the book because Lord knows Brown can't describe shit.

That's the one. Kills me that Brown can't even get a title right. 'Leonardo DaVinci' literally translated means 'Leonardo from Vinci', which means the title reads as 'the From Vinci Code'.

*golf clap*

Nothing like an author with delusions of literary equality.

I'm saving up for one of those coffee table books, Howy. There's always one out during season that I've had my eye for years.

[howyadoin]

I'm sorry. I feel terrible, I should've put a disclaimer. I never do anything cool. I've been to that poet's alley thing in Westminster where a bunch of writers are buried, but not Italy or anything cool gravesites.
It was just a joke.Well, that was disappointing. Mainly 'cause I'd love to go there myself, having already been to visit Jimi's.

Anyway, the painting looks fricken epic. Makes me think there's not enough of the quieter, more elegant side of scifi in films.I hear that. I'm so taken with sci-fi design that I often wish movies would slow the fuck down so I could see more of it.

And remaking another version of Dune doesn't count.I still think an animated mini-series would be the best bet.

[kmeyers]

You went to his grave? I'd love to do that. Did you happen to get any photos?

It's not paint; it's high solid matte gel. The same stuff I've been building the background out of all along.

So far I've used an entire 8-oz. jar.

I just called it white paint, cuz that's what it looks like at the moment. But also had to mention that I used some gels/paint(I don't really pay much attention to specifics, when I should) that were supposed to be transparent.

But obviously you've used enough of that matte gel to know how it will turn out once it dries.

Still looking forward to seeing how that dries, though.

[gary bolt]

Oh, I know. I wouldn't eat one of the nasty creatures, but I've been there to see plenty of them meet their doom.

But they are sweet and yummy.

George Carlin makes an interesting point that we only eat lobsters the way we do because they look like science fiction monsters. Can you imagine if they looked like otters? I dare anyone here to be able to look a live otter in the eye and then drop it into boiling water.

But they're not otters and they die instantly. That and they are sweet and yummy.

I

[howyadoin]

Well, they did that in 2001, and most people bitched that they couldn't understand it.Anything would be better than the Lynch version.

I'm saving up for one of those coffee table books, Howy. There's always one out during season that I've had my eye for years.Yeah, it occurred to me recently that I don't have any books on him, either. And I haven't been to the art bookstore in a couple weeks...

I just called it white paint, cuz that's what it looks like at the moment. But also had to mention that I used some gels/paint(I don't really pay much attention to specifics, when I should) that were supposed to be transparent.

But obviously you've used enough of that matte gel to know how it will turn out once it dries.

Still looking forward to seeing how that dries, though.The trick seems to be building it up slowly - I did a test piece that was about a quarter inch thick, and three weeks later it's still milky in the middle.

[howyadoin]

But they are sweet and yummy.



But they're not otters and they die instantly. That and they are sweet and yummy.

Imorna, is that you?

[Athena Bast]

Right now there are 183 albums on my iPod using less that 10gigs of space.

I still have about 75 more albums to go.

I will do that tomorrow.

[kmeyers]

But they are sweet and yummy.



But they're not otters and they die instantly. That and they are sweet and yummy.

I

I'm totally a carnivore, and eat beef and chicken, and all the other tasty animals. But I was just curious about the bolded part, and how anyone knows this to be true for sure.

[gary bolt]

morna, is that you?

No it's me and I am about to watch a movie. See ya.

[howyadoin]

I'm totally a carnivore, and eat beef and chicken, and all the other tasty animals. But I was just curious about the bolded part, and how anyone knows this to be true for sure.Science!

.

[mattx110]

I'm totally a carnivore, and eat beef and chicken, and all the other tasty animals. But I was just curious about the bolded part, and how anyone knows this to be true for sure.
You don't attach heart monitors to your food?

weirdo.

[DoctorDoom]

No it's me and I am about to watch a movie. See ya.
Enjoy, Gary.

[howyadoin]

No it's me and I am about to watch a movie. See ya.I guess the lack of Tony Stark should've been a clue.

[kmeyers]

Anything would be better than the Lynch version.

Yeah, it occurred to me recently that I don't have any books on him, either. And I haven't been to the art bookstore in a couple weeks...

The trick seems to be building it up slowly - I did a test piece that was about a quarter inch thick, and three weeks later it's still milky in the middle.

That makes sense. Good to know, thanks.

You should stab the milky center with your knife. I bet it's still liquid-ish.

Or you could set it out on your balcony and let it sunbake to see how long it takes to fully cook. But your downstairs neighbor might have a weird problem with that.

[howyadoin]

Well, I went to the doctor
I said, "I'm feeling kind of rough"
He said, "I'll break it to you, son
Your shit's fucked up."
I said, "my shit's fucked up?"
Well, I don't see how-"
He said, "The shit that used to work-
It won't work now."

I had a dream
Ah, shucks, oh, well
Now it's all fucked up
It's shot to hell

Yeah, yeah, my shit's fucked up
It has to happen to the best of us
The rich folks suffer like the rest of us
It'll happen to you

That amazing grace
Sort of passed you by
You wake up every day
And you start to cry
Yeah, you want to die
But you just can't quit
Let me break it on down:
It's the fucked up shit

[kmeyers]

You don't attach heart monitors to your food?

weirdo.

I've been called much worse, for much less.

[DocAbsurd]

[twat from social services]Well, if you bothered to make yourself more employable, then you wouldn't have to be dependent on your ex-wife's income.[/twat from social services]

I was told that 2 years ago.

'I guess you'll just have to learn not to rely on the child support.'

So, enacting all these laws, dragging out divorce proceedings to determine custody, hiring attorneys at astronomical costs, that's all for shites and giggles? Or is it just to make sure that fathers are the only ones continually painted with the 'deadbeat' brushstroke?

The Hag complained that she paid over $2000 in child support last year. I paid 4x that from my paycheck alone; in fact, I paid more in child support than I brought home last year. Add to that another $2500 from our income tax refund the government seized. Without notification, mind you; they're supposed to send you a letter at the close of the fiscal year stating their intentions for overdue taxes, support, student loans, etc. I got a letter 2 weeks after I did my research when I filed. Since I have been paying regular, they technically shouldn't have taken it all, no matter the arrears.

Which brings up another sore spot:

Thing Prime's mother promised my mother (yeah, up until today my Mensa-candidate mother still talked to her on occasion and held her in decent regard) that all the child support I've been over the past 5 years has been saved for his college education. Except I found out -- without asking directly -- that he has no money for university and is gonna go to a community college to get his 101 courses out of the way.

She lied. Imagine that.

[howyadoin]

Or you could set it out on your balcony and let it sunbake to see how long it takes to fully cook. But your downstairs neighbor might have a weird problem with that.He buzzed my apartment from the front door last week, and all he kept saying was "I think you dropped this."

I guess he didn't know I couldn't look through my phone to see what he was pointing at.

[DoctorDoom]

Well, I went to the doctor
I said, "I'm feeling kind of rough"
He said, "I'll break it to you, son
Your shit's fucked up."
I said, "my shit's fucked up?"
Well, I don't see how-"
He said, "The shit that used to work-
It won't work now."

I had a dream
Ah, shucks, oh, well
Now it's all fucked up
It's shot to hell

Yeah, yeah, my shit's fucked up
It has to happen to the best of us
The rich folks suffer like the rest of us
It'll happen to you

That amazing grace
Sort of passed you by
You wake up every day
And you start to cry
Yeah, you want to die
But you just can't quit
Let me break it on down:
It's the fucked up shit
You need some whiskey, stat.

[howyadoin]

You need some whiskey, stat.True. But I was quoting the late, great Warren Zevon.

[mattx110]

True. But I was quoting the late, great Warren Zevon.
Christ, that's weird to read. "late":frown:

[DWEarhart]

George Carlin makes an interesting point that we only eat lobsters the way we do because they look like science fiction monsters. Can you imagine if they looked like otters? I dare anyone here to be able to look a live otter in the eye and then drop it into boiling water.

One bit of Mr. Carlin's that sticks out to me these days is the whole environmental bit.

"The planet's fine. The PEOPLE are fucked."

Right now there are 183 albums on my iPod using less that 10gigs of space.

I still have about 75 more albums to go.

I will do that tomorrow.

QUITTER. :tongue:

[kmeyers]

Billy got out of prison but he wasn't right
Some like to drink or gamble, billy liked to fight
He tracked back to his home state of maryland
Went to his mom's mobile home where she took him in, alright


Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
Gimme something to last me, baby, till the morning light
I ain't lookin' for trouble, I ain't looking for a fight
Honey rockaway these days, rockaway these nights

Well at a picnic one sunday billy met mary dove
Mary looked at billy, billy fell in love
Billy swore to mary he'd always love her so
They were married in the valley where the river flows, alright


Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
Gimme something to last me, baby, till the morning light
I ain't lookin' for trouble, I ain't looking for a fight
Honey rockaway these days, rockaway these nights

At a roadside bar billy argued with a young man
And he settled that argument with a razor in his hand
With blood on his shirt back to mary he did run
She sighed "billy, oh billy, what have you done? "

He ran to his ma's trailer but the lights were dim
He pounded on the door, she wouldn't let him in
Up the road to a neighbor's house he drew near
They said "billy go away, we don't want no trouble round here"
Billy stole a car and headed out on the road
Pocketful of pills and his brain on overload
Seen some lights in his rearview mirror, panicked and gave her the gun
Wrapped himself round a telephone pole way out on 101

Well billy got cut out by the highway patrol
Just lay there with the cars passing on slow
Sheriff told billy's ma that billy died
She buried his body by the riverside, alright

Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
Gimme something to last me, baby, till the morning light
I ain't lookin' for trouble, I ain't looking for a fight
Honey rockaway these days, rockaway these nights

Well rich man want the power and the seat on the top
Poor man want the money that the rich man got
Honey tonight I'm feeling so tired and unsure
Come on in mary, shut the light, close the door

Rockaway the days, rockaway the nights
Gimme something to last me, baby, till the morning light
I ain't lookin' for trouble, I ain't looking for a fight
Honey rockaway these days, rockaway these nights

[DocAbsurd]

Yeah, it occurred to me recently that I don't have any books on him, either. And I haven't been to the art bookstore in a couple weeks...

If there's one thing I've learned over the years of being cheap -- sorry, frugal, never ever go to an art bookstore for art books.

Here's one on Leonardo (http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Leonardos-Universe-Renaissance-World-Leonardo-Bulent-Atalay-Keith-Wamsley/9781426202858-item.html?ref=Search+Books+Outlet%3a+%2527leonardo +davinci%2527) being released in Chapters in the bargain section. And here's a bunch (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?bargain=Y&WRD=leonardo+davinci) at the B&N website. I'll check around at the new store next week, too.

I love Michaelangelo and Leonardo to pieces, even if none of their influence shows in my work.

[Agent Helix]

I can recall the warm youth of a summer day, yeah:
The sweetest lemonade, the darkest game arcade,
And Billy had a yearning in the corner of his mind.
It moved him secretly. It moved him powerfully.
But prescience was lacking and the present was not all
And his aptitudes were carelessly wasted.
And challenging life with the abandon of a fool,
He squandered the hours of his day.
Then darkness and disorder slapped him sharply in the face, yeah.
It hit him like a friend, struck something deep within.
He couldn't break the chain of slow decay that seemed to drag him
Just like a fatal tie toward the other side.
And Billy was a lunatic, just barking at the moon,
And his brain was totally wasted.
He then exchanged his friends for a needle and a spoon
And he threw his future away.
Bolt the door and throw away the key.
Your dim reflection is all that you can see.
So where is the justice when no one is at fault
And a human life is tragically wasted?
How fragile is the flame that burns within us all
To light each passing day?

[kmeyers]

He buzzed my apartment from the front door last week, and all he kept saying was "I think you dropped this."

I guess he didn't know I couldn't look through my phone to see what he was pointing at.

You seriously should start throwing shit down there, and then call him and say you dropped some stuff and you would like all of it back.

Or blame him for stealing it from your balcony. "Did it fall, or did you steal it?!"

[DocAbsurd]

Or what if kittens were delicious when cooked that way?

They are.

I mean, I've heard they are.

I mean . . .

Aw, shite.

[howyadoin]

If there's one thing I've learned over the years of being cheap -- sorry, frugal, never ever go to an art bookstore for art books.

Here's one on Leonardo (http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Leonardos-Universe-Renaissance-World-Leonardo-Bulent-Atalay-Keith-Wamsley/9781426202858-item.html?ref=Search+Books+Outlet%3a+%2527leonardo +davinci%2527) being released in Chapters in the bargain section. And here's a bunch (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?bargain=Y&WRD=leonardo+davinci) at the B&N website. I'll check around at the new store next week, too.

I love Michaelangelo and Leonardo to pieces, even if none of their influence shows in my work.Hey, thanks for the info. The store where I shop (http://www.oscarsartbookstore.com) has a huge markdown section, and that's where I find most of the ones I buy. Recently I picked up 3 of the big hardcover Taschen books for $16 a pop.

Christ, that's weird to read. "late":frown:It does indeed suck. We lost one of the great ones there.

[howyadoin]

You seriously should start throwing shit down there, and then call him and say you dropped some stuff and you would like all of it back.

Or blame him for stealing it from your balcony. "Did it fall, or did you steal it?!"I like these ideas.

[kmeyers]

I like these ideas.

I've had too many shitty neighbors.

[Gilda Dent]

I grew up with that as well. In fact, I remember my parents were heavily into Little League administration. But sometime around the late '60s they were pushed away, repulsed by the fact that most of the newer people involved seemed to think they were involved in Major League Baseball or something. Harsh ass coaches, repeals of the "everyone must play" rules, freakin' DRAFTS! They hated the whole concept. Little League is for kids to have fun, not as a farm system for heavy competition ball.

The Little League clone I played in had an "everyone plays" requirement, but it was so weak that it made it possible for coaches to all but eliminate playing time for their worst players. The wording made it such that the player had to get one inning in the field and one at bat opportunity. In practical terms, this meant that you could save your worst player until the last inning and sub her in near the bottom of the lineup if possible. The player would get one inning in right field, and usually no opportunity to bat; either the team would get three outs first, or if you were the home team and ahead, would not bat that inning.

Youth league basketball was worse. Players had to get one quarter, so coaches would sub in their worst players and the sub them back out as soon as possible. Sometimes the "one quarter" amounted to less than a minute.

No Country is fucking great. I forget, have you seen There Will Be Blood yet?

Both of those movies are brilliant

but i think my favorite of 2007 was still zodiac

Juno was my favorite, but I'd conced that No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood are better movies. Both have a lot more depth to them than Juno.

[Spike-X]

If there's one thing I've learned over the years of being cheap -- sorry, frugal, never ever go to an art bookstore for art books.

You're poor, and you're spending money on books? Don't you know you're supposed to be spending it on necessary items, like cigarettes and lottery tickets?

[howyadoin]

Oh Jesus, that was good pizza.

[Rallura]

Evening people.

[Gilda Dent]

You're poor, and you're spending money on books? Don't you know you're supposed to be spending it on necessary items, like cigarettes and lottery tickets?

Heh. I had stepfathers who couldn't pay their part of the rent while buying beer and those two.

My mom has long since quit, but there were times when we'd go to the store on payday, her saying that we only had enough for necessities or bare essentials and getting a carton of cigarettes for her, one for whomever she was seeing/married to at the time, and a half dozen two liter diet cokes.

[howyadoin]

Evening people.

Howdy, Rally.

[Gilda Dent]

And with that, I'm going to head for bed.

[kmeyers]

Evening people.


What's up Rally?

[kmeyers]

And with that, I'm going to head for bed.

G'night Gilda.

[howyadoin]

And with that, I'm going to head for bed.Night, Gilda.

[DoctorDoom]

True. But I was quoting the late, great Warren Zevon.
True, but still. Whiskey.

Damn it, man! I'm a scientist.

[howyadoin]

True, but still. Whiskey.

Damn it, man! I'm a scientist.And I'm the Pope. I'm infallible.

[Rallura]

What's up Rally?

My feet hurt like hell,
but I got Girl Genius goggles,
and BB got his Bouncing Boy heroclix
and an awesome Gwen Stacy glass,
and dinner was soo very much fun.
How was your day?

[DWEarhart]

True, but still. Whiskey.

Damn it, man! I'm a scientist.

I chose Gatorade for a reason. Understanding body chemistry is a wonderful thing.

[DocAbsurd]

You're poor, and you're spending money on books? Don't you know you're supposed to be spending it on necessary items, like cigarettes and lottery tickets?

Stoopid me for not buying into the Lottery dream and instead exercising my intellect.

I cannot believe the times I've had to stand behind people buying $50 worth of lottery tickets. For the next day. After buying $50 worth for today.

I spend about $10 a month on books for either myself, the Things or Momma. The rest I get in stripbacks for free. I have scrimped every fecking dime I've brought home for the past 18 months for rent or utilities. My shoes are 5 years old. The 2 biggest treats I've bought myself recently were the Whip-Cracking Indy figure and a copy of Scream for Jeeves (http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1320616) offa ebay. And I saved bottle returns and the money I had aside for coffee at work ($1 a day) for a month for that book.

When am I gonna learn to start acting like a typical welfare recipient?

[Rallura]

When am I gonna learn to start acting like a typical welfare recipient?

You need to run right out
and get a flash car
with a 19% interest loan,
and then start complaining how
you can't afford to feed your kids breakfast.

[kmeyers]

My feet hurt like hell,
but I got Girl Genius goggles,
and BB got his Bouncing Boy heroclix
and an awesome Gwen Stacy glass,
and dinner was soo very much fun.
How was your day?


My day was, Meh.

[Rallura]

My day was, Meh.

I'm sorry.
but at least meh is better then bleh,
and way better then
blargh.

[DocAbsurd]

Heh. I had stepfathers who couldn't pay their part of the rent while buying beer and those two.

My mom has long since quit, but there were times when we'd go to the store on payday, her saying that we only had enough for necessities or bare essentials and getting a carton of cigarettes for her, one for whomever she was seeing/married to at the time, and a half dozen two liter diet cokes.

Sounds like the Hag back in the day.

Except her pay was going to hotel rooms, padded handcuffs and lingerie. Which I found amazing since I honestly didn't think Frederick's allowed that much fabric for one outfit.

Did I ever mention the bag of vibrators we found in the apartment when had to shovel out the bedroom? Mind, the biggest arguments we had was going for groceries. 'OMG, we need milk again!?!'

Literally shovel. When the bulk of the refuse was carted to the street, I took a rake to the carpet to gather up the debris.

[DoctorDoom]

Yes yes yes yes yes yes!

I founf my other Ipod cable! Practically new!

[kmeyers]

I'm sorry.
but at least meh is better then bleh,
and way better then
blargh.

Definitely.

Just another day in the life. Nothin too exciting.

[Rallura]

Darnit.
Bought the guinness,
didn't bring the bottle opener.

Blargh.

[howyadoin]

My feet hurt like hell,
but I got Girl Genius goggles,
and BB got his Bouncing Boy heroclix
and an awesome Gwen Stacy glass,
and dinner was soo very much fun.
How was your day?

Good times in Seattle, then?

I'm sorry.
but at least meh is better then bleh,
and way better then
blargh.

This is today's CBR Lesson, then:

Meh > bleh > blargh.

[mattx110]

Darnit.

Bought the guinness,
didn't bring the bottle opener.

Blargh.

You have teeth...

[DoctorDoom]

And that's all for me, folks. I'll be going to bed with a smile.

GOod night and sweet dreams, everyone.

[kmeyers]

Darnit.
Bought the guinness,
didn't bring the bottle opener.

Blargh.


You can open bottles with a lighter, or lighter shaped object if properly trained. It's all about levers.

[Rallura]

Good times in Seattle, then?

This is today's CBR Lesson, then:

Meh > bleh > blargh.

Oh yes, good times.
Fly told the Chuck G story.


You have teeth...

And I would like to keep them.

[StarsAndGarters]

This is today's CBR Lesson, then:

Meh > bleh > blargh.

I understand now!

Hope everybody's meh or better.

[Rallura]

And that's all for me, folks. I'll be going to bed with a smile.

GOod night and sweet dreams, everyone.

Sleep well.


You can open bottles with a lighter, or lighter shaped object if properly trained. It's all about levers.

No lighter.
Considering the cheese knife,
but worried the blade isn't strong enough.

[howyadoin]

And that's all for me, folks. I'll be going to bed with a smile.

GOod night and sweet dreams, everyone.Night, Rei.



Oh yes, good times.
Fly told the Chuck G story.


God, I remember Punchy almost crying over that one, we laughed so hard.


____________________________


You can open bottles with a lighter, or lighter shaped object if properly trained. It's all about levers.

No lighter.
Considering the cheese knife,
but worried the blade isn't strong enough.

Eye socket?

[kmeyers]

Sleep well.




No lighter.
Considering the cheese knife,
but worried the blade isn't strong enough.


I'll assume that the handle end of a butter knife is thick enough.

with your left hand, make the "ok" sign. Keeping the ok sign put your palm on the bottle cap. Put whatever lever you're using in the ok, and under the cap, and crank it while pushing down and gripping the ok. It should pop off.

It takes a little practice. But I can open a beer with my cell phone now.

[howyadoin]

I understand now!

Hope everybody's meh or better.How you been, Gus?

[Rallura]

I'll assume that the handle end of a butter knife is thick enough.

with your left hand, make the "ok" sign. Keeping the ok sign put your palm on the bottle cap. Put whatever lever you're using in the ok, and under the cap, and crank it while pushing down and gripping the ok. It should pop off.

It takes a little practice. But I can open a beer with my cell phone now.

Ok, I see that,
and I tried but,
I don't have enough strength to make it work.
Also the knife handle is a wierd shape.

[Spike-X]

You need to run right out
and get a flash car
with a 19% interest loan,
and then start complaining how
you can't afford to feed your kids breakfast.

There was a front-page article in one of the local papers this week about a school breakfast program over the other side of town (ie the poor side).

Maybe I'm some kind of judgemental elitist snob, but I couldn't help wondering how many of the parents who can't afford to give their kids some goddamn breakfast in the morning always make sure they're stocked up on smokes.

[howyadoin]

Ok, I see that,
and I tried but,
I don't have enough strength to make it work.
Also the knife handle is a wierd shape.

How close is your car? Seatbelt buckles work like a charm.

[kmeyers]

Ok, I see that,
and I tried but,
I don't have enough strength to make it work.
Also the knife handle is a wierd shape.


Ok, try this then...get a pasta strainer, and a bowl underneath it. Then SMASH the bottle and let it drain into the bowl, then funnel it into a glass.

[kmeyers]

How close is your car? Seatbelt buckles work like a charm.

Some drawer handles work as well, I forgot all about that. I lived in a place where the drawer handles were basically can openers.

[Rallura]

There was a front-page article in one of the local papers this week about a school breakfast program over the other side of town (ie the poor side).

Maybe I'm some kind of judgemental elitist snob, but I couldn't help wondering how many of the parents who can't afford to give their kids some goddamn breakfast in the morning always make sure they're stocked up on smokes.

Too many,
or spending it on alcohol,
or clothes,
or getting their hair did.


How close is your car? Seatbelt buckles work like a charm.

Not close enough to make it worth it.
I will get a bottle opener tomorrow
at the store by the con.

[Rallura]

Ok, try this then...get a pasta strainer, and a bowl underneath it. Then SMASH the bottle and let it drain into the bowl, then funnel it into a glass.

heheheheheheh
Cause, pasta strainers, bowls, and funnels
are easier to find in a hotel room
then a bottle opener.


Some drawer handles work as well, I forgot all about that. I lived in a place where the drawer handles were basically can openers.

That might work...

[howyadoin]

Some drawer handles work as well, I forgot all about that. I lived in a place where the drawer handles were basically can openers.My first apartment was like that, too.

How 'bout it, Rally?

[Rallura]

My first apartment was like that, too.

How 'bout it, Rally?

It works!
Thanks guys!

[howyadoin]

It works!
Thanks guys!

We aim to please.

[kmeyers]

It works!
Thanks guys!


WOO-HOO!

Where there's a will, there's a way.

[Rallura]

Alright,
time for sleeping I think,
or at least lying down.
Have a good night guys.

[Radioactive Zombie]

Later, Rall.

Came back from the San Fran fireworks. IT WAS GODLIKE. Much better than Santa Clara's Forth of July 'works. The fog sorta ruined it [partially obscured some of the higher 'works], but all-in-all, it was orgasmic.

Plus, I got some good pizza, too.

[StoneGold]

There's nothing like properly assembling your stereo to make you feel like a man. Measuring, drilling, soldering... and then you get to listen to Rambo blowing the shit out of stuff in 5.1.

[morna]

http://marvel.com/i/content/st/3380header_banner9406788.jpg

stealth

[StoneGold]

http://marvel.com/i/content/st/3380header_banner9406788.jpg

stealth

No, this is stealth.


http://marvellegends.net/MarvelLegends/ML01/IronManVariantB01.jpg

[morna]

No lighter.
Considering the cheese knife,
but worried the blade isn't strong enough.
[/QUOTE]

not the blade silly fucker

[kmeyers]

There's nothing like properly assembling your stereo to make you feel like a man. Measuring, drilling, soldering... and then you get to listen to Rambo blowing the shit out of stuff in 5.1.

If you want to try and have a speaker blow out from a gun battle. Look no further than the HEAT showdown.

I had neighbors call the police scared to death because they thought a gun fight was going down.

[morna]

No lighter.
Considering the cheese knife,
but worried the blade isn't strong enough.
[/QUOTE]

not the blade silly fucker

[kmeyers]

There's nothing like properly assembling your stereo to make you feel like a man. Measuring, drilling, soldering... and then you get to listen to Rambo blowing the shit out of stuff in 5.1.

If you want to try and have a speaker blow out from a gun battle. Look no further than the HEAT showdown.

I had neighbors call the police scared to death because they thought a gun fight was going down.

[morna]

No, this is stealth.


http://marvellegends.net/MarvelLegends/ML01/IronManVariantB01.jpg

pffft
pffft i say

[Radioactive Zombie]

There's nothing like properly assembling your stereo to make you feel like a man. Measuring, drilling, soldering... and then you get to listen to Rambo blowing the shit out of stuff in 5.1.

Orgasmic?

Wipe that shit up while you're at it.

[morna]

No, this is stealth.


http://marvellegends.net/MarvelLegends/ML01/IronManVariantB01.jpg

pffft
pffft i say

[Radioactive Zombie]

WTF happened to the damn server again?

Anyway, I'm out for the night. BYE TURDFACES!

*morphs into a strange Heart/Mouth thing and speaks of anal sex before being burned down by angry "God Hates Cigarettes" followers*

[Radioactive Zombie]

WTF happened to the damn server again?

Anyway, I'm out for the night. BYE TURDFACES!

*morphs into a strange Heart/Mouth thing and speaks of anal sex before being burned down by angry "God Hates Cigarettes" followers*

[morna]

well kiss kiss bang bang was a hoot

[Paradox]

kmeyers sees it well:View Post (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=6833662&postcount=246)

That's professionalism, and then some.

Above and beyond.

Aye, that's being a "trouper". :wink:

[Paradox]

K'Nort says NO!:View Post (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=6833782&postcount=275)

I do NOT recommend Restoration. Ye gods but that sucked.

Well, I thought HE was decent in that (although not up to his caliber today). I enjoyed the movie, although I would certainly hesitate to call it "good".

[Paradox]

Athena Bast mentions a pet hatred:View Post (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=6833908&postcount=295)

You have never read The Da Vinci Code.

Ugh. Oh, and UGH! I still love my roomie's comment upon finishing. "THIS is what passes for a best-seller these days??"

Toss it in the trash and go read "Foucault's Pendulum" by Umberto Eco. It's where Brown stole a lot of his ideas and is a FAR superior book on a similar subject.

[Paradox]

Ed Cunard should consider the source:View Post (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=6833982&postcount=310)

There's a "polishing a turd" joke here, but the fact that people like his stuff just depresses me too much for jokes.

Brown appeals to "normal" people that hate being challenged by their reading material. They can have him.

[Paradox]

gary bolt didn't know?:View Post (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=6834122&postcount=343)

That's an old wives tale in my experience. No lobster or crab cooked in our home has ever screamed when we dropped it into the boiling water. They all tasted great though.

They don't scream. Occasionally there's some air trapped in the shells that shoots out when it hits the boiling water emitting a squeal because of the temperature differences. But it's not always. I have heard it. It doesn't sound like a scream, it sounds like what it is.

[Spike-X]

Hey, 'dox.

Just so you know, you're not the only one up right now.

[Paradox]

DocAbsurd will do far better on his own:View Post (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=6834153&postcount=352)

Oh, and when I check the mail when we got home, I found a notice from the employment complex at social services. They want me to come in for training.

Training!?! WTF!?! I'm working 2 jobs now and they want me to come in for training? Am I missing something here?

Standard bureaucratic nonsense. If you go, be prepared for utter time wasters like watching 2 hour videos on how to fill out applications. Yeesh! It's only for the terminally stupid or resistant to working. Avoid if at all possible (unless it's REQUIRED or something).

And congrats on the new job. The new boss sounds like he's someone that actually recognizes your worth.

[Paradox]

gary bolt MUST have his tongue firmly in cheek:View Post (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=6834162&postcount=355)

Isn't the shroud of Turin soaked in Jesus' blood? They could make Jesus clones some day.

**clones Jesus from Turin stains**

Wow, who would have figured Jesus was a goat? :wink:

[Paradox]

Gilda Dent knows the scam:View Post (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=6834317&postcount=395)

The Little League clone I played in had an "everyone plays" requirement, but it was so weak that it made it possible for coaches to all but eliminate playing time for their worst players. The wording made it such that the player had to get one inning in the field and one at bat opportunity. In practical terms, this meant that you could save your worst player until the last inning and sub her in near the bottom of the lineup if possible. The player would get one inning in right field, and usually no opportunity to bat; either the team would get three outs first, or if you were the home team and ahead, would not bat that inning.

**raises hand**

Welcome to my entire three-year stint in Little League. :mad:

[Paradox]

Rallura should know the tricks!:View Post (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=6834409&postcount=416)

Darnit.
Bought the guinness,
didn't bring the bottle opener.

Blargh.


Bic lighter or a good hard countertop. Sadly, these skills are often only learned by old stoners from the days before twist off anything.

[Paradox]

Spike-X pops up:

Hey, 'dox.

Just so you know, you're not the only one up right now.

**checks clock** Yeah, this is the time I think of as "Me and the Aussies Hour". :smile:

[Paradox]

kmeyers outs himself:View Post (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=6834428&postcount=420)

You can open bottles with a lighter, or lighter shaped object if properly trained. It's all about levers.

You, sir, must have known some old stoners! :biggrin:

YAY, the skillz are being passed down through generations! :smile:

[howyadoin]

I accidentally got drunk tonight.

Funny how that happens.




Goodnight, fuckers.

[Paradox]

So...what? You tripped and fell into your bar and booze accidentally spilled into your liver?

Man, what are the odds? :wink:

[Royal]

Hey all. What's up?

[Puma]

Final day of the EPL, everything is decided today.

[Gilda Dent]

**raises hand**

Welcome to my entire three-year stint in Little League. :mad:

I like to call it the "Moonlight Graham" rule. Moonlight Graham is the professional baseball player in Shoeless Joe (Field of Dreams) whose entire professional career was one inning in right field and no at bats. He never touched the ball in his stint in the field.

For what it's worth, the stuff in the book and the movie is basically nonfiction used in a fictional manner, based on research done by Kinsella on Graham's life. The trip to Chisolm is one Kinsella took after becoming curious regarding Graham's entry in the Baseball Encyclopedia.

[Puma]

There was a front-page article in one of the local papers this week about a school breakfast program over the other side of town (ie the poor side).

Maybe I'm some kind of judgemental elitist snob, but I couldn't help wondering how many of the parents who can't afford to give their kids some goddamn breakfast in the morning always make sure they're stocked up on smokes.

Then there are the geniuses who qualify for the school breakfast (and lunch) program but who don't fill out the forms in the beginning of the school year. This means their kids are underfed, or living on sugar, while they are getting their cigs and alcohol. It also means that the school loses funding for teacher's aides because the need for aides is tied to how many low income students are attending the school.

[K'Nort]

OMG... while I enjoy watching CSI there is just so much excess explanation of shit. People that were halfway intelligent in the first season are like complete morons by the end of 2.

That's why I dropped Walking Dead. I wasn't liking the direction of the plot anyway. But Kirkman started doing some of the most insulting exposition I've ever seen. And then mentioned in the letter columns that it would just get bigger. As a service. Because the more readers they get, the higher proportion of idiots. He was very diplomatic with his pandering. But I'm not sticking around for it.


That's an old wives tale in my experience. No lobster or crab cooked in our home has ever screamed when we dropped it into the boiling water.

My mother persuaded a friend at a dinner party of that.

[K'Nort]

Then there are the geniuses who qualify for the school breakfast (and lunch) program but who don't fill out the forms in the beginning of the school year. This means their kids are underfed, or living on sugar, while they are getting their cigs and alcohol. It also means that the school loses funding for teacher's aides because the need for aides is tied to how many low income students are attending the school.

That can be a horrible catch-22 for some people, though. Just think of the social messages. You're a horrible person if you sign up for public assistance. But you're a horrible person if you let your kids miss out on public assistance. They can't win. And I knew people who were spending their money very sensibly and just didn't have enough for assorted reasons and they had been so conditioned by society to think of welfare recipients as scum that they just could not fill out those forms. Sometimes it's a pride issue. And sometimes it even becomes a moral issue. You've become a bad person who does society more harm than good and just leave the planet already. Not least because it bleeds over into the kids. Stories get out on the playground, and the students have absorbed the same messages. "They can eat or they can have friends. I have to pick one."

[jessecuster3]

Hi, everybody.

[Gilda Dent]

Then there are the geniuses who qualify for the school breakfast (and lunch) program but who don't fill out the forms in the beginning of the school year. This means their kids are underfed, or living on sugar, while they are getting their cigs and alcohol. It also means that the school loses funding for teacher's aides because the need for aides is tied to how many low income students are attending the school.

It's eerie how much this particular part of the discussion could be about my family in my mid to late teens. I had to forge the papers to get us on reduced lunches and then it took a good deal of begging and sometimes taking money from mom's purse to get the three bucks each my brother and I needed for breakfast and lunch for a week.

[Puma]

That can be a horrible catch-22 for some people, though. Just think of the social messages. You're a horrible person if you sign up for public assistance. But you're a horrible person if you let your kids miss out on public assistance. They can't win. And I knew people who were spending their money very sensibly and just didn't have enough for assorted reasons and they had been so conditioned by society to think of welfare recipients as scum that they just could not fill out those forms. Sometimes it's a pride issue. And sometimes it even becomes a moral issue. You've become a bad person who does society more harm than good and just leave the planet already. Not least because it bleeds over into the kids. Stories get out on the playground, and the students have absorbed the same messages. "They can eat or they can have friends. I have to pick one."

There are certainly folks who do act sensibly, and who are not welfare their entire lives, I was being quite broad with my brushstrokes. However, the schools issue the same lunch cards to the kids who receive the free lunch program as the kids who pay full so there is no way of knowing from the card. They've also taken steps so that kids who participate in the breakfast program, before school and after school programs are not broadcasted, for lack of a better word, as being low income.
Certainly kids do pick up the message, I remember the unspoken rule in elementary school that you didn't play with kids from the LaPierre neighborhood because they were poor and on welfare. I think that is going to happen anyway though.

[Gilda Dent]

Never mind.

[Radioactive Zombie]

Hi, everybody.

Hey, d00d.

@Dent - at my school, we use that card swipe method. I believe a lot of us have reduced lunches [I don't - I buy better tasting and less expensive frozen stuff, it's one of those stupid school lunch suppliers that claim to be healthy but the food is total shit].

Kids in my school usually don't get into cliques or whatever because they're poor.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I am truelly bored....I am watching the Celine Dion story on WE. Its pretty freaking creepy to see her seduce the old manager. And the night after she does it ...she calls her mom the next day to tell her. No clue how true that is...but man ...could you imagine her mom on that end of the conversation ?


"Mom ..I just turned 20 and got done havin sex with a man who is 40+ years old ! Thought I'd call and tell ya !"

[Rallura]

Good morning people.

[Puma]

Never mind.

I don't know why you edited but having read your original response I must say I am in agreement.

[Radioactive Zombie]

Good morning people.





Hey, Rall.

[Radioactive Zombie]

Hey all. What's up?

'Sup, d00d?

[K'Nort]

Good morning people.




Hi, Rally!

We wish we were there!

[Rallura]

I think I shall have a waffle today.
what is everyone having for breakfast?

[Gilda Dent]

I don't know why you edited but having read your original response I must say I am in agreement.

I edited because I took things too personally and the tone of my post was rude as a result.

[Rallura]

Hi, Rally!

We wish we were there!

I wish you were too!


I edited because I took things too personally and the tone of my post was rude as a result.

It's hard not to keep those feelings.
I can still feel how deeply ashamed and upset
I was at the grocery store, pre card era
when people would look into the cart
and make comments about what we were buying
with their money.
Some things, never leave you.

[Rallura]

Hey morna!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/2483504922_5b4060010f_m.jpg

[Radioactive Zombie]

I think I shall have a waffle today.
what is everyone having for breakfast?


"Fruity Pebbles" knock-offs and two donuts.

[Rallura]

"Fruity Pebbles" knock-offs and two donuts.

What kind donuts?

[Paradox]

Breakfast?

**looks over at the leftover Taco Bell tostada from last night**

Maybe later.